Rupert and Stewart ?hlD Fine New Coaster Coquitlam Proudly Displayed by utrdiiiRiiin t 1 1 us .ihiiiiv. . )i I rrtiii- 1 i nii -j r msei manes maiuen voyage a. . - - A t J I r - a & m S I I U J I MM i r. i, hrtftnc f n inn nrcr-piacs nnx.M'iiiiri x 111 iiu- "1 i . rliilnnM hrnnrrhmit Ct? H nlH -.1 k n J . v..n lAnn trr fllr la rf 1T1 . yuwerea wun single screw engines ui for ft tm cnonH nf 1 fcnnt and 1 eXDected 10 " w v - w --.w . w - - O IVUVI Ail 1UT1UI1I Pfi tcto'imnUm ontKiitn vrY v finrniivpr Til "1Iir . . . wiiiMi i us I Tfi nrn r v f xiiiiini'ii il uili ci- - ' J V t . MVI T -"-- llC . . vcy with sharply- w . nrnnri lnu; ""a substantial hull "i cnsi.pniriB' i-vicaiea an t.h. .. - .c tummotnniis wiiur appointr proved i.n wa5 an off cial v uuuiig saioon - bsL. rres- "cniiopa tVo fact n eue Leaside, on her maiden voyage ai tne wceK, with rails nt linn j . ---.mix i II 1 1 1 1 iri ann nil- pnnin ssel scororl a hit. ' 1 nf rift O. , junn iioaen. , ..iwj rrjnce UU n inns as a male company's ntonppr 'ne same name, -i.iam uuu tne l'l Crna,l Monday night with a reception along smaller lines. The vessel arrivprf there at 3 D.m. Monday and sailed at 10 p.m., returning horn nt 9 o'clock this morning. Interior accommodation the noouitlam features two hand Kninnlv nnnolntcd DUbllC TOOmS nnp is th fine lounge aft on the mnin rier.k with Its mahogany veneer pncl finishing, chesterfields and chairs of rose, match ing riime t and draperies. Tne carpet is removable for dancing purposes on a hardwood uoni mid nnp. of the articles of fur niture Is a smart little piano in matching finish. Illumination Is of the flush panelled recess fix ture type. An Innovation as a lounge entertainment icaiurc Is talking picture equipment for fforinrr nlffhtlV shoWS. Forward on the promenade deck Is the similarly attractive nksp'rvntlon room finished in light oak veneer panels with a decorative innovation in orown ,ni.. Hrniriinir Indian vallagc shore scenes and two aboriginal fishing action pictures, seating is of the chromium ngnt cumi- irtriArl (vnp As In the lounge, the large plate glass windows' have been cut low so that iuii view of the passing scenery is ai-. forded. The dining saloon, roomy ana tastefully appointed, is in light mahogany finish. The spotless galley has tne t nmiinmpnt and fittings and Is staffed entirely by white help. The equipment Includes steam press cookers, electric dishwashers, potato P"1"?, i.io.. nnH Kpvprnup iirns. The 's arrival at stew- ranrp is nll-burrilng. Pantry mlhrlu i .. . on I (Continued on Page 6) of Vancouver, killed In a car crash at New Westminster, and Anita Tavlor. 22. of Vancouver, killed in a car accident on the tarns-Canada highway near Chllllwack. Allan Westwood, age four, was drowned In a North Vancouver creek near hiss home Father, Son Named as Woman Killers. VICTORIA O; Police here to day announced the arrest of a father and son In connection with the slaving of Mrs. Beatrice Smith, 43, camp cook at Belize Inlet' on November 3. The police said that David Hounston, 28, an Indian half- breed, had confessed, naming his father as the slayer and himself as an accomplice. Beth will be charged with murder. Mrs. Smith was beaten to death. PERU 'QUAKE KILLS THIRTY t tma pni ) Thp Interior Ministry announced last night that an earthquake which strucK Peru shortly after noon Sunday destroyed the town of Slhus, 250 miles north of the capital ana killed at least 30 persons TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd Vancouver Bralorne - H-60 S. R. Con .10 Va BJI.X 13 Cariboo 2.90 Dpntonla $L Grull Wihksne ... 10 Hedlev Mascot 1-50 Mlnto 06 - - Pend Oreille 3.15 Pioneer ' 3.75 Premier Border -; -0634 Prpmler a... 1.55. Privateer 59V2 Reeves McDonald 1.35 Reno 1Z Salmon Gold - -20 Sheep Creek L2o Taylor Bridge 75 Whitewater Vananda v - -27 Congress W Pacific Eastern 55 Hpdlev Amalgamated .. .14 Spud Valley 2 Central Zeballos io Oils A. P. Con .1 Calmont - 18lz C. & E : 155 Foothills I'80 Home -4- iM Toronto Aumaque 75 Beattie i-20 Bobjo . Buffalo Canadian M Cons. Smelters ' 84.00 Eldona ' 56 ttlHpr .. ! 1.07 Giant Yellowknlfe 6.20 Hardrock -55 Jackknlfc , -1,4 Jolict Quebec 78 Little Long Lac ..; 2.00 Madsen Red Lake 3.35 MacLeod Cockshiitt 1.00 Moncta 6G Omega : -17 Pickle Crow 3.10 San Antonio 4.03 Senator Rouyn 53 Sherrltt Gordon 2-20 Steep Rock 2-39 Sturgeon River .'. -23 Lynx - -28 Lapaska 33 God's Lake Negus 2-00 Aubclle 40 Jleva 59 llarrlcana, 35 McKenzle Red Lake -91 Donalda 1-30 p c l NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH, COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TAXI I TAXI TAXI Viri Phone. 537 KD NIOHT SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Bill and Ken Nesbitt ss Stand; Hotel, Third Ave. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXV, No. 264. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS Security Britain's Parliament Opening Britain Wouldn't Disarm t m Alone But In World Plan 4 r1 a II U L Y ar romp, rosi yy ar ation is Featured Qjsf (CP) With the Speech From the Wising jcyiDi """'r ationalization ot inland transport and industries, the second parliamentary ses-ime Minister Attlee's government opened , took place amid Annliirlc'. and the reality of hnrate precautions mjn UnwiVitntc ana i ui",j the Irish Republi- tph wai Kept iui Jewish extremist who might have Britain following during the week- reman and detcc- 1,11.1. ItU. "1 4 MllllllClllO inn iiiiuiaLtri ui ..IJ (V,l ol Canada mcet- i . .. . i i . tlve that Scotland Yard could spare more than 5,000 all told mlncled with the crowds alons the route as the King drove from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. A government spokesman dis counted British press suggestion that a campaign of violence by Jewish underground organiza tions was in prospect in England, but British police officials took every precaution, and fire-arms were issued to plalnclothesmcn, who normally go unarmed. Legislation torccast a bill to establish a new. ministry of de fence and a measure to enaoiq the eovernment to nut into ef feet recommendations for better oreanizatlon of important in .dustrles. The Speech From the Throne nlcdecd continued Brit i'sh support for the United Na- jtlons and other international bodies aimed at fostering mut ual understanding among na tlons. FOUR DIE FROM HOLIDAY MISHAPS VANCOUVER IB Four per sons died In holiday week-end accidents in the B.C. lower mainland, three In automobile crashes and one by drowning. Dead were Alexander Ingram, .20. and Olive Underwood, both Communists Lead French Voting, Red Premier Is Post-Election Possibility PARIS (CP) The Communists emerged today as France's largest political party on the basis' of returns from Sunday's elections- and thus paved the way for the possible naming of the first Communist premier in the country's history. Voting was for deputies for the new-national assembly. Maurice Thorez, Communist leader, was mentioned fas the new premier. RENT CONTROLS TO CONTINUE OTTAWA i No expectation of any change In controls over rentals and eviction was held out last night by Prices Board Chairman Donald .Gordon In the fourth of a scries of nationwide broadcasts. Declaring that controls had averted very serious Inflation, he said that under present cir. cumstances the dispensing of i controls would skyrocket rent's and bring distress to thousands. THE WEATHER Synopsis A high pressure area extends over lirltlsn uoiumDia. vicai skips resulted In frosts of 10 to 20 degrees In the interior and nrht frost In the southern coastal regions. Temperatures along the northern British u-lumblfi coast were abnormally hlch during the. night,. with minimums near 5 degrees. Forecast Kprinee-Hui)eh. QUecir.Char ! . . .. -'. ".... lnttes and worm up cast today and Wednesday with Intermittent light drizzle in extreme northern portion. Winds HsM In southern portion ana southerly (10) northern portion,. Little change in temperature Minimums tonight At Por. Hardv. 35: Massetl. 44; Prince Rupert, 37. Maximums on Wed nesdayPort Hardy, 4i; Mas-sett, 51; Prince Rupert, 45. GOLD STRIKE SETTLED VANCOUVER Settlement of the 132-day old strike of gold miners of Hedley Macot Gold Mines" -Ltd.- property in the interior at Hedley was announced today by the company and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Terms of settlement provided for a wage increase of 12c an' hour for miners ana UmDeimcn and 10c for all other employees. FRENCH TRAIN WRECK METZ, France At least thirty persons were killed and eighty injured today when two passenger trains collided in a station at Rcvigny-sur-Ornain, 138 miles cast of Paris; Fo? was blamed for the crash. URANIUM SEARCH NEW YORK Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is to lead an expedition to Antarctica to look for uranium. ' 0 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE Mayor H. M. Daggett who announced his candidature today. CAN'T KEEP TOWN DOWN By AL WILLIAMSON Vancouver News-Herald STEWART Like a good man, a good town can't be kept down and. althouah Stewart, historic mining centre of northern B.C., !s now aulet. the cheerful and optimistic citizens expect, to see it boom again. The citizens here have Just been, hosts to passengers on the maiden voyage of the Union Steamship Company s handsome new liner Coaultlam and. al though the Dcpulatlon Is small, 1 . 1.1 . ..UU tney maKe up ior uiat uw-pitality and enthusiasm. They have" passed through cycles of prosperity and depression ana now they take those in their strJe, Blcscst blow to nortnern set tlements such as this has been theihrike . of hard-rock miners. The treat Silbak Premier gold. nnpratlnn has been aulescent ior three months and only develop ment work has been progressing on other, smaller properties m the area. Now winter has some what slowed up that work. While Premier has been the mainstay of the district for manv years, great hopes are held for other properties In the Port- (Continued on Page 51 RELEASE DANUBE SHIPS FRANKFURT It was announced today that United States will release to their owners in Bulgaria, Hungary. Romania and Czechoslovakia nearly 600 commercial Danube River boats whose status bad become a ma;or international issue. CHURCHILL REITERATES LONDON In the Throne Speech debate today, former Trime Minister Winston Churchill reiterated a previous statement that Soviet Russia was maintaining large armies in occupied Europe. One-thltrt of Europe was under Soviet military control. With the frontier on the Elbe, it was impossible to say what the future of France might be. MUST STAY STRONG LONDON Britain must maintain her forces and remain strong during the transition period until full peace and security is established in the world, said Prime Minister Clement Attlee in speaking at the Lord Mayor's Show in the Guildhall. Great Britain must wotk in full co-operation with United States and Russia in the restoration of world peace. Shortening To Increase OTTAWA Oi. Shortening, which has been in short supply for months. Ls cxnected to im prove markedly during the next six weeks, Prices Board officials reported today. Local Tides Wednesday. November 13, 1946 High 4:17 19.4 feet 15:59 21.1 feet Low 9:56 8.5 feet VOTERS' LIST REDUCED BY 288 NAMES Unrevised llgures for Prince Rupert's 1946 'voters' list show a shrinkage of 251 names this year under 1945, according to figures released at the city hall this morning. This year's list contains 1,912 names, as compared with 2,163 names In 1945. Revision of this year's list will 22:47 3.2 feet take place on November 15 when the civic Court of Revision con siders the eligibility of those whose names appear This year's list was marked bv a slisht increase in the num ber of property owners over last year and by a marked reduction .in n the ..u...w. number of . householders 'day day evening evening he xie will wm address auuieoa i The latter was accounted for by pubnc meeting in the Civic Cen ...i. ...... j' - i lre auaironum were marxca on tnis year. Here are comparative figures for this year and last year: 1946 1945 Property owners 1639 1590 License holders 103 ' 115 Householders 170 458 1912 2136 Aid. Youngs Not In Mayoralty Contest Aid. T. N. Youngs,, whose name Is among those that have been mentioned In connection with the maiorlty at the annual civic election next month, told the Dally News this morning that he was definitely not in the field this vear. Aid. Youngs has an other year to::coaiplete ms; term- on the city council, Hundreds who attended the annual tribute ceremony heard Rev. F. Antrobus of First Bap tist Church plead the cause of Christian living as the only de fence against future wars. ComDosed of more than 200 Canadian Legion members; vet prahs of both world wars, 30 Leelon Women's Auxiliary mem bers, Captain Cook division, Canadian Corps of Sea Cadets and Wrennettes. the long parade formed in front of the Legion hall, then circled over to Second nvpniip in the march to the cenotaph. . Leading the parade was the cltv band, directed by Band master Peter Lien. The Bugle Rand of the Sea Cadets also was part of the marching column, which formed in lines, before the cenotaph. J. S. Wilson was Parade Marshal. The sounding of a bell from the chimes of St. Andrews Cathedral signalled the start of the ceremony which began with the singing of "O Canada , iea by the band. "Cease Fire" was sounded bv Legion bugler W Ranee, after which two minutes silence was observed in remem brance of the dead. Rt. Rev; J. B. Gibson, Bishop of Caledonia then led in pray er, after which the hymn 'O God Our Help in Ages Past" w?.s sung by, .the gathering. Tne Ke-membrance Day address was then delivered by Rev. Mr. An trobus. The war whose dead were be ing honored, Mr. Antrobus said. had left an aftermath of suspicion and hatred which if un checked, might condemn wc world to a third conflict. Since democracy placed the burden of responsibility on the individual, individual acceptance of the deep meaning of Christianity is necessary to avert the causes of further war. "It is no accident that Britain and the United States are the Bevin, Byrnes, Molotov Agree On Need For Solidarity in Cause of Peace MKW YORK" rr.PFnroiern Secretary Erttest i1U I! O v lact nitrTif Hpplnrprf that, if the United Kinedom had little to say about disarmament proposals before 11. TT...'I..1 XT 14- ..r.n V.rtrt,.nrt TJllriiri 1Q MtrQlt. ine UniLCU INmIIUUs, it vvao uctauou uinom w " ing for a practical suggestion to make universal. Britain has naa enougn 01 unnaierai uisuriu COMING HERE Mai. Gen. George R. Pearkes, V.C., M.P., distinguished Cana- PEARKES dlan soldier and Progressive member of Parliament for Nanaimo, will arrive In Prince Rupert next Monday to spend several days. On Tues a PEOPLE'S FRONT LEADING IN TALIAN VOTE ROME tBtflearly complete re turns from Sunday's municipal elections showed that the leftist Bloc of the Peonle a combina tion of Communist, Socialist and two smaller parties gained i sweeDine victory In Home, 'ad ministering a sharp setback to Premier De Gasparl's Christian Democrats. PALESTINE DISORDERS JERUSALEM Jewish terror ists blew up another railway The bom b wasthrovm by three nieii who drove up in cars. nFAnflFTWOWARS HONORED WITH SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE Memory of those who lostr their lives in two world wars was honored Monday morning at a simple, impressive Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph by the greatest representation of Canadian Legion and Women's Auxiliary members to turn out in recent years. Weather conditions were ideal for tne ceremony hnlwarks of Democracy, because" thev are deeply rooted In Chris tianity." he declared. "But we must be more willing than ever to accept the truth that.our first, line of defence, and of ox- fence. Is God." Following Rev. Mr. Antrobus address, wreathes were placed at the base of the cenotaph Among the wreaths placed were Citv of Prince Rupert, Mayor w f. natreett: Canadian jue- gion, President Vic Houston; Legion W. A., President Mrs. Dan Parent; Municipal Chapter I.O.D.E., Regent Mrs. D, C. Stuart; Loyal Order of Moose, Governor D, G. Wood; Canadian Le- gion, plon. SandSDit sanaspit and aim dlstnc, The ceremony concluded witn the sounding of Reveille by bugler W. J. Ranee. The cenotaph guard, under R.Q.S.M. J. McLean, was com posed of AB P. Petersen (knj, T.ipnt. R. D. McM. Evans, (Sea- forths), Pte. Les Parkes (Army), FSgt..S. Jurmaln, (RCAF), Cpl. John Piper, (RCMP1, Mbgt. . Shannon (U.S. Army). Island Loggers Wage Increases Are Turned Down OTTAWA Oi An appeal by timber workers of the Queen Charlotte Islands from a decision by the Regional War Labor Board which dismissed their application for a 10-cent-an-hour wage increase was rejected by the National War Labor Board today. The application covt-red workers for the J. R. Morgan Logging Co., Pacific Mills Ltd. and the Kelly Logging Co. NEW GEM 'The t91irn9Jn?' found. In 1703, Js. a nj&wcomer to the. family of gem stones. ment, but wouia enier wiioict heartedly Into 8. universal scheme, he said In speaking at a foreign press association dinner with State Secretary Byrnes of the United States and Russian Foreign Minister Molotov. Bvrr.es stressed that the Unit ed States was in the collective security picture to stay. and that the change In political con trol In Congress would not weak en the bi-partisan foreign policy front of his country. Molotov openly warned that an armaments race had already begun and called for a start at the current United Nations assembly on a plan for the reduc tion of arms. He expressed confidence that the Soviet proposal of a system of inspection can be. harmonized with other countries. CANADA HONORS DEAD HEROES OTTAWA KB From OUawa't Parliament Hill, where Governor General Sir Harold Alexander, Prime Minister Mackenzie King and representatives of foreign countries placed wreaths on the temDorary white cenotaph, to Uny fishing villages and farm ing communities where bereaved parents? wetfvitheif;: heads-'lti lonely prayer, Canada observed Remembrance Day on: Monaay. Gray skies were general across . much of the Dominion and rain fell In many places! as thousands stood with their, heads bared to honor Canada's war dead. KING, HOWE SUMMONED IN SPY HEARING OTTAWA O) Defence counsel Ji L. Cohen announced in court today, that he had subpoenaed prime Minister Mackenzie King and Transport Minister C-. Howe as witnesses In the; con spiracy trial of David Gordon Lunan, former Canadian inior- matlon services special oinciai, arrested following Canada's re- cent espionage lnvesusawu. HEAVY FiSH SHIPMENTS THROUGH HERE Twenty-three carloads of frozen and canned Alaska fish poured into Prince Rupert during the week-end for transhipments tne eastern uuircu um. ,v-(i Ralph Smith; Navy League, Canadian National Railway lines H.M.C.S. Chatnam; independent as the united states slug's ... . . ... . n n.Julei ... ii . .... it It a A deep P.n Order of Oddfellows; Sea Cadets; Wrennettes and others. strike continues to paraylze sea movements between Alaska and Seattle. , k '.c Tn nort. today are the boats Commonwealth, unloading, two carloads of frozen fish, and'the. Martlndale. with one carioao, while on Sunday the Garland unloaded 10 carloads ot canned salmon and the power parge Alaska Queen brought in 12 cars of frozen fish. The Ketchikan packer Sydney i due Wedhesday with several carloads, and two other vessels are expected to arrive later in the week. Lumber Ceilings Still Effective ottawa K Donald Gordon, Prices Board chairman, said to day that no general Increase .in the celling price of lumber nor removal of orice ceilings was contemplated at the present time." - GUARD AGAINST JEWS LONDON Special police precautions are belnf taken here to guard public building following Jewish threats, that terrorist activities would be ex-tended to this country.