RED TOP CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 9 AJA r,i I iu no "ill! ' TAXI TAXI (tic 1. 537 t JVlkJi wi land; Rupert Tobacco Store (across from Ormes) ?P VS. BO-:to ... - TTniiT cxrnriintr i. -V- ana muht SERVICE Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Fort-'Trince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt VOL. XXXV, NO. 161, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THURSDAY, JUI" 11, 1946 PRICE. FIVE CENTS DS OSNED FOR NEW CN.R. SH f in rnn A ' . . IMflFflP ' rUK I I D m m a i LLIflU CLASSES ugh the weatherman on the opening of the :t Playground sponsor- .. 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H JEWS AND BS RESTLESS "ALEM, 0 Dr Chalm nn president of the ZIonLit organization, denial Britain 'missed Its r to re tore peace between and the Arabs and the b,v W3um never give up in liber if the Arab commit- that a program had.al- "n drawn up to tighter! :"U cn Jewish goods and , jnn-co- operation as a nary weapon in oppo rl. in itation n rer nag r WA, ' The Parliaments T.mmlttce ye'sterday t: d nn? el two final sug-" tor a Canadian i the one supported i' members but sent rtor back to the sub-W m further consldrta-rxart design. ?rp nr de n has a red a golden maple leaf m na:-,t-of-afms In the 'lib nmmlttee 13 to de-v nc iraf can be given a und and Just how '': n Jack should be. mated "by a vote of l he design of t.a nrap"au National Mdrj red nnd white " green maple leaf " cKe of the defeat of v i-i.d French-Canadian w ' 'd l.acrolx, Liberal. ?r-.irv walked our. t:iarg-' '""-'.ion of the design, np Union Jack, had 1 """rone conrluslon." ""'"fntious l.nstte of the iva; brought up at 1 nni! and reports in- 'he Prime Minister ! " wild not expect sup- majority of Quebec 1 the :uc if he nd-n: adoption of a drtlen ne Union Jack. The k up without Mr " ? any Indication of :,,pdure It was learned rt1 ablnet ministers were ''ie toue. ,,mp Itwas reported that : Msurlce Duplcssls of w,uld make a national ; 'hi- choice of flag design. l CHARGES A.F.L. ( Ol'VKK - The C.C.L. aH Chemical Workers "'"ires the A.F. of L. f f 1'nion with treach- "Plinca lOc-an-hour In"Mse in (he foundries. T"? of keeping liquor for I bf,n laid against a ?VW Par M.1?M nnrt 11 ihave been charn-ed under ;an Act with nossesslng Is ' iult of city police I"1 'tODnlnir tn ttia . va.a iii nit ( aM road nv vin u-ir. Ten d Industrial Front Gov't Takes Steel Mills INwIWIIty of General Strike In Three Major Pats Nlneit Monday Not Removed OITAWA W' Uncertainty today girdled the question of a strike, In 'basic steel plants that would boost to 50,000 the number of Canadian workers Idle because of walk-outs. Roughly, 36.-000 workers are now Idle lri strikes across the country, mostly for higher wages and shorter hours. fourteen thousand basic steel workers were preparing to go on strike next Monday when the federal government announced appointment of a controller for the Big Three of the Canadian steel Industry. The Ottawa move met a cool reception In the steel unions at 8ydney, Nova Scotia; Hault .Ste Marie and Hamilton, Ontario, but the union's national executive made no Immediate comment. Opposition centred chiefly on MiniMer of Labor Humphrey Mitchell's statement that wage j continued Je wlhn t ra. njf ri'sef Unt' ' more-!ihan 1 0c m " "hourly might be allowed with out endangerlns the price structure. The steel workers are asking Increases of 19'ic hourly. Union officials indicated the strike will be called Monday despite the government's action, Major striker, now under way In Canada Include 11,000 rubber workers in Ontario. 8,000 electrical workers in Ontario, 6.000 textile workers in Ontario and Quebec, 5,000 automobile workers in Ontario and 2.500 miners in British Columbia. G I nil ALT All PLAN NUi;KNHKKO It was e-vealfd at the war crimes trial tcday that Hermann Ooering had planned to se Gibraltar with the heaviest artillery siege in history, having had huge guns and infantry (li visions poised on the Spanish frontier and ready to cross Spain in the winter of 19(0-41. However, Hitler chose to attack Russia instead. Noted Newspaperman Passes in Ontario KITCHEN KR. Ont, W Wll-'tam John Motz, aged 15, president and publisher of the Kitchener Dally Record, died last night nfter several months' Illness. Motz once was president of 'he Canadian Dally Newspapers Association. Mihailovic Trial Approaches End BELGRADE Oi The trial of Deneral Mihailovic moved swlft-'y toward Its climax today fol-'owlng the former Yugoslav war minister's plea for his life in which he voiced "absolute hatred" for the Germans and denied charges that he had collaborated with them. V. . V A L.ocdi oca ara w as rvmona ering On Fine Big PLANES DROP BUSH TOOLS Hoyal Air Torres Continuing Operatiens to Locate Missing American Pilot EDMONTON, W A Royal Canadian Air Force plane has dropped bush clearing tools to two Canadian parachute rescue teams who are cutting an emergency landing strip out of the British Columbia wilderness to speed aid In the ground search for a missing American civilian pilot. Completion of the strip will permit a plane to fly an Indian tracker to the sene. Pilot Jack Barber disappeared on a flight to Anchorage last week. The plane made, a forced landing north of Fort Nelson but Barber, apparently, set out on foot In the hope of reaching civilization but has not yet been located. JKWS OV STRIKE HAIFA One thousand Jewish refugees, on three ships, have eone on hunger strike. They have been held under quarantine, plague being suspected among them. Two-Maa Highway Patrol with Special Equipment Arranged Only Lack of Necessary Vehicles Has Prevented It Already Being Done Commissioner Parsons Reveals Only the impossibility of obtaining the. necessary automotive equipment has prevented a highway patrol being established long before this between Prince Rupert and Prince George, it was stated this morning by Commissioner T. W. S- Parsons of the provincial police in an interview with the Daily News. THE WEATHER Synopsis The weather system which passed over the coastal area last night now Is weakening and moving eastward through the interior cf the province. Overcast skies kept temperatures up with the recorded mlnlmums 5 to 10 degrees higher than on Wednesday morning. The storm Is followed by moist air causing the cloudiness to persist over the coastal area this morning and showers or Intermittent rain are general. Slowly Improving Conditions are expected during the day with generally clearing skies by Friday morning. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Variable cloudy to overcast Tlth widely scattered rain showers. light winds except northwesterly (10 miles per .hour) this afternoon. Little change In temperature. Mlnlmums expected tonight: At Port Hardy, 52; Massett, 51; Prince Rupert, 52. Maximums Friday: Port Hardy, 62; Massett, 62; Prince Rupert, 51. WAGi: AGKFKMKNT SIGNKI) VANCOUVER Restaurant workers have signed an agreement witli their employees providing for a weekly wage increase and a 41-hour week. Reds Favor Re-unified Germany PARIS 0) Russia emerged today as the champion of a reunified and self-sufficient Germany on the basis of a policy-chartering speech Wednesday by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Addressing the foreign ministers' council, Molotov opposed dismemberment or federalization of Germany or the reduction of the Reich to an agricultural state. His speech was the first clear- cut expression of Stalin's attl tude toward Germany since the I end of the war. Some quarters I date here were Inclined to write off the address as a Russian bid for popularity within Germany and as a move to strengthen the forces of Germany Communists. It was not immediately clear whether or not the Russian statement would delay adjourn- Arrangements have already been perfected for some time and, as soon as circumstances permit, the patrol will be Instituted. Specially trained traf-flce officers will be assigned to the road one to be responsible for the section between Prince Rupert and Smlthers, the other between Smlthers and Prince George. The officers,' whose training Includes first aid and subjects special to highway patrol, will have the typical white patrol cars which are familiar on the roads in other parts of British Columbia; Speaking of the shortage of motor equipment, Commissioner Parsons said that the police were In need of many cars, not only for new patrol, work but for replacement purposes, "We have the money appropriated but the difficulty is getting the cars," he said. Continuing, Commissioner Parsons disclosed how the police department last year had sent Sgt. M. Lock to the Northwestern University traffic school at Evanston, Illllnols, where he had passed: with high standing in a class of thirty students from North America and China. Now a special motor traffic control branch of the British Columbia Police, .not to be confused with the motor vehicle department, had been opened with the Commissioner himself taking per sonal chargif and Sgt. Lock doing the spade work, holding .classes In various districts to bring all police officers up to on traffic control. Later thc Intention was to open a traffic school at Victoria for selected men, not only provincial but also municipal, who would specialize In traffic control duty. One of the purposes of his recent tour, the Commissioner ment of the council, tentatively revealed, was to make a special planned for this week-end. survey of the highway condl- Th L ose mer tiirp:iwiillion-uollar vessel to he-place PKINCE GEORGEWORD OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERER EXPECTED SOON VANCOUVER (CP)-Bids for a new 5700-ton streamlined passenger ship for Canadian National Steamships for use on the British Columbia coast were opened in Montreal yesterday. The ship will be 375 feet long and will costjprobably $3,000,000. The new vessel may be placed on the Vancouver-Prince Rupert run to replace the Prince George, destroyed by fire at Ketchikan last fall. The ship will have a 52-foot beam and H'Hoot draft. Her running speed wijl be about eighteen knots with 700U horsepower unflow steam engines. There would be ix crew of about 132. The shipvard gainintr the contract is expected to have work for probably seyn hundred men for six months. Rids wore called from yards on both east, and west coasts. RnhoH Cflmprnn. suporinf entlent of the Prince Runprt Dry DnVk, Pnswcfing an innnirv bv the Daily Nrlvs this afternoon, aid' that the local yard had tpnde'red nn ll'P new ship and was ex-nectinp- word any timo as to whether or not it had Kncrpor1pl in landincr the W). tlons and' satisfy himself as to patrol requirements. He arrived herelast night after travelling from Vancouver by car and will be here for a day or so before proceeding to headquarters In Victoria. On the way here Commissioner Parsons went Into Fort St. James to attend a native rodeo there, also .witnessing a totem pole raising celebration at Burns Lake. The Commissioner also went up the Kltwancool Valley from Kltwanga for the first time In thirty years or more and he recalled how the last time he went in there It had been as a constable, stationed at Kltselas, ac-accompanylng the then Chief Constable Walter Owen who headed a posse after the natives had interferred with a survey party' and Indulged In some threats of violence. He found Kltwancool today a village of exemplary peace and order but, of course, the most of the natives are now down the river engaging In the salmon fishing and canning. WRAPPING PAPER PRODUCTION CUT OTTAWA K' The Prices and Trade Board announced today that production of wrapping paper, shopping bags and brown envelopes will be curtailed In an effort to revent "a , bottleneck which Is looming In Canada's food and construction programs due to a shortage of multi-wall paper bags." Slceena Sockeye Average 30 Fish Sockeye catch on the Skeena Wednesday averaged 30 fish per boat, a sllghi Increase over the previous day, while reports from the Naas Indicated a dropping off of Wednesday's catch. No report on average catch per boat yesterday on the Naas was available here today. Average catch for the 700-odd hosts on the Skeena Monday was 29 fish. Halibut Sales American Aleutian, 52,000, 24.6: and 22c. Royal. Canadian Chief Rkugald, 65,000, Storage. Dovre B.. 3a,000, Co-op. (Ceiling price). INNOVATION tVSTED Frrcarms were introduced into Europe by the Mongols in the 13th century. DELEGATES FROM BRAZIL AND CANADA AT ATOM HEARING - Capt. Alvaro Alberto Da Motta Sllva, left, representative from Brazil, and General A. O. L. McNaughtoit of Canada are shown at the first Eesslon of the United Nations' Atomic Energy commission In New York to consider International control of atomic energy. Bulletins NEW WAR MEDAL OTTAWA A medal for service in World War II, corresponding to the Victory Medal of World War I, is to be hsued to all veterans including overseas corps of fire fighters. POLES CONDEMNED WARSAW Nine Poles have been sentenced (o hang and one woman has been given' 25 years as a ies'nlt 'of-thehiass sacre at Kieice last week whrn 45 persons were done to death. TIUESTE DISORDERS TRIESTE There were wild disorders again today as Slovenes attacked Italians. United States soldiers, hi full battle equipment, were called put. CRASH KILLS FIVE READING, Ta. Five persons were killed today in the crash of a Transcontinental and Western Airlines four-engined Constellation plane near here. Reading barracks of the Pennsylvania .state police reported. Apparently, the plane crashed while coming in for a landing. ATOMIC Tift HEALTHY U.S.S. APPALACHIAN A pig which swam six hours in radioactivated water following the recent atomic bomb explosion at Bikini is still in good health. Wliite rats are also doing welt. The fifth atomic bomb wilt lie exploded at 8:30 a.m. July 25 (Bikini time), it was announced today. It will he fet off by radio impulse from the warship Cumberland Scnnd. NO COAL RATION EDMONTON There will no dmibt be a tight coat market this winter but (lie federal furl controller, visiting here, dors not believe rationing will be necessary. He reiteratrd the pdvire that winter coal stocks be laid in now. SERIOUS BOX SHORTAGE KELOWXA The Okanagan fruit industry may face a serious lx shortage before the fruit season Is over because of the recent sawmill workers' stiikc. The growers are diffident about importing boxes from (lie roast. POWER PLANT BURNED SLOGAN CITY The Stocan City powec plant was burned down last night with loss of $13,000. The community, which Involves a number of Japanese, who were moved from the coast, will be without light and power for some time. TO GIVE DECORATION'S VANCOUVER At 4:30 on Saturday afternoon the Governor General will Invest 30 Army and Air Force officers with decorations, among tlicni .Major General Bert Hoffmcis-ter who will be made a Companion of the British Empire. I POWER GRADERS COULD QUICKLY PUT LOCAL ROAD IN CONDITION Visiting Motorists From United States Amazed That It Should Be Allowed to Remain in Present Condition Two retired Idaho farmers and their children Glen Baker, with three boys ranging from 11 to 15 years of age, and Ernest Daniels, with three daughters and two sons from 8 to 17 have been interesting moloi tourist visitors in Prince Rupert. They expressed amazement that roada should be allowed to get get Wo ,sucH'a-st3te,of dirie'sii--' pair as was the Prince Rupert Highway. "You people certainly should protest at the manner. In which your roads are being looked after. Power graders could make a real road Into Prince Rupert within a week or so," declared Mr. Daniels. We can see no reason why it should not be dope. The power grader could go over the road 15 or 20 miles an hour and, when It comes to a bad spot, It could dig right in and fix it right off. As it is your road Is getting very 'wash-boardy' and Is rapidly going to pieces." Mr. Baker and Mr. Daniels hall from Idaho Falls, Idaho. The former has a Bulck special two-door sedan and the latter a four-door Plymouth. They ar- ! rived Monday night and, left this morning for Prince George whence It is their intention to ship their cars by Canadian National Railways to Jasper and drive from there to Edmonton, taking, the Alaska Highway north. 1 The two families had expected to proceed from here by boat to Skagway and then by train to Whitehorse and get on the Alaska Highway there but they were unable to obtain passage by boat from here, they said. They expressed Interest In the possibilities of driving over the Haines cut-off to the Alaska Highway but that road has been blocked by .slides for a couple of years now. Baker and Daniels had driven from Idaho via Lewlston. Seattle, Vancouver, the Cariboo Highway and Prince George to Prince Rupert. Daniels Is no stranger to the north. He worked for eleven years at the Alaska-Juneau mine at Juneau and four of his children were born in the Alaska capital. RECORD GRAIN CROP COMING Seldcm Has Production Outlook in United States Been, Exceeded WASHINGTON, D.C.. t A record corn crop and near record crops tn wheat, oats, potatoes and rice are indicated by a government report which said this year's United States farm production outlook had seldom been surpassed, LEGION WILL ENTERTAIN UGANDA CREW A program of sports and entertainment for the Jfflcers and crew of the Canadian cruiser Uganda Is be ing planned by the Prince Rupert branch, Canadian Legion, during the vessel's four-day visit to the city. Uganda will arrive here on July 24, sailing again to continue Its northern cruise on July 29. During the visit, the ship will be open for public Inspection. At last night's meeting of the Legion, the entertainment program was turned ovecJ,o chairman Ratph Smith of the ,sp,o,r,t.s and entertainment ,-ccmmlttee who will organize Interesting activity for the several hundred officers and crewmen. Canada Sits In Council Taking Tart in Atomic Discussions Over Russia's Objection NEW YORK 0)-Russia yesterday sought unsuccessfully- by again invoking her veto to. bar Canada from taking part in the atomic energy discussions in the United Nations security council. Australia simultaneously demanded that the whole veto question be aired at the coming general assembly in September. Over objections of the Soviet delegate, Andret Gromyko, the councl linvltcd Canada to the council table at a session biffed to consider rules adopted by the atomic energy commission- The vote on the resolution to Invite Canada, proposed by Australia, was 9 to l.i Russia voting against and Poland abstaining. Mr. Gromyko told the council that he reserved the right to bring up the question again later. Lieut.-Gen. A. G. L. McNaugh-ton took a seat at the council. Local Tides Friday, July 12, 1948 High 12:S4 16.9 feet Low 6:3) i2 feet 18:25 S.I feet