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THURSDAY.
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
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rl
,
500
Are
Trapped;
Told
To
Get
Out
As
Best
They
Can
ises
On
L
Irish
Dramatist
'
Lbs
After
Long
Life
"
AlEHAMIITAN
rPV
T
ST.
LAWRENCE.
Eng-Georee
Bernard
Shaw,
FISHING
COURSES
HERE
APPROVED
h
modern
age's
greatest!
s
and
It
most
caustic
i
today
at
the
age
;
I
iite-rearded
Irish-born
1
ise
wit
was
renowned
jt
the
world
for
half
a
Situation
Not
So
Good
as
Reds
Throw
New
Might
at
Allies
SEOUL
(CP)
American
troops
tonight
gave
up
a
day-long
fight
to
V
rescue
nearly
five
thou-
'
sand
soldiers
surrounded
by
Communist
forces
on
the
northwest
sector.
The
trapped
men
were
Otderei
to
attempt
to
break
out
on
their
own.
Furiously
fighting
Reds
captured
guns
of
the
surround--
succumbed
at
4:59
a.m.
i
Wednesday,
Pacific
t
Timet.
Lacy,
I
want
to
sleep,"
DEAD
Oeorge
Bernard
Shaw
k,d
to
Ladv
Astor
who
al
bedside
during
his
Last
night's
meeting
of
the
chool
board
gave
the
go
ahead
signal
to
vocational
courses
in
fishing
after
obtaining
approval
of
the
Department
of.
Education.
Instructors
will
be
John
Morrison
and
John
Carpenter.
The
committee
recommended
to
handle
the
course
consists
of
George
Anderson,
Norman
Bell's,
J.
C.
Gilker.
Harry
Rob-Ins,
O.
Stegavig
and
Harold
Thorn.
The
course
will
be
available
for
students
from
Grade
X
on.
The
department
suggested
the
board
apply
to
Ottawa
for
a
vocational
grant,
which
would
;etarlan.
tectotalllng
ho
professed
himself
to
ommunlst
and
atheist,
U
In
his
last
hours
oy
j
Truman
Attempt
Murder
Charges
Against
Gunman
Washington
Stirred
by
Assassination
Plot
an
clereyman
who
said
yfrs
lor
the
old
man's
:
ed
United
States
force!
Some
Americans
had
already
escaped
the
trap.
,
j
Communist
troops
are
throw-
lng
their
new
military
might
against
advancing
United
Na
ltKUSt
iho-mo
D
j!Sj
N.
I
;ad
lapsed
Into
a
final
terday
morning
and'
cover
70
per
cent
of
the
cost.
tions
forces
today
to
block
the
,
1
approaches
to
the
Korean-
Manchurian
border.
They
are
meeting
'with
evident
success
TRAOt,
IN
MILLION
T0NS-OJM
I
Still
More
A
United
States
Army
spokes
gained
consciousness,
on
seven
weeks
ago
;ktn
thigh
suffered
slipped
and
fell
in
his
Shaw
grew
steadily
oladder
ailment
aggra-
condition.
:
author
of
more
than
llany
like
"Pygmalion,'
man
said
the
situation
was
Guard
Dies
WASHINGTON,
DC.
f
murder
charge
has
been
filed;
against
Oscar
Collazo,
37,
New
York,
one
of
two
Puerto
Rlcan
revolutionaries
who
attempted
yesterday
to
assassinate
President
Truman.
Maximum
penal-1
ty
for
murder
rrt
te
District
of
,
CLASH
IN
BERLIN
BERLIN
Two
hundred
West
Berlin
police
with
truncheons
and
water
hoses
today
4rove
off
East
Berlin
"peace
fighters"
outside
the
Court
House
n
the
P
r
i
(
I
s
h
gone.
The
crowd
shouted
Communist
slogans
as
police
made
several
arrests.
Some
persons
were
injured.
MIRACLE
PLAN
REJECTED
EDMONTON
Edmonton's
"Miracle
Plan,"
for
a
major
downtown
community
development,
was
rejected
by
the
civic
voters
yesterday.
It
received
Just
over
0
percent
rote
which
was
not
enough
(to
carry,
two-thirds
being
required.
CHOCOLATE
BAR
DOWN
VANCOUVER
C
h
o
colate
bars
which
were
selling
for
8c
here
have
been
cut
2;
owing
to
a
decrease
In
the
price
of
cocoa
beans.
-
YOUTH
COMMITTED
MISSION
Frank
Syltes,
16,
charged
with
the
murder
of
the
school
girl,
Laura
Grant,
was,
committed
for
trial
yesterday.
A
statement
of
the
boy
that
he
had
accosted
the
girl
was
admitted
as
evidence
at
tha-
preliminary
trial.
BANK
ROBBERS
PENNED
VANCOUVER
Three
year
terms
of
Imprisonment
were
Imposed
on
two
'
young
men
here
yesterday
for
robbery
with
violence
in
connection
with
the
recent
hold-up
of
an
east
end
Royal
Bank
branch
when
$3800
was
taken.
,
HEADS
P.N.E.
VANCOUVER
G.
M.
Ferguson,
secretary
of
B.C.
Packers,
was
elected
president
of
P
cific
National
Exhibition
yesterday.
(Mr.;
Ferguson
is
a
well
known
canneryman
and
at
one
time
years
ago
was
located
in
the
Skeena
River
district.
SESSION
ADJOURNED
MONTREAL
S
e
s
sions
of
railway
and
union
representatives
on
the
wage
dispute
with
Mr.
Justice
Kellock
have
been
adjourned
until
next
Wednesw
day.
No
announcement
is
made
as
to
progress
that
may
have
been
made.
U.S.
POPULATION
wjiciiivr.TnN
The
popula
In
Schools
"very
serious"
in
the
northwest
sector.
'
The
Communists,
some
Chinese
but
mostly
North
Koreans,
hrt"VitrT
"tig
guni,
"rockets
an.t
'
and
'Major
BatH
According
to
rerxirt
nf
nrin-
J
uuszmn-DUUi
ra
planes
cipals
read
at
last
night's
meet-l
h,t
tie
northwest
Korean
area
in
nt
th
.hi
mi.
for
the
second
straight
day.
Two
The
gravest
economic
problem
of
Asia
is
tne
sup
ply
of
food
which
means
rice.
World
production
Is
up
to
pre-war
levels,
but
exportable
surpluses
are
less
than
half
the
1938
figure.
This
Is
because
of
the
increase
of
population
and
of
home
con
-.umption
In
the
Asian
producing
areas.
Surpluses
of
the
United
States,
Brazil
and
Egypt
-are
un
marketable
in
Asia's
deficiency
areas
because
of
currency
restrictions,
A
grave
food
crisis
was
averted
in
1946
only
by
emergency
International
action
to
control
distribution.
Since
that
time
India,
Malaya,
the
Philippines
and
Indonesia
have
all
Increased
production
of
rice
but
not
sufficiently
to
close
the
gap.
Japan
has
the
largest
rice
ration
in
Asia
and,
with
a
steadily
Increasing
population,
her
demands
grow.
Since
1945
Japan-
est
needs
have
been
covered
by
American
purchases.
This
year
the
Allied
authorities
in
Japan
'
have
bought
heavily
in
South-East
Asia,
and
a
t
the
same
time
the
new
Chinese
Government
has
used
its
gold
to
purchase
rice.
"Unless
intern
itional
control
of
distribution
is
re-established,
i
until
rice
production
can
catch
up
with
population
increases,
it
seems
likely
there
Will
be
famine.
;
t
world
famous,
considered
himself
Jhe
successor
and
perhaps
lor
ot
Shakespeare.
ment
in
city
schools
in
October
were
bJasted
out
01
ne
!
was
1,338,
an
increase
from
1,263
;
in
October
1949
and
1,318
in
Sep-
J
tember
1950.;
Broken
down
and!
Plead
Guilly
To
t
A"
L
with
percentage
attendance
it
Mince
n
01
in
the
poorer
countries
of
Asia,
many
of
which
are
also
threatened
by
Communist
expansion.
Columbia
(Washington)
is.
electrocution.
Collazo
was
wounded
In
a
gun
battle
with
secret
servlc
men,
and
his
companion,
Grls-ello
Torresola,
was
killed.
j
Mrs.
Collazo,
wife
of
the
wounded
gunman,
has
also
been
arrested
in
New
York
together
with
two
others
Identified
with
the
Puerto
Rlcan
nationalist
movement
who
are
charged
with
conspiring
to
Injure
the
President.
Mrs.
Collazo
is
being
held
on
$50,000
ball
pendlng(
further
Inquiry.
The
two
Puerto
Rican
revolutionaries
stormed
President
Trnmnn's
official
home
with
BI.
Charges
was
as
follows
(figures
in
peren-thisis
being
for
October
1949).
School
'V
Enrol.;
-
av..at".
"
nc
at:
ouver
Dies
today
.BiKrtjsyws
(460)
448.88-94
4seathce
was
reserved
Borden..
263
(252)
242.2
94.7
in
:
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
I0CVER,
0Dr.
Austin
Mil.
fi4
nnt.prt
Vanrnu.
p,
died
Wednesday
ii
t
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
in
magistrate
court
until
November
8
on
Bruce
Montney
and
Denzil
Johnson
on
three
charges
of
breaking
and
entering.
Sentence
on
a
fourth
charge"
had
previously
been
reserved
until
-the
same
date.
Both
chose
to
!
uc
was
awenaing
UOt
tht
Jtmfirlan
rnl.
pslclans
and
Surgeon's.
Moaner
nistnls
vesterdav
after
-m
m
surgery
at
Van-neral
anri
Khaiioh.
,be
tried
summarily
on
all
Prince
Rupert
There
was
more
sunshine
at
Prince
Rupert
In
the
first
ten
months
of
1950
than
in
the
whole
of
1949,
according
to
figures
compiled
from
Digby
Island
meteorological
station
records.
In
the
12
months
of
1949,
860.6
hours
of
sunshine
were
recorded,
while
there
have
already
been
Conrad..
270
(252)
257
95.19
King
Ed.
322
(313)
303.5
94.2
Digby
Is.
20
18.17
90.85
Port
Ed.-
88
.
74.28
84.64
None
of
the
other
rural
schools
were
reported
at
the
meeting.
The
report
of
Booth
School
contained
an
accident
report
stating
Leonard
Griffith,
Grade
VIII,
had
sustained
a
split
lip
in
a
football
scrimmage
which
required
treatment
at
the
hospital.
Other
school
reports
showed
there
had
been
successful
fire
drills
during
the
month.
noon
in
an
attempt
to
assassinate
him
but
alert
guards
thwarted
the
plot
in
a
roar
of
gunfire.
P.vcourt
.42
Bobjo
l
11
a
Buffalo
Canadian
25
Vt
C.
M.
&
S
115.10
Conwest
,
185
Donalda
"54
Eldona
,
.29
East
Sullivan
8.30
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.75
nods
Lake
35
'
glials
for
25
years.
Dr.
fi
as
a
graduate
of
the
of
British
Columbia
td
overseas
in
the
Flrsi
Hp
had
suf
ferpri
fnr
counts
and
pleaded
guilty
to
each
charge.
The
charges
were:
Breaking
and
entering
the
office
of
Crawford
Moore.,
Breaking
and
entering
the
Canadian
Immigration
office
and
,
stealing
one
rubber
dale
'
stamp.
,
Breaking
and
entering
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
office
and
stealing
a
set
of
keys,
some
R
with
heart
trouble.
VANCOUVER
Bayonne
.02
Bralorne
v
6.55
B.
R.
Con
02
V2
B.
R.
X.
,
.05
Carbso
Quartz
1.20
Hedley
Mascot
41
Rend
Oreille
8.10
Pioneer
2.10
Premier
Border
06
Privateer
07'i
Reeves
McDonald
3.50
Reno
..
.03
Sheep
Creek
1.22
Silbak
Premier
.32
'i
Taku
River
06
Vananda
,
-.09
One
of
the
pair
was
kuiea
and
another
wounded.
Three
guards
were
wounded,
one
so
severely
that
he
died
less
than
tr
hn,tra
latpr
The
surviving
872
hours
of
sunshine
this
year.
The
three
months
that
did
the
The
report
from
Port
Edward
School
said
the
reason
for
the
most
to
bring
up
the
195
Ototal.
gunman
was
thereupon
charged
were
January
with
113.7
hours
slackening
off
of
enrolment
was
compared
with
37.4
last
year,
ia
Ready
For
Peace
Treaty
June
with
157.9
compared
with
77.4,
and
October
with
68.4
com
that
Indian
families
were
moving
out
after
fishing
operations
closed
down
and
that
a
case
of
communicable
disease
had
lowered
average
attendance.
pared
with
27
last
year.
Total
loose
keys
and
other
objects,,
They
had
already
pleaded
guilty
to
breaking
and
entering
the
office
of
Brown
and
Harvey
and
stealing
one
revolver,
one
fountain
pen
and
$7.50
Currency.
.
r.
'""
All
offences
occurred
over
the
week-end.
F
-Diplomatic
offi-
'
ay
that
Russia
has
"fted
States
that
she
tion
of
the
United
States
was
today
placed
at
150.697,000,
an
Increase
of
19,900,000
since
1940
the
largest
decennial
gain
yet.
CANADA
SHOCKED
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent,
In
a
message
to
President
Truman,
said
Canada
was
shocked
at
the
tragic
event
in
yesterday's
assasina-tion
attempt
but
was
relieved
that
the
President
was
with
murder
as
a
resuu
ui
guard's
death.
The'
scene
was
historic
Blair
House
Truman
was
at
home
at
the
time,
taking
a
nap.
The
Shots
awakened
him
but
he
was
unhurt.
Killed
are:
Grlsello
Torresoli,
New
York
gunman,
and
Pte.
Leslie
Coffelt,
40,
United
States
secret
service,
who
was
shot
In
the
chest,
stomach
and
legs.
Other
guards
were
critically
Injured
as
was
the
remaining
gunman,
Oscar
Collazo,
of
the
r
.WoHHnH
hv
his
wife
RS
Spud
Valley
04
Silver
Stpndard
2.31
Western
Uranium
85
Oils
Ansla
Canadian
4.85
A.
P.
Con
40
Atlantic
,
2.35
C.
&
E
7.25
THE.
WEATHER
'"C
In
Urrtt
ti.
I."
'"c
Peace
r
"
Hardrock
.28
V2
Harricana
08
Heva
.'.(
-
-OS-i
Hosco
.07
,
Jnokknife
064
Jol'et
Quebec
.-
1.19
Lake
Rowan
.09
Vi
Lapaska
05
Little
Long
Lac
'
.40
Lvnx
,
1
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.15
McKenzie
Red
Laks
....
.45
Mon
.ta
31
Negus
1-02
Noranda
72.25
Louvlcourt
21
Pickle
Crow
1-76
'Regicourt
-06
Pan
Antnno
2.65
Senator
Rouyn
24
Sherritt
Oordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
5.70
'
Sturgeon
River
15
Silver
Miller
79
Upper
Canada
-
1-97
Golden
Manitou
5.90
'
Synopsis
Overnight
temperatures
drop
jast-west
procedural
,
however,
must
still
J
Wore
such
o
Bobby
Augier
111!
IN
I
Central
Leduc
2.45
Home
Oil
14.50
Y
Mercury
.14
Okalta
".
1.75
called.
ped
to
the
twenties
in
tlje
south
eastern
interior
valleys
of
British
Columbia
and
near
fifteen
in
the
Cariboo
with
relatively
clear
skies
and
light
winds.
Temperatures
near
the
coast
remain
in
the
forties.
Cloud
cover
over
D1UIIA,
UWViw
-j
a
Puerto
Rlcan
revolutionist
wins,
bicycle
Robert
Augier
of
Borden
Street
.
.
.
i-
.
nl
Vn-
7.25
.52
.11
f'o
Child
Pacific
Pete
Princess
Royal
Canadian
calm.
wasmngum
w
"--lice
cars,
motorcycles,
policemen
.
.I...!
ccrpnmed
in
ft
Here
with
a
festering
desire
lor
me
Island's
independence.
PRESIDENT
AROUSED
TORONTO
sunshine
for
the
year
at
the
end
of
October
last
year
was
796.2.
Sunday,
October
29,
wUen
the
temperature
dropped
to
31.2
degrees,
was
the
coldest
since
April
8,
when
it
hit
the
same
point.
The
warmest
day
of
the
past
month
was
October
4
when
the
thermometer
climbed
to
62.4.
Mean
temperature
for
the
month
was
45.1.
Precipitation
during
the
month
was
7.57
inches
compared
with
6.43
in
September
and
21.39
in
October
1949.
Total
precipitation
for
the
first
10
months
this
year
is
66
41.
At
the
end
of
October
1949
it
was
80.60.
The
last
time
precipitation
for
the
year
stood
so
low
at
the
end
of
October
was
In
1941,
when
it
was
64.74.
Total
rainfall
that
year
was
93.50
inches.
Maximum
wind
velocity
registered
during
the
month
was
38
miles
per
hour
from
the
south
October
7.
Maximum
barometer
was
30.28
October
15
and
the
minimum
26.92
October
27.
la
i
i
the
Lower
Mainland
broke
briefly
about
mid-day
but
on
most
of
the
west
coast
will
remain
through
Friday.
t
"ca
Brown,
throe
Tk.
Ornclrtnnt.
WAS
taking
d
hter
of
Mr.
and
Athona
...
Aumaiue
Beattie
.08
.31
.58
I
Another
active
storm
is
ap-
The
ride
:
uf
from
all
directions
front
of
Blair
the-
street
in
mmediately
blocked
House
was
of
off
tut
there
were
hundreds
sidelines.
.
onlookers
on
the
SAN
JUAN
ROUND-UP
I
proaching
the
northern
coast
nap
in
his
underwear
preparatory
to
going
to
Arlington
Cemetery
to
he)p
dedicate
a
monu
ment
to
the
late
Sir
John
Dill,
British
wartime
chief
of
staff.
Wrt
mornlng
in'
Wt
r.
General
Hospital
lew
l.beei!
a
Patient
and
gale
warnings
have
again
been
issued
for
the
waters
near
the
Queen
Charlottes.
Rain
is
School
won
the
CCM
bicycle,
grand
award
in
the
Kinsmen
shellout
ticket
selling
campaign.
A
close
runner-up
was
Patsy
Phllllpson
who
won
the
$10
second
prize.
Carol
Nelson
won
third
at
Borden
Street,
$5.
-
Other
winners
were:
King
Edward
School
Paul
Belanger,
$10;
Murray
Boas,
$5;
Eddie
Ewasiuk,
book
of
theatre
tickets.
'
Conrad
Street
School
Elizabeth
Currie,
$10;
Shirley
Kurd-ziel,
$5;
Patsy
Penny,
book
oi
theatre
tickets.
Annunciation
School
Elois?
Lahti
$in;
Dtanne
Richards,
$5:
Mr.
Truman
once
peered
out
In
san
"--'d
ne
remalns
Rn
k
Nla
L
ome
toio"ow
,
,
expected
to
be
general
along
the
Part
of
Brigade
Going
to
Korea
lice
seizea
we
i
--
a
window
to
see
what
tne
snoop
'northern
coast
throughout
the
made
interment
'
day
and
over
the
northern
half
ing
was
about.
He
was
quicwy
,o,;ph
hock
hv
frantic
guards.
i
top
leaders
oi
T"
t
-to
i
and
communist
parties
today
round-up
begun
widespread
a
a
wuciX....-
txon
authorities
of
Vancouver
Island
tomorrow
Thirty
minutes
later
he
attend
OTTAWA
W
Prime
Minister
Forecast
v
L.
St.
Laurent
said
yesterday
North
Coast
Region
Rain
to-
by
tne
r
uero
---titet
TIBET
INVASION
IS
CALLED
"WALKOVER"
PEIPING
((!"
Unofficial
observers
said
today
that
Chinese
Communist
forces,
advancing
into
Tibet,
had
already
broken,
through
the
lines
of
the
defending
Tibetan
forces.
It
is
described
here
as
a
"walkover"'
invasion.
Chinese
spearheads
are
expected
to
reach
the
Tibetan
canital
of
Lhasa
within
two
weeks.
a
few
nours
y
v
Truman's
life
in
on
President
that
hP
wa.
nr.
snmp
nart
of
Showers
Friday.
Not
SO
,
,
cold
tonight.
Winds
southeast
Washington,
r
c
u
-r
'
tne
specisu
uanucuan
uruc
(2S).
custY.
Increases
to
south-
V,.
..
ed
the
ceremonies
as
scneumuu.
In
the
pockets
of
the
dead
man
were
two
letters
from
Pedro
Campos,
leader
of
Puerto
Rico's
violently
antlgovernment
Nationalist
party.
Mr.
Truman
escaped
the
fa-e
of
Presidents
Lincoln,
Garfield
and
McKinley,
all
of
whom
died
of
asssassin's
bullets.
Although
the
President
was
8:02
io
wouia
go
w
K.orea
aainougn
ue
east
(40)
by
mid-day,
then
Joan
DeKiss,
dook
oi
tneaue
was
not
sure
that
It
would
serve
shifting
to
southwest
and
de-
tickets.
the
most
useful
purpose
for
ail
creasing
to
20
overnight.
Lows
Prizes
were
presented
this
to
go
there.
One
thousand
men
tonight
and
highs
Friday
at,
morning
by
Eddie
Garner,
presi-as
an
occupation
force
Is
men-
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
I
dent
of
Prince
Rupert
Kinsmen
tioned.
'
Rupert,
45
and
50.
Club.
presiaeni
ui
..."
was
routed
from
his
besieged
home
with
tear
gas
and
later
the
communist
party
president,
Cecil
Iglesias,
was
taken
Into
custody.
San
Juan
'was
virtually
under
a
state
of
siege
today.
NEW
LIVING
INDEX
OTTAWA
A
new
cost
of
living
index
(for
October)
will
be
announced
tomorrow.
The
September
1
index
was
169.8,
the
highest
on
record.
1
:
16-5
feet
:
73
feet
-l45
H.2
feet
PHONE
or
joy
Tickets
$1.00
-
Students
50c
.
.
At
Civic
Centre
and
Indian
Agency
SMILE
concert
band
CIVIC
CENTRE
8:15
p.m.
THURSDAY
and
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER
9th
and
10th