peacetime
economy.
'
Ijt
strikes
in
the
early
(
part
of
ne
year
had
been
low
for
the
Ntfl
AND
from
ml
OCK
nTTAWA.
Dec.
11
CCIM
Canadian
InW
nvranl
a
new
year
in
somewhat
anxious
but
ne
Mrfanf
Less
determined
mood.
The
Labor
movem(A
,u,uul,k
marced
from
the
war
with
its
membership
at
&
$.v.
xtirnc
high
with
new
legislation
favorable
to
laboi
ind
with
a
iirm
uulmummi
in
Keeping
in
peacetime
tne
llto5
made
on
war
production
j
h
......
..u.
,n.ci
LAoUKl
l
E
M.P.
"tSUiirciilS
FOUND
DEAD
unions
at
tm,vw,
aouDie
tiixir
,
nre-war
figure.
The
ques-
-
....
trst
eight
montns
tne
time
loss
,t
a
nerccnt
lower
than
In
lae
same
period
of
1944
but
to-
Itrds
the
end
of
tne
year
tne
Lures
soar,
largely
as
a
result
if
the
Ford
Motor
co.
waixout
Lt
Windsor,
Ont.
The
main
Issue
In
the
Ford
ismit"
is
union
security
the
Unand
of
the
United
Automo-t-
Workers
(CI.O.)
for
a
union
Lop
and
check-off.
The
com
pany
opposes
that
demand
with
Em
argument
that
a
union
shop
taiwment,
requiring
every
cm-Uyce
to
Join
the
union,
and
lh(
comnulsory
deduction
of
Lion
dues
from
payrolls,
are
tndemocratic.
I
While
statements
from
both
Ijm
emphasize
the
union
se-
arity
issue
there
is
evidence
oi
feeling
in
the'
minds
of
lit
ordinary
worker
walking
the
pket
line
that
other
securities
Lre
involved,
too
Job
security
l.uid
wage
security.
Ilsk
Guaranteed
Iw'ate
Per
Year
A
euaranteed
wage
of
$1,800
la
ytar
Is
one
of
the
Issues
bc-
l:wtn
the
company
and
the
union.
The
average
Ford
work-
Icr
admits
that
he
received
a
wad
hourly
rate
and.
that
h?
Iiad
worked
steadily
while
war
production
was
at
its
peak
but
I
w
is
nervous
about
the
future.
Aujust
Wallin
was
chairman
of
the
mer-tin??.
Cltv
rinrif
ti
n
Thnln.
who
Is
'''o
returning
officer,
explained
the
method
of
the
Hunter
ballot
hlch
is
to
be
used
for
this
!'Ws
voting.
Mayor
D.i?5ett
credited
tne
1913
ennnMl
nmnrspd
laricly
'
Labor
members,
with
estab-
shing
trust
funds
for
the
citys
Wcphonc
and
waterworks
utilities.
From
this
policy
of
"salting
"ay
25
per
cent
oi
tne
proma
'i
Doth
utilities,
two
funds,
containing
a
total
of
some
$43,000
have
been
set
uu.
The
telephone
"serve
now
contains
ii,i.
'hllc
the
waterworks
reserve
'und
has
about
$32,000.
in
addition
n
third
fund,
com
posed
of
receipts
from
the
sale
TO
REPRESENT
ALL
THE
PEOPLE
ALL
THE
TIME
VOTE
T.
Norton
Youngs
LONDON.
Dec.
11
A
Laborite
member
of
the
British
House
of
1
50
0f
L'LSin
:
Parliament
has
been
found
dead
L
.w
that
membership
loom,
to
after
M
,
u
mU
ase
as
tne
year
slnce
nid
was
found
new
strength
reunions
whUtaker.
Th,
British
1
war
and
unskilled
S
ilr
work-;
;
css
Association
said
that
Whit-ni-skllled
ntarneu
a
u
."
,
and
aDDarentiv
died
of
exDOsure.
ret
time;
but
many
of
them
l,
to
change
Jobs
to
fit
Into
!
CONDITION
CRITICAL
Famous
American
Central
is,
However,
Comfortable
aud
Completely
national
HEIDELBERG,
Germany,
Dec.
11
Pi
The
latest
reporl
concerning
General
Patton
says
the
two-gun
general
remains
in
a
critical
condition
although
his
physicians
state
he
Is
"quite
comfortable
and
completely
rational."
He
Is
suffering
from
a
broken
neck
and
partial
paralysis
as
a
result
cf
a
motor
accident
Sunday.
Mrs.
Patton
is
on
the
way
to
the
side
of
her
husband.
Weather
conditions
pre
vented
her
plane
landing
at
Paris
this
morning
and
it
is
now
believed
heading
for
southern
France.
It
is
disclosed
tnat
a
British
specialist
In
neuro-surgery
has
been
flown
to
Heidelberg
to
ex-
.
amine
Patton.
Fluctuations
in
peacetime
em
ployment
are
not
peculiar
to
the
Ford
Co.
They
have
been
lairiy
common
throughout
the
auto
mobile
Industry.
The
Windsor
workejs
who
during
thp,.sjtrike
have
gone
forVccfcs
wittrtheirl
only
income
from
union
relief
I
(Continued
on
Page
5)
Labor
Presents
Civic
Case
MAYOR,
CIVIC
LABOR
CANDIDATES
MR
VIEWS
AT
PUBLIC
MttllNtt
Civic
Labor
Federation's
seven
candidates;
for
Irivic
office
took
turns
in
speaking
before
an
audience
of
about
forty
in
the
Oddfellows'
Hall
last
nigiu
ami
III
,
.
.
.
V
II
1
1,..
oonnnll
UT
iVl'lVm"
oriel
taiKs
were
louoweu
u.v
a
sfioi
j
.v.
Iuieir
H.
M.
Daggett
in
which
he
concluded
a
summary
of
the
work
dnno
bv
citv
council
this
year
with
an
ap-
I'lteal
for
a
solid
Labor
vote.
Speakers
were
the
four
labor
tandltinlM
for
the
two
ar
term
J.
S.
Black.
Iildfrmanlc
John
Mulroney,
Harold
A.
Pon
der
and
Alderman
George
a.
Ruddcrham
the
one
year
aldcr-manic
candidate,
Peter
P.
For-
man
and
the
two
labor
scnooi
board
candidates.
Mrs.
Pearl
H.
I
Howe
and
Mrs.
Mvrtle
Rcpcr.
nf
ritv-owned
lots
now
contains
more
than
$20,000,
the
Mayor
said.
Negotiations
for
the
city
to
receive
compensation
for
the
wartime
damage
to
the
city's
streets
and
utilities
were
pro-nroojiiir
favcrablv.
Mayor
Dacset
said,
and,
in
addition
to
expecting
payment
by
the
federal
government
of
Its
part
of
the
lotal
rehabilitation
cost
of
$311,000,
the
city
is
seeking
to
obtain
Its
portion
from
the
(jovernment
by
way
oi
a
ww-intercst
loan.
vtavnr
Daisctt
took
Alderman
T.
B.
Black
to
task
on
two
counts.
"A'.dcrman
Black
gives
tne
impression
that
in
his
three
months
of
office
he
has
acccm-plished
more
than
other
members
of
the
city
council
have
done
in
three
years.
I
would
remind
Alderman
Black
that
many
of
the
things
for
which
he,
ap-rarcntly,
Is
taking
credit
were
done
by
the
council
as
a
whole.
Mayor
Daggett
said.
Mayor
Daggett
was
eongratu-(Continued
on
Page
4)
.cement
Soviet
to
Co-operate
in
Giving
Control
of
Manchuria
to
Nationalists
CHUNGKING,
Dec.
11
(CP)
The
official
Chinese
news
agency
reports
today
that
China
and
the
Soviet
Union
have
concluded
an
agreement
whereby
Chinese
Nationalist
forces
will
be
flown
into
Manchuria
to
take
ever
such
important
cities
as
Mukden
and
Harbin.
The
report
says
agreement
also
har
been
reached
on
the
procedure
to
be
followed
for
the
Chinese
Nationalists
4o
take
over
local
administrations
throughout
Manchuria.
The
Itu'.sians
are
said
to
have
agreed
to
protect
the
Chtnesc
Nationalist
troops,
presumably
against
the
Chinese
Communists,
whenever
they
land
in
Manchuria.
STARTING
JAP
TULALS
TOKYO
The
acting
commander
of
the
United
States
Eighth
Army,
Lieutenant
General
C.
I.
Hall,
announces
the
first
war
crimes
trials
in
Japan
will
start
a
week
from
today
in
Yokohama.
WAR
CRIMES
PICTURE
NUERNBERG,
Germany
A
four
-
hour
motion
picture
documenting
the
evil
history
of
the
Nazi
party
will
take
up
most
of
today's
war
crimes
court
session
in
Nuernberg.
Two
United
States
Naval
officers
assembled
the
film
in
Berlin
from
the
confiscated
libraries
of
the
enemy.
:
i
as
w
"To"
SET
STRIKE
DATE
PITTSBURGH
A
spokesman
for
the
CI.O.
Steelworkers
Union
says
the
union's
wage
policy
committee
will
meet
today
to
decide
the
date
of
the
industry-wide
strike
in
the
United
Stales.
The
committee's
decision
is
to
be
announced
sometime
this
afternoon.
The
walkout
will
affect
C50.000
American
steelworkers.
INCIDENT
ON
GUAM
GUAM
It
is
revealed
that
three
United
Slates
Marines
have
been
killed
on
Guam
after
being
ambushed
by
Japanese
mho
were
well
aware
of
Ihe
war's
end.
Another
American
marine
was
wounded
in
the
fracas
which
occurred
PRIORITIES
FOR
BRIDES
PARIS
The
Canadian
embassy
in
Paris
has
announced
lhat
French
brides
of
Canadian
soldiers
will
be
granted
free
transport
to
their
new
homes.
They
will
also
be
granted
priorities
on
Canadian
troopships
and
planes.
Frcnchwcmcn
engaged
lo
Canadian
servicemen
will
pay
reduced
fares
enroutc
to
Ibis
country.
tlngxpower
of
the
Prince
Rupert
station
has
been
asked
and
now
a
booster
station
at
Terrace
Is
requested.
WASHINGTON
ii
is
an-announced
that
all
American
forces
in
Iran
will
be
withdrawn
tills
month,
NAZIS
WATCH
SELVE5
STRUT
NUERNBEBO.
Dec.
11
0
-
Twenty-one
German
leaders
on
I
trial
for
war
crimes
gazed
with
mixed
emotions
today
at
a
mo
tion
nicture
re-enacting
their
struttlne
years
as
self-proclaim
ed
supermen
on
the
march
;
which
led
them
to
ruin.
The
j
Nazi
chieftains
watched
the
familiar
scenes
from
German
films
flashed
across
the
screen.
The
documentary
film
of
Nazi
accession
was
shown
as
evi
dence
before
the
international
military
tribunal.
Weather
Forecast
SulletiHA
TO
NATIONALIZE
MINES
LONDON
British
Fuel
Minister
Shinwell
has
announced
that
a
bill
to
nationalize
Biit-ish
coal
mines
will
be
presented
to
the
House
of
Commons
by
the
Labor
government
within
a
few
days.
BURNED
TO
DEATH
BRANTFORD,
Ont
Tw'j
Indian
children
died
yesterday
in
a
fire
which
destroyed
their
frame
home
on
Ihe
Six
Nations
reserve
at
Brantford.
The
children
were
alone
in
the
house
whe
the
fire
started,
apparently
from
an
overheated
stove.
w-XHAUGES
BRITAIN
,
OTTAWA
Liberal
Senator
Thomas
Vien
of
Quebec,
has
charged
Britain
with
violation
per
house
last
nigm
inai
Canada
should
look
after
her
own
interests
"first,
last
and
all
the
lime."
RIOT
AT
IUNERAL
BUENOS
AIRES
Four
persons
were
wounded
yesterday
in
Buenos
Aires
during
a
fu
neral
procession.
Hearses
were
bearing
the
bodies
of
three
others
killed
during
the
week-cd
political
demonstration
against
strong
man
Colonel
Juan
Peron.
TEST
ATOM
BOMBS
p
WASHINGTON
The
United
Stales
Army
and
Navy
arc
contemplating
joint
tcsls
of
atom
lmbs
against
battleships.
It
has
recently
been
suggested
that
captured
Japanese
warships
be
used
as
targets
for
the
tests.
Whether
or
not
this
plan
will
be
carried
out
has
not
yet
been
Twentv-seven
Are
Rescued
When
Flames
Sweep
Up
Elevator
Shaft
hospital
Is
valued
at
$20,000
Heavy
smoke
poured
from
the
burning
building,
and
shortly
after
the
fire
becan
firemen-
be
lieved
they
had
lt
under
control,
but
flames
broke
out
again
shortly
after
midnight.
Those
dead
are
all
from
Saskatchewan.
They
are:
E.
A.
Fredrick,
George
Chadwick,
George
M.
Adams,
Dennis
Leo
Gaff,
Mrs.
J.
Black,
Leo
Vlck
Chow
and
Robert
Young.
d
IBOR
SEEKS
TO
HOLD
GAINS
IN
NEW
northern
And
cento,
:al
BRrrijin;
WMjtiniA'
fa
NEWSPAPER'
Local'
Tides
KM
ACHIEVED
DURING
THE
WAR
Canadian
Unions
Face
1946
With
Determination
to
Keep
Progress
Made
During
Wai
By
JACK
WILLIAM
55
Canadian
Press
Stan
Writer
'OL.
XXXIV,
No.
286.
mm
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY.
DECEMBER
11.
1945
oison
LASKI
CHARGES
UNITED
STATES
"IMPERIALISM"
.
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy
to
part
LONDON,
Dec.
11
Q
Profes-cloudy
and
cool,
becoming
fair"
ssor
Harold
J.
Laskl,
chairman
of
this
evening.
Winds
moderate
to
Britain's
Labor
Party,
said
In
light,
continuing
fair
and
cool
ait:address
last
night
that
Brit-Wednesday,
alii
in
accepting
the
Brctton
North
Coast
and
Queen
Char-
Woods
proposals
is
"aiding
and
I
west
winds.
Partly
cloudy
and
but
the
alterative
would
have
drinkers.
.
.
.fi
i
U.iaIt
back
America
Amnrlitn
SMI
on
I
i
cool,
becoming
fair
in
afternoon
to
be
to
"swing
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
U
lAHAUCCC
C
Laskl,
expressing
doubts
about
JMl
MMLJL
I
J
the
wisdom
of
the
Bretton
Woods
,
j
UIITUrff
agreement,
said
"if
there
had
j
III
Kh
WIINtJJ
1
w
been
no
siznature
on
this
agree-
i
ment
by
the
British
government,
the
results
would
have
been
the
destruction
of
the
working
pow
ers
of
the
United
Nations
Or
ganization."
RELEASING
PRISONERS
ATHENS
An
announcement
from
the
Greek
cabinet
discloses
that
alt
political
prisoners
will
be
released,
except
those
being
held
on
murder
charges.
sub-commlttec.
it
was
Adolph
Ochs,
late
owner
of
the
New
York
Times,
who
pointed
out
that
lt
was
advertising
revenue
that
gave
news
papers
financial
independence
on
which
freedom
of
the
press
is
is
based.
Dasea
"When
wnen
advertising
auvenising
re
OAKLAND,
Cal..
Dec.
11
Alike
Hashimoto,
commander
of
the
Japanese
submarine
believed
to
have
sunk
the
cruiser
Indianapolis,
has
landed
in
the
United
states
under
heavy
euard.
He
will
testify
in
the
trial
of
the
i
commander
of
the
Indianapolis.
Captain,
Charles
McVay.
The
American
captain
Is
facing
charges
of
negligence
in
connection
with
the
sinking
of
the
cruiser.
Be
Set
Up
in
Old
Colony
of
the
Ottawa
iraue
agree-
,
.
...
.
.
,,,
ments
by
raising
what
he
LONDON,
Dec.
11
I'rime
iuinister
.iem-
caiied
a
complete
embargo
pnr
Attlpfi
announced
todav
that
the
British
govern-
aeainst
Canadian
goods,
sen-
1
t
-jj
et
...
eiected
national
convention
in
alor
Vien
declared
in
the
up-
.
,
,
n
tt
on;fi
tv.0
prmvenHmi
will
be
established
as
early
in
194G
as
climate
permits.
Newfoundland,
the
first
British
colony
in
the
i
i
it
western
nemispnere,
was
a
sen
governing
Dominion
.
from
1855
to
1933
when
financial
difficulties
forced
it
to
appeal
to
the
British
irnvprnment.
Since
1934
renre-
jsentativc
government
has
been
suspended
and
tne
island
nas
been
governed
by
British
gov
ernment
commission.
SENTENCE
REDUCED
Considering'
an
appeal
by
Rufus
White,
Massett
native,
against
a
police
court
sentence
of
six
months
in
Jail,
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
Monday
afternoon
reduced
the
sentence
to
three
months.
White
'
was
convicted
at
Massett
on
a
charge
of
obstructing
Constabli
W.
Titcomb
in
the
course
of
his
duty.
Seven
Die
in
Saskatchewan
Hospital
Fire
i
GERMANS
HAD
In
frame
i
own
nospitai
ouiiaing
hCAhlinCT
f
AC
At
APTiE
CREEK.
Sask..
Dec.
11
(CV)
Seven
UtAULItjl
UAj
patients
were
burned
to
death
Monday
night
in
aj
Washington,
Dec.
n
tf--A
fire
which
destroyed
the
Union
Hospital
in
this
south-
United
states
government
orti-western
Saskatchewan
town.
It.
is
believed
t
located
in
me
smoKe-iiueu
uuiiuing
wnen
a
iiru
.,
t
-
.
as
ln
lhc
worid..
which
began
in
an
elevator
shaft
at
10
o
clock
partial-
by
testing
it
on
concentration
TERRACE
SEEKS
BETTER
RADIO
TERRACE,
Dec.
11
The
Tzv-
racc
ana
uisinci
uoaia
oi
Trade
Is
still
pressing
for
im
proved
radio
conditions
for
the
town
of
Terrace
particularly
and
the
district
ln
general.
A
strenethenlnz
of
the
transmlt-
i
iy
suinu
nit
uu4Mjiiai.
1
can
n
mmaics.
At
the
time
the
fire
broke
out
col.
Bernard
Bernstein,
dlrcc-thcrc
were
about
30
patients
In
tor
0f
the
division
of
cartels
and
tne
nospitai
some
oi
vmwi
external
assets
or
tne
ujuicu
women
and
children.
Those
who
states
military
government
in
were"
rescued
were
taken
to
a.nermanv.
submitted
the
state
-
nearby
military
hospital'.
.
The
ment
to
the
Senate
military
URGE
DOCK
TENDER
FOR
SHIP
REPAIR
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
and
W.
M.
3atis
cf
the
"Prince
Rupert
Industrial
Development
Committee
have
sent
a
telegram
to
W.
It.
Devcnish,
vice-president
ln
charge,
western
lines,
C.N.R..
Winnipeg,
urging
that
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
submit
a
bid
for
repair
work
on
the
damaged
Texas
j
Oil
Co.'s
tanker
Illinois
new
In
dry
dock
here.
At
a
Civic
Labor
Federation
meeting
last
nt?hi
Mayor
Daggett
told
the
audience
that,
after
he
and
Mr.
Watts
had
heard
a
rumor
that
the
dry
dock
management
would
not
bid
for
the
Job
of
repairing
the
5,000-tpn
tanker
which
was
brought
here
for
examination,
they
had
made
enqurles
at
the
dry
dock
concerning
lt.
"Mr.
Allen,
the
manager,
wo
away,
and
we
were
given
the
run-around'"
the
Mayor
said.
"So
we
Immediately
sent
a
wire
to
Mr.
Devenlsh
urging
that
the
dry
dock
make
a
bid
for
the
job.
We
pointed
out
that
lt
would
help
fill
the
interim
until
more
definite
word
Is
received
about
the
construction
of
another
vess?!
here."
At
present
dry
dock
manager
Bernard
Allen
Is
ln
LONDON
(Reuter)
Under
the
title
of
"The
Nazi
Crime"
the
Wednesday.
December
12,
1945
t
High
...
7:14
18.0
feet
.
19:14
17.1
feet
Low
-
0:28
5.9
feet
13:09
8.9
feet
Promise
T
Dutch
F
No
Soap
Norwegians!
QetermjnCC
Jq
Prevent
vre
on
ii
using
octum
There
Is
no
soap
in
Norway
i
yet
and
lt
is
still
nece?sary
to
use
sand
for
scouring
purposes,
according
to
a
letter
received
by
Bert
Hanson
from
his
sister
in
the
Old
Country.
Xcedle
and
i
thread
are
still
extremely
.scarce
j
but
a
little
coffee
is
arriving
In
,
the
country
now
frcm
Britain.
It
was
five
years
since
there
had
been
coffee
in
Norway
where
the
rjeorjle
were
great
coffee
Netherlands
Sovereignty
Restoration
Upon
Java
Seventy
Million
People
Prepared
To
Use
Lethal
Means
to
Annihilate
Invadng
Forces
on
Indies
Island
BATAVIA,
Dec.
11
(CP)
Indonesian
leaders
threatened
todav
to
use
both
poison
and
arms
to
resist
military
restoration
of
Dutch
sovereignty
in
strife-torn
Java.
Premier
Sjahrir
of
the
unrecog-Tnrinnocinn
rpnuhliV
said
Indonesian
forces
J
111UUI1-JIW1
v(7M..w
"
would
fic-ht
if
the
Bntish
command
auempieu
iu
France
Is
Between
Two
Great
Powers
PARIS,
Dec.
11
Q
Speaking
in
the
French
capital
yesterday,
General
Charles
De
Gaulle
reiterated
a
previous
statement
that
France
is
the
balance
between
the
two
great,
powers
the
United
States
and
Russia.
He
declared
that
France
will
be
friendly
with
both
countries
but
will
keep
her
eyes
open
and
hands
free.
NO
WORD
HERE
OF
WAR
GOODS
FOR
VANCOUVER
A
report
that
millions
of
board
feet
of
lumber
as
well
as
plumbing
fixtures
from
the
United
States
Army
installations
at
Prince
Rupert,
are
to
be
transported
to
Vancouver
for
disposal
by
War
Assets
Corporation
was
given
no
confirmation
by
I.
M
McKlnnon,
War
Assets
repres
entative
here
today.
The
report
was
carried
by
a
Vancouver
newspaper
this
morning.
"I
can
say
definitely
that
I
have
no
information
on
plans
for
the
disposal
of
the
property,
Mr.
McKlnnon
told
the
Dally
News.
The
Vancouver
report
stated
that
16.000.000
board
feet
of
lumber
from
the
American
in
stallatlons
here,
as
well
as
plumbing
equipment,
would
be
shipped
south
by
the
Crown
corporation:
Source
of
the
Information
was
not
given.
"I
hardly
think,"
Mri
McKln
non
said,
"that
the1
corporation
would
make
public
plans
for
the
disposal
of
the
property
at
Prince
Rupert
without
informing
their
Prince
Rupert
office."
Anyway,
he
added,
appraisal
of
tim
installations
here
has
not
vet
been
completed
and,
until
that
Is
done,
the
War
Assets
Corporation
cannot
be
given
title
to
the
property.
"The
American
Installations
hire
are
still
owned
by
the
Am
ericans,"
leans,
he
lie
fald.
taiu.
the
corporation,
Mr.
McKlnnon
said
that
Its
policy
was
to
give
as
fair
distribution
of
Its
mat-
-----
e-
i
ueiiuun
wui
wumo
"i""""""
venue
Is
Insufficient,
as
was
con-1
has
been
moted
from
Paris
to
erials
as
possible
throughout
the
whllo
Inrap
hlorlt.
Of
spicuousiy
tne
case
in
trance
uc-
rici.-uu.iij
uuuv
ihi'"
j-
"-
o-
-
-
fore
the
war"
he
said,
"then
United
Nations,
War
Crimes
Com-
materials
probably
might
be
sold
watch
out
"
mission,
m
places
where
they
can
be
most
rule
of
the
Netherlands.
From
a
radio
station
near
Soerabaja.
a
native
leader,
See-'
tomo,
spoke
of
a
campaign
tof
poisoning
against
uie
uutcn-
saying
"the
Dutcn
are
poasunu
they
soon
will
bring
in
thou
sands
of
soldiers.
What
qf
it'
We
are
determined
to
annihilate
them,
even
If
we
have
to"
poison
them
to
death.
We
have
seventy
million
people
behincl
.1
t
...
4..1r
frtDi
HO
US.
11
IS
an
casjr
iuor.
iui
get
rid
of
one
or
two
hundred
thousand
enemies
by
poison."
Newfoundland
V
To
Get
Autonomy
.
Elected
-Convention
To
MAURETANIA
LANDS
VETS
Big
Cunard
Liner
Arrives
at
Halifax
During
Night
HALIFAX.
Dec.
11
When
the
Mauretania
docked
In
Halifax
last
night
14
troop
trains
were
waiting
at
dockslde
to
take
the
Canadian
service
personnel
to
their
homes
across
the
Dominion.
One
special,
with
397
men
aVoard,
moved
to
Vancouver
commencing
at
five
o'clock
tnis
morning
and
until
seven
tontgnt
a
train
is
steaming
out
oi
naii-fax
every
hour
over
C.N.R.
lines.
The
big
Cunard
White
Star
liner
brought
home
10
Canadian
sailors
and
one
Wren.
4735
sol-,
diers
and
635
airmen.
In
addition
the
Mauretania
bro'ught
30
Royal
Navy
and
41
British
Army
personnel.
202
Newfoundland
ratings
and
72
lumbermen
and
their
17
Wives
and
six
cniiaren,
112
Chinese
merchant
navv
ratings
and
100
ministry
of
war
transport
and
40
Canadian
government
priority
civilians
for
a
total
passenger
list
oi
ouai
prisons.
-
To
transport
the
Maurctania.fi
passengers
145
C.N.R.
cars
wFre-needed.
102
sleepers,
17
diners.
15
coaches
and
11
baggage
cars.
LONDON
KPi
"Burma.Victory,"
r.rnHur.eri
hv
the
British
Army
Film
Unit,
is
to
be
distributed
ln
Canada
and
the
Unltecj
states.
equitably
disposed
of,
Prince
Rupert
would
be
given
oppbrtunlty
in
mirehasc
the
surplus
Vrar
I
rnnlnmPllt
In
KUCh
OUantltlCS
'0.5
it
i
Annrnlsal
work,
which
Is
being
It
could
absorb.
done
by
E.
E.
Poole
of
Edmonton,
-
may
be
completed
about
Decern-1
'c,t,',!
bcr
15,
lt
Is
understood.
Mr.
v
.
Z
Poole,
the
Canadian
government
1
y
.
i
,
4
V.
m
I
V
appraiser,
is
a
mcmuer
u
wc
i
y
tw,
nniistriipilnn
Co.
of
Ed-
&
j
monton,
which
had
construction
'
contracts
with
the
Navy
here
during
the
war.
American
government
.appraiser
Is
Major
Hart.
U.
S.
Army
who
is
at
nrcscnt
ln
the
south.
"I
cannot
sec
how
the
deal
can
be
consumated
until
the
ap-
42
I
pralsal
has
been
completed
and
Maximum
,,,
t,,rnoj
vpr
n
Wnr
a.
Minimum
34
sets
by
the
rnrnnr!,inn...
Corporation."
Mr
Mr
Rainfall
02
inches
McKlnnon
said.
Commenting
on
the
policy
of
ADHUP
Akin
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1
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fj
SHOPPING
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HARDWARE
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