IW COUNSEL I RAILWAY Walter Patterson Receives Western Region Appointment WINNIPEG, Oct. 13 Walter T. Stttrson, well known In Mani la legal circles for many years ltd Utterly with the Air Transit Board, Ottawa, haj been on, Canadian National Rall-ajs. according to Dalton 6. JWtBt K.C rp'ffinnal rfmnspf IinecomDanv Mr Pntlrnn till makp hi hpuHniiart lre In winlpez. Mr. Patterson was born In Msevain. Manitoba. W.J 11. . . . . "u irom me university 01 witoba In 1924. with f.ho Hp- -K 01 LL. R Hp u'jc mIIoH In at Manitoba hnr I n 1 09 J Trlrr vv lt VK Ii 4 3- ,ivu T iDt,l CU Ultl j m wona war I. In 1941, Patterson went to Ottawa lllh the lpffal hmnih f 4ho Apartment Of Munitions and ly and was appointed solici-Wartime Industries and tatrol Board, in 1942, later 'coming secretary and solicitor the board. In 1944, he was pointed secretary and solicitor "lie Air Transport Board. Weather Forecast win Coast and Queen Char-J Islands- -Cloudy and mild lth llsht rain V-.. i illi flowers tonleht. wtnH cn.ifViP-.ct. "Nth, strong, gales locally "Himlni smith,... j. " ,.!.. -""'us in fresh tnnUkt i FORWARD liTRAHSFERRFD ."f o Vancouver as distant n. r c iftor of "Y" (Donl Pr.r.-J 1 en r '"""""i w"o "as Servir. suPvlsor of War Oim..,. ' w,c loung Mens "U ACCnAinll 1 . "viauon nere ior v uast ,,. . .. IB1.IU- curs ana tnree 'PPoln'm now "celved the u"sn Columbia m nil si ,ea;e r.e for kC5.n'H, new duUes will fton M ba?k 10 Prince Rupert ,Jy visits. After the war mt', may retum here to KKttNa ROUTE Eng., m- Mrs. has covered 5V MhZ alkln8 her dally fiSfL route roull, 7s- She has been on Hshnn T 27 years. Mrs. Z I T vlllaes on her I rt... iney have aivfi hn Prchases, Per..!!i.Cana(Jlan dallv news- Menu "e ronded before rnn- "11 in 1807 NIGHT'S GALE REACHED 42 MPH Winds which reached gale proportions last night and this morning were expected by the weatherman to continue today, but to decrease tonight. Last night people who ventured out of doors encountered winds which reacned a maximum of 42 miles an hour around 9 p.m., and averaging 34 miles an hour all night. Mast serious damage reported caused by the gale which at limes carried a' heavy fall oh' rain, was the blowing off of the roof of Valentin Dairy. TRAVELLED FAR TO MEET HERE Port Clements Boys Who Went To School Together Reunited After I-ong Service Overseas Two boys who went to school together at Port Clements, Queen Charlotte Islands, and both of whom spent three or more years serving overseas with the Canadian Army, had to return to Prince Rupert this week to meet again. They were Robert Mallory and Ernest Chapman, who arrived In Prince Rupert from overseas during the last few days and sailed last night on the Casslar for Port Clements. They had learned of each other's presence here through the medium of the Canadian Legion Women's Auxiliary Welcome Hut where a register Is kept of all re-turning service men. Mallory, who served overseas with the Royal Canadian Artillery for three and a half years, was in both the Italian and Holland campaigns as was also Chapman who was fcur years overseas with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Another returning service man for this district this week has been Nell Galbralth who served five years in England with the R.C.E.M.E. He will leave Sunday night on the Catala for his northern mining camp home. COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE FOR HOSPITAL WING A committee charged with opening negotiations to take over the military hospital ad-Inlnlnir the Prince Rupert Gen eral Hospital was set up by a special meeting of .the uospuai Board Thursday night. The military hospital, built on hospital-owned property by the Department of National Defence In constructed with the 1941, was Intention of forming an addition to the hospital at the end of the war. Appointed to the committee, which will work with Hospital Superintendent Miss P. M. Mooney, R-N-i and the administrative staff, were the following board members: T B. Black, Arnold Flaten, Dr, R. Q. Large and William Watts. Turkey the president must wear dress clothes and a top hat. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH CdLUM$IA'S NEWSPAPER feather Forecast ' Local Tides Cloudy with SUNDAY light rain showers, k wmtm finds, moderate to fresh, south-fCstcrly . Sunday, October 14, 1945 ' - ' and slightly cooler. " High. ..... 7:34 Infect, Published at Canada's M ost Strategic Pacific Port Low ., .yv .. .1:55 0:34. 18.a 7.0 feel;' feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 237. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS 12:45 11.0 feet Sulletiu .ntiV LOAN OUOTA .j... Runerts quota for Victory Loan will k Ninth K00.0O0. In the Eighth y JansalM here totalled $909,- 0. .pbitrATOII NAMED " .ivviPFfi Mr. Justice S. lEichuds of Winnipeg has W tppointfd commissioner k arbitrate differences be-m p. Burns Co. Ltd. and roited Packing House Work-gi'l'nion of America. It was jounced jsterday that the imminent as taking over eentrol of the company's plants. JIBING APPEAL REJECTED OSLO-The appeal of Vid-(in Quisling against a 'death nltnce (or treason has been oinimously rejected by the Scivegian Supreme Court. iittIF WORLD1 SERIES " Ihe Newark Bears pounded-' ict stven runs ;n me eignin -nine of Friday night's Little Icrid Seiies game and debited the Louisville Colonels -i It was Newark's first Iriumph after three consecu-tie defeats. The two teams inn mrei again lonigm. SEALS ARE W SAN FRAN ,-,4 in Francisco SeC Jo L. V" behind in the ninth inninp Fv'. bring- In two runs. G to 5 victory o ' Rainiers and take t O 3K. i Coast League's S5000 : a VUI myuil Ik. -A- third straight year. Thej ' the best of seven series V. ' games to two. MINERS RETURN TO WORK NANA1.MO Coal miners voted here Friday to return to I work Monday, ending; the two weeks' strike in protest against : meat rationing. Cumberland i miners will vote Sunday. Four j hundied miners at Nanaimo ' are affected. I CARPENTER'S STRIKE VERNON Twenty-eight carpenters and fourteen carpenters' helpers working on a veterans' housing project here building 20 homes, quit work yesterday in piotest over wage rates. They are holding out for a retention of $1.10 and 81c wage rates recently reduced to $1.01 and 71c. Taxes Are Being Reduced GENERAL RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE Gen. H. D. G. Crerar CD., D.S.O., Commander of the Canadian Army overseas, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from McGUl University. Montreal, at a Founder's Day Convocation" recently. Pictured aboveUs Gen. Crerar receiving the degree from Lieut. Col. J, M. MorrLs,. M.C., V.C., officer commanding McGlll Contingent, C.O.T.C, (Canadian Army Photo) The Parties and The Platforms Coalition Pledging a "new deal In distribution of education costs, adjustment of provincial-municipal jclatlons and large expenditures in developing British Columbia .resource?, -.the Coalition government of LlberSls andCon-servatives has announced a 43-polnt program on which It Is appealing to the electors on October 25. Premier Hart said the election offered the people a clear-cut choice between a government of action prepared to march forward within bounds of free enterprise and personal initiative or "an experiment" In Socialism." Planks In the platform Included: Reduction of taxes on real property, extcnVjn of financial aid to municipalities and equalization of tax Incidence of education ' costs. ) Appointment of a committee of experts to study the financial relationship between province, cities and munhipallties to ascertain if there is fair division of responsibility. Increasing the $10,000,000 now available to the B.C. Power Commission so that It can carry out a power program that will revolutionize farming methods and establish a vast power reserve for Industrial development. Pressing of negotiations for extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and development of the .resources of northern B.C. Carrying out of a Royal Commission's recommendations on .forestry to perpetuate the Industry on sound economic lines. Aiding municipalities financially in connection with the Dominion government slum-clearance low-rtnial housing program. A $10,000,000 provincial highway program and pressing, for nnmlnlnn atraroval of British Columbia's $210,000,000 highway proposal so that' It may be Included In the federal government public Improvement plan. Carrying out of further' projects of the government's $30,-000,000 immediate post-war program as soon as labor and materials are available. Implementing of the report of Dr. M. A. Cameron of the University of British Columbia, who in 1944 was appointed commissioner to investigate education problems. The report calls for establishment of a uniform basts for taxation and setting up a commission to equalize TOP HAT ASSEMBLY In the national assembly of C.C.F. The Co-operative .Commonwealth Federation platform for the British Columbia election October 25 calls for a program of public ownership as far as ,that Is possible. it recognizes that 'complete socialization Is not now feasible due to provincial Jurisdictional limitations, but proposes to extend public ownerihip to natural resources, public utilities and industries essential for maintenance of employment, protection of living standards and provision of social services. Initial measures would provide for provincial ownership and development of electricity, of provincial communication and transportation facilities and of breweries and distilleries. As a step toward ultlmafle public ownership of forest resources, the patty would permit no further alienation of crown timber, Impose charges on the Industry necessary to extend forest services and provide greater returns to the government. For agriculture, the C. C. F. would co-operate with organized farmers and ranchers and take practical steps to ensure them a larger share of tne consumer's" dollar by eliminating many nandling charges. Rights of labor organizations would be extended and working conditions Improved, including vacations with pay for all work ers and reduced working hours as pfoductive capacity and economic factors make this possible. Another plank favors a health Insurance policy covering all citizens, Improved old-age pensions and Increased mothers' allowances. It promises adequate housing and hospitalization faci lities for a.ged and handicapped persons. Equitable adjustment of freight rates is also favored. Labor-Progressive ; all state war plants for peace time production and establish in ; British Columbia It favors building a network of highways to be co-ordinated with the proposed United States highway program for Alaska, and would press the federal government to establish a 300-shlp Canadian merchant marine to be built partially in British Columbia yards. For agriculture the L.P.P. proposes to put a floor under prices of all farm commodities and to protect farmers and ranchers by law against evictions, foreclosures and crop failures. It proposes immediate construction of 20,000 homes In the province, with the setting of price ceilings on city residential buildings', clearance of slum areas and replacement by low-rental homes or apartment buildings. Other plans Include: minimum' wage of 55 cents an hour; free medical, dental and optical treatment in schools, abolition of provincial poll tax and sales tax; proportional representation in provincial elections; and repatriation of all Japanese-Canadians who wish to return, to Japan. INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT: Not depending on, or-unde,r the control of, another; free to arrange one's life without the consent or Interference of others. (Waverley Dictionary) If you want to remain INDEPENDENT, to retain your INDEPENDENCE of speech and action, vote for the INDEPENDENT candidate, the only candidate who will consistently work for your INDEPENDENCE. T. D. PATTULLO. Hear C. W. NICKERSON on the radio at 6:15 Saturday evening in the interest of T. 1). Pattullo's candidature. Income Tax and Excess Profits Are Relieved in Ottawa Budget MAJ. DURNFORD ic cvnnncn ennm IJ LAI-LULU JVUIV OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (CP)-The highlight for most An early visit is expected to 'Canadians in the first post-war budget speech is the be paid to Prince Rupert by cheering new.s that personal income taxes have been while business taxation has been eased .Major r. c h, Dumford, now're?.uc?d sel-, famous padre of the seaforth ectively. The budget was read last night by Finance . Highlanders Regiment of van- Minister J. L. Usley who disclosed that, effective Oc couver, which returned home at the end of last week. Possibly, he will be here on Wednesday of next week. Major Durnford, 'who was rector of St. Peter's Church at Seal Cove before the var, had been chosen as the new rector of St. Andrew's Cathedral but was unable to come here at this time as he Is returning to England on other work for the time being. SCHOOLS AND DIVORCE EVIL Should Provide Thorough Education for Marriage and Curb Mounting Divorces, Says Expert LCS ANGELES; Oct. 13 O) America must look to Its schools in crtltro rho rrrtV1crr nf nor on c The Labor Progressive Party!, , In Its manifesto for the prov- - ,',, , , , , i penoe, nationally recognized i i, li i i lnclal election on October 25 nil,hnr,t , AnmL DlHm. nfoHrrAD dnntlnnarl nrtnrattnM if I Schools can and should pro vide a thorough education for I 1 1 . 11.. UII : Tljnr. -nf.a hauv . etMl . innnjEtrtf 1 ..... .. v. . ! rStrM H "Culty.ls Uiataowdy is will Temperature Maximum 63 Minimum 43 Rainfall 38 FIGHT IN EDMONTON EDMONTON Four military police were hospitalized and four Canadian soldiers were arrested as a result of a fight in a downtown restaurant. ing to take the initiative in find ing a place for this education in our school curriculums. I Revenue Reduced By $300,000 Object Is to Stimulate Enterprise and Activity Simplifying Tax Forms PRESBYTERIAN ANNIVERSARY Early Days of Church Being Recalled This Week-end The early days of Prince Rupert will be recalled with much relish by pioneers still living In the city in connection with the thirty-fifth anniversary of First Presbyterian Church which is being observed this week-end. The first services of the church were held in the dining room of a construction camp. Kenneth Munro, who had the. Church's Birthday an Indication of the trend in shippers gathered around tables marital relations. When demobilization is corn- gltlmate pregnancies had been reduced 50 per cent. Dr. Poponoe was asked by the Y.M.C.A. to write a booklet for servicemen and their wives on how to make the war strengthen their marriages. More than 400,-000 copies were circulated. This cautioning advice oroadly sums up the problem: "If you seek to attain individual happiness at the expense of the marriage, then the marriage will fall, and you will suddenly discover that you have lost your only chance of real and complete happiness, "If you are willing to sacrifice anything and everything else for the success of the marriage, then It will be. a success, and you will discover that you have not had i'o sacrifice anything of value because, in your marriage, you will have found happiness. "In attacking any problem, neither husband or wife can afford to ask: 'What's In It for rrte?' The question Is: 'Will this strengthen our marriage?" SCHOOls OUTMODED WOOLWICH, Eng., It) The Royal Military Academy, 200 years old, Is being amalgamated with the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and will be closed. "The Shop," as the academy Is known all over the world, Is con sidered no longer suitable to train cadets for modern war fare. bearing traces of the recent meal and garnished with an assort pleted, Dr. Popenoe believes the 'merit of salt cellars, sugar bowls rate is quite likely to succeed that of marriages. "If states want to reduce divorce," Popenoe advises, "they can do so by adopting an attl and toothpick Jars. Shortly after this, the first church was put into service, being a tent with a lumber floor and half wall. Ben Evans, now tude of determined idealism, a retired, was one of the men who belief that family life is so im portant as to Justify a real effort for Its success," Dr. Poponoe says. Tlie schools, Poponoe declares, can Inculcate this Idealism, and provide education for marriage. Sex education Is only part of the program, but an Important one. volunteered to build the structure and It was completed and In use in less than a week. In 1910 the 'rapidly growing congregation was in a position to call to its first minister, and a brilliant young student, Rev. F. W. (Fred) Kerr, then taking post-graduate studies in Mar Pittsburgh's public and parochial burg, accepted the call. During schools, he said, provided volun-Jhls ministry the Empress Thea- tary-enrolled classes In sex edu cation, and four years later Me tre was required to seat the congregation and he exercised a powerful influence in shaping the life of Prince Rupert which was then in its "boom days.'4 Among those identified with the church from the beginning have been Mrs. J. O. Reddle, Mrs. P. W. Anderson, John Cur-rie, Judge A. W. Manson, Mrs. D. McD Hunter, and a number of others still living In the city. The records of the church contain the names of men and women now deceased or removed who played a leading part In the life of Prince Rupert from the beginning Including Fred Stork, Thos. McClymont, Fred Dawson, John R. Mitchell, D. G. Stewart, G. R. Naden, Sarri; Jabpur, T, D. fattuno and. -a score of others, BE BLENDABLE, WRENS ADVISED OTTAWA, Oct. 13 0) House keepers are made, not born, Dr. O. V. Van Tausk, district supervisor of vocational training, told a group of Wrens at Wallls House, ,one of their barracks here. The group included several girls married to servicemen. "Homemaklng Is threefold a fine art, a trade and a mode of life," he told them. "All trades and occupations have their hazards and the prospective husband Is the hazard in the home-making trade but that's your problem, not mine. Just remember that one of the most Important things in marriage Is to be 'blendable.' " tober 1, month personal Income taxes will be cut sixteen percent. The excess profits tax has been reduced from 100 percent down to sixty, percent. The employers will4not start deducting on. the reduced basis until January 1. Service personnel on flying duties and navy men afloat now no longer will enjoy complete exemption from taxation, as has been the case up to now. Mr. Ilsley announced Immedi ate repeal of the ten percent war exchange tax on imports and the immediate exemption of machinery and apparatus used in the manufacture of goods from sales tax. In all, the changes? are ex pected to reduce the govern ment's revenue $300,000,000 In the full fiscal year. To a large extent, the' future of the federal tax structure Is placed on the outcome of the Dominion-Provincial conference which re-convenes next month. Ottawa is counting on the Provincial administrations' accep tance of Dominion proposals of substitutions for what were Provincial taxation fields before the war; Tl?et iederal government took over these Provincial" taxa-..,, tion classifications at the start of the war. Dr. Popenoe, who founded the ; contract for the wharf, offered General Overhaul American institute of Family the use of the Premises to Rev. I of income Tax Relations back In 1930, pointed V. J. Kldd who was the first ' to the mounting divorce rate as missionary and the first wor- Mr. Ilsley ciscolsed that a general overhauling of the personal income tax Is contemplated. In advancing his- proposals, the Finance Minister stressed the effect each would have In stimulating enterprise and activity rather than in reducing revenue. It was announced that the in-. come tax form for this year will be a simplified affair. MOVING OUT REPATRIATES . VANCOUVER, Oct. 13 Two special Canadian NationaRail-ways trains are at PlerB-C tfils afternoon awaiting 720 BrltUh repatriates due here by special steamer from Victoria. The men, made up of Navy, Army and Air Force personnel, arrived at Victoria last Tuesday on the United States transport Admiral Hughes. The C.N.R. specials consisting of 30 cars are scheduled to leave for Debert, N. S., at 4:30 p.m. and 5:15 pm. Each, train will carry aproxlmately 360 men. Early next week tne uanaaian National will operate tWdTnor-'! specials from shipside to speed liberated. British prisoners ot war to the Atlantic seaboard. Personnel who will board, these trains also arrived In Victoria this week on the Admiral Hughes. OLD ROMANCE IS RECALLED LONDON,- Oct. 13 4tf A romance, culminated by marriage after 37 years, was recalled by the death of Maj. Ralph H. Peto at the age of 65. Ma, Peto, was attached to the British legation In Munich In 1900 and became engaged to Princess Llchnowsky, then Countess Mevhtllde Arco-Inneberg, member of a leading Bavarian family. They broke. off the engagement by mutual, consent and In 1S?4 the princess married Prince Llchnowsky, the German ambassador In London at the outbreak of the First; Great War. Later Maj. Peto also married but this marriage was dissolved in 1923. In 1926 Prince Llchnowsky died, The major and the princess met ajaln In 1937 and were married In London the same year.