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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tidei
1
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(Pacific
Standard
Time)
vlnds
increasing
to
Sunday,
December
10,
1941
..
curing
mui".
tiuuuy
aim
8h)
High
9:51
18.9
feet
LlW
:i
intermittent
light
rain.
22:29
16.6
feet
Sanda"
Strong
winds
decreasing
Low
3:10
8.5
feef
tof'rc
!
Overcast
and
cool.
Rain.
16:22
8.0
feet
XXXIII,
No.
.zuo
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
9,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
icB.
A
T.
U
s
Still
On
i
fhfins
s
ill
j
ditJUICU
,lthour,li
Slrp-i
Reported
to
be
nkrA
willi
View
1
Bringing
rcare
KOMi;
Dec
9
(CD
The
situ-,j(,n
n
Greece
is
becoming
ivrr
by
(he
Imiir.
In
a
distil
from
Athens,
Associated
fss
war
correspondent
Sle-..
nirliir
.ivs
elements
of
I
II
.
-
-
lf
iffiist
National
Liberation
r0l
Militia
arc
believed
asMng
15
miles
northwest
of
wort
of
Pircaus.
The
AP
.(respondent
adds
that
Bri-Ji
triis
arc
prepared
to
in-rrfpt
tbi'
fne.
and
other
Irnlovinr
(ii
the
rth
and
east
of
the
Greek
ipital.
One
leftist
battalion
fcnnuti
til
lir
I'diiinncrl
with
;.millimctre
guns.
During
my
hisbting
yesterday,
Lib-ration
front
forces
employed
British
tanks
without
ucccss.
British
troops,
and
ar-
In
-Ion
m
nii
cnlli-
t
(
.
A
I
J
I.
.A
am
are
uigging
oui
icinsi
!arcf$
that
entered
the
city
jp
strong
positions,
ine
iairu
radio
quotes
an
Athens
dis-pitrh
as
saying
that
a
member
(lhe
leftist
K.A.M.
is
meeting
ii!h
a
Greek
government
rep-rfsenlative
to
discuss
cessation
1
T-1
r
.
T
CTUnVi.
n
l"A
6:
exchanged
between
a:
id
leftists
in
Athens
re
,
no
slackening
of
rets
the
leftists
although
.
.juried
late
yesterday
und
government
.
had
met
with
a
view
a
.settlement.
....
i
J
.
n
.
,ll.H
r
nt
?;
"
Par
(a-llo
has
rcportcd.wlth-
!"':r
,.-.t
on
that
leftist
forces
nre
in
ctintrnl
nf
the
nrovlnces
l
:c
and
Macedonia.
New
Council
At
Kincolilh
Gr
L
Ktewart
has
been
"
chief
councillor
of
the
v.jlage
of
KIncollth
on
'
Nur.
.
River
following
the
am
election
of
councillors
wck
when
others
elected
w
N
Arthur
Nelson,
Geoffrey
B
)u
Richard
Watts,
Solomon
Dooian
Abel
Stewart
and
Wll-
'
im
Stephens.
The
election
was
n
"durvxl
by
Indian
Agent
'amp
Glllett.
Constables
for
,f
vrar
ut
KIncollth
arc
John
Mktp
Lriui.s
Rtpwart.
Isaac
An-
Rcubcn
Morean.
Henry
cre
hton.
Sydney
Morrison
and
Eddir
Nelson.
900
YEARS
OLD
Tlf
Ruulce
PnnfnHprnfinn
has
in
existence
900
years.
ThA'd
Army
INTFPVFMis
is
ems
rnmrnt
milium
"
C
W
C.C.I'.
Club
Opposed
to
Ue
of
Action
Being
Followed
in
Greece
The
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
Industrial
Club,
at
a
meeting
Thursday
night,
endorsed
a
resolution
of
the
Prince
Rupert
C.C.F.
Club
protesting
at
the
use
of
Allied
troops
as
armies
of
intervention
in
liberated
countries,
particularly
condemning
the
action
of
the
Churchill
Government
in
Greece.
There
was
spirited
gen
eral
debate
on
the
resolution.
President
Gconre
Stanton
was
'in
the
chair.
The
meeting
heard
reports
from
the
federal
elec
tion
campaign
committee.
ISIXTH
DIVISION
BROKEN
UP
II.D.'s
Heine
Sent
Overseas
to
Other
Postings
in
Canada
OTTAWA.
Dec.
9
Oi
The
Sixth
Division,
stationed
on
the
Pa
cific
Coast,
is
being
reorganized
and
reduced
in
size,
Department
of
National
Defence
headquar
ters
announced
yesterday.
The
reorganization
follows
the
pass-ace
of
the
order-ln-councll
mak
ing
16,000
Home
Defence
troops
available
for
service
overseas.
The
division
includes
a
large
number
of
draftees
and
a
great
portion
of
them
already
have
been
withdrawn
and
sent
to
con
rpmraiion
centration
areas
areas
In
in
Eastern
juisiern
Can-
Lau-
i
,v
it
was
reported
i
Some
of
the
,nfantry
unlu
WUC
giving
1.1iwiM
ublc
tn
some
residential
'
Nearly
one
thousand
t
id
surrendered
to
the
:)
..x
hundred
of
the
3000
1
p:
ice
in
the
Athens
area
T)
iff-divisions
are
re-
will
be
sent
overseas
and
others
will
be
sent
to
new
postings,
in
Canada.
Division
headquarters
at
Prince
George
have
been
closed
and
General
H.
N.
Ganong
of
St.
Stephen,
N.B.,
has
been
trans
ferred
from
command
or
Slxtn
Division
to
command
China
Does
Better
Good
News
From
Front
Japanese
are
Being
Thrown
Out
of
Kwiechow
Province
CHUNGKING,
Dec.
9
(CP)
For
the
first
time
in
many
weeks,
the
Chinese
are
rejoicing
over
good
news
from
their
home
battle
front.
A
series
of
smashing
counter-attacks
has
thrown
the
Japanese
out
.
of
almost
all
of
Kwiechow
province.
The
new
success
follows
closely
the
recapture
of
the
key
rail
city
of
Tuhshan.
Driving
on
from
Tuhshan,
the
Chinese
forces
have
pushed
the
Japanese
back
to
a
mountain
pass
close
to
the
southern
border
of
Kwiechow
province.
ONLY
10
MORE
SHOPPING
DAYS
TILL
CHRISTMAS
Include
.
.
.
THE
VARIETY
STORE
IN
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
fr.U
...
It
isn't
every
brother
who
has
the
oDoortunity
to
do
as
much
for
his
sister
as
did
Albert
Mah,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
and
now
a
transport
pilot
with
the
China
National
Aviation
Corpor
ation.
Because
of
her
brother,
14-year
old
Bernlce
Mah
was
able
to
return
this
week
to
her
sister
and
two
other
brothers
in
Prince
RuDert
after
escaping
from
rav
aged
China
a
few
steps
ahead
of
the
Japanese
armies.
Lcavlne
his
flying
job
last
February,
Albert
travelled
several
hundreds
of
miles
by
primi
tive
methods
from
Chungking
to
a
village
less
than
50
miles
from
the
occunlcd
seaport
of
Canton.
There
he
snatched
his
lister
from
the
path
of
the
Invaders
and
started
her
Journeying
alone
half
way
across
the
world
to
safety.
Bernlce
arrived
here
Wednesday
with
her
sister,
Violet,
who
had
met
her
at
the
border
town
of
Blaine,
Washington.
The
vounir
trirl
came
there
from
San
Pedro,
California,
where
her
ship
docked
on
November
10,
50
days
after
leaving
Bombay,
India.
She
had
been
flown
out
of
China
over
the
Himalaya
"hump."
Tprritorv
lri
which
she
naa
been
forced
to
leave
her
mother.
another
brother
and
two
sisters
nine
months
ago
was
overrun
a
few
weeks
later
by
the
Japanese.
Family
Went
Back
to
China
It
was
after
their
father's
death
here
In
1935
that
the
nine
Mah
children
accompanied
their
mother
back
to
her
ancestral
village
near
Canton.
Subsequent
ly,
before
the
war,
five
of
tnem
returned
to
Canada.
They
were
I
Aihort;
nrdrlc.
Alex.
Earl
and
Violet.
But
Bernlce,
who
was
five
years
old
when
she
left
Canada,
remained
in
China
with
her
i
mother,
brother
Edward,
and
hei
i
sisters,
Lucy
and
Phyllis.
Albert
and
Cedrlc
became
liters,
Earl
and
Alex
operate
a
retail
store
In
the
city
and
Violet,
is
proprietor
of
a
beauty
parlor.
Now
that
she
too,
is
back
In
.Canada,
Bernlce
looks
forward
to
p-nimr
t.r
school.
After
months
of
good
food
In
India
and
on
board
shin
shp
Is
in
.eood
health
and
spirits
and
will
probably
be
able
tn
hold
her
own
among
tne
otner
children
when
she
starts
In
Jan
uary.
However,
she
will
have
one
scholastic
handicap.
In
her
nine
years
In
China
she
forg6t
how
to
speak
English.
But
that
does
not
worry
Violet,
who
told
her
sister's
story
In
her
I
Deauty
panor
on
run.uu.wi..
"Bernlce
Is
young
and
she
will
pick
up
the
language
quickly.
She
was
in
Grade
Six
at
school
in
China.
Besides,
she
may
surprise
us
by
remembering
the
English
that
she
knew
before
she
left
Prince
Rupert.
She
was
bom
here,
you
know."
Travelled
by
Bicycle,
Sampan
On
the
first
leg
of
her
journey
out
of
China
Bernlce
travelled
westward
by
bicycle
for
52
miles
with
her
brother.
Then,
leaving
their
bicycles,
they
boarded
a
samnan
river
boat
and
sailed
slowly
upthe
Sl-Krangriver
for
three'
days'befofefsCTnSal-klng
is
WINTER
COMES
TO
THE
FRONT
LINE
IN
FRANCE
Through
a
postcard-like
scene
of
snow
laden
greenery
these
Allied
machine-gun
men
are
pushing
their
way
forward
on
the
front
line
in
France.
Peaceful
though
the
scene
Is,
their
mL.-ton
is
far
from
peaceful.
They
are
on
their
way
to
a
concealed
position
to
set
up
their
"chopper"
to
fire
on
the
Nazi3
not
far
away.
Local
Chinese
Girl
Won
Race
With
Japs
BERNICE
MAH
BACK
FROM
CHINA;
WAS
FLOWN
OUT
BY
HER
BROTHER
Tells
Story
of
War
Stricken
Country
Forgot
to
Speak
English
conditions
in
China
is
a
cloth
coat
that
Bernicc
bought
while
In
Chungking.
This
threadbare
garment
with
a
torn
lining
cost
tier
2,000
Chinese
money.
A
permanent
wave
in
her
hair
cost
$500.
For
two
small
plastic
brooches,
worth
possibly
10
Vents
in
Canada,
she
was
.charged
$800.
An
apple
was
worth
$90.
'
Amid
the
starvation
of
the
country,
Bernlce
has
seen
grue-
(Contlnued
on
Page
5)
BOMREVEAL
HIDEOUT
and
travelling
overland
by
vari-
OLD
MAIDEN.
Surrey.
Eng.,
CP)
ous
methods
to
Chunfkmg.
At
a
seven-foot
square
secret
the
capital
city,
where
her
broth-
'
room
and
staircase
revealed
by
er
left
her
to
return
to
duty,
she
bomb
damage
repairs
In
a
cot-remained
for
over
two
months
tage
here
are
believed
to
have
awaiting
air
transport.
j
been
an
18th
century
highway-
An
indication
of
economic
man's
hideout.
WAR
NEWS
Russians
Crashing
On
MOSCOW
Russian
forces
in
Hungary
have
smashed
ahead
below
Lake
Balaton
to
captutc
a
rail
station
on
the
way
to
Austria
but,
according
to
the
German
radio,
tne
Digger
news
in
Hungary
is
being
made
north
of
(he
capital
city
of
Budapest.
The
Nazis
declare
(hat
Red
Army
columns
have
broken
through
to
the
Danube
above
the
city
to
extend
Russian
siege
lines
half
way
around
the
capital.
Advance
On
Western
Front
PARIS
On
the
Western
Front
in
Uuropc,
the
Third
and
Seventh
Armies
arc
battering
German
defences
on
a
sixty-mile
front
from
Saatbruckcn
to
the
Rhine.
Both
armies
have
scored
limited
advances,
and
Third
Army
troops
have
forced
two
new
crossings
on
the
Saar
River
near
Saarcgtiimines.
On
the
Cologne
riain
to
the
north,
the
Germans
arc
evidently
withdraw-In
from
lb
west
bank
of
the
Koer
River.
First
Army
troops
advancing
towards
the
river
during
die
past
21
hours
found
the
going
comparatively
easy,
but
the
Geimans
arc
pounding
Ninth
Army
lines
with
multiple-barrelled
mortars.
Tokyo
Bombed
Again
SAN
FRANCISCO
A
Tokyo
broadcast
declares
that
a
single
superfortress
bombed
Ihc
Japanese
capital
today.
Other
targets
in
the
Japanese
homeland
arc
also
reported
to
have
been
attacked.
13
Jap
Admirals
Perish
TOKYO
The
Pacific
War
Command
seems
(o
have
been
hard
on
Japanese
admirals.
Tokyo
has
released
a
list
of
thirteen
admirals
who
have
died
or
have
been
killed
recently.
i
i
CANUCKS
ADVANCE
IN
SCHELDT
AREA
Prior
to
making
a
Vater
crossing,
smoke
machines
are
loaded
up,
then
under
cover
of
the
smoke
screen
laid
down,
the
Canadians
make
their
advance
In
the
Scheldt
area.
Battering
Saar
Bulleti
ins
DU1SBURG
TARGET
LONDON
Duislfurg
railway
yards
in
Germany
were
the
principal
target
of
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
yesterday.
LLTITIA
ARRIVES
HALIFAX
The
hospital
ship
Lctitia,
of
which
Col.
Cornish
is
medical
officer
in
charge,
has
arrived
from
overseas
with
700
casualties
on
board.
II
is
the
Lelitia's
first
trip
here
as
a
hospital
ship.
TURKEYS
SCARCE
CALGARY
Owing
to
bad
weather
and
shortage
of
help,
turkeys
will
be
scarcer
this
Christmas.
The
supply
is
15
percent
less
than
last
year.
REGIMENT'S
LEAVING
NANAIMO
'The
Winnipeg
Light
Infantry
and
First
Oxford
Rifles
left
here
Thursday
for
the
East
enroute
to
the
combat
zone.
They
cheered
Ma
jor
G.
R.
Pearkes,
V.C.,
who.
came
here
to
farewell
them.
WAR
SITUATION
SERIOUS
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
said
early
Friday
in
Commons
that
the
war
situation
is
"more
serious
than
could
be
imagined."
GOV'T
NOT
RESIGNED
PARIS
The
Spanish
envoy
categorically
denied
reports
published
in
Taris
newspeper
Liberation
that
all
or
some
members
of
the
Franco
government
had
resigned.
BRITISH
BLACK-OUT
OVER
LONDON
The
day
of
Ger
man
bomber
plane
attacks
on
Britain
was
officially
declared
I
uver'wHhrthe"
liftlng"6rregu-
lations
requiring
quick
shut
from
dim-out
to
black-out
whenever
air
raid
sirens
sound.
Permanent
dim-out
will
mean
a
brighter
Britain
starting
today.
TO
DEMOBILIZE
A.K.P.
VANCOUVER
The
Province
said
in
a
newspage
story
that
the
A.R.P.
in
British
Columbia
is
to
be
ordered
demobilized
within
a
matter
of
days.
Signal
to
demobilize
the
organization
must
come
from
Ottawa
and
lias
been
made
possible
by
changed
war
conditions
in
the
Pacific,
the
newspaper
added.
NEW
AIR
PARLEY
MONTREAL
The
International
Air
Conference
in
Chicago
has
ended
but
aviation
spokesmen
for
the
British
Empire
will
reopen
commonwealth
air
discussions
in
Mont-
.
real
today.
Montreal
is
expected
to
be
the
Canadian
site
for
headquarters
of
(he
International
Air
Committee.
The
two-day
commonwealth
convention
will
discuss
the
all-Empire
post-war
air
services,
bases,
radio
location
centres
and
landing
fields,
as
well
as
priority
landing
rights
in
certain
foreign
countries.
NO
PERMITS
FOR
WOMEN
Regulations
for
Women
Cross
Border
to
Work
Relaxed
For
Men
Unchanged
Bombers
Assist
Forces
On
Land
to
Smash
Great
Nazi
Industrial
Areas
!
Snow
Falling
On
Shivering
Canadian
and
British
Soldiers
On
Northern
Flank
PATCTK
Dpp
0
(C,P
rThp
Amen'ran
Third
Armv
is
beating
against
eight
Saar
Valley
steel
towns'
H
smouldering
irom
tighter-DomDer
attacKS
ana
iieia
nuns
ripped
the
provincial
capital
of
Saarbrucken
to
the
north.
Both
sides
maintained
thunderous
artil-
'!
lery
fire
but
a
relative
lull
in
ground
activity
sug
Local
Regiment
to
Observe
Retreat
The
traditional
sundown
ceremony
of
retreat
will
be
observed
by
First
ReservFe
Battalion,
Prince
Rupert
Regiment,
Major
C.
J.
Toombs,
officer
commanding,
at
4
o'clock
Sunday
afternoon
at
the
Post
Office
flag
pole,
providing
weather
permits.
Officers,
non-commissioned
officers
and
the
band
will
participate,
havlns
been
training
for
some
time
for
the
ceremony
under
the
direction
of
Regimental
Sergeant
Major
E.
R.
Macdonald.
Retreat
Is
a
time-honored
ceremony
and
with
some
regiments
Is
still
regarded
as
of
much
importance.
The
ceremony
developed
from
an
old
military
custom
when
bugles
and
drums
would
sound
the
signal
that
battle
was
over
for
the
day.
opposing
forces
then
retiring
Into
bivouac
to
resume-
the
battle
on
the
morrow.
The
loringjjl
Lhe
ga&.whljr
aplc'e
sTaEbS"
a?
attention.
the
band
beats
retreat
and
the
officers
stand
at
salute
is
the
form
of
observance
now.
SAFETY
ON
RAILWAYS
Rail
Detector
Cars
to
be
Used
Again
on
CN.R.
MONTREAL.
Dec.
9
N.
B.
Walton,
executive
vice-president,
Canadian
National
Railways,
an
nounced
today
the
Canadian
National
Railways
will
renew
Its
contract
with
the
Sperry'
Com
pany
to
have
their
rail
detector
cars
travel
over
14,372
miles
of
track
durine
1945.
This
is
866
miles
of
C.N.R.
line
more
than
were
inspected
this
year.
The
work
of
these
cars,
which
contain
electrically
operated
mechanisms,
is
to
discover
faults
in
steel.
rail
which
are
not
discernible
by
the
human
eye.
In
operation
.
they
move
slowly
along
the
track
and
when
a
flaw
Is
dis
covered
the
mechanism
records
it
on
a
chart
and
marks
the
rail
with
a
dab
of
white
paint.
The
defective
rail
is
irrfmedlately
re
placed.
"This
work."
Mr.
Walton
em-
nhasize.
"is
in
addition
to
the
dally
inspection
of
rails
In
every
section
of
roadbed
operated
and
is
one
of
the
many
safety
measures
practiced
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Through
im-
piUVCIUCUto
111
lull
illttUUiBV.u
thp
number
of
defective
rails
has
decreased
considerably
in
recent
years.
However,
due
to
the
heavy
amount
of
wartime
traffic
being
handled
It
has
been
thought
desirable
to
continue
this
scientific
apply-(inspection
of
track
In
the
In
exit
permits
for
women
lng
to
go
to
the
united
ataies
i
eai,
ui
mcBJ?(ii,.
are
being
Issued
at
the
local
Sel
ective
Service
office
under
new
and
simplified
procedure
by
which
it
is
no.longer
necessary
to
annlv
tn
Ottawa
for
approval.
Horace
Keetch,
Selective
Service
and
unemployment
officer,
!
announced
that
labor
exit
per-
fn.
man
mill)
Ctlll
HP
SllD-
llilbS
1U1
llltll
-v
mltted
to
Ottawa
and
only
in
rare
cases
are
men
permitted
to
cross
the
border
to
worn
xor
long
terms.
PIONEER
DUES
JOHANNESBURG.
O)
The
death
occurred
in
Johannesburg
of
Samuel
Well,
who
organized
the
first
transport
into
Maf
eking
after
Its
release
and
was
a
pioneer
of
transport
between
the
Rand
and
the
North.
The
C.N.R.
was
the
first
rail
way
In
Canada
to
employ
detec
tor
cars
over
Its
lines
and
since
1930
a
total
of
144,007
miles
of
track
have
been
examined.
Brazil
produces
three-fifths
of
the
world's
coffee.
American
First
and
Ninth
Armies
were
gathering
,
strength
to
smash
the
last
Ger-
i
man
hopes
of
holding
the
flood-
ed
Roer
River
before
Cologne.
;
The
Third
Army
fought
from
1
house
to
house
in
the
eastern
part
of
Saarekuemines
today
:!
after
a
new
crossing
of
the
Saar.
,
,.
No
activity
is
reported
from
the
extreme
northern
flank
t
ine
soldiers
of
the
Canadian
i
First
and
British
Second
armies.
U
f
On
the
southern
section
of
the
J
t
front
the
American
Seventh
Army
drove
within
four
and
one.
hall
nllles
of
'"rman
bor-
der.
American
bombers
sribwercd
Stuttgart's
rail
yards
with
1500
tons
of
bombs
today.
Royal
Air
Force
Lancasters
yesterday
made
a
concentrated
attack
on
marshalling
yards
at
Duisburg.
GEN.
FOULKES
IN
COMMAND
Takes
Over
in
Italy
General
Burns
to
Western
Front
OTTAWA.
Dec.
9
0V-The
De
fence
Department
announced
on
Friday
that
Lt.
Gen,
Charles
Foulkes,
of
London,
Ontario,
has-
succeeded
Maj.
Gen.
E.
L.
M.
Burns
of
Ottawa
and
Westmount
as
commander
of
the
First
Canadian
Corps
in
Italy.
Gen.
Bums
relinquishes
the
acting
rank
of
Lieut.
General
he
held
while
corps
commander
and
becomes
General
Officer
Commanding
Canadian
lines
of
communica
4
tion
and
officer
in
charge
of
;i
!l
T!nnartlon
cetlnn
first.
papViplnn.
4
ST
,
.
,
British
21st
Army
group-
in
,Jfii
northwest
Europe.
u
-J.
On
Wednesday
the
French
gov-
ernment
conferred
the
decora-
,)t
v
tion
of
Officer
of
the
Legion
of
i;
Honor
on
General.
Burns.
Some
Unofficial
sources
believe
thai
;
the
growing
importance
of
rein
forcement,
eschelons
has
made
necessary
the
creation
of
what
seems
to
be
a
new
post
and
its
administration
by
a
senior
officer.
This
was
the
only
indication
of
the
significance
of
the
move
for
Burns.
Mrs.
Comer
Lived
Here
in
Girlhood
Before
her
marriage,
Mrs.
John
Comer,
who
has
passed
uway
at
White
Rock
after
a
lengthy
illness,
was
Miss
Vleno
Lento
ol
Prince
Rupert.
She
went
tc
school
here
and
later
moved
tc
Stewart.
Four
years
ago
the
fam
ily
took
up
residence
in
Whitr
Rock.
Mrs.
Comer
is
survived
b
her
husband
and
daughter,
Bev
erly
at
present
In
Prince
Rup-.t
ert,
'
IRISH
MUK
HELD
UP
EDINBURGH,
W)
Severe
gale
'
Interrupted
shipping
between
Northern
Ireland
and
Scotlaiu
and
caused
a
temporary
mil
j
shortage
lri
some
parts
of
Kcot
land
which
depend
upon
Ubtci
herds
for
their
supplies.
A
Slate
Worth
Noting
.
.
.
NON-PARTISAN
CANDIDATE
Thomas
It
ALDERMEN
R.
McKay
SCHOOL
Black
C.
G.
Ham
J.
II.
Malr
TRUSTEES
G.
L.
Dawes
D.
Wood
Dr.
lt.
G.
Urge
i