ieneral is Life 1 mmlm 0 Daily kl Delivery Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER vmb,viv,alC"no,a' Mo,t Strategic Pacific Port "Princa Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' - a, n u. fay PRINCE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1950 RUPERT, B.C., 23, TRICE FIVE CENTS faltim Walker n Korea J Lt. Gen. Walton I commander of the !fs Eighth Army, was fday In a Jeep accl- rea. pougals MacArthu's fs announced the jiental dtfath of the 'my leader after the jfokohama had been last public statement Christmas greeting to I MacArthur's head-unmnced that Walker Dd DoooinilbDai &w Amid! Pemiiioctoiro 1 Green and Wet Christmas Here A green, wet Christmas appears almost certain for Prince Rupert unless all signs fall. With temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal, forecast today was-for continued cloudy and mild conditions over the nouday week-end, with possible rain. Southeast wind, 25 miles per hour, is forecast! r "jk.-s y TTTTPT Bloody Xmas In Korea Massive Onslaught h hi.. J when his Jeep was Struck. He was on his .front lines. was being driven I ihe truck, a South iniy vehicle, stopped I front of it. J;.!acArthur Raid: "I hdly shocked at the General Walker. As of the Eighth United y. he proved himself Found Today On Mountain- Plane Intact In Snow Field Six Known Alive and Possibly Twelve Others VANCOUVER (CP) A piissing DC3 Canadian Pacific Air Lines plane was fouml today high up on snowcovered Mount Okanagan, 20 miles north of Penticton. Six persons vere sighted around the plan. The aircraft with 15 passengers and crew of three on board, failed to arrive at Penticton where she was due at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. Two Climax of Christmas hiilitary leader whom (commended for pro- llie rank of full gen- Christmas festivities In Prince Rupert are about to reach their t ommunists Generally Expected TCKYO The bereaved United States Eighth Army, wit'i ts fighting commander dead, fared up today to the growing probability of a bloody Christmas in battle. The first st-aggering blow of the season was the lo6s of Lt. General Walton H. Walker who was killed in a jeep smash-up while driving to the front lines. The second Is expected to be n. Maiinew ruageway. bhih. uuriria me past weeK chief of staff of the: there have been many parties s Army at Washing-! for the very young and the very mrr commander of i old . . . Chrtstmas trees for the search planes reported sighting i what they believed to be signal Jivi.sion in World War Those Aboard ccra General walker unander in Korea and . few days for Korea. a massive onslaught by the Com munist Chinese who may -al youngsters and a huge dinner for the oldsters Thursday afternoon. Tomorrow night the Canadian Legion will have its Christmas Eve party for the older, single veterans. Sunday will be devoted to religious services in all churches In the city. Special Christmas programs have been arranged. reaay nave lougnt their way across the 38th parallel in force .ter's Found fires and signs of life near the top of Mount Okanagan between Princeton and Penticton. A ground party was dispatched to the mountainous country today and eight Royal Canadian Air Force planes and a helicopter went out this morning to maintain a continuous search. Icing conditions were making flying conditions very difficult. Canadian Pacific Air Lines officials have identified 17 of the 18 persons aboard 'the missing plane. Identity of one of the passengers on the vanished plane is not yet known. into South Korea. General MacArthur's headquarters quickly announced the There will also be services appointment of Lt. uen. Mat- The plane evidently crash- Capt. Quinton Moore, pilot, Vancouver Leo Doucette, First Officer Vancouver Lana Franco, Stewardess, Sundown, Man. PASSENGERS Miss Iris McLeiland, 26, Penticton, B.C. - Mrs! I. R. Seymour, 26, Penticton, B.C. Miss Butler, West Summerland, , B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Lipsack, C'owi- chan Lake, B.C. . Miss M. Wright, Rossland. B.C. Mrs. J. Blackmer, Castlegar, B.C. Mrs. M. Langpap, Vancouver Mr. F. Sanincoff, Nelson Miss C. Bond, Nelson " R. J. Fulton, Kimberley, B.C. Miss E. Ostrum, Lethbridge, Alta. Miss K. M. Dawson, Creston, 'B.C. Mr. II. C. Clark, Chilliwack, B.C. ChrLstmas Eve and Christmas tnew B wgwy to succeed Day. , ,i Walker as Eighth Army chief. Monday the children take over AIR NEWS GOOD l,0tlir; I"8' t f thC f?e day M Only in the air was news good K' nHf hOUf,h,,01?- today Six American F-86 Sabre ht inj ?t 7, from Vk the 6,?' time th,f the lt JMIG.315 hot down six Russian-built ,"d;11 jcU Frlday ln a batUe 1 tie head leaves the pillow un- tyree.t that lard Irom ,evel t iJf arent,son"mrer,TT to thin air six miles up. Three heir place of authority at bed- Sabres d ed one olner jq time. It to the night when tired and d l M to landed high' up the 5,500-foot fi CITY Pone Pius today that the tomb r had been definitely MibU-rranean grotto Vatican. While it was be St. Peter's tombtt Impossible to definitely jhi- bones, the Pontiff r is sometimes known I of Apo-stles" and is i Roman Catholics also fVt Pope. bf the discovery of the ( marie by the Pope in BLOOD BROTHERS White men who are honorary chiefs of the Blood Indians of Alberta have formed an organization dedicated to furthering the welfare of Indian children. Some of them are shown with Blood chiefs at the organizatio n meeting in Lethbridge. Left to right, on floor, are: Chief Aloyslus Crop Eared Wolf; Chief Harry Big Throat; Under Medicine Pipe Woman, wife of Head Chief Shot-From-Both-Sides; John Blackmore of Cardston, Alta., M.P. for Lethbridge; Chief Jack Hind Bull; Chief Mike Eagle Speaker; Mrs. Charles Davis; Harold Routledge of Lethbridge. Seated, left to right: Chief Albert Many Fingers. Chief Morris Many Fingers; Senator W. A. Buchanan of Lethbridge; Head Chief Shot-From-Both-Sides; Archdeacon S. H. Middleton of Cardston; Blood Indian Agency superintendent R. D. Ragan; Chief Charles Davis; Chief Frank Red Crow. Standing, left to right: E. R. McFarland of Lethbridge; Mayor G. Rider, Davis of Macleod, Alta.; Albert Swinarton of Macleod; Herman Linder of Cardston (Chief Calf Shirt); Dan Boyle of Macteod; General J. S. Stewart of Lethbridge; Dr. P. M. Campbell of Lethbridge; Charles Edgar of Macleod (Chief White Antelope); and Chief Joe Bull Shields. 1 (CP PHOTO) mountain. A Royal Canadian Air Force search plane, pin-pointing the plane for a ground search party, reported the aircraft appeared to be "practically intact." It had landed in deep snow on the side of the mountain across Okanagan Lake llvrc UVfUIV.l will WCIW1I1C LUC f.ho hnrripr in tha RpHV annrr.M- and i Tif n.hi.i-i.. soft caress of mattress sheets. No American Sabres were lost. Some organizations who found Christmas message from the Vatican In the calendar not large enough ON FIGHTING FRONTS from Penticton. - g tnat scientific study win noia meir cniiaren s parues, There was vlrtuallv no news A signal fire was burning near rios made during exca- next week. One at least is sched-j from Hungnam beachhead- In rneath St. Peter's Bas- uled for the week following New northeast Korea where the Unit- the plane around which six per sons were standing, frantically pen completed during Years. led States Tenth Corps elements Jioly year. These finds,' If anyone in Prince Rupert Is were last reported holding a tiny waving bright firebrands. The signal fire was first spotted by a Royal Canadian,. Air , Jus! Missed. Plane Wreck Korce search plane arourwt 3:30 ;'clared, were dlsclos- overiooKea this cnristmas, it pocket on the Sea of Japan, f highest importance w'U not be for want of trying to MacArthur's headquarters said published jioon. Jflnd him. Many organization., Unlted Nati0ns forces there re- co-ordinated by the Social Wel-pUed to communist attempts to r Saskatchewan 'are Branch, have been on the rrllsh ,hp Hunenam Derlmeter sive search when the weather cleared. -At Lethbridge-Hi wa reported that- afl air control tower men across Canada were engaged ln a radio search. The airliner was due to arrive at Cranbrook at 4:30 p.m. There is a landing strip at Castlegar a.m. before the daylight ground party, including a doctor, headed into the mountains from Penticton. The "pin point" plane reported t this year to nearly iookoui ior momns trying to see gaturday tanadian and United that Santa Claus finds everyone r.nri Korea Korea In the Santa's bag Is brim-, However, In Central ktors city. m It was a recoil f . -.".TM ,ft .recr,l.i nnn reports of Chlntu forces It's Same All Over , It's Same Christmas Scene From Halifax Wesl to Prince Rupert Barrington, King, St. Catherine, Yonge, Sparks. Portage, Scarth, Jasper, Granville, Government and Third Avenue . . . these streets from Halifax to Prince Rupert, some thousands of miles apart, appeared pretty much alike today. . Most were decorated appropriately for the Yule- back that it had sighted the me provinces Wun c-8w .,nnir th. 38th Daral- teion the plane's roule but n0 stop land land search searcn party party lattaE Deaung its ,. chBHiBj tw vostrriau De missea. , - . .. way through deep snow and weat'her j because of advers(J Wtii ., . . J ' , ' - Some air traffic was reported "It will take i the party some A , , Dt,f i, mi in i ii ljt.il .ii" ' .) 'l.nmM f ' i lei mouniea wun me passing hours. MacArthur's headquarters said Eighth Army patrols had run into the Chinese Reds some Miss Gloria Sather, physical training director at the Prince Rupert Civic Centre, narrowly missed being a passenger on the Vancouver-Calgary plane which came to grief near Penticton yesterday afternoon. Miss Sather had booked on tlie plane for the flight from Vancouver to Penticton, where she is to spend Christmas, but changed at the last minute and went by train. nine to reacn me plane, sain a Royal Canadian Air Force spokesman. The C.P.A. Is dropping supplies where near Chongye, village two tide season. All are congested miles south of the border. Air Force pilots reported ar at the scene and Royal Canadian with wild-eyed Christmas shoppers on their last shopping day. tlllery movements farther north. Also crowded to capacity were I MacArthurs Saturday aner- King on Air early yesterday but, by 1:30 p.m., the ceiling had dropped to 1800 feet. Rain fell during the morn-' ing but had stopped by . mid-afternoon, Officials said that, a radio message heard at Princeton, near Penticton, was "routine." First speculation was that the plane might have gone on to Alberta. One company spokesman said: "We are just sitting here waiting for the pilot to telephone buses, trains and planes leaving terminals with cargoes of "home Air Force aircraft is heading for the scene with additional supplies and medical kits. It is possible that other survivors are ln the plane or sheltered out of view of air searchers. noon war summary said one more Chinese army corps, 64,000 or more troops, have crossed recently from Manchuria into for Christmas" passengers in 'Xmas Morn what travel officials predict may be the biggest peacetime Mass Executions Are Being Stopped ! EARLIER REPORT The King will again deliver Christmas address to his holiday movement ln Canada s a history. The long weeK-end ana Ua fooltnfv tVint IViis niilri he people throughout the world The search planes reporting the find stated that they saw what appeared to be people fanning the signal fires. SEOUL (P)-United States of-travelling the last Christmas for "easy" apparently inspired cials say that the government us and say where he landed." As hours passed, however, hope of such " a - message coming seemed Truman Is Optimistic The twin-engined airliner was has th lanre-Rpale movement. " I e Kcpuoiic v-i oi .v..v n.orea ,. ,.,, i , !:. .." u.,:;" , nniDromlsed to ston mass execu- t l . lc're" "uaamBi to dwindle. wim viuiouuas vc i..i".5 " . . . j u.. mree nours auer it lett vancou- tk jj.j t, Sunday, most night clubs in the ! lions convicted persons They ver ai i p.m. aii-nougn tne nr.,1. nmnnnw hnlioveri the nilnt. hil on Christmas morning, ine Commonwealth broadcast Willi commence at 6 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and the King will be heard at 7 a.m. Fifteen minutes later the Peace Tower carillon bells at Ottawa will sound as another feature of the program. At 7:10 Christmas night there will be a re-broadcast of the King's larger cities are making tneir y u.u.w, i w. v-ij v, rhrfm trarto tn. forth be carried out Individual- anxiety was felt by the company , clearecl lne most treacherous when it failed to reach Pentic urn iUI fcllC iliuviuua u. wmi, "v , . , , V iuf ti0,i ostuhiicVimpnts lv and only in cases of most mountain route and may have 111K11U, Wft.WWVU MUIll"ii"... - in Montreal, however, will sell heinous crimes. 1 KANSAS CITY President Truman said last night that the American people "are in excellent shape" to meet a world crisis and predicted the crisis will be solved. "All m. nnaH nnur " salrl the ton 180 miles east when due there an hour and a half later. By that time it was presumed that the aircraft' was down in sill 'Wm d beer and wines December 24 and The promise was announced the day after British Brigadier Tom Brodier stopped some exe- the hilly country lust west of ill I YVC 111 i ' " " , .fcfcfcM,fckftMVkfcl cutions, saying that he would penticton. The craft had been President, "Is time and that is "'- what we are fighting for.' landed somewhere ln Alberta. (This did not jibe with today's discovery of the landing on Okanagan Mountain.) The weather ln Alberta was reported very good for flying. "We are not overly anxious about it," the early spokesman said. "The weather was bad today but we expect the plane went on to a prairie air field and was not able to reach us by radio to tell us." reported sighted over Princeton. The plane was bound for Calgary with regular stops enroute at Cranbrook as .well at Pen Mr. Truman spoke at a Masonic dinner in his home town. ' 5 t s not have people executed on his doorstep. A British source said Brodier had intervened against ths shooting of civilians after 23 had been "done In." 25 until the evening. The festival of Christ's nativity will be celebrated in churches across the country during the week-end. In Quebec City alone, about 200 midnight masses will be sung . in Roman Catholic churches, chapels' and public places in the first hours of Christmas morning. Most Canadian cities should have a white Christmas, this Russia To Turn Down Conference Harry Innes Ts & c rr n-:l ticton. Heavy fog settled over the region early yesterday. Visibility was poor and there' were also intermittent showers and heavy wren jww t . MOSCOW Expectation is that f wo-v Tvmp 2fi-vear Russia will turn down the terms ,hgrri with theft of the Western Powers for a con- year, but Prince Rupert, Van icing conditions. SHOW KOREA FLAG n rnit of nlleeed shoplifting; ference of Big Four foreign min- couver and Toronto apparently OP RADIO-TELEGRAPHY Guglielmo Marconi, tne in Mansnn's Jewelrv store Thurs- isters. The western powers want are going to be exceptions. Van iday, has been remanded in citv the parley on broader lines than THE WEATHER Synopsis-No change ln the weather Is expected for the next few days. Another storm is approaching the coast and should bring rain and southeast gales to coastal areas Sunday. Forecast f modern radio," created a sensation m iwui wueu c cl the first trans-Atlantic radio-telegraph circuit. He Is t St. John's, Nfd., wa'tlng for the famous "three dots" gnal for S being transmitted from Paldhu in Cornwall, couver, which surprised everyone last year by having two feet of snow, has rain coming up for Christmas Day, and the lack of snow has already forced cancel 1 police court until December 29. i merely that or tne uerman ques-j Ball has been set at $500 which tion. Russia would confine It to ' sum had not been raised up to . that. Tne last radio report irom tne GUELPH, ONT. ffl A Korean plane was when It was 40 miles flag and the U.N. flag, presented east of Vancouver. It was then to Rev. Charles McGee of Guelph flying at 15,000 feet. Snow up o,at a ceremony at the U.S. ceme-four feet covered the mountains tery near Inchon In Korea .have in that area. , been sent to the city by Major The plane was believed to have i McGee, serving with the U.S. only enough fuel to last until j Forces. Major McGee said he 6:15 p.m. j thought they were the first such Royal Canadian Air Force said tiags to be sent to Canada from some 3.000 miles awav. He proved that trans-oceanic noon today. Mrs. P. M. Ray is lation of the holiday-scheduled liy was feasible and not inhibited by distance or 'the acting as counsel for Innes. ski meets. However. It hasnt North coast region Cloudy H the earth. One of the greatest developments from this frine radio which can be. credited with saving uncounted disturbed the holiday spirit of i with occasional showers today, the fishing fleets which cameRain Sunday. Mild. Winds it was geared to start an inten-; Korea. COMBAT ALCOHOLISM WINNIPEG 0 A plan to combat alcoholism ln industry is being tried out by a number of large employers here. It is the first time that Winnipeg em pis is a Wide World photo. (CP PHOTO) fthAkMfckkk2kkllkklllil)IIllll!lMll)l OWLS COME SOUTH PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. W snowy owls have been re-norted sighted north of Saska Into Vancouver and Prince Ru- southerly, 20 miles per hour, to-pert with Christmas trees perch-1 day, increasing Sunday morning ed gaily on ships' masts. i to southeast (35) and shifting to I southwest (25) Sunday evening. ployers have undertaken a pro- toon. A naturalist said it Is not j gTam 0f this nature Lows tonight and highs Sunday At Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 42 and 47. unusual for these biros w migrate as far south as the United , States in winter. 1 H in the Skeena Federal Electoral District I wish A MERRY CHRISTMAS and My very best wishes to everyone for a MERRY Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. May happiness and prosperity be the lot of each and every one. Hew Way of Life-Premier Johnson VISTORIA Premier Byron Johnson, tn a Christmas message, called for a rededication of spirit of the people in view of present I MATING DANCE v V w y y y y y y y y y y y y y HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR BUILD OWN HOME VICTORIA, B.C. 0) Using tools and materials similar to those employed by early settlers a young married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Batey, have completed a modern five-room log bung Sunday, December 24, 1950 Hieh 1:41 18.3 feet WINNIPEG W A film showing the mating dance of the prairie chicken has been show.i to members of the Ornithology Section of the Manitoba Natural History Society. The film was partly made at Estevan, Sask. J. D. McRAE, M.L.A. 21.1 feet EDWARD T. APPLEWHAITE, Member for Skeena. conditions. People must be persuaded that there was a better 9.5 feet 13:09 7:09 19:54 alow. Jack cut the trees for about Low 3.2 feet way of life than strife and fear 450 logs