Attl ee HEROES PARTICIPATE IN S?ii SPAPEUIJOY y S .? Two former news-paper carriers who received the Empire's highest award for valour are included In the above group which-participated in the CBC's national radio broadcast featuring! Ncwspaperboy Day. ! Following the broadcast those who took part In the program ! ft ere pnoiograpnea in the CBC studio in Toronto. Front row, left to rigJlt: (inset) Major Fred A. Tilston, V.C., former Toronto carrier; Mary Helen Mackenzie, a Toronto carrier who represented all carrier girls; Major John K. Mahony, V.C., former New Westminster, B.C., carrier. Back row, left fe right: Reid Forsee, Joint producer of the broadcast; John Fisher, producer and Interviewer; Jim Reynolds, program announcer. LOCAL UNIONS AFFIRM SUPPORT OF STRIKING WINDSOR WORKERS Declaring that "there can be no isolationism on the labor front" sneakers at a. public mcetinc in sunnort oMhe strikers at the 'Ford UrtdleJIows7 Hall last night exhorted the audience of more than 100 to "add their financial and moral support" to the Ford strikers because' defeat for labor at Windsor is defeat for labor at Prince Rupert. Called Jointly by the Prince Rupert Labor Council and the Trades and Labor Council, the meeting expressed unqualified approval Of trie demands of the Ford strikers, who have been out since Septembei 12, and dus down In its collective pockets to' add a collection of $56 to the strike fund. Speakers also recruited, can vassers 'o solicit funds to sup- oort the strike in city homes and business places, and en dorsed the sending of a tele- Tram to Prime Minister Macken-ie King deploring the way the government has handled the la-"lor strike, and another to the striking workers carrying a message of encouragement. Platform speakers were August Wallin, president of the Prince Rupert Labor Council; Stan Boshier, secretary of the Prince Rupert local, United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union; An-us MacPhee, Boilermakers' Union official and executive members of the Prince Rupert Labor Council; and James Nlchol. former Boilermakers Union sec retary. Chairman was Alderman W. II. Brett, M.L.A.-elect. Mr. Wallin said that organized labor "has its back to the wall" and that Henry Ford Is the "spearhead of the Industrialists who have declared war on labor." "We are determined to add our financial and moral support to the Ford strikers," he declared. "There can be no Isolationism I among the Unions of Canada." i Union Must Win SIrikp Mr. Boshier said that the pattern of Industrial relations in (Continued on Pa?e 2) MEETS WITH FISHERMEN A. J. Wetmore, director oi western fisheries of the Federal Department of Fisheries and a member of the International Sockeye Commission, arrived hi the city Saturday night from Ottawa and today conferred with representatives of the Prince Rupert Vessel Owners Association, salmon trollers, and the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union regarding fishery problems. He left last night on the Princess Adelaide for Vancouver and Seattle Speaks DAY BROADCAST plant in Windsor, In'the THREE VESSELS LAUNCHED TODAY , Unique in the marine record of Prince Rupert was the laun ching of three fishing vessels on the high tide at noon today in two boat yards in the Cow Bay district. At 12:30, the 43-foot hall butter - seiner "Five Princes," splashed Into the water In the Crawley and Didrlckson boat works, christened by Betty Lou Prince, the daughter of the owner. The "Five Princes" was launched before a gathering of more than 50. At the same time a 32-foot troller-gill nettcr, first of a series of 10 similar boats to be built for Nelson Bros., was launched with considerable less ceremony at the Crawley and Didrlckson yard. A few minutes iate'r, a 35-foot combination troller - glll-netter built for Edward Ling, was launched at the. boat works of Tom Steinberg- and Harry Lloyd In Cow Bay. COMPLEX MANUFACTURE As many as 291 different Items or pieces of material arc used in making a single pair of leather shoes. NEW BANK MANAGER-B.C. Lees, who nas taken charge of the Bank of Montreal at Stewart In succession to H. E. Woodford. T . Bulletins COMPANY MEETS UNION WINDSOR. Out. The Ford Motor Co. today agreed to meet the United Automobile Workers (CIO.) to discuss what the union had termed ambiguities in thj company's plan for settlement of the strike of 10.000 Ford workers on the question of union security. VANCOUVER'S RIO WIND ' VANCOUVER Tclenhnne seivice cast of Vancouver was cut early Sunday by winds that reached a maximum velocity of 57 miles per hour and uprooted trees and telephone poles but did no major damage. Main transcontinental lines were blown down over a short section. ' CCF AMBITIOUS VANCOUVER The C.C.F. provincial council, meeting Saturday, decided to establish a $50,000 fund with the aim of doubling party membership in British Columbia in the next three years. Grant MarXeil, former M.UA. for Vancouver-Burrard, was named organizer. RIG BULGARIAN VOTE LONDON A heavy vote is indicated in yesterday's Bui-gailan elections. The Swiss radio has been heard reporting that seventy-five percent jot the Bulgarian voters went to the polls in the country's first election of a National Assembly since 1910. BATTLE OF JAVA UATAVIA, Java Br I i ish. troops fighting their way through the great Javanese naval base of Soerabaja have gained 1000 yards in their latest advance in one sector of the city. Meantime, Premier Sjahrir of the unrecognized Indonesian Republic has sent a three-man committee to Soerabaja to investigate the fighting in the hope that some settlement may be reached. POUND IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The Amcri-can poet, Ezra l'ound, has been flown from Italy to Washington. The sixty-fivc-year-old Idaho-born writer is charged with treason in broadcasting Axis piopaganda during the war. GEORGE WALK EM HONORED REGINA A Vancouver man, G. A. Walkcm, has been awarded one of the Julian C. Smith medals for making a valuable contribution to the development of Canada. He received the award in recognition of his long service to the engineering profession and his achievements in the war effort through his various industries in Vancouver. The other Julian Smith medal goes to A. J. Grant of Saint Catharines, Ontario, for his outstanding work on the Wetland Canal. VETS AT HALIFAX HALIFAX A storm at sea 'delayed the arrival of the liner Queen Elizabeth in Halifax by more than twenty-four hours; Aboard the ship arc more than 12,000 war veterans and Canada's vicc-rcgal couple, the Earl of Athlone and 'Princess Alice. The Queen' Ell-'zabeth docked this afternoon. Another troop cairier, converted British aircraft carrier II. .M.S. Puncher, has already arrived in Halifax with six hundred Canadian war veterans aboard. The storms also delayed the Puncher one day and caused slight damage to the ship. Weather Forecast Hecate Straits and Queen Charlottes Light to moderate westerly winds, becoming, modi erate south winds during night. Partly cloudy today, becoming overcast during the night with rain Tuesday morning, Cool. LIGHT ENERGY Billions of impulses of light energy fall upon the eyes every second, - . fj. NORTHERN AND CENTlUy7iIlITlWjI.UMBTA;a NEWSPAPER Vcathcr Forecast Local Tides Rupert -f Light winds, lie prince mm Tuesday, November 20, 1945 ' cloudy to partly cloudy and cool. ." - W -High Tuesday, light to moderate winds, 1:35' . 21.7 fect overcast. Light rain commencing 13:29 4.0 feet In the evening. Most Low 7:30 5.4 feet Published at Canada's Strategic Pacific Port 20:11 0.1 feet VOL. XXXIV. No. 2G7. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS nrUlDAI n OKJ . t t A IPFTIAII DIAN UUbllUN Re Given Franchise. rj.iiinn and co-operative Backfrcund ThU I Ir.iL AtATLf ii i VI. 111.4 Hit t- fnri ipLnarv must b - - - ruin wanting of the franchise 1 .1 it ttr i tVs nnun! . PIC UH"k" O knnaflr hnt nrp the right 0. Arcn'-oaia, ivi.r. lur otteri a recent contribution to the i Unlit arniinH frio mnv iUUVWI " ie i- , iv'ill rr pin" .1 ri riik a uti uuui u u hi Cm. Rlnvlnclc rasps I. meiters ea d Di ies licit Ul ,vii.'uiiuovii k)vv ui'iui Iff. T mi or 1 11 it.cc RAIL, Nov, 19 Sclwyn G ivWlr atroA f!7 nholrman anrt . l -1 L 11 1 iiicr uit'.MUciit ui i lie Lun- i-. ii.t j 1 1 i u ill hwuilui tuuaj iiiiunuiK lengthy Illness. iylock graduated in mctal- :v irum mcujii un versiiv anu ilLUHllV I'flllirT L4 1 ni 1LI.MI fcjIJl nia u. n TP nn ni.h ri pn wiiric hn became assistant general smp r nir rn anrt in I N became company president :ittlc more than-a year ago. Only five years ago Blaylock ceived the gold medal of the 4itutlon of Mining & Metal-rsy of London, England. n FT INTO EA TRAGEDY Eridtnre Into Recent Tragedy At roison Cove Heard at Kltmlu An inquest Is being conducted Klcmtu today into the deaths 'Wo victims of a drowning "stay wmcn authorities fear IV Vrt... -1 t i ii Mrs. Solomon Colllnson and 'year-oid Noiman Robinson, of niiuic (juuito weru iuuuu a beach t Poison Cove. 90 UPS fmifv. . I Two other occupants of a boat "ui was found capsized in the are siiu missing, rncy r! Solomon Colllnson. husband '' the dead woman, and their "ail child. The party of four as on a hunting trip early this . ... ,,,vii, it is DQiicvea, meir ' overturned In a storm. rl ms. K llUf. A 1 II I C mJ LLL 0 CARRY ON pAIUS, Nov. in (CP) The nstituent assembly voted , 11 V0 163 today to ask Oen-, Gaulle to renew cffoits 10 form a rnalHIm. -nv.rn. et, giving equal reprcsen-on (n communists, social-p,t.and Popular republican The ,avor of motlbn for f i fcpresentation of the , ' major parties In an in- " uP05inir of Air Alrl A 1 n VANnntn 'linn i ov. iv wnai he 0lmbla cities durlni - uie Air Kaid rrotec- win rn ff-j i j inrtm. 7 v wiitit'u io lire ur- 1U ",cnts for use as fire sig- C Cites British Commonwealth As Exemplifying Needed For Fast i300 Raised For Wjhdsor Strikers Labor union canvassers who haye been soliciting funds throughout the city since late last week to send to Windsor to assist the striking Windsor mo-' tor company workers, have col-1 leccd about $250 in addition tj thei: $56 collection at Sunday! nisiit's labor rally In the Odd- ' fellows' Hall. The drive will be intensified, It was Intimated at theimeetlng. The committee In charge, of raising funds consists of August Wallin, chairman: An-gu' MacPhee, A. R. Adcock, Stan Boshier and H. Hill. GEO. ANDERSON IS DELEGATE TO CONFERENCE George Anderson, business agent for the Prince Rupert Deep Sea Fishermen's Union, was elefcted by union members at a meeting Sunday afternoon to represent them at the annual couietyjee, .betwe? Teprescnta tivei of the halibut fishery' and International Fisheries Commission at Seattle on Novenfbcr 29. Mr. Anderson has attended several previous conferences in a similar capacity. At this year's conference, the international body will hear representations from fishermen's delegates regarding broadening the powers of the commission to cover types of fisheries which directly concern the welfare of the halibut industry. It Is also understood that the halibut men will urge that the commission be given power to effect a compulsory system of lay-overs between fishing trips to replace the voluntary system which pre-war experience indicated to be unsatisfactory. Under the pre-war lay-over system halibut boat crews voluntarily kept their fcoats In for a short period between trips to allow other fishermen a 'more 'avorable opportunity to market their catches. Following Sunday's meeting, Mr. Anderson said that he probably will leave for Vancouver on Tuesday to consult with offi cials of the Vancouver unions prior to the conference. The conference will be attended by fishermen's delegates from fishing centres ,ln Canada, Alaska and the United States. O. W. Njckerson of Prince Rupert Is chairman of the commission. At Sunday's meeting other matters of routine business were dealt with. President Erling Grlndstrand was chairman of the meeting. PASSING OF MINISTER VICTORIA. Nov. 19 0' Hon. Dr. Kenneth Cattarach Mac-donald, 73, British Columbia's minister of agriculture, died today. He had been In falling health for some time and did not take part In the election campaign In his riding of North Oganagan but was, nevertheless, re-elected to the Legislature. Vancouver-Mexico Steamship Service VANCOUVER, Nov. 19 - A freight service U to be established between Vancouver and Mexico. The 3700-ton Victoria Park will commence the service next spring d anaaian V.C. WINNER Lieut. Robert Hampton Qray. V.C, D.S.C., R.C.N.V.RM of Xlson, to whom the Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded last week. Lieut. Gray, who was, serving with the British aircraft carrier II.MS. Formidable as a fighter pilot, bombed and sank a Japanese destroyer on .August 9, just six days-.before V-J Day... Ills plans was.ihot no: Jiirvvas reported missing, presumed dead. His was the lone Victoria Cross awarded to a member of ,the Canadian naval service in the war. Lieut. Oray was the';nephew. of Mrs. J. L. Lee of Pi'ince Rupert. Perry's Plea More Ottawa Help Needed Calls for Speedy Measures to Cushion Effects of Transition From War to Peace VICTORIA, Nov. 19 W Hon. II. G. T. Perry made a plea at the week-end for speedy implementation of measures to cushion the effects of the transition period from war to peace. Mr. Perry was winding up business at the Parliament Buildings, as minister of education and also as chairman of the British Columbia Postwar Rehabilitation Council. Mr. Perry said the Dominion government should Immediately Implement a scheme to finance municipal and urban postwar projects which he considers the best method of relieving unemployment In British Columbia. The retiring minister said the Dominion government should give more assistance to the municipalities than It is willing to do now. Mr. Perry left Victoria at the week-end for Vancouver, where he will spend a few days before proceeding to Prince George to resume residence. QUEUEITIS NEW BRITISH MALADY LONDON, Nov. 19 -Weary British housewives, awakening each morning to numb arms and tingling hands and fingers, blame it on "qucusltls" but doc tors say that the sensation, Induced by heavy housework, standing In queues and carrying heavy shopping baskets, should be known as "acroparaesthesla." "Formerly confined to women habitually doing heavy work, such as washerwomen. It Is now found throughout the social scale," the neurologist. Dr. F. M. R. Walshe. wrote In the British Medical Journal. He said the only cure was rest Parliament Principles World Peace Historic Speech Made By British Prime Minister At Ottawa Atomic Bomb Only Part of Problem Facing World Addressing a joint session of the Canadittn Senate and House mttawa this afternoon, Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Britain said that in the discussions on atomic energy just concluded at Washington President Truman, Prime Minister King and himself had considered the atomic bomb as only , , , , i., , a Dart nf the ereat problem that Northern Highway Ottawa Aid Being Asked Trince Rupert to Alberta Border Road One of Major Projects VICTORIA, Nov. 19 To complete the main northern transprovincial highway from Prince Rupert to the Alberta boundary is one' of the nine major projects for which" the provincial government will se "y Irom T" ' hignway development program for this province. This will be taken up by Premier John Hart and Minister of Public Works Herbert Anscomb, who are leaving Victoria this week with Attcrney General R. L. Mait-land for Ottawa to attend the Dominion - provincial conference. The northern highway project would include betterments on the existing road between Prince Rupert and Trince George with a new majir sec-lion of road to be built eastward from Prince George to the Alberta border. LOAN BUYING RECORD MADE Rcgina Wins Dcvenlsh Cup With Prince Rupert Second VANCOUVER, Nov. 19 Final figures for the Ninth Victory Loarr campaign reveal that employees of the British Columbia district of the Canadian National Railways exceeded all previous loans, subscribing $551,500, equal to 1C7 per cent of the objective, it was announced today by W. T. Moodle, general superintendent. Counting the bonds taken by employees of the Canadian National Steamships, the total subscribed by the B. C. district was in excess of $565,000. At the same time, It was announced by W. R. Devenlsh, vice- president of the railway, that subscriptions to the loan by 26,' 441 western region employees reached the record figure of $5,609,650 or 125 per cent -of the objective. The average subscrlp-1 tlon for the western region amounted to $212.16. CjN.R. shops, as a group, subscribed 122 per cent of their objective. The Devenlsh Cup, emblematic of the leading division on the western region, was won by the Reglna division for the first time, with subscriptions amount lna to 170 per cent of the oblec tlve. Prince Rupert Dry Dock, which won the cwj In the eighth loan, was second, and Prince Al bert, third. Prominent Winnipeg Business Mart Dies WINNIPEG, Nov. 19-Cedric S Gunn, prominent Winnipeg fin ancial and business man, died I vetcrday of a heart attack, .V!.t.V. confronts the world today the problem of peace. Cheered wildly by members of the House of Commons and the Senate after he had been lntro- duced by Prim Minister King, tne uriusn rame Minister saw that at their conference the leaders had stressed the making of the United Nations an effec tive Instrument of peace. To make atomic energy an In. strument of human welfare rather than a weapon of des truction was .the problem pon-fronting.the world today, he said. The British Commonwealth and Empire had set the world anexamplQ that shouldjje noted . aud followed,' "hedeclared;" tlic" bonds which united the British Commonwealth were spiritual, not material and "such spiritual tics must unite the nations of the world If we are to unite the world on a firm foundation of peace." The Prime MinLster'pald tribute to Canada's "magnificent" war effort, outlining Canadian military achievements from Dieppe to V-J Day, and lauded the productive effort of the Canadian people. In speaking of Britain's pres ent condition he said that In spite of the destruction, of war Britain today faces the future with a feeling of great energy which will keynote its peacetimo resurgence. Regarding the policies of his party he said: "We believe that the general well being of Britain and of the Commonwealth can be complementary, irweact wisely we will never see .again, as we did in 1931, starvation and want In the midst of plenty." He dwelt on Britain's domes-lc problems of reconstruclon. and concluded with a note of optimism, that In spite of the grave dangers presented by the future. It was also filled with great hope. Hon. Dr. J. H. King, for the Senate, and Speaker Fauteaux, for the House of Commons, ex pressed appreciation to Mr. Attlee at the conclusion of his address. Prime Minister Mac kenzie King proposed' three cheers which were heartily given. Yesterday at an Impressive ceremony Mr. Attlee. laid a wreath on the national 'ceno taph In front of the Parliament Buildings. , , FINES HERE ARE LOWER Total of fines levied in poltcc court here So far this' "year1 Is $12,2116. ' For the same' period last year it was $18,595. There were 54 cases before the magistrate last month, Sgt. 0. L. Hall reported, 50 of which" resulted In convictions. Property valued at $1,543 was reported stolen during the month, of which $399.50 was recovered. Prosecutions have resulted from the "worst Hallowe'en ever experienced lii'Frlnco Rupert." There were four reported motor vehicle accidents, during the month. -ft 9 u CI