fo'fW Temperature NORTHERN. AND C ENTRAU, BRITISH COLUMBIA'S. NEWSPAPER Tomorroua Tides (Pacific Standard Ttmt) Temperatures lor the Prince district for today read: pert Sunday, June. 24. 1945 56 'High 0;05 20.2 feet .. -. Maximum ..- 13:06 17.9 feet f minimum 47 Low . 6; 55 3.6 feet 18:45 8.0 feet Rainfall - -61 Inches. ,.U'OL. XXXIV. No. 146. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3reat Bri Will Back U.S. Trial P FLECTION JULY 12 FOLLOWiiw DONATION OF ALDERMAN ELLIOTT ecessitated by the resignation of Alderman . Elliott, a by-election will be held here on July fill the aldermanic seat left vacant. Iklerman Elliott's resignation was accented "with pt" bv City Council members in special meetinir night after they heard a letter explaining their rohito May isiime Rule I " ... it i ring unsis ft FRANCISCO, June 23 O) Ln's "present crisis is un- . t . . If rmnnfn. II rnh tn ft He feet Kland. ISS1ES ARE 80 ILES BEYOND 1NDING BEACH by Mirl airstrip. Mlri is we than 80 miles below the of the original landing hes at Brunei Bay. Fifty rators have made a 240-ton on Baliknanan. This oil ire on Borneos east coast has n a daily aerial pounding. onfinned Japanese accounts have told of a big Allied t giving it a shelling. hrvice Release ippeals Rejected. MONTREAL, June 23 ff len appeals for release irom wary service have been turn down in a Montreal court. Mr. ftice E. Fabre Surveyor turned f n the appeals which were ta by draftees. W ANKER HAS EEM SAVED hel'ro Safelv Towed to Bowcn Island After Nearly Sundering in Gulf VANCOUVER, June 23 fl ree salvage tugs Thursday 'n a battle to save the Van-'iver tanker Shellco and crew eight after the ship sprang a 'tous leak and mimips were un- !e to keep up with the flow off "nt Grey earlier In the day. The tanker was finally towed &nug Cove, Bowen Island. Thp vpssp! la mimpH hv the Wti Oil Co. of British Colum- a- She jettisoned her oil cargo a deroerate attempt to stay 11 the surface and. when towed the cove, she was awash and u oi water except for the cargo Among the flow of telegrams 'irning from liberated Norway to "nee Rimert. nrp messaees to ePle who no longer live here "u who the Nnrwesr an Vice 0rsul. Dr. Jens Munthe. Is hav ?8 difficulty In locating. Among ICSe arp nprsnne named Sonhie etersnn t r n iaken, to whom telegrams are i:iivered, colleagues reason civic office. for leavlni In naming July 12 as polling day for the by-election, alder men also designated July 9 as nomination day for candidates, A technicality Involving the inability of Alderman Elliott to register the property he owns I with the government land reg istrar Is the reason he Li not eligible to hold civic office. The situation arose as a result of a transaction in which he turned over title of his Sixth K. . . . i - Avenue nvunue East tonsil uruueiiy property to uo War- war- time Housing Limited during de- mswry. tu.ywui vplnnmenf. of the Rushbrook b peuc Heiehts subdivision two vears arase mat ne mignt - T . " b pL1 hls Sbdirt-od it ,On-WUt:iw:iicu ioia... .... rrn rnmnnv have ' """" " w -t- -J -- lJ U.. T-il message, repuxw;u,uy i;uulc. title to an area including Alder agency, was issued in con- man E1Uotfs nroperty. Ion with tne promulgation) F0nowing development of the tain's voluntary military .subdivision, the company was mi i i fc act. to turn back the title to Alder Minister Anaml followed man Elliott, but owing to ma uler with an address in billty of the Crown Company to he declared the act eirec- get the subdivision plans ap yesterday. The act,-which proved by a qualified approving up a combat force in tne officer, it is unable to re-regis 's volunteer corps nas iaia ter the property in Alderman foundation for sure victory." . Elliott's name. irlicr an unidentified radio This, while he Is legally the Eientator had asserted that' owner of ithe home In which he Emperor might by-pass the has lived for many years, he and assume personal Ls not qualified to hold civic oi- in the event of a supreme fice because the law requires The prediction came as that he also have it registered broadcasts said that prep-! in his name. ons for the defence of Tokyo At present, the .situation Is si Invasion were virtuallv rfparilneked hecause neither City He and that the American council nor Wartime Housing Chinese forces were prepar-! are able to have the subdivision to stme on me- Asiatic plans approved -wiwious uic- at ceotance of a qualified approv lng officer. In Prince Rupert the approving officer has been the city engineer. In his letter to City Council. Alderman Elliott expressed regret that the city had been put to the difficulty of a by-election and expressed the hope that the electors would .understand his position. .. t 11. . A L t A 1 Avrr, t oi n n, Fouowine 13 tne icxi. oi m- ralians are pushing toward "As you are aware, owing to the Approving Officers fusal to approve of the Rush brook Heights' Area Sub-di vision of Wartime Housing Ltd.. I. along with otner prop prtv owners, who turned in their Tit es to itne oio prop prtv lots in order to allow of thp new Sub-division, find that, technically, we are not the holders of our property, dpsnite the fact that we are assessed on ithe new Sub-division, which in my case advanced my taxes 100, and which taxes the City has collected from me for. the past two years. - "We have agreements with Wartime Housing Ltd. regarding the new property, but as such cannot be registered, we are placed In a position whereby no one owns the property involved. "After serious consideration, I feel that I have no right to sit as a member of the Council, and offer to the Council, my resignation as Alderman. "I regret very much having to do this, but .there, are no provisions in the Municipal Act, which allows me any choice. I know the expense and trouble which a By-Elec tion will cost the Ratepayers, and I trust that the Council will accept my resignation as the best way out of a difficult situation. "I wish to thank the Mayor, members of the Council, and the personnel of the different departments with whom I have had the pleasure of working during my two and one half years as Alderman, for the fullest co-operation with the Committee, of which I was chairman; "I trust also, that the Electors who put me on the Council, will see my position, and not think me a quitter, owing to the difficulties In wWch the City Is placed." EARLY THEORY The Idea that temperatures on earth are controlled by the sun was held by ancient Greek Attacks On Japan Are Stepped Up GUAM, June 23 R -- Four hundred and fifty supcrforts atr tacked Japan's last naval arsenal and five big aircraft factories with 3,000 tons of demolition bembs yesterday. Japan's two largest arsenals, Osaka and Hiro, previously were virtually destroyed. Kure plant, Wasted Friday, covered approximately 11,-000,000 square feet. JAP RESISTANCE NEARS END ON LUZON ISLAND GUAM, June 23 0' The end of organized Jap resistance on Lubon island in the northern Philippines Is in sight. Nearly 20.000 Japs now are faced with the choice of standing and dying in broken' ( up groups in the Cagayan val ley or waiting out a siow aeam in mountain hideouts. NEW PACIFIC AIR LEADER Air Vice-Marshal Stemon of Winnipeg; to Take Place of Air Vice-Marshal McEwen OTTAWA, June 23 (0) Air Vice-Marshal C. Roy Slemon, aaed 40. of Winnipeg, former de puty chief of staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force overseas, nas been appointed commander ot Canada's Pacific Air Force. He succeeds Air Vice-Marshal C. M. Black Mike" McEwen who has been forced to relinquish nis command as result of hUinedi cal category being reduced. At a press conference McEwen saia he was disappointed at losing his command but realized "heaitn means an awful lot to an operational command." WELCOMED HOME An enthusiastic reception was given Flight Lieutenant Pat Deane when he arrived home on last nights train after distlnguish-ph KPrvice overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Members of the Canadian Legion were on hand and a Jolly crowd, led by Sergeant James Robertson, piper, came down from the Prince Rupert. Regl- -ment's officers' and sergeants' dance at the Armory to join In the welcome. The young officer's imother-ln-law and wife and brother and sister were on hand. The welcome party whisked the D.F.C. winner to the Armories where he was guest of honor at a dane. Toasted by Major C. Toombs of the Prince Ruper Reserve Regiment, the young flying veteran assured his friends tnat ne was vei glad to be back In Canada and (particularly Prince Rupert. ALLIES APPROVE POLISH UNITY LONDON, June 23 0) The Al-nc havp. nonroved the Polish agreement to form a provisional Polish government of national unity. The agreement win give. Poland what is described as a coalition government, with ths Socialist, Peasant and Workers parties represented. STARTED AT TRAIL, B.C. The establishment of a small copper refinery In 1916 at Trail, B.C. was the beginning of the refining of Copper In Canada. FINAL CLEAN-UP ON OKINAWA ISLAND VICTORS CN OKINAWA U.S. Marines cautiously approach a building set afire to flush, out Jap snlpeis during mopplng-up operations on Okinawa as It fell to United States forces. PIONEER LOCAL RAILWAY SUP'T DIES IN EAST Allan Kilpatrlck, one of Prince Rupert's pioneer raiiwaymen, whn aim had many menus in Prince Rupert and all along the Smithers division, died on June 9 in Montreal after a long ill ness. For two months or more he had been in a grave condition and .his final passing came as a merciful release to his sufferinss. Nevertheless, news of his death Is received with reeret bv many old friends who remember him for nis geniai disposition and unfailing cour tesy- -and consideration. ----Mr. Kilpatrtcktfwas- 82 -years of age and a native of Scotland. He had been In the railway service for 45 years and was lo cated here in Prince Rupent as superintendent for several years around 1920 just before the am algamation. Later1 he was still a familiar figure along this line for years as travelling rule Besides his widow in Montreal, Mr. Kilpatrlck is survived by six snns and two daughters. The sons are Allan and James Kilpatrlck In Montreal; Major j. W. Kilpatrlck, audit officer of Pacific Command, Canadian 'Armv: N. H. Kilpatrlck, post master at Smltners; Stewart Kilpatrlck, London, England, and William Kilpatrlck. Ottawa The dauahters are Mrs. Ethel Nanry of New York and Mrs, Marguerite Fried of New Jersey. SASK. APPOINTS NEW GOVERNOR HEQINA. June 23 w A new lieutenant-governor has been appointed for Saskatchewan. He is R. J. M. Parker of Regina, the municipal affairs minister In the Saskatchewan cabinet when the i.lhprals were In nower. He sue ceeds Thomas Miller, who died last Wednesday. Churches Unite to Hear Dr. Matthews Churches In the city will hold a united service In St. Andrew's cathedral Sunday evening when combined congregations will hear Dr. Basil Matthews, noted mis sionary and religious leaner, ut. Matthews arrived In the city this morning accompanied by Mrs. Matthews, and will conduct a scries of lectures during the next week. Sunday morning, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Matthews will speak from thP nulnit of First United Church. This afternoon Dr. and Mrs. nntfhnwc arp mipsta nf CADtain Runert harbor which wlll in-! elude members of tne Ministerial Association. GO WEST, YOUNG MAN! HALIFAX The west coast was the destination of a German youth who stowed away aboard a Canadian troopship which arrived in Halifax recently. He was discovered after the ship left an English port. CANADA'S BASE METALS Canada Is among the world's greatest producers of the common base metals. TYTYYYYVYVYTYTJJTYTTYr Bulletins "GESTAPO" COMMISSION TORONTO Continued cross examination of Provincial Police Constable John Alvin Rowe featured the third day of the Royal Commission's hearing at Toronto of charges that Premier Drew of Ontario maintained a secret police force. MARITIMKS AIK SERVICE TRURO, Nova Scotia Application has been made by the Maritime Airways limited for a franchise to operate a passenger and air express service between Truro, Amherst, New Glaszow ;andy6ey,aNoya ScotiaanOfoKtorTKB, TAKE OVER AIR SCHOOL OSIIAWA, Ont. The former Empire Flying Training School at Ofhawa has been taken over by the Royal Canadian Flyin? Clubs Association. It will he used as a general service and allotment depot for the distribution of 250 Tiger Moths bought by the association. FIVE YEARS IN PEN VANCOUVER Nick Gricgor-chuji, formerly of Winnipeg and Regina, has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for being in possession of dangerous explosions a half ounce bottle of nitroglycerine. MORE GAS ALLOWED OTTAWA Canadian motorists visiting the United Slates -viil have an allowance coupon of 20 instead of 15 gallons. 5000 NEW HOMES VANCOUVER A project for the building of 5000 new homes here for returning servicemen is being considered. TAKING ON VETERANS 'VANCOUVER British Columbia employers arc making applications at the rate of 2000 men a month for the release of service personnel so they can return to their old jobs. ATHLETE GETS D. F. C. VANCOUVER The Olympic high jump champion in 1932, Fit. Lt. Duncan McNaughton, has been awarded a bar to the D.F.C. he won six months ago. VETERANS' AGE LOWERED TORONTO The minimum age for enlistment or transfer to the veterans' Guard of Canada has been lowered from 35 to 27 years. ATHLETE CRASH VICTIM KINGSTONtFH. Lieut. Jack Frlzelle, a former paddling star and member of the Balmy Hearh football club, has been identified as the airman who .Vl . . ' . " n"-- I ...-,...-.. - W. D. Rowlands, U.S. Army chap. was killed when his plane hit lain,. on a picnic cruise in Prince i an Army truck near Kingston WARNED OF FLOATING MINES SEATTLF The United States Navy and Coast Guard has issued a warning to fishermen to watch for floating mines off the Alaska coast. The Royal Canadian Navy ha issued similar warning to Canadian fishermen. KING IN 'FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO rrimc Minister King and Justice Minister St. Laurent arrived here today to put Canada's signature on the' peace document created by the San Francisco conftrence. COUNCIL LIFTS REC. GRANT TO $100 MONTHLY City Council In special meet-ins last night unofficially raised the city's contribution to the Prince Rupert Recreation Council from $30 to $100 a month and instructed their delegate to advise the next meeting of the Recreation Council that the city's grant would be $100 a month,. . Because council was. meeting in medal session and the mat- i . . ' i.. ter wat not on me ageuua,.uiujr. unofficial approval to tne in crease could be lven, but Alder to Inform the Recreation Coun cil that the grant would be approved at the next meeting. It Is understood that the grant will run until the end of the year. The subject was raised by Alderman Arnold who said she felt that the $30 grant approved by Monday night's .council meeting was Insufficient, and her comment met with the support of the mayor and other alder- mpn. At. Monday nteht's council meetlne a mimeographed letter l requesting $30 a month was re ceived from 'the wecrcauon Council. The request was passed with little comment. "I was astonished that they asked so little," said Alderman Hills last night as he supported Alderman Arnold's request for an increase in the allotment. Alderman Arnold saw the $30 a month, allotment In terms of Its vearlv total. "It's only $360 a year. Those youngsters are our capital, and we should be willing to give them more money than that. Mavnr Daciett agreed. Alderman Hills,, who made the motion that council members agree to support the $100 dona tlon at the next regular meet in:?, was asked toy Alderman Ar nold. the official delegate, t represent her at the next meeting of the Recreation Council on JUne 29. t Six Crewmen Wed in 10-Day Shore Leave SYDNEY, Australia, June U; In 10 days, six cf the crew of ah American freighter in sya i . . . nn nev nave marnea iu&uiuiiiu Elrls. At a double wedding at Redfern Presbyterian Church, Francis Murphy. 24, of Geneve 111., married Miss Audrey Ful- lard. 18. stenographer, of En field. William A. Waley. 24, oi i-nin-ian. Okla.. married Miss Valerie Parsons, 20, clerk, of Matravllle. The couples met when the ship was In port four months aco. Waley joined the nicrchant marine after he bad been Injured at a paratroop training camp. Murphy was In the United States Navy before joining the merchant marine. FOREST FIRE HAZARD VANCOUVHR Forest fire hazard is high on Vancouver Island and caution warnings have been issued by the forestry department. EARLY ROMAN TIMES The fnrnnnn neoDle In the carlv Roman state were called pleblans. Local Fisherman Seeks Damage From Navy to HAPPY HCMEOCMINO There was happy, surprise yes terday morning at the home, or Mr. and Mrs. A. Norton, 424 Fifth Ave. W., whei their son, Lance Corporal Don iNorton, after five years overseas with1 the Royal Canadian Artillery, arrived home unexpectedly. Much was the family Joy and excitement for. while lt was known he had landed In Canada and was on his way, it was not known that he would be here quite so soon. Don, dur- COUNCIL ACCEPTS OPTION PROPOSAL to hold that property on which they plan to expand their pres ent building. i roceaure Collective Trials for Nazi War Criminals Supported Full-Dress European Peace Conference Probably Delayed Until Next Year LONDON, June 23 (CP) Responsible British sources said todav that Britain will accept the United States plan to hold collective trials of Germany's arch war criminals and -their terror and atrocjty organizations before a high military tribunal. The attitude of-France and Russia remained un determined, but it was generally believed that they, too, win agree to the plan outlined ,by. Justice Robert Jackson, United States prosecutor of war criminal cases. VANCOUVER, June 23 W) A' uri'iaina eimuim ac claim of J. M. Wick, of Prince.' tnougn sun unoinwai, a ai-Roipert for $3,360 for damage cd to constitute, a reversal from tn his fishimr boat, the Johan- Its previous stand that punisn- ; nah. while it was used by the ment of major war criminals Canadian Navy Is being heard should be carried out by execu-hcre by Mr. Justice Smith, tive decree without formal Wick received $5,850 for use of , trial. nriftcH the vessel from September 13. Concurrence by the BritisH 1939, to December 15. 1942. and would mean the presentation of Ihe contends that the vessel was a solid Anglo-American front at the conference to early riamao-Pri hpvond ordinary wear due, open land tear. i next week between the four ma- i Jor powers on problems Involving i the time, place and procedure for the war criminal trials. r v'Jrcss Teace fence Delayed 1 . Also In the realm of International negotiation, lt appears that unless the Bie Three Berlin conference decides differently, there will be no full-dress European peace conference earlier than next year, but the possibility of ari interim peace conference should not be ruled out. . The full-dress European gathering 'may be delayed until i the far cast war la over, when both European and Pacific settlements, many of ; which are inUr-eUtc?LfeouW fce-Mymsirtii. ered. The Interim conference, lt w understood, would consider' specific questions so urgent that decisions can not be delayed. SALMON MEN TO LEARN VOTE RESULTS SHORTLY Members of the United Fishermen's and Allied Workers' Union and the Native Brotherhood of Inn. In Prinrp Bjinert and other lng the half a decade overseas, lcastai centres have concluded having left here with the first ballotting on whether or not small draft from the old 102nd , they wlll accept the 1945 schedule Battery, saw service in France, jof prlces ofercd them by can- the Low Countries and Oer- nery operators and the results many following the Invasion, j . votlnK arc expected to be made known In Vancouver either today or Sunday. Results of the voting by some 5,000 members of the union will be made known shortly before the opening of the 1945 sockeye li'almon fishing season at 6 p.m. Grant of an option to the Can-1 tomorrow night If the answer adlan Legion on the property ad-; is the same as that already given Joining the Legion building on by the locals ot the union In the Third Avenue was approved toy Vancouver area, hundreds of City Council In special meeting! fishermen will stay in port until last night. The Canadian Le- an agreement, is reawieu. glon desires the option in order ; Members or tne union n tne Vancouver area voie a r i may against accepting the 1945 sched ule offered by tho canners.' The ! "nlon asklne " cents a pound The Legion offered to deposit $280 for the option which would safeguard the property for them until a plebiscite can be held. The plebiscite would be designed to ask the ratepayers for the right to buy the lot for a nominal sum of $1 and have lt tax free for Canadian Legion use. Council accepted the option proposal. It Is probable that the plebiscite will be held at . the same time as the next general civic election In December. Hauling Big Donkey Engine to Terrace Skeena Motor Transport of Terrace, under the personal dir ection cf O. L. Brookes, started yesterday on the job of hauling from the vicinity of Rainbow for sockeye. Union officials negotiating with the canners said in Van couver today that they expect to confer further with the canners on Monday. R.C.M.P. CHECK ON FOOD RAIDS CHATHAM, Ont, June 23 'tl ; R.C.M.P. are helping custom and excise officials at Port Lambto, a Lake St. Clair port, about 30 miles west of Chatham. Theyr checking up on American citizens trying to take excessive sup-piles of meat and other foodstuffs across the border. Weather Forecast Moderate, occasionally south- Lake on this end of the Prince easterly winds, cloudy, with ln-Rupert Midway a big 18-ton ! termittent light rain. Moderate donkey which has been pur- south to pouthwest winds, cloudy chased from the Northern Con- with occasional showers, not structlon Co. by Ruckel & Sandy, much change In temperature. new sawmill operators on the Lakelse side of the Skeena river near Terrace. The donkey has been loaded bodily on a truck and trailer for the 75-mile trip. If all goes well, lt Is expected to reach Terrace iby Sunday i mmrn -iT biii r-rrg- r r-i---iTr"Tf'nirrrFi 'Yfrt'Tl-'r CONVICTS CAPTURED VANCOUVER Two convicts who escaped from the jail at New Westminster several days ago were captured this morning in the west end of 4 J