:ory
of
Prince
Rupert
as
U.S.
PRDVi
.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAC
BRITISHlCOLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrow's
Tides
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(Pacific
SUndard
Time)
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation
jmy
Saturday,
September
8,
1945
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VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
207.
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
7,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
20:488
4.7
feet
V
if
'
,
,
v
CARRIED
WAR
TO,
JAPAN
Docks
at
Prince
Rupert
have
been
oading
materiel
lor
the
North
lighway
and
Jeeps
for
Attu
to
ng-off
place,
u.
s.
Army
soldiers
are
shown
on
the
busy
Ocean
corner,
a
piece
of
heavy
equipment
Is
being
loaded
by
a
huge
ort
to
the
North.
jvclopment
of
Supply
War
to
Japan
Through
Prince
Rupert
Described
to
World
From
the
public
relations
Port
of
Embarkation.
United
iomcs
today
for
simultaneous
release
to
all
newspapers
in
the
United
States
a
very
interesting
article
disclosing
the
war-Ume
history
of
Prince
Rupert
with
particular
reference
to
Its
Lse
by
the
United
States
Army.
Prince
Rupert
win.
aououess,
receive
widespread
and
vaiuaDie
publicity
throughout
the
continent.
The
article
Is
too
lengthy
tor
publication
In
toto
in
The
Dally
News
but
the
wartime
part
of
it.
being
new,
is
printed
nerewttn.
credit
for
tne
prepara
tion
of
the
article
is
due
to
Lieut.
Cecil
A.
Barger,
United
States
Army
public
relations
officer
here,
and
his
able
assist
ant,
Sergeant
Ralph
H.
Browne.
Development
of
a
virtually
new
supply
route
to
laska
and
the
North
Iross
Western
Canada,
can
now
be
made
known.
Dnnging
up
right
after
Pearl
Harbor,
it
hinged
on
raung
port
of
the
Canadian
i't?olu'niWa'coastr40
'miles
belotfnhe'
'southern'
tip
laska.
That
port
is
Prince
Rupert,
he
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
kbarkatlon,
a
large
U.
S.
Army
itallation,
was
located
here,
Itlng
many
sea-miles
from
"road
to
Tokyo"
and
offer-
;
additional
facilities
by
which
Pacific
gap
to
the
Orient
in
neral
and
to
Alaska
in
spe-
Bc
could
be
breached.
ponceived
in
the
early
(days
of
war
Immediately
following
Eirl
Harbor,
the
Prince
Rupert
rt
was
chosen
as
an
alterna-
route
to
the
threatened
Dres
of
Alaska.
It
was
In
irch
and
April,
1942,
when
the
panese
were
overrunning
Attu
Klska,
and
stabbing
at
h
Harbor.
United
States
Jlng
facilities
of
the
Pacific
been
crippled
and
were
fcatencd
with
still
greater
Fcs.
fo
shorteVi
the
water
route,
Prince
RuDert
Sub-Port
of
pbarkatlon
was
decided
upon.
was
about
1500
miles
from
attle,
Washington,
to
Anchor
-
Aiaska.
Five
hundred
from
attle
to
Prince
Runert.
A
oort
Prince
Rupert
would
ellml-
aoout
one-third
of
the
dls-
fce
to
Anchoraee
anil
thus
would
be
able
to
haul
50
cent
more.
tie
Canadian
National
Rail-
K's
maintains
a
linn
into
nce
Rupert,
the
deepest
into
nounwest
which
a
rail
line
netrates.
At
nn
nthpr
noint
rth
of
Vancouver
and
vicinity
tS
a
Continental
h
the
Pacific
coast.
From
Vancouver,
the
railroad
northeastward
t
jasner.
Peita,
and
then
turns
twt.h.
Istward
to
Prince
RuDert.
Iking
a
gicantic
trlantrlp
nar.h-
y
through
the
scenic
Cana-
i
Rockies.
From
Edmonton
transcontinental
linp
runs
nost
directly
to
the
northwest.
and
material
wpre
Ought
by
rail
to
PHnoo
nimrt
IStone's
throw
from
Alaska.
1
y
ship
throueh
the
Inland
sage
to
Skagway,
Valdez,
Se-
""cnorage
and
the
Aleu-Implements
of
war
for
invasion
Of
Klxks
nnH
Attn
?sed
throuah
Prlnrp
Riinort.
Fee
Itupert
Port
pd
Great
Part
C&n
nOW
hp
rsvoaleri
tru.
ft
tne
PrlnPP
nnnort
CK-D-f
Embarkation
contributed
no
"'
nare
to
the
building
of
Alaska
Highway,
Canol
Pro-"
and
Northurotofii
M.fii
PP
lies
and
materials
passing
r-
4iu
oarcp
th
vr.no
V.
,
tn.
Id
Passage
to
Skagway,
thence
pr
rnp
nan,
..n.n.
Kit.h
Q
Yukan
Railroad
to
P'tehorse.
frn
i
operated
by
the
477th
Pacific
and
Alaska.
Everything
from
bulldozers
for
the
Alaska
bombs
for
the
doorstep
of
Hlrohito
passed
through
this
Jump-
Route
Which
Carried
office
of
Prince
Rupert
Sub-
States
Army
Service
Forces.
As
a
result
of
the
article,
Pacific,
cutting
squarely
Northwest,
on
the
Bnt-
Quartermaster
Regiment,
the
supplies
were
hauled
both
north
and
south
along
the
highway
and
north
up
the
Canol
Road.
With
the
development
of
Prince
Itupert
as
a
major
Pacific
port
of
the
far
northwest,
the
30-year-old
dream
of
old-time
residents
of
Central
and
Northern
British
Columbia
has
been
lealized.
Sir
Charles
Melville
Hays,
general
manager
and
later
president
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway,
pioneered
in
building
a
railroad
line
to
Prince
Rupert,
and
he
was
in
the
process
of
instigating
development
of
a
major
steamship
line,
it
is
said,
when
he
was
unfortunately
drowned
when
the
Titanic
was
sunk
in
1912.
World
War
I
brought
cessa
tlon
of
developments
and,
after
the
war,
the
town
thrived
on
a
boomlne
fishing
industry.
It
took-
another
war
to
stimulate
development
and
to
bring
to
view
its
unusual
possibilities
as
a
northwestern
port
and
make
it
a
base
for
a
major
transpor
tatlon
route.
While
Prince
Rupert
Is
In
no
way
a
new
port,
Its
development
as
a
port
of
embarkation
added
tremendously
to
its
Importance
as-a
strategic
point
in
the
swift
advancement
of
the
Nortnwest
It
Is
another
stop
in
the
Integra
tlon
of
the
sea
lanes,
land
routes,
air
routes
and
communication
lines
which
are
cracking
open
the
wildernesses
and
vast
un
develoDed
expanses
of
the
Northwest,
tying
them
into
whole
which
will
strengthen
the
defenses
and
offenses
of
the
North
American
continent.
No
longer
will
North
America's
westernmost
outposts
be
isolat
ed
and
left
to
the
mercy
of
In
ternatlonal
marauders.
Shipwreck
Focussed
Attention
Here
With
the
finger
of
Interna
tional
affairs
pointing
lnoxer-ably
to
war,
Royal
Canadian
Army
and
U.
S.
Army
Engineers
had,
as
far
back
as
1937,
been
ronsiderlns
the
utilization
of
Prince
Rupert
as
a
base
of
sup
nlv
for
operations
in
Alaska
Most
of
these
surveys
recom
mended
use
of
such
a
base,
but
nn
nn
"If
and
when"
basis.
It
was
not
until
a
month
after
the
declaration
of
war
with
Japan
that
a
shinwreck
brought
the
strategic
value
of
the
port
Into
sham
focus.
,
On
January
13.
1942.
the
U.
S
A.
T.
David
W.
Branch,
enroute
throueh
the
Inland
Passage
from
Seattle
to
Westward,
Al
aska.
went
aground
off
Hammer
Tsl.innV
near
the
mouth
Of
the
busy
for
the
last
three
years
Dock,
above.
In
the
upper
crane
on
a
barge
for
trans-
POLITICS
N
CHINA
Communists
Would
Have
All
Parties
Meet
to
Arrange
Election
CHUNGKING,
Sept.
7
Mao
Tse-Tung,
in
an
interview
pub
lished
in
Ta
King
Pao.
reiterated
Communist
demands
for
convo
cation
of
all
political
parties
in
China
to
arrange
general
elec
tions
for
the
National
Assembly
The
paper
also
quoted
Mao.
Chinese
Communist
leader
here,
for
conferences
-with
General
Chiang
Kai-Shek
as
saying
the
Communists
would
stand
by
their
demands
for
establishment
of
a
unified,
high
command
and
a
democratic
coalition
govern
ment."
Kobe
Is
to
Large
Extent
Destroyed
YOKOHAMA,
Sept.
7
JO1
A
Swiss
legation
official
estimates
that
seven-eights
of
the
Japanese
city
of
Kobe
was
destroyed
In
two
American
fire
raids.
Kobe
was
the
principal
Japanese
port
before
the
war.
Skeena
River.
To
float
the
transport
free,
troops,
as
well
as
cargo,
were
disembarked
and
ferried
to
Prince
Rupert,
from
where
an
Immediate
trans-shipment
was
made.
Success
of
this
venture,
cou
pled
with
the
tremendous
pressure
being
exerted
on
rail
and
water
facilities
in
Seattle
and
San
Francisco,
prompted
a
survey
of
the
facilities
at
Prince
Rupert
and
recommendations
for
a
trial
shipment
of
cargo
were
proposed.
Permission
to
proceed
with
the
trial
shipment
was
granted
by
the
Canadian
government
and
plans
were
co
ordinated
through
the
commanding
general,
Seattle
Port
of
Embarkation.
On
February
20,
1942,
the
U.
S.
secretary
of
war,
with
Canada's
consent,
ordered
that
Prince
Ru
pert
be
activated
as
a
sub-port
of
the
Seattle
Port
of
Embarka
tion;
and
on
March
16,
1942,
the
commanding
general,
Army
Ser
vice
Forces,
directed
that
the
necessary
construction
be
carried
out
to
develop
Prince
Rupert
as
a
sub-port.
The
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation
was
officially
opened
April
5,
1942.
When
Second
Lieut.
Marlon
G.
Stewart,
Jr.,
now
a
major
and
the
Transportation
officer,
was
ordered
to
Prince
Rupert
from
Seattle,
along
with
two
civilians
to
establish
an
office
of
the
port
quartermaster,
they
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
on
March
26
to
find
the
only
United.
States
Army
office
then
established
was
located
in
a
corner
of
the
ware
house
of
the
Ocean
Dock.
These
quarters
were
used
by
the
Army
Transport
Service,
and
a
space
was
set
aside
for
use
by
the
port
quartermaster's
office.
Huge
Shipping
Facilities
Put
In
Immediately
buildings
were
put
under
construction
by
the
V.
S.
Engineers,
and
existing
facilities
were
remodelled
and
extended
to
give
the
port
a
potential
of
at
least
50,000
cubic-
tons
of
freight
per
month.
Dockage
along
the
waterfront
was
doubled,
storage
and
handling
space
was
increased
several
times
over,
and
other
facilities
were
Increased
and
Improved.
The
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation
now
includes
a
warehouse
(Continued
on
page
2)
Home
Loans
For
Rupert
Insurance
Company
Says
It
Is
Prepared
to
Advance
Money
For
Housing;
Here
"This
company
is
prepared
to
make
loans,"
said
a
message
received,
yesterday
by
Maurice
Brydges,
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Home
Building
Association,
from
the
Canada
Life
Assurance
Co.
The
wire
from
the
insurance
company
came
after
F.
W.
Nicholls,
director
of
housing
at
Ottawa,
had
communicated
to
the
effect
that
applications
for
loans
from
Prince
Rupert
would
be
welcomed.
"We
appear
to
be
setting;
definite
action
now
In
the
matter
of
home
financing
under
the
National
Housing
Act,"
commented
Mr.
Brydges.
"It
is
very
encouraging
and
we
are
following
it
up."
RA1LWAYMEN
GAVE
BLOOD
More
Than
6,000
Western
Region
C.N.R.
Employees
Contributed
WINNIPEG,
Sept.
7
More
than
6,000
employees
of
the
western
region
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
contributed
blood
to
the
Red
Cross
during
the
war
and,
up
to
August
23,
when
the
blood
donor
depots
were
closed,
it
was
announced
today
by
Dr.
Emmet
Dwyer,
re
gional
medical
officer.
"In
many
cities
from
the
lake-head
to
the
Pacific
coast
em
ployees
of
the
C.N.R.
contrlbut
ed
more
blood
to
the
Red
Cross
than
any
other
Industry,
this
being
particularly
true
In
Win
nipeg,"
said
Dr.
Dwyer.
In
Win
nipeg
blood
was
given
by
em
ployees
of
the
railway
on
2.862
occasions,
2,412
contributions
being
made
by
men
and
450
by
women,
Individual
donations
running
as
high
as
17.
U.S.O.
CLUB
BIRTHDAY
Three
Days
of
Festivities
Are
to
Be
Observed
Here
Three
days
of
festivities
will
mark
the
first
anniversary
of
the
U.S.O.
club
rooms
on
Second
Avenue,,
and
the
third
anniversary
for
many
of
the
U.S.O.
employees
this
week-end.
Tonight
the
curtain
will
go
up
for
Bob
Herrlck's
"Show-Case"
and
It
will
be
cpen
to
the
public.
The-
show
was
previewed
last
night
by
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
personnel
at
Seal
Cove
and
was
enthusiastically
accepted.
A
close
door-check
will
be
made
and
the
500th
serviceman
or
woman
to
enter
the
club
on
Saturday
will
be
representative
of
the
half-mlllionth
visitor
for
the
year
and
will
be
honored
with
a
"Dream
Holiday."
Ar
rangements
have
been
made
to
give
the
winner
a
three-day
pass
to
Ketchikan.
"Open
house"
will
be
held
at
the
club
for
the
general
public
on
Sunday
afterqoon.
with
tea
Deing
served
from
4
to
6.
Miss
Eva
LaPierre,
assistant
director,
will
receive,
and
Mrs.
H.
M.
Daggett
and
Mrs.
J.
Stewart
will
pour.
Temperature
High
53
Low
48
Rain
1.69
L.
H.
Dennlson,
customs
broker
and
ballroom
proprietor,
White-horse,
Is
a
visitor
in
the
city
on
business.
Mrs.
Dennlson
Is
the
former
Nellie
Gurvlch
of
Prlnoe
Rupert.
MORE
VETS
RETURNING
Eight
Thousand
Officers
and
Men
Due
at
Quebec
and
Halifax
This
Week-End
MONTREAL.
Spnt.
7Tn
han
dle
570
officers
and
7,416
other
ranks
due
to
arrive
back
in
Canada
from
overseas
over
the
week-end
at
Halifax
and
Wolfe's
Cove,
Quebec,
the
Canadian
National
Railways
will
operate
17
trains
from
dockslde.
The
specials
will
operate
to
all
sections
of
the
country.
Troopships
Duchess
of
Bed
ford
and
New
Amsterdam
are
due
at
the
Atlantic
seaport
on
Sunday.
Seven
Canadian
Na
tional
specials
will
be
used
to
transport
troops
from
the
New
Amsterdam
to
their
homes
while
three
special
trains
will
take
care
of
returning
veterans
dis
embarking
from
the
Duchess
of
Bedford.
Seven
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
special
trains
will
leave
Wolfe's
Cove,
Quebec,
over
the
week-end
with
troops
returning
on
tne
cameronla
and
the
Em
press
of
Scotland.
Passengers
from
the
Cameronla
wilK
have
four
of
these
seven
trains
at
their
disposal,
which
will
take
them
to
their
homes
In
Montreal,
Ottawa,
Kingston
and
Vancouver.
The
remaining
three
will
entrain
troops
returning
on
the
Empress
of
Scotland
whose
homes
are
In
Montreal,
Ottawa,
Kingston,-
Toronto,
London
and
Reglna.
Wounded
in
Holland,
Expected
Home
Soon
Richard
Adklns,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
Adklns
of
this
city,
Is
expected
hoaie
soon
from
Overseas.
He
Is
still
only
18
years
of
age
but
has
seen
action
In
Holland
where
he
was
wounded
In
the
right
arm.
Weather
Forecast
Moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
cool
with
light
scattered
showers.
Saturday:
Moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
with
occa
slonal
light
rain
showers;
slight
ly
higher
temperature.
Fish
Sales
(American)
Liberty,
56,000
lbs:,
Booth
and
Royal.
Kodiak,
48,000
lbs.,
Cold
Storage.
(Canadian)
Joan
W
II,
49,000
lbs.,
Cold
Storage.
Forty-Four,
8,500
lbs.,
Atlin.
Heavy
Rain
Some
Delay
to
Harvesting
But
Not
Very
Serious
Yield
Only
Fair
WINND?EO,
Sept.
7r-
Local
showers
or
heavy
rains
have
temporarily
delayed
harvesting
in
many
sections
of
the
western
provinces
during
the
past
week.
Temperatures
have
remained
high
and
rain
has
been
followed
by
good
drying
weather
which
has
enabled
farmers
to
continue
harvesting
operations
with
only
short
delays,
according
to
the
weekly
crop
report
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Manitoba.
Is
harvesting
a
good
average
crop
which,
prior
to
the
rains,
was
of
high
quality.
Ten
days
of
good
weather
would
see
southern
and
central
Manitoba
crops
pretty
well
cleared
up
while
In
northern
Manitoba
weather
generally
has
been
favorable
for
harvesting
and
cutting
is
well
advanced.
Harvesting
is
.generally
good
In
eastern
and
northeastern
Saskatchewan
where
fair
average
crops
are
being
harvested.
In
southern
Saskatchewan
harvesting
Is
35
per
cent
to
70
per
cent
completed
and,
with
good
weather,
should
be
cleaned
up
in
10
days.
In
northern
Saskatchewan,
harvesting
operations
have
been
delayed
by
recent
rains.
NOTICE
PROVINCIAL
ELECTIONS
ACT
Atlin
Electoral
Act
Notice
is
hereby
given
that
the
list
of
voters
for
the
above
Electoral
District
will
close
on
the
17th
day
of
Sep-Umber,
1945,
and
no
applications
for
'registration
filed
with
the
undersigned
after
the
said
date
will
be
accepted
for
Insertion
in
the
list
of
voters
to
be
prepared
for
use
at
the
ensuing
election.
John
W.
Stewart
('--'v
n
Registrar
of
Voters,
Stewart,
B.
C.
ATLIN,
ELECTORAL
DISTRICT.
Naval
Base
Is
Closing
II.M.C.S.
Chatham
to
Close
Down
at
End
of
Month-Personnel
and
Ships
Leaving
II.M.C.S.
Chatham
is
"paying
off."
Prince
Rupert
is
being-
closed
down
as
a
naval
base.
By
the
end
of
Jhis
month
practically
all
the
personnel,
which
totalled
at
the
pfak
of
anti-submarine
naval
patrol
activity
here
as
high
as
1,250
men
but
has
already
been
reduced
to
500,
will
have
been
withdrawn.
Left
behind
for
a
matter
of
two
or
three
months
will
be
a
few
men
to
clear
out
such
Installations
afl,
will
be
removed.
Buildings
will
be
taken
over
by
War
Assets
Corporation
for
disposal.
Ships
which
have
been
based
here
will,
it
is
expected,
go
south.
Announcement
of
the
closing
down
was
made
today
by
Commander
AL
A.iWood,
naval
efficer
in
charge.
FIRST
SOLDIER
IS
WELCOMED
Sgt.
Frank
Comadina
was
the
first
Prince
Rupert
veteran
of
the
war
to
be
welcomed
by
the
Women's
Auxiliary
to
the
Canadian
Legion
at
their
Welcome
Hut
on
the
C.N.R.
wharf
last
night.
The
Incident
was
given
added
Interest
by
the
fact
that
Sgt.
Comadina,
who
has
been
on
active
service
since
the
start
of
the
war,
was
a
member
of
the
old
102nd
Regiment
and
also
one
of
the'
first
Prince
Rupert
men
to
leave
the
city
for
military
service.
The
welcome
committee
con
sisted
of
Mrs.
G.
V.
Hanley,
W.A,
president;
Mrs.
W.
Roth
well
and
Mrs.
Murdock.
The
committee
would
like
the
parents
and
friends
of
returning,
veterans
to
notify
Its
chairman,
Mrs.
Han
ley,
of
the
date
of
arrival
of
the
servicemen.
The
committee
meets,
all
Incoming
trains
and
At
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
Legion
W.A.
held
In
the
Legion
Hall
last
night,
a
new
entertainment
committee
was
elected,
consisting
of
Mrs.
G.
E.
Morrow,
chairman;
Mrs.
W.
Robertson,
Mrs.
D.
Dirk,
Mrs.
G.
A.
Hebb,
Mrs.
W.
Guyan,
Mrs.
Murdock
and
Mrs.
Dan
Parent.
Initial
arrangements
were
be
gun
for
Poppy
Day.
On
Prairies
Wheat
cutting
will
be
general
within,
the
next
week.
Threshing
is
not
expected
to
commence
until
September
10
to
15.
New
barley
has
reached
the
i
elevators
showing
a
good
out
turn.
With
continued
favorable
weather,
prospects
are
that
a
good
crop
will
be
harvested.
Western
Saskatchewan
and
eastern
Alberta
are
garnering
fair
to
poor
crops.
Many
sections
Indicate
almost
complete
failure.
In
southern
Alberta
weather
has
been
cool
and
cloudy
with
heavy
rains
in
many
districts
delaying
all
harvesting
opera-'
tlons.
Cutting
Is
50
per
cent
to
75
per
cent
completed
and,
with
dry
weather,
threshing
will
be
general
In
a
few
days.
Yields
are
running
from
two
to
eiht
bushels
per
acre
at
Sheerness,
Oyen,
Mantarlo
and
Acadia
Valley,
while
other
sections
are
harvesting
from
15
to
20
bushels
per
acre.
Cool
weather
with
rain
has
been
general
in
northern
Alberta
where
cutting
is
in
full
swing
over
the
entire
area.
Feed
Situation
Is
Improved
The
winter
feed.
situation
has
materially
Improved
and
short
crops
are
being
mowed
and
stacked
for
livestock.
About
30
per
cent
of
the
wheat
is
cut
and
barley
cutting
Is
well
advanced
Wheat
is
running
around
10
to
15
bushels
per
acre,
oats
25
to
30
bushels
and
barley
15
to
20
bushels.
North
of
Edmonton,
harvesting
is
making
rapid
progress
and
cutting
is
general
in
most
.districts.
Elevator
deliveries
are
being
made
In
Peace
River
with
wheat
grading
No.
1
and
2
and
coarse
grains
2
and
3
hundredweight.
Average
returns
show
wheat
yield
around
17
-
bushels
per
acre,
oats
30
and
barley
20.
In
the
Okanogan
weather
has
continued
dry
and
fairly
cool.
Fruit
movement
has
been
very
brisk
and
75
per
cent
of
the
peach
crop
has
been
moved
to
markets.
Pears
are
coming
along
fast
and
no
damage
from
any
cause
appears,
ALLIES
MOVE
INTO
TOKYO
Three
Mile
Parade
in
Sight
of
Emperor's
Palace
TOKYO,
Sept.
7
0)-AUied
Headquarters
moved
Into
Tokyo
today
(Saturday)
along
with
a
three-mll&
long
procession
of
Allied
troops.
8,000
men
took
part
In
the
parade
which
began
In
sight
of
the
Emporor's
palace.
BRUCE
BROWN.
IS
RETURNING
OFFICER
IN
P.
R.
Bruce
Browns
of
this
city
has
received
his
commission
as
returning
officer
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
forthcoming
provincial
election
and
expects
to
get
the
machinery
of
voting
In
motion
before
long.
His
duties
will
Include
the
appointment
of
election
officials,
securing
of
voting
premises,
taking
of
the
vote
and
returning
the
results.
Nomina
tion
day
Is
October
4
and
elec
tion
day
October
25.
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OTTAWA
CUTS
BUDGET
OTTAWA
An
appropriation
bill
for
$1,365,000,000
was
presented
to
Parliament
today.
This
covers
the
seven
months
starting
September
1
and
compares
with
over
two
billion
dollars
for
the
first
five
months
of
the
fiscal
year.
WAINWRIGHT
AT
HONOLULU
HONOLULU
General
Wain-wright
arrived
at
Honolulu
today.
He
declined
to
discuss
treatment
he
had
received
In
Japanese
prison
camps.
SETTLING
QUISLING
FATE
OSLO
The
fate
of
Vldkun
Quisling
is
before
a
juty
today.
The
trial
Is
ended
and
the
vcrdM
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;
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ARE
KILLED
NEW
YORK
Twenty-one
persons
were
killed
when
an
Eastern
Air
Lines
airliner
crashed
while
enroute
from
J
Aliami
to
New
York.
SEATTLE
PROTESTS
SEATTLE
The
mayor
of
Seattle
has
protested
to
President
Truman
at
the
sudden
closing
down
of
the
Boeing
plant,
throwing
22,000
persons
out
of
work.
V-J
DAY
IN
BERLIN
BERLIN
Today
was
celebrated
as
V-J
Day
in
Berlin.
There
was
a
gieat
parade
which
was
reviewed
by
General
Patton
and
Marshal
Zhu-kov.
LABOR
UNIONS
REVIVED
YOKOHAMA
Japanese
labor
unions
outlawed
14
years
'
ago
have
already
begun
reorganizing,
Tokyohiko
Kagawa,
widely
known
Christian
labor
leader
and
social
worker,
declared
today
in
an
interview.
He
said
that
unemployment
was
Japan's
major
post-war
problem
but
expressed
hope
that
the
long
suspended
struggle
to
raise
the
workers'
liv
Ing
conditions
could
be
settled
without
conflicts.
What
Ottawa
IsPlanning
Reconstruction
and
Maintenance
of
Peace
Are
Major
Problems
OTTAWA,
Sept.
7
The
first
session
of
the
new
parliament
yesterday
was
told
in
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
what
It
Is
being
asked
to.
accomplish
during
coming
weeks.
The
Speech
from
the
Throne
read
by
the
governor-general
stressed
the
need
of
new
programs
for
reconstruction
and
for
the
maintenance
of
peace.
The
address
forecast
the
introduction
of
legislation
dealing
with
international
affairs
and
such
domestic
Issues
as
the
consolidation
of.
rehabilitation
legislation,
the
expansion
of
external
trade
and
the
definition
of
Canadian
citizenship.
The
bill
defining
Canadian
citizenship
would
legalize
the
status
of
Canada
as
a
nation.
Additional
measures
to
assist
hi
the
relief
of
the
destitute
people
in
Europe
are
being
asked
and
the
charter
of
the
United
Na-;
Hons
permanent
peace
organl
zation
will
be
up
for
ratification.
A
select
committee
is
to
be
set
up
to
approve
a
design
for
a
distinctive
national
flag
for
Canada.
Measures
to
stimulate
external
trade
will
be
introduced
and
approval
Is
being
asked
of
Canadian
participation
in
the
International
monetary
fund
and
bank
for
reconstruction
and
de
velopment.
Until
a
national
flag
has
been
selected,
the
speech
said
that
the
government
has
directed
use
of
the
Red
Ensign
as
a
distinctive
Canadian
flag.
The
ensign
was
carried
Into
battle
by
Canadian
troops.
SURRENDER
IN
CHINA
One
Million
Japanese
Troops
,
Are
Involved
,
CHUNGKING,
Sept.
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idriapaiiSftt
troops
In
China
is
expected
to
'
take
place
In
Nanking
on
Sun-
(Jta
day.
Other
supplementary
sur-
5
renders
will
be
made
in
other
V
'
Chinese
cities.
It,
Is
estimated.
that
there
are
one
million
Jap
anese
troops
in
unina.
AUTO
ASS'N
IN
RUPERT
Possibility
of
Joining
Up
With
.Provincial
Body
Is
Being
Considered
Harry
Black
and
Robert
Park
er
of
the
external
affairs
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
'Pub
lic
Relations
Bureau
are
endea
voring
to
interest
the
British
Columbia
Automobile
Associa
tion
In
establishing
a
branch
in
Prince
Rupert.
Efforts
are
being
made
to
have
local
car
own
ers
enrol
for
membership
as
a
large
number
would
be
required.
Affiliation
with
the
association
would
bring
numerous
service
benefits
to
local
motorists,
par
ticularly
those
contemplating
travelling.
The
committee
Is
In
touch
with
H.
F.
Bird,
manager
of
the
British
Columbia
Auto-,
rl".
mobile
Association,
who
Is
pre-pared
to
come
to
Prince
Rupert
Provincial
Election
VOTERS'
LISTS
IS
YOUR
NAME
on
the
Provincial
Voters'
List?
It
is
your
duty
to
register.
Take
no
chances.
Do
not
depend
on
anyone
else.
You
cannot
vote
unless
registered
on
the
PROVINCIAL
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
September,
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
British
Columbia;
one
month
in
Electoral
District.
NORMAN
A.
WATT,
Registrar
of
Voters,
Prince
Rupert
Electoral
District.
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