1 1 I- P8071HCIAL LIBSASr, 118 TICTORIA, B. C. mm J Daily CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER - Delivery ilHSfATCIIKP ; Published at Conoda's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XXXIX. No. 301 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS Badly mm we ten Up ii-rihrs injuries of j-vp-r - XT'" y-' Murdered Indian ' f 1 - V Vietminh Forces Are On Offensive Again SAIGON, Indo-Cb'na (CP) Battered by waves of Communist-led Vietminh attackers, French forces withdrew today from two outposts of their shrinking north Indo-Cliina frontier salient. It looked like tbo first phase of the long-expected Vietmirh general, offensive which may play a key part in the struggle with Communism in Asia. CHINA ARMING PIEPING The government of Communist China has voted gft.non.OOn.000 for defence 1 ,r 1 pud burned body of jit was viewed Wed-rnoon by a coron-jd Identified by Mr jt, ffeld nurse for ths of Indian Affairs at jcn. Coroner M. M. jjjuurned the inquest KKiy had been viewed tu re of the marks on es-ribed by Dr. L. M. I e described some of I having been caused )iit the majority wee ry few parts of the jnmarked. There were p bones found In the hi examination. Dr. f but there were febitit the head. One said was probably I eurved instrument, J A. !' I Cabinet Is In Crash Cause Defence Session OTTAWA (CP) Prime Minister Undecided bittle or a propeller SERIOUSLY HURT I Jumped the tracks on the NONE expenditure, three times last year's appropriation. YUGOSLAVIA NERVOUS . BELGRADE The government of Yugoslavia, asking for increased defence appropriations from parliament, said that the threat of invasion of Yugoslavia was never greater. Yugoslavia is threatened by G61.000 Communist forces of Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. APPOINTED EDITOR VICTORIA Bruce Hutchison has been appointed director of the editorial page of the Victoria Times, succeeding Harry P. Hodges, retired. RECOGNIZING SPAIN LONDON Great Britain is expected to soon give full diplomatic recognition to Franco Spain. United States yesterday appointed Stanton Griffiths, Boston banker, as its ambassador to Spain. Sir John Balfour, at present British ambassador to Argentina, is expected to go to Spain. PENTICTON W The cause of day-season passengers or crew were seriously hurt. Many were asleep when the accident took place. (CP PHOTO) ment. Photo shows the cars of the train tipped on their sides, some of them driven seven feet Into the ties. None of the holi Friday's Okanagan Mountain Thirteen of the 15 cars of the Dorion Bridge, 35 miles west of Toronto-Montreal pool train Montreal. A broken axle on a were derailed when the train baggage car led to the derail L. S. St. Laurent met with his top military and diplomatic advisers today amid predictions that Canada's defence bill for the next fiscal year will boom bevond $1,000,000,000. ire was no sea waitr s. although the body H the water. ThLs In-i the water. The in-Ifljourned until 2 p.m. Ian 4. at Court House plalne crash remained unsolved r last night -at the conclusion of a coroner's inquest. The jury returned an oien verdict that the pilot Quentin COMPLETION NEAR Red Invasion i 'Robert Woods, fore- Mr. St. Laurent went into conference with a high level group of ministers and officials who British Coif's Great Pay-Off m Bussey, Francis Moore and Co-Pllot Jo uou-cette died In the crash of a Can First Quarter of 1951 Pavne, Severino met as a cabinet defence com md William Shear- Ha-old Ryan stands adian Pacific Air. Lines plane near Penticton. Testimony of Canadian Pacific Air Lines officials and survivors Tevealed that the plane Is Still Deadline For mittee. Possible recognition by Canada of Communist China, as requested by Prime Minister Att-lee, Is understood to have been discussed by the cabinet police court with lowing an aneReo. was carrying a normal load and weather was suitable for flying. Pulp Mill To Commence By EDWIN S. JOHNSON j Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON ffi Fate chuckled at trie experts when the colt Hedgerow, owned by Mrs. Camllle Evans, was sold for a cheap 110 guineas ($345) at the Newmarket wlfiter bloodstock sales. Seldom hag such a well-bred, highly-touted racehorse changed hands for-' so little. "Everything appeared as usual, said Lana Franco, stewardess. jd the young woman H fishing boat aboard f had travelled last kf-ernoon from PYlnce Jnrt Simpson. Long Planned LAKE SUCCESS t General Douglas MacArthur chaTged In a United Nations report issued yesterday that Chinese Communists made plans to Invado Korea months before United Nations troops crossed the 38t!n parallel. The report, covering military operations in Korea for the period of two weeks ending November 30, said that Chines plans "for the active and aggressive intervention of the Korean war were undoubtedly developed early In the summer. Communist China has said pHnn nf rhp Columbia Cellulose Co.'s Russia Accused By F ranee and Britain of Causing Tension "and seemed normal until the crash." Miss Franco and the plane's fifteen passengers escaped tin-harmed when the DC3 sheared r t non non hioh alnh.i subhite nub mill at Watson Island may not be accomplished quite as soon, as had !es!ore It was only 18 months ago that PARIS (CP) Great Britain and France have off tops of pines and belly-riop- Hedgerow, then a two-year -old, I . hit the headlines by fetching the j completed draft notes to r Russia, accusing the -u c;if boviet ped Into deep snow nign up on the mountain. onirol been hoped for but the iirst quarter 01 iyoi is wm the deadline for the plant to go into" operation, says W. C. R. Jones, mill manager, in speaking on the Union of creating the present world tension, reliable informants said tonigiit. Britain's meat !T i creating such a de- . progress of construction opera- the late Lord Portal. The price was the highest ever paid for a two-year-old In training, but at t,hni stage the youngster appear The notes are In reply to mes that Chinese "volunteers tooK tions. saees that the- two countries i rnnsirlpr restoring i , m arms in Korea to defend their .V v Half , of the construction men kora- ed headed lor a promising car- la fish markets alioounuy against- United Slatcj Vear. Fish was frted aeeression. First United Sta.e have been away in Vancouver. The experts pointed t0 thc for the Christmas and New Year j . breeding by the 1938 Underground Food Stores LONDON ffl Plans for vast underground storerooms for food reserves in time of war are being studied by government scientists, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said today. i controls last April. patrols did not cross the 38th parallel until October 8. Casualties Mounting WASHINGTON, D.C. 0! It Is announced that United States received from Russia December 16. Russia accused France of violating the 1944 French-Russian treaty by encouraging German rearmament. A similar accusation was made to Britain. Derby winner Bois Roussel out of i Queen of the Meadows. j Early this spring, after being i nominated for the 1950 Derby,; Hedgerow aroused the hopes ofj his new owner by winning a moirion tVirpp.vpA r-nld event at holiday season and the international situation has had the effect of slowing up delivery of some of the equipment, . Mr. Jones explains. Meantime the operating or- Red Flood Is Awaited Little Action Although Chinese Are Across 38th Parallel Americans ailed Up Stone of Scone Dumped in River One plan proposes tne aig-einir of bomboroof store holes casualties In the Korean war rose in chalk and rock hills in south to 38,325 to midnignt December of 1.904 over the ganization is now being per- Salisbury. He was beaten in the ern England and near tna fected and many of the key Craven StaKes at Newmarnet ana , Asia Is Anxious cumulative period reported the northern port of Hull. personnel, drawn from various failed in the classic two thous- LONDON T Rural police 40 miles from London said today tJhev believe the venerable Stone 0 inA ctnlAn frnrn Westmin- previous week. parts of the country, are already and guineas. I TOKYO United Nations onMAtkinn ,HHriielir VqH frnno fnrcofl Tnnnnlnp a 150-mile de- here and getting established. JGTON, D C. The I'es Armv today Issued jkl! for 80,000 men In ills will bring the total jfcquesu for draftees to he the outbreak of the kr. JOO asked for March is (iiota an was requested ry and February. Here are some of them: The total includes o.M-s aeauis. The total of wounded is 27,012 including those who later died of wounds. ster Abbey, was unceremoniously j..,r.rt into t.h River Crouch. wrong with the horse and it was tence llne across Korea's mid-put on the "easy" list. It has braced themselves today rn-ordinator of project for Police search, however, failed to Celanese Corporation of America United States Being Pressed to Negotiate LAKE SUCCESS fl) Tense find trace of the relic. Canadian Ship In Evacuation i TOKYO British Common- wealth force headquarters said, todav that the Canadian de Dr. R. H. Ball. Search was made alter it was . -i,H .hnt a erouD of persons never been on the racecourse of &n expected flwjd since i 'massed Communist manpower Mrs. Evans decided to auction off her prize investment. Hedge- but thei was little action. Van-row this time failed to arouse guard of the Communist force, any Interest. Finally someone mostly Chinese, was only 35 miles ,,lnrt nffor nf r25 nnrlh Snnul TTnltpri Nations Asian countries in the United Mill Manager w. C. R. Jones. Woods Manager R. L. Plant Engineer D. D. Carr- Big Fire In Quebec Town had been seen dumping a "heavy Nations were reported today to bundle" (nto the river irom a small boat. be pressing the United States to i " I Harris, formerly of Anglo-Can: ariian Puln & PaDer Co.. Quebec. stroyer Athabaskan took part in the evacuation of Hungnam. negotiate with Communist China ll&KCU UI1 v I1U1WI VJA MVUUi. The bids crept up slowly until planes hammered at Red troops ,rAPAr. nnohnr - Fire Production Superintendent for a settlement of all Far East Jonn uxx, (uii an inwi naiin;i, ana strucs suppiy ivioiuii. ern political problems. They are caused damige of $350,000 and loft sn nersons homeless here Reuters Aeencv today quoted got the nod for 110 guineas R. O. Evans, formerly of Bath-urst Pulp & Paper Co., New Brunswick. Technical Supervisor M. E. Millionaire's Girl Elopes The Athabaskan escorted snips removing United Nations troops and North Korean civilians from the allied beachhead. The Canadian vessel also took part in a naval gunfire barrage. last night. Flames raced through a spokesman for the Eighth Army headquarters as saying that troops "tentatively" identi said to ieel mat sucn negotiations are the only possible means for solution of the Korean war without a military knock-out. OTHER FAILURES The records of English racing are dotted with similar exper three buildings torming a uum-bined residential and business Martin, Cumberland, Maryland. Assistant Technical Supervisor -Dr. D. L. Scjerk, Cumberland, fied as Chinese had already cros sed the 38t.h parallel in force An unconfirmed front line re Tm.i:ii.... 4 McCarthy, multimillionaire Texa-, iences. In 1920, for instance. Lord Glanely dished out 14.500 guineas for lor a a horse nuise named immcu diu. Blue Maryland. oil man, acknowledged yeweiuay TODAY'S STOCKS Power Plant Engineer o. it. v.i 17-vpar old daugnier. aport said .... that ... the Chinese . , , had i The colt never won block on the main street. i persons were injured. THE WEATHER Synopsis e., ,. still falling at a few t , 3 T hnrl eloned witn Morrison, formerly of S o r g Ensign, race. swarmea urer i,ne oow VJll una uvv, rrmiripBT 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) rf.rrffP Pontikes. acea i. and occupied the undefended nnrnthv Paget Dorotny ragit of vn0ncr Kaesong, nm-th north nf of RpohI Seoul. Paper Co., Howe Sound. Logging Superintendent A. V. The wealthy ri.. -.!,ir.ua in revprse mar city J. save 15.000 guineas for the year Tremblay. General Douglas MacArthur : interior points this morning as Logging Superintendent (Terrace) Harold Lynum. ling Colonel Payne tie let ""'dieted today that more than, owner down badly by recovering Rcd divisions-up to; nnlw fS4R nf the hutre nurchasing .. 1,1. I the remains ot a .u tom mnvprl pastward ine LlllULlHH ' " , rlage of Glenna remindra friends here of McCarthy's own marriage in 1930. Then a struggling oil driller, he son of an eloped with Miss Fantine Lee, daughter of the wealthy Houston oil man, W. E. Lee. j -. - , ...... WOum rusn aKauist mai weauit-i Djroi.v.i.. . , across the Rockies. Mild cloudy weather prevailed aiong i i ti-,o ,ntp nf the storm Price- lightened new lines within the In his extensive turf transac- nex(. two weeks. He said that tions the Aga Khahas also had Communist china has mobilized his failures. Among these were Hs war efort on a national Feridoon. bought privately for, scale and shower activity had almost SttPJ?.e?.',,. tirro nre indications thor etnrm centring about mBii ii i. i. i m i ' P "i " 1 1 4 ' " V I ' - . . f Is Appealing Death Penalty QUEBEC CH -Genereux Ruesl aged 54, Quebec .watchmaker VANCOUVER American Standard 25 Bralorne 5.90 B. R. X 04 Cariboo Quartz 100 Congress : 08 Hedley Mascot 45 Pacific Eastern 05 Pend Oreille ' 8.20 Pioneer r. 180 Premier Border 07 Ya Privateer 06 Reeves McDonald 4.00 Reno 02 Sheep Creek 123 Silbak Premier 26 Taku River 05 y2 ' Vananda 10 Salmon Gold 02 Spud Valley 04 Y2 Silver Standard 2 28 Western Uranium . 1.23 Oils . . Anglo Canadian - 4.50 A. P. Con 1... 334 1000 miles on tne should bring rain, and fresh winds to the coast early tomorrow with rain and snow spreading into the interior during the 17,000 guineas and disposed 01 ior a song after failing to score. But the breaks sometimes work the other way. ' A case in point was the pur-chaw by Bob Sievier of the yearling Sceptre 50 years ago for 10,000 guineas a healthy price Aid For Gold Mining Sought !M PROSPECTOR I'lelard LaBine, Toron-f Prospector who dls-5hp huge pitchblende t Great Bear Lake In Jthwest Territories Ice a me the world's source of radium and, nium His find, and H of the Eldorado Min-jP;ny, made him a mil-I His re-openlng of the Lake mine In 1942, 1st, of the government, M greatly to the de-l11 of atomic energy .atom bomb. -t (CP PHOTO) his afternoon. yesterday appeaieu OTTAWA 9 Canada's multi Beattie .: -56 Bevcourt ,51 Bobjo .12 Buffalo Canadian 24 C. M. & S 124.50 Conwest 1 81 Donalda 46 Eldona - 224 East Sullivan 7.25 Giant Yellowknife 6.20 God's Lake .34 Hardrock 23 Harricana 07 Vi Heva 07 Hosco -05V4 Jackknlfe 05Vi Joliet Quebec 90 Lake Rowan - .05 Vi Lapaska 04 Little Long Lac 60 Lynx Madsen Red Lake. 2.12 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt . 2.14 Moneta ' 36 Negus - 78 Noranda 71.00 Louvicourt 18 Pickle Crow L 1.61 Reglcourt - .04V4 San Antonio 2.35 Senator Rouyn 21 Sherritt Gordon - - 2.82 Steep Rock .... 8.15 Sturgeon River .14 in those days Forecast North Coast Region Cloudy along the mainland today with during the morn- a few showers lnto!mluion dollar gold mlnlng indu!" file develoDed into filly, developed imr,BrilipH hv cllmbiner costs Scerjtre. a conviction arid deain of murder aris mg on a charge out of the time bomb ruction September 9, 1949 of an airliner the "wonder horse" of her time of production, today urged the i nicomhprp variauic ' government to oin witn ooutn Africa in seeking a higher world qn.. onnpal will De neaiu "Ming, eiw""1 , courtraPppeairwhlch starts in nes, Overcast ent re gto g w - irpKruarv. morrow Little tJUle price for gold. during the morning . i Amrprnture. Her greatest triumphs were in 1902 when she won four of the five English classics, the two thousand guineas and St. Leger, the one thousand guineas and the Oaks, the latter two for fillies. Only the Derby eluded her. ,But Sceptre's own sister, Crown WlndJ A delegation of the Industry, meeting with Prime Minister St. cnange in vw'h ---- . ..-j-.. ast.rlv (20) to- "u5ht and highs BASKETBALL S 8:45 TONIGHT Laurent and a cabinet committee, urged the government to broaden Its program of financial aid to meet the steadily worsening crisis in the industry. tomorrow-At Fort ny Prince Rupert, 40 and 46; Sand- Gem, was never raced. Atlantic 2.25 Calmont .78 Central Leduc 2.10 Home Oil 13.50 Mercury .14 Okalta - 175 Pacific Pete 6.80 Princess 127 Royal Canadian 09 Ro'yalite - 11-73 TORONTO Athona 07?i Aumaque .23 spit, 36 and 4b. LOCAL TIDES in,t nonnmhor 29. 1950 I CARROLL COLLEGE MAYOR -ELECT Fred J. Hume, electrical contractor and part owner of the New Westminster Royals hockey team, was elected mayor of Vancouver. He Is shown with a broad victory smile after an overwhelming win over Mayor Charles Thompson. Mr. Hume was mayor of New Westminster for nine years before moving to Vancouver. (CP PHOTO) Helena. Montana HOCKEY SCORES National New York 3. Toronto 1. Chicago 4, Boston 4 (tie). Pacific Coast Seattle 2, Tacoma 2 (tie). VAST RESERVE Algonquin Park, great Ontario game preserve of nearly 3.000 square miles, was first set Hieh 4:38 18'7 feet , inn foot Silver Miller .87 Upper Canada 1.7C Golden Manitou 6 05 PRINCE RUPERT apart in 1897. . 10:21 8.7 feet L0 Low 22:51 4.9 feet 301 Phone 107 or 231 for Reservations