ol
RrillMl.
lanauiarii
Ilil
ti.HILril
i'
i
ii.'i.
.......
.inrrmuii
i
on
camps
by
the
adunw
ha
arnvca
m
::
.
!i,
Canadian
and
r-rapcci
lost
no
time
nearly
1000
miles
from
pron
ramps
to
the
rapltai
Plans
for
a
carfare
movement
ill
IS
I1L1II
L
44
aunn.
nrnri
in
4
"
S0Ut.hi.rr,
.n-
.
vines
nv
"
Wer
salary
in
this
hat
the
ui
me
ngures
reverse
iS
the
NEW
RAIL
LAW
HEAD
1.
Pnirpt
Havp
(ininnrt
A
l'lvi,
I'Vn.
The
Canadian
First
Army
has
gained
seventeen
miles
since
It
opened
Its
offensive
less
than
two
weeks
ago
and
more
than
9.000
enemy
prisoners'
have
been
taken
during
that
period.
To
the
south,
the
American
Third
Army
has
blasted
out
new
man
towns.
Third
Army
troops
have
succeeded
In
breaking
through
the
Siegfried
Line
on
a
seven-mile
sector
south
of
the
German
base
of
Bitburg.
a
I
nninn
Aim
pith
nimsii
u'
MONTREAL,
Feb.
20-
R.
H.
M
Temple
K.
C,
general
counsel.
has
been
appointed
head
of
the
law
department,
Canadian
National
Railways,
accordins
to
an
announcement
today
by
R.
C.
Vaughan,
chairman
and
presi
dent.
Mr.
Temple
succeeds
E.
E
Falrweathcr,
who
recently
retired
because
of
ill
health.
Reginald
H.
M,
Temple
K.
C
a
na
tive
of
Toronto,
was
educated
at
Upper
Canada
College,
Trinity
UnlvprsJtv
and
Osgoodc
Hall.
After
practising
law
in
Toronto
he
went
to
South
Africa
10
accept
thc
position
oi
secretary
to
the
minister
or
mines
01
uie
South
Agrlcan
government
and
later
became
commissioner
or
Thcldleberg
mining
district.
Mr.
Temple
began
his
raiiwaj
career
In
the
construction
uv-
partmcnt
or
thc
Canadian
Nor
thern
Railway,
serving
in
tnc
ac
counting
and
engineering
01-
rices
and
shortly
afterwards
was
appointed
assistant
solicitor
ol
thc
legal
department
or
Canadian
Northern.
In
1919
he
was
appointed
general
solicitor
and
claims
agent
of
territory
Irom
Port
Arthur
ro
Victoria
with
headquarters
at
Winnipeg
and
rour
years
later
became
regional
counsel
or
the
Canadian
National
Railways
there.
He
transferred
to
Montreal
In
1920
and
became
general
counsel
ot
the
CN.
R.
system
three
years
later.
Iwo
Jim
a
in
ki
in
ui
i
nun
v
m
ie""u
in
iiiiunu
ii
ii
if
iii
i
i
i
ii
ii
r
10
MEET
SERIOUS
SITUATION
thc
council.
TO
SCHOOLS
IN
RUPERT
a
die
wi
in
lUKun
ov
me
uoaii
oi
c
looi
irus-
ill
LflC
limit
ftV!l
I
Ml
I
IK'
(!!
V
fVllllH'll
T
11
1
Ml
llivivfi
I
!ity
council
last
night
whool
board
in
prc-
"3
estimates
for
tho
net
With
the
ready
au-
--v
i
iiviiuiiviiuaiiuiu
uic
school
board
and
I
by
the
council
were
"crease
In
the
salary
-a
w
vi
a
ftUIIUlIU
O
wilV
liiUI
ui
Ul
Jul"
agauisb
a
new
ending
nrocram.
A
iv,
u,
L.anjc,
v.
UK
ooaro
oi
school
nought
the
school
M'orc
the
council
as
'gallon
of
the
local
met
the
board
lr
-
-utwa
a
cnange
wnentary
salaries
to
a
-
.
.jtuu
arm
a
mzxi.
100.
They
also
asked
cost
of
living
bonus
nlcu
of
the
partial
cost
a.
after
a
lengthy
de-ewed
to
grant
an
in-
c'cmentary
school
sal.
1
mlnimum
or
$1200
and
iu
of
$1000.
Thev
also
tlrtnJ
1.
.
..
'
wmU
uic
cost
or
"3
bc
paid
the
teachers
'e
'HI
amount.
Wo
f,r
irc
of
course,
whether
Promise
will
be
satis-Lu
the
teachers
of
the
we
Wt
that
it
was
as
c
could
grant
this
d
at
least
a
begin-
111)
lM
t...t..l
,w.T
.'
1111
oul
"J
the
"cil
however.
n,-it
n,
LllnTl.
1..
.
"vii
in
iTiiipp
nim.
r
fro,,.
.
naiiiciory.
we
compete
in
tho
w'ln
such
ccntrr
n
cr
and
vioori
j
"""8
COnaitlnna
nnA
are
much
erth
lslrablc
r
than
thnv
nr
cb
n
.
11.
counteract
the
attrac-
case.
It
cannot
be
marvcllcti
then
If
we
arc
not
always
satlstlcd
with
the
quality
or
thr
teaching
which
we
obtain.
"It
Is
the
Intention
or
this
board,
to
make
an
Intensive
sur
vey
or
the
local
nign
scnooi
during
the
next
rcw
months
and
among
other
solutions
which
may
have
to
be
sought,
un
doubtedly
the
question
or
higher
salaries
will
present
Itself.
Contiriued
on
Page
Four)
Battle
Is
Fierce
One
Thousands
of
American
Marines
Trying
to
Root
Out
Japs
C.UAM,
Feb.
20
(CP)
One
of
the
most
savage
battles
of
the
entire
Pacific
war
now
is
in
progress
in
lwo
Jima.
Thousands
of
American
marines
have
swarmed
ashore
on
the
tiny
island
which
lies
just
G75
miles
from
the
southern
tip
of
the
Japanese
mainland.
The
Japs
are
well
entrenched.
Scores
of
tanks
are
taking
part
in
the
fighting.
Tokyo
acknowledges
that
no
less
than
150
American
tanks
have
been
observed
in
one
section
of
the
island.
BUILDING
TO
BE
GOVERNED
City
Council
Accepts
Engineers
Proposal
to
Set
I'p
Coinniissiun
A
civic
building
commission
Is
to
be
set
up
here
to
pass
on
all
applications
for
building
permits.
Acting
as
an
advisory
board
to
the
building
Inspector
and
the
city,
It
will
meet
at
least
once
a
week.
Its
Jurisdiction
will
be
over
all
matters
having
to
do
with
building
in
the
city.
Decision
to
form
such
a
com-
Mayor
II.
M.
Daggett
was
In
clined
to
think
that
the
function
;
of
such
a
commission
might
be
too
complicated''
for
a
city
of
this
size
but
other
members
were
"t7h6rraoT"nic"ldca"lif
view
of
the
present
building
!
situation
In
the
city
and
the
:
council
by
resolution
adopted
the
l
proposal.
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mv;
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ui
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iimi;
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nilVI
ic
!
lii
i.w1i
4
1
i'lc
flwi
fin
fin
i'
ix
r
uf
school
building
program
for
the
city.
Pro-j
jng
thut
line
came
be-
council
last
night
on
recommen
dation
of
City
Engineer
0.
S.
Hanes.
The
commission
will
con
sist
of
Mayor
.
M.
Daggett,
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
the
building
In
spcclor,
city
engineer,
fire
chief
medical
health
officer.
POST-YALTA
PARLEY
HELD
IIiimiicsn
At
This
Session
Was
Defeat
of
Japan
DeC.aulIc
Fails
to
Accept
Invitation
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
20
0
President
Roosevelt
confer
red
with
Prime
Minister
Churchill
at
Alexandria,
Egypt,
after
and
received
another
pledge
or
full
British
support
In
the
war
against
Japan
alter
Germany's
defeat.
In
a
formal
summary
of
the
President's
activities
since
he
left
the
Yalta
meeting,
the
White
House
said
today
that
Roosevelt
invited
General
DeGaulle
to
meet
him
In
Algiers,
French
Morocco.
DeGaulle,
the
statement
said,
replied
that
ofHclal
business
prevented
him
rrom
going
to
Algiers.
HOSPITAL
SHIP
IN
IIALIPAX
The
Canadian
hospital
ship
Lady
Nelson
Is
expected
in
Halifax
sometime
today.
Nearly
500
sick
and
wounded
Canadian
service
personnel
are
aboard
the
ship.
I
rnwvilKUIALj
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
DRjTlSIjOMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
1
l,day
Weathei
cloudy
and
mild
with
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
J
lutsa..,.
,in
nr
drizzle.
She
Wednesday,
February
20,
1945
1
.winds,
conditions
deterior-,T
mm
High
8:55"
18.7
feet
ranidly
during
afternoon
22:15
16.2
feet
'?
"Pl,l
nv-rcast
with
rain
Low
2:10
9.8
feet
and
S.
E.
gaies
15:41
5.8
feet
5now
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
43
PRINCE
RUPERT,'
B.C.,
TUESDAY.
FEBRUARY
20,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
W
K
.
M
M
m
k
.
Miles
in
Two
Weeks
Offensive
MinA
Thmisand
Prisoners
UIK
!
.
-i.
i
on
AT
cri,A,m
,iC
1,
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......
lib
rCUt
"
V
1
-viiu
ow.kui
ui
niv;
v;oiciii
i,
sfpnc
oi
ncavv
limuinir
looav.
l
roons
oi
.
.
a
m
it
liiHct
A
iMYttr
Iwjiii
n
ncintr
in
ttnin
I
I
1
1
1
Li
1
1
mj
n
iwtions
on
Calcar,
a
uerman
highway
centre
.
ffm
fVio
T?hino
Tho
lntoct
rlicti'.it
rVi
1
1
r
ii
r
in
rv
l
nri'iinr
i
it
uu
1
1
ll
1
I
iff
v;vv
1
1
stlffcst
kind
of
resistance.
However,
five
German
counter-at
tacks
launched
over
heaped
enemy
dead
failed
to
budge
Can
adian
army
troops
battling
in
the
Moyland
sector
two
miles
northwest
of
Calcar.
The
final
remnants
of
enemy
opposition
have
Just
about
been
cleared
from
the
communica
tions
centre
of
Ooch,
seven
miles
southwest
of
Calcar.
Canadian
army
units
now
arc
threatening
to
enter
Germany's
indust
rial
Rhur
district
from
the
north.
Russo
-
Germanic
War
Approaches
Showdown
LOCAL
FLIER
BALES
OUT
OVER
ENEMY
TERRITORY
ON
HIS
LAST
TRIP
OF
TOUR
OF
OPERATIONS
WITH
CANADIANS
FLYING
IN
THE
R.A.K.,
Feb.
20
(CP)
Pilot
Officer
Jaroslav
Bouzek,
navigator
in
a
heavy
Halifax
bomber,
took
part
in
an
attack
of
Hanover
recently.
Unknown
to
Bouzek,
whose
home
is
in
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
to
be
his
last
trip
for
some
time
to
come.
A
few
minutes
after
his
Halifax
had
dropped
us
bombs,
another
aircraft
collided
with
It
in
the
air
over
the
target
area.
The
port
wing
as
far
inboard
as
the
outer
engine
was
torn
off
Bouzek's
aircraft
and
it
went
Into
a
steep
and
uncontrolled
dive
and
several
thousands
of
feet
of
altitude
were
lost
before
the
British
pilot
managed
to
level
off.
The
crew
were
warned
they
might
have
to
bale
out
but
the
sklDDer
managed
to
keep
the
A
complimentary
luncheon
Is
to
be
tendered
the
ofllcers
and
crew
or
a
Russian
vessel
which
Is
in
the
local
dry
dock
for
over
hauls
by
the
city
counellr-th
event
to
be
in
the
nature
of
a
gesture
of
goodwill.
This
decision
was
made
following
a
discussion
on
the
advisability
or
publicizing
this
port
and
its
harbor
and
facilities.
When
Aid.
Elliott
inquired
at
last
night's
council
meeting
as
to
what
street
repairs
the
Board
or
Works
might
be
contemplating
this
year,
the
occasion
was
taken
ror
various
aldermen
to
make
various
suggestions
as
to
what
they
thought
were
essential
projects.
Aid.
Elliott
had
In
mind
Seventh
Avenue
approaching
Seal
Cove
and
the
road
between
the
airport
and
the
railway
track
leading
to
the
Canadian
Pish
&
Cold
Storace
lco.
plant.
Aid
Hills
deplored
the
Big
Three
meeting
at
Yalta
thc
condlton
of
westvlew
Bridge
the
skipper
struggled
with
the
limping
aircraft,
Bouzek
continued
calling
out
the
position
until
it
was
assured
that
they
were
over
friendly
territory
and
Jhe
pilot
then
gave
order
to
abandon
the
aircraft.
Bouzek
"hit
the
silk"
with
the
other
crew
members
and
all
landed
safely,
and
were
cared
for
by
Belgian
farmers
until
soldiers
took
them
to
an
airfield
from
which
they
were
flown
back
aircraft
on
an
even
keel
while
Etc
England.
Bouzek
feverishly
worked
out
a
track
that
would
take
them
the
shortest
way
back
to
the
friendly
territory
of
Belgium.
While
Notes
and
'
Views
of
the
It
was
not
until
ne
returned
to
his
sauadron
that
Bouzek
hearncd
he
had
completed
the
last
trip
of
his
tour.
City
Counci
fare,
the
city
council
decided
last
p!",ht
on
recommend
of
the
finance
committee.
Linl
Kempton
received
thc
ap-
IJUUllv
&uiwiiiM.iiuiiii,
aim
oiling
Inspection
from
the
city
council
last
night
on
recommendation
of
thc
utilities
committee.
Salary
will
be
$210
per
month
plus
cost
or
living
bonus.
An
increase
In
the
basic
wage
rate
of
all
firemen
amounting
to
five
percent
of
existing
wages
was
granted
by
the
city
council
last
night
on
recommendation
of
a
special
wage
committee.
Thc
Increase
will
be
retroactive
to
January
1,
1913.
The
board
of
works
reported
to
the
city
council
'last
night
that
thirty
days'
notice
had
been
given
to
John
Gurvlch
and
E.
E.
Yager
to
comply
with
requirements
of
the
Building
Bylaw
with
respect
to
residential
structures
on
Borden
Street.
Certain
or-
whlch
was
in
the
worst
shape'
ders
under
the
Bylaw
had
not
yet
and
a
virtual
suspended
lake
been
complied
with,
It
was
ex
when
it
was
raining.
Aid
Arnold
mentioned
holes
on
Ninth
Avenue
West
and
Fourth
Avenue
West.
Aid
Rudderham
thought
that
Seventh
Avenue
and
Mc-Bride
Streets
were
the
worst
roads
in
town.
Aid.
McKay
was
glad
to
see
the
Interest
the
aldermen
were
taking
In
the
con
dltlon
of
thc
roads.
He
hoped
the
Board
of
Works
would
get
financial
snhnnrt
mhpn
the
es-
tlmates
were
being
cnsldcrcd.
,
mlllce-
II
the
money
was
provided,
the
worjc
would
certainly
be
done
In
luturc
officers
and
employees
of
thc
city
travelling
on
city
business
will
be
allowed
$8
per
diem
expenses
plus
return
War
News
Highlights
Mopping
Up
in
Manila
MacAltTIIUIt'S
HEADQUARTERS
Japanese
troops
on
Cnrregidor
and
Ilalaan
now
arc
being
mopped
up!
There
stems
little
doubt
that
enemy
forces
still
entrenched
In
Manila
intend
lo
put
up
a.
last
ditch
stand.
Thc
Japanese
arc
deployed
inside
a
walled
portion
of
the
Philippines
capital
and
with
them
arc
about
"000
civilian
hostages.
Heavy
American
guns
have
been
levelled
at
the
last
Japanese
positions
inside
Manila.
Thick
stone
walls
protecting
the
enemy
defences
already
have
been
breached
but
further
bombardment
will
be
necessary
before
thc
attacking
tanks
and
infantry
can
move
in.
New
German
Bullet
ROME
The
Germans
are
using
a
new
type
of
bullet
against
Canadian
troops
in
Italy,
Canadian-Press
War
Correspondent
William
Boss
says
It
resembles
a
fragmentation
type.
It
is
believed
to
be
fired
from
an
automatic
weapon.
When
the
bullet
strikes
an
object,
it
explodes
in
a
puff
of
white
smoke,
and
splinters
into
fine
shrapnel.
plained
by
Aid.
Rudderham,
chairman
or
thc
board
of
works.
Legal
proceedings
are
City
trades
licences
have
been
granted
to
Morris
II.
Wright
lor
a
general
trucking
business
and
to
the
Dominion
Construction
Co.,
building
contractors,
the
city
council
was
Informed
last
night
by
the
licencing
com-
OBSERVING
OF
"V"
DAY
IN
CITY
City
Council
Co-operating
With
Prince
Rupert
Ministerial
Assoc
ialion
"V"
Day
will
be
observed
in
Prince
Rupert
on
the
day
that
the
war
In
Europe
concludes
with
a
service
which
will
be
held
by
thc
Prince
Rupert
Ministerial
Association
on
thc
Post
OfHcc
grounds
U
weather
Is
tavorablc
and
In
thc
Capitol
Theatre
U
It
Is
wet'.
The.
mayor
will
act
as
chairman.
At
thc
suggestion
ol
Aid.
Arnold,
thc
city
council
de
cided
last
night
to
meet
the
estimated
$30
cdst
ot
a
souvenir
booklet
which
will
be
published
by
thc
Prince
Rupert
Ministerial
Association
to
mark
the
occasion.
AFFAIRS
SMOOTHER
CHURCHILL
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Churchill
said
today
that
affairs
abroad
arc
rather
smoother
as
a
result
of
thc
Big
Three
conference.
It
was
Mi".
Churchill's
first
appearance
in
Commons
since
his
return
from
the
meeting.
Bulletins
LLOYD
GLOUGE
VERY
ILL
LONDON
Baron
Lloyd
George,
82,
is
seriously
ill
at
his
home
in
Wales
after
a
relapse
following-
an
attack
of
influenza.
"His
condition
is
such
that
it
must
caust
some
anxiety,"
said
a
physician's
statement
today.
SCHOOL
IS
I
HIED
VANCOUVER
The
Alexander
Mackenzie
School
was
the
intended
object
of
incendiarism
last
night
A
fire
was
set
in
the
gyihnasium
and
was
found
smouldering
by
the
jarlor
this
morning'.
Only
the
concrete
floor
saved
the
building.
There
were
no
classes
today.
ULTIMATUM
REJECTED
I
LONDON
The
Berlin
radio
said
today
that
the
German
defenders
of
Breslau,
capital
or
Silesia,
had
rejected
a
Russian
ultimatum
to
surrender.
LEND-LEASE
AID
WASHINGTON
Congress
was
told
officially,
today
that
lend-lease
aid
has
reached
$33,382,000,000
but
its
importance
in
civilian
shortages
in
the
United
States
bad
been
greatly
overstated
in
many
false
rumors.
CLOSE
DOWN
AMUSEMENTS
WASHINGTON
The
federal
government
has
ordered
that,
commencing
in.
one
week,
all
of
amusement
in'
the
country
must
close
at
midnight
in
order
to
save
coal,
transportation
and
manpower.
MIXING
IN
H.
D.'S
OTTAWA
A
defence
department
spokesman
reveals
that
Home
Defence
troops
overseas
arc
being
mixed
with
active
service
troops
and
the
Department
official
says
the
general
service
men
sire
receiving
thc
draftees
very
well.
Home
Defence
troops
are
not
segregated
in
any
way.
CANADIAN
AIR
LINES
J
TORONTO
Munitions
Minis-ler
Howe
says
TransCanada
Air
Lines
will
be
engaged
in
routes
across
thc
North
Atlantic,
in
the
Pacific
and
to
serve
thc
West
Indies
after
thc
war.
All
these
routes
will
be
within
the
bas'c
pattern
laid
down'
at
the
Commonwealth
Aviation
meetings
in
Montreal
recently.
TO
DESTROY
WAR
GOODS
OTTAWA
It
may
be
necessary
to
destroy
as
much
as
75
percent
of
Canada's
war
goods
when
peace
comes.
That
is
the
opinion
of
1.
II.
Carsfell,
head
of
War
Assets
Corporation.
However,
thc
War
Assets
Corporation
head
says,
when
that
body
begins
its
urogram
of
destruction,
it
will
proceed
in
an
intelligent
manner,
and
only
after
exhaustive
tess.
GAS
RATION
UNCHANGED
TORONTO
Gasoline
rationing
will
continue
this
year
at
about
the
same
level
as
at
present.
Munitions
Minister
Howe
points
out
that
the
war
still
is
making
a
tremendous
demand
upon
thc
Allied
pool
of
petroleum
products.
Dr.
Ncal
Carter
Makes
Trip
East
Dr.
N.
M.
Carter,
formerly
or
Prince
Rupert,
who
Is
directing
the
B.
C.
Industrial
and
Re
search
Council's
research
In
thc
preservatives
ror
fishing
nets,
recently
visited
fishnet
manu
facturers
in
Eastern
Canada.
Arrangements
have
been
made
for
Mr.
B.
Farrar,
research
chemist
for
the
council,
to
study
their
methods
Hrst'-hand
and
rind
out
It
certain
preservatives
can
be
successtully
used
In
treating
thc
nets
during
the
manuracturlng
stage.
"Storm
Will
Break
Very
Soon7
Says
Berlin,
Reds
Massing
East
of
Berlin
Sudden
Urcukthrough
Might
Spell
Disaster
For
Whole
Nazi
Defence
Structure
Moscow
Npt
Saying
Very
Much
LONDON,
Feb.
20.
.The
war
in
eastern
Europe
may
be
nearing
the
showdown
stage.
To
quote
the
German
radio:
"The
storm'
will
break
very
soon."
According
to
an
enemy
broadcast,
the
Russian
High
Command
continues
to
pour
more
and
more
men
into
the
front
lines
along
the
Oder
River
due
east
of
Berlin.
The
Russians
In
that
sector
are
within
thirty-two
miles
of
the
German
capital
and
a
sudden
breakthrough
on
their
part
might
well
spell
disaster
for
the
enemy's
entire
detence
structure.
Nazi
broadcasts
claim
that
German
counter-attacks
southeast
or
Berlin
have
met
with
some
measure
ot
success.
The
enemy
contends
that
the
First
Ukraine
Army
has
been
forced
to
give
up
Tour.
German
towns.
Mos
cow
offers
no
confirmation
to
these
enemy
assertions.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
Uie
Soviet
communique
has
nothing
to
say
about
the
fighting
in
the
areas
near
Berlin.
It
does
note,
however,
that
Russian
troops
have
advanced
to
within
47
miles
of
Danzig.
There
also
have
been
Russian
gains
in
East
Prussia
and
the
siege
ring
around
the
Silesian
capital
of
Breslau
has
been
tightened.
Frascr
Street
Tragedy
Probed-
LACK
OF
PROTECTION
CAUSE
OF
CHILDREN'S
DEATHS,
JURY
FINDS
JFindinr.)yhalJtQ.nalU)sum
and
Loraine
Han-berg
came
to
their
deaths
by
smoke
suffocation'
aV
their
home
at
749
Fraser
St.
on
the
night
of
February
10,
a
jury
under
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
last
night
officially
expressed
the
opinion
that
had
the
mother,
Mrs.
S.
Hanberg,
provided
ordinary
care
and
pro-
tection
for
the
children
such
a
War
in
Air-
Blows
Are
Exchanged
Germans
Answer
Continued
Allied
Bombing
Offensive
with
Flying
Bomb
Attacks
LONDON,
Feo.
20
9
There
was
no
let-up
in
the
Allied
aerial
offensive
during
the
night.
Light
bombers
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
attacked
thc
vital
German
communications
city
of
Erfurt
which
Is
slightly
more
than
six
miles
southwest
of
Leipzig.
The
German
radio
also
told
ol
other
Allied
formations
over
Germany
last
night
these
possibly
hit
at
scattered
targets
In
the
Nazi
homeland.
For
their
part,
thc
Germans
have
been
continuing
their
fly-
ing
bomb
attacks
against
south
ern
England.
The
Air
Ministry
announces
that
the
Hying
mis
siles
landed
in
England
rrom
down
yesterday
until
early
this
morning.
JAPANESE
DISCUSSED
Private
Members
Speak
in
Legislature
Oppose
Return
to
Coast
VICTORIA,
Feb.
20
0)
The
Japanese
did
not
come
to
Brit
lsh
Columbia
as
ordinary
Im
migrants
but
with
the
dellnltc
purpose
ot
conquering
this
con
tinent,
R.
C.
MacDonald,
mem
ber
for
North
Okanagan,
said
in
the
Legislature
Monday.
"The
only
clean
cut
business-like
way
to
handle
the
situation
Is
to
deport
them
to
their
own
coun
try
where
they
belong,"
he
said.
Mrs.
T.
J.
Rolston,
Point
Grey,
said
that,
ir
permitted
to
re
turn
to
the
coast,
the
Japanese
would
compete
with
men
and
women
returning
rrom
the
ser
vlcqs.
She
could
not
see
why
they
should
return
to
their
old
'jobs
now
being
tilled
by
white
persons.
tragedy
would
not
have
occurred
The
jury
recommended
that
the
evidence
heard
at
the
inquest
be
transmitted
to
the
Attorney
General.
Evidence
Indicated
that
Tour-year
old
Ronald
had
an
attraction
ror
playing
with
matches
and
that,
-while
alone
with
his
little
sister
In
the
house,
he
had
set
the
mattress
of
his
crib
afire,
I
th'.i
climbed
into
his
sister's
bed
where
both
perished
as
Uie
room
filled
with
smoke.
Mrs.
Hanberg
had
left
the
children
in
bed
when
she'
left
the
house
about
3
o'clock
to
go
to
a
beer
parlor
In
company
with
Mrs.
Verna
Ratchlord,
evidence
revealed.
Alter
the
beer
parlor
closed,
shortly
before
11
o'clock,
Mrs.
Hanberg,
Mrs.
Ratchford,
Frank
Montesano,
and
a
soldier
known
only
as
"Benny"
had
gone
to
the
Ratchford
residence
next
door
to
the
Hanberg
home
to
have
coffee
at
the
Invitation
of
Mrs.
Ratchford.
Shortly
after
arriving
at
the.
Ratchford
residence
Mrs.
Hanberg
had
sent
Frank
Montesano
to
her
house
to
"see
if
the
back
door
was
closed."
Montesano
dis
covered
the
doad
children
in
the
smoke-filled
bedroom.
Dr.
J.
J.
Oibson,
who
said
that
he
arrived
at
the
scene
al
most
immediately
after
being
called
at
11:45
p.m.,
told
the
Jury
that
In
his
opinion
the
chil
dren
had
been
dead
somewhat
over
an
hour
when
he
Inspected
the
bodies.
Agitated
Mother
Gives
Evidence
Mrs.
Hanberg,
a
young
blonde
woman,
appeared
highly
agitated
while
giving
testimony
and
occasionally
wept.
Her
husband,
who
had
been
out
fishing
when
the
tragedy
occurred,
sat
In
the
rear
or
the
court
room.
She
denied
that
she
had
done
(Continued
on
page
2)
RIPPLE
ROCK
REMOVED
VANCOUVER
An
additional
$100,000
Is
lo.be
requested
from
the
federal
government
for
the
removal
of
Ripple
Rock
in
Seymour
Narrows.