1
raavirjciAL
Li;--;,
MA
li-i
r.v-ta-
-
j
CABS
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,0
DISPATCHED
Published
at
Conada'i
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
vuu
XL,
No.
73
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
28,
1951
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
VvvS
!
Daily
Deliyery
Phone
81
Hockey
n
n7
adiens
'0
nn
n
n
Mm
(o
mmm
First
n
wmsPm
X5
A
lVUGUUU
VaViiiiuiiUUuVSUUUi
UW(PJUU
ALDERMEN
AROUSED
Ask
Govt.
To
Resign
City
Demands
Tightening
Of
Traffic
Regulations
Development
of
Area
Of
Prime
Importance
Canadian
National
Railways
Chief
of
Development
Sees
Vital
Role
Here
MONTREAL.
It
took
the
recent
large
scale
war
in
the
Pacific
to
make
inhabitants
of
North
h
(CP)
Underdog
Mon-isdiens
are
off
to
a
zlp-
in
the
Stanley
Cup
thanks
to
Maurice
jot
i
Richard,
the
Can-qplorful
whiz
on
skates.
rammed
in
a
spectacu-jwt
ended
the
two-hour
and
gave
the
Cana-rce-to-two
victory
over
fly
Detroit
Red
Wings,
jeason
hockey
champ-jfcuo
defenders.
1
swiped
the
puck
just
irth
sudden
death
over-t,d
started.
He
did
a
down
the
Ice
and
'the
rubber
past
the
Jalie,
Terry
Sawchuk.
ly
the
teams
had
feireless
through
three
nute
extra
periods.
(1,
which
finished
third
jpue,
now
holds
a
one
to
dge
in
the
best
of
the
yie
semi-final
play-off.
i
Hied
From
fal
Party
.1
'
4
:
With
many
strong
expressions
from
aldermen,
city
car
drivers
and
police
came
under
fire
last
night
at
the
city
council
meeting.
'Flagrant
examples
of
traffic
violations
are
in
evidence
every
day,"
said
Aid.
T.
B.
Black,
with
special
reference
to
"double-parking."
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Greater
Vancouver
Labor
Council
(CCD
has
demanded
that
the
coalition
government
resign
from
office
because
of
1U
handling
of
the
hospital
insurance
scheme.
Bitter
protest
followed
recent
action
of
the
government
in
Increasing
hospital
premium
rates
and
the
Labor
Council
last
night
endorsed
a
resolution
calling
for
the
government's
resignation.
Decision
was
taken
to
circulate
a
petition
throughout
the
America
conscious
of
the
existence
and
potentialities
Korea
Tougher
Than
France
Mh
CHORD
AIR
FIELD,
Washington
(CP)
Lieut.
Alfred
S.
Wagstaff,
one
of
the
first
Canadian
Army
casualties
In
the
Korean
war,
has
only
200
more
miles
to
go
last
night
and
he
will
"be
home.
Wagstaff
landed
here
yesterday
after
,
a
5000-mile
flight
from
Tokyo
and
was
taken
to
Madigan
Military
Hospital
to
rest
for
a
couple
of
days
beforj
competing
the
homeward
journey
to
New
Westminster.
"Korea
is
tougher
than
France,"
Lieut.
Wagstaff
told
newspaper
reporters.
"Don't
discount
the
Chinese
soldier.
He's
a
good
soldier."
Wagstaff
was
wounded
a
month
ago
when
his
platoon
launched
a
hill
attack
to
rout
a
Chinese
machine-gun
nest.
He
suffered
leg
injuries.
"The
Chinese
were
in
covered
trenches.
Their
position
and
pill
boxes
were
at
least
on
a
par
with
those
of
the
Germans,"
he
said.
of
the
continent's
North
Pacific
region,
M.
W.
Maxwell,
chief
of
development,
Canadian
National
Railways,
said
here
today
when
he
addressed
the
Electri
He
cited
instances
where
trucks,
buses
and
cars
doubla-parked
"all
over
our
main
thoroughfares"
with
not
the
cal
Club
of
Montreal
at
its
noon
luncheon.
police
i
province
for
signatures
of
labor
"slightest
concern
to
aim
uun-iaoor
ciuzens
wno
support
the
recall
action.
FIRST
CASUALTY
Lieut.
(Alfred
S.Wagstaff
of
the
New
Westminster
Regiment,
is
Canada's
first
disclosed
casualty
in
the
Korean
war.
He
was
wounded
in
both
legs
while
in
Trace
of
Lost
Plane
Elevator
Pays
City
Tax
Grant
Prince
Rupert's
"white
elephant"
grain
eleveator
has
linally
paid
off.
The
city
has
received
notice
that
the
federal
government
will
pay
a
$12,746
grant
to
the
city
In
lieu
of
taxes.
For
several
years
Prince
Rupert
"has
been
fighting
for
this,"
said
City
Clerk
R.
W.
Long.
Flash!
This
vast
and
hitherto
unknown
country,
Mr.
Maxwell
continued,
comprises
most
of
northern
British
Columbia
and
northern
Alberta,
the
Mackenzie
Valley
section
of
the
Northwest
Territories
and
all
of
the
Yukon.
Over
all
it
takes
In
an
area
of
about
one
million
square
miles.
"It
is
silly
to
say
Its
ultimate
resources
haven't
been
scratched
because
most
of
the
Mackenzie
River
Valley
has
not
I
actiori
with
the
Patricias
on
.
3IINS,
Nfd.
Edward
v
lio
resigned
at
the
,
S
the
week
as
minister
of
j
r&l
resources,
declaring
liad
no
confidence
in
!
ty
of
the
Smallwood
ait,
made
a
further
an-
'
Bit
yesterday
that
he
Yellow
Objects
and
,
Long
Boards
are
Spotted
me
west-central
front.
He
was
wounded
and
captured
at
Dieppe
in
the
Second
World
War.
(CP
PHOTO)
$
expelled
from
the
puny.
LONDON
(CP)
Rescue
aircraft,
searching
the
Atlantic
for
a
United
States
Air
Force
transport
plane,
missing
with
53
persons
aboard,
have
sighted
a
"number
of
small
yellow
objects"
some
600
passing
by."
i
"The
police
are
very
lax
in
enforcing
our
traffic
bylaws
and
checking
upon
traffic
in
general,"
said
Aid.
H.
S.
Whalen,
"and
this
is
developing
into
a
great
hazard.".
.,
Aid.
Douglas
Frlzzell,
chairman
of
police
and
licensing
committee,
said
he
had
come
to
realize
"this
condition
for
some
time."
"It's
no
use
passing
traffic
bylaws
If
they're
not
going
to
be
enforced."
Aid.
Whalen
also
wanted
to
have
something
done
about
"Jay-walking
across
our
streets."
and
suggested
the
traffic
committee
should
draw
up
a
bylaw
as
soon
as
possible
"prohibiting
jay-walking."
City
Clerk
R.
W.
Long
was
instructed
to
write
a
letter
to
the
police
department
demanding
"a
more
rigid
enforcement
of
traffic
rules
according
to
the
Motor
Vehicle
Act
and
city
traffic
bylaws."
City
is
Opposing
Hike
in
!
AMERICANS
FIRED
ON
B
E
K
L
I
N
E
a
s
t
German
Communist
police
opened
fire
today
on
American
tourists
in
downtown
Berlin.
United
States
authorities
demanded
an
immediate
audience
with
with
the
Russians
for
an
explanation.
The
tourists
were
making
a
bus
tour
and
were
exactly
on
the
boraer
between
the
two
zones.
A
window
in
one
of
the
buses
was
hit
but
none
of
the
occupants
were
struck.
AURIOL
IN
U.S.
NEW
VORK
President
Vincent
Auriol
of
France
arrived
even
been
seen
in
detail,"
he
said.
From
the
standpoint
of
defence
which
directs
much
attention
to
the
Pacific
Northwest
today,
Mr.
Maxwell
gave
1
it
as
his
opinion
that
the
,
Kitimat
fjord
and
the
Skeena
estuary,
both
of
which
pene
Power
Rates-Asks
Hearing
'
:ce
Rupert
Going
Government
in
Case
miles
southwest
of
Ireland,
Unit
ed
States
Air
Force
London,
headquarters
said
today.
The
American
Globemaster
disappeared
on
Good
Friday
on
a
flight
from
the
United
States
to
Great
Britain.
The
yellow
objects
and
"some
Housing
City
trate
the
mountain
wall,
con-"
stitute
the
key
to
the
northwestern
defence
of
the
con-
,
tinent.
'
In
the
time
between
the
in
Application
for
increase
in
power
rates
by
Northern
British
i
Columbia
Power
Company
will
be
opposed
by
Prince
Rupert
?
city
council.
Recommendation
of
utilities
committee
that
the
application
,
be
investigated
by
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
and
the
healing
held
publicly
in
Prince
Rupert
was
endorsed
last
night
at
council's
meeting.
Brown
&
Harvey,
city
solicitors,
will
be
asked
to
make
an
immediate
investigation
of
the
proposed
rates
following
which
application
to
Victoria
will
be
made
for
a
public
hearing.
Klondike
gold
rush,
of
the
1890's
long
boards
were
spotted
ap
proximately
35
miles
southeast
f""
,wr
'"1i!,?pa"j
nf
th
nnsitinn
at,
whlr-h
rhor-
""'e
t"""'""""""
wM
givcu
u,
Iritice
Rupert
will
go
"straight
to
the
govern-''
for
satisfaction
to
its
housing
problem,
city
il
declared
last
night
while
discussion
of
the
rl)le
situation"
reached
a
boiling
point
at
this
area,
Mr.
Maxwell
said.
red
duffle
bag
belonging
to
one
of
the
passengers
of
the
plane
was
picked
up
by
a
ship
Saturday
night.
The
bag
had
been
the
Ming.
only
trace
so
far
of
the
missing
TODAY'S
STOCKS
However,
recent
history
has
prompted
Canada
and
the
United
States
to
undertake,
Jointly
and
independently,
studies
of
problems
of
mutual
Interest
In
the
economic
development
In
this
section
of
the
continent.
These
studies
began
during
the
war
and
have
continued
through
the
post-war
years.
transport.
Surface
ships
have
been
or
today
for
the
first
visit
ever
made
to
the
United
States
by
the
French
chief
executive.
Later
in
the
day
he
will
go
to
Washington
and,
following
a
visit
there,
plans
a
trip
to
Canada.
Thrilling
Landing
LONDON
(CP)
Twenty-six
passengers
spent
a
tense
ninety
minutes
circling
over
London
airport
tonight
before
their
crippled
plane
landed
safely.
The
pilot
radioed
that
his
land
1
(Courtesy
8.
I.
JohiiBton
Co.
Ltd.)"
dered
to
the
area
but
no
further
information
has
been
received
here.
Winnipeg
MP
Is
Resigning
WINNIPEG.
Ralph
Maybank,
veteran
member
of
Parliament
and
parliamentary
secretary
to
the
minister
of
resources
and
development,
announced
to
his
constituents
of
Winnipeg
South
Centre
yesterday
that
he
had
decided
to
resign.
He
will
devote
himself
to
his
legal
practice.
Mr.
Maybank
has
been
MP
since
1935.
Jack
McRae,
MLA,
in
Victoria,
and
government
ministers
to
see
if
"we
can't
get
government
support"
for
low-rental
homes.
Aid.
Frlzzell
leaves
Thursday
for
Victoria.
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
MP,
now
In
Ottawa,
also
will
be
asked
to
present
the
city's
case
to
the
federal
government.
CHMC
LETTER
CHMC
said
in
their
letter
that,
with
the
55
new
apartments
to
be
made
available
trough
conversion
of
the
ad-minlstralton
building
and
the
new
homes
to
be
built
under
the
National
Housing
Act,
"the
housing
situation
in
Prince
Rupert
should
be
greatly
alleviated."
But
the
council
learned
only
Princess
Pats
in
Action
As
Koreans
Push
North
TOKYO
(CP)
Canada's
Princess
Patricia's
TORONTO
Athona
08
Vi
Aumaque
20Vi
Beattie
-55
Bevcourt
-
.42
Bobjo
14
Buffalo
Canadian
.23
Vi
C
M
&
S
139.00
Conwest
-
2.40
Donalda
-
-49
Eldona
."
.22
East
Sullivan
8.10
Giant
Yellowknlfe
...
7.00
God's
Lake
.38
aim's
voices
were
raised
a
protest
and
Indignation
"brush-off"
letter
from
ii
Abusing
and
Mortgage
y-V.
which
Intimated
w
apartments
from
'il
inversion
of
the
Ar
m
y
administration
e-uld
satisfy
this
smiting
needs.
council
has
tried
end-;
et
150
new
homes
declared
Mayor
O.
W.
Aaa.
"This
letter
cer-an't
answer
our
prob-
:'-'d
with
a
forceful
de-"i
Columbia
Cellulose
y
I
that
the
city
show
1
acquiring
housing
for
lent
employees,
CHMC
:the
city's
request
for
faction
stirred
alder-J
Mak.
Light
Infantry
went
back
into
action
today
on
the
ing
gear
was
stuck
and
he
would
try
a
belly
landing.
He
circled
to
use
up
fuel
and
thus
reduce
the
danger
of
a
fire.
Finally,
he
poured
a
thermos
of
drinking
water
into
the
hydraulic
landing
mechanism
and
western
sector
in
Korea
after
14
days'
rest.
They
made
a
2000-yard
advance
from
one
hill
to
another
in
the
sector
northeast
of
Seoul
mountain
climbing
actually
meaning
about
five
miles
of
travel
overland.
To
Keep
Open
on
Friday
Evenings
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
29
Bralorne
6.50
B
R
X
.04
Congress
.08
Hedley
Mascot
53
Indian
22
Pend
Oreille
7.80
Pioneer
2.35
Premier
Border
13',
4
Privateer
07
ya
Reeves
McDonald
4.00
Reno
:.
.05
Vi
Sheep
Creek
1.60
Silbak
Premier
31
Taku
River
06
Vi
Vananda
.15
Salmon
Oold
03
Vi
Spud
Valley
.04Vi
Silver
Standard
2.45
Western
Uranium
1.80
Oils
Anglo
Canadian
6.00
A
P
Con
.41
Atlantic
:.
3.05
Calmont
1.32
C
Si
E
12.00
Central
Leduc
2.35
Home
Oil
16.00
Mercury
..
15
Okalta
2.75
Pacific
Pete
.
9.50
Princess
1.50
Royal
Canadian
U
Royalite
12.75
pumped
up
pressure
by
hand.
It
worked
and
the
wheels
came
down.
Col.
Stone
is
10
homes
are
allotted
each
year
Detltion.
oresented
by
men's
Rain
on
the
still
frozen
river
to
be-
built
here
under
NHA
and
ci0thing
dealers,
to
extend
late
these
allotments
had
"long
since
been
filled."
opening
of
stores
on
Friday
nights
to
June
1,
was
acceded
to
bjr
city
council
last
night.
The
bylaw,
granting
permission
to
men's
stores
to
stay
open
the
one
night
a
week,
was
amended,
but
stores
will
now
close
at
8
p.m.,
instead
of
9,
as
Hardrock
.23
,
Harricana
11
Heva
.10
Jackknife
05
Lapaska
'
.05
Little
Long
Lac
81
Lynx
.15
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.20
McKenzie
Re
dLake
50
McLeod
Cockshutt
.
2.87
Moneta
-
.33
Vi
Negus
90
Noranda
78.00
Louvicourt
.19Vi
Pickle
Crow
1.70
San
Antonio
2.47
Senator
Rouyn
.21
Sherritt
Gordon
3.25
Steep
Rock
8.60
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver
Miller
1.57
MILL
HEAD
HEARD
W.
C.
R.
Jones,
mill
manager
of
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.,
said
in
his
letter
to
the
council
tihat
"the
housing
for
permanent
employees
of
the
company
has
leached
an
absolutely
impossible
situation,"
and
because
of
this
'Pox
Stricken
.
WESTERN
SECTOR,
Korea
(CP
Lt.
Col.
J.
R.
Stone,
commander
of
the
Second
Battalion,
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Light
Infantry,
in
Korea,
has
been
evacuated
to
Japan
suffering
from
smallpox.
Major
Henry
Tlghe
of
Victoria
has
taken
over
command
of
the
battalion.
!
stuck
in
a
bad
have
a
huge
indus-
"d
no
place
for
the
million
dollars
on
im-s
to
the
city
and
,
1(
PtBdin,
an-
million.
We
need
""d
PopuUtion,"
said
'te
Casey.
'as
Frizzeli
said
for
o
ta
the
clty
had
m
a
low-rental,
Do-
wnciai
government
,5
ueme
started
in
I
rrt.
He
said
that
n.'ths
ago
he
had
been
CHmS
ant
at
that
time
"things
.
,!
Promising
'licit
needs
in
hous-wt
been
given
to
the
I
when
it
was
asked
tt'
.had
a
bear-'r
reluctance.
feel
we
don't
uses
So
bad)y
a,ter
3E
made
the
going
treacherous
and
slippery
and
the
Canadians
needed
five
hours
to
reach
the
mountain.
The
job
was
completed
just
before
nightfall.
Meantime
American
artillery
today
poured
heavy
fire
into
massed
Communist
units
on
the
rain-swept
central
Korean
front.
The
aim
appeared
to
be
two-fold
to
clear
the
way
for
advancing
Allied
infantry
near
the
North
Korean
border
and
to
stall
any
Red
attempt
at
a
counter-offensive.
On
the
east
coast,
South
Korean
troops
advanced
behind
a
rolling
barrage
of
naval
gunfire
to
a
point
six
miles
north
of
the
38th
parallel.
They
occupied
Yamgyang.
South
Korean
forces
have
occupied
one
border
village
and
four
North
Korean
towns
since
their
drive
began
Sunday.
On
the
western
front,
Allied
forces
north
of
Seoul
pushed
to
within
seven
miles
of
the
38th
parallel.
They
had
full
control
of
the
road
leading
northwest
from
Allied-held
Ulnjongbu
to
Mun-
Skeena
Road
Still
Closed
Although
the
Kwinitsa
snow
-
WE
ATHER
-
Synopsis
Coastal
barometers
were
falling
today
as
two
moderate
Pacific
dlstrubrances
complicated
the
weather
picture.
Rain
is
falling
on
the
north
coast
and
along
the
western
side
of
Vancouver
Island
and
this
is
expected
to
spread
to
the
lower
mainland
tonight.
Showers
will
accompany
the
passage
of
these
systems
through
the
interior
tomorrow.
Today's
temperatures
will
be
considerably
milder
than
yesterday's
In
the
Kootenays
but
little
change
is
expected
elsewhere.
Gales
will
develop
on
the
north
coast
today
and
winds
will
freshen
on
the
south
coast
this
afternoon.
Westerly
winds
and
showers
will
follow
tomorrow.
GALE
WARNING
North
coast
region
Gale
warning,
rainy
today,
cloudy
with
showers
tomorrow.
Occasional
sunny
periods
tomorrow
afternoon.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
South
(45)
over
open
water
and
south
(30)
elsewhere,
shifting
to
westerly
Assassination
"the
start-up
and
continued
operation
of
the
mill
will
be
hampered
and
made
inefficient."
"It
will
definitely
Influence
the
company's
opinion
as
to
whether
this
is
a
desirable
place
in
which
to
operate
or
contemplate
Increased
operations,"
the
letter
ended.
"If
we
would
have
had
a
little
more
co-operation
from
the
company,
we
might
have
been
further
ahead,"
said
Aid.
T.
B.
Black,
pointing
out
that
they
(the
company)
had
made
no
commitments
on
their
housing
need
until
"Just
recently."
elide"
has
been
cleared
by
rovd
Plot
Foiled
TEHRAN,
Iran
(CP)
Police
gangs,
the
highway
is
officially
closed
because
of
the
hazard
of
further
slides,
E.
S.
Love,
superintendent
of
public
works,
said
Ithls
morning.
sources
said
today
that
the
authorities
have
seized
a
member
of
a
,
fanatical
religious
sect
Prince
Rupert
in
B.C.
Public
Works
VICTORIA
(Special
to
Daily
News)
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works,
yesterday
announced
his
1951
program
which
includes
the
following
for
Prince
Rupert:
Fedayan
Islam,
who
was
armed
with
a
revolver
which
he
intended
to
use
today
to
assassinate
Premier
Hussein
Ala.-
Police
said
that
Islam
wa3
assigned
by
a
sect
to
kill
the
Premier,
apparently
in
accordance
with
a
braid
plot
against
the
lives
of
the
Shah
and
high
officials.
(25)
this
evening.
Lows
tonight
san-
-Air
Passengers
-
To
Vancouver
(today)
C
Cherry,
E.
T.
Freeman,
D.
Frit-zell,
Rev.
Solonluk,
Mr.
Fink,
N.
Tarbuck,
D.
Little,
Mrs.
Little,
Sgt.
P.
B.
Fleurey,
George
Dlbb,
W.
L.
Batten,
L.
Bodie,
Tony
Craig.
To
Sandspit
(today)
J.
Scoth-hom.
H.
D.
Hansen.
(D
Complete
section
city
lim-
lay
this
problem
at
ye..ftVLrnment'
i
"
seems
we
upe8rtm
Under
e
old
,
curse-
where
kthU.to
turn
r-
tnat
happen
this
and
highs
-tomorrow
at
Port
United
Nations
commanders
Hardy
and
Sandspit,
35
and
45;
had
an
unprecedented
confer-Prlnce
'
Rupert
35
and
42.
ence
on
the
field
today.
its
to
Galloway
bridge.
PRESSING
WHILE-U-WAIT
DcLuxq
Pressing
and
Repairs
Phone
Green
184
Across
from
new
Liquor
Store
u
"y
the
hnui
...
..
Child
Dies
on
Way
to
Hospital
Baby
Barbara
Auckland
was
taken
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
this
morning,
but
was
fohnd
dead
on
her
arrival.
An
Inquiry
will
be
held
by
M.
M.
Stephens
in
the
court
house
this
I
ith
TideS
Thursday,
March
29,
1951
Hiuh
4:11
210
feet
BASKETBALL
B.C.
FINALS
Penticton
vs
Prince
Rupert
FRIDAY
and
SATURDAY,
MARCH
30
and
31
represent'
;
thamb.
(2)
Reconstruct
Galloway
bridge
to
Watson
Island.
(3
Black
top
both
reconstructed
sections.
(4)
Road
to
new
seaplane
base
at
Masset.
(5)
Improve
road
on
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
southern
section
area
Queen
Charlotte
City.
vi
Lorn.
Norman
Nelson,
.president
of
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.,
returned
to
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
f"'
Trade,
the
'nted
Aid.
Fris-on
Fitch
(now
'i
10
approach
Tickets
purchased
for
AprH
2
good
March
30
only
Tickets
Now
on
Sale
17:28
16.9
feet
Low
10:58
4.0
feet
22:50
8.5
feet
I
afternooon.
-i
iumsiiiJ