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"Prince
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the
Key
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Great
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81
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
'WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
7,
1951
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British
Merchant
Fleet
Is
Mow
World's
Largest
LONDON
(CP)
Britain's
sea-going
merchant
fleet
last
year
was
the
biggest
in
the
world.
Nearly
a
quarter
of
the
tonnage
in
service
flew
the
"red
duster"
of
the
British
merchant
navy.
Russ
Stand
Is
Relaxed
PARIS
W
Russia
said
In
a
note
released
by
the
French
Foreign
Office
today
tbat,
as
most
aggressive
elements
of
Hitlerite
militarism
are
again
raising
their
heads,
she
is
demanding
that
German
demilitarization
hold
top
spot
in
a
proposed
four-power
foreign
ministers'
Flier
Span
5
A
newl.y-is.sued
1951
appendix
lk'e(I
To
Have
Been
Running
Twice
Douks
Blamed
to
Lloyds'
Register
reports
the
gross
merchant
tonnage
for
the
Authorized
bpced
oPBRIDGE,
New
Jersey
Eighty-two
per-
Black
Cod
Despite
strong
wording,
the
United
Kingdom
in
July
1950
was
18,219,000
tons
126,000
tons
more
than
In
1949
out
of
the
world
total
of
84,583,000
tons.
Total
for
the
British
Common
Russians,
while
insisting
on
pri
Arson
In
Pen
Fire
ority
for
the
German
question,
have
left
open
the
door
for
in
At
21.3
e
killed
and
about
500
were
injured
last
night
commuters'
train
from
New
York
and
crashed
over
an
embankment
20
feet
into
.
I
A
i.1
M
.
..
...
-
I
wealth
as
a
whole
stood
at
22,-118,000
tons.
.
troduction
of
other
subjects
as
desired
by
the
western
powers
if
-The
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Oi
United
States
figure
was
given
iciow
as
a
iresue
gave
way.
left
the
tracks.
They
and
when
a
conference
is
held.
Similar
notes
were
sent
to
Great
Britain
and
the
United
;d
with
passengers,
as
27,513.000
tons
300,000
ton;;
less
than
in
1949.
Lloyds
estimated
14,000,000
tons
of
this
is
In
reserve.
PLANS
CHANNEL
SWIM
Winnie
Roach
Leuszler,
25-year-old
Toronto
mother
of
three,
has
mailed
her
entry
for
the
London
Daily
Mail's
international
swimming
race
across
the
English
Channel
in'
August.
She
will
be
the
first
Canadian
woman
to
try
to
swim
the
channel.
Mrs.
Leuszler
is
shown
with
her
children,
Frances
Mary,
3,
playing
with
one
of
her
mother's
trophies;
Phyllis,
3
months;
and
Sharon,
2.'
(CP
PHOTO)
States.
The
four
powers
have
been
exchanging
views
since
November
3
when
Russia
first
proposed
Blames
Reds
For
Tension
WASHINGTON
0;
Secretary
warden
today
blamed
"rampaging
Doukhobors"
lor
a
$20,000
fire
In
the
compound
federal
penitentiary
here.
The
fire,
which
followed
nn
explosion
last
nignt,
swept
through
the
one-storey
administration
building
housing
an
office
and
a
hospital
ward.
Warden
R.
S.
Douglas
said
hoses
had
been
sliced
in
halt
when
prison
firefighters
reached
:the
scene.
He
will
invstigate
the
ding
In
the
aisles.
Lied
train
plunged
ofr
4,
it
ried
trestle
for
the
h
wreck
in
the
United
p'J
years.
tmkers
hacked
through
ii,i.ss
of
wreckage.
They
I;'
her
bodies
may
stUl
that
the
four
powers
discuss
disarmament
of
Germany.
Reflecting
a
slight
relaxation
Takla
Strands
of
State
Acheson
today
accused
of
Soviet
stand,
Russia
insists
on
holding
a
"council
of
foreign
ministers"
the
council
that
was
The
highest
prices
in
the
history
of
the
fishery
are
being
paid
for
black
cod
on
the
local
market.
Monday,
the
Taplow,
Capt.
Jacob
Strand,
landed
20,000
pounds
at
a
price
of
21.3
cents
for
large
fish
over
six
pound
and
124
cents
for
those
between
i't
and
six
pounds.
The
Taplow
made
an
earlier
'trip,
which
brought
20
cents
for
large
fish
and
12
cents
for
the
smaller
size.
The
Balzac,
Capt.
E.
Telseth,
received
the
same
prices
for
its
load.
The
only
loads
delivered
to
date,
the
three
went
to
B.
C.
Packers
at
Seal
Cove.
Other
boats
now
on
the
ground
are
the
Island
Queen,
(
apt.
Perry
York;
Signal,
Capt.
Vic
rnssum,
and
the
Sea
Mount,
working
out
of
0
u
a
(I
in
the
crumbled
id
debris.
Acquitted
Of
Murder
Charge
VANCOUVER
0i
Assize
court
Jury,
deliberating
only
25
minutes,
last
night
acquitted
George
Spencer
Elliot
on
a
charge
of
attempting
to
murder
his
sweet
es
a:
CCA
Bog
.the
Iron
Curtain
countries
Russia's
satellites
of
building
up
very
great
armies
in
excess
of
peace
treaty
limitations.
H;
possibility
that
a
time-bomb
mav
have
been
planted
in
the
r
-t.tr
Pennsylvania
Rall-I
The
Broker,"
l;,d
Jumped
the
tracks
said
this
is
one
of
the
major
storeroom.
1
to
to
a
a
n
midtown
over-
set
up
in
a
four-power
meeting,
at
Potsdam
in
1945.
The
western
powers
have
spoken
only
of
a
meeting
of
four
foreign
ministers.
Deputy
foreign
ministers,
the
Russian
reply
proposes,
should
hold
a
preliminary
meeting
to
set
up
an
agenda.
H
US
P
n.
Up
About
100
Doukhobors,
serving
long-term
sentences
for
arson
iiii
f
r
fife
curs,
Jack-knifing
heart
after
she
broke
their
engagement,
i
and
bombing
in
the
Kootenays,
are
held
in
the
compound.
Nude-
causes
in
world
tension.
Acheson
told
a
press
conference
it
is
the
weight
of
these
armies
plus
the
enormous
military
power
of
the
Soviet
Union
Itself
which
is
the
prime
source
of
tension
and
worry
in
th?
world
today.
Elliot,
23,
was
accused
of
trying
to
kill
Eileen
Eager,
19,
by
driving
parading
and
chanting
did
noc
take
place.
v,
Idiitled
down
the
20-
ert.iii.kment.
:
act.
temporary
overpass
b
I'lliiiil
into
service
only
v
before
the
crash.
--.if?
f-'-f.k.
the
Federal
Bu-
New
Fighting
Vessel
his
car
off
a
Vancouver
pier,
September
15.
Miss
Eager
was
the
principal
witness
against
the
youth,
who
denied
in
court
that
he
tried
to
Naval
Training
Officer
Arrives
Canadian
Navy
Coming
Up
Cdr.
J.
M.
Leemlng,
R.C.N.,
and
Air
Force
Officer
Seeking
Recruits
Mrs.
Leeming,
Victoria,
arrived
i
kill
her
and
also
said
he
did
not
.simallon
said
it
was
to
determine
:ibotuge
was
lnvolv-
intend
to
commit
suicide
after
in
the
city
this
morning
on
the
she
broke
off
their
six-week
Prince
George.
Cdr.
Leeming
R.C.N,
reserve
training
com
Gordon
Warns
Of
Inflation
Increased
Production
and
Buyer
Restraint
Essential
mander
at
Esquimau,
will
be
at
nul,
conducting
its
.s.iid
it
could
offer
HMCS
Chatham
for
a
short
time
dp
explanation
for
The
Prince
Rupert
fishing
vessel
Takla,
one
of
the
largest
vessels
of
the
British
Columbia
fleet,
was
being
pounded
to
pieces
by
a
gale-lashed
sea
this
afternoon
as
she
lay
on
a
reef
on
the
northwe.st
of
Island.
10
miles
outside
this
port,
where
she
went
ashore
late
last
night
while
heading
for
the
cod-fishing
grounds..
The
crew
has
reached
shore
safely
and
was
on
the
beach
picking
up
gear
and
wreckage
as
it
was
being
driven
ashore.
The
Armour
Salvage
Co.
had
dispatched
its
boats
F.
H.
Phip-pen
and
Kaien
to
the
scene
but.
owing
to
the
storm,
they
were
unable
to
get
alongside.
That
the
bottom
had
already
Fit.
Lieut.
Keith
Ham
and
Sgt.
L.
O.
Jones,
R.C.F.,
Edmonton,
arrived
in
the
city
by
train
today
from
Edmonton
to
recruit
men
for
the
RCAF.
They
will
be
at
the
Canadian
Legion
today,
tomorrow
and
Friday.
Fit.
Lieut.
Ham
said
the
drive
has
been
going
exceptionally
well
in
Edmontondoubled
in
the
past
two
With
Coast
Defence
Ship
OTTAWA
T!ieNev'y
is
coming
up
with
a
hew'type
of
small
lighting
ship
as
a
key
factor
in
the
defence
of
Canadian
harbor
and
coast
waters,
especially
against
midget
submarines.
The
Canadian-designed
ship,
termed
a
seaward
defence
vessel,
is
an
integral
part
of
plans
announced
by
Defence
Minister
Claxton
to
bring
a
100-ship,
20,000-man
navy
into
being
during
the
next
three
years.
fci
the
wreck.
MONTREAL
Donald
Gordon,
C.M.G.,
chairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
Railways.
.id
i
tjiurte
bankers,
lawyers,
be
i'-s
men,
prominent
w
mraUtu.it
and
civic
life,
id
ai'
in
homeward
bound
N'
4
York
City
offices,
was
third
major
train
k
in
tiic
metropolitan
area
Tuesday
night
emphasized
the
dangers
associated
with
runaway
prices
and
cautioned
that
any
months.
This
Is
his
first
stop
on
the
recruiting
drive
outside
the
Alberta
city,
and
he
hopes
for
a
good
response.
From
here
he
goes
to
Smlthers
and
Prince
George.
form
of
controls
must
be
appro
Louis
Is
Due
For
Knockout
'
MIAMI
Pi
Joe
Lewis,
as
trim-looking
as
the
fearsome
B-own
Bomber
of
a
decade
ago,
is
favored
to
knock
out
Omelio
Agra-mont(
of
Cuba,
in
an
early
round
tonight,
and
move
a
step
closer
to
a
return
heavyweight
title
match
with
Ezzard
Charles.
It
is
even
money
the
36-year-old
former
world
champion
will
stop
the
190-pound
Cuban
In
four
rounds
or
less
in
their
scheduled
10-round
fight
at
Miami
stadium.
The
bout
will
not
be
broadcast.
'M
a
year.
A
total
of
d
in
the
three
I
died
f
Josi
'oseph
H.
Fitzslm-
priate
to
the
economic
conditions
of
today
and
the
foreseeable
future
and
can
only
supplement
and
not
supplant
the
process
of
holding
civilian
demand
within
the
range
of
available
civilian
supply.
in
of
33
accldent-
been
torn
out
ot
the
vessel
was
indicated
by
the
fact
that
parts
working
on
the
training
program.
Weather
Synopsis
Mild
Pacific
air
is
pouring
over
the
coast
and
southern
interior
of
the
province
and
is
slowly
forcing
northward
the
cold
air
over
the
Cariboo.
Temperatures
along
the
coast
were
in
the
high
thirties
or
low
forties
this
morning
and
will
climb
slowly
throughout
today
and
Thursday.
Southern
interior
temperatures
are
expected
to
climb
above
freezing
tomorrow.
Freezing
temperatures
will
persist
in
the
Cariboo
but
in
this
region
the
weather
will
be
considerably
milder
than
during
the
past
few
davs.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Intermittent
rain
today
and
Thursday.
Mild.
Winds
easterly
25
mi'.ea
i
n
the
road,
at
first
Rail
Strike
Is
Easing
Up
i
crowded
coaches
and
of
the
planking
had
already
been
carried,
ahsore.
stle
for
the
tragedy.
Snow
Holds
Hoop
Flight
Thick
snow,
freezing
sleet
and
nil
visibility
in
the
vicinty
of
Grerivlle
Channel
sent
Queen
Charlotte
Air
Lines
Norseman
seaplane
back
to
base
at
Seal1
Cove
this
morning
after
an
attempted
flight
to
Kitimat
to
pick
up
the
basketball
team
from
there
for
the
International
basketball
tournament
which
is
being
held
at
the
Civic
Centra
this
week.
The
plane
turned
In
an
address
to
the
Canadian
The
vessel
is
not
in
danger
of
Churchill
Is
Forcing
Vote
LONDON
F
o
r
m
e
r
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
indicated
today
that
he
would
force
a
vote
of
non-confidence
over
the
Labor
government's
steel
and
iron
industry
nationalization
measure
which,
the
Conservative
leader
says,
would
retard
the
defence
effort.
.
The
government
has
been
attempting
to
stave
of
tthe
vote
because
several
of
its
sup
Retail
Federation,
Mr.
Gordon
j
sinking
ers
and
at
least
one
because
the
shoal
on
said
that
he
was
speaking
as
a
wihich
she
stranded
is
surround-private
individual.
"Any
similar-ied
by
a
sandy
beach.
The
danger
Ity
between
the
views
I
express;
is
of
being
completely
broken
up
and
those
voiced
by
others,
of
fl-
Word
of
the
Takla's
plight
I
detective
disagreed
fiiRineer
on
the
speed
fain.
The
detective
fs
coing
at
top-speed
il
the
trestle.
had
said
that
flmrities
is
travelling
twice
its
speed
when
it
roared
cial
or
unofficial,
is
purely
co-1
reached
here
by
radiophone
Incidental."
jfrom
the
Lucy
Island
lighthous
after
crew
reached
shore.
CHICAGO
P'
The
critical
and
costly
tie-up
of
United
States
railroads
appeared
easing
up
today
as
more
striking
switchmen
Joined
the
back-to-work
movements.
There
is
no
large
scale
return
across
the
country
yet,
to
mark
the
end
of
the
"sick
call"
walkout
which
started
January
30
but
Indications
were
that
.the
crippling
week-long
stoppage
was
nearing
an
end.
Mr.
Gordon
declared
that
it
is
.
I,
f
....
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,T
Kc
The
crew
then
kindled
a
lax?
lc,
Fitzsimmons,
in-
,,v
-
;"""
'
flre.
They
are
within
close
walk-
attitude
toward
passive
in
their
ritst'
nf
,hp
,ipMhnllsP
m
hospital,
admitted
Is
Fearful
Of
Germany
OTTAWA
David
Croll,
Liberal
member
of
Toronto-Spadina,
speaking
in
the
Throne
Speech
debate
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday,
called
for
great
caution
'in
the
matter
of
rearming
Germany
which
he
foresaw
as
again
becoming
a
possible
military
Frankenstein.
the
powerful
inflationary!
"
very
".Ko
nt
tha
rm
veiling
50
miles
an
back
after
leaving
at
9:15
a.m.
and
getting
about
25
miles
out.
Another
attempt
will
be
made
later
in
the
day
if
weather
per
rnits.
A
party
of
about
fifteen
per
forces
at
work
In
this
country
per
hour)
along
northeast
coast
Vancouver
Island,
otherwise
southerly,
20.
Lows
tonight
and
1'igh
the
railroad
had
Peter
Parkvold,
Alf
Jerstad,
T.
Pofte,
Harold
Lien,
Arne
Paui-
porters
in
the
House
are
away
ill.
Normally,
the
government
might
expect
a
majority
of
six
over
combined
opposition.
Liberals
have
indicated
they
would
vote
with
the
Conservatives
on
the
steel
and
Iron
nationalization
issue.
ps-mite-an-hour
limit
''stle
section.
He
had
highs
Thursday
At
Port
Hardy,,
40-48;
Sandsplt,
38-44;
Prince;
Rupert,
38-44.
sons
is
coming
from
Kitimat
Ken
and
Frank
Schroeder,
all
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
Takla
is,
a
57-foot
vessel.
from
60
miles
an
"The
most
reliable
weapon
avail-1
able
for
combating
inflation
is
to
Increase
productivity
and
total
output,"
he
said.
"If
prices
jump
upwards
no
ons
will
cheer
more
lustilv
in
private,
or
scream
more
noisily
in
public
and
two
flights
will
be
required.
Mid.
There
were
no
Service
is
back
to
normal
on
some
of
the
major
lines
in
the
New
York
and
New
England
areas.
Other
cities
are
expected
to
follow
suit.
nal.s,
said
the
engi-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Wm.
Sherman
Sr.,
Passes
Flash
!
than
our
Communist
fifth
column,
and
you
can
he
sure
they
will
work
diligently
to
speed
up
ted
Natinns
Fnrtes
mmmm
(Courteay
S.
I.
Johnntiw
Co.
Ltd.)
the
whirling
spiral
of
wages
and
American
Standard
....
.34
William
Sherman
sr.,
piontc.-
prices
if
it
gets
started,
Mr.
Gordon
warned.
"If
our
unit
of
resident
of
Prince
Rupert,
died
currency
steadily
loses
its
pur
chasing
power,
the
burden
will
Tuesday
in
Victoria
in
which
city
he
had
been
living
since
moving
-here
from
Prince
Rupert
several
Housing
Plan
Well
In
Hand
Aid.
G.
D.
Frizzell,
returning
from
Vancouver
and
Victoria,
said
housing
officials
were
of
the
opinion
that
the
housing
program
here
would
get
started
very
soon.
Most
of
the
snags
have
been
straightened,
he
said,
and
work
should
be
under
way
soon.
He
is
making
a
report
to
(Continued
on
Page
4)
MONTREAL
Explosion
of
a
shell
at
Canadian
Arsenals
plant
here
killed
five
workers
today.
The
men
were
handling
a
shell
when
it
went
off.
The
explosion
could
be
he;d
throughout
the
St.
Paul
Lcr-mite
community,
15
miles
from
Montreal.
years
ago.
till
Nearer
To
Seoul
"I'cr
(Jains
of
as
Much
as
Four
Miles
Reported
Today
;Y0
(CP)
Twin
Allied
tank
task
forces
IK'y
on
the
southern
approaches
of
Seoul
'd
hundreds
of
rearguard
Red
troops
in
a
steel.
Allied
columns
pushed
the
extreme
I
Korea
front
line
forward
2y
miles
in
bitter
Mr.
Sherman,
who
was
aged
89,
was
born
in
Cornwall,
England,
but
most
of
his
long
life
had
not
been
spent
in
his
native
land.
As
a
young
man
he
becum-:
United
States
No
Aggressor
LAKE
SUCCESS
The
United
Aumaque
27
Beattle
64
Bevcourt
53
Bobjo
1534
Buffalo
Canadian
30
Consol.
Smelters
148.50
Con
west
2.25
Donalda
.62
Eldona
.30
Fast
Sullivan
9
45
Giant
Yellowknife
.".
7.10
God's
Lake
49
Hardrock
32
Harricana
17t2
Heva
14
.loliet
Quebec
85
Lake
Rowan
07
Little
Long
Lac
85
Lynx
.14
Madsen
Red
Lake
2
60
McKenzie
Red
Lake
45
McLeod
Cockshutt
3
60
Moneta
38
Negus
101
Noranda
79.50
interested
in
the
mining
industry,
specializing
in
the
develop
ment
of
tin.
He
was
in
India
for
about
four
years,
and
later
in
Mayor
George
Rudderham
this
afternoon.
Accompanying
him
on
the
trip
south
were
Mrs.
Frizzell
and
their
child.
They
returned
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning.
life
located
in
Canada,
finally
OTTAWA
A
motion
calling
for
a
vote
of
non-confidence
in
the
government
because
it
has
failed
to
reimpose
price
controls
was
moved
today
in
Commons
by
II.
W.
Herridge
(CCF
Kootenay
West).
TIDfcS
-
-
Thursday,
February
8,
1951
settling
in
Prince
Rupert,
when
Bralorne
'.
8.75
B
R
X
.:
4'2
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
Congress
08
Hedley
Mascot
69
Pacific
Eastern
5'2
Pend
Oreille
;
8.90
Pioneer
2.20
Premier
Border
9V2
Privateer
14
Reeves
McDonald
4.75
Renn
07
Sheep
Creek
1
65
Silbak
Premier
30
Taku
River
10
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
32
Silver
Standard
2.80
Western
Uranium
170
Oils
A
P
Con
43
Atlantic
2.90
Calmont
109
C
&
E
12.25
Central
Lcduc
2.70
Home
Oil
17
00
Mercury
'
.HVz
Okalta
2.70
Pacific
Pete
9.10
Princess
1
70
Royallte
14.40
TORONTO
Athona
-
09
the
new
Pacific
railway
ter
Nations
political
committee
today
rejected
a
resolution
which
would
have
condemned
United
States
as
an
aggressor
by
having
its
fleet
in
Korean
waters.
The
vote
was
50
to
5.
's
high
as
four
miles
against.
rofurmlnn
minus
was
in
the
early
stages
of
growth.
He
took
an
active
part
who
retreated
5
in
general
construction
work
Pleads
Love
For
Barbara
TORONTO
A
shabbily-
lace
of
the
two
William
Reid
Hospitalized
Deceased
built
a
residence
on
United
Nations
High
2:53
21.6
feet
14:51
22.0
feet
r
Low
8:50
4.7
feet
21:10
2.2
feet
HOCKEY
scores
.28
Louvicourt
.
dressed
man
who
said
he
was
"madly
in
love"
with
Barbara
William
Reid
was
taken
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
this
morning
after
being
involved
In
an
accident,
with
on
Taylor
Street
and
the
family
grew
up
there.
Mrs.
Sherman
passed
away
long
ago.
A
family
member,
William,
jr.,
is
stiil
n
resident
here.
He
was
in
Victoria
some
months
ago,
and
hi?
father
at
that
time
appeared
to
be
in
his
customary
good
health.
It
was
some
vears
after
re
Pickle
Crow
1.72
Rcgcourt
.5',i
Ann
Scott
tried
to
force
his
wny
Crunnar
Anderson
returned
on
Fr
tank
columns
.through
minefields
wrd
roadblocks
for
a
e(inesday
7ya
miles
f
Seoul.
NUed
pounding
crack-Communist
defence
up
south
of
the
River.
'
into
the
figure
skater's
apar
ment
here
last
night.
the
Prince
George
today
from
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
San
Antonio
2.65
!
automobile
driven
by
ired
Jo-Senator
Rouyn
22
Vi
hansen.
The
accident
occurred
Sherrit
Gordon
,
4.10
at
the
corner
of
Fifth
Avenue
Steep
Rock
915
and
McBride
Street
shortly
after
Silver
Miller
.,
1.22
(seven
o'clock.
No
report
of
Mr.
Upper
Canada
2
05
IReid's
condition
was
available
Golden
Manitou
6.70
up
to
press
time.
Joseph
Maconse,
32
of
Quebe
:,
was
arrested
and
charged
wit
a
trespassing
and
assault.
Other
tenants
subdued
Maconse
as
he
moval
of
deceased
from
Prince
'
Tile
setters
and
bricklayers
to
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
4.'Vaneouver
1
Mainline-Okanagan
Nanaimo
7,
Kamloops
1
Kelowna
9,
Vernon
3
Western
International
Trail
4,
Nelson
4
ttie)
e
no
reached
the
Rupert
to
Victoria
that
he
was
'
complete
the
job
on
the
Totem
hit
by
a
car
from
the
effect
of
Theatre
arrived
from
Vancouver
which
he
apparently
recovered,
today
on
the
Prince
George.
tried
to
fight
his
way
into
the
1
Scott
apartment.
ouna
Seoul
I
i