(RED TOP CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL! BRITISH, COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER - J hone QAQ Phone TAXI TAXI KASPER C McINTYRE Wmm 537 Island Rupert Tobacco Store irum uimw DAY and NIOHT SERVICE ' Iiacross SERVICE . NIGHT AND m m mm - - - yAV Vvft Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Fort Bill and Ken, Nesbitt . n O. March 2. 104(5 PHTKrrp. ritprrt . . ti p FninAV MAnni 1 ioi PRICE V. ..i'Oi A ., ' - w - - -i ..uu.vii FIVE CENTS J V. VJ i t-ipj. : r"T : 1-4. 1 t acuation From Iran Is Under Way - W4 I H'RBOR RECORD PILING UP- Ada Jackson, of Centre . P;. pictured with VS. Congress' record of the H; be r investigation, Sixty volumes, a total of approxl- i;0.C00 words or! 12,000 pages, of testimony and ques- b .mmiUee members, have been recorded to date. IRGES MAY FOLLOW GIRL'S DEATH H of Two Men Follows ling of Coroner's Jury ac r Case uiken into pal-::uhl and are :!:ty of charge i i. i mem In con-di ath ou Feb-' i : Shanow. a curd in a cabin f E n and John, ' 'y ' OrOnerSln- ations Broken DAYi: t - France nfi all commercial rcla-pvith Spain loday by clos-Bic ,300-milc long; border n hp. inc countries in l against continuation crof I'ancisco France's A' the (leadline passed, r guards patrolled both f (he border as usual. " l to be a meeting; of "Tn cabinet tonight, lirtator is reported o bcrn Riven a month's to resign, ' ' .'.i iment answered 1 - dui;ic February, !': ' ' ie xcords of Firj I T u:::k No fire dam- IRUARY WAS EIGHT MONTH enjoyed more m February !i month snicc :ntal of 37.7 b ; than Decern -J In 'tals comblri-Fibruary was ' le more than J'y total, and the rainfall In -uushinc so 'l 5X4, while 1 ! "i uiR the same 3 -7 dies. During ; 1915 there U f ntnshlne and 3;, 50 riolrrnnc nr,A ''" a maximum ,r r0.:4 Inobnc k . 18 ""d a minimum nr , 1 February 5. ' :"!'atllrp fnr llin r"' J'3 decrees. V "d VPfle1t vploclty was 32 SI) 1 Ul' fmm ii. biuar 13. -ca Tides 0:56 19.0 feet U 40 21.1 feet 0:42 7.1 feet 2.C feot (Juest in the death of the Shan-lss girl which resulted In a verdict that "Ethel Shanoss met an untimely death due to suffocation assumedto have been caused by her being placed in an unnatural position. Tire Jury brought n me verdict Thursday evening after an afternoon session of me inquest which was resumed following an adiaurnment. since Febfiarv 11. SlMYL.,Tnttiro3nyte oIlftUQlxnson. -nmnonlnn f h f)Mnn olrl urini thp drlnkln? party which preceded her death, was heard ajaln by the jury as was that of Jchn Wing and Robert Gordon Robinson. In the cabin of the 'attcr the girl died. Medical testimony by Dr. R. E. Coleman, autopslst, revealed at the earlier session of the Inquest that the Shanoss-girl apparently had died of suffocation. It also Indicated Injury to the lower pa i t of the body. Building Pcmits Total $7,885 A building permit authorizing j construction of a residence on ! Fourth Avenue East, valued at ! $4,500 by Chris Berg was the largest item on the list of building permits Issued by the, City Engineers' office during February. Permits for construction and repairs on buildings totalled $7,885 for the month. Customs Receipts Total.$17,313 Customs receipts at the port of Prince Rupei't during February titallcd $17,373.13, bringing the total so far this year to $48,459.90. Receipt for February 1945 were $32,470, and the two month total was $G0,294. SNOW IN PA It IS l'AISIS A foot of snow lias fallen In Paris anil is seriously inleiferin? with transportation and communications. Weather Forecast Prince Rupert Overcast with intermittent rain throughout the day. Moderate to fresh southwesterly winds, becoming fresh southeasterly In the late afternoon and evening. Saturday overcast with intermittent rain, becoming cloudy In the late afternoon with scattered rain dowers. Fresh southeasterly winds, becoming fresh southwesterly by noon, and decreasing to moderate by evening. Maximum temperature today 43, minimum 40. MISSING DOWN COAST ALERT BAY An Indian-Dick mountain Is unreported for four days on a trip from Alert Bay aioss Queen Cahr-lottc Sound to Coho Bay on his, small fishing boat. Fears are held for his-safety as lie would have been crossing the Sound in a storm. , CHURCHILL IS COMING Former Prime Minister of Britain to fay Visit to Canada TORONTO, (P-Premler G. A. Drew of Ontario announced today that Winston Churchill will vl it Ontario this year and will eccive an honorary degree from he University of Toronto. Premier Drew said In a statement that, when Churchill made plans for Ills present visit to the United States, the Ontario government invited him here. the former Prime Minister will also visit Ottawa with Ixrd Alexander, the new Governor ' General. Trtirh Rrrni)trr1 Ten Minutes After Reported Stolen Ten minutes after William Weiss, partner of Bert's Transfer, had informed the city police that a truck belonging to the firm had been stolen, the police announced that they had found it. Mr. Weiss told the police at 8:30 this morning that the tiuck had been taken from In front of an employee's residence at 310 Seventh Ave. E. some time after midnight. Ten minutes later a police constable told Mr. Wctss that the truck had been found parked in front of a downtown hotel. DRUG COMPANY INCORPORATED George Samworth, veteran Vancouver -lrusgltho received his training in Scotland, arrived in the city this week to assume the managing directorship of newly Incorporated McCutchcon Pharmacy Ltd. Mr. Samworth, who ferved in both the First and Second World Wars, will be Joined later by his wife and family. In the incorporation of McCutchcon Pharmacy Ltd., W. J. McCutcheon, pioneer pharmacist, continues his activity as president of the company while his daughter, Mrs. Violet K. Branch?, is secretary-treasurer and director. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. JoimslOn Co. Ltd. Vancouver ' Bralorne 17.75 B. R. Con .19 B. R. X. 18 Cariboo Quartz 3.45 Dentonla 49 Grull Wihksne 21 Iledlcy Mascot 2.50 Mill to .08 Pend Oreille J.70 Pioneer C.20 Premier Border 10 Premier Gold 2.80 Privateer .70 Reeves McDonald 1.35 Reno 13 Salmon Gold 24 Sheep Creek 1.85 Taylor Bridge 96 Whitewater 03Ta Vananda 54 Congress . 13 Pacific Eastern 10 Hedlcy Amalgamated .. .15 Spud Valley 272 Central Zeballos .21 Toronto Aumaquc 1.35 Bcattie 1.53 Bobjo .20 Buffalo Canadian 36 Consol. Smelters 84.50 Eldona 1.10 Elder 1,15 Giant Yellowknife 7.75 Hardrock 1.05 Jacknifc 31 Jollet Quebec 2.00 Little Long- Lac , 3.05 Madsen 'Red Lake 4.80 MacLeod Cockshutt 3.40 Moneta .' .72 Omega '. .30 Pickle Crow A20 San Antonio 5.40 Senator Rouyn 1.22 Sherrit Gordon 1.83 Steep Rock 3.85 Sturgeon River 38 Lynx : 40 Lapaska .55 God's Lake .63 Negus 2.00 FOUR SMITHERS SISTERS IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING FIRE-TWO HAVE FRACTURED BACKS SMITHER& The four Edmondsjsisters are in hospital in Smlthers as a result of the fire whlcli completely destroyed the Lapadat building early Wednesday, morning. Two of the sisters, Margaret Edmonds and Mrs. Muriel Nokelby, are expected to be discharged soon, but.jthe other two girls, Mar-cella and Ann, have suffered broken backs and will be In casts for some time. Statement on Dry Dock Deemed Unsatisfactory Industrial Committee Has Letter From Mr. Vaughan Various Proposals For Local Development Put Forward .The Prince Rupert Industrial Committee meeting, last night, expressed extremely dissatisfaction with a letter from R. C. Vaughan, president of Canadian National Railways, dealing with the future of the local dry dock, and the apparent lack of energetic effort to obtain conrtacts. While no mention at all was made In the letter of the construction of a new ship for the B. C. coast service, a service unable even now to handle satisfactorily the business offering, and pathetically Inadequate to attempt to handle the tourist and Industrial traffic of the Immediate future. A recommendation will be submitted to' a general meeting In connection with this matter. Among the correspondence received at last night's meeting from government officials and organizations .the letter from R. ..VausbAn president a. n dJ chairman, Canadian 'National Railways, with reference to the use of the dry dock aroused the most comment. This letter, dated February 11. was as follows: "As you know, this plant wa.i utilized under the emergent conditions of wartime for the con-structlon'of certain types of vessels for which there was an urgent need. I am given to under- stand that these products of the yard, as measured by performance, compared very favorably with the products of other Canadian yards. I have no authentic information, however, as to comparative costs. The last order for new construction is new approaching completion and, although eiforts have been made to, secure new business, these efforts thus far have been unsuccessful. "Tue future or the Prince Ku-pert Dry Dork and Shipyard will require very careful consideration and I am unable at this time to make any definite statement in this respect." Various Suggestions IJeiiifr Considered The committee last evening .gayc consideration to various briefs submitted "by several organizations In the city containing suggestions for the Industrial development of the city and district and, In order to Incorporate these- Into a rccommcn- datlon for a genctal inteUng thr committee felt that more time than originally planned was needed. As a result the general meeting called for next Tuesday will be postponed till March 12. The committee will meet again on Monday next and submissions will be received from organizations that have not already submitted briefs up to thathne. Submissions for increasing the development of the district were received from C. R. Facey, J. S. ElatojibiUdrothe: hood rf'Carpenters and Joiners of America; "Jobs for All" Association, and the Labor Progressive Party. These contained such proposals as the formation of a Skeena Valley Development Organization to organize timber, fur. mining, electric, ugar beet In dustries; a provincial government survey of power sites, suitability of Seal Cove air base for commercial purposes; survey of all available Army bulld-lnzs In district so .that information could be used for outside Interested firms; maintenance of highway; maintenance of dry dock; maximum utilization -of grain elevator; impli-mcntationf Cameron Report: maintenance and surfacing of Skeena Highway; development cf hydro - electric power In Northern B.C.; needed government action to usher- Prince Rupert district across threshold of i great future: Its advantageous position for intercontinental trade; for development of northwestern B.C. and possible local Industries. Present, at the meeting were Mayor H. M. Daggett, chairman, J. Nicoll, W. F. Stone, B. Mlckle-burgh and J. S. Wilson. Hockey Scores National taaguc New York 1, Detroit 4. RUSSIANS, HOWEVER, WILL REMAIN IN ONE PROVINCE TEHRAN (CP) Undersecretary of State Prince Firouz said, today that Russian troops have received orders to begin evacuation of Iran. Firouz said the Russians will leave Seman, 100 miles east of Tehran, exactly on the deadline set by agreement of the Big Three with the Iran government several months ago. Six hundred British troops, last of the British garrison, moved j from Tehran yesterday and the i last two hundred of them were . moving across southern Iran into Iraq today. La't American troops were withdrawn at the end of December. Troops of the three nations had been sent to Iran in 1941 to guard and maintain the south em life line to Russia from the Persian Gulf. The Russian withdrawal from Iran Is only partial. Moscow announced that the Soviet troops would remain in sections that are still disturbed Including the northwestern area which Includes the province of Azer-bauan. Opening of Centre Off Official announcement was made today that the formal opening of the Y.M.CJV. war services building as Prince Rupert's civic centre was postponed from this' week-end until such time as the building has been turned over by the overnment toHie, (re Association lh clarification of certain mat ters in connection with the negotiations. The postponement involves the ceremonies of opening which were to have taken place on Sunday afternoon and the dance on Monday evening. Meanwhile, the building will remain in the hands of the YM.CA. war services with the staff in charge. Thetc have been no further developments since yesterday when the mayor wired to the Minister of National Defence requesting a clarification of the whole situation. REDS FIRE ONjjYANKS WASHINGTON, D.C.. O'-Gov-crnment officials said Friday that two Russian tighter planes recently fired on a United States patrol plane after It .flew over a Soviet air base area at Porl Arthur. ' The officials, who declined to direct attribution, said that I some damage was done to the i Navy plane bu that none of the ! right officers and men on board ' were injured. FULL NAVAL HONORS MARK BURIAL OP VICE - ADMIRAL JONES - Full naval honors marked the burial In Camphill cemetery, Halirax, N.S., of Vice Admiral G. C Jones. His cocked hat and sword can be seen on top of a flag draped coffin borne to the cemetery on a gun carriage drawn by bluejackets. Appeal For Road Work Elaborating on the deplorable condition of the highway be tween the city of Prince Rupert and Galloway Rapids which is threatening to cause the suspension of business between fishery plant operations at Port Edward and Prince Rupert, the Prince Rupert branch of the Automobile Association of British Columbia has dispatched a petition to Hon. Herbert Anscomb, minister of public works at Victoria, urging that immediate steps be taken to effect necessary repairs. The Automobile Association communication is as follows: "As you are possibly aware, during the war years the Americans with their heavy equipment kept this road between Prince Rupert and Port Edward in condition. Since they 'have left the district very little maintenance work has been done and this is the reason for the present complaints being" re- i ceived. "Early this month complaints were received regarding the con dltlon of the Provincial Highway were made by automobile owners, transportation companies, and Nelson Bros, fish processing plant, who hi connection with their businesses are using this road continuously. Nelson Bros, even are going so far as to threaten withdrawal of their business amounting to' approximately $500,000 per year from Prince Rupert merchants In favor of dealing direct with Vancouver. Transportation companies also have threatened to stop operations on this highway -between Prince Rupert and Port Edward, which would Isolate this latter community. "After receiving the' above complaints, the mayor, together with representatives of other organizations of Prince Rupert, contacted the local office of the Public Works Department, making a slrong plea regarding the condition of this road, and were assured by Mr. Brady that temporary repairs would be made. "Follow!!!-; this conference two trucks and a gang of men with shovels were used to fill some of the holes with crushed rock for approximately one and one-half miles north of the bridge. After that, work was discontinued with the exception of a handful of men with wheelbarrows cleaning out ditches and dumping this refuse in holes along the road. "Some snow was eventually cleared from the Prince Rupert I end hv a small bulldozer. "Three weeks after the first complaints were received, the same parties again drew our attention to the condition of the : road which was now In an even worse state of deterioration. Copies of letters arc attached. "Two members of the Automobile Association made an Inspection tour on February 20 and t ok photographs or the road and equipment available for maintenance. These pictures ara attached. "On February 24 a committee of this association called on Mr. Brady and were Informed nothing more could be done. and. If he so wished, he could close the road pntlrely. This lack of co-oncratlon prompted us to bring this matter to your attention. "A further Inspection tour on J February 26 revealed that only , lour men and two wheelbarrows were working on the road. 'Welson Bros. Fisheries are dir ectly dependent u this road for transportation bj- trucH of their ; processed fish from their Por Civic Centre Is To Be Discussed v: r Mayor Daggett was advised this afternoon that Brig. E C. Plow C.B.E., D.S.O, of Pacific Command, will be arriving here within the next fewdaS to discuss the whole matter, of use of the Y.M.C.A. war , services building as a civic centre. LIVERPOOL -SHIP FIRES Z LIVERPOOL, . Fire among 1000 bales of cotton aboafd'the Swedish liner DrottnirighbTin was brought under contrp'lft-day after dense fumes caused evacuation .of passengers and crew. Three firemen were -overcome. The vessel had arrived Wednesday from India with 700 '" passengers. Three other ships In the1 harbor had fires durin? the 'night and arson is suspected. Bulletins U. S. LOAN TO RUSSIA WASHINGTON The United Sates may make a billion dollar loan to Russia. Soviet officials have by a invited to come here and discuss it. . AIR LINE EXTENDED OTTAWA The Canadian Pacific Railway has been granted an extension to May 8, 1917, to operate airlines in Canada WAR. BRIDES DUE HALIFAX Two "war bride" ships are due here over the week-end the., Aquitmia on o-ffid'xthLetliii' -oil-Monday. Forty-five of them are coming to British Columbia. FRASER VALLEY FLOODED VANCOUVER Several thousand acres of land in the Fraser Valley are flooded, WOLVES IN iWTETJOIt PRINCE GEORGE Wolves have become so bold in, this area that children are being kept indoors. Moose and deer ate being-pursued to low levels. SNOW STOPS WORI PRINCE GEORGE Heavy snow has stopped work on the south end of the new highway construction to Peace River but 200 men are still working on the Dawson Creek end. SEEK END OF TOLL VANCOUVER British. Col umbia Automobile Association has asked for discontinuance of the Cariboo Uishway toil. GERMAN P.O.W. TAKEN VANCOUVFU The JLC:M.P; yesterday picked up a German prisoner of war who hail escaped the day after Christmas from a rampi n Ontario., He had been working in a sawmill and lost a thumb. Today a second prisoner Is being sought, having been reportedly seen by a prominent business inan. EXPERIMENTS AT JASPER OTTAWA The veil of .secrecy was removed last night from experiments which had been can led out at Jasper Park on the model or a giant aircraft carrier made of ice which would have been used on the Atlantic but could not be got ready in time. TO USE ARMORED POWER W ASHINGTON Secretary of State James Byrnes made It clear last night that it was the" intention or the United Stales to maintain strong military! power so as to be ready to-prevent aggression and defend the United Nations charter; Edward plant to the cold storage In Prince Rupert. Shipments of their products have arrived partly unwrapped and In a state of mush due to the excessive ihaklng and continuous bouncing along the highway. Due also to the fact that this road! fe. of great Importance for thelrafiS-portation by car and bus of people employed In Port Ectwaxd. we urge you to take immediate steps to effect' the necessary i S t V 1 j 1