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AND
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NEWSPAPER
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537
DAT
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
ANU
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prinrs
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Gre
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
175.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY'jULY
27,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS'
Divide
stine
ue
of
Partition
Into
ind
Arab
Provinces
I
u
nasis
By
Kritisli
lent
i
a
The
Foreign
01-
nrltUh
AC-
iannuui".cu
Ls
a
oasi
for
nego-
the
proposal
to
cu-ine
into
Jew!''
and
nCe
unde-
A
wal
r
fcn
a
p
-4,
tWL
conducti
the
Jews
r.1.
a
meeting
"f
ti
-5
Lemblv
m
Sej.
aier
are
o
wr
.
.
:!d
the
Brmst.
i
it
u
expected,
f
Quezon's
it
Manila
I-The
tcd
of
Manuel.
Ih
betting
place
irs
orc.iaenr
oi
mt
IltemOH;-
has
Deen
re-
E-IanUa
-from
the
Unl-H
tcard
'he
aircraft
:eton
Quezon
aiea
tnfnrt-d
exile
Gunng
I.
.
Tl
U
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1
I
....
-
f.ipanese
a
i-nour
rjt!
:nai
mourning
a
bed
and
there
will
be
brat
to
the
national
SEA
T
prison
Victim
of
trident
While
at
-
tamp
In
tt
Hospital
rvnt-old
BUIy
Hair-
nsi
ton
of
Mr,
and
JUrrL.;j
of
this
city,
led
a
fractured
skull
pc.--.3Tet
for
the
Sea
mp
u
making
satis;
fafn
a
st
Paul's
Vancouver
but
may
graai!)
there
for
some
Strig
ta
ate
;t
word
needed
mthlmmedl-.
t.
?!ng
advjed
of
the
fU
a
new
with
her
freak
accident
that
injury
to
Billy
Har-
uavia
Russe
1
of
the
S;a
Cadet
Rnfh
S"d
unrsnreious
when
pa:nandle
hit
them
Wi
The
crank
.shaped
r
off
when
a
bli
mi
down
the
ramp
-anaing
barge
as
the
turning
into
First
pe
barse
which
was
Csa,
Harbor
to
5m
nK:
headed
back
for
I
-avai
or
-,t
aid
men
r
'
Bra.:kton
Point
were
ushed
U
St.
pt
on
landing.
WIST
I1NING
fPs
Announced
by
,ni5er
of
Finance
oI
Commons
B
.uiuuivi
1
Abbott
an-'ne
Hoiisp
nf
3a
gold
mining
in-
'or
handling
gold
I
"UUCP
pment
will
aiw
PPletton
allowances
NH
have
complete
rrm
CDrnnro1V,.
f
ftrPc
years.
?
CHILD
P'tl
Plu,n.J
..
...
---,
mree-
n
Of
Mr
nj
...
"
of
N0rlh
paclflc
away
at
9
1-
aboard
the
'V,
DClnnrrl
i
-
-
fcv
Z;?m
WW
be
Question
of
Austria
is
KILLER
IS
ARRAIGNED
Louis
Bercowitz
to
be
Charged
in
Connection
with
Slaying
of
Montreal
Bookie
MONTREAL,
Oi
Louis
Bercowitz,
who
surrendered
himself
to
a
Montreal
Herald
reporter
and
admitted
the
slaying
of
Harry
Dav!s,
48-year
old
owner
of
a
'ook-maklng
establishment,
on
.
.
.
.
J
I.Ut
.111
.1
i.
.
.
j
(uisuajr
iiigiii,
mil
giiuiuy
ue
signed
for
preliminary
trial
onnectlon
with
the
killing
are
also
detaining
seven
nen
in
the
course
of
fur-r
Investigation.
Davis,
reportedly
one
of
Mont
real's
leading
gambling
operators,
was
fatally
shot
In
his
bookie
rooms.
He
dhd
in
hospital
from
three
bullet
wounds.
The
Assassin
walked
calmly
from
Ber-pwltz
later
told
the
news
paper
reporter
that
he
had
slain
Davis
in
self-defence.
Bulletins
ATOM
-WAR
SCARE-LONDON
The
Moscow
radio
said
today
that
the
Bikini
atom
bomb
test,
coupled
with
discussions
of
lnter-Amrlran
collaboration,
constituted
a
"war
scare"
which
imperilled
the
"dream
of
peare."
DIAPER
CLEANING
WINNIPEG
Two
Winnipeg
war
veterans
are
making
a
success
of
the
diaper
cleaning
business
Already
they
have
50
regular
customers.
r
OARSON
TO
OTTAWA
WINNIPEG
Premier
Stew-art
Garson
and
two
of
his
ministers
are
leaving
for
Ottawa
to
make
arrangements
for
a
conference
on
the
proposed
taxation
agreement
between
the
province
and
the
Dominion.
i;.,ine
nere.
insi-py
mrrr?
nnrrM
CANDIDATES
ARE
NAMED
Two
Port
Queen
candidates
those
of
the
Oyro
Club
and
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce-have
been
accepted
by
the
Civic
Centre
carnival
committee,
and
application
of
a
third
organiza
tion,
the
Kinsmen
Club,
is
understood
to
have
been
submitted
to
carnival
secretary
George
noile.
Candidate
of
the
Oyro
Club
ls
MlS3
Christine
Montgomery
of
the
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Co."
staff,
while
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
selected
Miss
Dorothy
Peachey
who
works
at
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce.
The
Kinsmen
Club
selection
is
said
to
be
MLss
Marjorle
Wilson
of
Inverness
Cannery,
whose
application
for
candidacy
was
submitted
by
the
Kinsmen
Port
Queen
committee
last
night.
Winner
of
the
vote
campaign
which
Will
be
part
of
the
carnival
ticket
sale
promotion,
will
be
Queen
of
Port
Day,
August
22.
Lack
of
local
Interest
In
the
Miss
Northern
British
Columbia
beauty
contest
has
resulted
in
the
Civic
Centre
carnival
com
mittee
offering
the
franchlss
held
by
them
under
the
Miss
America
beauty
contest
set-up,
to
Prince
George,
whose
candidate
was
winner
last
year.
Mr.
noric
sent
a
telegram
this
morning
offering
the
franchise
to
Prince
George.
AVERAGE
INCOME
OVER
FIVE
YEARS
OTTAWA,
P)
Acting
Minister
of
Finance
Douglas
Abbott,
In
the
House
of
Commons,
agreed
to
consider
an
opposition
suggestion
that
farmers
be
allowed
to
average
Income
for
taxation
purposes
over
a
five-year
period
instead
of
the
three
years
proposed
In
the
budget.
PAY
STANDARD
LO
W
Surgeons
In
the
English
army
In
the
15th
century
received
$200
a
year
and
12
cents
a
day
for
expenses.
,
THESE
CHILDREN
HAVE
BEEN
EXILED
TO
of
these
four
children
of
Mr
and
Mrs.
Herbert
Canada
with
their
mother.
Mrs.
Rpwena
Ken
tlon
accompanied
them.
Mrs.
Kennedy
test'fi
Nlcolal
O.
Redln
that
she
had
Her
husband
was
a
star
prosecutor
witness.
The
and
the
children
have
not
yet
Ian,
9;
Margaret.
7;
and
Jimmy
RUSSIA
ACCUSED
'BY
UNITED
STATES
Demand
Made
That
Soviet
Cease
Economic
Stripping
nl
Hungary..
WASHINGTON,
Oi
Tile
United
States
yesterday
accused
Russia
of
stripping
Hungary
oi
focd
supplies
and
vitally
needed
;
Industrial
amterlals.
Virtual
de-i
mand
was
made
of
the
Soviet
to
,
Join
the
United
States
and
Bri
tain
In
holding
the
"present,
economic
disintegration"
of
the
Hungarian
nation,
blame
for
which
was
placed
on
Russian
reparation
demands,
the
Red
Army
policy
of
living
off
the
country
and
Russia's
removal
of
material
thetefrom.
Fur
Conservation
Indian
Soluton
OTTAWA,
H.
R.
Conn
of
the
Indian
Affairs
branch
toun
a
t
'ariiaiiieiiiaiy
luiuimnrc
umi
fur
conservation
service
prom-
Ises
the
most
permanent
solution
to
the
economic
problems
cf
nearly
half
of
"our
Indian
population."
BRITISH
WAR
CRIMES
PLEA
"Ihese
Are
Guilty
Men"
Says
Chief
Prosecutor
of
Gotring,
Bormann
and
the
Rest
NUERNBERG
09
British
Prosecutor
Sir
Hartley
Shawcros3
(today
concluded
his
summation
'against
twenty-two
ranking
Nazis
on
trial
on
war
crimes
'charges
with
a
plea
for
"retrl-
button
to.
these
guilty
men."
i
.
.
,
.
.
i
i.
I
air
naruey
iiamcu
wtii
de
fendant
Irom
Herman
uoenns
to
the
absent
Martin
Bormann
and
then
declared
that
"these
are
guilty
men."
On
the
fate
of
these
guilty
men
denended
grrat.
future
Is
sues,
declared
the
British
prose
cutor.
Their
disposition
would
be
a
milestone
in
history.
He
asked
for
the
death
sentence.
The
French
prosecution
summation
will
be
heard
Monday
followed
by
the
Russian.
OBSCURITY
TO
FAME
John
Mascfleld,
before
he
became
poet
laureate
of
England,
worked
In
New
York
City
In
a
bakery,
livery
stable
and
finally
In
a
carpet
factory
In
Yonk-crs.
ITALIAN
INVENTION
Ice
cream
was
invented
in
Italy
in
the
14th
century.
CANADA
FOR
Kennedy,
of
Seattle,
led
to
their
being
sent
to
ledy.
Agents
of
the
ed
at
the
spy
trial
asked
the
F.B.I.
lor
protection
alter
the
Russian
officer's
arrest,
mother
and
children
went
to
Canada
Anrll
l.
been
returned
to
their
Seattle
Kennedy,
5.
North
Can
Take
150,000
Settlers
TORT
ST.
JOHN,
W
Frank
Putnam,
British
Columbia
min
ister
of
agriculture,
said
here
that
the
fertile
valleys
of
north-
tfcltW'BifltTlrr'CSlumirie
capable
of
supporting
150,003
.settlers.
He
Is
on
a
tour
of
-the
Alaska
Highway
to
the
Yukon
border
AFRAID
OF
INFLATION
Donald
Gordon
Doubts
if
L'concmic
Line
Can
be
Held
if
Steel
Workers'
Increase
Granted
OTTAWA,
Oi
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
of
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
told
the
House
of
Commons
labor
relatloru
committee
yesterday
that
granting
nf
a
IQlln
nor
hnnr
wdoa
(nrrAaca
h
b
stepl
workers
would
lead
to
inflationary
prices.
"If
we
are
going
to
face
this
increase
then
we
are
ready
for
a
new
cycle
of
price
adjustments.
Wliether
we
can
handle
it
and
hold
it
in
control
I
do
not
know,"
Gordon
said.
Air
Lines
Fail
To
Get
Licences
OTTAWA
The
federal
aircraft
board
has
denied
applica
tions
of
three
British
Columbia
,
air
services
for
franchises.
They
t
are
Okanagan
Alrway3,
British
Columbia
Central
Airways
and
vajJiiauu
minaja
imm-cu.
JvJ
reason
was
given
for
the
refusal
but
it-
was
Indicated
that
re-
appllcatlon
might
be
entertaln-fil
later.
Reserve
of
Grain
Urged
For
India
NEW
DELHI
0)
According
to
Dr.
Theodore
W.
Schultz,
leader
of
the
unofficial
American
food
mission
which
recently
completed
a
5,000-mile
tour
of
the
country.
India's
great
need
is
a
central
grain
"reserve.
"Such
a
reserve
could
materially
Improve
"some
of
the
situations
which
have
disturbed
us
on
this
trip,
and
could
be
used
to
alleviate
sudden
local-
shortages,"
said
Dr.
Schultz.
India's
.
food
rationing
represents
"some
of
the
most
'
stringent
government
controls
yet
tried
anywhere
In
the
world,"
according'
to
Dr.
Schultz,
who
paid
tribute
to
the
public
co-opcratlon
obseivcd
In
many
of
the
areas
visited
by
the
mission.
"Wc
support
without
reservation
jour
government's!
estimates
nf
necessary
food
lm
r,oi-i
,"
lid
Dr
Schultz.
SAFETY
Fears
for
the
safety
federal
bureau
of
lnvestitra-
of
Russian
Naval
Lieutenant
home.
Left
to
right;
Perry,
11;
WOULD
RAISE
I
UMBER
PRICE
Overall
Increase
of
$20
per
Thousand
is
Sougth
by
VANCOUVER,
If
Revision
of
the
western
retail
lumber
price
celhng3
to
bring
an
overall
In
crease
cf
$20
per
thousand
feet
ls
sought
by
the
British
Columbia
Lumber
Survey.
Representing
80
retail
yards
and
other
dealers
In
forest
products,
a
brief
has
been
forwarded
to
Donald-
Gordon,
chairman
cf
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
and
D.
D.
Rosenberry,
timber
controller
at
Ottawa.
Maurice
Dlx,
secretary-manager
of
the
lumber
survey,
said
that
a
royal
commission
will
be
demanded
to
examine
the
prices
board
structure
unless
there
Is
some
immediate
action
at
Ottawa.
Urge
Parley
Over
Province
Strike
OTTAWA
O)
The
Industrial
disputes
inquiry
commission
investigating
the
dispute
between
the
Vancouver
Province,
South-am
newspaper,
and
the
International
Typographical
Union,
A.F.L.,
has
recommended
that
Labor
Minister
Mitchell
endeavour
to
have
negotiations
opened
between
the
principal
officers
of
the
union
and
the
Southam
company,
the
Labor
Department
announced
today,
The
commission
feels
that
It
can
serve
no
further
useful
purpose.
i
PASSPORT
THEFT
CASE
REMANDED
OTTAWA
William
M.
Pappln,
passport
officer
clerk,
facing
three
charges
arising
from
an
attempt
to
get
a
false
passport
for
a
Russian
agent,
.
was
remanded
until
September,
16
In
police
court
today.
The
j
case
of
Henry
Harris,
Toronto
i
optometrist,
named
in
the
same
j
Incident,
has
been
set
over
to
the
same
date.
i
NOW
TURKISH
CAPITAL
Twenty
years
ago,
Ankara,
capital
of
Turkey,
was
a
small
slumbering
town
In
Asia
Minor,
known
only
for
its
city
walls
and
forum
dating
back
to
Roman
times.
19TII
CENTURY
CUSTOM
In
the,
19th
century
In
Europe,
It
was
the
custom
of
fashionable
persons
to
have
portraits
painted
of
their
eyes
and
wear
them
in
broaches,
lockets,
rings
and
snuff
boxes.
Vexing
Nations
JEWS
FIGURE
IN
CLASHES
Trouble
in
Southern
Germany
With
American
Soldiers
Also
Involved
FRANICFURT,
W
The
United
States
Third
Army
announces
that
Jewish
displaced
persons
made
organized
attacks
on
American
soldiers
In
southern
Germany
last
night.
Seven
Jews
were
wounded
with
American
bayonets
and
bullets.
The
attacks
occurred
at
Wind-
.shelm
and
Wolfrathausen
camps,
I
r
n
ii
.
.
.
t
.
ou
miirs
suuin
oi
xuunicni
At
Windsheim
150
Jews
participated
In
the
attack.
The
trouble
at
Wolfrathausen
followed
a
riot
between
J?W3
and
Germans
which
was
quelled
by
the
Americans.
AREA
NO.
3
IS
CLOSING
Halibut
Fishing
There
to
End
on
August
19,
It
Is
Announced
SEATTLE
XP
halibut
fishln.;
in
all
Pacific
Coast
and
Alaska
waters
will
close
at
midnight
August
19,
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
has
an
nounced.
The
catch
limit
of
23,-
D00.00O
pounds
for
Area
No.
3.
which
covers
waters
westwar
J
I
(rem
Cape
Spencer
In
South
eastern
Alaska
to
the
Aleutians,
!
will
be
attained
by
that
date.
This
will
automatically
bring
closure
to
Area
No.
4
In
Bering
Sea,,
and
Area
1A,
waters
south
oi"
Gpe
B)anwrtmfih?9e!rtrienr
Oregon
coast.
Youth
to
Confess
To
Woman
Killings
CHICAGO
TO
Malachi
.Cogh-lan,
counsel
for
William
Heir-ens,
said
today
that
the
youth
will
offer
to
submit
to
prorecu-llon
confessions
of
the
kidnap-killin.g
of
Suzanne
Degnan.
slaying
of
Frances
Brown
and
fatal
stabbing
of
Mrs.
Josephine
Ross.
The
17-year-old
university
student
has
been
charged
with
the
murder
of
the
Degnan
girl
and
Miss
Brown.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
July
28,
1946
High
0:45
22.3
feet
13:45
20.0
feet
Low
7:22
0.4
feet
19:30
6.0
feet
MARGARINE'S
ORIGIN
Margarine
was
first
developed
by
a
French
chemist
in
1870
to
lease
a
fat-shortage
resulting
from
the
Franco-Prussian
War.
FORCED
TO
SELL
AT
SEATTLE
BY
STRIKE
THREAT
The
American
halibut
boat
Omaney,
carrying
60,000
pounds
of
halibut,
arrived
at
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
but,
owing
to
the
refusal
of
fish
workers
to
work
Saturday
afternoon
pending
the
outcome
of
their
wages
and
hours
dispute,
the
vessel
was
forced
to
continue
on
to
Seattle
to
sell
her
cargo.
ERNEST
BEVIN
IS
LAID
UP
Premier
Attlee
to
Head
British
Delegation
at
Peace
Conference
LONDON
Oi
The
British
Foreign
Office
announced
today
that
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin
has
been
ordered
by
his
doctors
to
take
a
complete
rest
of
at
least
a
week
and
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attlee
will
take
his
place
at
the
Paris
peace
con
ference.
Mr.
Bevin
ls
now
at
his
home
In
London.
The
Forgeln
Office
spokesman
said
he
did
not
know
the
nature
of
the
Foreign
Secretary's
Illness
and
"I
do
not
know
whether
he
knows
or
not."
LABOR
HEAD
TALKS
OUT
President
cf
TTades
nd
.
Laboj
Congress:
CJiaFges
A.r.L.
WithDomination
CALGARY
Charge
that
the
American
federation
of
Labor
was
trying
to
dominate
the
Canadian
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
was
made
here
today
by
P.
Ii.
Benguugh,
president
of
the
Canadian
Congress.
He
was
speaking
in
regard
to
the
move
to
espel
the
Machinists'
Union
from
the
Congress.
Sailor
Makes
Home
In
Cosy
Lighthouse
GODSTONE,
Surrey,
Eng.
ffl
Lt.-Cmdr.
E.
Rogers,
R.N.,
will
make
his
home
in
a
furnished
lighthouse
at
Wlnterton,
Norfolk,
but
he
ls
In
no
danger
of
being
marooned
because
the
lighthouse
stands
300
yards
inland.
Lord
Beauchamp
bought
the
original
lighthouse
in
1920,
turned
It
Into
a
comfortable
home
and
built
a
bungalow
at
the
base
of
the
50-foot
tower.
Now
the
lighthouse
has
been
sold
for
3,000
($12,000).
GOAT
SURVIVES
ATOM
BOM
TEST
This
goat
ls
one
Of
the
anlma's
who
came
through
the
atomic
bomb
test
at
Bikini
atoll
apparently
unharmed.
The
animal
was
found
aboard
the
U
S.
Burleson
by
the
Inspection
party
which
boarded
the
vessel
'nftrr
the
great
cosmic
blast.
The
bucket
(n
front
of
the
animal
contains
drinking
water.
Scientists
believe
that
the
test
animals
who
now
appear
normal
actually
may
be
afflicted
In
some
way
that
only
time
will
show.
High-Handed
Russian
Act
Two
Austrian
Legislators
Are
Taken
Into
Custody
by
Soviet
Authorities
in
Vienna
VIENNA
00
Austrian
government
sources
announced
officially
today
that
two
members
of
the
People's
Party
In
parliament
were
arrested
yesterday
by
Russian
authorities
while
on
their
way
home
from
a
session
which
voted
for
nationalization
of
81
key
industries
including
13
claimed
by
Russia
for
reparations.
Legislators
Hans
Kottulinsky
and
Ferdinand
Prlrsh
were
taken
t0
Russian
headquarters
at
Aspern
and
held
until
morning
when
they
were
released,
a
government
spokesman
said.
The
spokesman
said
the
government
has
been
unable
to
learn
on
what
charges
the
deputies
were
arrested.
The
government
plans
an
official
protest.
Complaint
ls
madJ
that
it
was
the
third
violation
of
Austrian
parliamentary
Immunity
by
the
Russians.
GARY
CULHANE
IS
ARRESTED
Shipyard
Workers'
Secretary
Charged
In
Connection
with
Province
Picketing
VANCOUVER,
-lary
Cul-
iieiu,
atuii'iaty
ui
me
mnisn
Columbia
Shipyard
General
.
Mf..l....l
1
L
I
iu
-yesitraay
on
a
cnrge
orun-laful
assembly
in
connection
with
picketing
activities
at
the
Vancouver
Dally
Province
build-
ing.
Petec
Nikolayuk
was
taken
Into
custody
at
the
same
time
on
a
charge
of
obstructing
the
police.
Amalgamation
of
Housing
Projects
OTTAWA,
Wi
A
central
mortgage
and
housing
corporation
was
announced
Friday
for
42
Integrated
housing
projects
involving
the
construction
of
2,288
units.
Of
these
work
has
started
on
29
projects.
LANDS
MINISTER
IS
COMING
NORTH
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
to
Attend'
Associated
Beards
Convention
at
Terrace
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
provincial
minister
of
lands
and
forests
and
M.L.A.
for
Skeena,
will
be-In
his
home
town
of
Terrace
on
the
occasion
of
the
annual
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
there
on
August
8
and
9,
according
to
word
received,
at
the
Daily
News
office.
He
also
expects
to
pay
a
visit
to
this
city
while
in
the
north.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
shallow'
depression
persists
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska.
A
very
weak
disturbance
has
moved
inland
over
the
northern
British
i
Columbia
coast,
causing
overcast
:
conditions
and
light,
rain.
The
!
associated
cloudiness
13
gradually
spreading
south
and
east-!
ward
across
Vancouver
Island
land
the
southern
coastal
areas.
scattered
rain
snowers
are.
expected
in
the
central
and
northern
areas
of
(he
province
but
little
other
than
Increased
cloudiness
elsewhere.
.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast
today
and
Sunday.
Widely
scattered
rain
showers.
Light
variable
winds.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Minimum
tonight
at
Port
Hardy
50;
Massett,
50;
Prince
Rupert,
54.
Maximum
on
Sunday:
Port
Hardy,
65;
Mas-sett,
60;
Prince
Rupert,
58.