fewardess
Holds
Hing
Story;
Disaster
Syhts
Survivors
Thank
God
Holoc;.
Did
Not
Occur
By
Night
at
1.
i
(From
Ketchikan
amer
Prince
ueorge
macie
ner
last
voya
lav
As
Hundreds
oi
j(S
staring
m
mmeot
msueuei,
piuuu
,Vwl
with
burst
of
fire
and
smoke
before
navy
ort
destroyers
pulled
close
her
lot
OivinQ
save
upen
10
on
i
r
Incie
oam
aid
tors
bTTAWA,
Sept.
24
hxternai
fairs
officials
describe
as
itterly
prepostercus"
me
the
,ry
from
Washington
mat
r
J
el-it.,
ntlrlit
net
(
tnilCU
,&...
knada
to
cede
the
west
coast
in
seof
Prince
Rupert
as
a
per-Umtbase
for
American
mil-
Lnr
operations.
bepartment
officers
were
first
kredulcus
that
such
a
sug-Uion
had
been
made.
They
idicated
clearly
that
they
I
not
expect
tuch
a
request
on
fim
any
responsiDie
u.
a.
kthority,
and
were
equally
and
rtaln
that
Canada
would
not
ant
it
if
it
were
made.
IINCE
GEORGE
but
IEW
EXPECTED
ERE
THURSDAY
by
o
rnn
fflCCrs
and
crew
Of
the
C.N.
steamer
Prince
George,
which
u
destroyed
by
fire
at
Ketchl-
on
Saturday,
are
expected
be
brought
to
Prince
Rupert
cute
to
Vancouver
on
the
amer
Prince
Rupert
on
Thurs-
1
evening
of
this
week.
Pass-
the
CfS
Who
WOUld
have
COme
thon
the
Georgewillalso.be
ugntsoutn
on
the
Prince
ku-
nn
i
umess
tney
can
ontain
otner
sage.
A.
McMillan,
superintendent
Canadian
National
Steam-
At
ps,
and
W
E.
Balllle.
superln
dent
engineer,
arrived
in
the
ter
y
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
s
afternoon
from
Vancouver
route
to
Ketchikan.
is
rince
George
Finale
ICE
GEORGE
ILL
BURNING
by
Superstructure
Caved
In
.Yesterday
One
Member
of
Cfew
.Missing
CHIKAN,
Sent.
24
O;
-
abandoned
Canadian
Na-
t
-
passenger
liner
Prince
orge.
Which
rai.ohf.
firp
frnm
r.
r.
'"""eu
urigm
in
me
mmi
Saturday
morning
P'le
moored
at
her
dock
here.
N
still
burnlne
yesterdav
on
V
east
side
of
Gravina
Island
i
nicn
she
was
towed
and
pned,
apparently
a
complete
l.
member
of
the
crew,
fraun
McDaniel.
a
fireman,
is
I
ping
and
It
is
feared
may
wen
trapped
and
perlsh-f
m
the
stokehold
of
the
dying
f'ei.
Anothpr
v.T
usmwti,
Jllol
imi
lL
naua-
was
overcome
)
t
smoke
befnrp
ho
oKio
tn
I
it.7ie
and
was
taken
to
the
States
Coastguard
base
pltal
here.
iWhen
It
was
seen
fhat.
thp
f
Irp
m
completely
beyond
control
"a
vne
bnrnlni
..
v.-
Ping
a
menace
to
the
docks
r
uie
town
of
Ketchikan
r-11!
ine
coa.tiniai.ricm.m
i
-"uuu
m
limv
no
onrt
aurotr
Tl.
the
re
blaze
even
V3
ituic
iuuk
lire.
tr-sfoj.
4
"
DUt
suu
tne
on
"
d
fir.
tire
u
burned
on.
'
rrj
3
mem
and
j
Pre
hi,V
.
"""esses
said
tne
ffiirri
Am.
out
between
the
.
for-
i
ana
anil
mMi-
wmji.
i
rd
swiftly,
siacKs
and
DlPH
Txr
!iian
p0:i.r"i
'"i
tne
Can-
rmor;
,wc
steamships
Ltd.
-He
wJ,i
-ta.has
died
Duchpc
ln.command
of
the
soU&ld?w
and
two
sons.
Smiy,
"s
m
the
Canadian
Back
Tears
In
Cronlcle)
persons
lined
ivetc,
and
towed
the
ill-fated
vessel
aiuunu
rennucK.
isiana
w
fiery
grave.
Coast
Guardsmen
and
city
firemen
fought
desperately
to
the
325-foot
liner
so
familiar
to
Ketchlkanltes
who
all
during
the
war
yeare
depended
her
Saturday
morning
arrival.
Coast
Guard
and
city
doc
stood
by
to
handle
first
cases.
Only
10
minutes
after
she
docked
at
8:10
a.m.
the
fire
alarm
sounded.
Fire,
starting
in
engine
room,
swept
rapidly
through
the
vessel
but
all
passengers
were
up
and
off
the
ship
a
few
minutes,
after
StewaTd-ess
Mary
(Ozzie)
Hutchison
went
from
cabin
to
cabin
to
warn
them
the
ship
was
afire.
Futile
Effoits
of
Firemen
Crews
of
firemen,
Coast
Guardsmen
and
civilians
were
the
spot,
fire
hose
covered
nearly
every
foot
of
the
dock
chemicals
arrived.
For
more
than
an
hour
scores
of
firemen
used
every
facility
available
in
a
futile
attempt
to
bring
the
blaze
under
control
when
every
effort
was
expended
the
ship
had
to
be
taken
away
from
the
dock.
Expressing
the
sentiment
felt
hundreds
of
local
people,
Stewardess
Hutchlsort
fighting
keep
the
tears
back,
stood
on
nrvK
i
npvp
rLiiiiuuiiL
i
,nnij
ctanri
nnrl
kpp
hpr
hum
rm
lust
watchine
mv
home
burn
sne
sald
as
the
battered
Kmnirp.hi.irkpnpH
shin
limned
way
on
her
dramatic
last
oaiiinff
For
mArp
than
two
decades
Canadian
line
has
sent
the
opnroi.
n
Itc
mnnritrln
hpr
nd
her-.
passing
Is
"like.
losing
fripnd
as
nne
observer
commented.
One
Man
Missing
Captain's
Muster
rw
man
was
missine
at
mus
held
by
the
ship's
captain,
hut.
thprn
was
a
no.wibllitv
he
was
picked
up
by
one
of
the
several
craft
which
stood
by.
He
Verdun
II.
McDaniel,
a
fireman.
When
the
ship
was
pulled
away
from
the
dock,
50
persons
were
aboard,
all
ship's
officers
and
crew
members.
They
were
removed
from
the
blazing
steamer
the
Coast
Guard
frigate
Annapolis.
Two
men,
one
a
member
of
the
crew,
were
overcome
by
smoke
and
treated
at
the
Coast
Guard
hospital.
They
were
dis
charged
later.
The
men
were
..m
viiionm
hpilmnn.
and
AJU&
inui'i.M,
i
Marshall
Douglass
from
Prince
Ship's
Officer
Left
Everything
Percy
Smith,
Prince
Rupert,
third
officer
on
the
George,
who
lost
all
but
the
clothes
he
was
wearing,
said:
"
I
was
asleep
when
the
fire
started.
awakened
and
smelled
smoke
and
got
up
Immediately.
When
realized
what
had
nappenea
ran
to
the
next
cabin
t
awake
the
ship's
night
baker
and
Bet
him
out."
Mr.
Smith
said
he
had
told
the
captain
he
wanted
to
get
off
at
Prince,
itu-
nert
last
night
but
had
neen
persuaded
to
stay
on
for
this
trlDf
"I
think
it's
wonderful
the
way
the
Coast
Guard
and
fire
department
handled
the
fire.
I
have
never
seen
firemen
be
on
the
job
so
fast,"
he
said.
Mrs.
William
Wlkstrom,
sa
passenger
on
the
ship,
said
she
and
her
cabin
partner
were
severing
for
the
stem
of
her
watch
in
the
room
before
the
alarm
rang.
The
two
of
them
commented
on
how
hot
the
floor
was
and
only
minutes
later
realized
why.
However,
everyone
aboard
ship,
the
96
crew
members
and
passengers,
literally
thanked
God
the
tragedy
did
not
occur
at
sea
during
the
night.
Vmppv
Tnhln
and
nartv
vis-
ited
the
beached
ship
this
af
fpmnon
and
renort
there
Will
ho
little
if
anv
salvage.
Tlv
upper
.hull
is
bent
inward
and
the
fdreward
mast
toppled
at
1:45.
TIRE
SLASHERS
AT
WORK
LONDON,
(Reuters),
(CP
Tire-
slashing
racketeers
have
appear.
pH
hprp.
Thev
"arrange"
for
mot
orlsts
to
have
their
tires
slashed
Prince
Hirohito's
abdication
Possibility
Being
Discussed
as
Means
of
Clearing
Air
TOKYO,.
Sept.
24
f
A
Reuters
message
from
Tokyo
says
the
possibility
of
the
abdication
of
Emporor
Hirohlto
is
being
discussed
by
Japanese
government
and
United
States
circles
in
the
Japanese
capital,
Sonle
Japanese
circles
believe
that
the
air
can
be
cleared
only
by
his
abdication.
His
eldest
brother,
Prince
Yasu-hito
Cblchibu,
who
was
educated
in
England,
is
mentioned
as
re
gent
for
Crown
Prince
Sugu,
11
year-old
successor
son
of
Hiro
hlto.
In
TRIESTE
TO
YUGOSLAVIA
of
Big
Five
Will
Give
it
Over,
ine
British
Sources
Intimate
LONDON,
Sept.
24
(CP)
British
O.
sources
say
that
the
Big
Five
probably
will
.give
Trieste
to
YuzcSlavia;
An
earlier
report
said
that
the
Italian
port,
long
a
bene
of
contention,
would
become
an
International
area
with
each
country
having
sovereignty
over
peoples
speaking
its
language.
It
is
unders.aoa
that
Russia
has
yielded
one
point
touching
Rumania
and
Finland.
24
Military
Gov't
In
Germany
May
at
End
Before
Long
EsmiN,
Sept.
24
tP)
General
ion
ently
hopes
to
end
American
mil-
ltary
government
in
Germany
except
for
the
top
over-all
posts,
within
the
next
15
months.
Military
officers
will
be
withdrawn
steadily
from
'civil
adminlstra'
tion
posts,
as
elections
produce
German
officials
competent
to
assume
authority.
PROTEST
AT
SHORT
BEER
Boilermakers
Also
Against
Present
System
of
Meat
Rationing
The
Boilermakers'
Union
has
moved
to
its
new
quarters
In
the
Metropole
Hall.
Its
office
is
now
located
there
and
all
future
meetings
will
be
held
In.
that
building.
At
a
recent
meeting
Angus
MacPhee,
R.
Hayter,
R.
Adcock,
A.
Laughland
and
D.
MacPhee
were
elected
delegates
to
attend
a
Shipyard
General
Workers'
Federation
convention
in
Vancouver,
Discussion
was
given'
to
the
practise
in
some
Prince
Rupert
hotels
of
alleged
serving
short
measures
of
beer
in
spite
of
the
recent
announcement
by
the
B.C.
Liquor
Commission
that
no
more
than
onehalf
inch
of
foam
would
be
served
to
customers.
It
was
decided
to
communicate
with
the
Liquor
Control
Board
with
reference
to
this
matter.
A
protest
was
registered
against
the.
present
syst.em
of
meat
ratlbnlng
employed
by
the
Dominion
government.
HIROHITO
TO
MEET
Game
With
Terrace
Rained
Out
Sunday
A
Terrace
junior
baseball
team,
the
party
totalling
twenty,
was
in
the
city
yesterday
with
the
intention
of
playing
a
return
game
with
the
local
champion
Wartime
Housing
team
but
adverse
weatner
prevented
me
playing
of
the
game.
However,
the
Wartime
Housing
recreation
Hall
was
thrown
open
to
the
visitors
and
a
pleasant
after
noon
was
spent
in
bowling
and
other
diversions.
The
trip
was
made
by
highway.
COUNCIL
NOT
INVITED,
HUDDERSFIELD,
Eng.,
(Reu
ters)
Wilfred
Haggar,
borough
surveyor,
left
In
his
will
a
re
nuest
that
Huddersfleld
conpora
tion
be
not
represented
at
his
funeral.
Only
two
council
mem
bers
attended
a
memorial
ser
vice,
NOCTURNAL
ANIMALS
Koala
bears
are
nocturnal
&xl
and
then
offer
stolen
tires
at
mals
and
spend
the
daytime
doz-fantastic
prices.
l"g
or
sleeping.
I
PROVINCIAL
Temperature
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BR3&RbB&BIAB
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrous
Tides
Temperatures
for
the
Prince
district
during
24
hours
.
(PaRifle
Standard
Time)
Rupert
ending
Maximum
5
a.m.
52
fee
Tuesday,
September
25,
1945
48
High
3:29
21.0
feet
Minimum
15:37
21.9.feet
22
inches
Low
9:34
4.5feet'
Rainfall
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
221.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
24,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENT3
22:12
2.8
feet
Rupert
Delegates.
In
Ottawa
LAKELSEJ-AKETp
HAVE
MANY
PUBLIC
PARKS
ALONG
ITS
SHORES
TERRACE,
Sept.
24
Through
the
efforts
of
the
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
two
park
reserves
have
been
set
aside
at
the
northeast
corner
of
Lakelse
Lake
fpr
public
use.
The
first
one,
set
aside
early"
In
the
spring
of
1945,
comprises
128,57
acres.
The
second
was
set
aside
only
two
weeks
ago
and
consists
of
36
acres.
It
is
Mr.
Kenney's
policy
to
have
the
government
land
around
the
margin
of
the
lake
cut
up
so
that
it
runs
back
from
the
water
In
long
strips.
Every'
third
strip
is
to
be
turned
into
a
public
park
in
order
to
secure
public
access
to
the
lake
at
various
points.
4
Exchequer
Court
Session
Here
First
sitting
of
the
Exchequer
Court
of
Canada
opened
at
the,
court
house
here
this
morning
with
Mr.
Justice
C.
A.
Cameron
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ontario
presiding.
The
court
is
dealing
with
admiralty
and
mar-,
matters.
Advocates
are
R.
M.
Spankie,
K.C.,
of
Ottawa,
and
G.
Baird,
of
Winnipeg.
NAZIS
ABUSE
NAKED
WOMEN
Lublin
Jewess
Tells
Lueneburg
Court
of
Outrages
In
Prison
Camps
LUENEBURG,
Germany,
Sept
0)
Zofla
Lltwinska,
aged
28,
Lublin
Jewess,
who
survived,
the
horrors
of
lethal
gas
chambers
Oswelcim
concentration
camp.
told
the
story
Monday
to
the
court
trying
45
men
and
women
charges
of
inhuman
treat-
ra
pn
,,
at
Osweiclm
and
Belsen
camps.
She
told
the
court
that,
just
as
she
was
choking
to
death
In
a
gas
chamber,
she
was
pulled
out
Because,
Ji
was.
louaa
net
nus-i
Taand
had
been
a
Polish
of-f
fleer.
Mme.
Lltwinska
further
told
of
how
she
and
other
women'
had
to
stand
around
naked
before
Nazi
officers,
doctors
and
guards,
how
they
had
been
given
lousy
skirts
and
forced
to
sleep
seven
or
eight
In
a
single
bunk:
The
woman
personally
identified
Joseph
Kramer
as
one
of
the
Nazis
who,
took
part
in
th,e
outrages.-
SNEAK
INTO
SINGAPORE
Exploit
By
Two
British
Miniature
Submarines
Disclosed
By
Admiral
Sir
Bruce
Frascr
CHUNGKING,
Sept.
24
05
Admiral
Sir
Bruce
Fraser,
commander-in-chief
of
the
British
Pacific
fleet,
disclosed
today
that
two
British
two-man
submarines
sneaked
into
Singapore
Harbor
three
weeks
before
the
end
of
the
war,
blew
up
a
vessel
believed
to
have
been
a
light
cruiser,
cut
the
Singapore-Hong
Kong
marine
cable
and
then
i
made
a
clean
getaway.
FIRST
WOOD
GRINDER
In
1886
Alexander
Buntln
Installed
at
Valleyfleld,
Quebec,
what
Is
claimed
to
have
been
the
first
wood
grinder
In
America.
MacARTHUR
Unprecedented
Call
to
Be
Made
Closing
Down
Economic
Control
I
TOKYO,
Sept.
24
G)
Well-
informed
Japanese
sources
said!
today
that
Emperor
Hirohlto
had
arranged
to
pay
an
unprecedented
call
on
General
Doug
las
MacArthur
at
the
latter's
residence.
No
date
was
specified.
Decision
ort
the
meeting
place
was
reached
at
a
recent
conference
between
General
Mac-Arthur
and
Admiral
Fujlta,
grand
chamberlain.
Meanwhile
the
Allied
High
Command
blocked
any
atomic
bomb
research
in
Japan,
directed
rigid
control
of
Japanese
economic
life
including
wages,
prices
and
all
traffic
in
currencies
and
negotiable
assets
and
moved
toward
a
free
Japanese
press.
HCNCR
V.
C.
WINNERS
NORWICH,
Eng.,
tf
Five
new
roads
here
are
named
after
men
of
the
Royal
Norfolk
Regiment
who
won
the
Victoria
Cross
in
the
last
six
years
Grlstock,
Bates,
Jameson,
Randle
and
Knowland.
-t-
CHANGING
OF
MEAT
RATION
Ottawa
Sees
Approval
of
Removal
of
Fancy
Lines
From
List
OTTAWA,
Sept.
24
0J-Changes
in
meat
rationing
regulations
generally
-peaking
are
approved
by
Canadian
butchers
In
connec
tion
with
the
government
s
or
der;
taking
certain
meats,off
the
ration
list.
Since
Saturday
liver,
heart,
kidney,
tongue,
sweet-brea'ds
and
blood
sausage
might
be;
boueht
without
r.ounons
r
arebelng
Implemented
In
some
quarters
with
some
butchers
express
the
hope
that
the
government,
will
abandon
meat
ration
ing
(entirely.
Finance
Minister
Ilsley
said
that
the
reason
for
the
tempor
ary
suspension
of
rationing
of
fancy
meats
was
that
"these
meats
are
relatively
more
perishable
than
others
and
there
appears
to
be
evidence
that
their
saleU
have
slowed
down
in
some
ares
to
a
point
where
actual
spoilage,
threatens
to
occur."
The
announcement
means
that
fancy
meats
may
be
pur
chased
freely
without
relinquish-
"
(COMMITTED
FOR
MURDER
Prcspective
Ministerial
t
Student
to
Face
Trial
for
Killing
Victoria
Girl
VICTORIA,
Sept.
24
Pj
Charles
Kinney,
17-year.old
Victoria
High
School
student,
who
was
to
have
begun
studying
for
the
ministry
this
fall;
was
committed
for
trial
in
higher
court
yesterday
by
Magistrate
H.
C.
Hall
at
the
conclusion
of
preliminary
hearing
on
a
charge
of
murdering
Phyllis
Stroud,
aged
18,
his
neighbor
and
High
School
classmate.
VON
NEURATH
IS
ARRESTED
NURNBERG,
Germany,
Sept.
24
Oj
French
officials
have
announced
the
capture
of
Baron
Konstantln
Von
Neurath,
former
German
foreign
minister,
and
one
of
the
24
top
Nazis
named
for
war
crimes
trial
at
Nurnberg
this
winter.
He
was
taken
into
custody
Wednesday
and
Is
being
held
at.
French
headquarters
In
Baden
Baden
Weather
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Light
to
moderate
winds,
occasionally
fresh
northwesterly
winds
over
Charlottes.
Cloudy
to
partly
coludy
and
mild.
Tues
day:
Moderate
to
fresh
west
to
northwesterly
winds,
cloudy
in
the
morning,
becoming
partly
cloudy
in
the
afternoon.
Not
much
change
in
temperature.
BLACK
COD
IN
The
local
halibut
boat
P.
Dor-
een
was
in
port
today
with
12,000
pounds
of
black
cod
which
was
disposed
of
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative,
4
NEW
CHANNEL
SHIPS
LONDON,
Oi
New
ships
proposed
for
the
English
Channel
run
will
carry
1,400
passengers
and
crew
and,
travelling
at
20
konts,
will
have
new
type
stabilizers
to
stop
them
rolling.
R.
B.
Baker,
president
of
the
Standard
.Oil
Co.
of
British
Columbia,
wllli
arrive
In
the
city
tomorrow
by
motor
from
Vancouver
via
Prince
George.
He
was
met
at
Prince
George
and
is
being
accompanied
here
by
Robert
Sutherland,
local
man
ager
of
the
company.
Bulletins
ABDICATION
HOAX
CHUNGKING
The
only
Chungking
radio
making
International
English
language
broadcasts
denied
Monday
broadcasting
any
report
that
Emperor
Hirohlto
had
resigned.
The
Federal
Communications
Commission
in
Washington
had
recorded
a
broadcast
it'
said
originated
in
Chungking
announcing
the
Emperor's
abdication.
A
Chungking
official
said
it
may
have
been
a
hoax
or
misunderstanding.
BUTCHERS'
STRIKE
VICTORIA
A
number
of
independent
butchers
on
Vancouver
Island
did
not
open
today
in
protest
against
rationing.
Retail
meat
dealers
in
Vancouver
are
not
contemplating
such
action.
TO
END
STRIKE
DETROIT
The
Governor
of
Michigan
has
moved
by
intervention
to
end
the
strike
which
has
tied
up
big
automobile
plants
here
and
at
WindsoT,
Ontario.
An
investigation
has
been
ordered
by
the
Governor
who
asserts
that
a
union
minority
has
caused
the
strike.
ELEVATOR
STRIKE
NEW,
Y
O
UK
Several
of
New
York's
greatest
skyscrapers,
including
the
Empire
State
Building,
ate
Involved
in
a
strike
of
elevator
workers
which
commenced
this
morning.
LUMBERMEN
STRIKE
SEATTLE
Sixty
thousand
sawmill
workers
in
the
Pacific
Northwest
went
out
on
strike
today
in
demand
for
$1.10
per
hour
basic
minimum
wage
rate.
HONG
KONG
VETERANS
Jran
.
II
it"
H
a
sp
i
""VANCOUVER
A
n
6
1
h
erf
-fheBest
group
of
68
Hong
Kong
vet'
erans
arrived
at
the
Great
Northern
station
here
at
2:15
this
afternoon.
MORE
OCTOBER
BEER
VANCOUVER
The
October
beer
ration
is
increased
from
three
to
four
dozen
pints
and
may
be
taken
in
two
lots
of
two
cases
each,
it
is
officially
announced
Today.
CASSATION
OF
CHILD
KILLING
Vancouver
Jury
Would
Remove
Perpetrators
from
Society
Forever
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
24
(CP)
Removal
"completely
and
forever"
from
contact
with
society
of
convicted
dayers
of
children
wis
recommended
by
a
coroner's
jury
after
Investigating
the
killing
of
four-year
old
Dianne
Blunt.
The
jury
found
that
the
child
died
of
"extensive
fractures
cf
the
skull
and
injuries
to
the
brain
caused
by
blows
fromi
an
Instrument
or
Instruments
In
the
hands
of
a
person
or
persons
unknown."
The
badly
battered
body
of
the
child
was
found
last
Monday
in
a
deserted
garage.
A
12-year
old
Junior
High
School
boy
is
being
held
lh
connection
with
the
case
and
has
confessed
to
the
crime.
No
charges
have
been
laid.
New
Official
olm
TransCanada
Air
j
Lines
Is
Named
i
WINNIPEG,
Sept.
24
The
I
aDDolntment
of
W.
Gordon
Wood
I
formerly
of
Ottawa
and
T'oronto,
as
assistant
traffic
manager
lor
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
with
headquarters
at
Winnipeg,
was
announced
today
by
W.
J.
Dalby,
traffic
manager
for
the
company.
Mr.
Wood
has
Just
returned
from
overseas,
where
he
served
as
air
observation
pilot
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Artillery,
Born
In
Ottawa,
Mr.
Wood
received
his
education
there
and
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Before
Joining
T.C.A.
he
served
with
Pan-American
Airways
in
Seattle.
He
was
origin
ally
in
charge
of
T.OA.'s
traffic
office
in
Ottawa
and
at
the
time
of
leaving
for
overseas
occupied
the
position
of
eastern
traffic
manager,
with
headquarters
In
Toronto.
AGRICULTURALISTS
Three
of
every
four
Mexicans
work
on
the
land.
Railway
Vice
Promises
His
In
Maintaining
Shipyard
Local
Mission
In
National
Capital
Toclay
Meeting
Ministers
After
'
Important
Interviews
In
Montreal
MONTREAL,
Sept.
24
(Special
to
Daily
News)
Prince
Rupert's
postwar
reconstruction
and
employment
delegation
met
N.
B.
Walton,
executive
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
Friday
and
was
promised
by
Mr.
Walton
full
support
in
its'
efforts
to
maintain
activity
at
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
:
MALAYAN
MYSTERY
Fate
of
7,000
Civilian
Internees
Should
Be
Known
Soon
LONDON,
Sept
24
Kfi
One
of
the
war's
great
mysteries
the
condition
of
perhaps
some
7,000
civilian-
internees
in
the
Malayan
jungles
soon
will
be
solved,
anxious
War
Office
of
ficials
say
they
hope.
Mystery
always
has
surround
ed
the
fate
of
captives
taken
by
the
Japanese,
mainly
because
local
commanders
have
not
been
required
to
report
to
headquarters
on
prison
and
internee
camps,
and
the
number
of
per
sons
held.
But,
through
the
Red
cross
ana
otner
agencies,
some
information
has
been
obtained
about
internees
in
Japan,
China,
nung
n.ong,
ana
otner
racutc
areas.
From
Malaya
there
has
been
almost
nothing.
"We
have
no
information
whatever
on
large
number
of
civilians
who,
according
to
the
best
of
knowledge,
"were
In
Ma
laya
when
the
Japanese
over
1
1
'
1
A
.spokesman
said.
figure1
ftaveUDeirtu
that
some
7,000
persons
were
Involved.
We
know
nothing
of
the
conditions
under
which
they
have
lived.
"One
of
our
first
tasks,
now
that
peace
has
come;,
will
be
to
look
for
these
people
and
give
them
all
possible
assistance."
OUSTS
MAPLE
LEAF
EDITOR
General
Simonds
Not
Satisfied
With
Editorial
Policy
of
Atmy
Newspaper
AMSTERDAM,
Holland,
Sept.
24
h
The
commander
of
the
Canadian
forces
In
the
Netherlands,
LieutenaHt-General
Guy
Simonds,
has
rempyed
Major
J.
Douglas
MacFarlane
of
Toronto
as
editor
of
the
northwest
Europe
edition
of
the
Maple
Leaf.
The
army
newspaper
has
been
criticizing
editorially
the
army
repatriation
policy.
The
newspaper
has
complained
of
the
early
return
to
Canada
of
men
called
up
under
the
National
Resources
Mobilization
Act.
Lieut-Col.
Geoff
Yates
of
Na-nalmo
succeeds
MacFarlane
as
editor
of
the
Maple
Leaf,
The
assistant
editor
of
the
Maple
Leaf
resigned
today
"in
principle"
following
dismissal
of
the
editor.
LOCAL
BOYS
RETURNING
HOME
Jack
Unwin
and
Victor
Miller
Among
Those
Landing
at
Quebec
Saturday
Night
.
Well
known
Prince
Rupert
boys
who
have
seen
long
service
overseas
arrived
in
Canada
on
the
transport
Louis
.
Pasteur
which
docked
at
Quebec
Saturday
night.
The
local
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
has
been
advised
that
the
following
landed:
Staff
Sergeant
Jack
A.
Unwin,
son
of
J.
E.
Unwin,
1600
Moresby
Avenue.
Sergeant
Victor
D.
Miller,
brother
of
Mrs.
Sam
Jurmaln.
Sapper
V.
D.
Duncan,
next-of-kin,
Mrs.
A.
Duncan,
Prince.
Rupert.
Unwin
and
Miller
were
members
of
the
original
102nd
Bat
tery
here
and
have
been
on
active
service
ever
since
the
start
of
the
war.
,
JAP
FISHING
FLEET
1
Japan
had
a
pre-war
fishing
fleet
of
more
than
360.ooc
ves
sels.
-
President
Support
Tdock.
The
delegation
also
met
A.
J.
Nesbitt,
president
of
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada.
J.
J.
Little,
vice-president
and
general
manager
of
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
was
present
at
the
interview,
results
of
which
will
be
made
known
by
the
delegation
on
its
return
home.
Today
the
delegation,
consisting
of
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
W.
M.
Watts
and
James
Nlcholl,
Is
In
Ottawa
for
Interviews
with
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
reconstruction,
Hon.
Lionel
Che-vrler,
minister
of
transport,
and
Hon.
J,
A.
McKlnnon,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce;.
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
veterans
affairs,
and
Harry
Archibald,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
are
attending
the
interviews
In
.
Ot
tawa.
LOSS
of
InCOITt
Labor
Man
Sees
Drop,
Possible
Closing
ot
Dry
Dock
Cause
of
Rrduc:;on
Need
.
.
"Booster"
SpirU
Prince
Rupert
within
the
next
few
months
is.
faced
with
the
loss
of
extra
wartime
Income
of
more
than
$10,000,000
a
year
when
the
American
military
and
civilian
personnel
move
out
and
if
the
dry
dock
should
drastically
reduce
its
activities,
according
to
figures
contained
in
a
letter
by
Fred
Kempton
of
the
Electricians'
Union
and
read
before
local
labor,
unions.
Describing
the
estimates
as
"conservative"
Mr.
Kempton's
letter
does
not
give
the
authorities
for
them
but
calculates
that
the
annual
reduction
in
business
turnover
caused
by
the
withdrawal
ot.
the
Americans
Is
$8,190,000
a
year.
,r
w.
Expenditures
by
the
sub-port
of
embarkation
have
totalled
$16,381
a
day,
or
$6,000,0(50
a
"year
In
goods
and
services
purchased
through
local
firms
or
agencies.
Money
spent
by
military
and
civilian
personnel
totals
$2,190,-000
a
year,
Mr.
Kempton's
letter
says.
Should
the
dry
dock
return
lb
its
pre-war
status,
the
letter
-continues,
It
would
cause
,a
yearly
reduction
of
Income
of!$l,080,-000
by
conservative
estimates.
"This
makes
a
grand
total
of
$10,270,000-
a
year
a
staggering
loss
which
Is
facing
uf
In
the
next
few
months,,"
the
letter
states.
To
offset
these
reduction
every
organization
and
citizen
should
seek
ways
of
stimulat
ing
existing
business
and
industry
and
bring
in
new.
ones,
the
letter
urges.
Prince
Rupert's
major
native
Industry,
fishing,
cannot
take
up
the
slack
left
by
this
drop,ln
buslness,,and
the
solution
as
seen
by
Mr.
Kempton
is
a
civic
"booster"
campaign
which,
will
establish
confidence
In
Prince
Rupert
both
in
Us
residents
and
outside
businessmen
and
workers.
"If
we
all
null
together,
Labor,
and
service
organizations,
the
Chamber
,
of
Commerce,
and
others,
we
can
partially
offset
this
loss
by.
boosting
and
advertising
our
own
community.
By
offering
constructive
criticisms
instead
of
grousing
and
ridiculing
it
wilt
lead
to
something
worthwhile
In
the
end,"
Mr.
Kempton's
letter
says
confidently.
NEW
EIRE
STAMPS
DUBLIN,
I!i
New
postage
stamps
to
commemorate
the
centenary
of
the
Young
Ireland
movement
of
which
Thomas
Davis,
the
Irish
poet,
was
one
ot
the
founders,
are
being
Issued
by
1
the
Eire
government.
I
5
1