tobcr a, " ,.411 5:35 8:05 on a fiel 5.0 feet 5.2 feet TRAFALGAR DAY EVENT Navy (Keserve;. ine noisiing 01 nrried out this morning by Yeoman : r in npriuiL months with or other nnr. announc- are effective ct Accrvlntlnn would not deal unless a in the money r r rv L rri 1 LI.U . Chatham Is to Co-ordinate rod mr i - j ; construction, V, E. Ure n of . new depart- I T-J... ISSioneu iuudy Again Flies Here Oreat : Equipment Is Coming falcar Day and, appropriate enough ritish Naval anniversary, the ensign r U M P5 fVinfVium tn mavlf 11 IIVI'I IIaHIiVJiUi UllUbllUllt VVS nine as a division of His Majesty s Signalman John Meads of the n.i.irAr4 f -1 1 11 1 11 fT ctaff Lt. Cdr. Orme O. Stuart, R.C.N. (R) is the commanding officer rr Lf the local division and Lt. CU KM. Jones. R.C.N.. recently of 1I.M.C.S. Uganda, arrived in the city on Saturday night's train from Ottawa to assume the duties of head of the training and administrative staff of the division' The great drill hall, adminl3 tration building and annex of H.M.C.S. Chatham have been taken over for the use of the reserve which, within the next two or three weeks, will be equipped with the complete workings of a frigate Including twin 4-inch guns, bofors and ocrlekons, torpedoes and depth charges, sailing dinghies and whalers, full bridge fittings and the latest in signalling devices such as radar, wireless telegraphy and loran, aircraft engineall for the use of the be recruited In Prince Rupert in the Derpetuatlon of the naval establishment of the port. The buildlnes which have been taken over will be fully required to house the equipment, provide classrooms, etc. "The equipment is all tne latest of Its kind," said Lieut. Jones who went to Ottawa es pecially to receive his Instruc tions for the work here ana to nrranne for the shipments. Recruiting of the division win commence as soon as tlic equipment arrives. The strength is to be at least 150 of which number eighty have already indi cated their intention or cnust-ing. Special efforts are to be made to attest younger men. The new naval reserve division here will tie in closely with the activities of the local Sea Cadets Pnrru to which the USC Of all the city. . . the equipment and services ci the training personnel win dc fully available, Tho official rccommissloning of H.M.C.S. Chatham will taKC place at a later date. both the east and west coasts oi Agrlca, linked by 3.000 miles of superhighway bisecting the con tinent. . The shape of this gigantic im-norini Hofptirp nronram was out lined Saturday at Whitehall by Colonial Office and war umce sources as ah imposing group of Middle East experts and leaders In both the political and military fields gathered In London for a scries of conferences. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tides TAXI TAXI India Has Holy War Statesman Says Lawlessness Over Conversion and Abduction at Root of Widespread Bengal Trouble HAtriUTTA. G The India Statesman says that'about 150, 000 people and 400 villages arc affected by mob violence In east prn Bsntral." The, newsDarjer says: "Princi pal motive behind the -lawlessness is the conversion of people to another faith and the abduction of women mostly girls." The Hindus are outnumbered by Moslems in troubled Tlppera and Noakhall districts. The Statesman said that more than 100.000 persons have been evacuated from the interior. Nor mal trade channels had collapsed and food shortage was keenly felt. One high official estimated that at least 5,000 persons had died in the outbreaks since October 10. The disorders were said yesterday to be diminishing some what although the condition of communal warfare Is still sucn as to bring. about a crisis for the new interim government. . Newspapers charged viceroy Lord Wavell and Sir Frederick Burrows, Btngal governor, with delay In protection of East Ben gal's Hindu minority. TORRINGTON. S. John, Nor folk, Eng. (CP) Forced because the keys were lost 20 years ago, the Parish Chest revealed valu able 18th century papers. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXV, No. 246. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS '"SyTCW PLEDGES RUSSIA TO WORK FOR PEACE--- SUCH SCENES NOT UNCOMMON IN SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA - "Get along, little doles'' Is the cry of these Saskatchewan farm strikers who turned -back this truckle-ad of slaughtc -cattle hauled 100 miles Into Saskatoon. Sask. More than, 300 farmers within a stopped truck deliveries to packing plant , and stockyards' 75-mlle 1 radius of the cltv effectively unloading chutes. Scenes like this were repeated daily across Alberta and Saskatchewan in the strike on the farm "parity price" Issue. :.: TOD A YS STOCKS : : -i i r r tilincf nil fVl T.fH 000000000 O00000OO00H0 0000000000000 00000000000 Vancouver Bralome 11-75 B. R. Con.. .ll'z B. R. X 134 Cariboo 3.00 Dentonla -35 Orull Wlhksne .12 Hedlcy Mascot 1.4G- Mlnto 05 Pend Oreille . -. 2.90 Pioneer ' 3.90 Premier Border ..r... 07 V2 Premlr-r 1.3o Reno 12 Toronto Aumaque 60 BobJo 15 BeaUle L25 Buffalo Canadian .21 Cons. Smelters . 80.00 Eidona Elder : 1-1 Giant Yellowknlfe ...... 6.00 Hardroc'k - Jackknlfe -J-.- -12 Joliet Quebec 62 T.ittU 1.0112 Lac 1.60 Reeves McDonald :.r..:..- "1.60 MacLeod CockSnutt .. .. im LIGHTS GO ON IN PITTSBURG Twenty-seven Day Power Strike Has Ended In Pennsylvania Industrial City PITTSBURGH The 27-day power strike in this city has come to an end. Lights went on again at midnight last night and power for traction and industry became available. By a vote of 1100 to 800 the power operators voted in favor of returning to work pending arbitration. URGE RETENTION LUMBER CEILING VICTORIA (CP)A resolution demanding that the government refuse to grant the request of the west coast lumber operators for an Increased celling price for lumber was adopted at a weekend convention of the B. C. Shipyard General Workers' Federa tion. The resolution contained a clause calling for establishment of a royal commission to lnvestl-eate the lumber Industry. ,MalcolmMcLeod was re elected president of the federa tlon. CHESTER, Eng. P His wile and two children were present when 43-ycar-old Basil Hamer, a former lawyer, was ordained by the Bishop of Chester. TROOPS COULD RESIST BLAST OF ATOM BOMB WASHINGTON P Major General Anthony J. McAullffe disclosed Sunday that the Bikini tests indicated Uiat soldiers In dugouts or tanks could weather the blast and the towering head of a nearby atomic bomb arid still go on fighting. Their artillery and heavy equipment, even ammunition, when kept in containers, also apparently would be still usable. CHIANG TO FORMOSA NANKING Geralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek left today for a trip to Formosa after participating In -renewed conversations with Communist leaders with a view to ending the civil war in China. HIS TRIAL ON -.OTTAWA .Trial;.-jX.i-Eric, George Adams, charged with conspiring to transmit secret information to Russia, has opened here. JEWELS IN FRANCE? LONDON The stolen jewels of the Duchess of Windsor may be in France. A French farmer is reported to have seen glittering objects lying on the ground after a parcel had been dropped from a parachute. Before he could reach the scene men had ccmc up and made off with the objects. DEEPSEA SHIPS ARE STRIKE TIED VANCOUVER Unless there Is a settlement In the meantime, a strike of wireless operators, call ed for tonleht. will tie up w deepsea ships In British Colum bla ports. By-Elections Watched Itcsults in Portage and Toronto Will Have Hearing On GovernmentsSlim Majority OTTAWA ;J Political observ ers are today watching closely the federal by-elections in To-ronto-Parkdale and Portage la Prairie for possible effect on the government's slender majority In the House of Commons. Liberals have 125 seats as compared with 117 held by the combined oppo sition. In Portage there are Liberal, Progressive Conservative and n.C.F. candidates. In Toronto-Parkdale there are Liberal. Progressive Conserva tive, Labor-Progressive and So cialist-Labor candidates. The death last night of Hon p. J. A. Cardin. Independent member forRichelieu-Vercheres, created another vacancy In the House of Commons. SILVER END, Sussex, Eng. 0) Ninety-one year-old Arthur Purkls gave up smoking because "I don't think It agrees with me." LONDON VH For selling a re-taller a cake in which a dead mouse was found, a firm of bakers "was fined 30 ($120). ATTEMPT ON POPE'S LIFE IS ALLEGED ROME W An Informant at Italian police headquarters said today that "vague re ports" had been received there some days ago of an impend ing attempt on the life oi Pope Pius XI. The informant said the re ports indicated that the plot had been fomented by Yugoslav elements, and that a list of 20 names of the plotters have been furnished to. the police. So far the police have found no trace of the persons named. SECRET PACT RUSS CHARGE MOSCOW The Russian news paper Pravda yesterday charged that secret talks had takerrplart beteenTurkey and the. United States in regard to the Dardanelles. The charge followed Turkey's refusal to enter a joint agreement with Russia In regard to fortifications In the Black Sea and the Dardanelles. Socialists Win Berlin Independents Victors Over Communists hi Free Election Yesterday RERLIN Bulk of returns from yesterday's municipal election, In which the neoDle voted freely for a civic government for the first time s nee 1932. indicate a victory fnr the Socialist Democrat nartv with almost 50 per cent f'-v - of the ballots. The other contesting parties were the Communist Unity, Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats. Almost complete returns this nftpmnon showed that the Soviet-backed Socialist Unity vinrttf tn have been routed in rerun's first free municipal el rrtinn in fourteen years. The party was running a poor third. The percentages of the tital of some two million votes wem Social Democrats 48.2 Christian Democrats 22.2 Socialist Unity 19-7 i.ihpral Democrats 9.3 Even In the soviet-controlled zone the socialist unity pi wph rfnwn three to two. VY kj I v No disorders were reported RUBBER STRIKE NEARING END TORONTO Oi The rubber strike which closed 10" Ontario ninnts for most of the summer - - . . nearcd Its end today, borne oi the 600 workers of the Goodyear plant at Bowmanvllle returned to their Jobs this morning ana it was expected that an agree ment would be readied at ins New Toronto plant of the Good year Rubber Co., where 2,300 workers have been on striKe. Negotiations toward the end of the strike at the Gutta Percha plant here are continuing. One thousand Gutta Percha workers are on strike. 537 DAY and NIGHT SZRVICX Bill and Ken Nesbitt Difficulties Will End In Peaceful Agreement Six Months in lit Visas External ai- step in the hp relaxation .. . it rn.nrmnallnn also roiitinue responsibility name maieri- in... uuiiicnecK in cas ni Mriixsn ItllHv finnrllMmia 1VU KI1I1W- ss and shower anin.3 over the rain was be- the Thompson I miles off the j win nrinrr rain iirnns nnri Mm tomorrow. Queen Char Coast Variable rcrs, Incrcas- ilUVl illlfc i WUUUI- ra.p.h.) excent ppn n.u i - -.. v,HW 1ULLLO, and southeast Xilttln 'rVinnm ..... .j "X i Massett. w. Maximums nun ti.. . - iiuiii-i i.. nil. . . m iiiic... a minister of f"urse of a tour VIWI I ere muay with (u. ' ' i i .i r Negotiating Is Resumed Possibility Seen of Peace for China as Communist Nefiotlalor Picks up Dealings SHANGHAI, (LT) Renewing hopes of peace for China, General Chou En-Lai, Communist negotiator, afreed at the weekend to return to Nankins; for negotiations which thereupon resumed today. Previously Chou had notified the government that, if Kal-gan, Chahar provincial capital, was taken from the Cpmmun-ists, negotiations were to end and civil war to the finish would be Inevitable. Kalian fell last week. AMERICAN SHOT BY RED POLICE Incident Yesterday In Soviet Zone of German Capital BERLIN An American official kiiiM hv Russia police yes terday as he tried to escape after being arrested for taking pictures with In the Russian zone of Salmon Gold .-. 21 Sheep Creek L20 Taylor Bridge 70 Whitewater 01 Vananda 30 Congress , -llMs' Pacific Eastern 50 Hcdley Amalgamated.. .13 Spud Valley I8 Central Zeballos .10 Oils A. P. Con 11 Calmont 22 C. & E I-63 Foothills - l-7 Home 250 U.S. CHARGE i IS DENIED Yugoslavia Makes Itrply to American Allegations WASHINGTON ft A state- .vnt from the Yugoslav em bassy on Saturday denied Ameri can charges in regard to treatment of Americans in Yugoslavia and said that ihe Yugoslav government, has always "scrupulously respected the rights and privileges of American citizens." The United States had charged that Soviet-dominated Yugo-Kinvia had made "slave laborers'.' of at least .165 American citizens and that a number of them, pos sibly 10, -have died in norror ca:ips. In a blistering note, the Department of Slate express Its "abhorrence and BRITAIN PLANS AFRICAN BASES Would He Linked by 3,000-Mile Highway iriNDON ' -Reorganization of Britain's lifelines to the Orient may include establishment of tremendous military bases on Moneta - 61 Omega 18 Pickle Crow 2.82 San Antonio 3.85 Senator Rouyn 45 Sherrltt Gordon 2.10 Steep Rock :. 2-42 Sturgeon River 20 Lynx 26 Lapaska - Gvd's Lake 61 iN'egus ' I-95 Heva Gold 55 Harricana -2i McKenzle Red Lake .90 PILOTS' STRIKE TIES AIR LINES NEW YORK A strike of 1400 pilots and co-pilots is tying up the operations of one of the country's most Important transcontinental airlines. The American Federation of Labor TJilots employed by Trans- World Airways struck today lor hleher'pay, crippling operations along the company's world-wide 2J,2'i0-pille system. It was the first -walk-out of pilots In the history of commercial aviation. I WIhelunloni.,4emands .salaries ranging up 10 i,ioi iuuuuuy iui test pilots. iN'lnetv flights were cancelled today and 3,000 passengers left stranded. 'NAZI' BOMBS AT STUTTGART Sabotage Seen In Explosions-Trying to Protect Schact STUTTGART. Germany 0 Three bombs exploded last night against government buildings In the Stuttgart area in what United States Army investiga tors called an apparent protest against further proceedings against HJalmar Schacht, German financier. Schacht, former Nazi finance wizard, was acquitted by the International War Crimes Tribunal but Is now awaiting arraignment before a German denazification board. Lieut. General Lucius Clay, American deputy-governor, said he believed the bombings were done by "Nazis who hoped to destroy records in ihe German denazification courts because they feared trial." Bulletins CONNALLY DEPLORES WAR TALK Says Paris Parley Achieved Results Soviet Republic and Leaders Do Not Want to Fight, Declares Senate Committee Chief NEW YORK (CP) Russian Foreign Commisar V. M. Molotov, arriving today for the United Nations gathering, promised that the Soviet delegation to the conference would contribute its part to world peace. He was sure that difficulties would be overcome and agreement reached. .Mr. MOlotov was accompmueu by the ideputy foreign commissar and other notabilities on the Queen Elizabeth were Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the United States Senate foreign affairs committee, and Lord Roth--ermere, British newspaper publisher. Mr. Connally, who has been attending the Paris peace con ference, said: "I deplore taiic of another war. Russia does not want another war. Stalin arid Molotov do not want another war. The Paris peace confer ence obtained substantial re sults." Cardin Dies Passing of Noted M.P. Broke With Federal Government in 1942 pru. v , -r . - Manpower Issue SOREL. Que. Hon. Pierre Jos- pnh Arthur Cardin. who was a member of three Canadian Lib eral cabinets and Member or Parliament for Rlchllelu-Ver- cheres since 1912, died here yesterday, at the age of 61 after having suffered a heart attack a month ago. He resigned from the Mackenzie King cabinet in 1942 after -differing P.A.J.CARDINwith the govern ment on the Issue of compulsory military service to which he was strongly opposed. Mr. Cardin had wide experience in administration, when he added the Department of Transport to his public works portfolio on July 8, 1940. He had been minister of marine and fisheries In 1924-25 and again in 192-30 and minister of public work's from 1935 to 1940. At a rpnrf tentative of French- Canada In successive Mackenzie King governments, Mr. Cardin came to exert wide Influence In the public mind in Quebec where he became popularly known as one of the "Big Three" in federal Liberal politics with Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapolnte and Hon. C. G. Power. Shortly after, the outbreak, of the Second Great War, the "Big Three" staked their political future on the outcome of the Quebec provincial elections, opposing Premier Maurice Duples-sis to gain FrenchCanada's co-oneratlon with the Dominion government in its war effort. The Quebec election was called less than two months after Can ada declared war on Germany. The three Dominion ministers agreed to resign their portfolios it (Continued on Page 6) Veterans Bivouac , In State Senate ALBANY, New York Two Minnsnnd war veterans arrived in this state capital on Saturday to demand more expeditious action in the providing of housing for ex-service men and 72 of them slept Saturday night in the Senate Chamber. They are demanding of Governor Thomas E. Dewey the calling of a special session of the Legislature to consider the housing situation.