morrow's Tides r,cllic Standard Time) j.., HfnV 57. 1015 1:05 20.9 feet 13:59 18.3 feet 7:50 3.0 feet 19:45 7.1 feet i-- es iins Chaos I, Choice In Federal tion, Says Visitor me It seems the forth- federal election presents urinative of 'King or for the next five years." trinvmivpr hnrrislpr. nun it - w In IhA nit v vptpr- cdcral election campaign Annlcwhaltc. "There Is .j H..1tf Mncnn that. T OtYl l r inn rnmraurn N5IGNED WORMS . .. It is rnai l ieer it a is returned to office to ha lie oru-wl wnr Ir 1 n t.hi . 1-1.1. 11 difficulties even more than those of war. I a. nn4 AVlt Itiof nut have a stable govern - headed by a statesman of intelligence and: im in ilia vjw ii ulvuili rrriiiH rvmiz. iii inv iiwii . 4 I .!. in I . .A t U. Premier's chair of Can- .. A T A mntra n w n V I . 1 i . - i and personal friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He par with the worlds he seeks now Is the op- mr rH .vi i liiil iir- midv In making it one of the ct jvir uenernan pouueu the "huh of tho whner1 In a izn T.nnr it. n-n c ir jnnn vp arm t n o nr flTT.ii uuii, wiio was uie lirst In Canada?' Mackenzie Indeed, liavlnc a majority Heffernon predicts that Iberals will win at least V V A - V Heffernon, who arrived Vancouver yesterday, will by this evening's train E. T Applewhalte for cols Lake, Burns Lake, leiKwa, Bin liners, ton and Terrace, returning next Saturday night south- a. r'al of lleiiirich lUmmlcr German Woods k'rjTTri n M am """wiu, uermany. May wrapped in a gray British -v v, wti5 tat IA. U WJf k into the woods near here ' a aumpea into a grave n r..L i . . . . - uui, oy mree urmsn ml., i-, .... . r ur iwo aays tnc oooy V . . wen left nn llio flnrtf nf Luneberg villa where the vine i pnnrri ni nrn wus no reueious ccrc- '. une of the Tommies re- "Let the worm go to orms." There was no other went. Me VOL. XXXIV, No. 122. big mrm mfft tnrk m Not Even British 1.1 a .A Will Interfere With U ' ; . . Declares Churchill LONDON, May 26 Prime Ml? Ister Winston Churchill sug-, gested today that a meeting of ; himself, President Truman and Marshal Stalin would probably be held between June 15 and July 6. The Prime Minister declared that he had assured President Truman that the general election must be no obstacle to a new meeting of the Big Three at the earliest passible moment. He referred to the fact that Europe was torn by passions and hatreds such as it had never been before. The Prime Minister expressed the hope that the struggle with Japan might not be as long as some people thought. PUT OUT FIRE IN CARGO SHIP A fire in No. 1 hold of the 10,000-ton cargo vessel Oaspeslan Park, under construction at the U1 -.v " I fWr, knrih IV.A Art) A,v, incp nf the world as well . . . . .. uiuugia UUk uie city inc uc- partment at 3:30 this morning. . A number of planks Intended to be used as decking for the bottom of the cargo hold were ablaie when spotted by a yard watchman. The planks were badly charred, but there was no damage to the ship. Cause of the fire has not been determined. City fire department answered two fire calls earlier in the day. No damage resulted from a chimney fire at 742 Fraser Street. Firemen received the call short ly before noon Frjday... Fire department put out a busn fire on Sixth Avenne near Pig gott Avenue at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. Pr. Rupert Is Example Prime (IcorRC People Ilisplay Interest in Public Health Establishment PRINCE GEORGE, May 26 (Special to Dally News) Work of Prince Rupert Health Unit was used by a panel of Prince Rupert speakers as a yardstick by which Prince George migni measure what the future offers this district when personnel be- A A 4-11 . comes avauaoie to esiaun local health unit. On the eve of Empire Day cele brations which drained uie noDulatlon from town to sum mer resorts, 100 people heard Dr. John MacArthur, chairman, ana MLss Eileen Snowden, district health nurse, aveir how sanitary hazards of this district are "oult? alarming." Cliff Ham of Prince uupert ex- nrpsserf the hope that sponsor ship by both Jay-Cees of a joint campaign to rorm neaun umuj in central B. C. would prove a forerunner or many years of mutual work. He supported his theme that good health is noc an accident by describing achieve tnonts at Uie coast. rviiin McCarthy stressed the responsibility of the community in nubllo (health while Msl J. Harper recounted his work as caninrlsm and Dr.' Roger G. ti oncu.-prrd a numDcr ui questions, chiefly as to costs which he emphasized are ths subject of a close analysis now underway. The touring Prince Rupert public Bicalth party was at Van-derhoof last night. FAMILY ALLOWANCES lor '!e ereatcst stride along the road to social "rUy 'a $c1uwm f Canada, this measure Is aptly termed uilldren's Charter lor Canada." , .. . j,hpv The il chlldren-jcg country's future depends on Its a Its greatest asset. Healthy and happy chlldien, iearea jnndan atmosphere of security, take their place as aotivc J""ductlve members of society. , fn to adey Allowances will help Canadian parent Sen y feed and clothe' Shelter and CarC 0anad S'Jnnvf . . . . .. 1 1- 1 I rrrniim t cnntal 1'Pf OTITIS. I) ""J I'ariy mab is 111101 111 e "EALLY Progressive . . . Vote LIBKUAIi COMPLEpLY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEW PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1945 Jensen, John Johnson (Osianui A. E. Jones, Ole Klldal, T. II Lee. C. F. MacDonald (Ocean Falls). William McLcod, J. F. Molitor, Noah Montcalm, Robert Moore, Norman Moorehouse, John E. Murray and Jacob Nagel (Ocean Falls). Weather Forecast (Issued by the Metcorloglcal Service ot Canada) (Tcrloil up to 6 p.m. tomorrow) Saturday and Sunday Fair with extensive fog patches .over water. Moderate winds. Japs Hit Back Hard United Stales Fleet Suffers Damage Near Okinawa MANILA, May 26 Of The enemy is hitting back hard at the southern approaches to the Jap homeland. A strong Jap air fleet has damaged eleven light units of the United States Pacific fleet near Okinawa. No less than 111 Jap planes were destroyed in a blazing eighteen- hour battle. In one of the strangest suicide attacks of the war, the Japs tried to land planes loaded with troops for raids on parked air craft and airfield installations. DISTRICT NAVAL MEN ARE FREED Seamen from Prince George and Ocean Falls Liberated Two mem .of this district serv ing with the Ifavy who had been prlstroers cf war have now been liberated, It is announced by the Royal Canadian Navy Public Re lations Office. They are: AB. Jcisre Alvin McCabe (A. II. McCafoe, father. Prince George). AB. Russell Earl Phllllos (Mrs. Florence Phillips, mother, Ocean Falls). BRITAIN GREETS SOVIET RUSSIA LONDON, May 26 tt Anthony Eden has told Soviet Commisar Molotov that Europe can look forward to lasting peace on Ihe basis of the Anglo-Soviet twenty-year alliance. The Foreign Secretary exchanged greetings with Molotov on the third anniversary of the treaty. PRICE FIVE CENTS DEATH HAS NO TERRORS FOR THIS LITTLE BOYThls little boy has seen so much death in his brief span of life that it Is as ccmmonpl ace to him as laughter is to the normal Canadian youngster. He is walking past rows of d :ad that lie beneath the trees at Belsen concentration camp recently captured by the BriUh. Thousands died here after unspeakable cruelties at the hands of the Nazis. PRINCE RUPERT WINNING SUPPORT OF ALASKA AGAINST JONES ACT Prince Rupert has obtained the support of the Alaskan port of Ketchikan in its campaign seeking further suspension of the Jones Act which mitigates against 'the free use of Canadian shipping and ports for the handling of marine traffic originating in or destined to Alaska. The Ketchikan Chamber has made representations to Washington, D.C., urging continuation of the suspension of the Act for at least the duration of the war. The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce, has communicated with the Department of External " " Affairs ito. similar effect. " Six Chambers of Commerce in southeastern Alaska have been communicated with by the Prince Rupert Chamber and, in addition (to Ketchikan, the support of Petersburg has also been obtained. Petersburg is adequately affected by the Jones Act under which Canadian fish-packers cannot go to that port to load salmon for delivery to Prince Rupert district. The Jones Act Is scheduled to go back Into force again May 31 after a three-year suspension. ASSIZE COURT OPENS MONDAY Spring session of the supreme court of Assize Is scheduled1 to open at the court house Mon day morning .with two criminal cases and 10 divorce actions on the docket. Definite word as to who- will be the presiding Judge has not been received in the. city, but it has been reported that Chief Justice B. Farris will preside and that Attorney-General R. L. Maltland will act for the Crown In the criminal cases. Following Is the list of jurors from which the trial Jurors will be chosen: The list of Jurors: Louis Amadlo, J. G. Anderson, W. II. Atrill (Moricctown), W. C. Bacon, Alex Barbc, A. G. Bart lett, Thomas Beattle, T. B. Black, William Bovlll (Smithers), Walter Chapman (Terrace), Ste ¬ wart Finley (Ocean Falls), Mrs, A. G. Jack, C. A. Kellctt, Walter Longwill, J- B. MacKay, R. H Morgan, W. R. McAfee, A. G. Mc Donald. Martin Newby (Port Clements). A. R. Nichols, Carl Paulson, Oscar Pick, A. J. Wei don, David Zlllee, Edward Fos ter (Stewart). Richard Fox (Diabv Island), Mrs. Mary C Frew, Alexandor Halg, John Hos kins, George Howe, Herbert Hun ter (Stewart). S. J. Hunter, C. A i Halibut Sales ' Canadian I, (18V4c and 16y2c) passing Cloud, 17,000, Booth. Sclma Hk 17,000, Whiz. Larry H, 10,000, Booth. Melville, 20,000, Co-op. Maude J, 9,000, Atlin. Sea Maid, 45,000, Storage. Peerless, 4,000, Storage. Canada's Part V as" Decisive Victory Factor LONDON, May 26 (ft Canada's contribution to Allied air power received tribute yesterday from a British newspaperthe London Daily Telegraph. A three-column article on the paper's editorial page said tfyat Canada's contribution to air force operations will be judged by history to be one of the decisive factors in the defeat of Germany. It quoted statistics showing that the R.CJV.F. suffered more than 21,000 casualties of which almost 14,000 are dead. Big Bend Highway Open For Summer VICTORIA, May 26 The pro vinclal Department of Public Woiks announces that the Big Bend section of the transpro-vlncial highway between Revel-stoke and Golden Is now open for the summer months. Peace River Flier Is Presumed Dead Flying Officer Jack Allan Llnklater. whose father. D. A. Linklater, lives at Dawson Creek, previously reported missing on active service with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Is pow for official purposes presumed dead. BRITISH TAKE BURMESE PORT Bassein Taken Back From Japs in Bloodless Battle CALCUTTA, May 26 0 Brit ish troops in southern Burma scored a bloodless vlotory when they took the Inland port city of Bassein an Important seat for the rice trade and situated 90 miles west of captured Ran goon. Jap withdrawals are also reported In central Burma. The enemy is maintaining a bridge head west of the Irrawaddy at Kama but Is trying to withdraw to the east. A Jap broadcast says that the Indian renegade Politico Sub has Chandra Bose has arrived in the Thailand capital of Bangkok. SEVEN FROM OHIO Seven Ohloans have been pre sident of the Unltted States. DEVASTATED Japanese Premier Admits Capital Near Wiped Out TTT f TTTTYTTTTTTTTTTTTTr AAA Bulletins LOUIS SMITH FREED Capt. Louis Smith, who was a member of the staff of the Prince Rupert Fisheries Experimental Station staff in the early days before he studied and graduated in medicine from University of Edinburgh, has arrived in Scotland after having been a prisoner of war for four years following; his. capture in Crete. His brother, W. D. Smith, Is with the Northern B.C. Power Co. heie. , PRIMITIVE WARFARE Japanese forces, endeavoring to defend Tarakan, Borneo, from the British, hare resorted to use of spears and rolling of shells on the Britons below. AFTER LONG FLIGHT A Royal Ait Force Lancaster boniber has reached Shrewsbury, England, after a 4000-mile flight over the North Pole, starting at Whitehorse. The flight was connected with research work. KING IN OTTAWA Prime Minister Mackenzie King returned to Ottawa Saturday night after more than five weeks' absence attending the San Francisco conference and campaigning in Western Canada. He looked forward to a few days' work at his office and in cabinet council before leaving for London, Ontario, where he wil spend Wednesday. ATHLONES IN REG IN A The Earl of Athlone and Princess. Alice arrived, in Re-gina today for a threeday visit. r'TO klSS KING'S ILXSD Prime Minister Winston Churchill's new cabinet will take office on Monday with a visit to Buckingham Palace to kiss the hand of the King. Lord Beaverbrook and Leslie Hore-Bclisha are back in the cabinet. WOULD UNSET FRANCO The French council of ministers in Paris has before it a resolution demanding that France urge the Allies to take some action that would unseat Generalissimo Franco of Spain. The French foreign affairs committee charged yesterday that Franco's regime was forced on Spain with the aid of Hitler and Mussolini. France has been unable to obtain extradition from Spain of Pierre Laval, under death sentence in France as a GRAZIANO WINS In the fight world last night, Rocky Graziano knocked out Bummy Davis after forty-four seconds of the fourth round, in their match at Madison Square Gardens, New York. BIG CUT IN PRODUCTION Orders For 17,000 Fighting Planes in United States Cancelled WASHINGTON, May 26 0) The United Slates War Depart Palace" of Emperor Is Completely Destroyed Premier Admits That City Has Been Entirely Laid Waste v GUAM, May 26 (CP) The Japanese radio says hat a Fridav nieht and early Saturday morning Superfort raid on Tokyo completely destroyed the nalace of the Emperor. According to the enemy broad cast, the raid lasted four hours, ending early Satur day morning, Tokyo Time. The Japanese admit heavy Battle Of Phil ippines Two Towns on Luzon Taken From Japs Cleaning Up On Mindanao MANILA, May 26 Oi Phllip- lne army guerilla troops have taken the town of Infanta and Mlsua on the east coast of Lu zon. They joined forces with the Americans after an amphl bious landing. On Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippines,, the peak of enemy resistance has been passed. Close-quarter fighting, however, still continues north of Davao. NEW CABINET FOR BRITAIN Beaverbrook and IIore-Belisha Back In Eden Still Foreign Secretary LONDON, May 26 Prime Minister Churchill has completed his selection of the interim government which replaces his coalition cabinet. The new ministers assumed office today. Anthony Eden has been retained in the key post of Foreign Sec retary and Sir James. Grlgg haa becri AreappQlntel Jcrctary of War. The Prime Minister named former Minister of Informatfon Brendan Bracken as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Beaverbrook is back in the cabinet as Lord Privy Seal, and Leslie Hore-Belisha Is also readmitted. Sir Donald Sommerville is Home Secretary. BROAD YOUTH PLAN MAY BE BEGUN SHORTLY Plans for the creation cf a broad youth Teoreatlon program in the city continue and may result in clear-cut achievement before the end of summer. Hope that such a program may soon become an actuality was given impetus Friday after-neon when delegates of the city's three service clubs, city council and the Canadian Legion con ferred with provincial Pro-Rec director Jerry Mathison. The conference followed' a general meeting of the service cluibs and city representatives with Mr. Mathison on Wednesday and took the first step in translating the wish to provide youth recreation into a flourish ing fact Delegates to the meeting were unanimous in their desire to "get something done right away." They welcomed the Idea of employing a qualified, paid instructor, and drafted an out line of the body which will direct the enterprise. As outlined, the body will be ment has announced a cut-back Prlnce Re known the Ruprt in American aircraft production. I tlcnal cp The cut-back means that 17,000 CTate M an tadependene com aupiuues now in prouueuon or lttw, wilhln thp frame, of scheduled production during the next eighteen months will not be manufactured. Charged With Demanding Money O. It. Bainman, a magazine Salesman from Vancouver, was arrested by city police on Thurs day and charged with "demand ing money with menaces" from a 17 year old girl at her home In Cow Bay. The charge arose out of an alleged action in which Barman was said to lhave intimi dated the girl into giving him $5 for a year's subscription to a na ticnal magazine after first rep Tcsentlng himself as daslrlng to sell only one copy for five cents. .the Civic Centre Association. Any person or organization in lerestd In youth activity would be entitled .to membership. (Continued on Page 4) LONDON, ffl Queensland will welcome and prefer settlers from BrlUaln after the war, said Frank Cooper, Queensland premier who is hero on government business. He said all Australia realized the need for greater population. damage to all parts of the city. Superfort crew men say that their Incendiary bombs probably destroyed the Imperial Palace and the nearby Parliamentary Buildings. More than 500 of the big planes took part In the raid which was carried out before dawn on Saturday, Tokyo Time. Jap broadcasts say that practically all of the principal business district was wiped out. Including the Broadway and Fifth Avenue of Nippon. Premier Suzuki later declared that so extensively had the city been damaged that it would have to be completely replanned and rebuilt. Most of the capi tal had been laid waste. The Premier called an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet to consider the situation. Listed as levelled are the Finnish, Soviet and Swedish embassies and the unoccupied British embassy. Nineteen superfortresses were lost in this latest raid. At Washington today it was declared that Japan would re ceive 2Vi times as much bombing during the coming year as did German territory last year.. Ontario Is Worked Up Charges in Regard to Secret Potilicak rolicc"Moch ; Inr-? -Limelight TORONTO, May 26 t The Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner W. H. Stringer said last night that W. J. Osborne Dempster has been a member of the criminal investigation branch of the Provincial Police since 1940. He said that Osborne Dempster is attached to the special anti-sabotage branch and that he has been paid as a special constable from war emergency fund. He said his name had not appeared on public ac counts from that date until the present because he was not taken on the permanent strength of the Provincial Police until July of last year. It was a man named Captain William Osborne Dempster "who was named Thursday night by the Ontario CCF leader E. B. Joliffe as head of the "secret police force" that he accused Premier Drew of maintaining. Meanwhile, Premier Drew says that by tonight his government will have completed an Investi gation of the charges. He says they are a "clear and unadulterated lie." Joliffe says that such-an In vestigation would be worthless. He said: "It would be the same as the late Hitler Investigating activities of the late minister Hlmmler." CARS PASSING OVER HIGHWAY TERRACE, May 26 As a re sult of the use of a bulldozer by ithe Royal Canadian Engineers, the Prince Rupert High way has now been made passable through the big snpwslldo near Kwlnltsa which had block ed it for several weeks. Oars are passing over the road again without using the raft detour which had been temporarily Improvised. Meanwhile, the rest of the slide Is gradually dissolving by the process of melting under warmer weather conditions. Constable W. J. Richmond of Terrace arrived In the city on last night's train on prisoner escort duty. Welcome FERGUS McKEAN at TONIGHT'S TRAIN BRUCE MICKLEBURGII ELECTION COMMITTEE BOX 405