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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
22,
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Speaker
Tells
Clul
re5i
Patricias
Would
Be
No
Pearl
Harbor
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
(CP)
The
Senate
armed
Allied
Offensive
Smashing
Forvard
TOKYO
Xt
Allied
forces
tact
Enemy
But
for
International
Crisis
Britain
Would
Have
Golden
Era
"In
five
years
you
cannot
catch
up
with
all
the
damage
and
omissions
of
six
years
of
devastating
war
but
Britain
has
gone
a
long
way
and
we
now
have
new
industries,
modern
factories
and
a
keen
and
active
working
population
backing
the
great
Festival
which
is
being
held
this
year
and
which
Canadians
should
go
and
see
to
get
a
real
picture
of
the
.smashed
northward
today
on
a
j
i.uis
in
Front
Line
of
Korean
Fighting
In
Mud
and
Slides
services
preparedness
sub-committee
said
today
that
all-out
war
with
Russia
would
force
United
States
to
abandon
certain
1
1
CANADIANS
IN
KOREA
(CP)
Can-
cess
Patricias
were
in
the
front
line
today.
isolated
areas
of
Alaska.
icias
nrsi
advance
was
oecu
nation
01
tcr-
It
gave
assurance,
however,
Britain
of
today."
that
"critical
areas"
can
be
held.
iiddnt'd
by
apparently
withdrawing
Coin-iliandoned
but
mined.
The
Pats
overlooked
of
Kudon
after
investigating
two
series
The
sub-committee
said:
"It
appears
reasonable
to
assume
60-mile
rainswept
front
aiming
to
kill,
maim
or
capture
all
Reds
In
the
mired
mountains
and
valleys
of
central
Korea.
Advances
In
this
new
offen-lve
"Operation
Killer"
ranged
up
to
12
miles
on
the
cast-central
sector
and
up
to
8V2
miles
on
the
central
valley,
north
of
Wonju.
Resistance
was
spotty
most
of
the
day
but
stiffened
at
dusk
as
allied
spearheads
neared
the
main
forces
of
dug-in
Chinese
and
North
Korean
Reds.
An
estimated
40,000
Reds
are
south
of
Parallel
38.
Allied
objective
is
to
wipe
them
out.
General
MacArthur
announced
the
new
push
today,
nearly
24
hours
after
it
began
without
any
fanfare.
that
little
could
be
done
to
pro
tect
Seward
Peninsula
area
from
either
bombing
or
actual
Inva
So
said
A.
Gordon
Huson,
young
English
barrister
and
present
information
adviser
to
the
United
Kingdom
commissioner
to
Canada,
who
addressed
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
at.
a
largely
attended
meeting
in
the
Canadian
Legion
hall
last
evening.
Mr.
Huson
suggested
to
his
listeners
that
they
do
not
believe
sion
if
the
Russians
so
desired."
But
Britons
were
not
downhearted
and,
in
spite
of
everything,
were
preparing
enthusiastically
for
the
great
nationwide
festival
in
which
every
city,
town
and
hamlet
would
be
participating,
making
the
whole
country
one
great
exhibit.
"Yes.
despite
vast
defence
preparations
(there
would
be
a
million
men
under
arms
by
this
d(k'd
c'ow"
aU?r
l;)
....k
at
Kuclon,
frfcce-"s
,
taking
tho
village
and
posted
a
c
lh,'y-l,l'ullU'(I
'.solitary
sentry
instead
of
dig-
ri-c
of
the
last'ging
in
and
maintaining
proper
hi:,
troops
to
move
1
watch.
a
stales
Infantry-;
The
Canadians
moved
in
wtTh
This
was
the
only
specific
;
,
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reference
made
by
senators
'
to
areas
within
either
category.
i-
I
he
mistake
of
;
heavy
support-United
States
taking
the
vil-!
tanks
and.
mortars
and
New
r-r
summer
with
fifteen
percent
of
the
national
Income
being
spent
on
defence)
the
Festival
goes
on.
In
this
present
twilight
we
most
A
120-page
report,
prepared
by
the
sub-committee's
three-man
Alaska
commission,
stated:
"The
military
in
Alaska,
within
the
limit
of
forces
made
available,
Is
embarked
upon
a
realistic
plan
for
the
defence
of
the
territory?'
But,
the
senators
added,
there
is
need
for
additional
combat
all
they
might
hear
and
read
about
industrial
troubles,
existing
or
Impending
In
the
Old
Country,
that
the
country
was
down
at
the
heel,
down
at
the
mouth
and
disillusioned
and
facing
impending
economic
col-
i.
j
Zealand
artillery.
anci'd
towards
the
The
Pals
fought
from
muddy
.
v.
Canadians
saw
:
fox-holes.
Aiiici
iran.snv.iny
j
They
carry
40-pound
packs
as
killed
in
night
as
well
as
ammunition,
each
man
!
out
of
their
being
self-sufficient,
ai'il
atiemptpd
to
Mudslides
imperilled
their
nna.s
learned
their
.
movements.
urgently
need
the
uplift
of
its
lesson
to
learn
from
the
past
Why
Not
and
look
ahead
to
think
not
in
api.
n
you
couia
only
see
things
for
yourselves
over
there
terms
of
months
or
'years
but
of
decades.
Canadians
should
go
you
would
find
that
the
picture
he
over
to
tealize
the
great
contri
and
service
troops
and
more
air
power.
Declaring
that
It
found
the
military
alert
and
ready
for
any
eventuality,
the
commission
as-Iserted
that,
if
the
present
state
bution
that
the
little
island
is
is
much
different
than
that,'
assured
the
audience.
CHEAT
RECOVERY
Briton?
BIO
JOB
On-e
of
biggest
repair
jobs
on
the
winter
fleet
at
Port
Colborne,
Ont.,
Is
the
straightening
of
the
stem
and
frame
of
the
Donnacona,
twisted
when
the
C.SL.
vessel
rammed
into
a
dock
at
Hamilton
last
season.
Workmen
had
to
rip
plates
from
the
bow
to
work
on
the
frame.
.
.
(CP
.
PHOTO)
e
Canadians
making
to
the
world
and
par
ticularly
"to
Canada."
The
little
island
had
made
a
of
alertness
and
vigilance
Is
Mr.
Huson
saw
a
parallel
In
main
lain
ri
wonderful
recovery.
Mr.
Huson
'there
can
be
no
gave
asurance.
Six
months
ago
history
between
the
England
ofipearl
Harbor
in
Alaska."
Churchill
Objects
.
To
American
Naval
Chief
In
Atlantic
today
and
100
years
ago.
Between
it
-appeared
to
have
at
last
emerged
from
the
trials
and
vi
1802
and
1812
they
had
been
threatened
with
Napoleon's
Invasion.
Napoleon
had
even
cissitudes
of
war
and
economic
LONDON
-Former
Prime
Min
ading
For
Korea
To
Fill
Division
austerity
and
to
be
entering
stamped
the
coins
which
would
be
used
when
France
took
over
Britain.
"Marshal
Stalin
has
not
Would
Close
Road
Gap
Jaycccs
Urge
Prince
George
Jasper
Highway-Liquor
and
Daytime
Plebiscites.
gone
that
far
today."
Break
With
Ass
d
Board?
"What's
In
It
For
Us?"
Jaycees
Wonder
Whether
or
not
to
drop
membership
in
the
Associated
Boards
ScKi
Tli
ister
Winston.
ChurchlH
does
not
like
the
Idea
of
an
American
admiral
being
appointed
commander-in-chief
of
United
Nations
combined
naval
forces
in
the
Atlantic.
Pointing
out
that
Oeneral
Eisenhower
was
heading
the
United
Nations
land
forces
in
Europe,
Mr.
Churchill
wondered
If
Brit
In
the
hungry
1840"s
hundreds
upon
a
new
golden
era
the
"Fruitful
Fifties."
However
a
deteriorating
international
situation
had
changed
that
and
once
again
Britain
was
'
haVing
to
tighten
her
belt
and
continue
to
produce
for
a
rearmament
program
which
was
greater
proportionately
than
that
of
any
other
nation
in
the
world.
itusand
Men
To
Leave
Fort
Lewis
In
Alwut
Two
Weeks
of
thousands
of
Britons
starved
to
death
but
there
was
nothing
like
that
In
this
century.
To
the
IWA
(CP)
Canada
shortly
will
send
a
fulj
contrary,
never
had
the
children
'''
i
to
7000
men
into
action
in
Korea
(Continued
on
page
7)
ish
naval
experience
did
not
of
Trade
of
Central
B.C.
or
let
It
r
t'l'
United
Nnfinrw
flair
Defenep
Minister
qualify
her
for
the
sea
command
lapse
was
the
contentious
sub
"Surely
we
have
not
fallen
so
II
S
ai
('
the
iinnniineement
1;ir
nio-hf
in
;m
ject
'argued
lait
night
at
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
into
the
well
of
humility,"
he
insisted.
Commons.
"
Prime
Minister
Attlee
said
that
unified
command
j
alums
R.skpri
ran.
no
one
power
could
dictate
the
appointment.
meeting.
'
Because
finances
of
the
Jaycee
treasury
tfere
depleted
through
paying
off
deficits
of
1949's
regional
convention
here,
executive
had
recommended
that
membership
be
dropped
or
allow
-9
,iv.
U11C
.ill
II
4'
I'lr
core
of
the
Sask.
Students
Do
It
Again
In
Legislature
"Explore
For.Oil"
Urges
Smith,
M
LA.
VICTORIA
(CP)
British
Columbia
should
make
exploration
attractive
for
the
oil
industry,
the
Legislature
was
told
Wednesday
by
S.
J.
Smith
il
(nice
was
fully
f
so,
whether
It
.
In
k-i,
ed
to
lapse.
B.C.
Premier
Has
Influenza
VKjTORlA
Premier
Johnson
appeared
in
the
Legislature
yes
ii
I
hat
2nd
Bat-
NELSON,
B.C.
Saskatche
Hoyal
Canadian
Hie
Royal
22nd
supporting
arms
wan
students
(lid
it
again
last
night,
clipping
Alberta
9-8
to
win
the
Canadian
high
school
curl
terday
but
has
Influenza
and
!y
proceed
to
Ko-!
i
1
'
-
2nd
nullpllun
(Cln-Kamloops).
ing
championship
for
the
third
will
not
be
back
for
a
couple
of
days.
He
will
not
deliver
the
usual
policy
speech
.which
was
to
have
been
made
Friday.
l';.tniias
Canadian
'
y.
t'me
!n
four
years.
Manitoba
won
it
the
other
year.
President
Geoffrey
Hill
pointed
out
that
more
benefit
was
realized
from
the
national
committee
and
regional
committee
membership
than
from
the
Associated
Boards.
Besides,
he
said,
the
fees
were
muoh
less.
For
membership
in
Associated
Boards
it
Is
$10
for
board
fees
and
$1
for-
each
member
which
in
this
case
would
come
to
$41,
he
said.
"Do
you
mean
you
would
drop
your
membership
just
for
the
(Opneinued
on
page
6)
$7,000,000
in
its
first
two
years
of
operation.
Mr.
Smith
said
there
must
be
increased
premiums
or
a
restriction
of
service:
Present
premium
Is
$33
a
year
for
married
persons
and
$21
for
single
dell,
a
serious
attempt
would
be
made
to
plant
the
remaining
60
to
70
posts.
A
resolution
to
be
forwarded
to
the
public
works
department
recommends
that
20-miles-per-hour
speed
limit
signs
be
speedily
erected
at
the
approaches
of
Galloway
Rapids
bridge.
Citing
a
recent
accident
there,
the
necessity
of
such
signs
and
of
enforcing
the
limits
was
stressed
by
Stan
F'urk.
Because
Secretary
Lan
Williamson
is
leaving
the
city,
Bob
Davis
was
appointed
to
that
position.
Williamson
will
be
fare-welled
at
the
cabaret
February
24.
Two
Naval
Men
Killed
VICTORIA
(CP)
Two
Navy
officers
chartered
a
light
plane
yesterday
to
look
at
their
ship,
the
cruiser
Ontario,
and
were
killed
when
the
aircraft
plunged
into
the
deep
waters
near
entrance
to
Esquimalt
harbor.
The
plane
flew
over
the
Ontario
as
it
was
returning
to
base
Completion
of
Prince
George-Jasper
highway
as
soon
as
possible
was
urged
by
the
first
resolution
passed
last
night
by
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
With
two
others
it
will
be
presented
at
the
regional
executive
convention
next
month.
The
resolution
stresses
the
importance
of
a
road
from
Prince
Oeorge
to
connect
directly
to
the
new
trans-Canada
highway
as
a
"vital
link"
in
cases
of
national
emergency,
for
tourist
development
and
Tor
Industry.
1
Other
resolutions
passed
asked
the
provincial
government
to
hold
plebiscite
on
both
the
questions
of
daylight
saving
time
and
liquor.
All-
members
favored
the
daylight
saving
time
plebiscite,
which,
with
the
liquor
resolution,
had
been
resolved
upon
several
time.
But
there
was
one
dissenting
vote
on
each
of
the
resolutions
calling
for
the
highway
and
for
a
liquor
plebiscite.
A
proposal
has
also
been
sent
to
Jack
McRae,
MLA,
that
the
provincial
government
retain
rent
controls
as
now
exercised
by
the
federal
government.
Federal
controls
are
due
to
go
In
April.
Street
signs
committee,
headed
by
Archie
Wudell,
appointed
four
sub-chairmen
who
would
be
responsible
for
working
groups.
Now
that
the
weather
was
more
favorable,
said
Wu-
'is,
Wasn.',
train-tile
specia'
lorce,
'"'kyi
Rockingham
between
5000
and
will
leave
for
Ko-
TODAY'S
ll'tl
said
nnitji
(n-
'."i
11
!i
ha
He
suggested
that.a
careful
study
be
made
of
the
possibility
of
eliminating
diagnosis
from
advised
to
be
'Jjiuuve
in
two
weeks.
t'
1300
Canadians
Korea.
Newcomers
K't
a
full
hl'iirnrlo
nf
f'k'Hl
by
the
2nd
'lit
Of
(ho
f1'"'.
Artillerv.
a
insurance
coverage.
Mr.
Ritchie
also
told
the
House
that
development
of
northern
areas
is
essential.
Rich
mineral
deposits
and
agricultural
lands
must
be
developed
to
maintain
a
high
standard
of
living
in
British
Columbia
and
to
make
room
for
its
growing
population.
-
"I
am
worried
about
a
pipeline
to
bring
gas
from
Alberta,"
sflf-prnpclled
anti-
iRham
will
move
lira
S
10
1
Lt''s
from
Fort
i-in.
he
said.
"We
should
develop
our
own
He
hoped
to
see
developments
in
the
Peace
River
country
and
the
removal
of
oil
control
as
forecast
in
the
Throne
Speech
would
be
a
step
forward.
"OH
controls
have
discouraged
the
expansion
of
the
oil
Industry,"
he
said.
Mr.
Smith,
an
oil
dealer
himself,
could
see
benefit
for
British
Columbia's
200,000
motorists
with
the
removal
of
controls.
"No
one
will
get
hurt
hi
the
removal
of
controls.
The
only
class
who
may
think
they
are
going
to
get
hurt
are
they
who,
like
myself,
are
In
the
gasoline
business.
"I
don't
think
I
am
entitled
to
a
guaranteed
mark-up
any
more
than
the
butcher,
the
fuel
dealer
or
any
other
class
of
merchant
is
entitled
to
a
guaranteed
mark-up."
Immense
Income
for
the
province
could
be
developed
from
its
own
oil
and
gas,
he
said.
,
"The
best
geological
authorities
in
Canada
are
agreed
that
we
have
oil
and
gas
in
huge
quantities
in
thE.t
part
of
Che
Peace
River
country
which
lies
within
the
province."
British
Columbia,
he
added,
is
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
behind
Alberta
In
oil
exploration.'
Debate
on
the
Throne
Speech
opened
yesterday
with
A.
B.
Ritchie
(Cln-Salmon
Arm)
and
Mr.
Smith
moving
and
seconding
the
address
in
reply
to
the
speech.
'
Both
discussed
the
controversial
hospital
Insurance
scheme,
now
showing
a
deficit
of
some
y
Scores
STOCKS
Johnston
Co.
U6.)mmmmmmmmmmm
Beattle
65
Bevcourt
50
Bobjo
.17
Vi
Buffalo
Canadian
.30
'
Consol.
Smelters
144.50
Conwest
2
30
Donalda
58
Eldona
-2612
East
Sullivan
8.95
Giant
Yellowknlfe
:
7.50
God's
Lake
45
Hardrock
31
Harricana
17'2
Heva
13
Vi
Hosco
7l2
Jacknife
05
Joliet
Quebec
85
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
85
Lynx
18
12
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.60
McKenzie
Red
Lake
48
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.50
Moncta
39
Negus
105
Noranda
84.25
Louvicourt
22
"A
Pickle
Crow
175
Regcourt
05
San
Antonio
2.90
Senator
Rouyn
.21'2
Sherrit
Gordon
3.90
Steep
Rock
9.30
Silver
Millet
157
Upper
Canada
2.00
Golden
Manitou
6.80
TIdES
Synopsis
An
interise
high
pressure
area
lies
600
miles
west
of
Vancouver
Island
and
storms
are
being
de-toured
northward,
leaving
most
of
the
province
In
the
clear.
However,
disturbances
associated
with
the
storms
are
bringing
cloudy
skies
to
far
northern
sections.
Temperatures
In
interior
valleys
fell
to
quite,
low
figures
last
night
with
Prince
George
dropping
to
2
below
and
Cranbrook
to
6
above.
Most
coastal
points
reported
a
few
degrees
of
frost'.
However
daytime
temperatures
should
swing
back
to
the
normal
30
to
45
range.
Little
change
in
this
pattern
Is
looked
for
over
the
next
two
days.
-
Forecast
North
coast
region
Clear
along
the
southern
mainland,
variable
cloudiness
elsewhere.
Wind
light
increasing
to
southerly
(15)
this
evening
in
the
northern
part
(Courtesy
S.
I.
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
30
Bralorne
7.25
B
R
X
4'
2
Cariboo
Quartz
1.32
Congress
8V2
Hedley
Mascot
.66
Pacific
Eastern
5'2
Pend
Oreille
."
8.75
Pioneer
:
-
2.90
Premier
Border
12
Privateer
11
Reno
07
Sheep
Creek
1.68
Silbak
Premier
37
Taku
River
6Vi
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
04
Spud
Valley
4!2
Silver
Standard
2.68
Western
Uranium
180
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
6.00
A
P
Con
41
Atlantic
2.87
Calmont
118
C
&
E
1.20
Central
Leduo
2.50
Home
Oil
17.25
Mercury
15
Okalta
'.
2.85
Pacific
Pete
9.90
Princess
162
Royal
Canadian
12
TORONTO
Athona
...
08
Aumaque
25
f
l.
I.EAGl'E
P'oronto
2
'
w
York
2
!
ie
coast
f'Ttland
0
K-OKAXAGAN
f
Vernon
3.
Power
Supply
Interrupted
Intermittent
power
Interruptions
in
various
parts
of
the
city
ranging
from
15
minutes
to
over
an
hour
in
duration
were
experienced
this
morning.
First
there
was
trouble
with
a
gate
at
the
Falls
River
dam
which
sent
the
power
off
at
9
a.m.
Then
difficulty
was
experienced
with
one
of
the
diesels
at
the
new
plant
at
the
dry
dock.
Service
was
again
being
maintained
at
normal,
T.
B.
Black,
general
manager
of
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Co.,
said
this
alter
carrying
out
the
burial
at
sea
of
Commodore
George
R.
(Gus)
Miles,
a
veteran
of
the
Canadian
and
Royal
navies.
A
spokesman
identified
the
dead
men
as
Lieutenants
Ian
MacDonald
and
Marcel
Champagne.
.
Crew
members
watched
'
the
plane
fly
overhead,
then
suddenly
crash
into
the
ocean
and
sink
almost
immediately.
-
TIDES
-
Friday,
February
23,
1951
High
2:24
20.7
feet
14:25
21.3
feet
Low
8:23
4.7
feet
20:42
2.7
feet
XETBALL
DANCE
I.O.O.F.
HALL
FRIDAY
Dancing
9:30
to
1:30
Music
by
The
Dukes
Sponsored
by
THE
MUSICIANS
CU
B
-
NITE
only.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
to
45..-4a
..."
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vs
Merchants
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morrowAt
Port
Hardy,
Sand-spit
and
Prince
Rupert,
30
and
45.
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