rn 1 I - DISPATCHED CABS 0 Doily Delivery Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at CnnnJn'. C..-4. "P;... D.. & l. . ... . VOL xxxix Nn o; r uuiiw r Kv.i, in ixey to rn ureat Northwest" NO- 287 PRINCE RUPERT , B.C.. . SATURDAY TWIKMRFR Q 1Qin f nvjs UJ!rM i L RUN THE CITY ?w rata Mail Are Junior Citizens Take Over Next Week hundred and four students from Booth al High School will be "taking over" the city National Emergency Gov't Board Snubbed To Maintain Price Boosts . Reds Attack British Tug HONG KONG (CP) Chinese Communist shore batteries No Further Interruptions-Diesel Plant Is Producing Thomas B. Black, general manager of the Northern British Columbia Power Co., was beginning to "see daylight" in the latest "electric light" crisis today. ' Barring further unforeseen difficulties and with DETROIT &) General Motors lesday. That is the number of applicants who aced intfie Future Citizens Day drive by the uncil." Add to that the mayor, eight alder-U a city clerk and there are 114 students who prince Rupert that day. All but two of the positions made fin the city by businessmen and others have been filled, jobs were assigned by the "city council" from applications jfients, which were read by the "city clerk" and voted on jfcouncil." Applications were written In the same manner on applying for a position In any office or department. f of the better applications have been saved for the Junior I of Commerce scrap book. I'clty council" Is now busily engaged getting committee and Ford last night rejected a government request to rescind price boosts on 1951 model cars. Both companies said that the request from the Economic Stabilization Administration was "Impractical" and added that they a little more patient co-operation from the public Declorotion May Be Mode by Truman WASHINGTON, DC. W Defence Secretary George Marshall said today that President Truman "is seriously considering the announcement of a declaration of national emergency." Marshall told reporters this as he emerged from a three-hour closed door session with the Senate appropriations committee. The committee Is considering the latest request for nearly $18,000,000 additional defence funds. Marshall refused to say whether he had made a recommendation to Truman for the declaration of an emergency nor did he go Into details of what such a declaration would cover. were "disturbed that such a re until things are running smooth- Eight Die in Chicago Fire CHICAGO W Eight persons, including seven member of one family, perished today as fire swept a four-storey tenement building on a South Side negro district. Mrs. Mary Mason, aged 34, Identified her husband, Jacob, 38, their five children, and her sister, Mrs. Louedna Simon, now at the county morgue. An eighth body was identified as that of Mrs. Thelma Elizabeth Dlvens. petitions, motions, etc., In order for their forthcoming quest was made." The new price tags are $60 to $80 more than 1950 General Junior City "Council" consists of: ly, Mr. Black Indicated this afternoon that it was now hoped to maintain full or nearly full supply without Interruptions. The improvement in the situation since yesterday, the harassed power company chief said, Motors models. Fords are up $87.50 to $165. near Hong Kong today fired on the British tug Allegiance and injured two men, according to a message sent to the tug's owners, the Moller Co. The tug was not damaged seriously and was proceeding to Hong Kong. British Order For Plywood v VANCOUVER W British Columbia plywood manufacturers reported yesterday an order for 15,000,000 square feet from Britain to be shipped In 1951. s1 Price varies from $100 to $300 per 1000 square feet. - The total order amounts to $3,000,000. It represents about a month's production for the British Columbia plywood industry. China Would Quit Fighting LAKE SUCCESS TO Sir Bene-gal N. Rau of India said today layor Oordon Oraham jfcldermen Victor Brain, Nancy Hill, Sharl Ingalls, Rena Ingram, Ross Ingram. Jerry Prockter, Margaret Strachan, pona Webster. ' king is a list of the positions offered In the city and the who wlU fill them prepared by "City Clerk" Iona Hardy: miC SERVICES - ! was due to certain repairs which jhad been made to increase pro- Old Country :: Football :: iitrt: kl director -Danny Mc- 1 director Muriel Sunlst Judith Nilson. aucuon ai me ary aocK,sieam plant and the bringing In this afternoon of the first 800-kilo-watt unit of the new diesel plant at the dry dock. The diesel plant started producing power today on a Ugh; breaking-ln basis. Meantime C. Bussey arrived yesterday by plane from Vancouver. Foreman of a crew of high tower men, the rest of whom were due today, Mr. Bussey will commence repair of tha that General Wu Hslu-Chuan of Communist China had told him that the Peiping government wants to stop the fighting In Korea as "quickly as possible." Wu" also said that Peiping Is giving careful consideration to the peace appeal by thirteen Asian and Middle East nations. Report of Rau's conversations with Wu, ambassador for Red China, in Manhattan was Issued by Rau after he told his fellow I secretary Conrad and. 1 supervisor Mae New- War in Korea Scottish League Div. "A" Rangers 2, Morton 0 Aberdeen 4, Motherwell 2 Airdrieonians 1, Partick Thistle 2 Clyde 1, Raith Rovers 0 East File 1, Dundee 3 Hearts 4, Falkirk 2 St. Mlrren 0, Celtic 0 Third Lanark 1, Hibernian 2. English League, Dir. I Arsenal 4, Blackpool 4 Burnley 2, Bolton Wanderers 0 . Chelsea 2, Fulham 0 Everton 1, Derby County 2 Huddersf leld Town 2, Manches BETTER RADIO Central Interior To Have Booster Stations Shortly Central interior district is to receive almost immediately long-sought radio booster stations to carry the programs of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and improve the reception for the listeners in the heretofore air-isolated areas between Prince Rupert and Prince George. ;uprrt Hrallh Unit: l-Joyce 8chcrk, Joan Asian "and Middle East delegates about the meeting. The thirteen delegates will meet again Monday, Rau said. high line across the Skeena River which was first swept by gale winds and then brought down by the silver thaw of freez 'Dunkerque' Is Planned i - l Trapped United Nations Forces Fighting Desperately For Sea Escape Traffic Laws According to word received by ter United 3 Middlesbrough 7, Charlton Athletic 3 ing rain, cutting off the city's principal source of power the Falls River hydro-electric plant The city Is now getting power from Shawatlans hydro plan1,, dry dock steam plant and the new diesel plant. E. T. Applewhalte. MP. for At Ottawa- Newcastle United 1, Wolver Are Affected TOKYO Greatly outnum rapher Louise Mac- lid. ry assistants Larry ipws, Fred Christensen. luprrt Daily News: -Gloria Irving, m Russell Morrison, era Stalker. Mng manager Eliza-Martin, ktmships: fapher Clair Ritchie. Tiwnt " InsArance Of- t Ronald Rhodes, (mpnt otflccr Marjorie frsall. 1 officer Joan Smith. Kinships: rapher Sheila Bennett, nes: bered Allied Tenth Corps troops hampton Wanderers 1 Portsmouth 1, Liverpool 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1, Totten . ham Hotspur 1. , Stoke City 1, Aston Villa I ; ' battled, 100.000 Chinese . Communists and 'a blizzard blast today in the new hope of rescue 37 Dead In West Bromwich Albion 3, Sun and evacuation by I sea from ' Parklfig"Slgns "Appear-No Third Avenue Turn ' The long-awaited traffic signs tc cover bylaws passed by the city council early in the fall have now been installed. They Rate clerk Gertrude Welck. Wire chief Dick Nlckerson. Linesmen Jim Traynor and Don Letghton. Engineer's Department: City engineer Penlo Peneff. Water works superintendent-Cecil Wing. Engineering superintendent W. J. Toderas. Sewer and roads superintendentDennis Waters. ' Civic Administration: Magistrate Olen Saunders. Police Department: Sergeant Roy Pedersen. Corporal Carol Moorehouse. Constables Keith Young and George Sheardown. INDUSTRY Canada Packers: Manager Bill Donaldson. Stenographer Irene Morgan. North West Construction Co.: "Assistant field superintendents Peter Harvey, Matthew Sedgwick. -' Imperial OH Co.: Clerk Roald Feness. Shell Oil Co.: Clerk Harold Paulson. Standard Oil Co.: Clerk Gerry Dodd. Thorn Sheet Metal Co.: Sheetmetal worker Rex Dickson. BUSINESS Wallace's Departmental Store: Manager lsabelle Taylor. Capitol Theatre: Manager Doreen Paul. Cashier Nellie Pavich. Orme's Drugstore: Clerks Gael McRae, Oayle Leeman. Balagno Florests: Cierk Madeline Youngman. Bank of Montreal: Clerks Richard Kilborn, Alice Paulson . Kaien Hardware: Clerks Verna Oraham, Joan Littler. Dibb Printing Co.: Printer David Cook. Clerk Arthur Smith. S. D. Johnston & Co.: Plane Crash northeast Korea. A force of mort than 20,000 United States Marines and infantrymen and a few British commandos was reported 8keena, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has accepted the idea In principal and it Is stated that construction of the booster stations will start almost immediately." ' " - "However," Mr. Applewhalte commented, "I do not think the construction will start before the end of the year." Mr. Applewhalte has not been Informed as yet as to the points where the stations will be located. The Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia and constituent boards, with Mr. Applewhalte, have been for years advocating such stations as a means of improving radio service. Terrace, Hazel ton, Smithers, Burns Lake and Van-derhoof have been mentioned as points where there should be such booster stations. will be enforced beginning the first of the week. The signs call 'for 15 minute rapher Dolores Jones, operator Ron Krykly- on the verge of reinforcing aid from a rescue column pushing Inland. Reuters News Agency quoted front line reports as saying that trapped United States Marines and infantrymen along with the British commandos Atttee Is In Canada Meeting With Dominion Cabinet This Afternoon ' OTTAWA 'Prime Minister C. R. Attlee landed here at 11:46 this morning (Eastern Standard Time) for Important talks on the perils of Koiea and the drive to build up western strength. Prime Minister L. S. St. Laurent led in a formal, distinguished greeting at Rockcliffe airport as Mr. Attlee stepped down from his Royal Canadian Air Force transport plane after a 90-mln-ute flight from New York. Behind the two Prime Ministers artillerymen fired nineteen rounds and a 100-man Royal Canadian Air Force guard of honor snapped to attention. parking in front of the city hall and the liquor, store in addition to both sides of the street in Magnus Ekolfson. engineer Melv In front of, the post office. There is one hour parking along Third Avenue from McBrlde west to derland 1 ' Division Z Birmingham City 3, West Ham United 1 Burv 2, Brentford 1 Cardiff City 1, Leeds United 0 ' , Chesterfield 2, Southamnton 3 Coventry City 4, Luton Town 1 Grimsby Town 4, Swansea Town 2 Leicester Citv 1, Barns-ley 2 Manchester City 5, ShefHelid United 3 Notts County 2. Hull City 2 Preston Nrth End 6, Doncas-te Rovers 1 Queens Park Rangers 3, Blackburn Rovers 1 Spy Sentenced Gold Gets e. ' linked up with rescue troops. . Vice-Admiral C. Turner Joy, United States naval commander, iess Janet Rackow. Sixth Street. DC-4 Transport Comes Down In African Tropical Jungle LEOPOLD VILLE, Belgian Congo W A DC-4 transport plane, carrying fifty Senegalese soldiers and a crew of seven, crashed today in the jungle ten miles from Bangui, French Equitorial Africa. Reports reaching here said that thirty-seven soldiers perished. Unofficial Information indicated that sixteen survivors three crew members and thirteen soldierswere In hospital at Bangui. No trace has been found of the other three members of the crew. Affairs Office: The "no left turn" from Mc- told war correspondents on the Iraphers Allan Shep- Bride Street on to Third Ave Marna Mark. nue west will be strictly m Customs Office: pis officers Perry York, The signs ordered when th bylaws were passed have been a long time in arriving and have Koyama. Department: northeast front that his ships were standing by off the port of Hungnam on the Sea of Japan ready for any eventuality. This, apparently, meant that a "Little Dunkerque" withdrawal for Allied ground fighters was betng considered for those who could battle their way out. There was little ground activ Iman Louella MacDon- been the cause for considerable Authoritative sources said that comment In council meetings. (er George Williamson. Attlee will go Into consultation operator Nell McAra. with the Canadian cabinet this KNadla Beketov. afternoon in what will be to con r t mrr yrrin nrrtAiTro ity in the northwest except for p-nt of Fisheries: 30 Years PHILADELPHIA ffi Harry slderabte degree an extension of .. I I V' I I f K S -John Ketcheson and woe Sankcy.- (Courtesy 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) pus Lines: Gold, research chemist, was to Silenced By Power Lack Civic Election Speakers Left Standing at "Mike" Nature played her hand in opposing civic politics last night. Her mysterious eye watched a battery of ten aldermanlc candidates line up In the Prince Ru pert radio station to lay "their planks for city council elections. The Junior Chamber of Commerce, with President Jeff Hill and Hugh McKenzle, introduced the first candidate. Darrow Gomez. Nine othe prospective al Alfred Blackaby. patrol encounters. United Nations forces continue to withdraw south of Pyongyang and improve divisional position. In London the British Admiralty said that the Canadian spreadheaded withdrawal by sea of 7000 wounded and civilian I-Anne Williams. Clerks Roberta Paul, Margit n National Railways: tintendent Stanley refugees from the Pyongyang conversations he held this week with President Truman. Settihgllp Ship Pool MONTREAL O! Hon. Lionel Chevrier, minister of transport, said last night that a defence shipping authority had been established "designed essentially day sentenced to twenty years' Imprisonment as the self-confessed courier of an atomic bomh spy ring a crime which he told the court was "a terrible mistake." Gold was sentenced to two terms of thirty years each to run concurrently. He was charged with espionage In wartime which carries a maximum penalty of death. area was "one of the most hazardous naval operations of the Korean war." MacArthur. Prince Rupert Hotel: Desk clerk Evelyn Smith. Bill Scuby Furs: Clerk Jean Chesher. George Cook's Jewellers Ltd. Clerks Dorothy Marshall and Jean Olbb. Rrnwn woods: dermen held their breath ready Exports To Korea Out to make the most of the allotted minutes. Wetting his lips for a criticism irdal. t agent Maurice Kaar- Rupert General Hospital: N secretary Alvin Mac-f pn Marjorie Way. histrator Bill Clarke. Station CFPR: ker-willlam J. Evans. Itor John Antrobus. luncer Lawrence Krlst- Irter Diane Gilker. Partment: Shief Rod Robinson, "en R0y Webber, Paul frobus, Robert Woods, Al-predheim, BUI Dickson, Young. lurer Marcel Helgerson. Sntant James Marshall. ne Denarlment against the Prince Rupert power company, was Harold Whalen, for the allocation of shipping In wartime." Mr. Chevrier told the Grunt Club, made up of shipping and transportation executives that this body has "no bearing on peacetime activities of the in the next candidate to speak al The federal government recommended 25 years in prison. THE WEATHER Synopsis Mild Pacific air covers all but ihe northeastern section of the province and theTe is no Indication that any change In the weather at "present prevailing over the province can be expectei within the next two days. Forecast Bevcourt - -45 Bobjo .12 Buffalo Canadian .23 Consol. Smelters 127.00 Conwest .'. 1JB0 Donalda 44V'2 Eldona 22V2 East Sullivan 6.95 Giant Yellowknife 5.85 God's Lake 38 Hardrock ' .21 Harricana .6'2 Heva 6V2 Hosco .'. .5'4 Jafknife 05 Joliet Quebec 76 Lake Rowan ... .06 Lapaska 4V2 Little Long Lac ..: 47 Lynx 12 Madsen Red Lake 2.00 McKenzle Red Lake 39 McLeod Cockshutt 2.05 Moneta . .35 Negus 68 Noranda 68.50 Louvlcourt -- 18 Pickle Crow 161 Regcourt -43i San Antonio 2.30 Senator Rouyn 20 Sherrit Gordon 2.93 Steep Rock 6.05 Silver Miller .82 Upper Canada 1 68 Golden Manitou 5.70 VANCOUVER Bayonne 02 Bralorne 6.00 B R Con .02 B R X .04 Congress 08 Hedley Mascot 42 Pend Oreille 7.50 Pioneer 1.75 Premier Border 07 Privateer 06 Reeves McDonald .: 4.00 Reno 02 Sheep Creek 1.27 Sllbak Premier .28 Vananda .09 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley 03 Silver Standard 2.00 Western Uranium 85 Vi Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.50 A P Con 32 Atlantic 2.15 Calmont : 69 Central Leduc 2.05 Mercury 11 Va Okalta 1.60 Pacific Pete 6.80 Princess 1.27 Royal Canadian 8l2 Royalite 12.00 Athona 7V2 Aumaque 23 Beattle .51 ter Mr Gomez. But Mr. Gomez had just warm Clerks Margaret Keays, Marie Skalmerud. Watts & Nlckerson: Clerk Klyoko Tanaka. Wm. F. Stone: Clerk Don Prevqst. 99 Taxi Co.: Joyce Pottle. Teachers: Benita Wlndle, Edith Johnston, Jerry Ford. P.E. teacher; Etljel Moorehouse, P.E. All these students will meet their "Future Citizen's Day" employers or counterparts on Mon dustry" and expressed hope that ed up on the Inadequacy of city lighting, when the lights weni out. The power stopped. The ten "the international situation will not deteriorate to such an extent that H will be necessary to make use of the defence shipping authority." North Coast Region Cloudy OTTAWA Minister of Trade and Commerce C. D. Howe today announced suspension of all export permits to Korea, Communist China and Hong Kong. All outstanding permits are to be recalled for revalidation. Mr. Howe said In a statement that the move had been taken In view of uncertain conditions In the Far East and tightening up of United States export controls on all domestic and in transit shipments to those territories. Suspension by the Canadian government will continue until the situation Is clarified, Howe said. Discussions on the situation are now going on among Canadian and United States government authorities. fr'ntendent Harold Eids- with rain, showers this after noon and Sunday. Mild. South The minister said the authority had been set up at a recent meeting in Washington of an agency established under the North Atlantic treaty of which day, DecemDer , w " to starting time, structions as chboard supervisor An.ia easterly winds.t 20 mph except southeast (35) off north coast aldermanic candidates were left sitting in the dark after another of the city's recent power cutoffs. As listeners Immediately phoned CFPR, radio station manager, Clarence Insulander, lighted candles. He promised listeners, aldermen and the sponsors of the program, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, another trial at CFPR over the air from 8:00 to 8:30 tonight. That is, if dame electricity doesn't act up. i etc. Vancouver Island. Lows tonight and highs Sunday at Port Har Canada was a member. It was set up mainly for emergency. Mr. Chevrier said. dy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 40 and 47 Canada would have 95 ships available for a pool. They are under United Kingdom registry. USTEN TO LABOR ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES GRIFFITHS - GOMEZ OVER CFPR Monday, December II . NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS Our store will be closed from Dec. 11 to Jan. 2 for staff holidays. EDWARD LIPSETT LTD. HOCKEY SCORES Pacific Coast Vancouver 4, Seattle 4 (tie) Tacoma 4. Victoria 1 Mainline-Okanagan Trail 6, Kerrlsdale 2 Western International Kimberley 5, Nelson 3 THE NEW 5 and 10 OPENS TUESDAY Seven Killed In Car Smash MONSON. Mass. W A three-far smash on a rain-swept highway killed seven persons and Injured five others critically today. Sunday, December 10, 1950 High 2:00 20.6 feet - 13:37 24.0 feet; ' Low 7:38 7 4 feet! 20:23 0.5 feet I Time 6:15 p.m.