PROVINCIAL DISPATCHED IBRARY . V-I il-i i, D. c. SUPPORT GYRO APPLES BUY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA '8 NEWSPAPER AndHelp vu aaaia, xxIx0NoC23aada' BO. ijj. M0,t Sf;nri9fc Pacifie Porf - "Prince RuPert' t0 Great Northwest" YOUR Playgrounds PRINCE RimroT rt r TlTIipaniv rvDm m . ..-..- ' ' - riuw FIVE CENTS listen 9 iHIr' r r" ator Here May Be Naval Bombardment May Prelude Fresh Landings Jd Again This Winter ;M i M?-K. IJ pect for Air Field Looks Promising but Skecna Member Not Very Hopeful About Warehouse TV K t ire is a definite possibility of the Prince Ru- Port of Chonipin, on Far Northeast Coast, Subjected to Heavy Attack Canadian Vessels in It TOKYO (CP)-Big guns of the battleship Missouri with other Allied warships, including British, Canadian and Australian, and naval planes set fire today to Chongjin, far northern port on the east coast of Red Korea. The industrial city of 194,000 is 34 miles sutheast of Red China's Manchurian border, ;1in elevator, which has long been empty and tng usea again una mucei, icpui us rj. i. Ap- te, M.P. for bkeena, who is back m the city tending the recent special session of Parlia-Ottawa. "If the crop is as large and as how exweted, some grain . , l . r. ; 4 ':::) .7 ; of .building has been under- the first three quarters of scnoois ior wnicn no duuu- Daily News. Owing to whose decision would be final early frost damage, u u uuiumg. ILO TABLET The MlnUter of Labor, Hon. Milton F. Gregg, V.C., recently unveiled a tablet at McGiil University, Montreal, to mark the location of the wartime headquarters of the ILO at the Univerlsty. In the photo the Minister of Labor s.ands immediately to the reader's left of the tablet, as he draws the veU. At the right of the tablet Is Principal F. Cyril James of McGiil University. Others In the picture (1. tor.) are V. C. Phelan, Director of ILO's Canada Branch, Ottawa; L. Mayrand, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, Ottawa. Past Dr.,James on the right are Sen. L. Troclet of Belgium, Chairman of the Governing Body of ILO., and C. W. Jenks, Assistant Director-General of the ILO, Geneva. U.S. Raises Bars Tighten On Immigrants rOIITMToM r.rv a, ttw ed State, officials today ordered ! the suspension temporarily if passport visas Issued to aliens CONSTRUCTION ACTIVE Over Million Dollars Of Building Here This Year French Retire In Indo-China SAIGON, Indo China Battered French troops on the north frontier braced'themselvrs today for new onslaughts by reinforced communist-led Vletmin battalions. weakened by rebel annihiia - """""'s r,rt"T:S I IZT was turned. Those west coa-st to come to the United States. The I iandlngg ,ed a generai Allled suspension order went out to counter-offensive which Is now American officials all over the striking with three prongs ln-world In a move to permit a re - (Side Red Korea toward the Com. check of Individual be-. records munist capital oi Pyongyang on cause of the tight new Internal the west side of the peninsula security laws intended to screen ' First dispatches from the Over $1,000,000 worth ' taken in Prince Rupert in COOtn ana tving rMlwara tion thu week, of the bulk oi 5!1950. That figure includes over $700,000 for New 6 crack battalions In a Jungle trap, it , Tr, , , I. , . ing permit has yet been issued. Without the schools, permits issued to the end of September amount to $307,951, an increase of $86,792 over the same period in 1949- Permits Is-' sued in September this year totalled $12,205, compared with $9,620 in the same month last year. -Foilowing is a list of permits Issued in September: D. Odowichuk,'l031 Ninth Ave communisu ana tnose wno may have been identified with total! - tarian parties in foreign coun - tries. ; The order does not apply. to official representatives of foreign governments. It does not affect Canadians coming into the United States on Fhort visits since they do not have to have visas. However, it. does 'apply to-Canadlans cominft las immigrants since they 'must have passports and visas. Officials said today that' the State Department telegraphed the orders yesterday to embassies and consuls. The law. enacted over President Truman's veto, bars the' entry of aliens who have been at any time members of the communist "or ' other totalitarian" parties. Its enforcement has already resulted In the detention of several hundred aliens who already have been granted visas entry permits when the law went in to effect. More than two hundred were being held at Ellis Island, New York. Germany and Italy have pro tested at the detention of their. nationals. Chris Vokes f nrflinfl Voct vUllllllU ilCil CIVIC CENTRE POPULAR So far in the current campaign 820 memberships have been taken out in the Civic Centre, an Increase of 157 over the 663 at the same date last year. The response is very gratifying to Civic Centre authorities, demonstrating as it does the popularity of the community utility and the willingness of the people to support it. Last year 1850 memberships were taken out. This year 2000 are hoped for. OWEN SOUND WINS AGAIN TORONTO Owen' Sound Crescents last night defeated New Westminster Adanacs 13 to 8 to take a two games to nil . lead In the best of seven series for the Canadian lacrosse title. STALIN'S BLESSING MOSCOW Premier Joseph Stalin has wished the North Koreans success in their struggle for "the creation of a united, independent Korea." The message, broadcast from Moscow radio, was Stalin's re-Ply In an exchange of greetings between Russian and Korean governments on the second anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them. CANADA NOT INTERESTED OTTAWA -1 Canadian and United States ofifcials conferred today on possibilties of surveying a route for a proposed rail link to British Columbia and Alaska. There la no sign that the t Canadian govern-, ment is interested, in barking its share of the coolly project ' at this time. May Price Itself Out TORONTO fl John A. Marsh, president of the Canadian Exporters' Association, said Wednesday there Is danger of Canada's goods becoming too expensive for other countries. Addressing ' the Purchasing Agents' Association here. Marsh said: "Our cost of living has gone steadily upward to an all-time high of 168.5. 1 do not think it Is true that higher and higher wages and costs help' everybody as one sometimes hears It said.'" King's Horse Race Winner NEWMARKET. England sCfc Above Board, little three-year-old filly from the King's stables, won the 2'i-mlle Cesarewltcn stakes Wednesday by six lengths at 18 to 1 and won about $9,030. STOCKS Johnston Co. Ltd.) Beattle ..' .44 Bevcourt .39 Boblo .11 Buffalo Canadian .29 Consol. Smelters. 119.00 Conwest 1.B0 Donalda .53 'j Eldona ...;..... :. ; ' .24 East Sullivan 8.05 Giant Yellowknife 6.85 God's Lake , 32 Hardrock 30 Harrlcana ...r .07 'i Heva - Hosco 05 "2 Jacknife -05!i Jollet Quebec 87 Lapaska -03f.j Little Long Lac , .39 Lvnx 18 Madsen P.d Lake 2.10 McKenzie Red Lake 42 McLeod Cockshutt 2.31 , Moncta 30", Negus 102 Noranda 73.00 Louvicourt .19 Pickle Crow 185 Regcourt ' -08 San Antonio 2.45 Senator Rouyp 24-i Sherrlt Gordon 2.50 Steep Rock 4.25 Sturgeon River 15 Sliver Miller 95 Upper Canada - 1.96 49 miles from Soviet Siberia and 220 miles p the coast from nearest Allied and South Korean ground troops at Wlnsan. i Chongjin Is about- 140 mlle3 southwest of the Siberian port f Vladivostok through which much Russian material is be-Bcved to have poured down to the Korean Reds by rail. 4 A similar Allied fleet bom- bardment and rolling air strike lngs at Inchon In mld-Septem- ber after which the tide ot war : "Mighty Mo," flagship of the 1 United Nations task group olf !Chinin, gave no indication of , landings being made- British, Canadian and Aus ' trallan warships joined the Mis sourl and the American heavy cruiser Helena In the Chongjin . bombardment. LegioriUdnors Tommy Boulter The award of an honorary membership to T. . Boulter in Branch 7, Canadian Legion, was approved by the regular meeting of the branch last night. The award was maue in recognition of Mr. Boulter's appreciation of Legion Ideals and his valuable work over a period of years to further those ideals. J. S. Wilson, zone commander, gave a comprehensive report of the Dominion Command conven tion at Winnipeg last month. Main business, he said revolved about Canada's preparedness and the force Canada was prepared to send to the United Nations. The Legion urged quick action on the government at Ottawa. The more than 1,100 .resolutions presented to the convention, he said, were boiled down to He mentioned the fine chair- manship of Jack Moore, who had presided over every Dominion Forced Landing-No Casualties An emergency plane landing at 9:26 a.m. today in a mud-bank opposite mile 51 on the Canadian National tracks east of here failed to cause damage or injuries to passengers. A private plane, piloted by Jack Browne of Kitchlkan, arrived at Prince Rupert at dusk last night and obtained a cruising permit from the local customs office. It took off this morning to continue its trip. Railway workers gave valuable aid to the fliers. The plane too off from Its emergency landing place at 11:45 a.m.. with no further Incidents. Harold Church. D.V A reore sentative, Is arriving here this afternoon by air. He will be In the district until October 17 Interviewing veterans concerning their problems. He will be at the Canadian Legion on the afternoon of the 16th and the morning of the 17th. Mrs B. J. Pettenuzzo and infant daughter, Terry Troy, are leaving on tomorrow's plane for a trip to Vancouver. i large low-grade crop, course of answerlnj on various local mat-ADDlewhaite said that I . . lie left Ottawa he naa bnUct with Hon. Lionel :he minister of trans- to local air field t;ard lit and had been ln- fr.it civil air transport L were going into the Lwell Island project oughly. "The air Held in tne bag," said Mr. Ire, "but the outlook Is table for a commercial ht Tugwell Island." y-mber for Skeena ad-ihat he was not very k about the prospects trtention of the former lutes Army warehouse local waterfront. He Be representation! on Ikr on more than one durinr recent months of Nation-re tifpartment had consistently that it was not in- ind had no place fur tore in the present picture. "The only an aee, Mr. Annie id, "is that some M use can be found pre the demolition is ewhalte spoke hope- "e prospects of radio "lions beine installed ft distribution of Can- fcdcastlng CorDoration such nterior nnint. ... - smithers, Hazel ''ce ionowing a ' had been made of situations and addpd p his Intention to keep "un until the de- was accomplished WON the special spsxinn flppiewhaite de-lad been a hminan. ft He felt that the lad . eft witi, .i paction and renewed t aemonstration of Pu?h PfODOsitlnn rtk. rw crisis, could be wn,Tr.atic He iZ nowever, to r,K"y nat rall- unions had been a set"ement , F emseivcs. However, 9 Ship at Dock ,A "-The flo r Mute Inchorta I?"11" "Weather t hn, "a,vs oroke kssel. he d00med heeled flVor tL. bashed itself Pier. I h-1 ner tons " of holds In .u- I cargo. nope along with t.h. C whT'vbatUed e smoulder ,DQrt . 45 the shlo ' lurch c"""f' ine ;avi?tlutward and ri Tincc S'0ber1.. .... il: ? 21.4 feet : 23.3 feet Otherwise, said the Skeena member, the business of the session had been based on the International situation and, while there had been sharp criticism by the Opposition of some of the angles of what the government was or was not doing in national defence. Parliament had demonstrated Its overwhelming approval of government policy generally. OCEAN FALLS CROWING On hU way back to Prince Rupert, Mr. Applewhalte spent a week visiting his constituents at Ocean Falls and was impressed at the great townsite development going on there In the way of increasing accommodation. It seemed all avallablt space was being taxed. A 46-suite apartment Is now In course of construction by the Northwest Construction Co. of Prince Rupert and local report Is that there Is to be a 200-room addition to the already commodious Martin Inn Hotel.,. . . . Truman Hopeful Sees Peace After Talk St. LOUIS 0 President H. S. Truman held out hope today that he and Oencral Douglas Mac-Arthur may find a way to counter the explosive threat to communism in the Far East. He contended that free countries are "making progress toward peace" In spite of conditions which arc prevailing In the Far East." Out f this week-end's conference In the Pacific the President predicted, may come some contribution to the peace of the world. There Is , still -.considerable speculation as to where the conference may be held. One report Is that It may be In Wake Island. Mr. Truman proceeds west from here. TODAY'S 5 (Courtesy 8. D. Vancouver Bayonne 02 Bralorne 6.70 B. R. Con 02 "i B. R. X .04 Carlbao Quart 1.30 Congress 10 Hcdley Mascot 40 Pend Oreille 8.30 Pioneer 2.40 Premier Border 03 Prlvat.eer 09 Reeves McDonald . 3.75 Reno 03 Sheep Creek 1.22 Sllbak Premier 31 Taku River 09 Vananda 09 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley ; 05 Silver Standard 2.01 Oils Anslo aCnadlan 5.20 A. P. Con 45 Atlantic 2.B0 Calmont 108 C. St E 8.50 Central Leduc 3.40 Home Oil ..; 15.00 Mercury 15 Okalta 190 Pacific Pte 8.10 t Princess -64 Royal aCnadlan 12 Toronto Athona 08 Aumaaue 33 French border positions are buckling under new enemy press ure. Fresh assaults are anticipated. The French today announced; their withdrawal from the former key Vietmin base of Thaln-guyen in north Indo-Chlni which they seized less than two weeks ago. A military spokesman said the withdrawal was made voluntarily without any Vietmin pressure to a new defence line about fifteen miles south of Thainguyen, Attendance Is Growing Reports Presented at Meeting of School Board Actual attendance at schools In the city during the month of September was over 90 per cent of enrolment in all cases according to principals' reports submitted to the postponed meeting of the school board last nlght. With the execptlon of Port Essington, where attendance was 91 per cent, district schools showed less than 90 per cent attendance. Following are the figures: 8 e E to o c u a H S C 5 t SCHOOL Booth 472 431.49 91.2 Borden 255 2352 93.35 King Edward.. 323 299.1 93.7 Conrad 268 252.6 91.2 Port Edward.. 89 74.4 84. Dlgby Island.. 21 18.3 8C.33 Pt. Essington.. 51 46.68 91. Port Simpson 10 5 5.1 The total enrolment at city schools is 1318, a substantial increase over last years' 1261 at a similar date. The report from Booth Memorial School also contained an accident report regarding a back injury received by a boy while engaged In gymnasium training-Another accident for which there was no written report was brought to the board's attention by Chairman Dr. R. G. Large. The secretary was Instructed to ask for a detailed report of the accident, in ivhlch a girl was burned while near the showers. The reports also contained results of fire drills held at Conrad Street School and at -Borden Street School. At Conrad, the school was emptied in 50 seconds, at Borden one minute, tive seconds. The report from King Edward School thanked the board for their co-operation In trying to ease the bad situation at the school caused by construction. Mrs. Earl Becker returned by air yesterday . from Vancouver and Victoria where she attended the convention of British Columbia school trustees. OTTAWA W Colorful Malor-1 Command convention since the General Chris Vokes was put In Legion's Inception. He said the charge of Canada's vast western ' Legion from coast to coast command yesterday while two mourned his subsequent death, other vital army staff changes The meeting approved a dona-were announced. tion to the St. John's Ambulance Major-General Howard D. Association.-Graham leaves the job of vlce-j . Biz-Pros Hear Hospital Matron Following a well "attended Business and Professional Wom en's Club dinner in the Civie Centre dining room Wednesday evening, members and friends retired to the common lounge for their regular monthly ousi ness meeting. - 1 A letter was read from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the members voted to support this worthy cause by making a cash donation and providing ushers for the Sunday evening concert in' he Capital Theatre on Octobes 22. Plans for a membtrship drivt were discussed ana tert in tne capable hands of the member- ship convener. Mrs. S. J. Hunter, j Speake nor the evening was Miss Elizabeth Clement Jt.N., Matron of the General Hospital, who delighted her audience with a very interesting and colorful account of her impressions of the cities and countryside of South, Africa, where she served as a nursing sister for four years during the last war. At the close of the evening the monthly raffle was held and won by Mrs. Richard Farmer. Canadian Wages Are Highest Yet OTTAWA The Canadian worker's pay check was at its fattest point in history August 1, the Bureau of Statistic re ported yesterday- The average weekly wages In non-far industries hit $45.15, up slightly from $45.04 of July 1 and well over $42.95 of a year ago. British Columbia led the provinces with an average of $48.53. WEATHER ' Synopsis Cloudy skies and showers persist throughout most of the province this morning. Light frost occurred in few northern valleys last night but elsewhere temperatures ranged around fifty degree's. Little change is expected in the weather over British Columbia for the next forty eight hours. t Forecasts North toast region Cloudy today and Friday. Widely scattered showers today. Frequent showers tomorrow. Continuing mild. Winds southerly (15) increasing to (20) tomorrow. Lows tonieht and highs tomorrow- at j Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince j Rupert, 45 and 55. j nue east addition, $225, C. Sunberg, 314 Sixth Avenue west, repairs, $100. G. Mostad, 405 Fifth Avenue east, concrete foundation, $5Q0. F. Antonick, 1120 Eighth Ave nue east, concrete foundation, '' $200. Dave Deane, 101 Hays Cove Circle, alterations, $200. : r) ' .. O. H. Olsen, 1013 Ninth Avenue east, garage, $100. . J McLean, 1133 Seven tlj 'Aver nue east, addition, $500. "' "" J. W. Eastwood, 673 Eighth" Avenue east, foundation repairs lOreer & Bridden), $250., L. G. Ness, 1728 Fifth Avenue east, shed, $300. Mrs. O. Basso-Bert, 354 Bigger Place re-shingling (Greer & Bridden), $300. ' t J. Moorehead, 1068 Seventh Avenue east, re-siding, $300. R. Greissel, 512 Eighth Avenue west, garage, $100- ; John Bozak, Empress block, repairs (A. W. Allaire), $400,; Mrs. Pullen, Third Avenue, fs-roofing (A. W. Allaire), $140?. Kaien Island, Cow Bay.: boat shed. (A. W. Allaire), $2,600.- Carl Bostrom, 1831 Seventh Avenue east, septic tank, $100. E. Somes, 3G8 Sixth Avenue west, repairs, $300. S Tindell, 1216 Beach Place, repairs, $100. , " Mrs. B. Grant, Third Avenue, repairs," $50. " ; W. S. Noble, 615 Thompson Street, foundation repairs M. Moritz), $250. L". Mrs. S. Dennis, 25 Cow Bay, repairs, $65. F, Soderlund. 309 Second Ave--nue west, repairs, $600. '- J- Eyolfson, 917 Eighth Ave nue east, 1201 Water Street, two chimneys, $50. J. Woodhouse, 1828 Seventh Avenue east, repairs, $125. v: Grand Cafe, Second Avenue and Sixth Street, remodelling, $600. - ' G. F. Bartlett, 822 Sixth Avenue east, alterations, $200. R. B. Wilson, 52 Seventh Avenue east, enlarging garage, $100. G. Hunter, 732 Eighth Avenue east, foundation repairs, $li"0. . Fred Scadden, Sixth Street, two poster panels (Mitchell &o Curriel, 400. T N Jtowe. 1935 McNicoll Street, workshop, $150. Mr. Pearson, 1667 Herman Place, additions, $2,000. John Bozak. Second Avenue and Sixth Street, repairs (A. W. Allaire), $400. J. H. Thompson. 1043 Seventh Avenue east, repairs, $400. ' chief of general staff to succeed Vokes as head of the central command. Major-General Herbert A. Sparling assumes the latter's Job. Canada and So. America Trade Agreements Are Already Paying Off. Venezuela Signs Up OTTAWA (CP) Canada's drive to strengthen her trade relations with South America are paying off. Already a new one-year special commercial agreement has bees signed with Venezuela and indications are that trade arrangements may be completed soon with such other Latin-American countries as Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Honduras. An agreement was signed at Caracas yesterday by a group of Canadian trade experts touring South American centres. It goes Into effect Immediately and will mean both countries reduce their tariffs from high general rates to lower most-favored nation rates.