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2,
1940
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WORST
WEATHER
IN15
YEARS
(By
JACK
McLEOD)
Worst
winter
weather
conditions
in
15
years
plod
with
a
lack
of
heavy
road
machinery
arc
the
for
causes
for
lack
of
maintenance
of
the
Kaien
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in
section
in
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rnncu
mi
nun
niirmvav.-
in
s
tement
by
District
Public
Works
Engineer
J.
C.
iclv
was
affirmed
by
Public
Works
foreman
E.
J.
j
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tire
L
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n
Ml
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Louise
Molsley.
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Edward
elementary
t-ok
her
cla,ss
to
visit
t
'
fire
hall
recently,
her
k
n
what
they
witnessed.
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Viro
CMrf
II
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fi(L-
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us
la
visit
ine
lire
n
the
alarm
went
we
a
'u
waien
tne
men
.s
rle
i-
I
mnt.
uuck
and
speed
to
the
fire.
i
r-ad
mat
it
was
a
-mi
and
that
we
could
the
fo!T
when
the
truck
v
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1
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mil
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rnv
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m
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crackers.
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will
not
m
a
lsri
iilnrm
nnbca
IVita
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uinvwta
aavav
L
FULL
untruvrr
is
Completely
icapahlc
of
Mretlne
any
mfrsency,
Survey
Shows
ANCOUVFR,
Qi
A
survey
'u
'.hat
Vancouver
hospitals
'd
be
unable
to
cope
with
unexpected
emergency.
1
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f
V.1nfnnuni.
nnAnl
T
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1
with
1100
beds,
the
larj.
i:
Uutlon
of
its
kind
in
ada
has
ony
one
vacant
In
"latemlty
ward.
1
Paul's,
the
second
largest.
'X'sird
a
sl?n
outside
the
ad-'in?
office
which
says
"No
:s
a)
all
"
I'o'tage
of
nurses
Is
also
a
lt,n
on
the
institutions,
the
ozen
to
Unnfh
Lake
Ontario
INGSTON,
Q,
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The
frozen
f
Jean
Myers.
23-ycar
old
rns
University
co-ed,
miss-
'nee
Tuesday,
was
found
bcarchcrs
found
ihr
lmHv
dawn
on
the
ice
and
thev
-
v..v
,1UQ
oroKcn
.a"
"
out,
couapsca
froze
to
death.
MY
MAY
USE
UNDARY
BAY
Trniiitii
m
...
k
iiisc
ior
Airborne
,CS'N
Confirmation
Yet
yince
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SLnrv
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said
the
large
Roval
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rorce
aomoer
sta-
Boundary
Bav
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beln-r
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of
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number
of
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40
27
'fFltzpatrlck
as
they
drove
over!
!
that
section
of
the
road
with
a
Dally
News
reporter
Friday
afternoon.
As
the
car,
driven
by
John
Gurvlch,
worked
its
way
along
the
snow-covered
highway,
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
said
with
conviction
that,
from
the
standpoint
of
road
maintenance,
this
had
been
j
(
I
the
worst
winter
in
his
ex-1
periencc
smce
1931.
j
'
'
Even
with
the
snow
lying
I
eight
inches
deep
on
the
road,
j
;
the
highway
could
be
kept
open
j
if
his
department
had
sufficient
!
machinery
to
do
it,
Mr.
Brady
said.
I
He
listed
the
equipment
rc-!
qulremcnts
necessary
to
keep
i
the
roads
in
the
Prince
Rupert
1
area
in
shape
as
a
power
grader,
'
a
powerful
bulldozer,
a
power
shovel
and
three
trucks.
!
The
crawler
tractor
at
prcs-
npt
fiplUg.
.
to
nlay.
;
onratfri
hv
tiip.rirnartmMifc
H
matche
and
we
will
be
it,
ton
Hfht
for
hr
in
rnir-M
of
It
and
the
department
trucks
are
worn
out,
Mr.
Brady
said.
Yesterday,
two
trucks
were
j
hauling
crushed
rock
to
fill
.
PITAI
Rapids
bridge
and
the
city
from
JiIIMLJ
a
stock
pile
owned
by
the
Am-1
crlcan
Army
near
Port
Edward,
j
This
method,
while
necessary
at
the
moment,
Is
slow
and
ex-,
pensive.
Given
a
grader
and
a
Mr.
Rrady
said
that.
In
spite
of
the
fart
that
jurisdiction
over
the
wartime-built
sections
of
the
Trincc
Rupert
Highway
has
not
been
settled,
his
office
has
been
charged
with
maintaining
it,
and
that
heavy
snowfall
along
the
Skeena
had
caused
him
earlier
in
the
fall
to
throw
all
his
resources
into
keeping
that
section
open.
"Wc
tried'
to
keep
the
wholo
road
open
but
the
slide
at
Kwlnltsa
made
It
Impossible
so
now
wc
arc
going
to
concentrate
on
the
western
section,"
he
declared.
riannlng
to
Straighten
Road
On
the
section
Just
beyond
the
city
limits
he
showed
where
surveys
have
been,
made
to
by-pass
the
present
winding
road
by
a
new
location
that
would
be
composed
of
straight
sections
and
gentle
curves
for
more
than'
a
mile.
"We
plan
to
begin
work
on
that
new
section
sometime
within
the
next
year
or
two,
and
In
the
meantime,
wc
do
not
feel
Justified
In
making
too
great
an
expenditure
on
the
present
section,"
he
explained.
However,
in
the
meantime,
the
department
plans
to
keep,
it
fit
for
traffic.
Although
the
section
from
Galloway
Rapids
to
Port
Edward
is
still
under
American
Jurisdiction,
he
expected
It
would
come
under
Public
Works
control
In
the
future.
Mr.
Brady
said.
The
department's
rock
crusher
will
soon
be
set
up
near
tha
summit
at
Rainbow
Lake
where
there
is
an
inexhaustible
supply
of
granite
for
road
surfacing,
same
Job
could
be
done
in
a
day
!
far
more
effectively,
Mr,
Brady
j
asserted.
In
spite
of
the
snow
and
the
I
pot
holes,
the
drive
over
the
highway
to
Galloway
Rapids
and
!
beyond
was,
In
the
reporter's
j
opinion,
not
as
rough
as
the'
Introductory
drive
over
the
city
j
streets.
Building
of
New
Schools
At
the
monthly
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Parent-Teachers'
Association
when
representatives
of
the
school
board,
city
council,
Teachers'
Assertion
and
the
Parent-Teachers'
Association
met
to
consider
the
"School
Needs
of
Prince
Rupert
and
How
to
Oct
Them,"
an
in-viation
was
extended
by
Mrs.
J.
H.
Black
for
a
group
to
meet
at
her
residence
to
discuss
the
subject
further.
The
meeting
w.v
lirld
last
evening
and
a
worthwhile
discussion
took
place.
As
was
to
be
expected
tltf.s
first
discussion
covered
very
many
phases
of
the
problem
of
provld
'
ing
proper
educational
facilities
for
the
youth
of
the
dbtriit.
Hk
import
of
the
Cameron
Report
was
considered
at
some
instil
The
report
recommends
that
the
provincial
government
reorganize
its
present
system
of
school
districts
without
seeking
local
approval.
The
value
of
consolida-lion
of
school
districts
has
been
proved
exclusively
in
other
parts
of
the
province
and
this
recommendation
merely
extends
a
proven
progressive
step.
The
650
small
yhcol
districts
will
be
replaced
by
74
larger
administrative
units
but
local
control
of
education
through
democratically
elected
school
boards
will
be
continued.
The
Prince
Rupert
district
5ffldllicn'IAcludc'D!g'-'
by
Island.
Esslngton.
Inverness.
Port
Edward.
Prince
Rupert
City
and
Simpson.
Also
included
would
be
Claxton
Cannery.
Cop
per
City.
Lewis
Island.
Oceanic
TONIGHT'S
TRAIN
SIX
HOURS
LATE
Tonight's
train,
due
'to
arrive
In
Prince
Rupert
at
10:45,
was
announced
tills
afternoon
to
be-running
six
hours
and,
40
minutes
late
on
account
or
delayed
arrival
In
Jasper
of
connecting
trains
from
the
cast
where
extreme
cold
weather
is
hampering
train
service.
A
snow
slide
which
covered
the
track
near
Kwlnltsa
early
this
morning
is
expected
to
be
cleared
In
time
to
permit
the
westbound
train
to
get
through
without
further
delay.
A
rotary
snow
plow
left
the
city
this
morning
to
attack
the
slide,
which
Is
said
to
be
about
400
feet
long
and
25
feet
hgih.
The
slide
knocked
out
telegraph
connections
this
morning,
but
they
were
restored
about
noon.
Mining
Boom
In
B.C.
Is
Foreseen
VANCOUVER,
(P,
Lining
of
the
cciliivr
price
on
refined
silver
produced
in
Canada
may
mean
a
mining
boom
In
British
Columbia,
mining
officials
here
said
Friday.
RUSSIA
AND
IRAN
TALKS
Arrangrnicnts
are
Already
Under
Way
for
Direct
Discussions
TEHERAN,
if'
A
source
close
to
Premier
Ahmed
Qavam
announced
yesterday
that
negotiations
were
already
under
way
for
opening
direct
discussions
between
Iran
and
Russia
on
the
Azerbaijan
infiltration
dispute.
Weather
Forecast
Moderate
winds,
becoming
fresh
northerly
in
late
afternoon.
Fair
and
cool,
becoming
partly
cloudy
in
the
late
afternoon.
Cannery,
Oona
River,
Osland
and
Sunnyslde
Cannery,
although
these
last
seven
schools,
arc
closed
at
present.
The
meeting
felt
that
then:
was
no
doubt
but
that
the
citi
zens
of
Prince
Rupert
realized
the
need
for
newer
and
better
schools.
It
was
emphasized
that
the
final
authority
to
the
school
board
to
go
ahead
with
Its
plans
for
new
and
better
schools
rested
with
the
ratepayers.
But
it
wai
felt
that
these
same
taxpayer)
would
consider
the
invcitmcn'.
!n
new
and
adequate
schools
noc
only
a
desirable
one
but
a
necessary
one.
Witli
the
Cameron
Rciwrt
recommending
that
the
provincial
government
grant
for
new
school
buildings
be
one-half
of
the
approved
expenditure
for
all
type?
of
.sfhcols
and
that
lhe
cost
of
fundamental
new
equipment
be
included,
the
cost
to
the
cly
would
be
half
of
what
it
would
otherwise
be.
It
was
noted
thar.
Nanaimo,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria,
to
name
only
a
few,
were
embarking
on
extensive
school
building
programs.
In
Prince
Rupert
the
need
for
new
schools
was
even
more
pressing.
Various
suggestions
as
to
suitable
locations'
for
a
new
combined
Junior
arid
senior
High
School
were
mentioned.
Some
questioned
the
desirability
of
having
the
Junior
and
senior
High
Schools
in
the
same
build-In?.
It
was
agreed,
however,
that
plans
would
have
to
be
drawn
up
by
competent
and
experienced
school-archHeets-who
would
have
a
proper
knowledge
of
local
conditions.
The
need
to
attract
to
the
teaching
profession
people
of
a
high
intellectual
and
cultural
MILLIONS
OF
BEES
DOOMED
Cutting
off
of
Sugar
Spells
Death
Sentence
This
Spring
For
Honey
Makers
VICTORIA,
Hon.
Frank
Putnam,
minister
of
agriculture,
said
yesterday
that
more
than
one
million,
bees
in
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria
areas
arc
to
die
this
spring
owing
t-c
lack
of
sugar.
Mr.
Putnam
was
commenting
on
notification
by
federal
government
officials
that
they
would
not
release
any
more
sugar
for
bee
colonics.
The
minister
said
that
delays
by
some
beekeepers
in
putting
In
quotas
for
more
sugar
caused
them
now
to
find
themselves
cut
off
with
no
hope
of
relief
from
the
sugar
administration.
MONTH
BUILDING
TOTAL
$18,357
A
major
program
of
repaid
work
and
additional
construction
to
the
Northern
Fishermen's
cold
storage
plant
on
the
Government
Wharf,
taken
over
last
year
by
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.,
accounted
for
$14;157
of
the
$18,357
worth
of
building
permits
Issued
at
the
city
engineer's
office
In
January.
The
changes
arc
designed
to
increase
the
handling
capacity
and
conveniences
or
the
fish
floor
and
follow
designs
laid
down
by
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
architects.
Value
of
the
other
22
permits
Issued
in
January
was
$4,200
most
of
which
were
for
repairs
and
alterations
to
existing
buildings.
Largest
cf
these
was
a
permit
for
$800.
Last
month's
permit
Issue
was
far
greater
than
ths
January
1945
total
of
$2,750,
hut
consld-ably
less
than
tlw
January
1944
Issue
of
$5L890.
MOTOR
CARS
IN
BACK-FORTH
STREAM
SEEN
BY
RUSSIAN
SCIENTISTS
LONDON
((T)
Robert
Magidoff,
National
'MroadiasJin-r
Co.
commentator,
said
over
the
Moscow
radio
Friday
that
Russian
scientist
arc
"drcaminj;"
of
a
tunnel
under
licring
Siraits
lo
connect
the
Soviet
Mainland
with
Alaska.
The
broadcast
said
that
Soviet
scientists
hoped
it
would
come
to
reality
in
the
not
too
distant
future.
''The
Russians
envision
chains
of
motor
cars
slrcamins:
back
and
forth.
BRITAIN
TAKES
LESS
HERRING
,
VANCOUVER.
K-The
British
ministry
0f
food
is
to
get
230,000
cases
of
British
Columbia
canned
herring
this
year,
only
one-quarter
the
quantity
taken
in
the
last
few
years,
It
is
learned.
The
remainder
of
the
pack
of
about
1,000,000
cases
will
be
acquired
j
by
other
interests,
including
UNRRA.
standard
was.
recognized
and
to
obtain
these,
salaries
would
have
to.be
attractive.
Various
other
matters
were
considered
and,
when
the
meeting
adjourned,
It
was
with
the
plan
to
meet
again
soon.
It
was
hoped
that
other
similar
study
and
discussion
groups
might
be
formed
so
lhat
the
public
might
'epre5s
ttifIrvlewsrmore'
generally
and
so
assist
the
school
board
and
city
officials
when
the
plans
for
?oing
ahead
with
the
building
of
new
schools
are
completed.
Bulletins
IMPROVING
RAILWAY
LINE
VANCOUVER
The
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
is
tr
spend
X1.500.C0O
on
improvements
to
the
Kettle
Valley
line,
it
is
announced.
CIIURCI1ILLS
IN
CUKA
HAVANA
Former
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
and
Mrs.
Churchill
arrived
here
yesterday
by
flying
fortress
from
Miami.
They
expect
to
spend
a
week
in
Cuba.
CONFERENCE
ADJOURNED
OTTAWA
The
Dominion-provincial
conference
has
been
LONG
RANGE
The
Andes
mountains
lie
across
more
degrees
of
latitude
than
any
other
range.
AS
NATION-WIDE
MEAT
PACKERS
STRIKE
GOT
UNDER
WAY
IN
THE
U.
S.-Pincus
Newhouse,
a
Kosher
meat
worker
In
New
York,
takes
time
out
to
have
bread
and
coffee
as
the
meat
packing
strike
got
under
way
throughout
the
United
States.
ThJ
strike
threatened
to
tie
up
the
nation's
meat
supplyuntil
the
government
took
over.
The
demand
for
higher
wages
was
the
onlyjlssuc
at
stake.
I
'Lqcaltlides
Sunday.
February
3,
.1940
'High
2:30
20.1
feet
j
14:13
22.2
feet
Low
8:14
0.7
feet
Bo-Me-Hi
Made
Disappointing
Showing
?
But
Is
Expected
to
Come-Back
Tonight
!
lQ
BLAME
IS
Before
the
largest
crowd
of
fans
ever
seen
at
a
ATTAniri
m
I
basket
ball
game
in
Prince
Rupert,
approximately
1
Al
I
ALlILL
111
1
1000,
Ketchikan
High
last
night
took
the
lead
in
the
flf
PHOT
HE
ATU
J
annual
four-game
series
with
Ro-Me-High
of
Prince
LUUvCK
J
ltAilf
:
Rupert.
The
count
is
now
two
games
to
one
by
virtue
i
.
.,
,
.
,
vcrdict
I
'
attaching
blame
,.e
nnn.iAn.i
07
i
ao
,.;f
i
::
a
no
U1
"
-i
iu
m-
wi-cuij
iui
uiu
viniuin
si
iiu
to
anyone
for
the
death
of
Alex-
time
during
the
entire
course
1
of
play
did
the
locals
even
offer
a
threat
to
the
Alaskans
and
all'
in
all
the
showing
they
i
made
was
very
disappointing.
Jim
Forman
and
Eddie
Cic-
!
cone
were
the
only
members
of
the
home
towncrs
to
show
any
semblance
of
drive
from
a
scor
ing
standpoint
and
Mel
Thomp-son,
as
usual,
played
a
fine
i
game
defensively.
"Foot"
James,
i
,
usually
a
scoring
threat,
was
j
rlpfinitnlv
nff
nnH
nn1H
prd!u
i
charges
behave
tllemsclVcs
on
a
basketball
court.
AsMias
usually
Wen
the
case
here
the
Kaylil
boys
showed
to
be
much
more
adept
at
the
art
of
passing
and
ball
handling
than
the
local
students.
Seniors
Gave
Better
Show
In
the
Senior
fixture
the
ex-
have
been
replaced
by
Lcvlnc
j
pected
happened
and
It
was
a
who
showed
up
well
on
the
two
'
fairish
show
for
the
locals
after
occasions
he
was
sent
into
the
all.
The
Coast
Guard
boys
game.
I
showed
the
promised
class
by
All
Interested
in
seeing
a
outscoring
the
All-Stars
to
the
change
of
form
should
take
no
tunc
of
53
to
30
but,
in
doing
chances
of
missing
tonight's
game
for,
according
to
Alex
Bill,
Bo-Me-Hi
coach,
there
admittedly
was
something
wrony
with
his
charges
last
night
as
they
have
shown
in
regular
league
play
here
that
they
have
a
much
more
formidable
outfit
than
displayed
Its
wares
against
Kayhl
last
-night.
On
the
Kayhl
side
of
things
there
seemed
to
be
no
standouts
save
their
big
centre
Ludwigsen
who
picked
himself
off
a
handy
seventeen
points
for
the
night's
work.
Coach
Hannah
Is
to
be
congratulated
on
the
way
his
FEWER
VETS
UNEMPLOYED
VANCOUVER,
O'
Unemployment
among
veterans
decreased
by
582
In
British
Columbia
In
December,
regional
unemployment
Insurance
offices
here
report.
The
figure
for
unemployed
veterans
at
December
31
stood
at
6650.
so,
they
put
on
such
a
pleasing
display
that
the
game
held
more
interest
from
a
spectator
standpoint
than
the
main
event
of
the
evening.
Lack
of
condition
was
very
evident
after
the
first
quarter
when
the
local
boys
again
began
to
slip
behind,
never
to
regain
control
of
the
situation.
It
might
be
considered
that
the
Coast
Guard
boys
have
a
string
of
twenty-two
victories
behind
them
and
last
night
makes
twenty-three.
In
twenty-two
games
a
bunch
of
toys
begin
to
get
the
hang
of
things
as
far
as
team
play
is
concerned.
The
locals,
on
the
other
hand,
have
had
little
chance
to
play
any
typo
of
basketball
this
season
due
to
the
red
tape
that
stopped
a
Senior
league
from
operating
early
In
the
season
after
the
league
had
been
drawn
up
and
sponsors
had
spent
the
money
buying
outfits
for
the
boys.
No
one
can
attempt
to
promise
anything
near
victory
for
Rupert
tonight
as
the
visitors
(Continued
on
Page
4)
ander
Milton
Bell,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
logger,
who
died
in
hospital
here
on
January
15
was
brought
in
by
a
coroner's
Jury
last
night
after
an
inquest
that
included
three
sessions
during
the
last
two
weeks.
The
jury
found
that
Bell
died
of
meningitis
of
the
brain
and
pneumonia
resulting
from
a
skull
fracture
caused
by
a
series
of
heavy
falls
on
January
5
and
6
while
he
was
a
passenger
to
Prince
Rupert
on
board
the
steamship
Catala.,
The
vcrdict
was
brought
in
after
the
Jury
heard
evidence
last
night
by
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergln
and
five
loggers
who
had
travel
led
to
Prince
Rupert
with
Bell
shortly
after
the
New
Year.
Dr.
Kergln
testified
that
he
had
treated
Bell
for
a
head
wound
on
the
night
of
January
C
but
had
found
no
trace
of
infection
or
brain
damage.
The
wound,
at
the
base
of
Bell's
skull,
appeared
to
have
been
from
two
and.
a
half
to
six
days
old
and
showed
signs
of
having
been
broken
open
more
recently,
Dr.
Kergin
said.
Bell
told
Dr.
Kergln
that
hs
had
received
the
head
Injury
about
six.
days
earlier
in
a
fall.
Examination
showed
that
It
had
been
broken
open
more
recently
and
Bell
had
come
to
hospital
to
have
the
bleeding
stopped.
His
generaVcondltlon
appeared
good,
Dr.
Kergln
said.
Later
Bell
went
back
to
his
Job
at
Pacific
Mills
logging
camp
at
Sandspit,
but
was
taken
ill
shortly
afterward.
He
entered
Skldegate
Inlet
Hospital
where
his
condition
grew
worse
and
was
flown
to
Prince
Rupert
where
he
died.
Evidence
of
the
five
loggers
who
had
travelled
to
Prince
Ru
it.
'
Oik
,"
'
ON
GALLON
i
i
T
I
ilMlWTTi
iOTTi
i
i
rsrhe
Auster
three-seater
civilian
air
craft
which
Is
said
to
fly
19
miles
to
the
gallon,
is
now
coming
off
the
delivery
line
at
the
20:41
2.0
feet
1
Taylorcraf
t
works
at
Rearsby.
Biggest
Crowd
on
Record
Sees
Ketchikan
Win
Matches
over
Rupert
pert
with
Bell,
indicated
that
there
had
been
considerable
drinking
on
the
vessel,
both
by
Bell
and
seme
of
the
loggers,
and
that
Bell
had
fallen
down
twice
in
the
second
class
galley.
An
earlier
witness,
a
crew
member
of
the
Catala,
told
of
seeing
Bell
fall
heavily
a
third
time,
striking
the
back
ol
his
head
on
the
deck.
The
Jury
consisted
of
William
G.
Murray,
foreman,
W.
M,.
Watts,
Stan;
Savillc.
Ear.
Gordon,
J.
K.
McLeod
and
George
Dibb.
FULL
FREEDOM
FOR
ALL
CHINA
Speech
of
General
Chiang
Kai-Shek
Yesterday
May
Have
Hern
His
Swan
Song
CHUNGKING
it
-
Emergence
of
China's
millions
from
civil
strife
into
a
day
of
full
freedom
for
all
political
parties
was
viewed
yesterday
by
President
Chiang
Kai-Shek
as
the
possible
foreshadowing
of
the
end
of
his
leadership.
The
man,
whose
one
party
rule
has
continued
for
eighteen
years,
said
frankly
that
from
now
on
the
heavy
task,
of
re
building
the
country
rested
not
alone
on
the
Kuomintang
.
("Na
tionalist
Party)
and
"much
les3
on
me
as
an
individual."
He
also
told
a
political
consultation
conference
with
other
parties
that
he
will
work
sin
cerely
for
peace
and
solidarity.
More
Shipyard
Workers
Are
Out
VANCOUVER,
Lay-oHs
at
the
Pacific
Dry
Dock
Co.
here
may
run
as
high
as
500
during
the
coming
month
unless
new
contracts
or
major
repair
orders
are
received
by
the
yard,
it
Is
During
the
history
of
voltanlc
mountains,
there
may
be
long
periods
of
inactivity.