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Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port - — And Key to the Great Northwest oan 7 23:18 4.5 feet | - “ie VOL, XLVI, No. 289 PRICE FIVE CENTS . PRESIDENT'S CONDITION GOOD: ON EVE OF PARIS CONFERENCE: By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON (® — President Eisenhower, pronounced’ in excellent condition after a new medical examination, Sey rounded out plans today to fly to Paris Friday in an effort to” rr shore up the Western Alliance he helped forge. a : But the president still has a faint. speech impairment. and’. : he still is not discharged from medical care following the = ot mild stroke he suffered 16 days 20, i: This word came from the White House late Tuesday after Be three specialists in brain and nerve ‘allments examined Eisen-" _ hower and consulted with three other doctors. 7 The six physicians said Eisenhower's “general conditions ™ . : . was excellent.”. . ” i They added: “There was no evidence of. cerebral hemor-: : ; rhage or any serious lesion of the cerebral vessels. : “The difficulty in speaking has continued to improve and PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1957 ip Attemp Victim Threatened By Knife-Wielder | oo A 77-year-old store owner was punched in the cept by trained observers.” - os mouth and hit over the head with an ice cream scoop ae ——______— - ——— es last night by two masked bandits who tried to rob his NEW YORK HARD HIT hye RS Ba By small general store at the edge of town. Threatened with death at the point of a hunting knife just af- Alaska a ter 6 o'clock last night was Ern- est Cavenaile, in his shop at 7 Seal Cove Road. “Traffic Halted As Ice Hits Span The holdup men ran out empty handed when they found the till empty. Extensive search of the area by RCMP failed to bring up any trace of them. _ “I thought it was nothing but a joke,” Mr. Cavenaile told the TAYLOR, B.C. (CP) — Alaska Highway traffic has been _ interrupted again by the collapse of a 50-foot section of a month old temporary wooden bridge across the Pine - Traffic Jams” continue? ; During Transit Stri ce NEW .YORK — (AP)—Bedraggled - Manhatten. workers who live outside the borough weaxily. climbed .. out of bed earlier than ever today in.a grim. effort’ to. beat growing difficulties i in the city’ s. worst . transit strike. Tap Another Body Daily News today. He described how two men, about six feet tall, with what ap- peared to be dirty white hanker- chiefs covering the lower part of their faces, walked into his store and asked for money. One of them pulled out 2 hunting knife, pointed it at him and said “this is a holdup,” Mr. Cavanaile said. “At first I didn't take it ser- iously, but when I saw they meant it I told them I had a box with change under the counter,” he said. “They didn’t even look at the ca But during the morning ‘rush hour the travel jams seemed as bad as Tuesday and the day be- |. fore—if not worse. Transit officials managed to keep perhaps one-third of the subway trains running, using non-strikers and _ supervisory personnel in place of members of the: Motormen’s Benevolent As- sociation who walked out a5 a.m. Monday. Both city and. private bus lines, as well as commuter rail- SKEENA MEMBER of Parliament Frank Howard (centre) is shown visiting constituents presently employed on picket duty at Watson Island mill of Columbia Cellulose Company Ltd. With strikers, members of Local 708 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, are officials of United Sicclworkers Union Carpenters Union from i Kitimat who brought financial donation to aid strikers. Shown left to right are M. Logan, V. Thompson, G. Robertson, M. Johnston, H. Quick, R. Cooper, John Timmins, of the Steel- workers Monty Alton, international representative of the Steel- workers, Russ Hoover, president of the Steelworkers Union in Kitimat, Mr. Howard, Ernest Rodda, of the Carpenters Union, KK. Murphy Angus Macphee, Don Stickney of the Steelworkers, BIG VOTE EXPECTED Exciting Election Race To Be Settled Tomorrow One of the liveliest election campaigns, in so far as mayoralty contest so, reaches its climax tomorrow Body of Thomas Perry, 41, unearthed from near. the. base of the Mount Hays landslide: about 11 o’clock this .morning, ” “Carl Gustafson, city works. superin = tendent reported today: - . RCMP, who. immediately: mo tended, said that the body of: the: ed am R. Cormier, A. Martin, B. Fortune, A. McIntosh, J. Kurdziel, | River, south of this com-|box. The one with the knife roads, sought to help ease the) sige victim was, found approxi-. . . i oor. ineg oe knocked me to the floor, fell on|™addening travel plight by mar- when Prince Rupert elector s go to the polls to call the BP. Mortel.. M. Gregor, O. Elliott, R. Player, M. Finegan, H. lmunity near Fort St. | mmocked Me to tne etch poth | shalling all extra equipment pos- mately in the same spot where’ shot for the next two years S. A total of 3,965 persons centage than usual will cast; their ballots. Squared off in the battle for! eligible to vote and it is antici-, pated that a much larger per-| an X to signify “Yes” or ‘‘No.” The $729,000 is sought to build ia new high school in the area of. “the Algoma Park to relieve crowded conditions at Booth the post of chicf magistrate are memorial High school and bring 52-year-old Mayor George Hills and 37-year-old Alderman. | Peter. J. Lester. Mayor Hills 1s just completing his second two-year term of of-. fice while Ald. Lester is winding | ) his first term on council. Mayor Hills was on the first city council after the commission-: ship ended in 1943. He served as: alderman on the city council for: six years, Was member of the: provincial legislature for Prince Rupert in the 1952 legislature : E.! apout separation -of juniér “and - senior high schools. ; Four candidates seeking the two vacant seats on council are aldermen Michael Krueecr. Norman Bellis, R. G. Large and we __--G@ordon. E. Carlson. In Prince Rupert since TvIs~ Ald. Krueger was first elected to council in 1951. He served ‘first as finance chariman and then for several terms as chair- man of the board of works. For the post two years he has been ‘finance chairman. Bank Claims No Basis For Depression Scare TORONTO @ — There is no basis for the fear of a major ic k. w Jepression at this time. A. C. Ashforth, president of the Toronto- } reek. went out Tuesday under Dominon Bank, said today at the bank's annual meeting. “The evidence suggests that at! ~~~ the worst we are faced with a! same as this year, Mr. Ashforth | ' Monday. consolidation; said. Many large projects such as! the St. Lawrence Seaway and the: : built as7¥ Trans-Canada natural gas pipe | Alaska Highway, eg line were still unfinished and | highway with the Pacific Great brief period of when some of the distortions, resulting from inflationary at- titudes to costs and prices, will be eliminated,” he said. “Once we have achieved that, ‘he economy should again ex- pand “on a sound and healthy basis, though perhaps not at the {lates the north country by high- i 4 2 4 jof John, Loss of the bridge almost iso- way. The bridge, erected on a tem- porary basis after the collapse «the $4,000, 000.- suspension | \bridde ‘over’ the “Péace ‘River 357 j miles | — bridge, ‘northwest of Dawson the force of heavy ice. The army, which built and maintained the had restricted traffic The Pine River bridge was subsidiary projects were likely to | Bastern railway bridge across the develop. Some export industries have, been adversely affected by de- Peace River. 1 The PGE bridge, ‘just completed but not yet in ‘use by the railway, was pressed ‘into service when the highway hands. “While I was trying to get his fingers loose, I saw the other man reach over the counter and open the till. When he found it empty he grabbed an ice cream scoop’ from. the ice box and hit The-one. with. ~me over the head: the knife hit: mé if ‘the mouth, cursing at me all the time.” “He kept saying: Vl kill you,” Mr. Cavenaile said. When the men finally let go of him, they ordered him to get off the floor. Then they ran out- aa the door, they had disappeared, he said. Then he alarmed RCMP. Police said today they search- ed the area after arriving at the scene but without success. ‘TVll kill you, sible. But it was a terrific strain all around, because all such facili- ties: ordinarily operate at just about capacity even with sub- ways running normally. It promised to ‘be another hec- tic, day .of... station platforms ~ ‘and frantic} struggles of ‘harried commuters seeking to force. their way aboard anything moving in the direction of Manhattan. Subway officials said that of 809 motormen scheduled to work the midnight to 7 a:m. shift on Ponly 299 99 appeared. BUSSES TOO In Brooklyn, where a number ‘of bus lines are operated by the same agency which handles the subways, 500 employees failed to _Jammed .. highways. the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John: Murray and John Vandal. were. found. The bodies were found at: edge .of Oldfield Creek, “Police said that Mr. Perry's body was. identified’ by John Gurvich. No one has come for<. ry, who was a longshoreman: here. Still to be found are the bodies of Mrs. Perry and’ John » Henderson, 64. : Jaycees Offer Transportation will be provid- ed civic electors Thursday be- tween 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. when the polls close, a Junior Cham- ve S Was st elec te iclining prices and decrease in de: Mr. Cavenaile’s store is several , iver : . sy z ‘as first elected mayor in Ald. Bellis was first elected ; . + fow Pp suspension appear. However, drivers were|ber of Commerce spokesmati ane Wie is a past president of council in 1953. For 18 month: onal rate of the last few mand but the flow of capital into | Army vnginesrs announced hundred feet from any oipner reported continuing work as|said today. He said that per: the Union uf B.C. Municipalities, prior to his re-election in 1955 he} "yr." 4 oy rorth's comments were | COYC OPER of industrial Taw’ tne destruction of the 50-foot | usual. sons wishing transporation to Alderman Lester was born ino New York, joined the Canadian: Army eurly in the Second World was chairman of the board oi works and has served in that capacity ever since with the ex- contained in a text made avail- able to the press in advance of delivery, | materials now was paying divid- ends, In the current year there! had been a sharp drop in wheat | | section of the across the Pine. wooden span They said work ‘Johnson Rites ‘crews tried all Monday night| The first violence was recorded early today when a lead pipe was tossed through a window of the polling station at the Civic Centre could call the Jaycee car , - : pool at 6094 or 6095. ~ War and took out Canadian ception of a short period when es _j and flour exports and a signi- dearly T : e a subway train, apparently aim- citizenship papers while serving Ald. George B, Casey was chair- gram | Tose wil be about the ficant reduction in some other! sand oe not agalnet the precsure| 9@T Friday ed at the non-striking motor- overseas with the 88th Field Bat-' man of the board of works. sham i ‘ items but these declines had! of the ice. man in the front of the first car. Bi N tery, Royal Canadian Artillery. © Ald. Large has just completed been offset. by increases in other | The structure was shattered! A city resident for 45 ycars} The striking MBA men, who Ingo umbers is came to Prince Rupert in’ six months as alderman hayine orm eas exports, ‘when rain and warm weather|died in Prince Rupert Gencral calicd eh walkout in a. juris- Two more numbers were 1950 and is mn employee of Co-; been voted into office at a by- y Mr. Ashforth suggested serious} broke up the ice in the Pine| Hospital Monday afternoon at|GicMona: dispute over union rep- |; ks lumbia Cellulose Co. Ltd. He ts) election last July, due to the res- P r y resentation in the subway sys- idded to the Elks Lodge past president of Local 708 of | the International Brother hood of : Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill | Workers. He was first elected to counell in 1955, Returning offiear R, W. Long reminded electors today that the | polls at the Civie Centre will be | open from 8 aan, to 8 pam. DON'T DETACH “tgnation of Ald. S. J. Dominato. Ald, Large was chairman of Dis- trict 52 school board for 12 years, i past president of the Civic Cen- ‘tre Assoclation, is president of the Museum Board and chair- neun of the elty's B.C. Centen- nial committee. Gordon £, Cartson, 06-yeur old railway conductor, seeks civic of- \ Lash England In Hurricane | | LONDON (Reuters) — Heavy, by hurricnne-foree England's south seus driven winds lashed study towards finding a solution for exporters’ long-term credit problems, One solution might be to make rediscount facilities available to the chartered banks ino respect to long-term export credits, or have the government or Bank of Canada do the neces- sary flnaneing. Canaca could be adversely af- fected by any drop in business River, sending it churning down toward the Peace. The Peace River Is running heavy with Ice and it is impos- sible to put a ferry into service. The lee is not heavy cnough to carry traffic across, An army spokesman in Ed- monton said engineers now are working to rebuild the washed- out section of the 500-foot wood- the age of 66. Funcral service for Lewis ‘Johan Johnson, 35 Cow Bay, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from Ferguson Funcral Home, Rev. A. 5. Olson officlating. Born near Trontheim, Norway, Mr. Johnson came to Canada in 1910 und moved to Prince Rupert two years later. Since then he worked as a fisherman ino and tem, doggedly stuck to their 1e- fusal to work despite pleas from the governor and mayor, and threats of flring from the city’s transit authority. NEW RED LAW BERLIN (4 — Coniumunist Bast Germany, in a new effort to block the mass exodus of refu- Wouse Bingo in ald of the Crippled Children’s hospital. Today’s number are N-31 and G-56. Numbers previously drawn are: B-13; G-51; N-438; Bel; 0-66; G-50; 1-23; N-33; N-445 O-14; B-4; GBs N-39; N-40; B-7; O-T1; N-4d5; G-50; 0-62; N-35; O-75; 1-22; G55; Geb; miere sy ronst today, ; He); 1-25; N-36; 0-65; 0-63 fee for the first time. A mem-| Coast , ac Vt Gtntae [en bridge but it was not known | around Prince Rupert. rees to the West, today le it ' ’ aby 4 , ' s range y Le miles | activity in the United States, f st, Loday made it “7! f -2f: T-19: Yol7: bea etelt voter ballots will ber of the Junior Chamber ol ae eee ote Whips frome but this did not appear to be| how long it would take to com-| He is survived by a brother,)a ertminal offence to flee the Ontd Bets Toads T-1Os Wels must nob be detached, Mr. Long sald. There must be no writing on the, ballots, dust an * placed offsehting. Totemnent tal- Commerce, an offieer of the In- ternational Brotherhood of Rill- way Tralnmen he js also treas- urer of the Demosthenes club. Mount Ways aide vietdms, were Rov. A, 8 Olson offielated at the ceremony ut whieh the hymn their moorings, sinashed bouts on beaches, piled sand and gravel on coast ronds and dam- aged a main rallread line. Beas damaged {he main Lon- Jana. and power enables broken, Honvy snow blanketed north in prospect, INFLATION PROBLEM Mr. Ashforth cdeserlbed infla- If it developed that expansion mouse aod mush not be rege Ones EOF UROL! SOE MLLER “A Sieg weekend storm tore roofs off plete repairs, Sjur, In Surrey, B.C. CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS MWighways Minister P. A, Guage Cenpretepemenanay for a permit to sell thelr prod- vet In Prince Rupert, counell they hud yevelvod from the was on his way and could be wid vegetables; and Ry Benson, Couned! Monday night approv- ed w recommendation by the 8a- paid as in previous yerrs, satellite nation. following w suggestion by Muayar (Pree manne oor by fetter, The kettle wil be set up De- amendments by Prince Rupert G-46; 1-2 and O-70, ot. t = . ' \, ’ Returning officer R. W. Lone tion as one of the most diffieult e opr aw ’ ve ‘y hy the appraprinne squares ore | wit be aaatted by depuiy re-| The seawall ak Wevmeuth On aig “xevious problems. fuelng mien, yin must use the pen- [turning officer Mrs, Charles} out pest cast ettaps of} CHnada. | eWwa ear ew ¢ mon rl e OuG ei} provided in the polling Peuree and wa corps of expert pall under le shod the incijoln ing This year's YOSS national booth. clerks, Nenways Fl product though probably setting! iymedite veti the con- {Prince Rupert by the Fire Mur-| Bryant and C Also to be voted on is the Diss | Continuing on couned) next] ehway, , fa record in dollars, would show] oy nge Pwetion on the cons [Prince Rupert by the Bre Mars) Bryant aid Conrid Streets, Lhe fiance Ong Rov- tre, 58 school money. bylnaw/yenr as they fulfill the second At Plymouth, a §50-ton “ear) qittte ehange in per-capita out- struction of u sidewalk at the|shall's offiee, council Jearned Included In thelr recommenda] enue from the properties to aoeking permisshon to borrow| year of their two-year terms will] ferry was blown ushore but re- put, “In other words, we have incompleted MeClymont Bridge | Monday night. tion to the street Ughting com] tailed $1,180, eagnoo for m new senior high| be aldermen Kay 8mith, Darrow flouted Jater while na passeneer! been paying ourselves more for at Algoma Perk will be urged A letter and telegram from miltee was the creetdon of a Three new positions were ed- | sehoul. Only property. owners | Gomez, 'T, Norton Youngs and A.| ferry tn the same river was eat=| doing Tess. This adds up. to by elty council In a telegram to|/the Fire Murshidll difarmed Nght on the sume avenue be-| ded to the Clty Mall staff Mone muy vole on the question with | Donnld Ritchie, ried nearly half a mile upstrean..| higher prices.” Premier W, A. C, Bennett and} council that a representitive| tween Alfred and Brett Streets,| day night by counell followlng w recommendation by the fl- don-Plymouth rallroud tne, de-[in bank eredlt seemed deaslr- Jurdl, expeeted ‘shortly, George BE, Wis, ninco committes, : e . ,° v laying trains up to three hours, ible, the C 4USUTOS Decision on the move cine er — Applications will be called ime Funeral Held , ) Slide Victims Though the stormy was mor Neatrutint Mu ine mi pepererent ut Monday night's counell meet. | Three new trade Heenees hive, A letter front the Junlor) mediately for the positions of Panernl sereices for Yue Duy erating. today gale wurntnes|lquidiiy reserve for ehartered ing ufter Alderman Normun Bel- [been granted in the elty tor) Chamber of Commerce was read | ieense inspector, business tax Wong, Joneting Prince Rupert S ° i were jn force all around. the| banks should be reduced, lis asked $f the eity couldn't do} Emil Quast, 1227 Bleventh Ave-| to counci! Monday night thanks] inspector and purchasing agont, roxicent, who died here Novem-| QOPVICES @ vonst and gules were alll rig-| ‘Tho increase from elght to 15 {Something about the situation.) nue Kust, building contractors | ing the elty for the $300 grant . He attemoon trom. Frergunon | y Ine over the Irish Sea, purty of| per cent, instituted ab the end | “2Us an awrul mess”, he com-|Randolf C. Yerxu, Royal Wish~) to the Jayceey’ Christmas light-) | Following a recommendation : an " . ’ ' " vues ey , Le dag cf 0 \ Me ' , / " Funeral Home, Rev. d. A, Rost. weve MUTT. hwo of me northern Mnglind and Seol-;or 1985, was oan emergency mented, erles, Cow Buy, retell ment, sh] up campaign, by the board of works commit- tee counell approved second af ' oy , Suppork by the eity will be] 447 Sixth Avenue Bast, renting] Permisston for i cheer kettle) payment of tt count F i" \ view Gemetery. \ ® o'olon ‘ Mane sts dn Engdand were | tarded as a permanent feature ve ' an ae peyment ot the uccount of Ase | lowed 4 wh Malr nacteaenenepaineme a o- | Red wh 2 oelonk yostordiny nftor ee itnes Blown down-on{of (he banking structure, Mr, after red bo Kithnat suppliers of frooms, . wis Branted the silvation Army | soclated Engineering — Services POR MES. Home yO TOT URC PUN nds and overhend telephone! Ashford snd, reconstituted milk If they apply ene w by council following wu request) Ltd. In the amount of $1,000 fay tho fumiiurization program, . decided Monday niaht. chal Assistunca Committee that} cember i to 24 inelusive, “i Daily Delivery “Rack of Ages" wis sung. Ine yp ern Beotland, delaying trains PAPER DAMAGED Counell nyresd to ndviso the| Christmas bonus cheques lar toerinweamecant | Kitimat Loss H High | ‘ torment followed af Walrview and blocking ronds, OUMAN FALLS © — A viulont} supplier that from Information| Social Welfare yeciplents be} Requested ware contrach| VANCOUVER @)—A Wet iy 6 Cometory, More than 800 velileles, nvastly rockallde which shut down proe } Pull bearers were KR, Advoek, | longecistunee trucks, were snows | paper storage warehouse, dium. Minister of Agriculture, a per- 1 Cmemeeenenerne Firefighters Assochition Lace | duction at the Aliminum Cane i DIAL 2157 W. Bloin, J. Markingon, dg, LHe | bound on Bonttoek Mi between | ugg stocks, Ab least two fam-| mit for sale of the milk would) Counell agreed that something) bb) were referred by council) to} pany of Canada plint in Kitle i, rondetie, I. Anderson, W. Pile | Carisle, Northorn England, und) ied were forced to vacuto thalr| be required. should be done immediately] the 1068 ware committee, mit 1.C. will crue w lox in Di fold, W. Pilfola, N, Cronk, I, Moe, | Glasgow, The road over the steep | homes because of flooding after Peermerernnened ubout a request rocelved fram rane nnenromd production amounting to about ‘a DRUGS 1’, Vigor, R. Vieroek and I Dale[ HW was jammed (for several} nine Inches of rain fell In 24 Awistimes In the siting of al residents on Bleventh Avenue} ‘Three lind sales were reported $5,000,000, © company spokesnian i me yw lyn. niles, Hours, new fire hall with bo glvon! wast for uw streot lump belweon| tu cily councl! Monday ulghb by vutlinuted Tucsdty, ft i the west side of the slide at the. wes 5 . ward as hext “of kin to-Mro Pers eee Manson Prqnsportation cee eet ete cela lee = Se ee