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AND
CENTRAL
BRTTTW
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.
Tides
Standard
Ttae)
vnrth
coast
and
Queen
Charges
-Pacific
Fresh
t0
stron
wlndS
,
Friday,
"January
5.
1945
?Sh
In.
open
water
gales
L-
High
6:06
18.1
leet
luring
the
day.
Overcast
and
)"
18:06
16.1
leet
2
with
light
rain.
Friday;
Low
12:14
9.2
leet
Moderate
to
fresh
winds.
XXXIV
No.
3
PRINCE
KUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
'
':
...:
'A
GREATEST
RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE
i
I.
four
Million
Casualties-
Nazis
Lost
Enormously
During
1944
Ctrmany
Also
Yielded
Territory
Si
Times
Her
Own
Sire
MOSCOW,
Jan.
1
(CP)
The
Cfrmanj
suffered
more
than
508,000
casualties
In
1911
on
the
western
and
eastern
iroms
In
Europe,
the
Moscow
radio
uid
today.
The
enemy
lost
three
million
in
killed
or
wounded
as
well
as
territory
tli
times
the
size
of
Germany,
according
to
Soviet
calculation.
Maitland's
Son-
in-Law
Rewarded
VICTORIA,
Jan.
4
Cl
Lieut.
Bruce
Harley
of
Windsor
Mills,
Qurtec
v
n
in-law
of
Attorney
General
R
L.
Maltiand,
has
been
mroea
we
Military
ius
iu
wi
ik
in
France.
11JTUDY
IMPORT
F.
A.
Gilfney
Appointment
to
C.R.
Research
and
Development
Department
MONTREAL.
Jan.
4
F.
A.
GaHurv
.a.
been
appointed
tran
w
mamlsL-
Canadian
"If
ill
in
Mor'rtal
It
was
announced
today
by
s.W
Falrweather,
vlce-preslder'
f
research
and
development
Mr
Oaffney
was
for-mtriy
.iperiai
representative
In
the
raUwayi
department
of
re-
serh
ajid
development.
His
dnUes
-;ll
Include
studies
of
the
tffert
of
highway
and
air
com
petition
on
railways.
Mr
OaIfny
Is
a
native
of
Brockvllle
Ontario,
where
he
as
educated
and
where
he
started
hi
-
railway
career
In
July
1920
as
clerk
in
the
transportation
department
of
the
C.NJI.
'ter
serving
as
a
clerk
stenog
Upher.
He
was
transferred
to
Montreal
and
in
March
1923
was
promoted
to
secretary
to
the
genual
superintendent
of
trans
portation
at
Toronto.
In
1038
he
returned
to
Montreal
as
special
assistant
in
the
bureau
of
economics,
irTJ
Oaffney
was
recently
on
vie
ucwiiuuii
guviruuui
lit
aevei.i
,i.
.....i
faclllties
on
thC
island
TWELVE
HUNDRED
SCHOOL
HERE
Attendance
Reports
for
De
cember
Presented
at
Monthly
'"eeuiij
City
schools
had
a
population
1209
pupils
In
December,
principals'
reports
considered
by
"e
School
Board
Wednesday
'"nt
revealed.
Attendance
u"ng
the
month
was
good
and
yuancy
was
negllgable.
There
e
no
playground
accidents
B
school
hours.
"wi
an
enrolment
of
506.
Memorial
high
school
had
attendance
percentage
of
03
'
nt.
Principal
W.
W.
C.
ONel
......
.
...
"iwn'u,
junior
nign
sl
n'001
had
an
enrolment
of
336
enrolls1
Wgh
SChl
had
I7
The
218
pupils
enrolled
at
Borden
Street
school
had
an
at-rord
of
04
per
cent,
pal
a
A.
Cheeaeman
stated.
n"e
we
71
boys
and
63
girls.
Si
,?f
enUBhlmcnt
for
305
Pupils
49
of
whom
were
boys
and
Jfn0afrls'MlS3E.
A.
Mercer,
prln-"?'
"Ported.
The
school
had
cent
"Ce
record
of
88
pcr
(Wn?lpal-
Edward
Wa"l
01
cenrad
street
school
Informed
;he
B6ard,
that
his
school
had
Senr?ment
of
182'
and
an
"tendance
of
03
per
cent.
OEN
"IKE"
VISITS
CANADIAN
FRONT
-Ocn.
Dwlght
Elsenhower,
supreme
Allied
commander
on
the
western
front,
Is
shown
(right)
with
Oen.
Henry
D.
O.
Crerar,
Canadian
First
Army
commander,
watching
a
demonstration
by
Canadian
troops
during
Ocn.
Elsenhower's
visit
to
the
Canadian
sector
of
the
western
front.
AMERICAN
ARMIES
CLOSING
IN
ON
GERMAN
POSITIONS
IH
BELGIUM
ALLIED
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS,
Jan.
4
(CP)
Troops
of
the
American
First
and
Third
Annies
are
moving
against
German
positions
in
Belgium.
Advices
from
Paris
say
that
the
First
Army
has
swung
into
a
heavy
attack
against
the
enemy
s
northern
positions.
'
Today
s
Allied
communique
Farm
Deferments
Being
Cancelled
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
4
Oi
-James
Byrnes,
war
moblltea-tbn
director,
called
on
selective
service
yesterday
to
take
steps
for
Immediate
Induction
Into
the
United
States
armed
services
of
men
18
to
25
years
of
age
who
now
have
agricultural
deferments.
There
are
364,000
men
In
this
group
with
deferments.
Air
Training
At
Varsity
Finished
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
4
05
The
air
training
plan
at
the
Univer
sity
of
British
Columbia
has
been
discontinued
as
from
DocemDcr
31,
Dr.
Norman
Mackenzie,
pre
sident
of
the
university,
announces.
Dr.
"Mackenzie
said
he
had
received
a
letter
from
the
acting
minister
of
national
defence,
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
notifying
him
of
the
discontinuance.
Birth
Drop
Blamed
On
Public
Opinion
LONDON,
Jan.
4
Oi
Public
opinion
Is
at
least
partly
responsible
for
Britain's
declining
birthrate,
says
the
National
Council
of
Women
In
a
submission
to
the
government's
Royal
Commission
Investigating
the
problem.
"The
status
of
motherhood
must
be
raised
and
there
must
bo
Improved
nursing
services
and
priority
for
them
for
domestic
help,"
the
Council
submits.
"Women
with
largo
families
of
small
children
have
little
leisure
and
become
less
of
a
companion
to
their
husbands.
Public
opinion
tends
to
pity
and
even
jeer
at
the
mother
of
a
large
family."
EXAMPLE
WILL
TELL
LEEDS,
Eng.,
)
"It
Is
by
force
of
example
that
Britain
can
retain
her
prestige
and
Increase
It,"
Emmanuel
Shlnwell,
M.
.V.,
said
here
with
reierence
to
vast
post-war
agricultural
and
Industrial
expansion
which
will
be
necessary
In
Britain's
colonies.
says
a
rirst
Army
counter-at
tack
launched
yesterday
morning
in
the
Orandmenll
area
on
the
northern
flank
of
the
enemy's
Belgian
salient
Is
making
good
progress.
Gains
have
also
been
made
near
the
western
tip
of
the
Belgian
salient
south
of
Rochefort.
The
Germans
this
morning
Uirew
one
hundred
tanks
Into
two
counter-attacks
In
the
Bas-
togne
bulge.
A
front
dispatch
says
that
the
Nazis
have
succeeded
in
preventing
further
Amejican
gains
In
that
sector.
Both
sides
have
been
hamper
ed
by
bad
weather
along
the
western
front.
A
heavy
snow
jestcrday
reduced
visibility
to
less
than
fifty
yards,
and
that.
of
course,
made
It
virtually
Impossible
to
use
tanks
and
heavy
artillery.
Because
of
the
bad
weather,
Allied
fighter
bombers
on
the
continent
were
forced
to
stay
on
the
ground.
Today's
Allied
communique
tells
of
active
patrolling
by
Allied
forces
and
by
the
enemy
in
the
Netherlands.
However,
the
announcement
does
not
make
clear
whether
this
action
tooS
place
on
the
Canadian
First
or
British
Second
Army
front.
LOCAL
TERRACE
TRAIN
IS
OFF
Effective
at
the
end
of
nex.
week,
the
local
train
servl-e
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace,
which
-has
been
operated
some
time's
by
a
dlescl
electric
equipment
and
some
times
with
steam
locomotive
and
regulation
coaches,
is
to
be
discontinued
bv
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways.
A
marked
falling
off
in
traffic
of
late
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
Is
given
by
railway
officials
as
the
reason
for
discontinuing
the
service.
CARDIFF,
Wales,
O)
Wales
Is
being
combed
for
star
choral
singers
to
form
a
national
choir
to
tour
the
battlefields
and
sins
to
the
troops.
L.
M.
Felsenthal
left
on
In.it;
nlcht's
train
on
a
business
trip
to
Montreal.
He
will
visit
several
American
cities
on
h?
way
bck
to
Prince
Rupert.
KulktiU
SITUATION
IN
GREECE
ATHENS
The
Greek
premier,
Genera!
Niti'olas
Plastiras,
has
formed
a
new
cabinet.
He
has
retained
four
important
portfolios
for
himself,
despite
the
insistence
of
left-wing:
elements
that
their
representatives
be
given
these
posts.
There
Is
no
definite
indication
as
yet
whether
or
not
the
new
government
changes
will
end
the
fighting
In
Greece.
AGREES
TO
REGENCY
LONDON
It
is
unofficially
believed
that
King
Peter
of
Yugoslavia
has
agreed
to
appoint
a
resent
to
act
for
him.
Now
exiled
In
London,
Peter
has
promised
that
he
won't
return
to
hl
country
until
his
people
decide
whether
they
want
him
back.
,
BREAK
IS
CONFIRMED
ANKARA
The
Turkish
government
has
announced
that
it
will
break
relations
with
Japan
at
the
end
of
this
week.
The
move
U
called
a
Turkish
contribution
to
the
Allied
cause
and
its
official
announcement
confirms
earlier
broadcasts
by
the
Ankara
radio.
This
wiH
rob
the
Japanese
of
the
pprtunlty
to
spy
on
Allied
movements
and
ship-plug
In
the
Mediterranean
and
Middle
East.
MACDONALD
IN
HALIFA&
HALIFAX.
Navy
Minister
Angus
L.
Macdonald
has
arrived
Halifax
oh
a
tour'
of
'In
spection
of
naval
establishments;
Mr.
Macdonald
is
a
former
premier
of
Nova
Scotia.
NEW
ItOCKET
SHELL
OTTAWA
R.C.A.F.
headquarters
in
Ottawa
announces
that
one
of
the
rockets
now
being
fired
by
British
and
Canadian
planes
is
equivalent
to
a
six-inch
gun
shell.
The
rocket
and
another,
which
has
a
head
with
great
penetrative
power
against
steel
plate,
are
among
the
most
effective
weapons
of
the
war.
They
are
carried
on
Beaufigh'.er
and
Typhoon
aircraft!
TO
GET
PUBLICITY
WASHINGTON
The
head
of
the
WaiMngton
office
of
the
Canadian
Wartime
Information
Bosrd,
J.
Hugh
Campbell,
has
b'n
appointed
to
a
new
committee
of
public
relations
officers,
to
publicize
the
activities
of
the
combined
production
and
tesources
board.
This
Important
board,
which
has
received
Uttle
publicity
for
get-tin
out
the
materials
of
war
from
he
resources
of
Canada,
the
United
States,
and
Britain,
now
Is
expected
to
have
its
work
made
more
generally
known.
CANADIAN
CASUALTIES
LOWER
OTTAWA
Canadian
casualties
in
November,
totalling
1998
of
which
some
1300
were
wounded,
were
the
least
since
the
Invasion
of
Europe.
FIRST
TRAFFIC
FATALITY
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had.
Its
first
traffic
fatality
of
the
year
last
night
when
al-fred
Dove,
65,
died
from
injuries
sustained
when
struck
by
a
car.
WOOD
SUBSIDY
DISCOUNTED
OTTAWA
The
federal
wood
subsidy
of
$1
per
coid
Is
dis-
continued
except
in
areas
oi
scarcity'
where
special
subsi
dies
may
be
allowed.
TRUCKS
TO
AUSTRALIA
TORONTO
Canada
Is
to
send
1200
trucks
to
Australia.
AIR
FORCE
STRONGER
LONDON
A
senior
Allied
Air
Force
officer
said
today
that
the
German
Air
Force
is
numerically
stronger
than
it
was
on
I)
-Day
although
still
not
as
efficient
as
the
Allied
forcis.
The
German
Air
Force
numerical
strength
Is
as
a
result
of
a
policy
of
con
serration
and
continued
pro
duct
ion,
There
are
also
signs
of
iuporior
leadership.
POLICEMEN
IN
ROW
EDMONTON
Sergeants
Diiclos
and
Appleby
and
Constable
Johnson
of
the
Edmonton
city
police
are
alleged
to
have
figured
In
a
row
in
a
police
station
on
New
Year's
Day
when
Johnson
sustained
a
'fractured
Jaw
and
arm,
GODFREY
VS.
McNAUGHTON
OWEN
SOUND
Air
Vice
Marshal
Eail
Godfrey,
R.C.
A.f
retired,
has
been
offered
the
C.C.F.
nomination
In
the
Grey
North
federal
by-election
to
oppose
Geu.
A.
G.
L.
McNaughton
and
Ex-Mayor
Garfield
Case.
SCHOOL
BOARD
CHAIRMAN
VANCOUVER
Jack
Henderson,
president
of
the
B.C.
Command
of
the
Canadian
Legion,
Is
the
new
chairman
of
the
board
of
school
trustees,
succeeding
Elmore
1944
BUILDING
HERE
WAS
LOW
Building
permits
valued
at
$4,900
Issued
by
the
city
engineer's
office
In
December
es
tablished
the
total
value
of
per
mits
Issued
during
1944
at
$209,-
940.
Last
year's
building
program
was
the
lowest
In
the
city
since
1941;
CoinstrucUon
of
military
bulld-
Infesinustined
the
value,
of
per;
mit
issues
above
sso.oon
per
month
during
January,
February
and
March
but
In
April
the
total
slumped
to'
$2,400,
and
did
not
revive
above
the
$12,000
level
In
any
of
the
later
months.
Greatest
amount
of
building
was
done
In
March,
when
$52,-585
worth
of
permits
was
Issued.
Of
December's
$4,900
total,
$3,-000
was
for
the
construction
of
a
dwelling
by
Hans
Antonsen,
338
Eighth
Avenue
East.
Con
struction
of
two
garages,
a
green
house
and
alterations
and
repairs
to
existing
buildings
ac
counted
for
other
items
on
last
month's
list.
Permits
issued
la
1943
total
OPEN
VERDICT
IS
RETURNED
Coroner's
Jury
Finds
That
Jessie
Conroy
Lived
-for
Some
Time
After
Being
Cruelly
Beaten
WEST
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
4
(0)
Open
verdict
was
returned
by
a
coroner's
jury
Inquiring
into
the
death
of
Jenny
Conroy,
age
25,
whose
body
was
found,
a
week
ago
in
a
sparsely
settled
district
of
West
Vancouver.
The
Jury
found
that
she
came
to
her
death
from
blows
on
the
head
Inflicted
by
a
heavy
Instrument
wielded
by
a
person
or
persons
unknown.
The
Jury
found
that
the
North
Vancouver,
girl,
whose
body
was
found
December
29
on
a
lonely
road,
lived
for
some
time
after
she
was
brutally
beaten.
Dr.
H.
H.
Pitts,
Vancouver
pathologist
who
conducted
the
autopsy,
said
that
blood
In
the
girl's
lungs
Indicated
she
had
lived
for
a
time
after
the
attack.
The
jaw,
nose
nnrt
skull
were
fractured
but
i
Uiere
WM
nQ
evldnce.
ot
crim-
Jial
ntlack
Ra(,0
car
oIfcm
0(
Greater
,VonPOvpr
police
f0rce
have
been
Instructed
to
stop
and
question
drivers
of
all
cars
bearing
resemblance
to
an
old
green
coupe
which
was
seen
near
the
murder
scene
last
Wednesday
night
Local
Temperature
Maximum
45
Minimum
42
TJEW
DELHI,
,
The
superb
health
of
the
West
African
troops
lighting
In
Burma
has
been
prslscd
by
Brig.
G.
M.
Flndlay
ot
the
Army
Medical
Service,
who
recently
Inspected
medical
ar
I
rangements
In
India.
PATTERN
FOR
EUROPE
PEACE
Re-casting-
of
Boundaries
Is
Advocated
by
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
LONDON,
Jan.
4
09
Sir
Stat
ford
Cripps,
minister
of
aircraft
production
and
former
ambas
sador
to
Moscow,
urged
yester
day
the
re-castlng
of
Europe's
boundaries
on
a
safer
pattern
to
keep
peace
but
cautioned
against
wholesale
revenge
on
the
German
people.
Sir
Stafford
said
that
Germany
must
be
stripped
of
power
ever
again
to
wage
war
and
war
criminals
must
be
punished.
Cornwall,
Ontario
Has
Become
City
The
far
eastern
Ontario
town
of
Cornwall,
on
the
St.
Law
rence
river
not
far
from
the
Quebec
border,
has
just
been
Incorporated
as
a
city
according
to
a"
formal
announcement
received
at
the
city
hall
here.
Cornwall
Is
a
community
of
16.000
popula
tlon
and
has
been
Incorporated
as
a
municipality
for
110
years
led
$477,090,
and
the
Issue
for
December
of
that
year
was
$475.
Among
the
major
buildings
er
ected
last.year
were
the
Prince
Rupert
nshermens
co-opera
tlve
plant
at
Fairvlew
Bay,
and
the
Y.M.C.A.
war
services
build
ing
at
Second
Avenue
and
Mc
Bride
Street.
Following.
Is
.a
list
ot
permits
issued
in-Lccemucr,
ft
Frank
Morrison,
8th
Street,
porch
alterations,
$100.
H.
C.
Alton,
11th
Street,
green
house,
$50.
T.
E.
Dalzell,
Seal
Cove
Circle,
repairs
(fire),
$800.
W.
Sheardown,
3rd
Avenue,
repairs
(fire),$700.
M.
E.
Row'e,
9th
Avenue
East,
garage,
$50.
Wartime
Housing,
5th
Avenue
East,
frame
garage,
$200.
Hans
Antonsen,
8th
Avenue
East,
frame
building,
$3,000.
WAR
First
Army
Forged
Ahead
PARIS
The
American
First
Army
fought
three
miles
forward
in
a
new
offensive
against
the
north
flank
of
the
Belgian
bulge
by
8
a.m.
today
and
continued
Its
advance
through
a
blinding
snowstorm.
North
of
Bastogne
the
American
Third
Army,
advancing
on
the
bulge
from
the
south,
was
halted
by
violent
Nazi
counter-attacks.
Tersistent
German
attacks
from
Saar
to
Rhine
have
forced
the
Seventh
Army
from
holdings
In
Saarland.
A
dispatch
from
the
front
said
that
German
at
tack
on
First
Canadian
Army
positions
in
the
Netherlands
was
repulsed
with
the
Canadians
suffering
minor
cosualtles.
Canadians
Advancing
ROME
Canadian
troops
in
Italy
have
captured
the
village
of
Conventello
two
miles
east
of
the
German
stronghold
of
Alfonsine.
Alfonsine
lies
on
the
Ravenna-Ferrars
road,
seven-and-half
miles
northeast
of
Bagnacavallo
which
has
already
been
seized
In
the"
present
Canadian
drive.
In
their
advance,
the
Canadians
inflicted
what
were
officially
de
scribed
as
heavy
casualties
on,
a
picked
German
division.
One
hundred
Nazi
troops
were
taken
prisoner.
No
other
action
is
reported
in
the
Eigh'th
Army
sector
near
the
Adriatic.
However,
the
Allied
communique
tells
of
considerable
patrol
activity
on
both
sides
along
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
front
in
central
Italy
south
of
Bologna
and
further
west
near
the
Tyrrhenian
Sea.
Siege
of
Budapest
Reds'
Winter
Exceed
All
Previous
Ones
In
Its
Power
LONDON,
Jan.
4
(CP)
While
the
battle
for
Budapest
raged
today,
Moscow
radio
predicted
a
new
Soviet
winter,
campaign
on
a
larger
scale
than
any
of
the
previous
ones
which
have
proven
so
successful
for
the
Russians
and
so
disastrous
for
the
Germans.
The
radio
said:
INCREASES
DISALLOWED
National
.War
Labor
Board
Modifies
Findings
of
Regional
Board
Regarding-
Fishery
Workers
OTTAWA,
Jan.
4
O)
The
National
War
Labor
Board,
in
a
decision
announced
yesterday,
modified
a
decision
of
the
regional
board
affecting
employees
of
Pacific
Coast
fish
packing
companies.
s
The
board,
acting
on
an
appeal
by
the
companies,
confirmed
the
Teglonal
board's
decision
estab
lishing
a
nine-hour
day
on
fish
processing
for
both
monthly
and
hourly-rated
employees.
Wage
Increases
ifor
certain
classifications,
Including
an
In
crease
from
78
to
79
VzZ
In
the
rate
yiid
for
special
after-hour
Jobs
was
disallowed.
13TH
BOMBING
DAY
LONDON,
Jan.
4
CB
Enemy
reports
of
Allied
bombers
com-
ing
from
Italy
today
heralded
the
thirteenth
straight
daylight
attack
on
Germany.
Snow,
rain
and
leaden
skies
had
prevented
operations
Wednesday
by
aircraft
based
on
the
continent.
Bombers
flying
from
Britain
had
to
drop
explosives
through"
heavy
overcast
NEWS
MOSCOW
Russian
troops
apparently
have
the
situation
well
in
hand
at
Budapest
despite
heavy
counter-attacks
by
the
German
and
Hungarian
garrison
in
the
northwestern
part
of
the
city.
The
latest
dispatch
from
Moscow
says
that
Soviet
troops
are
holding
firm.
The
Russians
have
made
further
progress
in
clearing:
the
eastern
part
of
the
Hungarian
capital.
Almost
one-third
of
that
section
of
Budapest
now
is
in
Russian
hands.
Assault
On
Formosa
PEARL
HARBOR
A
dispatch
from
Pearl
Harbor
announces
that
American
carrier-planes
have
opened
an
assault
on
the
Island
of
Formosa
and
on
Okinawa
Island
In
the
Ryuk-yus
group.
Both
Formosa
and
Okinawa
are
astflde
the
aerial
routebetween
Japan
and
the
Philippines.
Tokyo
says
that
land-based
planes
also
took
part
in
the
raids
which
occurred
Wednesday,
Philippines
time.
Good
Raid
On
Nagoya
WASHINGTON
The
War
Department
in
Washington
has
revealed
some
details
of
yes'terday's
superfortress
raid
against
the
Japanese
city
of
Nagoya.
Good
results
were
obtained
In
the
attacks
on
unspecified
targets,
and
large
fires
were
started.
There
are
indications
that
up
to
one
hundred
superfortresses
participated
in
the
raid.
Tokyo
estimates
the
number
at
ninety.
4
Campaign
to
and
Impetus
"There
is
now
no
doubt
.";:
that
the
greatest
offensive
yet
,('
,i.
launched
on
the
eastern
front
js
1
is
in
sight.
It
will
exceed
all
,
?
earlier
drives
In
power
and
im-
v
petus."
.,''
Mobile
-warfare
raged
between
1
Budapest
and
Vienna
as
a
huge
1
!
German
tank
and
Infantry
v'Vi'aT
force,
mounting
the
first
eoun-
.
Hi
ter-offensive
on
the
easUrn
front1
'
since
October,
sought
to
break
through
the
Russian
line's
to
relieve
the
surrounded
garrison
in
the
Hungarian
capital.
B.C.
Electric
Strike
Looks
Like
Tie-Up
of
Transport
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
May
Hare
to
Walk
VANCOUVER',
'Jan.
(CTfk--Three
British
Columbia
cities
will
be
without
street
car
and
bus
service
beginatoj
next
Tuesday
unless
a
complete
rer
!
vision
of
the
National
War
La--
bor
Board's
findings
is
handed
jj-'f
down.
Spokesmen
for
the
street
5
railwaymen's
union
say
about
4,200
workers
in
Vanxouver,
.;
New
Westminster
and
Victoria
j.
will
-strike
In
.protest'
.agalntt
V
the
board's
decision
refusing
'
wage
increases
and
improved
working
conditions
The
.
,
union's
.publicity;
.
committee
"say's
only
a
new
govirnment
(v
decision
can
avert
a
tl-up
of
j
,
lower
mainland
trarportatlon.
'
'
A
Hon.
G.
S.
Pearson,
provincial
minister
of
labor,
'has
Issued
a
i,?
statement
declaring
that
the
,'f
strike
would
be
Illegal.
f'
,
Mayor
J.
W.
Cornett
announces
he
will
ask
the
federal
government
for
a
commission.
Percy
Bengough,
president
of
the
Canadian
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada,
has
wired
the
Department
of
Labor
at
Ottawa
asklne
for
a
review.
American
FederaUon
of
Labor
ijLtfl
have
asked
Ottawa
for
a
Com
mission.
LAND
FOR
VETERANS
ThrM
Ttinncinit
HnMinr.
tn
h
'
'
Mail.
AvalUM
f
OTTAWA,
Jan.
4
0)
About
3000
small
land
holdings
across
'
the
Dominion
will
be
made
avail-able
this
year
for
veterans
al-
!
ready
discharged
from
the
arm-
iv
ed
services.
An
announcement
ay
.
,
Veterans
Minister
Mackenzie
)
says
It
is
planned,
If
possible,
to
holdings
during
the
year
and
St
limited
number
of
full-time
SI
-i'
farming
units
will
be
released
to'Xt
meet
the
needs
of
exceptional
cases.
H
So
far
there
has
been
no
at-,.
tempt
at
larze-scale
settlement
;
under
the
Veterans
Land
Act.
This
has
been
party
because
ot
the
lack
of
seasoned
lumber
and
,
the
farm
machinery
supply
situ-1
.
eHri
Alen
thai-
Vtaa
VwAn
fh
.
desire
to
protect
the
Interests
of
men
who
will
be
eligible
for
i
3
benefits
tinder
the
aot
but
who-.M,
still
are
overseas.
i
X
A
large
part
of
the
acreage
acquired
for
soldier
settlement
'
'
t?
7i
will
be
held
In
reserve
for
those'''
not
yet
returned
to
civilian
life;