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Published
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Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pocific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VUU.
XLIII,
NO.
28
PRINCE
RUPERT.
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be
Moved
From
Section
Two
The
Department
of
Transport
ionosphere
station
in
Section
Two
has
been
branded
as
the
source
of
a
major
part
of
radio
interference
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area
and
may
be
moved
shortly.
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Possible
provision
of
another
;
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radio
channel
to
cut
some
of
f
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the
load
on
the
channel
now
fatCkl
nnt
WaTOC
X1
Diplomat
Reveals
Spying
By
Tfie
Awx:wletl
Vrem
TOlfYO.
A
trust-wort..!
United
States
military
source
said
today
that,
a
Russian
diplomat-spy
repovU'd
missing
last
week
is
revealing
secrets
of
a
lied
spy
ring
in
Japan
to
United
States
intelligence
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!0n
Fish
Cut
used
by
Prince
Rupert,
Prince
Oeorge
and
Vancouver
has
also
'
been
reported
here.
A
Department
of
Transport
technician.
A.
Wyatt
of
Ottawa,
investigated
the
situation
here
!
last
week
and
said
he
will
rec-
I
ommend
removal
of
the
iono
Ol'RING
HIS
INSPECTION.
TOUR
over
the
ruined
Batambang
area
which
was
overrun
by
Vlctmlnh
Communist
troops,
Kina
Norodom
Sihanouk
of
Cambodia
stopped
to
give
a
poor
woman
a
gift
of
money.'
DETROIT
BUS
DRIVERS
CALL
OWN
SERVICE
TOO
SLOW
DETROIT
if
Municipal"
bus
drivers
want
parking
facilities
enlarged
around
terminals.
They
want
to
drive
to
work
because
they
say
the
transportation
nystem
is
too
slow.
sphere
station
from
the
immc-
Fish
plants
in
Prince
Rupert
,
diate
area,
probably
to
Terrace,
are
enjoying
an
approximate
10
He
pin-pointed
the
station
as
per
cent
.reduction
in
railway
responsible
for
heavy
interfer-
j
freight
rates
for
frozen
fish
and
ence
in
district
radio
commu-
fish
roe
destined
for
Eastern
nications
set-ups.
which
par-
Canada,
Arthur
Kemp,
CNR
ticularly
affected
the
weather
,
freight
agent
said
today,
station
at
Digby
Island.
Tne
new
rate
now
ln
effcct
The
ionosphere
station
is
a
!
a
special
competitive
one
intro-radio
transmitter
system
used
j
duced
by
the
CNR
to
meet
truck
to
predict
frequencies
most
suit-.
competition
between
Vancouver
able
for
communicating
be-
j
8nd
the
east.
While
there
is
no
tween
certain
points,
and
serves
1
1
nvk
competition
between
a
large
northwest
coastal
area,
j
Prince
Rupert
and
the
east,
the
Announcement
of
the
recom-
ratc
was
reduced
here
so
that
mendation
to
move
the
station
there
would
be
no
discrimina-followed
complaints
from
the
,
tj0n,
Mr.
Kemp
said.
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Okinawa.
The
.nurcn.
wli'i
cannot
be
i
identified,
said
secrets
from
the
j'hiKhly
efficient
agent"
are
!
helping
crack
the
spy
rins;
j
The
diplomat.
YurUAlexan-j
drovich
Ritstovorov,
apparently
.
j
fled
in
terror
from
the
defunct
!
Russian
mission
in
Tokyo,
the
-1
source
said,
after
helping
,"set
I
tf)
a
spy
network
thaMhas
already
penetrated
some'
of
the
;
Inches:!,
level
r.f
Hn
To,..
KRNEST
HEMINGWAY,
the
adventuring
writer,
and
his
wife
survived
two
plane
crashes
m
one.
week-end
in
the
wild
upper
Mali,
,.mi,fi
nf
Cr...t
If.i.n
Unl
I
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1
.
.
i,ui
uniiuj
ui
cut
nmu.
iiieir
L-imiieruu
"snv
plane
crasnea
in
one
of
the
mot-t
inaccessible
spots
of
Uganda,
and
shortly
10-Foot
Gash
Sends
George
VANCOUVER
CP
The
Princr
j
L.-oi8r
uockcq
nere
luesday
I
nignt
wun
a
10-toot
gasn
at
the!
waierunc
momrnto
of
an
early-
:
rrince
itupcn
tamper
or
uom-
merep
a
in
thp
wimln
rartin
jeSumcaUcm
SELECT
NEW
CHANNEL
chamber
received
word
!The
from
G.
C.
W.
Brown,
comptroller
of
telecommunications
in
Ottawa,
saying
that
the
prob
auer
tneir
rescue
plane
had
a
mishap
in
its
take-off.
The
intrepid
adventurer
is
shown
here
writing
articles
for
Look
magazine
while
on
his
current
hunting
trip
:
in
the
East
African
jungle.
'
i
-
morning
collision
in
tide-tricky
I
stand
by
the
boots
while
the
ce.v8rypi0
Narrwa
160.
miles
Mir
officer
and.
bief
cny.
Jar
'";""'
f
Vancouver.'
'.
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Inspected
the'
damage"
which'
Capt.
W.
E.
Eccles,
who
had
was
confined
to
the
forepeak
RGAF
Plane
Crew
Picked
Up
,lem
was
being
taken
up
witiCLake
tne
rate,
is
$4-49
per
-J0O
(Northwest
Telephone
CompaMyiwlth
a
30,000-bQund
minimnm'-and
that
step's
are
being
takWiaa,'Pe,r
witfc
40,099-
Jtrewn
CVlwi
.cUlftl
Prcs
J1I.
An
es-
I
lillKlU
P"-
crushed
to
t
least
.1,000
curly
today
11,
India,
when
1,000
strong
into
the,
holy
it;
joining
of
and
Jifinma
rts
reaching
l.rcoiinLs
said
200
lone
the
sanely
Ganges
were
irs
after
the
po-
l.iy
tin-
pamc-
;
of
bathers
at
a
festival.
s
at
Allahabad
imcnt
on
uny
igrdy
and
would
cHMiitlly
figures,
r
Nrbru
intend-Kumbh
Mela
to-
;
(irnt
Rajcndral
been
scheduled
j
ilicrs
But
there!
Ii
ations
where)
iiad
were
when
k
currcd.
tie
of
pilgrims
I
the
rlveiJi'
roll-
j
:n
India
111
ob-!
orthodox
Hindu
'
i.ni
there
during
,
i
!a
spares
them
:
jirth
Into
a
new
vom
Jan.
14
to
t
very
12
Imvi'Ti
C
i,U
tholoP
'"I
V'""
"wul
fK.HT
.
had
waited
Bn
cr
banks
amid
hoped
to
bathe
three
hours
i
Lht.
peiinuMi
ih
Mdrred
by
the
I
au.spiclou
time
j,,y
f
v
dawn
they
region
of
20.000
ii'n.
astride
cle-
I
n
to
the
water
;
i
-.ims
of
Dllmims
!
inward
the
bank.
f
.ing
human
Jug-
Cross
and
local
lies
were
report-dead,
dying
and
f
uiiu
y
tent
hos-
keshift
nL.rii,i
''('
been
set
un
tnks.
the
confusion
when
the
des-ught
to
beat
unit
crowds
with
long,
steel-polnt-
iis
they
use
In
"ill
life
for
pro-wild
beasts.
11
frightened
the
!mg
the
siuihi.
f'lu
trmplc
offi-
gc
beasts
added
THER
last
region
oulc
hied.
1
t(lay
and
'hiuihig
mild.
r.
occasionally
'Xiiosed
areas
l
ittle
change
In
intl
li'gh
Thurs-l(y.
40
and
48;
nice
Rupert,
40
been
on
the
bridge
for
28
hours,
Isfid
the.
Canadian
National
By
10
Per
Cent
The
new
ratc
to
Tomn,
......
-,.
.
er
ana
uwen
sound
is
S4
pei
100
pounds
with
a
30,000
pound
minimum
or
S3.60
per
100
with
a
40.Q00
minimum.
T.
Montreal,
Ottawa.
-.Sud
bury,
North
Bav
and
Kirkland
J""
minimum.
'
Chamber
Probes
Park
Site
0,eeiK(til.,
4
,.UIt,.t
..1
..
r
Hospital
(a
slnaU
lsand
jnt
to
D,
b
I(.,and
which
has
protested
proposed
sale
of
the
island
by
the
federal
f
government.
The
chamber
has
written
E.
T.
(Tedi
Applcwhaite,
MP,
asking
that
the
island
be
transferred
to
the
provincial
government
for
park
purposes
and
suggesting
'hat
local
service
club
might
be
willing
to
develop
the
island
if
it
is
designated
a
park
area.
The
small
Island,
termea
a
perfect
site
ior
a
park
and
picnic
ground
by
chamber
members,
was
offered
for
sale
recently
by
the
federal
government.
USAF
Cancels
Orders
WASHINGTON
(Reutersi
After
Mediterranean
Dunking
Steamships
vessel
would
go
Into
i.
drydock
today
after
unloading
t-"r'0-
""pert-oouna
ircigni
win
be
trnsf',rred
Into
express
rest
fl
Aerator
cars
and
box-baggage
"
will
arrive
ln
Rupert
rldav
nlEnl-t
Seymour
Narrows
Is
a
winding
chsnncl
between
Vancouver
Is-
at
Waterline
Into1
Drydock
'
Full
'
emergency
were
taken,"
dipt.
Eccles
.s,.ia
,,
He
said
passengers
were
order
ed
into
life
jackets
and
told
to
ahead
of
a
watertight
bulkheaj
in
the
collision
chamber.
There
was
no
panic,
the
can-
tain
said.
ine
accident
occurred
in
predawn
darkness
w'aiie
the
Prince
George
was
on
a
scheduled
run
from
Vancouver
to
Prince
Rupert
and
Alaska
with
112
crew
members
and
122
passengers.
Capt.
Eccles,
who
said
he
is
"always
on
the
bridge"
when
hts
.ship
enters
the
narrows,
blamed
a
swinging
tide
with
pushing
the
vessel
onto
the
rock.
The
Prince
George
struck
the
rock
and
came
free
auain
under
her
own
power,
the
captain
said.
He
ordered
sn
emergency
call
"but
not
an
SOS"
sent
out
and
tugs
ln
the
area
responded.
The
ship
dropped
anchor
until
the
tide
changed,
then
turned
south
accompanied
by
two
of
the
tugs.
M
luna
a"a
wuaura
lsiana
ana
nas
V.
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;
Koveniment."
1
j
'
Ri'HttiVorov.rt
out
of
Tear
I
for
his
life."
Ihe.
wirtee
said.
'The
claim
of
the
Russian
mis-
t
!
i,c
Wf,r
.ionnpea
oy
,,.,.
m.
.,.
I
nun
ii,.diia
in
ruiiemous.
r
RnHtovorov
rlisauocared
i
fan-0Tt,,)V,"t
'
mission
first
Pprt"rt.
Japanese
se
police
that
'
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"J1'
I
tho
US
of
klclnaPP'
napping
him.
OKI)!
ItHt
HOME
Ihiwver.
the
American
sour
1
said
PasUivorov
fled
after
bein
ordered
back
to
Moscow
because
he
apparently
was
found
"softening"
to
Americans.
The
source
said
a
Russian
intelligence
agent
accompanying
a
Russian
skating
team
here
in
January
brought
orders
for
Rastovorov
to
return.
He
said
Ra.stovorov
knew
he
was
to
be
sent
home,
and
decided
to
ask
the
Americans
for
asylum.
The
source
also
said
two
other
Russian
agents
in
Tokyo,
both
friends
of
Ra.stovorov,
wanted
to
give,
themselves
over
to
the
Americans,
but
are
being
sent
home
guarded
by
five
other
Russians.
Rastovorov
is
believed
to
have
been
a
lieutenant-colonel
In
the
MVD
(secret
police).
Such
n
rank
would
make
him
a
key
l
man.
(f
11
lnc
'
pne
01
mny
marine
trdgedies.
It
is
split
at
Its
nar-
rowt'st
Plnt
by
trcacherouf
Kippic
kock
wnicn
nas
gut
tea
manv
.smP8
m
lne
PBst
to
select
a
new
channel
for
Prince
George
use.
t
I
At
present.
Prince
George,
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver:
are
using
the
same
channel.
with
resultant
overloading
and
poor
service.
)
The
problem
was
referred
to
committee
for
study
and
report
L
GUker
complained
that
inade-
j
quate
equipment
was
to
blame
overKdrneir
Mr.
Kraupner
said
local
equipment
was
ln
such
disrepair
that
it
was
often
completely
useless,
and
Mr.
Gilker
reported
that
the
set-up
had
been
totally
inoperative
for
two
weeks
at
one
time
and
the
operators
hadn't
even
known
about
it.
He
said
Northwest
Telephone
had
a
government
monopoly
lor
telecommunications
and
we
should
demand
improvements."
6000
Marooned
By
Cold
Wave
LONDON
tin
More
than
6,000
people
were
marooned
today
on
ice-bound
islands
off
the
Ger
FINALE
UGURE,
Italy
if
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
crash-landed
in
the
Mediterranean
today.
150
yards
off
the
Italian
Riviera
coast.
All
five
members
of
its
crew
escaped
in
rubber
boats
and
were
picked
up
by
a
fishing
barque
before
they
could
paddle
to
shore.
The
pilot
of
the
craft,
which
was
flying
from
Gibraltar
to
Marseilles,
was
identified
only
as
"Capt..
Annis."
Two
unidentified
officers
and
two
non-com-
Carrier
To
Cost
$182
Million
WASHINGTON
(ft
The
third
of
the
new
60.000-ton
Forrestal-class
carriers,
designed
to
handle
the
biggest
United
States
Navy
planes,
will
cast
about
$182,000,-000
and
be
built
In
the
Virginia
yards
of
the
Newport
News
Shipbuilding
and
Drydock
Company,
the
nuvy
announced
Tuesday.
The
contract
with'
the
company
is
for
a
fixed
price
of
$117,750,000.
The
remainder
ul
the
total
will
be
for
the
planes,
radio,
radar
and
other
equipment.
Higher
Royalties
Asked
BEIRUT,
Lebanon
i
A
resolution
demanding
Increased
royalties
from
foreign
oil
companies
was
approved
unanimously
Tuesday
night
by
the
Lebanese
Chamber
of
Deputies.
The
British-controlled
Iraq
Petroleum
Company
and
the
American-owned
Trans-Arabian
Pipeline
are
the
two
groups
affected.
Chamber
Backs
Council
Stand
On
Liquor
Sales
City
council's
move
to
have
city
liquor
store
hours
extended
during
the
summer
months"has
been
endorsed
by
the
.Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
1
Chamber
members,
In
approving
council's
action,
said
the
store
should
be
open
In
the
evening
to
accommodate
tourists
whose
arrivals
usually
came
after-hours.
i
Extension
of
store
hours
also
would
deter
bootleggers
in
the
city,
members
said.
The
council
resolution
calls
for
evening
openings
of
the
store
up
to
11
p.m.,
on
the
five
weekdays
(Monday
through
Fridayi
for
a
period
Ironi
April
1
to
October
31.
The
question
of
a
bonded
ware
I10u.se
here
to
supply
stocks
of
liquor
for
deep-sea
vessels
aLso
was
discussed
at
the
session,
and
tile
problem
was
turned
over
to
A.
Bruce
Brown,
MLA,
to
be
taken
up
at
Victoria.
man
and
Dutch
coasts
as
the
The
United
States
air
force
worst
winter
in
seven
years
Tuesday
said
it
has
cancelled
spread
death
and
misery
through
orders
for
33
Martin
B-57
twin-Europe,
jet
bombers,
the
American
ver-An
estimated
300
persons
al-
Bion
of
the
British
Canberra,
ready
have
died
in
10
days
of
the
The
cutback
was
imposed
as
part
bitter
cold
wave
sweeping
from
of
the
general
re-shaping
of
Norway
to
North
Africa
and
defence
forces
now
under
way,
from
Portugal
to
Siberia.
air
force
officials
said.
missioner
officers
also
were
aboard
the
plane.
1
Cause
of
the
crash
was
not
immediately
determined.
Authorities
said
the
plane
is
lying
in
about
eight
feet
of
water
and
can
be
recovered,-
,
In
Rome
the
Canadian
military
attache,
Col.
A.
G.
Chcr-rier,
said
the
plane
was
a
Beechcraft
transport
en
roule
from
Gibraltar
to
its
base
in
France
via
Marseille.
He
Identified
the
pilot
further
as
Ralph
Hamilton
Annis,
23.
The
attache
said
the
plane
went
off
course
because
of
a
faulty
radio
and
ran
out
of
fuel.
Paper
Denies
British
Doctor
Attending
Pope
VATICAN
CITY
W
The
Vat-iean
newspaper
l'Osservatore
Romano,
in
an
evident
effort
to
allay
growing
concern
over
the
health
of
Pope
Plus,
said
today
(hat
"the
state
of
the
supreme
Pontiff,
thanks
to
God,
continues
to
improve.
,
The
newspaper
also
described
as
"absolutely
unfounded"
reports
in
the
Italian
press
that
a
British
specialist
who
attended
the
late
King
George
VI
had
been
called
for
consultation.
This
report,
printed
In
both
II
Messaggero
and
II
Tempo
of
Rome.
Conservative
newspapers,
had
heightened
worry
that
the
pontiff
might
be
suffering
from
cancer.
(see
earlier
story
page
3)
Compass
Rose.
The
winners,
who
are
asked
to
call
for
their
free
passes
at
The
Dally
News
office
by
5
p.m.
Thursday
are:
Patricia
Hickson
of
114
Elizabeth
-
Apartments:
Frank
An-field
of
420
Dunsmuir
Street;
Mrs.
R.
L.
Tough
of
610
Eighth
Avenue
East;
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
F.
Denning
of
1126
Ninth
Avenue
East;
A.
H.
Duwsley
of
339
Fourth
Avenue
West;
Mrs.
W.
T.
Rothwell
of
444
Sherbrooke
Street;
Marie
HilU
Of
1256
Park
i
Avenue.
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Incornnratprt
Seven
Persons
Win
Free
Passes
In
Contest
About
The
Cruel
Sea
Seven
persons
of
the
many
)
words
in
telling
his
gripping
tale
avid
readers.
who
took
part
in!
of
the
adventures
of
the
HMS
Firm
in
'53
t
City
"e
Rupert
F"'in"
rei.,,,-i
Ior
1153,
and
1
"Itilpnicnt
will
t'K'ililate
this
Waited
dellv-
f
1,1
Prinec
RU-1,7'W.
a
record
,
,-
cApecis
to
P
M(y
from
t.h.
aeParttnent,
to
The
Sub.
sidy?
...
a
baby
Incubator.
The
provincial
health
department,
which
distributed
the
federal
health
grant
for
such
projects,
promised
prince
Rupert
a
new
incubator
If
the
birth
rate
passed
the
400
mark.
.
.
The
total
421
babies
born
in
the
hospital
this
year,
compares
With
88i
births
in
1952.
Hospital
spokesmen,
reporting
the
record,
said
that
births
have
been
Increasing
gradually
lor
the
past
several
years.
the
Capitol
Theatre
"Cruel
Sea'
contest
came
up
with
the
right
answer
to
the
question
"How
many
words
did
Louis
Montser-rat
write
in
his
best-seller
novel
"The
Cruel
Sea?"
The
correct
answer,
given
by
the
following
persons
and
entitling
them
to
a
pass
each
for
two
persons
to
see
"The
Cruel
fea"
is:
Louis
Montscrrat
wrote
no
words
of
"The
Cruel
Sea."
The
author
of
"The
Cruel
Sea"
Was
Nicholas
Mnnsnrmt
who
wrote
approximately
200,000
ERNST
EMIL
WALTER,
a
Berliner,
pauses
while
carrying
a
large
wooden
cross
with
a
mounted
painting
of
the
Madonna
through
the
streets
of
Florence,
Italy..
In
1052,
Walter
vowed
he
would
visit
all
famous
religious
shrines
in
Europe
on
foot.
Heading
north
to
Lourdes
from
Rome,
he
stopped
briefly
in
Florence.
THESE
MAY
LOOK
LIKE
ICE
FLOES
in
False
Creek
in
the
downtown
part
of
Vancouver
which
calls
itself
the
evergreen
playground.
Actually
they
are
big
chunks
of
snow
left
in
the
creek
when
snow-removal
trucks
dumped
their
loads.
Vancouver
shared
British
Columbia's
record
14-day
January
cold
spell
and
had
30
inches
of
snow.