DISPATCHED CABS ' PROVINCIAL 1IJ ''I - mm 0 cOO Daily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Delivery Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest' Phone 81 VOL. XXXIX, No. 288 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS X I t UNBEATEN -Mac ARTHUR UNITED NATION FORCES Guarded! Optimism is Note oflCommander EMOLITION h of Warehouse on prwiit May Still Saved from Wrecker l )-fifths of the great warehouse which the States Army built on the Prince Rupert water-Uring World War II may yet be saved from 5-Year Drivers' Licences in B.C. VICTORIA The British Columbia cabinet Saturday proclaimed amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act which will give provincial motorists five year drivers' liences. The law becomes effective January 1, 1951. i;n. No announcement is available today but Nothing Said of Evacuation In Excellent Shape With Morale and Confidence High TOKYO (CP) General Eouglas MacArthur flew to Korea today for a hard look at his heavily-hit-United Nations command. He returned to say it was unbeaten, relatively secure and able to still battle the ible one may be forthcoming within the next After that day all drivers' licences except for minors, will be Issued on a five-year basis and will cost $5 instead of the cur hp demolition oi me fifths of the big build- Power Supply All Restored Chinese hordes. anca me wconu huui bottom and the ramp' rent $1 fee. Rebates of the $5 licence will be granted if a person leaves the province. MacArthur's visit to both the northwest and northeast fronts came as last the ocean dock Is gone the trusses which will n by Christmas dr Power supply In Prince Rupert was restored to full requirement Saturday afternoon as the new dicsel generator was cut In at the power plant at the drydock. Company officials reported today the generator was working TROUBLE IN SINGAPORE j Troops Employed to Quell Riot Over Child's Custody WEATHER SHIP Ocean weather station "P" f or Peter, located In mid-Pacific 730 . miles southwest of Prince Rupert, has become the responsibility of Canada and was taken over by the remnants of 25,000 unsnaven American marines and infantrymen and a small group of British commandos streamed down on to the Hamhung coastal plain from a series of Communist traps near Changjin reservoir. A huge fleet stood off Ham-hung's port of Hungnam but whether it would evacuate the weary, outnumbered United States Tenth Corps unit in the northeast remained to be seen. The northwest front was relatively quiet. There was a note of guarded optimism in MacArthur's statement to correspondents after he Department of Transport's new weather ship, the C.G.S. "St. Catharines" on December l. The above picture was taken as the "St. Catharines" sailed from Victoria to assume Ijer new responsibilities. A sister ship, the C.G.S. "Stonetown" will relieve her in Jajnuary while a third weather ship,' the "St. Stephen" is available for emergency operations. Weather station "P" for Peter is strategically located to furnish Information for long-range .advance forecasU and is most essential for the operation of the airlift to Japan and Korea. The station has been operated by the U.S. Coast Guard on a temporary basis during the past few moriths. Daily weather reports from station "P" for Peter will include upper air observations by radiosonde every twelve hours, upper wind observations every six hours and surface weather observations every three hours. The weather ship will also act as a radio beacon station for direction finding purposes and will undertake sea-air rescue work in cases of disasters. SINGAPORE (CP) British troops with, bayonets moved into the riot-torn streets of Singapore tonight to battle fanatic mobs, stirred to frenzy by the court fight between a Dutch mother and Malayan nurse for the custody of a white child. Hundreds of soldiers in trucks raced through the downtown sec ki'reaftcr. r of the middle fifth irrtty well under way I from the roof down fr t immediately after jtibone, directing the lupert Warehouse" de-I operation for Soren Edmonton, told the ms that a surprising jf the material from the to. consisting largely of I flooring and heavy had been dispased of c in Prince Rui)ert jper cent. In fact. Is now out of the iallng, about half of it Edmonton while the fr was sold locally. ated, the easterly two-the building Is remaln-t-except for the floor-Bi has already gone Jurrent negotiations for iitontion of the build- XCE USE If last two years, the inert Chamber of Corn- The line to Port Edward In-1 dustries was put back In operation as soon as the extra power from the new generator became available. Meanwhile work Is proceeding on the line to the Falls River power plant, chief source of supply for the company. Work Is slow owing to Ice conditions all along the line. The Skeena River crossing near Tyee Is being leit until the remainder of the line Is repaired. The lines went out last Tuesday when the most severe Icing conditions In the company's his tors where mobs were battling VITAL UNDERTAKING returned to Tokyo from his quick trip to the war fronts. He had conferred on the spot with his top generals. "The United Nations command, in spite of its recent heavy fighting, is in excellent shape with high morale and for his war reporting with the British Navy in the Car Plunges-Youths Drown the police, attacking Europeans and overturning and burning automobiles. About 5000 Malayans stormed for three hours at the Supreme Court huildlng, where the hearing was under way on an ap Atomic Efforts Great Peace-War Potential CHEMAINUS (CP) Two Victoria tory broke them at the river conspicuous self-confidence, the United Nations commander said. "Although heavily outnumbered, it has come through in superior manner. Enemy claims of United Na crossing and along the route to youths died Saturday night when peal to return the 13-year-old child, Maria Bertha Hertogh, to her Malay foster-mother and her Moslem schoolteacher hus the power house. their "souped out" automobile crashed through a guardrail and dropped into the ocean here. Bodies of Albert Curtiss, a?e-i Is been endeavoring to band. Then thousands of fanatic Mo'slems raged toward a Catho-j lie convent, where the girl and ! her Dutch mother were reported demolition of the wire- U.S. Talks Of Going All Out 22, -and Herman Van Dyke; 2t, were recovered from forty feet of CHALK RIVER (CP) They don't talk much about war around Canada's six-year-old atomic project but it was founded in war and it would swiftly have a vital role to play if war came again. -""So farthe crisis stemming frorri'Kdrea has sliowri no signs of swinging- the government away from the i.ing appealed recently limes Gardiner, minis- tions losses were "fantastically exaggerated," said MacArthur. The losses inflicted on the other hand, had been staggering "estimated by local command-era in the- fieid as high as ten to one compared with our own. ' It was the general's first statement to correspondents on the Korean campaign since he per pculjurc wjjo xnrcss-krtst in Its possible re- Visibility was poor at the time lof the accident. It was raining W ASHING TONU, D.C. Oi De Theythreatened to kidnap the child and burn the convent "if it took all night." fhile on a visit to Prince tring the past summer. policy of devoting the $40,000,- After eight hours, the mobs -ommunlcation from Attlee Speaks- pner to the Chamber of STORES BUSY-BANKS QUIET fence Secretary George Marshall pointed up to the gravity of th world crisis Saturday by saying that President Truman is "ser lously considering" declaration of a national emergency. The cabinet member told re- is to the effect that Although it was not a pay day, ' ken the matter up with sonally directed the Allied end-of-the-war offensive at daybreak November 24 a push which was turned into full retreat by the night of November 25 by bugle-blaring hordes of Chinese infantry. (at of National Defence 000 plant to peaceful pursuits, yet ironically even now some of its activities and by-products have an inevitable relation to potential war purposes. It produces plutonlum, a radioactive element said to be better than uranium for the A-bomb. The same process . frees invisible suecks of radioactive 111 Agreement With Canada B erated that It had m he for the building and i porters this as he steeped from men's clothing and footwear stores, which remained open Friday evening until 9 p.m. for the convenience of Columbia Cellulose workers, reported a brisk Jason to stop its demo-1 a closed conference with sena- Jiuwever. if the Prince tors considering the President s trade. "We did a lot more business than we expected," said one mer thamber of Commerce j request for nearly $18,000,OOJ to J concrete idea for the ! streghthen the fighting forces, p building, the federal I Several senatofs wanted to go fcnt would be glad to j beyond declaring a national em- demolition reconsid-1 ergency to at least a start on I "all out mobilization." were still throwing stones and bottles and beating up Europeans, especially Dutchmen, and attacking vehicles. Several European women were attacked with bottles and sticks, and a police officer said there were reports that some white children had been kidnapped as hostages for Bertha. Authorities feared a religious outbreak, at a time when the entire Faf East is in ferment, would gravely endanger security and offer an opportunity for Communist sabbotage. Bertha was turned over to Mrs. Adeline Hertogh nine days ago by the Supreme Court after a prolonged hearing in which Malayans, Indians and Chinese disDlayed great interest. The chant. TWO MORE BATTALIONS OTTAWA Defence Minister Claxton today announced the . formation of third battalions of the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Royal Twenty-Second Regiment as training battalions within the Army's special forces. That means the force, now training at Fort Lewis, will have five battalions or virtually two brigades. TO 38th PARALLEL TOKYO Security blackout still darkens the northeast front in Korea although the Eighth Army is reported to have fallen back to the 38th parallel. OVERLAPPING ORDERS EDMONTON The inquiry which opened today into the fatal collision of a CNR passenger train and a troop train at Canoe River revealed that there were overlapping orders. The passenger train had orders for a meet at Cedarside and the troop train at Gosnell, 30 miles west. HOCKEY SCORES SUNDAY National League Montreal 2, Boston 5 Toronto 2, Detroit 3 New York 3, Chicago 3 Pacific Coast Seattle 7, New Westminster 2 Portland 3, Vancouver 3 SATURDAY National League dust that now are trapped and buried underground. In war, scientists believe they could become a death dust scattered from the skies. With devices called generators or accelerators and the radioactive pile or reactor that is the heart of the whole project, a Pat Heagney Passes Away : Patrick Heagney, Prince Rupert resident for twenty years and former wartime employee at the local dry dock, passed away Sundayi morning at the Prince Rupert General Hospital where he had been a patient for a few No withdrawal from Korea St. Laurent says OTTAWA 0i Prime Minister C. R. Attlee said yesterday that "general identity of views" exists between Great Britain and Canada on the present critical world situation. But that was as far the British Prime Minister would go in commenting at a press conference on current talks with Prime Minister St. Laurent and the Can Practically all stores covered by the two categories stayed open. Banks had a fairly quiet evening since there were no pay cheques issued that day. This Friday will be pay day. AiR PASSENGERS To Vancouver (today) W. A. TODAY'S STOCKS 3 double assault is being made on the ramparts of atomic energy (Courtray B. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) itself. One is along the avenue of approach to the A-bomb, the VANCOUVER other along the avenue oi ap adian cabinet. court also annulled the marriage of the child to a Mohammedan. F" .02 weeks following his removal from the Pioneers' Home. For years proach to the hydrogen bomD. The press conference 'Was vir lie 6.00 There is not direct relation between the work here ana either bomb. But the constant 24 04 Mascot 40 Eastern .05 and varied explorations might tually over shadowed by a statement Saturday night by Prime Minister St Laurent that information he has is that the United Nations are not going to be driven out of Korea." Last night in a cross-country Watson, Miss H. Hamilton, George Mostad, A. V. Hill, J. Davidson, F., E. Nelson, F. W. Richardson, S. Cantwell, L. Nelson. , To Sandspit (today) R. C. Glass. ' From Vancouver (Saturday) H. Smith, B. Downey, K. Garry, R. Nielson, J." Gunderson, F. Baldwin. J. Isley, J. O. Montgom divulge information that would NEWSMEN CASUALTIES One Associated Press correspondent is injured and another missing tonight in riotous Singapore. Tom Maston, chief of the Associated Press bureau, suffered a broken leg and other bodily Preliie 8.05 until last spring he had resided at 334 Eighth Avenue West. Native of Cookstown, North Ireland, Mr, Heagney was 72 years of age. He was a widower, his wife having died in the Old Country years ago. A daughter, Miss Anna Heagney, who came Bevcourt l Bobjo 12 Buffalo Canadian .23 Consol. Smelters 128.00 Con west Dnnalda Eldona -25 East Sullivan - 7-25 Giant Yellowknife 5.90 . God s Lake 40 Hardrock 22 Harricana 6 Hcva 1V Hosco 5 "'4 Jacknlfe 05 Joliet Quebec 89 Lake Rowan 6'A T.nnaska benefit both because peaceiui and martial uses of the atom run the same course for certain distances. ' radio broadcast, Mr. Attlee said f 1.75 r Border .07 McDonald 3.50 03 injuries at the hands of a Moslem mob. Fjiendly natives picked ENGINEERING PROBLEM the world would have "no need to fear aggression" if the United Nations could be so strengthened that its member would act with ery, Mrs. L. Tlcchman, J. H. Gall-I ! out from Ireland last year and The search to tap the tremen him up and took him to his resl aeher. Mr. Cantwell. A. urana- dous energy for power in ways strom, Mr. Bjornson, D. Worabec, W. Scott. the "same remarkable" co-oper-1 ation as members of the British Commonwealth. that man can use widely is proceeding not only in the devices, is a member of the Prince Rupert General Hospital staff, resides at 931 Ambrose Avenue. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning from the Church of the Annunciation. Chicago 5, Montreal 0 , Boston 1, Toronto 8 New York 0, Detroit 5 Pacific Coast Victoria 4, New Westminster 1 Tacoma 5, Vancouver 5 (tie) dence. Larry Allen, who wrote the early accounts of the disorders, was with Masterton at the time of the attack and is missing. Allen, 42, won the Pulitzer prize From Sandspit (Saturday) Mr. Gardner, Miss Roberts, R. C. both by splitting heavy atoms and synthesizing or building up Little Long Lac Vz Glass. light ones, but in the engineer ing field. They're trying to learn here how to handle the great THE WEATHER Lynx " Marisen Red Lake 2-00 McKenzie Red Lake 40 McLeod Cockshutt 2.05 energies already turned loose in Terrace Man Burned to Death .38 (Creek ...,-. 1.25 t Premier 28 Ma 09 Gold 03 galley . 03 I St andard 2.01 'i Uranium 00 Canadian 4.45 ! 32 V 2 25 it , 70 ' Leduc 2.05 p - 12 2 J ,. 1.70 fc Pete 7.00 1.30 . ! Canadian 8V2 Fe 12.00 I TORONTO - a V2 ie .23 50 Moneta "When the Ideals for which we stand are threatened." Mr. Attlee said tn a ten-minute talk, "we react In the same way instinctively." Mr. Attlee. who came to Ottawa from talks in Washington with President Truman, said there is "comolete agreement between ourselves and the Americans on the obiectives we seek." Mr. Attlee, who left here todnv for home, reserved renort on the conferences with Mr. Truman for Synopsis Mild December weather in almost all regions of British Columbia produced overnight temperatures ranging from 45 to 49 degrees along the southern coast and 32 to 37 in, the southern Interior. Readings of 28 to 35 in the Cariboo this morning is tn 20 degrees above the the pile rather than simpiy letting them gush back into the Ottawa River in a stieam of hot water. If they can learn, if they can find the metal to contain it, if they lick the other problems and they think they will they will open the door to the atom's 68 Negus Noranda 6900 Louvlcourt 16 Pickle Crow l-J Regcoufrt - - San Antonio 2 25 Senator Rouyn 19 Sherrit Gordon 2 92 Steep Rock 6.45 Sturgeon River -1 Silver Miller 81 Harry Sites Fire Victim tils own cnbinet nd Parliament. normal for the season. There is real bounty, but both for peace and war. no indication of any lmmeaiaie wale Rain on the coast will completely gutted by fire this morning. Cause of the fire is at present unknown. David Bain, liquor vendor, turned in the alarm at 9:20 when he heard an explosion and looked out to see the Sites' residence in flames. The volunteer fire DHgade was on the scene almost immediately but found the inside of the building a mass of flames. Ap THE OBJECTIVES The objectives which he and Truman sought, said Attlee. were peace and freedom for all men with the ODDortunity to develop As for the ultimate question treatment. Mrs. Sites was at the bakery and his daughter, Colleen, tn school so he was alone at the time of the fire. This is the second time that tragedy has struck at the family this year. Early in June, Donald Fraser, father of Mrs. Sites, and her brother were drowned when their car went into the Skeena near Kwinltsa when they were returning from Prince Rupert on a Sunday afternoon. The burned house belong to Gordon Kerr. become showery during the day with showery conditions expect- t.n continue through Tuesday. itself, could Canada make the A-bomb? Trade Minister Howe, the cabinet's expert, has said FORMER PRINCE RUPERT MAN PERISHES IN FLAMES TERRACE. The badly )R PROGRESS . . . their lives happily and in their own way. He andvMr. Truman had also agreed that the instrument on which those objectives must be attained was the United Nations. Cloudiness Is expected to persist in the Interior. Forecast North Coast Region-Showers riurine the afternoon. Showers she could. The scientists say here it's possible if the government wanted to put up the tremendous amount of money Vote for parently it had been insulated with shavings and sawdust. again on Tuesday. Little change When firemen could enter. They hope she won't have to. Yvinas smii"- i in t.mtrat,ure T. NORTON YOUNGS They're true and typical scien-j easti 25 ln tne eXposed areas ' tists All thev want is to go on I ar,d eht elsewhere. Lows to- , THE WEATHER Tuesday, December 12. 1950 High 3:38 20.3 feet burned body of Harry Collen Sites, 50, Terrace baker, was taken f rdVn the ruins of his Kalum Street home which was almost they found the body near the bedroom door. Deceased had been ill for several months and had recently been in hospital. He was in- nicht and higns luesaay i Mr. Sites, before guing to Terrace a few years ago to operate the bakery there, was employed at the Co-op bakery in Prince Rupert. Port Hardy, 40 and 48; Sandspit 15:13 22.2 feet for Alderman VOTE THE LAST NAME FIRST aiming in the direction of tapping the atom's staggering potentialities for the benefit of all humanity. ! tending to go south for further 351 Low 9:16 8.0 feet 1 21:56 2.1 feet 37 and 48; Prince Rupert, and 45. 1