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9,
1946
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asked
that
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foreign
ministers
:heduled
for
Paris
April
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that
both
nations
have
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to
his
proposal
meeting
France,
how-
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Big
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avoid
postponement
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at
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station
report
that
jnes
arrived
at
Goose
Bay,
for
torinv
of
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over
in
Ireland
of
bad
weather.
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nrn
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and
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services
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Budget
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Hugh
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Picture
LONDON
(CP)
M.
I
!
Hon.
Hugh
Dalton,
Chan-1
Aich
caused
the
death
(cejior
0f
the
Exchequer,;
7
h.
h
n
presenting
the
budget
to
United
!
cments
to
a
coroner's
k
i
ii
g
(1
o
m
expenditures
!
irre
last
night.
Mrs.
(during
the
coming
fiscal
year;
who
Is
charged
with
would
be
reduced
by
thirty-one
'
:ld
that
her
husband
percent.
They
will
be
3,837,000,-
j
the
knife
and
tried
to
COO
which
Is
1,728,000,000
less
than
a
year
ago.
Mr.
Dalton
expects
to
be
not
far
short
ofi
balancing
the
budget
this
year
1
but
he
added
that
his
estimates
j
were
based
on
obtaining
the
$3,750,000,000
loan
from
the
irU
Ctnne
rrl
If
It
cVinulH
I
not
be
forthcoming,
there
will
have
to
be
some
drastic
cuts,
especially
In
Imports.
However,
prospects
for
the
year
were
"less
dismal"
than
might
have
been
expected.
The
budget
nrovldes
for
in
creased
education,
milk
supply!
ior
children,
old-ige
.penslout.
family
allowances
ana
socmi
services.
WAR
BUILDINGS
MUST
CONFORM
TO
CITY
BYLAWS
People
who
purchase
tempor
ary
wartime
buildings
from
the
government
should
be
Impressed
with
the
fact
that
the
buildings
have
inorc
salvage
value
than
structural
value,
city
council
fppls.
The
aldermen
want
it
knewn
that
In
order
to
be
used
in
the
city
limits,
they
must
be
brought
up
to
a
standard
con-fonnln?
to
the
city's
building,
plumbing
and
other
by-laws.
"I
have
been
contacted
recently
by
a
number
of
people
wondering
If
the
city
would
not
waive
the
building
by-laws
so
that
such
temporary
buildings
which
they
bought
could
be
used
'as
Is.'"
Alderman
Arnold
told
council.
City
Engineer
Phillips
added
that
he
had
received
a
number
of
similar
requests.
"The
nurchascrs
0f
such
build
ings
should
be
advised
that
the
i
bultdlngs
are
sub-standard
ami
of
salvage
value
only.
I
am
not
In
favor
of
waiving
any
of
outbuilding
by-laws,"
Mr.
Phillips
declared.
Warned
Of
Jap
Attack
Churchill
Told
United
Stales
Of
His
Fears
of
Conflict
WASHINGTON
0)
-
Winston
rinirrhlll
nressed
the
late-
Presi
dent
Franklin
Roosevelt
as
early
ns
February,
1941,
to
"instal
In
Japan
anxiety"
that
the
move
toward
Singapore
would
mean
war
with
the
United
States.
This
was
disclosed
today
as
the
Con
gressional
committee
investigating
Japan's
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
on
December
7,
1041,
was
given
new
documents
gathered
from
State
Department
and
White
House
flics.
One
document
was
a
message
from
Churchill
dated
February
15,
1941,
expressing
concern
tha.
"the
Japancso
mean
to
make
war
on
us
or
do
something
that
would
compel
vl&
to
make
war
on
them
during
the
next
few
weeks
or
months."
C
Bulletins
STMX
JKW-BAITING
1
!
NUHlNBMtG
Justice
Itob-ert
JackMin,
chief
United
Stales
prosecutor,
charged
be-fvrr
i
the
international
military
tribunal
Inlay
that
the
defence
is
attempting
to
"disseminate
I
anli-semitic
propaganda"
through
the
war
crimes
trial
and
had
committed
a
"flagrant
rase
of
contempt
of
court."
KM)
GKNKUAI,
MISSING
CHUNGKING
Communist
headquarters
reported
today
that
an
American
Army
transport
plane
carrying
General
Veil
Ting,
former
commander
of
the
Communist
new
Fourth
Army,
and
cycr
parly
leaders
lo
Yrhan
is
missing.
The
plane
left
Chungking
Monday
for
Vrnan,
Communist
headquarters.
KSI'IONAGK
COMMITTALS
OTTAWA
Magistrate
Glen
Strike
today
committed
for
trial
on
charge
of
conspiracy
and
violation
of
the
Official
Secrets
Act
IHward
Mazerail
and
Mary
Wischer.
They
were
freed
on
bail
of,S'j00
and
$1500
respectively.
SOI.MLKS
WALK
OFF
SOUTHAMPTON,
England
Four
hundred,
British
soldiers
walked
off
the
troop
transport
Corfu
in
Southampton
and
stayed
behind
on
the
dock
as
the
liner
sailed
for
the
Orient.
The
walk-off
was
due
lo
crowded
and
unsanitary
conditions
cut
the
boat.
I'or
three
hours
before
the
ship
mailed
officers
urged
the
soldiers
to
reconsider.
CAl'T.
AIKMAN
DIES
VANCOUVER
Capt.
Edmund
Aikman,
CO,
one
of
Canada's
best
known
shipping
executives
and
former
assistant
chairman
of
Canadian
Pacific
Ocean
Steamships'
died
today
in
hospital.
GLNEKAL
AltUESTEI)
TEIIIIAN
An
Iranian
general,
Hassan
Arfa,
termed
by
observers
to
have
been
"unsympathetic
toward
Russia,"
was
arrested
today
on
charges
of
subversive
activity
against
the
government.
Former
Iran-Ian
chief
of
staff,
he
was
replaced
after
Prime
Minister
Ahmed
Qavam
took
office.
".MUSK-OX"
AT
Git
EAT
BEAR
EDMONTON
Expedition'
Musk-ox
is
today
crossing
Great
Hear
Lake.
An
exceptionally
early
spring
break-up
is
complicating
the
dispatch
of
the
expedition
which
was
due
at
Edmonton
May
4
but
it
not
expected
now
tw
reaeb
here
by
that
time.
MONTREAL
SHOOTING
MONTREAL
One
man
lies
in
hospital
in
Montreal
and
another
is
bring
detained
in
police
department
cells
following
a
shooting
when
the
pair
resisted
arrest
Monday
night.
The
hospitalised
man
is
22-year-old
Lucicn
Belanger,
in
critical
condition
with
ft
bullet
wound
in
the
stomach.
His
brother,
21-year-old
Leon
Belanger,
was
grazed
on
the
rlgliC
side
of
his
chest.
GERMANS
DEMONSTRATE
STUTGART,
Germany
Three
hundred
Germans
have
paraded
through
the
streets
of
Slulgart
in
protest
against
the
seizure
of
tlielr
homes
to
house
families
of
American
soldiers.
The
demonstration
ended
when
an
American
officer
received
a
delegation
of
house
owners.
He
warned
that
no
further
demonstrations
will
be
permitted.
JAP
PREMIER'S
RESIGNATION
IS
DEMANDED
TOKYO
W
With
Japan's
na-j
tionul
election
two
days
o,
a
11-man
committee
of
"demo-
:
cratlc
peoples
front"
appeared
.
,
.
'
i
r
n
I
fi.un
yesimiay
ueiuie
rrciiutr
quiuc-hara
with
the
demand
that
his
cabinet
resign
immediately.
'
The
committee,
claiming
to
represent
70,000
ncople,
called
n
fhidehara
ns
a
follow-up
to
Sunday's
explosive
demonstra
tion
In
which
at
least
10.000
communist
-
led
demonstrators
swarmed
into
the
premier's
courtyard,
broke
windows
and
injured
eight
Japanese
policemen.
Emperor
Hirohlto
called
on
Japan's
30.000.000
voters
to
"take
part
in
the
election
with
enthusiasm
and
conviction
by
voting
for
candidates
of
their
fres
choice,
and
contribute
thereby
to
the
establishment
of
a
democratic
diet."
i
No
Trace
of
Lost
Fisherman
;
A
three-day
search
In
the
wat-'
crs
of
Hecate
Strait
off
Pacofl
i
failed
tojeyeal
any
sign,
of
thc.
body
of
William
Bell,
a
Vancouver
negro,
lost
off
the
fishln;
boat
Old
Sport
on
March
31,
the
provincial
police
here
were
ad
vised
Monday
afternoon.
Circumstances
surrounding
the
disappearance
of
Bell,
who
fell,
overboard,
were
not
given.
The
search
was
made
by
Constable
F.
J.
Walker
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
City
detachment.
U.S.
STRIKE
SCENE
TODAY
Detroit
Transit
Walk-out
Ends
but
Another
Starts
At
Cincinnati
WASHINGTON
Here
is
a
'orief
sketch
of
the
American
labor
scene
today.
The
Detroit
transit
strike,
affecting
almost
one
million
riders,
has
been
brought
to
An
ena"-Also
a
new
power
strike
started
In
Cincinnati
has
faded.
The
walkout
affected
one
million
gas
and
electric
consumers
In
the
Cincinnati
area.
The
1400
A,
F.
of
L.
electrical
workers
were
demanding
an
Increase
of
20
cents
an
hour.
The
company's
best
offer
was
15
cents.
There
was
settlement
at
17
cents.
The
soft
coal
strike
continues
Into
Its
second
week.
A
strike
of
82
C.I.O.
drivers
and
mechanics
has
paralyzed
public
transportation
in
Saginaw,
Michigan,
a
city
of
90,000
persons.
Seymour
Narrows
Is
Being
Closed
Marking
abandonment
of
the
attempt
to
remove
Ripple
Itock
from
Seymour
Nauows,
a
notice
to
mariners
on
this
coast
Issued
by
the
Department
of
Transport
announces
that
the
channel
through
the
Narrows
is
beln?
closed
from
8
a.m.
to
noon
on
Monday,
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
of
this
week
while
the
removal
of
overhead
cables
Is
being
carried
out.
TWO
ARE
KILLED
BY
MONOXIDE
FRANKVILLE.
Ont.
0)
The
bodies
of
Mrs.
Clement
Morrison
and
her
cousin,
Clarence
Morrison,
were
discovered
In
an
automobile
on
a
sldcroad
near
this
village
northeast
of
Brock-vllle
today.
Death
was
attrlb-
:
uted
to
carbon
monoxide
pois
oning.
"Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Park"
To
Bo
iVeiv
Name
For
Acropolis
Hill
NAME
OF
LATE
PRESIDENT
OF
UNITED
STATES
MEMORIALIZED
NOW
"ROOSEVELT
PARK"
This
is
a
picture
of
the
United
States
Army
cantonment
on
the
commanding
hilltop
overlooking
Prince
Rupert,
the
name
of
which
the
city
council
has
decided
shall
be
changed
from
Acropolis
Hill
to
"Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Park."
The
hill
has
been
unofficially
known
as
Acropolis
since
the
Inception
of
the
city.
The
ceremony
of
renaming
will
take
place
on
the
occasion
of
the
first
anniversary
next
Monday
of
the
death
of
President
Roosevelt.
The
hill
has
as
Its
central
features
a
large
sports
ground,
which
has.
long
been
the
venue
of
Prince
Rupert's
outdoor
sports,
a
large
gymnasium,
which
the
city
expects
to
acquire
from
the
United
States
goernment,
and
the
Exhibition
Building-.
The
mam
city
reservoir
Is
also
situated
on
the
hill.
r
WAR
ASSETS
AGREEMENT
Canada
to
Gel
$59,100,000
Worth
of
Goods
for
$12,000,000
OTTAWA
M
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
has
announced
an
agreement
with
the
United
States
for
the
disposal
of
surplus
war
assets.
Under
the
new
agreement,
Canada
will
pay
$12,000,000
in
United
States
fun$s
for
American
equipment
or
iginally
valued
at
$59,000,000.
The
equipment
involved
in
the
agreement
includes
some
con
nccted
with
the
Alaska
High
way
and
some
connected
with
the
Northwest
Staging
Route
It
also
Includes
some
naval
and
air
equipment
which
went
to
the
United
Kingdom
from
the
United
States
on
lend-lease
and
which
remained
In
Canada
on
its
return.
Province
Would
Retain
Gas
Tax
VICTORIA
0)
A
bill
was
Introduced
In
the
Legislature
last
night
by
Premier
John
Hart
providing
that
the
present
threa
cents
per
gallon
fedetal
gasollna
tax
will
be
retained
by
the
pro
vincial
government
If
the
Dominions
abandons
It.
C.P.R.
SLIDES
ARE
CLEARED
CALGARY
0)
Traffic
moved
freely
today
on
the
C.P.R.
transcontinental
line
after
a
succession
of
rock
slides
had
blocked
the
tracks
near
Field
for
almost
40
hours.
Workmen
removed
2,000
tons
of
rocks
to
allow
10
passenger
trains,
with
between.
1,500
and
2,000
travellers
aboard,
and
at
least
six
freight
trains
to
proceed.
Wave
Death
Toll
Is
Now
At
115
HONOLULU
0i
The
Hawaiian
Islands'
tidal
wave
death
toll
had
climbed
to
115
as
the
sea
yielded
six
more
bodies.
More
than
50
persons
arc
stijl
missing
as
a
result
of
last
Manday's
disaster.
VANCOUVER
GRAIN
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
has
handled
six
times
the
grain
this
winter
that
the
port
did
last
year.
Since
November
12,000
cars
have
come
this
way
compared
with
2000
in
1914-45.
Wartime
Home
r
or
City
Landmark
Renamed
in
Honor
of
"Friend
of
Canada"
Prince
Rupert's
Acropolis
Hill
wartime
home
of
thousands
of
American
soldiers
is
to
be
renamed
"Frankln
D.
Roosevelt
Park"
in
honor
of
the
late
American
President
and
commander-in-chief
who
died
on
April
12,
1945.
The
familiar
landmark
will
officially
receive
its
new
name
on
the
first
anniversary
LIFTING
OF
EMBARGO
ON
dLOGS
SOUGHT
United
States
Threatens
to
Cut
Off
Steel
to
Canada
Unless
This
Is
Bone
VANCOUVER
0;
Unofficial
reports
in
Vancouver
say
the
American
government
is
trying
to
have
the
Canadian
government
lift
its
embargo
on
log
exports.
These
reports
say
the
American
State
department
has
threatened
to
cut
off
vital
steel
exports
-to
Canada
unless
the
Dominion
lifts
the
embargo.
Under
the
present
system,
Canada
keeps
thirty-five
per
cent
of
her
lumber
supply
for
the
domestic
market.
If
the
embargo
should
be
lifted
It
would
mean
American
companies
could
ship
entire
blocks
of
lumber
out
of
Canada
from
crown
timber
land
leased
to
them.
VIMY
BATTLE
29
YEARS
AGO
Veterans
of
World
War
I
recall
that
today
is
the
anniversary
of
a
glorious
and
costly
moment
in
Canadian
history
the
opening
of
the
Battle,
of
Vimy
Ridge
on
April
9,
1917.
Twenty-nine
years
ago
today
the
Canadians
stpj-med
the
shell-torn
horizon
in
a
courageous
attack
which
cost
hundreds
0f
Hvcs
but
which
many
observers
believe
was
a
strong
factor
In
paving
the
way
for
eventual
victory.
PROROGATION
ON
THURSDAY
VICTORIA
'Premier
John
Hart
stated
last
night
that
he
hopes
the
session
of
the
Legislature
will
prorogue
by
Thursday
afternoon,
T
American
iroons.
of
mat
event
next
weeic.
City
Council
last
night
approved
the
changing
of
the
name
when
it
adopted
a
resolution
presented
by
Alderman
George
Hills
which
stated
that,
"since
the
presence
of
American
troops
in
this
area
helped
to
cement
the
existing,
friendly
lnternatlon
relations
and
since
the
late
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
was
one
of
Canada's
greatest
iriends,
the
area
known
as
Ac
ropolis
Hill
officially
be
named
'Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
ark"
in
tribute
to
him.
Alderman
Hills
motion
was
prepared
by
Ralph
Browne
of
Prince
Rupert,
who
formerly
served
here
with
the
U.S.
forces
as
public
relations
sergeant.
The
resolution
was
seconded
by
Alderman
Nora
Arnold
who
commented:
"Acropolis
Hill
is
a
pretentious
and
stupid
name,
I
think."
There
were
no
dissenting
votes.
Possibility
tha.t
a
by-law
may
be
needed
to
confec
the
name
"Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Park"
on
the
area
will
be
lnvestlgattd
by
Council.
However,
it
was
ieu
that,
since
the
name
Acropolis
Hill
had
never
been
official,
a
name-changing
bylaw
might
not
be
necessary.
Alderman
Hills
said:
"I
don't
think
that
the
other
name
was
official.
This
will
be
official
and
we
will
seek
advice
as
to
the
necessity
of
a
bylaw,"
Alexanders
Will
Arrive
Wednesday
HALIFAX
0
The
big
trans
port
Aquitania
radioed.
Tuesday
from
a
position
900
miles
out
of
Halifax
that
she
will
arrive
Wed
nesday
In
Canada
with
the
new
Governor-General,
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Alexander.
The
time
of
arrival
Is
now
set
at
9:30
a.m.
Instead
of
6:30
as
originally
scheduled.
Heavy
weather
has
been
delaying
the
vessel.
Alter
a
brief
welcoming
ceremony
here,
the
Governor-General
and
his
family
will
proceed
to
Persia
Is
Undecided
Soviet
Boycott
of
Council
Is
Ended
NEW
YORK
Russia
ended
its
boycott
of
the
United
Nations
security,
council
today
with
the
announcement
by
Ambassador
Andrei
Gromyko,
who
walked
out
last
week,
that
he
would
resume
attendance
today.
When
asked
if
the
Iranian
question
would
come
up
he
said:
"Ask
the
President,
lie
knows
the
agenda.''
NEW
YORK
(CP)
The
world
security
council
seems
to
be
on
the
verge
of
a
new
crisis
over
Russia's
repeated
demand-that
it
drop
the
Iranian
case.
Foreign
diplomats
in
Moscow
are
saying
that
the
Soviet
Union
was
not
"fooling"
in
its
latest
message'
to
the
United
Nations
that
it
fully
expect3
the
council
to
take
hands
off.
If
the
council
docs
not,
say
the
diplomats,
the
Russians
will
interpret
that
as
being
most
"un
friendly.."
This
view
was
based
upon
what
the
informants
believed
were
reliable
reports
In
Moscow
that
Premier
Quavam
would
recommend
to
the
council
that
the
dispute
be
removed
from
;lts
agenda.
When
asked
yesterday
In
Tehran
If
Premier
Quavam
supported
the
Soviet
demand
for
withdrawal
of
the
Iranlan-
j
Russian
case
front
the
agenda
council,
the
Iranian
propaganda
!
'I
minister
said
that
"action
on
Gromyko's
request
Is
entirely
a
security
council
matter."
However,
one
cabinet
minister
said
prlVately
that
he
believed,
In
view
of
the
friendly
relations
existing
between
Persia
and
Russia,"
Quavam
will
agree
to
dropping
the
case
from
the
agenda.
DUMP
EXPLODES,
SCORES
INJURED
SAIGON,
French
Indo-Chlha
0t
A
giant
French
ammunition
dump
on
the
northern
outskirts
of
Saigon
exploded
yesterday
and
two
hours
later
a
shattering
series
of
explosions
was
stlH
rocking
the
city.
Truckloads
of
wounded,
including
women,
children
and
French
servicemen,
were
still
streaming
to
city-hospitals
at
noon.
More
than
60
persons
officially
were
reported
to
have
been
admitted
to
hospitals
in
the
half
hour
following
the
first
blast,
but
hospital
officials
said
they
lost
count
after
that.
An
official
statement
said
tha
the
blast
was
due
to
an
accident.
WORKERS
ARE
HIRED
HERE
Of
more
than
40
men
now
do
ing
preliminary
construction
work
for
the
new
pig
Iron
and
steel
smelter
at
Anyox
about
a
dozen
have
been
hired
from
Prince
Rupert
according
to
Unemployment,
Insurance
officer
E.
V.
Whiting
Mr.
Whiting
feels
that
as
the
work
progresses
It
Is
likely
that
a
far
grcateniim-ber
will
be
employed
througfi
his
office.
Three
local
men
sailed
on
"the
Catala
Sunday
night
to
take'm-
ployment
at
Anyox
where
work
men
arc
busy
erecting
accommodations
and
repairing
the
ex
isting
power
house.
They
sailed
on
the
Catala
as
far
as
Ktncol-
1th
then
transferred
to
a
small
boat
to
complete
the
Journey.
They
were
F.
W.
licvell,
A.
Ar-
nbuld
and
J.
Mlhalenko.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
April
10
High
8:36
17.5
feet
22:02
17.2
feet
Low
2:31
10,4
feet
15:22
5.6
feet
38
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