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PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS

An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuildcing ,
of Prince Rupert and Norttiern and:-Central British Columbia.
A member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of.

: J. R. AYRES
Editor

 

Circulation—-Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association
Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited

JOHN F, MAGOR
' President

G. P. WOODSIDE
General Manager

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eo FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER: 19, 1958:

 

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FTITS is Civil Defence Day throughout
| Ganada—a Canada that has been
at peace for 18 years. The purpose of
marking Civil Defence Day in the
larger cities and towns where:there is
heavy industrial plants and key mili-
tary-depots nearby is obvious. In.
Prince Rupert one would wonder why
such an observance is necessary. In.
Civil Defence headquarters planning:
Prince Rupert is not a target area and
is no longer a reception area whence
other towns or cities could: evacuate
their population.
- With the United States and China:
rattling sabres in the Far east, how-
ever, thoughts of what might occur
here in the event of a war, occur’ to
even the most disinterested person.
'“Any veteran of the previous two
world wars will state that the city is
most vulnerable from land, sea or air.
Evacuation by way of Highway 16
would be chaotic. The city could’ be
cut off by rail or road by two low-level
bombing raids with old-fashioned
bombs at the two bridges connecting
Kaien Island with the mainland. An
atomic pea bomb timed to eXx-

sh event of ‘shelling from the sea the

y-hope of persons able to evacuate
the city would be by small boats,
cruisers, fishboats. Groups getting

Civil defence here down to survival plans

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away could make for small coves and
jolets where there was possibly no-ra-
diation and where they could survive
until help came.

It would appear, then, that prep-
aration for civil.defence here would be

along survival lines, if this port was _
ever chosen as a landing point for an

enemy rather. than a target-just to he.

‘ knoeked out.

Every. family should start setting:

up emergency supplies that can. be~

packed and carried away. with: them at
a moments notice. These. should: in-
clude water, canned meat, cheese,
corned beef,. fish, dehydrated: soups,
infant foods. (Where necessary) can--
ned milk and. beverages, cereals, bis-
cuits, fruit juices, vegetables, fruits,
can opener, paper cups, plates, spoons,
knives, forks toilet tissue, flashlight,
spare batteries, axe, shovels, matches,
cigarettes, candles, blankets spare
clothes extra socks, playing cards and
games for children, and many. more
articles. It sounds fantastic. It
esounds more like a camping expedi-
tion. But that is what life would be
like if homes, stores, public works and
utilities were wiped out whether in
war or by disaster. It’s something to
think about and today seems like a
good time to think about it and: also do
something about it. Next year, next
month; next week might he too late. -

We are. progressing

With the re-opening of. dur schools,
after what many’ experts now.
consider an unnecessary long summer
inter lude, some of the basic faults in
our education methods Wiric doubt
he the subject of still more intensive
examination and discussion. A heart-
ening sign of a swing away from the
Dewey influence in the recent amend-
ment-:to our School Act.
' It is difficult to realize that pre-.
vioysly a school board had no power

wy

PROHIBITION failed and it has been
~ apparent fpr years that the Indian
Act as it pertains to liquor is a failure.
Recent unpleasant incidents here and
in other parts of the country can be
traced.to the fact that a race of people
has been placed in an untenable posi-
tjon-in regard liquor,

* Those trying to enforce the laws
riust agree that there is something
radically wrong, Admitting that liquor

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to’ expel: students) who consistently
raised hob and flouted. authority in
school, and'that teachers had no power
to administer punishment to the inso-
lent-or the indolent mischiefmakers.
The burden of school taxes grows
more onerous each year. The least we
can expect is administrative machin-
ery to ensure that everything possible
shall be done to give the best possible
return for our tremendous investment.
—Courtenay Arguus.

me Untenable position.

is a-curse, we also have to admit that
itis here tostay. Laws discriminating
between different peoples in the same
country. as. regards its consumption
only serve toiemphasize the problem.
Why prohibition should: work for
the Indian when it never worked for

the rest of the populetion is a question

that would be hard to answer.

—Twin Cities (Port Alberni) Times,

 

INTERPRETING THE NEWS

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: Eisenhower, Dulles not telling whole. story

JORGE KITCHEN

a canndin Press Staff. Writer

8 Prekident Lisenhower bases his pledpre to
dafend the embattled Chinn-const isiand of
One moy on congressional authority to take
wiy steps he thinks necessary to keep Formosa,
the aman. Natlonallst stronghold, out of the
lignds of Red China.

» Both he and State Seerntary Dulles refer
repentedly to the almost unanimous support
ynt anthority-embodied In the so-called
“yormosn Resohition"-—recelved ino the U.S.
Gbniress and tend to speak of it as though
ib. were something of fatrly reeent origin,

“Tn neta faet, the Formosa resolution war
approved almost four yenrs apgo--on Jan, 24,
W5h—-and it is by no means certain that the
Conyivess today would be as willing as it was
iy 1086 to give the president a free hand to
f to war over an faland thot ites lesa than
two niles off the Red Chinese mainland,

* Aontrong group of Democrats has enitielanad:
tHe preaident’s stand ino the current: Yormann
Straite evista and one of them, senator Theo
ddre Green, Democratic chatrman of the Ben-~
ithe forelan relations committee, anya Elaens
Hower should call Congress into session If he
Hinks there ta any danger of a Far Bast. war,

Cyemy's camment paintio up the fret. the
Gonos rotunly has had no opportunity to
itellonte Ita onlleetive viewpoint on. tha deur.
ability of qu Ammorienn defones off Quomoy and.
Mata, the other off-shore dstind under thyant
of Tod’ Invasion. Congress adjourned. Auge 23)
the same day the Red Chinese oponnd. thole:
hombardment of the Natdonallat-hald talanda.
The erlala has developed ance then.

“

Thia dissenting Democrats have been jolned
‘by a handful of doubting Republicans, one of
whom—Sennator' John Sherman Cooper of
Kentucky—-declared that he did not believe
jt was “In the national Interest" for the US,
to (0 to war over Quemoy. and Matau.,.
Wisenhower and Dulles make the point’ that
the situation in the Formosa Stralts today: is
similar to thati which existed when Congrass
adopted the Farmosa resolution in 1056.
Thoy aren't, telling, the wholo story, Tt. is
true that off-sHore jslands were at.stake then,
na. now, but’ there isn. significant difference
in the number of Nationalist troops Involved,

Tt 1085, the Rods bombarded and threatancd:
to Invade the Tachens, a group of Islands: 200--

miles northwost. of Formosan, They ware gir»
risoned by a amall. Nationallst fora, Wlaene

hower peraunded Chiang Kal-shok to ovacunta:

the falnnds and directed the U.8. Tth Float,
thon In the Formosa Straits na it now, ls, to
help get Chinng’s: troops. offi the Islands

In the 3%, yenra since tho last orisils Chiang:
has bullt up his forees.in: Quemoy and Mata

to. the point whore folly dno-third of hie
aymy--nn entinated 100,000! montis. stritioned:

there anddn danger ofi boing: entrott from: tha

mans Formosa bese 100 miler away,

By. stationing so mony: men on: Matau and:

Quemoy,. Chiang has froced Waenhower Into:
n dif flault pasition: witht reipoct to defones of

the two islands whioh, were the olratimatanead:
the samo as they wore: in: 106% Ne might bo

prepared to abandon to the Red Chinese
without a fight,

1958

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button warfare the modern
trend, it seems a shame that
the old regimental or patriotic
flag:is fast dying out.

There is something about .a
flag that has.an appeal which
strikes at. the heart of. every
individual. All’ of us, even
those who scorn sentiment, are.
at some time or other. flag-
wavers of a- sort:

Back. in 1700. BC: a few, Iv-.
ernaians landediin-Britain: The
lads when they;went:on.a-ram-
page carried: their totem,
which.was the-head: of. a: bird:
It was us-

uahy. carried: by. the witch-

e

. standard, the

doctor who kept it.in his store-
room, thereby. becoming the
first’ ancestor of the army.
quartermaster. ;
A little later, around 57 BC,
when Julius Caesar was taking
over. real estate in Belgium, he
gave orders to his men that
when separated from. their
company colors, to
around the first color they
could find and fight on.

In those days everybody

seemed to be making a stab at .

landing in England; and. in
1066 William the Conqueror is
found advising his bowmen. to
“Shoote hyghe and specially
atte the standyards.”’

When the Iron Duke was
chasing the foe all over. the
Continent, there came _ into
existence a junior subaltern of.
the cavalry who was known as
a “cornet.”

His only job during the bat-

' tles was to carry the standard

and.see to it that the enemy
didn’t drag it triumphantly in
the mud. Since the enemy
usually went straight for the
cornet bearer
had a nasty time of it.

It was not until 1813 that the: :

Officers Union. called a meet-
ing and decided that this
couldn’t go on forever or else
they wouldn’t have any officer
types left. So, bless ’em, they

passed the honor and glory .

over to the sergeants, and the
rank. of color sergeant came
into being.

They gave up carrying colors
into action in 1881. It was a
colorful activity. It heralded
a life wherein chivalry was not
a forgotten word, Flags and
chivalry—we could do with a
lot more of them today.

Tired of politics

From The Ottawa Journal

People are tired of party
politics and are hoping that
the next session of Parliament
will be an improvement. The
next election is not lkely to
hit us for another four years,
It is too soon to begin fighting
it now, especially when there
are tasks challenging to the
imagination that demand non-
partisan attention for the na-
tion’s good.

C SEE connety ,

Hy CLARENVILLE

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THIRD CABLE

 

LINK-—Survey work: progressed this’ summicr

on a route across the Atlantic for a new submarine telephone

cable between Canada and the United Kingdom.
will be the third telephone link to cross under
is. to. be. completed by .1961.
Nfid.,
Gulf of St. Lawrence and up the St. Lawrence

which
ocean,
Bay, .

under the

the
‘It will run from Oban,
then. across: Newfoundland,,

River to a terminal at Grosses.Roches, about: 925 miles north-
east of Quebec City. The line has been dubbed CANTAT for
Canadian and Transatlantic, Joint partners in its‘operation will

be Canadian: Overseas

Telecommunications

Corporation, a

crown company, and Cable and: Wireless Limited: of Britain.
Work also continued during the summer on. a-second cable,
a United States-European project during the summer on a
second cable, a United States-Buropean project due to. be in
service by the fall of 1959. The ‘2,400-mile: ocean section runs

from Clarenville, NfId.,

to Penmarch. on. the south coast of

Brittany. The first cable, which started: service in September,
1956, runs from Clarenville to Oban. COTC was a nine-per-cent
partner with American. Telephone and Telegraph Company of

“the United States owning a 50-per-cent® share: and the British
Pos Office the other 41 per cent.

—CP Newsmap. |

 

E Wor lim ore

The cable, |

 

rally:

“sails of

All Aboard & ¢

Canadian rivers are sweep-
ing away thousands of tons of
topsoil every year.

On a journey through parts
of British Columbia I saw the
Fraser, the Thompson, the
Chilcotin, the Nechako, Bulk-
ley and Skeena, all of them
chocolate brown ‘with rich.
earth looted from the fields
and range lands and the char-
red slopes that used to be for-
ests,

The brown blood of the land
is pouring away to the sea and
the lakes, all across Canada.

There is nothing new about
soil erosion, It was in progress
long before agriculture came to
the western part of North Am-
erica, when the Iroquois to the
east were still scratching the
ground with sticks to grow
corn.

The luscious islands of silt
at the mouth of the Fraser
River, were made before the
the. first white men
appeared. .

Since farmers and loggers
began stripping off the trees
and grass, however, soil. has
run away more quickly than
“‘pefore. Scientific farming in
many areas holds back the
flow of earth. Elsewhere, ero-
sion continues unchecked.

In the cattle country of
British Columbia's Chilcotin
Plateau, I saw large gullies
where land .had washed away
to the river, ;

“What about.it?” I asked a
man who had a share in a
smallish Chilcotin ranch of
only a. few thousand acres.

“T guess we've lost about an
acre a year for the last 40
years,” he said comfortably.

“Anybody doing anything to
stop it?”

“Nope,” he said, and shrug-
ged his shoulders as if to indi-
eate that there were plenty
more acres where those came
from.

A lady just. back from the

country near Battleford,
Saskatchewan, told me that
numerous farmers, greedy for
wheat land, tore up trees and
brush cover
room for grain.
- “There isn’t av bush | any-
where,” she sald. “Won't they
ever. learn? It will serve them
right if the land blows away,
os it did In the south.”

Should a farmer be free to

A tank would be still safer
From ‘The St. Louis. Post Dispatch

Big automobiles still hold first place In the battle of the
highways and they are cheaper, A. J, White, Director of Motor
Vohicle Research of New Hampshire, told. the state chapter

of the American Saclety: of

nddross' at the University of Now HWampahin

Mechanical Engineers in an

e, The research

authority said Amerlean cors cost 60 cents a’ pound, wherens
the small foreign cars cost $1.15 per pound. And when a big
cur crowds him on the road ho wants to be in a big enr too.
If there are many converts to this line of reasoning the Army
should be able to dispose of nl) itg obsolete tanks In short ordor.

—8t, Louls Post Dispatch,

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NOTICE

Commencing Monday, Sept. 22 major re-
pairs will be carried out on Galloway: Rapids.
Bridge, 5 miles east of Prince Rupert on the:
Northern Trans-Provinclal: Highway. .

The: bridge will. be closed'to-all heavy traffic
including trucks and buses. between the hours
of 9am, and 4 p.m, daily Monday. to: Friday

while this work is in progress.

 

Light traffic will be maintained’ insofar as.
possible, but traffic delays. will bo: encoutered,
during the above hours: -,

HI, 1 KELSALL,
District Enginoer.

 

 

 

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let his land blow or trickle
away? Or should the law com-
pel him to hold his land in
trust for coming generations?

A good case might be made _

for a nationwide anti- erosion
policy.

mooring space for their boats.
Thitty to 50 commercial fish-
ermen making Ladysmith their
home port would be the equiv-
alent of a new industry.

 

 

A new industry
From The
Ladysmith. Chronicle

It was evident at the re-
organization. meeting. of the
Ladysmith Boat Owners’. Asso-
ciation that. some people are
taking a rather narrow view of
the new boat basin which is
being constructed in Lady-
Some members
made it clear that if they find
the boat basin filled with com-
mercial fishing boats and there
is no room for them to moor
their own boats, they will have
no further interest.

The. fact of the matier ‘is,
if that should happen the

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