LIBRARY ay's Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTRAL-BRITISH r COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Tomorrow? s Tides (Pacific Standard Time) 40 Thursday, March 20, 1945 wml mm 35- High 1:15 20.8 Icct 14:00 20.1 Ieet ca Low 8:04 4.4 feet all ' 20:13 4.4 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 74. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hies Are Smashing Toward Berlin r 4 i . S- , . an Defences r f rt I rt berore Kea inal Battle On For Danzig and f vma avance un Vienna CAPTURE ANNOUNCED mm I alt'Slll W St()V, .Harcn lurj rremicr Joseph late today, announced that Red forces had i raw MmivIi 2tf fCIM Gormnn dofiuwp lino iitcd falling apart before the lied Army. At 1 J.f 4 lift flMct flt'tl 4lHlt tlwi I)lliH!nliL he Ohling the final battles for the Baltic Danzig and Gdynia. . n f ..Ml 1 . i I .1". . . ail Ul isui&iu in w iiiui v.- in. in (i iiiuuai v tl 1- UUdlUI Shruuh Ural Purpose ' to Stockholm Null trade ncgoCI- S .kV.zlm today al- i 1 -.u moo env Ho i;-jtiate so Mr i r-. itrr Arriving d the unsuc- "ar to Britain. !m libraries which 1 1 v 1 1 t i n t Ann wiv tl.4UVlf b n A u.. - - w " r' 1 v Ra met. with Leonard regional National Film the Council Chamber afternoon, ixt?rn renres-cntatlvrs a c mimllt.ee of three - "in tuii: oi t'very i :' and organlza-Mr Chatwln liad out- "ipmc now function- 'Vn.1 1 ..il i . ' uuicr en es oi '"1'U1IUU11 in me u Thor-.tcinssou was "f Munday's meeting. IJnian comnilLtn nm. I)r It G, Knlnc. chair- tiiec icnian mid r?nv 11 Plan U the cstnbllsh- a local film rnnnrll 'I eon l.ri lUn . . ,i niiuii;'. itration of a film 11b- ... uj 4Vl, (:all,,o for a local lib- or ten fllias. The ""l UC mirplinuut I.., " aiKl WOUld he nvnll. Rowings in scliooV?, service clubs and s hich desired their ; a f11" would be freely lth other cities hav-lbrarlcs and consc-,fc .would be avatl- Ut 120 films Mil-mmH. Mn,,.li . -b.i- u".l" A Mature of r Chatwln explained. 'V would Ollmlnnb. ih booklnn. rti . Mhiu "uvv ulc case. n'Ch yon ilmu on! r-. ImL r"t0 b . -"h.ij HiLPr nnp ;lnEs because they are - "ICUlt Of film 1IW1 -vuia not be In such U hrfnMnA ii lumph for It was Danzig and the Polish corridor that Hitler used as his excuse to begin Germany's second aggression in a' generation. At the other end of the eastern front. Red Army j forces arc pounding down the I road to Vienna, 01 miles away. POWER BILL GOES THRU Vole Is Denied (o Hindus-Prorogation of Legislature Impeded Today VICTORIA, March 28 1 The power bill, providing for the -l'ai bv mane ! taking over by the government :rday. sennurre of hydro-electric utilities, passed o.v.i-u v,,,' committee this mornlne after a .! ar nsicaK oi ...i aa Une bus into i r .;. tin purpose or ht Stockholm cor- ' he Lqndpnpally - Yuung, reports j: aundlng the ar- - Young say 1 ;idc negotiator is i. ;:::;ma s in the -i ' be In posses- i.ppea or peace -r long aeoaic. one oi me u.u.r . amendments were accepted and all government amendments were passed. The bill was reported complete with amendments. " The 'coalition' government, by a vote of 22 to 18, defeated an amendment to the Municipal trttntln.... Al ..ucrnil I,,, IT Uf vj m m k .i m -tr RE FILM LIBRARY LAID " mil cuy joining cuy. Mr. nui,win .xwiuiuiu. rary would be at least $200. Organizations represented on the film council would have use of the films and the council would arrange for bookings and the use of projection machines. Mr. Chatwln said that YMCA War Services Supervisor Don YMCA film depot would look after the .servicing of films and projectors and the despatch of the films to the users. O. D. Hi'Vant. president of the Kinsmen's Club, suggested' that the rilm library should be tied in the public library. "If wc are going to raise $200 to start a film library I suggest that wc raise $1,000 and put the public library on its feet at the same time," he declared. Chairman Tliorstcinss-on favored the idea of connecting the film library with the city library because it tended to "integrate" community educational and recreational services. Dr. Roger Knipc Introduced a motion tliat the meeting go on record as ruvorlng the establishment of a film council and' a film library. The committee of three will contact other organizations in the city with a view to arranging ,a meeting to create a flm council. Prci-ent at Monday's meeting were Mavor H. M. Daggett D. D. Thorstcinsson, G, D. Bryant, Mrs. M. Roucr. S. A. Checscman Miss A. E. Mercer. Rev. J. A. Donncll, C. G. Ham, Edward Wahl, Dr. R. G. Knipc Miss A. McDonald. Miss B. W. Snider, A. S. Nlckcrson, Rev. E. W. Scott, Rev. A. F. MacSwcen and T. II. Wllford. R-34 MADE HISTORY The British dirigible R-34. which landed in New York July 6, 1919, was the first craft of Its kind to cross the Atlantic, ATTLESHIP Famous Royal Sovereign Is Turned Over by Britain to Soviet MOSCOW, March 28 V, Hie Russians reveal that they have received frpm the United King- 14-inch guns, the DLggcst in the Russian fleet. Mayor of Aachen Is Murdered WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, March 28 (CP) Franz Oppenhof, aged 41, burgomaster of Aachen and first mayor appointed by the Allied military government in a major German city, was assassinated late Friday night, it was announced today. Oppenhof was shot through the temple as he stood on the back porch of his home on the outskirts of Aachen. The motive has not yet been established. A blue network correspondent said "the exact identity of the assassins is not known yet but it is believed at head-auartcrs here that the killers were Nazi super-terrorists sent from deep within unconquered Germany. NEGLIGENCE Lcfcaux (C.C.F., Vancou vern. 1)111 TflKC Ceritre) which would have given! V' thq franclilsc to Hindus. It Is expected the session will prorogue today. Victoria I'liysician Is I'laced Under Arrest Following Pneumonia Death VICTORIA. March 28 0-Dr. William Stewart of Victoria was arrested last night on a charge No Respite For Berlin Blockbusters Showcmi un Nazi Capital for aoth Mglil U-boat Base Visilcc I-ONDON. Marrh 23 P) Herlln dom a British battleship of the the objective of millions or Allied First Great War-thc itoyal Sov- trocp.$ fighting on Doth sides o creign. Although built in 1915, Germany, has gone inrougn Its the 29,000-ton warship has eight thirty-sixth sleepless night, Roy- al Air Force mosquito uornoera showered their bloc-rjus:ers o: the German city curing the night. Rain kept American oomoers at their English bases ounng the day but the British bomber com mand staged one raid against German u-boat pens near Bremen. The pens were Hit with tnc new 11 -ton townbusocr doiiids, of Edmund Dinsdalc, City iiaii alter rz pjn. increasing lo souui- nninlnvni!. Uo was released on rasicny gaics 10 mm-a i.i --v -r- , $5,03o ball. The arrest followed within a few hours a co'roner's verdict that, "though culpable negligence, Dr. William Stewart did kill and slay" Dinsdalc. Dr. John Moore, who conducted a post-mortem examination, testified that pneumonia was the final cause of death. Forward had agreed that the I nc said that burns on Dlnsdalc's body caused through electrical treatment administered by Stewart had a bearing on the man's death. Queen Charlotte Sound, Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait. West Coast Queen Charlottes soulh- ,,r mnrukiuehtcr in connection i easterly "winds 25 to 30 miles per with the death last Thursday ! hour expected over open water, j hour after midnight. Winds ex pected to veer to soutnwest 30 miles after C a.m. on Thursday, READY FOR NEW START DUBLIN Oi Premier dc receiving Jean Rcvicre, new French minister to Eire, said Etrc earnestly hopes Fiance will ranidly recover and be ready quickly to take a foremost place in the rebuilding of Europe on j CAPITULATION IN FEW DAYS . OTTAWA, March 28Dr. J. H. King, government leader In the Senate, expressed the opinion yesterday that German capitu lation might coinc within a few days. BUILDING NEW MA5SETT WHARF MASSETT, Marcli 23 Con st ruction work" on a new wharf at Itassctt to replace the (old Jcttj has been started by the Campbell Construction com pany, of Vancouver Costing $00,000, the wharf Is being built In addition to the new fisher mcifs floats on which work was begun last year. HITLER, HIMMLER AND MUSSOLINI MAY SEEK REFUGE WITH JAPS MOSCOW, March 28 (CP) A dispatch from Moscow reports that the Japanese arc expecting a visit almost any day now front Adolf Hitler, Hcin-rich Himmlcr and Benito Mussolini. The Japanese, however, arc reported not aip- too keen about saving the three arch war criminals from the hangman's noose. "SCOTTISH" ON RHINE ISLAND OTTAWA. March 28 The Canadian Scottish regiment of yi(rlav.taklr)g,.pa.ciV.with thft ! Canadian Third Division In the Invasion of Germany, landed on an island in the Rhine river where Ahey found no Germans to oppose them. GALE WARNING! ASSOCIATION FOR TWENTY YEARS' WAR LONDON, March Tkradib?nrtik'eyf4 a new organization has been formed in Japan known as "The Association of Twenty Years War." Jt Is under the leadership of Hachiro Arita, former foreign minister. those Christian principles with um,m UEVELOP ROCKETS out which peace and progress crc ,s Llcut.Col. w, Erlc were Impassible. Harrls of Sarnlai 0nli now War News Highlights Germans to Leave Italy ROME General Mark Clark, Allied commander in Italy, declared today that a German retreat northwards was inevitable sooner or later and ordered patriots to stand by to olrikc at a moment's notice to hamper withdrawal. Berlin and Hanover Today LONDON A fleet of approximately 950 heavy bombers and 35Q..fighlcrs in escort attacked Berlin and Hanover today. Berlin had undergone its thirty-sixth consecutive raid Tuesday night. Armament plants in Berlin and Hanover were the targets for today's raids. On Eastern Front LONDON Four Russian armies hammered in a huge pincers on Czechoslovakia and Vienna today and Berlin reported one thrust through western Hungary within 58 miles of Vienna had now rolled up to the central Raba River guarding Austria. A German broadcast declared the Soviet had forced a new crossing of the Oder River northwest of Kucstrin, 38 miles from Berlin. Other Russian units arc cleaning out Danzig. War Against Japan MANILA The war against Japan moves ahead wiili a new invasion in the Philippines. This lime it is relentlessly Ccbu, one of the two large islands still held by the Japanese in the Philippine chain. General MacArlhur's troops are moving towards Cebu city, which is burning from Japanese demolitions. Japanese broadcasts continue to speak of ground operations in the Ryukyu islands. No Allied source has mentioned a landing in the islands. Other Tokyo broadcasts tell of a B-29 attack on southern Japan. London district representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, who helped develop the rocket barrage now dealing death and destruction to the German defenders of the Western Front. Weather Forecast Moderate winds increasing to fresh to strong soutn easterly gales, decreasing :n con:n:i Partly cloudy and mild becoming overcast in afternoon with mod crate to heavy rain by early eve niiig. Thursday: southeasterly gales decreasing to frcsn, ccca sloually strong by daybreak Cloudy and mild with frequent showers becoming partly cloudy by evening. quiNTUPLirrs' bokn WASHINGTON, D.C. A Washington woman lias given birth, to quintuplets. Five girls were born to the thirty-six year-old wife of a receiving clerk at the Bureau of Stan dards. All of tiic babies have died. The mother is a nc- grcss. LONDON, 0) Civilians detain cd in hospitals or sanatoria will be able to study for a career while undergoing treat men when a scheme announced by Education Minister R. A. Butler is taken up. Northern Armies Driving Ahead So Rapidly Enemy Is Completely Confused Bulletins I50.Mll KILUS VERNON ROY VERNON Fourtccn-year-otd Tony Shechuk died yesterday from injuries suffered Saturday when a 3-inch mortar bomb he found near an army range exploded. His companion, Silver Kcryluke, is recovering from face and leg injuries. KILLED IN US CRASH MEXICO CITY A bus packed with passengers was struck by a dicsel locomotive in the western suburbs of Mexico City last night, killing seventeen persons and injuring at least 22. DROWNED AT KODIAK KODIAK, Alaska Four women and two sailors were drowned Sunday night when a boat motor failed and the craft capsized in rough weather en-route to Afognak after at-Irnilinr a show. Two other I sailors survived. PARLIAMENT STANDS IlY LONDON Arrangements have been made for Parliament to be. called .Iito emergent isessimi . should ..Germany col lapse lapse during the" Easier cess. re- VANCOUVER HOBBERY VANCOUVER Two bandits visited the Broadway Hotel early today, herded a colored porter in the basement and escaped with between $5,000 and $6,000 from a casli box. JAP SAYS "OUCH-TOKYO The Japanese gov ernment is protesting to United Slates al "wanton attacks" by air bombers or non-miniary areas. Large parts of Japanese cities have been reduced to ashes. DEBATE ENDING TODAY OTTAWA All signs poins to unanimous approval in Com mons of Canada's participation in the Security Conference in San Francisco next month. Some time today, Prime Minister King will conclude debate on the world security plans witli an address introducing a resolution calling for Parliament's support of the delegation flic Dom inion will send to the conference next month. NO SEPARATE PEACE LONDON Prime Minister Churchill lias squelched any possible clcvcnth-hour separate peace proposals by the enemy. When he was asked whether Parliament would have a chance to discuss any German proposals for laying down arms, he answered curtly "No sir." Mr. Churchill went on to say that any such proposal would be communicated forthwith to Itussia and the United States. Enemy Communications. Collapse and They Grope to Locate Allied Forces Frantic Efforts to Organize Last Stand Evacuate Berlin As Allies Near LONDON, iMarcii 28 (CI) A DNB hroadcasl said today that Berlin will he evacuated of all persons not needed in the capital. This announcement was made as the German High Command said that United States Third Army tanks had crashed into Gemendcn and five miles farther to the northeast toward-Grawfendorf, 213 miles southwest of Berlin. The United States First Army has reached the G lessen area, 225 miles from the capital. Four American armies have linked up on the western front. The British Second Army is running wild and has reached Dortmund Canal. Canadians have entered Emmerich on the north. PARIS, March 28 (CP) Massive Allied armies are today Berlin-bound, smashing ahead at a speed which leaves latest reports from the front old by the time they reach the outside world. The American First Army is stabbing ahead so fast that the Nazis haven t even hau time to plant mines. Latest neiu uis- patches pfacc Uie American First Army 57 miles beyond the Rhine and 240 from Berlin. The exact nosltions arc cloak ed in a security news blackout to nrcvent the enemy from know ing uwUcUCAjics. will sitikc next. 4 German army communications have collapsed in some sectors and their radio feelers show they would like to get information on the whereabouts of the Allied forces. The American Third Army Is lunging towards Bavaria. Berlin accounts say Third Army men are 25 miles past the Main River, some 225 miles from Ber lin. The positions of British and Canadian forces at the upper end of the front also are covered in silence. It Is known that British troops have cracked enemy lines on the north German plain and are moving cast- ward. A dispatch from the British Second Army front east of the Rhine says British, Canadian, and American troops arc racing ahead today through collapsed enemy rcsistaicp. "The Allied forces have gained an average of seven miles to the east and four to the north in their drive across the Wcstphallan Plain. The aeriuan High Command Is trying frantically to weld elite guard troops, Volksturm and Wchrmacht regulars for a stand roughjy 225 miles from Berlin. Is Missing On Flight --4 V J4i-ttXi. British Under Sccrclafp'Of " War Lost While Making Trip to Canada LONDON, March 28 1 Commander Rupert Brabner, Under Secretary for. Air. is missing on an air trip to Canada, Prime Minister Winston Churchill an nounced in the House of Commons today. Along with Brabner, other senior Air Ministry officials and public servants arc missing. Brabner was to represent the British government at ceremonies terminating the British Commonwealth air training program in Canada. Brabner, 33 years of age, Is the youngest member of the British government and only a few days succeeded Harold Balfour as under-secretary for air. The plane in which the party is lost is the famous "Commando" which carried Prime Minister Churchill on many famous trips. Although the enemy has been LONDON, March 28, 0) Cana routed and disorganized, Gen- dlans of a Ceylon-foased R.C.A.F. cral Eisenhower docs not count , unit wnich new uataunas ou on a sudden victory. The Supreme Commander says there Is hard fighting ahead. He be llevcs Hitler may never actually give in but that the three major Allies will Just have to occupy all of Germany, mile by mile and province by province. WINNIPEG RIFLES, CANADIAN SCOTTISH AND REGINA RIFLES ARE ADVANCING INTO GERMANY By ROSSMUNRO (Canadian Press War Correspondent) WITH THE CANADIANS IN THE RHINE BRIDGEHEAD Marclr- 28 (CP) Western Canada infantry today burst out from the northwestern tip of the Allied bridgehead east of the Rhine and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles were last reported in the eastern outskirts of the Rhine bank town of Emmerich. Troops of the Canadian Scottish, Victoria battalion, advanced more than three miles overnight along the highway and railway running from Wcsel to Emmerich. This morning the Winnipeg Rifles leap-frogged through them to gain another mile. The Winnlpcgs established a bridgehead over a small river east of Emmerich and pushed on among buildings on the fringe of the town. The Reglna Rifles battalion occupied Dornlch, Rhine bank village three miles southeast of Emmerich, yesterday. CANADIANS IN BRITAIN FROM CEYLON FLYING antl-submarlne1, reconnaissance and rescue patrens over iropica: oceans arc back in Britain. The air and ground personnel of the all-Canadian 'Tus's" squadron arrived at a Brltlsri port and obviously were delighted to be back in a temperate climate and among Engllsn-speaK-ing people. It was an aircraft of the Tusk Squadron which In 19-12 spotted the Japanese fleet moving towards Ceylon in time to save the island and give the enemy ficet a real beating. GIBRALTAR WAR FUND GIBRALTAR O) Resent gifts from the Gibraltar War 'Fund Include 'the following: 1,000 to the Lord Mayor of London's Air Raid Distress Fund, 1,000 'to the British Red Cross and St. John organization!; and 250 to King George's Fund for Sailors. VANCOUVER GALE VANCOUVER Vancouver, had a 42-mile-au-liour gale this mojrning. Movement of log tows in coastal waters Is held up by the high wind. 1 11 :