HA PBOTISCIAL LIBRA3T, jTV 4S 113 lg2 TICTORIA, B. C. I 5 0 3 TNi Daily I iV CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER j DlsrATf'IIKD Published at ConaJo' wnc.-!:--r. . d.:-. . voi, xxxix No 302 -uiegic racmc rorr r nuperr, rne ivey to the Great Northwest" V PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone 81 feathers east Gale MM a -jt i I """ "" " '" ' ' " " - . i -.i , , ,,,., ,, , "Ike" Is Hot Commie Heads ' Visit Moscow MOSCOW General secretary of the Finnish Communist Party is visiting the Kremlin. The secretary of the French Communist party is already there. The visits are officially said to be for "health reasons.'' phase i-Tcli'l'linne and its Affected )d ealc warning for 0,,n and tonight for contiguous t the arliitlr Islands was the weather bureau day. fishing boats tied -in floats in city and igaie force winds that innrnine Dassed over Vas without causing jar as could bp learn-I steamer Chilcotln, McLean, reported late jg that she would ar-kl ule. Chinese Nationalist Gov't Is Urging Pact TAIPEI, Formosa (CP) The Central Daily News said today that Russia has 750,000 troops in Siberia for possible use in invading Japan and Alaska. The newspaper, which reflects the views of the Chinese Nationalist party, used the report as an argument for immediate formation of a Pacific alliance similar to the North Atlantic pact. - Bank Loans Are Tighter New Controls Clamped on Economy of United States WASHINGTON, D. C. The government sought last night to make it tougher for Americans to get bank loans and clamped new controls on the economy of the United States in preparation for a big defence d.lve Major actions taken were: 1. Federal Reserve Board ordered banks In the federal reserve system to tuck $2,000,000 more of their deposits away in reserves. The idea is to curb spending end keep prices f--om going any higher. 2. The national prrductior authority decreed that hereafter the government will be the sol? importer and distributor of natural rubber. That puts the gov- ( V 't $ ?C " ., - ryy - , i j nu5r-' ) !hv citv Itself was Iwlow in the Na- hood office was J I wl. Serb So b nl nthe street during DENVER. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, -who spent Christmas here, is in Washington for consultations "before leaving for Europe to lay the groundwork-for taking over the duties oi' supreme commander of the international forces. He granted an interview and declined to smile for a picture.; "I don't see much to smilo about in these days," he remarked. "International peace is the one important problem of our times." j Asked if he was hopeful pea'. would be maintained ,he said. "Of course I'm hopeful. But f , is not going to be easy and i'. not going to be quick. This I a new and a very great responsibility for the United State. This should be a period of st'niy, soul-searching and sacrifice." , General Eisenhower expects t proceed to Europe around J angary 1. , ! rain driven by the hie see UN Forces Fall Back eped in cracks in Inquest Is Called OH i but did little damage Coast Fares Being Raised It will cast more to travel by coast steamship after the first of the year. First class fares will be increased by approximately ten per cent, according to an announcement made today. The new one-way fare to Vancouver will be raised from $36.25 to $39.90 plus B.C. meal tax for first' class passage. Deck cla-s will be raised from $20 to $21.05 each way. First class return under the new rates will cost causing temporary ephones were put out jifin when a tree on Retreat on Eastern Flank in Korea Starts Seoul to be Defended wires were strung on ptme East was blown .ernment in virtually complete (r lln-es on Seventh control or an niDDer because .t fct. were broken when already had control of synthetic across the lines. 3. Hoarding of 55 essential jlmg on the power line ' materials. Including steel an J Us- citv and Oallowav lumber, was forbidden by the Inquest into the death of Lorraine Tait, young Indian woman, whose beaten body was recovered from Port Simpson harbor last Saturday night, has been discontinued cn instruction of the Attorney-General. The discontinuance is in view of the fact that a murder charge has been laid against Harold Ryan, another Port Simpson Indian, the preliminary hearing being adjourned until next Thursday. TOKYO United Nations forces fell back up to three miles on the east flank yesterday as the expected big offensive of the Chinese Communists got under way. Contrary to previous state $71.85 plus B.C. meal tax. t morning threw the national production authority This affects business men most SANTA, NAVY STYLE Christmas, in the form of parcels from home, comes to the Canadian destroyer Cayuga patrolling off the west coast of Korea. This Navy photo shows the ship's mailman, LS. William Roberts of Alexander, Man., right, piling parcels in the arms of AB. Jim Casler of Claresholm, Alta. The parcels are for members of Casler's mess. (CP PHOTO) ly. The list contains few items likely to be stored by Soviet Paper Blasts "Ike" ii.rkness for about 45 r.Ul the steam and frating plants at the fere put in operation. I plant at Shawatluns 11 -o brought into pro-iii circuits in the city ment frojn a United Nations j headquarters that withdrawal from Seoul to a new defence po Five Children Dead In Fire MOSCOW. The Literary Ga lir-d with power. The, LONDON sition might be expected, the mayor of Seoul said last night that the city was secure and would be defended to the death. Xf) Five children, rt ' n zette called Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower "the sergeant-major of Wall Street" and said he had ranging in p- Falls River plant fed about noon, ijumum wind velocity been called upon to play in U.S. Russia At Impasse 1 Final Split Over Japanese Peace Treaty Appears Peace Treaty Appears Likely Up Army t Dlgby Island met-, The North Korean Reds gouged a three-mile dent in the United Nations front in east- Europe the same role "executioner MacArthur" is playing in Asia. It was the second blast at Eisen years, were burned to deatn today in a fire which destroyed their four-room frame house. It is believed that the fire was caused by an oil burner explosion. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes OTTAWA ((PiThe Army is expected within the next tew hower by the Russian press in as many days. I station was between I miles per hour from W between 10 and 11 ie morning. Continua-i Bale was forecast. central Korea, a United States Eighth Army spokesman said A Flying Tree Lands On Power Line Makes City Lightless Now we've heard everything flying fish, flying saucers, flying machines and now a flying tree, no less. Shortly before nine o'clock this morning a small tree was blown through tire air near Galloway Rapids Bridge and , became snagged in the high voltage power line,- Twisting around, it thort-circuit-fd some of the wires and blew the fuses at the power plant. Looking for lines blown down, the crew did not' at first notice the tree and passed it by. The line was repaired and the normal flow of power from the Falls River hydro plant was restored about noon. months to raise manpower of its The Gazette said Eisenhower, newly -named commander-in- Bezeau, and three other children suffered from burns and are now In hospital. ' chief of North Atlantic Pact WASHINGTON, D.C. Oi Final split between Russia and the special force to around 14,000. They will be split into two brigade groups one for jer vice "in Germany and one for Canada. Tese are the present . plans. They call for the dispatch to United States over drafting oi the Jaoanese peace treaty ap tonight. "The attack can now be said to be contained," the of- W.ri addC . Ten thousand Korean Communists struck, suddenly Thursday in rugged mountain country south of Pupyong, on the 38th parallel and 35 miles inland from the east coast. ,Boy pears almost inevitable. An exchange of notes between the two powers disclosed several Car Output Being Cut Europe next spring or early nexi summer of roughly 5,000 to 6.000 men in a brigade group. They forces in'feurope, "in a" fit of war hysteria, is calling for intensification of the arms race and expansion of aggression wherever it Is possible." (It did not mention that Eisenhower was twice decorated by the Russian government during the Second World War for his services as commander of the Allied expeditionary forces in Europe, then fighting on the side of Russia.) major points of conflict wnicn diplomats doubt can be solved. will be ready by March. Others will train ia Canada and replace The United States has rejectea Russia's contention that any of treatment of Alberta lev is Alleged TCN. (P-Pollce today gating the story of 15- ,he first contingent in Germany in a year or so. the great po"s should have veto over a treaty. Associated Press correspondent Hal Boyle said an army spokesman in Korea called the situation "confused" but added: "There is now a dent in our line" extending four or five miles below the 38th parallel in a limited sector. "Our forces have been coun Gov't Aid For (Chinese Take .liam John Sauter of who calimed that he DETROIT The American automobile industry prepared today to cut its output of new cars at the start of the new year. The national emergency demands force the curtailment. Cutbacks, it is reported, will range from 20 to 30 per cent throughout the industry. The cutback on production brutally treated by two Assets of U.S. I whose home he lived Britain Buying Plywood Again Plane Upsets But Pair Sale ter-attacking steadily and the ftey district, now in hospital here Immigration Part of Fare Will he Advanced, Ottawa Announces Victoria Nurses For Emergency attack can now be said to be contained," the spokesman said. mm malnutrition, fro-i rt hands and body VICTORIA. Britain is buying will involve a large number of The Allied line is strung across plywood from B.C. again. First I temporary lay-offs during the -aid that the farmers order in two years was given by HONG KOMG '(Pi Communist China yesterday ordered seizure of all United States property and all private and commercial American bank deposits. Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai" said the action twas in retaliation for similar American action December 16 on Chinese Red assets in United States. a 15u-mue-wiae waist oi liorea just south of the parallel, the period of conversion of plants to defence production. VANCOUVER W A veteran Saskatchewan pilot and his radio-mechanic sat atop their nvprtiirned seanlane for four pith belts, jabbed htm pfurks put manure In the British Timber Control Board. Contract calls for three old arbitrary dividing Une be tween the Red North and the n locked him in a million square feet to be deliv OTTAWA 'Jl Immigration Minister Harris announced today that the government plans to advance to prospective immigrants part of the cost of transportation to Canada. The plan goes ino effect February 1. Mr. Harris said the plnn will be VICTORIA. Close to 550 nurses listed their names with the Red Crass Disaster Committee during a ' three-day campaign held this week. In making this announcement Red Cross officials reported nurses who had not yet registered could still do so at Red Republic of South Korea. lh-zpro weather. ered early in 1951. The plywood e the tips of all his hours yesterday before their cries brouRht rescue Red Clibbery, former chief pilot with the Saskatchewan Lovernmrnt air ambulance serv- i pi-oh Hi-nrsev finally industry in B.C. has had a good year, with 95 of the production me of his fingers. not less than $30 or an equival aid that the farmers Use of Narcotics Hits U.S. Draft NEW YORK Attorney Roy M. Cohn states the rate of draft rejections as a result of narcotics use by youths "has become very high." being taken in Canada. Exports to the United States, which fell mnrtp on a "recoverable basis" to Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-way, new United States Eighth Army commander, expressed "complete confidence in the ultimate success of the United Nations in Korea.'' As Rldgway spoke, skirmishin; F1 the use of winter of families or single pe" N kept him on measre were taken off by a police boat heads i Cross House, 1046 Fort Street. The file on nurses that will be kept by the committee will be ent amount in currencies of their own countries. The assistance will be avail-ifcle to selected immigrants from the United Kingdom and West- 10 have not enough money :"s. off sharply when credit controls were imposed there, have resumed again. aircraft urcraii. m which also took the to pay their own way. The Immigrants will be re utilized in time of emergency or increased all along the front as disaster. nuirpri however, to contribute ,ern Europe. Reds and Allied troops tangled at various places on the west f 3n lalks Hoover : TODAY'S STOCKS : ern end of the front as well as in the east-central sector. 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) A North Korean regiment at t . (Conrtrajr tacked Allied positions near tow. .. Their British Columbia t, Air Lines plane crashed In fog near the mouth of the Fraser River while on a flight from Campbell River. They were not far from thi shore but, said the radio-mechanic. "I tried to swim for it once I had to turn but it was too cold. back." Americans To Inge, five miles north of the 38th parallel, and was driven back. The Allies lost no ground. !;r;TON, D.C. "-Pres-ian commented yes- the recent speech of ff'Mcient Herbert Hon-temped the isolationist finovci'.s views and thp lat Knvornment ha.l embracing them. f hold-off on aid tj 'fam. Truman tagged I1 "nism and nothing r'dded: "This country p. back to lRolntlrnl.sn! P sure of that." ' THE WEATHER Synopsis Rain and southeast gales were lashing the northern British Columbia coast this morning with the approach of another active disturbance. Rain and fog associated with this system were general along the southern coast while snow was beginning to ex Stay In Japan WASHINGTON - The United States government, In a note delivered yesterday to Jacob VUM of Russia, stated officially that of withdrawing there was no Intention American forces Iro.n Japan. 1' Trilmnri mnifn 111-.- In answer to pres.1 lUCSt'on"! nhnnt. Iti:n- Beattle 55 Bevcourt 41 Bobjo 12V2 Buffalo Canadian .24'2 Consol. Smelters 126.75 Con west L75 Donalda 45 Eldona 22 East Sullivan 7.30 Giant Yellowknife 6.25 God's Lake 34 Hardrock - 23 Harric'ana 6 Heva ' Hosco 5'4 Jacknlfc 5Vi Joliet Quebec .90 Lake Rowan 6Vi Lapaska .- 04 Little Long Lac 56 . Lynx .12 Madsen Red Lake ........ 2.15 McKcnzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.10 Moneta 36 Negus 78 Noranda 70.75 Louvicourt 17 Pickle Crow 1 65 Regcourt 4IJ San Antonio 2.35 tend into the northern interior. Showery conditions will pre l "1 nollcv speech in I last week. vail along the coast as the storm moves eastward over the province later today bringing rain n VANCOUVER American Standary 25 '2 Bralorne 5.90 B R X 04 Cariboo Quartz 100 Hcdley Mascot 44 Facific Eastern 05 Pend Oreille 8.90 Pioneer 188 Premier Border ?!i Privateer 06 Reeves McDonald 4.20, Reno 02 Sheep Creek 1.23 '- Silbak Premier Taku River 06 Vananda 10 Salmon Gold 02 Snud Vallev 4 V, Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 1.25 Oils-Anglo Canadian 4.85 .A P Con S5 Atlantic 2 45 Calmont 90 C & E 7-55 Central Leduc 2.30 Home OU 13.75 Mercury .12 Okalta 195 . Facific rctc 7.50 Princess , 150 Royal Canadian 09 TORONTO Athona .73i t Aumaque .23 rrcmicr $ i'y Dies and snow to the interior sections of the province. If A -The cieath of John "l a secretary to the Pi'T Mackenzie King, is He served as secre- Saturday, December 30. 1050 r unul tne pre. Forecast North coast region Gale warning continued. Cloudy with showers today and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Winds southeast, 45 miles per hour, along the mainland this morning and southwest. 40, elsewhere, becoming generally south He High 5:l( iu 17-07 18 0 feet Mr ;""'ment in 1948. I constantly with Jig his' years on t... 11-14 8 8 xeet the 5.9 feet Lju w 23:35 j- . ... ,.., - a aiiliffli Wiinfti iwmiiimiii urn m in west 35 by this afternoon and southwest, 25, by tonight. Lows ARL E M GLOB ETR O T T E R S .19 n my 7.75 .14 .85 1.70 5.90 Senator Rouyn ... bherrit Gordon Steep Rock Sturgeon River .. Silver Miller Upper Canada .... Golden Manitou Two died as a result of the cratn of a Canadian Pacific Airlines plane AIRLINER qttttt) a CRASHED - okanagan, near Penticton. It was bound for Calgary from Vancouver DeCh Capt Quintan Moore and co-pilot Leo Doucette, both of Vancouver, Pilot i r h lard , fn1uries The stewardess and passengers were unhurt. The letters "DOC" tramped in tonight and highs tomorrow At Port Hardy, 38 and 42; Sandspit, 36 and 42; Prince Rupert, 38 and 45 Civic Centre 8:30 January 5th and 6th Phone 107 or 231 for tickets (CP PHOTO; f-t for medical aid. request the snow signal a