f
the
iiallev
'Logst
.ie
mou
!.h
of
Surf
It:
in"
in
Prince
Ru-
llc-;pl'-i
In
"fair"
ur
hew
iat
:r
after
6er
-v
di
li
ed
iu:
in
the
nick
lid
Dr
W
S.
Kcrgln
kl
a
Queen
Charlotte
bear
here
at
1:15
tvv.
i
to
a
.
lend
the
ln-
"Hp
wa:.
In
bad
con-
w
rot
there
"
amded
at
the
Hal-
icamp
at
2
15.
Ira:
ufferlng
from
a
Ird
ie-
and
severe
In
jur,
caused
Dy
a
log-
lf-
I
U
Jl
(IH
dof,r.
accident
was
Be
from
the
Prince
ennen
Co
operative
itdurf
Inlet
by
radlo-
tva:
pa:
;ed
on
to
nnbridge
of
Queen
A
me
,
who
called
Kc
:n
and
dlsnatched
ouat
Halda
Queen
Bv
ant
Art
Barrans
mane
on
the
mercy
o
Dr
Kergln,
Hal-
Bttic
chance
of
recov-
bo'
medical
attention
111'
i.o
him
shortly
af-
fcicient
fRIKE
ON
ON
w
The
biz
steel
lied
down
In
Canada
lan-hift
mills
were
sil
ica
't
two
of
three
plants
but
In
a
third
.Inn
t
.-.till
confused.
ha:,
come
completely
at
the
Ataoma
Steel
pn
plant
at
Sault
Ste.
ptarlo,
and
the
Dom-
pl
and
Coal
Corpnra-
i
at
Sydney.
Nova
Sco-
iVer
at
the
S4cel
Com-
nnada
plant
at
Hamll-
jt'gc"t
of
the
three,
an
cd
number
of
men
re-
thc
nlant
and
corn
eals-
jald
production
Continued.
13,000
men
arc
affect-
t
strike
-3,800
at
Sault
e,
4,800
at
Hamilton
at
Sydney.
Possibly
now
Idle.
ue
is
over
wages
and
appears
to
be
the
fir,
of
thp
strike.
Tnn
llcials
are
here
along
pners
of
the
national
lommlttce.
Average
Sockeye
Calch30Ji5h.w
a
n.mn
in
Friday's
soefceye
rntrh
tn
50
fish
per
boat
raised
the
week's
average
perboat
to
nhm,t
!?n
fish
It
is
reiwrted.
The
dally
catch
earlier
In
the
week
was
ccrr-ideraniy
lower.
Picketing
Restrained
Injunction
Granted
in
Suprrntr
Court
Against
I.T.U.
Writs
Served
on
l'icketers
VANCOUVER
Injunction
re
straining
the
International
Typographical
Union
from
picketing
the
Vancouver
Province
building
was
granted
the
fjnntham
Publishing
Co.
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
Harper
in
British
Columbia
Supreme
Court
yesterday.
This
Injunction
Is
effec-Hup
until
Julv
29
and
will
be
continued
If
a
case
In
which
the
Province
Is
suing
the
union
for
damages
is
still
unsettled
nt
mat
time.
The
picketing
must
cease
until
It
has
been
proven
whether
or
not
the
I.T.U.
strike
againsv
the
'Province
is
Illegal
or
other
wise.
"Picketing,
watcning
or
besetting"
the
Province
is
not
to
be
permitted.
Writs
have
already
been
served
nn
some
of
the
plcketers.
In
fpite
of
the
Injunction
i.i
U.
pickets
remained
posted
during
the
night,
outside
the
Province
office
and
today
there
was
a
demonstration
of
mass
picketing
against
the
injunction
order
as
300
members
or
tne
Marine
Workers'
and
Boilermakers'
Union
Joined
the'
picket
line
for
15
minutes.
The
International
Tyorogra-phical
Union
and
three'
International
agents
were
defendants
in
the
Vancouver
Province
action.
Earlier
yesterday
Harry
Finch,
Canadian
representative
of
the
said
all
activities
at
the
Province
would
be
declared
un
fair
If
any
attempt
was
maae
w
rn,i.ire
the
naocr
under
"the
omn
rnnrlltlons
as
have
been
set
up
elsewhere
by
ilyt
Southam
chain.
Co-op.
Fish
Sales
(inii.iriian
Margaret;
I,
47,000
(halibut).
Co-op.
Cape
Spear,
14,000
(black
cod),
Neptune
II,
17,000
(black
cod).
THE
WEATHER
Forcrast
Prince
Rurft.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coa-.t-
-Overcast
today
and
tonight,
becom
ing
cloudy
over
the
Charlottes
Wednesday
afternoon.
Intermit
tent
rain
this
afternoon
and
to
night,
ending
before
daybreak
over
the
Charlottes
and
later
over
mainland
area.
I.leht
winds
becoming
southeast
by
this
af-temcon
and
evening,
becoming
southwest
ys
miles
per
hour
over
the
Charlottes
overnight.
Little
change
In
temperature.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd
.".V.V.VW.WAV.W.V.'.V
Vancouver
Bralcrne
12.50
B.
R.
Con.
13
B.
R.
X
.U
Cariboo
Oold
3.00
Dentonla
42
Orull
Wlhskne..
-We
Mlnto
.05Vi
Pend
Oreille
3.10
Pioneer
-
4.40
Premier
Border
08
Premier
Oold
1.65
PTlvateer
56
Reeves
McDonald
1.40
Reno
-l21z
Salmon
Odd
17
Sheep
Creek
1-20
Taylor
Bridge
CO
Whitewater
-
-03
Vananda
38V2
Congress
112
Pacific
Eastern
10
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.10
Spud
Valley
23
Central
Zeballos
10'-2
Oils
A.
P.
Con
11
Calmont
-30
C.
&
E
1-90
Foothills
I-60
Home
3
00
Toronto
Aumaque
.,.
61
Beattle
.
I-00
Bobjo
n
Buffalo
Can
-2
Con.
Smelters
95.50
Eldona
-50
Elder
56
Giant
Yellowknlfe
6.10
HaTrirock
75
Jacknlle
-1G
Jollet
Quebec
0
Little
Long
Lac
2.02
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.00
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
1-00
TVloneta
62
Omega
,22
Pickle
Crow
3-10
San
Antonio
4.60
Senator
Rouyn
65
Kherritt
Gordon
2.65
Steep
Rock
3.05
Sturgeon
River
-23
Lynx
-23
Lapaska
5J
God's
Lake
-75
Negus
2-21
turn---
"
PROv.
vc
lAL
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH.gOLU
ME
IA'S
NEWSPAPER
TOP
CABS
TAXI
TAXI
phne
M
i.
,349
537
It
Iter
o.
mcintyre
DAY
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
t
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
Ormes)
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
from
across
(VND
NIGHT
SElivu;a
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port-"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
13
4
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
165.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
JULY
16,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS"
iced
ath
to
German
SS
Kill
ray
Extreme
Edciiniiny
(CP)
A
t,-s
military
W"
meed
43
afriin
troopers
.to
death
Xr
'the
slaughter
..in
trican
siiiie
"
vilians
during
the
ittlc
of
Ardennes
-
s
Wrie
HMllliiim.li
Binaiiy's
last
offen-
the
Christmas
sea-
I
iirnor-i,
ranging
up
r
Riven
another
30
Brr
nd
men
con-
BThiirsday.
Iliim
Pepper,
'who
Nor
that
SS
troops
ir
no
prisoners,
was
if
sentenced
to
lie.
'act
With
Itumorcd
)
The
Evening
:terday
that.
It
un-
li.it
ncTo.tlatlons
for
of
an
Anglo-Cana-
rm
wheat
agreement
Bv
be
re
umea
mis
Ncw..
predicted
that
Int
would
guarantee
br
Canadian
farmers
irlod
of
about
four
would
mean
more
wheat
mpplles
for
hip.
the
next
year.
FLIGHT
10GGER
a
lr-
,inr
accident
ntlr-v
f
ank
Hallett.
GAS,
MISTAKEN
FOR
WATER
SETS
OFF
BOAT
BLAST
Poured
Into
a
tea
kettle
on
a
sh'ip's
galley
stove,
a
can
of
gasoline,
mistaken
for
water,
'Is
deslroyed
a
rmall
glllnet
boat
and
sent
three
men
to
Port
Elmpson
hospital
suffering
from
biims
at
Port
Simpson
during
the
week-end.
Names
of
the
Injured
men
or
the
boat
were
not
available
her.e
today.
According
to
police
report,
the
three
men.
were
aboard
the
gllln?tter
Sunday
nlsht
when
one
of
them
entered
the
galley
to
make
tea.
Mlrtaklng
a
can
filled
with
gasoline
for
a
similar
can
filled
with
water,
the
man
poured
the
inflammable
fluid
on
tin?
stove.
The
resulting
explosion
severely
burned
th
three
men,
and
destroyed
the
vessel.
RUSS
LOAN
IS
VAGUE
WASHINGTON
ID
Russia
probably
will
have
to
wait
until
next
year
at
least
for
a
loan
even
a
fraction
the
size
of
the
$3,750,000,000
credit
which
Congress
extended
Saturday
to
Great
Britain.
The
Kremlin
Is
reportedly
Interested
In
borrowing
about
$1,000,000,000
from
the
i
United
States.
Little
has
been
heard
of
the
Russian
loan
since
the
United
States
some
months
ago
notified
Moscow
of
a
willingness
to
dis
cuss
It
provided
Russia
would
agree
to
talk
at
tne
same
time
about
her
trade
relations
with
the
Balkans
and
other
areas
within
the
Soviet
sphere
of
IBy
rnes
ESPIONAGE
IN
CONTROL
WASHINGTON.
DC:.
W
At
torney
General
Clark
says
the
United
States
is
"entlrelv
on
top
of
the
situation
and
that,
when
sufficient
evidence
Is
found,
prosecutions
will
start."
Mr.
Clark
issued
a
statement
efter
reporters
requested
him
t
comment
on
the
Canadian
Royal
Commission's
final
report
on
espionage.
United
States
authorities
hid
been
In
communication
with
those
of
Canada
during
the
In
vestlgatlon,
Clark
said.
rows
Challenge
To
.
n
LOOK
TO
EMBATTLED
PALESTINE
AS
LAN,
J
OF
HOP!
-Seething
unre;t
grips
Palestine
amidst
blown
up
bridges,
kidnapped
British
rfficcr.;.
nn
entire
city
(Tel
Avic)
cut
off,
and
a
search
for
hostaee,.
Between
British,
Arabmd
Jew.
Palestine
is
an
armed
camp.
Yet
look
at
the
faces
or
some
of
these
45tt
refugees
or.
the
"ghost
ship"
Haviva
Relk.
As
these
Jewish
refugees
from
many
parts
of
wartorn
Europe
see
the
shoreline,
the
hope
of
a
new
life
is
mirrored
in
their
faces?
The
sign
says.
"Keep
the
gates
open,
we
are
not
the
last."
The
ship
broke
down
some
distance
out
from
the
harbor
and
was
pushed
Into
the
refugee
quay
with
no
crew
aboard.
On
arrival
at
Haifa,
four
of
the
men
aboard
were
taken
into
custody
suspected
of
being
members
of
the
crew.
Three
ethers
were
taken
to
the
hospital,
as
a
result'
of
privation
on
the
nightmarish
Journey.
ANCHOVY
FISHING
OTTAWA,
W
Minister
of
Fisheries
Bridges
announces
that,
for
the
lint
time,
purse-
seine
fishing
for
anchovies,
will
hp
norm
Ittprf
for
Uie
ne
Of
xt
xt
Jtwa
wi
MlrVf;5urOTeF
par
near
Vancouver
In
a
move
to
serve
the
growing
anchovy
canning
industry
and
determine
future
possibilities.
Seining
licences
will
be
issued
for
a
nortlon
of
the
inlet
above
the
Second
Narrows
bridee,
ex
clusive
of
Deep
Cove,
which
remains
closed
to
purse
seine
fishing,
the
minister
said.
The
British
Columbia
coast
Is
the
only
part
of
Canada
where
anchovies
are
known
to
exist.
Talking
On
Palestine
Britain
ilnsists
cn
"All
or
Nothing;"
in
Implementation
of
Anglo-American
Com-
.
mission
Report
LONDON
hi
British
and
American
negotiators
resumed
talks
on
Palestine
yesterday
amid
growing
Indications
that
Great
Britain
insists
on
all-or-nothing
In
implementation
of
the
Anglo-American
committee
report.
Details
of
the
talks
were
withhold
under'
a
new
blackout
imposed
at.
Britain's
request
but
Foreign
CSfee
sources
made
it
plain
thaVXondon
would
not
recede
from
Its
view
that
ad
mission
of
100,000
Jews
could
hot
be
considered
separately
from
nine
other
recommendations
in
the
report.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
July
17,
1946
High
2:50
20.5
feet
15:50
18.6
feet
Low
9:25
2.7
feet
21:35
7.3
fect
Bulletin
A
jpALARIIlS
RAISED
I
rii-rr
.1
HT
I
C
1
1
tnnTP'ICPS
I
II
1
&
,
I
4
l
'
n
I
(1
1
J
,
,
,
-
-
'
'
-
for
dntrninisters
anflhcr
"SV
n
1
o
r
.government
officials
wa'.
announced
here
today.
S5TI.F.L
PLANT
RUNNING
HAMILTON
-r
Oespite
the
1,111.
ilav-nlil
k
1
r
1
k
p
of
the
strehvorkers,
production
at
the
Steel
Company
of
Canada
plant
hrre
yesterday
was
two-tliirds
of
its
normal
capacity.
However,
the
plants
at
Sault
Stc.
Marie
and
at
Sydney.
N.S.,
nre
rlosrd.
Steel
Company
officials
say
that
2,01)0
men
arc
remaining:
on
the
job
at
Ham
ilton.
LAUGH
AIllMNrU
MONTREAI
Canada's
W
est
commercial
aircraft,
a
40-passengcr
four-motor
plane
capable
of
a
cruising
speed
of
325
miles
nn
hour,
will
be
cl'ristcncrt
at
the
week-end
by
Mrs.
C.
I).
Howe.
It
will
be
'used
in
TransCanada
Airlines
international
service.
SEEK
WAR
SUPPLIES
BUENOS
AIRES
The
Argentine
government
has
asked
the
Soviet
government
for
German
war
materials.
The
request
was
made
to
the
Soviet
trade
delegation
at
Buenos
Aires
and
is
being
subjected,
to
negotiation.
BOAT
IS
MISSING
VICTORIA
II
itish
Colum-
.
bia
police
are
assisting
in
a
search
for
the
fishing
boat
Johanna
XV.
H.
wiiich
leit
Seattle
July
1
and
was
last
ic-nurted
off
Destruction
Cape
near
the
north
end
of
Vancouver
Island.
SENTENCE
COMMUTED
OTTAWA
Pie.
John
Mcrk-ley,
eimvicted
last
April
of
the
murder
of
a
Netherlands
airman,
has
had
his
death
sentence
commuted
to
life
LAND-BASED
BOMBER-Ready
for
a
-ground
LARGEST
UNVEILING
YS?hewodaVs
WORLD'S
largest
land-based
bomb
jr.
the
XB-36.
The
new
plane,
powered
by
six
Z
f
ho
IlSwrcngtoi?hM
a
wing
spread
of
230
feet,
a
fuselage
length
of
163
fee
and
set
Into
the
after
part
of
the
wing,
according
to
army
a
r
force
officials.
pusher
A
c
Jew
propellers
on
Tls
accompanied
In
pressurized
compartments
of
the
giant
craft.
INCREASE
EUEL
RATION
LONDON
A
50
per
cent
In-
Oi.
"Tctin
.rat
t
'
mtmm
,
1
i
n
iw
n
mm
m
has
been
promised
to
Brit
motorists
m
Angus
1
by
Fuel
Minister
Emmanuel
Shinweli.
The
increase,
he
said,
is
made
possible
by
the
British
loan.
SETTLEMENT
REACHED
PRINCE
GEORGE
What
i3
described
as
an
"extremely
satisfactory"
agreement
has
been
obtained
in
the
dispute
between
the
operators
and
the
International
Woodworkers
of
America
in
this
area.
CALL
BUYERS'
STRIKE
WASHINGTON
A
campaign
for
a
buyers'
strike
in
pretest
against
the
lifting
of
price
ceilings
in
the
United
States
is
under
way
throughout
the
country.
United
Automobile
Workers
president
Walter
Rcuthcr
;;ays
that
the
buyers'
strike
will
lie
one
"such
as
the
country
has
never
known."
General
Mihailovic
Expected
To
Be
Shot
at
Dawn
Tomorrow
Fcr
German
Collaboration
BELGRADE
R
General
Ml-haik:
vic's
appeal
against"
the
death'
sentence
Imposed
yesterday
was
rejected
today
by
the
presidium
of
the
Yugoslav
national
af3f.mKy.
It
is
expected
the
bearded
be-spect
acted
former
Cltetnik
leader
will
be
executed
at
dawn
tomorrow.
Mihailovic,
former
Yugoslav
minister
of
war
and
guerilla
leader,
was
convicted
and
sen
tenced
to
death
for
collaboration
with
the
Germans
and
for
other
war
crimes.
The
court
or
dered
that
he
be
executed
by
shooting.
1
.With
ish
W
LEGALIZING
OF
BUYER
STRIKES
This
Is
Latest
Move
As
United
States
Wrestles
rrice
Control
AS
HI
NO
TON,
D.C
0)-
Leglslatlon
to
facilitate
buyers'
strikes
on
any
goods
which
may
jump
above
Office
of
Price
Ad
ministration
ceilings
was
plumped
Into
the
legislative
hopper
amid'
signs
that
some
of
the
price
agency's
friends
are
giving
up
hope
for
revival
of
OP.A.
with
powers
they
want.
Meanwhile
Philip
Murray,
CIO
president,
told
a
congressional
committee
of
"danger
of
widespread
unrest"
if
prices
get
out
of
hand.
He
said
that,
If
ef
fective
controls
are
not
restored,
there
will
be
repercussions
at
the
noils
in
the
November
elections.
A
showdown
Is
expected
to
occur
In
the
House
of
Representatives
today
on
the
new
Senate
bill.
That
measure,
President
Truman
said
yesterday,
"couldn't
be
worse,"
thus
hunting
at
another
veto
unless
legislation
is
revised.
FISH
WORKERS
SEEK
OVERTIME
PAY
FOR
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
WORK
A
dispute'
over
uie
payment
of
overtime
wages
for
work
.done
on
Saturday
afternoons
has
arisen
between
the
Prince
Rupert
Union
and
fish
companies
here.
Also
involved
is
an
effort
by
the
union
to
ob
tain
general
wage
increases
lor
docKsiae
nsn
oik-ei'S
overtime
period
If
the
44-
npnndinsr
time-and-a-half
for
I
as
an
work
on
Saturday
afternoon,
the
j
fish
vorkers
walked
off
their
Jobs
last
week-end,
according
to
Stan
Boshier,
secretary
of
tne
Prince
Rupert
local
u.nva.w.u.
This
coming
week-end,
union
members
will
attend
a
meeting
In
the
Civic
Centre
to
plot
a
course
of
action
in
their
dispute
with
the
companies.
According'
to
Mr.
Boshier,
the
union
is
demanding
that
time-
and-a-half
be
paid
the
fisn
workers
on
Saturday
afternoons
whether
or
not
they
have
work-ort
a
hours
during
that
week.
reportedly,
reportedly,
are
aie
hour
week
is
to
mean
anything."
Two
fish
companies,
Mr.
Boshier
says,
have
already
agreed
to
the
principle
that
Saturday
afternoons
be
overtime
periods
but
other
companies
require
that
the
workers
put
in
44
hours
during
the
wee-
before
overtime
will
be
paid.
Three
Hundred
and
Fifty
Men
Involved
Involved
In
the
dispute
are
1
about
350
shore
workers.
They
will
meet
next
Saturday
after
noon
to
plot
a
course
of
action
in
regard
to
the
disagreement
The
companies,
members
of
the
Vancouver
willing
to
pay
overtime
rates
,
office
of
the
union,
William
nllam
m
Rig
nniv
if
the
workers
have
already
put
in
44
hours
work
prior
V
Saturday
afternoon.
The
union,
according
to
Mr.
Boshier,
is
endeavouring
to
es
tablish
Saturday
afternoon
as
nn
overtime
period
under
the
new
44-hour
a
week
legislation.
"Under
"the
old
43-hour
week,
Sunday
was
considered
an
over-tm-.P
nerlod."
he
said.
"Under
I
the
44-hour
set-up
Saturday
afJ
I
ternoon
also
must
be
established
by,
secretary-treasurer
and
Alex
Gordon,
business
acent
are
now
in
the
city
and
will
take
part
in
the
meeting.
Wage
Increases
sought
by
the
union
Include
an
Increase
to
$1
and
hour
for
experienced
cold
storage
workers,
whoso
average
wage
now,
according
to
the
union,
Is
84
cents.
For
fish
workers
the
union
seeks
an
increase
i
(Continued
on
Page
3)
ussia
Demands
Soviet
Co-operate
Economically
In
Germany
,
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes,
following
his
return
from
the
foreign
ministers'
conference
at
Paris,
has
warned
Russia
that
she
is
creating
"doubts
and
suspicions"
by
ob-jectine
to
the
German
disarmament
treaty
and
announced
that
the
United
States
is
acting
immediately
r
fto
break
down
economic
barriers
me
irxnril
hi
Germany
with
or
without
the
S1I
ArrCAL
IS
REJECTED
aid
of
Moscow.
In
a
radio
broadcast
last
night,
Byrrjes
said:
"Our
military
representatives
will
this
week
be
instructed
to
co-operate
with
any
one
or
all
of
the
three
governments
(Britain,
Russia
and
France)
In
essential
administrative
matters
like
finance,
transportation,
communication,
trade
and
Industry.
We
will
either
secure
economic
co-operation
between
the
zones
of
German
occupation
or
place
the
responsibility
for
violation
of
the
Potsdam
agreement."
K.
E.
McLeod
(above)-
has
L-taken
over
the
duties
of
gen-
.
1.
.
th.
erai
pas-senger
ageui
iui
n"-Canadlan
National
Railways
and
Steamships
In
British
Columbia;
with
office
in
Vancouver-
He
succeeds
William
Stapleton,
recenUy
appointed
passenger
traffic
manager,
western
region,
Winnipeg.
Formerly
district
passenger
agent
for
the
C.N.R.
In
Vancouver,
Mr.
McLeod
started
his
railway
career
in
1907.
He
is
very
well
known
In
local
transportation
circles,
having
worked
in
this
province
since
1915.
He
Is
Honorary
President
of
the
Vancouver
Passenger
Men's
Association.
-laNJR.
Press
Bureau
MARINES
HELD
BY
CHINESE
JIANKING
W
Fighting
flared
tn
Manchuria
and
North
China
again
as
the
country'3
sporadic
peace
negotiations
were
stifled
by
summer
heat.
Meanwhile,
the
United
States
Marine'
Corp
3
headquarters
in
Pelplng
report-ed
that
seven
marines
were
cap
tured
by
a
band
of
80
armed
Chinese
north
of
Chlnwangtao
and
held
prisoner
since
AMERICANS
RELEASED
United
States
Authorities
Give
Up
Three
Russians
Whom
They
Had
Held
BERLIN
IB
Less
than
two
hours
after
the
Russians
had
released
two
Americans
whom
they
had
held
Incommunicado
in
the
Soviet
zone
of
Berlin
to
15
days.
United
States
Army
headquarters
announced
today
It
was
freeing
three
Russians
who
had
been
held
on
suspicion
of
espionage.
The
two
Americans,
a
warrant
officer
and
his
wife,
were
unharmed
and
stated
that,
for
the
most
of
the
time,
they
had
been
well
treated.
American
authorities
said
that
strenuous
efforts
were
being
made
to
effect
the
Teleasc
of
two
ot;her
American
officers,
ap-parcntlv
held
inebmmunlcadohy
the
Ru-iians
lor
almpst
two
j
weeks.
1
V!
5
ft