nr
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w
um.i
I
im
v
FLOW
"
RIAL
RITE
IN
ITALY
r
.
jdun
(tsht-.i.c:f
,.v-
4!
ba'tir
.ff
u"i,
irod
abroad
onlvcd
them
and
today
Uiere
are
scv-it
by
the
Canadians
for
their
buddies
who
Hi
rr
is
shown
Major
the
Rev.
C.
II.
Durn-'
padre
of
the
Sea
forth
Highlander,
con-:ie
regiment's
cemetery
on
the
brink
of
GES
The
dl-'
"W
from
ftfiv
chan-
wfs-.
is
now
Uittit-tc
town
of
86.-t
i
iievol-r
bury
the
Says
Station
Is
igUp
Again
v
Prune
f
.r-'hiii
savs
i
rolislll-f
pttmlpal
!'
at'iun
of
srter
under
f
war
HON
iVE
rrlme
Minister
Urardinj
0
Hcrlln
'""
The
Her
'
1
Prrmler
Japanese
Diet
'ion
of
t:
'
ave
In
thc
T
wa;.
mak
1
:
ament
on
Take
g
Jap
ons
l.t:
h
22
r
irn
Rurma
l
:r-l
J.in
g"is
ay
L
Cuprebum.
key
;
Valley.
MSTRUCT
HTERS
'
war
'k
llhnl
VILUII
i
.
rn-A
t.
-
v
o,
111,
"
""unterj
built
in
acivpru
t
w
wrk
here."
'VN.ti'i
i,
.
'k
riiitvtvx..
,V,(ly
that
.W
Iron,
-"ur
rrovin,.
Bulletins
CAKL
JOHNSON
DIES
Carl
JohnMiti,
former
mcII
known
butiiin
man
and
hotel
owner
ol
Prince
Kuprit,
pas-rd
away
suddenly
In
Vancouver
at
(lie
ace
of
56
year.
He
is
mourned
by
lib
widow
and
son,
Carl,
and
dauthttr,
Mr.
Ihrlma
Caratron.
He
alvo
has
1
Mrr
amrnlrce
In
i
Norway
and
a
mall
cianddaujchter,
Patricia
Cameron,'
in
Prince
l
J
u
niciiii
'
alo
rtrtt
to
learn
fl
his
.
"
-
place
In
Vancouver
Saturday.
.MOStll'ITOIlS
OUT
AGAIN
.MovUito
bombers
were
out
over
(in
many
for
Hie
twelfth
stralcht
night,
also
fating
mines
in
enemy
waters.
All
returned
safely.
Da)
light
bomber
were
out
over
Germany
again
today
and
struck
at
Berlin
for
the
lint
time
since
.March
9.
JAPS
IN
INDIA
Japanese
troops
have
driven
aero
the
Iturma
border
into
India,
and
are
advancing
at
several
points
along
a
100
mile
front.
A
dispatch
from
thc
southeast
Asia
Command
says
that
action
has
begun
to
drive
back
the
invaders.
t
si:cond
rito.vr
staktid
General
Iternard
Montgomery
declared
today
that
thc
Allies
had
already
started
the
second
front
by
the
Intni-slve
bombing
campaign
to
solten
up
German
defences
In
western
liuropc.
I
'INLAND
KKSPONSHU.i:
Finland
on
Tuesday
having
announced
rejection
of
Kus-sian
armistice
terms,
.Moscow
said
today
that
the
refusal
places
full
responsibility
for
the
consequences
on
thc
Finnish
government.
M.W
ZI-I.NIKKS
ADVANCi:
In
the
Italian
fighting
New
Zealand
troops
of
the
Fifth
Army
in
hand-to.li.nul
fight-Inr
arc
making
slow
but
steady
progress
In
the
southern
section
or
Casslno.
Woody
fighting
ranges
Into
the
hills
to
the
west
of
the
town
from
which
30
pieces
of
German
artillery
and
many
mortars
rained
shells
Into
the
town.
I
tl
1
M
A
N
I
A
-1
IU
N
G
A
K
V
FIGHT
A
miniature
war
Is
raging
rn
thc
Hungarian-Rumanian
border
between
German-Rumanian
and
Hungarian
troops.
Three
divisions
of
German
I
mops
have
penetrated
Into
Hungary
on
the
southeast
border,
and
according
to
a
German
news
dispatch,
the
Hungarian
government
has
resigned
following
the
arrival
of
the
German
divisions.
fa.
o
6
HALIBUT
FISHING
REGULATIONS-
to
Open
on
April
15:
ior
Area
Increased;
it
ear
Completely
Banned
iSett.
April
15,
the
Mime
as
in
1U4.!,
a
the
date
for
the
oneninir
of
the
Pacific
halibut
fihi
and
announcing
five
important
changes
in
regular
I
lions
to
covern
the
fishing
this
year,
Pacific
halibut
fishery
regulations
for
If)
14
have
jiift
ken
made
I
public
They
arc
contained
and
elaborated
upon
in
a
tjtewcr.
issued
yesterday
af-
uie
oiikc
or
a.
w
Nicxcrson
of
Prince
Ruoert.
chairman
of
the
commit.
'"Wnt
clunges
in
mic
ji'Buidiivfis
arc
as
1
01-
lows
TU.-
r.u-h
limit
for
Area
No.
i
is
increased
from
23,000.000
to
2J,500,000
pound,
that
for
Area
No.
3
remaining
at
27.500.
000
pound.
I
The
provision
a
to
the
mln-
J
i,11-1
ry
n'rr,
f.l1'
"
j""'
inc
measure
will
be
20
Inches
instead
of
five
pounds,
13
ouncc
The
departure
of
vessels
to
the
halibut
fUhlng
ground
at
me
Beginning
ol
the
fishing
season
1
limited
in
Area
1
and
2
to
three
days
and
In
Areas
3
and
4
to
five
day
before
the
openlng
date.
1
he
use
of
dory
gear,
which
was
previously
prohibited
only
In
Areas
1
and
2,
is
prohibited
in
all
cases.
The
prohibition
of
thc
retcn-
lion
of
halibut
caught
by
set
ntt,
is
extended
to
include
halibut
caucht
bv
anv
tvnr
nf
'
"
'
'
The
Commission
states
that
the
Increase
in
the
Area
2
catch
limit
was
granted
in
accordance
!
Wtm
JU
U-Hrume
policy
of
tak
-
ma
i
mm
eaen
area
as
mucn
.
.
I
lit....
il
1
!
uaiiout
as
poAsioic
wiuioui
un
pairing
the
supply
and
the
yield
therefrom
in
the
immediate
future,
even
though
thU
will
delay
thc
rebuilding
of
thc
stocks
to
thc
levels
at
which
the
maximum
permanent
yield
will
be
obtained.
As
a
result
of
thc
increase,
landings
of
halibut
from
all
areas
In
1944
arc
expected
to
exceed
53.000,000
pounds,
at
least
10.000,000
pounds
more
than
thc
unrestricted
halibut
fishery
was
able
to
catch
the
year
before
regulation
began
and
about
20,000.000
pounds
more
than
thc
fishery
would
now
be
able
to
produce
If
it
had
been
allowed
to
continue
its
unregulated
course.
The
change
In
the
manner
of
stating
the
minimum
legal
size
limit,
from
that
of
weight
to
that
of
length,
was
made
at
thc
request
of
the
fishermen
who
found
It
difficult
to
determine
the
weights
of
halibut
acrurnte-
CUT
OFF
SOFIA
Balkans
In
Spotlight
Hitler
Putting
Pressure
on
Hungary,
Bulgaria
and
Rumania.
LONDON.
.March
21
The
(icrmaus
were
reported
Tuesday
night
to
have
taken
over
communication
centres
In
Sofia,
Bulgarian
capital,
while
other
Nails
developed
the
occupation
of
Hungary
where
Adolf
Hitler
was
said
to
be
manoeiiverlng
to
set
up
a
quisling
regime.
The
reported
move,
perhaps,
pressages
a
full
scale
drive
into
Bulgaria,
Occupation
of
Hum
an
la
may
also
lirad
off
n
move
of
Premier
Antonescu
to
seek
peace
wtii
Uiusln.
G.
A.
McMillan,
superintendent
of
Canadian
National
Steamships.
Vancouver,
arrlvrd
in
the
city
this
morning
on
U
Temperature
Local
Tides
Thursday,
March
23
39
High
0:32
212
feet
12:40
22.7
feet
31
Low
6:38
4.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
19:01
1.9
feet
Eiii,
o
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
22,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Germans
Trapped
At
Odessa
-
':
at
wa.
Al
ieugth,
can
d?
imin
JZS
"
KT
'
f
men
to
avoW
onlBtonUonai
'
"
"
...
.I
.
.
L7
nZT
.ZT
Zl
wvvc
war
i
water
alive
TO
KKDUCE
run-
SI-.ASON
FISHING
Limiting
the
number
of
days
durlnff
which
vIk
All
ho
,tmr.
mUt5
rt
'or
the
fSa-
'.
"K
oi
"
fishing
season
w1U
reduce
pre-seaaon
fishing
that
occasskmally
occurred
in
spite
lol
tle
efforts
of
patrol
vessels,
The
departure
Derlod
allod
for
the
different
areas
are
am-
pie
to
enable
the
vessels
to
reach
toe
fishing
grounds
be-
fore
the
opening
of
the
season
and
will
not
Interfere
with
le-
gittmate
fishing
operations.
The
use
of
dory
fishing
gear
has
been
prohibited
in
Areas
1
and
2
since
1935.
a
a
protection
to
small
Immature
hattbut.
The
extension
of
this
prohibi
tton
to
all
areas
gives
the
same
protection
to
the
small
halibut
In
Areas
3
and
4.
,
Extension
of
the
prohibition
of
the
retention
of
halibut
caught
In
set
nets
to
nets
of
all
typ
s
made
necessary
by
j
e
rapid
growth
of
the
trawl
turnery
ior
uuunurr
ana
soie
.L.
1
U
the
kA
fVkm
ml
1
union
1
W
has
1
'
1
t
Maple
Leafs-
:
Hawks
Winners
MOV1UEAL.
Ma
ch
22.
f
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
defeated
Montreal
three
;
to
one,
and
Chicago
Black
Hwk
wen
over
Detroit
f
twj
to
one
in
the
first
H
"is
las;
nizht
of
the
1
:-!nah
l:i
the
Nation-
al
Ilcckey
League
play-offs.
.
?f;!n
both
cases,
the
result!
4
it
c
upaetj
from
general
moeciatlon.
ri
(
ome
over
L
.
.
ff
fHM
.
C
m
i
'i
a
m
a
v
i
I
m
i
tt
j
a
V
a
V
alR
I
1
Ufi
ruAlM
5fl
1
tVIH
'
,
inn.ti,.:..
..
.
.
INDIAN
REMANDED
n
'p
d
S
Knel
Coroner
W.
M.
Skinner
;D2nl,""fc,lt"e",,0pnlteUf
murder
by,
n-hiph
hoon'traml
fl)un
fnr
talik..
....t
.
.
...
v
-
.
.
.
-
-
watching
with
concern
for
some
Ume.
The
increasing
Interest
In
halibut
displayed
by
some
of!
the
trawlers
and
their
avowed
;
inmuwn
w
tn
tor
nauoui
made
thc
trawl
fishery
a
serious
threat
to
thc
maintenance
of
thc
halibut
fishery.
The
peculiar
suitability
of
trawls
for
fishing
on
the
relatively-
shallow,
smooth-bottomed
banks
and
bays
where
small,
immature
halibut
are
usually
found
has
been
demonstrated
throughout
the
world.
Trawl
gear
is
capable
of
catching
halibut
far
below
thc
sires
that
ran
be
caught
with
the
long-line
gear
used
in
the
Pacific
halibut
fishery.
In
the
Ireland
trawl
fishery,
31
per
rent
by
weight
of
the
I9J6
German
trawlers'
halibut
catch
consisted
of
fish
less
than
two
pounds
In
weight.
mm.
-
-
.
LONDOW.
March
22-An
estl-
.mated
lfio
Nail
raiders
were
otr
London
iiut
nht
-n,,
dropped
incendiaries
and
hleh
explosives.
Casualties
were
quite
numerous
and
damage
consid
Anu-aircrau
tire
wai
Intense
and
at
least
six
enemy
planes
were
shot
down.
Ine
development
of
a
traw
tlfairy
for
halibut
is
consider
ed
to
be
undesirable
torn
U
standpoint
of
conservation.
The
grqunds
on
which
small
halibut
occur
are
too
scattered
to
peonit
effective
closure,,
.of
them.
Trawling
for
halibut
is
unnecessary
from
the
stand
point
of
production
because
the
present
halibut
fleet
is
more
(than
able
to
take
care
of
the
nannuc
rairn
nmirx
ttiiiji
a
-
.H,Kl
Vt
11UU
KVUtU
increase
the
destruction
of
small,
unmarketable
halibut
without
lncreaslnc
the
market-
able
catch.
It
would
undoubtcd-
ty
retard,
ana
nossiy
prevent,
the
rebuilding
of
the
supply
of
halibut
to
the
point
where
the
maximum
permanent
annual
View
WOU1Q
DC
ODlamCd.
It
would
also
reduce
the
length
of
the
Area
2
season
which
may
j
1
ready
be
too
short
for
the
most
effective
utilisation
of
that
stock.
Furthermore,
the
needless
entry
of
trawl
gear
into
the
halibut
fishery
would
seriously
interfere
with
the
Commission's
biological
and
administrative
control
of
thc
fishery
(Continued
on
page
4i
Yank
s
PRINCE
GEORGE
MURDERTRIAL
Inquest
Into
Finlay
Forks
Double
Killing
Concluded
With
Open
Verdict.
PRINCE
GEORGE,
March
22
(Special
to
Daily
Newt)
Alex
Prince,
aged
23.
Fort
Si
James
Indian,
waa
remanded
for
eight
days
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
George
Milburn
In
provincial
police
court
upon
separate
charges
that
he
"on
or
about
February
23
unlawfully
did
murder"
Hans
Pfeuffcr.
43.
and
t0TK
"appers,
15
days
before
their
.
bodies
were
found
frozen
nan
rtvat
Ija
vkmi
Ihnl.
UUFC;
rabin
TliP
nrliminarv
hparfnc?
iwas
adjourned
until
March
28.
The
formal
charges
against!
Prince
were
read
two
hours
be-!
fewp
an
I
person
or
persons
unknown
were
rcturned
by
the
coroner's
Jury
Investigating
the
deaths
of
tnc
two
trappers
who
were
shot
to
death
two
weeks
aer
near
thc
looted
cabin
from
which
:
i.ooo
or
lurs
were
missing.
D0UKH0B0RS
IN
CUSTODY
Also
One
White
Man
Charged
twin
Arson
as
a
Result
.
of
Recent
Disorders.
BRILLIANTA$Sarch
12
-rU
J.
Cleeton
of
Brilliant
was
arrested
on
an
arson
charge
and
James
Posdnikoff
and
William
Koochln
on
unlawful
assembly
charges
by
the
provincial
police.
Cleeton.
station
agent
at
Bril
liant,
who
Is
not
a
Doukhobor.
was
cnargea
in
connection
wun
a
school
fire
last
Friday.
Pozdnikoff
and
Koochln,
lead
lng
members
of
the
radical
sons
of
Freedom
Doukhobors.
were
charged
In
connection
with
a
disturbance
Thursday
when
fanatics
attemDied.
without
enrrpss
fn
rrl
tntn
thA
hnmP
nf
Jonn
verlgln.
leader
of
the
or
thodox
Doukhobors.
Marching
Sons
of
Freedom
;
are
reported
to
have
returned!
to
Krestova.
I
Assistant
Commissioner
of
Police
Shiran
has
arrived
here,
j
jt
Bussaiucn
reiurnea
to
me
rlty
thi
mornlng
from
a,
trip
'
Vancouver.
BRITISH
1SLEP
STORING
UP
FOR
INVASION
OF
ETROPE
All
sections
of
the
British
Isles
arc
being
utilized
as
storage
points
as
the
tas
;
of
preparing
for
the
ultimate
invasion
of
Nail
Europe
goes
on
with
methodical
precision
and
accuracy.
This
photograph
shows
a
quiet
country
lano
in
Brltnin,
along
which
are
thou
nds
of
tons
of
shells
stored
In
bays
awaiting
the
day
when
they
will
be
used
wJth
deadly
cftecUveness
against
the
enemy.
Russians
Sweeping
On
Into
Bessarabia;
Only
Thirty
Miles
To
Prut
LONDON,
March
22
(CP)
The
Russians,
sweeping
into
Bessarabia
on
a
50-mile
front,
cut
the
Cer-nai
Jaltzy
railway
on
Tuesday
and
captured
40
villages,
advancing
to
within
30
miles
of
the
Prut
Rive,
from
which
the
Nazis
launched
their
1941
invasion.
The
Russians
also
captured
Drokiya,
20
miles
from
one
German
escape
i
railway
from
southern
Russia,
thereby
developing
a
threat
to
pocket
scores
of
thousands
of
Germans
In
the
Odessa
bottleneck.
N"
MOVE-
Make
Rome
Open
City
Would
Place
Responsibility
For
Bombing
Entirely
on
Allies.
LONDON.
March
22
The
German-controlled
Rome
radio
announced
today
Uiat
the
Germans
would
withdraw
all
mili
tary
Installations
from
Rome
and
divert
all
military
traffic
from
the
city
In
an
effort
to
place
responsibility
for
bombing
entirely
on
the
Allies.
ENEMY
OFFENSIVI
JAPS
CROSS
'INTO
INDIA
Sma.,
Raidint
rarties
Make
.Move
Nip
Attack
on
South
Burma
Repulsed.
NEW
DELHI,
March
22
O
Japanese
troops
which
started
an
offensive
in
northern
Burma
several
days
ago
have
crossed
Ik.
k.J..
f
yAt-
,r,.
Itrited
Into
Manlpur
State
In
several
daces
alone
a
100
mile
fr0nt.
The
enemy
forces
are
said
to
consist
only
of
small
raiding
parties
and
will
be
promptly
dealt
with.
The
Allies
repuisea
a
com-
paratlvely
heavy
Japanese
at-
(ac
m
the
Mungdawthedaung
area
to
the
southern
end
of
the
Burma
front.
In
Another
Landing
Capture
Of
Island
Puts
Them
Within
Land
Bomb
Range
Of
Key
Truk
Base
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
i
PACIFIC,
March
22
(CP)
The
Americans,
with
i
landing
forces,
captured
Emirau
Island
of
the
St.
Matthias
group,
northwest
of
New
Ireland,
on
Sun?
I
dav
and
American
battleships,
dropped
one
thous
and
tons
of
shells
on
Kavieng,
headquarters
announ-
red
Wednesday.
Occupatlon
of,
Emirau
places
the
Allies
with
in
bombing
range
of
Truk.
key
Japanese
Pacific
base.
Allied
headquarters
in
thc
Southwest
Pacific
announced
Tuesday
that
many
hundreds
of
Japanese
troops
and
ship
crew
members
were
tost
and
the
Allies
lost
three
planes
when
the
Allied
planes
sank
five
ships
of
a
Japanese
convoy,
including
two
vessels
loaded
with
troops,
off
Wewak,
Japanese
base
in
New
Guinea.
No
More
Beer
For
Province
VANCOUVFR,
March
21,
JA
shortage
of
malt
pre-
vents
the
increasing
of
(he
beer
quota,
W.
F.
Kennedy,
commissioner
of
the
Liquor
Control.
Board
of
British
Columbia,
reported
last
night
following
a
confer-
ence
with
British
Columbia
brewery
representatives.
Mr.
Kennedy
said
the
pres-
ent
quotas
would
be
con-
tlnued
In
spite
of
the
lift-
ing
of
federal
restrictions.
AT
CASSLNO
GRIM
and:
CRITICAL
LONDON.
Marrh
21
(P
Ths
situation
at
Casslno.
where
the
campaign
in
Ttaly
is
now
centred
is
'grim
and
critical
it
was
announced
today.
There
Is
still
fierce
battling
for
possession
of
the
battered
Continental
Hote!
New
Zealand
troops
are
making
slow
but
steady
progress
in
hand
to
hand
fighting.
Berlin
Attack
.
Resumed
Today
LONDON,
March
22
0
Am
erican
bombers
returned
today
to
thc
attack
on
Berlin,
striking
at
the
German
capital
for
the
first
Ume
since
March
9.
They
dropped
100
tons
of
bombs.
Mosquito
bombers
attacked
Ger-
many
for
the
twelfth
straight
night
COMMANDS
IN
ITALY
WITH
CANADIANS
IN
ITALY.
March
22
R
Lieutenant
General
Tommy
Burns
has
been
appointed
commander
of
the
Canadian
Corps
In
Italy,
succeeding
Lieut.
Oeneral
II.
D.
O.
Crerar,
who
has
taken
over
command
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
In
Britain,
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