ne tlx those f 1 1 If.. I. I .1 ,t-l 1 .... I L I Ul 1 '"I"'" ' a " " nlemned. I think people who do not want cars to uugh as far as Prince Rupert are doing It dellber- vp been over them all and I am telling you the road .smithers. and Prince Rupert Is the best section of 1. I ....... . J As for scenic beauty, there Is nothing to compare rriicc win uc opcuuiuk ui 1.111 cc wcciut uvic. His Senior Matrics Coming Slowly Unlesu there Is a .speeding up of registrations for the course, there may be no Senior Matriculation class opened at Booth Memorial High .School here at the beginning of the fall term. Mrs. M.'M. Roper, secretary )f the Board of School Trustees, announced this morning that there had been only four reslstratlons up to noon today. 700 Men of Navy Coming Prince Rupert Will He Reminded of War Days When IKM.C.S. Uganda Comes Naval personnel totalling 634 6(1 officers and 618 men will visit Prince Rupert when H.M. C3. Uganda, Canada's big cruiser, comes here from July 24 to 29. Their presence will bring memories of the war days when H.M.C.S. Chatham xwaj( In opera tlonRm" the- city war full "of the men of the senior service. H.M.C.S. Uganda Is a vessel of 55.6 feet length and 20.28 feet I draft. Local port authorities rtT now wrestling with the problem Of berthln the; big warship. Probably she Vlfl' moor alongside naval hjadrtfiarters at the east end of the Canadian National Railways wharf. The ocean dock Is an alternative mooring place. Capt. K. F. Adams will be commanding officer of Uganda when she comes here. Other officers include: Executive Officer. Commander ErVvard VV. Finch-Noyes.' Engineer Officer, Commander John McOllllvray. Surgeon Commander, Timothy B, McLean. I.'eut.. Commander, John C. Littler. Lieut. Commander (Ey Edward N. Clarke. Electrical Engineer Commander. Bevis E. E. Miles. Instructor Lieut. Commander, James C. Mark. Th? chaplain Is Orval P. Hos-5ie. formerly stationed on IUI. C. S. Chatham. Warrant Officer (Communica tions) P. E. M. Palmer halls from Prince Rupert. fill EAT TOURIST YEAR OTTAWA Canada is hav-intr l!e greatest influx of tourists from the United States in its history. Vancouver expects to have a million visitors against 600.000 In 700,000 last year. Jasper, Itanff and other resorts are filled to capacity. Only i.i Ottawa is there a falling off. HALIFAX-TO-RUPERT MEDAL WAITING HERE Designed and donated by Al Manson, local jeweller, the medal will be presented by the Prince Rupert Public Relations Council in order -to publicize Prince Rupert's connection with the continental highway system. It Is a cleverly designed piece of craftsmanship, consisting of a gold key and an Inscribed pendant, hung with a gold chain. The key Is inset with three rubles and a lar.ge -white sapphire and carries the Inscription "Prince Rupert, B.C. Key to the Great Northwest.' On the pendant Is the Inscription "To-the first motorist driving by all-Canadian highway from Halifax to Prince Rupert." rrtC C I i AHY NORTHERN AND CEB TRATBRIT18H COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER D TOP CABS ne QjIQ Phone TAXI TAXI 537 RPTtfl C. MCINilnK Bupert Tobacco Store tnnrnsa rrnm urmesi DAY and NIGHT SERVICE 1 W " - - AND NIGHT SERVICE Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt VUL. AXAV, NO. 163. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., SATURDAY, JULY J3, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS -ft I ERS-PKINlt KUPtKI k lUrAimh imm u a uriiii vnr 1.11 Krinrp itiiiwri. r. pert Hlgnway, is ceriauuy not in accora wi, th him. G PARTY N PORT n Straits Tw o Days A r J. III CC II1TU Knday after having crt ml: ;lnz two days -njrboat Objects of iparch by Royal 1 1 Force natrols. the ar.i'uarn ana 1 mi- were Harold Phil- r Tf .. 1 .1 n ij.iviii nn l 1. it. .. (-It-.. Tk... .line and drifted n wifb wind and tide ivrn much notice in? f hcrmen gave rt ga: jllne to reach RS' STRIKE G TALKED Farmers of the polling in favor of cry r.'.nke unless, the :: up a fact-find- l I I .1- I 1 1 HiiirL.--: 1 ir 1 inin ia m Farmers Union say propesed strike. KKA I'sfd to Kxeit Prfsstire, Newspaper v a ut n. " w newspaper 141 iu yesieraay mat states and Great r j w i m u una ucnaDiiua- .1(1(1 lltironrl iUn nf ann Sovlct propa- ' "ment newspaper foreign progressive saving that reactlon- nain nnn ihp ithiiph 'imng UNRRA as a Get Chance ist Again Former mfm- W-imen's Division of iad!?.n Air Force ,""n the opportunity "nU the end of th? former rank and iu:t wim preci pitins in Prince V..VhtVtl0.llg 'aim It. To cam It. ')i..i-i i i ... nas 10 ao is to "allfax to prince 1 Oil nil r. I! - uii-uuii'iiuian itm, Killed Ormatory Ont., ffi .. nonaid "nner In the On-matory. was shot and -a wiiuii ne mauc - v-' rscape. parks Is - "nu u eseanp nv Guard Rpnhon martin Of .al1nr'0 eVinn ra IN ALL BRITISH CmX ni lncf fwn vparo nan this mnnl.h jt'r I Wage Increase Unsatisfactory SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, 05-Hon. L. D. Curry, Nova Scotia's minister of mines, announced that Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, federal mlnlstej; of labor, has arranged for application by the government-appointed steel controller for an hourly wage Increase of ten cents at Ihe three sleel plants, the Increase to b? effective Immediately. However., the Increase was not acceptable to the Steel Workers of America Union which has ordered a strike to commence Immediately In the three basic steel plants at Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie and Hone T Smithers Service to Re Available Starting Monday Prince George Already, Ilazelton In Next Few Weeks- Long distance telephone service between Prince Rnpert1 and Smithers will be available1 commencing next Monday, it was announced this afternoon by IJruce Love, superintendent of utilities here. The service from Prince Rupert to Prince (eorge has been on for some time. In two or three weeks conversations from here to Ilazelton will be' possible and later from here to Terrace. The basic day rate between here and Smithers Is 1.25 for the first three minutes and JOc' for rath additional minute; the nltht rate, 90c for three minutes and 15c for each additional minute TITO MURDER ATTEMPT DENIED LONDON 0 A sjpoksman for the Yugoslav .embassy here"to-day ald that a" Rome report of an attempt on the life of Marshal Tito, Yugoslav prime min--Lster. was "entirely untrue." The report had said tb.it Tito was sbp.ln th$ stpmach and was In serious condition. The Yugoslav spokesman said that no confirmation could be ob tained In any quarter. Toothless O.P.A. Bill Favored WASHINGTON W The Senate early today, after a 14-hour night session, voted 62 to 15 In favor of a bill reviving the office of price administration but the bill had been denuded of almost as many major price controls as It had' promised to restore. Apparently amended far beyond the bounds which would, permit Its acceptance of President Truman, the measure was sent to the House. There, administration leaders hope to re-write It. THE WEATHER Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Cloudy, clearing this afternoon northern districts. Increasing cloudiness overnight, becoming cloudy Sunday morning and clearing by noon. Light winds, little change j that Aid. and Mrs. Robert Mc-ln temperature. Minimum ex- Kay, suffering from injuries and pected tonight: At Port Hardy, ! shock sustained In an automo- 50; Massett, 43; Prince .Rupert, 51. Maximum Sunday: Port Hardy, 62; Massett, 62, Prince Rupert 63. An inscription on the reverse side of the pendant indicates that the medal Is sponsored by the Public Relations Council and donated by Manson Jewellers. An Interesting feature of the medal are two salmon, cast In white gold on the lower part of the 10-carat yellow gold pend- ant. Mr. Manson sets the value of the medal at $150. YACHT RACK ON NANALMO One hundred and two yachts, on the annual precision race from Pugct Sound to Nanalmo, arc due to start arriving here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. New Offer May Avert Canadian Steel Strike Sullethi . I PALESTINE TALKS LONDON Conversations between British and United States representatives on the Anglo - American commission proposals on Palestine, including the plan to admit 100,000 Jewish refugees, commenced at No., 10 Downing Street today, American members of the comrnlrslon arrived yesterday from Palestine. EXECUTIONS SOON WARSAW Execution of nine persons condemned .to death (or participation in the anti-Semitic killings at Kielce will take place during the week-end. COMMUNIST PLOT CAIRO A Communist plot to overthrow the Egyptian government and undermine negrtiations between Egypt and Britain for the removal of British forces from the country under the new Egyptian independence plan is reported to have been uncovered.- ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ROME Premier DeGasparrl ,has succeeded in forming a new government for Italy with '..hfmMjf.., as president f the. council of ministers. DeGas-' parri's Chriitian Democratic party has six seats; Socialists and Communists, one each; Independents, one, and Republicans, one. McGeer Hits Constitutionality Of llsley Budget Tax Proposals OTTAWA (CP) Senator Gerald McGeer, in a memorandum to Premier Hart of British Columbia, claimed that the Dominion government lacked the constitutional authority to carry out agreements with the provinces proposed by Finance Minister Usleyin his budget speech. McGeer contended that the Dominion has' not the right to levy taxes within the provinces and to give the money back to the provinces for provincial purposes The Dominion, he said, can tax only for Dominion purposes. He said that the emergency powers used in wartime, do not become constitutional rights in time of peace. Mr. and Mrs. McKay Progressing Well SMITHERS Latest reports from the fmlthers Hospital are bile accident near Morlcetown last Sunday, are progressing favorably and should be out soon. CONVICT THIRD CAMP MURDERER MEDICINE HAT Sergeant Major Henrich Busch, German prisoner of war, was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged ln October. Busch was the third prisoner to be convicted of the slaying of fellow war prisoners ln a camp near here. Hie trial of the furth prisoner Is pending. BRITISH TROOPS KEEP ON ALERT JERUSALEM, rj British military headquarters have Issued orders forbidding BrUlsh troops In Palestine to move; about outside their barracks ln groups of less than four and directing that they carry their, .arms at all times. MORE FOOD NOW OTTAWA Food supply conditions are much improved in Canada, says a report of the Prices and Trade Board. The scarcity of fruit and vegetables will soon disappear. Butter supplies are now meeting requirements. I PARIS DELEGATION qiTAWA Prime Minister Mackenzie King will head the Canadian deIegr-ion to the 21-nation peace conference In Parii July 29. He will be ac companied by Hon. Brook .Claiton, Dana Wiigress, am- ' basador to Russia; George Vanier, ambassador to France; Norman Robertson, undersecretary of foreign affairs, and Arthur Heany, clerk of the' Privy Council. The acting prime minister during Mr. King's absence will be Minister' of Justice St. Laurent. ILSLEY TO GENEVA . OTTAWA Hon, J. L. llsley, j minister of finance, will rep-rerent 1 the government at a : general conference cf UNRRA at Geneva August 5. He will be accompanied by I B. Pear-son ambassador to the United States. .S . WOUID HELP TICKET NCOUVEUThe Interna-tirnal Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union and the Seamen's Union have offered to, aid the International Typo graphical Union in picketing the Vancouver Province. DOUKS ARE DISCUSSED Provincial Government Considers Reports of Police and A. G.'s Department VICTORIA, O) A special .ses-slcn of the cabinet yesterday discussed possible government action connection with factional disputes among Doukhobors ln Interior of British Columbia areas. Reports were heard from John Shirass, Vancouver, ceputy com missioner of provincial police, and Assistant Deputy Attorney leneral H. Alan Maclean. Premier Hart said no decision was rendered regarding government action pending receipt of further reports. ALEXANDER ARRIVES VANCOUVER A 19-gun salute was given today as the Governor General, Viscount. Alexander, arrived in Vancouver. There was a reception at the station, then a visit to the Cenotaph where flowers were placed. later there was a civic reception at the City Hall. BETTER WAGE RATE PROPOSED TO UNION Eleventh - Hour Move, Presumably by Government, May Head Off Walk-Out Ordered to Start Immediately HAMILTON. (CP) As preparations proceeded today for immediate commencement of the general strike in the basic steel plants here and at Sault Ste. Marie and Sydney, Nova Scotia, it was announced that the United Steel Workers of America Union had received a new wage proposal, well in advance PAID FOR SECRETS Transcription of Conversation Flayed at Trial of Russian Naval Lieutenant SEATTLE, (CP) Federal Bureau of Investigation transcription of conversation between the Rus-sian naval lieutenant, Nicola Redln, and Herbert Kennedy, Seattle shipyard worker was played to a Jury hearing Rfdih's' espionage and conspiracy trial yesterday but few, If any, word3 were lnieiugiDie. I K.enneay nas lesuuea mat nea saunun are 10 oe maue avau-) Redln paid him $250 for naval able for the Canadian domestic secrets about the 1JSS. Yellow- market. This Is nearly the nor-I stone, destroyer tender. mal peacetime consumption. NURSES' PAY BOOSTED $10 MONTHLY, HOSPITAL RATES UP 50 CENTS DAY Board Makes Decisive Effort to Relieve Nurse Shortage at General Hospital Here1 1 An atteir.nt bv the executive board of the Prince I Rupert . . General Hospital 1 which has grown increasingly acute in . recent . months has resulted in a move to increase the basic wage rate for staff nurses by $10 a month. The increase boosts the basic wage- rate in the Prince Rupert hos Byrnes Wants To Meet Again Paris (Conference Adjourns Aftfr Meeting With Measure Of Success PARIS ffi Secretary of State James Byrnes said today that he wants another foreign 'ministers' council to take place immediately after ihe Impending peace conference adopts the peace treaties. Meanwhile, Indications that Russia and the western allies have reached a definite parting of the ways on the present administration and the future or Germany were, seen In last night's adjournment of the council with the ministers still ln disagreement. ' However, all sides were agreed that there had been a considerable measure of success in composing differences at the 28-dav' conference which was marked by crisis after crisis and disagreement after disagreement. the conference were the agree - ments on Trieste and the Yugoslav border. IS DISCUSSED Training Needed to Supply Skilled Craftsmen, Local Committee Feels The need for skilled tradesmen In nearly all crafts was stressed again at the regular meeting of the Prince Rupert Advisory Employment Committee last evening. To meet this need' the utilization of the apprenticeship system was felt to be absolutely necessary. fof the previously proposed 10c per hour, which might avert the strike at the eleventh hour. Companies said they kney nothing of the offer which, supposedly, must have come from the government. There will be a special meeting of the Union executive tomorrow to consider the officer: Already some of the steel plants plants have started to close down. CANADIANS GET P AMMCn C A I lViriM 1 ies Bridges announced yesterday! that half a muUon cases of can- j to relieve a nursing crisis .! , pital to, $10 above the level paid ln Vancouver hospitals. Concurrent with the wage increase, It is expected that the hospital board will announce an Increase of 50 cents a day to the cost of hospitalization. The decision? were made at a special meeting of the hospital board Jast night, after the management had been driven almost to a point of desperation by its Inability to obtain nurses. The first floor of the three-storey building was closed in May because of the nurse shortage. By Increasing the basic wage rate, the board also hopes to relieve a condition under which married nurses are returning to professional duty as speclaU nurses, commanding a wage of $6.50 a day working alongside staff nurses whose wages are $100 a month. Staff nurses have been objecting that this places them In an "unfair" position. It has been described as one of the reasons why staff nurses have been leaving the Prince Rupert General Hospital. At present, It Is understood, there are only seven staff nurses .ft the hosplta and two of these have given notice for the end of August. The other nurses are "special" nurses who are being paid $6.50 a day and one free meal. At present, staff nurses receive, a salary of $125 a, month, with $25 taken off for board. This leaves a basic salary of $100 a month. The Increase would leave the nurses a basic wage of $110. The Increase of $10 Is a prem lum over the basic rate paid In Vancouver, and by putting it Into effect, the Hospital Board hopes to attract nurses from the south, who up to now have shown no. Inclination to come to Prince Rupert. 1FAV0RS U.S. ATOMIC PLAN Australia's Delegate Prefers, lit to Russian New York TimM Attacks Gromyko NEW YORK. CB Herbert Evatt of Australia, chairman of the United Nations Atomic Commission, yesterday called Russia's atomic control plan "impossible" and urged a broad International treaty to' put into effect principles advocated by Bernard Baruch, United States member of the commission. Evatt opposed Russia's proposal for Immediate outlawing of atomic bomb production and for atomic control by the United Nations security council. The New York Times, In. an editorial today, attacked Andrei Gromyko, head of the Russian delegation to the United Nations security council, for trying to keep Canada off the atomic control commission. The newspaper pointed out the Important part Canada had played In developing atomic energy. Non-Committal On ' llsley Proposals EDMONTON, ?! Premier E. n. Mannlne says that Alberta's Social Credit government can "neither accept nor reject" the Dominion - provincial proposals of the recent federal budget at this stage and declared that he had written Finance Minister J. L. llsley urging reconvening of a Dominion-provincial conference to discuss the federal proposals. COMING ON U DT fl Ay win ism HJU.C.S. Crescent Will Visit Prince Rupert, it b Announced BRINGING ALEXANDER HiU.CS.; Crescent i bringing the Governor General to Trince Rupert In the course of a western tour. His Excellency and Viscountess Alexander will proceed East by train on the evening ot their arrival, according to present advices. HAI.C.S. Crescent,, trim Canadian destroyer, will assist and Pa,rtlclpte ln lThe festivities 'of Prlnrp Rnnprr .Tiinlnr Phnmhar of Commerce Port Day1 on August 22, according to advice received from Rear Admiral V. G. Bro-edur, commanding officer, Paci fic Coast, Royal Canadian Navy, by Lieut, Commander F N. Eddy, naval officer In. charge here. Appreciation of the invitation has been extended" to Mayor H. M. Daggett and Aid. C. G. Ham, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, by Commander Eddy on behalf of Admiral Bro- deur. The Crescent Is commanded by Lieut. Commander C. P. Nixon DJS.C. and paid a visit t0 Prince Rupert earlier ln the year ln the course of a training cruise. It Is not yet known whether th'e new commanding officer, Pacific Coast, Commodore E. R. Main- guy, until recently ln command of HJ4.CjS. Uganda, will be abler to be here. The exact dates of Crescents visit to this port will be com municated later. Constellations Are Withdrawn WASHINGTON, D.C., CO United States Airlines have withdrawn their Lockheed Constellation airplanes from service while technicians of the Civil Aeronautics Administration lnyestl-sate the crash of one of the huge aircraft at Reading, Pennsylvania, when five members of the! crew were killed. The administration's order directed that the planes be grounded Tor 30 days. Several of this type of craft had also been operated In the trans-Atlantic service by both United States and British lines and they too have been withdrawn. It has been declared that Lockheed Constellations have more fire hazard than any other type of commercial air transport. Local Tides Sunday, July 14, 1946 High l!00 20.3 feet 14:06 17.9 .feet Low 7:44 2.8 feet 19:40 7.9 feet