At the close of the nomlna- tion period at 2 pjn. today, two ! cadidates had filed for the ! mayoralty, eight for the four! r ling wwn n() Dronfs" Being Down by Inspectors ran govern ed todJ'- reai,y Ij oil WOlEcrs m industric oovern- Ijctorshav. been amn- enter umcci oi any Ui lndu-" or organ- Great Britain, inspect other words ana in- Buiipo'-' r statistic hplvs.a'.a arones ur- jbecanM operative tu- workers may Iorrt, r pulsorlly by ber.t f; one maus-licr MAIS ARE ED AROUND LnJ Auto of American torched in Romania ;gT0N d.c u Of- , j.Vd autOS Of I'X' - Hit). Somatic and :Iiu; .-wrr made pub- : Scut or William i . Mir would tell fh ir diplomatic ;pci nirl has befi violation oi dip.nu'. immunity.' VERDICT PROVED ,f.K Srfitul to the . which the :m Camden, Hie limit Friday rln offi- 1,. isc and Yor or Louis' : il id s ,1 up. after) E : chairman of msed to derision. The, t Sid Aihletlc Com- a: t i reconsider i twice In the his left eye " a mere split. iIk had to come il the closing i.it to gain the hi iv,, uitiges. Frnnk; Munro. aiunro. mioy tcree. marked to w. 'i.IlwMthatienU packed the disaoprovnl m; i i,, NOKi AKNOLD Thirteen Cundidales Seek Seven aklermanic seats, and three for the four school board seats which must be filled by the voters. Up until noon It looked as though the school board scats would be filled by acclamation J by W. Joseph Scott and A. J. ! 1 Dominato. IxjininHii). The tuc latter, miuer. at at pres pica- , lent a school trustee, had indl : cated his tntentton to run, al- j though he had not filed ,lis 1 I papers at that timer WakoltLjfojr, at 12:15. George J.' (UtDffww filed papers, mus up-unds setting the pomlbility or the board being filled by acclama- ex-1 tion. Dawes was nominated by ! Vernon J. Scherk and seconded heavy-; by George A. Moore. The Trades and Labor Coun- cil. which brought forth a can in-didate for the mayoralty and j four for city council, remained inactive in the matter of nom-1 ina ting school board candidates. Scott. Dominato and Dawes are; independents The mayoralty contest will be between Mayor Nora E. Arnold and ex-Mayor Harry M. Daggett. who campaigned to a ''P'j Iinisn a year ao. im , Arnold winning by a narrow Ruby.mnrpin j mnr n p- the me , finxl h, count. L. Both Labor and the Independ- have complete slates for Ithorour awcrmamcwai. 1 of the four present J1 lare seeking return 10 hum 1 1 r M 4 1 . . a T I VA1 IMfTC Ilia nirmeit.'iare Aiat-imru . - i-tc-i :,t hu own ! dependent: T. B. Black, inae- th.i i iiji tr, nendent. and George Rudder- H' vvuiptvu iu sh ! i r(mn iVio in. : ham. Labor. !- b l ang and had Alderman C G- Ham, whose h mm rained by his I1 comcs UP for elcctlon 011 Thursday, is not running. Forbes voted , The th.ee other Labor aldcr- lfe candidates are ueorge . L.uis six for!mau,c W - , Hills. August S. Wallin and Mrs. d W ,h : , Edith A. Black, Laborltes. With two even. pprd the balance favor iilnf ! IX)rt.s wrltcrc , ;irds showed '''"'t and 32 lor '-if weighed the I'f'und.s to 194tfc. ls ' ' Cdvas, one for , ,,'' 'st ana once !' tnurth. Ifl)l,:iefi hut i 1 "fit.- : . . Iif.," fiaht hand ht ers! in, .. "H Ti,v . . Miii.m:s , AuJilorlum rSDiv n I)LCl'.Mlll.i "'...1,1b & Uve boP ,. leu -Come and er of Commerce MAYORALTY Civic Posts at Coniinc Election Prince Rupert voters will be asked to select their choice of 13 candidates to and to make a decision as to i Krantinjj a bus-operation : iw viii, milium tiviv, Ulttiiwua Ui. LWU V'lVlV, Centre on Thursday. William i. owiic mi" Ralph Morln are seeking election as Independents. i i -t. ...ttl n A referendum, wnicn wm held In conjunction with the el-! ectlons, will ask the electors the ; question: ''Do you favor grant-! ing a bus franchise to anyone?' i Here Is the complete list of, candidates as It appeared at the close of Uic nomination period today. The names rouowing w, those of their sponsors and seconders, rcspec - lively for mayor ra l" Arnold. G- Oil II A BrCdl. nirrv M Daggett, Leon Sand - r j i l Forman roil MDFItMAN . ViiiMk Walter F. M 1 Viirdo Rushbrook, Mu do MacA" MacArthur. Alderman Thomas Be nncii Black, W. M. Watts, C G. Ham. George lllll!.. " Myrtle M. Roper. Joseph Ralph Morin. Alex Mac-Kenzie, Alfred M. Rlvett. Alderman George E. Hudder-ham, George E. HUls. H. M. Dag-get. Wlllfam Frederic Stone, W J Scott A. S Nlckorson. CANDI PROVINCIAL LIBRAK 181 J tout 3i.4f H. sl dac;gett fill seven public positions whether or not they favor franchise when they go to August S. Wallin, Ed La Sota, Jack Eyber. Alderman T. Norton Youngs, S. D. Johnston, P. II. Linzey. FOR SCHOOL BOARD Americo J. Dominato, Dr. R. O. Large, John McLeod. George James Dawes, Vernon J. Scherk, George E. Moore. William Joseph Scott, Orme Stuart, Allan Morgan, Tr k fr WIIUI I) UrAl r " w ' " v 1 P A HIF LLAlLl UlLj Dr.'cfiolas 'Murray-' liulltr I'asses Away in Eighty-Fifth Year NEW YORK, ffi Arrange-1 ments are being made today for the funeral of Dr. Nicholas Mur-; ray Butler, rfged 85, prominent educationalist and eloquent , spokesman lor worm peace, w no was president of Columbia Unl-. versity for 44 years. He died ouuuity ui pucuuiunia. "urr.- 1912 when President William H. Taft was defeated by Woodrow Wilson for re-election. premier KING YS TKIBUTE OTTAWA Speaking yestcr-; d of the death In' New York o Df Nlcho,as M But. ' Mackenzie desCribed him as one of , most outsundInB men In the I . lnterests 1 of world peace. He was I ninnnrler oftheLeaeue of Nations and United Nations. XMAS POULTRY THIEVES BUSY LONDON. 0i The Christmas season's approach lit Great Britain's countryside has been marked ay Increased police patrols and farmer precautions against large scale raids by poultry and Christ- mas tree thieves, Racketeers, largo and small, know that this time of year stolen turkeys, geese, ducks and other fowl find a ready market. Thieves often work in organized gangs. . . . . . . i..ii I i NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BIUTlfln COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TTTTTTTl a tTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TAXI '4.1 PI 1011c mmln ! JTK STAR llack & White Cabs j I Cabs Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to tiic Great Northwest." If VOL. XXXVI, No. 280. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1047 PRICE FIVE CENTS kliiliiA Viiiiiilililliiiiii.4 h Gov't vl (;CU MllbV JTlgUlll-M UUJfJUIO Rcduced Indian Drunk Charges y rl . I r ! TWn1 Haa fl n1toM Inne cn 1 VUllllUWU IWIHi; ' i against suppliers of liquor to j Indians, aimed at reducing the 'number of intoxication charges : against natives, resulted in the, conviction of nine suppliers in j police court last month, accord- Jng November report to cUy fey ggt L A N. Pot. iferton. Fine total lor me monwi $629, plus $72.50 in costs, a sharp drop under October, when pro-uprntions of suDDllers raised finp collections of $1,465. There were 56 convictions in police court of which 29 were laid un- der thn Indian Act rench Strikes Are Coll SCHOOL IS DESTROYED VANCOUVER (P-Firc early yesterday destroyed the two- itorey. fourtecn-room MacDon- 1d elementary school in the ?ast End, suspending tempor- ri!y the education of three mndred children. Firemen have been investiga ting: the powlbllty that the blaze was the work of an in- icndiarlst. savin? that three attempts had been made in re- i ont months to set the buildln.?! ili2ht. I No estimate is made of the loss. ! THE WEATHER Synopsis There was cold, moist air over the entire province this morn- in? and skies are mainly over !cast - Snow ts stl11 belns rep" from the Cariboo, Prince hrrrJEAST HOVERS OH HOLY YAR VERGE "? rat TZ STJS , JERUSALEM (CI')-Hgana, underground Jew- move down the British Columbia i ish defence army, said tonight that ' apparently well coast during the day. unsettled ; armed forces of Arabs" had attacked Hagana's ad- cold weather will continue Tues- day. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Char lottes "and North Coast Con tinuous rain today. Overcastn with rain showers Tuesday. Southeast winds '15 m.pJi.), increasing to southeast 130), by early afternoon and shifting to northwest (30, "Tuesday morn ing. Little change in tempera jture. Lows tonight and highs 1 40, Massett 35 and 40, Prince ' Rupert 35 and 40. Central Interior Overcast with Intermittent snow today and Tuesday. Light southeast eriy winds. Little change In temperature. Lows tonight and v,iEhs tomorrow Ouesnel 20 and 3() Prlnce George 2Q and 25, gathers 20 and 30. Telegraph Creek 20 and 30, . FINAL COAST SALMON PACT British Columbia's canned sal mon pack for the 1947 season totalled 1,504,714 cases, accord- ing to the final bulletin issued b the chlef Supervlsor of Flsh. erles. The pack was .the second largest since 1942, exceeded only by the 1945 pack. Complete canned salmon pro- duction for the last six seasons Is as follows. The figures represent 48-pound cases: 1947 1,504,715; 19461,348,138; 1945 1,739,311; 19441,097,557; 1943 1,258,220; 19421 811,560. Pink salmon led the 1947 pack with 599,212 cases, followed by chums, 460,999 cases, sockeye, 286,285 cases, coho, 140,484 cases, sprlngs, 1,955 cases, blueback, 4,545 cases and steelhead 3,234 cases. LOCAL TIDES Tuesday, December 9, 1947- High , 11:02 21.1 feet 23:'9. 18.6 feet Low 4: '2 7.7 feet 17:42 4.1 feet - i i it ii i C iitiiiiinp wwi HWvv, v-"wvwvo ow far this year are $10,431. as com- pared with $12,570 at the same period a year ago. Monetary ioss from criminal Code complalnts durlng the month totalIed $1 048 of whlch dg valud ftt $2Q5 were recQV. ered Jn connectlon wUh the 'Prlmlnnl fnrlo. .nmnlnlntc ihvre f nrosecutions for theft and break and entry and theft. Total cost of operating the city Jail for the month was $3E2, of which the city was required to pay $118, the provincial govern- irnent the rest mm mm 'ni m m im. NEW TREATMENT FOR LUNG INFECTIONS An oxygen penicillin inhaler for the treatment of lung infections adds to the methods for using the life-saving drug. The British inhaler was recently demonstrated at the hospital's midwifery and nursing exhibition at Seymour Hall, London. British bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming, discovered It in London. A nurse at the exhibition demonstrates the method of using the new Inhaler. ADADC WCArS IPWC AC TFKKF Ml Pi. MIAMUJ LHUHUL JL.1J HJ iLlUft. i n" nnBifinn(! in Tol Aviv "npnpfrntpd the area.! fired houses and engaged street battle. Tills report came as the Middle East seethed on the apparent verge of a holy war between Jews and Arabs. Six more killings were report ed today in Palestine, one a British police officer. Meanwhile It was reported In government , sources In London infnrmed the United Nations that she intends to surrender her mandate over Palestine on May 15. Britain suggested that the independent Arab, and Jewish states, as p'roposed t by the United Nations, come into existence June 1. after a two-week transition period. The same informants said that the British government had authorized the creation of Arab and Jewish civic guard organizations to maintain law and order In key Holy Land areas prior to concentration of all British troops In evacuation beachheads. OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL English Cup (First round replays) Reading 3, Bromley 0. Bristol City 9, Dartford 2. Northampton Town 2, Exeter City 0. Southport 2, Hull City 3. Brighton and Hove Albion 5, Tuowbrldge Town 0. Torquay United 0, Watford 3. English League First Division Arsenal 1. Manchester City 1. Bolton Wanderers 3, Wolver- hnmpton Wanderers 2. Burnley 1, Chelsea 0. Charlton Athletic 2, Grimsby Town 3. Liverpool 3, Aston Villa 3i Manchester United 1, Blackpool 1. Middlesbrough 2, Suderland 2. Portsmouth 3, Everton 0. Preston North End 7, Derby Country 4. Sheffield United 4, Blackburn Rovers 1. Stoke City 1, Huddersfield Town 1. Second Division Barnsley 2, Bradford 2. Birmingham City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0. Brentford 2, Southampton 2. Coventry City 0, MlUwall I. Fulham 0, Chesterfield 0. Leeds United 2, West Ham United 1. Leicester City 2, Bury 1. Luton Town 2, Doncaster Rovers 1. Newcastle United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Plymouth Argyle 1, Nottingham Forest 1. West Bromwlch Albion 2, Car- dlff City 3. Scottish League "A" Division Aberdeen 3, Clyde 1 reinforcements in a pitched CASHIERED FROM ARMY i 1 William Cavendish-Bentinck ! Discharged Dishonourably For Scandalous Conduct LONDON, fSi ,A- court-mar-1 tlttl 'today convicted Pilot Officer; William Cavendish - Bentinck,! son of the former British am-; bassador to Poland, of "behaving In a scandalous manner unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." He was sentenced to be cashiered. IS MODIFYING EXCISE TAX OTTAWA W Finance Minister Douglas Abbott today announced he had agreed to make some modifications in the excise tax program which outlined November 17 along with plans for restrictions of imports. Alrdrienians 0, Morton 3. Celtic 1, Dundee 1. Falkirk 8, Third Lanark 1. Hearts 1, Rangers 2. Patrick Thistle 1. Hibernian 1. Queen's Park 7, Queen of the South 0. St. Mirrcn 4, Motherwell 2, : : TODAY'S STOCKS : : Courtesy S. D. Johnr.ton Co. Ltd. Vancouver Bralorne 10.50 B. R. Con 04'4 B. R. X. 09 Cariboo Quartz 2.75 bentonia .18 Grull Wlhksne 05i2 Hedley Mascot a .93 Mlnto 02i2' Pend Oreille 2.01 Pioneer 3.60 Premier Border .043,4 Privateer ; .33 Reeves McDonald 1.00 Reno 14 Salmon Gold 23 Sheep Creek .. .1 1.10 Taylor Bridge 50 i Vananda 21 Congress .03 Hedley Amalg .03 Spud Valley 20 Central Zeballos u. .OIV4 SUbak Premier ... .60 Oils ' A." P. Con .12 N Calmont .35 C, & E .. 2.52 Home 4.55 Toronto Athona .10 Aumaque 26 V Subway and Bus Workers Walk-Out Is 'Failure7 Confederation of Labor Suffers Sharp Setback Civil Servants Stay On Jobs j PARIS (CP) The Communist-dominated Con-! federation of Labor suffered a sharp setback today I when the two-day old wages strike of Paris subway ! and bus workers, scheduled to begin this morning, collapsed. At the same time a tive-day warning Strik'e" of government workers, called in an attempt 4 to pull 1200,000" civil servants B jtlC CADDY'S. BODY FOUND VANCOUVER Legend of Canada's West Coast seems to have died when news seeped out of Port Albernl that Cad-borosaurus, familiarly known as ''Caddy," famous sea serpent was dead. Remains discovered by four fishermen between Effingham and Useless Inlet, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, have baf fled Dr. R. E. Foerster, direc , , i,:i:.i C( tion, who was asked to identify them. ONLY TWO STILL OUT VANCOUVER All but two o . the 14 youths who escaped 1 from Okalla Prison in: suburban 1 Burnaby November 29, are I back in custody, police said last night. The waterfront is being combed today for the last two. Jack Richardson, 16, cold and shivering; surrendered I to police Saturday night I near Coquitlam. I DEMANDS TEN BILLION LONDON Foreign Minister ! Molotov of Russia today listed $10,000,000,000 reparations and repeal of the economic merger of British and American zones as the price of Russian unification of Germany, agreement to the economic BOYER CONVICTED MONTREAL Appeal is expected this week by Dr. Raymond Boyer against his conviction Saturday night by King's Bench court Jury on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Official Secrets Act. Sentence will be passed later. FIFTH AVENUE HOUSE IS SOLD The residence at 327 Fifth Avenue East, formerly occupied! by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lakie and owned by Canadian National Railways, has been sold to Dr. J. A. Macdonald, of the Indian i Health Services here. The sale! was made through the real es- i tate firm of G. P. Tinker.. Beattie 85 Bevcourt 53 Bobjo 15 Buffalo Canadian 163,4 Consol. .Smelters 96.00 Conwest . 1.25 Donalda .95 Eldona 95 Elder .70 Giant Yellowknife 6.05 God's Lake 95 Hardrock .35 Harricana .09 T - 1 1 f tiucmuie VI 72 Joliet Quebec 45 Lakff Rowan 15 Lapaska 18 Little Long Lac 1.60 Madsen Red Lake 2.10 McKeKnzIe Red Lake - .60 McLeod Cockshutt 1.50 Moneta 40 Negus 2.15 Noranda 46.00 Louvlcourt 1.50 Pickle Crow 2.55 Regcourt 08 Vi San Antonio 4.10 Senator Rouyn 57 Sherrit Gordon 2.95 Steep Rock 2.05 I Sturgeon River ,22 I apsing off their jobs, met with dubious success. Government officials . DUIU W.Vtl J A A IvVQ L j II W. 1.1. 1-, normally. A spokesman for the Paris transport system said the subway and bus strike had been called off by the union because "it was a failure." The government announces the arrest of nearly one thousand persons in a campaign against sabotage in strike-crippled "industries. Steamship Fares Up Starting today, Jt will cost 25 per cent more to travel between Prinpp Pnnnrt. orirl Vn n-m vnr than It did before the war During the war the fare had been raised 10 percept .to $26.40". The basic one-way" fare .fciiCtJf forth is $30 Instead of the pre" war $24 and' $23.40 during and since the war. The round trip basic fare Is $54. To these figures are to be added the .15 per cent war tax, making the actual ticket costs: Between Vancouver and Prince Rupert, $34.50. Round trip, $62.10. The increases had been anticipated but not so soon. Early last fall freight rates were increased 30 per cent. There Is no increase in fares from Prince Rupert to Alaska although there are from Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. The increase applies between all British Columbia coastal points. THREE RUN AT TERRACE TERRACE (Special to Daily News) Three nominations were received today for the one vacancy to be contested on the board of village commissioners at the anual election this week. II. S. (Bill) Oliver is nominated to succeed himself, the other nominees being Charles M. Adam and Walter Warner, the latter a dark horse. HOCKEY SCORES SATURDAY Detroit 0, Montreal 4. Chicago 5, Toronto 12. Rangers 5, Boston 5. ' SUNDAY Montreal 0, Boston 1. Toronto 3, Chicago 2. Detroit 1, Rangers 3. FEARED PIRATES Ancient Greeks established their capital, Athens, five miles inland as protection against the pirate-infested seas. ON THE AIR- t Mayor NORA ARNOLD CFPR MONDAY 7?3n rt m. ' f'"-- 1M ! t. : 1