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stand
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
(across
from
Ormcs)
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AND
NIOHT
SERVICE
NOT
BOUND
YALTA
PACT
Nationalist
China
as
Savs
ivil
War
is
Resumed
in
I
llanchuria
hu:I0KI:JO.
p
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ol
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.;
in
:
in
jwancnunii
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fArt
OB
a
rrnv-
-
jt
pke
anan
asserted
"c.
i
c,j-
nut
a
party
to
,
y
;
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mrni
aim
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w
ri
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agreement
tan-
it
ij
of
Important
(i
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in
Manchuria,
de-.
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a
free
port
and
C;-riet
Joint
adminls--,
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,
China
of
specified
rsu
r
'ailroads.
fii
t
:
nil
investigate
gdia's
Problems
';-
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Explosive
India's
:
h:
investigated
by
t
vrrrimcnt
mission
of
ministers
which
t
i
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thr
ejid
of
it
i-
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mission
wm
i
.
nil
self-govern-T
Ijn
with
elected
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IETTON
WOODS
HPIRE
MENACE
In
Says
Lord
Kcavrrbrook
of
itrnialional
Monetary
fvlrm
I:,
me
House
of
Briverbrook
ha
;
it
'
n
calling
for
'vnrnment
to
rc-.
ii
of
the
Bret-!
l
w
"t;ry
agreement,
ui-uoin
publisher
lurcrment
is
a
Empire.
Bring
British
ro-Footballers
)r":T)
Secretary
Sam
I
An
tve
Federal
Government
Has
Power
to
American
Treason
j
Cases
Are
Coming
WASIIINOTON,
D.C.
r
At-';
orney-Ocncral
Tom
Clark
dls-j
closed
yesterday
that
Depart
)
ment
of
Justice
investigators
In
Europe
arc
on
the
trail
oi
twentytwd
Americans
suspected
of
.
wartime
treason.
He
said
that,
as
soon
as
evidence
has
been
obtained,
each
of
the
suspects
will
be
brought
to
the
District
of
Columbia
to
face
United
States
tribunal.
ADOLF
HITLER
THIEF
HIMSELF
Personally
"Snatched''
Half
a
Dorcn
l
ine
Tapestries
Prom
Prague
NUERNBERG,
(f
Adolf
Hit-,
ler
drove
to
Prague
by
fast
automobile
on
the
first
day
of
the
invasion
of
Czechoslovakia
and
personally
stole
half
a
dozen
fine
upcstrlcs.
leaving
with
them
the
following
morning,
a
Soviet
prosecutor
told
the
International
military
tribunal
today.
The
Russian
prosecutor
said
this
example
of
looting
by
the
head
of
'.he
state
was
typical
of
predatory
motives
of
the
Nazi
'in
D'joilnloa.J'oot-.lreslniB.
;i
is
enroute
to
i
-
K.
"h
hopes
of
1m-:
In
Canada.
He
.!'.
back
six
Brt-i
j
-occcr
players
Canac:aru
In
the
MTISH
LOAN
ESSENTIAL
Last
Clianre
to
Restore
E'ffrrs
vorld
Tradf
and
Hold
Living
fiandards,
Sa,v3
Acheson
Ul
IOT0N
In
vhc
United
U
;dcr-Sccrctary
of
E
Achrson.
says
the
:i
and
three-quar-
)
c
uar
loan
to
Great
'
"i
one
last
clear
.
.
w
nvilU
bl.Ub
;
'Ms
that,
if
the
f"
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there
will
be
"
'
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of
living
:t
he
world.
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LAND
LIVERPOOL
OKDON
Thr
hner
Maure-nirnrcd
in
Liverpool
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Is
the
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an
t
draft
from
thin
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travels'
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fenced
in
bv
pbe
V,re
nd
puarded
by
...
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:
volunteers.
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KILLED
IN
LECTION
FIGHT
;ari;:u'
ciash
in
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tJjNOs
hues.
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clash
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prcsiaentiai
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caused
deny
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NEWSPAPER
v.
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A
.
TAXI
TAXI
537
DAY
and
NIOHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
VOL.
XXXV.
No.
43.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
FEBRUARY
20,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
in
Spy
Conspiracy
AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION
JOINS
CAMPAIGN
RAILWAY
MAINTENANCE
Organization
Completed
at
Enthusiastic
Meeting
Last
Night
Harry
Black
Is
President
Organization
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Automobile
Association
of
thusiastically
completed
at
a
dinner
meeting
last
night
with
thirty-two
active
members
in
attendance.
The
Prince
Rupert
Highway
situation
was
thoroughly
discussed
and
the
Association
decided
to
throw
its
u'ploht
hphlnd
the
rcDresenta-
lions
hplni?
madp
to
the
EOV-'
crnmcnt
urging
it
to
put
ade-auate
equipment
on
the
road
to
keep
it
open
and
in
good!
state
of
repair
the
year
round,
i
Members
of
the
Association
will
view
the
Kwinitsa
slide
and
take
photographs
of
same
for
dlstn-
i
bution
where
felt
advisable.
Various
projects
designed
io
Improve
road
and
motoring
con-1
ditlons
generally
In
the
prov-
lnce
were
endorsed
Including:
abolition
of
tolls
on
the
Fraser
Canyon
Highway,
a
Calgary
Board
of
Trade
resolution
calling
for
federal
aid
in
a
highway
program
and
earmarking
of
licence
.
fee
and
gasoline
tax
revenue
for
highway
purposes.
Mr.
Black
announced
that
he
had
been
advised
that
the
Vancouver
Automobile
Club
,
was
sending
members
north
this
summer
to
place
signs
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway.
The
proposal
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
send
a
caravan
to
Prince
George
for
the
provincial
Junior
Chamber
convention
was
approved.
Election
of
officers
resulted
as
follows:
President,
J.
H.
Black.
Vice-President,
J.
E.
Boddlc.
Secretary
-
Treasurer,
Fred
Conrad.
Directors
W.
J.
Scott,
C.
G.
Ham,
S.
E.
Parker,
Mrs.
H.
B.
Rochester,
Douglas
Frlzzcll,
W.
G.
Murray,
N.
E.
Gcrrard,
George
Dlbb,
H.
T.
Lock
and
A.
D.
Ritchie.
The
directors
will
meet
Sunday
to
draw
up
a
constitution
and
romnlete
eeneral
organlza-
llniV
rtPiinrnl
meethiES
will
be
hulil
pvprv
t.wn
months.
The
Association
now
has
a
membership
of
sixty-five.
MoreThreatening
Aspect
v
n
CHURCH
IS
WORLD
HOPE
VVilli.Mj
God
Tlirt
Can
Be
No
Unity,
IVpc
Pins
Trlls
Cardinals
LONDON.
(I
Poiie
Pius
fcold
the
nimbly
of
cardinals
today
that
"the
church
which
rises
today
'n
this
torn
world
Is
lite
a
s'-'nsl
because,
without
God.
there
cannot
be
among
men
real
unity."
The
broadcast
from
Vatican
Citv
was
recorded
in
London
by
Associated
Press.
The
n1dres
began
after
the
Pop?
had
nlaced
blrcttas
on
the
head
of
29
of
32
new
cardinals
created
at
Monday's
secret
consistory.
Modern
Imperialism
was
endangering
enduring
peace
of
the
world,
the
Pope
declared.
Only
U.S.
Knows
Atomic
Secret
LONDON.
Q
ProL
M.
L.
OIo-phant.
one
of
Brllalu's
atomic
bomb
experts,
today
agreed
with
Secretary
of
Stale
James
Byrnes
of
the
United
States
that
the
"know
how"
of
the
atomic
bomb
production
is
in
the
exclusive
.possession
.of
the
Urrited
States,
British
Columbia
was
en
Puzzle
of
Ambassador
Who
Is
Russian
Knvoy
to
Canada?
That
is
Question
LONDON
An
international
puzzle
connected
with
the
Canadian
espionage
Investigation
has
popped
up
in
London.
A
veteran
Russian
diplomat,
Jacob
Souritz,
has
booked
a
suite
in
a
London
hotel
and
has
registered
as
the
Russian
ambassador
to
Canada.
So
far
as
Is
known,
the
Soviet
ambassador
to
Ottawa
is
still
George
Zabourin,
who
is
in
Moscow.
The
picture
is
further
complicated
by
a
statement
from
llie
Russian
embassy
in
London
that
Zabourin
is
still
ambassador
to
Canada
and
that
Zabouiin
Is
bound
for
Brazil.
TRYING
TO
STOP
POLISH
DISEASE
LONDON
The
United
Nations
Relief
and
Rehabilitation
Ad-minlscratlon
Is
making
a
determined
effort
to
stamp
out
threatening
epidemics
In
Poland.
Ten
million
Poles
will
be
Inoculated
by
the
relief
agency
In
the
fight
against
typhoid.
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
yoday
and
Thursday.
Winds
fresh
to
strong
southeast.
Judgment
of
Court
Given
OTTAWA
(CP)
Majority
opinion
of
justice
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
is
that
the
federal
government
has
the
power
to
deport
between
ten
and
fifteen
thousand
of
24,000
Japanese
In
Canada,
It
was
disclosed
In
the
Judgment
which
was
handed
down
today.
Three
Justices
were
of
the
opinion
that
orders
-
In
-
council
authorizing
deportation
of
the
Japanese
were
not
ultra
vires
of
the
Governor-General
in
coun-
r
cil
cither
In
whole
or
in
part
I
Two
Justices
were
of
the
opinion
j
that
the
Governor
-
In
-
Council
!
has
the
authority
to
deport
'
Japanese
nationals,
British
sub-'
Jects
of
Japanese
origin
and
i
Canadian
-born
Japanese
who
re-:
quested
that
they
be
sent
to
Ja-1
pan
but
did
not
have
the
power
to
deport
wives
and
children
of
men
In
the
three
classes.
In
delivering
Judgment,
Chief
:
Justice
Rlnfret
said
the
ccurt
was
unanimous
In
declaring
the
,
orders
-
In
-
council
were
Intra
1
vires
except
as
to
forceful
de
portation
of
wives
and
children
or
tnose
to
dc
sent
or
wno
wish
to
be
sent
to
Japan.
Four
Justices,
he
said,
felt
this
section
of
the
orders
was
ultra
vjres
while
three
Justices
felt
It
was
Intra
vires.
There
were
certain
other
reservations
by
some
of
the
Justices,
he
said.
Rabbi
Vlneberg
of
Toronto
describes
the
Judgment
as
an
"unfortunate
decision."
Few
British
Columbia
Japanese
will
be
saved
from
deportation
under
the
Judgment
C.
V.
PICKETTERS
"MEET"
BOAT
AT
TOP
OF
RAMP
Neither
the
CUR.
nor
the"
weather
showed
much
sym-
m
pathy
for
the
little
band
of
"Jobs
For
All"
plcketers,
whose
pcrseverencc
supported
them
In
their
slogan
march
on
wind-swept
Second
Street
this
morning.
They
seek
contracts
for
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock.
The
plcketers
three
In
numberfollowed
up
their
Saturday
morning
display
with
a
demonstration
when
the
ftcamer
Prince
Rupert
docked
shctrtly
before
noon
today
although
,
considerably
removed
from
the
C.N.R.
wharf.
Denied
access,
to
C.NJt.
property
by
railway
authorities,
the
little
group
took
their
stand
on
Second
Street
not
far
from
the
top
of
the
ramp
to
the
wharf.
They
paraded
up
and
down
the
street
carrying
their
placards
which
sometimes
threatened
to
get
out
of
control
In
the
strong
wind.
Mrs.
J,
R.
Blakcy,
picket
captain,
looked
at
the
flow
of
automobile
trlfflc
which
whizzed
by,
and
calculated
maybe
they
had
mace
a
tactical
mis-'
take
In
not
picketing
on
Sixth
Street
where
most
of
the
pedestrian
traffic
from
the
boats
enter
the
downtown
area.
"We'll
picket
on
Sixth
Street
next
time,"
she
said
confidentially.
Although
lacking
In
numbers,
the
three
plcketers
were
not
lacking
in
signs.
Two
of
the
plcketers
carried
two
signs
each.
SEXTUPLETS
BORN
PARIS
Sextuplets
four
girls
and
two
boys
were
born
in
Paris
today
and
all
are
alive.
Deport
Japs
DEMANDS
PROBE
TN
INDONESIA.
.Addirssimr
lhP
IJnlW,KV-
chief
of
the
Ukrainian
delegation,
demanded
that
a
mission
investigate
activities
of
the
British
In
Indonesia.
He
charged
th,at
the
British
had
attacked
IndoncsJah
natives,
but
.said
he
was
not
asking
for
withdrawal
of
British
troops
from
the
Indies.
In
reply.
Britain's
Ernest
Bevin
said,
T
give
you
the
lie
that
the
British
attacked
the
Indonesians."
Bevin
said
that
British
troops
were
obliged
to
fire
to
protect
themselves
after
they
were
attacked
by
Indonesian
extremists.
Spy
Master
Min
Is
Taken
By
Police
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Ottawa
Journal
said
today
that
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
have
caught
the
alleged
"master
mind"
of
the
foreign
spy
ring
operating
in
Canada.
The
agent,
whom
the
newspaper
identified
as
operating
under
the
alias
of
"Arthur
Adams,"
said
that
"Adams"
was
reported
to
have
been
in
the
pay
of
the
Soviet
espionage
service
since
11)38.
The
Journal
said
that
"Adams"
had
been
trailed
by
counter
espionage
agents
since
he
entered
Canada
last
December,
and
picked
up
by
the
R.C.3I.P.
last
Friday.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Joiinston
Co.
Ltd.
VANCOUVER
Bralorne
17.85
B.R.
Con
20
B.
R.X.
1935
18
Cariboo
Gold
v
3.25
,
Dcntonla
43
Grull
Wlhksne
23
Hedley
Mascot
2.04
Mlnto
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Vi
Pend
Oreille
4.00
Pioneer
6.25
Premier
Border
12V
Premier
:,
2.35
Privateer
.73
Reeves
McDonald
1.45A
'
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Sheep
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Bridge
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Pacific
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16
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Spud
Valley
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19
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.22
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Calmont
36
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&
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2.55
Foothills
1.60
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3.55
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Aumaque
1.29
Beattie
1.50
Bobjo
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com-
d'i
TO
BROADCAST
ATOMIC
TESTS
WASHINGTON
News
of
a
somewhat
explcsivc
nature
was
released
Tuesday
by
Rear
Admiral
Harold
Miller,
the
Amerl'
can
Navy's
director
of
public
information.
He
revealed
that
the
atomic
bomb
tests
in
the
Pacific
next
spring
may'
be
broadcasl
throughout
the
world
in
a
"play
by
play'
'account.
Buffalo
Canadian
36
Con.
.Smelters
85.00
Eldona
1.06
Elder
1.15
Giant
Vellowknife
7.65
Harrfrock
;.
1.05
acknifc
.34
Joliet
Quebec
1.26
Little
Long
Lac
2.96
Madscn
Red
Lake
..."
4.60
MacLeod
Cockshutt
....
3.50
Moncta
75
Omega
v
33
Pickle
Crow
4.40
San
Antonio
5.30
Senator
Rouyn
l-
Sherrltt
Gordon
1-76
Steep
Rock
Sturgeon
River
23
Lynx
42
Lapaska
53
God's
Lake
-65
Negus
2.30
Takes
On
Huge
Fifth
Column
Is
Working
Surreptiously
Thru
This
Land
OTTAWA
(CP)
Ever-widening
inquiry
inttrthe
alleged
Russian
spy
ring
in
Canada
took
on
a
new
and
threatening
aspect
today
with
the
disclosure
of
a
Vast
and
treacherous
fifth
column
working
silently
in
the
Dominion
to
gather
information
for
Canada's
powerful
northern
neighbor
in
the
event
of
war.
This;
in-i
1
"'
'
-formation,
re-emphasizing
the
n
II
.
Duiierins
"AUBi'T
AGREEMENT
VANCOUVER
Halibut
fishermen
here
say
that
they
wTiI
not
go
out
this
season
on
com-nany
boats
which
do
not
subscribe
to
agreements
with
the
fishermen.
They
demand
that
the
crew
ef
the
halibut
boats
belong
to
a
union
and
that
the
skipper
and
crew
be
free
to
dispose
cf
their
catches
in
any
way
tliey
see
fit.
The
announcement
wa
made
this
morning
by
William
Rig,
a
union
official.
MILK
WORKERS
STRIKE
DETROIT
A
strike
among
750
emplryecs
of
the
Borden
Co.
here
has
flopped
milk
supplies
cf
r.00.000
residents
of
:
the
Detroit
district.
The
milk
!
workers
are
members
of
a
C.
.
to.
Union
T
.
,
,
.
.
.
,
has
been
chosen
chairman
of
Vancouver's
Community
Chest
drive
which
will
begin
shortly.
ADMITTANCE
STANDARDS
MONTREAL
Dr.
F.
Cyril
James
cf
Mcdill
University
says
that
the
number
of
men
seeking
entrance
to
Canadian
universities
raises
the
question
of
whether
or
not
admittance
standards
shculrt
be
put
into
effect.
Dr.
James
ays
that
i
poorly
adjusted
students
are
a
burden
on
the
university
and
en
the
parents.
TWO
ELECTROCUTED
MISSOULA,
Montana
Two
men
were
electrocuted
here
when
a
steel
tape
which
they
weie
dragging
through
bush-land
whipped
into
the
air
and
contacted
a
power
line.
The
men
were
Ralph
Ellis
rf
Seattle
and
Robert
Smith
of
Portland.
RUSSIA
DEBATED
LONDON
Russian
intentions
were
discussed
in
the
I'ritUh
House
of
Commons
today.
A
Conservative
member
feared
the
Soviet
was
planning
to
impose
on
well-established
British
interests
In
the
Mediterranean.
ENGAGE
DEFENCE
COUNSEL
OTTAWA
Two
of
13
defendants
in
the
espionage
conspiracy
case
have
engaged
defence
counsel.
HALF
MILLION
DEFICIT
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
city
council
Is
faced
with
the
meeting
of
a
half
million
dollar
deficit
in
the
1916
budget.
Ordinary
expenditures
for
the
year
arc
placed
at
SI7.500.000
half
a
million
dollars
more
than
last
year.
A
million
dollar
street
widening
program
is
lo
be
financed
by
money
bylaws.
K.IAU
STATION
BLAST
HAIFA
Jewish
extremists
have
blown
up
a
Royal
Air
Force
radar
station
on
Mount
Carmel
near
here.
Two
non-commisisoned
officers
were
seriously
injured.
Big
Bess
Is
At
New
York
Today
NEW
YORK
The
largest
ship
In
the
world,
the
liner
Queen
Elizabeth,
tied
up
In
New
York
harbor
at
8:15
this
morning.
The
liner
brought
12,000
Canadian
servicemen
from
the
United
Kingdom.
seriousness
of
the
task
of
the
Royal
Commission
Investigation
now
under
way
Into
espionage
activities,
came
to
tjie
Canadian
Press
from
an
excellent
authority
who
stressed,
however,
that
the
Soviets
did
not
have
aggression
In
mind
and
'were
conducting
the
ring
as
a
protective
measure.
This
source
and
others
close
to
the
Inquiry
supplied
details
which
disclosed
a
gigantic
fifth
column
made
up
of
Russian
agents
afid
'
paid
Canadians
who
worked
astFnter-mediaries
former
and'piesent
civil
servants,
some
willing
and
some
blackmailed
who
supplied
data
without
payment
-and
members
of
pro-Soviet
organizations
who
gladly
assisted
the
Russia
cause.
Through
this
vast
and
com
plex
organization
flowed
a
steady
stream
of
information
which
was
passed
on
to
the
Russian
embassy
here
which
Is
said
authoritatively
to
be
the
"for-
"5
mission
invoivea
ana
.
,
.
.
,
.
.
.
.
era!
picture
of.
data
about
Can
ada.
STATEMENT
IS
COMING
OTTAWA
-
An
informant;
has
told
the
Canadian
Press
that
the
expected
government?
in-
;
terlm
statement
on
the
progress
of
the
Ryai
commission
inquiry
into
the
espionage
case
will
be
made
by
4
o'clock
Thursday
afternoon
at
the
lat-estt
A
reliable
source
ln
the
capital
says
the
Investigators
have
discovered
the
existence
of
a
Soviet
fifth
column
In
Canada
which
has
penetrated
every
phase
of
Canadla4ifei
SEEKING
JOBS?
FOR
MILLIONS
WASHINGTON-
The
American
Labor
Department
will
start
a
drive
Wednesday
to
find4obs
for
the
six
million
persongjjjii
expects
to
be
unemployed
artoy
June
30.
The
job-hunting
caffi
paign
will
be
conducted
by
the
United
States
Employment
Service.
sr-i
i
'-
2
Old
Hotel
Running
As
Veteran
Hostel
-
VAVCOUVER.
Or
TMejd
Hotel
Vancouver
was
officially
opened
Monday
as
a
veterans'
emergency
hostel
under
man
agement
of
the
Greater
Van
couver
Citizens'
Rehabilitation
Council.
Forty-eight
persons
moved
in
Monday
Including
eight
married
couples
with'
"a
total
of
11
children.
There
"were
six
couples,
all
special
.
emergency
cases,
living
In
the
hotel
before
the
official
opening.
Nearly
500
veterans
have
applied
for
space
and
officials
expect
about
a
dozen
additions
dally
until
the
hotel
Is
full.
SASKATCHEWAN
YOUTH
HANGED
REG
IN
A,
Oi
-Jack
Loran,
aged
20,
was
hanged
today
for
the
shooting
of
Gus
Angerman,
68-year
old
neighbor
of
the
Loran
family
In
southwestern
Saskatchewan.
The
police
said
that
robbery
was,
apparently,
the
motive
for
the
killing.
i