in.
Since
then
trains
cities
and
explained
what
he
df'ajcd
as
working
conceived
to
be
the
soundest
t;r
endeavors
to!
way
of
adapting
the
Ideas
to
t
Threa
trains
due
Prince
Rupert.
(
:vr
Friday
will
not
ar-
j
Executive
Director
Don
For-t
morrow
A
freight
i
ward
told
the
meeting
that
the
u
k;:o
the
slide
and
Civic
Centre's
'teen
room
would
It
and
two
carstie!
nlways-.be,
available
throughout
j
the
week
and
that
It
was
pro-
I
posed
to
allow
the
'teen
agers
atine
Helps
eeding
World
OS
AIRES
Special
rpprrscntativr
Francis
i
enounced
that
Ar-
lakin"
steps
to
send
cf
wheat
abroad.
1
addition
to
half
a
1
:
"t
wheat
already
f:r
t.ilpment
to
war-if
-it!-!::.
ACK
ON
DEHARA
mirations
Asa
Inst
11,1
Rtltimc
in
Tokyo
'""J
Bolder
!lf0
Demon
itrations
on
i;:
da;
.
calling
for
an
1
emperor
system
and
rh-
of
Premier
Shiclc-!
.svcrKnient
which
Is
'
"r
the
food
shortage
ton-
too
reactionary.
Jted
tlay
m
a
personal
npon
the
premier
who
cl
by
attMKlln!?
guards.
.y
tea
thousand
dem
f
entered
the
greunds
J"a
home
and
threw
.
V,
wlndws.
Finally
'ir
,mmtary
,oiicc-
J
in
jeeps,
broke
up
;shidchara
today
,
"Officially
thede-
r
n
lrfslsnall
ot
his
"iu
hara
ls
schcd
."liei
a
committee
of
13
clemand'for
fa
av.rcslsnatlon
"is
cab
not
of
The
ei
or
tho
C5t
13
an
11
secretary
to
Adolf
t
,rcatd
a
ereat
hl
ffilve
manpower
"iJ0hhntWb,
me
South
hunter
and
lec-
the
use
of
most
of
the
building's
facilities
on
Friday
nights.
At
a
meeting
of
the
organizing
committee
following
the
open
meeting,
Eddie
Clccone
was
elected
committee
chairman
and
plans
were
laid
for
the
nominations
and
elections.
N'oniinatlons
for
the
elected
officers,
which,
it
was
decided,
will
be
the
mayor,
twelve
aldermen
and
police
chief,
will
be
accepted
up
to
8
o'clock
next
Friday
niiht
when
a
nominations
conference,
followed
by
a
peiiod
ot
entertainment,
will
be
held.
,
Nominees
must
be
properly
proposed
and
seconded
In
the
manner
required
in
regular
civic
elections?
Elections
will
be
held
on
Wednesday,
April
24,
prior
to
a
dance
to
be
held
In
the
Civic
Centre
by
the
High
School
In
honor
of
the
Ocean
Palis
basketball
teams
which
will
be
In
the
city
at
that
time.
In
the
meantime,
the
election
campaign,
which
the
'teen
agers
anticipate
will
be
a
"hot"
one,
will
get
under
way.
The
organizing
committee
vot
ed
that
a
member
ot
the
Civic
i
Centre
staff,
elUier
Don
For-j
ward,
George
McGregor
or
Margaret
Homer
Dixon,
be
an
adviser
to
the
'teen
agers,
and
also;
a
member
representing
the
pub-1
lip
Alrfnrnian
Vnnnss
was
an-1
pointed
Liter.
Seek
Release
of
Home
Materials
PRINCE
GEORGE
Prince
George
local
of
the
United
Brotherhood
of
Carpenters
and
Joiners
of
America
has
received
hacking
from
the
city
council
in
an
effort
to
persuade
the
federal
government
to
release
building
materials
!n
this
district.
Representation
.was
made
to.thc
aldermen
by
23
Jobless
carpenters.
The
union
claimed
that,
owing
to
the
Increase
In
population
to
almost
double
that
of
1041.
Uiere
are.
cpnslderable
numbers
of
houses
uncompleted
because
of
lack
of
materials.
An
acute
lieed
CtiS'tS'
It
was
cited
that
building
supply
dealers
have
received
only
one
carload
of
coast
flooring
and
other
Interior
finishing
materials
In
the
last
12
months.
MANCHURIAN
WITHDRAWAL
Russians
to
Be
Out
of
Changchun
by
April
15
and
Harbin
By
April
23
CHUNOKINO
Dispatches
from
Chungking
say
that
the
Russians
have
announced
a
schedule
for
their
withdrawal
from
certain
areas
of
Manchuria.
The
news
ls
relayed
by
the
Chinese
government's
Manchurian
military
headquarters
at
China-1
sien.
It
is
reported
that
Soviet
Lieu-1
tenant-Oeneral
Dronctsekc
pre-:
sented
the
withdrawal
schedule
j
during
a
conference
with
Chi
nese
General
Tung
Yen-Ping.
According
to
the
'iftbgramv.So
vict
troops
are
to
be
out
of
the
Manchurian
capital
of
Changchun
by
April
15
and
out
of
Harbin
by
April
25.
Price
Increase
Starts
Flurry
Of
Clam
Digging
MASSETT
A
sudden
Increase
in
razor
clam
prices
on
the
United
States
market
Is
bringing
prosperity
to
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
clam
diggers.
The
Co-op
cannery
at
Massett
has
raised
the
price
of
clams
from
three
to
six
cents
a
pound.
The
entire
population,
fired
by
this
sudden
price
Increase,
is
now
on
the
white
.sand
beaches
stretching
from
Massett
to
Rose
Spit,
elevating
the
reluctant
shellfish
from
their
subterranean
homes.
The
clam
digging
started
March
10
and
will
continue
until
June
20.
Port
Alberni
Radio
Station
PORT
ALBERNI
Official
openinir
of
a
new
radio
station
here
CJAZ
-
f,ook
place
at
the
week-end.
FORMER
MAYOR
IS
CONDEMNED
Death
Sentence
Is
Imposed
On
I'uppct
of
Hankow
HANKOW.
China--The
puppet
mayor
of
Hankow
during
the
Japanese
occupation
has
been
sentenced
to
death.
The
mayor,
Shih
Hslng-Chuan,
was
convict
cd
of
treason
and
collaboration
with
tho
enemy.
Throat
Cut,
Island
Logger
Flown
Here
Said
by
the
police
to
be
suffering
from
a
slashed
throat,.
Paul
Larsen
of
Skcdans
Bay,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
was
flown
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
by
an
R.C.A.F.
plane
late
Saturday
afternoon.
His
condition
this
morning
was
said
to
be
"satisfactory"
by
Dr.
j.
A.
Macdonald,
attending
physician.
Larsen
was
accompanied
from
Skedans
Bay
by
Dr.
Duncan
McColl
and
Constable
F.
J.
Walker
of
Queen
Charlotte
City.
They
returned
to
the
Islands
at
10:30
this
morning
by
aircraft.
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CENTRAL
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SERVICE
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt,
VOL.
XXXV.
No.
83.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
APRIL
8,
1946
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week
but
only
'teen
agers
will
be
eligible
to
art:
They
will
elect
a
mayor,
twelve
aldermen
police
chief
for
their
'Teen
Town
which
will
ts
headquarters
in
the
Civic
Centre.
meeting
attended
by
78
'teen
agers
in
the
Civic
AMERICA
UAL
AIL
ui
Pnha
hfl!
rpfOin-
that
Arsentlna
be
Jn-
:thc
i
incoming
mo
ae
.osl.:r.:e
The
Cuban
,
-'ate
urges
that
dlf-,
be
wer.n
Argentina
and
id
State,
be
resolved
so
1
21
American
republics
.HAS
SLIDE
I
line
.Near
Field
Is
itd
by
Fall
of
900
I
cl
Rock
)
E.
Canadian
Pacific
r
.....i
line
has
bceji
x
yesterday
by
a
"
"...
of
rock
which
i
ct;
'.X..
jwrtly
after
the
anscontincntal
pas
Centre
auditorium
Sunday
afternoon
voted
overwhelmingly
in
favor
of
the
Teen
Town
idea
and
elected
a
committee
of
six
students
to
lay
plans
for
nominations
and
elections
of
their
"civic"
leaders.
They
pointed
out
clearly
that
the
movement
will
not
be
restricted
to
High
School
students
but
that
any
of
the
city's
'teen
aged
youths
or
girls
may
belong
providing
they
are
Civic
Cen
tre
members.
Sunday's
meeting
elected
a
committee
consisting
of
Eddie
Clcconc,
Don
Hartwlg,
Mel,
Thompson,
Beryl
Thompson
and
Frank
James
to
be
an
.organiza-
j
tlonal
committee
to
lay
plans
I
for
the
nominations
and
elec-l
.
'
4lm.M
v
ir
in
tlons.
Betty
Hamilton,
who
was
elected
secretary
of
the
meeting,
will
continue
as
pro-tem
secretary
and
will
also
sit
on
the
committee.
Alderman
T.
N.
Youngs,
Civic
Recreational
Board
chairman,
was
chairman
of
the
meeting.
He
outlined
the
'teen
town
pro-
l
r
Vancouver
pass-
(grams
being
carried
out
In
other
LAST
WEEK
.
.
.
Slogan
Contest
The
Prince
Kupert
Public
Relations
Council
desires
to
select
a
slogan
appropriate
to
this
city
for,
publicity
purposes.
IT
MUST
BE
Concise
Appropriate
Catchy-
First
Prize
$10
Second
Prize
.
$5
OPEN
TO
ALL
YOU
ARE
INVITED
TO.
MAKE
ENTRIES
Final
Closing,
April
15
Entries
received
by
Daily
News
marked
"Slogan
Contest"
Withdrawing
Of
Iran
Case
Terms
of
Deal
Between
Russia
and
I'ersia
on
Oil
Revealed
j
I
It
AN
UNDEC1DF.D
TEHRAN
The
Tehran
sov-
I
ernnient,
apparently,
lias
not
yet
reached
a
decision
as
to
its
policy
toward
Soviet
Union
demands
that
the
Iranian
case
be
withdrawn
from
the
United
Nations
security
council
agenda.
LONDON
The
Moscow
radio
quotoes
Iranian
Premier
Ahmed
Quavam
as
saying
that
the
Russian
-withdrawal
from
I
ran
makes
It
unnecessary
for
the
United
Nations
council
to
discuss
the
Soviet-Iranian
dispute
any
further.
At
the
same
time,
an
Iranian
general
staff
officer
has
told
the
Associated
Press
that
he
thinks
that
separatist
movements
In
Azerbaijan
Province
and
Kurdistan
will
end
when
the
Russians
complete
their
withdrawal.
In
view
of
the
agreement
between
Russia
and
Iran,
Moscow
demands
the
removal
of
the
whole
Iran
case
from
the
security
council
agenda.
Ambassauor
Gromykp,
In
requesting
removal
of
the
Iran
case
from
the
security
council
agenda,
said
that,
In
view
of
the
settlement
reached,
there
was
nothing
left
to
.endanger
peace
and
security
and
further
discussion
was,
therefore,.
Illegal.
The
asreemont
on
oil
calls
for
a
Soviet-Iran
oil
company
being
formed
for
a
period
of
50
years.
During
the
'first
25
years,
the
Soviet
will
have
51-49
control
and
after
that
there
will
be
equal
control.
Russia
will
take
half
of
the
oil
In
northern
Iran
and
Iran
will
have
the
right
to
.sell
the
other
half'to
the
highest
bidder
which
presumably
would
be
Russia.
The
Soviet
will
bear
;
all
the
expenses
of
oil
develop
ment
but
Iran
will
retain
title
j
'
to
the
ground.
Premier
Quavam
of
Iran
says
that
he
expects
there
will
be
no
difficulty
In
the
new
autonomous
government
set-up
In
Azerbaijan.
Mutual
messages
of
friendship
have
passed
between
Premier
Quavam
of
Iran
and
Marshal
Stalin
of
Russia,
It
Is
said
lierc.
Britain
Approves
Peace
Conference
LONDON
-
A
British
foreign
office
spokesman
says
that
Great
Britain
has
endorsed
a
proposal
made
by
the
United
States
for
a
conference
of
the
foreign
ministers
of
the
Big
Four.
It
was
suggested
that
the
foreign
ministers
of
the
United
States.
Britain,
iFrance
and
Russia
April
25.
meet
on
"Freedom
of
the
press
Is
a
heritage
deeply
Imbedded
in
our
traditions
and
Inseparably
linked
to
our
freedom,"
said
Rep.
Noah
M.
Mason
while
opposing
antitrust
charges
against
hews
gathering
agencies.
SPY
REPORT
IS
DELAYED
Will
Not
be
fliven
Out
Until
After
Trials
Are
Over
OTTAWA
Informed
quarters
in
Ottawa
say
that
the
fourth
interim
report
by
the
royal
commission
on
espionage
may
not
be
lued
for
some
time.
They
.say
the
government
will
hesitate
to
make
the
report
public
while
the
trials
of
persons
charged
with
espionage
arc
continuing.
Such
information
as
the
report
contains
would
tend
to
Influence
Jurors
at
the
trial.
Bulletins
EISENHOWER
FOR
DRAFT
WASHINGTON
Pleading
before
the
Senate
military
affairs
committee
for
continuation
and
extension
of
the
draft,
Gen.
Eisenhower
declar-it
it
was
essential
unless
"we
aie
to
gamble
with
the
security
of
this
nalion
and
the
security
of
the
world."
PEARL
HARBOR
PROBE
WASHINGTON
The
Pearl
Harbor
inquiry
will
resume
tomorrow
with
General
George
C.
Marshall
and
Admiral
Harold
Stark
appearing
as
nesses.
UGANDA
AT
RIO
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
Enroute
fromj
Victoria
to
Halifax,
the
Canadian
cruiser
Uganda
arrived'
here
today.
(Officers
of
the
Uganda
include
Lieut.
"Paddy"
Palmer,
son
of
Mrs.
P.
I.-Talmer
of
this
city.)
-
;
-v
.
i
OFFICER
RETIRES
OTTAWA
Retirement
of
Brig.
II.
r.
Bell-Irving
of
Vancouver,
after
six
and
a
half
years
of
active
service,
is
au
noimced.
He
went
overseas
in
1939
as
a
lieutenant.
PLANTA
TO
OTTAWA
VANCOUVER
Edward
Planta,
formerly
of
the
Nelson
News
and
later
with
the
Vancouver
News-Herald,
is
going
to
Ottawa
to
become
business
manager
of
the
Ottawa
FOOD
FOR
CHINA
SHANGHAI
Aircraft
will
be
pressed
into
service
to
rush
food
supplies
into
famine-stricken
portions
of
central
China.
TOURISTS
NOT
WANTED
LONDON-Owing
to
lack
of
accommodation,
Great
Britain
is
not
encouraging
tourists
to
come
to
this
countty
this
year.
By
1917
it
is
hoped
condition's
will
be
better.
"STRAFED"
BY
HAIL
ANNISTON,
Alabama
Millions
of
dollars
of
damage
was
done
when
hailstones
as
large
as
50c
pieces
fell
here
yesterday.
There
were
still
tons
of
ice
on
the
streets
today.
Buildings
looked
like
they
had
been
strafed
by
artillery
or
machine
guns.
LA
GUARD!
A
IS
NOT
SATISFIED
Objects
to
His
World
Relief
Agency
Being
Kicked
Around
WASHINGTON
UNRRA
Director
Fiorcllo
LaGuardia
declares
that
his
world
relief
agency
Is
being
kicked
around.
The
former
New
York
mayor,
without
Identifying
his
opponents,
declared
that
he
is
not
going
to
stand
for
millions
of
starving
and
dying
people
bcins
booted
around.
United
States
Senator
Punched
BUFFALO
Police
in
Buffalo,
New
York,
are
holding
a
59-year-old
man
who
assau)ted
an
American
senator.
James
Mcad
in
a
hotel
lobby.
The
man
punched
the
senator
In
the
face
when
he
wasi-leavlng
the
hotel.
Senator
Mead
lost
a
tooth
and
suffered
a
cut
Up.
32
Years
Since
Line
Opened
Few
Prince
Rupert
people
may
have
recalled
that
yesterday
was
a
historic
anniversary
for
Central
British
Columbia.
It
was,
however,
for
on
April
7.
1914,
the
last
spike
on
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
railway
line,
linking
Prince
Rupert
with
the
Great
Lakes,
was
driven
at
Fort
Fraser.
About
1,500
people
witnessed
the
closing
act
in
the
construction
of
the
great
railway
as
B.
R.
Kel-liher,
chief
engineer
for
the
railway,
drove
the
spike.
Two
days
later,
on
April
9,
the
first
train
from
the
east
arrived
In
Pince
Rupert
and
was
met
by
thousands
of
cheering
citizens.
The
two
pictures
at
the
top
record
the
final
act
of
rail
construction
at
Fort
Fraser
when
the
last
spike
was
driven.
They
were
supplied
to
the
Daily
News
by
D.
Santcrbanc,
a
pioneer
of
Prince
Rupert
who
was
on
the
scene
as
a
construction
worker.
A
featureof
the.
final
period.
of
construction
was
a
race
between
'the
eastern
andweireni
crews
Toarrivc'ut
the
appoihied'spob
first.
The
eastern
team
won.
defeating
Dan
Dempsey.
well-known
foreman
who
had
held
at
one
time
the
track-laying
championship
of
America.
Considerable
money
was
lost
and
won
on
wagers.
Here
ls
seen
the
arrival
at
Prince
Rupert
of
the
f
Irs
t
through
train
on
April
9,
1914.
There
Is
still
a
similar
ramp
and
the
"F.
G.
Dawson"
warehouse
ls
now
occupied
b
y
W.
H.
Malkln
Co.
Local
Service
Men
Returning
Four
local
service
men,
home
ward
bound
from
overseas,
landed
at
Halifax
from
the
He
dc
France
at
the
end
of
the
week
and
arc
now
speeding
by
train
across
the
country.
They
are
Sgt.
A.
II.
Bleackley.
Cpl.
W.
H.
Roberts,
Rfn.
Kenneth
McCrim-mon
and
Pte.
K.
E.
Wrathall.
China
in
Market
For
More
Ties
VANCOUVER
There
are
further
orders
from
China
for
British
Columbia
railway
ties.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
April
9,
1946
High
7:03
17.9
feet
20:48
16.4
feet
Lour
0:53
10.2
.feet
14:04
5.7
feet
oiof
Hanson
arrived
on
Satur
day
night's
train
from
Smlthers
and
will
be
here
until
later
In
the
week
when
he
will
proceed
to
Vancouver
This
picture
Is
another
view
of
the
final
track
-
laying
episode.
WAS
PUPPET,
HE
ADMITS
Never
Faltered
in
Carrying
Out
Hitler's
Orders
Was
His
Devoted
Slave
NUERNBERG
Field
Marshal
Wilhelm
KciteJ
told
the
International
war
crimes
tribunal
today
that
he
had
been
under
the
domination
of
Adolf
Hitler
whose
devoted
follower
he
was.
He
might
have
been
weak
and
he
misht
have
been
guilty,
Kel-
tel
said,
in
carrying
out
the
Fuehrer's
orders
to
the
letter
but
he
had
been
resolute
In
one
thine
never
to
disobey
his
su
perior.
His
voice
broke
as
he
testified.
It
was
something
that
people
who
did
not
know
Hitler
and
the
circumstances
could
never
understand.
Five
long
years
of
fierce
re
pression
have
Inculcated
a
real
desire
In
the
French
people
for
the
freedom
of
the
press
In
France;
the
government
ls
no
longer
represented
in
the
newspaper
field.
Father
Kills
Wife,
Two
Sons,
Mother
Says
God
Ordered
Him
to
Commit
Rash
Act
DES
MOINES,
Iowa
(CP)
A
mother,
grandmother
and
two
small
children
of
a
Des
Moines
family
were
hacked
to
death
in
the
front
yard
of
their
home
on
Sunday.
After
a
gun
light,
police
took
into
custody
a
newspaper
printer
who
said
"God
had
ordered
me
to
kill
my
family,"
William
C,
Irwin,
41,
who
was
slightly
wounded,
was
placed
.In
a
padded
cell
at
the
city
Jail.
No
charges
were
filed
Immediately.
Those
killed
were
Edith
Irwin,
38,
Irwin's
wife;
Mrs.
Mary
Alice
Irwin,
64,
his
mother;
John
Irwin,
8,
his
son,
and
Henry
Irwin,
5,
another
son.
A
third
son,
William
11,
had
gone
to
Sunday
school
before
the
slaylni's.
Detective
Chief
Paul
Castellinc
said
that
he
had
asked
Irwin
whether
he
was
crazy
and
Irwin
told
him,
"I
must
be."
Cas-telllne
said
that
Irwin
had
told
him
that
he
had
been
confined
in
a
Chicago
mental
institution
some
years
ago.
The
-weapon
used
was
a
double-edged
grubbing
tool
with
a
flat
blade
on
one
side
and
a
point
on
the
other.
'UNION
WILL
RAISE
FUNDS
Striking
Net
Workers
to
Be
Supported
by
Local
Prince
Rupert
local
of
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers'
Union
will
start
a
campaign
to
raise
funds
to
support
the
striking
ni)
nmrl-on
n,hr
loft
tholr
Jobs
along
the
coast
last
week
In
a
demand
for
higher
pay
schedules.
The
decision
was
i
made
at
Friday
night's
meeting
of
the
union
after
Secretary
Bosmer
had
delivered
a
report
on
the
strike
situation.
About
65
net
workers
In
can-,
nerles
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area
are
affected
by
tle
strike.
A
report
Indicating
the
sympathetic
attitude
of
native
fishermen
toward
the
strikers,
prepared
by
William
Beynon,
northern
business
agent
for
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
B.C.,
was
read.
Mr.
Beynon
has
gone
to
Vancouver
to
consult
the
executive
of
the
union
in
regard
to
co-ordinating
the
activities
of
the
union
and
the
Native
Brotherhood.
The
meeting
was
informed
that
negotiations
between
the
union
and
Atlin
Fisheries
.and
the
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.
would
come
before
the
Regional
Labor
Board
this
week.
The
meeting
was
attended
by
more
than
100
members.
T.
H.
Elliott,
union
president,
was
chairman.
Persecuted
Folk
Coming
to
States
WASHINGTON
On
April
.26
about
900
displaced
and
perser
cuted
persons
.in
Germany
will
start
on
a
Journey
to
the
United
States.
Top
p'rlorlty
for
Immigration
will
be
given
to
refugees
and
victims
of
Nazism
in
accordance
with
a
directive
from
President
Truman.
'
THE
WEATHER
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy
with
showers;
minimum
temperature
at
Prince
Rupert
tonight,
35;
wind
moderate,
southwest,
15
miles
per
hour.
Tuesday
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers,
becoming
clear
In
southerly
portion
late
In
afternoon.
Maximum
temperature,
Prince
Rupert,
46;
,
wind
moderate,
wcstcrlyr
-10
miles
per
hour.