i-o
the
form
of
food
contributions
to
the
"
11
.
.
.
I
Ml
I
If
ill!
Rrimh
isles
and
win
oe
directed
ny
a
,
ri
which
already
has
$100
donated
last
j
city
council.
,
ails
of
ihe
fund
structure
have
not
yet
i
:
'
'
:
:
the
nmer.
manufac-
KT,nflfwerln
K
IQ
IS
Wat.Prml
been
completed,
the
lund
will
i
be
open
to
contributions
from
the
citizens
and
will
be
under
:
direction
of
a
committee
which
i
will
be
chosen
by
Mayor
Arnold.
.
Mayor
Arnold
chose
the
civic
Of
nn
n.k
finance
committee
as
part
or
the
administrative
gfroup
last
night.
In
deciding
to
send
food
par-ith
as
a
result
eels
to
the
British
people,
Prince
wi.un.1
from
a
Rupert
Is
following
an
example
uimumri;
on
a
set
by
many
other
Canadian
where
ne
cities,
noiaoiy
iorumu,
wmeu
Kmgt'U
:
Car.aciau
cus-:
originated
the
scheme.
City
jiu
tie
cause
of
Clerk
H.
D.
Thaln
was
lnstruct-F;u:h
oi
this
ed
to
write
to
Toronto
and
('to
n:d
received
learn
the
mechanics
of
the
plan,
jjjaV.fniiHjn.
The
Council
last
night
authorized
K
iravi
here
to-
the
plan
to
be
known
as
the
ifcnr
-e
Rupert
for
j
Mayor's
Fund
and
Mayor
Ar-
.(
Aiii
fly
to,nold
intimated
that
a
number
tii"
remains
j
of
citizens
would
be
appointed
!r
;!n
on
tlic
Ca-jby
hereto
sit
with
civic
finance
I
,
i
Vuncoover
committee
members
on
the
fund
I
committee,
i
The
idea
was
brought
before
!
council
with
the
presentation
of
i
a
letter
from
a
Vancouver
jewcl-lry
firm
which
stated
that
thei
nmnt
Vfcr1
Oil
QGRnrt
mPTlt
Of
!
silverware
which
would,
make
.
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it.
.
L..Ua
'nrt
wiiimiii
suitable
gnu
lor
me
ruyai
uuue.
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ai
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a
Fffiistand
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33
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raised
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donations
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Incident
When
Four
Men
'CP'
Officials
v,
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full
in-
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into
the
c?
bla-t
which
lifirpanv's
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burns.
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Allan,
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of
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here
was
lte
yesterdav
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district
DrMliUni
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mat
Plant
-n
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federal
tlm-
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refused
.
to
lurrb.
,
"1
reached
with
i.i,
tut...
nrr
trwh
a
rimi.1
iuu-
I
Hon
of
$100.
The
motion
was
passed
unanimously.
Various
schemes
for
the
dls-
tributlon
of
the
food
parcels
were
discussed,
resulting
In
thej
aldermen
deciding
to
write
to;
the
Royal
Household
for
suggestions
regarding
distribution
and
possibly
getting
names
of
people
in
Britain
who
have
never
received
a
food
parcel
from
overseas.
Alderman
Rudderham
suggested
that
C.A.R.E.'
parcels,
which
are
distributed
in
Europe
by
a
co-operative
organization,
be
used
and
this
suggestion
met
with
approval
of
Aldermen
Brooksbank
and
Black.
Mayor
Arnold
told
council
that
the
city
of
Victoria
had
recelvtd
a
distribution
list
from
the
Mar
chioness
of
Reading
and
that
parcels
were
being
mailed
directly
to
the
recipients
from
Vic-,
torla.
Included
In
each
parcel
sent
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
a
card
explaining
its
origin
and
that
it
is
part
of
Princess
Elizabeth's
wedding
gift.
Belgium
to
Honor
Premier
of
Canada
NORTHKRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWBPAPJEn
Money
received
from
the
provincial
government!
as
reimuurseineni
iui
a
uuiuuu
ui
mc
v.jty
o
unemployment
relief
payments
during
the
ll)30's
will
be
used
to
write
off
bonds
floated
for
relief
purposes
during
that
period
and
the
balance
applied
toward
the
city's
sinking
fund,
council
decided
last
night.
Is
Named
Inspector
F.
It.
Forbes-Johnston
to
Succeed
II.
II.
Manscll
Here
VICTORIA
Sgt.
F.
B.
Forbes-
Johnston
of
New
Westminster,
one
of
five
staff
sergeants
and
sergeants
or
the
British
Columbia
police,
whose
promotion
to
BRUSSELS
0)
Brussels
Unl-
for
Canada,
Newfoundland
and
verslty
announced
yesterday
that
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
will
be.
awarded
an
honorary
degree
November
10
while
in
Europe
to
attend
the
wedding
of
Princess
Elizabeth.
He
will
also
visit
other
western
European
countries
during
his
tour.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
October
30,
1947
High
1:26
Low
13:25
7:19
19:54
20.4
feet
22.2
feet
5.7
feet
2.3
feet
Bermuda,
arrived
in
the
city
on
last
night's
train
from
the
east
and
will
take
the
leading
pari
In
a
citizens'
rally
in
the
Salvation
Army
Citadel
tonight
and
tomorrow
night.
He
Is
accompanied
by
Brigadier
T.
H.
Mun-dy,
territorial
young
peoples'
secretary.
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
will
preside
at
the
meetings.
LONDON,
(U)
Lessons
at
a
T.nmhpt.h
school
.
were
held
up
when
workmen
discovered
part
of
a
bomb,
believed
to
have
been
dropped
in
1940,
during
repair
work.
The
aldermen
waterworks
settled
'
upon
that
course
from
the
narrow
alternatives
offered
by
the
provincial
finance
minister
for
spending
the
$32,525
which
was
Prince
Rupert's
share
of
$2,600,-000.
that
the
province
is
distributing
to
B.C.
municipalities
a
partial
reimbursement
for
depression
period
relief
costs.
The
suggestion
was
made
by
Finance
Chairman
T.
N.
Youngs,
who
suggested
that
it
might
be
possible
to
arrange
with
the
I
provincial
finance
minister
to
the
ranK
oi
sua-mi
.
nff
thP
sir
nnn
in
bands
out
recently
announced,
has
been
.
....
.
ht
appointed
to
succeed
Inspector
j
Man.!l
city's
slnkTng.fund.
Kam.oop.
m
"r
rtii
I
Council
approved
the
plan
al-post
w
wffl
at
Pr
ince
Rupert
,
He
Qf
M
e.r?SrSn
t
nan
Robert
McKay
suggested
fr'
n
,.
.vnpptrt.
that
It
might
be
a
good
idea
to
'
7n
Forber
-
Johnston
apply
the
money
to
rehabili-loincd
sp
the
British
Columbia
Pol-
tatjng
the
city's
utilities
telephone
and
Icq
at
CranbrooK
in
iwu,auu,
among
other
points,
has
been
station
at
Salmo
in
the
Koot-enay
district
and
at
Bridge
River.
For
some
time
he
has
been
sergeant
In
charge
of
the
New
Westminster
district.
He
is
a
married
man.
salvatiotTarmy
chief
is
here
jCommlssioner
Charles
Baugh
nf
Toronto,
territorial
com
mander
of
the
Salvation
Army
"Those
are
the
only
revenue-paying
utilities
the
city
possess
and
the
sinking
fund
has
been
kept
in
shape
at
their
expense,"
he
said.
Actually,
the
city
had
little
choice
In
its
"spending"
of
the
money
since
the
government
re
quired
that
It
be
used
for
the
benefit
of
the
sinking
fud
if
it
showed
an
actual
or
theoretical
CONSERVATIVES
GETTING
READY
Are
Losing;
No
Time
About
Getting:
in
Running-
Again
OTTAWA,
0!
Conservative
members,
some
of
them
confident
the
next
gen
representation
from
245
to
255
members,
reduced
the
representation
of
some
provinces
and
changed
the
boundaries
of
some
existing
constituencies.
For
instance,
John
Bracken,
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
saw
his
present
Neepawa
riding
in
Manitoba
merged
with
the
constituency
of
Portage
La
Prairie.
Mr.
Bracken
plans
to
stand
for
nomination
at
the
convention
in
Brandon
November
18.
He
is
expected
to
carry
the
con
vention
easily
and
undertake
to
deficit.
Prince
Rupert's
sinking
fundi
is
in
the
strange
position
of!-Tnilkl
TAI
I
being
actually
overpaid
by
$180,-
1
JL
uw,
yeii
utuig
uituicwtauj
.wi
derpaid
by
$150,000
due
to
the
fact
that
between
the
time
oi
the
refunding
in
1942,
the
annual
payments
into
the
fund
were
never
quite
met.
Prince
Edward
Island
Election
December
11
CHARLOTTETOWN
(CP)
Minister
.
of
Highways
Barbour
announced
in
a
radio
address
that
a
general
election
will
be
held
in
Prince
Edward
Island
December
11
the
Dominion
Progressive
Conservative
Association,
also
saw
his
seat
disappear
in
the
reshuffling
of
boundaries
of
constituencies
In
Ontario,
but
last
week
he
was
nominated
to
represent
a
new
riding.
C.
C.
Miller,
Progressive
Con
servative
member
for
Portage
La
Prairie,
will
go
before
a
convention
at
Carberry
tomorrow
to
seek
nomination
as
the
party
representative
for
the
combined
seat
of
Portage-Neepawa
In
the
next
election.
Another
nomination
conven
tion
will
be
held
November
1
at
Penticton,
B.C.,
to
choose
a
successor
for
Hon.
Grote
Stirling,
who
resigned
recently
as
Pro
gressive
Conservative
member
for
Yale
because
of
ill-health.
The
candidate
chosen
will
stand
as
party
representative
if
a
by-election
is
held
before
the
general
election.
MAY
BE
36
GOSWICK,
Northumberland,
England
0
Known
fatalities
resulting
from
the
derailment
of
the
Edinburgh-London
express
near
here
Sunday
rose
to
twenty-four
yesterday
with
the:
death
of
another
of
the
seventy-1
one
injured.
Railway
officials
said
that
twelve
more
persons
were
reported
missing
and
believed
dead
in
the
wreckage.
See
the
Spies
and
Mecklina
ad
this
week.
(250)
either
coast.
j
HIGHWAYS
CAPITA
HIGH
VANCOUVER
(CP)
British
eral
election
will
come
not
later
Columbia
has
the
highest
per
than
the
fall
of
next
year,
plan'
capita
expenditure
on
highways
to
lose
no
time
in
letting
It
be
,
of
any
province
in
the
Dominion
known
that
they
will
be
in
the
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
running
again
whenever
the
public
worn,
saia
wionuay
ms.
balloting
day
Is
fixed.
Jin
a
radio
address.
This
is
particularly
true
inl
Mr.
Carson
also
issued
an
ap-constltuencies
affected
by
the
;
peal
to
all
motorists
to
exercise
redistribution
bill
passed
at
the!
caution
on
highways
lq
halt
the
last
session
of
Parliament.
The
j
appalling
incf
east5
'
in
highway
bill,
while
Increasing
over-all
,
accidents,
The
minister
said
that
phases
of
road
improvement
during
the
last
three
yars
had
cost
an
amount
equal
to
the
total
estimated
revenue
from
all
sources
in
the
1946-47
fiscal
year.
Th
government
was
expending
on
the
road
system
for
all
purposes
more
than
it
had
collected
from
all
sources
of
motorist
and
highway
traffic
revenues.
Seamen's
Leaders
Going
to
Ottawa
VANCOUVER
Leaders
of
the
stand
as
party
candidate
in
the
Canadian
Seamen's
Union
are
Brandon
constituency
in
the
,
0n
their
way
to
Ottawa
to
take
next
federal
election.
The
seat
up
wjth
the
Department
of
La-now
is
represented
by
J.
E.
Mat-
bor
the
matter
of
the
wage
dis-
thews,
a
Liberal.
pute
in
which
seamen
took
a
J.
M.
Macdonnell,
president
of
strike
vote
yesterday
in
con-
nection
with
the
demand
for
15c
per
hour
more
pay
and
a
shorter
working
week.
Meanwhile
it
Is
reported
that
the
Federal
Department
of
Labor
is
ready
to
set
up
conciliation
ma-
chinery.
Vancouver
Bralorne
11.10
B.
R.
Con
-
.05
B.
R.
X
092
Cariboo
Quartz
2.60
Dentonia
21
Grull
Wihksne
.06
Hedley
Mascot
1.04
Minto
:
-
.0214
Pend
Orlelle
-
2.15
Pioneer
3.65
Premier
Border
04Vs
Privateer
.35
Reeves
McDonald
1.05
Reno
13
Vi
Salmon
Gold
242
Sheep
Creek
1.03
Taylor
Bridge
.44
Vananda
'.....
23
Congress
04
'A
Pacific
Eastern
.08
Hedley
Amalg.
.03
Y2
Spud
Valley
11
Central
Zeballos
........
.0134
Silbak
Premier
.67
Oils
Calmont
.37
C.
&
E".
..
Foothills
Home
...
Athona
...
Aumaque
Toronto
2.40
2.50
4.00
.12
.30
WISMER
IN
FIELD
VICTORIA
Hon.
Gordon
Wismer,
attorney-general
and
minister
of
labor,
stated
last
night
that
he
would
be
a
candidate
for
the
leadership
of
the
Liberal
party.
He
had
no
comment
to
make
when
asked
if
he
was
also
out
for
the
Premiership.
ALL
CLUES
FAIL
KETCHIKAN
All
clues
so
far
in
the
search
for
the
I'an-Ameriean
Airways
four
-
en-Sincd
clipper,,
-plane,;
missing
on
h.
flight
from
Seattle
to
Juneau
and
believed
to
have
come
down
In
the
vicinity
of
Annette
Island,
have
proven
fruitless.
The
search
is
continuing
although
hampered
by
poor
visibility
and
generally
unfavorable
weather
conditions.
BROADCASTER
DIES
VANCOUVER
Leo
Nicholson,
52,
clean
of
Western
Canada's
sport
broadcasters,,
died
in
Vancouver
Tuesday
following
a
lengthy
illness.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottts
and
North
Coast
Overcast
with
frequent
showers
today
and
Thursday.
Southerly
winds
(15
m.p.h.).
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
Port
Hardy
45
and
52,
Massett
40
and
50,
Prince
Rupert
40
and
55.
:
:
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnr.ton
Co.
Ltd.
Bevcourt
65
Bobjo
15
Buffalo
Canadian
17V4
Consol.
Smelters
91.00
Con
west
:
1.40
Donalda
LIT
Eldona
1.20
Elder
82
Giant
Vellowknlfe
6.25
God's.
Lake
LOT
Hardrock
.35
Harrlcana
.11
Heva
Gold
.30
Hosco
.34V2
Jacknife
0T
Joliet
Quebec
48
Lake
Rowan
15
Lapaska
25
Little
Long
Lac
1.66
Lynx
,
.11
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.50
McKenzie
Red
Lake
63
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.T0
Moneta
45
Negus
2.05
Noranda
45.25
Louvlcourt
1.60
Pickle
Crow
2.55
Regcourt
,.
-
.16
San
Antonio
4.20
Senator
Rouyn
..
.65
Sherrit
Gordon
3.15
Steep
Rock
2.35
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235
i,honc
LlOHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
253.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER
29,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
PROVINCIAL
LIBRAS
'V
mencan
Irade
Agreement
Keached
Give
Food
Parcels
for
Elizabeth
Wedding
Gift
W'ver
T
lied
Trasically
lloat
At
1.1
:
k
fee
"
'
i.
crisis
had
Uni-'
r-
:;lt
in
French
1
(
mmun-
Premier.
1
i
Cnitcd
1
i
Mayor
Arnold
suggested
tnai,
!
Prince
Ruoert
follow
Victoria's'
wilrt
!
example
of
sending
food
pan
uisioe
cejs
for
tne
people
of
Britain.
rmniy
,
to
the
Princess
herself
HUMANITARIAN
(i
I
FT'
FAVORED
Alderman
Youngs,
chairman
of
the
finance
committee,
declared
that
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
send
some
humanitarian
gift
"rather
than
something
which
the
Princess
prooaDiy
i
has
too
much
of
already."
Alderman
Youngs
moved
that
STATELY
COACH
FOR
ELIZABETH'S
WEDDING
These
two
royal
grays.
"Tedder"
(left'
and
"Cunningham"
(right',
are
to
be
used
to
draw
the
glass
state
coach
when
Princess
Elizabeth
leaves
Westminster
Abbey
after
her
wending
to
Lieut.
Phillip
Mountbatten
on
November
20.
R.
Land,
of
Essex,
who
has
been
In
the
service
at
the
royal
mews
for
46
yea
is,
is
pictured
with
the
horses.
SSsi
CITY
RELIEF'
BISBU
RSEMENT
SHARE
APPLIED
AGAINST
SINKING
FUND
SEARCH
IS
KEEPING
UP
New
Clue
Reported
in
Case
of
R.OA.F.
Bomber
in
Southern
Interior
EDMONTON,
Northwest
Air
Command,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
announced
today
that
three
.Dakota
aircraft
are
now
enroute
from
Rockcliffe
to
Pen-tlcton
to
take
part
in
the
search
for
a
plane
missing
on
a
flight
from
Calgary
to
Penticton
for
nearly
two
weeks.
It
is
said
the
search
for
the
R.C.A.F.
craft
had
not
been
reduced.
Yesterday
a
farmer
in
the
Blueberry
area
near
Trail,
British
Columbia,
advised
the
authorities
that
on
the
night
of
October
18
he
heard
the
sound
of
what
he
thought
was
an
aircraft
engine
cutting
out,
followed
by
the
tearing
of
timber
and
,a
crash.
R.C.A.F.
search
planes
will
reconnoitre
that
area.
Escaped
Convict
Soon
Recaptured
KINGSTON,
0i
Police
shortly
after
11
o'clock
this
morning
recaptured
Jean
Louis
Henry
of
Sudbury,
a
little
more
than
an
hour
after
he
had
escaped
from
Kingston
Penitentiary,
TOO
MUCH
FISH
NOW
OTTAWA
Kit
The
Atlantic
fishing
industry
is
able
to
make
offers
totalling
only
about
$815,-000
to
dale
on
over
$3,000,000
available
for
east
coast
canned
salted
and
pickled
fish
under
Canada's
post-UNRRA
relief
feeding
program
abroad
and
the
close-off
date
for
purchases
has
been
extended,
it
was
announced
Monday
night.
A
fisheries
department
official
said
that
production
of
the
west
coast
Hshlng
industry
was
now
in
full
swing
with
every;
prospect
of
a
4,680,000
canned;
herring
order
being
filled.
NOj
mention
has
been
made
that;
prices
will
be
paid
for
fish
on
Tariff
Reductions
Are
Agreed
Upon
;
New
Deal
With
Canada
Made
Too
LONDON
(CP)
Great
Britain
has
agreed
to
reductions
in
its
own
tariffs
and
in
Imperial
preferences
in
a
new
trade
agreement
with
the
United
States
but
"only
in
return
for
concessions
considered
equivalent
of
trade
opened
up
in
America,"
Harold
Wilson,
president
of
the
Board
of
Trade,
announced
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today.
.
BULLETINS
GOVERNOR
MISSING
SALEM
Governor
Earl
Snell
of
Oregon,
the
state
Secretary
of
State
and
president
of
the
Slate
Senate,
are
missing
in
a
plane
which
failed
to
land
at
Lakeview
on
a
flight
over
mountainous
territory
from
Klamath
Falls.
Wilson
also
announced
to
the
House
that
the
United
Kingdom
had
negotiated
tariff
agreements
with
fifteen
countries,
including
Canada.
Most
I
of
the
new
agreements
are
for
I
a
period
of
three
years
with
j
provision
for
renewal
at
the
end
i
of
that
time.
CLEAN
OUT
GUERRILAS
Greek
Government
Troops
Are
Concentrating
In
tpirus
Area
ATHENS,
W
Greek
press
dispatches
reported
today
that
government
troops
were
massing
in
the
Epirus
area
of
north
western
Greece
In
preparation
for
a
new
offensive
aimed
at
cleaning
out
some
2000
to
4000
guerrllas
operating
In
that
re-
gion.
The.
dispatch
said
that
sharp
fighting
had
been
under
way
since
October
20
on
heights
around
Metsovo
and
that
still
heavier,
actlonjmlght
be
.expected
at
any
moment.
OUTSIDER
IS
WINNER
Quebec
Man
Holds
Ticket
In
Sweepstake
On
First
Cambridge
Horse
NEWMARKET
0)
Fairey
Fulmar,
28
to
1
long
shot,
.today
galloped
home
the
winner
of
the
Cambridgeshire,
one
of
the
Irish
Hospital
Sweepstakes
events.
Joan's
Star
was
second,
a
neck
behind,
and
Admiral's
Yarn.
IV2
length
farther
back
In
third
place.
The
favorite,
Maharatta,
finished
out
of
the
I
money,
coming
sixth.
Lord
Nel
son.
Red
Flag
and
Toronto,
were
leading
the
pack
at
the
halfway
mark
but,
at
the
famous
"dip,"
Fairey
Fulmar
began
.to
gain
ground
and
swept
on
to
win.
Lord
Nelson
finished
far
back
in
the
big
field.
The
winner's
time
was
on?
minute
54
15
seconds.
QUEBEC
MAN
MAKES
KILLING
F.
A.
Maheu,
furnaceman
of
Chateuguay
Village,
Quebec,
reaped
a
$100,000
fortune
as.a
result
of
Fairey
Fulmar's
vie'
tory.
He
held
an
Irish
Sweep
stakes
ticket
on
the
horse
which
won
the
Cambridgeshire.
Maheu
whooped
with
Joy
when
the
Canadian
Press
informed
him
that
his
horse
had
won.
"I'll
quit
my
job,"
he
shouted
over
the
telephone.
"There
are
lots
of
things
I
want
to
do
with
the
money."
He
said
that
the
call
from
the
Canadian
Press
was
the
first
word
he
had
that
his
28
to
1
horse
had
triumphed.
Alberta
Election
Date
Not
Yet
Set
EDMONTON
The
Alberta
gov
ernment
yesterday
denied
a
story
In
the
Calgary
Albertan
that
a
general
election
in
1948
had
been
agreed
upon.
No
date
had
been
set,
said
a
government
spokesman,
although
the
government
had
been
authorized
to
hold
an
election
when
It
deemed
It
advisable.
Amber-colored
diamonds
can
be
changed
to
green
by
bombardment
with
heavy
.hydrogen
atoms.