1 nohl INCIAL I Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTO MbMtjs; tl COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tomorroufs Tides Temperatures for the Prince Rupert district during 24 hour (Pacific Standard Time) ending 5 am. . Wednesday, September 19, 1945 Maximum 53 Thursday, September 20, 1945 43 High 12:32 20.3 feet Minimum Low - 6:19 3.1 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 217. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS 18:34 5.0 feet i I A 1 L More JUVb I nail itih So Says .Minister of Reconstruction C. D. Howe mrvonvm. SeDt 19 () Re- . Mlnlct.pr JInwS snvs COKUUCI.oh i that rlgni ow "J"c BiC as many jots open as there are oersons hunting them. As a mat- . r povs pro arp nno ortrt rmnni Deuce wme - . - iiuiw" : u. JefmlTPlV in nits of the government's re- .lis nline ac rpannnhlv satisfactory so iai. m commons j t-L n nmnipn mil. ii. . liUWUMJ I" ,. nnlv a few weeks since japan surrendered and in that period ar orders to the value of $150,- 00,000 a montn nave Deen can- arprlsixij, tnen, mat mere nas crslaldoir , Remarks of two front bench nembers oi me commons e- UIWUUW"-" " ,ir i-rit ra examination durine ruioch vMterdav. John R. MacNicol, Progressive- Conservative member for Toronto Davencort. disagreed u-with Minister Howe's optimistic view 4 the employment situation, aying there were two men for every job, and Ralph Maybank, Liberal member for Winnipeg . - 4 I1 I W- Brackens speech in the Commons 8S non-committal. IS UP AGAIN Allied Big Five Has to Decide About Trieste and Adjacent Area LONDON, Sept. 19 tt Foreign ministers t;f the Biz Five are .miiiijg weir uucmiun 10 one oi :ne mnc. nvn nciva rinnn a ennre .n tur.'irip it i inp n n T.prn- firlnl Hirnnto ViotM'pori Ttnl inH lugcsiavia over wnicn snail $450 STOLEN FROM VESSEL Theft of $450 from the Nelson Brothers fish packer North Sea ws reported to city police by KODert wyiie. skipper of the ves- eL The boat was moored at 'he Cow Bay floats when the 'heft occurred. Entry was apparently .gained by working iOK.3 the wedges in the pilot house window. About $400 belonged to Nelson Brothers, the other $50 being the property of Wyiie. TELFORD FREED W ASSIZE JURY Xot Guilty Verdict in Breaking "id Entering Case at Assizes Averdlrt nf not nuiif,. k.nnv an assize court' Jury at Tuesday afternoon cleared yd j l Telford of charges of taking and entering with mls- at the end of the second "ay of the hearing. , Jelfrd was charged with en-ri,T .,ha aPartment o Liberty acintt on the night of May 10 wa damaging her clothing and 'Wniture with di?eJ.ury brught in the ver-Jict which cleared Telford after r.." deliberation. They tov?d.the Jufy room a" e- H Instructed In the law for SSfu D an hour y Mr- Ju- Th.J5o.ad3r- Presiding judge, 'ne defence, conducted by T. w' Brown h-. erf t. CvMo. "'". its vase uu tatST- hat Telford was at the !&Vf a Irl"l, Peter X ,du ummlt Apartments, haw offence was alleSed t0 XL TUEed at MlS3 Q'aclntl's 5. the Letourneau Apart- Witno-., Umon 4UPPrng this tes-flw"e Charles F. Woods, An hnd '5' Peter Richards. Williams, arlend ofTel- befcn8i f artlcles 0 clothlnS 'onging to Miss niaMnH KOeniHeCave ani Re ,Bepa.rtment ot Mlnes n TelfnrS Ces' tMWled. Richard.,5 at a Party at the ... raS aDartmont o n. "tat . PJi "20 on the nesses . ..,.7 ZV, . lu- defence ucience wu- W oS- ?e damage to neged u v s belnglngs was 'clock that nlgehtCCUrred at 10 "le e. ?atBulger "turned to VancouVer )dav ffwn a trfp to CONFESS CHILD Mb, o & "2 rt This Reported in With 12-Year-Old A Little Blunt Girl D, VANCOUVER, Sept. h A 12 -year -old Vane aver Junior High School student who Monday directed police to an unused garage where the body of four-year-old Dianne Blunt was discovered was reported Tuesday night to have confessed to the slaying of the child. He has been held at juvenile detention home since a few hours after the body was uncovered under the diit floor of the garage 25 yards from her home. The police would make no comment. Pattullo Endorsed Liberal and Conservative Executives Accept Him as Provincial Election Candidate At a joint session last night of executive members of the Prince Rupert Liberal and Conservative Associations it was de- cided to endorse the independent candidature of Former Premier T. D. Pattullo in the forthcoming provincial election. Jt was deemed Impossible to hold a formal convention owing to the shortness of time between now and election. A. D. Ritchie presided over the meeting and Maurice Brydges acted as secretary. ' Mr. Pattullo ts now proceeding with his election organization and already has taken out his nomination papers. He plans an early trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Campaigns for Aid. W. H. Brett, C.C.F. candidate, and Bruce Mickleburgh, Labor-Progressive, are also getting under way and expectation is that there will be a lively and interesting contest . Weather Forecast Charlottes and Northern Main land Wednesday: Cloudy and mild with occasional light rain showers and light winds. Thurs day: Cloudy with light rain or drizzle during morning, becoming partly cloudy with a few rain showers in afternoon, light winds. HORROR CAMP AT MORE WAR CRIMINALS New and Larger List of Japanese Prepared TOKYO, Sept. 19 General MacArthur's headquarters has revealed that a new and large, list of Japanese war' criminals soon will be issued. The new list will Include two ministers of Tojo's cabinet who apparently were left out by clerical error In the first list of war criminals. Army officials also say they will name a number of Japanese Individuals accused of mistreating Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians. Kenney Nominated By Coalitionists HA7.FI.TON. SeDt. 19 At a well-attended convention at Hazelton with representatives from nearly all the Skeena riding, Hon. E. T. Kenney was unanimously elected as candidate to support coalition government in the coming election here today. , WALTER JOHNSON BACK IN CANADA Capt. Walter Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson, 717 Lotbinlere Street, has arrived at Quebec from overseas and will bel home shortly, his parents have peen advised. He has been serving overseas with the Third Medium Regiment, R.C.A. SHIRLEY TEMPLE MARRIES HOLLYWOOD Shirley Temple was married today to Sgt. John George Agar of the United States Army Air Force. Alderman Oeorge Hills arrived back in the city today from the annual convention of the Union of B, C. Municipalities which he attended with Mayor H. M. Dag-get as official city delegate. lord "Haw Haw" ADMIRAL BADGER'S FLAGSHIP ENTERS JAP NAVAL BASE The U.S.S. San Diego, flagship of Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger, comminder of the first U.S. naval forces to enter Tokyo Bay, is shown pulling alongside a dock at the Yokasuka naval base as the' occupation of the Japanese homeland formally got underway. The San Diego docKed at the same spot where the Japanese battleship Nagato was hit by bombs during the last strike at the base by U.S. carrier planes. OBJECTIONS BY RUSSIA Does Not Want Any of Old League of Nations "Politics" LONDON, Sept. 19 Britain's proposals to admit all "peace loving" countries to the United Nation's security organization has met with Ruaian objections. The conflicting views were aired at a meeting of the executive iCommlUesj)f,the UpltedlNatlojis, preparatory commission as it worked on agenda for the re-organlzatlonal meeting of the United Nations assembly. The ussian delegate said the Soviet Union would object strongly to moves by the assembly to transfer into the new organization any "political" functions of the old League of Nations. Gcrmans Were Perfectly Indifferent To Welfare of Imprisoned Internees LUNENBURG, Germany, Sept. 19 (CP) Josef Kramer and staff of 44 men and women at Belsen horror camp were "perfectly indifferent" to welfare and health of internees, BrjgadierJIugh Hughes declared today during the first mass trial of accused war criminals, Hughes, British medical officer, who first inspected the notorious Nazi concentration campf said that, although there was a large number of medical personnel among the internees and there were large stocks of unused medical supplies and a food depot only two miles from the camp, "gross neglect" was the cause of camp conditions. He added that "failure of ordinary human rules to feed them, keep them clean and provide sanitation," contributed to camp conditions. "I have seen all the horrors of war but nothing that can touch what I found at Belsen," Hughes asserted. WIFE OF FAMOUS PUCK STAR DIES Mrs. Eddie Shore Was Once Member of Edmonton Grads Team EDMONTON, Sept. 19 ) Mrs. Eddie Shore, the wife of the former National Hockey League star, has died at her home in Springfield, Massachusetts. Her father in Edmonton was advised of her death. Mrs. Shore was the former Kate MacRae and played guard on the world famous Edmonton Grads Basketball Club. She died, after-a long illness. Richard Pillsbury, son of J. H.-PDllsbiilry, former manager of the Prince Rupert Dry Dock, arrived in the city this afternoon on the Prince Rupert from HALF CANADA'S VETERANS HAVE JOBS AVAILABLE OTTAWA. Sept. 19 O) The Department of Veterans' Affairs announced today that its files show that nearly half of Canada's discharged veterans have Job3, farms or business to which they plan to return. In addition, Veterans Minister Ian Mackenzie announced, about one veteran in every seven released, hns a new Job lmmediately--avaUable. NIPPON TIMES SUSPENDED TOKYO Publication of the Nippon Times, government mouthpiece,-has been suspended for 24 hours for failure to submit copy to Allied authorities for censorship. BELSEN IS TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy ot S. D. Johnston) Vancouver BraloVne 16.75 U. . OIl 1C2 B. R, X.... 14 Cariboo Quartz '. 2.60 Dentonia 16 Grull Wlhksne 16 Hedley Mascot 1.15 Mlnto .. 09 Pend Oreille 1.05 Pioneer 6.50 premier iwraer iro'2 Premier Gold 1.55 Privateer 50 Reeves McDonald 40 Reno 07 Salmon Gold 19 Sheep Creek 1.40 Taylor Bridge' 80 wnuewaier ui's Vananda 46 Pacific Eastern 08 Hedley Amalgamated .06 Taylor Windfall 07 2 Congress 0 Oils A. P. Con 14 Calmont 23 C. &E 1.75 Foothills -. 1.35 Home 3.55 Toronto Beattle 1.50 .Buffalo Canadian 40 Consol. Smelters .... ... 67.75 Giant Yellowknife 6.80 Hardrock 81,i Kerr Addison 15.75 . Little Long Lac 1-85 Madsen Red Lake 2.89 MacLeod Ccckshutt .... 3.10 Donalda - 1.23 Moneta .66 Pickle Crow 4.25 Joliet Quebec 77 San Antonio . ... 5.15 Sherrlt Gordon 71 Steep Rock 2.50 Is Sentenced To Hang4or CONSERVATIVE RESIGNATIONS Action of Meeting Last Night Results in Protests Following last night's Joint ex ecutive meeting of Liberal and Conservative Associations,, it was announced by Secretary G. L. Uorie today that three members qf the Prince Rupert Conservative Association executive, had submitted their resignations in T. D. Pattullo as independent candidate in the provincial election. These members were Mr. Rorle himself and D. C. Stevenson and Maurice Brydges. Dr. R. C. Bamford returned today on the Prince Rupert from a trip to Vancouver. DESCRIBED i- VETERAN CHIEF ENGINEER DIES Andrew Beattie Expires Suddenly While Steamer Catala is in Port One of the coast's best known and most popular steamboat men was removed by death of shocking suddenness yesterday as the steamer Catala was lyinj in port here He was Andrew. Beattie, the chief engineer, who expired as a result of a heart attack while seated in a chair aboard the' ship. When members of the ship's crew went to his room to c.all him they made the discovery that he was dead. The authorities here were notified and, after satisfying themselves that death was due to natural causes, released the remains to be taken on to Vancouver aboard his ship. Mir. Beattie had plied this coast for many years aboard vessels of the Union Steamship Co. and was the senior chief engineer afloat. He had been chief of the Catala ever since it was placed in commission and, before that, was on the old Camosun, Deceased made his home in Vancouver. AIRFIELDS IN ATLANTIC LONDON. Sept. 19 The Admiralty says that floating airfields in mid-ocean and even floating highway bridges across such wate'rs as the English Channel now are technically possible. British scientists have found a method of floating landing strips and hridges on water like a carpet. The first experimental ocean air base had. its origin when an Inventor's brain wave sent him motorcycling at 50 miles an hour along a tarpaulin stretched over a river surface. Superforts From Japan Roar Over Northern British Columbia on Non-Stop Flight To Washington WASHINGTON, D.C, Sept. 19 (CP) Three superfortresses ( n a non-stop 6,500-mile flight from Japan to Washington roared toward their goal today. At 7 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time they passed over Fort St. John, British Columbia, approximately 375 miles northwest of Edmonton. The commander of the flight radioed that he expected to land ia Washington about 3 p.m. but that two of the planes would be forced to land in Detroit on account of gas shortage. 'GIRL' QUESTION CAUSES CLASH UTRECHT, Holland, Sept. 18 O) A strict curfew for all members of the Canadian Army quartered in Utrecht has been ordered by military authorities following a Sunday night row between soldiers and civilians over what Is termed "the girl question." The clash, which climaxed a period of ill feeling over civilians' resentment against Canadians' ability to entertain Dutch girls In military recreation centres with the result that the girls ignore civilian men, developed Sunday night. TYTTYTTTYTYYTTYYYTTTTYTT Bulletins STALLING CIVIL WAR CHUNGKING Central government and .Communist negotiators were reported,, last night to b f'draf tfng' an'ligreY--ment aimed at forestalling civil war in China. It would be taken to President Truman by the American ambassador to China, Patrick J. Hurley. MANY AMERICANS OTTAWA A total of more than thirteen and - a half thousand men and women came' up from the United States to enlist with Canadian forces in the second Great War. Figures compiled by three services show this and also that more than sixty percent of them joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. HOLDING UP TRAINS OTTAWA Those fruit and candy bearing citizens who . enthusiastically meet troop trains at every water stop are doing a fine welcoming job-but they are dislocating rail . way schedules. Defence Head- . quartets says it has been asked by those responsible for moving troop trains to ask cooperation. They ask citizens meeting trains at such points not to stage demonstrations which may hold up the troops. SCYTHIA BRINGS VETS QUEBEC More than three thousand Canadian servicemen are back on Canadian, soil today, heading towards homes throughout the Dominion following their arrival in Quebec aboard the liner Syclhia. WOULD SUSPEND RATIONING OTTAWA Retail Mer-chants' Association of Canada repreentatjves proposed to the Dominion government today that meat rationing regulations be suspended immediately and an alternative method for making Canada's contribution to the world supply of meat for the relief of distressed European people. The government later said it was prepared to. suggest a compromise plan. SUPREME COURT JUDGE WASHINGTON The Senate today approved the nomination of Senator Harold Burton as a Supreme Court judge. RICE CROP DESTROYED TOKYO Twenty percent of the Japanese rice crop was destroyed by a great storm xesterday. STALIN RETIRING PARIS A Paris newspaper says that Marshal Stalin will retire as Premier of Russia owing to liver trouble and will be succeeded by Mnrhsl William Joyce Gives Nazi Salute In Court LONDON, Sept. 19 (CP)-William Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw" of the German radio, was convicted of treason today and sentenced to be hanged.. It tooK less than half an hour for the jury of ten men and two women to convict the American-born Joyce who never denied he broadcast for the Germans. 1 Auto Ass'n Organizing Further Steps. Taken at Dinner Last Night to Put 1 Prince Rupert On Road Map j Further steps to put Prince Pnnort An Itio man a. far an automobile tourist traffic is concerned and to bring to local motorists the benefits of the Automobile Association of Brit- lsh Columbia and indirectly such organizations all over the con tinent were taken last nieht at' a dinner meeting of a group of j local motorists with Harry Bird1 nf an., r,r,i,i , tarv of the Drovincial assor.ia-l tinn. AntnmnhilP nnp of rhp rtt o, ki the projected local Association! and many, readily convinced of the benefits not only they them selves will receive personally but that will also accrue to the com munlty, are joining up. In fact some 75 already lined are & ftwvouj tuicu up UU ' Ablation wllTsUrt off an initial membership of 125. J. H. Black, movlne solrit in at last night's dinner and the principal speaker ot the eve ning was Mr. Bird. Others present were Robert Sutherland, J. E. Boddle, George C. Mitchell, A. M, Budlnich, C. G. Ham, Jack Mussallem, John Comadlna, Jack Wvathall, O. L. Taylor. S. J Huntcfcsnd MUs-Helen Browru There were telegraphic greet ings on the inception of the local club from Leo Sweeney, presi dent of the British Columbia Automobile Association, and J. B Lcyland, chairman. Mr. Bird spoke of the benefits and services to be derived from membership in the Automobile Association. Through the affili ation H provided much could be accomplished for the general benefit of motorists in many ways. It was one of the best ways of getting attention and improvements for the local com munity. Legislation was watched, lower fees obtained, better insurance conditions secured, general automotive service provided, travelling services furnished all under the membership fee. Joined Up With All the World "Membership in a Prince Rupert branch will actually give you membership In automobile associations throughout the world," declared Mjv Bird. Speaking generally, Mr. Bird mentioned the desirability of Prince Rupert doing all it could to obtain new Industry to make up for what was being lost in the cessation of war activity. An Automobile Association would be helpful through the publicity it would provide. The necessity of better tourist ' accommodation here and the importance of publicity measures were emphasized. J. E. Boddie had the greatest admiration for the Automobile Association. He Had benefitted from its services when travelling. He for one would be glad to do anything to help organization here. There was general discussion and, finally, those present took out lists of automobile owners whom they will endeavour to Interest. A further meeting will be held next Tuesday. Jurisdiction of the local Asso treason Joyce will make no immediate appeal, his lawyers announced. When Joyce walked toward his ceil after the sentencing, he gave what appeared to be a Nazi salute to friends in the courtroom. When the result of the trial was heard outside bomb-scarred Old Bailey waiting crowds of Londoners raised a cheer. " HAN Ml I Nil iHfllllfcll W STRIKERS Windsor Police Commission Makes Public Its Course of Action WINDSOR, Yi, Ont., Sept. P 19 O)- ? J e PUce cmmlo?f . of in sor has made public its proced u.re lrith? strlke of employees of the tne Ford Ford Motor Mtor Company. Company. In the commission's words: "where- ??Jji"0' any action contrary to criminal law is committed by an indivi dual the individual should be prosecuted by the police." It Is understood that the commission does not feel Inclined to offefVi ii , .1 . .fe. 1 V " unding the aurom- . h th2?r ... . .. ! to parade before trances to the Ford plant last T. night as the strike reached its seventh day without any sign o! an agreement between the company and the union. In fact, relations were a bit more strained. MEAT RATION IS SUBJECT OTTAWA, Sept. 19 Finance Minister Ilsley announced last night that today's meeting between Prices Board officials and representatives of the Retail Merchants Association will be closed to the public and the press. The meeting was called to discuss problems surrounding the re-Introduction of meat rationing and complaints that have, arisen as a result of the re-introduction. Sum of $435 For Cancer Fund Here The sum of JH35 was raised on the Cancer Fund drive' con-' ducted recently by the local Imperial Order. Daughters of the Empire. Of this amount $105 was derived through the Civic Centre Carnival, $75 at the Victory Hut, $14.25 from collections at Orme's and the Overwaltea and the balance from .general solicitation. JOE LOUIS AND BILLY CONN TO MEET. TONIGHT PITTSBURG, Sept. 19 W Joe Louis and Billy Conn are to meet in the ring at Pittsburg to night, but Louis will referee, while Conn boxes a three-round Better Housing is Available IN PRINCE RUPERT! THOSE INTERESTED ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING IN THE . CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER Friday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. PRINCE RUPERT HOUSING ASSOCIATION I: exhibition. Conn's opponent Is J to, be Dave Patterson, a local t f heavyweight ' elation would exte,nd as far as; Burns Lake Including such points if as Terrace, Hazelton and Smith- ; era. ' 1 ... A V 3