iman merce ,1(ir (o Miiclon Named an lo Krplaie Wallace . m .Mil - 111 JIUU-x this mornlnf, v. .rrflirv of Commerce bis -work was not in , foreign affairs, anu ould not enter" that nf rnmmerce. that he "fully en- h, foreitn policies or Truman and Secre- r Titf rlo lit jiiday afternoon an- l.lmant nf W rrb.an ' ; a1; position rv of Commerce, the st which Henry wai-:td last week at the the president jlntment fills the vac-; jsts d the foreign j!e between the pre- lormer Secretary of Wallace iouowing me eca in New York a Tbarsday In which he atone school of mill- it is advocating 3 aia develops atomic .aii, "iiu n an pis- o. 4 IIUW III uunuuii, li'v,HU, tic Wt 1 f . U cmciudon of the itwritf iitiirnri Hriinv i ct one of the rich- J the United States, iwrsonai inrtunn nf Mr iirnmnn tm T KflP nf rjMt tM A MAM of President Truman. 1 turn at -a .1111 a - r . v ww lVitltVUI E fl K (tpft.cf..1 U....I 1 IP3rtof-Ul vik, men lor u ua laienis to the "Fuuiivu sun oi one labulous figures in centurv. E. if. ho on controlled - nmencan rau-Mcvcd that business iurn n it. i w oiiair mi wpubllcan In back- --ijoiirn Lnat. r.ni-ltr , " . P'csiaentlal uimiup p ntp no.. wlth President n,. .auera torm nf ha nm. . ... as Mr itoosevelt's 'tentative at con " Moscow between Churchlll and j,ph 1 at, -- 19 "iiyia tT. ,n- ;'si advocates of ,u w Kussta, rPP0lnimrn . Britain wa . , ?.he also had a deon horn. me ur t. .h ti w h ta. "'ower. e. "'"man inv,..,. . ' .. - iflrlath" V. 'lca the ,er $100,000,000 mey .-""".n in We 3 P - avuraay, department reported that a sec- office reported. ONE KILLED AS JEWS RESIST ' BOARDING PARTY HAIFAAnother outburst of violence took place Sunday off the coast of Palestine. A British minesweeper Intercepted the Immigrant ship Palmach near Haifa harbor, sent a boarding party to the ship, and fighting followed. One Jew was killed in in Washlnaton It was ! the fight. Some 20 others were mi me ui uiv4 uv v . - jjj WUU1U gU i ow.yu-Jij Alfred Chandler, un- Incs arc reported injured. Aferell Harrlman in-Pat railroad fortune The Palmach, with 900 Jew lsh Immigrants aboard, was heading for Haifa when the British shin overtook her. The Jews wrecked the Palmach's en cine. The Marines sent a party aboard. At first they were fought off. but they finally managed to put down thc resistance with thc use of tear gas and high pressure, hoses. While the fighting was s'ns on, the Paimacn was dcihb towed Into Haifa.; The' Haifa waterfront is being guarded to help any aid bcihg given the immigrants. Nearly 100 Jewish refugees on the Illegal Immigrant ship Pal-mak leaped overboard and tried to swim ashore In Haifa harbor today. They were rounded up within two hours by the British army and navy. With between 800 and 900 other Jews aboard thc 200-ton schoon er which tried to land thc refugees In Palestine on Sunday, they will be Interned by the British on the island of Cyprus. URGE WORLD FEDERATION FOR PEACE LONDON, O) The Interna-tlon Committee for the study of European problems Sunday predicted failure of thc United Nations In avoiding war, and called for the formation of a world federation of nations for preserving peace. A statement by the committee said that the power of veto under which one of the Big Five nations can authoritatively oppose the decision of the other four weakened the power of the United Nations. ACCIDENT TOLL RIES Accidents have Jumped to fourt hplace as a cause of death. Lynx ,5 jY City Blasted, Drenched By Second Autumn Storm; Damage Negligablei Prince Rupert was blasted and drenched on! Sunday by the second autumnal storm within three days, but according to a preliminary survey this morning there were no casualties or extensive pro-' perty damage. ' Citizens hugged their firesides throughout the day, leaving horn only for the most necessary causes as continuous sheets of rain were driven by the wind which reached a peak of 30 miles an hour. nifnt. A power line, knocked over by. storm at the rear of the Central Hotel on First Avenue, fell across telephone company cables, put ting telephones out of sen ice which had recently been repaired after Friday's storm, telephone department superintendent Bruce Love reported. The provincial public works tlon of highway near Salvus, 33 miles west of Terrace, was washed out on Saturday by a mountain torrent. Highway Ilainfall during the. 24-hour crew. from Terrace are rerjalr- perlod ending at 10 o'clock this ing the damage today, morning totalled 2.98 Inches, ex Qn Uld prlnce R t Uon cccding that , of Friday's storm. lof thc , h m c has IIOWuVCJr'.nFr'd.fyS W'ud VCl0flty been reported and the highway reached 40 miles hour an J i, ,tIII In good condition, the. Local telephone service took ' Publlc Worlcs ofce sald. another beating, but long dis- . tance telephone and telegraph'. Northcf,n oB- C Power I 1 lv" the lines withstood the storm and re-; "e il0n) Fa,ls, to, mained In operation. w" "uw" Ilarrasscd telephone linemen lbu.t tcnt f l?f dfumage was of service by the storm but were unable to carry on yesterday be cause of thc heavy rainfall which drenched their testing equip- known locally this morn lng. Repair crews were sent out. The Shawatlans plant of the Power Company, and the Dry Dock power plant carried the city's electric load today. Damage to power lines within the city was very slight. The huge Union Jack flying at the masthead at the Canadian Legion hall was torn to tatters by the force of the wind. The railway line leading to Prince Rupert was undamaged by either slides or washouts, Superintendent C. A. Bcrner's TODAY'S STOCKS ComUsy.S. D,;i3lm5tonLC0KW4 .Vancouver Bralorne 10-63 B. R. Con. -11 B. R. X .13 Cariboo. 2.80 Dentonla " 35 Grull Wlhksne 10 Hedley Mascot 1-26 Minto - - -05 Pend Oreille 2.20 Pioneer - 3.25 Premier Border -Wi Premier - I-25 Privateer 58 Reeves McDonald 1.05 Reno 12 Salmon Gold -21 Sheep Creek 1-10 Taylor Bridge ..... 55 Whitewater -03 Vi Vananda 31 Congress -Wb Pacific Eastern -60 Hedley Amalgamated.. .11 Spud Valley '. . -31 Central Zeballos .....!...- -H Oils . ' A. P. Con '.- 11 Calmont 23 C. &'B ' I0 Foothills -65 Home 2-60 Toronto Autnaque M Beattie -60 Bobjo - 15 Buffalo Canadian Cons. Smelters 80.00 Eldona - 55 Elder U0 Giant Yellowknlfe 6-50 Hardrock - -W Jackknlfe -17. Jollet Qeubec 70 Little Long Lac 1.70 Madscn Red Lake 2-82 MacLeod Cockshutt .... 1.65 Moneta -46' Omega 1( Pickle Crow 2-00 San Antonio 3.90 Senator Rouyn 56 Shcrrltt Gordon 2.40 Steep Rock 2-35 Rlnrpeon River 20 .27 Lapaska rjnrt's Takft 60 Negus 2'05 Aubclle 51 Heva Gold 62 Harrlcana ., 26 V4 McKenzle Red Lake 91 Fish Sales Black Cod Parma, 30,000, Cold Storage. Prosperity A., 13,000, Co-op. SELECT WINNERS OF FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The winners of four fellowships and 11 scholarships awarded to encourage post-graduate scientific study and research, were selected by this committee of prominent Canadian educationists and scientists pictured here. Left to right are: Dr. Leon Lortle, of the faculty of pure science, University of Montreal; Dr. John O'Neill, dean of the faculty of engineering, McGlll university; Dr. R. W. Boyle, director of the division of physics and electrical engineering, National Research council; Dr. E. P. Fetherstonhaugh, dean of engineering and architecture. University of Manitoba, and E. Holt Gurney, chairman of the Ontario Research Foundation. Fellowships were by homlnatlon of the Canadian universities. Scholarships were selected from among? 57 applicants approved by the department of education of the areas concerned. One scholarshlD was granted in each of the provincial areas of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Two scholarships were awarded in the area of the maritime provinces and Newfoundland, of Alberta, the Yukon territory and the Northwest territories, of Quebec and of Ontario. 18 SURVIVORS OF AIRLINER ARE RESCUED GANDER, Newfoundland, 0 United States Coastguard helicopters and flying boats Sunday completed the evacuation of the 18 survivors from the scene of men ana elfihv women" were brought 22 mile3 by air to hos pital here. Several of the passengers were badly injured. With the exception of the last rescued passenger, the survivors were picked up by helicopter about a quarter of a mile from the wrecked aircraft,, flown to a lake five miles away, then transferred vo Catallna fly-Iry; boats and flown t'o Gander. The final passenger was taken directly to Gander Dy helicopter when the gatherln? darkness made time too short to affect, a transfer to the faster plane. Survivors attributed the crash to a warning received by thc pilot of the aircraft that there was fog over Gander air port when It made Its landfall at Newfoundland last Wednesday. The pilot changed course, and crashed 22 miles from the big American-operated landing field. Gander also was the scene on Sunday morning of a crash In volving an R. C. A. F. Dakota transport which caught fire and burned on the landing field while taking off with thre'e Canadian Broadcasting personnel on board. None of thc three radio men, from the Halifax studio of the C.nc nor the R.C.A.F. crew were Injured. The plane blew a tire and causht fire as It was taking off for Halifax after the broadcast-. Ing company personnel had cov ered the rescue operations of the Belgian airliner near Gander. The 26 victims of thc air crash will be buried In a small ceme take place tomorrow, while pro testant and catholic clergymen circle the spot in aircraft and read burial services. WAR ASSETS SELLS HUTS MONTREAL m Large numbers of surplus war barracks and other service buildings, Including 47 structures In B.C., are being offered for sale by tender by War Assets Corporation. Thc buildings being sold for removal from their present sites include living quarters and lecture huts at Prince George. BLACK MARKET IN QUEBEC SHERBROOKE, Que. An extensive black market, possibly thc greatest In Canada, Is said to be, rampant In the eastern townships of Quebec, according to a Sherbrooke newspaper which has been conducting an Investigation. Practically every Item which Is In short supply U being sold at lllesjiV prices; For.insiance,a kee.; of nails sells for $30, and electric wire Is selling fcr as high- as $90 for a thousand leet. C.C.L. PARLEY OPENS TODAY '. TORONTO Oy The Canadian Congress of Labor opened Its convention here today with thc prospect that' the chief Issues for consideration will be Its drive for' higher wages and shorter hours in industry. Also up for consideration will be the congress's demands that the federal government relax Its wage controls and establish a national labor code. The question of affiliation with thc C.C.F. also Is scheduled to come before the delesates. WASTE GAS KILLS THREE NACMINE, Alta. Qi Gas at the bottom of a cesspool claimed, the lives of three men here on Sunday. Dead are Jean Baptlste Vaast, James T. Graham and Jock Dickey. The latter two were overcome while- attempting- to rescue Vaast when water and gas from an old cesspool rushed Into a new hole being dug by Vaast. PERFECTED ART There has been little, if any, improvement in violin making tery a few yards from the scene In 300 years, of last Wednesday s disaster, thc president of Sabena' Airlines an nounced today. Tha airline president lost a daughter in the """! NANKTNn Pnsslhllit.v flint.' a . A 11 I 1 1 ! .. . .... I - " J i""uu cwuewty k ut-iiiB i -! number 0f American airmen, pared nearby, and burials will Iorced down during the war in the mountainous regions of western China, maj- be living' as slaves of fierce trlbe'smen is to be investigated by the Chinese and American authorities. Reports have reached Nanking that three Amerlcahs have been seen doing menial labor for the Lolos, a warlike and uncivilized race Inhabiting the mountain regions of western China, and It Is thought that they and others might be B-29 crews captured after forced landings during the war; The three men were seen near the-clty of Cheng Chu, a B-29 base during the war, and it is Farmers Wait Gov't Action EDMONTON SB More "than 50,000 western Canadian farm IRANIAN TRIBES IN REBELLION ers staging a delivery of all farm , history. produce, eagerly awaited word' from the federal authorities today on their demands for parity prices as reports from Saskatchewan" tbld'f',a-thriat-ened meat shortage, and picket lines in Alberta continued to choke off livestock and dairy products. The return of Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner to Ottawa from the food conference in Europe led most western farmers to believe that an announcement .would be made shortly on the federal government's attitude towards the strike. In Prince Rupert, the meat supply prospect appears to be adequate In spite of non-delivery to the Edmonton packing plants, usual source of the city's supply. One company Is pur chasing cattle in the interior and slaughtering at its local plant, making up additional re quirements with shipments from Vancouver. Local slaughter or beef is customary at this time of year, the I Dally News was told today, this being the time of year when In terior livestock comes off the range in good condition. An adequate meat supply for the city seems assured, the Dally News learned, although, there might be additional shortages In some particular lines. savings bonds', which will go oi the market September 30. The bonds are in ' denominations of $50 upward. U.S. Fliers Tribesmen Slaves reported that there are other aii-men in similar plight. Dr. J. L. Stewart, American ambassador to. China, said that it is likely that tne men may have been captured by opium smugglers when they landed and sold to the Lolos, with whom the smugglers have dealings. Little Is known of the Lolos, wlfb remain remote In their mountains and have little to do vlth the Chinese. Believed to be of Caucasoil origin, they have lived for centuries in the wild regions of the-Himalayas where they were pushed back by the flood of Chinese conquest. They are said to number in the TEHERAN m Rebellious nomad tribesmen have captured several Persian Gulf villages and launched repeated attacks upon Boshlre, one of the largest ports on the Iranian coast, the news- I paper Keyhan reported today. The report follows admission by the Iranian government on j Sunday that open rcbillion had broken out In the southern part ' of hat country and that large forces of tribesmen were attack-ng over a large front. Reinforcements for the government troops In the area were sent Saturday, but apparently were unable to overcome the resistance.. The government said that It did not have other troop3 to send to the trouble zone. School- Parley Opens Today In Prince George PRINCE GEORGE Delegates numbering 175 from all parts of the province were on hand at the openlns of the forty-second annual convention of B.C. School Trustees Association here this morning. The convention is expected to be '.he most momentous and contenious In the association's Prince Rupert representatives at tne garnering- are ur. k. u Large and Mrs. M. M. Roper, chairman and secretary-treasur- of the- lacal, district' boardr respectively. "Ine executive of the B.C. School Trustees.Associatiorf con vened Sunday afternoon unde; Chairman F. G. Mulliner of Vic toria, getting in some prellmin ary work prior to the arrival of the complete panel or delegates An invocation by Rev. Herbert Cutler at 10 o'clock this morn ing preceded the opening remarks by Mr. Mulliner In the Junior-Senior High School audi torium. New officers of the association will be elected at the Wednesday session. In the absence of Minister of Education Dr. George M. Weir, who Is still weak from a recent illness, Deputy Minister Co. F. T. Falrey will be principal speaker at a banquet tonight. H. G. Perry, former minister of education, will be a speaker. Mr. Perry also will receive the distinction of being made an honcrary member of the association in recognition or "the valuable service he has rendered to the cause of education" during his term as rnlnister. Price Stability Biggest Problem WINDSOR Urging self-discipline in all walks of life, PURCHASE LIMIT 'Labor Minister Humphrey OTTAWA-An Individual limit Mitchell said today "the greats of $2,000 has been placed on the 'est problem confronting the Durchase of thc new Government uanacuan peopie.ai wis mumcu;, Is a stable price! level and pur chasing power'foi- me people's dollar." In an address prepared for de livery before the convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, Mitchell defended the government's handling of post-war reconversion and his department's conciliation mach inery for labor disputes. Aircraft, Eight Bodies Found PARIS The wreckage of an aircraft with the charred bodies of eight airmen, found near Grenoble on Sunday,. Is believed to be an American Flying Fortress which disappeared while on a flight over France last August. Local Tides Tuesday, Sepiember 24, 1946 High Low 0:27 12:58 6:44 19:03 21.0 It' 21.0 ft. 2.9 ft, V V. LI NORTHERN AND CENTRALRTnSH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER fllfl Phnne TAXI V" Tobcc ...tirrvnin 9h mill) ml 537 j. Rap" DAY and NIGHT s: ri .. r A : -i. c1Tht SERVICE Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port 'Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest-' Bill and Ken Ncs VOL. XXXV. No. 223. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1946 PRICE FIVE . CENTS -A demnity Strains Peace Conferenc v U.S.. Favors Reduction In Reparations 4.4 ft, Policy Statement Capsizes Whole Indemnity Structure PARIS (CP) The United States, siding'with Russia, abandoned today the principle of full conv pensation for allied property losses in Romania. The move capsized the. whole indemnity structure of the peace conference. An American expert said that Romania could not support all the reparations and compensation burdens placed upon her by the original draft treaty proposals. Russia has been fighting from the start for the principle of only one-third compensation for property losses suffered by private United Nations' individuals and concerns in the' defeated coun tries. Britain implied that it will stick to its orignal 100 per cent compensaton plan. A spokesman for Romania told the peace conference Sunday that the Russian army had cost his country $300,000 in reparti tions by V-E day. He also said that Romania had spent one bil lion dollars on the war after he had broken with Germany and Joined the Allies. The Big Three foreign mlrtis-Jw;MK4.'PernM' in the hope of completing the work by October 15, a week be fore the scheduled opening of the United Nations assembly on Oc tober 23. British Foerign Minister Ernest Bevin today, conferred with Russian Foreign Minister mi m m i Molotov, and later with U. S. For-, eign Secretary James Byrnes. SEA TAKES LIFE OF LOCAL MAN NEAR CUMSHEWA Frank Greening, a Prince Rupert flshcrman.'was drowned at the week-end while fishing off Church Creek, near Cumshewa on the Queen Charlotte Islands, according to word reaching the city. His body was reported to have been found tangled In a gillnet at the stern of his 30-foot boat Friday night by other fishermen. Greening was a member of the Prince Rupert, .Fishermen's Cooperative and is surVlved by his wife In Prince Rupert. Details of the accident were not avallabls today. The body is being brought to the city. I Is understood that an inquest will be held here. THE WEATHER Synopsis An Intense low pressure system over the Alaskan panhandle associated with a flow of moist raclflc air over all but the extreme southeast districts of British Columbia is resulting In general cloudiness and local rains over the northwest portion of the province. Nearly three inches was recorded in 24 hours at Dig- by Island near Prince Rupert. Cloudiness and showers are expected to spread down the coast this afternon with generally clearing conditions tomorrow. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Overcast with showers' today except for rain this afternoon over coasts .adjacent to Queen Charlotte Sound. Tuesday overcast, occasionally cloudy, with widely scattered showers. Southerly winds 15 m.p.h. becoming westerly 15 m.p.h. Tuesday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight: Port Hardy, 48; Massett, 45; Prince Rupert, 18. High Tuesday: Port Hardy. 54; Massett, 55; Prince Rupert 55.