A fers A-rn PROVINCIAL LIB?.A3zH 113 VICTORIA, B. C. Nj Doily STAR CAB5 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Delivery RADIO DISPATCHED Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXX, No. 11 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTa Phone 81 I 0) ET3 St" Laurent To 11 Meet French $500,000 Fire Hits Chicago ! Flu Epidemic Unabated in Northvesi England PARIS CP) Prime Minister St. Laurent arrived today by train from London for a two-day visit, during which he is expected t- discuss the F'ar Eastern situation and President Vincent Auriol'j proposed visit to Canada. The Prime Minister received a chipf-of-state welcome at North KtnHrtn urham Vile IfoIm ounter Attack Staged y UN Troops In Korea CHICAGO 0 A $5CO,000 fire and explosion roared through a five-storey building down town . . yesterday, killing three firemen. TOKYO CF) Allied troops and planes , today j Five other firemen and one it i ii. i 0 ? r i civilian wptp iniiirprl An!rSnn .T X ' I w 2'. i ' i rJ , F I " j lj MANCHESTER. England (CP) About 12,000an hour late, persons in Manchester are estimated today to be'n,nand.to gf,7l lhfe pnme .... , . -, ... J Minister, who will confer on a muttering from the influenza epidemic now sweeping wide range of topics with French the north of England. Manchester's population islSiS mined duck ne irtwi waves oi screaming neas iniilu;i-S-": furiOUS battle lor the bODaek mountain passes inlaid other persons may have Jitral Korea. about 700,000. jSchuman, Defence Minister Julos Dutch nerican, French and been trapped In the office and warehouse building, but there were no reports of anyone missing. The explosions, apparently Second Dlvi- The epidemic, the worst since MOCn ana a representative ci 1918, has thrown the cotton Aunol. ps of the U.S Saskatchewan Uranium Hub xmashed five attacks in Gillanders New Board President city's services into chaos. More caused by 55 gallons of Inflam than 1000 post office engineers, zero cold on the middle and i flanks of the 15-mile front h of Wonju. n! Minister Replies mable lacquer thinning fluid on telephone operators, p o s t m e and sorters, with about 400 bus RAQlf ATHAM Ton Q the top floor, blew the fire wall over onto a group of firemen on the ground floor. . l'mi'n.P-tective.y leadened, pad- To Legion Heads oi fluJ' hnmhprc ' locked boxes in a vault in down- i with tons of fire bombs roc1hvy uranium oxide f to, and rlch ll showings of copper. rockets. it It was th. the fifth fifth riav day drivers, are off sick. In the northwest of England as a whole, sickness benefits claimed under the national health scheme already total 200,-000 and more claims are arriving at a rate of 20,000 a day. Many national insurance of She battle for the two vital Stricken Ship Calls For Aid tt's leading to the main route ii southeast of the port of Some of these were brought back Just before Christmas by five Saskatoon men who found them north of Camsell Portage, in the extreme northwest of lniiff-'ffii'inril'ii-Mt ilnirrr -'yfw'rrtir-TM" OTTAWA (CP) Defence Minister Claxton said last night the government has placed orders for more than $425,000,000 worth of war planes and ships. He said compulsory training in reserve forces is "a matter for the government and Parliament." Claxton Issued the statement in reply to the Canadian Legion charge that there Is a "serious shortage of ships, planes and in to Taegu and Taejon. 'ine TERRACF Alex Gillander-J, manager of the Terrace Co-operative Association store at Terrace was elected Friday night as president of the Terrace and District Board of Trade. Harry Phillips was elected vice-president with John Kill as seretaty and Morris Wightman as treasurer. Speaker of the evening was E. T. Applewhaite, M. P. for Skeena, who dealt with the international situation. Guests at the meeting besides E. T. Applewaite were W. J. Scott, president of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia, and G. A. Hunter, who brought the greetings of the p-ince Rupert Chamber of Eighth Army moved down route from , abandoned PERTH. Australia The fices are working overtime to handle the flood of benefit claims. Workmen in Manchester cemeteries are working throughout the weekend. Twenty-two OFFER EYES Ray Gorley, left, and Bernard Munroe, Ottawa printers, both have offered to sacrifice an eye if it will help save Carolyn Joan Purcell. 4. of Atlanta, Ga., from death or blindness fom eye cancer. The possibilities of grafting new eyes for the girl are bring studied. S (CP PHOTO) To get them, they motored 255 j crippled liner Liguria, .with 950 miles from SMskatoon to the displaced persons and 130 crew burials took place today and another 31 are booked for Monday. her Says 200 Manchester's southern cemetery eauipment-even boots and clo-has ronnrturi 141 Heath far thing." Mr. Claxton said, "there this month compared with 86 are no shortages of equipment that would affect the position." members aboard, radioed for urgent help again tonight. She said she was being battered by heavy seas and was making only two knot, 190 miles off Western Australia. The Liguria, carrying displaced persons from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Australia, first sent out her distress messages yes settlement of Lac La Ronge, and then flew some 500 miles north and west to the north shore of Lake Athabasca, north of the 59th parallel, to land at Camsell Portage. The expedition was part of Saskatchewan's hunt for uranium. The five men were Henry Wright, managing director, anil Hied in Mine JlXGRADE, Yugoslavia W ?' islavia press dispatches as-. I'd todav 200 men were killed for the same period last year. Most Manchester doctors arc working 15 and 16 hours a day. Many have themselves fallen sick with 'flu. British Press; Welcomes Premier's Declaration LONDON (CP) The" declaration issued by Com-inonwealth prime ministers was warmly welcomed by today's' press. si The prime ministers urged in the name of hu Hungary's Tatabanya mine Ford Beavis, director of Great Charles To Meet Walcotf in March l-ier December 30 Instead of terday saying her position was precarious. The Liguria's agents estimated a tug would take from two to three days to reach the West Uranium Mines Ltd.; Doug las Beavis, his brother, all of Sas announced officially. American Hunters Uninjured in Crash George Herchberger of t.p newspaper runwK aaiu , tw. liner's present position NEW YORK Of) Ezzard i dispatch datelined Budapest Weather Synopsis Skies are cloudy over the province today with showers along the coast and snow flurries in the interior. Some clearing Is expected along the coast overnight as colder air .moves over the region from the Pacific. Little change Is expected in ditions over the interior for morrow, ,u Forecast 1 North coast region, southern Matayas Rakosky. vice- Charles will defend his world i EDMONTON Two Amcri- liAQvvwnlffht Knvinor Htlf. fnr t.hp ran pnvrtlo Vinntiars Mranuri in- manity last night tlr.t the heads of the Big Five operations and, with installation iiier and communist cniei 1 ingary, was threatened with powers hold frank talks in 'a supreme effort to avert '; seventh time, meeting Jersey jury yesterday in the crash of - i nine leaders also pledged them-', Je Wolcott In Detroit March 7. their light Aeronca plane about '. toivpa "tr. rstnin mastprv nf ouri They met once before. Charles 45 miles south of Lethbridge in Saskatoon newspaper man who, familiar with the development of Kirkland Lake Gold and Cobalt-silver in Ontario, wanted to see the lay of the uranium country. The prospecting group Is conducting exploration and develop-vnnt u'nrlr nn a mnression of 25 iical violence by the out- id populace when he came of a new turbine, wilrhave a reserve for future expansion. It is operated by Consolidated Smelters. In the Camsell Portage area, caterDlllfcT rads ars ready for vaiiiucn, souvnern Aiueria nam affairs'' and strengthen de- deieatea me veteran Inspect the wrecked work- . Jcnces while the fear of aggres-! NJ.. boxer for recognition as the 1 The plane was piloted by th world champion in Chicago June owner, a Mr'. Johnson, and car- -sion lasts. the! miia enmA in rvr 12 miles Politika article said Old Country SOCCER Cbifcmunlst government Is trying! to hunh the immensity and 4uaic 1 1 1 1 1 v o ov... north of Camsell Portage. It Is part of a larger area, 220 22, 1949. Tied an unidentified passenger The match was completed to-1 Both flew from Valier, Montana day bv the International Boxing j They were enroute to Cutbank Club.' I Mont. major operations. Ore, or eventually concentrates, can be loaded there on Northern Navigation Company barges and taken to Waterways, 350 miles south wide by about 70 miles attributed to poor safely condl- . deep, which Is the centre oi Saskatchewan's uranium hunt. In the northwest. It adjoins the Northwest Territories; its southern limit Is the 59th parallel. tions, about which engineers vainly warned the regime. Crews are still dinging in the clogged n 'ne shafts for the victims, the LONDON Results soccer games played In United Kingdom today: Jury Finds Boy's Death From Unnatural Causes atch said. i The Times said the conference's work and influence for peace in the East had made the meeting memorable. The Liberal Manchester Guardian says the conference suggested "necessary twists and turns" in the policy by which "the American Ideal and our own ideal" may be best approached. The Conservative Yorkshire Post termed the declaration an impressive statement of principles, whose most heartening passage was that urging Commonwealth defences be strengthened wl'.h all speed. English League, Division 1 Arsenal 3, Middlesbrough 1 Aston Villa 3, Fulham 0 Burnley 1, Huddersfield Town section: Cloudy with showers today and tomorrow. Little change in temperature. Winds southerly 15 today, becoming west 15 this evening. Light tomorrow. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy 35 and 43. Remainder of region: Cloudy with scattered showers and occasional snow flurry today and tomorrow. A little colder tomorrow. Wind southerly 30 becoming west 25 during morning. West 20 tomorrow. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Sandspit and Prince Rupert 32 and 40. Cariboo, Prince George, Bulk-ley Valley regions: Cloudy with snow flurries today and tomorrow. Little change In temperature. Wind southerly 15 today, light tomorrow. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Quesnel 10 and 25; Prince George 15 and 25; west across Lake Athabahska, where there Is a railhead. Native trappers, turned prospectors, now are as familiar with the Geiger counter, the gadget which buzzes in the presence of radioactive ore, as they are with dogsled, rifle and trap line. The prospecting trenches run 15 feet deep and more. They are filled with rock shattered by dynamite blasts. Parts of them have a smudgy, rusty color. That Is uranium oxide. There is also a glittering yellow that's nadians Staff GROWING ACTIVITY There are more than 30 active mining operations, ranging from exploration to development. There, for Instance, Is the scene of the recently-announced John Nesbitt discovery. School hiopia Headquarters of the scattered camDS and lonely tents of that By HOMER SMITH VANCOUVER (CP) A coroner's jury decided last night that two-year-old Jimmy Bailey died an unnatural death from severe head injuries New" Year's Day. The boy died shortly after he was alleged to have toppled from a kitchen chair. The foster mother, Mrs. Marie Rees, who cares for five other The woman did not have a li-children from the Catholic cence to operate it. Children's Aid Society, said she Joseph Gziureynsky, a next-did not know how the boy fell, door neighbor, said he saw the grim land of rock, lane, lorest DDIS ABABA flh Canadians 1 (tie ) Charlton Athletic 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Chelsea 3, Newcastle United 1 Derby County 1, Liverpool 2 Everton 0, Stoke City 3 , Manchester United 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Portsmouth 2, West Bromwich Albion 2 (tie) Sundfrland 1, Bolton Wanderers 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Blackpool 1 (tie) English Learue, Division 11 pasture is ooia- staffing what is perhaps the and caribou Premiers Seek fields. This is the town boomed in the days of the Box Car mine, : whose wide vein of ore made golJ I iisipH fnr departure for Van- ii M's loftiest Normal school.! Is Emperor Halle Selassie's j hor's training college in the them outskirts of Addis Arrangement pay at $3 a ton. Before it closed j couver on union ship Chilcotin, ' ha. Its elevation is 9,000 feet Capt. H. E. McLean, Sunday night are M. H. McLean. Edward Poulson, D. Underhill, E. f ve sea level. In the early '40 s, Box minea 2,000 tons a day and made gold bricks in Its own refinery. The Box mine's power plant today supplies several uranium Doctors said he had several woman beat a four-year-old boy j Smithers 15 and 25. -bruises on his body. September 9. "She hit him about Northern B.C. region: Cloudy Police described the small, 15 times with a piece of wood," j with snow flurries today. Clear two-storey home as "unfit to he said. land cold tomorrow. Wind light, live in." Fire department offi-j The woman denied hitting thej Low tonight and high tomorrow cials said It was a fire "hazard." child. j at Telegraph Creek, zero and 10. i 41 -year-old Winnipeg man, nicy A. Stelnman, is the head- Jensen, Dr. Elsey, Richard Wesch Bury 1, Cardiff City 2 Chesterfield 1, Manchester City and Mr. and Mrs. F. Abbott. tr nf Ft hinnln ' nnl Kin,. f school. Native of Oxford LONDON The Prime Ministers of the British Commonwealth announced last night they would welcome any feasible arrangement for an exchange of views with Prime Minister Stalin or the Chinese Communist lrade-. Mao Tze-Tung. , In a Joint declaration issued at the end of a nine-day conference here, the Prime Ministers said, "We do not seek to intervene in the affairs of the Soviet Union or China or any other uty, Ont., he was educated at University of Manitoba and nlpeg teachers training col- served in the R.C.A.F. In second world war and before Para-Rescue Team Hunts Plane In Rugged North EDMONTON (CP) A para-rescue team stood bv at Fort Nelson. B.C., today as an RCAF search pig to Ethiopia in 1949 was Doncaster Rovers 2, Hull City 4 Leeds United 5, Southampton 3 Luton Town 1, Barnstey 1 die) Notts County 3, Grimsby Town .2 Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 0 Queens Park Rangers 3, Coventry City 1 - Sheffield United 2, Leicester City 1 , Swansea Town 2, Brentford 1 West Ham United 2, Blackburn Rovers 3 Scottish League, Division "A" Alrdrieonians vs Heart of Midlothian (postponed) Celtic 3. Aberdeen 4 Dundee vs Clyde (postponed) country; we are simply determined to regain mastery of our own affairs without the fear of aggression." ning science and mathema-at the Winnipeg Junior High ml. He was Invited here by Ethiopian ministry of edu- on. lie first of those educated un-the Department of Veterans plane scoured the lower end of the Alaska Highway for a light plane missing in the heavily umbered re- gion since Thursday afternoon. tirs at Manltoha tTniversit.v. a four V" " : Aw,.... v. . . i J -;.'; r xii v Af w - - i ' I 4' . ; ,3'Vi ' ' ) H : V i v K V'4 I , I . -!! The nuniea aircram 1'ioicis a Bachelor of Education Article Tells of Pulp's Importance Copies of the current Canadian Geographical Magazine, a spe- Hiberlan 3. Motherwell 1 f "ow-canadlans make up ft of the staff. They are Earle Added Herring Quota Caught seater Stinson, is believed to be carrying only the pilot, Floyd B. Myers, from Beatton River, B.C., with supplies for a trapper'3 cabin, 35 miles north. Fog closed over its destination area shortly after the take-off. cial number, have been received Morton -t, . , iij Patrick Thistle vs (postponed) St. Mirren vs Raith Rovers nere. me uiut'i icntuic 10 v.o.uv "Industry in Action in Quebec" and gives prominence to the en- (postponed) I I terpriscs that come from utiliza Armstrong of Peterborough, ! I. Walter Schmidt of Kitchcn-nt., William Peters of Steln-f'1. Man., and Mrs. Stelnmann f1 on the staff are an Amerl-f: Samuel Aruktan,' and an I'opian, Terefe Negaro. Herring fishing In the sub-district officially closed Third Lanark vs Rangers (post The RCAF made two search tion of wood pulp, plastics and cellulose. sweeps over the region last night at midnight Friday, according to with no results. One plane crew saw ski tracks on a lake near the Department of Fisheries io day. poned) IRISH LEAGUE Crusaders 1, Glentoran 1. Glenavon 2, Bangor 0. Coleraine 2, Portadown 0. Cliftonville 2. Distillery 3. the trapper's cabin. It appeared ' CATHOLIC HEAD DIES ' VATICAN CITL. Francesco Cardinal Marchettl-Selvagiani, "79. deacon of the Roman Catho- BASKETBALL Aras l, uerry city 2. the plane equipped with sklls had landed there and taken off again. - Beatton River is about halfway between Fort St. John and Fort Nelson on the northeastern Ballymene United 3, Llnfleld 2: lie College of Cardinals, died today, Nine sets yesterday were enough to complete the extended quota of 20,000 tons over the pre-Christmas catch of 30,000 tons. Despite the record large catch in the northern district, the Department of Fisheries says that there are ample fish left for spawning purposes. Fleets are dispersing to the I v 1 J t t A ffyiriiiiMiittiifriiiiiiiii'iMMiiinn wnniwr iWr'VUfrr1"' v i . ..&..- ' TIdES TONITE " J,lnlor - 6:45 Intermediate EXHIBITION 7:30 High School vs G & A January 14, 1951 6:10 19.0 feet Sunday, High Low central sub-district, otf Wright ! HOCKEY SCORES t i Pacific Coast Portland 2, Victoria 3 Tsonma 4, Vanouver, 5 i Western International Kimberley 6, Nelson 8 I Mainline-Okanagan Kelowna 8, Kerrisdale 6 WINTER VISITOR Viscount Alexander took time off to visit' Niagara Falls in its winter dress, accompanied by his sons, on vacation from their schools in England, and some of their friends. The Governor -General described the scene as "a marvellous spectacle." Identifiable are Viscount Alexander, centre, and Mayor Em est Hawkins of Niagara Falls, left. Shane Alexander is seen behind his father and Brian at his fathei' left, almost hidden. Others ' Include Anthony and Johnny Milbank, sons of the comptroller of Rideau Hall, .In foreground. Marion Bevin, Ann Harcourt and James Morrison. --(CP FHOTOr corner of British Columbia and about 450 miles northwest of Edmonton. Dawson Creek, starting point of the Alaska Highway, is just south of Fort St. John. The para-rescue team was flown to Fort Nelson last night from Whitehorse, Y.T. Sound, where 21,000 tons of ring are yet to be caught to com- 18:27 18.1 feet Y 12:34 8.0 feetj ' f45 cOp vs Brown woods Dlete the 40,000-ton Quota set I for that area.