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1915
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announced
"delates
for
tlic
Royal
Naval
College
at
Royal
now
will
be
accepted
If
br'wccn
15
years
and
10
;"id
18
years
of
age
on
s
prcjcnts
an
increase
mt.h
over
the
previous
limit
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the
first
1
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examination
papains
prepared
in
both
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freiehter
frnm
Oregon.
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Fuel
comuanv
bal-
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the
wharf.
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eu,
Between
ao
ana
escaped
unhurt
when
llcCd
the
boat
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lne
Wharf.
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with
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ALASKA
WtiM
BUILDER
TOOK
RmV
RIVER
BRIDGE
'
Troops
under
Brigadier
General
William
H.
Hogc,
builder
of
the
Alaska
Highway,
took
the
Remagen
Bridge
which
spans
the
Rhine
In
Germany,
to
establish
the
UJ3.
First
Army's
bridgehead,
announcement
has
just
been
made.
Coming
to
the
Canadian
Northwest
in
March,
1942,
General
Hogc.
of
Lexington,
Missouri,
as
commanding
officer
In
charge
of
the
propo.svd
"Alcan"
Highway,
established
his
headquarters
In
Whitchorse.
Yukon
Tcrriiory.
He
supervised
the
construction
of
the
road,
which
runs
from
Dawson
Creek,
B.C.
to
Fairbanks,
Alaska,
until
is
was
nearly
completed.
Tons
of
s-upplics
for
General
Hoge
and
his
highway-builders
were
shipped
through
the
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation
by
boat
to
Skagway
and
then
over
the
narrow-gauge
White
Pass
and
Yukon
Railway
to
Whitehorsc.
Hogc
was
transferred
In
August,
1942,
to
the
armed
forces
which
is
now
distinguishing
itself
in
Germany.
Suit
et
ha
KN.
PKAHKES
IN
CIVVIES
VANCOUVER
The
former
(ifiirr;il
Officer
Commanding
In
Chief
of
the
I'atiric
t'otn-m
a
ml
Major-Orncral
(i.
K.
l'carkes
has
returned
lo
Vancouver
from
Victoria
dressed
In
civilian..
4
lollies.
It
is
tlic
fint
timo
(irn.
I'rarkrs
lias
worn
civvies
since
his
return
from
overseas
more
than
two
years
aso.
General
l'carkes
is
on
six
months
leave
of
absence
from
the
Army.
TO
HEAD
DELEGATION
WILLI
AMSBUKG,
Va
Prime
Minister
King:
has
announced
that
he
Mill
lead
the
Canadian
delegation
to
the
San
Fran
ce
proposal
to
ciseo
world
security
conference
it
commission
ad-
net
month.
However,
he
will
':rmatlon
which
he
:r;c-sary
No
man
:ndemned
for
his
What
a
man
did
himself
should
be
He
might
find
i
with
a
party
:i
resolution
Implied.
McKiiy
felt
that
the
was
looking
for
I
I
t
.
.
ill
I
n
ft
f
II
1
II
I
mkm
II
I
M
in
i
in
i
ii
not
remain
there
during
the
entire
conference.
Other
Dominion
representatives
will
be
announced
in
Parliament
next
Monday.
The
Prime
Minister
Is
resting
in
Williamsburg:,
Virginia,
following
his
week-end
conference
with
Fresident
Koosevelt.
NAVY
TO
PACIFIC
OTTAWA,
.
avy-
Minister,
Macdonald
says
the
Canadian
Navy
will
take
a
na'iir
role
in
Pacific
scraps
ttill
to
come.
Mr,
Macdonald
ays
trie
Pacific
representation
oT
the
Canadian
Navy
will
be
more
than
a
token
forre.
MANY
II.D.'s
A.W.O.L.
OTTAWA
The
Minister
of
National
Defence
General
MrNaushlon
discloses
that
about
20
percent
of
the
drafters
ordered
for
embarkation
towards
the
end
of
last
year
have
not
yet
reported
at
embarkation
ports.
Ilowrvcr,
the
defence
minister
declares
that
the
overseas
reinforcement
situation
is
good
from
a
long-term
view.
Vocational
pp.ocuam
MELVILLE,
Sask-A
thirty-million
dollar
Dominion-provincial
vocational
educational
program
for
the
training
of
war
workers
and
service
ler-Minnel
for
civilian
occupations
has
been
announced
by
labor
Minister
Mitchell.
Of
the
total,
$10,000,000
will
be
spent
to
out
Til
schools
and
$30,000,000
will
be
spent
running
then:.
This
program
will
be
separate
from
the
rehabilitation
program.
COEDWEI.L
AND
P.IIACKIIN
OTTAWA
Progressive
Conservative
leader
John
Itrackcn
has
come
in
for
criticism
on
the
part
or
C.C.F.
national
leader
M.
J.
('oldwrll.
The
C.
C.F.
head
attacked
Mr.
Bracken
for
circulating
what
Mr.
(,oltI-wrll
said
were
groundless
rumors
about
Canadian
soldiers
throwing
away
their
rifles.
SEES
LONG
WAIt
CAMP
IIOKDEN
In
a
farewell
address
to
officers
here,
Majoi
-
General
Woilhington,
leaving
Tor
the
west
to
assume
command
of
Pacific
Command,
predicted
that
it
would
take
15
years
to
bring
order
in
Germany
and
that
a
long
struggle
against
Japan
was
ahead.
NO
KAILWAY
AIll
LINES
OTTAWA
Tlic
Canadian
government
lias
made
it
clear
that
railways
arc
not
going
to
participate
in
air
line
operations.
New
amendments
to
aviation
legislation
require
all
railway
companies
to
give
up
their
air
lines
Interests
after
a
certain
period
following
the
end
of
the
war.
TKAGEDY
IN
TOIIONTO
TORONTO
Three
small
girls
arc
dead
and
their
mother,
Mrs.
William
Itoothe,
wife
of
a
photographer
now
in
Vancouver,
is
in
a
serious
condition
in
hospital
from
the
effects
of
illuminating
gas
which
pouied
out
of
an
uncapped
pipe
in
the
bedroom
of
a
small
cottage
early
today.
NEW
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
VANCOUVER
A
new
Democratic
Party
came
into
being
at
a
meeting
here
last
night.
W.
R.
Smith
Is
the
organizer
and
he
addressed
70
persons.
The
party
would
cut
taxes
fifty
percent,
build
paved
roads,
give
full
employment
and
pay
$50
old
age
pension.
Smith
said
Canada
sfiould
have,
a
population
of
159,000,-000
and
British
Columbia
10,-000,000.
RIG
VANCOUVER
TIDE
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
a
record
14-foot
tide
yesterday.
A
gale
drove
the
water
up
from
the
normal
of
13
v
fcet.v
.
.
feA.-
LABOR
ENDORSES
GOVT;
VANCOUVER
At
a
stormy
session
last
night,
the
Vancouver
labor
Council
endorsed
a
report
of
the
labor
Federation
complimenting
the
provincial
government
for
selling
up
a
labor
advisory
committee.
The
vote
was
47
to
4C.
CRASH
AT
CRANBROOK
CRANBROOK
Seven
United
Stales
airmen
escaped
unhurt
when
an
American
Flying
Fortress
from
Boise,
Idaho,
made
a
forced
landing
here.
POSTHUMOUS
AWARD
LONDON
A
Canadian
flier
lias
been
posthumously
awarded
the
George
Cross,
one
f
the
Empire's
highest
awards.
He
is
ITjing
Officer
Roderick
B.
Gray,
formerly
eiapniycd
in
Saiill
Sle.
Marie,
Ontarfo,
and
Winnipeg.
He
helped
save
the
lives
of
three
members
of
his
crew,
and
sacrificed
his
own
life
after
their
bomber
had
hern
shot
down
in
the
North
Atlantic
by
an
enemy
submarine,
FIRST
IN
FIRST
OUT
OTTAWA
A
R.OA.F.
spokesman
in
Ottawa
says
the
R.C.
A.I',
has
devised
a
system
of
first
out-first
in
for
calling
certain
.categories
of
aircrew
reservists
back
to
duly.
By
this
system,
men
needed
to
relieve
overseas
shortages
will
be
taken
first
from.
tlic
earlier
classes
who
went
reserve
after
graduating
from
the
Com
monwealth
Air
Training
Plan.
LOSES
MONOPOLY
LONDON
British
Overseas
Airways
Corporation
will
lose
its
wartime
monopoly
but
it
remains
Britain's
biggest
factor
in
the
post-war
world
air
race
in
which
British
railway
and
shipping
companies
will
participate.
The
corporation,
formed
just
before
the
war
through
the
amalgamation
or
Imperial
Airways
and
British
Airways,
apparently
will
be
tlic
only
British
corporation
flying
to
and
from
Canada.
RUSSIA
CRITICIZES
CHIANG
MOSCOW
Russian
newspapers
have
picked
up
criticism
of
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
made
by
Chinese
Communists.
A
writer
in
the
Red
Army
newspaper,
Red
Star,
supports
the
appeal
of
the
Chinese
Communists
to
create
a
coalition
government,
Western
Front
Still
Move
Over
Rhine
New
Crossing
at
River
Has
.Been
Made
by
1
ysl
American
Army
BRIDGE
DESTROYED?
LONDON
Berlin
radio
said
today
that
the
Remagen
bridge
across
the
Rhine
River
had
been
destroyed
by
Nazi
airmen
with
their
bombs.
PAULS,
March
14
On
the
western
Front,
American
First
Army
forces
arc
within
two
miles
of
a
roadway
winch
cunnccts
Prankfurt-on-Main
with
Cologne
and
the
Itliur.
Tlic
enemy
estimates
that
the
American;
'have
ferried
five
to
six
divisions
to
the
catt
bank
of
the
Rhine
A
further
crossing-
ha.s
been
made
by
pontoon
ferries.
7
he
American
First
Army
t
day
captured
Honrnf,
providing
a
firm
northern
anchor
for
the
Rhine
bridgehead
into
which
men
and
material
streamed
across
two
bridges
today
to
re
inforce
70,000
shock
troops
which
:
the
Germans
said
were
already
there.
To
the
south,
the
American
Third
Army
has
gained
up
to
two-and-a-half
miles
in
its
drive
to
outflank
the
Saar
Basin.
A
lull
has
been
in
effect
on
the
Canadian
First
Army
sector
since
German
resistance
collapsed
opposite
Wesel
last
Saturday
night.
NO
EXPLOSIVES
ABOARD
SHIP
VANCOUVER
March
14
Qi
An
official
of
the
Canada
Shipping
Company,
operators
of
the
Greenhlll
Park
which
tied
up
at
the
Ballantyne
Pier
in
Vancou
ver
harbor
Monday
after
being
ngloatedt
bJch.Ude.1
rpiri
L-.
wash
Rock,
said
that
,7there
were
absolutely
no
explosives
and
no
ammunition
aboard
the
ship
at
the
time
of
the
explosion
lasi
Tuesday."
He
made
the
comment
in
reply
to
a
prepared
statement
by
the
International
Longshoremen's
Union
earlier
in
the
day
'which
demanded
that
the
pend
ing
Inquiry
by
the
Justice
De
partment
a'sccrtalu
the
ship's
cargo
and
designate
tlic
persons
responsible
for
any
break
in
regulations.
Six
members
of
the
union
and
two
crew
members
were
killed
in
the
blast.
Tlic
union
statement
asked
why
sodium
chlorate
and
cases
marked
"small
ammunition
were
stored
In
the
same
hold.
The
unrecognized
body
of
an
other
man
found
in
the
hulk
of
the
Orccnhill
Park
on
Sun
day
brought
to
eight
the
number
of
bodies
extricated
since
tire
ship
was
wrecked
by
four
explosions
in
tlic
harbor
here
last
Tuesday.
None
has
been
definitely
identified.
Union
Head
Scores
Political
Tie-up
VANCOUVER,
March
14
O
Harvey
Murphy,
president
of
the
International
Union
of
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
Workers,
said
in
an
address
to
a
Labor
Progressive
party
meeting
"It
is
wrong
for
trade
unions
to
tic
in
with
one
political
party
because
it
tends
to
bring
about
dissension
among
the
workers.
Tlic
C.CjF.
Is
attempting
to
influence
the
trade
unions
lo
further
their
political
gains."
WOK
MI'S
FASTEST
FLANKS
LONDON
Claims
thai
American
planes
are
the
fastest
in
the
world
have
brought
a
sharp
rejoinder
from
"The
Aeroplane,"
rin
wuthwilativc
British
aviation
weekly.
The
weekly
claims,
in
liic
absence
of
any
official
statement,
that
the
Mosquito
is
faster
than
the
Douglas
Invader,
Keferring
(it
a
recent
statement
by
General
Arnold
that
(he
Lockheed
F-80
Shooting;
Star
Is
(he
fastest
plane
in
(he
skies,
(he
British
publication
recalls
that
this
new
fighter
is
based
on
jet
unit
designs
provided
by
Croup
Captain
Frank
Whittle
of
the
K.A.F.
The
article
goes
on
to
pay
tribute
to
both
the
British
and
American
aircraft
industries.
Russians
Miles
I-
:
From
MORTAR
MEN
IN
ALPINE
KIT
British
mortar
platoon
commander.
Lieut.
D.
Hemming,
directs
the
shoot
on
the
5th
Army
front
in
It;.ly.
These
mortar
platoons
weas
Alpine
kit,
Including
duffle
coats,
sun
goggles
and
ski
caps.
War
News
Highlights
Berlin's
22nd
Night
Bombing
The
German
capital,
Uerlin,
has
been
jarred
again
by
the
explosive
weight
of
two-ton
blockbusters.
Mosquito
bombers
ot
Hie
Koyal
Air
Forre
made
their
twenty-second
consecutive
raid
on
Merlin
during
the
night.
At
the
same
time,
British
and
Canadian
heavy
bombers
pummelled
the
last
main
railway
which
leads
into
the
Kuhr.
.InlrcasBdi
Jap-Rcslstanre
American
forces
in
the
Philippines
have
run
into
Increas
ing
resistance
as
they
follow
Hie
Japanese
Into
Hie
hills
of
Mindanao.
In
(lie?
first
(wo
days
of
the
invasion
(he
American.':
captured
eight
villages.
Nips
Cemented
In
Caves
On
two,
American
marines
have
cemented
(he
entrances
lo
one
hundred
and
fifteen
caves
in
which
the
Japanese
are
trapped.
Two
islets
west
and
northwest
of
Iwo
have
been
feiml.
The
Japanese
had
used
them
as
mortar
positions.
The
islands
arc
so
small
that
the
Allied
communique
refers
(o
(hem
as
rocks.
Pushing
On
From
Mandalay
Troops
of
(he
Nineteenth
Indian
Dagger
Division
have
pushed
on
from
Mandalay.
A
late
announcement
says
the
Indians
have
iaken
(he
town
of
Maymyo
which
is
forty
miles
beyond
(lie
old
Burmese
capital.
The
push
made
by
Welsh
and
Indian
(roups
look
only
two
days,
and
was
made
against
light
Japanese
resistance.
Air
Bombings
Help
Greatly
'
Allied
armies
advancing
into
(lie
former
industrialized
area
of
(he
German
Khincland
are
everywhere
confronted
with
striking
evidence
of
the
effectiveness
of
Allied
bombings.
So
says
General
Fiscnhower
in
a
message
to
Air
Chief
Marshal
Sir
Arthur
Harris,
chief
of
(he
K.A.F.
Bomber
Command.
Gen
eral
Kisenhower
said
he
wanted
all
Allied
airmen
(o
know
that
(heir
sacrifices
arc
(oday,
in
his
own
words,
"facilitating
success
on
all
fronts."
I
APPLEWHAITE
UNANIMOUS
CHOICE
OF
LIBERALS
FOR
SKEENA
RIDING
Edward
T.
Applewhaite,
for
fourteen
years
resident
of
Stewart
and
for
the
past
three
years
living
in
Prince
Rupert,
late
Tuesday
received
the
unanimous
nomination
to
contest
Skeena
in
the
forthcoming'
federal
election
as
Liberal
candidate.
The
name
of
Kev.
James
A.
Donnell,
pastor
of
First
United
Church,
went
bc-
fore
the
convention
but
was;
withdrawn
after
Mr.
Donnell
refused
to
accept
a
resolution
passed
by
the
convention
favoring
the
evacuation
of
Japanese
from
the
coastal
area
of
British
Columbia
and
deportation
of
people
of
that
race
from.
Canada
after
the
war.
Mr.
Donnell
dubbed
such
a
resolution
as
Illiberal
in
principle.
A.
D.
Ritchie,
whose
name
was
also
submitted,
declined
to
stand.
nil.
njjpiL'Wiiuiiv
a
juuiiu-
nao
j
placed
in
nomination
by
Jack
McRae,
well
known
local
union
man.
S.
O.
Granley
submitted
Mr.
Donnell's
name
and
later
withdrew
it.
Both
Mr.
Applewhalle
and
Mr.
Donnell
spoke
briefly.
Mr.
Donnell
naid
tribute
to
Prime
Minister
King
who
had
given
the
Dominion
magnificent
service,
and
who.
he
believed,
would
be
recorded
by
history
as
one
of
tlic
greatest
statesmen.
Ho
was
hi
somewhat
of
a
di
lemma,
however,
because
he
was
opposed
in
principle
and
con
vlction
to
the
resolution
which
had
been
passed
by
the
con
vention
In
regard
to
Japanese
exclusion.
Mr.
Oran.ey
then
withdrew
Mr.
Donnell's
name
from
The
chairman
thereupon
declared
Mr.
Applcwhalte
to
be
the
candidate.
In
accepting
the
nomination,
Mr.
Applcwhalte
referred
to
the
difficult
position
In
which
he
had
placed
In
endeavouring
to
measure
up
the
standard
of
service
which
had
been
given
by
Olof
Hanson.
He
declared
that.
If
the
election
was
to
be
won,
(Continued
on
Page
5)
Only
25
SEINER,
THREE
MEN
MISSING
VANCOUVER,
March
14
W
Provincial
police
arc
Investigating
a
report
by
William
Bryson
of
Vancouver
that
his
brother
and
three
other
men
aboard
the
seiner
June
B.
are
three
days
overdue
out
of
Comox.
The
crew
lr
sluded
Captain
David
Bryson,
Thomas
Hartley,
both
of
Victoria,
and
John
McLeod,
of
Van
couver.
NEW
OFFICERS
FOR
LIBERALS
George
C.
Mitchell
Named
Berlin
Sensational
New
Gains
by
Soviets
on
Eastern
Front
Are
Admitted
by
Nazis
People
of
Reich
Capital
Being
Prepared
for
Street
-
to
-
Street
Fighting
Enthusiasm,
Imagination,
Deception,
Trickery
Is
Urged
LONDON,
March
14
(CP)
Sensational
new
Russian
gains
on
the
eastern
front
are
admitted
by
the
Germans.
According
to
enemy
broadcasts,
Marshal
Zhukov's
army
has
sent
spearheads
to
within
25
miles
,
ot
Berlin.
The
Nazis
declare
that
Marshal
Zhukov
has
achieved
a
breakthrpugh
in
a
directsmash
aimed
Fresident
District
Association
at
Meeting
Here
tfcorgtr'Cr
'MrtchcU-
-way
ccted
president
of
the
Skccna
District
Liberal
Association
at
the
meeting
here
yesterday
Vice-presidents
were
nanned
in
the
persons
of
W.
M.
Watts,
Cyril
Marsden,
Harry
King
and
Dr.
Duncan
McColl.
Arthur
Brooks-bank
was
rc-clcctcd
sccrciary-
trcasurcr.
The
complete
list
of
officers
is
as
follows:
Honorary
Presidents
Rt.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
Premier''
.
1
1
r.
.
i
i
ll.lt
.
V
A
I
j
mm
nan,
i.
u.
raiiunu,
ivx.ijji.,
Olof
Hanson
M.
P.
Honorary
Vice
-
Presidents
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenncy,
M.
M.
Con
nelly
M.LA,
W.
J.
Asselstine
M.
hJi.
and
William
Grant
(Sml-
thers).
at
vne
ucrman,,capiiai.
President
George
C.
Mitchell.
J
u-boat
Vice-Presidents
W.
M.
Watts,
Cyril
Marsden
(Ocean
Falls),
Harry
King
(Terrace),
and
Dr.
Duncan
McColl
(Queen
Charlotte
'
City).
Exccutive-W.
O.
Fulton,
S.
E.
Parker,
Robert
Gordon,
Mrs.
G.
'
daily
stated.
Wynn
and
John
Berg
(Burns
Lake).
C.
P.
Busslngcr
Telkwa,'
L.
11.
Kenncy
(SmlUicrs),
W.
Thurtnan
(Ocean
Falls),
Ken
ncth
Warner
(Smithcrs),
W.
R
Tooth
(Stewart),
W.
C.
Little
Woodcock)
and
presidents
and
secretaries
of
local
Liberal
Some,
But
Not
All
Parties
to
Go
to
Security
Parley
OTTAWA,
..March
.14
..C
..
Choice
of
representative
from
the
Opposition
parties
to
the
world
security
conference
at
San
Francisco
on
March
25
will
not
be
confined
Ip
one
party
but
It
also
may
not
extend
to
every
group
or
section
In
the
House
of
Commons,
It
was
announced
here
yesterday.
The
statement
was
made
apparently
in
reply
to
requests
from
Opposition
groups
mat
they
be
granted
the
right
to
send
delegates
to
the
world
conference.
HUN
CONVOV
AITACKLO
NEW
YOltK
The
Swedish
radio
said
that
"a
convoy
battle"
presumably
between
German
ships
and
allied
aircraft
was
fought
on
Sunday
night
in
the
Skagerrak
separating
Norway
and
Denmark.
The
broadcast
said
the
battle
was
still
raging
early
Monday,
Berlin
adds
that
the
Russians
have
poured
nearly
100,000
troops
across
the
Oder
River
between
the
fallen
city
of
Kuestrln
and
the
river
bastion
of
Frankfurt.
None
of
this
has
been
confirmed
by
the
Russian
High
Command.
Instead,
Moscow
tells
of
a
fierve
artillery
attack
on
the
German
lines
east
of
Berlin
with
Soviet
big
guns
firing
from
Inside
captured
Kuestrln.
It
Is
broadly
hinted
in
Moscow,
however,
that
three
Russian
'armies
soon
will
be
ready
to
march
on
Berlin.
The
Germans
are
broadcasting
instructions
to
the
Berlin
populace.
The
enemy
Is
preparing
for
the
impending
street-bystreet
battle
with'
the
Red
Army.
The
Berliners
arex
told
to
fight
over
and
under
the
ground
with
."crirui?ijm
and
imagination
ii
1.
L1
.9
JuUinli
and
trickery."
Thev
are
asked
lo
have
confidence
in
the
defence
plans
of
the
city's
commander,
Lieutenant
General
Hauenschilt.
As
a
veteran
of
the
battles
of
iMoscaV
and
Stalingrad,
Hauenschilt
is-
experienced
In
defeat.
L
Sub
Hunting
Good
Despite
New
Tricks
LONDON.
March
14
Ger
man
submarines
which
used
to
hunt
in
packs
now
have
turned
to
guerilla
warfare
with
the
aid
of
various
new
devices
including
ventilation
pipes
anefc-nvan-ca
trying
kites
for
observation.
The
Allies
have
announced
more
sinkings
in
February
than
in
January,
admitting
"a
moderate
number'
of
ships
'sunk
in,,
the
new,
carrtpaign.
The
results'
of
counter
measures
to
the
ventilation
pipe
have
been
encouraging,
It
has
beciWJill-
i!KINGr
ROOSEVELT
CONFER
TODAY
WILLAMSBURG.
Va..
March
14,
(P)
Prime
Minister
MftskW-
zlc
King
rested
Monday
from
af
fairs
of
state
and
week-end
conferences
with
President
Roasc-velt
which
resumed
ycstfcrcja.
Prime
Minister
King
told
the
Canadian
Press
after
his.
talks
with
the
President
he
would
say
relations
between
the
United
States
and
Canada
had
never
'been
better.
Although
he
.could
I
not
at
present
disclose
the
topics
1
under
discussion
he
probably
would
make
a
report
to
Parlia
ment
at
the
next
session.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
41
Minimum
32
Rainfall
02
inches
Hockey
Scores
.
National
Boston
2,
Detroit
2
tic.
American
SI.
Louis
3,
Providence
L
HEK
MOTHER
DIES
VANCOUVER
Mrs.
Alice
Brooks,
S3,
mother
of
Mrs.
K.
McGovern
of
Prince
ICupett.
died
Tuesday.
V.1
i