kff
GREETS
CANUCK
SAILORS
AT
KNOWLOON
The
first
prisori?r-of-war
to
greet
crew
members
when
the
tnadian
nadian
cruiser
Prince
Robert
arrived
at
Kowloon,
China,
a
naving
relieved
Hong
Kong
with
a
British
task
force,
was
?uWohn
Park
of
the
Winnipeg
Grenadiers.
He
is
shown
here
ping
to
ratings
from
the
ship
and
enjoying
his
first
Canadian
larette
In
three
and
half
years.
IBERALS
ARE
SEEKING
TO
RETAIN
fflCE
IN
NOVA
SCOTIA
ELECTION
C.C.F.
Makes
Bid
For
Power
Witli
Candidates
Running
For
Majority
of
House
Seats:
Voting
October
23
HALIFAX.
Oct.
17
(CP)
Long-time
exponent
of
two-party
svstem
of
politics
and
Liberal
bastion
I!"
06
of
the
78
years
since
Confederation,
Nova
.!..
...
"l-l
1
rn
1
-i
1
I'Wd
uu
ucioDer
z,i
elects
a
new
legislature
witn
C.C.F.
party
making
its
first
full-strength
bid
r
power.
p
C.C.F
which
wedued
Its
Into
the
Legislature
In
1939
n
Douglas
MacDonald
won
a
I
election
in
Cape
Breton
Cen-
wen
entered
five
candl-
?s
and
won
three
seats
In
;.
this
year
has
entered
the
i
to
a
majority
of
the
Drov-
l-'s
30
House
,-.;ats.
R
Liberal
adminlst.mt.lnn
nt.
Nation
of
the
Legislature
had
,
against
four
for
the
psslve-Conservatives,
three
i'-
ana
one
vacant.
that
margin
of
strength,
uutrais
are
seekinc
to
re-
1
'he
power
they
have
held
'
s,nce
Confederation,
with
l
option
of
the
periods
H2
and
1925.33
when
the
datives
directed
the
af-
01
the
province.
strongest
threat
from
the
expected
to
come
from
Breton,
.u.hoi-n
k.
I38
three
nf
th
-
iivk
actus
I.l
"e
coal
minim
Pa
""'
and
in
tho
j
S
etern
sectlon
of
thc
-
illc
party
also
has
"fl
candiHatn.,
i
...
u
me
live
;
county
ridings.
i
hSfy,
01
earller
clec"
"
"Cd
thp
li.nu
"
areas
voted
Conservative
rau,,
UWTS
favored
the
I
DJ
avy
majorities,
and
I
'.he
captured
th
wal
mini
no-
1-
.rati'"'
!Iouse
after
Con-
hncouve.
Annand.
ni-
Sing
prince
E
HOSPITAL
r
arrhito-i
.
"mln-:
nprin!.h'pltal
'0
be
erect
ion
ueor8e.
.
;ii2ted
the
hospltal
iv
bmn
'
.
4"c
first
sect
on
hso5Snned
wlU
accom'
seAlherplansare
,Jor
lhfi
20
nurses
with
Wth
th
Urst
unit.
though
Nova
Scotia
had
entered
the
union
under
the
leadership
of
that
staunch
Conservative,
Sir
Charles
Tupper.
Hon.
H.
Blanchard
had
fprmed
a
government
July
4,
1867,
In
protest
against
Confederation,
but
later
was
forced
to
resign
and
Annand
took
his
place.
Leader
of
the
antl-Confedera-tionlsts
before
this
was
that
most
famous
of
Nova
Scotia
Liberals,
Joseph
Howe.
Like
Tupper,
he
never
sat
in
the
provincial
Legislature
after
1867.
When
Blanchard
formed
his
government,
Howe
was
in
England
trying
to
have
the
British
government
remove
Nova
Scotia
from
Confederation
and
re-tore
Its
colonial
status.
He
changed
his
views
a
few
years
late
and
served
under
Sir
John
A.
MacDonald
at
Ottawa,
and
just
before
his
death
became
Lieutenant-Governor
of
Nova
Scotia.
The
agitation
against
Confederation
was
continued
by
his
followers
until
1878,
when
the
Liberals
were
defeated
and
the
Conservatives
crossed
to
the
right
of
the
Speaker's
chair
for
thir
first
so-iourn
in
rjower.
They
held
of
fice
until
1882
under
a.
n.
Holmes
and
J.
S.
D.
Thompson,
who
like
Sir
Charles
Tupper
later
became
Prime
Minister
of
Canada
for
a
brief
time.
Then
the
Liberals
were
re
turnrrt.
and
held
sway
until
1925
under
the
leadership
of
W.
T.
Pipes,
V.
S.
Fielding,
later
federal
minister
of
finance,
Q.H.
Murray,
and
E.
H.
Armstrong.
Later
unrest
and
a
strike
in
the
Cape
Breton
coal
fields
unseated
the
government
and
the
Conservatives
took
office
under
Hon.
E.
N.
Rhodes.
In
1933
Angus
L.
MacDonald
led
the
Liberals
back
to
office
following
an
election
dlscnfran-chiscmcnt
scandal.
Premier
MacDonald
was
returned
in
1937.
He
was
called
to
Ottawa
as
Navy
Minister.
A.
S.
Mac-Mlllan
held
the
premiership
In
custody
for
MacDonald
who
returned
to
the
party
leadership
thU
summer
after
terminating
his
five-year
stewardship
of
Canada's
naval
service.
Getaway
To
Japan
Plan
Was
Made
Hut
Rescue
Submarine
Never
Reached
Germany
LONDON,
Oct.
17
Reuters
News
Agency
in
a
dispatch
from
Tokyo
tells
of
a
plan
whereby
Adolf
Hitler
was
to
have
made
'
his
escape
to
Japan.
According
to
the
di..patch,,the
escape
plan
was
disclosed
by
a
former
Jap-
!
anese
navy
staff,
.officer
who
said
he
had
attended
a
secret
meet-,
lng
In
Tokyo,
in
March
.of
,
this
!
tyear.
At
the
session,
plans,
were
set
up
under
which
Hltler;.was,to
escape
to
Japan
with
Eva
Braun
whom
Hitler
is
said
to
.have
married
shortly
bsfore
the
fall
of
Berlin.
The
former
Japanese
navy
staff
officer
Is
quoted
as
having
sa,ld
that
Hitler
had
promised
the
Japanese
plans
guaranteed
to
win
the
Pacific
war
if
they
granted
him
a
safe
refuge
for
himself
and
Eva
Braun.
The
Japanese
officer
added
that
a
submarine
was
sent
from
Yokohama
on
March
5
and
headed
for
Hamburg.
Its
mission
was
to
pick
up
Hitler
and
his
companion.
According
to
the
Japanese
source,
the
submarine
never
reached
its
cfestination
and
Its
fate
still
Is
unknown.
New
Deduction
Basis
Shortly
OTTAWA,
Oct.
17
Employers
"
will
shortly
be
authorized
"
to
make
Income
tax
deductions
on
the
new
reduced
basis
as
provided
for
hi
the
budget
this
week.
It
had
been
at
first
said
that
deductions,
vould
be
on
the
old
basis
until,
the
end
of
the
year.
:
-
:
Permanent
Force
Plan
Total
Strength
55,000
Men
Almost
Ilalf
In
Army
OTTAWA,
Oct.
17
(CP)
Tht
picture
of
Canada's
permanent
armed
force
organization
has
been
completed
by
Defence
Minister
Abbott.
Mr.
Abbott
has
forecast
an
active
army
of
between
20,000
and
25,000
men
supported
by
a
six-division
reserve.
The
total
estimated
strength
of
Canada's
post-war
services
now
has
been
raised
to
about
55,000
men.
That
is
just
five
times
as
great
as
the
pre-war
service
strength.
The
Defence
Minister
also
offered
the
prospect
of
promotion
and
good
pay
to
members
of
the
permanent
forces.
HOTEL
FIRE,
THREE
DIE
STE.
MAROEURITE,
Quebec,
Oct.
17
(CP)
Three
persons
died
and
three
others
were
severely
burned
in
a
fire
which
today
gutted
the
staff
residence
of
the
Chalet
Cochand
Hotel
at
Ste.
Margeurite,
55
miles
north
of
Montreal.
FUNERAL
OF
THORJONASSON
Funeral
services
for
the
late
Thor
Jonasson
who
passed
away
last
week
were
held
from
B.C.
Undertakers
chapel
on
Saturday
with
many
friends
attending.
Rev.
R.
A.
Wilson
of
First
United
Church
officiated.
Congregation
joined
1n
singing
the
Hymns
"Lead
Kindly
Light"
and
"Nearer
My
Qod
to
Thee."
Mrs.
Swanna
Carrol
was
organist.
Interment
took
place
in
Fair-view
Cemetery.
Pallbearers
were
Arne
Eyolf-
son.
Walter
Jonsson,
Edgar
Snid-
ni
Arthur
Krlstmanson,
John
Simundson
and
Olaf
Olafson.
I
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
.DJUTOHTOEUJIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Weather
Forecast
v
.
.
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A
aw-
Local
Tides
Part
Prince
RUP"
cAoud
cool
with
light
scattered
iS
wmlng
cloudy
with
Saslonal
rain
toward
evening.
?h
to
strtg
southeast
winds,
Thursday,
October
18,
194S
?.le
force
llhursday
23:29
20.9
feet
J5
slightly
higher
tern-perature
High
li:18
20.1
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Low
.
4:56
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feet
VOL.
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No.
240.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER
17,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
17:25
6.0
feet
McBride
Doctor
Scored
By
Inquest
er's
Escape
HEAR
AT
CAPITOL
THEATRE
Pattullo
and
Mickleburgh
on
the
same
platform
L.I'.P.
candidate
allowed
15
minutes
talk
and
afteiwards
5
minutes
rebuttal.
THE
SAME
INVITATION
WAS
EXTENDED
TO
THE
C.C.F.
CANDIDATE
OR
SUBSTITUTE
BUT
WAS
DECLINED.
CAPITOL
THEATRE
8
O'CLOCK
TONIGHT
Every
Elector
Welcome
CAPT,
GEO.
FRIT2,
Chairman
I'alttillo.
Committee
Room?,,,
16
Besner
Block
(Published
by
pattullo
,Carppaign
Committee)
POLICE
SCOUR
CITY
SEEKING
MISSING
MAN
A
comprehensive
police
search
Is
being
continued
today
to
discover
the
fate
of
Frank
Murphy,
building
contractor,
the
mystery
of
whose
whereabouts
has
entered
Its
fourth
day.
Constables,
under
Sgt.
O.
L.
Hall
of
the
city
police,
are
scouring,
the
city
in
an
effort
to
find
the
man
whosn
disappearance
on
Saturday
night
has
left
a
trail
of
bafflement.
building
contractor
has
been
dis
covered
since
he
was
seen
leaving
the
Grand
Cafe
at
9
o'clock
Saturday
night
by
Jack
Sweeney,
a
former
employee.
Mr.
Murphy
had
failed
to
.show
up
at
a
bridge
appointm&rit;
,
an
hour
earlier
at
the
Knighb
of
Colum-
i
bus
Hall.
He
left
his
lumber
yard
at
supper
time
Saturday
night
in
his
work
clothes,
and
apparently
did
not
return.
No
theories
as
to
his
fae
were
offered
by
the
police.
"There
are
a
number
of
possible
theories,
but
as
yet
we
have
no
evidence
pointing
directly
at
any
of
them,"
Sgt.
Hall
said
this
morning.
"Until
we
get
a
lead
In
some
particular
direction
I
am
approaching
the
mystery
with
an
open
mind.
We
are
probing
all
possibilities."
.
In
the
meantime,
police
constables
are
hunting
in
bush
areas
and
out-of-therway
places
In
the
hope
of
finding
some
trace
of
him.
The
route
between
his
lumber
yard
on
Market
Circle
and
the
Grand
Cafe
on
Second
Avenue
has
been
scoured,
and
police
are
now
searching
farther
afield.
Reports
that
Mr.
Murphy
was
seen
in
the
vicinity
of
Cow
Bay
Saturday
night
have
given
rise
to
a
theory
that
he
may
have
suffered
an
accident
and
fallen
fnto
the
harbor
while
walking
ilong
the
waterfront.
Known
to
have
been
subject
to
fajntlng
spells
In
the
past,
he
may
have
collapsed
some
where
in
the
city.
Mr.
Murphy
was
carrying
about
$200,
said
to
have
been
kept
in
we
of
his
shoes,
at
the
time
'of
his
disappearance.
However,
.
there
Is
as
yet
ho
Indication
that
he
was
a
victim
of
violence.
Elects
Speedy
Trial;
Remanded
Appearing
for
election
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
yesterday
on
a
charge
of
car
theft,
Harry
Herbert
Henderson
elected
speedy
trial
and
was
remanded
for
hearing
until
October
22.
3
U
'Arranging
For
Deputy
Returning
i
Officers
Here
j
Returning
Officer
Bruce
Brown
l
is
busy
lining
up
deputy
re
turning
officers,
to
take
charge
of
pity
polling
stations
on
provincial
election
day,
October
25,
and
he
doesn't
anticipate
any
difficulty
in
getting
the
22
he
witl
require.
Supporters
of
all
three
candidates,
he
says,
have;
offered
to
assist
in
finding
deputies
and
several
people
have
assured
him
that
they
would
be
wlllin.3
to
erve.
The
22
deputy
returning
offl-
cers
will
be
each
assisted
by
a
I
Mn
trn.
r
iv
uji.
1
.
Doll
clerk,
.
unuuic.ucu
L.
Vii
v
-'-tit
Trt
1
1
5
'vuung
wiu
laite
place
in
me.
Moose
Hall,
which
has
been
ob
tained
for
the
purpose
by
Mr.
Brown.
COAL
STRIKE
ENDS
IN
U.S.
WASHINGTON,
Oct.
17
0)
-John
L.
Lewis
today
called
off
the
soft
coal
strikes
in
the
United
States
as
effective
next
Monday.
The
United
Mine
Workers
spokesman
said
that
the
action
was
taken
"In
the
public
Interest."
Lewis
said
that
efforts
to
obtain
a
foremen's
union
would
be
resumed
at
a
later
and
more
appropriate
date.
At
present,
more
than
half
the
400,000
soft
coal
miners
in
the
United
States
are.
Idle.
ACCEPTANCE
OF
CHARTER
OTTAWA,
Oct.
17
O)
The
House
of
Commons
has
been
asKea
to
ratuy
Canadas
acceptance
of
the
United
Nations
Charter
the
plan
for
a
new
In
ternational
organization
to
pre
vent
war.
The
plea
was
made
last
night
by
Justice
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
the
Progressive-Conservative
member
for
Peel
Oordon'Graydon.
Both
members
were
delegates
to
the
San
Fran
cisco
Conference.
Mr.
Laurent,
who
Is
Acting
Secretary
of
State
for
External
Affairs,
told
the
House
It
Is
hoped
to
hold
a
meeting
,
of
the
Preparatory
Commission
,pf
the
United
Nations
on
November
8
The
meeting
presumably
will
be
held
in
London.
It
is
hoped
that
a
sufficient
number
of
nations
ratify
the
Charter
and
so
bring
it
into
effective
operation
be
fore
that
date.
The
Justice
Mln
ister
declared
that
the
United
Nations
Charter
Is
the
first
step
towards
mat
co-operation
between
natioas
which
appear
to
be
essential,
to
the
survival
of
civilization.
WHAT
ABOUT
JAPS?
The
Kclowna
Board
of
Trade
sent
to
the
City
Council
a
resolution
demanding
the
repatriation
of
all
Japanese
to
Japan.
On
March
5
the
City
Council
did
not
endorse
this
resolution
as
Alderman
Brett
and
the
others
representing
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
voted
against
it.
Aldermen
Arnold
and
MacKay
voted
for
it.
Unrest
Seeths
Throughout
Java
BATAVIA,
Java,
Oct.
17
Political
unrest
seethed
through-!
out
Java
today
as
the
Indonesian
National
Council
awaited
a
reply
from
the
Allied
command
in
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
to
the
set
of
four
major
nationalists
demands
which
the
council's
president
said
represented
"the
only
way
to
bring
peace
to
this
troubled
land,"
RUM
AND
GIN
UNRATIONED
MONTREAL,
Oct.
17
Vh
I
rom
now
on,
Quebec
citizens
will
be
able
to
buy
rum.
and
gtn
without
us,lng
ration
coupons,
Jlowever,
the
.provincial,
liquor-
.commissioner,
reports
jhat
Imported
and
Canadian
Scot'ph
wju&kies,
as
well
as
rye
and
brandy,
remain
on
the
ration
lisf.
Consumers
will
be
allowed
to
purchase
only
40
ounces
of
these
liquors
a
month.
Bulletins
MANITOBA
ELECTION
WINNIPEG
Both
C.C.F.
and
Coalition
forces
increased
their
membership
in
the
Manitoba
Legislature
today.
The
C.
C.
F.
representation
mounted
to
five
with
the
election
of
E.
A,
Hansford
in
St.
Boniface.
The
standing
of
the
government
is
now
up
to
38.
It
appears
there
will
be
seven
Opposition
members.
Ten
seats
are
still
doubtful
with
the.
Coalition
leading
in
six,
the
C.C.F.
In
Ihf
t&
and
Labor
Progressive
in
one.
Manitoba
voted
Monday
to
fill
the
55-seat
Legislature.
MUST
BE
STRONG
MANCHESTER
Field
Marshall
Montgomery
said
here
today
that
Britain,
United
States
and
Russia
must
remain
strong
to'
retain
world
peace.
It
may
be
impossible
to
ensure
peace
by
persuasive
means
alone.
LEAVING
HOTEL
VANCOUVER
Pacific
Command
will
have
moved
out
of
the
old
Hotel
Vancouver
by
the
end
of
November.
The
Army
goes
to
Jericho
Beach
whence
the
Navy
will
move
to
Esquimau.
BRITAIN
BACKS
DUTCH
LONDON
rrime
Minister
Atttee
'announced
today
that
the
British
'government
would
back
the
Dutch
in
efforts
to
retain
dontrol
of
Java;
There
was
a
"strong
obligation"
to
do
so.
SHIP
unkloAtlii
VICTORIA
All
efforts
to
refloat
the
American
freighter
Acanthia
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
have
so
far
failed.
NATIONS
PAGEANT
TO
ASSIST
LOAN
Novel
Feature
Planned
in
Connection
with
Forthcoming
Campaign
Feature
event
being
planned
in
connection
with
the
forth
coming
Ninth
Victory
Loan
cam
nalan
In
Prince
Rupert
is
a
Pag
eant
of
the
Nations.
The
plan
Is
to
extend
the
event
over
a
period
of
three
days,
the
venue
to
be
one
of
the
city's
large
halls.
Following
a
meeting
of
the
Victory
Loan
committee,
ar
rangements
were
set
In
motion
by
calling
a
meeting
of
local
national
societies
which
are
being
asked
to
arrange
display
and
entertainment
features.
One
of
the
proposed
features
would
be
a
display
of
war
relics..
LONDON,
If)
In,
spite
of
friendly
sarcasm,
a
Fleet
Street
publican
hung
this
notice
on
the
bar:
"The
landlord
takes
no
res
ponslblllty
whatsoever
for
In
Juries
sustained
by
customers
In
Prince
George
Coroners
Jurv
Finds
Inhuman
Act
Factor
in
Womanfs
Death
Dr.
D.
W.
Beach
Admitted
Going
On
Hunting
Trip
at
Crucial
Time;
Burned
Woman
"Had
No
Chance"
He
Said
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Oct.
17
(CP)
A
coroner's
jury
investigating
the
death
of
Mrs.
Rose
Soucy
said
Tuesday
"we
are
of
the
opinion
that
an
inhuman
act
was
committed
on
the'
part
of
Dr.
D.
W.
Beach
of
McBride
to
leave
instead
of
remaining
to
administer
medical
aid
as
there
was
a
chance
for
the
deceased
'HITO
PARDONS
MILLION
JAPS
TOKYO,
Oct.
17
0)
Emperor
Hlrohito,
whose
future
has
been
a
burning
topic
of
speculation
ever
since
the
Allied
occupation,
of
Japan
today
granted
amnesty
to
1,000,000
Japanese
as
an
openly
avowed
move
to
unite
his
country
"in
meeting
the
great
change
Jn
history."
Domel
news
agancy
noted
that
one
effect
of
the
rescript
honor
ing
tne
day
when
the
first
rice
crop
is
offered
to
the
gods
would
be,
to
enable
as
many
people,
as
possioie
10
taice
part
m
tne
comi
lng
elections.
The
rescript,
pardoned
320,000
Japanese,
reduced
sentence
to
37,000
more,
and
ordered
the
restoration
of
civil
rights
to
600,000.
SLIPPERY
ANTICS
IN
POLICE
OFFICE
A
vision
of
policemen
and
recalcitrant
law
breakers
going
through
Mack
Sennctt
comedy
antics
In
a
newly-floored
police
station
was
pictured
by
Aid.
McKay
Monday
night
when
he
entered
discussion
of
an
item
in
the
police
committee
report
which
recommended
that
the
police'
station
be
re-floored
with
ma-sonite.
"Sort
of
slippery,
don't
you
think?"
he
objected.
"If
a
policeman
tried
to
handle
an
ugly
customer
on
a
smooth
surface
like
that
they
might
all
go
down."
Masonite
had
been
suggested
by
Sgt.
O.
L.
Hall,
committee
chairman
Alderman
Hills
pointed
out,
because
no
other
flooring
material
was
available.
Police
station
floor
is
in
bad
condition.
Alderman
R.udderham
brought
out
a
more
cheerful
picture
of
the
value
of
a
smooth
masonite
floor.
"It
will'
be
easy
to
drag
a
drunk
across,"
he
chuckled.
Bob
Tobey
Home
From
Overseas
Leading
Aircraftsman
Bob
Tobey,
another
well
known
local
pioneer
boy,
Is
back
in
the
city
after
service
overseas.
He
arrived
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver.
He
received
his
discharge
Just
a
week
ago
and
Is
here
for
a
visit
before
returning
to
Vancouver.
He
reports
that
his
brother,
Lieut.
William
Tobey,
is
still
In
Holland.
IS
APPOINTED
C.P.R.
AGENT
Veteran
purser
on
Canadian
Pacific
British
Columbia
coast
steamship
service,,
Peter
A.
Hole
now
purser
on
the
Princess
Adelaide,
will
replace
W.
L.
Coates
as
general
agent
at
Prince
Ru
pert
on
the
retirement
of
Mr,
Coates
at
the
end
of
October.
Mr.
Hole,
who
has
been
aboard
Canadian
Pacific
vessels
in
the
south,
made
his
first
trip
on
the
Adelaide
in
recent
years
this
week,
replacing
Purser
James
their
rush
to
leave
these
premises
years
been
purser
of
Alaska
ves
at
closing
time."
Merrick,
who
has
gone
onto
one
of
the
southern
runs.
Mr.
Hole
Is
no
stranger
here,
having
for
sels
of
the
line.
to
recover."
Mrs.
Soucy
died
October
6
from
shock
sustained
from
burns
sustained
In
the
explosion
of
a
gas
lamp
which
she
was
filling
in
her
home
at
McBride
on
October
4.
Her
two-year-old
son
Richard
died
the
following
day,
and
another
son,
five-year-old
Gary
is
In
hospital
here
with
severe
burns.
At
the
inquest,
which
began
last
Thursday,
Dr.
Beach
ad
mitted
that
he
left
the
three
victims
In
the
McBride
hospital
to
go
on
a
hunting
trip.
He
said
that
there
was
no
chance
for
the
woman.
MANY
MILLIONS
AREaWORTHLESS
Japan
Deluged
China
With
Inflation
Money
TOKYO,
Oct.
17
The
newspaper
Asahil
says
Japanese
printing
presses
deluged
China
with
currency.
intijatotaluraJuojf:.
about
51
billion
Canadian
dol
lars
at
face
value.
Afahl
says
this
currency
now
Is
worthless.
This
Is
.the
first
published
figures
giving
any
Indication
of
the
degree
that
Japanese
militarists
plundered
countries
occupied
by
their
troops.
This
Is
the
portion
of
the
plundering
carried
on
through
use
of
worthless
money.
Exemption
From
Assessment
Work
Owners
of
mineral
claims
or
placer
mining
leases
may
apply
for
exemption
from
assessment
under
the
provisions
of
the
Free
Miners'
Exemption
Act
until
the
anniversary
date
of
expiry
or,
sucfl
mineral
claims
or
leases
in
1947
only.
No
application
for
exemption
will
be
granted
In
1048.
ORGANIZE
FOR
LOAN
Another
Cup
Being
Put
Up
By
Railway
Vice-President
Prince
Rupert
Won
Last
Two
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
17
With
higher
objectives
to
attain
In
the
Ninth
Victory
Loan,
C.NJl.
officers
from
many
parts
of
Bri
tish
Columbia
met
here
yesterday
to
organize
the
railway's
own
campaign.
Throughout
the
day
various
phases
of
solicita
tion
were
discussed
so
that
every
employee
In
the
province
would
be
thoroughly
canvassed.
In
attendance
at
the
meeting
was
W.
R.
Devenish,
vice-presi
dent,
western
region,
he
echoed
the
sentiments
recently
expressed
by
the
system's
chair
man
and
President
R.
C.
Vaugh-an
that
unqualified
support
of
the
Ninth
Victory
Loan
is
u
national
obligation.
Mr.
Devenish
announced
he
would
offer
another
trophy
for
competition
In
the
western
region.
Cups
donated
by
him
for
the
Seventh
and
Eighth
Victory
Loans
came
to
British
Columbia,
he
said,
with
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard
winning
both.
During
the
afternoon
Brig.
R.
A.
Wyman
C.B.E..
D.S.O.,
Industrial
agent,
C.N.R.,
Vancouver,
who
commanded
the
Second
Canadian
Armored
Brigad9
In
the
recapture
of
France,
delivered
an
Inspirational
address,
Also
heard
was
N.
R.
Whlttall,
payroll
savings
section,
National
War
Finance
Committee.
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