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Death Toit
Climbs
ln Europe

No Relief Seen

~ In Cold Wave
»LCNDON (CP) — The
death toll in Europe's re
lentless February cold
neared 500 today, with ne
relief in sight,

Temperatures far belaw frees
ing stretehcd across the contin-
ent and the British isles. The
normally sunnv French Riviera
had its heaviest snowfall in ily.
ing memory Tuesday,

Teepacks slowly foreed the 1,-
)0-ton Swedish cargo ship Ma-
Ulda on to Sweden's rocky Bal-
tic coast lodwy, Helicopters stooc
by to take off the 20 crew mem.
bers if hone Of saving the ship Ir
abandoned, *

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. Published.at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest |

VOL, XLV, No, 38,

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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1956,

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Pupert Much Warmer |
i han Chilly Vancouver

Special for Lou Felsenthal
Prinee Rupert was a veritable oasis of temperate
imate last night compared to other British Colum-

dia centres, especially chil
‘ince shiv
gast five years,

» While Vancouver temperatures 3|
junged io 3 desrees above zero, :
‘Yrince Rupert cefuted the Do-
uinton Fublic Weather office's

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‘ered in the coldest winter weatner of the

 

ly Vancouver, as the pro-

1 te oe eee ne nee oe ne eee tne ot pct ee

"o hours. ‘But the remainde:
, of, .the province will continue
-cl@ar-and very cold through. at
lod tthe next couple of days. -

“Porecast for tne north coast

costs, 5

The raises, which will cost. the ‘s

school district -an‘additional $12,- =. ree

(67 represent. about. one: quarter. ‘li
of the 18 percent: the teachers’ |

‘| association. Was. seeking: and:are.

. less toan } per cent. greater: thanyy,

ithe Board of School: Trustees for

 

yi increases repr presenting an’ over al

 

“High | J antennsnienr “3:47.
re “16: 12
LOW. sssesiasente 10,10:

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the offer .made“December: 5 «by

  
  
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

District 52." ie eek
o} The? Teachers’ : - Assoefation
“salary: committee ‘said’ yester-__
“day: that, the;.committee eels |°%

 
 
 
  
 

‘orecast of zero and the mercury  rezion is “Gyereast with -inter-
remained between 18 and 18! | mittent snow today and Thurs-
labove, iday..-Not so cold. Winds light
Flsewhnere overnight tempera -; Wouay and southerly 15 tomor-|

WORK CONTINUES throughout the winter months on construc-

in snowhound Villages, end many
areas are running short of food:
and fuel.

Lion of the St, Lawyence seaway. In this photo, released hy the
| seaway authority, veinforced econerete pipe is laid below the bed

  

 

 

 

The known death toll
morning totalled 489, and more;
are feared dead in still isolated '

(background) at Montreal, The

this of the future seqaway channel near-the Jacques Carlier bridge

 

channel will carry water from |

anew intake in the St. Lawrence river to the municipalities of |

tres dropped to new lows ini
several points. Ji was 6 degrees.

high
20

row, Law tonight and
Thursday at Prince Rupert,

 

 

 

that the: 1956 wage agreenient :
is “entirely ‘unsatisfactory.
It. was following. the Decem-;

 

; ‘above at Abbotsford, 5 below at and 30; Port Hardy 20 and’ 3¢

mm 4S ’ afte - a” y 1 - Ctapting hiuape & s h rd tha, ae Me
com unities «ind complete figs Longeull and Jacques Cartier on the rivers south § “or , ‘Penticton, 44 below at Quesnel! aiid Sandspit 25 and 20. ee feathers’ Asoriaton = _
fron Tron Curtain countr les ee! and 40 below at Prince George: 2: THER AT. <. |arbitration. aoe cet |
believed to have suffered as ' Hersever relief is in sight as' FEDERAL: WEALTH MINIS-_ ‘The board, composed of a. D.

heavily as western Europe.
SUEPPING STOPPED
Ice has stopped all inland ship- |

National Building Goi :

Telatively warm moist alr is now!
roving over Alaska to bring:
‘snow and some modification in:

TER PAUL MARTIN. examines
a vial of Salk polio-yaccine af-"
ter he reporied. in the House.

Taxi Owners

 

McRae, -chairman; E.:P. O'Neal, a
teachers’ representative, “and: T
W. Brown, QC, representing th

 

‘temperatures to the northern | of Commons in Ottawa, that | trustees awarded the’ following. \

ping throughout Germany. The! 0 oast | regions oF BC. in n the next! the vaccine was found to be -j basic pay increases “aboy the ls

Danube is frozen over for MO active ere rl were menemncename ee e ers entirely safe and 85 per cent: | 1955 wage scale: .

e remp ratures In West Ger U. 5. Cher q ye pe in preventing . para- . @ Elementary contol
emperatures In West Ger- ; lytie. polio. ~ Its ottcctiveness tificate with no experience, $155;

any overnisht ranged a erally The National Building Code will be br ouy ht into, eere Fe “was based. on 1955 “inocula. one; or. more. year's: experience

etween 3 and 20 degrees foh-' t > \ { Or e ic eS i “wil 4 S178. ’

renheit, but Bavaria had 10 be- effect in Prince Rupert April 1, it was decided Monday’ | tions, British Columbia will |§

low vero.
below.
Italy has launched a big “clear:
the route” campaign to reach
ereas cul off for 10 days or more,

Bertin reported four-y the city council who ask

the na-.
vas vcnn Dolphin,

_ Urging adoption of
icenal corte

Motor convoys, helicopters and eity building inspector who sald heh 4 Lite h ean predieue today, Ree |Monday, night. to. ask that

skitroups are moving in with the code represented uniform €2OUgA ‘oO ensure godt duitding. Loupllcans predicted ‘Voday. that) ges .

fudd> redicine Aha taal ‘simplicity, as opnosed to. cily Mr. Dolphin ‘sald. . | Tuesdays reassuritig medical ye latpy law: ‘he. passed
Sixty-five United States Alr'cede, which experience had Central Mortgage and ‘Housing dort will convince President Bis-| iguive taxi meters

Force Fiying ‘ Boxesrs today
wound up the biggest Gurapean
alrHft since the Berlin blockade

cshown would Hkely be a con-
glomeration of nortions of build-
Ing codes In operation in’ other

by completing delivery from Ger- cities. ‘ent for its purvoses, the bullding | °t the extent of Eisenhower STC ithe licencing committee, but; ZC $210; EB $250; EA ‘$300. lows
many of 700,000 pounds of re-) The National code cae voreg  SDeCtor said. tock. fron Is Ser eee neat went on record as favoring the! An elderly fisherman was found $150; SB. $200.and SA $250; th
ef suppres for the hard-hit: pvepy cect ta nela « Horvever, he acded the nat; One - MM TU use of meters in taxis , an. annual increment-of, $200.
Nalin ° every section of Canada and had | -talned that he will say “no” to a vt 4 2. ‘dead on his boat at the govern $2

vine backing of tne Nationai Ree
eseareh Council, fo ves derived
every five ve cars: to include rcs |

MORE SNOW IN CSG

A J6-ineh snosinil--the worst
In memoey isolated villages in
St. Tropes area af southern
France,

Vienna this morning hits to
Jowest teinperniive of the freee.
up--l4 below,

Leepacks unreaten the last see
Jane between esstern and west-
erm Denmark.

Fresh snow flas pied up over
southeast Wagdand, and roads ir
TT Vritish counties today were
dangerous ‘with tee ane spew,

The Netherlands and Beleluyr
had more ‘show too,

One drighb spot today was
Say. where the week-dong cold
wave broke Tuesday after claim
jog 12 dives quad ruining two-

Snowbound

WINMIPRG: do. Fleets of me-'
chanted equipment cantinued
oworking today to free Manitoba
fren the ip af a two-day blz:
ward, the warst af 100 stern:
whieh have struck the castern
Pralrics so fir this. winter,

Digeing-ont operations
beine enrrled aut

were
as a wide-
spread cold wave chimped ftself

hrds oc the weanee crop. ME . ; ‘ago still represented the wishes lowance is not included in the tine they were ruled ineligible
I weds mn nM ¥ Ma 4 ‘In vith over westerh Canada from Bele ver low of & above zero was fore. 4 Kenintin Ly neon ii . Jonnson, jot the people In regard te a sup- $12,187 additional co:t this year. until ellgible for supplenentany
anid had smienine lL Pee th Columbia to northwestern cast for tonight, he Demoeratic Moor leader WhO! oie of power for Ihe clly was i It could niean un added $7,200 | benefit, : A
He temperature wen meses “Onkarto, The dsturbanee whieh Cump. AUEeed A heart AlaeK Etst rosehed Monday night by. Al- if nll teachers presently employ-|  Moweyer, the new. amend :
frowslnit The forceas! was for celery ed OBA daches of snow over July, said ina siitement dictated roman a, Don Ritehie, ed by the schovl board retuned) ment provides that “It folly

skies but colder
Nonadenitlon wos
fore the weekend,

temperatures,
expected: b+

Suit Dropped

up for that purpose. -

ed that: a by- “law be draw) n

tural chanres and new products: |
gave the contractor: someth ini
to work on and’ vet head teeth

Corporation had taken the -Na-:

‘tlonal Building Code and imac
ils regulations even more stilng-}

al code by Itself was interested’
Colv Jn vood laihkine
not “too fourth.”

Machines Work To Free ree

Manitoba

In Alberta and Saskatchewan,
the nereury tumbled to between
YW and 30 below zero Tuesday
Night. Maximum teniperatures.

sfoday were experted to be 1d to

158 Welaw,

On the west) eoast the ow look
was for colder weather, Unui-
wally frield readings stayed well:
below freezing and a Vaneau.

Winnipeg and 4 dnehes over
Danphiny Man, dn two days:
moved oul over dames Bay ‘Tues |

end Was:
-ton, chief consultant on the case

By Report
On President

enhovwer that he should

} again.

run

second (crm,
Dr, Paul Dudley White of Bos-

sine Eisenhorver's Sept, 24 neart
~itvek, svid Tate Tuesday that
he and five other physicians be-
neve wiserhower shoukt be uble

‘to carry on in the presidency.

“for another five lo 10 years.”
Under the amended constitu-
tion, Eisenhower cauid serve only
gone more four-year tevin,
“hike all Americans,” suid Ade ,
lid . Stevensea, “f gin of course
delighted at the favorable vepoi t
on the condition of the presl-|
dents health.”
; Stevenson, who Eisenhower |
defeated for the presidency In:
1962, is an aniive candidate for
the Democratic nomination this:
your,

Troma his home I Texes:
ww

Asa fethew hivman being whe;
‘das gone through the same

  
 

Democrats voiced gra tification | Council referred the netition to j

| have enough vaccine this year.

lenk’ ad taxi owners: in the © 44E8 oto)

Twenty- -nine of the lice! to inosulate all ‘school, child |
ren up to and. including Grade.

 
   
 
     

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city: petitioned city council|

   
 

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‘used in city cabs,

Dies On Boat

The petition from the taxi-/

owners also asked council to set
@ 1, police rted toda
‘rates for the metered rides. At; yesterday, police repo y

present taxis operate ov the zone! The man has been identified
system, which the petitioners as William Higgins, 84. who Is

 

said sometimes worked a hard- said to have been found aboard

O - [starting salar ry.

 

ment floats in Prince - "Rupert |

 

iNCREMENT STAYS SAME:

|. Seale awarded by. the’ board
keeps the. annual increment at
$150. Not included in the: new
wage scale is a $180-annual cost
of living bonus asked by the
teachers,

'northern® re nt
United: Fisherm
Workers Union: for:

The clause, received at

ship on passengers,
Aldermen agreed, that (he only

equitable method of taxi ¢ urge |

was by meter,

his boat the “Strategy” by the
float caretaker.

An inquiry will be held by Cor-
“oner Geurze iE Dawes,

Ritchie Queries Status
Of 1951 Vote On Power

| The question of whether a
‘referendum passed four years

Matfer was brought up by Ald,
Norman Bellls who asked If any
further word had been heard on

Innovation in the new salary
Agreement fs a $100 re-engage-
ment allowance which will be
paid to teachers beginning in

| September of this year if they

return to (each in Distriet 52
schools,

This new clause. replaces one
proposed by the board which
called for an additional tnere-
ment of $150 after two, four and
six years continuous service in
District 52.

ADDITIONAL $7,200
The $100 re-engagement al-

 

this fnll,
The salary range for teachers
and princinals now covers from

local: NES office .’ January
said that claims established: ‘asa
result of a new Interpretatio
the WT Aet would be nald-only
if’ the’ applicant. . “maintainer
their apphcation ‘for’ emp
ment Ina “live state," 6. +
Mr, Parkin. told’ counell.'that
despite the new: UL Act, new ins
of — eligibility quallfications,
lect. unemployment Insurgaage
beeause they had ‘not reported
regularly at the NES from*

ing a oreéexamination, a. henis
fli perlad sis established, A
claimant may be considered, abe

| " ae HWY ‘ 1.

. Hipbways in Manitoba gradu. day, The weather office sald tf (hing, Tom very pleased tha Hon t! British = Columbia $2,375 to.$7,425 as compared to} have maintained his: enipluys:

i a ae . ve net sua the medical report is so, favore] WHEN Tae BU ;

Against Senato lly were being opened today ws Ruled eentline east aver central able. " Knew every Anerlenr Power Commission would be a range of $2,220 to $7,225 before) ment aprleation dn a
WABSTTINGTON a A) 88,100. (Che highways branea’s fll farce Quebee, vi be apps.’ taking over the asseys of the arbitration, In addition to basic! standing from the weet,

000 datmage suit brought five ef dO showplows due throvsh
yews age hy cohlumnlst Drew ‘wid: piled drifts, Unndreds of.
Penman aeatinst Semler Joseph persons stranded i villages wnt
MeCarthy Rep. Wis), and. fawns agai were on the move:
abhor t was drapped Tuesday ONE EAYALERY
by nereement among thelr laws f One nim with
yors, Lawyers for MeGarthy and a) snowbank
Pearson declined fa aay whe aura
{her there was a ensh
Te

found dead tn

Teesho  Severitl

scheobs dad elosed) thelr:

seUle-! doors fortwo divs when roads:
* heewme Inpussiable,

 

HAE Camp Shilo dn westem: . vary 8f and Mareh dt. Lomnlng at $76 per teacher supor=|pod pve a Chevte 8 education!

1" Minttoba, the ftogen body of Ut ley’ y Fa $@ if Ritchie questioned We ALD, A DON RITCHIE Jylsed up to eight and 85 pertsald De, GF, Amyob, denitly

4 cardiiery: sergemnt Cavin hn; fairness of instituting four Questions fatrness — |eweher for all moro {han eight, minister of health, .

EVE ry omes 0 i Roti, Hy was found dy a snow- | yeas Iter a course of action ae . Teacher's Assoclation had asked! Dr, Amyot. ‘told tho howe ‘J
bank one mile north of the: Asserts Reid whieh had the voters’ Upprovagl) powers for Ure commission had/the snme dnounty, bub wished bor co omnittee, . sbudyiny allio oo

wup by a passing motorist _ In 1081, deen Introdueed, RC, Indinn nroblom, the Native

As Lent Gets Under Way

NLA ORLEANS ti

Chueh Tighe tepping

MAY MESS MANEITODA
Some snaw was expeeted
samthertay Alberta today but dt
probably will sweep south af
Reglha, uta the United States
before™ renehing Manitoba,
Winnipes had an overnight
‘ow af 2a belaw vera und. the
ereury was hot espeebed te
rar above five below today,

Muandiny ate,

AL Maedonald ROAR ase near

My:

Eisenhower has Indlented that
he may annonunee shorily after
he returns next week from oa
Georrla venation whether he will
SOCK nother ( term,

Power Chims

OTTAWA & Senator amis
neil said ‘Tuesday vieht that Ul

Dands, pauily Porkige Th Prarle an entertilile ower titerests are nermitted to

. ! 1 "Wy
bells coundea the: bem, ab decorated flouts and) peeeision , DME fom From Montreal Was putld tho pronosed dams an (he

Pent aie ors New Orhoans marchhye greed (he prides, ehiyed from returning home yraser River system in British] GOING TO BE INCREASE It was pald for might amount) from $180 to $200 for engh year must Keop going the way: We
seed conte an beer hut the 1 au stots Wye the abreen FOP fwo ditys by poor fying wens Columbia, the river's '$25,000,« ae det -_ to $10 million, 12 million or $l4+] of his experiences aftor revolving have and ho patent and vi
rate fray Post eels ables Gate: danede generat maskin i | Ee And s0WeORRET TUNWHSS. OOQea-yeur salmon lndustey wll “When decision dors come, | lon. his appointment and after hts standiyg with the Indian vies:

at the oing eolortal ntardh gees fiprompl
eecobes tian Tb Us becaey,
Hheteoba ef Comets Punmned:

adres peeing
everywhere dn the edly,
Ktares Were elased and down |

; " deo aon oo y Wie How, which is nob costing a a
Mina hl vy iM ‘ie in: ie tu ake Way for the titan CCL § to ‘lin Maheres Commision "It we aire golng to ruin i ite Avera ISSUED AS SUPPLEMENT TODAY 4
hie 1 ‘ \ ne . ’ “A ve 1 rayne vail Sit!
Cp dite tae. TE DDE nds af eostiumed ellzens aid | ecte ary challenged claims hy power Is surplis of power His RONG LOU TWO SYS reas :

Coun sed ab cents, Me Oth apebsty whe Earned atl as |

hop kinveatee ai torehllabtaawne, di clanecrs, men [rea

percues ad crasteareos Dalle Mars, plumed: Balabts and end
The oeeldadon slatted ab jegs other characters,

uw Va ta tiew when the ur sl. he offle it ely yadda cane

Aer oa apede on The st eretiy
Me avateal " hs teh wilet py fearon ae mldeshy selen the
( ‘ ‘ a ,
the

hat, nee al Hie Nevtoes, (his wilde Huan, Wiled
Lapked Poni a berg) ite the Pook nage munlelpal auditortaany wid
of Cennl street nd reached athe danelng ecousti af Hex and
Frama elias "oH the bie Res iComus doined ta fowst  eteh

“Crews Ty elenred the alr
stele nendlity wud the s0-men-

her Hroupe took alt,

Joins IWA Local

PARKSVILEE, BAC, Pon,
pd MaeDonald, Count Con

Wer has been geile menihey«
ship dna Vancouver lool af the!
Tifernational Woodworkers af

Post unser a tion Ceehaeadity, :
The Vineanver Membership

 

perl Ceti, Geel alt Litera heali Gta teed thas

visa safeguards Ake positon,

press af Labor seanetary treat

Ameren, (CCL) to) preserve lhe

ibe wlped out,
The BCL Liberal, who ds Cane;
dla ehalrman of the U8, +

Horoesty Hk (hey hive found a
way fo pet saimon thigertnas
eufely vey dus any thedy way
No the sea,

“They ae making elidms that
Tsay re utterly tase and ails:
leadiny, "he told the senate in:
the throne speech debate,

"We, the eammisefon, lave
spent thousands of dollars (ys;
Ing to solve this problem wilh:
GUE sttecess”

ek ek ee hk nn ke

Northern B,C. Power Come

pany,
NOTUING SINCK DECEMBER
Mayor George B, Hills sald he
had heard nothing slnee he ree
ported iy December that the
way appeared elear for the con
mission fo take over this yeu,
Two dates were mentioned, Jane

“While this question has been
inder consideration, the citl-
eens of Prince Rupert have been
saving money,” Mayor Hills sald,

whichever way Ik ts made, there
‘are golng to be Inerenses dn
ates,"

be supplled by the Power Com-
mission.” the mayor sald,

“Equestion that Ald Ritehle
wild, That is yar own opine
lan

“Qilte so," Mayor THis agreed,
The Mayor ald (hat possibly
Fone reason no word hwd) bean
reeelyed by January dt, wis
beentse at the present sesslon
Hof the Tegtsluture the question
of Inereushig the borrowly

 

,
eee week gq eth Rebtel

 

Ald, Ritelvie stated that east
af the power company's pliant
nilht be $5 million, $@ millon or
87 mnition naw but by the tine

"We shouldia't pub the burden
on the provinee when we have
v private utility ta operation

On the question of holding |’
W, Long told the counell that
a referendum could be held In
Iwo Ways

Ono was to oblain the wishes
of the votors with a referendum
at the tine of the annual munls
pal election, The othor was to
have councll petitioned for a
ploblselto by one-fifth of the

 

Mylble velers, Mr. Long sald,

Botton ky wet be Te aba te®

a ee ms i kk. mk ek kk ae a 2d ae tn ee ne A ca Ye ts itaea. a Mee Sa ahem,

another pleblselle, City Clerk Re

wage scale, teachers also re-
celve $160 If they have cumplet~
td three years continuous ser-
vice,

| For prineipais the administra-
(ive allowaneo has been: In.
creased $100 to $300 for elamen-
tary and $400 foy secondary
principals as requested by the
teachers, Supervisory allowance

the number of tenehers super-
vised Increased to 12 In applying
to the $75 figure,
Three additional
for prinelpals were

iInerements
Inerensed

whieh be frst Med his chair:
up wnt. the week of Pe-OXittids
Inatlon,.
VICTORIA ( Fxtensiai. ‘ot!
education: services for B.C,. Tie,
diuns {to Imelude high schoo)
tralning was reeammended torn.
legisiatura committees Tuoday,
“Most Indians are handle (he

 

 

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terpretations and.a broadeiiiz -,

shoreworkers were unable to cole

  
  
  
 
  
  
 
   
  
 
 
   
 
 
     
 

 
 
  
   
     
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
    

ying stunt are stondlly, is.

proving,
“Thoy'ro Mtl not good, we
they're Improving,” ho’ sald; SW

 

page formorly carried by the
tinned when students decided
would meet the purpose better

Heh the paper overy two or th

 

Vy yas

BOOTH HIGH SCHOOL PAPER

OM He hs

chia

Nes,

Hirst Issue of @ newspaper published’ by sbudents “ab:
Booth Memorial High School appears as 8 supplement In toe.
day's oditlon of Tho Dally Nows,

Called the "BorMu-Tll", the newspaper in propared und.
written by the students themselves under Ue direction: of

English tencher Herbert tugnes, It roplaces the wookly school

bot

Dally News whieh was discos |
that on separate publication
for reporting on selool netivites, |

Untll a dotisite schedule is arranged, tt 1s planned to pus

reo weuks,

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