PROVINCIAL rr jA0 MHO DISPATCHED niSPATTIIKD PROVIRCIAL tznm. ORMES 53 TICTOHIA. B. C ..J j DIIUS ' '1 DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published or Canada's Moir Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XL, No. 171 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.f MONDAY, JULY 23, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS ric Honor Paid Governor mmi mm mi to i,inn and Dinner With 1 . . Iru Ulion Saturday iN.gm , hls appreciation for the wonder-honor was paid the crown ful rceepUon Mr Waltace i ...i u. Dressed his intpntir, mnMn iV CVeillllK Wlien me J . . . . Mfee-e7 Trail of Missing fvK Ml BULLETINS ma aldermen or prince pans ot met with representative : the Province within the next few at a reception and din - I months. This northern and cen-lark the occasion of the t: al Part 11 was nw evident, was re (if the Lieutenant- I coming into iU own and that was i ot British Columbia, important to the economy of the renee Wallace. province as a whole. Prince Ru- : 120 persons were DPrt was Prominent in the news' " u .Halting manu tlulio . rau"i oi me new m-, au.stnai developments in the area but he felt this part of'the country was only on the thresh Aircraft is Cold King's Prize To Canadian 1 Dominion Marksmen Distinguish Themselves At Bisley Meeting marksmanship Canso From Seal Cove Joins In Quest-Off Alaska Coast Feared old of much greoter things to BISLEY, Surrey, England 0 come. The long years of dlsap- ,jt- Gilmour Boa, 26-year-old polntment and disillusionment Toronto rifleman, Saturday won were now a thing of the past. ' trK' King's Prize, the Common-Tliis was by no means his wealths outstanding award for With the trail still cold, concentrated search operations for a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC4 aircraft, which became missing shortly after midnight Friday on a Korea air-lift flight from Vancouver to Anchorage, radiated in part from Prince Rupert yesterday as base for the hunt was set up at Yakutat : Island in the Gulf of Alaska in Thv prize, for the most exact- ing test of marksmanship of all 'competitions at the National Rifle Association annual meeting, tops the awards won by the Can-!adians. Earlier an eight-man team, captained by a woman, Miss Mary MacLennan, of Alexandria, Prince Edward Island, won the coveted Rajah of Kolapore Chal-i lenge Cup. Weather Synopsis A minor intrusion of cool Pa cific air into the province from the northwest will cause some cloudiness and shower activity In the interior today. There also will be definite trend to some- wnat cooler temperatures in all regions. Accidents Three men are in Prince Rupert General Hospital following a series of week-end accidents. Most seriously injured is Warwick Evans, 49, of Prince Rupert, who suffered lacerations and possible fractured spine when a car in which he was a passenger left the road .near Skeena Raymond Harper, 17, 1092 Woite Avenue, Vancouver, a deck hand on the Union steamer Camosun, suffered a head injury when he fell into a hold on the ship. Ernest Hars-a, 48, 128 West Seventeenth Avenue, Vancouver, is in hospital with a fractured pelvis, after a log he was bucking rolled over him at Butedale. An employee of Alex Ring logging camp, he was brought to Prince Rupert Sunday aboard the Camo sun. Evans was a passenger in a 1938 mod'l car driven by Henry Clcutier. The car struck soft shoulders of road, police say, and left the road, bouncing several I I hundred feet on rocks, but remained I on its wheels. The driver was not hurt. Skeena, place of the accident, is 22 mites east of Prince Rupert. All patients are reported doing well. Alcan Results In New Post Office Aluminum Company of Cana- i da developments in the district have resulted in the opening of a new post of f ice at Takysie Lake ; which is about ten miles south of IRAN NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN TEHRAN An Iranian cabinet member saij today that formula has been found for reopening nf negotiations with the British on the oil nationalization dispute. Some formal announcement of the extent and nature of negotiations may be made tonight after continued talks with President Truman's global trouble-shooter, W. Averill Harriman. U.S. ARMED FORCES NEED MORE MEN WASHINGTON, D.C. President Truman today told Congress that it will probably be necessary to strengthen the armed forces beyond the present goal of 3,500,000 men, regardless of peace prospects in Korea. He again asked for Congressional approval of the St. Lawrence seaway project. SINKS OFF CHINA COAST TOKYO The blading 6600-ton Belgian freighter Rubens pank off the Japanese coast today with 0000 tons of water-soaked soy beans which had threatened to burst her seams. She was enroute to Yokohama from Long Beach, California, and carried a crew of 40, all of whom were saved. FATAL 'FRISCO FIRE SAN FRANCISCO Eight persons were burned to death and 23, including 10 firemen, were injured as fire raged through a wooden apartment house here Sunday. NOOTKA RETURNING OTTAWA HMCS Nootka is returning to Canada from the Korean war theatre. She will sail through Panma Canal to base at Halifax. CZECHOSLOVAKIA REJECTS REQUEST WASHINGTON Czechoslovakia has turned down an official United States request for release of the newsman, William Otis, who has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment at Prague after conviction of espionage conspiracy after a "farce" trial. . The coastal regions will show from Vancouver and one from the least effect from this dis-, Whitehorse, to proceed with the turbance and there appears to be search of mountain ranges, is-I no chance of rain which would lands, inlets and the open -sea. I Native Population Makes Pledge of Fealty; Thirty Chiefs Meet Lt. Governor Baseball Scores SATURDAY National Cincinnati. 2, New York 3. Chicago 0, Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh 6, Boston 11. St. Louis 2, Brooklyn 3. American Washington 10, Chicago 5. Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 5. Boston 6, Detroit 3. New York 5, St. Louis 3. Western International Vancouver 1-1, Victoria 8-3. Salem 4-3. In-City 1-2. Spokane 11, Tacoma 4. Yakima 11, Wenatchee 2. Pacific Coast San Francisco 1. Portland 4. Sacramento 4. Oakland 2. San Diego 3. Los Angeles 4 (11 innings), SUNDAY National - St. Louis 2, Brooklyn 9. Pittsburgh 3-5. Boston 5-2. Chicago ff-1, Philadelphia 7-0 '2nd called end 7th, curfew; to be resumed at later date). Cincinnati 7-8,. New York 3-3. American Boston 10, Detroit B. Philadelphia 4-1, Cleveland 6-3. Washington 7-11, Chicago 6-5. New York 9-7, St. Louis 0-3. Pacific Coast San Francisco 7-2, Portland 3-0. Hollywood 3-1, Seattle 5-2. Sacramento 6-0, Oakland 10-1. San Diego 9-5, Los Angeles 4-3. Western International Salem 2, Trl-Clty 1 (10 in-ningsi. ' Spokane 5-3, Tacoma 2-2. Yakima 9-7, Wenatchee 4-5. FRIDAY Pacific Coast Sacramento 1, Oakland 3 Sari Francisco 11, Portland 3 Hollywood 5, Seattle 3 San Diego 6, Los Angeles 7 (10 Innings) Western International Salem 4, Trl-City 11 Spokane 3, Tacoma 11 Vancouver 11, Victoria 4 Yakima 5-0, Wenatchee 4-4 STOCKS .KVV V A 'iifftI' -M i M n , U .i V .V1 ; M- it MS , t i! . i''-- mm m I?1 'I !' 1 ml tt- J I ;W t 'mi i ii-r ' i, il iiv'..:' "1 I i'n Marshal Retain I?ornnlinn nnrl Incnwtmn " ' " i , , DC t Mayor O. W. Eud- flcrnni presided The address of was by J. D. McRae, 111 His Honor responding. .i ilker, president of the P:i l;upi rt Chamber of Com- ir nade presentation to Mr. of a handsome Eagle ile totem pole as a me-of tlrj occasion. Rev. Hasll S. Prookter pro- Ihr blessing. 'able guests, in addition eutcnant-Oovernor, were a.dilerham, Lt. Cdr. and ;). McRae, Mr. and Mrs. commodore H. F. Pullen 3 Ontario, Commander erson, naval aide-de- E. Anfield and Dr. J. D. i' h. were adorned with vases . ful Prince RuprYt mld-flowers in various hues, tig briefly, the mayor i deed the assistance the (f: received in connection langcmcnts lor the re-trum Chamber of Com-Oanadlan Legion and hatham. McRae. MLA, thanked for the hospitality which m extended the Lleuten-:inir. It was an honor Rupert that Mr. Wal-! seen fit to visit the city if alter his appointment, ft b'r alluded to thp high iice of the governor's lilr. Wallace was a man rnntrimiipa mucn to atrial welfare of the md. In view of the great nts nf the north, he iil'y welcome at this fi'isli Columbia had never iitcnant-Oovornor who as i i in higher esteem than !r. W iJP if'e. x v. ! wvr. Anerl voicing his pleasure in Prince Ruprrt and yah Salmon i ! in ng Baffled I ! fation as to Why 7- Are Not of a ' l'p Stream I observers of the fish k expressing concern over nf escapement of salmon n up "P Cloyah Creek into liiomme and Diana Lake they fear that a failure to get up there for V may result in the ex-i'f that source of salmon, i t visitors to Cloyah re- ng observed large num-sockeye in the pools, tv low water in the ereelt I 'stream to the fish lad-! nn,'ctlon with the Co-'ellulosc Co. dam. Some said, have even Jumped bed on the shore when 1 ascend the stream, k p the creek bottom, been done recently, is t" be something unpre- m is speculation as to "WielhcJ M Is a condition arising mm the recent dry spell rr b 0 of not enough wator ii p ,w'ed to get over the rx i dam. If It the latter, suggestion t h beard that some means devised of elevating Drown Oi milaail A 01 v. id no ri, jD, 0narlo (CP) Five T" ' rpwned Sunday when a ;rpoi t overturned on Lake ,7L"'i f Turnto. Two other nt. 1 Of the norf , uri roc. Tv. ied j5,The dtad are: a Wironct Rv.ri T,t- s Toronto pyiornei Fletcher in Fergus, Pt. Qii, .in Fletcher, 32. Fergus. "Irj Fiekher, 65, Drayton. R. E. Woolard and J. W. pee, , t t0,ns - inspectors, arrived in cy cn the Camosun yesfc-r- V Hn h. m Vancouver, I uu oniciai bualness. -Disaster which area the plane is believed to have gone down, Up to noon today, as the search went Into its third day, there was no trae. Yesterday Bob McOinnis, veteran Pacific flier, former can-tain on the Prince Rupert-Sand- spit run and more recently fly- ing transpacific from Vancouver to Tokyo, took off from here to Yakutat with one of CPA's Prince Rupert-based Cansos. There it was to join a DC4 from j Vancouver and two DC3's, one Fog and low ceiling was ham- Pfg the search up to late this morning. Accompanying Mclnnis was Capt. J. J. Faires and W. A. Mc-Beth who is to be base engi neer from Yakutat. Al Yate.-i, engineer at CPA's local base, jome(J tne party here. xhe DC4i eared w be thj first Korean air lift plane to meet disaster in 83,000,000 miles Z Panhanri? onH ?nrthBP ,, . c AlasKa rg H ins? inr trip s orrrnnamjs nt rrt fiisannp'.'irpri four-engine air- craft as time went on. As weather forecasts startej gradually improving today, plans were made to step up the scope of the search for the plane which may have disappearca into the Pacific or crashed into one of the mountains which tower as high as 12.000 feet. Twenty planes from Anchorage and Juneau took off on tire ', hunt today- It is reported that Canadian Navy vessels, including one destroyer, may join three United States Coastguard vessels now on the scene. HMCS Ontario, Canadian cruiser, visiting Prince Rupert, has been on rail since yesterday for possible dispatch to the search area. A blast Trom one of her guns would signal all crew members on shore leave to hurry back to the ship. The missing plane, which took off from Vancouver .Friday night with Anchorage as its first stop, carried a crew of seven, two Canadian Navy men, three United States Army officers, three civilians attached to the United States Army and 23 United States Air Force men bound for duty in Japan. Tokyo was the plane's final destination. Ths plane made its last position report at 1:17 a.m. Saturday off Cape Spencer which is abouc 80 miles west of Juneau and 500 air line miles south of Anchorage. Sailors Are Entertained To round out the welcome for visiting training cruiser HMCS Ontario, a smoker, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Legion and the city of Prince Ruperi. entertained 230 sailors Saturday night. There was community sinking, solas and short acts by the veterans. of the Legion, which, in turn, was followed by a short program of entertainment provided by the sailors. Andy McNaughton, at the piano, supplied the music. "The sailors had a good word for Prince Rupert." said James Nichol, in charge of the event. ui v ice-uegai itepreseniaiive s isii first Tisit to Prince Rupert, said Mr. Wallace, who revealed J that he wax not without intimate knowledge of the early days of this community. ! As a boy back in 1907 he had first been here as a cabin boy on the old fisheries protection j steamer Kestrel. Then he had been back here in 1920 when j his father's company was j building ships at the local dry i dock and it was interesting, Mr. Wallace observed, that one of the men who had been here at that time was still at the yard T. . Boulter, the present acting superintendent. "Yes," continued Mr. Wallace, "lt Is amazing to .see the development that has taken place since 1907." He referred to the wonderful contribution this port had made to the war effort the ships that had been built here, the use of the port for staging to the Pacific war theatre. "You are deserving, indeed, of the prosperity that Is now yours," ho declared. Columbia Cellulose, he was sure, was but a start, i Continued on page 6) Yankees In First Spot Red Sox and Cleveland Tied for Runner-I'p Spot NEW YORK (CP) New York, Yankees swepC into first placet the torrid American League! pennant race Sunday by two. percentage points, downing at. Louis Browns 8 to 0 and 7 to 3. The second game was called at the end of eight innings because rain. The double victory, behind the pitching of Allie Reynolds in the opener and a fine relief Job by Jack Kramer In the second game, put the Yankees ahead of the Boston Red Sox who won their single game but dropped Into second place tie with Cleveland who won two. Reynolds yielded only four hits in the opener, gaining his 11th triumph against five defeats. The skidding Chicago White Sox blew a 6 to 3 lead in the opener and were hammered for a .seven-run frame In the finale, bowing 7 to 6 and 11 to 5 to the 'Washington Senators. The double setback left the fourth spot White Sox 2'2 games off the American League pace. TODAY'S D. VANCOUVER American Standard .13 Bralorne )20 B R X .03 Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress 07 Glnnt Mascot 95 Indian Mines 20 Pend Oreille 7.15 Pioneer 1 83 Premier Border .31 V- Privateer H'.i Reno .03 Sheep Creek 165 Sllbak Premier .. .33 Vananda .12 Silver Standard 245 Western Uranium 2.40 Oils-Anglo Canadian : 6.00 A P Con 42 Atlantic 2.95 Calmont 1.05 Central Leduc 2.03 Hnma Oil , 15.75 Mercury 13i'2 Okalta 240 Royal Canadian 13 Royallte 14.80 TORONTO Athona 0714 Aumaque 19 Beattle 41 With pride and dignity, 30 native chiefs from villages witfiin a 100-mile radius of Prince Rupert on Sunday pledged their loyalty to king and country before Lt.-Governor Clarence Wallace. ease the drought condition. , By tomorrow fine weather will be established in nearly all re gions and temperatures will once again start a climb up- ward. Forecast North coast region Cloudy wun a xew sunny mujrvajs ui- day. Variable cloudiness tomor- row. Little change in tempera- turc. Winds-light. Lows tonigh , ; and highs tomorrow-at Port Hardy 48 and 65, Sandspit and x al MilW Ruv nn rWaww.11 V . 7J ". j len recognized In Mr. Faulkner a ormer shiprnate. with whom j he had salled tne Nortn At:antic , more tnan 2o years ago. They had not seen each other since. The tour of the hospital was followed by a reception in the new recreation hall where refreshments were served and several selections played by the band. It was the first function to be held in the new hall. Dr. J. D. Galbraith, medical superintendent; Miss D. P. Hallt, R.N., acting lady superintendent, and Miss Muriel Vincent, dietician, had charge of reception arrangements at the hospital. The native chiefs who signed ; "le paicnn.eiu, "i 'y were presented to the Lieuten-j ant Governor were Heber Clif j ton. Ed Clifton and John Pahl ', of Hartley Bay; Charles Dudu-j ward, Cecil Ross, Charles Mor- rison, Henry Helin and Joseph ! Offut, Port Simpson; Artnur McDames, Moses Jones and Jeffrey Johnson, Kitsegukla; Simon Calder and Johnson Russ, of : Greenville; Albert Young. Kit-' selas; Joe Innes and Russell Samb!c- Khttatla: Albert Douse, K'tancool Fred Johnson. George Moore. Wallace Morgan and Jacob Milton, Kitwanga; T',us Nisyok, Anthony Adams U.S. Naval Chief Dies Admiral Forrest P. Sherman Victim of Heart Attacks NAPLES (CP) Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, aged 54, United States chief of naval operations, died unexpectedly here Sunday afwr two heart attacks. He was on a tour of Europe's Atlantic Pact defence areas and had planned to leave yesterday afternoon for home. Sherman, had been boss of the United States Navy since December 1949. He replaced Admiral Lewis Den f eld in a bitter squabble over unificution of the Army,. Navy and Air Force. The brilliant "Flying Admiral" vaulted over the heads of nine I other admirals to take over the I navy's No. 1 past. At 53, he was the youngest man ever to get the Job. Parley Resumes On Wednesday UNITED NATIONS HEAD- QUARTERS IN KOREA O'-Al- lied negotiators gathered here Jnhntiin (o. Ltd.). Of France Dies ILE DYEU, France P Marshal Henri Phllipps Petain, aged 95, hero of Verdun in World War 1, died today on this bleak island where he had servjd more than five years of a life sentence for treason in World War II. Petain was not a prisoner when he died. The French government had commuted his sentence last month shortly after Parliamentary elections because of the state of his heaith and Ire was removed from his prison cell to a private Mansion here off the southwest coast of France. The aged marshal succumbed at 9:20 a.m. in the island's military hospital. He had been in falling health for months and, since an attack of pneumonia in April, had suffered several relapses. Death came to Petain only three days after lt claimed th German commander, former Crown Prince Wilhelm, who had opposed him at Verdun Wilhelm tiied on Friday at Hechingen, Germany. - Petaln's heroic defence of Ver- "un ,n lai0 mane mm nne 01 f-nce greatest military heroes, 's nmort1 battle '""V , not) echoed around the world. jWlth it he rallied the French ! to a memorable stand in one of I the greatest battles in modern j history. Octogenarian Passes Away I Kemp, Tilbury county, Ontario. i Funeral nrrnnaements will he announced. B.C. Undertakers are in charge. In a simple and sincere cere mony on the grounds of Miller Bay Hospital, Frank Anfield, In- dian superintendent, read the official address of welcome and loyalty pledge on behalf of the chiefs. Mr. Wallace, accompanied by Commodore H. F. Pullen and Cdr. H. Paterson, accepted the presentation "with gratitude and in sincerity." The province's first citizen met each chief cf the seven nations represented individually, introduced by Mr. Anfield. Some of the chiefs had travelled more than 100 miles to be present. Principal of the chiefs, "the patriarch of them all," as he was Introduced, was Chief T-Tifhen rMiflrm 78-vpar-nM epn ior of Hartley BAy. Others came from Aiyansh, Greenville, Hazel ton, Kisplox, Kitselas, Kitwan ga, Kincolith, Port Simpson and Gitlakdamiks, the northernmost village represented, some 83 miles up the Naas River. Lt.-Gov. Wallace was also Introduced to Band Leader B. A. Munro of the Aiyansh Harmonic Silver Band, which of ficiated at the flag-raising wi'.h rrninff nf thp prpmnnlps A short concert to entertain the public later was played by the 40-piece band. Nurses and medical staff of the hospital were introduced after which a tour of the hospital, led by Medical Superintendent Dr. J. D. Galbraith. was made by the official party. UnuPITll IVePFPTOR Mr. Wallace' chatted chee.-- fully with patients of the first hospital in the Dominion devoted on behalf of the Indians to battle tuberculosis. The patients were obviously delighted with the visit. During inspection of the hos pital kitchen, the party was met by Head Chef Alexander rauiK- iner. Suddenly Commodore Pui - again tonight, armed with final,0""" ""l -'")' Bcvrourt 41 Buffalo Canadian .18 Consul. Smellers 149.50 Conwest 2.70 D'inalda 47 Elclona 18 Ka."t Sullivan 7.60 Oiant Yellowknife 7.80 God's Lake 33 Haidrock : 16 Harricana 08' i Heva 13 Jaeknife 09 Joiiet Quebec. 49 Little Long Lac 68 Lynx 1314 Mndscn Red Lake 2.10 McKensie Red Lake 42 McLeod Cockshutt 2 70 Moneta 31 '2 Nepus 73 Noranda 71.00 Louvicourt 16 Pickle Crow 1.65 San Antonio 2.51 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Gordon .. 2.95 Stvcp Rock 6.70 Silver Miller 1.38 . Upper Canada 1.58 Golden Manitou 6.30 j Bobjo 12'2 , Lapaska .03 '4 Sturgeon River .16 1 United Nations instructions for the supreme Allied commander Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Vlce-Admlral C. Turner Joy. chief of the five-man United Nations team, flew back from Tokyo tonight after a series of conferences with Matthew B. Rldgway. He had talked with the supreme Allied commanded Saturday!, Sunday and Monday. Decisions made in Tokyo pro-...in i. . . ... ... ana james Aaams, Aiyansn; President Rod MacLeod greet-Herbert S. Doolan and George ed the visitors with a brief ad-L. Stewart, Kincolith; Herbert dress of welcome after which a Russell. Joseph Brown, Hazel- program in two parts brightened ton; William H. Moore, Peter .the evening un to midnieht. . Ti Lewis KemP. 80. for 20 years nin h f at : Fhp S ,T in a resldeit f Prm Rupert, died ' netv g ed"'ln eneral HosP'tal th's mOTn" y' I ing. He was single. Only known Meantime, it is reported that ; relative is a nenhew. Reelnald Nyce- Canyn citv- - TIDES - Tuesday. July 24. 1951 (Pacific Standard Time) High 5:10 17 8 feet 17:48 19.1 feet Low 11:20 54 feet ; . feet, the Communists may relax on their insistence upon withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea as part of the cease-fire terms. J.