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VOL.
XXXV,
No.
125.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
29,
1946
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wide
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of
death
and
destruc--
and
creeks
boiled
out
p'-r
banks
today
to
inundate
x.e
farming
and
Industrial
u
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Pennsylvania
and
New
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persons
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homes
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'abll.
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dollars.
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repatriation
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the
U.S.S.
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nast'twc
days
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over
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May
30,
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feet
5.4
feet
V
EVIDENCE
QUESTIONED
MONTREAL
The
defence
at
the
conspiracy
trial
of
Fred
Rose
sought
today
to
question
the
admissibility
of
testimony
given
by
Igor
Gouzenko
when
the
former
Russian
embassy
cipher
clerk
was
telling
of
sending
Russian
secret
agents
to
foreign
countries,
but
the
court
held
the
evidence
was
permissible.
FOUNDRY
STRIKE
BREAK
VANCOUVER
Workers
In
four
foundries
returned
to
work
when
C.I.O.
pickets
were
removed,
leaving
the
picketing
to
the
A.
F.
of
L,
which
did
not
place
pickets.
NO
LIQUOR
WRAPPING
VANCOUVER
If
the
timber
strike
continues,
there
may
be
no
wrapping
paper
for
liquor
stores
and
no
cartons
for
beer,
W.
F.
Kennedy,
chairman
of
the
board
of
liquor
commissioners,
says.
SEA
CADET
BASE
VANCOUVER
A
tract
of
117
acres
at
Elkins
Landing,
Gamhier
Island,
has
been
purchased
by
the
Navy
League
of
Canada
as
a
permanent
sea
cadet
camp.
NEW
COASTAL
FREIGHT
SHIP
Frank
Waterhouse
to
Commission
Former
China
Coaster
An
additional
coastwise
freight
service
will
be
commenced
late
in
June
by
the
Frank
Water-house
Co.
which
has
purchased
a
China
coaster
type,
freight
vessel
for
operation
on
the
north
coast.
The
vessel
is
now
being
fitted
at
the
Victoria
Machinery
Depot.
Built
in
Montreal,
the
fhlp
Is
now
being
prepared
for
the
special
type
of
service
required
of
It
along
the
B.
C.
coast.
It
is
I
to
be
re-named
the
Chllkoot,
a
name
formerly
carried
by
a
Waterhouse
vessel
which
was
sold
a
few
years
ago.
The
Chllkoot
will
have
a
speed
of
ten
and
a
half
knots
and
will
be
equipped
with
radar
and
ship-to-shorc
telephone.
It
will
have
two
cabins
forward
to
accommodate
passengers.
In
addition
to
Its
two
large
freight
holds
there
will
be
two
tanks
with
a
capacity
of
four
cars
of
bulk
fish
oil,
bottom
tanks
carrying
.extra
fuel
oil
for
canneries,
and
a
refrigeration
chamber
which
will
carry
perishables
to
remote
places
on
the
coast.
It
will
also
have
two
heavy-lift
cargo
derricks,
one
with
a
capacity
of
25
tons
and
the
other
capable
of
hoisting
ten
tons.
Its
cargo
hold3
will
have
a
canacitv
of
1.500
short
tons-
equal
to
48,000
large
cases
of
canned
salmon.
PARTY
CATCHES
150
TROUT
AT
LAKE
LEVERSON
A
catch
of
150
cutthroat
trout
was
reported
by
a
party
of
six
who
visited
Lake
Lever-son
at
the
head
of
Wark
Canal
over
the
weekend.
Some
of
the
fish
measured
20
inches
in
length.
The
party,
which
went
out
In
C.
Mlchaloff's
boat
Har-la,
left
last
Thursday,
returning'
Monday.
They
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mlchaloff,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Rothwell
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
Bean.
TOLISH
PARLIAMENT
Toland's
parliament
is
commonly
known
as
the
KRN,
which
means
national
council
of
the
homeland.
Final
Attempt
ENGLAND'S
ROYALTY
OBSERVE
MAUNDY
THURSDAY
-King
George
VI
and
Queen
Elizabeth,
accompanied
by
the
Lord
Bishop
of
Lcir.hfield,
each
carrying
a
floral
nosegay,
are
pictured
leaving
Westminster
Abbey
following
Miundy
Thursday
observance.
The
ceremony,
most
ancient
of
the
royal
charities,
is
held
on
the
Thursday
before
Easter
when
the
King
distributes
Maundy
pence
among
his
people.
'
CHINA
TIES
ARE
STILL
HELD
UP
.
VANCOUVER
-UNRRA-
railway
ties
for
Chfna
are
field
up
here
despite
I.W.A.
assurances
that
they
would
be
moved.
The
steamer
Winnipegosls
Park1
may
have
to
sail
without
them
as
a
result
of
pickets
preventing
ties
more
than
14
feet
from
dockside
being
handled,
SOME
SEAMEN
ORDERED
BACK
Government
Lake
Ships
to
Be
Manned
Again
Although
Strike
Against
"Private
Lines
Continues
,
'
TORONTO
0
Three
score
or
more
vessels
were
tied
up
today
by
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
strike
against
lake
ship
owners
for
an
eight-hour
day
although
Pat
Sullivan,
president
of
the
union,
has
ordered
seamen
on
government
transport
ships
to
return
to
their
Jobs.
More
seanicp
have
been
arrested
on
charges
of
absence
from
their
ships.
The
"union's
figure
of
arrests-stood
at
52.
Tension
continued
high
at
lake
ports
where
picket
lines
stood
fast
against
sporadic
calls'
by
owners
for
police
assistance.
The
.-trike
has
given
way
to
a
dogged
struggle
in
which
neither
.side
showed
signs
of
yunion
1
snokesmen
insist
the
strike
against
the
companies
is
still
on
although
a
company
of-1
ficlal
says
It
has
been
broken.
PAINTINGS
FOR
MALTA
LONDON,
(CP)
-As
"at
tribute
to
the
courage
and
fortitude
of
the
people
of
Malta,"
five
paintings
of
Valetta
Harbor
by
the
19th
century
artist
Abraham
Ducros
have
been
presented
to
Malta
by
the
National
Art-Collections
Fund.
WHAT'S
IN
A
NAME?
A
primrose
Is
not
a
rose
but
a
member
of
the
herb
family.
FORMER
KAMLOOPS
JAP
SENTENCED
TO
EXECUTION
FOR
HISATROCITIES
HONG
KONG
(CP)
Inouye
Kanao,
born
In
Kamloops
and
who
lied
there
until
1930
when
he
was
21,
has
been
sentenced
to
death
for
his
part
In
the
atrocities
at
Samshipo
camp
at
Canadian
prisoners
were
held.
Hone
Kong
where
British
and
Kanao,
known
as
"Slap
Happy
Joe,"
was
Interpreter
at
the
camp
and
was
described
by
prisoners
as
the
most
sadistic
of
all
camp
officials.
I
t
Nazis
Arc
f"
"
..-Mi-tt.V-:!---'
Lxecuted
Twenty-eight
of
Torturers
Of
Dachau
Camp
Put
To
Kath
LANSBERG,
Germany
(CP
Martin
Gottfried
Weiss,
the
commandant
bf
Dachau
concentration
camp
-.vlicre
thousands
of
Europeans
were
tortured
and
put
to
death,
was
hanged
today.
Fourteen
of
his
associates
at
Dachau
preceded
him
to
the
gallrws
on
Tuesday.
Another
13
wjrre
due
to
be
hanged
today,
completing
the
largest
mass
execution
ever
conducted
by
the
United
States
Army.
TERRACE
NEWS
REPORTED
SOLD
TERRACE
It
is
reported
that
the
Omenica
Herald
and
Terrace
News,
published
by
C.
H.
Sawlcl
at
New
Hazelton,
is
in
process
,
of
being
sold
to
an
unnamed
buydr.
It
Is
suggested
that
the
stock
and
equipment
may
be
moved
to
Terrace
and
published
from
here.
Sale
price
is
said
to
be
$5,000.
Family
Holds
Estate
For
27
Generations
BRADING,
Isle
Of
Wight
0-For
nearly
900
years
there
have
been
Oglanders
living
at
Nun-well
Park
ever
since
the
3,000-acre
estate
was
given
to
Richard
de'Orglander
by
William
the
Conqueror
in
1066
in
recognition
of
the
part
he
played
In
sud-duing
the
island.
Today
this
beautiful
50-room-ed
house
one
of
the
oldest
n
the
country'
is
occupied
by
Brig.
Gen.
C.
F.
Aspinall-Oglander,
27th
generation
of
Oglanders
to
live
there.
v
EXPENDITURES
pROP
CANBERRA,
Australia,
ff
Australian
war
expenditure
for
nine
months
of
the
current
fiscal
year
ending
June
30
was
$136,800,000
less
than
during
the
corresponding
period
in
the
1944-45
year
ended
last
June.)
The
total-
of
war
spending
during
the
past
nine
months
wal
approximately
$1,112,400,000.
NO
GALL
BLADDERS
Deer,
elk
and
moose
have
no
gall
ladders.
I
T
fLag
choice
N'ARROWS
.
DOWN
.
WAWAfeThe
parnamerf-
taryi
flag,
committee
narrowed
the
remaining
flag
suggestions
down
to
two
yesterday
red
en
sign
with
gold
maple
leaf,
and
red
and
white
triangular
divided
flag
with
green
maple
leaf.
TRUMAN
MAY
BE
REVERSED
"Senate
Opposed
to
Inducting
Workers
in
Government
-Owned
Industries
Into
Army'
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
KB
President
Truman's
strike
draft'
plan
faces
almost
certain
defeat
in
the
Senate
if
the
coal
dispute
is
settled
quickly,
an
Associated
Press
poll
today
showed.
Of
64
senators
willing
to
state
their
position,
44
said
they
are
opposed
to
that
section
of
the
emergency
bill
whlcn
would
cm-power
the
president
to
induct
Intn
thp
nrmv
thnsp
inhn
.strilrp
.mm'
nmi(H
,noc
.rip,
.
The
Spn.fp
hp?an
,
v
,t.
second
day
of
debatc
on
the
measure.
FORCED
LABOR
MADE
LEGAL
NUERNBERG
IB
Fritz
Sau-kel,
Hitler's
labor
boss,
testified
blandly
today
that
it
was
legal
to
draft
5,000,000
foreigners
to
work
in
the
German
war
effort.
Saukel
told
the
international
military
tribunal
that
Hitler
is-f
sued
laws
validating
forced
labor
and
the
governments
of
the
occupied
countries
lollowcd
suit.
BOXEb
PUSS
JERKS
ERKS
CAPETOWN
V)
Tills
is
the
story
of
"Panther",
the
cat
which
!
travelled
to
South.
Africa
from
England
Jn
a
packing
case
and
lived,
almost
literally,
for
six
weeks
on
the
"smell
of
an
oil
rag.''
A
new
aircraft
engine,
swathed
in
heavily
tarred
paper
and
packed
in
a
strong
wooden
box,
arrived
at
a
South
African
training
school
from
Britain.
When
the
mechanics
opened
the
packing
case
they
were
astonished
to
find
a
scraggy
black
cat
with
a
white
chest
lying
beside
the
engine.
Its
only"
substance
during
the
six
weeks
voyage
had
been
the
grease
on
the
engine
and
the
tarred
paper,
It
became
the
"erks"
pet.
Settl
o
FAREWELL
PARTY
ENDS
FATALLY
WILLIAMS
LAKE
0
A
farewell
party
to
celebrate
the
departure
of
William
Win-quest,
63,
for
hLs
home
In
Finland
to
see
his
nged
mother,
ended
in
his
death
as
a
result
of
the
accidental
discharge
of
a
German
souvenir
pistol
last
night.
An
inquest
will
be
held
into
Wimjuest's
death.
Premier
Is
Tense
Possibility
of
Strike
Is
Still
Loomlnr
There
STEWART
The
situation
regarding
the
possibility
of.
a
strike
at
Premier
Is
yery
tense.
It
Is
hilly
expected
4hat,
wving
to
the
fa:t
that
the
company
has
been
operating
at
a
loss
for
some
lime,
they
will
in
all
probability
close
down
for
an
indefinite
period.
Whether
the
miner
here
will
strike
cr
not
wa.-?
dependent
on
the
decisions
ceme
to
at
the
meeting
of
the
various
delegates
of
the
union
held
Sunday
in
Vancouver
At
th
t'.me
of
writing,
no
word
has
been
received
here.
COASTER
TO
LEAVE
SOON
Workmen,
-at
the
Prince
Ru
pert
dry
dock
today
were,
rais
lng
cteam
in
the
boilers
of
the
China
coaster
"Ottawa
'Paget
which
is
expected
to
leave
here
early
next
week.
The
vessel
has
reportedly
been
sold
to
the
Chi
nese
government.
The
Ottawa
Paget
is
the
first
of
two
such
vessels
to
be
built
at
the
localdry
dock
-within
the
last
year.
The
second,
Ottawa
Pallette,
also
has
been
sold
and
will
leave
soon.
.
,
Capt.
Henry
Nedden,
veteran
coastal
mariner,
who
will
com
mand
the
Paget
.when
she
leaves,
has
already
arrived
in
the
city.
Crew
of
the
vessel
is
expected
Here
this
week.
MONK
INVENTED
CANNON
A
German
monk,
Berthold
Schwartz,
Is
credited
with
inventing
the
cannon.
Stones
and
darts
were
used
as
propectiles.
e
American
Federation
Is
Disregarding
Picket
Line
At
Powell
River
Plant
VICTORIA
Chief
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
is
making
a
third
attempt
today
to
settle
the
timber
workers'
strike.
He
is
at
Victoria
this
.afternoon
hearing
representations
of
the
operators.
He
will
then
prepare
a
recommendation
for
both
sides
which
would
be
the
basis
of
settlement
to
be
presented
to
Ottawa.
Meanwhile
at
Powell
River
i
1
American
Federation
of
Labor
Union
leaders
say
no
attention
will
be
pid
to
C.I.O:
pickets
on
logs
in
the
water
here
for
the
pulp
and
paper
mill.
The
C.I.O.
says
the
logs
are
"hot"
but
the
A.F.
of
L.
says
any
logs
in
the
water
are
already
fair.
There
have
been
no
incidents
so
far
and
the
company
says
nothing
will
be
done
in
the
meantime
about
removing
the
plcketers.
There
is
enough
timber,
on
hand
to
last
Powell
River
for
forty
days
providing
all
logs
In
the
water
are
used.
FELL-GAINS
HIS
SPEECH
Seattle
Man
Has
Happy
Restoration
of
His
Faculties
SEATTLE
'O)
Sixty-
five-year-
old
Claude
Berger,
who
said
he
had
been
deaf
and
dumb
since
the
ag2
zi
three,
chattered
hap
pily
yesterday
after
he
stumbled
and
tell.
A
doctor
said
that
the
shock
of
falling
apparently
re
stored
-
hls-vspeech
tand
I
improved
his
hearing.
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Balsac
I,
18,000,
Co-op.
Stevestpn
III,
25,000,
Co-op.
Snowfall,
18,000,
Storage.
Cape
Beale,
12,000,
Whiz.
Embla,
18,000,
Co-op.
Intend,
5,000,
Pacific.
M.&
W.,
13,000,
'Edmunds
&
Walker.
Rodney
P.,
17,000,
Co-op.
Flnella,
9,500,
Co-op.
POSTHUMOUS
SUCCESS
Georges
Bizet,
the
French
composer,
died
thinking
that
his
great
opera,
"Carmen,"
would
be
another
in
his
long
series
of
failures.
RFTUF.NING
BRITISH
SAILORS
SAVED
Homeward-bound
British
sailors
returning
from
Australia
aboard
the
troopship
Georgetown
Victory,
swarm
down,
rope
ladders
to
launches
and
lifeboats
after
the
ship
crashed
into
the
rocks
at
Klllard
Point.
One
thousand
five
hundred
aboard
the
ship
were
rescued.
Strik
e
Succeeded
In
Exams
University
of
British
Columbia
Results
are
Announced
'
VANCOUVER,
)
University
of
.British
Columbia
examination
results
announced
today,
include
the
following
ex-servlce
personnel:
Arts
and
Science,
First
Year
Class
1
R.
I.
Peachey
(Prince
Rupert),
W.
S,
Cooper
(Terrace),
R.
A.
Fisk
and
H.
C.
Miller,
(Prince
George).
Class
2
W.
O.
Calderwood.
A.
D.
Crerar
and
H.
W.
Macdonald
(Prince
Rupert),
M.
N.
Cote
(Terrace),
R.
S.
Munro
(Prince
George),
J.
H.
Scarlett
(Powell
River),
A.
G,
Stables
(Ocean
Falls).
Passed
J.
D.
Stuart
(Prince
Rupert),
V.
R.
Bruce
and
H.
Q
Windt
(Smlthers),
Thomas
Nut-chey
and
W.
J,
Wright
(Powell
River),
R.
O.
Edmunds
(Bella
Coola).
;Pa$sed'in,
Certain,
Sjibjects
J.
A;
Mllburn
(Prince
George)
Arts
and
Science,
Second
Year
Class
2
E.
A.
Capsiick
and
J.
H.
Haugan
(Prince
Rupert),
Hans
Braathen
(Prince
George).
-
First
Year
Agriculture
Class
Two
C.
D.
Taper
(Prince
Rupert).
GENERAL
RESULTS.
Applied
Science,
Second
Year
Class
1
H.
Lee
(Prince'
Rupert),
M.
Cook
(Smithers),
W.
A.
Sweeney
(Ocean
Falls).
'
Class
2
A.
Charleson
(Qcean
Falls),
H.
J.
Eastman
(Atlin),
P.
L.
Kennedy
(Smithers),
R,
C.
Paulsen
(Stewart).
Passed
with
Supplementals
L.
G.
Holtby
(Prince
Rupert),
G.
P.
Griffiths
(Ocean
Falls).
Chemical
Engineering;
,
Fourth
Year
Class
1
B.
H.
Levelton
(Bella
Coola).
Class
2
N.
L.
Larson
(Ocean
Falls).
'
v
Electrical
Engineering-Class
2
E.
Cook
(Smithers),
Mining
Engineering
Passed
with
Supplementals
G.
C.
Durham
(Prince
Rupert).
AIR
BOARD
AT
DAWSON
Complaints
Regarding
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
'
Service
Being
Heard
DAWSQN,
Y.T.
IB
Officials
of
the
Air
Transport
Board;are
meeting
here
today
to
hear
complaints
from
persons
who.
.(eel
that
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
passenger
and
freight
rates
are
too
high
In
this
district
and
that
service
on
the
'Dawson-Whlte-horse
run
Is
inefficient.
"
Aussie
Jay-Walkers
Cause
of
Accidents
SYDNEY.
Australia.
.IB
State
authorities
In
iew
South.'VYiles
are
considering
a
campaign
to
improve
the
behaTlor
of"
pedes
trians
who
are
blamed
for
1,443
traffic
accidents
last
year.
Twenty
were
killed
and
238
Injured
crossing
roads,
casually;
12
were
killed
and
151
inured
running
across
roads;
i3
:wer3
killed
and
191
Injured
because
of
carelessness
due
to
over-drinking;
six
were
killed
and"3
,lri
lured
by
walking
with
thel"
backs
to
oncoming
traffic;
10
were
killed
and
70
injured
because
of
hesitation
In
front
of
approaching
cars.