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process
r-inj
of
objection-.
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enhance
the
Ju;:t
of
Canadian
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into
a
small
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controversy.
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dispute
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formula,
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the
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the
aland
that
a
Oerman
di."overy
it
harcd
among
the
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j.n
pre
Lr.
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to
.
of
Trade
and
the
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Lmenk
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lure
and
'y
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die
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to
force
inc
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the
infor-
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Rovernor
of
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finitely
yes-
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be
a
can-Republican
uresi-
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mination
next
year.
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Bill
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in
part.
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unanimous
in
flnd-
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b
ond
the
pow-"
ViP
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legislature.
'.he
licensing
of
branches
and
ttlc.s.
from
$1,000
t6
ii
du
of
non-li-ion.
'.iv
for
pensions,
rd
old
a?:c.
edu-
icui
benefits
and
payments
are
de-
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IUU-M,
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Credit
government
"phllo-ophy."
It
:vr,d
at
the
last
ses-Lr-r'slatnre.
nUrd
that
"the
mi
not
be
allowed
on
matters
of
fed-
"...Uil.
CRIMINAL
IAr.s
i
nnQF
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i
iiiaauc
mc-icrm
forrprf
Tom
Valley
Force
Gen-
ji
-""syivania
today.
The
rLad
been
committed
for
aiiging
nom
rape
to
1
,
T
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1
lv:Ka(rn
pMinMUn
M.
Railways
passenger
repre-
-
K.etcnikan.
was
a
auuara
me
Prince
Ru-
-j
itturnincr
to
Alaska
aCailOn
trln
he
fon
i!Vi
.
.t.
ovum
Luis
Obispo,
California.
FIVE
ARE
EXECUTED
Four
Prisoncis
of
War
and
Boy-Killer
Put
to
Death
At
Lethbridgc
Today
LETHBRIDGE
Execution
took
place
at
the
Lethbridge
jail
early
this
morning
of
four
German
prisoners
of
war,
who
had
been)
convicted
f'murdeiing
one
of
i
thtlr
number,
and
Donald
Sherman
Staley,
killer
of
a
six-year-old
boy.
Last
night
three
of
the
Ger-mansdiad
attempted
to
take
their
lives.
Their
request
to
be
shot
instead
and
hanged
had
been
re
jected.
The
three
Germans
attempted
sukldc
by
slashing
their
wrists
with
razor
blades
smuggled
Into
the
prison.
The
Germans
were:
Sgt.
Maj.
Bruno
Fcrccnowskl,
aged
34;
Sgt.
Maj.
Helnrich
Bush,
29;
Sgt.
,
Maj.
W11.U
Mueller,
31,
and
Sgt.
Walter
WoU,
29.
They
were
hanged
for
the
murder
of
a
fel-lot
-prisoner
at
Medicine
Hat
primn
ramp
in
1914.
The
Gcmans,
considering
mat
th'r
iiaing
cf
the
compatriot
hr.d
been
an
act
of
loyalty
to
4h"
Reich,
refused
to
associate
In
any
way
with
the
Canadian
ex-soldier
murderer.
Th
Canadian
ex-yoldler,
29
years
of
age,
paid
with
his
life
for
the
sex-slaying
of
six-year-old
Donnle
Goss
of
Calgary.
Staley
was
also
the
self-confessed
slayer
of
11-year-old
Gary
Billings
of
Vancouver
last
July
5.
He
spent
his
law
nours
In
the
prison
assembling
a
jig-saw
puzzle.
WITNESS
FINED
SECOND
TIME
QUEBEC
W
Jonn
Maynard
How.
shamlv
denounced
yester
day
as
a
member
of
the
Jehovah
Witness
sect
by
court
recorder
.Tpnn
Mcrcier.
appeared
in
court
again
today
and
was
convicted
on
a
second
charge.
How
was
found
guilty
today
of
Illegally
distributing
pam
phlets,
and
was
fined
Siuu
anu
costs
with
an
alternative
three
months
jail
sentence.
He
went
to
jail.
,
Yesterday
he
was
fined
$40
and
costs,,
or
a
two-months
jail
sen-
tencc.
Recorder
Mercier
branded
the
Witnesses
of
Jehovah
as
"witnesses
of
falsehood"
and
said
that
If
he
were
permitted,
he
would
give
a
sentence
of
life
Imprisonment
to
every
member
of
the
sect
convicted.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
ucccmoer
19.
1946
High
:
10:37
20.0
feet
23:35
17.4
feet
Low
4:24
8.7
feet
17:21
5.8
feet
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AND
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Published
at
Canada's
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Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
294,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
DECEMBER
18,
1946
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expressed
fears
here
Tues-,i
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future
of
the
$1,000,000
warlv
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if
u
inuusiry.
savincr
that
tho
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mmthilt.
west
coast
group
meeting
witn
in
Secretary
of
State
James
F.
rorw
cyrnes
I
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After
the
meeting,
Govern-
I
WllWran
tnU
1
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1.
.
ISDU16
had
related
the
Russlan
sher-
i
jiitrn
iiau
muvcu
in
wnere
me
i.laicnal
Issue
Italsed
Method
of
Removing
IV
A
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-II
Japanese
had
left
off
and
that
he
feared
old
disputes
between
rival
fishing
groups
might
flare
up
anew.
Wallgren
said
that
the
delegation
from
the
states
of
Washington,
Oregon
and
California
had
asked
Mr.
Byrnes
for
"highest
level"
consideration
of
the
situation.
"
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PR"-
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RESCUE
12
FROM
PLANE
CRASH
IN
SWISS
ALPS
This
aerial
view
over
the
scene
of
the
VS.
army
transport
crash
in
the
Bernese
Alps
shows
some
of
the
survivors
and
members
of
the
rescue
parties
near
the
plane.
Two
Swiss
pilots
plucked
12
Americans
off
the
8,000-foot-high
Gaull
glacier
where
they
had
been
marooned
for
five
days.
Written
in
the
glacial
snows
of
the
Alpine
peak
Is
the
word
"Finl,"
marked
out
bv
the
rescuers
who
worked
feverishly
since
the
cra.ih
to
brins
about
the
rescue
of
the
plane's
passesgers
and
crew
Two
survivors
of
the
VS.
army
plane
crash
in
the
Alps
are
Mrs.
W
C.
McMahon,
centre.
Buffalo,
N.Y.,
and
her
daughter,
Mary
Alice
seen
walking
with
Brig.-Gen,
Tate
at
Unterboch
airport.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
disturbance
Is
now
moving
slowly
southward
over
northern
Vancouver
Island
and
central
British
Columbia
second
disturbance
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
will
reach
the
northern
British
Columbia
coast
this
afternoon.
Milder
weather
Is
anticipated
during
the
next
43
hours
although
overcast
skies
will
be
general
and
rain
will
continue
on
the
northern
coast.
The
snow
which
is
now
falling
in
t.c
southern
coastal
areas
is
expected
to
turn
to
rain
during
the
afternoon.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Overcast,
intermittent
rain
today
and
tonight.
Rain
snowcrs
on
Thursday,
Wind
westerly
(20
m.p.h.)
becoming
southeasterly
(30)
by
noon
and
southwest
f
15)
on
Thursday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
At
Port
Hardy,
33;
Masse
tt,
30;
Prince
Rupert,
36.
Highs
Thursday
'At
Port
Hardy,
40;
Mas-sett,
42;,
Prince
Rupert,
41.
Pen
Guards
Fire
On
Tobacco
Smugglers
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Guards
at
the
British
Columbia
Penitentiary
had
to
fire
yesterday
on
two
men
who
were
trying
10
smuggle
tobacco
into
the
prison.
BELFAST,
0)
Belfast
harbor
surcharges
are
being-
raised
because
of
decreased
port
traffic
and
higher
maintenance
costs,
KEEPING
OPEN
TERRACE
ROADS
General
Foreman
A,
Kennedy
Ilavin
Busy
Time
General
Foreman
A.
Kenns'dv
with
the
Public
Works
crew
has
done
a
splendid
job
during
the
past
few
weeks
in
keeping
roads
eoen
in
face
of
very
bad
snow
conditions.
He
took
advantage
cf
additional
equipment
in
hav
ing
roads
In
the
village
and
the
densely
settled
area
cleared
early
"in
the
morning,
and
logging
roads,
too,
have
been
main
tained
in
good
workable
ANTICIPATES
OBJECTION
At
British
Columbia
Receiving
Larger
Per
Capita
Grant
Than
Other
Provinces
REGINA
Premier
T.
C
Douglas
of
Saskatchewan
said
yesterday
that,
although
he
was
expressing
no
objection
himself,
he
anticipated
that
exception
would
be
taken
by
other
provinces
to
British
Columbia,
under
the
agreement
made
by
Premier
John
Hart
with
Ottawa,
obtaining
$22
per
capita
grant
from
the
federal
treasury
compared
with
$15
that
the
other
provinces
are
receiving
Re-Affirms
Support
of
Chiang
Gov't
WASHINGTON
(CP)
President
Truman
today
reaffirmed
United
States
-ecognition
of
the
national
government
of
China,
md
said
that
the
United
States
will
persevere
in
its
policy
jf
helping
the
Chinese
people.
In
a
statement
clarifying
American
policy
in
China,
he
said
that
Americans
there
had
been
reduced
from
113.0C0
to
less
than
12,000.
He
had
nothing
to
say
to
a
suggestion
that
the
United
States
and
other
world
powers
should
seek
a
solution
to
China's
internal
strife
In
an
international
conference.
'TEEN
AGE
GANG
WELL
ORGANIZED
Even
Girls
Were
Included
in
Denver
Round-up
Had
$5,000
of
Loot
DENVER
O)
A
group
of
teen-
aged
boys
and
girls,
described
jy
the
police
as
the
most
highly
organized
gang
in
the
city's
history
Is
in
custody.
The
gang
Includes
four
14-year-old,
girls.
More
than
$5,000
worth
of
loot,
ranging
from
typewriters
to
automobiles
and
clothing,
was
allegedly
taken
by
the
gang
since
lb
Ijegan
Operating,
.last"
August.
The
youngest
member
is
12
years
cW.
Bulletins
AUTO
INSURANCE
UP
OTTAWA
A
general
increase
of
fifteen
percent
in
automobile
Insurance
rates
is
announced.
Existing
policies
will
not
be
affected
until
they
are
renewed.
NEWSPAPERMAN
DIES
LONDON
George
P.
Armstrong,
member
of
the
editorial
staff
of
the
London
Free
Press
and
well
known
Canadian
newspaperman,
is
dead
here.
GIFT
TO
BRITONS
LONDON
Each
of
Britain's
40,000,000
citizens
.next
month
will
receive
a
gift
of
meat
from
the
Argentine
valued
at
five
pence
or
about
ten
cents.
President
Peron
jof
Argentine
re-
'
cently
announced
the
'
meat
fiift
as
a
"gesture
of
friendship."
SCRUTINIZE
BONUSES
OTTAWA
Employers
are
warned
by
the
federal
government
today
that
validity
of
Christmas
and
New
Year
bonuses
to
employees
and
pay
increases
retroactive
beyond
December
1
would
be
scrutinized
lor
possible
disallowance
as
income
lax
deductions.
HARNESSING
PEACE
ATOM
Bernard
Baruc'n
and
Sir
Alexander
Cadogan
Express
Views
of
Their
Countries
LAKE
SUCCESS
TO
United
Spates
and
Great
Britain
formally
called
upon
the
United
Nations
atomic
energy
commission
Tuesday
to
approve
a
United
States
plan
for
harnessing
the
atom
for
peace.
Bernard
M.
Bariich
led
off
with
the
proposal
that
the
commission
approve
a
plan
ifor
outlawing
atomic
weapons
and
using
the
atom
for
peaceful
purposes.
Sir
Alexander
Cadogan,
British
delegate
quickly
seconded
Baruch.
ENGAGEMENT
ONLY
RUMOR
Official
Permission
Has
Not
Yet
Been
Given
Tor
Troth
of
Elizabeth
and
Philip
LONDON
CP)
Prime
Minister
Attlee
and
his
cabinet
have
not
RENT
INCREASES
ARE
COMING
VP
OTTAWA
The
Ottawa
Citizen
said
yesterday
that
a
general
Increase
In
rent
ceilings
of
from
ten
to
fifteen
percent
might
be
expected
in
January.
An
official
of
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board
said
he
could
make
no
statement
on
the
matter.
The
Citizen
said
its
report
o
the
rent
Increase
coming
intr
effect
some
time
in
January
was
"according
t6
reports
in
usually
well
Informed
circles."
DIVISION
ON
RUSSIA
British
GovenimcntAsaiiv.
Criticized
From
Within
lis
Own
Ranks
on
Foreign
Policy
LONDON
a
The
Labor
Party
fought
back
yesterday
against
a
new
charge
from
within
its
own
ranks
that
the
government's
foreign
policy
was
one
of
"appeasement
to
American
imperialism
and
hostility
toward
the
Soviet
Union."
The
party's
newspaper,
London
Dally
Herald,
disclosed,
new
dissension
by
publishing
Party
Secretary
Moran
Phillips's
reply
to
a
pamphlet
reported
to
have
been
circulated
confidentially
among
the
party
divisions,
trade
unions
and
members
of
Parliament.
The
pamphlet
charged
that
the
"Ango-Amerlcan
line-up"
had
made
the
United
Nations
a
"political
weapon
against
the
Soviet
Union."
In
reply,
Phillips
declared
that
the
government,
stood
for
the
United
Nations
and
in
the
United
Nations
had
fouac
a
"formula
to
unite
both
American
and
British
views."
He
added:
"We
do
not
propose
to
join
the
Soviet
bloc
or
even
form
a
block
of
our
own."
MANY
DIE
IN
TRAIN
WRECK
MADRID
W
Twenty-eight
persons
were
killed
and
more
than
100
injured
yesterday,
railroad
officials,
said,
when
the
vacation-bound
Andalusia
Express
crashed
into
a
stationary
string
of
freight
cars
at
Cinco
Casa,
100
miles
south
of
Madrid,
Immediately
after
the
wreck,
a
group
of
railroad
employees
were
arrested
at
Cinco
Casa
station
on
charges
of
suspicion
of
sabotage.
ROCKET
SOARS
111
MILES
UP
WHITE
SANDS,
New
Mexico
Q
A
German
V-2
rocket
soared
comet-like
to
a
record
height
of
111
miles
Into
the
heavens
last
night,
but
its
man-made
meteorites
were
so
puny
that
they
eluded
most
eyes.
Not
only
did
the
14-ton
mlssle
crack
the
July
30
altitude
rec-
LONDON,
(Cfl
Juvenile
delin-
ord
of
104
miles,
but
It
also
es-
quency
in
Britain
fell
from
a
laDiisned
a
new
speed
record
oi
monthly
average
of
6,000
cases
in
1
5,350
feet
a
second
more
than
1D45
to
4,800
in
January-June,
a
mile
a
second
and
about
five
1946.
times
the
speed
of
sound.
Atomic
Constituent
May
Be
Existent
in
Territory
WASHINGTON
D.C.
(CP)
The
United
States
Department
of
Interior
disclosed
today
it
was
making
a
thorough
geological
search
to
determine
whether
Alaska
may
be
a
source
of
uranium,
basic
metal
for
been
consulted
in
connection
'
atomic
energy
and
the
atom
bomb.
Also
under
survey
with
the
engagement
of
Princess
are
Alaska
s
potentialities
ot
oil,
coal,
gold
and
radium
Elizabeth
and,
as
a
result,
rumors
that
she
will
marry
Prinw
Philip
of
Greece
must
be
regarded
as
premature,
an
official
srrrce
said
today.
No
member
of
the
Royal
Family
may
marry
without
the
permission
of
the
King
and
the
King
acts
only
with
the
advice
of
his
ministers.
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ROMANTIC
NEWS
A
story
recently
published
In
a
Paris
newspaper
states
that
Prince
Philippe
of
Greece
will
become
a
naturalized
British
subject
so
that
he
can
marry
Princess
Elizabeth
of
England,
with
whom
he
Is
pictured
here.
The
;
prince,
who
served
with
the
British
navy
during
the
war,
Is
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In
,
J
In.
e,
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HOPE
DIMS
AGAIN
IN
PLANE
SEARCH
SEATTLE
Hopes
have
dim
med
again
In
the
search
for
the
United
States
Marine
Corps
transport
plane
which
has
been
missing
since
Tuesday
of
last
week
on
a
flight
from
San
Diego
to
Seattle.
What
was
thought
to
be
a
signal
fire
In
the
Mount
Rainier
area
turned
out
to
be
only'
slash
burning.
A
fleet
of
planes
had
renewed
the
search
yesterday.
TRAIN
HITS
BUS;
TEN
ARE
KILLED
NEWBERRY,
South
Carolina
D
Nine
pupils
and
the
driver
of
a
school
bus
were
killed
today
when
the
bus
and
a
Southern
Railway
passenger
train
collided
at
a
grade
crossing
on
the
outskirts
of
Silversreet,
a
vlllaga
seven
miles
southwest
of
here.
Twelve
other
school
children
were
injured
and
hospital
attendants
said
all
were
In
a
critical
condition.
The
train
struck
the
bus
on
the
side
and
dragged
it
half
a
mile
down
the
tracks.
Some
bodies
were
carried
along
on
the
catcher
of
the
engine
and
others
were
scattered
beside
the
track.
LIQUOR
STORES
REGULAR
HOURS
No
Need
Seen
for
Extension,
Commissioner
Kennedy
Announces
VICTORIA
O)
Llduor
stores
throughout
British
Columbia
will
observe
normal
business
hours
during
the
next
two
weeks
and
there
will
be
no
extension
of
hours
during
Christmas
and
New
Year
purchasing,
Liquor
Board
Chairman
W.
F.
Konnedy
announced
last
night.
The
stores
will
be
closed
Christmas
Day,
Boxing
Day
and
New
Year's
Day
but
will
be
open
January
2.
Since
the
liquor
ration
was
still
on,
Mr.
Kennedy
said
that
no
need
was
seen
to
extend
the
open
hours
of
the
stores.
BURY
ST.
EDMONDS,
Eng.,
09
Six
hundred
tons
of
sugar
one
week's
ration
for
3,000,000
persons-
Is
being
produced
dally
by
a
beet
factory
here.
l
asd
means
of
coping
with"
con
struction
problems,
volcanic
activity
and
permafrost
permanently
frozen
ground
which
underlies
the
territory.
Understanding
of
how
to
deal
with
-permafrost
Is
vital
to
any
Alaska
construction
problem.
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Red
n
Purge
urkey
Eight
Publications
Padlocked
And
Two
Political
Parties
Outlawed
ISTANBUL,
Turkey
0)
The
Turkish
army
padocked
eignV
publications
In
Istanbul
yesterday,
prohibited
printing
and
distribution
of
organs
cf
a
"com
munistic"
nature
and
outlawed
branches
of
two
new
political
patties
It
described
as
"directed
In
camouflaged
manner
by
Communists."
One
usually
reliable
source
described
the
actions
as
a
"small
purge"
and
said
they
might
bs
considered
a
warning
that
the
Turkish
government
was
ready
to
resist
any
"subversive
movements."
"Unconflrmed
xeports
said
that
persons
of
alleged
radical
tendencies
had
'been
arrested
and
numerous
documents
seized
as
secret
police
and
the
military
descended
on
suspected
NEHRU
IS
CRITICIZED
Determination
for
Indian
Independence
Is
Sharply
Answered
by
Secretary
T-For
India
LONDON
W!
Determination
of
Pandjt
Jawaharlal
NehruJ
and
the
All
India
Congress
party
to
frame
their
own
constitution
for
India
brought
a
sharp
answer
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
from
Lord
Pe
thick-Lawrence,
Secretary
of
State
for
India.
He
said
that
the
constituent
assembly
now
sitting
irvNew
Delhi
must
abide
by
the
Brjtlah
plan.
At
Allahabad,
Nehru
denied
a'
report
that
he
had
told
a
meeting
that
"India
will
declarcljer-self
out
of
the
British
Empire
In
three
days'
time."
In
New
Delhi
the
Indian
constituent
assembly
Is.
considering
a
resolution
from
Nehru
which
would
declare
a
sovereign
and
Independent
republic.
PREMIER
DREW
VERY
CRITICAL
Ontario
Government
Will
Not
Sign
Up
With
"Incompetent
Administration
At
Ottawa
.
TORONTO
m
Premier
George
Drew
of
Ontario
said
yesterday
that
there
was
not
the
slightest
chance
as
long
as
he
was
head
of
the
provincial
government
of
Ontario
of
this
province
signing
a
Dominion
-
provincial
tax
agreement
which
would
"centralize
power
in
the
hands
of
an
incompetent
government
In
Ottawa."
Premier
Drew
described"
thn
federal
government
as
having
shown
"no
sense"
in
controlling
its
own
purse
strings
or
any
one
else's.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ernest
Griffin
of
Namu
arrived
in
the
city
this
morning
from
Vancouver
on
tho
Prince
Rupert
to
spend,
the
Christmas
holidays
as
guests
of
Mrs.
Griffin's
sister,
Miss
Dorothy
Ebbutt.
Mr,
Griffin
is
on
the
staff
of
B.C.
Packers
at
Namu.
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