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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
295.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1947
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by
i
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Icf!
former
'model
maid'
Ann
Her-'..
.
entering
police
headquarters
at
Mineola,
N
Y.
cv
pl;inc
from
France
with
a
picnic
bag
filled
with
-uf
lewelry
in
tlu
custody
of
Detective
Ballard.
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in
the
home
ol
Oeorge
F
Baker
Jr
.
Centre
Uut.d.
Miss
Harcek
is
being
held
for
arraignment
i
oureiary
and
grand
larceny.
She
was
arrested
In
.
on
a
presidential
warrant,
issued
on
appeal
of
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woman
at
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citizens,
at
public
meeting
last,,
city
council
chamber,
manifested
critical
the
proposal
of
Kenneth
Aleek
of
Calgary
should
put
up
$500,000
to
purchase
the
i-built
port
installations
here
and
set
up
incry
for
the
opening
of
the
port
to
world
i
rommfroe.
The
out-
o:ut
w
hours'
dls-j
union
here
In
the
opening
of
.rii
UK
.
pei
ts
of
Mr.;
the
port
for
postwar
shipping
wa
a
resolution
i
and
commerce.
He
had
always
...d
be
u.sked
to
pro-1
believed
that
this
must
be
the
ccd
at'
information
j
outiet
for
the
north
Including
mcr.N
ot
the
inter-,
the
Peace
River.
He
had
travel-aki;
.?
firm
of
E.
D.ied
extensively
throughout
the
(iUf,.tly
mentioned
country,
had
Interviewed
many
a
as
buna
definitely
imnortiinf.
authorities
and
ln-
uuli''
facilities
of
j
Crests
and
had
always
been
Prince
Rupert
if
they,
ajked;
"What
is
Prince
Rupert
a
-quired,
also
what
!
ik
willing
to
do
about
it?"
mi'ii'-
or
expected!
This
had
remitted
in
his
coming
Canadian
National
!
back
to
put
the
whole
thing
be-otiier
more
clart-
f0re
the
people
here.
If
they
..on
r
the
deal
In
-
would
put
up.
and
take
over
the
the
meantime,
the
'
installations,
he
was
assured
.au
!;.
avoid
demo-1
that
the
Bassoon
shipping
and
in
.illations,
also!
inking
invests
would
come
In
:;k
War
Asset
Cor-
j
an
that
there
would
be
full
'
ive
Mr
Meek
a
j.co-oiratlon
from
railway
com-rjftensinn
of
liii
Wv
and
irovernment
depart-
of
.sale
under
the
Wi?nt.
He
had
exhausted
all
:
h
he
mu-t
put
up
jangles
for
opening
the
port
ol
$225,000
on
the
'
unless
a
start
was
made
In
Prince
fur
the
purchase
Rupert
Itself,
u.itlons
by
Decern-
in
the
meantime,
he
must
pay
...
vnir.
;
up
y
December
31
the
balance
v.tr.
uas
held
under
I
of
$225,000
on
his
agreement
of
ot
the
City
of
;
sale.
If
he
could
not
complete
t
i
ho
Trince
Ru-1
arrangements
for
the
putting
of
oci
of
Commerce
and
'
the
Installations
to
use
for
port
Chamber
of
Com-!
development,
there
would
be
no
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
alternative
but
to
proceed
with
rhulr
with
E.
T.
f
irretary
of
the
:rrt
chamber
of
Com-irdlnu
the
proceed
-
'he
meeting,
the
:c
or
the
interest
'
Im-ally
in
retaln-Installatlona
Intact
Abilities
that
ap-xist
for
the
use
of
mnrip
nnrt
In
this
Men
aad
been
interesting
two
yoars
and
had
intact
with
the
Sas-
'
concern
and
coal
;
well
as
many
others,
would
tell
of
his
a
locally
financed
mpany
by
-which
PHnrft
tJnrinrt
wfilllfl
'hcnr.dves
In
promoting
Pfni:-
of
the
port
to
world
""MASTIC
P
STAKT
W;-k
told
how
he
had
Wllised
:;...m
Mie
sta-'1
9'
possiblll'tiefi
nl'
using
'rar
i,
u,.ii.
i
mt
n
i
.
demolition
In
order
to
protect
his
Investment
and
that
of
his
associates.
"I
stand
to
lose
everything
If
I
do
not
put
up
by
December
31."
he
admitted.
He
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
CONTROLLING
OF
ATOMIC
ENERGY
KTE-w
vnRK
a
-General
A.
O
l'
McNaughton,
head
of
the
Canadian
delegation
to
the
Atomic
Energy
Commission,
told
the
Canadian
Club
of
New
York
yesterday
that.
If
an
international
agreement
could
not
be
reached
on
the
"acute
problem"
of
atomic
energy
control,
the
United
States
should
maintain
and
expand
Its
lead.
British
Government
r..mlir
f.nncerned
"
J
IU,
LONDON.
0"
-
kcspuumw
government
officials
here
express
grave
concern
over
the
collapse
of
the
Big
Four
conference
and
the
Indefinite
prolong-ntion
of
Germany's
disunity
Bulletins
HIGH
WIND
LN
SOUTH
VANCOUVER
There
was
no
serious
damage
from
a
high
wind
which
swept
the
Lower
Mainland
and
Vancouver
Island
last
night
although
power,
telephone
and
telegraphic
services
were
disrupted.
The
gale
velocity
reached
it
miles
per
hour.
TKUMAN
SIGNS
BILL
WASHINGTON,
D.O
Frrsi-dent
Truman
yesterday
signed
the
$597,000,000
stop-gap
European
aid
bilL
BUILDING
COLLAPSE
FATAL
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Firemen
tunnelling
through
tons
of
debris
yesterday
rescued
a
woman
from
the
interior
of
a
building,
collapse
of
w
hich
killed
at
least
one
person
and
injured
eleven
others.
A
woman
was
dug
out
of
the
wreckage
five
hours
after
the
collapse
occurred.
The
cause
was
not
immediately
determined.
WAR
GOODS
PICKETED
!
Vancouver
Pastor
Resents
.
Shipment
of
Destructive
i
Goods
to
China
VANCOUVER
A
picket
line
has
been
formed
near
the
steam-shin
Colima
berthed
here,
that
is
makln"
nri-naratlons
to
leave
ate
that
at
this
season
there
was!
an
intention
to
send
to
a
natloi
an
intention
to
send
to
a
nation
a
shipload
of
gooUs
manufactured
for
purposes
of
destruction.
IS
INJURED
IN
RUNAWAY
W.
J.
Crawford,
Stewart
Transportation
Mn,
in
Hospital
Here
W.
J.
Crawford,
pioneer
trans
portation
man
of
the
Portland
Canal
district
was
brought
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
cn
the
CoquiUam
Tuesday.
Mr.
Crawford
thought
that
he
would
like
to
renew
some
of
the
Dleasure
attendant
on
driving
.
.
,
j
...,.1.
a
team
oi
noes
equippea
mu
bells
hauling
a
sleigh
just
like
the
good
old
days.
He
was
in
the
act
of
hitching
his
team
to
the
sleigh,
surrounded
by
a
group
of
admiring
children,
when
one
of
the
horses
became
a
bit
restless
and
wrenching
his
head
free
from
the
nerson
holding
him,
nroceeded
to
run
away.
Mr.
Crawford
tried
to
hold
on
to
the
other
one
but
was
thrown
down
and
trampled
on
and
the
sleigh
went
over
him.
He
was
taken
to
the
Stewart
General
Hospital
where
it
was
found
that,
In
addi
tion
to
a
fractured
lower
jaw,
his
dental
plate
was
broken
and
he
sustained
numerous
otner
bruises.
Dr.
W.
R.
Walker,
of
Premier,
who
attended
him.
advised
that
he
be
taken
to
Prince
Rupert
for
further
medical
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Prince
Rupert.
Hecate
Straits,
Queen
Charlotte
Sound,
West
Coast,
Queen
Charlottes
and
Dixon
Entrance
Cloudy
with
showers,
winds
southerly,
25
m.
p.h.
Visibility
5
miles
In
showers,
otherwise
15
miles.
Forecast
A
deep
low-pressure
area
centred
In
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
Is
giving
a
strong
southwest
flow
of
moist
air
along
the
B.C.
coast.
Continuous
showery
weather
will
be
general
lr.
all
regions.
Martial
Law
For
Mukden
Situation
In
.Manchurian
Capital
Serious
As
Communists
Plan
Offensive
SHANOHAI
(CP.
Courtesjj
B.C.
Police
Radiol
The
Inde-j
pendent
newspaper,
Taking
Pao.j
reported
today
that
the
government
had
placed
Mukden
under
martial
law.
this
underlining
the
gravity
of
the
civil
situation
In
Manchuria.
It
appears
that
the
Chinese
communists
have
massed
for
their
offensive
in
Manchuria
and
that
their
drive
is
gaining
momentum.
Receives
Treatment
For
Head
Injury
A
man
whose
name
was
given
to
the
city
ambulance
driver
as
Mr.
Buchan,
was
taken
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
las
night
suffering
from
a
cut
on
the
head.
He
had
been
picked
up
by
the
police
In
a
dazed
con-
Safe
In
Port
tomorrow
with
(roods
destined
Snohomish
Makes
Sao
Luii
for
China.
Th
material
Is
being
j
Maranhao
After
Being
Aground
pipped
througbaheRQMUCan-j
'
yjcxoRIA
-On'"a
"history
-adlan
Air
Force
and
Is
intended
madnff
voyage.
tne
big
deepsea
for
air
defence
purposes
in.
Snohomish.
bound
from
China.
Rev.
Andrew
Hoddan..
A(res
Umped
tUe
tQ
Buenos
Vancouver
clergyman,
speaking
mUe
Bra2lBan
,rt
of
yesterday,
said
it
was
unfortun-1
vesterdav
after
being
agrcund
for
soma
hours
on
rocky
San
Marcos
Island.
The
tug
suffered
some
dam
age
but
the
British
Columbia
crew
of
19
men
from
Vancouver
and
Victoria
escaped
in-Jury.
It
was
reported
to
the
owners,
Island
Tug
&
Barge
Co.,
here.
The
Snohomish
sailed
last
October
with
six
former
United
States
Army
tugs
lashed
to
the
deck
of
a
big
barge
on
a
10,000-
mile
towing
mission,
the
longest
ever
undertaken
from
the
Pa
clflc
Northwest.
"Refloated"
was
the
terse
wire
from
her
skipper,
Capt.
Fred
R.
MacFarlane
of
Victoria.
"Double
bottom
damaged"
PALESTINE
IS
QUIETER
JERUSALEM,
tf
One
British
police
sergeant
was
killed
and
another
seriously
wounded
during
the
night
when
they
were
attacked
here.
This
brings
the
Holy
Land's
total
dead
In
17
days
of
Arab-Jewish
strife
to
260.
The
violence,
however,
appeared
to
be
tapering
off
and
all
was
quiet
this
morning.
NEWSPAPERS
ARE
HIT
BY
EMBARGO
TORONTO
-Canadian
newspapers
have
been
put
in
serious
straits
as
a
result
of
the
embargo
on
flash
bulbs
imported
irom
the
United
States.
Following
representations
by
.the
Canadian
Daily
Newspapers
Association,
Deputy
Minister
of
NaUonal
Revenue
has
given
assurance
that
he
will
look
into
the
question
of
Canadian
manufacturers
being
able
to
supply
the
demand.
I
Newspapers
concerned
are
alsoj
communicating
with
the
deputy
minister
to
make
known
the
serious
predicament
which
Is
confronting
the
press.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
east
at
10:45,
was
reported
this
afterncon
to
be
about
two-and-a-half
houTs
late.
HITLER'S
MOTHER-IN-LAW
CLEARED
Adolf
Hitler's
mother-in-law,
Frau
Franziska
Braun,
Is
shown
with
her
husband?
Wil-helm,
In
their
Munich,
Germany,
home,
after
a
denazification
board
absolved
the
former
of
charges
that
she
was
a
Nazi.
The
court
Is
scheduled
soon
to
rule
in
the
case
of
her
husband.
They
are
the
parents
of
Eva
Braun,
who
became
Hitler's
wife
a
few
hours
before
their
reported
double
suicide
In
a
German
bomb
shelter.
ANSCOMB
AND
JOHNSON
MEET
ON
NEW
COALITION-TORIES
TO
GAIN
VIPTflRTA
(CP
fniirtpcv
P.C.
PnliVp
T7nrlin
dition
and
was
believed
to
have.
'
i
.
7-
-
received
tne
injury
in
a
iracas
.
.."...
-
near
sixth
street
a
short
time
the
Conservative
leader,
Minister
of
Finance
Herbert
..
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t
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ii.ll
I
t
Til
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11
1
Tl
T1
earlier.
He
left
after
treatment.
the
hospital
Victoria
Tug
Anscrimli
anil
Hip
iiput
T.ihpvnl
1pjii1pv
Rvrnn
.Tnhnsnn.
-
.
'
..
"
"
,
J
1
yestertlay
to
discuss
the
basis
of
coalition
and
there
was
no
indication
it
turther
meetings
will
be
field.
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STOCKS
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Vi
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Pend
Orielle
2.05
Pioneer
3.45
Premier
Border
0434
Privateer
32
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
20
Sheep
Creek
1.01
Taylor
Bridge
50
Vananda
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Congress
03
Pacific
Eastern
05
Hedley
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Central
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C.
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3.20
Home
4.80
PRAVDA
SAYS
U.S.
PLANS
FAILURE
MOSCOW
(CP,
Courtesy
B.C.
Police
Radio)
The
'Russians
were
told
by
newspaper
Pravda
today
that
the
council
of
foreign
ministers
In
London
did
not
fall
but
rather
It
was
the
plans
of
the
United
States
Department
of
State
that
had
failed.
VANCOUVER
(CPP,
Courtesy
B.C.
Police
Radiol
Vancouver
was
isolated
from
Eastern
Canada
todav
when
telephone
and
telegraph
wires
went-
down
be
tween
Agasslz
and
Field.
LOCAL
TIDES
Friday,
December
19,
1917
High
6:10
17.6
feet
17:46
16.8
feet
Low
12:05
10.3
feet
BUDGET
LEAK
REPORT
LONDON
A
parliamentary
committee
on
the
premature
budget
disclosure
which
resulted
in
the
resignation
of
Chancellor
of
the
Exchejuer
Hugh
Daltou
said
it
was
not
premeditated
but
should
not
have
been
made.
Mr.
Dalton
had
had
no
idea
it
would
appear
before
the
budget
was
delivered.
John
Carglll,
political
reporter
of
the
London
Star,
had
made
an
error
In
Judgment
but
it
was
in
good
faith.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Boston
2,
New
York
5.
Detroit
7,
Chicago
1.
Benina
tne
scenes
reports
in
dicated,
however,
that
Attorney-Geeral
Gordon
Wlsmer
will
not
continue
as
a
member
of
the
cabinet
and
that
the
Conserva-Uves
will
be
given
an
additional
r-ihfnpt.
nnst.
nrnhahlv
education.
Ivlp5..i
William
.Siraltrf-otVlctttfla.
is
prominently
mentioned
as
a
possible
new
Attorney-General.
Reports
also
say
that
Mr.
Ans-combe
has
not
budged
from
the
position
that
he
'
should
be
named
to
the
Premiership.
STORMS
SEND
WIRES
DOWN
Complete
Disruption
of
Telegraph
Traffic
Because
of
Bad
Weather
Snow
and
weather
conditions
generally
between
Vancouver
.
and
Edmonton
completely
disrupted
telegraphic
communications
between
here
and
the
lower
mainland
today.
Traffic
the
Fast
was
beine
routed
Provincial
police
radio
stepped
into
the
breach
to
assist
the
Daily
News
with
press
dis
patches.
Long
distance
telephone
communication
was
being
maintained
by
use
of
coastal
radiophone
link.
ELIZABETH
TO
GET
$200,000
House
Should
Not
Cavil,
Declare
Stafford
Cripps
LONDON
Over
the
Tevolt
of
several
Labor
members
who
suggested
that
it
be
reduced
to
$20,000,
Parliament
yesterday
voted
to
clve
Prince
Phillip
and
Princess
Elizabeth'
$200,000
per
year.
Chancellor
of
the
Exche
quer
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
said
"this
Is
not
a
matter
on
wrucn
we
should
cavil
at
a
few
thousand
pounds."
In
the
debate
on
the
amount
to
be
given
the
royal
couple.
Sir
Stafford
said
Whatever
we
do
must
be
done
with
the
Idea
of
supporting
the
dignity
of
the
crown.
Tlie
royal
bride
and
groom
are
'iving
in
Buckingham
Palace
at
present.
The
groom
has
a
desk
Job
in
the
Admiralty
which
pays
him
$51.80
per
week.
PARLIAMENT
ADJOURNS
OTTAWA
.
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
has
moved
adjournment
of
Parlia
ment
for
the
Christmas
cess
until
January
26.
RAIN
TURJSS
FIRE
TAKES
FOUR
LIVES
Tragedy
in
in
Village
Village
Near
Near
Kingston
n,
Did
Adolf
Hitler
Get
Away
Alive?
Former
Luftwaffe
Pilot
Tells
of
Denmark
Flight
'
From
There
Fuehrer
and
Eva
Braun
.
Left
For
Unknown
Destination
WARSAW
Steps
are
being
taken
to
investigate
the
credibility
of
the
story
of
a
former
German
Luftwaffe
pilot
who
has
declared
here
that
he
flew
Adolf
Hitler
and
Eva
Braun
from
Germany
to
Denmark
on
April
28,
1945,
as
Germany
was
about
to
surrender.
In
Denmark
the
former
Fuehrer
and
h.is
TO
WET
SAO
IF
Prospects
of
a
"white
Christmas"
came
to
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
with
a
heavy,
wet
snowfall
that
started
Just
before
noon
and
whitened
streets
and
rooftops
within
an
hour.
The
streets
immediately
became
slushy,
but
up
to
early
afternoon
had
not
become
dangerous
by
freezing.
.
The
snowfall
climaxed
one
of
the
wettest
periods
of
the
winter
during
which
rain
fell
almost
continuously
for
three
days.
Precipitation
for
the
24
hours
ending
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
totalled
1.61
Inches.
and
one
man
suffered
burns,
cuts
and
shock
early
yesterday
when
fire
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
an
overheated
stove
destroyed
a
two-storey
log
farm
house
near
Hartlngton
village,
30
miles
north
of
here.
The
dead
are
Mrs.
Steven
Card,
C9;
her
son,
Henry
Card,
32:
her
daughter,
Mrs.
Lillian
Boomhour,
30,
and
a
six-months
niri
erandson.
Harry
James
Boomhour.
James
Boomhour,
the
husband,
and
Mrs.
Lillian
Boomhour
are
In
hospital
here.
They
escaped
through
windows
of
the
flame-swept
house.
73
ROSES
through
Edmonton
and
Calgary,
j
THf)
U
I
k
(I
Prime
Minister
Says
They
Are
the
Finest
Gift
of
All
OTTAWA
Wednesday
was
the
seventy-third
anniversary
of
the
birth
of
Prime
Minister
Rt.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
and
the
nrmp
fnnriH
on
his
desk
73
roses.
Applause
from
all
parts
of
the
house
was
hearty
and
pro-loneed.
In
acknowledgment,
Pre
mier
King
said
that
In
his
politi
cal
life
he
had
received
many
rich
rewards
but
this
was
the
finest
ot
all.
Yet
he
would
be
happier
could
he
but
say
that
the
occasion
was
his
thirty-sev
enth
Instead
of
seventy.-thlrd
birthday.
Close
Division
On
Control
of
Prices
OTTAWA
A
Canadian
Con
gress
of
Labor
survey
says
that
Liberal
members
of
Parliament
ore
about
evenly
divided
on
the
qustion
of
price
controls.
Pro
gressive
Conservatives
and
Social
Credit
are
opposed
and
C.C.F.
members
are
unanimously
In
fa
vor.
CIVILIAN
POSSE
GIVES
UP
HUNT
PENTICTON
A
civilian
posse
has
given
up
the
search
for
Russell
Speers
who
escaped
November
14
from,
the
Pentlcton
lockup.
"I'll
shoot.
to
kill
or
go
under
the
sod
myself,"
shouted
Speers
to
officers
who
had
attempted
nreviouslv
to
recaDture
him.
Al
t
companion
took
another
plane
to
an
unknown
destination.
It
was
always
believed
that
Hitler
and
Miss
Braun
killed
themselves
In
the
Reichschan-cellory
on
April
30.
HOUSE
TALKS
OF
DOLLAR
SAVING
Finance
Minister
Defends
New
Trade
Agreements
With
United
Slates
OTTAWA,
0
Intricate
details
of
the
government's
emergency
plans
to
conserve
Canada's
United
States
dollar
reserves
were
placed
before
the
House
of
Commons
and
promptly
drew
the
Progressive
Conservative
charge
that
the
proposals
constituted'
"control,
complete,
Iln-al
and
absolute."
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
said
there
was
need
for
new
trade
agreements
which
would
facilitate
facilitate
the
the
heavx
heavy
flow
now
oi
ot
1
Ont.,
Yesterday
Jcanadlan
goods
to.
United
State
KINGSTON,
Ont..
ffl
-
Four
persons
were
burned
to
death
&
in
this
direction.
Mr.
Abbott
gave
his
review
on
moving
the
second
reading
of
the
bill
giving
statutory
force
to
Import
and
other
restrictions
Imposed
when
the
emergency
program
was
launched
Novem
ber
17.
Demolition
Is
Opposed
On
behalf
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
a
message
has
been
sent
to
the
minister
of
reconstruction
at
Ottawa
strongly
urging
flhe
Dominion
not
to
permit
under
any
consideration,
demolition
of
ths
American
Installations
at
the
port
of
Prlnw
Rupert.
All
Installations
having
been
made
the
subject
of
one
deal
has
probably
stopped
possible
purchasers'
from
Investigating
uses
separr
ately,
the
message
suggests,
ex-m-esslne
the
belief
that
the
warehouse,
dock
and
adminis
tration
building
etc.
should
-be
separate
offerings
even
though
the
present
optionee
may
have
to
be
reimbursed.
"We
respect-tulll
urge
the
government's
aim
should
be
utilization
for
prog
ress
rather
than
demolition
for
salvage."
ready
he
has
wounded
Constable
;
friendships
R.
Mercer.
MRS.
H.
0.
CREWE
DIES
IN
SOUTH
Mrs.
H.
O.
Crewe;
Tor
years
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert,
pass
ed
away
in
the
Vancouver
Gen
eral
Hospital
late
last
week.
Her
husband,
Hubert
Oldham
Crewe,
predeceased
her
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
Surviving
members
of
the
family
are
a
daughter,
Mrs.
Lee
Straight;
two
sisters
and
two
brothers.
The
funeral
was
conducted
Monday
by
Rev.
J.
W.
Robinson,
In
St.
Augustlnes'
Anglican
Church.
Marpole.
There
was
cremation,
with
Interment
at
Forest
Lawn
Cemetery.
It
was
in
1919
that
Mrs.
Crewe
came
to
Canada
as
a
war
bride,
joining
her
husband
at
Prince
Rupert,
where
they
lived
for
eight
years
and
formed
many
She
conducted
a
school
for
dancing
here.
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Jin