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Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XL.
No.
42
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
19,
1951
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
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Deliyeiy
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vict
pes
KOREA
(p,
A
39-year-vi
ir.'fl
his
way
through
a
70-foot
cell
to
freedom
jussive
state
peni-
;
,i
l,nne
today.
Jiiics,
credited
by
lii
T.
Swenson
with
in
t
i.stie
escape
I've
was
serving
his
j
a
20-year
burglary
Medical
Authorities
Step
'
Up
Anti-Influenza
Fight
OTTAWA
(CP)
Medical
authorities
today
had
UN
Forces
Advancing
,-ah
it
must
have
two
years
to
dig
both
words
of
encouragement
and
warning
for
Can-
j
adians
as
they
stepped
up
efforts
to
stay
the
epidemic
of
influenza
sweeping
many
sections
of
the
'Do-'
I
minion.
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10
MILE
TUNNEL
'
;
POWER
HOUSE
'
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vf
;CH,
"
Communist
Defences
.
Collapsing
On
West
Centre
TOKYO
General
withdrawal
of
Chinese
Communist
forces
on
the
west
central
Korean
front
continued
today
under
the
force
of
pounding
by
fleets
of
Super-Fortresses
.
British
and
American
troops
advanced
f,even
miles
to
hills
overlooking
the
Han
River
at
another
point.
The
United
Nations
have
captured
Yongpong,
important
supply
base
27
miles
east
of
Seoul.
'
Counter
-
attacking
Americans
Jl::ht
figure,
Holmes
funnel
under
his
frtiilly
lilted
out
a
.tc
about
two
feet
Hie
floor.
Then
he
I
-
.
giro,
he
chipped
fi
incut.
Apparently
between
5
p.m.
,
I'lirn
a
loudspeaker
jj
out,
radio
profit)
inches
of
this
i.
jtly
disposed
of
the
jbl'icd
up
with
a
ii'
of
scrap
Iron
'
t
down
his
toilet.
!
$i
i
y
the
dirt
trip
clothing.
j
t:
Tlu
virus,
Identified
as
similar
to
that
which
caused
a
widespread
epidemic
in
Europe
earlier
this
year,
is
extremely
contagious
and
can
be
expected
to
spread
quickly,
warned
medical
officials.
.
However,
they
classified
the
virus
of
"mild,"
indicating
normally
healthy
persons
coming
down
with
'flu
should
have
little
reason
to
fear
serious
complications.
Ontario
where
'flu
was
listed
V";
VANCOUVER
Sulphur
Ship
At
Pulp
Mill
Vancouver-Built
Walvis
Bay,
Former
Lake
Tatla,
making
Many
Coast
'Ports
Second
deepsea
ship
within
a
month
to
discharge
sulphur
for
the
great
pulp
mill
at
Watson
Island
which
is
about
to
commence
operations,
the
British-registered,
Canadian-owned
10,-000-ton
freighter
Walvis
Bay
arrived
at
the
nearby
plant
(it
11:30
Sunday
morning.
The
Walvis.
Bay
Is
discharging
1000
tons
of
sulphur
at
Watson
Island.
It
is
part
of
an
original
full
sulphur
cargo
with
which
she
started
out
from
Galveston,
Texas,
a
few
weeks
ago.
Before
coming
to
Watson
Island
she
unloaded
at
.
Port
Alice
and
as
a
cause
in
five
week-end
!
tclay
smashed
four
milts
into
POWtn
FOR
ALUMINUM
Nur'eus
of
a
Northern
Construction
Co.
crew
which
will
build
a
ten-mile
road
from
Kemano
Bay
on
Gardner
('anal.
00
miles
south
of
Prince
Rupert
where
the
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada
plans
building
a
huge
power
house
In
connection
with
ll.s
smeller
at
Kitimat
was
due
to
arrive
by
aircraft
at
Romano
Bav
today.
This
picture,
provided
to
the
Daily
News
by
courtesy
of
the
Vancouver
Province,
shows
the
site
of
the
power
house
which
will
be
at
the
end
of
a
water
tunnel
which
will
lie
driven
ten
miles
through
the
Tahtsa
mountain
range
from
Tahtsa
Lake.
Waters
of
Tahtsa
Lake
and
a
chain
of
other
lakes,
running
eighty
miles
eastward,
will
be
diverted
west
through
the
tunnel
bl
a
dam
at
Nechako
Canyon
on
the
Nechako
River.
i
I.
Bill
deaths,
appeared
hardest
hit
of
the
ten
provinces.
Northern
Saskatchewan
and
Nova
Scotia's
Cape
Breton
Island
also
reported
'flu
In
epidemic
stages.
MOWS
the
heart
of
a
Korean
Red
stronghold
in
east
central
Korea.
Hundreds
of
Comunists
were
killed.
On
the
central
and
western
fronts
badly
mauled
Chinese
withdrew
from
battle
lines.
Lt,
Gen.
Matthew
Rldgway
said
that
his
Allied
forces
had
smashed
a
Communist
offensive
and
won
a
decisive
victory
on
these
fronts
but
he
said
that
the
Chin-
y
Man
Flash
!
Turkey
Sends
Call
for
Aid
ATHENS.
Another
appeal
Mr.
Gardiner
Is
In
London
piN.
DC.
The
BATTLE
EPIDEMIC
Canadian
Regiment
Feared
Due
For
Korean
Blood
Bath
TORONTO
(CP)
Jack
Macbeth,
Associated
Press
war
correspondent,
said
Saturday
that
Cana
s
Department
of
branded
Prime
has
been
sent
out
by
the
Greek
i
ese
,
Reds
have
enough
massed
government
to
United
States,
i
troops
to
prevent
a
.
successful
Yugoslavia
and
Turkey
for
as-
j
Allied
crossing
north
of
the
38th
sistance
in
resisting
Communist
'
parallel
providing
the
Reds
com-
KED
SPLIT
WIDENS
ROME
(C
P)
New
scores
of
Communists,
today
were
reported
turning
in
their
party
hili
Stalin's
latest
Ocean
Falls
and,
after
leaving
here
tomorrow,
she
will
proceed
to
Powell
River
and
Woodfibre
pulp
mill
and
then
on
to
Van
LONDON.
Hon.
James
G.
Gardiner,
Canadian
minister
of
agriculture,
has
arrived
In
Lon
guerrillas.
j
mlt
them.
as
"one
more
and
said
It
can-e
fact
of
"Soviet
lor
aggression."
couver
for
future
orders.
don
to
discuss
the
question
of
j
final
payments
for
Canadian
The
Walvis
Bay,
built
at
West
Rail
Strike
Hits
Britain
ve.ir
nlan
Mr
r.rHin.
,m
o
w
Coast
Shipyard,
Vancouver,
dur
put
statement,
the
"No
man
alive
dian
troops,
soon
to
enter
the
combat
area
in
Korea,
"T
"
were
in
for
a
tough
time.
L
i.
Crl
i
Macbeth,
on
leave
after
six
E
lUlll
jCCIv
months
in
Korea,
saw
the
Sec-
discuss
with
the
British
orwern-
wle
io,b
""
was
""riy
it
ban
Prune
Minis-
i
wns
behind
Com-
cards
as
a
split
in
llalyls
Red
ranks
widened
across
the
country.
BIO
FOl'R
PAULEY
LONDON
(CP)
Britain,
I'nitrd
States
and
Prance
today
proposed
-
to
Russia
a
m
e
e
t
i
n
g
of
deputy
foreign
ministers
in
Paris,
March
5,
as
the
first
step
toward
four-power
talks
on
disputes
between
the
east
and
west.
ment
further
food
needs
and
theith,e
Tatla
of
Western
Can-posstbllity
of
Canadian
co-opcr-
?;cllan
Steamships
To
avoid
the
atjon
heavy
overhead
of
operating
un-
der
Canadian
registry,
she
was
-
j
lon
in
Korea."
Clerk
s
Job
Newzy
Docks
Tied
by
Strike
'
ichanged
to
British
registry
and
i
renamed.
Still
owned
by
West-nlrl
;ern
Canada
Steamships,
she
is
iivor's
MANY
OFFICES
Canada's
10
chaptered
have
3.5GO
branches
in
Five
Ter
Cent
Wage
Increase
Considered
.
Too
Small
LONDON
(CP)
Fifty
million
Britons,
already
shivering
through
a
winter
with
too
little
coal
and
"i
operated
by
the
Sir
R.
Ropner
communities
across
the
nation.
line
under
a
joint
profit-shar
WELLINGTON,
New
Zealand
9
Job
ing
plan.
Only
remaining
Canadian
member
of
the
crew
is
the
A
countrywide
strike
or
New)
!
ond
Battalion,
;
Princess
Pa-i
trici'i's
.Canadian.
Light
Infan-i
try,
during
advance
training
at
Aluryang.
In
an
Interview,
Macbeth
said:
"There
is
nothing
wrong
with
these
troops.
Their
appearance
is
outstanding.
They're
exceptionally
smart
and
keen
as
a
razor
blade.
They'll
do
well
when
they
get
Into
action
although
I'm
afraid
they're
likely
to
get
a
blood
bath."
Macbeth
said
he
considers
Canada's
contribution
so
far
"a
national
disgrace."
The
former
sports
editor
of
the
North
Bav
Nugget
added:
"I
There
are
eight
applications
for
the
position
of
city
clerk
of
Prince
Rupert
to
succeed
II.
D.
Thain
who
has
rescued
to
take
a
similar
position
at
Port
Alberni.
The
city
council
will
be
in
special
session
tonight
u
consider
the
applications
and
in.:Ke
un
appointment.
There
are
local
applications
as
well
as
some
from
outside.
The
council
will
also
consider
master,
Capt.
H.
Gentles.
All
the:Zealand
dock
workers
today
tied
others
are
British.
up
66
ships
from
overseas
with
a
Before
the
present
voyage
from
total
of
half
a
million
tons.
Galveston
to
this
coast,
the
Wal-
I
waterside
Workers
Union
vis
Bay
had
been
in
European1
.
.
.
.
.
waters.
Sailing
from
her
homo
re,Jected
the
government
uiU-port
of
West
Hartlepool,
Eng-'
matum
to
return
to
wrok
after
a
land,
she
proceeded
to
Narvik,
on
1
breakdown
ot
wage
negotiations.
Await
Victoria
Signal
Mighty
Alcan
Hydro
Project
is
Starting
"iiipaniment
of
$-k
wolves
which
Hi
rlab'v
c'ose
by
i
frankly
admits
fvous,
Dan
Lippett
v
darkness
in
the
I
winter
wilderness
xtiicatc
a
local
I
car
from
a
snow-4iiiI.sk
where
it
had
a
week
or
so
ago.
Scully
did
not
end
the
far
north
coast
of
Norway,
to
load
a
cargo
of
ore.
tonight
an
applicalioi
from
B.C.
don't
think
the
Canadian
peo
Tides
Packers
for
permission
to
estab
ple
are
to
blame.
We'd
have
had
plenty
of
men
over
there
If
Ottawa
had
given
the
green
light
Actual
construction
on
the
mighty
Alcan
hydro
1
CaPl-
Stanley
Hunter
and
.
.
.
i
.
.
.
.
Capt.
D.
Backie
are
here
as
pi-
project,
possibly
the
largest
single
project
in
all
of
lots
of
the
walvis
Bay.
capt.
Canada,
is
about
to
get
under
way
in
the
Nechako
Hunter
is
no
stranger
to
north-
.
,
.
,
,
,
iern
waters.
Before
joining
the
valley
district,
says
the
iSechako
Chronicle
of
Van-
'pilotage,-
he
commanded
such
at
the
start.
not
enough
meat,
awoke
today
to
a
new
crisis
of
a
threatened
railway
strike.
The
rail
walkout
began
after
midnight
in
Manchester,
where
3500
freight
handlers
stopped
work
in
protest
against
a
proposed
five
per
cent
wage
Increase
they
consider
too
small?
Other
rail
unions
made
plans
to
join
them.
Only
five
freight
handlers
reported
for
work
In
the
heavy
industrialized
Manchester
area.
After
the
strike
decision,
another
11,000
members
of
the
National
Union
of
Railwaymen
have
promised
to
join
the
walkout
by
midnight
Tuesday.
.
;
With
all
three
major
British
rail
unions
seeking
a
larger
increase,
spokesmen
predict
a
full
scale
strike
on
nationalized
roads,
unless
the
government's
offer
is
raised.
Tuesday,
February
20,
1951
'
High
1:01
18.3
feet
12:40
20.4
feet
lish
a
fish
processing
plurt
at
Seal
Cove
on
the
local
waterfront.
This
application
hud
been
received
at
the
regular
meeting;
of
council
last
week
und
was
deferred
In
order
to
obtain
further
Information.
Theu
will
be
further
consid
derhoof.
;
Canadian
Pacific
ships
as
the
Low
6:43
8.0
feet
Nootka
and
Princess
Adelaide.
19:11
3.0
feet
Commander
of
1
Ncdeo
is
Dead
hat
they
work
they
are
now
Two
Vessels
Lost-
lm
the
car
but
the
i"
h
condition
be-1
it'
'iin
of
the
sum-j
r
side
of
the
Rain-'
iiit,
that
it
was
all
table
to
do
to
tow
:ir
home
with
hls!
I
Icat
was
accom-
fr'-Me
Wudel's
La-1
H
lit.
safely
to
tha
"ii
McBride
Street
jh'mrs
of
Sunday
ft
'
't
umcl,
ilnt
doing
is
in
anticipation
of
agreements
being
signed.
Their
preliminary
tasks,
such
as
locatini
road,
lining
up
local
source
of
supply
for
incidental
requirements,
checking
into
local
facilities
and
availability
of
labor,
Fish
Boats
foe
Missing
eration
of
the
Mitche
ll
to
Curric,
VICTORIA
Commodore
Georgt
contract
for
sewer
outfall
cm-
R.
Myles,
O.B.E.,
commanding
struction
tonight
and
tenders
officer
of
HMCS
Naden,
is
dead
are
to
be
opened
for
the
purchase
1
here.
He
succumbed
suddenly
to
of
a
second
hand
boiier
and
a
heart
attack.
Forty-nine
years
pump
from
the
Shawatians
Lake
of
age,
he
came
here
from
Mon-water
pumping
station.
treal.
win
help
to
speed
up
the
carry-1
VICTORIA
(CP)
An
RCAF
launch
is
searching
forward
of
all
phases
of
the!
,
,
.
.
V
,
,.
,i
,
,
e
construction
work
which
will
be
I
intr
bays
and
inlets
along
the
northwest
coast
ot
under
their
jurisdiction
when
,
Vancouver
Island
today
for
two
small
motor
vessels,
i
TODAY'S
STOCKS
TheWeather
the
history
of
British
Columbia
!
one
of
which
was
unreported
for
a
week
is
finally
made.
The
Navy
reports
the
fishing
Ratification
by
tiie
provincial
legislature,
when
it
convenes
this
week,
of
the
agreement
signed
by
Minister
iOf
Lands
E.
T.
Kenney,
on
behalf
of
the
province,
with
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
will
start
bulldozers,
men
and
material
moving
south
from
Vanderhoof
to
the
site
of
the
now
famous
,
Nechako
Dam
which
is
located
;
only
45
miles
south
of
this
flourishing
community.
:
The
arrival
in
Vanderhoof
of
j
A.
Wright
and
H.
Benson,
engi-
j
neers
employed
by
the
Fred
I
Mannix
Construction
Company,
was
heralded
with
rejoicing
when
it
was
learned
that
actual
construction
of
an
all-year
road
to
the
dam
site
will
be
closely
followed
by
the
work
on
this
stupendous
project.
Two
years
ago
a
bulldozer
cut
its
way
through
the
sparsely-populated
area
between
Vanderhoof
and
the
dam
site.
This
bulldozer
was
used
by
the
crew
then
engaged
In
stripping
oper
S.
I.
Jiilinsl.Mi
Co.
Ltd.)"
VANCOUVER
vessel
Tegada
is
missing
a
week
since
she
left
Winter
Harbor
on
a
25-mile
trip
to
Sea
Otter
Cove,
while
the
Norah,
which
sailed
in
search
of
the
Tegada
Saturday,
is
also
unreported.
Bealtie
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
C.
M.
&
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Synopsis
Strong
southeast
winds
still
persisted
over
the
southern
British
Columbia
coast
early
this
morning
although
the
gale
winds
had
subsided
over
the
northern
regions
and
shifted
to
westerly
with
the
passage
of
another
Pacific
disturbance.
Pain
which
has
been
occurring
over
the
coastal
regions
will
turn
to
widely
scattered
showers
by
Prince
George
Store
Fire-Hit
'
PRINCE
GEORGE
Damage
estimated
at
$15,000
was
done
by
fire
which
swept
the
rear
of
the
Hudson's
Bay
store
here
after
midnight
last
night.
The
warehouse
section
of
the
store
was
most
seriously
hit.
Dense
smoke
in
the
main
store
hampered
fire
fighters
in
their
efforts
but
none
were
overcome.
Conwest
2.45
Donalda
-
60
Eldona
2.27
East
Sullivan
9.15
Giant
Yellowknife
7.90
Hardrock
33
Harricana
18
Bribery
in
Basketball
I
to
drive
to
Ter-ehed
a
point
this
Itsa
when
snow
Sine
such
that
he
proceed
further
or
fter
spending
the
l"r,
the
local
man
by
a
freight
train
pM-k
to
the
city,
behind.
htract
was
'to
re-?g
out
alone
at
Jatternoon,
he
was
task
of
digging
'd
like
half
a
She
burled
vehicle
nd
taken
In
tow.
jof
the
howling
think
I'd
be
able
rl
Lippett
as
he
i
tough
battle
to
P
the
hill
on
the
j
Rainbow
Lake
"f
fresh
and
soft
lud
fallen
over
road's
surface.
It,''
he
glowed,
f
P-m.
Saturday
ft
here.
It
was
flay
when
he
got
i
afternoon
while
snow
flurries
Legislator
Is
Taking
to
Sea
VICTORIA
i
British
Columbia
will
get
its
second
sea-going
legislature
member
this
summer
when
H.
J.
(Bert
I
Welch
takes
to
the
ocean
to
reach
his
constituents.
Mr.
Welch,
member
for
Comox
district
on
Vancouver
Island,
already
uses
land
and
air
transportation
the
was
a
"Naval
air
pilot
in
the
First
World
War)
to
cover
the
northern
section
of
the
island.
In
April,
he'will
launch
the
42-foot
cruiser
Helen
Grace,
named
after
his
wife,
to
complete
the
transportation
cycle.
j
persist
throughout
much
of
the
Four
college
jnterior.
By
tomorrow
there
will
NEW
YORK
M
a
former
be
considerable
cloudiness
over
basketball
players,
American
Standard
31
Bralorne
7.25
B.
R.
X
04
ii
Cariboo
Quartz
1.40
Congress
08
'2
Hedley
Mascot
.69
Pend
Oreille
,
9.00
Pioneer
2.80
Premier
Border
.12
'
Privateer
.10
Reno
Ofi
Sheep
Creek
1.72
Silbak
Premier
32
Taku
River
10
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
.
03'2
Spud
Valley
,
.04
Vi
Silver
Standard
2.70
Western
Uranium
1.80
Oils
A.
P.
Con
42
Atlantic
2.90
Calmont
:
1.21
C.
&
E
11.50
Home
Oil
17.25
Mercury
lSVi
Okalta
2.85
Pacific
Pete
9.80
Princess
1.60
Royal
Canadian
12
"2
Royalite
14.50
the
province
but
the
storm
will
break
through
at
intervals.
Temperatures
will
remain
at
their
present
mild
level.
player
and
a
sixth
man,
were
accused
today
of
bribery
In
alleged
fixing
of
games
this
season.
The
accused
include
three
City
College
of
New
York
players,
taken
into
custody
Saturday
night,
and
a
Jeweler.
Six
Die
in
Club
Fires
ations
along
the
Nechako
River
while
drilling
for
footings.
Last
summer
a
suitable
location
for
the
dam
site
was
found
on
what
is
known
as
the
"Big
Bend"
on
the
Nechako
River,
a
few
miles
down
stream
from
Metalicuz
Lake.
ROAD
FIRST
The
engineers
who
are
nt
present
in
Vanderhoof
have
a3
their
first
objective
the
locating
of
a
permanent
all-year
road
to
the
dam
site,
over
.
which
all
materials
and
supplies
required
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Tuesday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
Westerly,
20.
Cows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
32
and
42:
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
30
and
40.
xicvtt
it
2
Hosco
.07
Jackknife
:
05'i
Joliet
Quebec
87
Lake
Rowan
.08
Lapaska
06
Little
Long
Lac
83
Lynx
17
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.65
McKenzie
Red
Lake
4B
McLeod
Cockshutt
3
65
Moneta
39
Negus
1.10
Noranda
83.75
Pickle
Crow
1.85
vRegicourt
05
2
San
Antonio
2.95
Senator
Rouyn
22
Sherrltt
Gordon
3.95
Steep
Rock
9.50
Sturgeon
River
14
'
Silver
Miller
159
Upper
Canada
2.12
Golden
Manitou
6.60
DENVER
W
Death-toll
six
today
following
two
million
The
Helen
Grace
will
take
Mr
Mild
and
Thawing
In
Tetrace
Today
isolated
settlements
dallar
fires
that
swept
through
Welch
into
in
the
construction
of
the
dam
along
the
west
coast
of
Vancou-1
two
private
clubs
here
in
as
TERRACE.
Weather
was
will
be
transported
once
the
go-
"
uu'
i
many
days,
ahead
ahead
sienal
signal
has
has
been
been
iriven.
given.
at
the
mouth
of
Quatsino
Sound
,
'
'
Steamships
"
Prince,
Capt.
?k.
sailed
yester-fr
the
south.
Pftl
cargo
at
Nel-
at
Port
Edward
is
loading
a-i.
ii
the
ocean
dock
expected
t
e
northern
tip,
and
on
the
1,le
swa,m
-
This
ratification
is
mild
and
thawing
here
today.
Snow
conditions
on
the
roads
vary.
There
is
as
much
as
eight
feet
at
Lakelse
and
In
the
Pa-
shortly
after
the
Legislature
easc
coasl;
lrom
"anaimo
no,tn
p-'uo
WA"
""eu
Sanitary
Inspector
for
Terrace,
Hugh
Hart
ana
nurses,
Miss
Edna
Edwards
and
Miss
Helen
Bohome
from
Smithers,
were
here
last
week
for
a
meeting
witri
the
local
Public
Health
Unit.
TORONTO
Anotner
memner.
b.
c
Macin-
wnicn
uwk
iwo
lives,
ruur
un.u
convenes
Mr,
Wright
and
Mr.
Benson,
tyre
of
Powell
River,
operates
a
in
a
fire
at
the
Denver
Athletic
eific
area.
Elsewhere,
Including
when
interviewed,
made
it
clear
;
boat.
Club
Saturday.
Terrace
town,
it
has
been
light.
.08
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