Page Six THE PROPLE’S ADVOCATE City Girl Back From Wartron Escaped Death On One Occasion By Swimming River By HAY GREGORY Arriving unexpeciedly on the Empress of Japan Tuesday | after two years’ medical work behind Japanese lines in China, Jean Ewen, 27-year-old Vancouver nurse, smilingly expressed her delight at being home, but announced in the next breath, “Oh yes, [im going back.” Stories of her experiences with euerilla armies vividly express the heroism and stubborn resistance ef the Ghinese people who Nurse Hiwen declared, “will continue to fieht unceasingsly till the last Japa- nese is turned cut of their land.” “Soldiers are farmers in the day time,’ Nurse Ewen said, “and at night they give the Japanese 2 bad headache.” Mobile medical units to which Wurse Ewen was attached were constantly moved from place ic place, sometimes operating in caves, sometimes having toe cross Japanese lines at night, not daring to light a cigarette or speak to one another for fear of discovery Wounds obtained by guerillas are usually mot so bad, she said. They fight at night and so stand = better chance of being missed. “But I’ve seen some terrible, ter- rible wounds,” She declared. One of Nurse Ewen’s souyenirs is a little child’s shoe picked up in the wreckage. “One lez was all we could find of the child,” she said simply. Little children of four and five have limbs amputated because of huge gaping holes made by bomb fragments. “I picked up ene large bomb fragment marked ‘Made in USA’,” she ex- claimed bitterly. “I’m expecting any day to find SEE marked ‘Made in Canada’. EREFPUGEES MACHINEGUNNED Describing the sinking of a ship on which she was travelling, Wurse Ewen said that Japanese planes made three complete circles. “First they sent down incendiary bombs,” she said. “Then they blew the ship to pieces with high explo- sive. Not satisfied the pilots cal lously machine-gunned helpless refugees Swimming ashore. Two other boats evacuating reiugees were bombed and sunk before our very eyes.” Losing everything she possessed, Wirse Ewen managed to escape by swimming ashore in a soldier's uni- form. Tine new Fourth Army, for which she has been working, was formed 2 year ago, out of part of the 8th Route Army now operating in morthwest China. Yeh Ting, com- mander of the 4th Army, began his military career in the time of Sun Wat Sen. Every man working for the 4th ae READ ‘THE FISHERMAN’ The Only Trade Union Paper in the Fishing Industry Published every other Tuesday by Salmon Purse Seiners Union and Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union. Rates: $1.00 Year — 60c Six Mos. 164 East Hastings Street Army is entitled to five acres of land or the proceeds therefrom to help keep himself and family. BEST ATR-FIGHTERS Most of the best pilots in the Wurse Ewen said, remarking, Chinese air force are Russians, “When Chinese planes bomb in formation, Japanese don’t bother with anti-aircraft, they know it's no use” Describing one dog fight in the air, she told how the entire Chi- mese force met the Japanese planes, downed 2S many as pos— Sible in the fighting and kept the rest in the air so long they ran out of gasoline forcing them to land in Chinese territory. Referring to the recent attack on R. M_ Tinkler, British mill em- ployee, Nurse Ewen declared that Chinese workers were purposely paid higher wages than the Brit ish to arouse trouble in industry. Japanese would then have an ex- cuse to seize plants and place them under military rule. Tinkler had eight wounds in his abdomen, she said, yet the Japa- nese reported he had “just come in contact with their bayonets.” The superficiai wound had been sewed up by the Japanese doctor, but all the man’s intestines left perforated. Smiling at the story Hersey, correspondent masazine, Nurse Ewen remarked that he had gone to China via Japan. “Then he wondered why he couldn’t obtain passes to Chinese territory, nor any information from the Chinese armies,” she said. LAUDS EFFORTS. Canadian people can best help China by constructive work, such as sponsoring schools, rehabilita- tion of wounded soldiers and refu- gees, helping industrial coopera- tives. Wurse Ewen, with high praise for work now being done by committees, said, “It only costs $5 Chinese money to set up a loom on which can be woven cotton, linen, and wool, providing work 2nd much needed material for the people,” she added. Plaster of paris bandages were needed for the Fourth Route Army, also tremendous supplies of quinine, for areas where malaria was very heavy, she said. given by for Time Guerilla bands also needed port- able radios with hand dynamos to enable them to keep in touch with the main groups. Above all, an embargo could help most “The Canadian people must do something about all this war material going to Japan,’ Nurse Ewen declared, “or any day they will have bombs dropping in their own back *k SPECIA =< offal | ee | WHILE YOU WAIT Men’s Half Soles and Rubber Heels Ladies’ Half Soles - - G5¢é Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Ne —— Eo Street ee —— S. Nurse Ewen who returmmed this week after two years’ medical work in China. The scene at Changtu shown below is typical of those de- scribed in her story on this page. % Organizations Preparing For ‘China Aid Week’ Featured on “China Aid week” radio broadeast over CK WX p.m. next Tuesday, August 1, will be Mrs. R. ©. Weldon of the WCTU and Vancouver Embargo Council. Further broadcast will be given by Rev. G. Harrison Vilette on Thursday, August 3. sen Sponsored by China Medical Aid Committee and supported by Van- couver Embargo Council, League for Peace and Democracy and Greater Vancouver Joint Boycott Council, “China Aid Week,” July 29-August 5 is to serve a two-fold purpose, to raise funds and gather medical supplies, while showing others what can be achieved by such a campaign. Kenneth Spencer, talented negro baritone, will be the featured singer in a varied musical program at a garden party at Killargeny,” home of Mrs. J. Z. Hall, Saturday, August 5, at 2:30 p.m. Substitutes for Japanese silk goods will be displayed by Miss H. Copp and tickets can be obtained from Room 17, 615 West Hastings street Other important activities in- clude bandage rolling and blanket gathering teas organized by var- ious women’s groups. It is estimat- ed that more people die from lack of medical attention than on the battlefields, while last year 100- 000 civilians died of exposure. Bandages and laundered blan- kets may be left at: Mrs. James Gray, 4649 West Ninth avenue; Mrs. Copp, 1946 West Thirteenth avenue; Mrs. Pacey, 2132 Kitchener street; Mrs. Joseph Carter, 2295 East Sixth avenue; Mrs. S. Shearer, 3651 East Pender, or Room ii7, 615 West Hastings street VICTORIA, BC Victoria Em- bargo and Boycott Council author- ized its boycott committee at last Tuesdays meeting to arrange with the summer school now in session for an open forum on the boycott. Three hundred copies of -Who Bought the Bomb, a striking pam- phiet on the boycott, will be dis- tributed to docotrs and dentists’ offices and bus depots. Serious consideration is given to dropping leaflets from a plane to further aid the boycott movement. Continued MacMillan Wet this is how it worked out at British Columbia Plywoods. This is how it worked out at Al- berni Pacific Lumber Mill, MacMillan interest, one year ago, when 65 employees were fired and the plant closed for a time to stifle demands of the workers for an ar- bitration hearing and thwart an or ganizational drive to bring the men another into the main stream of trade unionism. EH R. MacMillan has built for bimself an industrial empire al- most without parallel by his “re- habilitation of youth” process—an empire that includes extensive tim- ber holdings, H. R. MacMillan Ex- SSS SSS SSS ee H it Hitler SUNDAY, Dancing You'll never miss Mr. Chamberlain, the umbrella man, at the International Picnic AUGUST 6th at SEYMOUR PARK . because you are assured of other attractions, including: Sports Fun Galore port Company, 2 Dominion cor- poration, with several subsidiaries such as Canadian White Pine, Ca- nadian Transport Company, Al berni Pacific Lumber Company, Coast Mills Export and Br itish Co- lumbia Plywoods and several other lesser holdings. George McCullagh no dovbt en- vied this industrial ezar and pat- terned his now defunct Leadership League along lines advocated by MacMillan. MacMillan would ap- ply his business methods to govern- ment, increase the privileges of in- dustry, but force down the living standards of the people. I Games Or »: () SEE () E> () ED () GD () > () GD () GRD, grounds — 25 Cents. yO Children under Buy your ticket now, which provides transportation from 12 years of age — Free Transportation. 0 0 ae 0 a 0 a ae 0 0 ee On EE SS Aaa Bow Cassiar and Hastings to (EE () ED () EERE () ( Low Wage Paid On School Job NEW WESTMINSTER, BC— Charge that New Westminster school board, by failing to insert a fair wage clause in the contract for the new Queensboro school, is contributing to an attack on car- penters’ wages as generally ac- cepted is made by union carpenters here. Contractor Harry Dyer here is paying carpenters 75 cents an hour for work at the new school. Gen- erally accepted wage is 90 cents an hour. According to Jack Stevenson, acting business agent for the Car- penters union in the absence of VW. Page, union men are having dif- ficulty with contractors’ friends engaged on Vancouver school buildings now under construction. At 16th and Cumosun 6 XoOn- union friends of the contractor are employed while skilled union craftsmen lack work. Similar con- ditions are said to prevail on other school construction jobs. Prince Rupert Plans Early Start On Works Program PRINCE recognition RUPERT, BC—First of this city’s demand for $80,000 on local improvement taxes from the provincial govern- ment has been made by Premier T D. Pattullo in his statement that a $40,000 grant om account will be forthcoming to ensure con- struction of two needed bridges. Ways and Morse Creek bridges will be built at an early date, ac- cording to City Commissioner W. J. Alder. Tater it is proposed to launch a large scale municipal works pro- gram. George Drayton Sponsored by the People’s Advocate with Dr. Continued Works ageregating $411,000, of which $209 000 is for labor costs, were passed by federal authorities and assistance forthcoming. Here is-the list: Vancouver, ‘Ss ewers, $100,000; Greater Vancouver District Water Board, water mains, $199,000; North Vancouver, water mains, park and cemetery improvements costing $30,- 000, labor costs $22,000; North Van- eouver District, Grouse Mountain and Lynn Park improvements, $20,- 000, labor, $17,500; Maple Ridge, road and park improvements, $12,- 400, labor $10,480. Matsqui, cemetery and park im- provements, $15,000, labor $12,000; Langley, reforestation, road and bridge work, park and playground jmprovements, $15,000, labor $10,800; Granbrook, reservoir, sewer and cemetery improvements, $7,000, labor $4,200; North Cowichan, road Fisherman Refutes Experts States Salmon Run Close Inshere Where Sooke Trap Located VICTORIA, BC.— Testmony of fishery department experts, Sloan, royal commissioner in- sound, logical evidence of Manual Wrylee, pioneer Rocky Point fisherman. While not fishing all the time for a livelihcod, VWylee explained that since 1878 he had sufficient opportunity to study tides and routes taken by salmon on their way to spawning grounds. In 1933 which he termed a “pink” year when humpbacks or pinks were running well, scow loads of fish from the traps passed them every day heavily loaded while 40 fish boats did not average ons pink. “The fish follow the shore, stated Wrylee in reply to J. M Coady, com- mission counsel’s questions, there are no fish out in the strait. 3 ‘Tf what I say, Mr. Commi sioner, was not right then there would be no traps at Sooke. They were placed there to catch fish, because the operators Knew the tide throws the fish into the Sooke basin,” the witmess stated. Fishing cGepartment experts claimed that fish did not follow the shore. Sessions were adjourned last Fri- Day, following a visit to the traps, and will reconvene in Vancouver, August 21, when fishermen now out on the grounds will have an epportunity to give evidence. Make Grant To Students A sum of $5,006 to assist some 35 needy and worthy students to complete their university educa- tion has been made available un- der the Dominion-Provincial Youth Training plan, it was announced this week. In addition, university awuthori- ties have allotted $10,000 for bur saries from exira funds made available by $25 raise in fees ef fective last September. The plan is to provide facilities for needy students with good rec- ords to obtain an education while those who can afford to pay will continue to do so. Students who can only pay part of the fees will also receive some assistance, unl- versity authorities stated. INot more than $150 may be ob tained by each student from the government grant, but additional scholarships from the university itself may bring the total to $300. Grants will be made through @ university board to students at tending either the University of BG or WVictoria College. Application can be made on forms from direc tors of Technical Education in Victoria, to be returned before September i. work, $6,400, labor $1,900. Other applications for summer works projects are three from Van- couver for street, lane, park and school ground improvements for $182,000 and one from Port Alberni for draining and clearing public grounds, costing $21,000, labor $17,000. All men hired are warned that their earning will be taken into account when they re-apply for re- lief. — First applica- tion of this city for $76,000 cash aid for labor costs of a works project necessitating $158,000 under pro- visions of Municipal Improvements Assistance Act was rejected this week by Hon. G. S. Pearson as be- ing excessive. VICTORIA, BC. On the Air . . LABOR NEWS HIGHLIGHTS in cooperation R. L. Douglas. Hear GEORGE DRAYTON every TUESDAY and FRIDAY AT 5:45 P.M. - - = over Courtenay Will Consider Project COURTENAY, BC.—Investiga- tion by civic public works depart ment of a communication from Provincial Relief Administrator BE. W. Griffiths concerning the Dominion-provincial offer to pay direct labor costs on projects con- templated by the city has been or dered by city council here. Acting Mayor Macintyre estimat $1300 should it be accepted, while Ald. Lang thought the offer a good one whereby the city could im- prove its drainage system. further information on the subject with view to calling a special meeting to discuss it further. CKMO as given before Mr. Justice [| vestigating fish traps last week) : was decidedly at variance to the = NA eT EASA ALD TET Eg RA A AB ed a saving to the city of nearly | However, council decided to seek © \ outa ROR