SO SORRY, NOW Fully aware of Jap treatment of captured Canadians, British and Americans, these Nips, who .surrendered in Bangkok, Slam, are none too sure of their own future as they are trucked to concentration areas outside the city. Pledge Recalled CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO FULFIL LAUR1ER PLAN TO MAKE REAL PORT OF PRINCE RUPERT Patre Rideout of Peace River, who has lone; advocated Prince Rupert as the Pacific Coast outlet port for the Peace River country, has just issued a pam-nhlet in which he calls upon Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King to implement the vision of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his own (Mackenzie King's) pledge of twenty-five years ago re- specttng development of Prince Rupert as a major Pacific port. Mr. Rideout's pamphlet is of such Interest here that it Is herewith jirlnted. in ill: ''If there"" Is ' a" people In- all Canada that have a real case for damages against our federal government those people are the residents of Prince Rupert. While there I attended a civic dinner, listened to after-dinner speeches, observed grey -haired men telling how they were enticed to come to Prince Rupert and paid thousands of dollars for a pile of rocks with an imagin ary line around It Jo do business on. They were told that when the second pier in the harbor was completed there would not be a square yard of surplus rock left within the city limits. They were given to understand, yes they had every reason I , consider themselves partners with our federal government In building an ocean port, a great city and rail terminal on our Northern Pacific. But like the Peace River people they were let down cold; and like our people they have been holding the bag for some 25 years, and forced to watch the Orient mall, cargo and passenger traffic that should come to their port being held on board for two days in order to put it over C.P.R. piers at Vancouver. Here let mp confess that while I was observing all this, I was not overly proud of my Liberalism, remembering, as I must, it was Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his cabinet which put Prince Rupert on the map of Canada. But wc must also remember the people of all Canada DacKect them in their railway pians in the election of 1904, and the same people backed them up in their railway construction In the campaign of 1908 and had they not been defeated on the Reciprocity Issue in 1011, had the Titanic disaster not robbed our country of the great railway magnate in the person of Charles M. Hays, had these men been permitted to complete their Job as they designed it the O.T.P. would be a going concern today and Prince Rupert would have been an ocean port Canada would have been proud of. And the effects of thaj; port would be felt in our Peace River Empire today. Great Consideration Due Prince Rupert "I am forced to the conclusion there is great consideration coming to Prince Rupert from our Liberal government and If our prime minister allows his term of office to expire without doing the necessary things to bring Prince Rupert somewhere near the picture of Sir Wilfrid's vision then I am sure Mr King will not feel at home in Sir Wilfrid's ward in that celestial City on the other side of Jordan. "Now the capital question maiJc that "is 1herc""appearing on the- horizoiV'inri whatr,was,r Wilfrid's railway vision and of, the port of Prince Rupert in the days of his prime which are now 35 years in the past? The answer to our question is found on page 159 of Hansard of our pres-f ent parliament. When the member for Skeena was" addressing the House he referred to a speech our prime minister had delivered to a Prince Rupert audience away back in 1920 about one year before he became prime minister of our country for. his first term. "'Was the Grand Trunk Pacific policy a wise one? What was Sir Wilfrid's vision (Continued on Page 5) CHECKING HIROHITO Imperial Household Assets of Japan Frozen and all Transactions Blocked TOKYO, Nov. 21 Imperial household assets ware frozen and all Imperial transactions blocked by a new Allied directive yesterday. ' '"" The order also directed the Japanese government to examine and certify to the accuracy of Inventories of the Imperial fortupe already submitted to Allied" headquarters. The directive ordered the government to block a,'l Imperial household transactions except for normal operating expenses. It nullified all property transactions since August 19,- the approximate date of Japan's capitulation. ALASKA FISH UNLOADED HERE The 2,000-ton Seattle vessel Margaret Schaeffer docked here at 10 o'clock this morning to unload six carloads of frozen halibut and salmon from the Alaska ports. The Margaret Schaeffer brought In the second such cargo to be landed here within two days. The American vessel Taku arrived yesterday afternoon to unload 16 carloads of fish destined for shipment over C.N.R. lines to the eastern markets. Movement of frozen fish through this port lias been fairly heavy recently. When the railway resumed service a week ago after being blocked by slides, some 60 carloads of fish were shipped east BIGGEST STRIKE YET IS CALLED United Automobile Workers Call Out 320,000 General Motors Workers DETROIT, Nov. 21 The United Automobile Workers (C.I.O.) has called a strike of 329,003 itkcrs in General Motors Co. plants. Starting today it is the largest single walk-out in United j States history.- , Yesterday afternoon the dead- line given the company to agree I to submit the wage dispute to r NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRmlri fcoLUMBIAS NEWSPAPER Weather- Forecast i Local Tides prince Rupert Southeast winds, veering to fresh to moderate southwest winds by evening Thursday, November 22, 1945 Overcast and cool. Rain High 3:10 20.7 feet day, occasional showers during 14:54 22.7 teer at night. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port LOW . 9:00 . 1.0 fft 'VOL. 21:42 1.2 f?n XXXIV, No. 269. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS ... m m W0 ii r m m A ft m mM Plead I Of Quit U BATAVIA, i: I II Irnnns Nov. ftw linnrr Zl (I'D IM1IPI All azis nnocence w ar .t -r nrdfrfd todav In it- I ri A f.J j .it ani niiirrwisp. nxu .... ...ilfv nf irwlKrrimlnnt rrii mTl VT A NflV, 1 IF) Wh P i.-.rUn.hnlH rnariwnvu Inrn . L.n.Ast nfitlvn nnrf Allien v unnvi" young Indonesians belongiii3 an orzanlzatlon armed by the ...... d ! rt iv (ha ciAAim'ttlAM .....In tifn Tf f nuln Vttr ( k 111a J nxlltm.tHAn 1-. .... I 1 V I ft Ul llll u ..I r or r ranee l AIM II l ,MAIIII lllllll ta vi ic uauur aim vuiuiuuiinis Are Composed PARIS, Nov. 21 (CD Can- rrrntxs nun a, view in rerun hiriM Dr Gaulle's onnosit on hrftn ur fnllvit. rl ulfti 4hm foiminj a new cabinet ilk Klmcir i.t.' r inrn iirm in inrip pnuti . p ii 1 1. ' f i .r no lniprinr. c mi n itpc nan inn f -v r r n iiiv. vvuo armaments. It. was reported itivinr Ann vh! mi f uniinM defence in the new cabinet, .ciiM.ni wnirn win hn npocpnr. v- w II 4 14 lV w the constituent assembly LUBLIN, Nov. 21 Paul Hoff- and Fritz Kuhn. who tor- iff! anrt miipn.nj nl fin... If. cmruj mi 111 111 IftflVI I IN r a a v ThA..,. I. W ... WUrAX, Nov. 21 nji Tlious- -vi ulnars aamaee nas Dccn - iu mc nova scoua coasi- -j a ncavy ramsiorm. inc oLiiii'K inn , -ttririKfn i Tiif v.. V IllUf hill an w - v a to-inue-an-nour wina -fnviii, rnn.cTni nmtnre nn nvrr ''arVCs anH nr (no " -U bill; 1I1W I III I L. 111 bllL iuttrysldc. In Halifax. Ablp Rramiin Allen ui utiawa was rushed to . -pai m ser on.i pond t on " "E ana n mniin gnk IIP -"-iuinK 10 makn fast in tile -H carr er. iIM R Pnnr hpr. "'"u ten feet tr t.hp rnn- 0rt than tlllrfv 1lnn M-oro J ""t to the liner Queen Ell'-"n to make sure she did not away from her moorings. T i. Y 1 'COlKAll Spx of, saie frce which y ana surroundlnS 1. tv ten mornlns were prc-to subside late this after- ." UJCal rpnl otnn we bhi. . .... V. Irnn.l.l r. "HIP ttri.. j . .. . fait.M, " vciucuy in uecaie , M estimated at 35 to 40 41 hour arbitration expired. The employees arc seeking a general 30 per cent wage increase. One hundred and fifteen plants are at first involved. The first walk-out was at ths Bulck plant at Flint. Michigan. Fifty-one cities have General Motors nlants. Evmtuallv 600.000 workers may be involved. Vote of Censure f To Be Proposed j LONDON, Nov. 21 Comerva tive leaders are planning to propose a vote of censure on the labor government for preoccupying Itself with imposition of nationalization instead of, devoting itself to matters of more immediate Importance such as re-establishment of veterans and other postwar problems. Brett Lead 425 Official Count Of Election - - ;Offic!al count of ballots cast In .the provincial elections in Prince Rupert constituency was held yesterday by Returning Officer Bruce Brown in the presence of four witnesses. It eave no change from the originally known result. The final count was announced by Mr. Brcwn as follows: W. H. Brett, C.C.F. .1873 T. D. Pattullo, Ind 1348 Bruce Micklcburgh, L.P.P... 538 Brett majority, 425. The final count, broken down, Included: Brett ordinary poll, 1639; absentee, 118; active service, 66. Pattullo ordinary, 538; absentee, 70; service, 0. Mickleburgh ordinary, 533; absentee, 28; service, 21. Of the service vote 19 outside of British Columbia voted for Brett, including nine In London. Six service men outside of the province, including two in London, voted for Pattullo. Mickleburgh received four service votes out or British Columbia, one in London. Unofficial count of the vote held October 25 gave C.C.F. can-diate Wj II. Brett a majority in the civilian vote xf 495 over Independent Candidate T. D. Pat-ullo. Brett received a civilian vote of 1803, while Pattullo received 1303 and Bruce Mickleburgh received 513. Witnesses to the official count were Mr. Brett, Mrs. J. S. Black, E. A. Evans and Mrs. J. R. Blackey. Ten days Is allowed for recount following the official count but it is not expected any recount will be sought in this riding. There may be a recount in At-lin riding, t Is reported. Haw Haw Appeal On December 10 LONDON, Nov. 21 The House of Lords will hear the appeal of William Joyce I Lord Haw Haw) .on D'cem'ber 10, It was announced yesterday. Joyce has been sentenced to death by hanging for treason. George S. Hockley and C. H, Hamilton, who have been In the city In connection with the membership drive and Installation of officers of the local lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, will leave Friday by the Venture to re- i turn to.Vancouver Will Be Convicted By Th eir Own Records, They Are Told ATOM BOMBS BEING MADE Ftor Experimental Purposes, President Truman Tells Press Conference '' WASHINGTON. D.C., Nov. 21 President H. S. Truman told a press conference yesterday that the. United States is still manufacturing the atomic bomb for enerhr?ntal purpose. He reiterated that United States, Great Britain and Carada. who shared thejsecrets of atomic power, were r,;tfrmir;d to ree that it was used for peaceful puroses. Any other course would, lead to destruction. SNOW HAMPERS ROAD REPAIR Snow 20 Inches deep is hampering Public Works crews stig-fUlr? to open the Prince Rupert Highway after the series of slides and washouts which obstructed it three weeks ago. District Engineer J. C. Brady raid (his morning that crews working east out of Prince Rupert and west out of Terrace would soon ie tackling the 200-foot rock-slide near Amsbury and repairing the Shames River bridge which' was damaeed bv 'floods'. tlon as to when the western sec lion of the road would be opened but said that the highway east of Terrre nrnbably would be cleared within two days. Crews working east out of PrinceRuipert have nrogressed as far as Telegraph Point and snow conditions make it necessary to grade the snow from. the highway before gravel' could be put on for resurfacing. Snow in that area Is about 20 inches deep, he said. Terrace road crew Is working west of Remo and was expected to approach the Amsbury slide today, Mr. Brady said. Repair of the Shames River bridge and removal of the 200-foot slide at Amsbury are the biggest Jobs remaining, he said. TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy of S. D. Johnston) VANCOUVER Bralome 18.50 B.R. Con 19 B. R.X 20i2 Cariboo Quarts 2.85 Dcntonia 23 Grull Wihksnc 212 Hedley Mascot 1.44 Minto 07'i Pend Oreille ... 3.00 Pioneer 7.15 Premier Border O8V2 Premier Gold 2.45 Privateer 68 Reeves McDonald 65 Reno 09 Salmon Gold ..: 17 Sheep Creek 1.62 Taylbr Bridge 91 . Whitewater 03 Vananda 53 Congress 14'2 Pacific Eastern IOV2 Hedley Amalgamated .. .07 Vi Taylor Windfall 06 Oils , A.P. Con .18 Calmont 50 C. & E 2.15 Foothills 1.40 Home 4.25 ' TORONTO Bcattie 1.35 Buffalo Canadian .42 Consolidated Smelters 76.00 Giant Yellowknife 9.80 Hardrock 94 ,Kerr Addison 17 B Little Long Lac 2.25 . Madsen Red Lake 3.90' MacLeod Cockshutt 3.25 Donalta 1.51 Moneta 71 Pickle Crow 4.20 Joliet Quebec .75 San Antonio 6.20 Shcrrlt Gordon .75 Ribbentrop Would Call British Newspaper Magnates As Witnesses NUERNBERG, Nov. 21 (CP) As today's session of the War Crimes trial opened, the fadade German wartime leaders entered pleas of innocence to charges that they unleashed the blood-bath which engulfed the world. They heard the United States chief prosecutor, Justice Robert H. Jackson, promise in his opening re- .marks to the court that they Bulletins END TIKE RATIONING OTTAWA Reconstruction Miiyslci C. D. Howe says the government may he able to lift tire rationing some time next sprint. He says the present restrictions on tires is not related to the quantity of rubber available but to the industry's ability to make enough tiles. Mr. Howe added that other contrcls will have to continue for sonic time yet con-, trolj such as those on limber, vehicles, construction, coal,: priorities and natural gas. ROBERT BENCIILEY DIES NEW YORK Robert C. Benchley, 56, author, editor, actor and humorist, died of a hemorrhage here today. 11c had returned to New YoTk recently from Hollywood where he had made a number of nip-, tion .Jiicture. fit JiUU been .1 A .. . v.'. -ii..' -t. iniiiu aiivn? uciv COMMOTION CREEK live caterpillar tractors and other equipment valued at $100,000 were destroyed by fire which swept the garage of the Campbell, Manning Construction Co., here. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT VICTORIA Section C9 of the' Civil Scivicc Act compelling retirement of women employees of the government at sixty and men at 65 will be proclaimed and will come into effect next March 31, Provincial Secretary George Pearson announced yesterday; SENATOR RETIRES VICTORIA Senator George Bernard, 77, former mayor of Victoria and former member of the provincial legislature for this city, has presented his resignation to the Governor-General, he announced Tuesday. PE1PING ON ALERT P-EIPING reiping air fields have been placed on a strict alert in view of the reported near approach of Communist forces. RICHARD LAW ELECTED LONDON Richard Law, former member of the Churchill cabinet, was re-elected to Parliament in South Kensington by-election yesterday. He is the sen of former Premier Andrew Bonar Law. PROBE FAIRMILi: SALES OTTAWA Recent sales of Fairmilc naval vessels to private interests will be investigated. Some were sold at as low as $3000. CANADIANS RETURNING LONDON The B.C. Dragoons and Westminster Regiment will leave Europe for home cn November 29. SELLING MUSTARD GAS OTTAWA Two million dollars worth of mustard gas is being offered for sale at Cornwall. COASTGUARD VESSELS OTTAWA The Royal Cana-dian Mounted Police is expected to obtain former naval vessels for coastguard service on both coasts. TemDerature Maximum Minimum Rainfall .61 Inches, 48 36 ! would be convicted by their own meticulously kept record. Jackson told the tribunal that the Germans and Japanese planned as far back' as 1940 and 1941 to attack North America from both coasts. He said Nazi records also disclosed the Japanese planned to asasslnate Premier Stalin In 1940. One by one, Hitler's henchmen twenty-one in all stepped before the trlbual to enter their pleas. Speaking Into a microphone. Relchmarshal Georlng intoned: "Before I answer the question of the High Court whether I am 'guilty or not guilt . . ." The court Interrupted him. Then when he was permitted to continue, Ooerlng announced: "I declare myself in a sense not guilty." Defence attorneys have challenged the legality of the Nuern berg War Crimes trial, claiming that the trial Is Illegal on the grounds that .It consltltutes ret roactive law, , The claims, however, were de J)le4byee4di3?--Juc;gi e, The defence action Is the lat' est development In the Interna-, tlonal War Crimes trial which began in Nuernberg, Germany, yesterday. The first day's sitting of the' court was highlighted by the request of the former German foreign minister-Joachim von Ribbentrop that three British newspaper magnates be called as his witnesses. Those named by Rlbbentrop's counsel were Lord Beaverbrook, Viscount Rothermere and Lord Kemsley. The greater part of the first day of the trial was taken up with the reading of the 24,000-word indictment against the Nazi leaders. During the day, two of the defendants fell 111. Rudolf Hess suffered an attack of abnormal cramps, while Ribbentrop collapsed and received sedatives. Hess remained In the courtroom, and doctors said that Ribbentrop would be ready for today's session. Prince Rupert Mentioned TOTEM POLES AS VALUABLE AS PYRAMIDS, SAYS ARCHAELOGIST , "Nowhere on the Coast has such effective use bciin made of cedar monuments (totem poles) as in Princb Rupert where handsome Haida poles have been set with great artistry amid the rocky hillocks whichac-count for much of that city's wild beauty " says' EtI-ward L. Keithahn, curator and librarian of the Alaska Historical Library and Museum of Juneau, Alaska, in his new-book, "Monuments In Cedar." The book about totem poles and northwest coast Indian culture generally Is being published In the United States by Roy Anderson of Ketwnikan, Alaska. It contains 160 pages, 53 pictures and a large map of the "totempolar region." It has chap ters on how to read a totem pole, on northwest coast decorative art, on thp medicine man and the potlatch, and on many of the famous coastal "legerjds In ced ar. Although authentic and authoritative, the book Is writ ten also so that the layman can understand it. It Is expected to be popular among tourists and residents who want to under stand the awesome Indian art of this region. Mr.s Keithahn urges that the work of restoration as evidenced In Prince Rupert be continued because he says the time Is near "when these monuments .will Be EISENHOWER - ARMY HEAD Succeeds Marshall as U.S. Chief of Staff Nlmitz Takes Over from King 1 'WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21 President Triuian yesterday nominated General Dwlglit. p, Elsenhower to succeed General George C. Marshall as .'United' States Army chief of staff." Gort. J. T. McNarnee will succeed Gen. Elsenhower as commandrrfn-j chief in Europe. At the same time it was announced that Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz will succeed' Ernest King as chief of naval Eleven Japanese War Leaders Are Taken In Custody TOKYO, Nov. -1 Baron General Shlgeru Honjo, who committed suicide yesterday after being arrested! was one of 11 Japanese war leaders of the past Imperial decade who were ordered Imprisoned on Monday. COLLAPSE OF GREEK GOV'T Cabinet Resigns After Running Into Financial Crisis ATHENS,- Nov. 21 0 The cabinet o't Premier anayptls-KaneMopoufcs of Greece resigned Tuesday. Kanetlopouios, vice - president of tije .preek cablrretfo-exlle lster of finance and fecojjsjruc-'" tlon, became Premier November 1. Government quarters attributed the collapse of the cabinet to recurrent economic troubles. It was reported Monday that the British government had turned down a Greek request for a loan. NEW MINISTER IS APPOINTED Frank Putnam Succeeds Late Dr. K. C. iMacDcnafd in' Provincial Cabinet VICTORIA, Nov. 21 Frank Putnam, M.L.A. for 'fsor-Creston, Is the new minister of agriculture, succcedlngHon? Dr. K. C. MacDoriaUl who died at the first of the wcet fiv Putnam was sworn In today. considered a resource as.lmport- ant to Southeastern Alaska; and coastal British Columbia as the pyramids arc .to Egypt or the ruins of ancient Rome .top modern Italy. The significant tact is simply that np other place in the whole world has totem poles; people will come from far and wide to see them as long as they remain." Navy LeagueClets ( , Substantial Gift, , Another welcome gift has been received for the funds of the Prince Rupert branch of the Navy League of Canada to assist lri furthering the work of. the Prince Rupert Sea Cadet Corps. It Is a check for $448.67, representing a balance held by' the entertainment- committee of UM. CS. Chatham which was recently disbanded here. S2E '1 M '-''I -1 -. ft 4