Both
Sides
Claim
Win
Daily
Herald
Says
Labor
lias
Captured
2G0
Out
of
340
Seats
In
British
House
LONDON,
July
6
P)
Both
the
Labor
and
Conservative
news-j
papers
in
Britain
are
claiming
j
victory
ror
ineir
parties
in
last
night's
general
eletloh.
However,
the
result
of
the
election
won't
Actually
be
published
until
July
26
when
the
service
vote
has
been
added
to
the
civilian
vote.
One
Labor
paper
The
Daily
Herald
claimed
that
the
Labor-itcs
have
captured
more
than
30
seats
of
the
31C-seat
House.
HOPE
HELD
FOR
PARTY
Sir
William
Malkin
and
Companions
in
TransAllantic
Flight
May
Be
Safe
After
All
HALIFAX,
July
6
H
Dinghies
were
sighted
some
250
miles
off
the
coast
of
Newfoundland
by
searching
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
today
and
hopes
were
held
that
what
appeared
to
be
figures
aboard
the
dinghies
were
survivors
from
a
plane
carrying
Sir
William
Malkin
and
other
British
officials.
The
plane
left
Montreal
enroute
to
Eritain
and
has
been
missing
since
Tuesday.
It
carried
fifteen
persons
including
six
women.
Passengers
and
crew
were
included
in
the
fifteen.
It
was
a
Royal
Air
Force
Liberator
hombpr
and
was
hniinrl
frnm
Montreal
to
London,
the
British
At
.
t
.
.
mt
lvi.tiusiry
uiuiuuiicea.
Sir
William
is
a
legal
advisor
to
tho
British
Foreign
Office
and
had
been
on
a
trip
to
Canada
on
official
business.
Five
airmen
picked"
up
'
off
Newfoundland
are
believed
to
have
been
from
a
plane
which
had
been
searching
for
the
Liberator
and
which
Itself
became
missing.
MAYOR
BACK
FROM
ALASKA
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
and
his
party,
consisting
of
Mrs.
Daggett
and
City
Clerk
and
Mrs.
H.
D.
lhain,
returned
this
morning
on
an
American
vessel
from
Ketchikan
where
they
were
guests
of
the
Alaska
city
at
an
Independence
Day
celebration
on
July
4.
"It's,
fine
active
town,
and
they
certainly
showed
me
a
wonderful
time,"
Mayor
Daggett
commented.
"However,
I
didn't
eat
any
cf
their
T-bone
steaks."
T-bone
steaks,
the
mayor
reminisced,
are
$2.25
each
at
restaurants.
Mayor
Daggett
said
he
enjoyed
his
visit
to
Ketchikan,
particularly
the
sports
program.
"There
was
so
much
noise
on
'the
baseball
Held
durinz
the
broadcast
that
I
wondered
how
anything
could
bs
heard
clearly
over
the
radio,
he
said.
Returning
with
the
mayor's
narty
were
radio
announcer
Lloyd
Morris
and
T4
Wlt
Montgomrle
who
arranged
the
broadcast
over
radio-telephone
connection
with
CFPR,
and
members
of
Acropolis
Browns
baseball
team.
S
MONTY
RIGHT
UP
FRONT
Here
Moitgomery
talks
to
British
sappers,
clearing
the
road
through
Coesfcld
captured
during
the
British
Second
Army
drive
on
Munster
and
Osnabruck,
Today
9
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AND
CENTOAL
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Standard
Time)
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July
7,
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VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
156,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JULY
6,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
17:41
7.1
feet
i
A
:oi
SPARS
GUtili
HERE
TODAY
Armed
services
in
the
Prince
..l
--nr.
ann
imlv
uiui:iaia
nnperi
w
-
.
paid
their
Coast
Guam
opuis
""k-
ninj
here
toaay
enruuie
iu
m-
t1,
-
I.-
,1
nf
The
spars,
unuci
uuhuwiu
Ensign
Frances
wiey,
down
the
gangplank
to
torisk
music
by
the
'band
of
H.M.OS.
Chatham
ana
were
giccucu
Mayor
uaggeit.
"
.
Coast
uuaru
wuiiu
-
Port
Edward,
ana
u.i.u.
director,
Frank
Finnerty.
Eva
Lr
Pierre
and
Bob
Herrick.
They
were
taken
immediately
to
the
US.0.
club
where
a
smorgasborg
by
luncheon
was
awamng
inrai,
Thi
afternoon
they
toured
the
dty
after
which
40
were
taken
to
Fort
Barrett
as
guests
,
of
the
at
Canadian
army
for
tea
while
Ensign
Riley
and
a
iroup
or
iu
to
were
wests
of
the
Wrens
at
a
reception
at
the
W.R.C.N.S.
bar-
rjcfc
The
?irls
will
be
entertained
of
by
a
dance
in
the
UJS.O.
club
this
evening
No
Settlement
of
Seiners'
Strike
j
VANCOUVER,
July
6
W
!
There
was
no
sign
of
a
settlement
cf
the
tie-up
of
selneboat
onerators
on
the
coast.
Both
sides
said
today
that
no
progress
had
been
made
towards
a
settlement
of
outstanding
points
in
the
1945
price
agreement.
APPEAL
OF
PRESIDENT
I
II.
Thompson
Urges
Rotary
Club
to'
Oft
Behind
Smite
Projects
An
appeal
for
members
to
get
behind
the
Rotary
Club's
two
projects
and
give
firm
support
to
the
newly
Installed
officers
as
made
by
James
H.
Thompson
after
he
was
Installed
as
club
president
at
the
weekly
luncheon
meeting
Thursday.
Installations
were
conducted.
by
J.
J.
Little,
senior
past
presi
dent
of
the
club.
The
new
of-i
fleers
were
applauded
as
they
officially
entered
office.
"The
young
people
who
pass
Our
doors
on
their
way
to
school
every
morning
are
the
greatest
asset
this
city
has,"
Mr.
Thomp
son
said,
"We
are
supporting
we
Prince
Rupert
Recreation
Council
n-.iH
a
phlWron'j
ward
In
vjt
hospital.
Let
us
give
these
"
projects
the
best
we
have."
As
Mr
Thompson
took
office
he
was
congratulated
toy
retiring
president
A,
S.
Mckerson.
Guests
at
the
meeting
were
George
Bryant,
John
Hart
and
C
C
Mills.
INVESTIGATING
DISTURBANCES
.
LONDON,
July
6
Oi
Canadian
Miitary
headquarters
have
ordered
an
investigation
Into
riots
t
Aldershot
camp-
Wednesday
nd
Thursday
night.
In
a
stater
went
on
the
disturbances
Wednesday
night,
headquarters
said
that
23
shops
had
beer-,
damaged,
windows
broken,
and
reported
'hat,
at
the
height
of
the
Indent,
about
500
Canadian
soldiers
were
Involved.
There
was
We
trouble
at
Aldenhot
last
h'Zht
and
damage
wt.s
said
to
e
even
greater
than
Vednesday
night
one
London
newspaper
lre
Canadians
had
"run
anomer
describing
a
night
cf
terror."
JAPANESE
WANT
10
REMAIN
NOW
pCOUVER.
July
6
P)Scv-
lli
p.?ncse
have
auplied
for
.
ffi
tlon
c'f
forms
ttey
slBnpd
month
requesting
voluntary
T
"Paction
to
Japan,
n
i
tor
t
Plcke"Bin.
commissioner
s!h
.uanese
P'acement,
says.
He
niM
,
aPPUcatlons
would
be
B
'or
"future
consideration."
number
was
not
large,
he
ja
d
A.
PI
-i
rim
fled
i
L
ma"ager
now
ldentl-Ltd
a-
ln,
Nefcon
Bros.
Fisheries
arrived
In
the
ritv
in.
Vancouvthe
Prlnce
eorBe
from
Clothing
Is
Being
Set
Aside
to
Meet
Needs
of
Veterans
OTTAWA,
July
6
The
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
that
men's
clothing
retailers
will
be
required
to
set
aside
35
percent
of
their
quotas
for
personnel
being
discharged
from
the
services.
JUNIOR
CHAMBER
MAY
HOLD
LABOR
DAY
CELEBRATION
Possibilities
of
holding
a
Labor
Day
celebration
In
Prince
Rupert
were
scouted
last
night
the
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
a
business
session
which
followed
a
dinner
meeting
Reids
cafe
last
night.
Details
of
the
project
were
left
the
entertainment
committee,
but
It
is
likely
that
the
celebration
will
Include
a
basebal'
tournament
and
dance.
Purpos?
the
celebration
Is
to
assist
In
raising
money
for
a
proposed
expansion
In
the
activities
of
the
Junior
chamber.
Guest
of
honor
at
the
meeting
was
pretty
Beatrice
Didrickson,
Junior
chamber
carnival
queen
candidate.
Plans
for
the
carni-
val
"queen
campaign
were
dis
cussed
with
the
committee
in
charge.
Working
Bee
on
Rupert
Highway
Condition
of
the
Prince
Ilu-
pert
highway,
described
as
very
poor,
aroused
discussion
of
ways
of
bringing
corrtctive
action
by
the
govtrnmtnt,
and
a
plan
was
proposed
by
T.
N.
Youngs
whereby
a
group
of
citizf
ns
with
trucks
and
shov-fls
thould
employ
trucks
and
shovels
to
repair
at
Itast
that
portion
betw
ten
here
and
Tyee.
"A
scheme
like
that
would
help
put
the
road
in
condition
and
also
let
the
government
know
we
mean
business,"
Mr.
Youngs
said.
The
meeting
approved
the
idea
although
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
recalled
the
tragic
Monkman
Pass
"self-help"
road
scheme
in
which
Peace
River
district
farmers
poured
thousands
of
dollars
Into
the
route
in
order
to
get
a
Pacific
outlet.
"That
money
and
work
was
expended
by
the
Peace
River
farmers
and
the
government
did
nothing.
New
they
are
building
a
road
In
by
an
entirely
different
route,"
Mr.
MacSween
said.
George
Dibb,
chairman
oi
ir.e
-ways
and
means
committee,
brought
down
a
suggestion
that,
In
order
to
assist
financing
the
Junior
Chamber's
commitment
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Recreation
Council,
the
annual
dues
should
be
raised,
possibly
to
$10
a
year
Annual
dues
are
now
$3.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
of
S.
D.
Johnston)
VANCOUVER
Bralorne
"
16.25
B.R.
Con
B.R.X
.16
Cariboo
Quartz
2.50
Dentonla
18
Uruil
WUiK.iic
--
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0
Mlnrn
12
Pend
Oreille
-
Pioneer
,,
Premier
Border
07,
Premier
Gold
-
Pacific
Eastern
-
.06
a
Privateer
M'
Reeves
McDonald
:
41
Reno
82
Salmon
Gold
Sheep
Creek
i-33
Tnvlnr
Rridee
'
-62
Whitewater
-2
Vananda
-
42
Congress
.11
TORONTO
Bcattle
1.62
Buffalo
Canadian
31
Consolidated
Smelters
67.25
Giant
Yellowknlfe
1
8.75
Unrdrnck
78
Kerr
Addison
Little
Long
Lac
1.80
Madsen
Red
Lake
...
2.60
MacLeod
Cockshutt
2.85
TVinnlHa
1.06
Mbneta
Pickle
Crow
Jqllet
Quebec
-0
S.tn
Antnnln
...j.
4.55
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.78
JO
Steep
Rock
.70
Senator
Rouyn
.32
Homer
.25
Jacknlfe
Bo
Jo
:
God's
Lake
ioning
Is
To
Be
Resume
.18
.49
.55
TWO
PLANTS
STRIKEBOUND
OTTAWA,
July
6
0)
There
are
two
strike-bound
plants
In
Ontario.
At
Guelph,
350'
employees
of
the
International
Malleable
Iron
Company
have
been
out
from
their
plant
last
week.
Now
the
men
have
been
refused
permission
to
look
for
other
Jobs
with
other
war
industries
in
the
city.
The
work
ers
walked,
out
whfji
a
National
War
Labor
Board
decision
cancelled
pan
of
a
Regional
Board
ruling
ordering
wage
increases
to
some
of
the
employees.
In
Weston
a
Toronto
suburbthe
Moffat
Stove
Company
has
been
the
scene
of
another
walk-out.
Thq
men-said
by
the
union"
to
number
503-are
striking
in
a
dispute
over
the
voluntary
deduction
of
union
dues
from
pay
envelopes.
The
company
is
engaged
in
the
manufacture
of
ammunition
boxes
for;
the
Pacific
war.
WINNER
GAINS
13
VOTES
IN
OFFICIAL
COUNT
Results
of
the
official
countl
of
federal
election
ballots
for
Skeena
riding,
conducted
Thursday
by
Returning
Officer
T.
W.
Brown,
added
13
votes
to
the
count
of
winning
C.C.F.
candl
date,
H.
G.
Archibald,
over
the
unofficial
total
compiled
immediately
after
the
election
but
made
even
smaller
changes
in
the
totals
of
the
other
three
candidates.
Official
count
is
as
follows:
Archibald
-
4079
Applewhaite
....
3333
Harvey
2148
Mlckleburgha.
The
service
vote
count
was;
Applewhaite
-
200
Archibald
326
Harvey
153
Mickleburgh
32
The
unofficial
count
previous
ly
had
given
Archibald
4063
votes,
and
Applewhaite,
3329.
Harvey
had
been
credited
with
2182
and
Mickleburgh
with
1479.
The
count
was
carried
out
by
Returning
Officer
Brown
at
his
office.
He
was
assisted
by
A.
B.
Brown
and.
Mrs.
Edith
Greer
Only
candidates'
agents
present
were
those
of
Mr.
Archibald
J.
S.
Black,
Mrs.
George
Howe
and
E.
A.
Evans.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
official
count,
Returning
Officer
Brown
duly
declared
Mr.
Archibald
elected
Member
of
Parliament
for
Skeena,
rubbeTwants
running
again
CHICAGO,
July
6
0)
Following
the
seizure
by
the
United
States
government,
acting
on
orders
from
President
Truman,
of
the
Goodyear
Tire
&
Rubber
Co.
plants
In
Akron,
the
Navy,
at
the
instruction
of
the
president,
has
occupied
the
facilities
to
restore
production
of
war-needed
rubber.
The
output
had
fallen
off
sharply
since
nearly
18,000
members
of
the
United
Rubber
Workers
(CIO)
had
walked
out
19
days
ago.
FLAMING
OIL
BRITAIN'S
DEFENCE
AGAINST
INVASION
1940-41
That
a
German
Invasion
of
England
in
1940
and
1941
would
have
received
the
hottest
reception
In
historyan
inferno
of
flames
on
the
sea,
on
the
beaches
and
the
hills
beyond,
has
Just
been
revealed.
From
Scotland
down
to
her
southeastern
coast,
England
was
prepared
to
set
off,
by
the
pressing
of
buttons,
a
huge
ring
of
fire
to
consume
Nazi
amphibious
forces,
tanks
and
paratroopers.
Here
a
flame
thrower
shoots
fire
almost
200
feet
in
the
air
during
a
test
made
in
1940.
War
News
Highlights
A,,
Sraashine
JapancsQ.
.Railways
v
CHUNGKING
-American
naval
aircraft
have
struck
at
Japanese
railroads
for
the
first
time
in
the
war.
Admiral
Nimitz
announces
that
fleet
Privateer
bombers
have
blocked
several
railway
tunnels
and
destroyed
two
bridges
on
Korea's
main
lines
to
Manchuria.
The
attacks
are
believed
to
mark
the
beginning
to
a
knockout
campaign.
Hoihbing
From
Okinawa
Now
OKINAWA
Aircraft
are
rfbw
operating
from
airfields
on
newly-won
Okinawa,
The
Okinawa-based
planes
have
raided
the
Japanese
home
islands
of
Kyushu
with
'excellent
results.
Australians
Take
Balikpapan
CAMBERRA
Australian
troops
today
arc
in
complete
possession
of
the
oil
port
and
refinery
town
of
Balikpapan
In
southeast
Borneo.
All
Japs
Mobilized
Both
Men
and
Women
Arc
Being
Organized
Into
Combat
Corps
For
Defence
of
Homeland
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
6
09
Japan
has
begun
mobilization
of
civilian
volunteer
workers
both
men
and
women
into
combat
corps
to
battle
expected
invaders
of
the
home
islands,,
radio
Tokyo
said
today.
The
combat
I
corps
will
continue
to
man
war
!
Jobs
while'
awaiting
the
time
when
they
will
have
to
engage
In
actual
fighting.
672
X-RAYED
AT
DRY
DOCK
The
mobile
X-ray
unit
Is
winding
up
its
survey
of
dry
dock
workers
today,
having
X-rayed
672
patients
during
the
three-
j
day
period
ending
last
night,
j
There
were
146
workers
X-rayed
vesterday.
Today,
technician
Miss
Mary
Harrison
and
her
staff
are
largely
occupied
with
diagnosing
suspected
cases
of
which
there
were
a
few
previously
unknown
cases
discovered,
On
Monday,
the
unit
begins
a
i
two-day
survey
cf
Canadian
National
and
dockslde
workers.
The
unit
will
be
situated
at
the
Canadian
National
dock.
HEAVIEST
TAXPAPEItS
OTTAWA
According
to
194
l's
figures,
people
In
the
two
and
three
thousand
dollars
a
year
bracket
'are
the
largest
contributors
to
income
tax
revenue.
d
CONDITIONS
FOR
CROPS
ARE
BETTER
WINNIPEG,
July
6
In
varying
degrees
precipitation
during
the
past
week
has
been
general
throughout
all
the
grain
growing
areas
of
western
Canada.
A
fair
percentage
of
early
sown
wheat
Is
in
shot
blade
but
some
is
short,
according
to
the
weekly
crop'
report
cf
the
department
of
agriculture
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Hay
and
pasture
lands
have
heavy
growth.
Flax
Is
In
flower
and
no
extensive
damage
from
any
source
is
apparent.
Conditions
have
greatly
improved
during
the
past
two
weeks
but
warmer
weather
and
sunshine
are
new
needed.
i
The
weather
in
the
Okanagan
valley
.during
the
past
"week
has
been
hot
and
dry
with
only
one
night
shower,
and
fruit
is
maturing
nicely.
No
damage
from
any
source
Is
reported.
Carload
shipments
of
cherries
have
started
to
move.
Six
Victims
of
Red
Lake
Fire
On
Road
to
Recovery
WINNIPEG,
July
6
(CP)
Five
persons
In
Winnipeg
hospitals
suffering
burns
and
Injuries
sustained
in
the
Red
Lake
hotel
fire
on
Sunday
are
showing
improvement
and
the
condition
of
a
sixth
Is
unchanged.
The
death
toll
rose
to
nine
yesterday
with
the
death
of
Andrew
Szaura,
30-year-old
Polish
immigrant,
who
was
the
hero
of
the
hobcaust
In
resculn.j
other
people
from
the
conflagration
unheeding
cf
peril
to
himself,
and
Major
W.
P.
Ranier
who
succumbed
unexpectedly
to
second
degree
burns
and
shock.
InC
Domestic
Consumption
to
Be
Used
So
Supplies
May
Go
to
Starving
Countries
OTTAWA,
July
6
(CP)
Return
to
meat
rationing,
which
was
dropped
February
29,
1044,
after
a
year
of
operation,
was
announced.
today
by
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King.
Mr.
King
said
rationing
would
become
effective
in
several
weeks
but
no
spe
cific
date
was
given.
1
Bulletins
RECOGNITION
GIVEN
STOCKHOLM
Norway
and
Sweden
have
added
their
official
recognition
to
the
na
tional
unity
government
of
Poland
at
Warsaw.
DF.GAUI
I
E
TO
VISIT
U.
S.
.
WASHINGTON
Gentral
Charles
DeGaulle
of
France
has
accepted
an
Invitation
of
President
Truman
to
visit
the
United
States
in
August.
CHURCHILL
ON
VACATION
LONDON
Prime
Ministtr
Winston
Churchill
left
London
last
night
for
a
vacation
trip,
Ilendaye
on
the
Franco-Spanish
frontier
is
reported
to
be
his
destination.
DREW
GIVES
EVIDENCE
TORONTO
rremler
G.
A.
Drew
was
a
witness
at
the
royal
commission
into
the
Jol-liffe
charges
today.
He
denied
evtry
having
played
a
part
In
the
direction
of
the
Ontario
police.
APOLOGY
TO
ALDERSHOT
LONDON
Major-Gtn.
P.
J.
Montague
chief
of
.staff
at
Canadian'
nuIitryc"head(fuaFi
ters,
has
sent
an
apology
to
the
mayor
of
Aldershot
for
disturbances
by
Canadian
soldiers
there.
He
said
the
riots
were
'.'senseless
and
cowardly
action"
by
a
small
minority
of
the
troops
there.
NELSON
There
was
another
Japanese
balloon
scare
in
Nelson
today
but
it
turned
out
to
be
only
the
planet
Mars
which
is
extremely
brilliant
in
the
early
morning
now.
MORE
ALDERSHOT
RIOTS
ALDERSHOT,
Eng.
Last
night
In
two
successive
waves
of
violence,
the
Dominion
fighting
veterans
marched
through
the
rubble
-
strewn
town
of
Aldershot
and
smashed
windows.
The
men
are
dissatisfied
with
the
delay
caused
by
lack
of
shipping
space
to
take
them
home.
One
soldier
was
seriously
injured
in
.last
night's
rioting
whtn
a
military
policeman
struck
him
over
the
head.
WINDSOR
IN
CANADA
NEW
YORK
On
his
way
to
New
Brunswick
today
is
the
Duke
of
Windsor
who
recently
resigned
as
Governor
of
the
Bahamas.
Interviewed
in
Boston,
the
Duke
told
newsmen
that
he
would
like
to
stay
In
America
very
much
and
that
he
would
like
to
become
Governor-General
of
Canada.
DEMANDS
COMMISSION
OTTAWA
C.C.F.
National
Sccretaiy,
David
Lewis,
is
demanding
the
appointment
of
a
ntw
Royal
Commission.
Mr.
Lewis
wants
the
Public
Informational
Associations
to
be
investigated.
The
Association
published
and
broadcast
anti-C.C.F.'
material
before
the
June
11
election.
TIM
BUCK'S
DENIAL
TORONTO
Labor-Piogrcs-sive
Party
Leader
Tim
Buck
has
denied
an
allegfd
report
from
the
files
of
the
"special
branch"
of
the
Ontario
Provincial
Police
that
his
party
received
campaign
money
from
the
Soviet
Union's
embassy
in
Ottawa.
DESTROYERS
AT
QUEBEC
QUEBEC
Two
Canadian
destroyers
the
II.M.C.S.
Res.?
tigouchc
and
Kootenay
docked
In
Quebfc
harbor
today
with
more
than
300
naval
ntfn
aboard
for
leave
in
Canada
before
.
joining
the
Canadian
forces
in
the
Pacific
theatre.
Weather
Forecast
Friday
and
SaturdayLight
to
moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
warm.
d
anaaa
The
government
will
establish
m
m
e
d
1
ately
"comprehensive
control
of
slaughtering?
In
order
that
supplies
of
meat
may
be
divided
equitably
between
export
and
domestic
needs."
The
Prime
Minister,
said
that
this
step
would
put
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
in
a
position
to
stamp
out
black
market
operations
which
had
been
appearing
as
a
result
of
drain
of
supplies
to
the
export
market.
The
announcement
said
that
the
"need
for
Increased
supplies
of
meat
for
Europe
Is
very
ur
gent
and
Immediate."
The
government
urges
that
all
Canadians,
by
voluntarily
re
ducing
consumption
of
meat
at
once
and
without
waiting
for
operation
of
rationing
machin
ery,
will
co-operate
with
the
government
in
meeting
urgent
need
of
starving
peoples
of
Europe."
'
The
proposed
rationing
is
being
imposed
to
reduce
consumption
of
meat.
Previous
rationing
nad
been
imposed
to
provide
equitable
distribution
throughout
Canada,
CANADIANS
IN
tt
DEATH.
MARCHl;
.Were
Among
Tliose
Who
Germans
Tried
Desperattly
to
Dispose
of
at
War's
End
PRAGUE,
July
6
0)
Czech
officials
say
that
some
Canadian
and
I.V3W
Zealand
prisoners
of
war
almost
certainly
were
among
victims
of
the
Karlsbad
"march
of
death"
whose
bodies
have
been
ordered
exumed
from
mass
graves.
However,
none
of
thsm
have
as
yet
been
definitely
Identified
as
such.
The
march
of
death
took
place
during
the
last
weeks
of
the
war
In
Europe
as
the
Germans
emptied
central
and
eastern
prisons
and
concentration
camps
and
tried
to
mass
thousands
of
prisoners
In
a
giant
camp
north
of
Prague.
Lt.-Col.
Paulin
In
Temporary
Command
Following
the
transfer
cf
Col.
C.
C.
Ferrle
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vancouver
to
assume
command
of
the
39th
Reserve
Brigade,
Lieut.
Col.
George
Paulin,
who
has
been
located
here
for
some
time,
has
assumed
.temporary
command
of
the
local
area.
Announcement
of
Co.
Ferrle's
permanent
successor
is
expected
to
be
made,
soon.
CANADIANS
WELCOMED
IN
BERLIN
BERLIN,
July
6
0
Eight
hundred
Canadian
soldiers
were
In
Berlin
yesterday
awaiting
their
duty
assignments.
The
Dominion
soldiers
almost
keeled
over
when
the
Berliners
greeted
them
with
smiles
and
cheers
In-:
stead
of
booes
and
hisses
as
was
expected.
The
German
capital
will
hear
the
wall
of
Canadian
pipers
to
day
as
the
Canadians
formally
take
over
their
section
of
Berlinthe
Wllmersdorf
residential
area.
.'
FOUND
SKEENA
HIGHWAY
ROUGH
BURNS
LAKE,
July
6--Wllliam
J.
McKenna,
who
took
a
holiday
motor
trip
to
Prince
Rupert
recently,
reported
that,
recent
heavy
rains
had
made
drivln?
difficult
and
that
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
Is
Tough
and
requires
careful
driving.
Hcwever,
he
made
the
trip
In
record
time
and
was
glad
to
get
back
to
the
smoother
roads
of
the
Lakes
dls
trlct.