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281.
PRINCE
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B.C.,
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DECEMBER
2,
1946
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Ia-eioh
to
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Following
Comnlajnls
of
V.I..A.
l-oan
Art
Building
VANCOUVER,
0
'--Rdbcrt
Mac-nicol.
secretary
of
the
provincial
command
of
the
Canadian
Legion
would
appoint
a
"qualified
man"
to
make
a
survey
of
veterans'
housing
following
com
plaints
from
Victoria
and
other
points
by
the
vctorans
who
saia
their
Veterans'
Loan
Act
homes
were
cheaply
and
faultily
built.
The
housing
action
committee
has
endorsed
the
action
of
the
B.C.
Command
and
ridded
to
make
scrutiny
ltsell
of
the
conditions;
under
which
rtaiMUwwTnptfunuacts
wer
let.
1
1
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A
DQU
A
RTERS
OF
UNITED
NATIONS
'
LAKE
SUCCESS,
New
York
The
.permanent
site
committee
cf
the
United
Nations
Is
expected
to
make
its
final
selection
this
week.
The
choice
Is
between
New
Ydrk,
Philadelphia,.
San
f
ran-clsco,
Boston
and
Westchester
County,
New
York.
ICE
AND
SNOW
WAS
NOVEMBER
WEATHER
ACT
Trirlrx
and
snow
flakes
were
the
outstanding
features
provid
cd
by
flic
weatherman
during
November
in
a
frosty
display
that
sent
the
month's
minimum
temperature
plummeting
to
17.2
degrees
and
provided
2.9
Inches
of
snow
that
lingered
for
almost
two
weeks.
Tim
nmnih'it
lowest
tempera
ture
also
was
the
lowest
recorded
here
since
January
ia,mw
wnen
the
mercury
dropped
to
one
above
zero.
The
snowfall,
too,
was
unusual
for
November.
Total
prcchpltatlon
for
the
month
was
11.23
inches,
bringing
the
11-monlh
total
to
86.71
inches,
as
compared
with
83.4
inches
for
the
same
period
last
year.
Maximum
temperature
for
the
month
was
57.5
degrees,
wimc
the
hours
ot
bright
sunsnine
totalled
53.9.
Total
hours
of
bright
sunshine
so
far
this
year
arc
799.4,
as
compared
with
828.3
for
the
11-month
period
in
iua.
Maximum
barometer
reading
was
30.268
inches
on
November
10
and
Hie
minimum
was
29.170
on
November
26.
Highest
wind
velocity
was
47
miles
an
hour
from
the
southeast
on
Novem
ber
2.
BANKER
TAKES
HI'S
OWN
LIFE
VANCOUVER
-Herbert
M.
Allen,
aged-50,
manager
of
the
.Ti.vrr
rtoad
branch
t'f
the
Can-
time.
D..,t
,,f
rvin-.n.crce.
was
UU1UU
uaii
'
f
rfnnrt
in
th
bank
vault
,.,ifh
n
hul'ct
in
his
head
He
died
a
short
time
later.
He
had
been
In
ill
health
for
some
HELICOPTEIIS
COMMUNISTS
ARE
MASSING
TROOPS
NANKING
0
The
government's
central
news
agency
said
today
that
Chinese
communists
had
massed
552,000
troops
in
Manchuria
and
had
moved
military
headouartcrs
from
threat
ened
Harbin
to
Klamutzc..
LIBEL
SUIT
DISMISSED
Prof.
Harold
Laslii'rt
Case
Against
British
Weekly
Newspaper
Falls
LONDON
V
A
high
court
jury
tnriav
rclcctcd
a
libel
suit
hroiisht-
bv
Prof.
Harold
Laskl
oiralnst.
the
Newark
(NoUlng-
hamshlrc)
Advertising
Co.
and
iim
rriltor
of
the
Weekly
Newark
n.ivprLlser.
He
claimed
he
had
vmmelv
reported
when
the
Newark
Advertiser
had
said
that
ho
ndvncai'ii
revoluHu
w'.u
the
company
and
the
editor.
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Tides
Tuesday,
December
3,
1916
High
8:55
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icci
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icci-
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Low
2:12
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15:11
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HART
MEETS
ILSLEY
OTTAWA
Premier
John
Hart
of
British
Columbia
today
met
Hon.
J.
L.
Hslcy,
minister
of
finance,
In
new
negotiations
for
a
Dominion-provincial
tax
agreement.
Mr.
Hart
said
that
the
situation
between
the
two
governments
hid
not
changed
since
the
last
meeting
In
the
spring
MAIL
DELIVERY
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Considering
use
of
helicopters
for
delivery
of
mall.
Ottawa
authorities
had
a
visual
demonstration
of
the
wingless
craft
to
show
its
ability
to
land
in
small
"back-yard"
areas
and
to
hdver
close
to
the
ground
while
light
packages
arc
landed.
The
machine
a
Sikorsky
'copter
landed
on
the
lawn
In
front
of
the
supreme
court
building,
not
far
from
Capital
Hill
after
hovering
while
demonstrators
passed
papers
to
senior
R.CA.t.
officials
In
the
craft.
Picture
shows
the
helicopter
landing
in
front
of
the
supreme
court
building
with
Ottawa
crowds
wntrhlntr
the
demonstration.
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SCENE
OF
GOODWILL
Senator
Tom
Connally
of
United
Stales
Warmly
Congratulated
by
Soviet
Delegate
liAKE
SUCCESS.
New
York
There
was
an
impressive
scene
of
goodwill
at
the
United
'Nations
conference
here
yesterday
when
Konator
Tom
Connally,
chair
man
nf
the
United
States
foreign
rrl.itlnns
committee,
declared
that
the
United
States
wanted
peace
with
every
nation
cf
tnc
world,
whereupon
Andrei
Vlsh-insky,
chief
of
the
Soviet
delega
tion,
warmly
grasped
his
nana.
Vlshlnskv
uromlscd
that
Rus
sia
would
"not
use
the
veto
so
much."
SECRETARY
IS
CALLED
Mr.
Krug
lo
Testify
in
Case
of
John
L.
Lewis
ATOMIC
ANNIVERSARY
CHICAGO
Today
Is
the
fourth
anniversary
of
tbe
discovery
of
atomic
energy
at
the
University
of
Chicago.
HAS
REFUSED
TO
GIVE
TESTIMONY
tlrnc
mis'.it
prejudice
it.
i
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Q
-
The
United
States
government
an
nounccd
today
that
it
will
call
Secretary
of
the
Interior
J.
A
Krug
ai'd
ten
other
witnesses
In
the
trial
of
J6hn
L.
Lewis
on
contempt
of
court
charges
m
the
Bcft
coal
strike.
i
Jih-
t,vt.
nf
the
esniotiacc
.
..
v
jaii
crsAVf1e-thatof
Dumford
Smith,
also
charged
with
ccro
munlcatlng
secret
Informatio:
n'ncvia
set
for
December
16
IS
AFRAID
OF
GREECE
ATHENS
0
Prof.
Sophocles
Venizelos.
leader
ot
the
Repub
lican
Liberal'
party,
sal
J
today
that
the
Greeks
arc
"couaDorat
lni?
with
members
of
an
organi
7ation
called
the
Slav
Macedo
psistancp
Movement
to
achieve
autonomy
In
Macedo
nla."
Venizelos
suggcs',cd
a
secret
meetine
of
Parliament
to
de
bate
increasing
deterioration
of
lawful
conditions
in
Nortncrn
oeco
and
nronsed
Unit
the
Premier
should
call
off
his
trip
to
;the
United
Nations
confer
ence
at
New
York.
(The
Prc-
n
ei
left
l
cvcrtheless).
There
arc
un
:onf
lrmcd
reports
that
Britain
intends
to
give
r.rcecp.
nearly
ten
thousand
ad
ditional
pieces
of
armament
ana
hi
nermlt
un
increase
oi
s.uuu
Britishers
In
the
Creek
Army,
ISHANGHAl
TROUBLE
"Shoot
to
Kill"
Order
Issued
By
Mayor
of
Chinese
City
to
Tut
Down
Communist
Disorders
SHANGHAI
Following
serious
disorders
at
the
-week-end,
Mayor
K.
C.
Koo
has
issued
a
"snoot
to
kill"
order
to
choke
off
Commun
,
1st
demonstrations.
There
Is
i
state
of
emergency
with,
martial
law.
t
ShiDs
and"
autos
were
wrecked
and
all
places
of
business
were
closed.
i
Mavor
Koo
holds
the
Commun
1st
underground
responsible
lor
the
trouble
Customs
Receipts
Total
$24,281
.
Custom
recs'nts
at
the
port
of
Trince
Rupert
during
Novem
ber
totalled
$241.81.16,
bringing
the
year's,
total
to
date
to
525:
460.57.
Receipts
during
No-
fin
iniinnep
rase
at
Ottawa
vpn.ber.
1945
v.ere
S16.057.83,
V.:1
Adjourned
Because
Star
Wit-
the
11-month
t.tal
in
1915
:s
uess
Will
Not
Give
fcvidcncc
OTTAWA
Oi
New
refusal
of
David
Gordon
Lunan
to
give
evidence
today
forced
adjournment
of
the
case
of
Prof.
Rracl
Hal-
nerln
on
a
charge
of
conspiring
tn
rnmmunle.ate
information
to
Russia
T
Jinan,
rreentlv
sentcnCB'i
to
five
vcars
Imprisonment,
refus
e'd
,to
testily
because
he
has
an
anneal
nsndine
and
he
feared
that
to
pive
evidence
at
mi
Bulletins
DEPTFOUI)
DIES
VANCOUVER
Walter
Dept-
ford,
for
several
years
an
alderman
here,
died
yesterday
at
the
age
of
67
years.
TOKYO
EARTHQUAKE
TOKYO
A
severe
earthquake
shock,
centre
of
which
Is
believed
to
have
been
51
miles
below
Tokyoi
.Bay,-
was.
lecorded
today
and
the
people
ire
fearing
recurrence
of
the
great
disaster
which
killed
thousands
In
Tokyo
and
Yo-
lnhjma
a
quarter
of
a
ren-tiiry
ago.
THAMES
STILL
RISING
LONDON
The
Thames
River
is
still
rising,
having
gone
up
another
three
inches
at
Wind
sor
and
.Maidenhead.
Gale
warnings
are
out.
The
liner
Samaria,
with
2000
German
prisoners
of
war
ftom
Canada
on
board
was
stormbound
off
the
Welsh-
coast
but
is
due
to
dock
at
Liverpool
tonight.
SHANGHAI
JUIET
AGAIN
SHANGHAI
Juiet
returned
to
shanghai
today
after
two
days
of
rioting
which
started
when
municipal
authorities
sought
to
clear
the
streets
nf
thousands
of
unlicensed
side-wjlk
peddlers.
Some
f-hop-leepcrs
hesitatingly
reopened
for
business
today
as
the
po-l
ic,
with
"shoot
to
kill"
orders,
guarded
against
a
resumption
of
the
week-end
noting
In
which
at
least
100
persons
were
injured
and
five
lo
twejve
killed,
Passing
of
Bill
Esling
Member
of
Parliament
for
Kootenay
West
for
Two
Decades
is
Dead
ROSSLAND
i)
William
K
Esling,
aged
78,
pioneer
publish
er
of
Trail
and
Rossland
ana
Conservative
Member
of
Parlia-for
Kootenay
West
for
twenty
vears,
died
tiere
today
He
came
to
the
Kootenays
dur
ing
the
mining
boom
In
1898.
He
oubHshed
the
Trail
News
from
1896
to
1915
and
later
pub-itehed
the
Rossland
Miner.
Be
fore
entering
the
federal
field,
hp
had
been
a
member
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
Alberta
Legislature
Opens
In
February
EDMONTON
The
next
ses
slon
ot
the
Alberta
Legislature
win
onen
the
middle
of
Febru
ary,
It
jvs
announced,
yesterday
by
Premier
E.
c.
Manning.
B.C.
WOMAN
WHEAT
QUEEN
CHICAGO,
Qi
Three
Canadian
grain
growers,
took
top
honors
at
the
week-end
In
judging
at
the
hay
and
gialn
show
here
In
conjunction
with
the
International
Livestock
Exposition.
Mrs.
Amy
Kedsey
of
Erick-son,
British
Columbia,
Is
the
first
woman
ever
to
'be
named
International
wheat
kins
at
the
show.
She
won
the
honor
on
Saturday
with
hard
red
spring
wheat.
W.
S.
Simpson
of
Dawson
Creek,
in
the
British
Columbia
Peace
River
Block,
was
crowned
rye
king.
Gordon
McArthur
of
Stayncr,
Ontario,
is
oats
king.
.POWER
FROM
NORWAY
c
Halibut
Boat
Lorna
H.
Is
Beached
After
Foundering
CAPT.
HANS
KNUTSEN
AND
THREE
CREW
MEN
BROUGHT
HERE
SATURDAY
AFTER,
STRUGGLING
TO
SAVE
DAMAGED
VESSEL
Tha
SQ.fnnf
PrinpA
Rimert
halibut
boat
Lorna
H.
iies
on
the
beach
today
at
White
Rocks
at
the
north-
west
tip
of
lianks
island,
ner
ootiom
noiea
oy
a
v'hich
she
struck
at
6:30
Friday
night
while
running
lor
shelter
from
gale
and
darkness.
The
four
crew
men
ot
tne
L,orna
n.,
vapu
nana
LONDON
Plans
are
under
way
for
a
submarine
cable
300
miles
under
the
North
Sea
through
which
power
would
be
delivered
10
uruain.
the
plane,
top,
is
its
shadow.
oThorse
drawn
wagons
was
Impossible.
Folio
lng
Knutsen,
William
cagshaw,Elner
Magnussen
and
Slg
Gruntur,,
were
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
at
8
pm.
Saturday
by
the
beam
trawler
Skeena
Maid,
--whlcn
stood
by
the
Lorna
H.
for1
hours,
and
finally
managed
to
toW'tne
damaged
boat
to
the
beacn.
The
Lorna
H.
struck
a
niciaen
rock
at
the
entrance
to
a
sheltered
cove
at
Whits
Rocks
as
she
sought
shelter
from
a
corm.
The
vessel
had
been
beam
trawling
prior
to
tne
wreck.
ThP
skeena
Maid,
another
beam
trawler,
skippered
byjorm
Carpenter,
stood
by
tne
ncipies3
Lorna
H.
all
Friday
night,
then
managed
to
ges
the
vessel
free",
imd
tow
it
to
a
nearby
oeacn
:fore
It
sank.
Initial
su'tv
of
the
Lurm
II.
showed
that
she
was
badly
damaged,
but
It
is
not
known
yet
whethjr
or
not
she
is
a
complete
loss.
'
Capt.
Knuwcn
leit
tnis
morrr-
mg
aboard
the
nauDui
poai,
Moirls
H.,
Capt.
Carl
G'sUl.
to
make
a
further
inspection.
,
When
the
Lorna
H.
struck
the
hidden
pinnacle
of
rock
at
the
entrance
to
White
Rock's
'harbor,
It
was
blowing
a
gale
and
visihllltv
was
almost
completely
blotted
crt
by
the
darkness
and
rain.
Capt.
Knutsen
hope3
that
the
Lorna
P
may
be
in
sucn
con
dition
that
It
can
he
patched
temporarily
and
towed
to
Prince
Rupert.
The
Lorna
H.,
a
part
ot
me
regular
Prince
Rupert
halibut
fleet,
was
engaged
In.
beam
trawling
after
an.
Indifferent
halibut
season.
The
vessel
is
owned
by
Mr.
Knutsen,
and
was
built
here
in
1937.
ALD.
ARNOLD
FILES
PAPERS
Woman
Candidate
is
First
In
Field
For
Mayoralty
'
Nomination
baners
of
Alder?
man
Nora
Ethel
Arnold,
who
is
contesting
the
mayoralty
seat
in
the
civic
elections
on
December
12,
were
filed
with
Returning
Officer
H.
p.
Thaln
this
morning.
As
fa
as
Is
known
at
present,
Alderman
Arnold
Is
the
bnly
candidate
opposing
pre
seat
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
who4,has
announced
that
M
will
runior
his
fifth
term
as
mayor.
Sponsoring
Alderman
Arnold
s
rnhrtlrtature
were
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
and
J.
Ralph
Morln
seconded
the
nomination.
,.."-
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
:-.
.
Pressures
are
beglnning'to
'fall
along
the
British
Columbia
coast
due
to
a
developing
storm
centred
off
the
Oregon
coast,
The
storm
Is
expected
to
move
northeastward
giving
south
easterly
gales
to
the
southern
B.
C.
coastal
waters
late-woay.
Milder
weather
is
general
throughout
the
southern
portion
of
the
province.
Forecast
urinco
nnnprt.
North
;
Coast
and
Queen
Charlattes
Overcast
today
and
Tuesday.
Intermittent
rain
in
southern
portion
becom
ing
continuous
tonignr
ana
Tuesday;
intermittent
rain
nor-thenr
portion
Tuesday.
Winds
southern
portion,
easterly
today
increasing
to
southeasterly
25
miles
per
hour
tonight.
Milder
tonight
and.
Tuesday.
Mlnlmums
at
Porth
Hardy
40,
Massett
36,
Prince
Rupert
34;
maximums
at
Port
Hardy
44,
Massett
43,
Prince
Rupert
40.