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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
VOL.
XXXX,
No.
9
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
11,
1951
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Mahogany
Boals
-Price
Is
Lower
VANCOUVER
A
fleet
of
twenty
fishing
boats
made
of
irifhoeanv.
Instead
of
cedar,
will
be
built
here
by
tree
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Mahogany
hardwood
from
the
Philippine
Islands
can
be
Imported
for
less
money
than
cedar
bought
here
and
grown
In
B.C.
forests.
The
boats
will
be
glllnetters,
thirty-two
feet
long,
varnished
in
natural
finish.
1
1
,
NDON
It
was
Indicated
today
that
Communist
had
sent
new
terms
to
the
nonwealth
conference
here.
submission
to
the
United
Jus,
for
a
cease-fire
In
Ko-
Measures
To
Be
Tighter
BULLETINS
Than
Those
Of
Vartime
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Department
of
Defence
is
aiming
to
complete
a
complex
shield
of
defences
around
Canada's
main
coastal
harbors,
including
P.rince
Rupert,
this
year.
Work
has
been
proceeding
Big
Three
Parley
On
Scotland
LONDON
"W-John
J.
Campbell,
leader
of
the
home-rule-for-Scotland
group,
today
demanded
a
"Big
Three"
meeting
of
himself.
Prime
Minister
Attlee
and
Winston
Churchill.
The
demand
was
the
latest
y
would
Be:
'
!
A
seat
at
the
United
Na-for
Communist
China.
i
Withdrawal
of
all
foreign
,
from
Korea.
j
Discu-sslon
of
Formosa.
I
nwhile,
prime
ministers
of
ommonwealth
came
out
day
in
favor
of
western
with
Russia
as
they
pon-ways
of
ending
the
Ko-war.
i
at
Britain
and
India
are
No
Control
Wages-Prices
Idea
of
Freeze
Is
Given
I'p
swiftly
already
at
sveh
places
as
Halifax,
St.
John's,
to
want
Communist
China
''
,
.
Sit
l.-,
.
x
Sydney,
Nova
Scotia,
Vancouver
and
Victoria,
and
Frince
Rupert
will
probably
be
added.
ed
to
the
United
Nations
By
United
States
Government
irt
of
a
settlement.
Both
Drive
to
whip
"seaward
de-
WASHINGTON
O
Economic
lies,
apparently,
are
ready
fences"
into
snape
has
taken
on
a
note
of
urgency
since
the
Ko
rean
war
broke
out
and
involves
all
three
forces
but
primarily
p
negotiate
a
cease-me
by
going
some
of
the
way
I
meeting
Red
China's
de-.
for
United
Nations
mem-p
and
return
of
strategic
the
Navy.
These
defences
are
de
development
in
the
Christmas
Day
snatching
of
Britain's
Coronation
Stone
also
known
as
the
Scottish
Stone
of
Destiny
from
Westminster
Abbey.
The
proposal
was
made
public
by
Campbell,
head
of
the
Scottish
Covenant
Committee.
He
called
for
an
immediate
conference
with
the
two
British
political
leaders
with
a
view
to
re-writing
the
treaty,
which
in.
1707
made
Scotland
part
of
Britain.
signed
to
beat
off
any
enemy
attacks,
either
by
submarine
or
SECRET
PARLEY
Lt.
Gen.
Charles
Foulkes,
chief
of
Canadian
Army
staff.
ign
Secretary
Ernest
Bev-
surface
craft,
by
a
combination
Hritain
U
said
to
have
tola
of
devices
including
vast
under
Stabilizer
Alan
Valentine
announced
last
night
that
the
government
had
shelved
any
Idea
of
Immediate
"across
the
board"
wage-price
freeze.
A
plan
for
a
quick
price
freeze
to
last
30
days
while
the
government
considered
more
permanent
measures
had
previously
been
under
consideration.
"We
have
come
to
the
definite
conclusion,"
said
Valentine
"that
we
do
not
plan
any
general
across
the
board
stabilization
or
freeze
of
prices,"
he
said.
He
em-phasled
that
the
same
goes
for
wages.
water
nets,
a
system
of
gates,
mines
and
other
equipment
as
ime
minister
that
Red
s
admission
to
the
United
s
would
help
end
the
ii
war.
Premier's
Sister
Raps
Color
Bar
LONDON
P
From
a
Presbyter-Ian
Church
pulpit,
75-year-old
Miss
Mary
Attlee,
sister
of
Britain's
Prime
Minister,
attacked
what
she
called
the
"sad
and
terrible"
color
bar
in
South
Africa.
Miss
Attlee,
who
recently
returned
to
England
after
40
years
as
a
missionary
in
South
Africa,
told
her
church
audience
that
the
way
colored
persons
are
addressed
In
South
Africa
filled
her
with
shame.
"I
regret
to
say
it
is
so-called
Christians
who
are
at
fault
in
well
as
guns
and,
in
some
cases,
Weather
Synopsis
aircraft.
The
Navy
says
it
cannot
re
LEV
IX
MEETING
i
veal
just
how
good
or
compre
med
sources
today
re-the
Commonwealth
coun-
The
storm
which
was
expected
ave
proposed
a
high-level
hensive
the
defences
are
going
to
be
because
details
are
a
top
secret.
But
they
are
expected
to
First
Ship
From
Korea
War
Zone
to
move
Inland
over
British
Columbia
during
the
night
was
carried
well
to
the
south
before
z
between
the
United
and
Communist
China
to
be
both
tighter
and
wider
in
the
Korean
settlement.
their
scope
than
anytthing
Halt
ALASKA
ATTACK,
SLATED?
TAIPEI,
Formosa
The
C
h
i
n
e
s
e
Nationalist
defence
ministry
said
today
Russia
has
moved
an
additional
300,000
troopr
to
Siberia
in
readiness
for
an
attack
on
Alaska.
The
ministry
also
said
the
Moscow-Peiping
axis
is
converting
China's
Northwestern
provinces
into
a
vast
military
base.
OUAKES
HIT
NEW
ZEALAND
AITKLAND
Sharp
earth
tremors
rocked
southern
New
Zealand
today,
toppling
chimneys
and
buckling
railroad
tracks
north
of
Christehurch.
No
casualties
have
been
reported.
The
'quakes
lasted
over
a
period
of
seven
hours.
ALBERT
r.UAY
TO
HANG
QUEBEC
The
federal
Department
of
Justice
and
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Quebec
Superior
Court
has
rejected
the
appeal
of
J.
Albert
Guay
for
a
stay
of
execution
for
the
murder
of
his
wife
in
an
airplane
crash
in
September
1949
when
21
persons
were
killed.
L'.N.
FLAG
TO
PATS
PUSAN
The
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Light
Infantry,
Second
Battalion,
were
presented
today
with
the
flag
of
the
United
Nations.
Lieut.
A.
F.
Wagstaff
of
New
Westminster
headed
the
color
party.
VETERANS'
PENSIONS
OTTAWA
Hon.
Hugues
Lapointe,
minister
of
veterans
affairs,
announced
today
that
totally
unemployable
veterans
and
veteran;'
widows
would
be
given
the
priority
in
increases
in
veterans'
pensions.
He
indicated,
however,
that
there
was
little
hope
for
increases
for
other
classes.
WANTS
STEEL
FOR
BRIDGE
VANCOUVER
Mayor
Fred
Hume
announced
today
that
priority
had
been
applied
for
15,000
tons
of
steel
to
be
used
in
the
building
of
the
new
Granville
Street
bridge.
It
might
be
considered
a
defence
project,
the
mayor
held.
v
NOT
RESIGNING
VICTORIA
Premier
Byron
Johnson
again
today
denied
rumors
that
he
might
be
resigning
before
his
term
of
oifice
was
'
completed.
The
Premier's
doctors
say
he
is
makinsj
good
recovery
from
the
severe
injuries
he
sustained
last
fail
in
an
automobile
accident
in
Quebec.
SEVENTH
VICTIM
DIED
COLFAX,
Washington
Seventh
victim
of
a
house
fire
here
early
yesterday
morning,
Robert
Walker,
died
today.
His
wife,
four
children
and
brother-in-law
perished
in
the
fire.
STICKS
BY
STORY
CHICAGO
Keyes
Beech,
Chicago
Daily
News
correspondent,
said
today
that
he
was
standing
by
his
story
that
General
Douglas
MacArthur
had
recommended
withdrawal
of
United
Nations
forces
from
Korea.
SECRET
MILITARY
MEET
..
OTTAWA
Heads
of
Canada's
twelve
military
sections
are
meeting
in
secret
session
today
with
Lt.
General
Charles
Foulkes,
chief
of
staff
of
the
Canadian
Army.
reaching
the
coast
so
the
main
force
of
the
storm
was
being
felt
new
move
apparently
has
fax
or
any
other
ports
knew
In
NEW
WESTMINSTER
(Pi
The
Islandside,
first
Canadian
ship,
the
Second
World
war.
I
li
port
of
the
leaders
of
all
I
ommonwealth
countries,
Heavy
Herring
Caich
Still
On
this
morning
over
California.
Cloudy
skies
and
scattered
merchantman
or
naval,
to
re-
I
live
been
discussing
the
this
matter.
Even
in
South
African
churches
our
colored
friends
snow
flurries
were
the
rule
,
turn
f
rotn
the
Korean
war
the-
"
throughout
the
southern
interior
Utre,
lay
at
anchor
.here
last
this
morning
while
the
northern)
night.
regions
were
clear.
Along
the!
The
Islandside
landed
480.000
Today's
Stocks
sit
apart."
Miss
Attlee
said
she
lived
in
an
apartment
attached
to
the
house
VANCOUVER
"
lituation
in
the
Orient
and
I
rest
of
the
world
at
a
tnce
which
began
here
tursday.
details
of
the
proposal
are
"";s
fle
but
Its
immediate
ob-
1
h
are
clear.
"Hf
.
-uld
seek
to
avoid
the
A
catch
of
something
over
2,000
tons
of
herring
yesterday
In
the
northern
sub-district
brought
the
total
catch
from
the
20,000
ton
extension
to
the
new
.26'72
American
Standard
coast
cloudy
skies
and
a
few
gallons
of
gasoline
and
15,000,-showers
still
persisted.
000,000
won
(South
Korean
North
west
winds
will
develop'
paper
money)
at
Inchon
after
of
a
colored
friend.
"He
is
a
thoughtful
man,"
she
Bralorne
6.65
the
September
landing.
The
won,
said,
"and.
the
"attitude-
of
the
along
the
oast
later
today
with
clearing
expected
over
most
year
quoia
wj
over
u.uuu
urn.
j
Although
the
waters
around'
Christians
surprises
and
puzzles
flatten
in
the
United
Na-
coastal
regions
this
evening.
i
Kltkatla
Inlet
are
teeming
with
ons
bf
a
new
cease-fire
reso-
him.
"I
cannot
tell
you
how
amazed
I
am
and
how
deeply
I
admire
fuiloii'
which
might
prove
unac-
pepiaoie
to
either
the
United
Btatesi
or
Red
China.
It
would
the
patience
of
these
people
who
are
so
humiliated."
leek
to
defer
the
offering
of
the
Projected
United
States
resolution
Mt
have
the
United
Nations
rai
Communist
China
as
an
i'rreor.
Clearing
skies
will
spread
into
the
Interior
overnight.
Forecasts
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
vicinity
northern
Vancouver
Island
this
morning,
clearing
(his
afternoon
elsewhere.
Sunny
today.
A
few
clouds
tonight
and
Friday
morning,
clouding
over
by
afternoon.
A
little
colder.
Winds
Northwest
(25)
today
and
southwest
(20)
tomorrow.
Lows
tonight
und
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy,
35
and
42;
Sandspit,
35
and
45;
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
45.
worth
about
$3,375,000
in
Canadian
currency,
took
up
11,000
feet
of
cargo
space.
The
Islandside
had
been
chartered
August
1
by
the
United
State
military
sea
transport
service.
She
returned
here
after
a
five-month
voyage.
J
Crew
members
had
as
souven..
Irs
parts
of
a
Communist
plane
which
had
been
shot
down
over
Inchon.
The
plane
"was
a
Uniu
ed
States
Corsair
sent
to
Russia
on
lend-lease
during
the
lat
war,"
said
Chief
Officer
Stuart
Richardson
of
Montreal.
Capt.
Fred
Usher
said:
"It
was
impossible
to
say
whether
the
plane
was
flying
as
a
North
Ko
rean
machine
or
as
a
Russian
one
but
American
soldiers
claimed
that
the
pilot
was
a
fish,
fishing
Is
considered
a
tough
and
expensive
proposition.!
The
shallow
water
has
been
hard
j
on
the
deep
water
nets,
which
scrape
the
bottom.
The
water,,
where
fishing
Is
most
intensive
is
only
12
fathoms
deep,
whereas,
the
nets
are
designed
to
do
down
over
20
fathoms.
In
addition,'
many
boats
have
run
aground
causing,
in
most
cases,
only
slight
damage.
An
expert
biologist,
Mr.
Ladl-gan,
has
been
brought
to
the
dls-1
trict
and
is
now
Inspecting
schools
In
the
area
for
depletion
in
view
of
the
heavy
catches
taken
there.
B.
R.
X
.04
'
Cariboo
Quartz
:.......
1.15
'
Hedley
Mascot
.52
Pend
Oreille
8.75
Pioneer
2.30
Premier
Border
.09
Privateer
06
Vi
Reeves
McDonald
4.90
Sheep
Creek
1.30
Silbak
Premier
.
.30
Taku
River
.05
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
03
Vi
Spud
Valley
..:
04
Silver
Standard
,.
2.75
Western
Uranium
1.30
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
5.05
A.
P.
Con.
.36
Atlantic
2.55
C.
&
E
8.55
Central
Leduc
2.26
Home
Oil
14.35
Mercury
14
Va
Okalta
-
2.25
Pacific
Pete
8.25
Princess
1.65
TideS
FOURTEEN
MILLION
IN
DOMINION
NOW
OTTAWA
0i
Canada's
population
has
hit
the
14,000,000
mark,
nearly
double
the
figure
at
the
start
of
the
First
World
War.
Government
officials
confirmed
yesterday
that
that
figure
had
been
reached.
lay,
January
12,
1951
4:41
20.2
feet
16:39
19.2
feet
10:44
7.0
feet
22:56
4.9
feet
WASHINGTON
A
special
appeal
to
the
government
of
Canada
for
help
in
solving
the
nickel
problem
is
urged
by
the
US.
Senate
defence
sub-committeee.
There
is
a
great
and
growing
nickle
shortage
in
the
United
States.
'
ied
Afo
Afttiack
Is
Kesyinnied
WESTERN
LEAD
;
-Te
first
mass
x-ray
for
tuberculosis
in
Canada
was
made
in
1941
at
Melville,
Sa.sk.
f
-
ny
Reds
Are
Killed
were
splotched
with
blood
of
2100
killed
and
wounded
Korean
Communists.
American,
French
and
Dutch
troops
had
dealt
out
death
to
the
enemy
in
a
seven-hour
fight.
Greatest
menace
to
the
Allied
arms
is
shaping
up
in
a
50-
their
buddies
on
the
frozen
neasy
Quiet
on
ground.,
.V
round
Front
Where
Heaviest
strike
was
in
the
Suwon
area
south
of
Seoul.
mlle
stretch
between
unungju
N.
Holds
Lin
About
100
fighters
caught
huge
and
Red-held
Osan
in
western
Plane
Crash-All
Survive
ALBURQUEQUE,
New
Mexico
P
A
United
States
Air
Force
twin-engined
C-47
crashed
and
burned
about
30
miles
west
of
Alberquerque
last
night
but
all
eleven
persons
aboard
survived.
Ground
search
parties
early
today
found
three
members
of
the
crew
and
eight
passengers.
Seven
of
them
were
injured.
U.K.
Coalition
Rumors
Denied
LONDON
ffi
The
Liberal
Evening
Star
says
today
the
Labor
government
and
its
Conservative
opposition
may
agtee
.
on
a
"party
truce
or
new
coalition
government"
in
the
near
future
because
of
the
"darkened
international
situation."
Sources
close
to
Prime
Minis
Neil
Gething,?Peace
River
-Pioneer
And
Booster
For
Prince
Rupert,
Succumbs
Neil
Gething.
a'pioner
mining
man
and
Industrialist,
who
had
high
hopes
for
the
future
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
buried
Thursday
last
at
Hudson's
Hope.
The
following
sketch
of
his
career
was
written
for
the
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
by
George
M.
Murxay,
M
P.,
Cariboo,
a
friend
and
neighbor
of
the
late
Mr.
Gething.
Editor.
Royal
Canadian
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Royalite
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TORONTO
Athona
09
Aumaque
.30
!
Beattle
60
Bevcourt
43
Bobjo
13Vi
C.
M.
&
S
128.75
Conwest
199
Donalda
54
Eldona
-
23
East
Sullivan
8.35
Giant
Yellowknife
6.95
God's
Lake
43
Hardrock
26
Harrlcana
10
Heva
.07
4
Hosco
06
Vi
Jackknife
05
Jollet
Quebec
89
Lake
Rowan
.06
Vi
Lapaska
-
04
Vi
S.
FIFTH
AIR
enemy
concentrations
in
we
jorea
open
and
Inflicted
casualties
on
i
Chinese
and
Korean
Red
nearly
1100
of
them,
headquar-
orces
estimated
at
285,000,
are
ters
reported.
the
area
or
moving
toward
it
CE
HEADQUAR,
Supplies,
box
cars,
locorqouves
.
an
apparent
bid
to
cut
off
IN
KOREA
(CP)
'd
warplanes
lashed
main
forces
of
the
Eighth
Army
on
the
road
south
of
abandoned
Seoul.
y
at
Communist
and
supplies
and
and
buildings
also
were
hit
near
Suwon.
The
Seoul
area
was
also
pounded
heavily.
'
MEANWHILE,
ON
LAND
...
Allied
forces
.today
hacked
out
a
holding
line
on
the
critical
ter
Attlee
and
Conservative
Leader
Churchill,
however,
pooh
'
"ley
had
ki
ed
or
SEATTLE
The
Olympic
peninsula
lake
area
has
laid
claim
to
have
been
the
wettest
section
poohed
the
story.
A
Conservative
A
more
than
1400
Reds,
'heir
first
chance
in
two
0.
C
FOOTBALL
(English
Cup,
3rd
Round
Replay)
Carlisle
United
1,
Arsenal
4.
Can
you
.
of
the
United
States
in
1950.
"it
at
the
Chinese
In
informant
asked,
imagine
Churchill
right-hand
man?"
Attlee's
Rainfall
for
the
year
was
167.45
'
inches,
the
highest
In
ten
years.
Korean
central
front
after
a
seesaw
battle
south
of
Wonju.
The
battle
front
was
uneasily
quiet
late
in
the
day.
Snow-covered
valleys
and
hills
Korea.
Land-hugging
'nd
snow
had
nreventeri
Little
Long
Lac
65
Lynx
15
Madsen
Red
Lake
2
50
McKenzie
Red
Lake
47
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.45
Moneta
38
Negus
1.18
Noranda
76.00
Nal
close
teamwork
with
EASE
NOTE...
,
Neil
Gething
who
gave
his
name
to
Gething
Mountain,
who
knew
the
mining;
trails
of
British
Columbia
well,
was
killed
New
Year's
Eve
at
Hudson's
Hope
while
watsiinp;
a
horse.
He
was
in
his
eighty-fifth
year,
cirnc
of
Welsh
stock
and
was
a
native
of
Battle
Cr?ek,
Mich.
Mr.
Gething
was
a
pioneer
of
;
with
the
Gethings
at
Slocar.
City
the
Montana,
Nevada,
Kootenay
,
while
launching
the
"Star,"
a
'
and
Cariboo
mining
camps.
He
weekly
newspaper.
Gething
and
was
a
candidate
in
Prince
others
barked
Nko!,
a
bold
George's
first
mayoralty
election,
j
young
newspaperman
fresh
out
The
legendary
John
Houston,
from
London,
Ont.,
in
this
pub-editor
and
politician,
first
mayor
Wishing
venture,
or
Nelson,
was
a
pal
and
partner)
Dick
McBrido,
later
Sir
Rieh-of
Gething.
Colonel
Lowery.iard
McBride,
premier
of
B.C.,
editor
of
"Lowery's
Float"
and
had
a
lifelong
political
supporter
the
"Greenwood
Ledge,"
was
an-
i
in
Mr.
Gething.
The
late
Sena-other
old
friend.
When
the
!
tor
Robert
Green
was
his
friend
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
was
build-
j
and
partner
in
mining
activities
lng
to
Prince
Rupert,
Gething
'
over
many
years,
bought
the
land
which
formed
;
xo
PEACE
RIVER
the
original
townsite
of
Prince
j
Peace
River
country
saw
Oeoree
and
sold
the
area
to
the,MPii
oet.hinr
first,
in
ian
hin
The
last
three
days
of
Louvicourt
.
24
Pickle
Crow
:
1.75
Reeicourt
.04',
4
San
Antonio
2.80
Senator
Rouyn
-
-2134
Sherritt
Gordon
3.45
Steep
Rock
800
Silver
Miller
1.00
Upper
Canada
2.05
Golden
Manitou
v
6.00
anson's
January
Clearance
Sale
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
12th
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
13rh
MONDAY,
JANUARY
15th
Don't
miss
seeing
the
really
great
Values
on
the
last
three
days
at
!
Grand
Trunk
Pacific.
:he
arrived
at
Hudson's
Hon
bv
Hockey
Scores
National
Montreal
3,
New
York
0
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
4.
Tacoma
0
New
Westminster
5,
Portland
0
Okanagan-Mainline
Trail
3,
Nanaimo
4
Ltd
NSON'S
.
.
.
YOUR
FRIENDLY
JEWELLER
Hon.
Walter
C.
Nicol,
once
j
dog
team
from
Edmonton.
He
Lieutenant
Governor
of
British!
was
well
financed
and
was
look-Columbia,
founder
of
the
Van-
j
ing
for
coal.
A
great
railway
couver
Daily
Province,
boarded1
(Continued
on
page
8)
RETURNING
TO
BASE
H.M.C.S.
Sioux
returning
next
month
to
base
at
Esquimau
from
Korea.
Chief
Petty
Officer
Ted
Mills,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
C.
Mills
of
Prince
Rupert,
is
aboard.
i