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predicted
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that
proposals
for
revision
la
Trance,
would
be
strong-
:ed
by
the
United
States
fortliaomlng
German
.ty
nr-iotiatlons.
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France's
claim
to
the
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and
herder
changes
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by
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and
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Four
flrc-
overcome
by
gases
as
'
i"i",ht
a
fire
vi
the
fOrc
rcrp
a
at
Dallantyne
Pier
on
'nav
All
were
taken
to
hos-
treatment.
bOT
WITH
f
FIPfTDir
VtlltJW
wcniy
ltar
i
rantiiisc
or
Vancouver
City
Transport
"J
cl
Koiigli
Kiile
vuuvr.it,
w
me
van-er
olty
council
on
Monday
M
a
new
20-yeur
agreement
11
ie
British
Columbia
Elec-
Rullway
for
operation
of
curs
and
busses
which
1'0
to
I
l.iKlntlll-o
fur
"iiauon.
"u"iy
after
the
announcc-111
the
stsnlng,
Johii
Stan-
'
''qircsentliiE
the
Civic
Rc-
iiinuiicc,
said
ne
woura
u
injunction
aimed
ulti-,;y
at
quashing
the
agrcc-
nt
and
Wnnlrt
nl.n
.!Pfk
n
indatory
lnjunciion
to
force
j
l
hld
a
cblclte"
on
'
Usu
Second
World
War
Officially
Ended
By
President
Truman
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
(CP)-Prestfent
Truman
today
ended
the
period
of
hostilities
of
the
Second
World
War.
He
left
intact,
however,
states
of
emergency
declared
before
the
United
States
went
to
war
and
said
that
today's
action
does
not
end
"state
of
DEFER
ACTION
ON
WAGE
BOOST
Nothing
Will
'oe
Dene
by
Provincial
Government
for
Civil
Servants
Until
?s'ew
Year
VICTORIA,
Qi
Government
ar.ada
made
member
of
action
on
the
British
Columbia
commission
on
atomic
Provincial
Government
Employees'
Association
request
for
higher
wage
and
bonus
schedules
will
net
be
taken
until
some
time
In
the
New
Year,
It
was
learned
yesterday.
Ihe
Association
is
asking
an
arrow
the
board
wage
increase
of
lG'ic
an
hour
with
cost
of
living
bonus
of
$28.50
monthly
on
a
fiat
rate
for
all
employees
In
place
of
the
present
graduated
bonus
which
stops
short
at
the
$250
a
month
and
over
bracket
war
itself."
His
proclamation
ending
hostilities,
effective
at
noon
today,
did
erase
from
the
statute
books
at
once
twenty
wartime
laws.
Still
others
will
automatically
die
six
months
from
-today
unless
Congress
acts
to
continue
them.
One
of
these
Is
the
Smith-Connally
anti-strike
act
under
which
the
government
seized
strike-bound
plants
and
mints.
SALMON
PACK
ON
COLUMBIA
RIVER
ASTORIA,
Ore.,
Cft
Astoria
canneries
received
8,640,-91ft
pounds
of
chinook
salmon
caught
In
the
Co.wnola
River
In
1946,
the
federal
Wild
Life
Service
reports,
Fishermen
estimate
the
catch
will
rerfch
11,-0C3.C00
pounds
including,
fish
sent
to
canneries
other
than
here.
1946
in
Prince
Rupert
JANUARY
...vJA0mlIciianrhournorthwotgale-drag6ed4hqaheavy.
anchors
on
the
Cow
Bay
fishermen's
floats
for
several
feet,
and
caused
damage
to
one
boat,
threatening
destruction
to
many
vessels
moored
at
the
nearby
Yacht
Club
floats.
9
Death
came
suddenly
to
Norman
Watt,
for
20
years
government
agent
at
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Watt
expired
of
a
heart
ailment
in
the
early
afternoon
after
spending
the
morn
ing
working
at
his
office.
14
A
snowsllde
12,000
feet
long
and
50
feet
deep
came
down
over
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
at
the
Kwinitsa
railway
tunnel,
stopping
traffic
and
severing
wire
communications
with
the
interior.
22
Date
of
Prince
Rupert's
official
"Welcome
Home"
to
Its
returning
war
veterans
was
set
for
early
April
by
City
Council,
which
set
aside
$500
for
the
function.
The
Canadian
Legion
offered
to
co-operate
in
putting
It
across.
FEBKUAKY
5
Clearing
the
way
for
a
major
Industry
to
establish
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
city
council
endorsed
a
resolution
committing
itself
to
give
"favorable
consideration"
to
any
request
by
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
to
extend
Its
existing
franchise,
providing
such
request
was
accompanied
by
a
guarantee
to
establish
a
pulp
mill
in
the
area.
11
The
body
of
Ethel
Shanoss,
an
18-year-old
native
girl,
was
found
In
a
cabin
on
Ninth
Avenue
East,
following
a
drinking
party
and
two
men
wtre
held
on
charges
of
supplying
liquor
to
Indians.
10
Members
or
the
Prince
Rupert
"Jobs-for-All"
committee,
an
off-sltot
of
the
Labor-Progressive
Party,
picketed
4-hc
Canadian
National
ticket
office
to
publicize
what
they
termed
the
unwillingness
or
the
Canadian
National
Railways
to
seek
contracts
for
the
local
dry
dock.
20
A
branch
or
the
British
Columbia
Automobile
Association
was
organized
here.
J.
II.
Black
was
named
president,
with
J
E.
Boddie
vlie-president,
and
Fred
Conrad
secretary.
26
Prince
Rupert
citizens
united
vocirerously
against
a
move
by
the
Canadian
Army
to
take
over
the
Y.M.CA.
building
as
an
armory,
instead
or
allowing
it
to
be
turned
over
to
the
Civic
Centre
Association,
as
originally
planned.
A
barrage
or
telegrams
was
dispatched
to
Ottawa
In
protest
against
the
proposal.
MARCH
5
The
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Cu-opcratlve,
at
Its
seventh
annual
convention
here,
announced
a
plan
to
build
a,
$75,000
liver
oil
reduction
plant
as
oon
as
materials
became
available
8-Rctlrcment
or
G.
P.
Tinker
from
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Hospital
Board
was
announced.
Mr.
Tinker
served
on
the
board
for
18
years,
and
was
president
for
much
of
that
time,
11-
A
score
of
organizati&ns
In
Prince
Rupert
and
Interior
statement
by
Public
Works
Minister
towns
rose
in
protest
against
a
Anscomb
that
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
would
not
be
considered
a
provincial
responsibility.
17
Prince
Rupert
Civic
Centre
Association
formally
took
over
the
Y.M.C.A.
war
services
building
as
a
Civic
Centre.
The
transfer
was
made
before
an
audience
of
500
In
the
auditorium
by
II.
P.
Collins,
"Y"
supervisor,
who
handed
the
keys
of
the
building
to
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett.
19
City
Council
gave
Its
approval
to
application
by
Black
uul
White
Transportation
Co.
to
operate
a
bus
line
exclusively
in
the
city
The
approval
was
subject
to
agreement
by
the
payers
and
the
provincial
public
utilities
commission.
Continued
on
Page
2)
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TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
31,
1946
PRICE
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CENTS
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In
of
1946
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Canadian
Press
-
HE
MELODIOUS
PEALING
O7
THE
HELLS
heralding
the
New
I
Year
echoes
the
many
good
wishes
in
our
hearts
for
you
and
'
yours.
May
each
day
he
filled
Vith
happiness
and
health
may
love,
tranquillity
and
peace
enco
ipass
the
world
that
all
may
reap
the
full
benefits
of
life.'-
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island
Loq
Dispute
Is
Now
Encta
VANCOUVER,
O)
Settlement
of
the
dispute
between
International
Woodworkers
of
America
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
log
ging
operators
was
announced
yesterday
by
Harold
Pritchett,
district
president
of
th
union,
,
The
operators
agree
to
pay
7c
an
hour
differential
In
lieu
of
loggers
fares
for
transportation
to
the
camps,
retroactive
to
January
1,
1946.
Power
saw
oper
ators
will
receive
3
Vic
per
thous
and
feet
and
hand
fallers
4'ic
per
thousand.
Pritchett
said
the
government
also
provides
a
9c
differential
i
for
loggers
during
194T
In
lieu
.
of
fares
with
an
equivalent
Increase
for
power
saw
opsrators
and
hand
fallers.
Nine
camps
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
employing
500
workers,
come
under
the
agreement.
CHURCHILL
AND
EUROPE
Still
Working
on
His
United
States
Plan
4
T-QNEOX.
OiMthough
Former
Prtnsa
Minister
Winston
"Churchill
has
been
silent
on
the
matter,
he
has,
been
working
'behind
the
scenes"
to
further
his
plan
for
a
United
States
of
Europe,
the
Manchester
Guardian
said
yesterday.
Churchill,
In
an
article
pub
lished
yesterday
by
Dally
Telegraph,
suggested
that
France
should
give
the
lead
by
extend
ng
the
hand
of
forgiveness
to
Germany.
He
expressed
the
opinion
that
United
States
of
America
should
further
this
de
sign
since
the
Atlantic
Ocean
was
no
longer
a
sure
barrier.
Heligoland
Blast
To
Be
"Big
Bang"
HAMBURG,
Germany
09
A
British
naval
officer
said
today
that
the
German
island
fortress
of
Heligoland
is
to
be
blown
up
about
March
31
in
a
blast
which
he
said
would"
be
"the
nearest
rival
to
the
atomic
bomb."
The
15
miles
of
tunnels
in
the
fortress
will
be
crammed
with
naval
depth
charges
and
blown
to
oblivion
in
one
"big
bans."
WORK
STOPPAGE
IS
NOT
WANTED
New
Year
message
by
President
of
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
OTTAWA,
CP'
Percy
R.
Bcn-gough,
president
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada,
said,
last
night
In
a
New
Year's
message
that
organized
labor
"does
not
anticipate
and
certainly
does
not
desire"
work
stoppages
in
1947.
Drop
Rent
Control
On
Holiday
Spots
OTTAWA,
0)
Government
circles
speculated
yesterday
on
the
possibility
of
rent
controls
on
winter
and
summer
vacation
resorts
being
lifted
soon,
possibly
In
January.
Informed
sources
said
that,
if
any
changes
were
made
in
rental
regulations,
it
Was
likely
that
accommodation
considered
not
essential
to
cost
of
living
would
be
decontrolled
first.
'
'
January
210,000
Ford
employees
end
112-day
Windsor
strike;
Department
of
Reconstruction
and
Supply
created.
12
Joint
US.-Canada
war
pro
duction
committee
dissolved.
21
Validity
of
the
Canada
-Tem
perance
Act
upheld
by
Privy
Council.
25
Sir
Alexander
Clutterbuek
named
British
High
Commissioner.
23
Justice
Rand
formula
on
Ford
labor
dispute
announced.
yMii
31
Prices
Board
announces
suspension
of
price
ceilings'
on
300
items.
February
.j.
u,
8
$60,000,000
credit
for
China
arranged.
y..-
U
Major
J.
W.
Foote,
Presbyterian
padre,
awarded
V.C.,.'
12
$100,000,000
credit
extended
to
Netherlands.
14
Sharp
earthquake
roeks
cities
on
Pacific
coast.
15
Espionage
Inquiry
announc
ed.
28
Vice-Admiral
H.
EReld'
named
chief
or
naval-staff.;
March
1
Gen.
H.
D.
O.
Crerar
retires.'
6
British-Canadian
loartu.Jox.'
$1,250,000,000
signed.
.
,
14
Fred
Rose,
MJ.,
arrested
in
espionage,
probe.
:-r
15
Soyal
Commission
on
espio
nage
makes
second
report.
'
18
King
(ells
Commons
Soviet
,
established
fifth
column
lh;
Canada.
'
27
James
Cardinal
McGulgaS"
welcomed
in
Toronto.
29
Third
interte
report
byjthe.
woyar
uommiss:on
on
espio
nage.
(Continued
on
Page
5)
SEES
BRIGHT
YEAR
AHEAD
FOR
CANADA
;
MONTREAL
ffi
C.
Gprdon
Cockshutt,
president
of
the-Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce,
in
a
New
Year's
messaga
released
today
from
the
organization's
head
office,
said
that
the
New
Year
holds
bright
prospects
for
Canada.
"
Cockshutt
said:
"In
this
new
year
management
and
labor
can
achieve
greater
results
for
themselves
for
all
Canadians
and
for
the
desperately
needy
people
in
other
lands
if
only
they
.work
together
and
seek
their
mutual
Interests
in
maximum
GUNMEN
ROB
TORONTO
FIRM
TORONTO
CB
Two
gunmen
herded
the
staff
of
the
Ontario
Sllknlt
Co.
in
west
central.
Toronto
into
a
corner
today
and
escaped
with
$5,000
payroll
money
in
cash.
One
of
the
gunmeri'had
two
revolvers.
I'.er-
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
January
1,
1948
High
7:54
18.9
feet
20:24
16,4,-,feet
Low
1:13
7.5
feet
14:26
7.9
feet
NO
PAPER
TOMORROW
Tomorrow,
being
New
Year's
Day
and
a
public
holiday;:
the.
Dally
News
will
not
be
published.
The
next
regular
edition
will
be
on
Thursday
afttrnoon.
Civic
Centre
Association
NEW
YEAR'S
EVE
FROLIC-Tickets
and
Reservations
available'
now
at
Civic
Centre
orrice,
Macey's,
Kalen
Hardware
and
W,
F.
Stone's1"'
BASKETBALL
DUKE
OF
CONNAUGHT
vs.
BOME-HI
(New
Westminster)
JANUARY
1
AND
ii
CIVIC
CENTRE
Preliminary
Game:
99
TAXI
vs.
SAVOY