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TAR
CABS
g,lll
IHSPATCHUD
ORMES
DRUGS
I
DAILY
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
Phone
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest,"
VOL.
XL,
No.
300
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
24,
1951
PRICE
FiVE
CENTS
DELIVERY
81
I
r""3
Sick
But
of
Forgotten
jC
SEA
i
j
y
MS
U
KIP
LL3
RCAF
HAS
YEAR
OF
ACTIVITY
Nobody
wants
to
be
In
hospital
on
Christmas
and
no
one
is
sent
there
unnecessarily.
However,
some
people
just
cannot
help
it.
Special
arrangements
are
made
to
keep
their
sojourn
as
happy
as
possible
and
in
keeping
with
the
blessed
season.
Miss
Elizabeth
Clement,
R.N.,
-
j
v.a
ctnff
Vioup
epfn
that
Negotiators
Are
Still
Deadlocked
On
Terms
Soldier
on
Air
From
Korean
Front
Tonight
A
Prince
Rupert
soldier
MUNSAN.
Christmas
dawned
in
Korea
with
;
wards
ln
the
General
are
attrac-
serving
"
the
wintry
hills
truce
negotiators
still
far
apart
in
their
efforts
to
bring
about
an
armistice.
They
are
still
at
deadlock
ments.
Nor
will
any
patient
be
over
the
matter
of
exchange
of
prisoners
and
,ettl,-
IZZo.
ment
seems
as
far
off
as
ever.
I
for
those
who
can
take
it.
of
Keen
with
First
Battalion,
P
r
i
n
c
ess
Pctricia's
"
XL
Canadian
Light
Infantry,
i'l
Ko
norrr
in
n
C
rrr
Wl
A'
my
Christmas
broadcast
'Man
Communists
still
refused
to-
out
at
Miner
Bay,
uk
.
.
day
to
agree
to
permit
Red
Cross
j
bright
and
gay
for
the
native
inspection
of
prisoner
treatment.
patients
old
and
young.
Piep-claiming
that
this
was
not
nec-
j
arations
for
the
festive
season
Today's
Stocks
(
ourti'v
S.
I.
Julnisttuli
t'u
Ltd.)
from
the
front
which
will
be
carried
by
th
j
Canadian
Broad
-
essary
because
of
"the
numani-1
nave
ocuupieu
mc
tarian
treatment"
accorded
Al-1
of
patients
for
weeks
and
many
lied
prisoners
in
Communist
a'
fine
gift
had
been
produced
from
the
handicraft
of
the
so-
cmps
However,
the
Reds
suggested
!
journers
to
be
presented
to
one
to
relatives
and
that
nnce
an
armistice
was
,
anotner
ana
Cotnoration
network,
including
station
CFPR
of
Prince
.-i
nert
at
8
o'clock
tonight.
He
will
be
Pte.
William
Kin-ley,
ton
of
Rev.
Samuel
Kinley,
Anglican
Church
missionary
at
Aiyansh
on
the
Naas
River,
and
Mrs.
Kinley.
,Pte.
Kinley
has
been
in
Korea
for
a
year
now
and
was
recently
transferred
from
the
Second
to
the
First
Battalion
of
the
Princess
Patricias.
He
should
be
com
signed,
they
would
agree
to
such
inspection.
Land
fighting
Is
showing
signs
of
livening
up.
friends.
Miller
Bay
is
actually
home
for
many
of
the
folk
who
are
confined
there.
Mrs.
Eunice
Davis,
R.N.
and
her
staff
are
seeing
that
it
is
really
homelike.
VANCOUVER
American
Standard
28
Bralorne
6.00
Cariboo
Quartz
1.15
Cronin
Babine
50
Giant
Mascot
97
Indian
Mines
24
Pen'i
Oreille
9.00
Premier
Border
33
Silbak
Premier
63
Vz
Silver
Standard
2.45
OilS-;
Anglo
Canadian
8
80
Calmont
1.65
C
&
E
13.50
Okalta
3.40
TORONTO
Bevcourt
75
C
M
&
8
177.50
Conwest
3.90
East
Sullivan
9.05
Giant
Yellowknifc
10.75
Joliet
Quebec
41
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.05
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.90
Noranda
80.75
ing
home
before
long
on
rotation
leave.
Iran's
Worst
Plane
Crash
Liner
Yields
10
Bodies
Two
other
Prince
Rupert
sol
diers
had
been
in
Korea
but
both
are
back
in
Canada
now
Pte.
my
Js
-.,7-tf
-X
Jsk',
George
Evans,
now
visiting
in
the
city
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
A.
Evans,
and
Corp.
lulled
States
Official
And
Staff
Killed
in
Blizzard
Disaster
Kenneth
Johnstone,
son
of
Col.
ASTOUIA,
Oregon
Ten
bodies
were
recovered
during
the
week-end
from
the
still
burning
hulk
of
the
Dutch
motorship
liner
Erria
which
caught
fire
TEHRAN
t
Crash
of
an
and
Mrs.
S.
D.
Johnson,
who
re
air
liner
near
here
Saturday
4)
night
killed
twenty-one
persons
thoilast
week
off
the
mouth
of
the
including
the
director
of
Columbia
River.
One
body
is
still
United
States
program
of
air
to
turned
from
Korea
several
months
ago
and
is
now
at
Camp
fppewash.
IN
EUROPE
Christmas
sees
at
least
two
Prince
Rupert
soldiers
at
Han-ovor,
Germany,
with
the
Canadian
27th
Brigade
Cpl.
Harry
i
under-developed
countries.
iiiob.
1
workers
extricated
,
the
Dr.
Honry
G.
Bennett,
director
Rfsue
of
President
Truman's
Point
Four
bodies
by
drilling
through
the
TIDES
-
-
aieci
nun
ui
tic
tcooci.
Tuesday,
December
25.
1951
I
hlinrilna
snowstorm
20.:
10:19
9
feet'
t
,.r
I
h
CtUdcrwood,
son
of
Capt.
and
High
23:35
Mrv
Harry
Caldcrwood,
and
Pte.
i
17.7
feet
9.0
feet
4.2
feet
and
Low
4:04
George
Yule,
son
of
Mr
..Us.
Thomas
Yule.
17:16
JUAh
nut
bll
Ul
icniau.
tfii
vtan
vi.
first
snowstorm
of
the
season
in
the
area.
Bennett's
wife,
three
American
assistants
and
sixteen
other
persons
were
also
killed.
The
plane
smacked
into
the
WEATHER
-
-
Synopsis
A
minor
disturbance
moved
over
most,
of
the
province
last
i
...
I
....
.
,.
;
4
Former
Sheriff
and
Bride
bas-j
of
a
steep
granite
range
;
night
and
wi'l
cross
the
Kooten-
that
forms
the
barrier
north
of
)
ays
today.
Over
two
inches
of
irrfVh
snnw-
fp!'
in
f,.l
C'&rii:r.a
,--
4
the1
-capital.
It
exploded.,
and
"Of
Seventy
Years
Observe
.
ourned.
There
were
no
survivors.
It
was
Iran's
worst
air
crash.
Their
Wedding
Anniversary
Most
people
consider
themselves
lucky
enough
to
live
out
the
prescribed
"four-score-and-ten"
years,
but
the
parents
of
well-known
Prince
Rupert
merchants
were
married
that
many
years
ago
last
Sat
v
and
lessor
amount
elsewhere.
Scattered
showers
were
reported
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island.
Pressures
along
the
coast
are
falling
slowly
and
the
outlook
for
Christmas
Day
must
be
rather
pessimistic.
Most
of
the
southern
part
of
the
province
will
be
dull
and
cold
although
not
much
snow
is
expected.
Clearing
is
looked
for
in
the
northern
interior
but
this
will
be
accompanied
by
cold
temperatures.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Change-eable
skies,
a
few
showers
of
rain
or
wet
snow
today,
mostly
along
the
mainland.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Wind
westerly
(15i.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
and
urday,
j
;
Coai
Mine
Death
To!!
Put
at
119
WEST
FRANKFURT,
Illinois-Death
list
as
a
result
of
the
week-end
methane
gas
disaster
Christmas
Tree
...
p.
-v,--,-t7"
v
Fight
Kills
40
TIA
JUANA,
Mexico.
Forty
Ttierc
isn't
even
a
name
for
the
70th
wedding
anniversary
;
it
is
so
unusual.
The
last
named
anniversary
is
the
Diamond,
celebrating
60
years.
The
nonogenarians,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
A.
Nickerson,
who
live
with
their
daughter,
Mrs.
B.
M.
Newell,
at
Sandwick,
Vancouver
Island,
are
still
spry
and
active,
even
though
aged
92
and
90.
Both
wer.e
residents
here
for
in
the
Chicago,
Wilmington
and
Franklin
No.
2
mine
was
placed
today
at
119.
Christmas
Eve,
In
this
stricken
persons
were
burned
to
death
in
a
Christmas
tree
party
here
yesterday.
Hoodlums
in
a
fight
upset
the
tree
and
started
the
conflagration.
city,
saw
bodies
still
being
J
Prince
Rupert.
32
and
38;
Sand-brought
out
of
the
workings.
!
spit
32
and
38.
4
RCAF
training
aid
to
other
NATO
nations
took
shape
as
tlvj
first
aircrew
graduates
from
abroad
received
their
wings
fit
Canadian
tiaining
schools
and
returned
home.
idi
.
The
RCAF
began
recruiting
women,
many
of
whom
have
al:
at!
completed
their
ttaining
and
arc
filling
key
spo'a
in
Canadr.'s
aerial
defence
system.
if.
i
Runway
const
ruction,
such
as
shown
above,
was
a
common
sight,
at
many
RCAF
stations.
(7i
Ground
training
was
stepped
up
to
meet
expansion
icquircntcnts
and
turn
out
the
men
who
keep
the
planes
in
the
air.
.
(8i
42(1
Thundciblrd
Squadron
continued
its
'York
on
the
Korean
airlift,'
flying
troops,
supplies
and
wounded
across
the
Pacific.
'
(9i
410
Fighter
Squadron
from
St.
Hubert,
P.y.,
was
the
first
operational
unit
to
leave
for
the
newly-form.'d
RCAF
Fighter
Wing
at
North
Luflenham
in
thcU.K.
One
of
its
Sabre
jets
is
shown
being
unloaded
from
HMCSMagnifcent
at
Glasgow,
toum-.s
in
air
and
ground
training,
airfield
construction,
Hributlons
of
training
aid
and
operational
units
under
WO.
and
service
on
the
Korean
airlift,
all
depicted
in
the
m
iihoio-montage.
helped
to
make
1951
the
busi.'st
peace's''
Mar
in
RCAF
history.
'1
Additional
training
aircraft
wore
obtained
as
the
'
i
w
i
ruining
program
was
increased.
Among
the
new
u.rrs
was
the
T-33
jot.
an
American
aircraft
which
is
to
be
in
Canada
by
Canaclair
Ltd.
A
small
number
were
obtained
ii'l
fiom
the
U.S.
2
The
RCAK's
Search
and
Rescue
organization
continued
of
saving
life,
and
received
recruits
In
the
form
of
14
iwi!
personnel
who
were
graduated
as
para-rcscuc
''''li-ts.
ready
to
parachute
those
in
distress.
Among
them
t
li'iir
iiiir.-lng
sisters,
the
first
to
be
given
this
training
In
nail.
Hie
first
Canndian-built
Sabre
Jets
went
Into
operational
vico
with
RCAF
tighter
squadrons.
more
than
15
years.
Mr.
Nickerson
is
well-remembered
here
as
sheriff,
a
position
he
held
here
from
192
to
1942.
From
Nova
Scotia,
he
represented
his
constituency
in
Parliament
from
1911
to
1915
and
still
today
takes
a
keen
Interest
in
public
affairs.
Native
Villages
Celebrating
Christmas
In
Ambitious
Way
Winston
Realistic
The
couple
wen;
murried
at
Christmas
among
the
native
villages
of
northern
British
Columbia
rivals
any
celebration
put
on
by
their
white
brethren
in
more
civilized
surroundings
Ceark's
Harbour,
Nova
Scotia
LONDON
l
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
had
a
grim
message
for
Briton's
Saturday
Children
in
Prince
Rupert
are
(National
Defence
Photo)
Scotland.
Gene,
Mike
and
Art
Nickerson
There
are
13
children
in
the'
family,
all
living;
also
29
grand
children,
34
great-grand
chil
White
Xmas
dren
and
at
least
two
)S.
Airmen
night
when
he
told
them
tnat
several
villages
may
even
exceed
it.
Celebrations
satovoidBn
tonight
and
last
until
the
day
after
New
Year.
Churchill's
address
from
his'
.
In
Greenville
and
Aiyansh.
two,
-
"
country
home
at
Westerham
was
'
principal
villages
on
the
Naas
comprj.sec
0f
the
village
choir
reminiscent
of
his
"blood,
sweat,
River,
and
B.C.'s
northernmost
and
the
60-piece
concert
band,
toll
and
fears"
speech
of
the
!
organized
native
territories,
iargest
Indian
hand
in
the
world,
early
war
years.
He
tcM
Britons
:!
preparations
have
been
in
full
Each
home
will
be
visited
and
I
have
nothing
to
propose
to
;
'o
r'Z
3Lm
of
tne
biggest,
most
extravagant
Prince
Rupert
Nickersons
have
often
thought
of
having
a
fam
Gold
Brick
Per
Month
at
Tulsequah
"Smelters"
Plan
Kieid
Operations
From
I'rince
Rupert
Ueing
Extended
Next
Year
For
Rupert
ily
reunion
here,
they
say,
but
fonvicted
It,
looks
like
a
white
or
slushy
are
afraid
of
the
housing
short
you
that,
is
easy.
Apart
from
aid
a
presentation
of
Handel's
Yuletide
celebrations
in
history.
;
"Messiah,
bv
choir
and
band
in
Christmas
ln
Prince
Rupert.
I
age
here.
It
would.likely
be
im-Of
six
and
a
half
inches
of
possible
to
accommodate
all
the
snow
on
the
ground
this
morn-
immediate
relatives
which
'"lilfii
Disposal
bv
Hungarian
"llrt
SitO.IMIO
Kuril
for
defence
and
rearmament
you
une
oi
tne
mum
reasons
ior
the
large
public
hall.
i
I'oui'iin''
a
eoklVick
a
month
is
to
be
a
regular
'r
Three
Months
this
Is
a
greatly
improved
econ
iiig,
half
fell
over
the
week-end
number
more
than
80
A
large
hall
also
is
located
at
uapest
(CP)-A
Hungarian
hv-DHKhict
of
the
Tulsequah
operations
of
Consoli-
iry
court,
in
a
sudden
trial.
'
tiatfd
Mining
&
Smelting
Co.
Ltd.,
and,
to
officially
must
not
expect
the
Americans
to
solve
our
problems
for
us."
Hp
warned
that
his
forthcoming
visit
to
the
United
States
and
Canada
should
not
give
rise
to
"any
exaggerated
hopes."
"No
one
clsv;
is
going
to
keep
the
British
lion
as
a
pet,"
he
said.
open
the
mine,
first
brick
was
poured
December
17,
'1UP
lour
American
fliers
""luting
Hungary's
borders
'iiH'd
thrni
each
300,000
for-'atoitt
$30,000)
Sundav.
Aiyansh
and
that's
the
seat
of
activity.
Societies
and
organizations
such
as
women's
auxiliaries,
church
armies,
YMCA
groups,
athletic
organizations
all
present
their
own
concerts,
ending
with
election
o
officers
for
the
coming
year.
And
Santa
Claus
is
by
no
means
lost
to
the
Indian
children.
Although
the
Naas
River,
omy
this
year
due
to
success
during
the
fishing
season.
At
Aiyansh
population
2110
a
week's
festivities
are
outlined
in
a
printed
program
circulated
among
the
residents.
The
printing
of
the
program
is
a
unique
story
iu
itself,
for
it
was
done
on
an
ancient
hand
press
brought
from
England
to
the
village
in
the
-atls
by
Father
J.
B.
Mc-
Although
the
main
products
-
of
the
mine
are
base
metals
-'
Three
diamond
drilling
opera-lead
zinc
(.some
silver)
gold
is
tions
also
are
planned,
one
at
found
in
the
residue
following
Anyox,
at
Tulsequah
and
on
concentration
of
the
ore.
some
new
property
on
which
the
and
Uiis
morning,
reports
Digby
i
Islanl
weather
station.
It
is
one
uf
th;
-heaviest
early
snowfalls
in
reevnt
years.
'
Temperatures,
however,
havei
been
extremely
moderate
with
an
average
of
31
degrees.
Minimum
reading
was
28.2,
Saturday
night.
Heavy
snow
this
morning
delayed
air
service
in
and
out
or
the
city.
Trains
are
reported
heavy
with
passvnger
traffic,
mail
and
express.
No
delays
are
expected
f
jt'
g'jvcriunent
announce-t
saicl
Ulc'y
had
confessed
"'quiesecd
in
the
verdict.
til!
No
Paper
Tuesday
And
Wednesday
The
Daily
News
will
observe
the
double
Christmas
and
Boxing
Day
holiday
so
will
not
appear
again
until
Thursday
afternoon.
Queen
Mary
Has
Quick
Turn-Around
y
cannot
or
will
not
pay
I
One
gold
brick
weighs
il)t
company
horns
an
option
duv
a
ol,nces.
,
deal
is
not
yet
finalized.
wnrHimF
l.o
comoaiiv
ehgl-
t'M&S
expansion
in
the
in-
huge
waterway
on
the
banks
of
""-'.
tne
announcement
'he
airmen
will
hw
tn
un
i
which
these
villages
are
situat-
Cullagh,
first
missionary
there.
i""
lor
three
months
neers,
present
rate
of
base
metal
terior
includes
a
fertilizer
plant
I"
was
no
immediats
h'.'U
production
will
result
in
a
gold
at
Kimberley
which
will
use
I
n
,.
.u...u"
-f!..
,.ik
.
m.,th
iDhosuhate
from
Montana
and
.
local
iron
pyrnes
aeposiis
ior
r
be
freed.
I
Meanwhile,
Prince
Rupert
op-
.
.
..((.,
t,,(ihnr
are
expectea
considered
unlikely
that
erations
of
CM&S
f
lo
Vishinsky
Not
Trusting
Egypt
CAIRO
it'
A
Cairo
newspaper
said
today
that
"comprehensive
secret"
talks
were
being
held
between
the
Egyptian
and
Soviet
Russia
governments.
The
subject
Is
believe.d
to
be
the
possibility
of
Egypt
getting
arms
from
the
Soviet.
The
Russian
foreign
minister,
.
Andrei
Vishinsky,
is
reported,
however,
to
be
fearful
such
weapons
might
eventually
,be
use
i
a&ainst'
Russia.
cautalns
autalns
un,i
and
un
t.ujn
er-
r-'i
t.
h
ho
ext.nnrleri
extended
nex
next
vear
bv
50
-i
nc
uiucoen
mine
ou
ivooiciwy
Z
wuld
have
the
equivalent
per
cent
over
last
year.
Return-
Lake
is
to
go
into
full
swing
pro-
M2(inni.
.
.
.
r
.....j.
.
.nalr
,i(tnn
this
.tour
njitli
a
oonac
tv
Wlth
the
press,
Father
Mc-
ed,
has
been
frozen
over
for
Cullagh
printed
several
copies
of
some
time,
there
will
be
a
host
the
Scriptures
into
Nishkl,
trans-
j
of
presents
for
everyone,
lated
phonetically.
Shopping
usually
is
done
early
Christmas
is
celebrated
i
with
before
freeze-up
but
a
lot
of
a
fervent
religious
theme
and
.
it
Is
done
by
mall
order,
too,
background
and
features
pre-!
and
yesterday
and
today
threu
dominantly
carol
singing
and
!
flights
were
made
into
Aiyansh
carol
music
by
their
bands.
!
to
deliver
last-minute
Christmas
In
Greenville,
a
grand
carol!
mail
and
parcels,
procession
Is
planned
which
be-
j
Aiyansh
is
the
only
-Indian
gins
tonight
and
keeps
on
I
village
to
have
airmail
serv-throughout
the
night
into
I
ice.
It
is
flown
by
Queen
Char-.
Christmas
Day.
The
procession!
(Continued
cn
page
4
"
vneir,
pockets.
lng
ssaiuraay
irom
a
i,ul,..iUi
.....
,..
.
...
"j--'--'
in
trains
going
east.
However,
the
transcontinental
train
is
reported
to
have
been
delayed
on
the
prairies.
Snow
is
heavy
along
the
Prince
Rupert-Jasper
line,
says
C.
A.
Berner,
CNR
manager
here,
just
returned
from
the
eastern
junction.
Snowplows
are
covering
the
route
regularly,
but
he
says,
"there
seems
to
be
more
snow
in
Prince
Rupert
than
hi
the
ln-
,;
a
complete
surprise
to
company
conference
at
irau,
01
ou.juu
tuns
uauy.
ma
uid
United
States
Minis-
Engineer
Neely
Moore
of
the
lo-
base
metal
mine.
Another
such
S
Uinstian
Randal
"We
had
cai
exploration
office
said
sev
property
the
HB
mine
south
of
!'a''a
when
th
t.nn'i
hs
rn
nrnsnectiiur
rwrties
were
Nelson,
is
expected
to
be
ln
op-
NEW
YORK
Two
days
late
on
account
of
Atlantic
storms,
the
great
Cunard
liner
Queen
Mary
arrived
here
yesterday
and
making
a
record
turnaround
in
20
hours
and
two
minutes,
was
away
again
today.
1
rtally
cannot
give
any
planned
in
the
Tweedsmuir
Park
'
1
eration
within
a
year
producing
ment
now."
area
next
year.
1000
tons
daily.