r h and arrtp v tooard aska CI Alaska's Wealthiest JUUi 3 ' . Noarlv Fiftv Years Ako, De- its Permanent Prosperity trom " a ar a a aK . .a. I -l.aaara ri 1 K n 1 n T I Plllllfl IV, - By O. A. HUNTER i .....uu.. f:u:.. ,...,i VM' -V . a. 11 il ,'OUtH'-'"' tail II nillOU") j;a.VVai V.aJU..J the northern end of if Maw! a mile from Narrows on the "Jnsuie rassage, aw .1 1! il.. i-.l .il. n.c nnvr. npcnmos nirecuv connucieu B: c: P A., .. ui t irontin-as its a direct - eastern il Via.ska ;r s and :: Of its business aw prod-from Cen- Slip i I I 1 1 I 1 1 -M m m Camosun M.ikp fple of retcrsburr . .1 'F!ti''. innrl.aa aj4 ..-a. UttUtiO UUU -a.ia... uj l.lia- Klllll.ua avraaiaj UA ITCLCIO- ttVaa,n.n 1 1 - - auttaavt U U V X TMaaa . ai a. AC ChA ... . . . . - uiiiuKuraiea ine na gratification was by mayors and nham- J-Wimerce hpnrls nf tho at ths It UOfilMl. ... 1 11 - iuiui is oeine usea I wnlr i c betns usod a .11 be the first reeular - a.i i Mi i LLlilLJllI j om amv nnn in-ior "..V - vuiiaumn. inn in jure re?n nr f.in tn -jaaaaa. 1 UU 1U. " "uin Liin cxnrpsR inns lrSDUrE nilri Wrtinir-.11 ion 1. " "wpecune the ves- i " un:u oi a eooq- i a lftni.... Mir ii:r iiia . .iuiuwviu rgcr bookings were next weeK. malntalnine thP timo " " M .... a - uut lor her. Wrnn- me trlp.kv tnnt nf fc.l,...,... HHVirrafnal . ...uu jl. B"CU WIU1 OlS- decision. Jw who met the CftS VfavAt , ' - Ul VlJIIl" inc. j . uetlt Earl Ohmr nf Mayor (Mrs i and rvii V ITPCIrl-l ir Howard "lanop rr ... iiicv nerp. the r,n TZ "y: on De' PCfl .rn.,. -"uu eieamsh oteamsnip n 'aeer ni' mar " oui- ipper amshipC Brltlsh Coiumbla through : nn-at the , princc Rupert. with IU i Breezy, bewhiskercd Earl Oh- ms. llv-imer, whom one soon recognizes ;.. if:y and .ne seven-Norwegian f $2,500,- be the i c mmunlty in . t'.a United The bu.slnes.- m-astern Petersburg Runcr; with 3 r as the chief factotum of Peters- hurg and who Is the perennial president of tho Chacber of Commerce, has every fact and figure about the town where he has been in business for thirty- two years, at his finder tips. In-1 te'rviewed at Petersburg on Sat- J urday as the steamer Camosun. ' Inaugurated the extension ofi the company's service beyond 1 Ketchikan to Petersburg and' Wrangell and instituted the first j regular run by a Canadian steamship line to Petersburg, Ohmer welcomed the direct con- i nectlon thus afforded his town to Prince Rupert and Vancouver". He was not so anxious "."J many Alaskans appear to be to cut away altogether from the hold of Seattle on the shipping and economy of southeastern Alaska but he declared himself as being enthusiastically favor-oble.to the use and development . .UtiePfiwft Rupt -a-. another avenue of supply not to replace but to supplement Seattle. He sees definite advantages and economies from the use of Prince Ruoert. Like all other Alaskans, he is worklns for the suspension of the Jones Act ana rottrlr.tionii which prevent tne free shipping of goods from the United States through Canadian ports and on Canadian ships to Alaska. "After all," said Ohmer, "you people in Prince Rupert and Canada are our neighbors. Why not cut out the restrictions -xhirh nrevent us from full en- lovment of our neighborliness? 1 1 1 never saw a fence between us '" -.. j i. ai i. r,o ivViv nnt miWtln'. k . l il'Ur lb ll U v 1 1 I a- a. a. aa.a... 1 J aliaOIaal. firiVirn . , P Iha? ... . J.,1.1 1 door, house to house, as neigh-; bors we would not have all this i ntt nf rlemarole. We may not like to think of more sombre possibilities but there is also the matter of our common security v:hlch would make it appear timely to cut away the restrictions which mitigate against cur natural relationships." Petersburg may only have 1500 or "2000 people but it Is a iwpll-develoDCd and up-to-date town. One senses a feeling 01 solidity of citizenship, found ress of business and thrifty enterprise and progresslveness on the part of any one witn whom one converses. Ohmer and the rest of the Petersburg people say that good hard work, steady thrift and permanent attitude have been the secret of their nltv's success. There Is obviously a great spirit of civic pride and co-operative public spirit. Every one Is proud cf their town and happy to live there and make their permanent home. One hundred and fifty oi Petersburg's young men served In the last war and all but three of them returned to the home town and are permanently relocated In employment there, playing their part In carrying on (Continued on Page Six) Cholera Scourge Is Continuing CAIRO, W) Cairo newspapers which re-appeared today after Balram (Moslem) festival, reported that during the past three days, 360 people died of 'It! Clii-.ni..i i I . .. i a -"fviiiii Hiiiionr naniho cmno hip rw1 viiiiiiiit' in Ui rvn . . .. . i i ni M(.r "'.i,er. uapt. the outbreaK on sepiemoer a, to 5.233. BANDIT SHOT IN POLICE WAGON ESCAPE ATTEMPT VICTORIA, (CP) A Vancouver man Is In hospital here with serious wounds In his abdomen and arm following a wild ride m hold-up of night Police say Lome Clark, 40, alias Nicholas Clarke, of Vancou ver, was wounded in an- escape attempt following a holdun ir which the loot was allegedly a quantity of narcotics. Clarke reportedly forced Cons table George Hardy to drive him in a patrol wagon from the city A road block was thrown up and stopped Clarke's police vehWe. He Jumped out and was felled by shots from police officers' pistols. 34 DEAD IN PLANE CRASH ATHENS P --Greek Air Force headquarters announced today that a Swedish Airlines Sky master transport, parrying 34 passengers, crashed into a three-thousand-foot peak of Homet-tos mountain range, southeast of Athens last night. All are believed to be dead. The flight was from Istanbul to Rome. Denies , Del ay r g Tariff Revision CANBERRA, Ji J. J. Dedman, Minister for Post War Reconstruction, today denied that Australia Is delaying an International agreement under which the British Commonwealth and the United States planned certain tariff compromises. "As far as Australia is concerned, there is nothing outstanding," he said. "The question will go before the cabinet tomorrow." EDUCATION WEEK HERE A small committee of mem bers of the Princc Rupert Tpnrhprs' Association met Sat urday under the chairmanship of J. S. Wilson, to arrange de tails for the observance of Education Week November 3-8. During this week a 15 minute radio address will be featured each evening over station CF. P.R., also a daily article In this paper on some aspects of eduction. Various prominent citi zens and members of organiza tions will be asked to speak and to contribute to the newspaper articles. On the evening, of Friday, Nov ember 7, the Teachers' Association will sponsor a public meeting In the Civic Centre Auditorium to stress the Importance of education today. In addition to the various speakers, contri butions will be made to tne pro- eram by students of mo iour public schools. Parents win De auwutu nnranrtnnitv to visit and to in spect the classrooms of the three elementary schools on the afternoon of Wednesday. November 5, after 2:00 p.m. The tnr "nnpn house" at tne UttJ "1 , High School has yet to , , be DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE REGINA, (CP) - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sunday teported an apparent double murder and suicide at Bordon. 31 miles north west of Saskatoon ajter the finding of three bodies and a badly wounded woman there Saturday night. Dead are August Gerster and his daughters Joyce and Jeannette. Mrs, Gerster is In a Saskatoon hospital Pan-American Plane Vanishes While Nearing Juneau Sunday TTTMP.ATT YfP T.nnfl spa nnrl :iir Kp.irrh for a missing Pan-American World Airways plane, with eighteen aboard, was organized in southeastern Alaska today as lashing wind and rain storm continued H!n Vi . It Vl 4 Vl fi-M1va y! fl lllTilAni .a nimn i aa a t 1 1 (V n n H n a a patrol paiiui wagon, witgu.i, the me jiuiu-uj-- ui fcUj' wic clica 111 vviiiv.ii mc xuiii-ciijiia-n i.iijjjui on Esquimau drug store and a vanished Sunday near Ketchikrfn, Rain-soaked clouds running gun battle Saturday SCUddcd low over the rugged, r Inside Passage," threatening to hamper plans to send dozens of planes aloft in the hope of finding the big D.C.-4. The search Is being concentrated in an area 25 miles southwest of Juneau where the plane. comitie north from Seattle to Juneaui was last reDorted as she approached this Alaska capital city. ' Mos)j of the passengers are believed to be from Seattle. There are not Canadians. CRIPP.S OPENS INDUSTRIAL "EXHIBITION - Sir Stafford Cripps. minister for economic affairs for Britain, who is the man chiefly' responsible for carrying out the whole of the government's economic policy, internal and external, is pictured (with hand on rope) as he attended the opening of the "British Eenter-prise in Australia" exhibition at the Australia House In London. He is talking with Rt. Hon. J. A. Beasley, high commissioner for Australia. Sir Stafford Cripps opened the exhibition. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D Johnston On. VANCOUVER Bralorne 10.85 B. R. Con .'. 05 B. R. X 09i2 Cariboo Quartz 2.60 Dentonia 20 Grull Wlhksne 06 Hedley Mascot 1-04 Minton - wz Pend Oreille 2.10. Pioneer 3.65 Premier Border 04V2 Privateer 36, Reeves .McDonald 1.10 Reno' 13 V2 Salmon Gold 25 Sheep Creek 103 Taylor Bridge 44 Vananda 23 Congress - -04 Pacific Eastern 08 Hedley Amalgamated .03 Spud Valley .11 Central Zeballos 01'A f Sllbak Premier 67 Oils A. P. Con. 12' Calmont -37 n v.. 2.40 Foothills 2.50 Home j....,.. - 3.95 Toronto ' Athona 12 Aumaque -31 . Beattle -76 Bcvcourt ..iU. -68 Bobjo ta .15Vi Buffalo Canadian'-., I8 Consol. Smelters -89.50 Con west" 1-45 Donalda 1.18 . Eldona 1-21 Elder 76 Giant Yellowknlfe 630 God's Lake 1.12 Hardrock .37 Harrlcana .10 Heva 30 Hosco 34' Jacknlfe -07 Joliet Quebec '. -52 Lake Rowan : 15 Lapaska 25 Vi Little Long Lac l.w Lynx 11 Madsen Red Lake 3.50 McKehzie Red Lake .62 McLtod Cockshutt 1-72 Moneta SIKHS FLOWN TO HALT RAPINE NEW pELHI, An official source said today that a battalion of Sikhs was being flown to Sprlnigar, capital of embat tled Sprlnigar territory, to neip the forces of the princely state renel some 2,000 Pathans who have crossed the border from Pakistan and indulged In an orgy of looting, raping and kill ing. THE WEATHER (I'orecast) , Prince Rupert. Queen Charlottes and North Coast Cloudy with Rhncwprs todav. Tueasday Cloudy, ccarjonally clear, light! southerly winds. Little change in temperature. Low tonight and highs tomorrow Port Hardy 40 and 50, Massett 40 and 50, Prince-Rupert 40 and 50. Northern B. C Cloudy today and Tuesday. Light winds. Little change In temperature. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow at Telegraph Creek 25 and 45. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER - TAXI Blue 3 235 Phono She one .-Mm! " ' STAR .. wmilT SERVICE f Str ' Cabs jniprw Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince, Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest-.' . a.1..l VOL. XXXVI, NO. 251. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MOHUAI, UUTUJUEK 27, 15)17 PRICE FIVE CENTS s . With 18 Aboard, Is M WILL TALK WITH! BRITISH LEADERS LONDON, m Lewis Douglas, United States ambassador to Britain, who returned this week from Washington, soon will hold Important talks with Prime Minister Attlee, Foreign Secretary Bevln, Economics Minister Cripps and Hugh Dalton, British Exchequer Chancellor, It was learned authoritatively today. Sugar Ration IGoing Soon Canadians Should be Able to Buy AVithout Restriction by End of Year OTTAWA, Oj With world sugar stocks improving, and the Canadian supply better than a year aeo. some observers in the capital are predicting that Canadians may be able to ditch their ration books before the start of the new year. Latest figures from the Dom- Infirm Rnrpait nf Statistics show ,WVIUJ "V. U aaaw.w . 000 pounds, compared with 134,-000,000 at October last year. This elves rise to speculation that the last Item will come off the ration list within a couple of months. Canadians are now consuming 83 pounds of sugar per head per year, 90 per cent of the post war consumption. FRENCHCRISIS IS STILL TENSE Herriot's Tarty Wins Small Town Elections deGaulle Calls For New Deal PARIS Impending cabinet rrisis and imminent tnreat oi railway and postal strikes today overshadowed the outcome oi Sunday's run -off elections in France's small towns and villages. Early returns of the elections put Former Premier Ed-ouard Herriot's radical Socialists out in front. Meanwhile General Charles deGaulle has called for a com-niPtP overhaul of France's vot ing system followed immediately bv dissolution of the National I Assembly and new elections. HOLY FATHER PLEADS IGNORANCE, LEARNS OF RUPERT FROM BISHOP People of I'rince Rupert Parish Hear Most llev. Anthony Jordan Tell of Visit to Pope o.i nn.or Incidents of Tour Abroad ti 1 1 n v His Holiness the Pope made a confession to Bishop Anthony Jordan of Prince Rupert when the chief pastor of this vicariate visited the Holy Fathei i ii. iT..i; ,,ti....-iT n rpppnh visit in Rome, ine Pope admitted to the Bishop that he had not previous-lv heard of Prince Rupert but he" soon evinced a hearty iictuu i v i iy Col- ,ioro.i ,n Northern Br tlsh The original meaning of coffee (or quahwah, as the Arabs called lt) is strength. Negus '2,05 Noranda 44.50 Louvicourt 1.66 Pickle Crow 2.60 Regcourt 17 San Antonio 4.20 Sherrlt Gordon 3,10 Steep Rock 2.35 Sturgeon River .20 utvv V'JV umbia and, in the course of a tm-pntv minute audience, ob- tained a considerable fund of Information. eccles,ta5tleali and general, about this area to the people of which he sent nis noiy blessing. Bishop Jordan's description of the contact with the Pope was the highlight of an intensely interestlne and Informal 'fam ily" talk which he delivered be fore the people of the city par- j ish last night at a reception to mark His .Excellency's return following a seven month's absence. Th? Bishop discussed present-day Europe under three head-lngs--economic, political and religious and also told of visits to his own blrtnpiace in a &coi-tish vlllaee and to that of his father in Mayo County, Ireland. Numerous incidents of a hum- orous nature made the talk the Elsewhere In British and U.S.! Zones of Germany Social Democrats Hold Strong Position z FRANKFURT Germany 0 Everywhere in the British and American zones of Germany there are rumors of underground Nazi movements, supposedly waiting an appropriate moment Although In the British zone copies of underground Nazi newspapers have been uneann- Pri at intervals during tne lasi two years, few arrests have, I been made recently and the situation according to officials is "passive." Communism, on the other hand, Is clearly growing In Industrial Germany. The rubbled tnwns of the Ruhr offer fertile irmund for narty agitators, many Jflf whonuare believed to have affiliations witn tne myiw:xiuua. Russian zone, and most Runr towns have active Communist bi-weekly newspapers, .some previously suppressed by the Nazis. SITUATION IN FRANKFURT Here in Frankfurt many ob servers are surprised mat j spite of general discontent over housing and food the Communist Party occupies only third place in the political field with no more than 1,600 members. Some German leftists hint at suppression of Communist ac tivity by U.S. military ponce. This is denied by officials who say that in little more than two years since the war, political me in Frankfurt has revived to the point where there are now five active, unhindered parties including Communist and Labor. A young German student pointed to the recent dismissal of Emil Carlesbach, Communist I co-editor of the United States-lippnsert Frankfurter Runds-. chau, as evidence that political; thought Is not free in the Am erican zone. He believed the oc-cupalonal forces were "influenced" by antl-Communlst feeling in the United States. Although some Communists tell of being "picked up" and Interrogated by military police, officials declare Gerrnan Communists are never questioned "organized violence" Is snsnected. They say police in tervention is mainly concerned with stamping out black mar keting. In both the American and British zones, the Social Demo cratic Party, promoting social!-: i nation, compulsory social lnsur- j ! ance and limited land reform, has the largest official membership, chiefly composed of workers employed In mining and But in .the Ruhr, Communism Is growing so fast that many observers believe it may, finally oust the Social Democrats from top places. Local Tides Tuesday, October 28, 1947 High 0:09 19.5 feet 12:24 21.0 feet Low 6:12 5.7 feet ia-41 4.1 feet more delightful. CHURCH BROUGHTON, Der- Father J- A. Carroll .O.M.I., byshire, England B The priest of the parish, acted j field here Is being plowed for (Continued on Page Two) agr"cultural purposes. COMMUNISM GROWS IN RUHR VALLEY INDUSTRIAL AREA to strike, but from police and VANCOUVER The British military officials little concrete j Columbia Progrcsslve-Conserva Information is loru.cui"".. "If there are active Nazis in ' ' ; UUU 1 1 viivow v---o- that on October 4r raw sugar ithey are not loud-mouthed. i.1 M 1C1 AAA I ' . . . etnaiir u;or- mnrp than 151.000. Frankfurt they are lying very low," a US. police official saw. "Occasionally we haul In people for questioning but no Nazi agitators have been arrested for some time." During hundreds of miles of travel I sometimes heard Germans refer to Nazism nostalgl- rnllv. as: "Under Hitler we were fed, now we are hungry," or "Hitler gave us something to live for hut if these feelings are aeep Tories Seek Premiership rrogressive-Conservatives Want Anscomb to Succeed Hart tlve party gave stern warning Saturday at its annual meeting that it wants the Premiership when Premier Hart leaves of fice at the end of the year. The Association endorsed a statement by Provincial Leader Anscomb that it wants the coalition to continue but passed a resolution saying that, when Premier Hart resigns, he should advise the Lieutenant-Governor to call upon Herbert Anscomb to form a government m order that the future of the Coalition. will be assured. National Progressive - Conservative Leader John Bracken, stressed to the delegates the( need for preparedness in event , of a third world war. He called '; for strong economic and mill--tary organizations "because we ', mean to keep our own territory. Malor-General G. R. Pearkes.i V.C., member of Parliament for; Nanalmo, was elected president), of the provincial association. He succeeds W. A. Jones of Vancou ver, ''jl C.C.F. LEADER IN CITY TODAY M. J. Coldwell, M.P., leader of the Co -oDerative Commonwealth Federation in the House of Com mons, was due to arrive in the city early this afternoon to speak before an audience in the Civic Centre auditorium tonight. Mr. Coldwell planned to motor to the city from "Terrace, where he spoke before a public meeting last night. The C.C.F. leader will be miest of honor at a dinner given by the local C.C.F. club at 6:15 at the Commodore Cafe this evening. He plans to sail on the Princess Adelaide for Vancouver at 10 o'clock. AIDED SHIPPING INTERIOR MEAT This Was Effect of Meat Packers' Strike First Snow In Interior Effect of the recent packing house workers' strlk was to give an impetus to shipping of cattle live to Vancouver ana killed to Prince Rupert from the central interior, according to C. A. Berner. divisional su perintendent, Canadian National . Railways, who returned to tne city yesterday after a ten-day inspection trip over the line as far as Jasper, accompanied by R. C. Davidson, division engineer, and H. C. HalUday, bridges and building master. The trip was a preliminary to tho first fall of snow of the winter which actually came during the last few days to the Bulkley Valley, east and west of Smlthers, to a depth of about one inch, which was expected to soon disappear. BARMOUTH, Wales, (ff-Ar-dudwy, Welsh beauty spot which has been under military control, now has been freed. CCF PUBLIC MEETING Hear . . M. J. Coldwell M.P., National Leader CIVIC CENTRE Monday, 7:45 p.m. (251)