hat
the
city's
fut-school
as
yet
a
rp
wiwu".
"
..cant
V.M.CJV.
is
destined
to
oe-
-!.,
olvlp
ppn
advanced
to
the
by
Inspector
of
,
Thorsteinsson.
.a.-
nmtr
cnpnnrlnfV
VI1U
n.w
uv"w"-
will
replace
tne
no
need
to
dupll
n.iuii
ui
bj
IbU"
i
said
In
letters
read
.1.1
..AVmsil
rknarn
1
1.1
11
V
kjv
v
w-
save
thousands
of
uwB
nnn'
letter.stateu.
tu
rtren
coma
use
mis
building
during
the
was
not
required
for
yal
was
given
a
luke-
-iih.iIa
time
nnmr
iiUiluuv
"
"
ri
1
3.
Large-
He
said:
.
..
.
J
4
u'nuld
make
a
very
jite
I
feel
that
It
Is
to
keep
the
children
the
down-town
dis-
;u?;ge3tlon
that
the
..int.
nrnnprtv
some
IVtA
cAlinnl
Aj
4Wtlt
-
-
letrer
from
Mr.
Tlior-
il
111
U
u
v
iV
t
r4
ns
iur
liic
uiuiTuovu
and
public
and
sel
lable
sites.
.
.
I
.
A
moved
lo
appoint
a
o
Investigate
sites
little
interest
In
plans
ED
t
t
t
i
...
'
f
Makes
Supreme
Mr,-
Malcolm
Mont-
A
t
11
I
...
-
-
i-
and
came
to
Canada
u
P
n
o
clnrlftnt
at.
nr.
"UJ
loinintr
tne
army
won-
-
r
ENROLLED
iiaai
r
n
i
ii
1
1
i
i
vtcre
i.zzi
cnuarcn
cu
the
city
schools
during
the
school
board
Wcd-
for
the
month
to-
Memorial
high
school
Trl
tiro
vA
miUaaI
1n4
nn
.ou.
street
enrollment
was
avcrace
attendance
of
''HITLER'S
LAST
HOPE"
CAPTIVES
OF
RED
A
RMY
-Captives
of
Red
Army
troops,
columns
of
war
prisoners
are
shown
plodding
wearily
along
the
roads
of
East
Prussia
after
they
had
been
taken
prisoner
by
the
advancing
Red
Army
forces.
The
majority
of
them
are
"Hitler's
last
hope"
the
Volkssturm
soldiers.
SCHOOL
BOARD
SEES
$500,000
IN
HEW
SCHOOLS
LETTER
MAPS
!
AS
PUBLICITY
Ancient
cartographers
believed
the
earth
was
flat
and
Rome
was
the
centre
of
the
universe.
While
not
aruging
thai
the
earth
Is
flat,
the
Junior
Chamber
or
Com-
mcrrr.
npvprtheiess.
intends
to
M,.'vvl
'
I
use
maps
to
Impress
the
world
that
Prince
Rupert
Is
an
import
ant
centre
In
Canada.
R.
E..
Mortimer
pioneered
the
idea
at
the
nublicity
meeting
of
Junior
Chamber
Thursday
night
when
he
suggested
that
a
smalt
mnn
indieatlne
this
city
as
the
hub
of
a
vast
territory
be
carried
nn
thi.
letterheads
of
business
companies
and
on
private
sta
tionery.
Ordinarv
business
arid
social
correspondence
which
carries
to
all
parts
of
the
world
would
thus
become
a
valuable
puoiiciiy
i
ac
tor
for
the
city,
Mr.
Mortimer
felt.'
ho
ihm
wan
received
favor
ably
and
was
given
added
value
in
the
opinion
of
members
wnon
Secretary
R.
G.
Bircn
read
a
passage
of
a
letter
irom
a
mr-mcr
member.
Gunner
Martin
van
Cootcn
now
with
the.
Royal
Canadian
Artillery
on
tne
west
ern
front.
t
v,nvn
mot
auitc
a
few
fel
lows
from
other
parts.
of
Canada
who
don't
seem
to
know
where
n-ir,.,.
nnnert
is."
he
wrote,
in
fact
one
chap
told
me
that
he
n
u
.i
m,,.,tki
Prinrn
Runcrt
was
oc
.
.
..
I.
L..
onrt
KpW
WCSt-
"
-
I
.
.
,
l.!.U!,,n
killed
m
action.
minster,
and
tie
wasni
kuu.0.
Armored
Corps.
Alter
mum
oniy
ui
v.un.
w"
.M'as
i
iir
:i
i
uu
l
wiiul
i
luii.i
&
jf
hospital
for
six
months
campaigns
wnicn
wuw
from
shrapnel
wounds,
on
didnt
rcacn
ciiuuKu
,.v.
wa.s
transferred
to
tne
nRISTOL.
Eng..
Bristol
-rrrriTi.
,,Ip,i
ihat
the
Second
tanauian
Greeks
Land
On
Milos
Yanks
On
Mindanao
Answers
Questionairre
From
Canadian
Municipal
Federation
Members
of
the
school
board
had
an
opportunity
at
their
meeting
Wednesday
night
to
build
dream
castles
of
school
buildings
costing
thousands
of
dollars.
Funds
and
materials
were
drawn
strictly
from
their
Imaginations.
"Asked
in
a
qucstlonarre
circulated
by
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Mayors
and
Municipalities
for
an
estimated
cost
of
new
school
buildings
required
and
contemplated
by
the
city.
Board
members
hes-tated
at
the
start
to
give
actual
figures,
but
later
got
In
the
groove.
Using
the
new
$160,000
Jun-tnr-senior
hizh
school
at
Prince
George
as
a
basis
for
comput-
j
lng
cots
the
board
estimated
that
a
new
5econdary;School.to
replace
Borden
Street
school
would
cost
$200,000
for
the
building
alone
and
that
a
new
high
school
would
cost
$300,000.
"It
is
only
a
rough
guess
but
$500,000
s
as
close
as
we
can
get
at
present,"
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
said.
7,7-
i
War
News
Highlights
jT
Crerar's
Two
Armies
WITH
THE
CANADIAN
UK&i
"
"V"
"
r
ntl
lltft
131111111
Greek
commandos
made
o
.a.
u...sa
ATHENS
of
Milos,
seventy
".
cs
southwest
o
the
Island
day
on
ti
e
killed
the
Greeks
the
rrLk
point,
At
one
(.reck
nort
port
oi
of
i
Piraeus.
ir
who
,arrin
and
three
officers
I
Si
SXi
of
the
bland
At
another
Joint
"the
commandos
opened
fire
on
German
detachments.
LUM'u
I
DN'DON
A
Tokyo
j
broadcast
nearci
m
of
southwestern
tip
wnded
on
the
American
tIh"
broadcasts
s
Earlier
enemy
Sfl
.
AiV
5!!l
American
forces
are
Cosing
In
on
capital
of
the
Philippine
Baguio,
the
summer
street
enrollment
was
Last
Desperate
Stand
92
per
cent
attendance
Ings
were
$210.25.
WORKERS
NEEDED
TNI
kit
WUB
this
vpar
will
Hp
thfi
w
-
-
J
W
&
VIIVVU
usands
of
workers
I
A
III!
llVII
Island
have
adopted
the
their
collapse
on
Guam
despcralc
i
'..Pr
ilP
tac
tact
Uc,
ca
that
preceded
same
le
of
a
chargcs
I
n
iiit
me
and
elsewheic.
Ameiican
tanks
S
Z
V
tipjed
with
explosive,
Canadians
In
Pacific
W1.I.C
AU.I.J1U1.
lUtb
SVDNI
V,
Allta-TI,.
AIRMEN
TO
GO
INTO
ARMY
NOW
....OTTAWA,
March
9,
O!
Arrangements
have
been
made
to
speed"
up
transfer
arrangements
for
R.CJVJ".
men
going
into
the
Army.
A
Joint
statement
Issued
by
the
two
services
reveals
that
under
the
new
procedure
discharged
airmen
will
be
made
available
immediately
to
the
Army
as
reinforcements.
Military
call-ups
will
be
effective
immediately
upon
discharge
ana
an
Army
medical
examination
will
be
given
while
the
airman
Is
still
In
the
R.CJV.F.
PLAN
GREAT
NEW
PLANES
Huse
Ships
to
be
Used
by
T.C.A.
After
War
WlOTTTPEG.
March
V
""Airplanes
used
in
Canada
after
the
war
for
the
main
trans-continental
service
will
be
over
four
times
the
size
of
the
present
TransCanada
Air
Lines
planes,
John
T.
Dyment,
superintendent
of
pncineerlnz.
T.C.A.,
told
mem
bers
of
the
Lions
Club
at
a
meet-in
Thursday
in
Winnipeg.
1
Weighing
almost
80,000
pounds
Uemonstrauons
Demonstrations
against
the
present
20,000
they
bc
fey
four
cnglnes
Being
JS-ept
Up
instead
of
two.
have
a
maximum
ROME,
March
9
O-Shots
were
cruising
speed
of
over
300
miles
.)..!
At
nrAniTArC
fired
yesterday
at
carau.nn.-n
per
nour,
carry
yaa.
cuardinc
a
clinic
where
Lieut.
and
have
sleeping
accommoaa-
General
Francesco
jocwhohi
is
tlon,
ne
siavta.
m
-jriii.nv
being
held
on
war
criminal
that
oxygen
masss
-wouiu
k
uncharges.
It
was
another
In
the
necessary
when
flying
at
high
al-scrles
of
demonstrations
so
far
tltudes.
Bonoml.
No
Tt
micht
be
safely
said,"
he
.
:
..
..
.......
.m
attempt
was
made
to
oursi
nu
continued,
ma
air
the
hospital.
not
bc
available
within
a,
year
Previous
incidents
were
tne
c-
but
how
soon
aim
"'av
"i""
cape
of
General
Mario
Roatta,
upon
the
progress
of
the
war."
rnrmnr
TLalian
Army
chief
of
staff,
and
a
protest
riot
before
the
royal
palace.
BROKEN
GLASS
I
JARS
BOARD
Vandals
who
Insist
that
Booth
Memorial
High
school
should
look
like
Adolph
Hitler's
town
house
after
an
air
raid
by
continually
smashing
many
of
its
windows,
are
a
thorn
in
the
side
of
the
srhnnl
board.
In
the
last
week
22
panes
of
glass
have
been
smashed
In
the
high
school,
Schools
Secretary
Mrs.
M.
Roper
revealed
during
a
discussion
of
the
outrages
at
Wednesday
night's
school
board
meeting.
I
-We
-have
spent
$.3Z
smcn
October
31
to
replace
windows
which
have
been
wantonly
broken,"
Mrs.
Roper
said.
"Eighteen
windows
were
broken
In
one
nlaht
by
a
group
of
young
men
who
were
ejected
from
a
high
srhnnl
dance
last
week."
i
Trustee
S.
L.
Peachey
told
the
board
that
window
replacements
had
cost
the
board
between
$200
and
$250
last
year,
i
"There
Is
b
standing
reward
of
$10
for
Information
leading
to
the
arrest
of
such
hooligans
nut
It
has
not
brought
any
results.
I
am
surprized
that
the
janitor
nas
not
protested
against
tne
cxir.i
work
such
acts
cause
him,"
Mr.
Peachey
declared.
The
board
moved
to
asic
tne
city
police
to
make
an
Investiga
tion
of
the
window
brcauings.
nr.AKF.NY.'
Norfolk.
Eng.,
CP)
Jacob
Halllday,
82,
never
catches
a
cold
and
attributes
his
immunity
to
his
long
white
toeard.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTR&G'S
NEWSPAPER
fifa
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
by
the
Meteorological
Saturday,
March
10,
1945
rvice
or
Canada)
High
10:27
19.1
feet
23:34
17.9
ftet
.nd
cool
with
rain
Low
4:09
9.7
feet
and
occasional
snow
17:10
4.9
feet
nHav
and
Saturday.
csh
to
strong.
VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
58
rlUNCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MARCH
9,
IMS.
mil
ini
mm
t
wm
mm
ftmwx-ymzj::f''
i
k,
in
Battle
IS
--r-r-?
--
rr!
'
?(
l
rHk
III
ED
nEr
mmmm,
.im
.
aunt
una
I
T.
-TWMK.
-
1IDBSB
"1ILB'J.'
AVI
.
V
'ti
AIRMEN
TO
ARMY
OTTAWA
Commencing;
next
MoKday
men
discharged
from
the
Itoyal
Canadian
Air
Force
will'jj
tiecome
immediately
sub-jcct.io
Army
call.
NAMED
CiNUH)ATE
VANCOUVER
R.
Rowe
Holland
has
been
nominated
Libera
candidate
for
Vancouver
SodHi
to
oppose
Howard
Green,
Progressive-Conservative.
SWITZERLAND
NO
FENCE
LONDON,
Switierland
has
agreed
to
bar
the
concealment
of
any
Nazi
loot
in
her
territory.
The
promise
was
given
to
Britain,
the
United
States
and
1'rinp.
In
rirhanre
for
a
pledge
of
aid
in
getting
food
and
raw
materials.
RECRUITING
BETTER
OTTAWA
Defence
.Head
quarters
recruiting
f
i
gu
r
e
s
sho?lr
ihat
in
the
past
six
weeks
10.81J
men
have
enlisted
in
the
Array.
This-
is
a
new
high
as
compared
with
similar
periods
during
the
last
six
months.
VANCOUVER
SCHOOL
FIRE
VANCOUVER
Considerable
damage
was
done
last
night
in
lire
at
the
John
Norquary
F-honl
in
North
Vancouver.
The
fire
started
in
rags
and
paper
on
the
second
floor.
&OWEK
VOTING
AGE
WINNIPEG
A
bill
to
lower
the
voting
age
from
21
to
18
in
Manitoba
has
been
introduced.
Qualifications
lo
sit
in
the
Legislature
would
be
similarly
lowered.
VICTORU
K.
C.
McDonald,
M.LwV,
Dewdncy,
appeared
in
the
Legislature
as
pipes
played
in
the
hall.
He
challenged
remarks
which
had
been
made
by
Mrs.
Jamieson
of
Vancouver
regarding
early
Scottish
settlers.
HITLER
OUT
OF
HIDING
LONDON,
March
0
O)
The
German
radio
said
today
that
Hitler
hatl
visited
the
Oder
river
frnt
Transoccan
news
agency
said
that
he
had.
"convinced
himself,
personally,
of
the
fight
inir
cntrlt
nf
the
German
sol
idlers
on
the
Oder.
A
number
nf
nicturcs
of
the
visit
have
ben
published
in
tne
ucnnuu
nrpw
"
The
broadcast
uuuvu
hnt.
iiitlpr
had
assured
him
self
of
the
strength
of
German
defensive
measures.
It
did
not
specify
the
date
of
the
visit.
PREPARING
FOR
'FRISCO
Premier
King
in
Washington-Opposition
and
Senate
Invited
OTTAWA.
March
9
Rcprescn
tatlves
of
the
Senate
and
the
Op
position
in
the
House
pf
Commons
will
be
invited
to
join
the
Canadian
delegation
at
the
Uni
ted
Nations
world
security
con-
r
1.
i,
l
,1
t
,-,
On
v.
Frnn.
Prime
Minister
King
Is
enroute
to
Washington
for
a
conference
with
President
Roosevelt.
German
General
Has
Surrendered
LONDON.
March
9
Q
A
Ger
man
general
and
his
"staff
of
32
officers
have
surrendered
to
General
Ration's
Third
Ameri
can
Army.
GIFT
FOR
SOLDIERS
'
KINGSTON.
Pamalca,
CM
The
Chinese
community
of
Jamaica
Vioo
v-ilcnr)
t1"fl
ne
n
clft
to
be
CABLNET
CHANGES
OTTAWA
Revenue
Minister
Gibson
has
been
appointed
federal
air
minister.
Colonel
Gibson
has
been
acting
air
minister
for
several
months.
He
is
relinquishing
the
revenue
tional
revenue
FIVE
BODIES
RECOVERED
VANCOUVER
Five
official
investigations
are
under
way
into
Vancouver's
harbor
disaster.
Five
bodies
have
been
recovered
from
the
explosion-torn
steamship
Greenhill
Park.
Salvage
crews
are
looking
for
at
least
three
more
bodies.
RELINQUISHING
CANOL
OTTAWA
Operation
of
the
Canoi
Oil
project
in
Northwest
ern
Canada
by
the
United
Stales
Army
will
be
discontinued
by
the
end
of
June.
A
new
agreement
has
been
reached
with
the
United
States
on
disposition
of
the
pipelines
and
refineries.
HAMILTON
EXPLOSION
HAMILTON,
Ont--
Two
men
were
killed
and
10
other
per-sons
injured
yesterday
morning
when
an
explosion
snaucreu
the
Canadian
Aniline
and
Extract
.Company
plant
in
Ham
ilton.
Ontario.
An
invesuga.
AIR
RESERVE
CALLED
BACK
OTTAWA,
March
9
Oi
Orders
recalling
members
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
air
crew
reserve
to
duty
have
been
despatched
and
the
first
personnel
will
report
for
overseas
duty
next
month,
Air
Minister
Colin
Gibson
an
nounced
today.
The
action
was
taken
in
response
to
a
request
from
overseas
for
an
Increased
flow
of
all
aircrew
categories
categories.
.calc
except
pilots,
navl
pit
v
committee
which
It
was
su
-v
'
.
,
,
irpttpd
m
hrht
later
mciuoe
rep
sentatlon
from
Interior
points
along
the
highway
trioutary
to
Prinpi.
Runert.
This
Joint
organ-
iTiiinn
will
soon
commence
wiin
.,..
u..
the
making
of
plans
for
local
publicity
measures
and
tne
development
of
ways
and
means
for
financing
the
scheme.
The
discussion
got
under
way
with
each
member
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
ocing
rniipd
noon
to
offer
a
fact
or
suggestion
appropriate
to
puDiic-
itv.
i
Americans
Pouring
Across
rva-ar
Havcrov
1
Local
tiosplt-
'nil
tin
nnd
scenic
attractions.
it
1
..
nr
'i,ii,nti
Trnxiipi:L3
Rhine
While
Russians
Are
iConcentrating
Upon
Berlin
.
.
T.
N,
Youngs
civic
centre
usea
ior
tne
weuuie
vi
y.n...v
r
F
.-
hf
soldiers
George
Dlbb
Importance
bf
LONDON,
March
9
(CP)-The
curtain
has
gone
,w
..nnpar
tn
he
the
last
act
in
the
battle
oi
becomes
acting
minister
of
na-
across
the
historic
KillM
SUWr
war
bwui,
.
i
tional
crossing
of
that
river
Darner
wuuem
!
massed
Russian
armies
are
said
by
the
Nazis
to
be
CHARGED
WITH
MANSLAUGHTER,
$000
BAIL
SET
mire
Kiima
Hanbure.
who
has
(been
cha'rged
with
manslaughter
las
a
result
of
the
deaths
by
'suffocation
of
her
two
small
phiidren
Ronald
Fossum,
lour,
and
Lorraine
Hanburg,
two,
on
rpleased
on
I
LUiuaij
w,
"
-
$1,000
bail
when
"she
appeared
in
nolice
court
this
morning.
natP
nf
the
Drelimlnary
hearing
ami
set
bv
Maelstrate
W.
D.
vnnrp
for
March
17.
Rail
hond
was
accepted
in
the
fnrm
nf
two
securities,
of
$500
supplied
by
A.
W.
Slmonson
and
i
Alex
Mah
Wahkee.
Instructions
to
charge
Mrs.
wanbursr
with
manslaughter
rpppived
bv
policetfran
the
tion
'-into-
the.
ause
ot.
thxi4
Attorney
-
.CeneralI
plosion
is
under
way.
a
coroner's
Jury
had
found
that
the
two
children
had
perlsncd
of
smoke
suffocation
in
their
bedroom
at
749
Frascr
Street
The
charge
alleges
that
Mrs.
Hanburg
"failed
to
provide
sufficient
protection
for
her
children
and,
in
disregard
of
her
duty
in
that
behalf,
caused
their
deaths,
thereby
committing
man
slaughter."
Application
for
ball
was
maae
by
T.
W.
Brown,
counsel
ior
Mrs.
Hanburg.
W.
O.
Fulton
Is
acting
for
the
Crown.
Tokyo-Yokohama
Raided
Again
TOKYO.
March
9
0)
The
Tnkvn
radio
announces
new
.
.
,i
i
nv,f
n
iroiHs
hv
suDerfortresses
on
tne
aim
i"6"
-
i
gators,
wneiL-aa
.
Eineers
The
recall
members
I
industrial
areas
of
.
Tokyo
,
and
will
replace
tour-expired
air
Yokohama,
large
fires
being
started.
crcw,
icrcnce
io
ik
iiviu
.u..
j-
vi
Mv
mnnv
ideas
were
offered,
was
de
Cisco,
rnme
mmwwk
-t.
-
.
,.
further
details
of
the
choice
or
cision
to
organic
a
...
-
the
delegation
will
bc
given
in
Parliament.
"
PERMANENT
PUBLICITY
BODY
HERE
LAUNCHED
UNDER
JOINT
AUSPICES
trawnvfic
flip
formation
in
Prince
Ru-
1'IRt
Otpo
I.Ulv.u
v..w
1
pert
of
a
permanent
publicity
organization
under
auspices
of
various
bodies
interested
in
the
promo-
1
.
t
U,r
r.nrl
lief
Vlff-
H,'OVf
tion
ot
tne
economic
progress
ui
cum
taken
at
the
monthly
meeting
last
evening
in
Reals
Cafe
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
i
n
e
meeting
was
largely
given
over
to
consideration
of
how
best
a
major
publicity
scheme
could
De
developed
and
to
assist
therein
representatives
oi
various
organizations
which
had
been
call
ed
in
by
the
junior
cnamoer.
nntpnmp
nf
a
rather
lengtny
dls-
Icusslon,
In
the
course
or
which
Prince
Rupert
Highway.
Amerigo
Domlnato
The
excel
lent
harbor.
Robert
Parker
New
highway
connection,
1040
miies
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vancouver,
jo
hours.
Douelas
Woods
rrlnce
Rup
ert's
hospitable
people.
n.
E.
Mortimer
Mao
oi
rrince
Rupert
and
district
on
local
busi
ness
stationery.
Hugo
Kraupncr
unsurpassed
lnMl
uppnprv.
W.
Harper-rLooal
opportunities
for
returned
men
in
civil
me.
Japk
McLeod
Value
of
con
tiguous
fisheries.
Tommy
Frascr-Sport
fishing.
Jack
Mussallem
Harbor
facl
lltles.
Ray
Adams
Tourist
attrac
linns.
Hawthorne
Graham
Fishing
onrl
hunUnir.
aipv
Armstronn
Knowledge
by
local
peopW
of
their
own
city
and
district.
James
Bremncr
Re-establish
mpnt
nf
rpturned
service
men
Gordon
Durken
Increase
In
(Continued
on
Page
2)
striking
towards
Berlin
In
an
all-out
frontal
assault.
i
Ton
billine
in
today's
news
goes
to
the
American
First
Army.
In
a
brilliant
move,
Lieutenant
General
Courtney
Hodges
sent
thousands
of
his
men
across
the
Rhine
to
establish
a
firm
and
brideehead
on
the
east
bank.
They
have
now
fanned
out
to
a
depth
of
five
miles.
The
First
Army
still
is
operat
ing
under
a
partial
security
blackout
but
dispatches
passed
by
censorship
says
American
trnnns
have
left
their
bridge
head
well
behind
and
are
driv
ing
to
get
the
crossings
out
of
enemy
artillery
range.
Boin
tne
Luxembourg
and
Brussels
radios
say
without
official
conlirma-
tlon
that
the
crossing
was
made
at
Remagen,
below
Cologne.
A
German
military
spokes-;
man
quoted
by
Transocean
news
agency
said
today
"the
American
crossing
of
the
VO-.Rhine
at
Remagen
wL?t'e.
il
I
y
bndge
"
wlilfhuaccYd,enf-
aiiv
or
bv
chance
was
not
destroyed
by
the
Germans."
It
was
the
famous
Ludendorff
bridge.
The
crossing
was
made
by
infantrymen
half
an
hour
before
it
was
lo
have
been
blown
up.
The
Canadian
First
Army,
meanwhile,
is
engaged
in
one
of
the
fiercest
battles
of
its
month-old
offensive
towards
the
Rhine.
British
and
Canadian
troops,
fighting
desperately
resisting
German
troops,
have
captured
the
towns
of
Xanten
and
Alpon.
Canadian
Army
forces
have
compressed
the
German
bridgehead
at
Wesel
Into
a
triangle
twenty
miles
square.
Russians
Surging
Across
Oder
River
.
,
In
Moscow
the
Soviet
High
Command
still
Is
silent
about
the
vital
Berlin
sector
where
the
Germans
say
Red
Army
forces
have
launched
an
all-out
frontr
al
assault.
According
to
the
enemy
the
Russians
have
breached
thc'rald-dlc
Oder,
southeast
of
Berlin
and
have
plunged
to
wlthli
I
twenty-five
miles
of
the
Naz
capital.
Berlin
says
the
Rus
slans
are
surging
forward
be
hind
thundering
broadsides
Iron
massed
Red
Army
artillery.
The
latest
news
from
Mosco
says
Soviet
forces
have
struc
eight
miles
inside
southwestcr
Danzig
territory
in
a
fourteen
mile
advance.
Russian
yai
guards
now
are
within
tweh
miles
of
the
city
of
Dahzii
seventeen
miles
from
Gdynl
another
important
Nazi
nav
base
and
seven
miles
from
Ste
tin.
No
Cessation
of
Great
Air
Blitz
The
record
-
breaking
Alll
air
blitz
against
Germany
h
been
carried
through
anoth
night.
An
Air
Ministry
coi
munlque
announces
night
i
saults
on
battered
industrial
1
dustrial
targets
in
Kassel
a
submarine
building
yards
Hamburg.
The
number
of
plai
taking
part
in
the
overnight
eratlons
has
not
been
oiscio
Mosauito
bombers
struck
Berlin
for
the
seventeenth
c
secutive
night.
Quebec
Unit
Is
In
Xantan
Occupation
LONDON,
March
9
A
Qu
unit
and
western
artillery
taking
part
In
the
occupa
of
Xantan
on
the
northern
of
the
western
front.