i L A DISPATCHED Y p?.ri:::iAL U2.v.3t onr.iEsl DRUGS Daily Delivery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'8 NEWSPAPER : PHOIIE 81 CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port : "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest". VOL. XXXIX, NO. 161 FRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1950 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS n. w airstuDOS b Rushed T- n u m ... Canadian Destroyers Losing No Time Proceeding To Scene Of War In Korea W orsens American rosition i , ited States Forces . ; ..: . ;.:..v , ... ... ,. ..- . , Plcvin Heads French Assembly Civil Defence For Alaska ""'..Will Be Un-kr Orders Of General MacArthur For Use Of United Nations .. .OTTAWA (CP) Prime Minister St. Laurent announced today that three Canadian destroyers are ling Further Back t bcinj turned over to the Unite! Nations for service it PARI3 'O'-Tho. National Assembly confirmed Rene Plevin as France's third premier in two ANCHORAGE First steps ay He Kail Hcfore Major Victory Can Be Ixpcded Warning Of More Had News weeks and endorsed his plea for ! in Korea. "No time will be lost in having them sail for Korean waters," he said.' -The Prime Minister said that the destroyers, due - ,(n Pearl Harbor tolav, will ptt KYO (CP) General Douglas MacArthur's toward organization of civilian defense in Anchorage and throughout Alaska are being taken following the recent order by Governor Oruening. The governor named Colonel iartcrs paid today that United States soldiers n murdered on the battlefield and warned the ' i X., , I 20 per cent increase in French defence spending. He expected to complete his cabinet Wednesday. His chances of forming a government once more depend on Koreans that those guilty of such "barbarity" atli if caught. Headquarters issued a corn- Would Halt Demolition saying that proof had been received of j orders to proceed to Korea "Just las soon as dispatches can rea:h Uhem" by radio. . ; Mr. St. Laurent spoke' to reporters as he emerged 'frum a j cabinet meeting whi-h ratified the action. He said: "We (we been - informed by the Unltei Nations that our three dstrov f-rs would be very useful iii OFF TO SCANDINAVIA VICTORIA A delegation j iruluriing Hon. E. T. Kenney, minister of lands and forests; C. D. Orchard, deputy minister of forests, and II. It. MacMil-lan will leave August 17 to study forestry methods in Norway and Sweden. j F.GYPr BACKS WEST CAIRO Egypt Tuesday offered her support to the west in the world struggle against Ccmmun'sm. She called Nortn Korea's attack, on Sou'h Korea an act of aggression and said she approved the I'nileri Nations decision in denouncing it. A carefully worded statement, however, de- ie i J. D. Alexander, acting adjutant of the Alaska national guard, as director for the territorial organization am, nas called on all mayors to set up organizations '.or each community. ! The governor named deputy ! directors to serve under Colonel ami runnier pir whether the Socialists, with 98 seats in the National A.-.scmb:' I agree to join ln Plevin heads ' the small Socialist and Demo-' cratlc Union of Resistance. IS-, 1 U.N. Troops 1 Local Chamber Would Save Warehouse In View Of Situation Road Betterment Sought Alexander. They are Frank Met- CELLULOSE WOODS MANAGER , Rae L. Johnson of Longview, Washington, appointed woods manager for Columbia Cellulose Co. here. Council Hears 01 Convention by North Korean sold-J lii (ii pa tend, croa-' to weed out ilu)ll:a-(ve put a number of, r, ila n at ei;htern. mc American troop.,1 ; in 'iiit:i Korea before rdoiile n offensive of, 1 K)n;,i invader.;, fell l.ty l-"hinl Important or positions they hope nlii o".t inr a couni-.; arrives from a:rosi calf, highway engineer, who tvill be in charge of engineering, highways, air raid warnings and communications: V . S. Maishal Korea and we are advising the United ' Nations at orrce that they are betas made available.' The Prime Minister said t.ha destroyers "will go on from PsarJ Hnrbor just as fist as steam can carry them." , , . , The de-troyers are the Ca?4 uga, Sioux and Atfnbajkaiii In view of the new international situation , following th? Korean crisis, the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Is seeking to have a stop put to the demolition of the big warehouse on the waterfront which was (Paul Herring tor police services. Backing U.S. WASHING! ON ') - ueiictal Omar Bradley is reported to have told United States senators Tuesday th;it ground troops from other United Nations countries I will Join American and South Korean soldiers fighting In Red- v..u , , protection, warden services scciirity councils decision lo , , ' , . . . ! and fire services; John P. John- John Strachey lakes I! Back Snmr Resolutions raised at Smithers. Others Rejected Delegates from the city council to the Central B.C. Municipalities Association at Smithers use action in Korea. TC L. STILL MINOR S son, Alaska railroad manager to jbe in charge ol evacuation and i shipping; and Bob Atwood, in erected during J.hc war by the I They sailed from Esquimau , "la3$ United States government. The ! week. ' CHICAGO Clarence Row- rrl No rill Koreans, land, president of the Pacific j charge of administration, train invaded South Korea. But there June 29 reported at the council ing, planning ana purine Mr. St. Laurent said Mie sxa?t way in which the warships" wlH be used will depend on General MfcArthur, supreme United Na-I executive council of the Chamber, at a meeting Tuesday afternoon .decided to wire the minister of national defence requesting Is some Indication this may be j .sni'Ji behind mortar i!!rry barrages, diuve i Hire; out, of Chowi- LONDON John Strachey, minister of war, told Parliament yesterday that he was sorry for -hal he had said about the meeting Monday night that four of the i city's resolutions had only of a "token" nature. h presumably heavy uraciiey is quoiea'oy oenawr the stopping of the demolition, i tions commander for Korea. Schuman plan bein a scheme I Rgainst nationalization of In Madman Kills 1, and puiud them bark Millard Tydings as saying some uly miles to the south of the United States United Some time ago the work started, having consisted principally to Coast Baseball League, has lcen rebuffed for the sixth lime in his crusade to get his circuit major league status.' His request was turned down yesterday by major league officials, but the 62-year-old veteran came back with "I'll be back next year." STRIKE STILL ON he Kum River in what : Nations allies nave onerea iroops dustry. He denied, however, that he hid called it a plot. Former Prime Minister V.'in- Hurts 2 In Hotel lined by United States and the offers have been ac Smithers Plays ' "'j . -j.. Here Sunday A double header with Smithers will feature Sunday's baseball date of the removing of flooring for shipment to Alberta. The Chamber executive also passed and three had failed to pass. In addition two resolutions from member villages had been approved. The city resolutions passing were those requesting a provincial assessment commission; a definite provincial road repair nd surfacing. program on highways within municipalitier.: tors as an orderly cepted. ai. , I : ; decided to wire the provincial jPITTSBURGH ?) A berserk watchman, screaming, "I get 3ton Churchill said this had ju.st been another illustration of Mr. Strachey's unfitness . for his position.- i ?"--, rn iroops preysed alonr; , Smith's Inlet minister of public worfcs asktog VlC if weather permits. The an- i bank of the Kum, last NEW YORK A mediation ig.i get even,". killed a baker Catches' Higher airier (Wore Taeion, session yesterday, tailed u i ,pa.rly today as he was making settle the 29-day-old strike of breakfast blsct'its in fashionable y South Korean capital ; Salmon giUnetting In the ior.peiier detour arrangements """'"-t,"c"v and .road maintenance during j morning by the executive of the the carrying on of highway re- j local association. construction between the city j Prince Rupert had a disastrous mil's to the south. ThC cu.. ... r.i remains authority to expend tax sale land receipts without authority from the Lieutenant-Governor in .8 hold Konju on "the gIow to falri wnue catches at ;ik. A last dltctt defence Rivers and Smith's Inlets have and Galloway Rapids. i time of it In Smithers over the Hotel Schenley basement, then stalked upstairs to the lobby and pumped bullets Into two other hotel employees. Police identl- i is now on. Council; federal financing cf municipal undertakings in times . TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co Ltd.) Vancouver Bralorne : 6.85 B. R. X 05 "2 Cariboo Quartz : 1.00 Hedley Mascot 27 Pend Oreille 6.40 Pioneer 2.25 j f ied the slayer as Domlnick Omo- of unemployment to remedy th been much better. Sockcye salmon catches by gilinctters on Smith's Inlet Monday averaged 100. The figure for the Naas was 25 and fo.' condition. iishinston there Is no I to minimize the serl-' of the situation in Fear is expressed that j and Chiiu st vo:untc r I grosso, ba. criucany injured were Herbert Kinde, night manager, and John Harper, desk clerk. July 1 week-end when they lost two straight t3 the interior boys. However, many of this ' city's players were b.sy with tha'lCet-chlkan series at the time And they will be on deck for Sunday's tussles. ' . J Arrangement.1? for the games are being, made through ' Bill" Leach at Smithers. ! Village resolutions which were those requesUng the the Skena 22. Salmon are more the forces of the North ' Uy gllIed ln brignt sunshine right to determine by plebiscite 03 13 V, Premier Border Privateer m It is admitted that it Tuesday's meeting also ' approved a set of six resolutions for presentation to the annual meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia which is to be held In Prince George next month. A.vS. Nickerson was chairman of the local committee on resolutions for tho Associated Boards' meeting. W. ,J. Scott, in his capacity as firat vice-president of the Associated Boards, will be chairman of the convention resolutions committee. whether the council should con with a westerly breeze' a reu-nhie source exDlains but are apt next fall at the earliest sist of thie or five commission Reeves McDonald 2.75 American Newspaper Guild (C.I.O.) against-the New York World Telegram and Sun. The strike began over a wage dispute which shut down the paper. FLA GEE LN CHINA HONG KONG -B u b o n I c plague has struck the South China province of Fukien, threatening its 11,000,000 population. Hong Kong officials said Chinese Communists are rushing vaccine and medical workers to the Fukien city Amoy. Nervous Gunman Wounds Police. MONTREAL W Two policemen were shot and wounded by ' major American vio- ' on duU d.ays. ( t0 0 deep .03 ers; exemption from amusement J Reno War Minister In-U.K. Censured .1.U XUU 1111-11- .. ,r ra , tax for events held in civic another three or four centres where the entire profits f bad news. otins in' the Butedale area. Catches have been small. are used for maintenance and LONDON iff) War Minister operation of such centres. ft II ...... nU.Ha 1 W'. 1' ... ALL iLORti Ueiners SundftV. Julv 18. at mid- John Strachey publicly apolo City resolutions turned down gised Tuesday and took an open Pacific Coast night. ii UitL rebuke from Prime Minister Attlee besides for calling th iir,eles 6, San Francisco i requested that the definition of householder as used In the Municipal Elections, Act be changed to include all British subjects of the full age of 21 who have been resident in the Schuman plan a scheme against the people of Europe. The unusual scene In the House of Commons revived speculation municipality since January 1 of the current year; amendment to ml 1, Hollywood 3 'id 4, S.irramento 3 (13 !i-;s). Ipso 9, Seattle 8 stern International ne 3, Tacnma 20 i hce 2, Salem 0 a nervous young gunman and more than $6,000 In loot taken ln two hold-ups. Tuesday. Constables Paul Dagenals and Marcel Mascarln were shot within Thursday, July 13, 1950 the Municipal Act to permit varl- Sheep Creek 1.10 Sllbak Premier 28 Taku River 042 Silver Standard 1.50 Western Uranium .52 Oils , Anglo Canadian ? 4.75 A. P. Con 36 Atlantic : 2.40 Calmorit '.45 C. & E. 6.90 Ceatral Ledi-c 1-43 Home Oil 17.25 Mercury 14 Okalta , 150 Pacific Pete 5.50 Princess -38 Royal Canadian - .08 Toronto Athona '. 08 Aumnque W Beattie 4" Bevcourt .50 , Bobjo 11 Buffalo Canadian 15 Consol. Smelters' 96.50 Conwest '.. 1 10 Donald a - .41 Fldona - 5'5 Fast SnUivar. "6.15 uiph 12:58 18.8 teet ."," . n . at the discretion of municipal! There were no halibut landings in Prince Rupert today, but theie are still two or three boats Cut. It Is not koown whether'or not they will bring theiratcTi ln to Prince Rupert. . , ! . t JW THE WEATHLR Synopsis , A weak disturbance moved-i the north coast this nfrdng accompanied by some light rain. Cloudiness from this system cCvers - northern , parts of tlie province and hai spread southward as far as Comox on the coast. r This system is weakening and is not now expected to give rain tJ southern sections. However, showery conditions are expected to persist in the northern interior as it moves inland., , Forecast' , North Coast Region Cloudy today and Thursday. A few rhowers today. Little change, m, temperature. Light winds.- Lows tonight and highs tomorrow Ai 6:35 a 3-13, Victoria 4-0 'Low about Strachey's future in trre Labor government. Long a storm centre because of his one time sympathies for Communism, he has had Attlee for a defender until now. The Commons debate ended- with no 'attempt by the Conservatives to censure the government formally. 9.3 feet 18:25 "y 6, Vancouver 5 ' 1 Two Inquests Are Deferred Pending availability of principal witnesses, inquests into two cases of violent death at Skeena River cannery points during the week have been deferred by Coroner M. M. Stephens. One was Moses Woods, '37 year eld fisherman of North Pacific eannery. who died of burns in Prince Rupert General Hospital Sunday morning following an explosion and fire on a boat Sattir-riny morning. Recovery of his hrother, Rupert Woods, aLso hnrnfi and now a patlen in hospital, Is awaited. The othsr fatality was that of Roy McLean, 18, Sunnyside cannery worker, who was drowned - 'XT' ties as determined Dy pieoiscue: a change in the Municipal Act to permit school teachers to run for municipal office. ' The city resolution asking power to exempt non-profit private schools from taxation was tabled for future .consideration. The resolution calling for plebiscite to determine whether or not daylight saving time be adopted was tabled for presentation immediately before the It minutes of each other after the blond youth held up a watch repair shop. In an earlier robbery, four men took $6,000 in rings from a Jewellery store after beating up the clerk. Dagenals, whose wound was not. serious, was shot as he tried to halt th? youth. Mascarin suffered a wound In the right hip as he entered a drug store ten blocks away, where the youth was buying cigarettes. The gunman whirled, fired on the officer and fled. ' Protestants Make Charge TORONTO 0 . Leaders of 160,000,000 Protestant and Ortho-rox Christians Tuesday discussed a report charging violation of religious freedom In predominantly Roman Catholic and Moslem countries. The central committee of the World Council of Churches, representing 44 countries, refer next general election. This was done because of a communica from a boat at that cannery on ' Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Sunday afternoon. , 'Rupert, 50 and 62. 6.55 .30 .30 8 .06 .06"- Olant Yeliowknife .... Ood's Lake Hard rock Harricana Heva v Hrvsco :'. .Taeknlfe .Toilet Quebec tion from the province that cost of such a plebiscite would be prohibitive unless held in conjunction with such an election. The convention decided that in future expenses, of the secretary-treasurer attending the losi Pilot . Found Safe 05 V - red the report to subcommitte for further discussion before the ml CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT . 1 ' NOTICE TO WATER USERS The water supply will be cut off on Sunday, July 16th; ' 1950, commencing at 1 a.m. to permit a change-over to a . new section of line. - It Is hoped that service will be restored by 9 p.mi,,, In order that the water In the reservoir may be retained , : for use in case of fire, water users are requested to draw reserve supply prior to Sunday, and to refrain from using i, water from city mains on Sunday until the work Is completed. ' . . AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE OVER THE RADIO AS SOON AS THE JOB IS DONE. annual meeting would De defrayed by the association. L. W. Wheeldon, chief clerk of the Department of Municipal Affairs ,was present throughout the conference and gave much valuable assistance. VANCOUVER , 01 An American pilot, missing on a flight ln British Columbia, is safe after a forced landing, the R.C.A.F. reported today. An air force spokesman identified the pilot, unreported since central committee's ends Saturday. The report referred specifically to religious conditions in Spain, Italy, Eire, Portugal, Bel-glum, Congo, Argentina, Colombia, Indonesia, and eight countries in the Near and Middle East. Lake Rowan .11 . J .una ska -n L'ttle Lona. Lae .33 ' Lvnx 29 Mndsen Red Lake 2.10 Mc.Kensie Red Lake .... -41 McLeod Corkgh-Jtt 2 00 Moneta 28 Vj Negus 1-1S Noranda 64.50 Louvicovirt H Pickle Crow 1V Rcgcourt -05V4 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn .22''2 Steep Rock 2.95 ' Silver Miller' 81 Tho renort was accepted with I yesterday afternpon, as Clyde LINK BETWEEN U.6.-CANADA URANIUM What may ut to be tlie' richest uranium source in the United States 'unced by Michigan Conservation commission after exami-of radioactive rock found near the Canadian border. ' are (from left) Ronnie Llghthlll, Thad Isham (who did 'ual exploring), Charles Leltch and his brother James (not ' The discoverers are shown at Owqsso, Mich., with '"B apparatus, including a Gelger counter and a piece of dive rock. Only uranium source-ln U.S. Is in Colorado. f the deposit would speed prospecting ln the Sault Ste. area ln the belief that the Michigan discovery has connec-ith the Sault deposit discovered two years ago. Sampson of Compton, California. He landed on the beach just short of Annette Island, his destination. The plane had taken off yesterday from Port Hardy. "Both pilot and plane are okay," said the air force. little discussion. Delegates from the city attending the conference were Mayor George Rudderham, Aldermen T. B. Black and H. F. Glassey, and City Clerk H. D. Thaln, who Is also secretary-treasurer of- the association. . . GEO. RUDDERHAM. Canadian industrial enterprise, not taking into consideration at all our agricultural enterprise, today provides jobs ior 4,140,000 workers. Mayor. " (I64