NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
DRUGS
PHONE
A
Prompt
.
Service
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At
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Hours
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OrlinTY
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HONE
81
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
STAR
CABS
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
184.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
6,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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l'
A
VOCA
m-
"
'
I
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CROP
OUTLOOK
IS
IMPROVED
3
ze
d
Decision
To
Withdraw
From
Leadership
Of
Party,
Gov't,
Final,
National
Meet
Is
Told
Charges
Party
to
Renewed
Effort
A
Only
Bulwark
Against
Communism
Resolutions
Are
Now
Being
Framed
WINNIPEG
Conditions
hav?
improved
over
the
prairies
during
the
past
week
as
a
result
of
the
cool
weather
and
showprs
which
has
been
fairly
general,
according
to
the
weekly
crop
re
T
if7
-
fvKiVw.
CI
port
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
of
the
Canadian
Nation
4
lit
vp
;
'
jmiidi.inii.
:h.
Herbert
I
minister
"l
4tM
the
UD-
o:ta'.i
lor
I
:i
accept
iiiR
I
Cinlrdrr.i-
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tli'-
pro-
al
Railways.
Warmer
weather
To
Choose
New
Leader
Tomorrow
,
OTTAWA
(CP)
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
told
the
Liberal
party
flatly
in
a
farewell
address
today
that
he
could
not
be
drafted
into
the
party
leadership,
however
kindly
any
such
ji
onf',ler,t"
iiiiirpendenl
m.s
arcrpt-partic-.
An.v
movement
might
be.
now
needed
to
ripen
the
crops,
i
Nearly
all
points
report
rye
harvesting
under
way
or
about
to
commence.
Wheat
harvesting
will
probably
not
get
under
way
for
another
ten
days
to
two
weeks
in
most
districts.
As
a
result
of
recent
rains
the
feed
situation
is
much
improved
in
west
central
Saskatchewan
and
In
some
districts
they
even
hope
to
harvest
a
fair
crop.
The
weather
has
been
warm
and
dry
in
the
Okanagan
during
Addressing
some
three
thous
j!i!d
bi-
a
MEET
MOLOTOV
AGAIN
MOSCOW
Envoys
of
(ireat
Britain,
United
Staten
and
France
called
today
on
Foreign
Minister
V.
M.
Mololov
of
Russia.
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
was
not
believed
present
at
the
meeting
which
the
western
diplomat
sought
with
the
foreign
minister.
There
has
been
no
official
announcement
as
yet
regarding
the
outcome
of
the
conversations
on
the
future
of
Germany
and
Iterlin.
SUSPEND
PIIHLIC
HEARINGS
WASHINGTON
United
States
senators
investigating
Communist
spy
ring
charges
today.
suspended
public
hearings
because
they
said
the
administration
refused
to
give
them
necessary
facts.
Chairman
Homer
Ferguson
of
the
Senate
investigating
nub-committee,
in
announcing
the
decision,
also
made
public
refusal
by
Attorney
General
Tom
Clark
to
supply
official
Federal
liureau
of
Investigation
records
on
William
Remington,
prominent
civil
servant
accused
of
communism.
GLOBE
GIRDLEKS
HOME
TUCSON,
Arizona
Two
globe-girdling
Super-forts,
first
to
fly
around
the
world,
landed
at
their
home
base
here
today.
They
had
made
the
trip
in
15
days
and
in
10
hops.
Enroute
a
third
Superfort
went
down
in
a
crash
near
Aden
in
which
seven
of
the
IS
men
aboard
were
killed.
The
final
stop
before
here
was
in
Alaska.
FLOODS
DOWN
3300
NANKING
Flood
waters
of
the
Yellow
River
1
drowned
nearly
3,500
persons
and
let
400,000
homeless
in
rich
north
hvnan
.province,
official
reports
today
said
North
Hunan
magistrates
described
the
flood
as
the
worst
one
in
100
years-More
than
one
P.G.E.
Extension
To
Be
Discussed
OTTAWA,
(CP)
Premier
Byron
I.
Johnson
of
British
Columbia
will
meet
in
Montreal
with
President
It.
C.
Vauchan
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
W.
A.
and
party
adherents
In
the
second
day
of
the
national
Liberal
convention
and
receiving
ovation
after
ovation,
Mr.
King
reviewed
his
twenty-nine
years
of
stewardship.
The
Prime
Minister
criticized
party
organization
although
he
placed
no
blame
on
officials
of
the
National
Liberal
Federation.
He
attributed
recent
byelection
losses
to
lack
of
organization.
the
past
week
and
conditions
are
quite
normal.
Apricots
and
early
peaches
are
now
moving
freely.
GEN.
CLAY
REPORTS
TO
TRUMAN
Gen.
Lucius
Clay,
U.S.
commander
in
Germany,
shown
arriving
at
the
White
House
in
Washington,
DC,
to
make
his
report
on
the
Russian
situation
in
Germany.
At
right
is
Kenneth
Royall,
secretary
of
the
U.S.
Army.
TWO
SEINERS
ARE
WOMAN
CREATES
OLYMPIC
RECORD
TODAY'S
STOCKS
UNABLE
TO
LIFT
Mather
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
to
discuss
the
extension
tf
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
into
the
Peace
River
Block
of
British
Columbia.
The
party
had
"barely
begun"
reorganizing
Its
election-winnin
machinery
after
the
wartime
lapse.
"Your
duty
tomorrow
Is
to
choose
a
successor
to
myself
in
the
party's;
.leadership.
When
your
choice
Is
made,
I
shall
re
Dutch
Fanny
Blankers-Koen
Captures
200-Metres
for
"Triple"
Courtesy
8.
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on
Cn
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Bralorne
7.10
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R.
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2
B.
R.
X
09
'4
BASKING
SHARK
Two
seine
boats,
using
their
five-ton
booms,
were
unable
to
hoist
a
36-foot
basking
shark
from
the
water
after
It
had
WEMBLEY
STADIUM
The
outstanding
event
of
the
Olym
pic
Games
being
played
In
Lon
Cariboo
Quartz
1.00
Dentonia
Ol'V
;
Orull
Wihksne
09
Russians
Seek
don
has
undoubtedly
been
the
j
been
caunht
in
the
seine
net'
turn
to
the
party
the
trust
which
It
placed
In
my
hands
twenty-nine
years
ago,",
the
Prime
Minister
said.
1
Once
a
new
leader
hau
been
lehosen,
Mr
King
said
he
planned
performance
of
Mrs.
Fanny
Blankers-Koen.
Mrs.
Koen
Is
the
first
woman
athlete
to
win
Hediey
Mascot
40
Mmto
.01
y2
Pend
Oreille
4.15
Pioneer
2.40
Share
In
Ruhr
1
three
firsts
in
any
Olympic
RED
So
Ansnri;!i,
I
ulh
hIi-jt.uliand
f-
series.
She
won
the
100
metres
ncillitri
DUIUCl
Ui
'2
i
Privateer
17
Reeves
McDonald
1.75
j
in
11.9
seconds
and
then
the
80-metre
hurdles
in
11.3
seconds
to
confer
with
him
at
a
time
at
which
"all
circumstances
considered
I
should
seek
from
His
Excellency
acceptance
of
my
resignation
as
Prime
Minister."
MOSCOW,
'(P
Activity
among
the
embassies
of
the
western
allies
at
an
early
hour
today
suggested
something
unexpected
had
happened
or
that
a
stale
mill.
on
fertile
acres
were
flooded.
JOHNNY
GRECO
WINS
MONTREAL
A
lightning
left
hook
thrown
by
the
Canadian
welterweight
champion,
Johnny
Greco,
knocked
out
Eric
Boon
of
Great
Britain
in
the
third
round
of
a
scheduled
10-round
bout
here
last
night.
Salmon
Gold
12'2
j
Today
she
won
the
200
metres
of
the
Great
Northern
VII
recently
In
Verney
Pass,
near
Wright
Sound.
"
Capt.
Jimmy
Adkins
jr.
and
his
crewmen
Riley
Vierck
and
Dill
Petersen,
threw
a
rope
around
the
monster's
enormous
tail
but
the
power
of
the
boat's
flw-ton
hoisting
machinery
did
little
more
than
bring
its
tail
section
out
of
the
water.
Then
tiie
seiner
Argent,
skippered
by
Jimmy's
father,
James
Adkins,
pulled
along
side
'"
(ii-
-
Sheep
Creek
1.18
from
Miss
Williams.
Mrs.
Blan-
.hj:
':'
:
ai
civ-
This
would
carry
with
it
the
mate"
had
developed
between
'
resimation
of
th.
en,,r.
min.
1
kers-Koen
Is
a
Dutch
matron,
I
the
mother
of
two
children,
and
I
is
thirty
years
old.
She
Is
train
them
-and
Russia
over
the
Ber
-I
I
!'iii:i(il.in(l
:
thf
'i;.
!'!
unity
j
lin
situation.
Another
visit
to
the
Kremlin
by
the
United
ed
by
her
husband
who
was
at
THL
WEATHER
jump
states,
British
and
French
rep-I
resentatives
had
been
expected.
one-time
hop-step
and
champion
of
Hoiiand.
Taylor
Bridge
Taku
River
Vananda
Congress
Pacific
Eastern
Hediey
Amalg
(aski
Spud
Valley
(ask)
Central
Zeballos
Silbak
Premier
Oils
A.
P.
Con
Calmont
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As
a
'.
Alcomi)
.said,
iii
province.
l
..tnre
In
say
ill
:rr
province
t
Dnminum
and
both
boats
tried
to
lift
it.
"We
managed
to
get
about
half
of
it
above
water,
but
both
boats
pulling
together
DESTROYERS
TO
VISIT
HERE
FOR
PORT
DAY
Synopsis
Skies
remain
cloudy
British
Columbia
but
activity
Is
decreasing
gradu
An
American
woman
has
won
Henry
Shapiro.
Hritisn
united
a
second
Olympic
medal.
She
Press
correspondent,
reported
is
Mrs.
Graves
who
today
added
(
!
t"day
that
Russia
was
demand-
ing
a
part
in
the
admmistra
ally.
More
sunshine
Is
expected
couldn't
bring
it
all
the
way
up"
recounted
Riley
Vierack.
It
in
all
regions
tomorrow
with
j
One
and
possibly
two
Cana-I
dlan
navy
vessels
will
attend
!
Prince
Rupert's
Port
Day
on
C.
&
E
5.70
Foothills
2.80
Home
8.40
Toronto
istry
and
involve
the
formation
of
a
new
administration.
In
a
stirring
one-hour
address
Mr.
King
compared
the
position
of
the
nearly
mortally
wounded
party
of
1919,
when
he
assumed
leadership,
with
its
strong
position
today.
It
was
representative
of
all
provinces
from
coast
to
coast
and
was
faced
by
a
divided
opposition.
Mr.
King
described
Liberalism
as
the
only
bulwark
against
totalitarianism
fascism
on
the
one
hand
and
communism
on
the
other.
lie
described
Communism
to
be
the
greatest
menace
facing
tlii?
country
and
the
world
today.
His
dctision
to
retire
was
not
new,
Mr.
King
said.
It
was
not
due
to
any
new
situation,
deterioration
In
the
party
or
change
of
attitude
to
members
of
government
or
party.
jlES
liOW
ftl'rrsrnl
ill
larrs
South
fiat
tall
fluke
was
about
10
feet
across
and
its
body
was
about
three
and
a
half
feet
in
diameter
about
half-way
along
its
body.
To
show
the
size
of
the
shark
they
brought
pictures
taken
by
Mr.
Viereck
to
the
Dally
News.
Its
huge
body
slightly
higher
temperatures.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Today
and
Saturday,
cloudy
in
morning,
clearing
by
noon.
Wind
westerly
(15
m.p.h
).
Little
change
In
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Satur-rf!iv
Purl.
llnrdv
50
and
62.
Mas-
August
20,
It
was
announced
at
a
meeting
of
the
Port
Day
committee
last
night.
They
will
be
the
destroyer
Cayuga
and
possibly
the
Crescent.
Athona
Aumaque
'.
Beattie
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
,..
.06
.16
.56
12
.35
.lO'.i
081z
tion
of
the
Ruhr
industrial
area,
now
entirely
in
the
western
orbit,
as
her
price
in
the
lifting
of
the
blockade
of
Berlin.
Such
a
demand
might
Impose
another
crisis
as
serious
as
that
of
Berlin.
Soviet
action
yesterday
to
relax
the
financial
blockade
on
Berlin
for
the
present
came
on
the
third
day
after
the
western
envoys
had
talked
in
the
Kremlin
with
Premier
Joseph
Stalin.
It
indicated
that
the
Russians
might
be
willing
to
compromise
in
the
east-west
currency
war
which
the
Russians
originally
assigned
as
the
reason
for
imposing
the
land
blockade
on
the
the
spring
board
diving
championship
to
her
high
diving
championship.
The
final
of
the
400
men's
metres
provided
a
thrilling
contest.
Arthur
Wint
of
Jamaica,
who
was
an
RAF.
officer
during
the
recent
war,
overtook
and
beat
his
fellow
countryman,
Herb
McKer.ley,
with
Malvin
Whitfield
of
United
States
cf
America
third.
The
winner's
time
equalled
the
Olympic
rec
ord
of
46.2
seconds.
This
reversed
the
placings
in
the
800
metres
which
was
won
by
Whitfield
with
Wint
In
second
place.
In
that
event
Whitfield
established
a
new
Olympic
record
of
1
min.
49.2
seconds
against
the
former
one
of
1
min.
49.8
Announcement
of
their
visit
sett'
and
Prince
Rupert
52
and)
dwarfed
the
fishermen
stand-
'
ing
on
ine
ciccks
oi
me
aajoin-
62
C
,
t
i
1
1
mnu-l''
!'"
srnluT
:ar-"U
said
4;
Consol.
Smelters
114.00
Conwest
1.25
Donalda
65
Eldona
1.25
East
Sullivan
264
Giant
Yellowknife
4
40
.
'good
was
made
by
Lieut.
John
Quinn,
RC.N.,
executive
officer
of
H.
MC.S.
Chatham,
who
Is
co-oM-rating
with
the
Port
Day
committee
on
plans
for
the
marine
gala.
A
letter
from
Commander
John
Robertson,
captain
of
the
Cayuga,
latest
addition
to
Canada's
destroyer
fleet,
said
that
the
vessel
would
leave
Esquimau
on
August
16,
probably
accompanied
by
Crescent,
and
that
they
would
arrive
on
August
25
for
a
three-day
visit.
Commander
Robertson
ex
Continuous
strain
througTi
the
strife-torn
cit,y
of
Berlin.
How
Ing
boats.
"Wc
cut
1,190
pounds
of
liver
out
of
it
and
we
could
have
taken
more
if
we
had
been
able
to
get
It
further
out
of
the
water,"
the
younger
Capt.
Adkins
said.
"I
figure
that
we
got
about
three-quarters
of
the
liver."
As
far
as
the
men
know,
the
shark
was
the
largest
to
be
caught,
in
northern
waters,
at
least
in
recent
years.
None
of
the
men
were
able
to
estimate
its
weight.
SECOND
MERCY
FLIGHT
MADE
An
Injured
fisherman,
the
second
to
be
brought
here
by
mercy
flight
within
two
days,
was
flown
to
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
evening
by
Pilot
Larry
Dakin
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
after
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God's
Lake
Hardrock
Harricana
Heva
Hosco
Jacknife
,
ever,
there
was
no
sign
01
ku-s-i
years
couw
noo
mit
De
touow-sian
relaxation
in
any
other,
ed
by
some
unfavorable
reac-direction.
I
(Continuea
on
Page
Six)
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in
U
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Hi"
House
H
us
commit-
lee
dealings
(
'i
testimony
'
"
-v.-i.-m
at
SU'n
govern-
the
war
a
90-mile
trip
to
Home
Bay,
near
Wright
Sound.
..
,
:
n.ran
was
neOtT?"
pressed
willingness
for
his
up
us
under-
crews
to
take
part
In
the
Port
the
war.
Dav
fpst.ivil.ies
hv
nmvidinc
a
me
lnjmcu
ma..
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i
r
nr
nit
Marzolf,
of
1218
Alberni
Street,
UuSlllCSS
1
ax
May
Joliet
Quebec
37
Lake
Rowan
07
Lapaska
04'
Little
Long
Lac
72
Lynx
06
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.30
McKenzie
Red
Lake
35
McLeod
Cockshutt
90
Moneta
35
Negus
2.12
Noranda
49.50
Louvicourt
55
Pickle
Crow
1.90
Vancouver,
crew
member
ot
me
Qose
Co-operage
SKEENA
DISTRICT
NAMES
DELEGATES
FOR
CONSERVATIVE
NATIONAL
MEET
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
T.
Harvey
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Michael
O'Neill
of
Smithers
were
appointed
by
the
Skeena
Federal
District
Progressive-Conservative
Association,
at
a
meeting
last
night,
to
represent
Skeena
at
the
national
convention
to
be
held
in
Ottawa
at
the
end
of
next
month
for
thepurpose
of
selecting
a
new
national
leader.
North
Shore
Packing
v-o.
San
Tomas,
who
received
painful
injuries
to
his
back
and
rtgh',
orm
n.hen
he
became
entangled
15
ION
VANCOUVER
-Leo
Sweeney
stated
yesterday
that,
unless
the
new
city
businss
tax
is
cut,
ho
guard
of
honor
for
the
Port
Queen
and
taking
part
In
the
competitive
events.
Commander
of
H.M.C.S.
Crescent
Is
understood
to
be
Lieut.
Commander
Pat
Nixon.
Both
MINISTER
IS
COMING
HERE
Northern
British
Columbia
Agricultural
and
Industrial
Association,
which
had
extended
an
invitatidti
to
the
Minister
of
Agriculture
to
come
here
for
the
annual
Horticultural
Show
at
the
end
of
the
month,
has
been
advised
that
Hon.
Frank
Putnam
will
be
unable
to
be
here
on
the
show
dates
but
will
be
arriving
August
23,
proceeding
from
here
to
the
Bulkley
Valley,
Prince
George
and
the
Cariboo
country.
With
Mr.
Putnam
will
be
the
supervising
agriculturalist
at
Abbotsford,
G
E.
W.
Clarke,
and
the
assistant
deputy
minister
of
agriculture,
W.
R.
Robertson.
LOCAL
Tinrcs
(Standard
Time)
The
liner
Lieut.
Commander
Nixon
and
'''''
resuming
his
ship
are
known
in
Prince
Alternate
delegates
were
named
meeting
were
W.
R.
McAfee,
havinu
Rupert,
havinc
visited
here
sev-
Regcourt
04
yx
San
Antonio
3.35
Senator
Rouyn
48
Sherrlt
Gordon
2.44
Steep
Rock
1.90
Sturgeon
River
12
Silver
Miller
30
'"r
.Vars.
duo!eral
times
before.
I
'1,,r
reason.:
Three
Amorli-nn
tlestrovers
Viniimivoi-
tthleli
u'lll
ho
in
llmu
waters
In
a
winch
cable
Thursday
af-'
may
have
to
close
down
his
co-ternoon
j
operage
which
employs
100
per-
Pllot
Dakin
made
the
flight
sons,
at
6:45
last
night,
immediately
a,terTEslnd!rH7utadr
SHIP
OPERATORS
to
Sandspit.
He
us.
a
flight
dally
xiiTU
r
J
1
1
the
company's
Canso
plane.
BKLAK.
Wl
I
H
LD.U
reported
this
J
Mr.
Marzolf
was
MONTREAL
-
The
Canadian
morning
to
be
not
seriously
'""I
Federation
yesterday
p
jured.
He
is
being
treated
by.
(erminiUion
ot
its
Dr.
C.
H.
Hankinson.
pnt
wltn
the
Calladian
U
second
i
,r
,
The
flight
was
g
lis
kind
here
within
two
days.
!
r
Pilot
Bill
C.x-per
On
Wednesday.
(
't'aland
and
later
this
month
also
have
in
the
persons
of
A.
M.
Harvey
of
Ocean
Falls,
R.
L.
Brash
of
Telkwa
and
George
L.
Rorie
Of
Prince
Rupert.
The
only
resolution
passed
by
the
meeting
was
one
calling
for
the
dropping
of
the
"Progressive"
from
the
title
of
the
party
and
the
reversion
to
straight
"Conservative."
'
been
Invited
to
be
here
for
Port
Day.
.
lv!"1
a
eoin-
MONTREAL
STAR
INCREASES'
PRICE
MONTREAL
Owing
to
"vastly
Increased
cost
of
production,"
the
Montreal
Star
raised
its
price
yesterday
from
3c
to
5c.
president,
who
was
in
the
chair,
and
a
number
of
outside
delegates
including
F.
M.
Dockrill,
R.
L.
Brash
and
T.
J.
Thorpe
of
Telkwa;
W.
J.
O'Neill
of
Smithers,
and
J.
Nelson
and
O.
T.
Sundal
of
Terrace
as
well
as'
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
Crawford
Moore,
G.
L.
Rorie,
Alex
Mackenzie,
D.
C.
Stuart
and
Douglas
Stevenson
of
Prince
Rupert.
There
were
letters
of
regret
at
inability
to
attend
from
M.
1.
Nourse
of
Burns
Lake,
W.
H.
Larmer
of
Hazelton
and
A.
M.
Harvey
of
Ocean
Falls.
i
Sv.in-y
at
a
F-h-'t.iMiO
and
j;'"
sail
PROSECUTING
T.B.
PATIENTS
Delegates
were
uninstructcd
of
Skeena
Air
Service
new
in,....
as
to
the
choice
of
a
leader.
The
meeting
received
reports
Saturday,
August
7,
1948
HALIFAX
Twelve
Halifax
of
renewed
activity
In
the
iv
reenters
,
persons
who
refused
to
take
High
r.
2:39
22.4
feet
15:20
21.1
feet
ROAST
LLAMA.
PLEASE
The
llama,
a
member
of
the
camel
family,
is
native
to
Peru.
Used
as
beast
of
burden,
it
provides
a
silky
fleece
and
edible
flesh.
terests
of
the
party
through
the
FISH
ARRIVALS
Canadian
B.C.
Producer,
30,000
black
cod,
15.8c;
3,000
halibut,
22.4c,
21.5c
and
11.5c,
Cold
Storage.
Terrace
to
Renniston
lsianu,
about
100
miles
south
o'
Prince
Rupert,
and
brought
in
Lloyd
Vaughan,
23
-year
-old
salmon
fisherman,
whose
boat
had
burned
while
taking
on
fuel.
Low
9:00
0.7
feet
interior
and
at
Ocean
Falls.
f
i'm
.service
treatment
for
tuberculosis
are
Ffcpwity
win,
(
to
t,e
prosecuted
wdcr
provi-"
ill
intojeial
law.
They
ar
liable
to
be
21:18
4
4
feet
j
Among
those
present
at
the
sentenced
to
hospital.
I