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VOL.
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No.
149
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JUNE
26,
1951
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Jen
Drsura
(SanmsBinis
DU(S
adians
Advance
as
War
Korea
Enters
2nd
Year
By
BILL
B5S8
Canadian
Prcm
Buff
Writer
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THE
CANADIANS
IN
KOREA
(CP)-
1
Abrea
Cease
fre
May
Be
Smoke
Screen,
Says
U.S.
Secretary
of
State
British
Cruiser
Mauritius
Dispatched
to
Abadan
As
Situation
Becomes
Intolerable
LONDON.
Both
British
and
United
States
governments
regard
the
situation
in
Iran
as
critical.
Concern
is
expressed
in
both
capitals
today.
Rt.
Hon.
Herbert
Morrison
told
British
House
of
Commons
today
that
it
was
a
serious
matter.
ooiners
in
Korea,
the
Princess
Patricia's
are
on
i
"up"
for
the
second
time.
They've
been
on
Jwn"
route
once.
It's
the
first
time
"up"
foist
of
the
Canadian
25th
Infantry
Brigade.
..
.
.
nt
nna
vcar
rf
.
Seaplane
Landing
Here
is
Provided
an
The
Foreign
Secretary
tig
DiH'A
I"
Jv
Korea,
other
United
Na-orces
have
had
the
full
six
times
down
and
up.
were
rolling
southward
Teat
clip
last
December
the
Patricias
hit
Pusan.
rlrias
anticipated
a
short
;
garrison
duty,
for
they
!iinf!
in
trir
ears
Gen.
s
MacArthur's
promise
to
(Jps.
'
You'll
be
home
by
ms."
That
was
the
word
efore
they
left
Fort
Lewis,
late
in
November.
Halibut
Landings
American
Lituga,
25.000,
price
20.6,
nounced
that
a
British
cruise,,
the
8000-ton
Mauritius,
had
been
dispatched
to
Abadan
to
guard
British
.nationals
and
interests
there.
AH
British
tankers
have
been
ordered
to
leave
Abadan,
pumping
out
the
oil
they
have
loaded,
if
necessary.
The
position
or
3000
British
employees
of
the
Anglo-Iranian
Oil
Co.
may
become
intolerable.
17,
OTTAWA
(Special
to
Dally
News
i
Supplementary
estimates,
presented
to
Parliament,
Include
the
following
Items
for
Skeena:
Seal
Cove
seaplane
landing,
$13,000.
Prince
Rupert
float
replacement,
$11,500.
Bella
Bella
breakwater
extension
and
floats,
$10,000.
ity
hit
them
promptly,
he
obstinate
insistance
of
ommanriing
officer,
Lt.'
r
SUme
of
Salmon
Arm,
15,
to
Pacific.
Ruby,
29,000,
20.6,
17,
15,
to
Storage.
Canadian
Sea
Ranger,
46.000",
21.9,
17,
15,
to
Royal.
Hopewell,
22,000,
22,
17,
15,
to
Storage.
Invercan
IV,
7,000,
21.6,
17,
15,
to
Atlin.
Selma
H.,
18,000,
to
Co-op.
won
them
time
sorely
.5
to
complete
their
train
r
the
plan
was
to
use
:or:hith.
ts
a
defeatist
atmosphere
r.ich
they
had
arrived.
The
bug-out"
was
on.
Heavy
:ient
and
supplies
were
bent
back
to
Japan.
Ships
said
Mr.
Morrison,
and
the
government
was
assuming
the
responsibility
of
protecting
its
nationals
"with
whatever
means
may
become
necessary."
At
Washington,
D.C,
State
Seeretary
Dean
Acheson
said
events
had
reached
a
serious
position
in
Iran.
He
suggested
that
the
Russian
cease-fire
move
In
Korea
might
be
a
smokescreen
for
new
events
in
Iran.
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m
Five
New
Businesses
I
unloading
troops
evacuat-
built
and
a
$50,000,000
contract
has
been
awarded
to
a
syndicate
'of
big
construction
firms
for
building
of
smelter
and
devolp-ment
of
towns'ite.
The
companies
are:
Bennett
&
White;
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging;
Emil
Anderson;
Campbell-Bennett;
Dawson
&
Hall;
Dawson,
Wade
&
Co.;
Central
Construction,
and
Marwell
Construction.
THE
ALUMINUM
CITY
At
Kitimat,
eighty
miles
south
of
Prince
Rupert,
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
will
build
its
tremendous
smelter
for
the
manufacture
of
aluminum
from
bauxite
ore
to
be
shipped
In
from
the
Caribbean
area.
This
is
an
artist's
conception
of
the
community
which
will
eventually
have
a
population
of
50,000
people.
Docks
are
already
being
Fair
Queen
Competition
Legion
Candidate
Leading
Contest
Now
With
candidates
and
friends
pushing
the
sale
of
tickets,
the
race
for
"Fair
Queen
of
the
North"
Is
producing
keen
competition
with
Miss
Mae
Newton,
Canadian
Legion
candidate,
In-the
lead
with
16.000
votes.
Miss
Margaret
Gagnon,
Co-
m
the
north
by
sea.
And
a
as
invaluable
any
time
iserican
soldier
began
teller
stories
about
the
"in-
Five
new
trade
licenses
were,
granted
at
city
council
meeting
last
night.
They
were:
W.
H.
Kemp
contractor.
Skeena
River
Pile
Driving
Co.
contractor.
Penfold
Roofing
Co.
roofing
.
Chinese."
got
his
men
up
Into
,g
and
trained
them
night
ay.
Island
Fires
Still
Dangerous
Terrace
Air
Route
Sought
Matthew
Rldgway
sue
Pro-Cons
Sweep
Four
Federal
By-Elections
Robbers
to
Be
Whipped
and
siding
contractor.
I.
E.
McGhan
taxi.
the
late
Lt.-Gen.
Walton
I
lumbia
Cellulose
Softball
Club
Ker
as
commander
of
tne
i
candidate,
follows
with
a
total
j
United
States,
Army
in
0f
11,000
votes
so
far,
and
Miss
u
mimed
the
-bug.out
lUfRuine
Stiffens,
Sana
of
Norway
Only
Rain
Can
Really
Alleviate
QCI
Situation
"
Smoke
still
is
biUowing
Trom
the
devastating
forest
fire
which
Evan
Shire
retail
grocer
and
meats.
To
Consider
::cKs,
wheeled
his
United
Candidate,
has
counted
3000.
swept
through
the
Skidegate
os
lorces
right
about
and
i
QUe6
wlll
be
one
of
the
three
j
time
had
galvanized
it
wn0
Mns
the
most
tickets
for
a
winning
army.
tne
prlnce
Rupert
Exhibition,
to
was
aiieady
on
the
"up"
(v.
hpld
Jun.
29
to
Julv
7.
Ulttrals'Lose
Three
Seats
Popular
Pro
Hockey
Player
One
of
Winners
OTTAWA
(CP)
Progressive
Conservatives
won
four
federal
byelections
Monday,
gaining
three
seats
from
the
Liberals
and
increasing
their
majority
.
jn
te
fourth.
According
to
current
report,
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
is
about
to
seek
a
charter
for
a.
new
air
route
from
Vancouver
to
Terrace
via
Port
Hardy,
bypassing
Prince
Rupert
because
there
is
no
landing
field
here.
The
company
has
already
an-ounced
it
is
considering
extending
its
Sandspit
-
Prince
Rupert
Canso
run
to
Terrace.
Movement
of
men
into
the
Kitimat
area
for
Alcan
construction
has
been
already
creating
heavy
air
travel
Into
Terrace
on
a
charter
basis.
-
lor
the
second
time
wheniCrownl
wia
talce
place
July
4.
Patricias
hit
the
line
Feb-
19.
1
I'H
ASSIGNMENTS
ve
those
tough
Canadians
mh
hills."
must
have
been
Progressive
Conservatives
retained
the
Ontario
constituency
of
Waterloo
South.
They
cap
Stiffest
Sentence
in
Years
Handed
out
in
Maillardville
Case
NEW
WESTMINSTER
M
Two
men,
convicted
of
robbing
a
bank
of
nearly
$10,000,
were
sentenced
Monday
to
fourteen-year
prison
terms
and
five
strokes
of
the
paddle.
The
sentences,
harshest
handed
out
here
for
many
years
for
armed
robbery,
went
to
Peter
Zarubin,
aged
24,
of
Arran,
Saskatchewan,
and
William
Shar-man,
22
,of
Winnipeg.
They
were
charged
with
robbery
on
July
21
of
the
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Nova
Scotia
at
neighboring
Mail-
reaction
U)
their
arrival.
Truman
Cites
Princess
Pats
ay
its
tu,st
what
happen-
Cease
Fire
United
Nations
Moving
Following
Proposal
of
Russia
NEW
YORK
United
Nations
Secretary
General
Trygve
Lie
was
flying
back
to
New
York
today
after
an
interrupted
holiday
visit
to
his
home
in
Oslo,
Norway
,in
view
of
the
cease
fire
proposal
of
Jakob
Malik
in
the
Korean
war.
Lie
was
reported
as
expressing
hope
that
Malik
meant
business.
Lake
area
on
Moresby
Island
of
the
Queen
Charlottes
over
the
week-end
but
fire
Is
travelling
slowly
on
,the
controlled
north
side.
Reports
reaching
forestry
officials
here
today
Indicated
50
per
cent
of
the
fire
was
dying
out
and
that
forest
rangers
have
all
the
fire-fighters
they
require.
Key
danger
points
lie
along
the
south
side
of
the
area
between
Sandspit
and
Cumshewa
Inlet,
a
15-mile
stretch
where
dead
snags
are
causing
flash
fires
to
spread
in
logging
slash.
Firefighters
are
from
two
logging
camps,
whose
timber
rights
are
involved,
Northern
Pulp-
tured
the
former
Liberal
seats
of
Queens
In
Prince
Edward
Is
Rushbrook
Hts.
Road
Tenders
Two
tenders
on
the
Rushbrook
Heights
road
improvement
program
were
received
by
city
rmincil
last
night,
the
lower
hivariably
the
toughest,
st,
most
rugged
peaks
in
Duntainous
country
were
land
and
Brandon
and
Winnipeg
South
Centre
in
Manitoba.
Margins
of
victory
were
decisive
in
all
four
byelections.
In
Queens,
J.
Angus
MacLean.
n
t)y
the
Patricias.
Is
Named
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
A
statement
by
President
Truman
cites
the
Second
Battalion,
Princess
Patricias
Canadian
Light
Infantry,
for
outstanding
valor
in
the
Korean
campaign.
y
miles
of
mountain-stud-
Korea,
the
sort
of
land
being
$43,700,
tendered
by
wood
am-tHInn
f..,M
Anr
nmnc
jw.mic
UUIH
UttilV
KlC'-U
.
TJ
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
wing
commander
during
the
war,
won
ifk
hm.n
1.,
.ll...iltl''-l,"u
McClay
Ltd.
Second
tender
of
$49,550
was
With
a
special
session
of
the
lardville.
for
the
Progressive
Conserva
covered.
just'
north
of
Yoju
to
offered
by
D.
C.
Stewart,
city
tives
over
Cecil
Miller,
Liberal,
General
Assembly
called
for
to
superintendent
of
works
morrow
to
consider
his
proposal,
0!
Chipyong,
then
to
the
Pension
Body
Rome
Delegate
P
east
of
Yonedu
and
on
Governor
OTTAWA
ft
Prime
Minister
L.
S.
St.
Laurent,
yesterday
announced
the
appointment
of
W.
J.
Patterson,
member
of
the
board
of
transport
commissioners,
as
Lieutenant-Governor
of
Saskatchewan.
The
65-year-old
Patterson,
who
was
Premier
of
Saskatchewan
taint
Machawa.
From
Rap-
in
a
two-party
fight.
Howie
Meeker
of
New
Hamburg,
Ontario,
26-year-old
right-winger
with
the
Toronto
Maple
Leafs,
retained
Waterloo
South
for
the
Progressive
Conservatives,
defeating
Lib
Alaska
Feels
Sharp
'Quake
to
Mount
Myongjt
and
on
miles
Into
North
Korea,
"n
the
map
twice
that
TORONTO
(CP)
County
Judge
F.
O.
J.
'McDonagh
has
been
unanimously
nominated
to
represent
the
Canadian
Pensioners
Association
of
the
Great
Wars
Both
tenders
were
referred
to
the
public
works
committee
for
report
at
a
special
council
meeting
this
week.
Wood
&
McClay
advised
the
city
they
could
begin
work
immediately
and
thought
the
contract
could
be
completed
within
six
weeks..
Mr.
Stewart
said
he
had
based
Malik
was
unabie
on
account
of
illness
to
meet
with
UN
authorities.
He
has
suffeerd
for
some
time
from
heart
trouble.
Yesterday
United
Nations
radio
transmitters
beamed
to
Red
China
and
North
Korea
an
appeal
of
Mr.
Lie
for
cease
fire
negotiations
based
on
the
latest
Soviet
proposal.
wdocts
and
the
Kelly
(Aero)
Logging
Company.
Several
million
feet
of
timber
already
has
been
burned
over,
Including
loss
of
logging
equipment.
"Only
thing
that
can
really
alleviate
the
situation
now
is
weather,"
said
Marc
Gorrwely,
district
forester
of
Prince
Rupert.
"If
we
get
rain,
we'll
be
all
right.
If
not,
no
one
ran
tell
what
wlU
happen.
Those
dry
snags
are
very
dangerous."
on
the
ground
by
moun-
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska
Three
separate
earth
tremors
at
the
meeting
of
the
Interna
up
the
slopes
and
faces
and
down
the
for-sidcs.
.
from
1935
to
1944,
succeeds
the
late'J.
M.
Uhrich
who
died
a
few
tional
Federation
of
War
Vet
erans
Organizations
at
Rome,
days
ago.
the
Chinese
spring
of-
weie
felt
here
Monday.
Several
stores
reported
that
some
glass
food
containers
fell
from
shelves
and
broke.
Several
July
18-22.
his
figures
on
equipment
ne
could
rent
which
would
be
available
"almost
immediately."
.
This
is
the
first
time
that
a
native
of
Saskatchewan
has
be
"
a
time
when
the
d'Ms
were
resting
at
Kap-They
itPr
snPH
n
4ntQ
eral
and
CCF
opponents.
Meeker
increased
his
party's
majority
over
his
Liberal
opponent.
In
a
two-way
fight
in
Brandon,
the
Progressive
Conservative,
Walter
Dinsdale,
defeated
J.
W.
Grant
MacEwan,
Liberal.
Gordon
Churchill,
52-year-old
lawyer,
won
for
the
Progressive
Conservatives
in
Winnipeg
South
Centre,
defeating
Liberal
and
CCF
opponents.
residents
reported
falling
pic-
come
lieutenant-governor
of
the
RoHrt
work
in
the
Rushbrook
in
rp
nr
rfisihes
In
their
homps.
llUs-
In
a
24-hour
stand
the
Judge
McDonagh
Is
the
imJ
mediate
past
president
of
the
CPA,
formed
at
Toronto
in
1925.
The
organization
recently
elected
William
Correll
of
Hamilton
to
succeed
Judge
McDonagh.
The
quake
was
one
of
the
British
Commonwealth
ground
to
a
halt
an
of-
Manslaughter
Not
Murder
strongest
felt
here
in
the
last
vt
'hat
had
rolled
the
front
BOOST
PARK
WATERTON,
Alta.
tfi
A
new
company
has
been
organized
In
southern
Alberta
to
develop
Waterton
Park
and
make
It
a
year-round
tourist
attraction,
with
emphasis
on
golf
and
skiing.
province.
Bank
Robbers
Are
Convicted
miles
in
24
hours.
1(
Australians
stalled
the
five
years.
Most
residents
were
awakened.
The
first
and
most
severe
tremor
was
at
about
6:15
a.m.
Others
came
within
the
following
hour.
Heights
area
includes
removes
planks,
filling,
and
supplying
gravel.
To
be
done
on
local
improvement
plan,
new
streets
include
Overlook,
Piggott,
and
Herman.
Aid.
T.
B.
Black
recommended
that
any
agreement
entered
into
carry
a
time
limit
on
completion
of
construction.
aih
Don
Fitch,
chairman
of
Olof
Hanson,
former
MP
for
Skeena
and
pioneer
timber
operator,
is
seriously
ill
In
a
Van-
couver
hospital.
'
"st
in
the
plains
during
the
Phase
of
the
battle.
The
Clas
stopped
them
cold
1
'hat
nlKht-Aprll
24-25
VANCOUVER
P
An
Assize
my
switched
their
full
Court
jury
deliberated
for
less
than
two
hours
Monday
before
onto
the
hills.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jack
Slrovog
and
two
children
and
Mrs.
John
Householder
and
daughter
of
Ketchikan
were
in
the
city
at
the
week-end.
They
brought
their
car
with
them
and
started
on
a
drive
from,
here
to
Los
Angeles
and
Long
Beach.
returning
a
verdict
of
"guilty
works
committee,
said
he
thought
"the
offer
of
the
company
was
against
two
men
accused
of
bank
very
fair."
rr
followed
a
couple
of
"8
ro'es
when
the
Cana-s
screened
off
the
ap-to
the
Seoul-Chunchon
3y
at
Chong-Pyongchon
wf!u,
and
then
they
went
north
bank-
nf
the
Han
robbery.
Alexander
R.
McDonald,
aged
NELSON
Leo
Meiorin,
aged
17,
was
acquitted
Monday
night
of
murder
but
found
guilty
of
manslaughter
in
the
axe-slaying
on
November
29
of
his
fifteen-year-old
sweetheart,
June
Bradshaw,
in
her
home
at
Trail.
The
jury
deliberated
three
hours
and
twenty
minutes
before
bringing
in
the
verdict.
Meiorin
was
remanded
for
sentence
until
the
end
of
the
Assizes
by
Mr
Justice
N.
W.
Whit-taker.
Defence
counsel
based
its
case
on
testimony
that
the
boy
was
afflicted
with
migraine
and
had
"blacked-ouf
'the
night
he
visited
the
girl
whose
body
.
was
found
at
the
foot
of
cellar
steps,
her
head
split
by
an
axe.
B.C.
Forest
Fires
Serious
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Woods
operations
in
the
Vancouver
forest
district,
including
Vancouver
Island
and
the
Lower
Mainland
area,"were
restricted
drastically
yesterday
as
the
forest
fire
hazard
continued
to
climb.
x
,
;
The
British
Columbia
Forest
j
Lake-
3
mlles
rom
Campbell
Service
issued
a
partial
closure
!
River,
which
is
completely
out
The
by-elections
brought
to
twenty-one
the
number
of
by-elections
held
since
the
Liberals
scored
their
overwhelming
victory
in
the
general
election
of
1949.
Liberals
and
Progressive
Conservatives
have
each
won
eight
of
the
twenty-one.
Indfpendent
Liberals
have
taken
four.
The
remaining
seat
was
won
by
Edgar
Leduc
who
was
elected
Independent
for
Montreal-Jacques
Car-tier.
He
has
since
Joined
the
Liberals.
The
standing
in
the
House
of
Commons
is
now:
Liberals
185
Progressive
Conservatives
46
c.cf
:.
13
Social
Credit
10
Independent
Liberals
4
.
Independent
4
32,
and
Anthony
Schlosser,
36,
were
convicted
of
$5000
robbery
-
miles
east
of
the
Seoul
and
Sidewalk
is
Authorized
-'"nuaabie
defensive
po-
iQ
milp.a
V,,,,
ct
nf
Baseball
Tonight
6:45
p.m.
COMMERCIALS
ABEL
&
ODOWES
Admission
SSc
L;
lapyong
stand.
of
a
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Mon
treal
here
March
28.
TIDES
-
-
Wednesday,
June
27.
1950
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
n.
after
a
three-weeks'
de-"""ig
fur
the
Chinese
to
'
and
hr,n-
!
!..
of
control.
Officials
say
it
is
a
rnncrete
sidewalk
will
soon
be
laid
in
front
of
the
former
.1
-
"uu.e
mcmocivco
0
mined
barbed-wire
bai-
High
7:55
15.6
feet
order,
effective
midnight
Monday,
forbidding
woods
operations
from
1
p.m.
until
sundown
daily.
The
mast
serious
fire
in
the
province
today
is
a
blaze
In
the
Elk
River
camp
area
at
Beaver
hopeless
to
stop
it
unless
there
Is
a
change
of
weather
conditions.
A
possibility
of
the
recurrence
of
the
1938
forest
fire
disaster
on
Vancouver
Island
is
seen.
20:24
18.6
feet
Low
1:57
6.9
feet
13:51
7.6
feet
Oosh.
what
wonderful
IT,
saicl
Stone,
almost
run-
Tk
s
at
tne
tlme)
tn,;y
ir
1
'he
second
"up"
swing.
:su"
on.
One
thing
about
Total
262
1
United
States
Aaminisiruwm.
building
on
First
Avenue
which
is
being
converted
into
apartments.
permission
to
lay
the
walk
was
granted
last
night
at
city
council
meeting
to
owners
of
the
build-
Council
also
authorized
board
of
works
to
purchase
a
Neuller
machine
at
cost
Type
B
tapping
t9i5
Machine
Is
to
be
used
for
:a?
to
arcs
closer
to
the
WANTED
Public-spirited
volunteers
to
staff
the
midway
and
exhibits
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Exhibition
held
June
29
to
July
7.
Contact
D.
Forward
at
Civic
Centre
office
or
phone
231
1.
II
Keen
lln
with
the
fones'
PHONE
99
in
Mrs.
D.
Challenge,-
II
r
w
I
Passen,
I
'Rcrs
on
the
Camosun
aft...
'
I
LI;
.
"
rnoon
tapping
water
mains,
Aid.
Har-
.
nirt
Whalen
explained.
1
to
holiday
In
wet.