VICTORIA, NORTHERN AND cbmill MM ITftH COLOMBIA NXW8PAPZB rS DRUGS PHONE A A Prompt At All Service Hour J,. Deliver? PHONE 31 Iub!i8bed at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port-Trince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest." STAR Y CABS VOL. XXXVII, No 179 . PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Powers Invited A CENTURY OF FRIENDSHIP tern To Leave Danube UNITED 1848 STATES -1948 CANADA ull Out If They Like Conference l:cLv Does Not Like Them to bnMLj-j.v-xjLj-j-ii.ri.TaLj,li! Moscow Giving Allies Run-Around; May Try To Blockade Air Lift BERLIN, (CP) German non-communists today charged Moscow with giving the western powers the 1 lv Thpir Richtt Ifjr VY in ' ' U.S.-CANADIAN FRIENDSHIP STAMP The three-cent United States-Canada friendship commemorative stamp, shown above, will be place'd on first-day sale at Niagara Falls on August 8, 1948. The stamp has as its central design the old bridge known as the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge. The color of the new issue will be announced later. Iuv (( ) And rei Vishinsky, Soviet '.! m'inistt'i'. told western powers' repre-,,(. Piinulte conference that, if they pernio" n conditions, "the door would be rb JEITt) LJ o to :iIS .id t'liit run-around in attempts to settle the Berlin crisis. The iSocial Democrat, official organ of the Socialist party, expressed skepticism over reports that Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov is absent from Moscow on vaca- 1 tion while western diplomats country could not accept 1 1 in majority vote of the con-: fiMTiiT unless it recognized exiting treaties, Vishinsky skid: Pair of Mines Sighted Off West Q. Charlottes Seen in Kelp Bed Off Hunter Point Near Wreck of Kennecott "Tills Is not the language of cooperation but of command." jume fi were attempting to approach him. United States, meantime, made plans to step up the air lift amid rumnra that Russia mav . m 11 r t ... ADMITS SPY FOR SOVIET RUSSIA American Woman Makes Revelations Some Information From Canada WASHINGTON D. C. Elizabeth Pearl Bentley, who acted as try to close one or more of three i wo mines, supposedly 01 Japanese origin irom lanes which western power , the war, were reported today to the marine depart- Itittlr Ati'in . lilHTtV pianes are using to fly supplies ment ........ here by the master ...... of the fishing V vessel Bettv M. Both French and British delegations had said they would ln- ist that they regain their rights under the 1921 Danube convention even If the results of the conference go against them. Vihlilnsky said: "Tills Is not the language of co-operators but of masters." The conference Is dominated by Soviet-controlled nations. to nu Berlin. A a responsible officer n-f(n said that the Americans will con to foe lloating in a kelp bed close to shore on the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The location of L-4 Jh 'Xsi.-. .... r.J n r ria. (CP) -mm mi Iter in proclaimed In resume the mines is near the wreck of the steamer Kennecott KILTED CULPRIT OF BLACK WATCH REGIMENT Kilted tinue to fly supplies. "The only way they can stop us is to shoot us down," he said. an agent for Russia, told a Dubllc "Corporal Ian Inverness" allegedly of the Canadian Black Watch, hearing by a congressional In off Hunter Point. Latitude is 53, degrees 15 minutes north and Hr) to ml ore longitude 132 degrees 43 minutes.1 If UI I UU hVh prnnVnre" in Naval service has been advised "lLi celebrated Canadian Scottish regiment, labelled "AWOL," is picturci in New York after his arrest on a burglary charge. Inverness was arrested by Detective James Healy, and $1,000 worth of lootfrom the apartment of Lyle C. Wilson, secretary to the president of the Ruppert brewery, was recovered. ommittrf will vestigation yesterday how she collected Information from government officials and passed It on to the Russians. One of her principal informants .she revealed, had been William Rem and disposal measures will, It is j CONVICTED POWER IS IN FIELD r Mips nd ns lu ma hie takr part in r country," a expected, be taken. The waters in which the latest mines have been sighted are frequented by fishing vessels, particularly of the trolling fleet. On Charges of Plunder Slave Labor Allegations Now ington, chairman of an Important atr production committee, which was directly charged with QUEBEC. "(P Hon. Charles G (Chubby 1 Power, wartime min NEWFOUNDLAND TO BE TENTH PROVINCE BY JULY 1st NEXT ister of national defence lain B. Wachsmuth is the skipper seeing that Information did not CANNOT TAKE EMPIRE GAMES j VANCOUVER. 'Aid. Bam , Cmmie said yesterday that lack ' of facilities Is a bottleneck to , plans to have the British Em-pir- Game here in 19!0 and Miid the city council will probably "throw the Idea out." ! There will be another meeting l fore August 9 but Cromle believes nothing can be done until 19a4. and Member of Parliament for of the Betty W. which reported NUERNBERG, ffi Alfred Krupp and five other executives of the former great German arms manufacturing organization were convicted today by 10 the mines. It is a new Prince Quebec South, has agreed to run for the leadership of Uie get to Russia. Miss Bentley also received information from agents In Can- Rupert boat. Liberal trnrty at next week's aaa ana Mexico which slie passed National Liberal Federation on to an agent in New York for convention, it was learned here OTTAWA The government will recommend to the next session of Parliament that Newfoundland be accepted into Confederation as the tenth province ot the Dominion of Canada. This was officially announced last night by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. Representatives of Newfoundland will soon : S'.s'cs mid '.'AtlVl'S, 1 Mirus'crV M I'-' (0 (K'!1 dl.S- a United States court of plundering '-occupied territory itor-ing the last war. - They - were found guilty of moving plants out of France into Germany. They are now to be tried on charges of using slave labor. Judge Paul M. Herbert, who dissented yesterday from sentences imposed upon 13 directors of the I.G. Farben chemical trust because he believed the here to negotiate terms of be - 'ilP B'Tlill ,'Kfoi!);!i'y (, a '"'ii'm'-iit, iir.'l " as out of C.CF. Members Review Sessions Archibald and Brett Talk of Price Controls and Other Subjects "I sympathize with the position of the small business man," declared Harry Archibald M.P. in an address to a public gathering in the C.CF. headquarters last night. "Under price controls he was able to carry on his business successfully but union by which Newfoundland will be a part of the Dominion. The Prime Minister said it would seem that the result of the recent plebiscite in Newfoundland In lavor of union with Canada had been "dear and beyond possibility of misunder Probed As Communists Bencher' Hearing at Vanrou-rrl Atlrartinc Much Interest Kill, it b "X-i I''W ciiivs a r 1 1. I i;r. ar: appoint -I v. will s-i-k to I' Jo.vph Stalin sentences too light, declared that he felt 20 of the 23 defendants should have been convicted of mistreating slave labor. Only five were actually convicted on that count. Eight otaers were convicted on lesser counts and 10 were acquitted altogether. standing." It gave 77,869 voles for Joining Confederation with Canada and 71.464 for responsible "'r Is of t.fHi to ti'al with it is lilt. Canada Gets First Point Art Jacks of Toronto Comes Sixth in 1 1 1 1; h Jump WEMBLEY STADIUM Art Jacks of Toronto yesterday scored Canada's first point in the Olympic Games when, with 6 feet 2:,4 inches, he took sixth place in the high Jump. An Australian bank clerk, John Winter.-, of Perth, came first with a spectacular six and a half feet. lligh point getter for the day was a Czech air lieutenant who did the 10,000 metres in 29 minutes and 02 seconds. Jack llulchins came third in the qualifying round of the 800- VANCOUVER, ft - In an all-day probe by benchers of the BilU.sh Columbia Law Society on Friday, Gordon Martin, University of British Columbia la' now he is being forced out. Big business is taking over:" In speaking of price controls, Mr. Archibald said the C.CF. OWPT j graduate, who Is being Investi- Three Years For Seaman osts t.ttiTu mm oil' t;ru vwimt. party affiliation ,and two witnesses refused to state whethci they belongpd to the party. Thev said that their political afflla- government by Newfoundland itself. The government will be "glad to receive with the leat possible delay authorized representatives of Newfoundland to negotiate the terms of union," Mr. King said In an 800-word statement. It is believed these terms of union will be reached and ratified by Parliament In time for Newfoundland to join Canada by next July 1, the 82nd anniversary of Confederation. The election of a provincial government on the island, it is believed, will not take ptnee before next June. had fought for the retention of government control on commodity prices and subsidies. During the two previous sessions of the federal house the party had been in support of such government policies at that time. In the last session the C.CF. MONTREAL A seaman, Ronald Walsh, was sentenced to three years In penitentiary here yesterday for having boarded the steamer Kinin-mount here last June when damage was done and members of the crew, rival unionists, were beaten up. The judge said it was "nothing short of metre run. I Irene Strong of Victoria stayed i in the 200-iiHtre breastroke for transmission to Russia. today. I 'SulletiM. j TWELV E YEARS FOR KRl'PP NUERNBERG Alfred Krupp von Bohkn und Halbach was today sentenced o 12 years' imprisonment on two war crimes counts. Earlier a United Stales military court had convicted Krupp and 10 other directors of the Krupp munitions organization on the two counts exploitation of slave labor and plundering of occupied countries. PIRATES CAUSED CRASH MACAO, China The lone survivor, a Chinese, of the recent plane crash off here when Mr. and Mrs. G. Stewart of Vancouver were among those who lost their lives, admitted that he was a member of a band of pirates who had boarded the plane with the intention of seizing it. They shot the pilot and co-pilot and the plane got out of control and crashed. JETS REACH VANVOUVER VANCOUVER Two more jet fighter planes arrived in Vancouver yesterday, joining one which was already here. . SPY IN GOV'T SERVICE WASHINGTON Testimony that an agent of the Russian secret police held a United States government job and another man was offered an atomic . energy commission post while the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating him was laid before the congressional inquiry toda. Elizabeth T. Bentley, American-born foreign Russian spy, told the House of Representatives un-American Activities Committee, that Gregory Silvermaster held the dual role of Russian secret agent and was at the same time an employee of the United States Farm Security administration. B. C. GIRL LEADS WEMBLEY, England Pat Jones of New Westminster won a preliminary heat in today's 100-metre dash. It was the first time in the 1948 Olympic Games that a Canadian competitor had finished in front in heats or otherwise. Molly Cheater of Vancouver ran fourth and was eliminated fought alone except for a few Liberal back-benchers. When 0"IIC lilOIIJlM it Otlauu "seil'lltlvcs In Applewhait", "f lor Sk-.-a 'I eleetinn; u. of Princf Iilt. Bussiniic'r r.f T R'ilTt Lih-'! pir:-iH s to the i:a. "Mention n tions were of no concern of the benchers. Martin, who seeks admittance to the bar, and Norman Liitle-wood, who is seeking accepti-nce as a law student, were before a hearing In camera for more than five hours. Littlewood was accepted by the benchers Martin's hearing Is taking place today. Littlewood was president of the Labor-Progressive Patty Club the session opened it was expected, because of the public clamor, that prices would be one of the questions before the Newfoundland Is the tenth lareest Island in the world, lis women. A new record of 57 410 seconds was made by a Dutchman. Van Gleet, in the 200-metre breast-stroke for men. Roy Cochrane of the. United States ""d a Swedish contestant tied to make a new record for the 400-met re hurdles. Canada accmisltion will make House. Instead the government brought up the Geneva Trade Pacts which took up three weeks' time. In December Prime Minister than all larger in territory Europe. ' The Island's population U. 335.000 which will make the total population of Canada about 13.- King asked that a Prices Commission be set up to investigate 1 on the campus last term. ' i will be, xne investigation has aroused " ralfil"K "f UlP keen interest among British O.l-o ermality ,,1 j umbia lawyer8 wn0 are taking J'1 l'v'!gcs 'sides on the question of dlsbar-im ,," of rinK eandidates from the profes-Hi" ' Pacific son because of political opinions. 'nidation I ,nl'n up the I 000.000. Newfoundland will be en in titled to six or seven seats Parliament. the situation but without the power to prosecute. In the case of meat prices representatives of the Ontario Hog Breeders' Association claimed the producer did not profit by the in One of the Island's advantae",i TI IE WEATHER Synopsis Mobt unstable air is slowly entering the province from Uie south and cloudy skies are expected in the southern section of the province tomorrow afternoon. Elsewhere the weather should be clear and warm today and Sunday. HEALTH GRANT MELON IS CUT British Columbia Receiving $2,500,000 From Federal Fund OTTAWA, "0" The federal government's new health grants to the provinces from $30,000,-000 voted by Parliament last session were announced today by Minister of Health Paul Martin. The grants, described by Prime Minister Mackenzie King as a step towards national health service are worked out mainly on the basis of 1947 populations. British Columbia receives $2,529,153, Ontario almost $10,000,000 and Quebec, $2,500,000. creased prices and the head of immeriiatriy fxistin,, 'he Canadian Canada Packers Indicated that their profits were not out of ,the principle is its strategic, importance as a military base. During the last war United States obtained three bases, including St. John's on 99-year leases. These leases will not be interfered with by Canada. Newfoundland has a public debt of $63,000,000. Her public revenue amounts to about $20.-000.000 a year while her expenditures are $27,000,000. 'enwavs ferter-1Ptl maln-'inu'n'al nteas- nsim; cost of TACOMAN SHOWS WAY IN GOLF VANCOUVER, ( Tacoma's husky Chuck Congden yesterday continued his sizzling pace in British Columbia open golf championship, shooting four under par 67 for a 36-hole total of 133. Walt McAlplne of Vancouver was second, four strokes down. The defending champion, Stan Ionard, was down the Hut with a 138 total. Today fifty of the 102 original competitors teed off for the final 36-hole round of Scores Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast Southern section, clear fog patches drifting on shore during the mornings. Winds light. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Sunday-At Port Hardy 50 and 68. Northern section Clear today, becoming cloudy tonight and "i Leat,,- line but, according to Mr. Archibald, Canada Packers' sinking fund is greater than their original investment. "Textiles' the speaker said, ''were found to be tied up with international cartels and Inter-' national patents and put the industry in position to exploit the market." In the case of coarse grains, Mr. Archibald declared most of the farmers had sold their crop before controls went off and the grain companies made money. He said there had been such a protest from the farmers over the matter that now the government was preparing to reim- (Contlnued on Page 5) Youth Fined $100 San Diego 2 ".vwood 3. Los Ance in? youth who was given A sentence tor ou- rfinne turn suspended unci 3. Another Break on N.Y. Stock Exchange NEW YORK Values fell a billion dollars in another big break on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Shares were down one to five points. Oils were the hardest hit. Canadian 1948 Wheat Crop Down OTTAWA Canada's 1948 wheat crop will "not be large," said the Bureau of Statistics yesterday. The European crop will, however, be up 387,000,000 bushels and the United States crop will also be up. I Sunday. Fog patches arming onshore during the morning. J LOCAL TIDES (Standard Time) Sunday, August 1, 1948 High 10:40 15.3 feet 22:21 19.2 feet Low 4:20 5.4 feet 18:03 9.5 feet "nal I.r,.... structing a ponce - - fined $100 in months ago, was juvenile court this morning for after he breach or recognizance with another involved had been youth in the alleged theft of a boat at Seal Cove. Winds light. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight and highs Sunday At Massett 50 and 62, Prince Rupert 52 and 62. Vakima 5 6. atchee 0 medal play. COFFEE CHIEF PROOUCT Coffee Is the chief product of Haiti, but cocoa is also grown.