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PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
APRIL
28,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
wasburg,
Marshal
pounced
tonight.
WILL
EFFORT
fAR
EG,
April
23
In
1
with
the
problems
miaaians
will
require
fore.iRht:
thp
sntnp
N
the
same
dntprmi.
'uiDcarance
as
thrv
F
in
dealing
with
the
r1
'r
Oovrrnnr-n
E"l
of
Athlone.
said
vnor-acneral
told
a
'Ub
mppflnn
!,..
"Qa
;
wartime
nerfor-
P
something
of
which
?lans
could
Justifiably
's
term
ns
no.
c"plres
this
smH
SUITS
-ELST-
.
K
11ENTS
UNDER
DIFFICULTIES-
Men
often
had
to
I
deep
i
n
water
although
some
were
able
to
dig
up
B
naddle
over
to
the
YMCA
car.
in
forward
flooded
IUCHENWALD
HORROR
CAMP
i
outskirts
of
flaming
addition
to
Potsdam
fnow
Marshal
Stalin
:
last
night,
Potsdam
the
headauarters
of
an
Army
since
the
Frederick
the
Great.
-tenth
of
Berlin
was
be
still
hi
German
BV
Thorp
Is
n
lnnnnr
and
eastern
front.
ocre
remain
only
two
German
resistance
auth
Eforr
drlvlntr
t
link
i
BrltL;!)
In
iwrthrrn
have
captured
Pase-
eyes
ns
they
lay
In
a
dying
semi
coma.
The
delegation
said
In
London
yesterday
that
report
presented
to
them
by
representatives
of
an,
anti-Fasclst
committee
stated
that
up
to
April
1
the
number
of
those
who
had
died
or
been
killed
at
Buchenwald
totalled
over
51.000.
Films,
of
Nazi
atrocities
arc
showing
in
Canadian
theatres.
These
are
the
films
that
last
week
caused
Londoners
to
leave
the
theatres
while
they
were
being
shown.
ADOLF
HITLER
NEAR
DEATH
STOCKHOLM,
April
28
(CP)
A
Swedish
newspaper
reports
that
Hitler
has
suffered
a
stroke
and
is
near
death
inside
Berlin.
The
Stockholm"
report
says
this
information
comes
from
reliable
circles
which
however,
are
not
identified,
however,
are
not
identified.
The
Stockholm
newspaper
was
the
Svenska
Dagbladct
which
nuotcd
reliable
circles
as
say
ing
that
Hitler
had
suffered
a
cerebral
hcinmorrhaRC
and
was
near
death.
Unemployment
Insurance
For
Loggers
Coming
LONDON,
April
28
Vh
The
fedcral
government
has
decided
to
bring
the
logging
Industry
under
unemployment
Insurance
H.H..in.tinH
n
n
Tlnrnlur
n
f
Of...
uu
eved
to
be
his
'
tawa,
chief
Insurance
officer
or
".rn
Canada.
the
commission,
announced
here
$750,000
$393,450
Russia
Gets
Three
Seats
Harmony
Being;
Achieved
at
'Frisco
Chairman
Question
Settled
SAN
FRANCISCO.
April
23
ft-
The
United
.Nations
achieved
enough
harmony
at
their
San
Francisco
cnnfprpnno
to
start
the
rca
job
of
building
ja
world
peace
organization.
A
I
compromise
has
been
adopted
under
which
foreLgn
secretaries
ot
Russia,
Britain,
China
and
the
United
States
will
serve
as
rotat-
i
Ing
chairmen
of
plenary
sessions
The
final
speaker
of
the
day
an
was
Prime
Minister
King.
Mr.
King
said
that,
in
n:s
words,
"Na-
illand,
when
it
hove
into
sight
with
Its
welcome
cup
!tlon5
cvery'he
must
unite
to
Germans
were
only
two
miles
away
and
the
whole
,c
u"u
Cive.
"""""J-
,
ded
and
under
continual
shell
fire
rung
pieagea
mai
me
people
oi
--
-
-
-jviinaua
are
resoivcaao
uo
au
m
)W
IN
HUMAN
DtbKADAIlUN
world
'Vlll
not
be
engulfed
for
a
third
time
by
a
tidal
wave
of
savagery
and
despotism."
Compromises
were
reached
after
Stettinius
had
conferred
with,
some
of
the
Russian
delegates
in
0N
.April
28
(Cin-The
British
parliamen-!a"a"empt
10
lron
out
dlMer'
at.ion
which
inspected
the
Buchenwald
hor-
Foreign
Minister
soomr
of
chi-
p
have
made
a
report
on
what
they
saw.lna,
Foreign
commissar
Moiotovi
.he
atrocities
committed
by
the
Nazis
in
the
of
Russia,
Foreign
Secretary
Tl"1
concentratibn
camfs
mark
the
jgdSftSAS
euauon
10
wnicn
numanity
nas
yet,
cie-iconferericc
session
Thursday.
.iscended.
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
rf
as
ine
inspecting
pariy
mov-,of
Canada
speaks
today.
i
i
.
ca
aDOUi
me
camp
in
snocitea
VII
I
disbelief,
half-naked
victims.
untiring
pauuuiiy
as
uiuugii
on
stilts,
managed
to
smile
a
3flrt
little.
Others
watched
the
U
1
1
1
Britons
through
half
-
closed
April
28
9i
The
iiptured
Spandau
on
Italy
Escape
Routes
Severed
reached
the
Swiss
border
today
and
cut
off
all
of
northwest
Italy
from
exits
to
Germany,
the
Milan
national-
liberation
radio
said
today.
MURDERERS
ARE
NAMED
LONDON,
April
28
if'
Repat
riated
Royal
Air
Force
prisoners
of
war
have
supplied
the
British
government
with
the
names
of
the
commandant
and
others
responsible
for
the
shooting
'of
50
British
air
officers,
including
six
Canadians,
at
the
notorious
German
Stalag
Luft
No.
3
last
year.
It
was
reported
yesterday.
The
Foreign
Office
said
that
the
names
of
the
guilty
will
be
pub
lished
by
the
War
Crimes
Commission
when
all
the
evidence
against
them
has
been
collected.
ARMY
VICTORY
LOAN
BOARD
IS
VANDAL
VICTIM
The
Army's
Victory
Loan
standing
bulletin
board
on
the
Post
Office
grounds
was
the
vie
tim
of
vandalism
during
the
nicht.
It
was
ripped
,
off
its
stakes
but
litle
damaged.
The
military
authorities
were
notl
ficd
this
morning
and
s-tartcd
checking
up
with
a
view,
if
pos
sible,
to
locating
the
vandals
The
board
was
discovered
lying
on
the
post
office
lawn
at
o'clock
this
morning
by
Corpor
ul
A.
T.
Lashmar
of
the
city
police
and
taken
to
police
head
quarters.
Mussolini
Is
Seeking
Refuge
BERNE,
April
28
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
and
the
former
Fascist
secretary
Farlnaccl
arrived
Thursday
at
the
north
Italian
town
of
Como
not
far
from
the
Swiss
frontier.
Mussolini
was
recognized
despite
a
disguise.
The
former
proud
Duce
was
reported
to
have
fled
from
Milan
which
Is
said
to
have
been
mans,
taken
over
by
Italian
partisans,
ensued,
Separate
Peace
Offer
Is
Spurned
By
Churchill
HOUDE
LEADS
QUEBEC
PARTY
MONTREAL,
April
28
P;
with
United
States
Secretary
of
veteran
"f
Qupber.
illti,
Mayor
t
'
State
Stettinius
chairman
of
Camlllien
Houde
of
Montreal,!
;
steering
and
executive
commit-
lhas
accepted
the
co-leadership
1
Nazj
Disaster
In
Italy
,
tees.
i01
the
Bloc
Popuialre
in
the
June
Hie
conference
agreed
to
give!11
edcral
election
campaign.
Russia
the
three
votes
she
asked
j
The
mayor'6
acceptance
was
for
in
the
proposed
world
asscm-
announced
a
few
hours
after
P.
bly
but
the
question
of
an
in-
J-
A.
Cardln
in
a
radio
address)
vitation
to
San
Francisco
for
the
confirmed
the
formation
of
a
Warsaw
Polish
government
has1
new
party
under
the
name
of
been
referred
to
the
Big
Four,
j
National
Front
(Le
Front
Natlon-
Bulletins
MORI?
FRENCH
REFUGEES
BERNE,
Switzerland
Switzerland
may
soon
have
more
visitors.
The
French
press
agency
reports
that
exApre-miers
Daladier
and
Renaud
and
General
Gamelin
have
crossed
from
Germany
into
Switzerland.
WASHINGTON
CRASH
WASHINGTON,
D.C-
Four-teen-persons
were
killed
at
the
Washington
D.C.
airport
yesterday
when
a
passenger
plane
overshot
the
runway
and
plunged
into
a
ravine,
bursting
into
flames.
NEW
STEAMSHIP.
SERVICE
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
shipping
interests
are
plan-
ROME,
April
28
Oi
American!
ning
a
new
steamship
service
troops
striking
across
the
Po
from
British
Columbia
ports
to
River
valley
and
into
tnc
Alps,
South
America.
HALIBUT
BOATS
COMING
VANCOUVER
A
number
of
Vancouver
halibut
boats
have
left
to
join
the
Prince
Rupert
fleet
on
the
first
trips
6f
the
season
to
the
fishing
grounds.
The
season
starts
next
Tues
day.
PETALN'S
REQUEST
PARIS
Marshal
Pclain's
first
request
on
entering
the
room
where
he.
is
to
be
held
prisoner
pending
trial
for
treason
was
for
a
picture
of
General
DrGaulIc
which
he
placed
upon
the
wall.
MONTY
VISITS
CANUCKS
PARIS
Field
Marshal
Montgomery
visited
Canadian
troops
on
the
Holland
front.
He
re-rencwed
acquaintances
with
officer
and
men
who
served
under
him
in
the
Eighth
Army
in
Sicily
and
Italy.
NAMED
TO
COMMISSION
OTTAWA
Wing
Commander
E.
R.
Hopkins
will
represent
Canada
on
the
delegation
of
members
of
the
United
Nations
War
Crimes
Commission
which
will
go
to
Europe
to
inspect
German
horror
camps.
Wing
Commander
Hopkins
is
attached
to
the
Department
of
External
Affairs
and
is
secretary
of
the
Canadian
War
Crimes
Advisory
Committee.
General
Elsenhower
requested-
that
the
Commission
send
twelve
of
its
members
to
inspect
the
camps.
PATRIOTS
STOP
FLEEING
NAZIS
LONDON,
April
28
it)
A
force
of
German
soldiers
esU-mated
at
1,500
battled
Italian
patriots
near
Switzerland's
southern
frontier
throughout
Friday
night
in
an
attempt
to
cross
into
that
neutral
country,
the
Swiss
radio
said
today.
The
Swiss
government
evacuated
residents
of
the
border
region
when
fighting
broke
out
near
Chlasso.
The
Iallan
patriots
ambushed
the
fleeing
Ger-
and
an
all
-night
battle
'
ROME
The
Germans
are
facing
disaster
in
northern
Italy
as
well
as
inside
the
battered
Reich.
American
troops
hayc
entered
Genoa
and
Italian
partisans
have
driven
the
enemy
from
Milan
and
Turin.
The
Swiss
radio
told
of
a
pitched
battle
during
the
night
between
patriots
who
ambushed
1500
Nazis.
The
Germans
tried
to
creep
across
the
border
to
the
safety
of
Swiss
internment.
Japan
Is
Bombed
Again
WASHINGTON
American
warplancs
have
brought
destruction
to
Japan's
home
islands
once
again.
A
fleet
of
about
150
B-29's
bombed
Japan
today,
the
third
attack
on
enemy
airfields
in
two
days.
Allied
planes
have
been
.hitting
these
southern
airdromes
regularly
since
April
16
because
they
are
the
take-off
points
for
Japanese
raiders
who
bomb
Okinawa.
In
yesterday's
raid,
enemy
fighter
planes
tried
to
break
up
the
superfortress
formation
by
dropping
phosphorous
bombs
at
.
some
of
the
giant
planes.
Using
"Foolish"
Bombs
GUAM
The
Japanese
have
been
using
pilo-guldcd
rocket
bombs
in
attempts
to
stem
the
American
advance
on
Okinawa.
The
bombs
are
sixteen
feet
long
and
are
generally
launched
from
the
underside
of
a
bombing
plane's
fuselage.
American
forces
have
named
them
the
"Baka
Bomb."
"Baka"
Is
the
Japanese
word
for
"foolish."
REICH
IS
CRACKING
UP-TR00P5
REVOLT
IN
MUNICH-ATTEMPT
TO
FORM
NEW
GOVERNMENT
FAILURE
LONDON,
April
28
(CP)
German
soldiers
revolted
today
in
Munich,
the
birthplace
of
Nazism,
and
the
scene
in
1923
of
Hitler's
beer
hall
putsch.
Anti-Nazi
troops
attempting
to
seize
the
Bavarian
government
won
control
of
Munich's
radio
station
long
enough
to
broadcast
a
call
to
German
troops
to
lay
DRY
DOCK
IN
SECOND
PLACE
One
of
the-treasured
trophies
in
the
possession
of
the
local
Dry
Dock
is
the
Devenlsh
Cup
donated
by
W.
R.
Devenish,
vice-president,
western
region,
Cana
dian
National
Railways
for
the
Seventh
Loan
campaign.
Mr.
Devenish
has
donated
another
trophy
for
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan
campaign
and
the
Dry
Dock
Is
hopeful
of
putting
this
trophy
beside
the
one
won
In
the
Seventh
Victory
Loan
campaign.
In
the
first
v
bulletin
'issued
from
Winnipeg
the
Dry
Dock
was
fourth
In
the
competition.
In
the
second
bulletin
Issued
the
Dry
Dock
was
second.
The
rules
of
the
competition
arc
that
one
point
Is
awarded
for
each
percentage
of
em
ployees
subscribing
and
two
points
for
each
percentage
of
money
objective
obtained.
Determined
to
make
as
good
a
showing
on
the
liome
front
as
the
forces
are
doing
on
the
fighting
fronts,
the
employees
In
the
Dry
Dock
are
throwing
all
their
energies
and
organization
into
reaching
their
objective
in
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan
campaign.
Organization
of
the
canvas
In
the
yard
is
hi
Uic
hands
of
T
J.
Boulter,
superintendent
of
maintenance,
and
R.
W.
Long
Is
In
charge
of
records.
CANDIDATE
OF
SOCIAL
CREDIT
.
VANCOUVER,
April
28
KM
Eric
Martin,
first
v'ce-presldent
of
the
New
Veterans
Branch
or
the
Canadian
Legion
here,
was
nominated
Social
Credit
candidate
for
Vancouver
Centre
In
the
forthcoming
federal
election,
down
their
arms.
The
revolt
apparently
was
stifled.
A
report
from
the
German-
Swiss
frontier
today
said
that
an
effort
to
establish
a
new
German
government
under
the
leadership,
of
Walter
Funk,
president
of
the
Reichsbank,
failed
last
Tuesday.
It
was
learned
reliably
to
night
that
heavy
fighting
be
tween
German
Army
troops
and
SS
men
was
reported
in
Salz
burg,
12
miles
north
of
Ber
chtesgaden,
and
the
situation
was
said
to
be
choatic
still.
Final
Fight
For
Berlin
Nazis
Resorting
to
Every
Ruse
To
Defend
Capital
MOSCOW,
April
28
(CP)
Russian
troops
are
battling
for
the
last
quarter
of
Berlin
still
held
by
the
Nazis.
The
fighting
is
bitter,.
Soviet
dispatches
say
the
Nazi
Elite
Guards
are
trying
to
hide
their
identity
by
changing
(to
civilian
clothes
but
they
hatig
on
to
their
weapons
all
the
same
and
con
tinue
to
use
them.
Nazi
propagandists
whirl
from
one
alibi
to
another.
They
hold
out
a
promise
of
relief
for
the
Nazi
garrison
and
then
in
the
next
breath
declare
the
situation
is
critical
and
that
Berlin's
fate
will
decide
the
war.
Moscow
puts
no
faith
In
enemy
statements
which
say
Hitler
is
in
the
enemy
capital.
One
such
rumor
says
the
Fuehrer
has
suitably
set
up
headquarters
in
the
Berlin
zoo.
Outside
Berlin,
Russian
columns
are
slashing
west
towards
the
American
Ninth
Army
and
northwestward
toward
British
forces
fighting
for
Hamburg.
MAY
LIQUOR
War
News
Highlights
ration
same
VANCOUVER,
April
28
0
The
British
Columbia
liquor
ration
in
May
will
remain
the
same
as
the
April
ration,
W.
F.
Kennedy,
Liquor
Board
chair
man,
announced
Friday.
The
ration
consists
of
26
ounces
of
spirits
or
four
dozen
beer,
or
two
bottles
or
Imported
wine
or
one
gallon
of
domestic
wine.
GREAT
ADVANCE
IN
NATIONAL
LOAN
TOTALS
OTTAWA.
April
28
Oi
A
sub.
stantial
increase
in
large
pur
chases
boosted
Thursday's
na
tlonal
Victory
Loan
sales
to
$76,-
243,950
and
lifted
the
cumula
tlve
total
for
the
first
four
days
of
the
drive
to
$279,423,850,
Na
tional
Victory
Loan
headquarters
announced
yesterday.
Thursday's
total
compared
with
467.650.050
on
the
fourth
day
oTihe'severith"
loan",
and
the
cumulative
total
compared
with
$283,668,600
at
the
same
point
in
the
last
campaign.
At
the
end
of
the
fourth
day
the
B.C.-Yukon
total
stood
at
$18,964,200,
or
30
per
cent
of
quota.
For
the
third
consecutive
time,
Ladysmith,
on
Vancouver
Island,
was
the
first
unit
in
B.
C.
to
go
over
the
top
with
103
percent
of
its
$175,000
quota.
In
the
first
three
days
of
the
campaign,
29,204
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
employees
invested
$3,365,500
in
Victory
Bonds.
Large
purchases
included
$15,-
POO.OOO
by
the
Prudential
Life
Insurance
Company.
Complete
Surrender
Bid
Is
Made
Himmlcr
Tells
Western
Allies
Iiiit
Not
Russia
He
Wants
to
Quit
LONDON,
April
28
(CP)
Heinrich
Himmler
I
t
1
1
A
was
reporteu
tociay
ip
have
offered
uncondition
al
surrender
to
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
but
Prime
Minister
Wins
ton
Churchill',
in
a
special
statement,
declared
that
only
unconditional
surrender
to
all
three
big
powers
would
be
accepted
by
the
Allies.
The
Prime
Minister
neither
confirmed
nor
denied
reports
that
surrender
had
been
offered
to
the
two
western
Allies
but
riot
to
Russia.
There
was
no
tendency
in
Lon
don
to
discount
the
possible
authenticity
of
such
reports.
In,
San
Francisco
the
move
i'wis'-.'iakm
tasiariaskm
imi
tcr-a
t--
tempt
to
split
the
unity
of
the
Big
Three.
It
is
understood
to
have
had
the
backing
of
the
German
High
Command
but
not
that
of
Adolf
Hitler.
Himmler
was
authoritatively
stated
here
to
have
informed
the
western
Allies
that
he
is
in
a
position
to
arrange
unconditional
surrender
ands-he'
.
himself
is
in
favor
of
it.
.""
LIEUTENANTS
PROMOTED
Five
Second
Lieutenants
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation
have
just
been
promoted
to
First
Lieutenants.
They
are
Evan
L.
Bone,
Joseph.
T.
Rubien,
William
V.
Schelberg,
Stanley
F.
J.
Straska,
and
Milton
M.
Wcinrieb.
NEW
MARK
SET
FOR
VICTORY
LOAN
PURCHASES
IN
RUPERT
Prince
Rupert
Victory
Loan
purchases
set
up
a
new
record
yesterday.
The
day's
volume
of
purchases
was
$146,450
the
largest
for
any
single
day
in
any
loan
to
date.
Incidentally,
it
"brought
Prince
Rupert
up
to
52
percent
of
its
objective
$393,450
on
.Ihe
quota
of
$750,000.
The
local
Victory
Loan
organiza
tion
Is
hopeful
that
the
city-,
may
go
over
the
top
before
the
end
of
the
second
week
of
the
campaign.
There
is
great
satisfaction
at
the
response
which
is
being
accorded
the
loan
on
this
occasion.
Comparison
with
the
Seventh
Victory
Loan
shows
that
on
the
corresponding
day
last
Octdbcr,
bond
purchases
totalled
$103,300,
and
the
cumulative
five-day
total
was
$360,350."
Here
are
some
subscriptions
to
be
acknowledged
since
yesterday:
Ida
I.
Murray
..
$1,000
Carl
Frederick
McEwen
....
100
iKwong
Sang
Hlng
Co
2,000
Barry
Clinton
Lashmar
....
50
Roy
T.
Lashmar
50
Wong
Ship
Sal
-
100
Jang
Yuen
Shack
100
Lee
Yce
Kum
300
Mah
Key
100
Mali
Sun
Goo
Grand
Cafe
Wong
Tal
50
600
200
Mrs.
Ruby
Hon
200
Kam
Sun
Wong
200
Kuc
Wong
Shee
500
Ronald
Strand
.
50
Alf.
Strand
50
Miss
Joyce
Strand
50
Hawklnson
Laundry
Ltd.
..
1,000
Miss
Susan
Jones
50
Ellen,
Chrlstoff
100
creasing
Gall
W,
Bolam
50
cast
In
S.
J.
Mellor
NAZI
MARSHAL'S!
TRAIN
CAPTURED
WITH
THE
U.
S.
THIRD
ARMY
IN
AUSTRIA,
April
23
ti
Field
Marshal
Kcsselring's
private
train
has
been
captured
in
Cham,
near
the
CzecnoSlovak
frontier
and
the
commander
of
south
Germany
was
reported
today
to
be
virtually
surrounded
at
Regensburg
under
the
guns
of
the
Third
Army.
A
An
officer
in
charge
of
the
(marshal's
15-car
train
said
that
it
was
en
route
to
Regensbur,g
to
bring
out
Kesselrlng,
but
added
that
It
was
not
certain
if
the
marshal
was
sUU
there.
The
Americans
captured
53
Mcsserschmltt
planes
on
the
big
airport
near
Cham.
Weather
Forecast
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy
and
mild,
occasional
showers.
Suncay:
Light
to
moderate
winds,
Increasing
to
fresh
In
afternoon.
Partly
cloudy
and
mild,
Increasing
to
cloudy.
In-
In
afternoon
to
over-evening.
Intermittent
100
light
rain
towards
evening,
V