VOL. XLVII,, No. 76 ” Most merchants sign anti-meter petition — About 95 per cent of downtown mer chants have endorsed a request that city council postpone installa- on of parking meters and give a trial to extended ipone- hour barking restrictions. . omen This was announced today by Fi hing iH. S. Cobb, leader of the busi- | nessmen’s 5 movement attempting i Lo head off enfercement of a / barking meter bylaw to be given ‘Its first reading by city council i I | meeting of businessmen Wed- nesday at which a brief. was (drawn up to be signed by mer- i chants affected and, to be sub-4 "| mitted to couneil, 7° hard hit Almost | Published | | JUST ONE EXAMPLE of road conditions on Highway i6 is shown above as a car and truck became bogged down at & point about a mile from Kit- wanga ferry. Car at right be- longs to Mrs.’ A. J. Velt, of . Port Credit, Ont., who had been to Kitimat to. pick up her daughter and = grandchildren for a vacation in Ontario. They. were stuck in the mud for five hours waiting to get towed out. The truck on its way west from Skeena Cross- ing went to pass Mrs. Veit, slid off the road and also be- came stuck. The road was blocked for three hours. —Photo by Steve Paszty of Kitimat. es PEPE PPO PE OODEPD \ PPP LP EP EY gives hubby crib lesson Mess ‘Harold: Britten, of: ans, ‘Sixth Avenue.’ ‘East jumped | Firemen and Enginemen ( In a letter to union chief H..E. Gilbert of Cleveland, Ohio,.Mr. Crump. said “I have ‘been shock- ed. as I am sure all Canadians have, by your attacks. on . the competence, thoroughness and fairness of the royal. commis- sion.” Mr. Gilbert, in an April 8 let- ter proposing a meeting between himself and Mr, Crump, leaders of opposed sides in the diesel firemen controversy, said the. ‘Inquiry slated into death | of city man An inquiry is being -held by city Coroner George J. ‘Dawes Into the death of city: resident James. Evans Saturday - -after- hospital from his home at, No. 2 Grenville Court Saturday: morn- ing. and died several-hours. later, RCMP city detachment reported today. “PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1958 ‘Canad iatis resent: U.S. inte wasted eating te Pe rference’ MONTREAL (CP)—President N. R. Crump of the Canadian Pacific Railway has assailed the inter- national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive AFL-CLC) for his “attack” on the competence of the Kellock royal commission. : members of’ the ‘commission “are not | ‘expert’ in railroad opera- tions.” He also wrote of “a glar- ing ineptitude” in practical rail- road | operations: and_ attendant problems. yes GROWING RESENTMENT | “sMr. Crump’s letter: told “Mr. Gilbert “the growing-resentment towards ¢ intereference. ‘by; inter- national trade unions.in Canad- jan affairs is a fact.in the life of Canada.” No ‘parallel could: be drawn. between ‘the CPR, run with few exceptions by Canadian a izens, and: an international trade union.’ Contents. of the letter, dated April 11, were released ' Sunday night. sy The CPR. has announced an intention to begin - removing fitemen from freight and: yard diesel beginning May 11. on Its plans to remove the fire- men resulted in a nine-day strike Cit noon in: toe ended by federal inter- | tonight. an ° verition which set up the Kellock ff eet Mr. Cobb presided over a my wom ' Mr. Evans, 60, was taken to | royal: commission. ‘to: ‘study ithe matter, 8 toy ‘the: competence: of the cémmission,”: Mr, Crump “ts. members: ‘were: men. “There” can’ be. “no. question as at Canada’s Most Strategic: Pacific. Port — And Key to the Great Northwest - - Panera LEBRARY © > WaetORS | AB G Pea ‘TERRAGE’S B.C. Centennial to replace the one. that ‘burn * B £. _ NEWS ROUNDUP. Shown partly. completed above. The new community. centre . ed down will be opened’ during-. 'Terrace’s - Centennial ‘celebrations : August. 15° to, August. “17. vo _ Clvic | Centre is right next door ‘to Terrace Curling. tink, . Wl, Ay ve —Stafft photo: bY ‘Dick. Ayres: “ project,; a. new. Civic. Centre. is _ A native of Sunderland. ‘Eng- pkactical expericn land, Mr. -Hvans*leaves no“syrs{J dis continnous” gales and? -The bricl- has- bien” ‘Siined. DY. i 95 per cent of the businessmen | With glee. Saturday night- while rd vivors -here. _He is. believed . to] « high seas in-the. Bering Strait] playing cribbige. wilh her bus- : - £ are playing havec with ‘both {in. the area bordered by McBride | band. Not“only/did she skunk per spent the past 17. years in- spared no effort to get the facts Prince Rupert; working. as: fire- | man on several boats. fishing, . equipment, today. him in one game. but. she. got a perfect “29 hand” to. boot. The happy Mrs. B. was dealt “If you. personally: had: had. any evidence. or’ opinions: to.iad- | ‘+ vance,:.the-.- commission +-- would fishing. | vessels and Street, Second . Avenue, Seventh | ii. was learned: here I Street. and Third Avenue, Mr.: | Cobb said, { had ruined. oe The ~ Vancouver reported thal it has! tky'’s toll of neeldental deaths . Capt. Frederick Kohse, skip-! cr of the Sleep Robber, reported : today that yesterday he was able ; establish contact with some of ae Canadian and = American vessels trying to catch | in Area 3B. About ll: rom here. Ie said that one unidentified } merican schooner had quit ui-! with 24,000 pounds ‘aboard. » Emil Jensen's Blue Pacific No, 1 from Vancouver, is reported to Wave lost part of its bridge and its wheelhouse windows: of halibut Western Girl, also out of! HF Iést 25 per cent of tts eRe | while the Pacific Belle lost its rudder and was towed into Ko- dlak, Alaska. —The Chief Skugaid drifted for, 28 hours after its engines failed. | ‘TWowever, one vessel the Pacitic: was reparted on its way to Prince |! vupert with a full load of hali- but. Tt ds believed that if the wea- ther settled {ishing would be good. ~Cpapt. Kohse and his crew on the Sleep Robber which has been enyared in beanr trawling, arrived yesterduy {o unload a eaten ot NMatlish, mainly sole, oe eee ee ee ee 16 of 23 -die on roads “over weekend By The Comadien Bross Sixteen Canadians died on the ronds this weokend as the coun- het Mlharhed ta 2a, By provinces Caattie deaths In pracketsr: Quebee, 10 (8), Qn- tango F (4d, Delish Columbia 3 (1), Novi Seotia id, New Druns- Wwiek | (1), Alberta | (1), Ss age 009 megane NOW...in Vtabier daily 9 Vitamins +12 Minerals cao REXALL SUPER PLENAMINS AN vitamins with known require ments plus vital minerals! Wis, $2.5 72's $A7W 14d’, $1.85 ORMES DRUGS LTD. nadian and 10 U.S. vessels are j in Arca 3B about 1,500 miles! i. That is the area for which: imerchauts are advocating one- | hour parking _ restrictions |stead of parking meters. } : ! | Former Edmonton policeman and professional boxer William ! jRalph Greene was found guilty | ion a Charge of common assault. “and fined $50 by Magistrate E. T. i; Applewhaite in city police court | ‘Saturday, Greene changed his: ; Plea to gullty on a second charge of cuusing a disturbanre hy | fighting and was fined $5. Both charges arose frem oa strect fight on the night of: March 29 at the intersection of Second Avenue and Sixth Street. Grecna was convicted of strik- hig m Francis: Burgess | of Princ c | Trains delayed by washouts near McBride Washouts yesieruay of Cana- dian National) Railways) tracks near MeBride, about 100 miles ve st oof Jasper, have delayed adn da that area bul are not xpested to further affect the | Prince Rupert schedule. A CNR spokesmat sid today : It is hoped the tracks will bo re- palred hy tonight in time for the train lenving Jasper, Laat night's westbound train from Jasper was delayed because of the wash- | outs, the spokesman said, EVERYWHERE BU OTTAWA (- ed conser priee Indexes up dn wh the boginuning of Mareh, the bureau of statlstlos sata Lodny. The Index, based on 140 1 Unchanged ab 124.0 In Vaneauy Sharp Ineronses jn ege pri cliles, while a number of fresh t larly polatoes and oranges wer Prices of boet and pork Increused tnoall regions while do- eines generally were United to fresh tomntoes. . The Mareh indexes, with Cigures for the previous month In brackets, were! Winniper, Hid Cea); tlmonton-Crlgary, HO (120.2 POPPOCOEPOAI EDEMA OV IV OVOVEPVE CELE inn by BPurpess. However, crown iWitness Vietor Weleh, 405 ith Avenue Inust, tostified he saw Greene knock down Burgess i without provocation. The Crown stressed the fact plea Jor Wednesday on a charge ifor a medical examination. CPOE OC OLO ESOS SHOP RO OEEOE OVE OO HEOORE OL OOEEOOC EVE SEPP PLPPOLOOEOOE. FOOD INDEX BOOSTS PRICES nereases 1 food Index acroas Canada push- Suskitoon-Reging, Wik Cod: three fives and -the Jack of Spades and the five of spades was turned up. Mr. Britten is ; thinking of taking up canasta. PP PLAID DOE DELLA ODL ODO ODDO O LOO COO? Ex-policeman, boxer fined $50 for assault ifoecther and was heading sonth | Rupert in the course of the fight. : ‘Burgess was taken to hospital for treatment for concussion, Defence couisel Willa Ray ‘contented Greene acted in self- defence, having been struck first that Greene had served with the Edinonton poitee foree and should have heeded a warning ikiven by a city pollee officer a short time before the offence, The Crown also brought out. tluit Greene has been a profes- vlonal buxer for the past six year, Also appearing In court Suat- uiday was Susan Kildal, Angus Apurtinents, on oa speeding charge. She pleaded guilty to exceeding the 26 miles per hour speed Timit on Eleventh Avenue Inast Friday and was fined $10 or In default of payment sentenced to seven days dip jail, In police court this moruajnarg, iSplro Gurvich, of no sixed ud. jdress, was remanded without Of vagraney, Magistrate KT. Applewhaite ordered « the = nd- Journmment to allow Gurvieh time TIN VANCOUVER WwW) bul one cily—-Vancouver--. lees equaling 100, remained On, ced were recorded In eastern mits and veyatablos—-particu- OQ higher in all regions, Miargaring, coffed, sugar and >; Vaneouver 124.8 (124.5). ; i j cenece PRPOP EOE OOPIAEEAE PUAN EEE, . ‘Funeral arrangements. are: in| the hands of Ferguson: Funeral Home and will be -announced later. Patrols watch for violators as opening near ASTORIA, Ore. (—Coastal waters are being patrolled to keep fishermen from jumping the gun on the commercial salmon trolling season. The season will open at 6 a.m., tomorrow. Oregon, Washington, Call- fornia and British Columbla are co-operating to patrol the coastal waters, said H. T. Johnson, Oregon fish cominiss- sion chairman. THe mem ene te rete eet tn en neni remestnin angen City student wins $2,000 in. scholarship David Kristmanson, 29, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel ay emanson of 821 Highth Av- enue East, has been awarded a $2,000 National Research OCoun- ell scholarship, it was reported today. The seholarship is for one yenr and Mr, Kristiansen, who has been studying at In- perio] College In London, Eng- land slave 1066, will take advan- tage of his Intost award, at the completion of his Athlone schol- arship In September, He grad- mated in) ehemlcal engineering from the University of British Pele and is studylng for his 1 Le shaaeeshtenanaehaneemerediemd neem tnagedanemieamereeneet Girl's funeral set for Kitkatla Funeral for a Kitkatla = girl whoa dled dn Kdmonton Friday WHl be held later this week In Kitkubla, Remuulns of nine-your-old Vic- Lorla Kathleen Stewart, daugh- tor of Mr, and Mrs, Moxos Stew- art of Kitkatla, dro now ati For- BuKOn Funeral Homo after hav. Ing been forwarded here from Liclmonton, Funera will lake place In Kkit- Kubin, Db bho AN i A tichber tts Nel et Meg: lit Mr. Gilbert: “.. . developments {are degrading to the. morale: of. have, expected you: t0., appear.” oP POINTS. CHALLENGED ° Other points raised and met in ithe interchange of letters: Canadian Pacifie employees .” Mr. Crump: “. ... The majority of CPR employees realize ‘that the company has. been more than fair and patient in dealing with the diesel issue.” Mr. Gilbert: “ .. I have in mind the extent to which, thus far, trial of the case has been undertaken through the news- papers. Iam sure, however, that this process cannot, In any man- ner, serve to settle the issues or contribute toward maintenance of. collective, bargaining proced- ures at a high level,” Mr. Crump: “You seem to ob- ject to discussions of the diesel issue in Canada by the public and the press. I cannot be a party to any suggestion of this matter, especlally in the light of its vital interest of Canada.” Mr. Gilbert: “No act or state- ment of a prejudicial character has emanated from the Brother- hood of Locomotive Flremen and: Enginemen which might, even remotely, serve to drive the par- ties apart." It was jn reply to this that Mr, Crump referred to the “nat- tack” on the royal commission, — Singer weds again LOS ANGELES -~ Singer Margaret Whiting and movie equipment manufacturer John Richard Moore are honeymoon- Ing today. They were married Sunday In a two-minute core- mony. It was tho first marriage for the S8-yeur-old Moore, the school board ‘The 25. district boards, ‘sheeting tion. start on conciliation in. the 25 districts,” . the trustees associa- tion. said: in: a statement Sunday. The Peterson formula called for conciliation in the 25 dis- tricts together: with an end: to their blacklisting by the teachers |. federation. ‘The 10,000-member federation had asked its members not to seek work in the 25 school dis- tricts where salaries had been set arbitrarily. “ A. M. Harvey of Ocean Falls, named by the trustees to work with teachers federation presi- dent Mollie Cottingham, will ask Miss Cottingham today to join him in setting up a conciliation itinerary, VANCOUVER (Mrs: M. Jen-: sen, a visttor from South Fort George, fell from the Grouse Mountain chair Hft on the Van- couver north shore Sunday night, She was taken to St. Paul's hospital suffering from a pos- sible broken back. VANCOUVER «—An 18-year- old Onkalla convict abandoned & sprint for freadom Saturday when guards sent three warning rifle shots over hjs head. Gorald NHalnes, serving 18 months for breaking and enter- Ing In’ Rossland, B.C., was re- captured within seconds after he broke from a work gang on tho prison grounds near Deer third for Miss Whiting, 33. v1 Generosity of city residents sees New Canadian family set up in home A local human Interest story has been givon a happy ending due to the generosity and friend- Inoue of Princo Ruport = rosi- dents, On March 20, the Dally News ran a front-page slory describ. ing the plight of a German Im- migvant, His wife and two chil- dren who had been alded by tha Pelnco Rupert Canadian Citizen- ship counell, Unemployed and without tv. Ing quarters for hls family sinco ( Teh AL AA eo a ble * ey v pte fe “a ithe Ra we itt * Lake, eee in ‘special session here’ Saturday, adopted. Education. Minister Les- lie Peterson's formula for resolv- ing the dispute’ between. trustees and the B.C. Teachers Federa- | “This means: an-. immediate | EI. again a labor council: “John West was re-electéd president of the Prince Rupert Labor Council when the group. held its annual meeting’ last Thursday. . OO a, . Blecter tce-president .-was {Ernest Tubb while E, P. O’Neal was returned by acclamation as secretary-treasurer, Executive members. are Doug- las Newton, B. J, Fortune and John Nicholson. Trustees are August Wallin. E. A. Evans and Margaret Lowes, James Foreman of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Elec. trical Workers Local 344 and Mr. O'Neal of Local 708 of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers were named delegates to attend the Canadian Labor Congress convention In Winnipeg April 21, The meeting also endorsed a B.C, Federation of Labor request to all affiliates for funds to 6s- tablish © Jabor newspaper for B.C. revere: BOSTON BAR, B.C. ()—-A man from Eastern Cunida was killed early Sunday when’ his. car plunged 400 yards down an em- bankment Into the Fraser River. He was not immediately iden- tified. ROMP launched a hunt aftor Paul Domnick, 30, the dead man's ‘companion, at Boston Bar, in the Fraser Canyon, He collapsed before belng able to tell of the aceldent, he arrived hero Jast fall, tho Now Canndian was provided by the Citizenship council with a throo-room apartment and at the samo time acquired a Job with the Gity, A plow was mada -for essontind furniture for tho family and al- most immediately they recelved it chostorflold, two complote beds, kitchon table, chalrsa, a drogsing table and dresser and kitehon utensils, Burnip sald the Imperlal Order Daughters of the Empire pro- vided a sot of dishes. However, mast of the Items wero received from individuals, “ven fooct was donaled,” Mrs. Burnip sald. Sho added that a gront donl of crodit was duo the Business and Professional Women's club, under the direction of president Mrs, Onrl Halvorson, which serves as the Citizenship coun- - association to to: ‘pave dts: ball field moved to.a' different. location ‘in | Algoma Park was rejected , be- | cause of too. ‘high costs... The Little’: Léague .madé: the a permanent. park ‘and because the’present fleld: was. located. in: an . unfavorable ‘direction - -to- wards the sun. to purchase,:two new. nets for Rotary Tennis. court on Second Avenue West. CR. Levelton appointed — to high post | Appointment of Clifford ° Levelton 36, formerly of Prines Rupert, as. chief protection offi- cer for the federal department of {ishories in British Columbla was announced in Vancouver Thursday by A. J. Whitemore, area director of fisheries, Mr, Levelton lived in Prince Rupert while serving as Fisher- les Officer in the Butedale area from 1946 to 1953, In June, 1953, he was appointed Assistant Dis- trict Suporvisor for District 3. with headquarters at Nanaimo, In Novomber, 1956, he was pro- moted to the position of Marine Officer {in Paclflc Arena Head- quarters Office at Vancouver, 1 en penn uetanantay mae erngpt teenie. COMEDIAN RECOVERING | HOLLYWOOD (M— Comedian Ben Blue was reported reoover- Ing today after removal of what doctors sald was a benign intes- tinal growth. , WEATHER— ° Cloudy with showers .to-« night and Tuesday, A few sunny periods tomorrow, A little gooler,, Wind westerly 25 tonight and Tuesday; Low tonight and: high Tuesday a6 Prince Rupert 38 and 46, TIDES— Tuosday, April 15, 1068 (Paolfis Standard Tino) Council's councillor Mra, D, W, hy * fen tek et 1 cell's furniture committe, st PEA APE OEE hd tn te bot ewer bbe awa TWiah wu. 198 17.0 foot 93:46 10.0 foot LOW wines. 8:20 7.0 foot 17:36 0.4 tovb wea, t] League’ fog application in order. to obtain | The Commisison.. also, decided tats ae CRAP AMMA GO ds SiR ee a ee Peal we! ‘ i 1 ‘ 1