t
Russia
to
Use
of
Prince
Rupert
t
VrinrP
Ilunert's
joint
committee
to
muin-
at
the
dry
oock
inay
resuu
in
inis
port
Substantial
increase
in
recognition
as
a
'i
J,.n'f
j-pntrf'
for
Russian
v
1s.
mil
UNO
ii
1
1
Ulll"li
"
Netherlands
,
w
:
C
jrrespoudent
CANADIAN
rr
.
Vini
onri
Hon.
i
u:.J
while
British
j
j,
nnrlrr
fieri.
-
,
,
remand
cleared
J
fnm
virtually
an
1
C
o
Armor-
.
dw
operating
-
E.i.ie
it
was
t
:i
Infantry
:e
Bf
and
Arm-,..
i.;:nady
been
'.
leral
region
:n
I
'-ir.ry
Div-:
::ted
in
the
C
-dian
tanks
ur?
"TwatinR
east
i
r
ached
the
rerai
points;
u.
-J-
the
prcv
idv.:n;:e
the
Firs'
w
have
cut
1
1
i
r
mini
f
mi
in
ii
iwect
uie
Hague
1
k
Jill
W111L11
1
has
been
t
i
t.
.
'in
nn(
ft
Ancn
lr
of
German
i.
:r
,
eastward
i
ni
ran
lira
.it
capital
of
Slovakia,
Marshal
Stalin.
ClUKtt
livi
ip
it
Tli-
Jl
I
nt
uatiuuai
campaign
has
cx-
110,000,000
objec-
ll.onn
APlM'CI'flh
j
Seven
hundred
tiH
.
I
j
1
Argentina,
'
It
BOMBING
Tl.
......
(ruicd
a
rrriinl
f
i
ions
of
bombs
in
'i
tarficts
in
Ger-
Air
Mitiicif..
mmiM.
-.1.1.
MIS
"
niiHH
III-
viuaaian
bomber
ll'c
It-CA.!'.
was
"e
best
March
aai
i4
years.
:ll
1
V
I,'
I,
n
.
Icduratioit,
at
its
'"iniioii
Jicrc
Tucs-
tril
j.
u.
1CSOIIIIIOII
"HiMinient
or
a
health
department
iiversity
of
British
"e
resolution
rc-
a
audience
with
"f
Lducation
Perry
alter,
l;
,....
iimiui
r.
I
Vl;i
.
'nn
i
30U.)Olllll
ftmoved
by
burglars
nil.
m
i
,
.'luuuiitin
cirug
"as
not
been
found.
irn
n.
j
......
"oiiuucs,
sauo
lul
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luncls.
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Old
us
will
voics
in
llie
inniv
..
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.
vv
II
lf.il
WU
)C
Ut
U'C
Unilril
N.
rrf"w
In
San
Fran.
"eeisiun
not
to
ask
-
vm-s
was
made
r"l
Uooscvelt.
Mow-les
iw,i
i.
.i
s
Promise
to
miiiixiH
vuilPvl
r..
.
.
.
!
ill
the
iinmi.t.wi
"ussia
will
ask
cxira
lh
Ukrainian
anil
"
OUV1CIS.
Ottawa:
draths-durin
tfat
Jauvb
j
-
Sulle
thus
11
A
I
Ml
I
I
TIM
II
at
luuawa
Eivina,.
'.ijn
t
i
5
.
RuperfS-,
-cV&ship
i
iTincc
Kuperi-
V,
v
Aha:
they
be
more
fully
q
Ooy
Russian
ships.
Ti
reily
was
received
"Tj
lng
by
Mayor
H.
M.
V-
chairman
of
the
ct
j,
V
from
Lt.-Col
F.
Tin,
.,Jta.
Commercial
Couosettor
;
Soviet
embassy
at
j
the
"We
fully
appreciate
that
the
port
of
Erlnce
Rupert
1
the
nearest
Pacific
coast
wort
4.
Twa
bridgeheads
t0
the
Soviet
Union.
How-
hcr)
!
rlerday
oy
,
rvpr
as
un
Vinvn
ni
IHo
of
,Pj
yt
the
Twcnte
;
the
facilities
of
this
port
for
the
shipment
of
our
cargos,
any
information
you
would
be
good
enough
to
submit
would
be
greatly
valued
such
information
which
concerns
docks
and
cranes
for
handling
cargo,
railroad
aids
for
the
delivery
of
shipment
to
this
port,
availability
of.
longshoremen,
also
the
port's
customs
and
tariffs
lor
handling
cargos.
"We
would
be
thankful.
Indeed
for
your
kind
assistance
In
facilitating
repairs
to
Russian
vessels
as
it
is
quite
possible
that,
after
their
completion,
other
ships
will
be
sent
for
repairs."
j
PRISONERS
ARE
TREATED
BADLY
Liberated
Britons
and
Canadians
Tell
of
llarrowin;
Experiences
SIBGBNHA1N.
Germany.
April
4
r
When
Allied
troops
captured
a
prison
camp
near
the
Ger-
the
recent
man
town
of
Siegenham.
they
ted
Jt
may
liberated
more
than
1200
British
'
Ruhrlo.
six
Twen;e
canal,
w,
captured
pc
tacular
3
Holland
'
.lr
:
east
of
jested
by
the
and
Dominion
troops.
The
Germans
had
marched
these
prisoners
by
forced
stages
all
the
way
from
Breslau,
300
miles
away,
in
an
attempt
to
prevent
their
liberation
by
advancing
Russian
:
forces.
Exhaustion
caused
many
rOKTUGAL
AND
JAPAN
LONDON
Reports
that
Portugal
has
declared
war
on
Japan
are
discounted
although
Portugal
may
take
action
to
protect
her
Pacific
Interests.
U.000
VILNNUSL
lli;CUTi:i)
BIUSNt:,
Switzerland
Travellers
from
the
German
frontier
say
that
(he
Nails
have
executed
6,000
persons
in
the
Vienna
area
for
defeatism,
sabotage,
and
demonstrations.
This
re-iwrt
from
Berne,
Switzerland,
is
without
confirmation.
HLPBUKN
I.LAIiLB
AGAIN
'OKONTO
Mitrhcll
V.
Hepburn
is
back
at
the
nelm
of
the
Ontario
Liberal
parly.
Mr.
Hepburn,
who
led
the
parly
to
success
at
the
polls
in
1S31
and
1337,
was
re-appointed
Ontario
Liberal
leader
by
a
large
caucus
of
the
party.
FLATLY
IUUIXTLI)
WASHINGTON
A
Russian
demand
that
Poland's
present
i
Warsaw
covernnient
be
invited
V,.
:
....,1.1
lu
llie
sail
iraiiiiMM
security
conference
has
been
turned
down
flatly
by
Britain
and
the
United
States.
Diplomats
in
Washington
interpret
the
Soviet
move
as
an
effort
to
jam
the
Moscow-sponsored
regime
down
the
throats
of
the
oilier
Allies.
TO
HANDLi;
LAY-OFFS
OTTAWA
Plans
are
now
being
laid
in
Ottawa
to
handle
any
post-war
lay-off
rush
and
in
this
connection
the
government
job
control
organization
plans
to
establish
emergency
offices
in
every
major
Canadian
city.
National
Selective
Service
intends
to
r:
emergency
offices
in
all
the
larger
cities.
"VICTORY-
VOTE
ASKLD
OTTAWA
Finance
Minis-ler
Ilsley
is
asking
Ihc
House
of
Commons
to
vote
$2,000,000,000
in
a
combined
appropriation
and
mutual
aid
.H1
designed
to
cover
the
first
five
mcnlhs
of
the
1915-4G
fiscal
year.
In
announcing
the
war
appropriation,
Mr.
Ilsley
also
staled
that
victory
in
Europe
is
"certain"
and
that
the
end
of
hostilities
on.
that
continent
are,
in
his
own
words,
"reasonably
near."
Canadian
Warships
In
Pacific
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
79.
Will
Be
More
Than
Mere
Task
Forte,
Minister
of
Navy
AnnouncesTwo
Cruisers
Already
OTTAWA,
April
4
Canada's
naval
force
In
the
Pacific
war
w
ill
be
more
than
a
mere
token
force.
Navy
Minister
MacDonald
told
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
Canada's
second
cruiser
the
Ontario
will
be
assigned
to
Pacific
waters
to
Join
the
Canadian
cruiser
Uganda,
which
is
already
in
the
Pacific
under
command
of
Capt.
E.
L.
Mainguy.
Canada
acquired
the
Uganda
from
the
British
Navy,
and
the
Ontario
now
is.
being
built
at
Belfast.
Two
aircraft
carriers
will
also
be
sent
if
arrangements
can
be
made
for
thelf
acquisition.
Long
Diplomatic
Silence
Is
Ended
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
April
4
More
than
a
quarter
century
of
diplomatic
silence
between
Brazii
and
Soviet
Russia
is
at
an
end.
The
ambassadors
representing
those
two
nations
in
Washington
have
exchanged
notes
that
have
re-established
relations
between
the
countries.
W.T.H.
OFFERS
$5,000
TOWARD
NEW
SIDEWALKS
But
Offer
Puts
City
Counril
In
Quandary
Financial
assistance
to
the
extent
of
$5,000
to
assist
in
build
ing
sidewalks
on
Sixth
Ave.
E.
and
Hays
Cove
Ave.
has
been
of-
M
ercd
Vi
the
city
byWarttme
Housing
Limited
and
aldermen
arc
wondering
how
Ahey
can
!
avail
themselves
of
the
offer.
!
Their
quantary
is
this:
War-!
time
Housing
Limited
has
agreed
to
assist
financially
in
building
the
much
needed
sidewalks
If
the
city
will
give
approval
to
cer
tain
subdivision
plans
for
the
Rushbrook
Heights
housing
pro
ject
which
the
company
requires
to
file
at
the
land
registry
office.
Lacking
the
professional
ap
proval
or
the
city
engineer,
city
council
has
so
far
been
unable
to
approve
the
plans
although
ald
ermen
at
last
night's
council
meeting
and
at
the
meeting
prior
Indicated
their
willingness
to
have
the
matter
cleared
up.
City
Engineer
O.
S.
Hancs
has
definitely
stated
that
In
order
to
give
approval
to
the
subdivslon
plans
he
must
examine
profile
drawings
of
the
area
and
these
have
never
been
submitted
to
him.
"If
we
haven't
the
authority
to
approve
the
plan,
how
are
we
going
to
accept
the
offer?"
an
alderman
lamented.
Council
decided
to
meet
with
G.
M.
Christie,
Wartime
Housing
surveyor,
in
commiuee
oi
me
whole
on
Friday
night
to
ithrasn
the
matter
out.
Wartime
Housing
is
anxious
to
have
the
plans
filed
witn
inc
Registrar
of
Lands
to
protect
the
rights
of
several
property
owners
who
turned
land
over
to
the
Crown
company
on
the
agreement
that
it
or
similar
land
would
be
returned
to
them
when
the
housing
project
was
discontinued,
council
was
Informed.
Wartime
Housing
has
indicat
ed
that
if
the
city
wm
grant
approval
to
the
subdivision
plans
the
company
will
contribute
$5,070
toward
the
cost
of
building
sidewalks
In
the
areas
along
Sixth
Ave.
E.
and
Hays
Cove
Ave.
However,
the
city
would
be
res
ponsible
lor
actual
construction
peace.
of
the
sidewalks.
COUNCIL
SEEKS
NEW
AGREEMENT,
ON
AMBULANCE
In
an
effort
to
achieve
more
economical
operation
of
the
city
ambulance
city
council
last
night
approved
a
report
of
the
ambulance
committee
that
W.
Bcrgey,
the
present
operator,
has
been
given
one
month's
notice
and
that
tenders
are
being
called
for
a
new
agreement.
Mr.
Bergey
has
been
invited
to
submit
a
northern-aht-central
British
Columbia's
newspaper
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
4,
1945
War
News
Highlights
British
Fleet
Massing
TOKYO
It
is
reported
here
that
a
great
British
fleet
is
massing;
in
the
Indian
Ocean
with
a
view
to
participating
in
an
invasion
of
Malay
Peninsula,
Burma
and
Thailand.
Pounding
Germany
By
Daylight
LONDON
Allied
warplanes
have
resumed
their
daylight
pounding
of
Germany.
According
to
the
Nazi
radio,
Allied
bombers
converged
on
the
Keich
this
morning
from
two
directions.
By
enemy
account,
one
bomber
formation
roared
in
from
the
south
presumably
from
Italian
bases
while
another
armada
of
Allied
planes
swept
in
over
northwestern
Germany.
Berlin
said
one
of
the
targets
was
the
great
seaport
of
Ham
burg
Germany's
second
largest
city.
A
late
report
from
London,
says
British
Lancasters
have
battered
enemy
troop
concentrations
at
Nordhausen
in
support
of
American
Third
Army
ground
tioops.
This
is
the
second
British
raid
on
,Nordhause
in
sixteen
hours.
The
city
lies
55
miles
east
of
Kassei
on
the
road
to
Berlin.
Vienna
In
Artillery
Range
MOSCOW
In
Austria,
the
heart
or
once-gay
Vienna
now
is
within
range
of
Soviet
artillery
fire.
Russian
tanks
and
infantrymen
are
fighting
inside
the
administrative
district
of
Greater
Vienna,
with
the
capital's
famous
Rlnstrasse
only
six
miles
away.
Twenty-two
miles
below
Vienna,
the
great
aircraft
centre
of
Wiener-Neustadt
has
fallen
to
the
Red
Army-together
with
the
big
Messerschmitt
asscmby
plant.
Soviet
troops
in
Austria
also
have
cut
the
main
roalroad
from
Vienna
to
the
Italian
city
of
Venice.
The
Russians
are
seven
miles
from
the
great
Scmmcring
Pass
into
Italy,
and
they
are
only
137
miles
from
Hitler's
mountain
retreat
at
Berchtesdagen.
New
Nazi
Terrorism
LONDON
New
acts
of
terror
are
claimed
for
the
Nazi
Underground
in
German
territory
occupied
by
the
Allies.
According
to
enemy
radio
broadcasts,
Nazi
terrorists
who
call
themselves
the
Werewolves
have
slain
an
official
of
the
American
government.
The
Nazi
guerillas
also
boast
or
killing
American
soldiers
in
Aachen.
War
Against
Japan
MANILA
In
the
war
against
Japan,
veteran
American
troops
arc
making
good
progress
in
their
latest
invasion
in
the
Philippines
this
time
on
the
islands
of
Tawitawi.
The
island
is
at
the
southern
extremity
oi
the
Philippines
only
thirty
miles
from
the
rich
oil
fields
and
rubber
of
Borneo.
The
Americans
now
control
Tawitawi
Harbor,
with
its
big
naval
base.
They
also
hold
two
air
fields
within
ten
minutes
flying
time
of
Borneo.
Jap
Homeland
Hit
Again
WASHINGTON
-On
the
Japanese
homeland,
the
big
island
of
Honshu
has
fresh
mint
today-after
anotherattack
by
a
great
armada
of
superfortress
bombers.
The
B-29's
three
hundred
strong
made
a
three-way
assault,
hitting
the
cities
of
Shizuoka,
Tachikawa,
and
Koizumi.
SEES
CANADA
REAL
NATION
Railway
Official
Speaks
on
International
Iterations
BUFFALO,
April
4r-"Wlth
the
San
Francisco
conference
and
possibly
a
series
of
other
such
meetings
pending,
this
is,
I
believe,
a
timely
occasion
to
siatc
that
Canada
stands
out
clearly
as
a
nation
of
America,"
said
A.
A.
Gardiner,
general
passenger
traffic
manager,
Canadian
National
Railways,
speaking
to
the
Greater
Buffalo
Advertising
Club
Tuesday.
"After
all,
it
is
natural
that
this
should
be.
(Not
only
has
Canada
attained
full
nationhood
by
constitutional
developments
bat
she
has
grown
up
side
by
side
with
a
pleasant,
friendly
neighbor
-with
whom
she
has
so
much
In
common
and
so
few
discordances
that
It
could
hardly
otherwise
toe
possible.
She
is
as
com
pletely
Independent
of
Britain,
taken
fn
v
o
m
1
1-
I
o
-r
e
rhn
lc
nf
tho
I
I
n
1
-
'
ted.
States
Preparing
For
'Frisco
OTTAWA,
April
4
Government
authorities
in
Ottawa
arc
going
ahead
with
preparations
"Thanks
to
the
sacrifices
of5lmort
a
Russian
demand
for
their
armies
of
land,
the
sea,
three
votes
in
the
proposed
world
and
the
air,
the
United
Nations
sccurity
assembly.
American
have
entered
the
very
field
tenns
are
votcs
f0r
the
wherein
the
premises
ensured
at
united
States
also.
the
Teheran,
Quebec
and
Yalta
Tne
principle
of
sovereign
conferences
were
to
be
har-'pauaiuy
Qr
an
ncacc-lovin!
vested."
'states
was
included
In
the
Dum
Mr.
Gardiner
continued
"What
barton
Oaks
uroposats.
which
was
accomplished
In
the
confer-
navc
been
approved
by
the
Can-ences
between
the
truly
'great
adian
nouse
0f
commons
as
the
ones
of
the
earth
of
this
day
and
basls
for
discussion
at
San
Fran-
gcncratlon
proved
that
it
was
ciim
possible
fur
the
major
powers
to
j
Tncre
nas
aiso
brr.n
some
dis-work
together.
That
they
could
(
agreement
among
the
big
three
work
together
in
war
assured
themselves.
Russia's
demand
that
they
could
work
together
lor
that
the
provisional
Pollsh
gov-
"To
the
bond
of
the
blood
shed
fcrence
has
been
turned
down
by
our
sons
and
brothers
in
a
by
Britain
arid
the
United
States,
common
cause;
to
our
Joint,
deep
nils
discloses
differences
among
and
unalterable
attachment
to(uie
three
great
powers
where
that
cause;
to
our
community
solidarity
was
expected
and
suffering
and
above
all,
to
the
hoped
for,
'
risk
In
which
the
totalitarian)
powers
placed
not
only
our
Ideals
of
humanity,
but
our
very
way
of
life,"
Mr.
Gardiner
added,
"It
is
natural
to
attribute
the
importance
we
attach
to
these
conferences
and
all
that
came
out
of
them."
By
the
end
of
1340,
Britain
had
lost
900
ships,
totalling
more
than
3,000,000
tons.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Another
Amphibious
Operation
by
MacArthur
on
Luzon
is
Successful
MANILA,
April
4
B-Ceneral
MacArthur's
latest
amphibious
operations
are
going
well.
His
combat
team
went
ashore
on
southeastern
Luzcxi
and
captured
Legaspi
and
Its
airfield
almost
without
a
struggle.
Before
the
landings,
American
naval
guns
engaged
in
a
60-minute
duel
with
Japanese
coastal
batteries.
DOUKS
GO
IN
NUDE
AGAIN
Another
Demonstration
Staged
During
Easter
Celebrations
at
Brilliant
BRILLIANT.
B.C.,
April
4
Oi
Four
radical
Doukhcbors
demon
strated
in
the
nude
at
Easter
Sunday
celebrations
here
but
other
members
of
the
religious
sect
known
as
the
Christian
Community
of
Christ
ejected
them
forcibly
from
a
hall
where
part
of
the
ceremony
was
held.
The
four
were
two
men
and
two
women
members
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom
sect
who
disrobed
in
front
of
the
house
of
John
Vere-gln,
leader
of
the
Christian
Community
of
Christ
sect.
Five
hund
red
paraders
were
returning
from
the
Veregln
tomb
at
the
time.
Commerce
Chamber
Secretary
Resigns
E.
T.
Applewhalte,
following
his
nomination
as
Liberal
candi
date
lor
Skcena
in
the
federal
election,
has
submitted
his
re
si.grratlon
as
secretary
of
the
&LcfeVJ.WCmrttqr..Com-:,
merce
but,
at
the
request
of
the
executive
council,
is
carrying
on
until
a
successor
becomes
available.
Enthusiasm
which
Imbues
the
newly
formed
community
publicity
organization
in
Prince
Rupert
was
mentioned
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
by
G.
A.
Hunter
In
reporting
on
a
recent
meeting
oi
ine
inoay.
Mr.
Hunter
told
of
plans
which
were
being
launched
to
publicize
the
'city
and
district
both
within
and
without.
Committees
were
to
for
the
San
Francisco
World
be
appointed
on
program,
fin-Security
Conference
In
spite
of
ancial
ways
and
means
and
other
phases
of
a
campaign.
The
rumors
that
the
meeting
may
be
cancelled.
There
has
been
noi
official
Intimation
in
Ottawa
that
the
conference
will
be
either
postponed
or
cancelled.
In
Washington
It
is
considered
unlikely
that
the
meeting
wai
be
put
off
unless
Russia
refuses
outright
to
send
a
delegation,
But
the
post-war
picture
has
considerably
changed
since
the
House
of
Commons
concluded
its
world
security
debate.
First
of
all
the
principle
of
"sovereign
equality
of
all
peace-
loving
nations"
seems
to
have
a
beating.
During
the
week-end
It
was
disclosed
that
1
1.
T
T
1
1
-J
P
I
I
Un
nrrnnA
4n
lilt
Ullllivu
uliltlT)
lias
agitvu
iu
enues
of
local
publicity
was
Weather
Forecast
Light
to
moderate
winds.
cloudy
and
mild
with
frequent
light
to
moderate
rain
showers
becoming
partly
cloudy
in
eve
ning.
Thursday:
moderate
to
fresh
winds,
mostly
cloudy
with
light
rain
showers
becoming
fair
In
evening.
Slightly
lower
tem
perature.
Sinks
Submarine
Canadian
Frigate
Has
Bag
OTTAWA,
April
4
9)-
Canadlan
frigate
Annan
sank
a
German'
submarine
in
a
daring
North
Atlantic
action
which
brought
awards
to
nine
members
of
the
frigate's
crew.
The
battle
crnment
be
invited
to
the
con-.was
fought
at
night
on
an
un
disclosed
date.
It
resulted
In
seven
Canadian
wounded,
but
the
sturdy
river
class
warship
brought
back
several,
German
survivors,
including
the
U-boat
commander
and
two
officers,
SWISS-ITALY
FRONTIER
IS
CLOSED
LONDON,
April
4
KP
The
Swiss-Italian
frontier
will
be
closed
for
an
Indefinite
period,
beginning
today
because
of
anticipated
"important
events"
the
Paris
and
Brussels
radios
rcported.-
Brusscls
said
"very
important
events
are
taking
shape
in
northern
Italy
and
new
developments
must
be
expected
in
the
very
near
future."
t
Tomorrow's
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
Low
Thursday,
April
5,
1945
5:55
19:50
12:56
175
feet
15.0
feet
6.8
feet
Only
130
Miles
from
Berlin
AIR
FIELD
CAPTURED
Liberation
of
Holland
Is
Near;
AlliesTrapping
Two
Nazi
Forces
School
Boys-Being
Drafted
in
Final
Battle
in'Reich
Peasants
Are
Openly
Hostile
to
Nazis
EVACUATING
NORTHWEST
GERMANY
LONDON,
April
1
There
are
indications
today
that
the
Germans
may
be
planning
to
evacuate
not
onlv
Holland
but
all
of
northwestern
Germany
including
Hamburg
and
Bremen.
The
Allied
armies,
at
the
nearest
point,
are
130
miles
from
Berlin.
Kassei
and
Karlsruhe
are
the
latest
important
cities
lo
be
captured
by
the
Allies.
Field
Marshal
Kes-sejring
is
reported
to
be
with
one
of
the
trapped,
Nazi
armies.
Canadians
have
reached
a
point
eight
miles
from
the
Zuider
Zee
in
Holland.
PARIS,
April
4
(CP)
The
day
of
liberation
is
drawing
closer
for
the
great
Netherlands
cities
of
Amsterdam,
Rotterdam
and
the
Hague.
Two
big
Allied
armies
the
Canadian
First
and
the
British
Secondare
driving
towards
the
sea
in
a
move
to
pin
down
the
Germans
perhaps
-90,000
in
number
still
Presses
For
Ocean
Trade
City
Council
and
Chamber
of
Commerce
Want
Russian
Shipping
Here
Prince
Rupert
is
not
going
to
be
bypassed
as
a
f.eaport
if
Alderman
Norah
E.
Arnold
can
help
it.
.At
City
Council
meeting
last
night
she
presented
a
motion
that
the
federal
Department
of
'Trade
and
Commerce
be
contacted
in
an
effort
to
bring
Russian
trade
to
this
port.
"I
want
to
know
what
is
being
done
to
bring
trade
-
here,"
.
she.
said
,asshe
.i.ntro.-
duced
the
motion.
"Is
there
anything
being
done
to
bring
Russian
ships
here?"
Mayor
Daggett
replied
that
the
special
shipyard
committee
had
taken
steps
to
contact
various
Russian
officials.
"Well,
I
think
the
Department
of
Trade
and
Commerce
should
be
contacted.
They
may
be
the
ones
which
can
do
us
the
most
good."
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
its
meet-
ing
last
night,
also
discussed
Russian
trade
possibilities
here
and
decided
to
ask
the
lail-way
authorities
for
a
direct
answer
as
to
why
there
should
not
be
such
shipping
through
LOG
SCALE
WELL
BELOW
LAST
YEAR
Sawlog
production
In
the
Prince
Rupert
forestry
dlstricl
in
the
first
three
months
of
1945
dropped
markedly
under
the
production
for
the
similar
.period
last
year.
This
year's
sawlog
scale
to
date
totals
16,150,309
board
feet
as
against
27,938,526
board
feet
in
1944.
In
March,
8,676,772
.board
feet
were
produced
as
compared
with
5,547,906
board
feet
in
March
1944.
Slightly
more
than
half
the
month's
output
was
spruce
logs,
with
cedar,
jackplne,
hemlock,
balsam'
and
fir
following
In
that
order.
Production
of
poles
and
piling
so
far
this
year
totals
xss.B4i
lineal
feet
as
against
594,085
lineal
feet
for
the
similar
period
last
year.
March
production
was
55,-
995
feet
while
in
March,
1944,
49,-457
feet
were
scaled.
There
were
6,159
tics
cut
In
March,
bringing
the
total
for
the
three
month
period
to
58,885.
In
March,
1944
there
were
6,053
ties
cut
and
the
three
monyx
total
was
10,053.
Cordwood
cut
In
March
totalled
197
crods
as
against
1,807
:ords
cut
In
March
1944.
KING
RECEIVES
CHURCHILL
LONDON
Trime
Minister
Churchill
was
received
by
King
George
today
just
before
the
opening
of
the
Commonwealth
conference.
It
was
the
third
time
that
the
Pline
Minister
has
been
received
by
the
King
within
the
week.
remaining
in
western
Holland.
In
Germany,
the
British
Second
Army
is
less
than
sixty
miles'
from
the
North
Sea
coast
while
the
Canadians
in
Holland
are
reported
by
the
Paris
radio
to
be
ohly
ten
miles
from
the
Zuider
Zee
at
the
town
of
Zeolle.
The
Canadians
are
fighting
together
as
an
army
tor
the
first
time
sincel
General
Crerar's
formation
toppled
enemy
resistance
west
of
the
Rhine
March
10.
British
troops
fighting
with
the
Canadian
Army
are
in
a
min
ority.
Troops
of
the
American
Sev
enth.
Army
are
driving
down
the
last
forty
miles
to
Nuremberg,
where
the
Hitler
party
held
its
annual
conventions
before
the
war.
The
Germans
are
fighting
tiesperatetricr
prevent
-an
-Am-
erican
breakthrough
and
boys
have
been
taken
from
German
cadet
Schools
to
meet
the
advancing
Seventh
Army.
Civilians,
however
are
doing
little
or
nothing
to
Impede
the
drive.
Many
of
these
Germans
are
peasants
and
they
are
openly
hostile
to
Nazi
troops
who
have
turned
their
farms
into
a
"No
Man's
Land."
North
of
the
Seventh
Army
front,
other
Allied
armies
continue
to
hammer
out
sensational
gains.
The
American
Third
is
three-quarters
of
the
way
across
the
waist
of
Ger
many
and
only
140
miles
from
Berlin.
The
United
States
First
and
Ninth
armies
have
tightened
their
noose
of
steel
around
the
100,000
Nazis
In
the
encircled
Ruhr.
British
Second
Army
men
are
within
60
miles
of
the
North
Sea
in
a
supreme
effort
to
trap
a
German
army
group
Just
as
the
American
First
and
Ninth
armies
sealed
the
fate
of
110,000
Germans
in
the
Ruhr.
A
German
Tranocean
broad
cast
said
that
American
First
Army
troops
had
captured
the
industrial
city
of
Kassell.
Other
First
Army
troops
shattered
German
efforts
to
claw
open
an
escape
path
from
the
Ruhr.
The
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
said
that
British
pat
rols
had
entered
Osnabrueck.
-
Nazi
defences
in
Holland
and
northern
Germany
were
being
cut
to
ribbons
and
escape
routes
were
being
severed
one
after
another.
British
and
American
trwps
cleared
two-thirds
of
Muenster,
capital
of
Westphalia.
The
large
north
German
cities
,
of
Bremen
and
Hanover
were
menaced
by
Field
Marshal
Mont-
gomery
s
columns
wrucn
were
only
60
miles
distant.
The
American
Third
overnight
advanced
almost
30
miles
to
within
160
miles
of
a
Junction
with
the
Russians
on
the
Eastern
front
a
move
that
would
bisect
Germany.
Remains
of
Airman
Washed
Up
On
Beach
VANCOUVER,
April
4
VD
The
body
of
a
Canadian
airman
minus
head
and
hands
was
washed
up
on
the
beach
near
Bellingham,
Washington,
Mon-.
day.
The
body
was
lound
by
a
fisherman,
The
name
has
not
yet
been
released.