Are
Now
Stead
vino
1
JU
A?.eductionof
arke
-
w
w
v
vj
;
uuu
1
U
lUIHM
II
I
llfmfY
Pao
u
f
U
LlVlllg
UUOl
es
Generally
Firmer
win
;HiP
BAKING
TO
BE
PROBED
British
Columbia
I.
W.A.
Chiejs
Are
Now
Granted
Entry
to
U.S.
Sir
Stafford
Cripps
Says
There
Should
Be
No
Wage
Increases
LONDON
O,-Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
Chanctilor
of
the
Ex
ay
Following
Slump
m
L'
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
rCPiRn
a
u
chequer,
told
Parliament
last
Combines
Investigation
Act
Inquiry
In
Western
Provinces
Commencing
t
YOKK
(CP)
Commodity
and
stock
mar-
L
i
i
i
i
...
night
that
the
freeze
of
Decem
ntish
Columbia
officials
of
the
International
Woodworkers
of
Amprifn
(C1C
ontm.i'n,yi,niT:t.j
pi..
Bay
reported
steadier
tendencies,
l'rices
gen-
ber-January
levels
would
be
la
the
manufacturers'
ceiling
prices
ure
firm
following'
a
sharp
downward
trend
thi'
first
part
of
the
week.
Industrials
and
JSZltZSZ'FSSt
fi"
"fted'
8-ernment
authority
said.
last
rir
and
distributors'
profits.
investigator,
the
federal
govern-
iile
moderate
gains.
Attorney-General
Tom
Clark
upheld
the
decision
tiSHLat
A
Board
of
Trade
SStS
official
es-
Of
the
immigration
sprv
w
hnani
.
.
"
re
oiucra
wouiq
ira.uo,
the
centre
of
financial
attention,
corn
jment
Is
opening
an
inquiry
un-,der
the
Combines
Investigating
Act
into
the
bread
baking
in-
be
applied
before
the
end
of
the
and
soya
beans
broke
again
at
of
appeals.
The
three
men
Ernest
Dals-
,austry
in
three
western
prov
inces
it
il'q
c
it
koe.
acting
nrpsirlent.
nf
tho
the
opening
but
oats
held
firmly
ar.fi
wheat
was
steady
with
trading
active
in
all
pits.
I
Tn
Winnipeg
oats
and
barlsy
det-liivd
in
fairly
active
trad-
month.
Cripps
coupled
his
new
effort
to
arrest
the
cost
of
living
with
a
warning
to
labor
and
industry
to
curb
wages
and
profits
voluntarily
or
face
government
nation
al
Link
Hold-up
Man
Is
Shot
Dead
Detective
Also
Shot
In
Air
Lines
Office
In
New
York
.
ntw
Rijuuuiiccu
xaab
3
-
v"
night
by
Rt.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
Britisn
Columbia
district
coun-minister
of
justice.
Private
cil;
Jonn
McCuish
and
B.
J.
hearings
will
be
held
at
various
Melness,
district
secrstary
of
the
centres
in
the
three
proving.
;
I-W.A.
There
is
alreadv
considernhln
Thev
had
been
rienipd
pnt.rv
Sir
Stafford
asked
that
wage
nnflfntiql
irMo
a!4-'Ua.
1
i
documentary
"
evidence
gathered
to
the
United
States
to
"
attend
miiii
i'
of
Italian
Tickets
Iti
Homes
k
-r
.u.
t,.i.
:
.
I
NEW
YORK
iCPi
A
hold-ua
'
oe
posiponea
$4,000
POLICE
COST
INCREASE
L,
al
I.
I'.P.'s
"ucuuii
investigators,
x.w.a.
annual
convention
in
mo
,Att
.
or
"conducted
in
the
liuht
nf
pa
t
of
bakers
to
fix
prices
is
0fL
Dalskog
and
Melness
are
mem-I
'
AlrUnes
he
5
-
boost.
iiruu:1tra
lAI
,
'
--
Police
have
'
'
"
'
.
,
i,
5
'
I
V.
'-
-'."'
"
"
T
,:
.
-'
-
'
1
Hf
-
-
4
if
-
The
three
provinces
in
which
party
and
McCuish
is
a
former
ZesTJt
Lhf
I
the
investigation
into
alleeed
pnmmi,(
,
Dy
aetectives
last
n
night
in
in
an
I
QflamntAj
1
1
J
.
e
il
UTICA
FIRE,
combine
by
bread-making
firms
are
British
Columbia,
Alberta
oncmijicu
iiuiu-ujj
01
uie
same
j
office.
1
The
man,
tentatively
identi-
ELEVEN
DIE
and
Saskatchewan.
Mr.
Goldenberg,
who
is
a
,
Montreal
lawyer,
will
leave
soon
for
the
west
to
open
the
probe
in
hts
capacity
as
investigating
commissioner.
The
government's
action
dis
ned
as
Thomas
Kavanaugh,
aged
33,
was
slain
when
two
detectives,
stationed
in
a
back
room
of
the
office,
apparently
on
advane
information,
came
out
h.it
they
described
"ii.ternaiional
link"
mw
ToiUiattoi.
It-
w:l
party
and
the
s.ii(
party
in
Can-2
M-izurc
of
several
ry
tickets
in
favor
rimii.-.if-t
party.
:
re
made
last
r
)
anti-subversiv?
provincial
and
1
:
(
raided
the
;i
ce!
nifmb'-TS
v-Pi
jressive
Party.
!;
Jii-.
t!ie
.subscrip-v.i
v
marked
"for
NEW
SENATOR
IS
CRITICAL
Objects
to
I'pper
Chamber
1
Sending
Matters
or
Principle
HELD
LIKELY
.
I
!
Cost
of
policing
Prince
Ru-j;:rt
probably
will
jump
another
$4,000
this
year
following
dis-icussions
Thursday
afternoon
j
between
the
city's
police
com-Imittee
and
Commissioner
John
Shirras
of
the
B.C.
provincial
'
police.
I
Recummendalion.s
from
the
committee
win
be
marie
to
city
council
whsn
It
meets
on
Feb
ruary
23
and.
if
last
year's
action
by
council
is
paralleled
this
year,
the
new
contract
sought
by
the
provincial
police
will
bo
approved,
j
Yesterday's
discussions
cen-i
tred
on
a
notice
sent
to
the
city
last
fall
by
the
Police
Commis-
closed
after
the
House
of
Com-
Children
Among
Victims
of
Holocaust
In
New
York
City
UTICA,
New
York
Eleven
persons
were
believed
to
have
perished
today
after
a
flash
fire
swept
and
wrecked
a
two-storej
frame
dwelling
near
New
York
on
advance
information,
came
Utica.
Fire
Chief
Leo
Barrv
said
out
firing.
I
One
of
the
detectives,
William
'Murdy,
aged
28,
was
accidently
mons
price
commitee
bei?an
in
to
Committee
First
uuiimir
inixi
rancoc
rf
v.
nv.
shot
by
his
companion,
Detec
'
---".
v,
,c
.
.
hibh
OTTAWA
f.
Tho
n.,,-t
iStotTu,
SnJkeS
:
iZhe
tZ:
r00kie
in
the
Red
Chamber
erenf
a
weXnp'rovS
'haT
S
Ia
-e.
Liberal,
He
is
expected
to
re-
that
fOUrtppn
nther
rnmr.no
t
3
consolidation
:id
also
bore
communist
agreements
fixing
and
increas-
"'"'.
i
uy
ai
mc
ing
bread
Drices
anri
nih
i,
Senate
Senate
yesterday
yesterday
for
for
conduct
conduct
he
he'
.W.v.v.vw.waw
escaped.
Three
members
of
one
t
"suppressing
competition."
considered
an
abrogation
of
its'
family,
who
jumped
from
a
see-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
treviously
the
baking
indus-;
luncuous
ana
was
promptly
set
vi
j
uau
uceu
marKeu
aown
as
"J
nanua
one
of
the
first
scheduled
to
be
The
former
minister-ef-vet
ril
rAKLLlb
PA
I?
I
rvci''"1''"'
nm
10
rising
op-J.1L
(
rating
costs,
it
would
be
nec-
ond
floor
window,
were
in
hospital.
Firemen
found
the
body
of
three-year-old
Dana
Lois
Hoage
in
the
rubble.
Within
six
hours
"
later
four
more
bodies
were
found
including
those
"of
th
rpo
investigated'
by
the
Commons
committee.
erans'
affairs
and
House
leader
Mr.
Ilslev's
statement
fh,ul
Llw
Lummons
waiiopea
tne
C
.D.N
A
SEEKS
TO
AMEND
CRIMINAL
CODE
The
Canadian
Daily
Newspapers'
Association
has
petitioned
Justice
Minister
Ilsley
for
a
change
in
the
criminal
code
to
provide
that
charges
of
conspiracy
to
commit
libel
be
tried
in
the
province
where
the
newspaper
involved
is
published.
The
resolution
said
that
current
prosecution
in
Alberta
of
Jack
Kent
Cook,
of
Toronto,
publisher
of
New
Liberty
magazine,
and
Harold
Dingman,
Ottawa
correspondent
for
the
magazine,
lor
conspiracy
to
publish
a
dffamatory
libel
"shows
that
the
purpose
and
intent
of
section
Cfcg
of
the
criminal
code
may
be
evaded,"
and
that
publishers
and
editors
will
be
deprived
of
the
protection
intended
to
be
given
them
"if
the
crown
officers
arbitrarily
choose
to
resort
to
the
device''
of
charging
conspiracy"
rather
than
the
substantive
offence
of
publication
of
a
defamatory
libel."
Mr.
Cook,
Mr.
Dingman
and
Dr.
Charlotte
Whitton.
welfare
authority,
were
committed
on
13
charges
which
followed
publication
in
New-Liberty's
December
27
issue
of
an
article.
"Babies
for
Export,"
criticizing
child
welfare
administration
in
Alberta.
The
article
was
based
on
a
report
prepared
by
Dr.
Whitton.
Above
photo
shows
Roy
Thomson
of
the
board
of
directors
of
New
Liberty
and
Mr.
Dincman
as
they
arrived
at
Edmonton
court.
ipapw
western
..,
-u;.
Upper
Chamber
for
sending
alleged
combine
declar
Courtesy
8.
D
Ji
bnMon
Cin.
Vancouver
Bralorne
9.50
B.
R.
Con
03
B.
R.
X
08
Cariboo
Quartz
2.20
Dentonia
12
i
Grull
Wihksne
04!
Hedley
Mascot
75
I
Minto
02
I
Pend
Oreille
2.20
I
matters
to
committee
before
ed
that
"cnnsirieraWta
vv..u.u
.
wwiv
uuuu-
,
,
,
.
,
children.
mentary
evidence'",
already
had
lney
naa
Deen
aPProved
ln
Pnn"
been
gathered
by
the
Combines
clp!e
and
tnen
widened
ths
at-
DEMANDS
;tssary
to
boost
the
contract
'
price
of
policing
Prince
Rupert
!,or
Sf,ttl'icnt
j
,0
S24
949.
This
is
about
$4,000
:i:r
1043
('lvl1'
;
above
the
1947
contract
figure.
v
"'11!''li
-'
j
u,e
boost
Is
the
second
in
'two
v'''''v
morning
j
years.
Last
year,
the
contract
i-pr.M-ntatives
ofjwhl,.h
hlld
D.n
reewed
an-.u!l!'t,!-s
'!llch
havp
nuaily
between
1943
and
1945
,''"!s
U1'h
the
cU-vjwa.s
dropped
by
the
polite
force
'"'u.b
M,lti"'
J
and
replaced
with
one
which
cost
Tl!t'
unions
are:,i,
.
mm
,..
tv,.
tack
to
other
spheres.
Investigation
Act
commission
in
preliminary
inquiries.
Senator
John
Haig,
Opposition
The
minister
said
that
Mr.
Leader,
championed
tnauipiuiiea
the
uie
system
system
j
,
,
.
?StrS
.
,
S!1,
under
which
the
Senate
refers
such
matters
to
committee
..
ut
tunuuuicu
in
private
hearings
in
"several"
cities.
'
Union,
the
therhoori
of
Mr.
Goldenberg
is
no
new
B
OIL
SITUATION
SHOULD
CLEAR
UP
ERE
LONG
Conditions
which
have
led
to
the
oil
companies
cutting
their
imports
and
their
supplies
to
dealers
and,
therefore,
the
public
may
soon
be
straightened
out
in
the
opinion
of
E.
R.
Carswell
new
contract
was
negotiated
by
T.
W.
S.
Parsons
who
then
was
Commissioner
of
the
provincial
comer
as
an
investigator
in
British
Columbia.
A
year
or
so
ago
he
conducted
an
inquiry
at
the
British
Columbia
government's
police
CHARGES
OF
SOVIET
HARDLY
WORTHY
OF
REPLY,
GREAT
BRITAIN
DECLARES
'
;!
the
Eleclrt
I'Mrpose
of
thp
tj
try
and
effect
""
'a2p
demands
imiMis.
Premier
Border
05
Pioneer
3.30
Privateer
27
Reeves
McDonald
1.15
Reno
10
Salmon
Gold
20
Sheep
Creek
1.00
Taylor
Bridge
45
Vi
Vananda
,
20
Congress
03
la
Pacific
Eastern
07
Hedley
Amalgamated
..
.02
y2
Spud
Valley
.20
Central
Zeballos
01
'4
Silbak
Premier
42
However,
under
changes
in
the
request
into
provincial-munici
pal
relations.
Municipal
Act
brought
into
effect
last
yjar.
the
city
was
re-
LONDON
(CDThe
Foreign
Office
said
-
-
".iji
dlll
Thurs-
1
nms-
nevtu
ui
tne
owt
01
tmutjvni-
.
.1....
il.
.
1
rt
...
BULLETINS
BUTTON
IS
CHAMP
DAVOS
PLATZ,
Switzerland
Richard
Button
of
Engle-wood,
New
Jersey,
today
won
the
world's
figure
skating
championship.
Button,
aged
19,
came
from
behind
to
outclass
a
field
of
thirteen
skaters
from
eight
countries
and
thus
add
the
world
title
to
the
coast
branch
manager
of
the
ins
prisoners
to
the
provincial
:
ua.v
tnat
uie
ro
iei
cnarge
oi
a
Untish
deal
with
jail
at
Ni'w
Westminster
aiM
alsj
j
Adolf
Hitler
ill
WAS
Was
"(mite
Ohviouslv
linfminrlo"
Standard
Oil
Co.
of
British
Columbia,
who
is
a
visitor
in
the
citv
IGSIIOW
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Cloudy
to
overcast
skies
and
for
a
few
days
on
company
busi
and
"hardly
requires
a
denial."
Russia
had
said
last
nilit
that
Great
Britain
and
France
before
the
war
encouraged
Adolf
Hitler
to
Oils
1
milder
weather
ruled
over
British
Columbia
this
morning.
In
ness
from
his
headquarters
in
Vancouver.
No
one
is
suffering
greatly
at
present
through
the
I
of
the
expen.se
of
keeping
th?m
in
jail
here,
items
which
lowered
the
actual
police
cost.
Balanced
against
police
court
j
tines,
which
are
part
of
the
j
city's
revenue,
cost
of
policing
I
the
city
was
actually
about
Muriiiii;
to
Work
termittent
rain
is
general
over
turn
the
German
Army
against
the
Soviet
Union.
Calmont
43
C
&
E
3.65
Foothills
3.40
Home
5.55
Toronto
the
southern
coast
and
lower
curtailment
but
it
would
be
a
'
serious
thing
for
the
tourist
I'ur.v
Westward
against
the
west-
mainland
and
snow
is
reported
traffic
if
it
continued
into
the
made
as
Russia
Mi
fov;
kit
over
the
northern
and
eastern
I
'ibile
Xnrks
rl.,v,,.t.
$14,000
last
year.
summer
when
motor
travellers
fL
i
f
I
I
Tliis
Tllis
charSe
charge
a!
!lf
,A
'
fJern
Powers
was
'
4-
'j
f
I
rPPlii'd
to
publ
1
"
'1,'VA
'
!
,Unitrd
States
of
y
i
A-
v
'
i
man-Russian
n
publication
by
the
section
of
the
Drovince.
Al
naia
v
increases
Kiaiura
yio-
s
papers
on
Oer-
iv.
equipment
though
the
rain
was
expected
vincial
policemen
and
higher
.072
.15
.63
.48
.13'
4
relations.
Russia
'tig
from
the
Athona
Aumaque
Beattie
Bevcourt
Bobjo
Buffalo
Canadian
to
end
over
most
coastal
regions
ity
,
operating
costs
of
vehicles
nave
SNtKirv
f
Nfi
.IZ
',4
Olympic
championship
he
won
last
week.
JAP
TRIALS
DROPPED
TOKYO
Major
war
crimes
charges
against
twenty
top-level
Japanese,
including
five
former
members
of
the
Tojo
cabinet,
have
been
dropped.
A
high
authority
said
toniit
that
Washington
had
accepted
recommendations
that
the
current
trial
of
Hideki
Tojo
and
24
other
wartime
leaders
wind
up
the
international
pro
-"''.
which
Ivisl'
blg
fartors
in
lnoreasing
"
Kuport
Highway
I,oli('e
COhls
in
tenera1'
ici-e
accord
'
Hhrr
contracts
are
being
ne-
'ived
from
thein-i80,latcd
wilh
otner
citU's
a,ld
Consol.
Smelters
9:2.25
t
-
m
wo
towns
policed
by
tne
provincial
during
the
morning
another
snow
storm
which
is
approaching
from
the
west
will
bring
rain
to
the
central
coast
early-tomorrow.
This
storm
will
move
into
the
central
part
of
the
prov
ince
on
Saturday
with
precipitation
spreading
over
the
southwestern
and
central
sections
of
the
province.
'"W
between
Ams-:'ita
is
not
nearly
force.
Conwest
,
82
Donalda
80
li
Eldona
83
Elder
57
',
Giant
Yellowknife
5.50
God's
Lake
75
1'
iS
1,1st
uinUp
O
I..
released
a
second
instalment
of
documents
which
the
Soviet
said
the
Red
Army
had
captured
from
the
Germans,
saying
that
France
and
Britain
had
made
non-aggression
pacts
with
Adolf
Hitler
aimed
at
isolating
Russia.
Railroad
For
Food
Great
Hi
tain
Relinquishes
'Jv
V
v
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I,
1
,.j
'"'
is
a
possbillly
mad
open
much
r:itiig.
narl.iioil:u-i.,
ceedings.
That
trial
is
now
Acioss
the
mountains
miotlwr
r.nti
do
.!.
s
t
V:
outbreak
of
cold
air
is
spread-!
ing
over
the
prairie
provides
'
12Vb
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.30
.05
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'i
1.17
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tunnel
where
the
l(lc
made
the
Past
w
inters.
Bp-Uiiltert
and
He
snow."
resulting
in
blizzard
conditions
RARRAR
A
A
MM
Hardrock
Harricana
Heva
Hosco
Jacknife
:
Joliet
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
Little
Long
Lac
Lynx
'.
.
.
,
i'-"
"i'
un
nnn
uiuppmg
temperatures
over
r-
no
a
ixt
a
widespread
area.
jLLAUb
AGAIN
CASE
SETTLED
OUT
OF
COURT
A
civil
action
by
Arne
Sten-.seth
against
Oscar
Running
for
the
return
of
$50.
claimed
by
Stenseth
to
have
been
taken
from
him
last
December
25
at
Edmonton,
was
settled
out
of
court
alter
County
Court
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
had
set
its
hearing
for
yesterday.
The
law
firm
of
Brown
and
Harvey
acted
for
Stenseth
while
MacLeod
and
Ray
acted
for
Running.
start
or
would
start
moving
into
the
province.
Mr.
Carswell
is
Interested
in
the
condition
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
and
mentions
how
it
is
growing
in
attractiveness
to
holiday
motorists
from
far
afield.
Wants
Use
Highway
U.S.
Should
Make
Arrangements
for
Use
of
Alaska
Road
In
Emergency,
Says
Representative
WASHINGTON,
D
C.
fc
Representative
Charles
Kersten
(Republican
-
Wisconsin)
proposed
yasterday
that
the
United
States
and
Canada
immediately
work
out
an
agreement
granting
the
United
States
military
use
of
the
Alaska
Highway.
"The
United
States
at
present
has
no
basis
for
the
use
of
the
Alaska
Highway
for
military
purposes
should
necessity
therefor
arise,"
Kersten
said
in
Ottawa
today.
Informed
quarters
said
that,
if
the
United
States
runs
into
an
emergency,
she
need
not
worry
about
having
full
neiehborlv
use
Forecast
10
Madsen
2.85
IS
DAVOS
PLATZ
CP
Barbara
Ann
Scott
took
a
good
lead
at
the
end
of
two
compulsory
figures
in
the
women's
world
skating
championship
contest.
Jeanette
A'twegg
bf
Great
Britain
was
second.
HER
110TH
BIRTHDAY
Mrs.
Margaret
O'Neill,
believed
to
be
the
oldest
woman
in
Pennsylvania,
sports
an
orchid
corsage
as
she
prepares
to
cut
the
ike
at
the
party
celebrating
her
110th
birthday
anniversary
in
her
home
at
Wapwallopen,
near
Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs.
O'Neill,
who
was
born
in
England,
is
in
excellent
health
and
very
active
around
the
home,
helping
out
with
most
of
the
housework.
12,000
Miles
of
Lines
In
Argentina
BI
KNOS
AIRES
CP
Great
Britain
yesterday
traded
her
railroads
in
Argentina
for
food
lo
eat
the
rest
of
the
year.
I'nder
a
trade
treaty
signed
last
night
Argentina
gets
12,-000
miles
of
railroads,
the
backbone
of
her
transportation
system
and
Britain's
largest
South
American
;hed
fx
fclvc
Against
f
Set
Forward
prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Cloudy
over
the
Queen
Charlottes
today.
Elsewhere
overcast
with
widely
scattered
showers.
Overcast
entire
region
tonight
with
intermittent
rain
commencing
about
daybreak.
Winds
easterly
tl5
m.p.h.)
today,
increasing
to
easterly
(25)
overnight
and
shifting
to
southwesterly
(20)
Saturday
afternoon.
Normal
temperatures.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Saturday
At
Port
Hardy
38
and
43,
Massett
37
and
42,
Prince
Rupert
35
and
42.
McKenzle
Red
Lake
58
MacLeod
Cockshutt
1.30
Moneta
34
Negus
2.45
Noranda
46.25
Louvicourt
1.26
Pickle
Crow
2.15
Regcourt
08
San
Antonio
3.90
Senator
Rouyn
56
Sherrit
Gordon
2.15
Steep
Rock
2.05
Sturgeon
River
181,
Silver
Miller
38
WOMEN
OBSERVE
DAY
OF
PRAYER
Women
of
the
congregations
Syla,-
Sources
Arab
volunteer
said
thnt.
'T
f'tb
light
against
f
city's
Protestant
churches
LOCAL
TIDES
U.S.
MARINE
IS
DEAD
OF
WOUNDS
SAN
FRANCISCO
0
The
Chinese
Communist
radio
today
announced
one
of
five
United
States
Marines
captured
by
the
Reds
in
North
China
had
died
of
wounds.
It
also
charged
the
United
States
with
active
participation
in
China's
civil
war.
"'Ported
set
for
I
joined
In
First
United
Church
lias
been
post-
yesterday
afternoon
in.
observance
of
World
Day
of
Prayer.
J.
M.
Buchanan,
general
manager
of
B.C.
Packers,
after
a
Saturday.
February
14,
1948
3:57
19.8
feet
.brief
visit
to
the
city
on
com-
Higll
18.9
feet
I
,
ap-i
ine
service,
nem
at
jociocn.,
,
Cairo
and
other
was
conducted
by
Miss
Helen
i
caused
thn
FIRST
BROADCAST
-of
the
hiehwav
throuoh
North.
15:59
10:00
22:05
pany
business,
sailed
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
night
on
his
return
to
Vancouver,
Low
'WORLD'S
TALLEST
The
Empire
State
building
in
New
York
is
1,250
feet
high.
6.5
feet
5.3
feet
I,.,,,,
aura,
or
me
wumtas
miMiun-
The
first
broadcast
of
Lon-
em
British
Columbia
and
the
don's
Big
Ben
was
made
in
1923.
Yukon.