1 119 r.,!0RMES It ST03XA, B. C. . , DRUGS 9 DAILY DELIVERY CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER STAR innin lllsrATCHKI) V Published ot Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port ''Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" I Phone 81 I VOL. XL, No. 302 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1951 PRICE Pi VI? CENTS "its rai rra n ? a ' rt Ea a!?. n n ra a rai r 3 fill mm mA I I t J7 If" ft li r?. ( II 1 Mfr II ' If 111 Vfc ! r-'l VY II f! U, . VV Sfl liti ec in China ill JtlCClVXJH HA lUI U! li- 31 riiji :C 1 J) t, L3 Li VI IT- U U U Li U Li L J L-2 J y UL 2 U KjS vl.n Human Cat holic priests Three for President City Surplus In Past Year Prince Rupert's 1952 citv . ,1 a missionary brother have ,,. pi, tied under house ar-, in the Chinese Mission at ,,, I y I lie Communists. ,, r$Ht Canadian Jesuits . i . mimiig many ancsted In picent campaign against . .Ki'ic misiimai ii's in Com - iiii it China. J . -I Moose and Caribou Scarce As Wolves Prey on Usual Meat of Cassiar Trappers TELEGRAPH CREEK (Special to Daily News) Surrounded British Premier Would Shake Down U.S. Control WASHINGTON,. D.C. (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill will probably urge a greater exchange of atomic information between the United States and Great Britain during his far-rfwhing with President Truman. conference . . , . Atomic energy Is among a " " ' r i 'TiMMfti --- f council will be able to start off j with a "clean slate" and with' i excess revenue in its coffers, j ' Finance Chairman Aid. T. B. i Black toiii the last meeting of the old council last night that j estimates show "anticipated ex-i ress" of revenue over expenditure. He said this was due to under- PHILADELPHIA Q Harold E. Stassen Thursday night announced that he will seek the 1952 Republican nomination for President of the United States. He is the third Republican aspirant for the nation's highest post. Previously Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Governor Earl Warren of California announced their candidacies. REV. AUGUST OAGNON of Montreal, superior ot SI. Louis College 1 ". . A a few days ago by a band of wolves while on their trapline on the Teslin River, Benny Frank and Henry Quock succeeded in killing five grey wolves weighing 120 pounds each. Trappers are in a tough spot due to lack of meat In the Nahlin distt ict where wolves are decimating moose and caribou. The Allwood family, including four children, is said to be facing starvation at 17-Mile Lake, 78 miles north of Telegraph Creek, due to lack of wild game. Grizzlies, due to the open .winter season so far, are still fishing for cohcos on the spawning grounds. US Airmen Freed Today expenditure by the waterworks All three were nominated at dozen topics Mr. Churchill has 1 told the American government I he wants to take up in the course of his visit here, starting lato next week. I Both Britain and Canada have long felt that tight restrictions 1 on atomic secrets has been ham-I pering developments in that ; field. the Republican, convention in Philadelphia in 1948. Warren was vice-presidjntial nominee that year, running mate for Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. . Price Fix Ban Bill Approved Cross Through Austria From Hungary to Munich Base MUNICH Having been releas , department and more revenue i than was estimated from police J fines, long distance telephone commissions and social assistance grants. , All revenue accounts were up ' to estimates or slightly over, he said. In expenditure, the board of I, works was over the estimate, including the $33,000 gravel pur-' hase. Also over-spent, were the i i ''t " ' Three Indians Lose Lives 'i , fiiven Second Reading ; In Commons Today OTTAWA Approval in principle of the government's bill to ban resale price fixing was given by the House of Commons today Road Work In Alaska ed by the Hungarian government following pavment of $120,000 in j fines by the United States, four American airmen are back at) their base near here today. They crossed the border from ' Hungary into Austria and were ; then brought on here. .They were said to have appeared to be tired but one said they had been "treated well." . Victoria Man And Son Killed VICTORIA John Alexander Lamb and his seven-year-old son, Brian, were killed last night when their car plunged into a ravine near the city. pohce deportment, fire department, health, sanitation, hospital &nd social assistance branch- VICTORIA ? Royal Cana When Mir.Utcr of Transport dian Mounted Police Thursday Lionel Chcvricr demanded an Immediate vote on second read- es. All other departments were reported that three British Co-well within their estimated ex- lumbia Indians were killed acci- penditures for the year. . dentally during the Christmas I "'ir The vote was 135 to 30. During the 1951 construction season the Alaska Road Commission continued its important program of highway construction and improvement throughout the Territory. Efforts were concentrated on the reconstruction and hard-surfacing of the' main iout.es, replacement of narrow "I don't think the new finance holiday, committee should have much Dead are: trouble and I don't think they Allen Johnson, 25, of Skecna should have to go to the bank to Crossing Reserve, borrow monev as wo have in the . Clara Alexis. 40, Sugar Game past," Aid. Black said. Reserve near Williams Lake. He gave a vote of thanks to his " Selma Abbott, 28, Burns Lake, committee and all city personnel Johiuon died after he was Americans Dying in Red Prison Camps Donald Fleming, Progressive-Conservative, charged the government with intention to throttle discussion. The House voted 137 to 26 on Thursday to defeat a third Progressive Conservative attempt to defeat the government's price I REV CORNELIUS P1NEAU - .'1 I 0 P'ince Edward Island mm:mmmm,r 1 f REV. HORACE LABRANCHE T " ' ri ' of Montreal I 1 ' -. 1 i v A j ; MUNSAN (CP) United Nations Command said with whom he worked. He said f truck by a truck Christmas tve bridges on these routes, and on. Indus-. City Clerk R. W. Long and his An Inquest is being held today. i"x" ,",," ; extending the farm and 1 1 he 'lot,on- !.,,,,,,, ""trd ,, today . i n that . at t l least , , t- 4u0 a-c American a ,,,.;,..,,-. cnlrlinva soldiers Viuvo have A'uh clica associates had been especially Clara Alexis was found dead h roa gystcM co-operative and neipiui. Aid. from -exposure on me roaasme - (h, :,hi( ' in northern Korean orison camps. An oniciai com Bv the end of the season hard- Dlnnb nflrn. f lii. CI.. UKnl f nine hiirnnH tn "'bW wiv viv. wji-Vv vwi ui , ay this year. death In a cabin. tiie legislation be tested before tlvj Supreme Court of Canada to munique said that this is 77 per cent of United Na- surfacing oftheGnn iiighwaj tions troops known to have been imprisoned in rear harri "iiightay was com- determine its constitutionality. I.'boralfs, CCF and Social Credit members voted with the government. ; . Aairi;;t the government. J. L. - WEATHER plete except for a 10-mile section 'v the vicinity of Sheep Mountain. The remaining portion of the Glenn Highway between Big areas. They were, apparently, among 571 Americans the Reds said Synopsis Minister Expects Another Big Year in Canada Trade Wednesday had died of disease 'Jf llimbT and Tok unction, for- 1 Gibson, Independent,' Comox- '.ibeml, ' sided with tire Conserva- or were kaiea oy Ainea air British Columbia today. Temper- meily known as tike Tok'CuUiff, . - .r artiUerv r1 illerv fire tire. ., r . 14 -or. aturcs rge from abova Meet.-.. iwas'tmdec exteiisiv teeGBslriic- j Uvc. . ' -"-Wo. miut. nrpiiime thev fJiea ing along the eoast to below j ji0n during the entire season and ! Earlier the Chamber had B .... H in prison camps," said Brig. Gen. almost complete en- il 'EV. MAURICE BELHUMEUR S f I 'I : si ' H (I narrow and crooked OTTAWA (CP) Trade Minister Howe declared cleared two other progress- wunam mp' r NuckoL nutKoia. off ouilwi eiai un u ze' at Pintf "k he ?arib,?' J resulted in alnr , . , . . , blocking motions, both of which a weak disturbance from the minjjn of na Thursday that 19ol, a year in which a record total ;r.0,lki nuvp mcant ditching the spokesman. Thu the tirst Yukon wU, move over the prov. inci,lciJd - ... . ... ... ...... , ... i time we have had knowledge ol , ,. .k t ni ... of Montreal REV. EDOUARD LA FLECHE of Winnipeg in this work was relocation around the east side Lake that shortens Ot 4,bUU,UU0,WU Was poured into expansion Ot the auon na u.ey ee.; auop-any deatns in prigon camp-s.- ! T&i finow e to iMen r Mentasla Canadian economy, was "a good year" for Canadian a ccf motion called for public i (regions mixed on the south i4hc road bv auproximatelv nine business. He forecast it will be as good in 1952. In a 3000-word annual review : c-.ntrol in elfect price control ; KIDDINGTON, England (CP) I coast wnn rain snowers. ein-lm)les of rtoil prices where regulation 1 Rev Arnold Mallinson, vicar of peratures will remain about thej Qn th(j Rchard.son Highway jh in the public interest. ja church in this Oxfordshire 'same except m the Canbo : between Vuldez and Big Delta ! A Conservative motion sought town, has appealed for gifts of, where Increased clouds tonight , four (.on,jracts for grading wero ! establishment of a fair trade stuffed owls. He wanU to put i will not permit tne mercury to m prOK1.os;i lhrec o wilic in. Today's Stocks ( inn trs) H. II. Jiilliistuil 1" Mil.) board similar to boards in opera-.them in the church belfry to orop m ww as ijsvbhuu in , i eluded hard surfacing. McLaugh- of Canadian economic development, the minister of trade and defence production noted: J Capital Investment one of the keys to Canadian prosperityjumped $800,000,000 from tlie previous high of $3,800,000,- Aside from some clearing I scare away bats. tion In the United States. lin' Incorporated, contractor on i the section from Valclez to Mile be, substantially completed grad f . ! i j j , .jtm ""iiniiiiiij I Sfc, .1 . 4, I - i T "'Hi i i i ,000 in 1950. northern B.C. little change is expected tomorrow. , Forecast North Coast Region Cloudy today and Saturd-ay. Scattered showers or snow flurries today. Sunny periods tomorrow. Colder tomorrow. Winds south 15 today, north 15 tomorrow. Lows City Loses $5000 As Result Of Short Count in Census 2 Inflation, one of the big threats to the economy at the beginning of the year, slackened in the last half. As government anti-inflationary action took Prince Rupert's share of the provincial three ing between Valdez and Thompson Pass. This work included the widening and paving of the tunnel in Keystone Canyon and tl.j elimination of many ,. alaep glades and sharp curves. Between Miles 82 and 130. the contractor, C. F. Lytic and Orecjj Construction Company, completed all grading and placed hard surfacing from the beginning of the section to Milepost 120. The section from Big Timber to Piwcxon Is under contract to hold, prices advanced less idly towards the end of the year. , . . , ., . i i niKi i . . 1 lonigiH ana mgns tomorrow aid tax will be close ,.,, to $iU00 leh.v per cent municipal M phorl Hardy 30 and 38. Sand. next, vear than in the fiscal vear of 1!51 due to the, spit, 30 and 38; Prince Rupert, i Panic buying disappeared. - - - . . . - in 27 s and 35. J andnPvoked gn m i population as given by the recent federal census. liliV. MARC HARDY of Sorcl KEV. MAURICE GAHNEAU of Quebec City ml... t,;nntr1 In pllu Korea had been met. A "solidarity of opinion and of will power" was marshalled through the North Atlantic Organisation "to supply a positive answer to the Heavy Snows Close Roads the A. J. Hopper Corporation for I grading only. During the past j season approximately 15 miles of ' (Continued on aat;e 4 - - uounuuuist' cnaueuge. jieaima- ment was undertaken on a large J VANCOlVI'.lt ' Aniericiui Standard .... .28 . B'alorne 600 B R X 04 Cariboo Quartz 1.10 Congress 00 Cioimi Babinc ... 50 Giimt Mascot 1.05 Indian Mines 2514 pioneer 1.90 FTemtcr Border 33 Pi ivalccr 07 Reno 04 Khe. p Creek 1 65 Silbuk Premier 65 . Taku River ' -06 Vananda 15' i .Silver Standard 2.50 Western Uranium 4 05 Oil Anglo Canadian 8 85 A P Con 56 Calmunt 1.62 C & E 13.50 Central Leduc 2.60 Home Oil 17.50 Mercury .22 Okalta 360 Pacific Pete 10.50 Royal Canadian .19 TORONTO Alhona 08' i Aumaque 21 , BoaUie -.19 Beveourt 77 Buffalo Canadian 18 Consol. Smelters 180.00 Con west 3.75 Donalda 49 Elciona 24 East Sullivan 9.10 council last night by City Clerk JvOreOn WOT R. W. Long as he announced the j , estimated grant as receiveed VQITI6S Ofl from Victoria, totalling $91,100 up to March, 1952. For the same: SEOUL - Outnumbered sabre period last year, the city receiv- jets shot down a Red jet out of ed $96,000. Of this year's grant, the Korean skies today while $45,685.47 already has been re-1 Allied infantrymen recaptured ceiVed. I Christinas Hill cn the snow-cov- Ald. T. B. Black, finance : ercd battlefront. chairman, agreed the reduction I The sabres came out unscathed was "most likely" due to the , rom their twenty-minute dog-census which places the city's nnnniatinn at. amnnd 8400 as i The battle was between 24 Fighting in Korea Tough Job-Local Soldier Tells of Escape Having almost completed the 18-month period f aUcslinent for which he signed on, Lance Cor-tial George Evans, home after spending over a year i tlio Korean waf, is not decided yet whether he will liis discharge from the Army, to which he will "'ii le entitled, or stay on and possibly see service scale. A start was made on the Colombo Plan to raise living ! Milder local temperatures and standards In South and South-; cool moisture-laden air from the east Asia. ' north teamed up to give this city it,nc of its severest snowfalls in muTiPiFn rtPTiuiM " ""euT he said, I - clay, stoppmg highway traffic "Justify an increasing" optimism, j teWm a" lts. not onlv for our future here in' Tha Prince Rupert-Terrace compared to the former city esti- , Silbres and more than 79 MIG- PLAYERS DELAYED ! Seven men of the Vancouver I Filers basketball team selieil-' uled to play here tonight left j at 9 a.m. today for Prince Ru-I pert n Associated Airways chartered aircraft and at 4 p.m. were livid at Ocean Falls by a snowstorm and will nut be j ill until tomorrow morning. Rcid Mitchell .arrived this af-I tcrnoon on the CPA flight. Canada but for the future of highway was announced closed the countries of the free world , at noon today by the Provincial 15's. mate of 10 500 Christmas Hill, scene of fiercest fighting in 31 days of the twi ?" Uirope. t ' " , i , Iralian Infantry and New Zea- with which we are associated." i public worKs department, onow In the year's expansion of the plows are busy at both ends, a economy, the major preoccupa-1 spokesman said, but continuing tlon was with rearmament, "a heavy snowfall is severely hin- "What are we going to do about it?" asked Aid., Michael Krueger. "That's up to the incoming council," replied Aid. Black. light war, is an outpost on the eastern front. It has changed hands repeatedly since Christmas Day. complicated and protracted busi-' dering clearing operations On one stretch of the road five feet of snow drifted last night. A foot of snow was reported in sections of the Prince Rupert- ness," resulting m rising prices and In shortages of raw materials. But, on the other hand, "som8 . . case, no aoes not , d lnani,ry, wcre sent , one s t to return to Korea. He has ' , )'"n here over Christmas and nighl to hold the line. Hnally JM)"t'ts to leave for Vancouver they became completely sur-! f 'liu.uy 10. rounded on a hill by the enemy' ) The young 6-foot four-inch, and for two days were contained pound veteran of the Far ln wnat seemed U) be a con-i ' V;1, r1?0 Wnlfmm f"e,b1ru-, tra.-ting trap. Finally, they ' lutOH'bpf in wlth,a were rescued by the United v I ii lot only five days leave in ; g Flrst c , which drove1 kvo, Japa,, during that per-, , thro h tno 0llcmy lileiiiber Hen,!' S about KthC. the I't worst Pf time Ufi lines . to give access to the Ctm- "'1 escape , j oul lit. -Second Battalion, jl'mieess p.,ih..i.. rannriinnl Tliey may have been sur slackness appeared in our econ Port Edward road. Snowplows omy in the last half of 1951. 1 left here before noon to begin Olant Yellowknife 11.00 God's Lake .3614 Sillwi o somc consumer goods llardiock 13 declined and unemployment oc- Harricana '.. -lB'i curred in certain localities, but jjcvn 104 these are specific, not general Joiirt Quebec 47 i difficulties." I.ttlle Long Lac 76 Canada undertook a three- I.vnx 13 I year. $3,500,000,000 defence-pro- Maclscn Red Lake 45'a duction program and distributed McLeod Cockshutt 2.82 , $1,326,000,000 worth of defence Australia Wins the Davis Cup in Fifth And Deciding Game SYDNEY, Australia (CP) Before a crowd of 15,000, Frank Sedgman completed his job today of sparking Australia's . Davis Cup team to another I victory. rounded but Uie Pats were not; ''"'it mtanlry, had. About then, Tug Sea Lion Freed After Going Ashore j VANCOUVER The sea-going tug Sea Lion, after going agound at, Calamity Point near Lions Gate Bridge at the entrance of Vancouver harbor, was refloated today without damage. today. It was presumed the plane did not take off. It was 4o carry part of the Filers basketball team scheduled to j play here tonight and tomor- ! i forgotten. Supplies were drou-1 1'M and one never knew when!? bv Paracnute irom ny ng. low feeling to see those supplies clearing. Meanwhile, in the city a fool, and a half of snow lies on the ground, more than five Inches of which fell today. And at press time It was still snowing heavily. FLYING Canadian Pacific. Airlines flight to Vancouver was delayed until 1:30 p.m. The northbound flight from Vancouver was delayed several hours by closed down conditions at Port Hardy. Snow piling up on city streets Is limiting traffic to a crawl and many motorists are forsaking their cars In favor of walking. No word has been received of a chartered aircraft on which seven Vancouver basket' ball players wcre to arrive here come down, even if we did not (Continued on page 2t j "' ' 'iiiiinmist eneinv was going 10 break out. - However, the worst time the 1 oiinss .llt . hfu, was jn Al,ri, "'"n (he regiment ' received "lation for holding out in u"at sei'incd to be a desperate , filiation. . The Sixth ROC i Korean Army) ' , d b''iken before the Commun-sl pressure and the Pats, to-e'iT wllh BriUsh Aus. j orders in the first seven months of the year. But the Canadian j program was small compared to that In the United States and a I i large part of the equipment had I to be imported from the U.S. There were delays in production, but these were gradually being overcome. In the field of resources development, some of the projects (Continued on page 6) Moncta 33 Negus 66 Noranria 81.50 Louvieourt 32 Pickle Crow 1.63 San Antonio : 2.60 Senator Rouyn I .15 Rhrrrit, Gordon ; 4.10 Steep Rock 6.70 Silver Miller 1.33 Upper Canada 1 65 Golden Manitou 8.75 EDMONTON, England (CP) with the issue still in the bai TIDES - - Saturday, December 29, 1951 High 2:04 20,4 feet row. ; Because people live longer these j ance in the fifth and deciding Two other players were to ar- days, a local organization has j match, he sliced Vic Seixas into rive on the CPA flight. Fuller raised the age limit for Christ- ribbons, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to retain and later details will be found mas gifts to Middlesex pension-1 the cup for Australia three elsewhere on this page. ers from 65 to 70. ' matches to two. 23.6 feet 7.2 feet 0.5 feet 13:40 7:40 20:23 Low