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CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
56
,
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
8,
1954
'
"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
N.B.C.
POWEB
CO.
LTD.
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219
P.O.
Box
333
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Five
Per
Cent
Levy
To
Net
$23,420,000
VICTORIA
(CP)
An
increase
in
the
sales
tax
to
five
per
cent
to
replace
premiums
in
British
Columbia's
hospital
insurance
scheme
was
announced
today
by
Premier
Eennett.,
In
his
budget
address
to
the
i
legislature
this
afternoon.
Pre-
!
revenue
lor
the
fiscal
year
end-mier
Bennett,
also
finance
mln-
!
this
March
would
be
$169,-istcr
in
the
government,
said
the
1
363.769.
The
expenditures
for
the
.
,
..
...
period
were
authorized
at
$178,-
incrca.se
from
three
to
five
per
but
wouM
b
cent
in
the
sales,
or
social
ser-j(juted
by
"savings"
non-expen-vices
tax,
will
give
the
govern'
j
ditiires
of
full
appropriations,
ment
an
anticipated
$23,420,000
1
etA
of
$11,750,000
to
$166,614,-
Move
Stops
Increase
In
Premiums
VICTORIA
(CP)
British
Columbia's
hospital
insurance
service,
a
thorn
in
the
side
of
governments
since
it
first
.
came
into
being
in
January,
1949,
will
be
revised,
with
premiums
being
substituted
by
an
increase
in
the
sales
tax.
Premier
and
Finance
Minister
Bennett
announced
in
his
budget
in
the
legislature
today
the
premiums
will
be
substituted
with
a
two
per
cent
increase
in
the
three
per
cent
social
IM
II-I.ONG
cornet
(above)
Is
said
to
be
one
of
the
world's
smallest,
but
at
the
same
the
same
length
of
tube
16
Inches
as
that
of
the
standard
model
being
played
by
fi'.iiiiit'ii
frignu.
tvennem
nrviuson
ueiii,
cornel
soloist
01
the
Augsberg
College
I,
in
Minneapolis,
is
playing
the
Utiy
horn,
one
or
three
which
were
handmade
by
li
itiumi
tit
company.
Arvldson
was
preparing
to
play
the
cornet
at
a
meeting
of
the
'u.-ic
Educators
Association.
-for
the
year
ending
March
31,'j609-1955.
The
premier
said
the
net
debt
The
tax,
expected
to
be
effect-
of
,tne
province
has
been
reduced
ive
troi.i
Auril
1.
will
be
the
!
by!
$36,177,861
to
$154,913,978
In
j,
;
1
s
I
'
"
N
-.r
,
f
in
M
0.m
MtKt.-
W
,
.a
highest
in
Canada
with
the
ex-1
h
period
from
Feb.
15,
1952
to
ceptlon
of
some
cities
In
Quebec
I
Dec.
31,
1953
and
the
gross
debt
where
the
municipal
and
pro
shall
Wins
165-Pound
Title,
rrison
Ousted
in
Semi-Finals
by
$23,823,725
to
$245,217,239
in
the
some
period.
The
per
capita
reduction
of
the
net
debt
was
vincial
taxes
combined
amount
to
five
per
cent,
The
premier
also
announced
i
$38.
H
(f
Andy
Mar-;
the
government
proposes:
The
sinking
fund
had
increas-
.
,,
.
,
...
led
by
$1,533,872
by
Dec.
31,
1953.
A
flat
$5
increase
in
the
The
provlnce
expected
to
re-province
cost-of-living
bonus
to
s
ceive
$45,374,000
under
the
do-old-age
and
blind
pensioners
.
minjon
provincial
taxation
and
recipients
of
social
assist-
a
cemcnt
an
lncrease
of
$1.
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
-
,
.
brings
down
budget
in
role
of
finance
minister.
services
sales
tax.
The
change
is
the
government's
solution
to
rising
hospital
costs
and
saves
British
Columbians
from
a
drastic
Increase
in
premiums
or
government
subsidy.
j
COSTS
Jt'MPS
Rupert
retained
;lit
crown
Satur-
:
oattling
to
a
de-'
rl
Commodore
of
his
second
tight
as
the
annual
,
boxing
tourna-:
p
here.
;
i,
the
north
coast
;
-old
heavyweight
1
winner
of
ia.st
neavy
crown
was
4
Public
Works
Jobs
Delayed
-IK.
...u
.uuvi.ci
s
.uu.di.ici.
858.000
over
the
fiscal
year
now
,
t)
Exemptions
from
the
sales
eniding.
Under
the
agreement
j
tax
of
children's
clothing
and
the
province
how
rents
its
ln
shoes.
"
I
come
tax
and
succession
duties
m.
"r,.,h.ti'.,
r.r
th
iff
1
field
to
the-
Dominion
govern!
nu
By
I
VJOVtM
Government
Illlltflll
Defeat
UltdL
in
III
'53
Jj
cent
amusement
tax
to
15
oer
"lent
for
nts
based
on
gross,
The
tax
will
bring
the
govern-
ppn.
national
product
and
population.
i
ment
an
estimated
$23,42V00.
Ml
'
f
-
.
i
V
B.C.
also
expects
$1,100,000
VICTORIA
The
defeat
of
bill
that
provided
but
a
fraction
This
will
meet
costs
that
vavc
Reduction
from
$10
to
$1
of
$300,000
more
than
last
year
j
British
Columbia's
first
Social
of
th
amount
that.
nt.hi.rwi..
1
lumped
from
an
estimated
$-.3.-
automobile
registration
fees.
.frem
one-half
the
federal
in-
i
Credit
Eovernment
kst
sDrine
In
would
have
been
spent
durlne
the
770,000
lor
the
fiscal
year
errt-
4,
.
Ihe
seinl-flnaU
:
I
I'ipaily
outpointed
'
.
rtfcn
of
the
Can-
:
f
aiUnack.
Mercedi
:
To
seek
approval
of
grant-,
cone
x
on
P0'61,
distribution
1
effect
caused
certain
delays
in
summer
and
early
autumn
I
.J
6
tecmiH-al;
I.
the
RCN's
inex-;
ing
borrowing
powers
of
$30,000.-
i
corporations.
construction
projects
planned
by
,
.
,
.
000
to
the
goverfiment-owned
-Beatdw
DooaU
to
federal
ranU
.
the
gowrmwent.
-
...
,J..
,
Eastern
nd
lhe
increased
sales
tax.
the,
7,
C
Pacific
Great
Railway.
Premier
and
Flnance
Ministe
j
!
eovernment
expected
increased
U.J.
f
,
d
Jdpdll,
Aholi;ion
B
hl
t
h
.
Abolition
of
ol
the
the
10
10
ptr
n(,r
ccn,
cent
revenues
of
j2.000.000
from
the.
.
t.i
on
liouor
bv
the
e
ass
arj-
in
o.
it
todav-
because
ol
nf
restrictions
rPKtrlrtionj.
f.
...
n
.
.
'.i!
Krrr
at
55
scc-
BILL
MORRISON
...
unsuccessful
lng
March
31,
1953,
to
$28,700,-000
estimated
for
the
coming
,year..
,-..,,.
.
.
,
The
revenue
from
the
tax
will
still
have
to
be
supplemented
by
$8,375,000
from
revenue
sources.
More
than
$5,000,000
of
that
will
come
from
the
government's
share
of
the
remaining
three
per
cent
of
the
sales
tax,
st
round.
ANDY
MARSHALL
.
.
.
wins
thrra
fights
S
irsliall
wiio
scored
jimmv
Waif
of
Vanrniivcr.
tw
119-nnnnd
was
nampd
proved
at
the
last
session
of
the
j
xiu
approved
at
the
last
session
i
J
..L8.!.-0.1!..0;.
!
J'9"
idCl
iimeoaek
knockout.'.
i
tnampion
l
rem
'
winner
oi
we
u-uounu
ciass,
oara-iucK
iosci.
n
uoctor
aavis-.
-
,
,
....
..
"-&"'"'.'"'."
""
j
six
months
of
the
fiscal
vear
the!
I
i
1
I
?t.
:,v
night
was
not
was
najned
Ooldcri
Boy
runner-,
ed
him
not
to
.continue
into
the!
i
ne
premier,
who
saia
iuBv-the
gasolm
tax,
and
$1,300,000
program
contemplated
with
re-
'
1
nals.
'
'e"u,ra
"v
CTV
,
more
irom
umocr
saies.
up
sDect
to
capital
works
Davable
0pM
n
Boy
One
per
cent
goes
to
B.C.
muni
particularly
cipalities.
lm-:
Kooert
Thompson
oi
victoria,
ine
roncemen
s
Mutual
jticne-
-
,
.
v
i
!
"
"
"'"-
.-
'
Johnston
mv
ln
"V
19o4-.5j
f"1
yc?r'
000,000
in
lquor
sales,
$335,000
in
rrel
who
dcefatcd
Len
of
fit
Boxing
Club
took:
the
team
i
s
win
over
Darn
At
present
a
married
person
;
Duageiea
icir
a
u
smeauie
ouiius
tne
reduction
oi
tne
amusement
igley
in
the
semi-
1
Vancouver
in
the
semi-finals
oflhonors.
pays
a
premium
of
$39
and
a
single
person
$27.
The
premiums
in
the
year
now
ending
amounted
to
only
$15,000,000.
out
of
income
pay-as-you-go
was
seriously
retarded."
When
the
government
was
defeated
in
the
spring
the
legislature
gave
it
enough
money
$90,000,000
to
last
till
September
when
whatever
government
was
elected
would
have
to
call
anothec
sitting
of
the
legislature.
The
premier
said
a
net
capital
y
ninht
but
In
his
'f
the
night
again
iiaek.
Commodore!
ill
Willi
several
:
ation
shots,
but
j
of
$5,854,097.
I
tax,
$600,000
in
the
exemption
of
The
estimated
revenue
for
the
j
children's
clothing
from
the
iyear
was
$193,898,969.
To
this
gaies
tax,
$563,000
in
the
reduc-i
was
added
a
surplus
fund
antici-jtion
of
registration
fees,
and
tpated
at
$16,264,475
which
in-!
$1,500,000
in
the
loss
of
the
10
I
eluded
an
anticipated
surplus
for
j
per
cent
liquor
tax.
!
the
fiscal
year
ending
this
March
,
The
increased
cost-of-living
!
31
of
$2,748,163.
!
bonus
will
cost
the
government
The
government
subsidized
the
Fishermen
Protest
Granting
Of
Licences
to
Japanese
scheme
to
the
tune
of
$4,033,428.
i
off
Marshall's
The
change
will
save
$1,000,-
'ory
drive.
000
in
administration
costs.
expenditures
program
estimated
to
the
Skoena
River.
Seclal
to
The
Dully
News
Expenditures
lor
the
i54-o!
t
au
estimated
$2.9O0,Q0O
annually
TOKYO
iffi
Japan
and
the
United
States
today
signed
a
mutual
defence
pact
to
give
the
Japanese
both
guns
and
grain
and
hasten
the
day
when
U.S.
soldiers
can
withdraw
from
the
Island
empire.
The
mutual
defence
assistance
agreement,
actually
a
series
of
agreements,
will
pour
$100,000.-000
of
U.S.
aid
into
Japan's
economy
ln
the
next
three
months,
and
probably
much
more
in
the
long
run.
U.S.
ambassador
John
Allison
said
the
agreement
"takes
us
one
step
nearer
the
time
when
the
United
States
can
withdraw
Its
forces
from
Japan."
The
agreement
will
increase
Japan's
defence
force
from
120,-000
to
160,000
men.
The
U
S.
will
supply
ships
and
planes.
n
Boy
at
the
con-
KIWANOA
An
estimated
500
The
Brotherhood
also
asks:
fiscal
year
were
estimated
at
!
At
present
the
bonus
to
old-age
!
to
cost
$31,384,760
had
been
pro-
LOUrnev
u:i
Rl
1
I
I
inai
tnp
WPCKIV
ClOSea
Season
I
K7I14
SUM
S47.
'
.n
and
k
blind
Inrf
nan.
nnere
is
e
a
a
f
flat
at
$10.
i
n
"ucu
iui.
;
pensioners
ikMienueii
tutu
iiulivc
wui
Rr
j
i
-
;
It
was
estimated
the
province's
J
old-age
assistance
cases
receive
"Much
of
the
proposed
work
leouver.
who
was
members
of
the
Native
Brother-
I
remain
m
enect
tnrougnoul
tne
The
service
now
is
faced
with
returning
upwards
of
$5,-000,000
in
premiums
paid
In
advance
for
coverage
from
January
to
June.
Premier
Bennett
said
the
new
he
most
scientific
hood
of
BC.
at
a
meetlne
here
'
season,
as.
In
former
years
Ct
.
1
1
.Il..t..t...
Mr.
Slneluir,
district
vice-pre
'
cone
won
me
endorsed
a
resolution
protesting
''Wit
by
OUtUoillt-
.
Uvnunfu
..f
fnrthor
fihlnir
lic
up
to
$10,
social
assistance
and
had
to
De
aeierrea
Decau.se
oi
DollO
Tltront
'
mother's
pensions
run
from
$42
!
the
restriction
automatically
im-
ru,lu
IIIICUI.
for
a
single
Woman
to
$122.00
a!
posed
on
normal
contractural
May
Alter
ToUr
j
nlonttl-
"
j
procedure
by
an
interim
supply
sident
of
the
Brotherhood
for
Skcena,
said
the
natives
are
demanding
these
measures
bc-
f
Jt'iprhnk
of
Viincou-'
.
on,.PS
juDane.se
In
area
4.
system
will
not
hurt
either
business
or
low-income
groups.
Harold
Sinclair
said
represen
'ww.ski
of
Prince-,.,
1
1,
r.m
.,.,!,
i,...i
i,mn..:i
I
cause
they
are
dependent
on
ly,m
the
u,'sl
UUt-
i
Kkeriu.
.listriel.
alUnriVd
the
"''ea
4
for
their
livelihood.
Lubowskl
foiH'ht
.ui..i.
"It
is
onlv
a
small
area,
but
it
f
me
finals
by
out-
,i,
,.:,.
,,..
,i,,j
j
I
also
Ls
already
overcrowded,
fl
on
Li-wis
of
Vic-:
.i'n
u
.
r.,,1
...
n,l
..,t..,i
said
Mr.
Sinclair,
"and
most
of
MELBOURNE
(Routers)
Iij-'
creasing
"anxiety
for
Queen
i
Elizabeth's
personal
safety
ln
'
the
present
polio
epidemic
may
change
the
royal
tour
program
'
further,
it
was
learned
today.
Another
children's
rally
dur-'
ing
the
tour
of
western
Australia
;
later
this
month
has
been
can-
i
Businesses
would
get
the
Increased
lax
back
ln
the
form
of
depreciation
allowances
on
their
income
tax.
A
married
pensioner
now
paying
$39.00
a
year
In
premium!
would
pay
"at
most"
$3.60
annually
by
the
tax
Increase.
A:
old-age
pensioner
would
hav
his
taxation
increased
to
ap
The
U.S.
also
will
start
the
movement
of
500,000
tons
of
sur
eiit
on
to
de-1
f),.,,rtn.nn
f
rihrri.
i
the
soekeye
fishermen
in
the
Mac-Donald
of!
ri..irt
mi,t,.nl,
,J.,rin
nf
area
return
to
their
lionies
after
!
tin'
season
because
most
of
their
j
more
licences
to
Japanese
fish
plus
wheat
and
100,000
tons
of
barley
to
Japan.
Japan
will
sell
the
grain
domestically
and
in
B.C
DRINKERS
SWITCHING
FROM
HARD
STUFF
TO
BEER
VICTORIA
British
Columbians
appear
to
have
lost
their
taste
for
liquor
bought
ln
government
liquor
stores.
The
budget
read
in
the
'legislature
by
Premier
Bennett
today
said
the
government
expects
a
decrease
in
liquor
profits
for
the
coming
fiscal
year
of
$1,000,000.
"This
is
due
to
a
large
increase
in
beer
consumption
as
against
a
substantial
reduction
ln
hard
liquor
sales."
There
Is
no
given
reason
for
the
change.
It
is
reported
that
Quebec
noticed
a
similar
change
two
years
ago.
boats
are
unsuitable
fur
full
ermen,
.the
meeting
endorsed
a
P
resolution
urging
the
fisheries
ACo
"
department,
to
prohibit
trans-
turn
use
the
money
for
guns
fishing
weather,
or
to
sail
gelled
at
the
country
town
of;
through
rough
weather
in
oth;r
Btiuelton.
Ten
new
cases
havci
areas."
j
boon
reported
in
the
state,
niak-!
proximately
$4.27
from
$2.56.
and
munitions.
A
wage
earner
with
a
famih
4''
Hunt
of
four
earning
$260
month!;,
ing
a
-total
of
50
this
month.
1
Reported
cases
of
polio
in
all
of
i
lit
ring
o
fishing
licences
from
other
areas
into
fishing
urea
4,
which
takes
'in
neighboring
waters
around
Prince
Rupert.
The
department
also
will
be
i'.sked
to
exercsc
every
precau
Ship
Delayed
western
Australia
tills
year
stand
at
145.
fa
Four"
,The
agreement
was
hammered
out
in
eight
months
of
negotiation
which
at
times
brought
the
Liberal
government
of
Prime
Minister
Shigeru
Yoshida
under
Intense
opposition
criticism.
.
t
'
Twelve
Killed
By
Fueling
'f
Pl"'i''o
Rico
iP
tion
in
allowing
purse
seine
fish-
-,
-
i'
:
.
-
-
.
t
s
an
The
Union
ship
Chllcotin
spent
iivn
aniiin.st
politi-jiiig
within
srva
4.
since
11
is
''ikfri,
the
Puerto
area
at
about
the
mouth
u
and
four
extra
hours
in
port
here
I
May
sought
3'
the
island'
By
Avalanches
INNSBRUK,
Austria
Aus
last
night,
fueling
up
for
the
trip
south.
The
ship,
scheduled
to
leave
at
8
p.m.
Sunday,
weighed
anchor
s'l
at
lars,;.
entrance
of
the
salmon
run
in-
Strike
Off
At
Theatres
'
tria's
week-end
toll
of
avalanche
;
!,i'"f
mi-Is
during
,;
f
ni'tt'd4ll
National-
deaths
climbed
to
12
today
as
rescue
workers
uncovered
the
at
about
midnight
after
taming
on
oil
at
the
Imperial
Oil
dock,
fihe
fueled
here
rather
than
ln
the
south
due
to
the
Impending
'lITS
nilH
L-i
r-
bodies
of
three
more
skiers
bur
1:::':"
led
under
a
30-foot-deep
snow
oil
strike.
slide.
It
took
rescue
workers
12
hours
.
4
i
S
l.
v
I
;
-
,
.,
.w.
i
T
to
find
the
three
Austrians.
'
1
aft,-
I
r,U"w
'P!
Threatened
strike
of
movie
"
i
;'V
Puerto
,,i0n"
Projectionists
in
theatres
here
3
11
lhe
Uiiii,.,ii
?"
was
averted
this
morning
when
''.'""'irritative
's
union
officials
announced
in
"tf-wre
c-mtn,.
f',
...
!
Vancouver
that
a
settlement
was'
would
pay
$2.95
a
month
undoi
the
five
per
cent
tax
or
$1.1!.
more
a
month,
but
would
savt
$2.07
by
non-payment
of
premiums.
.
I'M
BELIEVABLE
EXPENSES
The
premier
said
the
combin
cd
effect
of
more
bed
accom
modation
required
to
meet
tin
needs
of
an
increasing
population,
higher
wages
and
shorte:
hours
of
work
for
hospital
staffs
the
increasing
average
patleni
stay
in
hospitals,
more
anfl
better
services,
costlier
facilities
equipment
and
drugs
"is
reflect
ed
by
expenditures
unbclievabh
a
few
years
ago."
The
costs
hav?
increased
from
an
average
of
$18,200,000
for
the
three
years
ended
March
31,
1952
to
$23,770,-000
estimated
for
the
coming
year.
"Experience
has
taught
us
that,
unless
a
province-wide
coverage
for
all
our
people
Is
established,
hospitals
will
continue
to
incur
ever-increasing
operating
deficits.
The
present
plan
is
replete
with
contradictions.
It
is
neither
a
welfare
nor
an
insurance
plan.
It
cannot
be
made
a
composite
of
the
two
without
creating
distortions
and
inequalities,
or
without
requiring
exorbitant
administration
costs."
The
deaths
brought
to
153
the
Runway
Crash
Damages
Plane
number
of
persons
killed
by
snow
slides
in
Austria
this
year.
...
vv
,1.U-
,
ritifh..rl
uliit-tlv
hi.
Torn
IhoatrP.
in
a
3
second
round
iik1.iv
Thi.
opening
nine
9
"'
minUm
',ii
i
No
details
were
rclooscd.
I
wh.-n
i,
,
,
ilrl
The
projectionists
in
23
Fam
''.v.iiiuninUS
uua
P
livers
t.hpntrra
uicuircB
In
ill
H
C!
!
'ilhii-.U
Cumi
nuyvrs
Ktic-liil
to
Tim
Dully
News
STEWART
A
Pacific
Western
Airlines
plane
was
damaged
in
a
runway
crash
here
Saturday
but
the
pilot
escaped
injury.
The
plune
apparently
ran
off
the
runway
as
it
prepared
to
take
off.
breaking
a
ski.
strut
which
'Jules
"
j
including
two
here
bad
set
to
wre
j.
ro"1'
d
itincni
c.1T
0111
1
day
as
the
deadline
for
a
strike
iturday.
'y'i.
I
I11
lf
,
"nuts
t
being
gihuurly
huu,
Snnto
''"tOS
p
Rivoro
i
'""!
Cummuni
tllcir
demands
for
a
25-ccnt
Jr1Juin
a8
boost
had
not
been
WEATHER
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy,
intermittent
rain
today
and
Tuesday.
Occasional
snow
mixed
with
the
rahi
overnight
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Southerly
winds
15
increasing
to
southerly
25
by
late
afternoon.
Westerly
winds
25
Tuesday.
IjOW
tonight
and
high
tomorrow,
at
Port
Hardy
38
and
48,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
32
and
42.
'il''sident
7j
-
el"
iow
tri'mi!1
.
t0!
Tne
strike
in
Vancouver
punctured
the
fuselage.
The
small
plane
was
dismantled
and
shipped
south
aboard
the
Union
ship
Chllcotin
last
night
for
re-
"'"iiiK.
j
-in
An
t,,
.
.
.....i
...
(
theatres
bucatres
had
uau
been
oeen
sei
lor
nietinc-
'
a
local
iV
r
r
ArJ,.
umon
I
opening
time
11
'!
""y
Announcement
of
the
settle-;
pair
ln
tne
company
a
iii
"iii
B..J...
uresiri
"mcnw
t
and
i
ment
mram
thratrra
here
will
I
Vancouver.
'
THE
CANADIAN
DESTROYER
MICMAC
Is
docked
in
St.
George's
harbor,
Bermuda,
alongside
an
old
style
sailing
ship,
Danmark,
which
ls
preparing
to
unfurl
sail
for
her
home
port
of
Copenhagen.
The
Mlcmac,
a
training
ship
based
in
Halifax,
was
on
a
training
cruise
to
Bermuda.
The
Danmark
is
a
Danish
training
ship,
1
1
bwvf"e8'
a
Har-
open
as
usual
at
7
o'clock
to-1
Pilot
Len
Fraser
was
unharm-
I
.tilght
Ird
ln
the
accident.