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No.
74
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
29,
1951
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Nina
Youngman
One
of
Cashiers
Held
up
in
Vancouver
Wednesday
cted
pying
Nina
Youngman,
formerly
of
the
local
Bank
of
Montreal
staff,
was
one
of
the
tellers
in
the
Fourth
and
Alma
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal
which
was
Widespread
Resignation
Demand-Attorney
General
Speaks
Today
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
British
Columbia
coalition
government
was
under
a
barrage
of
demands
last
night
that
it
resign.
The
government's
hospital
insurance
scheme,
which
has
had
loss
of
millions
of
dollars
in
its
two
years
of
operation,
was
the
main
target
of
attack
but
the
Labor
Act
also
came
in
for
criticism.
'
'
In
the
face
of
the
barrage,
MacArthur's
Proposal
For
Peace
is
Rejected
.
TOKYO
(CP)
Communist
China
yesterday
spurned
Gen.
MacArthur's
offer
to
talk
peace
in
Korea.
'Her
troops
backed
up
the
rejection
with
stiff
defensive
stands
in
low
hills
and
passes
just
south
of
the
North
Korean
border
along
the
Western
and
K
(CP)
Two
men
Aii
were
convicted
tossing
wartime
atomic
.:n,..rtie,
in
the
first
held
up
by
armed
bandits
at
noon
yesterday
who
es-
itnai
in
the
United
caped
with
$6500
in
cash
I
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
L.
Youngman,
-ned
the
verdict
after
j
her
parent,
long-distanced
their
$s
and
18
minutes'
daughter
last
night.
She
was
.
still
agitated
as
a
result
of
her
j
defendants,
who
experience,
her
father
told
the
ie
death
penalty,
are
Daily
News
this
morning,
yrnuerg,
34-year-old
1
Not
only
did
the
bandits
either
jtiiKlneer;
his
wife,
I
line
up
the
staff
against
the
wall
$nd
a
radar
expert,
'
or
force
them
to
lie
face
down
jbell,
33.
Prosecutor
on
the
floor
but
they
also
mask-Ac
the
death
penalty,
ed
them.
Miss
Youngman
was
Central
fronts.
Brigade
Leaving
Is
Moving
To
Korea
Pats
Rolling
Up
New
Gains
TOKYO
(CP)
-
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Light
Infantry
and
Australians
forded
rushing
streams
and
scrambled
over
hills
soggy
with
three
days
of
rain
to
roll
up
sizeable
gains
on
the
muddy
central
Korean
front
today.
Commonwealth
forces
racked
up
their
gains
in
rugged
country
north
of
Kapyong,
12
miles
south
of
the
thirty-eighth
parallel.
Distance
of
the
advances
French
Strikes
Are
Spreading
PARIS
(CP)
France's
wave
of
strikes
threatened
to
spread
today,
with
growing
discontent
among
unions
at
the
government's
refusal
to
sanction
high
6igns
mounted
that
Chinese
are
massing
for
a
spring
offensive,
timed
to
strike
when
seasonal
rains
have
mired
Allied
heavy
weapons.
A
Chinese
broadcast,
heard
in
Tokyo,
called
MacArthur's
peace
talk
bid
of
last
Saturday
Impertinent,
insulting,
and
"worth
only
a
single
laugh."
tyring
the
summation.
:
one
of
those
forced
to
lie
on
the
as
accused
of
re-
Premier
Byron
Johnson,
who
is
provincial
Liberal
leader,
re
mained
silent.
Other
government
leaders
made
no
comment.
Political
observers
in
Victoria,
however,
felt
there
is
little
likelihood
of
the
government
resigning
and
calling
an
election.
Such
action
at
a
time
when
the
administration
is
under
fire
would
be
unprecedented
in
British
Columbia
political
history.
Attorney
General
Gordon
Wis-mer
was
to
address
the
Legislature
this
afternoon
and
it
was
expected
he
would
have
some
important
explanations
to
make
'
on
government
policies.
t
wa
fc
se
BOTH
DOING
WELL
Mrs.
John
Pfeiffer,
,24,
paralyzed
from
the
waist
down,
gave
birth
in
Winnipeg
to
a
healthy
five-pound,
eight-ounce
son.
Medical
authorities
claim
that
cases
of
normal
children
in
such
cases
are
rare,
and
were
practically
impossible
up
to
a
few
years
ago.
Mrs.
Pfeiffer
was
injured
in
a
farm
accident
five
years
ago.
(CP
PHOTO)
secrets
to
an
inter
lay
ring
headed
by
floor
after
being
driven
put
of
her
cage
at
gun's
point.
Two
of
the
bandits
stood
guard
over
the
bank
staff
while
a
third
scooped
up
the
cash.
The
fourth
bandit
remained
outside
in
a
Is
until
his
arrest
in
ply
last
year.
ft
is.
the
government
It
said
"the
entire
Chinese
people
will
.
.
.
fight
unrelent
ichided
drawings
of
I
standing
car,
ready
to
drive
off
ingly
until
the
aggressor
is
com
with
his
marauding
companions
could
not
be
disclosed.
FORT
LEWIS
(CP)
Movement
of
Canada's
Twenty-Fifth
Brigade
to
Korea
has
started.
It
was
announced
yesterday
that
a
small
advance
party
has
sailed
.from
a
west
coast
United
States
port
bound
hr
the
peninsula
where
one
Canadian
battalion,
the
Princess
Patricias,
bomb
dropped
ipan,
in
1945.
pletely
driven
from
Korea."
Chinese
today
fought
their
stiffest
action
in
weeks
at
North
Musan,
on
the
Western
front.
er
wages.
Tax
collectors,
post
office
men,
civil
servants,
hospital
workers,
morticians,
garbage
collectors
and
other
municipal
employees
are
among
the
latest
reported
to
be
threatening
action.
Results
of
a
strike
ballot
among
workers
on
the
national
airline,
Air
France,
were
awaited.
Workers
in
nationalized
factories
planned
demands
for
a
15
per
cent
Increase.
ly
Same-
Firing
from
dugin
positions
about
four
miles
south
of
the
has
just
gone
back
into
the
line.
CONTRACTS
FOR
RUPERT
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
to
Build
Naval
Vessels
Again?
and
their
loot.
According
to
Canadian
Press
report
the
four
gunmen
grabbed
$6,500
from
the
bank
and
then
used
two
stolen
cars
in
their
escape:
.
Fleeing
In
the
first
car,
the
bandits
changed
clothes,
ditched
the
car
and
disappeared
In
the
second
one.
It
was
later
found
abandoned.
rjoraer,
tney
sM
but
stopped
the
George
Cruickshank
and
Tom
Goode,
federal
Liberal
members
of
Parliament,
came
out
yesterday
in
demands
that
the
coalition
should
break
up.
Quick
action
should
be
taken,
Cruickshank
said,
to
save
the
party.
He
charged
the
government
with
being
irresponsible.
Hike
Allied
advance
in
the
west.
in
Ottawa
Department
of
National
Defence
headquarters
said
the
bulk
of
the
brigade,
about
5000
men,
is
expected
to
sail
in
Grenade-tossing
Reds
drove
American
infantrymen
off
the
1,000-foot
crest
north
of
Uijong-bu
during
the
night.
But
they
Paris
subway
and
bus
em
April.
There
have
been
difficul
enied
ployees
have
been
out
14
days.
ties
in
arranging
for
shipping.
2,000
strikers,
dis-
withdrew
mysteriously
to
an-
Premier
Johnson
was
physically
unable
to
lead
the
party
and
Mr.
Wismer
was
not
Interested.
More
than
persed
by
sieei-neimeiea
se-
other
hill
and
Americans
re-
The
advance
party
will
make
Big
shipbuilding
in
Prince
Rupert
may
start
again.
Unofficial
but
reliable
sources
said
here
today
there
were
strong
indications
this
city's
drydock
and
shipyard
would
soon
be
activated
with
several
orders
of
"smaller
tvne
naw
vessels."
,
curlty
guards
after
a
two-tiour
crest
at
dawn
arrangements
for
arrival
ofjHe
suggested
that
James
Sin-
(CP)
Board
of
occupied
the
without
fight.
I
combat
elements
of
the
brigade.
clair
MP,
could
be
drafted.
Commissioners
today
demonstration
outside
the
transport
ministry
yesterday,
shouted:
"We'll
come
back
Prince
Rupert
Well
Over
Top
Ruest
of
the
railways
---j--
express
rates
on
into
effect
Immed-
Sulphur
Extraction
Plant
is
-
"
-.Nd.
other
information
vas
Immediately
available
Goode
charged
the
coalition
government
with
Irresponsibility
and
said
it
was
getting
too
big
for
the
people.
At
Kelowna,
W.
A.
C.
Bennett,
Coalitionist
rebel,
addressed
a
Arsenal
workers
in
Brest.
Brlt-
t
xne
aryaocK
ana
snipyara
tanv
and
at
Toulon
In
the
south
i
rejected
a
motion
o
railways
yesterday
dismissal
of
com-
Seen
as
Possibility
in
City
built
several
large
freighters
downed
their
tools
and
other
and
naval
vessels
during
the
j
minor
strikes
continued
to
flare
Second
World
War,
but
since
has
,
up'
kunst
proposed
new
mass
meeting,
appealing
for
defeat
of
the
coalition.
Maurice
Flnnerty,
Slmilkame-en,
said
he
was
also
quitting
the
coalition
to
sit
as
an
Inde
Whila
Prince
Rupert
was
first
British
Columbia
city
to
"go
over
the
top"
In
its
Red
Cross
drive,
there
still
remains
"quite
a
bit
of
clean-up
work"
to
be
done,
said
Stan
Saville,
Red
Cross
president,
today.
Subscriptions
from
outside
nolnts
have
to
come
in
before
an
range
up
to
68
persisting
charges.
been
camparatively
idle
and
according
to
reports,
operating
at
a
deficit.
I
Would
Fight
hiissioners
held
that
(nanus
had
made
out
pendent.
The
sooner
the
coali
tion
was
dispensed
with
the
KNOW
NOTHING
?
case
against
high
better,
he
said.
p
the
railways
would
accurate
figure
can
be
given,
he
Says
France
Consolidated
Officials
Discusses
Current
Metal
Situation
Before
Gyro
Club
The
demand
for
sulphur
from
pulp
mills
along
the
west
coast,
amounting
to
from
500
to
1000
tons
daily,
might
justify
the
establishment
of
a
plant
at
Prince
Rupert
for
the
extraction
of
sulphur
from
the
iron
pyrites
of
the
Ecstall
River,
particularly
if
a
market
for
the
iron
residue
was
available
by
the
establishment
of
a
steel
mill,
Fing
in
evidence
to
said,
but
estimates
are
collec-uuld
be
"reasonable"
,
tlons
will
be
closer
to
$6,000
than
TheWeather
Synopsis
A
minor
storm
centre
which
developed
during
the
night
off
the
coast
of
southern
Vancouver
Island
will
move
into
northern
Washington
today
and
across
the
southern
interior
of
the
province
during
the
day.
Rain
Is
general
over
most
of
the
southern
coast
ahead
of
the
storm
centre
and
will
spread
to
the
southern
interior
during
the
day.
Fresh
northwest
winds
are
expected
to
develop
along
most
of
the
coast
this
afternoon
after
the
storm
moves
into
the
inter
mjustly
discrimana-
"I
have
not
heard
a
word
about
it,"
said
Thomas
Boulter,
acting
superintendent
of
the
dry
dock,
this
morning
on
being
questioned
as
to
the
report
of
contracts
coming
to
the
yard.
"And,
if
we
did
get
the
con
'
the
district's
$5,000jiuota.
Outside
districts,
whose
col
WASHINGTON
(CP)
President
Vincent
Auriol
of
France
today
pledged
his
nation
and
its
people
to
"do
all
within
our
power,
ption
to
other
express
lections
have
already
been
receiv
hns
against
the
ln-
i
not
only
to
resist
aggression,
the
Fisheries
Coun-
tracts,
where
would
we
house
should
it
occur,
but
to
deter
it
kla,
representing
nro-
G.
Ne,ely
Moore,
exploration
ine
worKers
we
couia
laice
on,anc;
save
the
peace."
distributors:
the
a
dozen
more
men
today
if
we
superintendent
for
the
Con
He
asserted
any
charge
that
ed
are
Sandspit,
Port
Esslngton,
Osland
and
Port
Edward,
the
latter
turning
In
more
than
$200.
Still
to
come
are
collections
from
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
Alice
Arm,
Stewart
and
Butedale.
"The
one
night
collection
from
city
homes
Is
the
best
way
to
fransportatlon
Corn-
Saskatchewan
cov-
solidated
Mining
and
Smelting
Co.,
suggested
in
speaking
before
(I
the
fish
industry
of
Wealth
of
Reference
How
many
feet
above
sea
level
is
the
Canadian
National
Railway
station
at
Prince
Rupert?
Or,
what
is
Commentator
Claire
Wallace's
married
name?
If
one
is
interested,
the
answers
to
such
questions
as
these
and
almost
any
other
question
one
can
think
of
is
to
be
found
in
the
reference
section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Library.
This
section,
housed
in
the
shelves
that
line
two
sides
of
the
room
known
as
the
Reading
Room,
is
filled
with
books,
me
northwest
Ter-
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
at
its
weekly
luncheon
yesterday.
the
French
will
not
fight
to
repel
aggression
Is
"an
insult
as
cruel
as
it
is
unjust."
The
French
chief
of
state
spoke
for
his
country
in
an
address
prepared
for
the
National
Press
Club
luncheon.
could
find
housing
for
them,"
he
added.
Bernard
Allen,
general
manager,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Vancouver,
was
also
queried
and
he
said:
"As
far
as
we
are
concerned
here,
we
know
nothing
about
it."
Mr.
Moore
was
discussing
the
Ptcs
were
sousrht
bv
MOVING
TO
WAINWRIGHT
OTTAWA
(CP)
Several
thousand
Canadian
troops
of
the
Army's
special
force
will
be
moved
from
Fort
Lewis,
Washington,
to
the
big
Wainwright,
Alberta,
army
base
In
the
fairly
near
future
to
continue
training.
They
are
the
men
who
will
be
plan
a
drive,"
Mr.
Saville
said.
"It
was
the
easiest
campaign
we
ever
had."
current
sulphur
shortage
in
the
originally
in
1349
course.
of
an-enlightening
ad
"en
held
up
by
the
wen
and
the
Com-
dress
on
the
present
situation
in
regard
to
certain
products
in
pe
now
hearing
evi-
ior
and
considerable
clearing
is
expected
in
most
localities
Friday.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
occasional
showers
today.
A
few
clouds
overnight
and
Friday
clouding
over
the
northern
section
Friday
night.
Mild.
Winds
light,
increasing
this
afternoon
to
northwest
(25)
and
decreasing
to
light
Friday
morning.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday
at
Port
Hardy
37
and
46,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
32
and
45.
the
mineral
and
allied
Indus
i-rmine
whether
the
should
be
lifted.
tries.
The
speaker
came
armed
with
latest
Information
follow
Will
Come
Here
To
Conduct
Tests
ing
recent
attendance
at
a
Hockey
Scores
NATIONAL
Boston
2,
Toronto
0
(First
game
best
seven
series)
PACIFIC
COAST
New
Westminster
4,
Tacoma
2
(New
Westminster
leads
best
of
seven
series
3-2.
left
behind
when
the
25th
Bri
Prospectors'
and
DevelopersJ
convention
"as
well
as
the
an
gade,
core
of
the
lorce,
sails
for
joNlGHT
Korea,
probably
next
month.
government
reports,
pamphlets,
business
and
city
directories
containing
a
wealth
of
information
for
anyone
seeking
the
answer
to
almost
any
question.
The
3,000
to
4,000
men
who
nual
convention
of
the
Geological
Association
of
Canada
in
Toronto.
Mr.
Moore
referred
to
the
CENTRE
Last
Seen
at
Bella
Bella
A
Fisheries
and
Wild
Life
Service
vessel
Sable
Fish
from
Seattle
is
three
days
overdue
at
Juneau.
It
was
last
reported
at
Bella
Bella,
south
of
Prince
Rupert.
(Marine
Department
here
had
word
today
that
she
might
have
passed
Butedale).
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
is
standing
by
at
Vancouver
ready
to
start
a
search.
The
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
have
been
advised.
will
remain
are
reinforcements,
Supervising
examiner
for
master
and
mates
for
the
Western
Division,
Capt.
J.
C.
Barbour
is
expected
here
from
Vancouver
Monday
to
conduct
tests
for
a
The
room
is
used
by
many
of
TIdES
enormous
and
continually
ex-the
school
students
of
the
city
i:
u
4
1
7
I
panding
world
requirements
of
TODAY'S
STOCKS
fnia
Davis
AITS
IN
SONG'
1951
j
navigation
class
being
held
here
18.5
feet
by
the
harbor
mtister,
Capt.
Wil-15
5
feet
liam
Koughan.
Classes
that
have
feet
been
in
progress
since
Dec.
2
will
5.8
feet
terminate
this
week-end.
Friday,
March
30,
High
6:12
20:12
Low
'.
13:26
i
If
(Courtesy
8.
1).
Johnston
Co.
ltd.)"
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
..
Beattle
55
Bevcourt
42
.29
sulphur
In
industry
for
the
making
of
sulphuric
acid.
The
chief
source
of
sulphur
was
the
salt
dome
or
brimstone
deposits
in
Texas
-and
Louisiana
but
these
deposits
were
now
approaching
depletion
and
considerable
thought
must
be
given
to
other
sources.
Readily
available
sources
included
the
sulphur
contained
in
smelter
smoke
.at
Sudbury,
(Continued
on
page
7)
Bralorne
6.50
bodjo
iy2
BRX
who
find
in
it
books
and
papers
containing
information
not
available
at
school
or
home.
Business
men
copy
down
addresses
of
supply
houses
in
other
cities
and
countries.
Even
the
odd
newspaper
man
drops
in
to
find
background
material
for
a
special
story
or
news
item-.
This
is
the
section
that
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Library
Book
Committee
is
gradually
improving.
Purchases
of
new
technical
books
and
reference
volumes
will
bring
this
section
to
full
value
in
the
near
future.
04
Shortage
of
Labor
Here
Buffalo
Canadian
.25
Consol.
Smelters
138.00
Conwest
2.40
r
i-.
if1
Cariboo
Quartz
1.25
Congress
08
Hedley
Mascot
53
Indian
.22
Pioneer
2.30
...
.13Vi
...
.7
'4
Premier
Border
Privateer
jNNUAL
MEETING
1
PRINCE
RUPERT
NSHERMEN
cir,
S
CREDIT
UNION
I.O.O.F.
HALL
I
FRIDAY,
MARCH
30th
-
7:30
p.m.
I
FILMS
REFRESHMENTS
crews,
said
the
NES
spokesman,
while
Columbia
Cellulose
Company's
demand
for
chemists
and
skilled
sulphide
technicians
has
not
nearly
been
filled.
About
200
men
would
be
needed
by
them.
'
Loggers
and
miners
are
in
Donalda
52
Eldona
22
V2
East
Sullivan
8.05
Giant
Yellowknife
7.00
God's
Lake
38
Hardrock
23
Harrlcana
-
11
Heva
..
10
Jacknife
06
Joliet
Quebec
66
Skilled
Workers
And
Technicians
Sought
A
"drastic
shortage
of
labor"
is
expected
here
this
summer,
local
National
Employment
Service
office
said
today.
"There
is
a
lot
of
t
ntem-plated
construction
In
the
area,"
said
the
SDokesman
and,
with
To
take
care
of
the
Easter
rush,
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
have
been
running
extra
flights
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Sandspit
to
connect
with
Vancouver
flight.
A
special
plane
brought
many
return
passengers
to
the
city
yesterday.
much
demand,
both
for
coastal
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
.80
.14
Lynx
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.24
.49
McKenzie
Red
Lake
the
fishing
Industry
absorbing
ana
interior
operations.
Coal
most
of
the
labor,
"there
will
be
mining
this
year
reached
an
all-a
call
for
many
outsiders."
j
time
high
with
no
comparison
"But
where
are
they
going
to
to
past
years,
he
said.
Telkwa
live?"
he
queried.
jcoal
mines
have
been
operating
Meanwhile,
the
lack
of
nous-
on
a
scale
much
greater
than
ing
in
Prince
Rupert
was
blam-
j
previously,
supplying
Columbia
ed
for
the
pieoent
shortage
in
.
Cellulose
Co.
for
their
categories
of
skilled
labor
and
!
turbo
generators.
technicians.
J
Fishing
this
winter
has
been
For
the
city,
tradesmen
want-
more
active
than
last
year,
due
Reeves
,
McDonald
4.00
Reno
5Vi
Sheep
Creek
1.60
Silbak
Premier
29
Taku
River
6V2
Vananda
15
Salmon
Gold
03
Silver
Standard
2.42
Western
Uranium
1.60
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
6.05
A
P
Con
41
Atlantic
2.95
Calmont
1.27
Central
Leduc
2.40
Home
Oil
17.00
Mercury
15V4
Okalta
2.62
Pacific
Pete
9.60
Royal
Canadian
11
TORONTO
Athona
:
8Vi
Aumauue
21
J.
N.
Forman
left
-on
today's
plane
ior
a
brief
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
Murdoch
Robertson.
Smithers
barrister,
after
spending
the
past
week
in
the
city,
is
returning
to
the
interior
on
this
evening's
train.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Art
Nickerson
and
son,
Arthur
Jr.,
will
leave
for
Vancouver
tonight
on
the
Prince
Rupert
to
enjoy
a
three
weeks'
holiday
in
the
south.
They
will
visit
Mrs.
Nickerson's
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
Larkin
at
Vancouver,
before
continuing
on
to
Courtenay
to
see
Mr.
Nickerson's
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
A.
BASKETBALL
PENTICTON
vs
PRINCE
RUPERT
plagno
Florists
0SING
OUT
SALE
("day
-and
Saturday
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.95
Moneta
.33
Vi
Negus
-85
Noranda
76.50
.
Louvicourt
.20
Pickle
Crow
170
San
Antonio
2.47
Senator
Rouyn
-
.20
Sherrit
Gordon
3
35
Steep
Rock
8.50
Silver
Miller
1.60
Upper
Canada
1.76
Oolden
Manltou
6.65
ed
are
electricians,
pipefitters,
to
better
prices,
and
has
kept
down
unemployment.
FRIDAY
8:30
p.m.
SATURDAY
8:00
p.m.
Saturday
game
broadcast
cement
workers
and
there
is
a
big
demand
for
stenographers
and
office
workers.
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
has
an
order
for
instrument
men
and
survey
Insurance
claims
paid
in
the
city
area
are
about
20
percent
down
from
last
year
but
out
of
town
claims
are
up
over
last
winter
by
23
percent.
m