V provincial CANADIAN RED CROSS V T : - - r J 1T2 1 .' 1 . : in i A Daily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER D..i, Delivery Published at Canada's Most Pacific "Princ Rupert, the Strategic Port Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XL. No. 54 FRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTO i Uinistsjfttf With 15 ! If MM o I? lira 12) uuu u miimi Retreat masm9 9 1 ifTTnTrrp tun an MEDICINE HAT AlhnrliiA Second and Scvcnlh DUS carrving fifteen persons, Is atcs divisions today ; niissing between here and To-hp 5.000-soldicr rem- iiL.Id Alberta. Fuel Station At Kemano Bay Imperial Oil Co's tanker Imperial Vancouver Is at the company's local station today discharging a full cargo of diesel oil and will sail at 4 p.m. on her return south with a call at Kemano Bay in Gardner Canal to unload tanks to be used in establishment of a station there ia connection with the Aluminum Co. of Canada road building project. The Imperial Vancouver arrived in port at 2:30 midnight last night from loco. North Korean Third , sent it northward hi retreat. Murines pushed north ;ns aSturday on the frfint hut. heavv i Tighten Up on Cold Morning Blaze Quick Fire Fighting Saves Business Area Sports Shop, Mail Order House and Map Issuance Agenda Subjects Under Discussion PARIS The Big Four preparatory conference, called to draw up an agenda for the forthcoming foreign ministers' parley, got under way today and heard Russia's proposals. . '' .No official statement was made but it itf authoritatively stated that Russia asked for: hrcc (lavs the Amcrl-eroimd ahead four Poison Gas is Chinese Charge PEIPINO Tlie Chinese Comunist government charged today that the United States had user! poison gas in the war in Korea. It had been dropped by two bombers in the Han River area February 23. Violation of rules of international warfare is charged. ... i..irirpfi hills lhat rise ! Apartments Damaged by Flames, Smoke and Water i Three families were made homeless in a several RC Fathers' nund Hocngsong. j uc um mis and automatic fewer maps, planes and photo-' c pmirrd from moun-1 graphs will be available for gen-,.,lrs and barred the . cr' distribution as a result of an j'uinn from striking Act bcforc the House. This will from the captured check the movement of Information liable to be useful to any , si"is that the Chin-!"" or PoU-TiHal enemy. j muring in reinforce-1 Tnc majority of Canadian , namolc to save the'maPs- '"eluding those of remote , Ruardlriu roads run- j Arctlc areas are Provided. to who-' l A peace treaty for Ger M T thousand dollar fire that started at the rear of The nomG burns si,ort sh 30:3 ,mi Ave abut 9 o rn- ste. anne, Manitoba (cp)a inK-.The sl)ort shol suffered much damage to interior 10-hour nre Saturday injured fitting and stock as did the adioinintr T. Eaton mail and northwest from,1";' U1L1" ana no re 6 ABOVE TODAY Unseasonable March Weather Brings Winter's Coldest Snap striclion Is made In the matter.1 "ve Pcrsons a"d destroyed the oi'derhouse ! - , Keaempiorist lathers monas-, tcry here, causing estimated pro- Only quick action by the city c- J- Clemens was talking with west flank of the I trout, British and ' TAUNTON. Enclanri irw t!, n.n t ti 7t i fire brieade and Roval Cana- Mrf miy. a neighbor In the an troops gained up local counc hag deci(lcd to use The fire broke out in the three- dlan Mounted Police officer j apartment. c and a half. Tncy,tlic term cicansinir Foreman" Rtnrov h,,u,iiv, e. ,.,!., r.. George Redhead with a civilian l "Our DiDes were frozen." said its wake Leaving in r.i.! .,.n nt ' - v.i uuiiviuit. uaiuiuav aiici . . . ... - i i r in p ii .in' i .. ... . ... iri.si.iHri in i.rin mrtrA nnninni r inn mw.M it many. 2. Withdrawal of United "Nations forces from Germany. 3. Reduction of armaments by the big powers. t ., It was also reported that the Soviet seeks to have Communist China and the peace treaty with Japan on the agenda..-', WESTERN POWERS AGREED Meantime the western powers are agreed on a full discussion of the armament question, the; German queatldai and the granting of independence to 1 Austria. i The Russian and western deT putles sat down at the confer-1 was believed started by worlc party Prevented the f re . Mrs. Clemens. "The plumber was imsoiii! railway. one "Bcavenelno- Pwpman a short ch,.rt circuit In the second . "' . JUkim. tie sam w open ail our W " 1 Commented a r.nnmlllr Princess Pats Congratulated The storey office of Father J. Blan- chotte. far west. biK Allied , rose ls sllll a ros , uirdccl the old South! . frozen water pipes, icy roads and other inconveniences, this winter's record cold hit Prince Rupert this morning. ;illal of Seoul. Fires iuusly in the blacken- slores- taps and he would have water up ' I had lighted lny blow torch to us within ten minutes, and went inside under the steps "The next thing we knew there between the alley and the bank I were flames at the window," said of rocks. As soon as I put the! Mrs. Clemens. Their apartment, heat on the optn water pipe, with Mrs. Tilly's and the Kenny flame blew up," said Gene Hoi- suite behind the Sports Shop on liston, a local plumber. ' the ground floor were gutted. j PUSAN General Ridgway, I commander-in-chief of United i Temperature was 6 above at Nations forces in Korea, has sent 7 a.m.; wind northwest 20. Low- a message of congratulations to est temperatures last year were ' the Princess Patricia's Canadian beveral oil barrels were stack-. . Water, smoke and fire damane Hopeful ence table here after Great Britain, France and United StaWes had served notice .that therq ed overhead but were removed t0 a moderate extent was done to I went to 3 above. It is the coldest ! regiment after thelr first exper" Education Week Observed Here I'll 1)1 ic Meeting, Open House at Schools, Kadio Uroadcasls and Forum, NewKpaper Interviews lences under fire. General Ridg otioieiney naa a cnance 10 Diow the living quarters of Mrs. W. R.i March weather as far back as ! I Kennedy, living in the front up-: Daily News records go. way in a message, sends best would not be any major Big Four conference unless the Russians Parley wishes to Lieut. Col. J. R. Stone i inrew my coat over the siairs aparimem. Plumbing businesses reported1 j flume, turning off the torch, but' F. C. Barger's car was in the! they were swamped with calls were prepared to talk about prob- and his command. GTON, D C. (CP) The l the lire shot right up ; the oacK garage and pushed out be- to thaw frozen water pipes The Princess Patricias have I lems other than Germany. t been in action twelve days and' The deputies of the four na-have advanced eight miles. They 1 tions met at the Pink Marble I shingles on the side of the wall", lore he arrived. There were about 50 calls by 8 cs heavily discounts real "peace talks" resulting from Big ialioiu oixiilng - In sunt uio plumber, who ran out .several tnousand dollars worth! a.m., and more were coming. were on their hands and knees Palace on Avenue Foch. Their a new $1500 Diiving was reported as dan- i inlo the alleysliouting the alarm, of stock, Including "It must have been only only two two ' shipment 'Pmeni oi of' suiter suitcases. at times and came as close as ( Job is to find out whether an Education week" is launched today with ' eo- was The;Rerous on many roads and city agenda can be arranged for the foreign ministers of the four big tnop, conducted streets due to icy conditions. here are convinced OlieraLioil of Tln Duilv Npu'vi !rrKfnt irwr ln-inf ittift: i iniiiules before the the fire fire trucks trucks ' M,e "e f,uo't OMl SI Holliston, who by ly"!- Mrs. Myrtle yrwe Fra Bi . ..i - J " f rruiiniin ana m.-. There was skating again on nc stanc for I nearby lakes and ponds, seemed like But the weather man has erood a new I views on the ijUCStion, "Do we expect too much of the praised' Const. Redhead's and Jack Christensen. da of-! schools ?" During the week there will be radio broad- Ule f 're",en's work- ' sand sand thnn thrown on t and propaganda powers. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was the last of the four to arrive. He was unsmiling as he joined Philip Jes- five yards to tire enemy lines. The Weather Forecast North coast region Cloudy over the &ueen Charlottes "with snow along the eastern shore pinst the western de The firemen must have done the wall, then I news, too. Regional forecast for saw the flames and cried 'Fire'," Prince Rupert during the next when Big Four for-crs meet in Wash- said Mrs. Heikki Seppa, recently 24 hours is for snow and warm-here from Denmark, working In er temperatures. casts, radio forum, and highlight of the program,1 which carries through to Saturday, will he a public1 meeting Friday evening. , j f date not yet set. sup, United States ambassador at large, Britain's Ernest Da vies and France's Alexandre Parodi. lines. Clear along the northern ( the store. "Flames burst through the window at the back of the store, I grabbed some toy dogs, but It was no use, so we left with Just the cash and papers," said Mrs. marvellous work," said Vernon Cicrone, manager of Eaton's Store who noticed billows of black smoke and flames only four minutes after he had left the store for the post office. Furnishings from his store, next to the blaze, were quickly moved. Const. Redhead had left the Grand Cafe, saw the bhize, and nifhed with several civilians uver Hit Penticton Has Safe Cracking Booth Memorial High School r,M""s l"" viewing or euu-orchestra will feature four sc-1 cation in operation, lections and the play, "The , To organize education week, Court of Good Health," will be Prince Rupert Teachers' Asso-prcsented by Grades III, IV, V elation called an organizations' students of Annunciation meeting early in February to School, R. II. Davidson, vice- which many city clubs respond- mainland. Overcast over the entire area tonight and Tuesday with snow beginning before mid" night ending Tuesday morning. Continuing very cold. Winds-Northwest (201 over the Queen Bevin is Retiring Seppa. My Snow The building is owned bv Louis d..! PENTICTON Safe crackers prlnclpal of BMHS will speak ed heartily, said R. St. Davidson, The fire call was sent from the y w.ith .f6?0 afier a ,job I main mainland. ZtTLZ Lows fVKR - A week-end on the tonic, "E d u c a 1 1 o n : chairman. Rumors persiS, Ernest Bevln Is LONDON Rt. Hon. among whom were Gene Hollis tonight hall here Saturday. i Blizzards and snow- Everybody's Business." It 'was not because teachers m J)ffl.py Roblnson, Jimmy Men's ffftrhHpe and rnllppt.iin Boys' Store rrpw by the uilin city in ' a billiard v" ave been the t with gules, excecd- a..u i.iB"o iu., 1 i about to rsien as foreign sec--Hardy 25 and 35; Sandspit 20 and ' aD. . ..ilf ig?..Sl?i cacn i ne news win u b.. u ...... . nay uany 1 McUan. Aid. Harold Whalen and No noise was were in the alley at the time work of experts said Mr. Davidson. A K m recent years Is carry brief Interviews with buii- work David Alexander. While firemen mi ii 30; Prince Rupert 15 and 25. it ,, 1 1 1 1-1 -.. , i i. :. In Vancouver n QnH r..fnxsiiiHii mmi uiwi "freer expression of opinion' tary. Announcement may come this Friday on his seventieth birthday. He has been foreign secreta-y since 19f5. Poor health were cutting off the flames and Z " "J1 B . 1 PT I irs U'nrn I ... ......II 1 1 1 . . t....nl,l ,11 if ,iii,IU ,.lnhu (,...1 '""Mxiiiuiru parents, ciuscusnin-i sucn suo- voui. i F....i. i..uo ,.,,,, ., j, r-.,.t iects as "Do .You Think the over organization yf education . , Messenger's office also sent In GOOD bOLIAL btLUKI I Y lies of snow fell on "c wilh more com- Redhead seized a fire hose, turn a report. Both fire trucks were used. Smoke had also entered George $1,600 Old Age Pension in Hill & Sons store, while occu-l f I 1 HI MM T pants of the Aldine Apartments! JIVeCTC? C?7U .NO mCdnS I GSl Oraduate of Today ls as Com- wepk. lie suitt-potent as the Graduate of 20 1,lis "veii- 3 sclKiols-are-Years Ago?" and "Can Educa- wonderful routine" is something tion Help Combat Delhi- we want to get away from. Edu-quency?" .cation week is instituted to bring Radio station CFPR will carry ' ?luser rto ,Ulc ,)ublic Hlhe l,b: 18 ! dl til ,0'' d w"rk" three quarter-hour panel di-, f ,e l, a! 1 udcnU tuttay' sald Ml' cussions. Tuesday evenina, rl le . f Junior Chumber of Commerce j "'.,, ,,,. , has necessitated his absencS ifrom his duties for some time of late. Prominently mentioned as a successor to Mr. Bevin nrf R'.. Hon. He-bert Morrison, doputy Prime Minister; Rt. Hon. James Ohuter Ede, Home Secretary, and Rt. Hon. James Griffith colonial secretary. " si is ing it onto five oil barrels that were swelling with heat near the! flames. . I "She burnt our hands and the gas from Die oil drums was squirting in our face," said Jeff! Robinson of the city engineer's department, and David Alexan-; der, who were rolling the swollen j oil barrels out from between the prepared to move. The Eaton store building is; PH l,,roil from ci'v.mnnrh'c visit in III Now northern Sweden, Gust Quist, a Porcher Island fisherman, says he found "remarkable changes" in 41 nrPAiirlnnl. ftn..fr,P Hill will 'l"'""i l lJ ifc owned by Henry Meyerhoof of Penticton. I Insurance was carried on the buildings and store contents. I POWER AFFECTED Princess her fiiiimr .... ii.. conduct discussion of "Educa- years since he left his homeland. inflamed walls of the alley. ; "I've seen those oil barrels ex-i F'Hwl announcement izations who are contributing to education week are Mayor G. W. Kudderham ttiitl Aid. 11. F. Glassey, City Cuiuir.ll; Mrs. Becker, school "board; Marc f !..., ,l...r f:.... f'1,,1.. Dai, 13i..t1 Electric light and power was. "Mainly it's the roads. Before they were either plode whole blocks Into fire rm Clarence House. London home, said students' council members. Tak-I ' ing part will be Bill Todcras, president; Bonita Windle, soc- i off for about an iiuui hour along aiuiig I 1 ... , .... .... . ... i and there were no vents on at luauf' t.i:n nt (ham er.lH Au.'iz- , s HI with a fevnr. I inira venue as a result or lines uu t ui f;itivci, iwtv an uic iuaun xc m n-not t gw "! must, stav retary; Judith Nilson, vice- , ' ' " - T' fr'T- SUbncauLa,,d EVe'y" Smllrt' 8 Blackr'Ts' L tant Fire Chief W. H (Buster) did then wh New York harbor, o!y s swn Ior ume ,ea,ea Hill, pointing to the full barrels Mr. Quist thinks the country he feel as bhmh he beionged of oil used for domestic purposes e Is more beautiful now than ever. , gain They were puffed out like bal-; COSTLY DELAY I and he proved the scenery was ..j 'eSs ater 40 years ln one loons from the heat. I NIAGARA FALLS. Out. (CP) A I erand. A Dailv News reporter . " VUUllLii, m. mil, iuiuui viiuui- 1 , r two days with Thursday and Saturday eve- , bw f CunimelTC, alld Mls. R. "'we. rung radio panels will be cn- v Mnriimer p-ta was shown some COIOl-piHllS, Up gidfj taKen on tne iiouaay oi onie-, Mr QtlLst operateg the troller, ' t!Ued "Education for Citizen-, Members of the .special school ship,' conducted by Imperial commi,tee in charge of open Order Daughters of the Empire, huuse all(1 winclow displays' luf and "Where ls Head- Education Uleir rcsl)cctive schools are Mrs. lng.' featuring the following VesU u0Ul!laSi Conrad; Miss ' speakers: Margaret Caldwell, King Eel- Mpv Rnelfiir vchiu.l Unti rii ' 1 . T 1)11..., Qit f I It tl.K Would Combat Discrimination , VANCOUVER (CP) British Columbia labor swung hard at racial discrimination and Intolerance yesterday and discussed methods of combatting them.. It was the first such meeting ever held in Western Canada. B C. labor is seeking a bill of rights and a fair employment practices act in the province. Thousands of trade unionists were represented at a meeting of the joint labor committee to combat recial discrimination, an educational agency sponsored by Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Cot'ncll (TLC) and Greater Vancouver Labor Council ' " (CCD. vara, oweuen, m mnes norui ui ..Joc .. and wU1 be ready for the Arctic circle. fishing hi a month or so. When Children Death 'N. Ollli.rl,. n-ix "It's a lucky thing there fine of $18 was paid into magis- weren't two or three dead fire- trate's court? here by Michigan men around," said the chief. Central Railroad police on be- condemning use of barrels half of a St. Thomas railway without vents. conductor, chargCd with block- P1PES FROEZN ing railway crossings on Febru- Upstalrs before the fire Mrs. ary 10 for 20 minutes. Modern parks and streets bore asked what he thought about strange contrast to century old plans of the radical sect of nn I... , UL"uoi wvui vt , WiiiU, IVllXt UiiiiUll kjiiii Oil, JUi- buildings, such as the stone Doukhobors settling Graham fiiRlit deal,h M. Krcugcr, Prince Rupert Fish- den -Street; John Henry and 4ir fi " tilc whlch erman's Co-operative; W. H. Alex Robertson, BMHS. 1 , "vc-room frame Brett, Trades and Labor Coun- ' Island, he was surprised, but im mediately said: churches. Commuu i c a 1 1 o n. said Mr. Quist, was excellent. Govern "Well, they arc good workers y "lcr children were ell, and Aid. George Casey, City f 'lllS Were Were Unli.. Rnii., n. r?minnll ..,l..i..- .m K d n 1 Russia Could be Destroyed U.S. Scientist Sees Strength In Ground Forces and A-Bomb "uua Marie. ment-operated trains ran on ; when they ddn't fight." They convenient schedules through- could develop the country and out the country and were met I there would be lots of room for by adequate bus service to trans- them to run around in their an- O ; wvM.ivi.. iviuuviavui will uc v. vj, Moore, treasurer of Prince Ru-' pert Teachers' Association. ; Open house will be held J Wednesday afternoon at Bor- drn Street, King Edward and I I Port Edward schools and tics, he surmised. fer people to their doors. IIdES HOCKEY scores SATURDAY National Detroit 3, Montreal 1 Chicago 0, Toronto .3 New York 3. Boston 3 (tie) Pacific Coast Victoria 4, Tacoma 4 (ti.) Portland 1, New Westminster 6 F'!', Marnh 1 .... o, II1 ee ting Thursday at Annunciation, Conrad Street and Booth Memorial Schools. Tea will be served at several of the schools following inspection of class- .7 feet itil 60 feet I8'56 2.1 fet "No war will occur now, but," he warned, "that ls true only now. We cannot count indefinitely upon strategic bombing as a sole means of averting war." Therefore ground forces must be built up in Europe to "hold back, the hordes while we strike by other means." These together strong western ground defence plus con But he thought one of the best Improvements by the government was its plan of social assistance, or old-age pensions. "Everyone has to take it after they reach 67. It makes no difference whether one is poor or has a million. In that way the old people don't think they are accepting charity," he said.. The pension was comparable to $1600 yearly and no means test was required. "But was I glad to get home!" WASHINGTON (CP) One of United States' foremost scientists said last night if the Soviets start a war in Europe now American bombs "would destroy Russia." . "We could do it without question as matters stand today," said Dr. Vannevar Bush. For r Sponsored by the Inter-School Christian Fellowship TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 8 pm. in St. Paufrd cLutlierun Church Speaker: Rev. Maurice W. Murphy of Vancouver Students, Parents and Friends Invited NATIVE TOURNAMENT Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Mach 7, 8, 9 "Jackets on sale at Civic Centre Phone 107 - 231 tinued A-bomb development win avert a third world war by Russian aggres- this reason, he predicted, Rus-1 discouraging sia would not make the attempt, j sion, he said. He declared that when he saw I the Statue of Liberty entering.