cathcrrFbreei$U
ince
Rupert
Scattered
this
afternoon,
fairing
Sning.
Cloudy
early
Wed-2Sif
moxnlne
with
occasional
JTt
rain
or
drizzle,
becoming
B5rfL
cloudy
with
scattered
&
in
the
afternoon.
Slight-
lower
temperatures.
Bulletin
Japanese
Government
0
C
TURNING
$rui..i
,
.
SCOW
otR
0nt
Circumstances
ChMin
JanaV'Ct
M"itary
TOlttO
Oct
0
!t
OtneVMC?A.
spokesman
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j
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supreme
AIhm
'
but
.k.
Lno
s
r?tur"et
to
Mos-
.
.
7"Wd
that
,
"
"
vaa
c"
Wn.?
The
"lere
vt-.i..""'"-
"erevyanKO.
5t
rTorue
IL
,n,
foundation
'rture
1
Ctlon
caused
WeiV'..?
I"10,"
said
the
,!t
and
L
'c,atlons
are
the
soon
VJ
""Pectlng
him
siu,-on-
Possibly
wlthm
two
1
home.
ThL
ko
was
summon-V?
lePort
came
at
a
'J'W''a
was
demand.
MkZ
rrcontroUovern-
NEW
CABINET
ewenty-three
year
old
Prince
Kljuro
Shldehara
new
'Vrally
"
minaea
au
uamuiui
jjtacc-ioviug
rremier
oi
Tiaan
has
completed
the
formation-of,.,
a.
new
government
urtDiame
w
v.".-
.....vU
.w.u-
.
...
iLUf
TVift
lact
'nr5f.
in
Ka
filler!
wac
Kf
l
init.rv
a
ministry
wnicn
win
be
aoolisned
after
de-
......
n
unripr
AHIPrt
orders,
nai
hppn
rnmn
tprt
tlmir-
'
iwn-
OtlaiiWl''
-
(ter
the
entire
caoinei
useii
is
expected
to
last
only
a
short
.jje
possibly
not
surviving
the
scheduled
January
elections,
jurilig
the
past
week
General
MacArthur
further
tightened
jk
tconomlc
and
political
controls
on
Japan.
His
latest
de-jte
was
for
Japan
to
give
a
strict
accounting
of
all
chemicals
j
..wntiM
In
his
first
statement.
Shidehara
said
tndav
111U
M"---
....
"
'.flit
DI5
guvw"
pvovtu
mtuuiu
anu
if
P-IiMtnnli?
Trials
of
Japanese
war
criminals
are
now
getting
under
I1V
ine
lir"
l
max
wi
iuhhusiui
ui
uiaiajfct
WHO
uieauea
...
L.tHii
o
ri"'i
I
rrnnH
In
4
Vfartlla
Annrf
rll.lrl.v
V-1
-
spurred
boot
heels
to
snappy
attention,
the
Tiger
of
Malaya
tplleo
"innocent
mj
lunuai
cuaies
mat
ne
was
oerenci
ahis
duty
and
violated
the
laws
of
war
by
failure
to
prevent
brutalities
by
Japanese
troops
under
his
command.
o
In
Lonely
Prison
f
Hideki
Tojo,
who
was
Premier
of
Japan
when
Pearl
Har-
l
.
Via
o
Kaa
ra
ncfarraA
f
mm
n
n
'
A
Illm-I
A
.mi
Tiir
ftda
abtavivtu.
lino
wvvh
mmwivuvu
iiuiu
ail
illicit
iTilllV
tosTjltai
on
me
ouisKiris
oi
xoitonama
10
a
aesoiaie.
prison
Japan's
alleged
war
criminals,
Is
said
to
be
in
good
health
v
i
1-
4
!!
XT
I
A
momentous
document
will
come
out
of
Germany
this
nek.
This
will
be
the
indictment
which
has
been
drawn
up
aalnst
24
top
Nazi
war
criminals
who
are
awaiting
trial
at
iousand
word
document
which
has
been
completed
by
the
lllled
war
crimes
tribunal.
The
entire
text
will
be
released
awuscuw,
lyuauua,
warning
tun
una
runs
on
inursaay.
iier-aan'Ooering,
Rudolph
Hess
and
others
are
among
the
T
1
A.
Foreign
Secretary
Bevln
Jntlmated
to
Commons
failure
xtween
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attlee
of
Great
Britain,
President
Harrv
Truman
of
the
United
States
and
Prpmlpr
Joseph
Stalin
of
Russia
in
the
effort
to
iron
out
differences
Prfffie
riUtef
Markpnrlp
Klnir
nf
Hanada
arrlvpd
in
Britain
on
Sundav
and
soon
met
Prime
Minister
Clement
.....
tAp(V.H
w
OUlll
I11U.
All
Alin,t
anu
plain
also
to
visit
Germany
and
the
Canadian
Army
of
occupation
in
Holland.
A
conference
of
British
Commonwealth
if
Vatfnnc
mlnl.l...
..
I
1
J
!
1
-
r
I
m
I.
tn
.
i
luiiuaicis
may
dc
juju
winie
riciiuci
iving
is
in
oiiuauon
The
strike
situation
In
tlnltprt
Rtalp.s
still
annears
nuite
threatening
although
there
have
been
no
changes
in
the
last
!t
days.
In
Canada
the
strike
situation
is
also
the
same.
Wion
In
Last
Stretch
British
Columbia
nnliflclano
am'
now
pnt.prlni?
the
last
itrelch
of
the
election
campaign
following
the
nominations
tat
Thursday.
There
will
be
contests
in
all
of.
the
province's
ab
on
election
day,
October
25.
1
Treasure
Found
American
soldiers
at
Tnkvn
stood
euard
todav
over
un-
wertd
Japanese
gold,
silver
and
platinum
reserves
of
more
ttn
$250,000,000
and
Allied
headquarters
said
the
Imperial
lmiy
and
navy
which
had
held
part
of
the
treasure
had
not
"counted
for
a
penny
since
1937.
General
MacArthur's
head-wters
said
that
Japanese
officials
led
the
way
to
the
wurc
on
the
first
day
In
ollice
of
Premier
Kujlro
Shlde-aras
adreadv
"vcrnment
Taking
Control
tronw
1116
face
01
mounting
strikes
and
other
internal
tap
Ule
Brlt'Sh
government
moved
today
to
extend
war-to
Tm
ergency
measures
for
as
long
as
five
years
"in
order
retain
power
over
the'
transitional
period."
London
dock
and
y
Joined
the
5trike
wnlch
started
at
Liverpool
badPrt
to
twelve
northern
Prts-
Wlth
275
shiPSl
250
ea
with
peroshables,
tied
up,
tnc
nation
faces
a
serious
FOR
BAVARIA
LONDON,
Oct.
9
The
new
Socialist
premier
of
Bavaria,
William
Hocgner,
has
announced
a
mixed
party
cabinet
arrangement.
Hoegncr
has
appointed
four,
of
'
his
.
ministers
from
the
Social
Democrats,
his
own
party,
and
one
Communist,
one
Christian
Social
Unionist,
one
Democrat
and
one
Non-Partisan
man.
The
cabinet
must
now
get
the
approval
of
the
Allied
military
government
before
It
can
ATOMIC
BOMB
SECRET
KEPT
Will
Net
be
Shared
With
Any
Other
Nation,
Says
President
Truman
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Oct.
0
-President'Truman
said
definitely
last
night
that
the
secret
01
vne
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Tides
In
Wednesday,
October
10,
1945
High
3:29
18.6
feet
15:17
20.0
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Low
9:25
7.3
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
233.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
OCTOBER
9,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
21:59
5.0
feet
rans
In
the
streets
of
Chungking
yes
terday.
BRITAIN
HAS
STRIKES
NOW
London
Building
Workers
May
Go
Out
Liverpool
Dock
Workers
Idle
LONDON,
Oct.
9
0)
There
Is
a
possibility
that
120,000
London
building
trade
workers
may
go
out
on
strike.
The
men
have
asserted
that
they
cannot
be
expected
to
build
Britain
on
what
they
term
the
present
starVa-tlon'wages
and
they
say
they
will
carry
out
a
token
strike
to
enforce
their
demands
for
a
44-hour
week
and
higher
pay.
At
the
same
time,
idle
dock
workers
at
Liverpool
have
refused
to
vote
confidence
in
union
leaders
who
reported
on
negotiations
with
port
authorities
seek-
j
lng
settlement
of
a
six-day
old
stoppage"by
16.000
workers
which
has
tied
up
seven
miles
of
docks
fn
the
great
British
port.
TO
ABOLISH
SHINTOISM
State
Religion
of
Japan
Is
To
He
Wiped
Out,
It
is
Announced
WASHINGTON,
Oct.
9
The
Allies
have
decidca
upon
one
of
the
most
drastic
steps
yet
taken
In
the
administration
of.
Japan.
The
chief
of
the
Far
Eastern
affairs
section
of
the
United
States
state
department
announced
Saturday
night
that
the
United
States
has
decided
to
abolish
Shintolsm
as
a
state
religion
Jn
Japan.
'
This
order
will
not
affect
Shintolsm
as
a
religion
practis
ed
bv
Individual
Japanese;
but
.under
the
announced
plan
Shin
tolsm
will
lose
Its
government
support,
its
special
taxes,
its
place
In
the
schools
and
all
other
special
privies
accorded
a
state
religion,
Family
Escapes
Burning
Boat
a
native
counle
and
their
four-
year
-old
girl
were
reported
to
have
narrowly
escaped
injury
Saturday
when
their
small
boat
naught,
fire
near
the
harbor
mouth,
capsliing
and
sinking
later.
The
family
took
to
the
shore,
escaping
unharmed
and
were
later
picked
up
by
a
navy
patrol
craft.
HINDU
BELIEF
In
Hinduism
it
Is
believed
that
atomic
DcmDwouiaiiuwMc
ho
dles
in
debt
suffers
tor-
sure,
would
agree
with
this.
llte-
Pacif
ic
FUTURE
OF
SHIPPING
FROM
HERE
RESTS
OH
DECISION
OF
COUNCIL
Viewed
sympathetically
by
Trade
and
Commerce
Minister
Hon.
James
A.
MacKinnon,
the
establishment
of
a
steamship
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
United
Kingdom
must
wait
until
the
United
Maritime
Commission,
which
met
yesterday
in
Washington,
feels
that
vessels
can
be
spared
for
the
ser
THIEF
ROBS
NEWS
STAND
A
thief
who
entered
Little's
News
Agency,
Second
Avenue,
Sunday
night
looted
the
cash
register
of
$17,
its
total
contents.
Entry
was
made
by
smashing
a
window
at
the
rear
of
the
building.
WINDSOR
POWER
PLANT
CLOSED
WINDSOR,
Ont,
Oct.
9-Strlk-ing
automobile
workers
closed
down
the
power
plant
of
the
Ford
Automobile
Co.
here
last
night
which
means
that
it
will
take
two
weeks,
to
reopen
the
plant
even
If
the
strike'
were
I
.
Leading
Chinese
Communist
Shot
CHUNGKING,
Oct.
9
Differ
ences
between
Chinese
nationalists
and
ccmmunlsts
were
not
closer
to
a
settlement
as
a
result
of
the
fatal
shooting
of
a
prom
inent
Chinese
Communist
leader
vice.
In
a
letter
received
this
morn
lng
by
Mayor
Daggett,
Mr.
Mac
Klnnon
expressed
the
opinion.
that,
in
light
of
Allied
ship
ping
policy,
determined
by
the
international
shipping
control
body,
his
department
should
"by
next
spring
be
in
a
better
po
sltlon
to
arrive
at
a
decision
as
to
what
can
be
done."
"I
am
ready
to
give
your
pro
posal
my
most
careful
and
synv
pathetic
consideration
and
to
keep
it
In
mind
and
follow
it
up
as
soon
as
conditions
may
permit,"
the
Minister
added.
In
the
meantime,
he
suggests,
the
matter
be
allowed
to
rest,
BACON
IS
TO
VANISH
Canadian
Meat
Board
Orders
.
90
Per
Cent
to
Be
Sent
Abroad
OTTAWA,
Oct.
9
0
Bacon
may
vanish"
again
from
the
Canadian
diet.
Government
quarters
in
Ottawa
say
this
may
be
expected
as
a
result
of
action
taken
by
the
Canadian
Meat
Board.
The
board
has
Instruct-
ed
exporting
packing
plants
to
rush
to
the
seaboard-90
per.
cent
of
all
hogs,
except
sows
artd
stags,
slaughtered
from
now
until
October
20.
The
board
Issued
the
order
to
boost
Canadian.bacon
shlpmenVv
io
.amain
to
it.vvv
long
ions
in
both
October
and
November
in
an
effort
to
maintain
the
British
bacon
ration
of
three
ounces
a
week.
MALARIA
AGENTS
It
was
not
known
until,
the,
19th
century
that
mosquitoes
are
malaria
agents.
G
ram
More
shooting
IN
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM,
Oct.
9
Iff
An
outbreak
of
shooting
has
In
creased
the
tenseness
in
Pal
estine.
A
communique
Issued
in
Jerusalem
discloses
that
seven
Jews
were
shot,
one
seriously,
when
a
group
of
them
armed
with
sticks
attacked
Trans-Jordan
frontier
police
who
surrounded
the
Djar
Glladi
colony
affer
the
entry
of
about
70
illegal
Immigrants.
The
communique
says
there
were
no
further
incidents.
Later,
the
police
cordon
was
withdrawn
and
the
situation
now
Is
quiet.
THINKS
HITLER
IS
STILL
ALIVE
this
Opinion
Is
Voiced
by
No
Less
Than
Gen.
Eisenhower
LONDON,
Ozl.
9
O)
The
Euich
radio
has
quoted
General
Eisenhower
as
saying
that
there
,ls
Reason
to
believe
that
Hitler
Is.
still
alive.
The
broadcast
said
that
the
American
commander,
asked
by
one
newsman
If
he
thought
Hitler
was
dead,
declared
i
"I
thought
so
at
first,
but
there
is
reason
to
believe
that
he
Is
still
alive."
Then
he
added;
"But
that
in
itself
does
not
constitute
a
problem."
The
Interview
is
said
to
have
taken
place
at'The
Hague
where
General
Elsenhower
was
received
by
Queen
Wilh,elmlna
and
had
lunch
with
her
at
the
palace.
PORTUGAL
WAS
GOING
IN
WAR
At
Least
That
Is
What
'Premier
Salazar
Now
intimates'
&hUlr
Oct.
i
GU'pcr
hia
Deen1
reveaiea
inai
ronugai
was
about
to
participate
In
the.
Pacific
war
when
the
Japanese
surrendered.
The
Portugese
premier,
Antonio
Salazar,
discloses
that
his
country
was
negotiating
with
the
Allies
toward
Portugal's
entry
Into
Pacific
fightin?
when
the
war'
ended
abruptly.
World
Series
BASEBALL
CLASSIC
TIED
UP
AFTER
WILDXHICAGJ)
if-INNING
VICTORY
CHICAGO,
Oct.
9
(CP)
The
World
Series
between
Detroit
Tigers
and
Chicago
Cubs
is
all
tied
up
at
three
games
apiece.
The
Cubs
barely
managed
to
send
the
series
into
the
seventh
and
final
game
when
they
squeezed
out
an
8-7
victory
yesterday
in
extra
innings
at
Chicago.
Stan'
Hack
doubled
hoirie
the
win-
Winch
Sees
G.C.F.
Victory
In
North
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
9
Returning
here
after
a
provincial
election
campaign
swing
through
central
British
Columbia,
Harold
Winch,
provincial
C.C.F,
leader,
predicted
that
his
party
would
make
a
clean
sweep
of
the
north.
He
was
particularly
confident
of
C.C.F.
victory
In
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Peate
River.
NEW
CANADIAN
DESTROYER
IS
ON
WAY
OVER
SOUTHAMPTON',
Oct.
9
The
new
Canadian
destroyer
Crescent
left
here
Sunday
via
Panama
Canal
for
Esquimau.
The
vessel
was
recently
commissioned
at
Clydebank.
Temperature
Maximum
57
Minimum
S3
Rainfall
73
Inches
Lieut.
-
Commander
and
Mrs.
Jack
McRae,
who
were
married
recently
at
Halifax,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
last
night.
Lt.-Cmdr.
McRae
has
been
discharged
from
the
Navy
and
will
resume
civilian
business
here.
nlng
run
off
Dizzy
Trout
In
the
bottom
half
of
the
twelfth
inning.
Trout
was
the
last
of
five
Tiger
pitchers
to
appear.
Virgil
Trucks
started
for
Detroit,
followed
by
George
Caster,
Tommy
Bridges
and
Al
Benton.
Chicago
used
four
pitchers.
Claude
Passeau
started
and
lasted
to
the
seventh
Inning
when
a
four-run
Tiger
rally
sent
him
to
the
showers.
Passeau
wa3
followed
by
Hank
Wyse,
Ray
Prim
and
finally
Hank
Borowy,
who
took
over,
In
the
ninth
and
was
the
winning
pitcher.
Except
for
Hack's
game-winning
double
in
the
twelfth,
the
big
blow
of
yesterday
s
game
was
Hank
Greenberg's
homer
in
the
seventh
inning
with
nobody
on
base.
Greenberg's
circuit
wallop
tied
the
score
at
seven
all
and
forced
the
extra
Innings.
Sensational
Deciding
Score
Hack's
blazing
liner
Into
left
field
drove
in
Bill
Schuster
all
the
way
from
first
with
the
run
that
enabled
the
Cubs
to
defeat
the
Tigers.
The
ball
hit
some
kind
of
obstruction
Just
as
Hank
Greenberg
was
attempting
.
to
field
It.
It
bounced
over
"his
I
shoulder.
Greenberg
planted
himself
directly
In
front
of
the
ball
and
would
easily
have
held
Schuster
at
third
If
he-had
made
the
stop.
There
were
two
out
at
the
time.
Official
scorers
at
first
charged
Greenberg
with
an
error
but
late
Monday
night
reversed
their
decision,
giving
Hack
credit
for
a
two
-base
hit
and
eliminating
the
error.
For
five
innings
Paul
"Dizzy"
Trout,
Detroit's
fifth
pitcher,
had
been
turning
back
the
Cubs
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on
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61
Ski
ippmg
nips.
Allied,
economy
and
they
.1,.
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tn
,;;t"vw
?
.
of
appeal
would
be
to
General
Charles
DeOaulle
for
a
commu
tatlonto
life
imprisonment.
It
is
not
expected
Laval
will
ask
for
this.
The
case
against
the
62-year-old
former
Vichy
Premier
went
to
the
Jury
while
he
remained
in
a
dungeon
beneath
the
courtroom
of
the
Palace,
of
Justice
which
resounded
to
a
two-hour
attack
on
his
relations
with
the
Germans.
When
informed
of
his
fate,
Laval
said
"It
is.
pected
all
along."
FIRE
GUTS
APARTMENT
what
I
ex-
An'
overcoat
owned
by
Mrs.
Florence
Mayer
was
all
that
was
saved
from
a
fire
that
gutted
the
apartment
ocpupled
by
Mrs.
Mayer
and
her
husband
at
329
Fifth
Avenue
West
at
9:50
last
night.
The
fire
destroyed
all
the
other
contents
of
the
room
and
badly
charred
the
walls.
The
overcoat,
hanging
on
a
plastic
hanger,
fell
to
the
floor
of
a
closet
when
the
extreme
heat
melted
the
hanger.
Lying
on
the
floor
It
escaped
the
searing
heat
which
destroyed
other
furnishings
in
the
room.
Cause
of
the
fire
was
not
de
termlned,
but
It
was
believed
by
city
firemen
to
have
started
In
a
bureau
where
a
number
or
household
articles
were
stored.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mayer
were
away
at
the
time
the
fire
broke
out.
TROUBLOUS
ARGENTINA
Further
Disorders
as
Mounted
Police
Charge
Funeral
Procession
EUENOS
AIRES,
Oct.
9
O)
Argentia
mounted
police
tried
to
halt
the
wave
of
demonstrations
against
the
government
by
charging
,
Into
a
crowd
and
breaking
up
a
funeral
procession.
The
funeral
ceremonies
were
being
held
for
a
young,
chemical
studeri
who'had
been
killed
by
gunfire
during
a
street
disturb
ance
Thursday.
A
crowd
of
4000
gathered
in
front
of
the
dead
youth's
home
but
was
scattered
as
the
police
charged
it.
Another
crowd
Of
10,000
at
the
cemetery
also
was
dispersed
by
government
police.
Meantime,
reports
coming
out
of
Buenos
Aires
say
striking
students
still
hold
four
of
the
country's
six
universities
which
they
seized
earlier
In
the
week
as
a
protest
ojalnst
the
govern
ment
spurious
British
sterling
notes
Special
teams
of
British-
American
Army
experts
reported
that
at
a
single
cdicentratlon
camj
in
the
Frelslng
area,
they
found
23
cases
containing
forged
notes
amounting
to
26,000,000
sterling
pounds,
or
approximately
$108,000,000
Canadian
Cruiser
Rescues
Tanker
HONG
KONG,
Oct.
9
The
Canadian
cruiser
Ontario
arrived
here
on
Sunday,
having
In
tow
the
10-000-on
tanker
Wave
King
which
had
broken
down
300
miles
out
of
this
port.
1938
and
even
then
the
worm
was
darkened
by
the
threat
of
war
which
broke
loose
on
the
world
less
than
a
year
later.
Thanksgiving
Day,
1939,
was
held
in
a
background
of
feverish
preparation
for
combat
by
Canadians,
war
having
broken
out
a
month
earlier.
In
spite
of
their
tremendous
losses
and
sacrifices,
Canadians
In
general,
and
Prince
Rupert
citizens
In
particular,
felt
that
they
had
much
to
be
thankfuj
for
on
their
first
post-war
Thanksgiving
Day.
They
had
sacrificed,
but
they
had
also
been
alowed
to
achieve
Victory.
Starts
Wheat
Ship
Due
Tohightvand
Three
Others
Coming
DuringNext
Month;
Cargoes
Going
To
India
and
Russia
VESSEL
ARRIVING
TONIGHT
TO
LOAD
FULL
FOR
KARACHI
VIA
PORT
DARWIN
LOCAL
ELEVATOR
TO
HE
EMPTIED
Grain
shipments
are
being
resumed
from
Prince
Rupert
and
the
first
ship
in
two
years
to
load
wheat
is
coming
in
tonight
to
take
a
full
cargo
to
India.
Three
more
ships
are
expected
within
the
coming
month
to
empty
the
elevator
which
will
then
be
ready
to
receive
new
grain
of
the
1945
prairie
crop.
The
vessel
due
tonight
is
the
Blue
Funnel
line
frieghtcr
Smarkand,
a
British
ship
built
in
the
United
States
during
the
war,
which
will
take
on
8750
tons
(325,000
bushels),
for
Karachi,
India,
via
Port
Darwin,
Australia:
The
Smarkand
is
coming
front
Vancouver
whercshe
was.lined.
She
recently
arrived
on
the
coast
from
the
Orient
in
ballast.
The
three
other
vessels
booked
to
load
at
the
local
house
within
the
month
are
said
to
be
Russian
ships.
They
will
load
full
cargoes
for
Russia.
Laval
Condemned
Death
For
Vichy
Man
Hitler's
French
Stooge
No.
1
Expected
to
Expiate
Treachery
By
End
of
Week
PARIS,
Oct.
9
O)
Pierre
Laval
today
was
convicted
of
treason
and
sentenced
to
death.
It
Is
passible
that
he
may
be
executed
by
I,
a
nuns
firing
squad
iuau
on
uu
th?
w,
out-
,5'
GERMANS
MADE
BOGUS
MONEY
Hoped
to
Disrupt
Allied
Economy
with
Spurious
Bank
Notes
LONDON,
Oct.
9
If)
The
Unl
ted
Nations
War
Crimes
Commission,
sitting
In
London,
has
heard
a
detailed
account
of
how
the
Germans
used
slave
labor
In
lgantlc
production
of
forged
foreign
currency.
The
Germans,
apparently,
were
hoping,
to
dls-
FAILURE
OF
DEATH
RAY
Another
of
Japanese
Weapons
Which
Proved
Failure
Revealed
TOKYO,
Oct.
9
It
now
Is
disclosed
the
Japanese
counted
heavily
on
a
secret
weapon
dur
ing
the
war
years
that
Just
did
not
pan
out.
Research
officers
at
Supreme
Headquarters
in
Tokyo
have
disclosed
that
Jap
anese
scientists
tried
for
five
and
a
half
years
to,
develop
a
death
ray.
So
determined
were
they
to
get
the
weapon
they
appropriated
one
million
yen.
to
further
work
on
the
machine-.,
,
Despite
all
this
effort,
how
ever,
when
the
final
curtain
had
.
come
down
on
the
Pacific
war,
the
best
the
so-called
death
ray
machine
could
do
was
to
kill
a
rabbit
at
a
distance
of
30
metres
in
10
minutes.
One
Japanese
had
submitted
himself
to
experimentation
in
connection
with
the
ray
but
it
failed
to
kill
him.
The
only
reaction
he
had
was
dizziness
and
fatigue
which
tasted
from
12
to
24
hours.
Allied
scientists
have
wound
up
their
disclosure
by
saying
that
a
tremendous
advance
In
techniques
would
have
been
necessary
before
the
death
ray,
could
have
had
any
value
as
a
military
weapon.
CONTROLLING
Sweeping
Inventory
in
Japan
Ordered
by
Allied
Commander-in-Chief
TOKYO,
Oct.
9
General
Ma.c-
Arthur
has
issued
his
first
dir
ective
since
Japan
changed
pre
miers.
The
supreme
Allied
com-,
mander
demanded
a
sweeping
Inventory
of
Japan's
chemical
Industry.
MacArthur
asked
for
an
accounting
of
acids,
solvents,
alcohols,
nitrogen,
fertilizers,
pharmaceutical
products,
drugs,
fats,
oils
and
plastics
as,
well
as
a
wide
range
of
other
chemical
by-products
and
essential
catalyst
agents.
CHURCHES
FILLED
FOR
FIRST
PEACE
TIME
THANKSGIVING,
SEVEN
YEARS
1
Prince
Rupert
observed
its
first
peacetime
Thanksgiving
Day
in
seven
years
on
Sunday
by
turning
out
in
hundreds
to
pack
city
churches
where
special'mes-sages
of
humility
and
praise
were
delivered
by
their
pastors.
Traditional
harvest
decorations
lent
atmos-
pnere
to
tile
services
wnicn
were
enncueu
uy
me
&nig
ing
of
equqally
traditional
hymns
and
anthems.
Last
peacetime
Thanksgiving
Day
observed
In
Canada
was
in
At
some
of
the
churches
special
speakers
delivered
the
Thanksgiving
messages
in
place
of
their
regular
ministers
and
also
at
some
the
congregations
partook
of
Holy
Communion.
Bishop
Preaches"
At
At
St.
St.
Andrew's
Amlrou'.'
At
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
Ca
thedral,
morning
and
evening
services
were
led
by
Bishop
J.
B.
Gibson
whose
morning
text
was
drawn
from
the
One
Hundredth
Psalm,
fourth
verse:
"Enter
Into
His
Gates
with
Thanksgiving."
Both
services
were
well
attended
and
the
cathedral
was
decorated
with
harvest
flowers,
fruits
and
vegetables,
Ninth
Chapter
of
Nehemiah,
Sixth
verse:
"Thou,
Even
Thou,
Art
Lord
Alone.
Thou
hast
made
heaven
of
heavens
with
all
therein,
the
earth
and
all
things
therein,
the
seas
and
all
that
Is
therein,
and
Thou
preservest
them
all,"
and
the
One
Hundred
Seventh
Psalm,
Eighth
verse:
"O
that
men
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
good
ness
and
for
His
wonderful
works
to
the
children
of
men."
The
choir
under
Choirmaster
Peter
Lien
sang
the
anthems
"Praise,
O
Praise
the
Lord
of
Harvest,"
and
"The
Heavens
Are
Telling,"
Communion
At
First
United
At
First
United
Church'
the
day
was
observed
as
one
of
"world-wide
communion"
and
the
sacrament
was
taken
follow
ing
the
evening
service.
The
morning
sermon
was
delivered
by
Miss
Ida
McKenzle,
field
secretary
for
the
Women's
Missionary
Society,
who
spoke
of
the
responsibility,
of
Christians
In
going
"the
second
mile"
In
bringing
the
goodness
of
Christ
to
other
nations.
The
evening
service
waS
led
by
Rev.
R.
A.
Wilson,
whose
topic,
"One
World."
pointed
Out
that
the
hope
of
the
world
lies
in
finding
a
common
loyalty
tn
Christ.
He
stressed
the
uni
versal
nature
of
the
church
and
Its
fitness
to
be
the
foundation
that
movement.
Both
ser-
n
w
biic
iwmifc
fiiv4vv
Gibson
used
as
his,
texts
the
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on
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