McNaughton
(or
conscription,
was
engineered
by
reactionary
which
sought
to
dl-
Canada,
overthrow
the
government
and
seize
themselves.
lion
Hy
Casey
meeting
was
presided
i
i
ii.
by
iiarry
uarnson
ana
wie
lion
in
support
of
General
tahton
was
moved
by
B.
Casey.
s
of
the
resolution
are
wired
to
Rt.
Hon.
W.
L.
the
present
government
(merge
themselves
on
the
1
the
heap.
"Slnstcr
forces
nd
this
conscription
aisn-
-a
reactionary
group
lir.2
Tories,
right
wing
1
and
Duplcssls
of
Que-
j
declared
the
speaker.
"In
le;t
and
In
Ontario
i
talk
conscription
but
In
fc
their
associates
cam-
against
conscription.
In-
unscTunulous
and
twt-
Intercits
arc
campaign-
"r
conscription.''
Canada
there
were
ac-
f.v
two
nations
two
M
peoples
each
with
their
"ft
viewpoints
which
cu
rd
(he
national
outlook
as
lliolc.
Ilislorv
shoupil
that
BM'llpti
i.
I
(
"
z
In
tliesel
li&inlrs
nil.
!
had
suffered
depression
war,
When
they
had
0(1
llnllnl.
Hip
lnnillllrll
had
Its
greatest
eras
of
le
and
prosperity.
Even
"is
war
French-Canadians
established
a
glorious
rd
for
themselves.
The
"f
the
matter
was
that
lories,
who
demanded
on
elsewhere,
had
TING
EXPRESSES
FIDENCE
IN
DEFENCE
MINISTER
ter
hearing
an
address
by
Bruce
Mickleburgh,
r
Progressive
candidate
lor
Skeena
federal
justifying
the
stand
of
the
Minister
of
Na-
Defence
in
lavor
oi
voluntary
sys
of
en-
Dllt
blic
for
overseas
reiniorcements,
?
tend-
meeting
Monday
night
pass
Mx
Mon
Line
complete
confidence
t
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in
HhilirjnL
him
united
backing
in
v..
V
-
-
,
burse
he
may
deem
ncc-
to
adopt
in
overcoming
ncrcrncy
It
was
further
d
that
all
defence
troops
to
go
active
without
.
i
t
in
ne
Dasis
m
life
lithout
coercion
and
that
t
ol
discrimination
as
be
-
fvoluntecrs
and
Home
De
soldiers
be
discouraged,
jurgb
charged
that
the
ada,
General
A.
G.
L.
Mc-
anese
ground
targets.
cl
:o
Rain
H$
I
At
t
Land
Fight
Another
Blow
By
Carrier
.Planes
Against
Japanese
At
Manila
PEARL
HARBOR,
Nov.
21
CP;
The
Allied
drive
across
Leytc
Island
In
the
central
Philippines
has
been
virtually
halted
by
heavy
rains.
Some
small
advances
have
been
made
at
the
northern
end
of
'the
line
near
Limon.
Thirty-five
enemy
planes
have
raided
Allied
ground
positions
on
the
island,
i
Seven
were
shot
down.
Allied
planes
have
also
mzlc
King,
Prime
Minister
been
active,
striking
at
Jap-
ton,
minister
of
national
j
The
latest
Allied
carrier
at-
r
um
uanson,
M.r.
ior
tack
against
tne
Manila
area
and
leaders
of
Opposl-
on
Saturday
took
a
toll
of
one
roupi
In
Parliament.
hundred
and
eighteen
Japan-
Micklcburgh
said
he
had
cse
planes.
Most
of
these
were
ed
to
the
statement
of
Min.
ter
King
and
had
o
'
is
conclusion
that
vera
ood
reasons
for
not
itL
T
men
for
oversea.?
at
this
time.
In
the
bt
pcltlcal
crisis
the
issue
tally
not
that
of
conscrlp-
whe'.her
a
group
of
lr-
!.;ftIeTofy
leaders-
would
Owed
to
split
the
nation
open,
bring
about
chaos,
knocked
out
on
the
ground.
Headquarters
also
announces
that
Allied
heavy
bombers
have
blasted
a
Japanese
destroyer
at
a
naval
base
on
north
Borneo.
This
Is
the
second
aerial
attack
within
recent
days
against
the
base.
tOL.MXRTYN'S
SON
MISSING
Cpl.
Macolm
Alan
Martyn,
20,
son
of
Col.
D.
B.
Martyn,
D.S.O.,
M.C.,
former
area
command-cnt
here
and
now
officer
commanding
Vancouver
defences,
Is
missing
overseas.
Cpl.
Martyn
had
been
missing
since
the
Leopold
Canal
action
October
10.
He
enlisted
a
year
ago.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
53
Minimum
48
never
gone
into
Quebec
to
advocate
conscription.
Unable
to
find
any
other
Issue
on
which
to
capture
power
at
Ottawa,
the
reactionary
Interests
had
seized
upon
f
onscrlptlon.
declared
the
speaker
who
referred
to
Canada's
un
paralleled
war
effort
both
in
providing
men
and
supplies
and
paid
tribute
to
Prime
Minister
King
for
having
been
able
to
maintain
national
unity
in
the
Dominion.
Drew's
Dirty
Tory
Business
Mickleburgh
dubbed
the
visit
to
the
battlefronts
of
France
of
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
21,
1944
ALLIED
PLANES
DESTROY
915
JAP
PLANES
AT
FORMOSA
Tall
columns
of
smoke
are
mirrored
In
the
calm
water
of
a
southwest
Formosa
Bay,
marking
the
funeral
pyres
of
Japanese
seaplanes
destroyed
by
attacking
Grumman
Hellcats
and
Curtiss
Helldivers
of
the
U.S.
Pacific
fleet
aircraft
carriers.
This
seaplane
base
-was
struck
on
Oct.
12,
when
carrier-based
planes
of
the
Allied
fleet
swept
Formosa
destroying
015
Japanese
planes.
tO-OP
TO
BUILD
$150;000
COLD
STORAGE
PLANT
Big
Guns
On
Rhine
Duel
French
sweeping
on
after
Capture
of
Celfort
Allied
Armies
Moving
in
Elsewhere
PARIS,
Nov.
21
0;
French
and
German
guns
are
duelling
across
the
water
barrier
of
the
Rhine
river
and
reports
fom
Switzer
land
say
the
French
already
GERMANS
MAKE
SMALL
GAINS
Counter-Attacks
Having
Measure
of
Success
British
Take
Faenza
ROME,
Nov.
21
(TO
The
Germans
have
made
small
gains
In
Italy.
Counter-attacking,
they
took
over
a
height
which
over
looks
two
roads
about
five
miles
from
the
city
of
Faenza
near
the
Adriatic.
Polish
troops'
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
re
pulsed
two
German
counter-at
tacks
before
they
were
forced
to
withdraw.
A
late
headquarters
announce
ment
this
morning
tells
of
Brit
ish
Eighth
Army
troops
captur
lng
the
strongly-defended
sugar
factory
buildings
at
Zuccherl
flclo,
Italy.
These
buildings
are
situated
about
two
miles
south
of
Ravenna
on
the
Adriatic.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Big
Three
Parley
Is
Deferred
have
thrown
a
brldgc'flcross
the
Rhine
for
a
new
Invasion
of
the
Ilelch.
French
First
Army
forces
on
Sunday
night
had
reached
the
Rhine
at
three
points.
Beyond
the
river
lies
Germany.
Other
French
forces
have
been
fighting
inside
the
outflanked
,
city
of
Belfort.
The
British
radio
j
says
French
troops
have
captur
ed
the
city.
Another
British
radio
report
says
the
American
Seventh
Army
has
liberated
the
vital
town
of
Saint
Die,
45
miles
north
of
Belfort.
Saint
Die
is
a
key
to
the
strategic
pass
In
the
Vosges
mountains.
American
Third
Army
tanks
have
pushfl
two
miles
Into
the
Industrial
Saar
basin
of
Germany
and
are
operating
with
two
miles
of
the
German
town
of
Merzig.
To
the
northwest,
other
mech
anized
units
have
driven
ahead
five
miles
Into
Germany
up
the
'
Moselle
river
valley.
To
the
east
of
the
city
of
Metz,
the
Third
Army
Is
moving
ahead
along
a
25
mile
front.
Capturing
two
more
towns,
Dieuze
and
ins-viller.
All
large
scale
enemy
re
sistance
In
Metz;
has
been
elim
inated.
To
the
north,
again,
American
First
.Army
forces
are
operating
within
26
miles
of
Cologne
and
British
Second
Army
troops
have
reached
Wurm,
three
and
a
hair
miles
from
captured
Gell-enklrchen.
Other
British
units
are
with
in
three
and
one-half
miles
of
the
Dutch
border
city
of
Venlo.
LONDON
Ih
The
Illegitimate
birthrate
In
England
and
Wales
In
1043
was
one
in
every
14
babies.
RUTHVIN,
Wales
0)
"Some
of
you,"
said
the
judge
on
passing
sentence
In
seven
bigamy
cases,
"treat
the
ceremony
of
marriage
as
If
It
were
taking
out
a
dog
license."
Construction
to
He
Proceeded
With
At
Once
At
the
special
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
As
sociation
last
week,
it
was
decided
to
proceed
immediately
with
the
build
ing
of
a
cold
storage
plant
on
the
site
at
the
west
end
of
the
waterfront
occupied
by
the
company's
warehouse
and
fish
dock.
The
cost
will
be
In
the
nelghb'our-h'ood
'orJ$150.006.
It
Is
expected
to
raise
the
amount
by
floating
a
bond
Issue
among
the
members
of
the
association.
TAKE
CARE
OF
RETURNED
MEN
Minister
of
Labor
Says
Canada
Has
Best
Program
In
World
LETHBRIDGE,
Alta,
Nov.
21
0
Labor
minister
Humphrey
Mitchell
announced
In
Lcth-brldee
yesterday
that
men
mustered
from
the
armed
forces
will
be
given
"prior
..consideration
in
the
matter
of
jobs."
He
said
In
a
press
Interview:
"I
think
wc
have
the
bqst
program
of
any
country
in
the
world
for
taking
care
of
our
returned
men."
OILPLANTS
HEAVILY
HIT
LONDON,
Nov.
21
05
More
than
2,300
American
planes,
1,200
of
them
heavy
bombers,
attacked
oil
plants
In
central
Germany
today
with
upwards
of
4,000
tons
of
explosives.
Air
alerts
were
sounded
In
the
Madgeburg
and
Leipzig
areas,
less
than
lqp
miles
southwest
of
Berlin.
More
than
100
R.A.F.,
nios-qultos,
many
packing
two-ton
blockbusters,
hit
Hanover
twice
Monday
night.
Yanks
Hit
At
Kyushu
SUPER-FORTRESSES
HIT
AGAIN
AT
JAPANESE
HOME
ISLANDS
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
21
(CP)
It
is
announced
that
the
Japanese
home
island
of
Kyushu
has
been
pounded
again
by
B-29
superfortresses.
The
huge
planes
struck
the
island
in
strength
today,
ranging
over
the
enemy
homeland
from
bases
in
China.
Tokvo.
meantime1,
says
the
raid
of
Kyushu
was
'
.
I
-
.1
L
,
--
...
lUt..
curnt'u
uui
oy
sevemy
ur
ciiii,;
superfortresses.
The
enemy
radio
says
these
planes
struck
at
Nag
asaki
and
Omura.
The
Japan
ese
claim
that
fourteen
of
the
big
ships
were
shot
down
There
has
been
no
Allied
confirmation
of
the
enemy
claim.
Officers
On
West
Coast
Give
Views
Tell
Press
They
Do
Not
Believe
Voluntary
System
Will
Work
Out
rCAKKES
NON-COMMITTAL
VvANCOUVEUNot21
Oi
f
Major
General
G.
K.
Pearkes,
V.C.,
general
officer
command
ing,
Pacific
Command,
had
no
statement
to
make
today
on
the
press
conference
of
his
senior
officers
who
said
voluntary
enlistment
could
not
succeed.
There
would
be
no
coercion
brought
on
Home
Defence
troops
to
go
actire,
said
Pearkes.
Appeals
would
be
made
to
the
men
in
small
rather
than
large
groups.
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
21
High
ranking
officers
of
the
Sixth
Division
held
a
press
conference
yesterday.
They
said
they
do
not
believe
overseas
troops
can
be
adequately
rein
forced
through
any
plan
of
having
Home
Defence
Troops
encouraged
to
volunteer
for
overseas
service.
The
whole
of
the
Sixth
Division,
which
largely
consists"
of
Home
Defence
troops,
is
stationed
In
British
Columbia
and
Is
under
the
General
Command
of
Major
Gen.
G.
R.
Pearkes,
general
officer
commanding
Pacific
Command.
The
divisional
officers
told
the
press
that
almost
all
of
the
Home
Defence
troops
in
the
Sixth
have
received
full
combat
training,
Brigadier
R.
H,
Beattie,
a
brigade
commander
in
Nanalmo,
said
his
troops
are
In
splendid
shape
and
are
ready
to
go
over-,
seas.
Brigadier
Beattie
added:
"I
have
in
that
brigade
some
of
the
finest
soldiers
in
Canada,
fflicy
are
just
fvvaitln'g
the
call
from
the
government
I
hat
they
must
go,
for
hey
feel
that
it
lis
the
)
esponsibility
of
the
government
to
implement
its
own
legislation."
Brigadier
G.
A.
McCarter,
who
returned
to
a
Vernon
post
six
weeks
ago
from
overseas,
said
he
Council
Endorses
Auto
Ferry
Service
Endorsatlon
of
a
proposal
that
an
auto
ferry
jservlce
be
established
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Haines,
Alaska,
was
given
last
night
by
city
council
on
recommendation
of
the
Transportation
committee.
The
proposal
was
presented
to
council
by
the
Labor
Progressive
Club
on
November
6
and
referred
to
committee.
The
committee
recommended
that
copies
of
the
endorsatlon
be
sent
to
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
asking
that
the
undertaking
be
incorporated
In
their
post-war
plans.
News:
of-
Ariny
Generals
Promoted
Crerar
Is
.Made
Full
General
Tribute
Paid
by
McNaughton
OTTAWA,
Nov.
21
Almost
aU
Canadian
news
of
Importance
today
concerns
the
Army.
Defence
Minister
McNaughton
announced
In
Ottawa
last
night
that
Lieut.
Gen.
H.
D.
G,
Crerar
has
been
promoted
to
full
general.
The
56-year
old
native
of
Hamilton,
Ontario,
Is
commander
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
overseas,
which
now
is
fighting
in
Holland.
'General
Crerar
Is
the
sixth
Canadian
to
hold
his
present
rank,
and
the
second,
of
this
war.
General
McNaughton
was
the
other.
Other
promotions
announced
Jast
night
went
to
41-year
old
Major
Gen.
Charles
Foulkcs,
of
London,
Ontario,
who
has
been
made
an
acting
Lieut.
Gen.
and
35-year
old
Brigadier
A.
B.
Matthews,
of
Toronto
and
Ot
tawa,
who
has
been
made
acting
Major
Gen.
Foulkes
recently
was
Identified
as
commander
of
the
Second
Division
In
the
First
Army
while
Matthews
Is
a
veteran
of
Sicily
and
Italy
and
Is
the
Canadian
Armyjts
second
youngest
General
McNaughton
said
of
Crerar's
promotion:
"It
ls
In
recognition
of
his
outstanding
service
to
the
Allied
cause.
His
skilful
leadership
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
In
the
campaign
'hrough
northern
France,
Belgium
and
Holland
has
studied
the
home
defence
has
contributed
greatly
to
the
situation
carefully
.since
then.
He
declared
he
has
discussed
the
problem
with
his
commanding
officers
on
many
occasions
and
as
u
result,
his
opinion
is
that
a
campaign
for
volunteers
will
not
succeed.
Lieut.
Col.
C.
A.
Scott
of
Court-cnay,
said:
"If
the
government
would
only
assume
Its
responsibility,
I
am
convinced
this
whole
mess
could
be
cleaned
up.
Also
taking
part
in
the
Interview
,were
Brig.
A.
It.
Roy
of
Terrace
and
Lieut.
Col.
John
McGregor
V.C.,
of
Vancouver
Island.
The
Vancouver
Army
press
successes
achieved
by
the
armies
pf
the
United
Natlons.t"
conference
occurred
only
two
days
before
Parliament
Is
scheduled
to
meet
In
Ottawa
to
discuss
the
whole
reinforcement
Issue
at
a
special
session.
The
House
of
Commons
and
Senate
meet
to
morrow
to
hear
the
government
plan
for
Increasing
the
flow
of
reinforcements
lor
overseas.
Both
Prime
Minister
King
and
Defence
Minister
McNaughton
have
expressed
their
support
of
the
continuation
of
the
voluntas
system
for
reinforcements.
Meeting
Of
Ckmhill,
Roosevelt
and
Stalin,
Is
Expected
In
Year
1945
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
21
(CP)
Plans
for
an
early
meeting
of
Churchill,
Roosevelt
and
Stalin
appear
to
have
changed
and
the
best
prospect
now
is
for
a
parley
early
in
1945,
informed
sources
here
indicate.
Consequently
the
whole
schedule
for
postwar
conferences
and
world
peace
organization
is
i
ii?
i
naving
to
De
reviseu.
Bulletins
BAKERIES
WORKING
WLVNIPEG
Union
spokes-i
man
for
Takery
workers
in,
'
Winnipeg
reveals
that
they
'
have
agreed
to
accept
the
offer
made
yesterday
in
Ottawa.
The
spokesman,
W.
T.
White,
'
also
states
that
bakery
deljv-'
eries
in
the
city
will
be
made
.as
usual
(Monday.
The
Ottawa
statement
directs
the
Manitoba
regional
War
Jabor
Board
to
give
the
bakery
workers
case
a
complete
new
hearing
under
the
chairmanship
of
Mr.
Justice
S.
E.
Richards.
Mr.
White
declared
the
union
will
contact
the
board
on
Monday
to
ask
the
case
Je
given
priority
over
all
others.
PHILIPPINES
SLOWDOWN
PEARL
HARBOR
Heavy
rains
have
slowed
the
fighting
on
the
Philippine
'jsland
of
Leyte,
but
Allied
forces
now
arc
firmly
established
across
a
-fviU
5ieadliijhrlhward,-f
rom
Ihe
key
port
or
Urmoc.
REVOLT
PUT
DOWN
LA
PAZ,
Bolivia
The
Bolivian
government
announces
it
has
put
down
a
revolt
led
by
sympathizers
of
former
President
Enrique
Penaranda.
However,
official
statements
indicate
some
resistance
continues.
THROUGH
SIEGFRIED
LINE
STOCKHOLM
A
Berlin
dispatch
just
received
says
200,-000
Americant
troops,
supported
by
1,000
tanks,
have
beaten
half-way
through
the
Siegfried
Line
east
of
Aachen.
FIELD
MARSHAL
DIES
LONDON
A
London
paper
reports
that
Field
Marshal
Kesselring,
Nazi
commander-in-chief
in
Italy,
is
dead
of
injuries
sustained
when
a
plane
crashed
into
his
car.
DURAZZO
LIBERATED
ROME
Albanian
patriots
are
reported
to
have
liberated
Durazzo,
the
principal
port
of
Albania.
ONTARIO
TOWN'S
FIRE
KIRKLAND
LAKE
The
business
section
of
Raymore,
small
town
north
of
here,
has
been
destroyed
by
fire.
NORMAN
WILKS
DIES
TORONTO
Norman
Wilks,
famous
Canadian
pianist
and
principal
of
Toronto
Conservatory
of
Music,
is
dead.
STEEL
PLANT
TIED
UP
GARY,
Indiana
The
steel
plant
here,
largest
in
the
world,
is
tied
up
by
strike.
PREPARING
FOR
SESSION
OTTAWA,
Nov.
21
00
Progressive-Conservative
members
of
Parliament
held
a
pre-session
caucus
today
to
discuss
plans
for
the
special
sitting
of.
Par
liament
which
.opens
Wednesday.
Leaders
of
the
opposition
groups
were
scheduled
to
meet
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
today
to
discuss
the
procedure
to
be
followed
in
Commons.
The
government
has
no
con
crete
motion
or
legislation
to
place
before
parliament.-
It
is
expected
to
seek
a
vote
of
nv
fldence
In
its
policy
of
the
vol
untary
system
of
providing
over
seas
reinforcements.
The
contemplated
peace
struc-.
ture
may
have
to
be
moved
two
or
three
months
Into
the
future
which
probably
would
mean
that
the
United
Nations
gathering
on
the
'Dumbarton
Oak3
security
plan
will
be
next
spring
rather
than
this
winter.
ine
wnoie
scneame
u
in
a
state
of
.uncertainty
at
this
moment.
Should
it
be
found
that
the
problems
left
from
the
Dum
barton
Oaks
meeting
an
be
settled
without
the
Big
Three
meeting,
the
full
dress
conference
could
be
held
much
earlier.
Red
Winter
Offensive
Under
Way
Russians
Battle
Into
Hungary's
Fifth
City
Germans
Fearful
For
East
Prussia
MOSCOW,
Nov.
21
OSItusilatf
SKiru
or
wie
jumi
ciiy.oi
Hungary
this
morning.
The
city
la
Miskolc.
Front
dispatches
Indi
cate
that
a
German
withdrawal
from
the
area
is
Imminent.
Enemy
escape
routes
to
the
east
and
west
of
the
city
have
al
ready
been
cut
by
Soviet
forces.
Miskolc
Is
about
eighty-five
miles
northeast
of
the
capital
city
of
Budapest.
As
this
battle
rages,
other
Russian
troops
have
pushed
to
within
twenty
miles
of
the
old
Czechoslovakia
frontier.
Berlin,
meanwhile,
says
the
Russians
have
opened
tjhelr
win
ter
onenslve
An
the
far
north
against
300,006
Xjlermans
In
western
Latvia.
GEN.
EISENHOWER
IS
WELL
Glad
to
See
that
French
Have
Reached
Rhine
River
PARIS,
Nov.
21
The
sup-.
Teme
Allied'
commander
on
the
western
front,
Gen.
Dwight
Elsenhower,
is
pleased
the
French
have
reached
the
Rhine
river.
He
Says
he
has
always
wanted
France
to
be
able
to
take
the
igreatest
possible
part
in
the
lib
eration
of
the
country.
Gen.
Elsenhower
declares:
"It
is
France's
right
and
the
best
thing
for
Europe."
CAMP
SCOW
TURNS
OVER
AND
SINKS
The
power
tug
F.
H.
Phlppen;.
,
and
salvage
equipment
of
the
,
Armour
Salvage
Co.,
including
derrick
and
divers,
is
at
the
Tucks
Inlet
reduction
plant
where
a
large
140-foot
camp
scow
of
the
B.C.
Packers
keeled.,
over
and
sank
last
Thursday;
The
scow
had
been
tied
at
the'
reduction
plant
wharf
there
and
is
believed
to
have
fouled
on
..
deadhead
piles,
partially
turning
over
and
filling
with
water
as
the
tide
rose.
The
scow
is
being
pumped
out
by
the
sal-vors.
She
is
holed
and
soft
patches
will
be
applied.
The
scow
was
used
as
living
quar
;
ters
on
the
fishing
grounds
during
the
season
and
was
tied
up
at
Tucks
Inlet
in
winter
storage.