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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strotegic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII
No.
95
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
FRIDAY.
APRIL
23.
1954
PPim
rivtr
rnm.
I
12:
mdah
"
V
I
4
.I
:r-.
run
kilk
As
Mam
lomd
Analysed
Deposit
Fails
To
Give
Clue
By
SHIRLEY
VILE
.
"Are
atomic
particles
falling
over
Prince
Ru
,
.
.v
Economist
I
j
L
.l(-'-':l(j'j-;
Facing
;
J$
pert?'
"How's
your
windshield?"
"Is
our
rain
radioactive?"
Those
questions
and
variations
on
the
theme
are
dominating
conversation
in
this
city
as
dozens
of
local,
motorists
join
car-owners
across
North
America
in
pondering
the
mystery
of
the
pitted
windshields.
H0RT
OF
IT
If
he
could
take
two
steps
to
their
one,
Airman
3C
Robert
IL
Gaston
right'
would
have
no
trouble
ma
.Thing
with
such
giants
as
these.
Gaston,
19,
of
iliio,
had
to
get
a
waiver
to
enter
t
le
Air
Force
since
he
was
an
Inch
short
of
the
vflpct.
Gaston's
towering
comrad
e
are
(left
to
right
t:
TSgt.
John
L.
Thomas,
,
U
:
Annum
1C
Robert
M.
MtBrtdc,
6-5",
of
Snohomish,
Wash.;
and
Airman
Held
by
Police
For
Extortion
ST.
JOHN'S
Nfkl.
(CP)
Premier
Smallwood
said
:
Holmes.
0-8.
or
Aiexanana,
Ja.
mimes
also
needed
a
waiver
because
the
maxi-
report
report
of
of
a
a
pitted
.
The
first
to
tntrr
the
.service
is
six
feet,
six
inches.
All
are
stationed
at
Carswell
Air
Force
Worth.
windshield
by
QCA's
Gerry
Lev
early
today
that
Dr.
f
red
A.
Valdmanis,
form-
er
director
general
of
eco-jnomie
development
here
Liberals
Backed
on
Drydock
il
I
r
ers
here
Tuesday
brought
a
series
of
complaints
from
puzzled
motorists
ail
over
town,
including
stories
of
an
odd
ash
dotted
over
cars
and
covering
pits
in
car
glass,
a
mysteriously
cracked
windshield
and
an
oddly-spotted
rear-view
mirror.
ANALYZES
SAMPLE
Meanwhile,
Dr.
G.
W.
J.
Fiddes
of
Miller
Bay
Hospital,
who
analyzed
a
sample
of
the
mysterious
substance
called
ash
for
lack
of
a
better
term,,
reports
it
urns
Laite
ana
uistria
virouD
and
later
chairman
of
the
1
Newfoundland
and
Labra-
dor
Corporation
has
been
plained
pock
marks.
Also
victims
were
several
members
of
the
RCMP
sub-division
staff
at
the
court
house.
Inspector
W.
M.
Taylor
and
several
of
the
constables
found
the
pit
marks
yesterday.
At
least
one
was
positive
the
marks
weren't
there
the
night
before,
because
he
had
purposely
examined
the
windshield.
Some
Daily
News
staff
members,
including
Publisher
J.
F.
Magor,
were
Inclined
to
scoff
at
the
mystery
until,
their
own
windshields
broke
out
in
spots.
GLASS
CRACKED
Bill
Vance
blames
a
cracked
winashield
on
the
mysterious
particles.
Pock
first
showed
up
Canadian
National'
sale
by
the
sidized
by
the
federal
govern
-
ment
is
its
value
to
deep-sea
arrested
on
charges
of
The
premier
said
Dr.
Vald
t-
had
no
effect
on
glass
in
his
lab.
It
is
not
a
fluoric
compound
Railways.
Acknowledgement
from
Minister
of
Fisheries
James
Sinclair
and
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
said
the
resolution
has
been
noted."
"That's
all
we
have
heard
so
far
from
Ottawa,"
said
G,
P.
Lyons,
secretary
of
the
city
Liberal
Association.
manis
was
arrested
by
the
RCMP
In
New
Brunswick
on
charges
"that
he
extorted
very
large
sums
of
money
from
various
rt
Liberals
this
upport
from
un
jroup
In
another
Skocna
ronsti-t
demand
that
the
,
nt
retain
the
j
of
the
drydock
j
the
Burns
Lake
ral
Assoeiution
jta
meeting
this,
;
tere
"at
a
loss
i
why
the
port
of
;
.allot
appear
to
I
aiuonc
acids
are
the
only
acids
WELL,
SHUT
MY
MOUTH!
This
hippo
is
all
ham
as
he
registers
astonishment
at
the
size
of
the
crowd
that
gathers
outside
his
cage
at
Copenhagen
(Denmark)
Zoo.
which
effect
glass)
but
a
mineral
shipping
here
and
as
a
wartime
emergency
unit.
During
the
Second
World
War,
some
20
ships
and
smaller
vessels
were
built
here.
Burns
Lake
President
Lcn
Proppc
told
fellow
members
that
"since
Prince
Rupert
Is
central
British
Columbia's
only
seaport,
we
are
extremely
Interested
In
the
drydock.
"A
seaport
without
a
drydock
is
only
half
equipped.
The
Lib
more
like
an
ash
or
a
graphite,
he
said.
j
on
his
windshield
Monday,
then
Almost
everyone
reporting
the
spread
to
the
side
windows.
Now
firms
with
whom
he
dealt
in
behalf
of
the
government
of
Nc-foundland."
In
a
statement,
Premier
Small-wood
said
"these
sums
run
Into
many
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars."
pitted
windshields
wondered
...
tne
A
wave
of
protest
from
Prince
Rupert
organizations
resulted
windshield
is
cracked
and
Vance
believes
that's
due
could
it
be
due
to
the
hydrogen
Mr
:.!Kin
from
Otta-
I
in
temporary
postponement
of
bomb
tests
in
the
Pacific?
to
the
substance
eating
through
Russia
Repeats
Demands
For
V
Big
Five"
Meeting
Scientists
throughout
Canada
erals
of
the
central
Interior
"Up
to
the
time
I
asked
for
and
the
United
States
scoffed.
would
strongly
request
the
con
one
layer
ot
the
glass
and
letting
air
ln
to
crack
the
glass.
He
likened
the
mysterious
flecks
to
mercury,
except
that
they
arc
"
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i
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r-r'j
terming
the
epidemic
of
wind
tinued
operation
of
Prince
Ru
the
sale
until
September
30.
Prince
Rupert
I
Iglnally,
April
1
had
been
et
as
J,i,a
passed
a
!
the
date
when
the
drydock
iiiSing
that
the
,
ould
be
closed
down
If
not
sold,
lid
shipyard
be!
Main
reason
put
forth
for
re-
In
Its
entirety,"
,
taining
the
drydock
which
has
ineement
of
Its'befn
operating
at
a
loss
sub-
shield
poclcs
mass
hysteria,
but
pert
plant
so
that
our
port
may
his
resignation
a
few
weeks
ago.
I
had
no
reason
to
suspect
him
of
personal
dishonesty.
Soon
after
his
resignation,
however,
my
PARIS
UP
Russia
demanded
i
the
United
States,
Britain
go
forward,
not
backwards.
a
Michigan
industrialist
reported
today
that
he
had
tested
an
France
and
the
Soviet
Union.
A
special
drydock
committee
extremely
light.
The
spotted
mirror
was
brought
to
the
Daily
News
office
by
R.
C.
Mutch,
owner
of
the
ash
scraped
from
his
car
with
a
anew
today
that
the
Geneva
conference
be
expanded
into
a
"Big
Five"
meeting,
giving
Communist
China
equaf
status
with
geiger
counter
and
got
a
definite
H
CANCER
CAMPAIGN
reaction.
BLAMES
SAND
FLEAS
Craziest
explanation
to
date
cppolnted
by
city
council
here
met
recently
with
Bernard
Allen,
former
managerjof
the
shipyard
here
and
now
negotiating
for
its
disposal
on
behalf
of
the
CNR.
Mr.
Allen
promised
the
committee
he
would
see
what
could
be
done
to
save
the
drydock
for
Prince
Rupert.
w
PAST
$3,000
MARK
comes
from
a
Centralia,
Washington
man
who
blames
sand
fleas.
He
suggests
that
the
sand
used
In
making
glass
contains
York
Hotel.
Wednesday,
after
a
rainfall
he
noticed
the
spots
and
tried
to
wipe
them
off
without
results.
However,
the
mirror
isn't
pitted,
and
the
spots
..
could
be
due
to
water
seeping
In
between
the
glass
and
silver
backing.
The
last
measured
rainfall
in
Prince
Rupert
was
Wednesday.
Prior
to
that
rain
fell
every
day
for
several
days,
and
Prince
Rupert
is
wondering
If
that
rain
was
radio-active.
Does
anyone
have
a
geiger
counter
handy?
flea
eggs
which
hatch
out
in
Australians
Asked
to
Leave
LONDON
ff
Russia
today
demanded
the
recall
of
all
Australian
diplomatic
personnel
in
Russia
as
a
result
of
the
Petrov-asylum
case.
It
also
announced
The
Soviet
demand,
made
before
and
rejected
by
the
Western
Big
Three,
came
again
fh
notes
delivered
in
Washington,
Lon-don
and
Paris.
-
-
French
foreign
office
sources
Immediately
indicated
that
they
felt
the
new
Russian
note
would
not
postpone
the
opening
of
the
Geneva
talks,
now
scheduled
to
open
Monday.
The
French
said
the
Russian
communication
does
not
necessarily
require
an
ans-
i
wer,
since
it
merely
restates
a
previous
Soviet
position.
London
sources,
however,
feared
the
new
note
might
endanger
the
conference
from
its
opening
session.
The
Western
powers
contend
that
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
suspicions
were
aroused
and
I
undertook
some
quiet
investigations.
These
enquiries
confirmed
me
in
my
suspicions
and
I
passed
my
information
to
the
hands
of
the
RCMP."
.
He
said
Dr.
-Valdmanis
will
be
brought
to
St.
John's
for
trial.
The
Latvian-born
Dr.
Valdmanis
resigned
suddenly
as
the
chief
of
Newfoundland's
development
program
last
February
and
said
he
was
taking
a
new
unspecified
job
elsewhere.
In
announcing
the
resignation
at
that
time,
Premier
Smallwood
commended
the
one-time
Latvian
cabinet
minister
for
his
efforts
during
the
last
four
years
toward
expanding
the
province's
industries
and
natural
resourc-
-perl's
conquer
cancer
campaign
has
passed
the
c
Just
two
days,
and
contributions
are
continuing
!'
Chairman
Ronald
Allen
reported
at
noon
today
IS.021.2O
had
been
collected
to
dute.
There
were
local
ranvassers
yet
to
be
heard
from
and
there
the
glass
when
warmed
by
the
sun.
"The
fleas
have
to
chip
the
glass
to
get
out,"
he
says.
Modern
Vessel
From
Liberia
f'm
so
far
from
out
of
town
points.
In
Prince
Pupert
this
morning,
Gerry
Levers
reported
that
all
of
the
cars
parked
on
the
CPA
lot
at
Seal
Cove
showed
the
unex
so
lar
exceeds
the
$2,000
quota
set
for
this
year,
sting
last
year's
total
collection
here
of
$2,300.
that
all
Russian
diplomats
in
Australia
have
been
ordered
home
immediately.
In
For
Grain
Meanwhile
an
Associated
Press
dispatch
from
Geneva
reported
fteel
French
Troops
Most
modern
and
newest
d.-cp-
that
the
two
Russian
bodyguards
sea
vessel
io
arrive
in
rruiuc
Railway,
Ship
Liquor
Outlets
In
B.C.
Seen
Ready
by
May
of
Mrs.
Vladimir
Petrov
left
Switzerland
by
plane
for
East
J
to
Defenders'
Aid
Rupert
in
rccrnt
years
docked
yesterday
at
the
Dominion
Government
Elevators
on
her
maiden
voyage.
i
"ted
Stales-air-
the
one-man
liquor
commission.
agreed
for
Russia
at
the
January
Berlin
conference
that
China
was
only
"invited"
to
the
Geneva
meeting,
and
was
not
one
of
the
major
convening
powers.
The
communique
issued
at
the
end
of
the
Berlin
meeting
specified
that
China's
attendance
at
Geneva
would
not
constitute
diplomatic
recognition
of
Peiping.
The
latest
Russian
move
became
known
as
the
foreign
ministers
of
the
North
Atlantic
She
Is
the
12.000-ton
Nicky
and
rs
from
France
was
BUlll
in
uiasgow,
ocouanu,
five
months
ago.
Of
Liberian
He
said
then:
"Newfoundland
will
not
soon
again
see
so
remarkable
a
man
as
Alfred
Valdmanis."
Dr.
Valdmanis
had
been
frequently
criticized
in
the
Newfoundland
legislature
by
opposition
Progressive
Conservatives
for
importing
Germans
to
staff
the
estimated
12
industries
created
under
his
leadership.
His
salary
as
director
of
the
economic
development
program
egistry,
the
Nicky
arrived
here
Berlin
en
route
to
Moscow
from
Australia.
No
Injuries
Follow
'Quake
SAN
FRANCISCO
tiP
A
rolling
type
of
earthquake
was
felt
on
Thursday
over
a
large
triangular
area,
50
to
100
miles
south
of
San
Francisco,
but
no
injuries
or
damages
were
reported.
'Mo
Iiido-China
operate
French
D'fn
Bien
phu
"tnunist-led
Viet-'heir
hard-hit
'Ws.
'
fleet
of
Inn,.
from
Osaka,
Japan,
to
take
on
centre
of
the
fortress'
shrinking
pr-rliiM-ter.
Already,
by
a
series
of
night
assaults
and
furious
digging
and
thrusting,
the
Vletmlnh
had
managed
to
draw
their
steel
ring
tichter
around
the
fortress.
They
have
cut
its
girth
from
a
broad
six-by-four
mile
area
'
to
one
not
more
than
a
mile
and
a
quarter
across.
VICTORIA
l
Thirsty
travellers
and
Vancouver
residents
will
soon
be
able
to
order
wine
and
beer
with
their
meals.
Canada's
two
big
railway
systems
and
26
Vancouver
downtown
hotels
and
restaurants
Thursday
divided
up
the
first
shaker-f
uli
of
public
liquor,
beer
and
wine
licences
issued
in
B.C.
They
represent
only
the
first
group
of
licences
processed
by
i
part
cargo
of
2,500
tons
of
barley.
She
is
scheduled
to
stop
Treaty
Alliance
met
in
Paris
for
at
Tahsls,
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island,
to
take
on
a
c':124
Olob.-nia.st-ftll
'n
Saigon
to-
a
confidential
preview
of
the
Western
Big
Three's
strategy
plans
for
Geneva.
and
the
government
backed
lumber
shipment
before
returning
to
the
United
Kingdom.
n
Umo
I
rrwim
companies
developing
the
pro
lfl
out
of
France
vince's
resources
was
far
great
!
Ik'!.
A
crew
of
29
operates
the
vessel
under
command
of
er
than
that
of
Mr.
Smallwood
himself.
Capt.
George
Mitropoulos.
Ps
meanwhile
Dien
to
French
i,iv.
F
fierce
hu,t
...
Fishermen's
Farewell
Dance
Kick
Off
For
Halibut
Season
i
i
I
-
f
SI
!
"fl
-
:
,
J
s
I
-
f
v
in
progr
'!ICil
i'ommnm,,,,
Whether
the
.
tivity
of
the
year..
But
not
nearly
as
many
small
Others
will
be
issued
as
they
are
approved.
Public
sale
of
liquor
by
the
glass
Is
new
In
B.C.
under
legislation
approved
last
fall.
Prev
lously,
thirst
-
quenching
was
done
in
hotel
beer
parlors
or
a
few
private
clubs
with
bars.
The
Canadian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
Railways
received
68
of
the
licences
issued
Thursday.
Of
the
group,
29
were
for
dining
rooms
and
39
for
lounges
and
cocktail
bars.
Railway
officials
said
here
that
the
new
outlets
should
be
in
operation
on
both
trains
and
boats
in
B.C.
in
May.
A
CPR
spoKesman
said
it
was
expected
that
lounge
and
dining-room
licences
would
be
used
on
transcontinental
trains
between
here
and
Field,
B.C.
Trains
and
boats
may
serve
liquor
only
while
moving.
Thirty-two
licences
were
issued
or
approved
for
Vancouver
and
two
to
a
New
Westminster
hotel
which
cannot
start
operations
until
alterations
are
approved.
Owners
said
they
would
need
several
days
to
ret
into
operation,
but
many
were
confident
of
a
Monday
start.
Beer
was
expected
to
be
available
before
wine
service.
Restaurants
may
sell
their
wine
and
beer
from
10:30
a.m.
to
11:30
p.m.
Dining-lounges
may
serve
liquor
from
10:30
a.m.
to
11:30
p.m.
except
for
special
licences
Issued
to
two
cabarets.
They
will,
re-mam
open
from
6
p.m.
to
1
a.m.
but
must
charge
a
$1.50
minimum
cover
charge.
No
public
house
licences
were"
Issued.
vessels
as
last
year
are
expected
to
convert
to
halibut
gear,
due
to
high
outlay
compared
to
relatively
short
season.
"Many
trollers
are
talking
""a.
:
V'K
;n
Tj-s
v.
V
'"""le
for
the!
marked
the
'""npated
third
.'running
the
'fences
on
the
br;ri'e
driven
out
:
'nU
in
the
,
;
Thursday
by
"attafks-
The
:'
memy
suf-
iebaek
early
IP
t.ck,
at
if
I8
or
a
break-.rt
and
ncrve
Lit
h
vr
'
"Kick-off"
of
the
halibut
season
will
be
marked
tonight
by
the
annual
Fishermen's
Farewell
Dance
sponsored
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association.
The
yearly
event
will
see
several
hundred
fishermen,
their
wives
and
friends
congregate
socially
before
the
serious
work
begins
In
preparation
for
the
halibut
season
which
opens
May
10.
Already
local
boatyards
are
seeing
the
beginning
of
the
annual
rush
repairing
and
refitting
the
vanguard
of
more
than
400
fishing
vessels
based
here
and
at
Port
Edward.
Opening
of
the
1954
season
promises
to
be
as
active
and
congested
bs
last
year's
record,
saya
W.
H.
Brett,
president
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union.
Many
small
boats
glllnetters
and
salmon
trollers
are
expect
about
trolling
for
halibut
on
the
grounds
not
frequented
by
long-line
fishermen,"
a
Co-op
spokesman
said.
Of
late,
more
and
more
small
fishing
vessels
have
crowded
the
halibut
fishing
Industry,
once
the
sole
field
for
the
large
offshore
fishing
fleet
of
big
boats
which
'
fished
practically
the
year-round,
making
a
long
trip
every
two
weeks
or
so.
Today,
fishing
companies
operate
collecting
camps
at
strategic
places
near
halibut
grounds
where
small
boats
can
unload
dally
and
also
purchase
their
supplies.
These
camps
are
expected
to
STRUTTING
HIS
STUFF
at
South
Miami's
exotic
Parrot
Jungle,
the
proud
peacock
puts
up
a
magnificent
front
(top
photo)
to
delight
his
lady
love.
Should
she
step
behind
the
scenes,
however,
she
would
see
a
less-Inspiring
but
equally
spectacular
network
of
feather
backs
that
support
the
display
i
bottom).
lly
,
reach.
attoday'i
'
"'
and
48.
!
THE
HUFFING
AND
PUFFING
at
the
Woodbridge
rail
yards
in
England
Isn't
done
by
ateam
locomotives.
The
rails
are
too
curved
for
steam
engines,
so
horses,
.like
Tinker,
and
Charlie
(above)
are
used
to
shunt
boxcars
along
the
yard's
main
line.
'.'
;
leave
the
port
towards
the
end
ed
to
enter
the
halibut
industry
1
to
get
into
the
first
fishing
ae-
j
of
the
month.