1 H'U, TAXI Ncsbitt ino il Railways m-nt with a view lie contact of nanclal inter- . 111 ,. -I. .Mich. Hie csui"""" Irlnl activities traffic for the t p rut.. ' .... Iin u fnr ba-lc industries in assttl::dbxs.ls iO expansion- n way Apart mmn cmn inrri" .Ignlficance to Inspecting local ! first hand In-ncal possibilities ablishment and iou local Intcr- s no stranger to s nc was moua-luieouvcr In 1031 feted the import- pment that has Be and expressed e would be suc- it. lt Into more ex c of their trip En and Ostrander ihc Lakehcad at finnlneg, Rcstlna. lonton and Prince nil proceed from Ivor tonight, j was the, speaker Igular weekly luh- Irlnce Rupert Ro- of zing r ii f ()iif brc Is t for New . r AH federal have always had ,inh ccntraliza-( idea of seizing f Ihc province. it Duplrssis said pre last night. He if exponents of U had their wav. RMs would dls- Brilrraliott would Ire would be no lily within the said lie was plum to Ottawa frtiott of the Po licial conference, I I'm not running l's. It's, not dig-iwnuld refuse, he out "my brother, Iliiy province." hi WEIL In f irst riace ! Columbia Second Returns for the I sales of Canada's m showed a coun- 1 of $11,307,100. na- leartquartcrs rennrt- c majority of sale3 ttrd were pxolnstvo under the payroll ' the provinces for y with $4m.9sn i Columbia was F"s of families are faseg, it Gninrr Nations Malnr T Trt 11 director of phy-J3 resigning his 51 to accept that of f activities for the Wllh headquar ork, INDIVIDUALS. MAY PURCHASE WAR HOUSES The 100 Wartime houses which nrn offered for sale here bv War Assets Corporation arc available for purchase by any individual willing to remove them fr6m Ihclr present sites and return Ihe lots to their former condi tion. Tills informtalon was given to Mavor H. M. Daggett Thursday afternoon by Wartime Housing Manager j. L. MCBwen to clear up the belief, prevalent here, that the houses were to be sold as a unit and removed from the city. The houses 88 of which ars on the upper reaches of Rush- brook Heights and 12 at the eastern end of Eighth Avenue can be bought Individually on the understanding that they will be removed from the lots on which they now stand, according to Mavor Daggett. The lots arc owned by War- time Housing Ltd. Sale of the I houses Is being made through and R A. War Assets Corporation. 1 agent van- ti . ti.. .. in inn r i lv . prcMMit tour Mr Johnston CWS jhu-iu i.ri a better Amjroxlmately 40 tenants of the houses which have been offered for sale on "second" Overlook, Plggott Avenue, Herman Street and Eighth Avenue are being moved to other Wartime houses or are moving fo other houses In the city. MAY CUT SOVIET DEFENCE BUDGET M O S C ( W (CP) Finance Minister Zverev last night recommended the reduction of about $11,095,000 in Russia's defence budget for the next fiscal year. SHIP STRIKE IS LOOMING Wage Offer of Owners Is Rejected By Maritime Engineers VANCOUVER Qi -A strike In the West Coast Canadian ship ping Industry loomed last night as a meeting of the National Association of Marine Engineers rejected an offer of shipowners of an 11c per hour v;age In crease and demanaea recognition' of" thcir'organfeatlon and payment of overtime. An action committee was appointed by engineers to be in readiness "to direct any necessary tactics In bringing about a negotiated agreement." for the sadistic 'murder of movie extra Marccry Gardiner. Heath also wus charged with the sadistic slaying of Uorccn Marshall,. 21, at Bournemouth. Vancouver Hralornc H.25 B. It. Con 11 V ii. R. X - 13 Cariboo 3 0. Dcntonla 38 arnll Wlliksne H Iledley Mascot ' 1.47 Mlntoh -05V Pcnd Oreille 2.65 Pioneer Premier Border -07 la Premier - I-35 Privateer 59 Reeves McDonald 1-20 Kcno I2 Salmon Gold 21 Sheep Creek 1-1J Taylor Bridge -65 Whitewater 03 Vananda 30 Congress Jl Pacific Eastern 54 Hcdley Amalg I3 Spud Valley . . - -I8 Central Zeballos . '1 Oils A. P. Con 1 Calmont C.&K I-66 Foothills I-75 Home 2.60 MARVIN MACK INSANE VANCOUVER Marvin Lester Mack, 25-ycar-old American sailor, charged with attempted murder by shooting his twenty-three year old sweetheart, Olive Negrich last August, wilt never stand trial. He has been adjudged men tally unfit and will be committed to asylum. Miss Negrich is still in hospital. Her spine is paralyzed and she will never walk again. APPEAL llENIEI) OTTAWA Edward Mazer-all's appeal against a four-year term of imprisonment for espionage iias been rejected. BUS OIT HIGHWAY KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon Twenty-five persons were in-lured when a bus went off the highway in a snowstorm near here. TO BUILD SCHOOLS NEW WESTMINSTER Tilt city council has approved a $2,200,000 school building program proposed by the school board and the provincial government will be asked for permission to present a bylaw. Projects include a new senior and junior high school. NO SLAVING OF FLIERS SICHANG. China A United States Army search party re InmpH frnm t llf wilds of China H Far" West without cvlden'cc Ihlt any lost American fliers had hreii enslaved by fierce Lolo tribesmen. They found wreck ast of an American supcrfort ress which crashed March 1945 but no evidence of survivors. DUCHESS OF WINDSOR IS ROBBED OF JEWELS AT ESTATE IN SURREY i nMiinM r.lMKnrnv nolice announced today Ulii'vJi' yv 1. k- 4t...i i...1..i.u Inci iiitrlif lirnkn into the COUlUl'V 1101110 of' the Earfof Dudley at Sunningdale and stole a "considerable amount of jewelry" belonging to the n,,i,n .mil iiiif iPKH of Windsor, me ljukc ami vuw ess have been gucstrf of thp Earl during meir vibic PILOT DIES FOR SADIST SLAYING LONDON 0- - Neville George Clevcly Heath, handsome young former n.A.P. pilot, was hanged In Pcntonvlllc Prison yesterday to Uigianu The Press Association said that the Duchess owns Jewels estimated to be worth $1,000,000 but there was no estimate ot Ihc' exact amount stolen. Reports ranged from $20,000 to $1,000,000 of Jewels being stolen. t1ip robber climbed un an out- tide drainpipe in broad daylight In spite of the fact that Scotland Yard men were guarding the lodge. TODAYS STOCKS : : Toronto Aumauque - 02 Beattle - I-25 Hobjo 1 Buffalo Cdn. 20 Cons. Smelters 81.50 Eldona 47 Elder I-20 Giant yellowknifc 6.00 llnrdrnck Gt .Tnrknifp 12'4 Jollet Quebec 65 Little Long Lac 1-C0 Matlscn Red Lake 2.90 MacLeod Cockshutt .... 1-62 Moncta ' 02 Omega 1" Tickle Crow 2.90 San Antonio 3 05 .Senator Rouyn 48 V2 Sherrltt Gordon 2-20 Steep Rock 2.43 Sturgeon River I8 Lynx 28 Lapaska 4i Gods Lake 04 Negus ; 2.00 Aubelle 43 Heva Gold Harrlcana 22 McKcnzie Red Lake .... .91 Lit F Juneau CutrQff By Maritime S u JM , ""at Bulleti "oat ns NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER THE WEATHER Synopsis Skies arc clear over most of British Columbia this mornln with variable cloudiness over the Queen Charlotte Islands from a weak disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska and high cloudiness over southern Vancouver Island and the lower mainland from a storm along the Oregon coast. Temncratures of 20 degrees, l desrecs below the freezing point were reported early this mornln? from Qucsnel. Crescent Valley and Cranbrook. No change in tho weather i3 expected today but more moist and colder air from the west will xause general Mnnriinrs"! with widelv scattered rain showers along the coast to morrow. Queen Charlottes, North Coast Overcast today and Friday with rain showers commencing this evening. Light winds becoming southeast 20 m.p.h. this af ternoon, veering to northwest 10 mip.h tonight and Friday. Minimum temperatures expected to-nlaht: Port Hardy 40. Massett 38, Prince Rupert 38. Maximums Friday: Port Hardy 52, Massett 53, Prince Rupert 53. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1946 fSST Msl Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" NUERNBERG O; Sources in side Nuernben: Jail suld today that 12 Oerman employees are linrtpr. constant scrutiny In con nection with the closely-veiiea. invr&tliratirm bv a three-man Army board Investigating how, where and when Hermann Goer in? obtained cvanlde of potas slum with which he beat the hangman by committing suicide. The Germans are not under arrest but are being "protectively held" until they are cleared of all possible complicity In the eleventh-hour suicide. Goerlng Is understood to have swallowed the poison when a n T cnnrrl turned his head. Prison authorities discioseu tndav that Field Marshal WH helm Kltel nlanned like Gcoring to evade the gallows with suicide hut was foiled by clumsy hand linn of his walled. An alert guard noticed Kltel push some thine down his wallet. In a cor ner was found a long, sharp niece of metal, capable of slash inn wrists or throat. Kltel re fused to explain how he got It An Exchange Telcgrapn dis nni.ch t.n Tjinrinn from Nuem hpra. later officially confirmed, said the bodies 'of Goerlng and his 10 hanged Nazi associates had been cremated and the ashes "dispersed secretly." This action was taken "to obviate the neces sltv of maintaining strict se crccy over the location of tne traves." Where the cremation had taker, ulacc was not dis closed. The bodies had been taken from the prison In two sealed trucks following the execution at 5:35 yesterday morning. MOLOTOV COMING Aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth, sailing from Southampton for New York yesterday are 2,314 passengers, including Soviet Foreign Minister Mololov: PRICE FIVE CENTS nniTISII NAVAL MIGHT ON DISPLAY IN GRECIAN WATERS A powerful British task anchor In Naupllon Bay on visit in Grecian waters. force Is Dlctflred In iMhens as it. dropped A BrltUh Kn office spokesman: speaking in London, told a press conference that British trooM in TGrccce win help the Greek army. In, Its efforts to quell the so-called rebellious forces In northcni Orocce If the Greek government rquests their aid "in the last resprt." In the for ground 1 "the ancient castle of Bourdl, a relic of Venetian rule of this region. PROMOTED IN RAH. SERVICE Andrew Itoy :Uougall Becomes C.N.U. General Agent at Ottawa -MONTREAL With a railway tcrvlce of 34 years, Andrey Roy MacDougall, formerly general agent for the passenger department at Jasper Park Lodge, has been promoted to be district pas senger agent, Canadian xoauonti Railways,, with headquauers a OttaWaV According to an announcement by A, A. Gardiner, rpnrr.at nassenaer traffic mana ger. The appointment Ls effective November 1. Mr. MacDougall, who was born In Campbellton, N.B., started his railway career as a statistical clerk In the freight traffic department of Canadian Northern Railway In Winnipeg. Later the same year he transierrea 10 we passenger department as ticket clerk with the company at Bran don. Two years ago he moved io Calgary In the same capacity. In 1023 Mr. MacDougall was promoted To be travelling pas senger agent and the touowing ( vear moved to Edmonton In the I ,o Mniillv H rnnt.lnilpri at ,1 i 1 IV- I llJHVl.J i v-w------ this work until 1938 wrien he was appointed city passenger agent., Throughout the busy war years when the Edmonton office figur ed prominently with heavy passenger movements, Mr. Mac Dougall retained this position and upon the opening of Jasper Park Lodge In June of 1946 he moved to Jasper as general agent and In addition handled all the motor transportation for lodge guests. He moves to Ottawa with a wide knowledge of the nccas of the travelling public. Hardrock Miners' Strike Is Coming To Conclusion Copper Men Accept Terms of Chief Jus tice Sloan and Gold Men Are Considering vAMr-nnw.n (CV Sottlement of the four vVinlr1 minors' strikp was announced today. One JIAUllWlWiV Aiiw.w-. i,cori. lunrVare will rpt.urn tn work at rrinceton and Britannia Sunday at midnight at higher, wage .... . " 1 A.1 H rwt n nil 111. nat hniir 1nr m 1PVS Hllll I UlllICI IllCll rtlivi L 1 lor- other, workers. anda44yhourwork avcck Suicide of Goerinq Is Under Probe Germans at Nuernberg Jail Under Close Scrutiny-Bodies Arc Cremated Tne union naa asucu iui 2C2C per hour pay boost and forty-hour week. Almnst Identical terms had been proposed for ending tne strike of more than 1,000 gold miners who walked out July 3 and these are now being considered by the miners. The terms of settlement are those proposed by Chief Justice Gordon Sloan. THIRTEEN DEAD IN PLANE CRASH Passenger Machine Wrecked While Landing in Wyoming Snowstorm LARAMIE. Wyoming U) A nassenEer mane crashed near here earlv today, killing the crew of three and 10 passengers. It crashed In a blinding snowstorm as it came hi for a landing at the Laramie airport. Eleven were killed Instantly and two died In hnsmital. The bodies were thrown clear of the wreckage which was scat tered over an area of 300 square vards. The plane was scheduled to have landed at Cheyenne but, owing to the bad weather, It wa3 decided to land here. Elsht of the passengers were navy men and two wcr? women. The crew consisted of two pilots and stewardess. One of the dead women was Mrs. Mary Bone of Toronto. CONFERENCE IS "NOT" FAILURE .WASHINGTON O) United 8t.1t.ea Secretary of State James CITY COUNCIL APPROVES NEW WORK SET-UP Citv council's salary and wage committee. aDrxilnted earlier thfe year, has come through with a series of proposals designed to "streamline" routine operations in the City Hall. The recommendations, result lmr from weeks of study, were approved by city council Mon day night. They follow the lor- mal dismissal and re-hiring 01 city hall employees to establish the new set-up last June. The recommendations, approv ed bv council, are: 1. That where employees now rpcclvln-! salaries in excess of the maximum set by the salary schedule are appointed or re appolnjcd to positions, they snau retain their present salaries, except In cases- where the salaries exceed $300 a month. 2. That the following In creases In salaries be granted on recommendation of the dei rt'- ment head on eomDletiuL u sat- '1-cT.islnrv service: " clerks-45ii a month at the completion of -six months service, and $5 per month at the completion of each succeeding 12 months service un til the maximum rate for the nnsltlon has been attained. 1 ' F. Byrnes- arrived home toaay from the Paris neace conference and declared that the 21-power "peace conclave had "made progress" towards the establishment of organized peace of Europe. It certainly could'not be cauca a "failure" Byrnes said. He will confer with Truman later today. Byrnes arrived here on the airplane "Sacred Cow" and will speak to the nation-over the air tomorrow night. Senator Arthur Vande'nouru also arrived and spoke of the balance of credits over debits at the Paris" conference as being "hopeful." He will speak Saturday night. Other employees $10 a month . 1 .a at tnp comniciion 01 eacn 14 months service until the maxl mum for that position has been reached. 3. That H. D. Thaln be ap nolnted city assessor and that he have the assistance of the city engineer In carrying out his duties and that he be authorized Continued on Page 2) ORDERS PROBE INTO SHOOTING OF GOVT. AGENT PORT ALBERNI Oi Coroner C. Pitts has ordered an investi gation Into the death of Hamil ton J. Byrne, 61, government agent for Albcrni district. The man was found dead in his back yard Monday with a bullet In his head after he went out to shoot rats. DREAMBOAT OFF OVER ATLANTIC PARI S Pacusan ureamboat took off from Orly Field yester day In an attempt to set a non-stop flight record across the At l.intic. Engine trouble forced the big flvlne boat to turn back over the Atlantic on its attempt Tues day to span the 600 miles from Paris to New York in llVi hours 46 1 Q 3 Stop Calling at Capital ALASKA STORES ARE BECOMING SEVERELY SHORT OF FOOD ITEMS C.P.R. BOATS BYPASSING PORX JUNEAU (CP) Juneau was also cut off today from Canadian steamship service as the maritime strike developed and most of the stores are short or entirely out of many food items. Longshoremen have refused to work Canadian steamers and the operators announced that they would pass up the city, going directly to Skagway. No announcement was made as to differences between the union and Canadian lines. The British Columbia Coast RtnamshlD Service of the Cana dian Pacific Railway Is the only Canadian line running Into Juneau. New York Strangled Fifty-six Industrial Disputes Meaning Loss of Millions of Dollars to America's Greatest City NEW YORK O; Fifty-six- In dustrial disputes, now the sub ject of labor-management deliberations, are slowly strangling the economy of the United States premier city, effecting the loss of millions of dollars. Docks, warehouses and railway sidings are piled high with thousands of tons of freight.-un- moved because of maritime and truck strikes. Several "hundred stores of two large food chains are closed because of a trucking dispute. Three hundred and imy-seven American ships are bot tled up In New York harbor and there ls a similar picture m many other ports of the nation. TWO LICENCES ARE GRANTED OTTAWA iK Two licenses to operate nUn-scheduled charter commercial air service, out ot Vancouver, and Whltehorse have beeuu -8 k lrTrannw Board- apncuaceu ,today. ihe services will be operated by1 Can adian Pacific Air Lines and Yukon Southern Transport Ltds DOOR IS CLOSED ON CONFERENCE TORONTO Premier George Drew of Ontario said last night that Prime Minister Mackenzie King had "closed the door for any further consideration of requests for an early resumption of the Dominion-provincial conference." The Premier released an exchange of correspondence with the Prime Minister. A spokesman for Prime Minister King said today that' Mr. King would discuss with cabi net colleagues a charge by Premier Drew that the Prime Min ister was breaking faith with the provinces In the matter of resumption of the Dominion-provincial conference. LABOR BALANCE IS NEARLY EVEN There were 144,000 workers In Canada still looking for Jobs on October 3. and 142,000 Jobs listed as available. The upswing in logging accounted for the bigger demand for workers. Local Tides Friday( October 18; 1946 High a. 8:12 16.9 feet 19:59 17.7 feet Low 1:25 5.8 feet 13:55 10.7 feet MORRIS SUMMIT PROPERTY TO BE OPERATED THROUGHOUT WINTER t. t.hfi comine winter op erations will be continued on the Morris Summit gold property which has been under extensive development during the past year under the energetic direction 01 Eivau nun 10. i "v" " , and the work is concentrated on a 2000-foot tunnel to enter the ore body at lower level. Diamond drllling'has given values averaging 6 ounces ($21) of gold per ton. Ultimate plan is to equip the propery with mill and power plant and to have a road built In a distance of eight miles irom Big Missouri.. Queen Charlotte Lines have been transporting supplies. Into the property of late by aircraft, landing on a small lake alongside. The company has ordered a snowmobile for use In 'Winter transporting of supplies from 9-Mile on the Big Missouri Road over the Salmon Olacler. 5! m. 3 ill Km