1915
BUSY
YEAR
FOR
70-YF.AR-OID
PREMIER
MACKENZIE
KING
Prime
Minister
Fought
General
Election
Attended
International
Conference
Plans
Retirement
By
FRANK
FLAHERTY
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
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Possible
by
End
of
January,
U.N.O.
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Feci
IJKDON.
Dec.
10
W
Deletes
to
the
United
Nations
pre-aai
:r
cimmusion
in
London
e
:pc:ulating
that
the
new
t0i,lfl
l:;.gue
could
take
over
the
antn
0f
the
atomic
bomb
by
lh
e
-
if
January.
Delegates
his
can
be
done
if
the
Three
foreign
ministers
each
.,
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agreement
t
licit
Moscow
meeting
start-
Saturday.
President
Truman
ma
Prime
Minister
Attlee
have
j
nine
-ted
establishment
of
an
j
"I'ernrjonal
atom
bomb
board.
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REPLY
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:
EXPECTED
TODAY
!
"Ie
Held
That
Long
Strike
at
Frd
Plant
in
Windsor
May
Soon
be
Ended
WTNncrvn
'UUIk.
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Wision
from
Ford
Company
of-'als
tn
the
union
plan
to
end
e
United
Automobile
Workers
!rlkc
in
Windsor
is
expected
to-
I)
the
company
approves
of
he
four-point
scheme,
a
general
tooting
0f
Local
200
of
the
United
Automobile
Workers
will
held
and
union
officials
are
Mldcnt
that
the
strikers
would
1
accept
the
plan.
On
the
Air!
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the
move
As
the
year
ends,
however,
he
appears
in
the
same
state
of
physical
and
mental
vigor
he
has
enjoyed
during
the
last
10
years
of
office:
Mr.
King
will
be
71
December
17
and
Is
serving
what
he
has
Indicated
is
his
last
term
as
prime
minister.
Sometime
before
the
present
parliament
runs
Its
five-year
course
he
Is
expected
to
move
towards
retirement
but
so
far
he
has
given
no
Indication
of
when
the
move
may
come.
Alone
with
heavy
responsibili
ties
he
has
had
his
full
share
of
domestic
political
troubles
dur-the
year.
As
1945
opened
his
government
had
Just
survived
the
conscription
crisis
which
nrnsp
out
of
a
shortage
of
in-
fantry
reinforcements
for
the
army
in
Europe.
The
decision
was
made
to
ap-
nly
overseas
conscription
to
the
home
defence
troops,
who
came
to
be
known
as
the
"Zombies,"
nnd
r
tout
the
turn
of
the
year
some
thousands
of
these
troops
responded
by
going
absent
without
leave.
In
that
atmosphere
Mr.
King's
new
minister
of
national
defence
General
McNaughton,
had
to
seek
election
to
the
house
In
the'
Grey
North
by-electlon.
He
was
defeated
but
a
short
session
of
parliament
was
held
to
pass
estimates
and
clear
the
decks
for
a
general
election
with
the
defence
minister
carrying
on
from
outside
parliament.
The
United
Nations
conference
on
a
world
security
organization
at
San
Francisco
opened
in
April.
(Continued
on
Page
6)
Chocolate
Seekers
Almost
Mob
Store
A
local
drug
store
was
all
but
mobbed
Saturday
when
It
became
known
that
boxed
chocolates
were
available.
There
were
I
line-ups
for
a
while
of.
customers
i
anxious
to
purchase
the
rare
sweets.
Eventually
'the
stock
wjfs
i
exhausted.
There
Is
every
Indication
of
a
shortage
of
chocoo-iate
confectionery
this
.Christ-mi
IK
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
December
11,
1945
High
-..
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17.8
feet
17:49
17.9
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
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Low
12:00
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feet
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XXXIV,
No.
285.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
MONDAY.
DECEMBER
10,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
it,
-
Oas
Used
By
Japs
In
Pacific
War
GEN.
PATTON
BADLY
HURT
Famous
American
Soldier
Suffers
Broken
Neck
When
Car
Struck
by
Truck
iiiuue,utiuuu,
Germany.
Dec.
I
10
General
George
S.
Patton,
noted
United
States
Army
commander,
lies
in
serious
condition
in
hospital
here
today
with
neck
vertebrae
broken
and
largely
paralyzed.
His
wife
and
Dr.
Glenn
Sperling
of
Louisville.
Kentucky,
are
being
rushed
by
special
plane
to
his
bedside
and
a
"p
rlur
to
arrive
tomorrcw.
General
Patton
sustained
serious
injuries
Saturday
morning
when
the
car
in
which
he
was
driving
was
struck
by
an
Army
truck
near
Mannheim.
In
Java
Batavia
Attack
More
Indonesians
Mobilizing;
Heaviest
Fight
Vet
in
Interior
BATAVIA,
Dec.
10
It
Several
thousand
armed
Indoneslani
were
reported
mobilizing
in
villages
around
Batavia
today,
possibly
for
an
attack
on
the
city,
while
British
planes
blasted
the
mountain
village
of
Tjibldak,
50
miles
south
of
the
capital.
Large
concentrations
of
natives
were
reported
In
Batavla's
suburbs
and
British
troops
were
reported
on
the
alert.
There
was
a
fierce
new
battle
In
central
Jaya,
today
when
a
hand
'bf
'
100n.ridoWsiaW'am,
bushed
a
British
motor
convoy.
There
were
50
British
and
40
Indonesian
casualties.
The
incident
was
followed
by
the
heaviest
British
bombing
raid
to
date.
General
Sir
Philip
Christiansen,
commander-in-chief
of
Allied
forces
on
Java,
has
summoned
the
Javanese
premier
to
his
headquarters.
EISENHOWER
IS
GREAT
LEADER
Extolled
by
German
General
British
Excelled
in
Counter-Espionage
NUERNBERG,
Dec.
10
tf
German
Army
intelligence
officers
regarded
General
Eisenhower
ai
"a
great
military
leader,"
above
even
the
German
generals
because
of
his
skilfull
military
planning
and
his
ability
to
"ovcnlde
feelings
and
objections
on
nolltical
grounds
in
the
interests
of
achieving
the
one
thing
that
was
important
accomplishment
of
military
operations."
The
author
of
that
statement
was
Major
Erwin
Lahousen,
star
prosecution
witness
and
German
Army
intelligence
chief,
who
evaluated
the
fighting
qualities
of
the
various
Allied
armies
from
the
German
viewpoint
in
an
exclusive
Interview
with
the
Associated
Press.
The
British
excelled
all
others
in
counter-espionage,
Lahousen
said.
AUSSIE
STRIKE
EFFECT
DRASTIC
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA,
Dec.
10
Pj
The
New
South
Wales
cabinet
approved
today
further
drastic
cuts
in
power
consump
tion
to
meet
the
fuel
shortages
caused
by
a
strike
of
coal
miners,
steel
workers
and
merchant
seamen
In
the
state.
The
Melbourne
radio
said
that
the
number
of
workers
left
idle
as
a
result
of
enforced
rationing
of
gas
and
electricity
Is
expected
to
rise
from
300,000
to
600,000
within
a
short
lime.
Although
only
36,000.
men
are
actually
on
strike,
the
Industrial
dispute
has
rapidly
affected
other
Industries.
ASKS
EVACUATION
TEHEKAN
The
Premier
of
Iran
today
asked
for
immediate
evacuation
of
all
Allied
forces
from
Iran,
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PEA
It
L
HAUItOlt
PKOKE
WASHINGTON
General
George
C.
Marshall
told
the
Peail
Harbor
inquiry
today
that
late
in
1911
he
believed
hostilities
in
the
Far
East,
particularly
the
possibility
of
Singapore';:
fall,
would
lead
the
United
Slates
into
war
as
a
"cataslrophiic
situation"
woHld
have
arisen
as
far
as
this
country
was
concerned.'
GETS
17
IE
A
KS
VICTORIA
Charles
Kinney,
17,
has
been
sentenced
to
seventeen
years'
imprisonment
following
conviction
on
a
chaige
of
manslaughter
in
the
killing
of
Phyllis
Stroud.
FOUR
CHILDREN
BURNED
MONTREAL
Four
'children
lost
their
lives
today
in
a
fire
in
a
suburban
home.
Four
Clouticr
children
Robert,
10;
Jean
Guy,
14;
Leo,
8,
and
Marc,
two
were
ieporled
to
have
been
asphyxiated
in
a
fire
which
did
not
seriously
damage
the
house.
C.C.F.
INVITATION
OTTAWA
The
C.C.F.
national
executive
today
invited
Labor
parties
of
the
British
Commonwealth
of
Nations
to
meet
in
conference
in
Canada
in
September.
AGAINST
XMAS
TRAVEL
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Transport
Lionel
Chevrier
appealed
to
the
public
of
Canada
today
to
refrain
from
unnecessary
railway
travel
between
December
"21
'and
Janu'-'
ary
3
owing
to
a
heavy
homeward
movement
of
returning
overseas
men.
.During
that
period
the
Queen
Elizabeth
will
be
landing
at
New
York
and
the
Mauretania,
Duchess
of
Bedford,
Puncher
and
Lady
Rodney
at
Halifax.
TO
EXTEND
HOURS
OTTAWA
In
an
effort
to
clean
up
Parliamentary
business
in
time
for
a
Chiistmas
prorogation,
Acting
House
Leader
Ian
Mackenzie
suggested
today
that
the
Commons
sit
in
continuous
daily
session
from
11
a.m.
to
11
p.m.
At
present
there
are
recesses
between
1
and
3
and
G
and
8
p.m.
ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS
VANCOUVER
Selective
Service
Superintendent
Wil-
;
liam
Horrobin
today
dubbed
as
"absolutely
ridiculous"
charges
of
French
-
Canadian
workers
from
Quebec
had
not
been
treated
fairly.
Robertt
Girvin,
secretary
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Council,
said
the
charges
were
groundless.
MAURETANIA
ARRIVES
HALIFAX
The
troopship
Mauretania
with
4700
war
veterans
is
expected
to
arrive
in
Halifax
tonight.
The
only
complete
unit
cf
the
Canadian
Army
on
the
trooper
is
the
Cameron
Highlanders
of
Ottawa,
a
Third
Division
unit,
but
shipping
officials
say
it
has
been
learned
the
vessel
will
dock
two
days
ahead
of
schedule.
USE
OF
AIRFIELDS
WASHINGTON
The
United
Stales
has
proposed
commercial
use
of
the
airfields
she
leased
from
Britain
in
Newfoundland,
Bermuda
and
the
Caribbean.
An
American
state
department
official
says
a
re
ply
from
London
is
expected
shortly,
LABORCHIEF
AT
DETROIT
DETROIT.
Dec.
10
0
United
States
Secretary
of
Labor
Lewis
Schwellenbach
Is
paying
an
official
visit
to
Detroit
today
to
make
a
speech.
Leaders
of
the
C.
I.O.
auto
workers
hope
to.
meet
him
formally
and
persuade
him
to
act
in
the
General
Motors
strike.
The
conference
between
General
Motors
and
the
union
was
resumed
today
tin
A
JAVANESE
SITUATION
:
LONDON
Radio
newsman
Edward
R.
Murrow
has
bread-cast
that
British
commanders
in
Java
arc
faring
increasing
problems
of
discipline
with
bo'h
British
and
Indian
troops.
Murrow
also
declares
that
the
British
people
have
not
been
old
the
facts
abr.ul
the
situation
in
Java.
HOMMA
TO
BE
TRIED
TOKYO
Informer
sources
in
Trkyo
s;v
the
Japanese
commander
on
Bstaau
during
the
infamous
"Death
March"
Lieule
nant-Oe
neral
Masaharu
Momma
will
be
taken
from
Tokyo
to
Manila
shortly
to
stand
trial
as
a
war
criminal.
Ilomma
was'arre&led
in
Japan
last
September,
ITALIAN
CRISIS
ENDED
ROME
The
Italian
premier-designate,
Alcide
De
Gaspcrl,
has
announced
the
formation
of
a
new
Italian
cabinet.
The
list
of
new
ministers
has
been
rent
to
Crown
Prince
Umber-to
for
approval.
Although
an
Allied
commission
must
okay
the
Ijst,
it
is
believed
the
16-'day
government
crisis
in
Italy
is
all
but
over.
MORE
JAPS
ARRESTED
TOKYO
General
Douglas
MacArthur
has
ordered
the
arrest
of
57
Japanese
accused
of
committing
atrocities
against
Allied
nationals
in
prisoner
of
war
camps.
In
an
other
action,
the
supreme
Al
i,
that
Japanese
farmers
be
freed
from
economic
bondage
caused
by
a
feudal
system
of
land
owners.
LOUIS
IN
VICTORIA
VICTORIA
Jcc
Louis,
world
heavyweight
boxing
champion,
is
in
Victoria
today.
He
meets
Bob
Eraser,
United
States
Navy
champion,
in
an
exhibition
bout
tonight.
WORST
ATROCITY
SYDNEY
One
of
the
worst
atrocities
of
the
racific
War
has
been
disclosed
with
the
finding
of
the
bodies
of
400
British
artillery
men,
prisoners
of
war
from
Singapore,
on
an
island
south
of
Bougainville.
They
were
put
to
death
by
a
Japanese
construction
force.
TRIAL
OF
NAZI
GENERAL
OPENS
AURICH,
Germany,
Dec.
10
0;
Lieut.
Col.
Bruce
Macdonald
of
,
Windsor,
ont.,
today
opened
thr
prosecution's
case
against
Major
i
General
Kurt
Meyer,
charged
j
wun
crimes
against
uanaoian
soldiers
at
the
Caen
beachhead
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
Macdonald
told
the
court:
"We
are
trying
here
today
the
man
whom
we
contend
Is
supremely
responsible
both
directly
and
Indirectly,
for
the
killing
by
those
under
his
command
of
48
Canadian
prisoners.
We
shall
seek
to
establish
that
he
was
the
motivating
force
behind
the
coldblooded,
deliberate
and
calculated
murder
of
these
prisoners."
Meyer
pleaded
innocent
to
the
thootlng
of
48
Canadian
soldiers.
BRITISH
TAKE
OVER
BREMEN
LONDON,
Dec.
10
Beginning
today,
British
authorities
will
take
over
milltaryovern-ment
administration
in
the
Bremen
enclave
from
the
United
States
authorities.
United
States
occupation
forces
will
retain
security
and
operational
control
in
the
'enclave,
however,
and
American
officials,
co-operating
closely
with
British
officials,
will
retain
control
of
the
ports
of
Bremen
and
Bremershtiven
KkYk
illlKHf
KK&
RE-ELECTED
--
Unanimous
choice
as
chief
magistrate
of
Prince
Rupert
for
third
successive
.term
H.
M.
Daggett.
Daggett
Is
Re-Elected
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
was
returned
to
office
by
acclamation
today
when
failure
of
any
other
mayorality
candidate
to
file
nomination
papers
by
2
p.m.
made
election
proceedings
for
this
office
unnecessary.
Mayor
Daggett
will
enter
his
third
term
of
office
on
January
1.
However,
election
day,
Thursday,
will
see
ten
aldermanlc
candidates
going
before
the
voters
to
fill
the
five
seatsopen
as
well
as
three
school
board
h
candidates
to
fill
the
two
seats
vacant
for
school
trustees:
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i
noon.
Mayor
Daggett
was
nominated
by
Alderman
George
Rud-derham,
seconded
by
Alderman
W.
H.
Brett,
ML.A.
Seeking
election
to
the
four
I
two-year
aldermanlc
seats
open
are
eight
candidates,
while
the
other
two
are
going
to
the
el
ectors
to
fill
the
one-year
term
left
open
by
the
resignation
of
Alderman
Brett,
MLJV.
In
addition
to
voting
for
in
cumbents
for
the
seven
civic
posts,
the
citizens
will
"be
asked
to
approve
three
bylaws
by
plebiscite.
Two
of
the
bylaws
deal
with
granting
the
Prince
Rupert
branch,
Canadian
Legion,
certain
privileges
of
taxation
and
acquisition
of
a
lot
adjoining
the
Legion
Hail
on
Third
Avenue
for
building
extension
purposes
and
tne
other
would
allow
the
federal
government-owned
fishermen's
floats
to
be
tax-free.
Here
Is
the
line-up
of
can-
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14-ycar
old
boys
were
taken
into
custody
at
8:35
"last
night
a
few
minutes
after
poller
had
begun
an
investigation
intt
the
theft
of
the
cash
box
from
an
Arrow
Bus
Lines
bus
while
If
was
parked
between
trips
op
Fifth
St.
between
Second
anc'
Third
Avenues.
The
investigating
officer,
Constable
R.
A.
Brett,
reported
that
he
found
the
two
boys-hiding
In
a
corner
at
the
rear
of
the
C.N.R.
Telegraphs
.building
not
far
from
where
thr
bus
was
parked.
In
their
possession,
the
police
report
said,
was
a
fabric
bag
containing
$83
In
silver
and
also
a
quantity
of
American
cigarettes.
The
police
said
that
the
two.
boys
had
admitted
taking
the
money
from
the
cash
box
of
the
bus.
They
were
later
released
to
the
custody
of
their
parents.
Investigating
the
incident
af
ter
he
had
received
a
call
from
bus
driver
Dcumond
Careless,
Constable
Brett,
said
he
noticed
a
movement
at
the
rear
of
the
nearby
building
and
found
the
two
boys
hiding
in
an
indenta
tion
In
the
wall.
According
to
the
police
report,
the
boys
said
the
American
cig
arettes
were
taken
fromiAcropo-1L
Hill
Chemical
Vapors
Applied
Against
American
Forces'
United
States
Officer
Says,
However,
That
Atomic
Bomb
and
Bayonet
In
Abdomen
Are
Less
Humane
TOKYO,
Dec.
10
(CP)
Brigadier
General
Charles
E.
Loucks
said
today
that
the
Japanese
jsed
poison
gas
against
American
troops
"in
a
fqw;
Isolated
instances,"
notably
in
New
Guinea
late
jri
the
Pacific
war.
The
chemical
warfare
officer
on
General
MacArthur's
staff
said
the
most
recent
instance
was
March
5,
1945,
when
a
Japanese
patrol
set
off
vomlt-
ing
gas
candles
in
a
signal
corps
area
at
Biak
In
New
Guinea.
Loucks
said
that
several
Americans
were
made
severely
ill
but
none
were
killed.
Loucks
said
that
the
Japanese
also
tossed
gas
grenades
at
American
concentrations
at
Biak
and
used
gas
against
the
Chinese
In
China.
The
American
officer,
added,
however,
that
poison
gas
was
more
humane
than
the
atomic
bomb
or
"a
bayonet
in
the
ab
domen."
THIEVES
BEAT
OWNERS
INTO
NEW
RESIDENCE
Thieves
did
net
even
give
Mrs.
A.
Montesano
a
chance
to
get
settled
In
her
new
home
before
they
paid
her
a
visit.
In
pror
cess
of
moving
from
her
old
residence
on
Borden
St.
to
a
new
address
at
118
Ninth
Ave.,
W.,
-
Mrs.
Montesano
w
sent
a
car
.
house
on
Saturday.
Some
time
around
7:30
thieves
entered
the
house
through
a
bathroom
window
and
made
off
with
a
quantity
of
linen
valued
at
$31,
accorcang
lo
a
police
report.
PASSENGERS
"LUCKY
TO
BE
ALIVE"
TORONTO,
Dec.
10
&
Harry
Fisher,
a
passenger
aboard
one
of
two
Canadian
National
Railway
trains
involved
in
a
wreck
near
Armstrong,
Ontario,
said
today
that
many
others
"were
lucky"
to
be
alive
after
the
acci
dent
that
claimed
two
lives
and
Injured
33
persons
on
Saturday.
Fisher
said
that
"the
wooden
car
third
from
the
rear
was
sheared
right
in
two
right
up
to
the
washroom
at
the
far
end.
When
the
engine
hit
us
it
catapulted
the
car
ahead
and
It
beared
Into
the
woocen
coach."
Fisher
said
that
he
was
in
the
rear
observation
car
of
the
train
which
stopped
In
a
siding
early
Saturday
when
the
following
eastbound
train
on
the
railway's
main
continental
line
pile
into
tt.
ANOTHER
WAR
TRIAL
AURICH,
Germany
The
first
Canadian
war
crimes
trial
goes
into
session,
in
Aurich,
Germany,
today.
It
is
the
trial
of
Major-General
Kurt
Meyer,
former
S.S.
division
general,
who
is
accused
rf
responsibility
in
the
shooting
of
48
Canadian
prisoners
of
war
in
the
Caen
beachhead
area
last
year.
TO
REPRESENT
ALL
THE
PEOPLE
ALL
THE
TIME
VOTE
T.
Norton
Youngs
ON
THE
AIR
CHINESE
RED
DENIES
PACT
WITH
RUSSIA
YEN
AN,
Dec.
10
W
General
Peng
Teh-Huel,
vice-commander
in
chief
of
the
Chinese
Communist
armies,
said
today
that
the
Communists
"definitely
oppose"
any
country
obtaining
a
sphere
of
influence
In
any
part
of
China.
Peng
said
that
he
reccgnlzed
that
there
were
elements
and,
individuals
in
the
United
States,
such
as
Patrick
Hurley,
recently
resigned
U.
S.
ambassador
to'
China,
Herbert
Hoover
and
Senator
Vandenberg,
who
jfearedj
that
the
Chinese
Communlslst
would
affiliate
with
Stalinist
Russia.
'
Peng
asserted
that
grounds
for
such
an
assumption
"never
have
been
made
clear."
He
added
that
"the
position
of
t
he
Chinese
.Communists
remains,
still
for
a
free,
independent
and
democratic
China."
REDS
WITHDRAW
FROM
MUKDEN
CHUNGKING,
Dec.
10
P
A
Chinese
despatch
today
said
that
irregular
forces
Inside
the
Man-churlan
city
of
Mukden
have
withdrawn
on
Communist
orders
as
Central
Government
troops
stood
outside
the
city.
Another
government
despatch
said
that
the
Communists,
ranging
near
the
Chanchung
railroad,
most
important
north-south
artery
In
Manchuria,
have
been
ordered
to
evacuate.
Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
Moderate
to
fresh
southwesterly
ruLs.
Cloudy
with
scattered
shnwers.
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GETA
MOVE
ON
BEFORE
THOSE
DUCK
HUNTERS
SP0T
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