MA
UL
A
Ml
A
I
IHUIL
i
HMIH
AT
II
Al
IT
A
V
a
I
nn
ruA
Ilrlngs
5,600
Returning
Seiviccmen
and
Also
lit.
Hon.
Herbert
Morrison
HALIFAX
The
troopship
Mauretania
has
brought
back
to
'
this
country
some
5,600
Canadian
servicemen.
The
Army
draft
predominated
aboard
the
brightly
lighted
ship,
with
4.800
men
in
khaki
aboard.
The
Air
Force
was
represented
by
more
than
50.
Fifteen
troop
trains
were
awaiting
the
returning
men
as
the
ship
eased
Into
Its
Halifax
berth
last
night.
Among
the
passengers
making
the
cross-Atlantic
voyage
on
the
Mauretania
was
the
Rt.
Hon,
Herbert
Morrison,
lord
president:
of
the
council.
Mr.
Morrison
will
'
to
go
Ottawa
to
confer
with
j
currcnt
month's
ration.
Canadian
goverment
officials,
!
0n
each
month's
ration
chart
ad
he
will
make
appearances
In
are
the
letters
"C"
which
Is
several
other
major
Canadian
damped
when
the
complete
ra-clties.
He
will
continue
on
to
the
ion
is
mirchased:
"X"
which
United
States
on
January
11.
Indonesians
Are
I
di
:
a
i
l.
i-iiiaiiv
BATAVIA
British,
sources
In
j
Batavia
have
revealed
that
In-
i
doneslan
Nationalist
forces
are
j
north
central
Java.
It
is
believed
the
Nationalists
may
be
prepar-
ing
for
a
large-scale
attack
in
that
area.
pend
on
adequate
purchasing
power
In
the
hands
of
the
people,
spending
power
which
will
enable
them
to
purchase
the
new
products.
Adequate
wages
paid
out
in
the
process
of
production
help
provide
the
markets
for
the
new
products.
Wages
paid
to
workers
engaged
In
the
construction
of
new
capital
equipment
and
plant
for
business
firms
help
ensure
that
the
total
market
will
be
large
enough
to
absorb
all
business
can
produce
and
maintain
a
high
level
of
employment.
Only
where
people's
savings
are
ac-
out
again
In
the
form
of
wages
;
to
workers
building
new
hous-
1
ing,
new
capital
equipment,
new
powcr
plants
or
new
factories
Is
there
assurance
of
an
adequate
market.
In
the
nex
few
years
a
number
of
factors
combine
to
give
some
assurance
that
markets
will
be
large
enough
to
ensure
I
Jobs
for
all.
Shortages
of
durable
I
goods,
such
as
automobiles,
ra
dios.
refrigerators,
housing
washing
machines
and
many
other
goods
have
accumulated
riiirlmr
the
war.
At
the
same
Many
business
urms
nave
ueeu
unable
to
replace
much
of
their
capital
equipment
during
the
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on
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5)
BABY
BORN
NEW
1:
o.
or
Deal
Action
For
W
its
Method
.,
'
-.g"Tiiis
Year
Is
Simplifiiu
Do
Not
Have
To
Take
All
at
Once
Applications
for
1946
liquor
permits
at
the
government
liquor
store
here
are
in
full
swing
and
this
year's
procedure
Is
considerably
more
simple
and
convenient
than
the
1913
method.
Permits
are
being
Issued
local-cally
to
those
qualified
to
hold
them,
without
application
being
made
to
Victoria
as
was
the
cas?
last
ear.
The
transaction
can
be
completed
In
one
visit
Provision
has
also
been
made
for
a
more
flexible
rationing
system
than
was
In
effect
last
year
Permit
holders
will
not
be
required
to
purchase
the
entire
liquor
ration
at
one
purchase
Llauor
store
manager
Charles
Youngman
said
that
applica
tions
for
1946
permits
had
begun
at
the
local
store
a
few
days
ago
and
predicted
that
the
rush
would
reajly
commence
this
week.
The
rationing
method,
he
says,
Is
more
convenient
for
both
the
vendors
and
customers
than
last
year's
system.
This
year's
rationing
forms
are
all
on
one
sheet
In
the
permit
booklet
Instead
of
on
12
triplicate
forms
as
were
last
years'.
The
divisions
of
each
month's
latlon
Indicate
what
type
of
linnnr
has
been
mirchased
of
the
standi:
fnr
Scotch:
"S"
which!
stands
for
spirits;
"G"
for
gin,
and
"W"
for
wine
when
they
are
j
Dart
of
the
ration.
Malt
bever-
lrfpntlflert
as
"B"
on
the
chart,
and
each
of
the
t,wo
"B's"
stand
for
two
dozen
pints
of
beer
or
ale.
phases,
the
numbers
1,
2.
3
will
identify
whatever
type
of
liquor
is
scheduled
to
be
a
"bonus"
dur
ing
the
current
month,
1
The
method
of
stamping
te
,
permits
will
be
by
dipping
the
I
rubber
eraser
of
a
pencil
into
j
stamping
ink
and
pressing
It
on
i
the
division
to
be
marked.
Liquor
control
auUiorlties
point
out
;
that
the
permit
has
been
over-
j
printed
with
a
special
ink
which
will
show
up
any
erasures
immediately.
WHFAT
BOARD'S
LOCAL
POLICY
Preferential
Treatment
for
Vancouver
Again
Implied
in
Latest
Communication
The
policy
of
the
Canadian
Wheat
Board
to
treat
Vancou-
vcr
preferentially
to
Prince
Ru
pert
in
the
handling
of
grain
for
export
Is
again
clearly
Indicated
in
another
letter
from
Charles
E.
Hunttlng,
assistant
chief
commissioner
of
the
board
to
J.
J.
Little,
chairman
of
the
grain
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,!
which
is
continuing
to
press
for
the
routing
of
traffic
over
the
local
railway
line
and
Into
the
Prince
Rupert
elevator.
Says
Mr.
Huntting's
letter:
"In
view
of
the
very
urgent
need
for
wheat
overseas
we
feel
that
every
effort
should
be
made
on
our
part
to
expedite
the
outward
movement
of
wheat
from
Canada
and
for
the,
balance
of
this
crop
year
we
think
this
can
best
be
accomplished
by
concentrating
the
movement
through
Vancouver.
"We
hope
that
our
supply
position
will
be
augmented
by
a
good
crop
next
summer
and
assure
you
that,
in
this
event,
we
will
give
careful
consideration
to
the
use
of
your
facilities
at
Prince
Rupert."
If
a
previous
letter
leaves
the
impression
that
the
Wheat
Board
doubted
the
adequacy
or
efficiency
of
the
facilities
for
handling
wheat
at
Prince
Rupert,
Mr.
Huntting's
letter
says:
"I
hasten
to
apologize
and
assure
you
that
we
have
no
reservations
whatever
about
Prince
Rupert
In
this
regard."
Temperature
Maximum
48
Minimum
42
Rainfall
12
inches
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Tides
TAXI
TAXI
January
3.
1943
Thursday,
537
1:40
18.0
feet
Ilish
13:10
21.4
feet
DAY
and
NIGHT
SERVICE
7:14
8.5
reet
LOW
19:54
2.8
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsliitt
vos.
itV.
No.
1.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
2,
1946
PRICE,
FIVE
CENTS
my
EXPORT
MARKET
CANADA'S
0,
MINISTER
STATES
Trade
Minister
Outlines
Government
Plans
to
Meet
Conversion
Problems
By
HON.
JAMES
A.
MACKINNON
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
changing
picture
from
complete
all-out
war
to
peace
was
reflected
in
the
Cinadian
economy
in
19-15
by
the
shift
of
emphasis
from
war
production
to
normal
peacetime
products,
wth
result
that
a
host
of
new
problems
now
faces
the
country.
The
return
of
Canada's
war
veterans,
Which
Hi"
continue
well
Into
-
thls
year
.
"
.
or
the
primary
questions
facins
our
economy,
that
of
Jobs,
of
the
I
Some
.rmNi
forces
arc
pcing
jomcu
m
their
search
for
work
by
war
workers.
Between
June
1.
1939,
and
June
I.
a
PCr,d
during
which
more
than
750,000
men
and
women
had
Joined
the
armed
(orccs,
the
number
of
civilian
workers
had
Increased
by
KfOOO.
i
large
part
of
these
a,
workcrs-almost
400,000
pre
women.
.
t
ViAei
miv
nnw
bp
iy
retire
from
the.
labor1
market
and
set
up
new
homes
as
their
husbands
or
sweethearts
return
from
overseas,
but
otn-rrs.
having
tasted
Independence,
maj
wish
to
continue
to
earn
their
own
living.
If
they
wish
to
continue
working,
Jobs
should
be
made
available
for
them.
A
larae
working
force
should
mean
a
large
national
product,
not
more
unemployment.
But
until
the
expansion
of
peacetime
production
has
progressed
sufficiently
to
make
these
lobs
available
the
dls-eharjed
personnel
will
and
should
get
preference
for
the
available
Jobs.
There
are
Indications
that
reconversion
Is
proceeding
without
the
development
of
substan-
tlal
unemployment.
Information
i
IW
a!!
employers
tt
15
unhorc
workerj
indicates
the
level
of
emptorment
at
Uie
end
of
August
tu
about
7
per
cent
below
its
level
at
the
same
date
a
year
i?o.
while
during
August
the
ending
of
the
Japanese
war
brought
a
12
per
cent
decline
in
the
total
number
of
workers.
Thi
changing
total
conceals
changing
variation
In
Its
component
parts.
Manufacturing
employment
has
been
declining
toly
steadily
since
the
middle
of
1944.
At
September
1
last
It
it
about
the
level
of
early
M,
level
12.2
per
cent
below
in
amount
at
the
first
of
September,
1944.
m
contrast
to
this,
employment
in
communications,
transportation,
construction,
the
i
ante-
industries
and
in
retail
'
"id
wholesale
trade
has
been
I
increasing
in
recent
months.
During
August
30,000
workers
"te
laid
off
in
plants
mann.
toting
durable
goods,
but
7,000
'
these
or
other
workers
were
"employed
in
other
parts
of
he
economy.
H
Take
Time
Tc
Be
Developed
Jhc
development
of
new
Jobs
time,
and
there
will
Inevitably
be
some
delays
before
icy
are
available
for
all
those
Eenuincly
sccklng
work.
Even
the
stimulus
of
all-out
'ar
Paction
the
very
rapid
T"
in
cmnlnvmiMit
throughout
1940,
1941
and
1942
time
people
have
accumulated
y
created
additional
Jobs
at
i
large
savings
In
the
form
of
war
rate
of
250,000
to
300,000
a
.
bonds
and
savings
deposits
with
r-
hi
a
peacetime
economy
j
which
to
purchase
these
goods.
'actors
tending
to
create
A
large
volumo
of
capital
ex-Jc''
Jobs
take
longer
in
exerting
penditures
also
seems
assured.
i
fiiect.
"
creation
of
new
Jobs
is
wy
dependent
on
adequate
lfMarkets
in
turn
dc-
Freak
of
Nature
LE
-
HEADED
it
ic
"A"
"k
YEAR'S
DAY
IN
BIRMINGHAM,
ENG.
filinrixoiiAM,
Eng.
ih
A
child
with
two
heads
was
born
(
Tuesday
lo
the
wife
of
a
United
States
soldier,
officials
of
ch
!rf
l"y
0ak
Hospital
hcie
said
today.
Nurses
said
that
the
lb.
about
a
n,ont,
Prematurely,
was
kept
in
a
ward
with
no
frematu,e
babies
and
it
awakens
for
feedings
and
cries
,la,y.
They
say
it
is
"quite
feeble."
"ospital
officials
said
that
both
heads
v,erc
perfect
and
The
afhcd
to
tw,n
l,ecks
011
"ormal
shou,dcrs
and
b
y"
i
lght
at
birth
was
five
pounds
twelve
ounces,
in
,
,
Chld
is
a
Eirl-
A
doctor
who
examined
her
said
she
had
,
,lremly
slight
chance
of
living.
He
said
the
infant,
ap-"rfc
,,ad
two
sets
of
respiratory
organs
and
the
two
heads
hr"atl)ing
at
different
rates.
RUHR
MAO
NATES
ARRESTED-Four
of
13
industrial
leaders
in
the
Dortmund
area
of
the
Ruhr,
Germany,
line
up
for
questioning
by
the
British
field
security
police
following
their
round-up
recently
They"
were
taken
to
Dortmund
prison
and
will
be
held
pending
a
decision
as
to
whether
they
will
stand
trial
as
war
criminals.
Meanwhile
their
personal
fortunes
wll
be
frozen
by
the
Allied
control
council
In
Berlin.
Left
to
right,
the
magnates
.re:
Helnrlch
Leldfirf,
Helmuth
Welttenheller.
director
of
Hoesch
A.O..
Adolf
Klihicnburg
and
Walter
Boeck.
HITLER'S
SLAUGHTER
EDICT
NUERNBERG
A
secret
order
In
which
Adolf
Hitler
person-
ally
decreed
"slaughter
to
the
last
man"
cf
all
Allied
commandos
and
paratroops
captured
after
October
18,
1912.
military
tribunal
today
as
the
trial
of
21
Nazi
leaders
reopened.
TO
RESIST
ATTACK
CHUNGKING
A
Communist
spokesman
in
Chungking
said
today
that
any
Nationalist
attack
on
the
inner
Mongolian,
province
of
Jehol
would
be
strongly
resisted.
MEAT
PACKERS'
STRIKE
NEW
YORK
A
general
meat
packers'
strike
across
the
United
States
Is
threatened
for
January
115.
EISENHOWER
COMING
OTTAWA
General
Eisenhower
will
arrive
in
Ottawa
on
January
9
from
the
United
Slates
for
a
visit
of
a
few
days
in
Canada.
He
will
be
the
guest
at
Government
House
of
the
Governor
General
and
also
of
Hon.
Ray
Atherlon,
United
States
minister
to
Canada.
"NO
EASY
WAY"
LONDON
Former
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill,
in
a
New
Year
statement,
said
that
peace,
like
war,
had
to
be
won
by
character
and
hard
work.
There
was
no
easy
way.
PRAISES
HIROHITO
TOKYO
General
Dcuglas
MacArthur
has
praised
a
declaration
of
Emperor
Hirolulo
of
Japan
who
has
said
that
the
emperorship
implies
no
divine
dispensation
and
that
Japan
is
not
a
master
race
destined
to
rule
the
world.
CRISIS
IN
USANCE
PARIS
There
is
another
governmental
crisis
in
France!
:
General
Charles
DcGaulle
has
threatened
lo
resign
the
presidency
following
a
threat
of
the
Socialist
and
Communist
parties
to
cut
the
defence
estimates.
HITLER'S
SON
PRAGUE
Czechoslovak
police
report
the
arrest
of
a
12-year
old
boy
believed
to
be
the
son
of
Adolf
Hitler.
Documents
found
on
the
boy
indicate
his
parentage.
TROOPSHIP'S
"S.O.S."
NEW
YORK
The
steamer
John
B.
Hood,
with
500
returning
United
States
servicemen
on
board,
has
sent
out
an
"S.O.
S."
saying
she
is
wallowing
in
the
Atlantic
off
the
Azores
with
her
rudder
gone.
Another
vessel
was
later
reported
to
be
standing
by.
;
COLD
ON
PRAIRIES
WINNIPEG
New
Year
Weather
is
extremely
cold
on
tic
prairies
at
Winnipeg
21
below
and
at
Brandon,
32
below.
t
GHO.MYKO
ON
COMMISSION
Mo3cdVVr
The
SoVieV'gov-1
eminent
has
announced
the
appointment
of
its
ambassador
to
the
United
States,
Andrei
Gromjko,
lo
be
the
Russian
representative
on
the
new
Far
Eastern
Ccmmission
es-
,
tablished
al
the
Big
Three
meeting
in
Moscow.
WASHINGTON
President
Truman
returned
to
Washington
today
from
a
Potomac
River
cruise.
He
will
address
the
American
people
tomorrow
night
in
an
attempt
to
get
the
country
behind
his
struggle
with
a
balky
Congress.
On
January
15,
the
day
after
Congress
reconvenes,
.Mr.
Truman
.will
go
before
Congress
to
deliver
the
first
televised
presidential
message.
GOVERNOR'S
LEVEE
OTTAWA
The
Governor
General,
the
Earl
of
Athlone,
yesterday
held
his
last
New
Year's
levee
in
Ottawa.
Th?
affair
began
promptly
al
noon
and
more
than
1,000
members
of
the
armed
forces
and
civil'
ians
In
all
walks
cf
life
filed
ipat,
shaking
hands
and
exchanging
season's
greetings
wilh
the
soon-to-depart
governor'
general.
The
levee
is
an
old
custom,
established
in
French
Canada
when,
on
New
Year's
Day,
the
governor
used
to
stand
in
frcnt
of
the
governor's
house
in
Quebec
and
shake
hands
with
all
those
who
wished
to
meet
him.
It
is
one
of
the
country's
most
democratic
functions
and
any
one
who
wishes
lo
may
join
in
(he
line.
DEATH
STALKS
AT
NEW
YEAR
CHICAGO.
fi
Sombre
note
to
the
New
Year
holiday
celebration
was
recorded
today
as
the
number
of
deaths
in
the
United
States
from
violent
cause
oassed
the
500
mark.
Nearly
200
were
killed
in
traffic
accidents.
There
were
only
five
violent
deaths
In
Canada.
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
Moderate
to
fresh
southwest
winds,
cloudy
with
scattered
showers.
Thursday:
moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
slightly
cooler
with
showers.
'
.
Atomic
Control
Is
Next
Big
Problem
NEW
RAILWAY
SERVICE
HERE
Number
Being
Cut
but
Standaid
of
Equipment
Is
Being
Maintained
Effective
January
11,
the
train
service
on
I
he
Prince
Rupert.
Jasper
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
h
to
be
cut
from
six
to
three
times
weekly
In
each
direction
but
it
will
be
a
full
passenger
'train
service
instead
of
mixed
tiains
from
here
to
Prince
George
as
had
been
originally
,
proposed.
Tbe
reduced
service
will
continue
until
volume
of
business
warrants
an
increase.
Trains
will
leave
Monday,
Wednesday
and
Friday
evenings
at
8
o'clock
as
at
present
and
will
arrive
Tuesday,
Thunday
and
Saturday
nights
al
10:45.
PROMOTIONS
FOR
NAVAL
OFFICERS
Frederick
Nelson
-Eddy
and
John
Osborne
of
Prince
Rupert
Made
Lieutenant
Commanders
New
Year
promotions
in
the
Canadian
Navy
include
that
or
Brederick
Nelson
Eddy,
at
pres
ent
naval
officer
in
charge
at
Prince
Rupert,
to
be
lieutenant
hjornmane'er,
Iut,
.jrmrankej
M
Nordstrom,.dathter
Of
I
Eddy'
wKiiiriVtbii
RsS'Mr:
ihd
-Mrs-,
winianr
Norcf-
Canadian
Naval
Reserve,
makes
his
permanent
home
in
Vancou
ver
but
has
been
here
for
tne
past
year
or
so
and,
since
the
closing
down
of
H.M.C.S.
Chatham
In
September,
has
been
hi
charge
at
Prince
Rupert.
Another
promotion
announced
today
is
that
of
John
Osborne
of
Toronto
and
Prince
Rupert
to
be
lieutenant
commander.
YEAR'S
FIRE
LOSS
$30,
Fire
damage
during
1945
totalled
approximately
$30,000
resulting
from
105
fire
calls
during
the
year,
records
of
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock
reveal.
The
number
of
fire
calls
was
the
same
as
the
1944
total
but
fire
damage
in
1944
was
only
slightly
ov.er
$4,500.
Greatest
fire
loss
of
the
year
was
a
blaze
which
partially
destroyed
the
Stone
Block,
causing
s
loss
of
$25,000.
Fire
calls
in
December
totalled
six,
with
no
appreciable
damage.
In
December
1944
there
were
nine
fire
calls,
also
with
little
damage.
Chief
Lock's
records
do
not
Include
a
fire
which
swept
the
Canadian
officers
quarters
in
September
nor
a
blaze
which
destroyed
an
American
warehouse
in
Westview
in.
May
and
he
hopes
that
these
items
will
not
be
marked
as
city
losses.
More
Documents
of
Hitler
Are
Found
HER
FORD.
Germany
British
couivter-lntclVgence
headquarters
said
today
that
a
third
set
of
Adolf
Hitler's
documents
had
been
recovered
at
Iserlohn.
Previously
other
sets
had
been
discovered.
HAW
HAW
WILL
HANG
THURSDAY
LONDON
Lord
Haw
Haw,
the
Brooklyn-born
broadcaster
for
the
Nazis
during
the
war,
will
be
hanged
tomorrow
morning
for
high
treason.
Lord
Haw
Haw
whose
real
name
is
William
Joyce
lost
his
last
chance
to
escape
execution
when
Home
Secretary
James
Chuter
Ede
declined
to
grant
htm
a
reprieve.
Canada
To
Participate
In
Framing
Resolution
Matter
Is
Recognized
as
one
of
Most
y
Urgent
International
Importance
Proposed
to
Establish
Commission
LONDON
(CP)
The
general
assembly
of
the
United
Nations
will
come
to
grips
with
its
greatest
problem
control
of
atomic
energy
within
a
few
days
of
its
historic
inaugural
meeting
here
January
10.
Urgency
of
the'
matter
was
recognized
by
the
foreign
ministers
of
the
Big
Three
when
they
met
in
Moscow
and
steps
will
be
taken
NEW
YEAR'S
BABY
IS
GIRL;
TWO
BEAT
DEADLINE
Prince
Rupert
had
one
New
Year's
baby,
a
girl,
and
there
were
two,
a
boy
and
a
girl,
who
beat
the
1946
deadline
by
a
scant
six
hours.
At
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
at
6
p.m.
on
January
1,
Baby
McClernon,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Roy
McClernon,
1529
Atlin
Ave.,
was
ushered
into
the
world
weighing
in
at
five
pounds
10
ounces.
Carrying
the
distinction
of
being
the
last
baby
born
In
Prince
Rupert
in
1945
was
strom-
1528
Overlook
St.,
who
arrived
at
7
p.m.
December
31.
Baby
Nordstrom
weighed
eight
pounds
12
ounces
at
birth.
Fifty
minutes
earlier,
at
6:10
p.m.,
December
31,
a
daughter
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Clarence
W.
Wallace,
317
Ninth
Ave.
W.
Baby
Wallace
weighed
five
pounds
seven
ounces
at
birth!
Shanghai
Protests
Korean
Trusteeship
SHANGHAI
More
than
half
Shanghai's
8,000
Koreans
have
have
held
protest
meetings
against
Allied
trusteeship
of
Korea.
The
Korean
Association
has
drawn
up
letters
of
protest
to
be
sent
to
the
Russian,
British
and
United
States
consuls
gen
eral
and
to
the
Chinese
government.
DON'T
HAVE
TO
TELL
MacARTHUR
HONOLULU,
P
G
e
n
er
a
1
Douglas
MacArthur
is
given
all
information
possible
but
"it
is
not
necessary
that
he
be
consult
-
ca
in
advance
on
Ainea
occupa-
tions
policies
for
Japan,
War
Secretary
gobert
Patterson
of
the
United
States
told
a
press
conference
here.
Patterson
made
the
statement
In
reply
to
a
question
based
on
the
general's
statement
that
he
was
not
consulted
during
the
recent
Moscow
conference
at
which
an
Allied
council
was
set
up
to
pass
on
occupation
policies.
FATAL
FIRE
IN
MONTREAL
One
Person
Dead
and
Others
Injured
in
St.
Taul
Street
Blaze
Today
MONTREAL
th
One
person
died
and
a
number
of
others
were
taken
to
hospital
as
a
result
of
an
early
morning
fire
today
on
downtown
St.
Paul
Street.
Ice-coated
firemen,
fighting
the
fire
in
sub-zero
weather,
brought
the
blaze
under
control
In
mid-morning.
Identity
of
the
person
killed
was
not
established
immediately.
at
tne
earnest
moment
xo
place
before
representatives
of
th&
51
countries
a
resolution
to
establish
a
commission
"to
deal
with
problems
raised
by
the
discovery
of
atomic
energy
and
other
related
matters."
British,
United
States
and
Russian
delegations
which
have
agreed
to
sponsor
this
resolution
have
Invited
France
and
China,
as
the
other
two
permanent
members
of
the
security
council,
and
Canada,
as
the
third
power
with
the
United
Slates
and
Britain
having
full
knowledge
of
the
atomic
bomb,
to
Join
with
them
intaklng
the
initiative
in
proposing
the
resoluton.
TI-T-rp
THREE
DEAD
..
IN
I1VT.
SHIJr
EXPLOSION
LONDON,
Three
members
of
the
crew
were
killed
and
four
are'missing
after
a
boiler
explosion
in
the
325-ton
ship
Empire
Ste'a
In
the
Thames
estuary
Tuesday
night.
j
,
Building
For
Year
Permits
for
1916
Totalled
267,269
Substantial
Increase
Building
permits
issucd-by
the
city
engineer's
office
in
1945
totalled
$267,279,
exceeding
the
1944
total
of
$209,940
byalmost
$60,000.
Greatest
construction-project
here
during
the
year
was
the
building
of
the
Fishermen's
Co-operative
ice
house
and
additional
buildings
to
the
West-view
establishment
at
costs
cx-
ceeding
$50,000.
....
Value
of
building
permits
'Jg-sued
in
December
was
$9,880,'
a
drop
of
more
than
$50,000
Delow
the
November
1945
figure.
Permits
issued
In
December
1944
to
talled
$4,900.
The
following
;
permits
were
issued
in
Decern
;
ber:
Arthur
Melin,
10th
Ave.
E.;
$1,400;
addition.
A.
O.
Morse,
7th
Ave.
W.;
$5,-000;
new
building.
George
Hill
Shoe
Store,
3rd
Ave.;
$300;
roof
repairs.
;
Long
Motors,
3rd
Ave.;
$1,500;
alterations.
Mrs.
P.
Cullen,
3rd
Ave.
W.;
$30;
repairs.
Mrs.
II.
Skogmo,
Hays
Cove
Ave,;
$300;
addition.
Steve
Dumas,
6th
Ave.,
VV.;
$300;
repairs.
,
L.
C..'Eby,
5th
Ave.
Wi;
$750;
1
"
foundation.,
YEAR'S
CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS
DOWN
Customs
receipts
of
$23,017.27
at
the
p6rt
of
Prince
Rupert
in
December
brought
the
year's
total
to
$422,163.89,
the
lowest
annlal
total
in
the
last
five
years,
Here
Is
a
list
of
the
annual
totals
since
1941:
1945
$422,163.89.
1944
$557,486.95.
.
1943
$723,535.21,
.
1942
$588,637.04.
4
1941
$550,502.00.
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: