r . TAaI NORTHJOIN AND CENTRAIi.B&ITIBB COLOMBIA'S NIWSPAPXR Phone 13 ember GaleMfcfjiv n FalN shortly before i'.i.EM Me Aftpr Plane i IV o Damask ndi was not known niorninar, but it wa o have cot as far ihr sliellerei! wairri l illr Channel, r,s M.t.iii-.H ..ding over near the offldu! ; the wind Wiis ;dcratc and .shift this ulUTiiwii the raiTi wane nor' h roa-1 15 RUN AFTER EXPLOI i darux Kxritf idri In Palestine oecn killed and H Uc was 'barrel m a . ,.,i:d touched nil n gate to the works vinlllp U'nrn nfflrlallv man capable 'iations which .d to th rxt-nslmi 10 r lo the Peace River Into Seas HaoEN Eleven per. seued from a lanei 1 -ane that, crashed o Copenhagen yes- .::is:ipnors nnrt rrefl' reported well al' ;x'nence. JESIA VICTIM PT B. C. MAN ?JN Rfnllnnrt Vnrd ' "at the man belter-Canadian amnesia !' nas been discharged wment In hospital, hai failed as an Engllshinai ''iiarn Evans, who sen- srrnv snort time with Hit I'urv Jose nf VnnrmiVfr r'V ejmrpvcnrl v.r.n 1 "light be her son, nrhti turn from the war. h'stonr ff Greece goeii Olf lf,tiliil hit &s liH bill Will m Inula maw, ER . ,- hoisterous rale of the mujith bufftttt'd ri last night and today, btiring with it i,;Mket of rain, b ut no (latnajje vas rejwrted . 'iiis morning. T '"" hniiHin., im BalnM ouiHk Kb !4 hours '. mH rpnrhixti endl tl II 11 Ills I between 10:30 'cxlay. whipping 43 miles an hour u x large low or loo prime Rupert harbor lr.g ni II ttk VOnlmum tcflipiln Mi Hit period nun ii II. D U e. lieimihlp icInttinilnliMiloni thttKiCirJuMltvti' sel PriiifiM Lonlie docked at 4 o'tMfakfitaM after a Hdiitl! Mlh passage Iran tarn Hi Won itcanir Cilala. nulhtwund Iron Unit irrired it 10 moved by twr m : 'he harbor. an1 MUm .... ,11h . reported on it sM M m .:. Kails. re the Wireless ii and Kalcn Panfic Mills tun .'led north to as-i .ad been lying near . r waiting for a a-i ather for almost and Ubt ubiet Trleiraph and train vnfea ut opentlnf nor- Fl - Ibna on Mdij dutnjtd tin 110,000 hirrti Ml Edmonton and left SI ptrsora horaelwi y,. - ii (;;d uj all ursUMdr morderly eilt from tf tL- .a kcUlni jniiiiuuwihtilart of Hi. TilWM i wrtr - said - .-".4, j rciiiiviivs "" ".'i .... t yHiuffeltcd liTiniirahit m reported 10.2ft Vaiirouter 2.031 ,ta vua'tz .03 .... . ,n vw 232; 322; fcfJLile ' .01 .Jt dour ,1'l.toiinaltl'. i . .... I.04 go-old .21 hrSil .01 . .M toltrn tetalloi tiv-er .U .3 Client 4.01 5.S' .0 ir Toronto tlit 21 hour this morn' the period , ihal tie mail' kHIILDUK Vjfllf steamship Wlittauiedaloni laiiPacllleW' docked at fllltrnoon alt" !lbiooth passage I The Union Lla. louthtond ifiKrivcd at n taH. dost 10 t line tlUi-'Ii as did po k operating nor-, lIloNHOTEL ii jo names on liVfC the m i Edmonton and '(ItcoJieless Aji mured and U fiinrWyeittfroni ildW? ihe lacia) tordfn m the Holy IKjnce the start of Thirtv-stx UlHIHil W'" " road m Northern' . ffld tho today - '...,,,, h.y bv mnomipiiu- Leu- y((pw.j - - , . ,.,j,.,.,nH nr. ..in tun mi oomos wrn . l . mi or, it Irih Inhnrnri iroltlnil W -iunned wjodi yesttrdajr tad OaiasC! jam in : U dead and 41 TMMferH fn'-M raised tjtr- ., tne bomb attack. wlpino'J''ln J fj" .,t mfuriated Aratoll1SK5S S uuaejdn. Jewish oil b ! '.he biggest Arab- kaW STILL HEAD F"1iwttiK hl Premier Mandajr .! -aid that firmer Hart would eon-.nt of the govern-Pitrifir Great Easl- 'llht 159 persons nave hiTinK in ii fpcVcnttmberJU?1' , Hi feet I 1:08 afoot! 1:11 n Mfcmll 1:55 M fret ;30 H'cct am mrr to INDIA 1 tHx iriiii r-Hi, mm ,W iXilfT 1 TO INDIA r mm i Him ro. 9 Ml HUB,' " ' , . ..rito orltclcsi'lltiLO -Slin rc' hat he mn F' - ;WV,MD, the complete 'silPCtecl to B ,',l !''te his protrrant t Ocmlnloti 'ji'vern- Tl and CNR - V Tr, .,...1.1.,. m d.im.s kiibuu" i Mu , m .in he keptit m mm "f""' , , ' , ., miVt ViAAcoWcalMM- ajMWMNWOOMWtto a st an npreeeaer."!X.?d mgn level win tacf Ik reflected i. tx the receiptor 1 I larger gross r -evenues by the ! Z? CannNati3nal Railways Sj-s- ! tn tern than in any peace-time year- i Ii in lis history- These revenues U: Id IO.Ji .08 2.65 . Vs-Ha , .05 .92 233 325 .30 1.10 .11 21W Vi l.or i .20 .03 i ,03 S ,orv -t'i ,18 .58 4.00 3.35 S .oa3i ,2r 5S .82 rrs .54 t-A 17 r7 till total app roximately $436. i 833,000. After- the payment or operating expanses, the net f(e,v cggAihile unountlng to the substantial sjani of $39,031,000 Helm Interest) will be lower than In 1945. Unreason. for this can te jlupljnipres-fcicd In two woras "rltto5ts. Mr. Vaughan said . I0H these re payrolls whicli . atrwthc &yitcm, amounted to j!JJM)!tncre In 1947 than In Utl Prlces w-anich had to be paltl , f0r railway rrmaterlals showed an 0Mlve"s-se rise of u.B per (Ut In Canada a In 1947 ascom-putdtlth 3S48. Jit Inerea-ased cost of fuel Tor SbJTiounted to ar.V severe winter jditd 11,000 .000 to our expenses ftrsiwrrerrsuoval, the total costa being more -t.han 55,000,000. taahtle on its Canadian linn the coimpany had to coi- nJ liUJ'il ' uv : , , WS D,L thn..nii C.n T t.d. limiiitr I'llB 1U Cantwo Qnrtt DiHa rjllltffl. HifW m hid 0,iilli KM Pit M" Mi IimilltNd l Swptel tali MW WIK lliltm MlrilZt BitHiPln i (joimes p. u. Bi..v.. Buffalo C?nadlan ... .15 Consol. S smelters D5.0O Cunwcst tolda Bdona .. - -. Elder - - Giant YeXlowknlfe G.-J'i laKe Ilardrock: taleanra- Ilosto - - ... - Jarknlfc ' Jolltt Qva--ebec We Rovan tapiska i tittle Lorae Lac Lynx - 1 - - llidsen r.ed Lake Htteod CTJockshutt Itaeta . - faiukv tavlcourt Pickle Cxrow . SfMiiirfc 1.03 .00 .85 6G 5..8S 1.0 d .33 t.07 Vi .42 .OG I .45 .13 .10 1.45 .07 V 3.10 1.45 .36 2.25 4D.OO 1.42 2.30 .00 4-20 SanAnfc-onio Senator tRouyn 63 Shtrrlt C Stttp R-c: Simeon. 3 ordon ck River 3.UU 2-15 20 S-aSTUlM Pre.OTEST 'RACIAL. DISCRIMINATION" Chant-lsrx I lug sips an.1 carrying placards which speak for themselves, ustidMts ol tl University of Chicago take an unscheduled " m. ' meu'lrom -c-lasses to stage a two-hour demonstration at the vx xt tiniwlty'i hojsspitals, clinics and medical schools. Two profes-sasori'llhe facr -ulty made Bpeeches in sympathy with the spirit o o el tl( demons-ration. Ancstima.ted 1,000 students took part. Jdfccd Costs Cut Railway RrPeyen ejes, CN.Head Says !ncrcas.2d Traffic Offset by Expenses, R, C. Vaugrhan Asserts .0NTIIIE2AL The Second World War ended more llioyestrsairo but it continues to exert powerful su 11)011 our economy. Nowhere are these in most strongly felt than in the railway trans ucr iiurtAii industry, K. C. Vautihan, Canadian Na t. J timial Railways president, said Monday in a revnew cd of IW'iusx. ness. nnrint the r-fcsint 12 months, th mi ii(thf 4-ilom,,,tfiom llmic the sale of transportation Wallace To Run For President ices-aUonforccd ceilings es-" . f v tabllshe'd roughly 25 years ago. I The result is that the 1947 lr comc from an sources win dc insufficient for the company to meet all of Its fixed charges and i interest. J Rapidly rising material prices and wages. Mr. Vaughan declar- ed. are a serious threat to the welfare of railway Industry in i Canada. In 1947 payroll and ma-I terlals cost the Canadian Na-j tional Railways in excess of i $100,000,000 more than they I would have cost at 1939 rates. ; The Increased costs with which ; the system Is faced In some of the principal expenditures are: iHgures shown indicate percentage of Increase 1947 over 1939.1 General materials 75.0 Steel 50.6 Rail 50.2 Fuel 125.0 Track ties 121.4 Other forest products 225.0 Labor 4- Such costs, all of which It is beyond railway management's power to control, Indicate no tendency to decline. Indeed, they show no Indication of remaining stationary, he asserted. The pressure continues to be upward and proof of this Is In the fact that the company Is currently faced with demands lor increases In wages which, if granted In full, would add $90,000,000 per year to the payroll of the Canadian National. TO TREAT MY WIFE TO DINNER AT THE CIVIC CENTRE DININO ROOM AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK DURING 1948. CIVIC CENTRE DINING ROOM iRun Supplies riilnto Besieged Konitsa City 3 rltda-fc Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOLHXVI. No. 303. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS CHICAGO -Henry Wallace says he will run as an independent candidate for the Presidency lp 1948. In a platform address here he declared: "A greater menace than ever before can be met, and overcome by a new political alignment, requiring the organization of a new political party. .To that end I announce my candidature." U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Wallace catapulted the foreign policy Into the United States presidential campaign by em barking on the first serious third party effort since 1924, amid Democratic Jeers and fears and Republican cheers. Wallace's announcement pro pelled American relations with Russia Into the race as an issue. Politicians were almost unanimous that Wallace has even a smaller chance of being elected than the late Robert M. LaFolette Sr., who carried only his home state of Wisconsin un ¬ der the Progressive banner 1924. Greek National Forces Claim Outer Forces Still Intact ATHENS, 0 Using grenades, bayonets and knives, Greek troops punched a small hole in the guerrilla siege ring around the battered city of Konitsa in Northern Greece today, and immediately started a trickle of supplies into the beleaguered city over a snowy mule trail. Military authorities declared the town, which had been vir tually isolated since Christmas, was still in the hands of nation al forces and that outer de fences were intact. EIGHT OFFICERS CHARGED UNDER SHIPPING ACT VANCOUVER, -Officers ofj two Canadian deep sea vessels were charged last night under the Canada Shipping Act with delaying the sailing of their ships from B.C. ports. The eight-officer complement of the Seaboard Pioneer, docked at Vancouver, and Capt. T. Quinn and seven officers of the Seaboard Star, docked at Port Al-berni, are charged. The vessels, owned by the Seaboard Shipping Co. Ltd., are two of seven ships tied up at B.C. ports as officers seek a new wage agreement wlUi the ship owners. It Is understood that the other five owners are considering simi lar action. Former Premier Of Burma to Die RANGOON, Burma. r U. Saw, pre-war premier of Burma, today was sentenced to death by a special tribunal which con victed him of abetting the murder of U. Aung San and another Durmese minister last July. Eight others accused of the same case also were convicted and sentenced to die. FARMERS AND FISHERMEN About fourth-fifths of the population of Bulgaria live by agriculture or fishing. JOHNSON NEW B. C. PREMIER VICTORIA (CI'J Byron Johnson, at a Government House ceremony on Monday, became British Columbia's Premier, succeeding: John Hart who retired. Lieut. Governor Charles Banks administered the oaths of allegiance, secrecy and office to Johnsen and eight other cabinet members. Mrs. Johnson and Byron jr. attended. United Nations Council to Study Kashmir Problem NEW DELHI J' The government of India has decided to refer the Kashmir Issue to the security council of the United Nations. in ! hostilities against a friendly I neighboring country' FRANCE AGREES TO INTERIM AID PARIS, The French cabinet today authorised Foreign Min Ister Bidault to sign an agreement uncer wnlch France will receive interim aid voted by the United States Congress pending implementation of the Marshall plan for construction of Europe. The agreement will mean aid for France to the extent of more than $300,000,000. FORESEES GREAT OIL FIELDS IN CANADIAN PLAINS OTTAWA Pi The flat prediction that Western Canadian plains may become the site of "hundreds upon hundreds" of rich oil fields as yet undiscovered went on the record of the International gathering here of geologists. The forecast came from Dr. A. I. Levorsen. professor of Stanford University In California, who told nearly 600 Canadian ad American geologists it Is "In conceivable" that this should not be. I An extensive search also will be continued for the pilot and navigator of the superfortress. Neither has been seen since they set out together Christmas night, 48 hours after the big ship plow ed into the side of a low hill. They told the rest of the crew that they would seek aid at an Fskimo villfLse 50 m'les north, TWICE ON THRONE JLBlue j TTW STAR Romanian King's Abdication Paves Way for Soviet Control Communistic Cabinet Proclaims Country As. Democratic Republic King Michael Abdicating in the Interests Of the People, Now Free to Choose Own Form of Government BUCHAREST (CP) King Michael abdicated to-I day and the Communist-dominated cabinet immedi-; ately declared Romania was a "popular Democratic ' republic." He is the second living monarch of Ro- , mania to abdicate. In a broadcast proclamation, King Michael said he had. abdicated In the interest of the people. He explained that changes In Romania made necessary an al- Pakistan and other dominion j teratlon ln the constltuUoni and represemauvus in uciiii wcic in formed of the decision after a he would not stand in the way meeting of the Indian cabinet i " lne Peopie. wno musi oe iree this afternoon. 1 to choose their own form of gov Hindu India's report to the ; ernment. security council Is understood to refer particularly to Moslem Pakistan's participation ln what now Is regarded as "undeclared King Michael, 26 years old, was twice monarch of his country He was not quite six when he! first succeeded to the throne upon the first abdication of his father, Carol II. The latter renounced his rights rather than give up his love affair with the e auDurrniairea Mme. Lupescu. escape the close Interest of great powers. FIVE MEN FEARED DEAD IN PLANE CRASHES IN NORTHLAND WASTES SIX OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF WRECKED SUPERFORT SAFE NOME (CP) Six of eight crew members of the crashed B-29 are back safely today through the heroism of two Alaska bush pilots, but five other men are still missing and feared dead in the frigid wastes of Seward Peninsula, 95 miles to the north. Bodies of two men, thought to " be members of the three-man parachute team that leaped to the aid of the stricken fliers Saturday night, are believed to have been sighted less than 500 yards from the scene of the crash. A driver and dog team will make an attempt to locate them today. RATIONING GRAIN FOR U. S. WHISKY WASHINGTON O" Agrlcul -ture Secretary Anderson today ordered United States whisky manufacturers to ration grain for food. This compares with the average use of about 5,000.000 bushels a month during the first 10 months of this year. The order is effective midnight tonight. Anderson has prohibited the use of wheat under the grain allocation", i Acting under authority of the newly-signed antl-inflatlon act,; the secretary limited grain use by distillers to 2,450,000 bushels between now and July 31. 1948. ARREST YOUNG VOMAN IN MASS SLAYING CASE Storm Centre Charged ai Incorrigible KITCHENER, Ont. W Nineteen-year-old Eleanore Springer, sole survivor of Sunday's mass slaying at nearby West Montrose, who told a terrified story oi being held captive Dy a man who slew four relatives before ; I Wiling himself, was arrested'' last night. 4 . The young woman is held on a charge that she Is incorrigible. SHe will appear in court to- morrow. . . Three years later Carol recon- Secretary '' to Hart sldered his abdication and es- , . cended to the throne. In 1940 OlVen INeW Position Carol abdicated and once more; VICTORIA Percy Richards, Michael twas king. The young private secretary to John Hart monarch, then 19, wept bitterly j since 1934, has been appointed when his father fled, crying out j assistant to the deputy minister that he did not 'want to be king again. King Michael learned from experience the truth of Bismarck's observation that "a Romanian is not a nationality but a profession." FOREIGN CONTROL Years of dominion-by German sympathizers during World War II followed by Soviet influence taught him that no Balkan monarch could rule without a foreign hand on the sceptre Balkan territory Is too strategic. Michael learned also that in addition to being strategic his own realm was too richly endowed with economic assets oil and grain, coal and wood the Danube, a Black Sea harbor and of railway for B.C.. James Stewart. Stewart was one of the engineers engaged during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Central and Northern British Columbia. THE WEATHER ' Synopsis Temperatures returned to normal and winter again touched the interior of B.C. as the mercury registered 15 to 20, degress of frost at several Interior localities. A Pacific storm approaching the coast has brought rain and strong winds to the" northern coastal regions this morning. Rain is expected to reach the southern mainland Carpathian Mountain passes to j this afternoon and scattered snow nurrles win occur in tne central and northern Interior today. Continued unsettled weather Is expected on Wednesday with some modification of temperatures at night over the interior as the Pacific air move3 across the province. Forecast Northern B.C. Overcast with intermittent snow today. Cloudy with scattered snow flurries tonight. Cloudy Wednesday. Little change ln temperature. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Telegraph Creek 10 and 20. Queen Charlottes and North Coast Continuous rain becoming Intermittent during the morning. Cloudy with showers tonight and Wednesday. Winds southeast 30, gusty, shifting to southwest 20 this afternoon. Little change in temperature. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Port Hardy, 35 and 46; Massett 33 and 45; Prince Rupert 35 and 43. EXTRA rOLICE DUTY VANCOUVER Two hundred additional policemen will be on duty ln Vancouver New Year's Eve. U. F. A. Vf. V. New Year's Eve I) A N C E Oddfellows' Hall Dancing 10- 2 Admission $1 i I