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of
British
..nf
was
hanging
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fash
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friiarn
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ni!n1r
Uncshnl
MnliirrAmorii'.
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innr.
.
i.
i
l.
it
campaign
of
1944
"another
set
f
fn
kill
him
nt
oUK1e
oinirirnlnrT
tile
cViMf
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
.BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TOP
phone
TAXI
TAXI
.i,tNTYBE
Until
537
r
DAY
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
k.
from
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific'
Port-'Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
,1
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
208.
,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
THURSDAY.
KRPTEMRft?
s
ioi
umrw
wot
rvwa
m
L
mciDt
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Was
r
r
FIyir?j
Boat
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isaster
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t
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slfwj
.
nf
nrr.m-totr.f-cViln
nunr
General
Omar
Bradley's
victories
at
St.
Lo
and
thereafter."
Lord
Montgomery,
In
a
report
"MONTY"
NOW
AT
JASPER
famous
Soldier
(o
Spend
Three
Days
at
Mountain
Kcv-ort
VANCOUVER
Tho
British!
Empire's
'No.
1
soldier,
Field
Marshall,
The
Viscount
Mont-
EOmcry,
boarded
a
Canadian
irain
iur
me
sccuuu
nine
un
m
preSent
tour
as
he
left
here
Wednesday
night
for
Jasper.
He
win
iiflv
:i
i.
.innipr
1'iiric
i
Jittsr
for
three
days.
Hundreds
of
admirers
thronged
mc
uanaman
ixauonai
itanwava
Many
of
them
chatted
with
him
as
he
concluded
his
Pacific
coast
visit
of
eight
hours
in
Vlrl.nrln
nnH
Vanrnuver
and
.it
r
1
1
iu.
n
platform
of
his
special
car
on
the
Continental
Limited.
nnikirc
nnncnT
&
r
k
t
u
m
inwjirri
r
no
ortrnnizniinn
i'rineo
Kiipert
Aero
iun.
Douglas
Stewart,
Cetlric
rimuy
iiiHi
r
it'll
ijciibuii,
ON
GUAM)
IN
HAIFA
released
by
the
British
War
Of
fice,
said
hw
df
laying
action
at
!
Caen
on
the
cast
flank
or
the
Allied
line
drew
Gorman
reserves
away
from
positions
opposite
the
United
States
First
Army
under
General
Bradley
and
materially
assisted
the
American
breakthrough
from,
the
Argentan
peninsula.
Canadian
and!
British
troops
fought
one
of
the
bloodie-t
actions
on
the
western
front
In
and
around
Caen
shortly
aft.er
D-Day.
calLs
for
him
to
leave
Jasper
on
Saturday
for
Edmonton
where
he
again
takes,
to
the
air
for
the
cast.
Field
Marshal
Montgomery
got
cheers
wherever
lie
stopped
in
Victoria
and
Vancouver
yesterday.
A
tire
l)low-oul
slowed
his
fast-travelling
rar
dangerously
close
to
a
ditch
at
Victoria
but
the
Lieutenant
(inventor's
chauffeur
cooly
kept
it
on
the
road
lo
tiring
it
to
a
slop.
i
Donald
Montgomery,
Vanrou-1
ver
lawyer,
met
his
famous
sol-1
dlcr
brother
at
Patricia
Bay
and
unmutu
u
uuvi-iiuueiii,
iiuuir
JEWS
DECLINE
TO
JOIN
TALKS
LONDON
C
An
puthnrltalive
source
said
today
that
the
Jew-Agency
for
Palestine
has
declined
an
invitation
to
participate
in
the
Arab-Jewish
conference
on
the
future
of
the
Holy
Land.
.chrdulcci,iWi:g,iiit.ifafe
auspices
of
the
British
government.
The
agency
is
reported
to
have-left
the
door
open
for
additional
negotiations.
Th?
Arab
higher
executive
in
Palestine
also
had
declined
to
participate
in
the
conversations.
HENPECKED
MAYBE
Oame
cocks
have
been
known
to
sit
and
hatch
chicks.
MOTING!
IN
INDIA,
SultetiHA
JEWS
Kt'JLCT
BID
LONDON
The
Jewish
Agency
has
turned
down
the
British
invitation
to
a
conference
called
for
next
Monday
to
discuss
the
future
of
Palestine
but
has
left
the
way
open
to
reverse
the
decision.
Some
time
ago
the
Arab
League
announced
it
would
not
attend.
ATHENS
CHEEKS
rYKAEllS
Thousands
cheered
the
arrival
today
of
the
United
States
aircraft
carrier
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
and
a
cruiser
and
three
destroyers
at
this
port
of
Athens,
MEETING
I
KKMIDK
OTTAWA
Prime
Minhtrr
W.
I,.
Mackenzie
Kimr
Is
meeting
this
afternoon
-.v:th
C.
II.
Millard
and
Pat
Conrry,
leaders
of
the
United
Steel
Workers
of
America,
In
connection,
it
is
supposrd,
with
a
settlement
of
the
Hamilton
steel
strike.
WOMAN
MUKDKKI.I)
VANCOUVER
In
a
Chinese
rooming
house
the
body
of
17-year-old
Lillian
Lee
was
found
Tuesday.
Police
say
she
was
murdered.
Two
men
are
held
for
questioning.
The
body
was
found
on
a
bed
in
a
blood
-spattered
room
and
she
is
believed
to
have
been
strangled
to
death.
THEFT
OF
BONDS
VANCOUVER
Thieves
climbed
.through
a
transom
last
nit
lit
and
took
$3,700
in
.
rminU
Trivi
a
-slrofltbox
t?Uie
Badwalrr
Towing
Co.
MINING
MAN
SHOT
VANCOUVER
Frank
E.
Ma-Cii
he,
55,
president
of
Hazel-ton
Star
Mines,
died
in
hospital
Tuesday
night.
He
had
been
found
wounded
on
a
bench
in
Stanley
Park
earlier
In
the
day
with'
a
revolver
beside
him.
PARADES
IN
LONDON
British
troops
guard
the
barbed-wired
streets
of
Haifa,
Palestine,
during
the
outbreak
which
followed
when
Immigrants
from
Europe,
seek
ng
entrance
Into
Palestine,
were
transferred
to
British
ships
and
transported
to
the
Island
of
Cyprus
and
detention
camps.
Three
Jews
were
killed
and
many
injured
during
the
demonstration.
.
shown
demonstrating
In
London
for
"Pakistan
Mpmhor.
Members
of
p
the
AU-Indtan
aii
Tnrttan
Moslem
Moslem
league
.uu
are
following
day
bloody
riots
broke
out
in
-an
all-Moslem
independent
state
Jg",
test
rep0?ts
indicate
the
rioting
Is
still
In
$5
iff
B1Ush
s'
tr0PVnta
amAfi
liSifSoti
som
mobs
of
looters,
but
street,
battles
seem
to
go
on
unchecked.
U.S.
SERGEANTS
FREED
BELGRADE
Three
United
States
Army
sergeants
who
had
brcii
held
in
connection
with
the
shooting
of
a
Russian
soldier
have
been
released.
SOCKEYE
PACK
MOUNTS
'
VANCOUVER
The
British
Columbia
sock
eye
pack
Is
mounting
to
a
figure
more
comparable
with
last
year.
During
the
week
62,000
cases
were
packed,
bringing
the
tola!
to
280,000,
as
compared
with
321,500
at
a
corresponding
date
last
year.
The
total
salmon
pack
Is,
however,
still
50
-per
cent
below
last
year
owing
to
the
smaller
catch
of
robocs
and
pinks.
CANOL
"DEAD
HORSE"
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
said
today
that
it
would
serve
no
useful
purpose
to
"rail
Admiral
E.
J.
King
in
connection
with
the
investigation
of
the
Canol
project
which
the
president
dubbed
a
"dead
horse."
GREEN
HITS
RUSSIA
NEW
YORK
President
William
Green
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
said
bluntly
today
that
the
time
had
come
for
United
Stales
to
call
a
halt
to
aggressive
tactics
of
Russia
and
her
satellites.
He
referred
to
the
"sharp
Heavage"
which
had
developed
between
Russia
and
the
western
democracies.
r.YRNES'S
BIG
SPEECH
STUTTG
ART,
Germa
ny
-
Speaking
here
tomorrow
-nlhiBEtouiAlbort
Bleak-
United
Slates
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes
will
make
an
important
declaration
on
United
States
pclicy
in
Europe.
A
spokesman
says
it
will
give
the
people
at
home
a
"lift."
PAPER
TYCOON
DIES
VICTORIA
Sheldon
Dwight
(Sam)
Brooks,
67,
chairman
of
the
board
of
the
Powell
River
Cois
dead.
Death
closed
a
colorful
career
front
logging
engineer
to.
chief
executive
of
one
of
the
largest
pulp
and
paper
mills
in
the
world.
BUSINESS
MAN'S
PLUNGE
VANCOUVER
Lyon
Light
-stone,
45,
plunged
to
his
death
Tuesday
from
the
roof
of
the
Hotel
Georgia.'Lightstone
formerly
travelled
extensively
in
British
Columbia
and
was
well
known
in
Piince
Rupert.
NURSES'
HOME
IT
RE
VANCOUVER
Fire
broke
out
in
the
new
nurses'
home
of
Vancouver
General
Hospital
last
night.
An
alert
student
nurse
turned
in
the
alarm
and
nurses
did
good
work
in
fighting
the
flames
pending
arrival
of
the
fire
department.
One
room
was
damaged
and
a
fire
man
was
injured.
Two
More
Bodies
From,
'Skeena
Queen7
Yielded
Remains
of
Pilot
Ken
Wilson
of
Skeena
Queen
and
Little
Bcrnice
Dempsey
Picked
Up
Yesterday
But
Little
More
Wreckage
From
Flying
Boat
Disaster
Sullen
waters
of
Chatham
Sound
yesterday
yielded
two
more
bodies
those
of
Pilot
Ken
Wilson
and
three-and-a-half
year
old
Bernice
Dempsey
of
Stewart
but,
'otherwise,
withheld
all
but
fragmentary
evidence
of
the
now
apparent
violent
end
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
flying
boat
Skeena
Queen's
Ill-fated
mercy
flight
to
Stewart
last
Saturday
night.
Three
bodies
have
now
been
found,
including
that
of
Mrs.
Margaret
Dempsey.
which
was
picked
up
Tuesday
morning.
Surface
craft,
manned
largely
by
local
volunteers,
are
continuing
the
minute
and
dill-gent
search
today
for
four
other
persons
Co-Pilot
George
Hatch,
engineers
JensMadsen
and
Lloyd
Douglas
and
another
passenger,
Nick
Killas
of
Prince
Rupert
who
were
aboard
the
Skeena
Queen
as
well
as
for
further
wreckage
which
so
far
consists
of
five
life
belts,
two
cushions,
an
oil
tank
and
a
lubricating
tank.
Inquest
Jnto
the
tragedy
was
commenced
at
2
o'clock
this
afternoon
by
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens.
Bodies
of
two
victims
were
viewed
by
the
Jury
prior
to
a
start
being
made
on
the
hearing
of
evidence.
Tne
jury
consists
of
Gus
Stromdahl,
Frederick
Dannhauer,
George
Rowe,
'Harry
Norman,
Fred
Hardy
and
Frank
'Skinner.
It
was
at
1
o'clock
yesterday
afternoon
that
Searchers
Rey-
ley
found
the
body
of
Pilot
Wll-
son
afloat
between
Mud
Bay
and
Jap
Point,
a
considerable
distance
to
the
south
of
Flnlay-son
Island
below
where
the
body
of
Mrs.
Dempsey
and
first
evidence
of
the
crash
had
been
located.
Floating
only
about
six
feet
away
was
another
of
the
Sketna
Queen's
life
belts.
The
body
was
brought
into
the
city
last
evening
by
the
police
boat
PML.
15
and
removed
to
the
morgue
of
the
B.C.
Undnrtakers
Preparatory
to
the
inquest,
a
postmortem
examination
was
undertaken
by
Autopslst
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman.
There
was
evidence
of
considerable
injury
to
Wilson's
head.
The
pilot's
watch
had
stopped
at
9:20.
It
was
at
8:50
p.m.
Saturday
that
the
Skeena
Queen
had
circled
over
Prince
Rupert
above
harbor
fog.
Later
last
evening
communication
was
received
from
Hudson
Bay
Co.
manager
and
Stipendiary
Magistrate
Cuthlll
of
Port'
Simpson
that
still
another
body
had
been
picked
up
that
of
little
Bernice
Dempsey-
-off
Flnlayson
Island
and
not
far
from
where
that
of
her
mother
had
been
found.
The
police
Crowds
line
the
streets
as
the
bodies
of
three
Jews,
killed
by
British
troops
when
they
tried
to
break
Into
the
port
area
In
violation
of
the
curfew,
are
borne
on
a
single
lorry
during
funeral
procession.
The
riots
took
place
when
crowds
surged
down
Mt.
Carmel
on
the
tightly
blockaded
port
area,
where
two
Royal
Navy
transports
sailed
for
Cyprus
with
about
1,300
would-be
Immigrants
for
Palestine.
are
due
In
with
the
child's
body
today..
It
was
to
bring
this
child
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
that
the
ill-fated
mercy
flight
had
been
essayed.
Two
more
life
belts
and
another
cushion
were
also
picked
up
from
Chatham
Sound
in
the
course
of
yesterday's
search.
Fog
dropping
over
Chatham
Sound
last
evening
brought
to
a
close
a
day
of
intensive
searching
but
volunteer
workers
who
had
been
but
yesterday
willing
ly
continued
their
task
today,
I
loined
by
more
local
citizens
and
boats.
There
was
momentary
concern
for
a
short
time
last
night
for
three
of
the
searchers
Ken
Johnson.
C.
R.
Vauxhall
and
Bud
Hemmons
who
had
been
unaccounted
for
at
dusk
but
who
soon
were
located
In
their
row-
boat
Inside
Tugwell
Island.
'
Intensive
Search
Continues
Today
This
mornlns
lor
the
second
straight
day.
search
parties
left
to
scour
the
.coastline
between
Digby.'IslancL
and
Canoe
Jass;
at
the
entrance
to
wark
canai.
i
Four
boats
cruising
offshore
are
directing
the
search
with
the
Thelma
S.t
Capt.
Ole
Skog,
as
control
boat.
'
The
Thelma
S.
Is
using
her
depth
sounding
gear
to
probe
Hodgson
Reef,
off
Port
Simpson,
In
the
hope
of
locating
the
missing
plane.
With
the
Thelma
S.
Is
Cecil
Morrison's
utility
boat
Phlppen,
which
Is
patrolling
between
Port
Simpson
and
Canoe
Pass,
the
seiner
Wamega,
patrolling
off
Dlgby
Island;
the
packer
B.R.,
and
the
seiner
Carlisle
S.,
the
latter'
acting
as
contact
boat
be-
tween
the
searching
vessels.
Spread
out
along
the
coastline
are
the
60
searchers,
recruited
from,
Prince
Rupert
this
atorning.
They
are
patrolling
the
rocky
coastline
In
the
hope
that
more
of
the
bodies
from
the
wrecked
aircraft
may
be
found.
With
them
'are
scores
of
row-boats
and
motor
boats
In
which
the
men
will
reach
otherwise
In-
iiccesslble
portions
of
the
coast
line.
The
flying
boat
Halda
Queen,
sister
ship
of
the
lost
plane,
left
this
morning
on
a
flight
to
stcwart
and
tne
McKay
mining
.
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...
Tr,11lk
nlver
carrvin2
cargo.
It
will
keep
a
look-out
for
fog
banks,
whlcu
yesterday
afternoon
closed
In
without
warning,
making
it
difficult
for
the
patrol
ships
to
find
the
searchers
along
the
shore.
RUSSIA
HITS
ITALY'S
TRIESTE
CLAIM
Is
Supporting
Free
Port
Only
Out
of
Political
Consideration
PARIS
9t
Russian
Deputy
Foreign
Minister
Vlshlnsky
called
on
the
peace
conference
today
to
"reject
emphatically"
Italian
claims
to
the
disputed
port
of
Trieste.
RIOTS
SUBSIDE
IN
BOMBAY
BOMBAY
Scattered
police
i
and
military
gunfire
still
echoed
today
in
troubled
Bombay,
but
order
appeared
to
be
returning
slowly
after
four
days
of
bitter
communal
strife
In
which,
officials
said,
189
persons
were
killed
and
527
wounded.
A
government
communique
said
stray
stabblngs
were
still
being
reported
In
scattered
sections
of
the
city.
CANADIAN
DELEGATE
Dr.
Lawrence
E.
Kirk,
Canadian
delegate
to
the
foreign
agrl
cultural
organization
comer
ence,
Is
shown
as
he
sailed
on
the
Queen
Mary
for
Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Dr.
Kirk
Is
connected
with
the
University
of
Saskatchewan
at
Saskatoon.
U.S.
Seamen
Go
On
Strike
Major
Maritime
lie-up
in
United
States
Looms
.
NEW
YORK
0
The.
Ameri
can'
Federation
of
Labor
sea
men,
seeking
a
reversal
of
a
Wage
Stabilization
Bpard
de-cisicn
through
a
country-wide
strike,
bejan
walkirg
off
ships
in
ail
United
States
harbors
today,
a
union
spokesman
announced.
Union
officials
at
Seattle
said
the
strike
would
be
continued
"until
this
thing
Is
settled."
The
strike
Involves
100,000
A:F.L.
seamen
and
10Q.0OO
AJ"Ii.
union
members
and
the
C.I.O.
National
Maritime
Union,
which
has
announced
it
wcVd
bserve
the
picket
lines.
New
York
longshoremen
promised
to
respect
the
picket
lines
when
they
are
established
tomorrow.
The
strike
follows
failure
of
the
government's
W&se
Stabilisation
Board
to
approve
wage
Increases
for
seamen,
which
.had
been
agreed
upon
between
companies
and
rrnlons.
President
Truman
has
indicated
that
he
V,m
Intervene
directly.
Mrs.
Earl
Vinton
of
Minneapolis
and
Mrs.
Harvey
Naysmlth
of
Vancouver,
sisters
Of
Mrs.
H.
F.
Pullen,
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
morning
and
are
returning
to
Vancouver
tonight.
Mrs.
Vinton
and
Mrs.
Pullen
are
making
the
round
trip
to
Ketchikan
today.
Outlining
Russia's
stand
on
the
leading
territorial
issue
before
the
post-war
conference,
Vlshlnsky
said
Yugoslavia
has
an
unquestionable
right
to
Trieste.
He
said
that
the
Soviet
Union
was
supporting
the
Big
Four
agreement
to
make
free
territory
of
the
port
only
out
of
political
considerations.
UKRAINE
CHARGES
GREECE
NEW
YORK
Soviet
Ukraine
formally
charged
Wednesday
night,
in
a
blistering
statement
delivered
by
Its
foreign
minister
that
the
Greek
government
was
preparing
a
serious
threat
to
the
peace
of
the
Balkans.
The
minister
told
the
security
council
that
"sinister
border
incidents
provoked
by
the
Greek
government
and
backed
by
British
troops
proved
the
charges."
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