NORTHERN AND pENTR AL , nTtl COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Yeather Forecast Local Tid es Prince Rupert Light to mod-craie Ml minds, fair ,und cool with Wednesday, October 31, 1945 higher temperature tonight. slightly High - 10:45 19.1 feet Occosional light rains In ' 23:C0 18.1 feet vicinity of Prince Rupert. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port Low 3:21 6.8 feet 17:04 7.9 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 251. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS THH ONLY DOUBTFUL fomo V.lrtn lo Coalitionists GoTtrnmmt Has 36 Seats irrrrORIA, Oct. 30 Of Only . ..if. now remains In the ubtful column following last rfs British Columoia election. jt s Atlin wnere, wain one .n nii to hear from still. n vmnn n ii'itiirii mr " " " ana"' (Coalition over Norman Cun- 'njham. C.C.F,, 288 to 281. B, j. Welch was last night In ,-attd elected in Comox. Run- jg as a coalitionist, he had a tfgln of 54 over Colin Cam- C.C.F with two small polls hear from, The vote: Welch, ... . ,i nn Gift The standing by parties Is now follows as indicated on basis civilian and registered service t(: Coalition 30 C.C.F 10 Mhnr 1 Doubtful 1 I A . nan 5 rz o percent frinre PiiptI Has Subscribed Umpitn Ninth Victory Loan canvassers J - - - . V. - . J.... . .. .. ,1 . . .en uicj itxcivcu juuaciiuuuns me same aav in me msnin V... - U . J 1.. Dcr cent of $700,000 and mav ,.ik1.. iL . 1 11.1. 'wiu v 'mi mpr i tin ijiii iniv Further subscriptions are as MV nuuing ... .: 2W . i w R.E.fl . UPrv 111ft inn WPf FrimimH T Inc. M 1 Art - Carol Ann Nelson 100 . . mm. ta1i.a. nn i. wm. h. p errp mu rain and Killed SEW WESTMINSTER. Oct. 30 -Joseph Siddaway, 67-yoar-i retired Canadian Pacific .ittt'ott ti . i.m. j m struck by an Interurban iln near Abbotsford while he walking on the track. He his home at Port Coquit- Temperature Itltnii 42 30 mi iimifinn ikiiiiri it m alililii ii i l u -M au -M m ni r m r h v- k m am u mm j - " Vlll Vlllllkrf I S l fcnui i- ii - ii ""n'uiuuen tnev are not leopi)oi-tunities and the . ... DVa".. .1 I -ul wfeii urouirnt situation is prevalent in wier clay here bv a irroun a naison between op- """iiiics which would be go-5 a-begging and men who be blindly scecking a 'o sink their work and "uo something substan-51 , ff the future. Actually. nwno form a "matrimon- " where ambitious men . ""'wd with cxlstinz od- for the benefit or erybody, Whll. .u. . w plan is still in Its avc stage, its supporters m!ldc sme concrete ad-,atC5 ln individually, believing ey AiCr lhcy arc organized illln c iwuiis wmcn . ul Of even rnnrn ...u..t..i-i - "J ujf towi Wilis niiouncprf H"sh"' mW. has hurchnt ,,that Winston ctlli . win n,.. .1.. 3 0f thU hn..i. L. . lree" ccepi th "Lstor Ws 'nvltcd to s?,r because of the iatlon withhls lllus- "'ll h lhe Duke of Marl" iwjk nis title from P': Rupert To Be Main G War Assets In! NortAGoqds Disposal; As they k Vv' j'ared surplus large amounts of' war goods frofv parts of Northern British Colum-' bia and the Yukon are to be assembled at Prince ' Rupert for storage pending final disposal by War Assets Corporation in the great warehouse on the ' local waterfront which itself has just been turned RUSS SHIPS ARE SAILING Nadliodka Leaving Today lor Vladivostok and Jane Jorcs Saturday The Russian Liberty ship Nad-hodka, which has ibeen here for the past couple of weeks loadings full cargo of some 300,000 bushels of wheat for Vladivostok, Is expected to sail today. Another Russian ship, the Jan Jorcs-. should get away about Saturday. Extra Ale or Beer Again Next Month VANCOUVER, Oct. 30 0--Brit- i lsh Columbians will again get their extra dozen bottles of ale or beer under the November, liquor ration, Liquor Commissioner W. F. Kennedy announces. I NO ANNOUNCEMENT Mayor ' II. M. Daggett had no announcement to make today when questioned on whether or list he will run for re-election in :thc civic elections in December. According to rumor it Is possible that If he docs run he may be returned to office by acclamation. The volume of advertising revenue carried In Canadian dally nrwsipapcrs Increased by 21.7 per cent from 1936 to 1043. 'Wlrtrtl I Ar wiiKViiirr 1 1 ITI L If tJTll MIAbt dUKcAU UNIIIIW MN klrv a k m i ... N'ew business onnorLunities exist in Prince llu- capitalized upuu wwu men who might fulfil them .. ' lil i. K loueiiier. uuiivincai un suu. Prince Rupert, a move is of patriotic business men new Dusinesscss, .aim, consc- quently, many new Job.s. They believe that Prince Rupert's expansion Is largely the responsibility of individual people. The idea developed when several of the younger business men became aware that they could not get certain services performed because they were not enough business of that type in the city to do the work. At the same time, men with small amounts of capital were leaving the city because they could find no opportunities for the future. "Bring the opportunities and the men together and you will nrnnfp new iobs and increase Prince Ruperts payrolls," they agreed. An illustration of what could be done was given by James Hutchison. Prince Rupert architect, whose conversations on the subject did much to arouse the Interest of others. "I happened to meet a man who had about $6,000 worth of woodworking equipment hero which he had used on contract work during the war and for which, 'apparently, there was no .(CoHUmied-.on.Pa.se 4 over by the United States to Canada. I. M. McKinnon, regional supply manager of War Assets Corporation, who arrived here a few days ago, has estab lished his headquarters in the warehouse and is now engaged In organizing a staff which will be drawn as far as possible from local labor. This staff will probably number about 100 persons and will Include warehouse workers, clerks, checkers, stock inspectors, guards and such like. It Is possible the warehouse may be actively used for as long as the next two years by War Assets in connection with the distribution of surplus goods accumulated in the north by the government for war purposes. Already the War Assets goods, ranging all the way from salted Ppanuts to office furniture, is be ing moved into the warehouse. Indeed, all the supplies remaining In the possession of the United States has been moved out of the warehouse Into the ocean dock for reverse shipment back to the States. Last American goods were moved out of the warehouse on Saturday. Dry Dock In Lead Again Showing the Way to All, Western Region in liond Purchases VANCOUVER, Oct. 30 Employees cf the Canadian National Railways and TransCan-ada Air Lines ln British Columbia are purchasing Ninth Victory Loan bonds in greatly increased amounts ccmparcd to previous loans' according to figures re-j leased covering the first seven days of the current campaign. At the end of the seventh day there were 1,566 applications from CjNR. workers In the province for fronds amounting to $302,100. CN. Telegraphs employees In B.C. so far have sub-scribed for more than $30,000, TransCanada Air Lines staffs ln the province arc well over the $21,000 mark. The' Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyard, a C.Nl.U. subsidiary, is (lie leading unit in all of the national system's western region, with more than 73 per cent of objective subscribed. The ihipyard leads in the competition for the trophy donated by western Vice-President W .It. Dcvcnlsh, with 203 points which puts them in a favored position lo win lhe coveted cup for the third consecutive time. Up to the end of the fifth day. employees of the C.NjR. and T.C.A. throughout Canada, had subscribed' for $7,597,600 worth of bonds, an Increase of more than $2,000,000 or 40 per cent over the amount subscribed In the corresponding period of the 8th loan. Weather Forecast North Coast Light to moderate, winds, fair and cool, becoming cloudy with slightly higher temperatures tonight north of Bella Bella. Occasional light rain during the night in the vicinllv of Prince Rupert. Wednesday mostly cloudy with slightly higher temperatures. Queen Charlotte Islands: Moderate to fresh easterly winds becoming northwesterly during the night. Partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy with rain tonight. Wednesday: partly cloudy with slightly higher temperatures. C. F. Hamilton, of Vancouver, membership organizer of the Loyal Order of Moose, arrived in the city Monday afternoon on the Princess Adelaide and will be here ln connection with a cur rent lodge membership drive for the next two weeks. He will meet the members at a special meeting Thursday night LEAD VALIANT "FEW" IN ANNIVERSARY FLIGHT Group Captain Douglas R, Bader, famed legless fighter pilot of the British Royal Air Force, is shown in Landon getting into the cockpit of his Spitfire plane to lead the flight of survivors of the R.A.F. pilots who fought and won the Battle of Britain on. the fifth anniversary of that historic battle. Only 16 of the pilots are left, of whom Winston Churchill once said: "Never have so many owed so much to so few." RAISE CACDIAC OCCURRENCE MONTREAL A six-pound baby boy, born here Sunday with heart outside the chest wall, died Tuesday following an operation ,o" putjhc organ. In proper position. The child,' delivered to the wife of a merchant marine officer, caused a stir in local medical circles because of Ihr. 'vry rare occurence known to the medical profession as cccpiic cordis. QUARANTINE LIFTED VICTORIA A brief quaranl tine of Macaulay Camp with 11000 British repatriates from Jap prisoner of war camps ended today. A medical report established as negative a suspected case of smallpox. FIVE DIE IN CRASH ANCHORAGE Five members of the crew perished and two persons escaped alive, the United States Army reported Monday night, when a C51 transport plane, inbound from Edmonton, crashed before dawn eight miles south cf East Elm-endorf Field over which it had previously circled seeking direction. GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED WASHINGTON The United Slates has given its recognition to the new revolutionary government cf VcncTuela. NINE CHILDREN BURNED TORONTO One adult and nine children were burned to death in week-end home fires in Eastern Canada. At La-chute, (uebec, a mother and four children peiished. At Hailcybury, Ontario, five children were burned to death when Arthur Harker used gasoline to brighten up the 1 flic. 'FRISCO STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO A.F. of L. machinUls in San Francisco and Oakland area have. started a walk-out. One hundred thousand workers may be involved. Thirty percent wage Inciease is demanded. OTTAWA OFFICER DIES OTTAWA Detective Thomas Stoncnian of Ottawa police force died in hospital today following a five-day fight for life after he had suffered a bullet wound in the lung in a street fight with bandits. MORE NAZI BRUTALITY LONDON A Moscow broadcast has revealed more Nazi brutalities. The broadcast said Polish police have discovered a large pile of human ashes in a Warsaw building that had been used as a Gestapo headquarters death house and tor-lure chamber. 1 SOLDIERS MANNING DOCKS LONDOI The British government has ordered further soldiers out to work the strikebound docks throughout Brit--arv:iVfaM700 MldiersJ?Am been assigned and more will i be used as necessary. A new strike vote is to be taken CLOTHES COLLECTION I TORONTO The national I clothes collection is now over objective of 10,000,000 pounds and may reach 14,000,000 pounds. LIVE 300 YEARS LONDON George Bernard Shaw, 90, says there is no reason why man should not live to be 300. Only "lethal living" prevents it. By 300, man should altain "political maturity."1 GOERING PLEASED NURENBURG Advised of the death of Dr. Robert Ley, Hermann Goering said it was a good thing because Ley was unstable. He hoped that other defendants in the war criminal trials would act like men. .MOVE JAVA FIGHTING BATAV1A Java's political volcano ciupted into new fighting last night after a s,hort-lived. truce that followed a bloody battle at the Soera-baja naval base. 'Casualties at the naval base were at least 10 British Indian soldiers dead and 40 wounded. The Indonesians arc said lo have a large store of arms and munitions. BRAZILIAN SHAKE-UP RIO I)E JANEIRO The Brazilian minislci of war, General Pedro Aurelio Moutciro, says Gctulio Vargas has resigned as president of Brazil Mouteiro aiso says that Supreme Court Judge Jose Lln-harcs has assumed the presidency of Brazil. LONDON, Air Vice-Marshal Jt'hn Denis Brcakey, C.B., D.F.C., has been appointed air officer commanding No. 222 Group ln South East Asia Command, the Air Ministry has announced. T II E Labor-Wogrcssive Party urges all citizens who have not already done so to register immediately on the civic voters' list which closes TOMORROW. PHONE 150 for Information King and Attlee'to Meet Truman In Washington, November; Will Talk Atomic Bomb, other Matters 7 RUPERT MEN ON ELIZABETH Among the 800 British ccium- j biS'men returning to Canada on i l?htr 1 beth ate 20 from Northern Brl-1 I tkh Columbia, seven are from i Prince Rupert. They are: ' Capt. Lyman H. Hinton, Prince Rupert; LSgt. J.! K. Murray, Prince Rupert; LCpl. E. A. Fltz- patrl:k, Prince Rupert; Tpr. G. ; W Sloan, Prince Runert: Gun- ner T. H. Olln, Prince Rupert; I Gunner ,C. A. Doll, Prince Ru- pert; Tpr. C. B. Lovin. Prince I Rupert; Sappsr C. Ward. Prince . Canada, Britain and the Unit-Rupert; Pt3. P. C. Hansen. Prince ed States are the three nations Rupert; Sgt..A. B. Anderson, which share the atomic secret. Massett; Pte. S. D. George. Fort Attlee, speaking ln Commons, . Fraser: Gunner T. Prince. Fort ; said that he has Invited Sir John I St. James; Pte. D. J. Tosoff, ; Anderson, chairman of the ad-Prince Gsorge; Sgt. O. Cowell, 1 vlsory committee on atomic en- Woodpecker; Bdr. E. W. Edvall.'ergy, to accompany him to Prince George: Pte. S. Jack, Haz-elton: ! Pte. F. Jackson, Hazelton; LCpl. L. C. Peters, Fraser Lake; Ptei J. F. Skuba, Smlthers; S?t. J. V. Cole, Prince George; Gunner J. S. Rossettl, Fort St. James; Tpr. B. A. Bateson, Smlthers. ' j DIRECTOR OF I WORLD FOOD Sir John Boyd Orr Named ( Russia Is Still Stalling tvJEViiiJ, Oct. 3U vii A. iicot-lisn nutrition 'expert, air 'iunii 5 nou'orr i has- teen eieaea.af$ 'tvi.or general oi tne Unuea Nations ood and Agncuitural Ur banization. Besides being a nutrition expei., iSir Jonn is aisa a member ot the Bntisn parliament, recently elected to lepre- sent the Scottlsn universities. As head of tne food organiza tion, he will hold oiUce lor ap proximately two years and will receive a salary of $18,000 and an additional $10,000 a year as representation allowance. Meantime, conference chairman L. B. Pearson, Canada's ambassador to the United (States, has announced that Soviet Russia will not at this time sign the F.A.O, constitution or become a full member of the organization. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union will assist ln the organization's alms and efforts. Mr. Pearson said the Russian delegates explained to him that, although Russia endorses the Idea of international co-operation for the improvement of agricultural production and the bettering of the food situation of the United Nations, she, nevertheless, feels the organiza tional form of F.A.O. requires more study. Tne Russians ex plained further that It has also become necessary for the Soviet Union to consult on these questions with those Soviet states which are large producers of agricultural products and agricultural raw materials. AROUND WORLD IN YAWL-HAVE STARTED OFF VANCOUVER, Oct. 30 Three adventurers', all of whom served overseas during this war with the Royal Canadian Air Force, have started on the first lap of a five-year Journey around the world. The three Skipper Hollls O'Hanlon of, Vancouver, Ed Mc-Claln of Palo Alto, California, and Tony Frombolo of Alameda, California, set out Saturday from the Vancouver Yacht Club aboard their yawl, the Nelmar, Their first stop will he Victoria and then to OJeah Bay 1st a i brief layover before heading for San Francisco. They had no definite plans on leaving Vancouver tout their Drcbable route will toe Mexico, South America and a 45-day sail to Tahiti, The ship Is carrying mrpll' : for eight weeks Sessions to Begin About Armistice Day Churchill Hopes Talks in America Will Cover Wide Field LONDON, Oct. 30 (CP) Prime Minister Attlee revealed today that Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who is now in England, will nrr-nmnanv him tn t'hn Sta.es soon. The British leader said that tliey ... ,. J V11 m, t scuss the problems arising from the discovery oi atomic energy with President Truman as well as other matters. In-Washington,' the White hcuse announced that the two prime ministers will arrive there !ln time to becin about Novcm- jber 11 discussions with President Truman concerning the future of atomic energy. Washington Former Prime Minister Church-; ill expressed the hope that the talks would not be limited to one particular topic, but that they would range over everything that would lead to . good relations between Britain and the United States. It was announced that.Forelgn (Secretary Ernest Bevlrt would not go to Washington, Indicating that matters of foreign pol-I icy will not be subject of major fllQrlicvlnri t Remanded "on' Charges of v John Whson' and fermley'Stcw art of Kltlmat appeared before Magistrate W. D. Vance In city police court on charges ot .receiving stolen money and were remanded for eight days or sooner. They pleaded not guilty to separate charges. They are held on charges of receiving money allegedly stolen by four Juveniles who were apprehendec on Friday. WENT SOLID COALITION Klncolitli Election Result for Atlin Riding Passes Through Prince Rupert Result of the provincial election poll at Klncolith on the Vans River, which belongs, to Atlin riding, found its way into Prince Rupert yesterday for transmission to the returning officer at Stewart. It gave three votes for W. D. Smith, the Coalition candidate, and none for Norman Cunningham, the C.C.F. This was, evidently, one of -the small polls to be still heard from ln Atlin riding where Smith, at last report, had a lead of seven over Cunningham ln a result vyhlch was still considered doubtful today. ART OF SOCIAL LIVING FDINBURGH (Reuter) Dr. J. A. Barrlc. of the Aberdeen School of Economics, said recently he would like to see a body of knowledge on social living built at a university for people to be educated ln the art of social liv ing. Education should cease to be traditional, bookish and retro spective. Almost ten million lines of sponsored advertising ln dally newspapers presented the claims of the Red Cross to the public during the war, .... .rt;. -- ' w RESULTS HOUSE TALKS OF DEMOBILIZATION Church Church Suggests Suggests Speeding Speeding Up Minister Replies OTTAWA, Oct. 30 tf The .government was urged last night to make a more vigorous attack on the problems of repatriating and demobilizing Canadian servicemen. The Progressive-Conservative member for Toronto-Broadvlcw. T. L. Church, said he relieved more ships could be obtained for moving Canadians if the goyern,-ment would go Into the matter. In answer. Defence Minister Abbott said that criticism of the .government's repatriation system boiled down to two points. First, it has been pointed tut that low point men come back point system does not provide with' their uniM and that the some' weighing system for hard f ighting, Mr. Atobott said that the point system was based on Veilsth of separalion from;'! families1 in Canada and did not take Into 'fiCMadajJBefoSs'ierritfr cr hard service. He said that the sysferh Tfid to be fair to all and. readily applicable on the basis of available records. VICTORY LOAN TOTALS SOAR OTTAWA, Oct. 30 F National subscriptions to the Ninth Victory Loan soared to $574,619,000 with continued heavy support on Monday. The drive is now more than $74,000,000 ahead of. comparative figures for the eighth loan drive. Monday's canvassing brought ln $75,433,750, an increase of $7,000,000 over lhe corresponding day of lthe last loan when sales were $67,994,150. British Columtola-Yukon reported two quota-topping units at Albernl and North Vancouver. The general canvass total for the B.C. Yukon area is $39,160,850, or' 55-per cent of the objective. The west coast armed forces were well up, the Navy reporting 267 per cent, the Army. 228" per cent, and the Air Force 171 per cent. NEW B. C. POLICE INSPECTOR HERE To assume his new post here, Inspector H. II. Mansell, hew officer commanding "D" division, B. C. Police, arrived in the city yesterday from his former post at Pouce Coupe lh the Peace River district, which he commanded for three years with the rank of sub -Inspector. He was recently promoted to the rank of Inspector. Inspector Mansell replaces Inspector Ernest Gammon, who was transferred last month to Kamloops. He is no stranger here, having served with the city detachment as a corporal for about six months ln 1928. $700,000 529,850 3iM