LETINS ,T OVKKTIIHOWN - nminriTPn 11 inn. Colnnibia. It was the presidential southaji iui:s V M. Smitliani, rector of the South-shun; V. ami for I s manatfrt'r director Itawa Citizen, died 1 thrrc months of lit ti: LOAN SOl'OHT I I'nlitiral observers latins 'n the possl- ral Britain asking lor another loan, In llo the one flnd a lllion credit extcmTtd At least a mmlifica- ! trrms of last year's e sought, TROUBLE TO i : Members Indignant tinued Marauding T fnh., OUt....... - -win. OII1IU33, H.S- " ' i ui arrived here today n it n mi, .ti t cvet members nf i h rporifim t ...... tn , vu " ill II v in TtL'D VA van . - I JI LL11U1- " UilC Ul Lilt PTlnn h . tuitirii uil c rh.. , si uiiuit'UtTCS, in in wfr.ii- inn tr rtiH. 1 l. '.ii -v IIUIL, ililTillllllllf -3 w uu ,I1L IL ( il 1 I I f 1 . from ..he fanatic Soni marrb that would mAntt-i..tii . "uiiuiuus in vic- khobors are pouring in '- eiticment frnm nil " i- iv i i pnnu . ' mu 'WMUI 1JIU "'umiu niiins r.n f it i ift i - ... i iii mi or nirf ii r ho seek to terrorize the Sjow of flami1TB barns -aawn sky over Bhnr. nit - tue lanaucai OV1UI.K. nrrnin w th- inrr j "O HIMJ Mlir ThA rniAVi vug vuivil """uuiga ana were mma in " - c wss included I a riM . rnuipment. f ftv ,lay and a rnlf "rvio burned in ti, h. - iaxi 235 ph NIGHT 601VICK Stand: I "oiei. Third Am PROVINCIAL iu June LlBRAl 31 FOR KILLER . NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to Tint MPT n T 1 rTrrHr r r J, iiu - Years of Trouble No Sign of any Let-up of Conflict in Newly I'artitioneil Punjab NEW DELHI, tfi- Fresh re-, ports of warfare in the religious communities of Pakistan and' India areas in partitioned Pun Jab caused gloomy speculation yesterday that a border conflict lasting months or years might be in prospect. Reports are coming in of attacks on trains. Trains have been stopped and searched, passengers belonging to opposite religions being slaughtered. Sikhs and Hindus are liquidating Moslems in India and th: Moslems are doing vice-versa in Pakistan. HORRIBLE Ten Persons Mangled to Death When Car is Hit by Street Car in Denver DENVER, Ten persons died violently when all of them were travelling in an overcrowded 1946 j sedan which was struck toy a train at a railway crossing. . A police patrol said that fragments of corpses were strewn for a mile and a half along the right-of-way. The car was car ried ior thaj distance when Oil ULn. It was Impossible to make ary Immediate identification of victims. Municipal Convention Tomorrow Seccnct annual convention ot the Central B.C. Municipal Association will open In the city council chamber at 10 o'clock Wednesday mornln? with dele- irnt.es from at least five cities and village municipalities from Prince Rupert to Prince George reprcse Vsd. The meeting will be under the chaftmanihlp of Mayor - Jack Nicholson of Prince George, president of the association, and will tssld-er mere than 80 resolutions to determine regional policy prior to the province-wide Union of 'B.C. Municipalities convention at Harrison Hot Springs next month. So far, according to City Clerl: II. D. Thaln, who also Is secretary-treasurer of the1 association, delegate have Indicated their intention of coming from Smi-thcrs, Burns Lake. Terrace and Princo George. Delegate from Smlthcr will be Harvey Davles; Burns Lake, Walter Wilson; Ter race, Nigel Sherwood, with Mayor Nicholson ifrom Prince George. Prince Rupert delegates will be Mayor Arnold, who Is vice-president of the Association; City Clerk H. D. Thaln, and Aldermen Brooksbank, Rudderham and Black. A dinner is being planned for the delegates Wednesday eve ning and other entertainment Is being arranged. The convention will elect ne-vV officers for the 1947-47 year. Fish Sales American Spray, 41,000. Senak, 38,000, 24.40 and 20, Pacific Canadian Dollina II, 24,000, 23.801 and 10, Storage. Locai Ttdes Wednesday, August 27 High 11:30 15.9 feet 22:58 17.8 feet Low 5:00 5.9 feet 17:05 9.8 feet rrrttrtrr - K nr ' F - - - . CANADA "LIKE" HEAVEN TO BRITISH IMMIGRANTS Several of the 26 British Immigrants, shown arriving at Malton airport, Toronto, Ont., already have jobs, and the rest of them are interviewing prospective employers. Shortly after their arrival in Canada, the newcomers did not hesitate to say they found Canada "like Heaven." Vancouver Mill Fire Two rlants Destroyed in False Creek Industrial (Area VANCOUVER, (CP) Flames, which roared out of control for more than two hours last night through five buildings in the heart of Vancouver's Falser Crrek'Tndit (trial district, caused a loss of .5300,000 in the destruction of Viaduct Dry Kiln and Spruce Specialties 'plants. Sparks were scattered along the streets of ,lhe downtown shopping district and the smoke billowed one thousand feet into the night air. A night .watchman at the Viaduct Dry Kilns plant was regulating sawdust in a giant hopper when the flames licked out, leaving him uninjured but touching ofr the conflagration which rapidly spread. The Georgia viaduct was in immediate ilanger iof collapsing for a time and thousands of spectators were hustlrtl away from it. v THE WEATHER Synopsis A weak disturbance lies along the northern coast and Is giving Intermittent light precipitation throughout Northern B. C. This disturbance brought cool moister air Into the southern interior of the province during the night and skies became cloudy In most areas this morning. Cloud blanket also spread Into the lower mainland area but was clearing off rapidly this morning, Clear weather Is ex pected today and Wednesday the southern coastal areas and cloudy weather with scattered showers in the southern Interior. Continued overcast conditions with light precipitation will bo general throughout the northern sections of the province. Forecast Trinco Rupert, North Coast and Queen Charlottes Overcast with Intermittent very light rain or drizzle today and Wednesday, Fog patches clearing over north east coast Vancouver Island' In afternoon and evenings. Wlnd3 light. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Wednesday Port Hardy52 and 62; Massett, 54 and 60; Prince Rupert, 50 and 60. NO SUIM.F.TT1NO KETCHIKAN The sub-lcltius of taxi stand space in Ketchikan has 'been prohibited by the municipality of this city. HASFJIALL CALLED OFF Owing to the prospect of Inclement weather, the baseball playoff scheduled for this evening between Moose and Savoy. hn.s been called off the Great Northwest." A & A f U VUll AfcJ CONVICT-BANDITS STILL AT LARGE Farmers Tip Led to Finding of Getaway Car of Ontario Desperadoes GUELPH, Oi Tip of a farmer in the Guelph district led to the 'recovery of a getaway car "used by Donald McDonald, Nicholas Mlnllie and Ulysses Lauzon In thelrreak jit, a weektago. Irqm the Kingston penitents ry. una lng of the car provided a mls3 ing link of the convicts movements since the getaway. The trio are still on the loose after having staged a $40,000 bank hold-up at Windsor following their escape. FISHERIES DEPT. TO MOOR BOATS AT SEAL COVE The federal Department of Fisheries plans to use a portion cf the former R.C.A.F. Seal Cove air base for moorage of Its patrol boats, City Council learned last night In reply to its request to the Department of Transport to take up the city's priority on certain buildings for civic pur poses. Among the buildings which the Fisheries Department will use Is at least one which the city has sought and Is now using as a powder storage magazine. The site allocated to the Fisheries Department, however. Is at the southerly extremity of the base and otherwise will b; remote from portions required by the city. Thf aldermen also learned that the city's priority on the I base did not cover two building. which the Prince Rupert Aer Clu'b h&S' been seeking for r headquarters. The buildings will be turned over directly by thf Transport Department to thf Aero Club. Intention of the city council earlier was to Include thost buildings In the group It planned to take over, then turh them over to the use of the Aerc Club. At least one other building Is available to the city for use as a powder magazine, should the one it Is now usln? be. turned over to the Fisheries Department. The city's Intention to take over the hangar, partial use of the crane, the fire hall and other portions of the installation for civic airport purpose's will make it possible for It to place the hangar at the disposal of Canadian Pacific Airlines on an extended basis. The city would be required to pay lrkwance on 25 per cent of the construction cost of the bulldln s It tukPT over Bank arm M manager Ey ed Bandit In Three Million Dollar Fire at Port Alberni P0RT ALBERNI, (CP)-A three million dollar fire tyhich raged throughout the night in the local waterfront area was brought under control today after-the great government lumber assembly clock and warehouse had gone up in flames which surged uncontrolled and high over this Vancouver Island town for several hours. The fire, of so far undetermined origin, also destroyed 1,500,000 board feet of timber. Total damage was estimated today at $1,500,000. The British freighter Sampep, Joadlng at the time of the outbreak, today lies low In the water with buckled plates. Six hundred tons of plywood of was also lost. Standard Oil Co. tanks , less than 100 feet away from the Intensely hot flames, were untouched as was also the Albernl- Paclflc Mills, one of the largest lumber manufacturing plants on the Pacific Coast, which was only 200 yards away from the lnferrio. Mayor Hamilton and the city council moved quickly today with a view to having the wharf replaced. Its loss, said the mayor, could have a paralyzing effect on lumber shipments from Port Alberni. The council urged that red tape be slashed In getting it rebuilt. BYLAW RETURNED TOXOMMITTEE Parking Around Gyro Kali Park Under Consideration An amendment to the city's traffic bylaw which would prohibit the parking of cars on the street adjacent to Gyro Park playground was sent back to committee for redrafting by City Council last night when the aldermen agreed that It literally did not cover enough ground. As presented for ilrst reading, the amendment forbade parkine only on McBride Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. The aldermen thought it should cover the Sixth Avenue side of the playground as well. Alderman George Rudderham registered an objection when he said that "anything adjacent to the park should be included in the prohibited area, not just McBride Street." "I attend a good many ball games," he continued, "and I have seen a good many youngsters dashing out from between cars chasing balls on Sixth Avenue as well as McBride Street." Alderman Youngs suggested that in order not to Interfere with parking in front of the Masonic Temple, the ban should extend only as far as the easterly limit of the field on Sixth Aven ue East. He wanted the amend ment included In the bylaw last night so that an extra two-week leriod would not go by before 'he ordinance went into effect. When it Is redrafted, the by- 'aw will probably prohibit park Ing on streets adjoining Gyro Park area "during hours of day light." McKAY TO BE ACTING MAYOR Alderman Robert McKay last night was appointed to be Acting Mayor during the absence of Mayor Nora Arnold who will be away from the city for about three weeks starting in mid-September. Mayer Arnold will be a city delegate to the convention of the Union of B.C. Municipalities at Harrison Hot Springs, and will later attend a Cancer Society convention in Vancouver. C. A. Berner, divisional superintendent, Canadian National Railways, left by last evening's train for- a district railway con ference In Vancouver. Mrs. Ber ner h accompanying him, Slain By Lone, Wild v KEPT ALIVE BY WARMTH OF DOG i WINNIPEG Technical Sergeant S. J. Neltes, aged 30, United States Army Engineers, and his wife rested here today after one the most spectacular and "darn lucky" air rescues in the annals of Canadian aviation. The couple had taken off Friday from Chicago for Churchill and were forced down 129 mes north cf Winnipeg at Water Hen Lake. Neither were Injured but en dured an existence of hardship until Sunda when a Royal Canadiy.1 Air Force Dakota plane jotted them and dropped supplies. Three army officers, lnclvdlng a doctor, parachuted to their aid, The pair were brought out yesterday. "The heat of our dog kept us alive In the cold weather," they said. CONSULTATION IS REJECTED LONDON, -& Russia today re Jected the British-American request for consultation of death sentence passed by a Bulgarian court on Nikola Petkov, Bulgarian agrarian party leader, the Foreign Office announced today. Andrei Vishinsky, Russian foreign affairs official, said in a note delivered to the British Ir. Moscow that "such consultation would constitute interference in Internal Bulgarian affairs." A' Foreign Office spokesman said Petkov was convicted for conspiring against the Communist-dominated fatherland government. I Freight Rate to Halved Using VANCOUVER, Freight rates to Whitehorse are halved for shippers this week with the inauguration of a service to Haines, Alaska, by the British Columbia Steamships Company. Shipments will be landed at Haines and carried by truck over the 226-mile cut-off to Whitehorse. The trip by railway through the White Tass from Skagway will be thereby obviated, Freight for Fairbanks and other Alaska points will go by truck along the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse :: TODAY'S STOCKS :: Courtesy S. D. Johnr.ton Co. Ltd. Vancouver Bralorne 11-50 B. R. Con. 05 Vi B. R. X 11V2 Cariboo Quartz 2.45 Dentonla .19 Orull Wlhksne 05 i Hedley MasKot 1.10 Minto - -03 Pioneer 3.85 Premier Border .0534 Privateer -35 Reno , - 10 Salmon Gold 17 V, Sheep Creek 1.05 Taylor Bridge - 60 Taku River 70 Vananda 20 Congress 042 Pacific Eastern ... . .08 Hedley Amalg .04 Central Zeballoa .02ft Silbak Premier 67 OuS ' i Cabnont : 37 C. & E - 2.40 Foothills ..r. ....v ,2.60 Home - .". 4.0Q Toronto Athona ,15 Aumaque .26 Beattie ,77 Bewourt 70 ancouver VANCOUVER, (CP) Police today pressed their relentless search for a wild-eyed killer who is he-lieved to be in hiding in the Kitsilano or West End district following the hold-up murder yesterday afternoon of Sydney S. Petrie, 55, manager of the Broadway and Mackenzie branch of the Canadian MARINE STATION a FOR AMBULANCE IS CONSIDERED Need for a marine ambulance landing station, as" explained by Fire Chief H. T. Lock, was aired in city council last night and referred back to the civic ambulance committee after the aldermen had questioned a suggestion that ambulance cases being brought to the city by boat be landed ashore by hand-hoist. Mayor Arnold informed the council that most cases being brought here by boat for hospitalization are landed at the Cow Bay floats and that this makes difficult and dangerous handling for the ambulance attendants since the floats are in poor con dition and the boats often moor a long way out. She asked council to consider a suggestion made by Fire Chief Lock to accept an offer by Crawford Moore to use a portion of government dock, which he Is leasing, for a marine ambulance station. Mr. Moore's offer, according to tne Mayor, included use or a winch which he plans to instal, io mi wie pavienis unw me wharf at a spot easily accessible to. the ambulance. j 4 Mr Moore's. offer also lnclud ed tne placing or a lignted sign marked "marine ambulance sta tlon." ' While agreeing that the idea was an excellent one, the council members sided with an opinion by Alderman Rudderham that Compensation Board regulations might require the employment of a licensed operator in order to lift patients from the boat to the dock. Council sent the matter back to committee with suggestion that further consideration be given the location of a marine ambulance station. Whitehorse Is Haines Cut-Off Babjo 17 Buffalo Canadian 20 Con. Smelters 88.00 Conwest 87 Donalda 1.10 ' Eldona 1.42 Elder .70 Giant QYeltowkntfe. .... 6.10 God's Lake - 04 Hardrock 36 Harrlcana OSj Heva .38 Hosco 34 Jacknife .09 V Jollet Quebec 54 Lake Rowan 16Vi Lapaska 31 Little Long Lac il.60 Lynx 10 Madsen Red take 3.15 McKenzle Red Lake 5? McLeod Cockshutt 1.65 Moneta .43 Negus 2.10 Noranda 44.50 Louvlcourt R?8 Pickle Crow 2.60, Regcourt .23 San Antonio 4.05 Senator Rouyn 1.52 Steep, Rook 1.97 Sturgeon River .17' Sherrltt Gordon 3.30 Suburb Bank of Commerce. Police had found a man's vest and coatand blue-grey hat with the initials "W. P." in the band. They also had picked up a full ammunition clip. The bandit entered the bank about closing time and, when Petrie attempted to overcome him after the hold-up demand, fired one shot at close range, escaping on foot. Petrie was hit in the abdomen. He died thirty minutes later in hospital. The gunman is believed to have been about thirty years of age. Many suspects were picked up during the night and this morning but all but two have beeen released. It was planned to use blood hounds In the search but none were available. Mr. Petrie had been manager of the branch since 1928 and had been in the service of the Canadian Bak of Commerce for forty years. even Drown In Outboard Tragedy on Ontario Lake Sunday During Picnic MONTIETH, Ont., O) Six chil dren and an adult were drowned when an outboard motorboat: sank in Maude Lake during a picnic Sunday. Three others .chns rvAnnstubij accident which drownea Alpn-onese Bouchard, Marie LaForge. Claude Champagne, Rene Mc-Andrew, Harold Delves, Huguette Leduc and Alme Leduc. The children were drowned within sight cf their horror-stricken parents who were powerless to aid. Bouchard owner of the board, leaves six children, none of whom were with him. TEXAS HAS BIG STORM Tempest Centres on Galveston and Texas City with Heavy Damage GALVESTON, Texas, Severe rainf all lashed this area yesterday In the wake of a howling tropical storm which scored a buTseye on Galveston and thd explosion - scarred neighbor, Texas City. ' A 70-mlle an hour gale caused considerable property damage-Windows were smashed, homes unroofed and communications lines disrupted. MARITIME FIRES LOW But Still Raging in Northern Mining District of Quebec HALIFAX, Flames, racing through timber or Jordan Bay penisula near Shelburne, 100 miles from here, were brought under control yesterday after destroying three homes and a church building and forcing fisher folk to. flee the area. The outbreak of flames was finally brought under coutrol by a large body of volunteer lire fighters. At Rouyn, Quebec, miners and other volunteers joined In the fight against forest fires 1 a 15 mile square section. Some anxiety is felt for the safety of sev eral families camping at Joannes Lake in the heart of the flame swept regions. Ff TVTVTTVVTVTTTVyTTTTTf JkBlue ITFTstar Cabs