i RED TOP CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 6HIT1 " MBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone Phone TAXI TAXI j. KASPER C. MdNTYRE 537 Sland; Rupert Tobacco Store (across Irom Ormes) DAY and NIGHT SERVICE AND NIGHT SERVICE DAY Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port Bill and Ken Ncsbitt VOL. XXXV. No. 73. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS V 1 000.000 IN I'EK.MITS vrorvr.K More than 00,000 in building; permits 1 1- .. , I. - M lusiirii iiv uic i it- .... h.,;i,iitnr insneclor so lf. ..1.1. iniS jrni. - srd the buildins; inspector . i . . ..rrti1lri lllPltl. i I...... m w polar field X('OW A second polar . . i j i i..-.. 1 1 Tl. .. SMI fllf miiui ir(;iini. iii.i it is m Uie northwestern I I 4U If Unrill, illlU inriirtc nidi .Li I.. ..f iiima flKcttl'ltlf' .. 111 :IIL ur i.i J......V -. - .ir flvine. cal Army Nurse Lost Purse InhS ;r. k 1 r I m - . m v s w n m m t t w r y V rnnct' ituncrt iirmv rseas, who lost her purse containinc all her lev ami travelling tickets in a New York City 1 .vav more than a week ago, is to have them re- ...i. il.. .1. r i mi 1 1 1 i mi in i .v.. i Lenon. 33,IM3 ling t imI - ! 'Mm- U M - M rsiinn inriiun mm iiniinv Siih-rimnu((ce for mr Beinr V V Tlnltcd v-i C' uiiril yesterday JoV ' Russo-Iranlan . . . . - v.v .1 H.WffSVl " H W a . ub-eommittce. ipo "d of the Unl- S; ' Yrz and Tliissla. "1 recommend by i vhrther the dLi-' b' ,; ird immedlatrjy " -."1 in Ml April 10. I " ' which Ls a bit of burk-tracklng. was ri it? c mncil had vot-ease nt Its cur-But Rufsian Am-1 "' C'anivkd declared he 1 Ik f -M- (o attend any 1 nt he case before ; 18 T v , . a this point nimlttr'c idea was r 1 arrroted. C ab-r mmlttpn on. i.iua t l ' r' cnninrnmls 1. 1 i " Trnian case ad-uifvMnir an hour afternoon with mint that "no (""'? " yrt been rcaclj-1 ' 'i sehrduled to re- chairman of the rri Slate Byrnes tatomcnt. op Substitute le Is Modified , me National "u uuuaoa iucs-mrdUi-a the rule govern- ub::.itai -nr., j the ast four ' pi p.,- The committee - Mew York In its annual i -makln- irssion. The new ! ,t :"b . utinns allows one j ' r alnvrr in v. loot , "j. .ii win. iaob 'he game. The ... u. uie re-entry of . rminui; m 111 the rlnal 111 IALLPUX IDEMIC "tfn Cases and xhrc s ' Si-aide 'Wtli: i, . .. W " "h Srh001 stdcnts nf ,. ' Ae are 17 J mallpox and three nave occurred. March 28, 1046 9 n.3 feet 23:03 ic.9 feet 3 4 10.0 feet 10 34 6.2 feet 9. BRITAIN NEEDS HELP LONDON At a conference licie this year nations of the Commonwealth will be advised that the United Kinfdom can no longer maintain the complete responsibility of naval guarding ot world Iraflr routes. The Commonwealth nations will hare to assume their share. Canada will be expect-ed to head its navy with a battleship instead of a second class aircraft earlier. SENDING TRUCK TEAMS NANKING In an effort to brine an end to the Chinese civil war still raging in Man-churia truce teams will be sent to the area. They will repie-sent both Nationalists and Communist groups. : n . r. r r . M .S J MM M M i w r r w w w wm r mm m m f nunsiiiLr sister, back from ; i ..te: ..e it. . -i i "i ii in iiiiii'i1 in iiii i.:iriM -- Wl.11.1. Lieut. Maxine Llewellyn lost her purse during a subway ride 'two days before she left New York to return home. She had to borrow travelling money from j Hamilton'Munlcr Case a friend to get p3ck to Prince Rupert. When she pot here last HAMILTON. Ont.-Therc has night a letter waited her from cn a brcak in Hamilton's the Canadian Legion troop re-! famcd lor5 murdfr mystery. cmtlon offWr In New York. sav. ' Mr Joh Dick, Wife of the street Inc that the purse with con.icar P10)' whose torso was tpnu had hfrn fmin'fi anrt -a 'i iSormcd the police and . . . . George II. McLeod, the Legion reception officer, that I had lost the purse, Lieut. Llewellyn' said. "I borrowed monftr from a friend 'with whom I was travelling and left for home two days later.'" The frieiid was Lieut. Mary McDougall. another Canadian Army nurse from Winnipeg, with whom Lieut. Llewellyn had arrived from England on the liner Mauretania. Lieut. Llewellyn admitted that she had not had much hope of seeing the purse again, considering that it was lost on the vast New York subway system. Yet, when she arrived home on last night's train, there was a letter waiting for her informing her that the purse had been found and was being sent to her. It ls being sent by Canadian Legion reception officer Gcorgo H. McLeod. whose Job it is to meet the returning troop transports In New York and make life safe and Interesting for repatriated Canadian service men and women. Lieut. Llewellyn Is now spending leave here with her mother, Mrs. E. Llewellyn, 531 Sixth Avenue West, after two years service In military hospitals in Italy and England. SEARCH FOR STOWAWAY liuslve Swede Gets Away From Ship l Vancouver VANCOUVER rollcc. arc P0mbln2 Vancouver for a Swcd- Mv stowaway who eseaped yes terday. He ls r-aul Schwarzen- feld and he is .said to have been an employee of the Swedish consulate in Shanghai before the war. Schwarzcnfcld stowed away on the British vessel Samfclgh. He was discovered when the ship was 36 hours out of Shanghai enroute to Vancouver. He was placed in custody and. given liberty in Vancouver to go ashore. However, he failed to return to the vessel when It sailed for Britain last night. Officials say that the Swedish consulate In Ottawa had asked that efforts be taken to see that Schwarzenfcld did not escape. RABBIT'S LIFESFAN The average age of the rabbit ls from seven to eight years. Alaska Highway SETTLEMENT OF VETERANS Inaction of Provincial Government Holding it Up, People's C.C.F. Member Asserts OTTAWA, fl - Failure of British Columbia to sign an agreement with the federal government for the settlement of veterans on provincial lands was raised by H. W. Herridge, People's C.C.F. member for Kootenay Wot. He told the House of Commons veterans' committee yesterday thai this was hold jv; u. a snltlfment and he a?ke.l wlia rov.d bs done. Strike Get ii aclfl .ongin-remcn was iwsiponeti today, ncrordlng to an announcement by Harry Brydges, of th" L-jngchun men's Union. Tlr tt!riLl wV,1ll IlirnfilnimJ in volt, wnnn mm h,,. s-n on April 1. Mr. Brydges did n0tSay t0 what datc tne tnrcat f s ,ikc had bern Ps,Pnec!- 'WOMAN IS ARRESTED P.reak Otrnrs In Sensational rund recently on Hamilton thought in any long range plan- il ' with "'urderfn her husBRnd onFTsher'l Council of Cmdcev.hlmVJYiLTmW or or aljout about lvlnrrli March (! 0 Uold told last last nlaht night hv by its its nrpsiflpnt president ! Skulls, bones, an infant cn-casrd in ccmrnt. and minor charges such as theft have all combined lo make the Hamilton murder ease the most sensational in yrnrs. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd t Vancouver 1 Bralomc 17.00 B. R. Con. .22 B. R. X. .17 Cariboo Quartz' 3.50 Dcntonia .00 Orull Wihksne 2' Hedley Mascot 2.53 Minton 07',2 Pcnd Oreille 3.65 Pioneer 6.75 Premier Border .10 Premier Gold 2.55 Privateer 79 Reeves McDonald 1,40 Reno 13 Salmon Gold '.24 Sheep Creek 1.53 Taylor Bridge 91 Vananda 49 Whitewater 03ij Congress 2i Paciric Eastern 17 Hcdlcy Amalgamated .. .14 Spud Valley .25 Central Zcballos 20 Oils A. P. Con 13. Calmont .. .32 C. & E.. 21 Foothills 1.05 Home 3.25 Toronto Aumamie 1.18 Bcattic 1.29 Buffalo Con 30 Bobjo 23 Con. Smcltera 87.00 Eldona .' ,, 1.00 Elder 1.00 Giant Yellowknire 7.25 Hardrock 90 Jacknifc ( .25'; Jolict Quebec 1.28 Little Long Lac 2.85 Madscn Red Lake :.. 4.20 MacLeod Cockshutt .... 2.90 Moncta .05 Omega .27 Pickle Crow 4.00 San Antonio.. 5.00 Senator Rouyn 1.00 Shcrrlt Gordon 1.90 Steep Rock 3.50 Sturgeon River .35 Lynx .35 Lapaska .50 God's Lake GO Negus 2.C0 McNaughton and LaGuardia Will Pay North Visit WHITEHORSE General A, G. McNaughton and Former Mayor Florella LaOuarcua of New York and United States Ambassador Ray Atherton, will attend ceremonies at Whltehorse April 3 when the Alaska Highway Is transferred by the United States to Canada. Bank Defies Court Order .Ins olies Penalties Under Sncr''sinn AH I'-d'-I by Mr. Justice Manson V.WCOUVKU. (CD Alfred Hull, in Suprrme 'Court here yesterday, Kaid he Royal Hank of Canada had been notified by wire not to obey, under penalties, authorized by the Dominion Succession Duty Act, an order made a week ago by Mr. Justice A. M. Manson permitting the sending of $150,000 from a Vancouver estate to California. FISH IS NOT CONSIDERED. Head of Organir.alion Urges Its Important -In Bolstering Up Food Supplies- OTTAWA -Official Ottawa j apparently does- not give- fish C. J. Morrow of Lunenburg Nova Scotia, in presenting bi-prcsidcntial report to the first annual meeting. Morrow said the impressions he got from reading press reports from Ottawa was that the word "food means only wheat and bacon." "Where can an increase in food production be brought about more quickly than in the fishin? industry?" he asked. JUVENILES ARE SENTENCED FOR THEFT SERIES One Juvenile was sentenced to six months in the provincial industrial school, three others received fines and a fifth received suspended sentence in Juvenile :ourt Tuesday afternoon after they had pleaded guilty to charges of housebreaking, car theft and theft from a boat. Th- )rfenccs occurred during the last several weeks. : inv juiiiiiic sin int'u uu a momns m conuncment pieaaea ullty to theft from a vessel and housebreaking with theft. A srrnilrt rpf piupr! finpc fntnl- nn. tim nn-.i. t -o , tu.tr i and theft from a vessel. A third was fined $50 for car theft. A fourth was fined $50 on each of two charges one of theft from a vessel and one of housebreaking with theft. The fifth, a first offender, received suspended sentence. WATERFRONT STRIKE OFF HALIFAX. The JIallfax waterfront was returned to normal today after a 30-hour work stoppage by 700 freight handlers was called off. The men, members of the International Union of Freight Handlers (American Federation of Labor), quit work Monday and the stoppage had threatened to force 3,000 stevedores into idleness because of lack of cargo wiilsh freight handlers transfer from railway cars to pier shed floors. USELESS BAN The Scottish parliament banned golf in 1457 because it Interfered with archery. JmmmmmmmmmmWs MMMMMMm MmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMMw,. v iMMmMmMmMmMMwMx mmmMkmmmmWF H HIB HE!l- ,- . 'i MMMMMMtmMMMm MMMMMMMMMMMq3SSSivj9Kml ::rJ'fMMMMMMMMMMMM ''MmMMmMmmmWMMMMMMMMMMMMtMMMMMm i MASTER GEAR OF NAZI WAR MACHINE Friedrich Flick, C2 year-old head of a $400,000,000 combine, lj said to have been the greatest single pqwer behind the Nazi war machine. Flick was arrested recently by American authojities, who. are now investigating his record. Much of his holdings camd. Investigators 'nay, lrom forced sales of Jewish plants and mines stolen from French. Czechoslovak and Soviet properties. SNOWSTORM. HEADING MIlTHFAtf. A spring snowstorm llanketed the city last night and this morning with 1 ami. i nit t i i s i Mmosi tnree incnes 01 me wnite stun wmcn resi dents of the lower reaches fore believed was for the nearny mouniaintops picturesque. Nevertheless, it pet motorists to installing their traction chains and caused pedestrians to flounder on the snow-covered side- walks as on their way to work they breasted into the stinging wall of flakes which came down on a southeast wind. Garagcmen this morning re ported that they had had few calls to pull cars back onto the read but admitted that they nrobably would get a number be fore the day was over. A decerase In the normal amount of car traffic testified that many motorists, believing that the mantle of snow on the streets would be only of temporary duration, had decided to walk to work rather than undergo the travail of Installing traction chains on their cars. One citizen, waiting at a Sixth Avenue bus stop, commented that the weather forecast had called for "scattered rain and snow flurries. "It's certainly scattered," he added, scanning the whitened terrain. ' R. E. Montador. president of the Prince Rupert Publicity Com mlttcc. had little to say" when interviewed. "The storm is heading south and east, 'isn't it?" he asked. "Obviously it merely fell short of Its real destination down the coast." The city's most adaptable personality seemed to be Terry MacNlcce, who. donned a pair of skis to go from his home thi3 morning to his Job with the Northern B.C. Power Co. He reported a pleasant and successful trip. Allan Armstrong, secretary of the Mt. Blaine SHI Club, cast a reflective eye out the window and remarked that there was hardly enough snow to ski on. With due regard for the fine points cf the sport to which he is devoted, Mr. Armstrong said: "There is not enough snow to ski oju except for kids. If I did go to work on skis it would Just be for a gag. Besides, my skis are up the mountain." However, he threw In a reminder that for snow lovers, thio Cause . ' JilKl obviously misdirected of Kaien Island here-to sole purpose of making morning's local snowfall is "Just a sample" of conditions on Mount Hays and that the ski club is seeking to increase its membership. Tile Digby Island meteorological station reported that snowfall in the 48 hours up to 8 o'clock this morning was two inches, one inch of which had fallen since midnight. However, considerable snow fell during the later hours ot this morning. A good portion of it was used up by youngsters exercising their presumably inalienable right to hurl snowballs. Prima Facie Case Found First Phase of Trial of Fred Rose Completed MONTREAL The Crown has ccmplctcd the first step of Its case against Labor-Progressive M. P. Fred Rose. Judge Rene Theberge yesterday found that a prima' facie case has been made out against the Dublin-born M.P. and Rose charged under the Official Secrets Act-was ordered for voluntary statement on March 23. At ,the time for the voluntary statement, said Judge Theberge, he will decided what names as co-consipr-ators should be added to the clause dealing with the conspiracy charge against Rose. At the start of the brief proceedings yesterday afternoon, 'Rose was ordered to come forward from ills seat at the back of the courtroom. Then Judite Theberge announced his decision. The Montreal M.P. will remain on $10,000 bail which was set following his first appearance in court. At the tinr? that Rose appears for voluntary statement, the Judge wlU decide whether he will be compiitted for trial. , POFULAR IN CHINA Tea has been, cultivated In China for more than 2,000 years. of Debate Status After Army Takes Over Agitates Legislature Industrial Briefs To Be Presented Thursday or Friday The Prince Rupert Industrial " "velopment Council's briefs, to the provincial government will not be presented before tomor- :w or Friday, by Mayor Daggett, Hon. E. T. Kenney and W. H. Brett, MLA., advised City Clerk H. D. Thain this morning. Mayor Daggett expects to return to the city on tho Princess Adelaide, next Monday. Spy Arrest In Portland Soviet Naval Lieutenant Charted willi Obtaining N?val Information PCTtTI AND. Or-. Agents of he Federal Bureau Of Investigation announced late Tuesday j night in Portland. Oregon, that j Soviet Naval Lieutenant Nivolal Keam naa been arrested on charges of obtaining information concerning a United States naval vessel. The P-BJ, identified th? vessel ta. thc.TJJS5. Yellowstone, a deslroyer tender. To San Francisco, a Navy official said the Yellowstone had been ! assigned to take part in tho t forSrteiiming-utom bombAests - at. rDivfcil'Sali.- I e'OrfVyaid ja;'-!irfditi0rr Rrdin was charged formally with inducing another as yet unidentified person to obtain plans, documents and writings relating to a combat vessel of the United Ptnt.es Navy. Assistant F.B.I, agent Julius Bernard said the charge accused the Soviet naval officer of action against the peace and dignity of the United, States of America. DEPORTATION IS UP AGAIN OTTAWA 0' -Prime Miiiistcr Mackenzie King said "serious consideration" would be given to representations presented to the cabinet by representatives of the Canadian co-operative committee on Japanese Canadians. A delegation yesterday urged revocation of orders-in-councll providing for deportation of certain Japanese-Canadians on the grounds that such action involved racial discrimination, hardship and injustice to in nocent persons. THE WEATHER General Synopsis Westerly flow of cool air from the Pacific continuing over the coast. Marked activity qver the Queen Charlottes will" continue today. Temperatures are cool over the province. Forecast Prliicc Rupert Cloudy, becoming cold with intermittent rain continuing. Minimum temperature, 31. Moderate to strong south winds 15 to 25 m.p.h Thursday, over cast with rain, becoming cloudy during afternoon. Maximum temperature 45. Winds moderate to strong southeast, 15 to 25 m.p.h, GOVERNMENT IS SUSTAINED OTTAWA The government easily weathered two want of confidence votes yesterday. A Progressive - Conservative amendment to the Throne speech was rejected 149 to 48 and a C.C.F. amendment 182 to 25, ' VICTORIA (CP) A sharp exchange occurred in the Legislature yesterday between Opposition Leader Harold Winch and Premier John Hart when the former asxeo thai, rules of the House be suspended to allow discussion of the Alaska Highway. Mr. Winch termed the matter of public importance after saying it had been reported that the highway would be barred to civilians after the Canadian government took it over April 3. Mr. Speaker Norman. Whitta- ker ruled against the Oppositio:$ Leader's view saying the ques" tion could be handled in a notice of motion. Later, after the minister o! mines salary list had been passed and half an hour before adjournment, Premier Hart rose and asked permission to make a statement. He said a committer of three Hon. E. C. Carson Hon. Herbert Anscomb and Hon. E. T. Kenney had been appointed to discuss the Alaska Highway with federal authorities at a later date and said the highway would be permitted for the use of civilians under cer tain regulations after April 3. yy itnarawa I From Iran) TEHRAN W Prlnt Firoux political, undersecretary' of state and director of propaganda, said today that Russian evacuation of Kazvin, 80 miles northwest of Tehran, "has begun and should be completed within three or four days." ' "; United States and British diplomatic officials said, however, that, despite Russian -troop movements northward, they were not j'et sure the Red. Army intended to withdraw completely from semi-autonomous Iranian province of Azerbaijan. WARNS NATIVES TO GUARD GIRLS Magistrate W. D. Vance, in police court Tuesday afternoon, warned a crowded courtroom of natives that native parentswhii let their adolescent daughters come to the city without proper chapcroncs shared responsibility for any misfortune that befell the girls. He made his remarks' t the conclusion of a case in which Robert Gordon Robinson and Tohn Boyd Wing wce each fined $150 or three months in Jail after being found guilty of charges of contributing to Juv enile delinquency. The ease arose out of a- party . . n on iTDruary iu m wmvii native girls were taken to a cabin on Ninth Avenue East. and which was followed by the death of one of the girl?, The delinquency case involved the second girl. "If you let your daughters come to the city without chapcroncs you arc not entirely' free of blame for what might happen to them," Magistrate Vance told the natives In the .court room. "If you cannot provide them with proper supervision I advise you to leave them at home." REMANDED IN BAD CHECK CASE Found guilty on two cnarges of faLsc pretences, Earl Eady was remanded for sentence " until April 5 by Judge W. E. Fisher in County Court on Tuesday. Eady was found .guilty of Issuing Iwo checks, one to Tom Lee and Son on January 12 for $50 and one to John Bulger Ltd. for $75 on January 26, without su;nclent funds to cover them. Eady.actefl In his own behalf and W. 6. Fulton prosecuted.