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30,
1947
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local
weather
mercury
dropped
to
zero.
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given
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n'onthpr
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tcmucrature.
had
r
invfii
1
rtr
enmn
nnnps
plumbers
grimly
reported
more
business
Uian
they
could
handle.
King
Edward
elementary
school,
notoriously
drafty,
postponed
its
classes
until
the
morning
recess
because
it
was
found
Impossible
to
maintain
comfortable
room
temperatures
before
that
time.
EPOCHAL
COLD
SNA!'
RECALLED
Looking
back
on
the
epochal
cold
spell
of
1916,
It
was
recalled
the
city
underwent
six
weeks
of
near-zero
temperatures
which
provided
citizens
with
an
unbroken
spell
of
sleighing,
skating,
hockey
and
other
winter
sports
which
have
not
been
enjoyed
to
such
a
degree
since.
However,
the
record
cold
of
January
22,
1910,
had
an
adverse
effect
011
the
sports
which
the
cold
weather
Itself
had
mcde
possible.
The
cold
weather
reduced
attendance
at
the
city's
first
and
only
ice
carnival.
Enterprising
sportsmen
had
promoted
the
carnival
on
the
rcutlicr
in
recent
skating
rink
which
had
been
U
ut
Januaty
19,
made
"on
the"
court
house
the
mercury
plumct-
Krounds.
The
Daily
News
on
the
Ofrec
above
zero.
A
day
following
the
carnival
re
wind
wnicn
accom-
ported;
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man
ivv
vut.uiu,
11.
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nripni.
nr
it.o
urnr.
'
iur
iour
uays.
held
hi
the
Market
Place
rink
Saturday
night.
Unfortunately,
conditions
were
not
of
the
best,
the
cold
being
intense,
with
the
.wo.
tntnij
oii
with
thermometer
somewnai
arouna
-pue
ovuwara
ap-
01
normalcy.
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fair
Of
hnilsrhnlrinro
ctrnvn
!ln
tn
(Tin...
ni4
.
n
I
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STS
ENACE
--
VIIHIIUU
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c
is
to
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Drive
Tlifm
'irm
n
.
w
inc
cana-
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or
Commerce
is
a"
all
out
campaign
"loill
til
VUllUllil,
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or
'Montreal,
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UlC
iirL'niiW-illfHi'i
01
ecuiioinlRs.
K.iirt
day
we
expoi"
tliesc
ucodIo,
Sheridan
said,
"wr
nrn
to
id
a
very
serious
11
a
alwrt
time."
He
1
the
Canadian
Cham-
'"v,ii,:n;t.
iccis
com-
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1
11
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1.
11
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a
booklet
contalnins
s
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all
known
com-
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Canada.
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in
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Kiw
un.,iii.
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ill
UU
lUOll
In
rn.
iqovc
zero,
recorded
u"niperaturc
rcadint;
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inn
nn
ni
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1894,
In
viirl,....
In
.
.
.
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was
1
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Mr
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1,111".
n,c
reported
In
11
the
cold,
Mn.
nny
50
drgrens.
m
continent's
warmest
zero,
and
the
attendance,
ac
cordingly,
was
small
Competitors
from
as
far
east
as
Smlthcrs
were
on
hand
here
lor
the
carnival.
MAY
WITHDRAW
FROM
PARLEY
TrTWVA,
0
Pcsslbllity
ap-perred
today
that
Can?da
may
r-it-ct
an
invitation
to
make
suBi'c.ticns
on
the
German-Austrian
peace
trcatlcs-as
a
result
of
a
DI3
Four
decision
that
no'
nr.n'rancc
"will
be
given
Cnnada
of
a
more
active
part
in
the
peace
making.
Top
officials
cf
Canada's
external
affairs
department
are
known
to
be
studying
the
situation
created
by
the
rcbiUf
of
the
major
powers.
NAAS
RIVER
FROZEN
OVER
Hitler
North
Wind,
However,
Is
Putting
(Stop
to
Travel
Over
Ice
The
Naas
River
Is
now
frozen
across
from
bank
tc
bank
above
tidewater
with
Ice
of
sufficient
thickness
to
bear
traffic
above
Mill
Bay,
according
to
word
rcaclilng
the
city
from
the
north.
However,
the
bitter
north
wind3
have
caused
the
suspension
of
practically
all
traffic
by
dog
team
between
the
up-river
villaccs
und
the.
mouth.
Snow
Is
now
12
feet
deep
around
Mill
Bay,
It
Is
reported.
Sugar
Destroyed
In
Plant
Fire
WINNIPEG
)
Four
hundred
bags
of
sugar
and
20
barrels
of
glucose
were
destroyed
Tuesday
In
a
two-alarm
fire
which
badly
damaged
the
Bond
&
Ronald
candy
manufacturing
plant
here.
Two
firemen
were
trapped
by
an
explosion
but
escaped
with
minor
injur
Vs.
Price
Control
Policy
of
Government
Ijiunciated
In
Speech
from
Throne
OTTAWA
Qi
Canada's
twentieth
rscssion
of
Parliament
was
resumed
with
customary
ceremonies
by
His
Excellency,
Viscount
Alexander,
the
Governor-General,
who
presented
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
before
a
Joint
gathering:
In
the
Senate
Chamber.
Of
considerable
interest
was
the
announcement
of
government
policy
in
regard
to
price
control.
It
was
to
the
:effect
that
the
cvernment
intended
to
maintain
mly
surh
controls
as
were
deemed
requisite
to
protect
coiisumors
front
sudden
and
drastic
rises
in
prices
ami
to
wisurc
fair
and
orderly
distribution
of
,exislln:
Tiie
speech
also
forecast
legislation
dealing
with
old
age
pensions,
tax
agreements
with
the
provinces,
the
formation
jof
n-
joint
committee
on
human
rights
and
ratification
of
treaties
,with
Axis
satellite
countries.
There
will
also
be
legislation
relating
to
labor
relations,
agriculture,
marketing,
immigration,
defence,
finance
and
export
trade
to
be
submitted
for
ratification
for
this
third
session
of
the
Twentieth
Parliament.
Approval
will
also
be
sought
for
an
increase
in
the
membership
of
the
House
of
Commons
from
215
to
255
and
am-
ehdmeiits
In
the
Dominio'lrtl-
cction
Act.
BANKER
WAS
BADLY
HURT
Freed
i;y
imucrground
Jews
In
Palestine
Hut
Condition
Is
"Serious"
JERUSALEM
"CM
The
kidnapped
banker,
H.
A.
I.
Collins,
retired
British
Army
major,
stumbled
into
a
clinic
last
night,
dazed
and
bleeding,
after
hav-lnt?
been
held
nrisoner
for
78
hours.
He
was
taken
to
nospuai,
his
condition
being
reported
"serious."
Collins
told
police:
"I
was
badly
treated
and
had
to
fight
my
way
out."
Ho
was
tlic
second
abducted
Briton
to
win
his
freedom
In
24
hours.
Judge
Ralph
Windham
was
freed
unharmed
Tuesday
night.
THE
WEATHER
aynopsis
Bitterly
cold
Arctic
air
is
pushing
southward
across
the
border
into
,thc
United
States
this
morning.
Most
stations
in
Alaska
and
western
Canada
are
reporting
near
record-breaking
low
temperatures.
The
strong
northerly
winds
sweeipVig
Vancouver
Island
the
lower
mainland
will
become
light
tonight
and
temperatures
will
drop
sharply.
Vancouver
is
expected
to
reach
10
above
Friday
morning.
Snow
now
falling
over
the
central
and
southern
Interior
will
stop
during
the
day
with
clear
cold
weather
In
store
for
tonight.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear,
occasionally
becoming
cloudy
with
snow
Hurries
today
and
Friday.
Northerly
winds
(20
m.p.h.).
Little
change
in
tom-
ncraturc.
Mlnlmums
tonight
Port
Hardy,
15;
Massett
b;
Prince
Rupert,
zero.
Maximums
Friday
1'ort
Hardy,
30;
Massett,
20;
Prince
Rupert,
10,
School
System
Js
Cause
of
Disunity
MONTREAL
Sena.tor
T.
1).
Bouchard
of
St.
Hyuclntho
cypresses
the
belief
tha,t
the
present
school
system
hi
Quebec
Is
the
cause
of
much
disunity.
He
believes
that
there
should
be
non-corafcssional
schools.
l.V.
Mourn
llnizWs
Representative
KEEP
WATCH
UPON
ORIENT
Japanese
Occupation
Has
Had
Effect
of
Speeding
Up
Britain's
Policy
to
Bestow
Autonomy
LONDON,
Experts
of
the
colonial'
administration
arc
watching
with
interest
the
work-ins
of
British
policies
In
the
Orient
where
Japanese
occupa
tioh,
although
unwelcome,
caus
ed
new
questioning
ol
white
authority
among
the,
natives
Tills
development
has
landed
to
accelerate
British
policy
of
gra
dual
tranter
of
authority
from
white
administrator?
to
native
in
East
Maiay
lerniory,
wnere
several
rulers
wielded
local
pow
cr,
Britain
has
sought
unlfidd
administration
under
plan
for
Malayan
union
as
announced
in
1945.
At
Aden
on
the
Red
Sea
a
new
legislative
council
"recently
met
foor
the
first
time
and
will
eventually
replace
absolute
control
which
had
been
Vested
In
the
governor.
BADBOYSCAUSED
WRECK
OF
TRAIN
WALTON,
Indiana
O)
Two
Walton
boys
confessed
today
to
putting
d
175npound
roll
of
fence
wire
on
the
Pennsylvania
railroad
track
here
Monday,
causing
a
wreck
with
four
killed.
Tlie
boys
,have
been
taken
Into
custody.
They
admitted
putting
the
wite
in
the
switch
"to
sec
what
would
happen."
SAYS
ELECTION
WAS
NOT
FREE
-
Vandenberg
Calls
on
Britain
and
Russia
to
Join
United
States
in
Review
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Senator
Arthur
Vandenberg
last
night
called
upon
Great
Britain
and
Soviet
Russia
to
join
with
United
States
In
reviewing
the
recent
elections
in
Poland.
He
declared
that
Poland
had
violated
the
international
agreement
on
tho
matter
of
free
elections.
ANOTHER
WAR
'
IN
14
YEARS
General
Worthinglon
Warns
Canadians
to
Xtiok
to
'i'hf'r
Defences
EDMONTON
General
S.
F.
Worthington,
general
officer
commanding,
takes
the
Canadian
public
to
task
for
its
willingness
to
see
Uie
armed
forces
and
national
defences
reduced..
"Unless
the
people
of
the
Dominion
are
willing
to
pay
for
adequate
national
defence,
there
may
be
another
.war
within
four
years,"
he
declares.
"Canada,
with
its
rich
natural
resources,
Is
looked
upon
wlUi
envious
eyes
'by
other
nations,"
Gen.
Worlhington
warns.
DUESSES
POPULAR
LONDON
Canadian-made
dresses
arc
selling
"like
hot
cakes"
at
thc
ceiling,
price
of
$G3
in
London
stores.
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WM
ft
.
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1
"2?-
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j
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-
&..sm.
A
The
flags
of
51
member
nations?
United
Nations
Headquarters.
Lake
Success.
New
York,
this
month
for
the
first
time
flew
at
half-last
in
deference
to
the
sudden
death
of
Senhor
Pedro
Leao
Velloso,
presenUtive
of
Brazil
on
the
Doited
Nations
Security
Council.
Bulletins
RECORD
COLD
OTTAWA
A
near
record
low
temperature
in
Canada's
meteorological
history
was
reported
today
from
Snag,
175
miles
north
of
White
Horse
in
the
.Yukon,
when
the
alcohol
thermometer
sank
to
78
below.
The
lowest
record
was
78.5,
below
at
Good
Hope,
Northwest,
territories
in
1910.
SNOW
IN
ONTARIO
f
TORONTO
Seven
Inches
of
Vay
from'
Wlhdsor'io
Kingston
in
southern
Ontario.
There
has
also
been
freezing
rain
and
travel
is
dangerous.
Rt'tilNA
OPENING
REGINA
Provincial
price
control,"
a
bill
of
rrghls,
extension
of
compulsory
automobile
Insurance
including
col-
-lision
benefits
were
forecast
this
afternoon
in
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
at
the
open-ing
of
the
fourth
session
of
Saskatchewan's
tentli
legislature,
Lt.-Gove.
R.
J.
M.
Parker
read
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
which
announced
a
Crown
Corporations
Act
to
expand
the
government's
industrial
program.
SHORTENING
PRICE
UP
OTTAWA
There
will
be
an
increase
from
20c
to
30c
in
the
price
of
thortenins
in
Canada
tbis
week-end,
it
is
forecast.
Cigarettes
may
go
up
from
33c
to
42c
per
packet
but
there
may
be
25
instead
of
20
cigarettes
in
a
packet.
AIRCRAFT
SAFE
OTTAWA
W.
It.
(Wop)
May,
well
known
former
Canadian,
bush
pilot,
said
here
that
aircraft
is
as
safe
as
any
means
of
travel
and
there
arc
figures
to
prove
it.
The
press,
he
asserts,
is
over-emphasizing
airplane
accidents.
U.N.
Facts
and
Faces
Hurricane
and
Blizzard
Make
Worst
Tempest
City
Has
Seen
MEDIATOR
IN
COAST
STRIKE
Mr.
Justice
Carroll
of
Nova
Scotia
Appointed
in
Attempt
to
Reach
Settlement
HALIFAX
OWhe
federal
government
has
appointed
Mr.
Justice
W.
F.
Carrou
or
Nova
Scotia
Supreme
Court
to
conciliate
the
dispute
of
13,000
coal
miners
in
the
Maritime
coal
pits.
Conferences
will
begin
tomorrow
with
II.
C.
Gordon,
coal
operation
manager
for
the
Dominion
Steel
and
Coal
Corporation,
and
F.
Jenkins,
president
If
District
No.
28
of
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
(CCD.
Present
wage
contract
between
the
United
Mine
Workers
and
the
steel
company
expires
All
previous
no!:otiaUons,
Including
a
three
A
ir
meeting
In
Ottawa
with
Minister
ol
Labor
Humphrey
Mitchell,
failed
to
bring
a
settlement.
AGREES
WITH
PROFITS
TAX
Money
Made
Over
and
Above
Normal
Business
Requirements
Should
be
Zledistrib-ited
1,r,,.i...,u.,..,..u
.
OTTAWA-tfrofits
not
reav:
way
or
Taxation
for
public
distribution,
declared
Rt.
Hon.
J.
G.
Gardiner,
minister
of
agriculture,
In
an
address
last
night.
HOLY
LAND
PARTITION
Is
Necessary
zn
nettle
Arab-
source
said
that
partition
of
Pal
CARDIFF,
Wales,
W-HArthur
Haywood,
coal
'controller
at
Cardiff
Docks,
has
been
appointed
coal
adviser
to
Lord
KlUcarn,
special
commissioner
for
Southeast
Asia.
UNITED
KINGDOM
UNITED
r
oTM
KINGDOM
llv;
M
rrinirararX4
The
United
Kingdom
of
Grout
Britain
and
North
ern
Ireland
Is
31,201
Miuirc
miles
In
area,
populated
by
some
45,000,
'JUt'
persons.
Entirely
an
Island
nation,
the
U.K.
lies
oil
Continental
Europe,
separated
from
trance
bv
the
English
Channel.
IU
king
is
George
VI
and
its
Prime
Minister,!
Clement
K.
Attlcc.
The'
United
Kingdom
Is
a
permanent
member'.!
the
Security
Council,
a
two-year
member
of
trie
Kcicoruic
anti
Social
Council.
Its
permanent
delegate
at
Unilc.5
Nati.us
Headquarters
it
Sir
Alexander
Cadogan,
who
tits
on
lli
Security
Council.
The
Unilcil
Kingdom
flag
the
Union
Jack
is
blue,
emblazoned
with
the
red
Crouca
of
St.
Gcorgo
and
SL
Anihew,
which
are
outlined
in
white.
Gale
Up
to
72
Miles
Per
Hour
Lashes
Waterfront
Two
Serious
Fires
All
Services
Are
Disrupted
VANCOUVER
Damage
estimated
at
a
mill'tr
dollars
was
done
in
Vancouver,
most
of
it
along-t'.-t
wraterfrbnt,
by
hurricane
and
blizzard
during
th
night.
It
was
the
w.orst
storm
the
city
had
experienced
and
caused
much
hardship
and
inconvenience.
The
wind,
at
its
maximum,
reached
7"
.
mlles
per
nour-
xnere
were
pro-
Tacoma
Has
k
i.ii
r.
rvmin
nre
MilUcm-dollar
Plant
of
Centennial
Tlour
Company
Is
Destroyed
TACOMA,
Washington
W
Spectacular
fire
today
destroyed
the
$1,000,000
Centennial
Hour
mill
plant,
one
of
Tacoma's
largest
industries,
and
threatened
to
spread
to
the
big
Sperry
flour
mill
nearby.
The
225
employees
of
the
plant
left
safely
shortly
after
blaze
started.
Firemen
abandoned
hope
ol
saving
the
building
and
devoted
themselves
to
the
attempt
to
keep
the
blaze
from
spreading.
flour
dust.
'The
plant,
containing
400,000
bushels
of
wheat',
wa!j
fully
in
SUTr
.
ness
do
not
belong
to
the
big
"
Interests
and
should
be
paid
TAhU
4
l
A
MITr
back
to
the
government
in
the
IUKNAUU
III
I
J
MIDDLE
WEST
Big
Blow
Also
In
Alabama
Arkansas
Village
Is
In
Flames
MAMMOTH
SPRINGS,
Arkansas
CB
Tornado
ripped
thrpugh
north
central
Arkansas
and
southern
Missouri
region
last
night,
killing
six
and
injuring
Jew
Disnute.
Government
Savs
many.
Scores
LONDON,
05
A
government
I
destroyed,
of
homes
were
Reports
over
crippled
communication
linles
from
Salem,
cstinc
into
Independent
Arab
Arkansas,
say
that
town
was
on
and
Jewish
.states
Is
necessary
fire.
The
tornado
struck-Salem,
to
settle
the
Holy
Land
question.
m0ved
northward,
wrecking
The
British
cabinet
reported
homes
at
Thayer,
Missouri,
and
that
it
is
undecided
whether
counch,
Missouri.
Britain
rhould
impose
partition
,
Thc
state
highway
patrol
re-or
refer
the
Palestine
problem
ported
today
that
tornado
to
the
United
Nations
with
a
SfniPk
th
outskirts
of
Mont-
partition
recommendation.
WARM
IN
ST.
LOUIS
ST.
LOUIS
It
Mas
unseasonably
warm
in
St.
Louis
yesterday
with
the
thermometer
reading
70
above.
gomery,
Alabama,
beyond
Gun-ter
Field
today.
A
radio
operator
said:
"We
understand
It
is
pretty
bad."
BURMA
TO
BE
INDEPENDENT
Plan
for
Autonomy
Similar
To
That
Accorded
India
LONDON
)
Prime
Minister
Clement
R.
Attlee,
In
the
House
of
Commons,
and
Lord
Pethlck-Lawrence,
Secretary
of
State
for
India
and
Burma,
made
coincidental
announcements
that
an
Interim
government
was
to
be
set
up
for
Burma
similar
to
that
established
In
India
to
administer
affairs
during
a
transitory
period
until
the
Asiatic
crown
colony
attains
full
Independence.
They
said
that
a
constiU
".ent
assembly
composed
entirely
if
Burmese,
nationals
would
be
4ected
next
April.
Local
Tides
Friday,
January
31,
1947
High
8:05
19.3
feet
21:17
15.8
feet
Low
1:29
8.7
feet
15:03
6.1
feet
Many
of
Canada's
most
outstanding
public
figures
gained
their
appreciation
and
understanding
of
public
affairs
in
newspaper
offices.
William
Lyon
Mackenzie,
Joseph
Howe,
Sir
Francis
Hlncks,
Jean
Baptlste
Corlon
and
George
Brown
were
newspapermen.
tracted
gusts
of
up
to
63,
miles
per
hour.
During
the
height
of
the
storm
the
wind
was
ne-
er
below
50
miles
per
hour.
At
the
same
time
the
snow
was
falling
;
and
was
blown
into
blizzard
pro
portions.
The
wind
had
subsided
to
thirty
miles
per
hour
by
noon
today.
During
the
height
of
the
storm
there
were
two
serious
fires.
Firemen,
on
account
of
the
high
wind,
were
unable
to
save
a
furniture
factory
on
Granville
Island
and
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
worksh-on
Kltsllano
Reserve.
Four
former
Royal
Canaan
the.
Navy
corvettes
were
btown
ashore.
Half
a
dozen
scows.brpke
loose.
Tugs
and
fishing
boats
were
badly
battered
about.
Power
lines
toppled
over
and
electric,
telegraph
and
telephone
The
fire
Is
believed
to
have
i
services
were
disrupted.
Surface
started
when
a
motor'
overheat-1
traffic
was
brought
to
a
virtual
ed.
It
caused
an
explosion
in,
halt.
Alrolane
services
were
de-
ferred.
Ships
going
to
and
from
the
port
had
rough
passage.
Radio
broadcasting
'
stations.
fwfere-
abl'dtonVoAlfrin
termlttently.
A
tug
went
ashore
and
sank
in
Welcome
Pass,
north
of
the
city,
the
crew
of
six
making
their
escape
ashore.
Another
tug
went
ashore
In
Howe
Sound.
The
Fraser
River
lightship
broke
loose
and
drifted
six-miles
to
Point
Roberts
wnere
HM.CS.
Charlottetown
and
other
vessels
were
atttemptlng
to
pick
It
up
this
morning
and
save
the
lives
of
the
two
men
on
board.
Streets
of
the
city
are
very
dangerous
and
lower
temperatures
expected
tonight
will
not
improve
the
situation.
CONFESSION
IN
KILLING
Los
Angeles
Man
Gives
Himself
Up
to
Police
as
Perpetator
f
Sadistic
iSlayli?
LOS
ANGELES,
O)
Daniel
S
Vorhees.
aged
33,
signed
a
confession
and
was
booked
by
pol
ice
yesterday
for
the
sadistic
mutilation
slaying
of
Elizabeth
Short
known
as
"Black
Dahlia."
The
confession
stated:
"I
did
kill
Beth
Short"
and
was
signed
"Dan
S.
Vorhees
."
Vorhees
surrendered
after
telephoning
a
police
station,
saying
"I
can't
stand
It
any
lore
I
killed
'Black
Dahlia.'
Takp,r
to
Jail."
WHEAT
PAWEY
WILL
BE
HELD
Major
Producers
and
Importers
to
Get
Together
Stabilire
Prires
and
DivWe'
World
Supplies
WASHINGTON,
D.C
05
Tl"
International
Wheat
Comic1'
-
Tuesday
called
a
confere1'
i-aft
an
agreement
stabll'-l-vheat
prices
and
supplies
.8
nd
dividing
the
world
market.
It
will
be
held
in
London
bexln-n'ng
March
6
and
will
be
composed
of
representatives
of
h
major
wheat
producing
and
Importing
countries.
At
Ottawa'
Canadian
gove"rn
ment
officials
"welcomed"'
the
calling
of
the
conference.
Officials
of
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Agriculture
at
Winnipeg
reacted
similarly.