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AND
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during
24
hours
J.
She
Ira
Shi
Friday,
September
28,
1945
41
High
6:39
16.9
feet
Hinimum
18:29
18.1
feet
...
55
Low
0:07
4.9
feet
12:10
9.4
feet
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
224.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
27,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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aeiegauon
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of
reconstruction
and
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Chevrler,
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jteroi
transport,
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on
their
aavice,
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returning
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of
the
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National
Railways,
ior
a
id
time.
.
ji.oinn
while
here.
called
on
Hon,
J,
A.
McKln-minister
of
trade
and
com-t
a
deputy
minister
of
na
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defence
in
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edition,
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City
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were
explosions.
N
SHIP
JUSTIFIES
PORT'S
CANDIDATE
BRETT
-William
IL
Brett,
C.C.F
candidate
for
Prince
Rupert
In
the
provincial
election,
is
a
native
cf
Newfoundland
and
came
to
the
West
In
1919.
He
served
three
and
a
half
years
in
World
War
I.
He
has
been
a
member
of
the
C.C.F.
since
Its
inception.
He
was
six
years
president
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
and
first
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Credit
Union,
also
four
years
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
As-
ro$lat!gOattoV
naw.v.
general
manager
of
tne
prince
Kupert
Co-operative
Association.
He
has
been
alderman
on
the
City
Council
for
the
last
three
years.
He
Is
married
and
has
one
son.
ll
election
and
airnln
In
t:hl
fintf
ty.'VTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
ran.
an
teai
uove
voters
are
-lered
In
the
Prince
Rupert
9
.
.u.w...
'
seems
silly,
but
I
have
to
Ion,"
Mr
Brown
commented.
addition
to
Seal
Cove,
the
nj
divisions
which
have
no
:J
registered
are
Allford
Barrett
Rock,
BUlmor,
Dun-Point,
Fredrick
Point,
Gll-
m
ana
aKiaegate
Lake.
;
is
a
list
of
the
number
of
'!
registered
at
the
other
ii?
divisions:
m.d
FOR
U.K.
OCEAN
TRADE
An
American
merchant
vessel
standing
in
Prince
Rupert
harbor
today
presents
ample
justification
for
this
city's
demands
for
a
steamship
service
between
this
port
and
the
"United
Kingdom.
She
is
the
ss
Charles
Scribner,
her
holds
emptied
after
bringing
a
full
cargo
of
war
materials
to
"Port
Edward
from
Bulletins
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RATION
MODERATED
WASHINGTON
Starting
Sunday
lower
grades
of
beef,
Iamb
and
veal
will
be
off
the
ration
list
in
th
United
States.
IIOMIJAY
DISORDERS
BOMBAY
-Most
serious
dis
orders
between
Hindus
anil
Moslems
since
1910
are
occurring
in
this
city.
Eleven
have
been
killed
and
5G
injured.
There
was
a
pitched
battle
in
the
heart
of
the
city
today.
U.S.
CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
casualty
list
for
World
War
II
totals
nearly
1,071,000
including
200,000
dead,
652,000
wounded,
31,000
missing
and
121,000
prisoners.
ZIIUKOV
IS
COMING
NEW
YORK
Marshal
Zhu-kov
of
Russia,
visiting
the
United
States,
is
due
here
by
plane
October
1
and
will
proceed
to
Washington
where
he
will
be
the
guest
of
President
Ttuman.
11,000
JOBS
VACANT
VANCOUVER
Four
tec
n
thousand
jobs
arc
vacant
in
British
Columbia
and
the
Yu-ken
11,200
for
men
and.
3000
for
women.
The
greatest
dearth
of
labor
is
in
the
heavy
logging
and
construction
industries.
EXCLUDE
FRANCE-CHINA
LONDON
Tne
Soviet
Union
insists
that,
under
terms
of
the
Potsdam
agreement,
France
and
China
should
be
excluded
from
discussions
of
the
Balkans
peace
treaty.
AFRICAN
ENGINEERS
ACCRA.
Gold
Coast,
West
Africa
0i
Soldiers
from
the
Gold
Coast
are
undertaking
the
Job
of
bringing
Rangoon
back
to
normal.
Engineers
of
a
West
African
company
were
also
specially
commended
for
their
good
work
In
clearing
up
u
England.
The
cargo
will
be
transhipped
to
the
United
States-
by
rail.
Travelling
from
England
to
Prince
Rupert
with
a
full
cargo,
the
4.380-ton
vessel
has
donei
what
local
businessmen
claim
should
be
a
regular
voyage
for
deep
sea
vessels.
The
Charles
Scribner
unload
ed
her
cargo
of
munitions,
with
drawn
from
Europe,
at
Port
Edward,
after
travelling
across
the
Atlantic
and
through
the
Panama
Canal.
She
came
directly
here
from
Balboa,
Canal
Zone.
"To
my
mind,
that
voyage
proves
the
feasibility
of
our
:lalm
for
ocean
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
U.K.,"
a
local
businessman
commented.
"If
an
American
vessel
can
bring
cargo
here
from
England,
there
Is
no
reason
why
Cana-;
dlan
vessels
cannot
operate
out
of
this
port."
j
The
vessel's
cargo
was
6,130
;
tons
of
war
materials.
She
was
scheduled
to
clear
from
this
port
Wednesday
afternoon
but
is
now
awaiting
orders
from
her
owners
having
suddenly
been
freed
from
war
service.
Just
as
she
was
about
to
leave,
her
master,
Capt.
Arthur
H.
Hall
was
Informed
that
the
Ameri-,
can
War
Shipping
Board
had;
turned
the
vessel
back
to
her
Remains
Here
Body
From
Ship
Fire
Remains
of
Verdun
McDaniels
of
Vancouver
Taken
From
Prince
George
A
small
wooden
box,
containing
the
remains
of
Vetdun
Mc-
Rupert
tonight
enroute
to
Vancouver,
McDaniels
had
been
trapped
by
the
flames.
No
cause
of
the
fire
has
been
determined
as
yet.
caused
by
the
engine
back
back-firing,.
Klsh
told
city
fire
men
who
extinguished
the
blaze.
Klsh
said
that
he
had
been
making
adjustments'
to
the
engine
when
It
back-fired,
igniting
gasoline
In
the
engine
rcom.
The
flames
spread
quickly
through
the
ship.
.
The
deck
housing
and
luxu
rious
fittings
of
the
vessel
were
destroyed
or
damaged.
Klsh,
an
employee
of
the
American
military
service
here,
lived
aboard
the
vessel.
It
Is
expected
that
there
may
be
considerable
dam
age
to
the
hull'
as
well
although
no
leaks
had
developed.
The
Mystery
Is
a
50-foot
transom-stern
yacht.
Her
owner
brought
her
to
Prince
Rupert
about
a
year
ago.
PENICILLIN
PREPARATIONS
Penicillin,
previously
administered
by
direct
Injection
Into
the
veins
or
muscles,
Is
now
avall-
Bombiv
dock
area
where
there
able
to
the
public
as
tablets,
ont-
A
rrtrtC
ment
and
eyedrops.
JAPAN'S
SURRENDER
IN
BLACK
AND
WHITE
President
Harry
S.
Truman
and
.some
of
his
cabinet
members
examine
the
official
documents
on
Japanese
surrender
and
the
imperial
rescript
of
Emperor
Hirohito
announcing
the
surrender
to
his
people.
The
historic
documents
were
flown
from
Tokyo
'and
handed
to
the
president."
Left
to
right
are
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
James
Forrestal;
Secretary
of
War
Henry
L.
Stimson;
President
Truman
and
Acting
Secretary
of
State
Dean
Acheson.
Behind
the
president,
with
only
the
top
of
his
head
visible,
is
Gen.
George
C.
Marshall,
chief
of
staff,
U.Si
Army.
'
TELLS
STORY
OF
FORMER
RUPERT
MEN
IN
BATTLE
The
story
of
a
duel
between
thp
R.l.lnrh
puns
nf
a
Cnn:w
owners,
the
W.
J.
Rountree
Co.,
manned
dlan
artlUery
battery
by
of
New
York.
She
had
previous-
BriUsh
Columbla
gunners
and
ly
been
scheduled
to
sail
under,
tnree
German
16.lnch
guns
at
military
oraers.
leap
Grlz
Nez,
France,
In
which
'one
bflhe
Germah
monsters'
was
destroyed
and
the
other
two
held
I
to
cover
was
part
of
the
chronicle
of
the
Third
Medium
R.C.A.
'regiment
told
by
Gunner
Ivan
Adams
of
Massett.
With
a
group
of
other
former
members
of
Prince
Rupert's
102nd
Coast
Battery,
Gunner
Adams
fed
the
guns
xf
the
Fifth
Battery,
Third
R.C.A.
from
Caen,
France,
to
Uden
in
Germany.
He
is
proud
of
record
set
by
these
former
Prince
Rupert
'men.
"The
battery
fought
the
Ger-
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1
ft
ft
Daniels
of
Vancouver.
32-year-1
man
io-incners
irom
b.u
yuii,
old
fireman
victim
of
the
fire
and
one
of
our
shells
exploded
which
destroyed
the
steamer
me
ammmuwuii
ui
one
Ul
Drin
nmnn
loft
RainrHav
wa
enemy
guns
as
it
came
taken
from
the
hulk
yesterday
s
pu
k
are,
and
will
be
here
on
the
Prince
out
of
It
went
out
of
action
and
we
used
shrapnel
to
keep
the
other
two
In
their
holes,"
Gunner
Adams
recounted.
"They
were
later
captured."
One
huge
shell
from
a
16-lncher
exploded
between
two
The
Prince
Rupert
is
also
guns
oi
me
anuuian
uuneiy,
bringing
in
officers
and
mem-!
but
caused
no
casualties.
Gunners,
of
the
Prince
George
crew
ner.
Adams
later
picked
up
some
from
Ketchikan
tonight.
FIRE
DAMAGES
YACHT
'MYSTERY'
The
50-foot
yacht
Mystery,
owned
by
Leland
D.
Klsh,
of
Seattle,
was
badly
damaged
by
a
fire-which
swept
through
her
cabins
at
11:30
today
as
she
lay
moored
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Yacht
Club
floats.
The
fire
was
of
the
shrapnel
for
souvenirs.
Anions
the
foimer
lOJnd
Battery
men
who
were
Gunner
Adams'
companions
in
1'
ranee,
Holland
and
Germany
Were
Capt.
Walter
Johnson,
who
landed
in
Canada
last
week,
Sgt.
Gerow,
Sgt.
Barger,
Gunner
Charles
Ollin,
Gunner
It.
A.
Taylor,
Gunner
Doll,
Sgt.
Alexander,
Gunner
La
Roc,
Sgt.
Pat
Heinekey,
Bdr.
Lye,
who
was
wounded,
but
later
rejoined
the
unit,
and
Bdr.
Towbiidge,
who
was
killed
at
Caen.
LBdr.
George
Pierce
fought
his
way
into
Germany
with
the
battery,
then
Joined
the
Army
of
Occupation.
And
there
was
Gun
ner
D.
Fcrg,
who
is
scheduled
to
return
to
Canada
with
the
unit
shortly.
Landing
at
Caen
on
July
8,
a
month
after
the
original
Normandy
landing,
the
unit
took
full
part
-In
that
bloody
session,
Little
Girl
Murdered
Another
Brutal
Child
Slaying
Occurs
in
Fraser
Valley
LANGLEY,
Sept.
27
0)
Ten-
year-old
Doreen
Rose
Ryan
was
shot
to
death
late
Wednesday
before
Ijet.
mother's
eyes
on
a
farrrtnearby.Mujrayyllleiand
search
is
under
way
for
53-year-old
Nobel
Monahan
for
questioning
In
the
case.
He
was
still
at
large
today.
Mrs.
Ryan
said
she
saw
Monahan
fire
from
a
,22-rlfle
Into
the
child's
head
as
the
little
girl
lay
on
the
floor
of
a
root
cellar.
Another
ol
her
daughters
iad
been
threatened,
Mrs.
Ryan
said.
Weather
Forecast
Cloudy
and
cool
northern
portion,
partly
cloudy
south
portion,
light
winds
becoming
moderate
tonight.
Friday:
cloudy
with
light
rain
northern
half
with
slightly
higher
temperatures.
Moderate
winds
locally,
fresh
southeasterly
northern
portion,
Fourth
Armored
Division,
the
Third
R.C.A.
fought
Its
way
up
the
Channel
Coast,
cleaning
out
the
former
"invasion"
and
rocket
.ports.
It
was
there
that
it
knocked
out
the
16-lnch
coast
guns
which
had
rormauy
nar-
rled
Dover.
"I'm
riot
telling
you
this
story
because
I
want
to
make
a
hero
out
of
myself,"
Gunner
Adams
explained,
"but
I
thought
that
Prince
Rupert
people
would
bs
Interested
In
the
fighting
ex-and
experiences
of
their
102nd
battery
men.
Most
of
them
were
well
known
here.
They
are
certainly
a
grand
bunch
of
fellows."
It
was
In
Holland
that
the
Third
R.C.A.
first
came
across
rockets.
Hearing
a
peculiar'
roar
one
night
while
In
an
advanced
position,
they
came
out
of
shelter
to
see
them
streaking
across
the
sky
toward
Germany.
It
was
a
battery
of
Canadian
rocket
weapons
firing
Into
German
positions.
Later,
they
saw
hundreds
of
V2
rockets
take
off
from
Ger-
then
slowly
advanced
to
Falals,
man
sites
and
thousands
of
fly
where
at
one
time,
it
was
the
only
artillery
unit
in
position
to
blast
the
Germans
as
they
retreated
through
the
famed
Falals
gap.
"We
hammered
the
SS
troops
as
they
swam
across
the
Seine
River,
then
crossed
ourselves
in
barges.
Our
guns
and
aircraft
had
knocked
out
all
the
bridges
and
whenever
our
troops
would
build
a
bridge,
Jerry
would
knock
It
out,"
Gunner
Adams
said,
Attached
to
the
Canadian
ing
bombs
pass
over
their
heads,
destined
for
Antwerp.
They
were
well
Into
Germany
on
May
4
when
they
received
the
"cease
fire"
-order.
Later
at
Uden,
a
German
town,
they
were
visited
by
Churchill.
Gunner
Adams
is
the
son
of
the
late
Alfred
Adams,
outstanding
native
chief,
of
Masset.
He
plans
to
return
to
Massett
after
he
Is
discharged
and
return
to
fishing,
doing
handicraft
work
with
plastic
materials
on
the
side.
WOULD
BOYCOTT
VANCOUVER
FOR
BAD
PUBLICITY
A
suggestion
that,
in
doing
business
with
Vancouver,
Prince
Rupert
Is
pouring
money
Into.an
ungrateful
hand
was
propounded
to
the
Dally
News
by
Frank
Dlbb,
local
nrinter.
vhn
feel
that
this
served
if
the
lines
of
business
were
directed
east
and
not
south.
"Vancouver!"
he
says.
"What
has
that
city
ever
dsne
for
us
but
take
out
money
and
give
us
bad
publicity
In
return?
They
have
maligned
us
for
years
and
It
is
time
we
did
something
to
counter
It."
Sneering
reterences
to
Prince
Rupert,
particularly
to
its
weather,
on
the
part
of
Vancouver
people
have
been
taken
seriously
by
Mr.
Dlbb,
who
feels
that
every
loya.l
Prlnee
Rupert
citizen
should
share
his
loyalty
to
their
home
city.
"I
have
lived
In
Prince
Rupert
for
a
good
many
years.
It's
my
home.
In
my
business
I
spend
thousands
of
dollars
In
Vancou
ver
but
I
think
that
if
I
and
other
business
peop:e
here
spent
our
money
In
the
east
instead
of
Vancouver
'we
would
be
better
off."
This
economic
weapon,
Mr.
Dlbb
believes,
would
bring
Vancouver
up
shortly.
"Having
no
thought
for
our
goodwill,
they
obviously
don't
appreciate
the
business
we
give
them-
It
would
be
astonishing
how
quickly
their
attitude
would
change
If
we
boycotted
them,"
he
asserted.
"Edmonton
and
other
eastern
centres
could
supply
our
needs
as
effectively
as
Vancouver,
and
we
wouldn't
lose
a
thing."
MINERS
GO
ON
STRIKE
Latest
Repercussions
to
Meat
Rationing
Closes
Alberta
Collieries
CALGARY,
Sept.
27
1
Most
of
the
southern
Alberta's
coal
mines
are
idle
today,
as
several
thousand
men
went
out
on
strike,
in
protest
against
meat
rationing.
They
contend
that
the
ration
does
not
give
a
miner
enough
meat
to
sustain
him
at
his
work.
Practically
all
the
mines
on
the
Alberta
side
of
the
Crow's
Nest
Pass,
including
Drumheller
and
Calgary,
ceased
work
at
midnight
Wednesday.
A
total
of
four
thousand
workers
are
Involved.
1
Fish
Sales
(Canadian,
18Uc
and
16c)
"Kaare,
52.C0O,
Co-op.
B.C.
Troller,
18,000,
Whiz.
Constitutional
Future
Of
Japan
Is
Discussed
f,
Emperor
Believed
to
Have
Expressed
Desire
to
Abdicate
New
Mode
of
Rule
Is
Being
Drafted
Up
Already
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
27
(CP)-British
Broadcasting
Corporation
quoted
its
Tokyo
correspondent
today
as
saying
it
was
"strongly
believed
that
Emperor
Hirohito
expressed
his
will
to
abdicate"
during
a
meeting
last
night
with
General
Douglas
MacArthur
and
redrafting
of
-the
Japanese,
constitution
is
al
Montreal
Violence
MONTREAL,
Sept.
Violence
has
flared
up
27
In
v
the
strike
of
Montreal,
meat
dealers
.protesting
the
government's
rationing
system.
Montreal
butchers,
claiming
the
support
of
longshoremen
who
quit
work
on
the
Montreal
waterfront
earlier
in
the
day,
raided
pack
ing
houses
and
garages
of
meat
distributing
companies
last
night.
They
also
smashed
the
windows
of
several
North
End
stores
which
had
ignored
the
close-up
or-else
order
of
roaming
gangs.
Police
protection
is
now
being
given
stores
which
remain
open
Including
St.
James
Street
.Mar
ket.
Fifty-five
arrests
were
made
when
the
T.
Eaton
meat
depart
ment
was
charged.
A
meeting
of
500
striking
meat
dealers
In
the
city
was
quit
loading
twenty-eight
ships
in
Montreal
yesterday,
in
a
move
which
spokesmen
said
was
a
protest
against
the
butchers'
strike,
Most
of
the
ships
Involved
were
loading
foodstuffs
and
grain
for
Europe.
STATE
OF
SIEGE
IN
ARGENTINA
BUENOS
AIRES,
Sept.
27
0i
The
military
government
of
Argentina
has
re-imposed
a
state
of
siege,
suspending
most
of
the
peoples
liberties.
The
government's
move
came
Just
one
day
after
It
was
disclosed
that
the
Cordoba
Army
garrison
had
put
down
an
attempted
revolt
Monday.
The
state
of
siege,
which
had
been
lifted
last
July
after
being
In
effect
for
more
tAan
three
and
a
half
years,
suspends
constitutional
guarantees
of
freedom
of
speech,
freedom
of
the
press,
and
freedom
of
AWARDED
$8,000
FOR
LAND
USED
AS
AIR
PORT
An
award
of
$8,000
for
the
value
of
his
farm
which
was
ex
propriated
for
-use
as
part
of
an
airport
In
1942
was
granted
to
Samuel
W.
Cocker
of
Vanderhoof
In
Exchequer
Court
by
Mr.
Jus
tice
A.
C.
Cameron
on
Tuesday,
In
addition,
Mr.
Cocker
was
granted
Interest
totalling
$400
plus
buildings
which
he
had
already
moved.of
f
the
expropriated
property.
Declining
to
take
the
government's
offered
price
of
$6,400,
Mr.
Cocker
had
asked
$15,350
for
the
160
acres
which
he
occupied
between
1916
and
1942.
Mr.
Justice
Cameron
ordered
that
each
side
stand
its
own
court
costs.
BIRMINGHAM.
Eng.
0)
A
chair
of
modern
history
has
been
established
at
the
University
of
Birmingham
in
place
of
the
pres-
j
ent
chair
of
-readership.
,
ready
taking
place."
In
Tokyo
the
Japanese
central
liaison
office
told
the
Associated
Press
today
that
Allied
-headquarters
and
the
Japanese
government
had
"reached
agree.?
ment
not
to
disclose"
topics
discussed
at
the
meeting
between
General
MacArthur
and
Emperor
Hirohito.
It
was
assumed
they
discussed
mutual
problems
connected
with
the
occupation
of
what
remains
of
Hlrohlto's
once
great"
empire.
General
MacArthur
was
"
visited
for
thirty-eight
min-
utes
yesterday
by
the
Japanese
Emperor.
The
visit
was
made
strictly
as
a
"social
affair,"
it
was
stated.
Leaving
the
American
'
em
bassy
where
the
meeting
was
held,
the
Emperor
raised
his
hat
to
some
Allied
war
correspondents.
Newspaper
correspondents,
indignant
at
not
being
able
to
attend
the
historic
meeting
of
MacArthur
and
Hirohito,
were
told
that
their
presence
"might
I
have
lmnalrprt
thp
dlonltv
of
thd
also
hel
last
night,
and
they
occasion."
decided
to
carry
their
protest
!
Ato-
,,..
suui-aown
smite
mw
a
lourm
handed
a
prepared
statement.
uaj.
ounc
icaucio
iuiu
uie
meeting
that,
a
telegram
will
be
sent
to
Prime
Minister
I.lac-
kcnxlE.KinircqueffUng.anlnter'v
view
with
the
federal
cabinet
in
Ottawa
Friday
morning.
Meantime,
the
National
Board
has
announced
that
it
will
combat
with
Its
police
force
any
attempt
by
recalcitrant
longshoremen
to
disrupt
grain
handling
In
either
elevators
or
aboard
ships
in
the
port
of
Montreal.
Three
thousand
longshoremen
MAINTENANCE
,
OF
ROADS
IN
STEWART
AREA
Road
maintenance
work
to
the
mines
in
the
Stewart
district
is
being
carried
on
by
the
provincial
department
of
public
works
with
costs
shared
equally
between
the
department
of
mines
and
the
mine
owners,
District
Engineer"
J.
C.
Brady
said
after
returning
from
Stewart
on
Tuesday.
However,
no
new
road
construction
is
under
way
at
the
Portland
Canal
mining
town.
A
spirit
of
optimism
unequalled
In
years
pervades
the
Portland
Canal
district,
he
said.
Development
work
is
progressing
on
sevr
eral
properties
and
the
Premier
mine
is
hiring
men
as
fasas
"
they
become
available.
Major
construction
project
under
way
by
the
public
works
department
in
this
district
now
Is
the
completion
of
the
Tlell-Port
Clements
highway
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
he
said.
'
This
Involves
taking
up
the
old
plank
road
and
laying
a
rock
and
gravel
highway
through
muskeg.
V
In
some
places
the
muskeg
is
20
feet
deep
and
must
be
scooped
out
and
replaced
by
road
material.
Average
depth
of
the
muskeg
is
from
three
to
four
feet.
Adequate
machinery
.Is...
on
hand
to
do
the
job,
the
engineer
said.
At
the
Job
Is
a
power
shovel,
bulldozer
and
several
trucks.
The
work
will
continue
as
long
as
the
.season
allows
and
will
start
again
first
thing
in
the
spring.
Although
ownership
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
is
apparently
still
undecided,
his
department
is
charged
with
maintaining
it,
Mr.
Brady
said.
Delicate
German
Instruments
Are
To
Be
Employed
LONDON,
Sept.
27
Highly
developed,
delicate
map-making
Instruments
used
by
the
German
air
force
may
be
employed-by;
town
and
country
planning-experts
in
the
task
of
rebuilding
Britain.
An
R.A.F.
oHlcer
gays-an
accurate
map
could
bj
produced
by
the
Instruments,
knowit'
as
stero-planographs.
from
air
photographs
of
the
country.
AMPTHILL,
Eng.,
0
Twenty-,
three
potatoes
weighing
16
pounds
came
from
one
root
on
a
farm
here.
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