:c::s
were
passed
cx-
confidcncc
In
the
gov-
;
and
leadership
of
Rt.
L,
Mackenzie
King
and
EDMONTON
TAKES
TWO
GAMES
FROM
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
Trince
Itupert,
cntryIn
the
Northwest
Service
Command
basketball
playoffs
for
the
command
championships
lost
two
close
games
to
Uie
843rd
Signal
Service
Battalion
at
Edmonton
Friday
and
Saturday
nights.
Representing
the
Service
Command
Unit
assigned
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation,
the
local
team
was
defeated
27-25
the
first
night
and
34-29
the
second.
In
the
opening
game,
which
was
close
throughout,
Wise
and
Jankcr
of
the
843rd
teamed
up
with
9
points
each
to
down,
the
local
.boys,
the
leading
scorer
lion
of
the
many
years
of
which
uVS
service
hv
Olof
Han-
counters
prcdciiUaLs
committee
of
W
O.
Pulton,
C.
P.
F
a"d
G.
B.
Casey.
Mutions
committee
was
I
of
S.
E.
Parker,
Wll-I
un
and
Robert
McKay.
I
were
telegrams
from
T
Kennev
of
Trrr.irp.
of
lands,
extendinc
best
for
a
successful
con-I'nd
from
Cyril
Martin,
I
Of
the
Oroniv
Kill.
A.'
Delation
rmrrnMlnir
t
to
send
a
delegate
but
.mpport
to
the
conven
ience
was
Gilbert
with
1!)
The
second
game
found
the
843rd
getting
Into
a
small
lead
early
In
the
game
and
protecting
it
throughout,
though
the
boys
from
Rupert
put
up
a
good
battle
during
the
entire
game.
Garfield
and
Gilbert
made
9
and
8
points
to
pace
the
Prince
Ru-ncrt
scoring.
Winners
of
the
Alaska
Division,
Air
Transport
Command
Playoffs
now
meet
Adak,
'the
All-Alaska
champs
tonight
and
to
morrow
night.
The
winner
will
then
meet
the
843rd
for
the
Northwest
Service
Command
title.
id
Forces
Continue
ns
On
Western
Front
US,
March
13
(CP)
The
first
big
Allied
of-cast
of
the
Uhinn
lms
extended
the
American
to'my
bridgehead
to
a
depth
of
nearly
five
ld
a
width
of
eleven
miles.
The
First
Army
t
least
23
east
bank
Rhine
towns
and
has
to
within
three
miles
of
a
super
military
high-
Ing
north
towards
the
m
.
T
'
lUne
column
strivim
jhng
a
main
highway
pr
Is
less
than
twenty-
from
the
southern
Pe
basin
with
its
teem,
!
lactorlcs.
P
FEDERAL
POST
fUVER,
March
13
fne-
s-oclal
service
ad-lr
in
vn.n
15
years
arid
ni-w
n
nalng
editor
of
the
f,8
Star
here,
has
ac-
Ltf
,
amlly
Allowances,
(Wtatater
Brook
Claxton
j
Leseri
naru&scia
Now
Fly
in
Italy
CANBERRA,
March
13
O)
There
are
still
4,000
Australians
flying
in
the
Middle
East,
Italy
and
the
Balkans.
Some
are
In
purely
Australian
squadrons
but
many
are
with
the
Royal
Air
Force.
Number
3
Squadron
of
the
R.A.A.F.,
plonker
Tighter
unit
in
Africa,
now
is
flying
in
support
of
Allied
troops
In
Italy.
Although
fighting
at
the
foot
of
the
Alps,
men
of
No.
3
are
still
referred
to
as
"the
Desert
Harasscrs,"
the
name
they
won
In
Africa
when
helping
smash
Rommel's
tanks.
No.
3
recently
switched
from
Klttyhawks
Mustangs.
skill
and
success
during
the
war
was
emphasized.
Principal
speaker
of
the
eve
Britain
Seeks
Trade
Of
Five
Continents
,1.
ON
DON,
March
13,
C-Road
convoys
oi
ou
w
ou
spccim
coaches
travelling
shop
windows-will
start
out
from
Britain
this
autumn
In
a
flvc-coiu:ncnt
campaign
to
restore
British
mar
kets
lost
during
the
war.
The
project
(of
Trade
Expcdl
Hons
Ltd.)
is
designed
to
help
smaller
manufacturers
who
cannot
afford
to
maintain
their
own
selling
organizations
abroad.
Each
caravan
will
be
manned
by
150
ex-servicemen
whose
main
Job
will
be
to
demonstrate
samples.
Exhibitions
and
trade
fairs
will
be
held
in
principal
centres.
The
first
convoys
are
to
be
sent
to
South
Africa
and
South
America.
Thomas
Ellison,
jt
ship's
cook
employed
by
the
A.T.S.
reported
to
police
that
he
had
been
robbed
of
$97
by
two
men
who
strong-armed
him
near
the
marine
repair
guardhouse,
Beach
Place
at
2
a.m.
Sunday.
MANILA
BIG
CITY
Before
the
Second
Great
War
to
the
population
of
Manila
was
625,u00.
PRO
NCIAL
LlbrtARY
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Weathei
Tides
L
easterly
winds
of
gale
(Paclllc
Standard
Time)
-V
V
.
inT
mndprate
soutn-
I?
mm
Wednesday,
March
14,
1945
In
evening,
u""1"'
High
-
.
1:34
22.0
feet
,ith
heavy
rain.
Wedncs-
13:40
23.1
feet
.
overcast
and
rcii
winds,
Low
1:
40
3.4
feet
w.
'
with
light
rain.
20:01
1.4
feet
VOL
XXXIV
No.
61
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C
TUESDAY
MARCH
13,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ivention
neia
Kuest
rin
Taken
-
Reds
Near
Berlin
it
ng
in
Session
Today
to
I
Candidate
for
Skccna
Lllirrc
Names
Up
.
ii
...,r.IV.1n
I
kmc
i
oi
nine
jjuooiwit
i
h
E
T
Applcwhaite,
f
.
.11
.ml
a
n
I
f
,
n
VUIIIIVM
Him
were
placed
before
the
nominating
con-it!::
ideal
by
the
Prince
Rural
1
Ai
.oaatlon
which
r'
;.i
of
delegates
last
luminary
to
tlic
convca-
Lvcnuon
opened
at
10
t
:
..
,
r"
,1
,1
m..
m"niis
in
ic
wuu-
U
with
the
usual
pre
ach
as
the
appolnt-
IcrcfirntiaU
and
rcsolu-
Bi:rJt:cc3
which
immcdl-
n.
una
sc-sion.
Rcsolu-i
(
J
b
considered
at
Uie
an
with
the
ex-
I
tha
the
choice
of
a
w
:um
dc
niauc
una
i.
C
Mllrhcil,
president
:i
.a
District
Liberal
As-.
pre
.ldlr1?
over
the
ci
a;
wnjen
mere
weic
ft
;m
various
outside
these
from
Prince
Ru-
evcr
predominating.
C
-mack,
federal
Lib-
lizcr
lor
unusn
uoi-
cni
Vancouver.
Is
also
Be'aiCi
were
z-
i
nppu-
I
Jame:
Batt,
Arthur
ink,
William
Bacon,
O.
B.
inut';
Camer.
Rev.
J.
A.
W
O.
Fulton,
Peter
S.
O.
Granley.
Robert
J;....)
Gurvlch,
J.
P.
B:i
K
HallDcrg,
It.
E.
ICkZji
Havcroy.
O.
A.
IC
P
Balagno,
C
Mliis.
F
M.
Kav
Malcolm
McLcod,
J
A.
McRac.
O.
C
!
IS.
A.
McPherson,
S.
E.
lA.
D.
Ritchie.
GUlls
L
W,
Riley
(Terrace).
kc;r
'Telkwai.
Mrs.
Lt$iigi.Lake.
William
J
4i.a
William
Grant
i'
W,
C
Little
iWood-).
a
wao
the
only
wo-
lo.iTcitlon,
on
being
0.
C
Mitchell,
pxsscd
"
rc
;ret
at
the
death
lay?r
president
of
the
strict
Liberal
Associate
time
he
was
killed
rar;j
crro
in
a
railway
Proposed
Vexed
Problem
Being
Dealt
With
Al
Liberal
Convention
When
the
Skccna
disliict
Liberal
convention
adjourned
for
luncheon
today
discussion
was
under
way
of
a
resolution,
moved
by
J.
A.
McKae
and
seconded
by
Oscar
Havcroy,
thai
the
convention
go
on
record
as
being
in
favor
of
"absolute
exclusion
of
all
Japanese
from
the
coastal
area
of
Biitish
Columbia
and,
insofar
as
possible,
that
all
members
of
the
Jap
race
be
deported
from
Canada
after
conclusion
of
the
war."
Uev.
J.
A.
Donnell
dubbed
the
resolution
as
"illiberal"
and
urged
support
of
Mackenzie
King's
stand
for
a
commission
on
the
Jap
question.
He
felt
that
men
should
be
judged
as
they
were
found
personally
not
on
basis
of
racial
origin.
Ii.
T.
Applcwhaite
supported
the
resolution,
the
only
danger
in
which
he
saw
was
development
of
racial
feeling.
BERNE
SAYS
RUNDSTEDT
WOUNDED,
I
Biggest
Day
Raids
REICH
GROGGY
AS
ALLIES
ADVANCE
Air
Assault
BEKNE,
Switzerland,
March
13
(CP)
Frontier
.
i
reports
said
today
that
Field
Marshal
Gerd
Von'
I
nrtn
rcOlfh
Kundstedt
no
longer
is
in
command
of
the
German'
wMwl
I
IXvlvll
armies
on
the
western
front.
One
unconfirmed
report
said
that
the
German
commander
has
been
wounded.
m
Essential
To
Elect
Right
Skccna
Kidiug
Faced
With
Momentous
Decision
in
Forthcoming
Contest
Advice
from
across
the
border
reflected
the
growing
tension
In
the
German
homeland,
particularly
in
Munich
where
the
Nazi
gauleitcr
was
said
to
have
warned
all
parly
officers
to
avoid
circulating
In
the
workers'
districts
of
the
city
because
the
police
arc
no
longer
strong
enough
to
guarantee
their
safety.
Rumors
of
outright
revolt
in
I
..
,
....
,
.
,
Munich
were
not
confirmed.
At
the
local
Liberal
Association
Wcinnformcd
observers
here
mcchr.
.
held
last
night
in
RckTs
I
spcculaU.d
that
Hitler
might
Cafe
the
importance
of
sending
jlnstltutc
m
new
surprize
such
back
10
Ottawa
for
the
serious
lM
the
ugc
of
gas
or
somc
otncr
days
ahead
an
experienced
and
new
weaDOn
to
stcm
the
Allied
mw
gm
mm
m
m
m
Is
Mounting
Berlin
Gels
Twenty-First
Night
of
Bombing
Ruhr
Almost
Out
of
Business
LONDON.
March
13
Oi
-
The
shattered
capital
of
Germany
has
gone
through
another
night
or
Allied
bombing.
RA.F,
Mosquito
bombers
made?
their
twenty-first
consecutive
night
attack
on
Berlin.
The
fast
British
planes
earned
two
-ton
blockbusters.
The
night
assault
on
Berlin
wasvfarried
out
on
schedule
des
pite!
the
fact
that
British
and
inea
government
Which
hail
tA
v,,.f
,.,
h.,f
,,,v.'n:in4diari
bomhpr
fnrmntlnn
served
Canada
with
outstanding
fun
r,,ri,or
HrMnc
it
m..
staecd
their
Greatest
davlieht
be
done
fluickly.
I
operation
of
the
war
yesterday.
Throughout
Germany,
reports'
Since
the
start
of
the
war.
here
sav.
there
Is
utter
confusion.
British
and
Canadian
bomber
ning
was
the
Liberal
organizer,
!
resentment
and
outright
resis-
groups
have
specialized
in
night
Mr.
McCormack,
who
declared
that
this
was
a
momentous
occasion
in
the
history
of
Canada.
The
choice
of
candidate
vhich
Skccna
made
at
this
time
was
a
matter
of
utmost
importance.
On
tance
against
new
reductions
In
bombing
but
recently
they
have
food,
travel
and
cooking
privl-jbeen
mounting
large
daylight
ledges
as
the
Nazi
leaders
seek
assaults.
Yesterday's
was
the
to
slow
the
Allied
advance
In!
largest
More
than
1200
Hali-
cast
and
west.
Banditry
and
rjartlsan
activity
were
declared
the
outcome
of
the
forthcoming
'
increasing,
election
would
undoubtedly
de-
I
a
private"
report
from
Berlin
pend
to
great
extent
the
future
said
tnat
at
ieast
xoo.000
foreign
welfare
and
development
of
this
WOrkers
left
their
Jobs
recently.
city
and
district
as
well
as
the
anci
some
EOt
through
to
meet
being,
to
nation.
Prince
Rupert,
as
a
re-
j
the
advancing
Allies.
Rhine,
suit
of
the
war,
had
received
a
1
,
r
.
to
be
the
followup?
Was
the
risk
to
be
taken
of
clcctins
the
follower
of
a
reactionary
party
of
the
interests
or
a
bureaucratic
cf
urally
;m
trolled
socialism
2-1;
The
Liberal
party,
Mr.
Mccor-mack
declared,
was
the
true
party
of
the
common
people
including
the
workers.
He
em
phasized
the
importance
of
enlisting
youth,
women
and
working
people
in
the
campaign.
Olof
Hanson,
speaking
bricny,
expressed
appreciation
of
the
confidence
that
had
been
placed
in
him
during
the
past
sixteen
years.
He
regretted
that
it
had
been
necessary
for
him
to
retire.
He
spoke
of
confidence
through--
out
the
riding
that
the
government
would
be
returned
to
office
and
a
Liberal
again
elected
In
Skccna.
A.
D.
Ritchie,
president
of
the
city
association,
was
in
the
chair
and,
like
other
speakers,
expressed
his
unbounded
confidence
in
the
government
and
leadership
of
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
nnH
tho
nwessitv
of
flffhtlnu
a
strong
campaign.
Rev.
Mr.
Donnell
and
E.
T
Applcwhaite
also
spoke,
indicating
their
willingness
to
accept
nomination
If
it
was
tendered
to
them.
W.
M.
Watts,
O.
C.
Mitchell
and
Robert
McKay
were
also
sug-ecstcd
as
candidates
at
last
nlaht's
meeting
out
cacn
de
clined
to
accept
nomination.
faxes
and
Lancastcrs
sent
5,000
tons'of
bombs
down
on
the
Ruhr
j
city
of
Dortmund.
An
R-A.F.
officer
said
the
great
attack
has
made
it
impossible
at
least
for
the
time
haul
coal
from
the
War
News
Highlights
Taking
Over
Mindanao
MANILA
In
the
Philippines,
Aineiicau
forces
arc
whipping
a
newly-captured
airfield
into
shape
for
medium
bombers.
It
is
the
San
Koque
airdrome,
one
of
the
best
on
Mindanao
Island.
It
is
215
airline
miles
from
Borneo.
The
airdrome
was
captured
along
with
the
government
centre
of
Zamboanga.
American
planes
supported
the
Mindanao
advance
and
also
prowled
over
the
China
Sea.
Two
enemy
frieghlcrs
were
left
sinking
off
the
Asiatic
coast.
Hemming
In
Japs
On
Iwo
GUAM
The
Iwo
situation
remains
unchanged
with
American
marines
slowly
narrowing
the
area
held
by
Ihc
Japanese.
American
warships
arc
supporting
the
drive
to
the
sea
by
carefully
placed
artillery
fire.
Nagoya
Still
Burning
WASHINGTON
Kcconnaissaiicc
photographers
'disclose
that
fifteen
fires
still
arc
burning
in
the
Japanese
industrial
city
of
Nagoya
which
produced
foity
to
fifty
per
cent
of
all
Japanese
aircraft.
TJic
photographs
were
taken
twelve
hours
after
300
B-29
superfortresses
fired
a
five
square-mile
area
of
the
city
with
incendiaiy
bombs.
Seven
important
war
plants
and
harbor
installations
were
damaged
in
the
terrific
assault.
Chinese
Recapture
Suichwan
CHUNGKING
Chinese
forces
have
recaptured
Suichwan,
the
former
site
of
an
advanced
American
air
base
in
Kiaugsi
province.
Suichwan
is
midway
bclwccn
Hong
Kong
and
Hankow.
Commandos
On
Raid
WITH
THE
I'll
1ST
CANADIAN
AKMY
ON
Till:
RHINE
A
small
force
of
British
commandos,
Sunday
night,
raided
Schouwcn
Island
of
the
Netherlands
coasf
between
the
Scheldc
and
the
Rhine
where
enemy
movements
lias
been
detected,
killing
several
Germans
bcfoie
returning
to
their
base.
Meanwhile,
on
Monday,
along
the
Rhine
especially
from
Munich
and
Wcscl
areas,
Ihc
German
were
shelling
Klcvc
and
the
roads
to
Calcar
and
Xanlcu.
The
First
Canadian
army
in
a
final
clean-up
on
tltc
west
bank
of
the
Rhine
took
five
to
six
hundred
prisoners
to
bring
to
about
Iwcnly-onc
thousand
their
total
for
(he
offensive.
Yanks
Expand
Bridgehead
PARIS
The
American
I'irsl
Army
expanded
ils
3-milc
deep
Rhine
bridgehead
several
hundred
yards
overnight
along
the
river
strip
which
the
Germans
said
was
almost
thirteen
miles
long.
There
was
no
Indication
that
Ihc
Nazis
could
organize
any
force
capable
of
budging
the
Americans
on
Ihc
cast
bank
of
the
Rhine.
The
American
Third
Army
captured
fourteen
towns
just
lo
the
south
of
the
Reinagen
bridgehead
and
won
domination
of
all
the
west
bank
of
Moselle
except
the
short
stretch
between
Cocheni
and
Erdcn.
At
least
eight
towns
east
of
Hie
Rhine
were
under
American
control.
February
Bomb
Deaths
Fewer
LONDON
Nazi
air
action
killed
eighty-four
civilians
in
Britain
during
the
month
of
February
and
injured
1,151
others,
the
Dome
Security
ministry
reported
today.
This
represented
102
fewer
deaths
and
nearly
five
hundred
fewer
persons
injured
than
in
January.
Focus
On
Berlin
Front
MOSCOW
The
Russians
began
shifting
large
numbers
of
their
forces
to
the
Berlin
front
on
Monday
after
smashing
enemy
resistance
between
the
mouths
of
the
Oder
and
Vistula
rivers.
Only
a
small
chunk
of
territory
at
the
northern
extremity
of
Pomcrania
and
the
Polish
Corridor
remained
to
be
overrun
by
the
Germans.
Bulletins
HULK
BACK
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
The
freighter
Oreenhill
Park,
which
was
badly
damaged
by
explosion
and
fire
here
last
Tuesday,
has
been
towed
back
Into
the
harbor
from
Siwash
Rock,
where
she
was
beached,
and
is
now
being'
unloaded
at
Bal-lantyne
prior
to
being
docked
for
repairs.
OSAKA
BOMBEII
WASHINGTON
Hundreds
of
B-29
bombers
blasted
the
Japanese
factory
city
of
Osaka
today,
American
Pacific
headquarters
announces.
'
PROTEST
CENSORSHIP
LONDON
Strong
protest
was
made
in
House
of
Commons
today
against
censorship
regulations
which
prohibit
the
use
of
names
of
British
units
on
the
western
front.
A
conservative
member,
Capt.
Leonard
Gammon
charged
that
British
divisions
were
not
get
ting
the
full
share
of
publicity
that
they
merited.
CLEAN-Ur
IN
MANDALAY
BURMA
HEADQUARTERS
There
is
house-to-house
fighting
in
Mandalay
as
Allied
troops
continue
clean-up
op
erations
in
the
battered
city.
According
to
reports,
80
per
cent
of
the
business
and
residential
parts
of
the
city
have
been
destroyed
by
bombs.
B.C.
Packers
Ask
Licence
For
Tuna
Cannery
in
B.C.
British
Columbia
Packers
Lim
ited
have
been
licensed
by
the
Provincial
Fisheries
Department
tcr
tipcrate"
tf'tiirfa
c-anheryiOf
the
1944-45
season,
company
officials
announce.
The
company,
however,
docs
not
anticipate
commercial
tuna
canning
this
season,
because
of
price
ceilings.
They
may
can
a
few
tuna
as
they
did
last
season
for
experimental
purposes
at
their
Klldonan
plant
on
Barclay
Sound.
AIRPLANE
IS
GIVEN
CREDIT
Twentieth
Century's
Contribution
to
Development
of
Transportation
WINDSOR,
March
13
Called
the
twentieth
century's
contribution
to
the
development
of
transportation,
the
aeroplane
was
credited
with
having
made
the
word
into
an
economic
unit
and
awakened
the
people
of
the
earth
to
a
wider
sense
oMntcmational
responsibility
by
Capt.
F.
M.
McGregor,
operations
superintend
ent,
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
in
a
luncheon
address
today.
Coincidental
with
the
devel
opmcnt
of
the
Instrument
oi
flight,"
said
Capt.
McGregor,
There
has
occurred
an
equally
Important
development
of
airports
and
navigational
facilities.
Electronics
arc
bringing
about
radical
changes
In
navigation
and
one
can
visualize
how
radar
can
be
used
to
advantage
commercially.
The
blind
landing
sys
tem
lias
been
perfected
and
will
allow
a
reduction
in
weather
limitations
at
terminals
which
will
effect
at
least
a
60
percent
increase
in
on-time
performance."
Acknowledgment
and
tribute
were
given
to
Dr.
Alexander
Graham
Bell,
J.
A.
D,
McCurdy
and
F.
W.
Baldwin
by
Capt
McGregor
for
their
contribution
to
aircraft
development
at
the
turn
of
the
century.
Every
Canadian,
he
said,
has
reason
to
be
proud
of
the
work
done
by
those
Canadian.
pioneers.
In
his
address
entitled,
"The
Wings
of
the
Nation,"
Capt.
Mc
Gregor
continued
"We
have
cause
to
be
proud
of
Canada
s
stand
Ing
in
navigation
today.
Our
position
will
be
enhanced
in
the
international
scene
as
the
air
I
routes
of
tomorrow
become
reality."
Local
Temperature
Maximum
42
Minimum
33
Rainfall
.24
inches
Six
Russian
Armies
Now
Striking
Towards
Reich
Capital
From
Oder
River
MOSCOW,
March
13
(CP)
The
principal
strong
point
in
Germany's
Oder
River
defence
line
has
fallen
to
the
westward-storming
Russians.
After
a
week
of
bitter
fighting,
assault
troops
of
Marshal
Zhukov's
First
Russian
Army
captured
the
Bastion
of
Kues-trin,
thirty-eight
miles
east
of
Berlin.
DAVE
BORLAND
MOVED
SOUTH
Manager
of
Capitol
Theatre
Here
Transferred
to
Vancouver
Announcement
is
made
of
the
promotion
to
Vancouver
as
manager
of
the
dowrntown
Dominion
Thealre
there
of
D.
G.
Borland
who
for
ten
years
has
been
manager
of
the
Capitol
MOVED
SOUTH
D.
O.
Borland,
transferred
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vartrouvcr
in
Famous
Players-
Canadian
Corporation
service.
Theatre
in
Prince
Rupert.
Ills
successor
here
will
be
J.
Harry
Black,
at
present
manager
-of
the
Capitol
Theatre
in
Pentic-ton.
The
transfers
take
effect
at
the
end
of
this
month.
News
of
Mr.
Borland's
re
moval
from
Prince
Rupert
will
be
learned
of
with
.general
regret
for
he
has
become
widely
known
and
highly
esteemed
here
not
only
through
his
capable
and
efficient
work
as
theatre
manager
but
also
in
various
lines
of
community
and
war
service.
He
will
take
with
lilm
in
the
larger'
and
more
important
Continued
on
Page
Four)
ANIMAL
PATHOLOGIST
DILS
VICTORIA,
March
13
f
Dr.
E.
A.
Watson,
65,
chief
animal
pathologist
at
Ottawa
until
his
retirement
two
years
ago,
died
at
Victoria
Monday.
The
Germans
declare
that
lx
Red
Army
divisions
now
are
striking
towards
the
Reich
capital
from
several
crossings
of
the
Oder.
Moscow
dispatches
hint
that
the
Russians
may
bypass
Berlin
and
drive
beyond
to
'link
up
with
the
armies
of
the
western
Allies
somewhere
in
the
Elbe
River
-valley.
The
German
high
command
today
said
that
Soviet
troops
are
attacking
powerfully
north
of
Frankfurt
in
an
attempt
to
expand
their
bridgeheads
over
the
Oder
river.
Moscow
previously
announced
the
capture
of
the
cast
bank
fortress
of
Kuestrin.
The
Nazis
said
that
the
Russian
assaults
were
held,
arid
de
clared
that
the
Germans
were
still
fighting
in
the
southern
fringes
of
Kuestri,
38
miles
east
of
Berlin,
16
miles
north
of
Frankfurt,
and
one
of
the
three
big
fortresses
guarding
the
German
capital.
Today.
Moscow
had
not
re-
j
ported
officially
any
crossings
Jot
the
Oder,
but
despatches
said
that
three
Russian
army
groups
apparently
were
being
disposed
jfor
assault
on
the
German
capi-
;taV
IS
RESUMED
Application
Made
for
Raise
in
Price
Ceiling
to
12
Cents
Cod
fishing
has
resumed
on
the
British
Columbia
coast
and
live
cod
fishermen
have
applied
to
Dominion
authorities
to
have
the
ceiling
raised
to
12
cents
for
live
cod.
Application
was
in
the
nature
of
a
brief
submitted,
after
the
price
control
authorities
had
noUfied
United
Fishermen's
Federal
Union
that
the
1945
cod
price
would
be
un
changed
from
1944.
Last
season
the,
cod
fishermen
operated
under
a
10
cent
ceiling
for
"steamer"'
or
"long
line!'
or
"dead"
cod.
The
live
cod.xaught
In
nets
and
held
in
traps,
brought
11
cents.
In
"addition,
the
cod
fislicrmen
get
the
proceeds
from
cod
livers.
M.L.A.
SON
DEAD
VANCOUVER,
March
13
JJ?
Lieutenant
Roderick
M.
Mcdonald,
son
of
R.
C.
Macdynald;
M.L.A.
for
Dewdncy,
died
of
wounds
in
a
German
prison
camp
on
January
9,
his
father
was
advised
Monday.
HeHad
been
wounded
and
taken
prison
VANCOUVER,
March
la
(CP)
Education
of
Japanese
children
who
have
been
evacuated
from
British
Columbia
is
the
responsibility
of
the
Dominion
government,
and
neither
the
B.C.
school
districts
nor
the
province
should
pay
for
them,
Hon.
H.
u.
Perry,
provincial
Minister
of
Education
said
SALVATION
ARMY
TO
HELP
EUROPE
LONDON,
March
13
;-Salva-
er
on
January
4.
EDUCATION
OF
EVACUATED
JAP
CHILDREN
FEDERAL
JOB,
PERRY
SAYS
tion
Army
leaders
now
are
pre
paring
for
their
own
"invasion
of
liberated
Europe."
The
first
Bri
tish
Salvation
Army
man
to
establish
direct
communication
with
those
who
continued
their
Army
work
through
the
German
occupation
has
just
returned
to
London.
He
is
Commissioner
R.
M.
Ast-bury,
international
secretary,
and
he
brought
back
information
about
stricken
Europe's
needs
for
use
in
drawing
up
Salvation
Army
plans
for
post-war
relief.
in
the
legislature
Monday.
Mr.
Perry
said
that
Japanese
children
who
nad
not
been
evacuated
received
the
same
education
as
other
children
In
the
province.
He
was
speaking
during
discussion
of
the
estimates
of
his
department,
which
is
expected
to
be
passed
today.
T.
D.
Pattullo
(Lib.,
Prince
Rupert),
suggested
that
instead
of
using
a
new
$2,500
grant
for
archives
to
collect
historical
data
and
Information
ph.
old
timers
from
a
variety
of
individuals
in
the
province,
the
government
should
appoint
B.
A.
McKclvlc,
president
of
the
B.C.
Historical
Society
to
permanent
office
In
charge
of
this-
work.
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