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MAY
10,
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I
MIN'STRY
OF
BPANDtUBURG
pd;
lists
as
other
factors
laaiiy
"defeat
a
la'rtDf
Utructlon
of
the
railway
toss
of
raw
material
iind
the
smashing
of
Industrial
sections
by
Al-
U
macks,
Nazi
Field
Marshal
said
lay
would
have
won
the
19W
except
for
British
atjr
that
the
United
Stales
11
help
out
He
claimed
the
fa
vhy
the
Nazis
did
not
W
to
invade
Britain
was
la
experimental
Jabs
had
p
German
water-
transport
Iet
protection
to
be
lnadc-
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F'koit,
May
10
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the
lui
meeting
of
the
Grand
f
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nallronrl
hore
P7.
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cipiul
thowi
principal
Duuaingi
in
area
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uergarien,
where
latt
battle
wai
tougnr.
EDOM
FROM
NAZI
OCCUPATION
IIS
HEARTS
OF
ALL
NORWEGIANS
Millions
of
Norwegians
those
trapped
in
their
eland
and
those
scattered
across
the
face
of
the
-breathed
a
mighty
sigh
of
relief
this
week.
surrender
of
the
German
armies
in
Europe
fore-
Eed
the
danger
of
a
final
horror
which
all
Nor-
ians
prayed
they
or
their
countrymen
might
be
Iky
Reich
sparea
ine
danger
oi
ianaucat
Nazis
making
a
last
stand
In
the
email'
Scandinavian
country.
Thankfulness
for
Norway's
es-icapc
from
such
culminating
de-
,
i
vastation
was
expressed
by
Dr.
CT
lAr
Jens
Munthe.
Norwegian
vlcc-
)j
T
T
Ul
consul
In
Prince
Rupert
in
an
bwu
Are
Knumcrated
by
btnrrd
Held
Marshal
von
l-dstrdt
interview
Wednesday.
j
"It
looked
as
If
the
Nazis
i
would
use
Norway
as
their,
last
field
of
resistance.
We
prayed
MVinf
nur
VinmnlanH
mloht
l
.13.
May
10
Cf
-Admitting
j
Ilom
sufferlne
thu
laat
freed,
we
look
forward
to
get
ting-
hi
touduwlth
relatives
and
making
a
start
at
reconstruction."
Preparations
for
the
immediate
relief
of
the
pillaged
country
have
been
under
way
for
a
long
time
by
the
Free
Norwegian
government
and
stockpiles
of
food
and
essential
materials
arc
awaiting
earliest
shipment
to
Norway.
If
the
Allied
governments
can
"allow
It,
I
hope
that
Norwegian
ships
will
be
permitted
to
take
food
and
reconstruction
materials
to
the
homeland,"
Dr.
Munthe
said.
There
was
a
glow
of
pride
in
the
vice-consul's
voice
as
lie
outlined
Norway's
steadfast
war
record.
The
fact
that
in
Mite
of
the
German
occupation
Norway
was
able
to
make
a
notable
contribution
to
victory
and
still
pay
her
own
way
would
be
substance
for
pride
in
any
country.
Norway's
magnificent
merchant
fleet
which'
at
the
war's
start
aggregated
more
Uian
4,000,000
tons
has
been
the
financial
backbone
of
her
war
cf
fort.
These
modern
ships,
man
ncd
by
30,000
Norwegian
crew
men,
have
transported
Allied
cargos
throughout
the
war
and
have
permitted
Norway
not
only
'
Muskegon;
H.
M.
Strat-'
to
pay
her
current
costs,
but
Milwaukee!
n.
r
nvinr
.
N
Rapids;
F.
II.
Mnrk.
Chl-
l
H
-A.
Fitzgerald,
Pontlac;
L.v'm,
a,
Frascr
and
W.
Montreal.
tl
annual
ronnrt.
nf
tlir.
submitted
by
C.
A.
;
Ecneral
manager,
gross
!
revenues
for
1944
are
."
$35,522,610.
as
com-;
w'th
$35,428,970
for
the
mS
year
nnxntin.
also
to
keep
up
earlier
debt
pay
ments.
(Continued
on
Page
2)
niOT
CONTROVERSY
The
officer
commanding
the
Canadian
Northwest
Atlantic
Admiral
L.
W.
Murray
last
night
Issued
a
statement
in
regard
to
the
devastating
peace
riots
in
Halifax
on
Monday
and
Tuesday.
Admiral
Murray
charged
that
"civilians
led
the
assault
and
encouraged
service
personnel
to
take
pari."
Total
Allied
losses
in
the
oc
cupation
of
Pantelleria,
Mediterranean
island,
were
40
airmen
and
fewer
than
20
aircraft.
ig
$750,000
Uec'iiVir.-.
run
inn
War
Aqainst
Japan
Intensifying
l
itors
Are
Med
urea
i.
y.ovakia
Is
Being
PARIS,
May
10
v
Tlic
traitor
who
paved
the
way
for
Hitler's
march
Into
Czechoslovakia,
Konrad
Henlcln,
and
the
ruthless
Nazi
military
governor
of
the
Czechs,
Karl
Frank,
have
been
captured.
The
two
were
taken
Into
custody
by
the
American
Seventh
Army.
The
final
three-day
battle
between
Czech
patriots
and
the
Nazis
cost
5,000
Czech
lives.
Following
this
battle
.the
German
troops
fled
westward
toward
the
American
lines.
The
battle
end
ed
Wednesday
when
the
Czech
flag
rose
over
the
last
German
strong
point.
A
small
group
of
die-hard
Germans
still
Is
resisting
in
CzechdS16vakla
but
Stalin1,
In
announcing
the
liberation-'
of
Prague,
has
promised
that
the
Red
Army
will
succeed
In
bring
ing
it
to
its
senses.
i
RAIL
EMPLOYEES
BUY
MANY
BONDS
MON1REAL,
May
10
Em
ployees
of
the
Canadian
Nation
al
system,
subscribed
$9,627,450
during
the
first
two
weeks
of
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan
campaign.
The
total
was
made
up
as
follows:
C.
N.
R.,
73553
employees
subscribing
$9,147,150.
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
2,591
subscribers
for
$345500
National
Railways
Munitions
IU
LiCrman
Ceical,
Oer-lMnrl
nnlrairp.l
nr
Munthe
Rald.'r
tan
,KrtK.r.
fBf
tmnnn
Field
Marshal
Karl
von,
"Now
that
Norway
has
becnl
.
French
Arrest
General
Weygand
PARIS.
May
10
W
General
Weygand,
last
commander-in-chief
of
France's
army
before
the
fall
of
the
republic
in
1040
was
arrested
last
night,
the
police
disclosed
today.
Jean
Borota,
former
tennis
champion,
was
also
taken
Into
custody.
Charges
against
Uiem
were
not
specified.
The
"atrial
blitz
boomcranged
on
Hitler,
who.
after
turning
the
Luftwaffe
loose
on
Britain
In
vain,
saw
gigantic
bomber
fipofc
nf
hr
Allies
smash
his
CITY
WILL
HAVE
OYER
2,000
MORE
FEDERAL
VOTERS
THAN
IN
1940
Returning
Officer,
T.
W.
Brown,
Sees
An
Increase
of
4,000
in
Whole
of
Skeena
Riding
Prince
.Rupert,
which
had
3,751
names
on
its
voters
list
in
tne
iy4U
ieaerai
eiccuon,
win
nave
over
2,000
more
names
on
it
when
voters
go
to
the
polls
on
June
11.
The
preliminary
list,
now
in
the
hands
of
i
rn
m
tir
r.
A:
il
returning
Ollicer
i.
vv.
muwn,
cumauis
uic
jiaines
of
G.855
city
voters,
2,001
more
than
the
final
list
of
the
1040
elections.
"Revision
probably
will
send
it
upward,"
Mn
Brown,
told
the
Dally
News
last
night.
The
court
of
revision,
which
make
final
corrections
to
the
voters
list,
will
sit
In
the
Council
chamber
of
the
City
Hall
on
May
28,
29
and
30.
In
the
last
federal
election
there
were
12,088
names
on
the
voters'
list
in
the
whole
of
Skeena
riding.
Not
all
of
these,
however,
exercised
their
right
to
vote.
The
ballot
count
showed
that
only
9,567
had
used
their
democratic
right.
The
1945
total
for
Skeena!
riding
will
bo
considerably
higher
than
the
earlier
one,
Mr.
Brown
thinks.
"I
estimate
that
the
total
figure
will
be
in
the
neighborhood
of
16.000
voters
for
the
whole
constituency,"
he
fore
cast.
The
returning
officer
explain
ed
that
the
present
voters'
list
docs
not
contain
the
names
of
service
people
stationed
here
but
that
it
does
Include
servicemen
now
on
duty
who
have
kept
their
homes
here
"Their
names,
or
as
many
as
we
could
get'
hold
ofi
were
In
cluded
set
-thcy
wo.ld
J?
abJ'
war
production
centres
and
not
known
where
he
got
the
create
panic
on
the
home
front
i
bomb.
This
District
to
Be
In
Separate
Category
Because
Costs
Are
Higher
The
intention
of
the
government's
National
Housing
Act
of
making
low
cost
homes
available
in
all
narts
of
Canada
will
probably
soon,
be
fulfilled
in
North
Central
British
Columbia,
Arthur
Arnold,
representative
of
the
National
Housing
Act,
assured
delegates
to
the
conference
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Norincrn
u.u.
in
con-
vcntlon
In
Vandcrhoof
last
week
called
to
speak
during
discussion
of
a
Prince
Rupert
resolution
urging
that
the
Housing
Act
be
made
available
in
towns
of
this
part
of
the
province.
Mr.
Arnold
explained
that
final
legislation
of
the
Act
had
not
been
completed
until
last
August
and
that,
since
that
time.
Inability
to
secure
sufficient
staff
had
hampered
progress
of
the
Housing
administration.
Mr.
Arnold
Indicated
that
Immediate
steps
were
being
taken
to
build
National
Housing
Act
houses
In
Vandcrhoof
and
said
that
he
would
be
In
Prince
Rupert
on
an
observation
visit
"within
two
weeks."
Gray
Turgcon,
M.P.,
Cariboo,
who
had
a
leading
part
in
drafting
the
Act
briefly,
explaining
the
clauses
which
were
added
In
1944,
assuring
delegates
Uiat
Its
purpose
Is
to
make
homes
available
throughout
the
country.
"I
don't
Jhlnk
there
Is
any
complaint
properly
founded
on
the
legislation,"
he
said..
Questioned
by
delegates,
Mr.
Arnold
said
that
applications
from
North-Central
B.C.
were
east
end
and
one
for
the
west
end.
An
earlier
plan
to
have
21
polling
stations
in
the
city
was
vetoed
by
the
chief
re
turning
officer
in
Ottawa
on
the
recommendation
of
Prince
Rupert
representatives
of
three
of-
the
four
political
parties
in
volved
in
the
election,
Mr,
Brown
said.
'A
summary
of
the
preliminary
1945
voters'
list
in
comparison
with
the
1940
list
shows
a
con
siderable
number
of
population
changes
in
centres
throughout
the
district.
One
Interesting
point
Is
the
fact
that,
at
the
present
time,
Sewart
and
Per-
niler
have
an
equal
number
of
names
on
their
lists.
Here
are
some
comparisons:
Premier
1945,
152;
1640,
320,
(Terrace
1945,
488;
1940
416,
mithers
1945,
554;
1940,
580
'Ocean
Falls
1945,
1221;
1940
1059.
jStewart
1945.
152;
1940,
393,
Jlazelton
1945,
166;
1940
180
'New
Hazelton
1945,
58;
1940,
60.1
Burns
Lake
1945,
244;
1940,
237.
i
tLlsts
from
the
more
remote
d&tricts
.of
the
rldlngQueen
la'
vote"
here
if
they
returned
1inj(UttVlalanlA(liirlle
election
time,"
he
declared,
In
Prince
Rupert
there
will
be
two
polling
stations,
one
for
the
MORTAR
BOMB
KILLS
BOY
NANAIMO.
May
10
Fourteen-year-old
Norman
Madsen
was
killed
and
the
interior
of
his
home
shattered
Wednesday
night
when
he
attempted
to
open
a
small
arms
mortar
bomb
with
a
pair
of
pliers.
He
was
alone
In
his
bedroom
at
the
time.
It
Government
Home
Loans
To
Be
Available
Herei
graph
Creek
and
Bella
Coola,
have
not
yet
all
arrived
at
his
office,
Mr,
Brown
said.
COSTS
HERE
ARE
HIGHER
For
Building
and
Construction
Materials,
City
Council
Hears
Prince
Rupert
ex'ists
in
a
rariflcd
world,
of
Its
own
in
the
matter
of
building
and
construction
material
costs.
Vancouver
contractors
anticipate
an
increase
of
40
.percent
in
the
cost
of
building
a
structure
here
as
against
similar
construction
in
Vancouver.
City
Council
was
informed
last
night
in
a
letter
from
the
architec
tural
firm
of
Townley
and
Mathcson.
Townley
and
Mathcson
asked
that
they
be
paid
a
fee
of
$1,000
for
designing
the
proposed
Prince
Rupert
Pioneers'
Home.
"Wc
had
no
idea
that
there
was
such
a
spread
In
costs
be
tween
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert,"
the
letter
said.
"But
enquiry
among
contractors
who
have
done
work
In
Prince
Rupert
reveals
that
they
estimate
a
spread
of
about
40
percent,
On
that
basis,
Mitchell
and
Currie's
tender
of
$27,900
would
be
about
right."
To
build
the
Pioneers'
Home
placed
in
a
separate
category
1
clty
councn
requested
priorities
from
those
from
other
parts
of
the
province
on
account
of
high
material
cost.
Cost
of
building
such
homes
In
North-Central
B.C.
would
be
45
percent
higher
than
In
other
parts
of
the
country,
he
said.
Because
of
this,
loan
terms
would
not
be
as
favorable
as
some
people
might
believe.
"Anyone
who
thinks
that
he
can
lay
out
$400
on
a
$1,000
house
is
getting
off
the
wrong
foot,"
Mr.
Arnold
declared.
Loans
arc
being
based
on
the
appralsd
value
of
the
house
but
no
prospective
home
owner
can
borrow
more
than
twice
his
annual
Income
for
the
purpose.
Interest
would
amount
to
$0.38
per
month
for
each
$1,000
borrowed.
on
materials
In
the
neighbor
hood
of
$18,000.
Council's
health
committee
re
ported
that
it
had
turned
down
tenders
from
Bennett
and
White
Vancouver
of
$39,322;.
and
Mlt
chcll
and
Curric,
Prince
Rupert
of
$27,900.
Townley
and
Mathcson
asked
five
percent
commission
on
an
estimated
$20,000
building.
Weather
Forecast
Fresh
to
moderate
winds
cloudy
and
mild;
scattered
rain
showers
during
day.
Friday
light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy,
Little
change
In
temperature
"In
any
part
of
the
country
Italy
fought
on
the
Fascist
where
loan
companies
are
not
side
in
the
war
from
June
10
Interested,
the
governmnt
will
1940,
when
It
declared
a
war
on
stand
100
percent
of
the
loan,"
Britain
and
France,
until
Sept,
he
declared.
1
3,
1943,
when
It
surrendered
un-
Houses
built
under
the
scheme
conditionally
to
the
Allies.
Italy
must
measure
up
to
a
certain
became
a
co-belligerent
with
standard
of
construction,
the
Allies
Oct.
13,
1943.
D.-lli
-
.
............
i
'i
GOERLNG
TO
BE
TRIED
Marshal
Goering
will
be
brought
to
trial
soon,
probably
before
a
high
tribunal
made
up
of
representatives
of
the
Western
Allies
and
Russia,
a
responsible
source
close
to
the
United
JjUlons
War
Crimes
Commission
said
today.
UTAH
MINE
DISASTER
Twenty
-
one
coal
miners
were
killed
when
a
roaring
explosion-
sprayed
flames
and
gas
through
the
Utah
Fuel
Co.'s
No.
1
mine
at
Sunny
side,
Utah.
HITLER'S
BODV
FOUND
What
may
be
the
body
of
Adolf
Hitler
has
been
found
in
Berlin.
Another
body
is
believed
to
be
that
of
Joseph
Goebbels.
SUBS
SURRENDER
At
least
six
German
sub
marines
are
headed
for
British
ports
in
surrender,
convoyed
by
naval
craft.
One
has
arrived
at
Waymouth.
ATIIL0NES
IN
VANCOUVER
The
Earl
of
Athlone
and
Princess
Alice
arrived
in
Vancouver
today
after
spending
several
days
at
Jasper'
Park.
SPORADIC
FIGHTING
There
is
still
some
sporadic
conflict
in
Czechoslovakia
between
Germans
and
Russians
but
it
is
being
brought
under
control.
SURRENDER
OF
PRAGUE
,
Unconditional
surrender
ot
Prague,
the
capital
of
Czechoslovakia,
has
been
officially
announced.
,
-LN-SOUTH
PACIFIC
The
war'stlll
goes
on'
in
Uie
South
Pacific
although
events
of
"V-E
Day"
have
eclipsed
it
in
the
news.
Weather
has
slowed
up
fighting
on
Okinawa.
British
forces
are
closing
on
two
oil
fields
on
Borneo.
BOEINGS
INCREASE
PAYROLL
'
Boeing
aircraft
of
Canada
in
Vancouver
announced
Wednesday
that
they
want
to
hire
Immediately
between
three
hundred
and
four
hundred
more
workers
in
Vancouver
plants
on
account
of
stepping-up
production
schedules.
These
additions
will
bring
the
Boeing
payrol
Ito
approxi
mately
6,000
workers.
"CP"
HEAD
SORRY
Robert
P.
McLean,
president
of
Canadian
Press,
expressed
profounlnj-cfret
a,t
the
un
authorized
publication
in
ad
vance
pj
.ine
'Ucrman
MOLOTOV
IN
EDMONTON
Russian
Foreign
Commisar
Molotov
hopped
off
from
Edmonton
this
morning
after
spending
the
night.
He
is
on
his
way
from
San
Francisco
to
Moscow.
VANCOUVER
FIRE
There
were
21
fires
in
Vancouver
yesterday
the
worst
a
$70,000
blaze
in
the
Gak-
braith
machinery
Cambie
Street.
plant
on
KEEP
UP
CONSCRIPTION
Prime
Minister
Churchill
announced
today
there
would
be
no
dropping
of
conscription
as
long
as
the
war
with
Japan
is
oh.
Halibut
Sales
American
Callforna,
15,000,
Cold
Storage,
16c
and
HV'jC.
Canadian
Fisher
Lassie,
45,000,
Royal,
18!ic
and
lO'zC
Strafen,
22,000,
B.C.
Packers.
Venture
H,
19,000,
Pacific.
"
Snowfall,
36,000,
Atlln.
Western
Spirit,
30,000,
Storage.
Parma,
32:,000,
Co-op.
Rodney
P,
10,000,
Storage.
Oslo,
28,000,
Pacific.
Icepaco,
50,000,
Booth.
Pelvic,
20,000,
Co-op.
Teenle
Millie.
15,000,
Storage.
Jo
Anne
W
II,
67,000,
Storage.
Lorna
II.
-22,500,
AUln.
Morgan,
11,000,
Storage.
Essential,
13,000,
Bacon,
Viking
I,
27,000,
Whip.
Reward,
10,000,
Storage,
Japanese
Home
Islands
Set
Worst
Air
Pounding
Entire
Japanese
Line
in
Western
Hunan
Province
Collapses
Before
General
Chinese
Offensive
MANILA,
May
10
(CP)
The
largest
B-29
fleet
ever
to
hit
Japan
hammered
this
morning
at
the
mainland
island
of
Honshu,
Kyushu
and
Shikoku.
Moire
than
400
superforts
took
part.
In
the
Philippines,
the
unopposed
American
invasion
of
Samal
Island,
off
Mindanao,
has
been
announced.
Dunkerque
Surrender
Last
German
Resistance
Collapses
Nazis
Fight
Among
Selves
PARIS,
May
10
(CP)
The
last
pocket
of
German
resistance
in
France
appears
to
liave
collapsed.
The
Allied
controlled
Luxembourg
radio
says
the
Nazi
Dunkerque
garrison
has
surrendered.
An
Associated
Press
report
says
a
fierce
battle
is
raging
at
Segeberg,
25
miles
north
of
Hamburg,
between
some
300
fanatic
Elite
Guards
and
marines
and
German
soldiers.
The
report
says
the
German
troops
were
sent
into
the
area
to
clear
out
the
die-bard
Nazis.
SAILOR
FINDS
WIFE
DEAD,
BABIES
STARVED
VANCOUVER,
May
10
O)
A
Vancouver
tugboat
skipper,
John
Wells,
returned
home1
Wednesday
to
find
his
wife
dead,
believed
from
hemorrhage,
and
his
four
-
year
-
old
daughter,
Dorothy,
and
one-year-old..
daughter,
Hazel,
near
starvation.
100
PERCENT
FAMILY
The
E.
G.
Armstrong
family
at
Cow
Bay
has
bought
100
percent
of
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan.
They
are
father,
mother
and
two
children.
LONDON,
ff:
British
scientists
have
discovered
a
"selective"
weed-killer
which,
they
say,
will
greatly
reduce
costs
and
increase
yields
of
food
crops.
It
kills
weeds
whlle'preservlng
crops
and
grass.
war
against
the
now
defeated
Nazi
try
ants,
the
happy
outcome
would
probably
have
been
"Our
friendship
has
been
cemented
by
the
shedding
of
blood
one
on
behalf
of
the
other.
May
the
ties
of
friend.
ship
and
goodne!ghborliness,
Jong
redound
On
Mindanao,
to
tne
west,
United
States
troops
are
fighting
to
outflank
a
Japanese
force
which
virtually
has
Isolated
an
American
battalion.
The
Australian
-
Dutch
campaign
on
Tarakan
Island
Is
hearing
completion.
The
Allies
have
cleared
all
of
Tarakan
City.
On
Okinawa,
American
troops
are
slogging
through
rain
and
mud
in
the
battle
of
the
south
part
of
the
Island.
The
Americans
have
suffered
more
than
16,000
casualties
in
the
fighting
through
Monday.
Japs
Crumble
hutual
ucV
W-otfrl
mu
In
Cenral
China
The
entire
Japanese
line
in
western
Hunan
province
where
the
enemy
has
aimed
an
offen
sive
at
the
American
air
base
at
Chlh
Klang
has
been
crumbl
ed
by
a
general
Chinese,
offensive,
the
Chinese
high
command
announced"
today.
Chlh
Klang
is
250
miles
southeast
of
Chungs-
king.
7
More
than
2,000
Japanese
dead
were
counted.
At
one
spot
the
Chinese
took
120
prisoners,
an
unusual
number
in
a
war
in
which
the
Japanese
prefer
suicide,
to
capture
15
SUSPENDED
BY
C.C.F.
PARTY
And
Explusion
of
Provincial
Member
Is
Recommended
VICTORIA,
May
10
II.
W.
Herridge,
member
of
the
Legislature
for
Rossland-Trail,
has
been
suspended
by
the
C.C.F.
party
and
his
expulsion
is
recommended,
the
provincial
secretary,
A.
T.
Alsbury,
announced.
The
reason
Is
that
he
accepted
a
federal
nomination
while
sitting
as
a
provincial
member.
.4,
:
-J
'
;
r-
XS
RUSSIAN
MEN
OF
SEA
AND
CANADIAN
J$
ARMY
RESERVISTS
CELEBRATE
"V-E"
An
event
of
unique
international
character
took
place
at
the
Armory
last
night
when
the
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Gun
Regiment,
local
reserve
unit,
had
as
guests
at
a
highly
enthusiastic
smoking
concert,
Capt.
Crams,
Capt.
Philipovich
and
personnel,
of
-.the
two
Russian
merchant
vessels
which
are
receiving
repairs
In
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
,
dock.
The
affair
was
fully
in
keeping
with
the
spirit
of
the
Victory
In
Europe
season.
Led
by
a
piper
in
Scottish
uni
form,
the
Russians,
using
a
Swastika
door
mat,
were
par
aded
into
the
hall
as
members
of
the
Regiment
stood
at
attention.
Before
a
huge
Red
Flag
sur
rounded
by
the
flag
of
other
nations,
the
regimental
band
well
being,"
suggested
Capt.
Crams.
"Long
live
.the
great
leaders
Premier
Churchill,
President
Truman,
Marshal
Stalin.'
The
warmest
of
comaraderie
prevailed
and
not
even
the
handicap
of
Russian
men
of
the
sea
being
unable
to
speak
English
and
Canadian
Army
reservists
being
unable
to
converse
played
the
International
and
in
Russian
dampened
the
social
God
Save
the
King!
Then
Major:
mingling.
Singing,
dancing
and
C.
j.,
Toombs,
officer
command-
J
music
proved
a
universal
lang-lrig,'
extended
an
official
wel-
uagc
and
Interpreters
were
on
come.
hand
to
assist
where
necessary.
Highlights
of
the
evening
Capt.
R.
P.
Ponder
was
master
were
speeches
of
mutual
appre-
of
ceremonies
and,
with
Regl-
clatlon
by
Col.
C.
C.
Ferric,
mental
sergeant
Major
e.
k.
area
commandant,
Major
C.
J.
'
Macdonald
and
Sergeant
James
Toombs,
of
fleer
commanding
the
Robertson,
the
piper,
kept
the
regiment,
and
the
two
Russian
proceedings
moving
with
nerve,
skippers.
Col.
Fcrrle
admitted
The
band,
under
leadership
of
that
It
was
Indeed
an
historic
Sergeant
Peter
uen.
played
gen-
occasion
in
his
military
career.'
erously
and
Andy
McNaughton
t0
lead
th0
The
speakers
were
In
agree-Zr$X?
&
ment
that,
without
the
mutual
viirTrV
'1
aid
one
for
the
other
in
waglngi
A
J
f-fv.
W
m
,h
&
visiting
seamen.
From
8
pjn.
until
nearly
mid
night
the
Jolly
Informal
-party
kept
up
and,
after
dispersal,
which
was
preceded
by
histy
cheers
for
Marshal
Stalin
and
Prime
Minister
Churchill,
there
was
an
Impromptu
parade'
home
to
their
ships
with
the
visitors
from
the
Soviet
Republic,;
A