nil Mikins- Contact Allies? 111! ill II I IMittrnU of perhaps the i 1 i t- Chancellor Adolf llil- rU1 Hi tliirlr-f vmr rule today a rumors, IMF IIIU.IIT 1IUII1 kill. 4UIU, IIIIIUUCU WUV 11141 imaii Liniiai amu iviu bluntly thai he has lost compicmy 01 ine mm-iin.i;n ....it... (ittnun special envoy contact ilh Allied 1 rrTinn uinurt .Miiifcltr Says Re Will Il-i 1. it. r . .... "ir iK-llirc ,.pril 17 urn t. . - . IU- 7 l:a: Innrln n st.n(. -np;:r.ar.f questions .- nr; in recent ) the electors of r tlie prime minister Jiice the date of bc'wccu now and ai 3 indicated that ""puna 11 lirpv TJnrlli si planned, iinp mini,.).. 1 1 i I" urev North tn clvn Mi;.; tcr i;w House or Commons ' can be of most value to "a; arinv W, " Tl.n nr.rl...1.... ill iv,uit Ul V 3ld there were more WOOOO fruit trrr.t In and Walci last January, " ami 0 1 rrr. Anrobatlnn nffl. tlivrnlln itiinpf 1 .'UV -Ukll - 10 uiic oi vnc anti ocial behaviour In r"-'i in Years Relieved with Several lies ( iuu "ii'g into '"Hand Canal mlnti, he most active season in or nilnlne n 1.1, l..... " '"ui since the war W.aya W.J.Crawford, wart transportation ,s i" the city on busl-""mbcr of well known some of Which havn rin r in years, arc plan-"mPon of operations. ilany has been form- balmon Qold nmirl e Dlg Missouri in th. or vnii known Georgia RWer ""'"own tlic canal . Is to be reopened cr new company. untaln Boy, on Amcrl- ruldenburg area Identified the Canadian objective as the Ger man bridgehead at Capellc. Tlic enemy report said the Can adian troops were equipped with tlic most modern wcaiwns, Including flame-throwing tanks and fog throwers. The Germans who drove Into Belgium and Luxembourg arc just about back where they started from. Troops of the American Third Army have carried the fighting into German tcrlrtory. They have crossed from Belgium Into the Nazi homeland at two points by wading across the Our River. At the same time, units of the American First Army have passed the starting point for Germany's ill-fated winter campaign. The Nazis have been continuing Uicir withdrawal from the Belgian sector of the front and It Is proving a costly retreat for tlic enemy. Allied planes flying ahead of the ground forces yesterday destroyed or damaged an additional two-thousand Nazi motor vehicles. Royal Air Force Mosqultos made an attack during the night on German traffic moving Into Germany from the west coast area of northern Holland. The enemy traffic above the Maas River was described as fairly heavy. Royal Air Force Not Closing Down FORT WILLIAM, Jan. 30 if Tlic Deputy Minister of National Defence for Air, 11. F. Gordon, says tlic Commonwealth Air Training Tlan which ends March 31 has graduated 122,000 aircrew. Mr. Gordon sad he wanted to kill the rumor that the R.OA.F. Is closing down practically overnight. He said the primary responsibility of operating a great training plan is drawing to a close, but there still remains an equally great responsibility of operating a fighting air force. Local Temperature Maximum 47 Minimum 37 NG REVIVAL, PORTLAND CANAL again under the management of W. H. Tolln for Montreal interests. A new company Is being formed to take over'nnd continue development of the Black Hills silver property on Glacier CrecK. Mr, Crawford himself is the trustee for the creditors of this property. The well known Riverside tungsten property on the American side of the Salmon River valley will also see a resumption of operations this year. Mr. Crawford tells of Al Phillips and two associates having taken out gold of almost sensational value from the Campbell property at the head of Salmon River Valley which they arc operating on lease. Some of the ore went $25 a pound, according to Mr. Crawford. Mr. Crawford, who has been r'c C L' L" nnd here 'for the past week, will be I wm De active j returning to Stewart tins wees. HINDER 1 II 'ITS t9 C3 tiers Will Not IVe inally Responsible I'rhnes k 30 On the cv r widcly-heraidcd big three conference, the Allies have started to shower the German lines with leaflets explaining what unconditional surrender will mean for German soldiers. The pamphlets declare that unconditional surrender will not place those who who give up at the mercy of the victorious side. The leaflets say that Individual Germans who had noth ing to do with acts of war criminals will not be called on to account for those' crimes. Withdrawal From Italy That Appears lo he Nut Naii Move IjidraYourlnp to Mobilize Citiiens LONDON, Jan. 30 O The official German news agency, DNB, has announced In a broadcast that the Nazi high command Is considering withdrawing some of Its troops from the Italian front. The broadcast explained that the withdrawal of certain contingents of German troops Is being considered to compensate for eastern front losses. The Nazi news agency dispatch also said Uhat the German commander In Italy had demanded themollllza-tlon of all citizens In Northern Italy between the ages of 18 and 60. Conference On Big Three iln Session Rumors Krifardiiisr Much-lleraldfd rarity Churchill Absent From Commons LONDON, Jan. 30 (CP) (ierinau and Swiss broadcasts today said that Hie wldely-hci aided Ills Three Confer nice was already under way or was about (o bejfin. Iiin-don observers speculated whether Koosevrlt and Churchill would meet prior to a conference with Stalin as they did at Cairo hi 1913. Churchllls movements arc guarded by security censotshlp but 11 was noted he did not appear in the House of Commons this morning. FIRST YEAR" FOR CANUCKS Has Spearheaded Eisnlh Army In Important Italian Campaign ROME, Jan. 30 -Oi Tlic First Canadian Corps has today com PROVINCIAL LIBRARY Weathei NORTHERN Arid 7Ms I I and Queen Char-,, North Ls-ht'to Coast moderate winds, Wednesday, January 31, 1945 ,4 and mild with occasional . High 3:24 20.3 feet ht drizzle weaniwjr. i.Bi, 15:16 20.0 leet -. .irt rloudv and mild Low 9:26 -Hnrau1 IUV--- - 6.9 feet 21:45 3.9 feet ' 1.11 UtVKI VOL. XXXIV, No. 25 PRINCE RUPERT, D.C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS EW RED INVASION OF REICH ALLIED BLOWS ON WESTERN ilT lllTIf I L II. I R II A 111 R 111 til n m i i iiniii ii iiiu l Nl IIH I II.ITI4 I I 17. L.HI1HU H 1 J I 1 1 r 111 W mmm m w - - - ' - v ON MOVE AGAIN IN HOLLAND KNK.MY HACK AT STARTING POINT FOLWnVIM; llUMiK YANKS CROSS INTO GERMANY iNDON, Jan. ISO (CP) The Nazis apparently natc new Allied blows on the western front. v i .i t i . . . . : ... ii. i t m iiiiii :iiiiiiiiiiii I'll i in. iiiiii iiiiii' i ii.ii. :n fire Iia: been increasing steadily on tlic tan- . t t II t 1 M l ir .t Arinv sector in Holland jusi soutn oi Hie River. Previously, Berlin reported that Can ir. .)! . it I til Mdb adian troops were on the move I In a sector northwest of Til- burg. The German broadcast said new battles arc in progress between Herman and Canadian troops at the Nazi's Maas River bridgehead east of Gccrrulden burg. I - . - I Tl-.lt.. I i I i m i in.iuiHh vii viii. vniuvi victimo ni nrvv Tiiriiiiiiir it. tn i idir. i v .iivu.j itgiiviita ! vnv. v-vvi -At o Soviets Are Now Heading Province ol Pomerania Is LONDON, Jan. 3U (CP)-Svvcdish eyewitnesses say that the flashes of Hussian guns can be seen from Perlin in the night skies. With German officials moving their offices from the threatened capital, a Swedish national tions to leave and foreign correspon dents have been ordered to depart. Encirclement of Schnedemuh, a city of 41,000, cut the main Berlin-Danzig railway at a point 135 miles.: northeast of the capital, but directly cast of Berlin, reports put the Russians much closer. n Russian troops are known to be ninety-three miles from the German capital. Up to now, there has been no indication that the Germans-have been able to check the Soviet onslaught in any major sector. DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL A verdict of accidental deatli was returned Monday afternoon by a coroner's Jury investigating the death of Alexander MacAul-ay whose body was found floating In the harbor at Cow. Bay .Friday morning. MacAulay is be lieved to have slipped from the mooring floats, and drowned I about 12 hours before. Discovery of the body floating behind the Trlnce Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative store was made by John Joseph Youiik, Co-op grocery truck driver at 11 o'clock. The unusual condition of a body returning to the surface within 12 hours of tlic drowning was explained by Dr. R. E. Cole-man5 hospital pathologist, who said that It was his 'belief that MacAulay's clothing had sufficient buoyancy to cause tlic body to float. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be drowning, Dr. Coleman testified. Three witnesses, Alexander MacKenzle, who lives at the Central Hotel, and Alexander MacLeod and Erik Samuclson, who live on boats moored not far from MacAulay's boat, testified that they had seen MacAulay downtown as late as 9:30 Thursday night. MacAulay was employed as a watchman by the Navy. His only pleted its first year of battle as,known relative is a cousin or the iv.rt. of the British Eishth Army isamc name in the Veteran's In Italy. The First Corps, which (Guard or Canada Is commanded by Llcutenant-Gencral Charles Foulkcs of Vic toria B. C. and I-ondon, Out., includes the Fifth Armored Division and the veteran First Division. , During the past year, the First Corps has spcariicauea tne Eighth Army Inthrce major battles, the Lirl Valley orrcnsive. the breakthrough of 'the Gothic and Hitler Lines and the fight for the Lombardy Plain. PROMOTION APPROVLIt WASHINGTON The Senate military affairs committee has approved the promotion of Col. Klliott Roosevelt, son of the President, to be brigadier. The promotion has still to pass the Senate. Other witnesses were William Duffus and Howard Mclo, Co-op employees who took MacAulay's body from the water, and Con stable W. H. Brett of the city police, who was called to the scene. Jurors were Jack Mussallcm, foreman. W. I). Kimble, Teler DeJong, C. Abercronible, Charles Newman and John Odowcs. ALTON, Eng., 0 In the Anglican church In this Hampshire town there Is a pew which had to be extended to accommodate the 15 members of a family who at-tend services regularly. BELFAST, Prolonged rains ruined half the 1944 potato crop in Northern IrelAnd, For Baltic Port of Stettin; Threatened With Isolation; Fall of Both Posen and Koenigsburg Expected Soon NAZI REGIME NOW DOOMED Flashing of Russian Guns Seen In Berlin; City's Fate In Balance; Days of Darkness for Fuehrer The Nazi radio has called ipon the people of Germany to rise up and save Berlin. As one broadcast put it, "the fate of lierlin is in the balance. These are days of darkness for Adolf Hitler. It was twelve years ago just departed from Pcrlin said foreign today that the one-time paper hanger diplomats have been making prepara- soared to the heights to become chan cellor of Germany. He promised that Germany would achieve its place in the sun and for a while it appeared that the Nazi tide of conquest would en gulf the world. Hitler was at the height of his power just four years ago today when he issued a blunt warning to the world He said that German submarines would sink all ships, including neutrals, that dared carry supplies to Britain Today, the flame of Nazi invinci bility. has, flickered and died. Now Germany is fighting with its bad against the wall. Hitler Broadcasting LONDON, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler will deliver a special broadcast from Berlin tonight at 2:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. In view of the rapidly dc-tiorating war situation for Germany, keen interest is being taken in what the dictator may have to say. Sulletha NAVAL ACTION ON PARIS An Allied naval force Is now engaged "in active though small scale operations against the enemy" among Netherlands islands north of Walchcren. Admiral Sir Harold Burroughs said today. DECISION IlUt: TODAY VANCOUVER The Regional War Labor Board adjourned yesterday without handing down a decision in a new re view of the Street Railway-men's Union application for a six-cent basic wage increase. The board began sittings after the union offered new evidence. The decision Is expected some time today. WOOUWARll OVLRSKAS? VICTORIA Lieut. Governor W. O. Woodward announced last night he was considering making a trip overseas to visit lliitish Columbia servicemen in Kuropc. There was nothing definite yet, he said. to see roru LONDON Harry Hopkins, personal envoy of President Roosevelt, after conferring with rrimc Minister Winston Churchill proceeded to Koine where he had a half-, hour conference with the Pope. . BREAKING JArS WASHINGTON Admiral Halsey or the United States says that the United Stales fleet has broken Japanese control of the China Sea. "Wc have the enemy on the heel and will keep on hitting him," Halsey declares. BACK FROM OVERSEAS OTTAWA Major W. S. Morse, who was in Prince Rupert in the early days of the war, and Private E. D. Thompson of Fort Fraser were among a shipload of Canadian Army personnel who airivrd back in Canada yesterday from overseas. VAN ANUA DEAD NEW YORK Carl Van Anda, 80, former managing editor of tlic New York Times, Is dead in New York. CLOSING AIR SCHOOL SIMCOE, Ont. Number One Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario, will be officially closed on Fcbmary 17. It was the first unit of its kind tn be established under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. FORTS OVER LUZON TOKYO The Tokyo ladlo said today that United States superfortresses had bombed the Philippines for the first lime, striking at North Luzon. NO DESERTERS FOUND NEW WESTMINSTER Military and civilian police have made a round-up of local beer parlors, cigar stores and clubs hi search or deserters but found none. The round-up has so far failed to achieve results. The deserters are believed to be hiding out. NO COUPONS NEEDED OTTAWA Coupons to purchase canned milk will not be required In any of ihe four western provinces after January 31. , NAZIS ARE FIGHTING DESPERATELY BUT IN VAIN TO SAVE FATHER- LAND FROM F WOMEN SHOT BY GESTAPO Thirty-Seven Wounded When They Upset Truck-load of Potatoes - BERNE, Jan. 30 Ol A Berlin dispatch to a Berne newspaper said today that police in the German capital fired into 1 a throng of famished women who overturned a truckload of pot atoes on Monday. They wounded 37 women. Tlic newspaper story said that a foreign worker was killed by police bullets. Huge Herring Run But Fish Stay Out of Reach of Nets A huge bank of herring 20 miles long enough to fill the holds of many seine boats and packers Is reported to be in Laredo Inlet about 110 miles south of Prince Rupert. The only catch Is that they are running too deep to be caught by seine nets. Capt. Einer Jensen of the Van couver seiner Ivana, now In porl cayj thai ho-JiA ncvcr-sceipfej much herring in a single run. But for some reason, believed to be atmospheric conditions, the silver fish arc staying down to a depth of about 50 fathoms. The fleet is standing by, wait ing for the fish to come within seining depth. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. Mints VANCOUVER Bralorne 17.00 B. R. Con. .10 . B. R. X. (1935) .14V2 Cariboo Gold Quartz 2.10 Dentonia .07 Grull Wlhksne .I6V2 " Hedley Mascot . 80 Mlnto .092 " Tend Oreille 1.30 Pioneer 5.25 Premier Border .06 Premier 1.50 Privateer .4 Hi Reeves McDonald .21 Reno .05 Salmon Gold .12 Sheep Creek 1.17 Taylor Bridge .29 Whitewater . .0334 OILS Anglo Canadian .75 A. P. Con. .13 Cahnont 1.71 C. & E. 1.71 Foothills 1.25 Home 3.15 TORONTO Beattie 1.83 Central Patricia 2.30 Consol. Smelters 51.Tb Giant Yellowknlfe 9.90 Hardrock .80 Kerr Addison .11T8 Little Long Lac 1.45 Madsen Red Lake 2.45 McLeod Cockshutt 2.70 McKenzle Red Lake 1.63 Moneta .81 Tickle Crow 2.85 Preston East Dome 2.80 San Antoio 4.65 Sherrlt Gordon .70 Steep Creek Queenstou 2.90 U9 NAL ASSAULT LONDON, Jan. 30 (CP) A new Soviet invasion of northeastern Germany has carried to within fifty-seven miles of the enemy's Baltic port of Stettin. Troops of the First White Russian Army are threatening to isolate all of the province of Pomerania which extends eastward from Stettin" to the Polish corridor. . These forces have cufc the main super-highway between Berlin and Danzig, and also have taken over some parts ol the Trunk Railway between Ihe two cities. More than 150 localities In Pomerania have been taken by the Russians in recent action. Other elements of the Flnf" White Russian Army have fought their way into the heart of Posen, a key city in western Poland. The city te expected to fall within a matter of hours. Elsewhere on the eastern front, other Russian columns have penerated to a point Just two miles from the East Prus sian capital of Koenlgsberg. The, Germans have been fighting desperately to halt' the Rus-stojLrlrlvffcJn tfiat .area. . King Peter Surrenders Youthful Monarch of Yugoslavia Yields to Regency-Coalition Government LONDON, Jan. 30 Oi There have been new diplomatic developments in the Balkans. King Peter of Yugoslavia has agreed to surrender his royal powers to a regency council. In acceedinj to Allied and Internal pressure. Peter has approved arrangements previously made by Premier Ivan Subaslc and Marshal Tito. The premier and the guerilla leader have agreed on a coalition government to rule Yugoslavia. SAN FERNANDO IS LIBERATED MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR TERS, Jan. 30 O) A commu nique from General MacArthur announces the liberation ol San Fernando on the Philippine Island ol Luzon. San Fernando is 34 air miles from Manila. The Japanese have suffered more than 25,000 casualties in the fighting on Luzon. GETS 35 YEARS PARIS Lieut. Springer, United States Army, has been given 35 years imprisonment and has been dishonorably discharged for selling United States Army cigarettes in the French black market. WINDSOR, Eng., CIO Tree3 planted by King James II In tfje 17 th century in the avenue to (the Frogmore entrance or Windsor Castle have elm disease and are to be cut down. Eighty Miles From Berlin Bombers Assail Berlin Again LONDON, Jan. 30 O: American heavy bombers with lighter escort attacked objectives In Germany yesterday following three raids on refugee-packed Berlin last night by RJVF bombers. MOSCOW, Jan. 30 A flaming Russian tank spearhead has advanced twelve miles today into Brandenburg Province to reach a point eighty miles from Berlin. Other powerful Russian forces have crossed the Obra to converge upon the Oder River, last natural defence for Berlin.