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nerins
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CANADIAN
arm
v
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loday
to
the
Can-
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in
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Allied
forces
have
a
trnrral
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mornlne
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join
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Army.
BLAMEY
SEES
LONG
JAP
WAR
NBW
YORK.
April
10
OV
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i
coniiiKiiKlrr-lii-rlilpr
m
ihp
Aiu.
I
tratlan
land
forces,
General
Sir
rrOfl
iTIiomas
Blarney,
lias
expressed
f)V4
It
lie
opinion
that
the
Pacific
war
H'JW
mviJT
I.U
LJIU
MJUII,
,
Blaniev
said
In
a
broadcast
hr
Truman
promised
to-
regards
It
as
more
likely
that
the
grana
strausy
,
mere
will
be
sustained
cam-
ar
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iaiiuiia
unu
illinium,
nil
unhampered
by
his
U)
the
Presidency
of
In
a
reference
to
the
cam
paigns
on
New
Guinea
and
Bou
.trs.
Milking
Ids
first
'.calnvlllc.
General
Blnmev
rn.
a
Joint
session
or
marked
that
some
ncrsons
refer
the
new
President
de-
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operations
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voters
will
be
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able
to
take
part
in
the
votlni;
In
the
Dominion
election
and
about
the
same
number
In
the
Ontario
provincial
election.
Both
'day
employees
of
the
government
arc
not
permitted
to
leave
their
polling
booths.
JM
of
course,
mcaivs
that,
provincial
elections
officers
will
not
be
per
mitted
In
co
to
the
federal
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Canadian
Press
Staff
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life
of
aiini-t
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wsision
was
participate
in
a
world
curity
organization
and
passed
a
War
appropriation
hill
and
civil
estimates
to
tide
over
expenditures
until
a
new
government
could
be
elected.
In
the
legislation
field
the
19th
parliament
was
notable
for
Ihc
steos
taken
towards
a
na
tional
system
of
social
.security
for.
Canada.
The
chier
enactments
were
unemployment
in
surance
and
family
allowances.
Notable
events
outside
parliament
filled
Uic
attention
of
members
and
the
Canadian
people.
The
European
war
progressed
from
the
"phoney
war"
;tugc
which
followed
the
German
conquest
of
Poland
to
the
depths
of
the
Allied
fortunes
at
Dunkerquc
through
inc
siow
building-up
and
hanging
-on
period
to
the
vast
change
brought
about
by
the
Gcramn
attack
on
Russia
and
the
Japanese
action
in
bringing
the
United
States
Into
the
fight,
then
on
to
the
period
of
offensive,
liberation
and
triumph.
Through
all
this
Canada
grew
in
power,
economically
and
militarily.
The
Canadian
navy
expanded
iby
leaps
and
bounds
and
took
over
most
of
the
antl-sub-nvarine
convoy
work
In
the
Atlantic.
Canada
Ibccamc
a
vast
(Continued
on
Pasc
31
TRUMAN
SPEAKS
TO
U.S.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON,
April
10
President
Truman
addressed
Congress
today
in
his
first
speech
as
President
of
the
United
States.
His
speech
will
be
scanned
eagerly
for
hints
of
administration
policy
at
home
and
abroad.
However,
Mr.
Truman
has
already
said
he
will
carry
on
where
President
Roosevelt.
Ict
otr,
and
no
major
change
in
direction
is
expected.
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enter
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of
wrvlec
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In
f
Canada
'..i.o.l.
service
overseas,
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fin
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service
in
the
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-
as
me
hardest
and
.
f
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brought
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lllll.
In
rncnrl
held
when
the
govcrninct,
talncd
approval
of
a
motion
FIND
BODY
OF
LOCAL
WOMAN
'I
he
body
ot
Mrs.
Anthony
Morn,
about.
50,
was
found
in
her
home
at
017
Coniox
Avenue
Si'iuluy
afternoon
by
city
police
Mr.-.
Moen's
bony
was
louiiu
i,
almost
fully
dressed
lying
on
the
bed
by
Corp.
A.
T.
Lasnmar
and
Constable
O.
Y.
Brother-stone
and
was
turned
over
to
Dr.
H.
E.
Coleman
who
performed
an
autopsy
to
determine
the
cause
of
death.
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
announced
that
an
Inquest
will
bo
held
Into
Mrs.
Modi's
death
on
Wednesday
afternoon.
Puller
entered
Mrs.
Modi's
home
at
5
o'clock
Sunday
after
noon
after
neighbors
told
them
thai
Mrs.
Moen
had
not
been
seen
for
the
last
few
days,
and
that
the
house
had
been
locked
Saturday
afternoon
when
one
of
them
went
to
sec
the
woman
who
lived
alone.
When
the
police
atlenipled
to
enter
the
house,
they
also
found
It
jucked.
On
.entering,
-
they
found
the
two
stoves
.in
Uic-house
both
burning
"full
blast,"
and
the
radio
playing.
The
window
blinds
were
drawn
and
tho
lights
were
off.
There
was
no
sign
of
violence
In
the
dwelling,
although
police
say
that
there
was
a
small
laceration
on
the
body
of
the
dead
woman.
There
was
a
small
sum
of
money
In
the
house.
Mr.s.
Moen
has
been
a
resident
of
the
city
for
many
years.
Her
husband,
Anton
Moen,
Is
believed
to
be
In
Vancouver.
There
are
two
sons,
in
the
Air
Force
,
oversea.
f'Tomticrature
northern
and
c
entLvL
B&TISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER-
Tomorrow?
8
Tides
1
I
I
SM
...nirM
for
tlc
1,rince
(Pacific
Standard
.Time)
.
j.ctrlrt
for
loaay
itau.
Tuesday,
April
17,
1945
40
High
4:25
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feet
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-
VOL
XXXIV,
No.
89.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
MONDAY.
APRIL
10,
1015
PIUCE
FIVE
CELTS
.
v
r
-
I
nth
Sves
To
Berlin
After
Se
tback
Policy
Remain
-vW
.
i
.nL
BflS
SESHsBfianMawJr
PPPplPPP'.aRK
1
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmM$IBrl&
HR3BBBPilBKaii
t':?
AS
PK1MK
MINISTER
CHURCHILL
titOSSED
THE
RHINE
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
rl;dit
up
at
the
frpnt
of
the
invadon
craft
hi
which
he
crossed
the
Rhine
talking
tilings
over
with
the
man
at
the
wheel.
TlUs
Ls
a
h
it.o
by
radio.
DELEGATES
END
EMPIRE
PARLEY
i
LONDON.
April
10
X
Empire
'
elections,
arc
slated
to
be
held
idclciiatcs
haveendtd
their
9-day
on
June
11.
The
chief
election
.Commonwealth
conference
In
olficcr
for
Ontario
exnlalns
that
(London.
A
statement
issued
at
almost
1100
deputy
returning
officers
and
about
the
same
'number
of
poll
clerks
arc
cm-'ployed
by
the
province.
And
un-
I
rlrti.
Hin
trlr.t
Ait
flmvn
nnfi.
the
close
of
the
final
session
declared
that
British
and
Empire!
otficials
agrc.
vnr-
the
need!
for
clarification,
Improvement
j
and
expansion
ol
the
Dumbarton
Oaks
proposals.
In
addition,
the
delegates
pledged
the
countries
of
the
Commonwealth
to
play
their
full
part
hi
i
.ItUerjwtloavjJ
ai
organization
for
the
purpose
jof
preserving
International
peace
booths
to
vote,
nor
will
federal
iand
promoting
human
welfare.
election
officers
be
aibc
to
go
to
the
provincial
booths.
o
LHNOTHENS
WITH
YEARS
I
'
At
the
time
of
the
Roman
Empire,
life
expectancy
was
about
23
years-
in
1850,
43
years;
and
,
In
1900,
47
years.
ft
11
lUWB
ItlgllllgltIS
Hcrlin
llnmbed
Second
Nishi
'
LONDON
British
night
bombers
have
smashed
at
Berlin
again
for
the
second
straight
nlghtj
The
attacks
followed
a
duy-long
pounding
of
the
German
capital's
approaches
by
Allied
aircraft.
r
Anti-Nazi
Terror
in
Germany
,
LONDON
A
new
anti-Nazi
group
Is
said
lo
be
spreading
terror
Inside
Germany.
The
new
organization
operates
under
llin
slim
rf
Hip
Tllnrlr
l!iira
A.Knrlx.4
npursimnrr
S3
VI
thl
.slull
Germany's
bombed-out
cities
and
that
in
most
cases
the
body
of
a
slain
Nazi
official
turns
up
near
the
awesome
device.
Hitler
Fighting
On
Okinawa
GUAM
Bitter
fighting
continues
on
Okinawa
as
American
troops
battle
to
break
the
island's
so-called
"Little
Siegfried
Line."
But
front
dispatches
say
"there
has
been
a
noticeable
decrease
in
Japanese
artillery
fire.
American
troops
have
been
unable
to
make
any
dent
In
this
strongly-fortified
line
In
the
last
nine
days.
Find
(Jas
Store
in
(Jennany
LONDON-Thc
BBC
asserts
Uiat
a
quantity
of
poison
gas
has.been
captured
In
a
small
German
town.
The
London
broadcast
quotes
Allied
experts
as
stating
the
gas
Is
a
type
which
causes
paralysis
of
the
nervous
system.
The
gas
was
captured
hi
the
town
of
Vcllc
which
is
west
of
Leipzig.
Women
and
Children
Heturn
First
LONDON
The
British
government
announces
that
women
and
children
will
be
the
first
evacuees'
to
return
to
London
when
plans
for
rc-scttlemczit
have
been
worked
out.
Reuters
says
special
trains
will
carry
the
evacuees
from
reception
areas
to
the
capital.
Hitler
Youth
header
Kxecuted
NEW
YORIC-The
Hitler
Youth
Leader,
and
Gauleiter
of
Austria
Is
reported
to
have
been
executed
by
Viennese
patrols.
He
was
Baldur
von
Schirach.
The
disclosure
Is
made
by
the
American
broadcasting
station
in
Europe,
quoting
a
Moscow
broadcast.
(lood
News
For
Hoiubcd
Hritons
LONDON
Good
news
for
Britain
Is
contained
hi
a
farewell
statement
from
General
Sir
F.
A.
Pile,
commander
of
Britain's
anti-aircraft
command.
General
Pile
gave
up
his
command
with
a
message
to
his
gunners
in
which
he
said
that
no
German
aircraft
of
flying
bomb
had
fallen
on
England
In
Unec
weeks,
and
fifteen
days
have
passed
without
a
rocket
falling.
Said
General
111c:
"I
think
I
have
seen
you
fire
the
last
shot
In
defence
of
this
country."
Secure
Approaches
to
Legaspo
MANlLA-j-In
the
Philippines,
the
Americans
liave
secured
the
water
approaches
lo
the
Luzon
port
of
Legaspo
by
capturing
two
nearby
islets.
The
enemy
garrisons
on
the
Islets
were
quickly
wiped
out.
Jap
Commander
heads
War
Council
NEW
YOIUC
The
Tokyo
war
ministry
says
this
morning
that
the
commander-in-chief
of
Japanese
Defence
Headquarters,
Prince
Naruhlko
Hlgashl-Kunl,
has
been
appointed
Supreme
War
Councillor
for
Japan.
Musi
Kocks
Knglish
Town
LONDON
An
unexplained
explosion
lias
rocked
the
south
coast
English
city
of
Hastings.
The
explosion
Is
described
as
ihc
biggest
blast
experienced
on
the
outhern
coast
of
England
throughout
the
war.
Tell
Neutrals
to
Destroy
Documents
NEW
YORK
The
Allied
radio
at
Rome
says
trie
German
government
has
Instructed
its
representatives
In
neutral
countries
to
destroy
all
confidential
documents
In
their
possession
by
Saturday,
April
21.
The
Rome
broadcast
was
heard
In
New
York.
Make
(Jains
in
lo
Valley
ROME-
-Allied
Headquarters
announces
that
British
Eighth
Army
forces
have
made
small
gains
In
Po
Valley
attacks,
north-'
westward
In
the
direction
of
Ferrara
and
westbound
toward
Bologna.
The
htadquarters
statement
says
the
Germans
threw
In
reinforcements
in
an
effort
to
smash
tho
Eighth's
hard-won.'
bridgehead
over
the
Slllaro
River.
2,500
RUBBER
WORKERS
STRIKE
TnnnNTO
Anrll
i
rt
Oi
An-
proxima,tcly
2500
workers
of
tho
Goodyear
Tire
and
Rubber
Company
Limited
at
New
Toronto
went
on
strike
today
after
the
failure
of
lst-minutc
negotiations
between
the
company
of
ficials
and
the
Local
ot
United
Rubber
Workers'
of
America.
C.LO.
Union
officials
said
the
dls
putc
arose
wlicn
the
company
stopped
girl
workers
on
the
fourth
floor
of
the
plant
from
purchasing
refreshments
during
the
afternoon
rest
period,
REDS
CAPTURE
RAIL
JUNCTION
IN
AUSTRIA
MOSCOW,
April
10
il
-
On
their
side
of
the
Oerman
front,
the
(Russians
continue
lo
roll
ahead.
Red
Army
units
driving
towards
Hitler's
stnnghold
of
Berchtesgaden
have
captured
the
town
of
6t.
Poelten.
This
is
a
stra.
tcgic
10-way
road
and
rail
centre
6i
mlies
east
of
the
big
Austrian
industrial
city
of
unz.
The
German
radio
states
that
a
big
battle
is
raging
in
Berlin's1
outer
defences.
According
to
the
enemy
broadcast,
Uie
Russians
arc
storming
the-
approaches
to
Wriczcn,
which
Is
only
21
mile:
northeast
of
the
German
capital
REDS
MAKE
HUNS
REPAIR
DAMAGE
k"A8HfNOTt)N,-
Adhr
Iff
"N-Sovict
policy
declarations
call
Ins
for
the
transportation
of
Germans
Into
Russia
to
help
clean
up
and
re-bulld
war-wrecked
cities
already
have
been
put
into
effect
In
the
Balkans,
It
was
learned
today.
About
70.000
men
and
women
of
the
500,000
Germans
in'
Rumania
where
they
fought
with
and
supported
Nazi
armies
have
liccn
removed
to
the
Soviet
Union.
An
estimated
100,000
Germans
have
been
removed
from
Yugoslavia.
Presumably
they
also
were
gent
Into
Russia
but
Marslial
Tito,
who
handled
the
operation
himself,
refrained
from
reporting
on
it
to
his
western
Allies.
Another
40,000
persons
who
originally
lived
In
Bessarabia,
now
in
Russian
hands,
have
been
sent
back
to
the
former
Rumanian
province
from
Ru
mania.
There
An
no
doubt
among
diplomats
here
that
Rus
sia
intends
lo
use
sucii
man
power
as
she
finds
necessary.
President
Buried
At
Boyhood
Home
HYDE
PARK,
New
York.
'April
1G
(CP
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
was
burled
Sunday
morning
In
garden
of
his
beloved
home
overlooking
the
Hudson
RlveV.
President
Truman
led
the
group
of
high
government
officials
present
at
the
final
ceremony.
Prime
Minister
King
laid
a
wreath
by
the
side
of
the
grave.
Planes
flew
overhead
in
the
cloudless
sky.
A
detail
of
West
Point
cadets
fired
three
farewell
volleys,
and
a
bugle
sounded
Taps.
HITLER
MAKES
PLEA
TO
TROOPS
FOR
LAST
STAND
LONDON,
April
16
P)
Hitler,
in
an
order
of
the
day
to
Gcr
man
soldiers
on
the
eastern
front
Said
today
"for
Uie
last
time
the
Jewish
-
Bolshevist
arch
-
enemy
has
launched
his
massed
attack,
lie
is
trying
to
ucstroy
Germany
and
wipe
out
our
people.
This
time
the
Balshe
vlks
will
suffer
the
old
fate
of
Asia
they
must
and
will
perish
In
front
of
the
German
capi
tal."
Hitler
ordered
his
soldiers
to
arrest
and
dispose
ot
anyone
who
orders
them
to
retreat.
Yanks
Recover
From
Nazi
Counter
Attack
on
Elbe
No
Confirmation
of
German
Report,
That
Ninth
Army
Is
In
Berlin
PARIS.
Auril
16
(CP)
The
American
Ninth
Army
is
driving
on
towards
Berlin
today
after
fight
ing
its
toughest
battle
in
more
than
two
months,
veteran
German
troops
from
the
Russian
front
entered
the
battle
yesterday,
forcing
the
Americans
to
withdraw
from
one
of
their
new
bridgeheads
east
of
the
Drew
Changes
Election
Date
TORONTO,
April
16
'
Date
of
the
Ontario
election
has
been
changed
from
June
11
to
June
4,
Premier
Drew
of
Ontario
announced
today.
The
Premier
said
change
was
"made
necessary
by
the
'decision
of
Uic
Dominion
government
to
hold
the
Dominion
election
June
11."
Drew
had
set
June
11
for
the
Ontario
election
before
Macken
zie
King
announced
Friday
the
federal
election
would
also
be
held
on
June
11.
Drew
said
in
describable
confusion
would
re
sult
from
holding
two
elections
on
the
same
dale
and
more
than
40,000
persons
would
be
disfran
chised.
Weather
Forecast
Partly
cloudy
and
mild,
be
coming
cloudy
during
the
after
noon
with
occasional
light
rain
during
night.
Light
winds
Increasing
lo
moderate
during
at-
Mrs.
W
F.
Gosncll,
and
grand
daughter,
Jacqueline
Campbell,
left
Saturday
night
on
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Longshoremen
to
Vote
On
Affiliation
At
a
meeting
Sunday
night
in
the
Longshoremen's
Hall,
called
by
A.F.
of
L.
Union
Organizer
J.
Mulroncy,
for
the
pur
pose
of
organizing
the
long
shoremen,
it
was
felt
by
some
present
that
a
more
determined
effort
should
be
put
forward
to
get
better
representation,
so
it
was
decided
on
motion
to
call
a
meeting
at
a
later
date
with
this
end
In
view,
so
that
a
ballot
may
be
taken
among
the
employees
concerned
to
decide
to
which
of
the
parent
labor
organizations
the
A.F.
of
L.
or
the
C.I.O.,
that
they
should
apply
for
affiliation.
About
40
were
present.
Mr,
Agust
Wallin,
President
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
Sc
Labor
Couireil,
acted
as
chairman.
LAUDS
CANADA'S
HELP
TO
DUTCH
OTTAWA,
April
16
0)
The
Netherlands
foreign
minister,
E,
N.
Van
Kleffens.
in
Ottawa
ves-
Francisco
world'
security
confer
ence,
had
a'
word
to
say
about
conditions
In
liberated
Europe.
Van
Kief
fins
said
the
people
of
the
Netherlands
are
suffering
from
an
acute
food
shortage,
but
conditions
are
improving
in
this
matter
in
the
liberated
parts
of
the
country.
He
said
the
Netherlands
faces
serious
economic
and
financial
problems
In
the
im
mediate
future,
due.
to
the
des
truction
of
producing
lands
by
flooding.
The
Netherlands
foreign
min
ister
says
there
arc
many
ways
in
which
Canada
can
help
out
the
Netherlands
In
providing
needed
articles.
Canada,
he
add
ed,
has
already
assisted
gener
ously.
ROYAL
FAVORITE
Madame
dc
Pompadour
was
was
born
Jeanne
Pol
sson
in
Paris
in
Pi
21.
Elbe
River.
Notwithstanding
their
temporary
setback,
General
Simpson's
troops
drove
on
for
a
gain
of
four
miles
beyond
the
east
bank
of
the
river.
There
Is
no
confirmation
of
a
German
announcement,
mat
Ninth
Army
vanguards
punched
to
Uie
suburbs
of
Berlin
only
to
fall
back
later
In
the
face
of
an
enemy
counter-attack.
On
the
central
front
in
Ger
many,
the
American
Third
Army
Is
only
eight
miles
front
the
border
of
Czechoslovakia.
The
purpose
of
the
rampaging
drive
by
Patton's
forces
Is
to
cut
Germany
in
two.
Canadian
First
Army
formations
in
Holland
are
fighting
on
the
longest
ironi
in
west-
em
Europe
a
front
which
stretches
out
for
two
hundred
miles.
Polish
armored
units
of
the
First
Army
are
lined
up
on
the
Dutch
side
of
the
Ems
River
estuary.
Directly
opposite
across
.
five
miles
of
water
lies
tlie
great
German
naval
base
of
tEmden.
Canadian
troops
have
I
fanned
out
along
hcarJy
thv
enUre
coast
of
Holland
on
!
North
Sea.
The
Cauadlans
made
the
r
through
lo
the
Novtli
S;
ped
thousands'
of
German
troupes
still
In
the
low
country.
The
Germans,
however,
have
given
every
indication
that
they
Intend
to
resist
bitterly.
DOGFISH
NOW
THE
BACKBONE
OF
GROWING
VITAMIN
OIL
INDUSTRY
B.C.
Fisheries
Officials
Plan
Conservation
of
Humble
Pish,
One
of
Biff
Sources
of
Valuable
Vitamin
A
VANCOUVER,
April
16
IB
British
Columbia's
fish
oil
in
dustry
which
hi
five
years
has
developed
Into
one
of
the
most
important
Vitamin
"A"
sources
on
Uie
continent
now
is
entering
its
peacetime
field.
The
dogfish
liver
oil
wlikk-Jn
the
last
three.
years
has
re
placed
cod
liver
oil
in
the
diets
of
the
people
of
Great
Britain
and
Canada
now
Is
being
used
In
the
feeding
of
poultry
and
livestock
to
promote
egg
and
meat
production
in
the
United
States
and
Canada.
-
'
At
least
30
per
cent
of
Uie
present
Canadian
dogfish
oil
out
put
serves
this
purpose
in
Canada
and
the
balance
Is
exported
to
the
United
States.
Dogfish
liver
oh,
which
with
its
high
Vitamin
"A"
potency
has
been
important
to
fighting
airmen
as
a
cure
for
night
blindness,
now
Is
being
shipped
from
Canada
to
Uic
starved
countries
of
Europe.
The
Dominion
has
already
exported
21,000
gallons
of
the
100,000
gal-
1
'
"
I
1
.
t
.
.
I
i
A
r--11
I
terdav
on
his
wav
tn
Hip
Kan
'"'
sue
promised
io
uie
unueu
ixauons
uenaouuauon
ana
we-
lief
Administration
for
these
war-ravaged
lands.
The
humble
dogfish
of
the
Pacific
Coast
has
Indeed
come
a
long
way.
Once
it
was
con
sidered
Uie
most
useless
fish
found
In
these
waters.
Fisher
man
hated
it
because
It
so
often
(Continued
on
Page
2)
.
Ottawa
Service
For
President
OTTAWA,
April
16
W-A
mov
ing
tribute
was
paid
in
the
Cana
dian
capital
Saturday
to
the
memory
of
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt.
A
memorial
service
was
held
in
old
Christ
Church
Cathedral.
Princess
(Alice,
the
St
Si-:
cabinet,
memlbers
of
the
diplomatic
corps
and
the
Canadian
service
chiefs
were
among
those
who
attended.