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Thomas Viens, Speaker\nof the Senate, announced tonight that the Senate had been\ncalled to go into session next Wednesday, the day set for the\nHouse of Commons to meet\nto\nfor Q review of the question of\nreinforcements for overseas\ntroops.\nA motion was adopted last Jan\n27 giving the Speaker power to call\nthe Upper Chamber any time during adjournment.\nThe calling of the Senate meant\nthat the House of Commons can\ndeal with Legislation besides discussing the question of reinforcements. However, it did not necessarily mean the Senate waa specifically called for that purpose.\nIt was understood that Senators\nhad pressed for a meeting which\nwould enable them to discuss the\nreinforcement situation.\nThere was no denial that a great\ncrisis existed due to the lack of reinforcements to the Canadian\nforces overseas and therefore both\nbranches of Parliament should\nhave been summond to deal with\nthe question instead of the Commons alone, he said.\nThe 96-scat Senate has 50 Liberal and 33 Progressive Conservative\nmembers. Thirteen seats are vacant.\nPREDICT LARGE\nATTENDANCE\nOTTAWA, Nov, 17 (CP)-Early\narrivals for Wednesday's reassembling of the House of Commons today predicted one of the largest attended sittings of the session despite 11 vacancies.\nSuggestions that some members\nmight stay away rather than face\na division on so controversial a\nquestion as sending Home Defence\noverseas was regarded as\nFRENCH TAKE\nMONTEBELIARD\nWITH THE STH ARMY\nGROUP IN FRANCE, Nov. 18\n(Saturday)\u2014(AP) \u2014 The French\n1st Army hit captured Montebe-\nHard, six milei from Belfort, In a\nsteady drive toward the gateway\nto the Southern Rhineland.\nThe key fortress city, which\nhat a normal population of 14,000,\nwas taken In a drive by Infantry\nand armor which swept up half a\ndozen or more villages on the ap\nproaches to the Belfort Gap.\n_\t\ntig\nPlan Shadow Schemt;\nPartial Demobilization.\u2014Page 3\nJapi Leave 1300 Prlioneri\nto Drown In Sea.\u2014Page 4.\nTo Clote Seven Japanese\nUnite in Slocan City.\u2014Page 4.\n\\Wb\nBRITISH COLUMBIA. CANADA\u2014SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 18. 19-44\nNUMBER 171\nBLOW AIMED AT SAAR\nLeigh-Mallory Lost\nEnroute to Post\ntroops\nmost Improbable.\n\"You wil find that every member who can possibly Ret here will\nbe In his or her place when the\nHouse resumes,\" said an experienced Parliamentarian.\nGordon Graydon. Progressive\nCon-eravtlve House Leader, arrived (rom Winnipeg and announced\nthere would be a caucus of party\nmembers Tuesday and possibly another Wednesday. One of the decisions the caucus will have to make\nwill be its attitude ta a secret slt-\nUn_ The 39 members are said to\nbeulnted in demanding that raftees;\nbe sent overseas.\nM J. Coldwell, CCF. leader, will\n.rrive tomorrow or Sunday and already the call has gone out for a\njoint meeting of the 10 members\nand the CCF. national executive\naugmented by members of he National Council. Mr. Coldwell is expected to preside. Frank Scott,\nMontreal, chairman of the ex.cu-\ntlve. will be present. \u2022\nJohn Blackmore, Social Credit\nHouse Leader, Is expected over the | break in the weather\nweekend and until he reaches the 10o.oo0-ton mark\ncapital there wfll be no announce-, Sev_n hundred )5th Air ToTra\nment of a caucus of that group. h-_vy bomberi ,rom ]lanan blKl\nSo far no rail has gone out for a rajded oj, p,anU gnd olhw (arge(j\nLiberal caucus When W H. lay- ,n Smitheast--n Germany. Auitrie,\nlor. chief government whip, arrives Hu__.rv and Yugoslavia today. Hea\nOVER 5600 TOKS\nOF BOMBS HIT\nGERMAN LINES\nItalian Based\nPlanes Strike\nOver Wide Area\nLONDON, Nov. 17 (CP-Reuterl-\nIntelligence reports indicate that\nRAF, Bomber Command's tremendous attack, which paced yesterday's\ndrive into Germany by the United\nStates 1st and 9th Armies, may\nprove to have been one of the outstanding air missions of the war,\nthe Air Ministry said tonight,\nMore than 5900 tons of bombs were\ndropped and this is the greatest\ntonnage ever dropped in a single\noperation by one of the biggest\nforces of R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. Lancasters and Halifaxes ever dispatched at one time\u20141150 four-engined\nships.\nIn this first RAF. attack ever\nmade in direct and close support\nto American armies, the R.A.F. concentrated their high explosives and\nincendiaries upon the towns of Duren, Julion and Hensberg, all of\nwhich said the Air Ministry the\nGermans had turned into itrong\nfortresses for the defence of the\nRhine.\nFour bombers and one fighter\nwere lost.\nLONDON, Nov. 17 (AP) \u2014 Air\nChief Marshal Sir Tnfford Leigh-\nMallory, the tactician who provided the aerial umbrella for the\nAllied Invaiion of Weitern Europe and who was to direct the\nair itrategy In a new ttepped-up\noffemlve agalnit Japan, hai been\ntoit while en route to hli new\nSoutheait Alia Command.\nMining with him ia Lady Leigh-\nMallory, wjio wai travelling with\nher huiband In a ipeclal plane.\nThe aircraft has not reached Its\ndestination, said an air ministry announcement tonight. It was disclosed\nthat a widespread search has yielded no trace of it.\nThe Air Ministry said further details would be announced when they\nare available, but it was known here\nthat a search had already been conducted along the standard route taken by Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mai*\nlory's plane.\nThe craft had flown to.the Mediterranean area and, after dismissing\nita escort, continued alone. It was\nflown by a veteran R.A.F. crew\npicked personally by the Air Marshal to accompany him to his new\ncommand and work with him there.\nThe 52-year-old air expert was en\nroute to take up under Admiral Lord\nLouis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the S.E.A.C., a task which\nhe had performed brilliantly under Gen. Eisenhower here. He was\nnamed Allied Air Commander-in-\nLONDON, Nov. 17 (AP) - More\nthan 50,000 tons of explosives already have cascaded on Germany\nthis month from the bomb racks of\n16,000 R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. Lancaa-\ntefs ahd Halifaxe* and United Statei\nheavy bombers which await only a\nto pass the\nChief in Southeast Asia on Oct. 15.\nSturdy, full-faced Sir Stafford\nwas responsible for launching the\nunprecedented air offensive which\npreceded, accompanied and followed the Western Front D-Day.\nHe was gamed Air Commander-\nin-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary\nAir Forces when it was constituted\nat the end of 1943. In that command\nhe controlled history's greatest assembly of air power.\nPrevious to that he was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, R. A. F.\nFighter Command.\nHis various R.A.F. commands\nwere unofficially credited with destroying about 6000 German planes\nup to Jan. 1, 1944.\nBefore relinquishing his command\nunder Gen, Eisenhower, Sir Traf-\nford told a press conference: \"The\nLuftwaffe is defeated. If the Germans had planes to put into the air\nthey would not submit to the bombing they are receiving day and\nnight.\"\nSir Trafford was born July 11,\n1892, and entered the Liverpool Ter-\nitorial Regiment as a private after\nleaving Magdalene College, Cany\nbridge, where he studied law. His\nfather and grandfather had both\nbeen rectors at Mobberly, Cheshire.\nSir Trafford and Lady Leigh-Mallory have one son and one daughter\nThe latter, Jacqueline, is a flight\nofficer ln the Women's Auxiliary Air\nForce.\nRUSS DRIVING\nFOR THREE\nSTRATEGIC HUBS\nHurl Enemy Back\nNortheast of\nBesieged Budapest\nLONDON, Nov. 18 (AP)-Rui-\nilan troopi captured the key Hungarian rail junction of Fuzesabony\ntoday, advancing up to four mllei\non a 65-mile front and hurling\nthe enemy back Into Matra tnd\nBukk Mountains northeast o\/be-\niltged Budapeit, a Moicow communique announced tonight\n_. _, \u201e -.._ __r or The fall of Fuzesabony, 60 miles\nthe United Staters and Britain of jGerman official Gazette, which gives I northeast of the Hungarian capital,\nBlames Graft\nfor Holding Up\nChinese Aid\nSEATTLE. Nov. 17 (AP) - Inefficiency and graft are depriving\nGerman Minister\nat Madrid\nLoses Citizenship\nLONDON, Nov. 17 (CP-Reuter)\n\u2014The Germans have announced\nthat their Minister at the Embassy\nin Madrid, Dr. Walter Zechlln, has\nbeen deprived of his German citizenship.\nThis terse announcement In the\nCOMET-LIKE BOMBS HIT BRITAIN: For the past several\nweeki, Prime Minister Churchill hai just told the House of Commoni,\ncomet-like V-2 rocket bombi have been striking in \"widely scattered\npointi\" In England. The new weapon li iaid to pierce the stratoiphere\nabout 70 mi I pi high and hit the earth at 1000 m.p.h., considerably\nfaiter than sound travels. Churchill dlicloied that tome launching\nbaiei had been captured when Walcheren liland, off the coait of\nHolland, was overrun recently, A diipatch In a London paper itated\nthat one baie from which the bombi were fired wai believed to be at\nUtreCht, 20 mlei North of the preient fighting line In the Netherlands\napproximately 200 mllei from London,\nVancouver Plant-\nGets British Order\nfor Navy Equipment\nOTTAWA, Nov. 17 (CP) - The\nDominion Bridge Co,, has received\nfrom the British Admiralty a contract for the manufacture ln Its\nVancouver plant of British naval\nequipment, it was learned^tonight.\nThe amount of the contract could\nnot be learned here.\nto a .\nveil\nMonday an announcement as\ncaucus is likely to be made. A\nInformed source, however, said he\ndid not expect the Liberal caucus\nwould be held before the House re-\nsssembled, but possibly would be\nconvened Thursday morning.\nWhen Prime Minister Mackenzie\nKing announced Monday that members of the Commons were being\ncalled to reopen the session adjourned Aug. 15, he made no mention of\nthe Senate. Speaker Vien followed\nthe announcement with a statement\nthat he saw no necessity for recalling members of the Senate.\nHowever, Speaker Vien said in his\nannouncement tonight it was his\nopinion that the Senate, originally\nAdjourned to Jan. 31, should meet\nprior to that time. Senators were being asked to meet at 2 pin, F, I) T,\nWednesday Commons members will\nmeet at 3 p m , ED T.\nText nf Speaker Vien s announcement follows;\n\"Hon, Thomas Vien, speaker of\nthe Senate, has today notified the\nmembers nf the Senate that in pursuance of the order of the Senate of\nJan. 27, 194-1. it is his opinion that\nthe senate, which was adjourned on\nAug. 15 last to Jan 31, VMr\\ should\nmeet prior to the time set forth in\niuch adjournment, and that Die Sen-\nate will meet on Wednesday, Nov\n22, at 2 pm, in the afternoon.\"\nFew Mines Found\nin B.C. Since 1911\nVANCOUVER, Nov 17 TPi\nFew mines have been found \\n Br:t-\nlih Columbia since 191] and the\ntint era of prospecting ended in\nvy bombers attacked rail yards at\nSalzburg, in former Austria, a junction of lines between Munich, Vienna and Italy.\nYesterday's one-day show saw\n.1,000 heavy bombers carving paths\nfnr six armies heading into Germany\nwith 10,000 tons of bombs landing\nIn one ares 15 miles long and 10\nmiles deep.\nFifty-one planes. M of them Mediterranean-based, are missing from\nth**! Allied force of 8,050 that went\ninto action yesterday Flak was\nlight to moderate and the German\nAir Force, grounded since Nuv, 2,\noffered no opposition.\nRain Drenched\nYanks Straddle\nOrmoc Highway\nGEN MacARTHUR'S HEAD-\nQUARTERS, Philippines, Nov 18-\n(Saturdayi 'AP) - Ham-drencher) Amer,cm infantry straddled Ormoc highway with a strong road\nblock a mile South of I.imon today,\ntrapi mg remnants\nregiment, as piemen\nStates 32nd fhvisin\ninto the battle of\n! f:i\nnf a Japanese\ns of the United\nn were thrown\nLeyte for the\nmost of the help they might other- j\nwise be getting from China tn the\nwar with Japan, Gerald E. Stock-\nley, new British Consul in Seattle,\nsaid today,\nStScMey, fnwh\" from''lft \"yeari ln\nBritish Consular Service In China,\nlaid in an interview with the Post-\nIntelllgencer, lt was his personal\nbelief that difference! between General Joseph W. Stilwell, former American Commander in China, and\nGeneralissimo Chiang Kai-shek\nwere baged on the American Commander's continual and vigorous\nprotest against graft ln high places\n. in China.\nj \"The friends of China have drawn\npictures colored with dishful thinking,\" Stockley said. \"They have\n. not told the truth. They have not\nbeen good friends to that extent.\n\"They have not told you that\nthere are nasty stories about Generals selling ammunition and supplies to the Japanese. They don't\n| tell of the Japanese agents who\nhave been allowed to honeycomb\nthe country.\n\"China has great qualities. It will\nnot go down, but, on the other\nhand, it cannot win its war. The\nI war must be won by America and\nBritain and without much Chinese\nhelp.\"\nStockley related that during an\nair raid near his post he clearly\nsaw the lights of the Chinese signalling the enemy planes. Japanese\nand Chinese trade freely acroas their\nfront lines. He was Consul General at Kweilein, lince taken by the\nJaps, before being assigned to the\nSeattle office.\nThe new Consul was accompanied here today from Vancouver,\nB.C., by his wife and two daughters,\nRosemary, 15, and Priscilla, 13. This\nChristmas will be the first since\n; li*3fl the family has been able to\ni spend together.\nno reasons, reveals the most significant defection yet from Hitler's diplomatic service.\nWoman Found\nUnfit to\nStand Trial\nVICTORIA, Nov. 17 (CP) - Declared unfit to stand trial for the\nmurder of her seven-year-old\ndaughter, Patricia, found drowned\noff Victoria's waterfront last September, Mrs. Edith May Crulck-\nshanks tonight was ordered held in\ncustody at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor.\nInsanity was not pleaded by defence counsel Stuart Henderson,\nwho vigorously opposed the procedure.\nMr. Henderson maintained Mrs.\nCruickshanks was sane and fit to\nstand trial on the capital charge.\nThe trial judge Intimated the Attorney-General would be advised of\nMr, Henderson's submission that\nthe woman had been given drugs\nwhile in custody at Oakalla Prison.\nGordon A. Cameron, Crown counsel, declared the charges were \"absolutely untrue and unfounded.\"\nReports from the Institution had\nstated the woman had been given\ndrugs prescribed to quiet her nerves.\nve the Russians control of a 27-\nmile section of the Budapest-Miskolc trunk railway, which also has\nbeen cut 10 miles East of Hatvan,\nan Important junction only 26 miles\ntrum-tb* 'capital, I \u25a0'\nHatvan was reported under attack from three sides and Moscow\nannounced the seizure of Czany,\nfive miles Southeast of Hatvan, and\nSzambok, nine miles Southwest of\nthe terminal of a line running over\nthe mountains into central Slovakia, 38 m\\Jes beyond.\nStrong Russian tank and infantry\nforces were fighting their way slow-\nly along invasion paths to Austria\nand Czecho-Slovakia in a big flank-\nink manoeuvre pivoting on Budapest's grimly-defended outskirts.\nNo change was reported ln the\nbattle along the fringes of the capital, but Berlin said they were increasing in violence.\nAt the top end of the front the\nRussians climbed 1000 feet up into\nthe Bukk Mountains near the\nCzecho-Slovakian border, seizing\nthe village of Huta in a flanking\nSix U. S. Ships\nLost Off\nPhilippines\nWASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (CP)\nSix American thlpt were toit In\nthe Oct. 22-27 battle off ths Philippine! when 60 Japaneie war-\nshlpi were wrecked, the U. 8.\nNavy reported today.\nThe six American\nfl|ht carrier Princeton;\ncort carrier!\u2014the\nGambler Bay; two destroyers\u2014\nthe Johnston and Mori; one da\nstroyer eicort\u2014the 8amuel B\nRobert!.\nBritish Break\nAcross Zig Canal\n1st, Under Thundering Barrage,\nPlows Forward 14 Miles in Reich\nALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, PARIS, Nov. 17\n(AP)\u2014United States 3rd Army tanks, operating East of the\nMoselle North of embattled Metz for the first time, today\ncharged five miles East to little more than two miles from the\nborder of the Saar industrial basin, while British 2nd Army\nforces swept to the Maas (Meuse) River near the German-held\nstronghold of Roermond-in Holland.\nThe surprise armored blow aimed at the Saar, important\nsource of Germany's war might, fell as the United States 1st\nArmy to the North, attacking under a thundering barrage\nfrom 1,000 guns, plowed\nn ships loit: the\nctton; two \u00ab\u2022\nSaint Lo trod\n\"A few lesser craft\" also were \\\nreported lost.\nAfter announcing the American\nship losses, the communique said;\n\"Against this, the Japanese def-1\ninitely lost two battleships, four\ncarriers, six heavy cruisers, two j\nlight cruisers, and an undetermined\nnumber of destroyers. These ships\nwere seen to go down. So severely i\ndamaged that they may have sunk :\nbefore reaching port, and in any;\nevent removed from action for from\none to perhaps six months, were\none Japanese battleship, three\nheavy cruisers, two light cruisers\nand seven destroyers. In addition,\ndamaging hits were noted on lix\nMiskolc, Hungary's' battleships, four heavy cruisers, one\nmovement on Miskolc, Hung\nfifth city.\nBy seizing Huta, five miles southwest of Miskolc, these Alpine unit.-.\nstruck to within two miles of the\nenemy garrison'i westward escape\nroute out of Miskolc, which also Is\nbeing attacked by a Soviet group\nfive miles South of the city.\n'd'iuarter< commu\nIBM. Hr\nassociated w\nInld member\nitltute of M\nhem tod.n\nHr Mid n\nF Kill\nV;.\nV.xv\nand Metal! \u25a0\nunique an-\nj no1.;nerd completion of a couple of\n' envelopment movements by two\n' units of the 24th Division, cutting\nthe highway South if Limori, four\nmiles from Pmamopnan at the\nN irthern end of Ormoc corridor.\nJapanese supply columns altempt-\nit;g to break through io Limon were\ndi\".'r *v**d, the communique said,\n.\u2022as also thst enemy\ni th** gnp were cut\n\", except by imall,\nPLANES ATTACK\nNORWAY BOUND\nGERMAN CONVOY\n::f. I. r,'-r\nraught\n-it\nb.,n .\u00bb\nih\nIn\nltd _'i:h ti\nfuml-Hitr!:'.\nr_.hl.rr rd\ntlrstd, -t\\\\ ,\nalhirgy ul:\nn:-:t _.*i!in\nP\"\nita\nIlr\nM :\n\u25a0i.j n( 11:\n\u2022.pmnitifi -'\ntitlnn In rr:\nprojra\nular .\n: r!r._\nind.ii!\n'\"'_.\n' lr**!\nCar-loadings Gain\nOTTAW*. Nn\nInutlnii t-r thill InriT-iii.l I,, \"\n2S2 fnr Ibt pi. -\n*X fnr Ibt mrrf\nyen, lh. P\u00abn.iii\nilium r*ynr!\u00bb_\n15,115 Killed in\nIndia During War\nNEW DELHI, Nnv. 17 iCP H.u-\nIt- Ctn. Sir Claude Auchln\nIf, k, Cnmrnnndfr In _\" h I r f of thi\nnr].,,. Army, rfpor.fd today that\nramaltifi in tlrt flrit five yean\nof thr war wrrr: kIliad, 15.US;\nwound.d, .10.271,1 mining. I1,M_;\nprlioneri of war, 7,.1-tO.\nJAPANESE FINED $50\nMANUFACTURING BEE.;.\n.Utsao Kawakf.nl nf New Denver,\nrh.uged with m flnu fact u nag Iwr.\n_. * finrd VSO bv Stipendiary Mag\nSTOCKHOLM. Nov. 17 (AP) - A\nNorway-bound German convoy was\nattacked by Allied planei tonight\noutside Swedish territorial waters\nNorth of the Goteborg Archipelago,\n\u25a0 dispatch to the newspaper Dsgens-\nnyheter said,\nFyrwitnetses said they saw a ship\nexplode, lead Inn them to believe\nthe vessel was loaded with ammunition\nOne plane dropped into the tea\nThere was intense anti-aircraft fire\nAIR DELEGATES\nSILENT\nniirAon, Nnv n icp> r\u00bb\nIndian. United Statu and United\nKl: .. tin drlr^ntr* tn thr Interna-\nFalse Promises of\nPoliticians Do\nHarm Says Draper\nTRAIL, B. C, Nov, 17 - Jamef\nDraper, Kootenay West Liberal candidate, speaking to a well-attended\nsemi-monthly meeting of the Trail\nLiberal Association at the Crown\nPoint Hotel, Friday night, stressed\nthe importance of Canadians taking\na bigger Intereit In political affairs.\nHe said, that the lack of such interest, resulted in the present CCF.\nGoyernment in Saskatchewan which\nreally represented only a minority\ngroup, as less than 55 per cent of\nthe people voted.\nTruth and tolerance were of basic\nimportance In politics and the false\npromises and shallow publicity of\nrertain politicians were harmful to\nthr country, he continued.\nAfter Mr Draper's addreas, a political study group was formed for\nthe purpose of becoming acquainted\nwith various government problems\nand legislation It was emphasized\nCivil Aviation conference \u25a0 that ,n(t |tu(iy |rmip w\u201e open [a\nent today on the progress nf r,\\\\ r|ti7ens In the District.\n\u25a0t- Flu\n\u2022da?\nnii.tin William li vine In Pr.\np. din-- (' Hirt in thr H (' M p\nV- <.: Office Him k. Friday\nThr rbatgf wai laid hv C\nR Whlttaker of the RCM P\nrial\noffices,\nthrir week-long efforts to reconcile\nlh<*ir diffrrrnrei on proposals for a\ni .invention nn pott war Internatlon- ]\nnl control\nlfc_rt of thr delay In announcement\nnf a completed document -rfai be-,\nlieved due to efforts by lhe three\nconferring powers to grt a number\n<-f nthet countries In Europe and '\nLatin AmfMca to assoclata them-,\nni-lves with tht final draft\nIth Less Than\nThree Miles\nFrom Russi\nROMK, Nov. 17 (CP. \u2014 Britlih\n8th Army troopi In Italy's Adriatic sector tonight were leu than\nthree miles Eait of the Important\nrailway Junction of Runl, 10 mllei\nSouthweit of Ravtnns, ai the reiult of a lurprlie thruit which\nthreaten! to outflank the \u00abnclent\ncity.\nSouth of Ravenna, the Germans\nblew a holt In the bank of Flume\nUnitt, a canalized stream formed\nby the Junction of the Montone and\nRonco Rivers, and flooded a large\narea near the Adriatic Coast.\nAllied troopi h*v4 pushed on to\nRavenna airport, three miles South\nof the city.\nBritish and Indian troopi, closing\non tht highway centre nf Faenia\nSoutheast nf Bologna, occupied the\nroad Junction of Modigliana nine\nmiles South nf the rity without u\nflghl They also gained up to a\nmile the last 24 houn along Route\nNine from Formll.\nAlternate rain ai\"' h\u00bbI1\ntemperatures In th-% In'\nvirtually stalled other A\non the Itnliun front\night cruiser and ten destroyers\n\"The victory not only made possible,\" the Navy added, \"the continuing supply of men and munitions\nto General Douglas Mac Arthur's\nsuccessful invasion forces, but by\nits magniture ran conservatively\nbe said to have greatly reduced fu-\ntrue casualties in both men and\nwaterborne etltoipment.\"\nThe United States forces protecting the fanding of troops on\nLeyte were the target for three\nJapanese naval groups, totalling\n\u2014without considering submarines --\nnine battleships, four carriers,\ntil irt en heavy cruisers and seven\nlight cruisers, together with more\nthan 30 destroyers\nWill Oppose\nSecret Session\nALL1STON, Oct. Nov 17 (CPi-\nW Earl Rowe, Progressive Conservative member of parliament for\nDufferin-Simcoe, said here tonight\nhe intends to \"oppose most vigorously\" the holding of a secret session\nof pnrliamrnt on the reinforcement\nissue.\n\"To suggest a sreret sesiitm on an\nissue so clear and well understood\nby the public Is an insult to the intelligence of the Canadian people.\nward two miles to a point 14\nmites inside Germany and only\n28 miles short of the Rhine.\nSix of Gen. Eisenhower's Allied\narmies ground Eastward in the winter offensive, with possibly 1.250,000\nmen attacking German lines held by\nfewer than 500,000 troops.\nThe British 2nd Army speared to\nless than five miles from the German frontier North of Roermond,\nand broke across the Zig Canal\nwhen the enemy had dug in for a\nstand West of the Maas.\nThere were no reports on activity\nby the 1st Canadian Army which\nhas completed Its task of clearing\na way Into the port of Antwerp by\noccupying the Schelde Estuary approaches.\nTha United States \u00abh Army\nbeat off tht flrit big-scale counter-attack ln Its two-day-old drive\nNortheast of Aachen, knocking\nout at least 11 of 45 Tiger and\nPanther tanks which paced the\nassault, It took more than 1,000\nj prlioneri during the first 24 houn\n| of battlt.\nj A front dispatch said that 3rd\n, Army tanks pierced to Remeling,\nj two miles from the Saar frontier.\nI Infantry, fanning out from the same |\nj bridgehead around Koenigsmacher, J\nstruck North of the tank columns j\nj and were nearing two towns with- '\n\u25a0 In m miles South of the German\nborder where it turns and runs East\n! and West.\ni One force in a three-mile drive\nneared Manderen, 1-^ miles from |\nthis section of the border.\n' Another force three miles tn the\nWest poked forward a mile to Rus-\ntroff, the same distance from the\nborder at the point where it joins\nLuxembourg and France.\nMeanwhile infantry slugged away\nless than a mile from Metz at two\nplaces on the South and one on the\nNorth as the garrison of this Lor-\nrain fortress prepared for a stand\nto the death under the guns of the\nGestapo, by the account of enemy\ncaptives.\nThe United Statei lit Army advanced to within ilx milei Weit\nof Duren, which would be approx-\nmately 14 milei iniide Germany,\nEait of Aachen.\n'A Berlin radio commentator said\nthe 1st Army on this second day of\nits attack had torn a breach in the\nGerman line in this area Duren\nis 20 miles Southwest of Cologne\non the Rhine,)\nThe 1st and 9th Armies were\nfighting side hy side where the\nGermans have massed their greatest\nstrength on the edge nf the Cologne\nPlain fearing a break-through to\nthe Ruhr.\nA front dispatch said the enemy\nhurled his flying bombs In increasing numbers at the American positions. Driving rmns and clouds held\nback Allied air power\nOn the 3rd Army'i Southern\nflank, the United Statei 7th Army\nwas doling In around flaming St.\nDie, enemy lupply centre for the\nVoigei region. St. Die, at the\nentrance of St. Marip Pan, wai\nlet afire by the Germani. Thirty-\nfive mllei Eait of St. Die lie Bavaria and the Rhine,\nGressenich, eight miles East of\nAachen.\nBodies of the defenders strewed\nthe streets, a front dispatch said,\nafter a big barrage had hurled exploding steel into German positions\nat the rate of 20 tons a minute lor\na full hour.\nThe Germans had trenches connecting the houses and holes knocked in walls, but they pulled their\nartillery back on Duren, seven miles\nEast.\nFour CP.R. Crew\nKilled When\nTrain Hits Slide\nVANCOUVER, Nov. 17 (CP) -\nFour employees of the Canadian\nj Pacific Railway, two from Vancou-\n[ ver and two from North Bend, B. C.\n| were killed last night when an east-\n| bound freight train struck a heavy\nI rockslide about 15 miles West of\n! North Bend. The locomotive and\n: two freight cars went over the\nI steep bank and came to rest about\n1200 feet below. Two other cars\ni were derailed at ,tr_^ck_.^v#i,.\n! Killed were Conductor Arthur\nj Marks, 50, and Locomotive Engineer Chauncy Cunningham, 57, both\nof Vancouver, and Trainman A. R.\nHamilton, 49, and Fireman Viny\ni Firkins. 42, both of North Bend.\n' All the bodies were recovered.\nWalter Pefford of North Bend,\n1 rear end brakeman and only other\nmember of the crew, escaped Injury.\nA CPR. statement said that\n\"early estimates showed that 50\nyards of granite rock fell from the\nbluff nn the North side of the track\nless than an hour and a half after\nthe track had been inspected by a\npatrolman. The engineer had little\nchance to see the heavy rocks which\ncovered both rails on a left hand\n\u25a0curve.\"\nRailway officials nope to clear\nihe line so traffic can move as usual\nthis evening The Toronto and\nMontreal trains arrived in Vancouver this morning two hours late.\nNorth Bend is about 90 airmiles\nnortheast of Vancouver\nDecember Liquor\nRation U Oz.\nNn\n17 iCP,-De-\nin Rn.ish Cn-\nVANCOUVER,\nrembcr liquor r.tlin\nlumbia will be 26\ntomer, nr Ihrrr do\/cn pints nf boer.\nIn a rus-\nnr onp galln\ntwo bottles\nKennedy, 1\nrh.iirman, a\nis an Increa.\nration pr. vi\nmonths\nIs-uanrc of 194.- permi\nhere Monday\nif rlnn.estic wine, or\nmpnr'.ed win, W. F.\nnor Control Hoard\nniinred tonight This\n,f 1,. ounces over the\nntf for the past two\nwill start\nll:\nV,i\npermit\nsued f\nof the I\ns and in\nts will be\nm the I\n1945 pi\nm' from\nnnlry\nDischarged Men\nMake Up 14%\nNew T.B. Cases\nNn\nnuns nnd\ntwenties\ned forcei\nriseas servicemen\ncent nf the (115 new\n-s admitted to s,mils year. Dr W, H\nie Hoard of Trade\nl.S'itl new T It easel\n111' since\nKootenay's Bond Scores\nFINAL RETURNS, SIVINTH VICTORY LOAN:\nDoy'j Report Total Percentage Quota\nTroll Unit $1,130,600 110.3 $1,025,000\nEait Kootenay $4,600 1,253,450 125.3 1,000,000\nNtlion Unit 1,080,700 130. 825,000\nVANCOUVER,\nDiseharfied ovi\nmftkr up 14 per\ntuberculosis casr\ntorla in KC th\nHatfield told li'\ntodty Mr unld\nhad been d UK mined\nthe (ir\u00bbt of \\],e year\nMore than half British Columbia'!\nin.2fl0 known etwee of TM have\nbeen discovered in tbe Vancouver-\nNew Westminster urea, Hr Mat-\nfield revefllrd He said this was\nevidence that the proposed ne*' Provlnclil T n. snnilnriun. should be\nlocated In or tie.ir Vincouver\n(if the ISM) new CMes, 24 per\nrent wrre Indians, the spenkr*r $nld\nOf the 1,073 whltei Infected 19 per\nrent had come to the Coait unce\n1SS-U\nThe French 1st Army on the\nSouthern end of the front\nfnuRht to i point eight miles South\nof Relfmt, another gateway to Bavaria, stretrhmg its gains in two\ndays of attarks to more than seven\nmiles along a 2Vmile front\nThe Britiih 2nd Army, drawing\niteadlly nearer Germany North\nof where the United Statei lit\nand 9th Armiei are fighting at the\nedge of the Cologne Plain, itretoh\ned iti galnt tn ai much ai 12 milei\nIn three dayi ai the Germani re\ntreated jcroii the Maai\nThl Britlih forcei were no more\nthan a mile from Roermond, a\nmain enemy itronghold, and were\nfrom eight to 10 milei Southwest\nnf Venlo, another important cen\ntrP 14 milei North of Roermond.\nBoth ara on the Eait hank of the\nMaaa.\nmil will hf\nMr Vehirlf\nAn appli\nMotor Veh\nLiquor Sim\npi i\nis will\n\u25a0\u25a0 other\nIn other\nareas, th\u00ab\npplied for and la-\njuor stores, appll-\nhnsp of tho per-\n!p through the Mo\nil! ap;\nere,\npr\nince\n11 p.\nat the\nnr at\nywhere else in the\n1M1 his application\nThe appli-\nwardfd tn\n\u2022:pl at his\n-\u25a0\u2022ed envel-\nfr\nIn Southwestern Holland, Unti\npatrols crossed the Mans M a p\"\nEast of Ihr destroyed M..rn1i\nbridge, tniichinR off heavv run\nartillery action\nFirst Army tanks and infant\nitormed and \u00bbeued !h\u00ab village\nThe Weather\nTin:\nKi i.l\n \u2014\n\u2014\nK in.u.j.i.*ny\u00ab,,w_f i \u00ab\"!i>!\u00ab.-i*^\u00bb'*^ -\u25a0*\u00bb\u25a0\u00ab\u00bb( i.p. .i-^^iT^mi. \u00abH ,ju.._.-,.-(-.(w ii -'.-\u2022\u25a0vE^ippiippi^pip^p\nPIP\nI... NILSON DAILY NIWS, SATURDAY, NOV. II, 1144\nI. ..Attitude to Breton Woods\nlonetary Policy Is Open Question\n(. RYE, N. Y., Nov, 17 (AP) - Tht\nnerlcan delegation'! attitude to-\nl the monetary propoials adopt-\n1 at Bretton Woods waa repreaent-\ned ai being an open queitlon today\naa the' international Business Con-\nij terrace received the report of1 Ita\n. panel on currency relatione.\n1, The American viewpoint on the\n-world stabilization fund and the\nInternational reconstruction bank\nhad been awaited by the conference\n. delegates as giving some indication\nI ot how business lh the United Statei\n(tit regarding thes\u00ab,plans.\nH. F. Grady, San Francisco shipping executive and Chairman of the\nAmerican delegation, explained the\ndelegation's tailure to take a stand\n'on Bretton Woods by telling the\nconference:\n\"The American Bankers' Assocla-\nI tlon, the National Foreign Trade\n, Council and the New York State\nBankers' Association are all studying the matter. We feel it would be\npresumptuous for us to take a position without having the benefit of\n: the studies of these groups.\"\nHe said that although the delegation did not declare Itself \"that does\nnot mean we ara agalnit anything\nthat happened at Bretton Woods.\"\nGrady's itatement wu precipitated by the action of the conference\nin adopting unanimously a motion\noffered by the British delegates\nwhich presented their view that tha\nreconstruction bank \"would be an\nencouragement to sound international investment in the post war per-\niod by giving protection to both\nborrower and lender.\"\nThis was generally interpreted ai\nlending conference approval to the\nBrltish view, but the American delegation later explained lt had voted\nfor the motion merely to place the\nBritish viewpoint in the report of\nthe conference, but not to endorse\nthe itand.\nThe panel on currency relations\nreported that lt was general feeling\nof '.he discussions that \"the world\ntrade ihould keep gold as a monetary system.\"\n\"That system might depart In certain particulars from the older form\nof Ihe gold itandard but should eventually be characterized by itable\nparities between currencies and by\nthe freedom of international payments.\"\nT. Crack Heads\nNewly-Formed\nCamera Club\nNelson Camera Club at an organization meeting in the City Hall\nThursday evening elected the following officers:\nPresident: Tom Crack.\nVice-President\u2014Philip RnbinBon.\nSecretary-Treasurer \u2014Miss Margaret Thain.\nExecutive\u2014Fred Chapman, Van\nC, Linden, Aid. Ross Fleming, and\nBill DeRldder,\nThe committee on the constitution\nreported progress, and their information was referred to the Executive Committee for presentation at\nthe next meeting.\nMiss Maude McKenzIe gave an\noutline of activities of the Spokane\nCamera Club of which she was a\nformer member, An interchange\nof work and visits from some Spokane members is a definite possibility at some future time.\nPresident Crack showed lome\ncolor prints, one of the latest developments whereby any number\nof contact color prints may be made\ni Irom a color negative.\nThe offer of Cpl. E, G, Kidd of\nthe B. C. Provincial Police to give\na showing of color motion pictures\nwai accepted. This will be arranged\nfor the December meeting and will\nbe open to the public.\nThe President and Mr. Chapman\nwere named delegates to meet with\nthe committee working on the formation of an arti association ln Nelson and district.\n\"Everything points to the functioning of a very successful camera\nclub, highly beneficial both to the\nmembers and community,\" said the\nPresident following the organization.\nWITH STANE\nAND BESOM\nI.l_ay night reaulte ln the Nelion\nCurling Club'i Colllnion Cup weri:\nH. J. Witchell 9, K. C. Hunt 1.\nCl. H. Ronmark 7, 8. P. Boitock 7.\nRobert Foxall 7, A. Ronmark \u00ab.\nJohn Teague 8, E. E. L. Dewdney t.\nA. Q. Ritchie 10, 11. Han-ion \u00bb.\nToast4i%\njV.M'AJtll.\nWe presume that every human\nbeing has his own special vanity,\nbut most ot us have the good\nseme not to display our conceit\npublicly. We hug lt to ourselves,\nand lt happens often enough that\nVe are not vain about something\nthat others envy In us. To the\nCareful observer, however, the hidden vanity can be detected tor It\nls certain to reveal \\tme\\t unconsciously. Thus we think the vainest man we ever heard of was one\n\u25a0who showed his weakness by accident and with no Idea that he was\nrevealing anything that should\nhave been kept necret. But lt was\nhis hahlt on every recurrent* of\nhla blrthtlav to wire a telegram of\ncongratulations to his mother.\nCoodfrham.'Worts\nLimited\nTORONTO, ONTARIO\nMOLASSES\nFOR\nDAIRY CATTLE\nFlow of milk has increased\n5 to 20 per cent by spraying molasses over roughage.\nMolasses for health, prevention of milk fever and ace-\ntomenia and aids digestion,\nalso prevents bloating. \u2014\nPlace your order with\nTV.\nBrackn.an-I.t_ Mflttf\nAuxiliary Parcel\nReaches Britain\nin Less Than Month\nFirst acknowledgement ot arrival\nof a Christmas parcel packed by the\nWomen's Auxiliary to the Active\nForces has been received trom Lt.\nJames Doak, son ot Mr. and Mrs. H,\nA. Doak, of Nelson.\nThe parcel took Just over three\nweeks to reach Britain, and Lieut.\nDoak said In a letter that lt was the\nfirst time he had received t parcel\nfrom Canada in less than five or six\nweeks. He received the parcel Nov. 8\nWomen Take to\nPipe Smoking\nWASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (AP) \u2014\nTht existence of the woman pipe-\nsmoker was recognized today by the\nCommerce Department. Recent arrival of a Urge ihlpment of briar-\nwood pipe block) trom Italy wai\n\"timely,\" the department aaid, ln\nview of reporta that women have\nturned seriously to pipe smoking in\nvar(ous parti ot the United States\nbecauie of the clgaret shortage.\nOnly 10 Jews\nLeft Alive\nIn Belgrade\nBELGRADE, NOT. 17 (CP-Reuter)\n\u2014Of the 13,000 Jewi In Belgrade before the var only some 20 remain\nalive Ui the olty today. Only about\n1000 escaped.\nI beard from a imall band of aur-\nvlvora tbe terrible story of the annihilation of their people by the Ger.\nmana. \u201e\nIn July. 1941, the scientific extermination ot the Belgrade Jewi began.\nA meeting of all J\u00abwa waa called\nln the oentre of Belgrade, They were\nranged up according to prof eel on,\nEvery fifth man In each group was\ntaken to Uke Jan 1 tea Rifle Range and\n\u2022hot.\nEvery time a man wu killed In\nBelgrade, 200 or 300 Jews were called\nup by the police. The next day their\nclothes were sent back to their relatives.\nWhen men became scarce women\nand ehlldrtn were ordered to present\nthemselves, bringing the keys of their\nflats wtth their names and addresses.\nThe -women and children were then\ndriven off in lorries to Zemun. Although th-iy knew they wera going to\noertain death they sang aa thpy went.\nSerbian women ln the streets wept.\nThe women ln Belgrade camp were\ndriven by day to Zemun airfield to\nclear the snow from the runways.\nEvery morning 60 toffl0 oorpsea were\ncarried off from this camp.\nArrested ot Brilliant\non Charge Uttering\nForged Document\nArrested on a charge of uttering\na forged document whereby he obtained nearly $300 by means of a\nworthless check, Bill Abietkoff left\nNelson under police escort for Penticton Friday morning He was arrested at Brilliant Thursday by Constable Ci. 3. Emsley of Nelson, on a\nwarrant issued at Penticton.\nReport Ezinickl\nUnder Arrest\nTORONTO, Nov. 17 (CP) - Bill\nEzlnlckl, 20-year-old right winger\nwith Toronto Maple Leafs, was reported held under close arrest in\nthe guardroom of No. 2 Military\nDistrict Depot here tonight after\nan argument which broke out while\nhe was undergoing an Army medical examination today.\nA military spokesman confirmed\nthat \" a man by the name of Ezinickl\" was being held in the guardhouse after he \"committed an act\nwhich resulted In his being placed\nunder close arrest.\" Nature of the\nact was not disclosed but it waa\nsaid Ezinickl had torn up his medical papers during his examination.\nEzinickl, formerly of Winnipeg\nand star with the Oshawa Generals\nlast'year, served four months in the\nR.C\\A.F. last Summer and then was\ndischarged for medical reasons. He\nreceived his call-up papers from National Selective Service a few days\nago.\n| Civilians undergoing callup examination are under military disci-\nj pline and could be confined to the\ni guardhouse before being attested.\nDept. Favors\nGranite Rd. Bus\nIn Principle\nIt \u2022 bui to accommodate Granite\nRoad ichool children can be arranged at reaionable coit, the Department ot Education will approve\na contract and make a grant to the\nNelson School Board, -the Board\nwas told ln a letter from S. J.\nWillis, Superintendent o< Education,\nVictoria, Friday night.\nRecently a delegation ot Granite\nRoad parenti aiked the Board for\na bui and lt wai decided to try\nand make arrangement! with the\nbua which carriei children from\nSouth Slocan to NeUon. Under a\nsuggested plan the smaller children\nwould be picked up after the South\nSlocan children had been taken to\nNelion. On the return trip, the\nGranite Road children, who would\nbe leaving school half an hour earlier than the older children, would\nbe taken home first\nHospital Brd. Asks\n$1500 Overcharge\nBe Rectified\nNAKUSP, B,C.\u2014In the abeenoe of\nPresident. Mrs. W. Maxwell, E. J. Oxenham presided at the Arrow Lakes\nHospital Board meeting on Monday\nnight.\nThe money situation was reported to\nbe rather acute but some outstanding\naocounts had been recognized and\nbills were ordered paid when money\nwas available.\nA lengthy discussion took place\nabout the x-ray machine. The report\nwaa given by A. B. 8. Stanley from\nthe report given by Mr. McKenzIe.\nx-ray expert, who was a recent visitor\nto the hospital.\nA Committee was appointed, namely Measers Oxenham, Stanley and\nMorehouse to draw up a \"brief\" to\nC. S, Leary, M.L.A., re the 11500 overcharge for Japanese patients and asking for his ajBlstance in rectifying\nthis matter.\nThose attending were Edgewood, A.\nSlater; Buprton. Baysll Robertson, Roy\nReese; Arrow Park, W. H. Mole; Nakusp, E, J. Oxenham, Graham Eldrr,\nA. B, 8. Stanley, A. E. Fowler and Mrs.\nE. C, Johnson.\nFined $5 for\nLittering Street\nFrank Dietrich, Nelson truck driver, was fined $5 by Magistrate William Brown in City Police Court\nFriday on a charge under the Scavenging Bylaw. He pleaded guilty to\na charge that he \"did throw upon a\npublic higWay, Vernon Street, rubbiih, to wit, wood shavings.\" Information was laid by Chief of Police\nR. R. Harshaw.\nA large quantity of wood shavings\nDietrich was transporting in his\ntruck, fell from the load, littering\nseveral blocks in roads and alleys,\npolice reported.\nms&c$&'xsc$c$\nBoeings Reject\nClosed Shop\nVANCOUVER, Nov. 17 (CP) -\nTom Parkin, Recording Secretary\nApronautlcal Mechanics Lodge (A.\nF.L.), said today that Boeing Aircraft has rejected a closed shop and\nthe matter now will go before the\nDepartment of Labor for conciliation.\nThe Union has been carrying on\nnegotiations for the union shop, 44-\nhour week and other contract\nclauses.\nRG. H. JONG\nEstablished ln Canada\n27 years\nChinese Herb Remedies\nfor Stomach Trouble;\nProstata Gland, Gall,\nSinus\n817-lst St.. E.. Calgary Alta.\nHold Impressive\nArmistice Day\nCeremony, Creston\nCRESTON, B.C.,-One of the most\nimpressive Armistice Day ceremonies took place at the cenotaph last\nj Saturday morning, when the school\nj bugle band, Canadian Lcgionalres\nj High School Cadet Corps and the\nj High School Air Cadets, paraded be-\n| hind a color ,party to honor the\nI First World War dead.\nTwo air cadet and two army cadet\n, with rifles reversed stood before the\n| cenotaph. Following the flag falling\n| to half mast, the siren sounded and\ntwo minutes' silence was observed.\nAs the flag rose to the peak of the\nj mast the entire military presented\nj arms while the last post and reveille\nj was sounded.\nArms were sloped A the wreath\nwas laid at the cenotaph base.\nThe entire unit marched to the\nGrand Theatre which was packed.\nOn the platform was the Ministerial\nAssociation, with the Rev, Archibald\nI Stewart giving the highlight address.\nj The enlire assemblage sang hymni\nand heard speeches appropriate for\nthe occasion.\nI Following the ceremonies st the\nJ theatre, the Canadian legion returned to the Legion Hnll where s\n| lunch whs served.\nDuring the afternoon, appnintles\nof the Legion laid wreaths and pop-\npics at the cemetery.\nVANCOUVER, B. C, HOTELS\n\"YOUR VANCOUVER HOME\"\nDufferin Hotel\nNewly renovated throuflh-\nout Phones snd elevator.\nA PATTERSON, late ot\nSeymour St. Vsncouver, B. C. Coleman, Alta., Proprietor\nTRANSPORTATION\u2014Passenger and Freight\nNelson -Trail\nRossland Freight\nJ.C.MUIR\nPhonei: Nelion 77; Roiiland 213L; Troll 1110\nSALMO\nConn, ctionl For:\nKASLO - CRESTON\nNAKUSP\nVancouver O.C.'s\nSon Missing\nVANCOUVER, Nov. 17 ICP) -\nCpl. Malcolm Alan Martvn, 20, who\nJoined the Canadian Army here\nmore thiin a year ago, hai been reported missing overseas, hid father.\nCol. D II Martyn, Officer Commanding Vancouver Defence!, wai Informed \",oday.\nMartyn wai reported missing Oct\n1(1 following the Leopold Canal action.\nCOULDN'T SLEEP\nCOULDN'T WORK\nWhu \u2022 >\u25a0__-_\u2022! tt atbtll\ndawn t> I ,.,l -ii\nMt, and \u2022\u00bb\u2022__\u2022\nr\u00bb_M-->d raid\nl.tft.l reedf\nhe Ik. di,'. d_tU_. I\nmatartW-d-rkatU\nsitin haaht m.1\nU\u00ab - *mm ii__I\u00bb1iMi,\nttaltrrrk,,bal,tn*mlu*ttaa<*.\nsn^lb.,amt\u00bbtt.n.^tyCSaM',lUmay\nNU.\" uid I ttsaui - \"* \u00ab., u. yam\nU-ht-V n. Haa I WU\u00ab\u00abHl -I. -JrW. \u201e\n\u25a0\u00bbl\u00bb,.li_F\u00abi|K-aalat> Ihana.U III\nDodd'j Kidney Pills\nMr and Mrs. Cooper\nFirst Prize Winners\nat Legion Social\nTop honors ln whist at the Canadian Legion social Friday night went\nto MrSand Mn. H. E, Cooper, while\nMrs. W. Riley and Alex McLennan\nwere consolation winners. A dance\nfollowed the whist, and refreshments were served. Eighteen tables\nwere in play.\nOn the refreshment committee\nwere Mrs. T. Cookson, Mrs. Paddy\nGeorge and Mrs. W. Swain. Forming the entertainment committee\nwere W. A. Woolls, H. McLean, F,\nThompson, R. Riley, E. H. Woolls, F,\nRapley and S. J. Newell.\nGrant Permission\nto Erect Taxi\nOffice, Kimberley\nKIMBERLEY. B.C.\u2014At the City\nCouncil meeting Thursday the first\nItem lor consideration wm __ written\ncomplaint re a citizen emptying tew-\n&ge on the lane. A resume of the He*\nhlbiUtatlon Committee meeting wm\ngiven by Alderman Bone 11. Tempor-\ni ary Social Assistance ls being given\nto the cases brought before the at-\nj tentlon of the Council. The ditching\n1 of the new hill to the townsite will\nhave tc be discontinued owing to the\nweather but a few of the boys will\n| still be employed on Saturdays, clean-\n: ing up the alleys and lanes.\ni A letter was received taking that\ni something be done about the school\n| children who rush onto the road wh-dn\nleaving school. It waa pointed out by\nAlderman Levlers that the school authorities are unable to do a great deal\nother than w&rn the student* since\nthey havo not the legal authority,\nThe matter will be brought before the\n. police for attention. A complaint of\n\u25a0 Ught* being out on a certain portion\nof the road on the FYont Hill wu.\nbrought before the Council. This will\nbe attended to. The neces#lty for bet-\nj ter Itghtlng In the City Hall was dU-\ncussed. Mayor Swan wa* authorized\nto purchase a sewer tank.\nA request wa* read asking for permission from the Council to erect a\nI temporary taxi office on skidd on\n! Spokane Ave. Street on the ground\nadjoining the Tome Inn. Permission\n| was granted with the proviso nald\nbuilding will not be allowed to re-\ni main there over a period of twelve\ni months, A petition was read signed by\nsixteen ratepayers on Warren Avenue stating that \u00bbome of them are\nwithout water due to the wells drying\nup. A letter !n reply will be sent stating that a recommendation will be\nmade to the company to hare a Bland\npipe put on Warren Avenue for their\nconvenience. A committee was named\nto look into t complaint made re two\nvacant buildings which were condemned by the Police several yea*!\nago and are now In Imminent danger with the first thaw of being puah-\n! ed Into the Creek due to the bank\n; above giving away.\n'\"Can't Fight War by\njConfining^Horizon\nto This Continent\"\n\u25a0 MONTREAL, N.w 17