ITSPATCHIED I CABS PROVINCIAL LI3R.' nil j nl 1 VICIC.HA, 2. C. Daily NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER V VDeliv ivery Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XXXIX, No. 265 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950 . PRICE FIVE CENTS Quebec und His Plane, Returning From Hits Mountain In Alps Cold Hits Korea War os! Son? Rome, X (CP) A Vancouver son was presumed last war, is in Lon- GRENOBLE, France (CP) Fifty-one Holy Year pilgrims, all but one of them Canadians, died in the Alpine crash of the air liner "'Canadian Pil- Seaway Plan down ciues wt, lead to nis son. erland started a hunt Wilfrid, in 194C. He RpinO PllChpri'111'" kun rom Rme to Paris late yesterday. D C 1 1 1 g rUollCUj With them died the seven-man Canadian crew of tb.3 Frozen Silence Settles Above Battlefields Yank Forces Advance on Power Sites SEOUL Vto Frozen silence settled today over Korean battlefields. Temperatures of six above zero virtually paralyzed the northwestern front where an estimated 90.000 Chinese Communist faced a concentrated into a railway Mi ,'01", ,lv and there saw a wrecked four-engined plane. The plane disappeared late But it is Still on Shelf Until January certain was nis sou. disappeared into a i declares that fb'3 Monday in a glow of fire near!to Paris slage of the flight, WASHINGTON (AP) The St. V 8500-IOOt Mont L, OD.OU ana to- POPE OFFERS PRAYERS United States First Corps. It party Lawrence River seaway and day an Alpine rescue k on the right tran. r . i i . v, was even colder in the "I power proposal is on the shelf reached the wreckage. us a navi"Rioc in ur A terse radio message from Ldlan Air Force and the party, battling rain and Many Americans are still In summer uniforms as the Army rushes Arctic clothing to the sleet on the Alpine peak, said: 'own bv me w-mitv.i.s I m 1945. The body recovered. - - "No survivors." VATICAN CITY Pope Plus today offered special prayers at mass in his private chapel for the Canadians killed in the Alpine plane crash. The Pope, informed at midnight of the disaster, immediately dismissed church officials who were with him. With tears streaming down his cheeks, he went to hu private chapel to pray for the victims. chilled troops. 4 Rescue operations were then Parka-clad Marines pushed 7 called off for the day in the face of worsening weather conditions. through frozen hills in the cen tre line toward Changjin reser Grants 4 voir and iU great hydro-electric here. until at least next January, but Congressional backers continue to get in their plugs. Latest to do so was Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) A post-session issue of the Congressional Record carries this plea by Dingell to seaway supporters: "Become aggressive people . . . control the blind and selfish railroad and lakes shipping interests any anyone else who stands in the way of the earliest possible completion of the tidewater pro f V- cences oi the following trade ecommended by the Scene of the crash is about 85 miles from Mon Btlanc where an Indian Air Lines plane crashed with 48 passengers No Figures on development. Farther east two regiments moved along ice-caked roads in sub-zero weather toward the Manchurian border, 30 miles away. Thermometers registered 21 degrees below zero in places. vember 3. ial assistance, police ng committee to the the city council was The Canadians, 13 of them Roman Catholic clergymen, had Bond Saving VIEW P.O.W. GRAVES Groundcrew members of the R.C.A.F. 426 Transport Squadron, flying the airlift between McChord Field, Wash., and Japan, view the graves of Canadian Army men who died as prisoners of war after the fall of Hong Kong in the Second World War. Inspecting the cemetery at Yokohama in thl s Canadian Army photo, are left to right : LAC. Andy Gardiner, Winnipeg; Sgt. ,Herve Guind on, Sudbury, Ont.; and LAC. Bertrand Garceau, Montreal. , . (CP PHOTO) Eytcheson and Orace been received by the Pope a few gram, involving the mighty St. Lawrence River.' . Laren chartered ac TMrtffpll Rniri t.hnf. lin tr nnw t.hp hours before the plane left Rome. Forty-seven of the pilgrims were from Montreal, Quebec City rr St. Lawrence project has been "Interference tion and J. Collins Mayor Makes Statement In Reply to Former City Commissioner Figures were presented by Mayor Rudderham at last night s meeting of city council to rebut the "dream and inspiration of a pitifully small group, zealous and and villages on the St. Law ors. rence River. One ot them was Iiollson room rentals determined " Is Resented pproval by the sani- He said they cannot succeed an mea?- , nk o -mi i, J The DC-4 plane Tibet War Over Now C.N.R. DEVELOPMENT Prince Rupert Figures in New Canadian National Plan had been published statements attributed to E-Commlssloner W. J. Alder. Rmiitre reported re- chartered from a Cartierville, well-financed weu imancea nroeram program is is out- out-' . . firm to th the niwima pllgrim3 Quebec, fly As at December 31, 1935, the between Montreal and Rome. city's net debenture debt was There Is no indication of what lined and backed by the united ; action of the interested states." "Money," Dingell said, "should be available to whatever extent $1,804,808.64 of which $69,215.21 communlcation from - Chamber of Com-mmending changes in iffic and parking by-inviting the Junior caused the plane to come down. was either held by the city or The matter of the arterial highway into Prince Rupert along Eleventh Avenue was brought once more to the city council s attention Monday night by Aid. George Casey. AW Casey said the highway had been completely neglected this year. He mentioned that "outside inter- i Communists to Maintain Token Force After Agreement on Peace Terms Villagers at three points m the cancelled, leaving the outstand is necessary to combat the en- ing principal debt at $1,735,- area said they heard two ex plosions and saw a "glow of fire trenched opposition. i their meeting when iered changes in the VANCOUVER The Vancouver Sun says that plans are being discussed In Montreal for a big terminal and industrial project for the Canadian National Railways on the north shore of Bur-rard Inlet. The project would be tied up with the completion of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway into Vancouver. The npw rnnte it is sniri wnnlrt nermit. nf shinment of com- "This should be a crusade, a near the mountain top after the war to protect our Interests and plane flew low over their ham RALIMPONG (CP) The struggle between Tibetans and Chinese Communists advancing into Tibet is all over, an eats" had been interfering and 593.63," the mayor s statement said. : - If the serial instalment debentures and sinking fund debentures outstanding at Dec. 31, 1935, had been allowed to run to their in defence ot our homes, our lets. Rankine clergyman aboard business Institutes, and our churches. We should give no ion Shakes was Monsienor J, Alervilte ..Bu -mo-lilies via Prince Oeoi-Re td Prince Rupert and i td Alaska.- ifj6"? quarter and ask for none. To- reau, aged 47, former dean of, -1. r.l l ! t U TH.." . various dates of maturity at canonical law at Laval Univer involved in the project. ions Plant Isity, Quebec. Another prominent their then existing rates of interest, the total interest payable from January 1, 1936. to the last morrow may be too late." What Dingell meant by "tomorrow may be too late" is a fear expressed not only by him f CiumunisJ China and Tibet had agreed on peace terms and the fighting had ceased. China will' maintain a token force in Tibet but will not interfere with the Dalai Lama. ifcw Jersey 0h A date of maturity would have 1 Blue Bombers Quebec citizen was Ulysses ue mers, professor of pharmacy at Laval. The pilot Is listed as OniHe, Alfred Ohmstead. aSed 28, of f blue flame shot 100 amounted to $669,355. The Con but others in the midwest that the steel industry (based around solidated Refunding Bylaw' of the Great Lakes) may find it 1935 for 4 interest on the sink lie air as an explosion f huge E. I. DuPont de ?lant tonight but only Mes were reported. necessary to move eastward in suggesting an alternative route along the boulevard. He said that route had nad no sanction from the council. He suggested the city clerk communicate witn the public works department at Victoria asking them to put through the arterial highway via Eleventh Avenue and reiterating the council's endorsation of the route. ' Mayor George Rudderham said there had been others "butting into" the highway project and suggesting routes other than that chosen by the council. He said the work had already been delayed a year Decause of Interference. He added that he objected to interference of that nature when the council was the elected body representing the Montreal. His co-pilot was Robert James Henderson of Willow- 'order economically to avail itself Western Winners WINNIPEG Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the right yesterday to represent the west in the Gray list shook houses and of foreign ores. " LABRADOR FACTOR Nine Degrees Of Frost Here Dipping to 23 degrees, the thermometer at Digby Island reached the coldest of the season last night. Prospects for tonight are cold and clear once more. During the night several water pipes in the city were frozen for the first time since last winter. Early Winter Taking Lives tows in Elizabeth, five Testimony disputed by anti- p It was heard as far seaway forces has been given n. 10 miles across New from here. dale, Ontario. First rescuer to reach the scene reported "nothing left but pieces of bodies." The plane had dug a hole into the rocky face of the mountain at full power. Hon. Oneslme Gagnon, provincial treasurer of Quebec, missed the flight by five minutes due to late arrival from the Rome VANCOUVER Fog, sleet and spokesman said that Ha plant blew up on i floor of one of the ing fund basis required payment of $69,423.74 per annum which for 20 years would amount to $1,388,474.80. Against this total Interest could be credited an amount of $569,384.00 which is anticipated earnings on sinking fund investments. Without crediting this interest the refunding bylaw increased interest payments over what they would have been by $719,119.80. By crediting the accumulative interest the Increased cost was $149,-735.80." The Mayor explained that he was in no sense criticizing Mr. Alder for refunding the city's bonded indebtedness but that the figures had been compiled only because of the claimed saving of $680,000 thereby. Cup final for Dominion football championship at Toronto. They rolled to an easy 29 to 6. victory over Edmonton Eskimos in the third game of the best of three final Tor the western championship. The Winnipegers will now meet on November 25 the survivor in the east of the Hamilton Tiger Cats vs Toronto Argonauts at Toronto Balmy Beach. airport. icy roads took a toll ot asatn in British Columbia during the night: , The dead are: Mrs. Alice Robertson, 45, killed in a two-car collision in Surrey, and Mrs. M. Northram, 79, of Victoria, fatally injured when. hit by a car in a blinding snowstorm. plosion buckled walls Med Plaster. Fire Chief Earl Becker was pleased with the fpresight this morning of one man who had his fire extinguisher checked before thawing out his pipes. citizens. He said the voters knew how to get rid of them if they P full night shift of did not nke what the council puieu worKers was 'n Ai,t that Lake Superior ores on which the steel industry has depended for decades are nearing exhaustion. If this proves true the alternatives are seen like this: 1. Move to the east to reap the benefits of vast deposits newly discovered in South America 2. Build the St. Lawrence seaway so that ore from yet-to-be-developed Labrador fields can be shipped cheaply to the existing mills. Dingell said in his latest plea: "I warn the people of the Great Lakes region that unless the waterway is completed soon, steel production will -shift to the east or wherever else the highest 8n'ya few minor cutsi Th. siitnrestion of Aid. Casey ps resulted. -Hnnteri and the city clerk Passengers ranged in age irom old to young, from 70 to 23 years. First report of the disaster came from Agence France-Presse which said the French-Canadian plane had crashed Into the mountains west of an AlDlne village. wgton, DuPont head- instructed to write the departed it was Just a "rou- ment ot DUblic works. Tht jackal which attacks sheep ia South Africa Is the South African counterpart of the fox. The plane was on the Rome African tribes have N about almost every In 1949 Canadian hotels had a total of 163.916 rooms, an Increase of 35,000 since 1941. 12-Year Old Wheat Champ TORONTO, ICP) Twelve year old Rickey Sharpe of Munson, Alberta, today won the Royai pi oiue. 1 , i . TODAY'S STOCKS : grade of Iron ore is delivered at IG PROSPECTORS THE WEATHER' Synopsis Cold air from the Yukon covered all of British Columbia this morning wittt overnight temperatures dropping below zero in the vicinity of Prince George. Scattered 'snow flurries have been reported at many points overnight although there was considerable clear and cold. Forecast North Coast Region Clear along the mainland and cloudy with a few showers elsewhere.. Continuing cold light northeast winds. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sandspit, 28 and 38; Prince Ru the lowest price per ton. "The steel- and other heavy (Courtesy 8. led Thousands of Miles By Winter Fair's world wheat championship. It was the first time in the history of the Fair, founded tr. 1922, that a junior has won VANCOUVER this championship. Industries dependent upon cheap water transportation, like the automobile Industry and thousand others ln the Great Lakes and inland areas, will shift in the same direction In close proximity to their basic steel supply. "It is inevitable, therefore, .02 Bayonne rom Here in Metal Search tl(i Parties of the Consolidated Mining & Mrs. Amy Kelsey of Erickson, Bralorne - 6.30 B C, who won the championsmp 2Vi .04 last yetr, placed sixth. B R Con B R X .... ri Co., operating at widely-spread points in "ea durintr the.nu&r summer, have all been Cariboo Quartz 1.05 pert 20 and 36. that Michigans Industry, the centre of which Is in the Detroit .... .07 .40 Congress Hedley Mascot Fire Hall Ramp metropolitan area with the i O v w . j 1 Wk safely during recent weeks by Neely Pend Oreille 7.95 rest To Be Inspected ... 1.95 .06 ... .VA Pioneer Premier Border , . Privateer llJ'ing exploration superintendent for JNortu-jtish Columbia, and have left for the com- '&nts at. Trail . ' The utilities committee report greatest production ln the world, must without basic materials shrivel and die. - "Our businesses and our homes, our real estate, schools and churches, too, will shrivel and die. Without the waterway Detroit will tomorrow become ihe world's biggest ghost town." rwJ 'He DeHaviland Beaver F Which I'll UiJ V... HMr ed to the city council last night Wednesday, November 15, 1950 High 5:46 18.1 feet 17:17 18.9 feet Low ... H:23 10.1 feet Ily,n many thousands for the northwest region, personally directed this party. Smaller groups which carried out exploratory work for the enmnanv durinn the season were Johnston Co. Ltd.) ' Seattle '.. M Bevcourt .. ... .42 Bobjo . 12 Buffalo Canadian .22 '2 Consol. Smelters 119.50 Con west ., 1.70 Donalda .50 Eldona : :.. .28 East Sullivan 7.95' Giant Yellowknlfe .... 6.40 God's Lake .36 Hardrock .25 Harricana .08 Heva , .08 Hosco .5'i Jacknife 514 Jollet Quebec ; , 1.04 Lake Rowan .7'4 Lapaska .4:,,4 Little Long Lac 45Va Lynx 15'2 Madsen Red Lake 45 McLeod Cockshutt .... 2.20 Moneta .33 Negus .85 Noranda 73.50 Louvicourt -18 , Pickle Crow 1-70 t Regcourt .05. San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn .22 Sherrit Gordon 2.66 Steep Rock 6.50 Sturgeon River 13 Silver Miller .88 Upper Canada 1 80 ... Golden Manitou 6.40 , far north as Fair-!aa, Into Tweedsmulr the Whether Congress eventually south and into the Reeves McDonald 3.85 Reno 2Vz Sheep Creek 1.24 Sllbak Premier : 32 Taku River 08 Vananda .9 V Salmon Gold 02 Silver Standard - 2.25 Western Uranium 1.00 Oils-Anglo Canadian 1.... 4.90 A P Con 37 Atlantic 2.50 will authorize the St. Lawrence three parties of two prospectors oopVi two of these were flown mining division ln the ls bm stored for the 11 lhe Seal Cove air project remains to be seen, but all indications are that Congress ln and out of the Tweedsmuir that, in view of complaints from the firemen regarding condition of the ramp in front of the fire hall, the engineer had been asked to inspect it and report back to the committee. The committee had authorized calling for tenders for repair to the ambulance. A request from the Civic Centre Association for additional lighting on Second Avenue and Mc-Brlde was under consideration. The committee 'recommended Park area and one was up me will treat the proposal more ser Tnifii River south of Atnn. TO REORGANIZE ELKS P. A. Miquelon of Edmonton, Dominion grand organizer for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is in the city with a view to establishing a lodge of this popular order in Prince Rupert. Such a lodge existed and flourished some years ago in the city and many of its old members are still here. 'l Dartu f u. t orwiiinn to flying these rmriioe Mr Moore carried out inrfitHriiiai flights for examina iously in the next session. Al Manson returned to the city on yesterdav afternoon's plane from a brief business trip to Van packer which operated .88 Calmont tion of properties in many parts th hinterland. One fllgn. Central Leduc 2.35 transferred for two GAME AMENDMENT The B.C. Game Department advises the following amendment has been made to the 1950-51 Game Regulations: On Graham Island, no deer shot, killed, or taken shall be exported or shipped from the said island during any other period than from September 9th to November 30th. There shall be no open season on Red Deer anywhere in the western district. 266c couver. ......... 13.75 .13 1.76 7.30 Home Oil ., . Mercury Okalta Pacific Pete accepting the tender of Fraser & Payne for supplying bedding for the. fire hall at a cost of $90.05. the lowest tender received. St- Jamel. where datert u ,4lW has extension V,r.lrt. ""a tw " Princess .- 1-58 took him as far as iu"'" via Mayo and Dawson. j With the season's exploration work completed, Mr. Moore and Dr. Whltmore are now assembling their report material and next month they wlll go to company headquarters at Trail to present the reports and make their proposal for next year. Royal Canadian .10 BASKETBALL TONIGHT Junior 6:45; Intermediate 7.30 8:45 Brownwoods vs Co-Op HOCKEY SCORES SUNDAY Pacific Coast Vancouver 4, Portland 7 Western International Nelson 5, Kimberley 4. for ame out to finJ ,her moth. A sDaXa'susedtoserv- TORONTO Athona . -H Aumaque , -28 The Hindus established principalities in Indonesia as early as the second century. jwe ,. uuncan """iJcwy geologist