RED TOP CABS NORTHERN AND CENTRA!! BRITISH COLUMBIA'S! NEWSPAPER Phone Phone TAXI TAXI j KASPER c McINTYHK 537 Stand; Itupcrt Tobacco Slorc (across from Ormes) DAY and NIGHT SERVICE AND NIGHT SERVICE DAY Published at Canada's Mosfi Strategic Pacific Port Bill and Ken Ncsbitt ".V, No. 76. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Oxford Wins CI assic Boat Race SMANDER ARRIVES IN TOKYO Lieut.-General John Eh:t' c mmander-in-chlef of British commonwealth Irs In Japan, is shown 'left) with Llcut-Gcneral G. H. Kmc chief of the United Kingdom liaison commission, on of the British embassy In Tokyo shortly after Gen. ... arrival In the Japanese capital. The new comman-ol 1r": ";c British occupation forces will set up headquarters i.; Jupan. pest Fishing and Hunting Area of Province Here Prince Rupert Occupies Strategic Position in Northland as Head quarters for Hunters, Fishermen By JOE SCOTT 'ic fact that British Columbia is known far and i' w mouths of the Naas Skcrr.a Rivers, spawnin; di (or sockeye, coho and " ;almon. The coho and 2 aJmcii arc ralr game for 111 "ICr llltnrptlnrl l.i cilt "v. www ail WHIV Kr (L ur Thn unrintr tvin P almiMl IS nnnvlrinrni-1 ilir. : tnr salt Water Fish" t P (IP tnlfOli f cnni nti rtif I. Tlie sea-run cutthroat tm mn.v of the streams In SETS LEAGUE VUNG SCORES fcRles, -Mallards and ,ltn Were Winners and Eagles won over 'wis and Gold h m., l" " w1Cj while 5 'va'en-' W re Mallards wlnnln,? two o one iro,n ncn Divcrs E - .as in the War Assets 1 ,"nJ, was Ken Chivcra .,J;e335 inone game while "If f r Carrier on the r-M(, nni - -up. Locnl T.V 0:18 19.0 feet 1218 618 19 -19 A niccca for the big came enthusiast, deer, black bear and coat make their home throughout the surrounding country while but a few hours by train or car' will put one within range of a moose or grizzly. Being situated but 30 miles from the boundary between the Eastern and Western Districts, Prince Rupert enjoys a more fa- In the province, relative to the shooting of migratory game birds. Hy shooting in both, the nimrod can gun from the mid dle of September until February cuii well on in June. The and even Into March If brant althouRh not rcachinc the pious, nze of the spring. Is jat- (hhtor and can be fished July until rwr.i-ii. t,-- II W W lUIVli All- grrable varieties of coarse are available and, together the more choice varieties, the area second to none, I wms and lakes abound and May unt il S Member, cut-rainbow and Dollv Var- 'n be aken anywhere in the arc the order of the clay. All the birds, with the exception of the black brant, wintcf in or near the coastal waters which arc open the year around, coming out to the salt water when the first cold spells Jn the interior freeze up the lakes and ponds. There is an abundance ofnal-, lard, wigeon, teal and pintail ducks and where a shot at a Third Spy Report Out Presented (0 House f Commons Yesterday by Prime Minister King OTTAWA "ff; - When Prime Minister Mackenzie King -tabled In the House of Commons yesterday the third Interim report of the Royal Commission on espionage he named the follow-in;? five suspects: James Scotland Bcnning, 38, Ottawa, former Department of vlunltlons executive. Eric Adams, Ottawa, with the industrial Development Bank md formerly with the War Inventions Board. Squadron L?adcr Fred Poland, :6, Ot'awa and Montreal, war-Ime Royal Canadian Air Force intelligence officer. Prof. Israel Halperin, 36, professor 'at Queen's University and former Army ballistics expert. Dumford Smith, Hull, Quebec, of the National Research Council. These identifications raLse to 15 the number of persons officially announced as detained. The report disclosed that the Soviet espionage service was operating In Canada "long before 1943." Persons close to the Inquiry ioy It will be some days yet before the commission Is finished with its probe. ROSE FREE ON 1 1 1 . a sportsman s paradise is usuauy suiiicicni 1l nnn DA II Kas ji for many sections of the province to lav claim oZJ.UUU DAIL ft. r .4. iU-ii itJW..r'sf-K'.fl.r.l..t. -.1 !;..-.!.;". J. .. -4,.-. v- r U L iaC I ill LIlL'Ir llitrLIVUlUr I IIM-IICI IlilS UVU1V- iiAmntili h .j n.".. Tr- the Heart may desire but, undoubtedly,, one 01 1 bor-Progrcssivc m.p. for Mont-ine.-.t Eu fish and game areas of the province is that rcai-carticr. was freed from :i; to the city of Prince, j custody today when ball of $25,- rt Unrxploited, due to the I or stcclhead is native to a good 000 was posted. Unshaven after lot tour it accommodation, many lakes and a spring run of j a ntaht in Jail. Rose was ordered t services, guides, etc., the the big fellows Is an annual oc Dnd. It :clf particularly well curence from December until by ot these lines of endea-t early April in more than a few It i anticipated that n ' of the streams. ir...ny of the service men .-a nrrp during the war particularly those from l'i itcd States, will return to more the sport fishing and whiph made their leaves lurburlr such a pleasure to 5 fr-n. A . fr Rupert is situated be- to report back to the court on May 3. It Is understood that this appearance, however, will be only a formality and docs not mean necessarily that his trial on charges under the Official Secrets Act will oegln on that date. The money was put up by relatives and friends. CANADIENS WIN OVER ST. PAT'S MONTREAL 0 Montreal rvinnrilnns Inst nloht nullified vorablc position than any other j for lhe Easlem Canada Junior finals when they defeated Ottawa St. Pat's 9 -4. They won the brst-of-thrcc semi-final scries In two straight games. The Cana-diens now will meet the winner of the Copper Cliff and Toronto St. Michael's series for the right to represent the cast in the Memorial Cup final. SESSION OF COMMISSION POSTPONED The session of the Royal Commission of H. Carl Golden- flock of Canada geese Is almost ; berg of Montreal on provincial- as common as that at ducks no one can say that the goose shooting is excelled anywhere In B. C, If In Canada. Upland game birds arc not plentiful. There arc willow and blue grouse but they arc usually shot In conjunction with other types of shooting and the Imme-date vicinity Is not recommand-cd. Within 100 miles Uicy are very plentiful and the area 1s easily accessible. Quern Charlottes Famed for Hunting Pheasants have been successfully Introduced in the Queen Charlotte Islands but are nonexistent in the rest of Uic district. They arc Increasing on the islands and this will only tend to make the Queen Charlottes mote inviting to the sportsman. Already these Islands, which are but a day's run from Prince Rupert, have become famed for their sport fishing and hunting 20.8 feet i even though, as can be said for 5.9 feet ! the whole area, the possibilities 2 2 fe"t have been but lightly touched. municipal leiations which was to have been held here on Tuesday ! and Wednesday of next week j has been postponed for three i weeks owing to a change in ltln- crary of the commission. The i session for the hearing of rep- rcscntatlvcs from all municipal ' governments In northern and west central British Columbia will be held Instead on April 23 and 24 . JAP POLLS TO BE HELD WASHINGTON Q Despite opposition from Russia and New Zealand, the Far Eastern Commission today uplicld General Douglas MacArthur's decision to permit the Japanese to hold national elections on April 10. B. E. Morgan, manager of Bill-more Spruce Mills Ltd., returned Thursday night from a business trip to Edmonton. Sullet buttkh riMcii up OTTAWA A four cent per pound increase in creamery butter prices at all levels will become effective throughout Canada on Monday, the Prices and Trade Hoard announced today. Prices for dairy and whey butler will remain at present levels. MAS TltlAI, OPENS DACHAU, Germany The l:ir;rst mass war crime trial to date to be handled by the Allies the trial of 61 Germans opened here today. The accused all worked in a notorious murder factory the Mauthausen concentration camp and are charged with the murder of Allied prisoners. DAGGETT HKTUHNINO VICTORIA Mayor II. M. Da?getl of Trince Kuprrt left on the noon boat yesterday for Vancouver enroule back home where he will arrive Monday afternoon. He met the cabinet in rouncilon Friday to present a Prince Rupert development brief. Aran, am: bonus VICTORIA A bonus of one case of ale (one dozen pints) on the first liquor purchase of the month will be available for liquor buyers in British Columbia in April, W. F. Ken-nrrty, chairman of the Liquor Control Roard, announce. Otherwise the ration is unchanged. 1 1'liEM)' OF MUIlDF.lt''' HALIFAX A Supreme Court Jury has acquitted Frank Lima, (iJ-yrar-old ltalian-bom plasterer, of the murder charge in connection with the death last November of Ervin Itoutilirr ef Itoulilier's Point, Nova Scotia. Deadline Wednesday Kussia and Iran Hequtred to Answer Security Council Questions By Then NEW YORK ' Next Wednesday has been set as the deadline for replies from Russia and Iran giving specific Information as to the situation in Iran respecting j Soviet troop withdrawals and i conditions in connection there- j with. The United Nations security council stands adjourned until then. i Soviet observers In Moscow) said today they felt the United j States and Britain were violat-1 ing the principle of "equality) among nations" in pressing the Soviet-Iranian case before the security council. ; They were also of the opinion j that the council at London gave j Russia and Iran a directive to j settle the question bi-laterally and that this was being done but, by presenting the case again to the council, the United States and Britain were trying to take advantage of the legal technicality, PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE OPENED LOS ANGELES 0 Threats of rain after a long stretch df balmy weather during the training season became a reality In southern California yesterday and forced the postponement of two opening games in the 194G Pacific Coast Baseball League. In an afternoon game Sacramento Solons defeated Los Angeles two to one. The game was called in the sixth inning because of rain and darkness. In the only ' night game Oakland defeated San Diego 3 tol. Mrs. H. B. Rochester returned to the city on Thursday night's train after spending a few days at Terrace 1 !rAIN CHAItGES KUSSIA 'MADKtU Itadiq Madrid denied last nijht that Spain is harbrrine any German technicians. The, broadcast then charted the Soviet Union with utltizinff more than half of (he Nazis' technical personnel In the interest of preparation for future wars. ... CVI.. HARVF.V ACOIIITTFD t WINNIPICG An all-Hritish roiirt-marlial today acquitted Cl (Actine Ssl.) John Hush Harvey of London, England, on ,19 of 28 charges involving collaboration with the Japanese and assault on Allied prisoners in Oyeama prison camp in Japan. WHEAT FOR JAPAN TOKYO Allied headquarters here announced that 23,-000 tons of wheat and rice are being unloaded at Japanese .wharves. The cargo represents the first such delivery to Japan from the United States since the war ended. TO PROMOTE MIMNO j (JUICBEC The Quebec legislative assembly gave third reading last night to a bill which would promote mining and industrial development in new Quebec. The vole was 37-Zt, A Liberal opposition amendment was defeated by a J'imilar vote. The amendment disapproved the bill, claiming It compromise the economic interests of Quebec. . .... Kl OTTAWA John Bracken. Progressive Conservative Party leader, called for a vigorous new government pplicy lo bring the. nation's output to its maximum. The world, he says, needs feod not controls on wages and prices. EVIDENCE IN LUNAN CASE Defence (Jives H Out After Court Had Ruled lo Withhold Publication OTTAWA - Tart of the evidence given by Capt. Gordon Lunan to the Royal Commission on espionage has been made Controlling j Left Cambridge Three Of Atomics Lengths Behind Today imrrnaiionai uouy none v would' Handle Material. PUTNEY-ON-THAMES (CP) Oxford defeated Washington The Ameri- Cambridge today in the ninety-second boat race be- -an state department has issued tween the schools rowed before hundreds of thousands a plan for an atomic develop- of spectators on the Thames. The time' for the 4'r mcnt authority. The proposed miie course was 19 minutes and 54 seconds. Oxford's he ''nLL i',.JwS,J; Dil1 outweighed seven pounds per man, gain- fltomie mnterinls nnrt wnuiri ' 1 I ed a one-yard lead In the first lease them to the nations fo,- science and industry. Inc plan contemplates that over a period of years and as the A.D.A. Is established, atomic knowledge would be made international property. House Passes Throne Speech OTTAWA - The debate on the throne fpeech ended In the House of Commons Thursday night. The motion for adoption In reply to the speech was approved on division. The prime minister had asked that it be passed unanimously. ! Ceiling On Lumber Up Aim Is to End Iilack Market Trading j OTTAWA Oj A broad pro-i gram aimed at ending black market trading In lumber and ensuring adequate supplies of i grades" and types required for 77V- .V'.i.)...i..'... irt,',AiVrfci2ri'.-ii . .' V,.. J--7 -v.-- L -. st .-... -nt'iTTO,wrnwfemancet-asJHin nounccd by Prices Board Chair man Donald Gordon today. The main points of the program public. The statements In ques- prlce ceilings applicable to the tlon were given to Ottawa news- j pulp and paper Industry aver men. by Lunan's defence counsel, H. L Cartwrlght of Kingston, Ontario. The lawyer spoks to the reporters aUcr an Ottawa court session a, which Lu lion was committed for trial o.n seven charges of communicating secret Information to Russia. The court had refused to allow the evidence to be published. Mr. Cartwright said that the evidence given before tlie commission by the accused showed that Duijan did give certain information to Major Rogov of v Russian embassy. However, the lawyer said, there was nothing to Indicate that the Information was secret. The statement told of Lunan's ideological problems after helping Canada's veterans of the Spanish civil war. It also told of how Lunan nad worked on the Quebec Com-mlti.ee for Allied Victory and lost his Job because it' was branded communist. Decision as to Lunan's committal for trial was reserved until Tuesday. TWO DIE IN COLLISION Trainmen Lose Their Lives In Crash Near Toronto TORONTO-Two trainmen arc missing and believed dead following a collision between two trains In northeast Toronto. A Canadian National Railways freight hit the rear of a C.N.R. transfer train at Rosedale were: 1. A general increase in the mill and wholesale price ceiling F.O.B. the seller's premises, effective April 1, with no increase in retail prices. - 2. A warning that, If the total supplies required are not available, consideration will be given to reducing exports without additional domestic price ad justments. I 3. Action by the timber ad-1 ministrator in directing approp-j rlate grades to the market. 4. All domestic sales contracts, excepting the Vancouver forestry district, must be approved by the timber administrator,. An upward adjustment In the aging about seven per cent at the producer level was also announced by Mr. Gordon. Newsprint prices, however, will not be affected. The new adjustments will mean increases ranging from less than five per cent, to 10 per cent in manufacturers' prices for finished paper and paperboard, while converters will obtain increases of five to eight per cent. TRAIL GOES INTO FINAL TRAIL Trail Smoke Eaters will meet Calgary Stamped-crs the Western Canada Senior Hockey final Tor the right to represent the west in the Allan Cup final. They qualified to meet the n 1 . , I .1.- nll Break Up Nazi Bid Thousand Fanatics in Jail For Underground Activities FRANKFORT, Germany i British and American troops have smashed a powerful, well financed attempt by Nazi fanatics lo regain power in Germany, Allied authorities said today. A thousand persons, suspected of being ringleaders of the underground movement, were in jail or were being rounded up today in a huge manhunt in Germany and Austria. The subversive movement was directed against British, American and Russian forces. "The back of the movement is broken," Brig. Gen. E. L. Sibert, American Intelligence chief, said. ESTIMATES PRESENTED ten seconds and remained in front all the way. win$!f)g by three lengths. Oxford was stroked by J. II. Neame who spent several years as a war evacuee In PorUand, Oregon. EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS GOING AHEAD Re-employment of veterans in tlie Prince Rupert area Is progressing satisfactorily in spite of the decrease in industrial activity since the close of the war, J. J. Little, chairman of the Citizens' Rehabilitation Committee, told a meeting of the Prince Rupert Employment Advisory Committee last nleht. Mr. Little, discussing opportunities for veterans, said that a survey of Jobs and business possibilities for returned men had been made and that, in spite of the fact that there arc some veterans coming here from other parts of the province Mid the country, the progress of re- -'Drastltti&faiidHmf4 Announced by Finance said tnarmnifng re - Minister llslcy OTrAWA Finance Minister Ilsley tabled In the Commons estimates totalling $2,769,349,000 including funds to. be used fpr veterans' affairs, war service gratuities and rehabilitation credits. The citimates are $1,-881,000 less'than last year. GREAT PAPER PLANT SAVED East End of Hull-Ottawa Bridge Left Mass of Twisted Wreckage After Fire HULL, QuebecFiremen succeeded In holding the fire which roared through stacked pulp-wood on the bank of the Ottawa River in Hull, from reaching the vast paper mill of the E. B. Eddy Co. The blaze wiped out an estimated $2,000,000 In pulpwood and left the Hull end of the In-terprovlnclal bridge between Hull and Ottawa as simply a mass of twisted wreckage. An investigation started today into the spectacular fire of so far undetermined origin that was burning itself out In the mountainous stockpiles of pulp-wood after putting out of operation for months the vital inter-provincial bridge connection with Ottawa and threatening the big paper mill. Possibility of an explosion In the giant pile, still burning today, 18 hours after the fire broke cut, was the greatest remaining danger faced by firemen battling to keep it In check. Deputy Fire Chief H. Chatter-ton said that accumulated gases and steam from tons of water Bwmpnicra oy w mung u.e ' ""1 might cause an explosion, show-ish Columbia title last night j erf lhe jmmedlate area with from New Westminster Royals, They beat the Royals last night 5-3 to capture the best-of-five series three game to two. Moscow Charges Church Plotting LONDON Tlie Moscow radio said last night the Vatican is supporting "a subversive antidemocratic plot along fascist lines In Slovakia." Tlie broadcast added that the pope, at a recent reception of .priests in Rome, "demanded that the Catholic clergy Interfere In secular affairs and deal with political questions during elections." burning cordwood. but other fire heads considered this danger remote. ' . The bridge fire was brought under control uflcr It destroyed the first few spans. ENGINE TIPS OFF RAILWAY BRIDGE No one was injured and little damage was done to track or equipment, nor was traffic long delayed, when a time freight engine tipped off a small bridge eight miles west of McBride. The bridge had been undermined by a mudslide and the came out of line. turned men in tons, all were shown equal preference, no mat ter what part of the country they come from. Present at the meeting, held In the Unemployment Insurance office, were Chairman J. S. Wilson, Aid. Robert McKay, ,J. C. Gilker, August Wallin and Ja.mes Nicoll. The meeting approved a; suggestion by Aid. McKay that more opportunities for "training pn the job" should be made available in the Prince Rupert area. The proposal will be' passed on to the Regional Employment Committee for forwarding to the Department of Labor at Ottawa. The members also, favored a suggestion by Mr. Gilker that ,a technical-industrial high school be established in Prince Rupert to give youths aiv opportunity to . obtain prclirrunaTy training In industrial techniques before they actually start working. Release locally of building materials held by War Assets would stimulate the building trades in the district, August Wallin, chairman of the Trades and Labor Council, suggested. He felt that stocks of nails and lumber stored by the Corporation, if released, would stimulate the building trades which are now lagging. THE WEATHER (General Synopsis) Synopsis A ridge of high pressure from the Yukon, south westward across the Pacific Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands, Is deflecting the usual Pacific storms away Jrom the British Columbia coast. Skies are mainly clear over the province with local cloudiness along the mountains. The only exception Is the Cariboo where intermittent snow has been falling all night but here too conditions arc expected to Improve rapidly during the dy. Lowest temperature Van-dcrhoof, 16. (Weather Forecast) Clear today with increasing cloudiness overnight, becoming cloudy Sunday morning, and overcast with intermittens rain Sunday afternoon. Minimum temperature, 32; maximum temperature, 45. Moderate northwest winds 10 m.p.h. today, becom- ralls be-j ing moderate southwest Sunday I afternoon