rartltpH
thflt!
of
persons
of
Jap
and
that
it
was
under
the
Emer-
i
iniiii
i
u
n
Liu
a
&
w
v
Fisheries
Commls-
Eyres
wrote
the
co-operatlon
from
that
no
fishing
vniM
to
the
JaDan-
t
Keen
i
.
1.
the
Japanese
re-
licensc
be
provided
ii'w
in
i
i
i
iiiuiuil:
Ll.
of
Port
Essington,
"i
in
mp
iirsL
wnnn
nvfd
In
rpturn
til
n
nv
m
ipnprai
:
is
an
elderly
man
.
t
u
:
i
(
1
,.ifH
the
city
at
the
pres-
p
jimnpcA
in
nunc
only
ope
that
has
panese
in
Prince
Ru-
f
MP
spokesman
said
to
questions
by
the
'He
is
here
under
Ihe
government,
and
!
about
it.
He
has
fish,
nor
is
it
likely
request
permission
type
of
work,
since
pioner
from
the
first
ese
in
question
was
ifcm
the
Prince
Ru-
1942
and
spent
the
rs
at
the
New
Dcn-
p
camp.
He
lived
tor
a
great
num-
!
Prior
to
the
war.
WS
SEEK
SHATTERED
OLAND
.
Germany,
&i
"rmcn,
disregarding
ho
one
may
go
near
MtU
official
inves-pits
hdve
declared
Fca
island
safo
arc
have
secretly
landod
F
lh
night
In
search
Pcasurc
and
loot.
The
Nhtd
at
patrol
to
t
crman
boats.
In
Greece
Fcess,
New
YorK
I1118
Nations
siw,,r.
5
committee
today
j
tun?,8
""Wulcd
af-
PcntatWcs
of
the
h1
n
northern
I1"
the
pr,.i.
vuuut'l
COUld
Wtr
..,
iiaontt0n
on
e
ex-
y
bo
rejects
Rus-m'a
for
Unsuj
CQ
Marred
Am-
-"o
Biii'
Cody
ACTED
LEGALLY
-ii.
nrrior!
VAUiAJUVJiK,
Ifl
A
mrCC-
man
nmltrallnn
hn.irrt
FTlftov
night
ruled
that
the
Vancouver
police
commission
acted
within
its
legal
powers
In
demoting
and
suspending
16
members
of
the
police
force
early
in
January.
Since
the
shake-up
In
the
force,
started
bv
Mayor
Mc-
the
vice
squads,
the
Police
Federal
Union
has
maintained
that
its
agreement
with
the
commission
had
been
violated.
The
arbitration
board
was
not
empowered
lo
deal
with
the
dismissal
of
a
number
.of
officers.
Including
former
Chief
A.
G.
McNcU,
following
a
bearing
by
the
commissioners
into
the
conduct
of
the
squads.
OLD
COUNTRY
SOCCER
SCORES
l.nglHi
Ijcuithc
First
Division
Bolton
Wanderers"
0,
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
3.
Charlton
Athletic
2,
Arsenal
2.
Chelsea
1,
Hudtlcrsilcld
Town
0.
Orimslby
Town
2,
Derby
County
0.
Leeds
United
1,
Aston
Villa
1.
Liverpool
1,
Dunerland
0,
.
Manchester
United
4,
Black
f
burn
Rovers
0.
Middlesbrough
1,
Blackpool
2.
Preston
North
End
1,
Portsmouth
1.
Sheffield
United
2,
Evcrton
0,
J
Stoke
City
3,
Brentford
1.
J
Second
Division
.
Barasley
0,
Man:hcster
City
2.
Birmingham
1,
Lutcn
Town
0.
Butnlsy
1,
Bradford
Northern
2.
Coventry
3,
Bury
1.
Newcastle
1,
Leicester
City
1.
Nottingham
Forest
2,
Fulham
Southampton
3,
Sheffield
Wednesday
1.
Swansea
1,
Chesterfield
2.
Tottenham
Hotspur
2,
Millwall
I.
West
Bromwlch
Albion
Plymouth
Argylc
5.
Soxollhh
tSip
Filial
Hibernian
1,
Aberdeen
2.
Scottish
League
"A"
Division
Motherwell
2,
Third
Lanark-J
Falkirk
6,
Patrick
Thistle
1.
Hamilton;
Academical
1
Queens
Park
2.
"FREE
VOTE"
ON
PRICES
BOARD
2.
OTTAWA
Wi
Justice
Minister
Ilsley
told
the
House
of
Com
mons
Friday
that
he
Is
ready
to
leave
it
to
the
members
whether
or
not
Parliament
or
the
cabinet
should
have
power
to
disband
the
Prices
Board.,
He
suggested
a
"free
vote"
on
an
amendment
that
would
givo
Parliament
the
right
to
say
when
the
Beard
will
be
discontinued.
Under
a
"free
vole,"
members
can
vote
regardless
of
party
lines.
move
di:feati:d
LAKE
SUCCESS.
N.Y.
-The
Security
Council
Friday
night
defeated
.Russia's
effort
to
place
United
States
aid
to
Greece
under
United
Nations
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.ANirtlNTOAVBlTlSH,
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NIGHT
SERVICE
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Hotel,
Third
Ave.(
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
91.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
19,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
eena
R
iver
Clai
aims
Life
of
Local
Youth
i
-
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(CP)
-
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oblemofwheth-
TnnnnncP
ntP
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again
t
irnf
-
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a
1
uncne
Tf
TKn
.
U
Int.
nf
covernmcni.
ii.
nav
rnce
tauitu
m
that
two
Japan-
DENIES
LUMBER
EXPORT
ORDER
VANCOUVER,
W.
E.
Uren,
federal
Umber
controller,
on
a
visit
here
to
confer
with
provincial
timber
producers,
Alday
denied
tlrat
an
order
had
neen
Issued
cutting
export
quotas
on
shipments
to
the
United
States.
"I
have
issued
no
such
order,"
he
declared.
An
earlier
report
said
that
Mr
Uren
had
issued
an
order
cutting
the
exports
of
Interior
lumber
producers
from
35
to
25
per
cent.
FIND
POLICE
COMMISSION
BRITISH
BOW
OUT
OF
EGYPT-After
signing
ocimjents
agreeing
to
the
evacuation
of
all
British
troops
from
Kasrenil
Barracks,
largest
garrison
in
Egypt,
Brigadier
Hayman
Joyce,
left,
English
commander
in
the
Cairo
district,
gives
a
farewell
handshake
to
Iewa
Ibrahim
Saad
El
Messlri
Bey
of
the
Egyptian
Army.
The
Tommies
will
go
to
the
Suez
Canal,
occr
following
charges
of
neg-1
Warehouse
Raid
lect
of
duty
against
members
of
To
Equip
Boat
Is
Stopped
By
Police
Two
youths
wtUi
a
desire
to
enter
the
commercial
fishing
business
used
unorthodox
methods
to
equip
their
boat
and
found
themselves
in
trouble
with
the
police
today.
According
to
a
police
report,
the
two
boys
were
caught
by
constables
last
jvight
in
the
act
of
raiding
a
waterfront
warehouse
where
War
Assets
property
is
stored.
Police
re
covered,
loot
yalucd
at-
about
ttoo,
ronsfaiin
i6r
a'
of
rope,
a
flic
extinguisher,
and
other
articles.
The
boys
admitted
that
they
were
endeavouring
to
equip
their
boat
to
go
fishing.
One
of
the
boys,
was
held
in
custody.
His
father
is
out
the1
city,
and
police
efforts
to
locate
his
mother
were
unsuccessful.
Commemorative
Stamp
Coming
WASHINGTON
A
commemorative
postage
stamp
honoring
the
doctors
of
America
will
be
Issued
by
the
Post
Office
Department
in
June.-
Postmaster
General
Robert
E.
Hannegan
said
the
three-cent
denomination
stamp
will
be
placed
on
sale
June
9.
dawson
heads
'chamber
at
KJFW
H
A7FI
THK3
ML.
1
1
IIHLtLIVJVf
:
NEW
HAZEL
TON
C.
K.
"Bud"
Dawson
was
re-elected
president
of
the
Haztltan
Dblrict
Cham
ber
of
Ccirmerre
at
its
annual
meeting
this
week.
Dick
Mq-
guim
is
vice-president,
Allan
Eerson
secretary
and
George
Collins
treasurer.
The
board
of
directors,
each
rcrrcceriting
cne
of
the
com
consists
of
Hie
following:
Gcorgo
Benson,
Lc
Adler
and
John
Wll-
lan.
The
board
moved
to
write
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
pointing
out
the
need
for
an
expansion
cf
lighting
equipment
In
the
district,
and
a
committee
composed
ot
Dr.
Murphy,
George
Matrin,
and
R.
W.
Sargent
was
appointed
lo
investigate
the
community's
water
rupply
system
and
make
a
report
at
the
next
meeting.
Efforts
by
the
Chamber
to
have
part
of
U:e
Hazclton
Indian
Reserve
opened
to
white
people
have
been
consistently
ignored
by
the
Indian
Department,
it
was
reported
and
the
meeting
moved
to
write
directly
to
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
for
attention.
Auto
Club
Urges
Improvements
on
Skeena-Pt.
Edward
Highway
Recommendations
for
the
improvement
of
the
Prince
Runert
Highway,
involving
recolation
of
the
present
road,
"daylighting"
of
dangerous
corners
and
hard-surfacing
of
the
Prince
Rupert-Port
Edward
oad.
were
contained
in
a
letter
sent
today
by
tne
.
.
'
.
.
.
im
i.
ii
i7i
n
Prince
Rupert
Automobile
Association
to
Hon.
E.
C
Carson,
provincial
minister
of
Public
Works.
Bearing
the
signature
of
Hugo
Kraupncr,
secretary-treasurer
of
the
association,
the
letter
points
out
the
efforts
made
by
various
local
orgaslzatlons,
Including
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
Automobile
Association,
for
improved
roads
'n
the
north.
Recommcncca
in
the
letter
in
clude
the
following:
1.
That
the
part
oi
me
nigu-i
should
'be
started
as
soon
as
it
is
safely
possible
to
assure
that
the
work
will
be
completed
by
fall.
4.
The
Skccna
River
Highway
should
be
kept
open
for
traffic
on
a
year-round
basis.
5.
All
sign
posts
lcad'ng
north
Into
the
Cariboo
should
Include
Indications
of
mileage
to
interior
town
and
Prince
Rupert,
giving
mileage.
C.
Support
of
the
Automobile
way
leading
from
Prince
Rupert
Association
is
given
to
the
tn
Port
Edward
be
put
In
con-1
prince
Rupert
city
council
in
d'tion
to
take
care
of
Increasing
traffic,
by
partially
relocating,
rebuilding
and
"daylighting,"
and
that
tills
part,
of
the
road
be
hard-surfaced
within
the
shortest
possible
tlmo
2.
That
the
road
from
Galloway
Rapids,
where
t
connects
with
the
newly-built
Skeena
nichwav.
also
should
be
par-
n.iiiv
relocated
and
substantial
lv
improved
by
"daylighting"
in
praparation
for
eventual
hard-surfacing,
i
That
the
diversion
of
the
road
at
the
Kwlnitsa
snowsllde
ately
their
efforts
to
have
the
Public
Wqrks
Department
take
over
designated
streets
and
avenues
running
through
the
centre
of
the
c'ty
and
connecting
with
the
Skeena
Highway
as
part
of
that
arterial
highway.
7("
Appropriations
set
aside
for
the
maintenance
of
the
Skeena
Highway
and
the
road
rrom
Prince
Rupert
to
Port
Ed
-ward
are
Inadequate
in
the
face
of
the
program
asked
to
be
carried
out,
and
larger
appropriates
are
requested
immedl-
LAST
HOPE
FOR
AUSTRIA
TREATY
TONIGHT
MOSCOW
The
Big
Four
foreign
ministers
agreed
today
at
demand
of
Secretary
Marshall
to
take,
up
problem
of
Austria's
frontiers
tonight.
This
Involved
chiefly
Yugo-ilavia'.
demand
for
southern
Corinttiia.
Russia
has
favored
and
Western
powers
have
ap-poscd
this
demand.
Firal
deadlock
on
this
Issue
tonight,
following
up
last
night's
stalemate
on
German
assets,
would
be:
atcut
the
only
thin?
needed
to
bury
the
Austrian
treaty
for
the
present.
Marshall
and
Bevin
arc
reported
anxious
i
to
leave
Maseow
as
soon
as
possible
(n
view
of
ahnost
over-iwheftnfrj
evidence
that
no
I
agreement
can
be
reached
either
on
the
German
or
Austrian
treaty.
Second
Constable
Killed
By
Jews
JERUSALEM,
Qi
A
police
consiaole
who
was
wounded
m
one
of
four
attacks
yesterday
on
British'
personnel,
died
in
hospi
tal
last
night,
bringing
to
two
the
death
toll
from
the
first
wave
of
apparent
reprisals
by
Jewish
underground
extremists
for
the
hanging
Wednesday
of
four
men-leers
of
the
Jewish
The
ccnrtable
was
felled
by
a
tomb
blast
which
destroyed
an
armored
car
in
Tel
Aviv.
RECORD
BUDGET
FORWANCOUVER-
VANCOUVERWi
in
a
special
sessions
Friday
afternoon,
Vancouver
city
council
approved
a
record
budget
of
over
$19,000,000.
It
talis
for
a
lax
boost
of
1.5
mills
gross,
bringing
the
gross
rate
to
56
millrk
the
highest
lr.
the
city's
history.
It
also
Included
a
10
per
cent
jump
In
heme
owners'
water
rates.
Steel
Magnate
Before
Tribunal
NUERNBERG,
0'
The
German
steel
magnate
Friederich
Flick,
and
five
industrialist
as
sociates
pleaded
Innocent
o
war
crime
charges
today
after
the
American
prosecutor
declared
they
should
fhare
the
blame
for
German
crimes
with
other
industrialists.
They
were
accused
of
boosting
tho
Nazis
to
power,
financing
the
Elite
Guard,
ex
ploiting
slave
labor
and
cheat
ing
the
Jews.
KNOWN
DEAD
NOW
542
IN
TEXAS
BLAST
TEXAS
CITY
v
The
list
of
known
dead
from
explosions
and
fires
which
rocked
Texas
City
since
Wednesday
stood
at
542
today
while
rescue
workers
prpbed
in
the
ruins
in
an
endless
search
for
bodies.
About
35
bodies
were
removed
from
the
Monsanto
Chemical
plant.
An
improvised
morgue
held
295
bodies,
the
Red
Cross
said
last
night.
John
A.
Rlos,
a
Galveston
longshoreman
said:
"I've
been
bringing
out
pieces
all
day.
I
guess
they
add
up
to
about
two
people.
I
found
one
man,
and
he
was
burned
black."
NEW
PENSION
PLAN
PASSED
BY
TEACHERS
OTTAWA,
0)
Men
teachers
In
Ottawa
secondary
schools
have
approved
a
scheme
for
improved
pensions
to
Ontario
education
ists.
The
six-point
program:
1.
Teachers
having
36
or,
more
years
service
may
retire
at
6D
and
receive
thlrty-slx-sixtleths
of
their
average
calary
during
the
pre&dlng
10
years.
2.
Teachers
must
retire
at
65,
and
may
receive
at
least
tWrtv-slx-sixtleths
or
a
maxi-
mum
of
$2,000.
A
teacher
who
has
completed
2:3
vcars
tervice
at
the
&ge
of
65
shall
receive
twenty-thirty-
sixths
of
his
average
salary,
4.
Contributions
bo
all
pension
plans
shail
cease
after,.
36
.iyearsV.a
-
-
m
5.
If
a
teacher
dies
on
pension,
his
widow
shall
recnive
half
the
regular
payments.
6.
The
.government
should
review
pensions
already
granted
and
make
upward
adjustments
In
view
of
the
increased
cost
of
living.
C.N.
FREIGHT
TRAFFIC
HEAD
MONTREAL
Leonard
J-Knowles
has
been
appointed
freight
'traific
manager
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
it
was
announced
here
today
by
John
Pullen,
general
freight
traffic
manager.
Mr.
Knowles
will
have
jurisdiction
over
all
tariff,
rate
and
division
matters
on
the
entire
C
.N.R
system
with
headquarters
at
Montreal.
INDIAN
MARINES
Marines
in
1775
used
tomahawks
for
hand-to-hand
aboard
sailing
frigates.
LEGLESS
VET
IS
GOOD
FARMER
The
loss
of
both
legs
during
the
war
does
not
keep
Lester
Ogden,
37,
from
cultivating
the
family's
70-acre
farm
at
Cartervlll,
111.
The
vet
Is
shown
operating
a
specially-equipped
tractor
which
Is
geared
with
vacuum
handles
to
replace
a
clutch
and
brake.
Ogden
gets
around
handily
in
a
collapsible
wheel
chair.
Sten
Didericksen
Jr.
Drowned
In
Boat
Mishap
at
Carlisle
Dragged
Overboard
By
Anchor
Cable
The
treacherous
Lower
Skeena
River
Friday
night
claimed
its
eighth
victim
of
the
year
when
18-year-old
Sten
Didericksen,
jr.,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs,
Sten
Didericksen,
608
Fourth
Avenue
East,
was
dragged
overboard
from
the
fish
packer
Skedans
when
his
foot
caught
in
the
bight
of
an
anchor
cable
which
he
was
12,000-HOUR
VET
PILOTS
NEW
AIRCRAFT
VANCX)UVERCaptaln
G.
W.
"Gil"'
McLaren,
who
piloted
the
first
North
Star
In
regular
TransCanada
Air
Lines
service
yesterday
across
the
AUantic
has;
logged
a
total
of
12,312
hours
and
40
minutes
of
air
travelling
in
15
years
of
flying,
many
of
them
accumulated
while
based,
at
Vancouver.
In
1944
TvhQle
tflying
the
T.CA.
route
over
the
Rockies
he
com
pleted
10,000
hours
of
flying
and
was
presented
nlth
a
huge
globe
of
the
world
at
Vancouver
airport
by
his
felfQW
aircrew
mem
bers.
His
present
total
of
flying
hours
when
translated
Into
mileage
means
a
distance
of
1,8C0,CC0
covered
or
enough
for
72
trips
around
the
earth
at
the
equator.
Ho
has,
figuratively,
spent
over
a
year
and
a
half
In
the
air.
STEEL
LEADERS
PLOT
STRATEGY
PITTSBURG,
Top
ranking
strategists
of
the
C.I.O.'s
850,000
member
United
Steel
Workers
Union
gathered
today
for
important
week-end
sessions
to
de
termine
whether
peace
or
strife
will
rule
in
the
American
steel
Industry.
Private
contract
discussions
between
Phillip
Murray,
presi
dent
of
the
C.I.O.,
and
J.
A.
Stephens,
"vice-president
of
the
U.S.
Steel
Corporation,
today
re
sulted
In
unofficial
reports
that
a
wage
agreement
had
been
reached.
HATE
TRAINING
BACK
FIRED
LONDON
"Hate
train
ing"
at
army
battle
schools
was
stepped
during
the
war
because
pschyiiatriats
were
against
It,
says
a
report
on
the
work
of
psychiatrists
In
the
services.
Training
in
hate,
the
report
said,
was
done
by
stimulating
excitement
by
savage,
blood
thirsty
cries,
display
of
atro
city
photoEraphers.
visits
to
slaughter
houses
and
by
throw-Jns
blood
about
the
training
area
during
exercises.
The
training
was
later
ban
ned
on
the
advice
of
a
psychiatrist
who
said
It
"might
increase
incidence
of
breakdown,
fainting
and
vomiting."
High
Low
Local
Tides
Sunday,
April
20,
1'47
0:45
13:04
6:59
19:06
20.7
feet
20.3
feet
3.6
feet
4.3
feet
SAILS
UNDER
WATER
There
are
boats
called
"mussel
diggers"
on
the
Ohio
and
Kentucky
rivers
that
have
no
masts
but
depend
on
sails
under
water
to
"arry
them
along.
ieiung
over
me
siae
near
uar-
lisle
Cannery.
The
police
boat
P.M.L.
15
and
vessels
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
fleet
today
dragged
the
river
for
the
young
man's
body,
but.
up
to
noon
there
was
no
report
of
success.
An
experienced
boat
operator,
despite
his
youth,
young
Didericksen
was
a
crew
member
of
the
Skedans
which
left
Prince
Rupert
Friday
to
take
supplies
to
Carlisle
cannery
on
the
souU?
shore
of
the
Skeena
River
According
to
Clarence
Salter,
manager
of
Carlisle-
Cannery,
Capt.
Harry
Trimm
of
the
Skedans
decided
to
anchor
the
boat
for
the
night
In
the
tiver,
just
off
the
cannery
wharf.
As
Sten
Didericksen,'
deckhand
on
the
vessel,
was
letting
the
anchor
over
the
side,
his
foot
was
caught
in
a
loop
in
the
anchor
chain
and
he
was
dragged
into
the
swirling
water.
He
was
apparently
dragged
under
Immediately
Tor
an
Immediate
search
failed
to
reveal
any
sign
of
him.
He
was
a
member
of
a
well
known
family
In
the
marine
life
I
of
the
community'
his
faUier
McLaren
ctarted
,his
career
M
a
former
sjartner.ln
a
boat
withihcjDreat
Western
Airways.
ana.
men
new
,
on
cnartcr
wors
and
did
extensive
barnstorming
throughout
the
wesl.
Since
Joining
T.C.A.
!n
February,
1939,
he
has
flown
transports
over
all
T.
.
C.A.
routes
from
coast
to
coast,
Including
Newfoundland,
and
has
logged
98
previous
trans-
Atlantic
crossings
with
the
building
ttwOTfnaBpw
a
fisherman.
This
was
his
third
summer
on
boats
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Last
year
he
was
skipper
of
the
packer
Carlisle
Point,
a
Job
which
be
was
offered
again
this
year.
However,
he
expressed
the
desire
to
work
under
his
friend
Capt.
Trimm,
with
whom
he
had
been
working
two
years
ago.
The
family
have
lived
for
the
last
five
years
In
Prince
Rupert.
Young
Sten
Is
survived
by
his
parents,
and
two
sisters,
Katy,
living
at
home,
and
his
elder
sister,
Mrs.
Ralph
Browne
(Beatrice)
of
Ketchikan.
The
youth
Joined
the
crew
of
the
Skedans
a
little
more
than
a
week
ago
at
Vancouver,
and
arrived
back
in
the
city
with
the
vessel
only
two
days
ago'.
He
attended'
Booth
Memorial
High
School
here,
leaving
last
year
to
enter
the
employ
of
tho
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
.
His
death
Is
the
eighth
which
has
occurred
on
the
dangerous
lower
reaches
of
the
Skeena
River
so
fat
this
year.
The
treacherous
currents
took
the
lives
of
seven
persons,
last
Janu
ary
when
their
boat
was
capsized
by
lec
just,
below
Port
Essington.
TELEGRAPHERS
STRIKE
AVERTED
WASHINGTON
-A
countrywide
walkout
of
Western
Union
telegraph
operators
was
averted,
today
wlille
striking
telephone
workers
prepared
to
lay
their
case
before
President
Truman
and
the
Senate.
Under
a
tentative
agreement
announced
today
in
New
York
by
the
union
and
management,
50,000
telegraph
county
employees
will
receive
a
five-cent
an
hour
wage
boost
and
other
benefits.
BRITISH-SOVIET
TRADE
PACT
LONDON
A
foreign
office
spokesman
said
today
that
negotiations
for
the
revision
of
the
British
-
Soviet
trade
alliance
would
be
conducted
through
"normal
diplomatic
channels"
after
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
leaves
Moscow.
He
denied
public
suggestions
that
negotiations
had
broken
down,
but
said
that
Bevin
Is
expected,
to
leave
Moscow
on
Tuesday,
or
shortly
after.