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1948
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
No.
15.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
18,
1940
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
DISPUTE
BEFORE
SECURITY
COUNCIL
Mav
Locate
B.C.'s
Northern
Boundary
VICTORIA,
ft
-If"
the
Dom-
I.
,mnnt
no-!i!n
nprrns
pay
half
the
cost.
B.
C.
survey
panics
mis
t,vcrnmcnt
anmcr
will
go
Into
the
north-
Bnd
u
locate
int
u.v.-x
uiuu
nindary
Although
maps
nave
,oto
the
boundary,
the
line
In
,e
north
has
never
been
fixed.
IUvSQIJ
ill
Iteel
Wages
Compromise
of
President
Truman
Is
Being
Considered
Today
VVAITN'Cyroy
-
President
iuman's
proposal
for
a
com-
In
the
American
steel
Iomlss
sputc
was
placed
before
the
Lmpany
and
union
ottlclals
hL
morning,
The
president
of
United
States
cel.
Benjamin
Fearless,
has
)wn
to
New
York
to
place
the
icidem
3
proposal
before
the
Lrporatlon's
board
of
directors.
Those
close
to
the
negotiations
y
CIO.
President
Phillip'
lurrv
can
oe
expected
to
lower
.
is
demand
one
cent
further.
present,
the
C.I.O.
steel
,
i
hniamg
out
lor
a
nine-en
t.m
and
one-half
cent
wage
bast.
U
S.
Steel
has
offered
flf-
tcn
cenU.
The
President
pro-
liscs
a
eighteen
and
one
-half
i
nt
Increase.
RUSSIAN'S"
IN
KURILES
WASHINGTON
Q
Russia
was
ported
today
to
be
establish
-:g
herself
firmly
In
the
stra-
1c
Kuril
isUudhalrt
tllojlk
-
b?
the
approaches
to
Siberia.
:
nether
the
peace
settlement
II
decree
permanent
amputa-
bn
of
the
Kurilcs
from
the
npancse
empire
remains
to
be
tided.
Civic
Centre
lAKE
OVER
"Y"
BUILDING
MARCH
1
On
Temporary
Basis
at
First
New
Public
Representatives
Named
New
Swimming
Pool
Plans
Prince
Rupert's
Y.M.C.A.
war
rvices
building
Is
to
be
turned
cr
to
the
Civic
Centre
Assocl-ion
on
a
temporary
basis
on
tirch
1
T.
Norton
Younis.
vie
Centre
president,
told
the
inua)
meeting
ot
that
body
last
'!iH
The
temporary
basis
will
eifccllve.
he
said,
until
nego-
fattons
for
permanent
nosses-
111
uy
the
Civic
Centre
can
effected,
Delivering
the
president's
rc-rt
to
the
Civic
Centre
Asso-'itton,
Mr.
Youngs'
foresaw
an
nusplclous"
year
for
the
or-
inlzation
in
1948,
with
"every-
f'c
in
the
city
benefitting
from
r
activities."
The
meeting,
held
In
the
com-'on
lounge
of
the
"Y"
building
l'l
attended
by
the
largest.
row
of
members
In
years,
cl-
wa
two
young
men
to
sit
on
directorate
as
represents
-
vcs
of
the
public
and
heard
the
uanclal
report
of
the
trcaus-
rer
Elected
to
the
directorate
were
m
Elteh
and
Art
Murrav.
who
place
Alderman
Nora
Arnold
10
A,
H,
Breen
as
the
puplic's
preventatives.
D.
C.
Stuart
was
-elected
auditor,
I
In
his
annual
report,
Presi-rnt
Youngs
cast
an
eve
to
the
Poro
distant
future,
referring
me
construction
of
a
swim-
Hauretania
OMING
OVER
LIVERPOOL
The
liner.
tetania,
has
set
sail
frnm
Fyerpool
with
5,000
Canadian
"rans
aboard.
The
shin
is
s
carrying
50
war
hriri..,
nf
f
nadians
and
their
children,
Meantime,
it
is
announced
t?
.?.
troPshIp-Lady
Rod-
n
"early
500
veterans
board,
win
not
do.k
.
nl.
n
until
January
23.
She
was
'"ve
arrived
on
Jamiarv
20.
CHURCHILLS
WELL
MIAMI
Both
Former
Prime
Minister
and
Mrs.
Winston
Churchill,
holidaying
here,
underwent
medical
examinations
and
were
nniiotinccd
to
be
In
the
best
or
health.
Mr.
Churchill
visited
a
park
today
and
hobnobbed
with
the
cockatoos.
Mrs.
Churchill
was
shopping.
The
Pearl
Harbor
Investigating
committee
has
voted
against
requiring
Mr.
Churchill
to
appear
before
the
committee
for
questioning.
AMBASSADOR
ARRESTED
PKIPINC,
China
The
German
ambassador
to
Japan
at
the
time
of
the
Pearl
Harbor
attack
Eugene
Ott
has
been
arrested
by
Chinese
authorities
in
Peiping.
Ott
was
one
of
the
signers
of
the
Three
Power
Pact
in
which
Japan,
Germany
and
Italy
pledged
their
unity.
Ott
will
be
taken
to
Japan
for
questioning
by
officers
of
General
Mac-Arthur's
command.
"FALLS"
FOR
CANADIANS
LONDON
Herbeit
Morrison,
Britain's
Deputy
Prime
Minister,
has
returned
to
London
after
'a
visit
ti
Canada
and
.!,.
i!nl,.t
sni
i.Lln.u.
of
his
visit
to
tills
country)
Mr.
Morrison
declared
"They
told
me
I'd
fall
for
Canadians.
I
did."
BREAK
WITH
SPAIN
PARIS
The
French
constituent
assembly
has
voted
in
favor
ot.
a.
break
iure
Ulionv,,
,
with
the
Franco
regime
in
Spain.
The
assembly
has
also
called
on
the
French
government
to
get
in"
touch
with
leaders
of
the
exiled
Spanish
republican
government.
mlng
pool
In
conjunction
with
Civic
Centre
building.
"The
end
of
hostilities
has
brought
about
a
relaxing
of
building
controls
and
it
Is
now
possible
to
look
forward
to
an
early
r.tart
on
the
construction
of
our
long-looked
for
swimming
pool,"
he
declared.
The
directors
have
decided
to
scrap
two
sets
of
plans
already
drawn
by
an
architect,
and
to
have
new
plans
for
a
swimming
'
pool
drawn
by
another
archil
tcct.
Treasurer
D.
C,
Stevenson
reported
that
total
funds
owned
by
the
Civic
Centre
Association
were
$89,150.
The
1945
carnival
showed
a
profit.
ot-$12,500.
Votes
of
thanks
to
the
directors
and
to
Auditor
D.
C.
Stuart
were
passed
by
the
meeting,
Corvettes
Purchased
Union
Steamships
to
Call
for
Tenders
from
British
Columbia
Shipyards
Announcement
was
made
today
in
Vancouver
by
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
that
the
company
had
completed
purchase
of
three
Castle
class
corvettes
II.M.C.S.
Hespclcr,
Leasidc
and
St.
Thomas
which
will
be
converted
to
coastal
liners
in
British
Columbia
shipyards.
Two
of
the
vessels,
at
least,
will
be
put
in
service
this
summer
one
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
another
on
the
Prince
Rupert
run.
Tenders
are
to
be
called
within
a
few
days
for
the"
work
of
reconversion.
The
corvettes
are
2500-ton
vessels.
Hockey
Scores
Pacific
Coast
Portland
6,
Seattle
1.
National
Boston
4,
New
York
?.
ANOTHER
BLACK
LIST
TOKYO
General
Mae-Arthur
has
issued
another
list.
This
calls
for
the
arrest
of
100
additional
Japanese
war
criminal
suspects.
The
names
on
the
list
include
those
of
seven
Japanese
generals
as
well
as
prison
camp
officers
and
attendants
from
camps
throughout
Asia.
Heading
the
list
is
the
name
of
General
Waclil,
the
former
chief
of
staff
in
Japanese
general
headquarters.
unconscious;
DIES
VANCOUVER
Mary
Kocsis.
23,
Vancouver,
died
In
hospital
Thursday
after
lying"
'unconscious
since
last
Friday.
Her
death
yesterday
is
a
mystery
and
the
police
are
investigating.
She
is
reported
to
have
fallen,
striking
her
head
on
a
radiator.
She
lived
in
a
Chinese
rooming
house.
.MEDIATION
FAILS
WASHINGTON
Presidential
mediation
faiied
today
and
a
strike
of
80.000
steel
workers
in
the
United
Stales
is
scheduled
to
begin
at
midnight
Sunday,
RICH
TOIJSTER
CATCHES
LUNENBURG
The
lobster
fishing
'season
is
ended
after
a
profitable
season.
The
price
was
50c
a
pound
and
some
boats
caught
as
high
as
10,000
pounds.
CLAIM
DISCRIMINATION
JI-A
LI
K
A
X
Nova-
Scotia
shipyard
workers'
say
Maritime
yards
were
discriminated
against
when
Burrard
Dry
Dock
in
Vancouver
won
contracts
for
freighters
for
the
French
government.
The
maritime-yards
were
not
given
the
opportunity
to
tender.
TROOPSHIP
STRUCK
MINE
S
I
N'
G
A
P
O
R
E
A
British
troopship,
with
2000
Indian
soldiers
on
board,
has
been
towed
into
Singapore
after
striking
a
mine.
Some
of
the
soldiers
nerc
injured
in
the
explosion.
Taking
Over
North
Road
OTTAWA
r
-It
h
djloscd
in
Ottawa
that
a
Caliadldn
Army
northward
from
Edmonton
to
take
over
the
Alaska
Highway
from
United
States
forces.
The
Canadians
will
be
In
control
of
the
highway
by
April.
The
change-over
In
control,
however,
will
be
gradual.
The
advance
party
Is
under
the
leadership
of
Brigadier
Geoffrey
Walsh
of
Saint
Catharines,
Ontario.
MUCH
TRAVEL
THIS
SUMMER
VANCOUVER
"If
enquirers
and
advance
reservations,
can
tin
o,l
ne
r,
hnrnmotnr
r
Canadian
Rockies
summer
re-
sorts
will
entertain
many
tour-
lsts
from
the
United
States
and
nH,
(m.
c,
-
1.111011,1
11
1
1
1
n
w
hitig
ouuiiiikti
British
Columbia,
naturally,
will
benefit
as
many
of
these
people
-,.n
hw(
f
,
Will
V
1
UHV
W
bill
l
tkl
V
returning."
This
comment
was
offered
today
by
Osborne
Scott
of
Winnipeg,
veteran
passenger
traffic
manager
of
the'
.Canadian
National
Railways,
western
region,
here
on
a
general
Inspection
tour
and
survey
of
travel
prospects.
MEYER
WINS
SECURITY
OTTAWA
Major-Gen.
Kurt
Meyer,
whose
death
sentence
was
commuted
to
life
imprisonment
in
Canada
after
conviction
in
connection
with
atrocities
against
Canadian
soldiers,
will
receive
board
and
keep
but
no
pay,.
It'
is
General
Dwight
Elsenhower
and
Air
Marshal
Robert
Lecklc
C.B.,
D.S.O.,
D.S.C.,
D.F.C.,
are
shown
above
enjoying
the
Commander-in-Chief's
genial
comment
In
a
visit
to
the
Chief
of
Air
Staff,
at
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Headquarters
in
Ottawa.
"There's
one
thing
about
it,"
said
General
Elsenhower,
"we
both
part
our
hair
the
same
way."
Air
Marshal
Leckle
presented
General
Elsenhower
with
ah
R.C.A.F.
ensign
In
recognition
of
the
gallant
Canadian
squadrons
which
had
served
under
him
in
North
Africa
and
Europe,
as
well
as
an
Air
Force
photograph
of
the
newly-named
"Mount
Elsenhower"
In
the
Canadian
Rockies.
Terrace
Board
of
Trade:
LADIES
JOIN
.MEN
IN
FURTHERING
INTERESTS
OF
INTERIOR
COMMUNITY
"Let's
Get
Out
of
Rut,"
-Recreation
to
Revivify
Community
Highway
and
UUier
mailers
Litu&9cu
eti
jniuiuai
usccv
"
Ladies
joined
actively
with
the
men
in
their
in
terest
in
public
affairs
at
Terrace
and
formed
a
large
proportion
of
the
eighty
or
so
persons
who
attended
the
annual
dinner
meeting
of
the
Terrace
and
District
Board
'of
Trade:
which
was
held
in
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
Willie's-
Terrace
Hotel
on
Wednesday
night.
Honored
guests
of
the
evening
were
delegates
from
l'rlnce
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
who
stressed
the
desire
of
the
coast
city
to
co-operate
actively
with
Terrace
in
the
furtherance
of
questions
and
problems
concerning
'.he
future
development
and
progress
of
central
British
Columbia.
Focal
point
of
the
eve-
Inliig's
business
was
the
consid
eration
of
the
situation
as
regards
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
and
the
culmination
oMhli
was
the
decision
to
set
up
a
joint
Terrace
-
Prince
Rupert
highway
committee,
the
first
concern
of
which
will
be
to
have
the
federal
and
provincial
kov-cnimcnts
settle
finally
upon
the
matter
of
ownership
of
the
road
so
that
the
responsibility
may
be
permanently
fixed
for
Its
adequate
maintenance
and
further
improvement.
As
the
provincial
minister
of
public
works
has
announced
that
the
transfer
of
the
road
from
Dominion
to
province
cannot
be
finally
effected
until
ah
agreement
has
been
concluded
with
th
Canadian'
National
Railways
in
regard
to
the
use
of
the
railway
right-of-way
in
the
lower
Skeena
Valley,
it
was
decided
to
urge
the
nilnister
to
take
steps
necessary
to
dispose
Of
this
technicality.
Thc
clctltm
of
"ic"s
0
the
Terracc
and
District
Board
Trade
resulted
In
the
cholc,
of
James
H.
Smith
as
president
In
succession
to
Harry
King
who.
J
JTS'
declined
renomlnatlon
and
waa
elevated
to
honorary
vice-presidency
after
a
round
of
tribute
had
been
paid.
George
McAdams
was
elected
vice-president
while
Duncan
Ker
was
returned
to
.the
key
post
of
secretary
in
which
he
has
already
been
the
mainspring
of
thc
organization
for
years.
Nigel
Sherwood
was
reelected
treasurer.
The
proceedings
opened
with
the
asking
of
the
blessing
by-George
McAdams
and,
after
full
justice
had
becrj
done
to
a
banquet
spread
In
the
preparation
of
which
Mine
Host
and
Mrs.
Willie
did
themselves
proud,
there
was
a
brief
round
of
speeches
in
which
Prince
Ru
pelt
guests
participated
as
well
as
Harold
Lvnum
of
Western
1
Plywoods,
Vancouver,
who
was
among
those
present.
C.
A;
Bcrner,
divisional
superintendent
of
Canadian
National
Railways,
spoke
of
the
matter
of
train
service,
declaring
that,
while
it
had
been
found
necessary
to
cut-thc
service
owing
to
thc
sharp
postwar
recession
of
traffic,
thc
company
was
making
every
effort
to
foster
new
business
for
the
Smithers
IPrlnrn
Pnnrrf-.Tnsnorl
HivKior.
"v
""-
-
as
well
as
alldt3
lines,
lie
assur-
1
cd
the
Board
of
his
full
co-
j
nnAroflfHi
In
nil
Klrn
wlllrll
further
"wcovcry
01
uu
m
regitwicu
might
be
taken
to
thc,
and
'Victory
Bonds
abandoned
in
a
interests
of
the
community
district.
v
G.
A.
Hunter,
as
vice-president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
extended
the
greetings
of
that
body.
He
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
time
had
come
for
thc
further
consolidation
of
effort
as
between
communities
In
thc
many
Important
matters
of
mutual
concern.
He
urged
a
new
attitude
of
rejuvenated
determination
and
confidence
and
a
casting
off
of
any
tendencies
towards
reaction
or
inferiority
complex.
As
for
railway
policy
in
regard
to
this
line.
Mr.
Hunter
gave
assurance
that,
in
Mr,
Bcrner
at
least,
this
district
had
an
official
who
was
always
concerned
about
Its
best
interests.
Terracc
to
Have
Important
Mcetiui;
Col.
J.
T.
Harvey,
president
of
thc
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia,
announced
that
the
executive
of
that
body
had
tentatively
decided
upon
May
or
June
as
a
suitable
time
for
the
holding
of
the
annual
meeting
In
(Continued
on
Page
4)
LAMP
BURNS
AGAIN
RANGOON
0;
The
sanctuary
lamp
Is
alight
once
again
in
thc
100-year-old
Crjurch
of
the
Sacred
Heart,
Toungoo,
In
Central
Burma.
Damaged
during
the
Burma
war,
,the
church
has
now
I
been
rebuilt
by
men
of
the
19th
Indian
'"Dagger"!
Division
Russians
Delegates
Take
Initial
Step
For
UNO
Settlement
LONDON
(CP)
The
Iranian
delegation
to
the
United
Nations
general
assembly
todav
took
the
first
concrete
steps
to
bring
the
explosive
Iranian-Russian
1
dispute
before
the
World
Security
Council
as
Soviet
delegates
maintained
complete
silence
on
the
issue.
The
dispute
concerns
Russian
occupation
of
Iran's
northern
Azerbaijani
province
in
which
Iranian
rebels
'
have
set
up
a
revolutionary
government
claimed
to
have
Russian
backing.
Andrei
Gromyko,
acting
chief
of
the
Soviet
delegation,
In
the
first
major
Russian
speech
before,
the
general
assembly,
Ig
nored
the
Iranian
question
which
was
causing
serious
concern
among
the
United
Nations
leaders.
Shortly
before
Gromyko
took
the
floor,
Seted
Hassan
Taqul-zadeh,
chief
of
the
Iranian
delegation,
conferred
with
the
executive
of
the
assembly
on
what
Taquizadeh
called
"technical
arrangements"
for
placing
Iran's
complaints
before
the
Security
Council.
It
was
uncertain
Immediately
when
thc
Iranian
case
would
be
filed.
Meanwhile,
In
his
address,
Gromyko
told
the
assembly
that
the
future
peace
of
the
world
i
nonet
I
efforts
to
cut
down
their
auth
ority
by.
revising
the
charter
of
thc
United
Nations
Organization.
He
strongly
supported
the
big
powers'
plans
to
give
the
se-i
curity
council
control
of
atomic
energy
problems.
At
yesterday's
session
,of
,thp
Assembly
Foreign
Minlster'Bevin
of
Britain
cinvejed
Britain's
officer
to
turn
over
three
African
mandated
territories
Tangan-lya,
the
Kameruns
and
Togo-land
to
UNO
trusteeship.
Palestine
and
Transjordania
were
withheld
pending
immediate
political
developments.
BONDS
STOLEN
:!HERE,
FOUND
AT
McBRIDE
larm
nay
101
1
neui
ivicnriuu
nas
resulted
In
thc
arrest
at
Mc-Bridc
of
a
man
on
a
charge
of
breaking
and
entering
the
office
of
Kelly
Douglas
Co.
here
and
the
theft
of
the
Victory
Bonds
on
December
25.
The
suspect
Is
20-ycar-old
George
Magarian
of
St
Catherines,
Ontario,
who
was
brought
back
to
Prince
Rupert
last
night
from
thc
interior
town
to
answer
a
charge
of
breaking
and
entering
with
theft
In
connection
with
thc
Kelly
Douglas
robbery.
He
arrived
here
In
custody
of
Constable
T.
R.
Maxwell
of
the
McBridc
provincial
police
detachment.
According
to
police
the
bond,
property
of
Miss
Frances
Cross,
Kelly
Douglas
bookkeeper,
were
discovered
In
a
hayloft
by
a
tac-
Bride
farmer
after
he
had
given
1
Magarian
permission
to
sleep
ln;
his
barn
recently.
i
Police
believe
that
Magarian;
left
the
bonds
there
because
he
did
not
know
how
to
dispose
of
them.
Magarian
Is
said
to
have
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
without
money
on
December
24
and.
In
search
for
food,
entered
the
Kelly
Douglas
premises.
It
is
believed
that
he
stayed
in
Prince
Rupert
until
early
this
month,
then
went
back
to
McBrlde.
He
was
working
in
a
logging
camp
near
McBrlde
when
he
was
taken
Into
custody
by
Constable
Maxwell,
Theft
of
the
bonds
was
not
discovered
until
iriore
than
a
week
after
the
Kelly
Douglas
of-
Silent
As
I
Penicillin
For
"Reasonable
Use"
Reasonable
supplies
of
penicillin,
enough
for
ordinary
use,
a're
assured
for
Prince
Rupert,
according
to
D.
C.
Stevenson
of
the
secretarial
staff
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Mr.
Stevenson
was
commenting
on
the
published
remark
by
a
local
doctor
who
said
that
there
was
danger
of
a
penicillin
shortage
here.
"In
spite
of
the
fact
that
large
quantities
of
penicillin
are
being
sent
to
Yurope
as
well
as
being
put
Into
pills
and
tooth
paste,
we
have
assurance
of
a
reasonable
supply,"
he
said.
"We
have
plenty
on
hand
for
all
cases
that
need
It."
UMI
iDLinVS
INEVITABLE
OTTAWA
Pj
The
Canadian
Defence
Department
In
Ottawa
says
It
is
sorry
there
Is
gambling
in,
the
armed
forced
of
the
country
but
does
not
think
anything
can
be
done
to
stop;,
such
a?-
tlvlty.
As
a
matter
of
'tact,
bf-j
fleers
say
there
is
as
much
chance
of
stopping
gambling
as
there
Is
In
halting
the
flow
of
water
over
Niagara
Falls.
The
Department's
comments
follow
a
report
from
Honolulu
that
gambling
there
has
been
banned
because
of
killings
by
several
American
soldiers
aboard
troop
transports.
GREAT
ATOM
TEST
COMING
PEARL
HARBOR
United
States
navy
workmen
are
getting
ships
ready
at
Pearl
Harbor
for
a
test
of
thc
atomic
bomb
against
scappwer.
United
States
navy
officers
will
have
nothing
to
say
about
it
but
It
Is
reported
that
she
ships
of
all
types
are
being
stripped
ciown
for
thc
great
test.
Five
Burn
To
Death
BERKELEY,
Ont.,
(CP)
A
mother
and
father
and
three
children
were
burned
to
death
in
an
isolated
farmhouse
near
this
Grey
County
village
Thursday
night.
The
bodies
,f
Cec!
Foster,
31,
his
wife,
29,
and
three
children
Maria,
8;
Elizabeth.
5.
and
Gordon,
five
months
were
found
Friday
in
(he
smouldering;
ruins
of
a
two-storey
frame
house.
Details
of
the
possible,
cause
of
the
fire
were
not
at
first
available
but
it
might
have
been
an
overheated
stove.
ftcc
had
been
entered.
Placed
in
thc
office
safe
by
Miss
Frances
Cross
before
she
went
to
Vancouver
for
the
Christmas
holidays,
their
presence
there
was
not
known
to
other
employees.
Miss
Cross
Informed
the
police
that
the
bonds
were
missing
when
she
returned
to
the
eitv
early
this
month.
ran
Eastern
Shipyard
Given
Contracts
OTTAWA,
0)
Canadian,
shipyards
are
at
present
turning
-out
ships
to
fill
out
thc
depleted
French
merchant
marine.
Ten
ships,
costing
between
12
and
14
million
dollars,
are
being
built
In
Vancouver,
and
it
has
just
been
announced
In
Ottawa
that
a
Sorel,
Quebec,
company,
has
been
given
a
five
million
dollar
contract
by
Paris.
The
Sorel
yard
will
construct
fifteen
fishing
vessels
under
the
contract.
Meat
Packers'
Strike
Looms
Swifl
Employees
Rejected'
.
Company
Offer
Vancouver
Local
Gives
Walk-out.
"Go
Ahead"
WINNIPEG
The
possibility
!
of
a
nation-wide
strike
in
thc
Canadian
meat-packing
Indus-
reaivv
The
field
representative
representative
of
of
th
the
United
Packinghouse
Workers
In
Winnipeg,
Adam
Borsk,
says
the
employees
of
Swift
Canadian
Company
have
rejected
a
company
proposal
regarding
the
hours
of
work
schedule.
Borsk
also
discloses
that
the
Swift
Canadian
employees
haYeauth-'
prizerL
the
innion.s
national
ex
ecutive
to
call
a
strike
vote
if
such
action
Is
found
necessary.
A
Vancouver
local
has
also
given
the
union
executivje
thc
".go
ahead."
The
union's
announcement
today
means
that
1200
Swift
employees
in
Winnipeg
and
Vancouver
havcj
lined
up
with
2,000
Winnipeg'
(-employees
of
Canada
Packers
In
rejecting
the
company
proposals.
A
similar
vote
will
be.
taken
tonight
among
1200
Burns
and
Co.
workers
In
WinnlpegT
"Next
Generation.
Not
Next
Election'-
REGINA
The
former
commander
of
the
First
Canadian
Army,
General
II.
D.
O.
Crcrar,
says
Canada
must
be
able
to
quickly
mobilize
important
and
efficient
armed
forces
quickly.
He
told
a
Rcglna
luncheon
meeting
yesterday
that
Canadians
must
abandon
their
wishful
thinking.
Said
GcncraCCtprr:
"Wc
Canadians
should.-
Ihiiik
mainly
in
terms
of
theancxt
generation
and
not
so
Importantly
In
terms
of
the
next
election."
PENITENTIARY"
SITDOWN
STRIKE
Justice
Department
Make
Statement
Regarding
New
Westminster
Strike
OTTAWA
-
Officials
in
the
nation's
capital
said
they
have
heard
today
of
a
reported
sit-down
strike
In
the
British
Columbia
Penitentiary.
It
was
reported
last
night
that
the
sit-down
strike
started'
among
prisoners
Wednesday
and
that
several
more
prisoners
joined
In
on
Thursday.
Thc
officials
said
it
was
a
minor
disturbance.
Weather
Forecast"
Friday:
Partly
cloudy
-
"and
mild
with
widely
scattered
showers
mainly
over
mountains.
Moderate
northerly
winds.iSat-urday:
Cloudy
with
occasional
light
rain.
Moderate
southerly
winds.
v,
i