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1946
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v.imuiiistic
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States
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of
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January
8
11
The
Railway
had
opposed
the
.
while
the
three
"viaco
and
four
::
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had
sought
t
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d'-lerment
to
prc-
in
opposition
to
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Canadian
jv.nr
auxiliary
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port
after
a
rom
Bermuda.
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at
l'rcseiil
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and
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Appointment
'
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Kearney,
Can-;
for,
what
the
statesmen
01
ine
u
;:..,uslfr
In
Norway
and
j
v,'orld
are
endeavouring
to
erect.
Canada's
first
High
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through
Uie
meetings
of
the
for
I'-ii-
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tn
Indi.i
vnoa
an-
:
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bv
Hon.
Louis
St.
Laur-
mmi
:tor
of
external
affairs.
"ion
was
made
of
an
np-
t'tmcnt
mi
to
the
post
made
i
expected
to
make
its
..ictn
of
a
High
Canada
shortly.
Local
Tides
December
20,
1946
4:30
18.4
feet
16:07
19.3
feet
10:17
9.4
feet
2:44
5.1
feet
COLD
IN
B.C.
Dohir
air
snrcatlinir
ftr
iiorthcin
and
central
ri"sl
Columbia
brought
30
zero
wcallicr
to
rrincc
J-urSc
and
leniperatures
arc
falling;
rapidly
ovci'
the
"'Vintc
wifli
no
improve
"t
expected
Saturday.
I
r
-
J
AFTER
CATTLE
STEAMER
HIT
BRIDE
SHIP
The
cattle
steamer
Stormont
is
shown,
top,
on
Its
side
In
the
River
Mersey
after
it
capsized
following
a
collision
with
the
K.S.
Empire
Brent,
mostly
war
brides
and
babies
bound
for
Canada,
saw
210
head
of
cattle
struggling
in
the
river.
Bottom
photo
shows
river
craft
rescuing
some
of
the
floundering
cattle.
Many
of
the
animals
were
swept
away
and
drowned.
All
crew
members
of
the
Stormont
were
rescued.
TRANSITION
PERIOD
MAKES
BIG
PROBLEMS
FOR
RAILWAY
SYSTEM
Traffic
Decline
and
Increased
Expenses
Result
In
Falling
Net
Revenue,
Mr.
Vaughan
Reports
MONTREAL
After
a
war
that
left
scarcely
a
nation
untouched,
it
was
too
much
to
expect
that
1946,
the"
first
full
year
free
of
destruction,
should
see
the
world
swing
back
to
normal,
says
a
review
of
the
year
1946
by
R.
C.
Vaughan,
C.M.G.,
chairman
and
president,
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
transition
from
total
1
wy
treoled
fay
tla.
for
example.
total
peace
will
taKemucn
longer
inacascci
uy
93
3
pcr
ccnt
jn
than
12
months.
Indeed,
the
fr.miliar
words
"back
to
normal"
wvn
w,.
...
...
th.-
vessel
sustained
150
TTw...
blc
damage.
-
.
"
;
.r.
'
L."
MISTER
were
the
ciays
of
financial
catastrophe
und
depression,
a
time
of
s.i
...
;..ior.
und
tsar,
when
Hitler
was
cxpanalns
and
laying
his
plans
for
world
conquest,
when
Mussolini
was
at
the
height
o
his
power
and
Japan
was
eatlne
its
way
Into
China.
Nt
Intelligent
man
can
desire
a
return
to
a
normality
of
that
kind.
What
we
are
an
groping
eign
ministers
and
the
sessions
of
the
United
Nations,
is
a
new
normality,
based
on
enduring
iruod
will
and
peace.
In
1910
we
made
a
start
in
the
tremendous
labor
of
mending
the
broken
world;
we
tackled
the
problems
of
reconstruction,
reconvcrslor
and
rehabilitation.
The
year
was
full
of
misunderstandings,
conflicts
and
frustrations;
but
we
made
a
beginning.
In
common
with
all
other
railways,
the
Canadian
National
system
suffered
a
serious
decline
hi
net
revenues
In
1946.
Operating
cdsts
were
affected
by
higher
wage
rates
and
higher
unit
prices
for
materials,
these
costs
increase
at
the
i
i
presenting
an
rate
of
$30,890,000
pcr
annum
over
1945.
An
indication
of
what
hi-.s
happened
to
costs
of
railway
operation
and
maintenance
can
bp
shown
by
a
comparison
with
p:-e-var
levels.
The
cost
of
un-
BAS
K
ETBALL
TON10I1T
CIVIC
CENTKE
Kayhi
vs.
Bouth
Memorial
High
School
8
O'clock
Preliminary
Game
-
METLAKATLA
vs.
MACEY'S
1916
over
1939;
treated
tics
by
45.1
per
cent,
new
rail
by
23.1
per
cent
a
ton;
coal
by
51.3
per
cent;
steel
products
by
19.2
per
cent
and
lumber
and
forest
pro
ducts
by
57.4
per
ccnt.
The
aver
age
wage
earned
In
1946
showed
an
Increase
cf
43
per
cent
over
1939.
These
Increases
In
material
costs
and
payroll
expenses,
have
added
over
$90,000,000
to
our
op
erating
charges
for
the
year
194C
as
compared
with
1939.
Revenue
tons
of
freight
moved
in
1946
are
estimated
at
79,975,-000,
as
compared
with
79,941,000
in
the
previous
year.
Notwithstanding
this
slight
increase
in
tonnage,
the
gross
freight
revenues
declined
$10,590,000,
due
to
a
substantial
drop
In
the
average
haul
and
In
the
class
of
commodities
transported.
Approximately
22,081,000
.revenue
passengers
were
carried
during
the
year,
a
decrease
of
27
pcr
ccht
from
the
1945
total
of
30.370.080.
Operating
revenues
of
the
sys
tcm
have
been
estimated
at
$399,100,000,
a
decrease
of
$34,-
673,000,
or
eight
pcr
ccnt,
from
1915.
These
results
emphasize
ths
urgent
necessity
for
an
upward
revision
in
rates
on
all
freight
traWlc
carried
in
Canada.
On
behalf
of
its
member
companies,
the
Railway
Association
of
Canada
has
made
formal
application
to
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
for
authority
to
make
a
general
advance
in
freight
rates,
the
present
level
having
been
established
by
the
Board
In
1922.
In
the
United
States,
the
Interstate
Commerce
Commission
has
authorized
a
general
Increase
Jn
railroad
freight
rates
equivalent
to
nearly
20
per
cent.
During
the
past
year,
the
demand
for
freight
cars
has
been
Like
Cost
THE
WEATHER
1
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Southern
portion
clear
today,
tonight
and
Saturday.
Winds
light,
becoming
cloudy,
tonight
and
overcast
with
snow
flurries
Saturday.
Winds
light,
becoming
northeast
(25)
this
afternoon,
becoming
light
tonight.
Little
change
in
temperature".
Temperatures
tonight
and
Saturday:
mini-mums,
Port
Hardy
25,
Massett
20,
Prince
Rupert
23;
maximums,
Port
Hardy
33,
Massett
34,
Prince
Rupert
34.
Guests
Flee
Hotel
Biszef
U.
C.
Hotel
in
I'cnlicton
Swept
by
Flames
PENTICTON
(CP)
Fifty
guests,
some
of
whom
were
foiccd
lo,
escape
by
ladders
and
drain
pipes
from
second
cxtromely
htu'vy,
particularly
for
box
and
refrigerator
cars.
At
the
same
time,
without
the
procure
cf
wartime
necessity,
combined
with
certain
changes
In
the
nat-ure
of
commodities
now
transported
by
rail,
the
average
ton-page
ptir
car
has
decreased.
Leading
and
unloading
has
slowed.
A
contributing
fact'i:
having
considerable
effect
Is
the
gradual
Increase
In
the
adoption
of
the
five-day
work
week
by
Industry,
whicn,
in
effect,
places
upon
the
railways
the
burden
cf
increased
freight
car
ownership
to
handle
an
equal
quantity
of
traffic.
Heavy
demands
were
made
upon
us
to
move
large
quantities
of
grain
by
rail,
usually
moved
by
water,
as
well
as
cement,
lumber
and
other
forest
products,
building
materials
an
d
miscellaneous
consumer
goods.
Civic
Centre
Association
NEW
YEAR'S
EVE
FROLIC
Tickets
and
Reservations
available
now
at
Civic
Centre
Office,
Macey's,
Kaien
Hardware
and
W.
F.
Stone's
traffic
accident
in
the
fog
-
shrouded
downtown
1
i
1
1lT
ITT.
i
district,
oi
iNew
Westminster.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jones,
who
live
In
Malllardvllle,
nearby
New
WeEminster,
and
Mrs.
Mabel
Mc-Knlght
were
instantly
killed.
Mrs.'
McKnight's
husband,
Hugh
McKnlght,
died
in
hospital
on
Christmas
Day.
-
Harold
Thorsteinson
and
Fred
Barr
were
Injured.
Many
Killed
in
Plane
Crashes
SHANGHAI
Sixty-two
persons
were
killed
and
19
In-jmtd
in
a
series
cf
four
craahes
of
commercial
aircraft
-while
coming
into
the
antiquated
air
field
here
from
central
China
during
dense
fog
over
the
Christmas
liollday
season.
TRAIN
CRASH
KILLS
THREE
Canadian
National
Hallways
Tragedy
in
Saskatchewan
yesterday
C
ALDER,
Sask.-VThree
members
of
the
train
crew
were
killed
when
a
Canadian
National
Railways
extra
freight
crashed
into
a
waiting
train
here
yesterday.
Draw
Up
Franchise
For
B.C.E.
Railway
Pplice
said
that
Jones'
auto-
VANCOUVER
Further
pro-
mobile
was
in
collision
with
a
!
gress
is
being
made
by
the
city
truck
driven
by
Thorsteinson.
I
council
towards
granting
of
a
The
car
careened
into
a
crowd
;
twenty-year
franchise
to
the
of
bystanders,
striking
Mr.
and!
British
Columbia
Electric
Rail-
Mr
McKnlght
and
Barr.
Mrs.
McKnight's
body
was
thrown
thrtHugh
a
drug
'store
window.
No
charges
have
been
laid.
way
Co.
It
will
be
considered
by
the
city
council
next
week.
A
detailed-
ipropbsafor-thelraT
chase
by
the
city
of
tne
uriusn
Mrs.
Bryant
sailed
last
night
Columbia
Electric
Railway
sys
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
New
tern
after
1950
is
also
being
Westminster.
(drawn
up.
Sal
let
in
J
storey
rooms,
escaped
injury
1
spiring
to
communicate
con
when
fire
swept
the
B.C.
Hotel,
a
three
storey
structure,
on
Thursday.
Miss
Pat
Lehman,
a
chambermaid,
was
a
heroine
of
the
fire,
rousing
all
the
guests
when
the
alarm
sounded.
Many
were
sleeping
after
the
holiday
festivities.
The
fire
started
in
a
washroom,
and
so
far
its
origin
has
not
been
determined.
308
HOLIDAY
DEATHS'
NEW
YORK
Christmas
holiday
violent
deaths
in
the
United
States
totalled
308,
traffic
fatalities
accounting
for
244
deaths.
CONVICTED
AS
SPY
OTTAWA
Durnford
Smith,
National
Research
Council
engineer,
was
today
convicted
and
sentenced
to
five
years'
imprisonment
in
penitentiary
by
County
Court
Judge
A.
G.
McDougall
on
a
charge
of
con-
fidential
infoimation
to
Rus
sia.
Smith
told
the
court:
"I
know
I
am
an
innocent
man."
ONE
STILL
MISSING
MOUNT
JOLI,
Quebec
One
woodsman,
Floricn
Simanl,
is
still
missing
and
little
hope
is
held
of
finding
him
alive.
He
was
one
of
seven
men
who
were
aboard
a
plane
which
crashed
in
the
St.
Lawrence
while
crossing
the
river
Mori-day
night.
The
other
six
were
rescued
from
ice
floes
in
varying
conditions
of
frostbite,
exposure
and
exhaustion.
EXPLOSION
AT
SAULT
SAULT
STE.
MARIE
A
tcriific
blast,
caused
by
molten
slag
pouring
into
snow
at
Algoma
Steel
Corporation
plant,
shook
the
city
early
today
but
there
were
no
casualties
.and
property
damage
was
slight.
The
explosion
occurred
as
a
pot
of
hot
slag
tipped
over
while
it
was
being
taken
from'
an
open
hearth.
NEW
ORLEANS
WRECK
NEW
ORLEANS
The
Illinois
Central
IlailroAil's
prize
train
the
all
Pullman
streamlined
Panama
Limited,
enroute
from
Chicago
to
New
Orleans,
was
wrecked
today
and
it
is
reported
forty
passengers
were
injured.
Five
or
fix
cars
of
the
13.car
train
derailed
31
miles
northwest
of
here.
Cause
was
not
immediately
known
but
it
may
have
been
a
broken
rail
or
faulty
coupling.
U.S.
WINS
DAVIS
CUP
MELBOURNE
-Ted
Schroder
and
Jack
Kramer
won
the
Davis
Cup,
symbolic
of
world
tennis
supremacy,
for
the
United
States
to'day,
breezing
through
Australia's
doubles
team,
Jack
Bromwich
and
Adrian
Quist,
in
straight
sets
C-2,
7-5,
6-1.
LITTLE
GIRL
MISSING
ST.
CATHERINES.
Out.
Fluctuations
Not
Expected
in
Canada
Since
of
Living
Items
Have
Been
Under
Ceilings
QUADRUPLETS
DOING
WELL
.
....What
tc
V"all
Three
"Boys
is
The
Question
.for
;Mr.
and
Mrs
Ilenn
of
Baltimore
EALTIMORE
Quadruplets
born
in
St.
Agnes
Hospital
here
Sunday
night
are
reported
by
their
physician
Dr.
Boyer
to
be
doing
splendidly.
A
name
Joan
Mary,
had
been
satectcd
for
the
girl
but
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Her
are
wondering
what
to
call
the
boys.
Jap
Pfinces
to
.
See
Devastation
TOKYO
O)
Two
imperial
princes
are
scheduled
to
leave
tomorrow
for
the
earthquake
and'
tidal
wave
devastated
area
with
instructions
from
the
Emperor
to
inspect
the
damage
and
comfort
the
sufferers.
The
death
toll
now
is
placed
at
1,108
with
2,542
Injured
and
162
missing.
iQuADR
CAR
ME
CRASH
'XMAS
EVE
ames
Jones,
a
brother
f
Mrs.
Helen
Bryant,
formerly
of
Smithers
and
now
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Hqtel
staff
here,
is
one
of
four
persons
who
are
dead
following
a
Christmas
Eve
Nine-year-old
Mario
Rusnak
was
sought
today
by
hundreds
of
aroused
citizens
and
police.
She
has
been
missing
for
four
nights.
There
are
few
cities
to
aid
the
searchers
except
a
report
that
she
was
last
seen
talking
to
a
"tall,
slim
stranger"
Monday
night
after
having
been
sent
out
on
an
errand
.
She
is
one
of
four
children
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Rasnuk.
OIL
TANK
EXPLODES
QUEBEC
An
oil
tank,
containing
a
million
gallons
of
fuel
oil,
exploded
in
the
northeastern
Chicoutimi
district
today
but
first
reports
said
there
were,
no
casualties.
Noise
of
the
blast
could
be
heard
several
miles
away.
Oil
five
inches
deep
in
some
places
is
said
to
have
flowed
into
the
streets
of
Port
Alfred.
QUESTION
OF
DAIREN
WASHINGTON
Senator
Tom
Stewart
has
urged
a
thorough
Investigation
into
the
verbal
ultimatum
which
forced
an
unarmed
-United
States
Navy
ship
to
leave
Daircn,
Russian-controlled
Nazi
port.
Meantime,
the
State
Department
says
that
the
Russian
authorities
had
the
right
to
order
the
ship
out
after
48
hours.
Russia
intends
to
retain
full
control
of
Daircn,
it
was
reported
today.
FORMER
PREMIER
DIES
SAINT
JOHN
Hon.
J.
15.
BL
Baxter,
78,
chief
justice
of
New
Brunswick
and
former
Premier,
died
at
his
home
eaily
today
after
a
long
period
of
failing
health.
1
Sudden
Tumble
To
Be
Probed
By
Washington
OTTAWA
(CP)
Prices
jn
Canada
are
not
likely
to
be
subject
to
sharp
fluctuations
such
as
appeared
in
some
cost-of-living
items
in
United
States,
prices
board
officials
report.
They
say
there
is
no
parallel
in
Canada
to
the
situation
in
the
United
States
because
cost-of-living
items
in
this
country
have
been
kept
under
the
ceiling.
NEW
YORK
(CP)
Prices
for
many
cost-of-living
items
tumbled
suddenly
..yesterday
in
major
citig-Vj2,''"hut
the
Unit-
lecnyil-'jH,
.
line
in
New
York
and
Chicago
wholesale
butter
markets,
ranging
from
9c
to
10c
a
pound,
coming
back
four
cent
$uday,
however
'Egg
prices
likewise
dropped
in
many
one-tnIfofw73nena!f
in
many
big
department
stores
NEW
WAVE
OF
ROBBERIES
ON
Robbery
of
Taxi
Dispatcher
Signal
For
Start
of
Another
Crime
Wave
VANCOUVER
O)
There
.have
been
no
new
developments
in.
.the
Investigation
of
the
latest
armed
robbery
here
Sunday
when
a
masked
bandit
took
$120
'front
Edward
Scosky
In
a
mid-town
taxi
office,
then
slugging
him
with
a
butt
of
a
gun
arid
inflicting
head
wounds
that
sent
the
dispatcher
to
hospital
-;for
treatment.
The
hold-up,
first
In
a
week
following
a
police
drive
which
was
climaxed
by
a
number,
of
arrests,
was
accompaled
,by.a
new
outbreak
of
assaults,
"robberies
and
burglaries
in
which
cash,
jewelry
and
other
articles
to
the
total
of
about
$100
were
stolen.
i-ly
COMBINED
MINISTRY
Co-ordination
lof
British
Defence
Arms
to
Become
-ft:
Effective
January
1
.vSti
ated
British
ministry
ot
defence
in
major
cities.
It
is
reported
will
take
over
January
I.
The
that
the
Retailers'
Association
I
minister
will
be
Rt.
Hon.
A.
V.
is
looking
for
pronounced
general
reductions
In
food
prices
in
February.
Newspapers
in
most
American
cities
today
carried
full
page
advertisements
by
department
stores
announcing
full-scale
bargain
displays.
-
Jp
Washington,
men's
white
shirts
dropped
.
..from
$3.98
to
$1.98,
and
nylon
stockings
;were
selling
at
72
cents
a
pair.
In
Chicago
clothing
sales
have
been
advertised
with
claimed
price
reductions
on
women's
coats
from
their
former
prices
of
$100
and
$139,
down
to
$68.
At
Washington
Secretary
of
Agriculture
Anderson
today
ordered
an
investigation
into
the
price
break
in
New
York
butter
prices.
Consumers
complained
that
the
market
had
been
manipulated
to
prevent
a
drop
in
producer
prices.
:-.Af
.w.
.
....
I
BEAVERBROOK
IN
U.S.
Enjoying
the
attention
he
appears
to
be
getting
from
an
English
sparrow
and
the
pigeons
In
Central
Park,
New
York,
is
Lord
Bcaverbrook,
former
British
minister
of
war
production.
Lord
Beaverbrook,
a
Canadian
by
birth,
is
one
of
England's
leading
news
Alexander
with
Sir
Henry
Wilson-Smith
as
undersecretary.
Navy,
army
and
air
departments
will
bg
.brought
uncer
theione
head.
,
.
1
WITH
P.E.I.
Island
Province
Is
Latest
to
Accept
Dominion's
Financial
Proposals
.
CIIARLOTTETQWN
Premier
J.
Walter
Jones
of
Prince
Edward
Island
announced
last
night
that
his
government
had
accepted
In
principle
new
Dominion
government
proposals
for
ri
agfleemeKt
whereby
4tie
island
province
will
receive
$2,Q00,00(h
annually
from
the
federal
treasury
hi
lieu
of
personal
and
corporation
income
tax
privileges
for
a
period
of
years.
This
means
that
Piincc
Edward
Island
will
receive
$117,000
more
next
year
from
Ottawa
than
it
did
last
year.
Brutality
In
Indo-China
Grim
Reports
I
Treatment
Of
French
Civilians
Revolt
Is
Now
in
Hand-
HANOI
TO
Brutal
atrocities
are
charged
In
connection'
with
the
slaying
of
French
civilians
'
as
unrest
continues
over
French
!
rule
of
French
Inao-Chlna.-W'
Announcement
of
the
slaying
of
29
civilians
asserted
that
'the
bodies
had
been
brutally
mutilated
and
four
had,
apparently",
been
burned
to
death.
Ears
were
cut
from
some
while
other
bodies
were
found
with
daggers
planted
In
the
eyes.
Meanwhile
French
military
authorities
report
that
French
troops
have
the
situation..
In
hand
In
all
towns
of
northern
Indo-Chlna
where
lighting
ihas
occurred
and
mopplng-up
operations
are
under
way
in
Hanoi.
?
More
than
200
French
soldiers
were
reported
killed
or
wounded
'.
In
earlier
fighting.