,xOi:
WENT
STORSETH
r
Sons
of
Norway
r
I.CY
J.
-e
IS
Q
The
v.
withdrawn
com-
Aiam
In
north-
i
and
operations
satisfactorily
to
of
them
off
the
.t,
road
In
Mani-.."adquarters
an-
;o
captured
the
r
aches
to
the
:drcd
Japanese,
ted
for
the
flral
;
Bazooka
rocket
-
High
Command
i
the
withdraw-ar.cse
from
Road.
lieved
As
aitor,
Can
d
As
Trustee
Dr
8,
J
Willi,
if
education,
received
by
the
j
trustees,
con-'
;p
School
Act.
tin
I
Peachey
to
con-
mbcr
of
the
board
ar.:?or
at
the
school
was
made
to
the
1
a
man.
Mr.
Peachey
1
It
was
explained
-
Ury
was
not
by
any
a
rr
.ar
employee
of
the
fc
He
stated
that
he
the
school
against
-'
hrs
and
merely
to
Ments
Honor
inmy
Mitchell
1
W-:
:h
and
cheouc
from
:
'
were
presented
a
ao
to
James
Reld
,
w
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
"I
M
.i
of
this
city,
who
:1
a:
principal
of
West
;
?
Hlr.h
School.
Flowers
-.led
to
io
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mitchell.
Mitchell.
OLIVE
MAItIA
IIUKLI.LK
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
w
i
v
T
X
T
1
JUA
ply
problems
are
giving
trouble
than
me
Nazis
selves.
Hazelton
Boy
MOSCOW.
June
cr.it
nf
li
ters
.
..
t
At-,.
WUVKliL
ILIll!
more
them-
Lost
in
Action
A
rrcent
Canadian
Army
casu
4
altv
list
contains
the
name
of
Private
Carl
Philip
Janzc.
son
of
Mrs.
Flora
Martin
of
Hazel-ton,
nrcvlously
reiwrtcd
missing
and
now
reported
dead
on
war
service.
He
was
serving
wun
a
rtriMih
Columbia
Regiment.
Private
John
Wesley
Terry
of
Dawson
Creek,
serving
with
Uv.
noval
Canadten
Army
oeri-
Corps.
Is
reiwrtcd
injured
but
remaining
on
dutyj
Theatres
Boost
l
Russian
.
Morale
Eleanor
Is
Leading
Now
.
sailor
Storscth,
Sons
of
nOrt'iu
..
.
.
19
invasion
death
of
a
number
of
the
best
Russian
cmo
rm
nrofesslonal
in
the
functioning
ore
theatres
L".lf
tininn
today.
Though
the
rray
candidate.
Is
shown
Ukraine
and
Belorussia
region
Junior
nt,.
Jl".
tl
towns
wnicn
mc
cu
"tree
'wmufr
oi
com-
e
A
rA
i-i.
is..
M
.
i
Ovrn,
.
U
Uel1'
UrClg.
i"T,UD'
are
"cd
"vu
for
ui
sec
'inn
ovu-
cntcriainnii-iii,
-
'""Warn
,(iu
,,
.....
.
.....
,
inj5
when
the
ll
h
The
standing
u-nt
ho
n
Luns
over-ran
a
vast
tcr-
ihod
dally
henceforth.
ritory.
But
recent
events
nave
,
given
rise
to
the
new
ineaue
'iixxIL
from
line
theatre
BETTY
JEAN
GREIG
Gyro
Club
f
Prince
Rupert's
most
attractive
and
popular
girts
are
all
away
to
a
good
start
In
whu
h
will
culminate
In
the
selection
of
the
Queen
of
the
1944
Civic
Centre
Carnl-
l
uirmscives
ana
Keen
supporters
are
working
vigorously
on
the
sale
oT
several
;r.ival
admission
tlcke
'
i
mdldatcs
Is
about
flTllliKAWAL
pponese
uit
India
tfiltn
of
Allies
In
Nor
rii
Barma
rioce
t
a
I
avor-,A
iim
li
All
Clear
Now
lublic
is
showing
a
keen
Interest.
The
first
official
cd.
V3
IL
IS
EXPECTING
COMPLETE
;0R
FREE
DOM
THIS
SUMMER
Vj
June
W
fCP)
Prime
Minister
Clniri.lii
Kpeecr
delivered
at
the
Mexican
cmbassjf'iour
days
ago
and
only
today
permitted
to
be
published,
said
that
this
summer
may
"bring
full
success
to
the
cause
of
freedom."
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
the
invasion
was
a
great
tactical
surprise
to
the
Germans
who
did
not
know
it
was
coming
until
they
saw
the
ships.
ROCKET
BOMB
PARTICULARS
:.e
vesterday
and
i
June
19-The
Brlt-
fh.
rh,i(.
Mt
LONDON,
of
InformaUon
has
Ppcared
Imminent
,wh
Mlm.stry
tnrUwr
details
of
0
nrored
the
Tal-
r&
8tatea
troop,
pcrmany
.secret
weapon"
k;.ina,
advanced
I
w"1
wmo"
P1"""-
are
sain
vi
nave
a
wing
sprraa
of
about
27
feet
and
a
length
of
20
feet.
Travelling
between
300
and
340
miles'
an
hour,
they
carry
explosive!
equivalent
to
a
MO
-pound
bomb.
Their
range
Is
150
miles.
I
IIiMSwe&ry
Herbert
Mor
hibfreveTea
t)Mt
extensive
damage
has
been
dune
to
the
rocket
launching
bases
by
SWEEPING
NORTHWARD
Terrain
and
Supply
Problems
.More
Ilolher
to
Advancing
Allies
Than
Nais
In
Italy
ROME,
June
19
0
The
Allies
.
l-.
u
have
ciDtured
Asstssl
in
the
liooth
Memorial!
antral
sector
of
the
Italian
an
explanation
!
front,
took
a
town.10
miles
north
he
superintendent!
of
Grosseto
on
the
west
coast
urn
stances
under
1
and
continued
progress
said
today,
in
an
emergency.
It
I
Allies
are
advancing
so
i
(0
alt
ftl
lhe
The
.
.h
iv,rH
!
rapidly
that
terrain
and
sup-
"8"
w
..v
wv-
;
v
is
regularly
em-r
agincer
at
the
dry
.ru
the
emergency
Your
Choice
for
Carnival
Queen
Local
Ttdea
TOiJto
Tuesday,
June
20
High
0:35
21.8
feet
13:33
19.1
feet
Low
7:20
1.2
feet
19:20
6.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXIII,
No.
143
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
JUNE
19,
1944,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTO
Lay
Siege
To
Cherbourg
Elba
Island
Under
Control
ROME.
June
19
French
colonial
battalions
have
captured
Portofcrraio
and
hold
ihe
greater
part
of
the
Island
of
Elba,
head-
quarters
announced
today.
The
Nails
are
fleeing
to
the
hills.
Close
On
Viipuri
STOCKHOLM.
June
19
Q
-
Helsinki
dispatches
said
that
the
Russians
now
control
the
entire
southwestern
coast
of
the
Karelian
Isthmus
with
the
exception
of
Vllpurl
Bay.
The
Red
Army
control
extends
as
far
north
as
Vuokscn
Lake.
Dispatches
indicate
that
one
Red
column
reached
the
mouth
of
Vllpurl
Bay
while
the
Rus
sians
gained
control
of
a
num
ber
of
air
fields
on
the
central
front.
Decisive
development
In
the
Finnish
war
may
be
expected
any
time
now,
Moscow
said
today,
suggesting
early
'capitula
tion
of
Finland.
Infantrymen
Take
Title
SOMEWHERE
IN
ENGLAND,
June
19
CP
An
Infantry
rein
forccmcnt
unit
edged
a
light
anti-aircraft
battery
62-59
In
a
two-game
basketball
series
bill
ed
as
for
the
Canadian
Army
(U.K.)
championship.
The
winners
took
the
first
game
34-22
but
dropped
the
second
37-28.
Scoring
powerhouse
of
the
series
was
Sgt.
C
U.
Mitchell
of
Raymond,
Alta..
who
counted
25
points
for
the
losers.
Pte.
Sam
Brandes
of
Toronto
led
Uie
winners
with
17
points.
SITUATION
IN
CHINA
Japanese
Are
Having
Furtlirr
Successes
in
llunan
Hut
CliaiiRslia
Holds
Out
ntirNOKlNO.
June
19
Q
Three
important
Chinese
strong
British
holds
have
fallen
to
Japanese
sergeant
advances
In
Hunan
I'rovmce
ana
to
the
north
in
Hunan
Province
the
enemy
has
also
made
gains
along
the
Petplng-Hankow
railway.
The
Japanese
have
captured
Chuchow.
75
miles
northeast
of
the
Hengyang
railway
junction
and
25
miles
southeast
of
Chang-sha
which
is
still
holding
out.
The
Japanese
have
entered
Lluyang.
40
miles
east
of
Chang
-ha.
TO
ENFORCE
CURFEW
LAW
Tarents
of
Children
Are
Responsible.
Tobacco
Act
Will
Also
Be
Enforced
The
city
Curlew
Bylaw,
which
forbids
children
under
14
years
of
age
to
be
on
the
streets
after
10
o"clock
during
the
summer
months,
will
be
rigidly
enforced
from
now
on,
Staff
Sergeant
F.
W.
Gallagher
said
this
morning.
Parents
of
children
who
break
the
bylaw
are
responsible
.under
the
statute
and
are
liable
to
a
fine
of
$10,
or
five
days
in
Jail,
the
Staff
Sergeant
revealed.
"We
are
goins
to
act
on
this,"
he
said.
"We
have
neither
enough
policemen
nor
other
facilities
to
nurse
children
who
break
the
law.
We
will
prose
cute
the
parents."
Instructions
to
enforce
the
by
law
rigidly
were
received
from
the
city
council
which
has
re
eelved
complaints
from
the
Par
ent-Teachers'
Association,
and
the
Housewives'
League.
According
to
the
bylaw.
It
Is
unlawful
for
children
to
be
on
the
streets,
unless
properly
at
tended,
after
10
o'clock
In
the
summer
months
and
after
8:30
In
the
winter
months.
It
Is
the
duty
of
a
police
officer
to
warn
the
child
to
go
home
and
If
he
refuses,
or
Is
found
on
the
street
after
the
warning
to
take
him
home.
The
child's
parents
are
then
liable
to
prosecution.
Enforcement
of
the
Juvenile
Smoking
Act
will
also
be
more
rigid.
"We
are
going
to
stop
that
sort
of
thing
at
its
source."
stair
Gallagher
said,
indi
cating
that
there
would
oe
prosecution
of
merchants
found
selling
tobacco
to
children
under
10
years.
He
added
that
parents
of
children
found
In
possession
of
tobacco
were
liable
under
the
law.
CHANGEL3SS
TEMPERATURE
The
temperature
of
the
Carlsbad
caverns
of
New
Mexico
never
varies
more
than
a
degree,
winter
or
mmmcr.
Division
Also
Breaks
Thru
German
Defenses
Invasion
Wedge
is
Being
Strengthened
and
Widened
With
Small,
Brisk
Action
All
Along
the
Line
NAZIS
FAIL
TQ
ESCAPE
SHAEF,
June
19
(CP)
A
German
attempt
to
burst
out
of
a
trap
bottling
up
perhaps
25,000
to
10,000
Nazis
south
of
Cherbourg
has
been
crushed
by
the
Americans,
headquarters
announced
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS
OF
ALLIED
EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE,
June
19
(CP)
The
Americans
laid
siege
today
to
Cherbourg
while
at
the
eastern
end
of
the
beachhead
at
Tylly-sur-Seules,
11
miles
west
of
Caen,
a
British
division
broke
through
German
defences
in
a
small
breach.
The
Ger
man
radio
said
that
the
Americans
driving
on
Cherbourg
made
a
slight
advance
in
the
direction
of
Valognes.
10
miles
southeast
of
the
great
Normandy
port.
This
might
indicate
that
the
Americans
intended
to
by-pass
Montebdurg.
Nazi
stronghold,
for
which
there
has
been
heavy
fighting.
An
Allied
communique
today
said
that
the
Invasion
wedge
Is
being
strengthened
and
widened.
All
along
the
bridgehead
there
are
brisk,
small
actions.
American
artillery
started
shelling
Cherbourg
today
as
the
Herman
forces
began
to
fall
back
on
the
city.
A
new
all
out
offentlve
may'
be
started
by
General
.Montgomery,
it
was
suggested
today.
Small
gains
have
been
made
by
the
'British
and
Canadians
around
Caen.
Bulletins
RAILWAY
WACF.
INCREASES
OTTAWA
The
National
War
Labor
Hoard
announced
today
that
it
has
approved
wage
increases
sought
by
a
group
of
railway
workers
anions
and
is
issuing
findings
and
directives
accordingly.
WORST
FLOOD
IX
YEARS
EDMONTON
The
Pembina
River
flood,
over
a
wide
area
atBeIvedfre,Manola
and
Ros-sington,
about
65
miles
northwest
of
Edmonton,
is
described
as
the
worst
flood
in
thirty
years.
FLYER
IS
MISSING
AURORA,
Ont-Wing
Commander
Lloyd
Chadburn,
Dil.O,
D.F.C.
and
bar.
Is
officially
reported
missing
since
he
led
the
first
assault
of
fighter
planes
over
France
on
D-Day.
He
is
listed
as
one
of
Canada's
most
decorated
BASERALL
SATURDAY
American
League
Philadelphia
1.
New
York
2
St.
Louis
5,
Detroit
0.
Boston
11.
Washington
4
Philadelphia
5.
New
York
3
National
League
New
York
1-6,
Boston
5-5
Brooklyn
4,
Philadelphia
3
Cincinnati
1,
Chicago
1
Pittsburgh
1.
St.
Louis
2
International
League
Toronto
5,
Baltimore
1.
Montreal
3,
Syracuse
4
Rochester
6,
Jersey
City
5
Buffalo
7,
Newark
1
American
Association
Milwaukee
7.
Louisville
5
St.
Paul
1.
Toledo
2
MlnneaDolis
5.
Columbus
4
Kansas
City
7,
Indianapolis
6
Coast
League
Sandlcgo
0,
San
Francisco
2
Sacramento
5,
Hollywood
4
Los
Angeles
3.
Seattle
5
Oakland
7.
Portland
0
SUNDAY
American
League
St.
Louis
3-5,
Detroit
7-7
Boston
9-8,
Washington
6-1
Philadelphia
4-8,
New
York
0-6
Chicago
3-7.
Cleveland
2-6
National
League
Pittsburgh
2-3,
St.
Louis
12-1
Cincinnati
5-6,
Chicago
2-6
Brooklyn
7-2,
Philadelphia
3-6
New
York
9-7,
Boston
1-2
International
League
Buffalo
7-1.
Newark
9-10
Rochester
8-7,
Syracuse
6-0
Toronto
6-3,
Baltimore
0-4
Jersey
City
2-0,
Montreal
11-2
American
Association
Kansas
City
1-8,
Indianapolis
7-2
St.
Paul
4-3,
Toledo
9-7
'
Milwaukee
7-11.
Louisville
4-8
Minneapolis
3-4t
Columbus
2-8
Coast
League
Los
Angeles
2-1,
Seattle
3-0
San
Diego
1-2,
San
Francisco
2-3
Sacramento
7-5,
Hollywood
5-2
Oakland
3-7.
Portland
1-4
t
Approve
New
I
Italian
Gov't
ROME.
June
19
O
Allied
governments,
after
delay-
lng
for
a
week,
have
ap-
proved
of
the
cabinet
for-
med
by
Premier
Ivanoe
Bonomi
which
has
begun
to
function
as
Italy's
new
government,
It
was
an-
nounced
today.
HAMMER
AT
BOMB
BASE
Royal
Air
Force
Keeps
Up
Counter
Measures
Against
Rocket
Machines
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED
EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE,
June
19
American
bombers
hammered
the
Pas
de
Calais
area
of
France
today
In
continuation
of
the
campaign
against
installations
from
which
the
Nazis
launch
rocket
bombers
against
England.
On
Sunday
more
than
1300
American
bombers
hit
oil
refin
eries
and
airdromes
in
Germany.
The
Germans
hurled
more
rocket
bombs
at
southern
England
today,
carrying
the
attack
with
the
new
weapons
into
the
fifth
day.
Are
Home
From
Spokane
Meet
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Storscth
and
Gunnar
Selvig
Attended
Impressive
Sons
of
Norway
Convention
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Storseth
and
Gunnar
Selvig
returned
to
the
city
at
the
end
of
last
week
from
Spokane
where
they
at
tended
a
western
district
convention
of
the
Sons
of
Norway
Lodge
at
which
there
were
in
attendance
150
delegates
from
Alaska
to
the
Mexican
border.
John
Storseth
had
the
honor
of
being
elected
delegate
to
represent
British
Columbia
and
Alaska
at
the
supreme
convention
to
be
held
in
Minneapolis
In
August,
Gunnar
Selvig
being
named
as
alternate.
Highlight
of
the
Spokane
con
vention
was
a
banquet
In
the
Hotel
Davenport
when
over
700
persons
gathered,
the
feature
being
an
address
by
Washington
State
Governor
Arthur
B.
At
the
convention
Mr.
Selvig
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
Mrs.
Lisa
Llndbek,
noted
Norwegian
traveler,
llnqulst,
lec
turer
and
authoress,
who
has
been
In
many
parts
of
Europe
during
recent
troublous
Umes
Including
Spain
during
the
civil
war
and
France
after
the
Nazi
occupation
of
Norway.
Mrs.
Llndbek,
who
lived
two
blocks
from
Mr.
Selvlg's
home
In
Oslo,
will
be
In
Prince
Rupert
In
about
six
weeks
time
to
give
a
lecture.
There
Is
a
strong
Sons
of
Nor
way
organization
in
bpoicanc,
Mr.
Selvig
reports,
and
they
have
a
fine
hall
with
accommo
dation
for
1300
persons.
It
was
here
that
the
convention
centred.
The
next
western
convention
will
be
held
In
Vancouver
In
1946.
Returning
home
Mr.
Selvig
had
an
Interesting
drive
from
Spokane
to
Seattle
by
way
of
the
Couer
d'Alene
district.
Grand
Coluee
dam,
Soap
Lake,
PetrHied
Foreit
and
Snoqualnile
Pass.
South
Hazelton
Girl
Is
Enlisted
Miss
Martha
Ann
Brown,
19-year-old
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
H.
Brown
of
South
Hazelton,
has
enlisted
In
the
Canadian
Women's
.Army
Corps
and
will
be
leaving
her
home
In
the
Interior
on
Wednesday
morning's
eastbound
train
for
WAR
NEWS
CHERBOURG
IS
SEALED
OFF
Completely
sealing
off
thousands
of
Nails
forming
the
gairison
at
Cherbourg,
all
escape
routes
to
which
by
land
have
now
be
severed,
United
States
forces
have
smashed
their
way
through
to
the
west
coast
of
Cherbourg
Peninsula
and
have
seized
control
of
seven
miles
of
coast
line.
Fresh
Allied
airborne
troops
have
been
landed
back
of
Cherbourg.
It
is
believed
that
the
enemy,
anticipating
a
frontal
attack,
have
been
taken
by
surprise.
The
Germans
show
every
indication
of
making
a
last
ditch
stand
at
Cherbourg.
Apart
from
the
American
breakthrough
there
Is
no
general
change
In
the
sit-uation.
BIG
ALLIED
AIR
RAIDS
Allied
bombers
raided
Duisburg
again
Saturday
night
and
also
visited
Hamburg
as
well
as
other
Nazi
industrial
and
communication
centres.
Oil
plants
were
concentrated
upon.
Mosquitoes
penetrated
once
again
as
far
as
Berlin.
In
France
back
of
the
Normandy
invasion
scene,
heavy
raids
were
made
and
no
less
than
nine
bridges
across
the
Seine
River
have
also
been
attacked.
BIGGEST
ROCKET
PLANE
ATTACK
German
pilotless
rocket
planes,
with
their
loads
of
explosives,
were
still
being
hurled
for
the
fifth
day
against
southern
Britain
today.
Saturday
night
another
large
number
were
sent
over
in
the
heaviest
attack
yet
and
caused
casualties
and
damage
in
scattered
areas.
Throughout
the
night
anti-aircraft
defences
were
kept
busy.
A
Stockholm
report
that
London
was
being
evacuated
is
officially
denied.
JAPAN
PROPER
BOMBED
AGAIN
It
was
reported
Sunday,
although
not
yet
officially
announced,
that
there
has
been
a
second
Allied
bombing
raid
In
strength
on
Japan
proper.
This
time
100
bombers
and
fighters
attacked
an
industrial
city
south
of
Tokyo.
REDS
PLUNGE
INTO
FINLAND
The
Red
Army,
in
its
new
drive
into
Finland,
has
smashed
through
the
old
Mannerheim
Line.
One.
hundred
and
twenty
more
places
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
were
taken
Sunday
and
the
Russian
forces
are
at
the
approaches
of
Vilpiiri
after
capturing
Kovisto
fortress.
ITALIAN
DRIVE
CONTINUES
In
western
Italy
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
is
now
100
miles
north
of
Rome
and
the
Eighth
Army,
on
the
Adriatic
side,
is
83
miles
north.
In
the
centre
Assissi
has
been
captured.
JAP
LANDING
FOILED
.VJapaneMaUtmpt.to
counter
attack
Am
erica
Jightng
on
southwestern
Saipan
Island
was
repulsed
with
the
destruction
of
13
Japanese
troop-carrying
barges.
Aimed
United
States
landing
craft
smashed
a
movement
to
take
troops
south
of
Garapan
and
cut
off
the
Americans
who
captured
approximately
10
square
miles
of
the
bland.
JAP
MERCHANTMEN
SUNK
Allied
bombers
sank
five
Japanese
merchantmen
in
a
.raid
on
Horong
in
Netherlands
New
Guinea.
More
than
50
bombers
hit
Horong
Friday,
destroying
50
enemy
planes
on
the
ground
and
in
the
air.
United
States
forces
are
closing
in
on
the
Jappanese
on
Biak
Island.
Are
Killed
By
Stolen
Alcohol
ST.
JOHN,
N.B.,
June
19
Thirteen
persons
are
dead
and
others
are
in
serious
condition
in
hospital
after
drinking
methyl
alcohol
which
was
stolen
on
the
waterfront
from
a
Red
Cross
shipment.
The
niost
of
the
dead
are
stevedores,
and
one
was
a
woman.
squeezed
Into
the
rear
of
a
crowded
tenement
block
on
Third
Avenue
West.
MORE
TANKS
ARE
NEEDED
Urgent
Call
Has
Gone
Out
to
United
States
in
View
of
Losses
in
France
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
June
19
An
urgent
call
has
come
to
United
States
for
more
tanks.
Tank
losses
In
the
Invasion
of
France
have
been
three
tlmei
greater
than
expected.
Inmates
of
Old
Mens
Home
Live
and
Sometimes
Die
in
Three
Dark,
Crowded
Rooms
At
2:30
on
the
morning
of
December
24,
1943,
an
elderly
man
died
on
a
cot
in
the
rear
of
the
Dyer
Apartments
in
this
city.
At
7:30
the
same
morning
eight
other
elderly
men
sat
down
to
their
breakfast
in
the
presence
of
the
corpse.
...
A
bedridden
man
of
84
in
helpless
condition
lies
within
a
few
feet
of
a
table
i
where
eight
men
eat
and
in
a
room
where
six
men
sleep
and
spend
a
large
part
or
their
day.
.
.
.
NIpe
dependent
men,
each
of
whom
has
contributed
at
least
20
years
of
his
life's
work
to
the
development
of
northwestern
British
Columbia,
eat,
sleep
and
spend
a
large
part
of
their
endless
leisure
In
three
cramped
rooms
furnished
wth
nine
cots,
a
rough
board
table,
and
four
nondescript
chairs.
.
.
.
Where
do
such
things
happen?
Where
do
such
condlUons
exist?
In
the
present
Prince
Rupert
Old
Men's
Home.
These
and
other
things
were
revealed
to
a
Dally
News
reporter
assigned
to
Investigate
conditions
in
the
present
"home"
GRIM
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF
OLD
MAN'S
DEATH
The
fact
that
Clesson
Hawley
died
on
December
24,
1943,
In
the
Old
Men's
Home,
and
not
In
the
General
Hospital,
was
due
to
the
unexpectedness
of
hU
passing.
The
fact
that
his
body
remained
to
companion
his
erstwhile
fellow
Inmates
for
seven
hours
after
his
death
was
due
to
the
Inadequacies
of
the
place
where
he
had
latterly
and
finally
died.
Clesson
Hawley
passed
into
his
final
sleep
In
a
dormitory
that
was
also
used
as
a
dining
room.
His
body
remained
there
because
it
was
more
than
In
convenient
for
the
undertaker's
men
to
carry
the
heavy
casket
through
awkwardly
placed
doorways
and
50
yards
out
onto
the
street
until
the
late
darkness
o!
the
winter
morning
had
lightened.
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