""in NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISlf COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Local Tides - TAXI TAXI Friday, December 14, 1945 537 High 9:11 19.9 feet 21:46 17.9 tt 2:25 6.9 feet DAY and NIGHT SERVICE Low 15:30 6.4 feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port vV Bill and Ken Ncsbitt VOL. XXXIV, No. 288. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS mployment iH&&S Rupert ump Is DUv .i v. erinu Dl niinAft la t n nil Ainvilnit nt slump that In Its present js, is nartly seasonal and tlv contributed to by dlffl- . . 1. 1 i i . r.i i ' cj 3 materials. Unemployment .....,. nfflrop R. V Whltlnir ,ves that, barring the con ltlon of a mass lay-off at dry dock, of which he dls- .....nf ninrililrms will Kn i- VrifThrn in .laniiaru anri .tlnue to improve until the X next summer. I can't give you the exact fig- -j," he told the Dally (News jnosHv afternoon, "hut at cscnt there Is an increasing w a lew uay axo uc uuv- .. J Mnnf Kilf 4 VtOfA rlaff nit pn nun uuu Lttvit: uriiiiiLriv .mjikI iVinn (Vtora n r t ttUs tit jiliWJb wvv, mi. jutAi iu filled. This condition has been mrainpn sinrp inn minnip ni L.. Ttiuuci lly hit is the construction lusLiy niiii.ii. in ouivc ui uic ung oi restrictions on con- UI-l llIII lllllll U All lllUlf Lllllll getting building material5. ia.uuiu in wua iiciu uiav ,;hten Among returning veterans, Mr. irant sain, are " a lew na . . .1 1 ,1, jjt lurv A ii li 1(1 uac "It's not a large number but r.c are some vetciaus nu aic 14 However, he added, employers mute iiuijci b nave jjcut uyc i vrv rrmpn wnn wusnpn lu tUU Wit J lUikWU. My oersonat opinion Is that In spite of the growing un- i v iw Ms w v v w I The fishing Industry Is at au us CCD out wu "on the up-grade after the Sinning of the new year when it laimrm trnlllnn fttnrt.c UULU tX tNU ilTMnDITV ftE n riirmr rfri JiiLKT hlJUT 'Agreement that the Interna- given au niui ti.jr w -i wunyuui uuuy ui " r vi Hsncncs on wic i hciiiu 04 was the keynote of the rc- fnt r , "Uivivilti; UCbVYUlll Iti-'H.- ul me 1I1UU3UV aim "c international body. G. V. r Vancouver and Seattle v iiiv W111C1 1 IIW 0 i.v.v.. There isn't much I can say tout the results of the con- "chcc Before the regulations inn T!nll.i ci. i ....,nl.n TOoablv npjct Fobruarv." he lid .. iiowever, mere was com-c agreement by rcpresenta- - . " oi Doth tho f shprmen ana olers that the authority of the Emission should be broadened." ne of the Doints of agree ment was that the commission ould have power to license all Ing boats. and be able to re- C LI1P llAnMi.nc, rn III., tnncp. '-- .iVbllOVi 1U1 JUOV V""" Havlv . i. .iiiijj servea iwo years lrman of the International isneries Commission, Mr. Nick-?xn will serve as secretary for next two years. The new airman will be Edward Allen. kittle barrlstpr Phnlrmnnshln 'the frWT.mee(n nWnfnntAO VkDa 1 wlWHJiWU UtVVWIAO w v,aaian member every two ears. 1 'emoerature Jfoximum 42 28 l. iv LAMP Prestrreil Head v V , Orlm Exhibit at Nuv Atrocity Trial NUERNBERG O A preserved human head and lanrn shadrfs made of human skin which had been tattooed in life were presented as grim evidence of atrocities In Nazi concentration camps at the war trial af 21 top German war leaders today. The head was that of j& Pole who had been caught fraternizing with a girl. It had been shrunk to about the size of a baseball. "Conscience Money' Puzzles Customs In a conscience-relieving ges ture, an unknown individual In Prince Rupert succeeded in mildly puzzling Collector of Customs Jarvls M:Leod and his assistants this morning. The unknown person sent them a letter containing $6 in currency accompanied by a terse typewritten note saying "Conscience Money." Possibly the person was making, amends for some undetected bit of smuggling. The letter was postmarked Prince Rupert but-bore no further identification. Customs officials here said that it w;as the first time that such 8 "payment" had been made at the local office. The money was In the form of a $5 bill and a $1 bill and was forwarded to Ottawa under the label "conscience, money." IS FINISHED AS HOSPITAL SHIP Carter of Famous Steamer Lady Nelson Reviewed MONTREAL Seventeen years ago this week, the Lady Nelson sailed from Halifax to inaugu rate., the West Indies service .of the Canadian National' Steamships, R, B. Teakle, general man ager, said here today. On Sat brday she will arrive at the same port to complete her service as a hospital ship. In f ture she will bring to new homes in Canada the overseas wives and children of Canadian servicemen The former flagship of the C.N.S. West' Indies fleet, which was so popular with Canadian and American tourists in peacetime, went into war service on the declaration of war. She carried troops, munitions and foodstuffs through enemy submarine-Infested waters of the Atlantic to the West Indies. Torpedoed and sunk in a West Indies port In 1942, she was salvaged and restored to service as Canada's, first hospital ship and later senior vessel in the service. When the Lady Nelson com-pletcs her twenty-ninth voyage on Saturday, with 453 sick and wounded servicemen, of which 45 arc destined for Vancouver, It will bring the number of military personnel she has repatriated to 13,474. In this .service alone the former C.N.S. vessel has travelled nearly 200.000 miles. . . . Twn CiN.R hosuitai trains. prdbably the last to be operated as a result of me last war, bring the men safely home. NEGOTIATIONS BREAKING DOWN Dispute Between Winnipeg Newspapers and Printers Slill Unsettled WINNIPEG '(Pi Negotiations designed to bring about a settlement in the printers' dispute in WUnlpeg have broken down. The union is said to have refused to permit a reference to arbitration on any matter in dispute unless the contract provides that the union's general laws shall not be subject to arbitration. The printers have been away from work since November 8. QUEBEC VILLAGE VISITED BY FIRE ST. FELIX DE KINGSEY, Que. Fire destroyed five buildings. and left more than 23 persons homeless in St. Felix de Klngsey early this morning. A 74-year-old woman, Mrs. Albert Lamou- dioH of shock alter mc home of her son war destroyed Sentenced To Death 1 Thirty-six Dachau Officials j To Die for Committing; Atrocities DACHAU CP A United States j military court today sentenced) 36 officials and guards at notorious Dachau concentration camp to death by hanging fori murder, torture and starvation, of thousands of the camp's In- mates. Another defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment and three others to terms of ten years each. CIVIC VOTERS IN STEADY STREAM New Polling Venue and Innovation in Ballot Paper Win Approval If the pace set by this morn ing's voting Ls kept up throughout the day, Prince Rupert may have the heaviest civic poll in its history. Flew of voters to the polls was far heavier this morn ing than for a similar period in any of the elections since the commlssionershlp. At 11 o'clock 222 voters hadi cast ballots, more than twice as ! many as had. voted at the same j time on election day last year, j Tne figure snortiy alter noon today was 328, a heavy increase over the 196 votes cast up to noon on election day last year. No great rush 'was experienced early in the morning, according to Returning Officer H. D. Thaln. Later voters streamed steadily to the polling station to keep the deputy returning officers and poll clerk.? constantly busy. The previous record of 1168 was set in the 1929 elections. Last year voters cast 1125 ballots. There was a steady stream of voters. during thamorninsf to the civic election polling being held in the former military post office building across from the general Pest Office on Third Avenue. The change In pollin? venue met with approval of all the voters in view pf its very convenient location and the elimination of the ancient prac tice of having to climb . three flights of stairs to the city council chamber where civic elections have been always held for over 30 years' The voters also adapted themselves readily to the new form of ballot paper which eliminates many separate slips, the ballots for all candidates as well as the bylaws being combined. The polls close at 8 o'clock this eveniiv?. All ballots will be counted simultaneously. City Clerk H. D. Thaln, acting' as returning officer, cxDCcts that the whole count may bo completed by 10:30 p.m. Assisting Mr. Thaln in con ducting the election are S. B. McCaffcrtv ns deputy returning officer and Mrs. S. A. Kiclback, Mrs. II. D. Thaln, Mrs. Percy Pierce and Mrs. M. G. Irving as noil clerks. ' Scrutineers on hand as the polls opened were G. M, Carrig- nan, O. J. Dawes. Mrs. u. w. nudderham and. Mrs. Melo, SENTENCES ARE COMING TODAY BERLIN (ft -Sentence will be passed today on 40 convicted guards and officials of the no- lorious Dachau concentration camp. The 40 Nazis were con-1 vlcted yesterday by. a United States inilltary court on charges . of murder, torture and starvation. HOWLING NORTHEASTER STRIKES U.S. EAST COAST Here is a view, of some of the wreckage left in the wake of the ripping northeaster that hit the U.S. eastern seaboard, This photo was made at Winthrop, Majs., where big tides and heavy seas did considerable coastal damage. The winds, which sometimes reached hurricane force, brought rain and snow. Note great conirete slabs in foreground tiere. They were tossed about like cookies by the heavy seas. Many deaths were reported. EulhifaA HAVE II KEN EXECUTED PARIS It was reported here today that Josef Kramer and Irma Grese of the Belsen prison ,camp, sentenced to death recently fcr atrocities, have already been executed. HANGED HIMSELF THE HAGUE Dr. It. Van Genechten, sentenceA to death as a traitor by a special Dutch tribunal here October 17, hanged himself in his prison cell during the night,.' "Van "Genechten ha'd been in. charge of education in Holland dur- , ing part of the German occupation. He was awaiting decision on his appeal from a death lenience. CANDIDATE DIES NEW WESTSIINSTEU ISegg Watson, candidate for police commissioner in today's civic election, dropped dead at a campaign meeting? Tiic election has to be deferred as a result. NEW UNION STEAMSHIPS VANCOUVER The Union Steamship Co. will reconvert in Vancouver shipyards thrct Castle class corvettes which are being purchased for use in coast steamship and freight service. The. wcrk Will lake the better part of six months. One of the new vessels will be for (he queen Charlctle. Island run. BILL LAMBIE Newly-elected nresldent of the Prince Rupert Gyro Club. Is Seriously Injured PAUL AIVAZOFF LOSES ARM WHEN CAUGHT IN CEMENT MIXER GEARS VANCOUVER (CP) Paul Aivazoff, superintendent of the Asbestos-Cement Products Co., lost his left arm and suffered other body injuries yesterday when he was caught in a cement mixer as his coat and sleeve became entangled in the gears. He started business in Prince Rupert in l!)15 following his arrival from Russia and had been for the past twenty years hjeated in Vancouver. I TO VISIT CANADA WASHINGTON The British embassy in Washington has announced that the lord president cf the council, Herbert Morrison, will arrive in Canada on January 3. Ci:.Slli:i) IN HIMALAYAS CALCUTTA The- crasli of a United States transport plane, missing for some time, has been sighted on a Himalaya mountain peak. Ten officers ami 31 enlisted menare be-lie'ccd to hare yciislwd. hm.'..: ff LAGUARDIA AROUSED NEW YORK Mayor La-Guardia of New York has accused certain world powers of pi eventing the United States from fulfilling promises made to Italy .Mentioning Britain specifically, LaGuardia declared: "We must be frank about it. The' treatment given Italy so far is not in keeping with our traditions and the promises wc made to Italy." TO CARRY BRIDES OTTAWA The steamers Lady Nelson and 1-etitia, which have been operating as hospital ships in the repatriating of veterans, will start carrying war brides from Britain to Canada towards the end of January, it is announced. The Lady Rodney may be similarly used. KAI-SHEK IN MUKDEN CHUNGKING Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek has arrived in Mukden, Manchuria, to organize Chinese Nationalist forces which have started occupying the important city. GYRO CLUB' OFFICERS Elected at Luncheon Deal For Taking Over of Y.M.C.A. Building Approved Officers of the Prince Rupert Gyro Club for the year 1940 were formally elected at the monthly business luncheon of the club yesterday as follows: PresldenU-W. D. Lamblc. Secretary C. G. Ham. Treasurer Maurice Brydgcs. Directors James Parker, Dr. R. G. Large. David Allen and A. J. Dominate The installation of officers will lake place early in January. Other business at yesterday's Gyro luncheon Included approval of a deal whereby the Civic Centre Association and the Prince Rupert Recreational Council would take over operation of the Y.M.CJL War Services building as a civic centre after the Y.M. CJl. withdraws after January I owing to depletion of armed forces in this area. Arrangement's have been made for Dan Forward, former Y.M.OA. area supervisor, to become manager of Ihe centre. " NON-PARTIZANS WIN ELECTIONS VANCOUVER 0! - Non-Part'l-zan Association candidates won ten of eleven seats at stake lh Vancouver's civic elections yesterday. They won all four coun cil seats, all four school board seats and two of three on the-f parks board. Money bylaws call ing for the expedlture of $4,700,-000 were also approved. Corey, Jones and Price were re-elected to the council with Gervln taking the other vac ancy. ' Crump, Meredith, Frcderlck-son and Ross were chosen for he rchTb?ltiw' Elected to the parks board were Thompson, Emery and Als-bury. Alsbury was the only C.C.F. andldate to break the sweep of Non-Parlzans. Active Year For Legislators BUSY PARLIAMENT IN HIGH GEAR WHO WAS FIRST for BABY OF LOCAL WAR BRIDE? Who was the first baby of an overseas war bride to be born In Prince Rupert? A story in yesterday's Dally News saying that the recently-born daughter of Cpl. and Mrs. Harold Helgerson was believed to be the first has brought the Information from Mrs. R. C. Bamford that ht grandson, Kenneth Ralph Bamford, can lay a much earlier claim to that distinction. Son of Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Douglas Bamford, Ken-neUi Ralph was born in the Prince Rupert General Hospital on January 19, 1944. His mother was Miss Irene Young, a British Army nurse at Swansea, Wales, when she and Flight Sergeant Bamford were married- Flight Sergeant Bam ford is new discharged from the Air force and is employed at the Boeing Aircraft plant at Vancouver. MAY WALK AGAIN HEIDELBURG General George S. Paltnn. whos neck was broken in -a motor acci- - dent on Sunday, may be able to walk again, Army physicians said today. He spent a good night, his condition is satisfactory and there are flo complications. feated. He resigned and was named lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick. Mr. King named iNavy Minister Abbott to take over the defence portfolio with that of naval services. War Services Minister Mc-Cann was named revenue minister. Dominion-Provincial Parley Was Highlight The prime minister's next big task was presiding at the pre-. llmlnary Dominion - provincial conference. The premiers from all nine provinces gathered with Mr. King at the conference table and expressed their agreement that some changes must he made In the constitutional rights of Uie provinces and the Dominion. The government sought the right to retain the Income and corporation tax fields, taken over from the provinces during ,the war. In return, the Jcderal gov eminent would pay a large pro portion of the cost of a national' health insurance scheme. A. national old age pension plan un der which everyone over 70 would get $30 a month regard less of means was proposed .by the federal government. Tlie provincial premiers stud led the proposals and drew up counter proposals for presenta tion at a later meeting. While the study was going on Mr. King called Parliament and early approval was given the United Nations charter. A com 'Continued on Page 6) ON PRESSING PROBLEMS OF PEACE Legislators Get Down to Post-War . Planning In Year Marked By Dominion and Provincial Elections OTTAWA (CP) Administration of the affairs of the country kept Canadian legislators busier during 1945 than in practically any other of the war years, mainly because, of the problems arising out of the end of the war and the need for orderly Early in the year a pre-election session was called to approve of the sending of a. delegation to the United Natloas security conference In San Francisco. Sufficient lAoney was voted to carry on the administration until the end of August. This done, Parliament was dissolved April 17 and preparations made for a general election June 11, with Prime Minister Mackenzie King reshuffling his cabinet and filling 18 senate vacancies before polling day. When results of the election became known definitely with the counting of the service vote June 19, the Liberal party was back in power with 126 scats, compared with its previous strength of close to 170. Progres-s 1 v e Conservatives increased their representation from 40 to 66, the C.C.F. boosted theirs from 10 to 28 and the Social Credit party from 10 to 13. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was defeated In his Saskatchewan riding of Prince Albert, but later easily won a by-clcctlon In the Ontario constit uency of Glengarry. , Gen. Mc-Naughton, defeated In a February iby-clcction in Grey North, was defeated again and resigned as defence minister. He was appointed co-chairman of the Canadian-United states permanent Joint defence board. Revenue Minister MacLaren, brought into the cabinet In the pre-election shuffle, no wos de British and French to Withdraw Troops From Syria - Lebanon , : Close Alignment of Policy Decided Upon " In Effort to Compose Unrest in Middle East LONDON (CP) Foreign Secretary Ernest. Bevin told the House of Commons today that Great Britain and France have agreed to joint withdrawal of their troops from Syria and Lebanon. The agree- ment provides for close alignment of policy in.'the'' Middle East with the object of settling unrest marked f even months ago by armed clashes lh the Syrian demand Independence "from France. - ' BUSY TIME AT HALIFAX Four Ocean Vessels With 3600 Veterans .re Arriving Tills Week-end HALIFAX Port offclals In Halifax will have a busy -time . this week-end. Four ships with 3600 Canadian overseas .veter ans aboard are scheduled - to make port Saturday. Three thousand veterans wiM arrive aboard" the Monarch of Bermuda. The Canadian hospital ship Lady Nelson will carry approximately 500 men Into port. The other two ships the Mount Oxford Park and Empire McCallumi-are bringing less than 100 veterans back between them. CANADIANS MURDERED BY NAZIS. OTTAWA The defence department. now1 discloses that a total of '114 Canadian soldiers were apparently murdered by the Nazis after being taken prisoners during the battle for Normandy. Previously, the list of Canadians killed in Nazi atrocities stood at 48. HANGING FOR JAP KILLERS Six Japanese Are Convicted Of Killing and Burning ' Two American Fliers MANILA 0j An American . military commission, jltttpgiln Manila, has convicted sjxipr. seven Japanese acpused qf.Jn ? tno, onH hiirnlnVF' t.wn' American. ' filers and five Filipinos Uts? ) 'J March at Cebu CltyVlh '.the Pllil.-4 ' S if lpplnes. Three of the convicted .ji .-, men were sentenced to be hanged, while long term prlscm sentences were imposed on the other three. Fisherman Saved. . . . , On Lake Ontario TORONTO A search .which was conducted over Lake Ontario today, for two steel fishing.boats, which had been mlssling sihc late .yesterday, resulted lrl flndr,. lng and landing three fishermen at Port Dalhousle. Fears tor the safety of the three men adtllt in the crafts mounted as temperatures dropped to freezing. fVW'rw!fiiirMiiii(i(viiiiuM fe V WOULD YDU MIND CASHIN& THIS PHONEY CUF.CK ? I'VE ONLY GOT SHOPPING fWVC I I MTU if CHEISTMASJ Ill I KAIEN HARDWARE t PHONE JJ f m I i,