FAVOR OF MIGRATION i: x 1 1 ...... 1 rn1nl,n. Official Expresses nnv.ciion i i:;:M7REAL. Nov. 30 Cana- first post-war Immigration h-imi 111. ifl 111UUI' 1111 VIA L1IC X . wives and children 01 uana- 11 .ILLl'JIl HI1C1 UU11CU1LU1C. inrllnn Natinnal Rallwavs. In an address yesterday at Montreal regional conicrence the Canadian Conference of imv nno it. is in np nnaea. MeGowan said: "This coun- v ni inn tincr ic nnv iriiiric. reasoning becomes a convic- ii n i i n l p t l m n n n nn n I'll' vir , future fearfully or coura- , we have sufficient to pio- f Trtf Ihn nnrirl nf nut Ctr O 11 I living space with others. I 9 m nAnifliMtnfl Vrt O tl H . ..... i ...0.w. I hnlUIIH 1 A. r J . .. f ; cuinparca wnu mi; jdiive one tnat has been dom- . .. ... nui AlfiJJ UO ttllU W1U fln ... . - - - Mr MeGowan made It clear ill. hn t,,n . 1 I l ihn iv na not 111 lUVUT Ul caned wide-open door policy. pro .1. , .i , . l he said, but this did not mat a mucn more nuciai ' vuiu not DC CJl-aUlliM".u. WnuM n..i .... n do admitted freely without Sreat manv nf tim vpstrirtlons - uuin lniuenrfi ,nast muvi;- !,... .. . iiuniizrntinii vn fnlt t-linn n nl K . ... 'i-auicien in muse cum rt rn. ... seiiirmpnr. nn rnp ana. ' infiltration of dcodIc to Urban areas, nartleularlv of - - vuiiuuu lu menus uuu re" V"-. ana there shou d be no .wons on this class other in n At. ' iose of health and uter- CHINESE ROUTS HOLD-UP ATTEMPT BY SHOUTING IN FACE OF GUN By shouting for help in the face of two bandits, one of whom he believed to be armed, Harry Louis, a Chinese, routed the two men who entered his home at 819 Second Avenue West at 11:30 last night in what was believed an attempt to commit the first armed robbery in Prince Rupert in recent years. The incident . was the second one of a serious tful Tclls War Crimes Tribunal Today That He Was Oonly Feigning Loss of Memory NUERNBERG, Nov. 30 ib Rudolf Hess told the International military tribunal on war crimes today that he accepts "full responsibility for all I have done, signed or co-signed" and he wishes to continue on trial with his fellow Nazis. Hess declared he had feigned loss of memory, even to his own attorney, for "tactical -reasons." The court adjourned without ;. announcing a ruling on the mental fitness of the former No. 2 deputy fuehrer whom Allied psychiatrists have reported sane but suffering from hysteria. Defence medical advisers expressed the opinion jhac Hess' latest statement that he was not suffering from amnesia was an illustration of the "quirks of mind which can make him Irresponsible." ' VANCOUVER FISH PACKER IS SUNK VANCOUVER, Nov. 30 Efforts are under way to raise the $35,000 fish packer New Liver- ol ours cannot develop and ( pool which sank in Burrard Inlet .. i - . . i.i i - i i r. 1 1 i .1 1 ,..uw n ;ress as n snouia wunuuv vcsicraav aiwer cumuius n c people. The admission of : tugboat. The crew of three men re ncople. far from creating i was rescued DrosDcritv and nssist in our SCUTTLING NAZI NAVY U-I5oals Being Sunk at Kale of 110 Tcr Day By Various Means LONDON. Nov. 30 (CP) One hundred and ten German submarines a day arc being ': sruttled in the North Atlan- tic, according to a Reuters I dispatch. The report says the subs are being scuttled, bomb- cd, blown up, gunned, tor- i pedocd, rocketed and destroyed by means still top secret. Rcu- j ters says the u-boats arc being sent clown off Count Donegal in Ireland. Lower Coast Stormswept Gale, Torrential Rain. Thunder and Lightning-Two Small Boats Have Rough Time VANCOUVER, Nov. 30 P Another gale swept across tthis nart of the coast during Thurs day night. It was accompanied by thunder, lightning ana torrential rain. It was still unabated carlv this morning. Wireless reports Indicated two small craft were battling heavy seas but both reported they were riding out the storm. They were the 48-foot fish boat Rosalie and he spineboat-Dacker Western Filer, TIRE RATION RELAXATION Relaxation of tire ration regulations In certain automobile classes will become effective as from December 1, according, to word received In the city. Tires OURRN-s vvnnvr, for truck Sizes UUU Dy ZU, oau "J Queen wt I- - v,.. -n and 700 bv 20 and over will be ""r yenr-s fh i v,, t mHnn free as will also be usea , te three davs the lonccstland retreaded tires for passen-, Br,,'sh royal history.' ger car ' nature to be committed last night. Earlier, between 5 o'clock and 7:30. p.m., a prowler entered the home of Mrs. Mary K. Lyons, 615 Green Street, stealing several articles of jewelry while Mrs. Lyons was away. At 11:40 last night Louis told police that he had been the victim -of an attempted armed robbery about 10 minutes before. Two men, he said had knocked at his door and had been admitted after they claim ed to be policemen. Without opening the door, Louis had demanded the identity of his callers. "It's the police," a voice out side had replied. Louis said that he opened the door and was faced- by U men, one of whom carried a flashlight and what appeared to be a revolver. Throwing the flashlight beam In Louis' eyes he demanded that the Chinaman give him money. "I haven't got any money,' Louis replied. While the first bandit, who wore a mask, -demanded Lewis' money, the second went Into his bedroom and began to ransacK it. Lewis then began to shout i in,.. the .hope that his. neighbors might hear ana come io neip him. "Be quiet, or I'll shoot," the first bandit threatened, but Louis began to shout harder than ever and to pound on the wall of his house. Aparcntly alarmed by the clamor, the two men dashed hastily from the house. Louis then rushed to the police station where he told of the attempted hold-up. Constables R. A. Brett and E. Zom return cd immediately to the house and began a search of the vicinity without result. Continued patrols of the vicinity throu-out the night failed to reveal (Continued on Page 5) HAD BATTLE WITH STORM Famous us;ralian Barque is Safe in Vancouver After Fight For Life off Cape Flattery VANCOUVER Nov. 30 ) The famous New Zealand barque Pamir was In Vancouver today af ter a terrific 10-hour fight for life against 75-mlie per hour winds off Cape Flattery, the his toric "death trap" fir sailing ships. Heroic work of the crew saved her from being dashed to pieces on the rocks of southern Vancouver Island in one of the worst storms of h,er 40 years afloat. TO PRISON FOR LIFE ' SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Nov 30 01 John Gltlbcrtl, aged 59 was sentenced to life Imprison ment yesterday for the murder of Herman Trelle, aged 50, former world's champion wheat and oats grower, who formerly lived at Wembley, Alberta. Trelle, superintendent of a ranch on which Glllbertl was foreman, was fatally wounded by two shotgun blasts on September 1. , Glllbertl contended he fired In self-defence but witnesses testified he had been brooding over losing his position. McADAM ELECTED LONDON W. A. McAdam, British Columbia Agent General In London, has been elected president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in NATIONALIZE BANKS PARIS A bill to nationalize the r.ank of France and four of France's other largest banks was introduced today. RUSSIA WILL WIN NEW YORK If there is a race in atomic energy Russia will win it, Dr. Irving Lang- muir or General Electric research department said here today because there were no unemployment or strikes in Russia and there was a more extensive program of scientific research in the Soviet than in the United States. FREIGHTER STRANDED QUEBEC The 7,000-ton freighter Fort Douglas is stranded in the St. Lawrence River 75 miles from here as a tesult of a gale. Two corvettes became entangled in a cable and collided. SMELTERS' BONUS TRAIL Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. is giving 75 Christmas bonus to all its employees who worked the full year. Those who worked a lesser period will receive propor-tioale bonuses. OLYMPIC GAMES NEW YORK The next Olympic Games may be held in London or Lausanne. INSURGUiS ADVANCING TEHERAN, Iran A government issued toviinunique in Terehan says Insurgent forces from 'the northernmost province of Azerbaijan are pushing into a third prcvincc in northern Iran. The communique says the insurgent force has turned eastward in its , march down the main rail line 1 leading towards the capital city of Teheran and is advancing on a city 15 miles from the Caspian Sea. WAR VETERANS UNDECIDED DETROIT American war veterans employed at the General Motors Corporation are undecided tin the question cL supporting the strike of the C.I.O.-U.A.W. which has left 225,000 General Motors workers idle. General Motors, meantime, has accepted an invitation to discuss the strike with government officials. MANHUNT ENDS FORT FRANCES, Out The most extensive manhunt in the history of the Rainy River district of northwestern Ontario has ended with the capture of an unarmed man wanted for robbery. Police combed the area for the fugitive who twice escaped into the bush through a hail ot police bullets. He now is being held in the Fort Frances jail pending further investigation. CHINESE POLICY CHUNGKING A Chinese Communist newspaper, China Daily, asserts that a change is needed in American policy in China. The paper says the resignation of Major-Gencral Patrick Hurley as il. S. ambas. sador to China offers such an opportunity. China Daily goes on to call for removal of American fcrces in not til" China. JAP CHIEF SURRENDERS Supreme Commander in South Asia Gives Himself Up to Mouiitballen' RANGOON, Nov. 30 Field Marshal Terauchi, invalid supreme commander ol the Japanese expeditionary forces In the southern regions of Asia, formally surrendered to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten today. Terauchi, who Is 07 years of age. turned over his swords, symbols of authority from Emperor fpROVlNClAL 1 M LIBRARY NORTHERN AND. CEN' rRVtt, BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Forecast i 1 i Weather "4 Local Tides prince Rupert Cloudy and cool with rain and snow showers Saturday, December 1, 1945 ... . today and Saturday. "'Hs, strong soumea-st, rear' High 11:14 20.1 feet over open wa j ' 9HK 23:58 17.9 leet force . R.iturdav. ..Ur Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port Low 5:06 8.1 feet V fc 17:56 5.6 feet VOL. XXXIV. No. 277. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS l.r or Trial ' , . t-.i r i. v 3. ot nti-nmer Sh own -eet Rehabilitation To Cost $344,000 ussians Were starved Until IWU'"' "' nr-im-1 Uah . Oft ifc. TU - ill I fl J f J plotted for years against . ultlor nnd flhallv wns p. n uiut- ... - - a surprise witness testified i Tirnirnn a 1 1 no I m for mysterious Oreek-blooded Xnnlnnnnn catf Inn troc I LCI -I.JIVis,V w... " I . 1 1 1 -..1. 11 pt ciioue Dy lc i vt-5w wit- Major General Edwin La- thai Canaris unsuccessfully Ill-treatment of Russian "cannibalism ensued." ohnnspn !IH that Hlrh Com- . 4U.--....1 1 . line dv ianuiia. Hess r rorge Not SuUetiU CONFERENCE ADJOURNS OTTAWA The co-ordinating committee of the intergovernmental conference "adjourned last night until January 28. The committee consists of Premier King and the nine provincial premiers. Mr. Kin; sa;d it iiau ;een an "interesting and profitable" week and he could not have imagined a belter series of meetings. ELIZABETH DIVERTED JiEW YORK Owing to winter weather conditions, it has been announced that the Queen Elizabeth will dock at New York for the lest of the season instead of at Halifax with Canadian repatriates. She is due in New York December 7 on the next trip. CHURCHILL 71 LONDON Today was Win-ilon Churchill's seventy-first birthday. He received con- j gratulatory messages "from all over the world. "As. fit and keen as ever,"' the wartime Prime Minister's friends commented. ONTARIO GETS FIRST SNOWFALL TORONTO. Nov. 30 First snowfall of the season fell In -southern O n t a r i o yesterday. There was a 7-inch fall at Niag ara Falls and telephonic com- nJ&attPns have bcen cd with. ANTI-PEACE INDUSTRIES Russian Commentator Complains That German Concerns Arc Not Being Abolished LONDON, Nov. 30 German industrial concerns are still directed against the cause ol pcac:-, Soviet radio commentator Mik-hallov said over Moscow radio rast night. He sai i that big German concerns were not being abolished at the same rate In various occupation zones and some firms were going Into self-liquidation as a "method of camouflage." BRITISH SHELLED So Retaliatory Measures Have To Be Taken Against Indonesians on Java E ATA VI A, Nov. 30 0 British aircraft today ' attacked with bombs and rockets Indonesian guns which yesterday hurled 95 shells Into Ambarawa camp area where Allied refugees are gathered. Thirteen "persons were killed and 34 wounded by the Indonesian shelling. Among the killed were five BrUlsh soldiers. The British announced that fighting broke out again In Bandoeng yesterday between Dutch and Indonesian nationalists. "VOLCANO" WAS ONLY MUDSLIDE VICTORIA, Nov. 30 0 The "volcano" in the Sheep Creek district of the Kootenays has been found to be an ordinary mudslide', H. C. Hughes, inspec-I tor of mines at Nelson, has re-' ported. He found no evidence of I vilsanic eruption but said he I found a huge rock and mud slide. XMAS PASSES ARE CANCELLED MONTREAL, Nov. 30 Notwithstanding that hostilities have terminated, demands upon the railways and the'cfflclent handling of troops returning from overseas make H again necessary to susaend the use of allbh during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year holiday period, it is jointly announced today by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways. The suspension will be effective from Thursday, December 20, 1945, until Thursday, January 3, 1946, the announcement states. It had been hoped that, with the war over, it would not have been necessary to place this restriction during the coming holiday season but the situation thai confronts the railways In the handling of the fighting forces enroute home leaves no alternative. . DESERT MINERAL WEALTH Most of Chile's mineral wealth Is located In the desert and mountain regions of the north. NORTH ONTARIO WOULD GO ALONE MAYOR PORT ARTHUR LEADS MOVE PORT ARTHUR, Nov. 30 (CP) Mayor Charles Cox of Port Arthur said yesterday that he believes 85 percent of the people of Northern Ontario favor creation of a tenth Canadian province in the north or annexation of a good share of northern Ontario by Manitoba. Several other Port Arthur officials supported the views of the mayor. FISH BOAT LAUNCHING- Family co-operation extends even to the name of this fine vessel which was launched recency at the Crawley and Didrickson boat works by Miss Betty Lou Prince, daughter of Jack Prince, the owner. Betty Lou Is seen here as she hurled the bottle of champagne at the bow of the "Five Princes," a capacious 48-foot combination troller-hallbutter. Mr. Prince and two of his sons did a large part of the work In building the "Five Princes," and will sail on her when she starts operations in the spring. .Powered by a Cummlngs 100 h.p. diesel engine, the "Five Princes" will be rigged for halibut fishing. A iarge crowd watched the launching City Gets Estimate Of Damage Done To Roads Estimated cost of rehabilitating Prince Rupert's streets,' many of which were damaged by wartime military trafficis $344,682, with an additional $6,610 thrown in to cover the cost of damage to theeity's sewers crushed by traffic overloads during the wartime boom. These were the figures. presented by City Council to the federal govern-. - " ment's military Inter - service i committee investigating the city's claims for reparations. The final, revised brief was given to Squadron Leader; Nes-bitt, Royal Canadian Air Force representative, Thursday afternoon and will be studied by the three - man committee before they are referred to the federal government. According to City Clerk H. D. ' Thaln, the city does not anticipate getting the total $344,-682 but has submitted that figure as the total cost of rehabilitating the city streets. The amount of reparations which the government will arrive at in payment for the wartime damage will be based on that figure. Squadion Leader Nesbltt's visit yesterday was a sequel to an earlier visit by Brig. G. Walsh, C.B.E., D.S.O., Lt.-Col. M. G. S. Brown, M.C., DJS.O., committee members who ad vised city authorities to draw up a schedule of reparations for presentation to the com mlttee. City Engineer E. A. Phillips HOFFMEISTER STATEMENT Charges Stcclworkcrs' Union With Misinterpreting His Remarks VANCOUVER, Nov. 30 iff' The man named to lead Canada's Pacific force when plans called for Canadian, servicemen to go to the Pacific, Major General Hoffmeister. denies he Is attempting to set veteran against .civilian. The charge was made by the C. I. O. United Steelworkers'-Unlon after General Hoffmeis ter had declared: "There arc! those fortunate enough to have stayed heme . . . They are the ones who should he digging ditches rather than veterans." General Hoffrrielster says the union has misinterpreted his words. He declares he has no Intention of creating a rift between lahar and veterans. "There Is Just one purpose In my mind,' he says. "To render some service to a lot of men who did a lot lor m and my End Sympathy Break-Up In Strike? Chrysler and General Motors Units at Windsor Are Going Back to Work WINDSOR, Nov. 30 (CP) There has been a break in the Windsor strike deadlock. It was announced early today that the Chrysler and General Motors units of Local 193 of the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers of America have voted to return to work immediately. The two units make up- 3500 of the 8500 members of the Local who have been on a sympathy strike since early in November. The Ford strike in Windsor, meantime, continues with no let-up in sight. The rank and file union members have voted down st back-to-work plan which had the approval of the union leaders. The plan had been proposed by Labor Minister Mitchell and was has been working for several understood to. have the ap. i ntlnn nrctrt amI MlnHiii rnmrnnw . f ' I The $6,610 figure for sewers represents damage done to 'downtown sewage lines crushed by heavily loaded .trutks and the cost of installing a sewer for a military barracks. Squadron Leader Nesbltt arrived from Vancouver on Wednesday night's train and is returning to present the city's brief to the rest of committee. COMMISSIONER PARS,ONS HERE Commissioner T. W. S. Par sons of the B. C. Police arrived in the city on last night's train I in the course of an inspection I tour of police detachments In j D" Division. He will be In the city until some time next week ; Commissioner Parsons ,flew to Prince George from Vancouver with General F. F. Worthlngton, general officer commanding, Pacific Command, then proceeded westward oh' a tour If Interior detachments. Temperature Maximum Minimum Rainfall Statement .Made By Minister OTTAWA, Nov. 30 (CP) Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, minister of labor, disclosed in the House of Ccmmons Friday details of a strike settlement plan which was rejected yesterday by Ford workers at Windsor. The plan provided for appointment of an arbitrator with an umpire to prevent discrimination in return of workers to their jubs. The minister said the plan had been formally accepted by the companyt The formula was decided upon, Air. JMllcucll said, at conferences betwea government representatives and ccm-pany and union cfficials'at Ottawa Tuesday but was turn: cd down by a 53 perceiS vote: -of the United Automobile Workers Union. Mr. Mitchell, in his statement, gave no indication of any further action planned by the government to end the strike. 41 33 .58 TAXATION OF CO-OPERATIVES No Indication Yet of What Implementation May Be Made of Royal Commission Report OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (CP)-J-Report of the Royal Commission on cooperatives, which was made lie Monday, will cause co-opera tives to "review their policies on payment of patronage dividends and accllulatlon of reserves, In formed authorities said today. While there has been no in dication of what action the gov ernment may take on the com mission's recommendations, tax ation of co-operatives ha3. been a subject of discussion for some time and Is certain to receive careful attention before a decision is made. Austria Getting New Government LONDON, Nov. 30 ' The Vienna radio says Chancellor Karl Renner of Austria will resign along with his government. Renner's Socialistic party was defeated In the Sunday election. The leader of the successful People's Party Leopold Ftgl Is expecfed to head the new fl Pi