CITIZENSHIPS
Ire
granted
Special
iCcTcriioiiy
in
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
'.Yesterday
OTTAWA
aV
a
special
cere-
-.L'.
"i
i
fanada'to
maifk
Canadian
Citi-
cusliip
Week
2Q
representative.
crsons
receiveta
ineir
uanaaian
tizenship
papers
yesterday.
hlcf
Justice
Tjhibodeau
Rinfret
eslclcd
and
tniere
was
an
ap-
roprlate
speech
'from
Prime
linistcr
Mackenzie
King
wno
as
the
first
td.
receive
a
certlfi-
ile
oi
cuizensnip.
uroers
w
cccive
ccrtifiqaites
were
Joseph
sostinl,
noted
musician,
Joseph
iarsh,
the
famlpus
Ottawa
pho-
jgraphcr,
and
.
the
Winnipeg
jiiolhcr
of
an
(airman
who
lost
is
life
during
toe
war.
Twelve
now
uanaaiansywere
among
hose
to
receive
thexr
citizenship.
Similar
ceremonies'
are
to
be
lid
In
16
important)
Canadian
ities-
1
URGES
RIGHTS
OR
JAPANESE
C.C.E.
Youth
Leader
Urges
That
They
Be
Accorded
Full
Citizenship
OTTAWA
(
Ronaid
Moats
of
saskatoon,
national
president
of
he
C.C.F.
youth
moverdent,
to-
lay
urged
tne
federal
govern
ment
in
a
statement
on
behalf
f
his
organization
thalt
Cana-
iim
citizenship
rights
be
given
apancsc
Canadians.
1
iaw
OQ
vuc
I
Ar-A
eiow
vim
I'olc
and
riling
'Production
as.
However,
Greatly
Advanced
Sawlog
production
iir;
Prince
lupci't
district
totalled
171,209,-
i03
board
feet,
a
decrease
or
uurc
than
01,500,000
under
the
iiuduclloii
for
1945,
according
o
figures
provided:
by
District
Forester
J.
E.
Mathieson.
The
hole
and
piling
scale,
however,
howed
an
increase
from
2,904,-
191
lineal
feet
In
1945,
to
4,973,-
393
in
1S46.
The
sawlog
scale
in
Decem
ber.
1916
was
14,394.433
board
jiiT't,
as
comp'arcd
with
15,337,-
-i'JS
in
Deccmibcr,
1945,
and
21,-194,881
in
November,
1040.
role
and
piling
production
last
ccembcr
was
856,991
lineal
.feet,
i
great
Increase
over
December
915,
when
production
was
190,-
89
and
also
greater
than
Nov
nubciy
4940,
when
130,902
feet
iijrfc
ciil.
ftoduction
of
railroad
tics
a&
December
was
9,970
.units
is
compared
with
22,098
in
Nov-mbcr,
1940.
No
tie
production
fwas.
recorded
in
December,
1945.
Cordwood
production
last
jiionth
was
504
cords
as
against
124
in
November
and
37
in
December,
1945.
Sawlog
production
by
varieties
st
month
was
:s
follows:
Fir,
214,105
board
feet.
Cedar,
809,574.
Spruce,
0,704,061.
Hemlock,
3,915,010.
Balsam,
2,019,957.
BSfl
-JacKpinc,
38G,882.
CECIL
BRIND
0
KAMLOOPS
'"Pillar
Umperial
i(X
1
OfHcial
is
1'ra.nsf
erred
to
Soutliffj,
city
t'ccil
A,
Blind,
for
ten
and
a
ivl.f
years
located
here
as
dis-
fict
manager
of
Imipcrlal
Oil
'0.,
is
being
transferred
to
Kam-
wps
as
resident
manager
and
w
leaving
the
city
about
llp
cud
of
this
month,
accom-'aiiled
by
Mrs.
Brlnd
and
family,
-
"oouuii;
ins
new
cluues
in
tn
oiiWicrn
interior
citv.
Mr.
Brlnd
been
a
iramlar
jinrl
pfflflnnf
'ificial,
haying
been
in
charge
i'rc
during
the
war
years
in
course
of
which
many
lm-'ovlaut
changes
were
made
in
company's
set-inv
imH
mnnv
riciuls
will
regret
his
departure.
"ULceeuing
Mr.
Brlnd
here
will
Ucorue
Qrppn
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with
Ills
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SATURDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
MtAliliiHiiiilllliiAlJ
VISCOUNT
MONTGOMERY
IN
JERUSALEM
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery,
chief
of
the
imperial
general
staff,
right,
is
shown
during
'his
recent'
visit
to
troubled
Jerusalem,
where
he
was
received
by
General
Sir
Alan.'Cunnlngham.
NEWLYWEDS
HARD
HIT
Hardwood
for.'
Furniture
Must
Be
Cut
20
Tcrccrit
In
Britain
LONDON
Britain's
.
ncwiy-
weds
arc
hit
:by
the.
world
timber
shortage.
The
Board
of
;
Trade
told
f
ur
niturc
makers
yesterday
ithat
their
supply
of
hardwood
for
utility
if
urnlt'urc.inust
be
cut,;by
20
percent
m
-Uic
next
three
months:
At
Ottawa
Timber
Controller
Klahiff
of
Canada
said
UiaV
the
Ejomlnion
was
doing
a
"bang-up"
job
in
helping'
supply
-Brit
ain
with
lumber.
Preparing
To
Fight
Together
ljuitcd
Slates
View
on
Standardization
of
Arms
WIASIONGTON,
D.C.
ih
Responsible
officials
yesterday
ruled
out
for
the
predictable
future
any
full
scale
merger
of
'British
and
American
armed
forces
Ibut
Indicated
j
that
thc
United
States
is
seeking
extensive
'standardization
or
arms
Hi
some
foreign
countries
based
on
United
Stales
armaments.
The
question
of
arms
standardization,
as
explained
here,
Is
'based
on
the
broa'd
political
principle
that
countries
which
might
some
day
fight
together
should
prepare
in
advance
to
dc
so.
NEWS
FAMINE
GETS
SERIOUS
'SPRINGFIELD,.
Mass.
X&
This
city
of
150,000
persons
today
en
tered
the
100th
day
of
a
newspaper
famine.
Four
local
dallies
-
Republican,
Morning
Union,
Evening
Union
and
Daily
News,
all
under
the
same,
management
-
have
not
been
published
since
mechanical
department
em
ployees,
went
on
strike
on
the
question
of
apprenticeship
train
ing.
CALLS
ON
CONGRESS
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
it)
As
the
now
United
Sl'atcs
Congress
opened
Its
session
yesterday.
Speaker
Joseph
Martin
Called
upon
the
now
Republican-controlled
house
to
deal
with
labor
laws,
taxation-
and
government
economy.
'He
said
the
solution
of
labor-management
problems
must
receive
immediate
attention
and
there
must
be
quick
.taxation
slashes.
Ralston
on
Rail
Rates
Horizontal
Increase
Would
Be
Absolutely
Unfair.'
l'onncr
a
Minister
Declares
.OTTAWA
(ffi
The
horizontal
freight
rate
increase
sought,
by
i
Canadian
railways
would
be
"un
fair,"'
the
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
was
told
yester
.day;
by
.CP.Lr.Jt,fcIlal8tonfoj;'
mer.
Dominion
cabinet
minister,
Col.
Ralston
declared
that
hori
zontal'
boosts
had
been
rccog
nlzcd
as
"absolutely
unfair."
He
aDDcalcd.
on
behalf
of
several
provinces,
for
further
particu
lars
from
the
railways
ln
con
nection
with
their
application
for
a
general
thirty
percent
in
crease.
Col.
Ralston
said:
"The
economic
factors
in
each
area
must
be
taken
into
account."
Hearing
on
thc
railways'
request,
will
be
heard
February
11.
Calgary
Gypsum
Plant
Burn?d
CALGARY
01
A
two-alarm
fire
razed
the
Western
Gypsum
Limited
plant
yesterday,
causing
damage
estimated
at
more
than
$500,000.
Thc
fire,
started
in
a
large
roil
of
paper
and
is
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
a
vshort
circuit.
The
plant
was
only
a
year
and
a
naif
old.,
WAGES
AND
ATOM
BOMBS
Lowers
Cover
Considerable
Ground
at
Convention
in
Victoria
VICTORIA
'-.Thc
loggers'
convention
here,
unanimously
voted
yesterday
'for
a
general
across-the-board
Wage
'increase
of
not
less
than
25
percent.
They
also
called
on
the.
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
to
organize
a
united
fight
-to
maintain
wages
at
a
level
commensurate
with
decent
Canadian
living
standards.
They
also
urged
international
control
of
atomic
weapons,
destruction
of
atom
bomb
"stock
piles
and
giving
of
secrets
of
atomic
energy
to
all
United
Nations
countries.
James
Faldln
of,
Portland,
president
of
tlic
International
Woodworkers
of
America,
said
Wic
world
was
heading
Into
a
third
world
war
unless
-workers
united
to
'find
a
program
for
peace.
Delegates
rapped
"monopolistic
control"
of
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
in
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
Local
Tides
Sunday,
January
5,
1047
High
11:38
22.5
feet
Low
5:27
8.0
feet
18:25
1.7
feet
ARREST
IS
MADE
IN
ST.
CATHERINES
CASE
Legislation
For
Alaska
Delegate
Bartlclt
Working
On
Statehood
ami
Other
Mailers
WASHINGTON
(APJ
Legislation
designed
to
benefit
Alaska
will
be
introduced
in
thc
next
session
of
congress
by
Delegate
Bartletit.
who.
will
ask
the
lawmakers
to
approve
statehood
for
the
territory.
BarMctt
said
Che
statehood
bill
will
not
be
introduced
until
he
has
had
time
to
make
some
further
revisions,
in
his
former
bill
but
he
expects
it
to
be
ready
early
in
the
session
The
delegate
said
in
a
state
ment
he
proposed
to
ask
con
gress
to
enact
legislation
that
will
extend
Uie
federal
aid
and
federal
highway
laws
to
Alaska.
to
provide
for
election
of
thc
governor
of
the
territory
now
appointed
by
the
President,
and
lo
provide
that
residents
ol
Alaska
shall
have
priority
in
employment
in
fisheries
and
fishing
industries
of
thc
territory.
He
said
he
also
would
propose
bill
to
require
that
thc
governor
or
the
territory
shall
be
a
resident
of
Alaska,
The
delegate
said
lie
would
ask
thai
residents
of
the
territory
be
pcniiH'tcd
to
vote-when
reaching
thc
agc
of
.18
instead
of
the
age,,,
of
21
as
now.
.
Sonic
Other
Legislation
He
said
he
would
propose
other
legislation
to
prohibit
seizure
of
fishing
cauioment
for
law
violations
until
after
the
person
charged
with
the
violations
had
ibeen
convicted,
to
provide
'that
37'2
percent
of
moricy
received
ifrom
sales,
bonuses,
royalties
and
rentals
of
public
lands
under
thc
mineral
leasing
law
shall
be
allotted
to
thc
territory
(for
support
of
public
schools.
He
swid
lie
would
ask
that
the
federal
government
pay
for
material,
equipment
and
labor
in
.the
survey,
improvement,
repair
and
maintenance
of
roads,
irails,
village
streets,
landing
strips
and
dock
facilities
serv
ing
people
under
the
supervision
of
thc
Office
of
Indian
Affairs.
He
said"
he
would
propose
that
the
governor
of
the
territory
be
granted
thc
right
to
grant
par
dons,
reprieves
and
remit
fines
for
offenses
against
the
laws
of
Alaska
and
reprieves
for
violations
against
the
federal
laws
until
the
President
has
finally
approved
sentences.
Oilier
ltciuicsls
Arc
.Considered
Bartlett
said!
he
would
ask
congress:
To
.increase
the
salaries
of
the
governors
of
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Puerto
Rico
and
the
Virgin
Islands
from
$10,000
to
$15,000
a
year.
To
transfer
control
of
the
fisheries
of
Alaska
to
the
territory
from
thc
federal
govern
ment.
That'
employees
of
the
Alaska
railroad
'be
granted
retirement
when
55
years
old
after
30
years
of
service.
To
extend
the
farm
credit
law
to
Alaska.
To
increase
compensation
of
U.S.
commissioners
ln
thc
territory.
COAL
SHORTAGE
IS
PLAGUING
BRITAIN
.LONDON
Hi
British
industry
is
being
plagued
.by
the
coal
shortage.
The
Great
Western
Railway
yesterday
announced
suspension
oif
six
main
line
and
73
local
line
services.
The
huge
Suffolk
cement
works
has
been
shut
down
and
;the
world's
biggest
brick
works
is
threatened
with
a
complete
shutdown,
Plahe
Bought
For
Public
Works
Men
VICTORIA
(
Minister
of
Public
Works
E.
C.
Carson
announced
yesterday
that
thc
government
has
purchased
an
Anson
aircraft,
for
use
of
administrative
staff
for
inspections
of
far-flung
provincial
highways.
The
plane
cost
$10,-C00
and
Is
being
converted
at
Winnipeg.
It
will
be
stationed,
at
Patricia
Bay.
POLICE
MOVE
IN
VANCOUVER
Five
Arrests
Made
In
Connection
With
Barbecue
Robbery
Another
Arson
Note
VANCOUVER
W
Police
moved
swiftly
on
Friday
to
curb
a
threatened
new
outbreak
of
crimp,
arresting
five
men
and
women
in
connection
with
thc
$625
hold-up
Thursday
of
the
Jumbo
Barbecue
in
the
Marpole
district
of
Vancouver.
Police
are
also
investigating
a
fifth
arson
threat
letter.
The
latest
to
be
mailed
such
a
letter
is
Andrew
Sunde
of
Bumaby.
The,
letter
threatened
to
burn
his
home
today.
EIRE
GOING
ON
RATIONS
Poor
Wheal
Harvest
Results
In
Government
Food
Limiting
Order
DUBLIN
(.Hungry
Europeans''
idea
of
a
land
of
plenty
during
the
war,
Eire
was
yesterday
ordered
on
to
country-wide
rationing
which
will
become
effective
January
18.
The
rationing
order
is
sequel
to
a
poor
wlieat
harvest.
Meanwhile
thc
government
has
drafted
a
plea
to
thc
International
Wheat
Con
trol
Board
for
larger
imports
from
the
United
States.
The
Irish
bread
ration
will
be
six
pounds
a
week
and
flour
iVs
pounds
which
is
considerably
more
than
Britons
are
allowed
Firemen
Fighting
Hard
To
Save
Great
New'
Ship
Liner
Corinthia
Is
In
Capsizal
Danger
In
Mersey
River
BIRKENHEAD
(CP)
Firemen
today
are
fighting
to
save
the
nearly
completed
15,000-ton
liner
Corinthia
ill
the
hold
of
which
lire
broke
out,
the
vessel
developing
a
twenty
degree
list,
with
danger
of
capsizing
increasing.
So
far,
the
flames
have
been
confined
to
one
hold
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Clear
cold
weather
continued
over
central
and
southern
Brit
ish
Columbia
this
morning
with
little
change
expected
over
Ihe
week
end.
Elsewhere,
on-shore
flow
of
moist
racific
air
has
re
sulted
in
milder
weather
with
overcast
skies.
Twenty
to
25
de
grees
of
frost
was
general
this
morning
over
the
lower
mainland.
Sub
-
zero
temperatures
continue
over
southeastern
B.C.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Northern
Section:
overcast
with
Intermittent
rain
today
and
Sun
day;
winds
southerly
(20);
lit
tle
change
ln
temperature
Southern
Section:
overcast
to
day
and
Sunday;
widely
scat
tered
rain
showers
after
mid
clay
today,
changing
to
Inter
milieu
t
rain
Sunday
afternoon.
Light
winds.
Milder
tonight.
Lows
tonight:
Port
Hardy,
35;
Massctt,
40;
Prince
Rupert,
40.
Highs
Sunday:
Port
Hardy,
43;
Massctt,
45;
Prince
Rupert,
45.
Little
Marion
Rusnak
Been
Murdered
And
ANTARCTIC
PLANE
LOST
Eight
Pprsons
Aboard
Machine
in
U.S.
Navy's
Southern
Exploratory
Flight
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Pi
A
Mariner
seaplane,
with
eight
persons
aboard,
is
overdue
on
an
exploratory
flight
from
thi
Navy's
Antarctic
expedition,
the
Navy
reported
yesterday.
When
last
heard
from
the
plane
was
250
miles
from
the
seaplane
tender
Pine
Island
from
which
it
took
off.
MUST
CRUSH
NATIONALISTS
This
Is
View
of
French
Colonial
Minister
Now
On
Visit
lo
Indo-China
PARIS
P'
Marlus
Mouetet,
French
colonial
minister,
now
in
Indo-China,
has
decided
that
thc
Viet
Nam
Nationalists
there
must
,bc
crushed
before
peace
can
be
restored.
When
Moutct
and
his
party
came
'under'
-fire
oT
snipers
ln
Hanoi
yesterday
two
soldiers
In
his
guard
were
killed.
Moutet
has
since
returned
to
Saigon.
A
Nam
broadcast
says
that
"an
equitable
peace
is
still
pos
sible."
In
Hanoi
French
garrisons
were
reported
tonight
to
have
evacuated
Bacmunn
and
Pulang-thuong,
northeast
of
here,
where
they
had
fought
off
Viet
Nam
attacks
since
December
19.
Some
300
civilians
were
evacuated
with
the
troops.
French
tanks
and
infantry
advanced
a
mile
today
on
the
outskirts
of
Hanoi.
COVENTRY,
Eng.,
((Pj
Communion
vessels
for
the
New
Coventry
Cathedral
will
be
of
glass,
of
the
Corinthia.
Largest
cargo
vessel
ever
to
be
built
on
thc
Mersey,
thc
Cor
inthia
is
intended
for
cargo
and
passenger
service
between
Great
Britain
and
the
Dominions.
ORDERED
TO
KILL
FELONS
New
York
Police
Will
Not
Trifle
Willi
Criminals
From
Brooklyn
Jail
Break
NEW
YORK
th
Thl.f
city's
17.000
police
were
yesterday
ordered
lo
shoot
to
kill
In
a
manhunt
for
nine
felons,
one
a
confessed
killer,
wno
staged
a
day
light
escape
from
Brooklyn
Jail.
Thc
break
was
thc
largest
In
thc
city's
history
but
involved
no
violence.
'
Police
said
Indications
pointed
to
outside
accomplices.
EARLY
PRINTING
Jan
de
Printers
of
Antwerp
printed
on
paper
with
hand-carved
wood
blocks
ln
1417.
May
Have
Body
Burned
ENGINEER
IS
BEING
HELD
ST.
CATHERINES,
Ont.
(CP)
Sidney
dial-iners,
aged
34,
a
stationary
engineer,
was
charged
today
with
the
murder
of
nine-year-oJd
JMarion
Kusnak,
missing
since
December
23.
Police
have
given
no
inkling
of
the
finding
of
trace
of
the
child's
body
but
intimated
that
search
was
centering
on
the
Canadian
Canners
Ltd.
plant
where
Chalmers
was
employed.
They
may
sift
the
ashes
from
the
boilers
of
the
plant
in
pursuit
of
a
theory
that
thc
child
may
have
been
murdered
and
the
body
disposed
of
in
thc
furnace.
Bulletins
HITCH-HIKER
AT
GOAL
TORONTO
Walter
It.
Stopper,
young
Victoria
typewriter
mechanic,
has
reached
here
after
hitch-hiking
from
Vancouver
in
8
Va
days.
He
bought
meals
and
cigarettes
for
the
motorists
who
picked
him
up
and
thc
trip
cost
$79,
more
than
it
would
have
by
riding
railway
coaches.
SNOW
IN
TORONTO
TORONTO
Two
thousand
men,
working
for.
"So
ah
hour,
arc
shovelling
-snow
in
Toronto
after
the
big
snowfall
which
a
Toronto,
inewspaper
estimates
cost
$500,000
in
loss
of
business,
transport
and
property
damage.
Liri'IIBKIDGL'
MAYOR
LETHBRIDGE
J.
A.
Jar-dine,
prominent
business
man,
has
been
elected
mayor
of
Lelhbridgc
by
the
city
council.
He
succeeds
A.
W.
Shackle-ford,
who
was
mayor
for
the
last
three
years.
Lelhbridgc
is
cue
of
the
few
cities
where
thc
city
council
nominates
the
mayor.
IMPORTANT
POST
WASHINGTON
Max
W.
Bell,
prominent
oil
man
of
Edmonton,
has
been
appointed
director
of
coal
and
gas
for
thc
United
States
Department
of
the
Interior.
He
is
thus
fuel
controller
for
the
United
Slates.
PALESTINE
SITUATION
JERUSALEM
Jewish
cafes,
bars
and
restaurants
in
Jerusalem,
Haifa
and
Tel
Aviv
have
been
declared
out
of
bounds
for
British
troops
in
thc
effort
to
prevent
more
kidnappings
by
Hie
Jewish
underground.
RABBI
WISE
QUiTS
NEW
YORK
In
proiest
at
the
"tragic
inadequacy"
if
thc
Zionist
Congress
in
S'v.Ucr-laud,
Rabbi
Stephen
TVsc
has
resigned
as
head
of
he
Zionist
organization
i
tjie
United
States.
MONTY
TO
MOSCOW
LONDON
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery
left
today
for
Moscow
following
conferences
with
Sir
Allan
Cunningham,
British
commander-in-chief
hi
Palestine,
and
F
o
r
c
i
g
n
Secretary
Ernest
Bcvin.
AUSTRALIANS
ARE
LEADING
MELBOURNE
tfc
Thc
Australian
team
concluded
fourth
day's
play
in
ihe
third
test
cricket
match
with
England
today
toy
piling
up
their
second
Innings
score
to
203
for
four
wickets.
That
gave
thc
Commonwealth's
'team
a
307-run
lead
over
the
visiting
English
team.
I
More
than
72,000
persons
at
tended
the
match
today.
BATTLE
OVER
BILBO
KEEPS
ON
STEADILY
WASIUNGTON,
D.C.
Bat
tle
on
the
floor
of
the
United
States
Senate
over
the
seating
of
Theodore
Bilbo
went
into
the
second
day
today
with
no
sign
of
a
itruce
foeHweeh
the
groups
wrangling
over
his
admission.
Republican
leaders
met
to
discuss
means
of
breaking
the
deadlock
which
is-
holding
up
the
swearing-in
of
other
senators-elect.
.
.Senator
Robert
Taft
said
the
Republican
conference
voted
to
hold
the
Senate
in
session
all
night
tonight,
all
day
tomorrow
and
continuously
next
week
if
necessary
to
dispose
of
the
Bilbo
matter.
Taft
said
the
Republicans
would
not
agree
tq
any
Ibreak,
even
to
"hear
President
Truman
deliver
his
scheduled
message
on
Monday.
He
said
the
attack
on
the
filibuster
will
be
carried
on
as
long
as
necessary
quorum
permits
the
Senate
to
remain
In
session.
Blibo
lias
been
charged
with
using
Ms
office
for
personal
gain
in
dealing
with
contractors
LONG
SERVICE
WITH
RAILWAY
John
R.
Scott,
Assistant
General
Freight
Agent,
Vancouver,
Retires
VANCOUVER
Few
men
can
boast
half
a
century
of
active
service
In
one
field
of
business.
One
of
the
few
Is
John
R.
Scott,
assistant
general
freight
agent,
Canadian
National
Railways,
who
completed
'51
years
of
railroading
Friday
when
he
retired
on
pension
after
a
service
of
40
years
with
the
C.N.R.
system.
Mr.
Scott
Is
one
of
the
best-known
transportation
men
in
the
Pacific
Northwest.
In
Vancouver
since
1920,
he
has
travelled
over
the
territory
many
times
and
made
many
friends
during
his
26
years
ln
this
part
of
the
country.
Born
and
educated
in
Loch-matoen,
Scotland,
the
.veteran
started
railroading
at
age.
14
as
a
junior
clerk
on
the
Caledonian
Railway
in
Lanark.
Coming
to
Canada
in
1902,
he
worked
for
thc
C.P.R.
In
Montreal
until
1907
when
he
joined
the
Cana
dian,
Northern,
now
part
of
the
C.N.R.,
as
clerk
In
the
.freiglvt
department,
Winnipeg.
Subsequent
promotions
saw
him
rise
to
chief
clerk.
He
became
divi
sion
(freight
agent
at
Port
Ar
thur
in
1915
and
five
years
later
moved
to
Vancouver
to
the
post
he
has
just
vacated.
1017
TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY
A
new
telephone
directory
is
about
to
be
published.
All
changes
of
listings
must
be
hi
by
January
11
in
writing
at
thecity
utilities
office.
City
Telephone
Department
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