LO BEER II anH ..... . rentals, effective in u..-; JuhI xt Monday. An announcement is expeleu ,7' e next weeK. . romDlicated order. I - " Inn fT Uon divided ty rrmnr . ,p will be retro- iril 7 nMtent increase will on some categories v and on others about sources believe the might remove con- u. .ontals nro- 'ord and tenant sign , Hcaicr rccon- iir: dsi.;s wi'Ji dicsci :i in cjrt yrstcr- ,.n fi"vn RrnM.ll with ;..it c;...i.ining 18 : Hcmer put in here .arjarf be r coming tcc: i.) '.wo r.ars, is c Cie wck. In the Amtr.:an Trans- p in 3L mi inr i, art war ii riiiTiTi K UN I U I II ANDREW'S I I. p n H 1 1 1 n 11 at. ""iiuii nn(n. lMI A A . v.h,U V(l It -i an understanding w 4ni(3n,ii aiiu iyterian churches Cathedral to an of 150 Friday night, 4 U'lrm rffmtlrr ...v., ... wlc uari hlch Dr R, o, Large w uug wcause oi Teng gave the Dart 'fitment, despite dlf-1 the lower register. ! E. Anfield who als.i I w'wica, handled her 'ympathy and undcr- u did tenor soloist X whose performance 'JP to it U!:ual high wnuuaeci witn "1 KCV Basil S. Prnrk . - icnoirmem- t.nos'' tO thn.-.( frnm sh.(..i ....... "an f()r refresh -!j wcre wrved In the , U atcr the conriusinn ATTEND PARLEY and n.,f, "i be Wi, rii....... 47 'c -nfer- Wcl and Mr r.,. Plinth "ru , a tenalng the .Mature which Mr Crock C tati 'nrn south .iinyet uu' mis prank skinn ier and oeun f : ' wgnt on i iiv,,, 4 nollday trip ! Is Resented Soviet Objects to Suggestion That Hitler Is Being Emulated MOSCOW 0.' The Soviet dep uty foreign minister angrily reeable to both for a .. riii h, ujmum The com- .... um,. mntpH fnr uc,u,,' "ural muiniijr, ouiu we . hr. rnntrnl fit themselves for fesponslblc citizenship, Indian Agent F. E. Anfield asserted in an address ; to the Rotary Club here Thursday afternoon. ! ' ""'Apart from their $15,000,000 trust fund, which Is reserved for special purposes, the Indians' wcJfare depends on public funds which you and I must pay," he said in an analysis of the work of the joint Senate-Commons committee -which Is lnvsstlgat-lng Indian affairs. This committee, consisting of 12 Senators and 22 Parliament in members, is compiling testimony from government specialists, church organlzaUons. Indian agents and the Indians them- ts were taken bv Mrs.Uerves with a view to compiling OLD COUNTRY SOCCER SCORES games played In Kingdom today: i'nci.isii i.i:a(;ui: fco Killed When ,sher Explodes tils Bunkho:i$e i A i..:'- shan claimed thn life of a Prince Rupert employee of the Northern Construction Co. at Ocean Falls Thursday nlglit when a fragment from a fire extinguisher which exploded cut an artery in the neck of Fiank V. De Marco. He expired before medical treatment could save him. De Marco' Is reported to have been handling the extinguisher which built up an inside pressure so great that it exploded violently, sending a Jagged fragment Into his neck. He and other employees of the company doing construction work at tho nnnpr tnum wprp In n Knnlflinnv. Russians had sought to create i-t nm. a sirong cenirai government such us existed under Adolf Hit- In r Thft coeclnn f I li a Mtr fnw An overseas veteran, he is sur- ; vlvcd by his wife and two small ence was adjourned after this : "?"8 "".HgUi Ave- ' "ut " "c "ilu statement. , . Meanwhile. i ..... Soviet writers . di- been in Canada for about a " year! Tliurfday nncArl nosed mi rectca new auacKstoaay against she Is leaving tonight on the the United States and Oreat ; ! Camosun for Ocean Falls and Britain, centering fire on the New Westminster. Interment will proposed American program to ; take place in New Westminster, aid Oreece and Turkey with a where Mr. De Marco's mother re-$400,000,000 loan. sides. SHOULD HELP TO CITIZENSHIP Since the citizens of Canada ition by the committee are: must "pay the shot" for I treaty rights; band membership; maintaining the country's 125,-000 native Indians as government wards, it is in their ln- i teretts to assist the natives to tax liability; enfranchisement; eligibility to vote; education; and old age pensions, cf which probably the most vital are band membership, enfranchisement, education and old age pensions. Mr. Anfield declared. Treaty rights do not affect the United I method Is often employed by the First Division Bolton Wanderers 1. Arsenal 3. wncd choirs, number-' Charlton Athletic 0, Ports- lcr were directed byjmuth 0. 'r and or,anlst Peter I Chelsea 3, Derby 0. cantata took 75 mln- j Grimsby Town 2, Blackburn I Rovers 1. was opened wllhi Leeds 1, Brentford 2. reading by ncv A. F. Liverpool 2, Blackpool 3. Manchester United 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Middlcsborough 4. Evcrton 0. Preston North End 2. Sunderland 2. Sheffield United 1, Aston Villa 2. Stoke City 3, Huddcrsficld Town 0. Si-omul DivM"" Barnslcy 4, Mlllwall 1. Birmingham 2, Fuiham 1. Burnley 1, Chesterfield 1. Coventry 5, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Newcastle 1, Luton Town 2. Notts Forest 4, West Ham United 3. Southampton 0, Manchester City 1. Swansea 3, Plymouth 1. Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leices ter 1. West Bromwlch Albion 3, Bury 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Divison "A" Heart of Midlothian 2, Morton 0. Kilmarnock 1, SUMlrren 5. Falkirk 0, Hibernians 0 (game postponed after 71 minutes). Celtic vs. Motherwell postponed (flooded grounds) ?ovcrnmciU on individuals wnu !arc enjoying the rights and prl- vlll'-'cs of both races. "Tills is something that we must ck In many cases." he said, "because some Indians arc getting prlvlllics cf both the whites and the Indians nnd wa believe that there Is no place In, Canada for a supcr-prlvlllgcd group." There Is a tragic division of opinion anion; the natives regarding the desirability cf them setting the right to vote in federal elections. Of the two powerful groupings (if B.C. Indians, one favors the vote while the second docs not. This division is damaglmt to the native cause, the speaker felt. High Low Local Tides Sunday. April 6, 1947 i:4G 14:11 8:00 20:10 22.0 feet 21.1 feet 2.4 feet 3.8 feet JOINT TRAINING SCHOOL VANCOUVER Minister of National Defence Brooke Clax-ton, visiting here, announced this week that Royal Roads, Royal Canadian naal training college at Victoria, will become a joint service school for the navy and air force. Tonicht's train, due from the East at 10:45, is reported one hour and a half late owing to a delay in connections, at Jas per NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER TAXI Etaxi taxi r n 16 o i,,ionc St 11 537 HIOHT SERVICE i VIC J C DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE d m BoteL Third Ave.! Published at Canada's Most Strategic PacIflcPort "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt VOL. XXXVI, No. 79. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947 PRICE FTVE CENTS E.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3 r .' r j,.7 7" irnrii i-t ..ii I Itlllll'SI II. Il'llllll IK hUknK IMIIVUAI1 )( ijii Almost ii"" mi lnwieuiaieiy ---ow n dT""' 'l irLHI AIb3 Afii lfrrrrvin Lire rlljilHr Or Two Dead in o fpw (lavs a straigm iu percent wai lib- Chinese And Marines Clash I'EII'ING 0 Five United States marines were killed and 16 wounded by armed Chinese in a four-hour battle at a marine ammunition dump near Tangu. Chinese military officers said that the attackers, whom they identified as Communists, suffered 100 casualties. 4 MACEY'S WIN SENIOR "B" dians- because' "nbttc -entered L??? treaties with the government However, band membership is a matter which must be clarified. '"The Indian Act clearly defines the legal status of an Indian, yet we have a large number of pccple on our reserves whose status Is not defined. It is not known whether they are legally white or native and this is.a matter that must be cleared up." Of the wartime ruling that forced Indians to pay taxes, the natives arc resentful. They feel 'irH . . I - a ...Ul.l U . iu. Ut iu.1 Al. .Un1,1 Vn m invnttmt or, and W J. Tenu.'for revisions cf the Indian Act j without representation. Teng, a tenor, sub-: and treaties. HOW INDIANS AIAV Major points under invcstlga-1 BE ENlltANCIIISi:!) -t Indians can achieve enfran chisement cither by the volun- tary or unvoluntary route. Mr. Anfield said. Any Indian of itifranchiscmcnt and probably mUnn n-...it. , c Job tain it. The involuntary Take "Senior H" Championship With Win Over Co-op The city's basketball season came to an official ending on night as Macey's out Co-op in the final game cf the Senior "B" championship play-offs 43-39. With the Senior "a" championship under their belts the Macey squad walked away with the much disputed Grotto Cup emblematic of the Senior "B- Only briefly was the lead ever held by the Co-op, and that was in the first half of the opening quarter. Then the uptown lads settled down, taking over command from there on. At the first post mark the score was 11-9 with Co-op on the shirt side. Macey's were far In the lead ar-ter the whirlwind second frame closed up with the scoring standing at 25-15. Just after ths with a 12 point handicap star Via nmnrt fi rrv iYt tmiirl good reputation can apply for ; w Bob the high man for the Macey- A .1 Ing them in the face, Co-op began to move. They battled to within four points of the winners by the three-quarter mark, 29-25. The last frame was a real batUe with both squads knock ing hard at the other's defences. But the best either team could do was matched by their rivals. Co-op was within three points of Maceys with only two minutes to go. Then Macey's dropped a brace of charity tosses to move five points up. Co-op sank a field attempt but Macey's were awarded anothtr gift shot and after making it count the, game was over. The big gun for the .night was Vern Ciccone of the Co-op aggregation who netted 18 points for his side but he did not have Ites, pushing 11 counter? through the netting. Co-op led In the foul department, nosing out Macey's 13 to 12. But it was Macey's night to win. and it was their free throw slTootlng thai gave them the victory. They netted 9 counters to Co-ops 5. This followed the pattern of the two opening games, each of them be ing won on free throws. Handling the whistles wera Fred Calderonl and Ted Arncy with' Syd Wuodisldc nnd Don Forward doing the scoring and timing. Macey's B. Mcnzles 0, B. Gill 11, J. Haugan 9, B. Pierce 2, A. Arnstan 1, M. Teng 0, E. Pierce 5, J. James 3. Total 43. Co-op P. Petersen 4. O. Vicr-erk 3, V. Ciccone. IB. 0. Slatta. IN. Sheppard 7. N. Pavllkis, C. Johnson, R. Mcnzles 7, F Le-lar.d. Total 39. RUHR MINERS RESUME WORK tlon might more, food. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Cross, formerly of this city ivid now residing In Vancouver, 'arrived in the city on the Camosun yesterday afternoon from the south to pay a visit here with their daughters, the Misses Joan and Frances Cros, 4MS w . Murder-Su REFUGEE SHIP BEACHED OFF PALESTINE About 1.000 Jewish refugees, bound for the Holy Land, were aboard the 400-ton SJ3. Shabtal Luzinsky when it was beached on the coast near Gaza, Palestine, recently. A large number of the Immigrants made their way Inland before Hie area was cordoned off by the army. Nearly all aboard were later captured and taken to Haifa. The heayily guarded ship, formerly the 5.S. Susannah, can be seen off the' coast, a machine-gun on the front end of the ship. On shore military personnel stand guard. SOVIET HOLDS -WIVES ulletiHA rf)SCO Ttusslan bonf wives of 15 Britons to whom the Soi-let government has denied exit visas to join their husbands have been told that the Sov.ei needs all its citizens and they would be "deserting- their posts" if they left the country. PLANE IN DISTRESS WASHINGTON A United Stales Army B29, bound fiom Anchorage, Alaska, to Fairfield, California, sent out distress calls Friday from 1000 miles north ol Seattle oif the coast ol Alaska. One of four motors was out of commission. The plane is tryins to reach Seattle. MOSCOW CONFERENCE MOSCOW A session or the foreign ministers council, scheduled for last nisht, was called off after a special committee on certain aspects of the German peace settlement hod bogged down. The United Stales is proposing that the Ruhr coal area and Ihe Silesia industrial area be placed under United Nations control. HEADING OFF STRIKE WASHINGTON The United Mates government today redoubled efforts to beat the deadline for Ihe coasl-to-coast telephone slrikc Monday by mediating the dispute without seizing the industry which President Truman may lake the initiative in doing. NEWFOUNDLAND IS NOT WANTED New Brunswick and Prince Edwaut Island Not Keen About Merging It HALIFAX -Suggestion of a Canadian parliamentarian that fcbbEN, Germany Cft Many Newfoundland join with the Ruhr valley coal miners who Maritiincs in one province was went on strike Thursday in pro- received without warmth today test at food shortages went back by Prince Edward Island and to work today. Some 300,000 mln- New Brunswick premiers. crs naa walked out in spite of. The orislnal suggestion was TlrMLU ...nMH1..n 4UA IU.I. . 1 . . . ,1 H "'ikw" wrtmiuija ui4t nicu rnaac in utiawa oy a paiiiaiuiu result in less, not tarlan who expressed the view that the Island colony would not, be anxious to be a tenth ROYALTY AT CHURCH urRETORIA The Kins -and Queen and the Royal Princesses attended Good Friday service in St. Alban's Cathedral here. There were special prayers for the suffering people of Britain. DE GAULLE, FASCIST! PARIS French Communists, numbering 35,000, in demonstration here, denounced General Charles DeGaulle as a Fare 1st reactionary and enemy of freedom who had delayed rather than hastened the liberation and was now trying to set himself up as dictator of France. Vice-Premier Maurice Thorez struck out at President Truman of the United Stales for his plan to aid Greece and also denounced Foreign Secretary Ernest Be-vin of Britain. EASTER IN PALESTINE JERUSALEM Christian pilgrims in Palestine staged a solemn procession along the Way of the Cross on Good Friday. Jews celebrated the Feast of the Passover. Arabs made a pilgrimage to the desert. W00DS1DE OUT TO WIN BACK HANSON MUG Syd Woodsldc, who has taken responsibility for managing the all star soccer squad which will try and wrest the Hanson Cup from the salty clutches of HjM, CS. Uganda and Crescent crew men next week, has picked an aggregation of stalwarts who will practice at the Roosevelt Park field on Sunday. The Hanson Cup, a handsome mug emblematic of local soccer sovereignly, was lost to the sailors during their visit here last September and has since reposed on the wardroom mantle of HAI.C.S. Uganada. It must be won back at all costs, Mr. Wood-side feels. At Sunday's practice, he will select the choicest of his 13 players to form the first-line eleven. Players from whom the first strln? will be selected are: Herb Hon. J. B. McNalr, premier of Morgan. Andy Ronald, Bill Mur- New Brunswick, said: "Maritime I ray. Bob Armstrong, Ken Yel- unlon has been suggested at ( land, Dick Cameron, Dave Mur-varlous times. I do not think ray, John Murray, Doug Christl-there is any marked degree of son, Hank Dickens, Darrow Go-opinion .In this province favor-1 mez, Nick Pavllkis and George Ing' it " Ferguson. Drown "& Blue their Bella Bella home at 7:30 Friday morning. Brought to Ocean Falls Friday night in the provincial police boat P.ML. 7 were the bodies of Charles J. Brown, the fath er, who reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound In" the head after allegedly killing his son, Rodnall Paul, with a blow on the skull with a hatchet during a fit of melancholy madness. Brown's wife is In hospital at Bella Bella recovering from shock and bruises after she succeeded in wresting, from her husband's hands the hatchet with which he apparently Intended to kill her and their other small child In a threat to "wipe out' the whole family. According to reports reaching Prince Rupert Friday night. Mrs Brown was awakened at 7:30 Friday morning In their Bella Bella home by her husband, who threatened to kil her with the hatchet he carried. She wrestled with Brown as ne "approached managed to take the hatchet from him and screamed wildly for help. At this, Brown rushed from the house and ran half a mile to some mooring floats w he entered a fishing boat and took a .30-30 calibre rifle with which he shot himself in the head. When his wife arose from the bed, she discovered the body of their son, Rodnall Paul Brown, who had Been killed by a hatchet blow on the head before she had been awakened by her husband's attack. In the possession of the provincial police at Ocean Falls is a letter addressed to Dr. Fraser, superintendent of the Bella Bella Hospital, believed to have been written by Brown, but unsigned, which stated that he Intended to wipe out his entire family. REASON FOR RASH ACTION Reason given In the letter for Brown's mental condition, which exploded in Friday's murder suicide, was that he had con tracted an infection some weeks ago while in Prince Rupert and that he had brooded about It, fearing that he had Infected his whole family. When word of the tragedy was sent to Ocean Falls, Cpl. Harry Norman of the provincial police boarded the P.MX. 7, with Skip per W. J. Mason, to Investigate. They brought the bodies of Brown and the child to Ocean Falls where an inquest is being held by Coroner C. H. Hill. With Mrs. Brown In the Bella Bella Hospital is her small baby, whose life she probably saved when she resisted her maddened husband. THE WEATHER Forecast Prince Rupert. Queen Charlottes and North Coast Over-1 cast today and tonight. Inter-j mlttent rain Sunday. Winds .southerly 25 m.p.h.). Little change In temperature. Mlnl-mums tonight Port Hardy, 37; Massctt, 35; Prince Rupert, 36. Maximums Sunday Port Hardy, 47; Massett, 45; Prince Rupert, 47. Mrs. S. Kirkaldy of Terrace was in town recently, being called' to Prince Rupert by the Illness of her mother, Mrs. Grcig. Mrs. Mills of Terrace accompanied Mrs. Kirkaldy to the coast Native father Believed Killed Himself and Child What is believed to be a case of berserk murder followed by suicide is being investigated by Coroner. G. H. Hill of Ocean Falls today following the arrival there of the body of a 24-year-old Bella Bella native who supposedly took his own life after killing his year;and-a-a-half-old son and attempting to slay his wife as she lay in bed at 1 TRYING TO END STRIKE ' Conference on Maritime Coal Tie-up to Be Held Next Week in Ottawa GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia O) International Secretary Tom Kennedy, one-time right hand man of John L. Lewis, will at tend a conference In Montreal next week in an efrprt to end the 49-day-old coSrlHke which has left 13,000 miners idle and paralyzed eastern Nova Scotia's most Important industry. REFRIGERATOR SHIP IN PORT With five carloads of frozen fish from Alaska for transhipment to the United States over Canadian National Railways, Northland Transportation Co.'s big refrigerators, ship vLucidor,-Capt. Oscar Peterson, arrived in port at 10:30 this morning from Ketchikan and Juneau and, after discharging, will sail for Seattle, having. a full load of ,ner j some 50 or more carloads for the rugei, ouuuu f-uii,. TRADITIONAL FUNERAL HERE Elaborate Masonic Rites Planned for Chinese Patriarch A traditional Chinese funeral, the first ever to be. held in Prince Rupert, will lend Its pag eantry and color to the final rites of Seu Lung Fong, pat riarch of the local Chinese community who died here on Thurs day. Arrangements are betas made by Uie Chinese Free Masons Lodge of which deceit was a leading member, - According to present plans, the funeral will take place on May 4 and the body will be kept above ground until that timr, The Free Masons Lodge haslet the date back a month to allow time for invitation to members or other lodges throughout the country to attend the rite. Deceased, who was a natural ized Canadian, lived In Canada for more than 50 years, the last 26 of which- he spent In Trlnce Rupert where he operated a grocery and confectionery store . Third Avenue West until his retirement 10 years ago. He was. 78 years old. He Is surviccd by one son In Canada, Tim F0113;, who Is employed as cook iu a local cafe. His wife and several other sbn survive In China. Deceased had been chairman of the Local Chinese Free Mt-ons Lodge for several yvar. STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINALS Montreal 4, Boston 3 over-tlme. (Boston elmlnatcd four games to one; Montreal enter finals.) Toronto 4, Detroit 1. (Toronto leading three games to one.) Miss Dunn, whose home is In Brandon, Manitoba, Is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mre. R. E. Benson, Third Avenue. Miss Dunn is Mrs. BensonM niece. Earlier In the week, Ihey made the trip to Ketchikan.