1 ItarN cabs 1 RADIO DISPATCHED 1 PRDVIiiCIAL LIB" A3 Y, 113 VICTORIA . t. C. ORMES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XLI, No. 11 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JAKUARY 14, 1852 PRICE FIVE CENTS Fvi FP n n i a rnn a 4 Plane Crash At New York Brett New Labor Head Two Die in Air Crash In Alaska NEW YORK A commercial aircraft, with 36 passengers, crashed into the East River while essaying a radar landing. All persons aboard escaped but Elected President Of T. and L. Council-Joe Gillis Welcomed i anchukaue wreckage nas Little Hope Held Now For Survival of Men On lll-Fated Vessel VICTORIA. Little hope is held today for the survival of 46 members of the crew of the American freighter Pennsylvania which sank last Wednesday some 400 miles northwest of the north end of Vancouver Island in the gale-swept waters of the North Pacific. They must have perished by "this time even if their boats lived in the frigid gaie and seas. been sighted 9,000 feet up on a I mountain of the Falrweathcr j range off Cnpe Spencer of a ' !4 a! W. H. Brett of the Deep Sea at least 28 were injured, two ser-Flshermen's Union was elected lously. General Airways plane which be- president of the Prince Rupert Hie plane was coming in from came missing Saturday after- Trades and Labor Council at the Boston, noon on a flight from Portland annual meeting last week. i to Anchorage. Last stop was at1 R G. Moore of the Teachers' Annette Island field near Ket- Federation was elected vice-pre- T, , - .. . - err..;:.! chikan. Two persons were be-i.;ved aboard. : skicnt and E. A. Evans of the Civic Employees, sccretary-trcas-: ' urei. . iiimM "i t ii nil!' ::-- s,''""'''""'"' Snow and sleet conditions prevented five surface ships and 12 planes from carrying on a search New Asian : yesterday following the finding Gale Darkens San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO A fierce gale brought a power blackout to the S:in Francisco area today. Snow and wind combined to make a blu&ard in New York which threw trains as far as thirty hours behind schedule. Edward Meighen Dies ii Manitoba KATC'HEWAN OIL DISCOVERY This is the site of Socony Western Prairie Roscray No. 1, commercial discovery of medium oil In Sas :atchcwan. The well is in southwestern Saskat-an. 27 miles northwest of Swift Current and 65 miles fro mthc Alberta border. In the right .M-mind of Hw snow-covered stubble field ir a pool of oil 85 feet in diameter and several of wreckage during tne weeK-end. The Canadian weather ship Stonetown and two other ves- Move Soon ! f 1 1 . Vim ; I ; J. I j (CP PHOTO I i s drop. Isels, however, have been keep for I Ing up a continuous search without find- !the lifeboats but lng trace as yet. HONG KONG It is predicted in well-informed quarters here faily News Resuming Korean Air Loss Higher TOKYO fl The United Nations lost sixteen planes over North Korea between ianuary 4 and January 11, the United Statee Fifvh Air Force said Saturday. Losses were the greatest suffered by the Allies In any seven-day period. since the Korean war began. Curing the same period speedy Sabre jets knocked down twelve MIG's and damaged fourteen others. Winnipeg Has Little Snow WINNIPEG Winnipeg is hav : Old friends in Prince Rupert ,h!lt ,he Chinese Communists are The Stonetown reported temperatures of around zero in the search area. RCAF Mess Burns Three Burn to Death opular Bridge Column iiTM "w"!? delh! preparing to strike in force soon v v I of Edward Meighen which occur- , , .i. . else in southeast red last autumn in Manitoba. He somewhere j Was a brother of P.t. Hon. Arthur Asia. It may be in Indo-China. V V .'ZV f I Hy popular request, the Daily News is resuming! iailv Blackwood on Bridge feature which wasj Blizzard, Meighen, a former premier of At the same time Soviet Eus-Canada. t In the early days Mr sia u forecasting that the west- iweignen spent, years in rrjnce ern powers are planning a new o ly run in this paper out has been suspended . time. It reappears today. move. This propaganda would Rupert. He served in the 102nd Regiment (machine gun section) during the First Great War. be the build-up for Communist : ardent bridge players ; MONCTON, New Brunswick I Investigation has been ordered , I into a fire which destroyed the i 'airmen's mess at' a Royal Cana-i tilan Air Force supply depot here. Two Army privates and a! civilian were burned to death. action. NCW LABOR MEAD .... W. II. Brett Winnie Staying Longer in U.S. New Railway To Edmonton ing exceptionally, light snowfall ' ' ! this winter. There has only bcenj fbe CXecut,ivc consists of J. S. fifteen incUes so far and the Black. Carpenters' Union; D. K. most of that has disappeared, Llewellyn. Fire Fighters, and R. leaving the streets clear. Some-1 l Gardiner United Fishermen. times at this time of year as Auditors are R. G. Moore. H. NEW YORK Pt-ic Minister Fish Hauled 3200 Miles by Truck Churchill is to extend his visit to many as uu men are engaged in M DaB(?ctt and D. K. Llewellyn, j the United States by four days ' ennui tri nvn 1 1 n a nnrA riiir I it pro , arc practically none .. Conducting 'hati,. . ... .... ,. T.r,l.y. 4i. 5. 'Oil!!, a former president ' tached. . He wUl sail for home EDMONTON EDMONTON Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. and El-d-jrado Mining- & Smelting Co. may be identified in the construction of a 500-mile railway from Great Slave Lake to Ed- Gale Hit City Hard One of the worst snow blizzards with winds reaching-more than 70 miles an hour crippled power ; lines in the eity Saturday night, j plugged streets and highwavs. i disrupted commanij'Jrtlt..-. -td gave anxiety to at least one vessel at sea. Diaby Islard weut'.if - station reported only one and a quarter inches of snow falling, but, whipped by southeast gale.;, it rnpin.;' filled in streets, causing traffic snarls. The Pr'nce Rupert-Terrace highway is officially closed, department of public w-uiks announces. Snow plows are Marking to clear it. Power iines were blown down 1 is said to be the longest fish haul and long active member of the January a on me yueen Mary. ! local council, now residing in Original plans called for leaving 'Victoria, who was warmly wel- January 17. i corned by the retiring president, j ' ' Blackwood. Hi y think it's a conven- sit man. with y Ft. Filiickwuod of Indian-is ponscsfor of the hostname In bridge and orig-of the Blackwood slam it inn y Hlarkwood operates on nv.i t.o.i that mathematics 'f are nothing shor.t f labie lil'lotig hobby lias been maUr.v Hi:, lumlly pressed iu service as a bridge play-he nue of li to ruund out ly foursome. in;: mathematics and li:etlier, Mr. Blackwood " r ) of Amrrtca's most : bridcc players. result of his rich exper-will romp 'to you In these t Tiif Daily News. , lil.irkwoiid writes an casy- :. friendly kind of prose, "s you quietly to some of ist intriguing brlgc games Imonton. It would bring ore to Canadian Army Chief to Korea ! James S. Black. Mr, Gillis led In I the fight many years ago for the present widows' pensions. ever undertaken in the history of transport, a huge truck and trailer passed through Edmonton last week. It was bound from Hay River to New York, a distance 'of 3,200 miles. The fish belong to the Gateway Fisheries, cue of several companies operating in the Great Slave Lake re- MARINE MENU uranium processing plants to be The principal yield of Nova (located here. The project would Scotia scallops is from the beds ; make Edmonton the uranium in the Bay of Fundy off Digby. j capital of Canada. ; OTTAWA Lt G.m. Ouy Sim AL ons, chief of staff of the Canadian Army, is leaving for Korea to make an inspection of the 25th Brigade. Lofty Englishman Finding Life in Canada Different ! Mr. Gillis spoke of matters ! past and present. He regretted the passing, since he left Prince i Rupert, of Mayor Rudderham Sand Ex-A!derman James Black, I .both workers for Labor. Thej 1 members should be proud of W.I 1 H. Brett, ex-MLA, for the work j : he had done for Prince Rupert, 1 ! Mr. Gillis said. Workers should ! j gion. The winter quota is lour BLACKWOOD j million pounds. Picviously the " I fish had been shipped by rail. ever played by some of the conn- The truck trailer is equipped try's most Intriguing bridge with a mechanical refrigeration Today's .Stocks Hln lh fiar,ncl narl nf thA j unit which will keep the cargo I of white fish in cold storage. players. It's good. S. II. ,Jtiltiltilll ('. Ltil.) (Courle : fe After . A 26-year-old Englishman, former British Cel-j storm at about 8 p.m. Saturday, anese foreign export manager, finds life in Canada (leaving two sections or the city I Station tFF'R . , ,. - in darkness. Radio quite a bit different, especially working as a cost , went off for the night, accountant at the Kemano Bay Alcan project. j UnciTdrl.ptetWu Mike Baynes, six-foot-three , " morning after several break-, and very athletic looking, doesn't and pjctUre shows. The recrca- j downs following the storm. The look at all like the man i who tUm haJl Ule natural and j latest trouble was east of Salvus. would use his big, strong hands ! most-used gathering place where j At sea, Capt. Julius Barth had to punch an adding machine j concerts are put on by the men ! 17 troubled hours with his 40-but, when he came to Camida in .themselves and bingo games, : fn. si.M.i.hiillrri beam trawler. eakdown Storm be educated more along federal I and provincial lines to work to I remodel Labor Acts. None were : brought hi perfect to start with I but small beginnings finally got I results if the fight is kept up. 1 Many new delegates were seat-i ed from uffiliatcd unions. ! IMMIGRATION I Discussion took place on what i was termed the lack of planning j of the Immigration Department 1 in bringing in immigrants to dis-, tricts where there were neither jjobs nor places to live. The j charge of $10 for night classes to 1 learn English was more than I some can afford, Unsatisfactory state of the I handling of mail on Hie Alcan i project, due in part to the Post Office Department having no I appropriations for that district, cribbagc, bridge and other card rjavid Scott, before the vessel drives arc played. j arui crew reached safety. Chess is another game i At ohnitt 1 -n n m Sa nrniiv Mp Viscount Alexander To Be Called Home? Important New Post May lie (liven Canadian Governor General OTTAWA. Prime Minister Winston Churchiil met with the Canadian cabinet today and one of the matters believed to have been discussed was the future of Governor General Viscount Alexander. It, is 'understood that Mr. Churchill, on behalf of the Brit- g. . f ' Ish government, asked thut Vis- fjQf'f'IflQ (JUOtd count Alexander be released from' his post, here so that he may, Unrn CvfanHarJ which "quite a few fellow pass . . on '.,. h was ..rifu VAMOIVKR American Standard 29 Bralorne 6.00 B R X 05 Cariboo Quartz 1.17 Congress 05 'j Cronin Babine 58 Giant Mascot 03 Indian Mines 23 Pend Oreille 8 50 Pioneer 190 Ircmier Border 33 Privateer OT'2 Reeves MacDonald 6.00 Reno 04 Slmep Creek 1.72 Silbak PrcmSvr 64 Vananda W2 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley 20 silver Standard 2.50 Western Uranium 3.50 Oils A P Con 53 Calmont. 1.97 Control Leduc 2.90 Home Oil 17.50 Mercury 29 Okulta 3.85 Pacific Pete 10.00 th?.',r utime' helplessly near Butterworth , , 'g v. 1 too. A' a Clubs arc being formed, veml fishinir VB!apL, shooting club is in existence and ; ,n . frn Ppin- ' lirilting all night west 'eiuurth Rorks, some forty '"il.iilc of Prince Ruert in I he stormswept waters 'h'-rn llecatc Straits, the ste-l fishing vessel David f Vancouver was reported i Sunday morning to be ay again and proceeding club .lh k. is being h,n., organized rDini7H K.wu v ....... ... a ski Rupert into the teeth of the gale to give help. August last, he promised himself he would learn to know this country. And he's tried it from various angles. Today he is going back to Kemano Bay where lie landed in October and ju.st last weekend made his first trip out. After arriving In eastern Canada, Baynes landed 011 a farm in southern Saskatchewan at the tail-end of the wheal harvest. Also, he fed pigs, milked cows and generally "worked with my hands, like I wanted to for the first six months." Then he came west and joined the employ of Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Canada Ltd.. to "I've neve done that sort of thing, but the country looks very accommodating for that kind of sport," says the S.tfel1 Snow and high winds, however, prevented any of the vessels reaching the David Scott, but at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, the drifting vessel's engines were working again and a safe harbor was made. Sunday morning appeared cool, clear, and still but there was a legacy of heavy snow on I 'avid Scott broke down at iiurday afternoon. Distress iruuch Digby Island radio sent a number Of vessels ""J to her. assistance In i he most severe Bales and return to Britain. Itr AIIDS GONE Beard-growing, he says, has almost come to a halt now, since arrival of a few women in the camp. At first, many a youth j are men Two passible posts Honed for Alexander: j was reported. I R. L. Gardiner reported on the j convention at Pcnticton last month, where AV. D. Wilson, A.F. of L. organizer, lost his life I in a car accident while driving j there. There was talk at -the j convention of setting up a B.C. i Federation of Labor. ! The great need was again Minister of Defence 1. llci ring quota of the northern sub-district has been extended for another 10.000 tons, Fisheries Depart meni announced today. Fishing commences at noon, on work at. tho construction caniD smd oldermun. too. cot in thei Ijlizards of the winter.! 'K out from here were the at Kemano, race to produce facial foliage the ground which kept snow Last vcar. Baynes was in South but with the arrival ot the "fair- j plowing equipment and snow 26 Royal Canadian 2. Co-ordinator of Allied forces against Communism in . southeast Asia. Africa to relieve his firm's rep-i er sex" beards "vanished over-1 shovellers busy. r Salvage Co.'s Quonset ie li.sherics patrol cruiser 1 The American vessel Wednesday. The department also reports! All long-distance telephone The. Prime Minister has also i "id that herring in the district seem the the local local draiiner dragger , . h ,,., pnni..rrinn -f ,r, i,, oi ot i,.n.th lencth with with '. at U'' from the famed) sea, also answered the Governor-General. bp spreadliiB rcsentative at Johannesburg for night." a six-month stint. But when he some of the women are wives returned to England he found of executives, living in. married too many years lay between him ' quarters; others are office cm-and any more promotion so he ployccs living in female dormi- lines as well as telegraph lines wet j reported out of order this morning. Cow Bay area also was cut off during Saturday night's storm and service has not yet stressed for a Fair Wage officer to be stationed hete due to the great expansion in this district. Labor unions are being asked to request the Department of Labor to grant this request. were able to do, IPnwl)?n Rp(.,lirv Anlh(.nv' Gasboat Pass where most or the ' the thick and stormy 1 ' i V SCX00 tons were taken Fish a now lo ne Mr. Church- K;ii (he lute HI!- J 10 " - iinun rn'n ri m rin in titrniTii struck out for a new kind of inc. - lories. ill here. Food at Kemano is "bountiful ! been resumed. Telephone Super- Channel and at Arthur Passage Eric Janes said this inlcndent Meanwhile, 11,435 tons of the 'j.v tic morning. SCKNKRT At Kemano he's found a pari 01 It, he says. Greatest impression in that part of B.C. wilder- '. 40,000-ton quota have been tak search was called off when ! ;ivid Scott was reported1 Dakota to be under way ''"'ceding to Triple Island. storm has passed south-, l'id it was calm and cool UK j and good. I've never anywhere eaten like I do there." And a I striking difference this London j business executive sees at Alcan is the way "everything is done WEATHER - - en in the central sub-district with fishing now opening up at Klldidt Sound and Thistle Passage, at the entrance of Loredo Inlet. Cunard Getting n H' on a large scale, compared to ; 1 f David Scot t has been beam 1 British construction where all corners possible are cut." TORONTO , Atliona 09 Aumaque 2lYi Belittle 20 Bcvcourt 80 Buffalo Canadian 19 Consol. Smellers 189.00 C'onwcst 370 Donalda 53 Eldona 21 Kast Sullivan 9.15 Giant Yellowknife 11.00 God's Lake 38 Haidrock 124 Harricana 16 Heva IO'j Jollet Quebec . .54 Little Long Lac 70 Lynx .!? .13 Mitdscn Red Lake .48 McKenzle Red Lake 46 McLcod Cockshutt 2 80 Moneta 37 Negus .68 Noranda , 83.25 Louvicourt 30 Pickle Crow 1.65 San Antonio , 2.52 Senator Rouyn .184 Sherrii Gordon 4,50 Two More Ships B for Atlln Fisheries. I Baynes liopes to stay for somc j 1 lime yet at Kemano, but has "no I j definite plans yet" as to his fu-1 (ALL WARNING , awe(j wRh itt(. Tlecale Straits and Dixon s En- mountains, trees and snowy trance Gale warning in effect; alts urc tremendous." wind, north to northeast, 40 miles Baynes spent Christmas and per hour, decreasing to north, 30 New Year's at his camp with miles tonight. Cloudy with snow four or flve hundred others. The flurries today. Clearing on nor- hoiiaays were featured by a them mainland tonight. Visibil- .great Christmas spread really lty 10 miles, reduced to half-mile aa impressive menu." in snow. Strong offshore winds ..,,.... down mainland inlets. Tempera- KW" tures, 21. ' What do most Alcan employees ponton Has Paul Robeson To Sing At Opening Of Miners' Meet VANCOUVER Paul Robeson will sing at the opening of the convention of the United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers here, President Harvey Murphy announced. All trade unions would be invited to have representatives at the ceremonies of opening. Murphy said. The Negro basso has long been known for his Communist ture. But he thinks Canada is great. ephone Gain MflONTON. finl 1 ..1. ... A net gain of GLASGOW John Brown & Co., builders of the Queen Mary and Quen" Elizabeth, has ben awarded the contract lor two new liners for the Cunard Company at an estimated cost o( more than 4.500.000. This famous Clydebank firm has just ceibrated its centenary of shipbuilding. The first vessel launched at Govan was the paddle steamer Jackal for Cun- TIDES - - Action on Alaska State Promised WASHINGTON The people of Alaska and Hawaii have been promised Senate action on statehood at the start of the session opening In January, Delegate Faninglon of Hawaii stated here. He says the question of statehood for both should be among' the first matters to come up. Tint promise has alrtady been given. -5 eiepnoups was registered i'T Edmont Queen Charlotte Straits Winds do in ineir spare imie oil Telcnhnne Rvs. Frankly, savs this one, most 15, 1851 19.5 feet 200 feet 7.7 feet Tuesday, January High 3:25 15:08 Low 9:13 21:35 light, becoming easterly, 15 miles per hour, by midnight. Northeast, 30 miles per hour, in mainland inlets. Cloudy with mixed rulu and snow showers, the twelve months of 1951. 'Ki'd a record for the dc-'t as the largest number "Phones ever installed in "tun In any one year. of them do more work get In as much overtime as possible for it's a place to "make a stake." But there is recreation, too, 3.7 feetkrd,