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VOL.
XXXIX,
No.
294
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1950
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
COWiWlUNISTS
HELD
AT
BAY
ON
HUNGHAM
BEACHHEAD
I.WIi.J
imnii
im.
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I
1
tchikan
Winner
lakers
Badly
Beaten
pp
Opener
J1IKAN
(Special
to
Th
lews)
The
Rainmakers
Saturday
night's
bas-;ime
to
the
Polar
Bears
!
-HI
couldn't
get
through
Naval
and
Artillery
Bombardment
on
Reds
U.S.
Prohibits
China
Shipments
Economic
Sanctions
Slapped
On
Against
Communists
TOKYO
(CP)
A
fiery
bombardment
by
war-
U.S.
ENVOY
SPEAKS
Western
Powers
Warned
To
Go
All
Out
To
Help
Themselves
From
Attack
Arc
Far
From
Rendy
Now
to
Withstand
Communist
Assault
BRUSSELS
(CP)
Frank
Pace.
United
Statoa
WASHINGTON
0)
The
United
ships
and
field
artillery
today
held
at
bay
another
17
i
tions
on
communist
china
Sat-.Lhinese
uommunist
assault
on
me
unitea
iNauoru
f.
it
zone
defence
on
l'ie
urday
night,
freezing
all
I'vS'
yhl
gymnasium
floo;-.
inmakers'
shooting
was
United
States
naiuesmp
Missouri
arnveu
unsnuiu.i,
Its
16-inch
guns
and
one-ton
shells
were
a
welcome.
r
about
ten
per
cent.
nd
Ratchford
were
es-
ring
American
ships
and
planes
from
going
there.
The
state
department
said
the
freeze
on
transactions
is
to
prevent
Chinese
funds
in
the
United
1
addition
to
the
curtain
of
fire
Secretary
of
the
Army,
warned
North
Atlantic
allies
Spoor
on
their
shots.
Me-I
played
an
outstanding
r
Prince
Rupert,
turning
I
today
that
they
are
far
from
ready
to
withstand
a
States
from
being
used
against
Communist
assault
on
western
Europe.
Opening
a
shielding
the
hard-pressed
units
of
the
U.S.
10th
Corps.
Maj.
Gen.
Edward
M.
Almond,'
10th
Corps
commander,
obvious-;
ly
was
pleased
by
the
Intense
firepower
hurled
at
the
masses
two-day
meeting
of
Atlantic
defence
and
foreign
ministers
gathered
to
complete
plans
for
a
unified
the
United
Nations.
In
addition
to
barring
vessels
and
aircraft
from
all
ports
and
cities
controlled
by
Communist
China,
the
order
prohibits
them
from
loading
and
unloading
cargo
any
place
in
the
world
if
offi
of
Chinese
infantry
pressing
on
Lc
ire.
Turker
was
held
to
points
by
the
defence,
jic
was
rough
and
tumble
tout.
Irs
for
the
Rainmaker-,
latcMord
1,
Simundscn.
1,
Letourneau.
Krlst-1,
rn
Spring
8,
McChesney
to.
Blackaoy
i,
Morrison.
i
European
army,
Pace
told
Joint
Far
Reaching
Decision-
defence
chiefs
that
the
United
States
will
aid
Its
partners'
de-
ROY
DURNFORD
NOW
IN
KOREA
Major
Roy
Durnford,
who
was
rector
of
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church
here
before
he
enlisted
in
World
War
II,
is
now
in
Korea
with
the
Canadian
Army,
having
landed
there
last
week.
Major
Durnford
has
been
with
the
Army
ever
since
the
end
of
the
last
war
and
has
become
a
prominent
figure
in
the
chaplaincy
service.
He
was
in
Vancouver
recently.
s
Bears
J.
TucKer
o
Hue,
r
8,
Maddux
2,
Mirrkow-
fence
efforts
only
if
It
is
"fully
convinced"
each
country
is
doing
all
it
can
to
-help
Itself.
"The
American
people
already
have
stepped
up
their
prepared
cials
of
the
shipping
companies
or
airlines
have
any
reason
to
believe
any
of
the
go
ds
are
destined"
"directly
or
indirectly
for
Communist
China."
Handel,
the
great
composer,
wrote
the
famous
"Messiah"
In
24
days.
tler
12,
Nelson
1,
Emard
n
1.
Witnesses
Acquitted
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Supreme
Court
of
Canada,
In
a
Judgment
that
may
have
wldespreal
repercussions
in
Qirebec,
today
acquit-
UHk
the
lead
In
the
first
ness
and
plan
for
even
greater
and
were
aiiead
all
the
ond
game
will
be
played
sacrifices
in
the
next
year.
In
the
United
States
all
our
efforts
Hungnam
port
from
three
sides
"Things
are
going
just
the
waj
:
we
planned
them,"'
he
said.
"No
every
time
the
Chinese
Com-
;
munists
dig
in,
we
hit
them
with
artillery
concentrations,
m
i
x.
them
up
and
knock
them
out.
That's
something
we
have
been
unable
to
do
before.''
At
no
point
on
the
port's
de-
fence
arc
have
the
Chinese
been
able
to
punch
through.
Observ
ers
said
the
Reds
had
appa:
eatly
not
sent
many
troops
indi
the
bomb-
and
shell-shattercl
Hamhung.
It
was
abandoned
Saturday.
s,
An
estimated
25,000
Chines
pressed
against
the
beachhead
rim.
Another
estimated
75,008
were
moving
up
in
snow-mantled
hills
west
and
northwest
ol
Hungnam,
i
The
beachhead
is
the
last
Al
0"
I
--
I
f
ping
two
games
whicn
laved
at
PHrice
Ruport,
are
being
geared
tq
expedite
organization
of
our
military
(
forces
and
production
of
muni-,
tan
has
so
far
won
three
:
ted
Alme
Boucher
of
St
Joseph
Acres
of
Letters.
and
Stacks
Of
Sacks
Taxing
Postal
Workers
four
game
series.
de
Beauce,
Quebec,
on
a
charge
of
seditious
libel
arising
out
of
tions.
-'
"I
know
vou
snare
with
us
i
the
distribution
of
Jehova's
Witnesses
pamphlets.
uminum
WELL
PROTECTED
Leaving
his
piess
conference
in
the
Parliament
Buildings
In
Oltawa
Sunday,
Prime
Minister
Attlee
is
escorted
by
R.C.M.P.
Constable
Martin
and
Sergeant
Lanville.
appreciation
of
the
urgency
of
the
situation
and
the
need
for
speed
In
your
own
eflorts,"
said
Acres
of
letters
and
mountains
of
sacks
wraiting
to
strain
all
the
mail
sorters'
backs
.
.
.
that's
what
A
five-to-four
decision
of
the
court
may
mean
that
cases
against
hundreds
of
Jehovah's
(CP
photo)
j
one
seeg
jn
e
rear
0
j.yte
p0st
office
these
days.
Two
hundred
seventy-seven
pounds
of
airmail
Pace.
As
the
meeting
began
it
was
generally
agreed
i,hat
the
toughest
problem
the
ministers
face
is
either
coaxing
or
forcing
the
Germans
to
be
rearmed.
High
lied
major
position
north
of
the
Ahead
British
Columbia
roject
Approved
38th
parallel.
Witnesses
in
Quebec
will
be
dropped.
Most
of
those
charged,
like
Boucher,
have
appealed
against
charges
of
seditious
libel.
The
Witnesses
were
arrested
for
distributing
a
pamphlet
entitled
"Quebec's
burning
hate
for
alone
in
12
bags
left
Prince
Rupert
this
morning.
Yesterday
saw
30
bags
of
mail
come
in
on
the
Chilcotin
Fire
Committee
To
Go
!
To
Korea
Cease
Offers
Along
the
western
section
38,
a
prolonged
lull
on
the
U.b.
Eighth
Army
front
continued.
Iv
Ottawa
diplomatic
sources
here
agree
that
Atlantic
Pact
leaders
are
ready
to
find
a
tough
solution
for
it.
lng
met
finding
experienced
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
Camosun
brought
In
201
bags
from
the
south.
Saturday
night's
train,
from
Edmon
God
and
Christ
and
freedom
is
help.
Permanent
stairs
are
LAKE
SUCCESS
(CP)
The
United
Nations
cease-fire
committee'4
which
mcludes
Hon.
L.
B.
Pear-
the
same
of
all
Canada."
This
NCOUVER.
Ot
Both
United
States
and
Brit-
working
overtime.
Yesterday
nearly
a
complete
slaff'was
on
ton
had
'
between
450
and
500
has
given
the
go-
rlfne
&on
of-CahadaVannoWatod-ay
it
had
offered
logo
all
day
trying
to
keep
up
with
Senate
Joins
"
"
"
v
Ouster"
Vemond
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(?
Senate
and
House
of
Representative
Republicans
at
the
week-en
i
formally
condemned
Secretary
of
to
Peiping
for
direct
Korean
peace
talks
with-
Chou
sacks
from
the
east.
And
bigger
quantities
are
expected
on
all
carriers
as
the
week
progresses.
Assistant
Postmaster
R.
S.
signal
to
the
alumi-project
in
British
the
rush.
All
automatic
machin
occurred
about
four
years
ago.
Fire
of
the
Justices
ruled
that
the
pamphlet
contained
no
seditious
libel
and
held
that
Boucher,
who
had
been
sentenced
to
one
month's
Imprisonment
In
a
Quebec
court
in
1946,
should
have
been
acquitted.
In
favor
of
the
acquittal
were
Mr.
Justices
Patrick
Kerwin,
I.
C.
En-Lai,
foreign
minister
of
Communist
China.
The
disclosure
was
made
in
the
General
Assem
ery
is
being
used
to
capacity,
yet
is
still
not
able
to
cope
with
Jnbia,
according
to
a
Scherk
explained
to
the
Daily
State
Dean
Acheson
and
de
News
that
outgoing
one-cent
the
rush
fully.
"
Itch
from
Ottawa
to
One
of
the
chief
obstacle
mail
for
farther
east
than
Edmonton
stands
a
good
chance
ncouver
Province.
bly's
60-nation
political
committee
by
Pearson.
I
He
read
the
caole
which
thrfj
three
man
committee
had
sent
to
Peiping
Saturday.
The
cease!
Hon
C.
D.
Howe,
minis
of
not
being
delivered
by
Christ
West
German
Republic
to
overcome
objections
to
their
rearmament.
'
The
Germans,
not
represented
at
the
1-power
conference,
have
objected
to
joining
an
international
army
unless
they
are
invited
to
do
so
on
an
equal
basis
with
other
Atlantic
Pact
members.
Defence
Minister
Brooke
Clax-ton,
representing
Canada,
said
yesterday
that
the
Dominion
likely
will
line
up
with
Great
Britain
and
United
States
and
Sets
Up
For
Mobilization
trade
and.
commerce.
Is
I
urn
Washington
where
he
mas.
It
all
travels
by
surface
carrier-
and,
between
time
in
manded
that
he
be
fired.
By
a
vote
of
23
to
5
they
demanded
a
State
Department
"house-cleaning."
The
senators
added
a
pledge
of
co-operation
in
the
national
crisis.
However,
President
Truman
Sunday
said
he
had
complete
confidence
In
Acheson
and
would
continue
as
Secretary
of
State.
hrrangements
for
Canada
transit
and
a
reasonable
allow
kort
a
large
supply
oi
ance
for
sorting.
It
does
not
Rand,
R.
L.
Kellockm,
Wilfrid
Ester
and
C.
H.
Locke.
Against
outright
acquittal
and
in
favor
of
a
new
trial
were
Chief
Justice
Thibaudeau
Rinfret
and
Mr.
Justices
Robert
Taschereau,
John
Cartrlght
and
Oerald
Faut-eux.
fire
committee
offered
to-
meet
Chou
either
in
Peiping
or
at
any
other
place
designated
by
him.
The
cable
was
sent,
Pearson
said,
after
the
cease
fire
commit
;im
to
the
United
States.
leave
any
leaway.
All
four-cent
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
05
Pres
mail
one
ounce
or
less
sun
ident
Truman
Saturday
created
J
stands
a
good
chance
to
get
k-ys
have
been
made
lor
if
aluminum
project
In
fcmulr
Park
and
Kltlmaat.
tee
had
consulted
unofficially
through
as
it
is
carried
by
ai
approve
the
plan
to
admit
weilwith
Red
Cnina-5
envoy
erc
German
troops
to
the
interna-.
aen
Wu
Hsui-Ohuan,
and
dis-
sorters
are
meeting
Is
the
limited
space
for
parcels.
Additional
cages
have
been
added,
but
still
there
is
a
lag.
Mr.
Scherk
said
some
people
did
not
call
for
their
parcels
right
away
and
that
slowed
down
sorting,
as
there
was
no
place
to
put
parcels
when
they
were
sorted.
To
speed
up
dispensing
the
mail
a
separate
wicket
for
special
delivery
and
COD.
parcels
has
been
set
up
for
the
season.
Besides
relieving
the
general
delivery
wickets
of
time-wasting
entries,
It
also
helps
speed
up
delivery
of
special
delivery
and
C.O.D.
articles.
Mr.
Scherk
said
he
thought
the
mails
were
heavier
than
last
year,
but
that
no
definite
check
could
be
made
until
later
in
the
week.
tlonal
army.
'covered
he
had
no
authority
to
a
new
office
of
defence
mobilization
to
"direct,
control
and
co-ordinate
all
mobilization
activities."
Its
director
will
be
Charges
E.
Wilson,
president
of
General
Electric
Co.
In
an
Interview
the
Canadian
Prepaid
air
mail
has
priority
over
other
mall
lor
air
travel.
The
post
office
has
received
authorization
lor
an
increase
of
11
in
its.
staff
for
the
Christmas
rush
but
some
difficulty
is
be-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
Bus
Down
Mountain
negotiate
a
peace.
Pearson
said
no
reply
had
yet
been
received
from
Peiping.
Ltd.)
8.
P.
Johnston
Co.
(t'ourte7
defence
minister
stressed
Xhe
Dominion's
part
In
the
over-all
Atlantic
defence
program
-will
be
to
lend
material
rather
than
manpower
contributions.
A
report
from
Ottawa
Saturday
said
that
there
is
a
good
VANCOUVER
I
Miraculously
Few
Were
Hurt
Near
Grand
Forks
Yesterday
possibility
that
Canada
will
send
an
air
lighter
wing
oi
tnree
squadrons
to
Europe.
READIES
FOR
WAR
Canada
increases
Fighting
Forces,
War
Threat
Grows
By
DOUGLAS
HOW
,
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
past
year
worked
major
upheavals
in
both
the
constitution
and
the
concept
Five-Cent
Coffee
Paying
Off
Well
MONTREAL
Two
local
commercial
men
have
discovered
that
price
cutting
pays.
Since
they
started
nickel
coffee
they
can
hardly
keep
up
with
the
rush.
"We're
making
three
times
what
we
used
to."
said
Sid
Barol-sky.
"And
we
serve
coffee,
bacon
and
eggs
and
toast
for
a
quarter."
Toast,
coffee
and
marmalade
costs
fifteen
cents.
Pacific
Pete
8.80
Princess
1-27
Royal
Canadian
-
.09
TORONTO
Athona
07a
Aumaque
23
Beattie
9
Bevcourt
Bobjo
12
Buffalo
Canadian
21
C.
M.
&
S
i
124.00
Conwest
.
I-85
Donalda
-40
Eldona
-
22
East
Sullivan
7.25
Giant
Yellowknife
5.90
The
squadrons
would
be
equipped
with
F-86
Sabre
Jets
the
world's
fastest,
with
top
speed
of
670
miles
an
hour.
(Sabres
scored
a
victory
yesterday
over
Russian-built
Jets
in
their
first
combat.)
Air
Transports
In
Collision
GRAND
FORKS
P
A
Calgary-
i
bound
bus
jammed
with
between
(
40
and
50
persons
left
the
road
yesterday
and
rolled
400
feet
down
the
mountainside.
Only
five
persons
were
hospitalized.
Serious
Injuries
were
few
be-3
cause
the
bus
was
crowded,
police
said.
If
it
had
not
been,
passen-,
gers
would
have
been
tossed
violently
in
the
wild
ride
down:
the
mountainside.
Police
said
most
of
those
AhnarH
t.hp
West
Canada
Orev-
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2.10
mont
68
A
E
7.50
fctral
Leduc
2.01
fie
Oil
v
1300
alta
1.65
port
planes
collided
in
mid-air
of
Canada's
peacetime
armed
forces.
over
Touranne,
Indo-China,
kill-
The
counter
is
to
have
more
stools.
ing
30
French
troops,
Agence,hound
werfi
tt.b.C.
students,
nn
'
Manpower
ceilings
became
academic.
The
celebrated
nucleus
theory
was
submerged
and
all
but
f
orgetten.
The
belief
Canada
would
do
well
to
protect
France
Presse
reported
,
lrom
holidays
and
bound
for
out-of-Saigon
tonight.
town
homes.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Mild
Pacific
air
continues
to
Ood's
Lake
-
34
f
Hardrock.
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5
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herself
gave
way
to
a
larger
oi-
"ficlal
belief
that
she
must
also
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kjiiirjMirr
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riiAH
.
vision
at
defence
headquarters
and
its
subordinate
commands
and
formations
was
revolution
cover
all
of
Britisn
colu'ula
except
for
the
extreme
northern
portion
where
Arctic
air
is
keep
be
prepared
to
send
forces
to
man
the
ramparts
of
freedom
abroad.
It
was
the
year
extra-tefritor-iality
came
into
view
at
defence
ing
the
temperature
below
zero
T.vnx
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I
NANMJH
3
iniHA
MlUr
ized.
Korea
was
the
key
that
changed
it.
A
cabinet
that
could
see
no
alternative
authorized
the
This
general
situation
is
expect
HOCKEY
SCORES
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Sunday
Montreal
7,
Chicago
3
Toronto
4,
Boston
2
New
York
3,
Detroit
3
Saturday
Detroit
4,
Boston
1
Montreal
1,
New
York
1
Chicago
3,
Toronto
2
PACIFIC
COAST
Sunday
Seattle
5,
Vancouver
2
Portland
3,
Victoria
3
Saturday
Tacoma
2,
PorUand
0
Seattle
3,
New
Westminster
3
WESTERN
INTERNAT.
Sunday
Spokane
8.
Klmberley
1
Saturday
Spokane
7,
Klmberley
5
MAINLAND-OKANAGAN
Saturday
Nanaimo
8,
Kerrlsdale
3
Kamloops
7,
Vernon
2
INTER.
LEAGUE
Kamloops
7,
Vernon
2
Kelowna
5,
Trail
5
ed
to
persist
for
the
next
couple
of
days.
j
headquarters
and
all
three
forces
I
Another
weather
disturbance
transformation.
Recruiting
was
Intensified.
were
placed
on
active
service
so
musical
From
a
leisurely
pace
that
had
I
ARIETY
SHOW
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.01
McKenzie
Red
Lake
40
McLeod
Cockshutt
2.00
Moneta
Negus
-
Noranda
"
Louvicourt
Pickle
Crow
Regicourt
San
Antonio
-
Senator
Rouyn
!
Sherrltt
Gordon
280
Steep
Rock
83
Sturgeon
River
Silver
Miller
is
moving
northward
along
the,
coast
and
is
expected
to
bring
some
light
rain
to
the
Vancouver
Island
and
Lower
Mainland
districts
later
today.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
today
and
tomorrow.
Little
cnange
in
temperature.
Winds
southeast,
15
brought
47,000
men
into
the
three
forces,
it
was
gingered
tip
to
put
the
total
beyond
62,000
at
year's
end.
The
manpower
ceiling
ahead
was
69,000
but
cabinet
indicated
that
was
purely
academic,
that
the
drive
was
on
and
would
stay
on
until
the
crisis
cooled.
New
units
were
formed..
The
pace
of
production
for
new
fighter
planes,
new
warships
that
servicemen
could
be
retained
as
long
as
the
government
wanted
them
and
sent
where
crisis
needed
them.
There
were
two
main
reasons
behind
this
upheaval.
Both
stemmed
from
the
same
source
Russia.
The
orignial
one
was
the
Atlantic
Pact
and
its
movement
towards
Integrating
western
defence.
The
second,
the
far
more
dynamic
one,
was
Korea.
Korea
picked
up
the
relatively
JOB'S
DAUGHTERS
CIVIC
CENT1E
i
8:15
Tonlghl
To
the
Travelling
Public
NOTICE
is
hereby
given
that
the
Northern
Trans-Provincioi
Highway
from
Skeena
to
Terrace
is
officially
closed
to
traffic
due
to
snow
conditions
and
will
remain
closed
until
further
announcement
(Signed
l.
K.
SMITH.
Divisional
Engineer,
Department
of
Public
Works,
Province
ofBrltlsh
Columbia.
1.61
miles
per
hour.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
38
and
48.
Unoer
Canada
!ului
'5c
StuJents
50c
6.10
Golden
Manitou
MAHSON
S
JEWELLERS
slow
movement
towards
western
military
unity
and
turned
it
Into
a
whirlwind
of
activity.
Korea
also
made
demands
of
its
own
LOCAL
TIDES
Tuesday,
December
19,
1950
was
sharply
moved
ahead.
Ai
new
government
agency
was
:
formed
to
handle
the
tremend-
ous
construction
Job
that
lay!
ahead
to
build
the
barracks,
the
;
schools,
the
homes
to
handle
the
j
influx,
to
build
the
radar
sta-!
(Continued
on
page
6
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Your
Shopping
Convenience
that
touched
all
three
Canadian
armed
forces
and
changed
High
9:51
19.2
feet
22:50
18.2
feet
Low'
3:25
9.2
feet
18:38
6.5
feet
Open
Every
Nile
Till
10
p.m
them.
The
whole
tempo
and