1 I i sj CABS I r provincial"! provincial, libsas, 113 . r f VICI03IA, 2. C. 3151 . hi J Daily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Delivery t T I Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" VOL. XL. No. 39 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone 81 ESS 5H rarer i-j'ittt e ' : -f y Its? V7 nn n n I' r & .1 ft t '' au u mi AO 4. CELANESE CORPORATION it ...! - - , To Meet Big Hospital Loss Either Higher Tax Or Higher Premiums VICTORIA (CP) It was reported today there is a possibility that increasing the three percent sales tax to four percent to bail out the financially-pressed hospital insurance scheme will be debated by the pro Huge Edmonton Riant To Use Prince Rupert Pulp Construction is about to start of a chemical plant seven miles east of Edmonton for Celanese Corporation of America. It will be supplied with pulp by the company's pulp mill at Prince Rupert which is near-ing completion. Cost of the Edmonton plant will be 1 1 - a vincial government. Gen. Pcaikes- The report said the problem in excess of $50,000,000. may be placed before the cauCus A 320-acre site has been pur when legislature meets, as a chased for the Edmonton plant. means to avoid a stiff boast in premium. and negotiations are proceeding for another 320 acres. Murder Try And Suicide Soaring costs have brought It will be the first plant in; deficits amounting to $7,000,000 - Canada to manufacture acetate, industrial alcohol and explosives. ' in two years to operation of the hospital scheme. Is Opposed To Conscription OTTAWA 0 The military spokesman for the 43-man official Progressive-Conservative opposition yesterday declared his opposition to compulsory military training in Canada's HEADS WHOLESALERS J. Gordon Bowers, prominent Vancouver business man, was elected president of the Canadian Fruit Wholesalers' Association at the annual meeting In Quebec City. A top-notch golfer, Mr. Bowers is vice-president of the Canadian Golf Association. (CP PHOTO) v Korea UN Forces NORTH VANCOUVER A fire call yesterday disclosed an attempted murder and suicide in a North Vancouver home. Mrs. Tony Casano, 39, mother of four children, was shot and wounded, and Ramon Xandri, 76-year-old pensioner, died of self - Inflicted wounds. Police said he slashed his throat with a straight razor. Motive was Mao In Moscow HONG KONG R Observers of Hold Fast Fighter Crashes And Pilot Killed TOKYO B An Allied relief reserve forces. MaJ. Gen. G. R. Pearkes. V.C , in a carefully-worded1 speech, said he takes this stand because he thinks compulsory training will serve only to retard development of active forces and "lull the people into a false sense of security." Equipment and train filNCt SIGHT This graphic photo of Niagara Falls was taken as Buffalo District, g Minivers were making tne first accurate soundings of the Nlanara River bed In I ' ,is (( by the engineers, the Bell helicopter, seen hovering In the cwtre of the llic only means of surveying the river from the crest of the falls upstream for a hiileni waters washed anything floatable over the falls. A line with sounding l.ircct. attached are dropped from the helicopter. When the weight reaches bottom, Sim' readings on their transits f ro :n the river bank to determine the depth, t CP PHOTO I column smashed through a Chi Police said Xanciri used a .32-calibre pistol to shoot Mrs. Cas nese Red ring today to reinforce American and French forces holding the Chlpyong anchor on the central Korean warfront. the China scene began to express curiosity today about the where-.ihnuts nf Man Tsp-Tune. Com OTTAWA An experimental Mustang fighter plane used for ano and then set fire to her ing personnel would have to be munist Chinese leader. They supersonic research crashed yes-noted he had failed to aDDear at terday in the rugged .isolated The relief force battled eight drawn from the active forces. Wartime commanaer on Can hours before breaking through suite in a converted store. Fire burned out one room and spread to the hallway before it was extinguished. Protection From Japs to the Chlpyong perimeter.. Action began five miles south- ada's Pacific coast, Gen. Pearkes now represents the riding of Na-naimo. He won rounds of ap e Vote three important functions uv the bush country near Richmond, last lew days. I Ontario, 15 miles southwest of They earlier speculated Mao .. , , Ottawa, had gone to Moscow i to confer with Stalin on the Korean war1 The single-seat plane was seen southwest of the town. Hard- hit Chinese finally broke and ran. Chlpyong is 35 miles east- and Asiatic development. i to crash by farmers in the area. icial southeast of Seoul. r New Freight plause from Liberal and CCF members, as well as from his own party as he made his points. General Pearkes watf speaking on a motion, sponsored by a 10- Red casualties were counted at 10.593 on all fronts Wednesday. It brought to nearly 100,000 t - Bits and pieces 01 tne Mustang BISHOP'S SiORTFORD. Eng-, were found by main part of the land CP' Because of recent raids wreckage could not be imme-by dgs on sheep, Hertfordshire diatcly located. tinmen t Facing Derailment Near Jasper Cars Ordered man Social Credit 'party, calling for compulsory reserve training killed, wounded or captured since i farmers and their wives are keep-1 Nor was there any trace of the the allied limited, push began of young Canadians for home mg all-night vigils with shot- pilot, identified as Flying Officer MONTREAL The Canadian January 25 JASPER-Several cars of the d?ff"c.e- lt.,was introduced last guns. Jack A. Ryan, 29, DFC, Toronto night in a throne-speech debate. National Railways has ordered 2,300 new units of. steel freight car equipment from Canadian In other sections of the frigid front, allied forces are making, limited counter-attacks. Applewhaite Raises Question in House of Commons OTTAWA In the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon, Edward T. Applcwhaite, Skeena, asked the question: "Is any action being taken by the Canadian authorities similar to that reported from the United States to assure that, when the Japanese peace treaty is being drawn up. adequate protection will be afforded our Pacific Coast fish-cries against encroachment by Japanese fishermen?" In the absence from the city of the minister of fisheries, J. W. Mac-Naught, parliamentary assistant, promised that the question would' be brought to his notice and a reply given as soon as luwn f Prime Minister ai today faces its si as Left Wing its threaten to bolt '-confidence vot? wienl's handling of 8 m-.ent program, (jomes lotiittht in a ite on non-confi- - H ttid think, however, he said, that the government should launch a national registration of Canada's manpower. TODAY'S STOCKS Canadian , National t Railways east bound passenger train were derailed in the Jasper Park area yesterday. The cars remained upright on the track but the derailment caused delay to other trains. builders with delivery for the first of the group scheduled for December this year, it was announced here last night by E. A. Bromley, vice-president, pur (Conrtrsy 8. n. Johnston Co. Ltd.)" 8 introduced last chases and stores. Consisting of 1,500 gondola cars, 500 triple hoppers and 300 flat cars, the Are Afraid Of Inflation Mad Gunman 9 ! Prime Minister fiiill. fient, with a mar- Recommend Upward Pay Conciliation Board Between CP and Guild Reports , OTTAWA A three-mail Aumaque 26 Beattle 70 Bevcourt 52 Bobto 19 Buffalo Canadian 33 Consol. Smelters 152.50 Conwest 2.35 Donalda 58Vi Terrorized new orders raise to $72,391,375 the value of Canadian National equipment now awaiting delivery. To be built by Eastern Car Company Limited, the gondola- i in the house, Is k' h defections cf jtinu socialists who liii rearm Britain Idaho Town OTTAWA (Canada's organized farmers told the government today that increased inflation is a danger and urged every means be taken to block it before lulist principles. will have a capacity of 1,996 feet conciliation board, under chair Jn is adopted, At and 70 tons load. They will havD WALLACE, Idano H A prowler, apparently a manship of Judge Archibald nt will resign. wMwmw'M ii ii i ui jiiiiivu in. j u jma X i y 1 i j it chews up still more the shrink- Cochrane, Brampton, Ontario, stranger in town, terrorized the lng consumer dollar. ITTKR has proposed upward salary ad justments for editorial workers of The Canadian Press. $i i '-hill, in a bitter f Kuvernment's dell, said today Biit-n;nle a target for drop ends and extra high sides of four feet, the sides being fitted with collapsible stake . pockets to hold posts when they might be needed for higher loads Their inside measurementse will be 52 and a half feet long by nine and a half, feet wide and,, the floors will be of wood, bolted to the steel underframe. The flat cars and the hopper main street for almost live nours a brief presented by the 400,- yesterday with rifle fire which 000-member Canadian Federa- killed one man and wounded two yon of Agriculture, said there others. must be no discrimination if the He was shooting from a hard- government decides to wield ware store. price controls as an antl-infla- Police machine-gun bullets lionary weapon, and tear-gas bombs finally sub-1 No group, it said, should be VANCOUVER American Standard 3J Bralorne 6.75 B R X 04 Cariboo Quartz 1.20 Congress 08 Hedley Mascot 68 Pacific. Eastern .05 Pend Oreille 9.00 Pioneer 2.25 Fremrer Border 12 V Privateer 9Vi Reeves McDonald 4.20 Reno 06 Sheep Creek 1.63 Silbak Premier 37 Taku River 08 Vananda llVi Salmon Gold 3Vi Spud Valley 4Vi Silver Standard 2.60 Western Uranium 1X0 Oils Anqlo Canadian 6.45 A P Con 41 Atlantic 2.95 Calmont 1.12 Central Leduc 2.55 Home Oil 17.50 Mercury 15 Okalta 2.90 Pacific Pete 9.60 Princess 1.55 RoyaJ Canadian .12 P'.v creation of an The report, made public today, contained suggestions for settlement of the 10-month collective bargaining dispute between Canadian Press, national news fath jimc base" ia east- i 1 vrwf - .W! unvernmc.il. for P'i produce atomic; , dued him. Officers crept inside exempt. ! and found him lying on the floor, j : ! unhurt. He made a sudden move, Eldona 29 East Sullivan 9.25 Giant Yellowknlfe 7.55 ! God's Lake 48 Hardrock 33 Harricana 17 Heva 14-fi Hosco 07 Jacknlfc 5',-i Joliet Quebec 90 Lake Rowan 07 Lapaska 5 Little Long Lac 94 Lynx 15 Madsen Red Lake 2 60 McLeod Cockshutt 3.70 Moneta 40 Negus 1.10 Noranda R2.65 Louvlcourt , 24 Pickle Crow 1.80 San Antonio 2 90 Senator Rouvn 12'2 Sherrit Gordon 4.05 Steep Rock 9.70 Sturgeon River 14 Silver Miller 1.43 Upper Canada 2.05 Golden Manitou 6 90 in since the e.id of us promptly ac- police fired, and he died an hour! JUl n w-f 'Vj-a -i l-r later without giving a motive for IllUl K2 I Vlll P1 e Minister Sh!n- itisfaction to the cars are to be constructed by National Steel Car Corporation. Designed to carry 70 ton loads, the hoppers will have six hopper doors for unloading purposes, three on each side, and a capacity of 2,773 cubic feet. Their inside length is 41 feet and inside width Is ten feet. The flat cars, built with steel undernames- and to carry loads of 50 tons are simila to those now ln his behaviour. Papers on the body carried the name of John Stoddard, 48. and Indicated he once lived in Oakland, California. For Korea WASHINGTON 0i The United States plans sending four ditional army divisions to ope. Defence Secretary Marshall ering agency, and the American Newspaper Guild (CIO-CCL).', The majority report suggested, in light of living costs, a five per cent increase ln salaries with a $3 week minimum, retractive to January 1, 1951. It excluded office boys and messengers. The Guild sought a $23-$30 scale for office boys and a $10-$90 range for editorial men CP told the board its editorial "salaries, based on merit, run from $30 to $100 for those within the barganing unit. No. 1 proposal In the Guild's suggested contracts- a 'Guild shop" was turned down ln both majority and mrnorityl reports. PES HISTORIC CITY DRAMA ADJUDICATOR Robert G. Newton of London ii regional adjudicator of the 1951 Dominion Drama Festival. Drama adviser to the Middlesex County Council in London, he has had considerable experience as adjudicator for British festivals. (CP PHOTO I Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, disclosed today. iiary 16, 1951 9:20 17.1 feet 23:10 15.1 feet 2:55 11.9 feet has a municipal area of ,33,183 The United States already has acres and a population of nearly about two divisions in European ' 500,000. i service. I TORONTO Athona 08 16:35 7.0 feeti service on the CNR. They will be hree feet, five inches from ra!l to top of loor, 53 feet long and 10 feet wide. While the hopper cars are also used to transport other types of loose commodities, they are used primarily to carry coal. The other cars in the new order haul various types of CCoirecaiii Pots on icess GStattlef ronft Action In Mountains Record Catches of FlatfishiTHEWEATHER PRESSING While You Wait! deluxe pressing and repairs Phone Green 184 Across from new Liquor Store ta Hits J Now Ontario is begln-f hit by the spread-f epidemic. Corn- should arrive in Vancouver Frt- . aynopsis WITH CANADIAN TROOPS IN KOREA (CP) loads. Included ln the railway's orders which make up the total of 7?.391.375 is a broad range of freight, passenger and work ""uinniem.. Ther are 88 diesel-electric locomotives of all types, more tha n 5.000 box cars and, in the passencer line, there are baggage cars, sleepers, mail cars, xpress refrigerators and 18 motor coaches and trailers. The work equipment includes snow plows and 50 air dump cars. Local Plants All Filled To Capacity day to unload at the co-opera-1 a siowiy moving disturbance j tlve there. She caught her last which crossed over the coast late Canadian troops moved toward the Korean battle-front today. Rifle companies of Princess Patricia's Surpassing her caSToTS TiT1 CatchJf- 9 ln thB Samyesterday is now drifting through th the vinetta Vinetta Prince Prince, Cant. Capt. Adolnh Adolph fishing grounds. the interior. Snow flurries are ict Sudbury report Capt. David Moore, oama mere are ten Prince, had so many fish yester ' Canadian Light Infantry were leading the way. They headed for the front at dawn, travelling in lTnitnl Cfnfoi. nnvur.tvnnn-rarrviiKr VpVliflps which ,..io ht over inn Onn nnimrls: t ..i n,v. u.ovulo on to ,,tiuh tnr tho Rr Parkers ' ance but clearing skies arc ex day day she she had had to to continu continue Vancouver for unloading 1 i,. ofr-h lnt-. vpar typeted after the svstpm moves KjK,aijio iki uij vavw. w" " i were sent back to get them. ? m Nova Scotia. - 4 TN, England L iOevhiars Street The biggest catch of recent , ' I,. ... Vancouver r into Alberta, to Also continuing years, over 120.000 pounds of flat- is the Combat, Capt. N. J. Nelson, fish wi.ro ramrht. hv the Vinet ta 1 - i There may be little or no news Prince ln Sktdegate Inlet. : which caught 80,000 pounds of j . ' . th a few cW?ar pel.icfi3 of activity of the Canadians dur aiu'ieionx on the fnn. 4-Kb nnyf f nnr HaVS hppa 11 CP MANSON'S ' CHINA Last TWO SHOP Days of SALE as a weak rilstiirhnnro ,-nlnn the and tomorrow. A natrtsn at e,Kif rgai yimeumy After two and one-half days' fishinc the. vessel 'Dhontid ln to for the B C. Parkers. lew snoweis .",. ,,, mi,,i, ,,-hlr-h ' afternoon this 'j""iasiery that had 153!) Thc bmws wi".se of Monks and overnight. permit reports to be sent only tho oHr, u,,.,ort iTichprmpiVs i Tim sister shin to the Vinetta coastal area this evcnlmr. Very Co-Operative to say that between Prince, the Violet P., Capt. Ray little precipitation is expected Winds light, becoming southerly when firm contact has been es-120,000 of of Adolph Prince, 15 mllps hour) this after- tablished with the enemy and 125,000 pounds Prince, son from this new system and winds vcr flatfish had been caueht. brousht a 75.000 pound load here ,, ,., ,,itoi n,,h. mum anrt Khm.inrr n westerly' Area to which the Patricias are $ NAVIGATOR Who riinH "There are too many fish!- Monday. Another Cooperative, MM j i,ead",,g "hlTnLn wealn eM,ecled t0 ' (15) ' tonight. ' B Lows tonight and all plants are filled to capacity," boat, the Morris H Capt. O.scar 'irce . . tremely cold and has snow on i the .f ...... , .--1 Gisk'e, u ,.w"""ms over over uie pruvincb. hiehs tomorrow At Port Haray, tho irnnH tv front s two rtavs in FRIDAY and SATURDAY ( uaj,i.i'jf VJl v ft. ..w " , the first to have said Kenneth Harding, Fisher- caught a ' ude at sea by men's Co-Onorative manager. He 30,000 pounds of flatfish at the Forecast Sandsplt and Prince Rupert, 36 road travel rrom tneir eoutn ' 1 I North coast region Cloudy and 42. Korean camp. i "wrvations. explained that the Vinetta Prince same time.