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"Princ
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VUL.
XL,
No.
21
PRINCE
RUPERT,
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THURSDAY,
JANUARY
25.
1951
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NO
FREEZE
IN
CANADA
OTTAWA
No
immediate
general
wage
and
price
freeze
is
u
planned
foi
Canada,
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
Ii
toda
in
an
interview.
He
added
that
this
poiicjr
will
not
f
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.
4
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even
-
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a
iuirih-i
b
general!
Jt
within
the
next
few
days.
BF.VIN
SOMEWHAT
BETTER
1)NION
Slish'.
Improvement
was
reported
today
in
the
lition
of
Foreign
Secretary
r.rnesl
nevin,
seriously
ill
with
liimonia
complicated
bj
his
cardiac
and
asthmatic
condition.
Is
Serious
Matter
In
Getting
Plant
Started
Vice-President
Has
Busy
Two
Days
Here
Expediting
Plant
Completion
Housing
for
permanent
employees
was
emphasized
again
today
as
a
most
serious
problem
as
the
time
approaches
for
the
great
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
pulp
mill
at
Watson
Island
to
go
into
operation.
TALKING
CEASE
Flill?
t
IARI
Sl'CCESS
A
new
Arab-Asian
proposal
to
settle
the
lid
in
Korea
comes
before
United
Nations
political
com-
jlei
today.
It
calls
lor
a
seven-power
conference,
including
munis
C
hina
aim
imssia
10
aiscusy
me
ivorean
ana
oiner
Eastern
priililcnis.
But
the
resolution
for
the
U.N.
ducks
a
tifir
mention
ol
cease-fire.
The
Asian-Arab
plan
conforms
;rl)
t,
the
demands
Peiping
has
been
making
from
the
inning
that
a
conference
on
Far
Eastern
problems
be
i
-
-
id
without
waiting
for
a
cease-fire
in
Korea.
ENGINEER
DIED-Locomotive,
baggage-car
and
four
other
cars
were
derailed
Saturday
when
the
C.P.R.
Dominion
Flyer
crashed
into
a
truck
stalled
at
a
level
crossing
outside
Ottawa.
Engineer
G.
Albert
Scharfe
of
Ottawa,
55,
was
sc
ilded
to
death
by
steam
when
trapped
in
the
cab.
Twenty-five
persons
suffered
minor
injures.
.
(CP
PHOTO)
Big
-4
To
Start
Talks
WASHINGTON
(p.-Tlie
western
Big
Three
have
propossd
that
Russia
meet
with
them
in
a
preliminary
session
in
Paris
as
a
step
toward
a
Big
Four
foreign
ministers1
conference
to
ease
global
tensions.
United
Slates,
Britain
and
France
made
the
suggestion
in
notes
to
Moscow.
They
said
they
stand
ready
to
make
a
major
attempt
to
Improve
east-west
relations.
But
they
aeain
turned
thumbs
down
on
the
Russian
idea
of
limiting
the
Big
Four
ministers'
conference
to
a
discussion
of
3erman
rearmament.
They
want
all
major
causes
of
iast-west
friction
explored.
They
called
on
Moscow
to
say
whether
Russia
agrees
to
take
up
"the
principal
problems
whose
solution
would
permit
a
real
and
lasting
improvement"
In
relations
between
the
Soviet
Union
and
the
west.
Pt.
Alberni
Is
Up
Again
Timekeeper
Who
Started
Inquiry
Is
Dismissed
PORT
ALBERNI
(P)
City
Timekeeper
William
Carr,
who
touched
off
an
Investigation
of
civic
administration
last
fall,
was
dismissed
by
the
city
council
last
night.
At
the
same
time,
the
council
threw
out
a
resolution
calling
upon
Mayor
Loran
Jordan
to
hold
-another
civic
inquiry.'
Carr,
timekeeper
for
the
board
of
works,
sparked
a
public
Inquiry
in
October
when
he
charged
city
funds
had
been
misued
and
that
some
civic
employees
had
charged
personal
purchases
to
the
city.
Korean
Front
Quiet
TOKYO
(CP)
Allied
patrols
probed
the
central
Korean
war
front
today
amid
mounting
speculation
that
the
quarry
has
quietly
pulled
out.
There
was
no
enemy
contact
Wednesday
night
except
for
a
minor
patrol
clash
near
Yogu,
40
miles
southeast
of
the
abandoned
South
Korean
capital,
Seoul.
Gen.
Eisenhower
Visits
Iceland
REJKAVIK.
Iceland.-Generalithe
Han
River
may
mean
the
Recruiting
Spurs
Ahead
OTTAWA
O)
Armed
forces
recruiting,
spurting
ahead
at
a
pace
three
times
faster
than
In
the
late
months
of
1950,
brought
some
2,300
men
into
uniform
In
the
first
three
weeks
of
January,
it
was
learned
today.
,
Results
of
the
new
recruiting
campaign
Indicates
the
government
will
be
relieved
of
much
pressure
for
compulsory
service
that
has
appeared
to
be
building
up
for
an
impending
session
of
parliament.
C.N.R.
Man
Sees
-
Big
Things
For
North
E.
B.
Harkness,
Canadian
National
Railways
industrial
agent
for
British
Columbia,
said
today
that
northern
B.C.
"is
definitely
in
line
for
big
industrial
developments."
In
Prince
Rupert
for
a
few
days,
Mr.
Harkness
said
the
CNR
has
always
been
intensely
interested
in
luring
big
business
to
Canada
and
that
he,
as
Industrial
agent
for
this
province,
was
anxious
to
locate
industry
in
B.C.
B.C.
"All
things
point
to
expansion
for
Prince
Rupert,"
he
said,
referring
to
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
plant
and
the
proposed
Alcan
site
In
Kltimat
but
he
would
make
no
comment
on
specific
reasons
for
his
visit
here
today.
But
Mr.
Harkness
did
say
that,
when
industry
Investigated
possibilities,
he
liked
to
be
on
the
spot
.
The
housing
shortage
here
he
cited
as
a
major
drawback.
Mr.
Harkness
returns
to
Vancouver
tonight.
BARTIBOQUE.
BRIDG1,
N.
S.
9i
William
J.
Connors,
who
ho.
Just
marked
his
93-d
birthday,
has
been
an
alm.shou.se
commissioner
for
Northumberlar
I
County
for
65
consecutive
years,
a
mark
unequalled
by
few
county
commissioners.
Dwight
Elsenhower,
commander-in-chief
of
Atlantic
Treaty
forces
In
Europe,
Is
a
visitor
in
Iceland
today,
this
country
being
one
of
the
members
of
the
pact.
General
Eisenhower
is
due
In
Ottawa
Friday
and
will
be
home
In
the
United
States
Saturday.
fy
A
few
Korean
Reds
were
en-
countered
in
the
same
general)
area
north
of
Kumyangjang
and
Inchon.
United
States
intelligence
officers
said
the
apparent
absence
nt
flrtfnmnniKt.
t.rnnnji
snih
nf
Chtrwse
have
made
a
large-scale
withdrawal
to
the
north,
There
is
also
speculation
that
the
Chinese
are
awaiting
political
developments
at
the
UN.
Allied
air
power
continued
to
hit
at
the
Reds
far
behind
the
lines,
striking
at
military
targets
throughout
North
Korea.
Ketchikan
Mill
Is
Closed
Down
KETCHIKAN
Ketchikan
Spruce
Mills
will
begin
its
annual
shutdown
this
week
for
overhaul,
it
was
announced.
During
the
closure
overhaul
of
machinery
and
installation
of
equipment
will
take
place
and
employees
will
be
given
their
annual
vacations.
It
is
expected
that
the
mil!
will
resume
operations
about
February
15.
No
Gas
Now
From
Alberta
EDMONTON
Premier
Manning
announced
today
no
export
of
natural
gas
.from
Alberta
can
be
allowed
at
present
due
to
lack
of
adequate
proven
reserves.
He
announced
his
new
plans
to
stimulate
a
search
for
gas
and
said
that
export
will
be
In
the
province's
best
Interests
as
soon
as
sufficient
reserves
are
established
to
take
care
of
Air
berta's
needs.
Hockey
Scores
National
Toronto
4.
Montreal
3
Pacific
Northwest
New
Westminster
2,
Tacoma
2
(tie
Portland
8,
Seattle
5
Western
International
Nelson
5,
Spokane
4
.
B.C.
Timber
Ail-Time
High
VANCOUVER
-E.
T.
Kenney,
British
Columbia
lands
and
foresU
minister,
forecast
last
night
that
the
total
timber
cut
in
B.C.
in
1950
will
constitute
an
all-time
high.
He
said:
"It
is
my
opinion
that
when
figures
on
all
cutting
operations
in
the
B.C.
industry
last
year
are
compiled,
the
total
will
be
much
closer
to
5,000.000,opo
board
feet
that
it
will
be
to
4
billion
board
fret.
"If
so,
this
will
be
an
all-time
record
for
the
province."
Total
timber
cut
during
1949
was
4,049,682,527
board
feet
with
a
value
of
$375,000,000.
The
emphasis
on
this
matter
came
from
top
level
In
the
per
son
of
George
Schneider,
vice-
president
ot
the
Celanese
Cor
poration
of
America.
In
fact,
that
Is
one
of
the
things
that
brought
me
here
on
this
trip,"
Mr.
Schneider
said
'I
am
very
concerned
about
it."
However,
he
expressed
confi
dence
that
Prince
Rupert
would
not
fail
in
meeting
the
situa
tion.
Generally
speaking,
his
visit
was
for
the
purpose
of
expedit
ing
the
completion
of
the
plant
and
the
various
factors
of
co
ordination
leading
up
to
going
into
production.
Mr.
Schneider
preferred
not
to
commit
himself
at
this
time
as
to
a
definite
date
for
the
opening
of
the
plant.
It
was
a
hard
question
to
answer,
he
said,
in
reply
to
a
reporter's
question.
Co-ordination
of
the
various
operating
factors
are
proceeding
as
the
construction
nears
com
pletion.
Mr.
Schneider,
after
a
busy
two
days
here
inspecting
the
site
and
conferring
with,
officials,
left
by
today
s
plane
for
Vancouver
on
his
way
back
to
headquarters
in
New
York.
Protection
For
Fishery
WASHINGTON
(CPi
Representative
Mitchell
(D-Wash.)
has
urged
Secretary
of
State
Ache-son
to
send
a
representative
of
his
fisheries
and
wild
life
divi
sion
to
aid
in
formulation
of
a
Japanese
peace
treaty.
Mitchell
made
public
a
letter
to
Acheson
in
which
he
said
he
had
learned
that
John
Fosteir
Dulles,
soon
to
depart
for
Japan
for
preliminary
drafting
of
the
treaty,
has
not
included
a
fisheries
expert
on
his
official
staff.
"Consequently,
It
would
ap
pear,"
Mitchell
wrote,
"that
Mr.
Dulles
does
not
contemplate
including
Pacific
fishery
provisions
in
the
proposed
treaty."
Japanese
fishing
activities
off
Bristol
Bay
in
Alaskan
waters
and
other
Pacific
Coast
areas
prior
to
World
War
II,
Mitchell
said,
"threatened
our
conserva
tion
program
and
thus
impingn-
ed
on
our
national
security."
Biggest
Year-Pulp
Paper
MONTREAL
Paul
E.
Cooper,
chairman
of
the
western
branch.
Canadian
Pulp
and
Paper
Association,
and
president,
Pacific
Mills
Ltd.,
Ocean
Falls,
told
delegates
to
the
association's
annual
meeting
the
western
branch
had
one
of
its
most
active
years
in
history
in
1950.
,
The
main
event
In
mill
operations,
Mr.
Cooper
said,
was
the
mid-year
start
of
production
of
H.
R.
MacMillan
Export
Company's
bleached
sulphite
mill
at
Harmac.
on
Vancouver
Island.
The
Columbia
Cellulose
pulp
mill
at
Watson
Island
near
Prince
Rupert
was
also
mentioned
as
an
important
development.
The
province's
first
labor-management
safety
conference
was
convened
by
the
pulp
and
papei
Industry
during
the
year.
It
wad
highly
successful
and
will
be
held
annually.
,
TideS
Friday,
January
26,
1951
High
3:26
20.0
feet
15:16
20.5
feet
Low
9:19
6.5
feet
21:42
3.4
feet
Rail
Freight
Hike
Sought
OTTAWA
The
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
today
reserved
their
decision
on
a
railway
application
for
general
freight
rate
Increase
of
five
per
cent.
The
$23,000,000
a
year
increase
is
sought
to
meet
the
cost
of
the
seven-cents-an-hour
wage
boost
obtained
by
railway
employees
last
year.
For
Newfoundland
the
board
ordered
a
new
deal
in
freight
rates
by
scaling
down
many
of
the
new
province's
rates,
especially
the
water-haul
from
Cape
Breton.
New
scale
of
rates
is
to
be
similar
to
those
effective
in
the
Maritimes.
-
13.000
Tons
Of
Herring
Left
Only
13,000
tons
of
herring
re
main
to
be
caught
In
the
cen
tral
sub-district,
It
was
learned
today.
Four
thousand
tons
of
herring
were
taken
from,
waters
in
ths
Klldidt
area
yesterday
to
make
a
total
of
27,000
tons
taken
of
the
40,000-ton
quota
for
the
cen
tral
sub-district.
The
statement
was
made
this
morning
by
O.
S.
Reade,
re
gional
supervisor
of
fisheries.
The
showing
makes
the
outlook
for
the
area
good
some
even
think
It
may
tax
the
capacity
of
the
packer
service.
Mild,
calm
weather
has
made
fishing
in
the
district
very
good)
Snow
Blocks
Fraser
Canyon
Canadian
National
Line
And
Highway
Tied
l'p
VANCOUVER
a
Canadian
National
Railways
transcontinental
line
and
the
TransCanaria
Highway
are
blocked
120
miles
east
of
here
today
as
heavy
rain
clawed
chunks
of
rock
and
mud
from
the
walls
of
Fraser
Can
yon,
Tons
of
rock
and
earth
have
blocked
the
road
for
24
hours.
About
10
miles
south
of
Hell's
Gate,
a
flume
carrying
a
mountain
run-Off
over
the
t.r-irltc
was
smashed
and
the
eater
hacked
out
40
leet
of
steel.
Canadian
National
Railwavs
trains
have
been
re-routed
on
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
tracks
which
run
along
the
opposi
o
wall
of
the
canyon.
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
officials
said
there
hart
hppn
small
slides
over
the
main
Une
which
were
speedily
attended
to.
A
slide
on
the
Kettle
Valley
line
in
coqulhalla
Pass
necessitated
re-routing.
HoDe.
southern
cratewav
nf
thp
canyon,
recorded
rainfall
of
2i4
incnes
in
me
last
24
nours.
Charged
With
Manslaughter
LEDUC
W.
J.
Gray,
chief
engineer
o,f
the
Alberta
Utilities
Commission,
has
been
charged
with
manslaughter
as
a
result
of
the
fire
in
the
Leduc
Hotel
last
Armistice
Day
Which
resulted
in
ten
deaths.
Gray
is
alleged
to
have
inspected
and
approved
gas
transmission
equipment
very
shortly
efore
the
fatal
explosion
and
fire.
orities
On
kel,
Copper
JAWA
In
line
with
the
n
the
United
States
re-
the
u.se
of
nickel
for
mining
and
other
pur-the
government
is
re-
4
to
be
considering
the
set-
i;)
of
priorities
on
nickel,
i
and
zinc.
oundiand
Men
to
Senate
!cd
AWA.
Appointment
of
-i-nators
to
complete
New-
nds
panel
of
six
was
an-
d
yesterday
by
Prime
St.
Laurent.
They
are
Pratt,
Michael
Vascha
n.
H.
W.
Quinton.
The
ntloned
is
now
provln-
iiajjurer
of
Newfoundland.
describes
himself
as
an
dent.
The
other
two
are
Casey
Is
k
Chairman
0.
B.
Cj.sey
was
elected
1.
m
of
the
parks
board
at
augural
meeting
of
that
nt
night.
Division
of
terms
e
on
the
board
is
Aid.
for
one
year
and
P.
P.
ii
and
Arthur
Murrav
two
The
division
was
decided
iy
the
board
members.
rnmitted
Trial
wf
Oisher
Sent
l'p
fMaucnier
Charge
street
Death
James
Disher
was
rnm-
tr'al
by
Magistrate
W.
I
In
ci'y
Police
court
this
f'i
on
a
charee
of
mnn-
r
arising
out
of
the
death
I
'"ember
of
Mrs.
Jennie
m
a
street
traffic
mls-,
'I'
iS
Continued
nn
a
hnml
f10-
The
trial
will
taka.
l
spring
assizes
opening!
lODAY'S
H.
Ii.
VANCOUVER
"n
Standard
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Many
D.Ps
Are
Landed
HALIFAX
Bringing
6338
displaced
persons,
the
Goya
is
scheduled
to
.dock
here
today
from
Bremerhaven,
Germany.
To
take
them
to
various
destinations
aross
Canada,
the
Canadian
National
Railways
will
operate
a
special
boat
train
from
dockslde.
The
large
group
includes
domestics,
farmers,
min
ers,
textile
and
wood
workers
and
close
relatives.
B.C
Competes
With
US
lumber
SEATTLE
sfls
West
coast
United
States
lumber
mills
face
an
increasing
competition
from
the
southern
pine
region
and
British
Columbia,
says
a
report
from
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
San
Francisco.
It
adds,
however,
that
U.S.
Pacific
coast
lumber
mills
will
be
the
mainstay
of
America
for
many
years,
producing
more
than
40
per
cent
of
its
lumber.
Influenza
Hits
Peak
LONDON
Millions
in
Europe
are
sneezing
and
running
temperatures
and
some
thousands,
mostly
fechle
and
aged,
have
died
in
the
influenza
epidemic
which
appears
to
be
reaching
its
peak
in
a
number
of
countries.
It
is
now
believed
on
the
wane
in
the
I'nited
Kingdom,
but
hospitals
still
are
overcrowded
and
industry
is
badly
hampered.
1eather
Synopsis
Very
warm
air
from
the
south
and
southwest
has
been
flowing
into
the
southern
coastal
areas
and
the
lower
mainland
of
British
Columbia
for
the
past
24
hours.
Overnight
temperatures
remained
near
fifty
in
these
regions.
Rainfall
has
been
well
above
normal
with
more
than
three
inches
recorded
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island.
Two
and
three
quarter
Inches
also
recorded
at
Abbotsford
and
at
Hope
while
Princeton
had
another
seven
inches
of
fresh
snow.
Revelstoke
takes
top
honor
in
snowfall
with
a
thirty-one
inch
snowfall
In
the
past
24
hours.
Central
and
northern
regions
of
the
province
has
winter
weather
with
temperatures
near
zero
at
wveral
points.
The
mild
spell
Is
expected
to
continue
over
the
southern
areas.
Forecast
North
coast
region
A
few
clouds
over
the
Quren
Charlottes
and
the
northern
mainland
Unlay
uiiii
Friday.
Showers
In
the
vicinity
of
northern
Vancouver
Island
today.
Cloudy
Friday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Friday
At
Port
Hardy
30
and
40.
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
25
end
40.
$70,000"
AIR
DEPOT
Administration
Building
At
Sandspit
Being
Authorized
OTTAWA
Department
of
Transport
has
authorized
the
construction
of
a
new
administration
building
at
the
Sandspit
airport
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Cost
is
estimated
at
$70,000.
The
project
will
include
accommodation
for
radio
range
finder,
weather
station,
passenger
depot
and
customs
office.
STOCKS
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
74
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1
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.25
Beattie
Bevcourt
Buffalo
Canadian
C.
M.
&S
Conwest
Donalda
.Eldona
To
Re-manufacture
Soaked
Newsprint
OCEAN
FALLS
(Special
to
the
Daily
News)
Water-damaged
cargo
of
Pacific
Mills
newsprint
valued
at
$100,000
will
be
converted
back
to
newsprint,
it
ls
reported.
'
A
Vancouver
Tug
and
Barge
Co.
Ltd.
barge,
loaded
with
850
tons
of
the
paper,
shipped
considerable
water
in
crossing
storm-iashed
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
last
week.
The
barge
returned
to
Ocean
Falls.
Full
insu-ance
was
carried,
the
report
said.
Inchon
Again
Under
Fire
TOKYO
I'nited
Nations
naval
units
today
stood
off
Inchon,
west
coast
Korean
port,
crashing
tons
of
shells
into
the
city
and
dockyards.
Canadian
and
other
British
Commonwealth
warships
were
taking
part
in
the
operation,
but
there
were
no
details
of
any
supporting
ground
action.
MILLIONS
USED
Matches
began
to
supersede
the
old
flint
and
steel
method
of
obtaining
fire
in,
the
early
part
of
the
19th
century.
10
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Sullivan
9.
Giant
Yellowknlfe
7.
God's
Lake
Hardrock
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Harricana
Heva
.
Hosco
Jarkknlfe
-
Jolict
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
Lynx
..
Madsen
Red
Lake
2
Another
Fire
In
Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS
One
man
burned
to
death
as
fire
and
53-degree-below
zero
temperatures
struck
Fairbanks
again
yesterday.
Victim
was
Oeorge
Bur-meister,
50,'
who
died
when
flames
destroyed
a
two-storey
log
boarding
house.
In
the
blaze
Monday,
three
downtown'
business
houses
were
destroyed
at
an
estimated
loss
of
$500,000.
Joint
Gyro
and
Rotary
Concert
Presentation
of
a
concert
under
joint
auspices
of
Gyro
and
Rotary
Clubs
is
being
considered.
A
committee
consisting
of
W.
D.
Lambie,
W.
J.
Scott,
ttnd
C.
P.
Balagno,
to
represent
the
Gyro
Club,
was
named
yesterday.
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Lake
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Canada
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