ENTRAi
BRITISH
COLIMimI
NEWSPAPER
NORTHERN
AND
C
Temperature
Temperatures
for
the
Prince
itbcal
Tides
Rupert
district
during
24
hours
ending
5
ain.
....X
58
jlaicimum
Tuesday,
October
16,
1945
iil.
52
Minimum
MW
High
r......
9:51
17.1
feet
Rainfall
.....
.77
inches
Published
Canada's
Most
21:41
18.1
feet
at
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Low
2:59
6.9
feet
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
233.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
15,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
15:29
9.6
feet
Japanese
.
Military
Winds
Up
Complete
Demobilization
pi
m)
'Completed
Today
With
Formal
Ceremonies
:
jOKYO,
Oct,
15
The
last
irtds
of
Japanese
military
Lgth
are
being
rapidly
ellm-ated.
The
Japanese
general
$1
headquarters,
estaonsnea
i
1878,
was
dissolved
In
formal
flemonies
held
Sunday
in
the
tpponese
capital.
This
was
a
gunner
to
the
abolition
.
Mnsnl
ctnff
tMinr
it
aiuij
S'"""'
-
Alter
the
Japanese
oinciais
icKd
toward
tne
cmporors
I
place,
HirohiWs
rescript
on
the
solution
was
read
aloud.
The
top
ranking
Japanese
of-'icersat
the
ceremonies
Included
ie
chief
of
the
general
staff,
(Xneral
Yoshljiro
Umezu,
who
.igned
the
surrender
papers
on
ioard
the
battleship
Missouri
:or
the
military
services
of,
.
Jap-
a
Also
present
was
Lleut.-Geri.i
ttashiro
Kawabee
who
went
to
;
Mia
prior
to
the
surrender
to
j
Mtive
Macmnurs
instructs
for
surrender
With
complete
demobilization
i
Japan's
armed
forces
today,
Deneral
MacArthur
will
broad-
351
10
me
unitea
oiaies
on
xi
The
broadcast
will
be
heard
itJpjn.
Pacific
Standard
Time
Monday,
Japan's
demcbllization
was
mjleted
by
the
deadline,
since
.:
had
been
near
completion
for
imp
tlmf
.
E
Still
Seems
Doubtful
If.FarrclI
Will
be
Able
to
Carry
on
BUBTOS
AIRES,
Oct.
15
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aiftur
ae
president
also
named
Dr.
an
ratanes
as
acting
secret-
TfAf
latin
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the
'strong
man
of
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whether
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the
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where
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People
Injured
at
thl
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th0"eht
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at"p'
w'rin.g
In
the
Parent
v,?Lth
bluldlnS
was
The
firl
u""'"na8ecl,
he
said.
durim,
cau
the
u
second
t
lnl8ht'
Bremen
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a
chlnmey
fire
at
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ht.
lVlTvrc
vott
SEB
HORKORS
has
hrm
rll.
'on
C(Ito,
n..i
Aied
.
.
.
officers
"
"
were
"
"
"vine
f
their
men
used
prjttice
..gtts
for
bayonet
ltCiythe
anesc
dur-
war,
(INDOCHINA
STILL
TENSE
One
Hundred
Annamese
Killed
In
Fighting
Skirmishing
(Joes
On
SA1GON,
Indo-China,
Oct.
15
0,French
troops
ln
Ildo.Chlna
nave
begun
a
campaign
against;
the
natlve
independence
gro
of;in'the
country.
Wltft
Anname5e
resistance
In
protest
at
French
rule,
tension
Is
Increasing
here.
French
troops
fighting
west
of
Saigon,
the
capital
of
Indo-
China,
have
killed
100
Anamese
in
an
assault
on
the
independence
group's
headquarters.
Two
Japanese,
apparently
the
leaders
of
the
Annamese
Toices
ln
the
battle,
also
were
killed.
Another
800
Annamese
were
captured
by
the
French
and
will
face
court
martial.
North
of
Saigon,
.sklrmlshinc
u
continuing.
The
British,
with
japanese
co-operationlsts,
took
ever
an
air
field.
HEAVY
TOLL
OF
TYPHOON
Further
Statement
of
Casualties
and
Damage
MANILA,
Oct.
15
Latest
word
of
the
great
typhoon
which
swept
over
Japan
and
adjoining
islands
durilr
the
past
week
was
that
28
American
soldiers
had
lost
their
lives
ln
Okinawa
and
70
were
missing.
Four
hundred
were
injured.
Many
of
the
American
installations
on
this
island,
which
fLgured
prominently
as
a
base
for
the
final
operations
oL
the
war
agalnst'Japan,
were-levelled.
In
Japan
at
least
180
were
killed
while
thousands
were
left
homeless.
Three
hundred
and
fifty
bridges
were
destroyed
and
roads,
railways
and
communica
tlon
lines
suffered
Reavy
dam
age.
DEFENCES
HERE
BEING
REDUCED
Will
Soon
be
Merely
on
Maintenance
Basis
Future
of
Militia
Discussed.
Reduction
of
Prince
Rupert
Defences
of
the
Canadian
Army
from
a
former
garrison
strength
of
several
thousand
officers
and
men
is
rapidly
being
reduced
to
the
skeleton
basis
of
maintenance
company
of
a
i-oupie
of
officers
and
possibly
not
more
than
100
other
ranks
which
will
be
charged
with
the
care
of
local
fixed
defences
Including
the
heavy
battery
defences
and
such
Army
property
as
may
be
maintained
here.
Already
many
moveable
defence
installations
have
been
dismantled
and
some
moved
away.
Other
of
the
equipment
is
ln
process
of
being
taken
down
I
...itu
in
rilcrmsal.
For
the
.
time
being
at
least
the
Engineers
i
on1
.s
7nn
s
win
ue
tuiiwuufcu
here
on
a
skelton
basis.
In
local
military
circles
there
is
considerble
discussion
as
to
what
the
future
mllltla
policy
will
be.
Whether
the
present
Prhice
Rupert
Machine
Gun
Regiment
will
be
continued,
the
old
102nd.
Battery
revived
or
both
arc
points
on
which
no
official
statement
has
yet
been
made.
Women
Faint
and
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
15
There
were
extraordinary
atuuta
ui
congestion
along
the
local
water
front
yesterday
as
H.M.t.
im-
placable
was
tnrown
opea
am
hav-1
Public
"Ption.
Twenty
thous-5oS
'and
people
were
able
to
get
,-nriflhnflrd
hut
fifty
thousand
were
turned
away.
There
were
numerous
faintlngs
among
the
crowds
and
some
minor
injuries.
VARIED
USES
Tim
inlpp
of
the
crocus
was
used
by
Roman
women
as
a
hair
dye.
In
recent
years
it
has
been
used
ln
making
cordials
and
as
a
coloring
for
cakes.
Ending
a
r-i
1.'
t
M
(el
ins
i
8
tA
P.
p
r
,v
ITARY
ENDS
..
le
general
mili
tary
authority
of
Japan
officially
ceased
to
exist
today
with
the
formal
dissolution
of
staff
headquarters.
General
Douglas
MacArthur
announced
hat
joint
occupation
areas
of
Japan
were
to
be
set
for
British,
American
and
Russian
authorities.
General
M
a
c-Arthur
will
make
an
important
announcement
today.
BLACK
MARKETEERS
ARRESTED
BERLIN
Hundreds
of
Berlin
people
were
placs-d
under
arrest
Sunday
when
British
military
police,
usini
tankr
and
aimorcd
cars,
descended
upon
black
marketeers.
Goods
belonging
to
American
and
British
armies
have
been
sold
illegally.
Among
the
arrested
were
many
Russians.
SOLDIERS
UNLOAD
SHIPS
LONDON
British
troops,
brought
back
from
Europe,
are
now
unloading
ships
cf
precious
food
at
various
ports
where
dock
workers,
now
numbering
50,000
in
all,
are
on
strike.
STRIKE
BREAKING
Ur
EDMONTON
The
coal
miners'
strike
in
Western
Canada
shows
signs
of
breaking
up.
Miners
at
Cumberland,
Vancouver
Island,
850
in
number,
returned
to
work
today
but
those
at
Drumheiier,
Alberta,
voted
by
majority
of
100
to
remain
cn
strike.
WAR
ON
JAVA
MANILA
The
Indonesians
of
Java
have
declared
war,
upon
the
Dutch
and,
fighting'
open
''
ly,
all
manner
of
weapons
frbm
firearms
(o
poison
darts,
were
at
last
reports
approaching
the
capital
city
of
Batavia.
Dutch
troops
are
being
sent
from
Holland
to
Java
to
assist
in
putting
down
the
native
uprisings
in
protest
against
Dutch
rule.
RUSSIA
AND
ATOMIC
BOMB
TOKYO
A
Tokyo
scientist
says
that
Russia
is
now
close
to
solving
the
construction
of
the
atomic
bomb.
He
says
it
is
impossible
to
keep
the
formula
of
making
the
bomb
a
secret.
HONEYMOON
HOTEL
NIAGARA
FALLS
The
famous
Cataract
Hotel,
on
the
American
side
of
Niagara
Falls,
popular
resort
ot
Jioneymcon-ers
for
120
years,
was
destroyed
by
a
$600,000
fire
early
Sunday
morning.
There
were
200
guests
in
the
hotel.
HORSES
AND
STEERS
BURN
EDMUNSTON,
N.B.
An
arena
and
rodeo
show
prcperty
here
was
destroyed
by
fire
Sunday
with
loss
of
$100,000.
The
arena
was
burned
down
and
50
saddle
horses
and
steers
were
burned
to
death.
rOLICE
DISMISSED
TORONTO
Attorney-General
Leslie
Blackwcll
of
Ontario
has
announced
that
the
provincial
government
has
dismissed
three
members
of
the
provincial
police,
force.
Those
dismissed
are
Constable
William
J.
Osborne-Dempstcr,
Constable
John
Alvin
Rowc
and
Mrs.
Bertha
Mary
Frcc-han.
CARDINAL
DIES
ARMAGH,
North
Ireland
His
Eminence
Joseph
Cardinal
MacKory,
archbishop
ot
Armagh
and
primate
of
all
Ireland,
died
Saturday
at
7
a.m.
The
89
year
old
prelate,
who
recently
celebrated
his
diamond
jubilee
as
a
churchman,
was
ordained
to
the
priesthood
in
1885.
SHIPBUILDERS'
STRIKE
VANCOUVER
Dry
dock
and
shipyard
workers
here
are
threatening
to
go
on
strike
unless
an
award
of
the
National
War
Labor
Board
is
fully
implemented.
CONTINUING
STAGE
ROUTE
OTTAWA
The
Minister
of
Air
announced
today
that
operation
of
the
Northwest
Staging
route
will
be
HEAR
.
.
AT
CAPITOL
Pattullo
and
Mickleburgh
on
the
same
platform
L.P.P.
candidate
allowed
15
minutes
talk
and
afterwards
5
minutes
rebuttal.
THE
SAME
INVITATION
WAS
EXTENDED
TO
THE
C.C.F.
CANDIDATE
OR
SUBSTITUTE
BUT
WAS
DECLINED.
CAPITOL
THEATRE,
8
P.M.
WEDNESDAY,
17th
Every
Electot
Welcome
G.
W.
Nickersoni
Chairman
(Published
by
Pattullo
Campaign
Committee)
Frank
Murphy
Lost
TOCAL
CONTRACTOR
MISSING;
HAS
NOT
BEEN
SEEN
SINCE
SATURDAY
The
mysterious
disappearance
of
Frank
Murphy,
Prince
Rupert
lumber
yard
operator
and
building
contractor,
who
has
been
missing
since
Saturday
evening,
has
inspired
a
search
py
police
and
friends
of
the
middle-aged
man
which
up
to
late
this:
morning
was
without
'Success.
.
.u.
Mr.
Murphy,
operator-
of
a
lumber
yard
on
Market
Circle.
was
last
seen
by
members
of
his
staff
when
he
left
for
supper
at
5:20
Saturday
night.
Since
that
momenta
notrace.
.oLethe
man
has
been
brought
to
light.
He
was
reported
missing
at
11
o'clock
Sunday
morning
by
one
of
his
employees,
William
Moore,
who
told
city
police
of
his
unexplained
absence.
When
employees
of
Mr.
Mur-j
phy's
lumber
company
left,
the
lumber
yard
to
go
to
supper
i
Saturday
night,
Mr.
Murphy
was
still
at
work.
When
they
returned
at
6:15,
he
was
not
ln
the
building,
Mr.
Moore
told
the
police.
No"apprehension
was
felt
for
him
at
that
time
because
it
was
assumed
that'
he
was
still
away
to
supper.
Fear
for
his
welfare
was
aroused
Sunday
morning
when
investigation
by
Mr.
Moore
revealed
that
Mr.
Murphy
had
not
spent
the
night
in
his
room
above
the
lumber
company
office.
Later
investigation
brought
to
light
the
fact
that
the
missing
contractor
had
not
eaten
his
supper
at
the
Grand
Cafe,
where
he
usually
takes
his
meals.
Questioned
this
morning
by
the
Dally
News,
police
and
Mr.
Murphy's
friends
said,
that
they
had
To
Meet
With
Commissioner
WINNIPEG,
Oct.
15
Mr.
Justice
S.
E.
Richards,
appointed
by
the
federal
department
of
labor
as
a
commissioner
in
the
dispute
between
P.
Burns
Co
Ltd.
and
Its
employees,
has
requested
representatives
of
the
company
and
the
packers'
union
to
meet
him
tomorrow.
Meantime,
it
is
expected
the
start
of
the
threatened
strike
will
be
deferred
from
Thursday
for
a
week.
In
Local
Plane
Incident
THEATRE
ui
luca
ul
witab
iiiigui,
iiavc
uap-
pened
to
the
missing
man.
''Mr.
Murphy
was
a
man
of
ound
character
and
temperate
habits,"
Mr.
Moore
said.
"I
can't
explain
the
thing
at
all
.Saturday
night,
he
recalled,
'was
stbrmy'with
hlgh.'Vlnds'and
rain.
He
would
not
discount
the
possibility
that
in
some
way,
Mr,
Murphy
had
been
a
victim
of
the
storm.
Sgt.
O.
L.
Hall
said
that
B.C.
Police
at
interior
points
had
disappearance,
but
that
no
reports
had
been'
forthcoming
from
that
source.
An
employee
of
Mr.
Murphy
said
this
morning
that,
as
far
as
he
knew,
Mr,
Murphy
is
unmarried
and
that
he
knows
of
no
relatives.
LOOKING
FOR.
STRIKE
END
EDMONTON,
Oct.
15
The
district
president
of
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
here
expresses
hope
that
the
strike
over
meat
rationing
in
Alberta
mines
will
be
ended
this
week.
In
fact
all
the
miners
except
those
at
Drumheiier
have
voted
to
return
to
work.
An
arrangement
has
been
made
for
the
opening
of
lunch
bars
in
collieries
where
meat
sandwiches
may
be
obtained
by
the
miners
without
surrender
of
coupons.
RAILWAY
LINE
TIED
BY
SLIDE
There
was
uncertainty
at
railway
offices
here
this
afternoon
as
to
the
extent
of
a
tie-up
on
the
line
resulting
from
a
slide
which
came
down
during
the
night
near
Amsbury,
about
ninety
miles
from
here.
The
telegraph
wires
being
down
made
it
difficult
to
get
INDIVIDUALISM
INDIVIDUALISM:
The
doctrine
that
society
is
a
collection
of
individuals
who
should
be
free
to
shape
their
own
lives.
(Waverley
Dictionary)
If
you
believe
in
INDIVIDUALISM
you
will
vote
for
T.
D.
PATTULLO.
If
you
wish
the
individual
to
be
just
a
cog
fn
a
machine,
a
servant
of
the
Stale,
you
will
vote
C.C.F.
Hear
T.
D.
PATTULLO
on
the
radio
at
6:45
this
evening,
who
will
speak
on
his
SETTLING
OF
LABOR
Latest
Moves
Expected
to
Clear
up
Strike
Situation
in
Canada
OTTAWA,
Cct.
15
O,
Steps
that
have
been
taken
are
hoped
to
clear
up
Canada's
labor
picture,
at
the
present
time
shot
through
with
strikes
and
threats
of
strikes.
'Mr.
Justice
S.
E.
Richards
of
Winnipeg,
having
been
appointed
commissioner
to
arbitrate
the
dispute
between
Burns
&
Co.,
meat
paskers,
and
the
C.I.O.
United
Packinghouse
Workers
of
America,
will
commence
hearings
immediately.
Delegates
from
the
Ford
Motor
(
Company
of
Canada
Limited
and
Local
200
of
-the
C.I.O.
United
Automobile
Workers
of
America
are
meeting
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
cf
labor,
in
Toronto
today.
The
meeting
will
try
to
iron
out
the
differences
between
the
company
and
union
which
have
held
up
production
at
the
Ford
plant
for
over
a
month.
Meantime,
Fred
Dowling,
Can
adian
director
of
the
Packing
House
Union,
said
.
in
Toronto
that
the
government
s
seizure
of
five
western
plants
of
Burns
&
Co.
where
strikes
are
threatened
will
force
the
companies
to
negotiate
with
union
officials
and
avert
any
trouble
for
the
time
being
at
least.
Canadian
packing
houses
have
begun
rushing
thousands
of
tons
of
meat
into
the
port
of
Halifax
for
shipment
to
Britain.
This
action
has
been
regarded
as
a
move
to
getas
miich
of
the
.product
as
,
possltfc
to.
ihepvers?
Viarket,
tne
pacKing
industry
is
cauea.
End
For
Traitors
With
Laval
Gone,
Quisling
May
Be
Executed
b
2nd
of
This
Week
VICHY
CHIEF'S
DEATH
PARIS,
Oct.
15
(CP)
The
arch
traitor
of
France
was
executed
by
a
firing
squad
in
a
fortress
square
outside
of
Paris
at
12:32
Paris
time
(3:32
a,m.
Pacific
Standard
Time)
today.
He
was
Pierre
Laval,
former
premier,
y,ho
betrayed
his
country
and
its
people
to
the
Germans
and
became
chief
of
the
Vichy
puppet
government.
Laval
was
put
to
death
by
a
firing
squad
of
12
men
who
had
served
with
the
French
underground
forces
during
the
Nazi
occupation.
They
had
asked
to
be
assigned
to
the
grim
job.
On
the
volley,
Laval
fell
to
his
knees.
An
officer
stepped
forward
and
delivered
the
"coup
de
grace."
Laval
spent
his
last
hours
of
life
chained
to
the
walls
of
his
prison,
smoking
cigarettes
chain
fashion.
Four
hours
before
execution
he
took
poison
but
was
revived.
He
died
in
the
convential
sackcloth
garb
of
a
condemned
man.
Laval,
who
refused
to
appeal
to
General
dc
Gaulle
for
communta-
tion,
although
his
wife
and
daughter
made
Iranllc
efforts
to
save
him,
said
he
expected
no
other
outcome
but
execution.
LONDON,
Oct.
15
0)
The
end
appears
to
be
rapidly
nearlng
for
another
of
Europe's
condemned
collaborationists.
Former
Vichy
premier
Pjerre
Laval
went
before
the
firing
squad
outside
of
Paris
early
today.
The
official
announcement
came
from
General
De
Daulle.
At
the
same
time,
a
dispatch
from
Norway
says
Vldkun
Quisling
probably
will
toe
taken
before
a
firing
squad
next
Saturday.
The
Norwegian
supreme
court
upheld
a
lower
court's
death
sentence
for
the
puppet
premier
convicted
of
high
trea
son
and
murder.
The
word
pagoda,
used
loosely
for
any
eastern
temple,
was
first
used
ln
the
16th
century
by
the
)
Portuguese
In
India.
Aircraft
With
Six
Aboard
Found
Safe
Outside
Harbor
Ship
Crashed
In
Bush
After
Escaping
Rough
Seas
During
Fierce
Gale
Yesterday
After
a
miraculous
escape
with
their
lives
following
a
landing
in
the
bush
of
rugged
Porcher,
Island
when
Flying
Officer
Kirkwood
hit
the
trees
while
attempting
to
bring
his
Norseman
monoplane
down
to
harbor
to
escape
a
raging
gale
at
4:10
Sunday
afternoon,
six
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
per
sonncl
are
safe
back
in
Prince
Rupert
this
afternoon.
They
were
flown
in
by
searching
planes
winch
this
morning'had
sighted
the
wreck
and
the
survivors.
Apart
from
minor
scratches,
there
were
no
injuries
in
one
of
the
most
providential
incidents
of
its
kind
in
the
history
of
coast
flying.
The
first
three
survivors
arrived
here
in
another
Norseman
at
1:50
this
afternoon
and
the
remaining
three
are
coming
on
a
Goose
about
3
o'clock.
Of
the
party
of
six,
two
were
crew
of
the
plane
and
four
passengers
of
R.C.A.F.
personnel.
Intimation
that
the
missing
aircraft
might
have
been
found
came
shortly
before
noon
when
Squadron
Leader
Benson,
commanding
officer,
Seal
Cove,
received
a
terse
message
from
one
of
the
searching
planes
that
they
"thought
they
had
f
ound
it."
No
uication
was,,
given
in
this
first
message
and
attendants
at
thqair
distress
office
waited
anxiously
for
further
word
fom
the
searching
planes.
Four
aircraft,
a
Norseman
.from
Prince
Rupert
and
a
Hudson
and
two
Dakota
bombers
from
Vancouver
were
scouring
island-dotted
coastline,
complemented
by
an
air
force
and
a
navy
patrol
boat.
Hflgajevent.
watera,'vithigi,a'.
radius
of
fifteen
or
twenty
miles
outside
of
PrincupeTi:Ha"rbbr;
tliS
-
1
TlY
1
t
1
t
singie-engmea
iNorseman
monoplane
naa
oeen
missing
since
Sunday
afternoon
with
six
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
personnel
on
board.
It
was
feared
forced
down
on
the
extremely
rough
sea
in
which'
case
it
would
have
had
little
chance.
"
of
survival.
The
plane
left
Allford
Bay,
where
it
was
based,
for
Prince
Rupert
at
3
o'clock
Sunday
afternoon
and
was
last
reported
at
3:40
p.m.,
being
then
fifteen
minutes
out
of
Prince
Rupert
just
south
of
Stevens
Island.
At
the
Ume
the
aircraft
be
came
missing
there
was
a
strong
40-mlle
southeast
gale
veering
to
southwest.
Visibility
was
vari-.
able
with
large
and
low
rain
clouds
closing
it
down
to
nil
at
times.
The
sea
was
extremely
rough.
A
brief
search
was
Instituted
late
in
the
afternoon
by,
another
Norseman
operating
out
of
Prince
Rupert
but
darkness
cut
this
off
at
6
p.m.,
the
plane
not
being
equipped
for
night-flying..
A
full
search
was
instituted
today
with
more
aircraft
and
surface
craft.
Appeals
were
Issued
for
all
craft
to
be
on
the
lookout
for
signs
of
the
missing
plane.
Names
of
the
personnel
on
board
were
being
withheld
pending
next-of-kin
being
advised.
"
Whole
District
Being
Covered
At
9
o'clock
this
morning,
two
aircraft,
a
Norseman
from
Prince
Rupert
and
a
plane'
from
Van
couver,
were
leading
the
search,
while
more
aircraft
were
due
to
arrive
from
the
south
to
take
part
ln
a
series
of
sweeps
which
would
cover
the
whole
district
Squadron
Leader
Benson,
offi
cer
commanding
the
Seal
Cove
air
base
said.
In
spite
of
the
efforts
of
searchers,
there
were
ijo
signs
of
the
lost
plane
or
Its
six
pass
engers
and
crew
members
until
Just
before.
"The
situation
Is
still
the
same
as
it
was
last
night,"
SL
Ben
son
said.
RETURNING
TO
WORK
NEW
YORK
Joseph
P.
Ryan,
president
of
the
International
Longshoremen's
Association,
says
that
dock
workers
In
New
York
are
returning-
to
work
In
large
numbers
following
their
strike.
In
ancient
Greece
the
theatres
were
regularly
built
ln
hillside
hollows,
thus
avoiding
the
need
for
supporting
framework
for
K
tiers
of
seats.
LOAN
DRIVE
ON
RAILWAY
Opening
Meeting
Held
to
Organize
C.N.R.
The
opening
meeting
of
the
Ninth
Victory
Loan
Campaign
on
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
was
held
Friday
in
the
Ladies'
Waiting
Room
at
the
depot,
about
45
canvassers
and
sub-canvassers
being
present.
The
meeting
was
opened
by
Chairman,
C.
A.
Berner,
division
superintendent,
who
pointed
out
,tne
C.N.K.
oDjecuve
ana,
sud-
scriptlons
obtained
during
the
Eighth
Loan,
quota
at
that
time
being
oversubscribed
by
13.8.
This
was
followed
by
an
adr
dress
by
W.
T.
Moodle";
Oejiefal
Superintendent,
Vancouver,
and
district
chairman
of
th
C.N.R.
Victory
Loan
committee,
giving
the
various-
reasons
asTo'wfiy
this
Ninth
Victory
Loan
was
.
necessary
now
that
the
actual
fighting
was
over.
The
guest
speaker
of
the
program,
Col.
Hamilton
Grant,
veterans'
re-halllatlon
officer.
Prince,
.Ru
pert,
gave
a
short
talk
oh
the
work
of
his
department,
fol
lowed
by
G.
E.
Wootton;
liaison
officer
of
the
National
War
Finance
Committee
for
"North
ern
B.C.,
and
W.
L.
Armstrong,
Team
Captain
for
the
Smlthers
r
',:"r
Division.
Two
moving
pictures,
'Valiant
Company,"
ln
connection,
.with
rehabilitation
of
wounde'd
'Vct-erans,
and
"Unrelenting
Strug
gle,"
dealing
with
Churchill's
speeches
from
the
beginning
of
the
Battle
of
Britain'
Tn
1940
until
final
victory
was.
achieved'
ln
1945,
were
shown
under
the
direction
of
W.
D.
Lambie,
focal
organizer,
National
War
.Finance
Committee
and
Projectionist
Cpl.
Smith.
j
"
.
.
i!
5
MANITOBA
VOTING
,
WINNIPEG
There
Is
every
.1
'
indication
of
a
record
vote
In
Manitoba's
provincial
flection.
C.
A.
Kellett,
manager
of
Home
Oil
Distributors
Ltd.,
left
at
4
the
week-end
by
motor
for'a'irlp
to
K.
tj
various
Interior
points,
as
rfar,
as
Vanderhoof
on
official
business.