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of
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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61
VOL.
XL,
No.
114
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
15,
1951
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
0
US
Jrem
lira
CS
Athabaskan
rriving
Tonight
L
from
Korea,
where
she
has
been
for
the
.
.
..
.
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.
t
.
-i
tiumths
on
active
service
with
United
Na-
t,
HMCS
Athabaskan
is
arriving
in
Prince
fni(lniiht
tonight.
The
noted
destroyer
had
ially
due
to
proceed
direct
to
base
at
Inn
Thursday
of
this
week
but
a
hospital
Welcome
Home,
Athabaskan!
An
unprecedented
event
will
occur
in
Prince
Rupert
tonight.
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
the
port
there
will
be
the
opportunity
of
welcoming
home
a
warship
direct
from
active
service
in
waters
abroad.
HMCS
Athabaskan,
forced
here
to
hospitalize
a
crew
member,
is
due
during
the
night
enroute
to
her
home
port
of
Esquimalt.
Prince
Rupert
will
be
her
first
"back
home"
port
following
distinguished
and
arduous
service
which
is
described
elsewhere
in
this
paper
today.
This
is,
indeed,
a
unique
event
in
Prince
Rupert
and
it
calls
for
something
more
than
a
cursory
and
casual
welcome.
There
should
be
a
rousing
reception.
Commander
Robert
P.
Welland
and
his
men
have
been
doing
a
big,
important
and
brave
job
and
Prince
Rupert
would
do
well
to
go
all
out
in
extending
a
real
recognition
to
those
fighting
men
of
ours.
This
is
no
ordinary
visit
by
a
fighting
ship.
Let's
give
the
boys
as
real
a
welcome
"home"
as
the
emergency
circumstances
will
permit.
Negotiate
With
Iran
LONDON
0i
Great
Britain
will
propose
sending
a
high
level
government
mission
to
seek
a
settlement
of
its
oil
dispute
with
Iran,
informed
sources
said
today.
The
offer
will
be
contained
In
a
note
to
Iran
which
is
expected
to
be
sent
tomorrow.
It
will
urge
-Iran
to
negotiate
a
settlement,
it
Is
said.
While
the
Foreign
Office
was
putting
the
note
Into
final
form,
the
War
Office
was
whipping
into
readiness
a
4,000-man
parachute
brigade.
There
was
speculation
that
this
highly
mobile
force
would
be
sent
to
Iran
to
protect
British
lives
and
property
if
necessary.
.
.
,
Officials
said
that
Britain
has
consulted
the
United
States
on
Its
latest
moves
to
save
the
giant
British
oil
concessions
from
being
taken
over
by
the
Iran
government.
breed
her
to
put
in
here
instead.
,
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Talks
Alcan
'
Skeena
Member
Enthuses
Indep
endent
But
in
Step
OTTAWA.
Hon.
Lester
Pearson,
minister
of
external
affairs,
told
Parliament,
yesterday
that
he
wanted
to
see
Canada
stand
on
her
own
feet
but
march
In
step
with
her
neighbors,
particularly
the
United
States.
Relations
with
the
United
States
today,
he
said,
were
on
a
1
"good
and
friendly
basis."
.
In
Speech
at
Pembroke
PEMBROKE,
Ont.
(Special
to
Daily
News)
Filling
a
return
engagement,
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
MP
for
Skeena,
was
the
guest
speaker
at
Monday's
Ki-wanis
Club
meeting
in
Pembroke.
Mr.
Applewhaite
had
spoken
here
about
one
year
ago
at
which
time
he
dealt
with
the
early
history
and
settlement
of
his
Civil
Defence
Co-ordinator
Arriving
in
City
Next
Week
Col.
C.
R.
Steen,
civil
defence
co-ordinator
for
British
Columbia,
will
arrive
in
Prince
Rupert
by
plane
next
Monday,
according
to
a
wire
received
by
Mayor
G.
W.
Rudderham.
The
mayor
will
call
a
meeting
of
the
present
defence
committee
for
.
Monday
McRae
of
HMCS
morning
confirm
l,f
the
sudden
de-
(p
here.
It
Is
under-i,ibaskan
will
pro-ji:nalt
later
tomor-i
She
is
due
for
re-li
rsomiel
will
enjoy
i
is
one
of
the
three
fc-oyers
despatched
fc.it
last
July.
nore
than
nine
e
in
Korean
wat-
iba.sk.in,
under
the
i'dr.
Robert
P.
Wel-
out
a
variety
of
Following
her
ar-'.ir
East,
the
Atha-raployed
briefly
on
iien
joined
a
Unit-irt
blockading
the
Korea.
During
this
tii'stroyer
was
Ire-
:ied
to
operate
in
land
on
several
oc-
d
close
Inshore
to
or
to
Communist-)
bombard
enemy
rai
times,
too,
she
on
islands
to
sup-
t
South
Koreans
or
to
the
lnhabi-
jute
Imbrr
she
was
one
4
in
the
fleet
sup-rfiiivasiim
of
Inchon
:t
time
later
was
ju-mporarlly
to
the
l
take
part
In
the
Ming
operations.
4'r
the
Athabaskan
the
Canadian
Sin
bombardment
and
'jBt
Chinnampo
and
i-
UN
fleet
at
.the
iom
Inchon.
more
recent
fi.skan's
less
eventful
but
i'ant.
For
the
most
f
engaged
in
screea-f
carriers
launching
iks
against
enemy
npply
lines,
i
Cuthill
5
Away
who
for
several
t
manager
for
the
f
0
at
Port
Simpson,
I
yesterday"
at
w-
fiwest
Territories,
t,o
fk.
according
to
word
f-
t'ity.
Deceased's
Cuthill,
and
sister
1
Baxter,
reside
i.
2'U
Fifth
Avenue
was
47
years
of
born
in
Rrntlonrl
aiiftda
39
years
ago
e
service
of
the
Co.
as
a
younit
man.
"hill
Is
survived
bv
three
children,
I
and
Terry.
Ms
throughout
thn
e
saddened
to
learn
f1
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PACIFIC
COAST
No
games
scheduled.
No
National
games
scheduled.
Tin
ii
i
ii
in
nwniffwiM
in
i
Being
Moved
Crackdown
On
Profits
WASHINGTON,
DC.
(CP)
Economic
Stabilizer
Eric
Johnston
yesterday
asked
for
power
to
enforce
a
national
crackdown
on
spiralling
profits-ranging
from
the
barnyard
to
the
union
bargaining
room
and
industrial
price
sheets.
Johnston
told
the
Senate
banking
committee
in
prepared
testimony
thait,
"unless
we
have
stabilized
economy,
unless
we
hold
inflation
in
check,
we
cannot
mount
the
defence
effort
we
need."
Johnston
called
for
the
removal
of
one
price
ceiling
the
$10,000
limit
on
fines
which
can
be
assessed
against
violators
of
the
Defence
Production
Act.
Economic
mobilization
authortty
stems
from
this
act.
Six
Die
in
Collision
NORFOLK,
Virginia
(CP)
The
United
States
Navy
today
an
nounced
the
toll
of
yesterdays
collision
between
the
seaplane
tender
Valcour
and
the
collier
Thomas
Tracy
stands
at
one
known
dead,
five
missing
and
presumed
dead,
and
19
in
hospital.
.
The
Valcour
had
70,000
gallons
of
gasoline
aboard
when
she
collided
with
a
collier
some
five
miles
east
of
Cape
Henry.
American
Patricia
Joan,
53,000
Pacific,
17.7c,
15c,
13.5c.
Eagle,
70.000
Cold
Storage
17.6c,
15c,
13.5c.
Ragnar
M.,
17,000--Cold
Storage,
18.6c,
15c,
13.5c.
Northern
Light,
56,500
Booth,
17.7C,
15c,
13.5c.
Canadian
Connie
Jean,
11,000
Royal,
18.3c,
15c,
14.8c.
Gony,
19,000;
Nord,-17,000;
Advance
II,
26,000;
Aleutian.
11,-000;
Annabelle,
11,000;
Tramp,
17,000--Co-op.
Build
up
Offensive
TOKYO
0
Rain-drenched
Chinese
troops
plodded
south
through
Central
Korean
mud
today
in
their
build-up
for
a
new
offensive.
Spearheads
of
the
growing
Red
forces
are
facing
the
centre
of
the
100-mile
United
Nations
line
and
are
reported
twelve
miles
south
of
the
38th
parallel.
United
Nations
patrols
spotted
the
Communists
In
units
of
500
or
600
slogging
through
the
hills
east
of
Kapyong.
-
..-
,
The
United
States
Eighth
Army
did
not
indicate
how
close
they
were
to
United
Nations
lines.
There
was,
however,
no
fighting
reported
from
this
area.
Clashes
elsewhere
on
the
rainswept
battle
line
were
between
groups
of
100
and
200.
Doctors
in
Difference
VANCOUVER
(CP)-Confllctlng
evidence
was
given
at
a
public
inquiry
Monday
into
circumstances
surrounding
the
miscarriage
of
an
18-year-old
bride.
Dr.
John
Ross,
assistant
resi-1
dent
interne
in
obstetrics
ttt
Vancouver
General
Hospital,
denied
claims
of
Dr.
A.
B.
Green-berg
that
the
case
of
Mrs.
Daniel
Ritchie
was
referred
to
the
hospital
as
an
"emergency."
Dr.
Greenberg,
who
had
attended
Mrs.
Ritchie
April
9,
Testified
that
he
had
told
Dr
Ross
that
his
patient
was
an
emergency
case
needing
immediate
hospital
care.
But
Dr.
Ross
was
emphatic
In
his
denial
that
the
case
had
oeen
reierrea
to
him
as
an
emergency.
It
had
been
claimed
that
Mrs.
Ritchie
lost
her
unborn
baby
be
cause
she
was
unable
to
secure
hospital
accommodation
in
time
despite
the
fact
that
her
case
had
been
referred
to
three
hospitals
as
urgent.
Mr.
Justice
H.
S.
Woods
is
presiding
at
the
inquiry
whicn
was
ordered
by
Minister
of
Health
Turnbull.
Cdr.
Welland
To
Turn
Over
Athabaskan
To
Cdr.
Dudley
King
;
Commander
Robert
P.
Welland,
33,
qf
Victoria,
who
has
commanded
HMCS
Athabaskan
since
March,
1950,
will
turn
over
command
of
the
destroyer
In
mid-July
to
Commander
Dudley
O.
King,
41,
of
Victoria
and
Vancouver.
The
Aathabaskan
Is
due
in
Prince
Rupert
tonight
from
Korea.
Upon
coming
ashuie
in
July,
Commander
Welland
will
take
up
a
temporary
appointment
as
Chief
of
Staff
to
the
Flag
Officer
Pacific
Coast,
the
appointment
at
present
by
commander
King.
Born
in
,
Glen
Ewen,
Sask.,
March
7,
1918,
Commander
Welland
was
living
in
McCreary,
Man.,
when
he
entered
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
as
a
Cadet
in
August,
1936.
In
March,
1940,
he
was
appointed
to
the
destroyer
St.
Laurent,
which
proceeded
overseas
shortly
afterwards
and
subsequently
took
part
In
the
evacuation
of
France
and
served
on
convoy
escort
duty
In
the
Western
Approaches.
In
January,
1941,
Commander
Welland
commenced
an
anti-submarine
course,
following
which
he
served
ashore
at
Halifax
and
as
Staff
Officer
(Anti-Submarine)
to
the
Commanding
Officer
Pacific
iCoast,
at
Esqulmalt.
I
In
January,
1943,
he
was
ap
pointed
Executive
Officer
of
HMCS
Asslnlbolne
and
in
October
of
that
year
assumed
command
of
the
destroyer.
From
December,
1944,
until
November,
1945,
he
commanded
the
destroyer
Haida,
then
joined
the
staff
of
the
then
RCN
College,
Royal
Roads,
B.C.
He
left
the
college
in
November,
1947,
and
after
a
brief
anti-submarine
refresher
course
at
Halifax
he
was
appointed
Staff
Officer
(Torpedo
Anti-submarine)
on
the
staff
of
the
Director
of
Weapons
and
Tactics
at
Naval
headquarters.
He
remained
in
this
post
until
August,
1949,
when
he
commenced
staff
and
tactical
courses
which
preceded
his
appointment
In
March,
1950,
as
commanding
officer
of
HMCS
Athabaskan.
Commander
Welland
was
awarded
the
Distinguished
Service
'
Cross
in
March,
1941,
for
"courage
and
enterprise'
'in
an
action
with
an
enemy
submarine.
FORMERLY
HERE
Commander
King,
who
takes
over
Athabaskan,
has
been
Chief
of
Staff
to
the
Flag
Officer
Pacific
Coast
since
September,
1949.
He
was
born
in
Wilson's
Landing
Valley
and
was
living
in
Vancouver
when
he
entered
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
(Supplementary
Reserve)
In
December,
1936.
;
Called
on
active
service
in
Oc
tober,
1939,
he
served
for
a
year
In
the
minesweeper
HMCS
Ar-merttlers
and
on
examination
and
patrol
duties
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Esquimau.
LAGOS,
Nigeria
(CP)
Reports
received
today
said
that
more
than
100
persons
perished
in
a
moving
picture
theatre
fire
at
Kano
in
northern
Nigeria
Sunday
night.
Many
others
were
Injured.
night.
As
Prince
Rupert
has
been
named
a
No.
1
target
area
in
case
of
enemy
aggression,
it
Is
expected
plans
for
Immediate
action
In
preparation
for
civil
defence
will
be
laid
during
Col.
Steen's
presence
here,
the
mayor
said.
Present
members
of
the
defence
committee
are
key
personnel
in
civic
offices,
police
and
Red
Cross
organizations.
Knudsen
Left
Death
Letter
HULL
A
scrawled
"will
found
In
the
personal
papers
of
Henry
Knudsen
has
satisfied
Hull
police
that
the
Port
Edward,
B.C.,
taxi
operator
who
trailed
his
wife
for
2,500
miles
intended
to
take
her
life
and
then
his
own.
Police
announce
that
no
inquest
will
be
held
into
the
murder-suicide
shooting
which
brought
death
to
the
couple
in
a
night
club
hotel
here
Friday
night.
Knudsen,
aged
50,
killed
his
wife
with
two
shots
from
a
newly-
purchased
30-30
rifle.
He
then
shot
himself
through
the
mouth.
Much
of
a
letter
police
could
not
decipher
as
Knudsen,
Swe-
dish-born,
was
not
well
versed
In
writing
English.
Part
of
the
district.-
Yesterday
he
outlined
in
some
detail
the
latest
development
there,
namely
'the
vast
aluminum
project
now
under
way
by
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
Ltd.
The
speaker
described
the
dams
to
be
built,
the
10-mile
tunnel
to
be
driven
through
the
mountain
range,
the
2600-foot
shaft
Inside
the
mountain
and
the
powerhouse
which
It
is
expected
will
also
be
built
Inside
the
mountain.
;
Particulats
were
also
given
ot
the
48-mile
transmission
line
from
the
powerhouse
to
the
eventual
smelter
site
at
Klti-mat,
and
in
this
connection
a
description
was
given
of
the
tst
spans
which
have
been
set
up
at
the
summit
of
Kiladala
Pa&s,
altitude
5350
feet,
and
the
smelter
with
an
eventual
capacity
of
over
a
billion
pounds
annually:
Mr.
Applewhaite
said
It
was
ex-
I
peoted
initial
production
would
,
u
b
onefh
rri
of
that.
He
went
into
some
detail
as
to
the
necessity
of
building
a
new
townsite,
docks,
harbor,
railway
and
highway,
and
pointed
out
that
all
this
construction
was
in
an
area
quite
virgin
and
undeveloped
and
not
even
served
with
transportation
facilities.
The
speaker
quoted
$555,000,-000
as
the
overall
cost
of
which
$160,000,000
are
to
be
spent
immediately.
Pointing
out
that
the
whole
project
is
within
the
Skeena
district,
Applewhaite
ild:
"I
hope
I
may
be
forgiven
for
my
inordinate
pride
and
frank
enthusiasm
about
this.
The
whole
thing
dams,
tunnels,
power-plant,
smelter
town
and
harbor
will
be
in
my
district
of
Skeena.
"Any
MP
who
has
one
firm
willing
and
committed
4o
spend
half
a
billion
dollars
In
his
district
may
surely
be
excused
If
he
can
talk
about
little
else."
.
The.
British
Columbia
member
admitted
that
fears
had
been
held
that
this
project
might
have
an
adverse
eiiect
on
the
salmon
fisheries
but
he
said
Alcan
and
fisheries
department
engineers
had,
he
believed,
solved
this
problem.
The
member
for
Skeena
urged
his
listeners
to
remember
that
"we
are
all
part
of
Canada
and
should
all
be
Interested
In
major
developments
anywhere
In
the
country,
for
one
reason
be
cause
such
developments
pro
vide
Increasing
markets
for
the
products
of
the
whole
country
and
also
because
we
are
in
pro-
cess
of
building
a
nation
and
adding
something
new
and
not
removing
existing
industries
from
one
part
of
the
country
to
another.
Enemy
Are
Deserting
TOKYO.
Enemy
soldiers
are
reported
to
be
deserting
In
con
siderable
numbers
In
the
war
in
'
"
Ul
uic
pnauMcia
vc-
ing
taken
are
said
to
be
de
serters.
They
Include
officers
and
men
alike.
One
of
the
principal
complaints
seems
to
be
about
food.
Weather
Synopsis
A
weak
disturbance
has
stalled
across
northern
Vancouver
Island
and
Is
not
expected
to
move
farther
south
the
next
few
days.
Cloud
associated
with
the
disturbance
covered
most
of
the
coast
and
much
of
the
central
interior
this
morning.
During
the
day
the
disturbance
is
expected
to
weaken
and
the
cloud
along
the
southern
coast
to
decrease.
Another
storm
appears
to
be
developing
west
of
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
this
storm
should
"bring
rain
to
northern
coastal
waters
Wednesday,
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Wednesdayat
Port
Hardy
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
45
and
55.
TIdES
Wednesday
.May
16,
1951
J
High
9:24
.
16.3
feet,
21:57
18.9
feet
Low
3:29
8.0
feet
j
15:37
6.7
feet
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you
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said
and
cool
with
occasional
showers
he
was
leaving
a
car,
$400
in
'
today
and
intermittent
rain
cash
and
house
to
his
two
Wednesday
afternoon
and
even-daughters.
I
ing.
Winds
light,
increasing
Knudsen.
who
had
flown
to
Wednesday
afternoon
to
south-Ottawa
Thursday
to
Join
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east
25.
Bradley,
MacArthur
Differ
KOREAN
BETTER
THAN
WORLD
WAR
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)
General
OmarN.
Bradley
told
the
Senate
military
affairs
and
foreign
relations
committees
today
that
he
believes
General
MacArthur's
Korean
war
proposals
would
increase
"risk
of
global
war."
'
"
As
costly
in
lives
as
the
Ko-'acling
of
Red
China,
bombing
rean
fighting
is
it
Is
"less
ex-
Manchurian
bases
and
use
of
pensive
than
the
vast
de-struc-
,
Chinese
Nationalist
troops,
has
tion"
of
a
wona
war,
Bradley
strong
military
value
so
far
as
I
the
Korean
campaign
is
con-
Tlie
chairman
of
the
Joint
ccjrned.
chiefs
of
staff
was
before
the!
But
he
added:
"Joint
chiefs
of
committee
which
Is
investigat-:
staff
believe
these
same
meas-lng
MacArthur's
dismissal.
ures
do
increase
the
risk
of
Bradley
said
that
the
MacAr-
global
war
and
that
risk
should
thur
program,
calling
for
block-
not
be
taken
unnecessarily."
I1'111'
industrial
supplement
which
Is
about
to
be
f
'
connection
with
the
opening
of
the
Columbia
Plant,
are
urged
to
have
their
copy
In
our
hands
I'irther
delay.
fKcial
sections
are
now
being
closed
and
space
'
should
be
made
at
once.
F"'
will
contain
new
pictures
and
articles
featuring
city
district
witn
spCclal
reference
to
tire
f
Cellulose.
I111
be
special
nation-wide
circulation.
I
at
Dally
News
or
Phone
748
for
appointment
wife,
had
bought
a
return
ticket,
it
was
revealed
by
Police
Chief
J.
A.
Robert.
Mrs.
Knudsen
had
struggled
vainly
to
avoid
shooting
at
the
hands
of
her
husband.
OPEN
LAND
More
than
one-third
of
the
area
of
Australia's
northern
territory,
which
totals
523,000
square
miles,
is
unoccupied
and
unreserved.
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