NTAINEER
iS
LIFE
Haddington
Claims
ind
Man
)UVER
"S
Mount
Wad-hlghest
peak
in
British
,
claimed
the
life
of
a
of
a
United
States
I
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It,
Wtta
buuiivu
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three
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buried
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a
gorge
and
strug-
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landing
a
j
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uniano
cov-
offlclal3
have
made
welcome
the
vanguard
seven
thousand
Imml-
by
air
from
Great
Brit-
s
vnnr
river
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a
v
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flight
on
August
2.'
nie
rirv
in
nvor.
priority
to
t.ito
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it
must
Pay
insurance
on
25
per
tunsiHintin,.
.n.
nt
..hvvivh
VUOI
Ul
dCireS.
Such
pnst.i
nr.
vy
.
v.
mrmai
approach
made
by
the
cltv
tu
.
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me
matter
has
wphone
conversation.
Qln8
to
Alderman
T
n.
'Wer
of
the
special
Handling
Air
Mail
Distribution
Assured
By
Postmaster
Morrison
With
the
inauguration
of
air
mall
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
on
August
1,
speedy
handling
of
such
mall
through
the
local
Post
Office
Ls
assured,
according
to
an
announcement
today
by
Postmaster
J.
R.
Morison.
The
air
mail
will
close
at
the
Post
Office
dally
except,
Sunday
at
11:50
a.m.
The
malt
will
be
sorted
In
Post
Office
boxes
immediately
on
receipt
In
the
afternoons.
Morning
collection
from
street
letter
boxes
will
make
connection
ctrport
committee,
the
city
Is
interested
only
In
five
other
buildings,
in
addition
to
the
han?ar,
end
is
hoping
make
It
possible
to
maintain
these
for
airport
purposes.
Two
weeks
ago,
Imperial
Oil
Co.
offered
the
city
$500
a
year
to
lease,
the
ell
storage
facilities
at
.the
base
in
order
to
fuel
C.P.A.
planes
on
the
Prince
Rupcrt-Sandspit
flight.
cers
shelves
and
Housewives
breadboxes
jvas
offered
iyeser-day
to,
bakers.
Its
developers
say
its
use
could
.save
the
United
States
more
than
sixteen
million
bushels
of
wheat
each
year.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Charlottes
and
North
Coasi
CloTrSy,
becoming
clear
by
noon.
Clear
ovcrnigh;
and
Wednesday.
Fog
patches
over
open
water
and
locally
onshore
overnight.
Winds
light.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
WednesdayPort
Hardy
50-61.
Massett
50-65,
Prince
Rupert
50-68.
MASONS'
MONUMENTS
The
pyramids
of
Egypt
are
perhaps
the
most
noteworthy
examples
of
masonry
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ANDBMTO'BRrriBnHjOLUMBIA'S
NEWHPAPER,
MOTHER
OF
tfoi.fVictories
MURDER
CHARGED
por
putch
PARRY
SOUND,
Ont.,
0
The
33-ycar
old
mother
of
eight
chU-
BATAVIA,
Q
Dutch
military
dren
appeared
yesterday
before
j
headquarters
announced
today
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
and
Crown
Attornely
A.
O.
Burbridge
to
be
formally
charged
with
the
murder
of
her
husband.
It
Is
charged
she
shot
him
through
the
heart
with
a
22
calibre
rifle.
The
shooting
is
alleged
to
have
taken
place
In
the
kitchen
of
their
I0.3
cabin
home
near
South
River
50
miles
south
of
here.
CLOSE
CALL
FOR
DENVER
Major
Disaster
Narrowly
Avrrtrd
When
Arsenal
Takes
Fire
DENVER,
)
Fire
department
officials
said
that
a
major
disaster
was
averted
when
fire
at
Rocky
Mountain
arsenal
on
the
northeast
edge
of
Denver
scared
chlorine
gas
storage
tanks
be
fore
being
brought
under
con
trol.
Purchase
of
an
overhead
crush
ed
rock
loader,
was
approved
two
I
Monday.
The
hotrmlx
plant,
which
City
Englrie'ef
Howe
said
would
be
due
for
delivery
early
next
springi
Is
a
piece
of
equipment
similar
to
that
which
prepared
the
asphalt
for
the
Air
Force
construction
crew
which
built
the
Sixth
Avenue
pavement
three
years
ago.
The
City
Engineer's
recommendations
were
contained
In
a
written
report
to
the
board
of
works,
and
passed
on
to
council
for
approval.
In
moving
that
the
Items
of
machinery
be
purchased,
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
said:
"The
policy
for
street
construction
has
been
approved
by
the
majority
of
'
council
and
we
should
go
ahead
with
it.
If
we
delay
In
ordering
equipment,
we
might
not
be
able
to
get
the
work
under
way
next
year.
If
we
do
It
now,
we
will
place
next
year's
council
In
a
position
to
get
the
work
done."
"We
have
gone
along
too
long
with
picks
and
shovels,"
agreed
Mayor
Arnold.
"We
won't
have
any
good
roads
until
we
get
good
equipment."
The
City
Engineer
also
sought
and
received
permission
from
council
to
re-build
Third
Avenue
between
MiBride
Street
and
Sec-
ond
Street,
He
recommended
the
j
Immediate
ordering
of
gravel.
WATER
MAIN
IN
j
DANGEROUS
SHAPE
5
The
dangerous
condition
of
the
J
main
water
pipeline
from
Shaw-
$
atlans
Lake
to
the
city,
as
pro-
J
viously
reported
by
former
City
Engineer
Phillips
was
reiterated
:
j
by
Mr.
Howe.
A
survey
Indl-
j
cated
that
It
"ls
Imperative
that
i
j
the
necessary
replacement
pipe
)
be
ordered
without
delay."
"The
pipe,
In
heed
of
replacement,
Is
developing
new
holes
every
day
at
points
where
the
metal
Is
jcorroded
to
very
thin
walls.
Wood
plugs
and
Iron
clamps
have
been
used
effectively
but
too
frequently
for
any
feeling
of
safety,"
the
City
Engineer's
report
stated.
The
report
also
recommended,
on
the
basis
of
running
tests,
that
the
city's
booster
pump
be
operated
electrically,
rather
than
by
gasoline
motor.
The
tests
showed
a
marked
saving
In
electrical
operation
as
compared
with
gasoline
motor.
An
eight-foot
gold
vein
of
undetermined
depth
has
been
struck
at
the
."Morris
Summit
gold
property
eight
miles
from
Stewart,
according
to
word
reaching
the
city.
The
strike
is
believed
at
Stewart
to
be
one
of
the
most
promising
in
recent
years
and
has
been
accompanied
by
a
wave
of
optimism
in
the
mining
community.
On
the
Rainbow
group,
in
the
remote
Tide
Lake
area
near
Stewart,
a
three-foot
vein
of
ore
reported
to
be
running
two
ounces
of
gold
to
the
ton
has
been
struck.
This
Is
an
extremely
rich
assay
but
no
reports
as
to
the
extent
of
the
rich
lode
have
been
rceived.
Bean,
Corn
Ceilings
Are
Being
Lifted
CHATHAM,
Ont.
(CP)
D,
A.
Jubenvllle
of
Tilbury,
Ont.,
a
member
of
the
Ontario
growers'
delegation
which
recently
visited
Ottawa
to
discuss
corn
and
soy
bean
prices,
said
the
Prices
Board
had
given
assurance
that
price
ceilings
on
both
crops
would
be
removed
by
harvest
time
this
year.
i
Window
Dressing
Contest
For
the
best
dressed
windows
featuring
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
PRODUCTS
B.C.
Troducts
Bureau
offers:
First
Prize
.
.
Second
Prize
Third
Prize
.
$15
$10
$
5
Judging
will
take
place
Monday
starting
at
4
p.m.
rrizes
will
be
awarded
at
B.C.
PRODUCTS
SHOW
Wednesday,
August
6,
8
p.m.
To
ensure
judging,
phone
Green
595
of
your
entry.
NOOTKA
AGROUND
VICTORIA
C.P.R.
freighter
Nootka
went
aground
"in
Quat-sino
Sound
and,
being
badly
holed,
was
towed
closer
to
shore
and
beached
to
save
her
frcm
sinking.
The
3.000-ton
vessel
is
well
known
all
along
the
coast.
VIOLENCE
AT
NANA1MO
NANAI.MO
First
violence
in
the
local
laundry
dispute
oc-'
i
curred
today
when
a
rock
was
I
thrown
through
the
window
of
a
laundry
proprietor's
car
as
the
picket
line
was
being
run.
j
Pickctry
said
they
were
brushed
by
the
car.
SASKATCHEWAN
STRIKE
PRINCE
ALBERT
The
walkout
continues
at
a
government
owned
box
factory
here.
Seventy
employees
quit
their
jobs
in
protest
at
the
discharge
of
two
workers.
When'the'strike
rs
refused
to
return
to
work,
they
were
dismissed.
WINDOW
FALL
FATAL
VANCOUVER
.Mrs.
Victor
Whratiry,
49,
plunged
20
feet
to
death
here
Monday
from
a
window
of
an
apartment
building.
Her
liusband
is
in
Victoria.
CRASH
KILLS
NINE
EG
LIN
FIELD,
Florida
Nine
members
of
the
crew
of
a
four-engined
bomber
were
killed
today
when
their
plane
crashed
near
Valparaiso,
Florida
"soon
after
taking
off
from
Eglin
Field,"
the
field's
public
relations
officer
reported.
"MONTY"
WILL
HURRY
HOME
British
Situation
Causes
Him
To
Curtail
Visit
to
Orient
LONDON,
Jt
From'
authoritative
sources,
It
was
learned
today
that
Field
Marshall
Viscount
Montgomery
would
curtail
his
Far
Eastern
tour
immediately
nd
return
to
Great
Britain
to
discuss
the
slashing
of
the
armed
forces,
in
view
of
the
economic
crisis.
Montgomery,
who
is
Chief
of
the
Imperial
General
Staff,
was
to
have
gone
to
Tokyo
to
visit
General.MacArthur
on
Aug
ust
5.
Marshal
Montgomery
left
Britain
In
June
and"
has
spent
seme
time
In
Australia
and
HAINES
ROAD
IS
NOW
OPEN
And
In
Good
Condition
C.P.R.
Transporting
Cars
and
Motorists
The
Haines
cut-off,
connecting
British
Columbia
and
Southeastern
Alaska's
famed
"Inside
Passage"
with
the
Alaska
Highway,
Is
open
and
in
good
condition
for
motor
traffic,
according
to
official
advice
received
by
lha
uiKiiway
tunuiiiucc
ui
im-
i
mitt
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
from
the
Haines
Chamber
of
Commerce.
To
accomodate
motorists
and
cars
making
the
trip
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Haines,
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
steamers
are
now
calling
at
Haines
by
special
arrangement.
3
number
of
rare
having
a.reidy
been
so
transported.
TAXI
1
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IB
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m.
B,uc
hone
235
Phone!
She
AY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
Iwfam
Jm
STAR
SUnd:
I
1
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
Cabs
II
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
176.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
29,
1947
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Threatens
geance
After
Executions
jtUSALEM
(CP)
British'rnilitary
authorities
iced
Tuesday
that
the
three
condemned
mem-f
Irgun
Zvai
Leumi,
a
Jewish
underground
or-
had.
been
hanged
in
Acre
Prison
Tuesday,
iion,
ngings
were-
carried
out
in
defiance
of
the
hreat
to
kill
two
kidnapped
British
sergdants
fwhom
the
extremists
hid
been
holding
as
hostages
since
July
12.
There
was
no
Indication
that
the
BrllEh
sbldiers
had
been
actually
s;ain.
The
executions
were
as
a
re
suit
of
a
Jail
delivery
at
Acre
Prison
when
sixteen
persons
were
killed.
Fire
Chief
Qlllc
Feldman.
who
directed
the
Denver
fire
equip
ment
which
was
called
to
the
fcene
to
aid
United
States
Arm
fire
fighters,
said!
"We'd
have
been
powerless
if
those
tanks
had
exploded."
NEW
SHORTENING
ISi
FLOUR
SAVER
CHICAGO
b
A
shortening
to
tweepin?
new
successes
in
East
ern
Sumatra,
reporting
the
cap
ture,
virtually
Intact,
cf
vital
coal
and
oil
regions
extending
for
more
than
100
miles
from
the
jumping
off
point
of
the
Dutch
troops
at
Palemibang.
Advances
were
announced
as
the
Netherlands
Navy
ordered
tlie
Java
points
of
Cheribon.
Pro-bollnggo
and
Banjoewangl
to
Xi
opened
Immediately
to
ncnnal
trade
In
an
effort
to
get
the
great
stores
of
captured
raw
material
moving
to
world
markets.
The
Dutch
announce
they
have
captured
the
rich
Sumatra
oil
field
town
of
Batoeradja,
80
miles
southwest
of
Palcmbang
and
the
important
Boekit
Assam
coal
mines
further
to
the
southwest.
with,
the-
dally
air
.mall
I
tils-
-4
eliminate
stale-bread
from
srro-1
weeks
aero
arid
arrived
In
the
city
natch.
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Baseball
Scores
National
league
Brooklyn
4,
Chicago
0.
New
York
20.
.Cincinnati
5.
Boston
7,
St.
Louis
8.
American
League
Detroit
1,
New
York
5.
Offers
Seal
Cove
Hangar
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build-was
recommended
last
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a
.rncclal
airport
com-
oart
of
a
nroicctcd
t('
keep
the
former
R.C,
operating
as
a
civic
at
no
cost
to
the
city,
'ty
as
yet
has,
no
actual
'case
to
the
former
mlli-
wse
but
1U
priority
to
over
under
certain
con-
recognized
bv
the
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nr
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me
commuiec
fndatlon
that
the
hangar
ed
to
C.P.A,
in
return
for
iiiuimenance
wnn
cr
suggestion
that
alr-
wnnci
be
offered
living
n
other
buildings
at
the
n
return
for
the
collcc:
'ces
from
other
planes
there.
Nora
Arnnlfi
fnM
"the
committee,
feels
that
cannot
takr
nvnr
hr
but
would
hate
to
see
it
ion
iir
--
arc
nonius
to
some
amicable
nrrnnirp.
Four
Years
Since
Battle
In
Sicily
!
OTTAWA-Four
years
ago
yesterday
afternoon
Canadian
Infantry
entered
the
town
of
Aglra,
Sicily,
after
five
days
of
bitter
fighting
against
an
enemy
who
was
determine:
to
hang
on
at
all
costs.
Canadian
casualties
In
this
battle
totalled
almost
600
In
all
ranks.
Nevertheless,
the
Canadians
virtually
cut
to
pieces
whole
units
of
the
enemy's
15th
and
29th
Panzer
Grenadier
Divisions
apd
took
700
prisoners.
BUFFALO
FLOUR
MILLS
STRIKE
BUFFALO,
O,
Approximately
400
gfaTn
processors
were
on
strike
at
three
more
of
Buffalo's
six
principal
flour
mills
In
walk-outs
that
will
reduce
the
production
of
this
milling
centre
to
oneYlenth
of
its
ten
million
poundidaily
capacitj.
ASPHALT
MIXER,
ROAD
ROLLER
FOR
STREET
REPAIR
PROGRAM
The
city's
projected
street
repair
program,
to
be
financed
at
least
in
part
by
the
recent
$143,000
rehabilitation
grant
from
the
federal
government,
took
a
step
forward
last
night
when
city
council
authorized
the
purchase
of
two
major
items
of
road
building
equipment
us
recommended
by
Gity
Engineer
Charles
Howe.
Authorized
for
immediate
pur-JU
chase
were
an
asphalt
hot-mix
cICm
V'CIHS
Offl
plant
at
a
price
of
$15,000
and
a
.
'
m
power
roller
priced
at
$4,100.
1
stVkf
HT
ISllfflPC
.
Bulletins
ntteen
veaaATi
injured
Widespread
Destruction
In
Explosion
at
Brest
BREST
(CP)
Fifteen
are
dead,
422
are
injured
and
hundreds
more
are
severely
shaken
as
a
consequence
of
a
fire
and
explosion
at
Brest.
Buildings
along
the
seafront
were
badly
shattered.
Explosions
were
set
off
in
the
city's
gas
system,
Gasoline
storage
tanks
took
fire
and
lines
of
communication
were
UNITED
NATIONS
TEST
IS
COMING
LAKE
SUCCESS,
O)
The
concensus
of
opinion,
as
expressed
by
delegates
Indicates
that
a
far-reaching
decision
may
come
tomorrow
on
the
Balkan
problem
and,
with
it,
a
test
of
the
United
Nations
power
for
effective
action
in
reaching
a
peaceful
settlement
of
the
disputes.
As
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
convened
yesterday
delegates
said
they
anticipated
voting
tomorrow,
or
not
later
than
Thursday,
on
the
American
proposal
to
set
up
an
International
watchdog
commission
over
the
I
Balkans.
Friday
Set
For
Murder
Preliminary
William
Eocles,
24-year
old
for
mer
American
soldier,
?wHl
appear
before
Magistrate
W.
D
Vance
at
10130
Friday
morning
for
preliminary
hearing
on
a
charge
of
murder
In
connection
with
the
death
on
July
25
of
Pat
rick
Joseph
Meehan,
whose
body
was
found
in
a
room
In
the
Central
Hotel.
A
fcrmal
charge
that
he
"unlawfully
did
murder"
Meehan
was
laid
by
Corporal
A.
H.
Taylor
cf
the
city
police
.detachment
nnd
yesterday
read
to
Eccles
who
has
been
held
In
Jail
since
shortly
after
the
body
of
the
45-year
old
miner
and
logger
was
discovered
five
days
ago.
An
inquest
into
Meehan's
death
!s
expected
to
be
completed
by
a
coroner's
jury
on
Thursday
afternoon.
The
Inquest
was
begun
Saturday
and
adjourned
without
hearing
testimony
until
July
31.
The
-
preliminary
hearing
will
start
Friday
morning
and
ls
expected
to
be
completed
that
day.
J.
T.
Harvey,
local
barrister,
Is
acting
for'
the
Crown
while
Mrs.
Wllla
Ray
of
the
lawf
Irm
of
W.
O.
Fulton
is
representing
Eccles.
Only
Crown
evidence
will
be
Presented
at
the
preliminary
t.n.l.
I
.n
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1
1.1
1
1
I
demolished.
All
of
those
killed
were
dock
workers
or
seamen.
A
crew
was
taken
safely
off
one
vessel
but
the
captain
was
killed
by
flying
debris.
Reports
from
Falmouth,
England,
120
miles
away,
said
a
fairly
sharp
tremor
was
felt.
This
shook,
doors
and
wtndcwSi
It
is
believed
the
explosion
was
responsible
for
the
tremor.
The
explosion
occurred
as
an
American-built
Norwegian
Liberty
ship,
Ocean
Liberty,
was
being
towed,
out
after
an
unsuccessful
five-hour
battle
to
extinguish'
a
fire
that
had
been
discovered
ln
the
hold.
The
disaster,
recalled
the
destruction
of
the
Texas
City
last
April
by
a
blast
aboard
the
French
freighter
Qrand
Camp,
'also
loaded
with
ammonium
nitrate.
Fires
raged
in
the
port
through
Monday
night.
Rescue
workers
and
fire
fighters
struggled
to
prevent
another
disaster
of
Texas
City
extent
as
they
search
ed
for
victims.
There
were,
varying
.estimates
of
dead,
injured'
and
mlsslnar.
Some
tallies
placed
as
low
as
four
to
seven
killed
and
comparatively
few
missing.
Other
estimates
ranged
from
11
to
22
killed
and
several
hundreds
injured.
The
blasts
and
fires
Indicate
the
gravest
peace
disaster
France
has
so
far
had.
oritles
to
have
Eccles
committed
(
II
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1
1
(
)(
IK
Kl
Al
K
for
trial.
If
he
Ls
committed,
the
I
vu
1
WLHVU
case
is
nicely
to
ccme
oerore
a
lury
at
the
next
sitting
of
Assize
Court
here
in
September.
Meehan
was
found
on
the
floor
,of
a
hotel
room
with'hls
face
and
head
beaten
after
an
uproar
in
which
the
Crown
alleges
that
he
and
Eccles
fought.
A
broken
beer
'bottle
was
found
beside
the
body.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
July
30,
1947
High
12:33
16.5
feet
23:58
19.1
feet
Low
6:08
4.4
feet
18:02
9.0
feet
PLASMA
MAY
SAVE
LIVES
CHILLIWACK,
Vh
Plasma,
from
the
Red
Cross
blood
donor
clinic,
has
given
two
badly
burned
loggers
better
odds
in
their
fight
for
life
In
hospital
here.
The
accident
victims
are
25-year
old
E.
McArthur
and
32-year
bid
N.
Cosolich.
Both
are
still
in
a
serious
condition
but
physicians,
state
the
plasma
Injections
"noticeably
Improved"
their
chances.
They
were
burned
In
a
fire
aboard
a
bocm-tug
docked
at
the
Silver
Skagit
Logging
Co.
operations
that
threatened
i;he
dock
when
another
tug
caught
fire.
PRAIRIE
CROP
HALF-PRICE
LOTS
FOR
MERCHANT
SEAMEN
The
privilege
of
buying
city-owned
lots
at
half
their
assessed
value
for
home
construction
has
been
extended
to
former
members
of
the
merchant
navy
who
served
"deep
sea"
during
the
Second
World
Wad.
City
Council
last
night
authorized
the
extension
of
the
right
that
heretofore
has
been
reserved
for
ex-servicemen.
The
motion
was
made
by
Alderman
Robert
McKay
who
told
council
that
in
his
opinion,
former
merchant
seamen
had
suffered
dangers
equal
to
members
of
the
armed
forces
and
that
they
deserved
equal
privilege
at
WINNIPEG
With
too
much
run
and
not
enough
rain,
crop
prospects
on
the
prairies
are
dallyTooklng
'blacker.
Only
long,
steady
downpour
can
save
the
situation
and,
In
some
districts,
it
is
already
too
late.
Between
Prince
Albert
and
North
Battleford
and
the
Saskatchewan-Alberta
border,
th
crop
ls
already
admitted
to
be
a
failure.
Alberta
crops
could
still
be
saved
by
moisture.
Medicine
Hat
and
Moose"
Jaw
were
the
warmest
points
on
the
prairies
yesterday
with
99
above.
At
Saskatoon
It
was
9o
above.
least
in
the
purchase
of
home
sites.
Council
agreed
although
there
was
some
discusslpn
as
to
how
to
differentiate
between
those
Who
had
served
in
danger
zones
and
those
who
had
shipped
in
coastal
waters.
The
aldermen
finally
decided
that
the
phrase
"deep
sea"
was
adequate.
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