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SURRENDERS
TO
PRINCE
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surrendered
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terrace
o
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Reeiment
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the,
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k-end
when,some
75
officers
a'-.menV.
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unit,
under
command
l,ajor
t).
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i
;
.,
took
over
me
town,
eiw
icing
memst.
of
the
old
military
camps
across
the
tiu'-fif
fk
to
spend
Sunday
engaged
in
sports
and
infotr
trace
Power
OVT
WILL
LC.
Power
Commission
Have
Plant
Operator
Ii
ptember
by
End
of
ERRACE,
Sept.
4
British
Columbia
rver
commission
is
ling
into
Terrace
to
tide
the
municipality
ithe
first
time
with
an
luate
electric
light
(bower
service
on
a
full-time
The
town,
which
has
been
led
out
except
for
the
elec-
Ky
provided
by
small
private-
rned
plans
since
Gordon
's
plant
-was
burned
out
a
weeks
ago,
will
be
bright
i
before
the
end
of
Septem-or,
by
that
time,
the
Power
nisslon's
plant
will
have
I
set
up
and
will
be
In
opera
te
good
news
about
the
set-fent
of
Terrace's
long-stand-ght
and
power
supply
prob-Ik'as
received
first
in
a
mes-
from
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
feter
of
lands
and
M.L.A.
for
fcia,
which
was
soon
followed
nother
from
the
commls-
ito,
Ed
Haugland,.
chairman
Be
board
of
village
commls-
K.
Hauelanrl
was
ndvlspd
Chief
Engineer
Vandewoort
tie
B.
C,
Power
Commission
jd
arrive
here
September
11
upervise
the
installation
of
temporary
diesel
units.
The
n
and
equipment
will
arrive
fcmber
123
and
is
expected
ke
about
ten
days
to
instal.
in
Henry
Harrison,
Former
Dock
Worker,
Victim
of
'fic
Accident
at
New
istminster
in
Henry
Harrison,
55,
who
worked
as
a
helper
at
the
e
KUDert
Dry
Dock
w
y
Injured
when
struck
by
fcick
in
New
Wpsfmlnsfpr
the
week-end.
e
driver
of
the
vehicle,
Al-
wmiam
Postlethwalte.
13
feed
with
manslaughter
as
a
l
3
Mr,
Harrison's
death.
I'ate
Mr.
Harrison
was
born
15,
1890,
in
Scotland.
SCHOOL
PECTOR
Pt
C.
Hyndman;
Late
of
orce;
Formerly
of
hd
Forks,
Arrives
nest
E.
Hyndman,
recently
'arged
from
.the
Royal
Can-n
Air
Force
in
which
he
had
'ank
of
flight
lieutenant
and
1
as
an
instmrt.nr
in
r.rl
Por
the
past
three
years,
ar-P
in
the
city
Sunday
night
ume
the
position
of
lnspec-
auioois
here,
succeeding
norstelnsson,
who
has
been
fe"ed
to
the
Vernon
innate.
Mr.
Hyndman
arriv-ore
by
car
with
Mr.
Thor-f-son,
whQ
wm
be
ieavlng
pn
me
comlne
htppIi-
tnr
hi
post,
accompanied
by
Mrs.
Ifamlly
wm
be
here
later
tQ
I
P
residence.
I
Hyndman,
before
enlisting.
t
"wvising
principal
at
?Q
Forks.
He
U
nn
st.ran(TPr
P
north,
having
taught
at
Pa
several
years
ago.
"lursieinsson
has
been
IOr
three
years,
having
irom
the
Rosslanri
-Trail
mal
recreation
and
undertaking
a
military
scheme
on
Monday
on
the
south
shore
of
the
Skeena
River.
Making
departure
from
Prince
Rupert
early
Saturday
afternoon
in
six
trucks
and
onel
Jeep
and
returning
last
night,
the
unit
was
favored
with
excellent
weather
for
the
whole
expedition
which
was
a
sesuel
to
the
annual
camp
at
Victoria.
One
of
the
features
was
the
annual
sports
meet
of
the
unit
which
was
postponed
from
the
Victoria
camp
and
was
finally
held
on
the
Terrace
ball
park
Sunday
morning.
Sunday
afternoon
was
spent
in
pleasant
relaxation
on
the
.snores
of
Lakelse
Lake
near
the
hot
springs.
The
nominal
roll
of
officers
and
men
attending
the
Terrace
scheme
was
as
follows:
Major
C.
J.
Toombs,
Capt.
J.
R.
Hall,
Capt.
C.
J.
Norrlngton,
Capt.
R.
O.
Large,
Capt.
J.
H.
Engelcke,
Lieut.
J.
Davidson,
Lieut.
J.
A.
Teng,
Lieut.
A.
S.
Nickerson,
Lieut
O.
A.
Forsythe,
Lieut.
J.
Carr,
Regimental
Sergeant
Major
C.
O.
Brechin,
Company
Sergeant
Major
P.
Bond,
Company
Sergeant
Major
D.
Owens,
Staff
Ser-(Continued
on
page
2)
Is
Transferred
To
Burns
Lake
Constable
R.
W.
Strouts,
who'
has
been
stationed
In
Prince
Rupert
with
the
B.
C.
Police
for
nearly
four
years,
is
being
transferred
to
Burns
Lake,
leaving
tonight
with
wife
and
daughter.
He
will
be
replaced
here
by
Con
stable
Anderson
of
Burns
Lake.
DRY
WEATHER
AFFECTS
CROPS
Drought
conditions
Continue
in
Nechako
Valley
Area
VANDEiRHOOF,
Sept.
4
Almost
six
weeks
of
unbroken
dry,
hot
weather
has
laid
a
scorching
hand
on
late
grain
crops
in
this
district
and
creeks
and
streams
which
have
contained
water
for
the
past
25
years
have
now
become
dry,
according
to
old-timers.
The
Nechako
River
is
at
the
lowest
water
level
In
many
years.
However,
wheat
and
barley
crops
which
were
seeded
early
are
now
standing
stooked
In
the
fields
and
will
yield
well.
Many
what
crops
will
run
from
35
to
40
bushels
to
the
acre
with
lots
of
straw.
Frosts
which
have
come
inter
mlttently
since
August
1
have
ninned
erowine
vegetables,
al
though
none
have
suffered
seri
"bus
damage.
Sporadic
outbursts
of
forest
fires
have
been
common,
and
one
fire
150
miles
north
of
here,
which
has
been
burning
for
a
month,
Is
now
about
25
miles
long
and
covering
a
considerable
territory.
Only
a
spell
of
wet
weather
can
combat
it
REPRESENTING
PRINCE
RUPERT
F.
M.
Dockrill
Attending
Meeting
in
Portland
of
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association
.
F.
M.
Dockrill
has
left
Telkwa
for
Portland,
Oregon,
where
he
will
represent
the
Associated
were
admitted
to
membership
in
tV,o
Mnrthorpst
Trade
Association.
Mr.
Dockrill
was
here
a
few
days'
ago
arming
himself
with
lnior-mation
and
local
views
with
a
view
to
making
representations
at
the
Portland
convention
in
regard
to
highway,
Peace
River
outlet
and
other
matters
of
Importance
to
Prince
Rupert
and
district.
-
DIVORCES
ALARMING
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
Warns
Increase
in
Rate;
Housing-
Shortage
Prime
.
Cause
of
Marital
Problems
LONDON,
Sept.
4
0)
Judging
by
newspapers
and
magazines,
it
might
almost
seem
as
If
there
were
harldy
a
happy
married
couple
left
in
Britain.
'There
are
many
good
and
happy
marriages
and
happy
homes,"
said
ttfe
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
in
a
'public
speech,
"but
they
are
not
news;
there
are
no
statistics
in
them.
Danger
lies
in
the
ominously
Increasing
tendency
the
other
way."
Public
anxiety
Is
growing,
frightened
by
newspaper
headlines
of
a
thousand"
odd
divcores
left
over
from
3.
440
filed
for
:hearln2Hhf3'tenri
f'trf'.afi
Plann
ing
increase
in
prosecutions
for
cruelty
reported
by
the
Natinoal
Society
for
Prevention
of
Cruelty
to
Children,
with
the
blame
pinned
partly
on
pleasure
seeking
mothers;
of
a
-black
market
in
Illegitimate
babies;
and
by
floods
of
letters
from
perplexed
servicemen
and
their
wives
in
the
corresponding
columns,
telling
of
a
thousand
problems
of
domestic
readjustment.
"In
its
supreme
ordeal,
the
nation
called
upon
all
Its
members
to
leave
home
and
family
and
all
else,"
said
the
Archbishop
in
the
sa'me
speech,
stressing
the
need
for
marriage
guidance
centres
in
every
district.
"The
nation
must
have
in
oh
Its
conscience
to
help
to
the
utmost
those
who
return
with
their
lives
tout
whose
domestic
happ-plness
is
for
one
reason
or
another
in
Jeopardy.
It
cannot
just
leave
men
and
women
to
find
their
own
way
through
their
troubles
unaided."
Long
Separations
Causes
for
the
breakup
of
marriages
in
the
United
States
are
aggravated
in
Britain.
Separations
here
have
in
many
cases
been
for
five
and
six
years,
instead
of
two
to
three.
Here
the
British
Tommy
returns,
not
to
the
bright-eyed
little
wife
he
left
behind
but
to
a
strange,
tired
woman,
worn
down
by
bombings,
food
shortages
and
overwork
of
which
she
was
too
thoughtful
to
tell
him.
The
current
crack
"I've
given
the
best
years
of
my
wife
to
the
army"
Is
perhaps
not
so
far
from
the
truth.
Reginald
Pestell,
Secretary
of
the
Marriage
Guidance
Council
in
London,
says
they
have
more
business
than
they
can
cope
with
and
are
handling
a
tremendous
postal
advice
service.
The
British
soldier
who
finds
his
wife
docs
not
want
to
.go
back
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
Brit-J
Mm
m
hu
,s
faced
lsh
Columbia
at
a
meeting
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association
to
be
held
September
-la
T5o.ontlv
tVip
Associated
Boards
stelnsson.
Mrs.
Hyndman
of
Trade
of
British
Columbia
with
three
years
wait
under
British
divorce
law
before
he
can
start
proceedings,
wait
another
six
months,
and
perhaps
then
be
uble
to
start
another
life.
But
a
very
practical
problem
the
acute
housing
shortage
is
thought
by
many
to
ba
one
of
the
prime
causes
of
the
break-up
of
marriages.
Thousands
of
married
couples
here
have
never
had
a
home,
even
though
they
may
have
been
mar
Tomorrow's
Tides
NORTHERN
AND
C;
EamwifBJilTis
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
(PtcUlo'Bttndtrd
Time)
if-
Temperature
Temperatures;
for
the
Prince
Wednesday,
September
.
5,
1945
She
Rupert
district
during
24
hours
-
n
n
am
0
r
l
High
-
ending;
5
am.
6:50
2.9
feet
High
-
M-,
t
Low
Low
.
....
51
19:05
5.9
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
204.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
SEPTEMBER
4,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Rain
....
.29
JAPS
USE
CHARMS
TO
WARD
OFF
ALLIEDPLANES
The
pattern,
left,
was
discovered
on
the
beach
near
Okayama
by
VS.
Third
Fleet
carrier
planes
during
a
raid.
It
Is
a
representa-Uon
of
an
old
Japanese
coin
used
about
300
years
ago
and
worth
about
a
penny.
In
modern
Japan
It
Is
frequently
hung
on
doorways
to
ward
off
evil
spiritsfrom
the
house.
The
two
characters
reading
from
top
to
bottom
are
"kanel"
and
represent
the
period
of
the
coin
and
the'
two
characters,
reading
from
left
to
right
spell
"currency."
.The
enemy
apparently
had
resorted
to
charms
to
ward
off
Allied
attacks.
Bulletins
LAAAiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJkMA
EASIER
TO
GET
OUT
OTTAWA
The
priority
point
score
for
discharge
from
the
Canadian
Army
has
been
reduced
from
140
to
130
points.
Key
men
will
still,
however,
be
retained.
SPAIN
GETS
NOTICE
WASHINGTON
Spain
was
(riven
notice
today
by
United
States,
Great
Britain,
Russia
and
France
to
give
up
control
of
Tangiers
so
it
may
be
retained
to
international
status.
HERMAN
TRELLE
MURDERED
SAN
BERNARDINO,
Cal
Herman
Trelle,
five
times
world
wheat
king,
is
dead
here
of
gunshot
wounds.
Police
are
searching
for
John
Gilbert!,
a
former
employee
who,
Trelle
told
them,
while
a
waiting
'deatti.'flred
the'
fatal
shot;
"
Fat
Youth
Is
Charged
Seventeen-Year-Old
Boy
Is
Said
to
Have
Confessed
to
Murder
of
Victoria
Girl
VICTORIA,
Sept.
4
3
Seventeen-year-old
Chuck
Kinney
appeared
in
Juveniie
court
today
on
a
charge
of
murder
in
connection
with
the
death
of
Phyllis
Stroud,
18-year-old
girl,
whose
body
was
found
buried
in
a
sawdust
pile
12
days
after
she
died
by
suffocation.
Kinney
was
remanded
to
September
11.
Chief
Constable
Jack
McLel
lan
of
the
Victoria
police
force
said
the
boy
confessed
but
the
police
chief
did
not
reveal
further
details.
xoung
runney,
o
iooi
ova
inches
in
height
and
weighing
258
pounds,
lived
alone
in
the
same
house
as
the
Stroud
girl.
His
father
and
mother
were
in
Halifax.
RELIEVING
SHORT
LABOR
SUPPLY
BY
MEN
OF
ARMY
OTTAWA,
Sept.
4
KP)
Defence
Minister
Abbott
has
announced
a
unified
policy
for
the
three
services-
which
will
aim
to
relieve
labor
shortages
in
industry,
business
and
the
professions
by
discharging
trained
personnel
first.
Those
members
of
the
forces
who
are
experienced
farmers,
who
have
former
employment
to
return
to
or
who
intend
re
turning
to
university
will
be
granted
early
discharges.
However,
eligibility
under
one
of
those
three
requirements
does
not
grant
the
candidate
priority
over
long-service
veterans
who
will
be
discharged
llrst.
CUSTOMS
REVENUE
Total
revenue
for
the
month
of
August
for
the
customs
and
excise
department
amounted
to
$23,862.49.
R'.
E.
Mortimer
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
rled
six
years
and
have
several
yesterday
afternoon
from
a
ten-
-chUdren.
day
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
Occupying
Japan
Tokyo
To
Be
Taken
Over
This
Friday
TOKYO,
Sept.
4
The
Japan
ese
say
that
the
Allies
will
be
gin
the
occupation
of
the
en
emy
capital
on
Friday.
Accord
ing
to
the
enemy
sources,
the
first
contingent
of
Allied
forces
entering
the
area
will
be
3300
men
strong.
Other
troop
move
ments
reported
tell
of
movements
of
men
to
the
strertgth
of
twj
full
divisions.
The
Jepanese
reports
are
not
confirmed
by
Al
lied
headqquarters.
Meantime,
a
triumphant
entry
Into
Singapore
was
made
today
by
Admiral
Sir
Arthur
Power,
commander
In
chief
of
the
Brlt-isrEast'IndlefleetHfs'
frag-'
ship,
the
cruiser
Cleopatra,
arrived
shortly
before
two
ajn.
this
morning.
The
path
of
the
British
warships
was
cleared
by
the
Sixth
Minesweeplng
Flotilla
of
the
Royal
Navy.
British
Royal
Marines
are
expected
to
land
at
the
base
some
time
today.
The
formal
Japanese
surrender
ceremonies
were
held
aboard
the
United
States
battleship
Missouri,
anchored
in
Tokyo
Bay
on
Sunday.
The
surrender
hour
was
cool
and
cloudy
but
the
sun
broke
through
the
overcast
20
minutes
later
as
General
Mac-Arthur
intoned
the
words
"these
proceedings
are
clos-ed."
Foreign
Minister
Mamoru
Shl-gemltsu
signed
for
the
Japanese
government.
He
approached
the
surrender
table,,
doffed
his
hat
and
nervously
fingered
his
fountain
pen
before
he
firmly
signed
the
two
copies
of
the
surrender
document
one
for
Japan
and
one
for
the
Allies.
General
Yo-
shljlro
Umezu
signed
for
the
Japanese
imperial
staff.
He
also
was
nervous.
He
quickly
signed
;the
papers,
then
stepped
aside.
A
Japanese
colonel
wiped
his
eyes.
All
the
Japanese
present
at
the
ceremony
were
tense
and
drawn.
Then
General.
MacArthur
signed
for
the
United
Nations,
using
five
pens.
The
first
two
he
handed
In
turn
to
Lleuten-ant-General
Jonathan
Waln-wright
and
to
British
General
Arthur
Ernest
Perclval,
who
were
forced
to
surrender
Correg-ldor
and
Singapore,
respectively,
in
the
war's
darkest
hours.
Both
Walnwrlght
and
Perclval
had
been
rescued
only
a
few
days
ago
from
Japanese
prisoner
of
war
camps.
General
MacArthur
then
asked
Admiral
Nimitz
to
sign
the
surrender
documents
on
behalf
of
the
United
States.
Then
followed
the
representatives
of
the
other
Allied
Nations
General
Hsu
Yung-Chang
for
China,
Admiral
Sir
Bruce
Frascr
for
the
United
Kingdom,
Lleut.-Gen.
Dcrevyanko
for
Russia,
General
Sir
Thomas
Blarney
for
Australia,
Colonel
Lawrence
Moore-Cosgrave
for
Canada,
General
Jacques
Le
Clerc
for
France,
Admiral
C.
E.
L.
Helfrlch
for
the
Netherlands,
and
Air
Vice
Marshal
Isltt
for
New
Zealand.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
sign
ing
ceremonies,
General
Mac-Arthur
said
solemnly:
"Today
thd
guns
are
silent.
A
great
tragedy
has
ended.
A
great
victory
has
been
won.
'
American
Army
Moving
Out
of
Prince
Rupert
,;
Within
Two
or
Three
Months
Personnel
and
I
Equipment
Will
Be
Gone
Future
of
$17,000,000
Installation
Unsettled
I
The
American
Army
Transportation
Corps
which
has
moved
men
and
war
materials
in
huge
quantities
through
Prince
Rupert
since
Pearl
Harbor,
is
now
j
operating
in
reverse
at
this
port
and,
within
the
next
i
few
weeks,
will
have
completed
the
removal
of
personnel
and
equipment
from
the
port.
What
will
be
'
the
disposition
of
great
installations
at
Prince
Rupert
ana
nearly
port
Edward,
tne
m
1
ltlal
construction
of
which
cost
:
an
estimated
$17,000,000,
having
been
added
to
with
extensive
Improvements,
is
as
yet
unsettled.
This
will
be
something
to
be
determined
by
the
American'
and
Canadian
authorities
jolnUy
and
will
be
governed
by
future
defence
policy.
The
personnel
of
the
Prince
Rupert
sub-port
of
embarkation
which
Includes
Port
Edward
has
been
already
reduced
from
Its
one-time
maximum
of
3200
and
stands
at
about
2900
today,
in
cluding
400
local
civilian
work-i
ers.
The
withdrawal
of
person-1
nel
and
equipment
will
be
a
gradual
operation
and,
to
use
the.
words
of
Brigadier
General
Robert
H.
Wylie,
assistant
chief
of
transportation
and
director
of
operations,
United
States
Army,
Washington.
D.C.,
who
was
In
the
city
during
the
weekend,
"the
withdrawal
will
have
become
quite
distinctly
felt
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks.'
In
a
matter
of
months
it
is
expected
that
all;
personnel,
supplies
and
equipment
will
have
been
removed,
leaving
only
the
fixed
General
Wylie,
in
the
course
of
an
Interview
with
The
Dally
News,
pointed
out
that,
now
the
war
with
Japan
was
over,
it
was
obvious
that
"every
unnecessary
operatlbri
everywhere
will
be
closed
out
and
the
home
as
soon
as
possible
"We
are
now
actively
engag
ed,"
continued
the
general,
"in
cutting
the
cloth
to
the
size
of
an
army
required
during
the
transition
period
from
big-scale
warfare
to
the
purposes
of
occupation.
"There
is,
therefore,
little
excuse
for
continuing
the
operation
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
y-
j
l
ii
1
..
i
i
:
J
Fish
Sales
SUNDAY
(Canadian)
P.
Dorreen,
20,000
lbs.,
munds
&
Walker.
Ed-
Arctic
I,
8,000
lbs.
black
cod,
Co-op.
MONDAY
(Canadian)
Kaare
II,
48,000
lbs.,
Storage;
(American)
Constitution,
54,000
lbs.,
Stor
age.
TUESDAY
(Canadian)
Combat,
32,000
lbs..
Booth.
MUSSALLEM'S
GROCERY
STORE
CHANGES
HANDS
Jack
Mussallem,
Former
Manager,
Purchases
Variety
Store
Change
of
ownership
of
Mus-
salem's
Economy
'grocery
store
two
or
three
I
Is.
annnccd
today
by
Jack
nn
1
1
v
v'j
inm
w
n
r
1
1
a
w
n-i
nnnrrnr
Bomb
Toll
Staggering
Japanese
to
Hear
How
They
Were
Knocked
Out
of
War
TOKYO,
Sept.
4
0)
Japan
this
week
will
hear
from
its
Premier
the
staggering-
news,
that
Its
bomb
toll
wa3
450,000-1
nearly
double
the
official
flgurei
thus
far
announced.
The
reve
latlon
will
be
made
In
a
frank
discussion
of
the
war
before
aj
session
of
Diet
beginning
todayi
The
Premier's
speech
will
be;
the
first
before
the
Diet
under
the
newly-announced
program!
of
loosening
official
bonds
on
public
discussion.
Authoritative
sources
say
that
95,000
persons
died
In
the-atomic-bombed
city
of
Hiroshima
alone.
The
previous
population
of
the
city
was
250,000.
Twelve
million
homes
were
destroyed"
during
the
aerial
raids.
connection
with
the
land-
plated
In
either
business,
It
l,fd
understood.
Mrs.
Earl
Becker
and
son
and
daughter
returned
to
the
cltyj
on
Sunday
night's
train
fromi
Wistaria
where
they
have
been
HOPES
TO
GET
:
BACK
OVERSEAS
Flight
Lieutenant
William
Osborne
at
Present
Spending
Month's
Leave
at
Terrace
'.
'
TERRACE,
Sept.
4
Flight
Lieutenant
William
Osborne,
af-;
ThT;
spending
a
month
here
ok
The
new
manager
is
George
Ma-'
Hf,
.
-
,h
hare
former
manaeer
of
Rpvprnlt
""
SusmeSe&
S
change
is
eftectlve
today.
"
thP
,ri!ri'lL
.T
pHnlp
'
"sume
duties
with
the
Royal
1
SJL
.iLPr
Canadian
Air
Force.
At
least
that
lod
of
more
than
35
years,"
said
Mr.
Mussallem,-
who
has
pur
chased"
the
.Varletyi
8tore..'Ttoe?
is
his
Intention
unless
the
plan
Is
Interfered
with
by
change
of
I
pollcyon
personnel
disposition;
.
.
business
was
founded'
In
March,
u'
men
moveagj,,
i
naa
Deen
wun
Ferry
command
5slble-
v
..
.h.
fBm.
as
a
navigator,
had
been
engag-
and
was
operating
over
Arnhem
area
In
western
Europe
when
V-E
Day
came.
Weather
Forecast
visiting
with
Mrs.
Becker's
par-1
North
Coast:
Light
occasional-ents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ed-
Mohr.
I
ly
mild
winds,
mostly
cloudy
and
cool
with
occasional
light
rain
CAiwaiu,
lie
iuniuuuceu
cauuju-i
-
.
.
.
.
at
Pr,nce
RuP"t
slnce
the
very
tcday
.
and
Wednesday.
.
Queen
lv
"What
is
coine
on
here
Is
also
going
on
at
many
places
In
I
,big,"nln'f"
f4neral
.Wyl1?'
Charlottes:
Moderate
light
fresh
the
United
States.
"We
are
closing
up
operations
as
rapidly
as
conditions
will
permit.
"The
men
'will
be
sent
home
and
the
equipment
assembled
at
designated
points."
The
last
leverse
shipment
of
ammunition
through
Port
Edward
back
to
the
United
States
will
have
been
finished
by
September
15,
General
Wylie
said.
The
final
munitions
ship
will
be
in
berth
at
Watson
Island
in
a
few
days.
It
will
involve
the
movement
of
200
cars
or
six
or
seven
trains
over'
the
railway.
The
ammunition
will
include
a
considerable
number
of
11-ton
"block-buster"
bombs
which
had
been
intended
for
use
in
the
destruction
of
Japan
had
the
enemy
not
surrendered,
Some
40,000
tons
of
supplies
will
have
to
be
removed
from
here.
For
Instance,
the
large
warehouse
here
Is
full
of
supplies
which
will
have
to
be
taken
out.
In
addition
there
are
trucks
and
tractors
on
the
piers.
Then
there
Is
the
moveable
equipment
which
has
been
used
here
In
connection
with
residence
of
the
Transportation
Corps
forces
and
administration
of
the
port.
Major
Fixed
Installations
The
fixed
installations
include
such
major
facilities
at
Prince
Rupert
as
the
huge
warehouse
which
was
erected
on
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront,
the
extended
ocean
dock
(which
supposedly
will
revert
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways),
the
adminis
tration
building
and
the
Acropo-
lis
Hill
cantonment
with
Its
many
buildings.
The
major
installation
at
Port
Edward
staging
area,
where
troops
have
been
handled
in
transit,
Is
the
Watson
Island
dock
as
well
as
at
large
cantonment.
"We
appreciate
very
greatly
the
way
we
have
been
received
It
has
been
a
matter
of
much
southwesterly
winds
becoming
satisfaction
to
use
of
the
United
northwesterly
by
afternoon
be-States
Army.
Construction
dlf-
coming
moderate
on
Wednesday,
ficultles
were
considerable.
'mostly
cloudy
and
cool
today
"The
installation
at
Prince
with
scattered
showers,
clearing
Rupert,"
the
general
added,
"was
tonight.
Wednesday:
Pa
Lt
1
y
really
of
considerable
more
im-'
cloudy
with
little
change
hrfem-portance
than
its
size
might
perature.
-w
have
Indicated.
It
played
a
very
important
part,
Indeed,
In
ouri
war
against
Japan."
I
General
Wylie,
travelling
by
aircraft,
was
In
Prince
Rupert
Sunday
and
Monday.
He
arrived
here
from
Juneau
and
left
here
today
for
Seattle
and
San
Fran-1
clsco,
accompanied
by
Col.
J.
H.
I
M
e
1
1
o
m,
commander
of
the
Prince
Rupert
sub-port
of
embarkation,
who
will
be
back
in
about
two
weeks.
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergln
and
daughter,
Miss
Dorothy
Kergin,
returned
to
the
city
last
night
from
a
week's
motor
trip
to
Francois
Lake
and
elsewhere
In
the
Interior.
LUTON,
Bedfordshire,
England
O)
Battle
flag
of
the
German
cruiser
Prlnz
Eugen
has
been
given
to
Luton
corporation.
Provincial
Election
VOTERS'
LISTS
IS
YOUR
NAME
on
the
Provincial
Voters'
List?
It
is
your
duty
to
register.
Take
Ho
chances.
Do
not
depend
on
anyone
else.
You
cannot
vote
unless
registered
on
the
PROVIN-.
CIAL
list.
Being
on
the
Civic,
Municipal
or
Federal
lists
positively
does
not
put
you
on'
the
Provincial
list.
THE
LIST
CLOSES
on
the
17th
day
of
Sepfem-,
ber,
1945,
after
which
date
positively.no
applications
will
be
received
by
me.
Qualifications
for
Registration
:
1.
British
subject
by
birth
or
naturalization.
2.
Twenty-one
years
of
age.
3.
Residence
six
months
in
Province
of
Brifr
ish
Columbia;
one
month
in
Electoral
District
NORMAN
A.
WATT;;.'
Registrar
of
Voters,
Prince
Rupert
Electoral
District.
x
16
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