m Tetnnerature NORTHERN AND CENTOaL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tomorrow's Tides TemParures for the rnnc. ;Pec!He Standard Time) 5$ district for today read: Sunday, July 8, 1945 63 High 12:51 19.0 feet tinimum Low .. 6:36 1.3 feet .14 Inch . .-11 18:39 7.0 feet ...- i n an VOL. XXXIV, No. 157. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST USE FOR THE GIANT AUSTRALIAN GRAVING DOCK A (1 lit llvy City Wiped Out .cS; GUAM- -Superfortress ? iw. "v. ,Mc nn five Jbfc- W"CJaJ u. fflv's ereatest aluminum prVw,., . . of flames. More than dropped on selected targets in and Worst Now Over I n rut b s NEW YORK China has marked eight years of grim and nstly resistance against Japanese usii-Kum. luuay is uie ninth anniversary of the war. In Now York City, the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Wei Tao-Ming, said that China's hours nave p-u. tvi i ir riiiMirw n i rTf i Tin ti mi 1 1 ik n iij 1 1 Q UIITTIiL Hli JUIVI L. I JIHIMJ - - ni Covtrnment Expert Gels I Information on Which to Base Future Service First step In a nationwide ..w. cnrvpv recenuv an- a ,hv npcnnstruciion ann- Q IIU '"J -w ti,. wnnprc mis wtcn.. Seeking to gainer cconunuc .i,to u'hirn can De uaeu iui a Daaw vi . . ., lai .iuutv - survey was begun almost simultaneously In Prince Rupert and ... i ...Ul AtiAMtiinlTir In. elude the whole of Canada. Makine the survey nere was u'imr rnmmander W. .... M. Emery . ii e - of Ottawa, who consulted dusi-ness and civic leaders, gathering data which will eventually be turned over to the department of transport as background in- i . i ! nw nlpllna rnrm nlfB with expansion plans. Wlnz Commander Emery sought information on business conditions, hotel facilities, and other functional data. He arrived Wednesday, completing the survey In two and a half days. 'I can t give you any results of my findings yet, because I have just started," he replied to a reporter's question. "The only true picture I could give would have to be the whole picture. Win; Commander Emery left last night for Vancouver where he will continue the survey. "That will really be a big Job," be ald. . . , , SECRETARY OF TREASURY Fred Vinson to Succeed Henry Morgenlhau, President Truman Announces WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7 President Harry S. Truman yesterday announced appointment of Fred Vinson of Kentucky, war mobilization director, as secretary of the treasury, succeeding Henry Morgenthau, who is resigning, LOCAL BOWLERS MATCH WINNERS Last evening a well contested challenge game was played on the lawn bowling green between team frnm thn as Prtnm George and a team picked from two members resulting in a win me Doat team. The winning team consisted of A.Finnic, W. Cowan, Sandy 'iro ana skipped by Bosun MacOonald, The members of ' losing team were J. S. Ir-- S. H, Davis. C. A. Davis and fcip D. Macphee. After the game, C. A. Davis, on behalf of the anonymous fm presented the winning w,m u!th a handstrae challenge P which was accepted by Alex wwm on ,bchalf ofThls tfam 1 A,lexs expressed their appreciation and hoped for another game soon. This cup will be open for chal-nge during the season between wo members and boat team. mncu R.recn waa ln Ilne shaPc. considering its age. Games are eing arranged for Sunday for other competitions. Baseball Scores nn.nl"naUoha: league Baltimore 6, Syracuse 4. Montreal 3, Buffalo 2. Newark 4, Jersey City 2. crican Association Tnj. Indianapolis 2, Columbus 7. Louisville 4-8, Toledo 3-4. Minneapolis 2-2, Milwaukee St. Paul 4-8. Kansas City 5-3. w,f ci,lc Coast 'eue Ie 2' Los An8eles 0. Pnn Po land 1, Oakland 6. Hollywood 4, San Diego 5. ment0?ranclseo 2- Sacra- n&n ' E; ,Starr 'leaving to-Seattle atrlp toVa"couver and Jlll - Ut - ftl u: Passive n.11? if-ii'd say tftunow 4,000 ton- $ were around the city yesterday. l if k v i nui Churchills Visit France For Rest PARIS, July 7 O) Prime Mln ister Churchill arrived at Bor dcaux, France, by plane today accompanied by Mrs. Churchill. The prime' minister left Bor deaux by car for Hendaye for a few days' rest following the FJritish election campaign. At Hendaye they will stay In the 20-room mansion of Ocn. Raymond Brutlnel. (Brutinel was Interested In hydro-electric development in Prince Rupert In the early days.) New Bishop Here Named Father Anthony Jordan, Formerly of Vancouver, Now Of Ottawa, Coming Here Hev. Father Anthony Jordan, bursar of the Order of Mary Immaculate with headquarters in Ottawa and former pastor of St. Augustine's Church, Vancouver, is to be the new bishop of the diocese of Prince Rupert for the Roman Catholic Church, it. is announced. He succeeds the late lit. Rev. E, M. Bunoz, O.M.I., who inssed Jivyay recently.. When the consecration will take place Is not yet known. Bishop-Designate Jordan is 13 years of age and is a Scotsman, having been born in the diocese of Edinburgh. He came to Canada as a boy and his first ministry was on the prairies. Later he was moved to British Columbia. He has visited in Prince Rupert. CLUB TAG DAY IS HELD Scores of children from Borden Street and King Edward elementary schools are selling tags on downtown streets today to assist the Prince Rupert Gyro Club to raise funds for Gyro playground work, Headquarters for the taggers Is the Union Steamships office where Frank Skinner is dispensing tags and slottes cans to the children. The Gyro tag day committee, which consists of W. F. Stone, W. D. Lambie and A. J. Domlnato, Is being assisted by S. A. Chceseman, principal of nr.rrinn Kirppr. school, who gave valuable help in. lining up the children. Taggers who volunteered to assist were: Tommy Dixon, Dall rvjirri .Timmv Holt. Tommy Holt, Billy McChcsney, Margaret wih nipn Saunders. Norma Perrv. Jovce Perry, Margaret nnrmintrtnn. Mavis Standing Marearet Johansen, Joan Bird, Douglas Cushman, Stewart Hills, T.nrno i.-irsnn. Bernice Scarr, Ronald Rothwell, Mary iLeavitt, Mariraret Kcavs. Billy Tipton, Perry York, Donna Dennlson, Margaret Giske, Joan Gcddes. Larry Mathews, Joan Adcock. Marlon Hood. Raold Feness, Ross Glllanders, Teddy Webster, Mary Doane, Glen Doane, Jules Perry, i?pna Tn,ram. Alice Klllas, Joan j Wong. Glenna Weiss, Margaret Home, Myrtle Miner, aiarjoue Way, Lorna Pongracz, Mary Strathan, Joan Thaln, Patricia smith. Isabelle Taylor. Muriel Shier, Oscar Carlson. Allan Sheppard. Mr. and Mrs. George Bryant, who have been visiting here during the week to renew old acquaintances, leave tonight to return to Vancouver. They are former Prince Rupert residents They sold the car ln which they drove north to Ross Bros. Miss Veronica Page, R.N.. lady superintendent of Queen Charlotte City Hospital, 'arrived In the city last night from the Islands, being on hcr-way to Vancouver on vacation. She sails tonight for the south. H.M.S. Illustrious, one of the aircraft carriers of the British Pacific Fleet, was the first Allied fighting ship to use Sydney's new $30,000,000 dock, largest in the South Pacific. Announcement of the ship's identity at the subsequent formal opening ceremony was news to Australians because combat-conscious Sydney harbor residents never discuss the shipping movements they see from their windows. The Japanese submarine raid on the harbor in June 1942 helped to drive home the lesson about'careless talk costinq lives. BOOTH SCHOOL PUPILS SUCCEED IN HIGHSCHOOL STUDIES DURING YEAR Many pupils of Booth Memorial School won promotion to higher grades before the school year end ed recently, their names from Principal W. W. u. U Meill. All names, are in alphabetical order by classes. Names of pupils who have incomplete records or conditionally are not shown. Here Jis the list of successful pupils: Promoted to Grade tight Pa-reed with Honors Cella Cheese-man, Fred Eddy, Arthur Foltz, Marion Greenwood, Irene Hansen, Shirley Lennox, Betty Prince. Mary Strachan, Hazel Brown, David Glllanders, Jennifer Kelly, Gerd Lien, May Robinson. Vivian Way wood. Allan "JonnsonV HaTry' KllrasV Lawrence Kristmanson, L o r e n e Krock. Peggy Laird, Mona Lyke-gard, Ruth payne, Dick. Wcsch. Passed Arthur Acheson, Carol Brentzen, Dennis Dixon, Harold Eidsvlk, Edna Gardner, Helen Hamilton, Helen Hibbard, Ray Ingham, Arne Johnson, William Leask. Katie Martin, Jack McKienzle, Hdmy Marttnsen, Clara Reil, Gloria Sawka, Pat Smith, Sydney Scnerk, Joan Thaln, Charles Webster, George Woods, Lawrence van ryusira, Norman Boulanger, David Black-hall, Douglas Cawthra, Ronald Chrlstoff, Jerry Darling, Juanlta Delaney, Dorothy Edgar, Dorothy Haudenschild, Marion Hil-lard, Harmon Kelly, Ruth Ket-chlson. Frank McFadde'n, MU1-colm MacPherson, Dick Ormls-ton, Lloyd Pedersen, Helen Pipke, Charles Place, Melvln Ratchford, Edna Ronald, Christine Spencer, Patricia Tipton, Blyth Webster, George West, Ralph Wick. John Bergman, Danny Bill, Gladys Brelmo, Glen Carlson, Valerie Craig, Margaret Graham, Bruce Greenaway, William Harvey, Allen Kelscy, Isobel Patterson, Ann Petroff, Donald Pre-vost, Donna Richards,, James Roberts, Shirley Saunders, Hans Schmidt, William Smith, Robert Smith, Dorothy Stacey, Robert Williams, Jim Intermcla, Wanda Black, Albert Haworth, Pat Roche. rromoted to Grade Nine Passed with Honors Mildred Furuncs, Arietta Hamilton, Robert .Tones. Diane Kennedy, Lov- erna Llnney, Dcshka Penoff, Bitty Wong, Donna Kerrighan, Kenneth Lourle, Harold Pierce, Patricia Tumtlson, Christine Currle, Alma Knutson, Joanne Langrldge, Mary McAfee, Jean Mcintosh, Eric Moore. Passed Jean Adair, oiga uui, Olga Boychuk, John Cook, Stuart Cratg, Charles Forbes, George Furnlotis, Lenore Gardner, Alan Hartwig. Lillian Hcdberg, Irene Klldal, Donna MacArthur, Joyce McDonald, Ragnar Martlnsen, Keith Mitchell, Ralph Overgaard, Andrew Owens, Louise Patrick, Harold Payne, Hal Rogers, Regale Ronald. Donald Saunders, John Schild, Kay Toombs, Mar-esa Wlndle, Theresa Wong, Dorothy Hutchison, Yvonne Bou-vettc, Marvin Brew, Nina Cho-nilch, William Davidson, James Flaten, Eleanor Fitzgerald, Jean Gillies, Richard GlSke, Everett Johansen, Joan Ketcheson, Albert McFadden, Elsie Meuffels, Perry Mork, David Mulroney, Thomas Nlcoll, Melvln Sandvar. Stanley Scarr, Donald Scherk, Lenora Smith, Noon Webster, Betty Wide: Jean Calderwood, Joyce Carr, John Flnlayson, William Flnlayson, Dick Gllker, George Haugan, Hilmer Hed-burg, Richard Hedstrom, Kathleen Hills, Lorna Howe, Robert Johnson, Edith Jordan, Dick T.nnrp. nnv Lashmar, Bruce Mills, Ingrld Nllson, Frank' ' Olson. IS Randv Gladys Ormlston, SpidelBlil Kathleen Sun- j berg, Bill Watts, Margaret War - becoming available today who nave been passed YOUNG SERVICE MEN ARE GUESTS Canadian Legion Affair Last Night Provided Acceptable Entertainment. Forty young servicemen sorrier heme on discharge-"after overseas servicer, other home on leave were happily entertained by the Canadian Legion at a jolly smoking concert last night. Masterly accordion playing by Corp. Mike Colussl, rousing vocal solos by Corp. Wallace, baffling tricks by Leslie Parks and lusty community singing with Andy McNaughton. at the piano featured the program of entertainment. Abundant and appetizing refreshments were served. President Hugh Killin made a brief tout appropriate speech. Andy McDonald, chairman of the entertainment committee, was responsible for the arrangement of the affair. Weather Forecast North Coast Light winds mostly cloudy and mild with lo cal light drizzle or rain. Queen Charlottes Light occasionally moderate winds, partly cloudy except locally, cloudy and mild or foggy. West Coast With local light drizzle. dale, Harvey Weiss, .Ilearic West, Lorraliie Youngman, Audrey Brown, Benlta Matthews, Peter MacDonald, Wallace Bccl. Fromoted to Grade Ten Passed with Honors Tommy Boulter, Astrid Carlson, Lavtnla Elliott, Barbara Flaten, Rose Marie Hartwig. Bessie Lee. Sol- veig Mork, Arthur Olson, Peggy Pullen, Leo Adolph, Nellie Bill, Vlckl Meuffels. Passed Ronnie Acheson, Louisa Amadio, Dorothy Becker, Jacqueline Budlnlcn, Frank Clapp, Ronald Davies, Lorna Donaldson, Odd Eidsvlk, Ted Forman, Peggy Grogan, pat Guyan, Roberta Hadath, Barrle Hill, Mark Hill, Monica Holtby, Velma Ingham, Tommy James, Arne Lien, Donald Mackenzie, Robert Macarthur, Marie Micha-loff, Yvonne Morln, Bernice Mas-tad, James Nlcoll, Viola Prcnder-gast, Lorraine Roesch, David Smith, Evelyn Way wood, Percy Walter, Wally Wong, Norton Youngs, Ronnie Allen, Miary Basso, Robert Cox, Katie Did-ricksen, Jean Faught, Lloyd Franklin, Herdis Holkstcd, Jean Jenssen, Ruth Jerstad, Lincoln Lamb, Marie Lovstad, Nancy Mc-Gulre, Glen Olsen, Marjorle Shruhsall, Evelyn Skog, Sally Skooy. V a u g h a n Tattersall. Shirley Tremcer, Richard Tweed, Donald Main, Jack Bird, Bill Lees, Ted Caine, Gordon Carlson, Joan Croxford, Margaret Duffus, Nell Gillespie, Charles Graham, James Hebb, Ethel Hemmons, Reg. Lavlgne, Glen Macey, Hazel Moran, Irma Mc-Klnnon, Francis Olafson, Arnold Plnke, Gordon' Prince. Douelas Shier Yvonne Slmonson Rosa- J- . ; A f TTTTfTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Bulletins AAAAAAA A AAA AAAAA AA A A AAA A ALL QUIET AT ALDERSIIOT A L I) E R S II O T, England-Canadian repatriation soldiers kept out of Aldershot's shopping district last night and by noon today most of them had been moved away entirely. On Wednesday and Thursday the English town was the scene of disturbances and Canadian soldiers damaged more than 200 business premises. The soldiers apparently arc protesting against delay in repatriation. DISSOLVING SIIAEF PARIS Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe will be dissolved within a week. Gcn-rral Eisenhower isenhowcr will will return return from United States to bid personal farewell to the staff. RIOTS IN SYRIA HEYRUT Disorders have broken out anew in Syria between Syrians and French. Twenty-three were killed in a town on the coast ap,d 38 wounded seriously. SWEEP SINGAPORE MINES LONDON British naval craft are sweeping mines from waters outside of Singapore in the southwest Pacific. NO TRACE OF PLANE HALIFAX There is no further trace of the Liberator bomber missing: in the Atlantic with British officials returning fiom the San Francisco conference. CANADIANS RETURNING NEW YORK The great liner Queen Mary is due here next Wednesday, bringing Canadians anions her homecoming servicemen passengers. MOSLEM PARTICIPATION SIMLA, India Officials of (he Moslem League have indicated that i lie League may decide in favor of participation in the new National government proposed for India by the British. This stand would be in opposition to the vicunolni of League Presi- dent Mohammed Ali Jinnah. CANADA'S RECOGNITION OTTAWA Canada has recognized the Polish Provisional government of national unity. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the Dominion ' gcvernment expects in due . course to exchange diplomatic representatives with the ITo-visional government. ECLIPSE ON MONDAY OTTAWA Monday's total eclipse of the sun is diawing scientists from all parts of North America to the Canadian prairies. West of Winnipeg, the eclipse will be one hundred percent for more than one-half minute. (The Air Force at Seal Cove estimates that the eclipse will begin shoitly after 5 o'clock Pacific Daylight Time). Rev. and Mrs. A. Rutherford and sons, Philip and Terry, of Klspiox left last 'night for Vancouver after stopping briefly In the city. Mr. Rutherford Is transferred south, ln the United Church ministry. Halibut Sales (Canadian I8V4 and I6V2) Lois IV. 50,000, Storage. R ussians Are Controlling BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IS GOING HOME VANCOUVER, July 7 0i--C. H. Selous, British trade commissioner for British Columbia, has reared, ending a three-year term, and will leave for England next Monday. After a short stay there he expects to go to Berne. Switzerland. He will be succeeded early In Au-rust by H. Adman, British trade commissioner at Winnipeg. TAKES PASTORATE AT PORT ALBERN! Rev. W. V. oiiverthorne Accepts Call to Vancouver Island Church Rev. W. W. Silverthorne, for the past year pastor of First Baptist Church here, has accepted a call to First Baptist Church at Port ASbernl, Vancouver Island, and will assume the pastorate there on September-1. Tomorrow he will have his farewell services In the local church and will leave Monday .evenly by train for Moose Jaw to Join Mrs. Silverthorne and family. Before proceeding to Port Al-berrii, they will pay a visit to Toronto. FINED ON SUGAR THEFT CHARGE Pleading guilty to theft of a quantity of sugar from the Ocean dock. William Karcourt was fined $23 with an nltervla ttve of 14 days ln Jail by Msls-..strate W. D. Vance jn city i.itM pmrt j t. - r charBed wlttf faiiuPc' tend parades of the Plnce Ru pert Reserve regiment, of which he is a member, J. M. O'Neill was remanded , for eight days by Magistrate W. D. Vance. A Juvenile was given three m o n t'ih is suspended sentence when he pleaded guilty to a theft charge. NASCOPIE TAKES SUPPLIES NORTH MONTREAL, July 7 B Her holds and all available deck space Jammed with hundreds of tons of supplies, the Arctic mercy ship Nascople sailed today on another of her yearly 12,0C0-mlle Jaunts to the icebound outposts of the R.C.M.P., Hudson s Bay Company and religious orders in the eastern Arctic. The R.C.M.P. schooner St. Roch stopped ln Prince Rupert last week on a similar Journey to the western Arctic. GUEIPH STRIKE CONTINUES GUELPII, Ont. Workers at the International Malleable Iron Company in Guelph have turned down a Company proposal to return to work. The men left work last week when the National War Labor Hoard cancelled sections of a Regional War Labor Board ruling ordering wage increases to some of the plant's employees. LEOPOLD'S ABDICATION BRUSSELS .The burning question of King Leopold's possible abdication is likely to come to a head soon. NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT WINS NEW YORK Jacob Lamotta, a New Y'ork middleweight, punched out an easy ten-round decision over Tommy Bell of Youngstown last night in Madison Square Garden. Lamotta weighed 161, Bell tipped the beam at 119. NEW RUGBY COACHES TORONTO Ontario rugby appointments were In the sport spotlight yesterday. A famous big four star kicker of a decade ago Major Hawlcy "Huck" Welch has been appointed president of 'the Hamilton Tiger Football Club, Major Welch returned from overseas a few months ago. Harry Sonshlne, a former star lineman for Queen's University, Toronto Argonauts and Toronto Balmy Beach will coach the Toronto Indians' entry in the Ontaiio Rugby Football Union this year. Food and Boundaries Are Problem In Reich Capital American and British Occupation Is Only Nominal As Yet As They Have Taken Over No Specific District BERLIN, July 7 (CP) Soviet authorities maintained a tight grip on the entire military government of Berlin today while high officials of three powers tried to solve two complicated problems food and boundaries. No district has yet ben taken over, by either British or American military government de- 1 detachments although United FOREST FIRE AT LADYSMITH Flames Sweeping Uncontrolled Through Comox Logging Co. Limits LADYSMITH, July 7 A large forest fire Is raging out of control about 10 miles southwest of here. The flames are sweeping through felled and bucked tim ber of the Comox Legging Co. which had to suspend operations at 2 8'clock yesterday afternoon because of the intense heat from the flames, all available men being engaged in battling the conflagration.. Cause of the ilre is unknown. VETERANS GET VACATION PAY WCOUVSR. July 7 All members of the armed forces iwno who have nave returned returned to to shipyard snipyarai. former former rahon ranon was was two two pounds. pounu. to July 1 are to receive one week's holidays with pay when the plants close down for vacation, William White, president of the Boilermakers and Shipbuilders Union, announces. JAP ACTION HALTS AUSSIE SHIPS SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 K Shipping movements in the harbor at Sydney, Australia, were halted from Thursday night to Friday morning because of reported enemy action along the coast, the Melbourne radio reported ' ' : m mi - BfilMjjj SKJBlllH Wi. ummmart. Berlin States military forces supposedly formally occupied their Berlin zone on July 4. and British forces, including a Canadian battalion, held a flag raising ceremony yesterday. 1 7s Pounds Is IllrJdl fUUIUil Canadians Will Be Limited To One and One-third Pounds per Week OTTAWA, July 7 W Under the hew meat rationing that Trimc Minister Mackenrle King has announced will be imposed shortly, so that Canada may send more meal to Europe, the weekly ration will come to ab'iut one: and one' thiid pouno per person, "Th be Intrcduced for a couple of months but ..meatless dys in restaurants are to start tic.it week. Tuesdays and Friday, are the meatless days and the first one is Friday July 13. H.M.C.S. ONTARIO NEW CANADIAN CRUISER IS COMM1S- SIGNED The ship's company stands at attention and officers of H.M.C.S. Ontario stand at salute as the Ensign Is hoisted during commissioning ceremonies of this sister ship of th.e Uganda.