MOriMUl UB3A,T. wi TAR V"BS I ! ran u. b. o.'ORMES DRUGS2 DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published ot Conodo'i Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key lo the Great Northwest' Phone 31 j UL. XL, No 180 PRINCE RUFERT, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS VI 11(81 ii II m iru ui Q mm n SIS " ,,,,1 With Any .r Savs Ili-nnVrson ,,, siipf ri r Hmhfr " " i'?." -T;! J, t - j 7i " " 'i i - : . I. . vS, ' i , : i i it' ' Jumps 3.5 Points In June to Mark of 187.6 OTTAWA (CP) Sharp increases in the pric of food boosted the cost-of-living index by 3.5 points in June to a new high of 187.6 from 184.1, the Bureau of Statistics reported today. The 3.5 climb was one point below the record monthly jump of 4.5 last February. The index is based on 1935-39 prices equalling 100. Prices rose for meat, eggs and fresh vegetables, the bureau said. 1K . Great Britain ' ,t Jfl (nii'it in produc-'fii-st'T than tlic Am-j'lii Sabre or the Russian Secretary Arthur s Air 1ltl toicf tin' House of tMlw li.ikerP1087. !,d s.s -n excess of the F-Bfl 1,,.j,1..it. would need to (1) ,t least 70(1 miles per -m stirl the Hawker '',111 "(lull wHn any -likely to be iii service for " m,. to cme fM S' r-i a ry al'o said ')', r.vw four-jet bomber I, bluster, fa.sier, capable .! ii iii", .ind utile to bi&rr bomb I' ads than lMwlul British twin-Jet UN Forces Advancing Attack Today Results in Gain of Two Miles UNITED STATES EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS (CP) Attacking Allied troops gained more than two miles on the central Korean front today. They met only small groups of Reds. The advanre was made south of Kumxong, Communist supply centre. Infantrymen advanced from 3000 to 4000 yards. Patrols engaged small groups of Reds. Communist forces made light probing attacks on either side of the allied advance. They were Mopped. Search Is Unavailing JUNEAU Neither a;'r or surface craft have been able to lind any trace of life raft or life jackets which a United States Air Force plane thought had spotted Monday night while engaged in the search for the big Tokyo-bound Canadian Pacific Air L'nes plane which disappeared July 21 with 38 persons aboard. The United States Coastguard cutter Storis made a wide sweep of th'j area thirty miles south of Trakutat but reported "negative results," the Royal Canadian Air Brrce announced. Planes also combed the area without result. Twenty-one aircraft participated yesterday in the hunt for the missing plane, two more than the day before, but again without success. ) Extract Toughen Up On Prisoners LONDON (Reuters I British prisons are taking a get-tough line with bad-acting prisoners The pendulum is swinging away from super-kindness to criminals. In the words of one pena1 expert, bread and water is being used Instead of milk and water. A recent report from a Home Navy Gets Helicopters OTTAWA J Canada's Navy is getting a new set of wings-helicopter wings which could prove an anti-submarine weapon in time of war. The Navy announces it will take delivery soon of iliree HTL-4 Bell helicopters, the first In it3 history. It is expected these will be the nucleus for a new branch in the air arm of the sea service Soxide at FEAST OF 6TE. ANNE A crowd of 50,000 Ro nan Catholics gathered at Quebec's shrine of Soldiers Charged FLASH .uc m oeauy'c iw me rra ui oie. an il. Here me crowd gathers before the basilica as the Holy Sacrament is carried among the ailing and crippled. . (CP PHOTO) ant Here Office committee set up to investigate prison discipline made Helicopters will be based at the Halibut Boat Survivors Safe Here After Losing Vessel by Fire in North two main criticisms of existing . naval air station, HMCS Shear- Murder, Criminal Assault and Rape are Alleged in Korea OTTAWA O-Th-e Army announced today that general conditions: water, at Dartmouth, Nova Sco- 1. Discipline In general needed , tia. as a "Royal Canadian Navy tightening." even at the risk .of ' Helicopter Flight." transferred them to the Leading courtmartlal had been ordered lor three Canadian soldiers increasing the number of punish The helicopters, besides being invaluable in northern patrol. ments. 2. The policy of leniency, ap- charged with the murder 'of a ! Korean man. j search and rescue work, also fit MEAT STORES CLOSE VANCOUVER Fifteen retail meat shops have closed their doors temporarily because of sky-hiKh prices, itfwas reported Wednesday. The packers said It was a combination of double Jinx, high prices and summertime purchasing slump. SPAIN AID ASSET i OTTAWA General Omar Bradley said Wednesday that Spain could be made an asset to western military strength. Chairman of I'nited States joint chiefs or staff is in Canada for four days. for talks and fishing. He told reporters he j was not prepared t talk about Spain from a political point of , view. peasement or son treatment "as i in closely with the main npera-at present interpreted is notjtional task of Canada's navy-having the success expected or hunting submarines. Four survivors of the Vancouver balibut boat Hllscn, who had a cIofc call when the vessel caught fire and sank off Forrester Island, Alaska, Sunday, reached here yesterday afternoon on the Princess Norah from the north. They are: Alfred Carlson of Difiby I-.iand. ...... . ., Elnar Hanberg of Prliice Rupert. Peter Ivarson of Arne Ivarson, Vancouver. The vessel, which had 5000 pounds of halibut on board, took fire from an Ignition short circuit and blazed so quickly and fiercely that the crew had less than three minutes to take to a dory. They left everything behind Skipper Peter Ivarson did not even have his coat. After three hours afloat! they were picked up by an American hallbutter Denny Joe which Lady on which they were taken to Ketchikan at noon Monday, j The four had only 45c In their j pockets but Paul M. Hansen, K'Hchtkan merchant, advanced funds which enabled them to remain at Ketchikan until money wis received from home. fortunately, tjiey were none .the . worse physically for the arduous adventure. The party saw the Hilsen blow up and sink after the fire. desired. Home Secretary James Chuter Edc told the House of Commons recently that many of the com-1 Weather nbu Cellulose Co. Is ro-cxiract sulphur dioxide on ptntcs at its Watson pulp null. One ol the : sulphur burners within i.',; b about to bit con-to i pyritp burner of 75 ipa-.:y. The conversion . major undertaking, Is Do commenced and by ',g Is expected to be m The production of piir dioxide here will 'in1 present import tn.iten.il from Texas! 't.'i"a'ioii comes as a !i unit .ind involves to 'rat an assembly job t'.ina o;iuiiw Will bring nes Ui Watson Island the Biunnia mine In Vtitid ne;ir Vancouver. It if siniii.tr ore closer at J'ii that which exists fr- il! River, but, as far be lea-tied, there has !"! wi iifiio: latum for a Ir'im Hint quarter. The soldi.-rs, members of the , Sr-rnnd Battalion, Princess Pat- f rlcla's Canadian Light Infantry.! will be tried separately this, irv ntli in Korea. The Army said that each had j alio been charged with criminal! assault and common assaultj The ' criminal assault charge includvs, rape and attempted rape. The accused were not Identl-' fled although the Army said next of kin had been notifh-d. i mlttee's suggestions for- remeU t . Svnnpns - dying the situation were already Another weak ouioreak of cool being enforced. Others would Pacific air was heading toward reouire legislation which would the British Columbia coast this Today's Stocks It'nurtrttjr S. fi. Johiifttnn Cn. Ltd.) be brought before the House in morning and is expected to du-e course. j cause some shower activity Over One of the committee's sug-1 the north coast. Some cloudiness gestions was to reintroduce as a. is expected on the south coast punishment the use of "restrict- j tomorrow morning and tempered diet No. 1" bread and water, atures will be a little cooler on Ede said this would be done in ; the south coast and In the extreme cases. J southern Interior. Also some The committee suggested "re- cloudiness and a few showers stricted diet No. 2" which now j are looked for in the northern NEW NAVAL CHIEF WAMIIMU'i'UN Admiral William N. Fechteler was chosen by President Truman Wednesday to be new chief of naval operations. Truman sent the nomination to the Senate to succeed the late Admiral Forest P. Sherman who died suddenly a week aco. At the same Four Church, Picnickers Killed By Lightning Bolt BRIGGS, Idaho (CP) Four girls and a woman is bread, water, porridge and . interior tomorrow. However, t Will Forego I UK Interest OTTAWA (CP) The govern-I ment announced Wednesday I night that it will recommend to , Parliament this fall that Canada forego for another three years interest on the balance prn Here- system will be active enough to cause precipitation in southwestern B.C. and the drought once dieticians had worked out a substitute "equally-unpleasant" diet which would be more were killed and eight others injured Wednesday! tlme Truman nominated Ad- , i miral McCormlch .to succeed when a ..i..., lightning bolt exploded ii,., amidst a group of j Fechteler as chief of the At- church camp hikers. The victims were hiking in a ' 'antic nreU illed canyon of Teton Peaks, 12 miles east of here. nutritious. Ede said his medical now entering its 50th day seems advisers had the plan In hand, destined to continue.. The committee headed by Forecast schoolteacher H. W. F. Franklin North Coast Region Cloudy also wanted to smarten up the today and Friday. Sunny inter-appearance and manners of boys vals both afternoons. A few outstanding from a $700,000,000 wartime loan to the United Kingdom. The balance is now $250,000,000. Tube Speeds Ottawa News OTTAWA A 1,500-foot underground Journey by pneumatic tube will speed up the dissemination of news from the nation's capital by the telegraph services of the Canadian National and William Strong, president of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church here, reported the accident. The victims were all attending a state-operated summer camp. Hysterical survivors of the hiking psrty burst out of the woods, screaming of the tragedy to camp authorities. Relief crews went out immediately and f Rupert-born John C. :' m of Harold ' fll-known Depart-I titration executive at ' and former superln-'iltfhnnis in Prince Ru-r,iP""t'(l to have lost his ' 'Win' accident in Van- Ms an optometrist r and is survived by Lt, Peter Campbell, 'recently aboard HMCS w,us to call from esterday with HMCS Kan. This decision, a Department j of Finance statement said, re- suited in discussions between I the governments of Canada and ! the United Kingdom. Legislation ! to Implement it will be intro-; duced at the fill session of Par-! liamcnt. A $700,000,000 loan was ex- tended In 1942 as funding of advances made to the British i government in a period prcced- ing under wartime arrangements for mutual aid. Britain Ends Strike Curb LONDON -The British government ordered an end today to Its ban on industrial strikes and lock-outs, a wartime meas-uie carried over for six years by the Socialist administration. Voluntary bargaining between unions and employers' federations will continue with a new industrial disputes tribunal to settle the issue if the bargainers cannot agree. began administering to the victims where they lay on the hillside. . The bodies were brought down on horseback. i Canadian Pacific Railways. The tube, running from the parlia-) mentary press gallery In the ' House of Commons to the main I transmission offices pf the two I companies, was officially opened in reform schools. showers today. Little change in The report has touched off a temperature. Winds light. Low hot controversy among penal ; tonight and high tomorrow At experts and the correspondence j Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince columns of the London Times j Rupert, 50 and 62. are filled with letters from those who approve the get-tough policy Most of the worlds wool, ac-and those who feel It is only a cording to the National Geo-step back toward the Middle graphic Society, comes from the Ages. (southern hemisphere. Japanese Invasion of B.C. Salmon Grounds is Feared VANCOUVER (CP) Canadian fisheries authorities fear a Japanese invasion of the British Columbia salmon grounds. The Japanese peace treaty to be signed at San Francisco next month makes no provision for fisheries protection. VANCOrVKR American Standard 15 Bralorne 6.10 BRX 03 Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress 06 Giant Mascot 95 Indian Mines 22 Pend Oreille 7.40 Pioneer 185 Premier Border 32',2 Privateer 10! a Reeves McDonald i 4.55 Reno 03 Slieep Creek l.2 Silbak Premier 38 Vananda 13 Spud Valley 12 Silver Standard 2 32 Western Uranium 3.40 Oils Anslo Canadian 6 20 A P Con 48 CaJmont 1.18 Central Lecluc 2.20 Home Oil 16.15 Mercury 14 Vi Okalta . ..: 2.45 Pacific Pete 8.50 Princess 1.40 Royal Canadian 12 'j Royalite 15.00 TORONTO Athona 07 Aumaque .19'i Bealtie 42 Bevcotirt .43 Buffalo Canadian 19 Con. Smelters 156.75 Conwest 2.95 Donalda 50 Eldona 19 East Sullivan 8.80 Giant Yellowknife 9.30 God s Lake 32 Hardrock 14 Harricana 08'2 Heva 15 Jackknife 12 Jollet Quebec 53 Little Long Lac 72 Lynx 14 Madsen Red Lake 2.15 MrKenzie Red Lake 45 McLeod Cockshutt 2.75 Moneta 32 The Samana and Santiago Railroad of Haiti reaches neither Samana nor Santiago. fee Talks Fruitless l.AT. Representative Discusses Kashmir Problem pie Rites Veri "gin in a short ceremony. Participating at the opening were Paul Paradls, president of the pr ess gallery, J. T. Tattersall, general agent Canadian Pacific communications department, and F. Richens. manager Canadian Nat onal telegraphs. The tube will carry press copy from correspondents covering parliament to either office in 60 s?cond? and replaces the branch offices of the two companies in the Commons building. In eliminating the former system of delivery by hand it is estimated that a minimum of 5 minutes on the average will be saved In the movement of copy from point to point. Following an existing underground heating tunnel, the pneumatic tube travels under the House of Commons to the east block of parliament, then south under Wellington Street and be-r neath another government build- inir hpfoi-fi it tjrminnlf in t.h Win. K C rh .... w,, ,' icnae TOKYO (CP) The Chinese Communist Pelping radio said today that the Communist cease-fire delegation had rejected a United Nations proposal for a buffer zone along the present battlefront. The brpadcast said that North Korean Lieutenant General Nam II, chief Red delegate to the Kaesong negotiations, insisted on the Communist proposal that a cease fire line be drawn directly along the 38th parallel the political dividing line between North and South Korea. The broadcast continued: ,. .; i "gin, BS- l..,.u . was Iran Parley Deferred 1 h,S ?,,,""' slm"le v j 4 u'-v .--'-4 A "We will have no protection for the salmon and other fish which have been built up in our coastal waters by joint United States-Canadian c o n s e rvation over a quarter of a century," said C. Gordon O'Brien of Ottawa. Mr. O'Brien Is general manager of the Fisheries Council of Canada. A fisheries treaty with Japan Is to be dealt with later. "But Japan will again be a s'h tiled in Vancouver ' Was f0,lndcr Dm, ""'IKIllitJOr i Pfilnn.. 1 !la n he brX Ule '-adic.al Sons of "United Nations delegates' in LONDON (CP) The British government' today ordered a rpecial plane to stand by to sistence on establishment of a carry a cabinet mission to Iran - -. . . , 'able to accept or reject our . '" 'MO s 28-vear.nlrf demarcation line to determine the buffer zone deep across the 38th- parallel not only Is without for oil talks and then post- said ideas about conservation," Mr. O'Brien. i ! offices nf t.hf eommuieations 111 Tonight TIDES - - Negus Noranda 73.50 Louvicourt 18 'a Pickle Crow 1-55 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 17',4 Shcrrltt Gordon 3.20 Steep Rock 8.35 Silver Miller 1-42 UDoer Canada 1-65 '. poned the flight. ; Spokesman for Lord Privy Seal Richard R. Stokes, who is head of the mission, refused to say ' whether there had been a hitch in the projected negotiations. , j The Foreign Office was evidently awaiting clarification basis but indicates lack of sincerity." The Peiping report represented no change In the Red position but this was the first time that lt referred to outright repudiation. Meantime-the cease-fire talks at Kaesong continue completely deadlocked although another i session Is being held today. " p.m. roMtCIAI,s I ndiscouraged by past efforts to settle the dispute between India and Pakistan over control of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir by peaceful means, the I'nited Nations Security Council has assigned a new U.N. Representative for India and Pakistan to carry out the demilitarization of the state as a prelude to a U.N. supervised plebiscite to determine Kashmir's political future. Here, the new U.N. Representative Dr. Frank P. Graham (lefO discusses companies. Actually there are four tubes, two in each direction, totalling some 7.000 feet, and they will also carry private telegrams to and from both members of parliament and senators. Four electrically driven air compressors supply the pressure to cany the message containers through the tubes. Friday, August 3, 1951 (Pacific Standard Time) High ,. 1:22 20.1 feet 14:13 186 feet & 01oVES ."ss"n 35c situation with Pakistan's Minister Sir Mohammad Zafrullab Khan. Golden Manltnu 7.15 Bobjo - -1 from Iran on one or two points Low 7:56 2 6 feet concerning the proposed talks, j 19:57 6.9 feet