PROVINCIAL LIBERT, 113 VICTORIA, B. C. w PROVING! y 152 DISPATCHED mo if 0IU.1ES DRUGS' . Daily. Delivery ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Princ Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" phone n VOL.-XXXIX, NO. 181 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS puling Pnn-- c F p - . mm )S Sftiil : Filnl6inlg , Km Crgrd to be Ready kenry UN Flag at Armed Forces Headquarters In Tokyo I The fifty-sixth an- n r 4 L, f the accounting t A Attempts To Sidetrack Korean Issue Beaten Off By Majority Vote the Association oi ilroads was brought he Chateau Laurier Ly with a warning v. t Chairman r ..... V 1 sum, vice-presiaeni m and Maine and V: ral railroads, mat i A ! ' V I L ' J 1- - j r o' r v - be physically strong Lrially strong and in make the sort oi Hl enahle them to I LAKE SUCCESS(CP) Russia was reported ready today to demand that Communist North China be invited to take part in the United Nations debate orf the Korean conflict. The report came from a usually well-informed quarter as the security council prepared to come to grips with the Korean question equipment they spoke just before ity was adopted as e 19!)1 annual meet-new board of uni j . Fierce Battle after beating a three-day Rus-jj.an attempt, to sidetrack the I Issue. Western diplomat.'? are expected ta offer vigorous op-I position to any move to bring ted. They are I. V roller of the Norfolk I the North Koreans to the Railway, Rounoke chairman; J. W president of the FIRST ARRIVALS Twenty-seven French air ca dets, first of 100 aircrew from various European countries, will be trained at London, Ont,, by the R.C A.F. as -art of Canada's contribution under terms of the Atlantic Pact. Five of them are shown here chatting with M. Morton, French consul at Toronto (In civilian clothesi, anil S'jdn.-Ldr. J. F. M. Bell, commanding officer at Toronto's manning depot, on his left. From ; left to right the cadets are: Cnl. I. Simon, Capt. H. D Salaberry, conducting officer; Cpl. A. Ev rat. Cpl. M. Lcnux, Cpl. M. Srgla, and Cpl. J. M. Dubois The course will fast two months. . " (CP Photo) Americans Trying To council table. Yesterday the security -oun Pt. Paul and Paciilr rago, the first vice ! cil, by a vote of 8 to 1, approved i the American pian to discuss Imert Halt, onin Pennsylvania Rail- the Korean situation before the 1 recognition of Communist elphla, the second n, and E. R. Ford. Hold Korea fhlno nnceia untoH a'roirwt- onH m, the permanent Canadian '"--:.", Help v-:f": Korea To Get Ground Force Yugoslavia and India abstained. Tnere was a heated exchange Miniature Crime Wave i Lines Further Short-! between Jakob Malik, represent- General Douglas MacArthur (right), commander of the armed forces acting in behalf ot the United Nations to restore the peace In Korea, shakes hands with the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General J. Lawtoa Collins, after receiving the blue-and-white U.N. flag (center) which once flew over the headquarters of the U.N. Mediator in Palestine. The flag was sent to General MacArthur by UJJ. Secretary -General Trygve Lie, who expressed hope that it . would fly until peace is restored in Korea. General Lawton Collins brought it to Tokyo. V . .... I . ii A r s urnPnM rned Before Embattled Austin of the united states ulurne of traffic Is achieve the great-r because the rail chine. Is set up an' ! nia firiarrrnii nf O rrrrrncsririw In Pusan the Korean war. (production of nvi- Two Boys In Custody after Series of Entries A miniature crime wave struck Prince Rupert Wednesday night when D. & S. Groceteria, Junc TOKYO (Saturday) American forces are The session of the Council adjourned today for the n," said Mr. Olacy. h work to do there 'irtatbn aRf ncy on Announcement Of Special Session Of Parliament Expected Monday OTTAWA (CP) Prime Minister L. S. St. Laurent is expected to announce on Monday that a special Canadian force of ground troops will be raised fonservice in Korea and that Parliament will be recalled to ratify the move, This was learned United States Starting Work jhrt compare with the battling to hold their toe- tion of First, Second and Third i ustry in all-round Avenues, and an emergency car on the Canadian National Rail hold in South Korea and stopped strong Communist units in their all-out rfrive fnr the few remaining He added, however, of traffic Is not ie traffic must yit1'.; will make It po;-rallroads not on.v their costs but to On Making 01 Hydrogen Domb ' WASHINGTON, D.C. Fi Senator Brian McMahon (Democrat, Connecticut) confirmed today that a contract was being negotiated with the Dupont Company of Wilmington, Delaware, for work an the hydrogen bomb. - . ; ' In a guarded statement earlier this week the Atomic Energy reliably today, , . . miles to Pusan today.' A United J ;ir and reasonable States counter attack turned the tide of battle. , pstment. Could Go To Korea LjperatliMi .... r'mire way were entered and robbed, a naval row boat was stolen from Its moorings and the cabin of Alex Mitchell at McNicholl Creek across the harbor was broken Into. Two youths are being held by city police charged jointly on two county erf "breaking, entry and theft, one charge of stealing a row boat and one charge of breaking and "entering. The boys, about 14 years old, were arrested yesterday. From the groceteria were taker, money, cigarettes, gum, chocolate bars and 1 canned goods. ion from manage-i this rrspect tf manaRemcnt In the Further step to buttress home defences are also anticipated. . " Cabinet ministers have been ;nsldern the -; dispatch - to Korea of anything up to a brigade group of 5.000 men but the force authorized will not likely be that large. It will probably be In the thousands, possibly 3.000 to 1000 strong. ' It U considered unlikely that the government will mention fcorjjtTvsr.ion hlrited, a much, but id not-pcmcaUy; say that, negotiations were under way7 Vf- 1 ' 5 ' McMahon, chairman of the Senate-House of Representatives Atomic Energy Committee, made his statement to reporters. He said that the purpose of the-contract was "to further the progress of the hydrogen bomb project." jQeneraJ . Douglas Mac Arthur's headquarters, in a summary, said that 600 enemy dead were counted on one front alone since Thursday. ' The enemy are bringing up reinforcements as rapidly as they sustained losses, It was stated. ' The battle of men and tanks s MITCHELL,. FUNERAL OTTAWA State funeral service for (he late Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, minister of labor, is beinr held this afternoon. (It will be broadcast at 1:40 to 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight time). MORE U.S. RESERVES 'parlment "is the affairs,' 'the retl, i said. Individual blindness may well OTTAWA Two armored regiments and an alrbarne brigade group of three Infantry regiments with supporting arms and services comprise Canada's active ground troop lighting forc today. If called on these are the ground units which could see Korean action: Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment armored) Calgary. - any specific figure but simply Entry was made breaking a win re an Inefficient department exists Hie help and guld-department in ac- Five Dead In Boa! Mishaps sav that volunteers will be in the Red etrort io tnrow uie Americans out of Korea roared cn the other approaches to Pu- WASHINGTON The United Slates Army announced today dow. From the auxiliary emergency car bedding was taken. Nearly all goods have been roujht for a special force. It would probably emerge as a mixture of veterans, regulars i-preting the figures san today. It was abut 40 miles that it will call out 63,000 ind-west of the United States sea- ividual reservists during Sep- The loot from the groceteria was hidden in caches along the uerprise such as a (1 be in a state of ilza ton. PKKPAREI) ntiiR officers also bert S. Henry, vice. A rash or fishing boat mishaps on the west coast today had left five men dead, missing or Injured and two boats on the bottom. Altogether, fiye flsing vessels allowed to volunteer and of youngsters who missed the last war. -.-. . OTTAWA Prime Minister St. Laurent, emerging from a 3Vj port base on the southeastern tember and October "with or tip of the peninsula. Heaviest j without their consent" for 21 fighting was around the village, months' duty. They will be of Wongbun, ten miles east ofj used principally to bring the the Red held rubbled city ofr national guard and organized highway to Pprt Edward. An Royal Canadian Dragoons (armored) Petawawa. Royal Canadian Regiment 'infantry' Petawawa. ; , ;' .,'' Royal 22nd Regiment (Infantry) Quebec City. Princess Patricia's Canadian LlRht Intanti.' Calgary.. . nouncement of the burglaries was withheld by police until after the reserve units to full strength. ''lie relations, of the , were involved. One exploded and i American Rail-the present state hour cabinet meeting Thursday' s had ,ed th hlght. s,atd "earnest and de- cacnes ' tailed" consideration had been, ' Th" wl" tria ' given the International situation fb "P court thls afternoon. and acceleration of Canada's de-MuvenlIe fence program. He announced j a further cabinet session would i be held next week. I M'MBERJACK CONTEST hess of the railroad Md it be required to THE WEATHER Synopsis Mote cloudy unsettled weather is In store for the Interior of British Columbia today while the southern coastal areas are sunny and a little warmer. A weak but rapidly moving weather system was moving into the Gulf of Alaska this morning and will bring rain to the northern coastal areas by tonight. There will be a slight increase in cloudiness over the southern coast late tomorrow as the system continues to move down the coast. Cloudy 6kies and widely scattered showers will continue over the northern, and central interior. ' .1 Forecast -, ,;,,' North Coast Region Cloudy today and Saturday, Intermittent rain beginning over , the Queen Charlottes this afternoon ad spreading over most of the legion by mid-day tomorrow. Litt:c change in temperature. Winds light today and northwest (20) tomorrow. , Lows tonight and highs tomorrow At Port Hardy. 48 and 60; Sand-spit, 52 and 60; Prince Rupert, 48 and 58. ut the heavy addl-broucht on by war. he rallwav cauln- n in the United The KUHVTO, Finland. CB LADon n.p. QUITS PARTY LONDON 0i Albert Raymond Blackburn, 35-year-old Member of Parliament, resigned from the Labor party today and said Winston Churchill should become HELSINKI m Children were p, when the Second rokc out, with the esent day figures. Chtnju near the marshy south' ccast. ' The United States Twenty-Fifth Division bore the brunt of ( the attack. Marines and other ( United States forces -were In the north. j Red artillery shells arched into the United States' First Cavalry positions near Taegu, 55 miles out of Pusan along the . new Allied Naktong Fiver, bar-! rler line on the central front. A ' new battle was shaping up there. I Both sides punched and probed with men and tanks In the swirling of Pongam, 18 miles east of Chlnju, but an American 1 regimental combat team erased that threat quickly. j Red soldiers are coming Into battle as recruits from Korean settlements In Soviet-dominated Manchuria. Many are Japanese- sank at Prince Rupert, and another capsized off Vancouver Island and disappeared. Two were washed ashore half submerged and another was taken In tow off the Washington state soast. The body of Frederick E. Rad-ler, 43, floated U3 on a Vancouver beach. His gasboat, Garbo. was picked up two hours later mar the mouth of the Fraser River. An unidentified vessel was towed by the gillnetter Aleutian to Point Roberts, Washington. Its two man crew was missing. Their names are not known. j The Seattle 433 was washed' ahore at Birch Bay, Washington. Lee Soong Tim of nearby Steveston was pliicked from the sinking craft Wednesday. Swirl said that 1.737.000 were available In hard hit when the government ha(J a few twjsU f recently raised thr price of ice , Canada.g northland 0ne com. cream by about 40 per cent. UUfm lnvolved waiking acroSs milk, bread and Butter and 100.foot.wWe rtver a on ,3 sway. all boosted about 15 , rents were cable mher cqntests ,n. per cent. The few nylons avail- fIuded snootln , ,0 sold "under the count-1 able were and crossln tnc rivrr on a lo er" at a premium Brice of about paddllng wjtn a p.e $5- ' H the present time P'17.000 of these cars F'rig capacity nearly move that of 193P Premier of a coalition government. Blackburn, representing a Birmingham district, said he will remain in the House of Commons as an Independent. His resignation reduces to five the Labor party's scant majority "cts the situation is The railroads have A electric locomotives f exist in 1939 and : TODAY'S STOCKS : Id better steam loco in the 625-seat house. y have 10,000 miles (Courtesy 8. D. Jnlmstnn Co. Ltd.) trained and veterans of Chinese Communist wars. ing waters from the Fraser carried his boat far out Into Puget Sound. ' natic signalling and 9.000 miles of new Blackburn .said he had "no intention whatever" of Joining Churchill's Conservative party but he pralsel Churchill as a leader who perceives the dangers far ahead. 1 ... , affic control as well terminals, shops and Aumaque '. . .16 Beattie 48 Bevcourt 42 Bobjo ..: 10 Two other fishermen were rescued when their boat capsized and sank off Vancouver Inent. R closed with a vote Island. T. 1, Coonpr MANY DEAD IN QUAKE CARACAS, Venezuela Unconfirmed reports reaching here Thursday night sa'd possibly 100 persons were killed in an earthquake at Tacuoy in the state nf Lara, more than 200 miles southwest of here. STEWARDS FIRED SEATTLE Alaska Steamship Co. late Thursday discharged 65 sterard department crew members of the steamer Alvska who refuser! to comnly vdth provisions of (he United States maritime security program. The sailing of the Alaska from Seattle was delayed tor an expected showdown today when the ship was slated to sail. RED SCBS FOR SI RE OTTAWA The Navy is sure ' orr? or more submarine is operating off Canada's cast coast but is anxious to keep secret what other facts it has learned bout them, officials said Thursday! They said sighting reports are still coming in and being checked. A spokesman at defence headquarters said the Russia", newspapers;' attempt to ridicule these reports might be an attempt to provoke Canada into telling all she knows. PLANS 3 YEAR PROGRAM LONDON Britain announced Thursday she plans a $18,540,000,000 three-year program to build western defences against Rossis but said its completion depends on additional "United States financial aid. In return for U.S. aid, Britain offered to supply her North Atlantic Pact partners with free military equipment made in Britain. The statement from Prime Minister Attlee's office said the program would Increase Britain's defence) expenditures from eight per cent of the national income to ten per cent. '! comptroller, Cana- Railwavs and his Rains Help Grain Crop f arrangements who Drop Barriers , In Emergency OTAWA m Canada and the he diversified prob-four-day meeting. Vancouver . Bayonne .-. 02 12 Bralorne 6.80 . B. R. Con ' .023; Cariboo Quurtz 1.05 Hedley Mascot 26 Pmd Oreille .. .... ............ 6.75 Pioneer '.. 2.33 Premier Border 0234 Privateer .' 11 Reeves McDonald 3.00 Reno . 03 Sheep Creek : 107 Silbak Premier .V. 26 Taku River 05 Vananda 14 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley 03 . Silver Standard 2.15 ' Western Uranium ..v..... .70 Oils ' Friends Honor Octogenarian : Mrs. W. H. Goodsell received a pleasant surprise recently when a number of fi lends called at the home of Mrs. C. J. Currie to congratulate her on her eightieth birthday. -. s . - The evening was spent plavlng whist. Prize winners were Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Jack McSae. - Following refreshments. Mis. Goodsell was presented with a bouquet of flowers from the garden Of Mrs. W. J. Pinnifrev. -t The evening concluded, vith singing "For She's a Jolly Ckwi Fellow." " Present or sending ggod wishes were Mrs. Holmes, Mrs, T. Whit. Mrs. O. Smith. Mrs. J. Keavs. Mrs. J. McRae, Mrs. Guvan, Mrs. J. Gilbert, Mrs. J. McGreish. Mrs. H. Eastman. Mrs. B. Strachaa and Mrs. W. Pinniger. - WINNIPEG Rains have been general over the three prairie provinces during the past week with the exceDtlon of the dis United States munitions chief LIVING AGAIN (l The June cost-l!lf,x rose 21 points new high of 187.5 Bureau of Statistics trict east of Edmpnton and the Cralk and Rlverhurst sub-dlv- Saturday, August 5, 1950 High 8:07 15.4 feet 18:28 17.6 feet Low 0:11 7.2 feet 11:54 . 8.3 feet BASEBALL SCOltLS THURSDAY . National League St. Louis 1, Boston S Pittsburgh - Brooklyn postponed, rain. Cincinnati-Philadelphia Postponed, rain. Only games scheduled. American league New York 2, Detroit Philadelphia 0, Chicago 1 Only games scheduled. Pacifio Coast tains will meet here next week to complete the groundwork for rroductlon on the new agreement for armaments. Similar to the agreement which existed between the two countries during the second world war, th new pact will be designed to ease leg-slative. tariff and other re-tric.tions which are peacetime Islons where rain Is still urgently required according to the weekly crop report -of the department of agriculture of Uie r'ay- Buuaio Lan?.aian la'i Cr-,ol. Sme.'.ters 105.75 Oonwest 1.28 Donalda 40 Eldona .24 East Sullivan 6.88 Giant Yellowknife 680 God's Lake .29 ' Haidrock 30 Hank-ana 07,4 Heva ' 05V. Hosco ! 06 Jacknlfe , 05 Jollet Quebec ; .42 Lapaska .03l2 Little Long Lac 37 Lvnx 23 Madscn Red Lake .20 McLeod Cockshutt 2.20 Moneta 27 "i Negus 100 Noranda 63.00 Louvicourt 14 Pickle Crow - 185 Regcourt .., 05 San Antonio ... 2.70 Senator Rouyn 21 Sherrit Gordon 190 Steep Rock , 3.40 Silver Miller .79 Upper Canada 1.98 the Index were s for food, espec-' eggs and potatoes for Tent, coal and 'soline In the Brit- Canadian National Railway. Tn general wheat, is now 100 headed out in most areas and coarse grains approximately 70 per cent headed. Indications point to a good yield of wheat barriers to the flow of armaments across the Canadian-American border. pia area, Anglo Canadian 4.80 A. P. Con 40 Atlantic - 2.47 Calmont , 47 2 C, & E. 7.75 Central Leduc ' 1.50 Home Oil ..: '. - l6-0() Mercury H Okalta I-55 Pacific Pete 5.P5 t trinr.PRS : -5 In' Saskatchewan with the ex San Diego 4, San Francisco 0 Los Angeles 9, Sacramento 3 ception of the southwestern portion. In the Okanagan Valley wea OTBALL Hollywood 8, Seattle 2 Portland 9, Oakland 8 Western International Yakima 9, Spokane 5 Salem 12, Tacoma 8 ther during the past week was DAIICE TOIIITE I.O.Q.F. Hall 1&-2 7 onnrif Royal Canadian 07' Roy allte 12 00 Toronto Athona' .J'- 08 very hot with one good rain last Friday night. Vegetables and irults are now maturing rapidly and no damage from, any cause Is reported. . Battery vs. fol Motors Vancouver 6, Wenatchee 2 Trl-Clty 10, Victoria 9 . J