riu-
auU
iiarvey.
Major
liar
"'I.
rC
.it
Pill
llf
lll
rllclrU
rC
-.VC-Cnlv-.prvini...
Acc.nl
.
-..uv
vuv.Vl
I1NVV.I-
1
Wore
Joining
the
army
'
in
tiie
war
His
name
was
?ntcd
by
Dr.
It
n
iar
i(knt
of
the
Prince
Rupert
11
"CLonscrvallvc
Assocla-
alll
nominations
rlnxp.l
wIMi
uthcr
"t"on
is
mat
we
would
lar
Kr....
"viuiu
we
una
a
uettcr
t.
ii.
i
...
.
una
const
Llionov"
Tlr
"'v
ua
iiiu
ocirtr
hps
vvavv
uKicgaic
from
the
d
strict
wince
iiupcrf
was
A.
M.
y
or
Ocean
Falls-not
me
canuiclatc
who
v'"ivii
iirsL
vicc-nresi
t
r
,
i
C
U
Sir
IM
HHSiw
nl
nn
11
rlrpM....
.
.
"
,r
uu
U1
""leers
later
In
'"viiing,
ll'Srill
nl
IL.
k
UIC
niPPl.lnir
urnK
Aii,T
..
.
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I'l'iLiiiiLii
r
irnI.
........
--T3-...OLI
iiir
inn
iprmrai
-
outlined
the
nro-
-
-
lusrcssivc
Uonservatlvp
"
.
.
lillrli....i
.
in
Liii'
lrnv
nor
nin
w
the
Liberal
tliirt.V'u
mill.
lw
icy
and
the
"out
and
uausin"
of
Hip
t-.r.v
i
in
ti
.
.
"IUCKC11.
the
nnrlu
n,A
described
by
Mr.
as
a
man
n;h,.
ni,pu
i..
...i
to
win,
thP
;
;
t
,ur,,p
"
mui
thc
farmc.
-a
man
"1111112
lo
niakp
mi,l
II,
Pfogresslvp"
i
1111
1
IMIfltf
""U
nuts
hniiiun
iiplr-irn
-..
Wlll
givc
lhls
country
"omc
isovernmcnt.
People
-
say
"if
that
pi..
.
Mr.
v..
iacKs
color.
I
will
say
""if
is
oiln
pnlni-
Vlmf
1m
out
he
hn
nil
iv,o
m,.
"ershln-
w
",aKe
eooa
Canada's
mnmn
.i..n...
Is
deplorable
cnougli
to
make
Canadians
blush,
It
Is
so
because
Mr.
Mackenzie
King
looks
at
Quebec
as
thc
treasure
chest
which
he
must
unlock
to
get
more
votes.
I
admire
Harold
Winch
be
cause
he
Is
at
least
honest
enough
to
tell
his
supporters
what
his
nartv
stands
for
out
and
ouc
socialism."
Mr.
Applcgarth
reiteriated
John
Bracken's
stand
on
the
Japanese
question
in
B.C.,
declaring
that
the
party
would
have
the
100mlle
coast
exclusion
none
extended
to
include
all
of
B.C.
He-
hinted
nt-the
probability
of
.
It...
.In
rlr
a
I'rogressive
uonscrvuuvu
num.
horse
of
considerable
merit
en
tering
thc
race
when
he
said:
"Before
long
you
will
hear
one
name
that
will
be
well
received
not
only
In
this
province
but
throughout
the
Dominion."
A
four
man
executive
of
thc
district
party
association
was
elected
by
acclamation:
President.
W.
It.
'MacAfce.
First
Vice-President,
A.
M.
Harvey,
Ocean
Falls.
,Sccond
Vice-President,
W.
J.
O'Neill,
Smlthcrs.
Secretary,
D.
O.
Stevenson.
John
Bracken
was
acclaimed
Honorary
President.
Following
thc
elections
Mr.
McAfee
took
over
thc
chairmanship
from
J.
H.
Thompson,
former
pre-Mr.
Stevenson
rc-
ninppri
w.
it.
Love,
former
sec-'
rctnry
Mr,
Harvey
of
Ocean
Falls
addressed
thc
meeting
briefly.
Delegates
present
were:
Norman
Moorehouse,
Dr.
C,
H,
IToiiVlncnil
CI.
IL.
ItOrlC.
B.
It
Dodds,
Dr.
It.
G,
Large,
M.
SPECULATION
IN
GERMANY
Thinks
Allies
Will
Modify
Demand
Unconditional
Surrender
LONDON,
Feb.
3
(CP)
The
('ermaii
radio
continues
to
speculate
over
the
coming
conference
among
Allied
leaders.
II
says
that
Prime
Minister
Churchill.
President
Roosevelt
and
Premier
Stalin
intend
to
modify
their
demand
for
unconditional
surrender.
An
enemy
broadcast
yesterday
insisted
that
no
one
in
(ermany
would
fall'
for
what
it
called
"this
planned
HINT
OF
MORE
SHIPBUILDING
RECEIVED
HERE
1
Li3lV
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENtRACfiKiftffdll
COLOMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Weathei
Tides
MnHlTAte
to
(Paclllc
Standard
Time)
overcast
and
.Ud
She
Sunday,
February
4,
1945
Sunday.
Frcsn
'
VlM
casing
rain.
to
alrons
dur-,
Iflgh
....
5:49
18.2
leet
nc
?nlns
in
exposed
areas,
18:15
15.8
feet
and
mild,
entrain.
Low
12:15
8.4
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
29
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY.
FEBRUARY
3,
1045
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
T
twilights
1
i
1
1!..
HnniTAii
Of
WAR
NKWS
and
Daily
Happenings
in
ana
oicum
m
isatt&n
MOSCOW
Russian
artillery
lias
opened
up
on
the
German
'
nf
Kucslrin,
forty
miles
northeast
of
Berlin.
According
..
(jrnnall
radio,
II1C
Hussions
mauc
a.
uumiiu
ui
iic
uu
Kucslri"
but
(lie
bridgehead
was
wiped
out.
Other
Berlin
...
...v
iiiii
Soviet
columns
have
reached
the
Oder
at
new
nts
only
38
miles
from
iierun
in
me
i
laniuuri
area,
ui-
ial
roniniuniques
irom
Moscow
iiiscium:
inn
me
uussians
j.r:..u.iv
Lunnii
to
have
pushed
ahead
to.
within
51
miles
Br
rl
in.
SoTlel
Hoops
nave
auvancru
miicc
mt
communique
.i
i.ni
how
much
of
an
advance
cannot
be
said
with
drrrec
of
certainty,
one
ining
is
sure
Benin,
and
lis
t
of
Stettin
on
the
Baltic
are
in
grave
danger
today.
Mos-
drilarrs
that
Idissian
troops
are
jum
a
mue
more
man
r......
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vrnuM
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Manila
1111.
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MacARTIIl'R'S
HEADQUARTERS
American
forces
on
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lh
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nnr
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srr
which
American
column
will
be
the
first
to
enter
the
i.i
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rKfanr.
ha
hn
cur.
fiijffrrllvr
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there
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nn
lrn
a
vrt
that
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in
mil
nn
a
uanri
hrfnr
Manila.
larc
Berlin
Open
City
LONDON-
An
unidentified
radio
station
said
today
that
.
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In.
II.
I
tl
M
it
l
i
:
i
PARIS
meriran
troops
are
hitting
the
Germans
today
the
thick
Siegfried
Line
defences
In
the
Monschau
area.
1
1
II..
I
AH..t.
...
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III
(UK
l"i
n
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4
nnrrn
rn
i
m
inc
irum.
inirriran
ann
rrrnrn
iruoo
arc
Alsace.
HritKh
and
Canadian
troops
at
the
northern
end
thf
lint
have
sent
out
patroLs
in
force
across
the
Ma
as
Rlrcr
ruiriiM
in
it
tua
ami
TtiiuLiirdL
ui
vii
iiiircrii.
ir.
ii
:
iv
nn
uv;iii
uuiuutu
i
uuay
LONDON
Moic
than
1200
Briti
h
and
Canadian
bombers
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tn
lilllln
f
i
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t
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n
iiniivii
ami
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11
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tri
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wii
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11
HnnrrjrKri
in
tiirr
lvriiiiunu
xrc
mil
ipiurtnlly
was
civeji
a
nichls
rest
after
the
heaviest
F
Mnkfiniln
iM
nf
I
Ki
i-ei
i
fluircrlav
T
tmr-
n
radio
dpflarrv
that
untru
nf
Allied
hnmhert
are
hlltlnr
tsil
K
kftk
I
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II..
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.
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...
a
rni
nreiva
i.k
i.
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iu.
i..
n
4i
kiAir
ni
rr
avi
i
ti
months.
1
i
.
Ir
a
I
l
nnl
iir'nrrriifr
rnnrrnu
iTiwrr
mill
I
T
UAhCV
AC
rAunihATC
tl
.
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...
.
-
.
ajor
J,
T.
Harvi'y,
l'nnce
Kupcrt
lawycr-soklicr
'
"".-iM-as
on
inc
wcsiern
iroui,
wun
uclluiui-
I
LIU
II
Mill
I
II
'1
1
I
itt
lit
I
HL
ttfiflklll
ft'lflIIII'lTf
Till"
1
rogrcssivc-Conscrvativc
party.
in
bkeena
con-
"cik-.v
at
a
party
nominating
convention
liekl
in
I.O.I)
V.
llnll
I...I
J.,1.f
HUM
IUOI
lllUllb.
iu
mcr
m
uic
law
linn
or
Air
Blow
On
Doomed
Berlin
t'othinr
Of
fid
'rid
Conf
A
I!
Undei
a
sea
About
Churclt
no
ffrr.
1:'..
I
vi'C'l-
Stalin
Meet
LONDON,
Feb.
3
Jffi-
There
are
a
lot
of
rumors
floating
around
about
the
"Big
Three'
conference.
But
they're
all
rumors,
and
nothing
else.
However,
It
Is
believed
that
a
meeting
now
Is
underway
among
Prinnie
Minister
Churchill,
President
Roosevelt
and
Premier
Stalin.
Berlin
newspapers
have
given
prominence
to
a
propaganda
article
which
says
the
Allies
arc
about
to
offer
Germany
what
U
calls
a
new
set
of
"Wilson's
Four-ten
Points
in
a
more
palatable
form,"
MIDLANDS
OVERSEAS
Manila
nn
fsiinriav?
IIUIIIIU
VII
VUHUHI
OKN.
iMacARTllUK'S
IIEAD-qUARTKKS,
Feb.
3
United
States
troops
have
reached
a
point
two
miles
from
Manila
and
General
MacArthur,
from
18
miles
away,
said
the
city
might
be
entered
tomorrow.
The
head
of
the
Japanese
puppet
government
in
Manila
has
left'
for
Tokyo
where
he
has
said
that
"the
conflagration
will
come
soon
to
the
very
gates
of
the
Japanese
Lnipire."
Bracken
Is
Challenged
Inridrnl
of
Throwing
Weapon?
Overboard
from
Troopship
Brought
Up
'
OWEN
SOUND,
Out.,
Feb.
3
Q
Defence
Minister
McNaughton
l.n
1,
l
?
J
T
nnnl-nn
IVin
Ontario
Regiment,
Formerly
-.""-....
.
If
rogres.
ve
-
Conservative
party
Stationed
at
Prince
Rupert,
on
aiuc
isow
(that
Home
Defence
troops
threw
Tlic
Midland
Regiment,
for
their
rifles
and
ammunition
over-
some
years
siauonea
ncrc.
nas
board
wnuc
cnrouic
overscacs.
arrived
overscacs,
according
to
if
.
Winding
up
his
campaign
as
gov-
news-page
story
In
Tuesday
s
crnment,
candidate
in
Monday
s
Port
Hope
Guide.
Originally
re-Grey
North
by-election,
General
crulted
from
Ontario,
the
Mid-
J
McNaughton
said
he
Intends
to
lands
still
Include
a
number
of
see
that
Bracken
docs
substan
tia
original
officers
and
men,
Including
Major
Parker
Nilcs
of
Co-bourg,
and
Major
John
Lcuty,
Major
P.
J.
Bigclow
and
Captain
Frank
G.
Lou?
of
Port
Hope.
A
large,
percentage
of
the
original
personnel
pf
the
Midlands
have
proceeded
overseas
from
time
to
time
during
the
past
few
years
in
'drafts
to
other
units,
so
that
the
Midlands
now
Includes
soldiers
from
many
parts
of
Can
ada
besides
Ontario.
tiate
his
statement,
or,
in
the
words
of
thc
defence
minister.
"pay
thc
penalty."
TJicrc
was
one
case,
said
Gen.
McNaughton,
of
a
man
having
board
but
there
were
no
other
Incidents
reported
by
officers
who
had
made
an
investigation.
CASUALTIES
CLASSIFIED
Army
Has
Now
Suffered
Most
Heavily,
According
to
Official
Announcement
OTTAWA,
Feb.
3
Q
Since
'June
1,
five
days
before
D-Day,
there
were
47,453
casualties
In
the
three
Canadian
armed
services,
according
to
an
official
announcement.
These
casualties
were
as
follows:
Army.
42.793.
'Air
Force.
4,019.
Navy,
C16.
Total
casualties
for
the
whole
war
period
ending
December
31
amounting
to
84,803
were
divided
as
follows:
Navy
1,403
dead,
250
wounded,
347
missing,
prisoner
or
interned.
Army
17.001
dead,
40235
wounded,
6,710
missing
or
pris
oner.
Air
Force
11,905
dead,
1,055
wounded,
5,231
missing
or
pris
oner.
NEW
HEAD
OF
AIRLINES
W.
F.
English
Appointed
to
Succeed
O.
T.
Larson
A
Vice-President
MONTREAL,
Feb.
3
W.
F.
Bngllsh
has
been
appointed
vlce-
WCSideiili
in,
charge,
of
operation,
Mr.
Bracken
says
"the
1tefOTWjTra,kfan
minister's
statement
Is
an
at
tempt
to
confuse
the
public.
In
a
prepared
statement,
Mr.
Bracken
asked
General
McNaughton
to
say
frankly
whether
the
draftees
arrived
In
Britain
with
all
their
weapons
and,
if
not,
why
not.
NKW
ALLIED
OFFENSIVE;
WASHINGTON
Assistant
Secretary
of
War
said
today
that
the
(Jcrmans
could
hope
for
no
respite
from
the
Allies
but
they
could
expect
that
a
great
new
offensive
would
soon
be
commenced
against
them.
ing
to
an
announcement
made
today
by
11.
J.
Symington,
C.M.G.,
K.C.,
president
of
the
Airline.
Mr.
English,
who
has
been
assLstant
vice
-
president
since
October
1941,
succeeds
O.
T.
Larson
who
Is
rejoining
thc
United
Air
Lines
in
Chicago
after
i-crving
T.C.A.
since
1937.
William
David
Frascr
English
was
born
In
Toronto
In
1891
and
attended
public
and
high
school
in
that
city.
He
joined
the
staff
ol
thc
Canadian
Northern
Hallway,
now
part
of
the
Canadian
National
system,
In
the
vice-president's
office
in
1903.
PACIFIC
GREAT
EASTERN
OFFERED
BY
B.C.
TO
TWO
MAJOR
RAILWAYS
VICTORIA,
Feb.
3
0
Premier
John
Hart
announces
that
thc
provinclally-owncd
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
has
been
offered
to
thc
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
for
Joint
purchase
and
operation.
When
he
goes
East
after
the
Legislature,
Mr.
Hart
Intends
to
reopen
negotiations
with
thc
two
railways
to
take
over
and
extend
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
from
Qucsnel
to
Prince
George
and
Into,
thc
Peace
River.
Bulletins
COMMISSION
COMING
Sitting
as
a
provincial
commission
on
the
subject
of
educational
finance,
Dr.
M.
A.
Cameron
or
the
University
of
British
Columbia
will
be
In
Prince
Rupert
February
.14,
It
was
learned
at
the
City
Hall
today.
FRENCH
OBJECTION
PARIS
A
semi-official
French
government
spokesman
says
his
country
would
be
opposed
to
any
four-power
control
of
the
Rhineland
after
thc
war.
The
F.rench
objection
is
based
on
the
belief
that
a
dispersed
authority
is
a
weak
one.
CALLS
FRANCO
"GANGSTER"
LONDON
Britain's
leading
tabloid,
the
London
Daily
Mirror,
has
lashed
out
at
General
Franco,
thc
Spanish
dictator,
in
an
extremely
blunt
editorial
today.
The
Daily
Mirror
refers
to
the
Spanish
leader
as
"The
gangster
at
large"
and
"the
Foo
Franco
who
wants
to
muscle
in
on
the
peace."
The
editorial
warns
that
if
Franco's
regime
survives
then
Fascism
stilt
breathes
and
may
again
sweep
across
Europe.
INVESTIGATE
DISASTER
TORONTO
A
thorough
government
investigation
has
been
ordered
into
the
disaster
yesterday
when
1G
men
lost
their
lives
as
a
result
of
a
double-decker
mine
cage
snapping
its
cable
in
a
shaft
of
the
master
mine
at
Timmins,
Ontario.
The
cage
plunged
1500
feet
from
the
1000-foot
level
to
the
bottom
of
the
shall.
v
CHURCHILL
AT
GIBRALTAR
.
-
JA..IilWyr8p.nbl,
Vrhers
returning
to
the
town
of
La
Linea
from
Gibraltar,
brought
rumors
that
Prime
minister
Churchill
arrived
at
Gibraltar
by
plane
Wednesday
night.
This
report
is
without
official
confirmation.
McNAUGHTON'S
STATEMENT
OWEN
SOUND,
Ont.
Defence
Minister
McNaughton
has
issued
a
statement
denying
Mr.
Bracken's
last
claim
that
overseas
army
reinforcements
are
inadequate.
The
General's
statement
says
his
own
reports
on
reinforcements
are
as
accurate
and
correct
as
highly
experienced
and
responsible
officers
can
make
them.
FINNISH
POLITICS
STOC
K.II
O
I.
M
Premier
Julio
K.
Paasikivi
of
Finland
has
recommended
that
all
members
of
thc
Finnish
parliament
who
share
responsibility
for
the
war.
with
Russia
withdraw
as
candidates
for
re-election.
Faasiklvi
said
his
proposals
were
necessary
to
stiengthen
relations
with
the
Soviet
Union.
Capital
of
Reich
is
Being
Menaced
by
Land
and
Air
Even
Propaganda
Agencies
Being
Demoralized
As
Crisis
Looms
LONDON.
Feb.
3
(CP)
More
than
one
thousand
American
heavy
bombers
dropped
nearly
3,000
tons
of
bombs
on
Berlin
today
in
the
greatest
air
blow
yet
struck
at
the
capital
which
is
now
teeming
with
refu
gees.
The
record
daylight
attack
was
aimed
direct
at
military
and
communications
targets
m
tne
centre
Eastern
Front
Battling
On
The
Oder
Berlin
Claims
Russians
Being
Checked
Everywhere
Except
in
East
Prussia
LONDON,
Feb.
3
Moscow
re
ports
that
Marshal
Zhukov's
First
White
Russian
Army
Is
51
miles
from
Berlin
while
the
Ger
mans
place
thc
distance
at
38
miles.
There
was
an
advance
ot
nine
miles
by
the
Soviet
forces
yesterday.
The
Berlin
radio
said
that
the
Russians
had
brought
up
strong
forces
along
the
Oder
on
both
sides
of
Frankfurt
above
and
below--and
assaults
to
reduce
Kustrln
--16
miles
off
were
un
dcr
way.
Street
fighting
was
re
ported
under
way
ImFrankfurt
The
Russians,
the
radio
said,
had
made
one
attempt
to
storm
across
the
Oder
liiyhe
onslaught
toward
Berlin.
Other
Berlin
reoorts
In
dica.ts-4piat
Uje,
,Sovjetatrt&
might
already
have-crossed.
An
official
German
communi
que,
omitting
mention
of
the
Oder
sector,
said
the
Russians
everywhere
else
except
East
Prus
sia
had
been
checked
after
hard
righting.
Moscow
dispatches
said
the
Russians
ran
into
thick
mino
fields
andfc
hard
shell
of
German
armor
along
thc
front
threatening
Berlin.
Unofficial
military
Intelligence
at
Paris
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
ability
of
the
Russians
to
get
supplies
Into
the
battle
line
rather
than
German
defence
may
decide
whether
the
present
Russian
offensive
carries
across
the
Oder
river
and
over
the
last
40
miles
to
Berlin.
In
the
north
the
Russians
have
now
reached
a
point
only
.22
miles
from
thc
great
German
Baltic
port
of
Stettin.
CANUCKS
GOT
FIRST
Among
the
planes
destroyed
by
Canadians
In
October
1944
was
a
ME-262,
a
Jet-propelled
aircraft.
This
was
the.
first
of
its
kind
to
be
downed
by
RJV.F.
or
R.C.A.F.
pilots.
of
the
city
which
Is
menaced
by
Soviet
armies
which
the
Ger
mans
say
are
only
forty
miles"
away.
More
than
400
bombers,
stag
ing
a
diversionary
attack
that
confused
Berlin's
defenders,
pounded
a
synthetic
oil
plant
and
railway
yards
on
the.
outskirts
of
Magdeburg,
65
miles
southwest
of
Berlin.
A
regular
German
High
Com
mand'
communique
was
delayed
more
than
an
hour.
Propa
ganda
agencies
seemed
demor
alized.
RUSS
ADVANCE
MAY
HAVE
FREED
WAR
PRISONER
'
The
lightning
advance
of
the
1,
Russian
armies
across
v
eastern
f.
Germany
contains
material
for
(k,
great
hope
or
two
Prince
Ru-
f
pert
people
They
are
Miss
Hens
i?
Caoar
anrj
her
sister,
Mrs.
a.venueT
east,
tyhose
brother,
if
FllghtSgt.
WornAan
Caparflhas
bcehji
prilor-wafln
Stalag
Luft
7
near
Breslau,
since
last
.September.
Although
they
have
received
no
definite
Information,
Miss
Capar
and
Mrs.
Klein
hope
that
their
brother
may
be
among
those
Allied
prisoners
taken
by
the
Russians
When
the
Germans
4
k
retreated
hastily.
JgJ:'
"We
don't
know,
but
we
can-
fi!f;
not
help
hoping
that
he
may
Ai
have
been
among
those-who
es-
"?
'
caped
the
camp,
pr
have
.
been
'
.
freed
by
the
Russians,"
Miss
Capar
said.
"The
camp
has
been
taken
by
the
Russians,
ac?
v:
cording
lo
press
.reports,
and
we
V
f
hope
that
the
Germans
did
not
Vfv
have
time
to
move
the
nrlsoners."
Hi
Flt.-Sgt,
Capar,
22,
was
bomb
j
aimer
on
an
R.A.F.
plane
which
i
was
shot
down
over
Germany
il-'
last
September
In
letters
to
,
Ws
sisters
he
said
that
he'
be-
''!
lleved
himself
to
be
the
only
survivor
of
the
aircraft.
Hbw
.
.
.
:
w
nome
is
ai
Winnipeg.
"MV-J
-7,
V
Local
Temperature
vr-
Mavlmiitn
A.1
'Hi
iituAiituii
-
x
f
igi
j?
Minimum
37
v.xJ
Appeals
To
German
People
To
Stand
Firm
A
gleam
of
hope
that
shipbuilding
In
Prince
Rupert
may
not
become
a
wartime
Industrial
casualty
was
extended
Friday
to
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
chairman
of
thc
citizens'
committee
created
to
keep
thc
local
shipyard
in
full
operation.
It
came
in
thc
form
of
a
reply
to
a
message
sent
by
thc
committee
to
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
Munitions
and
Supply,
urging
that
he
take
steps
lo
assist
"continuation
of
employment
at
thc
dry
dock
-and
malntalnancc
of
the
plant
at
its
present
state
of
efficiency."
Brydgcs,
D.
C.
Stevenson,
James
Bremncr,
Q,
J.
Dawes,
R,
O.
Franks,
John
Bulger,
T.
W.
Falconer,
Crawford
Moore,
H."
R.
Love,
Percy
Cameron,
Alex
Mac-Kcnzlc,
Jack
Bulger,
Mrs.
D.
G,
Borland,
Mrs.
John
Bremncr,
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
W.
R.
McAfee,
J.
H.
Thompson,
D.
C.
Stuart,
W.
R.
Love,
A.
M.
Harvey
(Ocean
C.
Falls)
Fifteen
Enrolled
In
Home
Nursing
Class
There
have
ibeen
15
enrolment:,
for
the
home
nursing
classes
to
be
conducted
under
thc
auspice
of
the
local
branch
of
thc
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society,
this
being
a
satisfactory
token
.of
in
tercst.
Thc
classes
arc
being
organized
by
Mrs.
O.
L.
Murray
and
Mrs.
Calvin
Lewis
who
will
be
thc
instructors.
SUDDEN
DEATH
OF
MISSIONARY
Rev.
B.
Shearman,
for
many
years
a
well
known
Anllcan
nils
slonary
leather
In
Indian
settlements
on
the
coast
and
In
the
Interior,
collapsed
and
.died
suddenly
In
the
lobby
of
thc
Savoy
Hotel
shortly
after
9
oclock
last
night.
He
had
been
suffering
from
a
heart
ailment
for
years.
GENERALS
IN
SESSION
PARIS
General
Elsenhower
uml
his
chief
aides
conferred
here
with
Lieut.
General
Bradley.
"Enemy
is
Knocking
at
Door"
Keep
Heads
Cool
Panic
Is
Increasing
In
Many
Sections
of
Reich
Anti-Hitler
Movement
LONDON,
Feb.
S
(CP)
Thc
German
press
and
radio
sounded
the
theme
of
"Remember
1918"
in
appeals
today
to
the
Germans
to
stand
firm
against
battle
front
setbacks
and
any
Allied
calls
for
surrender.
"The
enemy
is
knocking
at
the
door.
"
Np
one
slinnlil
ls4n
his
bond
when
tanks
anuear
said
one
PINCERS
ON
MANILA
Ma'cARTIIUR'S
HEADQUARTERS
Events
arc
moving
fast
today
on
Luzon
Island
in
the
Philippines.
American
Eighth
Army
invasion
troops
have
fashioned
a
pincers
on
Manila
by
landing
on
the
Batangas
Province
coast
sixty-seven
miles
southwest
of
thc
capital.
At
thc
same
time,
Sixth
Army
spearheads
arc
driving
down
from
thc
north
only
twenty
miles
from
broadcast.
Dispatches
from
neutral
capi
tals
and
Allied
broadcasts
said
antl-Hlller
posters
and
slogans
were
appearing
on
walls
In
large
aerman
cities.
Moscow
radio
said
there
Is
no
doubt
panic
reigns
In
many
sec
tions
of
Germany.
ISOLATED
53
DAYS
ROSSLARE,
Eire,
0)
Isolated
for
53
days,
Keeper
P;
Crowley
and
Keeper
E.
Klckey
have
been
taken
off
the
Tuskar
Rock
light
house,
five
miles
off
the
Wexford
coast.
TODAY'S
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Courtesy
S.
D.
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1.20
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1.80
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52.00
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Kerr
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1.43
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Lake
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3.15
Preston
East
Dome
2.84
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4.70
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Gordon
.76
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2.82
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1.36
DESERTERS
IN
LUXURY
Missing
H.D.'s
Said
to
Be
in
City
of
Seattle
VANCOUVER,
Wash.,
Feb.
3
'
ji'i!
KB
A
report
In
a
Seattle,
A
'mJ
Washington,
newspaper,
the
rosi-intenigencer
mis
morning,
says
an
undetermined
mimkM
t
t
Plllllllln
A
Tm
V
desertm
arc
living
in
Seattle
j
t
fTi
cities,
ine
repori
speans
oi
n
-.
j
the
deserters
as
living
in
VlJ't
luxury
as
guests
of
citizens
of
.
Hip
wrst
rnast
ritv.
WANTED
Men
for
fish
floor
and
freezer
work.
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Cold
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