the- may be surviyors from the United States v - I " i i - - " - i r i i nun uLcii 1 1 1 1 i ! ; ' i j". i i - - i It is thought that It may be t (being fed by gasoline. Search, uiry on cean uoc ister of Reconstruction it5ts Himself in Peacetime portion .. f 0 Howe, minister of '.rc:x. Informs the - R'j.:c 't Chamber of Com-c - He is seeking infor-3 irc;.i the sources direct- c- i aa to what Is being v, .i r ard to the postwar ;..: of the ocean dock and .rrr.ause here. A report x..' ujked by Mr. Howe W .) Assets Corporation in i ca ue warehouse and the tart of the ocean dock a mtlur report is being : a tne Department 01 u regard to the Can-N;" inul-cnntrolled part : : sn dock. "., the Prince Rupert be ot Commerce had made 7 of Ottawa as to why the , :K was not being made : .11; available for peace-' rif the port, especial ar-tlon with the de-ij Alaska trad?. n 1 Ilk ' Tin cabinet on "p: ved the Issuance dry sail rv licences ! '- Kildonan plant and t Oharlowe Fisheries for Cove plant, both locat- ciruey souna. AUA hDfMK nil M LSivVJI l S0L1NE TAX II I mi Imnncl ..Ittril 1 1 rrovmccs Take It .Over? ' v ."ill remove tho 3c per -illne tax as ir5m April : r. it was announced This wiil mean a loss ;.a.ono per year in rev-cut the m-.n:sLer of fin- DouRlas Abbott, feels lnanec3 of the Dominion . : of the federal tax cir.an a lai;;e saving to 1 d that thf fprfprol trnsn- x c: dropped so they could additional source of !-ie In British Columbia, :c. it is expected by .1 1 .1. , . . , , I . .1 1 .1 Ik - ie win ,ue uuuiu ex: -.inn- 7b tax there. The Uk! "Ivf thni. nrovince "mal. $2,700,000 revenue vc ; u Is estimated. Lcsls-" ' already on the British ;nb'i' ".atute books enabling ft" -:ic to take over the EXEMPTIONS OM TAXATION 1 Carried Women to Be ,aeil Alike Under 1917 'nations TAWA There -will be no !ai list of -women's profes-1 Hi) which mfhrrled worn- "cmptlons will be lifted. L;iiadlan Hospital Assocla- ja; been advised toy the '"tment of Finance. All wom; n will come under regulations for 1947 as '"need. In view of the neute .e of nurses, the elation hadlb;en seek- .usrwni-i f A 11 1 1 I. 1,1 iUii ill in? um 1 . "larnea women may earn re being classed as single. ; which had been abandoned, is being resumed. There were ! thirty-two men aboard the missing plane. LIVED THRU tl BEHEADING" Australian Soldier Was Buried Alive After Being Thought Decapitated by Japanese TOKYO, (CP) An Australian soldier told the inteinational war crimes court yesterday that he had lived through a Japanese officer's- attempt to behead him. . "I felt a heavy, dull blow on the back of my neck," he said, telling how he had eventually crawled to safety after recovering- consciousness to find himself buried in a shallow grave. This soldier was tne first witness called as the Australians began the final phase of an international prosecution which began last June 3. He escaped lliiou&'.i the jungle, finally making' his way to Sinsapore, where he surrender! to the police who handed Mm-nrer to. Japanese masters- He stayed in Singapore war camps until the end of the war. DEATHS FALL, BIRTHS RISE U.K. Vital Statistics Show Signs of Social rrogiess LONDON ffi An" increase In the birth-rate and a fall In the death-rate are generally looked upoii as a favorable sign of social progress. The United Kingdom statistics show that, in the first quarter of 1946, no less than 181,445 births were registered in Britain, whicn represent a birth-rate of 173 per 1,000 population. From 1940 tu 1944, the average for the first quarter was 15.7. Against this satisfactory fig-iirc. deaths totalled 155,153 or a rate of 14.8 per 1,000 popula-Hon, whilst In the five years period mentioned above the av erage of 15.7 was recorded. In the second quarter of 194G, about 40,000 more children were born, but the final figure ha3 not yet been released. A great er inprm.se is expected tor tne iitrri niinrtcr of the current! year. THE WEATHER Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast-Northern portion overcast today and Wednesday. Continuous rain today. Rain shovj.'rs oversight and Wednesday morning, then continuous rain till evening. Southeast gales (35 m.p.h.), be- i cmit.htt-est (25) over- l-Ulilllljj - nlTht. Wind becoming southeast j (35) Wednesday afternoon and evening. ' CLOSING OF CONFERENCE Last Act of Great Peace Meeting at New York Marked By Cheering of Delegates NEW YORK, W It was before midnight Sunday that the United Nations' "General Assembly disposed of the last item on the -agenda which was climaxed Saturday with the unanimous adoption of a world irms limitation plan which it Is hoped to see become effective in 1947. Delegates gave cheering accla mation when President Paul Henri Spaak of Belgium put the question on the political, com mittee's report recommending a eduction in national armaments and control of atomic and other mass killing weapons of war" i Hon. Paul Martin, leader of the Canadian delegation, des :ribed the Assemblies action as an historic step toward general disarmament. The resolution placed the task of disarmament planning in ihe hands of the 11-member security council. EDMONTON HAS $89,000 FIRE Fireman Sustains Broken Leg-in Forced Jump from Ladder EDMONTON, O) Fireman C. D. Gilchrist suffered a possible fracture of the leg when he was forced to jump from a ladder as the roof of the Alberta Motor Boat 90. plant collasped when an $80,000 two-alarm fire, gutted thr building " yesterday - Thaw-ing c'f a steam pipe with a blow torch is believed to have been the j cause of the fire. Gale Forces Alaskan Hoopsters To Cancel Game Here Tonight However, Visiting Team Will Arrive In Time to Play One Game of Inter-City Hoop Series Tomorrow Night Toniirht's basketball game between the Prince Ru pert high school and New Metlakatla, which was to be played in the Civic Centre gym here, was concelletl by the rampant antics of the weatherman who whipped up a gale forcing the Alaskan visitors to turn L.;r-k to Ketchikan shortly after they had left that city by boat inis morning. However, according to league coach Art Murray, the visitors team will get here tomorrow and' will play one game Instead of two of the series which was planned, for tonight and tomorrow night. . According to a telephone' call received by Coach Murray from Ketchikan this morning, the expedition was forced to turn back at Mary Island, not far from Ketchikan, when their boat nosed into seas that made the rest of the 90-mllo journey impossible. "However," Mr. . Murray said, "they assured me that the team would make It tomorrow and, therefore, we are planning on tomorrow night's game as scheduled. It means that Metlakatla will play only one game here Instead of two, as we had planned." Fans who hold reserved scat tickets for tonight's game can change them for reserve seats, at Wednesday night's game, he said. LONDON, CB St. Paul's Cathedral rcwalr appeal fund has reached $363,000. NORTHERN AND. CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 9 TAXI 9 'VTVVTVTTTTTTTTT'TTTTTTVVT) : TAXI TAXI Phone 235 Phone 537 DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Stand: DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Old Empress Hotel, Third Ave. P .ost Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" t:ii XJ1U UIIU i v -vi.:i4. icsum PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS '4'tf,,. aise d F or Mi issing i r- d i. I nai nre is Dcneved hted on Mount Rainier F . v T T L E Hopes have been suddenlv raised $800 in Fines Levied as Hallowe'en Damage Sequel Fines totalling more than $800 were levied in juvenile court Monday against 24 juveniles found responsible for 18 acts of property damage last Hallowe en night when the city tallied up the greatest toll of smashed windowsfand broken street lights Car Prices Movjng Up Ten1 Percent Boost On Passenger Vehicles and Seven Percent On Commercial OTTAWA (CP) A ten percent increase in consumer price of new Canadian-made passenger automobiles and a seven percent boost in the price of commercial vehicles, effective tomoiTow, is announced by the Price's and Trade Board. Permission for the increase is granted because higher prices .have been paid currently for essential imported paifr and "substantially higher cost both for domestic labor and materials." Ford. General Motors and Chrysler are the companies which have been allowed tb advance prices. Blessing on Engagement Prince Philip Appears Favored As Fiance of Princess Elizabeth LONDON (U) Sources close to Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street expressed pleased, off-the-record interest yesterday in the possibility of Princess Elizabeth marrying Prince.Phllip of Greece but em-j phaslzed that persistent rumors of the engagement were, still only rumors. Britain's upper-crusters appear solidly in favor of the 25-year-old Philip and there Is a wide spread tendency to "keep poli tics out of It." Possibility of the engagement being announced after the Royal Tour to South Africa early next year is discussed. Prince Philip, as an officer In thq Royal Navy, has applied for priority in being granted British citizenship. He would thereby renounce his claim to the thrbne of Greece. NO SNOWFALL BUT BLIZZARD Big Wind Blew Drifts Around In Southeastern Saskatchewan iREGINA iO) Southeastern Saskatchewan last night experienced what was d-scriited as th'. worst blizzard in 30 years but little snow actually fell, Instead, wind, which reached 50 miles, an "hour velocity, picked up snow lying in three- to six-foot drifts and cut visibility down to 200 yards, blocking roads at the same time. One man W. Mlichell Elliott of Tugaske was reported missing but may be found sheltering In a farmhouse. FIVE TO BE HANGED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT LETHBRIDGE JAIL LET If BRIDGE (CPj A new high record for number of hangings In 0 Canadian jail In one day will be set tomorrow when five men four German prisoners of war and a Canadian Army veteran will be executed. The Germans have been convicted of murdering a fellow-prisoner in Medicine Hat prisoner of war camp in 1944 and the Canadian, Donald Sherman Staley, 29, Is condemned for the sex-kllling of six-year-old Donnle Goss of Calgary on July n Appeal for commutation of the death sentences on the Germans has been denied. The juveniles, a good propor uon of wnom,. according to a police statement, were students at Booth Memorial High School were charged with disorderly conduct, specifically, breaking windows In various parts of the city and must share in the re payment of $8C8.49 damages levied by the court. In addition, each was placed on, suspended sentence for period of 11 months and were required to enter Into a recog nisance to keep the peace for triat period. Each Juvenile found respon sible by the court was given a period of 11 months to pay U13 cpurf the amount of damages assessed against them, and is required to report to city police Sgt. L. A. N. Potterton on the first Saturday of each month throughout that period. The fines and suspended sen tences resulted from hearings which involved 22 boys and two girls and which have been be fore Juvenile Court Judge W. D, Vance for almost a month and wHlch were adjourned on sev- cral occasions. Evidence by the police and the; various complainants resulted In tilerPupAbelng.jfound respou . sible. for 18 Incidents in which windows were smashed, and each of the group was fined a proportion of the damages set at $808.49. Premier King Seventy-Two OTTAWA ff Business almost as usual was the order of the day at Prime Minister (Mackenzie King's office today as Mr. King observed his 72nd birthday. It was just another working day for the Prime Minister and an aide said: "He's at his desk, just like every other day.'" Mr. King has already ex- 4 ceeded .the record for long service as Prime Minister of Canada and is nearlng the record for the British Empire In that capacity. Local Tides Wednesday, December 18, 1946 High 9:53 19.6 feet 22:44 17.0 feet Low 3:30 16:34 Bulletins CANADIAN U.N. HEAD OTTAWA Reports reaching hcr from New York indicate that External Affairs Minister Louis St,- Lament may be president of the next General Assembly of United Nations. EPIDEMIC AMONG BABIES LONDON Fear that widespread extension of a mysterious epidemic which has already taken the lives of 23 newborn babies and has affected five hospitals in England has resulted in the closing of three maternity wards for disinfection purposes. The mystery epidemic, which attacked 48 other persons, fol-dowed pievalence of gastroenteritis in maternity wards. ANOTHER SHIP CONTRACT VANCOUVER Burrard Dry Dock has received the contract from the French government for another 7500-ton collier which will cost $2,000,000 and will keep several hundred men busy for many months. JEWS THREATEN CANE STROKES FOR OFFICERS Thi3 Funishmcn; ".lay be Inflicted on British Army Officers, Palestine Underground Says JERUSALEM, O) British Army officers In Pelastlne were threatened last night with "pun ishment "In strokes of the cane" by the secret trahsrHItt'er f Ti'- gun Zval Leumi, xileyal Jewish underground organlzalion. This punishment, the broadcast stated, would be snetet -..ut II 18 strokes of tne oircn and an 18-year jail sentence passed on 16-year old Abraham Kimchln, convicted on charges arising from a bank hold-up, was carried out. CALLS OF PRANKSTER Irresponsible Boys May be Making Violence Suggestions Over 'Phone in London , LONDON, 'SB Twenty-one warnings that London buildings Ivould be blown up are "believed by Scotland Yard to be either the messages cf "a dangerous maniac or of a group of irresponsible boys. The last warning was believed to have been in the voice of a boy. The total warnings received by the police since Friday nisht rose to 21 yesterday, the authorities Intensifying their precautions to avert possible violence although expressing the belief 8.4 feet that the calls were the work of a 6.7 feet prankster. HONORS CANADIAN' WAR CORRESPONDENTS - Governor-General Viscount Alexander paid tribute to Canadian war correspondents, who shared equal dangers with soldiers In covering the battle fields, during a ceremony in the Toronto Men's Press club. Here his excellency unveils a simple bronze plaque containing the names of 18 Toronto newspapermen who died in World War II. NUREMBERG WOMAN IS BITTER AT GERMANS Frau Brigltte Frank, widow of Hans Frank, former Nazi governor' of Poland who was hanged as a war criminal at Nuremberg. Is shown with two of her five children, Brigltte, 11, and Norman, 17, In their Munich home. Since the execution of her husband Mrs. Frank has grown bitter, but not against the Allies' who hanged him, but against the Germans who punished the children for the sins of their father. The children are ostracized ' by former comrades. Most recent blow to fall on the Frank . family was when a gang of armed thugs broke into the homo of Mrs. Frank's married daughter and cleaned It out of furs, jewels and clothing to the value of $20,000. Prince Rupert Workers Go To jobs in Fish Packing Boats Thaw and Rain Nearly Causes Traffic Halt Prince Rupert experienced close to a transportation tie-up this morning when an'overnight thaW, acr companied by rain, softened the packed snow on city streets, converting them into a welter of treacherous. slush which stopped much traffic and made walking a major athletic endeavour. - Street sunaces, covered wun up to six inches of packed snow.l 1 dirscived under the buffettlng of small amotmt of traffic and became channels down which snow and water poured, In some places ankle-deep. B4j ;rylce tdhe, jeast. and west ends of the city was tied up completely, ana ineir usuai early-morning passengers slogged grimly to work on the treacherous snow crust which more often than hot, failed to bear their weight. It was doubt ful if the buses would be In service at all today. Fuel companies, besieged by their usual deluge of morning calls for" coal or oil, were unable to promise deliveries even In the central areas of the city. Deliveries to the outlying districts were out of the question. "I don't know whether we tvIH be able to get trucks out of th' yard." replied one fuel dealer to a query about deliveries. . Workers at the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative plant at Fairview Bay were-taken to the job this morning on fish packers from the Cow Bay floats, because of the impossibility of traversing the Cemetery Hoad. Water transport was the Co-op's only transportation link with the city up to noon. Rainfall recorded between 4 a.m. Monday and 10 a.m. today was -4 Inches. However, It did a good job of disorganizing the routine of the city by softening the snow. No major traffic mishaps were reported up to noon, although there were many cases where vehicles had either got bogged down in the snow or had skidded Into roadside ditches. Goose and Turkey On Air Lines Fare WINNIPEG The goose will hang high this Christmas well, the turkey anyway, For those who must travel over the holiday, TransCanada Air Lines has arranged a traditional Canadian holiday menu. It goes from celery and olives through turkey to mince Tic and assorted nuts. Airline officers here estimate the slty travellers will consiune 250. pounds of turkey, 100 pounds of mincemeat, 70 pounds cf cheese, 3!) pounds of salad dressing and 23 pounds of candy mints on Chrihlmas day, eating dinner anywhere from two to twelve thousand feet above the ground. A Reserved seats on Tuesday night's basketball game will be Interchangeable with tickets for Wednesday night's game. No game tonight. (294) Not Breaking With Britain But India Will 60 Ahead Vigorously in Forming Independent Republic, Declares Nehru BENARES, India 0 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the India Congress party and leading minister of the Interim Indian government, said last night that there was no foundation for Bombay dispatches reporting him as having said at a reception in Benares Sunday 'nlght that "in two or three days' time India is to declare herself out of the British) Empire" Nehru, said however, that a resolution was to. .be considered for a "sovereign and independent" " republic. ' The future of India had been thrust forcefully on to the"of-ficial scene In London yesterday by Bombay dispatches quoting Nehru as saying that his Con gress party was taking matters into its own hands, following the deadlock with the Moslems over the formation of an autonomous government for India, to forge a new and Independent nation. 7 The Times 0 India, pubusfied in Bombay, quoted Nehru assay ing : "We are not going tcrsub-mlt our decisions to British. Parliament. Congress has decided to go forward vigorously," ... NEW CITY POLICE CORPORAL HERE; Provincial police Corpora! A, H. Taylor, formerly of Ladysmith, arrived In the city at theeek-e'nd and Is attached to the city detachment of the provincial force. Corporal Taylor fills the position left vacant at the city police office bf the transfer last summer of Corporal' A. T. Lash-mar to the status of detective corporal, attached to the divisional office here-. Following his formal transfer to the divisional office, Dectectlve Corporal Lashmar, hpwever, remained at 'the city office. PARIS A vote of confidence in Leon Blum's temporary French government was jiven today. The division was 580 to 1C. Regular League BASKETBALL GAMES TONIGHT at Civic Centre