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VICTORS,
B.C.!
NORTHERN
AND
CENTlUirflftmSH
LULUMUIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Weather
Forecast
Local
Tides
stronz
to
cale
force
southeast
lnds.
Generally
cloudy
and
mild
with
local
rain
or
drizzle
this
TJM
Sunday,
November
25,
1945
morning
and
general
.light
rain
High
.
6:04
18.0
feet
or
showers
commencing
early
In
the
afternoon.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
17:39
17.9
feet
Low
11:48
9.9
feet
XIV,
No.
272.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER
24,
1945
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are
pat'rol-the
streets
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duty
at
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months
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an
easier
way
to
learn
it."
;'e
camps
-were
a
virtual
cuuurai
oacksrounds
ana
needed
a
lnt
of
education
.
.
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rnnAJA
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tne
situation."
aiy
io
general
opinion.
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....
.
,
of
what
was
mollis
on,"
'l'
Golden
said.
"We
had
our
'ur
strategists
who
ex-lncd
Just
how
the
war
would
won
but
they
were
usually
no
t
-
nas
uiwavs
wrone.
n,
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uie
iavorue
pasiimcs
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luimng
aooui
ioaa.
ised
to
prepare
recipes
and
or
the
meals
we'd
like
to
rtvin
Winnipeg
on
uc-
'
n,
wun
tne
orena-r!.Capt,
Golden
was
with
the
""Jamaica.
He
was
a
lieut-
hen
the
force
left
for
Far
East
and
was
promoted
;IC
at
Hong
Kong.
ant
.
.
.
.
uaiaen
Graduated
from
Mlti-L
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-
.
-"HUDa
Law
School
in
the
,S'of
1841.
He
enlisted
with
wenadlcrs
before
convoca-'
ot
that
year.
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call
for
nnrnlnir
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in
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least
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England
and
studies
Uxford
University
there.
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I'M
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Wov-
24
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President
nas
.isitvi
Hm
ncti.
"asemh
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it
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repeatedly
urircd
on
Minn
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mechanized.
His
pi.
....
lis
ol
ccmPietely
ignored
un
countrymen,
buf
were
"uaiea
by
the
Germans
TO
CONTINUE
No
Intention
of
Canada
Following
Action
of
United
States
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24-Prlme
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
Kin?
told
Parliament
yesterday
that
meat
rationing
would
continue
until
such
time
as
it
was
felt
Justifiable
to
make
a
change.
Lifting
of
rationing
of
meat
and
butter
In
the
United
States,
however,
might
involve
a
re-examination
of
Canadian
policy.
There
were
Important
distinctions
In
the
meat
situation
as
between
Canada
and
the
United
States.
Canada
was
committed
to
send
one-third
of
her
meat
to
Britain
and
elsewhere
abroad.
United
States
exported
no
more
than
one-twentieth
of
her
meat.
Canada
could
not
export
such
a
proportion
of
meat
without
rationing
the
balance.
VICTORIA
YOUTH
IS
FOUND
GUILTY
MANSLAUGHTER
Charles
Kinney
Will
be
Sentenced
at
End
of
Assizes
For
Killing
Phyllis
Stroud
'
VICTORIA,
Nov.
24
Oi
Charles
"Chuck"
Kinney.
17-year
old,
250-pound
Victoria
boy,
was
convicted
of
manslaughter
Friday
afternoon
by
an
Assize
Court
Jury
after
an
hour
and
10
minutes
deliberation.
He
will
be
sentenced
.at
the
end
of
the
Assizes.
He
had
been
charged
with
murdering
18-year
old
Phyllis
Stroud
on
V-J
night.
Her
body
was
found
burled
in
a
sawdust
pile
in
her
Rosebcrry
Ave.
home
12
days
after
she
was
reported
missing.
"Not
Conauerinj?
For
French"
LONDON,
Nov.
24
W
A
delayed
disoatched
received
today
from
Saigon,
capjtal
of
Indochina,
quotes
a
British
spokesman
as
saying
that
British
operations
against
the
Annamese
in
Indo-China
were
devoted
manly
to
protecting
the
outskirts
of
areas
where
disarmed
Japanese
prisoners
have
been
concentrated.
"We
are
not
here
to
reconquer
this
country
for
the
French,"
the
British
spokesman
Is
quoted
as
saying.
KILLED
MAN
IN
BANK
HOLD-UP
Bandit
Fatally
Shot
Customer
in
South
Porcupine,
Ontario
SOUTH
PORCUPINE,
Ont.,
Nov.
24
A
bandit
who
held
up
a
bank
In
this
Ontario
mining
town
yesterday
and
shot
and
fatally
Injured
a
customer
has
been
charged
with
murder.
The
bandit
made
his
getaway
with
$5000.
;
Greek
Regent
to
Retain
Office
ATHENS,
Nov.
24
Oi
Greek
povernmcnt
quarters
said
today
that
Archbishop
Damasklnos
has
withdrawn
his
resignation
as
Regent.
It
Is
believed
that
Damasklnos
might
have
'
bargained
with
the
government
for
more
authority
In
naming
government
ministers
in
return-,
for
remaining
as
regent.
.
GENERAL
MOTORS
NOT
ARBITRATING
DETROIT,
Nov.
24
General
Motors
Corporation
yesterday
re
jeeted
a
proposal
of
the
United'
Automobile
Workers
of
America
to
arbitrate
differences
which
have
cause
the
strike
In
the
company's
plants.
Britain's
Sole
Java
Task
Bevin
LONDON,
Nov.
24
Foreign
Secretary
Ernest
Bevin,
speak-inr
nf
Java,
said
yesterday
that
Britain's
sole
task
there
was
to
round
up
the
Japanese
and
release
Internees
and
prisoners.
When
this
was
done,
British
forces
would
be
withdrawn,
DOCTOR
WILL
BE
TRIED
FOR
NEGLIGENCE
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Nov.
24
0i
Dr.
Donald
Watson
Beach
of
McBride
was
committed
for
trial
when
he
appeared
in
police
court
here
charged.
with
professional
negligence
in
connection
with
the
death
of
Mrs.
Rcse
Coucy,
23-year
old
mother,
who
died
as
a
result
of
a
fire
In
her
McBride
home
last
October
4.
Dutch
Discover
Traitor
Medals
THE
HAGUE.
Nov.
24
(Pi
A
great
number
of
boxes
containing
1,000
special
medals,
which
were
to
have
been
presented
to
the
thousand
bravest
soldiers
In
the
three
regiments
of
Dutch
Nazis
who
fought
for
the
Germans
on
the
Russian
front,
have
been
unearthed
In
the
garden
of
a
former
Dutch
Nazi
headquarters
building
here.
The
Political
Investigation
Service
was
directed
to
the
not
by
the
former
houseman
of
Anr
ton
Musert.
Imprisoned
'leader
of
the
Dutch
Nazis.
The
houseman,
also
under
arrest,
said
the
decorations
were
buried
on
"Mad
Tuesday."
September
5.
1944,
when
the
entire
country
was
thrown
into
an
ud-roar
bv
reports
Uiat
the
Allies
had
driven
into
Holland
from
the
south
and
could
be
expected
In
the
major
cities
at
any
moment.
ITALIAN
PREMIER
TO
QUIT
OFFICE
ROME,
Nov.
24
0i
Vice-Premier
Nennl
said
today
that
Fer-uccio
Parrl
would
offer
his
resignation
today
as
premier
of
Italy;
Nennl,
emerging
from
a
cabinet
meeting,
said
that
Parri's
decision
to
step
aside
was
a
result
of
an
announcement
by
the
im-t,portnbcristkri
Democrat
party
it
was
withdrawing
support
from
the
coalition
government.
Loss
of
the
Christian
Democrats'
supports
followed
a
previous
decision
of
the
Liberal
party
to
withdraw
from
the
six-party
government.
RUSSIA
WILL
RENEW
DEVELOPMENT
OF
HE
R
GREAT
EMPIREIN
ARCTIC
By
Ucmbert
James
MOSCOW
Nov.
24
(AP)
Peace
has
brought
renewed
development
for
the
vast
sub-Arctic
empire
which
Russia
began
to
build
on
the
northern
coast
of
Siberia
before
the
war.
Large
settlements
of
pioneers
have
long
been
established
in
the
vast
area
for
the
handling
of
timber,
furs,
coal,
oil
and
rare
mln-
erals.
A
constant
procession
of
ships
steamed
during
the
warmer
months
from
Archangel
to
Vladivostok
and
back.
The
war
slowed
the
program.
Although
supply
ships
still
made
the
Arctic
run
arid
planes
took
out
necessary
supplies,
all
except
necessary
energies
were
turned
directly
toward
winning
the
war.
Maps
Ice
Facte
With
the
fighting
ended,
almost
every
day
brings
a
report
of
some
ship
voyage
or
airplane
flight
carrying
out
polar
explor
ation
on
a
scale
new
to
history.
Just
the
other
day
Pilot
M.
A.
Titlov
made
the
first
map
of
the
ice
pack
which
will
be
of
great
benefit
to
spring
navigation
across
the
toD
of
Siberia.
The
famed
ice-cutter,
Lenin,
reached
Weise
Island
In
the
Kara
Sea
to
establish
a
new
geophysical
station.
On
another
island
the
first
automatic'
radio
meteorological
station
has
been
established.
Still
another
automatic
station
will
be
installed
on
a
drifting
floe.
The
Soviets
have
opened
a
4.-977
mile
Arctic
flying
boat
route
with
regular
schedules
from
Moscow
through
Archangel,
Igarka,
Tlksl
Bay,
Cape
Schmidt
to
Pro-vldenlza
Bay,
around
the
tip
of
Siberia
opposite
Alaska,
The
nlanes
carry
passengers
and
freight
and
the
round
trip
takes
six
or
seven
days.
Weather
observations
and
ice
mapping
make
possible"
prediction'
of
the
proper
time
for
ships
to
enter
the
various
passages
along
the
Siberian
coast,
notably
between
the
New
Siberian
Islands
and
the
mainland,
with
others
to
the
southward
of
Sver-naya
Zemlya
and
Novaya
Zemla
Ontario
Attorney
Genera
-
-
ROOSEVELT
URGED
TO
WARN
JAPS
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
24
tt
The
congressional
committee
investigating
the
Pearl
Harbor
.disaster
on
December
7,
1941,
was
told
today
that
Winston
Churchill
had
urged
President
Roosevelt
a
week
before
the
Japanese
made
their
sneak
attack
on
the
American
base
to
send
a
"secret
or
public"
warning
to
the
Japanese
against
further
aggression.
The
message
from
the
Brltlshprime
minister
to
President
Roosevelt
was
read
to
the
congressional
committee
investigating
the
surprise
attack..;
;
t
WINDSOR
IS
BADLY
HURT
"Will
Not
Recover
For
Generation
From
Strike-
at
Port
Plant
TORONTO,
Nov.
24
Leslie
Blackwell,
attorney
general
of
Ontario,
in
an
address
last
night,
said
that,
even
if
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
strike
In
Windsor
should
end
immediately.
Windsor
would
not
lecover
from
its
effects
for
a
generation.
Small
manufacturers
were
already
leaving
the
city.
Premiers
Decide
Conference
Future
OTTAWA.
Nov.
24
What
happens
when
the
Dominion-
provincial
conference
co-ordln-i
a
ting
committee
resumes
its
ses-'
sions
rests
with
the
provincial
premiers.
Presumably
if
the
"conference
is'
to
continue
and
pro
ceed
to
an
agreement
on
some
,new
alignment,
of
Donlnionnd
provincial
taxation
powers
and
spheres
of
action,
the
coming
meeting
will
lea"d
to
other
meetings,
perhaps
by
committees
of
experts
and
officials,
and
"later
to
a
full
session
of
the
conference.
The
Arctic
Is
paying
off
through
gold,
silver,
platinum,
phosphates,
furs,
fish
and
timber.
Cities
have
been
established,
notably
Klr-ovsk
In
Lapland
with
a
40,000
prewar
population
and
Igarka
with
at
least
-3,000
in
the
timber
region
on
the
Yenisei
river.
But
just
as
Important
is
the
opening
of
shipping
around
to
eastern
Siberia
which
is
now
expected
to
boom
with
the
Soviet
regaining
southern
Sakhalin
and
other
.lands
and
ports
seized
by
Japan.
Russians
have
long
dreamed
of
developing
the
north
and
even
bought
the
world's
first
icebreaker,
the
Yermak,
from
England
In
1898,
but
nothing
Important
was
done
until
the
Soviets
started.
The
icebreaker
Slb-erlakov
smashed
through
In
1932
from
Archangel
to
the
Pacific
the
first
such
achievement
In
history.
Before
the
war
more
than
109
'thip?
were
oper.:ing
In
Arctic
waters
and
an
average
of
14
sailed
through
each
season.
Within
a
few
ydars
the
Soviets
expect
scores
of
ships
will
make
the
full
passage.
The
Arctic
Institute
at
Lenin
grad,
averaging
600
students,
supplies
trained
personnel
for
the
work.
COMMITTED
FOR
?60,000
THEFT
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Nov.
24
OK
A.
J.
Bowell,
city
comptroller
of
New
Westminster
for
26
years
was
committed
for
trial
on
a
charge
of
the
theft
of
$30,000
In
civic
funds
in
police
court
here
Ffiday.
He
was
released
on
$15,000
bail.
FIGHT
RESUMES
INilNDONESIA
BATAVIA,
Nov.
24
P)
Heavy
fighting
between
.British
and
Indonesian
troops
erupted
today
in
the
cities
of
Senarang
and
Am'barawa.
The
British-
com-
vmand
said
that
Indonesian
ex
tremists
In
Ambarawa
had
"stormed
a
civilian
internee
camp
and
butchered
women
and
children."
A
British
provost
marshal
said
that
Dutch
and
Amboinese
troops
of
the
Tenth
Dutch
Battalion
has
sho
down
60
Indonesian
nouice
"in
cold
blood"
In
the
'Indonesian
central
police
station
at
Batavla
a
few
days
ago.
f
Publicity
Director
Heading
Overseas
MONTREAL;
.Nov.
24
Enroute
to
the
Old
Country
In
connection
with
the
post-war
plans
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
W.'
S.
Thompson,
Director
of
Public.
Relations,
sailed
on
the
Querultabeth
-todayM
Thompson
will
make
a
special
study
of
the
many
phases
of
the
companies'
post-war
planning.
He
will
return
to
Canada
via
the
transAtlantlc
service
of
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
operating
from
the
United
Kingdom
and
Dorval
Airport.
NORTH
PERSIA
WOULD
SECEDE
LONDON,
Nov.
24
jOi
The
Moscow
radio
says
that
what
is
termed
popular
assembly
in
tne
city
of
Tabriz
has
adopted
unanimously
a
resolution
demanding
genuine
self-government
for
residents
of
the
province
of
Azerbaijan
in
northern
Iran.
The
province
is
currently
the
scene
of
an
uprising
against
the
government
of
Iran.
The
province
Is
garrisoned
by
Russian
troops.
Bulletins
KORKANS
KILLED
TOKYO
The
newspaper
As-ahi
reported
today
that
American
military
police
and
Japanese
police
shot
and
killed
three
Koreans
and
arrested
53
others
when
near
200
Koreans
broke
into
an
American
barracks
at
Ogawara
on
November
21
and
stole
American
Army
alcohol
stored
there.
CREW
MEMBERS
SAFE
VANCOUVER
Eight
crew
members
of
the
Vancouver
boat
Chemainus,
which
was
damaged
on
an
island
80
miles
north
of
here,
are
safe,
although
the
bottom
of
the
vessel
was
badly
damaged
when
it
tan
aground.
VANCOUVER
ROBBERY
VANCOUVER
Holdup
men
took
3,100
from
a
Vancouver
business
firm,
$1,800
of
it
in
cash.
DEMAND
AUTONOMY
CHUNGKING
The
Communist
New
China
Daily
News
today
demanded
autonomy
for
Manchuria
and
said
that
its
inhabitants
would
fight
until
they
got
it.
WARTIME
CAUTION
CLACTON-ON-SEA,
Eng.
Women
volunteers
served
more
,
than
77,000
cups
of
tea
at
their
1
services
hostel
here
and
only
17
cups
were
broken.
Hits
Ford
Strikers
Union
Scores
Comment
On
Of
U
mon
Members
Rights
of
Members
Within
Union
Not
Defined,
Attorney
General
Declares
TORONTO,
Nov.
24
(CP)
A
statement
on
the
Ford
strike
in
Windsor
by
Ontario's
Attorney
General
Leslie'
Blackwell
has
brought
a
quick
retort
from
the
union.
Mr.
Blackwell
declared:
"With
the
demand
for
what
is
described
as
union
security,
no
suggestion
JAPS
BARRED
FROM
ATOMIC
RESEARCH
TOKYO,
Nov.
24
w
Japan
was
stricken
from
the
field
of
atomic
research
today
as
allied
toldiers
armed
with
sledge
ham-rricrs
and
blow
torches
started
destruction
of
five
cyclotrons,
one
of
them
a
200-ton
giant
-made
In
the
United
States.
The
cyclotrons
were
ordered
destroy
ed
by
General
MacArthur
in
another
blow
at
Japan's
war-mak
ing
potential,
They
will
beibrok-
up
pfefycaA
dtiSkrV
Into
the
sea.
Jap
Premier
Consults
With
MacArthur
TOKYO,
Nov.
24
The
Jap
anese
premier
consulted
with
General
MacArthur
today,
presumably
about
next
week's
diet
session,
which
Is
scheduled
to
chart
reforms
leading
away
from
wartime
totalitarianism.
Indica
tive
of
the
times,
the
Jap
pre
mier
probably
outlined
to
Mac-
Arthur
the
diet
speech
on
gov
ernment
policy
he
will
deliver
next
Wednesday.
Meantime,
a
long-standing
post
In
Japan's
imperial
set-up
has
been
erased.
The
imperial
household
minister
has
an
nounced
the
formal
end
of
the
office
of
the
lord
keeper
of
the
privy
seal,
held
by
Marquis
Kidp.
Since
1885,
the
office
served
as
an
advisory
Institution
close
to
the
emperor,
helping
to
elevate
to
power
such
premiers
as
the
Pearl
Harbor
dictator,
Tojo.
No
Votes
for
Returning
Vets
At
Civic
Election
Returning
veterans
who
were,
unable
to
register
for
voting
before
the
close
of
municipal
voters'
lists
last
month
will
be'
unable
to
cast
ballots
In
civic
elections
here
on
December
13,
according
to
a
letter
received
today
by
T.
N.
Younjs
from
Attorney
General
R.
L.
Maitland.
Mr.
Youngs,
-who
has
announced
himself
a
candidate
for
alderman,
wired
the
Attorney
General
last
week
asking
that
extraordinary
measures
be
taken
to
allow
recently
returned
servicemen
to
vote.
In
his
reply,
Mr.
Maitland
said
that
"no
relief,
can
be
given
un
der
the
Statute
as
It
exists
at
present."
"Any
departure
from
the
present
requirements
would
have
to
be
made
by
an
amendment
to
the
Municipal
Act
and
this
cannot
be
done
before
the
next
sitting
of
the
legislature,"
he
stated.
Temoerature
Maximum
50
Minimum
42
Rainfall
.25
inches
Blackwell
Security
fwas
made
as
to
security
for
the
members
of
the
unions,
such
as
the
right
to
an
accounting
of
the
use
made
of
union
dues,
pro
tection
from
the
regimented
use
of
union
powers
and
money
for
political
ends
distasteful
to
some
members
of
the
unions;
guaran
teed
rights
of
secret
ballot
in
election
of
officers
or
In
deciding
to
go
on
strike;
adequate
protection
of
the
Individual
member
of
the
union
from
In
timidation
or
violence."
In
their
reply,
the
C.I.O.
Unit
ed
Automobile
Workers
of
Am
erica
charged
the
attorney
general
with
completely
mlslnter
preting
the
unions's
position
In
the
Ford
strike.
The
union
said
thaUMr.
Blackwell
had.'
failed
-to
Jjjf
ej&to
Ahjttgct
tynarthr.runlon
(offered
to
negotiate
on
"union
security
and
21
other
points,
and
the
U.A.W.
asserted
that
the
attorney
general
also
neglected
to
mention
that
the
company
refused
to
discuss
any
one
of
numerous
forms
of
union
security.
The
union
statement
continued:
"He
was
equally
backward
in
informing
the
public
that
the
union
was
willing
to
agree
to
a
strike
settlement
on
principal
Issues
while
the
men
returned
to
work
and
the
exact
working
of
an
agreement
was
negoiatcd."
EETROIT,
Nov.
24
Oi
The
General
Motors
Corporation
has
rejected
an
arbitration
proposal
submitted
by
the
C.I.O.
United
Automobile
Workers
of
America,
on
strike
at
General
Motors
plants
throughout
the
United
States.
The
company
has
also
withdrawn
a
previous
offer
of
a
10
per
cent
wage
increase.
The
union
workers
are
seeking
a
30
per
cent
wage
boost.
VANCOUVER
ASKS
END
OF
CHLORINATION
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
24
Vh
The
Greater
Vancouver
Water
Board
approved
unanimously
Friday
a
resolution
demanding
that
the
federal
government
cancel
immediately
the
chlorlnatlon
of
Vancouver's
water
which
was
ordered
chlorinated
In
the
fall
of
1942
as
a
health
measure
while
troops
were
stationed
there
or
were
passing
through
the
city.
The
action
followed
a
report
by
Dr.
E.
A,
Cleveland,
board
chairman,
that
three
American
consultants
had
found
the
dist
rlct's
water
supply
did
not
re
quire
chlorlnirtlon
and
never
did,
even
as
a
war
measure.
Prince
Rupert
City
Council
on
September
4
deferred
discussion
of
de-chlorinatlon
of
this
city's
water
supply
and
since
then
the
matter
has
not
been
discussed
to
a
point
of
decision.
Dr.
F.
O.
Amyot,
provincial
public
health
director,
urged
that
wartime
chlorlnatlon
of
the
city's
water
supply
be
continued
At
the
September
4
meeting
council
moved
that
discussion
be
deferred
until
the
city
engineer
had
prepared
a
report
on
the
costs
and
technical
advisability
of
continuing
to
chlorinate
the
city's
water.
SMALLEST
COUNTRY
Uruguay
is
the
smallest
South
American
country
FIND
BODY
OF
FISHERMAN
ACROSS
HARBOR
Gustave
Elstrom,
67-year
old
Prince
Rupert
fisherman
was
found
dead
on
the
beach
across
the
harbor
yesterday
afternoon
where
he
had
apparently
collapsed
about
24
hours
earlier.
He
Is
believed
to
have
succumbed
to
a
heart
condition
while
he
was
sawing
driftwood
near
his
cabin
at
the
Salt
Lakes.
The
body
was
discovered
by
John
H.
McKay,
a
neighbor,
who
called
to
see
If
Els'crom
was
all
right
after
he
had
noticed
that
there
was
no
light
in.-E&i'
'
"s
cabin
jthe
njy
t
Mj-e
i
fcelIevfethatEfr?
vr
''se-.
sometfAl''lllursaa"and,
lay
on
the
beach
all
that
nfght.
McKay
crossed
the
harbor
hv
a
rowboat
and
got
In
touch
with
the
B.C.
Police
district
office.
Constable
W.
L.
Tltconib'
went
to
the
scene
In,
the
IndlaU
Department
boat
Naskeena
and
brought
the
body
back
to
the
city.
Elstrom,
who
had
been
a
fisherman
here
for
many
years,
was
born
in
Sweden.
He
was
owner
.of
the
boat
Sturdy.
He
was
unmarried.
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
Is
conducing
an
inquiry
Into
.
his
-'death.
,-..
'trr:':&'
United
Nations
May
Deal
Wth
A-Bomb
LOVOON,
Nov.
24
Minister
of
State
Phillip
Noel-Baker
told
the
opening
session
of
the
United
Nations
preparatory
committee
today
that
the
question
of
the
control
of
the
atomic
bomb
might
be
placed
before
the
first
meeting
of
the
United
Nations
assembly.
Noel-Baker
Is
"serving
as
temporary
chairman
of
the
commission
which
Is
composed
of
representatives
of
47
countries
CHINESE
SHAPE
FOR
BIG
BATTLE
.
CHUNGKING,
Nov.
24
W
A
Chungking
newspaper.
World
Dally
News,
says
today,
that
mechanized
units
of
the
Nation
alist
12th
Army
have
surround
ed
strategic
Chlnslen
on
the
Peiping-Mukden
railroad,
100
miles
north
of
the
Great
Wall.
These
Chinese
Communists
have
repeatedly
forecast
that
thclclty
would
be
the
scene
of
their
first
big-scale
flght
against
'the'
Na-
tionanst
drive.
The
Chungking
newspaper
says
that
only
unorganized
Red
resistance
Is
being
met
by
the
Nationalists.
LABOR
BOARD
GRANTS
FISH
UNION
PACT
Approval
of
an
agreement
be
tween.
Edmunds,
and
Walker
Ltd.
and
memhers
nf
thp
irnltorf
TTUh-
ermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union
employed
In
that
company's
plant
here
has
been
granted
by
the
Regional
War
Labor
Board
at
Vancouver,
Frank
Calder,
sec
retary
of
the
plant
union
committee,
was
advised
this
morning
by
A.
L.
Gordon,
U.F.A.W.A.
business
agent,
Vancouver.
vThe
agreement,
covering
wago
Increases,
hours
of
work
and
working
conditions,
was
arrived
at
by
the
company
and
the
plant
committee
three
months
ago
and
submitted
to
the
board
for
approval.
Included
In
the
agreement
was
a
clause
which
allowed
wage
Increases
retroactive
to
July
29,
which
was
applicable
to
women
workeis,
Mr.
Calder
said.
Mr.
Gordon's
telegram
stated:
ah
conditions
sei
iorin
in
me
agreement
are
granted
and
are
retroactive
to
July
29,'