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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXX,
No.
4
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
5,
1951
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
81
earning
Again
Ml
mum
UUNJ
I
it
ALLIES
BACK
RAPIDLY
Final
Stand
May
Be
Before
Port
ofPusan
Withdrawal
Declared
to
be
Well
Planned
and
Orderly
TOKYO
(CP)
With
Chinese
Communist
troops
spearing
rapidly
southward
from
captured
Seoul
to
I
"
"
am-hMM-yt'.,
s
1
1
A.
j!
.
!
n
lit
it
f
I
v
I
j
ward
a
new
Allied
deff
nee
today
that
the
United
Nations
forces
were
preparing
for
a
last-ditch
stand
on
the
original
Pusan
u.
t-r
Returning
From
Korea
FORT
LEWIS
ft
Fifty-three
members
of
the
advance
party
which
laid
the
groundwork
for
a
rival
of
Canada's
battalion
in
Korea
came
back
to
Fort
Lewis
yesterday.
They
rejoined
their
units
In
Canada's
United
Nations
brigade,
now
in
training
here,
after
flying
from
Tokyo.
They
had
left
here
ea.lv
In
October.
Two
American
planes
touchei
down
at
nearby
McChord
Fiell
j
In
earily
mc-ning
darkneiss.
Tho
j
comment
of
the
men
was:
(
"We're
glad
to
be
back."
They
described
Korea
as
the
dirtiest
and
toughest
country
In
the
world.
Tey
would
rather
fight
anywhere
than
there.
ota'
f
84
officers
and
men
of
the
345-man
advance
party
have
aow
been
brought
back.
The
other
31
arrived
New
Yeari
Day.
Others
were
due
to
arrive
at
Vancouver
today.
All
Prices
Moving
Up
OTTAWA
iffi
Yesterday's
advance
I
in
the
Canadian
cost
3f
living
index
was
the
ninth
In
11
months
for
the
price
barometer.
That
living
costs
in
Canada
were
climbing
again,
after
the
temporary
halt
in
October,
was
revealed
when
It
was
announced
that
the
official
cost
of
living
index
had
advanced
to
a
new
all-time
hiRh
of
171.1
from
170.7.
The
announcement
was
mad
by
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Sta
tistics.
The
Index
is
calculated
on
the
basis
that
prices
in
the
1935-39
period
equalled
100.
With
the
exception
of
rents,
which
were
not
surveyed,
all
sub-groups
climbed.
Prices
were
higher
for
dairy
products,
fruits
and
vegetables,
footwear,
niece
goods,
men's
and
women's
wear,
home
lur
nishings,
coke,
health
and
per
sonal
care
and
recreation.
And
the
end
is
not
yet
for
many
prices
are
still
advancing
chnrntv
Sliaiyiy.
Sleel
Company
Is
Expanding
HAMILTON
0)
Immediate
construction
Of
Steel-making
capacity
to
Increase
production
by
50
Pe.tnnrd
SS'JSf"!
tween
$40,000,000
and
$5(
W
k-,
LONDON-BOUND
Prime
Minister
5t.
Laurent
smiles
farewell
as
he
takes
off
via
R.C.A.F.
plane
for
London
and
the
conference
of
Commonwealth
prime
ministers.
The
sessions
began
yesterday.
(CP
PHOTO)
isenhower,
jontgomery
iWASHINOTON,
DC.
W-Gen-1,1
Dwigtit
Eisenhower,
due
In
ies
as
commander-in-chief
of
rth
Atlan
lie
nauuns
iuiw
m
,0pe,
will
corner
aimosi
im-diately
with
Britain's
Field
rshal
Montgomery,
indicating
,t
the
two
will
again
be
di-:iy
associated
as
they
were
World
War
II.
isenhower
yesterday
called
on
tprn
Europe
to
make
"equal
rilices"
with
the
United
;cs
in
order
to
attain
world
the
newly-appointed
supreme
imander
of
the
western
allies
pica
mis
can
wiui
a,
uecuu-
m
that
the
sole
purpose
oi
North
Atlantic
treaty
movent
is
to
secure
tranquility
for
the
world,
not
just
for
the
tern
democracies.''
If
every
Ameri:an
sacrifice
Is
matched
with
equal
sacrl-s
by
the
people
and
govern-
it
.its
oi
tne
iAirope-an
aemucrn-
we
are
not
going
to
win
jrity,"
Eisenhower
said.
Ml
Hits
I
Truman
WASHINGTON,
D
C.
fli
Sena-
Robert
A.
Taft
said
In
the
ate
today
that
President
Tru-
j
nan
has
no
power
to
commit
American
troops
to
a
European
nee
force
without
first
ob-
ta
.lng
approval
from
Congress.
a
foreign
policy
speech,
the
r,iublican
leader
said
he
is
sl
ing
to
commit
"some
limited
ilnber
of
American
divisions"
North
Atlantic
defences
but
iaid
Europeans
must
take
the,
(1
in
forming
such
a
force.
j
I
do
not
think
we
should
force
assistance
on
nations
which!
nut,
v
vu
ai
ill
LilCiliaCl
leives,
VC3,
I
l
said.
he
stormy
Republican
Wurej
rged
that
President
Truman
h$!
without
authority
involved
ited
States
In
the
Korean
war.
ar
Is
Not
nevitable
ays
Alder
Nehru
Vould
Admit
Communist
hina
to
l.N.
ONDON
Oi
Eight
British
timottwealth
leaders,
lnclud-
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
Canada,
today
began
detailed
vey
of
the
Asian
situation
with
Idea
of
formulating
positive
is
for
Korean
settlement.
f
rime
Minister
Nehru
of
India
expected
to
kevnote
the
fifed
meeting
with
a
plea
to
bring
Communist
China
into
the
ted
Nations
and
set
the
stage
continuing
talks
between
nmunlst
and
non-Communist
ids.
he
prime
ministers
last
night
iged
themselves
to
strive
for
ing
peace
and
to
preserve
a
world.
rime
Minister
AUIpp
tolrt
(Vip
cf
ference
that
"war
cortjiinlv
not
inevitable."
but
added
re
must
be
nnitv
nf
tho
fr
rid.
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LOST
PRiVTtirnir
fhe
historic
"t
tenure
were
abolLshed
in
ada
In
1054.
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CORTY
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NINTH
STATE
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Dill
lOf
MStGllOOCl
Of
Alaska
Coming
WASHINGTON
(
AP)
FALLING
Reds
Charge
Americans
With
Wantonly.KUIing
Half
Million
Korean
Civilians
MOSCOW
f)
A
Tass
dispatch
from
Pyongyang
today
accused
Americans
and
South
Koreans
ot
wantonly
killing
at
least
500,-
000
Korean
civilians
and
seek
ing
to
exterminate
the
entire
Korean
population.
A
Russian
News
Agency
article,
printed
in
Pravda,
reported
tens
of
thousands
of
Koreans,
mostly
women
and
Children,
were
dying
along
roadsides
leading
south
from
Seoul.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
,
Sub-zero
temperatures
were
again
reported
in
central
and
I
southeastern
regions
of
British
Columbia
during
the
night.
Cloud
cover
in
the
southern
valleys
held
the
temperatures
at
more
moderate
levels.
Light
snow
fell
in
the
Cariboo
and
Prince
George
areas
and
light
rain
was
reported
on
the
Queen
Charlottes.
A
weak
disturbance
was
moving
into
the
northern
coastal
areas
this
morning
and
Intermittent
rain
will
become
more
general
in
those
areas
in
the
next
12
hours.
Southern
coas
tal
regions
will
enjoy
sunny
skies
today.
Increasing
cloudiness
Is
expected
in
most
of
these
areas
tomorrow.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
today
and
Saturday,
Intermittent
rain,
not
quite
so
cold.
Winds
southerly,
25
miles
per
hour,
in
the
exposed
areas
and
light
else
where.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Port
Hardy
and
Sandspit,
35
and
40;
Prince
Rupert,
30
and
38.
Lillooet,
South
Thompson
re
gion
A
few
clouds
today
and
Saturday,
continuing
cold.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Kamloops
and
Lyt-
ton,
10
and
25.
Kootenay,
North
Thompson
region
Clear
and
cold
in
the
ease-
em
area.
Cloudy
in
the
western
area
today
and
Saturday
with
partial
clearing
in
the
after'
noons.
Occasional
snow
showers
during
the
forenoon.
Cold
winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Cranbrook,
10
be
low
and
10
above;
Crescent
Val
ley
and
Revelstoke,
8
and
20.
Cariboo,
Prince
George
and
Bulkley
Valley
regions
Cloudy
with
light
snow
during
the
forenoon,
clearing
this
afternoon,
then
clouding
over
again
tonight
Occasional
light
snow
on
Satur
day.
Not
quite
so
cold
tonight.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Quesnel,
zero
and
15;
Prince
George,
5
below
and
15;
Smlthers,
5
below
and
10.
Northern
B.C.
region
Cloudy
today
and
Saturday.
Snow
on
Saturday,
not
quite
so
cold.
Winds
light.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Telegraph
Creek,
10
below
and
10.
Saturday,
January
6,
1951
High
0:15
18.8
feet
11:50
22.8
feet
Low
5:45
8.5
feet
18:42
1.5
feet
Vancouver
Hears
Of
Fare
Boost
VANCOUVER
Practically
all
shipping
firms
operating
between
British
Columbia
ports
have
boosted
their
passenger
tariffs
as
from
January
1,
it
was
learned
here
last
night.
(The
Daily
Newa
announced
the
increase
here
last
week.)
Freight
rates
are
unchanged.
The
passenger
fare
increases
range
as
high
as
ten
percent,
A
shipping
company
spokesman
said
that
the
increases
were
forced
by
increased
operating
costs.
Canadian
National
Steamship.?
and
other
lines
have
increased
passenger
fares
to
ports
as
far
north
as
Prince
Rupert
but
trips
to
Alaska
are
not
affected.
Price
Freeze
Being
Planned
'i
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
M
The
government
was
reported
today
to
be
drafting
an
order
that
all
business
firms
give
thirty-day
notice
before
raising
prices.
This
would
have
the
effect
of
a
one-month
price
"freeze"
although
it
would
not
apply
to
all
farm
prices
because
of
certain
provis
ions
of
the
law.
Retail
food
prices
are
shown
by
Bureau
of
Labor
statistics
today
to'
have
risen
1.2
percent
between
November
28
and
December
.15
almost
to
the
record
high
reached
in
July
of
1948.
Fish
Control
For
Alaska
WASHINGTON
A
bill
to
transfer
control
of
the
Alaska
fisheries
from
the
federal
government
to
the
Territory
was
Introduced
in
the
house
by
Delegate
Bartlett
as
the
82nd
congress
conJen!;
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.
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uiu
wuuiu
cAcinpu
im
k
j
it-
f-nm
th
tfQcfor
aim
oca
uci
Hunt
wu
wcnt,A.-
and
leave
them
In
federal
control
because
of
-
international
treaties
covering
handling
of
those
fisheries.
The
bill
also
provides
that
one-half
of
the
revenues
from
the
snip
nf
seal
sklnn
hp
Daid
to
the
Territory
to
aid
In
defraying
the
nct
rimtppHnir
nnH
nnnsprvinp
fh
A,a,v
fl!wic
The
bill
was
one
of'
12
Bartlett
lntroduced.
Many
ot
tnem
w(.re
but
did
not
get
through
the
senate.
Arrest
Coming
In
Train
Crash
VICTORIA.
A
criminal
charge
Is
to
be
laid
In
connection
with
the
fatal
train
wreck
last
November
when
a
Canadian
National
Railways
passenger
train
and
a
troop
train
collided
at
Canoe
River
west
of
Red
Pass
Junction.
The
name
Is
being
withheld
pending
the
making
of
an
arrest.
Decision
to
prosecute
follows
the
recent
official
inquiry
into
the
Incident.
HOCKEY
SCORES
National
League
Boston
4,
Montreal
2
Chicago
0,
Detroit
1
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
8,
Portland
6
Mainline-Okanagan
Kamloops
11,
Kerrisdale
0
ing
statehood
to
Alaska
is
to
be
introduced
in
Congress
soon.
It
will
not
contain
the
section
prohibiting
interior
department
creation
of
Indian
reservations
in
the
new
stati.
This
section
was
one
of
the
most
controversial
Up
New
legislation
grant
political
designation.
It
will
also
provide
the
con
vention
shall
meet
within
30
days
after
the
ejection
instead
of
90
days,
The
new
bill
also
will
eliminate
a
provision
retaining
to
the
new
state
mineral
rights
in
lands
It
sells.
The
new
till
would
increase
to
2,550,000
acres
land
granted
t
the
state
for
internal
improve-
j
ments.
The
old
bill
would
have
granted
1.000.000
acres.
PRESIDENT
APPROVES
.v,1?
biH
BuWn
PrVlde'
hat
the
President
shall
a
pprove
u.c
c.,.v..u..u..
nnna
ence
to
tn
Crr
Congress.
rrrocp
The
Thd
nn
old
nill
gave
this
riKht
to
Congress.
'
line,
indications
developed
A
tremendous
enemy
build-up
for
the
next
blow
in
the
struggle
for
Korea
is
reported.
Alliod
DiloU
said
that
they
saw
thi
heaviest
traffic
yet
observed
in
Korea
brhind
the
enemy
lines.
The
Allies,
in
a
skilful
retreat,
yielded
Seoul,
its
airfield
at
Kimpo
and
its
port
of
Inchon.
Inchon
was
left
in
ruins.
United
Nations
forces
blew
up
the
dock
before
pulling
out
by
sea.
The
main
United
Nations
ground
forces
moved
on
south
of
Seoul.
In
Washington
a
high.
Army
officer
asserted
emphatically
that
the
withdrawal
of
United
Nations
farces
in
Korea
Is
a
well-planned
and
executed
withdrawal
and
"Is
not
any
rout
cr
anv
Dunkerque."
The
menace
of
Communists
spekiiig
to
punch
down
central
Korea
and
cut
escape
roads
soui
ii
erew
hourly.
The
enemy
arc
believed
to
be
also
aiming
for
another
old
Allied
beachhead
of
Taijgu.
'
It'
Is.
-estimated'
"that
190,000-Chinese
and
North
Koreans
are
winding
down
through
the
bleak,
cold
mountains
of
the
lntcior.
They
could
turn
left
or
right
at
Woniu,
55
miles
southeast
of
Seoul,
and
possibly
cut
off
parts
cf
Allied
forces.
B-it.ish
snri
American
units,
it
was
reported
today,
fought
a
brilliant
reauard
action
out
of
Seoul
and
on
to
the
road
to
tho.
southeast.
British
troorjs
were
particular!-
brilliant
!n
hand-to-hand
bayonet
battle
with
the
Chinese
Reds
in
a
village
before
they
reached
Seoul
on
their
with
drawal.
Thev
fouaht
their
wajf
out,
of
one
ambush
after
an-
other.
,
KOREAN
REINFORCEMENTS
OTTAWA
Reinforcements
from
Canada's
special
brigade
are
being
sent
to
the
Princess
Patricia's
Canadian
Light
In-,
fantry
in
Korea.
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Moneta
35
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Noranda
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Louvicourt
19
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Pickle
Crow
1.60
Regicourt
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San
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2.44
Senator
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Sherritt
Gordon
3.20
Steep
Rock
8.00
Sturgeon
River
.15
Silver.
Miller
87
Upper
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1.73
Golden
Manitou
6.10
Attention
Elks
There
will
be
an
Important
meeting
of
all
members
on
Sunday,
January
7,
at
2:30
(p.m.
Grand
EXRlted
Ruler
willl
Lbe
present.
Place
of
meeting
will
be
announced
In
S
a
t
u
r
d
a
y'f
!
paper.
points
In
the
bill
that
died
In,-
the
last
session
and
rallied
many
civil
liberties
organizations
against
the
measure.
Delegate
Bartlett
of
Alaska
said
his
new
bill
will
eliminate
that
section.
Bartlett
left
yesterday
to
attend
a
meeting
of
the
Alaska
statehood
committee
tomorrow
in
Anchorage,
where
the
question
of
the
handling
of
the
new
bill
will
be
determined.
He
plans
to
return
to
Washington
immediately
upon
conclusion
of
the
meeting.
Bartlett
told
a
reporter
he
will
propose
several
other
changes
for
the
new
bill.
31
DELEGATES
He
said
that
instead
of
providing
for
29
delegates
to
be
elected
to
the
constitutional
convention,
eight
to
be
chosen
at
larg?,
the
new
bill
will
provide
for
31
deleeates.
nine
at
large,
five
from
the
First
Judicial
Division
two
from
the
Second
division
10
from
the
Third
and
five
from
the
Fourth
division.
His
proposal
aLso
provides
that
the
persons
having
the
largest
number
of
votes
be
elected
to
the
convention
and
eliminates
the
primary
to
select
candidates
Candidates
would
run
without
PETAIN
IS
FAILING
PARIS
Marshal
Henri
Pe-tain,
new
95,
is
reported
to
be
very
feeble
on
the
French
island
where
he
is
exiled.
He
is
having
difficulty
to
gel
around
on
his
legs.
FIRE
AT
STEVESTON
VANCOUVER
Three
of
a
group
of
eight
Indian
houses
at
the
I.
H.
Todd
&
Co.
can
nery
at
Steveston
were
destroyed
by
fire
which
was
under
control
by
noon
today.
BUILDING
FEWER
HOMES
VANCOUVER
Twenty
per
cent
.fewer
homes,
were
built
in
Vancouver
in
1950
than
in
1919,
a
total
of
1700
comparing
with
21,000.
There
were,
however,
33
new
apartments
in
1950
compared
with
28
the
previous
year.
Rising
material
costs
are
believed
the
cause
of
the
fewer
homes.
Is
Increasing
VICTORIA.
The
hospital
insurance
deficit
is
increasing.
Estimates
heard
here
are
that
it
has
run
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
Into
the
hole.
That
is
the
reason
for
the
hint
by
Hon.
A.
D.
Turnbull,
minister
of
health
and
welfare,
that
an
increase
in
hospital
insurance
premiums
is
likely.
:
TODAY'S
(Courtvar
B-
D.
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
27
Bralorne
6.00
B.
R.
X.
04
Cariboo
Quartz
1.05
Hedley
Mascot
52
Pacific
Eastern
05
V4
Pend
Oreille
9.05
Pioneer
2.00
Premier
Border
07
Privateer
06
Reeves
McDonald
4.40
Sheep
Creek
1.25
,
Silbak
Premier
28
Taku
River
06
Vananda
11
Salmon
Gold
02
Spud
Valley
03
Silver
Standard
2.66
Western
Uranium
.
1.33
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
4.60
A.
P.
Con
38
Atlantic
2.54
Calmont
90
Central
Leduc
2.30
Home
Oil
14.00
Mercury
.13
Okalta
2.20
Pacific
Pett
8.20
Princess
1.70
Royal
Canadian
09
TORONTO
AU1UI1H
-
U'74
Aumaque
-
24
Beattie
55
Bevcourt
.42
Bobjo
.13
Buffalo
Canadian
24
C.
M.
&
S
127.00
Conwest
1.85
Donalda
48
Eldona
23
East
Sullivan
7.50
"u"
w,i"
""""J
"'"passed
by
the
house
last
session
n.
TT
1
1
1
-ir-
roiiHimt
f
tha
Stop
Company
of
Canada.
Limited.
It
I
rence
and
Bay
of
Fundy.
The
new
bill
provides
that,
it
is
expected
the
project
will
take
the
President
does
not
approve
at
least
IVi
years
to
complete,
the
constitution,
the
convention
The
plans
provide
for
new
fur-shall
be
reassembled,
the
new
naces,
docks
and
warehouses.
constitution
submitted
to
the
The
expansion
has
been
plan-voters
and
again
be
reported
to
ned
for
some
time
and
is
not
the
President,
i
directly
due
to
the
threat
of
the
The
new
bill
raises
from
$100,-
current-
international
situation,
000
to
$200,000
funds
to
defray
it
was
stated.
"
costs
of
the
convention
and
.
elections.
.
SMALL
START
Election
of
state
officers
Nova
Scotia
in
1867
had
145
would
be
held
after
approval
miles
of
railroad
from
Halifax
of
the
new
constitution
by
the
toward
the
Gulf
of
St.
Law-
ommunists
Inilndo-China
President.
French
Reversed
Offensive
Is
Meeting'
With
Success
SAIGON,
Indo-China
(CP)
A
major
French
counter-offensive
on
the
northeast
Indo-China
frontier
entered
its
second
clay
today
with
French
army
headquarters
announcing
initial
success.
.
Thousands
of
-
French
troops
NOTICE
Sanson's
.
.
Jewellers
The
Whole
Town's
Talking
About
MANSON'S
JEWELLERS
ANNUAL
JANUARY
CLEARANCE
,
SALE
NEW
ITEMS
PUT
ON
SALE
EACH
MORNING
DON'T
DELAY-
HARLEM
GLOBETROTTERS
FRIDAY
AND
SATURDAY
Game
starts
8:30
p.m.
Doors
open
7:45
p.m.
Rush
seats
$1.00
and
Student
tickets
50c
still
available
Unclaimed
Reservations
will
be
sold
3
p.m
afternoon
of
each
game
In
1943
the
three
principal
sources
of
Canadians'
inrnmp
income
were
manufacturing,
agriculture
and
retail
trade;
manufacturing
provided
30.7
per
cent
of
the
national
Income,
agriculture
14.2
per
cent,
and
retail
trade
10.2
per
cent.
are
advancing
against
tne
(jom
'
muinau-ieu
vieuuum
army
in
me
,
TipnVpn.Hannl
arPft
t
break
the
back
0
tne
vietmlnh
offensive
on
the
battered
French
frontier
'
(
salient.
)
An
army
communique
said
the
large
scale
effort
Is
projresslng
'
"very
favorably."