fin
1
rv
i
a
i
i
.
lll
I
1
H
A
1
I
V
I
-
N'S
DEATH
-F
igation
was
conduct-
it
into
the
death
on
Sat-v
f
Erne
Lmth,
23-year
'!(''
akatla
native,
whose
di:.ruvercl
in
the
har-
;
MeUakaHa
:;everal
hours
r
:r
had
disappeared
from
carinr'y
boat
moored
i
'
The
downing
was
said
z
been
a'idrntal.
Louth's
a
found
;n
the
harbor
by
akatla
villagers
who
got
In
i'
WUIL
111'
hi
uuiitiai
vvitx,.
he
"tty
Ltuth.
apparently
fallen
fr
-m
the
boat
several
BUTE
PA
D
DECORATION
V
f
FDFMflMV
1
lllllfllllll
ibute
to
the
fallen
of
two
1.1
V
H
r
N
W
il
ICilCHiU
uuu
Jternoon
at
itu-
cenotaph
j
'he
veterans'
plot
at
Fair-
;
Cemetery
when
more
than
j
nember.
of
tne
Imperial
i
i
Daughter.,
0I
the
Empire,
j
:
"
an
Lrjion,
and
Legion
n
Mary
unapiers
jjecora-
C;y
with
:.lmple,
dignified
ir.
ny.
lie
crnntaph
in
Court
D.
C
dtuart,
regent
oi
i
D..1
Chapter,
I.OD.E.,
and
R-Jph
Smith.
Canadian
-
in
a
n
ipi
rprFinonv
f
'-he
mi'numcnt
in
par-matinn,
I
hey
then
Falrwlev
Cemeiery.
jan
pint,
tne
memorial
rue
i
'
:ntinued
with
the
singing
0
Canada.''
after
which
a
vet
n.-ie.
4allirArerl
hv
M
PR
.1
Ten?
rrgent
of
Queen
Mary
l"1fy
ThVi.-
w-it
fnlVtt-pri
bV
i
a.vlne
of
the
"Last
Post"
Bu:
ler
James
Hcbb
of
Prince
HP'-t
Cnvnt,
of
Con
PaHp-ffi
win
two
minutes
of
sll-
t
'Reveille"
was
sounded
hy
Jieco
ana
uev.
a.
r.
xwac-
UUU1
.
a
innofo
nfrnrt
ill
rvhalr
OI
'a
pe
ace
in
order
tnai
couni-
i
more
men
and
womwa
should
have
to
sacrifice
their
lives
Mure
wars.
n
Auxiliary
then
placed
1
fla"s
on
the
veteran'
while
Legion
members
The
ceremony
concluded
'
h
.
1.
-
-
,
.
.
.3
r,
'P
in
Ages
Past
and
God
''8
hr
Kins."
P.
AIM
IM
17
A
QT
-
A
1
11
1
l-A
"r
D50R.
Out.
CP
Alexander
"
S3,
was
ciilirally
stab-
'
:n
me
bad:
by
an
assauam
"
n:illco
ViMinun
!:
I.IlP
Same
11
cuiprit
for
.several
fatnl
ibhinr,
last.
Aiimist...
Search
horn
inlrnsiflrd
for
a
man
,!,n
ns
"the
slasher,"
who
ter-
r
"H
Mm
i
4
..
i
i
...Lii-vm,-
An
"
wit-
r.iiyy
ia.-it
.muium
-
'
"Ick
was
burled
in
VnliKtiy's
''k
nearly
f-,
the
hilt
as
he
s:it
Park
bench.
I
onslaught,
Company
Sergeant-
Major
Frank
Logan,
still
suffer.
tng
from
the
effects
of
berl-berl
developing
during
four
years
of
'imprisonment
and
mistreatment
by
the
Japanese
after
the
fall
;
of
Hong
Kong.
Is
a
visitor
In
the
!
city
with
his
uncle
and
aunt,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Ashbury,
1
1130
Hays
Cove
Avenue.
He
arrived
last
Wednesday
and
will
i
spend
two
weeks.
Osborne
serv-i
ed
as
sergeant-major
of
"A"
I
Company
at
Hong
Kong.
Logan
was
sergeant-major
of
"C"
Com-I
pany.
C.S.M.
Logan
today
weighs
138
Wi:iH
IMPROVING
VANCOUVER
Hostpital
authorities
reported
today
-1,
lbat;JUe-Conditioii
uf
Cduc-1
tion
minister
George
M.
Weir
Is
improving.
He
collapsed
on
;
the
plat
form
while
addressing
a
meeting
during
the
Point
City
by-election
campaign.
GREAT
EARTHQUAKE
VANCOUVER
An
earthquake
shock
was
felt
in
Vancouver
at
9:14
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Sunday
morning.
People
ran
out
of
buildings
and
homes
but
there
were
few
rrports,
of
damage.
Courlenay,
Vancouver
Island,
sustained
much
damage.
Olympla,
Washington,
recorded
a
disturbance
lasting
half
a
minute.
MAYORS'
CONFERENCE
VANCOUVER
The
annual
convention
of
the
Association
of
Canadian
Mayors
and
municipalities
was
opened
today
with
Major
J.
W.
Cornett
welcoming
the
delegates.
There
will
be
an
excursion
to
Victoria
Tuesday,
mayor
Houde
of
Montreal
on
Wednesday
will
lead
a
panel
discussion
of
municipal
-
governmental
relations,
mayoi
II.
m.
Daggett
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
among
the
delegates.
Baseball
Scores
SUNDAY
American
League
Wn-blnitort
7-4,
St.
Louis
4-T
Philadelphia
1-6,
Chicago
8-1.
Boston
5-6,
Cleveland
1-0.
New
York
10,
Detroit
8.
National1
Ieaguc
Pittsburgh
3-0,
Boston
4-4.
.
Cincinnati
4-0,
Philadelphia
5-3
(Second
game
11
inning
tie).
Chicago
10-9,
New
York
15-4.
St.
Louis
2,
Brooklyn
4.
SATURDAY
National
League
Chicago
5-8,
New
York
2-5.
Cincinnati
2-'A
Philadelphia
3-5.
Pittsburg
3,
Boston
4.
St.
Louts
5,
Brooklyn
1.
American
League
Philadelphia
5,
Chicago
1.
Boston
3.
Cleveland
4.
Kew
York
5.
Detroit
3.
'
Washington
8,
St.
Louis
14.
MARAUDING
EAGLES
MELBOURNE,
Australia.
Eagles
are
attacking
fully-grown
.sheep
on
stations
In
Victoria.
Ono
sheep
station
owner
has
lost
75
lambs
and
20
sheep
to
eagic.s
under
the
most
deplorable
of
sanitary
conditions
and
with
no
medical
attention
and
little
food.
Logan
had
many
grim
experiences
as
the
war
"guest"
of
the
ruthless
Japanese
but
he
displays
little
bitterness,
being
Inclined
to
take
It
philosophically
as
part
of
the
fortunes
of
war
and
reflecting
that
many
Japanese
themselves
suffered
almost
as
badly
as
he
did
due
to
the
rigors
and
hardships
of
war
within
the
country.
Nearly
Tour
Years
I'risoners
of
War
The
story
of
the
fall
of
Hong
pounds
as
he
continues
gradual
Kong
-
and
the
capture
of
the
recovery
from
the
effects
of
those
jwinipeg
Grenadiers
with
the
trying
years
of
privation
and
ab-1
rest
of
the
garrison
on
Christ-use
In
the
hands
of
the
Nippon-
pay
1941
is
well
known.
The
ese.
At
one
time,
when
occupy-
i
Grenadiers
remained
prisoners
Ing
a
dungeon
under
a
guard-
and
slave
laborers
of
the
Jap-room
at
Stanley
Prison.
Hong
!
anese
until
September
1945
when
Kong,
where
he
had
been
thrown
j
their
liberation
came
after
the
because
some
of
the
men
of
his
surrender
of
Nippon.
Logan,
company
had
made
their
escape,
with
the
rest
of
the
unit,
work-he
went
as
low
as
105
pounds
I
ed
on
an
airport
at
Hong
Kong
while
suffering
from
dysentery
(Continued
on
Pagt
2)
Suite
tin
J
TRYING
YOUNG
JEWS
JERUSALEM
Thirty
young
members
of
a
Jewish
under-
gruund
-
all
.but.
onrrtintheir4.
'teens,
have
gone
on
trial
for
being
in
possession
of
arms.
Threat
has
been
made
that
three
British
officers
still
being
held,
may
be
slain
if
they
are
sentenced
to
death.
VIENNA
INCIDENT
VIENNA
Russian
soldiers,
riding
in
a
jeep
shot
two
United
States
military
police
in
Vienna
Sunday.
Widespread
search
is
being
made.
BROWDER
IN
ENGLAND
LONDON
Earl
Browder,
the
United
States
Communist
leader,
arrived
today
from
Moscow
and
will
leave
tomorrow
for
the
United
ftate
by
air.
ENGLAND
FELT
IT
LONDON
Sunday's
earthquake
in
British
Columbia
was
recorded
at
the
West
Brom-wich
observatory
here.
By-I
LECTION
ON
VANCOUVER
Electors
of
Vancouver-Point
Grey
are
voting
in
two
provincial
by-elections.
Regular
polls
close
at
8
p.m.
and
University
polls
at
9
p.m.
NOTED
RAILWAY
CHIEF
RETIRING
Jame-
P.
Morgan,
travelling
chef
in
l
ructor
for
the
Cana
dian
National
Railways,
died
Saturday
after
a
brief
illness.
He
had
been
chef
vlth
the
railway
for
24
years
and
Was
well
known
to
the
travelling
public.
During
May
and
June,
1939,
he
was
assigned
as
chef
on
the
car
occupied
by
Their
Majesties
during
the
Royal
tour.
On
the
tour
HC
ongiua'vt-u
a
la
Queen"
which
won
the
favor
of
Queen
Elizabeth
and
has
since
become
a
popular
dish
on
C.
N.
dining
cars.
NATIVE
CHILD
BURIED
TODAY
Funeral
service
for
10-months-old
Larry
Stewart,
who
passed
away
Saturday
afternoon,
was
held
from
Grenvllle
Court
chapel
of
B.C.
Undertakers
this
afternoon.
The
child
was
Ufe
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Stewart,
natives
of
Klncollth.
Of
alt
electro
-metallurgical
operations,
the
production
of
aluminum
consumes
the
most
their
which
have
been
making
ravages
in
groups.
eiecuimy.
PARIS
O-An
American
Informant
said
today
that
the
council
of
foreign
ministers
has
rejected
Austria's
demand
to
take
part
of
the
southern
Tyrol
from
Italy
but
was
unable
to
agree
on
the
Italian-French
frontier
Issue.
:
The
Austrian
demand
would
have
given
the
new
republic
control
of
the
strategic
Puster-thal.
roalroad.
The
ministers
plan
to
discuss
the
French-Italian
border
question
later.
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
of
Russia
sought
postponement
of
the
French-Italian
issue
while
American
and
British
conferees
insisted
on
an
immediate
decision.
Hope
for
solution
of
the
troublesome
Trieste
question,
key
to
the
Italian
peace
treaty,
mounted
amid
reports
that
British,
United
States
and
Russian
delegates
were
considering
a
compromise
plan
put
forward
by
France
for
a
ten-year
International
government
followed
by
a
plebiscite
to
choose
between
Italy
and
Yugoslavia.
Vets,
Leaving
Wives,
Going
To
Sweethearts
OTTAWA
0
Common's
external
affairs
committee
today
considered
a
telegram
from
the
Edmonton
branch,
Canadian
Legion,
claiming
that
veterans
were
deserting
their
wives
and
returning
to
sweethearts
overseas.
The
telegram
said
that
this
movement
is
being
facilitated
by
the
Canadian
passport
office
which
claimed
that
it
could
not
Interfere
with
the
LAKE
SHIPS
ARE
MOVING
TORONTO
CB
Big
freighters
of
Canada's
inland
waterways
moved
today
through
inter-lake
canals
and
took
up
the
job
of
handling
vital
cargoes
of
grain,
coal
and
ore'
as
Captain
E.
S.
Brand,
recently
appointed
fed
eral
controller,
took
cornmand
of
the
strikebound
fleets.
All
the
ships
which
had
been
tied
up
by
the
6-day
strike
were
on
the
move.
Builds
Up
Business
In
Aussie
Textiles
SYDNEY,
Australia
CP)
Mrs.
John
Granger,
an
attractive
Irishwoman
who
settled
in
Sydney
in
1938,
recently
opened
a
weaving
school
and
textile
business
here.
On
Australian-built
looms,
designed
by
hrr
husband,
John,
an
English
weaver,
she
makes
tapestries,
suit
lengths,
damasks
and
.draperies
to
her
own
designs.
Orders
pour
in
from
all
parts
of
Australia
and
ed
the
me
dish
man
"Chicken
wmi-ivi...
i
New
Zealand
for
her
pre-shrunk
woollen
textiles,
and
it,
is
Mrs.
Granger's
ambition
to
export
her
clothes
overseas.
When
the
Grangers
came
to
Australia,
they
realized
the
possibilities
of
soft,
staple
Australian
marine
wool
for
fabrics
and
draperies,
and
experimented
with
one
loom.
Now
they
have
10.
Mrs.
Granger
takes
classes
of
five
people
at
'a
time
for
10-week
courses.
Most
of
her
pupils
later
buy
a
loom
for
themselves,
and
some
of
them
have
already
started
businesses
of
their
own.
.
SNOW
STATIC
Snowflakes
falling
against
a
rapidly
moving
plane
can
cause
sufficient
static
electricity
to
in
terfere
with
radio
reception.
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RED
TOP
CABS
NORTHERN
AND
CENT
RAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TAXI
TAXI
Phone
2tj
Phone
n
.
Hint
7
537
1
KASPEU
C;
McINTYRE
V
Li
IE
II
B,
Stand:
Rupert
Tobacco
Store
DAY
and'NIOHT
SERVICE
(across
from
Ormes)
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
flanadfl's
Most
fttralee-ic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
No.
147.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JUNE
24,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
II
ersuii
.
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mm
n
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Muni
pomrrv
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"
-
r.rnl
Alliwl
..i.tiu'if
inn
SIIINGTON
General
rhl
1
liiiriiiirwci,
in
a
nrnt
retarded
as
a
rc-
ation
of
criticisms
uy
t,
tnprr&all
nf
lack
of
Al-
ro
ordination
and
effee-
..111.
I
!
1
-
-
lnvit
nn
nf
F.iirnnr.
the
last
war
was
won
before
the
Itliine
was
,fd
liy
"Allied
teamwork
German
mistakes."
Tlie
d
forces
wcrked
In
the
If-.t
of
harmony.
sfnl'ower
nays
tribute
to
oral
Montgomery's
"mas-
handling"
of
the
Battle
am
and
(sites
great
credit
he
fighting
of
Hie
Cana-
at
Caen
and
I'alaise.
it
services
of
General
H.
.
Crerar,
Canadian
enm-iler
in-chief,
are
men-
J
na-a
CAI'Ofill
nf4
ft
1
11
tl
C
rii
filial
w
v
HJiviij,
BUDDY
OF
JACK
OSBORNE
V.C.
TELLS
'AUSTRIA
PLAN
IS
REJECTED
UI
,LAr
LiILIlVLj
Ml
ILK
nUNU
JVJ
STILLSUFFERING
FROM
BERI-BERI
Mess
buddy
of
Company
Sergeant-Major
Jack
Osborne,
who
was
posthumously
awarded
the
Victoria
Cross
for
gallantry
at
Hong
Kong
which
cost
him
his
own
life
but
which
saved
many
of
his
comrades
on
December
14,
1941,
as
the
Winnipeg
Grenadiers
fought
gallantly
agaiiist
great
odds
to
save
the
crown
colony
from
the
Japanese
Still
Disagreement
On
Question
cf
Trieste
Practice
Atomic
Is
Dropped
civil
rights
of
Individuals
.iff
Jiioml
Bomb
tefusinir
tOTsfu
eJpaspof&".
T"
'
The
message
added
that
the
wives
and
children
of
veterans
in
Canada
also
had
civil
Tights
and
that
steps
shouki
Be
tafoe
to
prevent
the
issuance
of
ssh
passports.
'Quake
Slopped
Hens
Laying;
Cows
Bellow
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Fraser
Valley
farmers
say
that
yesterday's
earthquake
disturbed
farm
animals.
Hens
failed
.to
lay
eggs.
Cattle
began
to
bellow.
Province
Has
Heaviest
Earthquak
PASSING
OE
BILL
HART
Wild
West
Star
of
Early
Moving
Pictures
Dies
at
Advanced
Age
LOS
ANGELES
William
6.
Hart;
steely-eyed
"Wild
West"
movie
actor,
died
last
night.
Hospital-records
gave
his
age
as
83
but
studio
records
say
that
he
was
75.
At;
Hart's
bedside
was
Hart's
son,William
S.
Jr..
who
last
Thursday
was
appointed
co-cuaidian
with
George
Frost
of
the
actor's
person.
He
had
charged
his
father
was
being
improperly
carfj
for
and
incapable
of
managing
tils
own
affairs.
The
Hart
estate
is
valued
at
nearly
$1,000,000.
MAY
RETAIN
COMMISSION
OTTAWA
W
Defence
headquarters
today
announced
that
war
veteran
officers
and
noncommissioned
officers
could
retain
their
rank
in
the
reserve
army.
Pay
of
Uie
rank
will
be
granted
for
each
day
of
train-in?
within
limits
prescribed
for
the
reserve
army.
Overseas
combat
officers
will
be
given
the
preference.
ABOARD
USS
MOUNT
Mc
KIN
LEY
An
atomic
practice
bomb
was
dropped
on
Bikini
atoll
Monday.
A
ball
of
flame
bursting
from
the
bomb
close
to
the
centre
of
the
target
fleet
punctuated
the
final
rehearsal
for
the
real
test
scheduled
for
July
1.
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SOVIET
AFFIRMS
RIGHT
OF
VETO
MOSCOW
)
The
Soviet
news
paper
Pravda
said
today
that
Soviet
Russia
never
will
surrender
its
veto
power
In
any
atomic
control
plan
and
said
that
the
United
.States
proposal
for
control
of.
the
weapon
"reflects
an
evident
striving
for
world
rule."
Pravda
said
that
such
striving
could
not
succeed,
adding
that
the
essence
of
the
Soviet
proposal
was
"prohibition
o.
production
and
use
of
atomic
bombs."
RUBBER
PLANTS
STRIKE
BOUND
TORONTO
"3
A
strike
for
hleher
wages,
called
by
the
United
Rubber
Workers
of
America,
started
today
at
three
rubber
plants
in
the
Toronto
area
and
two
at
Kitchener.
It
threatens
to
embrace
9,000
rubber
workers
In
eleven
Ontario
factories.
The
union
has,
been
negotiating
for
several
months
with
the
rubber
Industry,
seeking
&
40-
hour
week
and
20
cents
an
hour
Increase
In
pay.
Most
of
the
companies
affected
produce
tires.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
BIRTH
RATE
UP
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
An
area
of
low
pressure
which
developed
off
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
during
the
night
has
resulted
in
rain
over
most
of
the
island
and
some
of
the
lower
mainland.
Cloudy
skies
with
showery
conditions
are
ex
pected.
Moist
Pacific
air
approaching
the
Queen
Charlottes
from
the
northwest
is
expected
to
keep
skies
in
this
region
gen
erally
cloudy.
Elsewhere
in
the
province,
there
have
been
widely
scattered
showers
during
the
night
and
these
are
expeted
to
continue.
,
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char-ottes
and
North
Coast
Mostly
overcast;
today
becoming
cloudy
Tuesday
afternoon.
Widely
scat
tered
showers
today
and
Tues
day
morning.
Light
winds
be
coming
northwtst
(10)
by
Tues
day
afternoon.
Little
change
In
temperatures.
Low
tonight:
Port
Hardy,
47;
Massett,
47;
Prince
Rupert,
50.
High
Tuesday:
Port
Hardy.
57:
Masse
tt,
59;
Prince
Rupert.
61.
SEEK
RADIUM
CAPETOWN,-
Radium
Is
probably
present
In
the
soil
and
water
of
the
Brandvlel
thermal
spring
near
Worcester,
Cape
f
rovlnce.
according
to
J.
Muller,
consulting
analylst.
He
reports
radio-activity
results
infer
that
dissolved
radium
Is
present
In
only
minute
quantities
in
the
water.
e
in
ears
t
Vancouver
Island
Town
of
Courtenay
Suffers
Heavily
Disturbance
Felt
at
Terrace
and
Port
Essington
But
Not
in
Prince
Rupert
Rumbler
Also
Shook
Vancouver,
Victoria
ONE
FREAK
FATALITY
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Daniel
Fidler,
50,
Vancouver
fisherman
was
drowned
off
Vancouver
Island
Sunday
as
a
result
of
the
most
serious
earthquake
in
British
Columbia
in
recent
years.
Fidler
lost
his
life
when
his
dinghy
was
overturned
by
a
huge
wave
caused
when
the
'quake
shook
loose
a
land
promontory
which
thundered
into
the
sea.
Fidler's
companion,
Robert
Annal,
also
of
Vancouver
saved
himself
by
grasping
the
rail
of
the
boat
which
was
towing
the
dinghy.
A
section
of
the
promontory
250
by
200
feet
slid
into
the
sea
near
Campbell
River.
There
have
been
no
reports
of
Prince
Rupert1
Hav
ing
leiu
ounutiy
mux
mug
o
caiu4uan.c
jitMy
which
shook
Vancouver
Island
and
the
south"
mainland
but
Terraces
-
'Pr.tx
-i"'
are
reported
to
have
noticed
a
Viiiiiv"
siderable
damage
was
done
in
the
south.
While
a
wireless
operator
at.
Dlgby
Island
station
was
working
Bull
Harbor
station
at
the
north
end
of
Vancouver
Island,
the
Bull
Harbor
operator
interrupted
his
transmission
at
9:14
CAPETOWN
B
For-tajs
yearla.m.
when
when
his
his
hand
nand
was
was
shook
snook
among
Europeans
In
South
Af-
with
the
inquiry
to
Digby
Island:
rlca
was
the
hiehest
since
1923.
"Did
you
feel
that?"
The
local
according
to
the
annual
report
of
the
department
of
public
health.
The
birth
rate
among
Europeans
was
26.63
per
100
and
the
death
rate
of
9.33
per
1,000
is
the
lowest
on
record.
The
Infantile
mortality
rate,
of
42.53
per
1,000
live
births
and
the
maternal
mortality
rate
p
f
2.20,
were
also
the
lowest
on
record.
PRINTERS
WILL
PUBLISH
THEIR
OWN
NEWS
SHEET
VANCOUVER
CP
A
spokesman
for
the
striking
composing
room
employees
of
the
Vancouver
Daliy
Province
said
that
they
expect
to
have
the
first
edition
of
their
own
publication,
the
Typo
Times,
on
the
streets
today.
operator
had
perceived
nothing
but
was
thus
advised
by
the
Bull
Harbor
man
of
the
disturbance.
Across
a
wide
stretch
of
British
Columbia
the
earthquake,
the
heaviest
in
years,
rumbled,
taking
property
toll
at
Courtenay,
Vancouver
Island,
where
walls
of
buildings
collapsed,
crashing
into
the
streets.
The
tremor
of
thirty
seconds
duration
extended
from
Olympla,
Washington,
to
Kelowna,
200
miles
east
of
Vancouver.
In
Vancouver
and
Victoria
business
blocks,
hotels
and
apartments
swayed
crazily
and
occupants
rushed
into
the
streets
but
'only
minor
damage
was
reported
and
no
one
was
Injured.
The
Lions
Gate
Bridge
swayed
as
did
street
cars.
The
heaviest
damage
was
In
Courtenay
and
Kfldonan,
Van
couver
Island,
wnere
building
walls
collapsed,
showering
bricks
and
glass
into
the
streets.
Huge
crevices
were
made
in
Courtenay
streets.
In
the
Courtenay
school
a
chimney
collapsed
and
plunged
two
storeys
Into
the
building.
Near
Campbell
River
a
300-
foot
hillside
moved
thirty-five
feet
closer
to
the
water.
The
Willows
Hotel
was
damaged.
Cracks
were
made
in
the
Island
Highway.
In
Courtenay,
Comox
and
Campbell
River
area
about
75
peixent
of
the
chimneys
col
lapsed,
damaging
many
roofs.
The
Courtenay
liquor
store
lost
most
of
its
stocks
as
bottles
crashed
to
the'
floor.
A
whole
section
of
a
Courtenay
Post
Office
wall
swayed
and
collapsed.
At
Quallcum
Beach
goods
were
shaken
off
shelves
in
a
store
and
sugar
was
spoiled
by
catchup
and
ammonia.
Two
chimneys
collapsed
at
a
hotel
at
Union
Bay.
The
Klldonan
cold
storage
plant
was
damaged.
At
the
Victoria
Observatory
the
official
seismograph
was
vi
brated
out
of
gear.
I
The
time
of
the
disturbance
was
9:14
a.m.
The
centre
is
believed
to
havt
been
about
200
miles
west
of
Vancouver
Island.
(The
9:14
ajn.
time
Is
Prince
Rupert
Time.
Vancouver
Daylight
Time
would
be
10:14
am.).
The
aluminum
industry
im
ports
into
Canada
each
year
nearly
half
a
million
tons
of
basic
raw
materials.
INDIA
CONGRESS
REJECTS
PLAN
mm
"
Congress
party
worHnc.
commtt-"
tee
today
rejected
a
proposal
for
an
Interim
government
for
In;
dla
as
proposed
on
June
16
by
the
British
cabinet
mission
and
Viceroy
Lord
Wavell.
However,
It
is
believed
that
the
working
committee
is
Inclined
to
accept
the
mission's
long
term
proposals
issued
last
night
which
call
for
an
independent
union
of
all
In
dia.
FEAR
FISHERMAN
FELL
OVERBOARD
WEST
VANCOUVER
Police
said
today
that
they
believe
P.
R.
Oeddes,
68-year-old
fisherman,
was
drowned
after
falling
from
his
trolling
boat
Mickey
Finn.
The
vessel
was
found
aground
late
Friday
afternoon
with
the
motor
running.
IS
TRANSFERRED"
TO
VANCOUVER
A.
G.
Landels
Moved
South
in
Malkin
Service
Bert
Withers
His
Successor
Here
A.
O.
Landels,
who
has
been
local
manager
of
W.
H.
Malkin
Co.
Ltd.
at
Prince
Rupert
for
trie
past
slx-and-a-halt
years,
is
being
transferred
to
the
company's.
Vancouver
office
at
the
first
of
next
month,
his
successor
Kexe
to
be
O.
G.
(Bert)
Withers,
who
has
been
accountant
at
Prince
Ruperr
since
1939
and
Is
now
being
promoted
to
branch
manager.
Robert
Burnle
has
already
arrived
from
Vancouver
to
succeed
Mr.
Withers
in
the
position
of
accountant
at
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Landels
will
be
leaving
Prince
Rupert
July
11
to
assir-J.
his
new
duties
at
Vancouver.
Mrs.
Landels
and
little
daughter
leave
this
Thursday
night
for
the
south.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
June
25,
1946
High
10:08
-
n.l
'feet
22:19
20.7.
feet
Low
4:01
5.1:feet
'
15:58
7.0
.feet
WAGE
CONTROLS
EASED
OTTAWA
Wage
controls
In
Canada
are
eased
as
a
result
of
an
order-in-conncil
passed
today
which
gives
greater
powers
to
labor
boards
In
approving
increases.