& ie hl , cy hat (sqrt 4 A hee Woe eg of Prince Rupert and Northern ard Central British Columbia, hoe A member of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation — Canadian Dally Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR J. R. AYRES Editor President G. P. WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mall by the Post Offlee Department; Ottawa ~ 7 - MONDAY, MAY 5,: 1958 ° ‘ Return of rain boon on two counts AR be it from us to greet the current x downpour with glee but the liquid sunshine presently replacing that old, dry weather is welcome on two counts, For some strange reason Prince Ru- pert residents cannot stand too much good weather, The continued dry spell pliisy the sunshine does something to them anid literally hundreds beeome il, either with new forms of flu or pos- sibly variations of the old influenza. While some folks go around congratu- lating themselves on our balmy cli- mate and the miraculous absence of moisture from above, hundreds of others have been home sick and doc- tors have been going at full speed morning, noon andl night to look after the beleaguered populace. So the re- . turn of the rain is weleomed as_ it pours down to cleanse the city once more of whatever strikes it whenever the weather becomes too good for our own good. ’ On the second count the rain can be breeted with joy by the Civic Centre Swimming Pool committee. Accord- ing'to figures given by pool committee chaiiman Donald Gaitens, the good See eat Ey long time since two fairly large audiences left a locally-produced : nosy having enjoyed so much fun, Twughed so hard and been given the feeling that they have experienced top entertainment. Thése who were for- sunate enough to see “Centennial :Ca- :_ “oe pers” Friday and Saturday niglit un- doutedly were in that category. There were, people who left the two-hour éoncentration of “boofs and_ belly- laughs” who were weak with laughter. and who at times during the perform- Snces had tears of laughter running unrestrained down their cheeks, For this they could thank Len Harring- fon, ‘Mel Thompson and Nelson Kin- “ hey,-who with a group of hard-work- dng high school students produced a -SLETTER BOX at ts ze ‘The Editor, he Daily News: « I would appreciate it if you could find space an the News to print this letter which is writ- rien for two purposes-—-to express gratitude and nO make an appeal. » Ican never find words to adequately express ‘my thanks to all of those individuals and or- Panizations who sent me flowers, gifts and ‘eards and wrote me letters while,I was in hospital in Vaneouver reeently. I was almost wverwhelmed by the thoughtfulness and kind- apres of so many people. And then on my re- urn home I have recelved move flowers and ~ wonderful “welcome home"-—for which agaln a say thank you most sincerely. To know I have ‘sO many friends makes me feel very humble and very grateful, vt +My appeal is a very simple one and fs an enivnal one from me—a plea for your support weather brought about a drying up of volunteers. It lured the men out fish- ing, into the gardens and to doing otit- side jobs that supplanted the ti'gent need of finishing the city’s community project. Well, there’s no exeiise now. It’s raining again. City cltibs, organizations and aaso- ciations should take a elose look at their contribution to the switninitig pool and make a determined effort to help get the building finished befoie Labor Day. At least 12,000 mah heitrs aré needed to complete the job. Orily by getting their inemberships togeth- er and figuring how and wheti they are going to do their pai® and then gd- ‘ing down to the swimming pool aiid doing it, can the city organizations do their duty towards the community. Lip service is not enough. The shell of the pool will sit there for another year in its present state unless a concerted effort is made. The effect must be made or pool project will become the laughing stock of the district’ purely because of a let down on the part of Prince Rupert residents. That should- n’t be allowed to happen. oducers, cast of “Capers” deserve praise revue of almost professional calibre the like of which hasn’t been seen in Prince Rupert for at least five years. Our heartiest congratulations go out to this group for giving the city this chance for a much needed laugh. The mime .show was the ,hardest type of entertainment possible, and the entire cast put their hearts and souls in mak- ing the performances as polished as possible. Vaudeville may be dead, but these youngsters, with their modern version of it, and their ability to lose themselves in making fun of their own foibles, proved that slapstick and pan- tomine can still provide a great deal of fun, Those who missed: “Centennial Capers” are that much the poorer. We hope we can look forward to another similar show soon, = Cancer victim urges support of fund drive. PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1958 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding My for the Conquer Cancer Campaten tonight. ‘The funds raiscd in this drive are used for re- search, an extensive education and publicity program and the welfare of needy cancer pa- tients. Thus the money you give to this worthy cause will be used to conduct research pro- Jects in connection with the treatment of can- cer, acquaint people with the facts of cancer and aid patients by way of paying for trans- portation, drugs and various other things. My own personal experience with this dis- case has brought to me a realization of the Importance of the work of the Cancer Society and I know that the money is used as outihed above and I do urge each one of you to do what you can to help us to reach our quota, Thank you, Mr. Editor, for granting me this space and thanks again to all my friends, Kay Smith, Prince Rupert, "INTERPRETING THE NEWS " ~c 34 et ti¢ “’ The Russian bear is taking a baleful loole wil Dag Hammarskjold, the secretary-gonernl ‘of the United Nations, because of his inter- ‘Yention in the Aretie Inspection debate. @ As the world’s top international elvil serv~ wut, the suave Swede bachelor has striven to walk a narrow path of objectivity in the im- ‘placable East-West dispute, wy WUN chief must resemble a sort of political “pitch, oblivious to the siren songs of confijct- dng ideologies, devoted stirletly to hia job aa an See savant anc counsellor, and referee, dy aBUst he? a Ujalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold, 63, aec- Sotary-general alnee 1053, has plaedd himself i 'rankly on record ag favoring the Anverlean wplitn for Arctic Inspection, which now has been wetocd ‘by the Russians In the UN Accurlty LOUNCH, ; ' rv , te ale ike tt ~ Ausslan delegate Arkady Sobolev, who lookn Uke a professor with nv brooding grudge against rhotldty, loft na doubt about whal he thinks of wWiiunmarskjold'a move: “" “This intervention has not helped to atrengthen the prestige of the socrotary-gen- ern, Quile to the contrary,” fay My wel ! 8 ye a ea oe ‘ ye al Roaery con Epes fr Doo # 1 ‘ ' Russians frown on Hammarskold’s intervention By JOSEPH MacSWEEN boa oy Canadian Press Stall Writer " Almilar Russian malevolence was fatal to the UN enreer of the Inst sceretary-general, Tryave Lie. The Norwegian appeared before the counell tn 1950 to condemn the Communists Os iegressars in Korea, The Russians went after him after that, and he eventunlly resigned under the ptesstire, Ht mt me Nt Oddly, cnongh, Tammarakjold's Intervention ih the current debate probably resulted from his edrnest offortsa to be objective. He had aatd carter at a pedss conference that ho welcomed the Russian unilateral ban on nutelddr tosta, This undoubtedly caused yreat coneorn. in This undoubtodly caused great concern I felt it would bo far for him to appadr bdfore the Security Counell with pratde for tha gud sequent American plan, Tiammerakfold ia not one to shirk tnitle- tive whon ho conaldeta It proper, But until now he has seemed to work with tha fdon that he would take tha Initintive only with the broad Kupport of UN delogates. Ho nlao beled to avoid dirdt conflict with the two greatest pdowors-~ the U.S, and Rursin, The question scoms to bo, Just how far ean the UN seerelary-goneral #0 $n the aren of Toadorship? - eae Aen i ie be plas Peter merge ges PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINT vee enenee, Cc Nee ~ He’s a Rupert oldtimer. Hadn‘t seen rain for three weeks. are anon ren sete NN tt aouer? (Cartoon by Tom Nicoll) sere ements fee No high school students in flaming rush to launch themselves on news By DICK AYRES Editor of The Daily News paper career It was interesting to note the professions and trades outlined to students in Booth. Memorial High school last week w d Day.’ to the students for their efforts. In case anyone was wonder- ing why those. particular. pro- fessions or trades were chosen, it was the students themselves who picked them from a list four times. as large.. It was amusing te. observe that none of the: more than 100 Grade 11 to Grade 12 stu- dents evidenced any flaming desire to enter the newspaper business. — Oo We mention. this’ because, local residents often say to. us “Why don't you take some. eager young. man into your paper and train him instead of hiring people from the south, east or west?” Well, we’ve just mentioned the main reason. Young peo- ple in small towns or cities sel- dom wish to start at the bot- tom of the newspaper game and work their way up. In the last five years no Booth studént has expressed 2 désire to start learning = the newspaper business. Like many of the other pro- fessions or trades, medicine, Jaw, printing, electricians, dentistry, nursing or account- ing, apprentice newspaper folk spend a great deal of time learning for lower than aver- age salaries or wages before reaching the stage where top saldriés can be expected, In. newspaper work it, takes six years on any one or many British Commonwealth news- papers before. a reporter in Canada can be classed by the newspaper guild as a senior reporter. It means, in small towns or cities, long hours, terrific stamina and not too much fun. It means becoming dedi- cated to one’s work and it means becoming an adult the moment you enter the profes- sion. A young reporter starts dealing with adults the mo- ment he writes his first story. He is writing, in the main, for aduits. He is expected to con- duct. himself as an adult at all times whether at work or off duty and’ to be a credit to and respected member of the news- paper for which he works, «s he is is ‘‘on stage” as it were, all the time, Since stories break at any hour of the day, a reporter is never really off duty and to young people such restrictions can become tedious. Young re- porters grow old too quickly and responsibilities weigh heavily on young shoulders. But to those who take plea- sure in helping to create a commodity which has become a daily habit with most people there is a great deal of satis- faction and a lot of fun in be- ing a recorder of events in the life of a city. Of course the same applies to being a doctor, a dentist, a nurse or an accountant. Men and women in these profes- sions too, have a sense of dedi- cation and they also recelve a feeling of satisfaction of a new “lim hen the school observed “Career We thought it a fine idea that the students were to hear about possible lines of work given this opportunity and we commend the persons who spoke. job well done, here seems to be a notable lack of that de- sire in many other professions and trades today. However, there are two slight differen- ces to newspaper and other forms of work. In’ most other lines of work what isn’t finisned today can be finished tomorrow. In the daily newspaper’ there is a deadline to meet because one’s | work has to be finished and the completed product in the ! hands of the customer the | : 5 same day: Hence the frantic | speed associated OHA ‘news: | paper work and the fact’ that ulcers are considered an oceu- pational hazard. Also, in few professions does the employee's work go before 5,000 pairs of eyes for scrutiny | every day whereas a news- paper is read, by thousands fo peonle who view the news- man’s efforts with a critical eye and for better or for worse. Mostly it’s for better be- cause while you can’t please all the people all the time it is possible to keep a large ma- jority of them happy. If he isn’t happy a newspaper reader can always vent his spleen in the “letters-to-the editor” column, In any case il is fun trying to keep the reader happy and for those who stick with it there are compensations. A. senior reporter on.a metropol- jtan newspaper receives $110 (Continued on Page 5) See NO HIGH SCHOOL ‘balanced build! , Way oe we ey a ‘Economy is-half the battle of money, as to spend It welln life; it is not so hard to earn Charles Hnuddon Spurgeon, + FLOW -MANY JOHNSON SEA-HOL 2 OUTBOARD MOTORS EN: THIS FISHING PICTURE? 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