PROVI.NCIAa VICTORIA, CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TAR V y.lllO niSPATCHEl) Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "P'inee Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" ia PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAX, MBUAKY Z3, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 s Doi,y Delivery Phone 81 PraMsa FLASK lira s lj u i s kjtu u Canadian Women To Be Recruited OTTAWA (CP) -Canadian women mav soon VIENNA O) Giant 1 1 Uritosh MM get the chance to return to uniform. . Expanding Navy, Army and Air Forces have recommended "that women, of whom approximately 47,000 served during World War II, once again be Laurent of Canada king Hand In Korea recruited. ON'DON (CP Th? British cabinet went into pency session today to consider Communist Sewer Contract Is Reported On Four Thousand Persons Are Dead In New Guinea Volcano PORT MORESBY, Australia (CP) Officials said today 4000 persons were killed, injured or missing in the wake of a mighty volcanic eruption which blasted out the entire side of Mount Lamington, New s new cease-fire offer in Korea. Informed sources confirmed this last night and said the matter is due for cabinet decision shortly. Defence Minister Clax-ton will bring recommendations before his colleagues and it is expected to be approved, and announcement authorized for the session of Parliament opening January 30. unLst China's statement Big Fire In Fairbanks FAIRBANKS M-Firmen laboring in 50-below zero temperatures battled flames in downtown Fairbanks early today. They estimated damage at $500.-000. A bakery and drug store were destroyed before the fire was brought under control. of intercession Dy rnmej St. Laurent of Canada cease-fire could be ar- at the first meeting oi spd seven-power confer- Guinea's extinct volcano. majur Far Eastern prob- lanches, thundering down Austria's mountains, brought new peril today to isolated villages and towns as estimates of alpine Europe's death toll reached 234 persons. Between 112 and 127 persons were buried by snow in Austria. Switzerland reported 68 bodies recovered, and at least 11 more believed dead. Italy reported 25 dead, and France, three. MADRID Oi Seventeen persons were killed and 28 others injured when the V'alencia-to-Barcelona mail train collided with a truck at a railroad crossing today. NO ADVANCE IN FARES OTTAWA George Buckingham, Canadian Pacific general traffic manager, told the Board of Transport Commissioners today that there was no intention of asking for an increase in railway passenger fares because of competition of other methods of transportation. BRITONS DIE IN KOREA OTTAWA -Minister of War John Strachey told Parliament today that 120 British officers and men had been killed in fighting in Korea. He charged that there was little co-operation by the Chinese Communists or North Koreans in tracing the missing. Bl'V BULLETIN PLANT EDMONTON In spite of earlier statements saying that the Edmonton Journal had not bought out the Edmonton Bulletin, it was announced today that the Southam Publishing Co. had purchased practically A letter from the city solicitor to Mitchell & Currie in connection with the sewer contract was included in the report of the board of works to last night's meeting of the city council. The letter said that the reduction in -measurement of earth removed from ditches was not arbitrary and that the city was not responsible for infalls. The city wants detailed figures urcm hao asxeu iur cmi - Controls On Everything CALGARY W H. H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, said today If price controls are Imposed by the government, It should be made effective "clear across the board on all prices, profits, fees, salaries and wages." He told the Federations' an- i o Red China's previous reposing a seven-power ice. Jet Air Fight Biggest Yet TOKYO Oi American Thun-derbirds, streaking over northwest Korea, shot down four Russian-made, MIO-15's today in history's biggest jet air battle. ;cans. However, oisagree U.S. Needs More Troops as to why certain portions of the work should cost $86 per foot, the Thawing Fee Set By City Following recommendations in a report of the Board of Work-j were adopted by city council last night: That a thawing fee of $7.50 payable in advance be established. That the offer of $200 from M. J. Saunders for a hoist formerly used on the garbage truck bo accepted. Eruption, which spread seething lava and red-hot ash over a wide area, may have caused the century's worst disaster in this section. Mount Lamington began to erupt Thursday, Six major blasts appeared to have taken place Sunday. At least one European was killed and 34 others traders, missionaries and government officials were missing. Terrified natives had taken shelter in the humid Jungles in attempts to escape the fiery blasts. ie latest Peiping note le r.iy for a cease-fire n R. Austin, American to the UN, said at Lake it "is a transparent ef-iivide the free world and Kine, delay and procras- F-84's also scored on probable WASHINGTON 0 Defence Secretary Marshall said tnriav letter continued, since Aid. George Casey had been Informed the work could be done at a much lower figure. ...... I MAnf lnn U4 ... .kn..1J , YT.l. j . J uutu meeting mm, jiu uiic anuuiu umtea amies troops under Gen kilt and damaged four more Russian speedsters with backswept wings. All American planes returned safely. De lavorea or exemptei. MacArthur needs 15,000 replace All tenderers, it was pointed out, had had access to a tunnel that was being used in the new menus every month and it will be April before his divisions are built up to normal strength. pipeline and it had been dry at On the ground, Allied combat teams today re-occupied central Korean road-rail hub of Wonju and its airstrip. They also seized Military manpower goal is The volcano is a four-peaked the time tenders were called. lnat m gallons of non-skid 1 J,46Z,000 by June 30," and Mar- mountain 100 miles northeast The city did not agree that it had white paint be purchased for use Id Plans said the tunnel would take a 52 shall said "we will have to in- of Port Moresby in the heart of crease our forces beyond this the Jungle, and at its base were strength if the situation wor-j a few dozen New Guniea vil-sens." ' lages. two nearby hills, ousting a force of nearly 100 Communists from one hill with an artillery barrage. United Nations forces were re on wooden steps throughout the city. That tenders be called for purchase of a three-ton truck to the engineer's specifiations. (The inch pipe. The letter said thi firm was more in error than the city. SHORT FORM nly Hope Build Hospitals For Peacetime VANCOUVER O) Lloyd F. Detwlller, hofp i t a 1 Insurance commissioner, said here yesterday that hospital construction in British Columbia should not be dictated by needs of civil defence. He told a meeting of Progressive Conservatives construction should continue on a peace-time basis but always keeping In mind ; tenders had already been called ported "in control of all Wonju." ' Thirty-one miles southeast, Allied forces are battling Red The shortest will preserved at all the physical assets ot the Edmonton Bulletin and they would be distributed among various Southam plants in Canada. N'TO (P- Paul Hoffman, Somerset House, London, written Koreans in Yongwol. Heavy fighting also raged southeast of and were examined later ln the meeting.) That a rebuilt engine be purchased for the Fargo truck at an approximate cost of $300. .Marshall Pian chief, said by a clerk on an envelope, says Tanyang. all to mother." Attlee Hopeful Of Korea Peace LONDON (CP) Prime Minister Attlee declared today Britain refuses to give up hope for a peaceful settlement with Communist China in Korea. In an air fight, thirty-three U.S. Thunderjets tangled with 18 .t a bold program of political, economic and ..da activity is democ-catpsi hope for lasting to !8 MIGs over Sinuiju, just Weather across the Yalu River from Man "Build for peacetime but don't churia. For 30 minutes the air f" of Ru.--.ian "canEster- battla flamed before the enemy the possibility of an emergency, forget the emergency the atomic bomb would bring," he said. planes streaked back to Man churian sanctuary. , ". ' - -- Synopsis - - - k very cold air mass covers the northern portion of British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon. Temperatures in the Yukon The commissioner made only In apparent reference to American demands that United Nations formally brand the Pel- In a companion raid, 46 F-86 BIG WHARF W.d Toronto Board tf o "little plan" and no -m pain will do. ill be safe only If we 'Id plans and plans all for intense activity period of at least a dec- Shooting Star jets screamed ALASKA AROUSED Choice Of ICitimaat For Aluminum Plant Called Double Cross I Alaskan protests at (he Kitimaat aluminum project do not mention that the Skagway project would be de- pendent on Canadian valer for its power. ED.j Agreement between the Aluminum Co. of Canada . Port Alfred, aluminum port on ' down on flak defences of Pyong- brier mention oi tne proposed rate of increase, saying it was up to the legislature. He did say, however, that total the Saguenay River in Quebec, yang to clear the way for a mas has a. wharf 1,138 feet long, sive B-29 stroke on the Red this morning were 50 to 60 degrees below zero. The edge of this cold air is expected to push southward into the Cariboo today with much colder temperatures expected in that region fot eighth largest in Canada. I Korean capital. . P'iffman said that "al- hospital operating costs in B.C. Jumped from $15,800.00 Oih 1948 I don't believe In ap-iit. I don't believe that a to $22,000,000 in 1950. ping government as an aggressor, Attlee told Commons: "We are of the opinion that the United Nations should not at this stage take a new and important decision. We have not lost hope of negotiating a settlement in Koren. Nor have we lost hope that China may live on friendly terms with other members of the world community." ON GIARD preventative! war is any tomorrow. a our present dilemma." Over the remainder of the pro C. A. Berner, C.N.R. divisional suDcrlntendent. returned to the Cellulose Predicament On Housing Is Before Council The city council at their regular meeting last it's train, due from the city at the week-end from a ten 10:15, was reported this day trip over the line on inspec- and the Province of British Columbia whereby a $500,000,000 aluminum industry will be established in the Kitimaat-TM'eeilsmuir Park area appears Co be accepted in Southeastern Alaska as meaning the scuttling of a similar project in the Skagway area n to De on time. tion duties. Winston Churchill warned Attlee to be on guard against night was waited upon by a large delegation from vince cloudy conditions persist with scattered snowers over the south coast and occasional snow flurries over the north coast and in the interior. Forecast North coast region Cloudy with snow flurries today and tomorrow. ' Colder tomorrow. Winds westerly (15) today and tomorrow. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow Port Hardy 28 and 34, Sandspit 23 and 34, Prince Ru tODAY'S STOCKS by the Aluminum Co. of America aToiy To the intereT,flCo umb,a Ceilulose Company in regard to housing, soviet Russia." 'Following the report of the housing committee cu (( Hurley H. ). Julumtmi t'u. Lid.) At this point the labor minis what was being done, Ray Jones, mill manager at V.ANCOIVI.H an Standard 38 Watson Island, spoke on behalf of the delegation. Mr. Jones said ter cried: "We are not going to be dragged into war." Attlee said Britain is "on guard" against attempts to split up the United Nations. the company r-e .. 7 fis pert 28 and 34. had brought key men to Prince 4'i o Quartz 1.29 Aid. Black said anything thj company might have put in writ and considerable indignation seems, as a result, to have been aroused in 'the territory. The Skagway city council and Skagway Chamber of Commerce have sent wires of protest to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the Alaska Steamship Co. and other important organizations and personages. They want , to know, says the Juneau Empire, why preference is being given to the site at Kitimaat for thp nrndnet.inn nf cilnminiim frr Bad Mistake Alcan Plans Scored ing regarding housing would ss Mascot .08 .53 9.00 have strengthened the har,d of Oreille Beattle 67 Bevcourt 48 Bobjo .li'x Buffalo Canadian 23 Consol. Smelters 131.50 Conwest 199 Donalda 57 Eldona .24V2 r. East Sullivan 9.05 Giant Ycllowknlfe 7.35 God's Lake .47 Hardrock 29 , Harrlcana H'i Heva 08 Hosco 07 the city in their requests for r .. 2.45 housing. He was glad the rs- Parking On Second Avenue B.C. Plant Under Fire r Richard Reynolds Talks About Aluminum And Canada WASHINGTON, D C. 0 Richard Reynolds, president of the '".per no quest had come through. I uo The report of the committee was adopted. WASHINGTON, (CP) ! defence purposes over the pro ; McDonald 4.80 Crc 1.58 Premier 30 River oi A further report from the com Rupert and that it had been embarrassed by lack of housing. ' It was becoming Increasingly difficult all the time. In answer to a statement by Aid. T. B. Black that the council had only Monday received the first written reauest from Columbia Cellulose Company for additional housing accommodation, Mr. Jones said the company had been in the place for three years and that the city should have realized that some day there would be people here to run the plant. Mr Jones said he appreciated what the city was doing toward obtaining additional housing. He suggested the council might pass a resolution thanking the organ posed site in Taiya Valley in mitTtee suggested permission Matter of Taxi Zones Is Deferred w Ma Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Field Committee at Juneau has might be granted for a key com Proposed United States help in expanding Canadian aluminum oroductioii .11 Jacknlfe V4 pany employee to park a trailer With one amendment, the re Reynolds Aluminum Co., told a congressional committee today P Gold 03 . Va:'-y 03 port of the health, social assist on company-owned property on Seventh Avenue East, although that Canada had been shipping) , , . , , i,- ' Standard 2.73 ance, police and licensing com Jollet Quebec 81 Lake Rowan 07 Lapaska V4 Little Long Lac .'. 83 Lynx 17 Madsen Red Lake 2.65 mittee to last night's regular ' uranium 1.35 scarce aluminum to Soviet-do-j UI BIld'P UUJ-UUUB minated countries such as com- yesterday at a congres meeting of the city council was munist China, Poland and Cze Canariin n E en approved and adopted. 1 Mm A recommendation that prose cution be instituted in all cases also sent a protest. The Anchorage Times has editorialized as follows: "One of the most staggering blows to the development of Alaska has come in the loss of a $300,000,000 aluminum plant near Skagway. "Cabinet rank federal officials at Washington participated In a deal under which United States funds will be made available for the gigantic project to be located In Canada, just south of (Continued on page 5) 'tit .. izations in town that had been where building, plumbing p- backing them in obtaining addi- electrical work Is done prior to the medical health officer had refused to give his approval. He said the man was desperate for accommodation and that the company had asked for permission for his fmily to live in the trailer only until a house could be found for him. Aid. H. F. Olassey said it was a case of emergency for the comnanv and he felt permission should be granted. Aid. H. M Daggett said he thought a time limit Should be placed on the approval. If the'occuapnt hnd '1 Lwluc applipation for permit therefor t tlonal housing. choslovakia. The exports may not have been large but it was the principle that was involved. Reynolds was critical of the underwriting of the construction of a new aluminum plant in British Columbia by United States. Such a plant would be built in United States in two years instead of five years. Oil In making his report for th was amended to delete "e!act;-ical housing committee, Aid. Georee "7 .... .39 McKenzie Red L,axe 2.65 McLeod Cockshutt 2.76 .91 Moneta -39 11.00 Negus 1 20 2.30 Noranda 7750 15.75 Louvicourt .. -24 .14 Pickle Crow :.. 180 2.67 Regcourt 5'a 1.65 Sherrit Gordon 4.00 .10 ' Steep Rock 10.50 Sturgeon River 15 Silver Milter 1.14 .8 "A 1 Upper Canada 2.20 .30 Golden Manitou 6.30 a Casey said the .committee had Inspected the pronosel locations for building and that a further work" as that now comes under jurisdiction of the provincial government. Application of Famous Players cnnninn Pfirnnrntlnn fnr n. li- sional hearing. A monopoly investigating committee of the House of Representatives opened two weeks 4f hearings on plans for expansion of aluminum supplies during the defence emergency' and the monopoly effect of such expansion of industry. Senator James Murray (Democrat, Montana), first witness, denounced the proposal by Aluminum Company of Canada to construct a $500,000,000 plant in Kitimaat area of British Columbia with large scale aid from the U.S. in the form of critical materials, priorities and contract commitments. ' Canadian letter had beefi sent to the hous The Aluminum Co. of Canada Toronto in order to Las promised to present its case cence to operate a moving pic-ir commissioner speed up construction of the to the committee. ture theatre be granted. F.ue TideS Wednesday, January 24. 1951 not been able to find a suitab'c house then he could anply for an extension of the limit. Aid. G. D. Frizzell suggested the permission misht extend to the end of the school term, as the man ha;l a child in school. He added that the family living in the trailer should have access to the sanitary faclttles of the house next houses. The city clerk had outlined the recommended sites on a map in red pencil. Also a report on unsatisfactory and unsanitary houslne conditions from Dr. D. McC. Black, medical he"h officer had been forwarded. The committee had received a leHer fom Columbia Cellulose Com !0TICE OF MEETING The Street Traffic and Parking Bylaw is to be amended to provide for diagonal parkin? on the north side of Second Avenue f from McBJride to Eighth Streets rather than only between McBride and First and Sixth and Seventh Streets. The committee reported It was GREAT MISTAKE ATTENTION All Elks A general meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 24 ...... 7:30 p.m. . New Canadian Legion Auditorium Initiation of New Members High 2:26 19.4 feet 14:05 21.3 feet Low 8:09 7.5 feet 20:39 2.5 feet U6nnual eneral meeting of the Civic Centre Asso-01 Pniw n l . , oc permission wa3 H. S. Whalen ss'..i pany describing the nredleamnt , door before the comnanv was ln reeardlnz granted. AW at 8 ""Men, win dc neia inursaay, jauumy i, On 10 P-m. ln the Civic Centre Auditorium. al R,rlkr. 0f bus'ness will Include the presentation of Dorts- Election of Directors, etc. obtaining housing for its employ the trailer was far better than some of the houses people were deferring consideration of applications for taxi parking zones nendine determination of ths V Murray called the proposal a "striking parallel" to U.S. aid to Alcan in the Second World War. When Alcan built its Shipshaw, Quebec, plant with American help, Murray said this arrangement was a "great mistake." And he recommended against any similar arrangement now with Alcan. . ees. 1 Aid. T. fc. Black said the letter Hockey Scores Okanagan-Mainline Vernon 3, Kelowna 2 rwinl'riUD.m-bersof the age of nineteen years and living in now. A motion to grant permission for the family to live ln rho trailer for six months was entitled to voting privileges. M-W cost of such signs, as it Is the was the first vribten remmst Intention of the applicant to , rom th enmnnnv fnr housing, bear the cost of the signs and , SUPPORT WELCOMED their installation. ' Following Mr. Jones' remarks,