a v m r r n t IlKfAI 'UIUK fUUMJI IIAITIL yrxLJl-tii 1 wi 1 mnvi. iui Highway Improvements and Better Accomodation Here Are, However, Required Auto Club Organizer in City The Prince Rupert Highway cannot be fully recom- i.ilt n imr ltc honpfltc until t no nrcnn f iinonii'pnn nr i t 1 1 v .r - - orv link between Kitwanga .l r.nt in nmnnv shnnp snvs nmt rf VlO RviflCn f:mllmhll A llf nvlV.;i A nr. si II I h I J IJrrlLJKK DISCIPLINED SWGAPCRE, Sept. 18 0 The thea::T Asia, Aamirai uora sp.-ary ar.tlnn taken against .... 1. C nnffl Tfc 4 1 rAn'SrfArl hat tli J: ; a3irse were iorced :o .h hv.ir foreheads to the .... J ' r..imu. AAli UNUtK n r r u r-1 f r 1 ibkii I n I w V r nrtrnuru h ill 1 1 r u ivi r ni I HLIL.IVI II.I1 Pci-.iiii'y of an investigation the liiimVr if tavlraK Vnicl- ae cny wa.s maicaiea uy Aiaer-nE!i Rj.bprt MrVCav at last .im t .uiiiii meeting wucu it rnipsri ..npfi rnp nn ipu nr tnp ;ce:.;;ng, committee in granting iperatjK permits. T so we have lust granted nse,5. At the last meeting m pr "'& t:..' granting of four," . . . ' ' - ' 1 WV WWwt rca ui uixi sianas. He askrd if the city had auth- irity t:j spread the taxi oDera- ivcr a widet area of the my f . ,iat the threat to Third Ave r ;uld be avoided. If it kept ap. hp t r r-xst. there would be no parking space for private drivers on the street. City Clerk H. D. Thaln pointed that taxi operators have no .re tisnt than anyone else to park id front of their taxi '-"is. Even if they own the bulld ogs they have no orlor claim to e parking rights In front of 'sm, he :ald. Alderman Black agrppd that he city should take steps to tribute the taxi stands arcuhBut the city. Alderman Arnold could see the t'me nmi: 2 -when we should we proper taxi stands." ine increasing number of taxi ousiness c mpled with the debasing population might create a ;Jtaatl;:a with which the city eventually have to cope, Merman M::Kay felt WANT STATION iHT BACK Fisheries Experimental ptabhshment Should Be Logically Here The Inoemltv r Dri Z Jntre of 1 he est fish-6 area m the province, being uiertas biological station which wa lrt Ua,l"d here before the L ,Ioused.AldmanT. B. Black .,: u,se mat It be brought ume. 1S gleal Carter says that it thai ?8 in the south so ot V:, near the oinces that it i la comPanies. I say Alderml e flshlnS industry," city tav. motion tnat tne ,.7 "ite stem tn 1 thatal? Arno,d lhouht tult, 1 . ,uEf paft f the diffi-Pref,r V . lhe sta" members "Uev H'In the soulh-v wher. to be in Vancou-scho; III . they can .get cheaper be to thp J'r thelr children and e said. w;,tr of things," she "Tt' - Pre. Thp 1 tnat we should shUd bi KXpeu mental station r Brett u?ht back," Acting "'til aerppH Weather Forecast slonallleht . ,mlld wlth occif-Wm 7 m 'H aht wl"ds be-Tue-d9, i.n: fr"esh durtnc nk m r-w -r- a v 4 '- v a c and Hazelton is widened Krnnlr Tlirrl nrrriMMnn . elation, who Is here to assist in "1C Atu"g ui a prancn 01 me Association here. "This should certainly be taken care of as one of the first rehabilitation nro- X Jects. It is part and parcel ofL" case for the .lfe .maintenance maintenance thP nrnvifiai hfThtt., ,-ctpm lNavy and Air Force bases here It does not seem reaspnable tljat you should have a fine highway between Prince Rupert and Terrace and a weak section connecting It with the rest of the province. There should also be better surfacing of the Prince Rupert-Terrace portion to eliminate loose and flying gravel. Mr. Bird went on to enumerate other steps that should be taken to. put Prince Rupert fully on the motor tourist map. He advocated eatly action on obtaining a car ferry service between Prince Rupert and Haines, Alaska, to tie up with the Alaska Highway by way of the coast. It would be desirable if the Jones Act could be suspended so as to permit of visiting cars being carried on Canadian vessels. Accommodation Must Be Provided More and better accommoda tion is also badly needed at Prince Rupert if motor tourist traffic is to be properly taken care of, said Mr. Bird. He sees the bpportamtyracftrmhrng auto court here. This is some thing that the municipality would be well warranted in interesting itself in. He mention- pH a flnp mnnlMnal antn nrnir ! which existed at Cranbrook with swimming pool and such features. Material from one of the military camps here might well be used. "Once your highway Is In first class condition throughout and you are properly equipped here, Prince Rupert Is going to be a most popular objective for tourists," declared Mr. Bird. Speaking of financing of road work and improvements generally, Mr. Bird strongly advocated that automobile licence fees and gas taxes should rightly be carmarkerl for road purposes instead of going into consolidated revenue. The importance of favorable publicity for this area in order to attract visitors was also emphasized by Mr. Bird. Tonight Mr. Bird will meet a "steering committee" which Is working on the organization of a local branch of the British Columbia Automobile Association. This committee consists of J. H. Black, who has been taking a leading part in the formation of the branch, Jack Wrathall, Johnny Comadina, C. A. Brind, J. E. Boddie, Jack Mussallem, E. Riel, O. C. Mitchell, C. F. McCarthy, Robert Parker, Ray-Allen, A. M. Budinich and C. W. Kellett. A general meeting of all automobile owners will be called later to perfect organization. The Automobile Association is capable of "giving motorists a better deal all the way through," says Mr. Bird who cites as some-of the benefits its members receive protection against adverse legislation, advantage of group insurance protection, legal services, towing services and complete tour arrangements. Mr. Bird, who arrived on the Catala Sunday night from Vancouver, will proceed tomorrow evening to Prince Oeorge. TRAIN DELAYED BY DERAILMENT Derailment of a freight train at Endako last night has caused a delay in passenger train schedules and the westbound passenger train, scheduled to arrive at 10:45 tonight will be between five and six hours late, it was announced today. RARE QUARTERS Birth statistics show that quadruplets occur in 658,403 births. t Bases jined CityWuncil Would Retain Navy and Air Force Here Alarmed at the apparent finality of the actions of the Royal ' Canadian Navy and the Royal I Canadian Air Force In closing their bases at Prince Rupert,: City Council last night went on ' record as urging the govern-1 ment that those two service oranches maintain at least auxiliary bases in the city. I On motion of Alderman T. B. ; Black, the city delegation now! on its way. to Ottawa will be asked by council to present a of Particularly when Canada is going toliave an enlarged Navy, I think that this city should, be used as an auxiliary base at least,"(Alderman Black declared. "The R.C.A.F., too, has made large expenditures here.' It should continue to use it." Council was unanimous in its approval of Alderman Black's I motion. Complete Sell-Out Of "Yank" Special The Dally News regrets to annqunce that there are no further extra copies of Saturday's "Farewell to Yanks" extra available at the office. So popular has the Issue proven that all copies were completely sold out by yesterday and people were clamoring for more. It is possible that Americans may be able to obtain some from the various unit canteens which had their blanket orders in days before the time of publication. 5URVEY-0F" GRENVILLE CHANNEL The first thorough hydropra-phic survey which, nas been' ever made of narrow and tortuous Orenviille Channel, on the main "Inside Passage" between Prince Rupert and Vancouver, is near-lng completion. The government hydrographic survey steamer William J. Stewart, which has been carrying out the survey during the past six weeks, was in port over the week-end for outfitting. Chief Hydrographer W. K. Willis stated that by the end of this month the survey should be finished and the Stewart will proceed south for the winter. In Mr. Willis' words, there has never been a '"decent" chart 6f Grenville Channel but this will now be rectified as a result of the survey. Through local, knowledge and straight keeping to the middle of the channel which has deep water, rocky shores and few mid-channel obstructions, coast navigators have had a minimum of accidents. Capt. George Billard, formerly with the Navy here, Is master of the William J. Stewart. EQUIPMENT IS SMASHED Radio Gear Worth $200,000 Deliberately Destroyed, Says Union Man TORONTO, Sept. 18 (?) An official of the C.I.O. United Steelworkers Union has charged that $200,000 worth of radar eaulDment was destroyed last week at the Toronto plant of Research Enterprises Limited. The charge was made by Howard Conquergood of the Steelworkers Union in a telegram to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Reconstruction Minister Howe. He said that this equipment was deliberately smashed and scrapped although it could have been used for peacetime activities. Equipment Is Being Inventoried OTTAWA, Sept. 18 (Cfc Reconstruction Minister Howe said in the Commons last night that an Inventory Is being kept of all surplus or obsolete equipment being destroyed or disposed of in Canada. He said tnese inventories will be available for Inspection by parliament Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTR AL BltriTSH' COEUMBI AB NEWSPAPER Temperatures for the Prince Tomorrow? s Tides Bupert district during 24 hours (Pacllla Sundtrd TlaM) ending 5 am, Wednesday, September 19, 1945 yaxtaum Illgh 11:54 19.0 feet 23:50 21.0 feet Low" . 5:36 4.2 feet VOL. XXXIV Hn Mfi PRINCE RUPERT, BC TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS 17:50 6.9 feet Jttle Girl' Body F oun d-Sch ool Boy Held CHICAGO-BOUND CALIFORNIA LIMITED IS WRECKED Wrecked engine and baggage car of the Chicago-bound California 'Limited, Santa Fe passenger train No. 4, are shown piled across the tracks near Santa Anita racetrack, Los Angeles, Cal. There were many casualties. COUNCIL RELAXES; ALLOWS SCHOOL BOARD TO APPOINT NEW TRUSTEE There are times for action and, again, there may be times when inaction is more prudent. City" council last night had an op portunity to make Inaction pay. By doing nothing, they were able to escape responsibility for burdening the city with the cost of a by-election for a new school trustee since Trustee S. L. Peachey has resigned. . School board chairman Dr. R. G. Large appeared before council last night to inform ltstjnem-bersthat Trustee Peachey had accepted a position as janitor-engineer of Booth Memorial High School and that, being an employee of the school board, he cannot remain a member of it. The school board chairman read an excerpt from theSchools Act which outlined the-cbur-of action to be taken in the-matter. According to the Act, he said, council should give notice of a ny-eiecuon witnin a month. ! are headed for complete failure Failing such action, the school 1 and another war in the Orient, " board has power to appdint a Russell asserted that "Hlro-trustee to fill the vacancy. Ten-hito is head of Japanese im-ure of the trusteeship would run j perlallsm. He is one of the great-untll the annual civic elections est aggressors in history."- "I don't see why we should put the city to the ccsf of a by-election just to supply a trustee for the next two months." Alderman Rudderham said. "We have had too many elections and by-elections this year already." None of the ouier aldermen could, either. So they decided to do nothing In the matter, thus allowing the school board to appoint its own trustee. TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy ot S. D. Johnston) Vancouver Bralbrne 16.50 B. R. Con 18 B. R. X. 14 Cariboo Quartz 2.60 Dentonla 16 Grull'Wihksne 16 Hedley Mascot 1.15 Minto 09i,i Pend Oreille 1.90 Pioneer 6.35 Premier Border 082 Premier Gold 1.60 Privateer 50 Reeves McDonald 40 Reno 07 Salmon Gold 21 Sheep Creek 1.40 Taylor Bridge 83 Whitewater 01 Vananda 46 Congress 11 Pacific Eastern 07 Hetiley Amalgamated 06 Taylor Windfall 08Vi Toronto Beattie 150 Buffalo Canadian .39 Consol. Smelters 67.00 Giant Yellowknlfe 6.85 Hardrock 80 Kerr Addison 15.75 Little Long Lac 1.76 Madsjn Red Lake 2.85 MacLeod Cockshutt 3.10 Donaldo 1.15 Moneta 68 Pickle Crow 4.20 Jollet Quebec 76 San Antonio 4.95 Sherritt Oordon 70 Steep Rock 2.50 Senator Rouyn 89 Homer .34 Jacknlfe 20 B0M0 18 God's Lake 47 V2 Lynx 43 Mrs. J. R. Slaggard called last night on the Princess Adelnide I for a trip to Vancouver. Hirohito's Head- U.S. Senator Asks Arrest Insists That Japanese Emperor Is Aggressor and War Criminal WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 18 CPi Smoulderine concessional xUssatfsf action with peace terms Imposed upon Japan . flamed to-;day with the demand' by Sena tor Russell, Georgia Democrat, -for the arrest of Emperor Hiro-thlto a? a .war criminal. Russell 'fieclared th'at'what-be "described as a soft peace was developing for Japan. He .said that, If present policies are continued, "we JAPS ARE AT LARGE TOKYO, Sept. 18 Fifteen of the suspected Japanese war criminals on General Mac-Arthur's wanted list are still at large. Twenty-nine of the Japanese on the list are in military custody and two are suicides. Of those 15 still at large at least one Is where the Allies can .get him whenever they choose. Two ethers are listed by the Japanese as dead. Mine Clearance Hazardous Work GUERNSEY, Channel Islands, Sept. 17 O) During a 90-day program to clear 76,000 German mines from the coastal regions of Guernsey, four British troops and nine German prisoners of war were killed, and five British and 15 German soldiers were Injured. Since May 11 large numberjs of British troops, helped by war prisoners have been engaged in reconstruction, and 96 per cent of the underwater obstacles around the coast have been rendered harmless, and 84 peV cent of the anti-landing fortifications, such as large wooden stakes set up In the fields, have been removed. One thousand of the 3,000 damaged hoi;es in Guernsey have been restored along with 11 of the lslapd's hotels. TO QUIZ HIKOHITO TOKYO The Premier of Japan said today that his government would conduct an investigation to determine the responsibility for plunging Japan into war. Emperor Hiro-hito will himself be asked the direct question if he knew in advance of the plan to attack Tearl Harbor. Flying Officer Murray Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson of this city, returned Sunday night from Vancouver where he obtained his discharge from the Royal Canadian Air Force in which hp served over - seas. 7TYTYTTTTYTTY TV VTTTTTTTT Bulletins MANY AMERICANS IDLE WASHINGTON No less than 215,000 American workers are idle owing to strikes and disputes, it was announced today. ON U.S.S. MISSOURI - VANCOUVER Fifteen Canadians arriving over the.' weekend from the Far East, having flown across the Pacific, said that 200 Canadians were being brought home 'aboard the American battleship Missouri. LITTLE GIRL MURDERED vivrnnrro . .-.-t, by more ' than 3000 Vancouver citizens, including several hundred women, ovtr the en tire city; the battered body, of fdur-ycafldittKutf was found burled in an unused garage near her home. She had been murdered. RUSSIA1 AND AFRICA LONDON Russia announced today that it desired exclusive trusteeship ;'qf the former Italian' North Africa colony of Tripolitania; Foreign Commissar Molo'tov said that Russia was "anxious to secure a foothold In the Mediterranean." NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED TOKYO The leading Tokyo newspaper Asahi has been suspended for 48 hours by General MacArlhur -for saying that United States violated in-, ternational law by using the atomic bomb. VICTORIA MEAT STRIKE VICTORIA Retail meat dealers, of Victoria decided at a meeting of the Vancouver Island Meat Dealeis' Association last night to close their shops this Saturday unlcs the government rescidends its order introducing meat rationing. HITLER IN JAPAN WASHINGTON Reports that Adolf Hitler may be in Japan are to be investigated. It had been said that Hitler was seen to have landed from a submarine in Tokyo Bay, being whisked off to an interior village. TROOPSHIP ARRIVING QUEBEC The troopship Scythia, with 1&39 returning servicemen aboard, is due to irrive at Quebec tomorrow moining. Previously, the ship's arrival had been set for today. LORD HAW HAW AWAITING FATE Two Counts Are Thrown Out, Leaving Only One Defence Based On Brooklyn Birth LONDON, Sept. 18 W The British court today reduced the treason indictment against Wil liam Joyce to a single count-that he broadcast German propaganda as "Lord Haw Haw" for nine - and - a - half month.? while holding a British passport. Mr. Justice Tucker, presiding in Old Bailey, threw out two counts based on assertions that Joyce is a British subject. The defence, which rested without calling Joyce to the stand, held that he Is a citizen 1 of the United ptntes born in Brooklyn. Shocking Discovery In Shallow Grave Brings Great Search To Close Twelve-Year-Old High School Student Is Being Held For Further Investigation and For His Own Protection VANCOUVER, Sept. 18 (CP) Walter Mulligan, superintendent of criminal investigation branch of the Vancouver police force, said today that a 12-year-old Jboy is being held "for further investigation' and for his own protection" in connection with the discovery last night of the body of four-year-old Dianne Blunt. The child's body was found buried under three Inches of dirt in an unused garage twenty-five yards from her East Hastings Street home. She had been missing since September 11. Superintendent Mulligan saidj last night while searchers scoured South Vancouver area, in a hunt for the missing tot he had received a telephone call from E. F. Arnatt, employer of Dianne's father, EJ. Blunt. Mr. Arnatt, who had led in the search for the child, said that, while coming down a lane at the rear of the Blunt home, he met a 12-year-old boy who said he had discovered "something suspicious In a garage near the Blunt residence." Mr. Arnatt said he accompanied the boy to the garage where he found signs of freshly turned earth and what appeared to be a shallow grave. The greatest search In the his tory ot Vancouver then ended last night with the finding of the battered body of the little ! B"L The search had spread over statement was that they had re celved a "tip" from a civilian -1.. v a. i Ht.u& i j " iT""' n T.v"?, .v. nicj wuc scanning iui a iuui - deL.sus?ct" . . ine i-s-icar-oia ouy goes ui junior High school and is a friend of the family. He has not yet been questioned by the police, Mulligan said, An autopsy is being held to determine how long the child has been dead Bunoz Memorial- To Assist Religious Education New Bishop Turns Over Gift To Finance Prospective Young Priests and Nuns ' The Bishop Bunoz Memorial Fund for Education is to be set up to assist the training of young boys of this Roman Catholic vicariate for the priesthood and girls who may dedicate their lives to the work of the church. This announcement was made Sunday night by Bishop Anthony Jordan as the disposition of a substantial purse which was presented to him at a parochial reception following benediction at the Procathedral of the Annunciation. The presentation was from the people of the parish and outlying points In the vicariate as well as from Roman Catholic members of the American forces at Prince Rupert. The reception in honor of Bishop Jordan was the culmin - atlng event in a week of cere - monies and festivities marking the Installation of the new chief priest of the vicariate. There was a large gathering consisting practically entirely of Roman Catholic people who were thus given the opportunity of being presented formally to their new bishop. The parish priest, Father W. F. Lantagne, presided and the program Included speeches of welcome by Mrs. J. J. Glllls, on behalf of the Catholic Women's League, of which she Is president; Charles Rlmmer, on behalf of the men of the parish, fend Father J. A. Carroll; a recitation in French by Mrs. J. L. Blaln, and piano solo by Miss Frances Moore. Following the proceedings delicious refreshments were served, the refreshment feature being I the bishop's cake. ACID-DAMAGED CLOTHING IS :rown evidence Clothing alleged to have been damaged by acid was presented as evidence against Boyd Telford, defendant in a breaking and entering with mischief case heard yesterday and today be fore Mr. Justice J. M. Coady in Assize court here. The clothing .belonging to Miss Liberty Giacintl, waitress, is claimed by Crown Prospecutor W. O. Fulton to have been sprinkled with acid by Telford last May after he had moved out of an apartment at 623 Sixth Avenue West. Last March there had been a dispute concerning the ownership of household furnitureMiss Giacintl told the court Telford, she said, had possession of a key to the apartment A maroon-colored chesterfield bought by Miss Giacintl had been completely destroyed" by having acid poured on It, she testified. Clothing in two clos- ueorge viers, occupant or the i nnnrt.mpnt aHlnlnlno MIc nin. Mnti's, told the court that he hH mar.'. positively identified as that of Telford In Miss Giacintl's apartment about 10 o'clock on the night of May 10 shortly before Miss Giacintl returned to discover the damage in her apartment. He testified that he had known Telford for some time before the Incident, having met him on sev eral occasions while he ( Viers 1 was a waiter in a beer parlor. Have you ever held a face- to-face . conversation of any length with Telford," Defence counsel T. W. Brown asked Viers. No, I guess I haven't," the witness replied. The case was adjourned Mbn- day afternoon, and was continuing this morning. Jurors hearing the case are: Robert H. Parker, foreman. Robert A. Beatty, John Odowes, , William S. Bree, Paul Gaudette, I Walter E. Allen, Wesley Banta, James Hogg, Henry L. Qulcfc, David Owens, Fred M. Bennett. James Bremner. POLICE HONOR INSP. GAMMON Inspector Ernest Gammon. who has been transferred as of ficer in charge of "D" division of the B.C. Police here to Kam-loops where he will take charge of "C" division, was central figure at a presentation ceremony In the office of Staff ser geant u. A. Johnson this In the presence of several H members ot the force here. In- i 1 spector Gammon was presented 1 1 with , a heavy, Inscribed silver 1 tray along with the best wishes of the non-commissioned officers and men of "D" division. The presentation was made by Staff Sergeant G. H. Johnson. "This northern country Is a good country to live In," said Inspector Gammon in receiving the presentation "There are a fine bunch of men In "D" di vision and you can go far in police work. As we older men leave the force there will be opportunities for advancement by younger men. "I have- found that there are two Important things in life-one's friends and one's health. We should look after them both." The Inscribed silver tray car- friendship fot both Inspector JE; and Mrs. Gammon. They leave Thursday night to take up rest dence afKamloops.