TER
CLASH
AT
lUEEN
I:,
a
learning
Dam
oi
cnampagne
worn
tne
a
Quetn
of
the
Metlakatla
Indian
band.
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
latest
ILf-i
Skeena
Queen
-was
formally
christened
at
a
colorful
ceremony
at
Seal
Cove
air
lr
shown
in
tnis
acuon
snot
are
Mrs.
Leask
ennstening
the
vessel
while
Rev.
:kter
who
delivered
a
blessing,
stands
In
thft
loreground.
Standing
centre,
holding
nl;rc;:hone
Is
Clarence
Insulander
of
station
CFPR.
In
the
background
are
k,
operations
manager
for
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines,
and
Indian"
Agent
F.
E.
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gucitj
were
taken
on
a
flight
over
the
district
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Minute
tl.lll
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pah.
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TYPO
PROTEST
VANCOUVER
The
International
Typotraphical
Union
is
complaining
at
the
police
guard
being
maintained
at
the
Vancouver
Province.
Th
e
r
e
hTvJ
fetf';'itiany-
tJ
policemen
there
at
one
time,
says
Aid.
Girvan.
THREATENED
SUICIDE
NEW
YORK
A
19-year-old
boy
stood
on
a
tower
of
Brooklyn
Bridge
today
and
threatened
to
Jump
in
the
East
River
unless
the
police
found
his
girl
who
is
missing.
Finally,
officers
climbed
the
tower
and
took
him
down
after
nets
had
been
spread
below
against
the
possibility
of
the
plunge.
EDUCATIONAL
CHANCE
VICTORIA
The
Department
of
Education
would
like
to
see
more
chil'iren
of
veterans
taking
advantage
of
special
opportunities
for
them
to
take
High
School
courses.
Only
H?
students
have
so
far
made
application.
F'RES
IN
AIGOMA
,
SAULT
STE.
MARIE,
Al-gema
Countv
of
Ontario
is
faced
with
the
worst
forest
fire
situation
it
has
had
so
far
this
season.
DELIBERATE
DISCOURTESY
LONDON
According
to
the
News-Chronicle,
Canadian
newspapermen
describe
the
walking
out
of
lorelgn
Com-
roisrer
Molotov
as
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
of
Can-ada
was
starting
his
address
at
the
Tarls
conference
as
"an
ac
of
deliberate
discourtesy"
even
though
Molotov,
may
have
had
a
message
for
an
important
consultation
outside.
Ross
Mnnrc
of
Canadian
Press
thinks
it
was
curious
that
Molotov
should
have
left
the
jnonifnt
that
Mackenzie
King
started.
FIRST
TUT.'A
IN
VANCOUVER
First
tuna
fish
of
the
season
was
landed
by
boats
today
with
20,000
pounds
in
all.
PACKERS
NEGOTIATE
TORONTO
Swift-Canadian
Co.
has
agreed
to
negotiate
the
wage
dispute
with
the
Parkers'
union
in
Toronto
August
12.
Canada
Tackers
and
Burns
&
Co.
are
meeting
the
union
tomorrow
to
discuthe
possibility
of
a
naHonal
agreement.
INQUEST
ADJOURNED
VANCOUVER
Inquest
of
Gary
Billings,
young
boy,
who
was
criminally
assaulted
and
murdered
in
Stanley
Tark,
has
been
adjourned
fcr
clsht
weeks.
Police
have
found
clothing
of
a
possible
suspect
near
Siwash
Rock.
christening
oome
wielded
by
following
the
ceremony.
Photo
by
Jack
Wrathall.
POLIO
IN
ST.
PAUL
MINNEAPOLIS
There
have
been
six
more
deaths
from
infantile
paralysis
in
St.
Paul,
bringing
the
total
number
of
deaths
so
tar
tills
year
to
61.
I
VESSEL
FREED
VICTORIA
The
freighter
Sapperton
Faik,
w
hlch
grounded
11
miles
from
here
yesterday,
was
refloated
in
the
afternoon.
t
NO
INCREASE
NOW
VICTORIA
There
can
be
no
immediate
increase
in
the
oil
piice
in
British
Columbia,'
says
Dr.
W.
A.
Carrothers
of
the
Fuel
and
Petroleum
Board.
There
would
have
to
be
full
and
costly
investigation
which
would
take
several
months.
No
application
for
an
increase
has
been
received.
TURK
GOVT
RESIGNS
ANKARA
The
government
of
Turkey
has
resigned
and
a
new
government
is
being
formed.
Only
one
former
minister
will
be
included.
TOM
UPHILL
AT
LEWIS
DINNER
CALGARY
Attending
a
din
ner
In
honor
of
John
L.
Lewis,
head
of
the
United
Mine
Work
ers
of
America,
Tom
Uphill,
mayor
and
veteran
Labor
M.L.A.
of
Fernie,
said
coal
mining
was
a
most
hazardous
work
per
formed
under
most
abnoxlous
conditions.
Mr.
Lewis
was
presented
with
a
painting
pt
Mount
Elsenhower.
FARMERS
AND
POLICE
FIGHT
TEHRAN
KB
A
number
of
persons
were
killed
and
wounded
when
followers
of
the
New
Democrat
party
of
Tremier
Qavam
and
the
Tudeh
party
clashed
In
Tehran's
main
square
last
night
after
forty-first
anniversary
celebrations
of
the
Iranian
const
itution.
Police
fired
lnt0
the
air
and
dispersed
r.ie
crowds.
EXTENSION
OF
P.G.E.
PLANS
VICTORIA
Prime
Minister
John
Hart,
following
the
return
of
the
deputy
minister
of
railways,
from
a
trip
through
the
area
of
proposed
Pacific
Great
Eastern
extension,
said
that
a
better
crossing
of
Cottonwood
River
was
bcinK
considered
as
well
as
di
better
route
by
way
of
Canturlon
Creek
from
Hud--ou
Hope
to
Pine
Raas
LirTO-
A
B
C
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRmSBOLDMBIATTNEWI
SPAPER
"
TAXI
TAXI
.349-
mam
537
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Tobacco
Store
nopert
DAY
and
NIGHT
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cross
froin
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"
NIGHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
183.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
6,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
;ion
CONFERENCE
Direct
Attack
By
Byrnes
On
Chief
Soviet
Envoy
Vote
Expected
Today
On
Vexed
Question
of
Majority
Canada's
Proposal
Meets
With
Approval
STILLAVRANGLING
TODAY
PARIS
The
peace
conference
rules
committee
rejected
today
a
proposal
by
Foreign
Minister
3iasarvk
of
Czechoslovakia
to
appoint
a
sub-com-
mittcc
to
study
various
proposals
for
voting
procedure
Foreien
Minister
Moltov
then
suggested
thai
two-thirds
majority
be
required
in
committee
to
adopt
ny
proposals
on
voting
procedure.
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes
of
the
United
States
then
said
0t
procedure
suggested
by
the
foreign
ministers'
council
catted
for
a
simple
majority
vote
on
procedural
matters
and
said::
"I
nm
renllv
surprised
that
the
representative
of
the
Soviet
Union
has
suggested
this."
PARIS
fCP)
Bitter
clash
between
United
States
Secretary
of
State
James
F.
Byrnes
and
Foreign
Commissar
V.
M.
Molptov
of
Russia
preceded
the
end
of
the
debate
on
the
procedure
of
voting
at
the
peace
conference
today.
The
conference
is
now
ready
to
vote
on
the
contentious
issue
of
which
shall
pre-
Penticton
City
Workers
Strike
PENTICTON
Seventy
civic
employees
went
out
on
strike'
here
today
following
a
34
to
9
strike
vote
last
night.
An
increase
In
wages
is
among
the
demands.
City
Hall
and
police
station
were
being
picketed
today.
MORE
QUAKE-S
¬
IN
DOMINICA
Sequel
Tremors
to
Those
Which
Shook
Caribbean
Area
on
Sunday
CIUDAD
TRUJHJLO,
Domini
can
Republic
New
earth
trem
crs
shook
this
Caribbean
republic
Monday
in
the
wake
of
Sunday's
severe
earthquake
and
tidal
wave
which
lefr
a
toil
of
at
least
two
dead.
Devastation
was
spread
In
at
least
11
towns.
Information
Is
that
heavy
damage
was
done
to
hones
and
publl;
buildings.
Strong
earth
shocks
hPd
struck
at
two
widely
separated
areas
o
tne
western
hemisphere
Sunday.
Tremors
centreing
in
the
West
Indies
were
felt
In
San
Juan.
Puerto
Rico,
and.
In
the
vicinity
of
Valparaiso,
Chile.
Early
reports
indicated
little
or
no
damage
In
either
locality.
Living
Cost
Increasing
Is
Up
1.5
Points.
in
Month
and
24.1
Percent
Since
1939
OTTAWA,
W
The
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported
today
that
a
1.5
point
jump
had
been
recorded
In
the
cost
of
living
Index
during
June,
makins
?
toral
advance
of
five
points
in
the
last
four
months.
Prices
and
Trade
Board
Chairman
Donald
Gordon
warned
that
further
Increases
could
be
expected
and
the
bureau
said
that
the
index,
calculated
on
the
basis
of
1935-39
i
m
m
lnt
had
cllmb
ed
to
123.6
at
June
1
to
125.1
at
July
2
for
a
total
Increase
of
24.1
per
cent,
since
August
1939.
The
latest
advance
Is
attributed
to
"widely
distributed
price
Increases"
which
allccted
four
of
six
budget
groups.
Included
were
Increases
In
foods,
clothes,
home
furnishings
and
cervices
and
health,
maintenance
and
recreation.
Mr.
Gordon
termed
the
Increase
"In
large
part
expected
and
unavoidable"
but
"nevertheless
a
matter
of
most
serious
consort
of
evidence
that
the-Job
of
keeping
prices
In
hand
during
the
aftermath
of
war
Is
becoming
extremely
difficult."
Ho
said
that
the
bulk
of
increase
reflects
price
adjustmrnt.3
authorized
i
aniei'
this
yrar.
vail
the
two-thirds
vote
or
the
straight
majority
or
whether
a
compromise
shall
be
adopted.
In
making
a
direct
attack
upon
Molotpv,
Byrne3
challenged
the
j
Soviet
foreign
commissar
to-
al-
j
low
his
(Mr.
Byrnes')
remarks
I
to
be
published
In
the
Soviet
press
and
broadcast
over
the
ra
dio.
Byrnes
charged
Molotov
with
trying
to
dictate
to
the
peace
conference
through
the
Big
Four
and
with
misrepresenting
main
lssues4in
the
conference.
For
instance,
hej
had
tried
to
get
Poland
admitted
and
had
endea-
youreoV
to"gVt"ViIm
"iByrnes)
to
attend
a
Big
Four
session
with
a
view
to
assigning
key
posts
in
the
conference
itself.
When
the
Soviet
had
had
Its
back
to
the
wall,
said
Byrnes,
the
United
States
had
gone
to
its
aid.
"We
still
have
great
admiration
and
respect
for
the
Russian
people,"
declared
Byrnes
who
was
anxious
that
they
should
be
l-IJ
V.
a
i
Hfnlnfnw
TT"
B
flnlnT
Q
t
the
conference.
After
a
hasty
consultation
with
his
colleagues
following
Byrnes'
charges,
Molotov
said
the
Russian-
press
and
radio
would
cer-talnlv
publish
and
broadcast
what
Byrnes
had
had
to
say.
The
peace
conference
rates
committee
adjourned
early
to-;
day
after
an
all-night
meeting,
long
debate
having
failed
to
achieve
accord
on
Russia's
chal-,
lenge
to-the
United
States'
and
Great
Britain
to
stand
by
the
foreign
ministers
council
decl-tion
on
a
two-thlrcs
voting
rule
for
the
conference.
Earlier
Molo
tov
had
contended
that
British
and
American
delegates
should
avoid
a
fast
two-thirds
rale.
Australia's
Dr.
H.
V.
Evatt
urged
adoption
of
the
simple
majority
rule,
asserting
that
democracy
in
action
comes
from
"willingness
to
accept
in
good
faith
the
CDinion
of
others."
"United
States
and
China
yesterday
threw
their
support
behind
a
British
compromise
proposal
to
solve
the
deadlock
on
voting
procedure
at
the
peace
conference.
Canada
won
formal
support
both
from
Russia
and
the
United
States
yesterday
for
a
proposal
advanced
by
Prime
Minister
-W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
before
tn
conference
that
a
council
of
Big
Four
foreign
ministers
meet
con
currently
with
the
21-power
ses
siens.
Molotov
adopted
the
proposal
for
Russia
and
this
virtually
ensured
that
the
Big
Four
will
meet
as
Premier
King
suggested.
Although
Britain
and
France
have
not
made
formal
declarations,
they
are
also
behind
the
scheme.
POLITICAL
DISORDERS
ROME
IT;
Four
policemen
and
"many
more"
peasants
were
reported
killed
in
fighting
near
Palermo
between
Carlbinleri
and
Sicilian
peasants
in
revolt
against
consigning
their
crops
to
the
government's
'
granaries
of
the
people."
THE
PAIGES
LEAVE
HALIFAX
Chief
Petty
Officer
Leslie
A.
C
Paige,
of
Vancouver,
and
j
Mrs.
Paige.
Cumberland,
Vancouver
Island,
are
pictured
above
shortly
before
leaving
Halifax
on
their
long
trek
across
the
Dominion
to
claim
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Relations
Committee
Mason
Medal
for
the
first
auto
trip
between
the
two
cities.
A.
J.
Brown
(right)
Chairman--of
the
Halifax
Tpurlst
Bureau,
operated
by
the
Halifax
Junior
Board
of
Trade,
is
extending
"good
luck"
to
the
adventurous
dou
:le.
C.P.O.
and
Mrs.
Paige
have
passed
Montreal
and
are
expected
In
Prince
Rupert
tbout
two
weeks
hence.
Arrangements
have
been
made
by
the
Dally
News
to
cover
their
progrsa
enroute
and
a
committee
has
been
f
orrned,
j
Canadians
Sugar
for
Gov't
Company
to
Aid
Foreign
Trade
OTTAWA,
ffi
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
gave
third
and
final
reading
to
a
bill
to
establish
the
Canadian
Commercial
Corporation,
crown-owned
company
which
will
assist
Cana
dian
firms
to
sell
to
and
buy
frcm
foreign
governments.
Trade
Minister
J.
A.
McKinnon
said,
it
Intended
to
assist
rather
than
replace
private
trade.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Extensive
cloudiness
with
widespread
rain
showers
has
been
general
over
all
of
British
Columbia
in
the
past
twenty-four
hours
with
the
exception
of
the
Kootenays
where
skies
re
mained
clear.
Conditions
are
im
proving
from
the
west
this
morn-
,
-
1
1
i
ing
ana
ciear
wrauiw
nuw
a.ung
;
the
west
coast
or
Vancouver
,
Island
is
expected
over
all
of
Vancouver
Island
and
the
lower
mainland
by
evening.
Tempera
tures
over
the
western
half
of
the
province
were
5
to
15
degrees
below
normal
yesterday
with
the
60
degree
maximum
at
Vancouver
14
degrees
below
the
average
for
August.
Today
the
mercury
will
record
temperatures
only
a
few
degrees
below
average.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
with
widely
scattered
rain
showers
southern
portion,
becoming
clear
this
evening.
Variable
cloudiness
Wednesday
morning,
and
clear
Wednesday
afternoon.
Northwest
winds
10
m.p.h.,
warmer
today
and
Wednesday.
Minimum
expected
to
night:
Port
Hardy.
49;
Massett,
44;
Prince
Rupert.
45.
Maxlmurru
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy,
65;
Massett,
65;
Prince
Rupert,
65
POLICE
PROBE
'
MONT
REAL
The
city
council
of
Montreal
has
asked
for
an
Investigation
of
the
police
department
which
has
been
charged
with
graft
and
corruption.
.
(Fjctcre
by
Get
More
Rest
of
Year
OTTAWA
CP
Acting
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
announced
today
that,
effective
next
month,
the
sugar
ration
of
householders
and
industrial
users
will
be
increased.
Mr.
Abbott
said
that
the
lndi-vidual
ration
will
be
increased
by
a
total
of
three
pounds
per
person
during
the
remainder
of
the
year
and
quotas
of
Industrial
users
will
be
Increased
by
a
somewhat
similar
amount.
The
minister
said
that,
although
the
sugar
situation
Is
still
tight,
gradual
improvement
could
be
expected
from
now
on.
LEGAL
BATTLE
OVER
SALVAGE
Looks
Like
Big
Tight
Will
Loom
Over
Derelict
Picked
Up
in
Atlantic
LONDON
As
the
derelict
!
American
freighter
American
Farmer
limp3
toward
Engiand
under
United
States
escort,
legal
battle
over
who
shall
be
entitled
to
the
salvage
looms
in
British
newspaper
headlines
which
claim
that
American
shlp3
took
over
the
collision
battered
freighter
after
a
midget
British
vessel
had
liej-
in.
tow.
The
8,353-ton
American
Far
mer
and
the
freighter
Riddle
collided
700
miles
off
Land's
'End
last
Wednesday.
A
passing
ship
took
off
the
crew
of
50
and
six
passengers.
Later
the
small
British
freighter
Ellzabete
came
Alongside,
attached
towlines
and
started
toward
Wales.
The
Elizabete
later
radteed
her
home
office
that
an
American
crew
had
boarded
the
derelict
and
ordered
the
British
crew
to
leave.
The
Farmer
carried
$2,000,000
of
wheat
and
dried
eg,gs
for
England
and
London
newspapers
estimated
the
ship
was
worth
an
additional
M,509,0C0.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
August
7,
1946
High
10:00
14.0
feet
21:36
17.5
feet
Low
3:39
7.3
feet
15:20
10.1
left
J-
T.?
Chard,
of
".
Win
STANDING
PAT
Will
be
Kept
in
China
and
Will
"Shoot
Back"
if
Attacked
It
is
Stated
SHANGHAI,
SD
United
States
Marines
are
staying
In
China
ai
the
present
strength
of
22,000
ta
23.000
and
will
"shoot
back"
if
attacked,
Admiral
Charles
M.
Cooke
says
in
answer
to
speculation
about
a
battle
on
July
29
between
Marines
and
Chinese
Communists.
Earlier
it
was
rumored
that
Marines
would
b
withdrawn.
CONFESSION
BYHEIRENS
Chicago
University
Boy
Makes
Clean
Bieast
of
Kidnap-Killins
CHICAGO
-y-
William
Heirens,
University
of
Chicago
student,
confessed
today
to
the
murder
of
Suzanne
Degnan,
a
little
girl,
in
a
case
which
lor
months"
has
caused
a
sensation
here.
Asked
If
he
had
kidnapped
'
and
murdered
the
child,
Heirens
answered
"Yes"
and
then
proceeded
to
tell
the
gruesome
story
of
his
crime.
He
had
been
In
a
daze,
Heirens
said,
and,
on
seeing
an
open
bedroom
window,
he
acted
by
chance,
leaving
the
ransom
pote
after
he
had
removed
and
murdered
the
child.
Then
he
returned
at
6
aon.
to-the
univer
sity
campus
and
went
on
with
his
studies.
DRIVE
FOR
HIGHER
PAY
Increase,
Granted
on
West
Coast
Spurs
Maritime
Worke?s
To
Seek
Same
HALIFAX,
CO
Drive
fcr
higher
wages
in
Maritime
shipyards
Is
being
launched
by
the
MarJune
Marine
Workers'
Federation,
J.
K.
Bell
of
Halifax,
secrejjry-treasurer,
said
yesterday.rBell
said
that
the
organization
was
determined
to.make
a
mow
on
receipt
of
Information
that
Canadian
West
Coast
yards,
and
their
employees
were
maklnj
Joint
application
to
the
Labor
Board
for
pay
Increases.
He
'said
that
eastern
workers
were
being
I
paid
five
and
10
cents
per
nour
I
.n-.-:
than
Wesf
Coast-
workers.