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Official
Announcement
Made
By
General
.Montgomery
HAMBURG,
Germany,
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However,
There
Will
He
No
Change
This
Year,
Says
Ilsley
OTTAWA
Finance
Minister
Mcy
said
In
the
House
of
Com-yim
last
night
that
the
government
has
worked
out
a
new
ncome
tax
structure.
He
gave
no
details
but
said
that
It
had
been
-ei
ded
to
continue
the
practice
of
straight
percentage
deduction
this
year.
SDeakins
of
the
new
plan,
the
linancc
minister
declared
that
e
government
will
return
to
'he
pre-war
practice
of
allowing
exemptions
for
children
to
take
'he
form
of
Income
rather
than
deductions
from
taxes.
U.N.0.
Home
To
Be
In
U.S.
WASHINGTON
Heme
of
the
I'nitfd
Nations
Organization
'U
be
in
the
United
States
The
committee
deciding
on
a
s'lc
for
the
world
organization
tolcd
today
to
have
the
site
In
the
United
States
by
a
vote
f
30
to
U.
Exact
location
was
M
indicated.
BRITISH
HOUSE
APPROVES
LOAN
Meets
with
Continued
Criticism
of
Conservative
Members
LONDON
The
British
Parlia-mn.
has
ratified
the
proposed
United
States
loan
of
$4,440,000
to
Britain.
The
next
moye
now
Is
UP
to
the
Unlted'ates
Congess.
'he
British
House
put
its
seal
of
approval
on
the
loan
by
a
vote
of
345
to
98.
Opposition
Leader
Winston
Churchill
and
many
of
his
fejlow
"nservatlves
declined
tq
voie,
T
A
$.00,000
repair
contract
by
the
Prince
Rupert
r-
i.
i
pi.:.
i
e?Ln
r:i
r
i-v
jock
aiiu
oiiiDViu
ii
ui
int:
oncii
vii
uumci
mois.
now
in
ury
uuck
nere,
mnires
on
me
nussiuie
50
percent
tariff
on
repairs
carried
out
on
that
na-
ns
vessels
in
v..annuian
snipyarus.
Surveyors
In
Vancouver
have
learned
that
the
pre-war
tariff
;
may
be
resumed
on
Monday,
j
;
In
addition,
other
British
Col-;
I
umbia
shipyards
may
lose
i
thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
,
contracts
In
United
States
re-i
pairs
because
of
the
restoration!
of
the
tariff.
If
the
tariff
Is
resumed,
it
would
make
it
unthinkable
for
American
ship
owners
to
bear
the
cost
of
having
their
ships
repaired
in
B.C.
yards.
The
Illinois,
laden
with
gasoline,
ripped
out
her
bottom
on
a
reef
off
the
Alaska
coast
a
month
ago.
and
was
brought
to
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
for
vey.
Since
that
time
there
have
been
rumors
that
the
local
dry
dockmightmofHoonthe
repair
Job,
but
nothing
definite
could
be
learned.
If
the.
United
States
tariff
law
is
restored.
It
Is
likely
that
the
local
dry
dock
may
have
no
chance
to
bid
onvlt,
because
the
owners
undoubtedly
will
see
that
shi
is
taken
to
an
American
yard
for
repair.
American
ships
in-the
gov
ernment
chartered
wartime
ser
vice
have
been
exempt
from
tariff,
and
'the
status
or
tne
Illinois
is
being
studied
to
de
termine
whether
she
wouia
dc
subject
to
it
when
the
regula
tion
Is
re-lnstatcd.
Under
the
regulation,
vessels
seeking
repairs
in
nr.
sh
nvards
musi
pay
we
t
nraptieallv
All
cases
this
raises
the
repair
costs
to
a
point
where
it
Is
more
profitable
to
take
the
damaged
vessel
to
an
American
port.
vThe
tariff
was
revoked
in
war-4imo
r.
nprmit
United
States
liuii-
f-"
,
,
to
seek
repairs
wherever
u
was
most
practical
to
do
so.
It
Is
nnintcd
out
that
Vancouver
ship
yards
still
have
a
fairly
heavy
quota
of
repair
work
to
do,
but
the
Prince
Rupert
and
Victoria
shipyards
are
more
urgently,
in
need
of
repair
contract.
If
the
Illinois
is
not
repaired
here,
she
will,
however,
receive
temporary
patches
in
order
to
maw
her
seaworthy
for
her
trip
south
to
a
United
States
shipyard.
JAPS
DESTROYED
DOCUMENTS
OF
THEIR
GUILT
I
TOKYO,
0i
Joseph
B.
Kcenan
who
will
prosecute
Tojo
and
I
other
Japanese
war
leaders
ac-!
cuscd
of
launching
the
Pacific
that
the
Japanese
I
war
said
today
have
"destroyed,
altered
or
secreted"
the
documents
might
establish
the
guilt
of
the
men
to
be
tried.
He
said:
"The
men
we
are
going
to
try.
or
their
friends,
had
many
days
In
which
to.
act
before
our
troops
landed."
To
aid
In
the
prosecution,
Keenan
plans
to
send
a
member
of
his
staff
to
Germany
to
ob
tain
any
documents
uu
...
-.
jessing
disapproval
of
the
European
-
japan.
rms
or
the
can
enurenm
saw
""""r
pvnected
to
better
terms
could
have
been
ob-1
JT
STRIKE
IN
AUSTRALIA
IS
ENDING
CANBERRA,
Australia,
'The
..labor
picture
in
Australia
is
brighter
today.
It
has
been
reported,
following
government-union
meetings,
that
New
South
Wales
coal
miners
have
agreed
to
return
to
work
next
Monday.
The
miners
have
been
on
strike
since
December
3.
The
mine
work
stoppage
has
tied
up
industries
employing
more
than
600,000
workers.
POPULATION
GREAT
NEED
Bishop
Anthony
Jordan
Forms
Some
Impressions
Following
First
Tour
of
Diocese
"It
seems
to
me
that
the
great
need
for
the
development
of
Prince
Rupert
and
its
great
hinterland
Is
Increased
population
for
the
rich
Interior
country,"
says
Rt.
Rev.
Anthony
Jordan,
vicar-apostolic
of
the
vicariate
of
Prince
rapert,
speaking
yes
terday
of
Impressions
following
his
first
tour
of
the
many
Roman
Catholic
church
missions
In
the
Interior,
of
his
diocese.
He
was
tunlties
impressed
the
ranking
churchman.
It
was
the
Bishop's
first
tour
o.the
diocese
following
his
ecclesiastical
induction
a
couple
of
months
ago.
It
was
a
fact-finding
trip
fo
acquaint
himself
with
the
conditions
under
which
his
missionaries
lived
and
the
people
among
whom
they
labored.
While
away
the
Bishop
also
attended
a
gathering
of
all
Canadian
bishops
of
the
church
In
Quebec.
U.S.,
BRITAIN
equivalent
of
50
percent
of
the
SHARE
BURDEN
IN
cost
of
the
repairs
u
me
u.o
government.
EAST
INDIES
WASHINGTON,
0'-The
Bri
tish
ambassador
to
the
United
States
says
the
U.
S.
shares
with
Great
Britain
the
responsibility
for
the
presence
of
Empire
forces
in
the
Dutch
East
indies.
Lord
Halifax
told
the
English
Speaking
Unlcn,
meeting
In
Washington
last
night,
lhat
the
decision
to
send
British
troops
to
revolt-torn
Java
was
made
by
the
combined
chiefs
pf
stalf.
The
decision,
therefore,
was
not
British
alone,
but
Angle-American.
HEAVY
GALE
HITS
EASTERN
COASTAL
SHIPS
HALIFAX,
0
-Shipping
on
the
Atlantic
from
the
fishing
banks
n-ff
Canada
to
Bermuda
has
been
crippled
by
one
of
the
worst
storms
of
the
season.
Ships
arc
nltchlnz
and
tossing
in
the
huge
waves
and
either
are
heading
for
ports
or
are
waiting
for
neip.
The
Boston
dragger,
Gale,
has
run
aground
on
Sable
Island.
The
crew
was
rescued,
but
the
ship
probably
will
be
wrecked.
Another
Boston
ship
has
been
towed
Into
Halifax,
her
engine
disabled.
Further
down
the
coast,
27
Canac:an
merchant
seamen
have
been
taken
from
the
Venezuelan
freighter,
Indc
pendencla.
The
freighter
ran
aground
off
Nantucket.
ATTAINS
GREAT
AGE
The
black-back
gull
may
require
four
yeaft
to
attain
matur-clty.
but
sometimes
lives
to
the
century
mark
NORTHERN
AND"
qNT
jW'JS
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Tides
TAXI
TAXI
Sunday,
December
16,
1945
4
537
10:54
22.0
feet
BRETTEN
WOODS
PACT
APPROVED
LONDON,
iff
The
House
of
.Commons
yesterday
gave
final
latification
to
the
Bretton
Woods
monetary
stabilization
pact,
ap
proval
of
which
was
one
cf
the
conditions
laid
down
by
the
United
States
for
the
loan
of
four
and
a
half
billion
dollars
to
Britain.
The
measurcwas
passed
with
out
dissent
on
its
third
and
last
reading
and
went
at
once
to
the
House
of
Lords.
The
action
came
barely
14
hours
after
Commons
had
approved
the
Bretton
Woods
plan
and
the.
United
States
loan.
Lord
Beaverbrook,
who
will
oppose
the
Bretton
Woods
plan
and
the
loan
In
the
House
of
Lords
on
Monday,
said
In
a
pre
vious
debate
on
the
two
measures-!
that
they
"will
Involve
a
return
to
the
gold
standard,
the
obili
tlon
of
the
sterling
era
and
the
destruction
of
imperial
preference"
in
trade.
London
newspapers
.
of
all
shades
of
political
opinion
echoed
the
view
expressed
by
the
London
Times
that
the
Anglo-
American
loan
had
been
ac
ccpted
by
Commons
"because
In
the
present
emergency
there
ap
pears
to
be
no
alternative
with
out
cropping'
national
recovery
The
Times
called
the
agree
ment
an
"economic
Dunkerque
lnteredcl5JlwdnlRi,SSjA
....f
URRS:A
population
emphasized.
Not
only
EXCHANGE
NOTES
its
scenic
beauty
but-
lt,s.poten-
new
YORK
0
The
Moscow
tial
natural
resources
and
eppor-
racii0
Says
the
governments
of
Turkey
and
Russia
have
exchanged
notes
concerning
antl-Russlan
demonstrations
in
Ista-bul
10
days
ago.
The
broadcast
declared
the
Soviet
Union
re-
Igards
the
Turkish
reply
as
un
satisfactory.
The
Moscow
note
is
reported
to
have
claimed
the
Turkish
police
protection
the
demonstrators
as
they-
wrecked
book
shops
selling
Russian
litera
ture
and
attacked
newspapers
friendly
to
Russia.
Interviews
With
War
Criminals
Stopped
By
Court
NUERNBERG,
Germany,
0-
The
International
War.
Crimes
Tribunal
at
Nuernberg
has
pro
hlbited
any
more
indirect
Inter
views
with
the
Nazi
defendants,
The
security
section
of
the
tri
bunal
has
threatened
to
bring
contempt
df
court
proceedings
against
anyone
who
obtains
any
kind
of
Information
from
the
Nazi
defendents
and
passes
it
on
to
newsmen.
A
German
defence
lawyer
has
protested
the
ruling
DUE
HOME
CHRISTMAS
MONTREAL
On
Christmas
Day
270
Canadian
servicemen,
'
seven
for
Vancouver,
will
arrive
in
Halifax
from
overseas
on
the
Lady
Rodney,
according
to
the
Department
of
National
Defence,
Although
they
will
not
get
home
for
the
day's
festivities
they
will
enjoy
Christmas
dinner,
the
first
Canadian
Christmas
dinner
in
as
many
as
six
years
tor
most
of
them
the
12-car
Canadian
National
Railways
Christmas
Day
troop
special
will
serve
turkely.
cranberry
sauce,
plum
pudding,
fruit
and
all
the
trimmings
that
go
with
enjoying
the
holiday
dinner
at
home,
C.N.
R.
sleeping
and
dining
car
officials
say.
Before
coming
to
Canada,
the
former
C.N.S.S.
vessel
will
take
213
seamen
to
Newfoundland.
It
has
been
reported
this
will
be
the
last
trip
the
Lady
Rodney
will
make
repatriating
servicemen.
She
and
her
sister
ship,
the
Lady
Nelson,
it
Is
anticipated,
will,
In
future,
bring
to
new
Canadian
homes
the
overseas
wlyes
and
children
of
Canada's
servicemen.
DAY
and
NIQHT
SERVICE
Low
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Bill
and
Ken
Ncsbitt
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
290.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
DECEMBER
15,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
.$.
Tarif
i
aniK
i
aw
May
may
rre
L-ocdi
oniuvaru
I
III-
ki
D
ariKer
Illinois
may
oe
ent
South
Because
of
Lid
Repair
Tariff
PRE-WAR
LAW
TO
BE
INVOKED
AGAIN
ON
MONDAY
B.C.
POLICE
TO
'GIVE
TESTIMONY
INSASK.
TRIAL
Sequel
to
the
dramatic,
murder
confession
by
Emil
Joseph
Gau-
thler
at
Terrace
in
October.
Staff
Sergeant
G.
A.
Johnson
of
the
B.
C.
Police
here
and
Cpl.
T.
D.
Brunton
and
Constable
W.
H.
Richmond
of
Terrace
left
on
last
night's
train
for
Saskatoon
where
they
will
be
crown
witnesses
at
.the
trial
of
Oauthler
and
his
alleged
partner
Jame"s
Goulet
on
a
17-year
old
murder
charge.
Claiming
that
he
was
plagued
by
his
conscience
Gauthler
en
tered
the
Terrace
police
station
in
October
and
told
Cpl.
Brunton
and
Constable
Richmond
in
a
sworn
statement
how
he
and
Goulet
had
robbed
and.
murdered
Mike
Pilawski,
a
transient
work-
t&
near
Saskatoon
in
the
fall
of
ld28.
The
confession
was
later
repeated
to
Staff
Sergeant
John
ston.
Gauthler
was
turned
over
to
R.C.MJP.
pf
ficfals
and
taken
back
to
Saskatoon
for
trial,
oouiei
was
arrested
In
Vancouver.
Following
Goulefs
arrest,
his
son,
Just
out
of
the
Air
Force,
said
that
he
would
try
and
ob
tain
his
service
gratuities
td
use
in
financing
his
father's
defence.
The
trial
Is
scheduled
to
begin
shortly
in
Saskatoon.
ARMY
DISCHARGE
POINTS
REDUCED
pTTAWA,
0i
Defence
Department
officials
announced
this
morning
that
a
10-point
reduc
tion
has
become
effective
for
servicemen
getting
releases,
to
-eturn
to
pre-war
Jobs.
The
re-diction
has
brought
the
necessary
point
total
down
to
75.
MANY
ATLANTIC
CROSSINGS
OTTAWA
A
plane
of
the
lG8th
Transport
Squadron,
based
in
Ottawa,
yesterday
completed
the
squadron's
five
hundredth
Atlantic
crossing.
The
first
Atlantic
crossing
was
made
December
15,
1913.
Since
that
date,
a
pay
load
of
some
15,000,000
pounds
has
been
ferried
across
the
sea,
including
nine
million
pounds
of
mail.
SOLDIERS
IN
JAIL
OTTAWA
The
House
of
Commons
learned
last
night
that
members
of
the
armed
forces
who
have
spent
lime
in
jails
or
in
penitentiary
may
be
given
certificates
to
show
they
were
imprisoned
for
military,
not
civilian
offences.
Justice
Minister
St.
Laurent
said
he
will
see
what
can
be
done
about
providing
such
men
with
certificates.
He
told
the
House
that
about
80
members
of
the
forces,
convicted
by
court
martial
overseas,
now
are
serving
their
terms
in
Canada.
MOVK
PATTON
TO
IT.
S.
HEIDELBERG
General
Pat-ton
will
be
removed
to
the
United
Stales
Jrom
Heidelberg
in
order
to
receive
special
hospitalization.
The
General's
I
doctor
says
Patton
is
out
of
I
danger
of
death.
But
there
is
still
a
danger
that
he
may
be
partially
paralyzed
for
life.
SOME
WORKERS
RETURN
DETROIT
C.
I.
O.
United
Automobile
workers
have
agreed
to
let
while-collar
workers
and
other
non-slrik-Ing
employees
into
General
Motors
plants
in
at
least
four
American
cities.
The
corpora
tion
in
turn
has
promised
that
the
returning
workers
will
not
attempt
to
fill
the
jobs
of
those
on
strike.
REDUCE
DISCHARGE
POINTS
OTTAWA
Defence
Headquarters
has
announced
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
points
.needed
by
a
serviceman
to
be
discharged
so
he
can
return
to
his
former
job.
All
soldiers
with
tctals
of
75
points
or
more
can
get
out
to
go
back
to
their
work.
Soldiers
who
want
unronditlonal
release
still
must
have
at
least
90
points.
WORLD
TRADE
UNION
DISBANDS
LONDON
Neither
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
nor
its
American
affiliate,
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
were
represented
in
London
yesterday
when
the
International
Federation
of
Trade
Unions
was
disbanded.
The
winding
up
of
the
IPT.U.
after
an
existence
of
40
years
severed
the
only
official
link
cf
the
Canadian
and
American
unions
with-
international
labor.
MEYER
TRIAL
MAY
LAST
FOR
ANOTHER
WEEK
AURICH,
Germany,
ff
The
Canadian
war
crimes
trial
of
German
SS
General
Kurt
Meye?
is
expected,
to
last
for
at
leas:
another
week.
The
prosecution
is
planning
to
conclude
Its
case
Monday,
but
the
defence
may
last
for
several
days.
Meantime,
detailed
evidence
concerning
the
shooting
of
seven
Canadian
prisoners
of
war
has
been
presented
to
the
court.
The
shooting
took
place
at
Meyer's
headquarters
ntar
Caen
on
June
8,
1941.
Meyer
is
accused
with
direct
or
indirect
ressonsibllltv
for
the
shootln?
of
48
Canadian
prison
ers
of
war
during
the
two
weeks
following
the
Allied
landings
In
Normandy
on
D-Day.
June
6,
1944.
Canada
Approves
Bretton
Woods
OTTAWA
The
House
of
Commons
yesterday
ratified
th6
Bretton
Woods
monetary
agree
ments.
These
agreemehC5:set
up
STRIKE
DEFERRED
TORONTO
Electrical
workers
of
the
Toronto
Transportation
Commission
have
agreed
not
to
strike
until
after
December
27
when
the
union
next
holds
a
meeting.
The
men
are
seeking
wage
Increases,
but
their
petition
has
been
turned
down'by
the
National
War
Labor
Board.
VISITS
PEIPING
P
E
I
P
I
N
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
is
in
Peiping
today,
paying
his
first
visit
to
the
North
China
city
in
10
years.
It
Is
believed
he
is
preparing
for
the
imminent
return
of
Manchuria
to
China.
MERCHANT
NAVY
WAGES
MONTREAL
The
International
Labor
Office
headquarters
In
Montreal
announces
an
attempt
will
be
made
next
June
to
establish
minimum
wage
standards,
hours
and
working
conditions
of
labor
in
the
merchants
navies
of
the
world.
The
I.
L.-U.
says
the
attempt
will
be
made
at
the
organization's
special
Maritime
session,
which
is
tentatively
scheduled
to
be
held
in
the
United
States.
LEGION
HEARS
FROM
VAUGHAN
Building
of
Ships
at
Local
Dry
Dock
is
Active
Issue,
Says
Canadian
National
Heal
"It
Is
a
very
active
Issue
and
we
are
doing
the
best
we
can
In
connection
with
It,'
says
a
mes-kucp
from
R.
c.
Vauzhan.
nresl
dent
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
to
the
Canadian
Legion
of
Prince
Rupert
which
had
asked
him
for
a
definite
statement
In
regard
tc
the
company's
Intention
in
connection
with
the
possibility
of
building
new
coastal
vessels
at
Prince
Rupert.
TROOP
SHIP
BRINGS
3,000
HALIFAX
The
troopship
Monarch
of
Bermuda
arrived
In
Halifax
today
carrying
3,000
Canadian
soldiers
from
dver-&cas.
They
will
go
directly
to
their
homes
across
Canada
on
leave
Government
May
Stop
Water
Chlorination
Early
Next
January
Prince
Rupert
City
Council
Not
Yet
Decided
On
Future
of
Chlorination
Here
Chlorination
of
Prince
Rupert's
water
by
the
federal
government
may
end
early
in
January.
Along
with
other
coast
cities,
PrincQ
Rupert
will
be
in
a
legal
position
after
January
1
to
end
chlori-.
nation
of
its
water
supply
if
it
wishes.
Attitude
of
the
Prince
Rupert
city
council
has
not
THREE-WAY
TIE
VOTE
Fifly-llfly
Count
in
Municipal
Election
at
Terrace
TERRACE,
(Special
to
Daily
Nfus)
The
municipal
election
in
Terrace
resulted
in
each
of.
the
three
candidates
D.
Graf,
H.
L.
Smart
and
T.
II.
Walsh-each
receiving
50
votes.
The
returning
efficer
was
called
up
to
give
the
returning
vote
and
did
so
In
favor
of
Mr.
Walsh.
The
council
for
the
coming
year
consists
of:
E.
Haugland,
II.
II.
Oliver,
T,
II.
Walsh.
Woman
Charged
With
Murder
of
Her
Own
Son
CHELSEA,
Qi
A
weeping,
23
year
old
mother,
Mrs.
Rose
Car
lan,
was
arraigned
here
today
on
t.
murder
charge
In
connection
with
the
death
of,her
six-months
an
international
monetary
fund
baby
boy,
vwhose
.bodjwus
and
an
international
bank
of
re-
jnrj
Friday
in
her
home,
16
construction.
The
House
gave
Us
pays
,a(ter
she
had
reported
him
approvarto
me
agreements
py
;
kidnapped.
vntp
nf
'169
tn
nfhP.
..
.
-
V
Mrs.
Carlam4Wlinot,.lead
tp
the'
fchargiVbat
said
VeeplnW
"It's
not
true!"
Th
rnsp
was
adiourned
until
Deen
ciarinea
as
io
micm
un
not
it
favors
the
continuance
of
chlorination
here
after
the
military
cease
operaUng
-
the
plant,
but
some
of
this
year's
council
have
gone
on
record
as
favoring
it.
Major
stumbling
block
In
the
way
of
the
city
operating
the
chlorination
-plant
which
was
put
In
by
the
military
as
a
safef-guard
during
the
war,
is
the
ex
pense
of
operation,
and
the
uncertainty
as
to
how
much
the
plant
jxrill
cost,
to
purchase
from
the
goremment.
City.
Engineer
E.
A.
Phllllpi
has,
estimated
that
the.
plant
will
cost
from
$2,500
to
$3,000
to
operate.
if;
t
In
Vancouver,
where
thai
city
council
has
gone
on
record
as
opposing
the
continuance
of
chlorination.
Dr.
E.
A.
Cleveland,
district
water
commissioner,
reporting
tfit
recent
discussions
Iri
Ottawa
with
federal
officials,
told
the
Oreater
Vancouver
dls
trlct
Water
Board
last
night
tha
he
had
received
no
formafVeply
to
Vancouver's
request
to.
end
chlorination
there.
However,
he
ojdded
that
Uie
federal
authoHQtGrrad
Indicated
that
the
official
p;tUmoI
the
end
of
the
war
V.'.l
l3
Issued
January
1,
and
with
the
war.fori
December
24
and
the
woman
was
chlorination
of
their
water
sys
.nmmlttDif
i
nsvcnn.ilhic
hos-
I
terns.
(,VlUlll,.kU
,W
"
I
:
J
"
I
t
pltal
for
observatjon.
MASS
ARRESTS
FOLLOW
LONDON
POLICE
RAIDS
LONDON,
0
An
army
of
military
and
civilian
police
today
concluded
an
unprecedented
clty-wlde
manhunt
In
an
effort
to
apprehend
10.000
Brltisir.
Am
erican
and
Canadian
deserters
nnd
smash
the
city's
record
crime
wave.
Striking
suddenly
at
8
p.m.,
2,000
London
policemen
aided
by
military
police
of
the
three
coun
tries,
estimated
by
one
news
caoer
at
6,000,
scaled
of
metro
politan
London
In
a
.gigantic
dragnet
and
combed
the
city
with
the
nreclslon
of
a
military
'nvasion.
Earlv
todav
police
stations
were
Jammed
with
hundreds
wlv
were
unable
to
satisfy
official?
as
to
their
Identity.
Newspaper?
men
reported
that
between
500
to
800
Dersons
were
brought
In
during
the
first
five
hours
of
the
roundup.
George
Medal
Is
warded
to
Hero
Of
Plane
Crash
OTTAWA,
0'
The
George
Medal
has
been
awarded
to
Fit.
Lieut.
Dennis
Peter
Varden
of
Merrlckvllle.
Ontario,
and
Mont
real,
for
saving-five
members
of
a
burning
Liberator
bomber.
The
plane'
crashed
near
Dorval
airport
last
June
30,
not
far
from
the
home
of
Varden
who
was
on
leave.
The
Flight
Lieutenant
ran
to
the
scene
of
the
crash
end
with
comDlete
dlsreaard
for
his
own
mally
completed,
Victorian-Van
couver,
Nev&wtiiriftCf;,jiTjii-Rupert
and
North
Vancouver
will
be
in
a
legal
position
to
end
At
a
recent
rneellhg
of
tho
Prince
Rupert
city
council,
mem
bers
deferred
discussion
of
the
matter
until
more
information
concerning
the
government's
plans
for
disposal,
and
estimates
of
costs,
could
be
obtained.
While
the
majority
of
the
members
favored
chlorination,
or
were
tolerant
of
It,
the
cost
factor
loomed
large
In
their
consideration
of
taking
over
the
plant.
,
,
The
matter
probably
will
be
one
of
the
first
items
to
be
dealt
with
by
the
1949
city
council.
GAVE
ORDER
FOR
"NO
PRISONERS"
AURICH,
Germany.
0;
Major
General
Kurt
Meyer.
33,
German
SS
commander,
told
his
Normandy
headquarters
In
June,
1944
"In
future
no
prisoners
are
to
be
taken,"
eyewitnesses
told
he
Canadian
military
court
yes
terday.
Meyer
Is
appearing
on
war
crimes
charges.
I
h
safety
pulled
three
airmen
clear
of
the
blazing
wreckage.
Then
with
the
help
of
his
wife,
Varden
soured
water
on
part
of
the
nlane
t
cool
It
enough
to
remove
two
others
who
were
pinned
down.
t
Daily
newspaper
advertising
In
suDport
of
the
-war
effort
In
Can-aria
and
the
United
States
helu-ed
sell
850
million
war
bonds,
collect
over
25
million
tons
of
wast
naraer
and
encouraged
peode
-to
plant
50
million
Victory
gardens
Jan
Jeslonek,
19,
a
Pole
who
served
with
the
German
army
and
was
attached
to
Meycr'3
headyuarters
during
the
early
stages
of
the
Invasion,
was
the
first
witness
who
claimed
to
be
present
when
Meyer
Issued
orders
against
taking
prisoners.
FOR
AERIAL
SAFETY
A
high
octane
safety
fuel
which
will
not
burn
has1
been
developed
for
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In
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