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dinner
MAC
ciinPIMNO
TOUR
Vr
to
come
was
given
by
Capt.
Watt
when
he
told
of
the.casu-
"Between
June
15
and
July
7
there
were
25,114
Japs
killed
on
the
island
which
was
only
17
miles
long
and
seven
miles
wide,"
he
said.
"We
captured
less
than
500
prisoners.
American
casualties
were
about'
(
15,000,
of
which
5,000
weie
fatalities.
Only
10,000
Jap
civilians
,
were
taken,
large
numbers
of
them
having
committed
suicide."
Even
after
the
island
had
been
"secured"
the
Americans
were
being
killed
by
snipers.
In
a
final
clean
up,
the
army
div
ision
was
spread
across,
the
width
of
the
isjand
and,
with
men
five
paces'
apart,
swept
along
its
length.
It
took
two
weeks
for
the
division
to'
clean
up
the
Island
and
during
that
time
900
Jap
soldiers
were
flushed
from
caves
and
bushes,
and
killed.
The
colonel
and
approximately
half
the
officers
of
the
battalion
Us
which
Capt.
Watt
was
"attached
were
casualties.
The
battalion
was
among
the
force
which
bore
the
brunt
of
the
famous
"banzai"
charge
In
which'
5,000
Japs
broke
through
the
American
lines
In
a
suicide
charge
which
was
the
feature
of
the
campaign.
Jap
Infiltration
Into
the
Am
erican
Unes
at
night
was
one
of
the
horrors
of
the
fighting.
Japanese
Are
Reckless
Fighters
'The
Japs
did
not
care
whether
they
came
back
or
not,
and
they
would
do
everything
they
could
to
make
the
Americans
give
their
positions
away
so
they
could
kill
them
with
grenades
or
knives.
We
were
under
strict
orders
not
to
shoot
at
night.
Everything
that
moved
about
was
considered
a
Jap."
After
Saipan,
which
is
cover
ed
with
only
moderate
vege
tation,
Capt.
Watt
and
his
com
rades
were
flown
back
to
Hawaii.
There
they
were
told
that
they
would
be
sent
to
New
Guinea
for
further
Jungle
fight
ing.
"The
fighting
on
New
Guinea
was
mild
compared
with
Saipan
but
dlscasees
were
a
major
fac
tor.
They
are
discovering
new
diseases
all
the
time.
Bush
typhus,
when
It
was
first
encountered
on
New
Guinea,
killed
80
per
cent
of
those
who
contracted
It."
Capt.
Watt
spent
some
time
In
Australia,
which
he
thought
was
a
fine
country
and
after
serv-
BR1T1BH,.COH)LbIA'J
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA!
Weathei
8
NEWSPAPER
Tides
ii
11
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
and
cool,
becoming
mild
In
fi
Sunday,
December
17,
1944
today
and
jt
r-;:oon
Sundayv
me
High
2:35
19.5
feet
uical
fog
patches
In
morn-'
Fcar
14:10
22.1
feet
Winds
light
to
moderate.
Low
8:16
7.9
feet
20:55
2.0
feet
XXXIII,
No.
291
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
16,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
IX
All
gency
To'p
Formed
Greece
i
i,r
ititirr
Civil
Strucclt
I
Armies
Are
Now
In
Germany
VS.
BUZZ-BOMB
IS
READY
FOR
USE
IF
N
EEDED
America's
version
of
the
German
V-l
robot
bomb
is
ready
for
use
If
needed.
Above
is
one
of
the
first
pictures
taken
of
the
launching
at
an
undisclosed
proving
ground
of
the
air
technical
service
command.
The
bomb
was
reconstructed
In
30
days
using
fragments
of
German
bombs
found
in
England,
as
models.
Its
launching
ramp
Is
an
Improvement
over
the
Germans,
the
A.T.S.C.
said.
It
can
be
built
In
four
days
whereas
the
Nazis
required
two
weeks.
Tells
of
Far
East
Fighting
FIGHT
AGAINSTJAPANWILL
NOT
BE
SHORT
OR
EASY;
BATTLE
OF
SAIPAN
REVIEWED
BY
OFFICER
Grim
warning
that
the
fight
against
Japan
will
not
be
short
or
easy
was
given
to
members
of
the
monthly
dinner
meeting
In
Reid's
cafe.
Captain
Watt,
told
how,
with
nine
other
officers
he
had
been
chosen
to
gain
experience
in
jungle
fighting
with
the
Am
erican
army.
"We
were
senl
to
San
Fran
cisco,
where
we
embarked
on
a
convorted
Liberator
bomber
for
Hamali.
Near
Honolulu
we
were
attached
to
a
battle-
hardened
American
division
which
was
refitting
for
action
after"
fighting
on
Tarawa
and
the
Marshall.
After
six
weeks
intensive
training
we
embarked
on
Liberty
ships
with
escort
for
Saipan.
We
were
in
American
kit
and
attached
to
different
companies.
"During
two
air
attacks
on
the
troop
convoy
all
the
soldiers
were
kept
below
decks
so
they
did
not
witness
the
actions
They
were
20
days
at
sea.
At
Saipan
two
Marine
divisions
took
the
beachheads
and
the
army
division
went
ashore
in
support.
Capt.
Watt
remarked
on
the
strong
artillery
and
air
support
given
to
ground
troops.
Each
battalion
had
naval,
engineer
and
air
force
liaison
officers.
The
guns
of
one
destroyer
were
available
to
each
battalldn
as
well
as
fighters
and
dive
bombers
and
engineer
troops
should
the
situation
demand
it."
A
foretaste
of
the
fighting
still
!To
Suspend
Deferments
i
Released
U.C.A.F.
Personnel
to
Replace
Postponees
I
In
Industry
OTTAWA,
Dec.
16
Q
Selective
Service
director
Arthur
MacNa-
.Tunior
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
by
Capt.
i
ira
announced
today
that
re-
T
v
w.af
.,
Ponn,i;n
nffinn
whn.
covr0,1
Uh
nn
leased
Royal
Canadian
Air
f
.
lu
Matt,
a
umu
"
"
lw
'"V
i
Force
personnel
unfit
for
army
American
army
uivisiim
wmuii
nuipuu
cupium
uii;
Pacific
island
of
Saipan
in
June.
.
Guest
speaker
at
the
regular
service
will
be
employed
in
in
dustry,
replacing
army
men
on
postponement
from
military
service
to
relieve
the
Canadian
tobojc
shprtage-rt.
r
Mr.
MacNamara
said,'
"all
will
agree
that
production
of
essen
tial
war
supplies'
must
not
suf
fer.
When
lay-offs
occur,
men
under
postponements
of
military
training
are
called
up
where
their
services
can
bo
spared
at
all
by
industry."
Plan
to
Decorate
Downtown
District
When
Prince
Rupert
people
come
down
town
Monday
morning
and
find
the
Christ'
mas
atmosphere
of
the
town
enhanced
by
the
appearance
of
evergreen
foliage
on
Third
Avenue
electric
light
standards
they
will
be
mistaken
If
they
think
it
is
the
handiwork
of
some
of
Santa
Claus'
extra
gnomes
who
had
noth
ing
better
to
do.
Actually,
it
will
be
the
result
of
effort
by
a
group
of
membcrsf.the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
who
Intend
to
devote
Sunday
to
installing
the
display
of
greenery
in
the
central
downtown
district.
Under
the
direction
of
Sam
Currie,
who
was
appointed
chairman
of
a
committee
of
locf
n
rrVi
f
c
tnnaH
ner
o
munlon
with
bed
and
chesterfield
and
head
off
Into
the
forest
to
harvest
Christmas-trees
which
will
brighten
the
city.
FOG
CAUSE
OF
CONCERN
Vancouver
is
Worried
About
Herring
fleet
No
Relief
Yet-
Workers
Stay
Home
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
16
0,
As
fog
descended
again
over
the
city
and
harbor,
authorities
were
tense
because
the
herring
fleet
is
due
back
from
the
grounds
after
a
week's
run.
Shipyards
told
their
outside
workers
not
to
come
back
to
work
If
the
mist
Is
too
thick
and
It
was
estimated
that
the
fog
Is
costing
them
$10,000
a
day.
lng
on
New
Guinea,
came
bade
tn
Canada
where
he
became
an
Instructor
In
jungle
warfare,
fee
Is
at
present
attached
to
a
regl
ment
in
Prince
Rupert.
Reicft
s
Made
Real
Battleground;
Industrial
Centres
Under
Heavy
Fire
New
American
Landing
In
Philippine
Islands
Boldest
Amphibious
Stroke
So
Far
in
Pacific
War
Proves
Success
Great
Convoy
Used
.
ORMOC
IN
THE
PHILIPPINES,
Dec.
16
(CP)
American
troops
have
landed
on
southern
Mindoro.
island
within
155
miles
of
Manila,
the
Japanese-held
Philippine
capital.
The
Americans
went
ashore
on
Mindoro
yesterday
from
a
huge
20-mile-long
convoy
in
the
boldest
amphibious
stroke
of
the
Pacific
war.
The
action
was
completed
with
comparative
ease
and
little
loss.
But
prepara-
tioas
arc
being
made
for
violent
enemy
reacUon,
A
headquarters
communique
says
more
than
three
hundred
Japanese
planes
were
knocked
out
In
raids
which
began
the
day
before
the
Mindoro
landings.
Already,
the
Americans
have
established
three
strong
bridgehead
on
Mindoro.
Veterans
Are
Home
Five-War
Men
Overseas
Rack
In
Canada
On
Thirty-Day
Leave
.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
16
G
The
first
overseas
veterans
to
return
to
Canada
under
the
army's
new
rotation
leave
plan
are
back
In
the
Dominion.
Almost
every
section
of
the
country's
armed
forces
Is
represented
in
the
contingent
and
the
five-year
veterans
of
front
line
and
United
(Kingdom
service
are
happy
to
be
back
in
time
for
Christmas.
Several
hundred
of
those
on
leave
will
spend
thirty
days
at
home
before
returning
to
the
line
in
France
or
Italy.
With
the
army
came
large
numbers
of
R.C.A.F.
personnel
who
have
completed
operational
tours
and
there
arc
also
a
few
men
of
the
Royal
Cana
dian
Navy.
About
four
hundred
British
war
brides
of
Canadian
sol
diers,
many
of
them
with
young
children,
were
In
the
movement.
A
number
of
Canadian
war
correspondents
have
also
returned
from
the
fighting
fronts
to
spend
Christmas
with
their
families.
These
include
Peter
Stursberg
of
CBC.
Among
the
Canadian
soldiers
to
to
the
Dominion
on
-return
group
of
ten
will
sacrifice
their
languid
Sabbath
com
leave
are
two
recent
Victoria
Cross
winners
Major
David
Currie,
of
Moose
Jaw,
Saskatchewan,
and
Owen
Sound,
Ontario,
and
Major
John
Keefer
Mahoney,
of
New
Westminster,
British
Columbia.
Major
Currie
was
greeted
in
Toronto
by
his
wife,
who
was
celebrating
her
birthday
and
thought
her
husband's
return
wag
the
best
present
she
had
been
given
In
many
years.
The
Bulletins
CIVILIAN
PRODUCTION
FROZEN
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
War
Production
Board,
in
a
drastic
move
to
meet
vital
needs,
has
ordered
that
all
civilian
production
be
frozen
indefinitely
at
present
levels.
TIK
UP
STREET
CARS
VANCOUVER
Complete
tie-up
of
street
railway
facilities
in
Victoria,
Vancouver
and
New
Westminster
is
threaten-
ed
by
the
Street
Railwayman's-
Mannheim,
Ludwigshafen,
Cologne
and
Karlsruhe
Are
On
List
After
'
Smashing
of
Siegfried
Line
PARIS,
Dec.
16
(CP)
On
the
western
front,
Seventh
Army
units
forcing
their
way
into
the
German
Palatinate
are
engaging
outpost
bunkers
and
pillboxes
of
the
Siegfried
Line.
Thirty-five
miles
ahead
of
the
Seventh
Army
are
the
towns
of
Mannheim
and
Ludwigshafen
the
latter
incidentally,
hav
Treasure
Is
Dug
Up
Ralhp
Wilby
Had
Buried
Over
$300,000
of
Money
and
Securities
in
Back
Yard
Ma
Get
Leniency
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
10
More
than
$300,000
in
cash,
bonds
and
investment
securities
has
been
recovered
here,
most
of
It
being
dug
up
from
a
suburban
back
yard
in
Burnaby
during
the
past
week,
It
was
disclosed
when
Foreign
Exchange
Control
Board
lawyers
instituted
formali
ties
prior
to
removal
of
the
funds
to
New
York.
The
cash
and
bonds
were
tak
en
from
the
Isolated
yard
by
muel
Ilalpern,
New
York
at
t,07ne.3J;
BaainsiruEijonira
ih.
v,i;nn,i
!-,..
r
i
Tlvaipn
jitETTifllpTv
Board
hands
down
decisions
in
LVict0d
lnf
?Yo,rk
T,"
fd
.
-
flrppnu
pn
rwps
involving
azli.
a
recent
wage
dispute
before
i
.
f
.
.
.
.
January
4.
Approximately
2600
men
would
be
involved.
Dispute
centres
around
difference
in
pay
between
Esquimau
bus
drivers
and
the
com-panyt
TERRACE
ELECTION
TERRACE
Henry
Oliver,
lineman,
was
re-elected
to
the
village
council
in
the
annual
municipal
election
this
week.
He
defeated
Duncan
J.
Kerr,
partner
in
the
Little,
Haugh-land
and
Kerr
sawmill.
The
vote
was
52
to
38
with
five
spoiled
ballots.
V.
C.
WINNERS
HOME
TORONTO
Canada's
two
newest
Victoria
Cross
winners
Major
David
Currie
of
Moose
Jaw
and
Major
John
Malioney
of
New
Westminster
arrived
in
Toronto
by
plane
enroule
to
their
homes
1o
spend
Christmas
with
(heir
families.
NO
TURKEY
SHORTAGE
VANCOUVER
There
will
be
no
turkey
shortage
in
southern
British
Columbia.
Two
and
a
half
million
pounds
of
turkeys,
years.
The
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
froze
the
funds
after
Hal-pern
deposited
them
in
a
safety
deposit
box.
Wilby
was
extradited
to
New
York
last
spring
following
a
sensational
series
of
court
actions
in
Victoria
and
Vancouver
when
he
fought
extradition
and
claimed
that
he
was
kidnapped
by
United
States
detectives
and
taken
from
Victoria
to
Nanaimo.
In
New
York
Wilby
pleaded
guilty
to
larceny.
He
was
ac
cused
of
taking
money
by
frau
dulent
means
from
a
United
States
department
store
firm,
The
Province
said
In
a
news
page
story
that
New
York
auth
orities
are
understood
to
have
agreed
to
a
deal
under
which
Ralph
Wilby
will
be
given
concessions
for
returning
more
than
$300,000
of
the
money
and
securi
ties
to
the
large
United.States
chain
department
store
firm.
In
addition
to
the
grand
lar
ceny
charges,
on
which
he
was
arrested
In
Victoria
last
spring
and
extradited
to
the
United
ducks
arid
geese
are
arriving-
States
following
the
series
of
this
week-end.
court
actions,
Wilby
was
also
the
vehicles
reclaim
them.
Major
greeted
her
with
"Happy
Birthday,
darling."
Major
Mahoney,
who
won
the
V.C.
last
May
24
In
Italy,
has
already
left
by
plane
for
Vancouver.
He
says
that
all
he
wants
now
Is
rest.
WAR
NEWS
Invasion
of
Germany
PARIS
The
American
Seventh
Army
poured
more
troops
Into
las
four-pronged
invasion
of
Germany
today,
seizing
the
French
border
town
of
Lcutcrbourg,
only
two
miles
from
the
Rhine,
and
beating
against
the
first
pillboxes
of
the
Siegfried
Line
in
Havana.
German
artillery
reacted
violently.
Japs
Collopse
in
North
Burma
NEW
DELHI
The
last
Japanese
resistance
in
north
central
Burma
before
the
new
Chinese
and
Allied
drive
has
collapsed.
Battle
of
Italy
ROME
Canadian
forces
of
the
Eighth
Army
have
enlarged
their
Naviglio
River
bridgehead
to
three
thousand
yards
while
British
and
Polish
forces
have
renewed
their
attacks
southwest
of
Fanza,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
central
figure-
in
an
alleged
kid
napping
and
flight
from
Victoria
LONDON,
n-
Less
than
half
the
forgetful
travellers
who
leave
belongings
in
London
Transport
to
Nanaimo.
The
Province
said
the
prison
terms
would
likely
be
reduced
from
six
to
a
possible
20
years'
Imprisonment
to
tow
years
and
Wilby
would
get
$10,500
to
rehabilitate
himseir
and
free
tickets
to
Africa
for
himself
and
his
wife.
Nine
months
of
a
two-year
term
are
now
almost
passed
since
the
sentence
would
date
from
the
time
of
arrest
in
Victoria
last
March.
ADVANCE
BY
CANADIANS
Have
Established
Bridgehead
Across
Canal
in
Italy
and
it
i.i!..
m
t
ing
been
pounded
last
night
uy
the
Royal
Air
Force.
With
the
Seventh
Army's
entry
Into
the
Reich,
six
Allied
armies
now
are
fighting
on
German
soil,
four
American,
one
British
and
One
Canadian.
The
American
First
and
Ninth
Armies,
first
of
four
American
armies
to
break
into
Germany,
are
drawn
up
along
the
Roer
River
fifteen
miles
beyond
Aachen
where
the
Siegfried
Line
was
first
broken
in
September.
The
American
Third
Army,
which
crashed
into
the
Indus
trial
Saarland
last
month.
Is
hacking
its
way
slowly
forward
in
the
first
works
of
the
Siegfried
fortifications'.
The
Canadian
First
Army
spearhead
is
thrust
Into
Ger
many
east
of
Nijmegen,
Holland,
but
no
action
was
reported
today
from
that
sector
or
else
where
on
the
British
and
Canr
adlart
sectors.
The
Germans
said
"that
the
Sevntli
Armv
ar-
Important
By
-Election
Fate
of
General
McNaughton
In
Grey
.North
Will
be
Watched
With
Interest
Bracken
May
.
Run
OWEN
OUND,
Ont,
Dec.
16
tffi
-The
most
important
by-elec
tion
In
Canada
since
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Meighen
was
defeated
In
Yorksmouth
by
J.
W.
Nosworthy
of
the
C.C.F.
in
1941,
Is
slowly
taking
shape.
The
by-election
is
set
for
February
5
In
Ontario's
Grey
North
constituency
and
It
will
see
Defence
Minister
Mc-
Naughton
contesting
the
seat
with
a
Progressive
Conservative
candidate
and
possibly
a
representative
of
the
C.C.F.
General
McNaughton
arrived
In
Owen
Sound
yesterday
to
discuss
election
campaign
problems
with
local
Liberal
officials.
He
will
return
to
Ottawa
tonight.
Meanwhile,
the
Progressive
Conservative
nominee,
Mayor
Garfield
Case
of
Owen
Sound,
says
that
he
has
heard
rumors
that
the
leader
of
his
party,
John
Bracken,
might
ask
him
to
stand
down
so
that
Mr.
Bracken
could
run
against
General
McNaughton.
Mr.
Case
said
he
thought
these
reports
were
"merely
ru
mors."
He
added
that
he
had
heard
nothing
along
that
line
from
party
headquarters
and
in
tended
to
continue
his
organiza
tional
plans.
Some
months
ago
it
was
announced
that
Bracken
might
run
In
the
riding
of
Neep-
awa,
Manitoba.
In
the
province
he
led
as
premier
for
20
years.
Mayor
Case
said
last
night
that
he
had
also
heard
that
the
C.C.F.
party
Is
going
to
leave
the.
field
to
the
old
line
parties
"to
battle
it
out."
There
has
been
no
comment
from
C.C.F.
headquarters.
Civic
Centre
Bylaw
ROME,
..o
r,
Dec.
,a
16
OV
o
Canadians
a,
i
'
...
.
n
i
T
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
have
In
Victoria
raSSCti
established
a
bridgehead
west)
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
16
KB
of
the
steeply-banked
Naviglio
'
Numerous
plebiscites
and
refer-Canal
northeast
of
Bagnacavallo
'
enda
were
passed
on
by
the
cltl-and
are
holding
It
against
strong
I
zens
of
British
Columbia
cities
opposition,
headquarters
an-
j
and
villages
when
they
went
to
nounced
yesterday.
The
advance
'
the
polls
on
Thursday
to
choose
was
made
by
the
same
forces
j
civic
of
flclals
not
named
by
ac-who
smashed
across
the
Lamone
clamatlon
In
the
nominations
River
west
of
Ravenna
last
Sun-1
on
Monday.
In
Victoria
a
$150,-,day
through
still
German
re-,
000
civic
centre
bylaw
was
ap-
slstance.
I
proved
1