femperaturc
for
the
Prince
Temperawres
jtupert
district
during
24
hours
ending
5
m'
NORTHERN
AND
pENTRAt,
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1945
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
OCTOBER
3,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r
i
Future
wwcrnment
or
Japan
I,
HERE
THE
SON
Of
HhAVJr
Livtx
An
aerial
view
showing
id
:irrcundlng
area.
Although
Allied
bombs
did
not
hit
the
.clnity
lie
in
rubble.
lay
Shorten
jgar
Ration
Million
and
Half
Tons
of
(ret
Material
Found
In
lira
f
ASHINOTON,
Oct.
3
0
The
rican
Secretary
of
Agricul-
fcat
made
an
announce-
l.t
which
may
mean
shorten-
ol
the
time
that
sugar
will
lime
on
the
ration
list
In
hda.
He
disclosed
that
one
M.
COO
thousand
tons
of
Lr
have
been
discovered
In
ports
of
Java
since
the
Japr
M
surrender
The
sugar
will
added
to
the
United
Nations
pool,
and
hence
will
con-
l
Jte
to
the
shortening
of
f
ining
in
Canada.
EASON
OF
Simple
Enough,
Donald
Nrdon
Tells
Calgary
Board
If
Trade
f
ALGARY
Oct
3
0)-Meat
ra-
DELEGATES
MUM
ON
RESULT
OF,
EASTERN
TRIP
Results
of
their
official
Odes-sey
to
Winnipeg,
Montreal
and
Ottawa
locked
tightly
in
their
bosoms,
two
members
of
the
city's
three
-
man
delegation
which
Interviewed
government
end
railway
officials
In
eastern
Canada
were
back
at
their
Jobs
in
the
city
today.
"The
three
of
us
decided
to
release
no
information
before
we
report
to
the
public
meeting
called
for
Friday
night,"
Mayor
Daggett
told
a
reporter
with
a
negative
nod
of
his
head.
He
and
James
Nicoll
returned
on
last
night's
train.
The
third
member,,
Wj&t.
Watts,
stopped
off
at
Smlthe'rs
and
will'
arrive
in
the
city
tonight.
Stalwart
In
his
decision
not
to
release
any
information
before
it
Is
officially
presented
in
public
meeting,
Mayor
Daggett,
nevertheless,
discoursed
on
In
cidents
of
the
Journey.
j
First
interview
was
with
W.
R.
Devenish,
vice
-
president
in
charge
of
C.N.R.
western
lines.
was
imposed
for
"the
Thp
delegation
then
Droceeded
l?le
purpose"
of
reducing
to
Montreal
where
it
was
re
tail
consumption
in
order
relvpd
bv
N.
B.
Walton,
exe-
make
larger
supplies
avail-
cutive
vice-president.
to
meet
world
shortage,
I
i.atpr
In
Ottawa,
they
met
I
-aid
Ourdon,
chairman
of
the
non,
James
McKinnon,
Minis-res
and
Trade
Board.
saldit.Pr
nf
Trade
and
Commerce,
pday
hers.
I
Dresentine
the
.city's
brief
for
I"
Gordon
tnlri
Hip
Palmnrv
'
......,
v.;n
.nMHUo.
Mnn
T.lnnrl
-
-
-
-
o
atcaiiidiii
auuijiuivo,
.v.
-1
it
Ttade
that
the
crux
of
'
chevrier,
Minister
of
Transport,
prooiem
is
an
overall
world
i
flnd
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
Minister
r'lage
existing
in
each
of
theUf
Reconstruction,
and
with
the
prtant
fi
jd
pn;ups
of
cereals.
'
Deputy
Minister
of
National
De-
p
uairy
proaucts,
oils
ana
i
fence.
ve
ratable
and
sugar.
ictoria
Butcher
hps
Reonpnprl
r
o
l
i
ilCTVRTA
M
SentPmw
o77
V
,
!
11
J"
meat
ratlonlne
rennpned
Itcrday
AfERWAY
PPROVAL
r'-Postponed
St.
Lawrence
i
rm
May
Mateiialize
fASHlNQTON,
Oct.
3
W-A
:
f-ement
to
obtain
CnmrresJ
f
al
approval
of
the
Great'
f
51
Lawrence
power
and
rJ
agreement
between
Can-
nd
the
Unltpd
Rt.nt.PQ
ncld
in
the
American
Sen-
raerday
under
the
power-L
,
Dpmocrat
and
five
Re-
'"n
senator.
sucCef,SfUl
;hc
drlve
wllI
H
to
reallty
the
oft-post-
:ed
dream
f
harnessing
flow
6
5t,
Lawrpnfo
oi.,..
rwcal
enPr,r
......
--Bjr
ana
win
pro-
tupnt.
ven
Ioot
5ea'
from
,u
u
I?
the
o
,he..hlad
o'
the,
lakes
I
"
m
St
T
o
llt-ann
Devon,
Eng.
t-taufc
lon
of
students
'"non
'
JJ
:...nded
a
farewell
ln
n
,
Eva
Chaddcr,
r,
ol-mlstrcss
for
45
Returning
to
Winnipeg
the
delegation
interviewed
W.
R.
Devenish
for
a
second
time
regarding
the
construction
of
a
vessel
to
replace
the
Prince
George
and
also
attended
a
of
the
executive
of
-'JS'-eetS..
Union
of
Canadian
Mayors
ana
Municipalities
which
is
prepar-
lng
a
brief
for
presentation
to
the
Dominion-Provincial
conier-ence.
In
Ottawa,
Mayor
Daggett
said,
he
met
Lieut,
and
Mrs.
Lee
Gordon.
Lieut.
Gordon,
well
known
Prince
Rupert
businessman,
Is
of
Ottnu'ri
uit.h
thcr
Army.
STRIKES
ARE
QN
INCREASE
Close
(o
18,000
Canadian
VVcrkers
Now
Out
and
Possibility
Is
There
May
be
30,000
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
f
Close
to
18,000
Canadian
workers
are
on
strike
with
the
possibility
of
the
number
growing
to
30,000
In
the
near
future.
Seventy-seven
hundred
western
coal
miners
are
Idle,
protesting
at
meat
rationing.
Also
on
strike
are
10,000
workers
at
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
plant
at
Windsor,
Out,
demanding
a
new
collective
bargaining
agreement.
The
12,000
whose
strike
Is
a
possibility
are
members
of
the
Packing
House
Union
who
are
demanding
a
30
per
cent
wage
Increase
and
a
forty-hour
five-
i
day
week.
rV
Emperor
Hirohito's
palace
palace
itself,
buildings
in
the
Vandals
Threaten
City
Rock
Crusher
Vandalism
at
the
city's
rock
crushing
plant
has
become
an
added
stumbling
block
to
the
repair
of
the
community's
ravaged
streets,
City
Engineer
Phillips
reported
to
council
Monday
night.
Council
acceded
to
his
re-
,
quest
that
better
police
protection
be
given
that
area.
Engineer
Phillips
said
that-recently
vandals,
whom
he
believed
must
have
been
big
boys,
loaded
two
trolley
cars
with
large
rocks
and
pushed
them
down
the
track
at
the
plant.
The
car,-
went
over
the
end
of
the
rails,
landing
on
the
crusher.
Except
for
some
timber
ly-
'
lng
on
the
apparatus,
which
protected
It,
the
crusher
might
have
been
seriously
damaged,.
'the-'City-Enslheef
saM:!-"
CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES
Prince
Rupeit
Recreational
j
Council
Carrying
On
Drive
Until
Every
Citizen
Contacted
The
campaign
for
funds
for
the
support
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Recreational
Council
In
Its
local
physical
education
and
recreational
activities
continues
with
much
of
the
city
yet
to
be
covered
by
canvassers.
President
William
Noble
stated
this
morning
that
the
effort
would
be
continued
until
every
citizen
In
Prince
Rupert
has
been
canvassed.
Up
to
last
night
the
sum
of
$1526
had
been
reached
on
the
$5000
objective.
necent
subscriptions
have
been
as
follows:
Dr.
John
Gibsoi
$
10
Dr.
Jens
Munthe
10
Phllpott,
Evltt
Co
25
Atlin
Fisheries
25
F.
E.
Hunt
Ltd
10
C.
A.
Brind
5
Royal
Fish
Co
10
Bill
Bacon
5
Booth
Fisheries
15
Ward
Electric
5
W.
R.
Love
Electric
5
Martin
Stuart
5
Burns
&
Co.
5
Smiles
Cafe
10
W.
Tlppett
5
L.
Halstad
10
Mrs.
Sid
Elkins-
5
J.
IC
Goarson
-
5
Helen
Valentine
,
5
Neil
MacDonald
5
ILM.
Blake
....T.Jj.
.,.
5
Previous
Total,
$996
Donations
under
$5
75
Other
donations
reported
by
canvassers
270
Total
contribution
to
date
..$1528
REPATRIATES
IN
VICTORIA
VICTORIA,
Oct.
3
'ffl
All
Army
spokesman
has
disclosed
that
the
American
transport
which
docks
today
in
Victoria
will
be
carrying
300
liberated
fltish
and
Canadian
prisoners
,
.
.
,!
of
war.
Only
ten,
however,
of
the
men
arc
Canadians.
GLOBESTER
AT
MANILA
Round
the
World'
Plane
Now
Headed
Across
Pacific
Towards
San
Francisco
MANILLA,
Oct.
3
(T
The
American
round
the
world
commercial
plane
Olobester
passed
the
half-way
mark
in
;j
glcfoe-glrd-ling
flight
yesterday
and
hit
the
long
Pacific
trail
for
the
United
States.
The
plane
reached
Manila
Monday
night
and
headed
westward
across
the
ocean
for
San
Francisco
and
thence
on
to
Washington.
NAVY
STRENGTH
IS
BEING
CUT
Will
Be
Down
to
Ten
Thousand
Men
By
Next
March
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
Defence
Minister
Abbott
has
disclosed
that
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
will
be
cut
in
strength
to
ten
thousand
men
by
the
end
cf
next
March.
-The
Navy's
strength
as
of
last
April
3
was
95,000
men.
Mr.
Abbott
said
the
ten
thousand
men
remaining
next
March
will
Include
members
of
the
per
manent
force
plus
those
reserves
who
re-engaged
for
a
two-year
period.
RESHUFFLE
FOR
JAPAN
Military
Inventory
Called
For
Renewed
Talk
of
Hirohito's
Abdication
TOKYO..
Oct.
3
Oi
The
Allied
Hlgh
.
Command,
yesterday
de
manded
from
the
Japanese
government'
a
full
accounting
of
Japanese
production
In
military
Items
as
well
as
-
an
Inventory
of
all
existing
stocks.
Meanwhile
the
Japanese
Home
Office,
Foreign
Officer
and
Ministry
of
the
Imperial
Household,
denied
reports
that
the
coun
try's
cabinet
was
.preparing
to
resign
"enmasse.
Tokyo
observers
said
they
considered
trje
phrasing
of
the
denial
as
a
hint
that
In
the
near
future
a
cabinet
reshuffle
might
be
expected
rather
than
the
reported
resignation
of
the
entire
body.
However,
Japanese
sources
re
ported
rising
sentiment
for
the
elimination
from
the
cabinet
of
ministers
once
associated1
with
the
beaten
war-making
regime
as
well
as
those
blamed
for
the
failure
to
anticipate
growing
feed,
housing
and
fuel
shortages.
Earlier
reports,
strictly
without
confirmation,
hinted
that
Emperor
Hlrohito
might,
abdicate
in
a
thorough
government
house-cleaning
when
his
task
of
carrying
out.
principal
surrender
terms
ls
finished.
SMOKING
IS
RISKY
DUNGENtiAi,
Ello.,
Oct.
3
P;
Smoking
ciragcttcs
outdoors
now
ls
permitted
in
this
channel
coast
town,
but
residents
are
doing
it
gingerly.
Outdoor
smoking
was
banned
when
Pluto
(Pipe
Line
under
the
Ocean)
began
to
pump
gasoline
to
the
armies
across
the
Channel
but
now
the
pipeline
ls
no
longer
used.
Dungeness
is.
still
timorous.
Police
say:
"As
far
as
we're
concerned
smoking
out-of-doors
is
still
forbidden.
We've
had
no
Instructions
to
the
contrary."
The
fire
department:
"The
law
still
stands
but
people
do
smoke
outside,
so
It's
all
right,
really."'
The
army:
"There
are
still
a
few
places
where
you
can't
smoke
out-of-doors."
Gone
ls
the
time
when
the
nightly
cry
at
the
Pilot
Inn
at
closing
time
was,
"Time,
gents,
please
and
put
out
your
pipes."
GRESFORD,
Denbigh,
Wales
(CPj
George
Lloyd
who
died
at
the
age
of
102
said
on
his
101st
birthday:
"This
Is
a
fool
of
a
war
but
j
mei
x
w0uld
shoot
him
and
be
done
with
it."
EanclinglndU8try-lCANADA
Many-New
JobsSCENE
CHANGES
ns
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
-
Fom
723
I
r.
;
,
.
e
be
or
at
east
loS.oaj
new
Jobs
for
Canadian
workers
a
promise
-vu
up
mimuns
worm
of
new
plants
to
be
bought
or
budt
over
the
next
12
months.
Those
166,000
Jobs
and
729
firms
are
only
the
currently
visible
part
of
the
Job-bulidihg
picture
that
now
involves
well
over
1,000
firms
and
over
200
million
dollars
of
capital
expenditure
under
the
"double
depreciation"
section
of
the
reconstruction
program
a
plan
which
pcrnlts
Industrial
firms
to
charge
twice
the
normal
rate
of
deprecation
when
computing
write-offs
against
taxes.
The
double
rate
applies
only
to
authorized
Job-making
expansion
plans.
But
while
the
729-flrm
picture
lstthus
only
a
segment
of
the
I
growth
picture
of
Industry
as
a
whole,
the
fact
that
these
firms
arc
budgeting
a
107
per
cent
growth
In
employment,
a
175
per
cerit
Jump
In
the
value
of
pro-1
dilctlon
and
a
74
per
cent
boost
In'
export
sales
ls
of
major
significance
as
an
Indicator
of
the
gepcral
trend.
The
story
Is
to
be
found
In
figures
made
available
for
the
first
tltfie
to
sh6w
the
extent
to
which
Canadian
business
firms
are
taking
advantage
of
double
depreciation.
To
date,
the
applications
of
over
1,000
firms
for
double
depreciation
tax
credits
In
their
postwar
expenditure
on
plant,
equipment
and
building
con-
pr.nifrtinn:
hsv
hn
.
onnrnvpH
e'totaVfnoifhf
xriartslon
involved
in
these
1,000
approved
applications
ls
close
to
$200
millions.
Of
this
total,
about
64
per
cent
is
for
new
plant
or
for
additions
to
existing
buildings.
A
fur-Iher
30
per
cent
Ls
allocated
for
the
purchase
or
installation
of
new
machinery
and
equipment.
Of
the
balance,
4
per
cent
is
for
the
purchase
of
used
machinery
and
equipment;
The
remainder
ls
to
purchase
exlsltlng
buildings
Weather
Forecast
Today
Queen
Charlottes
and
northern
mainland,
strong
south
to
southeast
winds,
occasionally
reaching
gale
force
In
exposed
positions,
veering
to
fresh
to
moderate
southwest
In
evening,
cloudy
and
mild,
light
rain
during
day.
Thursday:
light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy
and
mild.
Problem
is
to
Get
Jobs
for
Men
Rather
Than
Men
for
Jobs
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
Release
of
war
workers
and
discharge
of
servl
Personnel
Is
rapidly
chansl
tne
manpower
plctur
to
th8
where
provUlon
of
jcbs
fof
workers
ls
oI
more
preJS
ing
Importance
than
finding
workers
for
Jcbs,
the
Department
of
Labor
said
In
a
review
A
the
employment
situation.
BYRNES
HAS
HOPES
YET
Patience
and
Understanding
Might
Still
Yield
Agreement
on
European
Peace
Issues
LONDON,
Oct.
3
O)
With
the
London
conference
of
the
Big
Five
foreign
ministers
ended,
the
general
opinion
ls
that
no
agreement
of
any
great
Import-
ance
was
reached.
American
Secretary
of
State
Byrnes
disclosed
that
the
Issue
which
deadlocked
the
conference
was
Russia's
Insistence
on
barring
France
and
China
from
discussions
of
Balkan
peace
treaties.
He
declared
however,
that
the
Issue
can
be
settled
with
continued
patience
and
understanding
on
all
sides.
No.
date
was
set
for
any
future
meeting
and
it
.may
be
up
to
the
Big
Three
leaders
to
Iron
out
the
problem.
EXTENSION
0F,PDW.ii,
Minister
St.
Laurent
Asks
For
Continuation
of
Economic
Authorities
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
CP)
Justice
Minister
St.
Laurent
has
disclosed
that
the
government
will
ask
the
House
for
an
extension
of
certain
wartime
emergency
powers.
Mr.
St.
Laurent
said
that
these
special
powers
are
needed
during
the
reconversion
period.
Previously,
members
of
the
Opposition
in
the
Commons
criticized
the
government
for
not
declaring
officially
an
end
to
the
war
which
would
elimi
nate
the
War
Measures
Act
and
the
powers
allocated
to
the
government
under
It.
Mr.
St.
Laurent
said
It
Is
necessary
to
remove
controls
gradually.
AMERICAN
SERGEANTS
CONVICTED
TOKYO
Two
American
cavalry
sergeants
were
convicted
by
court-martial
in.
connection
with
the
shooting
of
a
Japanese
wineshop
owner
and
his
son.
Each
was
sentenced
to
ten
years
at
hard
labor.
It
was
charged
that
the
sergeants
shot
the
shop
owner
and
his
son
with
rifles
in
climax
to
a
drinking
bout
In
the
shop.
R.C.A.F.
SERVICE
DEPOT
OTTAWA
R.C.A.F.
establishments
In
Ontatio
and
Quebec
will
be
serviced
from
Number
One
Equipment
Depot
at
Weston,
Ontario,
when
transfer
of
the
depot
from
the
Toronto
harbor
front
to
Weston
is
completed.
KRAMER'S
DENIAL
LUENEBERG,
Germany
The
so-called
Beast
of
Bclscn,
Joseph
Kramer,
says
flatly
that
it
just
isn't
so.
Kramer
is
accused
of
ordering
and
I
witnessing
mass
murders
while
commandant
of
the
Ocwiecim
Death
Camp
in
Poland
and
the
Torture
Prison
at
Belseh,
Germany.
Said
Kramer,
in
his
defence:
"All
I
can
say
to
all
this
Is
that
It
is
untrue
ftom
beginning
to
end.
That
I
could
cruely
punish
women
is
Inconceivable
to
me."
Sullet'toA
HEADQUARTERS
CHOSEN
LONDON
l'eimanent
seat
of
the
United
Nations
organization
will
be
in
the
United
States,
the
United
Nations
preparatory
commission
decided
tonight.
San
Francisco
has
been
prominently
mentioned.
United
States
and
Canada
abstained
from
voting.
GLOBESTER
DELAYED
KWAJALEIN
Driving
to
make
up
lost
time,
the
Olobester
plane
reached
Kwajalein
today
In
a
second-try
flight
from
Guam.
The
Globester
will
fly
diiectly
from
here
to
Honolulu.
The
big
around-(he-world
plane,
after
being
315
miles
out
of
Guam
earlier,
had
to
turn
back
when
one
of
its
four
1450
horsepower
engines
cut
out.
NO
SIGN
OF
SETTLEMENT
VANCOUVER
No
hope
for
a
settlement
of
the
strike
of
almost
9,000
western
Canadian
coal
miners
In
protest
at
meat
rationing
was
apparent
today.
MAIL
FOR
REPATRIATES
OTTAWA
Arrangements
have
been
.made
to
provide
a
special
mall
service
to
liberated
Canadian
prisoners
of
war
during
their
brief
slay
In
a
reception
camp
on
the
West
Coast.
LABOR
Consultative
Commission
On
Long
Range
Policy
To
Follow
Big
Four
Control
Further
Restrictions
Imposed
By
MacArthur
"Hands
Off
Korea"
Ordered
Secret
Societies
Watched
LONDON,
Oct
3
(CP)
Moscow
radio
announced
today
that
Russia
has
informed
the
United
States,
that
formation
of
a
four-power
control
government
for
Japan
should
precede
organization
of
a
Far
'Eastern
consultative
commission
to
direct
long-range
policy
toward
the
defeated
Pacific
enemy.
The
radio
said
Excess
Declared
PIPE
LINE
AND
ROAD
ARE
ON
THE
LOOSE
Canol
May
Go
Up
tor
Public
Auction
No
Decision
Yet
on
Alaska
Highway
EDMONTON,
Oct.
3
(CD-Major
General
David
Mc-Coach,
commanding
general
of
the
Sixth
Service
Command,
United
States
Army,
said
In
an
interview
that
the
$130,000,-000
American-financed
Canol
pipe
line
from
Norman
Wells,
Northwest
Territory,
to
White-horse,
has
been
declared
in
ex-ccts
of
needs
of
the
American
Army
and
Is
now
(n
the
hands
of
the
War
Department.
Should
Canada
refuse
to
buy
the
pipe
line,
which
it
is
at
liberty
to
do,
it
would
go
up
for
sale
at
public
auction,
General
McCcachsald.
ftffp-
dedsion
Jias
been
made
oy
tne
Canadian
ana
Ameri
can
governments
as
to
when
the
Dominion
government
will
take
over
the
Canadian,
portion
of
the
Alaska
Highway.
Seek
Whereabouts
Of
Fisherman
B.C.
police
are
seeking
infor
mation
of
Joseph
Granger,
Prince
Rupert
fisherman,
whose
whereabouts
have
been
unknown
since
he
left
this
port
in
his
32-
foot
trolling
boat,
Crescent,
about
August
15.
Granger,
who
has
been
trolling
out
of
Prince
Rupert
all
summer,
ls
a
former
dry
dock
worker.
Not
having
been
heard
from
for
more
than
a
month,
his
friends
have
begun
to
feel
anxiety
for
his
safety.
Granger
came
here
from
the
prairies
about
two
years
ago.
TIE-UP
OF
INDUSTRY
Both
American
Federation
of
Labor
and
C.I.O.
Involved
in
Northwest
Timber
Workers'
Strike
PORTLAND,
Oregon.
Oct.
3
J;
The
American
Federation
of
Labor
lumber
union,
in
the
ninth
day
of
a
strike
covering
five
states
of
the
Pacific
Northwest,
picketed
some
C.I.O.
mills
again
yesterday,
backing
up
a
threat
to
checkmate
the
entire
lumber
Industry.
One
gigantic
Longvlew
mill
closed
when
the
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization
men
declined
to
cross
American
Fed
eration
of
Labor
picket
lines.
Threat
of
an
extended
lum
ber
shutdown
crippling
house
building
and
industrial
con'
structlon
grew
as
the
Amerl
can
Federation
warned
its
61,000
strikers
would
continue
until
next
year
if
necessary
to.
obtain
aemanaea
wage
increases.
DENTIST'S
OFFICE
IS
BROKEN
INTO
Possibly
seeking
drugs,
a
prcjwler
entered
the
offices
of
Dr.
R.
C.
Bamfprd,
dentist,
In
the
Besner
Block
last
night
but
departed
after
a,n
apparently
unsuccessful
search,
Discovery
of
the
breaking
and
entry
was
made
this
morning
by
the
office
nurse.
Entry
was
made
through
a
transom
above
the
outer
door
that
the
Russian
view
was
set
forth
In
a
letter
handed
Secre
tary
of
State
James
Byrnes
by
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
In
London
yesterday.
Byrnes
announced
a
week
ago
that
the
formation
of
a
con
sultative
commission
in
which
other
countries
that
fought
Japan
would
be
given
a
voice
had
been
agreed
to
by
Britain,
Russia
and
China.
The
broadcast,
said
that.
Molo-
tov's
letter
reaffirmed
Russia's
agreement
with
such
a
project
but
added
that
Bytnes'
an
nouncement
"does,
not
reflect
the
present
position."
MacArthur
Imposes
Further
Restrictions
Meanwhile
General
DouglaJi
MacArthur
today
restricted
Jap-.
anese
overseas
financial
and
'
business
communications
tomes-
sages
he
has
approved
and
,,
warned
the
Japantse
govern-
A.
ment
to
keep
its
hands
oft
rS
Korea
while
threats
of
famine
"
brought
fresh
troubles
to
the
Japanese
cabinet.
American
officials
reported
.
n
that.
ex,atewaJctdjigjtr,lcUy44(i.
!j
the
activities
"of
more
than
100
f
former
secret
patriotic
socletle.3
of
Japan
and
"all
other
sub-
versive
groups."
The
Americans
;
are
particularly
vigilant
for
any
f
evidence
that
the
groups
might
'
be
going
underground.
INDOCHINA
rr
CEASE
FIRE"
Agreement
at
Meeting
of
.
French
Authorities
and
Annamite
Leaders
KANDY,
Ceylon,
Oct.
3
Oi
Agreement
for
a
"cease
fire"
or-
der
In
French
Indo-Chlna
has
been
reached
at
a
meeting
.between
French
authorltles.'and
leaders
of
the
Annamite
In
dependence
movements,
ft'
w"as
announced
officially
yesterday.
A
communique
said
that,
previous
to
the
meeting,
the
situation
in
Saigon
had
been
,
-de-terorlatlng.
"
e
Leaders
of
Hanoi's
new
political
party
claim
that
It
controls
three
towns
In
Indo-Chlnqj:
tnd
that
it
has
been
assured
by
Gen-,
eral
Chiang
Kai-Shek
that
he
will
support
Annamese
Indo
pende.nce
claims.
Immed.latS.Iit-dependence
ls
sought
by
natlvs
Annamese
whose
secret
uprising
was
against
return
of
.French
Colonial
control.
It
was
a"
Reuters
message
which
said
that
the
Southeast
Asia
Command
an
nounced
an
agreement
to
cease
fire
in
French
Indo-Chlna.
'was
reached
Monday
toy
French
authorities
and
leaders
.
of
trio
Annamese
independence'
move
ment.
MERCY
PLANE
WINGS
NORTH
Life-Saving
Drugs
Bring
Carried
to
Dying
Eskimos.
On
Baffin
Island
OTTAWA,
Oct.
3
P
A
twlii-englned
Douglas
transport
was
reported
last
night
to
be
winging
Its
way
far
north
Into
the
bleak
area
beyond
the
Arctic
Circle,
carrying
life
-saving
drugs
to
lonely
Baffin
Island
where
aHyphoid
fever
epidemic
is
raging.
Forty-five
Eskimos
living
out
In
the
Baffin
missions
already
have
died.
The
R.C.A.F.
plane
will
have
to
complete
a
two-thousand-mile
trip
to
deliver
the
drugs.