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January
24,
1947
ITALY
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COLLECTS
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Tfc.
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Italian
premier
u
cheque
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$5C;000.C30,
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sce-.ud
paymei.'
f
cov
-
expe.
diturcs
made
by
Amcni.jj;
military
forces
in
lira
currency
lor
procurement
a
suppiii
.-.
services
and
facilities
In
Italy
Mr.
De
Gasperi
flew
to
Washington
In
I
an
effort
to
secure
a
substantial
loan
to
bolster
tottering
Italy's
-
financial
structure.
EGYPT
NOT
SATISFIED
Z
Treaty
Negotiations
Failing
;
Soudanese
Situation
."Mentioned
y
r
LONDON,
V
Anglo-Egyptian
treaty
negotiation
have
failed
and
the
Egyptian
government
io
longer
hopes
that
the
parties
tan
agree,
an
Egyptian
official
Said
yesterday.
'There
will
be
no
treaty
between
Eypt
and
Britain."
the
official
5aid.
adding:
"we
do
not
accept
Britiih
or
any
ether
occupation.
We
are
convinced
that
lanHttBBiiBiiBBBiiBBBninoEiHEiiBaan
n
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Tops
with
if
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AND
BOYS
STORE
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LING
-.
THE
TAILOR
Xc
are
taking
cleaning
and
pressing
and
steam
pressing
while
you
wait.
PHONE
649
220
Sixth
Street
$11.50
Heather
Grained
Leather
So
Sturdy
So
Comfortable
So
wear
everywhere
Featuring
the
"STORM
-
WELT
BROWN
'Canadian
Envoy
Uses
Chop
Sticks
TORONTO
Mr.
Justice
T.
C.
Davis,
who
is
to
be
Canada's
ambassador
to
China,
was
instructed
in
the
fine
points
of
using
chop
sticks
when
he
was
tendered
a
complimentary
dinner
last
night
by
the
Chinese
of
Toronto.
(British
evacuation
should
pe
carried
out
in
a
shorter
p;riod
than
that
proposed
by
Britain."
A3
for
the
Anglo-Soudanese
question,
he
said,
it
was
clear
that
Britain
was
not
pleading
the
Soudanese
cause
but
her
own.
11
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B
a
H
B
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BOYS'
WEAR
r
k
o
M
B
t
H
H
K
and
a
BOYS'
STORE
Mackinaws
Parkas
Toques
Gloves
Jackets
Pants
Suits
Sweaters
Socks
NEW
ROYAL
HOTEL
A
Home
Away
From
Home
Rates
75c
up
SO
Rooms,
Hot
and
Cold
water
PRINCE
RUPERT,
D.C.
Phone
281
P.O.
Box
196
"I5ULLV
ISUOfiUK"
WOODS
SHOES
GOLD
MINING
TO
BE
AIDED
Stocks
React
Sharply
Upward
On
Toronto
Exchange
TORONTO
Gold
stocks
moved
up
siiarply
on
the
'
Toronto
market
yesterday
on
the
L..:.w
ol
r:pcits
that
the
federal
iLivernment
is
going
to
grant
a
fiv?
per
cent
bonus
and
increase
he
depreciation
allowances
for
'
x.
;on
ourposes
from
33
'i
to
3
)
cent.
At
Ottawa
there
'
confirmation
from
the
Dr
.
jnr
nt
of
Finance
for
such
(z.
x-.z
WAGES
BASED
ON
EXPERIENCE
Tne
new
wage
scale
of
$1300
to
$2,400
for
local
elementary
teach
rs
ts
based
on
from
one
o
12
years'
teaching
and
the
econdary
scale,
from
$1,600
to
S3.000
is
based
an
annual
increases
over
15
years
of
professional
work.
The
former
salary
schedule
paid
the
teachers
ranged
from
$1,800
to
$2500
for
elementary
teachers
and
from
$1,500
to
$3,000
for
secondary
teachers.
The
teachers
had
asked
schedules
ranging
from
$1,500
to
2
.600
for
elementary
and
from
$1,800
to
$3500
for
secondary.
They
also
asked
that
this
be
made
retroactive
to
September
1,
1946.
The
annual
$100
-increments,
which
become
effective
next
September,
are
subject
to
satisfactory
inspectors'
reports.
Full
credit,
for
increment
purposes,
will
be
given
for
experiences
in
British
Columbia
schools,
while
half-credit
will
be
allowed
for
teaching
experience
in
other
provinces.
MORE
U.S.
IRISH
.
THAN
IN
IRELAND
DUBLIN
Oi
There
are
far
more
people
of
Irish
blood
in
the
United
States
than
in
Ireland.
D.
W.
Brogan,
professor
of
political
science
at
Cambridge,
told
the
Royal
Dublin
i
Society.
Between
1820
and
1920,
nearly
'
5500,000
Irish
people
settled
in
I
the
United
States,
becomins
the
I
"basic
proletariat"
of
the
coun-i
try.
The
only
parallel
In
hts-j
tory
was
the
migration
from
Portugal
to
Brazil.
Even
so,
said
Professor
Bro-i
"an,
the
nroportion
of
Irish
t:ick
was
higher
In
Newfound
land,
Australia
and
Scotland.
Britain
Will
Boost
Beauty
Aids
50
P.C.
!
LONDON
a
Regulations
re-I
striding
the
manufacture
of
toilet
preparations
for
the
home
niarket
arc
to
be
cased
in
Britain
but
manufacturers
say
that
due
to
shortages
there
will
be
little
increase
In
.supplies.
Un-rcstrictrd
licenses
are
to
be
iiranltd
by
the
Board
or
Trade
for
the
manufacture
of
permanent
waving
products,
except
cold
wave
lotions,
and
hair
dyes.
In
m-jst
cares
the
proportion
of
supplies
which
manufacturers
may
place
on
the
home
market
will
be
raised
50
per
cent.
"Bot-Ucmakers
and
container
manufacturers
arc
short
of
coal,
skilled
workmen
and
materials,
and
t
is
doubtful
If
the
situation
will
improve
for
some
time,"
a
manufacturer
said.
AIR
TRAFFIC
IN
DECEMBER
WINNIPEG,
Statistics
released
i
by
W.
F.
English,
vice-prcejdent
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
for
the
month
of
December
show
that,
while
airmail
and
air
express
carried
increased
over
the
previous
month,
there
was
a
decrease
in
passengers
carried.
There
was
28,693
passengers
in
,
December
compared
with
28,831
i'i
November.
Airmail
totalled
'!3
1,521
p.iunds
last
month
as
y;alnst
196,157
In
Novtmaer.
Atr
rxurr.ss
poundage
in
December
was
94-.101
and
93,327
in
Novem-
I
ber.
BLONDIE
February
Ration
Coupon
Calendar
February
C
Meat
M71.
February
13
Meat
M72,
Butter
B-
February
20
Meat
M73.
Butter
B42,
Sugar-Preserves
S41
and
S12.
February
27
Meat
M74,
Butter
B43.
REPUBLIC
OF
INDIA
Possibility
Seen
That
it
Will
Be
Established
This
Year
LONDON,
ff
Indian
authorities
here
yesterday
'forecast
the
pof-sibilitv
that
India
be
established
on
the
republican
basis
this
year
in
line
with
a
resolution
passed
by
the
India
constituent
assembly
in
New
Delhi,
proclaiming
unanimous
determination
to
establish
an
"independent
sovereign
republic
of
India."
Final
constitution
will
have
to
be
submitted
to
British
Parliament
for
approval
sinse
India
is
governed
by
the
India
Act
of
1935,
a
British
measure
which
will
have
to
be
replaced:-
It
Is
understood
the
British
will
facilitate
passage
of
the
measure.
Men
Most
Careless,
Lose
Booze,
Pants
WINNIPEG
0
Figures
do
riot
lie.
Statistics
of
the
Winnipeg
Electric
Ccmpany
lost
properties
department
show
the
male
of
the
species
is
the
most
careless.
A3
fcr
the
small
fry,
fhey
trail
the
field.
Everything
that
can
be
lost,
from
men's
long
underwear
and
unobtainable
shirts,
two-way
stretches
and
ladies'
lingerie,
to
i
clogs,
cats
and
the
occasional
child,
pass
through
the
last
!
properties
department
dally.
Umbrellas,
lunch
kits
and
sports
equipment
of
varying
tvnes
lead
the
parade
cf
more
than
1.0M
articles
monthly.
Hats,
pens
and
pencils,
gleves.
trousers
and
books
run
a
close
second.
Less
frequent,
though
more
amusing,
items
that
find
then-way
to
the
lost
property
counter
are
artificial
teeth
and
an
assortment
cf
liquors,
ranging
irom
cases
of
beer
to
the
very
occasional
bottle
of
Scotch.
"Pipe
Dream"
Says
JVleighen
of
Story
OTTAWA
Rt.
Hon.
Senator
Arthur
Mcighcn,
who
was
Prime
Minister
of
Canada
at
the
time,
describes
as
a
"pipe
dream"
and
"fantastic
skeleton"
the
story
of
Dr.
Nicholas
Murray
Butler
of
Columbia
Universitv
that
Canada
and
other
Dominions
threatened
to
secede
from
the
British
Empire
in
1921,
Three
Times
More
Asked
For
Malta
LONDON
The
colonial
secre
tary
asked
Parliament
today
to
triple
the
grant
for
reconstruc
tion
of
Malta
following
Its
In
tense
war
damage:
Teachers
Are
Due
For
Disappointment
VICTORIA
It
is
said
in
auth
oritative
quarters
that
the
school
teachers
of
British
Columbia
will
not
receive
the
union
shoo
and
check-off
of
dues
that
they
are
seeking
from
the
provincial
gov
crnment.
RUSSIANS
ARREST
THIRTY
GERMANS
BERLIN
(CP,
courtesy
pf
B.C.
Police
Radio)
The
Russians
to
day
announced
the
arrest
of
30
Germans,
allegedly
for
looting
In
the
Soviet
sector
cf
Berlin.
ih:niai,i;v
mufti
CAIRO
The
Grand
Mufll
of
Jerusalem
emphatically
denies
a
report
that
he
asked
Adolf
Hitler
to
bomb
Jerusalem
during
the
war.
IJackfire!
Retail
and
Wholesale
Trade
(Continued
from
Page
1)
some
20.000
people
must
be
serviced
by
representatives,
but
it
requires
each
representative
of
the
major
houses
as
much
as
a
month
to
cover
this
at
all
adequately,
and
the
orders
arc
consequently
not
commensurate
.vith
the
time
involved.
As
in
the
retail
trade,
real
competition
is
practically
impossible.
Thus,
the
stabilization
of
prices
at
high
levels
to
obviate
losses
has
acted
as
a
powerful
deterrent
to
attracting
reasonably
priced
labor
to
the
area.
Without
a
reservoir
of
.
such
labor,
the
success
of
industry
Is
irremediably
prejudiced
when
the
products
which
it
produces
must
be
sold
in
open,
world
competition.
In
short,
the
effect
Is
cumulative,
and
has
repercus
sions
throughout
the
industilal
picture.
The
area
at
large
Prince
Ru
pert,
the
Queen
Charlottes,
and
Stewart
cannqj.
progress
until
such
time
as:
a)
Living
costs
through
com
petition
are
brought
into
line
with
Vancouver.
b)
Labor
is
thuc
attracted
iO
the
area.
(ci
Through
the
above,
the
area
is
made
attractive
for
set
tlement
by
non-transient
(i.e.:
married)
workers.
This
phase
of
the
Industrial
pictiiie
of
the
area
cannot
be
overstressed,
and
is
becoming
more
critical
as
every
day
pass
es.
Through
wartime
industries.
tonuses,
and
exigencies,
the
area
witnessed
a
tremendous
expansion.
Currently,
this
expan
sion
is
being
lost,
and
will
be
lost,
unless
a
rapid
move
isi
made
to
arrest
it.
For
the
first
time
In
the
area's
history,
Prince
Rupert
as
an
example
lias
sufficient
housing
and
other
facilities
to
accommodate
the
working"
population
which
should
under
normal
conditions
be
its
commercial
bulwark.
Daily
air
transportation
to
the
area
strikes
at
the
root
cause
of
the
difficulties
of
all
Industry
in
the
area
by
bringing
competitive
cheapness
of
living
within
reach
of
the
workers,
by
removing
the
feeling
of
semi-isolation,
and
by
permitting
permanent
settlement
of
the
region
by
worker's
families
to
solidify
the
employment
tone.
ESTATE
NOV.'
SCHOOL
CLYRO,
Radnorshire,
Wales,
if
Clydo
Court,
once
heme
of
the
Baikerville
family,
this
dis
trict's
principal
landowners,
has
been
taken
over
for
conversion
Into
a
technical
schcol.
TOO
LATE
TO
CLASSIFY
FOR
SALE-One
Hct
Point
el
ectric
range
and
hot
water
clement
complete
with
BX
cable.
$60.
Phone
Red
323.
(21)
l
ENJOY
YOUR
RADIO
&
Guaranteed
RADIO
REPAIRS
DISCOVERY
WILL
AID
IN
POLIO
FIGHT-
In
trteir
laboratory
at
Stanford
university.
Calif,
are
Dr
Hubert
S.
Lorlng,
left,
and
Dr
Carlton
E.
Schwerdt,
whose
success
Tn
Isolating
nearly
pue
polio
virus
has
been
announced
by
the
university.
They
are
working
at
the
centrifuge
which
played
an
important
part
In
their
experiments.
Production
of
purified
virus
is
a
big
step
In
the
struggle
to
find
a
vaccine
effective
against
poliomyelitis.
Briefs
From
Britain
SUNDERLAND,
Eng.
O-Sur-
face
f
laws
which
suddenly
spread-
to
inner
layers
were
blamed
by
dealers
for
"explosions"
which
shattered
new
glass
tumblers
in
many
homes.
LLANDRINDOD
WELLS,
Wales
Oi
Charles
Jones,
82,
who
had
a
wooden
bicycle
when
he
was
six
years
bid
and
still
rides
a
bike,
claims
to
have
been
a
cyclist
longer
than
anyone
in
the
world.
HULL,
Eng.
O
Chairman
Sir
Ronald
W.
Matthews
announced
the
London
and
North
Eastern
Railway
plans
to
spend
7.000,000
($28,COO,C00)
on
reconstruction
or
Hull
docks
owned
by
the
line.
BRIGOS,
Loulnshlre,
Eng.
Oi
The
county
educational
committee
has
allocated
300
($1,-200)
for
the
purchase
of
bicycles
to
be
used
by
children
living
in
remote
areas
without
local
schools.
'
LINCOLN,
Eng.
fr-For
selling
canary
seed
without
official
permission,
four
Lincolnshire
farmers
were
fined
a
total
of
1,200
($i,800).
BARSLEY,
Eng.
to
Four
men
were
hurt
and
a
machine
shop;
wrecked
when
an
oxy-acetylene
welding
plant
exploded.
DUBLIN
Oi
Because
of
a
cut
in
imports,
the
Eire
domestic
soap
ration
has
been
reduced
by
one-third
to
six
ounces
of
soap,
or
12
ounces
of
soap
pow-'
der
or
one
pint
pf
liquid
soap.
TYN-Y-CAl.,
Wales
0i
One
of
the
biggest
youth
hostels
in
i
South
Wales
Is
threatened
with!
requisition
by
tlie
War
Office.
LONDON
Two
swans
and
26
ducks,
missing
from
the
lake
at
Alexandra
Palace,
North
London,
are
believed
to
have
been
eaten
at
Christmas
dinners,
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Week
Jan.
15
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22
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By
Chic
Young
ON
ALL
MAKES
OF
RADIOS
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Radio
and
Electric
Phone
644
National
Jayccc
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CONSTRUCTION
REPAIRS
ALTERATIONS
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&
BRIDDEN
Builders
and
Contractors
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NORWICH,
Knit.
0'-For
the
first
time
on
record
not
one
child
road
fatality
occurred
in
Norwich
In
1940.
TEDDINGTON,
Middlesex,
En:-'
Oi
Landlady
of
a
Teddlngton
boarding
house
called
on
some
2C0
squatters
camped
in
BuShy
Park
and
asked
for
volunteers
to
kill
a
chicken.
j
LONDON
O)
Campaign
(stars
for
the
Second
World
War
now
are
being
turned
out
at
f50,00Q
weekly.
The
Defence
Medal
and
War
Service
Mtdal
are
not
yet
In
production.
LONG
DELAYED
STATUE
HONG
KONG,
OA
10-fcot
high
bronze
statue
of
Kin
George
VI,
ordered
for
the
centenary
celebrations
here
in
January,
1911,
on
which
work
stopped
because
of
the
war.
now
has
been
completed
and
awaits
shipment
f)cm
England.
The
statue
depicts
the
King
in
his
robes
nf
state
as
wcrn
in
the
opening
of
parliament.
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