“ at providing jobs for 1,000 to a 2,000 men, “He said. today he. has “Written wh , Fe Sao ac Ge ay eee tent | WEATHER "clondy with showers, Winds southwesterly 30 Wednesday morning. . Low tonight and high og 300 at Prince Rupert 40 an VOL. XLVII, No, 5 ad Ag Ce iad ho ha cad "s Py! Tee Lal Me Toe Ree 7 Ma a aa ee ee hae an ae Oe ae eg mos a eg ee ee eee er Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest —— bia. Cellulose Company Ltd Plan To Aid Park Costs, Jobless | ‘OTTAWA @—A new federal plan to help finance provincial construction of camp grounds and picnic areas, almed at pro- viding wintertime jobs, was an- nounced today by Resources Minister Alvin Hamilton. “He Gald $1,000.000 will be car- marked to pay half the cost of construction or improvements to such.. facilities, provided 50 per cent of the total outlay on each job is for wages. The -federal offer, however, covers sharing of such expen- ditures only up to May 31. Mr. Hamilton announced Fri- day a similar $1,000,000 program of federal cost-sharing on. for. est access roads: built -by, prov- inces, previded they are corm- pleted by June 30. This is aimed. provincial premiers about the , Bejection by the. pulpworkers committee of a management package offer worth 20! cents an hour on the average, leaves the pulp mill companies no alternative but to withdraw all their of- fers T, N. Beaupre, executive vice-president of Colum- union negotiating .. said in a letter to all em- ployees early this week. The package offer, Mr. Beau- pre said was “retroactive to July 1, 1957 plus additional benefits for the year July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1959." Speaking of recent cvents which resulted In’a breakdown of talks last Saturday, the letter told employees at the Watson Is- land mill that: “On December 23, 1957, after several days of discussions with the Premicr, the minister of la- bor, your representatives and ourselves, we made a_i written proposal, as follows: @ Contract to be dated Janu- ary 1, 1958 and run until June 30, 1959; (a) 74% per cent general wage increase for period Janu- ary 1, 1958 to June 30, 1958 ¢b) 5 cents additional “A” tional for “B” mechanics; ! (c) Three weeks vacation with pay after 10 years, May 1, ' 1958 cut-off date. pay to be calculated on basis earned; “(dd “Those matters were agreed to during wage’ _ conference such as night. shift *“ditferentlal, ‘overtime’ ts tout; workers; shall remain agreed: (c) Will sit down and dis- new pian for camp grounds and hopes for “an enthusiastic and immediate response.” Gales Hit . Four Ships THE HAGUE (Reuters) —Four ships were reported in trouble in’ ‘the gale-whipped North Sea today as dike patrols were called out ity The Netherlands because of expected high water levels. As winds reached 75 miles an hour, a tug put out to help the Frenen freighter Crozon, drift- ing ashore 11 miles northwest of Liniuiden. ~The butch coaster Capella re- ported that she was listing 50 degrocs 1) miles northeast of the ‘Texel Hghtship. A tug ra- diocd thatit had picked up two bodies, presumably from the Capella. The Liberian vessel Effic ask- ed-for a tug while drifting help- lessly.10 iniles off Scheveningen and oydanger of going aground. Thé Thjtch motorship Parkhaven ridiced tor help 20 miles west of Dew Helder, saying she hnd engine trouble. Maonwhile, the radio at Wick, Scotlnid, reported that the Rus. slan freighter Podolsk had sent out dligtress signals that she had runground at Rangaunde, on the northwestern Norwegian const, Widespread storms swept Prarieaftor the second day today, bringing down power gables in several’ arens, Snow was ree ported in the Alps. In Switzerland, several man railroad Unes reported long de- lnys after electric wires were cut by tulllng rocks and trees tn ‘a gale that has caused exten- inive ‘damuare in the last 34 hours, ‘Henvy rains eaused landslides In anv ru western (rca, contd scomenneresnenren: U.K. ~PM On Tour ome LONDON (i Prima Minister London Caduy on a atx-week tour to unify Come Marcwilllan Ter Tmonwetlth thinking on boter- nin toni, Problems, yom Heer e Lie oe se PROD RD Ms aroma permittees me bot NOW...in 1 tablot daily 0 Vitomins +12 Minerals cuss seniority clause state-|° | ment re supervisors and state- ment re‘work on. statutory holidays; @ The 74 per cent generat iwage increase, the additional 5 cents to “A” mechanics and 3 ;eents to “B” mechanics and the inight shift differential agreed to ‘in the wage conference, will be i retroactive to July 1, 1957, to all employees on payroll as of No- vember 14, 1957, and who report sumption of operations; @ Unions to have the option to open contract for discussion on wages only on July 1, 1958; @ Three wecks vacation with pay after 5 years, cut off date May 1, 1959. Pay-to be calculat- ed on basis of 6 per cent of wages earned. @ There be no restrictions on for §— mechanics: 3 cents addi- - Vacation | of 6 per cent of total wages — which’ for work within two weeks of re-); ' seeretary - treasurer. See — PULP MILL DENIAL IN MOSCOW Harold . Milks, The Asso- clated Press bureau ehicf in Mos- cow, advised that on AP story on fle was belng held up by the consors and referrod to another which had not been recelved al- though fled Monday night. The New York Times reported that its correspondent Ino the Sovict capital was cut off during a telephone conversation after he said a rumor was clrenhkiting that a rocket had been launehed with a man ‘aboard, The Now York Herald Tribune said its correspondent in Moscow reported himself unable to iden- ify the source of the report, Te sald he belleved It was only a rumor. Tn a radio report heard in Montroul a Radio Moscow oftla- jal’ today aad) Woatern news _(Continued on Page 5). Russian Censorship Strict With Manned Rocket Reports: LONDON (CP)—Western Moscow ave running into difficulties with Soviet cen- sorship in relaying reports that the Russians have {jred a manned roeket into space, sources In Moscaw alone origin] uted reports of the Baviet huunel~ of a man-carrylng, tock ot, Radio Moscow nows direstor Ivanoy was quoted by Richard Johnson of radio station OFC hore as saying Ina telephone in- Lerview no Thuaahin news sourecs garviod the reports, REXALL SUPER PLENAMINS|. AN vitamins with known require ‘ments plus vilal minoralst 36's, $2.60, 72's, $4.78; E's, $1.05 “ORMES DRUGS LTD. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, ins WUARY -7, 1958. “J.D. McRAE | . dislikes cartoon, Q ot 1 { Oe eR a BROWN . ‘chamber, president. i A zc Brown Named Head Of Chamber A. Bruce Brown was unani- mously elected president of tac Prince Rupert Chamber of Com- oieree for 1958 at the 48th an- nual general meeting of the group last night. He succeeds Je: D. McRac. line annual report a total of 58 ‘cussions, ‘the president when making his é . . 5. aT Basis: of Mr. McRae’s attack: was & cartoon, It was one of 14! drawn by Thomas Nicoll and published by The Daily News since Mr. Nicoll joined the News’ contributors late in November. Of the retring president’s 154- lines were devoted to ‘The Press,” nine of them praising Varicouver newspapers, 46 of thern as a condemnation of The Dally. Mews. As a preamble to his criticism Mr. McRae said “it is to be re- merabered that while occupying the chal, the president is mere- ly a chtiirman and as such, not at liberty to take part in dis- However... there are o- such restrictions placed on annual report, “Therefore if any comments sound unjustifiably critical, bear op ‘believe readers of the Van- couver papers will agree that bevter ‘goverage. has been given Ak recent times: At random I Haye selected a copy of a Van- Lauper Mil Plan Fi Mix vat 9? leny.. is encouraging and gratifying.” WITHER GOEST THOU? “Wow in contrast to such co- operation from southern papers, a cartoon was printed in our lonial press, given a position of troat.page priority und entitled OQ EG & “Vadis, Prince Rupert?” This cartoon suggests . desparity, 'gloufa and deceit in respect to the affairs of our city and dis- trict. Tikis depressing cartoon greeted the public in the first Also unanimously elected were Dr. L. M. Greene ‘us vice-presi- dent and Mrs Jocelyn Bolton us; Installing : effiecr was J. T. Harvey. \ Blected to the executive conn-: ci were BE. W. Brown, A, D. Per-! ley, KE. T. Applewhaite, A. S. Nick- erson mud John Guthric, Alrenay on the counell ares J.T. Harvey, A, W. Large, T. B. Black, W. J. Scott, and Dr. Williain Hick. correspondents in Dulles Decicles To Stay On Job By JOUN SCALI WASHINGTON (Wt — John Voster Dulles las, decided — to stay on as secretary of stato, assoclutes sald today, and ts steelng Wimself ta resist what he anticlpates wil) be a mount. ing Democratic demand that he retdre, Prosident Elsonhower is une deratoad fo have assured him of full baeking if ho will eon- tinue din the top United States foreign polley Job he has held, for tha last five yours, Dudles, ds reported toa have considered) his future carefully within tho last few weeks, co- ineddlng with hia appronehing 70th lalrthday, Feb, 26, and tho opening of a new session of Con. yress -today, | Now that he has made hla de- clsion, informants snid, he has no Intention of quitting undar | the Premicr’s encouraging mes- issuc of 1938 and beside it was isage for the year.” My. MeRae said that ‘to an outsides t2 casual reader not acyuainted with any — back- Retiring head of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce J. D, McRae spent, one third of his annual presidént’s report castigating the Daily News. . . Lauds City Co verage ier couver . “paper which headlines |. i ling Pp— that! ‘ and.“ Peace: Bridge. ‘Prob= Booms Area's ~ Sawmills” | “Big. Interests” opened. up - 250 EP and-"“$1 Million Hotel for Prince | boarded- -up: wartime house.. 15) monehs : ‘that the. Seal Covey. George”. Publicity of this nature| 1947 and under normal circum-. stances ‘gives steady: ‘employ- in ming that the president, for a whole year is “tongue-tied” and when he sits down, his gol- den opportunity is over.” Mr. McRae divided his report under three headings, (a) activi- ties of the past year (b): the:sit- uation ‘as it exists today. (c) prospects for the future. Section (b) of the typewritten report -dealt with The Daily News, a member of the chamber and presumably coming under the heading of “the situation as it exists today.” “Untying his tungue” Mr. Mc- Rae availed himself of his “gol- den opportunity” thusly: “Sometime ago, this chamber wrote: ‘to the metropolitan papers requesting better coverage on new stories and items of interest originating iin Northern British Columpia. 4 : in South DANCERS pictured above will be . among ‘the’ many enter- tainers. featured at “Varicties yf 1953," to be presented Fri- day night in the Civic Centre auditorimn by dance instruc- tor Buddy Taft. Left to right are: Lorraine Vierick, Jeannie Richardson, Virginia Hughson, Marilyn. Orr, . Buddy Taft, Wilms. Barrie, Carol Wick and “Margaret. Roos... - Staff Photo by Howard Phillips’ Damage Hea As Gale | Hits. City 9A “violent ‘Witinstorm: with gusts ranging: ‘up to’60- miles per hour lasned the city last night | a. depressive attitude to- wards-our city. The co-opera- tion Of the press is normally. to} populagize our city, not to ‘dis-| play reyérses' of the past.” gr AFA Apterests’ is an- “GaP person. ment to more than 600 of our citizens, * “under. _the™ caption “white Elephant” is. the grain elevator and Highway 16. I wonder if the press.‘s aware that our grain eleyator employs 40 persons on a year rouvd basis. This year M% million ‘pu hels of _ grain have been shipred in 16 bottoms. This has been one of the poorer years. In 1952 a total of 40 ships took grain. -An average of 20 long- shoremen are employed to Joad each vessel and more if lining is done here. Prince’ Rupert is second only to Vancouver as a grain exporter on the B.C. coast being well ahead of New West- ground, this cartoon -would “Wants More Grain Shipments “However, I would like t¥ sec even more grain passing through Prince Rupert, just as I would like to see more money spént on Wighway 16. From a report given this chamber a short time ago by the chairman of our highway committee It is to be noted that this so eniled “elephant” has 200 miles of paved highway from here to Prince George and ah- other 160 miles ready for paving and these figures do not take in the Clrunks.” Mr. McRae said that “white elephants” are something no one wants and “it ts regretlable that our local press has seen fit to put our grain elevator and High- way 1 along with “ete.” In this cahogorvy, Is it suggested that both be closed?" | VATRNESS? ’ “Now In oath fairness to our press, ih must be pointed out thal on Page 2 jn the editorial under “Promises and Hopes for 1050" the followlng apperred, to quoto Try to impress upon the rest. of the province and Canada that Prince Rupert has a place In Le economy and growth of this vrent Dominion.” “T compliment the adepting this polley, “However, since were on the first page, and “supe port" on tho whith came first, or the age?" “T would staceroly svrgost that thu joeal pross cold bo of more nasistance to out conmiunity ot thoy would have thelr “budding” qarhoonist atick to Ueht humer subjects rather than publish a "eoid's fantasy" with accome panyling dorrogniory vomarks," In nating progross (1) 1067 with which tho chamber was connect. oc Mr, Merino mentloned actor on the business and machinery press on domestls political tre, “slophants” sLuCONd, PRL “the chicken minster and Victoria. alrport, start on the MceClymont park bridge, the visit of the gov- ernor of Alaska and two conven- tions, He expressed the hope that a satisfactory settlement to both parties in the current pulp and paper strike would be reached. Looking ahead Mr. McRae sees completed, a boost in economy when a. sawmill {fs established here, Highway 16 extended by an Alaska marine highway and further hydro electric develop- ment which will bring new In- dustries to the area. ed -The--retiring “president : ‘said blow! intand® shown ” as |'tered 1 ‘lec ny. “ind: great things when the airport js]: Cove.) wo “Loss” “iri “property: is to be An; b ‘as trecs pwere. aprooté OTA “the” nd-tiine in ‘hanger ‘was struck by'storm: On|” October 19,.1956; winds tore out the entire | back wall of the build- ing. oe HANGAR DAMAGED ~ section in the restored part and two other large window sections on the Saall above the waiting room were blown in at the height of the storm. (The win- dows were made to blow out to save the rest of the hangar.) However..it is reported that the roof of the big building is threatened. Not even the gigantic doors at the far-end of the hangar with- stood the force and were twisted out of line on thelr overhead tracks. Unofficial estimates on the damage quote several thousand dollars. BRIDGE WRECKED A wooden bridge connecting a footpath with Immanuel Street between Seventh Avenue = on Eighth Avenue was completely demolished, A 35-foot tree was completely uprooted and in falling narrow- ly missed the home of Mr. and Mrs, Jacques Manheim at 1850 Fifth Avenue East, Car of Dally News editor J. R. Ayres suffered body cdamnage when struck by a four-foot by clght-foct section of plywood sheeting torn off the Prince Ru- pert Co-Operative Association store at Third Avenne and First Street. Both Mr. and Mrs, Ayres escaped unhurt. The car pre- vented a woman crossing Third Avenuc from being hit by the Pair Given Jail Terms Two men who pleaded guilty December 91 to charges of theft, wore sentenced by Magistrate E, T, Applewhaite in police court yesterday afternoon to terms In Oakalla Brison Farm. Walter McKay, 39, a Sishor- man who hlonded guilty to stoning $105 from a guest ina clty rooming house December 10 was sentonced to one year In jal, Only $237,090 was recovered. Hdward Rutus Watts, 10, whe pindod. guilly to thoft ‘of 0 jacket from a resident of a elty hotel Decemlyar 26 was sentenced yosterday afternoon to nino months in Oukalla, This morning In polleo court, farne Gillls, 1133 @econd Av- enue Wort, plowded not guilty toa charge of cammon ussaull, te tater looted to ehungo tils plen and pleaded gullty to atylk- ing his @ifo Soyoe and was giv- ix, slart af the Princo Rupert en 41% ngoutins werpended ven tetice. von shot. ing. {standing and ‘special. commit- ‘tire. council was appointed by}: severely damaging. the rat Seal Pacific. Airlines: ‘hanger at Seal}: (he thousands. of dollars: ithin. Last ‘night, one large window a - Bec. TenelDESaze . ( ARGHEVESU GF yBaGany 8, 108 a __ PARLTASaekMelatasiaand "rime).: VIG i Ss Biot a0 iy 14268 5 “19s 00% 2h: ay * Low « peeanearnons ne Following recommendation by] - mayor to council there was an|- increase in the. number © of roney. teés, and in most. cases, the en-} Wage and personnel " Mayor. Lester to serve on stand- ing committees. aA special. committee - sug- gested by Mayor Lester to: deal with: unemployment met: with full approval of the: council, ‘sistance ~ and. Licensing’: Lh Police and Traffic, whereas - in Apolawy past years’ this work. .was all Cicco handied by’ one committee..." Among changes in administra- tion that council-approved was the mayor’s suggestion that a Wage -and Personnel committee be established -to deal not only with wage and contract prob- lems but.to act in conjunction with the City Clerk-Comptroller in dealing with personnel prob- Jems. ; A long range planning com- mittee was authorized as well : ngs ‘nN ally appointed. to this committee, asked to- be ‘included “dithough I’m. not: Jo any extra. work, I have. always. taken a personal, interest airport.) ¥ndustrial develogimeatt woes George E. Hills, Orme, Stuart, FR. W. Long, Ald. Michael. Krueger, gE. T. Applewhaite .- (seeretary?,. : Mayor Lester, J, Black, “Ald, Rit- chie, and Earl Gordon. vl ; Civic buildings—Orme stuart, ie : by council who were informed|J. T, Harvey, R, W. Long, Ald. » ‘ by the chicf magistrate that| Ritchie, Mayor Lester,’ G. E,: the city clerk-comptroller would inquire of Victoria the most ef- ficient method of organizing such a body. COMMITTEES NAMED Standing and other .commit- tees, With the + chairman first named, were appointed by Mayor Lester as follows; Finance—Ald, R. G. Large, the whole counell. Board of works—Ald, Norman Bellis, thes whole council, Utilities — Ald. T. Norton Youngs, the whale council. Wealth, social assistance and licencing—Ald, Kay Smith, the whole council, Police and traffieAld. A.D, Ritchie; NCO 1/C city detach- ment RCMP, &/Sgt, J. W. Todd, Ald, Smith, Ald, Darrow Gomez, City Clerk-Comptroller R. W, Lone. Pioneer's Ueme—Ald, Hills. E. T. Applewhaite (secre ~ . hy . wo OO ary) ; Street lighting— Ald, ‘Youngs T. B. Black and Ald) Gomez, |. cad Unemployment-—-W. H. Murray, MLA; Frank Howard, MP; Mayor » . Lester and Gordon Simpson. - . I | Roads and sidewalks~ to"be |; appointed after sewer plan: iss, o bY received: a iy Long range planning — Ald. pe Large. chairman, ; oe Council representatives to po other boards: ; Civic Cenrle—Ald, Gomez and oe Ald. Youngs, . a HWospital—Ald, Smith. io Muscum—Ald, Large af Citkxenship council — Mayor Dye Lester. rs Skeena Health Unit — Aid. oi Smith and Ald, Gomez. Public relations—Ald. Ritchie. Counei) meetings will be held ob on the second and fourth Mon- | day, of exch month as in the ay past and committee mectings on he frst syd third Mondays. Gomes, B. B.C. ROUNDUP | Starvation Attomey-General R sent Mra, Margaret Mary Howard, 90, hod been under the core of th naturopathic physiclin before she entered haspltal, whore she died Chetstmas Day, Tho newspaper anid: °Mr, Bonner sald ho had seanned the coroners ‘proliminary report. Ho formully authorized tha Inquest without the nevesslty of the core onor's jury viewing Uie body.” PENTICTON, BC. —Joln BR, Stouchnofe ef Penticton, widely « travelled spokesman dor orthodox Doukhobors, sidid Mowday It in “most unfortue mate” dheat (ho radieu Sous of VANCOUVER (CP)—A Vancouper newspaper says leged self-imposed star vation of a woman in North Vancouver, ? Death Inquest Ordered British Columbia Bonner has ordered an inquest into the death by al- ny i hy ie iM ie o publisher of the Asheroft Jour- " ny nul, He wlso published the Fraser turn do Russia, Vatloy Record In Misslon City. “Canada is the host country arene a a in the world for freedom and ‘ALT justice,” Mr. Stooohnoft sivitl, KIrIMAt (CP) —Aluninum . Ho added: “Thore should bo | Company of Canada officials no barrier placed in the way Wee perkates a Abas rene er om «. Freedom seotion of the ‘seet have announced plans to re- of Che Sons of Froddem plans.” VANCOUVER G@Fnnoral serve fco wore hold here Monday for Rober’ Dalvlol Summing, 3.0, historlan, publishor and author, Mr, Cumming, 87, will be bur- riod In Ashcroft, whore he was pany “potlinas” whelh resulted In multiplo burns Saturday to three men, Jono de Amarol, $3, Man: red Bundshoks, 21, and Helns George Sawnl, 20, wore in wats, infuctory condition in hospital hore with body burns, won ae RE eer