OeothClaims Qfy Plumber m the ilian War. from He nkl Alexander Fraser (bet-known to his numerous ter George friends as 'Danny') U�ierH city plumber, died Tuesday morning, at Prince and District Hospital a ��s after he was admitted ,,a a heart -attack. was 69 years of age. Scotland, Mr. Fraser Imperial Army in his ,uth :illd was a veteran of In-ampalgns and the Boer came to Prince George Regina following overseas in World War I. :�ve years after his arrival hcre Mr. Fraser formed Prince Seorce Plumbing & Heating Co., He was a- skilled tradesman vvhQSe advice and services wore in great demand by residents of this community. He is survived by his wife, re-. iding at Quesnel. three daughters I Mrs \nn Robinson of Wells, Mrs. peever of Quesnel. and Jessie of Vancouver, two sons. Jimmy of Quesnel, and Rodrick of this city. Remains are lying at Assnuin Funeral Chapel pending burial instructions from Mr. Fraser's family, who are expected in the. ,itv today. Citizen An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Centre Northern British Columbia Vol. 34; No. 3 Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, January 11, 1951 $3.00 per year per copy PRELIMINARY HEARING HERE FOR CANOE RIVER C.N.R. WRECK ACCUSED U.N. Forces Lash Out was won area south of Seoul. About 100 fighters caught huge enemy concentrations in the open and inflicted casualties on nearly 1,100 of them, headquarters re-; ported. Supplies, box cars, locomotives and buildings also were-hit near. Suwon. The Seoul area was pounded heavily. TOKYO .._ Allied froces today' hacked but a holding line on criii- i �al central Korean front after see-! *;i\v battle south of Wonju. The battle front was uneasily j (julet late in the day. The snow covered valley and hills were splotched with the blood of 2,10') killed and wounded Korean Com-iminists, American. French and Dutch' 'loops dealt out death to the! enemy in a seven-honr fight. The greatest menace to Allied; �"ins was shaping up in a 50-mile' stretch between Chongju and Red J wid Osan in western Korea. Chinese and Korean Red foi-ces estimated at 285,000 were in the area or moving toward it in an apparent bid to cut off the main forces of the U.S. Eighth Army on the road south of abandons! Seoul. Arfred John Atherton, youthful former C.N.R. telegraph operator facing a charge of manslaughter in connection with the November 21 wreck of two C.N.R. trains at Canoe River, B.C., in whicfi 22 persons lost their lives, will appear in a Prince courtroom next week.------------------------------------------ MORE STUDY OH NECHAKO RIVER After several months of silence, the B. C. Department of Public Works informed the city this j week that steps would be taken to further investigate Nechakb winter flood conditions. Appointment of an investigating engineer under the River-banks Protection Act will take place through order-in-couneil shortly, Deputy Works Minister E. C. Jones informed the City Council. The engineer will delve further into the mysteries of the silt-jammed Nechako River outlet and will prepare an assessment role showing where the burden of the cost would lie. It is believed that the C.N.H. and local planer mills will be asked to participate financially if any workable dyking or � dredging scheme is planned. Mayor Garvin Dezell said that he had studied the river for some days last month with works engineer I). I). Godfrey and city engineer C. A. East when a sudden cold snap made recurrence of tho floods appear imminent. Last year winter floods caused a loss of ;\n estimated SI.000.000 revenue for this district. Atherton was arrested four | days ago following formal laying of a manslaughter charge by the Attorney General's Department. Prince George has been chosen as the scene of the preliminary hearing and trial. � The accused will be brought here from Edmonton under police1 escort. An R.C.M.P. official here said that in all probability, bail will be Bet when Atherton appears next week, and the case will be adjourned until all witnesses have been rounded up. US FIFTH AIR FORCE H.Q. j McBride was the first place sug-KORKA Jan 11� Allied gested for the hearing and trial warplanes lashed out today at I but lack of accommodation there Communist troops and supplies necessitated the change and reported they killed or I Atherton is one of the operat-wounded more than 1,400 Reds. Jo� whose job it was to relay It was their first chance in two]train orders to a westbound troop flays to hit the Chinese invaders train. of Korea- Ground-hugging clouds t Investigation into the disaster had prevented their usual close revealed that three words had teamwork with their buddies on heQn omitted from the orders the snowy ground. i causing a different meaning to be Heaviest strike was in the Su- read from tnem- Roaring around No Wage-Price Freeze Across The Border WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 - fonomic Stabilizer Alan Valen-��* announced, last nlgnt tne Government has shelved any idea , 1 an immediate "Across-the- "';;." ^age-price freeze. ^'Pjan-for quick price freeze, to i .�� >m "ays while the Government considered measures, had uncle,, consideration. " have come to the definite ,, �1.,:^Iletal ac�s.s - the - board more permanent j previously been i He emphasized for wages. a bend near Canoe River, an isolated point south of Tete Jaune, the west bound trooper smashed head-on into an east bound passenger train. R.C.M.P. officials from heie sped to the scene of the wreck for initial 6ri-the-scenes investigation. Police here are now contacting witnesses and not until they have all been rounded up will a definite date for tb,e hearing be set. Xo magistrate has yet been named to hear the case but it is believed either Magistrate George H. Hallett or P. J. Moran will preside. Manslaughter is one of three charges on which an accused may not elect speedy trial before a county court judge and so if Atherton is committed for trial at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, his case will not come up until the spring assizes. Drunk "Surrenders" To City Police A reputation for extreme vigikfhee has always been attached to the R.C.M.P. but it was probably never so convincingly demonstrated as it was last Sunday night when an inebriated gentleman r\v-rived at the city police office to "surrender" himself as a drunk. The man. a middle-aged former seaman, was sentenced on Monday morning by Magistrate P. J. Moran to pay a $2~i fine or spend 20 day's in jail. Crown Counsel !'. K. Wilson. K.C.. reading .from ,i om-ice report of the '�'surrender," related how the seaman had entered the office, "given himself up," and been put away for the night. Set Fire To Horse; 18 Months In Jail Richard Sarber, a Burns Lake man, will be flown under police escort to Oakalla prison today where he will commence serving an 1$ month sentence upon conviction on a charge of cruelty to ' animals. Sarber, a farmer, was alleged to have poured an inflammable liquid, either gasoline or coal oil, over the tail of a horse and Ignited it. Upon conviction before a Burns Lake Magistrate, Sarber was sentenced to a one year in prison plus a $500 fine. or. in default, an additional six months. Sarber did not pay the fine. HEAD XEW BATTALIONS - Maj. Henri Tellier (left), of Montreal and Ottawa, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and named to command the 3rd Battalion Roval 2^nd Regiment while Maj. K. L. Campbell (risht) of Toronto and Ottawa has also been promoted to lieutenant-colonel and named to command the 3rd Battalion. Royal Canadiar. Regiment. Formation of the two new training battalions, within the Canadian Armv Special Force, was announced recently bv Defence Minister Brooke Claxton Old Time Resident -Tom Sullivan Dies Tom Sullivan, old time resident of Prince George, died last night in Prince George and District Hospital, following a short illness. He came to Central Fort George in 1910 and had resided here since then. Before the first "hrUTge at Salmon River was built, he filed on a pre-emption just north of there. Visitor Dies Hubensky. 64-year-old storekeeper of Hubbard, Wednesday morning George and Distrlci Mike general Sask:, died in Prince Hospital. Mr. Hubensky arrived here last month to visit a son. Alex. Another son. Russell, is expected from Vancouver Island. Remains will be shipped to Hubbard where iftt'eir.nfeni win'take place.' Ashman's Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Fishery Depts. Block Quesnel Power Plan The Dominion Department of Fisheries and the International Pacific Fisheries Commission have combined to block plans of the B.C. Power Commission for the installation of an electric power generating plant on the Quesnel River, it was learned today from a reliable informant close to the Provincial Government. The disclosure lends credence to persistent reports that the Power Commission is investigating other power sites on the Fraser and Nechako rivers, and that an early rej>ort is expected on their findings. Meantime it is understood the Power Commission has not abandoned hope or reaching an agreement with the fishing bodies and proceeding with the Quesnel Itiv-er project. Negotiations are proceeding, it is believed. 11 is known that two lai'ge pulp mill concerns are interested in establishing plants in the area to l�c served l>y ��> Commission hydro unit in central B.C. Disclosure that fishing interests wore opposed to utilization of the Quesnel River for power purposes follows two years after (lie Provincial Government had approved a $5,500,000 interest-free, fivo-vear loan to the B.C. Power Com- pLANT RUMORS AROUSE EXCITEMENT AND CONJECTURE in The tno 8* �n the mitif1 "^Ughout the will � u il employ? and Win h-�"e Observers believe that, if the story mni to be built locally is compar-, . the able with other pulp installations ana paper company; ln r.c. upwards of 1000 men will s upper- be employed in operating it. A high city official believed to be partly "in the know" regarding plans for the project, declined to comment other than to say that the plant would not be within the city limits. Honorable R. W. Mayhew, originator of the statement that a plant here "'as under considera-iion, has not revealed anything further and no added statements | by H. (!. Perry, who interviewed district big1 men will local labor bei When fable inr----""a| staffers � Pn,vir !.�mforniai1t� in two most of u|ese-S> the answors K(l "nanswen Hon. Mayhew on behalf of The Citizen, have been received. One reliable informant stated this week he believes that land recently acquired by the P.G.E. at the east end of the Fraser River bridge is being held for just such an installation. He partly bases this conclusion upon the fact that a pulp mill must have a rail connection and must have a river frontage. As much of the potential pulp timber is located east of here on tho Fraser River, the P.G.E. site would be a logical one. mission to go ahead with the undertaking. The Commission has completed surveys of potential dam sites, and obtained other pertinent data. No detailed announcement has come from Victoria regarding these findings. However, it is known that the report is favorable. Shortly alter the plan was announced in February. 1948, the Department <>f Fisheries requested thai iin immediate action be ;aken until their officials bad investigated Ihe possibilities of reviving the Quesnel River and its tributaries as major salmon spawing streams. It was pointed dim that until 1009, when a mining operation blocked the river; the Quesnel was an important spawning area for the province's rich fishing industry. Later the International Salmon Pacific Fisheries entered tin- picture by registering a strong protest against any power development in B.C. on potential or actual salmon spawing streams. The International Commission, with Canadian and American membership, wields considerable influence at Ottawa in view of the importance of the fishing industry to North American economy. American members have seen power development destroy the -salmon resources of the Pacific states, and are influential in pointing out that similar results would follow any indiscriminate use of B.C. salmon spawning streams for hydro projects. B. C. fish packing firms went on record as opposing the scheme, pointing out that a latlon on Quesnel Sunny, Colder Weather forecast for Prince lleorgt' for Friday is sunny, a little colder, with liuht winds, Low tonight and high tomorrow "> and .'i.r) degrees. Strange Cargo For Canadian Ship N'KW WESTMINSTER, Jan. 11 (CP)�The Islandslde, first Canadian ship, merchantman or naval, to return from the Korean war theatre, lay at anchor here last night. si�.. landed 180,000 gallons of gasoline.and 15,000.000.000 won-South Korean paper money�at Inchon after the September land loney, vyorth about 83 >. Canadian current! v 'I'm ino up ! 1 fee of t argo sp ice. was chartered the United States transport sen ice he-re after ;i five -<>U it'll- : plane The island August 1 by military sea She returned month voyage. Crew members had as Irs parts of a ("omnium shot down over Inchon. The plane "was a U.S. Navy Corsair sent to Russia on lend-lease (luring the last war," said Chief Officer Stuart Richardson of Montreal. Capt. Fred Usher said: "It was impossible to say whether the plane was flying as a North Kor-rin machine or a Russian one. it the American soldiers claimed that the pilot was a Russian." Population Up OTTAWA, Jan. 11 (CP)�Can- ada's population has 000,000 mark, nearly power (natal-j figure River would i world hit the double CITY MUST BORROW TO REMOVE SNOW A straightforward suggestion from the .Junior Chamber of Commerce that the city would do bot-ter to schedule snow removal from city streets on holidays, rather than on business days, met with a straightforward answer at a City Council meeting on Monday night. Said Mayor Pey.oll in reply to a Jaycee letter. "We are unfortunately subject to the good old fashioned system of borrowing equipment for snow removal and we use it whenever we can get it� not when we want it." , Alderman John Aitken estimated that cost of a snow-blower for the city would run as high as SGO.OOO. "It is fantastic to even consider purchase of a machine like that," he said. The Jaycees also suggested in their letter that it would be bet ter if the city did not permit the streets to get Into the condition existing prior to December !!>. In reply, Mayor Dezell pointed out to aldermen that a series of equipment breakdowns bad seriously curtailed snow removal fi>r some time and thai on a ni^lit prior !�> December I when city crews were ;ill set to commence removal, a heavy fog lei! and pre-veii'eil the work from being clone. Lumbermen Defeat Cubs In Exhibition In a battle between youth and experience on local ice last night, experience took the upper hand as Prince George Lumbermen administered a i;ll defeat to Van-derhoof Cubs, a younger nnd potentially speedier team. Most fans in the know attribute the shellacking handed the westerners in the exhibition .tilt to the fact that Cubs have been on. ice a scant three weeks, while Lumbermen have been practicing ..r.