URTllERN BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER' TTtfffmmfTTf miff's TAXI ITAXl TAXh i W - . 93) IMionei 537 mm w ...nllT RKRVICE I riiui" fcDAY AND NIC-HT SERVICE j SUnd: , te liovti. i.i Thlril Avr. Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt d - .m V VOL. XXXVI, No. 90. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C:, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS AA T lOf.'i ... 91 D s G erman Island City Surveys Damage BG Udjo ui madia .ii UL'THIA'PliMW hASIAf'l,1 , i'N ckii (Will (1(10 AND $1 ()().()()(). (1(11) filil' t CITY (CP) Flames roared on for the nil t ie HHIUSUlUl cuyc ui ii-Atia vjiuy luuiiy, Clliei LaillllS sum uiul uiu unsia was jjui. of deaths range up to G50, with about 3,000 that 'several" pcr- nlnt a-pre found 48 hours after . L ti.linn rftCOl 1 ft UUIfci " - i . j j.n iMtn Inn of the mammoth were reported in- ILiUllill diuuuiuuvv flMR CENTRE uiicuiiciu saui mat tors. drc. ied as clvt- c . an uiunarKcu ci the boirtbs and rom Tel Aviv said that ia two British pol- the rnsiilnor frunfirn. G CLUB 3 ...... POR ATFH j'MJ'l 4 J U4 IIIW irrt Am-,. rM.iW u.t... U ni'irnn..! 1... 1 -. . 1 "bprciident The club icorporatrd under tier U tim:it(rl jir. nmvii'Pii XhO () )() - LV Vli'"f5' " I t V oi,r mn nrm nur nn , five or six storage plants 01 f.VCAlti l Mm vnsl. Tlumhlo nil Pn rnn. Ill 'I'f V V. ' V Cvio v i r n f A ni l i vfnltiitifT nnnrnvlmnf plv RRflOOiml IJons of?oil had exploded and burncdiftsincc yesterday. Five; other major 'blasts had rocked the city at intervals since early! Wednesday. i Ml. ..It. I I .. .1 ........ V. city yesterday when a second .. Uits L ntiir.DiNft CONTRACTS UP tolc'ic Act with ni If Industrial bulldlni; contracts In ' . . . . . . . JSJarvisll McLcod. Ceorjic Sfanbrldgc, pnt; DourJas Stewart. A,t nivctt trcaCTrcr. "arvey arc solicitors. w incornoratlon Way for the club to ' the Royal Cana- Clubs Association, win maKr it cllg- "it ik oi ucers c ub i at Vae former R.C.A.F ' base, and tn mpoi, amount of suPplics for rom surnlu.? stnnv RIA ASKS FAIR l' ubcr ol Austria nn- ic foreign mlnlnr'. -' iinisn the "Calv nn lob-1 tlhat his government any territory which cnsldcrcd richtfuii 1 'ilana iJTTMfn est im,!,l " U1! questions n u Mt.., w v.. wig '"aiming. ulyn hope of agrce-re.Lacrman Pwce - l ittle evidence hen (ork uld be Oanada Increased by 83 percent during the last two years amounting to over $183,000,000 in 1946. raising vegetables without soil. 47 GOV'T TO ENTER 'PHONE STRIKE WASHINGTON W-Labor Sec retary Schwcllcnbach and too conciliators Indicated today that they will hold oil another 24 hours before making any move to stop the American telephone! strike. Both the striking Tele-i phone Workers' Federation and" the Bell system held aloof from Schwellenbach's plan for arbi ' tration, which would have ended the strike today. I CONGRESS MOVES TO CURB STRIKE AND LABOR LAWS WASHINGTON, P, -A bill to curb Ftrikcrs, restrict union ac HIV lUtlUlU - IUUVII J ICIltJI II.IK.. make ,..,ontr.n tivities and freighter Grand Camp exploded chanBM , , New Dcal labol a blast at the Mon- . ...,v,.i,io.. unto Chemical Co. plant. Twist- . .. bv thfi RcBObHcan. etl hunks of steel rained on the t r p,rPt,( nitrate-laden ship, the High llmiewt, even as the bill went Flyer, exploded, sinking a 'rd cemmlt- tJ .he Senatc, the labor shlp, the Wilson B. Keene. Mer n ihm comolcled a Kcscue workers evacuated the measure of lts 0Wlli whlch slrip. explosion area yesterday and p d Mmc cI lhc most dras. were issued with gas masKS; tic House nrnu.s!on. provisions against the possible spread of poisonous fumes. The stench of death, mixed with chlorine fumes, hung in the -air near the Monsanto Chemical plant. Over whole sectors of the city i lay smashed automobiles, demolished houses wrecked trucks 1 I- - - 1 TM. II. !,, I auu aniiuiuuvxs. iiw i-uwis mj . ' UJIH.MI .'1.1. . . . 1 1 T t II' t Arlnlf .ucs an.ionriui-'u k-j- ta prccitutionary measure' against IIUU IUI.iW f lMn"flri PYnlnsliin. which n.m.i ...i- i..... i nnrl Dtiusn army 3 11-avv 1 -- . . I nrnptlr:illtf riestrovctl Texas City. .unanv xinra a sen- . - -; , , , , 1 was caused, by amQiuu.nlutrjitc vlvinir members memDers 01 or luc tlW rtcw crew of om Main difference between the two measures is that the House Mil cuilbr industrynwide bargaining and outlaws jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts, while the Senate la bor committee's bill does not. ATTLEE SHIFTS4 HIS CABINET LONDON, O In a cabinet reorganization Thursday, Prime Minister1 Altlcc appointed the Earl of Llfitowel. 40, to Uie poslr ylvmg Poi-Unastr General. He the 'Grand Camp said last nlghU f , PG..Mck-Law- Morriz LeBroxcc, 50, sa id that - of of rehec, 7C-year old Secretary tho fire originated In hold num bcr foUr. which was opened.- by Jullcn' Gucrll, ship's carpenter, now in hospital. Gucril said he "saw a little smoke rising from the fertilizer when I opened the hatch. I picked up a fire extinguisher and started spraying the cargo. The fire kept burning until it made enough pressure to b'low iff tho cover." "Our cars were bleeding and we were .covered with oil and dirt," said Guy'sauccy, another citw member. State for India. J. B. Hynd, wliwjllblianccl-lor of the Duchy of Lanca$tcr, was minister responsible for administration of the British zone of Germany, was replaced by Lord Pakcham, now parliamentary undcr-sccrclary of state for war. Sargrovc claims will produce radw receiving scis at tnc rate of one every 20 sCconds was In troduced to a recent meeting of Uie. British Institute of Radio Engineers. The sets emerge from the machine complete except for speakers. PRETTY POLICE ON THE BEAUTIFUL DANUBE -"-Undergoing rifle drill Is a contingent of women police, recently organized in Budapest, Hungary, to augment the male force of regulars. The main duties of the "cops" are taking care of abandoned children, anti-black market work, keep wandering ladies of the evening in their place and doing traffic duty. They are armed and trained to use their weapons. Plans Laid lo BiiiUl Auxiliary Y,nutMiMifin nlnns for an auxiliary irvmnasium atljoiniuK the Civic Centre, to replace the present Iloosovult Park Oym which has jiroved unsatisfac tory, were announced last night at a meeting ol uie CiVic Centre Board of directors. The new building will be built at the northwest . : (corner of the Civic Centre and - . i m : will provide added lactnucs lor l.OilOIHll j IVLCCl I 'the present gymnasium which ( al Terrace TERRACE A luncheon meeting by the Terrace Board of Trade and a panel discussion on board of trade functions, led by Evan McCormack.of the field i . r ii, nnnrlliiii rhnm. KOHOT MAKES RADIOS ConHnercc faturcd the T.ONnnN rPi A new rnbot' . i iv,a rnnnHhti - - regional cuub ui mc wu.. machine which its inventor, J. A. cl iaimbcr cf Commerce here on' Thursday Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce was represented by G. A. Hunter, Arnold Flaten, W. M. Watts, W. L. Armstrong, E. T. Applewlialte, Frank Skinner and Robert Gordon. AU but Mr. Hun tcr. Mr. Applcwhaite and Mr. Gordmi returned to Prince Rupert last night. George McAdanis, president of the Associated Boards cf Trade of Central -B.C. was chairman and (here were discussions of mary matters of public and local Interest. Terrace delegates were J Smith, Adams Harvey King, Hans Kosch, Local Tides Saturday, April 10. 1917 High 0:14 19.7 feet 12:25 19.7 feet Low 0:24 5.0 feet 18:34 4.4 feet MILLION KNOTS More than 1,000,000 separate hand-made knots of wool may be found In some 9-by-12 Oriental rugs. last winter was mcapaoiu ui meeting the great demand put upon It. Decision to build the new gym was made by the directors when they found that after a trial period of a year, successful operation 'of the Roosevelt Park cym was Impossible. Rehabilitation of the Roose velt Park poses the Civic Centre with an immediate expenditure of not less than $8,000 for major repairs. With high operating costs, and with the realization that the Roosevelt Park gym always will be of cxhorbitant expense because of extra supervision required, heavy repair bills after every windstorm, it was decided to dismantle It. Salvage materials from Uie (Continued on Page 5) THE WEATHER Synopsis Cloudy to overcast skies are tiultc general over the province H. ! this morning. Temperatures have Charles returned to near normal for mld- Duncan I Anril. Widely scattered rain K?rr. Carl Lihdstrom. Nigel i showers arc reported In Uie In Sherwood and Dudley Little. terior regions. Rain is falling Delegates from Smlthers and 'on the west coast In advance oi District Board of .Trade, Dr. L. M. Greene and Edgar Fcyor of Etallhcrfl and Arthur Dookrlll and S .Brush of Telkwa arrived by car laic In the afternoon. They mirccd the clinic, but were on hard for the quarterly meeting of the Terraco Board of Tr?de. The dinner was followed by a dance. another disturbance moving from the west. This system should move Into the mainland areas tonight and across, the nrovlncc on Saturday. Cloudy skies and widely scattered rain shower activity will continue through Saturday. Forecast Prince Rupert. Queen Charlottes and North Coast Overcast with Intermittent rahl today and tonight. Rain showers on Saturday. Winds southeast erly (20) today, shifting to southwest (15) tonight and Sat urday. Little change In temperature. Lows tonight At Port Hardy 46, Massctt 43, Prince Rupert 43. Highs Saturday At Port Hardy 50, Massett 50, Prince Rupert 50. INTO THE CLOUDS I The Andes reach their greatest height, more than 19,000 feet, in Peru. More Lumber But Price To Be Increased VAKJOUVER, 0 Canadian home builders will get. Increased supplies cf lumber, but the price will be higher following the re- duu.tn tf export quota ship ments to the United States. W. E. Uren, Canadian Tim ber Controller, has Issued an order cutting exports of In terior Brltlih Columbia lumber from 35 per cent of production to 25 ner cent. Mills will be per mitted to boost prices $2.50' to $3.50 a thousand board feet on domestic rales to compensate for the loss of the higher- paying United States market. The orcsr aoes net appiy to he Vancouver forestry district where exporters recenUy entered x $25,C00,O0O contract to supply Britain vitti more than half a Jjiricn- board feet during 1947 and early 1948. TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy 8. D. Johnston Co. Ltd.) Vancouver Bralome H-25 B. R. Con .00 Vi B. R. X. 12V'2 Cariboo Gold 2.60 Dentonla - V2 Gmll'Wlnksne 0714 Hedley Mascot 1.08 Mln to ,. .03 Pend OrelUe 2.85 - Pioneer-. ..LrJ&::l 5 u Premier Border .7...... ' .04', Premier Gold (ask) .... .75 Privateer 42 ' Reeves McDonald (ask) 1.65 Reno 10 Salmon Gold .'. .21 Sheep Creek 155 Taylor Bridge .53 Whitewater 02'2 Vananda 32 Congress 0434 Pacific Eastern (ask) .. .50 Hedley Amalg- .08 Spud Valley (ask) 18- Central Zeballos 03 OILS ' A. P. Con .12 Calmont .28 C. & E ........ 2.00 Foothills a 2.45 Home .... ' 3.10 Torofnlo , ) Athona r. 1. .25 Aumaque .'. , .45 Bcattle .87 Bevcourt 1.00 Bobjo .20 Buffalo Can 22 Con. Smelters 84.50 Conwest 1.12 Donalda 1.03. Eldona .. .49'2 Elder 1.05 Giant Yellowknlfc 6.45 God's Lake ..: 1-35 Hardrock : ; 42 Harricana 12 Heva Gold . 57 Hosco .45 Jacknlfe .09 Joliet Quebec 51 Lake Rowan .20 Lapaska - 34 Little Long Lac 1.86 Lynx 20 Madsen Red Lake 3.25 McKenzie Red-Lake .65 McLeod Cockshutt l.?8. Moneta 5 Negus - 2.06 Noranda 45.00 Osisko Lake 1-34 Pickle Crow 2.75 Regcourt 59 San Antonio 3.95 Senator' Rouyn 39 Sherrltt Gordon 3.95 Steep Rock 2.03 Sturgeon River .24 OLDEST STRIKE IS TERMINATED PEORIA. 111., O) Thirteen striking railroad brotherhoods and the Toledo, Peoria and Western (Railroad announced Thursday night settltnent of an 18-month old strike, regarded by the federal. labor department as Uie oldest In the United States. PALESTINE CURFEW EASED PERUSALEM 0) British auth orities today ordered the partial liftlne of the strict curfew which had held more than 500,000 Palestine Jews under house arrest since the hanging of four ex tremists Wednesday. However, there was no relaxation in vigilance. An all-night curfew on road travel was ordered In ail but the Arab districts. WANTS PRICE POLICY TAKEN FROM GOV'T OTTAWA. ) Justice Minis ter Ilsley took under considera tion Thursday In Commons a readiest bv Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg North) that Parliament, rather than the fed eral cabinet, decide when, the Prices Board 6hould be dis banded. The reauest was made in an amendment to the government's main control bill which is hav lng a stormy time In the House. Ilsley asked that the matter be allowed to stand until he con- forred with Price Board officials He told the House that he felt that regulation of tho Prices Board should be left With Oie government. He said that It. Is" becoming Increasingly difficult every day to maintain efficient price con trol and predicted that the time would come when It would no longer bo -withlrr41ie- constlta tlonal power of Parliament to control prices. CZECH TRAITOR HANGED TODAY BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia, W Dr. Joseph Tlso, parish priest "who became president of the wartime Nazi puppet state of Slovakia, died on the gallows to day for crimes against the Czech state. An effort to have his sentence commuted was re jected. ACQUITTED OF MURDER NEW WESTMINSTER Ol Al- loyslus Tommy, an Indian, charged with the murder of John Garfield Klrby on the Chil-Uwack Indian Reserve on October, 1946, was acquitted in assize court Thursday. LONDON Ol Winston Chur chill, delivering an attack against the government, said today that prolongation of the present sys tem of government in Britain would break the British Isles, and the people would starve or "subsist on the charity of capi talist America." At the first post-war meeting of the Grand Habitation of the Primrose Leasue. he told 10,000 persons that the "socialist gov ernment is squandering tne American loan with profligate rap-Ulry." He called Henry Wallace a "cryto - communist" who "sought to separate Great Britain from the United States and weave her Into the vast system of communist intrigue which radiates from Moscow." He said that British policy toward Russia must be one of "honorable friendship Uirough strength. It must not be cowardly appeasement through Heligoland Explosions ike Bikini HELIGOLAND (CP)- ress island of Heligoland ceased to exist as a naval base todav as 7.000 tons of explosives blew up. It was the greatest man-made explosion since the atom blasts. The fortress commanded the approaches to Kiel canal, Ham-i hum' and Bremen. The first vibrations , reached Britain three minutes after1 the' blast. Watchers, nine ' miles off, heard a roar1 like muffled thunr der, then In a few secohd3, It seemed as if the air had suddenly become filled with tower ing skyscrapers as smoke for mations arose in the clear sky. About 2,000 persons had been evacuated from the Island. Observers noted points of similarity between the explosion and the atomic, experiment at Bikini In the south" Pacific a year ago, although the strength of the Heligoland blast was about half that of the atom bomb, Rising out of the crash and destruction of powerful 'fortifications and buildings, - amid a wild welter of convuised sea and debris, could be seen' the same spreading oi wugc, mwiuuum; I shaped clouds. These moved slowly across me awnciuiis sky. ALLIES BLOCK RUSSIAN MOVE LAKE SUCCESS, W Russia's effort to place the United States aM tn nrpece under Unltect'Na'-''. Hons supervision was. doomed today by a majority .opposition in the Security Council. Britain and France announced their opposition to the Soviet move for a special Security. Council commission to supervise the Greek part of President Tru man's $400,000,000 Greek -Tur kish aid program. Faria El Khoury, Syrian delegate to the Security Council and leading Arab spokesman, today indicated that the Arab states would attempt to block the proposed United Nations Inquiry Into the Palestine problem. TERRACE MEETING IMPATIENT OVER SLOW HIGHWAY OPENING TRRUAP.R KyppiiHvf mptnbprs (if the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce and Terrace Board of Trade, in joint luncheon yesterday witn ueorge McAdams, president of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia in tKe chair, ex- pressed dissatist action at the date or iviay Z4 set ior CHURCHILL HITS AT PRESENT GOV'T Uie upeuiug lut miu waauu ut the Prince Rupert Highway. They decided to press for a speeding up of snow removal and the adoption of a policy by the provincial department of public works of keeping the road oDen the year around by the constant use of effective snow clearing equipment during the winter. Further endorsation was given of the new movement for federal assistance to transcontinental hiehway systems including a northern highway through Yel- lowhead Pass and the completion of the missing link between McBrido and Hansard of the northern trahsprovlnclal high way from the Alberta border to Prince Rupert. BETTER RADIO SERVICE SOUGHT Decision was also made to In vlte Mjrs. Sutherland, British Columbia member of the 'board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting CorporaUon, 'to visit the central interior area to learn at first hand the unsatisfactory service now being given by the CBC. if .in res II life W4 'A 1A' I rt. -