.ntrrnmrni .oi i arKim? IKIglll t. . n.U 11 1 I I ' that the government Is not Dr. . . .w ...... J' the big meat packers and t iho cvctatri wioorte Inccos i r small packer. The C.C.F. ler wants the government to ance exports against home sumpuon. ill Assist In ment of 19 veterans of the ond Great War to employ-t offices in every centre of ratine region u) assist in 1 Placement of returned vet- robin, national employment :icer The men are to be dls- 'ptlftrl nit U - i EMANDS VOICE FINAL PEACE Herbert Kvalt, Australian Ff'en Minister, Has Something to Say flYTVHT . oepi, za w aus- us Externa) Affairs minister, Herbert Evatt. ripmanrlprl Tf nil . . ainst thp Avic e Big Five, be given a voice ",d& the final peace set wntu. "Hi ouune ai a news con- aa am nve fnrp ?n m n. I'Pa H . 'rea tne end of their wis m London - lams lOUCheri on nparp. aes for Italy and tne Bal. ' countries, as well as other ;sns referred to them by .Big Three at Potsdam, or d since the talks be- three weeks ago. Australian minister ur-5Uat the Bhr Pi o. w Include aii MliniHi. . armed forces contributed "'wry over tvrannv- nr Kn Preludi Pfeiude ""fence. that the present con- merely .advisory and to a tn was community." BODY AND SURVIVORS PASS HERE peace jununity 'Menace 'ANcoinwr, -'"ISM. Sr oo ,, e. u-cil vrnrs' m... . "uenuarv nv -sc nr h.i. . . - if ite a,"'Au8ust Themagls- 111 tha Further Account of Incidents at Prince George's Destruction Verdun McDaniel, 32 year old fireman, who perished In the fire which destroyed the steamer Prince George at Ketchikan last Saturday and whose body was brought" here last night on the steamer Prince Rupert bound south, had served five years In the Royal Canadian Air Force, part of the time against the Luftwaffe In Germany. He was for a time stationed at Prince Rupert. McDanlel's cremated remains were recovered from the Prince Antony glw4h .advantage G?ors u cutUrhole irwtbe side of the ship as it was Impos sible to otherwise make entry to the stokehold in which he had been trapped. A flag-draped casket contained the remains. McDaniel, whose home was at 3557 West Sixth St., Vancouver, was a fireman first class who olned the crew but two weeks ago. "I heard him scream alter tne flashback of oil and I ran up 'forward and spread the alarm," iald Raymond Hurley, a young- ter cf 16. who had been serving breakfast in the engineers' quarters. "I'd Just finished my work and was next to the engine room when the oil caught fire. Hurley, whose home is In Bur- naby near Vancouver, saw Doug las Marshall, 17, of Prince ku- pert, fireman third class, escape tn an uDDer deck. He naa dech wnrkinT as dav fireman with McDaniel. "There's a man trapped down there." Marihall told other mem bf rs of the crew. Another of the crew, Sandy Mcwmncr. an en clneer. rushed toward the en ginc room two times and both imps nnssprt out from ihe fumes and smoke. "Then one of the cooks who was a buddv of Mac's put on a .gas mask and tried to fight his way in, but the heat was ier rifle." Hurley said. After Hurley ran past the en glne room forward, the fire gong was -minded and crew and pass- engers nea me ip. """ ii bout 50 were taken off later by Coast Guard vessels. Most of the members of tne crew cf the Prince George lost their belongings. ThP crew sooke hishly oi ine hospitality accorded by the U.S. Coast Guard and people oi n.n- chlkan. Official Inquiry On Monday Next The full story, as far as can be told by the personnel of the in.fat.pd steamer, will toe told be fore an official Inquiry which (Continued on Page 2) Vancouver Island Butchers' Strike virrmrilA. Scot. 28 id1' Mem hers of the Vancouver Island Meat Dealers' Association will keen their doors closed for the remainder of the week, it was riPPirfprf at a meeting. The ac inn evtpnrt to six days the strike called In protest at meat rationing. OTTAWA ADOPTS THRONE SPEECH Progressive-Conservative and C.C.F. Amendments Voted Down OTTAWA, Sept. 28 The House cf Commons, without Recorded vote, last night adopted the ad dress in reply to the speech frcm the throne. This was after two amendments had been voted down one by the Progresslve- iWservatlves 116 to91.aDdrthe other by 'tne c.u.t'. iirw yj. ILSLEY SEES NO SOLUTION OTTAWA, Sept. 28 0 Finance Minister Ilsley said yesterday that the Prices Board has not been able to bring a suitable solution to the problem of more meat to the mine workers. He- said that If the request by the Alberta miners for a double meat ration were granted, similar requests would pour In from all narts of Canada. Twenty-four Soutnern AiDeria coal mines ceased operation yes terday as about 5000. coal miners went on strike in protest against meat rationing. The miners carried out previously announced plans to strike if the Dominion government did not all&w them an Increased meat ration. Eleven Thousand Men Are Needed VANCOUVER, Sept. 28 Q Selective Service announced that 11.000 male employment vac ancles now exist In the Pacific area. The greatest demand Is for construction and mine workers MEETING AT DODGE COVE Digby Island Community Hears C.C.F. Candidate On Thursday evening the community of Dodge Cove turn ed out to hear William Brett local C.C.F. candidate, 6peak on current tonics in connection with the coming provincial el ection. Carl Ehn acted as chair man of the meeting. The meeting was addressed first by Aid George Hills, who vefprrpd to the tactics ot tne old line parties In their en deavours to bring about a re turn of conditions which pre vailed before the war and tne total Inadequacy of a 'coaii tlon" program for the benefit of fishermen, farmers ana ouier workers. In addressing the meeting Mr. Brett spoke to friends who have known him for many years, A substantial cash contribu tlon was made to the C.C.F. cam palgn funds by individual mem bcrs of the community. I' Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTRALjBRlftQMJOUJftfsj Tomorrow's Tides, c.ratures for the Prince WARY (Pacific St&ndard Tim) during 24 hours -SdUtrlct Saturday, September 29, 194V 41 we High 8:11 16.2 feet 20:01 17.7 feet 55 Low 1:10 5.8 feet 13:34 10.1 feet VOL. XXXIV. No. 225. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Chamber Message niwi I I ere urgcu rmm Junior dirabfr oi rin Miner AH junior . -i ni-i nm npr i .1 n 1 1 ... hai seni a n:jtB"" v" .Douglas auuuvk i rfefpnee at Ottawa Jl. the government to give - of a permanent ui" prince RUP ' i,,inn is as follows: wwa adequate means of thp Pacific Coast Is primary importance iu luiun- rid peace. Whereas strategic location pf act Rupert as a base for naval nn. has ripen recoRnizt-u the governments or uanaaa i united States, Whereas all necessary equip- at ana ..-0 t equipped dry dock at pres- And whereas Prince Rupert. ; actively supported R.C.N.V.R. 1 matntainea a janse oca Hpt omnization. Therefore be it resolved mat request the government of rjda to give full and due con-ration to the establishment maintenance of a perman- , . 4 n-1MAA Ditnart " f STAND ALASKA CM OVER HIGHWiv Three Ketchikan Automobiles Head for Seattle Over Local Road Three Alaska automobiles headed out today over the Prince Rupert Highway for Seattle, being among the first, If not the first, cars from the territory to essay the trip. One car was that of Mr. and Mrs. Elvln Johnson who arrived last week from Ketchikan and have been visiting with Mr. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Johnson, Seventh Ave. E. They plan to take up future residence In Seattle. Mt . and Mrs. Johnson, sr., and Mrs. Paul Hanson are driving south with Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Johnson. The other two Alaska cars arrived frcm Ketchikan on the Prince Rupei't last evening. One was that of Ed. Lynch, Ketchikan fish trap operator, and Mrs. Lynch. The other had Mrs. Frank Lloyd, wife of a Ketchikan canneryman, and her son, David. viontrea Bulletins TURGEON TO PARIS OTTAWA J. G. Turgeon. former M.P. for Caiiboo, will be one of Canada's representatives at the International Labor Conference in Paris next month. Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, minister of labor, will be unable to attend. ARREST JAP MURDERERS TOKYO General Mac-Arthur today ordered the iSehurf'oP-34 Japanese oiHcers, and men suspected of complicity In massacre of Allied prisoners of war at Palawan in the Philippines in 1941. Buckets of gasoline were poured on 100 of them and they were set afire. VANCOUVER TO OTTAWA VANCOUVER A delegation of fourteen left here last night to meet the federal govern ment and discuss war reconversion problems affecting British Columbia. The government has a four-point program which is approved by the provincial government, the city council,, etc. ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT WASHINGTON A Douglas Skymaster 14-passenger plane will leave here tomonow on the first commercial round-the-world flight. The first stop will be Bermuda. It is expected to cover the 23,000 miles in 151 hours. TUNA BOAT LOST VANCOUVER Search for the tuna boat Ariogant and its crew of four, missing for sixteen days, is being continued with no clue of where abouts. R.C.A.F. and American air force planes and coastal fraft are aiding the search. GREAT TROOP MOVEMENT HALIFAX The greatest troop movement in the hlstoiy BUDGET COMING SOON OTTAWA Finance Minister Ilsley is understood to have Butch PREMIER KING GOES OVERSEAS ers TABLES TURNED AT JAPANESE PRISON CAMP- It was turn of the former Japanese captors in the Of una prison camp near Yokohan, Japan to bow low before hc Allied soldiers they, had made captive and for whom they had contempt, before. Liberated troops are shown passing out of camp, reputed to have beep one of the worst In this area, as their one-time Jailors bend from the hips. "So sorry." Leaving Next Week for United Kingdom and Europe OTTAWA, Sept. 28 - Prime day that, he would leave next week lor a trip to tne united Kingdom and western Europe. It WW be an Informal and possibly expended visit, he said. He will study conditions and confer wifff ' vatloergBfefrimerA visit to Canadian occupational forces In Europe will also be paid. Leaders of various parties' expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Prime Minister to make ,the trip and the purposes therebf. TWENTY-TWO DEAD IN BOMBAY BOMBAY, Sept. 28 0J Hospi tals In Bombay report 22 per sons were killed and at least seventy-five more were Injured in riots between the Hindus and Moslems In Bombay since yesterday. The rioting was the worst since 1940. Police had to open fire on rioters as the situ ation took a turn for the worse. In the bazaar a 10-6 curfew has been Imposed. NATIONALISTS-COMMUNISTS Political Elements In North China Again at Loggerheads Chinese Nationalists at Chung king and the Communists in i North China are at loggerheads i again. The Communists claim that Chiang Kai-Shek's Entra government Incited Jdpanese of Canada will be handled , troops In the north to attack the through Halifax during the j Communists, while Chungking coining week-end. It will start , "aims mat me wiuiesi-when the New Amsterdam ar- nunlsts illegally attacked Jap rives Saturday with 8000 re- .anese unltS. turning soldiers and will end with the arrival of the He dc iGetS Seven Years nance. Forty special trains jn penitentjary Joseph Fillatrault was sentenced to seven years In the penitentiary when he was found euiltv of a statutory charee bv decided to bring down his bud- , judge W. E. Fisher In County get some days netore me-new court on Thursday. Victory Loan campaign opens October 22. Thus taxpayers will know what is in store for them before they buy bonds. Mr. Ilsley is planning an early-trip to Western Canada. CANADIAN'S AT GUAM GUAM A contingent of 426 Canadians, liberated from prison camps in Japan was at Guam naval base today awaiting transportation home. An additional 340 Canadians already have passed through Guam homeward bound by sea and air. Weather Forecast Cloudy and mild with light rain, fresh to strong winds locally, reaching gale force In exposed areas. Saturday: Cloudy and mild with occasional light rain. Moderate to fresJi southerly winds. STORM WARNING A storm warning for Queen Charlotte Islands and Hecate Straits was Issued , today. The wind may reach 35 mlle3 per hour. HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND Strike Ending Objection to Rationing 'Incomprehensible to Doctor Who Has Seen Europe's Suffering OTTAWA, Sept. 28 (CP) The director of nutrition in the health and welfare department Dr. L. B. Pett said yesteiday; "I cannot understand any Canadian objecting to meat -rationing. "One look at the bodies of liberated children is enough to convince even the most skep- tical that Europe needs food," said Dr. Pett who has recently returned from the United I Kingdom. He spoke in regard to children brought here from 1 the continent for treatment. New Wanted List Is Out More Than 1,000 Nazis Sought By War Criminals Commission LONDON, Sept. 28 B) The United Nations War Crimes Commission has sent a new secret wanted list of more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals to the Allied governments. The Com mission Is demanding their immediate arrest. It has also been aunnounced that Impounded German docu- Mlnlster W. L. MacKenzie King ments link Himmler to brutal announced to Parliament yester- experiments carried out at the infamous Dachau concentration camp. Himmler committed sui cide to escape. Allied justice, Transport Shed First "Casualty''" First "casualty" among the American Installations at Prince Rupert since the withdrawal announcement was a temporary building near the C.N.R. station which housed transport despatchers' officers and an office of the Pullman Company. Situated just below the overpass to the C.N.R. station, it was attacked Wednesday afternoon by workmen bent on dismantling It. REVIEWING V-E RIOTS Some of Those Sentenced to Prison at Halifax Already Released OTTAWA, Sept. 28 (Cf) Cases of all persons convicted following V-E Day riots In Halifax are under review in Ottawa by the Justice Deparment. and a ma jority of those serving short-1 . 1 1 1 ...........nr.,. lin.rn Undo ' IL'Illl JUIl aCJlLUllWC-O llrtTC UVVII SAIGON IS TROUBLOUS Nine Frenchmen and One English Officer Feared Killed By Annamltes SAIGON, Sept. 28 0) Rebeli-ous natives fought with fire and guns in Saigon today as the open revolt against the return of French colonial rule continued, tone Frenchmen and one Eng lish officer out of forty-one Europeans kidnapped Tuesday were still missing at nightfall and British military authorities exDress fear they haVe been killed. Fish Sales (Canadian, 18'4c and 16Vic) Margaret I, 22,000, Cold . Storage. BRITISH PRISONERS COMING VICTORIA First of 11,000 repatriated British returning home from the Far East will arrive next Tuesday. The Initial party will number 289. Crisis Over Rationing Meat Coming to Close Longshoremen Return to Work As Meat Shops Reopen Representations Being Made for Different Plan MONTREAL, Sept. 28 (CP)Meat stores were reopening in all parts of Montreal today following decision to call off the four-day strike in protest, against meat rationing. The waterfront saw its first activity in three days as dock workers trickled back to work. Announcement ending the strike came after a meeting between a strikers committee and the general man ager of Quebec Food Distributors Inc. Stores already open were moderately crowded by house wives who had round meat difficult at times Impossible to get during the preceding four days. A delegation representing the strikers will go to Ottawa Monday and recommend that a vol-entary meat rationing system backed by educational campaign be tried out hi the meantime. Police Sergeant Laurent Beau-det, 33, is "showing some improvement" in hospital after suffering a fractured skull in a police-longshoremen clash yester day In front of the T, Eaton store on St. Catherine Street. Doctors said Beaudet has a good chance of recovery Heavy Sentence Life To 25 Year Terms Imposed cn Canadian Soldiers , Mhn. Ctt-oue'ratf d ..JVJth Enemy LOiNDON, Sept. 28 Sentences ranging from life, imprisonment to 10 years were imposed by court martial on three soldiers In the Canadian Army tried on charges equivalent to treason, Canadian military headquarters announced today. The three men were charged with aiding the enemy while prisoners of war. Private John Galaher of Windsor, Ontario, was sentenced to penal servitude for life. Private Edwin Martin of Riverside, Ontario, was sentenced to 25 years In prison. Private George Gale, Vassar, .Michigan, formerly of Windsor, Ontario, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. All three will be discharged "with ignomy" from the armed forces. All were members of the Essex Scottish Reglmentj and were taken prisoner during the Dieppe raid. released. Most of those under! DCCICT A MfC jail jail s-entence who have been re- ; IVLjl J I HML leased hart sprvpd more than CHUNGKING, Sept, 28 -' thelr terms Cases of those serving penitentiary sentences still are being investigated. BY BANDITS Allied Occupation of Central and Eastern Malaya Is None Too Smooth SINGAPORE, Sept. 28 Q In dlan occupation troops from Singapore are reported to have met with resistance from bandit gangs in the occupation of cen tral and eastern Malaya. Ac cording to reports, the gangs In elude Japanese deserters In their strength. The bandits are well armed with guns, grenades and light machine guns, and have been terrorizing remote portions of the country. New Zealand became a self-governing dominion September 26, 1907. Trying for Agreement At Least "Partial Decision" On Balkans Hoped For French Claim, Admitted LONDON, Sept, 23 ffi BrltalrJ; Russia and the United .States made an eleveqth-hour attempt yesterday to achieve at least a partial decision on the Balkan treaties before adjournment of the first session of the council of foreign ministers. Foreign Secretary Bevln of Great Brit ain, the United States Secretary of State James Byrnes and the Soviet Foreign Commissar, V. M. Molotov,; conferred on the pro cedure of drafting treaties for Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. It was learned later that the Big Five foreign ministers had agreed on French demands for restitution of property stolen by' the Germans and which-thc-Russians are said to have taken from Germany as reparations. The British -American-Russian talks resumed today. CASH REGISTER RECOVERED SOON AFTER ROBBERY A cash register containing about $50, stolen from Ling's tailor shop on Sixth Street last night, was recovered by Constable J. Cowgill of the city police at 4 o'clock this morning after he had disturbed a man whom police believe was trying to pry the cash drawer open In a lane near Seventh Street. Hearing a noise In the lane, Constable Cowgill investigated1 and a man came out. of the darkness acting In drunken manner. Going to ine piace where he had heard the noise, Cowgill found the cash regis ter. Later investigation proved that it had been taken from Ling's tailor shop by a prowler who had apparently used a ladder to gain entry through an unlocked rear window. A large pair of tailor's shears, apparently used by the marauder In an unsuccessful attempt to pry the cash drawer open were also found In the .lane. Constables Cowgill and Brue later took Into custody a man named Stanley Edward Mock- ford at his quarters hy Commodore Rooms. NO MORE TROOP SHIPS, QUEBEC OTTAWA, Sept. 28 0 It has been learned in Ottawa-lhat no more troop ships will be using Quebec City this season. All traffic will be routed to Hall-fax. The last arrival at Quebec was the Pasteur, docked last AMERICAN Farewell Dance Tonisht, Armories 1 r 1