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30,
1940
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Hill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL
XXXV,
No.
24.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
JANUARY
29,
1046
PRICE
FIVE"
CENTS
lis
Insulted
By
Minister7
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lit
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hit
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is
nermissauie.
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f
arcadlns
disorders
in
camp
In
southern
Pales-
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sentinels
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French
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cux
uuuiu
iiaa
n
f'.inirr
Fncln
1st
nrp-
cxrraorainary
to
negotiate
arcemcnl.
with
allied
Tins
t.H
Mie
first
move
new
caumei
lowaru
ancvi-
iie
French
food
problem.
rrests
In
dnap
Case
'
...
Chicato
in
Connrction
CAGO
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T
ip
nnllrr
said
'hat.
two
young
men
arc
held
on
open
charges
af-
IllUL
UUUIS
111
llllf
LlIllllllH
mcctlon
with
the
kidnap-on
January
7
of
Suzanne
Iffnri
nlv
TU
m.i-
-
police
identified
as
Thco-
C
:tello,
18.
were
quoted
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to
the
Degnairhome
viiiitig
v
vutiuui
j
Suzanne
had
been
kldnap-
MVO
were
tn
ho
niimetltnprl
r
today
as.
the
police
TV
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a.
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ALEUTIANS
TTT
fl,
ml.
i
i
.
District
reported
last
that
the
5.100-ton
re-
iwir
snip
cvown
Reefer
was
aground
on
Amchltka
in
the
Aleutians
while
gales
were
flnnrllmr
her
ai'tment
and
ImmniM-l
w
rescue
her
crew
of
45
cverai
nassenscrs."
Rns-
innr
ln
.
.i
and
crew
The
ship
ran
-
v,iilfr
u.
iif.ivv
srnnn.
PONIRII
ITY
DOMINION
w,
.m
vancou-spokesman
for
a
group
of
no
HaaI.
.
KuvtTnmcni
scnD
VKPCnn
.......
.
uuu
ii,
is
meir
re-
.
we
mat
tnose
turned
havo
snitoKio
odation."
The
veterans
are
,
.
"ave
moved
Intu
-
...LUuver
Hotel
with
"PrCSSPH
rlnnMn.l..-n.
-
W1IUIUHU1I
Ol
"
"
K
U"H1
ine
hotel
Is
over
as
a
hostel
for
the
-
-
"icy
are
thrown
nut
-
-j
uicy
cannot
find
ccommodaUon
anvwhrre
1
W'v-y
""lujuvcr
,
.
A
.
i
r
TH
SFNitNCt
iTivueiiieni
rrum
canaaa
DISORDERS
!
To
Get
Under
Way
Soon
is
Possible
In
Palestine
CHILE
DECLARES
STATE
OF
SIEGE
SANTIAGO,
Chile,
O,
The
Chilean
cabinet
was
reshuffled
today
as
the
government
prepared
for
a
showdown
with
labor
by
Imposing
strict
censorship
and
a
C0-day
state
of
siege
following
a
bloody
riot
yesterday
between
police
and
labor
demonstrators
in
which
five
persons
were
killed
and
77
injured.
Mounted
troops
pawollcd
Santiago
streets
and
the
government
ordered
all
soldiers
on
leave
to
report
to
barracks
and
hold
themselves
ready
for
duty.
TONIGHT'S
TRAIN
RUNNING
LATE
Cold
weather
across
the
prairies
is
rcpponslble
for
delaying
more
than
11
hours
the
train
which
ordinarily
would
arrive
in
Prince
Rupert
at
10:45
tonljht.
The
Jasper-Prince
Rupert
train
has
been
held
up
In
order
to
make
connection
with
a
-tfanstiintme'ntal
IrAitf
wlilirh-1
has
been
delayed
by
cold
weather
on
the
prairies.
The
train
will
arrive
here
Wednesday
morning.
CLOSER
TO
SETTLEMENT
CHUNGKING
O.
Government
concessions
today
solved
the
major
problem
of
the
political
consultation
conference
but
a
subcommittee
on
government
reorganization
concluded
its
work
without
settling
any
other
major
question.
The
concession
increased
the
authority
of
the
projected
rc-organizatcd
state
countcll.
It
had
previously
been
decided
that
the
National
Party
should
have
twenty
council
scats
and
other
parties,
twenty.
The
distribution
of
scats
In
the
executive
cabinet
was
the
unsolved
major
problem.
It
was
left
for
settlement
by
negotiations
among
different
parties
after
conclusion
of
the
conference.
NORWEGIAN
MAY
GET
U.N.O.
POST
LONDON,
W
Top
officials
predicted
today
that
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
shortly
would
nominate
Norwegian
Minister
Trygve
Lie
as
a
compromise
for
the
$22,000
a
year
post
as
secretary-general
of
the
United
Nations
Organlza-1
Hon.
The
obstacles
to
agreement
about
the
secretary
general
were
worked
out
at
a
Five
Power
meeting
Monday
night
In
the
hotel
room
of
Edward
Stettlnlus,
chief
United
States
delegate.
Authoritative
Information
Indicated
that
the
United
States
suddenly
gave
up
Its
advocacy
of
L.
B.
Pearson,
Canadian
ambassador
to
Washington,
and
that
Stettlnlus
formally
proposed
Lie
as
a
compromise
who
might
be
acceptable
to
the
United
States,
Britain
and
Russia.
The
Norwegian
was
Moscow's
candidate
for
president
of
UNO's
first
general
assembly
but
lost
to
Paul-Henry
Spaak.
H,
G.
Perry
will
be
the
speaker
at
the'
weekly
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
on
Thursday,
his
subject
to
be
"The
Cameron
Recommendations
on
!
Education
and
Finance
"
i
'
i
OTTAWA
(CD
Evacuation
of
G
c
r
m
a
n
prisoners
of
war
from
Canada
will
commence
next
month,
it
is
announced.
They
will
be
moved
at
first
to
the
United
Kingdom.
The
rate
of
movement
will
depend
on
shipping
available.
There
arc
31,000
German
prisoners
of
war
in
Canada,
l..,000
of
whom
have
been
employed
in
forestry
and
other
work.
DISCUSSING
HOTEL
USE
Conference
Heine
Held
at
Vancouver
Today
VANCOUVER,
(CP)
The
Citizens'
Rehabilitation
Council
of
Vancouver
has
asked
to
cperatc
the
old
Hotel
Vancouver
as
a
veterans'
housing:
project
under
a
fccra;
government
guarantee
to
meet
any
deficits.
The
decision
was
made
at'
a
trie
c
tliis"
of
representatives
'
of
the
city,
Canadian
Legion
and
government
with
Veterans'
Affairs
Minister
Ian
Mackenzie.
Decision
of
the
city
council
as
to
the
measure
of
support
it
will
give
is
to
be
derided
at
a
meeting
today.
Meantime
veterans
remain
in
the
hotel
but
have
volunteered
to
vacate
as
soon
as
an
agreement
can
be
reached
as
to
operation.
A
prepared
statement
issued
at
the
close
of
.1
private
meet-
iug
by
Mr.
Mackenzie
said
it
was
a
four-point
program
which
had
been
recommended
to
finance
the
operation.
If
the
round!
accepts
the
federal
government's
previous
offer,
plus
the
city's
offer,
Mr.
Mackenzie
said
he
would
ask
Finance
Minister
Ilsley
to
foot
any
additional
losses.
VANCOUVER,
W
New
proposals
regarding
tha
use
of
the
Hotel
Vancouver
as
a
hostel
for
ex-service
men
were
to
be
discussed
at
a
meeting
today
of
the
war
veterans
with
Hon.
'Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
veterans'
affairs.
The
Vancouver
rehabilitation
council,
of
which
A.
P.
Allison
ts
chairman,
is
to
be
asked
to
operate
the
hotel.
The
council
is
considering
a
Dominion
government
offer
of
$70,000
against
the
operation
of
the
hostel.
The
city
will
be
.asked
to
contribute
$50,-000.
Veteran.'!,
demanding
emergency
shelter,
were
settled
firmly
In
the
old
hotel
yesterday
and
were
determined
to
stay
there
until
some
arrangement
is
made
to
operate
the
building
as
a
hos-
tel
for
veterans
and
their
fami
lies
or
until
they
are
thrown
out.
Hon.
Mr.
Mackenzie
arrived
here
Monday
but
refused
to
comment
until
lie
met
the
veterans.
Some
150
veterans'
remained
In
the
hotel
overnight
Sunday
as
Mayor
J.
M.
Cornctt
announced
that
the
city
would
not
go
beyond
its
offer
of
$2000
per
month
for
a
year
to
help
operate
the
hotel
as
a
hostel.
Leaders
of
the
veterans
occupying
the
place
arranged
elaborate
plans
for
the
occupation.
Bob
McFwcn,
"commandln?
officer"
of
the
occupation
force,
said
the
hostel
Is
"being
operated
temporarily
ns
a
ca-oprrntivr
hostel
under
a
joint
committee
of
Canadian
Legion
branches.
It
will
continue
to
be
so
operated
until
another
reasonable
organization
undertakes
Its
management
on
a
long
term
basis."
No
move
has
been
made
to
oust
the
veteran.
from
'.he
560-room
SEEK
FREIGHT
RATE
ON
ORE
As
much
as
35,000
toes
if
ir;n
pr..
vrarb
piay
b"
Imported
to
the
projected
smelter
at
Anybx
f
plans
of
B.
C.
Mineral?
and
Urxmircc
Development
Co.
are
fulfilled.
The
backers
of
the
proposed
smelter,
preparatory
work
on
which
H
beginning
this
week,
arc
seeking
freight
quotations
from
coast
shlnnin-?
companies,
offering
as
a
basis
monthly
tonnages
from
2.500
to
3,000
of
bulk
inn
ore.
The
ore
would
be
rhlo-ped
from
Vananda
mine
on
Gillies
Bay,
Tcxada
Island,
to
Anyox.
CANADIANS
IN
TRAIN
WRECK
K.C.A.F.
Sergeant
.Among
;
Victims
of
Crash
in
Holland
!
RAVENSTEIN,
Holland
A
i
R.C.A.F.
sergeant
was
among
six
men
killed
in
the
wreck
of
a
;
Hamburg-Ootcnd
train
near
I
Ravensteln
Saturday.
The
in-'
jured
includes,
two
Canadian
ser-I
vice
personnel.
The
next
of
kin
have
been
advised
and
the
I
names
will
be
announced
later.
DISASTER
AT
AIR
FIELD-
Ten
Killed
and
Forty-Three
Injured
at
nig
Hangar
in
Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA
CITY
(CP)
Workers
continued
searching
for
bodies
in
the
twisted
wreckage
of
the
principal
hangar
of
Tinker
Field,
which
was
gutted
by
fire.
Lives
of
at
least
ten
persons
weic
taken
and
forty-three
others
were
injured
at
the
huge
air
force
supply
depot.
A
board
of
senior
officers
has
named
to
investigate
the
cause
of
the
fire
which
is
still
itndctcimmcd.
The
damage
is
estimated
at
$750,000.
building
In
downtown
Vancouver
that
has
been
used
by
the
Aimy
during
wartime
as
administrative
headquarters
and
has
now
been
returned
to
its
owners,
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
The
Second
Great
War
veterans,
dissatisfied
with
housing
conditions
and
slowness
of
the
authorities
In
arranging
for
living
quarters
since
return
of
the
men
from
overseas,
marched
Into
the
old
hotel
Saturday
night
and
announced
their
intention
of
remaining.
i
The
once
luxurious
lobby,
closed
to
the
public
years
ago
when
replaced
by
the
new
hotel,
was
stacked
with
folded
tables
and
boards.
It
has
been
occupied
as
an
army
barracks
until
a
few
weeks
ago.
By
Sunday
night
'00
veterans,
Including
about
80
women,
had
taken
.up
quarters
in
the
hotel.
The
veterans
marched
through
a
heavy
snowstorm
from
the
Canadian
Legion
Hall
to
the
hotel
and
.there
was
no
attempt
to
deny
them
entry.
The
occupants
cabnly
made
themselves
at
home.
Mattresses
and
blankets
were
brought
In
and
restaurants
supplied
food.
Eric
Martini
one
of
the
leaders
of
the
veterans,
said
they
were
not
prepared
to
operate
the
hotel
permanently
"but
w"e
arc
In
here
to
stay.
Wc
are
fed
up
waiting
for
the
government
to
take
action."
At
Ottawa
Defence
Department
officials,
which
holds
a
lease
on
the
property,
declined
to
comment
but
said
that
Hon.
Tan
Mackenzie,
minister
of
veterans
affairs,
would
make
a
statement
following
hU
arrival
ih
Vancouver.
Later
it
was
stated
that
the
property
was
being
turned
back
to
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
NEW
FASCIST
MOVEMENTS
IN
ITALY
FOUND
ROME
-
The
Italian
new
-agency
Ansa
reports
that
tw
new
Fascist
movements
have
been
uncovered
in
Milan
with
the
arrest
of
eight
persons
Among
those
arrested
was
a
19-year
old
youth
who
had
aspired
toiset
up
a
new
government
with
himself
as
premier.
The
groups
called
the
"Fascist
Democratic
Movement"
in
one
case
and
the
"Italian
Nationalist
Movement"
in
the
other,
had
branches
in
the
north.
CONDITION
OF
!
INJURED
WOMEN
j
IS
"FAVORABLE"
j
.Two
of
the
three
persons
in
jured
when
a
bus
overturned
after
slipping
from
the
pavement
on
Sixth
Ave.
E.
at
noon
.Monday
were
still
n
hospital
this
afternoon,
while
the
third,
suffering
a
scalp
wound,
was
released.
Still
in
hospital
are
Mrs.
Gladys
Busch,
1519
Sixth
Ave.
E..
who
sustained
a
broken
left
shoulder,
and
Mrs.
Charles
Wil-sort
501
Herman
St.,
suffering
i-hdefe
and
bruises
as
a
result
of
:he
accident.
Dr.
C.
H.
Hankln-soii
who
is
treating
both
women
salcl
today
that
both
iwere,
progressing-
"favorabiyJv;-i.;r'-r
1
The
bus,
which
rolled
on
Its
side
after
the
driver
had
turned
to
the
edge
of
the
street
to
avoid
striking
a
boy
who
had
appeared
suddenly
from
behind
a
narked
truck,
was
turned
up-rlcht
and
pulled
from
the
roadside
by
a
heavy
army
truck
at
5:30
last
night.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
Lv
Jonnston
Co.
Ltd.
Vancouver
Bralcrnc
18.00
B.
R.
Con
.22'2
'
B.
R.
X.
.17
Cariboo
Quartz
2.85
Dcntonia
.41
Grull
Wihksnc
.21
t
Hedley
Mascot
2.90
Minto
.08'4
Pend
Oreille
4.70
Pioneer
6.25
Premier
Border
.09
4
Premier
Gold
,
3.05
Privateer
.81
Reeves
McDonald
1.30
Reno
.12
Salmon
Gold
.25
2
Sheep
Creek
2.00
Taylor
Bridge
1.05
Whitewater
.03Tb
Vananda
.53
Congress
.14
Pacific
Eastern
.18
Hedley
Amalgamated
.
.16
Spud
Valley
.30
Central
Zeballos
.22
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.22
Calmont
.46
C.
tt
E
2.87
Foothills
1.95
Home
3.90
Toronto
Aumaquc
1.40
Ucattie
1.49
Bobjo
.24
Buffalo
Canadian
.36
Consol.
Smelters
83.50
Eldona
1.18
Elder
1.27
CANADIANS
RETURNING
Sixty
Thousand
Canadian
Troops
May
lie
Back
By
End
of
February
OTTAWA
0)
The
Defence
Minister,
Douglas,
Abbott,
said
yesterday
that
60,000
Canadian
troops
overseas,
exclusive
of
the
occupation
force,
may
be
back
In
Canada
by
the
end
of
February.
He
said
this
will
probably
happen
if
the
shipping
allocations
for
the
remainder
of
Janu-ary'and
next
month
arc
APPEAL
FOR
YAMASHITA
IN
WASHINGTON
Three
members
of
the
condemned
Jap
General
Yamashlta's
defence
counsel,
acting
on
orders
of
the
U.S.
secretary
of
war,
flew
to
Washington
to
file
arguments
for
a
motion
to
save
him
from
hanging.
Pictured
during
a
confidence
with
the
prosecution
at
the
justice
department
are
(seated)
Attorney-General
Tom
C.
Clark,
prosecution,
left,
and
Col.
Harry
E.
Clarke,
ttefence;
(standing):
Capt.
Milton
Sandbcrg,
defence
(left)
and
Capt.
A.
Frahk
Reel,
Bulletins
HARRY
HOPKINS
DIES
NEW
YORK
Harry
Hopkins,
who
was
the
late
President
Roosevelt's
closest
advisor,
died
in
a
New
York
hospital
tcday
af
tcr
a"
long
"illness,
'
'
J
MORGAN
HACKED
FRANKFURT
General
Mc-Encrny,
American
command-cr-in-cliief
in
Germany,
today
run
firmed
previous
statement
of
General
Sir
Frederick
Morgan
that
there
was
a
Zionist
plan
for
a
mass
exodus
of
Polish
Jews.
DECISION
GIVEN
WINDSOR
The
board
cf
arbitration
in
the
dispute
be-Iw
-ccn
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
and
the
Union
Automobile
Workers
has
found
against
the
union
shop
demand
but
grants
the
check-off
to
the
union
employees.
TliOUISLE
IN
CHILI
SANTIAGO
A
00-day
state
of
siege
has
been
declared
in
Chili
following
night-long
disorders
of
labor
rioting
In
which
five
persons
were
killed
and
77
injured.
CONFIRMS
RUSSIAN
CLAIMS
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes
confirmed
today
that
the
Russians
arc
claiming
possession
of
the
Kurilc
Islands.
GOVERNOR
OF
MALAYA
LONDON
lit.
Hon.
Malcolm
Macdonald,
who
is
leaving
as
British
High
Commissioner
to
Canada,
may
become
governor
general
of
Malaya.
SCHOOL
OF
PHARMACY
VANCOUVER
A
school
of
pharmacy
will
be
established
at
University
of
British
Columbia
in
the
fall.
RELAX
WAGE
REGULATIONS
OTTAWA
An
amended
wage
order
is
expected
to
be
announced
within
the
next
week,
probably
simultaneously
with
the
lifting
of
the
price
ceiling
on
some
atticles.
Speculation
is
that
the
order
will
open
the
way
for
Increases
of
.up
to
five
per
cent
by
free
collective
bargaining
without
requiring
of
war
labor
boards.
TO
MOVE
IN
AGAIN
Early
Seizure
of
Industry
in
States
Not
Expected
WASHINGTON
A
government
official
indicates
that
the
White
House
will
move
in
again
on
the
steel
dispute
around
the
middle
of
next
week.
Most
officials,
'however,
are
unanimous
in
discounting
any
idea
that
early
seizure
of
the
industry
Is
In
the
cards.
!
Bad
Liquor
Two
Airmen
Lose
Lives
Three
Others
Out
of
Danger
After
Imbibing
"Vile-Smelling
L
.
.
id.
LiJ
U
-
-
-
-.
-
art
in-.
HALIFAX
Three
Canadian
airmen,
who
became
ill
from
drinking
poisonous
liquor,
are
reported
to
be
out
of
danger
to
day
and
are
recovering.
The
three
were
members
of
a
group
of
five
airmen
at
Moncson,
,Ncw
Brunswick,
who
drank
what
a
coroner
described
as.
a
vile-smelling
liquid
Saturday
night.
Two
,of
the
five,
Flight
Sergeant
F.
W.
Morin
of
Ottawa
and
Leading
Aircraftman
Maurice
Martlncau
of
Montreal,
died
frcm
the
affects
of
the
liquid.
The
other
three
were
removed
to
the
R.C.A.F.
hospital
at
Dartmouth,
Nova
Scotia.
Air
Force
authorities
have
refused
to
disclose
the
names
of
the
three
In
hospital.
Chlorination
In
Vancouver
Ends
VANCOUVER.
W
Chlorination
of
Vancouver's
water
is
to
end
March
31,
Dr.
E.
A.
Cleveland,
chairman
of
the
Greater
Vancouver
Water
Board,
announced
yesterday.
ARE
BACKING
AND
FILLING
Matter
of
Jurisdiction
All
That
Is
Taken
Up
So
Far
In
Iran-Russia
Dispute
TEHERAN
t
Iran's
dispute
with
Russia,
charging
interference
with
Internal
affairs,
was
brought
before
the
United
Nations
Organization
security
council
because
it
was
felt
it
might
lead
to
"International
friction"
unless
it
was
settled,
the
Iranian
delegate
said
yesterday.
The
Iranian
delegate
appeared
on
Invitation
after
the
Soviet
delegate
made
It
clear
that
he
had
agreed
only
to
discussion
at
this
time
as
to
whether
the
council
should
formally
take
jurisdiction
of
the
Iranian
case.
The
Russian
delegate
reserved
the
right
to
press
his
rs-qucst,
previously
filed,
that
the
dispute
be
left
to
direct
negotiations
between
Teheran
and
Moscow.
Earlier
an
Iranian
note
had
said
that
charges
of
Russtan
in
tcrcfercnce
"could
be
fully
proved."
The
hearing
has
been
adjourned
until
Wednesday.
Today's
Temperature
Maximum
35
M'nlmum
27
I
Secretary
of
Canadian
Legion
'
Objects
to
Being
Called
"Liar-I
By
Ian
Mackenzie
VANCOUVER,
(CP)
About
half
way
through
a
meeting
between
representatives
of
the
city
council
and
Canadian
Legion
and
Veterans'
Affairs
Minister
Ian
Mackenzie
to
consider
the
Hotel
Vancouver
hostel
question,
Robert
Maenicol,
executive
secretary
of
the
provincial
council
of
the
Canadian
Legion,
walked
out
in
protest
over
remarks
by
Mr.
Mackenzie.
Mr,
Maenicol
said
that.
Mr.
Mackenzie
called
him
"a
Hat
and
that
I
was
lying
about
a
report
that
the
Canadian'
Leeion
War
Services
had
been
willing
to
operate
the
old
hotel
as
a
hostel
tinder
federal
financing."
1
Mr.
Maenicol
added
that
he
would
net
be
"insulted
by
any
cabinet
minister
or
anyone
else."
IRAN-RUSSIA
-MEETING
ON
Getting
Together
Today
in
Effrrt
to
Settle
Vexed
Question
LONDON
Representatives
of
Soviet
Russia
and
Iran
are
meeting
today
to
seek
a
solution
to
the
Russian-Iranian
dispute,
pne
of
three
International
controversies
before
the
United
Nations
Security
Council.
Iran's
new
premier,
Ahmed
Oavan,
has
disclosed
In
Teheran
that
he
lias
In
structed
Iranian
UNO
dcgclate
AH
Sohelly
to
confer
with
Soviet
Vice
-
Commissar
Andrer
Vlsh-insky
In
a
new
effort
to
settle
15
.riisp.ute.by
rneraljjjaiks.
United
fionssdurceisay"they
j
have
high
hopes
that
the
con-1
ference
will
case
the
tension.
Indonesians
and
British
Clash
BATAVIA,
tPi-British
artillery
and
mortar
fire
today
dispersed
Indonesian
forces
southwest
of
Soerebaja
after
they
had
attacked
the
British
company
on
three
sides.
Three
other
British
companies
in
the
east
Java
sector
underwent
an
all-night
siege
by
Indonesians
armed
with
machine
guns,
rifles
and
grenade
dischargers.
DEMOBILIZATION
CASE
SET
FORTH
Sixteen
Point
Demand
by
R.A.F.
for
Repatriation
NEW
DELHI
-
With
British
airmen
away
from
home
expressing
anger
at
the
slowness
of
demobilization,
at
India's
largest
air
centres
two
bases
at
Cawnporc
five
thousand
R.A.F.
men
on
strike
put
forward'
it'
sixteen
point
demand
calling
for
a
speedup
of
demobilization
.'Hhd
repatriation.
The
R.A.F.
"men
said
that
they
are
willing
to
make
their
strike
only
a'"lbKen
strike"
providing
that
the'
British
people
are
informed
of
tlielr
16
points.
They
said
that,
-If
10
days
pass
and
their
demaWi
hre
still
not
satisfied,
they
will
strike
again
until
the
demands
have
been
met.
While
they
struck
against
the
slowness
of
repatriation,
members
of
the
Royai
Indian
Air
Force
struck
to
demand
better
service
conditions.
The
Indian
Air
Force
members
want
improvement
in
general
'living
conditions
and
food,
and
fair
treatment
from
superior
officers,
irrespective
of
nationality;
'"
NORTH
SEA
BRINGS
FISH
Unloading
frozen
fish
from
Alaska
for
trans-shipment
to
the
eastern
United
States
market,
the
Northland
Transportation
Co.'s
vessel
North
Sea,
Capt.
M.
L.
Jordan,
docked
here
at
10:30
this
morning.
The
North
Sea
brought
12
carloads
-aboul
275
tons,
which
was
transferred
immediately
to
refrigerator
cars.
The
fish
was
brought
from
Sitka,
Juneau,
Petersburg
and
Ketchikan.
The
North
Sea
sailed
later
today
for
Seattle
with
passengers
and
cargo
1
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