jaJs
Temperature
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BWTISIILIANgWSPAPER
4
'Tomorrotrf
s
Tides
I
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
I
ntures
for
the
Prince
caiPe.ra.;stftr
fndav
read:
LjftfllSUli.
-
-
CI
she
Thursday,.
May
17,
1945
pjimum
High
5:00
18.2
feet
18:32
17.0
leet
43
foimum
Low
.11:50
4.2
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
114.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
10,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
teran
Canadian
L
J
Jffp.
,
T
.
Perished
in
Atlantic
Administration
Of
Germany
1
Man
Survived
war
ww
stationed
on
lific
Coast
and
was
par-
well
known
at
Prince
ratings
were
lost,
death
13
from
exposure
as
they
aei
about
in
floats
In
Reykjavik
waters.
Those
dip's
t1mTrpany'tcrirt(-
aboard
or
could
be
I
back
aboard
when
their
l-ess
In
the
terrific
sea
apparent
were
saved.
f
flcer
Writer
George
Dibb
t
Rupert
was
a
survivor.
p,
grand
old
lady
of
Navy1;
had
had
Fnadlan
tfs
of
warfare
and
had
prself
always
with
dls-
She
had
seen
action
Atlantic
and
the
Ens-
.innel.
She
had
scored
p
against
submarines
and
'surface
craft.
She
car-
pnorablc
scars
of
k
storm
p
battle
and
In
the
ciul
I
victim
to
the
elements
M
conquered
so
often
In
'
career
parried
by
Lieut.
Cmdr.
Russell.
R.C.N..
of
Hall-
was
ordered
to
Iaeena"
eland
command
In
early
fr
together
with
1I.M.C.
TOR'S
SON
RADUATE
7
Daggett,
Jr.,
Dls-Ulshes
Himself
at
University
7
Daecett.
ir.
xon
of
and
Mrs.
H.
M.
n.nrffolt
o
4lca
with
distinction
to
N
Queen's
.
,ow,
.
o
wio,
with
an
Applied
1
uegrce
as
Bachelor
of
5
In
chcmlstrv.
Ut
wns
the
National
Research
'
burary
of
$450
for
post-4t
work
which
he
n1ll
"1
takino
lil..
il..i..
f
I
Mgrce
at
Queen's
tom-
7
n
the
fall.
"is
four
years
at
HarrV
Vina
mnrJn
.,
y
8od
showings,
winning
'arsnip
in
chemistry
in
4
year.
I
spendln
'no
i
t
"
"v
Duuiiitti
1
inspection
bureau-
I
nil"
.
KlEdom
and
Can
I.""1
at
Nltrn
fnrtv
mllna
Jiv-K.
Northumihirl.inH.
.
."The
urban
council
has
-
v..w
uy
mc
uUKC
oi
,
.miiu
m
nrnvliin
a
Hi
oil,
3
Ior
'war
lnJur"
din'10,
brother
who
was
Kj
,v"
"i
luiu
wncn
ne
a-'"
MAJORITY
Nofi:
half
o
the
popu-
are
Sierra
Indians.
on
the
rocks.
Destruction
Was
Speedy
o.
'C'
-s
ry
of
Destruction
of
ena;
Lost
With
Fifteen
Crew
on
Iceland
s
Rocks
cal
Man
Va
Survivor
of
Floundering
Terrific
Atlantic
Sea
Last
Fall
TAWA,
MaylC
The
13-year-old
destroyer,
:S.
Skecnav
niel
:swif
t
destruction
on
the
grim
shore
of
Videyvlsland,
two
miles
off
the
Iceland
bf
Reykjavik
in
a
fierce
gale
in
the
early
hours
taber
25.
1914.
it
was
announced
today
by
Hon.
las
C.
Abbott,
Minister
of
National
Defence
for
Services.
The
Skecna
bo
destroyers
"Qu'Appelle,"
"Chau-
dlere."
"St.
Laurent"
and
"As-
sinlbolne."
On
the
night
of
October
24
the
group
was
patrolling
the
approaches
to
Reykjavik
when
it
was
struck
by
a
60-knot
gale
and
the
senior
officer,
Commander
J.
D.
Prentice,
DS.O.,
RON.,
directed,
.hls'orelyr-trled
ships
Inside
to
such
shelter
as
was
available.
"Skeena"
dropped
her
anchor
at
10:30
pjn.
but
when
Lieut.
William
Kldd,
first
lieutenant
of
the
ill-fated
ship
and
on.
watch
I
at
the
time,
got
'a
subsequent
bearing
through
squalls
of
snow
and
sleet
It
was
discovered
that
she
was
dragging.
He
gave
the
order
to
go
ahead
at
12
knots
and
that
was
foUowed
by
"Full
Ahead!"
just
as
the
vessel
crashed
stem
on
at
five
minutes
before
midnight.
Both
propel
lors
were
sheared
away
and
then
the
ship
swung
her
full
length
Skeena"
was
rolling
and
pounding
when
the
order
"Stand
by
Carley
floats
and
rafts!"
was
given.
Almost
immediately
aiier
came
-the
order
"Abandon
Shlpt"
The
starboard
seaboat
had
been
smashed
by
tne
lD-ioot
swells
that
were
breaking
over,
The
port
seaboat
was
lowered
but
foundered.
A
few
floats
were
uottcn
away
and
one
of
them
was
washed
up
on
Vldey.
Others
were
carried
out
into
practically
open
sea
by
the
ebb
tide
ana
finally
swept
ashore
on
the
mainland
beneath
seamed,
snow-covered
Mount
Esja.
Before
they
reached
the
mainland
they
XT,
"
"it
Saw
Seven
Men
Perish
George
Dibb
Was
In
Charge
of
Lifeboat
From
Il.MX'.S.
Skeena
Petty
Officer
Writer
George
'Dibb,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Dibb
of
Prince
Rupert,
survivor
of
II.M.C.S.
Skeena,
was
in
charge
of
the
first
life
raft
which
went
over
from
the
sinking
destroyer.
Following
a
harrowing
all-night
ex-,
perience
in
a
100-mile
gale
before
shore
was
reached,
seven
men
perished
in
Dibb's
raft.
Some
tried
to
make
shore
by
leaping
overboard
and
died
of
exposure
on
reaching
there.
GREAT
GERMAN
LINERS
TAKEN
LONDON,
May
15
The
great
German
.liners.
Brcmen-and-Eur-opa
are
among
450
vessels
which
have
been
taken
over
by
the
Al
lies
In
occupied
German
ports.
Many
of
the
vessels
were
sunk,
scuttled
or
otherwise
damaged.
Halibut
Sales
American
(15c
and
13!iO
Pearce,
12,500,
Booth.
Middleton,
34,000,
Atlln.
Bonanza,
47,000,
Storage.
Pioneer
III,
20,000,
B.C.
Packers.
Canadian
(18',ic
and
16V2c)
Antler.
25,000,
Atlln.
Gibson,
22.000,
Co-op.
Hckla,
10,000,
Whiz.
capsizcu
icixranuv
u
.w
large
revolving
crane
men's
hands
were
too
numbed
,
?n
.
.
Bit
.
U)
allow
them
to
usethc
pad
dles.
The
majority
of
the
men
who
survived
after
taking
to
mc
floats
(hat
night
never
Knew
how
they
saved
themselves
or
how
they
were
saved,
borne
oi
them
found
shelter
in
cmpiy
huts
and
were
discovered
there
by
rescue
parties
after
dayngiu.
Others
were
taken
care
oi
uy
poor
Iceland
crofters
who
piled
them
with
bianKCis
aim
sklns
and
to
wnom
nicy
owe
their
lives
Peace
River
Man
Is
Interested
In
Local
Fisheries
From
Dawson
Creek
in
the
Peace
River
country
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
received
a
request
for
in
formation
from
a
man
who
Is
interested
In
going
Into
the
commercial
fisheries.
The
informa
tion
Is
being
sent
as
requested.
BIG
CRANE
NOT
BEING
REMOVED
There
Is
no
present
lndica-
which
the
United
States
Army
has
Installed
on
the
local
water
front
being
dismantled
or
moved
away
although,
after
hostilities
arc
over,
it
will
unaouDieaiy
De
listed
for
disposal,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
advised
by
its
marine
committee
Monday
night.
The
committee
had
been
requested
for
a
report
following
statements
that
the
crane
was
about
to
be
moved
away.
The
committee
reported
that
this
was
not
the
largest
crane
of
its
kind
on
the
Pn
drier
Coast.
There
was
a
When
the
signal
of
"Skccna's"
largcr
onc
at
Vancouver.
It
was
distress
was
lasnca
asnore,
"
suggested
that
tne
navy
migm
tug
and
three
drifters
were
sent
be
interested
m
acquiring
tne
(Continued
on
Page
4)
crane
here.
BRITAIN
NOT
GIVING
UP
SINGAPORE,
HONG
KONG,
ASSERTED
IN
LONDON
L
ndLr
S
Britain"
Sjn'SSfftS
S
Sung
J
sUl
continuing
at
this
Ume
next
year.
It
Sa
"haf
Slpore
will
be
restored
as
,
m
or
naval
and
air
In
the
future.
guarded
base
and
will
be
properly
Londoners
Greet
"Ike"
Allied
Commander-in-Chief
Has
"Nice"
Time
On
first
Night
Out
in
Years
LONDON,
May
1G
(CD-General
Dwight
P.
Eisenhower,
Allied
.commander-in-chief,
I
visited
London
last
night
for
his
first
night
out
in
three
,
years
and,
in
Jiis
own
words,
1
it
was
"the
nicest
night
I've
I
had
since
the
war
started."
Londoners
tugged
at
the
general,
patted
him
on
the
back,
shook
hands
and
shouted
repeatedly:
"Good
Old
Ike."
Site
For
Post-war
Box
Plant
Is
Not
Decided
Upon
Yet
OIL
BAN
TO
BE
RELAXED
Relaxation
of
fuel
oil
regulations
now
permits
building
own
ers
to
revert
to
the
use
of
that
type
of
heating
fuel
after
a
late
in
mz.
Word
received
at
the
city
hall
this
morning
from
the
federal
Oil
Controller,
Toronto,
states
that
former
users
of
fuel
oil
may
now
get
heat
at
the
turn
of
a
valve
after
their
three
years
session
of
shovel
and
ash
can.
The
order
provides
that
people
who
used
fuel
oil
on
or
after
September
1,
1940
may
return
to
Its
use
providing
their
equipment
is
still
in
good
working
condition.
"This
relaxation
applies
only
to
the
re-lnstallatlon
or
re-con-ncctlon
of
oil
burning
equipment
at
the
same
location
where
fuel
oil
was
used
on
or
after
September
1,
1940,
and
Is
limited
to
those
who
have
retained
con
tinuous
possession
of
such
oil
burning
equipment
In
good
work
ing
condition,
the
letter
states,
Among
local
buildings
eligible
to
return
to
fuel
oil
are
the
City
Hall.
Pioneers'
Home
and
Booth
Memorial
high
school.
Weather
Forecast
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudv
to
partly
cloudy
and
mild,
locally
clearing
at
night,
BRITISH
FLEET
AT
TRIESTE
PORT
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
Mediterranean
Area,
May
160)
U-a
statement
from
Allied
Naval
headquarter-today
said
that
the
Allied
Naval
force
la
now
operating
in
the
Trlete
area
In
the
course
of
their
normal
duties
and
for
the
purpose
of
opening
the
heavily-mined
approaches
to
the
port.
k
The
object
of
the
statement
was
to
answer
a
report
of
Italian
newspapers
which
claimed
that
the
movements:
of
the
British
fleet
were
connected
with
the
military
and
political
situation
in
Trieste.
SIX
FOR
ONE
SEAT
Ian
Mackenzie
Has
Six
Opponents
VANCOUVER,
May
18
0)
iVeterans
Affairs
Minister
Ian
(Mackenzie
will
campaign
against
!
six
opponents
for
the
right
to
represent
Vancouver
Centre
in
I
the
,'
next
parliament.
This
was
Th
mnnHinn
wirphounrt
Rnr
disclosed
Monday
when
nomlna-
closed
the
June
11
fed-
for
onUS
decided
Co.
Ltd.
has
not
yet
the
location
of
a
plant
which.""
wecnon.
it
i.
.vi
tr.
o.tahiuv,
in
Seventy
candidates
filled
in
thP
wpst
after
the
war.
the
!
nomination
papers
for
15
const!
Prince
Rnnprt
rhambpr
of
com-ltuencies
In
this
province
com
merce
was
advised
Monday
night
Pared
with
53
candidates
for
15
in
a
communication
from
the
seals
in
tne
iuw
elections.
!
Among
the
contestants
are
bppn
endeavoring
to
interest
the
e?ht
Social
Credlters
in
the
pro
rnmnanv
In
the
suitability
of
i
vlnce,
Walter
R.
Dent,
a
veteran
Prince
Rupert
such
a
plant.
as
the
site
for
of
two
great
wars,
was
nominat
ed
Independent
Social
Credit
candidate
for
Vancouver
south.
nounced.
.
WAR
CRIMES
COMMISSION
LONDON
The
War
Crimes
three-year
ban
brought
oi
by
j
commission
will
meet
in
Lon-
W(j,u4ana
.sea..
transport
AMERICANS
GAIN
MANILA
American
forces
are
reported
today
to
have
captured
Nana,
the
capital
of
Okinawa,
after
a
long
hard
fight.
CHURCHILL
ON
HIMMLER
LONDON
Asked
today
as
to
the
whereabouts
of
Heinrich
Himmler,
rrimc
Minister
Churchill
said
he
was
a
busy
man
and
did
not
know
but
"I
have
no
doubt
he
will
turn
up
some
time
in
this
world
or
the
next
and
be
appropriately
dealt
with
by
the
local
authorities.
PREMIER
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
arrived
in
Vancouver
early
today
from
San
Francisco.
PROMISES
LOW
TAXATION
ANNAPOLIS
ROYAL
If
the
government
is
returned
to
office,
it
will
start
in
the
first
budget
on
a
reduction
of
taxation,
Finance
Minister
J.
L.
Ilsley
told
a
meeting
here.
LOOKING
INTO
POSSIBILITIES
OF
FISHERIES
Possibilities
of
post-war
ex
pansion
of
the
fisheries
are
already
engaging
the
attention
of
the
Department
of
Fisheries,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com
merce
was
advised
at
its
meet
ing
Monday
night
by
the
department.
This
was
in
answer
to
a
request
of
the
Chamber
for
a
post-war
survey
of
the
fisheries
of
this
district.
LINKED
BY
AIR
PRESTWICK,
Scotland,
It
is
announced-
that
Railway
Air
Services
Ltd.,
in
collaboration
with
Scottish
Airways,
Is
to
op
erate
in
each
direction
on
week
days
between
Prestwlck
and
Croydon,
near
London.
This
Is
the
first
civil
service
llnkln;
London
with
Scotland
since
the
war
began.
NO
PERMITS
FOR
WOMEN
OTTAWA
Labor
Minister
Allies
Do
Not
Intend
To
Acciime6i
a
w
nmnlcte
Burden
Churchill
Questioned
On
Doenitz
Role-r-
.Statement
Made
On
Matter
By
Supreme
Headquarters
LONDON,
May
16
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
declared
today
that
it
is
the
general
Allied
intention
that
"Germans
should
administer
their
country
in
obedience
to
Allied
directions."
He
added
.that
the
Allies
have
"no
intention
of
undertaking
the
burden
of
administering
Germany
ourselves."
Mr.
Churchill
appeared
before
Onslaught
On
Nippon
Many
Enemy
Aircraft
DestroyedHuge
Damage
to
Rail
and
Industrial
Targets
GUAM,
May
16
(CP)
The
most
thorough
aerial
onslaught
yet
attempted
against
the
Japanese
war
machine
has
left
237
enemy
planes
wrecked
or
damaged
and
vast
rail
and
industrial
targets
in
the
Japanese
homeland
in
ruins.
In
fierce
combat
with
the
Japanese
on
Okinawa,
marines
have
beaten
off
a
powerful
enemy
counter-attack
on
the
west
flank
while
army
troops
captured
Chocolate
Drop
Hill,
northwest
of
Shuri.
The
Japanese,
trapped
west
of
Davao
City
on
Mindanao,
have
-begun
their
most
savage
j
i
iCommissloner
T.
W.
S.
Par-
sons
of
the
Provincial
Police,
accompanied
by
Inspector
S,
F.
M.
Moodle,
arrived
in
the
city
today
from
Victoria
on
an
official
visit
to
the
local
detachments.
Commissioner
Parsons
and
Inspector
Moodie
expect
to
be
in
the
city
for
the
next
two
or
three
days.
the
House
of
Commons
against
a
background
of
demands
voiced
In
many
quarters
for
the
Allies
to
disclose
the
exact
role
of
the
regime
of
Admiral
Doenrtz.,The
Prime
Minister,
however,
made
no
direct
mention
of
Doenitz.
Meanwhile
Allied
Supreme
headquarters
in
Paris
announced
that
Admiral
Doenitz
and
other
selected
German
officers
are
"being
used
temporarily
to
carry
out
duties
in
connection
with
feeding,
disarmament
and
medical
care
of
German
forces
and
are
not
recognized
as
a
constitutional
German
govern
ment
DROP
BANS
ON
PRODUCTION
OF
HOME
ARTICLES
OTTAWA,
May
16-;
Orders
.restricting
manufacture
of
a
fighting.
The
Japanese
are
Jwide
range
of
household
appll-being
slowly
squeezed
back
but
lances
and
other
consumer
goods
hv
nr
firhlinr
with
thp
i.
Mnclnrtlrw
waxhln?
malllnpf
Mitchell
announced
today
that
I
vagery
of
,
trappedanimals.
jvacuum
cleaners,
sewing
mach-'
nuuicii
uicin.
(
viaiac
Hum
rrarao
scctwr
.lues
uiu
uiuyt.iu.iuivtMucvii
aiJJC
,
to
obtain
permits
from
Sel-
an(j
the
Bukidon
area,
ninety
ective
Service
before
taking
employment.
RELEASE
SERVICEMEN
LONDON
The
British
government
plans
to
release
750,000
men
from
the
armed
forces
by
the
end
of
the
year,
Labor
Minister
Ernest
Bevin
announced
In
Commons
today.
First
releases
will
begin
June
18.
Men
over
30
will
not
be
liable
for
military
service
henceforth.
MANY
SUBS
SURRENDER
LONDON
Thirty-five
German
submarines
have
surrendered
at
North
American
or
British
ports,
or
are
being
brought
into
port
by
Allied
warships.
LOOKS
FOR
TROUBLE
VANCOUVER
Birt
Showier,
Trades
and
Labor
Council
president,
says
there
may
be
riots
here
like
in
Halifax
if
the
government
does
not
dd
something
about
relieving
the
housing
shortage
before
the
service
men
return
from
percent
of
Mindanao
has
been
liberated.
Service
Candidates
"Hog-Tied"
Harvey
VANCOUVER,
May
16
O)
Election
candidates
in
uniform
are
"hog
tied"
by
recent
amend
ments
to
the
King's
Rules
and
Regulations
affecting
public
statements
from
armed
forces
personnel.
Major
J.
T.
Harvey,
Progressive
Conservative
candi
date
for
Skeena
riding,
said
on
his
arrival
here
Monday
from
overseas.
He
left
for
a
short
visit
to
Vancouver
Island
with
his
wife
and
three
children
before
(proceeding
to
Prince
Rupert.
ed;
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announces.
The
statement
warned
that
consumers
should
not
expect
the
articles
to
become
immediately
available.
The
action
does
not
affect
price
ceilings.
In
general
the
articles
will
ap
pear
at
1941
prices
and
manufacturers
producing
new
type
articles
must
obtain
price
approvals.
.
The
removal
of
controls
is
intended
to
facilitate
the
conversion
of
industry
ifrbm
war
to
civilian
production.
"
'
'
'
.
1
GERMANS
ARE
FORCED
TO
DIG
BURIAL
TRENCHES
FOR
T
HOSE
THEY
KILLED
Civilians
In
the
town
of
Nordhausen,
Germany,
were
ordered
by
the
military
government
officer
to
dig
a
long
trench
to
be
used
as
burial
ground
for
2,500
dead,;
unburlcd
political
prisoners
found
in
a
concentration
camp
by
occupying
American
forces.
LARGEST
CRIB
OF
LOGS
HERE
Largest
load
of
its
kind
of
Queen
Charlotte
Island
timber
to
be
delivered
to
the
Porpoise
Harbor
plant
near
here,
a
sea
crib
of
2,500,000
million
feet
of
cedar
logs
arrived
yesterday
at
the
'
Bilmor
Mills
from
the
J.
R.
Morgan:,
Ltd:
logging
camp
at
Cumshewa
Inlet.
It
was
brought
over
safely
In
tow
of
the
company's
tug
J.
R.
Morgan,
Capt.
Carl
Sandberg
which
was
in
port
here
today
for
oil
and
supplies.
The
log
crib
was
approximately
500
feet
long,
100
feet
wide
and
thirty
feet
deep
in
the
centre.
It
was
wrapped
with
no
less
than
twenty
t6ns
of
galvanized
wire.
F'O
E.
CROSBY
HOME
ON
LEAVE
Home
on
leave,
Flying
Offjcer
E.
Crosby
is
at
present
visiting
at
the
home
of
his
mother
and
stepfather,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
K.'
Ytrcberg,
1138
Second
Avenue
West.
.
Flying
Officer
Crosby
has
been
overseas
two
years
and
has
made
37
trips
over
enemy
terri
tory.
Only
20
years
of
age,
he
Is
one
of
the
youngest
officers
r
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
V-DAY
FLAG
SHORTAGE
LONDON1,
O)
Because
of
a
Hag
shortage,
Londoners
were
able,
to
hang
out
on
V-Day
only
about
one-tenth
as
man'flags
as
they
used
for
the
1937
coronation.
Flags
nowadays
6,ari
be
made
only
of
,
cheap
cotton
and
paper
since
all
wool
buntjjng
Is
reserved
for
the
services.
it
M