PROVINCIAL tIS.ARI, 118 VICTORIA, B. C. DAILY" DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER iVCABS Phone 81 I Published ot Canada's M st Strategic Pacif c Port Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northw-st" )Sl'AT( IKI) I VOL. XLI. No. 89 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS Pi 10 n7 nn ifin3)rin5)(c cc n n f 'J- ; Advance Agent Sent To South America VANCOUVER (CP) The News-Herald says in j a dispatch from Grand Forks that Stefan W. Sorokh ! has left for South America with the ''purpose of saek-j ing a new home for Canada's Doukhobor population." Condemns Separate Schools VANCOUVER (CP) The mln- Dr. Carter I Statement Shocking' VANCOUVER Is Caddy! dead? DISASTER Greatest Flood in Memory Of White Man on Rampage lied Cross Facing One of Biggest Kclief Operations in Its History OMAHA, Neb. More than IQjjOO are homeless Big Korean Tank Action ' 6EOUL P-A powerful United Nations tank force kll'cd and K-oundcd 300 Chinese Reds Monday 1 a furious bombardme-H of Cnmmun'st lines on he ceitr'il Korean front, the United States Army announced. Fifty-four Allied tanks fired for an hour and 45 mi iutc3 f.om- - ; I V j ' y i ister of education, Hon. w t., goroi'n js the spiritual leader -of the Sons of Freedom Stra Straith, th, on on Monriav Monday nieht night de-I de 1 . . . Re.-idents of Vancouver -were sect of the Doukhobors. fended British Columbia's edu ftaggered Monday by report that today as the marauding Missouriand Mississippi cation policies and condemned Rivers continued to spread their seas of misery over 1,250,000 acres through eight states. "w1881 aUOn "I would not wish to admin-in in .wo months. lhf Departmcnt of Educa. Truman Signs Peace Treaty ! WASHINGTON, D.C. Presl- ' The story says the Doukhobors have secretly exported $94 -000 to the United States to finance Sorokin's trip and project in South America. Authoritative sources (Grand Forks) report that the move was made by asreement between leaders of The Red Cross estimates that tion under any but our present system," he told delegates to the annual convention of the Teach 18,939 families have fled their all Ui' -pilillll. s.rai nuu uceil puucu ashore at Ucluelct on the west coast of the Island and that it may be their beloved sea monster. Simon Peter, a fisherman, caught a 1-ton, 14-fool -elephant seal, or sea elephant, Saturday. These big seals are faiily common In southern seas but appear rarely this far north. Home From homes in the Dakotas, Nebraska ers Federation Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, President Calls for Flood Meet Mr. Straith said he was bring-i dent Iruman, at a ceremony in the gons of Freedom anci the ing up the subject "since the the White House today, signed orthodox and independent question of separate schools i tne Japanese peace treaty which Doukhobors. , JbOR TO FRANCE ,G P. Vanier. DSO, native of Montreal, is n ambassador to t graduate of Laval Korea War Kansas and Missouri. i What the chief of the army) engineers describes as "the greatest flood white men have , over seen In the Missouri re- fJ came into prominence a year f mo ,ntn ...... ; SoroKin len ixis Angeies on Dr. Neal M. Carter, director of ago with the novel situation at ' with '' March 23 for Montevideo, Uru- A (I 2 brmin the war he practised law in i '., . ...,ih .1,0 the Pacific Fisheries Experi SEATTLE Rousing welcome Maillardville. ne was reierruiu i , .i "ions" is responsible for the !U l -1 Among the countries he will visit are Uruguay, Paraguay, Bo- Klven the troop-ship General to ciosing, iast April, of two iJn" "," u11ed hls Ro'an Catholic -Pl. at the;6 Ft0CS -cuH y ai'd plight of the homeless. The Red Cross states 17,809 (.camunity near New Westmin- livia 8nd chile for the Purpose mutual defence pacts affecting families are already homeless In' ?mpri,an!! iana Rnn pnm. VI &t?IWUK CL new 11U1I1C 1U1 Vdli" mental Station here, says he thinks the creature, which has a body like that of a noimal. king size seal and a head like an elephant, is the Cadborosaurus! or "Caddy" for short. ''I can only theorize." said Dr. Carter, "but it seems highly pro- the Missouri River valley ana. ln.nmr.. . '- j the Pacific area. when the river rolls through WASHINGTON. DC. (f President Tiu...an w.ll fly to Omaha tuiiiorro..' ano has a ked gover.-.u oi'Siacs in the Missouri and Mississippi basin c;lously affected by the unprecedented floods to meet him hi conference to discuss relief measures. Before landing in Omaha. 'he Several bands were out to greet lt dl(f not have the fund, to i Znllrccl them Including pipers whose carry on and 480 students were ; ,fand around JTn OtLr prence was arranged especially absorbed into the public school ! SutSSSnuw Omaha and Council Bluffs, the figure will rise to 20,000. making the Missouri flood of the greatest In 71 years of Red Cross for the Canadians. j bable to me that people have ' seen elephant seals and describ- ada's Doukhobor population. U.S. In On Seaway? system. the Philippines aad with Austral Mr. Straith quoted a state- ,a and New Zeaiand. ment by Dr. B. Conant, Harvard l .fit1 WU.t rt'.vuiuvu LUL I oveiseas with the $ Raiment in the Jd War. He served ;ja:ia;!ia:i High Com-I office in London lyM; was Canadian F.ancc 1938-1940. jiumbei- of Perman-B. ai'd on Defence in 1 1940 and later was Hficcr Commanding is'rict No. 5 at Quels:) he was Canadian $ allied governments arid representative Bfi.ch committee on jl-rations 1943-1944. 'Milled ambassador Jli 1944 f 'CP PHOTO i relief operations in ' fthc United ; States. ! ed them as Cadborosaurus. Many i President will fly over the flood Leonard Knowles, CNR, Retires' University president, that a ''dual system of education could threaten the democratic unity of the Dublic school svstem." ' of the ivports have fitted that i areas to see the situation at ' of the elephant seal." I first hand. I Pacific Pete Strikes Oil Primary in Division to Stay in Korea f ' "I must sav that I aDDrove of Two Canadian Ministers Clear Way With President Truman MONTREAL 0: Leonard J.' every word of Dr. Conant's Knowles, 65-year-old assistant statement," he said. The trend to the president of the "Canadian on this democratic continent is New Jersey Foiirth Well in Fort St. John Area To Hit Ga SOMEWHERE IN KOREA 9 WASHINGTON 0. A White National Railways, has retired, lt against any change in our sys- Thn rnmmAntifoalih Ttivisirm will VTnuto tnnfprpnpp Mnnrliiu, rlffl!" centres todiv on the iNew Jer-r' announccd t0Q' 01 puo"c ! remain in Korea after the armis- ed the way for Immediate sub lth I- I tlce Is, "X the commanding 'TT mission to the International y state primaries especial ; - 17 officer, Major-Gcncral A. J. H. Red Hold on France Now Diminishing slgn-ed, attention directed to the Repub-! lm VV SiWr . B 1 :rn...i.'..'(i Cassels said todav. "Joint Commission of Canad'.an Fifteen Dead in oost EDMONTON Q Pacific Pet-, roieums Lt. on Monday reported an oil strike at its No. 7 Well in the Fort St. John area of north-, eastern British Columbia. The well, on the Birley farm. two miles south of the Alaska' highway at Mile i&'t. encoun llcan ballot which contains the ; names of General ELsenhowcV. Senator Robert Taft and Gove- "After the truce," he said, "we (plans for the development of the will fall back from the demar- s. Lawrence seaway and power i cation line between the Com- 1 project. munist and United Nations The power end of the project jCrash in Spokane put of MONTREAL Gcorgo R. Van- nor Harold Staisen. ie-. Canadian ambassador to Taft endeavoured to withdraw tered oil at about 3500 feet armies, dig new defc ice positions will involve joint effort by On- The we!l frave up fcas at a rate France, told trrc CMnarflim-Cltfb after the New Jersey state pov- SPOKANE (CP)-A B-36 bomber crashed On a -"d maintain- acUve " Rand an agency to be- named- of 750.000 cubic feet dully. ftrre last niplit tnai mo com- , error mrcw nis suppon iu j w ... -: Canada-S q 25th Infantry brigade by. President Truman It is the fourth well In this muni.st hold in France is weak-i eral fclscnnower Dul ll was take-off from the Fairchlld base here early todaV, is part of . the Commonwealth' n is irenerallv assumed this iiinum entne ' I late to have his name removed Division. ; area to give a gas flow i agency will be the power author killing 15 of the 17 on board. Two- crew members GTON ( The gov suffered serious burns. iM'iwoj Monday it Is WEATHER- ity ot N.w 'Voile State, r Two Canadian cabinet ters. Hon. L. B. Pearson, minis-Uer of external affairs, and Hon. Lionel ' Chevrier, minister of I Circulation of the Communist j from the ballot. 'press has dropped from 2,500,-j Senator Estcs Kcfauver was 000 to 1,500,000 in a year. ;thc only name on the Democratic Control of workers by Com- j ballot although a write-in vote : munist unions has dropped by i for Governor Adlal Stevenson is cne-half in three years. expected. pi'imnte further ex- Complaint The giant 10-englned bomber crashed in a farmer's field half a mile northwest of the base , I aluminum pioduc Synopsis House Problem Again Tonight U.iited States and spent an noun with There is a very extensive storm transport. and burst Into flames. Th. r,ir, foii tv,. fo-m f wntpr about 400 miles west of the President and said after- Bnted Slates business rVisrhmann, chief of Rejected ,J". iti" u Ull i Ernest Alf, who told a reporter; the Queen Charlotte Islands, ward that Mr. Truman, had "we were awakened by this aw-! This storm is already giving gales agreed to institute immediacy ful crash and, as we got out of i along the north coast. These the steps necessary to join the bed. all we could see was the ' strong winds will spread slowly Canadian government in sub-big fire. It made a terrible ex-! southward over Vancouver . Is- mission to a joint commission. War of Nerves Keeps Tories A wake in House of Commons Will Be Coming Before Council Small Response To Questionairres ,. Housing problem will ajaln lies business me.i to; UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. CP Sidney how they feel I The United Nations Security i.ausion plans. He Council refused Monday night tK int.crc.siocl in get-I to consider an Asian-African iliiminimi prrKluction ; complaint against France's t kimw. Hp also called ! treatment of Tunisia, "on as to how the This was the first time - the "" plosion. It looked like only a , lana as me aay progresses. r hlnrk awav from the house, but Rain from thii disturbance is come before the city council at Bv MICHAEL' NEWMARCU it was actually half a mile general along the west coast of Largest LONDON (AP) Sleep, Or lack of it, is becoming its regular meeting this evening. ; Vancouver isiana ana uie mi ni away." r i-i. . . ...f..l in (wtich nn itie uui iiik me jjaav uic jmxiuctlon might bo council had ever refused to Uke ; one 01 me mo ui" " " ' be council caused to published coast but lt will probably be, late ; today before there Is rain on the , lower mainland. It will be an Tungsten J'rted plan would i,S a O-year-OiU pa. ua.ncnta.y " questionalrres to be filled in by ; by UntUd NaUo men The test was on a compromise un atiain. I ... persons Interested In renting other fine warm day in the In- University Takes Teacher Training j terior today. However, cloutit- I ness will increase tonight. Show- by Chile that the issue be plac- j Tilc aim never officially ad-ed on the council's agenda but ; miUedls for the opposition to Producer '"milium turned out by another 140,000 i r ami inciea.ve pro-;ii.'anar!a rrom 150,000 I year, aeoaies lasiea a noui. ''- 50-unit under the proposed utcs in an e apscd time of 961 2 1 r hours i scheme for which tcnc?ers are Almost military discipline pre-! about to close. t cry conditions will be general over the region tomorrow ln the nlint. hp nostnoned indefinitely, i keep government suppoitcrs in The vote for five in favor of : the House of Commons out of j vails. Chief government whip P. Up to noon today only eleven VANCOUVER. Speaking here , k ,h t WaKe 01 me s ' Monday night, Hon. W. T .! VANCOUVER Emerald nunc Straith, minister of education.! GALE WARNING near Salmo in the West Kyotcn- f the Chilean proposal, two hod until they crack with fa- G. T. uucnan-Hepourn, wno lormr had been returned. against (France and Britain) oifercd ."announced that teachers' train-; North Coast Region uaie ay aisirici, nas uxonie uic tid the best 1 comrois me m-ii-uiv w.H. The The only only explanation explanation on ! tiguc. Once famed as iirnfrhpa nvpr r.he mnvemenLS OL . .u.. ...n t n,.i iT. pgraphs fe Germ iclub in the world." the Commons,.. ,00 conservative MPs through , ill 1, t.nn and four abstaining. Seven affirmative votes ar ..r n,.. i,.hl. ...... ..,... ...i- M6c"i""" Is one required to get the item on the now w.-(,..vv nine junior wiups. mui wiuji hiuh uruain. nrltnin : u .. nin..f on HID. i.nnr Hie nis nrincr b .1 treadmills in has about 30 MPs under wing wwrvpr y.nngt u not vet Given council's work sheet. ing in this province will be ln- warning. Rain today . Ciouay gesi pioaucev 01 luugsien in uiu tegrated with the University of with frequent showers tomorrow, world. A new mill' addition hns British Columbia. Little change in temperature, increased its output from 250 , The provincial Normal School Winds, southeast, 40 to 50, shift- tons to 600 tons daily, in Vancouver will be closed and ing to southwest," 30, tonight. Two other tungsten proper-les the Normal School in Victoria Lows tonight and highs tomor- are now operating in British used ln connection with Victoria ' row at Port Hardy. Sandspit Columbia one at Hazelto i and College. 1 and Prince Rupert, 42 and 50. one at Atlln. i Wrilh debates stretching Into, and no MP can go home while up that tne houses win be built the curly morning, inflatable j the Commons Is In session un- and tnat gomc way will be forund j rubber beach mattresses are be-; less he gets permission from his out Qf tne UTipaSJje resulting from ! coming standard equipment for , whip. : nic tenders for thrf project hav- mi raise . K The New York Wifs what it. e.illi-rl TIDES- fvitionee of Ulc ralsity "Wi.flm-srllltf Anlil lfi lfl.r)2 many Conscrvauvc Mrs. uwy t The whips have a simple way ing been, so much higher than anstic photo charces : Ilich 5:04 19.2 feet 'put them in darkened interview '0( insuring the government can the estimate. mt Slates is wag- 18:43 16.0 feet rooms and sleep through many , ahvays muster a majority. They "c in worth Korea I Low rcct of wc oeoaics uuu uui. f oon t give mai permission un- ti ; . 1 - - Jr - S - V' l I -I I . f' f 1 : 1 5.0 feet soundly that they miss ine ring-, jcss the man who wants to checK 12:01 First Steel For Pipeline ing of division bells summoning i out has "paired" with a Labor them to vote. ' ! member. The nerve War began after the ' The Labor mcmbtrSi waging February. 1950. general election i tnc war ln thc way thcy caincd left Labor with a majority ofjfrom tnc conservatives, gener- pDAY'S STOCKS VANCOUVER Steel for the Wtt nVKdld theyiBlly .t0 Pair-thus kccPinS $32 million oil pipeline from Ed-The all i Conscivauves aia uii ini y nvprnmrn. ...nnnr,rs maroon- i . II. 4lltll.l irtl ll. I I' monton to Vancouver is now ... . . .... , ..I. o couia 10 Keep me vuuunuua si-; cd ,n lnc commons. AN( oi V t J StilU;i.( tiring out, LaDor wnn ting late, talk-and always hoping for an opportunity to outvote thc gov being distributed to construction points along the 700-mile route. First shipment. 438 tons of high test steel pipe, reached 'White Rock from San Francisco this week and is being moved to sidings. . TORONTO Athona .'. 09'a Aumaquc , 20 Reatie Duqucsnc 44:,4 rJvvaoiirt - 1-25 Buffalo Canadian 23 Consul. Smelters 35.50 Conwest 4.40 Donalda ' 40 '.i Giant .Yellowknire 11.00 Brightest Atom Blast ernment on a suaoen censure j motion after weary members ' had drifted off to bed. j The Conservatives never got the vote they wanted, but their; ; Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line i Company estimates that it needs 145.000 tons of steel, or about , harassing was so effective it ai 1 most ucuuiulmu i4un-iw I ,ais vi,iiA. wcvaaa Aiiuinri E t -u..si ua ho in God's Lake Hard rock ... Ilarrfcana Heva .52 ...13 .13 .11 .43 Sabine 1 (! Slices " . iH"i-(l(r f flDi'iiaid t 'trek' "" . Wy " Pranium f Juliet Quebec .22 . G.25 1.55 .0.i i, o .48 .'JO .18 7.00 2.5a .30 V-i .08 Va 5.25 .03 1.70 .CO .18 .04 .11 2.40 425 .62 1.80 3.85 . 16.25 .35 4.00 '13.50 Little Long Lac .72 Lynx H I was a big factor In Prime Min-- Tc explosion was touched off Twa tcwb lister Attleo's decision to resign lodliy on Uw testing grounds lAbo"16a carloads of pipe cov-, last .. miles from this city. year. seventy crings wU, also be necdcd. j SHOE ON OTIU'lt FOOT i It was thc brightest flash of After the pipe Is welded, It Is Now thcLahor members arc the several so far seen in this e'eaned. given a primer coating I 'giving thc Conservatives with a city. and an enamel coating, wrapped 1 majority of only 16 some of Today's bomb is believed to with fibre glass ana then asbes-, ' their own medicine. Night after have been dropped from a plan?, tos felt. In rocky sections it will j night finds the Commons still ln ! get another asbestors wrapping i session long after the usual ad- cuiAirr crADC as a "rock shield." Comment time of 10:30 p.m. SfWVJrVt JUAKC .Trans Mountain said three. Sometimes the debates last un-; Ftre department was called at crews are working In B.C. ar- , til 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Sometimes noon yesterday to the Ideal ranging for the right-of-way. ; I they go on past breakfast time, cleaners, McBride Street, where About 2100 easements will be Once recently the Commons sat a smoke scare did no damage, needed from private land owners , i debating continuously for 23 Oil supply to the furnace had in this province, about 1200 In the ; (hours. In one recent week the flooded, causing the smoke. Fraser Valley. Madsen Red Lake 2.04 MeKciulc Red Lake .... -4 McLcod Cockshutt .... 285 Moneta -44 Noranda 77.50 Louvicourt 37 San Antonio 2.60 Senator Rouyn ..: -18 Sherrtt Gordon 4.60 Steep Rock 7.00 Silver Miller 1-84 Upper Canada I, Lcduc INTERVIEWS CHIANG KAI-SHEK Bill Boss. Canadian Press staff writer with the Canadian torces n Korea, obtained an exclusive inter .Mew with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, head or the Chinese Nationalist government. Boss, left, is the first Canadian, to visit Chiang since the Nat'onaiists withdtew from the mainland.40 Formosa. The Generalissimo, centre, speaking through the interpreter. Shen Chang-Huan. government spokesman, made striking comment on the possible effects of any Korean truce and forecast that the Nationalists can win all the mainland) from (he Reds within three years of a miliiary landing. tCP PHOTO 311 t te