I .1 PROVINCIAL! LI bra n' i PSOVI'rClAL LI2.?.y, k:c.iia. 2. c. lid JOjNtGHT IS "Stay In" Night Your Red Cross NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEW8PAPER DISPATCHED J Published at Canada'. Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Canvasser Vill Call VUL AL' N0- 66 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTSJ Para n : tti jf,. . 4 II uble Tragedy In Prince Rupert Harbor United Have Nations May to Decide Soon i ; BULLETINS Three Million Are Executed On Crossing Question TOKYO (CP) South Korean troops swam the (OIVKR WINS IA Vancouver A re chilly Hongchong River in central Korea today in ; L ft captured the coast linen's basketball title I by defeating Vic-Mitirorss 44 to 32 In e i win the two-game ifcil series, 88 to 82. ,,,.H ii noints with- pursuit of the Communist forces who are still pull ing back toward the 38th parallel. Republic of Korea soldiers tire , : spearheading the central front "sSHs drive for the United States . .... TAIPEI, Formosa According to figures compiled by the Chinese Nationalist government, the purge by the Chinese Communist Nationalist government in mainland China has reached astronomical figures. Executions in two provinces of Kwantung and Kwansi have reached no less than 3,000,000 persons. This is a conservative figure and it may be 7,000,000. -: t t ' Tories Keep Eighth Army which has set upinSUTGnCe Hike in overtime. The dub now meets Pen-fir the interior cham- and the right to meet J u pert or Prince a- . I. ., final at PtlnP M P. IS DEAD OTTAWA Karl Homuth, 58-year-old Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Waterloo South, died suddenly here today from a heart attack. He was stricken in his hotel room and taken to hospital where he expired. The death creates a third vacancy in the House of Commons, the other two being Brandon and Queen's, Prince Kdward Island. PRAIRIE STORM WINNIPEG Blizzard conditions moved into the 'eastern prairies again today after nine persons were known dead and one still missing as the western prairies began digging themselves out after one of the wildest March blizzards on record. strong forces in holding a line City Youths Drown From Tipping Skiff Everett Johansen and Percy Welter Perish Off Seal Cove SECOND BODY FOUND Body of Percy Welter, second victim of Saturday afternoon's drowning in Prince Rupert harbor, was recovered at 12:45 noon today with the beam trawling equipment of the seine boat Zcnardi, Capt. Charles Haan. The body was located a short distance east of the point where Everett Johansen's body was recovered yesterday morning. Both bodies are now in the local morgue pending decision of the coroner as to inquest proceedings. A flotilla of Prince Rupert fishing vessels organized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police succeeded at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in recovering from the deep and cold waters of Prince Rupert harbor the body of Everett Johansen, aged 19, one of two local youths drowned late Saturday afternoon from a 14-foot flat-bottomed skiff from which they were, fishing. With a dozen boats engaged n lilt imw ....v only 17 miles south of the politically sensitive parallel. "There is no stopping those Republic of Korea troops," said SI APIKMAN DIES 01 Tilt Walter L. . former managing i the Vancouver Prov-4 or the past four rilhe advertising busi-Jtd suddenly here to- A I. p Assault Rouses Terrace TERRACE The Terrace and District Board of Trade has sent a telegram to Hon. E. T. Kenney, Minister of Lands and Forests and Coalition member for Skeena, protesting at the increase in the hospital Insurance rates and the decrease in benefits. "This Board strongly deprecates the proposed reductions in benefits from the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service. Local feeling prompts urgency in this matter. Your opposition to the plan is requested." a military spokesman. "They swam the cold river rather than wait for boats to ferry them across in their northward drive." Some ROK troops trapped and annihilated a Chinese Com- munist battalion Sunday. i American liaison officers with' the South Koreans counted 231 dead Chinese after the battle. ,ONDON (CP) Former Prime N.Z. COMMISSIONER COMINO Hon. T. C. A. Hislop, CM G ., hew High Commissioner for New Zealand to Canada, will be a visitor to Prince Rup?rt this week for two days. Arriving on Tuesday night's train with his wife, daughter and secretary, Mr. Hislop will have a number of speaking engagements hern including a meeting of the Women's Canadian Club Wednesday evening and the Gyro and Rotary luncheons Wednesday and Thursday. The city is also co-operating in the reception to Mr. Hislop who will make an official call on the mayor. The visitors will also be given full opportunity to see the city and its industrial environs before leaving Thursday night on the Prince George for Vancouver. Former barrister of Wellington, New Zealand, and for thirteen years mayor of that city, the commissioner-ship to Canada is his first diplomatic appointment. He served at Gallipoli and in France during World War 1 and was twice wounded. He is a fluent speaker and a keen sportsman in cricket, rugby, angling and horsemanship. nister Winston Churchill mov ed tire Consevative party's campaign for a general election from Parliament to Great Britain's loss SWOOP- It was the first action of any living rooms Saturday night with size aong tne Korean Iront ln ght's the Night-Every appeal ipr a Druau-uasea 83 hours clear in ure ocaim, nic uuuy ui mc irey Benson; umei rapeet, capt. ' government resting on a United St.at.ps fpt. nllnts tnHnv aecunu victim, rercy weiier, ji, Fred Reid (B.C Packers) was still being sought today The undertaking of mar- rt Home to Have Caller and strong majority." killed or wounded 300 of 1500 Churchill warned of "the dang-1 Reds concentrated ln the village ers of world peace which came ' of Kapyong, 32 miles northeast aiter nightfall ended a Sunday- shalling the search was car long search. TIDES - - from a weak, divided and largely , of Seoul. Johnsen Is the &on of Mr. and iv than 300 volunteer canvassers will descend ! disregarded Britain ried out magnificently, authorities and observers declared. "It was the biggest search ever carried out in the har- On the -eastern front, Allied natrnlx are nrnhintr within a fPn Tuesday, March 20, 1951 Rupert's 3000 homes tonight to collect in Prince Rupert. Welter is the son The former Prime Minister spoke after a week of Conservative harassing tactics in the House of Commons aeainst the miles of the parallel and moved High 11:38 18.8 feet forward against Red small arms feet' and mortar fire. , Low 5:42 8.3 feet of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Welter of tor," commented one water-First Overlook Street. front pioneer. Johansen's body was recover swoop this . city's quota of $5000 in the an nuaj e(j cross drivei 18:06 ,4.3 feet Labor Bovernment which has I Decision may soon have to be ed by use of beam trawling THEORY OF TRAGEDY nf th (tanuacuri am t . fu I a I Most While there were no witnesses been working on a Parliamentary I made on whether the United 1 , . -,... eauiDment of Nelson Bros. IS memuers w uij service ciuds .- . m to the tnuredv. a reasonable I majority of four, SEEK FRANCHISE RENEWAL- iiauuiio juices are to cross uie 38th parallel. Some quarters be who responded to iu appeal appeal byi u3 1. h k..,. hontji '.,uii, whtnh rallied uioj f r.n tv, the then theory annean appears in to be rw that that nn one Conservative Memhprs of Par Stan Saville, ' lieve "eve that n General General MacArthur MacArtnur IrQCCIICi Kea.l'roa? of the fell in the water liament have brought points . . , assistance " " of the police and par- youths up llnl Vti 'president, for volunteers to call ,T tn! P"Ve ,v,n. hoi h v,of .h.( nfnr nrf rtir,. tn k.1 may decide to do so unless he f , at every home tonight. - la3""a ."" ave amr to ihc r Houe Tneei faT into Ine 'ves definite , instructions , "Co-operation In this- was; Tne harbor ls ,,bollt half a rescue him. Probably the-skiff afcht,. Weary Labor members ! fmerwise irom the United Na- imost heartening, said Mr. Sa-Imlie wlde at tne polnt of the tipped heavily as this type of, must stand for sudden votes to j "ons- tM Human Rites 4 Oillis Royer ! ville, auauiK inav ne ma nau tragedy and Johansen's body crait may do. me skiii, a it- prevent aeieai or tne govern no refusals and that announce- j 1 ment on any issue of confidence. Millions of Dollars Expend ture Here to Hinge on City's Will Future development of Northern B. C. Power was fnnrMl 4 fsive about half-way footer, was owned Dy welter. ! Everett Johansen fished on ritualistic ceremon- ment of the one night's canvass 1 .,.. i uiyai uraer 01 Moose was receivea wim mucn enmus First intimation of the trag- his father's fishing boat Twin- THE WEATHER j . Synopsis j Mild Pacific air was flowing over the northern coast of the province and Into the central if :n riles of the Roman iasm. edy came when Ole Rysstad, kle during last summer. Capt. -finurch marked the1 "in this way we'll get It over ' tfrdllV aftpmnnn n j A tK u .lv.f "1 -- nun uuiic Wlbu ui Ck oiiiKic 1UK11V. Red Wings Win Title Detroit Takes Championship For Third Straight Year interior this morning and dur- Johansen is being flown back from Vancouver where his fath-( er is 111. . I Percy Welter, son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Percy Walter, was In part-1 nership with another young ,man, Thomas Boulter, ln a city ing the next twenty-four hours Company, which would be of ' considerable magni- will gradually extend to south , , , , , t, n L -n " . coastal districts. . tude," depends on whether Prince Rupert will renew JMUs Royer. long time But the public must co-operate fizen of the north fully if this plan Is to succeed," f Yukon and later ln he emphasized. He asks citizens Prl j either to stay home tonight be- W'ndanre of Moosetween 7:30 and 8 p.m., or to t Wnmcn of the Moose ' leave their donation with some-f Rfneraliy taxed the one. :ify of Orenvtlle Court - e..nu u. ,v,i r.mr.Ann (CP) npt.rott. Rpd very light rain was due today jts 25-vear agreement with the company. the northern coast and lsi J , , ' Winirs clinehed the National along ong transfer service. Hnrbpu T.pnfrnp ehflmninnshln for ! expected to extend southward' H. E. Pawson, commercial, i manager of the Power Corpora- newal. alon8 the coast coast Tuesdav Tuesday, the third consecutive vear last , from his home at Seal Cove, heard cries from a point he estimated was about half a mile out in the harbor. With the use of binoculars, he believed that he saw two heads in the water and one man evidently clinging on to the stern of the skiff. He rushed to McLean's shipyard and with William McLean speeded to the scene but no one was in sight. They searched without success for half an hour, then returned to shore and notified police who immediately joined the search until nightfall. The skiff was brought in and at daybreak Sunday the organized search proceeded. Southern Interior sections are'tion of Canada, said here today With reference to the power exDected to remain sunnv and that plans involving expend!- company s proposed new rates. OttVlUC bllC VV11U1C Dn TT 1 I'll. CAJJtl-M T, Undertaker canvass to be completed ln less d to ,u the high regard than an hour. if'ccased was held ' Lh, 1 Businesses were called on for Mr. Pawson said the company was merely trying to establish a rate by which it could re- mild today and Tuesday. ilure 01 several uumun Forecast lwlu hinge on the wish of the North coast region Cloudy' city- Present franchise, he said, 1 17 e numerous- their donations beginning last -w 'muho i.np ninmin of them have night when they defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4 to 3 after winning 8 to 2 on Saturday night over the same team. Winning over New York Saturday and Sunday nights, Toronto is firmly esonced in second place. Montreal Canadians, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers out in March, 1954. But ceive fair returns from its in- founding the casket ln hn v.h m th ummkn and mild with intermittent rain runs or drizzle today and Tuesday, oeiore a piacurai uuu6 iui 1 vrainitni. u i..e r, .. "ding circle," Pilgrim manager, but resulU have not1 J Baron conrinrtjH 1 ..j 117: i ...th-.i.. ne, 1 me nexx live vears can De laiu 1 operation nau uran ai siderable loss." the chapel, assis- a full reDort nf tonicht's re- in 25.!own. "we must be sure that we exposed areas Tuesday to Tuesday:'11 operate here for some time Lows tonight and highs Ar. Pnrt. Harriv 40 anrt 4fi tO COme, he Said. "Greatly increased costs of 'w G"v"nors w- B.! suits will be carried by the Dally wph Slageard. Ole m.,. t. 1 have still to fight It out for playoff positions. operating make it necessary for rnri Carl Bnech n. It Sandspit 40 and 46, Prince Rupert j Application will be made soon immediate relief.' Chicago Black Hawks have long 'rossive ceremony. I T. B. Black, company manag to city council for contract re- 40 and 44. since been hopelessly in the From 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday the police boat and the fishing vessels worked assiduously and systematically in the quest for the bodies. "They scoured the bottom of the harbor from shore to shore," commented one police officer in m his obituary ad-high tribute to the "it deceased and re- 1 : V ! . j s career with nr. TODAY'S STOCKS Canada Keeps Hockey Title to his association P'se Lodge which he cellar. Week-end scores: (Sunday Montreal 2, Boston 2 Toronto 4, New York 1 Detroit 4, Chicago 3 (Saturday) Boston 1, Montreal 3 New York 1, Toronto 3 Chicago 2, Detroit 8 ! acknowledging the yeoman serv (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. I.td.) a charter member ice which had been rendered by assisting vessels and crews. ;,son lodce in ioio Brattle 58 Bevcourt 45 VANCOUVER American Standard rs to Prince Rupert in .29 I The harbor wis 186 feet ln Without suffering. dpDth at the Doint wnere Jo had PARIS (CP) ever exemplified er, said the new diesel and steam-turbo installations at the dry dock, now in operation, could supply the whole city and entire district with electric energy in case of an emergency or failure at the hydro plants. ' The company didn't have Uie tie-in facilities such as companies in the south, who are interlinked for power-borrowing, rt said, so independent auxiliary facilities had to be installed. "But this is only a primary step in an expansion program of considerable magnitude." Mr. Pawson first came to Prince Rupert in 1928 to purchase from the city its pow.r plant at Shawatlans Lake and has been here at intervals since. a Single defeat in the Whole' hnnsen's hndu n hmntrht. to enerev the hiuh. Bralorne 6.85 B R X ..." 04 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Ehll li?.e rder par- .07 .63 Congress Hedley Mascot series, the Lethbridge Maple )tne surface. Tidal currents are Leafs successfully retained the strong. world"s amateur hockey cham-1 Had we been there a minute pionship for Canada by defeat- an(j a half sooner, I am sure we ins Sweden 5 to 1 In a nlav-of f , ,,,ih v,o ninkari ihm un" uiming a brother ' distress. "He always Pd we true spirit of DSFU PRESIDENT "... W. H. Brett William Brett DSFU President Pioneer 2.75 dim h. 1 .13 Premier Border ,. " - - - RUUlu u,v itvnvu VA.bl.. r mori was snmothi ' eame at the Palais des SDorts mm mil inTtn tnrfn "Wo Mit Privateer 7V2 '"embers micht. men ; here Saturday. A sustained 60- saw them m the water when we Reno .07 Sheen Creek, 1.60 minute Canadian attack made were about 100 feet out from the game even more one-sided the float, getting lifebelts and s R. Carr nrMirfinc Hockey Scores PACIFIC COAST (Sunday) Victoria 7, Seattle 4 (Victoria finishes in first placet Tacoma 7, Portland 2 (Saturday) New Westminster 5. Vancouver 1 Portland 4, Tacoma 4 MAINLINE-OKANAGAN Nanaimcr 10, Vernon 5 (Nan-almo wins league championship). W. H. Brett was elected presi- Silbak Premier Taku River .34 .07 :an' the openinir hmn than the score suggests. lines ready to take them out of dent of the new 1951-52 execu ".r, God to Thee" Mrs. B. J R, Sweden was tied for second , the water. I cannot understand Uve of the Deep Sea Fishermen's place ln the world tournament wny thy were unable to hold union at a meeting held in the with Switzerland but won the on- 11 was terrible." fishermen's hall yesterday. sosl(y and Mr. Bobjo UVi Buffalo Canadian -25 Consol. Smelters 141.25 Conwest 2 38 Donalda ., 52 Eldona 22 'i East Sullivan 8.35 Giant Yellowknlfe 7.00 God's Lake 40 Hardrock 25 Harrictina 12 Heva 11 Hosco 06 Jacknife 534 Joliet Quebec 67 Lapaska 05 Little Long Lac 79 Lynx 15 Madsen Red Lake 2.30 McKenzie Red Lake 47 McLeod Cockshutt 3.00 Moneta : 33 'i Negus .91 Noranda 79 75 Louvicourt 20 14 Pickle Crow 1-70 Regcourt , 04 Ran Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 22 "Blest Be the Tie MCL.ean IVIVIjCmii explained cApiaincu mat uiai one uc u ui Knrnnoan titlo hn vlrt.im nf hav- 1 tu, o, ,,!,. the lln8 total points than " as eaHy tryuig u d t d Q A d NSL'h?eJ ch,n, servl- Switzerland. The Swiss were thus slm. t0. sh?re' A?" wd.s , was re-elected secretary-treas- 1 1 , W a"." lP . ne, edged out and left in third place. . ringing 10 me sLern 01 , Ufer fay acclamatlon. The United States team-Bates ..r ..'.LZ'' Elected as trustee was Finer BIG THINGS COMING "But today I feel a different attitude of the people. They are looking forward to something big. Prince Rupert is on the threshold' of a real beginning," he prophesied, adding with a chuckle that he didn't think he'd have "to eat these words." The large permanent payroll of Columbia Cellulose Company, he said, would make a "tremendous difference" in this area, and the effects would reach far into north-central British Columbia. He- saw the "definite need of the je was conducted' Somes. 01 i.ewision, Maine iinisnea ,,,- u v Bnhin. : "oyner. o mt and sixth and Brit- Retiring President H. Mork was ctEe nrrw.H ;i behind Norway ,,, 'noh- f Rr, I'miMo,... .... , . u lu nin FinionH lost. " . . . . t , in the chair. Past vlce-Dresidcnt. Fisheries Ltd. who went all out, Vananda .15V'a Salmon Gold 3'4 Spud Valley 4'j Silver Standard 2.60 Western Uranium 180 Indian Mines 21'4 Oils-Anglo Canadian 6.60 A P Con 40 Atlantic 3.00 Calmont 1.22 C Si E .-. 12.00 Central Leduc 2 42 Home Oi! 17.50 Mercury 15V4 Okalta 2.80 Pacific Pete 9.80 Princess 150 Royal Canadian 10V2 Royalite 14.00 TORONTO Athona SV2 Aumaque 22 ... . . Unbeaten and untied through were: the -round-robin play, the Can- Haida Brave, Earl Parnell; J wot with committal &Iner a"d again Erllng Greenstranfl, died last summer. Other committees were elected at the meeting. adian winners hustled the Swedes Zenardi, Capt. Charles Haan; CANCER SOCIETY MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 6 , ip'nr Pallbearers completely off stride and the nreat Northern. CaDt. Andrew. Til oi1, J' L' Blaln' J. ,osers se'dom nad tlm t0 8et Green (Millerd Cannery); Mas- I housing" as an incentive for a set Maid, Capt. Ernest Yeltat- LONDON (CP) After watching r "f . - "wgavig Fred ll,elr criss-cross paasiiig pmya .lr1"- P' ter- working. zie; Smith Sound, Capt. Arthur from a nearby scaffolding, a Brown; Adelaine J. Capt. Peter thief slipped Into the house of : RaIR' JosePh Ratch Sherrit Gordon 3.40 Steep Rock 8.80 Sturgeon River 14 Silver Miller 152 Upper Canada 1 81 Golden Manitou 6.90 -"Lun SttyA - .... .... . t large-scale building program. "Why, you need 200 new homes here," he said. Mr. Pawson leaves for Vancouver Thursday night. Elva M, uapt. ueorge Mrs. Dora Goldberg, 80, and uan are- "iiKe Buainicn, h. j. wnmin, m.ouiics Halverson, H. Walker, Harold Robinson; W No. 1, Capt. Wil- stole Jewelry and cash valued 1 frld Parnell; Finella, Capt. Jef- at $2100. 1 Pallbi aiioearers were Muncey and J. Long. onightt's THE Nightt.' CANADIAN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN