URNED ALIVE IN OSWIECIM C Nl'KIlNBKRG (CP) Jews marked for inanun at the Oswiecim concentration camp arrived such numbers that German guards did not even ; i'ouble to count the thousands ot them whom they rtt'd out on railroad platforms and marched direct-to gas chambers, the international military tri- iiai was told today. a year-old French widow, . Jill. wvw. - - Cl, t,.t,l AMI m bciiiR hurled alive Into fur- .-m i. H t tin Mimi ri i- mi ra.' for the chambers. She rt ss women guards were Just .avsic as men. i ' i i r aKe jver Id Hotel OTTAWA SILENT ,. ill I ill .iiiniriiic i a nave uecniirii in mane any ,, ... ... I .... . 1 ..... 1. n MV..W. l t . ancotivcr war veterans who ! "K me nuiiMMR situation iniu i;ht by entering the old Hotel anrouvrr. Department or Na- t- uiinuiiis miiicii mull rc- tdllUUJl IITH. I III llllllTfl nl. irni on tne matter would I, if.... a t . ii,,i .iKiiniiuic, Hliu now on his way to Vancou- t i up i ri ' iiv -in trii ii liniPV niAVi nli. flli llAlnl v o'iii ii wain ).: AIXL.ULJ VKif. , nrnrm nrv fv Mary police in charge that j " v i iu iv i ii if i ri ii nil imi in? m orderly manner. 700 aide j veterans, some of them ''a their families, arc now In wet The entry started Sat- uay wnen isu soldiers and 24 anile paraded throii2h the ccl and moyed In and con- iued on Sunday when 350 more tcrans and more families Joln-them By last night the num-r Had welled to 700. All were "nbcr3 of the Canadian 1 H f linlllMlni I - i .. . . - - n ikllUUM w c former fniimns iirtiirv ri nfortable in the suites of the 1 ' where sandwiches, coffee d meals are belnts served, f " was a dance Saturday 'hi and a concert last nlc-ht. . r v iLuit.ii-i i.uivrs Ul Ity the Canadian Lectori d 'he Department of Veterans' '' were held, ycitcrday. th George Derby pr'cstdin?, to iiMdcr the situation. Today. ;D Ia Mackenzie, minister of '.eian- affairs u nrriuii-,, in ncouver from Ottawa and wi) be sessions wllli him. jThe veterans themselves feel " the responsibility of the prai Government rat'heif than NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH HOiJiMUJA'S NEWSPAPER Local Tides TAXI TAXI r - Me 537 Tuesday, January 29, ' 1946 , 19:50 18.9 feet DAY and NIGHT SERVICE ',:44 102 fcct U)w 17:46 . 5.6 fcct Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port Bill and ken Nesbitt . VOL. XXXV, No. 23. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS rightful Atrocities . . m a. m a mm m EWI5H WUMtN, amous Anyox Mine Camp Being OMPUIMPY - - ' w RVICE IS f F I i W. mm . - imiBILITY TTAV7A Thorn li n ii n Iiaaii .,uvw UVl II Of tllO ..... line. 11, Mil.. t ijuooiuuuy 111 CUII1 'urv -service for nniimh'n r Ucscrve avmjujf 205.00b men u"-wea during tho week- llirln. ii. conference win en i . -ress the plan. wr tiipinxpd. nl r ... . ' ... T1 ""Hccrat commilsorv WCe TllP Offl(lr Mine T (n,,l,. w.i-. naciicy ofjiuii, UL: Who Is chairman hf tho 1 Ofriflnl , , -mil. IJUUliU yc ;uf wondcrin? how they are ivJul,tlhatmany mc "wiHiirnrv ;r rvlce " 14 Mmt mm ft LHILUKtK V mi Gales Expected In Exposed Areas Gale warnings for exposed areas of the B.C. coast from Hecate Straits to Juan dc Fuca Strait were posted by the meteorological service today a.s wlnd ranging in direction from northwest to southwest were expected to reach velocities In excess of 40 miles an hour. Forecast for the Prince Rupert area Is for moderate to fresh northwest winds, cloudy and cool, with scattered showers. The mantle of snow which blanketed the cltv this morning Is the result of 5 i Inches of snow which fell, Interspersed with fain, since Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, which last night dropped as low ns 29 degrees, kept the snow somewhat dry, causing It to be , f I T.. U 1 A 1 rr ,U,,,J SldUl( IlllUVilUUfei HUll n hires for the last 24 hours showed a minimum of 29 degrees and a maximum of 39 degrees. the city to provide shelter for them'. A sign outside the hotel Invites all homeless veterans to come In and help themselves to a rbom. City lias Done All It Can Now Mayor Cornett says that city council feels it has done all It can to help returned servicemen. flic Udd.' t ha t!t 43 xip to' the- fed eral government to sec that veterans get suitable living quarters. Spokesmen for the veterans saldjthcy Intended, to take the matter up with Veterans' Minister Mackenzie today. I DEMAND ALASKA DEFENCE POLICY Alaska Covernor and Delegate ."Meet Ceneral KUrnliower WASHINGTON, D.C. - Alaska's governor and Its delegate to Congress asked General Dwlght D. Elsenhower, Army Chief of Staff, for assurance that Alaska defences will not be neglected In the, poswar,ycars. E, Ift BarUctt,.ALiska delegate, and povcrnqF . Erjicst Grucnlng nkcd Elsenhower for a" decision on the future of wartime Army camps, airfields and other Installations in the Territory. "Common prudence requires that we maintain a much more elaborate defence system In Alaska than we did before the war," Bartlctt said. "1 am not. one of those who believe that we will fl?ht Russia or that wc will need to," he said. "I sec no reason why the two countries cannot get along." Pigjyon Industry May Be Developed Into Sleel Mill Initial Construction Crew Passes Through Dnroutc North The slumbering, dcscrtcd'mln-Ing village of Anyox at the head of Observatory Inlet Is experiencing the first stirrings of what may be a re-birth of industrial lire this week as a crew of-construction workers begin initial work on a proposed pig iron and electric steel smelter. Backers of the plan to revive Anyox to the Industrial fullness of Its mining heyday Is the B.C. Minerals and Resources Development Co. which proposes to establish a pig Iron smelter on the sits of former smelting operations of the Granby Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. awa NEW WATERFRONT AND CITY PANORAMA This interesting new picture shows another angle of the waterfront and business section of Prince Rupert. On the right Is seen a considerable portion of the great 1635-foot ocean dock and 1256-foot four storey warehouse building which the Americans built during the war. The central waterfront structure in this picture is the building 175 by 80 feet which was erected by the Americans and used as a marine equipment building. In the background Is th: west end of the city's business seation. Noontime Traffic Accident Three Burl When Bus 'Overturns On Embankment On Sixth A venue . Three people were taken 12 o clock today suffering from shock and injuries after an Arrow Bus Lines bus, carrying 10 passengers, overturned after sliding from the street in the 1300-block on Sixth Avenue East. The accident occurred, according to the bus driver and witnesses, when thcr drlv'er.wun'g Ahfc.bus.. : ' to the edge Of the street embank-, mcnt to avoid striking a small boy who had dashed onto the street. Irijurcd when ihe bus rolled on i Its Mdc several feet below the i street level were: ! Mrs. Charles Wilson, 501 Herman j : Street, a passenger, who suffered shock and possible in- j ! Juries. , I I Mrs. Gladys Busch, 1549 Slxtli j Avenue East, suffering shock ' : and possible fracture the i : shoulder. ! Paddy Madam, York Hotel,! who received a head injury, probably from flying glass. j According to bus driver Clarence , Dixon, the vehicle, carrying ! 1 10 passengers, slid from the snow-covered street when he crowded the edge to avoid hitting a small.boy who had dashed ! from behind a truck which was parked on Sixth Avenue." ! "I didn't try to brake the bus or I didn't head for the ditch," I Dixon said. "If I had done that i it probably would have been J worse." Driver Dlxcn himself I was unhurt although badly ; shaken up as were the other i passengers. r The bus was making its i scheduled run to the centre of. the city from Seal Cove at 12:10 j when the accident occurred. Name of the small boy who ran On the Catala last night 18 construction workers, accompanied by a cargo of construction materials, passed through Prince Rupert bound for Anyox where preparatory work will begin this week. V Initial goal of,the new company is production ot pig iron which will be'smeltcd from B.C. coast ore. Later plans call for a steel smelter which, will use an electric process developed In Sweden. Pig Iron production, it is understood, will be carried out with the help of a subsidy or $3 a ton by the provincial government. Purpose of the subsidy is to encourage the establishment of a Conf to hospital shortly afterf i onto the , street could not be . learned 1 Scores of people, many o( them children, on their way home during the noon school i recess crowded around the. over ! turned vehicle and traffic alonfe Sixth Avenue was slowed con " , siderably for more than an hour. I'xplnnalion of Driver Bus Driver Clarence Dixon's ...... . ..1 1 1 r 1 1 - r v Al"a"allu" Ul MIC taust Ul III- accident was later confirmed by Mrs. Charles Wilson, one of the Injured passengers, who told Dr. C. II. Hanklnson that she had seen the small boy dash onto the street from behind a parked truck. Dr. Hanklnson treated bath Mrs. Wil-on and Mrs. Busch. Mrs. Busch. apparently the most seriously injured of the passengers, was rushed to the Prince Rupert General Hospital by the city ambulance, while Mrs. Wilson was taken to hospital by Clcve Kcefer of Arrow Cabs. The street was covered with snow. which had become slippery during the morning, causing drivers of vehicles to travel cautiously. Driver Dixon said hel was moving at "moderate" speed when the bus slipped from the roadway. The bus lay on Its side In a pig Iron industry In British Columbia. In addition to the Anyox site, which contains a hydro power plant, the new company has acquired the Tasu iron mine at Tasu Harbor, Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, the Colossus mine on Bute Inlet, and the Peerless mine on Quatslno Sound. Harsh, Unpopular" Laws For France PARIS- -The new president of France, Felix Gouin, after forming his cabinet, has told the people that It will be necessary to Impose "harsh and unpopular economic conditions" because the situation Is a .grave one for the country, but he hopes they will understand. Gouin gave assurance that democratic principles would be maintained. onrerence is Resume position from which It might easily overturn onto Its back, foiling down on to the front yard of a residence. ;. According to Dixon, a bus slid from Sixth Ave. at the same ,ppt several months ao. How- vvci, iiu uue was mjuicu ui time. Dr. C. II. Hanklnson said that he would be unable to give definite Information on the in- Juries of the three accident vic- tims until x-rays had been taken later this afternoon. PICTURE IS BRIGHTER WASHINGTON Although there Is no change In the general strike in the steel industry, United States appears to be sonitwhat brighter. Ford and Chrysler motor disputes have been settled with la'ijc and 18c per hour Increases respectively. Only General Motors remains to be settled and tine union there , Insists, that there will be no return to work until the company accepts the .19V"C per hour Increase recommended by President Truman's fact rinding Hoard. Both A. F. of L. and C. I. O. meat workers have been told by their unions to set back to work in the meat packing plants taken bver by the government. Agreement has been reached to arbitrate the railroad dispute Revived KEEP CANADA STEEL GOING Reconstruction Minister Asked To Call Conference on Matter TORONTO It has been disclosed in Toronto that Reconstruction Minister Howe has been asked to call a conference government, management and labor to plan' continuous full employment In the Cttnadlari steel industry. C. II. Millard, the Canadian director of the C.I.O. steel workers, says that in view of the need for steel there ihould not be unemployment In Canada's steel industry. STRANGE TASTES Cockroaches will cat practically anything, Including paint, and like it. i i ' MOST OF PREMIERS ARE HOPEFUL OF AGREEMENT OTTAWA (CPJ-Everything i'as in readiness today for resumption of discussions of the co-ordinating committee of the Dominion-Provincial conference faced with the task of drawing up a new division of taxation rights. Premiers Manning of Alberta and Douglas of Sas- j(.katchcwan were the last to ar BANDIT HUNT IN ONTARIO Couple Were Surprised as They Attempted to Break Into Vault BOLTON, Out. Police are still looking for two bandits who eluded capture northwest of j Toronto today. The pair were urov1 ;rd by r irrup of citizens as they were trying to. break Into me vault of tu? Imperial Bank branch In Bolton, Ontario. As they attempted to escape two shots were fired. Neither of the bullets Is believed to have hit the holdup men, but In the excitement of the moment Cecil Gott of Bolton, shot his own son. 23-vear old Leonard. He Is In hospital with a stomach wound. Hospital omciais sap nis condition is fair, MACKENZIE ARRIVES -VANCOUVER Hon. Ian Mackenzie, minister ot veterans, affairs, arrived here, this morning but ref li'setf to comment on the Vancouver Hotel occupation until lie meets veterans late In the afternoon. Some 150 veterans stayed in the hotel overnight and declare they are resolved to stay until some permanent arrangement Is made to operate the building as a hostel. COO R.A.F. STRIKERS CAWPUR, India Six thousand Royal Air Force personnel have gone on strike in demand for early repatriation. However, they have deferred the walk-out for a week. At London Foreign Secretary Itcvin promises an inquiry into the whole subject of repatriation. Field Marshal Montgomery says the demobilization is being proceeded with too quickly to maintain adequate garrisons. CANADIANS RETURNING SOUTHAMPTON Two more great troops transpoits sailed today from here with Canadian veterans the Queen Elizabeth with 10,000 and the Aquitania with 5,500. .MIDDLE OF ROAD WINS FRANKFURT The biggest German free election in history has taken place. A middle-of-the-road party, the Christian Social Union, piled up high majorities in Bavaria and lead almost three-to-onc in early but Incomplete returns from Sunday's elections in the American zone. FRENCH PEOPLE WARNED PARIS The new president of the French government Felix Gouin has held his first meeting with his new. economy-minded cabinet. Afterwards, he indicated that the French people may have to face hard news when the cabinet decisions arc announced to the Constituent lAssembly on Tuesday. EXPLANATION ASKED FRANKFURT A U.S. Senate Investigating sub-committee has demanded an official army explanation of why more than 1000 western Europeans arc being permitted to stay in U.N.R.R.A. disrf'.heed persons camps in the American zone of Germany. U.N.R.A.A. officials say that the French, Italians, Greeks, Dutch and others involved just don't want to go home for various reasons. rive for committee meeting scheduled tq open late this afternoon. Premier Ilart of British Columbia was one of the first to arrive. Most of the Premiers, while Indicating that they were confident the conference can reach a successful conclusion, declined to add anything to earlier statements on the Dominion proposals. It was understood that the' Premier of Quebec, who has not committed himself, might make a statement during the week. There has been speculation that his thoughts were somewhat "in line with those of Premier George Drew of Ontario who opposed the Dominion'3 sug- ! gestlon that the provinces va cate personal Income, corpora tion and inheritance tax field . ; NEW INDONESIAN ACT DATA VIA The curtain Is about to rise on a new act in tlje turbulent Indonesian dfama.i The acting governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies Dr. Hubertus Van Mook has returned to Batavia after a visit to Holland. Dr, Van Mook is carrying a net set of proposals which it is hoped will settle the dispute between the Dutch and the natives. .MORE BOMBAY RIOTS BOMBAY It had been feared that there would be a renewal of rioting in Bombay yesterday during celebration of the Congress Party's anniver-stary of its declaration of Independence day. However, the celebrations were observed quietly.' FATAL U.S. FIRES ' NEW YORK Across the United States, fires which struck scattered cities have claimed a death toll of 21. The latest fire report comes from Monroe, Louisianla, where one person died when a blaze swept through part of a small hotel. McKINNON BACK OTTAWA Hon. J. A. McKin-non, minister of trade and commerce, is back in Canada from his visit to Great Britain. He says Canada will have no trouble in selling wheat in Great Britain during the next two years. TKOI.LER MISSING VANCOUVER The trolter Nancy !, with the owner, Joseph Caldcrohe, and his wife on board, is missing between Wells Pass and Alert Bay. SELL CIIIOIIIM; PLANT VANCOUVER The Vaneou-"vcr chlorination v'ant will be sold by the War Assets Corporation after March 31 unless the Greater Vancouver Water Board takes it over. TROOl'KR ESCAPES MINE SAN FRANCISCO The troopship General Ilelsing arrived after a narrow escape from striking a mine off the coast cf Washington. The mine was destroyed by gunfire. DECISION DEFERRED WASHINGTON The United States Supreme Court has further reserved from today its decision in the case of General Yamashita, condemned to death as a Japanese war d TWENTY-ONE DIE IN U.S. FIRES .: Holocausts in Kansa- Cityi St. Louis, Chicago and New York NEW YORK Twenty-one people lost their lives in hotel and apartment fires in four American cities over the week-end. In a Kansas City apartment house 11 persons were burned to death. A St. Louis hotel fire took the lives of four; a New .York tenement fire, three, and a Chicago apwtmcnt hotel fire claimed two lives. In Monroe, Louisiana, one died-In a hotel fire. In Charleston,, West Virginia, 10'ap-artment-buslness buildings' were destroyed In a $2,000,000: flreibut no lives were lost. . ; NOSIGNOF 4 HERRING YET "7 r In spite of a continual scouring of the north coast by herring scout boats and seiners, no signs of the small fish haver been found and fishermen antlbpate that, unless herring show "up soon. It will be one of tfieflaVest seasons In recent years. Numbers of seine boats on. Sunday went out into the harbor , in search of herring. However, none were found. DEMANDS OF EGYPT MET Meantime Cabinet Crisis Has Been Settled at Cairo j LONDON A reliable source in I London who declines use of his f name-says that'Creaf BrHairi ! has offered to negotiate on Egyptian demands. The de- mands include full lndepend-! ence and the evacuation of Brl- ; tlsh troops from Egyptian ter ritory. Meantime- at Cairo the Egyp-tlon cabinet crisis Js oyer. The situation became brighter' when three ministers withdrew' their" resignations. They had submitted the resignations In protest against failure to give the U.N.O. security council its demands that British troops be withdrawn from that country. IRAN-RUSSIA , DEAL DIRECT .-i Complaint to be Discfyscdfjy Two Countries' Delegates---- To U. N. O. TEHERAN, (Cfy Premier Ahmed Qavam announced togay he has Instructed the Irani Relegation to the United -Nations Organization to duscuss Iran's ccmplalrt against Russia direct with Vice-Commissar VIshlnsky, head of -the Russian U.N.O. delegation. The announcement, came as the U.N.O. security, council In London prepared to meet to. consider Iran's charges of Russian interference In her Inteh'iaf affairs. Tlie Iranian delegate to the United Nations charged today before the security council, which started its hearings Into the complaint despite the new Premier's, order; for dicjf "negotiation, that ''there have; been numerous Interventions In Iranian affairs by Soviet authorities. ' ' " , The Russian delegate contended that the Iranian appeal was now out of order In view of the change of Iranian government. MIDDLE ROADERS IN GERMANY FRANKFURT Christian. Socialists, party of the middle,. emerged victorious yesterday In the elections In American-occupied Germany. The Social Democrats, leftists, were runners-up with Communists third and the rightist Liberal Democrats fourth. The elections went off quietly and smoothly