e l i aasi . n mm rmmmmm m m m r i "i ape rrom acre oan of Biggest Jail Breaks In Modern r I I L l lory Lngintciuu ijcwish unuer -Ladies Are Caught In Bath T r r i iiHfl , - I . out over iiuj mem i uicamic luuuy in a great it.ona Jowish nnrl Ar:ih nnsnnofa cfill nt after a mass delivery Irom Acre prison which rineercd Ivy the Jewish underground. Sixteen including eleven members of an under- mm M IIULIY .. .... uttu.. f 1 J UliUV it Be reported skS; :d v -i Squad- , ,f(l- rnttllltr t vessel fell 2c4 "-! wat'T as the 1 jit B("; featured in "id vc:.. aco when so " ; ouring a : !rr ' mi:ir,Vrs lash- Jj ;.) '..;? mat end :resr:a l.v.$ takei to ijflipr crew members Dead- tr Humor is ((ulckly ij Senator-Mayor Crttk CREEK Oi Mavnr for -1 Vancouver, Is ie he savs so f!c:r:c::n a rumor -Tush Vancouver that W dead, but a fast ' b Canadian Press wly 'Dead? Not McOee: 'Til be time yet," fcCetr i here for a -VK-ULI. IE SEARCH irtrt i a i i u i i m it r i 1 1 1 1 n n ii i i i i ' Thai ;ie Trans- "i'ri traslird Tl, , l. tossing TransCanada fUne ,-om:cntrated J!llrlcoia I; and lodnv. thc;c Inlf! ho ia Sunday that ih in!lrci.H.bDtlcvod Pnc carrying WI,,ch vanished morr.ins. Miit II, n wcr the wa-""''wieiiy direction." an four hijrli-Sf dU Air Fo.cc tt?aS1CCnalmK ;atc Nvy air-"e Ban Juan nffu,.,. . .. I u,a, aumit- W3S llltlB r S allve 1Jellot ,'rtar crashed :vanadlan Lc- av lMurfav arc ' u'i in nr..li ib me1 nr.. .'"in r n t Uu. . . " lull- I. -c nhn Prlnce Rupert ground Dana wno Diastea a two-yard hole In Uit wall of the ancient citadel, were killed In live brrak, described as one of the bluest in moucrn times. A total of 251 of 555 prisoners of ihe old prison north. of Haifa participated In thc dash for freedom, but five Jews and four Arabs were killed before they could make good their escape. Nineteen others, wounded, were captured within a few hours and more were being gradually picked -up today. Twenty - three others were wounded in an exchange of gun fire which accompanied thc break. At least nine of the underground raiders were captured uninjured. The break had p. humorous side when seme of the escapees fled through a steam bath in which 30 women were taking advantage of "ladles' day." TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. Jobiuton Co. Ltd.) VANCOUVLR Bralorne 10.25 B. R. Con. (Ask) 06 B. R. X, (Ask) .11 Cariboo Gold 2.65. Dcntonla 21 Orull Wlhksne 074 Hedley Mascot 1.06 Minto 03 Pcnd Oreille Ask) 3.00 Pioneer 3,40 Premier Border 04i Premier Gold 68 Privateer .39 f Reeves McDonald (Ask) 1.50 Reno .12 Salmon Gold .22i'2 Sheep Creek 1.15 Taylor Bridge 52 Whitewater Ask 02'2 Vananda 31 Congress Pacific Eastc-n .40 Hcdlcy Amalgamated .03 Spud Valley '(Ask .17 OILS A. P. Con., .12 Calmont 23 C and E .-. 2.00 Foothills 2.55 Heme 3.15 TORONTO Atliona 18 Aumarjuc " 40 Beattie 86 Bevcourt 83 4. BcbJo ' J -16 Buffalo Can .20 Con. Smelters 84.00 Conwcst l.... 93 Donalda i 95 Eldona 42 Elder .90' Giant Ycllcwknlft 0.10 God's Lake 1.20 Hardrock , 40 Harrlcana 9 Hcva Gold .45 Hosco 43 JacknUe 08 K Jollet 'Qucjuds 45 Lake Rowan 21 Lapaska 3' Llttla Long Inic ., I. Lynx -21 Madsen Red Lake 3.10 iMcKcnzic Red Lake 59 MacLeod Cockshult .... 1-70 Moneta 55 Nenus 2-10 Noranda 45-00 Oslsko Lake 1.54 Pickle Crow 2.55 Rcgcourt .55 San Antonio 3.75 Senator Rouyn .35 Sherrltt Gordon 3.40 Steep Rock 2,12 A. NORTHERN ANp.CENTRALjIflTISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER . a W W fTTTTTTTVfTjmTTTTTfTTq rrAxi TAXI 235 Pi; 537 MIGHT flKUVii,. .T AM) Stand: I L DAY AND NIQHT 3ES72CS2 . .. nottl, Third Ave.Y JIJ Pl ashed at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port-"Pfince . Rupert, . . the Key to the Great Northwest" Bill and Ken Nesbitt 4 iOviirCIAL PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, MAY 5, 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS jiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAtl ifT, : ' BOYS Alb DROWNED NEAR TELKWA HLti Baby Deserted-Mother Sought .NORTH VANCOUVER, Cft Police today sought the mother of a four-month-old baby girl found on a desolate North Shore road after being almost eighteen hours alone In a carriage. The baby has been leentilicd as Lorraine Patricia Godwin, but mystery still shrouds the whereabouts of the mother, 21-year-old Mrs. Ronald Godwin. Tire child was discovered late Saturday night by George A. Arom. who first noticed the abandoned bugry at 10:15 n.m. Thc mother is reported to have been seen in Vancouver on Sunday. Her huffband is with the United States Navy In Chliia. The train, due hi Saturday night, arrived at 6:15 last evening. Thc dclav W.IS Hup In a large slide in the Mount Reason Park region. Transport Snarls Are Severe Drain on U. K. At Sea, On Land, In Air, Britain' Faces Serious Loss of Earnings In Needed Foreign Currency (Britain, sapped by two wars' and a great depression, is fighting for her national existence In an unprecedented economlccrisWThU is one of -rles of stories-giving-- detailed picture of the crisis, its causes, effects and the battle beng fought to overcome it). By JOHN DAUPHINEE Cananian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP) Things are more important than people to the United run-down railways. Grimy coal trains take priority over crack passenger expresses. Cross-country and suburban passenger services have been cut by 10 per cent to facilitate movement of freight. And lower speeds for all trains may sooni complicate the problem because witn in ivoj . . . . . parea n.auu.wu roadbeds cannot be repaired as, . , . . . , and a big proportion is war-qulckly as they run down. Thls,bullt utIllty vessels, neither as is the legacy of seven years of war and post-war "austerity" conditions, Just as the shortage of ships and commercial air craft can be blamed on the war. At sea and In the air, however, there is another difficulty: a serious loss of earnings of foreign currency that would help thc United Kingdom balance its unfavorable trading accounts. The February industrial shutdown was a transport crisis almost as much as' a coal crisis. If every ton of coal could have been moved where it was needed when it was needed, industry, could have got by with no calamitous disruption. KOADIIKI) IS HIC. PKOBLKM But thc railways arc short of manpower, rolling stock, and timber and steel for roadbed repairs. Thc first two shortages arc gradually being overcome. Thc roadbed is the biggest long-term problem. Before the war thc railways used 4,300.000 wooden tics a year; since 1939 they have had only 3,000,000 annually. The backlog now Is nearly 10,000,000 and to wipe off thc arrears even in five years would require 6,000,000 tics in 12 months. "There is not the slightest chance of carrying out a" program of tliis magnlturc, or in deed anything approaching it," says G. R. Strauss, parliamentary secretary to the transport ministry, "It may be necessary to restrict railway speeds in 10.47-a prospect which must cause concern, but safety must come first." Almost 12,000,000 tons of British shipping were lost during the war. This .was partly offset by new construction and purchase, but today the deep-sea merchant BETTER AGE PENSIONS DUE OTTAWA, Oi Minister cf Health Paul Martin told the House of Commons at the week end that arrangements were be ing made to have the provinces enter into agreements with Ot tawa to fulfill requirements under forthcoming . old agepen-sionsjesisjatlon Mr.if Margin was replying to' questi&nnSyby Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winrilpeg) and threw new light on thc measure which raises pension rates from $25 to $30 per month. Thc eligibility and srepeothe present law will also b &largcd. ROYALS LEAD CUP SERIES TORONTO. Montreal Royals tnritr n srrnnrrlnhnlH rn ihn Allnn ! Cup with a 4-3 victory over Cal- j gary Stampeders Saturday night. The Royals now lead three games i to one. Kingdom's over-worked, navv is only 14.00.00 tons economical nor as suitable as the specialist craft which made Britain the world's greatest sea carrier. A fleet that used to be a sig-' nicant earner of foreign exchange now is earning only a small favorable balance, at a time when the United Kingdom's own import program Is reduced. MUST BUILD NEW SHIPS "If wc were importing at a higher level, we should be Incurring heavy foreign exchange costs for shipping as well as for thc imports themselves," says Prime Minister Attlce In las', month's economic White Paper. "Therefore wc must build more ships. The shipbuilding Industry is of Just the same importance as an earner of foreign exchange as an Industry produciii", entirely for export." Thc target for 1947 has been set at 1,250,000 tons one-quarter more than last year. A ship a day is being launched from British yards and the gap is-gradually being closed.' There is no lack of orders, either from home or foreign buyers, although building costs arc about double pre-war. But the shortage of steel, timber and delays In manufacturing component parts from scarce materials threatens to put the 1947 target out of reach. Civil aviation, another possible earner of foreign exchange, Is in worse position. British airlines have to fly United States aircraft because no suitable British planes are ready for service. Concentration on war planes while American factories turned out transport aircraft for all the Allies left the United Kingdom far behind In thc post-war civil aviation race. Supply ministry spokesmen say It will be 1950 Stalin Is Not Wanting War " United Stales Politician Reports On Interview With Soviet Chief WASHINGTON, Oi Generalissimo Joseph Stialin told Harold E. Stasscn that differing economic systems cf Russia and the United States can exist in harmony together If there is the will tb co-cpcrate. Stalin added that Russia wantsj to "co-operate" and "does not propose to wage war; against the United States." . ( Stassen recently returned from Mocgw' where.- he had a slxty-jnlnutc interview with the Russian leader. COMMUNISTS ARE OUSTED Premier of Trance Trying To. Get Along Without Largest Tarty hi His Cabinet PARIS Premier Paul Ra- madler faced an uncertain future today as he enroarked upon an experiment oi government without thc powerful Commun ist controlling parly Ths Socialist premier dropped the five Communist members from the coalition cabinet last niRht 'r.fter winning a 360 to 186 vote of eonfirienre nn wife frpp- zlng policies vrltli Communist mcn-jhiw dfcsenUrti. Ousted frcm tht cabinet are Vice-Premier Maurice Thorez, Communist Leader Francois Bil-loux, mtnMer of mticral defense; Charfes TiHon, recon struction; Ambrois Croizat, Labor, and Geo. Marrane, health, due to resign today. julletins PUPILS SUSPENDED II ANE Y Principal F. W. Welland today suspended 150 High School students who had gone on strike .because they had been refused permission to hold a victory basketall banquet, refusal to permit girls to wear slacks, kerchiefs and lipstick also being a matter of pmtcst. KEDS DRIVE AHEAD SHANGHAI Chinese Communists, who have scored heavy victories over nationalist government forces of late, are striking new blows from Changshi, Jchol and North Manchuria provinces in thc attempt to blast a corridor from Changsi to Harbin so they will have- a single front with Russia behind them. GANDHI SEES WAR NEW DELHI Mohandas Gandhi does not believe the United Slates can maintain lasting peace. The world is headed for another showdown. MARTIN INSULL DEAD ORILLIA, Out. Martin Instill, once head of a utilities empire, who went bankrupt in 1932, died litre at thc age of 77. Jet Pilot Wins Kentucky Derby LOUISVILLE, Kentucky Husky Jet Pilot -won the Kentucky Derby Saturday in a sizzling finish, edging out Phalanx and Faultless in a photo finish' before over 115,000 fans. Thu win brought Jet Pilot's owner over $92,000. or 1951 before money-making British planes arc available for longtdistance routes. Meantime, government-owned lines must -use dollars for American aircraft or fly unsuitable British planes at a loss. ROWBOAT BREAKS AWAY FROM CABLE; LADS SWEPT DOWN SWIRLING STREAM Railway Preparing To Handle Deluge of Fresh Halibut Here In order to be in readiness to handle a deluge of fresh halibut which is expected to pass through Prince Rupert during the next month or so following the opening of the season and an anticipated brief era of intensive fishing in the nearby Area No. 2, Canadian National Railways has ninety express refrigerator cars now standing by here, It was stated by Bernard pinwr 'STRFk'F Allen, general superintendent for Z,"sr' unwWt tr British Columbia who was in the , ENDS iOIvIGHT city at the end of the week from Vancouver on an official inspection tour. It is expected there will be an almost unprecedently heavy movement of fresh halibut east from here over the railway during the next few' weeks. Mr. Allen reported that snow run-off conditions on the local line appeared to be quite normal this spring and the appear ance now was that there would be no serious trouble. The snow has been disappearing gradually and there has been a good land absorption. The new general superintendent said that the train service during the coming summer would be the same as during the past year trains out. Mon day, Wednesday-and Friday Eve nings and in on Tuesday, Thiirs day and Saturday nights with no time changes. MAKING PROGRESS ON NEW STEAMER Reporting on progress of con struction of the new Canadian National coastal liner at Yar rows, Victoria, Mr. Allen said that frames were now up and hull plating practically com pleted. Launching is planned for this fall and the ship is to be in commission next summer (1948). Mr. Allen expressed gratifica tion, at the activity which had been continuing at the local dry dock, of which he was formerly manager, In general ship work. Mr. Allen also expressed pleasure over the projected construction by Celanese Corporation of America of the $15,000,-000 pulp mill at Port Edward. "It should completely cjiange the situation at Prince Rupert and bring it the prosperity it has awaited so long," he said. He further commented that, due to high cost of timber and other items of production, other big American industrial concerns would be seeking opportunity to manufacture pulp in Canada. Prince George he also consider fcd a likely place for the location of a pulp mill before long. FIRST HALIBUT DELIVERED HERE First halibut of the 1947 season arrived In Prince Rupert this morning aboard thc boat Alice May, Capt. John Morrison of Port Simpson, and was sold privately to Bacon Fisheries. Thc vessel arrived at 10 o'clock this morning carrying 2.500 pounds of fish. Capt. Morrison's Alice May also v;as thc first boat io land halibut here last year. First of the bigger halibut boats are expected tq arrive tonight or Tuesday morning with fish for sale on the exchange, which has not operated com-pctatlvcly since early In thc war. A quantity of halibut originally delivered to fish camps was landed at Clausen's fish shed here this morning. NEW YORK Henry Mayer, counsel for some of the unions of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (Independent) said today that there might be a settlement of the nation-wide telephone strike "by nlghtfalL" INFANT DROWNS IN NAAS RIVER Two-Year-Old Son of Victor McKay Believed to Have Fallen Overboard From Fish Boat George McKay, two-year and ten-month -old son of Victor Mc Kay, Naas River native fisher man has been missing since ''April 30 when he supposedly fell overboard from his father's glll- net boat which was tied up at Mill Bay, according to word received here by Provincial police which has dispatched the police boat P.M.L. 15 to conduct a search. Dragging operations are being carried out and eight other gillnetters as well as cannery workers are assisting In the search for the remains which has' been so far without result. THE WEATHER Synopsis Low clouds and fog were gen eral along the exposed sectldns of the west coast this morning. Elsewhere clear weather was general with a warm day expected. Temperatures that fell to freezing overnight in the in terior are expected to reach 70 to 80 in most regions today. A storm centre 400 miles west of the Queen Charlottes is expected to bring cloudy skies with some rain to the north coast this evening. Tills will sprad to the remainder of the, coastal area Tuesday. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Southern section. Low overcast, clear ing by noon. Clear until evening, becoming overcast overnight and Tuesday. Intermittent rain Tues day. Winds light. Little change In temperature. Port Hardy- Low tonight 39; High Tuesday 55. Northern section Clear to day. Cloudy this evening, be coming overcast, overnight and Tuesday morning, Cloudy by noon Tuesday. Intermittent rain overnight. Winds light, becom ing southerly (15 m.p.h.) over night and northwest (15) by noon Tuesday. Little change In temperature. Lows Tonight Massett 35, Prince Rupert 40. Highs Tuesday Massett 54, Prince Rupert 55. Local Tides Tuesday, May 6, 1947 High 1:45 21.5 feet 14:31 19.2 feet Low 8:15 2.2 feet 20:15 6.4 feet J. A. Findlay, who has been appointed' acting Indian Agent at Massett, arrived in the city this- morning on the Casslar from Queen Charlotte City, and will leave, tonight with Mrs. Findlay for Massett. Were Being Taken to School By Older Sister Police Making Widespread Search SMITHERS - Gerald, aged ten, and Arthur, eight, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Spence of Hu bert were drowned in the Bulkley River, one mile east of Hubert at 8:30 this morning. A sister, June, nineteen, together with Michael, four, were taking the boys to school in a rowboat attached to cable. In crossing the river the cable broke, and a tie, owning down the river, smashed into the boat, capsizing 1L June grabbed Michael and swam to shore with him In her arms but the other boys went down tht river. One lad was seen hanging onto the tie for some dis tance but finally lost his grip on it. The accident was witnessed by a railway section crew passing on a speeder bat they were unable to do anything at that point and rushed to the bridge hoping to get there in time to pick the boys up 'there but did not see them. The parents left -recently on vacation and June was left In charge of the children. The scene of the tragedy was seven'rhilesup river IfOmTenc-wa. The current is very strong' at that point. Provincial police, led by Sgt. Henry of Smlthers, are patrolling the river on both sides with boats and search parties iu search for the bodies. EIGHT DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Excursion Train Sumps Track On Curve Near Brisbane With. Disastrous Result SYDNEY,. Australia At least eight persons were killed and sixty injured today when a special excursion train carrying 450 employees of the government excise department Jumped the rails on a sharp curve fifteen " miles north of Brisbane. . Police said that between 20 and 30 persons were trapped Jn the wreckage and. one ?ubllsned report said that it was feared the death toll might total four teen. HART TO SEE PRIME MINISTER OTTAWA, Premier Hart said Sunday that he had "a number of things" to discuss with federal officials during his 10-day visit in the capital. Mr. Hart arrived Saturday, and said that he planned tq confer with the Prime Minister on Dominion-Provincial relations, particularly social security matters and to suggest calling a conference on the matters. The matter of Pacific Great Eastern extension will also be taken -up; at Ottawa and Montreal. Marital Nagging . Said Inevitable LONDON, Ninety men out of 100 have ' troubleaome" wives, said 77-year-old MaRis-trate P. Bond. "But 99 out of 100 wives have troublesome husbands." Declining to define "troublesome," he said,: "Troublesome is part and parcel of the marriage staCe. It is. Inevitable1 and unavoidable. Poets, film artists and persons idealfze marriage out of all proportion. I am a realist, and t try to look at things objectively. A nagging wife Is a bad Investment, and 'a nagging husband Is the abomination to the Lord."