V ...... . .ii. i i J Doily V Delivery Phone 81 v PROVINCIAL LIBRARY . I PROVINCIAL LI3P.A3Y, 113 VICTORIA, B. C. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pocifie Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XL. No. 33 ' . PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1951 PRICE nvE CENTS .. .. .., rr h- ' ' )t y CABS Id DISPATCHED 1 I ' . SI : ; . , I 1 '! Allies Closing On ila Crew n Port Ohe-Time Capital TOKYO (CP) United Nations .tanks shelled . , , ' -1 - &'.---:?, .-' v ' ' i . . ' ! i ) ' -A'"'- i i. . -. .. I ... slVv -. I -, - -w-.)! l V- i 1 ''f 4 ; 'i : " ' sT "i4 . 'iH x . ' " 1 ' - ' ' " f . . , '..,t - : J :: . ... - -'v -A ' - ' ;- ." I , . " -.;: .A 'i - - ; :... y - :.! i- V -! '.... '; "' v ; . '. - I 4 k L I ' i ( Paikvold Paikvold and and his his v j ' X'"' iU--''' tincmrje s are uacn m Seoul's blackened ruins today and howitzers, wheeling into easy range, plastered Chinese positions . , J nil j pi north of the frozen Han River. -' . .V 'V' . ' 9 V--r"rr ff .' having been removed it-day afternoon from of Lucy Island by the ia Kaien following jjhnK ealy yesterday t their big halibut in. Takla was feared fii!) in heavy seas a no thrast Rale. At night they were i Puerto Rican troops seized a I commanding height only 4'2 i miles south of the former South '-. V Sill Like Bunch Of Russians Korean Republic capital The entire allied line advanced another mile or more toward Seoul. Eighth Army has estimated S I... u. II LJ W 1 N 1 l MX I more than 57,000 Red casualties most of them in the western sec- fv Hiinson. ianson. They They were were I . J9U$-Jt . f I M I f L prior prior to to returning returning ifLM. , 4 1 1 ? I t f Vl fl WASHINGTON P Piesldent . tor, since the limited offensive Truman today accused striking opened two weeks ago. Fifteen if I nd today to assist In I 1 v a R e operation.", Ii a howling southeast avy seas were driv- railroad workers of running out miles were gained in the same out nck further up on ;md slie was still in an an agreement like a bunch of , period. Russians, and said he has order-j Red resistance was crumbling, a? the U.S. Army to take neccs- Income sectors there was no op-sary action for full operation opposition. However, there are in-the railroads. dications of large new enemy The President said the strike i forces- being brought up from iviinjivriici rvauuy tin; uHHiunouna naa no comment ; on assertion by police in Hamilton, Ont., that he didn't bark at lie Hi! til H V prowlers. Master Brian Baird came to Randy's defence, saying Jl 'ing lit. .stor.n made it lm-f..terday- for the sails F. 11 Phlppen an.1 i t cIiimt than two :ds distant from the the hound loves children, is a first-class hunter, an internment was "bad enough in other times: Manchuria. friwnd and an alert watchdog. (CP PHOTO) itlis intolerable in an emergency." fThe Chicago-railroad work stoppage which began nine days ago appeared virtually ended in ALL ESCAPED- Four hundred students and SI xlr nfnwi... J ... - appeared to be disss storm gradually I'll r further up on the n shore. Montreal Arsenal Blast Not Satisfied With Life Term destroyed the main building of Mount St. Vinee Coll 17?" g e nea drills paid off as students filed out in what many believed'to bfjus! an'.ther practi"! ' , (CP PHOTO) most parts of the U.S. today, but not in Chicago, the country's major rail centre. n't look very good," More striking switchmen across n LA' "plosion Max Sievert of the at F. II Phlppan the U.S. returned to work last OTTAWA Maj. -General Kurt tlicd port late Weil- night and today. But working Kills Nine Meyer, sentenced to be shot for irnoim. "Salvage will rail crews in Chicago were aoout u.Mjrdtciui Says Green one-fifth of normal on 25 car war crimes Involving the shooting of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy and subsequently BITTER ISSUE SETTLED ' Steel Nationalization Approved By Commons riers. fc-ull Job." The Takla during a snowstorm ) i Inw water. She was k the rod banks ST. PAUL LERMITE. Quebec 01 Five munitions, workers died' here yesterday In an xploRion-at Crown Arsenals Ltd nlant. 15" Thousands of freight cars given a life term in Dorchester, has appealed to the Canadian choked vast Chicago yards. Need For Aluminum Is Urgent i WASHINGTON Commerc a rt!i harvest Is now b?- Elsewhere, mail restrictions OTTAWA While a group miles east of Montreal. government for clemency. with prices reaching pumped for price controls in nP:.ri inrimto AHrrt vr eased as rail services swung back bf 21c per pound at to normal. Many freight embar Parliament yesterday, front-rank sheu jnsnectnr. whose hnm. i in . , LONDON Britain's Labor 1 6i cii,c-vuiiaci vttuve, nuw- i Vancouver Police reported a 5.3- p 't yesterday, iixmt in the s 4 apparently, 1 seas, the ara ureen vancouver-Quaaral, Flash! irXAriTi 'government yesterday turned II H E V V EATH E R I ,ba,,10":f.Ln l in litll-i inch shell being handled by one workman exploded. criticized the government's hand liking as the hum oecrerary unarms Sawyer said j ...,.v try v,i,,,.i IIIVU IIUUL1 Synopsis ( Winston Churchill n force a Mild Parific' air has displaced Bent-fa! election tver the Covefl)-" unnea btat.ua -'should- get -frit cd her further on tn a Is a 57.2 foot vessel trie aluJinum we can, as fast as we can, as cheaply as we can. and from wherever we can. and that certainly would not exclude : i nd 3D "net tons. She FOUND IN CHURCH VANCOUVERA 12-year-old girl, reported missing since yesterday from foster home in the city, was found sleeping most of the cold air over the i ment's plan to take control of the southern sections of the province ! steel industry, and is moving Into the southern! This outcome means' 92 major Cariboo. The continuing thrust, firms In British Iron and steei of warm air northward is ex-1 business will tas into the hands ! in Vancouver In 192? f I, 4 Cant tCrUllon rdrlr.. goes were lifted. TO BE DISMISSED Later the United States Army served notice on rallwaymen UiSt they will be dismissed unless they report for work by 4 p.m. Saturday or can prove they are physically unable to work. At the same time the Army placed in effect hourly wage Increases effective as of last Oc-tobe 1 for men who have had no increases since September 1948. The wage increase will be of an interim nature pending final settlement of a dispute over wages and working Canada," he declared. Swyer told the committee h wlio i"d in Prlnee Ruperi, ' riu, I u Jinn . 1 ' " had engaged in no discussion.-with Alcan on United States priorities assistance or future i f r Parkvold has bee:) '''. i she vessel for some contracts for the proposed new On Trail Of Slayer VICTORIA P Heavily-armed police last night picked thMr way through the .wilds of tlie west coast of Vancouver Island for the slayer of an Indian fisherman. m The bullet-riddled body ht Lewis Oscar was found in- tlf Isolated Indian village of KyU-quot on Tuesday night. The-slayer, armed with a rifle, fld into dense bush. J The desolate ' search area Is near Kyuquot, a fishing villages. production. He said he had some discus ling of the Korean crisis as "one of .the most disgraceful episodes in Canada's history." He called for dispatch of the entire 10,000-man special force training now at Fort Lewis, Wash., to Korea to help end the fighting there. Canada also should press for development of a Pacific defence organization. Green suggested Canada had not M pulled her weight in the Korean war with the statement that "there has been very little In the last six m6nt.hs about which Canadians can be proud." A motion,. criticizing the government on the specific issue of living costs, was Introduced by W. H. Herridge (CCF-Kootenay West). WANT CONTROL The CCF party put a growing demand for relmposed price con-trols in the form of a non-confidence motion. peeled to push the oold air backjof the government holding enm-ar. far as the Rockies during the pany, British Iron and Steel Cot-next two daw poratlon, on February 15. Another storm Is developing i Labor mustered 308 votes In about one thou.-and miles south- the House of Commons to 298 for west of Vancouver Island and the opposition as the House re-will bring rain and southeast Jected 'the motion by Winston gales to mast coastal waters Frl- Churchill stating that national-day ' morning. lzation of steel "is not in the Forecasts i public interest and should be re-North coast region Cloudy versed." The former Prime Min-with occasional showers today, lster termed the move "crazy and Rain Friday. Mild winds south-, unpatriotic." sions with Tade Minister Howe. who was linked by a previous committee testimony with pur- t snow storm that he shore line and a r t- were Riven thU Iv erew membrrx n fe factors to the I f the Takla. Harold prmher of the crew, ':it hit a reef on the IM camp to rest after irniiii'l a few times. 1: parted efforts by U.S. official.'-to push the Alcan proposal at the expense of the domestic al uminum industry. Cut Down On Metal vrly (20 mph) today, Increasing. to south"ast gales 140) Fridayf CAMPRTDGE. ENGLAND morning. Lows tonight and highs Camb-ldceshire is seeking 15 un- Friday At Port Hardy 42 and married policemen: Bachelors ar 48, Sandspit 40 and 48, Prince preferred because houses cannot Rupert 42 and 46. ibe found for married men. Herring Run Is Still On U.S. Makes Less Available . For Autos, Stoves, Appliances ff shirt at the time Snick and went back when the vessel "n. A few hours hoat was high and the rrew walked i' fiine some provis- 1 I licm, - snow cleared n WASHINGTON, D.C. ) The United States government plans to cut by 25 to 40 per cent on April 1 the amount of basic in St. Augustine's Church today. Reason for not returning to the home was not given. RADIOACTIVE RAIN VANCOUVER The physics department of the University of British Columbia Here is testing rain for radioactivity following the Nevada test explosions. Snow was found to be radioactive but harmless. COLLISION KILLS THREE TORONTO Three persons were killed early today at Manilla, 50 miles north of here, when a Canadian National train struck a car at a level crossing. 83 WRECK TOLL NEW YORK The death toll as a result of the train wreck at Woodbidge, New Jersey, yesterday rose to 83 today. The Pennsylvania Railroad has admitted that there were no caution lights out to reduce speed on the bridge nor had the temporary overpass, which collapsed, been tested. The engineer has admitted that he was travelling 50 miles an hour when ho knew it should have been 25 miles. B.C. RENT CONTROL VICTORIA It is intimated in authoritative ouarters here that the legislature may be asked to consider the question of the province entering the field of rent control which the federal government is expected to relinquish. TODAY'S STOCKS 'jiuane tiirir wav back Bank Robbery In Montreal- Herring in large quantities were spotted in this district yesterday morning by A. J. metals going into automobiles, if and took a skiff to stoves and home appliances, of (I 'nnrlrwy S. I. Jiihnslon (' Mil.)" is-, whirh had b"-Tiie c they found id been spotted and Remington ; Convicted NEW YORK W Former $10,000 a year government economist, William W. Ramington, has been convicted of perjury by a federal court jury who ruled hilled when he denied he ever was a Communist. - Remington was accused during the trial of using his government post to transmit secrets to Eliza ficials of the National Produc tion Authority disclosed today. j Whitmore, chief supervisor of I fisheries for the west coast. Mr. I Whitmore was aboard a departmental vessel on his way here .... . . .65 .51 .15'4 .30 Brattle Bevcourt Bobio Buffalo Canadian juiev tilled tn some The statement said it would be necessary to save steel, copper and aluminum for defence find relumed to th to attend the annual meeting of fisheries inspectors for the t the crew on the purposes. .1... t tide came in acain. MONTREAL W A lone gunman held up the Peel and St. Catharine Street branch of" the Bank of Nova Scotia today and. escaped with $1474. Witnesses said the bandit had has face "painted up" and wore a handle-bar moustache. Peel and St. Catharine is Montreal's principal business corner. northern area. It has been a remarkable season all trie way around, Mr. Whitmore said in an interview ncavy wind blowing was taking a terrific 'he tune the water yesterday. V1''- She was nhviniisv Boat Sinks After Fire A record B.C. herring catch eri hv the time the beth Bentley, self-described former courier for a Communist spy ring. He faces a maximum term of five years In prison and a $2,0000 fine. I' - night. was made in Gasboat Passage at Kitkatla Inlet. The same Gas-boa). Passage yielded nearly all fl T SALVAGE tne season s quota or 3U,uuu tons ; ninniing four sal Kaien, Capt. Henry and the extension of 20,000 tons. Fifty thousand tons of herring m. Phlppen. Capt. Nine Killed In Factory Blast ST. PAUL, Minnesota ((! At ovance. Cant. H Con sol. Smelters ... 148 50 Conwest 2.20 Donalda 60 Eldona 29 East Sullivan 9.30 Giant Yellowknife ' 7.10 God's Lake 48 Hardrock .31 Harricana 17 Heva , 14 Hosco " 7 "2 Jacknife .06 Jolirt Quebec 85 Lake Rowan 07. Lapaska 05 Lltt'.o Long Lac - .80 Lynx ' .14 Madsen Red Lake 2.60 McKenzie Red Lake 43 McLeod Cockshutt 3 60 Moneta '.37 Negus .". ' 1-01 Noranda 79.75 Lnuvlcourf 27 Pickle Crow 1-71 Regcourt 06 San Antonio 2.65 VANC'OVVKP. American Standard .... 30 Bralorne 6 50 B R X 42 Cariboo Quartz 110 Congress o-' Hcdley Mascot 70 Pacific Eastern 0(5 Pioneer 2 2" Premier Border 10"2 Privateer 12 Reeves MrDonalri . 4.35 Reno 07 Sheep Creek 1 fi6 . Sllbak Premier -30 Taku River 10 Vananda H'i Salmon Gold -Wt Silver Standard 2.87 Western Uranium 1.72 Oils-Anglo Canadian : 6.05 A P Con 43 Atlantic 2 85 Calmont - 1.05 C & E 12.00 Centra! Leduc 2.65 Home rtll 18 00 Mercury 14 Okalta , 2.65 Pacific Tet 9.10 Princess 1 50 , j Royal Canadian 11 Royalite 14.35 TORONTO were taken from District 2 in less than 30 days after the re Good work by Prince Ruper Fire Department in putting out a fire on the troller Doxee about five o'clock yesterday morning seemed ironically in vain as she sank later at the fishermen's floats. When firemen reached the scene, the inside of the cabin "d Kanawaka. Capt ' sen, headed fur sumption of fishing in the new year. Quality of fish throughout was satisfactory. f to await an amel- e storm and the HOCKEY scores National Detroit 11, Chicago 3 Toronto 3. Montreal 1 '" " New York 2, Boston 2 (tie) Pacific Coast Seat tle 5, Vancouver 5 Western International Spokane 9, Kimberley 7 least nine persons were reported j killed and 40 or more injured in ; an explosion which ripped I to effect salvage it :ey took out. nil At the end of the season the oil yield held up to about 14 to was afire and the ,boat was at the outside of the floats. Two firemen boarded the vessel with f used in possible r- ie Takla. Fuel tanks Careful About Thirty-Eighth OTTAWA W The question of United Nations forces re-crossing the 38th parallel in Korea. 1'ied to facilitate the la gallons per ion -of lush compared with seven or eight gallons at. the close of normal seasons. The fish are still present in the district in quantity after the extensive fishing since the beginning of the new year. Inspectors worked in close conjunction with through the minerals building of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant today. The plant makes Scotch,1 tape, and other abrasives. The explosion occurred in the varnish plant and was followed by fire. IdES fire extinguishers and kept the blaze well under control while the boat was being brought around the shore side of the floats to simplify fire fighting. The fire was then quickly extinguished. Mattresses and clothes had been burned and the inside of the cabin scorched but otherwise little damage had been caused. Senator Rouyn 22 V2 1' if and when it is again reached, is something that should be February 9, 1951 the research board, and the northern area was well protect ed, he said. I 3:28 21.5 feet I 15:32 20.7 feet f 9:31 4.7 feet Sherrit Gordon 4.10 Steep Rock 8.90 Silver Miller 1-30 Upper Canada 1-95 Golden Manltou 6.60 treated with the greatest care, Minister of External Affairs L. B. Pearson said today. ! He did not express an official Ainona nvj Auinaqne 27 The west c"oast of Vancouver Island has not fared jo well, Mr. Whitmore said. Fish have ap However, in shifting the posi Z 21 : 3.5 feet! - The Fishermen's Local United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union Meets Tonight S p.m in the Mctropolc Hall Business" will include: " Election of officers Election of convention delegate. INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL Ice Arena Poll Further replies In the ice arena poll show 73 out of 83 ballots favoring the combination skating and curling rink with five wanting a skating rink only and one in favor of curling only. Those favoring the $250,000 project total 41 with 32 favoring the $75,000 scheme. tion of the boat, she had become I opinion one way or the other hung up on a rock. The tide was I but said he understood General near its low point but still on I MacArthur still had authority to the ebb. As the water receded, (cross the parallel, the boat tipped over and sank, j There should also be extreme Immediate salvace oDerations i care in applying of sanctions proached the shore in quantity, but bad weather and wild fish prevented the fishermen from getting them in. The 25,000 tons caught this year is the least TONIGHT Jets vs Rupert Ketchikan vs SATURDAY Rupert II vs Ketchikan Metlakatla vs Jets FRIDAY Metlakatla vs Rupert II Ketchikan vs Jets "1 quantity caught in three years, refloated the Doxee. against Communist China until One season the catch amounted i Te boat Is owned hv J. Stub- all efforts of the good offices Metlakatla itla to 57,000 tons. ,bert. 1 committee had been exhausted.