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XXXVI,
No.
134.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
MONDAY,
JUNE
9,
1947
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States
strategic
air
.i-ir,imnc.
said
today
that
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impu
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ii;Ampripfin
!
trnns
and
not
mat,
goou
.4j,.-,
.at.
liouart
ana
guuti""
,
smith
colleges.
.
curtls
declared
"it
is
in
.-M
tradlc
tnat
so
mucn
international
thinking.
.
-i.,
has
hnd
to
bC
nussla.
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rela-
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jth
her
has
given
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than
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train
service
Khcut
France
but
the
gov-
in
emergency
tiawport
sva-
II
OUiti
ana
II
1
l.V.n
.
,
mine
icr.
still
mo.vc
jQod.s,.
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CU1UUS
1
w
In
white
and
draped
with
culous
veils,
wrote
Rev.
R.
R
Godfrey
vicar
of
Alde-
eii.
in
ms
parisn
mauiiiiiiv.
nn
mini
nirirf
Kpriii
au
n
In
li.Hfl
tn
tKn
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VlpInT
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being
far
more
concerned
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serious
student
ot
world
with
a
mature
mission
tlon
cf
a
vouth
movement
'rt
for
world
government.
Dall.
who
rt.:cinblcs
Can-j'i
Barbara
Ann
8cott,
is
a
rwr
of
th
Unttpd
wona
Wkt!
student
division,
rc-ly
developed
her
theme
In
a
4
here
graduate
of
Whcaton
Col-
ll
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i...Ut
'Uovrrnmnntu
nri
nr.t
In
ill
11
C
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the
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and
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a
federal
world
govcrn-
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and
hhh
schools
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uvcr
mei
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suirn.
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and
timuiatiB
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on
United
Nations
af-
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it-
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K.
Ulibit
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vouth
f
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wnrld
COV-
'"n(,nt
exnnnc.i
iin
lived
111
"nited
States
since
ehe
was
Dr'
A'
L.
Pritchard
of
tho
Na
"u
UIO
ocltnl
Rt.nt.
nii.
who
WCn
In
fhlo
nrpn
fnr
the
w
weeics
nnmniiincr
ine
"l
salmon
rp.5pnrrh
work
In
IJIlln.
1.
cnlllnrr
i
lJe
Princess
Adelaide
tonight
"'Na
return
south.
He
ex-
'
'
!
lo
be
back
again
In
July
HOSPITAL
BOARD
IN
SPECIAL
New
Moslem
!
rrrr
iaii
ta
t
a
i
1
rurrrnf
.
Kiiiun.
iu
iali
tntKutNu
atjon
Sought
Conditions
at
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
.
,
have
been
causing
some
concern
and
a
special
meeting
Tumultuous
Meeting,
of
the
Board
together
with
members
of
the
Prince
in
New
Delhi
Makes
Rupert
Medical
Association
was
held
at
the
week-end
Momentous
Decision
(
to
consider
the
emergency.
Miss
l'hylus
Mooncy,
NEW
DELHI
(CP)
R.N.,
lady
superintendent,
termed
the
situation
as
The
Moslem
League
voted
1
ARMY
MUTINY
!
AT
COLOMBO
.Military
Police
It
tore
Order
Government
Clerks
Also
Strike
COLOMBO.
Cylcn
W
-About
fo0
of
the
Royal
Army
Service
Corps
of
the
Crylon
Command
nrc
rcDorted
todav
tc
have
mut
inied
si
the
nravby
Kirillap,
one
csrro
complaining
of
bid
treatment
by
certain
British
officers,
and
objcctlm
to
being
ussd.to
break
up
strike.
Military
police
restored
order,
after
arresting
several
demonstrators.
Striking
government
clerks
returned
to
their
desks
today
but
a
strike
of
20,000
gas.
tea
and
rubber
chancering
workers
and
railway
employe's
is
continuing.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Lorelei,
55,000,
19c
and
15c,
Storage.
Eureka,
12,000,
19.1c
and
15c,
Royal.
Canadian
Strafen,
24.C00.
Co-op
Morthforland.
ajiOO.
Co-op
Kaare
II.
51,000,
Co-op.
Intend,
11,000,
lt.lOc
and-Hc,
Whiz.
'
Oony,
25,000,
18c
and
14c,
Booth-
-Korntn,
15.CO0,
lClOc
and
14;.
Booth.
Flnclla,
1800,
18c
and
14c,
At-
lln
Dovre
B.,
31,000,
18c
and
14c,
Four
Forty.
20
ouu.
ibc
ana
ic.
Id
8toD
Elggllng
at
conf
lrma-1
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.
n
ma'
1
't
lilrt
nfitt
uapc
epear,
iu.uuu
1U..UV.
"vt
14c.
Atlin.
Borgund,
13,000,
18
10c
and
14c,
1
Atlln.
.
-
.
Seamaid,
35,000,
18c
and
14c,
Royal.
MAGYAR
FLAG
The
Hungarian
flag
is
red,
white
and
green
with
the
national
coat
of
arms
in
the
centre.
Dr.
R.
W.
Lane,
oirector
of
the
local
public
health
unit,
and
Ar-
mand
Boas,
unit
sanitarian,
were
visitors
at
Terrace
over
the
week
end,
making
arrangements
for
a
stop
of
the
mobile
x-ray
van
which
will
proceed
mere
irom
Prince
Rupert
after
the
middle
of
the
month.
critical
ana
am
inai,
unit-as,
.
.
,
-
,
i,
TVTr-l.vi
I
demands
upon
existing
staff
and
facilities
were
reduced,
a
further
curtailment
of
public
services
might
be
necessary.
She
urged
that
the
public
be
appealed
to
for
greater
co-opera
tion
and
suggested
that
visitors
especially
be
more
considerate
while
facilities
are
taxed
as
at
nrescnt.
If
telephone
calls
and
enquiries
were
made
only
In
essential
cases
more
time
would
be
given
to
patients.
Efforts
to
obtain
additional
nurses
this
year
had
been
un-
fuccessful
despite
added
induce
ments
and
advantages.
The
acute
shortage
of
trained
personnel
was
general
throughout
Canada
and
studies
to
determine
suit
instituted.
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
presented
a
brief
suggesting
the
formation
and
operation
of
a
short
course
in
practical
nursing
to
be
give.i
bv
the
hospital.
This
was
iav-
orably-
considered
by
the
Board
and
a
committee
will
make
iur-
Ahcr
Inquiries
relative
to
the
proposal
with
a
view
to
commencement
at
an
early
date.
Present
at
the
meeting
were
Miss'
P.
M.
Mooney,
R.N.,
lady
superintendent;
Drs.
R.
O,
Large.
C.
H.
Hanklnson
and
W.
S.
Ker-
gln,
for
the
Medical
Association;
nnnrd
chairman
C.
G.
Ham.,
uir
"cctors
B.
R.
Dodds,
J.
RrMorlrr;
McMeekln:
managing
secretary
H.
B.
Birch
and
JJ.
u
Stevenson.
Body
Sighted
But
Is
Not
Recovered
A
body
was
reremly
sighted
in
the
Bulkley
River
und
the
im
pression
Is
that
It
was
one
oi
me
two
SDCjice
boys
who
were
drowned
when
the
boat
that
was
tnkinc
them
to
scuool
capsszea.
ThP
hndv
was
seen
in'
a
slough
at
Hazc'jton
by
the
Misses
Alien
and
they
tried
to
reach
It,
but
the
water
at
that
time
was
too
treacherous
and
the
current
too
fast.
W.
B.
Edmondson
is
sailing
to-nlahfon
the
Princess
Adelaide
for
a
two
wecK-s
uimuuj
to
Vancouver.
Mrs.
Edmondson
and
family
are
already
In
the
south
and
will
be
returning
with
,
him.
--
-
wTtn
AT
T
T.H
FIELD
Sr'
'malaWJor
Viscount
Alexander,
wh.
who
a
m
a
Wea
ol
the
Oer
role
in
the
tulated
by
D,
A.
E.
S
Til
preS'of
Daisle
University,
after
the
Viscount.
ui
Kerr,
left,
presiaem,
received
the
honorary
degree
noW
B:
Kerr
Is
Major
David
5
AleXander"
K
C
LaUfle'
Srmanof
the
board
of
governors.
turnout,
iv
numc
iiiuoicnij
India
a
new
nation.
The.
vote
came
during
a
tumul-t
tuous
session
in
the
course
of
which
police
turned
tear
gas
on
opponents
ol
the
League
who
,
broke
Into
the
meeting.
The
Moslem
League
Council
was
meetine
to
decide
on
the
British
cabinet
plans
for
split
ting
India
into
Hindustan
and
Pakistan.
About
one
half
of,
the
morning
spreakcrs
criticized
the
pro-1
nosals
of
the
leaders
but,
how
ever,
predicted
acceptance.
Outside
of
the
Imperial
Hotel,
members
of
a
Moslem
organization
oDDOsed
to
the
League
demonstrated
noisily
aga
nst
ac
had
been
able
remedial
measures
rpntanrp.
skirmished
with
police
and
saw
sixty
of
fellows
arrested.
the
their
FIRE
VISITS
RESTAURANT
Kitchen
of
Three
Sisters
Cafe
Gutted"
by
Flames
Sunday
Fire,
originating
in
the
kltchem
?f
the
Three
Sisters
Cafe,
Third
Avenue,
shortly
before
noon
yes
terday,
did
considerable
damage
"lut,
through
quick
andthorpush
services
c"
tn?
-jircmtrir
-uuw-Driver
Bert
Cameron,
was
ex-
'inanishcd
before
it
spread
far.
The
effect
of
the
blaze
was
con
fined
mainly
to
tht
kitchen
but
It
is
necessary
to
close
down
the.
premises
until
rebuilding'
can
bo,
carried
out.
firon
after
the
oil
valve
in
the
kitchen
range
had
been
turned
up
by
Mickey
Moran,
brother
or
the
owner,
and
a
waitress,
Ceclle
Lc-eur.
had
arrived
to
prepare
to
open
for
the
dly,
a
small
fire
started
at
the
back
of
the
ran;e.
At
first
it
was
not
regarded
as
serious
but
scon
it
commenced
to
spread
rapidly.
By
this
time,
the
proprietor,
James
Moran,
had
arrived
and
the
fire
department
was
called.
For
a
time
the
flames,
f
n-velcping
the
kitchen
and
spread
ing
Into
the
back
of
the
restaur
ant,
and
the
private
section
ad-
Joining,
appeared
menqcing
but
the
fire
.department
did
a
good
Job
in
bringing
them
under
control.
Damage
to
thp.
restaurant's
(kitchen
and
stock,
which
may
amount
to
a
couple
of
thousand
dollars
or
so.
wis
reported
to
be
covered
by
Insurance.
Mr.
Moran
i
stated
that
he
would
reopen
as
1
soon
as
repairs
can
be
made.
The
adjoining
Ranee
and
Hardy
grocery
store
stiffered
some
smoke
damajc,
it
Is"
believed.
The
building
affected
Is
owned
by
Theo
Collart.
FIND
BODY
AT
OONA
RIVER
The
provincial
police
boat
P
MX
15
laft
port
this
afternoon
to
Inve
tl;ate
a
report
of
the
cove
y
of
a
body
floating
in
the.
5f
a
off
Oona
River,
Porcher
Isl-Jp.nd
on
Sunday.
It
Is
believed
,
;ba
the
body
may
be
that
of
one
of
the
seven
native
passengers
Pf
a
Port
E?sin3ton
elllnct
Jocat
which
foundered
In
the
Ice
ol
the
lower
Skeena
last
January.
INFANT
NAVY
Tho
TJnual
Tnrilnn
N.1W
POll-
sir'.ed
of
only
10
or
12
ships
at
the
outbreak
of
war.
Mrs.
Washington,
who
.
has
been
paying
a
visit
with
her
daughter.
Mrs.
S.
A.
Cheese-
man,
is
sailing
tonight.
by
the
Princess
Adelaide
on
her
return
home
In
Victoria.
)
:
I
UjIl.W.
BEGINS
WAGE
NEGOTIATION
Reversing
his
previous
firm
demand
for
nothing
less
than
industry-wide
bargaining
for
his
United
Mine
Workers,
U.M.W.
President
John
L.
Lewis,
begins
negotiations
for
a
new
soft
coal
contract
with
75
per
cent
of
Ihe
U.S.
mine
operators.
He
is
shown,,
left,
in
Washington
with
Ezra
Van
Horn,
centre,
vice-president
of
the
Ohio
Coal
Association,
and
chairman
of
the
joint
wage
conference,
and
tvL
rvr
nirv
tt
WW
vlrp
1
-nresident.
1
Local
"Earns"
Fwave
in
Radio
Link
Willi
.South
racijw
Kaji
The
world-wide
fraternity
of
"hams"
amateur
radio.broadcastcrs
linked
New
Zealand
with
Prince
v
tn
nass
on
information
about
a
strance,
scientific
expedition
aboard
a
raft
in
the
South
Pacific,
ana
rrince
nupert,
in
turn,
lewycu
the
message
to
an
equally
unexpected
place
Okla-
N6-:American
r
Posts
Here
Statement
Made
in
Commons
ny.Mr.'
St.
Laurent
OTTAWA,
The
Minister
of
External
Affairs,
Hen.
Louis
St.
Laurent,'
said
In,
the
House
of
Commons
that
no
United
States.,
service
costs
would
be
.estab-
r
rVinnHa
nd5r
ioint
thing
like
that.
But
no
one
can
say
that
the
situation
will
not
change
and
that
there
will
not,
unfortunately,
be
u
time
wnen
all
Canadians
will
be
glad
to
see
posts
established
here."
A
bjll
authorizing
the
United
States
military
courts
to
exercize
Jurisdiction
over
American
soldiers
In
Canada
was
given
a
econd
reading.
SIMILAR
MOVE
IN
ITALY
SEEN
LAKE
SUCCESS,
N.Y.,
United
Nations
sources
were
sps-
culatln?
today
that
iharp
Amerl-canreactlon
to
Communist
seiz
ure
of
power
in
Hungary
might
be
aimed
at
discouraging
ine
pofsibiUty
of
a
similar
ccup
In
Italy.
Tills
line
wus
advanced
amid
indications
of
a
possible
American,
appeal
to
the
United
Nations
In
connection
with
a
UUiUd.
HffenPP
noiir.ies.
Aiiv
American
navian
anthropologists
set
sail
.
.
1-
-
...
A
n
rnort's
will
r.c
.
.Tg-LfrnrYt
i
:fi
i
ian
ppru.
uii
rvuiu
1
under
Canadian
command.
'Mr.
St.
Laurent
said
it
was
not
the
Intention
to
establish
American
bases
In
Canada
b.ut
warned:
"I
hoDe
there
will
nrver
be
any
series
of
moves
by
which
communist
officials
are
placed
In
key
Josltlons
In
Budapest.
Local
Tides
Tuesday.
June
10,
1917
iiiuh
5:10
17.1.
feet
18:35
16.6
feet
11:54
5.8
feet
LOP-SIDED
TOWER
The
Leaning
Tcv.er
cf
Pisa
is
approximately
Ui
feet
oft
C.P.R.
.steamer
Princess
Adelaide.
Capt.
Fred
McGraw,
Is
due
in
port'
at,
5:45
.
this
afternoon
from
the
south
and
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
on
her
return
to
van
couver
and
waypolnts.
The..
vagaries
.of.
international
amateurf
broadcasting
brought
Prince
Rupert
into
the
picture
when
Sgt.
E.
L.
Hagg,
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals
staff
here,
an
ardent
"ham,"
was
seeking
contact
with
other
amateur
stations
at
3
o'clock
one
morning.
He
picked
up
the
New
Zealand
broadcaster,
who
informed
him
that
he
had
been
in
touch
with
the
balso-wood
raft
on
which
a
party
of
six
Scandi-
to
test
a
theory
of
cultural
links
between
Polynesia
and
South
America.
The
New
Zealand
amateur
asked
Sgt.
Hagg
to
Inform
other
"hams"
and
the
American
Radio
Relay
League
that
the
scientists
were
transmitting
on
the
2fl-meter
band
in
their
daily
weath
¬
er
broadcasts
to
the
U.S.
Weath
er
Bureau.
Passing
the
information
along,
Sgt.
Hagg
contacted
another
member
of
the
radio
cult
In
Oklahoma.
"ReccDtlon
and
transmission
at
our
station
at
Signal
Hill,
in
Westvlew
is
very
good,
much
better
than
down
town,"
Sgt.
Hagg
said.
"We
are
using
army
equipment
provided
for
the
local
'ham'
club."
The
raft,
with
which
the
New
Zealand
amateur
was.in
contact
carries
a
group
of
five
Nor
wegian'
and
one
Swedish,
anthropologists,
headed
by
Thor
Heycrdahl,
who
hopes
to
prove
a
theory
that
the
Soutn
Paclfl-;
Islands-
In
early
times
had
been
visited,
and
perhaps
partly
nonnipfi
hv
civilized
Indians
from
South
America.
He
He
believes
hcueves
that
tnat.reruvian
Peruvian
In
Is
Tahiti
in
the
Society
group.
He
estimates
that
the
rait
40
feet
by
18-feet,
and
fitted
only
with
a
small
sail
will
make
the
5,000-mile
Journey
In
COMMUNISTS
140
days.
With
the
exception
of
the
radio
and
a
few
modern
con
veniences
such
as
army
"iron"
rations,
the
trip
Is
being,
made
under
primitive
conditions
slml-im
tA
those
under
which
Mr.
upveiahi
believes
the
ancient
Feruvlans
did
their
colonizing
ARE
MENACE
Former
AsskUnt
Secretary
of
Stale
Says
They're
Worse
Than
Nazis
-WASHINGTON
SprulMe
,Braden,
former
assistant
Secretary
of
State,
says
the
Com
munists
in
Latin
America
are
a
greater
peril
to
democracy
"than
even
Nazi
Columnists",
"Their
whole
nrwrram"
said
Braden,"
is
to
create
chaos
at
every
turn".
He
made
this
statement
to
the
House
ol
Ronresent-
a.'lves
Appropriations
sub-com
mittee.
"They
are
in
on
every
revolution
and
it
does
not
matter
who
is
behind
It
.
BULLETINS
MORE
MINERS
STRIKE
UMONTOWN,
ra
Another
3.600
miners
joined
in
work
stoppage
in
the
southwestern
j
Pennsylvania
bituminous
coal
fields
today
raising
the
total
number
idle
to
almost
10,000,
in
what
some
desciibed
as
a
protest
against
the
union-curbing
Bill
adopted
by
Congress.
Fourteen
mines
are
idle.
LABRADOR
RELIEF
ST.
JOHN'S,
Mid.
The
motorshlp
Blackmore,
carrying
food
and
medical
supplies,
was
expected
to
arrive
Sunday
at
the
Labrador
hamlet
of
Three
Rapids
where
150
Inhabitants
were
left
Isolated
and
Impoverished
by
a
fire
which
destroyed"
their
radio
station
and
food
stores
three
weeks
ago.
HOUSEWIVES
INDIGNANT
LONDON
Over
5,000
members
of
the
British
Housewives
league
staged
tumultous
demonstrations
tn
Royal
Albert
Hall
protesting
against
the
unnecessarily
austere
living
standards
now
being
experienced
hi
Great
Britain.
PARIS
STRIKE
LIMITED
PARIS
French
railway
cials
admit
the
'railway
strike
has
spead
from
the
60-mile
radius
around
Paris,
and
that
trains
have
been
rupted
from
runs
elsewhere
throughout
the
country
in
the
face
of
the
railroad
strike
which
has
isolated
Paris
lrom
the
remainder
of
France.
BU'lTER
PRICE
PROBLEM
OTTAWA
Premier
Mackenzie
King
said
in
the
Commons
that
the
government's
butter
and
Hour
price
policy
will
be
announced
in
due
course.
WATCH
FOR
BOMBS
LONDON
A
Scotland
Yard
spokesman
said
that
Inew
precautions
were
being
taken
against
"murder
by
mail"
bombs
as
the
wouid-be-assas-
sins
would
probably
have
something
else
up
their
sleeves
He
declared
it
quite
likely
that
the
plotters
would
now
change
their
tactics
and
suggested
that
attempts
might
be
made
to
send
bombs
In
packages
rather
than
in
tetters
and
possibly
front
some
country
other
than
Italy.
Twenty
bombs
"are
reported
to
have
been
detected.
FATAL
BANK
HOLD-UI'
A1LSA
CRAIG.
Out
Sydney
t
waUh
dians,
using
huge
oalaa-wooa
.
man
at
'
Ailsa
Craig
.
(branch
(branch
o
of
rafts,
employed
ocean
currents
and
prevailing
winds
to
sail
to
the
Marquesas
and
Society
Island?.
Destination
of
the
raft
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce
was
shot
and
killed
In
robbery
attempt
early
Satur-,i.,
iiii
v.i,i
hr-m
eneaeed
I
uaj,
....
.
I
as
night
guard
about
six
weeks
aim
because
of
numerous
at-
temps
in
the
last
few
weeks
to
rob
the
bank
in
this
village.
19
miles
northwest
of
London.
Ont.
The
vlllase
reeve,
Fred
McLcod,
sounded
the
alarm
after
he
had
heard
five
or
six
shots.
He
saw
two
jnen
escaping.
No
money
was
taken.
Norway
and
Sweden
were,
united
under
one
government
from
1814
to
1905.
A
11
r
Ml
uairy
.
Prices
Are
Set
Loose
Important
Announcement
By
Prices
.
and
Trade
Board
,,
OTTAWA
(CP)
Re
moval
of
butter
rom
the
list
of
rationed
croods
Was
announced
today
by
the
Prices
and
Trade
tfoarci.
All
dairy
products
are
re-.
leased
from
price
control.
HoneV.
iams.
iellies
and
mar
malades
are
also
off
the
ration
list
but
strawberry
.
and
raspberry
Jam
remain
under
price
control.
All
meals
are
also
released
from
price
control.
...j
Floods
Sweep:
United
States
Mississippi
On
Rampage-Also
Columbia
River
In
West
Another
Tornado
NEW
YORK
0
A
major
flood
threat
.developed
Sunday
alongr
the
central
reaches
of
the
Mis
sissippi
River
after
the
effects
of
freakish
weather
had
clalntr
ed
at
least
22
lives,
left
thous
ands
homeless
and
caused;
mil
lions
of
dollars
property
damage.
-
Army
engineers
said
they.ex-nected
additional
levees
to
tall
"under
the'
pfessure'
of
the
Mis
sissippi
flood
crest.
Seven
persons
are
reported
dead
at
Ottumwa,
la,
and
16,000
were
driven
from
their
homes.
Out
west
at
the
Dalles,
In
Oregon,
one
life
was
lost,
two
are
missing
and
5,000
acres
of
sugar
beets
crop
were
ruined.
.
A
tornado
zlg-zagged
thrpugh
eastern
Ohio
and
Western
Pennsylvania
Saturday,
killed
at
least
five
nersons.
and
partly
wrecked
a
dozen
towns.
Hardest
hit
was
Sharon,
Pa.,
where
all
the
homes
in
a
flftcen-WocK
residential
was
damaged.
CONTRACT
TO
.
MASSETT
MEN
f
Holland
and
Phillips
Awarded
$21,851
Wharf
Job
at
Queen
Charlotte
City
a
t
Holland
ant.
H.
B.
rhil-
lips
of
Massett
have
been
awarded
contract
.
by
the
federal
department
of
public
work
tor
wharf
extension
ana
repair.
Queen
Charlotte
Oity.
The
con
tract
Is
for
$24,9ol.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Overcast
skies
und
showery
weather
were
general
over
Bri
tish
Columbia
this
morning,
rre-Piniatinn
!s
not
confined
to
the
Pacific
slopes,
however,
for
.rain
is
falling
over
a
wide
strip
aions
the
Interior
today
as
far
east
as
Manitoba.
A
strong
westerly
flow
will
continue
to
carry
moist-air'
well
Into
the
Interior
but
grad
ual
clearing
Is
expected
over.
U19
next
few
days,
"
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Chait-
lottes
and
North
Coasts-Cloudy,
ntvasionally
overcast
today,
to
night
and
Tuesday.
Widely
scat
tered
rain
showers
today
and
tonight
and
early
Tuesday.
Winds
light.
Little
change
In
tempera
ture.
Minimum?
tonight
Port
Hardy
52,
Massett
52.
Prince
Ru
pert
53.
Maximums
Tuesday
pjrt
Hardy
2t
Massett
60,
Frinee
Rupert
63.
Archdeacon
and
Mrs.
Edward
Hodson
are
sailing
tonight
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
far
a
va
cation
trin
.
souths
The
Arch
deacon
Is
going
to
Pentlcton
and
Mrs.
Hodson
to
CranbrooK.
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