had
been
sending
Dncy
to
his
mother,
i
the
letters
were
without
thc
money,
ed
thc
China
Na-iporation
and
went
tY
OF
ARMY
ki
I'riions
ami
telling
iirauy
(o
ir
ii
-1
Qi
Berlin
have
tneir
minds
unit
the
British
5
Tlic
enemy
S
'al
tr
about
the
Sec-
it
that
thc
British
ig
ready
to
cross
P'c
pcrmaiu
also
lie
Canadian
First
iting
ready
for
a
IE.
SlON
MEMBER
t,
March
21
i
ci
.Hip
of
the
Bull
ion
voted
ovcr-n
favor
of
expelling
fell
from
the
union
activities
deemed
w
thc
organization.
I
that
the
vote
was
four
to
onc"
Tor
tilsion.
Totals
were
feu-
IVE
IET
rlrts
New
l'usli
in
MoMIIW
ll.lv
1
1
1
If
Marcli
2,1
Hie
!h
Command
said
lat
the
Russians.
new
offensive
in
c
smashed
to
miles
of
Komarom
'bc
northwest
of
Emaroin
Is
about
21
1C
Allslrtan
hnrriir
from
Vienna.
tests
said
thc
Red
fed
thrust
out
In
a
clear
German
Up-
Pturlng
Ucustadt.
uches,
sllenf
con-
tnese
.fronts,
rc-
nnans,
trapped
In
Pocket
on
thc
East
st
southwest
of
had
opened
coastal
lowlands
In
an
the
Soviet
exter-
1ENT
ON
COMING
Parch
21
ft-Mcm-nada's
nlnntrrnth
rc
In
Ottawa
for
for
some
their
,cvcral
plan
to
re-
contest
the
forth-
1
election.
Among
ason
of
Skeena,
Japanese
lines.
I
couldn't
speak
thc
dialect,
and
no
Interpreter
was
willing
to
make
the
trip
with
mc.
so
T
hnrt
in
rn
It
nlnno
mnst
of
the
way,"
thc
soft-spoken
Chin-1
esc
related.
"Finally,
with,
some
of
thc
$40,000
I
had
with
mc,
1
managed
with
sign
language
to
get
sonic
coolies
to
carry
me
in
u
sedan
chair
through
thc
Jap
lines.
Then
I
walked
through
rice
fields
and
over
rocky
trails
for
sjvcral
Jnjpnc
village
l
gov
noia
oi
a
oicycic
ana
routine
rest
of
thc
way
to
thc
vil
lage
where
my
mother
and
sister
were.
"As
I
rode
into
the
village,
I
saw
this
girl
on
Uic
street
and
I
recognized
my
sister,
Bernlce.
She
took
me
home.
No,
there
wasn't
any
joyous
scene
or
any-1
thing
like
that.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
was
amazed
at
the
unconcerned
way
thc
meeting
between
my
mother
and
I
took
place.
All
she
said
was
'this
must
be
Albert.
Come
In
and
have
some
tea.'"
Were
('aught
In
China
Cant,
Mali,
his
mother
and
sister,
had
gone
to
China
from
Prince
IUipert
10
years
before
when
Mr.
,Mah
died.
Capt.
Mali
returned
to
go
to
school
in
the
U.S.
but
thc
war
trapped
his
mother
and
sister
in
China.
Then
came
the
Japs
and
years
of
hardship.
Famine
had
killed
off
40
percent
of
thc
villagers
in
which
Capt.
Mali's
mother
lived.
Most
of
the
people
Uicrc
depended
on
remittances
from
overseas
and,
when
thcjic
slopped
with
thc
war,
things
got
really
tough.
"An
example
of
this,"
C'apl.
Mali
(ells,
"is
(he
fail
(hat
my
little
mother,
who
wouldn't
harm
a
soul,
and,
never
knew
what
a
gun
was
before,
now
lias
a
long-barrelled
.11
under
her
pillow
for
protection.
She
told
mc
thc
people
arc
so
desperate
(hey
will
do
anylhing
for
money
and
food.
Murder
(Continued
on
page
2)
COALITION
IN
FINLAND
Thai
is
llxpecled
(o
be
Out
come
of
General
Election
in
Finland
LONDON,
March
21,
)
Pros
pects
for
a
coalition
of
Com
munlsts
and
Social
Democrats
appear
ibright
as
a
result
of
the
general
election
for
the
Finnish
Parliament
In
which
the
com'
inunlst
Democratic
People's
Union
Party
appeared
to
have
won
approximately
50
scats,
cutting
deeply
into
thc
ranks
of
the
Social
Democrats
and
Conservatives.
The
Social
Democrats
who
formerly
held
85
seats,
also
had
50
seats.
There
are
about
200
scats
In
thc
assemblyCounting
of
ballots
Is
continuing.
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NORTHERN
V
1AND
LIBRARY
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vcathei
Tides
'Uh
continuous
rain,
MCTOR
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
W1
la
intermittent
over
and
Thursday,
March
22,
1945
in
the
afternoon
High
8:34
17.7
feet
t
m
Uic
evening,
22:00
16.3
feet
"cloudy
with
intcrmlt-ior
Low
1:59
10.4
feet
with
cool
showers,
15:15
6.1
feet
:
change
in
temp.
v
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
68.
ritlNCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
21,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
(AS-
PLANES
FIND
JAP
NAVY
RUPERT
BOY
OUTWITS
THE
I
ESCAPING
FROM
CHINA
did
Capt
Albert
Mali
of
the
China
Na-orporation
outwit
the
Japs
in
the
air
but
pod
thci
boldly
last
spring
when
for
nine
ti.dhis
mother
in
Jan-occupied
China,
then
young
sister
out
of
China
under
the
very
'men
from
Tokyo.
"ld
SSri'r
for'chcnnault
anTaTnmtal.
ir
mu
Chlans
Kal,shck.
He
now
iarlncu
,
nml,
I1"
200-round
trips
over
the
V"
SXm""unP,,
hU
credlt-1,800
fly-
on
n
his
way
nonic.
,
,
.,
'
week-end
Inglumrs
over
the
most
danEcr-r-old
this
c
ulr
routc
m
thc
world'
Bcrnlcc.
the,0"5
;
hasn't
seen
since
Armed
With
(
an
American
ship;
Ample
Money
bl
summer
headed
T1,cn
onc
day
Iast
sprlng
h(,
id
safety.
toofc
umc
out
f0r
tliat
long-
f
jus
visii
10
ins
awailccl
Visit.
with
$40,000
In
lils
sister's
rescue
'
Cnincsc
currency,
jammed
into
nek
in
1943
when
J
cvcry
pocket,
only
a
fur
flying
un
a
civilian
pilot
jackct
disguising
his
American-
In
Quebec,
secured
slyle
knakl
uniform,
and
unable!
jee
from
Canadian
to
spcalc
a
word
of
central
!
ts.
which
operated
(
Chinese,
he
started
for
China.
on
compassionate
lie
llrw
from
Humming
to
Chungking
and
(hen
to
Kwei-lin.
From
there
he
went
by
rail
(o
a
coastal
river,
floated
down
(he
river
for
six
days
in
a
junk,
(hen
by
sampan
for
By
the
treacherous:
a
day
until
he
got
close
to
(he
Jiina.
In
his
mind
(
the
plot
to
get
to
Ic
flew
from
Chcn-
10
China
and
back
Be
plane
load
after
11
cargo
and
men
ALLIED
BRAIN
"TRUST
TRUST'
MEETS
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
These
six
men
make
iip
one
large
headache
for
the
Nazi,
They
are
the
brain
trutf-
of
the
Allied
forces
now
fightlhg
their
way
into
Germany
on
the
road
to
Berlin.
This
picture
was
taken
recently
when
these-
British,
Canadian,
and
American
commanders
met
in
Holland
to
confer
decorations
on
scnioc
officers.
They
are.
front
row,
left
to
right:
Field
Marsnal
Montgomery;
General
Eisenhower;
Lieut-General
Omar
Bradley,
who
read
thc
citations,
and
back
row,
left
to
right:
General
H.
D.
G.
Crerar;
Lieut-General
William
H.
Simpson
and
Lieut.-General
Sir
Miles
C
Dcmpsey.
At
this
meeting,
General
Crerar
was
decorated
with
tne
American
Legion
or
Merit
by
General
Eisenhower.
.
(Canadian
Atmy
Photo).
War
News
Higltl&lils
Germany
Pummelled
Again
LONDON
German
war
industry
underwent
another
pummelling
at
thc
hands
of
the
K.A.I',
during
(he
night.
A
powerful
force
of
heavy
H.A.I'.
bombers
struck
at
oil
plants
and
other
(argc(s
in
western
Germany,
While
the
Lancasters
and
Ilali-faxes
concrn(ra(cd
in.
the
west,
fleets
of
speedy
Mosquito
bombers
ripped
into
Berlin
for
(he
(wcnly-niiilh
consecutive
night
attack.
Thc
two
major
targets
of
(he
night
bombers
were
the
oil
plants
at
Itothlem
and
Hcmmings(adt.
Hemniingstadt
was
a
target
for
more
than
five
thousand
Allied
planes
which
were
out
during
the
day
in
widespread
aUacks
all
over
German-held
territory.
Canadian
Typhoon
fighter
bombers
made
six
cuts
in
rail
lines
nor
t
li
of
Cocsfcld
yesterday,
and
another
four
west
of
Fulmen.
More
Russian
Gains
MOSCOW
Russian
troops
have
scored
gains
of
up
lo
five
miles
(o
compress
thc
German
pocket
in
Cast
Prussia
lo
less
(han
sixiy
square
miles.
They
have
seized
(lie
slronghold
f
llrauusbcrg,
and
are
within
two
miles
of
the
Nazi
fortress
of
llciligrnbcil.
More
(han
nine
thousand
German
troops
have
been
knocked
out
of
action
in
one
day's
fighting
in
this
sector.
Other
Soviet
forces
have
smashed
(he
German
bridgehead
on
(he
cast
bank
of
the
Oder
opposite
Stettin.
Altdamm,
(he
lust
outpost
before
Stettin,
now
is
in
Russian
hands.
Thc
Nazis
(ell
of
a
Russian
drive
into
Czechoslovakia,
but
Moscow
has
remained
silent
on
that
area,
Thc
biUcr
slrec(-by-s(rcct
fight
for
Rreslaii
goes
on.
On
Philippine
Islands
MANILA
American
troops
in
the
Philippines
have
crashed
into
the
capital
city
of
Pa
nay
Island
lloilo.
The
Japanese
have
set
fires
in
(he
city
which
has
a
population
of
1)0,000
in
an
obvious
effort
(o
bum
it
out
(he
way
they
destroyed
Manila.
BULL
DOO
OF
THE
EMPIRE
Prime
Minister
Churchill,
as
he
looked
when
he
visited
a
Scottish
armoured
unit
fighting
with
the
First
Canadian
Army.
CANUCK
PLANE
LOST
IN
SOUTH
R.C..V.I'.
Machine
Missing
Ilciwren
El
Paso
and
Sacrhmenlo
.
EL
PSO,
Texas.
March
21
0
-Jin
R.C.A
F.
air
transport
command
C-47
olaiic
has
been
mlss-
nfjrr!TKsittfr6m
in
Pascf
tD'
!
Sacramento,
California,
since
i
March
13.
I
The
lost"
plane's
home
oasc
is
Montreal
It
took
oir
ironi
the
iEl
Paso
municipal
airport
on
thc
j
morning
of
the
thirteenth
and
I
last
reported
its
position
as
be
ing
over
Riverside.
California.
Aboard
the
plane
were
four
members
of
thc
R.C.A.F.
and
one
passenger,
a
United
Slates
Army
Air
Force
cadet.
Canada
Must
Participate
Opposition
Leaders
Agree
Willi
Prime
Minister
Regarding
International
Relations
OTTAWA,
March
21
Oi-Prlmc
Minister
King
opened
dc
bate
on,
international
security
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
The
Trlmc
Minister
told
the
Houc
tliat,
next
to
winning
the
war,
the
supreme
end
to
be
achieved
is
thc
winning
of
the
peace.
Mr.
King
urged
full
par-ticipallon
by
Canada
In
thc
San
Prnneisrn
Kr-enritv
Pnnfprrnrp
,
.....,,
.
j
lie
saia,
u
anoincr
ureal
war
should
break
out
iu
twenty
or
thirty
years,
it
Is
certain
that
Canada
would
not
escape
Its
fury.
He,-pointed
to
thc
robot
bomb
as
an
example
of
a
weapon
that
makes
it
impossible
for
any
country
to
claim
Immunity
from
sudden
aggression.
Two
Opposition
sources
in
thc
House
of
Commons
supported
thc
plan
to
have
Canada
par
tlclpatc
in
thc
establishment
of
a
World
Security
Organization'
Thc
support
came
from
C.C.F.
Leader
M.
J.
Coldwell
and
the
Progressive
-
Conservative
member
for
York-Sudbury,
R,
B,
Hanson.
Thc
Independent
member
for
Laval
-Two
Mountains,
Llguorl
Lacombe,
voiced
thc
first
oppo-1
sltlon
to
the
government's
plan
to
send
a
delegation
to
the
forth,
coming
San
Francisco
confer
encc.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
'.
41
Minimum
37
Rainfall
.44
inches
GOES
TO
HIGH
COURT
DUBLIN,
O)
Cahir
Davltt,
circuit
Judge
In
Dublin
sice
1927,
has
been
aippolnted
a
high
court
Judge
of
Eire.
Nazis
Have
Major
Loss
American
Armies
Take
Saarbrueken
and
Zweibruckcn
Huge
Dag
of
Prisoners
ANOTHER
-OFFENSIVE
ENTER
LUDWIGS1IAFEN
LONDON,
March
21
(CD-Allied
forces
started
a
new
offensive
from
the
Kemagen
bridgehead
today,
advancing
3
Ms
miles
into
open
tank
country
to
within
six
miles
of
the
.Ruhr
Basin.
United
I
States
troops
entered
Ludwlgs-
hafen
today
and
are
five
miles
from
Mannheim.
Other
Allied
forces
arc
standing
opposite
Duisberg
and
Duessel-dorf.
Thc
Saar
debacle
appears
likely
to
cause
Hitler
100,000
casualties.
PARIS,
March
21
CP?
Thc
Saarland
has
been
wrested
from
the
Germans
by
the
fast
-moving
drive
of
two
American
armies.
The
Third
and
the
Seventh
have
formed
a
great,
arc
around
the
Saar
by
a
Junction
twelve
miles
west
of
Katserslautern,
The
Seventh
occupied
the
Saar's
two
;
principal
cities
Saarbruecken
and
Zwcibrucken.
Thc
Third
Army
dashed
to
the
Rhine
at
another
point,
and
captured
the
city
of
Worms
be
tween
Mains
and
Mannheim.
The
eight-day
drive
lias
all
but
crushed
remnants
of
two
German
armies
which
managed
lo
escape
a
trap
set
at
the
Falalse
Gap
in
France.
American
Amiy
troops
had
driven
two-and-onc-half
miles
east
of
the
Cologne-Frankfurt
highway
and
captured
a
Ger
man
airfield
southeast
of
Eud
knbach,
front1
linc
dispatches
saici
ycsiertiay.
The
American
Third
Army
had
completely
flanked
both
the
Siegfried
Line
and
the
second
ary
Hunsbrucck
switch
line
in
thc
Saar
and
Palatinate,
moving
swiftly
to
effect
juncture
with
the
Seventh
Army
somewhere
near
the
Rhine.
In
seven
days
the
Third
Army
has
inflict
ed
at
least
45,000
casualties
on
thc
original
80,000
Germans
in:
the
Rhinc-Mosellc-Saar
pocket.
Prisoners
alone
have
totalled
20,000.
The
Third
Army
crashed
to
within
four
miles
of
the
major
road
centre
of
Kalscrslaulern
and
captured
Alzey,
23
miles
from
Mannheim
and
Ludwigs-
hafen.
The
Third
Army
captured
8355
prisoners
Monday
for
a
record
day's
take
by
any
Allied
Army
In
the
west.
Onc
division
alone
took
over
C700.
Allied
"planes
were
so
thick
over
the
front
yesterday
that
they
had
to
queue
up
for
attacks
on
the
Germans
streaming
along
the
super-highway
from
Kalscrslaulern
to
the
Rhine.
PLANNING
FOR
VICTORY
LOAN
WINNIPEG,
Man.,
March
21
Plans
for
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan
camjiaign
of
thc
western
region
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
were
laid
at
a
meeting
of
thc
regional
war
loan
commit
tee
in
Winnipeg
yesterday
with
representatives
(from
British
Col
umbla,
Alberta,
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba.
Subjects
discuss
ed
Included
Internal
sales
or
ganlzatlon,
an
agenda
for
dis
trict
meetings,
prospcctus
and
application
forms
and
literature.
BREADNER
MADE
CHIEF
MARSHAL
OTTAWA,
March
21
(CH
When
Air
Marshal
L.
S.
Brcadncr
retires
from
his
overseas
com
mand
April
1,
he
will
be
given
the
rank
of
Air
Chief
Marshal
He
Is
believed
to
be
the
first
Canadian
to
hold
this
high
rank
In
making
the
announcement,
Air
Minister
Gibson
declared
that,
contrary
to
some
reports
there
has
been
no
friction
be
tween
himself
and
Marshal
Brcadner
or
between
members
of
Enemy
Battleships
Crippled
in
Home
Ports
by
Bombing
Nipponese
Lose
Almost
Five
Hundred
Planes
in
Frantic
Effort
to
Savs
Fleet
WASHINGTON,
March
21
(CP)
The
news
from
the
Pacific
matches
the
achievements
of
Allied
arms
in
Europe.
American
carrier
planes
have
found
the
Japanese
Navy
and
have
left
fifteen
to
seventeen
enemy
warships
crippieu
in
ineir
own
seaports.
Swarms
of
planes
ot
tasIC
lorce
ba
soared
over
ine
waters
between
the
enemy's
d-
main
Islands
of
Honshu
and
1
1
E'Sllllof'inC
'
Kyushu
and
let
their
bombs
fly
UUIIVIIIIkJ
GESTAPO
BOMBED
STOCKHOLM
Gestapo
headquarters
in
Copenhagen,
Danish
capital,
was
reported
destroyed
at
noon
today
by
thirty
British
bombers
which
scored
at
least
two
direct
hits.
FAMINE.
IN
EUROPE
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Churchill
told
Commons
today
that
large
parts
of
Europe
would
face
partial
or
total
famine
next
winter.
He
denied
i
that
Britain
had
large
food
stocks.
IMPORTING
BEEF
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
packers
say
there
is
no
fal
grass
beef
available
in
British
Columbia
and
all
stocks
will
have
to
be
imported
from
Albe
r(a
JAnUTrLEGROtfND
-TOKYO
The
Japanese
government
declared
today
that
it
was
evident
(lie
Japanese
homeland
was
to
become
a
battleground.
The
military
will
take
over
all
civilian
property
and
installations.
WOUNDED
CANADIANS
llOME
HALIFAX
The
hospital
ship
Lclitia
arrived
today
with
700'
wounded
Canadians
from
overseas.
Thc
Lady
Nelson
arrived
(wo
clays
ago
with
500
patients.
LABORITES
NON-POLITICAL
VANCOUVER
Thc
Vancouver
Districts
Trades
and
Labor
Council
went
on
record
against
political
activity
as
an
organization
although
members
arc
free
(o
support
whatever
party
they
wish.
MANV
FAMILIES
BENEFIT
OTTAWA
Of
1,500,000
fam
ilies
in
Canada
some
1,300,000
will
benefit
through
family
allowance
payments
shcdulcd
(o
begin
July
20,
Health
Minister
Claxton
announced
NO
STAND
ON
JAPS
VANCOUVER
Thc
city
council
last
night
decided
lo
take
no
stand
on
thc
Japanese
question.
Mayor
Cornett
had
asked
the
council
their
opinion
on
his
stand
that
all
Japanese
be
repatriated
to
Japan
after
thc
war.
NEW
UNION
TO
RECRUIT
HERE
VANCOUVER,
March
21
(H
Thc
United
Fishermen
and
Al
lied
Workers
Union,
at
its
annual
meeting
here,
decided
to
open
new
district
office
at
Prince
Rupert
in
an
effort
to
bring
an
additional
1,000
men
into
the
or
ganlzatlon.
An
organizer,
for
the
Prince
Rupert
area
will
be
appointed
shortly
by
Union
headquarters
here
after
which
the
northern
office
will
toe
opened.
Membership
of
the
union
is
now
approximately
6,000.
The
new
office
will
concentrate
on
unorganized
gill
nctters
trollcrs,
and
cannery
workers
on
thc
northern
coast.
A
revision
of
the
system
used
to
deduct
Income
tax
from
the
earnings
of
fishermen
was
asked
in
a
resolution
endorsed
by
the
the
Air
Staff
and
the
Marshal.
'convention.
on
Japanese
vessels
which
have
been
hiding
since
their
last
.brush
with
the
United
States
Navy
last
October
in
the
Philr
lippines
seas.
i
The
damaged
warships
in-
eluded
a
45,000-ton
dreadnaught,
,
three
carriers,
four
small
carriers,
two
cruisers,
four
des
troyers,
a
destroyer
escort,
and
a
submarine.
Six
small
craft
were
sent
to
the
bottom.
The
Japanese
lost
475
planes
in
their
frantic
attempts
to
protect
their
fleet.
YANKS
CAPTURE
SEVENTH
ISLAND
Still
Another
Landing
By
MacArthur's
Forces
on
Philippines
mmtrarcf
l
W
len-
laUfaiijyiQxp?,
the
.
Philippines
have
landed
on
tne
seventh
major
island
in
thc
sprawling
archipelago,
.achieving
complete
surprise,
the
Americans
swarmed
ashore
on
Panay
Island
Sunday
and
quicKly
closed
In
on
the
island's
port
capital
and
its
big
airfield.
Smithers
Over
Top
For
Red
Cross
SMITHERS.
March
21
The
Red
Cross
drive
at
Smithers
has
been
meeting
witli
a
good
response
and
already
the
quota
of
$1800
has
been
oversubscribed.'
Contributions
to
the
amount
of
around
$2500
have
already
been
received
and
It
is
hoped
to
obtain
double
the
quota
before
thc
drive
has
been
completed.
AIR
WAR
IS
UNDIMINISHED
No
Let-up
in
Allied
Pounding
Of
Important
Objectives
in
Reich
HEAVY
ATTACKS
TODAY
LONDON,
March
21
(CP)
A
force
of
two
thousand
American
bombers
and
fighters
attacked
nine
air
fields
in
northwestern
Germany
and
a
tank
factory
at
Plauen,
ten
miles
from
thc
Czechoslovakia
border
while
another
large
fleet
of
British
planes
blasted
i
large
oil
refinery
al
Bremen
today.
Berlin
said
(hat
American
bombers
from
Kaly
were
over
Aus(ria
con-(inuing
blows
which
yesterday
knocked
out
all
through
railway
lines
between
Vienna
and
Munich.
One
Canadian
bomber
was
missing
from
overnight
raids
which
struck
enemy
oil
refineries
and
Berlin.
LONDON,
March
21
J
Ber
lin
was
(bombed
for
the
twenty-
ninth
straight
night
after
British
heavy
bombers
attacked
Germany's
largest
freight
yards
at
Uamm
and
another
railway
junction
at
Recklinghausen
on
the
northern
fringe
ot
the
Ruhr
in
continuing
devastation
of
the
enemy's
communications
system
yesterday.
llundfeds
oJ
other
planes
raked
enemy
positions
close
to
the
front,'
resuming
a
pounding
which
cost
thc
Germans
nearly
5,000
vehicles
on
Monday.
'American
planes
flew
more
than
.1,000
sorties
before
noon
Tuesday.
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