1 f? j mM "An i jW-Cabs NORTHERN AND CZNTBAL BRJTUBH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PROVIMCIAL LID?.A?.'i, JAM V A 0 WYT A V Phone Jl J) J: ' "U K AND WHITE CABS I Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVII, No. 26. PRPINCE RUPERT, B. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS I ndia Seethes miGirie ffoirMahafc ma s Death Disaster At Britannia COST OF LIVING PROBE COMMITTEE IS ANNOUNCED BY PRIME MINISTER OTTAWA (CP) A House of Commons committee on food prices will be asked to investigate the causes of the recent rise in the cost of living as well as profiteering and hoarding, Prime Minister Mackenzie King disclosed today. A sixteen-man committee will be asked to ex- Scenes of Violence In Bombay, Poona;Body Of Prophet Cremated . BOMBAY (CP) Grief-maddened crowds, shouting Burn them out," exploded sudden scenes of violence in Bombay and Poona today as a minute-bv-minute radio description of the funeral of Mohandas K. Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi, boomed out over loud-speakers set up in the streets in both cities. Large numoers of people attack- Three Miner Crushed to Death I nder Ions of Rock VANCOl'VER (CP) Buried under tons of rock, three miners died at Britannia mine at Eritannia Beach, forty miles north of here, late last nieht. The dead are Julian Knll of Vancuover, Erwin G. Bucket of Buffalo and William N. Natrafowany of Fork River, Manitoba. amine and report on: First, the cause of the recent rise in the cost of living. Second, prices which have LIBFL TRIAL DATE IS SET been raised beyond levels Justified by Increased costs. Tt. Ik pvnppt-H thp ministpr nf e ana- ln sme crowds cases, smiiii a a m . Cooke, Dingman and Whitton health. Hon. Paul Martin, will To Appear In Higher Court I be chairman of the committee. In Edmonton Monday J- InlNAMAN MURDERED 1NG KNIGHT A chival- EDMONTON tf-Unprecedent- ; ed charges of conspiring to pub set fire to a number of premises connected with India's extreme orthodox Hindu political organization, the Hindu Mahasabha which followed the communal line in contrast to Congress standpoint of Hindu -Moslem unity. Police opened lire lh both cities to quell the attacks and LITTLE PROSPECT SEEN FOR GAS RATIONING HERE Brutal Murder On Lulu Island Believed to Have Had Robbery As Motive VANCOUVER 0 Body of a 70 year-old Chinese farm labor- lish defamatory libel, laid against Jack Kent Cooke of Toronto and Harold Dinirman and Charlotte Whitton of Ottawa will be tried in the Supreme Court of Alberta with the first appearance iitllc French boy com-business with pleasure as -iurm.s a family chore by c up his sister by boat at )i m a flooded suburb of n Pans Roads and high-(ic turned into canal.s " area as the waters of Munvand Seine river , hi overflowed the banks. .;mg residential dis-,uiri farmlands. Gasoline rationing, which was A fourth member of a four-i man crew escaped by inches j as a cave-in. believed to have been caused by a fault in rock, crashed into a Mope where they were drilling. The bodies of the victims were taken out of the rock-filled slope this morning. Mackenzie King A$ Governor-General OTTAWA O During the Throne Speech debate a suggestion came from Bona Arsen-ault. Liberal. Bonaventure, that Prime Minister Mackenzie King, on retirement , be appointed Governor General. He suggested that this was a means by which Canadian people could express gratitude for his services to the country. er, Mah Jeu, was found Friday " lroops were movea lnw in his blood-spattered shack on ! ce"tral tBomby i Lulu Island anrt v.-' Meantime Mohandas K. G-an- mittcd , , a? for 7 trial , 7 begun by Vancouver and Vic- yesterday. Mag- retail operators last night) v J-x-- UU J lit. lstrate Hawe set bail at $1000 PRINCESS ANNE SEEN WEARING ENGAGEMENT RING Princess Anne, of Bourbon-Parma, is seen when she left Copenhagen on her way to Lausanne, Switzerland, to visit ex-King Michael of Romania. She is seen wearing an engagement ring. dhi's youngest son touched off is not likely to be spread to was murdered with robbery be- land ordered $1000 surety filed Prince Paipert, service station . men feel, mainly because the for each accused. ' lieved to have been the motive. luneral pyre lnal consumea The the wasted body of the ffiartyred killing was brutal The! Mahatma in Hindu tradition, body was bruised and battered I apparently from several heawTens of thousanis of Indians, 8Y FINDS Cooke is the publisher of the average Prince Rupert motorist New Liberty Magazine, Dingman uses so little gasoline, is its Ottawa correspondent an l The ration set in the south Is Dr. Whitton is a nott-d Cana- five gallons a day which, ac-dian welfare expert. cording to one local garag-; i blows on the head, arms and I mD al snouting the Ma- CO-INVENTOR OF AIRPLANE DIES hatma's name, surged forward as Jap Ban Called Off legs. SHAP IN The charges followed publica-, owner, is "more than ample" tion of an article in the maga-jfor ordinary city driving. DAYTON, Ohio In his 76th year, Orville Wright, co-invent flWAB DEATH Devadas GanGhl, heavy with grief, placed live coals on the pyre just above his father's heart and set ablaze the lower portion of the pile of sandalwood logs. A tremendous sobbing zine entitled "Babies for Export.' "It looks as though It were Thirty Die As Ship At Hong Kong Burns t nf arndental death Provincial Government Reconsiders Edict Made Regarding Timber Workers VICTORIA O The British or of the airplane who, with his brother, the late Wilbur Wright, was credited with being the first to bring aviation to the point when flight became actu- Friday after- designed to halt excessive driving." he said. "There is apparently, a shortage down there. There has been no talk of rationing in Prince Rupert as far HONG KONG 9 Thirty per- chant surged from the crowd. TORONTO OFFICE BFIN'G Sf.ARdlK.I) jury which .r-.upht in n Hi f bv a c. rxntrs f titled the dca' sons were pushed into the water a Hindu hymn for India's pro ith of Mar and drow ned tonight when steer- phet of peace who was struck down yesterday by an assassin's Columbia government's ban on aUy practicable, died last even-! TORONTO r Warrants to as I know." Japanese working on rrnwn1- 1 ttBe passengers .siampeaea on crow n v . i i i ( lng u hospll l ere from lun3 the me buming steamer bullet. search the offices of New Lib- The average Prince Rupert erty Magazine were servpd to-, motorist, bocause city distanc day by four Royal Canadian are shorter, uses less gasoline Mounted Police constables from, in a day than does the average ti' ab. whose body whs Ti.iirsdav morning on the '-H "-v. Uv government or.' :ib p.a : it at the f(M)t of :h Street jii-v tiecuied that he died ''i-x trom the wharf 'i!'Kmy near the edce uinq umber operauons in congestion and heart condition, interior was suspended late Frl-' it was in lPOS ' at Kittihaw k. day. I North Carolina, that Orville Acting Premier Herbert Ans- and Wilbur Wright made the comb announced the suspension first heavier-than-air machine tKwantung at a wharf here. Most of them were women and children. The fire is attributed to chemicals in passengers' luggage. Only slight damage was caused . The Miihatma's ashes, are. U remain at the pyre on the banks of the River Jumna for a day and a half. Then they are to be gathered and taken to the River Ganges, sacred to the Hin I Alberta. The officers said they driver in Vancouver and Vic- to the ship. following a meeting or the caD- airborne. Wilb.ur Wright died inet and said that the whole thirty years ago. question would be put before wanted the original manuscript toria. of the article "Babies for Ex-j However, none of the garage port," dealing with welfare con- j operators interviewed would dls-ditlons in Alberta, publication of count the possibility that the; Canada Is Unaffected Does Not Come I'nder Ban of Furl (hi and Gasoline Fx ports trom I'nited States WASHINGTON O-The United States government Friday ordered an 18' 2 percent cut In exports of fuel oil and gasoline due to ".serious shortage" in the United States. In Ottawa a high government official said that Canada would not be affected by the cut. He said that the reduction applied to "quota" shipments to foreign countries but Canada was not regarded as a foreign country and was not under the quota system. $:w bi;ni 1:03 and 5 $ Weci!i-iay afternoon. '. h o a carpenter, was ,4 'c! by R r Mutch In de- the Legislature for final which December 27 was followed province-wide gasoline picture by the launching of court action might cause some form of gen-against Publisher Cooke. Writer eral rationing to be set up, ATLANTIC IS BEING COMBED HAMILTON. Bermuda ? iii; the ore samolinc dus, and thrown into its waters. New Delhi police disclosed that Gandhi's accused assassin has been arraigned secretly and held without bail for investigation in connection with the murder. The 25 -year -old assassin pumped bullets into Gandhi's chest and leg at close range. 4 Worker either by the oil companies or Dingman Charlotte and Welfare Whitton. 4 M:,:ri; POWERS ARE SUSPENDED Attorney General Intervenes in Two More Health and Accident Concerns the retailers. t"'d of taking Mr. f. n !,i , 4 to pick him up at 5 Some thirty planes combed the ! stormy Atlantic around Ber- muda today, widening the j search for a British air liner J missing with 29 persons onj 4' N"t is; him around. The order banning thei Japanese, issued a few days ago, involved some 800 timber workers The provincial order, reinforcing a policy enacted forty years ago. prohibits employment of Orientals on crown tiniberlands and would have become effective April 1. Mr. Anscomb said the decision to suspend the order was made after consideration ' of protests of various organizations including the timber operators. i'l! went home to supper 'uier! an hour later. He a seal eh which contln-,u! 1(1 o'clock without suc- board, including Sir Arthur Coningham. retired British air VICTORIA ft Attorney Gordon Wismer yesterday GAflDIII DEATH - GOVERNMENT IS' PROFITEERING Minister of Finance Ought to Practice What He Preaches, Senator Declares North j signed orders suspending powers marshal and hero of African air war. Tanker Survivors Landed At Lorient PARIS (f Twelve survivors of the Panamanian tanker Pan-chito, which earlier had been described as a Canadian vessel, arrived yesterday at the southern French port of Lorient. They were on board the French vessel, Robert Marie. The survivors, including one Canadian, told the authorities that eight- 1 a HOCKEY SCORES Vancouver 5, Fresno 4 Oakland 4, San Francisco i overtime i. d',:'n Schwab, son of the - nun. Harry Wilkinsoi:.' i!y l''in' Corporal Taylor ",rl i!1 the search. I b"! v.a.s discovered on1 "'k ' the high tide level j 'il,,m- horning by Con- Gertr. bedhead and I Ih-witt. OTTAWA (r - Senator Iva Fallis, Progressive-Conservative, Muskoka, suggested Thursday fl-lut Witlittor rVmolac oi me west uoast Health and Accident Society and the Citizens' Health and Accident Association, both of Vancouver, following reports to him that both organizations were insolvent. It is the second time within a month that the Attorney General has moved in to halt operations of unsound health and accident benefit groups under powers given him In last year's re-written Societies Act. RATIONING GASOLINE VANCOUVER 9 - Rationing of gasoline may start Monday In British Columbia following a three-rent-a-gallon price boost and a quota system which is being established by major oil companies. ... ,, , ., 1 .. . , . ' een comrades were killed by ' ex Abbott might practice what hu , . . , . Twenty-One Dead In Plane Crashes UNITED NATIONS Consideration of India-Pakistan Dispute Suspended LAKE SUCCESS iff The United Nations efforts to settle the India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir state were suspended today because of Mohandas Gandhi's death. An Indian spokesman said his delegation was making no moves here peading istructlons from New Delhi. "If your whole country should go up in flames there would be little use in arguing your case before the security council," he said. plosion or drowned in heavy seas off Lorient Thursday. TO STUDY WATERWAY Special Committee to Study It Irged at Ottawa OTTAWA CP Establishment of a special Parliamentary committee to study ramifications of the projected St. Lawrence identified Friday after-1 bV Wendolvn Schwnh I preached and slop taking all the tax money the traffic would bear. While Mr. Abbott warned Industry against exorbitant profits, Fallis told the Senate in the Throne Speech debate, that h? U1' Robfl-t f.Waf i D1SNE, France CP Discovery oi twelve bodies in the wreckage of an air force transport today brought to twenty-one the total of known dead in two Uni- ''"'dun. ... i. , ' J'.'l REPORT PROGRESS ON FIELD WORK Service station operators were ""'-,:l' J H. Jefferies. reported yesterday that a ra waterways scheme was suggest- j ted States plane crashes in HOSTEL AT SANDSPIT Honing plan would be based on was rolling up a $750,000,000 sur-both priority as during the war ! plus which would give the treas-and the "best customer first" jury "almost an embarrassment consideration. of riches." Amateur Status to be Protected Invitations Being Issued "ML- WEATHER ed in the House of Commons by southern France. The dead in-John i Ross Macnicol. Pregressive elude three American women Conservative member for Tor-1 and five children. Sv'K')sis Competitors in open events in ont0. ""i' 'iiMurbance niovi,v.. Comfortable Quarters Being Installed There By Canadian Pacific Airlines uie a.iauian regions pruposcu , Qbservino that the scheme '1(1 OVcr R.III.1. n. ,. Dominion Day track and field OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL was now before the United i "wubii oiumDia v'ili rain along the :" f"av' and snow in the PURCHASER OF BIG WAREHOUSE meet probably will have to ob-'slates Senate, Mr. Macnicol J Comfortable hostel quarters for the accomodation of air travelers at the transfer uoint lain amateur earns, irom me warned that the project if B. C. branch of the Amateur I n.lssPfi kv that hnriv mnv he . , ' '""'"I'l'ii section of Tins ,ystem will Wlt "f the ,,rvin,. Athletic Union, Neil Ross, Civic NORWAY AND SWEDEN WIN ST. MORITZ a. Norway and Sweden won the first gold medals in the dissension-plagued fifth Winter Olympics today as bitter hockey war continued to rage. pitchforked" into Canadian '"!",,d-v Mties expected The former American army or Sandspit, Queen Charlotte warehouse, ocean dock and ad-1 islands, on the run between ministration building, appar- Vancouver and Prince Rupert ently, has been purchased by , WiU soon have been Drovided bv Parliament and find the membership Ill-prepared to deal with it. Macnicol made the proposal nons Sunday. Little f is "pectod in tempera- Kenneth Meek, who attempted during the Throne Speech de-j to obtain local financial support j uespue an mieniauonai bate. Forecast Rll!ert. Onepn m,,.. for its purchase last December Centre athletic director, told a meeting of the Dominion Day sports committee last night. While cost of the cards is negligible, their possession by competitors ln open events, protects their right to the claim of Northern B. C. champions in case they come out on top, Mr. Ross said. He reported on correspondence he has had with the B. C. 'S,Nrth Coast.cioudy ottered shower. Canadian Pacific Airlines. The former Royal Canadian Air Force officers' quarters building, presently used by construction men on the Installation of the radio range station nearby Sandspit. is being taken over by the air lir.es. It will be renovated within and separate rooms provided as well as a dining Government Endorsed On 'f Cloudy su ; ' US mm,, Coventry City 1, Leeds United 2 . Doncaster Rovers 1, Chesterfield 0 Fulham 1, Bury 1 Newcastle United 2, Leicester City 0 Nottingham Forest 5. Millwall 2 Southampton 3, West Ham United 1 West Bromwich Albion 1, Luton Town 0 Scottish Cup) First Round Replay Hamilton Academicals 0, Motherwell 2 Scottish League, Div. "A" Celtic 0, Clyde 0 Falkirk 3, Aberdeen 1 Hibernian 1, Rangers 0 Partick Thistle 1, Hearts 1 St. Mirren 6, Queens Park 1 Third Lanark 5, Queen of the South 1 (Football Association Cup Fourth Round Replay E v e r t o n 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (After extra time) f irst Division Arsenal 3. Preston North End 0 Blackburn Rovers 4, Sunderland 3 Blackpool 1, Aston Villa 0 Bolton Wanderers 2. Chelsea 1 Charlton Athletic 0, Stoke City 1 Liverpool 0, Portsmouth 3 Manchester City 3. Grimsby Town 1 Middlesbrough 1, Burnley 2 Sheffield United 2, Manchester United 1 Second Division Barnsley 2, Plymouth Argyle 1 Birmingham City 0, Brentford 0 Bradford 0, Totenham Hotspur 2 Cardiff City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1 "'h'n. and snr.... -"'iurty. IjIIUC Track and Field Association. He mature. Lows i and rouram lid SUlllll KjllUlllil 1 room or mess. The hostel will probably be put in charge of a - ..u it, Massett i 42. Pr Olympic Committee cancelling the sport, the hockey tournament continued and the amateur hockey association team of the United States, beaten in its opening start Friday, swamped PoPland 23 to 4. Czecholslovakio edged out Sweden 6 to 2 for a second win. The twenty-one year old Finn Hslgeson of Oslo captured the 5C0 metre speed-skating title in 43.1 seconds. Frank Stack, 42-year-old Winnipeg skater, finished sixth. Sweden's Mertin Lundstroem won the 18-kilometre crosscountry ski race ln one hour, 13 minutes and 50 seconds. ln' Rupert 34 and couple who will keep the place said that affiliation with that group would be desirable, adding that affiliation fees probably would be small, considering that the local meet will not be large in comparison with some competitions held in the south. As program director, Mr. Ross suggested that only such events as the 100 yard and 440 yard (Continued on Page 4) Local Tmrc OTTAWA (CP The government's dollar-conservation program withstood its first major test in the House of Commons yesterday when members voted 84 to 70 for the principle' using import restrictions as a United States currency-saving measure. The division was preceded by Finance Minister Abbott's Btatemviit that the conservation program has bolstered the country's gold and the United States dollar reserves by some ?53,U00,O00 duiing the last mor.th. fuiKlay. F(,u, . .... in readiness for use if and when required. Ordinarily, there is only a stop of -a few minutes for passengers changing planes at Sandspit but, occasionally, stress or some other cause results in longer stopovers there. --ucuy 1, iy48 ,5 59 19.8 feet 18 31 16.8 feet 12 28 6.8 feet