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fter
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western
Europe
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ivii
the
voluntary
system.
r.ien
continued
crltl-
liament
AT
HOME
ANCOUVER
ii
nam
tawin
uoiusuu,
retired
Anglican
mln-
L.M.
mncTof
niAii
fir
m
here
Monday.
Mr,
Col-
coming
here
three
years
IONS
FOR
LUNCHES
ANA
The
Wartime
and
Trade
Board
will
special
rations
to
schools
hot
lunches
during
eaihcr.
NANAIMO
FOR
CONSCRIPTION
immediate
conscription
for
overseas
service
was
supported
without
dissenting
voice
at
a
meeting
of
citizens
and
civic
orean-
to
meet
until
January
!
of
the
Legion.
JAP
SET-UP
IS
CHANGED
GERMANS
TOLD
OF
OWN
LOSSES
And
Allies
Have
Not
Yet
Reached
Climax
of
Offensive
They
Are
Warned
BERLIN,
Nov.
22
The
German
people
were
told
yester-,
day
by
their
own
leaders
that
German
armies
were
yielding
ground
on
the
western
front
and
that
the
Allied
offensive,
had
not
yet
reached
a
climax.
It
would
be
difficult
to
combat
the
massed
power
that
was
being
gathered
against
the
Reich,
It
was
admitted.
B
ONLY
vn
fell
more.
i
K
)W$
SHOPPING
S
rfIM3G&l
tmm
DAYS
11LL
I
M
KVV
iW
fa
Include
.
r
.
jjj
the
variety
store
i
IN'
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
&
Allied
Armies
Have
Taken
No
Less
Than
691,132
Since
D-Day
LONDON,
Nov.
22
Qi
Allied
armies
on
the
western
front
have
captured
at
least
691,132
prisoners
since
D-day.
This
is
the
equivalent
of
669
German
divisions:
as
they
are.
at
present
constituted.
.
Totals,
for
various
forces
ln-
I
elude:
NANAIMO,
Nov.
22
O)
The
I
Canadian
First
armyk
95,132.
Canadian
Legion's
stand
fori
British
Second
Army,
94,794.
B.C.
Security
Commission
to
lie
Absorbed
Into
Federal
Department
of
Labor
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
22
Oi
George
Collins,
superintendent
of
the
British
Columbia
Security
Commission,
says
the
federal
government
plans
absorption
of
the
commission
into
the
Depart
ment
of
Labor
under
the.
name
I
ho
arlvriratpH
Intro-
!
OI
uepariment
UI
moor,
wapau
fhP
r
mnnicnrv
Kvstem
ese
Division.
The
plan
Is
ex
i.rrji:
.
T-
ninrrpmpriLS.
na
-
In
d
with
the
declared
u
r
it.
t
IV1
T.
IUlllIlS
billU.
lb
U
1.11
v
:
rvir
mhit
i.tii.
n.HLuiu
ww-
"
v--
.t
u
Naughton
replaced
him.
;
ccrns
us
now
,
.
.
,
,
Vancouver,
Interior
of
British
Columbia,
Alberta,
Manitoba
and
Ontario
will
be
left
Intact
under
the
plan
and
will
function
as
placement
divisions.
American
First
Army,
200,138.
Would
Use
U.S.
Machines
For
P.
George
Road
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
22
Dick
Corless
of
Prince
George
told
the
British
Columbia
Automobile
Association
here
Chat
building
of
the
proposed
road
from
Prince,
George
to
the
Peace
River
icpuld
be
facilitated
by
the
obtaining
of
road
building
equipment
now
being
shipped
out
of
Dawson
Creek
by
United
States
mllltarv
anthnrltlp
Mr.
Hnrlls
Highway
and
found
It
In
excel-
f
lent
condition
from
Dawson
Creek
to
Whltehorse.
MUST
FIGHT
FOR
PEACE
Increase
Pressure
Needed
to
Speed
Victory,
Says
Eisenhower
PARIS,
Nov.
22
"To
get
peace
we've
got
to
fight
like
hell."
General
Dwlght
Elsenhower
declared
yesterday
In
a
frank
statement.
He
appealed
for
a
last
great
effort
In
providing
more
men
and,
what
was
more
important,
more
supplies
so
that
the
fighting
men
need
not
be
prolonged
longer
than
was
necessary.
Elsenhower
praised
the
First
Canadian
Army
and
the
Second
British
Army
for
their
exploits
In
Holland.
The
battle
of
Wal-cherln
Island
he
described
as
one
of
the
greatest
actions
in
this
war
"a
splendid
and
aggressive
piece
of
work.'
Even
the
Germans
were
hu
man
enough
to
break
if
tne
pressure
became
strong
enough,
Eisenhower
said.
NO
ENEMY
SABOTAGE
Such
Is
Finding
of
R.C.M.P.
After
Investigations
OTTAWA,
Nov.
22
O;
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
have
been
called
upop
to
Investigate
many
cases
of
suspected
sabo
tage
In
Canada,
but;
they
have
yet
to
find
any
evidence
of
enemy
directed
acts,
the
R.C.
M.P.
annual
report
disclosed
to
day.
The
report,
which
covered
the
year
which
ended
March
31
said
that
during
the
12
month
period
219
suspected
cases
of
sabotage,
Including
many
fires
in
army
and
air
force
training
centres
had
been
Investigated
but
no
evidence
of
enemy
activity
could
be
obtained.
G.S.
Badges
On
Either
Sleeve
OTTAWA,
Nov.
22
Members
of
the
active
forces
may
now
wear
their
general
service
badges
on
either
sleeve,
It
has
been
ruled.
OF
MEXICAN
ORIGIN
Zinnias
and
cosmos
are
tlve
Mexican
flowers.
na-
I
aurtiMi
j
Al
I
1:
Weathei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA
'COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
a
;
xong
winos
ovcrcau
IL.lMMrvi
IT
J
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
mild
with
rain
during
after-h
Thursday,
November
23,
1944
evening.
Thursday:
High
7:25
17.0
feet
crate
winas,
uvti
19:15
17.6
feet
cnl
rain.
Not
mucn
cnange
Low
0:30
5:5
feet
nperature.
13:06
92
feet
.vttt
No.
273
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
22,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
rencn
I
Take
Fortress
Of
Mulhouse
cmn
I
it
p
w
-
-
liament
Open
jural
was
(uiet-lssue
-
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1
1
1
1
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1
k
l7
4xa
.
nn
ih.
m
am
u,.
."NOV.
.t
-w
Parliament
were
"excited
as
school
i.nnninir
l
I
I'
ll
l
1
1
v.
-
-
-
lOUaJ.
IUI
Hie
ilia
years
there
was
a
of
spectators
desirinff
T
a
Mi
IV
V
'1
vl
fan
.ment
assembled
to-
J
1
Ik..
Mtnfr
r.At
ciu.-s
since
the
On
parliament
n::;.
.
are
prepared
to
go
cnirjverslal
overseas
quiet
and
serious,
Distinguished
v
Is
Awarded
to
Officer
J.
Frank.
OTTAWA
,
Nov.
Z
Flying
Officer
J.
Frai..uin
of
Prince
Rupert
has
been
awarded
the
Distinguished
Flying
Cross.
He
figured
in
pre-invaslon
flights
over
France
with
materials
fo
rthe
Maquis.
Member
of
'the
City
of
Edmonton
squadron,
Franklin
was
navigator
of
a
plane
which
delivered
five
million
francs
to
the
Maquis
and
dropped
radio
parts
by
parachute.
Gestapo
Murder
German
Workers
STOCKHOLM,
Nov.
22
German
workers
in
Cologne,
demonstrating
against
continuation
of
the
war,
were
machine-gunned
by
Gestapo
and
S.S.
troops
and
210
were
killed.
Civilians
are
being
hanged
for.
disobeying
military
orders.
BIG
BAG
OF
PRISONERS
WAR
NEWS
Ore
Plants
Bombed
Again
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
Heavies
were
over
Germany
again
last
night.
More
than
one
thousand
bombers
struck
at
two
synthetic
oil
plants
in
Hie
Ruhr
and
a
railway
junction,
twenty-five
miles
southwest
of
Frankfurt.
On
Western
Front
PARIS
ISritish
Second
Army
forces
In
southwestern
Holland
have
entered
the
outskirts
of
liaarlo.
'This
is
four
miles
southeast
of
the
German
bastion
of
Venlo.
Front
dispatches
add
that
other
British
columns
are
tightening
a
squeeze
on
an
enemy
bridgehead
west
of
the
Meuse
River
and
six
miles
northwest
of
Venlo.
A
late
dispatch
from
the
Third
Army
front
says
the
Americans
have
repulsed
a
strong
German
counter-attack
inside
Germany.
And
it
also
states
that
the
Nazis
have
been
compfesse,d
Into
one
small
area
within
the
city
of
Metz.
The
United
States
Seventh
Army
is
driving
eastward
beyond
captured
Earresbourg
and
the
main
body
of
the
army
is
now
only
twenty-seven
miles
from
the
Rhine
River.
At
the
same
time,
armored
troops
of
the
French
First
Army
are
attempting
to
push
northward
to
cut
off
the
enemy's
Nineteenth
Army
between
the
Vosges
Moun-taiiisiand
the
Rhine.
The
Germans
continue
to
put
up
fanatical
resistance
east
and
northeast
of
the
border
city
of
Aachen.-.
But
despite
this
there
are
indications
that
the
Americans
will
soon
take
the
town
of
Eschweiler.
Even
now,
American
forces
are
fighting
within
the
town
itself.
Other
i
British
forces
are
closinr
in
on
the
town
from
north
and
south.
Poles
Take
Italian
Hill
ROME
Polish
troops
have
recaptured
Montefortino
Hill,
a
position
five
miles
southeast
of
Faenza
from
which
they
were
driven
by
the
Germans
several
days
ago
and
have
advanced
a
mile
beyond
and
seized
Montepiano,
headquarters
announced
today.
Monteforitiiio;
overlooks
a
wide
stretch
of
flat
ground
leading
to
Faenza,
junction
point
.on
the
Rim-ini-Blogna
highway.
The
British
taptured
Castiglione,
otherwise,
there
is
little
to
report
from
the
Italian
front.
Mud,
snow
and
fog
has
all
but
halted
ground
action.
But
braving
the
weather,
Allied
bombers
havef
struck
at
a
German
pontoon
bridge
about
fifty
miles
north
of
the
front
lines
below
the
city
of
Bologna.
,J.
recently
drove
over
the
Alaska
Russians
Moving
On
MOSCOW
Russian
troops,
fighting
in
Hungary,
have
captured
the-
town
of
Verpelet
and
now
are
moving
closer
to
two
vital
rail
junctions
in
that
.area
Miskolc
and
Hatvan.
In.
addition
to
Verptlet,Hhe
SovjetCTfes.haye
a,'so
tak,e.n
four.,
other
towns,
despite
adverse
weather.
Six'
hundred
enemy
troops
have
died
in
the
recent
fighting
in
northeast
Hungary.
And
in
one
six-day
period,
extending
from
November
fourteenth
through
November
twentieth,
the
Russians
captured
more
than
four
thousand
German
and
Hungarian
soldiers.
This
brought
the
total
since
November
eighth
to
almost
twelve
thousand.
From
Berlin
comes
the
report
that
Russian
forces
have,
opened
a
new
drive
into
Czechoslovakia.
The
Germans
say
the
drive
is
taking
place
seventy-five
miles
northeast
of
Miskolc.
Japs'
Last
Ditch
Fight
PEARL
HARBOR
It
has
become
apparent
that
the
Japanese
Intend
to
put
up
a
last
ditch
fight
for
the
island
of
Leyte
in
the
central
Philippines.
Fighting
centres
around
the
northern
end
of
the
line,
around
Limon,
and
Allied
troops
are
subjecting
this
base
to
steady
pressure.
It
is
believed
possible
that
the
Japanese
will
be
willing
to
sacrifice
all
their
troops
in
this
area
to
halt
an
Allied
thrust
against
the
port
city
of
Ormoc.
In
the
air,
Allied
bombers
have
again
hit
the
Japanese
base
of
Brunei
on
the
northwest
coast
of
Borneo,
blowing
up
one
enemy
light
cruiser
and
damaging
another
warship
severely.
In
Bawdy
Housed
Serious
Charges
Made
By
President
of
Victoria
Ministerial
Association
VICTORIA,
Nov.
22
KP
lI)ean
Spencer
H.
Elliott,
prcsi
dent
of
the
Victoria
Ministerial
Association,
told
police
commission
that
members
of
the
police
force
in
1912
patronized
a
bawdy
'house
free
of
charge
and
members
of
the
naval
shore
patrol
were
dinner
guests
of
the
operator
of
the
house.
Dean
Elliott
was
testifying
before
the
commission
regarding
charges
made
in
Sunday
sermons
last
month
that
vice
,
existed
openly
with
police
cognizance.
He
quoted
from
a
letter
that
the
operator
of
a
house
was
warned
before
a
police
raid.
SELECTED
FOR
TRAINING
BATHURST,
Gambia,
E.
D.
N'Jle,
a
clerk
In
the
information
office
here,
has
been
selected
to
travel
tn
the
United
Kingdom
on
a
two-year
scholarship
In
order
to
undergo
training
In
social
science.
Hockey
Scores
Montreal
4,
Boston
1.
IAIR
BATTLE
Police
Were
Japan
Free
Guests
Nipponese
Fighters
Came
to
Defend
Omura
Against
Superfortresses
CHURCHILL'S
SON-IN-LAW
IN
CABINET
V.'
Fi
Up
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Nov.
22
The
first
big
air
battle
of
the
war
over
the
Japanese
Homeland
took
place
yesterday
as
superfortresses
attacked
a
great
Nipponese
aircraft
manufacturing
.
.
i
i.
i
i-
Jap
Commander
In
China
Ousted
CHUNGKING,
Nov.
22
Pi
Tha
Japanese
commander
-
in
-chief
in
China,
Field
Marshal
General
Shunroku
Hata,
has
been
ousted
frcwi
his
post.
Taking
his
place
Is
General
Yasuju
Okamura,
formerly
In
command
of
a
Japanese-
army
on
the
northern
Asiatic
front.
General
Hata
will
receive
a
new
administrative
post.
,
Local
Temperature
Maximum
51
Minimum
43
LONDON1!,
Nov.
22
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
has
appointed
his
sorf-ln-law,
Col.
Duncan
Sandys,
as
minister
cf
buildings
succeeding
Lord
Portal,
He
wilt
be
responsible
for
bombed
out
reconstruction.
Slr'Edward
Grigg
has
been
appointed
resident
engineer
for
Ihe
Middle
East
in
succession
to
jthe
assassinated
Lord
Moyne.
The
ministry
of
economic
war-Tare
Is
to
be
dissolved.
Future
Air
Authority
i
International
Arrangement
Seems
Assured
As
Result
of
Chicago
Conference
CHICAGO,
Nov.
22
W
Establishment
of
an
International
air
authority
seemed
assured
yesterday
with
the
release
of
an
Anglo
-
Candalan
-
American
agreement
on
the
partial
draft.
However:
the
powers
of
the
pro
posed
authority
remain
subject
to
debate.
The
partial
draft,
released
after
delegates
labored
for
ten
days
In
an
apparent
deadlock,
Is
expected
to
be
studied
at
the
plenary
session
of
the
International
Civil
Aviation
con
ference
of
54
countries
not
later
than
today.
Meanwhile,
the
United
Kingdom,
Canadian
and
United
States
dejegates
continued
to
grapple
with
the
controversial
nunsMnn.
pi
Jreo
competition
ad-
l-nn
Uir
th
TTnilorl.
.Q
fa
foci
and
controlled
allocation
of
routes
and
frequencies
demand
ed
by
British
authorities
and,
to
a
lesser
degree,
by'
the
Canadians.
The
imb'orUihV'
fact
Ah
the
draft
from
trie"
Canadian
'stand
point
Is
that
It
recognizes,
the
necessity
of
an
International
authority.
.,
,
.
The
preamble
declares
that
the
principal
of
International
aviation
be
developed
on
the
basis
of
equality
of
opportunity,
and
that
international
air
transport
services
be
'established
and
operated
soundly
and
Canadian
Legion
Is
Critical
of
Army
Sentence
VAtaoUVEft,'
Nov.
22
R
"
:
Delegates
to
a1
meeting
of
lower
mainland
branches
of
the
Canadian
Legion
voiced
criticism,
,q(
the
action
of
military
authors
ties
In
the
recent
case
of
Earl
Mitchell,
sentenced
to
60
days
In
jail
when
he
was
convicted
by
a
court
martial
of
circulating
false
statements
about
the
army.
Objection
was
taken
to
the
method
used
by
the
military
In
taking
Mitchell
to
a
beer
parlor
and
encouraging
him
to
talk.
Japanese
fighters
went
up
tn
1
Most
of
N.R.M.A.
From
CltlCS
meet
the"
attackers
and
at
least
twenty
were
shot
down
while
at
least
nineteen
were
damaged.
It
was
not
at
first
known
how
many
of
the
superfortresses,
which
came
from
bases
in
China,
might
have
been
shot
down.
Thrpe
of
the
superfortresses
are
missing
following
the
raid.
Britain
All
Out
On
D-Day
LONDON,
Nov.
22
Oi
It
is
now
disclosed
that
more
than
half
of
Britain's
population
was
mobilized
for
D-Day.
La
bor
Minister
Bevln,
as
quoted
by
Reuters,
says
that
25,000,000
out
cl
46,000,000
people
were
mobilized
this
spring.
TACOMA
BUBONIC
PLAGUE
INFESTED
TACOMA,
Wash.,
Nov.
22
0
Because
of
the
finding
of
bubonic
plague
-infested
rats
tn
the
Tacoma
waterfront,
this
port
has
been
declared
a
plague-Infested
one
by
the
United
States,
Public
Health.
Service,
Thei
Department
of
Health
has
notified
ships
that
they
may
be
subjected
to
fumigation
before
entering
anotner
American
port
after
leaving
Tacoma.
Bulletins
JOSEPH
CAILLAUX
DIES
NEW
YORK
Former
Premier
Joseph
Caillaux
of
France
died
last
night.
ORDERED
TO
WORK
WASHINGTON
The
National
War
Labor
Board
has
ordered
striking
Ohio
telephone
workers
to
go
back
to
work.
The
alternative
is
government
seizure.
OUT
OF
BOUNDS
TORONTO
Many
hotels
and
restaurants!
in
Toronto
and
other
Ontario
cities
have
been
ordered
out.,
of
hfwtfirt.v
for"
the
"
forces
oecause
of"
venereal
disease.
CANDIDATE
WITHDRAWS
VANCOUVER
Jack
Henderson,
president
of
the
B.C.
Command
of
the
Canadian
Legion,
has
withdrawn
as
Liberal
candidate
for
Vancouver
East
in
the
federal
election.
RELIEF
OF
EDMONTON
EDMONTON
Prefabricated
buildings
used
on
the
Alaska
Highway
construction
may
be
brought
here
to
relieve
the
housing
shortage.
MORE
B-29's
WANTED
SEATTLE
Boeing
Aircraft
Corporation
has
been
asked
to
double
its
B-29
superfortress
production.
MARSHAL
VOROSHILOV
RELIEVED
MOSCOW
Marshal
Vorshl-foyvhas
been
relieved
of
his
duties
-as
chief
of
the
Soviet
defence
council.
He
had
been
one
of
Stalin's
chief
advisers.
H.D.'s
FOR
CONSCRIPTION
BRANTFORD,
Ont.
Three
Home
Defence
Army
soldiers
signed
a
petition
for
overseas
conscription
saying
"we
are
willing
to
go
but
not
until
the
government
sends
all
of
us."
DEFENCE
MINISTER
TELLS
WHERE
H.D.'S
ORIGINATE
OTTAWA.
Nov.
22
(CP)
Defence
Minister
Mc
Nauchton
reveals
that
two-thirds
of
Canada's
Home,
npffiriefi
armv
comes
irom
uanatiian
cities
anu
towns
while
only
one-third
is
from
countries
and
rural
1
areas.
!
Of
about
60,000
men
in
the
Home
Defence
army
Eighth
Army
Takes
Italian
Sugar
Plant
ROME,
Nov.
22
O)
Behind
a'
powerful
artillery
barrage,
British
Eighth
army
troops
captured
a
sugar
factory
at
Zuccheiflclo,
two
miles
south
of
Ravenna
on
the
Adriatic,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
The
buildings
had
been
used
as
a
German
observation
post.
Rubber
can
be
made
out
of
soybean
oil.
.
noWt
nearly
40,oou
are
cuy
ana
town
dwellers
while
"just
under
20,000
are
from
the
country.
The
highest
city
total
Is
from
Montreal,
with
9,500
while
Toronto
Is
next
with
3,200.
Vancouver
contributes
1,677
and
Prince
Rupert
22.
The
total
strength
of
N.R.M.
A
personnel,
whose
place
of
residence
at
date
of
enrolment
was
in
the
Province
of
British
Columbia,
was,
4,029
on
October
11,
1944
according
to
an
announce-Continued
on.
Page
Four
Western
Front-
Important
Victories
Are
Marked
Up
Mulhouse
Taken
by
French
Allies
in
Complete
Control
of
Belfort
Gap
METZ
HAS
FALLEN
PARIS,
Nov.
22
It
is
officially
announced
that
Metz
has
fallen
to
the
Americans.
General
Patton
is
thus
the
first
conqueror
of
Metz
since
"Atflla
the
Hun"
in
the
Fifth
Century.
LONDON,
Nov.
22
)
French
armor,
swinging
north
up
the
i
Rhine
river,
have
now
captured
i
Mulhouse,
an
industrial
city
of
97,000
population,
In
swift
ex-
!
ploitatlon
of
the
Belfort
breakthrough
which
undercut
the
whole
collapsing
German
stand
In
the
Vosges
Mountains.
The
Important
Belfort
Gap
Is
now
entirely
In
Allied
hands.
The
vic-tcry
was
formally
announced
by
,
Gen.
Charles
DeGaulle.
i
Farther
north
the
Germans
are
falling
back
toward
Stras-
i
bourg
and
Saarbrucken
behind
i
ance
offlclan;aemucvf,
organized.
A
Belfort,
by-passed
cltyuard-
"
Ing
the
Rhine,
was
captured,
Gen.
Dwight
P.
Elsenhower,
Allied
commander-in-chief,
disclosed
in
calling
for
ever-Increasing
pressure
until
victory.
-;
Six
Allied
armies
are
putting
.'
on
pressure
beyond
Aachen.
British
and
American
armie3
have
cut
Vhrouih
fierce
OermatI
'opposition
"i'wltlliiliSreX,
If
miles
of
the
Roer
river;
last
natural
defence
barrier
short
of
the
Rhine
near
Cologne.
The
British,
In
southeastern
Holland,
are
eliminating
the
Nazis
from
the
west
banks
of
the
Meuse
before
Venlo,
gateway
to
the
Ruhr.
American
Seventh
and
Third
armies
are
swarming
forward
In
another
blade
of
the
French-
American
scissors
and
have
hit
broken
Nazi
resistance
which
13
described
officially
as
sporadic
and
disorganized.
Berlin
says
that
the
Seventh
Army
has
broken
into
Sarreburg,
rail
junction
32
miles
from
the
Rhine.
Armor
of
the
Third
Army
has
wheeled
deeper
into
the
Saar
Basin.
T,.
The
Americans
have
eliminat
ed
all
large
scale
organized
resistance
In
Metz
but
it
appears
that
there
may
be
no
formal
surrender
of
the
fortress
city.
AS
SESSION
STARTS
OFF
Prime
Minister
'Meets
Con-r
servative
and
C.CF,
Leaders?
OTTAWA,
Nov.
22
Prior
to
the
opening
of
'the
session
of
Parliament
today,
Prime
Minis-
'ter
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
met
with
Gordon
Graydon,
Progressive-Conservative
leader,
and
M.
J.
Coldwell,
leader
of
the
Co
-
operative
Commonwealth
Federation,
to
discuss
procedure.
No
announcement
was
made
following
the
meeting.
A
caucus
of
Conservative
members
agreed
upon
the
policy
that
reinforcements
should
be
'sent
overseas
at
once
and
that
Home
Defence
men
should
be
made
available.
The
Conservatives
are
against
a
secret
session.
Mr.
Coldwell
said
the
C.CF.
members
would
have
no
preconceived
ideas
but
would
decide
their
line
of
action
.on
information
made
available
by
the
government
at
the
session.
If
considered
necessary,
there
might
be
a
closed
session.
SEATTLE
TAXI
STRIKE
SEATTLE
Three
hundred
Seattle
taxi
drivers
went
on
strike
last
night,
leaving
only
25
available
tn
the
city
for
emergency
service.
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