,VC high pressure j eoa ls rcsult,nK 'n flow of cold air nce Frequent rain lowers are exnPrioH n province today : faring tonight 1 be hcayy cr nr . as th 1-..: -" , a n .i.. ,uw nrT in si- - ""'umum of 16. fe Quccri Ch"- Nth Coast .Variable ;H ' widely scattered "'today. rtnnH ... toii,; .U0). 1. . lunigiu and Minim,: 6. " l.em- "t'lTi, 15. LUMBER DUTY REMOVED Steps Taken in United Stales To Kxpeditc Uuilding of Monies WASHINGTON, D.C., 0) In twin moves to relieve the United i States housing shortage, Presi- dsnt Truman on Friday authorized Ihe importation of lumber free and Wilson Wyatt recommended $34,030,000 in federal loans (or the makers of prefabricated homes. The actions came as it became clear that Housing Expediter Wyatt would fall short of the 1946 goal of $1,200,000 new dwell ings started. Duty free privilege will aTfect mainly Imports from Canada. (In Victoria Forct Service officers said the American action was not expected to affect the timber supply situation in British Columbia as exports of lumber are limited to 50 per cent.) VANCOUVER The Regional Labor Hoard lias approved the Canadian Seamen's Union as bargaining agents for the Union Steamship Co. and Pacific Great Kastcrn Railway. RUSSIANS .STRIPPING 1 GERMANY BERLIN (Pj Allied sources said yesterday that they had reports that the Russians were moving some of Germany's strategic war industries to the Soviet and plan to take between 10,000 and 15,000 German engineers, technicians and other specialists from Russian, British ajid American occupation zones. nrltlsh authorit cs have lodsed strong protest over the removal of some hundreds of skilled workers already taken from Ber lin. KENYA IMPORTS STOCK NAIROBI, Kenya In addition to purchases of United Kingdom pure-bred pigs, made by the Kenya Pig Board, as the breeding stock which will furnish sound herds for new settlers, It is announced that 1,500 Bcran cattle are already held on suitable grounc m Kenya as the basis for the producing of sound half-bred stock for new farmqrs. SON GREETS "IKE" IN..aHNPt0LtAr, Dwlght D. Eisennower, cenire, u.o. cmj i " was met aboard the S.S. Queen Mary at Southampton, Eng by l their son, Captain jonn s. u. nueimuwci, - j Thoto shows greeting between father and son. NORTHERN AND CEOTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Local Tides TAXI TAXI October 27, 1010 a ---- 537 14-28 21.5 feet 8.25 6.9 feet DAT and NIGHT SERVICE 20:59 3.6 feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt VOL. XXXV, No. 251. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1946 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS From British Aristocracy W 19 W it "tcml Lienair liberations of United j Bulletins tions Proceeding With w Co-operative Spirit ... AUT ill m ill I EWS OF GOES OH It 'J xnvirt Aereeabw umed today. for co-operation "in in and cood unaer- 1 UldlWU VilC Utv- ... .inmiArttlV nip CI H . ( ena to the rift be-1 ,t llfltlAMfl ..J TTUvnlnlirt Halo. p v nnaiiauneu men BUnd against dls- ,hc acmbly of the . the South Amcri- C V. ana me uunuuiaii rurtau specch-mak- 1 oppose the idea of the veto power al-Sovict, is nqw willing j iL anil uttt tlftf. hi I auuw American au- ir.i "t tn thn r,m:i- -ai in i mu. nrnrrrv. ii urmnnf no nifT fl I broadcasts arc LX TIM T I hft urn 1 - n iTcnir nnr I. II II I I run r LVIVLJ nriDTcn 1 1 1 r- U U I II mm commercial use, til 1511311 Ul "-v 4H.1U 111 11113 Till t njiuve penorm anaidetably in that oc less depend- iivwl'vlt. mrv to insta) and they lhe provision of Wider rnnnm... uLinu ,.1. nu one 01 me "i-vi-ioping air '"'titfe for passen-l;cularlv n5 fHj. "J ordci to Uke full w the opportunities re and will present wawve. crrort and lnS are required. WEATHER TEN DEAD IN INDIA STRIFE CALCUTTA. ! Ten persons were reported killed and 33 Injured here yesterday In renewed Hindu-Moslem clashes a? Bengal officials' moved to rush food to the strlfc-torn Noakhall and Tlppcra districts to prevent mass starvation. Police clashed -with, mobs during the morning in Calcutta and strcet'ear and bu? service was halted, NAZIS HAD GRIM JOBS BERLIN CP; The United States military government In Berlin said yesterday that Its local officer in the Rcgensburg area had been susppnded after former Nazis and other Germans had recently been forced to clean decayed flesh from bones oi concenwauun camp victims i with their bare hands and to j perform other grisly tasks. j YOUNG BRIDE FATALLY SHOT BY BANDITS ON HONEYMOON CRUISE NEW MEXICO CP) Charles "Edward Beach, aged 28. New York artist, told the authorities today how his nineteen-year-old bride died at the hands of three masked bandits during their honeymoon trip down the desolate Balsas River. Beach said that his wife was shot while asleep in his arms on the river bank and that she spent an agonizing night in a canoe her shoulder almost torn away by a shotgun blast-as he paddled frantically for help. She died Just as he reached a settlement. The bandits fled with their belongings. HUES ASSISTANT WASHINGTON Attorney-General Tom Claik announced last night the dismissal of John Ilogge as special assistant to the Attorney-General as a result of a recent speech in which Hogge linked several Americans wiu aiicged Nazi efforts to defeat the late President Roosevelt. CUBAN CONSPIRACY HAVANA Approximately twenty ariests have been made in Marianao, suburb of Havana, and I'lnar Del Rio city in a move by police against what is reported to be a conspiracy against the Cuban government. Prime Minister Carlos Socarras said "there were many people implicated but everything has been cleared up." No further statement was issued. ' -, plunges Into Niagara NIAGARA FALLS, Ont-Mrs. Audrey Hclde 23, died in hospital today following a 100-foot plunge into Niagara Gorge, Her companion, Paul Coscarella, described her action as a "irick to deceive me into thinking the was going to commit suicide after a lover's quarrel." The dead woman, mother of a three-year old, had been his fiancee, he said. SOUTIIA5IS I.T.U. MONTREAL Representatives of Southam Publishing Co, and the International Typographical Union were in session again yesccroay with Mr. Justice, Richards with a yiewioTronbigT)ul"diIferericesv lint nothing came of it. The conference ended without agreement, it was learned reliably, Judge Richards leaving for his home in Winnipeg. Philip Fisher represented the Scuthams and Woodruff Randolph, the I.T.U.. STEEL SHORTAGE NEW YORK Ford automobile plants in the United States employing 80,000 men, will be closed (lown today on account of shortage of steel. CHEFOO UNDER SIEGE TEIPING Government military sources confirm reports tlial the important port of Chcfoo in Shantung Province is under siege by land and sea with fighting also progressing. In the suburbs. Chefoo is reportedly defended by 100,000 Communist troops. Capture would snip the Communist sea route. FISHERMEN URGE ROAD City Council Asked to Up New Floats With Link City Urgent need for, constructing a road to the new fishermen's floats in the Falrview Bay sec tion of the waterfront was lm- B.C. SAVINGS ARE MOUNTING Loan Subscriptions Are Averaging Better than Three Million Dollars Daily VANCOUVER Tne British Co lumbia total of Canada Savings Loan subscriptions has reached $22,600,450 or better than $3,000,-000 daily average. Payroll deduction subscriptions are $2,654,400 with many firms showing increased Interest. In the payroll deductions, Army & Navy Stores arc the first Vancouver firm with 100 per cent employee participation. Begg Bros., large-automobile distributing firm, s among several Vancouver and Victoria com panies with employees signed up ln.80 per cent participation. Do- f ."Sf.d., " ci'l u?"nC,'!'?. 1?. I mlntoi Bridge 1, over 75 per by members of " the Halibut Vessel Owners' Association and the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union , which Interviewed the civic committee. Representing the fishing interests were Barney Roald, Harry Hansen, George Anderson, fishermen's union secretary, and Hagbert Hansen. The fishermen opposed a projected 1,200-foot route whlcn would traverse a steep hill and I favored a more costly but more easily travelled route of some 1,800-foot length. The Board of Works informed the committee of the outcome of the recent visit of federal Public Works Minister Hon. Al-phonse Fournler in which he said that he would try and get the backing of the fisheries department in financing the road to the floats. The shorter route, the fisher men claimed, would be difficult to travel with heavy loads such as boat engines which might have to be taken to city machine shops for repair. cent employee participation and Is confident the elght-out-of- ten objective will be reached. One department of Powell River Pulp and Paper Co. has 100 per cent employee participation und another 93.6 per cent. University of British Columbia students have $151,250 subscrip tions. Vancouver Chinese have subscribed over $100,000. While definite figures are not available, Victoria is said to be near the $3,000,000 mark. RECONVERTED FORT ZANZIBAR ) The ancient Portuguese fort of Zanzibar, famous local landmark whose walls have been silent witnesses of many barbarous acts In former times, now Is to become the civic and welfare centre for women and children in the predominantly African part of the town. Inspector II. II. Mansell, provincial police, and Judge W. E. Fisher returned to the city by motor Thursday night from a trip to Smlthers anc Hums Lake. mmsrnm SODA ASH STRIKE EFFECTS MANY CANADIAN INDUSTRIES The soda ash starvation which has shackled the glass, soap and a score 01 other industrial processes. processes, mtnt of the strike which shut down Brunner Mond Co., Amherstburg, tierstbure. Moslems In India G ov t Take Oaths in Five Cabinet Posts as End to Strife Appears Near NEW DELHI R Five new Moslem League ministers in India's interim government took oaths of office today to complete the 11-man cabinet and pave the way for an end to Hindu-Moslem strife. The Moslem nominees took the? same three oaths as did mjitistersfrom. the Jllndu-Ied rtlTYndlaT Congress1 party including one of allegiance to the King. The Moslems get the important portfolio of finance. Reports indicate slackening of gang killings, looting and burning which has sent thousands of frightened Hindus fleeing from Noakhali and Tippera districts. Disturbances are now reported to be well in hand. PUBLICIZING OF OUTBREAKS LOXJDON Oi Colonial Secre tary Arthur Creech-Jones told the House of Commons yesterday that Britain would publicize in the United States details of new Palestinean outbreaks which he termed "abominations and cold-blooded outrages." Tcm Drroerg, Labor member, told the House that there is In tensive propaganda in New York not only on behalf of the Zion ist can ,but actually on behalf of the terrorists. NAZI DOCTORS ARE INDICTED Charged With Medical Killings and Brutal Experiments NUERNBERG P Twenty three Nazi doctors were Indicted yesterday on charges that they "murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings" in Germany's wartime program of medical killings and brutal experiments with living prisoners. A woman, Herta CTierhauser, jand Dr. Karl Brandt, one of I Adolf Ilitler'is personal physl-' clans, are among the accused. The trials will open next month. To Be Represented In Tourist Booklet Prince Rupert will be represented In a new tourist and publicity booklet which ls to be is sued next year by Robertson'3 Agencies, recently established at Prince George and whose repres entative and secretary. Mrs. Avis Robertson, has been In the city for the last few days, leaving last evening on her return to the In terior. The Prince Rupert Public Relations Council will prepare a -page for Insertion in the booklet OIL COMPANY FENCE IS CUT The mystery of who cut six strands of barbed wire surround ing the Standard Oil Co. water front stock yard is puzzling company manager N. R. Young today. The wire was cut last night, either accidentally by a truck backing Into It, or deliberately by vandals. The' wire also may have been clipped to permit the unauthorized departure of oil drums stored in the yard but Mr. Young was unable to account for anything missing up to tills afternoon. FOR DELICA1E CHILDREN BROUGHTON - ON - FURNESS England 0, alt Robert Rankin has given historic Broughton Tower and 1,205 acres to Lancashire County for us"e as an open-air school for delicate children. will end after settle- Ont.. who have a "Monopoly on Canadian production of the vital white powder. Brunner Mond plant, shown here, cost millions' of dollars to build. It was erected 27 years ago where there are extensive limestone quarries and a nearby supply of salt brine. Company employs 400 men, many in plant for over 20 years. I - I oison in His Navel Interesting Theory in Regard To Where Goering Had Poison NUERNBERG 0 Hermann Goering had suicide poison from the time of his capture, the four-power commission investigating his death reported today. The commission did not say where Goering hid the poison with which he cheated the gal lows. The official announcement de-. plaxedhoaever, that ilthere., is reason to support the viewpoint that at one time Goering could have carried poison secreted in his navel." COMMUNISTS FALL BACK Chinese 'Nationalist Forces Make Strong Headway in Drive Take Korean Port Ccmmunist-held areas of northern Manchuria. All other Communist forces active in Manchuria were, how ever, caught in a nuee Government pincers. Cheloo, their only port of escape in China proper, Is under attack from land and sea. LONDON, (CP) The supply mln istry has asked children to col lect rose hlp3, needed for making Vitamin C syrup. ALASKANS WOULD BY-PASS SEATTLE AND USE PRINCE RUPERT INSTEAD KETCHIKAN (AP) Ketchikan merchants have discussed with C. J. Smith, president of the Juneau Merchants Association a shipping proposal which calls for the by-passing of the port of Seattle and the purchasing of I merchandise in the midwest and eastern'marjeets for shipment via Prince Rupert. Under the proposition the cargo' would bs carried on vessels operated by war veterans. Smith said the vessels would be operated on a co-operative basis, with members of the crews sharing In the stock. PREMIER KING TO WASHINGTON NEW YORK Frime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, who has been here for the opening of the United Nations general assembly, leaves for Washington tomorrow to be the guest of the United States government. He will call on President Truman Monday. MARCHIONESS FROM AMERICA IS VICTIMIZED Two Other Rich Homes Also' Robbed As Search For Windsor Gems Continues' " LONDON IP) Daring; jewel thieves have taken $40,000 la gems from the home of the Marchioness of Hartington, daughter of Joseph Kennedy, former United States ambassador to Britain, and made away with ridh loot In two other homes. Gems and furs valued at $20,000 were stolen from an Orme home and heirlooms were taken from St. James Palace, the home of Lady Piers-Leigh. Meanwhile Scotland Yard is still hunting for the burglar who stole $80,000 in gems from the Duchess of Windsor. PERSECUTOR OF JEWS TO HANG PRAGUE, Heinrlch Joecki; 47, commander of Teregin '.concentration camp . where Jews were forced to fight to the death with pitchforks, was yesterday sentenced to hang. The people's court found him guilty of mur der, manslaughter and black mail. SEEKING BETTER BROADCASTING More Local Bodies Join in Representations Being Made to Ottawa City council, Civic Centre Association, Canadian Legion, Rotary Club, Prince Rupert Public Relations Council and Prince Rupert Kinsmen's Club are the latest organization to wire federal authorities having Jurisdiction over radio broadcasting protesting at the absence of popular CBC network, programs from FEIPING P Two Chinese CFPR emissions here. armies, lancing 73 miles In two i. It ls pointed out that CBC days, seized the port Antung at i lines are now carrying some net- Korea's border today and sealed off an undetermined number of Communist troops in South Manchuria. Autung's defenders are falling back to the northeast toward work programs Into Prince Rupert but are not allowed to broadcast popular commercial programs. CFPR' is increasing its power to 250 watts with greatly Increased coverage and it.is urged that immediate permission be given to broadcast commercial programs as on other netvork stations, these being; more par ticularly needed as a public ser vice where Isolated communi ties are served. . GREECE HAVING:;: FATAL RIOTS ATHENS CP) Thirty members of roving bands were killed hi skirmishes in Thessaly yesterday while seven civilians died in scattered raids throufchout Greece. In the Lama district twenty members of a band were"'kl!led in a battle with police: Tea were captured. Armed civilians also killed ten of a band. HORSES FOR CANADIANS Two Ticket-holders Stand To Clean Up on Cambridgeshire Sweepstakes LONDON TO At least two Canadians are in the field for cleaning up on the $5,250,000 Irish Sweepstakes on the Cambridgeshire to be run next' Wednesday. They have drawn1 possible starters. A Canadian ticket-holder with the nom-de-plume "Here's Hoping" drew four-year-old Signalman. Another Canadian. "A Bia-lous," drew Le Dose Giard.