is Abduct Justice in I ' 1 Ten arme-V ( -i a uimr way himj (i, ;trict court and .:( Ralph Wind-, .at of their guns, Orr .,ald. the British ; ,: of ui.irkcd the sec-:,; ,,( a Briton here Windham was n.mc for Dov ,.m of Irgun Zval 1151! UNIONS BIG MERGER i il r: anil hngincciiiig Combine lo Form l ?.0l)0.000 The Confcd- iimldhiR and En-r 1 Unions has ac-. i: nbrrship the Am-F . mewing Union, i' trciwth to nearly ., i but the ovcr-; i .ii Congress can m! The decision ,! :i fiminecring, nit repairing and niini's unions. : Mil., are involved. ut 1.6C0.C00 cn-. . 200.000 in the i j in.ooo in rall- confederation In . i. if sole voice ! aspect of pay, i . !: conditions. uroup coun- O. it tt five -day .ii) .-. had become U'ii Uic cnglncer Ji-.u. 6. (.IKI, HF.LI) UP IN'COI Vl li .Miss lna or Canadian Window cifs on West liroadway hrld up anil robbed of which she was taking the bakery to the bank fiqwMt Saturday. 'lr Pbarlotte Islands holiday J Administrator Daring Coup Leumi, the Jewish underground association. Oroner was to be executed tomorrow for participation In an attack on a Palestine police station. Brlt'X: authorities believe today's kidnapping was Inspired by the same motive that prompted the kidnapping of II. A. I. Collins, former British major, and director of the Jewish-owned Palestine Bank. $50 PENSIONS AT SIXTY-FIVE OTTAWA Oi The C.C.F. I ;arty last night announced a Dominion-wide campaign for old age pensions of $50 at the age of 65 and resolved to carry the matter to the floor of the House of Commons In the coming session. There would ibe freedom frcm the means test and free medical, dental and hospital services for SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT Signs Indicate That William Hanson, With Severe Skull f racture, Regaining . Consciousness Following treatment by special lstii flown north from Vancou "ver and"4 second operation' to relieve Drcssure on the brain, Improvement was reported over the week-end from Smlthers In the condition of William Han son who had been unconscious since sustaining a severe skull fracture In a fall on the ice while curling a week ago yes tcrday morning.. There were in dications at the week-end that consciousness was being regained as an attempt at speech was made. rince Rupert's Case For Air ervices; burvey in support I iiU; lu an effort lo establish llic public convenience it oi cstablisldng a scheduled air service between 1 ' -nd Prince Rupert, the Canadian Pacific Airlines 1 '"tiwastivci survey of the business, resources and scr-" it" area. Since then Canadian Pacific Airlines has l! "innai application for permission to operate such a scr-': information thus obtained and presented to the uort Hoard in considered of sufficient interest to pub- ' ' ' aliment). TOURIST INDUSTRY mi llw!i w.'ivr i Al'issU-.M iiro nlloucd from !" 'ui' hours in Prince Rupert. On the "Triangle 1 lU'i-auy a,day may be permittcu tnem in port. II '"'.ictical tourist purposes, with limited time laiui . the Queen Charlottes are inaccessible. 'Mi' this stimmary, it might be concluded that ' no aitructions to ' i - In direct con-t ic f:icUs. To the area offers a Conor utlractioivs which " equalled in most of "idcr of the continent. ''.c Rupert area pos-most equable climate "" al"l the rainfall, al-wavy, is concentrated ' 'he winter, or non-"'"i Tho scenic sct-''iiicl' Rupert is un-" "id ui.'t 2C miles from un ui ilcw highway, H'T;, exists Which Is "Kurou;. m content, audi 'or c iablLshmcnt as a meeca Attractions for '"''artur trips by boat ' the .urrounding coast 'd Wltuln u v,..1Jf acij!, uu ocat trips arc industries 11 C. :"ft u . ' u.' oren cisewnere c"'i-u Lt F0r the more '"-' ucuvitles are pos- .Ut niimhAr ...... fm the city 1 1 art; even more lortunaiciy io- fniiyi nnrl endowed. Unon the Islands is a multitude of prac ticallv every sort of game ex pent of carnivorous nature; lm mediately adjacent arc pcrnaps the best fishing grounds in tne wnrlrl. nnd at Tlell. the site for a summer resort upon a splendid hn.ich. n'nnltal is available locally for the development of requisite housing and servicing of very consfdcrablc tourist travel, but any action in this regard lias been, and will continue to be deferred, until suitable trans- uortation means for those tour ists becomes available. The road will furnish a minor proportion of this travel, but for outright full expansion, only a dally air line service to the soutn win bring the area within twenty-four hours of any point lit the western United States, and will ensure the accessibility of tne the millions who have only two weeks for an annual EGYPT BREAKS WITH BRITAIN Negotiations for Revision Of 1936 Treaty Have Been Discontinued LONDON P Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln told the House of Commons today that the Egyptian government had in formed him it has broken off negotiations for a revision of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of ' 1930. PARTITION IS OPPOSED LONDON V Dr.. Jamal Ef' fendl Hufselni. vice-chairman of the Palestine hl&li executive, tcday rejected partition as a so' lutlon of the Palestine problem and warned that creation of a Jewish state would cause "permanent source of trouble In the Middle East." In an address to 24 Arab and three British delegates, he de clared that all Arabs would re sist partition and demanded that the British government ful fil former cabinet pledges to Palestine which guaranteed FISH PACKER TOTAL LOSS Roy Roberts Breaks Up In Storm Off Port Renfrew VICTORIA fi The Roy Rob crts. a .63-foot fish packer, is 9. total loss alter naving uce driven on the rocks near Port Renfrew In a raging gale which swept the Pacific Northwest two nights ago. All members of the crew escaped uninjured. The tug Island Warrior was dispatched to the aid of the packer but was unable to reach thn vessel. The packer was broken In two and went to pieces. There may be some salvage. "SCARFACE AL" DIES IN BED Once .Worth 520,000,000, Is Believed toHave 4ied Urokc MIAMI BEACH, Florida tt' "Scarfacc" Al Caponc, 48, gang land leader who feared a mcb-KierVi death, died in bed Satur day night amid the luxury of his private villa with hiis uimiiy around him. "I don't want to die shot on the street," he had once said. 'TTTVTfTf TTTTTTTTTVTTf 0 TAXI i fcTAXI TAXI l'honc ,235 Phone x 4 537 hi: daVand night service DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE 2 l 1 1 n il ; T Olt , Enlpre Hotel, Third Ave.! Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt VOL. XXXVI, No. 22. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS -0 , : . i i Kidn His body lay in a funeral home hrrr. s-.indiiv. Funeral services will be held In Miami Beach but no date has yet been set. Cnnonc's widow. Mac, coliaps nnon his death and is re ported to be in serious confll tlnn. Canonc. a iiangster who "took nve r" Chlcairo and built an cm plrc of lawlessness, had become a weak individual since he served seven and a half years In Alcatraz and other federal nrlsnns on Income tax evasion rharirrs. He was stricken with apoplexy last Tuesday, in Lns Anscles. California, Ca attorney. Abraham Tel- tclbaum, said that Caponc had died "broke" and that his Florida home 'was "mortgaged to the' hilt." He said that as far as he knew "Al left no money." "Al still owed the government money when he died. If lie had any money the government would have found It," Teltcl- baum said. Federal officials once estimat ed Caponc'3 wcalWy at. $20,000,- 000. An adlournment until Wednes day was granted by Magistrate W. D. Vance in city police court R.iturdav afternoon in the case of F, Lowe, charged with vag rancy. Lowe wasj picked up Dy nncp Friday nleht In a lane at the rear of the Leeds Apartment near First Street. apped In P GENERAL DOUGLAS MacART HUR He celebrated his sixty-seventh birthday at Tokyo yesterday. He Is looking forward to the .Umer.ucAhls.puUo-rykilirtUUttrvr. It Is twelve years since he had a birthday at home. Open Door To Chinese OTTAWA 0) Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced today that the government Intends to repeal the Chinese immigration act which has limited Chinese entry to Canada. The effect of the repeal would be to remove, "all discrimination agalnsit Chinese on account of race." Reneal of the act would al low wives and unmarried chil dren living In China to come to Canada. Steel Production Hits New Peak CHICAGO P '- Sled produc tion has increased to the hlgh-nst level attained since the end of the war and is headed toward new postwar peaks; the maga zinc "Steel" said Sunday. LAWLESS WAVE SWEEPS JAPAN tokyo IP) The newspaper Nalrvichl complained today that murder.s and thefts are sweeping Japan. The paper blamed "terrible" Increases in living costs ami "demobilized soldiers who have come home with the barbaric mental state of the battlefield." The newspaper said the Japanese fear logo home from their work after dark. Pickiwckcts alone have stolen 60,000,000 yen ($4,000,000) in the last.year on trains and streets. Local Tides Tuesday. January 2, 1947 iil.!h 5:16 19.3 feel 17:24 17.7 icci Low 11:31 7.4 icci 23:31 6.4 feet Mrs. Ross Richardson return cd to the city Sunday evening nn thn Coauitlam from Vancou ver, where she spent the last two rf "escort of 11 -year-old Leonard Campbell, youthful vic tim of creeping paralysis. Leon ard has been taken Into a pn vate home at Duncan, Vancouver Island. EARTHQUAKES HIT SALVADOR SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (fj-Earthouakes which killed one person caused considerable damage to eastern El Salvador on Friday resumed on Sunday. Buildings were damaged and utilities interrupted In tremors reported at Puerto La Union. The tremors were widespread but na damage was reported throughout the country. The volcano Conchagtia, near the Gulf of Fonesca, erupted Sun day for the first time since 1828. OVERLOADING OF DAKOTAS Will be .Further Disasters if There is Persistence in Doing: This LONDON A British aviation cxnert. wrltlnc In a newspaper, predicts that there will be fur ther aircraft disasters if Dako-las, such as thovsc which fig-" urc-d In the fatal crashes at Croydon and Copenhagen dur ing the past weck-cnd,'contlnue to be overloaded. The Dakota, he said, should not carry more than 25,000 pounds whereas it lias been loaded with 23,000 pounds, v ' v TRAGIC AIR DISASTER COPENHAGEN Grace Moore, celebrated operatic star, and Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, were among the victims of the crash of a Royal Air Lines Dakota Dutch pas-senser plane at the Copenhagen airport Sunday. Twenty-two persons were killed. It was the eighth air disaster in various parts of the woild during a 48-hour period. (It is because of the death of the Swedish Royal Prince that the Swedish flag over the vice-consulate in Prince Rupert is at half mast today). BRITON KIDNAPPED JERUSALEM " A former British Army major, II. I. Collins, was kidnapped near a cemeleiy in the middle of Jerusalem. There is a widespread search. NAZIS REBUILDING LONDON Denazification of Germany is a farce and the Nazis are already preparing for a return to power says the report of an international commission which has been investigating the state of in ternal conditions in Germany. C.C.F. NOT UNITING OTTAWA Talk of the C.C.F. uniting with or co-operating politically with any other party is "utter ; noncsense," asserts M. J. Coldwellthe na- 1 tional C.C.F. leader. He predicted that a great deal of difference would evelop within the Liberal party when Prime Minster Mackenzie King retires from the leadership. AL CAPONE DIES MIAMI Al Capone, former notorious Chicago gang leader, died at his estate at Palm Island near here Saturday night at the age of 48. Since 1939 he had awaited death due to the, inroads of disease. Pneumonia, heart ailment and apoplexy hastened the end. CORRESPONDENTS HELD WARSAW Correspondents of Time and Life magazines of the United States have been taken into custody for taking pictures of hungry childitn in Warsaw. BABE RUTH IMPROVES NEW YORK tBabc Ruth was reported today to 'be improving after a slight relapse during the week-end. TAX" SURPRISE" OTTAWA Finance Minister Abbott said today ;lhat any announcement he had to make in the way (of itax 'reductions would tonic in the way ,of u "surprise'' and he hoped a ."pleasant" kiiie. Another Blizzard Hits Saskatchewan VICTIM OF PLANE CRASH Grace Moore, 45 -year-old operatic soprano. Born In' Tennessee, she started her singing career in a church choir and went into musical comedy, later opera. She had sung before a large audience in Copenhagen Saturday night and was killed when a Dutch plane crashed while taking off yesterday for Stockholm, her next engagement. NO ,V-BOMB TESTS OTTAWA Defence Minister Claxton .said today .that there was "no truth in ft statement that Americans are testing V-bombs on Canadian soil." The statement was issued after a Moscow (broadcast which said that jet-propelled .bombs were being tested in the vicinity of .Churchill, Manitoba, and that the Hudson's Bay port had bceii "transformed into a base for the American Navy to operate In the Atlantic," PERSISTENT FIRE-BUG VANCOUVER The home of J. W. McDonald, ast Eleventh Avenue, has again been the object of a fire-bug's attempt During the week-end attempt was made to start a fire under a verandah. Similar attempts had been made three weeks ago (and last October. Last summer the .garage was destroyed. McDonald is a cripple and liis wife cannot understand it as she (says they Ttave no enemies. "GERRY" AT JJESK VANCOUVER Mayor G. G. McGeer, after (hospitalization, was back at this desk today with continuation of the police reorganization as a major item for 'attention. He is also calling a meeting of the athletic (commission in 'view of the toxing situation. Dr. Harris Sentenced Five Years In Penitentiary For Toronto Optometrist On False Passport Charge OTTAWA tt) Dr. Henry Har KA.AA1 rls, A.O, V-s, 54, Toronto u. optometrist, "X was - Disasters In Air on Increase Tragedy at Copenhagen, Taking Lives of Opera Star And Swedish Prince, Simila To That at Croydon LONDON XH Third of a Jaii ary series oif week-end air q asters on world air routes t a known toll of 57 lives Incl lng the American opera sin; Grace Moore, and Prince Qui Adolf, second in line to throne of Sweden, and left known the fate of 17 to 21 oi persons reported missing abd a Chinese civilian plane. The week-ends worst aa disaster occurred when a Ri Dutch Airlines plane eras and burst Into flames Sur a few minutes after taking from Copenhagen for Sti holm. Sixteen passengers killed, including Miss Moore Prince Adolf, and six of! members of the crew were ed. The plane faltered at an titude of 150 feet and plui to earth, crashing In flat The bodies, were burned beyi recognition. Miss Moore was pi - ceedlng from Copenhagen to Stockholm on a European con cert tour. Prince Adolf was on hisf return home after a hunt- !ng trip to Holland with Prince Bernhard. On Saturday a plane carrying settlers and nuns as mission aries to East Africa crashed and burned In a mist-shrouded take off " at Croydon airport near London, kiMng 12 of the 23 bc- cupants. The dead included an entire, family of four and three nuns. MOSCOW REPORT DENIED BY HOWE United States Not Testing Rocket Bombs in Canada OTTAWA "Quite untrue" was the comment last night of Rt. Hon. nUU. C. J D, Howe, UUWP, UllUiOVCi minister UI of H- re- fnrlav nnnvletprt on two COnSulr-. ,,t acy charges arising from an at- statement that the United States temDt bv Russian agents to ob tain a false Canadian passport and was sentenced to five years in penitentiary. Harris was tne sixteenm per son to take trial as a result of the Canadian espionage probe and the ninth to be sentencea to prison. Six others were ac quitted and one fined. Judse A. G. McDougau said that amnle evidence showed he had undertaken to get a false passport which was a matter of "extreme danger to tne coun try." The judge further said: "Your secret meetings (with Sam Carr) showed you knew what you were doing." COMMUNIST RAID IS FOILED WANKING W 'A pro-govern- REGINA W-.uioiner blizzard,' erment dispateh sa d Saturday borne on a 50-mile gale, beset southeastern Saskatchewan today, blocking highways, halting transportation and blowing down communication lines in many districts. p.. - 'Pi (. six. Chinese Communist divisions which staecd a menacing raid in governmenit-'held Central Mnnphuria had been routed. Thp dlsuatch admitted that s nnn communist cavalry had cut the Harikow-Peiplng railway line January 21 by seizing wangtu, 105 miles southwest of raping Another Communist force captured Luyl, 230 miles northwest of Nanking. CHINESE PLANE CRASH 19 DEAD Veteran American Flier Was Pilot iof Transport in Disaster Blackmore, a veteran American pilot on these runs, crashed in the mountains near here and Is believed to have carried all 19 penons on board to their deaths. Blackmore's home was in Los Angeles. Mrs. A. Rochester sails Tues day ' on the Coqultlam to return was testing V2 rocket bombs on Canadian soil. Must Sing "King" In Using Schools TORONTO Religious bodies will not be permitted to use the schools of Toronto for their meetings unless they close with the singing of "God Save the King." The decision was made in connection with consideration of an application from Jehovah's Witnesses to have a convention in a school. Argentina Seizes Nazi-Backed Firms BUENOS AIRES The govern ment of, Argentina has seized the assets of several firms said to be backed by former German Nazi funds. The assets of tne firms are estimated at THE WEATHER Synopsis Snow flurries occasionally mixed with rain were falling over southern Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland this morn-' lng. The northern coast Is mostly clear with odd snow flurries along the mountains. Extremely cold air is lying over the Yukon and northern British Columbia with reports of 72 below zero at Snag In the Yukon and 15 below at Telegraph Creek In northern B.C. No change in wpather is exDected over the . ' southern half of the province nhnno-viner. oiloted by Jack moist air continues to flow over the coast from the west. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Main ly clear today and Tuesday with widely scattered snow flurries along the mountains, ugnt winds. Little change in temperature. Frost tonight. Mini-mums tonight: Port Hardy 28. . . o'lwnssptt 22. Prince Runert 20 10 Vancouver aitci "' ' . ti.j the Prince Maximums Tuesday: Port Hardy week on business at , Rupert Hotel. 36, Massett 34, Prince Rupert 34.