n n II I II u w ii unwr flier ol North China ,huru niovrd against ,t.,hfid Potions ou K3 (mill oday. ap- 'oc'-"--iti:: uno Chiang . vcrnmcnt Central ul' tblding by (" ,.(irt :rdcr. gov- .' ".d u... :.i :d. HIE i in 1 1 r.It ' Is Kspcctril Thai n. It'lll n J liJ 111"! 'v Crn 1A 1 niornin 1 ')C"I.Ctl IWIl a' and ,r .-. v be tied r t :' -i,imr pay a. j ..- cw mcm-t it . : reported Sr. bui.arj agent '12 3 uir t abur Board a f :qui t for o irr hour Tor Saiii) said, and ; :ura the rc- ' t "' fir ;t limp In v ;'..w coaK- that '' t; be :n paid if r.y " ted. ; ;p were effected, on the coast CIVIL WAR n t ami nnrir n ti vn 1 -it: tald today !:r move to in- :t i.rn iviva o n n for consul- i . .uja. . rPDrcscni. an :r t:.i i proven, i Ii :.i H" .'aid that Iff ti r mull tnnlA H IT OF I JlMlilU I'b Vit. t ...I.. .1 T... i . v T!i k 7i Ian nar- tr t..i i I ... w iir mo Anglo- 1 rnntt. nt. (i Uie narllament -.unii:- iinw rioia "'c -tudcnls --it,T Four uu tun arrcsicu. IT Mir. . m. Sj'iHipsis t ai::i rain Is fall- uiaiirrn interior 3 anti mow U f.ill- .; !lp c-ntrai and horth-''- ol Urn h nl VUIUII1UKI, "rri suddrnly along the lo Increase f1 ('At tril f.tltt . 1 1 l"J nun 1U1II r- atlomoou and ln- f"1 tain Inil.l.l. rr. SJTtrd to t)r clonclv with '"on?, the const and 0 inttrinr n-.l -1 1.. llurrirs nv.. II,- province. " ""mm ohp -ihd " Cwwt-Cloudy C0Dt fnt r.,,.. rl....i llrIl IXirtlnn l,.,v, M ""'I KU11IU1 IIIW. ."' H'nds fie. l nisi w,,''"' 'rnn , "'raiurc io- QUITFn Tl,... --' uauaaa antas acqultted today Plr.n 00 a charee oi ,confirt cmmunlcate .Clntoimauon Labor Wins New Zealand Majority Is Slightly Iteduccd r.ul Margin Still Safe AUCKLAND, New Zealand O' New Zealand's Labor gov eminent, in power for the last II years, was returned in today's general elections with a slightly reduced majority. With only two ridings still in doubt, Labur had 11 seals compared with 3 for the lal Parliament, mm i;ic National parly had 37 against 1 for the previous house. The two re maining- .seals are expected to go Labor. The tabor government had yesterday retained all four Maori seats in the House of Representatives in the first leg- of the Dominion general elections, the voters of European origin polling today lo elect the remaining 76 members of the House. The major voting look place on the eleventh anniversary of Labor's accession to office. BOY HIT BY MOTOR CAR Son of Mr, and Mrs. Kobert Moore of Sniilhcrs Injured SMITH ERS (Special to Dally News; What might have been a very serious accident, occurred yesterday when young Kenneth Moore, three-year-old onoi ir. and Mrs. Robert Moore of Prince George, ran out from behind a parked truck Into the side of a car driven by R. W. Calderwooa Mr. Caldcrwood said "he was driving between ten and fifteen miles per hour at the time. The bov suffered only minor bruises and lacerations. He Is resting comfortably in hospital. Mr. Caldcrwood said he did nnt see the child and did not know what had Happened until he heard a scream from a woman passing on the itrect Ho slopped the car and Jumped out to sec the boy being jlckcd up by Jack chapman, owner of the narked truck, who rushed the I child to the hospital. Logging Boat From Here In Trouble VANCOUVER O'-Thc 35-foot logsiiv? boat J. and J. hit a block of ice and was holed while cn- routc down the coast from rrincc n.mrrt hut the three-man crew nnn .irrH to beach tho sinking vessel', It was learned here last ii,i m nihrr details were available here Vancouver ll'''5 Bralornc Consolidated "3 .a- U. It. ll! R. X f CariDoo quartz 2.70 Dcntonla l Grull Wlhksnc llcdlr. Mascot' L Mlnto Pcnd Oreille 3-" Pioneer Premier Border .". Premier Gold Privateer -f '2 (Reeves McDonald L25 itcno '!?,, Salmon Gold ' Sheep Creek Taylor Bridge Whitewater Vananda Congress - 'J" Pacific Eastern lledlcy Amalsamatcd .... .1 Spud Valley o Central Zcballos 07 Oils A. P. Consolidated Calmont -f'2 C and E Foothills J'7 Home 75 Aumaquc Bcaltlc 110 llubjo 11 Buffalo Canadian 18 Consolidated Smelters.. 85.50 Eldona 52 Elder Giant Yellowknllc 5.7j llardrock 5i Jncknlfc .. 13 Jollct Quebec 3 Little Long Lac 1-85 . Mnrtsr-n 3i05 MacLeod Cockshult L70 53 Moncta Omega Pickle Crow 2-0 San Antonio 3-75 Senator Rouyn -53 Shcrritt Gordon 2-05 Steep Rock 2-10 v 22 Sturgeon River 123 Lynx Lapaska 3J GodVs Lake 5t''2 1-90 Negus Aubelle 35 He va. Gold 3 Harrlcana 20 McKenzle Red Lake .83 Donalda 1,35 B.C. Willing to Enter Pact With Federal Gov't PROVINCIAL CEaTBAlWiCOL NORTHERN AND UMBIA' S NEWSPAPER 1 f A V I TAXI TAXI Phone 537 fAND SIGHT SERVICE DAYtAND NIGHT SERVICE iniru me. Bill and Ken Nesbitt tniprcss Hotel, '. vuimuaa iiiusi onuitlilC 1 UCllIC run xuutc ivuuciu mc ncj iu iut uicai iu mm -av PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS ted To Kilt British King and Queen AS UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES TO CANAD V CONFER- Louis S. St. Laurent, right, Canadian secretary of state for external affairs an ' minister of Justice, and chairman of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations' general assembly, confers with Canadian representatives Wishart Robertson, Canadian minister without portfolio, left, and Paul Martin, secretary of state of Canada, in the general assembly auditorium at Flushing, New York, during the peace organization's second session. IMPORTED LIQUORS, WINES HERE; BEST STOCK SINCE WAR COMING UP h! Snjinish. Portugese and French wines mill HfitwirM wliipli h:ivc not been seen since the early days of the war when the old stocks expired are re- turning in noticeable quantities to tne sneives ui uiu government liquor store, a tour of the public retail beverage emporium yesterday aiiernoon wun vemiui $35 MILLION IN SHIP CONTRACTS OTTAWA Contracts have been completed for the con-s struction in Canada of $35,-732,825 worth of shipping for the French government in tne next two years. In British Columbia, 25 self-propelled Rhine barges are to be constructed by the Victoria Machinery Depot at an estimated cost of $2,587,125. QUICK BUTTER MAKING DEVICE OTTAWA Q- Two continuous nir mar.hlncs of a type which might revolutionize the huttci' industry were in com mercial use In Germany ueiore their seizure by the Allies, om-clala of the National Research Council said today. The exact quality of tne ma chines' product lias not been determined. The report said Uiat preliminary investigations on Ihcqulck butter machines i.s being made at request ot the National Dairy Council. , Medieval ho u s c w 1 v c s ut crosses on buns lo urevent the devil from -polling the baking. ooDOOOooaooboooooooooooooouoooaaoc.oeoooocoooaoo TODA Y'S. STOCKS :: n .TnimsLnn Co. Ltd. lVJUi HV-UJ - ww--" OWaMOOMOOooooeooowoooooooaooooow Toronto O. L. Youngman rcvcaiea. Famous name wines, ports and sherries are back aaain and even some Mumm's champagne, which has not been seen here for six or seven "years. Is on hand for those of aristocratic taste whose purses can afford It. Australian sautcnics arc among the return- In;; lines. "The stock Is the best since the war started," said Vendor Youngman. "We should be able to look after the most of tastes." In the spirits line, imported rums arc available again. Mr. Youiraman hinted that there should be a bottle of im nortrd Scotch whiskey this De cember for every Prince Rupert customer. The "No Scotch io day" "Ign. -which has been so much In evidence of late, should be due for relegation soon. WINNIPEG P- British Colum bia U still willing to enter into an agreement with the federal government if the Dominion will offer a reasonable sum in compensation for provincial taxa tion rights. Premier jonn uan sniri In nn Interview hcic last night.. Enroute to Ottawa, the u.i. Premier said that the sum pro vided bv the Dominion should bo annroximately the amount Mint. Mm niovince collected In taxes 'prior to the federal war time taxation agreement. LABOR GROUP TO DEFEND SPANIARDS VANCOUVER 0 An all-out leKal battle was promised today bv -delegates of the Vancouver Labor Council, C.C.L., to prevent the enforced return to Spain and possible death before a firing squad of four Spanish refugees from General Franco's army who fled into France and' stowed away on a Vancouver-bound freighter. The four were described as members of the anti-Franco movement. They wen; Julian M. Fustcr and Jose Cms Perez, botli 21; Francisco Gasco 01sbcct,.25. and Everlano Ganso Sanchcs. Housed behind , bars in Van- couvcrs immigration sncd, tncy told of beatings from superiors In the Spanish army. Bulletins ATOMIC RESEARCH Vancouver The National Research Council has made a grant of $6100 to Ihc Univer sity f British Columbia for atomic research work and $5990 for work on synlhclic rubber, COSTA RICA CRASH SAN JOSE, Costa Rica "wenty-two persons were killed, including two crew members, in Ihc crash tof an air liiicr. near here. QUEER EXPLOSION CHICAGO One man was killed and two injured in a freak accident here today. There was an csplosion in a tobacco shon and the front blewinto a passing street car, passengers in which "were the casualties. RUSSELL'S STORY VANCOUVER Donald Rus sell has told his story of events leading up to the slaying of Kobert Tceporten lo his dc fence counsel, S. K. Munro of New Westminster. WORLD HORSE RACE NEW YORK A world championship horse race is proposed for Empire City. Horses would be brought by airplane. II will be a distance of lr'i miles with a $100,000 prize. Winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby and other events would participate. THOUGHT WAR STILL ON MANILA Twenty-four armed Japanese have just surrendered lo American military authorities on one of Ihc Philippine Islands. They haJ only just found cut that the war was over. t 'SHOOTING NEAR ROADS VICTORIA Provincial police 'announce that persons caught (ihboting near highways will be severely dealt with. There has been another incident near Clovcrdale in the Eraser Valley of a bullet from the bush entering the windshield of a car. THAMES IN FLOOD LONDON The playing fields of Eton and the grounds of Windsor Castle arc under water as vthc Thames River floods following heavy rains which continue. HERRING RUN OFF , VICTORIA The herring run off the southeast coast ot Vancouver Island has fallen off on account cf cold weather. There has been fx record pack so far of 551,000 cases. Juvenile Court Cases Adjourned Hearings acalnst 24 Juveniles charged with disorderly conduct LONG-KNOWN ELEMENT i n connection with Hallowe'en c,.tnh... u aic rniird night damaee. were adjourned (brimstone, has been known to until Saturday by Juvenile Court man from remote times. Juo.ge w, u. vance yvcluajr. F.B.I. Measures Saved Their Majesties On l?39 American Visit LONDON UNAWARE LONDON (CP) Reports from Washington of a plot to assassinate the King and Queen during their 1939 United States tour was labelled "news" by government and Scotland Yard officials. "We have not heard anything about this," said a government official. "It is entirely news." WASHINGTON, D.C. (CP) The Federal Bureau nf TnvPshVntinn disf lnsed last ni t that two Germane Fritz Weidemann, then GermQ consul-general at C V-nicnn nnrl WovTHdn SdVl Winn H 1 SRP. . 1X1 P. I . . i n nil 1. tl, i assassination ot Jimg ueorge ana tueen niuzautar during their visit to the United States in 1939. As a result, one of the greatest pro-. tpptlvp nets ever assemDica in modern times was immediately thrown about the King and Queen on their trip to United States and Canada. These pro tective measures obviated any attempt being ever made to carry out the plot as no op portunity presented itself. The Federal Bureau or investi gation did not disclose the meth od of learning of the plot nor did it disclose the proposed method of assassination. , At that time Schwlnn was an active member of the German- Amprionn Bund and later was deported to Germany as a dan gerous alien. SLAVS FORTIFY GREEK BORDER ATHENS O) The frontier ministry announced today that the Yugoslav government had informed the Greek minister In Belgrade that Yugoslavia is strengthening Its forces along the frontier because of the large numbers of Greeks "seeking refuge from the terror" in northern Greece. Meanwhile, a new battle has broken out in Macedonia. The Greek Third army headquarters said that 600 members of a Communist" band had occupied two villages. This action wok nlace- 20 to 25 miles from the scene of recent clasncs on ine Skra-Notla front, not far from the Yugoslav border. Reinforcements were moved in and planes were being throwa Into the mounting battle. RUSSIA ASKS FACTS ABOUT ATOM BOMB , LAKE SUCCESS IP; A demand .hv Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov that the United States supply full Information on atomic weapons today gave rise to the possibility that increased pressure will be exerted to strip the veil of secrecy from the deadly bomb. Molotov's statement before the United Nations political committee yesterday implied that Russia would want to know in connection with Its four-point proposal for disarmament how many bombs the United State had, where they were, the country's manufacturing capacity and future plans. Actually it could be interpreted to cover everything but the actual "know-how" of the bomb, and even that might be presum ed to be Included in the Russian demand. On the basis of previous per-formancis, the United States is expected tp oppose any such move until all safeguards are set up and the international inspection system well established. RICHMOND, Surrey, Eng. ?) Brlg.-den. J. J. H. Nation, 71, former Conservative M.P., has died. PUTTING DOWN JEWISH RIOTS Tea Gas, Fire Hose anH Clubs Are Used by British Troops at Haifa Monday HAIFA tj) Steel-helmeted British troops were using tear aas. fire hoses and clubs to put down a riot of shouting Jewish refugees aboard the immigrant shin Hamerla Halvrl after an hour-long battle in which 10 soldiers were injured, four seri ously. The riot was touched on when troops boarded a shin, biggest yet lo attempt'the dash to Palestine, to begin removal of illegal Immigrants to three Brit ish, troopships to await the decision of the Palestine Supreme Court on their future. It was reported to have 3,370 refugees on board. "The blighters were tossing full tins of UNBRA food at us," a police officer said. "It was ankle deep on the cock." At the height of the fight pas sengers hung a huge banner over the side of the ship, signed "Commander-in-Chief, Jewish Resistance Movement," and reading "For every Jew murder ed or wounded aboard this ship you will pay in English blood, You have been warned." Presumed Dead, Wife Returns After 17 Years VULCAN, Alta. SB Legal tangles today faced a farmer here whose wife, officially presumed dead more thai) a year ago, returned to Alberta from Australia after 17 years' absence. Farmer Lacey Jones Hollls-tcr obtained a court decree in May, 1945, presuming the death of his wife, Mrs. Sylvia Cuban Gertrude Hollister. After a fruitless 16-year quest for her in Canada, New Zealand and Australia, he married again in 1945. Sunday night the first Mrs. Hollister arrived in Calgary, about 58 miles southwest of here, with a party of Australians and other travellers from "down under." $50,000 FIRE , IN VANCOUVER VANCOUVER 0; Several fire men were Injured, non seriously, and property damage estimated at $50,000 was caused today when fire destroyed the three- storey plant of the Imperial Casket Co. here. FINED $100 IN COUNTY COURT Judged guilty o; being "found in a dwelling by night," William Patrick Brunelle was sentenced to nav a $1C0 fine with an op tion of three months in Jail by Judce W. E. Fisher in County Court Tuesday afternoon. The Incident took nlace at Queen Charlotte City on November 3. FACES SHOWDOWN United' Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis who opened negotiations in Washington with Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug on-a pay increase for 400,000 soft coal miners, is shown as he left the meeting at the interior department. He later called for. a walkout of miners on Nov. 20, and now faces prosecution. Lewis Jrial Starts Today WASHINGTON O) Judge T. Alan Gcldsborough said today that John L. L9wls and hi3 United Mine Workers would be "guilty of contempt of court" it it Is proved legally that they disregarded his order against the soft coal mine walkout In those words he Indicated at the opening of the hearing this morning that his decision In the case against Lewis wculd not be influenced by the union's claim that the "stop strike" order violated the Norris - Laguardla anti-injunction act. "No one cart disobey an hf- , Junction," said the Judge. "If that is done, we would have anarchy." He said that the 400,000 miners had made "a very great mistake in walking out before the courts had ruled on the contract dis pute with the eo7einnient." As the contempt trial opened, the whole morning was tak?n un with arguments by three or Lewis' lawyers seeking td'--wih dismissal ot the action. They challenged the right of the court to try Lewis and declared that operation ot coal mines lsjnot a "sovereign" function of the government. HALF MILLION IN GRATUITIES Tremendous Amcunt Has Been Drawn by Canadian Services, Survey Shows OTTAWA KB Former mem bers of Canada's fighting forces have drawn around $520,000,000 in gratuities and re-establishment credits. A survey of the services showed that close to 1,000,000 men and women have obtained benefits with the Army outnumbering the combined totals ot the other two setvices both In number ot beneficiaries and in segregate sum received. One-time Army members so far have collected about $300,-000,000. The Navy, total ls;$2.-850,000 and Air Force personnel around $150,000,000. Local Tides Thursday, November 28, 1946 High 17-7 feet 15:43 19.4 feet Low 9:50 10.1 feet 22:30 5.4 feet