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la
taxes.
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Klnnalrd
of
the
social
service
department
re-
turned
Monday
afternoon
by
air
f"om
a
month's
holiday
spent
In
vu)n:ouver.
34c
More
Per
Hour
Is
Asked
CHICAGO
(CP)
Kail-road'
unions
of
United
States
and
Canada
yesterday
unveiled
demands
for
wage
increases
for
over
-100,000
employees.
At
Winnipeg
delegates
representing
40,000
men
employed
In
motive
power
and
car
departments
of
Canadian
rail
roads
demanded
an
Immediate
34c
per
hour
wage
Increase
and
two
veeks'
holiday
with
pay
provisions.
At
Chicago
five
operating
railroad
brotherhoods
served
notices
on
individual
American
railroads
demanding
thirty
percent
Increase
for
400,000
em-employecs
effective
November
1.
MERCY
FLIGHT
FOR
CLERGYMAN
WINNIPEG.
Cf,
A
1723-mll?
mercy
liuht
to
northern
Mafia
tt
InlclTvas
to
bejln
today
to
brlnp;
aid
to
a
Church
of
England
clergyman
reported
to
be
seriously
111
at
his
lonely
out-poit.
Army
officials
announced
Wage
Demand.
BROTHER
MEMBERS
OF
U.N,
ASSEMBLY
Mr.
Solon
Low,
Canadian
M.P.,
and
delegate
to
the
United
Nations'
general
assembly
at
Flushing,
N.Y.,
has
a
word
with
the
chairman
of
the
Saudi
Arabian
delegate
to
the
assembly.
Hon.
Louis
St.
Laurent,
minister
of
external
affairs;
Rt.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
of
justice;
W.
A.
Tucker,
M.PH
and
Joseph
Bradette,
represent
Canada
at
the
meeting.
Eckels
Is
Acquitted
Found'
Not
Guilty
of
.Murder
by
Assize
Court
Jury
William
Harry
Eckels.
21-ycar
the
illflliLwoiil&AtarayheiitD-.told'Amerlcan
pi'svJl
was
received"
from
Ottawa
but
did
not
reveal
the
nature
'of
ihe
Illness
which
struck
Canon
John
H.
Turner.
Ills
condition
Is
reported
serious.
Ukraine
Rejected
United
Nations
Fail
lo
Accept
Russia's
Nomination
to
Security
Council
NEW
YOI5K,
fi
The
Soviet
delegation
to
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
today
seethed
In
a
.stave
of
near
panic
over
the
failure
yesterday
after
seven
bal
lots
to
elect
the
Ukraine,
her
candidate
for
one
of
the
vacan
cies
on
the
all-powerful
security
council.
Result
of
a
night
of
Intensive
lobbying
and
trading
will
be
revealed
when
the
Assembly
resumes
voting.
On
the
Jlrst
ballot
yesterday
Canada
and
Argentina
were
elected
to
the
security
council
with
11
votes
each,
Ukraine
"being
third
with
33
which
did
not
meet
the
two-thirds
requirement.
Successive
ballots
fallci
to
produce
sufficient
votes.
In
the
first
ballot
India
received
29
votes
and
Czechoslovakia
eight.
BRITISH
FIRMS
WELCOMED
HERE
Canada's
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
Speaks
in
South
Africa
PORT
ELIZABETH,
South
Af
rica.
Canadian
Trade
Mliv
ister
James
A.
McKinnon
said
here
today
that
approximately
450
British
subsidiary
firms
were
nt
present
located
In
Canada
with
reported
capital
of
$600,-000,000
and
"we
welcome
the
growing
desire
of
more
British
firms
to
consider
the
establishment
of
branch
plants
In
Can
ada."
NEW
GRAIN
ritlCE
LONDON
The
government
announced
today
that
a
price
of
$2
per
bushel
for
Canadian
grain
had
been
agrctd
upon
for
the
year
1918-19
as
compared
with
the
present
price
of
SI.
53.
toldler.-was
ftenuywUynethcj
-ft
ot;
td
oiv
a'Charge
toy
a
twelve
man
Jury
which
deliberated
40
minutes
following
his
two-day
trial
in
Assize
Court
here
Tuesday
afternoon.
Eckels
was
charged
with
the
murder
of
Patrick
Joseph
Meehan,
a
logger
and
mine
worker.
In
a
roo
mof
the
Central
Hotel
here
on
July
25.
A
patter
oT
applause
fluttered
through
the
court
room
spectators'
gallery
as
jury
foreman
Thomas
Boulter
delivered
the
verdict
of
"not
guilty"
and
His
Lordship
ordered
Eckels
freed
from
police
custody
at
5:15
p.m.
The
verdict
followed
Mr.
Justice
Wilson's
00-minufce
charge
to
the
jury,
during
(which
he
told
them
that,
in
his
opinion,
"the
alternatives
here
are
manslaughter
or
acquittal.
I
do
not
think
the
evidence
here
shows
Intent
to
kill
or
a
recldess
Intent
to
Inflict
bodily
harm.
The
evidence
does
not
Indicate
murder."
The
afternoon
session,
which
began
at
2:45,
opened
with
the
address
"To
the
jury
toy
Defence
Counsel
Willa
M.
Ray
whe
stressed
Eckels
testimony
that,
during
a
struggle
In
a
Central
Hotel
room,
he
had
struck
Meehan
"to
put
him
out
of
action
so
that
I
could
get
out
of
the
room."
(Recalling
that
Meehan
hart
attacked
Eckels
with
a
beer
bottle,
Mrs.
Ray
said:
"I
contend
that
Meehan
Intended
to
carry
out
what
he
later
told
the
bov
(Eckels)
he
intended
to
do
kt!T
him."
Her
emphasis
on
self-defence
was
Inspired
toy
Eckels'
statements
In
evidence
that.
In
strik
ing
Meehan.
he
had
Intended
to
!
do
no
more
than
render
the
man
harmless
because
he'feared
that
Meehan
might
still
have
had
the
Jagged
neck
of
a
beer
bottle
in.
his
hand
when
they
grappled.
Eckels
had
quoted
Meehan
as
repeating:
"I'll
kill
you!
I'll
kill
you!"
as.
they
.strug3lcd
In
the
darkened
hotel
room.
Crown
Counsel
J.
T.
Harvey
contended
that,
since
analysis
of
the
nkoTIol
content
of
Mee-han's
blood
had
showed
that
In
the
opinion
of
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman
he
was
In
a
state
of
drunkenness
between
"confusion
and
stupidity."
he'
could
not
have
been
a
dangerous
opponent
Therefore
Eckels
went
beyond
the
justifiable'
Wmltt
of
self-defence
In
beating
him
so
i
1
til.
w
.
v.
1
1
w
w
n
l.Ul
.v..t""
jMir
in-.
.'
t.atemenrs
of
Jess.
Clayton,
a
native
woman,
which
Indicated
that
Meenan
had
grown
angry
when
Eckels
had
turned
h'is
attention
to
the
Clayton
woman,
whom
Meehan
had
been
-with,
thus
provoking
a
quarrel.
Mr.
Justice
Wilson
charged
Ihe
jury
that,
whatever
the
cause
of
.the
light,
the
Jurjjnen
defended
himself
from
Median's
attack.
"The
right
of
self
defence
proceeds
from
and
is
limited
to
a
reasonable
sense
of
responsibility,"
His
Lordship
said.
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October
147
..
September
3018
JUNIOR
e
Hanging
at
Okalja
at
Dawn
Today
ilwaymen
Making
New
MOVED
TO
COAST
safety
as
a
tropical
hurrl-jrd
Flordla
coast
were
these
resl-B;
They
are
shown
(top)
seeking
At
bottom
Is
a
unique
photo
reconnaissance
crew
which
flew
in
of
the
hurricane
as
It
gath-rr.as
Using
radar
Instruments,
It
lo-the
storm
and
photographed
a
huge
from
the
surface
of
the
ocean.
Davis
Houston
and
Harry
Medos
Die
for
Killings
"Confession"
of
Indian's
Father
Repudiated
and
Reprieve
is,
Therefore,
Denied
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Two
convicted
murderers
paid
for
their
crimes
against
society
on
twin
scaffolds
at
Okalla
Prison
in
nearby
Burnaby
as
dawn
was
breaking
over
this
west
coast
port
today.
Hangman
Arthur
Ellis
sprang
the
traps
on
curly-haired
Harry
Medos,
aged
22,
and
Davis
Houston,
28-year-
BULLETINS
.MEAT
FOR
HOSPITALS
VANCOUVER
Officials
or
the
United
Packing
House
Workers
of
America
said
Tuesday
night
that
provincial
hospitals
and
institutions
would
receive
regular
meat
supplies
from
Gainer's
plant
in
Vancouver
in
the
event
of
a
walkout
in
independent
plants.
IKON
PRICE
INCREASE
OTTAWA
The
(
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Hoard
announced
Tuesday
night
increases
of
$2.50
per
ton
for
pig
iron,
$5
to
S7
per
ton
for
sttel
bullets,
bars
anil
rods
and
$7
lo
$10
for
varying
types
of
steel
shafting,
effective
October
1.
CAR
SHORTAGE
WORSE
OTTAWA
B.
S.
Liberty,
transport
controller,
said
today
.that
Canada
was
facing
"the-worstMrar
shortage
:fv
known.
He
made
the
statement
in
commenting
on
a
Montreal
dispatch
which
said
that
transport
shortages
were
slowing
the
entire
movement
of
grain
from
the
head
of
the
lakes
to
Montreal.
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TO
DECEMBER
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231
JOW
YOUR
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CENTRE
NOW!
old
Indian,
simultaneously
at
6:06
a.m.
They
were
pronounced
dead
fifteen
minutes
later.
It
was
the
first
multiple
hanging
In
British
Columbia
in
ten
years.
Houston
was
convicted
of
the
brutal
slaying
on
November
3
of
Mrs.
Beatrice
Smith,
cook
at
a
Belize
Inlet
logging
camp.
It
appeared
for
a
time
yesterday
that
he
might
be
reprieved
but
the
reprieve-
was
denied
after
Houston's
father
repudiated
a
purported
"confession"
which
he
admitted
he
had
made
to
save
his
son's
life.
Handsome
debonair
Medos
was
hanged
for
the
cold-blooded
slaying
of
Constable
Charles
Boyes
during
a
flaming
gun
battle
February
26
in
the
False
Creek
flats
industrial
area
of
Vancouver.
-
WHEAT
POLICY
IS
DENOUNCED
John
Bracken
Claims
Farmers
.Robbed
of
$200,000,000
CARBERRY,
Manitoba,
Manitoba
wheat
prices
for
six
years
continually
lagged
far
behind
rising
farm
costs
and
this
"dlcrimlnatlon"
has
resulted
in
Canadian
wheat
producers
being
"robbed"
of
some
$200,000,-000
toy
the
government's
"gamble
In
wheat,"
John
Bracken,
national
leader
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party,
said
today.
In
a
speech
prepared
for
delivery
here
Mr.
Bracken
said
there
has
been
a
world-wide
scarcity
of
wheat
since
the
end
of
the
second
World
War
but,
although
Canada
sells
to
other
countries,
nearly
three-qlarters
of
her
wheat
growers
have
been
and
are
still
denied
the
world
price
for
their
expofi
wheat.
The
government
has
seized
their
crops
fpr
four
years
and,
so
far.
has
sold
them
for
about
$1
a
bushel
less
than
other
countries
are
receiving
lor
wheat.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Rain
returned
to
southwestern
British
Columbia
this
morning
to
end
the
spell
of
dry
weather
which
lasted
for
fifteen
days.
More
rain
was
expected
over
the
province
as
a
weather
disturb
ance,
causing
gale
winds
over
the
north
coast
this
morning
moves
inland
today.
Temperature
will
return
to
near
normal
throughout
the
province.
Forecast
Trlnce
Rupert
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Southern
Section:
Overcast
today,
continuous
rain
commencing
In
afternoon.
Thursday,
overcast
vlth
showers.
Winds
light,
Increasing
to
southeast
(25)
In
afternoon,
becoming
light
after
midnight.
Light
Thursday
Cooler
today
and
Thursday.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
ThursdayPort
Hardy
48
and
56.
Northern
Section
Overcast
today.
Continuous
rain
until
afternoon,
scattered
showers
thereafter.
,
Thursday,
overcast
with
scattered
showers.
Winds
southerly
(35)
becoming
south
westerly
(25)
in
afternoon,
westerly
(25)
tonight
and
Thursday.
UttFe
change
In
temperature
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert
50
and
58.
TTW
STAR
j
Cabs
YANKS
WIN
QNE-SIDER
Murdered
Dodgers
With
Heavy
Hitting
In
Second
World
Series
Game
YANKEE
STADIUM
tt
Blasting
four
Brooklyn
pitchers
for
fifteen
hits
in
a
murderous
display
of
power,
New
York
Yankees
overwhelmed
Brooklyn
Dodgers
10
to
3
today
to
take
a
-
my
'
v
gaiuc
icau
ill
(.lie
liutiu
Series
before
a
paid
crowd
of
69,865.
A
homer
by
Tommy
Henrlth
and
three
triples,
which
tied
the
World
Series
record
for
three-baggers
by
one
club
In
a
single
game,
and
two
doubles
rattled
off
the
bats
of
the
highflying
Yankss.
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Brooklyn
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
New
York
1
0
112
14
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New
York
10
15
1
'
Bdooklyn
3
9
2
Batteries
Gregg,
Behrmarm,
Barney
and
Edwards.
Edwards,
Reynolds
and
BerraY
Lineups:
Brooklyn
Stanky
?b,
Rcbln-son
lb,
Reiser
cf,
Walker
rf,
Her-manski
If,
Edwards
c,
Reese
ss.
Jorgensen
3b,
Lombard!
p.
New
York
Stlmweiss
2b,
Hen-
ich
rf,
Lindell
If,
DIMagglo
cf,
McQulnn
lb,
W.
Johnson
3b,
Rlz-zuto
ss,
Berra
c,
Reynolds
p.
Umpires
Pinelll
NL)
plate;
Rommel
(AL)
first
base;
Goetz
(NL)
second
toas?i
McGowan
(AL)
third
(base;
Boyer
(AL)
left
field
line;
Magerkurth
(NL)
right
field
line.
First
Inning
Yank3
oneBrooklyn
nothing
One
rn,
three
hits,
no
errors,
one
left.
Stlrnweiss
scored
from
ihirdi.riurlng,'double
play.,
-
.Second
Inning
No
runs,
no
hits,
no
errors,
none
left.
Third
Inning
Two
runs,
four
hits,
no
errors,
four
lfv't.
Reese
scored
tying
run
for
Dodgers
after
stealing
second
scored
on
single
by
Robinson.
Yanks
went
ahead
again
when
Stlrnweiss
crossed
the
plate
on
Lindell's
triple
to
right
centre-field.
Fourth
Inning
Two
runs,
four
hits,,
no
errors
one
left.
Dodgers
tied
it
again
when
Walker
homered
Into
right
field
stands.
New
York
again
-went
ahead
when
Johnson
scored
on
RlzzutoY
double.
Score
now
New
York
3,
Brooklyn
2.
Fifth
Inning
Two
runs,
three
hits,
one
orror,
two
left,
Dodgers
scoreless,
Yanks
racked
up
two
runs
to
make
score
5-
2.
Heinrich
walloped
Lombardi's
second
pitch
into
right
centre-field
bleachers
for
homer
with
none
on.
Hal
Gregg,
righthander,
relieved
Lombard!.
Lindell
scored
from
second
when
M;-Quinn
singled
off
Reese's
glove.
Sixth
Inning
One
run,
two
hits,
no
errors,
one
left.
Yanks
made
it
6-2
when
Reynolds
scored
after
the
catch
on
Lindell's
drive
to
deep
left.
Seventh
Inning
Four
runs
six
hits,
two
errors',
four
left,
no
runs
for
Dodgers.
McQuinn
scored
on
Johnson's
single.
Johnson
scored
when
Robinson
allowed
Reynolds'
bunt
to
scoot
past
him.
Behrmann
replaced
by
Rex
Barney.
Berra
scored
on
Stlrnweiss'
slnele.
Reynolds
came
in
on
wild
pitch.
Eighth
Inning
No
runs,
noe
hit,
no
errors,
one
left.
Ninth'Innlng
Brooklyn,
1
run,
1
(hit,
no
errors.
Hermanskl
walked,
Edwards
filed
out,
Reese
singled
to
score
Hermanskl.
Jorgensen
forced
Reese
at
second.
Olonfrido,
pinch
hitter,
forced
Jorgcnson
at
second.
Game
over.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
October
2,
1947
High
2:20
20.5
feet
14:29
21.3
feet
Low
8:18
4.8
feet
20:49
3.2
feet