? rovi.hu Vl ;J UBRA6V I - ... .us . n VICTORIA, B. C. Daily i CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'8 NEWSPAPER irery m DISPATCHED vol . xxfxONoC30?da', MMt Sfrote9ie Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR IN AIR MORE SPECTACULAR ve Rupert's News in, J 950 f (From Pages of Daily News) 1950 Canadian Ne ws In Revie w (By Canadian Press) I I at Brown Mill on APRIL 1 New Canadian Legion build lng opened. . new Tenders called for liquor store building. Legislature To Open February 20 VICTORIA WActing Premier Herbert Anscomb announced Friday that the British Columbia fer completely destroy- Use of 200 used tele-thorized by council. tI crisis developing ( excessive cold, jner Chllcotln forced cargo on thick ice ol inlet. le Temple destroyed APRIL 8 Six children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harding fatally burned at Toronto. 1). U.A.W. accepts $55 monthly pension from Ford Motor Company at Windsor 13 Windsor, Ont., police commission inquiry dismisses charges of corruption, 14 36 Etoukhobors arrested after several buildings burne.i at Brilliant. JANUARY 1 Donald Gordon assumes C.N.R. presidency. v 6 Canada's foreign exchange reserves reach $1,117,000,000. 12 R.C.A.F. transport flics from Vancouver to Halifax in 8'j hours. 18 Ottawa cabinet change?: W. E. Harris becomes Immigration Minister; R. H. Winters Resources Minister; Mines Minister CoiSn Gibson appointed to Ont. 10- Dr. W. S. Kergin saved from drowning after being in waters of Chatham Sound for several hours after falling from his power cruiser In heavy seas. 11- Jock (Jock) Harris burned to death in cabin fire. US Jets Damage Russian Fighters In Korea Action TOKYO (CP) The most dramatic fighting of the Korean war was in the air today as 15 United iStates F-86 Sabre $'ets tangled with 40 Russian-built MIG-15 jets. It was the biggest air dog-fight of the war, and the American fighters came out victorious, damaging two of the enemy planes. legislature will open Tuesday, February 20. Preparations for the session 12 Prince Rupert Aero Club. QCA and CPA band together to 21 Red River begins me at form air-sea rescue service. Winnipeg. 23 Detroit wins Stanley Cup veurge Mcunient con are beginning immediately and it is expected economy will be the key-note again in the estimates review. But talk now is that the 1951 budget will be greater, per Supreme Court. ! 2G Rt. Hon. J. L. Bsley becomes Nova Scotia Chief Justice; Mr. Justice G. B O'Connor becomes Alberta Chief. U.S. transport plane with 44 aboard last defeating New York 4 games to 3. ducts own defence In breaking and entry charge arising out of 24 Red River floods pour over only i Ground forces engaged or Rudclcrham and I Black empowered to iter and power cuts, out in effect. Progreg-t power restriction I dropped by para-tils River power plant ST I of power and water lal plants from taking most of Emerson, Man. cnristmas Day safecrackings. haps by $7,000,000 compared to 27 Unemployment delegation the 1950 record totai of 26 Halibut quotas to remain same as last year. Noted Deaths ejected from House of Commons, Ottawa. GIRL SURVIVES WRECK BIENOS AIRES-Police today found 17 bodies in the burned-out wreckage of an Argentine State airliner which crashed south of Buenos Aires late last night. They said the only survivor was an eight-year-old girl, who was badly burned. COPPER USE BANNED WASHINGTON-The government today prohibited the nonessential us of copper in more than 300 civilian products, effective March 1. The banned uses range from pots and pans to paper clips. CHILDREN DIE IN CRASH SYDNEY An Australian Air Force plane crashed on a crowded beach today, killing three children playing on the sand and injuring 12 gun bathers. The pilot and a passenger in the plane were also hurt. MAY Liberal M.P., appointed to .W.A. Fires 6 Fire at Rimouski, Quebec. in lignc, sporaoic acuon asaui.-i. the growing Red offensive. Two Communist forces pushed forward from 12 to 13 miles on the eastern flank of the Eighth Army. United Nations defenders were said to be in contact with the larger force of 5000 Reds operating 32 miles inland from the Sea of Japan. The smaller force of 2000 Reds was said to be only 10 miles Inland from the sea. However, there still Is no in heard from at Snag. Yukon. FEBRUARY 8 Dakota . plane missing on search for U.S. transport found in Yukon, all 10 crew members safe. 14 First woman Speakpr in Commonwealth, Mrs. Nancy Hodges presides at British Columbia House opening. 23 Ten-day "Exercise Sweet-Briar" by army ends in Alaska; Trial of Albert Guay for murdc-r in plane crash opens at Quebec. estimated $20,000,000 damage; During Year By The Canadian Press The death of former Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King topped a long list of prominent deaths In 1950, removing leaders in various Canadian fields of MAY 2 First halibut of season landed at Prince Rupert. 5 Miss Prince Rupert, Joyce Tattersal, wins title of Miss Northern B. C. 10 Seiner Point Yoho sinks at shipyard after explosion. 12 Donald Gordon, CNR president, visits Prince Rupert. 13 Airmail service authorized for Queen Charlotte Islands. 16 Season's first halibut train leaves Prince Rupert. f to study possibility of I before renewing B. C. Power Co. con- gin accident takos Jiliam Taylor at Ter- i Wrature at Falls Riv- Nigel Morgan Extending Its Jurisdiction Following Banning of Twelve Communist Montreal Junior Canadiens win Memorial Cup. 8 nRanks of Winnipeg flood fighters swelled. to 15,000. 9 Fire destroys half of Cab-ano, Que., damage $4,000,COO. 10 Red River breaks East Kil-donan dike; Toronto Marlboro win Allan Cup. 12t-Internation railway unions at Montreal order strike vote. 14 Manitoba Flood Relief Fund established; TownsprH dication that Red China's big 27 Canada U.S. Niagara endeavor. The great Liberal chieftain k plant above freezing Nigel Mor River power treaty signed. onensive nas neguu. ueiiRiai, VANCOUVER of Vancouver, tme since Christmas, provincial MARCH died at the age of 75 at his home in Kingsmcre, Que., and a few re r restrictions being president of the Labor-Progres MacArthur has predicted the big push will start after the first of the year. 1 Supreme Court of Canada 17 Vancouver Board of Trade 30 bomber crashes in rules rent controls valid visits Prince Rupert. 4 9 Kirkland Lake rink -wins 19 James McCormick dies la sive Party, Canada's Communist body, and 12 associates are named on a list banning them from membership In the International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL). Dulles Reverses Hoover's Policy I days later the federal labor i minister, Humphrey Mitchell. 1 56, died August 1 at Ottawa. Five senators, four Members j of Parliament and several for- 1 mpr mpmhprs riipri In IPfifl And jlrwhalte and McRae Respective parliaments, iik Calder makes maid- aircraft on way to city for hospitalization following Queen . Charlotte Island loeelnir aocl- Canadian Curling Championship at Vancouver. 14 J. Albert Guay sentenced to hang at Quebec for airliner Women's Uniis To Be Revived ( m provincial legisla- dent ends. king fishing 25 "Jumbo" arrives to aid In Winnipeg flood relief drive. NEW YORK -John Foster , Uie roll also Includes J. A. Glen, Dulle appealed to the United Tormer speaker of the House of The list was endorsed at a explosion Sept. 9, 1949. , convention here of IW A. Local Id Canada invokes anti-dum-171 which represents 12,000 j ping laws against Japanese pro- baby Siamese twins die at Edmonton 16 Red River at Winnioe-T Teaches peak of 30.2 feet flood stage. 17 Seventeen per cent of Winnings; under water. 22 Red River drops sharply to 23.05 feet. 25 Announce threat of fur- I fen Wilkinson selected fciir of Great Britain. JUNE ducts. oiai.es iasi nignt 10 Dunn ivs as-; Commons and Alexander D. f . . , Jfense on a foundation of collee-1 skelton deputy trade minister, lor breakwater tlve security rather than on the wno dicd al tne age of 44 wniie W. Stewart and nihrnll.ar" nf snlitarv nrcnared- ' .....hi r wi..;.. Jf hundred Aiyansh vll-, 1 Contract ht-.i snnt. food bv atr-'Jcb let to J. coastal loggers. Union officers had recommended that alleged pro-communists be bared from mem 1811 lost when freighter rams tawler at Halifax. 24 Ottawa announces rent led bv Rov Berrvman. I Northern Construction Co. OTTAWA 0 Prime Minister St. Laurent said at Friday's press conference that the cabinet is considering revival of women's units in Canada's armed forces. 1 he Prime Minister added that final decision will be made when , - t V10lUlg l-MlUa, HlgCllO. ;ness. The religious work, suffered i The ton Renub'tran forcien ! the loss of noted leaders, includ- April . ther flood disaster removed at onartmcnt ft All political parties back ceilings to remain until 30, 1951. 'Winnipeg. ;it Ocean Falls. j airfield for Prince Rupert, pollcv adviser said that five ing Most Rev. G. F. Kingston, dol- votes million years nl com war wn.n nussia Anglican primaie 01 an winua I rouce siari dragging xor three men in automobile which has shown that, "only as we Others were Rev. Stuart Parker i the question comes before Par- left leiv ,i1Knwy hlehwav and ..u went wcu. into ..-ht t helD others, could we and Rev. A. C. Stuart, both for- Jiament. 28 U.S. Ambassador Lawrem e j ?7 Vince Sheridan s colt Steinhardt and four others killed Gill wins King's Plate, Toronto, in U.S. transport plane crash ! 29 R.C.M.P. supply ship St. near Ottawa; Federal budget has Roche .commotes first vovan no major tax change. , around North Amerie 4."iif ax M-Vi'rnon Cardy, Montreal S'-Prlme Minister tjunt hotfll minute finnri i40O!)0 for , All Khan of Pakistan ps-d Skeena River 55 muea east, oi t rffnr, mpr mnHprar nf the Presbv- bership. Morgan was leader in a split two years ago when a new union. Woodworkers' Industrial Union of Canada, was formed, a dispute over union funds being among the issues which wer3 later involved. Some months ago the WIU was disbanded and Its -rank nrwMile members were toid to seek re-admission to the IWA. is npvpr Imnrpenable." '. terian Church; Most Rev. John here June 4. I 10 Japanese Canadians, Indians and white men Bet to-eether for first time in history Jkeena. phase of $9,000,000 fl warehouse announc-fen Madsen. saucer spotted in port by Hubert Ward. ycai-oid native Kis-SHirnwi ' lo death. -(i car of season through :'e. Duller' speech before the Am- i T. Kidd, the Roman Catholic 'i cciu.i,, f,.r ihp tiniiPri i Bwhop of London, and three breach of foreign exchange cou- Canadian parliament ice Pierre Casgrain and Mr. Justice Arthur Trahan of Montreal, and Mr. Justice S. E. pi-Jwj-da oLWinni-fg, . ' The publishing and newspaper world lost Lt.-Col. John ,10. Vl..V.V,.. - - , . ,f ( .(Continued on p. trol act. f of coast - fishing- to unite pol Nation i&Oakcn as. a. reply JU i Qvmj. ' " Bwhop James Morrtaon of An- former President Herbert Hoov-1 States1 tigonlsh, N.S., Archbishop E. P. cr who urged the United Local 1-71, which has iuris Post Office Parliament to withdraw from Europe ana 1 - Asia Z I make IU ocean frontiers ; Archbishop Georges Courchesne Bayne Maclean, 87, publisher of diction Brmsh CoIumbla Maclean's and other magazines lnland fol c nQW move at Toronto; W. R. Givens, presi- lowing annmgl approval n( a hvlaw ex- channel bring dug in l i of Rlmouski, Que vor tor Columbia cei- the "American Gibraltar.' dent of the Kingston, unt. icies. I 14 Usk people move to high ' ground as Skeena rises. 20 Capt. G. MacKenzle and jcrew saved as Powell River Co. service boat Nora Jane burns at ' sea. I 23-Skeena flood danger end- 1 ed. Highway reopened. I (Continued on page 5) Robber Ring tending its field from Prince Rupert east to Cedarvale and up st phase of telephone jtum program author- Among prominent, members oi the Judiciary who died in 1950 wete Sir Joseph Chlsholm, 87, the chief justice of Nova Scotia; Mr. Justice Luclen Cannon of Quebec; Mr. Justice G. F. Mc-Farland of Toronto; Mr. Justice W. C. Ives of Calgary; Mr. Just Opening Set Prime Minister Discusses Many Matter? In Press Conference OTTAWA Prime Minister L. S. Whig-Standard; Henry P. Du-chemin of the Sydney, N.S., Post-Record; Howard P. Robinson of the Saint John, N.B., Telegraph-Journal and Times-Globe, and H. B. Burgoyne of the St. Catharines Standard. hospital patients NO PAPER MONDAY Monday, being New Year's Day anH a public holiday, the Dailv News will not be published. Our nrxt regular edition will be on Tuesday afternoon. the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Bridge River. Frank Howard was re-elected president and Fred Fisher, financial secretary. from Aiyansh. VANCOUVER Police are investigating the possibility of a gang of skilled Post Office rob-bers being in operation here. Since Christmas three Post Offices have been robbed. The loot has totalled about $21,000. St. Laurent yesterday announced Tactics Planned To Monday, January 29, as the date for the calling of Parliament. The special session of Parliament, which adjourned late last summer, will be prorogued . on gAn End to Fighting that date and the 1951 session will be started the next day. I IkE SUCCESS (CP)-It appeared today that special force to Korea, no decision would be made until after consultation with the unified United Nations command. Mr. St. Laurent said ,the government has not yet considered fully the Canadian-Legion's call for compulsory service in Canada's reserve forces. DOES NOT SEE WAR In spite of the tense interna- to negotiate a cease-fire with the Chinese The government will place before the House "concrete proposals" covering "everything we think of concern to the Canadian public at this time." mists in the Korean war have oeen aoanaont-u. : a irroun of Asian and Arab In a press conference last night E WEATHER the Prime Minister spoke of many matters of current importance. that the govern- tlonal situation, Mr. St. Laurent, He indicated merit intended to send Royal who will be bi) on teDruary l, saia Canadian Air Force squadrons as he did not expect, to see anouier 1 Synopsis mds developed along h mainland and over Vancouver Island dur-Ji'Kht as an active dls-I moved inland. These i r e diminishing this nations the same which had fostered the cease-fire attempt are now planning new moves to appeal to the Chinese Reds to stop fighting by mapping out a possible political settlement of Far Eastern problems. Sir Bcnegal Rau, chief Indian delegate to the UN and leader of the mediators, has summoned representatives of 11 other countries to meet in New York tonight. well as a tank regiment to Eur-: world war in nis nieume. i nave sail mar. Deioie ana i ieei "k. mV I ' k4W C.. 1 1.4 1 jrfT- ope The Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infan try, will remain in Korea and all of the special force of 10,000 men may go there. the same way now," the Prime Minister told reporters. Mr. St. Laurent is off to visit Lloyds (of London) "coffee house" next week during a meeting- of Commonwealth Prime Ministers. Lloyds are quoting 50 to 1 adds against a general war before September 1, 1951. The first of several R.C.A.F. will be considerable i, "r-K the coast during shower activity Is. Iimt to persist over the' the southern interior. ie temperatures will be f lower than those of fighter squadrons will be sent to Europe next month. 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