ay's
Temperature
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorroufs
Tides
neratures
lor
the
Prince
P1
4
If"
(PiclXlc
Standard
Time)
rt
district
for
today
read:
She
Wednesday,
July
18,
1945
61
High
8:11
14.9
feet
muiit
20:28
17.6
feet
Low
1:55
8.3
feet
49
mum
13:42
8.4
feet
XXXIV,
No.
165.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
17,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
itish
Columbia
Ports
Be
Used
As
Bases
For
mpaign
Against
Japan
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on
of
the
Prince
Rupert
city
said
department,
may
soon
ex-
to
Include
some
50
cana-mcmbers
of
the
United
10,000
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have
asked
their
request
was
viewed
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Army
civilian
firemen
but
they
decided
to
seek
en-
pnt
In
lnoal
559."
Mr.
Cam-
aid.
mumaieu
mat
union
mem-
would
welcome
the
inclu-of
all
Canadian
firefighters
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Al.mll
at
Canadian
wage
scale.
.
H.
Iveson
of
the
city
fire
rtment
was
recentlv
elected
:Aent
of
thp
lnral
ARr.F.n
WITH
Mil
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Lang
appeared
In
city
was
iaia
nv
nirppr
ivi.
boat
Cloyah
II
on
which
,r
is
a
crew
member.
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was
adjourned
by
O.
W.
A
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II
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eight
days.
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at
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market
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on
HHP
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price
hit
the
skids
after
van.
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most
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containing
virtually
Jy
type
of
machine
or
arma-
vu
,
cuioucan
war.
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section
of
the
display
is
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weasels,
mine-detecting
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tne
brilliant
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uiutiaiiuk
a
pit
wai
wos
are
to
be
sold
at
auction
Wovlde
funds
for
the
Alder-
command
Trust
tn
assist
iw
meir
lamuies.
ui
equipment,
rang-
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a
hnnri
pnnrliiKtnr'i
table
rostrum
to
n
fnii-sWnH
Je-arawn
coarh
in
nivnnrt
up
iur
saie.
Arrows,
s,
Zulu
shields
and
even
a
size
papier
mache
model
of
a
rancls
Drake
are
among
the
COTTON
Pninra
ttp
ONDON
-Spools
of
cotton
cad
nw
cost
one
halfpenny
,muie
una
in
some
mending
-
thread
prices
wen
increased
under
a
new
--
iiaUe
oraer
caused
oy
"w
ease
in
the
price
of
raw
-on.
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viiv
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tuviuui
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to
yJ
Esquimau
became
too
busy,
Rupert
will
also
be
used,
There
will
be
extensive
work
the
"tropicalization"
and
general
refitting
of
vessels
for
Pacific
service.
Frigates
from
North
Atlantic
have
already
to
arrive
and
Admiral
Brodeur
predicted
that
larger
vessels
such
as
cruisers
and
aircraft
carriers
may
soon
be
seen.
Admiral
Brodeur
commented
the
housing
situation.
He
that
the
naval
establishments
on
the
coast,
including
Prince
Rupert,
would
handle
men.
There
was
also
the
floating
hotel,
H.M.C.S.
Monc-ton
at,
Vancouver.
Dock
Fire
At
Sarnia
Well
Known
Great
Lakes
Passenger
Liner
May
Be
Total
Loss
Afany
People
Hurt
SARNIA,
July
17
(CP)
No
lives
are
believed
lost
but
an
undetermined
number
of
passengers
and
members
of
the
crew
were
taken
to
hospital
today
from
the
Canada
Steamships
Lines
luxury
passenger
steamer
Ilamonic
as
fire
gutted
her
at
nearby
docks.
A
hospital
reported
minor
injuries
and
friction
burns
caused
by
sliding
to
safely
down
ropes
slung
overside
of
the
ship
were
prevalent
among
.patients-.-;
j.-
;":
,;
One
report
said
that
about
100
of
255
passengers
and
an
unknown
number
of
crew
were
taken
to
hospital
from
the
2500-ton
llamonlc.
Flames
enveloped
the
steamer,
spreading
rapidly
after
starting
in
a
machine
shop
of
the
Canada
Steamship
Lines
(C.N.R.)
freight
shed
on
the
adjacent
docks.
The
fire
broke
out
at
breakfast
time.
Some
passengers
were
eating,
others
were
still
in
their
rooms
and
others
were
on
deck.
Some
jumped
into
the
water.
It
was
later
stated
that
the
Ilamonic
might
be
a
total
loss.
Halibut
Sales
American
(15c
and
13'2c)
Wizard,
65,000,
Royal,
Whiz.
Canadian
(184c
and
16i'2c)
Chief
Skugaid,
50,000,
Storage.
LAST
OF
MASSETT
SLATE
TOTEM
CARVERS
SPINS
HISTORIC
TALE
"When
I
die
there
will
be
no
more
slate
totem
carving"
mused
Capt.
Andrew
Brown,
Chief
Big
Uagle
of
tne
tyueen
uiarioue
islands,
wno
caned
in
the
Dailv
News
office
yesterday
in
the
course
of
a
visit
to
the
city.
The
72-ycar-old
chief
is
not
only
An
expert
carver
but
is
also
and
tradition.
The
son
or
la-mous
Walter
Brown,
who
lived
to
reputed
age
of
110
years,
An
drew
has
been
carving
totems
for
fifty
years.
His
son,
Percy
Brown,
also
proficient
In
the
carving
art
but
the
old
man
does
not
think
Percy,
who
is
trolling
at
present,
has
the
patience
to
persist
In
the
tedium
of
carving.
Asked
as
to
the
source
of
supply
of
slate,
Chief
Big
Eagle
said
it
came
from
Slate
Chuck
on
Skidegate
Inlet,
boys
being
hired
to
chip
it
off
the
beaqh
deposits.
Walter
proceeded
to
explain
the
traditions
of
totemry.
His
own
totems,
for
Instance,
have
the
Eagle
at
the
top
and
the
Raven
a
the
bottom.
They
arc
family
totem
for
his
father
was
of
the
Eagle
clan
and
his
mother
of
the
Raven.
Between
the
top
and
the
bottom
the
various
figures
symbolize
some
Important
event
in
the
history
of
the
family.
History
is.
there-fnro.
rreorded
bv
the
totems.
Chief
Eagle,
who
was
borri
at
Port
Simpson
when
his
mother
had
come
over
with
other
Queen
Charlotte
natives
for
the
annual
colachan
fishery,
waxed
his
torlcal,
He
told
how
his
father's
St
aim
GRIM
ORDEAL
-
IS
SURVIVED
Australian
Was
Thought
Dead
on
Bougainville
CANBERRA,
July
17
0)
An
Australian
soldier
who
was
given
up
as
dead
of
Bougainville
Is
now
recovering
in
hospital
after
a
grim
two-day,
ordeal
in
which
)
he
killed
three
Japanese
and
put
I
nthprs
t.n
flight
He
is
Pte.
Frank
McKinnon
of
Victoria,
who
was
leading
his
patrol
behind
the
enemy
lines
when
Japanese
opened
fire.
McKinnon
was
hit
in
the
thigh
and
crawled
into
bushes
where
he
bandaged
his
own
leg
with
a
field
dressing
and
smallowed
fulphanilamlde
tablets.
He
killed
three
of
a
party
of
Japanese
who
found
him.
The
others
fled,,
McKinnon
crawled
a
short
distance
and
rested
there
for
the
night.
In
the
morning,
he
attempted
to
make
himself
a
pair
of
crutches
out
of
forked
sticks,
but
these
were
unsuccessful.
He
hid
when
a
party
of
50
Japanese
passed
within
a
few
yards
of
him.
He
hnri
rrawlpd
a
chnrt
ri!stanrf
to
wards
the
Australian
lines
when
another
party
of
12
Japanese
forced
him
to
take
cover
again.
He
crawled
another
hundred
yards
and
spent
the
night
there.
In
the
morning,
he
Identified
himself
to
a
patrol
of
advancing
Australians
and
was
rescued.
BOILERMAKERS
TO
PATRONIZE
UNION
HOUSES
At
the
last
meeting
of
the
Boilermakers'
Union
the
subject
of
union
organization
among;
the
retail
clerks
and
restaurant
em
ployees
was
discussed.
A
resolution
was
passed
that
the
mem
bership
would
patronize
only
Lunlon
houses-
.
.
Churchill
Silent
In
Barber's
Chair
LONDON,
July
17
tt)'
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Is
"a
man
.of
few
words"
when
he
is
getting
his
hair
cut,
according
to
68-year-old
Samuel
Coulber,
barber
in
the
Houses
of
Parliament.
Coulber
has
been
cutting
parlia-emntarians'
hair
for
20
years
and
says
most
of
them
are
like
Mr.
Churchill
they
don't
talk
much.
"They're
In
too
much
of
a
hurry
and
are
thinking
all
the
time,"
he
explained.
The
lull
between
dissolution
of
parliament
and
the
election
was
no
holiday
for
Coulber.
He
moved
Into
another
barber
shop
to
help
a
friend.
TURBAN
MODE
The
typical
Javanese
headdress
Is
made
of
figured
cloth,
with
a
round
knot
at
the
back
of
the
neck.
an
authority
on
totem
lore
early
home
had
been
on
Nesto
(better
known
as
Hippo)
Island
on
the
west
coast
of
Graham
Island
outside
of
Skidegate
Inlet.
"That
was
long
before
I
was
born,"
he
said.
The
family
later
moved
to
Massett.
Walter
reminisced
on
the
old
potlatches
when
the
natives
wor
shipped
tne
Diros
ano
tne
nai
mals
before
Christlananity
was
introduced.
They
would
feast
by
day
and
dance
by
night.
Then
there
would
be
a
great
picnic
and
a
day
given
over
to
tatooing.
Here
Walter
lifted
his
trouser
leg
to
show
his
own
tatoos
all
the
way
up
his
leg.
There
was
no
shortage
of
food
In
those
days
'dried
fish,
berries
and
such
like.
Then
came
the
Hudson's
Bay
Co.
and
blankets,
obtained
in
exchange
for
furs,
became
a
medium
of
exchange
by
which
good
and
services
were
bought
and
sold.
Chief
Big
Fpgle
returns
to
Massett
on
Friday
night
to
start
carving
another
batch
of
slato
totems,
having
sold
500
Inches
mi
his
current
visit
here.
The
miniature
poles
range
from
5
to
26
Inches
n
length
and
sell
at
$1
per
cubic
Inch.
an
d
T
-it
,
-jar
..m
HAPPY
HOMECOMING
FOR
CANADIAN
AIRMEN
Gathered
on
the
sporW
deck,
of
the
troopship
Louis
Pasteur
to
listen
to
Air
Vice-Marshal
A.
L.
Morfee,
commander-in-chief,
Eastern
Air
Command,
bid
them
welcome
to
Canada,
these
airmen
are
part
of
a
group
of
more
than
1,000
R.CJV.F.
officers
and
air
crews
released
from
Nazi
prison
camps.,
Froni
Halifax,
where
the
Pasteur
docked,
they
are
being
speeded
as
rapidly
as
possible
to
homes
throughout
the
Dominion.
Many
of
the
men
spent
as
long
as
three
years
in
prison
camps.
BRITISH
AND
AMERICAN
SEA
AND
AIR
FORCES
BLASTING
AT
TOKYO
flTT
AM
TnUr
17
(CV
TnVvn
nrpa
was
nnrlnr
attack
today
.from
the-migh
and
air
power
ever
massed
against
me
enemy
Homeland.
British
and
American
fleets
operating
for
the
first
time
in
the
Pacific
war
under
one
command-are
sending
approximately
1500
carrier
planes
against
IS
APPOINTED
COMPTROLLER
T.
J.
Graccy
Gets
Higher
Post
In
Canadian
National
Service
MONTREAL,
Que.,
July,
11
T.
J.
Gracey,
auditor,
Grand
Trunk
Western
Railroad,
Detroit,
has
been
appointed
assistant
comptroller
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
System
at
Montreal,
T.
H.
Cooper,
vice-president
and
comptroller
announced
Jiere
today.
Mr.
Gracey
will
have
supervision
over
regional
disbursements
accounting.
'Thomas
James
Gracey,
a
native
of
Kingston,
Ontaorlo,
was
educated
in
public
schools,
business
college
and
at
Kingston
Collegiate
Institute.
At
the
age
of
15
he
entered
the
transportation
industry
as
a
stenographer
and
clerk,
serving
with
the
accounting
,
department
of
the
Temlskaming
and
Northern
Ontario
Railway
until
1920
when
he
joined
the
Canadian
National
Railways
as
assistant
auditor
of
disbursements
at
Toronto.
He
went
to
Winnipeg
three
years
later
and
was
appointed
regional
auditor
In
1930.
He
became
auditor
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Western
Railroad
at
Detroit
in
1938.
Mr.
Gracey
is
a
member
of
the
committee
on
disbursements
accounts,
accounting
division,
Association
of
American
Railroads.
To
Houseclean
Engineer's
Vault
Plies
of
documents
which
have
accumulated
'dust
In
the.
vault
of
the
city
engineer's
office
for
more
than
three
decades
are
going
to
come
in
for
examination
and
disposal
if
they
are
found
worthless.
At
the
request
of
Mayor
Daggett,
council
issued
authority
for
the
examination
of
the
piles
of
papers
with
a
view
to
reclaiming
the
space
which
they
take
up
In
the
city
engineer's
vault.
"I
suggest
that
no
papers
later
than
1938
be
cons'dered
for
disposal.
However,
there
are
piles
of
old
tax
rolls
and
cash
receipt
books
which
will
be
found
worthless,"
Mayor
Daggett
said.
Value
of
all
papers
will
be
carefully
scrutinized
before
thev
are
destroyed,
the
mayor
assured
counrl).
ruman
industrial
targets
in
me
ioKyu
area.
Recent
operations
against
Japan
have
been
described
by
Admiral
Nimitz
as
the
opening
of
the
pre-invasion
stage
of
the
war.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
ot
S.
D.
Johnston)
Vancouver
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16.00
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R.
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16
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2.51
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81
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11
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Pacific
Eastern
07
Reeves
McDonald
42
Reno
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Giant
Yellowknlfe
7.00
Hardrock
76
Kerr
Addison
14.00
Little
Long
Lac
1.80
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.60
MacLeod
Cockshutt
2.90
Donalda
1.03
Moneta
.76
Pickle
Crow
..."
4.10
Joliet
Quebec
58
San
Ontonio
4.65
Sherrtt
Gordon
70
Steep
Rock
2.95
Senator
Rouyn
69
Homer
29
Jacknlfe
.27
Bobjo
19
ft
God's
Lake
49
'
Lynx
55
Newspaper
Delivery
Strike
Is
Now
Over
NEW
YORK,
July
17
0)
Louis
Waldman,
counsel
of
the
Newspaper
and
Mall
Deliveries'
Union,
announced
today
that
the
seventeen-day
strike
against
New
York'
city
publishers
has
been
settled
and
"all
trucks
will
be
r
illing
within
an
hour."
PRESS
DELIVERY
lOF
MAIL
City
council
will
ask
the
Postmaster
General's
office
to
review
before
the
end
of
the
year
Its
request
that
a
postal
delivery
service
be
established
in
the
city.
The
request
will
be
the
second
this
year
and
was
authorized
last
night
during
discussion
of
a
communication
from
E.
J.
Turn-bull,
deputy
Postmaster
General.
In
reply
to
a
petition
by
council
for
postal
delivery
service
nere.
made
some
weeks
ago,
Mr.
Turnbull
said
that
conditions
In
Prince
Rupert
had
been
reviewed
and
found
similar
to'
those
In
1942
when
the
matter
was
brought
up.
At
that
time
Postal
Station
"B"
had
been
created.
"In
several
sections
of
the
city
residences
are
very
scattered
and
conditions
under
which
let
ter
carrier
service
functions
have
not
been
complied
with,"
Mr
Turnbull
stated.
"Streets
have
not
been
opened
and
labelled
at
intersections,
I
rt
some
places
there
arc
no
sidewalks.
Houses
are
not
systematically
numbered.
There
are
no
letter
boxes
or
slots
in
doors
for
receipt
of
mail."
Under
the
present
plan,
malls
are
available
shortly
after
they
arrive
In
the
city,
whereas
under
the
carrier
system,
each
carrier
would
have
to
work
an
eight
hour
day,
one
section
In
the
morning
and
one
in
the
afternoon,
which
would
mean
that
mail
arriving
after
the
letter
carrier
had
leit
on
his
rounds
would
not
be
devilered
until
the
following
morning.
"We
do
not
consider
It
advisable
to
set
up
letter
carrier
ser
vice
where
there
are
less
than
2,000
homes,"
the
letter
stated,
"We
have
more
than
3,000
homes
here
and
It
would
help
supply
jobs,
too,"
said
Alderman
Arnold.
Council
will
ask
that
the
re-
STREET
REPAIRS
BEING
DEMANDED
City
Council
Hears
Delegation
and
Promises
"Something
Will
be
Done"
Fear
that
Arrow
Bus
Lines
service
on
.the
Hays
Cove
Ave.
detour
will
be
discontinued
again
because
of
unkempt
streets
sent
a
delegation
before
city
council
last
night
to
ask
that
the
streets
over
which
the
bus
must
travel
be
kept
In
repair.
Council
responded
with
,
a
promise
that
"something
will
be
done."
Appearing
on
behalf
of
,286
residents
of
the
Hays
Cove-Seventh
Ave.
district,
whose
names
they
carried
on
a
petition,
Mrs.
J.
R.
Blakey
and
Mrs
William
Davidson
igjed
that
council
take
action
Immediately.
"The
bus
line
agreed
to
resume
service
on
the
Hays
Cove
Ave.
detour
providing
the
roads
were
kept
In
repair.
It
means
a
lot
to
those
who
have
signed
this
petition
to
have
the
bus
line
serve
that
area.
The
busses
have
been
travelling
the
route
for
three
weeks
now
and
the
roads
are
getting
bad.
We
should
like
to
see
something
done
within
a
week"
Mrs.
Blakey
said.
Failure
of
the
busses
to
make
the
detour
means
that
residents
of
that
area
must
walk
considerable
distances
to
bus
stops
on
Sixth
Ave.
"PAT"
LOVE
IS
ENTERED
Nominated
ny
Prince
Rupert
Gyiu
Club
For
"Miss
America"
Bathing
Beauty
Contest
Patricia
Love,
talented
18-year-old
danseuse,
has
been
nominated
by
the
Prince
Ru
pe.rt
Gyro
Club
as
Its
candidate
in
the
"Miss
America"
bathing
beauty
contest
which
wil
be
featured
at
the
forthcoming
Civic
Centre
Carnival
with
entries
from
various-parts
of
the
district.
The
winner
of
the
district
elimination
contest,
Judging
in
which
will
take
place
at
the
carnival,
will
go
to
Atlantic
City
with
all
expenses
paid
for
the
"Miss
America"
finals.
"Pat"
Love
Is
the
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mfrs.
A.
B.
Love,
Eighth
.Avenue
East.
She
has
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
all
her
life
and
1st
a
member
of
the
InS
Strictest
of
Secrecy
Will
Guard
Potsdam
Parley;
Opened
This
Soviet
Chiefs
Have
Been
in
Berlin
Two
Days
But
No
Explanation
Made
Of
Why
Conference
Delayed
POTSDAM,
July
17
(CP)
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
conferred
with
President
Harry
Truman
today
in
company
with
their
ranking
foreign
officials
a
few
hours
before
the
world-shaping
Big
Three
conference
started
this
afternoon.
Stalin
and
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
had
lunch
with
President
Tru-
LOGGING
IS
RESUMING
Forest
Fire
Situation
Under
Control
Throughout
Province
VICTORIA,
July
17
(CP)
Log-Sing
operations
are
being
resum
ed
on
Vancouver
Island
today
following
yesterday's
order
to
reopen
to
logging
and
the
public
the
lorests
which
have
been
closed
for
several
days
owing
to
an
extremely
dangerous
situa
tion
with
huge
fires
raging
for
more
than
a
week.
The
fire
haz
ard
is
now
eased
by
cooler
weather
enabling
all
major
for
est
fires
on
the
Island
and
else
where
to
be
brought
under
con
trol.
Rain
during
the
week-end
greatly
aided
the
efforts
of
fire
fighters.
Will
Invite
I
ekes
To
Visit
in
City
An
Invitation
will
be
issued
by
City
Council
asking
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Harold
L.
Ickes
and
Afrfertrari
eort
s
resslonapari
ty
to
visit
Prince
.Rupert
during
the
course
of
an
Alaskan
tour
scheduled
to
start
at
.
Seattle
August
1.
Mayor
Daggett
made
such
a
suggestion
to
council
meeting
last
night.
"I
think
it
would
be
a
nice
gesture
if
the
city
council
issued
such
an
invitation
since
there
are
United
States
forces
here,"
His
Worship
said.
He
had
already
consulted
both
the
Junior
and
Senior
Chambers
of
Commerce
presidents,
the
Mayor
added.
The
motion
authorizing
the
mayor
to
issue
the
invitation
was
made
by
Alderman
McKay
and
was
passed
unanimously.
McKAY
RESENTS
ELECTION
CHARGE
Brandishes
Copy
of
Daily
News
at
Council
.Meeting
Who
caused
the
civic
by-election?
That's
what
Alderman
McKay
wants
to
know.
He
arose
sternly
in
council
meeUng
last
night
with
that
question
on
his
Hps
and
a
copy
of
the
Daily
News
of
July
11
in
his
hand.
The
paper
contained
a
letter
over
the
ndme
of
former
Alderman
Thomas
Elliott
which
charged
In
part
that
"the
city
can
111
afford
an
election
at
this
time
and
it
is
the
Non-Partisan
group
Vhich
caused
this
unwarranted
expenditure."
"What
does
Mr.
Elliott
mean
by
that
statement?
That
is
what
I
want
to
know,"
Alderman
McKay
began.
"Newspaper
comments
made
In
election
campaigns
cannot
be
brought
before
this
council,"
Mayor
Daggett
Interjected.
"No
specific
charges
were
made
against
any
alderman
and
so
I
cannot
allow
the
matter
to
be
brought
before
this
council."
"I
want
some
explanation
of
Alderman
Elliott's
letter
and
I
want
to
know
who
can
give
it
to
me,"
Alderman
McKay
persisted.
"Your
recourse
will
be
through
the
press
but
any
matters
that
can
be
revealed
privately
will
be
given,"
the
Mayor
concluded.
"DECISIVE"
MOUTHFUL
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
17
P
Predicting
an
early
invasion
of
Japan,
Radio
Tokyo
said
to
day
"the
homeland
decisive
bat
tie
is
the
decisive
battle
of
all
decisive
battles."
ession
Afternoon
man
and
and
Secretary
oi
State
James
F.
Byrnes.
The
two
Soviet
leaders
had
arrived
in,
Potsdam
two
days
ago
but
there
was
no
explanation
as
to
why
the
opening
of
the
conference
had
been
delayed
from
Monday.
Truman
directed
Vice-Admiral
Land,
chief
of
the
American
Maritime
Commission,
to
proceed
to
Germany
as
soon
as
possible,
indicating
that
post
war
world
shipping
and
uniti
zation
of
the
American
merchant
fleet
would
play
a
part
In
the
discussions.
The
agenda
of
the
parley
will
cover
a
world-wide
range
oi
subjects
Including
territorial
disputes,
occupation,
rehabili
tation
and
stabilization.
Problems
such
as
hunger.
frontiers,
and
the
rebuilding
of
Europe
are
high
on
the
agenda.
The
whole
heirarchy
of
Brit
ish
and
American
military
leaders
are
in
Potsdam
along
with
two
American
cabinet
officers.
State
Secretary
Byrnes
and
War
Secretary
Stlmson.
British
and
American
newspapers
which
reached
here
pre
dicted
that,
the'questlon
of
Rus
war
would
likely
be
a
subject
for
discussion.
They
also
fore
cast
that
the
three
Allied
leaders
would
take
up
the
problem
of
administrative
control
of
Germany.
A
formal
communique
will
be
issued
at
the
conclusion
of
the
conference
which
will
be
conducted
in
the
strictest
of
secrecy.
Alderman
Black
Misses
First
Council
Session
Alderman
T.
B.
Black,
newly
elected
at
the
civic
by-elcctlon
last
week,
was
not
present
in
Council
chamber
to
take
his
seat
with
other
council
members
last
night,
being
out
of
the
city
on
business.
He
will
be
at
the
next
meeting,
Mayor
Daggett
said
he
had
been
assured.
Weather
Forecast
Cloudy
and
mild
with
occa-'
sional
light
showers,
light
winds,
occasionally
moderate
during
afternoon,
Winds
fresh,
Tuesday
night.
DROPS
COW
BAY
CLAIM
Order-ln-Council
Involves
Local
Waterfront
Property
VICTORIA,
July
17
CO
Under
an
uroer-in-uouncii,
tne
provincial
government
has
abandoned
its
right
to
one-quarter
of
the
lots
in
a
parcel
of
land
granted
to
Prince
Rupert
In
1937.
The
land
is
part
of
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront
and,
under
the
original
grant,
the
province
was
to
receive
a
quarter
of
tho
lots
if.
the
parcel
was
sub
-divided.
The
land
is
the
Cow
Bay
waterfront
area,
a
six-acre
tract
which
the
city
received
In
a
trade
for
certain
lots
near
the'eourt
house
In
a
deal
in
1937.
The
agreement
was
that
If
the
city
should
sub-divide
the
Cow
Bay
parcel,
one-quarter
of
the
lots
should
go
to
the
province.
Seeking
to
sub-dlvlde
the
property
this
year
with
an
eye
to
future
Industrial
development
In
the
Cow
Bay
area,
city
council
was
unwilling
to
lose
part
of
the
property
for
that
cause,
so
they
placed
the
matter
before
the
Lleut.-Governor-ln-Councll.
The
above
order
resulted.
Plans
for
the
survey
have
already
been
made.