NORTHERN
AND
CENT
rKl'
British
cbLtfMfeiA's
newspaper
,
TAXI
TAXI
TAXI
hone
537
MOHT
6EKVICB
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
SU"'1
.
.
.
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
li""'
"-
Hotel,
Ipnpifss
VOL.
XXXv,
..J.
274.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
NOVEM&ER
23,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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union
work,
re-
to
iiCttlC
id
.
today
to
ai
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sviidrawii
a
15
per
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union
OYMENT
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and
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mine
'.ca
when-
labor
ti'.du
:,ry
arc
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Breaker
3i.
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Mayor
Cuter
of
Noianda
says
kae
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bo
ro
or-
tlut
men
who
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f-rcat
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lit.
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19.3
feet
21.7
feet
,?;28
77
feet
20:
3.1
feet
ing
the
summer
between
the1
provincial
premiers
and
the
fed
cral
.cabinet
to
find
an
acceptable
basis
under
which
the
provinces
would
be
agreeably,
compensated
for
leaving
their
taxation
rights
in
the
hands
of
the
federal
government.
Should
the
provinces
return
to
the
practice
of
collecting
In
come
taxes,
dual
taxation,
similar
to
that
In
effect
before
Hie
war
would
come
Into
effect
again.
In
Edmonton
last
night,
Prc-
...t-
Ifirttilnrr
cniH
tVint
t.hl
Al-
8crvfcf
in
a
state-i
brt
go
vcrnment
would-not'
nc-
r
.
i
t:r
.;in
laoor
cent
the
latest
icacrai
covern-
Ft
"ur
,a
of
job
i
mcnt
terms
for
a
Domlnlon-tk
1
i
lie
yearly
j
provincial
tax
agreement,
but
13
x
rrur.hnd
iiu
full
share
to
facill-
I
.ib:
.r
turn-Itnii.
the
nrcriaratlon
of
an
al-
.i
t.i
industry
j
ternatlvc
agreement
satisfactory
to
his
province.
hc'5)
i
c
were
18,-
,
1
ur,i..ii:cl
acan-
CARGO
SHIP
IN
TROUBLE
rrrUhlcT
Wallowing
in
'North
Atlantic
with
I'.iiRines
iiij
Head
I'inii
shlD.
the
Theo
dore
Parker,
which
Is
wallowing
In
the
North
Atlantic
wltli
ncr
engines
dead,
The
crew
Is
reported
In
no
immediate
danger
TERMS
NOT
ACCEPTABLE-
EDMONTON
-The
Alberta
gov
ernment
is
not
accepting
i"c
new
Dominion
terms
for
a
tax
agreement,
it
was
announced
yesterday.
The
provincial
treas
urer
says
that
the
terms
are
m.v
acceptable
for
"good
and
proper
reasons."
The
province
Is
ready
to
negotiate,
however.
Fire
Destroys
'Stovnston
School
eTEWTrM-rnN
Kfi
Fire
destroy-
.i
t
..-.i
TLmir
rirmpntary
school
I.U
iju.u
wjitb
'
-
,
.
i,or
ir,rin
with
a
loss
estimated
at
more
than
$50,000.
Five
hun
dred
and
fifty
pupils
attend
me
school.
Cause
of
the
blaze
is
unknown.
The
fire
broke
out
In
the
early
hours
of
the
morning.
Murder
Suspect
Found
By
P
Mav
Take
Control
lncome,STORM
FLOODS
Hart
Hintc
I
ENGLISH
TOWN
.1,1
M
Prn
!
1
I
nr..
onn
1
n
n
a
Ltion
By
Next
April,
Premier
bays
I0RIA
i
1''
rremier
Jonn
Hart
indicated
lit
it
ma
e
necessary
lor
uritish
Columbia
rovineiat
income
ana
corporation
taxes
lor
'iscal
voar.
starting
April,
15)17.
in:.vo)'
for
Uttawa
tomorrow
to
nciro-
s
peacetime
taxation
agreements
with
the
;
uomimon
government,
rrcmicr
H;ut
said
that
he
would
use
water
swept
through
Barnsicy
every
effort
to
arrive
at
reason.
traPP'"8
more
than
liOO
lamilies
able
iiccord
wltli
the
federal!1"
tearooms.
authorities
"tTnurvp-r
If
Mint.
f
nnt
nn;.
i
sioic,
l
snail
rciuciauuy
dc
com
pelled
to
recommend
that
we
Co
hack
Into
the
taxation
field,"
lie
declared.
The
nine
provincial
governments
turned
their
taxation
powers
over
to
the
federal
gov-
west
crnmcnt
to
create
a
central
war
time
taxation
authority,
and
talks
have
been
continuing
dur
I
Floods
in
England
were
subsiding
!
today,
but
at
Barnslev
40
lam-1
lllcs
spent
the
night
In
the
local
I
sciiooi
alter
tncir
nomcs
were
.
Inundated.
Gale
warnings
were
still
up
In
all
coastal
waters
as
danger
ol
the
10-day
long
rainstorms
continued.
Heavy
seas
again
caused
cancellation
of
Channel
steamship
service
between
Dover
and
Calais'
Last
night
a
six-foot
wall
of
SUDDEN
GALE
ON
LAKE
SUPERIOR
HAUL''
S1E.
MARIE
A
C0-
milc
gale
swept
up
from
the
head
of
Lake
Superior
and
drove
80
ships
to
shelter.
Althou?h
there
were
no
Immediate
reports
i
of
damage,
coastguards
were(
standing
by
ready
for
emcrg
ency
Compromise
i
On
Trieste
Is
Asked
NEW
YORK,
Oi
The
United
States
offered
a
new
compromise
last
night
to
meet
a
Russian
demand
for
a
definite
deadline
on
removal
of
foreign
troops
from
Trieste.
L
It,
was
repotted
that
Foreign
Secretary
James
Byrnes
suggest
ed
a
clause
which
would
can
ror
the
simultaneous
withdrawal
oi
all
foreign
troops
from
the
area
within
45
davs
after
the
governor
of
Trieste
notifies
the
United
Na
tions
security
council
that
he
is
rble
to
maintain
order
without
them.
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
of
Russia
as
yet
has
not
approved
the
compromise
offer,
still
Insisting
that
it
shows
lack
of
confidence
In
the
people
of
Trieste.
England
Having
N
YORK,
a-
The
United
piw;
"
States
Coastguard
report
yes-.
LONDON
.
ganger
or
niore
iliu
lerday
that
.
the
cutter
cainpocu,
serious
m
...
although
the
Thames
continues
to
rise
In
the
wake
of
tremendous
fall
gale;
and
nine
successive
days
of
rain.
Coast
shipping
is
disrupted
with
gale
warnings
still
In
effect.
U.S.
Gov't
May
Pipe
Gas
to
Relieve
Coal
Shortage
as
Lewis'
Miners
Stay
on
Strike
"Finish
Fight"
Looming
Between
Prcsi-rlnnt
Truman
and
Mine
Workers
Leader
.
t
kt
,irvn
m
n
r.
rf'IM
Amid
drastic
VV
i
oil
1
IN
vi
i
v'
ll
moves
by
the
United
States
government
to
ease
the
soft
coal
shortages,
Prone
cnt
1
rum
an
he-ided
back
from
Florida
today
iu"";
ommami
of
his
"finish
fight"
with
United
Mine
Workers'
president
jonn
y.
iwio
Meanwhile.
It
was
reported
that
the
"Big
Inch"
and
"Little
tnrh"
Dlncllnes,
wartime
convey
ors
of
oil,
may
be
put
to
work
carrying
natural
gas
from
Texas
in
the
cast
for
emergency
fuel.
A
rllm.nilt
was
ordered
to
half
unnecessary
use
of
electricity
n
fnr
nhrlstiuas
tree
ngnimg
-In
21
states,
as
attorneys
prepared
their
arguments
'for
the
nt
nf
court
proceedings
Monday,
which
might
put
Lewis
Thr.
mivrrnmcilt
contends
Wat
t
u
in
mntemut
of
court
for
disobeying
an
order
which
called
on
him
to
cancel
his
con
-
rort.
termination
move
which
led
400,000
miners
to
leave
the
3,000
soft
coal
mines
held
oy
in
nnuArn
m
on
t.
Lewis
has
said
nothing
since
the
injunction
was
issued
iasi,
Monday.
CANADIAN
DELEGATES
AT
U.N.
-Canadian
delegates
Bet
together
for
a
few
minutes
Just
before
U.N.
meeting
was
called
to
order
on
the
second
day.
Seen
at
the
.delegates
table
In
the
stately
b"uc
and
bronze
general
assembly
room
in
the
former
New
York
city
bulldimr
of
the
world's
Fair
arc:
Hon.
Louis
St.
Laurent
'standing!,
head
of
the
delegation,
Hon.
M.
J.
Colwell,
lclt,
ann
Hon.
jonn
iiracKen.
Children
Abuse
Infant
NANA1MO
(CI')
Seven-month-old
Ronald
Lee,
beaten
sadistically
by
Ihree
neighbor
children,
is
showing
improvement
in
hospital
today
and
it
is
believed
that
he
wilLiecQyer.
Meanwhile,
authorities
-are
puzzled
as
to
the
best
method
of
handling
his
assailants,
the
oldest
of
whom
is
a
five-year-old
boy.
While
the
baby's
mother.
was
absent,
three
youngsters
entered
the
Stewart
Lee
cabin
where
the
baby
was
sleeping,
beat
the
infant
with
a
stick,
piled
snow
and
rocks
about
the
tiny
body,
then
left,
it
exposed
to
the
cold
wlipn
they
left
the
cabin
door
open.
.
They
all
said
they
had
been
"playing
games"
with
the
baby.
All
arc
below
the
age
limit
for
juvenile
jurisdiction
and
it
appears
to
be
a
matter
for
parental
decision.
Youth
Convicted
Of
Attempt
To
Kill
Constable
VICTORIA.
P
John
Blrtclscn,
17,
was
convicted
by
an
Assize
Court
Jury
last
night,
on
a
charge
of
wounding
with
Intent
to
murder
Constable
Stanley
Cornish
in
connection
with
a
shooting
in:
the
city
last
July.
Blrtclscn
was
remanded
until
Monday
for
sentence.
FREAK
MISHAP
KILLS
WOMAN
VICTORIA
tP'-Mlss
Patricia
Walsh
died
today
of
injuries
received
in
a
freak
accident
on
the
Island
highway
last
night.
Three
others.
Dr
William
Arbcr
and
Miss
Patricia
Byron,
suffered
bruises
and
shock,
The
car
skidded
on
a
hill
near
Duncan,
left
the
road
and
overturned.
A
tree
slum)
which
penetrated
the
car's
top
struck
Mlsi
Walsh
in
the
back.
IIUUSi:
WALL
BURNS
An
overheated
stove
pipe
Ig
nited
the
fibrcboard
wall
behind
the
stove
in
the
home-
of
J.
L.
Johanscn
on
Friday.
The
city
fire
department
was
called
and
the
fire
put
out
before
any
great
damage
was
done.
EMERGENCY
IN
SEWARD
SEWARD
This
western
Alaska
city
has
been
declared
In
a
state
of
emergency
owing
to
an
acute
food
shortage.
The
emergency
has.
been
declared
by
Governor
Gruenlng.
All
stocks
of
food
will
now
be
subject
to
control
and
distribution.
by
the
government.
"The
people
of
Seward
have
become
tired
of
eating
fish,"
said
one
spokesman.
STUDENTS
RIOT
IN
CAIRO;
13
ARE
INJURED
CAIRO
U
-Thirteen
policemen
mid
more
than
20
students
were
lnlurcfl
todav
In
the
second
clash
within,
a
few
hours
between
police
and
the
student
body
of
Fuad
University.
Nino
hand
grenades
and
one
bomb
were
thrown
In
the
riot.
The
students
were
attempting
to
march
into
Cairo
to
demonstrate
for
the
evacuation
of
Brit
ish
troops
and
the
unity
of
the
Nile
valley.
Venezuela
Is
the
second
largest
oil
producing
country
In
the
world.
ENGLISHMAN
SENTENCED
TO
DEATH
FOR
MERCY
SLAYING
OF
DAUGHTER
MAIDSTONE,
Eng.
Oi
Gordon
Richard
Long,
pleaded
guilty
to
a
murder
charge
yesterday
in
the
mercy
slaying
of
Ills
scvcn-ycar-old
deformed
and
imbecile
daughter,
Jessie,
and
received
In
stoic
calm
sentence
of
death
on
the
gallows.
"I
laid
a
home
guard
respirator
beside
me
and
turned
on
the
pas
tap,"
Long
said
in
a
statement
to
the
police.
I
played
with
Jessie
and
killed
her
and
then
had
put
on
my
respirator-then
I
kissed-hcr
goodbye
She
closed
her
eyes
and
and
oTauccessTui
appeal
or
commutation
of
sentence
can
now
save
Long
from
the
gallows.
IN
CHARGE
OF
DEFENCE
Prime
Minister
of
Britain
to
Retain
Responsibility
,
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Att-
:ee
told
the
House
of
Commons
yetterday
that
broad
responsibility
for
British
defences
Is
to
-emaln
with
the
Prune
Minister
when
the
new
ministry
of
de
fence
is
organized.
PILOT'S
FATHER
FLIES
ABOVE
CRASHED
PLANE
PARU3
9)
Sixly
ahinlst
res-suers
reached
the
scene
of
the
crash
of
a
United
States
army
transport
hlch
In
the
Swiss
alps
'
4
nfln
if
n
f
n
t-1
11
fVt
I
tl
IT
1
fmVU
H
timet
jr
atict
luwiiiAti
treacherous
elacier,
Preparation
were
begun
tl
ulacial
bowl.
Those
most
seri
ously
sick
or
Injured
will
bo
brought
down
first.
PARIS
O)
General
Ralph
Tate,
deputy
-commander
of
the
United
States
forces
In
Australia;
who
flew
over
the
American
plane
which
crash
landed
In
the
Swiss
Alps
four
days
ago,
said
that
he
had
spoken
to
his
son,
Capt.
Ralph
Tatxv
pilot
of
the
plane,
who
reported
that
the.
U
victims
were
all
alive
and
four
were
n
eood
nhvslcal
condition.
General
Tate's
wife'
also
was
a
Dassenaer
on
the
plane.
I
A
nart.v
nt
rlvllian'
culdes
and
i2i
alpinists
of-the
Swiss,
array
have
reached
the
.
loot
of
the
last
incline
separating
tnem
from
the
stranded
plane.
The
transport
Is
believed
to
be
51111
In
one
piece,
so
that
most
of
the
passengers
may
have
found
shelter
In
the
cabin.
Lewis
May
Be
Jailed
Industry
of
United
States
Will
Soon
Feel
Effect
of
Miners'
walk-out-
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
The
walk-out
of
400,000
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
from
the
soft
coal
mining
industry
of
the
TTnit.rd
states
will
soon
have
many
vital
fuel-short
industries
in
a
stranclehold
If
the
strike
continues
long.
Dlm-jouts
have
already
been
declared
in
21
states.
Railway
services
are
be
ing
drastically
cut.
Steel
ulants
are
preparing
to
curtail
produc
tion.
Drastic
measures
to
con-
erve
existing
fuel
supplies
may
be
taken
by
the
government,.
The
writ
which
.
was
served
yesterday
upon
John
L.
Lewis,
president
cf
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
America,
rcquirm;
him
to
aDcar
In
court
on
Mon
day
to
show
why
h9
should
not
be
punished
for
contempt
of
court
is
another
clen
toward
the
possible
clanging
of
"jail
doors
on
the
United
Mine
Workers
niilpftaln.
Issued
Thursday
and
served
yesterday,
the
writ
directs'
Lewis
to
appear
before
tnc
couri
and
tell
why
he
did
not
order
recall
of
his
contract
"termina
tion"
of
Wednesday
night,
ir
convicted,
the.,
Union
might
be
fined
and
Lewis
sent
to
Jail
until
he
obeys
the
court.
Neither
Lewis
nor
his
lieutenants
have
given
any
inkling
of
what
ho
Intends
to
do
when
he
goes
bc-for
the
court.
Some
10,000
of
80,000
hard
coal
miners,
whose
contract
Is
not
involved,
walked
off
the
Jcb
In
e:i.;t.ern
Pennsylvania.
A
union
official
blamed
it
on
a
false
re
port
that
LewU
had,
been
Jailed.
Two
men
were
fatally
shot
in
West
Virginia
tu
the
first
major
flare-up
of
violence
BATH.
Eng.
CP'
As
a
reward
for
saving
hundreds
of
Christmas
puddings
threatened
with
destruction
by
fire
20
Bath
firemen
received
ft
pudding
each.
Donald
Russell
Hid
in
Hotel
Room
During
Hunt;
Charged
With
Murder
of
Former
Friend
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD
YOUTH
HALF-STARVED
AFTER
NINE
DAYS
HIDING
AS
FUGITIVE
.
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nine-riav
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for-
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vear-old
Donald
Russell,
sought
for
the
murder
.
of
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Robert
F.
Tepoorten,
ended
today
wnn
nis
capture
in
a
west-end
Vancouver
notei
Dy
tne
ponce.
.
Pnccol
whn
nffpred
no
resistance
when
taken
into
custody,
saul
that
he
had
been
staying
atHhe
CANADA
VICTIM
OF
ATOM
WAR
OTTAWA,
0'
Blunt
warning
that
Canadian
cities
will
be
destroyed
and
thousands
of
Canadians
killed
in
attacks
cans
down
from
the
3,000-rootj
Hh
atomic
bopbs
in
the
next
war
was.'
sounded,
nere
lasi
night
by
Dr.
O.
M.
Solandt,
director
of
general
defence
research
for
the
armed
services.
He
called
for
elimination
of
war
as
the
only
defence
against
the
bomb
in
a
speech
before
the
Defence
Medical
Association
of
Canada.
Witness
Charged
With
Sedition
QUEBEC
Premier
Duples
sis'
announced
plan,
to
brlni:
members
of
the
Jeh'ova
Witness
sect
Into
court
on
conspiracy
charges
"has
resulted
in
the
ar-
roct
nf
fnur
sprt
mmhfrs
in
Sherbrooke.
They
are
charged
with
distributing
pamphlets
of
a
seditious
nature.
The
publication
in
question
is
entitled
"The
Burning
Hate
in
Quebec"
and
is
considered
by
tne
Attorney
General's
ceparunent
to
be
a
seditious
publication:
The
defendants
were
ireeo
on
$900
bail,
In
the
records
of
the
court,
Recorder
Mercler
termed
the
sect's
teaching
as
"
v
1
1
e
and
vicious,
Inciting
to
revolution
against
the
state
and
the
church.1-
TAG
DAY
HELD
TO
AID
BLIND
More
than
two
score
taggers
were
on
downtown
streets
today
assisting
the
drive
which
Muni-
cinal
Chapter.
I.O.D.E.
is
spon
spread
search
for
hhn
was
carried
out.
He
disappeared
following'
the
shnntlnr-
of
Tenoorten
In
the
tiny
community
of
Woodlands
on
the
north
arm.
of
Burrard
Inlet
on
November
-14.
Tepoorten
was
shot
In
the
back
with
a
blast
from
a
shotgun
and-
hU
wife
beaten
with
a
club.
Mrs.
Tenoorten
named
Russell
as
the
man
who
clubbed
her
while
he
made
an
urgent
de
mand
for
money.
.
The
youth
had
no
weapons
when
he
was
arrested
today.
Police
said
that
Russell
had
one
cent
In
his
pockets
and
ob
viously
was
half-starved.
He
was
turned
over
to
the
Norm
Vancouver
provincial
police
who
have
charged
rum
witn
muraer.
Russell
had
been
told'
by;
lbs
nrorjrletress
of
the
hotel
to
leave
because
he
could
no
longer
pay
lor
his
room,
and
was
later
found
sleeping
in
the
hotel
bath-
room-'.
;
'
'
.j
The
proprietress
said
she
would
call
the1
Dollce.
and
Russell
re
plied:
"You
might
as
well
know.
I'm
Donald
Russell."
Village
Is
Attacked
Forty-two
Anil-Communists
Slain
in
Greek
Town
on
Yugoslav
frontier
Investigation
Favored
ATHENS,
tB
Forty-two
villagers,
who
signed
a
petition
disavowing
communism,
have
"been
killed,
30
others
were
wounded
and
45
houses
were
burned
in
the
village
of
Xeroxrlsl,
pcpula-tlon
210.
in
northern
Thessaly,
It
was
reported
yesterday
The
village
Is
the
third
on
the"
eat
Vardar
River
to
De
side
blue
Ul
of
the
me
iavi4
ww
-
-
sorlne
In
aid
of
the
Canadian
;
oM-rtpn
inre
outbreak
of
fight-
National
Institute
lor
tne
tninu.'
fng
near
tne
Yugoslav
ooruer.iasi,
With
headquarters
in
tne
cana-
ween.
dlan
Legion
committee
rooms,
the
tag
ay
was
directed
by
Municipal
Chapter
Regent
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
assisted
by
Mrs.
E.
V.
Whiting,
Mrs.
Jens
Munthe,
Mrs.
E.
Wi
Becker
and
Mrs.
G.
Tim-
mcrmeister.
Mpnmvhile
at
Lake
Success,
New
York,
authoritative
sources"
said
yesterday
tnat
ureat
orwaiu
and.
United
States
were
reaoy
10
support
a
Greek
proposal
requesting
that
the
United
Nations
Investigate
Greek
border
warfare
involving
alleged
Invaders.
MARINE
HISTORYMADEj(ETCHIKAN;
NEWSTEAMER
MAKES
MAIDENCALL
Union
Steamship
Co.'s
Camosun
Inaugurates
Regular
Service
to
Territory
(By
O.
A.
HUNTER)
KETCHIKAN
When
Capt.
Ernest
Sheppard,
veteran
British
Columbia
coast
shipmaster,
brought
his
comelv
and
glistening
white
streamlined
luxury
liner
Camosun
up
Tongass
Narrows
and
alongside
the
Heckman
dock
at
this
southeastern
Alaska
port
at
midday
today,
marine
history
was
made
by
UnJn
PLANE
HITS
BUS,
EIGHT
KILLED
LOCKING
AIRPORT,
Eng.,
Vi
Eight
Royal
Air
Force
men
were
killed
and
12
were
injured
Friday
when
a
'bombing
plane
crashed
into
a
double
deck
bus
in
which
they
were
setting
out
on
week-end
leave.
There
were
no
Canadians
umbla
for
this
territorial
entry
point.
If
marked
the
Inauguration-of
a
new
regular
steamship
service
from
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
into
southeastern
Alaska
at
a
time
when
the
territory's
regular
shipping
faculties
are
so
seriously
curtailed.
Although
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
has
"operated
for
half
a
century
or
more
Into
every
nook
and
cranny
of
the
British
Columbia
coast
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