NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH. COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TAXI TTTTTTTl A fTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT LJL Blue TTWSTAR ! iti u K AND WHITE CAIIS i Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." CaaaaaaaV.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3 VOL. XXXVI, No. 295. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS S r: err- him d!r iple . v i. Tii' LT a -S r 'iii'T'Ann jm. 5 -.HrjT" as r.lAID UNTIL JEWELRY DISAPPEARED Led by i B;..iurd, Icf! former 'model maid' Ann Her-'.. . entering police headquarters at Mineola, N Y. cv pl;inc from France with a picnic bag filled with -uf lewelry in tlu custody of Detective Ballard. ci . 'i in the home ol Oeorge F Baker Jr . Centre Uut.d. Miss Harcek is being held for arraignment i oureiary and grand larceny. She was arrested In . on a presidential warrant, issued on appeal of j The woman at right is a police matron. i mm tm mi iia . I I l .1 I I . 11 I I I k II II II 1 111 w mm mw m m w m m mr m I I rill IN MJUW III INf E RUPERT CITIZENS WANT TO 0V MUKE LsLrUKL IKYING 1U AKF H A I P A Mil I miSI nni 1 ARQ UT .Tt citizens, at public meeting last,, city council chamber, manifested critical the proposal of Kenneth Aleek of Calgary should put up $500,000 to purchase the i-built port installations here and set up incry for the opening of the port to world i rommfroe. The out- o:ut w hours' dls-j union here In the opening of .rii UK . pei ts of Mr.; the port for postwar shipping wa a resolution i and commerce. He had always ...d be u.sked to pro-1 believed that this must be the ccd at' information j outiet for the north Including mcr.N ot the inter-, the Peace River. He had travel-aki; .? firm of E. D.ied extensively throughout the (iUf,.tly mentioned country, had Interviewed many a as buna definitely imnortiinf. authorities and ln- uuli'' facilities of j Crests and had always been Prince Rupert if they, ajked; "What is Prince Rupert a -quired, also what ! ik willing to do about it?" mi'ii'- or expected! This had remitted in his coming Canadian National ! back to put the whole thing be-otiier more clart- f0re the people here. If they ..on r the deal In - would put up. and take over the the meantime, the ' installations, he was assured .au !;. avoid demo-1 that the Bassoon shipping and in .illations, also! inking invests would come In :;k War Asset Cor- j an that there would be full ' ive Mr Meek a j.co-oiratlon from railway com-rjftensinn of liii Wv and irovernment depart- of .sale under the Wi?nt. He had exhausted all : h he mu-t put up jangles for opening the port ol $225,000 on the ' unless a start was made In Prince fur the purchase Rupert Itself, u.itlons by Decern- in the meantime, he must pay ... vnir. ; up y December 31 the balance v.tr. uas held under I of $225,000 on his agreement of ot the City of ; sale. If he could not complete t i ho Trince Ru-1 arrangements for the putting of oci of Commerce and ' the Installations to use for port Chamber of Com-! development, there would be no Mayor Nora Arnold alternative but to proceed with rhulr with E. T. f irretary of the :rrt chamber of Com-irdlnu the proceed - 'he meeting, the :c or the interest ' Im-ally in retaln-Installatlona Intact Abilities that ap-xist for the use of mnrip nnrt In this Men aad been interesting two yoars and had intact with the Sas- ' concern and coal ; well as many others, would tell of his a locally financed mpany by -which PHnrft tJnrinrt wfilllfl 'hcnr.dves In promoting Pfni:- of the port to world ""MASTIC P STAKT W;-k told how he had Wllised :;...m Mie sta-'1 9' possiblll'tiefi nl' using 'rar i, u,.ii. i mt n i . demolition In order to protect his Investment and that of his associates. "I stand to lose everything If I do not put up by December 31." he admitted. He (Continued on Page Three) CONTROLLING OF ATOMIC ENERGY KTE-w vnRK a -General A. O l' McNaughton, head of the Canadian delegation to the Atomic Energy Commission, told the Canadian Club of New York yesterday that. If an international agreement could not be reached on the "acute problem" of atomic energy control, the United States should maintain and expand Its lead. British Government r..mlir f.nncerned " J IU, LONDON. 0" - kcspuumw government officials here express grave concern over the collapse of the Big Four conference and the Indefinite prolong-ntion of Germany's disunity Bulletins HIGH WIND LN SOUTH VANCOUVER There was no serious damage from a high wind which swept the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island last night although power, telephone and telegraphic services were disrupted. The gale velocity reached it miles per hour. TKUMAN SIGNS BILL WASHINGTON, D.O Frrsi-dent Truman yesterday signed the $597,000,000 stop-gap European aid bilL BUILDING COLLAPSE FATAL WASHINGTON, D.C. Firemen tunnelling through tons of debris yesterday rescued a woman from the interior of a building, collapse of w hich killed at least one person and injured eleven others. A woman was dug out of the wreckage five hours after the collapse occurred. The cause was not immediately determined. WAR GOODS PICKETED ! Vancouver Pastor Resents . Shipment of Destructive i Goods to China VANCOUVER A picket line has been formed near the steam-shin Colima berthed here, that is makln" nri-naratlons to leave ate that at this season there was! an intention to send to a natloi an intention to send to a nation a shipload of gooUs manufactured for purposes of destruction. IS INJURED IN RUNAWAY W. J. Crawford, Stewart Transportation Mn, in Hospital Here W. J. Crawford, pioneer trans portation man of the Portland Canal district was brought to the Prince Rupert General Hospital cn the CoquiUam Tuesday. Mr. Crawford thought that he would like to renew some of the Dleasure attendant on driving . . , j ...,.1. a team oi noes equippea mu bells hauling a sleigh just like the good old days. He was in the act of hitching his team to the sleigh, surrounded by a group of admiring children, when one of the horses became a bit restless and wrenching his head free from the nerson holding him, nroceeded to run away. Mr. Crawford tried to hold on to the other one but was thrown down and trampled on and the sleigh went over him. He was taken to the Stewart General Hospital where it was found that, In addi tion to a fractured lower jaw, his dental plate was broken and he sustained numerous otner bruises. Dr. W. R. Walker, of Premier, who attended him. advised that he be taken to Prince Rupert for further medical THE WEATHER Synopsis Prince Rupert. Hecate Straits, Queen Charlotte Sound, West Coast, Queen Charlottes and Dixon Entrance Cloudy with showers, winds southerly, 25 m. p.h. Visibility 5 miles In showers, otherwise 15 miles. Forecast A deep low-pressure area centred In the Gulf of Alaska Is giving a strong southwest flow of moist air along the B.C. coast. Continuous showery weather will be general lr. all regions. Martial Law For Mukden Situation In .Manchurian Capital Serious As Communists Plan Offensive SHANOHAI (CP. Courtesjj B.C. Police Radiol The Inde-j pendent newspaper, Taking Pao.j reported today that the government had placed Mukden under martial law. this underlining the gravity of the civil situation In Manchuria. It appears that the Chinese communists have massed for their offensive in Manchuria and that their drive is gaining momentum. Receives Treatment For Head Injury A man whose name was given to the city ambulance driver as Mr. Buchan, was taken to Prince Rupert General Hospital las night suffering from a cut on the head. He had been picked up by the police In a dazed con- Safe In Port tomorrow with (roods destined Snohomish Makes Sao Luii for China. Th material Is being j Maranhao After Being Aground pipped througbaheRQMUCan-j ' yjcxoRIA -On'"a "history -adlan Air Force and Is intended madnff voyage. tne big deepsea for air defence purposes in. Snohomish. bound from China. Rev. Andrew Hoddan.. A(res Umped tUe tQ Buenos Vancouver clergyman, speaking mUe Bra2lBan ,rt of yesterday, said it was unfortun-1 vesterdav after being agrcund for soma hours on rocky San Marcos Island. The tug suffered some dam age but the British Columbia crew of 19 men from Vancouver and Victoria escaped in-Jury. It was reported to the owners, Island Tug & Barge Co., here. The Snohomish sailed last October with six former United States Army tugs lashed to the deck of a big barge on a 10,000- mile towing mission, the longest ever undertaken from the Pa clflc Northwest. "Refloated" was the terse wire from her skipper, Capt. Fred R. MacFarlane of Victoria. "Double bottom damaged" PALESTINE IS QUIETER JERUSALEM, tf One British police sergeant was killed and another seriously wounded during the night when they were attacked here. This brings the Holy Land's total dead In 17 days of Arab-Jewish strife to 260. The violence, however, appeared to be tapering off and all was quiet this morning. NEWSPAPERS ARE HIT BY EMBARGO TORONTO -Canadian newspapers have been put in serious straits as a result of the embargo on flash bulbs imported irom the United States. Following representations by .the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, Deputy Minister of NaUonal Revenue has given assurance that he will look into the question of Canadian manufacturers being able to supply the demand. I Newspapers concerned are alsoj communicating with the deputy minister to make known the serious predicament which Is confronting the press. Tonight's train, due from the east at 10:45, was reported this afterncon to be about two-and-a-half houTs late. HITLER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW CLEARED Adolf Hitler's mother-in-law, Frau Franziska Braun, Is shown with her husband? Wil-helm, In their Munich, Germany, home, after a denazification board absolved the former of charges that she was a Nazi. The court Is scheduled soon to rule in the case of her husband. They are the parents of Eva Braun, who became Hitler's wife a few hours before their reported double suicide In a German bomb shelter. ANSCOMB AND JOHNSON MEET ON NEW COALITION-TORIES TO GAIN VIPTflRTA (CP fniirtpcv P.C. PnliVp T7nrlin dition and was believed to have. ' i . 7- - received tne injury in a iracas . .."... - near sixth street a short time the Conservative leader, Minister of Finance Herbert .. .,,1 t i ii.ll I t Til TM 11 1 Tl T1 earlier. He left after treatment. the hospital Victoria Tug Anscrimli anil Hip iiput T.ihpvnl 1pjii1pv Rvrnn .Tnhnsnn. - . ' .. " " , J 1 yestertlay to discuss the basis of coalition and there was no indication it turther meetings will be field. .V.W.V.V.vV.W.W.W.V.' TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D 4i Unbt'oa Ca. i Vancouver Bxalcrne. - B. R. Con. B. R- X. Dentonla Minto VANCOUVER IS ISOLATED .U1'2 .08 .17 Vi .03 Pend Orielle 2.05 Pioneer 3.45 Premier Border 0434 Privateer 32 Reeves McDonald 1.10 Reno 10 Salmon Gold 20 Sheep Creek 1.01 Taylor Bridge 50 Vananda .20 Congress 03 Pacific Eastern 05 Hedley Amalg 02 Central Zcballos 01 Vi Oils C. & E. 3.20 Home 4.80 PRAVDA SAYS U.S. PLANS FAILURE MOSCOW (CP, Courtesy B.C. Police Radio) The 'Russians were told by newspaper Pravda today that the council of foreign ministers In London did not fall but rather It was the plans of the United States Department of State that had failed. VANCOUVER (CPP, Courtesy B.C. Police Radiol Vancouver was isolated from Eastern Canada todav when telephone and telegraph wires went- down be tween Agasslz and Field. LOCAL TIDES Friday, December 19, 1917 High 6:10 17.6 feet 17:46 16.8 feet Low 12:05 10.3 feet BUDGET LEAK REPORT LONDON A parliamentary committee on the premature budget disclosure which resulted in the resignation of Chancellor of the Exchejuer Hugh Daltou said it was not premeditated but should not have been made. Mr. Dalton had had no idea it would appear before the budget was delivered. John Carglll, political reporter of the London Star, had made an error In Judgment but it was in good faith. HOCKEY SCORES Boston 2, New York 5. Detroit 7, Chicago 1. Benina tne scenes reports in dicated, however, that Attorney-Geeral Gordon Wlsmer will not continue as a member of the cabinet and that the Conserva-Uves will be given an additional r-ihfnpt. nnst. nrnhahlv education. Ivlp5..i William .Siraltrf-otVlctttfla. is prominently mentioned as a possible new Attorney-General. Reports also say that Mr. Ans-combe has not budged from the position that he ' should be named to the Premiership. STORMS SEND WIRES DOWN Complete Disruption of Telegraph Traffic Because of Bad Weather Snow and weather conditions generally between Vancouver . and Edmonton completely disrupted telegraphic communications between here and the lower mainland today. Traffic the Fast was beine routed Provincial police radio stepped into the breach to assist the Daily News with press dis patches. Long distance telephone communication was being maintained by use of coastal radiophone link. ELIZABETH TO GET $200,000 House Should Not Cavil, Declare Stafford Cripps LONDON Over the Tevolt of several Labor members who suggested that it be reduced to $20,000, Parliament yesterday voted to clve Prince Phillip and Princess Elizabeth' $200,000 per year. Chancellor of the Exche quer Sir Stafford Cripps said "this Is not a matter on wrucn we should cavil at a few thousand pounds." In the debate on the amount to be given the royal couple. Sir Stafford said Whatever we do must be done with the Idea of supporting the dignity of the crown. Tlie royal bride and groom are 'iving in Buckingham Palace at present. The groom has a desk Job in the Admiralty which pays him $51.80 per week. PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS OTTAWA . Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King has moved adjournment of Parlia ment for the Christmas cess until January 26. RAIN TURJSS FIRE TAKES FOUR LIVES Tragedy in in Village Village Near Near Kingston n, Did Adolf Hitler Get Away Alive? Former Luftwaffe Pilot Tells of Denmark Flight ' From There Fuehrer and Eva Braun . Left For Unknown Destination WARSAW Steps are being taken to investigate the credibility of the story of a former German Luftwaffe pilot who has declared here that he flew Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun from Germany to Denmark on April 28, 1945, as Germany was about to surrender. In Denmark the former Fuehrer and h.is TO WET SAO IF Prospects of a "white Christmas" came to Prince Rupert this morning with a heavy, wet snowfall that started Just before noon and whitened streets and rooftops within an hour. The streets immediately became slushy, but up to early afternoon had not become dangerous by freezing. . The snowfall climaxed one of the wettest periods of the winter during which rain fell almost continuously for three days. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 10 o'clock this morning totalled 1.61 Inches. and one man suffered burns, cuts and shock early yesterday when fire believed to have been caused by an overheated stove destroyed a two-storey log farm house near Hartlngton village, 30 miles north of here. The dead are Mrs. Steven Card, C9; her son, Henry Card, 32: her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Boomhour, 30, and a six-months niri erandson. Harry James Boomhour. James Boomhour, the husband, and Mrs. Lillian Boomhour are In hospital here. They escaped through windows of the flame-swept house. 73 ROSES through Edmonton and Calgary, j THf) U I k (I Prime Minister Says They Are the Finest Gift of All OTTAWA Wednesday was the seventy-third anniversary of the birth of Prime Minister Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, and the nrmp fnnriH on his desk 73 roses. Applause from all parts of the house was hearty and pro-loneed. In acknowledgment, Pre mier King said that In his politi cal life he had received many rich rewards but this was the finest ot all. Yet he would be happier could he but say that the occasion was his thirty-sev enth Instead of seventy.-thlrd birthday. Close Division On Control of Prices OTTAWA A Canadian Con gress of Labor survey says that Liberal members of Parliament ore about evenly divided on the qustion of price controls. Pro gressive Conservatives and Social Credit are opposed and C.C.F. members are unanimously In fa vor. CIVILIAN POSSE GIVES UP HUNT PENTICTON A civilian posse has given up the search for Russell Speers who escaped November 14 from, the Pentlcton lockup. "I'll shoot. to kill or go under the sod myself," shouted Speers to officers who had attempted nreviouslv to recaDture him. Al t companion took another plane to an unknown destination. It was always believed that Hitler and Miss Braun killed themselves In the Reichschan-cellory on April 30. HOUSE TALKS OF DOLLAR SAVING Finance Minister Defends New Trade Agreements With United Slates OTTAWA, 0 Intricate details of the government's emergency plans to conserve Canada's United States dollar reserves were placed before the House of Commons and promptly drew the Progressive Conservative charge that the proposals constituted' "control, complete, Iln-al and absolute." Finance Minister Douglas Abbott said there was need for new trade agreements which would facilitate facilitate the the heavx heavy flow now oi ot 1 Ont., Yesterday Jcanadlan goods to. United State KINGSTON, Ont.. ffl - Four persons were burned to death & in this direction. Mr. Abbott gave his review on moving the second reading of the bill giving statutory force to Import and other restrictions Imposed when the emergency program was launched Novem ber 17. Demolition Is Opposed On behalf of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, a message has been sent to the minister of reconstruction at Ottawa strongly urging flhe Dominion not to permit under any consideration, demolition of ths American Installations at the port of Prlnw Rupert. All Installations having been made the subject of one deal has probably stopped possible purchasers' from Investigating uses separr ately, the message suggests, ex-m-esslne the belief that the warehouse, dock and adminis tration building etc. should -be separate offerings even though the present optionee may have to be reimbursed. "We respect-tulll urge the government's aim should be utilization for prog ress rather than demolition for salvage." ready he has wounded Constable ; friendships R. Mercer. MRS. H. 0. CREWE DIES IN SOUTH Mrs. H. O. Crewe; Tor years a resident of Prince Rupert, pass ed away in the Vancouver Gen eral Hospital late last week. Her husband, Hubert Oldham Crewe, predeceased her about a year and a half ago. Surviving members of the family are a daughter, Mrs. Lee Straight; two sisters and two brothers. The funeral was conducted Monday by Rev. J. W. Robinson, In St. Augustlnes' Anglican Church. Marpole. There was cremation, with Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. It was in 1919 that Mrs. Crewe came to Canada as a war bride, joining her husband at Prince Rupert, where they lived for eight years and formed many She conducted a school for dancing here. ! 1 Jin