r NORTHERN AND CES-JATltMH CofjrMBIA'S NEW8PAFER TAXI Etaxi taxij 235 Phone t ' 8b Bath) 537 ANDNIOHT SERVICE f DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE X Stnd: "OQb, Empres, , ,"o - vfhlishcd . at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port ''Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt i A V W V - - J, " if Wrt OK PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS -s, ancouver Has Million Dollar Winter Storm rn mm 1 Tiirr nrrtr I FILIAL ItrlrtKAIUKt MtKt Upening of I 1 I .-.a m m. a mm m a. a a a 1 Y EQUALS ALL-1 1Mb LOW rariiament Thermometers Record Four RoIxat Whi p imiriAl IJicrhv -J R a H i n t? Was Une Below II LA w - D n t : ennn wl in I n i m 1 1 m f om no rn f 1 1 ro f a v LU 'V - 1 C7 . 1 J 1 T I A morninc wnen ine mercury in uowniown i i rr't..i i i 1- iii.i ti.rni nil liiirii i iri:i i mw fir imii- ill. Ill I J " IjltU'WW till LIIIU1V. aw 11 V.A AVTV. V. w l .I ' ' . . ....... .... 'Jll ifinvo trnni-u .ifril the official minimum Oigbv Island mcte- staiion chis morning cirec DCiow zltu, uui iow Oicrc is believed , with official tern- . i: r ,. Ir.i "i T ltfT iai iw-vi- w- - - - . L . nrnrl I n HAM 'lnillL-lLll IL'dUlUKA 111 ... .. HAiit-n t a 4 lion thn morning was as oniciui iixuiu hiKcn weather station in 1 11 :i 111 mi j iiiuii y ht t mn ntrrrnntr F W Dowllng, then of the local weather mercury dropped to zero. 11111"' UlliLldl 1LUU below was given to , -.. . .. 11 n n lr,.il. niii In n'onthpr xt.al.lnn nt. the tcmucrature. had r invfii 1 rtr enmn nnnps plumbers grimly reported more business Uian they could handle. King Edward elementary school, notoriously drafty, postponed its classes until the morning recess because it was found Impossible to maintain comfortable room temperatures before that time. EPOCHAL COLD SNA!' RECALLED Looking back on the epochal cold spell of 1916, It was recalled the city underwent six weeks of near-zero temperatures which provided citizens with an unbroken spell of sleighing, skating, hockey and other winter sports which have not been enjoyed to such a degree since. However, the record cold of January 22, 1910, had an adverse effect 011 the sports which the cold weather Itself had mcde possible. The cold weather reduced attendance at the city's first and only ice carnival. Enterprising sportsmen had promoted the carnival on the rcutlicr in recent skating rink which had been U ut Januaty 19, made "on the" court house the mercury plumct- Krounds. The Daily News on the Ofrec above zero. A day following the carnival re wind wnicn accom- ported; --1 iiiu man ivv vut.uiu, 11. ....v 1 - . . - J " - - -1 MIALUIV Ul M. AlUVW tkUIAI. TIM" .e nripni. nr it.o urnr. ' iur iour uays. held hi the Market Place rink Saturday night. Unfortunately, conditions were not of the best, the cold being intense, with the .wo. tntnij oii with thermometer somewnai arouna -pue ovuwara ap- 01 normalcy. A fair Of hnilsrhnlrinro ctrnvn !ln tn (Tin... ni4 . n I n STS ENACE -- VIIHIIUU U c is to .Make Drive Tlifm 'irm n . w inc cana- '"r or Commerce is a" all out campaign "loill til VUllUllil, "uan or 'Montreal, "l UlC iirL'niiW-illfHi'i 01 ecuiioinlRs. K.iirt day we expoi" tliesc ucodIo, Sheridan said, "wr nrn to id a very serious 11 a alwrt time." He 1 the Canadian Cham- '"v,ii,:n;t. iccis com- U ril'HIll lllnllnnn 1 11 LI1U Ullll.l'll nihr nlitin n. 1. 11 liiillio HUT JJIIUU- a booklet contalnins s "r all known com- 11 Canada. Tliprr nrn iift,. . .. -i.uu 1 nr iii 1.. 11.. u. Ulllll in Ul-,' IN GETS ME r.ni n 'inuarv Tnni.i " .. ... na lillll'liw "y i ncc in itt'rlltt The Kiw un.,iii. - ill UU lUOll In rn. iqovc zero, recorded u"niperaturc rcadint; t uiiii inn nn ni "'WC 1894, In viirl,.... In . . . ''"jsiue, it, was 1 'Oro. rriimlll.... ii. "vrnn, n Mr . ..... l"Wl!llll 1,111". n,c reported In 11 the cold, Mn. nny 50 drgrens. m continent's warmest zero, and the attendance, ac cordingly, was small Competitors from as far east as Smlthcrs were on hand here lor the carnival. MAY WITHDRAW FROM PARLEY TrTWVA, 0 Pcsslbllity ap-perred today that Can?da may r-it-ct an invitation to make suBi'c.ticns on the German-Austrian peace trcatlcs-as a result of a DI3 Four decision that no' nr.n'rancc "will be given Cnnada of a more active part in the peace making. Top officials cf Canada's external affairs department are known to be studying the situation created by the rcbiUf of the major powers. NAAS RIVER FROZEN OVER Hitler North Wind, However, Is Putting (Stop to Travel Over Ice The Naas River Is now frozen across from bank tc bank above tidewater with Ice of sufficient thickness to bear traffic above Mill Bay, according to word rcaclilng the city from the north. However, the bitter north wind3 have caused the suspension of practically all traffic by dog team between the up-river villaccs und the. mouth. Snow Is now 12 feet deep around Mill Bay, It Is reported. Sugar Destroyed In Plant Fire WINNIPEG ) Four hundred bags of sugar and 20 barrels of glucose were destroyed Tuesday In a two-alarm fire which badly damaged the Bond & Ronald candy manufacturing plant here. Two firemen were trapped by an explosion but escaped with minor injur Vs. Price Control Policy of Government Ijiunciated In Speech from Throne OTTAWA Qi Canada's twentieth rscssion of Parliament was resumed with customary ceremonies by His Excellency, Viscount Alexander, the Governor-General, who presented the Speech from the Throne before a Joint gathering: In the Senate Chamber. Of considerable interest was the announcement of government policy in regard to price control. It was to the :effect that the cvernment intended to maintain mly surh controls as were deemed requisite to protect coiisumors front sudden and drastic rises in prices ami to wisurc fair and orderly distribution of ,exislln: Tiie speech also forecast legislation dealing with old age pensions, tax agreements with the provinces, the formation jof n- joint committee on human rights and ratification of treaties ,with Axis satellite countries. There will also be legislation relating to labor relations, agriculture, marketing, immigration, defence, finance and export trade to be submitted for ratification for this third session of the Twentieth Parliament. Approval will also be sought for an increase in the membership of the House of Commons from 215 to 255 and am- ehdmeiits In the Dominio'lrtl- cction Act. BANKER WAS BADLY HURT Freed i;y imucrground Jews In Palestine Hut Condition Is "Serious" JERUSALEM "CM The kidnapped banker, H. A. I. Collins, retired British Army major, stumbled into a clinic last night, dazed and bleeding, after hav-lnt? been held nrisoner for 78 hours. He was taken to nospuai, his condition being reported "serious." Collins told police: "I was badly treated and had to fight my way out." Ho was tlic second abducted Briton to win his freedom In 24 hours. Judge Ralph Windham was freed unharmed Tuesday night. THE WEATHER aynopsis Bitterly cold Arctic air is pushing southward across the border into ,thc United States this morning. Most stations in Alaska and western Canada are reporting near record-breaking low temperatures. The strong northerly winds sweeipVig Vancouver Island the lower mainland will become light tonight and temperatures will drop sharply. Vancouver is expected to reach 10 above Friday morning. Snow now falling over the central and southern Interior will stop during the day with clear cold weather In store for tonight. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Clear, occasionally becoming cloudy with snow Hurries today and Friday. Northerly winds (20 m.p.h.). Little change in tom- ncraturc. Mlnlmums tonight Port Hardy, 15; Massett b; Prince Rupert, zero. Maximums Friday 1'ort Hardy, 30; Massett, 20; Prince Rupert, 10, School System Js Cause of Disunity MONTREAL Sena.tor T. 1). Bouchard of St. Hyuclntho cypresses the belief tha,t the present school system hi Quebec Is the cause of much disunity. He believes that there should be non-corafcssional schools. l.V. Mourn llnizWs Representative KEEP WATCH UPON ORIENT Japanese Occupation Has Had Effect of Speeding Up Britain's Policy to Bestow Autonomy LONDON, Experts of the colonial' administration arc watching with interest the work-ins of British policies In the Orient where Japanese occupa tioh, although unwelcome, caus ed new questioning ol white authority among the, natives Tills development has landed to accelerate British policy of gra dual tranter of authority from white administrator? to native in East Maiay lerniory, wnere several rulers wielded local pow cr, Britain has sought unlfidd administration under plan for Malayan union as announced in 1945. At Aden on the Red Sea a new legislative council "recently met foor the first time and will eventually replace absolute control which had been Vested In the governor. BADBOYSCAUSED WRECK OF TRAIN WALTON, Indiana O) Two Walton boys confessed today to putting d 175npound roll of fence wire on the Pennsylvania railroad track here Monday, causing a wreck with four killed. Tlie boys ,have been taken Into custody. They admitted putting the wite in the switch "to sec what would happen." SAYS ELECTION WAS NOT FREE - Vandenberg Calls on Britain and Russia to Join United States in Review WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Arthur Vandenberg last night called upon Great Britain and Soviet Russia to join with United States In reviewing the recent elections in Poland. He declared that Poland had violated the international agreement on tho matter of free elections. ANOTHER WAR ' IN 14 YEARS General Worthinglon Warns Canadians to Xtiok to 'i'hf'r Defences EDMONTON General S. F. Worthington, general officer commanding, takes the Canadian public to task for its willingness to see Uie armed forces and national defences reduced.. "Unless the people of the Dominion are willing to pay for adequate national defence, there may be another .war within four years," he declares. "Canada, with its rich natural resources, Is looked upon wlUi envious eyes 'by other nations," Gen. Worlhington warns. DUESSES POPULAR LONDON Canadian-made dresses arc selling "like hot cakes" at thc ceiling, price of $G3 in London stores. -1. WM ft . il 'I- L- F - ! 1 "2?- ' j e' - &..sm. A The flags of 51 member nations? United Nations Headquarters. Lake Success. New York, this month for the first time flew at half-last in deference to the sudden death of Senhor Pedro Leao Velloso, presenUtive of Brazil on the Doited Nations Security Council. Bulletins RECORD COLD OTTAWA A near record low temperature in Canada's meteorological history was reported today from Snag, 175 miles north of White Horse in the .Yukon, when the alcohol thermometer sank to 78 below. The lowest record was 78.5, below at Good Hope, Northwest, territories in 1910. SNOW IN ONTARIO f TORONTO Seven Inches of Vay from' Wlhdsor'io Kingston in southern Ontario. There has also been freezing rain and travel is dangerous. Rt'tilNA OPENING REGINA Provincial price control," a bill of rrghls, extension of compulsory automobile Insurance including col- -lision benefits were forecast this afternoon in the Speech from the Throne at the open-ing of the fourth session of Saskatchewan's tentli legislature, Lt.-Gove. R. J. M. Parker read the Speech from the Throne which announced a Crown Corporations Act to expand the government's industrial program. SHORTENING PRICE UP OTTAWA There will be an increase from 20c to 30c in the price of thortenins in Canada tbis week-end, it is forecast. Cigarettes may go up from 33c to 42c per packet but there may be 25 instead of 20 cigarettes in a packet. AIRCRAFT SAFE OTTAWA W. It. (Wop) May, well known former Canadian, bush pilot, said here that aircraft is as safe as any means of travel and there arc figures to prove it. The press, he asserts, is over-emphasizing airplane accidents. U.N. Facts and Faces Hurricane and Blizzard Make Worst Tempest City Has Seen MEDIATOR IN COAST STRIKE Mr. Justice Carroll of Nova Scotia Appointed in Attempt to Reach Settlement HALIFAX OWhe federal government has appointed Mr. Justice W. F. Carrou or Nova Scotia Supreme Court to conciliate the dispute of 13,000 coal miners in the Maritime coal pits. Conferences will begin tomorrow with II. C. Gordon, coal operation manager for the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, and F. Jenkins, president If District No. 28 of the United Mine Workers of America (CCD. Present wage contract between the United Mine Workers and the steel company expires All previous no!:otiaUons, Including a three A ir meeting In Ottawa with Minister ol Labor Humphrey Mitchell, failed to bring a settlement. AGREES WITH PROFITS TAX Money Made Over and Above Normal Business Requirements Should be Zledistrib-ited 1,r,,.i...,u.,..,..u . OTTAWA-tfrofits not reav: way or Taxation for public distribution, declared Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, minister of agriculture, In an address last night. HOLY LAND PARTITION Is Necessary zn nettle Arab- source said that partition of Pal CARDIFF, Wales, W-HArthur Haywood, coal 'controller at Cardiff Docks, has been appointed coal adviser to Lord KlUcarn, special commissioner for Southeast Asia. UNITED KINGDOM UNITED r oTM KINGDOM llv; M rrinirararX4 The United Kingdom of Grout Britain and North ern Ireland Is 31,201 Miuirc miles In area, populated by some 45,000, 'JUt' persons. Entirely an Island nation, the U.K. lies oil Continental Europe, separated from trance bv the English Channel. IU king is George VI and its Prime Minister,! Clement K. Attlcc. The' United Kingdom Is a permanent member'.! the Security Council, a two-year member of trie Kcicoruic anti Social Council. Its permanent delegate at Unilc.5 Nati.us Headquarters it Sir Alexander Cadogan, who tits on lli Security Council. The Unilcil Kingdom flag the Union Jack is blue, emblazoned with the red Crouca of St. Gcorgo and SL Anihew, which are outlined in white. Gale Up to 72 Miles Per Hour Lashes Waterfront Two Serious Fires All Services Are Disrupted VANCOUVER Damage estimated at a mill'tr dollars was done in Vancouver, most of it along-t'.-t wraterfrbnt, by hurricane and blizzard during th night. It was the w.orst storm the city had experienced and caused much hardship and inconvenience. The wind, at its maximum, reached 7" . mlles per nour- xnere were pro- Tacoma Has k i.ii r. rvmin nre MilUcm-dollar Plant of Centennial Tlour Company Is Destroyed TACOMA, Washington W Spectacular fire today destroyed the $1,000,000 Centennial Hour mill plant, one of Tacoma's largest industries, and threatened to spread to the big Sperry flour mill nearby. The 225 employees of the plant left safely shortly after blaze started. Firemen abandoned hope ol saving the building and devoted themselves to the attempt to keep the blaze from spreading. flour dust. 'The plant, containing 400,000 bushels of wheat', wa!j fully in SUTr . ness do not belong to the big " Interests and should be paid TAhU 4 l A MITr back to the government in the IUKNAUU III I J MIDDLE WEST Big Blow Also In Alabama Arkansas Village Is In Flames MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Arkansas CB Tornado ripped thrpugh north central Arkansas and southern Missouri region last night, killing six and injuring Jew Disnute. Government Savs many. Scores LONDON, 05 A government I destroyed, of homes were Reports over crippled communication linles from Salem, cstinc into Independent Arab Arkansas, say that town was on and Jewish .states Is necessary fire. The tornado struck-Salem, to settle the Holy Land question. m0ved northward, wrecking The British cabinet reported homes at Thayer, Missouri, and that it is undecided whether counch, Missouri. Britain rhould impose partition , Thc state highway patrol re-or refer the Palestine problem ported today that tornado to the United Nations with a SfniPk th outskirts of Mont- partition recommendation. WARM IN ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS It Mas unseasonably warm in St. Louis yesterday with the thermometer reading 70 above. gomery, Alabama, beyond Gun-ter Field today. A radio operator said: "We understand It is pretty bad." BURMA TO BE INDEPENDENT Plan for Autonomy Similar To That Accorded India LONDON ) Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, In the House of Commons, and Lord Pethlck-Lawrence, Secretary of State for India and Burma, made coincidental announcements that an Interim government was to be set up for Burma similar to that established In India to administer affairs during a transitory period until the Asiatic crown colony attains full Independence. They said that a constiU ".ent assembly composed entirely if Burmese, nationals would be 4ected next April. Local Tides Friday, January 31, 1947 High 8:05 19.3 feet 21:17 15.8 feet Low 1:29 8.7 feet 15:03 6.1 feet Many of Canada's most outstanding public figures gained their appreciation and understanding of public affairs in newspaper offices. William Lyon Mackenzie, Joseph Howe, Sir Francis Hlncks, Jean Baptlste Corlon and George Brown were newspapermen. tracted gusts of up to 63, miles per hour. During the height of the storm the wind was ne- er below 50 miles per hour. At the same time the snow was falling ; and was blown into blizzard pro portions. The wind had subsided to thirty miles per hour by noon today. During the height of the storm there were two serious fires. Firemen, on account of the high wind, were unable to save a furniture factory on Granville Island and a Royal Canadian Air Force worksh-on Kltsllano Reserve. Four former Royal Canaan the. Navy corvettes were btown ashore. Half a dozen scows.brpke loose. Tugs and fishing boats were badly battered about. Power lines toppled over and electric, telegraph and telephone The fire Is believed to have i services were disrupted. Surface started when a motor' overheat-1 traffic was brought to a virtual ed. It caused an explosion in, halt. Alrolane services were de- ferred. Ships going to and from the port had rough passage. Radio broadcasting ' stations. fwfere- abl'dtonVoAlfrin termlttently. A tug went ashore and sank in Welcome Pass, north of the city, the crew of six making their escape ashore. Another tug went ashore In Howe Sound. The Fraser River lightship broke loose and drifted six-miles to Point Roberts wnere HM.CS. Charlottetown and other vessels were atttemptlng to pick It up this morning and save the lives of the two men on board. Streets of the city are very dangerous and lower temperatures expected tonight will not improve the situation. CONFESSION IN KILLING Los Angeles Man Gives Himself Up to Police as Perpetator f Sadistic iSlayli? LOS ANGELES, O) Daniel S Vorhees. aged 33, signed a confession and was booked by pol ice yesterday for the sadistic mutilation slaying of Elizabeth Short known as "Black Dahlia." The confession stated: "I did kill Beth Short" and was signed "Dan S. Vorhees ." Vorhees surrendered after telephoning a police station, saying "I can't stand It any lore I killed 'Black Dahlia.' Takp,r to Jail." WHEAT PAWEY WILL BE HELD Major Producers and Importers to Get Together Stabilire Prires and DivWe' World Supplies WASHINGTON, D.C 05 Tl" International Wheat Comic1' - Tuesday called a confere1' i-aft an agreement stabll'-l-vheat prices and supplies .8 nd dividing the world market. It will be held in London bexln-n'ng March 6 and will be composed of representatives of h major wheat producing and Importing countries. At Ottawa' Canadian gove"rn ment officials "welcomed"' the calling of the conference. Officials of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture at Winnipeg reacted similarly.