... ..unruiD rHMIMPi UFDF i in ii t i i i ir m i AY- STAY rOK ucwlaiiun- C 000-ton American light cruiser, Tfi Tcnn See' Kurort Saturday morning and 11 1 . ... r.tr tUa AaiMnni inn nnm. Park on Lawr "' v.w.. mil 1 1 1 LI I ILI I it approximately iffford ryrle run "DEFINES VIEW IPulitirs Brcausf net. In !o State ti nnriarort 'inn tt Inr rmi lwknl - Mini (H'vui jii aiirr nit arriuii prdaji from Loudon attendance at the wee report spread t - lllfk '-trnr t lievin, Brit- ' "crelary. had been ! (M Ihn I "3 me King David ni!cm. Both Scot-1 iatcr labcllrd 1 -"'y rumor stat- social nrpraullnnxl IPn tn nun m t i - 'hat Oip tirii..u i iiJS l'9t In k. Ut ! 0 ApnisA w ill- 1 1 If IWll FLIGHTS K TIC " "r unninif nre (I "ansCanada Atlantic hpi.uMn " , """"on win begin "vl; operated by Air Lines will add !.ht l 1 present nnounced to- 'S'l'werein. J we government In v C last tran..t 0 . . , t.i... "u Kin mftfc 7l3frned Inn,.. ." to Mn n . j eHi;,t". Pro. f'nrrvlno n rnmnlemenL nl 700 VW" ' ' " men, (lie vessel left the Bremerton naval base yesterday. She due o tjc up at Prince Rupert at 9 o'clock' Saturday morning. Other details of her cruise are lacking although it Is presumed that she Is In the course of an Alaska cruise. Presence of an American war CANADIAN SHIP LOST Mount Douglas park Runs Aground in Storm Off Andama islands In Indian Ocean LONDON 0 Royal Canadian Air frce search aircraft were credited today with rescuing the full complement of the Van-couve-bound Canadian merchantman Mount Douglas Park which ran aground and sank during a storm, just north of the Andaman Islands last week. There were no Canadians among the crew. PROPOSALS TO SETTLE STRIKE Have Been Discussed at mi iawa OTTAWA New proposals for the settlement of the steel strike were discussed yesterday when C It. Mlllerd. A. R. Mosher and Put Conroy, C.C.L. leaders, con ferred with Arthur (McNamara, deputy minister of labor. They arc meeting again today. Members of the Hamitlon steel workers local met with Minister or Labor Mitchell but said they had received no satisfaction to their demand that the strike be settled on the basis of union demands. Mr. Mitchell had in slsted on settlement by use of constituted arbitration machln ery. SutlethtA N KWS PA PUtS CAM PI.AI N LONDON London newspapers arc complaining at the lack of progress at the Paris peace conference, agreeing that the only liurr now lieJ with the Big four foreign ministers' meeting today. The Daily Mail said 41 was "reprehensible and cxlrnordinary" that no better attempt In it been made by the principal powers to get together. VMMUCT Si:PTi:.MI!ti; 2.1 NUERNBKIK; Thomas Dodd, chief United States prosecutor at the Nuernberg war crimes trials, asked tcday that such organizations as the Gestapo and SS he convicted In addition to the 22 chief Nazi defendants, rcniirt in the rase against Hermann Goer-Ing and the others U ' peeled September 23. RFC OK I) fiUAIN iMOVE.Mr.NT VANCOUVER A' new record grain movement thrnush Vancouver this fall Is experted n' account of the lower freisht rate tn the coast as compared with the lakehead. George Mc-Ivor of the Board of Grain Commissioners confirms that there will be a heavy export through Vancouver, . . NEW SUI'I ItVISOR VANCOUVER A. J. Whit-more, who has arrived from Ottawa to succeed .Major .'. A. Motherwell as chief supervisor ' of fisheries cn the Pacific coast, announced last night -that two former :l.C.M.P. boats Laurier and Macdonald would take up fishery patrol service on this coast. A complimentary dinner was tendered Major Motherwell last night. OFFICER FINED . LITCHFIELD An American Army officer, Col. James A. Klllln, has been fined $500 and leprimanded by, a court-martial for responsibility of the mistreatment of prisoners in his charge. TEACHER DIES NELSON Leslie Rogers, veteran High School teacher, Is dead here. He had been principal of Nelson Senior High School for twenty-four years and was an accomplished public speaker. HAMILTON" QUIET HAMILTON All is quiet in Hamilton today and tension' lessened outside the" Steel Company of Canada works as negotiations arc reported proceeding at Ottawa between union officials and Depart-i ment of Labor with a view to settling the long strike. HONORED BY BELGIUM OTTAWA The Belgian government has conferred military decorations on 203 Canadian officers and men. Heading the list is Lleut.-Gen Guy Sinionds who receives Commander of the Order of Leopold with Palm and Croix de Guerre with Palm. BOY DROWNED NORTH VANCOUVER Rob-eit Steele, 15-year-old hoy, was drowned in Capilano River yesterday. He was dragged out by his brother, David, but It was too late for artificial respiration to be effective. ANCIENT BANNER The national flag or Denmark is said to be the oldest national ensign In the world. 2,000 VARIETIES There are more than 2,000 kinds of snakes, of which 600 are more or less venomous. JEWS NOT TO DIE LONDON Civilian court,, reviewing the conviction of 18 Jews in Palestine for shooting British troops and bombing, have reduted the sentences from death io life imprison-, ment, COALITION GOVERNMENT NANKING General Chiang Kai-Shek has appointed another international committee to assist him in f mining a new coalition government for China. TO YELLOWKNIFE OTTAWA Minister of Re-sources J. A. Glen left today for Edmonton whence he will proceed. by air September 3 to Yc.'lrwknifc to personally ecc mining and power NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH'COLtTMBLVB NEWRPAPFR CABS k - w stop TAXI TAXI FEB U - l MrlNTYRE "b. s TOT: 1 537 DAY and NIGHT SERVICE 1-froffl IT"1"' . Publish,. at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Ncsbitt VOL. XXXV, No. 203. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY,- AUGUST 29, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS n ,(Ti..-Aii ali tor thf M"""'" th. British Coium-, rfpwtrd '" ,pl.Nrl Unc who , u,a niieht 15.- nne ft nMr if Adams Rlvrr hint nit (he BliC't la,m r.if1i4ii Fish" p I 'I - the rra ar avfr' I AAA bwtlV ih!p l Prince Rupert during the vdlcatlon of, Franklin D. Roose-dt park Is welcomed by the dedication committee In light of lie fact that the former Prcsi dent and Commander-in-Chief of the American forces was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during World War I. The Tucson, a light cruiser of C.OOO tons, Is 541 feet long and has a 52 foot beam. Both In displacement and dimensions she 1 1 . nl. 1 1.. nmnii. tunn nirnc Uganda which was In port here early In August and which Is expected to make a return call ;Uer In September. The Tucson, first American cruiser or of any other foreign nation for that matter, to visit Prince Rupert, is almost a brand new vessel. She was bullty Jcthlchcm Steel Co. at San Fran- ? The philosophy CSC0lald down' December 23. ni given today by 1942( launched September 3. 1941. M great soldiers and commissioned February 3, Jul Montgomery- 1945. 1Icr armament consists of : to dl:ocl what he lwelvc 5.lnch 33. calibre- dual klll'lMt TirPhlHlf 1 . - . MM - 'J mice He spoke at cJffllt 20-mm anti-aircraft suns, rtnee, his only one limn u hl u flrmnp nioto itiuti a va w 72 titkii uvt f ' v 1 7500 h p. engines and speed Ls 33 1 knots. -1UMUc aAi-tVCdri'F-NEddyWWJ-NJl . s..in.c u. 'hir) has been deUllcd to act as 310 me siaie. ana iioin nrri.r h.n. Hiirin-r th. to the soldiei to , ..;,. Vince because of : Tnc dedcation committee Is 1rtttn Hint krnKi11 itnmAci . o M be arranged lor Sunday and (Mqnday with local teams play- i j In? teams from VSS. Tucson, I Representing the Canadian ; government at the dedication, which will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday will be Olof Han-on, former member of Parliament for ISkeena. He was, appointed by Prime Minister 'King who was unable to accept an inflation to be present. The coiriiulttee. has been advised that the Alaska' Depart ment of the American Army will have no representative at the dedication, General Atklnsontlts commander, being unable to come. Protection Fishermen ADMITTING NEW UNITED NATIONS Difference of Opinion at Lake Success" as to Procedure Or Selection NEW YORK The United Na- tlons organization yesterday differed on the method of dceld- ma 4n tne-admission or .iuriner nations to membership. There were line applications for mem bctship but, orfe of these Siam withdrew Its application. United States suggested that all eight remaining nations be admitted by a .slnc'e vote but Russia and Australia demanded that each be dealt with Individually. There ls difference of opinion as to the desirability of admitting Albania and Outer Mon-solla. United States, after the blanket admission plan was opposed, announcing sue would oppose them as being Russian-sponsored. Afghanistan, Sweden and Iceland are favored by all nations: of C K ISU di anaaian eman ded Co-operation with United States Proposed in House Harry Archibald and Tom Rcid Heard in Debate in Commons "Almost jDpen Warfare" With Japan Recalled OTTAWA (CP) Liberal Members of Parliament called upon the government yesterday to protect Canadian fishermen on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts against both- actual and potential encroachments of foreign fleets. The demands were heard afte!r Fisheries Minister Bridges had announced that POLIO SPREAD HITS NEW PEAK Nearly Thousand Cases Are Now Recorded in Canada TORONTO 0i Incidence of Infantile paralysis in Canada in 1046 moved to a new peak to day with 941 cases reported 558 fri Montreal, which Is the worst spot. Uncreaslng seriousness of the situation brought decisions from 'Quebec and Alberta school authorities to postpone the open Ing dates of some;Schools. Brit ish Columbia has had four cases with no deaths and Alberta 31 cases with four deaths. A new development was launched -j toy: Jhf - Que'jeo-tanci' of the Canadian Legion of a "march of dimes" campaign to aid In future epidemics. Total deaths from the disease this year reached 53, with two deaths Wednesday, one in Winnipeg and one in Montreal. JERUSALEM POST OFFICE MARKED? JERUSALEM The Jerusalem pott office was closed for a time yesterday after receipt of a telephone call that it was marked to be blown up., After u time when nothing Happened, It was reopened again. EXPLORING ALASKA GLACIERS, SCIENTIFIC PARTY CALLS HERE Enriched with a wealth of information and data on the action of Alaskan glaciers, Douglas M. Brown, lecturer and explorer of Meriden, Connecticut, passed through the city Wednesday returning to the United States after making a detailed study of the LeConte Glacier at the head of LeConte Inlet which until now, has never been fully chartered. Mr. Brown, a Fellow of the American Geographical Society and a member of the Polar Society, has previously made two trips Into Alaska, during which he and his associates did research into the action of th? 127 glaciers In Glacier Bay north of. Juneau. ney on this continent. Previous expeditions have been made by them Into the Gila Wlldemes; In New Mexico, the Grand Tetons In Wyoming, the Mexican region of Acapulco Lake Patzcuars; and the new volcano, Paracutln. Other members of the party which arrived here Wednesday The party, which included afternoon on the Princess Louise ( Mrs. Brown and several well and left on last night's train for , known easterners, recorded the! the east, Were Dr. Prtscilla Sell-movement of a number of "live" man, Rhode- Island Hospital, glacjers on colored moving pic-1 Rhode Island; Miss Mary Peter, ture film and carried out new, Springfield, Illinois; Otto Han- experimental research hi the field of sound moving pictures. Mr. Brown, Incidentally, ls best known by. his pseudonym of "Nell Douglas," under which he has lectured widely in the United States. Mrs. Brown, who also has a scientific inclination, returned with a large selection of botan- nlcal specimens of the first growth to spring up on the soil of receding glaciers. While the party was anchored at Glacier Bay they were Joined by two members or the Harvard Mountaineering Society who had Just completed the first successful attempt to scale 18,000-foot Mount St. Ellas. Mr. and Mrs. Brown's recent trip to Alaska was their fourteenth "movie travelogue" Jour- isch, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Roger Welnccker, Maplewood, New Jersey; Fred Sawyer, Brook-line, Massachusetts; and Mr. and Mrs. Brown's three children. Jean,- Douglas, Jr., and James. During their stop In Prince Rupert, the party were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs, Nell Ross. CANADA'S COAL TO BE SHORT OTTAWA 0) Reduced coal Imports from the United States and shortened coke supplies will cut the supply of domestic coal in Ontario and Quebec by about 17 Vt percent this winter, Rccon structlon Minister C. D. Howe said today in the House of Com mons. He warned against a strik In western mines. 1C0 new inspectors for the de partment's field service should be trained and ready for work by May 1, 1947, thirty-five of these being In British Thomas Reld, Liberal. New Westminster, warned, that Canada might forestall future In ternatlonal -problems If she ac cepted a recent United States offer to mark out offshore waters for their own fishermen exclu slvely. Mexico had taken a siml lar course. Mr. Reld, recalling , a state of "almost open -warfare" between Japanese and American fisher men before the war, argued that there should be International co-operation between Canada and United States before Rus- slajxeins to go tatoorthjU; cine iisning on a laisu and before Japan revives H. O. Archibald. C.C.F. mem ber for Skeena, called the mln Ister's speech a masterpiece He asked for federal loans for Varying Views Arc Heard in Debate Yesterday in House of Commons OTTAWA "ft .Some members of the House of Commons yes terday stressed the need for an over-all Immigration policy while others said there should be no "open door" program until "our nwn house ts in order. bun others urged that, for the time being, Canada should especially concentrate on bringing refugees and stateless persons. Hon. J. A. Glen, minister or natural resources, said that the members' statements confirmed the difficulty of draftlm a suit able immigration program. How ever, such was now under active consideration. BRITAIN IS WINDSWEPT British Columbia fishermen to I enable them to build boats with which they could compete with better outfitted American fleets, j IMMIGRATION IS DISCUSSED Crops Flattened, Huge Seas Pile On Beaches. Dover Bears Brunt LONDON tn Strong winds continued to sweep Great Brit ain today, flattening crops, piling huge seas on the beaches and coast roads and driving small ships to shelter. Dover harbor was crowded with shipping which fled from an eighty-mile gale in the English Channel. In the town Itself windows were broken, slats were blown from roofs and trees were stripped of their branches. Farmers are having trouble in harvestlne on account or wind and rain. Gandhi Says India Tension Charged POONA Speaking at a prayer meeting last night, Mohandas Gandhi declared that the at mosphere or India was charged with tension. MONTGOMERY IN CANADA GREETED- Field Mrsnal the Viscount Montgomery of Alameln, Q.C'.B.. D.S.O.. chief of the Imperial General Staff, is shown receiving Canada's official welcome to the Dominion by the Hon. Douglas C Abbott, Minister of National Defence, In "Monty's" private suite on board the liner Mauretania shortly after the vessel arrived at Halifax. The Field Marshal is making a tour of the Dominion from coast to coast as the guest of the Canadian Government. FIRST DEGREEr- Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery being conferred the Honorary degree of LLD. from Dalhousle University. Shaking hands with "Monty" as he confers the degree Is Di A. E. Kerr, President of Dalhousle University. Following this the Insignia of the degree was placed around the Field Marshal's neck by Prof. J. H. L. .Johnstone, secretary of the Senate or the University. After receiving the degree "Monty" spoke -to the packed gymnasium, where the ceremony was held. It was his first speech in Canada. . United Kingdom Steamship Subsidy Here Is Restored OTTAWA Estimates, being put through fore Parliament prorogues here, include an amount of $60,000 for steamship subsidy on services between Prince Rupert and United Kingdom. The amount was put through by Hon. J. A. McKinnon, minister of trade and commerce, in response to representations from the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce and other interests and is designed to encourage shipping out of the port of Prince Rupert. The subsidy had been suspended during the war. . ' , s. There, is also a $10,000 item for the usual annual mail subsidy from Prince Rupert to the Queen Charlotte Islands. ; RADIO BILL NOT PLANNED OTTAWA P Acting Finance Minister Douglas Abpotksald to day in Commons that the government does not plan to proceed this session with a bill amending the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Act. The bill ls strongly opposed by the Progressive Conservatives and Social Credlters. However, a loan" or $2,000,000 to the C.B.C. is provided. Trie bill would have given the C.B.C. extra loans for expansion and under it the corporation would also have received the full amount of licence fees. Local Tides Friday, August 30, 1346 High j" 3:25 20.4 leet Low 9:35 15:46 21:59 3,9 feet 20.5 feet 4.9 feet AUSTRALIA IS f VOTED DOWN rroposal lo Ease Reparations Rejected at Conference PARIS By a vote of 15 to 2, the peace conference yesterday voted down Australian proposal for a complete review of tha whole reparations plan and a .'helving of the question for six months. United State3, Great Britain, Russia and France lined up in voting against the Australian proposal. Canada abstained from voting. The Aus-trallan proposal was to limit reparations levied on former enemy countries to their 'reasonable capacity to nay" .and delay action until a speclaljjom-mlttee made studies. LUSTROUS DIAMONDS Diamonds get their lustre from their ability to break up light.