to i:icvalc . ... In rrIEOI1a. :dicos DA ft HO while notable nav (J MOSCOW iuuiu, P lUUl"""1" to name the Yugo, ... iiniiin Rtonlnnp. Ull, 1J-J- the Roman Catholic Christmas consls- Steplnac head or Catholic Churcn in as convicted by a month of crimes ,coplc and sentenced imprisonment with IBUTE Vn brunch nf the a rrcaier contrfbu- mm General of ,-.r iihiiL a nit i :p ji t iivoJWrtiio ict Canada here. He 1 unJt-M1 II 1 II 1I1LU1L.U1 OLILIILL wiiviii uviuivtu rn a rw. .ii-i-.it i i v v ui, UlOtllUU IIU w the former armv to be documented to lw a wmI Cana pe Canada Is free and ---- " WO Vlit iJUtlV- seemed io be typical Canada after scrvln lr'np to return to wuu uw II" .ii rrnir GIRL IS BEAUTIFUL iuir jvi:i noil ft hnri 1 university of British wasii(lludpfl thn -- bui ui wcsicrn lhc final of the con- rt.U 1 m nn nA.t. uvtiu as 1UQ2CS. "wouis irom uni-Manitoba, University and Rcgina College, ? "ill' (ircal llrllaln Nations URK Canada nlnccd Liirn n . . .JT. mu Great ftt - m . . " u mc removni nr c uniterl Nnt nn ""s navonng "t lt nrvnlUnH., JllStlnr. ,T..I "'Kl Ot t.h0 r- ,!!.. ' 50 recorded the Dom- Jas becn leading the Srt f retention of several smaller among them e uropH itc death. Krug Goes Over Lewis U.S. Government Calls on Miners to Slay at Work in Spile of Their Chief's Strike Call WASHINGTON, I). O-Going over the head of John I.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Worker of America, who had called a slrlkc for Ihis Wednesday, Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug has issued a statement direct to the miners union saying that the govern-ment would expect the miners to remain at work, "honoring; their rontracl with the government by continuing mining." Iul( on Saturday called the miners out unless a new agreement was reached. Krug says the miners are honor liound to remain at work as long as the government operates the mines as it is STARVES AS CANADIAN TMENT IS SLOW TO MOVE . m i i 1 TT .e ot trie recent announcement oy now. MacKinnon, minister of trade and com-a lifting of restrictions on export permits to be shipped from Prince Rupert to south-laska in the present emergency in the terri-to the maritime strike, local firms, having I A. m r I m HUIV I'rascr . Vllllll IT tfn it t mittrn nn pwi.. ri i j i . poods to ship to .such points as Ketchikan, Juneau, Wrangcll andPetcjsburz., are. still being Hampered oy slowness oi per mlts to come through. One firm, Its quota nearly ex haustcd. wired to the department a week ago asking for further permits but did not even receive a reply. Meanwhile, Uie .goods arc piling up here while. In cer tain necessary articles, nun starvation conditions arc devel oping In Alaska Among other commodities, hay from the central interior Is be ing held up here while dairy herds arc being slaughtered at Mich points s as Wraijgell w.awscu so , that JIMMY WALKER IS NEAR DEATH Hope Given Up for Former Mayor of New York NEW YORK Jimmy Walker, colorful mayor of New York in the twenties, Is near death. Having becn stricken with cerebral hemorrhage, he Is unconscious and his chances of recovery are announced by his physicians to be extremely slight. Last rites of the Roman Catholic Church have been administered. Bulletins BK1T0NS KH.LFO JKKUSAUIM Six British .soldiers were killed and five Injured near Tel Aviv when a military truck was blown up by a mine. PAINTF.K I H I :S (JOIIULF. IIII, I, Vancouver Island Albert James Hook, who was noted for Ids paintings, died here, lie tame here from England in 1911. FUICI, OIL UP VANCOUVER Increase of U-c. per gallon in fuel oil price is expected 'to lie announced this week by Hie Prices and Trade Board. YOUTH STH.I, SOUGHT VANCOUVER Donald Russell, youth, wanted in connection with the murder of Robert Tccporten on the North Shore last week, is still at large. He Is reported to have becn seen since at Port Conuillam ' and may have Ixiarded a freight train for the East. nUTTER STOCKS IIROP 01TAWA Canada's butter stocks dropped last month although fluid milk, cream and butler arc in sufficient quantity to meet local needs, the Prices Board reported. The board predicted that this winter Canadians would find "moderate" improvement in supplies of types of food which had been scarce during the year. ifilTljil CQ'iWbWi NORTHERN AND CENTRAL S NEW8PAPER TAXI TAXI , TA I . 9?") I'lionc IB IB ' W 537 AND NIGHT SMiviiv. DAY AND NIOHT SERVICE Stand : Hotel. Third Ave. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Ruyert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt It V u w fcOrhL XXV, No. 2C9. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS toovSS oo naif Be 10 F ntxa to -ANA! hQ"vX yy eather D escenas i Upo North THE NEWEST VANCOUVER-PRINCE RUPERT LINER .www" tsw-j, r'-'r----T -d i SS. COQUITLAM Here are views of -the Union Steamship Co.'s luxury ship Coquitlam which has Just been placed on the Vancouver-PrlnceRupert-Stewart route and whose sister ship, S.S. Camosun. comes north this Friday to enter the Vancouver-Prince Rupert-Ketchlkan service. Top left, an ex ELMER CLAUSEN FOR MAYORALTY Young Fisheries Operator and Air Force Officer is Mentioned Among those whose names arc being mentioned in connection with the mayoralty at the forthcoming civic election is Elmer Clausen, well known young fishing vessel operator who was born In the city. He served as an officer with air crew in the r-n-cii-n Alr Force dur- thcy may not have to starve to Mnrlifl:itnrc was rc. CARTAGE RATES ARE INCREASED An Increase in local cartage rates of 16 per cent for local transportation companies In British Columbia was announced today by the Wartime Prices .and Trade Board. Officials point out that the In creased rates were approved by the board effective October 12 and were confirmed by an order Issued November 15. They explained that the price adjustment was nnlhorl7.cd after an examination of financial data submitted by the companies had indicated a need for price relief because Of higher operating costs. Alberta Is Having General Snowfall EDMONTON- 3now has come generally to Alberta following zero temperatures with falls of fronwwo to five Inches. At Jas per and Whltccourt there have been five inch falls with three Inches at Lcthbnagc and two Inches at Edmonton. lug the war. Final announce served when inquiry was made last night after It had been suggested that he had yielded to Importunities of his friends to enter the field as an Independent candidate. terior of the trim stream lined vessel; upper right, the bright and interesting observation room forward on the promenade deck; lower left, beautiful lounge on the main deck aft; lower right, the handsomely laid dining saloon. 4 CBC HEAD REPLIES TO WIRE PROTEST Corporation Endeavouring to ! Have Network Programs SUPERVISOR OF Restored Here I HOSTEL NAMED rrlTVfcliatt1 Adjutan Chamber, veteran In social service wok Of the Canadian Broadcasting I r...Mnn i.wrnm'ttmt. of the Salvation Army, recently on November 6 by tht Civic Centre Association urging that commercial radio1 programs be released over station CFPR. Mr. Dunton's letter stales: "1 cai assure you that the. Corporation is very much aware of the situation in Prince Rupert, particularly as regards radio program service In that area. "The problem of releasing commercial programs over station CFPR depends first von -whether or not the wire line connection to Prince Rupert can be maintained. As you know, the Corporation lias no control over the wire line and we are endeavouring to arrive at some reasonable settlement for the cost of the line under peacetime conditions. So far1, Its cost Is beyond our financial .means. i "In the event that satisfac tory arrangement cap be arrived ut for the maintenance or the Hues, I feel sure that the Cor- commercial programs to Prince Rupert." U.N.R.R.A. CUTS OFF GREECE Goods Sent for Relief Have Been Beaching Black Market, It is Disclosed more help from United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for Greece, says Fiorella LaQuardla following revelations that ITNRRA shipments to that country had been reaching the black markets. Shipments have already been suspended. HOUSE BOMBED A small house at 215 Third Street, occupied by two young women, was broken into early last evening while its occupants were away, and robbed of $8, city police reported this morn she has been with the Army's auxiliary services, has been ap pointed supervisor of the native Icern. The plasma would have girls' hostel which is being open cd at Sixth Avenue and Tatlow Street by the Army and will arrive in the city about the end of the month. The hostel Is now being prepared for openlii which is expected to take place about the first of the year. Mrs. Chambers, who cafflc originally from Toronto, Is the widow of a Salvation Army officer. POW CAMP CLOSED LETHBRIDGE The big German prisoner of war ramp here is about to be closed down. At one time it housed as many as 15,000 prisoners. Now there arc only 1100 and they will be gone by the end of the year. ! miles. November 26 conference at a union meeting Sunday afternoon. Quotas allowed this year were 24,500,000 pounds from Area Two, and 28,000,000 pounds from Area Three. The local union is also seeking the support of the Alaska fishing centres in having the quotas increased. The union also will recommend that the International Commission force the licensing of all fishing vessels under live tons, so that halibut landed at fishing camps on the British Columbia and Alaska coasts can ing. Entry was forced through be controlled by the lnternatlon-a door, al authority. The fishermen TAKING BACK BLOOD PLASMA Million and Half Dollars Worth Was Sold to China by Mistake SHANGHAI Oi United States officials have recovered the most of 3500 cases of American blood plasma recently sold lnad- advertently to a Chinese con rciaucu lor i,ouu,uvu. The United States Navy placed guards over the plasma stocks and officials of the Federal L1-) quidatlon Commission issued a release order from Chinese au thorities. The plasma will, eventually, be distributed In the United States by the American Red Cross. Local Tides Tuesday, November" 19, 1946 High 10:35 20.1 ft. 23:06 18.5 ft. Low -4:14 6.8 ft. 11:00 6.4 ft. LONDON, 0) Repairs of war damage to the Theatre Royal, HAULAGE COSTS Drury Lane, have been author- it lakrK 11 iNYiinris f cual to Mzrtl hv the mlnlstrv of works. poratlon will do what It can .haul cach tou of freight 100 'At-present the theatre is stand- lng idle. claim that this year 1,000,000 pounds of halibut were landed at fishing camps by small boats and did not come under the control of he International Commission. A third recommendation will be that the percentage of halibut allowed to be caught in the "scrap" fishery be increased from its present 14 per cent of the total catch to 25 per cent. The fishermen declined to support a suggestion from Ketchikan that the opening date ot the halibut season next year be set back from May 1 to May 15. Purpose of the change would be to hamper the big sardln3 boati and seiners from getting in early halibut trips prior to the opening of their regular type of fishery, thus taking fish which the regular halibut men might ordinarily get. The Prince Rupert fishermen felt that any change in the opening date should be made la conjunction with the institution QUEBEC WOULD NEVER ACCEPT So Says Premier Duplessis of Latest Federal Proposals on Taxation Duplessis said that Quebec would never enter into a taxation School Closes, Cars and Pipes Freeze As Cold Snap Grips City Lowest November Temperature in Sixteen Years Sets City Shivering Temperature in the Prince Rupert area dipped, to at least a 16-year record minimum for November last night, registering a 14-degree frost level which closed down one city school, froze many a water-filled automobile radiator and sent city plumbers into acti6n in answer to a deluge of emergency calls to thaw out I household water pipes. -si -s a Official reading at the Dlgby bhip btnke Is Settled Pacific Coast Maritime Tie-up Has Come to End SAN FRANCISCO The Pacific Coast maritime strike has come to an end, settlement having been arranged between the ship operators and the sexroen with agreement on all points at issue. The men! will resume wpTk on Wednesday and ships will soon be moving again. uzreement-wtUv the 'DonlhiohTal liveable temperature caused - - - i . . . on the basis of proposals made by Finance Minister llsley in. his budget which proposals he des cribed as even worse than those made at the May conference. In the current separate negotiations the principles of Confederation were being corrupted, declared Mr. Duplessis. SESSION IS BOYCOTTED Chinese Communists Walk Out Island meteorological statloa showed a minimum of 18.9 degrees at 4 o'clock this morning, while thermometers on windr swept Third Avenue registered as low as 15 degrees. Dally News weather records dating back to 1930 show no comparable temperature drop during November, although In 1940 the official minimum lor the month was 235: degrees. It was tne coiaesv weauier nerc since January 19, 1943,'when the thermometer reading 'collapsed to one above. Amateur weather, prophets, forecasting at least a week of such prairie weather conditions, are predicting that ice off nearby ponds will be of skating thickness within another 38 hours. This rumor sent many rummaging restlessly through their attics in Search of rarely- used' skates. As Is usual in cases of catastrophe, it is, the young and n- OATINEAU. Quebec SDeaklne i nocent who suffer ana tne cur at the openiug of a new pulp and rent cold snap Is no exception, nap.r mill here. Premier Maurice 'inability of the Seating plant at King Edward Elementary,' school to, keep the classrooms On New Assembly, Saying It 0j activity as a result of exposed Will Only Intensify Civil War water pipes in many city resl- N AN KINO pz-Genesalissimo dences being stopped by IcK.pne Chiang Kai-Shek called the plumber reported that he had National Assembly into session received eight such calls before last Friday as a boycotting Com-j noon ' . munist delegation, hinting that Civic Centre director Don.Eftr-peace hopes of China have sunk, ward announced that Roosevelt packed bags to leave Nanking. (Park Gym has been closed Tfc .all the cold spell. activity during The Communist leader, Gen. With some of the water pipes that the Chou En-Lal, said gov-' ernmenfs "unilateral decision" en, it was decided to drain to go ahead with the Assembly the .water system as assurance session would send civil warfare against the who stem becorri--flaming In North China-blaz-, S locked wl th ice. Inaggj to get an electrical transformer lng even higher than ever. Inessary to , a Mower Chiang hailed the Assembly operate as the beginning of constitutional government for China. The Assembly is charged with the task of drafting a new HALIBUT MEN ASK BOOST IN 1947 QUOTAS Prince Rupert Deep Sea Fishermen's Union will ask the annual conference of the International Fisheries Commlssloii that halibut quotas In Areas Two and Three be increased by 500,-000 pounds during the 1947 season. The request will be put to i l.hp. mmmlsslnn hv fjpnrrrn Ah. NEW YORK.-There will be no sccre' un,on who was named delegate to the Seattle of a curtailment scheme, enforced by the commission. The fishermen have been seeking to get a commission-sponsored curtailment scheme for more than a year. A Ketchikan suggestion that the halibut quotas for Area Two be set at 4,000 pounds per man, those of Area Three at 5,000 pounds per man, was tabled for further consideration The meeting approved con tributions of $50 to the miners' strike fund at Premier Mine. and $50 to the Leonard Camp bell fund, which is being raised to give the crippled local boy treatment by specialists. Bert Hansen, Deep Sea Fishermen's Union president, made a strong appeal to other organi zations in the city to give gen erously to the Leonard Campbell fund. "It is the sort of community project to which every local or ganlzatlon should give generous ly," he said. the suspension of classes mere this morning, a situation which brought no particularly ketn disappointment, among Some 200 pupils. They were reported to' have taken this hardship with sturdy good nature. Towing trucks trom city garages did a rush business this morning hauling in automobiles whose incautious owners had failed to dralri water from the radiators, or whose starting batteries had been so weakened by the cold that starting was Im possible. Plumbers experienced a surge Circulating ojfowcm iuow possible to heat the building adequately. . In the interior, where mod-pro teiv hrnvv snowfall wis' re ported at the week-end, hVgh winds have disrupted wire -and telephone communications between Prince Rupert and. . Jnr tcrlor points. At three different places, trees have been 'blown down on" the telegraph lines halting service in and out of Priiice Rupert this morning. ' ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL Monument In Grosvenor Square to be Tribute of Common British People LONDON Premier Clement R. Attlee has .appealed to Brltbhs to contribute the $160,000 fund which' will be used to erecf'4 memorial to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States In Grosvenor Square. So that It may be completely a common people's tribute, contributions will be limited to five shillings. Mr. Attlee declared no foreign statesman had ever enjoyed' greater affection on the part of the British j people than Mr. Roosevelt.