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Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
Delivery
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
41
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
18,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
81
2rs
Sau'
rike
Til
septeHDlbiSu'
TOM!!:
Plant
Wiii
Operate
Through
'54
Season
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
tfOvei
;iment
has
decided
to
postpone
the
sale
of
the
Prince
Rupert
drydock
and
shipyard
for
six
months
and
i.s
taking
action
to
ensure
continued
operation
of
the
41-year-old
enterprise..
'
.
j
Edward
T.
Applewhaite.
Lib-'
"Between
now
and
September
eral
member
of
the
Commons
1
30
th'
Government
and
the
CNR
1
?
Shorter
Week
For
Mailmen
Starts
April
1
VANCOUVER
m
Mail
handlers
and
carriers
In
23
British
Columbia
communities
will
start
a
five-day.
40-hour
week
April
1
bnt
Vancouver
postal
union
officials
are
protesting
what
they
termed
"the
limping
way
it
is
"omltig
In."
Affected
are
Prince
Rupert,
Vancouver,
Victoria,
Vernon,
Chilliwack,
Courtenay,
Cran-brook,
Duncan,
Kamloops,
Ke-lowna.
Klmberley,
Mission
City,
Nanaimo,
Nelson,
New
Westminster,
Ocean
Falls,
Penticton,
Port
Alberni,
Powell
Rivpr,
Prince
George,
Princeton,
ReveLstoke,
Trail
and
Rossland.
iii.
ii
i
VVvsMv.
H
M
i
!
lit
ISIS
OIL
Photo
by
Phil
CrotfVh
OOKOKOl'S
GEORGE
lor
Gcorginai
Prince
Rupert's
beautiful
visiting
swan,
has
taken
off
for
parts
unknown.
The
young
Trumpeter,
which
settled
In
Morse
Creek
pond
about
two
weeks
ago,
suffering
an
Injured
leg,
was
taken
to
Shawatlan
Lake
and
flew
away,
headed
for
the
far
end
of
the
lake
where
others
of
his
breed
were
reported
sojourning.
C.
J.
Walker,
assistant
game
warden,
rescued
George
from
the
frozen
pond,
nursed
him
overnight
aboard
the
TML
4,
and
took
him
to
Shawatlan.
tinue
i
ations
c-ht
waiters
nftlic
Priiw
il
Heveragp
.'nion,
today
k
cent
in
fav-
to
back
up
I
for
a
10-
t.
.
,
at
the
labor
re-
Mipcrvisea
me
i
rii
9:30
to
10:30
fell
Labor
Council
fu
n
said
no
date
r
a
strike.
The
nittee
will
seek
with
represen-Prlnce
Rupert
ii,
in
an
effort
an
amicable
strike
action
It
it
would
affect
l,.
t
business
agent
lid
he
considered
k
vote
of
confl-kuinlng
commlt-C
en
negotiating
linen
since
last
'lied
for
a
strike
a
conciliation
favor
of
the
fused
any
pay
in,
adopting
a
with
regard
to
fut
negotiations,
fringe
benefits,
extra
statutory
uday
again
union,
although
10-cent
boost,
to
onstor
any
jpifer
from
the)
Forgle
In
morning's
strike
frrard
and
Scott1
for
the
hotel-
;
mands
Project
emand
that
lemment
launch
AALA
Issues
Challenge
On
SC
AA6netary
System
VICTORIA
(CP)
CCF
oppo.st-
j
d
pend
on
the
threat
of
war
for
tion
leader
Arnold
Webster
to-,
its
fundamental
solvency,
he
day
fires
the
first
gun
for
the
said.
opposition
in
the
throne
speech
;
Experience
had
shown
that
debate
that
menirl
in
thn
li.wl.i-i
tinrler
thp
nrMjnl
mnntarv
EVELYN
AY,
Miss
America
of
1954,
sits
In
this
lovely
Florida
Valentine
of
oranges
and
grapefruit,
and
Southern
beauties
in
their
crinolines
add
a
lacy
touch
to
the
romantic
picture
designed
for
last
Sunday.
!
Big
4
Nearing
Agreement
On
Korea
Peace
Conclave
lafure
Wednesday
with
a
dv.
:
svstam
a
"chronic
xhnrt.ii
up''
nf
will)
make
every
effort
to
sell
the
drydock
and
shipyard
in
whole
or
in
part
to
a
buyer
who
will
undertake
to
keep
it
in'op-eration
on
a
.scale
sufficient
tf
meet
the
needs
of
the
fishing
and
other
Industries
dependent
on
It,"
Mr.
Applewhaite
said.
"I
am
hoping
that
we
will
be
able
to
sell
sufficient
of
the
plant
to
a
private
buyer
to
take
care
of
all
the
district
shipping
requirements
and
also
make
available
a
large
acreage
of
land
for
Industrial
purposes.
This
t0
ate
in
Prince
Rupert.
'The
industries
by
locating
themselves
on
this
land
would
be
situated
between
a
railway
and
a
deep-water
harbor."
Mr.
Applewhaite
said
the
dry-dock
and
shipyard
were
larger
than
required
for
Prince
Rupert.
The
news
was
greeted
with
reserve
In
Prince
Rupert.
Orme
Stuart,
chairman
of
the
Prince
Rupert
special
committee,
said
this
afternoon
that
it
was
not
all
that
the
committee
had
asked
but
"I
think
it
gives
us
ample
time
to
bring
our
efforts
to
a
successful
conclusion."
ASKED
FOR
GUARANTEE
.....
"We
specifically
asked
for
a
guarantee
that
it
would
be
sold
to
a
going
concern
"
Mr.
Stuart
said.
"They
have
said
that
they
'will
endeavor'
to
sell
the
dry-dock
to
a
going
concern.
We
must
be
assured
it
will
continue
to
be
a
going
concern.'"
Bruce
Brown,
.
special
committee
delegate,
went
to
Ottawa
with
the
suggestion
that
the
property
could
be
split,
with
half
continuing
as
a
drydock
and
the
remainder
sold
to
private
enterprise
for
any
suitable
industry.
In
a
conference
between
Mr.
Brown
and
Donald
Gordon
while
the
former
was
In
Otta-
;
men.
member
advocating
finriiil
'
Credit
monetary
theories.
The
CCF
leader
will
be
followed
by
Dr.
Larry
Glovando
ot
Nanatino,
lone
Progressive
Conservative
In
the
legislature.''
Mr.
Webster
is
expected
to
",'W.l
-
It
was
also
convfdered
probable
that
the
four
'would
Issue
a
statement
favoring
disarmament
efforts
in
line
with
a
resolution
adopted
by
the
UN
last
fall,
which
called
on
all
countries
to
work
for
arms
cutbacks.
Agreement
to
hold
a
Korean
conference'
would
be
the
only
major
accord
produced
by
the
foreign
ministers
in
their
25
days
of
debate.
.
On
the
other
major
conference
issues,
reunification
of
Germany
and
independence
for
Austria,
the
ministers
were
deadlocked.
Molotov
stole
the
show
from
the
Allies
with
some
concrete
German
proposals
on
the
eve
of
the
conference's
adjourn
ment.
'Sri
He
suggested
last
night
a
Big
Four
agreement
on
the
strength
and
armament
of
all
police
In
Germany
and
the
creation
of
all-German
committees
to
promote
relations
between
the
East
and
We.st
governments
in
economics,
culture,
science
and
sports.
Dulles
termed
these
a
"rather
feeble
substitute"
for
the
West
s
plan
for
unifying
Germany
through
free
elections,
but
agreed
with
Eden
and
Bidault
to
discuss
the
proposals
today.
consumer
ourchaslne
Dower
is
'Inevitable
unless
the
supply
of
money
distributed
In
the
production
of
consumer
goods
Is
augmented
through
non-eon-sumable
production
such
as
th"
extensive
International
armament
programs
whieh
hsvve-
provided
this
artificial
stimuli
,
hi
recent
years."
he
said.
BERLIN
AP)
Russia
and
,
the
dispute
over
Chinese
parti-the
Western
powers
were
re-
j
cipation
by
making
clear
that
ported
today
at
the
point
of
full
I
ti
would
not
mean
recognition.
:
deal
with
labor
;
matters
and
most
of
the
points
In
the
speech
I
from
the
throne
and
Dr.
vando
will
likely
aim
his
bis
guns
at
logging
and
hospital
In-
su
ranee
as
he
has
In
the
last
two
sessions.
'
Wednesday
Rev.
Charles
Park-
1
er
(SC-Peace
River)
used
his
for
Skeena
said
here,
the
decision
to
delay
the
sale
until
September
30,
was
made
today
at
a
cabinet
meeting.
The
drydock
and
shipyard,
built
during
the
First
World
War.1
have
been
operated
for
many
years
by
the
CNR
under
an
agreement
with
the
department
of
public
works.
The
department
has
assumed
the
operating
losses
which
amounted
to
between
$120,000
and
$230,000
annually.
The
agreement
to
delay
the
.
...
.
I
followed
a
protests
to
t
the
government
by
Mr.
Applewhaite
and
other
Prince
Rupert
groups
op-
posed
to
the
unconditional
sale
of
the
drydock;
as
announced
by
CNR
president
Donald
Gordon,
January
28.
Minister
of
Transport
Chev-rler
met
with
Bruce
Brown,
MLA,
Prince'
Rupert
on
Febru-:
ary
12,
afttsr
Mr.
Brown
was
delegated
by
a
special
committee
from
Prince
Rupert
to
personally
protest
the
unconditional
sale.
Mr.
Applewhaite
said
that
the
decision
to
continue
operating
the
enterprise
will
enable
shipping
on
the
coast
to
use
the
dry-dock
and
shipyard
for
the
1954
fishing
season.
Chance
to
Rest
to
Tasmania
Canberra
she
drove
.straight
from
the
airport
to
a
galheiin
of
48.000
school
children.
After
her
car
was
.slowly
driven
through
their
ranks
she
was
hur-
ried
off
to
review
a
parade
at
Balmoral
naval
depot.
Then,
after
an
interval
spent
In
Government
House,
the'
Queen
attended
a
garden
party
there
attended
by
8.000
guests.
Before
boarding
the
.
Gothic
she
inspected
a
guard
of
honor.
i
COLUMNIST
WLL
RECOUNT
OLD-TIME
SPORTS
EVENTS
,
'
John
Cluet-JesKome,
physical
Instructor
ia
Nova
Scotia
and
organizer
of
tome
of
the
largest
athletic
events
in
the
Maritimes
some
years
ago,
is
now
residing
in
Prince
Rupert.
Although
retired
from
active
participation,
he
is
still
active
in
outdoor
rifle
activities
and
plans
from
time
to
time
to
write
a
column
on
oldtime
sports
history
for
The
Daily
News,
where
he
is
employed
as
a
linotype
operator.
His
first
column
appears
today
on
page
6.
Mr.
Jessome
came
here
from
Nelson
to
replace
W.
T.
(Bill)
Priest,
who
left
recently
for
Revelstoke.'
speech
In
reply
to
the
throne
speech
to
challenge
the
people
of
B.C.
to
send
men
to
Ottawa
i
who
would
"restore
to
purlia-1
mtnt
the
right
to
Issue
money
I
to
equal
production."
Ills
speech
was
seconded
by
i
Bale
SC-Point
Grey).
provide
1,000.000
iThomas
P
Wednesday
by
lrst
Ume
a
government
mem-!
IP.
co,vpntlon
ofbPr
had
d,.voted
u
n.kior
por-
international
I
Uon
of
Ws
gppcch
to
tie
mone-1
Ii,
America
C10-!tary
theories
since
Social
Cred-
j
lit
Tuaa
eleeteci
in
1952
'
agreement
on
selling
up
.a
Korean
peace
conference,
which
would
probably
lead
into
Indochina
peace
talks,
at
Geneva
in
April.
Western
sources
indicated
their
"
expectation
that
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
will
accept
terms
Ait
a
conference
which
would
not
give
Red
China
any
special
standing
'as.
a
great
power.
,
Molotov
has
spent
much
time
in
the
Berlin
Big
Four
meeting,
which
was
scheduled
to
close
today,
arguing
for
a
Big
Five
conference
including
the
Chinese.
The
We.st
has
rejected
this
and
insisted
the
Big
Four
here
should
sponsor
a
limited
con-
which
fought
on
the
United
Nations
side
in
'Korea
South
Korea.
Russia,
Red
China
and
North
Korea.
Today,
last
day
or
the
Berlin
talks,
Dulles
and
foreign
ministers
Eden,
Bidault
and
Molotov
held
their
sixth
restricted
session
on
sponsoring
the
new
conference.
They
met
for
an
hour
and
11
minutes,
then
broke
up
to
reassemble
later
in
a
bigger
regular
meeting
at
which
U.S.
officials
believed
they
I
would
almost
certainly
resolve
wa,
Mr.
Brown
said
the
CNRiference
o
aU
interested
powers
president
asserted
that
if
the
j
cn
Korea
and
mdo-China.
imltted
by
local
..i
challcnae
the
people
of
this
;
government
was
Xne
d
Qcncva
confcr.
hS'W
wuW
embrace
about
20
i
the
CNR
would
continue
opera-.
..la
,,Hi
,,,
1TS
Urged
that
the1
nrnulnrr
imrl
of
this
assembly
i
blush
a
federal
ito
...
Ood
first
ami
build,
Jssion
to
work
iliiinu-h
f'hHstiun
nrineiules
a'
TOVernmcnts
to!u-umit
stone
that
will
lead
to!
homes
and
re-
i1p
ris(.
nf
the
ueonlc
of
Canada
Mousing
Act
to
I
to
the
Niinremc
uower
ot
th!
$1750,000
Canning
Plant
For
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
Plans
were
announced
here
yesterday
for
the
construction
of
a
$1,750,000
canning
plant
in
Vancouver,
largest
in
Western
Canada.
G.
G.
Lister,
president
ot
Canadian
Canners
(Western)
Ltd.,
and
executive
vice-president
of
Canadian
Canners
Ltd.,
said
construction,
will
be
completed
tn
June.
The
plant
will
be
on
a
13-acre
plot
and
will
contain
a
completely
automatic
can-handling
process,
and
a
new
process
for
grading
peas,
Mr.
Lister
said.
The
present
Canadlan.Canners
western
plant
here
was
bulit
about
28
years
ago.
Thompson
Buys
":fJ
Nanaimo
Daily
NANAIMO,
B.O.
!
The
Nanaimo
Dal'.y
Free
Press
has
been
acquired
by
the
Thomson
Co.
Ltd.,
it
was
announced
Wednesday.
The
Free
Press
will
operate
as
a
division
of
the
Vancouver
News-Herald
Ltd.
There
will
be
an
enlarged
staff
for
The
Free
Press
under
the
new
ownership
and
the
present
staff
will
be
retained.
The
Free
Press
has
a
circulation
of
about
7,000.
The
Free
Press,
an
evening
newsDaper,
was
founded
In
1874
and
has
been
owned
by
Ronald
and
Oswald
Norris
and
Robert
Stewart
since
1933.
Editorial
policies
and
staff
will
be
unchanged.
Results
of
the
tests
were
not
divulged.
However
It
is
known
the
tests
would
Involve
ho
lubricants,
projectiles
and
pow
der
charges
work
in
Arctic
tem
peratures.
U.S.
authorities
are
conducting
the
tests.
In
recent
years,
the
base
here
has
been
used
by
U.S.
and
Canadian
military
men
for
testing
military
equipment,
types
of
clothing
and
foods.
Women
Curlers
To
Take
in
'Spiel
Three
rinks
are
getting
in
final
practices
today
before
heading
for
Smithers
on
tomorrow
night's
train
for
the
annual
women's
bonspiel.
They
will
play
Saturday,
Sunday
and
Monday,
returning
on
Tuesday
night's
train.
Following
are
rinks,
the
skip
first
named:
Bessie
Wakley,
Lit
Thorn,
Helen
Ford.
Alice
Ritchie;
Elsie
Anderson,
Ethel
Johnson,
Pat
Petrow,
Peggy
Andrew:
Carol
McDonald,
Dorothy
Scott,
Lea,
McKay,
Nessle
Stone.
'rest
free,
and
1
vote
and
put
In
the
federal
gov-
j
payment
lo
10
eminent
men
who
know
th!
j
tal
cost
of
con-
I
fncts
and
have
the
coitranc
of
i
tion
of
the
drydock.
Victoria
Hit
By
Scarlet
Fever
j
VICTORIA
tCP)
Scarlet
fever
has
reached
epidemic
proportions
-
m
Greater
Victoria
since
the
I
beginning
of
the
year,
health
officials
said
yesterday.
I
A
total
of
49
cases
of
scarlet
,
fever
and
14
streptococcal
tnfec
Hons
have
been
reported
in
the
Vlctoria-Esquimalt
area
since
Jan.
1.
thoir
convictions
to
restore
to'
parlliinn
nt
the
right
to
Issue
iiioney
to
e(ual
piodurtlnn,
so
it
would
not
be
borrowed,
would
not
have
to
be
paid
back
and
j
there
would
be,
no
Interest
or
tuxes,
thereby
Riving
us
free
access
to
the
fruits
of
our
labors.
"There
Is
a
group
of
people
which
is
determined
to
rule
this
world
without
God,"
he
snid.
"and
It
Is
using
the
money
system
to
do
It."
Mr.
Parker
warned
of
a
deflation
similar
to
tin
one
that
followed
the
First
World
War.
Something
was
wrong
with
an
economic
system
that
had
to
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U.S.
Weapon
Near
Churchill
Not
Secret
For
Canadians
FORT
CHURCHILL,
Man.
);
cannon
In
Alaska,
testing
11
Canadian
Army
officials
say
an
j
under
"damp
cold"
conditions
atomic
cannon
has
been
tested
while
Churchill
Is
known
to
have
under
Arctic
conditions
"for
i
"dry
cold."
Queen.
Given
As
Tour
Turns
SYDNEY
Queen
Elisabeth;
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
le.'t
today
aboard
the
royal
yacht
Clothlc
for
Hobart,
capital
of
the
Australian
island
.state
of
Tasmania.
They
are
di)e
Saturday.
Thousands
o
f
Australians
packed
the
shore
to
cheer
the
royal
couple
on
their
way
as
the
Ciiithie.
.steamed
slowly
down
the
harbor
escorted
by
hundreds
of
.small
crait.
The
short
voyage
will
be
the
Queen's
fiist
opportunity
for
a
real
rest
.since
she
arrived
in
Australia.
The
last
HI
day-i,
which
Included
only
two
short
'breaks,
liuve
been
packed
wit'.i
iifflelal
engagements.
"
Today's
list
was
a
typical
example.
Alter
flyinj
nere
from
perulure
hovering
around
the
freezing
mark
no
cases
of
exposure
were
reported.
"I
thought
a
bomb
had
hit
us,"
Natalie
Sobel
of
Montreal,
a
passenger
In
a
day
coach
located
about
mid-way
through
the
first
train,
said.
"People
were
thrown
all
ovir
the
car
and
many
of
them
just
lay
there
stunned
for
a
few
minutes,"
she
said.
"There
was
a
lot
of
sercaming
when
the
glass
from
the
windows
started
to
fly
through
the
air."
Most
of
the
injured
complained
of
bruises
or
cuts
from
flying
glass.
Many
needed
only
first-aid
treatment.
CPR
officials
began
an
investi
gation
Immediately
to
determine
the
cause
of
the.
crash.
'
Fight
For
Six
Hours
Ind.
iTHER
i
j
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least
gion
Cloudy
li
s
today.
Over-hd
Friday
with
after
midnight
riday
morn-
Pmorrow.
Winds
""ling
south
20
and
southeast
I
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InnlfvMI
a.,,4
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fort
Hardy
32
Ji
30
and
40;
P
and
40.
iers
pve
P-Weary
,sur.
rain
collision
at
pled
here
today
two
Toronto
J"urs
pinned
be-f'n
while
doctors
fenously
to
keep
pilled
and
87
ln-econd
section
ot
f'cific
Railway
fn
Toronto
to
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into
the
first
'.v
larmini?
mm-
'
West
of
horn
FS
snot-
.
storm
n
of
Hip
in.
P
hospital
today.
-.
asseimnn
of
"eved
to
have
"
n
a
steel
beam
washroom
at
man
Pinned
in
Wreck
some
time."
The
army
announced
in
a
statement
yesterday
that
a
280-millimetre
atomic
cannon,
the
only
one
reported
to
be
in
Canada,
has
fired
conventional
type
shells,
including
at
least
one
600-pounder,
near
this
military
base.
Fort
Churchill
Is
near
the
Hudson
Bay
port
of
Churchill.
The
presence
of
the
cannon
became
known
after
a
tour
of
Fort
Churchill
by
26
military
attaches
and
advisers,
representing
18
countries.
Although
tests
have
not
involved
firing
of
atomic
warheads,
due
to
danger
and
costs,
it
is
known
that
shells
of
the
conventional
type
have
been
fired
and
from
data
gathered,
the
actual
range
of
an
atomic
shell
Is
known.
One
army
spokesman,
who
declined
use
of
his
name,
said
the
only
difference
between
an
atomic
and
conventional
shell
would
be
the
size
of
the
explosion.
Another
army
official,
who
also
could
not
be
named,
expressed
an
opinion
that
the
United
States
mignt
have
a
similar
i
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the
rear
of
a
.sleeper
In
the
first
section.
Charles
Martin
and
M.
A.
Dean
also
were
In
the
combination
washroom-smoker
with
Casselman
and
were
pinned
behind
the
beam.
Both
men
bled
profusely
from
head
wounds
for
2Vi
hours
until
a
relief
train
reached
the
scene
and
then
for
some
four
more
hours
while
rescue
workers
toiled
frantically
to
chisel
them
om.
Doctors,
fearing
they
might
succumb
from
the
bleeding
and
lack
of
food,
gave
them
intravenous
Injections.
Dean
had
both
legs
broken
In
the
crash
and
suffered
head
injuries
only.
'
Some
of
the
passengers
were
stranded
at
the
accident
scene
for
10
hours
but,
with
the
tern-
WITH
A
BRAND-NEW
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
from
the
University
of
Nebraska
after
his
name,
MSgt.
John
P.
Vlrblla
of
Oakvllle,
Conn.,
burns
the
midnight
oil
in
a
tent
at
First
Marine
Division
headquarters
in
Korea
as
he
begins
work
for
his
master's
degree.
Turning
to
the
battle
of
the
textbooks
each
night,
when
the
day's
duties
are
done,
the
33-year-old
Leatherneck
hasn't
allowed
active
Marine
service
to
Interfere
with
his
education.
He
was
graduated
In
absentia,
in
January.