NT ON RIGHTS i nwrn II K 1 11 The Alberta II. rn mrttfri t.tri.r 1 A Morln'c "Kill nt in which the con- III IPmCII nH V. n r. mbied, of Urn nn- I 1 rltl n..l-ll I. rmn ntiH t..ll Doners. TP' v inati ii uil ' J VUUUkll gained that the islatlon was bank- u mereiore lhe sphere of the "nment P " All STRIKE Picture remains a coast unions. 1 Official. ..it, .d(;mands, thev sv - -Bitement is delivered. "u v nrnr- MAY USE COMPULSION Dominion Steel Co.s an nouncement received replies from both the United Steel Workers, and from, the federal ami , Heads 6f the union local at Svdnev said that the men would not go back to work at the Cape Breton plant if the company did not meet the union's basis for settlement, negotiated by the government. Steel Controller, John Jones, said In Ottawa that regardless of financial considerations, the government - subsidized plant would have to open its gates and begin production. HITS "PROPAGANDA In Toronto. James Hilton, president of the Steel Co. of Canada, whose Hamilton plant is the laracst of the three strike bound steel companies, said that if the union continues Us pres cnt "abuse" of the company, friendly relations would be made more difficult. no rharcfd that "adverse pro- paganda" was being circulated by the United Steel worscrs Germany Sure of Japanese Support Back in July, 1941 TOKYO-r-Qerman leaders were rnrtoiit nf J.nianese support in the war as far back as July of 1911, according to oocumenu. Introduced at the Tokyo war irlmf hrirlncr. Japan was asked to strike at Siberia. Further evidence revealed that only 10 days' notice of Japan's attack on the United States was given Japanese em bassies abroad. S30.000.000 From O.K. Tree Fruits VERNON A bumper Okan-agan apple crop Is expected this year with an estimated harvest of 9,000,000 boxes. Of this number 21500,000 boxes will be shipped to the United States and 2,000,000 will go to Britain. A record cash return also is expected. All tree fruits will bring between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000. U.S. Meal Prices Go Up 15 Per Cent WASHINGTON United States Office of Price Administration has approved a 15 per cent increase in the price of meals containing meat. This Is in line with the government JlfAing ,of the meat price celling last June 30. and wounded 60 others before U.S. troops restored order. U.S. headquarters announced that 100 Korean police are reported missing. Korean officials said mobs were led by vicious agitators from outside and were War Reparations Granted Ethiopia, Greece, Yugosalvia PARIS. I Greece and Yugo slavla were voted $100,000,000 each and Ethiopia $25,000,000 in Itallan'war reparations early to-dav at a meeting of the Euro pean Peace Conference The commission defeated a proposal to pay reparations to Albania. ed to the gathering, 45 were passed and will be presented Dy Hip U.B.C.M. executive to the provincial government for con sideration. NORTH HAS VOICE Mavor Daceett expressed him self as highly gratified that a representative from central British Columbia Mayor Jack NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S; NEWSPAPER OP CAdd m TAXI TAXI C. McINTYRE She mm 537 Lert Tobacco Store DAY and NIGHT SERVICE NIGHT from Ormesj SERVICE " f Cjwa'tia's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, ihe Key to the Great Northwest' tiill and Ken Nesbitt PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS JDAY Britain Unifies Armed Services Command Foumicr. Fed- If public works, Rupert on Mon- of a west coat lounced In Vic- Mr Fournler ip by air, visit- ports en route. the provincial r, Fournler said iral government housing and rejects above any planned at the projects In the area will be m- Aipnonse rour- .. nouse oi voih- nltpmnt In win .... ... .... t elections of 1934 LQUll' lllill 13 LU A 111 1942. n in nironro tinn mtv ni Mnntrpai to 1920 was a in ijucdcc alter ie ftciHioi insure p line cnrviH rn o nnrLnnr. fnm mir. iiriLTi. nns mur aims nie hnnin in Steel Plant Stalls Over Wage Boost Nova Scotia Plant Cannot Pay 13 Cent Increase, Directors Say OTTAWA In spite of the announced settlement of Canada's steel strike, tlic Dominion Steel and Coal Coi's plant at Sydney, Nova Scotia, may not re-lonen. according to an an nouncement made by a company spokesman last night. He said that the Dominion plant Is not In a polstion to pay the 13-cent an hour wage Increase which was the announced basis for settlement of the strike. On Thursday, more than 7,500 members of the United Steel Workers of Canada voted by a majority of 20 to 1 to go back to work In Canada's three major steel platns on the basis of a wage Increase of 13 cents an hour, effective the date of return to work, with a 10-cent an hour wage Increase retroactive to April 1. Churchill Charges Government Vacillating Without Policy for Palestine Former Prime Minister Says British Tactics Gaining Distrust and Hostility of Arabs and Jevs BLACKPOOL (CP) Winston1 Churchill said today that Britain's government is vacillating without any plan or-policy for Palestines and .is "holding onto a mandate in which they have no vital interest." Addressing a National Party conference, Lnur- chill said the government's tactics were gaining RIOTS SOUTH OF KOREA KILL 59 AND INJURE 60 SEOUL. Korea Rioting mobs In Taikuy region, southeast of Korea, killed 59 Korean police t distrust and hostility ooin oi Arabs and Jews and exposing us tn world-wide probation for their manifest incapacity." He charged lhe Labor government had mishandled the Indian problem so badly that "no one can measure the bloodshed which will overtake hpsi pnnrmous masses 01 humble, helpless millions or ' under what new power the future and destiny will 116." Churchill denied rumors he would resign leadership of the National Party. He said he had resolved to go forward carrying the flag as long as he had the necessary strength and energy. CONTRAST OF GROWTH The former prime minister contrasted the shrinking British Empire with expanding Russia ..,Wlth the prospectlveUosi of India ' "and It may be that Burma will soon suffer the same fate," he said the number of the King's subjects is being re duced to barely a quarter of what it has been for gener ations." 1 am Not Dead', Says Daggett Back from U.B.C.M. Convention Mayor H. M. Daggett today branded as "grossly exaggerated" a report that he had dropped dead on a Vancouver street alter attending me annual con . . -.a V nr, . 1 i . .. L TT.. vention of the Union ot Municipalities at nai visnn Hnt. Nnntlfr.q ast WPfiK. A WV O "Definitely untrue," he commented as he sat behind his desk in the City Hall i this morning. VERY MUCH ALIVE A Dally News reporter casually touched the mayor's arm to make sure the substance was as real as His Worship's voice. It was. Mr. Daggett was no L'host. From there on, the Interview went easier. Gone was the doubt which had been inspired by a rumor current last Friday that Mayor Daggett had succumbed while away from home. Incidentally, the rumor did create considerable flurry here before It was discounted by a nerson-to-Dcrson long distance telephone call from City Clerk H. D. Thal'n to Mayor Daggett at the Grosvenor Hotel In the southern cltv Mavor Daggett still chuckled ccnulncly at the Idea of his al leged untimely demise when he recalled the Incident this morn III!?. Accompanied by Mrs. uaggeu, Alderman Nora Arnold ana ai rirman George Hills, Mayo rinircptt arrived back In the city shnrtlv after 3 o'clock Friday afternoon after being away for two weeks. "The whole trip, including the convention, was a real success," he said. "We all enjoyed if." of the 59 resolutions present had been named to the execu tlve. 'It Elves north-central B.C a voice in the affairs of the Association, which is what we have needed for some time," he declared. Many' of the resolutions which urged that the provincial gov ernment take a larger share m financing projects now borne by the municipalities were laid over until the results or tne Goldenberg Commission Into provincial - municipal relations are made public, the Mayor said If the Goldenberg rccommcn datlons do not offer relief to the municipalities, then the U.B.C.M. executive will bring the resolutions to. the attention or the government. The interior country Is particularly lovely at the present time, Mayor Daggett said. The trees turning color make the countryside particularly lovely. The party left Vancouver on Tuesday to return home. HOG PRODUCTION DROP ENDANGERS BRITISH MARKET OTTAWA A current decline In Canadian hog production may jeopardize Canada's position in ho iTnltpri Klnrloni bacon mar ket, the Department of Agricul ture announced last nignt. Saskatchewan hog population as of last June was only 750.000, as compared with 1,000,000 a year ago, the department said. Increase in the production of hogs in Canada's western prov inces Is dependent on the availability ot the cheaper grades of Nicholson ot Prince. .George grain foxJleed, BRITISH PLANE ORDERED DOWN IN YUGOSLAVIA ROME Allied headquarters announced today that a British courier plane had been forced down in southern Yueoslavia while flying from Rumania to Italy. i This is the thlW-Allied plane to ,be stopped by the Balkan country's fighter planes. Two of thej Allied aircraft were American and one of these was shot down. The British plane was signal led to land and no casualties re suited, Allied headquarters said. FJve airmen were killed in the shooting down of one U.S. plane, resulting in the American gov ernment making strong repre sentations to the Yugoslav gov ernment. 'Regrets' Statement OfT ruman Washington (cp)- A lie uuikcu uvaico twin Britain were snlit wide asunder on the Palestine question Friday with Pres ident Harry Truman demanding immediate ad mittance of a "substan- 11 mmilur rf Tow tn thl Tlftlv lication of the statement be de layed until it could Cfi studied hv TmMt. T-lpvln forpltrn minis- Aer.The request was not granted Truman Talk May Renew Terrorism LONDON A renewed wave of Jewish terrorism Is expected by British editorial writers as a result of President Harry Truman's call for immediate substantial immigration of displaced Jews into Palestine. Reduced Plane Fare NEW YORK Prices of trans-Atlantic plane trips will be reduced 12V2 per cent commencing October 12. The trip, one way, from New York to Loudon, wlll.be made for $325, a reduction of $50. Ask Compensation For Flooded Land VICTORIA Compensation is being asked from the United States for British Columbia land at the International Boundary which will be flooded by the backing up of water for the Ross Dam hydro-electric project in Washington State. Hon. E. T, Kcnney, minister of lands and forests, made this announcement in Victoria. ASKING SOCKEYE SEASON REOPEN Reopening of the sockeye salmon season is being asked by Canadian and American fishermen and their request has the endorsation of the International Fisheries Commission. They want fishing resumed on the Fraser River by October 14 and in American waters on Monday, October 7. The 1946 salmon run to the Adams River would then have been finished, the fishermen contend, assuring good spawning for the current season. 10 Japanese Given Prison Sentences For Cannibalism GUAM Ten former Japanese officers have received sentences ranging from five to 20 years on charges, of cannibalism. Tnree other Japanese com manders were previously sen tenced to hang for having feast ed on roasted livers of executed U.S. airmen. THE WEATHER Synopsis A weather system of 1 the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands today and overcast skies over the south coast and north ern interior Sunday. Variable cloudiness is expected In the in terior today with clearing ana frost tonight. Clear conditions are expected over the south coast today. Forecast ui Uuu.u.. v. ..no .v .Pr Prince re Rupert, Runert. Queen aueen i;nar Char lan& and - Britain sharrlyilesainNM grettlng" his move. In. London a spokesman for Prime Minister Clement Attlee said such action would preju dice the settlement of Pales tine's future. Attlee is reported to have wired Truman asking the pub Charlottes and Prince Rupert region overcast today aril Sunday. Continuous rain today be coming widely scattered rain- showers after midnight with continuous rain Sunday. Winds lisht becoming south 25 m.p.h. this afternoon, becoming south 20 m.p.h. tonight, becoming southeast 35 m.p.h. Sunday. Lit tle change in temperature. Minimum temperates tonight Mas- sett, 41; Prince Rupert, 41. Max imum temperatures Sunday Massett, 52; Prince Rupert, 52. Port Hardy region cloudy today, overcast tonight and Sunday, intermittent rain tonight and Sunday. Wind light today south east 20 m.p.h. Sunday. Little change in temperature. Port Hardy Minimum tonight, 42; maximum Sunday, 52. Stepmother Held For Boy's Death CALDWELL, Idaho Mrs. Ethelyn Peterson, 32-year-old farm housewife, will plead today in district court "to first degree murder charges Hied after her three-year-old stepson, Phillip Wayne Peterson Jr., died from a beating Sobbing. "I didn't do It the vvav they said I did," Mrs. Peter son had collapsed earlier as she left the courtroom after being taken before District Judge T. E. Buckner The information, filed by County Attorney V K. Jeppesen, chareed that Mrs. Peterson struck the child, ducked him in an Irrigation ditch, swung him bv the heels so that his head struck a foot bridge and ed "mortal wounds." Parliament Buildings Hit By Lightning In Storm VICTORIA A freak, rain and electrical storm broke over Victoria Friday, driving people off the streets which became covered in places with an inch of water as gutters overflowed. . A bolt of lightning struck the east wing of the Parliament Buildings .damaging light circuits and stopping an elevator. No one was hurt. In half an hour a fifth of an inch of rain fell. Further storms of a like nature are not anticipated, weather authorities say. EXTENSIVE CHANGES IN CABINET SET UP A. V. Alexander, First Lord of Admiralty, Heads New Defence Ministry LONDON (CP) Extensive cabinet changes, including the creation of a ministry of defence to co-ordinate work of the navy, army and air departments was .announced in, a long-anticipated re-alignment of; the British cabinet. A. V. Alexander, first lord .of the Admiralty sine1 1940, is the new defence minister minister without portfolio until tltC "cabinet" lineup is approved at ttje reconvening of parliament r(i War Secretary Jack Lawson, Air Secretary &ord stansgate, and Civilian' "Aviation Minister Lord Windstjfr all have resigned. HEADS ADMIRALTY Colonial Secretary George Hall has replaced Lord Alexander as the first lord of the Admiralty and Arthur Ceech Jones replaces Mr. Hall. State Minister Philip Noel Baker becomes air secretary and Hector McNeil,' former foreign undersecretary, replaces Noel Baker. Lord Nathan, hitherto an un dersecretary to the War Office, replaces Lord Wlnster. ReDlacine Lawson is F. J. Bellenger, financial secretary to the War Office. LIAISON dFFICERS An Important adjunct to the new defence ministry will be the appointment of British liaison DREAMBOAT OVER POLE AND HEADS ACROSS ATLANTIC LONDON The Pacusan Dreamboat, huge U.S. Super fortress plane, roared down from the top of the world over Greenland icepacks today, well over half the distance along on lis Arctic exploration route from Honolulu to Cairo. The crew radioed that it ex pected to fly over Reykavik', Iceland, at noon. The plane was clipping along at 250 miles an hour. Two hours later the Dream- boat reported It had crossed the top of the world and was neaa lng across the North Atlantic. It soared over the North Pole at 2 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, at a high altitude to avoid Arctic storms. Tons of Candy VANCOUVER Those with a sweet tooth will welcome the un loading at this port of 25 tons of lemon drops and peppermints from South American countries Sunday, High Low Local Tides October 6, 1946 .. 10:45 17.1 ft. 22:26 18.0 ft ...... 4:11 6.8 ft 16:35 9.5 ft. BULGARIA'S REPARATIONS ESTABLISHED PARIS 05 The peace confer ence commission today complet ed their work on treaties, wnicn;. now go before full sessions ot the conference for action. The Balkan economic commis sion ended. a deadlock on repara tions by adopting the Brltlsn proposal calling for Bulgaria to pay $125,000,000 jointly to Greece and Yugoslavia.. The amount will be divided later by the foreign minister's council. The United States failed in an attempt to reduce the amount of Finland's reparations to Russia from $300,000,000 to $200,- 000,000. NORTHERN OIL CENTRE SEATTLE, Wash. Whlttler, Alaska, Is to become the most '. Lord Winster will be the new union uu ucpi n... auF- governor of Cyprus. ply all Alaska. DELIVERY STRIKE OF CANADIAN FARMERS CONCLUDING ON MONDAY OTTAWA Delivery strike of prairie farmers will end Monday, according to a report coming out of a conference of farmer, leaders and government offi cials. Negotiations then will be con tinued. The entire, situation is sched uled for review at a convention of Alberta Farmers' and United Farmers' unions In Reglna De cember 11-13, "JiO AUTIIORITt" The strike, involving 50,000 farmers, will end 30 days after Its inception. At Edmonton, however, offi cials of the iflberta Farmers' Un ion said the strine was not over because the Ottawa delegation had no authority Id end it. A.F.U. board fc now considering proposals forwarded by the Ottawa delegation, and it Is considered likely they will accept them. SENATOR GREEN DIES OF STROKE VICTORIA XPJ Senator R.' F. Green, 84, legendary figure in the Kootenays where he began his political career, died, In hospital this morning. , He suffered a stroke Tuesday. Senator Green was appointed to the Senate in 1021 after a career In B. C. provincial and federal politics as a conserva tive. He was minister of lands in Sir Richard McBride's The senator held Interests in the Nelson News and Trail Times newspapers. He was elected to tne House of Commons for Kootenay In 1912 by acclamation and served until 1921. He was the first mayor of Kaslo in 1893 and established numerous stores in central British Columbia. His widow and son, Robert H. Green, practising law In Victoria, survive him. His daugnter, ce- cllla, died some years ago. CO-OP FIRM FINED SASKATOON Fines' totalling $2,700 were imposed in police court to the Saskatchewan Federal Co-operatives Ltd. for neglect to obtain a fixed price on hardware and drygoods from WPTB. The case "seemed to constitute a flagrant disregard or regulations," the magistrate commented. The defence pleaded that shortages of staff, plus Increased business activity, made errors and omissions more likely, L 3 v f mi t v