) " . . v . . - i fn hia wnv pvimfs nnr primes hann11' 1U1 i T I uuiiai nitivii tutvu v miv idv I ill I 1 i time that a German SS ouera- ! thermometer at ir..T weather sta- er.oucn did not ';;:t and ice that , comber of the tcr.pcru'.ure which the thermometer hit n 'v ,r.J battered Venne tour-and-a M and Mrs. t - . ..... v . , nt, v v Yale -v v vaiufci. M. I ,u n t " "' 4l U VtV lit u'sive -uonserva- t tht- nominatintr i IierP Kftr.iirriAir MifrVif Pfihtmt. 1. i I wmn. ut prescnii HUGHES FLIES I'nprcdirtalili. "lean it rtB boat Howard flew vnci 1 MftH .,. . . , .ip-ijn, oi aDoui 5af ta . , - ijuugoeacn-Los wi WHS. I1C 11Vi-rO-. !5 the millionaire jr tiugnes had Sunday's test wnnin a ..,. wjuing "b exriprlmpnt. cApenment tlvc could be conslderel Innocent of crimes if it was not proved he knew the intent of the SS to be criminal. Convicted with Pohi were three generals, seven . . . ii i i ihp spa- poionns. a ma or. a cuijiani uuu priw Rupert last a civilian. tnt first snow The following defendants were iv fhn rlT.v tufoc Hnnnrtat nnc pn nvpmpnl. o) tr. 'hat caused 0f whole populations and plun- ffh lanr to Keep oen. Aucust Frank and Gen. t i -l. no Georee Loerne. deDUties to Pohl. on intermittent ElrenscnmalZi IIans Hetnrlch :nr:::te3 from the Movement of the c: ual cold- Baler, Karl Mummenthey and Hans Bobermin. Major Karl Sommer. Captain Leo Volk. Hans Hohbcrg. civilian. The verdict declared the con- LONG-ARMED THIEF GETS $1 IN RAID A burglar with a long reach ' OF SHOOTING Remains of Frank Fitch Here Yesterday on Way to Vancouver for Burial AccomDanied by his son. Don ald Fitch of this city, remains of the late Frank Fitch, veteran customs officer of this city and ma!L u-Pro convicted and three ac(iuit-i?lstrlct: ,wh.me.t. s"dden death. ii i iLiii.' i nv niTinMri u kiiihii.it ir n uffK. IGHT ted bv the United States trl- . m mt m ktinol tirl-iltVi rnlorl fnr tho flvcf Rmnshlne a courjle of panes of A fVlPV ttait.prt thtre an hour c - duiu vv. - - I glass In the door facing the lane or an hour and a half as F. G. between Second and Third Av-' Hanford, for whom the logs i enues, the prowler reached a were belng brought out, had : more-than-normal disunce to promised to send a plane up to was $1 from a book below tne cash register. The burglary was commiued ai Millet Bav Hos- mnrnlnir. and was wic k"" he entered recent- : vet been made. ATFD two nights. On rnnay iw-, Little's news stand was entered and a small amount of cash stolen. The Terminal Lunch was victimized last June when about $20 and a quantity of clragettes was taken. COMPLETING NEW WHARF AT Q.C. ' lintry Point Light at Massctt Inlet to be Removed and Rebuilt Construction of the new wharf at Queen Charlotte City for the federal department of public works is nearlng comple- m, ot flip hands oi uie w- tractors, Holland and Phunps, and is already in use. On completltlon of the Queen Charlotte wharf, these start on the re- contractors contractors will wm - building of the Entry rom light house al the entrance of Massett Inlet. AIR PASSENGERS To Vancouver Norman Nelson, J. F. Wilson, J. J. Jones, R. J. Thompson. From Sandspit (Saturdays Miss H. Dlmor, Mrs. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. G. Bronn. From Vancouver-E.Tetrault, T. Baker. PERU EARTHQUAKE LIMA 1 lanes, be a r i n g nurses, medicine and food, today to were dispatched ...... .... i.. ihp moun- siriCKcn not -v expect, wvyecr. to to fly ny the trie I tains tains oi of Peru rem where wunc an earth- ... . Until Until l i 4 Unci 4 W- ftiarch or Anr I nunkA Saluraay Kinea niw. ' M"- ' x ..b rnEines on. finv ncrsons a "f"'h,j fun. thp nlflno ho.i ...tllcltAt turn Andes towns, . -. i eit so san iiamoa nu WnV ntt I, .. . I - . . ... 1M miles northeast of Lima. said the logs wouio nave w left, and Ritchie and the men with him began to unload the barge. Meantime, John Simpson, who was living nearby, took Fitch nvpr to the boundary house where the Customs man took in ventory and closed the house for the winter. The inventory icier found in his pocket. w ao iv - Fitch returned to the Hazel B 3 and the crew coupled tne h.rDi in ihp boat and the down ijiver trip was begun about 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon RIFLE WAS IN UrPEK BUNK Nell Grant testified at the cor- m.tsi that a short time afterward he and Charlie Early and Fitch were in tne lorwmu uu f thp vpssel. where there 11U1U W ."v are several bunks, ann was cleaning and oiling his shot gun as the party nopeo w on-Stlklne Flats for a short duck shoot. He said nwai and goose picked pi&vu up a 30.30 rifle, - belonging . moval to a new location and re-1 10 Bridcut, :ldcut.fromatopDunK from a top bunk ana uu went to the partook, everyone H .ll....r,A 1MT K LI I 1. rlWV - Sently piiotnouoc went mu back to the forward ,.,j ffBrtStS his NORTHHftN ND ' CKNTRAIt BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER where the funeral will take place ' servatlves scored a net gain of on Wednesday afternoon. 621 council seats, losing only ' while the Labor party seventeen, Fitch, who was stationed In Wrangell this summer, died suffered a net loss of 652, gain-Monday afternoon of a charge ing but forty. Liberals gained from a 30.30 rifle aboard the 40 and lost 47. Communists lost Hazel B. 3 on the Stlklne River, eight seats, gaining one. , A coroner's jury at Wrangell de- Of a total of 366 seats In-clared the shooting accidental, volved, the Conservatives now Fitch left Wrangell with a hold 1235 and Labor, 832, the re-party consisting of Capt. Al mainder being held by Indepen- .. . . . . - v 1 .ACT T Ikn.nlr 171 nnrl . 'Ritchie, owner ana operator 01 uenus, iuji, uiuciaio, ui, Colonels Hans Leorner, Edwin the Ritchie Transportation Co., one Communist. -nhnnf l' Vi o t Slav Wlnfpr Frnnz!.. ... ... , i nTi.n ... ,1 , ,'anfvpc IVip Rn. teu urani, jy wonaers, uiiiiuto u.k.... - Early and Stanley Brldcut, Sun- ; cialist government of any man- day morning at 11:05. Ritchie date they ootainea in ine gen-was going upriver to take back a j eral election," Churchill declar-scow which was loaded with ed In a statement. "Hencefor birch logs on the Canadian side ' ward they will govern without of the boundary but which had I moral support and against the not yet received official release ! will of the people." for export by the Canadian gov-1 Although Conservative leaders ernment. However, Ritchie de- j are calling for a general election sired to get his scow, even ; SUCh a course does not seem like-though he had to leave the logs, j iy because tne Liberal party still to prevent the scow being frozen has a powerful majority In the In during the winter. House of Commons. Fitch expressed the deslre'to Even the staunchest of Congo along on the trip to close the jservative newspapers, refrained custom house at the boundary j jrom backing Churchill and Lord and Capt. Ritchie Invited him -wooiUm, c 0 n s e r vative party to go aiong. chairman, in tneir demands ior Ritchie said thev reached the L ,.0i raided the Terminal Lunch de- ;Gus Adamson place, above the . pot Saturday night in the sec-1 boundary, about 6:30 that eve snow was , . lncident 0f breaking and ; anA snent the evening at . .,, , rmeriiig m iu me Aoamsou-iiuiuc. :, . ... rewaraea ui umi jviext morning mcy tuujucu hi. n t t "ti e i r i iiii.i iiauiii n i. rw iurs nnin i r i 1 1 i y ri jno tiiuiw. LIIC Lmiut; Ul lug v.v - 1 i,np spmnu suiicicu uj wk u ann rpLiiriieu uuwiwvit " " business Diace yiv.i. 5iiit; aiunt. LU n Lilt h nounaarv uuuuuaij nouse. iiwwn nimu --- !;l.;:iasts. ince May 4 frr mpTp Hrnnnpri CHILD AWAY BODIES ARE COMING OUT Arduous Task Bringing Out Crash Remains from Tongass Mountain KETCHIKAN Bodies of three of 18 victims of last week's Pan- American World Airways Alaska unfasten the lock. As far as tne i the boundary If permission came cl.pper plane crash near the top; proprietor, Mark Hill, could rom the Canadian government Qf Tongass Mountain on Annette ncortntn ncrprfntn nil ail that that was was takeni, .v,ir Vnnrt. However, after1. , . ... i ,,v,. nn-n tmm u w.... ' ""I - ftcic w'"b"v " waiting some time and anxious the summlt during the week-end to get back down-river, Ritchie tQ Tongass Lake. It was an ardu- said he talked to noous task for the groUnd party due to intermittent snow storms around the mountain top and the rugged roughness of the nreciDitlous slope. Bringing out of the rest of the bodies will, it Is stated, be a "long and dlflcult Job. said probably someone ciommpH a door. The vintirht. no more of it untir tlstlcs show, vi a i 1 T 235 viwm m NTOHT RiKRVICE Stand; Hotel. Third Aw, Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Kupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." 4 VOL. XXXVI, No. 257. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS 5f . ers of Depravity !nces 1 Pnhl and Others of German J tn Dath For War Crimes . r r. t il irV Ti .Hon fWnlrl PnVil S QfflcPr. WIIU UJivicitcu unutui viuiiwcii- " ,h0vp millions died, was sentenced to- Conservatives Win in British Municipal Elections LABORITES SUFFER MAJOR DEFEAT IN CITY AND BOROUGH VOTING CHURCHILL DEMANDS ELECTION T rTnnT nT TJi-iinin'e C.Mricorvtiiivo navhr nvoru'Violminrrlv VlpfonOUS ago!? anerbUd Ehe over Prime Minister Attlee's Labor party in the municipal balloting today, set stikine River boat Hazel b. 3.'ui) clamor for an immediate general election. between the international1 ' The Labor nartv suffered in the election of city councilmen on Saturday boundary and the Alaskan town'jts first maior defeat since it was swept into power more Lhan two years ago. of Wranrpll wprp hprp aboard . . . n ..on i t i t- i i i nr..i l ,.,A the steamer camosun yesterday ' Complete returns irom 00 oorougns voung in r,nanu aim vvai &uuvCu going through to Vancouver that Winston Churchill s Con EUROPEAN PICTURE "PRETTY GRIM" SNYDER Recently returned from a European trip, VS. Secretary of the Treasury John Bnyder is -shown during a press conference In Washington where he told that a fuel shortage will affecT-virtually every country in Europe this winter. The real problem, he said, is In France, Germany and Italy. He described the over-all European picture as "pretty grim." He revealed that two large companies 'which he did not identify) have paid more than a million dollars to the Internal revenue bureau for Income tax evasion on fear of criminal prosecution. CRIME IN ENGLAND Increase Noted During War Years More Rapidly Among Women Than Men By MICHAEL O'MARA Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON Oi Crime in England and Wales increased throughout the war years the 1945 total of offences known to hp nnlir.e pxceeded that of 1939 had bv more than 50 per cent re- men ' cently-lssued Home Office sta- about 10 minutes later, about! crimes of violence, sexual of-4:10 p.m. Wonders went down fences and breaking and enter-to the forward hold and found ing au showed sweeping ln- Fltch on the floor dead, ne nuw- creases during tne seven jcio fied the others and capt. Kitcme listed, out muraer, wiucn icawi-Fitch was be-' ph a npak of 159 known cases in aivvi vivvv""(j I vond aid. ordered everything left i94'2, was not noticeably more as It was until tneir arrival m , prevalent wnen me wai tumu rrorcrpii ! than when It broke out. Ahoni 4-45 Lew Williams Jr., Four hundred and seventy- i..i tvio Hvpr sighted the fnnr nprsons were tried for mur J J J U.S.. ...w., 0 .VV. Knot and in answer to sig-, rfpr riurine 1939-45. of whom 174 nals, landed near the vessel. He , were found both sane and uifphip a iplppram which tn ill t v. Excluding minors and gai ,"..v tj 4.in. v.o lrviifpH for ner- n,nro kovpH hv later leeal ac ,lol.. tr. Krlntr nui ihp IOCS, but ilnn from ihp Scaffold. 138 Per IlllOOiUll W WAt, v- v.v.. - Ritchie related to him wnat nau SOns were naoie to nangmg. happened and asked him to these, 82 were executed and 56 iif it Q norrniv Marshal Jack ronrfpvprf The Hazel B. 3 arrived MnrtE AMONG was ejecting f"J ab ou terZztou p.m.. after be- WOMEN THAN MEN said Fitch naf e jemark (he the gun, P"nB J J Wld Ae I an hour- and a half. among women than men. In- ra chamber, and keepsl a reconstruction of the trag-J dictable offences with which answered, Yes, tne w, showed Fitch to have been females were charged increased his gun in good , head literaUy by cent durlng the war and Early left immeoiaieiy. K hig .hll. amon males the rise was ing into the galley, u" 44 npr , Fitch laid the rlf dm f .j Examination of the body by. Drunkenness decreased each tne i. u the bunk, diagonal y, rHnn Parrott. showed the'vpar of the war. falling from nolnting out into tne room. i hphind Ki mo in urn to 19.368 r- . ut out n that fit Let UUHt t tJlltltU vv-v Ji,Ui vusvu ' It was brought Fltchs rlght ear( went through cases m 1945. Other petty of- a late lunch, wnicn r w riPhnphPt.Pd from a I fpnrps traffic infractions and bi.v. - ' rafter of the celling and was atAn a Vmnlr fin ihp ODDO- disorderly behavior, for Instance also showed decreases. But of- ate site side of the room by Marshal! fences by prostitutes increased hold, and Briacut, wuu aDOut five Der cent and brothel- lunch after the otners i . ,rv ortpP hParine' keeolne more than 400 percent fVSZ-n death' Convictions for neglect of chll- deck and heao auu, Monn, dren more than doubled. . iua ilni house 10 nis mui". awwv..v.. yasi. uic F"u " ..... - t tho nilot house. Ju " nant Of 1.754 offenders convicted Tiore.r,h Piorpnn is ihp name under Defence Regulations dur- ht,hJM he heard what he 'given the shallow ocean bottom, ing 1940-45, 552 were .penalized r uls shot and asked between Newfoundland and Ire-, for looting, a form,, of ..crime 0,5?p M u they a had heard it.' land, where a score of cables ' which followed the havoc caused LrS S Wonders cross. by German air raid., More than MIKOLAJZK IN BRITAIN Polish Opposition Leader Has Been Given Offirial Santuary There LONDON 0i Stanislaw Miko-lajzyk, Polish Opposition leader, fearing that he was to be exe-ruted, fled from Warsaw two weeks ago and made his way to Great Britain by plane; a Foreivn Office official told a cheering House or Commons to day. The Briush government has promised Mikolajzyk san tuary. Christopher Mayhew, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, said a plane carrying the 46-year-old leader of the Polish Peasant party landed at Manston air field in southeast London, Kent County. At first there was no Im mediate indication as to the nationality or type of plane in which he arrived in Britain but it was later revealed that he had come from Germany lit special Royal Air Force plane HOCKEY SCORES Saturday Boston 1, Toronto 1. Detroit 3, New York 4. Sunday Montreal 4, Chicago 2. Boston 1, Letrolt 2. Toronto 4, New York 7. 900,000 persons were dealt with by magistrates' courts for breaking blackout regulations. Sixteen enemy agents were sentenced to death under the Treachery Act, of which' 15 were executed and one had his sentence commuted. Three persons were sentenced to death for treason and of these one had his sentence commuted. Both John Amery and William (Lord Haw-Haw)j Joyce were Both suicides and attempted suicides decreased during the early part of the war but Increased In 1945, Guard Railings Are d D i a i TTRstar j The guard railings on Second FIVE DEAD IN TRAFFIC Vancouver Toll to Date This Year is Thirty-nine VANCOUVER. 0 British Col umbia recorded five traffic faU alltles over the week-end including two here which brings the city total for 1947 to 39. The dead are Mrs. Mae Howell, Thomas Holmes, Jeanette Meek, Louise Phillips and Gordon Sugar Now Off Ration Price Control, However, Remains Last Food to Come Off OTTAWA The last food in Canada to have its distribution control removed, sugar was liber ated by the government ration list today as Is also edible mo lasses. Price control will be re talned on both Items, Hon. Doug las Abbott, minister of finance, announced Sunday night with an advance of lc per pound al lowed on sugar. The celling on molasses will remain as at pres ent. The present general price of sugar in Canada Is 9c per pound Mr." Abbott said that a Vic "per pound bonus on beet suger pro ductlon would be continued this vear but there will be no sub sidizijjg of beet sugar next year. The announcement means the end of the last of Canada's rationed food commodities. Sugar rationing had been effectlvt since July 1942. Mr. Abbott said that ''unless completely unfore-seen' circumstances arise, there! should be no further increase In sugar prices for the next year. In Toronto confectioners pre dicted the removal of rationing would result In a greater variety of pastries, cakes and other baked goods In retail stores. There would also, probably be a "run" on sugar by manufactur ers. Candy-makers, bakers and soft drink manufacturers now have a free rein when It comes to getting all the sugar they need. A Prices Board official said liftlne of sugar rationing ap plies to the Industrial user as well as the Individual. THE WEATHER Synopsis Cool moist Pacific air over the province was causing cloudy skies over most regions' this mornine. Showers of rain and snow mixed with occasional hall over the northern regions will continue throughout the day. Fog over the low areas of the southern coast will clear before noon but reform this evening Rapid clearing yesterday resulted In temperatures at or near freezing overnigni ! along the coast. In the Interior j temperatures dropped to the low j twenties at many points. Frost, will occur again tonight with temperatures down to 20 In the j interior valleys. I Forecast j Prince Rupert, Queen Char- lottes and North Coast Cloudy ! with scattered rain showers today, clearing overnight. Tuesdaycloudy with widely scattered showers. Drifting fog banks over water overnight. Winds light. Cold tonight with frost. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday: Port Hardy 32 and 47. Massett 32 and 47. Prince Rupert 34 and 58. Northern B.C. Cloudy with scattered snow flurries today and Tuesday, winds light. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday at Telegraph Creek, 22 and 30. BUILDING TOTAL Avenue, by the wooden sidewalk ! . - j aaa between First Street and Sixth V VlI II II II are being smashed again. The I t ' f Hi i 41 I for the drop, between the avenue and down to the level where the fountain is, must be 15 or 20 feet at least. Repairing and replacements were made only Value for Year to Date 'is $190,383 Building permits Issued at the Cltv Engineer's office durlns October totalled $14,150, bring ing the total for the year to date to $190,385. This Is almost $36,000 below the figure for the same period last year, and the lowest since 1942. Major portion of last month's permits were Issued for mlnof repairs and alterations with only two outstanding construction projects listed. One was a permit for $5,200 issued to M. K. Eriksen for a house on Fourth Avenue East, and another for $1,000 Issued to the Department of Transport in connection with the transie. of the marine station from Digb? Lsland to Seal Cove. There were 29 permits issued during the month. 1 A. E. Taylor, $50, Hays Cove Avenue, addition. Dyfohavn and Hanson, $150, Third Avenue, repairs. James Hadden, $200, Dunsmulr Street, repairs. N. Pawluckl, $400, Second Ave., repairs. Derjartment of Transport, $1,000 Seal Cove, construction. McRae Bros., $200, Third Av enue, repairs. Pacific- Cafe, $30U, Tnird Av enue, repairs. W. H. Tipton, $250, Sixth Av enue East, repairs. W. Richards, $450, Fifth Av enue West, repairs. International Cafe, $l,0W bin Stieet, repairs. , T. Latch, $500, Park Avenue, repairs. C. C. Mills, $300, Musgrave Place, repairs. 'J, WRoggrscmj $75 Sixth: A Y cnue East, garage. L. H. Olson, $500,, Sixth Avenue East, repairs. F. Hardy, $600, Summitt Avenue, repairs. C. Rosang, $250, Seventh Avenue West, repairs. . E. Rivett, $100, Eighth Avenue East, repairs. Graham Alexander, $100, Overlook .Street, construction. George Ross, $200, Second Av enue, alterations. J. Prince, $600, Ninth Avenue East, repairs. V. Norfoers, $500, Sixth Avenue East, repairs. M. K. Eriksen, $5,200. Fourth Avenue East, construction. Paul Vogel, $100, First Avenue West. J. H. Bremner, $150v Hays Cove Avenue, alterations. H. N. Powell, $125, Eighth Av enue East, repairs. B. Lovin, 520, second Avenue West, repairs. D. Wikdal. $200, Fifth Avenue East, repairs. Relder Johnson, $175, Sixth Avenue West, repairs.. Thomas White. $250. Fifth Av enue East, alterations. HARROWING EXPERIENCE Vancouver Helicopter Pilot and His Mechanic Safe in Squamish Wilds VANCOUVER, Three nights and days in the brush north of Squamish with only a tin of meat and five cigarettes was the experience of Paul Ostran-der. 26-year-old helicopter pilot, and Walter Danko, his mechanic. Returning from delivering suppllies in an Aero-Surveys machine to Little Giant gold mine, Ostrander was forced to make a landing last week on the banks of Aslu Creek, north of Squamish. Abandoning the machine, Ostrander and Danko set out on foot and were found by searchers days later, scratch ed and bit by weather ana Local Tides Tuesday, November 4, 1947 IUgh 5:28 17 J feet 17:02 19,11 feet Low 11:00 9.9 feet