ried R.CJV.r . aircrew has been detained at A police headquarters In indergrciwid soldiers arc r 111 111 liUAliail 'Jwt the Polish under-army has been hostile to rr- n riiTTif'n .iv iviiis OWNERS ORGANIZED Mutual Problems in v vAiaMVit ill .m.v.io DToblemx such ils buvins. employment and wages, to night and organized. ail'T luiri H vjiik I u Mir r nmt i innr iviii 'J ftnw.nnt . t J here. ems of buying will be dls- t the next meeting June BARCELONA, May 19 0 It appears that earlier rumors that Former Premier Pierre Laval has been turned over to France were premature. An Associated Press dispatch says that Spain stands ready to deliver Laval either to the British or American authorities but not to the French. BACK FROM COAST TRIP Edward T. Applewhalle, Lib eral candidate for Skccna riding, returned this morning on the tug Phippen, Capt. Cedf Mor rlson, from the southern part of the riding. He gave campaign speeches at Butedale, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Namu, Hagens- borg and Ocean Falls, and re ports a very favorable and en- couraelne reception. He ex pects to begin a tour of the northern part of the riding, in cluding Port Simpson, Stewart and Premier on Tuesday. Mr. Applewhalte, during his tour down the coast, spoke on various election Issues including the duties of any man, the mean lng of Liberalism, Canada s war record, war financing, mc iu ture of co-operatives and other matters. At Ocean Falls as well as else whnro hp rpnorts EXCat interest was shown in the Japanese ques lion and strong disapproval of the CCF policy on the Japanese was generally expressed. Mi- 1 1 1 ii iii iTTrun k MA AN MAY A ImU - J m mm m m m w w- m m - - Nh Alh I II Ik I NrVMUN hief Justify Wondoll R. Parris of the Supreme 't of B.C. may preside at the spring sitting of Supreme Court of Assize which will open in ce Runert nn ATnv 2fi. the Dailv News learned ay- Attorney-General, Hon. Ii. L. Maitland, is likely to act as crown prosecutor at the ses- . viiinuiai iisi so lar i two manslaughter :as on the court calen- atuons. Jief Justice Farrts and Maitland do take part . . -v "t-ws was unolllcia iv - IJ J U1V. 1L Will DB lPnd time In two years "CV hflVP Hllrltn rmrt In i-'vu-wuings ncre. Chief Farris nresldrd ovpr t.hp acted as prosecutor 6 uirnmn w.- 1 i rt , . 'wtzick. charprf with i.hc ,cmbcr, and a case 2, Us- Sgnc Hanburs in with the deaths by " TaSer Ktrnnf Vmmo In "S IS i.hn IK! ..r ,11. BpIuo t.. "larto t.i j iioh. r1" A w. urown lor e, . -""iu iviurpny, van awi rn.iw.n..j i crombie, pctlUoncr, versus Clif ford Kendall Abercromoie. i. w. Brown for petitioner. Miriam Ellen Quandt, peti tioner, versus Carl Cecil Quandt. W. O. Fulton for petitioner, Arthur Francis Williams, peti tioner, versus Kate wnuams. Charles Clifford named co-respondent. T. W. Brown for petitioner. Charles Cecil kodhkaui, a.-h- Unnpr. versus UOriS liouuiauu. Gerald Geffrey Mclntyre, named co-respondent. T. W. Brown lor petitioner. Charles Montague ftwunjiw, petitioner, versus Louise Mclntyre. William Pcrclval Flcwen, named co -rcspondeni. a. mute Brown for petitioner. Annie Lokyo, petitioner, versus, Michael Loyko. W. O. Fulton ior petitioner. . Nancy Nora tpmparc, tloncr, versus Arthur Ambrose Sampare. W. O. Fulton for Hilda Nesbitt, petitioner, versus Kenneth Arthur Nesbitt. w. O. Fulton for petitioner. John Knopp, petitioner, versus Sadie Knapp. Roland Le Sage named co-respondent. A. Bruce Brown for petitioner. y? Temperature BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tomorroufs Tides for the Prince (PacUlo Standard Tlui) .-natures Sunday, May 20. 1945 C4 mm High 8:50 16.0 feet 21:37 175 feet-92 i-oirrl 48 Low 2:45 feet 14:51 7.0 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 117. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1915 PRICE FIVE CENTS in is Sit. in. i!-- ft I It dl 3d v uwi- IL1V11 Demanded by Head radio has fcroaacasi a rshal JosSDh Pnl.sh auesuon. ngj! uiv - --- J..,. niinft .Stalin as iui)k n . .. .u.rnn VQ( Irtrt ft! .h Divisional govern- .. w iv solved cn the '1 UJJ " Tto Charged With "Hitler Methods SINGl Vi VIM I ML v iimiin y 1 ".. 2i A single i. shouted by an unknown I C.W.A.C. jeep . 5 she sped down Third Avenue Friday gave Pri. Rupert a special warm place in the hearts of two United States Coast Guard the decisions made at vomen "Snars" and set nuh1iVir.v-r.mismij Pi-Wo tfeat. tin rilv a. t, . . "V - - ..vw - vc riw sons can DC I 1" " cuuuucio. ni unwv ' i ml i .. . - . I i incUts nn th re- wls nvcicuinc, ana of the Warsaw gov- iixi tc aw 1 I A I lll Mil aw . AT L, May 19 An TRIAL OF QUISLING C5LO, May 19 The Norwegian minister of justice has announced that Vldkin Quisling will be called to a preliminary hearing next week. He will be tried lor treason. It is after he claimed to be! Po1 he fl dcath c v ... AiwkM on A fin. from a Toronto mental I AKI Hllin PRISONERS I Bor Denies They Have -tinc. leader, General LAVAL IS NOT YET DELIVERED 1Y WORD WINS TS FOR CITY it was shouted by the Jeep driver as she passed two Spars who were spending the day in the city enroute to duty in Alaska, "The Spars said that they liked the city tremendously,'' an Informant told the Dally News, "However, It was that single word of 'Welcome' shouted hur riedly by a Canadian girl that really capped their visit." ,The Spars were Yoeman 2c Ruth Hogan, of Marquette, Michigan, and Yoeman 3c Mary Ricgelman, of Poitland, Oregon, and they like the city so much they look forward to spending I Uieir first 48-hour leave here. "It's the first time that anyone" has ever taken the trouble to make a gesture of welcome in any of the places we have been since we joined the ser vice two and a half years ago," the girls said. "It was one of the nicest things that ever hap pened to us." Before leaving for their sta tion at Ketchikan, the Iwo girls and others of the group were taken to the YMCA service cen tre to see the final dress re hcarsal of Peter Wambach's musical show, "Music and Mus keg." FLIGHT LIEUT. SELKIRK FALCONER Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Falconer, Summit Apartments, was in a Lancaster bomber which strafed Bremen cn April 24 in one of the great raids just before Field Marshal Montgomery's forces moved in. He writes: "My bombs went smack Into the Focke Wulfe factory, seven tons of dynamite packed In 17 separate bundles. All hell broke down below. There were bombs bursting everywhere with flame and smoke up thousands of feet In the air." With the war In Europe over "Kirk" expects to be home this summer. Before the war, he was prominent in basketball at Anyox. Weather Forecast Light to moderate winds, fair mri mild, becomlnc warm m afternoon with fog patches to niaht. Sunday: Light to mod crate winds, fair to partly cloudy and mild. i jlji f&nnfln 5gb5gCN 'yj I r M ' Nugrnberq J I " Basel T'W jl normous nritain Lost Two-Thirds of .Merchant Fleet in Atlantic NEW YORK, May 19 ((CD-British information service commentator disclosed last night that Britain lost more than two-thirds of her oceangoing merchant fleet tonnage in (he battle of the Atlantic. He said that Britain started the war with 17,500 gross tons i and that in a four-year period she lost 11,500 tons. The commcntatiT aildcd that British seamen have been killed by enemy action and that almost 4,000 were interned by the enemy. He said that the entire course of the war would have been different had it not been for the big ocean liners Queen Mary and Queen Warm Weather- Rivers Rising bringing the wiater in the rivers up rapidly and flood conditions are already developing, J. E. Ormhelm, well known fur deal er, who arrived In the city last night, reported. At Terrace the Skeena has risen a foot and a half in two days and in within two feet of high water mark. In the Bulklcy Valley at points Zone. ofOccupaKorT .American PS British"' ttORuTjiafS French SWIT7.A AUSTRIA AUSTRIA. r Yssf x V- 1 -BAHS.1TT CONTROL OF GERMANY Map shows tentatire arrangements for Allied control over Ger- States, French, and Russian troops respectively. The control commission will have its head quarters in Berlin, which, technically, is in tue. Russian sector. Toll of Ships UE MACKENZIE KING OUTLINES PLANS - . . FQR PACIFIC WAR; 000 3QLP1ERS EDMONTON, May 19 Oi Prime MmistrM;ackenzle;.King outlined last night Canada's part in the war against Japan. He disclosed that about 30,000 Canadian soldiers will be lh the final campaigns against the Japs. The army force will be built around an infantry division with armored and auxiliary services added. About 13,000 actual combat men will be used In the Pacific operations. The plans for the R.C.A.F. have not been completed. APRIL POLICE REPORT HERE Fines Totalled $910 Murder Case Investigated Forty-two convictions In police court during April resulted in fines totalling $940 plus court ccsts of $5.75, according to the monthly police report submitted by Sst. O. L. Hall of the city detachment to the city council police committee last) night Of the 42 charges, 23 were laid under the WnHlin Anf rr it.VlP fnvpmmpnt Warm weather in the interior!. , A t Ponvictlons rc. . 1 1 4- f . n.,n Vn hnnn I 1 U1C liVSVi 1CW Mla lliu uvtn suited from 47 cases, five of which were dismissed. Monetary losses reported dur ing the month totalled. $327, of which $264 was recovered Most serious criminal offence during the month, Sgt. Hall re ported, was the' murder of Mrs, Kitty Moen on April 13. "Inspector R. Peachey and Det ective Sgt J. A. Young arrived there Is water over the raihvay d directed tne first t track Mr. Ormhdm has been Is investigation which con-TIJ tttJli, tinulng without encouraging re- Jap Sinking Official LONDON The British Admiralty lias officially announced that Royal Navy ships and aircraft in a daring penetration of Malacca Strait the vital seaway to Singapore sank a Jap cruiser. She was one of Uie 10,000-ton Natl class. Nazis Had Secret Weapon NEW YORK The British Information Service has disclosed that the Nazis really did have a third secret weapon a long-range gun capable of sending rocket shells 100 miles. The Nazis had batteries of these guns ready to rain rocket shells on London at the rate of 600 an hour. They were discovered JusWn time, near Calais. Much of Nagoya Destroyed GUAM U.S. Army Air Corps Headquarters in Guam have announced that American B-29's have destroyed or damaged 11 3-10 square miles of Nagoya, Japan's third largest city. BUlte so far tne rep0rt states. nigiu ior aicwuru v,ioi(l. Complaints under nnmlnlon John Law, Scottish economist, '. started the Stock Exchange. War News Highlights statures during ths month re stilted in 20 prosecutions, provln- clal statutes complaints resulted in 12 prosecutions, and there was one under a city by-law, Cost of maintaining the city ! jail for the month was $127. Halibut Sales Canadian . (I8I4C and I6V2O Reward, 17,000, Storage. v Gulvlc, 22,000, Storage. Capo Spencer, 22,000. Storage. Capella, 30.000, Pacific. Embla, 20,000, Co-op. Oldfleld, 20.0C0. Booth. 440, 17,000, Atlin. Rodney P, 10,000,, Co-op. Domino ll, 14,000, Atlin.. Morgan, 11,000, Booth. Hopewell, 12,000, B.C. Packers. THE BLACK FOREST . The Black Forest in Germany Is so named because of the pre ponderance of fir and pine trees, CANADIANS ELIGIBLE Further Details of New British Service Medals for War LONDON, May 19 'Oi The de tails of seven new British medals for war services have been announced. Canadians In the Uni ted Kingdom and elsewhere overseas may share In the awards. They will qualify with civil defence personnel for a de fence medal. They are intended to recognize service In Britain of forces of the Dominions who helped defend the Islands during the iblltz. Canadians who served In the various war theatres are eligible for the six campaign stars. The new stars are the Atlantic Star, the Air Crew Europe Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Pacific Star, and the Burma Star. Ribbons will be available at once. The maximum number of stars granted one recipient will be five. Recipients will receive only one of the awards but a clasp will be clven showing others for which they qualified. The prime minister announced extension of the period of quail ficatlon for the 1939-1943 Star, which will henceforth toe des cribed as the 1939-1945 Star. Also, recipients may now re eelve both the Africa Star and the 1939-1945 Star, whereas be fore only one of the pair could be given to one person. W. R. Devenlsh, vice-president of Canadian National Railways in charge of western lines, will be in Prince Rupert about the middle of next week on one of his periodical western inspection trips. LONDON. O) Charles and Herbert Chick, 18-year old twins, have been chosen by ballot to be "Bevln boys" in British mines. Their numbers came up in the Alexander Claims Efforts For 'Friendly Agreement' With YugoSlavs Failed Seeks to Use Force of Arms to Establish Trieste Dominance ROME. Mav 19 (CP) Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied commander in the Mediterranean theatre, charged Marshal Tito of YugoSlovia today , 1 ,1 i i i p i.t!i ! I witn me apparent mienuon oi esiaDiismng ciamiis w northeastern Italv and southern Austria by force of arms which was "all too reminiscent of Hitler," Mus- TOKYO IS HIT AGAIN WASHINGTON, May 19 It has been announced that American have made a daylight Isuperforts attack on Tokyo. Possibly 150 of the B-29's made the attack on (the Jap capital, dropping demo liticn bombs. TT VVTTTVVfTTTTT f TTTTTTT ' Bulletins LLLLLLLLkkLkkkkkkkkkkkL HALIFAX INQUIRY HALIFAX An R.C3LP. corporal yesterday told the Kel-lock riot inquiry commission in Halifax that he heard naval personnel make what he called "threatening state ments" about the city for a period of some six months be fore "V-E Day. .He said that some sailors promised that .llfllfa. would t joush day on "V'-E Day." He said that the sailors were dissatisfied with the city, its people, and the province in generaL STETTIN1US REPLIES SAN FRANCISCO Secretary of State Stettinius has replied to criticism of the United States position on international trusteeships. In making his reply, he said that attainment of independence is one of the United States objectives in any government of dependent peoples. MORE DOUK WOMEN DISROBE NELSON Three Doukhobor women disrobed in Nelson, B.C., police couit yesterday, at the final hearings of thirteen members of the religious sect charged with stripping in a public place. Six were sentenced to terms from three months to two years. SIMONDS MAY COMMAND FAR EAST FORCE OTTAWA, May 19 O) Reliable sources said here today that the Canadian division which would fight in the Pacific war as a Far East force would be called the Sixth division and probably would be commanded by Lieut. Gen Guy Simonds of Kingston, Ont. The Canadian Far East Force would likely be concentrated at Aldershot, Camp Borden, and Shilo in brigade groups for pre llmlnary training and placement and then will move as a single formation to unspecified Ameri can training grounds. It is reported here that this operation must be completed by September 1. FIRST POSTAGE STAMP Postage stamps were issued for 'Isollnl and Japan.' Alexander disclosed that his efforts to "come to a friendly agreement" with the Yugoslav leader had failed. At the same time, Allied Headquarters disclosed that Tito had agreed in July, 1944 and February, 1945 that for military purposes Allied forces should occupy the Venazia and Guilia region, which Includes Trieste, while the Yugoslavs should oc cupy Flume and the area east of a line running roughly north of Flume. Alexander, charging that Tito sought "by force of arms and military occupation to establish his claims" added that "it was to prevent such actions that we have been lighting this war." The Belgrade radio quoting Tito's reply to notes sent by Britain and the United States, said today that "the honor of our army and the honor of our country demand the presence of; a Yugoslav army In Istrta,; Trieste and the Slovene coast-. line.- , TarshaLStaJin. "t-Kiiss! reported to haVe 'declared that Tito Is entitled to keep his, force In; Istria and Trieste, ROTARY BLOOD CLINIC IS NOW SEEKING NAMES Prince Rupert Rotary Club's blood donor clinic is now seek ing donors, A. Don Ritchie, chairman of the listing com mittee announces. "We have quite a few names on the list but we hope to get a backlog of 200 names," Mr. Ritchie told the Dally News. He explained that the blood donor clinic Is comprised of people who are willing to give blood to sick or Injured people (Continued on Page 2) PRIDE, BLISTERS, WILL FEATURE CITY'S ANNUAL "CLEAN-UP" WEEK Prince Ruuert householders next week are beiner asked to earn themselves a few blisters and a high sense of pride by pitching in and making their homes more attractive, tor Monday is the start of Trince Rupert Junior Chamber of Commerce annual "Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up Week." With tne city squaring itself to be an up-and-coming tourist centre, Junior Chamber' presi dent Colin McCarthy feels that there is a lot. to be done about Prince Rupert's present appear ance. He urges that house holders and businessmen follow the lead already taken this week by a number of Third Avenue merchants who have beautified their stores by a "new coat' of paint. In a proclamation today, Mayor IL M. Daggett officially announced the opening of Clean-up, Paint -up, Fix -up Week" on Monday. draw made of all those called up the first time In 1840 in Great fences. A few suggestions from the Junior Chamber; Clean streets and alleys. Remove accummulatlons of waste and rubbish. Replace old and defective wiring with safe equipment. Clear vacant lots. Renovate public buildings. Trim shrubbery. Tidy back and front lawns. Brighten up warehouses. Repair broken stairways, porches, sidewalks, railings and for compulsory war service. Britain. Tidy up parks, mi