r ... - i HOHTHHRW AMD CENTRAL BJUTIBH COLUMBIA S NXWSPAFKR 'iz : . w a 0 Phone Jl mm PiOVfNCiAL v'CTORFa. p.r ,., u'K AM) WHITE CABS t Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." VOL. XXXVII, No. 31. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS i)QSTfln I Si RIBLE Bairbaira A Wins Sctk ympie Tifcl mum ....s Do Not Know j of Word, Says NAZI GENERAL TAKES OWN LIFE How on Sound Basis, Prince nupert!c7Zn"fIkT'1lMAY KHOW IN Hever Looked Better - C. II. Orme Air sPeed Mark ijVEEK'S TIME Graceful Canadian Girl Wins Skate Figure Title ST. MORITZ (CP)-Canada's Barbara Ann tcolt NUERNBERG (P. General , ulional Weirare worurr lanada you do not know liVm of hunger and Dr. Lotta Hitsch-in ,,-hircd an apical for help a f Johannes Blaskowitz, who surrendered to the Canadian Army Meantime Kenneth Meek Non-Conunittal in Regard to Waterfront Installations Alter more than forty years' close association with Prince Rupert from the earliest days of speculative stimulation through the heights of optimism in Holland in May 1945, com ;om- J today won the women's figure skating championship ke'a!at the Fifth Wintpr Olvrnnipe plimavin. o cnnni 1 of U1C in'Mimtn"" u. milted suicide in a Nueni Stating that the former Uni- prison yesterday shortly before cf ' I" VT IT.' r"j . starving. iriB"-i-j of Europe, made before and the depths of despair, Kx-Mayor C. H. Orme, before he left last night for Victoria after spending tal Ctitcr Irmn iiflirfrnllt tr. 1 ' . .7 ' 7.,, T Z he was to go on trial for war yiiiaya uupamncieu in xcuictuian sport nisLory and bringing the Dominion its first Olympic skating dinner i t,,v- i'-1- v.1-1 ..v.v, ( tut uuliwu iui a i inv.c i club at a M0 R E T O W N VALENCE, Gloucestershire, England f- Squadron Leader Bill Water-ton of Edmonton today established an air speed record of 515.89 miles an hour for the 100-kilometre closed circuit. The record is subject to confirmation. SAME BANDIT! STRIKE AGAIN Rupert's future never appeared in the Civic Centre last The 19-year-old Canadian jW, .... i- In. lotta Ituscumaouva, dimes. The C I -year-old Wehrmacht veteran, who surrendered his forces May 5, 1945, to Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes, commander of the first Canadian Corps two days before the German surrender eluded his guards and auuiawuiis wcic Mill uuun ma control in negotiations with the i War Assets Corporation but declining to discuss any details of his deal, Kenneth Meek of Cal-, gary said this morning that he might have something to say in I about a ieek's time on the matter. He suggested that there with a characteristically pollshea performance, scored markJJ ranging from 5.3 to 5.9 In the tree-figure phase of the chaniilow- COMPLAIN OF PRESS PARLEY bv the president. Mrs. ,,i Youngs, is well ac- l ith the situation In .ship, (Six Is perfection). - : ' brighter to him than it does today. "The basis of the city's future progress Is .doubtless, sounder than ever before now that some of the old speculative phases are behind us," this pioneer of pioneers commented. "As I see it there is no plaee in Canada that offers a better opportunity today." Mr. Orme expects to be back In Prince Rupert early in May Members of British Parlia-1 A special announcement came might be developments in the " , " i-o lot uit-u iio'.i ui tne jii.;jji after Barbara Ann's flawrtess ment Critical of Their L'se 'oday from tne stana-social welfare, n Prague, Czechoslova-uraduate of unlverst-Prague and Purls, she (hx'uiratc in philosophy rotunda. Marpole Branch of Imperial liank In Vancouver Robbed of $900 form in three figures made It meantime which would result 1 In final consummation of the ideal. ' i certain that judges would con JuHllU HI .SOCl.ll at-inivf. LONDON, P Press confer-, ences, generally looked on as a I United States invention, have I increased and multiplied in Whitehall to the point that j members of ParliamenW-and some reporters have started to VANCOUVER (P Two overall-' Mr. Meek reiterated frequent i clad and goggled gunmen ye s-statements that he was doing Iterday robbed the Marpole everything in his power to de-biancli of the Imperial Bank of V?P so useful function for .Canada of $900. They are be- the installations rather than de- nmalism. formerly a firm unofficial figures. Telegrams of congratulations soon came pouring In Including messages from Prime Minister King and Leader of the Gppa-i sition Bracken. ' : . i -woman in her native SAVINGS ARE BEING HELD For Application Against Income Tax Arrears, M mister Tells House and France, she wa.- , take refuge in Bellas: the war. She gain- 1 1S i;;ce to Canada in 1942 luiufjiaiu. I Critical members of Parlia-1 ment say the press conference is a convenient method of al- lieved to be the same men who Polish them. Meantime, he had robbed the same branch of $1500 assumed: maintenance charges on New Year's Eve. ' , tn connection with keeping them Bank Manager Reg Astley, ho standln- He suggested that fi,-oH tu cVwiic u tu tvnHtt War Assets was insisting on 'Kiucst of the Czech Of nl anil in 1945 became director of the Um- OT1AWA 9 --Hon. Dr. J. J. lowing ministers to avoid mak-nj,r, n,inun.r nf natimvji ing announcements In Parlia- an early disposal of the matter. TODAY'b STOCKS Courtesy S. D Jt hiiMon v Vancouver Bralorne U.tiO B. It X U9 Cariboo Quartz 2 45 Dentonia 12 Grull Wihksnd 04 Hedley Mascot 82 Minto 02:l Pend Oreille 2.50 Pioneer 3.40 Premier Border 04'4 Calls For Controls Mr. Meek said that, on a re .HiTvice L ommitiee oi (fed the bank, said he was "positive" they were the same ones who pulled the previous hold-up. i i revenue told a questioner in the ment where tnev would be sub- Dr. Hitschmanova has cent trip east, ' he had endeav- OPTIMISTIC "Prince Rupert on solid basis' C. H Orme. Sl'urow twice since the 1 . . , , . . TIou;p of JI rnmmnns commons th.-it tnai com- com J-"u to qucauuns uy me oppu oured to develop Interest in the!uou, . .. ...... i..K, ..in,. ..n.torf Ywi tho siuon. 1 and cave an eye-wit- u.c iuota,iiiuua uui tua,. , ' ; . . Corresuondents. Correspondents, manv many .f i i i i p cvprn input Hnrinw thp war -u-'prp til mnt of the conditions ue naa mei uie opinion mat r in gall aiwiM npniB reiaiiiri a'?ninsL arrears , 1 1 In r must recent trip of either the Commons or Lords, Liberal Member at Ottawa Veers From Party Line in . Advice to Government OTTAWA 0 - David Oroll, Liberal member for Tore-nto- in income tax payments. they were "public utilities" In which the people of Prince Ru- pert should Interest themselves. .r, li she found Europe ATOM AIRCRAFT CARRIER NOW Formidable New Fighting welcome opportunities to meet ministers face to face and have much to help herself ntornhfiv fir KiL'ift Purrprit Fir urv much in need of Meantime a telegram received j Market Is Firming Ud Policies clarified McCann said the retention o Privateer 27 Reno J 11 Salmon Gijd 22 Sheep Creek 1.07 Taylor Bridge 48 But even the seekers after by the Daily News from F. X Jennings of War Assets head- the savings was being made un Hani citii-.-, Vessel Proposed for U.S. Navy are being re- Spadina, bluntly told the government yesterday that a return to price controls and substdiej news grouse that press confer i!t 4 '; ;i bare nanus Because 'nuartprs ut Montrpal said that der der an an order-in-council order-ln-council passed passed ... . . . Planes ? ,f ! 'L, ences wlth some ministers I WASHINGTON. DC. , . . . r h. ih thp total rep- was the way to reduce current I... . i-i v.. e Ul U1C JUSiailiiUUllS IS nut J rpnt nr TTiorP ihon tho nllon. .02 in k fiiuuun wj car v atomic uumua .. . v,., v""v.v.- 1 machinery. Factories ill orders because of rau materials. Choice Rut Situation Is Still SotneMhat I ncertain yet completed' 'and gave the amount that was repayable . had i Uon of & mimeographed ' costs of living Meek ntn.l . "t . ".understanding that Mr. Deen more man souu.uuu.uuu 01 . . . . - vPHmr Rhnrniv frnm Uip Taku River Vananda Congress Pacific Eastern . . . . Hedley Amalg. Spud Valley which nearly four million had, .(.mnt . which has been followed bv aov- was now In Prince Rupert. '".glHIIli new AJiiri iv.au aiinaii 07 ! carrier. . V J1. ii W W Vttl I J wtv lllilUO fc - -tw-- is heme killed for food! CHICAGO ',f The headlong if lack of fodder an J I pinnae of conimKlity prices already been paid, out. ,he 1 (or " xlKiWpfi sums of touching at .12 to 80.000-ton mammoth flat-top A i iroplin- crop failure iPa!it :l temporary bottom today. i beyond the written -word often ' eminent, supporters, . Mr. ; Croll are fruitless. This being so, they made his statement in the Home j contend a messenger boy to col-j of Commons after Rt. Hon.'J. L. , lect the handout would serve Hsley, minister of Justice, , had I just as well. I asked the members to support announced yesterday by was BULLETINS Habitual Criminal Central Zeballos 01 '2 Silbuk Premier .45 Oils i to rains followed; Wheat futures attain reached ; w,t hid! wave, the like ' a niaximum allowable decline of I: ihariii.it Ix'en recorcTe-.t m. a bushel but found enough Loses His Appeal I Some ministers, like Sir Star- the government s resolution for A. P. Con Calinont u ivj vile unac- buying to recover slightly. 14!2 .48 3.55 6.10 J, C miih hunger of the ANOTHER Sl'ICIDE j VICTORIA (P William Mima-, ford Cripps, chancellor of the fARIS-JA War Ministry ; vish. aged 34, of Vancouver lost exchequer, make their confer-Pokesman today announced j a" aPPeaI from. an indetermm- ences a semi-public class in ec- C. & E. Home Corn skidded the daily limit of eiuht cents for a third the establishment of a committee to investigate reasons for the rising cost of living. Mr. Croll also advocated the reimposition of the excess profits tax to curb profiteering and said the government's policy Of non- Toronto that General Otto von Stuel -o i reane what a privi- !stralKht day. t It to eat a piece of white ! t).lts w(Me down a le.-v.srr ate sentence in penitentiary as . onomics. Sir Stafford, a firm a habitual crimial. Munavish "stonewaller" when he does not was the first person in Canada wish to answer a question, re- j to be conducted under the Habi- tains his boyhood trait of de ar?"B 1 ... ii., .. . .... --v, St.. oivM.iiiiianova r.sk-' t aiuoiiti. I 'iid.s of European SolllP balance came back intoi never seen It. In .up si..n-k market where urices Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. Other experimental warcraft. additions to the United States arsenal and new weapons are also proposed. First hint of the atomic bomb naval craft was made a month ago by President Truman, britais criticized Charted By I kraine By Blocking Palestine Partition Plan LAKE SUCCESS CP The Sbvlet Ukraine today accused Great nial Criminal Act which has lighting to explain and expound, interference with business and been in force since last July, reputed to have bored the fam-1 building up huge surpluses was ily tenants when he was young, of little importance compared w.un is considered tnc Mfi hls, rv(.n Ui t ti 1 1 ,i i l li t nniintrti in .08 .21 .08' 2 .55 .15 .15 97.25 .90 .02 1.09 .61 Atliona Aumaque Beattle Bevcourt Bobjo Buffalo Canadian Consul. Smelters Conwest Donalda Eldona Elder VVWVtJ lift e t l 50 p-r rent of the His conferences usually are con- with the health of the Gana- JUST LIKE HUMANS sidered more useful than those Jdian people. Cotton futures, alter dropping heavily, recovered to show narrow gains at noon on the New Yoik Exchange. krnitir movement of rommodi- Kangaroos teed while sitting X tie;l( W)1(.n tlu,y a,.e aulc ot his smiling but hard-to-pin- erect, holding the food in their down predecessor, Hugh Dalton. I lorepaws. cundiUon.s s are becom-),. ,,,h,.r ,u.ln 1!,..in.s i,.,u en I i Giant Yellowknife 5.00 und any people' ,,,, , un:,Vst.s who see t C INTEGRITY IN DECLINE pnagel, wartime commander of German troops in occupied France, hanged himself this morning in Chercheniedi Prison. A 69-year-old bachelor Stuelpnagel was under indictment on charges of "crimes against international law," including the execution of hostages. DEAD IN BLIZZARD PRINCE GEORGE Victims of a far north storm, an Indian trapper and his son died on a blirzard-swept trail 500 miles north of here, it was learned today. FORMER CHIEF DIES VANCOUVE R Henry . Long, who was chief of police in Vancouver from 1924 to 1929. died in Shaughnessy Military Hospital at the age of 72 years. i'... moi l cuiosis oue Jileqimte diet, she rc- .84 .14 mi ibliut two mr font if trout a.s a healthy adjustment rather than a definite change of direction. God's Lake Hardrock Harricana Heva Hosco Jacknife ',; I Britain o obstructing the par- I ies flie if L-n.. Navy Firing, Danger Area Is Declared SEATTLE The Coastguard announce that a danger area will be established by the 17th U.S. Naval district for sea to shore surface firing throughout all of February. The danger area will " : t .37 .05:'4 Quaker School Master Blames Oldsters For Youth Becoming Agnostics BOOTHAM, Yorkshire, '-mil. uiaiii.x- -5.1 ''aii.se mothers have no ? i.ixp them clean. t .N I ll K lie lit II.., 1,., Juliet Quebec 38 tition of Palestine. Vassily A. Tarasenko, Ukrainian delegate on the security council, charged that the position taken by Britain waa contrary to the United Nations Assembly's decision to split the .12 .08 Lake Rowan Lapaska Quaker school headmaster, be on the north shore of Ugak Thoinas F. Green, told re IlilU.llJtl, . fiUu, Dr. Hitschmanova ' Bay. Kodiak Island, Alaska. WATERWAY IS CRITICIZED Senator IahIhc Thinks ltig Scheme Impracticable Colleague Sees Differently Holy Land into Jewish and Ar,ab THE WEATHER states. NUTLEY. Sussex, Eng., CP 'c'u a great revival In ' cultural life since the liberation. Music, the I'tei'ature and religion, "Nse(i by the Nazis be-! ligious conference here, that "most of my boys between the ages of 16 and 17 are agnostics." He added: "The same can be said for the undergraduate world as a whole. They tHnk of God as being like Santa Synopsis Clear skies and cold polar air NEWPORT, Monmouthshire. 9 Sir Gerald Kelly's picture of iFivc paintings w'orth more than 1 $40,000 including works of Tur - Senator Hen-of Massachu- combined last night to bring, siih-zzfro temneratures to all of ir ' WASHINGTON national or non- "i'l ure. all wcr on ll rv Cabot Lodge a nude girl, smoking a cigarette ner and Gainsborough, were Little Long Lac 135 Lynx 10 Maclsen Red Lake 2 90 McKenzie Red Lake 57 MacLeod Cockshutt 1.37 Moneta 33 Negus 2.H0 Noranda 48.25 Louvicourt ' .. 140 Pickle Crow 2.25 Regcourt 08 San Antonio 4.00 Senator Rouyn 60 Shcrrit Gordon 2.41 Steep Rock - 2.16 Sturgeon River 20 Silver Miller 40 "id thci-p i,s a K,.eat joy seites, .speaking in opposition to " 'lid a great hope for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence '' While they anxiously Waterway proposition, pictured to be believed In when and' aus the interior. The Kootenays is The decline in much ;e young. the Cariboo reported as as 20 below zero. Along the coast1 Phonal integrity among older Comox, with 13 above, was the!pePle is havinpt Its Influence coldest spot. orl tne voUne- the many Relief from the cold wave ap-1 regulations of today, the law is pears to be in sight as a storm no longer regarded as secred." is moving in rapidly from the lir debates of the big the whole region as a .solidly llVr there they do not 'frozen waste for five months of presented by F. G. Nettelefold bought recently for $1,000, is to to Liverpool Corporation Walker stay in the town's art gallery. Art Gallery. 'despite protests. DE VAlIrALOSES MAJORITY IN EIRE BUT MAY CARRY ON GOV'T DUBLIN (CT) Thomas L. Mullins, Secretary of "'' ling evidenced here,' the year, a highly dangerous orl is on the verge of navigation system under the best 1 1- J!4 I Sk' ss n I It - -. -5i l : s i' .--". 4l? , f; st ;H;,f !t 1 S , Pv.(J - . 5S i. Sj ; fa ttrft.'n.iw.ii .w. i ii fiiii i.iiir.)TfiafJi f ".v tlo not always speak 'of conditions and n vulnerable '' Si'd. la,-,... that could only with dif- P ike w ai-mlv ,,f .1 I 1 ..... 1 . . u, ,i,,i..,wl..rl i i-nm a niod- ... ....j ,,1 tl, - 1 II II 1 .T U' v.. iwt.ovi LOCAL TIDES Saturday, February 7, 1948 ill! 'tied on i-ay,, a, Stock Exchanges Open Saturdays the Raima Tail (government party) said that 1'rime Minister Kainonn tie Valera lost his Parliamentary ern air attack. He spoke for four hours. There was no assurance, said Lodge, that the Canadian Par High stock exchanges at Toronto I majority by i slim margin in Wednesday's general 0:30 10.9 feet 11:52 19.3 feet 6:00 9.7 feet 18:40 4.1 feet Gulf of Alaska. Mixed rain and snow with strong southerly winds were expected to strike the northern coast by mid-day and spread to Vancouver Island and the lower mainland tonight. Forecast Prince Rupert, Queen Charlottes and North Coast Overcast, continuous mixed rain and snow today. Cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Saturday: Low liament Would approve the agree and Vancouver will remain open .. ion DESTROYER ment and he believed to sign "'"jon tlu Saturday mornings from nowj ji,,. Mllllins said the Prime Minister WOllld King was hesitant on. according to word received ? TO DATE be able to form a flew govern agreement "which the United .,ni on." City Merchants today by the brokerage firm of S. D. Johnston Co. The exchanges remained closed on Sat-day mornings since the early part of the last war. i,, oiiii.es uutniuiu'i. .1..-... FA -The Halifax-built I Senator Wiley declared that t AUlaba,skrtn. ben rtm. ' Sina tor I.orliie's fears were all southeast winds (15 m.p.h.) in of the Canadian war- 1 Imaginary- What worried him 111 action four years 'was that his home city, BJston, ment with the support of labor and independents. Complete returns from three-quarters of Eire's forty constituencies show de Valera's Fianna Fail connot hope to obtain the seventy-four seats needed for a clear majority in the 174-mem-ber Dail. PELTS FOR LONDON With a weight of nearly 3,000 pounds, 38 bales of fur pelts of the Hudson Bay Company are shown above at Montreal airport prior to their shipment this week via Trans-Canada Air Lines air cargo service to the Hudson Bay Company in London, England. Valued at more than $120,000, the furs were sold at the com- CANADIAN TIN PRICE RAISED OTTAWA The Prices Board announce a 16-cent increase in the price of tin, raising the Canadian ceiling price from 80 to 96 cents a pound. The new price for the world scarce metal is now effective. the ie roast of trade. What he I France, is mlaht lose some . . 'ss,(,- the Minister nf hni RI1irt .nhot. fon was all In I 1 iieatre DUWW AS creasing to southeast (30) this afternoon and shifting to northwesterly (30 tonight. Milder. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow: Port Hardy 32 and 40, Mas-sett 30 and 40, Prince Rupert 30 and 40. '""ounces. She will i.-l hie ,i,,rt s.-nntor Wilev re- FC-- Film Shnwn City merchants are asked In future to have copy for all display advertisements into the Daily News office by 4 p.m. of the day previous to their publication. This co-operation will greatly assist the mechanical department in keeping to the regular hour for publication. ""Muuiiait. The ves-' marked that the St. Lawrence lew additional feat- had a better accident record 'tort and ennvpnionn,. 1 u., .....ii.virahle seawavs j pany's fur sale there Febru- it . 1.1. till i I 1 1 I. Ull.l,."."- . i i 011 to the older -tvno'onrf ihnt. tho Canadian Bovern- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The I The fine Gael Party is second movie at a downtown theatre with 23 seats followed by Labor here, had billed a show entitled in third place with eleven. "Aflame." It was in color. Dur- Four other parties have split ing the performance a fire broke 1 up the remaining twenty-one out, the theatre being destroyed, seats so far decided. One of tliBco 1, ,!... i, ..i.r.,1, timrp was LONDON (P A North London athletic association Is producing LONDON (P A late 16th-cen- ary 3. Malcolm Isaac, cargo tury Brussels tapestry panel was agent, is shown checking the auctioned here for 420 ( $1,680 . shipment. ,,.( . .a d lllflll lfUUltus oi.ww P'ntain to ,., j.. , . . tu., m a play "Sec How They Run." ice I more fog in New York the St. Lawrence. the crew.