A provincial LlBSa?.r, IT. . c.113 vicxo.ua. b. tswre 1 Daily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vl Deli ivery Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "P'ince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone V i.isi-atchkp VOL. XL, No. 50 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENT? MO mm rols jsncled Canadians ,.n MP's Two More Important Soviet Takes island Group' 3 1 ' ' 1 t I Heights are Taken WITH TIIE COMMONWEALTH BRIGADE IN. KOREA (CP) Canadian troops today stormed over two vital hills in mountainous country northwest of ) George Drew.! Conservative leader, "fivd Canadians to rinbcrs or Parlia-fliaiid Imposition of I Sid he is convinced p ml-, have become jeivssary' 'to hold ! of living and to ion. f v ,nr busir-WM and fld "We have prc-p uiiiiionl we can in Ci minions but tilt! il l uses to act. You t 11 il 9 May Have Perished in Search for Lost Mine VANCOUVER (CP) Legend of the fabulous "Lost Creek mine" was recalled here when police search opened for Alfred Gaspard, 60-year-old prospector, j Twenty persons have died In t V the last half-century in search I iKG ilCCZCS of the mine in upper reaches of j . . Pitt River, a mountainous dis-t Hpinn Rpmnvpn trlct 45 miles north of Vuncuu-; flWIIIUrWW vcr Alfred Gaspard may be the! WASHINGTON (CP)-The gov- TOKYO John Foster Dulles, special United States ambassador, says that Soviet Russia has seized a small group of islands just north of Japan. Dulles disputes the Soviet claim that the islands are part of the Kuriles , which were ceded to Russia at Yalta. Chipyong. The hills, important strong- defences around Pangnim. Second and Seventh divisions points In Chinese Communist defence lines, flanked the vital j commanded an eight-mile stretch Hill 614 which was captured by 1 1 1 ill I I fill. IIIs I ' ' I lilt - ill. 1 ,,,wihin your pow?r iir that democracy , government of the i ),.'nple themselves " 21st victim, lie has not been pl nmuu ycsle.day unfroze reheard from in seven months. 1 tall prices of clothing, furniture, He was flown in to Pitt Lake ru.,Si ,., dryg0(s an d Casualties In Korea United States, With Largest Force, Bearing Brunt Australian troops yesterday. As a result of the Australian-Canadian advance, the Commonwealth brigade last night held a commanding ridge line within striking distance of the main Chinese lateral supply route In the western central sector which the Chinese have been fighting desperately to protect. of road from Pangnim to Hoeng-song, 2 6niiles to the west. The Seventh division pushed into the muddy, unmapped mountains after fleeing Reds. , It was major ground action on the rugged central front early Wednesday. South Korean amphibious forces were active on both east and west coasts. On the western fronts U.S. patrols entered Seoul and then withdrew to allied lines south of Han river. Canadian, British and New Hi HI H III II III ill -! I: S i!itv.Hiii Red defences crumbled before , , , , . household tcxt.ies, ana clamped ' weeks later a second plane drop- i ped him 41)0 pounds of food-1 a. ".V f,'c"zc 011 mailers' " nar enough to last a bush-wise pros-;""1 between wlwt he pays and pector about five months. wnst lle "-"'ives. Prospectors saw him the next! rne lrMvw. are expected two or three days in tiie rugged ;b"1 officials -say they expect country and then he disap- I "omp Prl(e "11,s- Price Director pearcd ' j Michael V. Di.salle U.'d reporters: In November police made an ' "Mv rus is that the rollbacks aerial .search, but had weather;'111 he greater than the roll- UNITED NATIONS, N Y. (CP) da to Part Figures available today show 10 1 Hie Canadians who had what amounted w a wam-ovci vit- Zealand units fought a stiff action Tuesday north of Chipyong, between Seoul and Hoengsong. Allied units captured a hill the Reds had defended for a week. forwards." countries fighting beside American and South Korean troops have sent to the Korean war. This is about one-twelfth of approximately 35,322 men they have cent to the Korean war. United States has' suffered 49,192 casualties. The U.S. has sent more than 250,000 ground troops to Korea. As for Canada, no official tory. Air Force planes scorched the two hills with nepalm bombs ahead of advancing Canadian troops. The capture of the hills is part of a pincers movement on an Important road leading to the strategic town of Yongdu. . There were no Canadian casualties. AERICANS GAINING J; Canada's Trade f) Howe said last w i II shoulder her l lie rurrent emer-','xocctatiim of any halted the hunt. Yesterday a constable and guide started a ground search. Friends said Gaspard had been fascinated by tales of the lost mine. """" I ffi r" i . 1 I ;i 4f """"f m- No Visitors In Hospital i i he United States. has 12 times the: St. Laurent On Education Sound Background Is Held Prime Requisite figures are available since Can- Two tough American divisions 4 adian troops went into action i today seized control of a Com i AM- Mi 18 times the pro-It li but Canada has at country for gifts I do so now, said p. ceil prepared for France Has New Crisis ii only last Wednesday. Press re- munist main east-west supply NKW WESTMINSTER CP) Doors of thj Royal Columbian Hospital were closed to visitors yefterday following what hospital directors called a "mid out- ports show three dead and three i highway on the central Korean t Chicago commer- wounded In the CVinadian force. ' front after smashing Communist PARKER BRANCHES OUT I tii ca n'liiice ccs jbrk of mflueiwa In the city PARIS (CP)-French Premier 'oso rela tiv.-s of Mrlomly il Rene Pleven turned in his cab-! Pnts not be affected by Inet's resignation last night but carry a lair OTTAWA tCP) Prime Minister St. Laurent's education had a humble beginning in an old tenement house but out of It grew two great convictions. and costs OWN HOME AGAIN New London headquarters of the Associated Press is a few blocks from famed St. Paul's Cathedral on Farrington Street. The seven-storey building, just off Fleet Street, is built on a site which 15 months ago was a bomb-scarred pit. It embodies modern facilities for news gathering and distribution and the largest photo plant in Europe. The Loudon office of The Canadian Press, which was in the AP building on Tudor Street when it was bomb-wrecked in 1940, Is in the new building. In the interim, both AP and CP were housed in the Reuters building on Fleet Street. 1 (CP PHOTO i j. fence. On a per jv.e shall probably Another Local Business km many of our i President Vincent Aurio! refused ; f an'rt to accept n. . -int() flil the hospitRl and bcanse Plevin acted alter receiving a!f the .-harp reduction in start precarious vote of confidence in i blamed on the outbreak. the National Assembly on his; government's proposed new elec j fc. . , . lion law." Vol was 243 to 216. ' POWCT RCVISIOI1 Auriol urged Plevin to continue j - . . One was that no amount of modern educational equipment can replare a wise teacher. The other is that men of different races,., creeds and . religions can live peaceably together, if only there is goodwill. The prime minister, now 69, tells of this in a statement prepared for Canadian Education Week, March 4-10. "As a child," recalls Mr. St. T.anrent. "T lived in a villaee ill Opening Up at Terrace Bob Parker Ltd. of Prince Rupert have purchased a "miniature city block" on the main street of Terrace and are proceeding with plans for the erection thereon this spring or early summer of a j Named his efforts to revise the national : lYiCC V VQICTTCO clectorlal .system and Assembly; . mi., Specml city cou UmeN was reconvened to examine the , government's scheme. the promotion of to he assistant I power rales tonight has been I postponed to a future date. modern Ford-Monarch garage providing car sales fi'f operation, Can- and garage service, it was announced today by Rob-'the eastern townships where vslem with par- ert H. Parker, head of the com MacLeod Si Ray, solicitors ior Northern B. C. Power Company, are not available, said City Clerk R. W. Long. ii'laiing to oigan- Plans Under Way For New Galloway Bridge Galloway Rapids bridge is under study and surveys have been made with a view to erecting a new bridge within the next few years if not sooner, announces L. E. Smith, district engineer for the provincial department of public works. Speaking of the bridge, Mr. Smith said he realized it was a "haiard." The new bridge would have a much shorter span and would be straight. He favored speed limit signs to the approaches of the existing bridge. Galloway Rapids bridge is a key span in the local highway system, leading off Prince Rupert's Kaien Island to the ji'ial matters, was Officers Suspended f was formerly as- W. J. Davies, Queen Charlotte; ft' .uli'iit of person over w ypars ago enuoaiionai opportunities for the small minority of Catholic children were nothing like those provided at the present." His mother taught him to read and write and then the local parish priest took over In a school' converted out of an "old tenement building where some partitions had been knocked out to City merchant and former man- VANOnUVKR - Five member1; i. mxeeded In that pany, following his return last night from Terrace. The property, located on the north side of Lakelse Avenue, one of the main streets of Terrace, consists of 1.4 acres and has 169 feet frontage on the avenue. It Is flanked by streets on either side and lane at the rear. M Arnuit.rm!r.f th HCMP have been SU.- aK anaaiau nuummi icic- Finonce Minister Suffers Influenza VICTORIA. The minister of finance, Hon. Herbert Anscomb, has been under the care of a physician since early In the week. Mr. Anscomb is being treated for influenza. Premier Johnson was similarly stricken a few days ago. :? has been gen-i ponded at, Kelowna. Inspector J.I graphs here, following a trip to ..f Cunorilon Nd.i h Mrriininn lias been instruct I Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and I elsewhere in the east, left by to- j it day's plane on his return home; to the Queen Charlotte Islands.! Vendor ot tne property was j make a classroom." Walter Warner, pioneer of Ka-I And oddly enough, though It jphs. led to invest male. I' 'nic! of commer- - ' becomes the new , li t of comnmntca- N i" fA l M IVII fl fl IV P L name the tele-i lum Lake and Terrace. There is I' nt will be known Near Earth 1 ilh headquarters was a catholic scnooi, it was "partially supported by a grant from the Protestant school commissioners who were, at that time, the only organized public educational authorities in the township." WISE TEACHERS Flat Top is Cleared Up at present an orchard and a garage on the property which Is situated about a block west of the Little, Haugland & K.err garage. Comparable with the local Bob Parker establishment, the new New Indian Bill is Before Parliament OTTAWA (CP) A government bill, aimed at Lawyers to Get No Foe linenls are effec- WASHINGTON. The Naval Observatory here reports discovery of a mystery "baby" plaivl racing close to the earth uncier TORONTO Lawyers who act for needy persons under the TAIPEI, Formosa (CP) Thej In this humble place good luck very unusual ci icement garage at Terrace is planned to include car showroom, office, stores and parts department and complete service facilities.' delivered the prime minister a double gift two wise teachers. raTrowTsScom- providing a new charter for the 135,000 descendants eafth than any of Canada's original Indian settlers, was re-intro- legal-aid plan of the Law Society small planet or Ing closer to will receive no fee. During the six years I attend other heavenlv body ever re Service ed this rather primitive school, duced yesterday in Commons. is almost identical I had the good fortune to have corded but there is no risk of collision. Two features of the The bin Chinese Nationalist air force was put on the alert today after an unidentified aircraft carrier was sighted 20 miles off the east coast of Formosa. Later, the carrier was identified as British but name of the ship was not disclosed. two good teachers who had the TODAY'S STOCKS with the one proposed at tne - Canadian Na asteroid are its speed and its spring session In 1950 and then tin Vancouver had ! brightness. withdrawn . to permit Indian (Courtesy g. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.)" bands and others to study the suggested changes. Beattie 65 ! yesterday to a iW News at Prince h'K the Institution tiiv by Canadian l'ttallin between United States Air Force had TheWeather Argentinean Scribes Have Rough Time 'Mi t said the carrier was not an American ship. Possible air action Bobjo 15 Buffalo Canadian 28 C. M. & S 138.50 Conwest 2.30 Donalda - 58 capacity to excite the curiosity or their pupils and thus make them want to know more about many things. "Tho.-e teachers wisely realized that It was not sufficient to lead us youngsters to the fountain of knowledge: they had to make us want to absorb something from the fountain. "I think that !s still true of the youngsters today even though fountains may be much more ornate and their contents perhaps more abundant." was held up to make certain it find Smlthers. Synopsis will commence MoUt PttClVic aU. which covers (if Mlireh nriHi., . .. i., In the words of Citizenship Minister Harris, the bill contained "Improvements" in some sections, but little new from tke 1950 version. He Indicated that some amendments may be made before the legislation f 1 n a Hy passes Parliament; He will meet today with 18 representatives of liiaona was not a Royal Navy carrier. There was strong belief at first among Nationalist authorities the carrier was British but It was sighted much closer to Formosa that the usual course for such ships. 1 tne nonnerii coast, was uiuviub expected to be re-1 lnU) tne cariboo this morning " '' week- I and during the day will move Z"Kl lhere wl'l he l slowly southward Into the south ' ",s a going slal regi0n, nert. one evening Snow flurries occurred along smthers the next the northern coast i during the BUENOS AIRES (CP) Jailing of 550 non-striking newspaper ' Ihri,. ''ill'u: fii East Sullivan 8.65 Giant Yellowknife 7.15 God's Lake 45 Hardrock .'. 29 Harrlcana - 16 Heva - 13 Hosco " .06 Vt Indian bands and organizations work.-rs afler the riot-slaying of : , discuss tne legislation The school Mr. St. Laurent at M kr tended 60 years ago was at his '' bus , H) thi. pne of their number last night The new act would grant In-halted a determined attempt to i dlans greater control over their i affairs. Harris told the f iii.-chiipH nr-sses nf th own Ji'ce Rupert. night and this morning in the run un opposite Cariboo. Scattered snow flur-us- j rles are expected to spread to T " i the west and north coasts of n?i''i birthplace at Compton, Quebec. Jackknife 05 Va' . , . Ei r runt wiric lie icn w v.v. Charles College at Sherbrooke, Que., and to Laval University to tonight and !J C3PITAL I Vancouver Island WiliR lis canital Thursday. Km, i Commons It would provide "am- j pie authority" for giving Indians I self-government in their band j affairs. I VANCOUVER American Standard 31 Bralorne 6.80 B. R. X - 04', Cariboo Quartz 1.35 Congress 08 'i Hedley Mascot 63 Indian 19 Pioneer 2.80 Premier Border Reeves McDonald 4.25 Reno .06 Vi Sheep Creek 1.60 Silbak Premier 34 Taku River .06 Vi Vananda 15 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley 04 ya Silver Standard 265 Western Uranium 1.75 Oils-Anglo Canadian 6.10 A. P. Con 42 Atlantic - - 2.60 Calmont 1.10 C. ti E 10.87 Central Leduc 2.50 Home Oil 17.25 Mercury lVa Okalta 275 Pacific Pete 925 Princess 1 60 Royal Canadian 12 Royalite 1300 TORONTO Athona 08 Aumaque -23 independent newspaper, La Prensa, rolling again. Non-striking reporters and nriniors Visirf defied Distol-f irina launch a law career that made is a population of I Forecast him one of the best known cor North Coast Region Cloudy today and Thursday. Occasional i .. entM lhe Irewspaper HOCKEY scores Pacific Coast Victoria 5, Vancouver 3. Okanagan-Mainline Nanalmo 5, Kerrisdale 3. (First game of four-of-seven serict l Kelowna 4, Kamloops 3. (Second game of round-robin series.) Western International Kimbeiley 9, Nelson 4. (First old country FOOTBALL miles per hour. Little change to plant. The newspaper Is chief temperature. Lows tonight and c, itic or President Juan l highs Thursday At Port Hardy,! pron. Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 32! in the melee, Roberto Iuncz, Joliet Quebec 76 Lake Rowan .06 Lapaska 05 Vi Lynx 18 Madsen Red Lake 2.50 McKenzie Red Lake .... .46 McLeod Cockshutt 3.45 Moneta 35 Negus ..... ' 101 Noranda 79.00 Louvicourt 24 Pickle Crow 1.75 Regicuurt 05 Vi San Antonio 2.80 Senator Rouyn 21 Slierritt Gordon 3.70 Steep Rock 8.95 Sturgeon River 14 Silver Miller 1.42 Upper Canada 1-95 Golden Manltou 6.80 and 42. newsprint holster, was killed ebr I poration lawyers in the country before he swept into politics. Ha has been granted honorary degrees from more than a half-dozen universities. But that humble beginning still Is riepply impressed on the prime minister.' mind, for there it was that he learned, not by precept but by example, that "it Is possible in our country for people of goixiwill to live nd let Hvo w ithout being called upon to sacrifice any of those essentials to which any group desires to hold firm." arwl 15 other n-nn -strikers in- I jurjed. TIDES nee i W NITE IQH2 F. Hall I I" - 1:30 La Prensa, (largest newspaper in the Spanish-speaking world, has been rhut down since Janu- (Cup Replays, Sixth Round) Bristol Rovers 1, Newcastle United 3 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Sunderland 1 (F.nglish League, Division 1) Chelsea 0, Blackpool 2 Everton 1. Fulham 0 (Second Division) Birmingham City 2, Southampton 1. game of semi-final series.) Trail 5, Spokane 3. (First game of semi-final series.) i . A. B. Anderson, Masset sawmill operator, is a visitor In the city on business, he.ving arrived yesterday by plane from the Islands. March 1, 1950 ory 26. Closure was forced by . 6:29 , 19.1 feeti government-backed News 20:14 15.0 feet , vendors Union and by a sym- Thursday, High Low 0:04 9.3 feet) pathy strike of government sup-13:42 6.2 feet ported printers' union. -mil ,J