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20,000
of
the
enemy.
.
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running
nc
centre
of
northern
frill
in
U
I
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uiimiag
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reopen
the
sub-Drought
forth
an
from
tnlnlmr
Sovcrnmont.
nftiMot.,
and
associations
"duals
interested
In
the
n'nt
or
the
pacific
region
of
the
widespread
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by
mlnlnir
'crs'
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or
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company
with
Mr.
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views
of
those
mos
directly
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packers,
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uttusjjori-
4
X
hurchill
Demi
NSERVATIVES
RESTLESS
ER
POLISH
SITUATION
Ik
of
Revolt
Against
Prime
Minister
,ard
-
V-Bombs
Will
Not
Be
For-tten
In
Dealing
With
Germany
iNDON,
Feb.
22
(Ci'j
Prime
Minister
Wms-
iurchill
said
today
mat
me
government
win
de-a
Parliamentary
vote
of
confidence
on
joint
ameed
to
by
the
three
powers
at
the
Crimea
Lice,
particularly
with
reference
to
unity
of
in
peace
as
in
war.
Island
lencan
iualties
)
Heavy
r
RfMslante
Heine
Mel
nitcd
Stales
.Marines
o
hiana
1
1.
Feb.
22
-On
I
wo
Island
Patuif
American
casu-
t
::uii
high
and
the
have
been
temporarily
;n
their
drive
across
the
A
frtili
division
of
i.
Kit
,-tt
ItwrinA
vkiIMiI'T
of
between
40,000
and
As
leader
of
the
House
of
Commons,
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
set
down
the
government's
motion
for
debate
for
next
Tuesday
and
Wednes
day
even
as
the
Parliamentary
lobby
buzzed
with
reports
on
possible
revolt
among
some
mem
bers
of
Mr.
Churchill's
own
Conservative
party
over
the
Polish
Issue.
Government
spokesmen
arc
openly
conlidcnt
of
getting
a
blanket
endorsement
of
the
Crimea
decisions.
The
Conservative
bloc,
which
does
not
like
the
government's
attitude
toward
the
Polish
question,
Is
known
to
be
undecided
as
to
just
how
to
attack
with
out
giving
the
Impression
it
Is
repudiating
the
entire
Crimea
declaration.
The
possibility
that
some
would
abstain
rather
than
vote
against
the
government
seemed
likely.
The
extent
of
the
revolt
brewing
is
not
clear
but
It
is
not
believed
large
enough
to
threaten
Mr.
Churchill's
position.
The
Prime
Minister,
in
an-
cttteda
village
bamiswering
a
question,
gavCh&stif
sinduw
six
escaped
i
ancc
that
the
Allies,
In
impos-
pfers-of-war
hiding
i
Ing
peace
terms
on
Germany,
He
returned
with
j
would
bear
In
mind
the
Nazis'
hamuli
curis.
'
The
indiscriminate
bombing
by
v-
"Jercd
Immediately,
i
weapons-.
dUpen
Up
Mineral
Area
L
SURVEY
TO
DETERMINE
TE
OF
HIGHWAY
TO
LINK
I1H
ALCAN
ROAD
IS
FAVORED
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a
persona
tnn
into
Centra
and
Northern
vuiiiiimi
in
ucnaii
oi
mining
ivuuu.
nronosal
for
a
trunk
highway
circct
link
between
iB
roads
running
north
a
i
-
ijuious
centres
of
inc
Northwest
to
the
Akan
highway
a
little
ation
facilities
as
the
principal
barrier
which
must
be
overcome
inir
with
the
Alcan
route
2fc
It
is
highly
significant
that
all
groups,
organizations
and
individuals
contacted
acruss
central
British
Columbia
arc
unanimous
In
favoring
construction
of
a
through
highway
connect
Alaska.
While
many
persons
arc
familiar
with
portions
of
the
great
northern
British
Columbia
basin,
few
are
familiar
with
all
of
It.
The
region
has
not
been
accur
ately
surveyed
or
mapped.
Con
sequently,
there
is
considerable
confusion
about
the
proper
location
.of
a
trunk
highway
yhlch
has
naturally
led
to
differences
of
opinion
and
has
fos-tqred
suspicions
of
narrow
community
and
individual
"ax
grinding"
behind
proposals
for
(Continued
on
Page
a)
CURIOSITY
OF
CITY
COUNCIL
The
city
council
is
seek
ing
further
information
in
re
card
t.i
a
rorjort
that
the
pro
vlncial
Government
has
made
an
nrmrnnrl.lt.lnn
of
$9900
U)
tllC
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
for
extensions.
The
council
la
piirlnns
fn
know
ilist
What
it
Is
proposed
t,o
use
the
money
for.
JAPS
USING
SPEARS
MANILA
Choosing
In
the
fanatical
resistance
to
die
rather
than
surrender,
the
Japs
have
been
reduced
to
fight
with
spears
at
Manila.
(JKKATEST
RAIDS
YKT
I
LONDON
Allied
air
forces
hit
Germany
at
dozens
of
places
with
approximately
7000
!
planes
today.
It
was
the
war's
biggest
and
most
spectacular
bombardment
of
the
Reich.
The
onslaught
was
aimed
at
Nazi
communications
net-work
serving
both
eastern
and
western
fronts.
The
bombers
planted
more
than
14,500
tons
of
high
explosive
bombs
on
at
least
fourteen
railway
yards,
each
located
at
the
junction
of
two
or
more
main
railway
routes.
rilOGOKATION
i;xtlm)i;d
O
T
T
A
W
A
A
proe
'-nation
formally
extending
the
prorogation
of
Parliament
to
.March
31
will
be
issued
today,
the
Canadian
Press
was
informed
by
reliable
sources.
WKIXK
IS
FOUND
VICTORIA
Wreck
of
the
33-foot
fishing
vessel
Cuna
Chief,
owned
and
operated
by
!
two
young
Victoria
fishermen
and
repotted
missing
February
10,
was
found
by
the
United
Stales
Coastguard
30
miles
west
of
Port
Angeles
Wednesday.
No
trace
was
found
of
two
men
Harold
Cain
and
Bryan
May
who
left
Victoria
early
in
January
and
were
last
seen
in
the
vicinity
of
Sidney.
The
vessel
was
caught
in
a
gale
in
the
Straits
of
Juan
de
Fuca
February
11.
LLOYD
GEORGE
BETTER
LONDON
The'
condition
of
Earl
Lloyd
George
is
considerably
improved
and
no
further
official
bulletins
will
be
issued.
He
was
able
to
sit
up
for
two
hours
yesterday.
REPATRIATES
ROME
MONTKEAL
Having
landed
at
Jersey
City
from
the
Exchange
Ship
Gripsolm,
another
gtoup
of
Canadians
from
German
prison
tamps
arrived
here
today.
There
were
scv-enly-eight
Canadians.
This
number
includes
51
men
of
the
Canadian
Army,
25
of
the
R.C.A.F.,
and
two
members
of
the
Canadian
Merchant
Marine.
.Major
.Morton
McBridc
of
Nelson
and
Cpl.
Earl
Buck
of
Vancouver
are
among
them.
WHY
DEGAULLE
REFUSED
BID
Did
Not
.Meet
Roosevelt
Because
He
Was
Not
Advised
of
Yalta
Decisions
PARIS.
Feb.
22
0
It
has
been
tO'HUpinspri
that
General
Charles
Dc
Gaulle
dcclinc'd
an
Invitation
to
sec
President
Roosevelt
at
Algiers
because
the
French
govern
ment
did
not
possess
detailed
in
formation
on
the
Crimean
con
ference
of
the
Big
Three.
According
to
French
Minister
of
Information
Pierre
Teitgen,
Dc
Gaulle
could
not
go
into
a
conference
with
the
American
president
and
face
a
number
of
grave
decisions
wiinoui
naving
a
full
background
on
what
took
place
at
Yalta,
IS
ACCUSED
OF
MURDER
Otic
Oriental
Charged
With
Killing
of
Two
Olhers
nt
Keremcos
PENTICTON,
Feb.
22
ih
Pre
liminary
hearing
of
Moy
Wing,
49,
Chinese
farmer,
on
a
cnarge
of
murdering
Long
Duck,
67,
at
Keremcos
on
Monday
was
adjourned
for
eight
days
or
less.
The
charge
was
laid
in
connection
with
the
fatal
shootingfof
Duck
and
Chew
Chee,
65,
another
Chinese,
In
a
cabin
at
Kcremeos.
Wing
gave
himself
up
to
the
police
after
the
shooting,
saying
he
had
killed
tne
pair
Because
they
"made
me
mad,"
HHOV,
K.IAL
LliRAKY
NORTHERN
AND
Central
British
cq
.UMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Wcatlici
VfCTGlBlSiS.C.
Tides
with
occasional
liglit
"ST
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Cml8
part
cloudy
this
Friday,
February
23,
1945
Cloudy
with
oc-
becoming
mm
High
11:02
19.7
feeM
lli
showers
r
",.k
in
.nntinuous
rain
Low
.
5:00
9.4
feet
17:47
4.0
feet
l'"""
i-
Ihir
evening
,.ianiw
u
"
VOL
XXXIV.
No.
45
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY.
FEBRUARY
22,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
Are
Smashing
Into
Germany
Con
fid
ence
Bulletins
To
Light
Up
Farms
Rural
Electrification
Rill
'
Presented
to
Legislature
by
Premier
Hart
I
VICTORIA,
Feb.
22
T
PreS
entation
of
the
rural
Hon
bill
calling
for
the
setting
up
of
a
three-man
commission
to
(administer
and
manage
electric
'power
systems
in
-British
Uolum-Ibia
highlighted
the
proceedings
in
the
Legislature
yesterday.
The
bill,
presented
by
Premier
John
Hart,
provides
that
tre"
commission
may
acquire,
construct
and
operate
woris
for
general
supply
and
distribution
of
electric
power.
JAPANESE
DISPERSAL
C.C.F.
in
Favor
of
This
Policy,
Herbert
Gargravc
Tells
Legislature
VICTORIA,
Feb.
21
0
Speaking
in
the
Throne
Speech
debate,
Herbert
Gargiave,
C.
C.
F.
member
for
Mackenzie,
said
the
C.C.F.
favored
the
oispersal
of
the
Japanese
throughout
Canada
rather
than
permitting
their
return
to
the
coast.
"Because
of
the
anti-democratic
,
stand
of
some
of
our
people1,
-wc
believe
m
a
policy
of
having
them
dispersed
all
over
war,"
said
Mr.
Gargravc.
LADY
NELSON
COMMANDER
Capt.
W.
B.
Armit,
Vclcran
ol
Two
Wars,
Takes
Over
Hospital
Ship
MONTREAL,
Feb.
22
A
naval
veteran
of
two
wars,
Captain
William
Barclay
Armit,
R.D.,
R.N.
R.,
R.C.N.R.,
commodore
of
the
Canadian
National
Steamship
fleet,
has
been
appointed
master
of
His
Majesty's
Canadian
Hospi
tal
Ship
Lady
Nelson,
It
is
announced
today.
He
will
assume
command
Immediately.
The
Lady
Nelson,
once
a
Canadian
National
liner
in
the
West
Indies
service
and
now
Canada's
senior
hospital
ship,
is
manned
by
a
C.
N.
S.
crew.
Indicative
of
Captain
Armlt's
naval
record
is
the
fact
that
hc
was
In
charge
of
the
first
of
the
large
convoys
taking
over
tne
13th
Battalion
Royal
Highlanders
of
Montreal
In
October
1914
and
history
repeated
itself
In
1939
when
hc
became
commodore
of
the
transAtlantic
cn-
voys
and
sailed
In
December
with
Canada's
first
overseas
division
In
the
Second
World
War.
In
the
First
World
War,
hc
served
in
the
North
Sea,
the
Dardanelles,
off
Zcbrugge
and
Ostcnd
and
was
present
at
the
surrender
of
the
German
high
fleet.
Among
other
things
during
the
present
war,
his
ship
res
cued
the
survivors
of
the
Nlcoya,
one
of
the
first
torpedoed
vessels,
and,
while
serving
as
cap-
lain
of
the
Prince
David,
went
on
special
duties
hunting
for
the
Gnciscnau
and
the
Scharnhorst.
Born
at
St.
Andrew's,
Scotland,
In
1885,
Captain
Armit
began
his
sea
career
at
the
age
of
10.
He
Joined
the
Canadian
Government
merchant
marine
service
In
1920
and
remained
wllh
the
C.N.S.
until
the
outbreak
of
war.
City
Lists
A.R.P.
Equipment
Wanted
In
line
with
the
decision
of
the
nrovlnclal
Government
to
"
purchase
A.R.P.
equipment
from
the
federal
government
and
do
nate
It
to
the
municipalities,
a
list
has
already
been
prepared
by-
the
city
of
Prince
Ru
pert
of
what
It
requires.
i
.
i
Hi
fewer
than
half
who
survived,
all
but
two
were
apparently
re
captured.
One
of
the
survivors,
Navy
Lieutenant
George
Pctritz,
told
of
the
sinkings
at
a
news
conference
today.
Two
previous
prison
ship
sinkings,
both
by
submarine
action,
have
been
reported
ln
the
Pacific.
One
occurred
last
October
with
apparent
loss
of
all
but
five
of
1800
Americans
aboard.
In
the
other
only
83
of
750
Allied
prisoners
survived.
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS
COMING
UP
Premier
King
Expected
to
Indicate
Election
Date
Within
Next
Few
Days
OTTAWA,
Feb.
22
0-An
important
but
not
necessarily
de
cisive
political
announcement
Is
expected
from
Prime
Minister
King
within
the
next
three
days
according,
to
Information
from
Ottawa.
It
will
relate
to
the
holding
of
a
session
of
Parliament
and
the
timing
of
a
general
election.
The
Canadian
Press
has
already
learned
Irom
a
usually
wcllr
Informed
source
that
the
most
probable
date
for
the
election
is
June
11.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
42
iMinlmum
38
Rainfall
.36
Inches
f
.dW
...
Paving
the
way
for
the
new
Canadian
offensive
Is
this
mam-hioth
240
MM
Howitzer
firing
360-pound
shells
across
the
Rhine.
(U
ASS'N
TO
SEND
DELEGATE
TO
ATTEND
PROVINCIAL
CONFERENCE
4-
City
Machinery
Found
Obsolete
the
Dominion
instead
ql
settling
.
VUryex,b'-
.been,
mby,
hi
one
community
as
before
the
Aj
c
vv
Rudcfcrham,
chair
man
of
the
board
of
works,
and
City
Engineer
O.
S.
Hancs
of
municipal
machinery
including
J
the
old
rock
crusher
on
Seventh
Avenue
West
which
is'
held
to
Dc
not
suitable
for
grinding
fine
rock
but
which
is
too
good
to
be
scranDcd
and
an
air
com
The
Prince
Rupert
Parent-
Teachers'
Association
will
send
a
delegate
armed
with
a
fund
of
ideas
to
the
annual
conference
eration
to
be
held
In
Vancouver
the
first
week
In
April,
a
meeting
of
the
organization
held
In
Borden
Street
School
last
night.
Discussion
of
the
desirability
of
sending
a
delegate
to
the
conference
resulted
In
unquestioned
agreement
and
several
names
pressor
which
has
been
found
to
'were
put
forward
as
delegates
meeting
finally
arrived
at
a
be
not
worth
repairing.
There
Jhc
Is
other
equipment
which
is
also
wnwuve
nrem
w
.
described
as
being
"out
of
date.'
AMERICANS
KILLED
BY
OWN
BOMBS
George
Hill
and
approved
a
motion
by
J.
C.
Gilker
that
the
executive
draw
up
an
agenda
for
the
delegate
to
present
to
the
conference.
"I
think
it
would
not
only
give
us
an
opportunity
to
present
our
own
ideas
but
also
to
draw
on
the
Ideas
of
other
local
P.TA
groups
throughout
the
province,"
Chairman
Rev.
E.
W.
Scott
said
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
22
ln
urging
that
the
delegate
be
a
-American
bombs
sank
a
Jap-
member
likely
to
be
serving
on
ancsepriso
n
ship
loaded
wim
nc
ncxt
year's
executive.
1600
Americans
oil
inc
rnuip-
Mr
Scott
declined
to
act
as
pines
last
Dccjcmber
and,
of
I
delenate.
nivlrie
as
one
of
his
reasons
the
possibility
that
he
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on
Page
6)
KEEPING
UP
AIR
BLOWS
Worms,
Duisburg
and
Berlin
Targets
of
Last
Night's
.
Bombing
LONDON,
Feb.
22
01
The
Al
lies
are
continuing
their
ham
mer-like
blows
against
the
Ger
mans.
Eleven
hundred
noyal
Air
Force
bombers
strucx
at
tne
im
portant
western
front
point's
of
Worms
and
Duisburg
during
the
night.
British
night
raiders
also
blasted
Berlin
twice.
ROOSEVELT
UNREPORTED
Present
Whereabouts
or
President
of
United
Stales
Arc
Not
Disclosed
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
22-
Thcrc
Is
no
Indication
as
to
tne
present
whereabouts
of
President
Franklin
D,
Roosevelt
following
his
recent
trip
abroad
to
attend
the
Yalta.
Alexandria
and
other
conferences.
He
was
last
reported
at
Algiers
after
the
stopover
ln
Egypt
where,
with
Prime
Minis
tcr
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain,
he
conferred
with
King
Farouk
of
Egypt,
Emperor
Halle
Selassie
of
Ethiopia
and
Kin
Ibn
Saud
of
Arabia.
Nazis
Being
Pushed
Back
Before
Calcar;
American
Third
Making
Big
Gains
All
Indications
Point
to
Fierce
Fighting
Still
to
Come
As
Enemy
Continues
Stubbornly
Desperate
Resistance
.
PARIS,
Feb.
22
(CP)
The
Canadian
First
Army
is
again
smashing
forward
into
Germany.
Following
a
two-day
slug-fest
between
fanatical
German
defenders
and
powerful
Canadian
Army
units,
General
Crerar's
men
are
pushing
back
Nazi
forces
before
Calcar.
This
fortress
town
still
lies
ahead
of
the
Can-
Keeping
Up
Ship
Work
Construction
Work
Reduced
But
Repair
Work
Up
in
B.C.
Shipyards
OTTAWA,
Feb.
23
(CP)
Construction
berths
at
British
Columbia
shipyards
have
been
reduced
from
three
to
two
and
repair
berths
increased
from
one
to
two,
it
was
learned
today.
Shipyard
construction
thus
will
be
elongated
but
it
is
understood
officials
do
not
feel
there
will
be
any
real
reduction
in
work.
It
is
expected
that
more
orders
will
soon
be
placed.
RAILWAY
LINE
CLEAR
TONIGHT
Thc:blg
roQkslidc
which
block-
rA
n
Mtif
tifior
Amthntt"
ftflfl
fit
If!
Switches
in
This
Department
of
Canadian
National
Railways
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
22JVppoint-
ment
of
W.
McLarnon
of
Winni
peg
as
deputy
tax
commissioner,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Montreal,
is
announced
today
by
G.
Watson,
tax
commissioner
for
the
company.
Mr.
McLarnon
will
be
succeeded
ln
Winnipeg
as
assistant
tax
commissioner
by
G.
Keith,
formerly
tax
agent
at
Montreal.
W.
"Bill"
McLarnon
is
well
known
in
Winnipeg,
having
been
in
railway
service
here
since
1911
when
hc
Joined
the
Cana
dian
Northern
Railway.
Hc
en
listed
in
1915
and
served
four
years
overseas
during
world
war
He
resumed
his
work
with
the
company
in
1919
and
worked
his
way
up
until
1942
when
he
was
appointed
assistant
tax
commis
sioner
for
the
western
region.
George
F.
Keith
has
served
all
his
railway
life
In
the
east,
this
being
his
first
service
in
western
Canada.
In
the
cast
hc
took
keen
interest
in
the
work
of
the
Canadian
Club,
Junior
Board
of
Trade
and
Kinsmen's
Club.
He
Is
a
well
known
tennis
player.
Committee
On
Dry
Dock
to
Meet
Soon
Unless
the
recently
formed
joint
committee
pressing
for
permanent
future
operation
oi
the
local
dry
dock
has
a
reply
by
the
end
of
this
week
from
Ottawa
to
a
message
to
Ottawa
on
the
matter,
another
meeting
will
bo
held
to
determine
course
of
future
activity
with
the
desired
end
ln
view,
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
announces.
adians
and
all
Indications
point
to
fierce
fighting
still
to
come.
The
First
Army
surge
has
regained
ground
lost
during
the
past
40
hours
and
has
cleared
the
Germans
from
the
Moyland
Woods.
A
bulletin
from-
the
western
front
this
morning
says
the
Canadian
Army
has
cut
the
r,all
line
connecting
Goch
and
Uedem.
Canadian
units
advanced
from
the
north
to
cut
the
rail
line
about
214
miles
west
of
Uedem.
i
Infantry
and
tank
forces
of
'the
American
Third
Army
arc
massed
along
an
8-mile
front
J
on'
the
Saar
River
after
the
best
i
single
day's
gain
made
on
the
(western
front
in
weeks.
Third
.Army
men
have
.taken
nearly
j
forty
German
towns
in
an
ad
vance
of
ten
miles,
ana
nave
fought
their
way
Into
the
German
stronghold
of
Sarrburg.
It
now
seems
only
a
matter
of
hours
until
the
Third
Army
grinds
out
the
necessary
3'
miles
needed
to
reach
the
junction
of
the
Saar
and
Moselle
Rivers.
up
through
traffic
for
several1
tastern
rrom
days
is
expected
to
be
cleared
by
early
tomorrow
when
trains
will
be
able
to
move
through
again,
it
was
stated
today
by
C.
A.
Bcrncr,
divisional
superintendent,
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
trains
for
the
casi,
and
the
train
from
the
east
tonight
arc
expected
to
move
through
Instead
of
having
to
effect
transfers
of
passengers,
express,
mail
and
baggage
such
as
has
been
done
since
the
slide
occurred.
COMMISSIONER
OF
TAXATION
Russ
Armies
Converging
Koncv
By-Passes
Guben
On
Two
Sides
While
Zhukov
Moves
to
Eucircle
Frankfurt
MOSCOW,
Feb.
22
O)
Red
Army
forces
have
battered
into
the
Ncissc
River
stronghold
of
Guben
and
now
are
striving
to
unite
the
First
Ukrainian
Army
of
Marshal
Konev
and
the
First
White
Russians
of
Marshal
Zhukov.
?,
Konev's
forces
have
"swung
upon
Guben.
on
both
sideslTiiey
took
a
strategic
ridge
nearthe
town
and
then
moved
in;
In
the
north,
Zhukov's
men
arc
attempting
to
encircle
Frank-
s.
furt.
-.ir.
The
Second
White
Russian
Army,
meanwhile,
still
Is
moving
through
the
Polish
corridoriMind
now
Is
within
thlrty-three'jnUes
V;.
of
Danzig.
The
Germans
are
attempting
to
rescue
thousands
of
trapped
troops
ln
East
Prussia
fif
Iho
port
of
Plllau.
The
Russians
have
battered
into
Guben,
it
was
stated
today,
the
street
fighting
is-'golng
on
there.
The
juncture-
of
Konev
and
Zhukov
forces
li
expected
to,
culminate
in
a
full-scale
final
assault
upon
Berlin.
CANNERY
AT
GRAND
FORKS
X
Member
for
That
Riding
Says
Government
Treated
Company
Unfairly
VICTORIA,
Feb.
22
CP)
Thomas
A.
Love,
Progressive-Conservative
coalitionist,
Grand
Forks-Greenwood,
pleaded
with
the
government
In
the
Legislature
yesterday
to
sell
560
acres
ol
Doukhobor
land
at
Grand
Fork3
to
the
Kettle
Valley
Packers
Limited
as
"It
means
a
great
deal
to
Grand
Forks."
i.
V
Mr.
Love
said
this
cannery
had
paid
out
$188,000
ln
wages,
sup-piles
and
expenses
last
year.
.
The
government
had
Imposed
unfair
conditions
wnen
cannery
officials
tried
to
buy
the
land
and
the
possibility
now
was
that
the
company
woulU
not
set
up
a
cannery
there.
t
ft
.'