isn Doai Sighted iaje and Crew Safe ( Queen Charlottes IS FOR IAY S1.620 ' HACHUO UUSHICHITO ,A0A ''I I IAYONNAi' JL ' IUMISU I . HAHA) p ;eo 2oo t . L it i . k hk ami rvov ared lost after being unre- slncc a storm which kt Hecate Strait last week- the 46-foot fishing boat c, wun a crew or inrce has been sighted and is Irently in, good condition. police hero were advised morning. brief radio message from jincial police on Queen Char- ! Islands this morning stated i the vessel, which had been -fishing out of Skldegate, been sighted by a search- aircraft. No Indication was as to where she was lo ta Awaje, skippered by Sig 4ad, of Port Edward, Is the of several boats caught In ttierce blow last week to be brted safe. Another boat, unreported, was found mi up on a beach undamaged. skipper declined to leave his I when a rescue party reach search was begun for the aje by the B.C. Police Boat IL. 14. the navv. air force fishermen when she failed i'eport to her base at Skide- ' on Wednesday. Conviction of 51 cases in city I'cc court during May result- l collection of $1,620 in fines 11.25 in court costs, ac- ing to the monthly report Sgt, O. L. Hall submitted to Police Committee of City Nell last night. Pines collected durlnir May re the highest of any month year, and brought the pr's total to date to $5,429. collections were $940. In fy. 1944. Dollce fines were P5 and the total collection the five-month rjcrlod were 75. Ilhcre were 56 persona charged pouce court last month, five whom were dismissed. The locutions arose from 79 com r'nts received bv the nolice. Cost of maintaining the city I" for the month was $203. "ALIFAX SHORE PATROL HALIFAX The staff officer P charge of the Naval Shore f'tfol n Halifax Lieutenant-"mmander Reginald Wood Sl'titd before the Kellock Mmmlsslnn TH.,1 lnnnirv VFS- . .wv t I. '"jy. He said that the Patrol which numbered about 1210-., IPlaci 4lv was never used at one at one time during the orders on V-E Day. VOLCANO IS. if- Route of Allied destruction planes 'FIRST ARMY BREAKING UP ' Trek Homeward of Large Numbers of Canadian Fighting Men Now Underway WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN EUROPE, June 16 Oi Today is a red-letter day for the Canadian army men. It's a definite landmark In their long trek back to the dominion from European battlefields.. It Is also the begin, nlng of the real break-up of trie First Canadian Army the first complete army Canada has ever recruited. The disbanding of Lieutenant -General Guy Sim- ends' First Canadian Corps and the First and Second Canadian Armored Brigades gets under way today. RETIREMENT OF ENGINEER "Biir Walkdeii Built Many Spans for C.N.R. WIN1PEG. June 16. William ("Bill") Walkden, ibrldge en.gl need for the western region, Canadian National Railways with headquarters at Winnipeg, has retired under the pension rules of the company after more I than 38 years of railway service, He will continue to live in Win niDCK. Bill Walkden Is one of the best tnnitn ihridie engineers on the continent and has been responsible for the design and. construction of many Important structures, Including the Dunblane bridge over the South Saskatchewan, high steel viaducts on the main line near Rivers. Uno and Entwistle, and many large subways. Recently Mr. Walkden completed design-In,? and construction of a 4,300- foot trestle at Port Artnur lcaa-lnz to the new ore dock. The deck of this trestle Is 82 feet above water line. Mr. Walkden started railroad ing with McKenzlc and Mann as a draughtsman in Winnipeg in 1907. and in 1916 was made as slstat engineer. In 1918 he was iimmoted to be bridge engineer, a position he held until his re tirement. Jimmy Hines Keeps Lead In Tourney PHILADELPHIA, June 10 f in tho $17,000 Philadelphia In quirer open golf tourney, veteran Jimmy Hines shaved three more strokes off par to maintain bis lead. With a half-way total of 133, he Is two strokes under the field. BELGIAN CABINET QUITS BRUSSELLS The Belgian cabinet resigned today after the announcement had been made that King Leopold was returning shortly to Brussells. FRENCH ATTACK ON SPANIARDS PARIS, June 10 French authorities have Instituted an investigation into an incident today in which twelve Spanl ards were killed, 60 seriously wounded and 30O less serious ly injured when Frenchmen attacked a train which had crossed" from Switzerland. The attack took place near Chambry. Halibut Sales American (15c and 13V2c) Bonanza, 32,000. Booth. Canadian U8I4C and I6V2O AnVnr A. IHSOO. KtoraSP. ?Q wKlmW l7,D00r fetoi ag6 Skcena M II, 12,000, Storage Signal, 24,000, Storage. Dovre B, 42,000, Co-op. Freya, 9,500, Bacon. 1 Kyrellc, 9,000, Royal. Venture, 20,500,' Co-op. 440, 7,500, Royal. Tramp, 23,000, Co-op. Helen II, 15,000, Storage. Advance II, 10,000, Storage Morris H, 10,000, Booth. Cape Race II, 7,000, Storage Oldfleld, 17,000, Atlln. Edward Lipsett, 17,000, Atlln Kaien, 9,000, Whiz. P. Dorreen, 24,000, Atlln. Mother II, 7,500, Storage. Rodney P, 14,000, Edmunds & Walker. Joe Baker, 14,000, Storage. Arctic I, 25,000, Storage. Tccnle Millie, 32,000, Pacific, Mother III, 18,000, Pacific. Oslo, 16,000. Whiz. Maude J., 5,000, Royal. Lorna H, 9,000, Edmunds Walker. Cape Spencer, 8,000, Royal. Atlt. 21,000, Booth. North Cape, 14,000, Booth. Finclla, 11,000, Storage. J.R., 6,500, Edmunds & Walker. Cape Speer, 10,000, Storage, Selma H., 9,500,. Royal. Viking I, 10,000, Booth. Gulvik, 17,000, Royal. COMING HERE Rev, Dr. Basil Mathews, of Union Theological College, Vancouver, authority on international affairs, who will visit Prince Rupert the last week in June under the auspices of the Prince Rupert Ministerial Association. He will preach In local churches and deliver a number of addresses and shelled. IroHa Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTRAL teflffBH E LMB-IJ3 NEWSPAPER Tomorrow? s Tides TfflDeratures for the Prlnc (Pmclllo BUndMd T1m) Ipapert district for today read: innni Sunday, June 17, 194S Maximum '58 mm High 6:46 16.0 feet A 19:45 17.6 feet Minimum 47 Low 0:45 9.0 feet ' Rainfall 61 Inches. 12:59 6.5 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 140. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS EWMLUED BLOWS AT JAP EMPIRE y . V Kanazaw. Fukui A -AM innrtn 1 - 9; S.? A. . Jtamopo Dttp British Task Force Bombards By- Passed Truk Island in Carolines; Superforts Sow Mines Near Tolcyo FREE STATE PRESIDENT Scan O'Kelly Elected to Succeed Dr. Douglas Hyde DUELIN, June 10 ffj Eire has a new president. The Irish Press,, the government organ, has announced that Sean T; O'Kelly has been elected to Eire's top post in a three-way race. The 85-year-old Incumbent, Doctor Douglas Hyde, declined to seek re-election on account of his age. Allied Fleet Steaming Towards Bali-kannn On Borneo Okinawa Battle Nearly Over Cleaning Up On Luzon SAN FRANCISCO, June 16' (CP) News comes ., t ii 1 i? e 1 A11!.l U1 rom tne Jans tnemseives oi iresii ahiwi uiuwt Airainst the shrinkinjr Jan Empire. A Tokyo broad cast says that an Allied task force has bombarded the by-passed island of lruk in the Carolines alter wmcn carrier planes blasted the stronghold for the third straight day. The Naval force : - is reported to be British. Tills unconfirmed broadcast is the first hint that Truk has been- An earlier Tokyo radio des patch told of new mine-sowing operations by American super- forts. They were reported to have mined the waters around Tokyo In' several successive strikes. Another Jap account claims an Allied neei is steaming toward the rich oil refinery cntrn of Balikapan on the east central coast of Borneo. The enemy radio says three battle ships, one seaplane carrier, six teen destroyers and other warships comprise the armada. Borneo's vital oil -wells now are the Immediate objective of vet eran Australian troops wmcn are driving across the Island MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE PARIS Authoritative quarters said today that Britain has formally declined France's proposal' for a five-power conference on Middle East piob-lems. It Is understood that Britain has reiterated preference for a thre'4"powcr' conference of France, Britain and United States without Russia and China'. MOSCOW CONFERENCE . LONDON Stanislaus Miko-lajczyk, forniei Polish Premier, flew to Moscow today to confer on rcorganiring the Warsaw government as a preliminary to the Big Three conference. Moscow dispatches said that preliminary discussions were under way among Poles already on the scene. GANDHI STErS DOWN BOMBAY Mohandas K. Gandhi said yesterday that freezing of eight imprisoned members of the All-India Congress working committee was the occasion for him to step aside as leader and let them "lake up the thread of independence plans." AWARDS TO CANADIANS OTTAWA The King has approved awards to ten Canadians for seniles in action against enemy light forces in the early weeks of the Normandy Invasion last year. The list includes two Distinguished Service Crosses, four Distinguished Service Medals and six mentions in despatches. The' D.S.O.'s go to Lieutenant John V. Coplins of Toronto and Lieutenant Malcolm C. Knox of Montreal. SAYS HITLER DEAD PARIS Captured Joachim von Ribbcntrop, the former German foreign minister, has hinted that Hitler probably is dead. EISENHOWER OVER ATLANTIC LONDON General Elsen-hower left for the United States. He will stop off for 21 hours at Bermuda en-route. LIGHTNING KILLS BOYS EDMONTON Two boys of 'teen age were killed In the Elk Point district north or here when lightning hit a school house. on Brunei protectorate wmcn which' faces Brunei Bay. Meanwhile American troops arc inching rorwara on tne southern Okinawa plateau be hind flame-throwing tanks. It is predicted that the battle for the Island has not more than one weok to go. Late front line despatches estimate the re malning Japs to be not more than 10,000 at the outside. The tag ends of the Okinawa gar rlson are squeezed Into an area of about eight square miles. In the Philippines, American forces have smashed out of the mountains of northern Luzon to the floor of the Gagayan Val ley. They now are racing to ward VVparrl at the northern tip of the Island at the rate of nearly a mile an hour. SutletiU CHOLERA IN CHUNGKING CHUNGKING A less warlike note is struck by a story from Chungking that a cholera epidemic has broken out in the Chinese' capital.. Two hundred cases arc being treated in Chungking hospitals, andof-ficials are fighting, its spread. FARM WAGES' UP OTTAWA The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has reported that farm wages continued an upward trend during the last year. The bureau says that at May 15 wages were higher in all provinces than a year previous. WANT MORE NEWS OTTAWA Naval headquar ters lately has been getting complaints from the crew of the Canadian cruiser Uganda, fighting in the Pacific. The mcji complain that they do not gel enough news from home fast enough. One sailor, to prove his point,, says that it was the' Tokyo radio (hat supplied them with Uie prime minister's announcement on the dale of the election. ECONOMIC STABILITY NEEDED TORONTO The supervisor of the casualty section of the Department of Veterans AffairsMajor Edward Dunlop says that the Important thing in rehabilitating a disabled man is In his own words to return him to a position of economic stability this is, a position where he can get a Job. Major Dunlop was himself blinded in the war. NO ROOM FOR FAMILIES LONDON John Daiiphlnec, Canadian Press coircspondcnL, says that wives and clepen dents of returning .Canadian service men may not be able to cet passage home across the Atlantic for six months. 1 JOINT GENERAL STAFF NEW YORK The establish ment of a Joint general staff by Canada and the United States has been urged by New York newspaper The Daily News. The News, In a review of the Dominion's plans for participation in the Pa cific war, said that Canada and the United States should get together and work out a common defence program. B.C. Taking Over Power Important Announcement Madet Today by Tremier John Hart VICTORIA, June 1C Prem-icd John Hart announced today that the provincial government, on recommendation of the Biitish Columbia Power Commission and with approval of the cabinet, will take over three electric utility properties on or about .August 1. Official approval has also been given to the development of a 50,000 h.p. hydro-electric development at Campbell River. The three properties to be taken ovei, are the West Canada Power Co., Nanaimo-Dun-can Power Co. and Columbia Power Co. Their value Is about $7,000,000. AIR FORCE CHIEF FOR S. PACIFIC OTTAWA, June 16. Air Vice-Marshal Clifford ("Black Mlke'M McBwen will command Canadian air forces In the southwest Pacific area for the war against Japan, It is announced by Hon. Colin Gibson, minister of national defence for air. Air Vice-Marshal McEwen has been in command of a bomber group In Britain. Born In Manitoba, McEwen was educated In Moose Jaw and attended University of Saskatchewan. He shot down 34 .Qetman planes In the First Great War and won the Military Cross and DJ3.C. wth bar. CONFERENCE IS MOVING SLOWLY Canadian-Brazilian Proposal - On Constitutional Assembly Has Little Chance SAN FRANCESCO, June 16 0 Defeat of the Canadian-Brazil lan proposal for specific amend-' lng procedure seemed likely as the United Nations security con ference labored slowly towards completion of a world peace charter by June 23. The proposal called for a constitutional as sembly to be held within five to 10 vears after coming Into force of a charter for purposes of revision and amendment. The Big Five stood solidly against any fixed time for a constitutional revision assembly. Berlin Is Confirmed As Meeting Place LONDON, June i6T No. 10 Downing. Street late yesterday confirmed that the forthcoming Big Three conference would be held In Berlin. The date has not been definitely set although It Is known It will be between July 5 and 26. EARTH SHOCK DOWN COAST Tremor Y'esterday Afternoon At Vancouver, Victoria and Island Points VICTORIA, June 16 H A sharp earthquake tremor of moderate Intensity was recorded here at 3:24 yesterday af ternoon. Dr. K. O. Wright said the centre of disturbance was within 100 miles of Victoria. The tremor could be felt for only a few seconds 'but. lasted two minutes, according to the seismograph. No damage was reported In Vancouver, Victoria or the mainland where the tremor was felt. The Canadian Old Time Dance Club has donated $40 to the Conrad Street Schoo,! library and another $40 to B. Beggs of Wartime Housing for ,the children's athletic activities. LOCAL NORWEGIANS HAVE MESSAGE DIRECT FROM KING HAAKON INOSLO The local Sons of Norway Lodge has received a cable direct from King Haakon following his return to his capital of Oslo after five years of exile in Britain while the Nazis were in occupation. The cable was in reply to a message which the lodge sent to His Majesty on June 7 expressing joy at his return to the Kingdom and best wishes for tnei future. The cable from the King was as follows: "Storseth, "VInland Lodge 28. "Sons of Norway, "Prince Rupert. "I thank you for the good wishes upon my return home to Norway. 'HAAKON R.' " The message to tne King on June 7 marked five years ex actly to the day since he had left Norway and forty years since he had been appointed King and came to Norway from Denmark. DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF Flight Lieutenant Pat Deane, DP.C, now on his way home to Prince Rupert after completing operations with Royal Canadian Air Force over Europe. Navigator of a bomber, he distinguished himself by bringing the ship safely home after having been hit in the chest by flak. Baseball Scores PACIFICI COAST San Diego 1, Sacramento 8. San Francisco 11, Oakland 10. Los Angeles 11, Hollywood 5. Seattle 1-1, yortland 2-4. AMERICAN New York 3,, Philadelphia 4. game postponed.) St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 5. Chicago 8-3, Cincinnati 1-0. INTERNATIONAL Buffalo 3, Syracuse 4. Rochester 1, Newark 3. Montreal 5, Jersey City 4. Toronto 6, Baltimore 11." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 4, Columbus 9. Milwaukee 1, Loiflsvllle 5. St. Paul 3, Toledo 1. Kansas City 3-0, 4-6. Weather Forecast North Coast and Queen Char-, light to moderate winds, cloudy and cool with occasional light rains and drizzle. Quebeccrs Met, Wed in 11 Days OROWTHORNE, England, June 10 Lt. Col. Hugues Massue, Bouchervllle, Que., and Nursing Sister Marie Therese Maynard, To Make No Guns Allies to Strictly Control German Production Krupps Want to Open Again LONDON, June 16 O) The Allies In Germany are making very sure that th industry which twice fed the guns of aggression will not be able to repeat his tory. Several hundred Geitnan plants already have been permitted to reopen for essential pro duction but the Allies allow only those plants to operate" which ,urn out products wanted by the Allied armies or which are needed to maintain a minimum standard of llvlns for German civilians. The management of the Krupp works has asked permission to resume production without stating what It wants to produce. The application, has been re turned to the munition.? rirm for more details. GIRLS HAD GREAT DAY United States Coastguard Spars "Agree Prince" Rupert Is ' "Friendliest" City After being virtually overwhelmed with kindness and hospitality, fifty American Coastguard Spars from all parts of the United States were agreed, as they left at midnight last night for Ketchikan after a full day here, that Prince Rupert was not only a "friendly" city but the "friendliest': they had ever seen. They had been shown many of the Interesting1 sights that Prince Rupert had to offer and had received fine hospitality and entertainment. The ranking officer and three other girls, who were the special civic guests, had dinner with Mayor and. Mrs. ii. M. Daggett through the generosity of the Boston 6-4, Washington 5-4 Oyster Bar and later In the city (second game called In 13th). council chamber they were pre-Cleveland 5, St. Louis 2. isented with souvenir spoons, the Detroit at Chicago, postponed. ' gift of Bulger's, and souvenir NATIONAL I cards from McRae Bros. Ltd. Philadelphia 5, New York 7. They sat In the mayor's chair Brooklyn 9, Boston 8. (Second, and had their pictures taken as mementoes of the occasion. Each' girl received a copy of the Dally News to keep or snd home. ARCHIBALD'S LEAD GROWING With reports received from two more polls In Skeena riding since Friday, C.C.F. Candidate Archibald now has a plurality of 637 votes from 121 of the riding's 125 polls. Standings of the candidates to- lotto Island Today and Sunday, day are as follows: Drurrimondvllle, Que., were mar lied May 19 at the Holy Ghost church In this Berkshire town. Commander of a French speak In? Canadian Infantry reinforce ment battalion, Col. Massue met Sister Maynard at a V E Day re ception. The bride, who serves at No. 17 Canadian General Hos pital, came overseas three years ago. H. Capt. Dery, hospital chaplain, performed the cere mony. Archibald 3713 Applcwhalte 3070 Harvey .... 2008 Mlckleburgh 1424 Latest polls to report are: Osland: Applewhalte 7; Archi bald 6; Harvey 0; Mlckleburgh 2. Hunts Inlet: Applewhalte 2; Archibald 19; Harvey 1; Mlckle burgh 4. Polls which have not yet re ported are Lower Post, Allison Harbor, Rivers Inlet and Kltl- mat. Four Are Dead In Train Collision NORTH BAY, Ont., June 16. The death toll from yesterday's freight train collision 25 imlles east of here has risen to four one engineer, one fireman and two trainmen.