TAXI 00 vlww UIOHT SfKVICE Snd: ...... I under:- Tnira nrc f f r-' 'di ves- t 1 T ! 1 1 tt f Au.'traiia .a was i APPEAL n.!J It J -w H'fdnesdav as j hanrinr for the Mrs. Beatrice rl. IMlllU. IIP Great Storm Moves West Florida Counts Two Dead With Thousands Homeless and Millions of Damage ATLANTA, Georgia, 10 The' great Atlantic hurricane ha; curved northward and Is expected to hit the west of Florida between Pensacola and Apala-chlcola with 100 mile winds late tonight, the Weather Burea reported. The storm Is centred 190 mlies southwest of Tampa and Is moving northwest 50 miles an hour.. The tropical storm had scream-acros sthe Gulf of Mexico today, leaving behind it in Florida at least two dead, thousands dis tressed and hungry and great, but yet unmeasured, property damage, , undoubtedly reaching into millions. No less than 17 persons are .trarded and missing and five thousand homeless are clustered in lnrf-ovised shelters at the inland city of Sebring, appealing urgently for food. Mightiest hurricane to strike the south Florida peninsula in a decade, "the storm scattered havoc and hardship from shore to shore. Millionaire resort cities. rich citrus, .groves .and. vegetable groves alike were raked by tremendous winds In their -50-mlie course from east to west coasts Damage seemingly has borne heaviest upon citrus growers with their $100,000,000 crop and vegetable farmers In the Lake Okeechobee region, n Susnifion k Onlv lirtain In hact hiimna mi iuii i n . v m m m m. mw m x f A TH r t.. -ii iv... fJCAitikJ I r , v nit ri w. -per Vl1 I'fU-OUVlUL I UlCB IIUIU clO Ml I I in I m u- i. 17 - t nr r miles from the Soviet -Uunion. It could way. I oles encounter the cold shoulder as Eovlet uf. i,t capital nf rnm,.. ..... . . "wmiiiu-irnni, n pi k u n lsnim.inmsni : - "ULU H!l PVJ1I1 llll .l,,l . -"-"i i. nunougn millions oi nu- torn n u raent an those! tnn n1rllir hart a gllmp ollmnxf nf i forelcn lands In wartime, the Soviet government Is afraid to n.. 1.. 1 1 1 1 1 ... r . I r .v HIM nn i ll'l. IT! PIIITfllll TT'l 1 Tl Iliri.Ilt'I .... -A men L . - "u ip nope- ledge might create serious poll ttcal discontent. I 2. Lacking confidence In neighboring coalition govern I ments. although Communist Jn- ;-d vjhnt. fluence within them Is para Tli ;r ex i mount, the Kremlin distrusts any E40'y aUen o our tourists they might Mos- win I vit.. send ;nd tc to splC3 spic3 cow as noienuai ana .ummcd!trouble-makers' Soviet, must' Unfriend.. onj i ".IU III- Sla5s in ft,. power dnn'f ii. wncn they Vere enclreJprt h nitwit i . j enemlei?" STATE BSVSTEM PoIand and r,...,,. ,.r:- '-""e js wuiriprt , . v w.ie so- ' "npartant -ii.. osef., . -. ni I v "0(k fn D want i - "J and mnnv Ull ii. ' 'V h level ' But r llP''e advance MINISTERIAL PENSION FUND David Gllison, National Chair-man, Addresses United Church Gathering ''The North American continent, in my opinion, was spared In the last war for but one reason, so that thp. nennlfi of thU con tinent can provide the Christion leadership which will show the world the only sure way to peace and saTvaUon," declared David Gibson, executive chairman of the United Church National Campaign Committee, charged with raising $5,000,000 for the ministers' pension fund. Mr, Gibson made this statement during a talk to a number of Prince Rupert United Church laymen at the manse last night She rns Against Uver-Use M W eto in United Nations KUP a Russia to be Assembly A Lc irr of hit rr i.'Tlas una i-f-i'"1' l-'tlve secur-.: --t adefln-;r.:j 'frozen ,::3 i.) ciUsen- the crgan- 'wrnly sup- Bulletins MINISTER TO NORWAY OTTAWA- Prime Minister Mackenzie King- today announced the appointment of E. J. Garland as Canadian Minister to Norway, succeeding Dr. Henry Laureys who was minister to both Norway and Denmark and now will be minister to Denmark only. Mr. Garland for 14 years was M.P. for Bow River, Alberta. PRAY FOR LAGUARDlA NEW YORK Fiorella La-Guardia, 64, is in a "downward" trend in his grave illness, his physician reported today as New Yorkers prayed at the request of Mayor O'-Dwyer for the man who was the city's mayor for 13 years. DEMAND SALES TAX HARRISON Threat of a mass march on Victoria hung over the government today as delegates to the annual convention of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities moved to enforce demands for a sales tax to provide for education costs. "LOVER'S LANE" MANIAC TORONTO Amid public anxiety over unsolved crimes, police speculated today that a ..maniac lurked in the neighborhood of huge West End Park ready to strike again In another "Lover's Lane" murder. URGES YOUTHS TO BECOME APPRENTICES An appeal to young men to take advantage of the growing apprenticeship system to give themselves a firm foothold in Industry, rather than to take temporary, hlghcr-pald Jobs, was made last night by E. A. Ivay, provincial Inspector of appren ticeship In a speech before tne semi-monthly meeting of the Kinsmen Club at the Civic Cen tre. Mr Ivav outlined the appren ticeship system to the 20 club members and guests ana men led a discussion period In which he answered questions pertaining to the situation. He forecast that, in order to stimulate the growing movement. night classes would be cstao-llshecl In Prince Rupert In order to enable apprentices to obtain formal instruction In their trades and supplement the practical experience they obtain In shops. At nrrsent. he said, there are ! about a dozen apprentices In the rkintr in boat building, auto repair and machine shops, Plans for Installation night. thf 1047-48 officers of the Kinsmen's Club will formally take office, were outlined at -the meeting, The Installation will tnVo nine, next Wednesday night when the new president, It. O; Moore, and other officers, wu take over. Installing officer will be William Jarmson of Prince George, a former local man who Is new district governor. Mr. Jarmson will lnstal new officers at the Terrace club on Tuesday night and continue on to Prince Ituptf.t Vie following day. A number of Terrace guests are expected at the local installation. Entertainment at the meeting Included a number of selections by Joseph Frankie, pianist. The Ketchikan flsh packer Dagney, Capt, Joe Burdette, docked here this morning to unload four carloads of canned salmon for rail shipment over C.N, It. lines to the eastern United States, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWBPAPER mtlti Dominion Minister Says He'll Take Hand In Packers Strike Meat shortage, brought about by the Dominion-wide strike for higher wages by more than twelve thousand packing house workers, continues to grow worse despite raising of the pos sibility of federal Intervention. Agriculture Minister James O Gardiner. Interviewed at Mont 'real last night on his- return HPfn Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." L.TRT? &T TWT Wn 910 rnTiTsn niTnnw wfttmoniv errvrtniTinn n min . , -'um t ---- " -. nuiiur. nuruti, ES.l., inunouni, owiuvmuv 10, lull - -Juaa 31,-24 1 " : da s Chief Delegate A NEWS OF TWO MILLION YEARS AGO Shakespeare said that there were "sermons In stones," There is history In the stones that Dr. G, A. Cooper, Smithsonian Institute paleontologist, Is studying in Washington. The history, written in fossil shells, imbedded in eight' tons of rock, Is being deciphered here. It Is the history of an epoch extending from 175,000,000 to 212,000,000 years ago an era believed to be one of the great transition periods of earthly time, when this planet's crust was becoming fixed Into something approaching Its present contour and, back-boned animals, Including the possible ancestors of mammals, had conquered the land. A special laboratory has been set up for the work of deciphering the story In the rock. TORONTO, (CP) would "take a hand1? in the strike situation on his return to Ottawa today. He also said that continuation of the strike may serious ly affect Canada's commitments of meat shipments to the Uni ted Kingdom. At Regina Premier T. C. Doug las of Saskatchewan said that prospects wre good for a com mon plan of action by the four western provinces towards settl- from Great Britain, said he Ontario, Dougas said. 0HKHHKHHK CHKHJWKKKHWHJ a00O0OOVO0tH5OCHKHIirV3 : : TODAY'S, STOCKS :: Courtesy S. D. Johrv.ton Co. Ltd. Vancouver Bralorne , H-M B. R.'Con -.06 B. Q. X. .' 10 Cariboo Quartz 2.30 Dentonla -22 Grull Wihksne 07 Hedley Mascot 1.12 Minto 03 Pend Oreille .'. 1.90 Pioneer - 400 Premier Border 06 Privateer 38 Reeves McDonald .75 Reno 11 Salmon Gold .26 Sheep Creek 1.07 Taylor Bridge 50 Taku River .77 Vananda 27 Congress .'. 04?4 Pacific Eastern .10 Hedley Amalg .01 Spud Valley ...r. .10 Central Zeballos' 02 "j Sllbak Premier 67 Oils ' A. P. Con .11 Calmont .- JW C. Si E 2.55 Foothflls , 2.G0 "Home 3.75 i Toronto Athona .13 Aumaquc ... -35 Beattle 90 Bevcourt .74 Bcbjo 16 '-a Buffalo Canadian .20 " Cbnsol. , Smelters ... 85.25 Cohwest 85 Donalda 1.18 Eldona 1.26 Elder 83 Giant Yellowknife 6.40 God's Lake 116 Hardrock 40 Efarricana 11 Heva .31 Hosco - .33 Jacknlfe 09i2 Jollet Quebec .51 LakeHowan .:....). ,16 Lapaska , .3i Little Long Lac 1.70 Lynx 10 Madsen Red Lake 3.30 iMcKenzle Red Lake 60 McLeod Cockshutt 175 Moneta 43 Negus 2.18 Noranda 43.75 Louvlcourt 170 Pickle Crow 2.55 to Regcourt 22Y2 PRICE FIVE CENTS Protest By Yugoslavia Border Crisis in Trieste Area Still Tense U. S. Charged With Looting LONDON, O) The Yugoslav Fcrelgri Office today ordered Its Washington representative to ledge the "strongest protest" and demand compensation for "das-tructlcn and offences perpetuated by United States units In U-tria and Gorlzla," the Belgrade radio said last night. The protest said that troops in Istrla had looted everything frcm places which, according to the peace treaty, should have been handed intact to Yugoslav forces. Jfeantlme the situation continues tense In the Trieste area and the advisability of evacuating women and children Is being considered. THE WEATHER Frost was reported in most sections of the interior of British Prince Georgs reported a minimum of 20. Cloudy skies are expected today and Friday over the Koctenay Valley and north coast districts with mainly clear skies over the remainder of the prov ince. Prince Rupert, Charlottes and North Coast Southern section, clear today and Friday. Wind light. Little change in tempera ture. Port Hardy:, high Friday, 60. Northern Section Cloudy to day, overcast tonight and Frl- day. Wind light, little change In American troops, In assault boats, have rescued thousands of refugees from roof tops and dikes on a flooded plain east of Tckyo. . Air Force planes have dropped food to some ct those beyond the reach of boats. The Army reports that new floods of serious proportions are expected to hit the city shortly Yesterday Supreme headquarters had placed the dead and missing al 2080. Tokyo has braced Itself for cont'nued flood? sweeping from temperature. Low tonight and) the Tone and Ara Rivers alter high Friday: Massett 48 and 60; learnlnt that fresh crests have Prince Rupert, 48 and 60. been .sighted upstream. The riv ing, the strike. He was waiting Prince. Gecrge and Bulkley VaUt ers which empty no Tokyo Bay. '.tar from Premier.-: Drew-, ot iJeyieartcimryCr6ml nt&mzfd ' m&utii W tK)Mt-.theret- San Antonio .. 4.05 Senator Rouyn :. .60 Sherritt Gordon 3.15 Steep Rock 2.15 Local Tides Friday, September 19, 1947 High 4:15 18.8 feet 16:15 20.0 feet Low 10:09 6.6 feet 22:47 4.9 feet W. J. Alder, who has been in the city for the past week on business, Is sailing by the Prlr.e Rupert tonight on his return to Vancouver. Wind light. Little change ' in temperature. Frost tonight. Lows tonight and highs Friday: Prince George 25 and 60, Smlthers 30 and 58. , Northern. B.Ci Cloudy today. Overcast tonight and Friday. Winds light. ILttle change In temperature. Low tonight and high Friday at Telegraph Creek, 38 and 58. PUBLIC RADIO HEARINGS CALGARY Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation decided yesterday that pubic sessions would be held In future to hear representations on applications for broadcasting licenses "or regulations within its competence." Board Chairman A. D. Dunton said that representations would be heard Friday on applications for new stations at Victoria, Pentlcton and erh sections of the city with the new rise TO LOWER EXPORT GRAIN CEILING Bad Time for United Stales Speculators Appears to Be in Sight WASHINGTON, D.C., 0i Bad news for grain speculators shaped up in the United States government today amid mounting concern over food and' other prices. President Truman's cabinet committee on food appears head ed for a decision to clamp a sharply lower, celling on grain exports Immediately ahead. Officials believe that sucn r. step would take some of the wind out of speculative sails. SUDDEN DEATH FOR VANCOUVER TRUCK DR IVER Running out of control, a truck, loaded with lumber, carried Walter A, MacCalum of Ne w Westminster Its driver ,to death at Vancouver a few days ago when it crashed Into a 17-car passenger train within the Vancouver city yard limits, Lumber was sen; careening through coa ch windows and passengers narrowly escaped injury. W STAR pCabs j Possible Gold Strike in City Sets W orkmen Busy Staking Clauds "Gold fever" struck Prince Rupert Wednesday afternoon. Workmen, laboring on the new fishermen's floats road nin-ing from Park Avenue to the Co-op Westvlew plant, burst Intf'a surge of excitement when a workman, drilling a blasting hole; chipped off a piece of rock which he believes contained abdut two ounces of the precious metal. If the reported discovery is authentic and of any quantity Prince Rupert will literally have a gold mine In Its lap. The 'sit of the discovery Is well within the city limits. Other workmen caught the fever and began staking claims almost immediately. Men with transits and compasses wereCou'. on the site before sunrise this morning marking off claims which, they staked out. The claims were being registered this afternoon How many claims have been staked so far is not known, but it was reported this afternoon that men were "running around like mad" seeking plots to mark out. The site of the strike Is Just west of the new road on a series of rock outcropplngs. TOKYO IN BAD WAY TOKYO, fv Floods today drove Japanese from five densely populated districts of Toyko ana even higher crests were feard in the wake of the typhoon dis Columbia during the night. The aster which has caused 3.3'0 coldest point In the province ' casualties. INQUEST INTO TRAFFIC DEATH : Inquiry into Oircunutances of Fatality at Terrace An Inquest was begun afternoon Into the .death Tuesday night of Mrs. Martha Willie, who succumbed to Injuries received when she was struck by a truck at Terrace at 10:38 last Friday night. The jury, empanelled by Coroner M. M. Stephens, viewed the body and adjourned until September 2j. The body was Identified by Dr. C. H. Hanklnson who treated the Injured woman after she had been brought to Prince Rupert by ambulance last Saturday. The inquest was afljournea in order to give the police time to complete their Investigation of the fatality and to summon wty-nesses, most of whom are now.- in Terrace. Emil Willie, husband of deceased, was still In hospital Wednesday afternoon recovering same time; Harry Johnson is being held by the police at Terrace in connection with the affair. He !a alleged to be the driver of the truck which struck the couple on a Terrace street corner. Testimony by Dr. Hankirison indicated that Mrs. Willie suffered a "very severe head injury" which caused contusion of . the brain, a broken right leg, a frac tured pelvis and a severe bruise on the back. Jurors on the Inquest a j-e Wil bur Sheardown. foreman' J. Harry Black, William Read, Will- lam II. Wright, Richard Long and Garnei Hull. REGISTER NEW;. STEAMER HERE- Local Chamber of Commerce Getting in Touch With Railway Head Representations are being made to R. C. Vaughan, president and chairman of th board of directors of Canadian National Railways, with a vley to assuring that the company's fine new coastal vessel, npw . being built at Victoria, to be launched October 6 and scheduled" to be in service early next summer be Ween ' Vancouver and Prince Rupert and oiy to Alaska, should be registered from Prince Rupert, traditional home port of the line. It having been reported tkat the vessel might be registered out of Vancouver, the Prince Rupert Chamber oi Commerce Is getting In touch with Mr. Vaughan on the matter. It is understood that the new ship Is to toe called Prince George. Baseball Scores American League Chicago 0, New York 5. St. Louis 8,-0, Boston 4-4, , Detroit 4-6. Philadelphia 6-8. Cleveland 7, Washington 0.,. National League Boston 10, St. Louis 8. Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 2. New York 9-40, Chicago 3-12. Philadelphia 0, Cincinnati. 12. Dr. and Mrs. Jens Munthe, who have been on a visit to their native Norway, are expected to return to the city tomorrow