ELIORATING
tpp
n
A
u
MrK
I
DUN
ttorney
General
Has
No
Ulfmcnt
to
Make
Regarding
mcouver
Paper
Report
U
Maltland
said
last
night
.
rriirexentations
bv
or-
izauons
conducting
lotteries
community
project
purposes
.
-
kH
n
a
f
f
M
n
!f
Maltland
was
commenting
a
Vancouver
report
of
pos-e
modifiedtion
of
the
ban
on
:ert::
announced
Wednesday
(or
community
project
nerai
Mr.
Maltland
said;
'T
a
nit
an
vet
iriven
the
mat-
V
i
-
-
-
-
-
rtinelr1n
-
flrtn
nnr
It
4
if
O
me
emal
Bv
acArtluir
((urstion
of
Russian
Occupation
of
Japan
Matter
Beyond
Hi
Decision
TOKYO
P
General
Douglas
icAr
:hur
today
denied
a
oadcast
that
his
headquarters
ad
become
embroiled
In
argu
ii
8'",!".nmont
of
Soviet
occu
1
ancd
to
resign.
MurArthur.
Allied
supreme
jmmander
in
Japan,
said:
"I
n
h.
re
to
.serve
and
not
to
hitler
1.
or
obstruct
the
American
vrnment.
It
is
my
full
pur--!
:o
sec
the
thing
through,
he
question
of
Russian
partlci-atlon
in
the
occupation
Is"
a
,'te"
for
other
decision
than
Larry
Tighc
of
the
American
wdrn'ting
Corporation,
who
eplied
to
MacArthur
by
saying
rcviously
broadcast
that
the
xprea
desire
of
the
commander
;
this
area
Is
at
Russian
troops
Dt
be
allowed
to
take
over
the
apanese
island
of
Hokkaido."
HARGED
WITH
MANSLAUGHTER
Vancouver
Youth
Alleged
Involved
in
Connection
With
Traffic
Death
VANCOUVER
Oi--A
l"i-ycar-
(M
Vancouver
youth,
William
Robertson,
was
charged
yesterday
with
manslaughter
in
con
nection
with
the
death
of
Thomas
Paton
who
died
in
hospital
without
regaining
consciousness
December
6,
five
days
after
he
had
been
Injured
when
;runk
struck
and
hurled
a
Main
Street
lamp
standard
al-mcst
150
feet
and
Paton
was
thrown
35
feet.
Police
were
unable
to
say
whether
Paton
was
'truck
by
the
standard
or
by
the
truck.
12:04
TONIGHT
WINTER
BEGINS
officially
the
time
cf
the
win
der
solstice,
the
period
of
the
Var's
shortest
day.
Actually,
however,
today
and
tomorrow
are
booked
for
an
equal
Period
of
daylight.
The
sun
officially
crossed
the
horizon
at
21
this
morning,
and
set
at
:36
this
afternoon,
and
the
'tin's
rising
and
setting
time
for
tomorrow
are
the
same.
However,
the
scientist
who
calculated
these
things
dfdn't
have
Wounl
Oldfield
at
his
back
door.
Mount
Oldfield
makes
the
sun'.i
appearance
here
a
bit
later.
Calculated
hours
of.
daylight
here
today
and
Saturday
are
0
hours
and
15.
minutes.
retire
older
men
CANBERRA
Prime
Minister
Cliif
ley
has
announced
thai
he
older
personnel
in
the
Australian
armed
fcrces
will
be
retired
to
make
way
for
younger
men
who
have
done
H
in
the
war.
Mr,
Chifley
adds
that
the
three
services
will
be
more
closely
intrgraU
H,
Postmaster
J.
R.
Morlson
and
his
staff
of
26
assistants
at
the
city's
two
post
offices
arc
literally
"sweating
out"
the
pre-Chrlstmas
mall
rush
but
this
vear
they
have
a
holiday
to
look
forward
to.
EXECUTIVES
OF
:
CIVIC
CENTRE,
troops
to
Japan
ana
mat
;
ULf
III
II
IIM
General
MacArthur)
hadilXLVi
IVJVIM
Will
Operate
A
Interim
Ways-and-Mfans
Committee
Until
"V"
Building
Is
Taken
Over
Permanently
By
City,
Group
Clearing
tne
tiecks
for
the
prospect
of
operating
the
YMCA
service
centre
here
In
the
near
future,
the
Prince
Rupert
Recreational
Council
voted
last
night
In
favor
of
amalgamating
its
executive
with
that
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association
to
form.,
a
joint
operational
executive.
Attended
by
30
representatives
I
reaffirm
the
story
which
I
of
contributing
bodies,
the'
Rec-
reatonal
Council
adopted
a
motion
by
T,
N.
Youngs,
Civic1
Centre
chairman,
and
Rec
Coun
cil
member
that
the
two
executives
"form,
a,
joint
council'
to
operate
the
"Y"
building
and
to
advance
the
recreational
program
in
Prince
Rupert."
Declared
to
be
a
purely
temporary
arrangement,
the
joint
council
will
carry
on
until
permanent
possession
of
the
$160,000
government-owned
services
centre
becomes
ihc
property
of
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
through
the
Civic
Centre
organization.
Mr.
Youngs
said
he
believed
that
the
two
executives
could
amalgamate
and
operate
joint
ly
without
requiring
any
changes
in
the
constitutions
of
either
body.
In
effect
the
joint
executive
will
be
an
interim
ways-and-means
committee.
Guaran
teed
funds
of
the
Rec
Council
will
be
turned
over
to
the
joint
body
for
dispersal.
"Actually,
the
joint
executive
wlll.be
a
forerunner
of
the
revised
organization
which
will
evolve
when
wc
take
over
the
"Y"
building
on
a
permanent
basis,"
Mr.
Youngs
said.
Membership
of
the
Rec
Coun
cil
on
the
joint
committee
will
At
four
minutes
after
mid-,
consist
of
the
Rec
executive
and
night
tonight
winter
officially!
begins
In
this
hemisphere.
That
finance
committee
Definite
information
that
the
Canadian
government
will
not
hi
oneratine
the
"Y"
buiiding
after
the
beginning
of
the
year
;
Inspired
the
action
to
stream-
line
the
activities
of
the
inter
ested
local
groups
to
keep
tne
building
open
as.
a
community
centre.
"If
the
building
Is
closed
by
the
government
and
not
re
opened
until
wc
come
into
permanent
possession
of
it,
it
will
deteriorate
and
our
young
people
will
be
deprived
of
a
place
of
recreation,"
Alderman
Nora
Arnold
said.
Mr,
Youngs
estimated
that
cost
of
operating
the
building
and
the
Rec
program
.would
be
between
$1,200
and
$1,300
a
month.
Negotiations
are
under
way
by
Don
Forward,
who
was
recently
engaged
as
executive
director
of
the
community
centre,
to
have
the
government
allow
the
building
to
remain
open
under
the
direction
of
local
or
ganlzations
until
It
can
be
taken
over
locally.
The
time
Involved
n
the
transfer
is
unknown,
Mr.
Morison
said
in
an
interview
Thursday
that,
although
this
year's
Christmas
mall
was
not
as
heavy
as
last
year,
his
staff
was
being
kept
busy.
Activity
in
the
rear
of
the
pest
of
fice
bore
out
his
words,
This
year,
for
the
first
time
in
years,
Christmas
Day
will
be
a
recognized
holiday
for
postal
workers
and
there
will
be
no
sortatlon
of
mall.
New
Year's
Day,
Mr.
MorLson
added
cheerfully,
was
also
a
holiday
for
the
post
office
staff.
"Mail
will
not
be
sorted
either
on
Christmas
or
New
Year'.s
Day
although
it
will
be
despatched
and
received
from
outside
1poin'ts,"
he
said.
Otftgoing
mail
has
been
pretty
well
cleaned
up,
Mr.
MorLson
raid,
and
his
staff
Is
standing
by
for
the
rush
of
incoming
mail
which
Is
expected
to
begin
today
and
to
carry
through
to
Monday
night.
A
view
of
the
postal
worxers
Indicated
that
none
6i
them
were
literally,
"standing
"by.-
t
T
7
7T
?
?
For
some
unaccountable
reason
yesterday
was
a
"ilack"
day
he
said,
but
Monday,
Tuesday
and"Wedncsday
had
been.,
".bee-,
tic."
'"Mondav
and
Tuesday
were
our
two
busiest
days
handling
j
outgoing
mail.
The
real
rush
of
i
Incoming
mall'
will
start-
Friday
and
continue
through
to
Christ
mas,"
he
said.
'
All
overseas
mall
was
sent
out
in
November
and
the
local
past
office
is
now
receiving
replies
to
It.
The
local
post
office
Is
nan-dling
all
mall
for
the
United
Stales
and
Canadian
armies
and
the
navy,
Mr.
Morison
said,
but
It
is
so
small
this
year
thai
it
scarcely
affects
the
total
volume.
This
year's
mall
turnover
is
"slightly
below"
last
year's,
'
'
i
1.
-
n
Jr..)
lie
uuutu.
Total
staff
at
the
two
post'
ot-ficcs
is
20.
In
addition
to
the
14
regular
staff
members
at
tne
down
town
post
office
there
are
eight
extra
workers,
and
at
Postal
Station
"B"
there
Is
one
?xtra
worker
assisting
the
regular
staff
of
three.
Mr.
Morison
said
he
was
high'
lv
gratified
at
the
way
the
pub'
lie
co-operated
with
the
postal
authorities
this
year.
"They
rnalled
early
and
the
parcels
were
well
wrapped,"
he
said.
"It
was
very
helpful
and
wc
really
appreciated
It.
MANY
CANADIANS
SLAIN
BY
MEYER
Responsible
for
Death
of
63
Prisoners
of
War
in
Addition
to
Original
48
AURICH,
Germany
)
Evidence
has
been
submitted
in
the
war
crimes
trial
of
German
General
Kurt
Meyer
that
the
Ger
man
Twelfth
S.S.
Division
murdered
65
Canadian
prisoners
of
war
in
addition
to
those
men
tloned
In
the
charge
against
Meyer.
Malor
General
Meyer,
who
commanded
the
Twelfth
S.S.
Dl
vision.
Is
standing
trial
charged
with
the
responsibility
for
the
murder
of
48
Canadian
prisoners
of
war.
The
court
president,
Major-
Ocneral
Harry
Foster
of
Plcton,
Ontario,
has
ruled,
however,
that
Meyer
could
not
be
held
accountable
for
the
additional
shooting-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Tides
he
lfete&
TAXI
TAXI
Saturday,
December
22.
1915
r.
Q7
W3h
-3:48
20.4
feet
15:28
21.1
feet
mt.
-JTTOHT
SERVICE
Low
9:37
7.8
feet
.
Most
Pacific
Port
iiiui.cn
Nesbitt
22:11
2.2
feet
a
rr.
Published
at
Canada's
Strategic
"
tit
Ho.
294.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.r
FRIDAY.
DECEMBER
21,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
GENERAL
PATTON
Warning
Is
Issued
UCU
DDIMTCDC
EXPLOSIVE
ARTICLES
FROM
SOUTH
foR
WINNIPEG
PACIFIC
DRIFTING
TO
THIS
COAST
VICTORIA
Xf
Acting
Premier
R.
L.
Maltland.
announced
last
night
that
explosive
war
materials
from
the
South
Pacific
were
being
washed
up
on
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
and
warned
citizens
to
take
care
In
handling
same.
Information,
Mr.
Maltland
said,
had
been
obtained
by
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
Parsons
from
Constable
George
Redhead
at
Ucluelet
who
told
of
finding
an
aluminum
canister
containing
a
hand
grenade.
Other
articles
reported
to
have
been
found
included
a
flare
with
a
detonator
in
the
end,
a
water
bottle
from
Tarawa
Island
ajid
a
life
raft
from
a
ship.
POST
OFFICE
IN
MIDST
OF
TORRENT
WINNIPEG
O
The
publishers
of
the
Winnipeg
Free
Press
and
Winnipeg
Tribune
have
announced
plans
to
enlarge
the
staffs
of
their
strike-bound
composing
rooms.
The
announce
ment
comes
of
the
heels
of
a
statement
that
returned
servicemen
are
being
recruited
for
work
cf
the
Winnipeg
ne
wspapers.
The
charge
was
made
Wednesday
night
by
V.
J.
Balnes
of
the
International
Typrographical
Union.
One
hundred
and
twenty
printers
on
the
two
papers
now
have
been
away
for
six
weeks.
The
publishers
have
declared
that
the
Union
has
failed
to
accept
an
offer
to
negotiate
a
new
contract
under
impartial
arbitration.
However,
the
President
of
the
j
Union
local
asserts
that
the
'
Union
has
not
closed
the
door
on
any
further
discussions
with
the
publishei
j.
ATTACHE
IN
CHINA
OTTAWA
Defence
headquarters
in
Ottawa
lias
announced
the
appointment
of
Brigadier
William
Bostock
of
Vancouver
and
Kaniloops,
British
Columbia,
as
Canada's
new
military
attache'
to
the
Chinese
government.
Brigadier
Bostofk
has
been
a
permanent
foree
officer
since
1930.
He
replaces
Brigadier
O.
M.
M.
Kay
of'
Winnipeg,-
who'
has
held
the
post
since
1913.
GoRlETTESl
GREATER
GRANT
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Cham
ber
of
Commerce
has
written
a
letter
to
C.
Halterman,
vice-president
of
Union
Steamships
Ltd..
Vancouver,
urging
that
a
portion
of
the
rc-flt
work
required
on
three
corvettes
which
the
company
proposes
to
take
over
be
done
at
the
Prince
Ru-I
pert
Dry
Dock.
I
Announcement
that
Union
;
Steamship
proposes
to
convert
.
three
Castle
class
corvettes
for
I
use
as
coastwise
passenger
and
!
freight
vessels
was
made
re
cently.
RAIL
CHIEF'S
XMAS
MESSAGE
MONTREAL
-
In
a
message
i
telegraphed
to
all
officers
and
employees
of
the
Canadian
Na-tlbnal
Railways
today.
R.
C.
Vaughan,
chafrman
and
president,
said
in
part:
"
For
the
first
time
in
seven
years
Canada
is
able
to
en
Joy
a
Christmas
at
peace.
Wc
all
realize
that
the
world
Is
far
from
settled
and
that
it
faces
colossal
problems,
but
we
are
confident
that
humanity,
which
has
come
through
sq
much
suffering.
Is
moving
toward
a
time
when
the
Christinas
message
will
be
understood
iij,lts
full
significance
anfo
.goodwill
among
men
will
prevail."
BOLDEST
BIRD
The
golden
eagle
is
the
est
blrd
of
prey
in
the
world.
1945
Military
Reviews
CANADIAN
ARMY
HELPED
LIBERATE-HOLLAND;
HAD
'MOMENTOUS'
YEAR
Army!&
Momentous
Year
Reviewed
As
All
i
But
Occupation
Troops
Leave
Continent
By
WILLIAM
BOSS
Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent
AMSTERDAM
(CP)
Six
yedrs'
after'
tlie
first
Canadian
troops
crossed
the
Atlantic,
almost
all
Canadian
army
personnel
have
ldft
the
Continent
for
home
and
virtually
all
but
the
one-division
Canadian
Army
Occupation
Force
will
be
in
Canada
in
March.
To
the
Third
Infantry
Division
will
be
left
the
task
of
teach-
inz
the
ueoDle
of
northwest
Ger-
many
'that,
this
time,-
their
arm
ies
were
soundly
beaten
in
the
field.
All
Canadian
forces
will
be
out
of
Holland
by
the
end
of
January,
It
is
announced.
In
the
first
half
of
1945
Gen.
If.
D.
G.iCrcrar's,
tlst
Canadian!
Army
ddnded.!
July
'31
with
Its
commander's
return
to
Canadahad
surged
with
other
Al
lied
forces
across
.the
Rhine
to
force
unconditional
surrender
of
Germany.
Heavy
bombers
of
the
R.C.A.F.
helped
pave
the
way
for
Plhe
land
victory,
and
Canadian
fighter
planes
swept
the
roads
and
railways
clear
of
German
transport.
Canadian
naval
craft,
convoying
merchantmen
across
the
Atlantic,
kept
open
the
vital
supply
lines
to
the
arsenal
of
North
America.
Once
Germany
fell,
the
"dc-militarization"
ol
the
Canadian
soldier
began.
Military
training
was
stopped;
weapons
and
equipment
were
turned
in;
and
parades
were
reduced
to
the
minimum
required
for
fitness
and
military
smartness.
Current
Affairs
Study
Organized
In
their
place
appeared
lectures
on
current
affairs,
re
habilltatlon,
housing
and
land
legislation.
Discussion
.groups
were
organized
and
the
troops
began
to
think
of
themselves
again
as
Individuals.
Entertain
ment
was
organized
on
a-
vast
scale
to
make
more
bearable
the
time
until
repatriation.
The
restoration
of
life,
personal
and
public,
along
demo
cratlc
lines
was
begun
among
the
civilian
population.
German
service
personnel
were
kept
penned
up
north
of
the
Ems-Jada
Canal
until
discharged,
and
the
area
was
stripped
of
every
ves
tlge
of
military
installations:-
Memorable
1045
began
with
winter
patrolling
north
of
Nlj
megen
In
the
Northwest
Europe
(Continued
n
Page
0)
RUP-REC
WAS
ATTENDED
BY
LAST
MONTH
More
than
600
trainees,
rang
ing
from
junior
boys
and
girls
to
men
and
women
taking
advanced
training
for
leadership,
attended
Rup
Rec
classes
dur
ing
November,
according
to
the
report
of
Director
George
McGregor
for
last
month.
The
at
tendance
was
handled
In
C2
classes
In
the
various
makeshift
gymnasiums
In
the
city
and
in
the
"Y"
centre.
During
October
and
Novem
ber.
135
recreational
classes
were
held
tond
attendance
totalled
more
than
1,701.
October
at
tendance
was
837
at
63
classes
and
November
attendance
was
854
at
02
classes.
Classes
arc
con
ducted
at
the
"Y".
Wcstview
school,
Conrad
Street
school.
I.O.D.E.
Hall,
Seal
Qovc
school
and.
St.
Peter's
Hall.
The
leader
training
course
was
cotnoleted
on
November
9
and.
19
girls
and
six
men
graduated.
"The
keenness
and
ability
of
the
Instructors,
both
men
and
women,
who
make
up
the
Rup-Rec
staff
has
made
possible
a
more
rapid
expansion
of
the
recreation
program
than,
was
originally
planned."
Mr.
McGregor's
report
said.
Mr.
McGregor's
report
emphasizes
that
In
the
near
future
there
must
be
obtained
a
large
recreation
centre
to
fully
meet
the
community's
needs.
"Without
this
centre
Rup-Rec
has
no
possibility
of
offering
an
extensive
program
or
contributing
subsequently
to
its
own
support,"
the
report
warns
i
FOR
PRO-REC
HERE
EXPECTED
SUCCUMBS
Confident
that
he
will
be
able
to
obtain
an
increase
in
provincial
government
contributions
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Recreational
Council,
Rup-Rec
Director
George
McGregor
sailed
last
night
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Vancouver
where
he
will
inter
view
Pro-Rec
Director
Jerry
Mathlsen
during
his
Christmas
visit
in
the
south.
He
will
also
seek
to
get
a
quantity
of
equipment
and
training
routine
material
from
Pro-Rec
headquarters
and
material
for
handicrafts
and
dramatic
projects
from
Dr.
Gordon
Shrum,
head
oi
the
extension
department
of
the
University
of
B.
C.
"It's
a
free
service
and
we
might
as
well
take
advantage
of
it."
Mr.
McGregor
said
Thurs-
ing;
and
instructional
courses
of
fered."
In
regard
to
obtaining
an
increase
in
the
provincial
government
grant,
he
said
that
he
believed
that
"we
have
a
good
chance
of
getting
it."
Mr.
Mathlsen
has
just
returned
from
a
Fitness
Council
conference
in
Ottawa
where
the
matter
of
pontributions
to
local
recreation
groups
was
discussed,
Mr.
McGregor
said.
Mr.
McGregor
will
spend
Christmas
at
heme
with
his
par-
j
ents
in
Vancouver
and
will
be
oacK
in
I'rince
uupert
cany
u
January.
Bulletins
B.C.
Bi:ATS
WASHINGTON
'
VANCOUVER
University
of
.British
Columbia
defeated
University
of
Washington
65
to
51
in
basketball
last
night;
JAPS
STILL
TRAINING
TOKYO
H
lias
been
found
that
Japanese
school
children
are
still
receiving
military
training
on
Shikoku
Island
under
Japanese
officers.
STALIN'S
BIRTHDAY
MOSCOW
Looking
tanned
and
rested
after
his
long
holiday,
Marshal'Stalin
observed
his
sixty-second
birthday
today.
He
spent
the
day
working
at
his
desk.
COLO
IN
ALBERTA.
EDMONTON
Vermillion
reported
4G
degrees
below
zero
today.
It
is
33
below
here,
having
drqppcd
from
10
above
iasl
night.
Street
cars,
trains
and
buses
arc
all
delayed.
SLIPPERY
IN
SOUTH
VANCOUVER
The
weather
moderated
today
but
streets
and
roads
were
treacherously
slippery.
Grandview
Highway
is
closed
after
hundreds
of
cars
skibiiiw
joint
'Sharp
of
Pitt
Meadows
died
as
a
result
of
a
traffic
accident
on
Vic
Dewdncy
Highway
owing
to
slijiery
roads.
NUERNBERG
ADJOURNS
NUERNBERG
The
war
crimes
trials
against
21
leading
Nazis
adjourned
today
for
thirteen
days.
LOCAL
HOTEL
SOLI)
Sale
of
tlie
Central
Hotel
here
to
B.
C.
Longlc
cf
Spirit-wood,
Saskatchewan,
at
an
undisclosed
price
is
announced
here.
The
former
owner
was
A.
Dixon.
WEREWOLVES
ACTIVE
MUNICH
Bodies
of
several
Americans
and
German
anti-Nazis
have
been"
found
recently
in
Bavaria,
indicating
that
werewolves
G
ernun
Nai
underground
forces
arc
still
at
work
In
the
province.
INVERLOCHY,
Inverness.
Scotland
O.i
A
wild
cat
35
Inches
long
has
been
caught
at
Inver-lochy
Castle.
Eagles
are
swooping
on
lambs
and
rabbits
In
the
area
and
wild
life
generally
Is
Increasing.
Pulmonary
Complication
Fatal
To
Noted
Soldier:
HEIDKLBURG
(CP)
General
George
&tftn,
who
led
the
victorious
United
States
Third
Army
from
the
beaches
of
Normandy
into
Czechoslovakia,
died
this
evening,
a
dozen
days
after
his
neck
was
broken
in
a
traffic
accident
when
the
car
in
which
he
was
riding
for
a
pheasant
hunting
trip
was
struck
by
an
army
truck.
The
general's
nrrrnrrix
I
stout
heart
weakened
during
UtitKltK
AMNESTY
Montreal
City
Council
Leader
Relieves
This
Would
Solve
Montreal's
Crime
Wave
MONTREAL
0)
Pierre
Des-marals,
leader
of
the
Montreal
city
council,
said
he1
believes
am
nesty
to
i
army
deserters
is
the
solution
to
-
Montreal's
crime
wave.
Thousands
of
young
men,
afraid
to
take
jobs
because
fill-
day.
"There
are
many
Interest-'
mg
out
0f
essential
papers
will
reveal
them
to
deserters,
have
turned
,to
robbery,
often
with
violence,
for
a
living,
Desmarals
said.
JAPANESE
TOKYO
0
Officers
at
Allied
Headquarters
In
Tokyo
have
acr
cused
Japanese
authorities
of
acts
of
deception.
Theyr
charge
that
Japanese
government
officials
misrepresented
their
food
supply
in
order
to
get
American
supplies.
The
American
Public
Health
chief
Colonel
Crawford
Sams-rrSays
Japan
is
in
no
'
To
Sign
Bretton
Woods
Agreement
WASHINGTON
r
Canada's
ambassador
to
the
United
States,
L.
B.
Pearson,
will
represent
Canada
at
the
signing
of
the
Bretton
Woods
monetary
agree
ments.
The
ceremony
will
take
place
In
the
American
capital
on
December
27.
Tlie
agreements
establish
an
International
mone
tary
fund
and
an
international
bank
of
reconstruction.
Lays
Blame
On
Kimmel
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Pj
Admiral
R,
K
.Turner
asserted
that
Admlralllusband
Kim
mel
did
not
comply
with
"en
tirely
clear'
orCers
and
expressed
,
the
opinion
tnat,
If
Kimmel
had
done
so,
losses
at
Pearl
Harbor
would
have
been
cut
"ma
terially;"
Turner
also
told
the
Congress
ional
committee
that
the
Pacific
fleet
under
Kimmel
had
been
prepared
for
"just
such
an
attack"
and
was
"ready
for
war.'
Turner
said
the
Navy
Depart
ment
had
given
Kimmel
"per
fectly
specific
and
entirely
clear"
orders
to
take
the
necessary
measures
against
Japanese
at
tack.
WINNIPEG
HAS
FIRE
TRAGEDY
"
WINNIPEG
6A
mother
and
five
children
were
burned
to
death
when
fire
destroyed
the
Interior
of
a
two-storey,
wooden
house
in
central
Winnipeg
early
today.
The
fire
started
about
a.m.
and
firemen
battled
the
flames
in
fifteen
below
weather.
Three
other
persons
were
In
jured.
The
dead
are:
Mrs.
Betty
Arml-tage,
aged
about
50;
her
two
tons,
Jerry,
7,
and
Jimmy,
3,
and
three
daughters,
Shirley,
16;
Elaine,
13,
arid
Yvonne,
six
months.
The
injured
arc
Bernard
Arml-tage.
53,
husband
of
the
dead
woman,
anoiner
daughter,
Son-ya,
8,
and
Reginald
Benham,
42,
The
fire
started
in
the
basement
and
spread
rapidly
up
the
bark
of
the
house.
the
day
from
the
effects
of
pulmonary
compHcatlons'"whlih
had
beset
his
apparent
recovery
from
a
broken
neck
and
partial
paralysU.
Patton
was
sixty
years
of
age.
His
last
command
be
fore
the
fatal
accident
was
the
Fifteenth
Army.
JUNIOR
CHAMBER
SCORES
CUT
IN
TRAIN
SERVICE
L'.
!'
Criticism
of
the
announced
policy,
jzt
Canadian
National
Railways
lrwreducing
train
eiyi
Ice
on
the
line
fromPrIhce
RuJ
pert
to
Prince
George
likiiieen
sent
to
Canadian
NatiodJlKcsj
iderit
R.
C,
Vaughan
byttht-ex?
ecutlve
of
the
Prince
f
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
5
"Vc
agree
that
lack
icfTbusil
ness
is
justification
for
the;pro
posed
reduction
in
service.,
but
wc
strongly
protest
theUack
of
any
aggressive
action
y'
th
CN.R.
to
promote
and
energize
such
business
as
may
bcrei
quired
to
maintain
maximum
strvice
over
its
lines,"
the
letter
states.
("We,
therefore,
suggest
that
any
v
schedule
i
changesibe
defer
red
pendfns'the
result
of
-such
action
and
urge
in
the
strongest
possible
manner
that
'you
initiate
steps
whereby
thy
CN.R:
through
its
various
departments,
facilitate'
the
development
of
this
rich
and
potentially
productive
area
between
Prince
Rupert-and
Prince
Oeorge
thereby
increasing
the
traffic
over,
this
section
of
theTHUWayThfj
$
-Q
"At
this
Huciai
period;
Iij
.the
re-establlshment
and
rcrem-
.
ployment
of
so
many
of
out
pea-,
pie,
any
regressive
action
cari-not
be
condoned
and
so
j
must,
be
condenmed
as
a
definite
step
toward
depression.
That
the
people's
railroad
should
-become
an
Instrument
to
that
end
Is
deplorable
and
shameful."
Jf
S.S.
Toloa
Bringah-
Fish,
Passengers
Her
cabin
windows
stiH.eov-ered
with
blackout
palnC""lhe
American
troop
transport
and
freighter
Toloa
docked
Jiere
at
C
o'clock
this
morning
tb"unload
25
carloads
of
frozen
flsrufrom
Ketchikan
for
transhipment
to
eastern
American
market
over
C.N.R.
lines.
She
carri(J
some
400
U.
S.
service
troops
and
civilians
from
the
Aleutian
and
Alaska
ports
for
Seattle
.
where
she
Is
due
to
arrive
Monday
Under
command
ofiCcmr
mander
J.
A.
Boyd,
U.S.N,R,(trie
Toloa
was
due
to
sail
from
Prince
Rupert
late
today.
She
Xs'.'.".S-
lstered
at
New
York
City
and
has
a
net
tonnage
ol
3,616.
'
-1'
Her
paiscngers
In
considerable
numbe'rs
were
shopping-
downi
town
this
morning,
adding
to
activity,
of
the
business
"district.
WISH
THIS
PICTURE
WAS
FINISHED-1
ONLY
HAVE'
"
SHOPPING
DAYS
LEFT
W
UNTIL
CHRISIIAS'
1
1
MWA
M'
IBB
V
wV
4
M
KAIEN
HARDWARE
!
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