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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
ot
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
108
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
8,
1953
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Equipment
Waiting
On
Sidings
Here
The
Prince
Rupert-Alaska
rail
barge
service
is
expected
to
be
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next
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Two
carloads
and
equinmeit
and
a
locomotive
for
the
Ketchikan
Pulp
Mill
Ltd.
are
waiting
on
sidings
here
for
transportation
north,
a
Canadian
National
Railways
spokesman
said
today.
A
freieht
ear
barge
under
construction
at
Ketchikan
is
expected
to
be
towed
here
early
next
Veek.
It
will
accommodate
six
to
eight
freight
cars
and
will
be
loaded
at
the
recently
completed
ferry
slip
on
th
waterfront
west
of
the
elevator.
The
ferry
slip
at
Ward's
Cove,
near
Ketchikan
and
northern
terminus
of
the
towing
service,
has
been
completed.
Originally
planned
for
transporting
equipment
and
supplies
for
construction
of
the
Alaskan
pulp
mill
and
for
return
trans-
Army
Coronation
Contingent
Sails
Province-Wide
Pact
Signed
By
Carpenters
Dy
The
Canadian
Press
VICTORIA.
A
province-wide
agreement
has
been
signed
between
carpenters
and
major
British
Columbia
const
ruction
firms.
iltorr.
representing
every
province
la
Canada,
will
form
if
u
Canadian
Army's
representation
at
the
Coronation
uiup.s
In
London-.
They
sailed
on
the
Franconia
from
i
City
fur
the
United
Kingdom.
'Front
row,
left
to
right,
arr:
c.'iipt.
Jim
Hail,
Vancouver;
Sgt.
James
Anderson,
.uton;
-Set.
Gordon
Somerville,
Prince
Albert
and
Battle-SLVik.;
SSgt.
Bob
Beckett,
Winnipeg;
Sgt.
Dave
Joiner,
Ottawa,
Bdr.
Maurice
Lavigne,
Hull,
P.Q.;
RSM
Fenton
Daley,
MC.
Bathurst,
N.B.;
Sgt.
George
Zwicker,
Mahone
Bay,
N.S.;
SSM
Ernest
Stanley,
Charlottctown,
P.E.I.;
and
Cpl.
Andrew
Gibson.
Back
row,
are
three
lady
members
of
the
contingent,
Nursing
Sister
Lieut.
Beth
Andreas,
Calgary.
CWAC
Capt.
Marial
Mosher,
Halifax,
and
CWAC
Sgt.
Thclma
Earnshaw
of
Toronto.
A
joint
statement
said
aeree-rPortatlon
of
pulp
following
op
'It.
o
mi
i
x-.
A
"-'ia."IWf
inent
had
been
reached
between
Wcee
Making
Final
Attempt
fa
Get
Mail
Slots
in
Homes
Successful'
German
POW
Surrenders
General
Construction
Co.;
Daw-Son
Wade
Construction
-
Co.;
Northern
Construction
and
J.
W.
Stewart
Construction
Co.;
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.;
Mar-well
Construction
Co.;
and
various
locals
of
the
United
Broth-
eration
of
the
'mill,
the
service
may
Include
general
freight
hauling
in
the
future.
This
move,
however,
is
seriously
being
contested
by
Seattle
and
Tacoma
businessmen,
as
well
as
western
U.S.
railroads
which
are
co-operating
with
a
towing
company
to
offer
a
competitive
service
to
Alaskans
from
..,
,
i
crhood
of
Carpenters
and
Joiners
NEW
YORK
(CP)
An
escaped
of
America
(TLC.i
German
prisoner
or
war,
hunted!"
More
construction
firms
and
by
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Inves-
i
local
unions
are
exneetPrt
t,
hp
'ettrr
carrier
service
for
another
ix
months
or
more.
To
see
what
reception
th"
fayrces
got
on
their
calls,
thi
epnrter
accompanied
district
vice-president
Harold
Hampton
-n
a
tour
of
Eleventh
Avenue
acon
and
Alfred
streets,
Ninth
md
Tenth
Avenue
East
the
district
assigned
to
Mr.
Hamp
Juan
da
Fuca
ports.
Rupert
shipping
officials
be
lieve,
however,
that
because
rail
Ration
for
seven
years
and
now
signed
when
present
contracts
lai;kv
mvivoon
Huv:'l
Junior
Chnm-members
yes-nf'i
rnunh
made
a
last
liiiipt
In
persuade
city
s
to
install
mail
recep-n
t
h
v
homos
so
door-n.ail
clrlivery
can
be
soon.
1
with
plinty
of
per-t.ilk
and
three
different
'
i"r
ki'cr
Klots.
Jny-(-.i-d
on
all
city
doors
io
such
fccptacles
were
risible.
Thny
tnlked
to
the
lady
or
man
of
the
hou-si-,
explained
the
necessity
of
having
the
slots
or
'"joxi'S
in
by
Saturday;
cajoled
and
pleaded
and
also
sold
a
considerable
number
of
letter
slots
on
the
spot.
Jtty:ees
bt'licvc
there
will
bf
the
required
90
per
cent
of
homes
equipped
with
mail
receptacles
when
the
postman
makes
his
survey
Saturday.
.
This
Is
the
final
survey
this
year.
If
It
faiis,
there
will
be
no
rates
to
this
city
from
outside
points
are
equal
to
rates
on
freight
landed
in
Seattle,
the
shorter
water
haul
will
attract
considcra
ble
general
freight
business.
-.
-
:
The
90-mile
water
haul
from
here
to
Ketchikan
compares
to
a
autuia-Mui
inicnor
oecora
lor,
expire.
ave
himself
up
Thursday
night!
;
The'
agreement
provides
for
-because
of
a
picture
and
a
girl,
province-wide
rates
and
condi-Husky,
blonde
Harry
Girth,
27,
itions
for
carpenters
and
mill-said
he
had
lived
in
constantrights.
.
.
,-.
.
.
fear
of
being
caught.
;
Under
the
agreement
carpen
Since
he
escaped
from
Fort
i
ters'
wages
are
set
at
$2.20
an
Dix,
N.J.,
POW
camp
jn
1948,
(hour
and
millwrights'
at
$2.30.
Girth
had
built
up
an
interior
j
Other
conditions
call
for
15-day
decorating
business
at
Atlantic!
membership
requirement;
pro-City,
N.J.,
was
buying
a
$5,900
1
tection
of
carpenters'
tools
and
home,
and,
was
engaged
to
an
i
provide
for
an
anti-discrimina-American
girl.
j
tion
clause.
The
girl,
Judy
Florentine,
and
appearance
of
his
picture
In
a
''
current
issue
of
Collier's
Maga-.
Rftfirfl
aolf
C
zine
as
one
of
five
fugitive
Ger-
MWVII
J
JCClVd
THIS
IS
NOT
AN
ILLUSION.
A
telephone
pole
actually
stands
today
between
the
CNR
tracks
near
Salvus,
about
53
miles
east
of
Prince
Rupert
This
picturewas
taken
during
a
recent
trip
to
Terrace.
The
track,
however,
is
not
the
main
line.
It
is
a
spur,
used
by
the
CNR
to
back
up
cars
for
rock.
The
main
line
is
seen
to
the
right
of
this
line.
.
.......
.
.
,
Prime
Minister
Makes
Plea
Against
U.S.
Protectionism
CREAM
C0HES
RAISED
HE
CENT
BY
CITY
STORES
ton.
Fifteen
homes
In
all
were
found
to
be
without
the
required
receptacles.
Of
the
15,
two
were
vacant
houses,
six
were
not
at
home
mid
three
had
re-"eptacles
which
they
would
install
Immediately,
they
promised.
Then
there
were
two
who
wouldn't
Install
them.
A
businessman
said:
"No,
I
don't
believe
In
door-to-door
delivery.
I'm
not
going
to
have
It,
as
far
as
I'm
concerned.
I'm
going
to
get
my
mail
in
the
post
office
and
be
sure
that
I
get
It."
"You
might
be
retarding
more
than
700
miles
from
Seattle
to
southeastern
Alaska.
"Even
if
the
Seattle
firms
put
on
a
60-car
barge,
we
should
be
able
to
better
their
rates
considerably
from
this
point,"
one
official
said.
"Their
cry
is
just
another
bit
of
propaganda
to
keep
Prince
Rupert
from
getting
ahead
in
northern
business.
This
sort
of
thing
has
been
going
on
for
the
last
40
years."
.-
)
is-
prue
of
ice-cream
novelties
has
been
boosted
by
r.t
an
ilem
in
city
stores,
due
to
increasing
freight
costs,
viral
city
merchants
announced
today
that
wholesale
have
advised
them
of
the
increase.
'
-cream
cones,
pop-sicles,
f
udge-slclcs
and
bars
will
be
fills,
but
there
will
be
no
Increase
in
the
price
of
bricks.
WASHINGTON
(CP)
Prime
i
less
victory
without
any
war.
W
man
POWs
in
the
United
Slates
led
to
his
surrender.
Minister
St.
Laurent
today
warn
or
cold,"
St.
Laurent
said
In
Final
Plans
For
School
Architects
for
the
proposed
new
school
at
Port
Edward
were
ed
the
United
States
that
Communists
may
win
"bloodless
battle"
If
the
U.S.
does
not.
take
a
bold
lead
in
expanding
world
trade.
speech
prepared
for
the
National
Press
Club.
"Most
of
us
think
that
to
kcei
free
nations
economically
sound
there
must
be
a
high
and
ex-
ebe!
Units
Move
of
Internationa
In
a
fervent
plea
against
the
panding
level
progress
by
such
an
attitude,"
It
was
suggested.
"Makes
no
difference
to
me,"
was
the
reply.
"I
look
out
for
myself."
Another
head
of
the
house,
a
man,
said:
Coronation
Squadron
Sets
Sail
HALIFAX
0;
Pennants
fly
Snake
Expert
Survives
Full
Venom
Charge
growth
of
American
protection-,
trade.'
om
Heart
of
Laos
urged
by
the
district
school
board
at
its
regular
meeting
to
speed
up
plans
and
specifications.
As
soon
as
plans
are
made
ii,,.,
.
'
'
.1
"Well.
I
see
most
of
my
neigh-l
!i-.'!'-Uma
(CP)-Siz-j
The
move
may
mean
the
end
h,w
tholra
t
don't
sup-n
nu:iM-lcd
Vletmlnh
of
a
25-day
Red
invasion
of
the
J
,t
matters
if
I
don't
put
!'
reported
wltluliawiniri
little
French-associated
state
at.
t
..
n
h
0,hii
Ism,
the
Canadian
Prime
Minister
said
free
men
will
stand
strong
if
they
have
a
hope
for
the
future,
but
It
Is
too
much
to
expect
them
to
remain
steadfast,
If
there
Is
nothing
for
them
ahead
"but
austerity
and
fear
of
depression."
SAIGNELEGIER,
Switzerland
available,
tenders
will
be
called.
Municipality
and
rural
voters
SJ)
Jack
Pontet,
28-year-old
j
Hum;
ill.
ah.
jinum
u
aniii"
"w
Lie
heart
ol
Laos!
Hie
back
door
of
Thailand
last
year
endorsed
a
money
by
ana,
looking
down
ot
a
six-year-old
Swiss
snake
expert
who
Thursday
acted
as
his
own
guinea-pig
"'Jiinini!
more
than
one-
Burma.
law
of
$146,000
for
construction
of
a
new
school
In
the
nearby
A
French
spokesman
declined
thi?
Imlii-chinesc
king-
"Unless
national
economies
of
playing
in
the
dirt,
"I'm
nwny
for
several
months
in
the
summer.
If
I
get
my
mail
the
free
world
can
be
made
and
j
to
estimate
the
scope
of
the
withdrawal
but
said
the
num-
to
prove
effectiveness
of
snake
serums
he
claims
to
have
invented,
said
today
he
was
"completely
satisfied"
with
the
success
of
his
hazardous
demonstration.
at
the
house,
the
girl
that
looks
fishing
centre.
The
board
authorized
Its
secretary,
Mrs.
M.
M.
Roper,
to
complete
a
wage
agreement
with
kept
healthy
and
productve
Communism
could
win
a
blood-
British
Family
.
To
Cross
Canada
On
One
Bicycle
QUEBEC
(CP)
A
British
XamUy
of
three,
with
faith
In
Canada',
future,
today
prepared
for
long
trip
from
Quebec
to
Vancouver,
which
they
intend
to
make
on
a
tandem
bicycle.
George
Whitford,
former
British
commando,
his
wife,
Margaret,
and
their
two-year-old
son.
nfter
the
kids
mlaht
'open
it.
if
Pontet,
surrounded
by
several
'
Reserves
fey
Hig
h
school
engineer-j
a
n
1
1
o
r
s
who
ing,
pipes
shrilling,
Canada's
Coronation
squadron
slipped
anchorage
at
ebb
tide
Thursday
and
made
for
the
open
sea
and
its
date
with
the
Commonwealth
naval
review
off.Spit-hcad,
England,
June
15.
The
largest
single
Canadian
flotilla,
in
peace
or
war,
comprised
the
17,000-ton
aircraft
carrier
Magnificent,
the
8,000-ton
cruisers
Quebec
and
Ontario,
and
the
2,600-ton
destroyer
Sioux.
Heading
the
line-astern
procession
out
of
the
sunlit
harbor
was
the
Quebec,
flagship
of
Rear
Admiral
Roger
Bidwell,
.flag
officer
Atlantic
Coast,
and
commander
of
the
Coronation
squadron.
2
Miners
Buried
By
Rock
Burst
doctors
and
a
score
of
other
witnesses,
Thursday
forced
the
full
venom
charge
of
three
vipers
into
his
right
forearm.
ber
of
rebel
troops
Involved
was
impressive
Two
reasons
were
advanced
here
for
the
pullback:
The
Reds
apparently
had
overstretched
their
supply
lines
In
their
200-mile
dash
south
and
west
from
Viet
Nam,
another
of
three
Indo-Chinese
states.
They
also
had
lost
their
it
was
a
check,
she
might
snenrl
it.
I'll
keep
getting
my
mail
at
mv
brother's
office."
There
was
a
lady
of
the
house
who
said
she
was
broke.
"I
know
we
should
have
done
this
a
long
time
ago,
but
honestly,
since
we
bought
that
'wg
April
COLEMAN,
Alta.
P'
A
rock-
have
been
granted
a
3.7
per
cent
increase.
A
total
enrollment
of
1698
pupils
was
reported
by
tha-
district's
schools,
including
556
at
Booth,
279
at
Borden,
315
at
Conrad
and
Seal
Cove,
388
at
King
Edward,
14
at
Digby,
32
at
Port
Essington,
73
at
Port
Edward,
24
at
Sunnyslde
and
17
at
.burst
trapped
two
miners
Wed
Chamber
Urges
nesday
in
the
McGilivray
coal
!
l,JN
U'.cutersi-A
world
profit
f
$107,000,000
Mini
boosted
the
sterling
'(I
H",(l
rl,,l.,,
rnenrun
wrerk
there
(car),
we've
Just
Thursday
mine
here
and
little
hope
was
Jimmy,
arrived
here
race
to
overrun
Laos
before
the4bppn
,ivlnf?
from
chMk
to
chcck
Improved
These
seasonal
monsoon
rains
"PavinE
on
the
house,
and
f
highest
ueak
ainm
enrlv
are
now
"beginning.
Trade
Relations
held
that
they
would
be
found
night
aboard
the
Jiner
Samaria,
alive.
The
Whitfords,
who
come
from
The
pair,
John
Powlik,
34,
and
Barnsley,
Yorkshire,
England,
William
Kaklin,
32,
both
of
Cole-
!
plan
to
ride
their
14-year-old
man,
were
burled
under
10
feet
tandem
bike,
with
Jimmy
in
a
OTTAWA
CPX-The
Canadian
government
was
urgea
io
esiao-0
focfc.
specially-built
trailer.
lteh
a
committee
to
promote
this;
r-eiw
miner
some
nf
them
'
Canada
durini
the
summer.
usury
.said
today
that
oUtes
defence
aid
and
"rf,!lts
from
the
Euro-.'""""ts
Union
fell
from
"'fh
totals
but
April
in
other
fields
resulted
s;'ln
almost
twice
that
country's
international
trade
ve-
called
rom
tneir
homes,
worked
j
"We
think
we
can
make
it
in
latlons
policies
and
procedures.!
aU
Wednesday
night
clearing
about
three
or
four
months,"
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Grain
Elevator
Operating
Past
Normal
Capacity
Prince
Rupert's
grain
elevator
has
been
operating'
"past"
its
normal
capacity
for
the
last
three
months,
but
with
return
to
work
of
striking
grain
handlers
In
Vancouver,
operation
here
is
expected
to
return
to
normal.
Arnold
Mills,
elevator
superintendent,
snld
an
average
of
four
ships
a
month
have
loaded
here
I
FEATHER-
6,!
6.1
M
mu
u
if
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
a
2,500-word
brief
submitted
to
the
senate
committee
on
trade
now
studying
ways
to
increase
economic
co-operation
among
member
countries
of
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization.
The
brief
said
that
until
better
economic
relations
within
the
free
world
are
achieved
the
Interests
of
Canadian
business
cannot
be
intelligently
planned
and
executed.
paying
on
the
car
.
.
.
keeping
us
broke
all
the
time.
"And
then
the
car
won't
run."
she
added,
as
an
after-thought.
But
the
young
lady
promised
to
tell
her
husband
how
important
It
was
that
they
Install
a
place
to
receive
their
mail.
At
the
last
house
in
the
district
where
no
receptacle
was
visible,
the.
door
was
opened
by
another
young
woman.
Unkempt,
sparsely
and
poorly
rli-essed,
she
opened
the
door
widely
at
first,
then
narrowed
it
to
a
slight
crack.
In
a
shaky
voice,
trembling
with
hysteria,
she
snld:
"Go
away.
I
don't
know
anything
about
it.
"On
away,"
she
whispered
harshly.
Reports
of
these
Individual
surveys
returned
to
Jaycee
president'
Bert
Jeffcries
were
encouraging,
Indicating
extreme
likelihood
that
the
required
90
per
cent
of
homes
were
prop-erlv
equlnped
for
mail
delivery.
The
official
report
will
be
returned
bv
Postmaster
Jack
Burgess
"
on
Saturday.
If
requirements
are
met,
door-to-door
delivery
should
commence
early
In
June,
sni)sis
"("
showers
arc
still
(loin
all
sections
Evince.
However
n
""air
fi()m
the
south.
"S
wit
h
a
rising
trend
i
recently,
and
an
average
of
36
Dogs
Allowed
to
Roam
Here
Liable
to
he
Shot
by
Police
'
RCMP
division
headquarters
here
today
announced
a
final
warning
that
all
dog
owners
here
keep
their
animals
tied
,
up
or
confined
because
of
the
threat
of
rabies
in
the
northern
part
of
this
province.
.
Dogs
seen
running
at
large
are
liable
to
be
shot,
RCMFj
said.
-
-
The
order
was
re-imposed
in
this
area
three
weeks
ago.
Since
then
complaints
have
reached
the
police
that
mans
owners
still
are
allowing
their
dogs
to
run
at
large.
.
"This
is
a
final
warning.
All
dogs
In
the
city
must
be
kept
tied
up
or
locked
up
until
further,
notice
or
they
may
be
shot,"
an
RCMP
spokesman
said.
Rabies,
a
disease
fatal
to
all
animals
and
to
man,
caused
by
bites
of
rabid
animals,
is
present
among
wolves
in
northern
B.C.
To
combat
the
spread
of
the
disease,
poison
is
being
extensively
to
eradicate
these
animals.
..
"s-pressures
will
lead
carloads
of
grain
a
aay
nave
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ii..iw
COUNT
TOST!
DE
VALMINUTA
of
the
Italian
air
force
gets
a.
Normal
capacity
Is
considered
at.
three
ships
a
month
and
25
carloads
a
day.
At
present,
two
ships
are
tied
at
the
elevator
dock
being
loaded,
the
Kaparla
and
Leontlos,
both
Greek
operated.
One
of
the
ships
will
load
a
split
cargo
of
barley
and
wheat.
Two
more
ships
are
expected
this
month.
Two
Youths
Killed
HOPE,
B.C.
'W
Two
19-year-old
youths
were
killed
and
a
companion
seriously
Injured
on
Thursday
when
their
light
truck
swerved
off
the
Trans-Canada
highway
near
here
'and
plowed
200
feet
into
brush.
Dead
are
Peter
Simon
Isaac
and
Wesley
Dunsten,
both
of
Lytton,
B.C.
forecast
Region:
Cloudy
t,uday-
Variable
s
t
'W'glit
and
Saturday
Periods
Saturday
"MeNot
much
change
in
t?rt
and
hiK"
tomor-"'ce
Ce
L
ady'
Sandspit
""Pert,
45
and
58;
handshake
from
his
instructor,
FO.
Ted
Miles
of
Dauphin,
Man.,
after
making
his
firsj
solo
flight
at
the
RCAF
Flying
Training
school,
Gimli,
Man.
The
count
is
one
of
three
Italians
undergoing
NATO
training
at
Gimli,
the
first
Italians
to
receive
pilot
training
In
Western
Canada.