'1 uik. KL WIA REDS A gilrjt the spread an 1.1 Austria has r c-rcllor Leo- ::vf wV.r. it was ::d Cswn Com- .inis tor drastic !:t Austrian gov-el upon a pro per ,-operauon K'i-i Among the drr.ands were rsc--on in lac c: j elections 1 I LI 1 1 1 u jMir S HERE A.-.: an Ircigh- Hawa'lan red in the irnir-z bc-"y dock to ut. tuns for 1 , Ir. 'o-rh'nci ;c v.? dry dock r 'aro for U;.uji n left xcek. She is - a tip to rail ,v -sc.: :' at Owen t- .- h..' French dc k cargo. 1 -?vln t-n - r '":pm voyige '.n the harbor R E rt harbor ut at 3:30 work boat "c r-r at Triple " Is a loco-on deck, " :-d to the far W N. ikcrson Co. 'k-r-c. 's, theCan- IS I L 1 1 in i i- in Sna n' first "!"' was civen 1 "2 -Kmcnt. An ! JCCD.OOO persons -J continue as " A mere 100,000 "3 " No or-"l i..;d been per-The pleb- - u uie uuui- f a monarch. EM r i r 1 4 very ' ft rr UV'VJJJCU Ull tt lal Railways "lint continental 'nci resort centre "Viulc of official i '.hem and the tl! 'hem of ten days " r.iv ma neatiTV ,f th Canadian lPV.f ., - I ii a few minutes ca pnotoeranh- ... 1 rt r ans. ana then me v scount mtxanner. were r i)dgc. The noiei, where, Hwreii. ihpv will "'on vacation. . I ntr "l asked ComrrpM "ubstaiitlal v l 1111 Oil CT J 1 NOBTirEUNAD. CENTRAL BRITISH" COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TAXI 'r. fTTTTTTflAfTTfTTTTTyyTTTTTfy. 235 Phone EpA Blue I NIOHT 621VICE JTk STAR Snu. a Third Ave. I prwjnotel. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest Cabsl VOL. XXXVI, No. 157. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1047 PRICE FIVE CENTS Coast Alerted Son's ons Try iry to to? "Csl ier ,erl Bu BnlUrinc Pfr n I Kesults in Double Drowning A son's attempt to save his father from drowning at Pillsbury Cove near the entrance of Prince Rupert Harbor Saturday night resulted in a double tragedy which claimed the lives of George S. Leighton, (JG-yenr-old Metlakatla man, and his son Vincent, 22, wno uivea on a gillnetter fn fell overboard. n. 1 1 The body of the father was! k frmiriirr recovered a short time after theAhVrrMhNlV drowning hv Vil hrnih.P mJ"WI4LLI ILIiIJ ward A. Leighton, 64, who was operating the boat at the time of the tragedy. Dragging operations for the body of the younger man were carried on Sunday, by residents of Metlakatla, but so far, It has not been recovered. Edward Leighton brought his brother's body to Prince Rupert at 12:45 Sunday morning and reported the double drowning to the city police who turned the matter over to the district police office. Badly shaken by the tragedy, he told how his brother, apparently, had lost his balance as he stood at the stern of the gillnetter Mc W. in Pillsbury Cove and had fallen overboard into the wake of the small vessel. His son, cither hearing or seeing him fall overboard, had dived in to rescue him. Ai i' .The cider Lelghton's bodyilYHSSMK 01311011 time afterward and was taken aboard by Edward Leighton. Vincent's body was not seen after he dived in. Edward Leighton said that he hhd been steering the boat at the time and that Vincent had been In the fo'c'sle making coffee. Hp believes that his nephew must have seen his father fall In and immediately tried to rescue him. The surviving brother did not make it clear whether or not they were going to Pillsbury Cove from Metlakatla or If they were making the opposite run when the mishap occurred. It is thought that they were going to Pillsbury Cove, where the Metlakatla people own a former Canadian Army camp, to pick up a man named Fred Parker. All three men had been in Prince Rupert Saturday af ternoon. In the excitement following the accident, Leighton said, the engine of the boat stalled. Leighton startd it and cruised around until he found his brother's body. He continud the search for his nephew but In vain. Surviving members of the Immediate family are Miss Elizabeth Julia Leighton, a sister of aeorce. and one son, George E. Tpiirhinn. acn 29. Both live at Metlakatla. OTTO SMITH NOW AT SOO SAULT STE. MARIE Otto P. Smith, formerly of Prince Rupert and now of Vancouver, on a canoe trip from Vancouver to New York, arrived here U the week-end. He will ride the St. Mary's River from here Into Lake Huron and thence via Lake Niplsslng to Ottawa THE WEATHER Weather conditions remain unchanged throughout British Columbia with variaWe cloudiness In most regions. Decreasing cloudiness today and Tuesday will temperature over cause higher the province. Forecast Prince Rupert. Queen Charlottes and north coast-cloudy Wind l ht. today and Tuesday. ' Little .change In temperature. Temperatures tonight and Tuesday-Port. Hardy low 49 hlgh65, Massett-lcw 58 Hl3h 65. Prince Rupert-low 43 high 65. to rescue the elderly man w IMPLEMENTED OTTAWA 0 The Progressive-Conservatives forced a division i on the second reading of the bill authorizing a crown-owned ! Canadian corporation to buy de fence department supplies. It passedt 119 to 42 with the C.C.F. and Social Credit voting solidly with the government. First reading was given a bill to Implement financial agreements entered Into by the government and a number- of provinces. Premier King said Canada had been consulted by the Brltisn government in the decision to rename the Dominions Office as The Commonwealth Relations Office. Wagon Spotted The Skeena River, receding from its spring flood peak, has exposed an object east at Salvus whl:h police believe may be the Plymouth station wagon that carried Peter Shcremeta, 31-year old War Assets employee, to his I death five weeks ago when the vehicle overshot the highway and went Into the river while enroute to Terrace. Train crews running between Prince Rupert and Terrace first spotted on Friday, the object which has been tentatively Identified as part of an automobile sticking up above the swift surface of the water. On Saturday, Stanley Cameron and. N. R. Young, local Standard OH Co. officials saw It, about 125 feet ofl shore. Clarence Thomson also saw It. The reports were brought to the provincial police office here. Corporal T, D. Brunton of Terrace Is Investigating the ob ject. Sheremeta left Prince Rupert at noon, Saturday, May 31, to take the station wagon to Terrace for War Assets Corporation. He failed to arrive, and William Brown, whb was driving a similar vehicle to Prince George, advised the local War Assets office of Shercmeta's disappearance. Subsequent Investigation Indicated that Shcremeta's vehicle had failed to make a turn at a railway crossing near Salvus, 62 miles cast of Prince Rupert and had gone Into tne river. Since that time, continued high water in the Skeena has nude it impossible to locate the car, Salvage operations are er-pectcd to begin this week. largeToli on holiday NEW YORK, W - More than 400 persons lost their lives In accidents as the generally fair weather lured millions to Fourth cf July weekend celebrations throughout the States. There were 440 violent deaths recorded afternoon of from on "the Thursday to last night. Seven deaths resulted frcm fireworks. Drownings and traffic accounted for most, with 137 drowned and 192 killed in highway mishaps. Airplane accidents took lives of at least six-four In Idaho and two In Wisconsin. CZKCHOSLOVAKIA ACCEPTS PARIS It is announced today that Czechoslovakia had accepted an invitation to attend the conference called for this week-end by Britain and France to consider the Marshall plan. The French for-ein ministry announced earl ier wiai six nations had accepted the Anglo-French Invitation to co-operate in continental economic reconstruction under the Marshall proposal and that similar notes were expected from eight other countries. The six acceptances were from Belgium, Italy, Portugal, File, Greece and Turkey. FISHF.KILS CONSERVATION Ottawa The Minister of External Affairs, Rt. lion. I)uis St. Laurent, told the House of Commons that Canada is consulting with the United States to bring about a common con-serration policy affecting the off shore fisheries. Legislation will be deferred pending these talks. IMPROVING HARBORS OTTAWA The Nalionl Harbors Board plans inipnremcnt projects costing more than seven million d-illars this year. This was announced by the Minister of Transport. The plan would call for S153.000 preliminary work in Vancouver. TOLL OF EXPLOSION ROME Sixty-eight persons killed with more brlieved to have been trapped below decks was the toll Tuesday when the Italian munitions ship I'ani-gaglia exploded at Port Santo , Stcfano, near the port of Rome, it has been officially announced. BRANDON FLOOD BRANDON About 1500 persons have evacuated their, Jow lying homes here. Early this morning, they were forced to move to safer neighborhoods. The swollen Asslnibolne and Min'nedosa Rivers rote, flooding streets and the floors of houses. Persons living In 2G low lying blocks will be obliged to locate elsewhere for the time being. FISHI RMF.N .MAROONED SAN DIEGO, CaU Five shlpwrerked fishermen, their clothing in rags, and with bodies blackened by tropical sun, arc reported In "fair condition" after living for nearly six weeks on a tiny Island off the Mexican coast. First word of the men, mining since May 19 was received by coastguard. ll.NRRA IS ENDED LONDON V N R R A, the world's great relict organisation Is out of business now. The Director General, Major-Gen-eral Lowell W. Kooks, declared that, while It had not achieved economic recovery, a collapse has so far been avoided. He warned that more help is needed to prevent a collapse In European countries, hardest hit by war, and added that UNRKA requirements have to be met If the world is to get back on Its feet. FIGHT OR DIE SHANGHAI China today commemorated the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of war with Japnn and grimly considered Chling Kai Shek's fight or die challenge to his nation in the growing civil war with the Chinese Communists. RAMADIER SUPPORTED PARIS The French Social-1st Council today voted that the Socialist premier Paul Raniadier and three party coalition government remain in power. The voting, whlth followed an 18-hour debate, was 2,576 for and 2,058 against. for Flying Saucers 5 JiM ARMY AIRCRAFT STAND i . 1. fit! -StfeS&' RUBBLE IS MOVED WITH MAN-POWER Nearly two years after the end of the war In Europe, Aschaffenburg, Germany, .which got a bad battering In the last days of fighting, is still a mass of rubble. No one seemed very anxious to clean up the place until the mayor rolled up his sleeves. His honor Issued an order making it compulsory for every able-bodied citizen to put in eight hours' work a month in the clean-up squad. Control cards were issued and they are periodically checked to determine If anyone Is ducking the obligation. Women are sometimes in solved. In heavy work, such as shoving a dump car to haul rubble from here to there. The plan is working fine. 'Shipwrecked Andrew Young1 IJehl In Jail Here as ImpostQr "Andrew Young's" fanciful 1,600-mile lifeboat ride from the Aleutian Islands to Prince Rupert terminated in the city jail here Saturday afternoon after he admitted to immigration authorities that his story of being a shipwrecked South Sea island trader was untrue. Questioned by suspicious customs and immigration officials, "Young" admitted 24 hours after his arrival here In a 16 -foot sail boat that his real name was Gerald W. Anger, and that he had sailed the boat from Ketchikan, 90 miles away, and not from Unalaska Island In the Aleutian chain. He "would give no explanation as to why he told a story on Friday of having sailed a 62-foot schooner 6,500 miles alone from Norfolk Island In the south Pacific and of an Aleutian ship wreck followed by a 1,600-mile lifeboat trip across the Gulf of Alaska. Among his effects, found on ttic well-equipped sail boat, was a sheaf of correspondence from prominent yachtsmen in Hawaii from which he had apparently absorbed much of his Informa tion: of the South Sea Islands. Among the stories he told before his fabrication was exposed was one of planning to sail a trading schooner Hao In a Hawaiian cruising race this summer after returning from Kodlak, Alaska. IN KETCHIKAN THREE MONTHS After being taken Into custody, he admitted that he had been In Ketchikan for the last three months and It is believed that he had worked earlier for the Fidalgo Island Packing Company, north of Ketchikan. Anger, who arrived In Prince Rupert at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, spent the night on his boat, which carried a sleeping bag, He was taken Into custody for questioning at noon Saturday. His belongings on the boat also were seized and taken to the Customs House. Confronted with papers that showed clearly that he had lived In Alaska and was not a resident of Norfolk Island, as he claimed, he -told Immigration Officer R. D, Evans and Customs Collector Jarvls II. McLeod.that his real name was Anger and not Young. He said that he had spent the last three months in Ketchikan "".---5 ;amiatin M but would volunteer little mon Information about himself other than that his parents live in Detroit, Michigan. At various times before being placed in Jail at 2:30 Saturday, he gave his age as 47, 48 and 49. Throughout his fabricated tale o the sea voyage from Norfolk Island to Unalaska and the succeeding life boat trip, he was similarly vague as to details. It was this, coupled with his pronounced American accent, that aroused suspicion concerning himself and his Incredible story. He claimed to have been born on Norfolk Island and thus a British subject. Anger is being held in Jail here until his background h cleared up. The authorities are seeking information about him Wrom the United States marshal at Ketchikan. His papers contained a partially completed story which he apparently had been writing about the South Sea Islands, a newspaper clipping referring to a "Dr. Anger, a notec traveller" and also some letterhead sheets carrying the name of "Dr. Anger." HALIBUT SALES AMERICAN H" ' Reliance 1, 37,000, 23.50 andl 19, Cold Storage. I CANADIAN Margaret 1, 42.000, 22.30 and 18, Storage. Kamchatka, 33,000, 22 and 18. Storage. Ispaco, 50,000, 22.30 andl8, Storage. Fleet Wing, 4,000, 22 and 18, Storage. Elva M, 7 000, Co-op. Rose N, 48,000, 22.40 and 18, raclflc. Viking 1. 20,000, Co-op. Tramp, 25,000, Co-op. Atll, 23,000, Co-op. Parma, 45,000, Co-opi Capella 1, 18,000 Co-op. Straffen. 16,000 Co-op. Relief, 6,000, Co-cp. BY IN READINESS TO CHASE i WASHINGTON (CP) Jet fighters and other .United States Army Air Force aircraft have been alerted on the Pacific coast ready to chase the next "flying saucers" appearing and solve the twelve-day . sub-stratosphere mystery. New reports continue Great,' New Atom Bomb Could Wipe Out Paris Or Moscow In One Strike PARIS (CP) The news paper l'lnstransigaent to day quoted trench mili tary circles as saying new American atom bomb "capable of destroying Paris or Moscow" by blasting a hole 2700 feet deep and eleven miles wide had been tested in New Mexico. The newspaper said its souces for the information were Paris military and political circles. The bomb, allegedly destroyed a facsimile ofa city with reinforced concrete buildings constructed especially for the test. APPEALING TO RUSSIA Britain and France Still Hope Soviet May Come to Conference LONDON ) A Foreign Office spokesman says that Great Britain has Joined France in a new effort to obtain Russian cooperation in General Marshall's proposals for the economic rebuilding of Europe by attending a new conference in Paris this Friday. The Foreign Office had sent a communication to Russia, expressing hope that her decision to stay out of Marshall's plan at the conference would not be final Statesmen from European government sources indicate that at least five countries have accept ed or are about to accept the Invitation. The five are Greece, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands and Denmark. London diplomatic observers said at least fifteen are expected to accept. Among those who are not ex pected to reply favorably are Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania and Finland, all under Soviet Influence. Poland and Czechoslovakia are wavering, PRAVDA BLAMES BRITAIN-FRANCE MOSCOW The official newspaper Pravda charted yesterday that Great Britain ana France bad deUbertely wrecked the three-power foreign ministers' conference 1 horder to have a fres hand to implement the Marshall plan. Nations attending the conference which has been called for this week-end at Paris would be merely "rubber stamps". Local Tides Tuesday, July 8, 1947 High 3:58 18.7 feet 17:00 17.7 feet Low 10:30 4.30 feet 22:53 8.3 feet to come from widely scat tered points in the United StatM and Canada, these Including Wallaceburg, Ontario; Prince Edward Island; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia; Rochester, N.Y.; Long Island; Idaho; Maryland, and Chicago. Aircraft, including a P-80, remain on the alert at Muroc Airfield, California, and Portland. They will take off at once should new reports Of high speed discs, unexplained, come in. Some of these planes carry cameras. SMALL BOY'S WILD RIDE VANCOUVER WA powerful speed boat, piloted wildly by a six year old Vancouver Loy. slashed Into a light Inboard mo tor boat late 3'iday, critically injuring an ll-year-old Cali fornia youth and father who both were thrown Into the water. Earl Amey, 11, was seriously vrounded about the head, shoulders and leg3 by the whirling propeller. ' ' The' craih 'ocrurfd about 50 yards from a float and only quick action by occupants of a nearby float Is credited with des-culng the youn? Callfcrnlan. It Is said the six year old untied the boat from the wharf, jumped-In and started the engine, before bystanders could stop him. BIG STORM AT OTTAWA OTTAWA The city is back to normal today following a freak electrical and hall storm which swept the urroundins area last night. Several persons were Injured and gsneral traffic tie-up was created. The storm was acccmpanled by a gale that reached sixty miles-Hall stones were as large as marbles. It Is estimated, a thousand panes cf glass were amished. Gardens were destroyed. Trees were uprooted. Cellars were flooded and transportation was affected. MEANTIME AT LAKE SUCCESS Estimate of World Police Force Balkans Discussed LAKE SUCCESS. CB Big Five military officers are understood to have estimated ti.at a United Nations global police force, ranging from one to three million men, will be needed to preserve world peace. Tne first official estimates of the initial size of 'he proposed International army, navy and air force is expected to be submitted to the security council soon. Britain was reported ready today to support the United States demand for firm United Nations ictlon to stop the Balkans troubles. It Is felt that :f the United States cannot takvs preventive action In this troublesome case. It will be a sad day for the United Nations. Sir Alexander Cadogan, British delegate to the United Nations Is said to be prepared to tell the United Nations security council that his government would go along with the conclusions reached by the . N. Balkans investigating commission and with the U. S. resolut'on calling for United Nations action.