Mi
1
ran
rj
i
ui
i
VERT
IS
PECTED
spread
Search
for
Heslial
r
of
Winnipeg
Boy
r
Hoys
Accosted
INTFEG
f
Police
nave
Id
a
man
suspected
of
ac-
Allan
Seymour,
aged
12,
fcday
night.
Scoured
the
Imd
of
Winnipeg
for
an-
piian
who
attempted
to
as-Ivilfnd
Shipman,
12,
and
a
dragnet
all
over
the
city
n
search
of
the
gun-slayer
Koy
ivlcun-S'J'
wiiwc
Cli;
as
found
In
a
coal
bin
last
p
i.i.
n
i
f
,r'
no
positive
tiuu,
are
clinging
to
the
theory
:;x
pervert
was
respon-pr
;v
shooting
of
the
13-ld
bey
in
the
Fort
Rouge
t
and
had
a
busy
time
k"?
night
tracking
down
tin
a
diMen
calls
from
jitizenc
about
men
regard-icM!"
suspiciously.
M.
TAKING
R
AIRPORTS
Hiring
American
Fit
hh
at
ho
n
to
n
and
Other
Uirrn
Points
MONTON
0
The
North-
lii
Csmmand
of
the
R.C.A.
H
u-
..uinc
control
of
the
bi.
i
dollar
Nanao
alr-
IU
i:.
.
.
north
of
Edmon-
Tui.day.
The
big
field
pm;:L
A
late
in
1944
as
it
(
Northwest
Staging
laua
uorthwest
defence
atrd
during
the
war
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No.
9.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY.
JANUARY
11,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
TT..U
&V&te-nMrM.$QymeM.
l
headquarters
in
Edmon-
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mat
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k
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aimost
finished
taking
Bri3;rt
and
associated
facl-
it
Gtand
Prairie.
Fort
St.
iWatson
Lake
and
Whlte-
te
transport
ister
Here
linvitatlon
is
to
be
sent
L
ancl
Chevrler,
federal
Icr
oi
transport,
to
visit
Rupert
In
the
course
of
lirrent
western
tour.
The
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
nmnrce
decided
last
night
M
urh
an
invitation
to
raruport
minister
who
Is
In
Vancouver
on
official
p
Tin-
motion
was
Intro-
i
to
the
meeting
by
Alder-
N
Young.s,
BRIDES
SING
NOW
y
Crossing
On
SS
Bangcifjord
Wilt
h
Special
Train
INTREAL
The
largest
jil
overseas
war
brides
and
Km
of
Canadian
servicemen
ve
England
for
the
Do-
E
since
the
large
scale
rc-ion
of
members
of
Can-
prmcd
forces
themselves
6
after
V-E
Day
Is
now
s
the
Atlantic.
i'd
the
ss
Stavangerfjord,
imcn
and
100
children
arc
arrive
in
Halifax
on
Mon-
(istribute
the
127
wives
and
IWren
of
Canadian
soldiers
wives
and
21
children
of
I,
the
Canadian
National
y
will
operate
a
thirteen-r
bride
special.
The
wo-hd
children
will
go
to
al-.
every
section
of
the
Do-
leather
Forecast
t
'cast
and
cool
with
Inter-it
rain
or
snow
flurries.
Sing
southeast
winds,
gus-posed
places.
Saturday
and
cool
with
rain
or
lurries
In
the
morning,
ng
continuous
In
the
af-i
and
evening.
Fresh
rest
winds,
becoming
aSOUthfast.
in
Ihn
nftor-
It
"
es
Slow
U.N.O
Plenty
of
Beef,
Eggs
Milk
and
Bread
Here
OTTAWA
iff
A
survey
of
Canada's
-food
supplies
at
the
beginning
of
1946
shows
that
Canadians
have
an
abundance
of
such
essentials
as
beef,
eggs,
bread
and
milk
but
regional
shortages
of
items
like
leafy
green
vegetables
and
a
general
shortage
of
lard
and
shortening.
TO
ASSIST
UNEMPLOYED
Trades
and
Labor
Council
Suggests
Means
to
Meet
New
Conditions
Af
4
V
raniilnw
111
rH
Mi
ti
i
Ml
it
,
ing
of
teK
I
and
Labor
Council,
last
evening
in
the
Carpenters
Hall
George
Anderson
and
David
Crocker
were
appointed
as
a
committee
to
act
in
conjunction
with
a
similar
committee
from
the
local
Prince
Rupert
Labor
Council
(CCL)
to
work
with
and
assist
the
local
unemployed
organization
in
its
endeavours
to
secure
employment
for
Its
members.
It
was
pointed
out
mat
mere
nan
been
a
large
number
of
workers
who
had
been
filling
dual
occupations
during
the
past
few
years
as
a
result
of
labor
shortage
and
that
there
wcrci
oSiers
who
had
been
doing
casuaMabor
In
addition
to.
their
regular
occupation
but.
now
lhat;
the-emergency
had
passed
and
there:
were
not
sufficient
Jobs
for
all.
the
chairman
expressed
the
view
that
it
behooved
all
of
us
to
see
to
it
that
no
one
was
allowed
any
more
than
their
fair
share
of
.
i
The
season's
greetings
were
received
by
the
council
from
President
Percy
Bcngough
and
the
executive
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress,
A
communication
from
the
Montreal
,
headquarters
of
the
United
Garment
.Workers
of
America
cxh.Qr.tlng,
all
to
purchase
hone
but.
union-made
garments
and
dress-wear
was
unanimously
endorsed
by
the
meeting.
Speakers
stressed
the
necessity
of
seeing
that
the
union
label
was
In
evidence
on
purchases
if
the
workers
In
the
garment
industry
are
to
receive
the
support
they
deserve.
A
letter
of
condolence,
was
ordered
forwarded
to
R.
II.
Adcock.
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Labor
Council.
cxDressing
the
sorrow
and
extending
the
sym
Tokyo
Crisis-1-
Jap
Premier
Reorganizes
Gov't
TOKYO
f
-Premier
Shidc-
hara
will
Tcmaln
In
office
while
his
cabinet
attempts
to
solve
Its
political
crisis
by
reorganization,
ministers
of
the
Japanese
government
decided
today.
Some
ministers
submitted
their
resignations
during
the
session
in
conformity
with
General
Mac-
Arthur's
political
purge
dircc-
tivc,
sources
close
to
the
gov
ernment,
said.
However,
they
declined
to
disclose
the
number
of
possible
resignations.
Later,
the
Kyodo
news
agency
said
that.
Ifome
Minister
Horkirl
had
handed
his
I
resignation
to
Shldehara
and
that
Education
Minister
Maeda
STRIKE
THREAT
STILL
PRESENT
WINNIPEG,
O)
The
threat
or
a
nationawidc
strike
or
12.000
packinghouse
workers
still
hovered
over
the
Industry
today
as
officials
of
the
workers'
union
prepared
to
meet
with
other
locals.
The
threat
involves
claims
by
the
workers
that
the
companies
have
refused
to
carry
out
promises
made
at
the
Winnipeg
conference
last
Novemoer
which
averted
a
Canada-wide
strike
at
that
time.
The
disputed
points
are
hours
of
work,
overtime
for
certain
typas
of
employees
and
a
master
agreement
SECRET
BALLOT
OPPOSED
BY
RUSSIAN
LONDON
(CP)
Wrangle
over
the
election
sys
tern
slowed
down
business
at
the
United
Nations
Organization
assembly
totlay
as
representatives
of
fifty-one
countries
moved
to
get
preliminary
matters
out
of
the
way
on
the
second
day
of
the
vital
conference.
The
election
issue
came
up
when
Russia
pressed
-thc
point
on
which
she
had
No
Unemployment
Benefits
Given
Winnipeg
Typos
WINNIPEG
-
Printers
of
the
Winnipeg
Free
Press
and
Tribune
newspapers
which
went
on
strike
will
not
receive
unemployment
r.
insurance
beneflK
a
board
f
refe
ruled
'est"day
TRAPPED
IN
;
SUDBURY
MINE
Miner,
James
Angus,
Feu
nil
Dead
by
Rescue
Workers
SUDBURY.
Ont..
tfi
Rescue
workers
In
the
Frood
Nickel
Mine
in
Sudbury
tunnelled
through
a
cave-in
at
the
2400-foot
leve'
and
found
the
body
of
mine
James
Angus.
Angus
was
trapped
when
a
timber
gave
way
and
a
backfill
poured
in.
Two
other
workers
escaped.
nathy
of
the
council
members
on
the
passing
of
his
wife
The
secretary
was
instructed
to
work
in
conjunction
with
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Electrical
Workers,
Local
344,
in
an
endeavour
to
have
the
B.C.
I
Power
Commission
put
into
ef-
fhnt:
thp
nlon
fclt
should
be
paid
at
the
Terrace
plant
of
the
commission.
There
was
some
discussion
about
the
advisability
of
having
an
A.
F.
L.
organfaer
appointed
from
headquarters
fdr
Northern
B.C.
but
the
subject'
wa.s
left
in
abeyance
for
the
time
being.
Officers
Elected
For
Year
The
election
of
officers
resulted
as
follows:
President,
A.
Wallin,
(reelected).
Vice-President,
J.
S.
Black,
(reelected).
Secretary,
P.
A.
Bond,
(reelected).
Trustees
J.
Mulroney
(reelected),
and
William
Reld
and
A.
Abercrombie.
David
Crocker
installed
the
officers
for
the
ensuing
year.
I
t
I
1
I
unauthoratlvcly
was
reported
planning
to
resign.
Japanese
sources
also
indicated
that
Shldehara
originally
desired
his
ministers'
rcslgna-
tions
en
bloc
but
agreed
to
rc
main
in
office
and
try
reorganl-
zatlon
after
arguments
raised
In
today's
meeting
were
relayed
to.j
him
at
his
home.
JOBLESS
ARE
ON
INCREASE
OTTAWA
-
In
December
Job
seekers
in
Canada
exceeded
Jobs
available
by
103,000,
new
statistics
show.
There
were
184,500
looking
for
Jobs
while
unfilled
Jobs
numbered
73,500.
Detroit
Newsman
Visiting
Rupert
After
roaming
about
in
Alaska
and
the
Yukon
Territory
for
the
past
seven
months
gathering
data
for
future
articles,
B.
II
Wanamaker,
free-lance
newspaper
writer
and
traveller,
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
last
evening
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
Ketchikan.
He
ls
a
guest
at
the
New
Royal
Hotel
and
will
be
in
the
city
until
next
week
gathering'
up
local
facts
and
cblor.
From
here
he
will
proceed
to
his
home
In
De'rolt
DELEGATES
asked
for
a
clearance
Thursday
-the
open
ballot.
At
the
opening
session
Trygvc
Lieii
Norwegian
foreign
minister
i
andJRusda's
candidate
for
tho
Assembly
presidency,
was
defeat-
i.
cd
on
a
secret
ballot
by
Paul
i
-
r
:
opaait,
Belgian
luicign
uiiiuatci.
who
was
backed
by
Britain.
A
Russian
delegate
advocated
thati
.-alL
persons
voted
on
for
U.N.pJjoffice
be
nominated
and
discussed
on
the
floor.
Not
withstanding,
Spaak
was
elected
without
his
name
being
mentioned
on
the
floor.
Delegates
wrote
his
name
on
a
secret
ballot.
Russia
continued
today
to
protest
against
such
proceedings.
Seattle
Is
Strike
Tiecta
No
Less
Than
Three
Tie.
up
In
Puget
Sound
CityPhones,
Buses
and
Newspapeis
SEATTLE
)
Residents
of
Se
attle
arc
faced
with
a
triple
strikcresulting
In
no
trasporta-
tlon
service,
no
telephone
ser-
long
as
they
hold
out
mechanl-
cally
and
no
newspapers
to
tell
them
about
it.
The
telephone
walk-out
is
part
of
a
nation-wide
strike.
Some
eleven
transit
system
bus
drivers
went
on
strike
Friday,
demanding
higher
wages.
There
have
been
no
newspapers
published
in
Seattle
since
November
18
when
printers
went
out
on
strike
demanding
higher
wages.
Negotiations,
it
was
indicated
today,
would
be
resumed
soon
with
a
view
to
a
settlement.
BOWLERS
GIVEN
LICENCE
RENEWAL
Representatlons
by
bowlers
in
the
east
end
of
the
city
have
resulted
In
the
city
extending
for
three
months
a
licence
to
F.
Emewcin
for
the
operation
of
a
bowling
alley
and
pool
room
In
the
Wartime
Housing
Recreation
Hall
on
Fifth
Ave..
East.
The
leagues
feel
as
follows:
This
bowling
alley
fills
a
need
for
recreational
facilities
In
this
clly
wl)icn
ls
practically
devoid
of
the
same.
"The
activities
In
the
above
mentioned
premises
have
ever
been
conducted
In
a
manner
?.bove
reproach
and
we
feel
that
th
onnortunltv
for
eood
clean
recrcation
is
stm
required
by
the
residents
of
this
city.
"In
addition
etc.
business
Is
operated
by
a
returned
veteran
with
over
five
years
active
service
in
Ms
Majesty's
forces,
who
deserves
every
consideration
the
community
can
offer.
"Therefore,
we
the
undersigned,
earnestly
request
that
the
licence
for
this
business
be
extended
for
six
months
in
order
that
the
present
leagues
be
allowed
to
run
to
completion."
i
CI.MItAI.
PACKER'S
STRIKE
I
WINNIPEG
There
is
stiff
the
possibility
of
a
general
strike
in
the
meal
packing
industry.
Strike
voles
arc
pending
in
three
Winnipeg
meal
packing
plants
and
union
officials
report
that
a
strike
ballot
may
also
be
taken
aiurng
meat
packers
in
Prince
Albert,
Saskatchewan,
on
Sunday.
LONDON
P
Fullham
district
postmen
showed
their
appreciation
of
the
courage
of
wives
In
the
face
of
six
years
of
war
difficulties
this
.Christmas.
They
didn't
call
around
for
their
an-
i
nual
Christmas
sift
Conference
SHU
NEW
ADJUTANT
GENERAL-Major
General
Ernest
O.
Weeks
C.B.,
C.B.E..
M.C
.
M.M..
of
Ottawa,
who
has
been
appointed
adjutant
general
of
the
.Canadian
Army.
MaJ.
Gen.
Weeks'
recently
returned
from
overseas
where
after
service
in
ItaMy
and
Northwest
Europe
he
became
major
general
In
charge
of
.
administration
at
CM.ir.Q.
at
London,
England.
General
Weeks
succeeds
MaJ.
Oen.
A.
E.
Walford,
C.B..
C.B.E.,
MM.,
E.D..
whose
retirement
wa3
announced
last
week.
INOUEST
INTO
DE&THSOF
MRS.
R.nH.
ADCOCK
A
coroner's
Jury
which
late
Thursday
afternoon
investigated
the
death
several
hours
earlier
(MMrsrJessle
Adcock-
found'thati
she
died
at
11
ajn.
Thursday
as
a
result
of
"collapse
of
one
lung
resulting
from
a
fall
from
a
second
story
landing"
at
Number
One'
Staff
House
on
Hays
Cove
Circle.
Findings
of
the
jury
resulted
partially
from
medical
testimony
presented
by
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergin.
Dr.
Kergin,
who
was
called
immediately
Mrs.
Adcock
was
found
lying
injured
on
the
ground,
testified
that
she
had
suffered
the
fracture
of
two
vertebrae
and
several
ribs.
Some
or
the
ribs,
he
said,
had
lacerated
the
left
lung.
Mrs.
Adcock
succumbed
less
than
an
hour
after
she
was
taken
to
the
hospital
by
the
city
ambulance.
j
Constable
Peter
Humphreys
of
the
Provincial
Police,
who
In-1
spected
the
outside
stair
landing
from
which
Mrs.
Adcock
ICR.
said
that
it
was
"definitely
slippery"
more
than
an
hour
after
the
accident.
Mrs.
Adcock,
evidence
indicated,
had
slipped
on
the
frosty
or
icy
stair
landing
while
she
was
shaking
out
a
small
rug
during
the
course
of
her
duties
at
the
staff
house.
Measured
distance
from
the
ground
to
the
railing
of
the
landing,
according
to
Alex
Muheim,
staff
house
supervisor,
was
29
feet.
Mr.
Muheim
said
that
lie
fouud
Mrs.
Adcock
lying
on
the
ground
at
the
cast
end
of
the
staff
house
after
he
had
been
told
by
a
small
boy
that
a
"woman
had
fallen
out
of
a
window."
He
telephoned
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergin
and
had
the
ambulance
called.
He
said
that,
he
believed
Mrs.
Adcock
must
have
struck'
the
railing
of
the
bottom
stair
landing
in
falling.
Mrs.
C.
A.
Lundqulst
of
10(5
Hays
Cove
Circle,
a
house
across
the
street
from
the
staff
house.
told
of
seeing
a
woman
lainn
'from
the
top
landing
but
said
that
she
did
not
know
wluit
the
woman
had
been
doing
prior
to
her
fall.
The
jury
called
by
Coror.ei
M.
M.
Stephens,
consisted
of
Richard
Woods
(foreman)
Eric
Stafford,
Ray
Sparks,
Thomas
Glenn,
Reg
Wilson
and'
George
White.
Mrs.
Adcock
was
born
49
years
ago
In
Carstalrs,
Scotland.
There
are
two
sisters
hi
Carstalrs.
A
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
past
10
years,
deceased
cams
here
from
Anyox.
She
was
a
member
of
the
Wo
men
of
the
Moose
organization,
I
1
an
i
17
S.
OFFICERS
MUItDEKEI)
BERLIN
-Three
United
States
officers
of
the
military
government
of
Germany
have
been
murdered.
They
were
beaten
to
death,
it
is
believed,
and
their
houses
soaked
in
gascline
and
set
afire.
The
incident
occurred
hi
the
Bavarian-Austrian
frontier
country.
GANGSTER'S
TEXTBOOKS
TORONTO
City
Controller
A.
T.
MacC.allum
would
have
the
federal
government
ban
the
importation
of
certain
magazines
Croni
the
United
Stales
which
lie
desrribes
as
"textbooks
for
juvenile
gangsters."
tlsiMNITOUS
.RELEASED
t;IUCAGO,,
Three
persons-two
(janitors
ana
(lie
wife
of
one
who
had
been
held
as
suspects
in
the
Su.sa.ine
Ueg-nan
kidnap-murder
case
have
been
released.
Now
it
is
claimed
that
there
was
ill-treatment
of
these
suspects
by
third
degree
examination
methods
of
the
police.
INCREASE
RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON
President
Truman's
fact
-
finding
committee
in
connection
with
General
Motor's
strike
recommends
a
IV
-i
per
.cent
wage
increase.
The
workers
have
demanded
30
per
cent
and
the
ccmpany
offered
1ft
per
cent,
WAR
COSTLY
BUSINESS
NEW
YORK
A
banker
has
estimated
World
War
II
cost
$60,000,000,000,
not
taking
into
account
indirect
losses
thiough
theSilor'talitrvhKftMtcauVeoTfoitt
Ham,
to
R.
C
Vaughan,
pre
DEFENCE
BOARD
MEET
QUEBEC
The
United
States-Canada
join:
defence
board,
with
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNaugh-ton
presiding,
will
convene
here
next
Tuesday.
New
joint
defence
poiicy
ociween
the
two
countries
is
expected
to
be
decided
upon.
USING
VANCOUVER
HOTEL
MONTREAL
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
managements,
in
a
joint
statement
today,
said
they
were
prepared
to
permit
use
of
the
old
Hotel
Vancouver
as
a
hostel
providing
icsponsible
authorities
assuntal
the
financial
responsibility
AFTER
POLL
taxes
VANCOUVER
Summons
have
been,
issued
against
1200
'Vancouver
persons
for
failure
to'
pay
1915
poll
taxes.
MORE
D.C.
DIVORCES
VICTORIA
There
were
1GG
divorces
in
British
Columbia
in
the
first
eleven
months
of
1915
as
compared
with
108
in
all
of
1911.
REORGANIZE
CAIHNET
TOKYO
The
Japanese
cab
inet
of
Premier
Shidehara
has
voicci
lo
aucmpi
a
reorganisation
tc
meet
General
Mac-Arlhur's
directive
calling
for
a
political
purge.
Shidehara
will
remain
as
premier.
G.
I.'S
PROTESTING
CALCUTTA,
India
American
soldiers
have
gathered
in
Calcutta
in
peaceful
protest
against
the
U.
S.
War
Department's
announcement
of
a
slow-down
in
mobilization.
Soldiers
attending
the
meeting
booed
the
name
of
War
Secretary
Patterson.
EISENHOWER'S
DUSY
DAY
OTTAWA
General
Eisenhower
has
a
busy
M-hcdulc
ahead
of
him
in
Ottawa
today,
lie
will
visit
the
Canadian
military
high
command
al
Defence
Headquarters,
lay
a
wrcalli
at
the
National
War
Memorial,
lunch
with
Defence
.Minister
Abbott,
and
attend
a
reception.
Later,
he
is
scheduled
to
leave
for
Toronto,
where,
tomorrow,
he
will
receive
a
degree
frcm
the!
University
of
Toronto.
TemDcrature
Maximum
37
Minimum
31
Rainfall
.05
inches
NAZI
BANKER
BEING
TRIED
Schacht
Held
Primarily
Responsible
For
War
Crimes
i
Funk
Say
He's
Guilty
NUERNBURG
tf
The
Allied
prosecution
charged
before
the
international
military
tribunal
today
that
Germany's
military
successes
were
made
possible
only
by
the
resourcefulness,
financial
ruthlessncss
and
"absolute
cynicism"
of
HJalmar
Schacht.
The
one-time
Oerman
finance
wizard,
now
on
trial
for
his
life
with
21
other
Nazi
leaders,
heard
the
prosecutor
cite
a
memoran-
Ldum
which
Schacht
wrote
to
Hitler
in
1939
as
evidence
of
Schacht's
complicity
In
the
an
nexation
of
Austria
and
Czecho
Slovakia.
The
memoradum
said
that
Schacht's
financial
talents
had
re-armed
the
German.
forces
to
a
point
which
made
a
German
roreign
policy
possibles
At
another
point
in
the
trial
there
was
a
mild
sensation
today
when
Walter
Funk,
.broko
down
and
cried:
"I'nt'
iguilty.nl'm
guilty."
He
admitted
Jew
baiting.
Insult
Is
Resented
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Scores
Railway
Company
On
Train
Cut
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
flexed
its.
corpor?
ate
muscles
moodlly.flast:.night
at
what
it
believed
to
bo
an.
int
suit
received
from
Canadlan-Na
tional
Railways,
then
decided
to
reiterate
Its
stand
In
opposition
to
a
reduction
of
train
service
out
of
the
city.
The
Chamber
is
going
to
ask
a
written
reply
to
a
:letter
sent
by
Its
president,
Alderman
Clif-
sldent
of
the
railway
company,
urging
that
the
railway
develop
the
territory
in
order
to
Increase
business.
So
far,
according
to
Mr.
Ham,
the
only
reply
he
has
received
is
a
verbal
one
from
Dlvisicci
Superintendent
C.
A.
Berrar
-which
was
less
than
satisfactory.
"
"I
gathered
the
Inference
from
our
tafk
that
Mr.
Vaughari
believes
that
my
letter
was
not
backed
by
any
responsible
body."
the
Junior
Chamber
president
said.
Mr.
Ham
salt;
that
Mr.
Berner
had
told
him
that,
If
the
letter
had
been
routed
through
his
(Mr.
Berner's)
office,
it
might
have
received
more
consideration
from
Mr.
Vaughan.
To
this
suggestion
the
Junior
Chamber
members
were
definitely
cold
and
they
adopted
a
motion
that
Mr.
Ham's
next
letter
also
be
sent
directly,
-to
Mr.
Vaughan
with
a
copy
to
Mr.
Berner.
rs
'
Rev!
A.vfl.
MacSweenfsounded
the
rallying
cry.
Saldlhl:
"The
thing
that
bothers
me
Is
not
that
they
turned
down
our
request
but
that
they
Ignored
our
president.
We
are
not
going
to
see
our
presiaent
pusneu
j
around."
COAL
BUNKERS
HERE
SOUGHT
Interior
Hoard
of
Trade
Would
Have
Bus
Service
SMITH
ERS
Holding
that
lack
of
coal
bunkering
facilities
ls
retarding
the
development
of
coal
mines
in
this
area,
the
Smlthcrs
and
District
Board
of
Trade
has
passed
a
resolution
asking
that
such
bunkers
be
established
at
the
coast
port.
Support
of
the
associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Col
umbia
will
bo
sought.
The
Smithers
Board
Is
also
asking
that
a
bus
service
be
instituted
from
Prince
George
westward
in
view
of
the
cutting
down
of
train
service.
NEGRO
POET
PASSES
AWAY
NEW
YORK
The
distinguished
Negro
poet.
Countee
Cullcn,
died
in
a
New
York
hospital.
He
was
42
years
old.
Cullcn
received
a
master
of
arts
degree
at
Harvard
University
in
1926
and
hi
1923
was
sent
to
study
in
Paris
on
a
Guggenheim
scholarship.
Political
Freedom
In
China
Important
Edict
by
President
Chiang
Following
Truce
Order
CHUNGKING.
Pj
President
Chiang
Kai-Shek
announced
yesterday
shortly
after
a
truce
had
brought
an
immediate
end
to
China's
civil
war
that
the
government
had
decided
to
legal-
-ize
all
political
parties.
He
said
the
government
will
free
all
purely
political
prisoners
grant
the
people
freedom
of
speech
and
promote
local
self-govern
ment.
He
promised
safeguards
against
Illegal
arrests
and
trials
and
to
make
all
political
parties
equal
before
the
law,
permitting
the
mto
operate
openly
within
the
law.
Chiang
further
said
that
the
government
had
decided
to
promote
actively
self-government
in
all
places
and
directed
that
popular
elections
be
held.
.
Gen.
Chou
En-Lai,
commun
ist
leader,
approved
the
guar
antees
and
said
they
were
the
basis
for
achieving
constitutional
government.
The
cease
fire
order
to
end
the
civil
war
was
Issued
shortly
after
Gen.
Chang
Chun,
government
representative,
and
Gen.
Chou
met
with
General
George
Mar
shal,
American
presidential
en
voy,
reached
agreement
In
a
surprise
meeting
held
nine
hours
ahead
of
schedule.
Military
commanders
on
both
sides
are
directed
to
half
all
troop'niovements
except
for
th3
transport
of
government
troops
Into
or
within
Manchuria
to
restore
Chinese
sovereignty.
The
order
also
prohibits,
destruction
of
and
Interference
with
all
lines
of
commulcatlon.
PICKETING
Contradictory
Situation
Exists
in
Connection
With
American
Communications
NEW
YORK,
W
Picketing
had
started
this
mornaig
around
the
major
telephone
exchanges
of
the
United
States
and,
telephone
service
from
coast
'to
coast
is
disrupted.
The
president
of
the
Association
of
Communications
equipment
Workers,
Ernest
Weaver,
announced
that
the
picketing
would
go
on
although
he
had
stated
earlier
that
the
union
would
hold
off
plans
until
Monday
morning
at
the
.request
of
the
United
States
Secretary
of
Labor.
In
a
statement
Issued
later
this
morning,
however,
Mr.
Weaver
explained
that
picket
lines
had
already
been
established
In
some
locations
and
It
had
been.
Impossible
to
get
in
toucji
with
them.
Today's
action
means
that
telephone
communications
will
be
crippled
throughout
the
United
States,
since
the
263.000
mem
bers
of
the
National
Federation
of
Telephone
Workers
have
declared
they
will
honor
the
picket
lines
of
the
communication
workers.
Most
of
them
did.
so.
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STOCKS
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