DISPATCHED rr - PROVINCIAL L12?...'3.? , j' i hi mm V 121021 X, C. cabs p ... , ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSAPKR Unliveru voULbxSxxlQNoC30oo0da', Mos Strategic Pacific Port - "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" rmi,c IturtKT, DECEMBER Pho ne 3, H.U., WEDNESDAY, 27, 1950 PRICE FIVE CKrTTS I M to Mg MMM llwm PORT SIMPSON TRAGEDY Young Indian Woman Dead After Beating; Murder Charge Laid J9 3cted Offensive !eds Is Held Off LY j -orraine l ait, youn ir rort bimpson W vs unian. tYO (CP) United Nations forces beat har-L- r. Jjumunist attacks today but the Reds still Si dead in the morgue at Prince Rupert aid Harold Ryan is under arrest and being held in the city lock-up here following what appears to have been a Christmas week-end murder tragedy. . Ryan and the dead. woman had been at Prince their threatened second invasion of South General MacArthur's headauarters sai.i at more than 1,350,000 Communist t.rnnna gsed to strike at United Nations forces in Korea. The commander-in-chief estimated that 444,406 Reds are Iwn Strike deployed along the front and Hands and Feet Left In Korea nearly one million others are either enroute to the front or in reserve in Manchuria. ;sian House QUESTIONED BY RUSS TOKYO Russian officers in uniform have interrogated American prisoners of war ill Korea, informed sources here report. One American officer captured by the Chinese was released after questioning by a Russian. CRASH INJURES 30 MANCHESTER, England A Manchester - Liverpool passenger train collided today with a switch engine. At least 30 persons were injured, three severely. NEW SECURITY RILES WASHINGTON The I'nited States Coast Guard today laid down new port and ship security rules designed to screen subversives from the ranks of the country's maritime workers. The new regulations make security clearance mandatory for everybody working on American ships and waterfronts. is Sixteen depu-1 u ienl" orp person- editors opposed to ! nel ln, Southeast Korea and re- Imminent camped In "NIGHTINGALE" "Nightingale" is Viscount Alexander's new home in England. He and his family will live there when his term as Canada's governor-general is completed. The big ' house is at. Chalfont St. Giles, near London, and is named after Nightingale Lane, on which it 18 situated. . m (CP PHOTO.. t today In a Persian ! a sit-down strike, protesting the recent hi and opposition to Is, for publishing stor-jovernment considered TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif, ft A 20-year-old soldier from Pennsylvania is believed to be the first quadruple amputee to come home from the Korean wars. The youngster , Is Private Robert L. Smith, Whose widowed mother. Mrs. Clara Smith, lives in Middleborough, Pa. "His morale and condition are excellent," said Col. Corliss, commanding officer at the air force base. The army said Smith lost both hands above the wrists and both legs below the knees. Frostbite necessitated the amputations. 1 Explosives Ship Threatened Porl HALIFAX Residents of this to government offi- Rupert on Saturday and returned to Port Simpson on their boat an unnamed gillnetter, arriving at Port Simpson at 7 p.m. At 11;30 p.m. the body of the woman was found floating in tne harbor at Port Simpson. It was badly bruised, showing evidence of a severe beating. The RCMP at Prince Rupert were notified and Sgt. L. A. N. Potterton, Corp. A. E. Wale3, Constable Redhead and Constable Ed. Anderson left on tha PML 15 for Port Simpson. They returned with the body and Ryan who was apprehended ln his home as he slept. Sgt. Potterton said that the case was still under Investigation pending an Inquest called for this afternoon. The police boat was again at Simpson yesterday. Early belief was that the tragedy resulted from drunkei altercation on the Ryan boat following a visit to Prince Rupert. A special Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigator has been asked for. MURDER CHARGE , Ryan, aged 30, was formally charged ' with murder before Magistrate W. D. Vance in po fetional Front deoutles KiuupinK m me unuea males Eighth Army troops all along the 150-mile border gave mounting indication that the Allies intend to make a strong fight for South Korea. Chinese and Red Korean patrols have been probing restless'y for soft spots along the long border. This is the customary Communist prelude to battle. United States army reports told of Chinese Reds massing north and northwest of 6eoul, the South Korean capital from which thousands of civilians have fled to the south. Allied planes are hammering at Communists gathering close behind the front iines, hittln; l( ir bed rolls Into parallel announced they f until the government i;iinst the press stop- Two Girls Missing From Sunday School Outing VANCOUVER (CP) In a blinding snowstorm, police and volunteer searchers sought two missing girls on Mount Seymour. The hunt for Marilyn Long, 15, and her 13-year-od companion, Frieda Neuf eld, is directed by a force explosion-conscious city learned today that two ships one loaded with 300 tons of dy: Amite and 35 tons of detonator caps had run ashore Just three miles from the heart of Halifax. Advance Guard Home In Month The vessels grounded close to a navy ammunition magazine on the eastern shore of Bedford Basin. I of RCMP officers. ic Stone at troop concentrations and supply depots. The small freighter, Amori- THE WEATHER ' Synopsis Snow was falling at most points in the Interior this morning while a little rain is still falling along the; coast. More precipitation is expected as another storm approaches the cain, with ammunition aboard, started dragging her anchor, and Wt f ' 1 1 , . &'i,uauuH vi blic maligna'" )N 9 Scotland Yard'i v,uj u. . a converted sealing vessel there Tile lightly-clad girls have been missing since about noon yesterday, when they separated from a Vancouver Sunday school hiking party near the 3100-foot level of the mountain. o the country last was completed at the first of hflD in trackine down L- on began taking explosives OTTAWA 0) The bulk of the 345-man army advance party Canada sent to Korea several months ago will sail for home, probably within a month, the army said today. This was considered virtual proof that the army no longer Li,. ...,. we wee. aboard. During the operation lice court here today. He was re- tiiu owjic nie stone oi ; een Charlottes: This storm manded for eight days pending priceless historic relic, high winds drove the ships ashore should pass over the south coast further investigation. it minster Abbey Christ- Just as the dynamite and caps BKiers, wno disregarded predawn darkness, found no trace of tthe missing pair. A group of Arrested as he slept early were being transferred. Escaped From during the night and move into the interior tomorrow. Sunday morning at Port Simp- Yard officials asked Later the salvage tug, Founda- expects its 20,000-man special force to go to Korea. It clears the way iojtn.e force to go to army skiers trained in moun The flow of aii over British: son. Ryan is stated to have ad- k to be on the lookout Uoa..Vcra. pulled both ships off tailwwork, la expected to join the iileves and issued to ColHmbtaeontinues to be Jomi mitted to police that he had had the south . and ; temperatures i a fight with the woman after searchers. the shore and stevedores were able to resume the transfer of Safe Cracking Mount Seymour, on the north rs sume photographs 336-pound stone on the cargo. shore of Burrard Inlet, is dotted with skiers' cabins, where the Europe next spring. A small fraction of the advance party will stay to handle administrative Jobs for the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. It Is expected here that probably the 300-to 345-man advance party will return to serve either girls may have sought shelter. monarchs have taken nation oaths. Usually keeps silent about a i it is ready to be throughout all of. the province will continue to fegister values above seasonal normal values. Forecast North coast region Cloudy with showers today and tomorrow. Little chanee in tempera they had been travelling from Prince Rupert aboard the gill-net boat. Ryan said that he did not remember all that happened following the altercation. He and the woman had been drinking on the voyage from Princi Rupert to Port Simpson. HOCKE1 SCORES !,ne is regarded as a i the union of the ture. Winds south-east (30) this Truman In Conference with the regular army or with other elements of the special i morning, shlf tingfc to southwest f England and origin is lost in leg- Must Hold In Koreafg OSLO 0 Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, said last night, -that -the United Nations must not give up Korea even though this determined stand risks involvement in war with Communist China. If the United Nations is forced into war with China, he said, the blame will rest "upon those who have been pulling the strings and perhaps hoping for advantages through aggression. Lie, vacationing in his native Norway, spoke over the Norwegian state radio network. He saU he has not given up hope for a peaceful solution in Korea but added that failure of the United Nations to stop an attack on South Korea would mean an enI to United Nations hopes for achieving its aims In Korea or any other place. Lie said that. If the United Nations should become involved in a Ftate of war with China's 475,-000,000 people, "the threat of a new world war would be close to us." The , United Nations would not be responsible for such a situation. The responsibility would rest entirely upon those who have been pulling the strings and perhaps hoping for advantages through aggression. force now training at Fort Lewis, Wash WASHINGTON, D.C. -President H. S. Truman had a 2',i-hour conference yesterday with his senior advisors Dean Ache- Co-Pilol Is Also Dead o aooux, noon na Decreasing slowly thereafter ! Winds southerly (20) tomorrows Lows tonight and highs tomorrow At Port Hardy, 40 and 48; Sandsplt, 35 and 45; Prince Ruert 40 and 46. SHIPPING HIGHER MONTREAL ffli- Ocean shipping to Montreal hls year was 76 ships more than in 1949. Harbor records show 11)81 liners and freighters used port facilities despite the uncertain start last April. TUESDAY Pacific Coast Vancouver 2, Portland 1 Oka nagan-Mainline Kamloops 7, Vernon 5 Western International Nelson 6, Kerrisdale 5 SATURDAY National Boston 2, Toronto 2 (tie). Detroit 4. Montreal 4 (tie). Pacific Coast Seattle 2, Tacoma 2 (tic). SUNDAY National New York 6. Chicago 1. MONDAY National Detroit 4, New York 1. Boston 7, Chicago 4. Pacific Coast Seattle 5, Vancouver 3. Victoria 6, Portland 3. New Westminster ,2 Tacoma 4. Police Disturb Their Man Who Leaps Out Window Twr Jobs This Morning A safe cracker was Interfered with ln the course of his work at the Pioneer Laundry at 3 o'clock this morning whim his operations ln the office Aroused Mrs. B. Scherk, who lives in a suite on the premises. Mrs. Scherk called the police and officers, on arrival, saw the burglar who made a quick getaway after they had disturbed him by breaking a window in the endeavor to get ln. Escape was made through a window at the rear of the building. The dial had been forced off the safe but no entry had been made. Hammers and screw drivers were left by the burglar ln his haste. The tools had come from Parker's Oarage which was also entered during the night and the dial of the safe similarly knocked off although entry was not made to the safe. However, $71 was taken from the garage till. Entry was made to the garage by breaking a window pane off a lean-to roof. The incident at Parker's Gar-nenorted to the police PENTICTCN. Leo Doucette, co-pllot of the Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC3 which crash landed on Mount Okanagan near here Friday afternoon, died at the scene of the crash at 3 a.m. Winfer Conditions i Are Just Right i Winter conditions are now ideal In the Prince George district for the carrying on of logging and sawmllling operations, reports C. A. Berner, CNR divisional superintendent, who returned ' to the city on Saturday night's train after a trip over the line as far as Jasper. The ground Is well frozen and there is Just enough snow to make hauling conditions right in the bush. Sawmill and logging crews are now scattered as is usual over the Christmas and New Year season, but early next month the industry is expected to be at full scale again. I for centuries before r was brought to Lon-it was used In the ') of Scottish kings. It to it as their "stone IV." ting on the theory the is the work of extreme nationalists, police !l all cars travelling the North of England jO'.'otland. al Strip ed Them Rupert once again has l) the limelight as a base. Christmas Eve t son, Secretary of State; General George C. Marshall, General Omar Bradley and the Se2-retary of the Treasury. The President returned for the conference from Independence, Missouri, where he had spent Christmas Day at his home. The situation in view of the massing of Chinese Communist forces on the 38th parallel frontier in Korea was the principal topic of discussion. Sunday before adequate aidi AID NEEDED HALIFAX m One of the greatest needs of 'old age pensioners in Nova Scotia is a medical service, said R. S. Farquhar, director of the old age pensions for the province, in an address here. He said most pensioners could reach him. Pilot Quinton Moore was killed In the crash. Sixteen survivors, thankful over their deliverance and grateful to the pilot for having saved their lives, were brought out to Penticton on Saturday. The bodies of pilot and co ,: f Missing Girls Found Unhurt pilot are yet to be down. brought, live in rural localities far from i a doctor. TODAY'S STOCKS oick ana Ralph Gae- njadAn, ill 'iter Cub, near the Aleu- P. Johnston Co. Ltd.) (Courtesy 8- after employees had come to work a fnr rhrit, i VANCOUVER (CP) Two teen-aged missing on snow-lad Mount Seymour today were found safe and, apparently, unhurt. They PLAYING HERE Friday and Saturday January 5th and 6th had wandered miles from mountain trail and were found on a North Shore beach. at 9 o'clock this morning. No arrests had been made up to noon. The Christmas week-end safe incidents on this occasion recall those of a year ago at this time in a number of local premises which later led to the arrest of an alleged "expert" and his sentence to five years' Imprisonment ln penitentiary. The Incidents on this occasion do not suggest an "expert" Job. LOCAL TIDES Thursday, December 28, 1950 ANCIENT CAPITAL Tallinn, capital of Estonia, was founded in 1219 as a Danish town, t TICKET SALE Tomorrow 9:30 a.m. v-unaiuioa. i W- Port Hardy, the pair father conditions would Pit them to land. They "P the coast looking w to sM their tiny piano who had made a anding here a few aSo, remembered the beal Cove and made for Jnded on the short strip out a cupful of gasoline in his tank, lo, owner of Kodiak Alr-a Steck continued their allfornia yesterday after Prince Rupert. Steck of a small plane that -ed to land here during imer. The plane later n on the Skeena River i?ace. BIG CHANGE Talesap Lake in French Indochina, normally four or fiva feet deep, becomes 50 feet deep in the Monsoon seasons. : : " PUP VffAJ K5.RWNIE.TH A GCUS. Bobjo 12 Buffalo Canadian ..; .22;2 Consol. Smelters 126.00 Conwest 180 Donalda .43 Vz Eldona 23 East Sullivan ..'....!...;.. 7.35 Giant Yellowknife 6.15 God's Lake 35 1 Hardrock 25 Harricana .08 Heva .7 Hosco 514 Jacknife 5V2 Jollet Quebec .91 Lake Rowan 6Vi Lapaska 4l2 Little Long Lac 55 Lynx .12 Madsen Red Lake 2.15 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.15 Moneta 32 Negus .76 Noranda : 71.00 Louvicourt 16 Pickle Crow 1.60 Regcourt 44 San Antonio 2.35 Senator Rouyn 20 Shcrrit Gordon .... 2.79 Steep Rock 7.75 Sturgeon River 13 Silver Miller 88 Upper Canada 1.75 Golden Manitou 6.00 VANCOUVER Bralorne 5.90 B R X 38 Cariboo Quartz 90 Hedley Mascot 43 Pacific Eastern 05 Pend Oreille 7.85 Pioneer 1-80 Premier Border 73'i Privateer 06 Reeves McDonald 3.90 Reno 02 Sheep Creek 125 Sllbak Premier '.26 Tako River 06 Vananda C9 Salmon Gold 2 Spud Valley V4 Silver Standard 2.25 Western Uranium 1-25 Oils-Anglo Canadian 4 50 A P Con - 33 Atlantic 2.25 Calmont -74 C & E 7.50 Central Leduc 2.10 Home Oil I3 00 Okalta I-70 Princess 1-25 Royal Canadian 09 TORONTO Athona 73 Aumaque -22 Beattle 55 Bevcourt 4" High 4:00 8-7 jwj 15:33 199 feet Low 9:38 8.? feet Reserved: Main Floor $2.00 Front Row $2.00 Balcony $2.00 End Balcony $1.50 Rush: Adult $1.00 Student 50c 22:11 u leel LONG RECORD The British Association for the advancement of science held its first meeting at York in 1831. 3asesetbail.il 8:45 TONIGHT and THURSDAY CARROLL COLLEGE v Helena, Montana ' vs PRINCE RUPERT STORK TAKES 'XMAS HOLIDAY The stork chose to avoid Prince Rupert Christmas day this year. As a matter of fart, he has not been around during the holiday season at all. His last visit here was December 22. - . Season reservations must be confirmed by Saturday, December 30th and All reservations claimed 45 hours prior to game. 301 Phone 107 or 231 for Reservations