NORTHERN AND CENTRAL j3RITIsiG0j:UTBIA'S EWSPAPER Tomorrow's Tides (Pacific Standard Ylmt) ' '4 -iictrirt for today read: Thursday, July 12. 1915 65 mm High 2:49 21.0 feet 15:45 19.4 feet 52 Low.. ,9:29 1.6 feet PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS 21:40 6.9 feet 4At A II 111 HtlVS Prelude to Invasion GUAM- There are Indications that the giant carrier raids on Tokyo piay ie the prelude to an invasion of the home Islands of Japan. At any rate, after yesterday's tremendous air assault, the invasion Jitters in Japan, have reached the fever point. Military authorities suggest, however, that It will probably be months before amphibious landings on the Japanese home islands can be properly organized. Latest Chinese Victory CHUNGKING Latest Chinese victory Is the capture of Singcheng in Kiangsl Province. Chinese armies are advancing on Kanhslennortheast of Canton. Both .cities were formerly air base sites for the Americans. .... iv t,l aii ua ii unanan miv I (lliV " w CANBERRA On Borneo, the Australian invaders have scored new successes to capture control of the whole Bay of Balikpapan. The capture gives the Allies a harbor capable of handling unlimited shipping. Mill MInNMMI NEAR NANAIMO NANAIMO, July 11 tf)-The Vancouver Tug Boat Co.'s tug Port Albernl ran aground on Mudge Island near .Sanaimo while attempting to negotiate Dodds Narrows. It was towing a scowload of lumber at tne time. None on board were injured. The scow was later picked up and towed to its destination. It was expected the tug would be re- noaiea. STORM KILLS SIX PERSONS Lehigh Valley Visited Hy Strony Tempest On Monday Night PHILLIPSBURO, New Jersey, July 11 Oi -At least six persons were reported dead yesterday in the wake of an electlc storm which struck the Lehigh Valley Monday night. The police said four unldentl fieri nprsnrn urrp klllprf hpro fi two houses occupied by twelve persons were crushed un -der rocks as rising waters of the Delaware River caused a landslide. One person is dead at Beth lehem and another at Allen-town. FIRE DAMAGES WATER ST. HOME While the main force of the city fire department fought a blaze at the Canadian army "B" mess on Sixth Avenue East thU morning, a second group answered a call al 1227 Water Street where a small blaze damaged a chesterlleld and part of the wall in me nnmp nf A irvc! Thn lazo was already under control oy a group of U.S. army soldiers when firemen of the city and United states Army fire department:; arrived, Damage was not great, SKEENA BOATS AVERAGE 330 FISH IN WEEK The 700 boats fishing sockcys salmon on the Skecna River averaged 330 fish per boat last wk, according to the weekly summary 0f fisheries Inspectors on the river. Fair weather and tow runs of salmon made the Period a profitable one. The nigh boat brought In 1,010 fish owing the week. The .gin net saimon . fisher men s tie-up, which ended June . has retarded the salmon Pack, and th? int.Mt hniipiin is. ued by the -chief supervisor of -cues, Vancouver, lists no tannine nf qmw A 9 imnn ... Naas and Skcena River iV up t0 that date- However, ViOO cases of hluebacks and springs were canned in District Une, the lnu'PV nat rfitfrlnt hls being, with the exception of 'wo cases of sockeyc, the only aimon packed on the coast up '0 June 30 this season, ' ci t0iwu,jr 1 last year- 17,575 in it' 1 types- had bcen Packed '" the three fisheries districts. ,lhese, 10,819 cases were sock- ty Weather Forecast iJ? Coast and Qucen Char-ottes. -Light to moderate winds, Acreasing to fresh southeaster-v in evenlnn- rinm),, iu ..0, w.wwj CUIU lltllU, jcas ional rain in north portion night. Thursday--Moderate u "'f ih winds, cloudy and mild, GIRL GUIDES MOURN AGNES BADEN-POWELL i Versatile Founder of Youth I Organization Dead at 87 LONDON, July 11 0) Girl Guides throughout the world mourned the death last month of Agnes Baden-Powell, 87, founder of their movement after nearly half a century of endeavor on behalf of the guides and other movements in which she took a prominent part. First president of the guides and national vice-president for many years, Miss Baden-Powell was a sister of the late Lord Baden Powell, founder 'of the scout movement. With a second brother, the late Maj. B. F. S. Baden-Powell, the was a pioneer balloonist and aviation enthusiast. The Royal Aeronautical Society elected her an honorary companion In 1936 for her work in the early days of the science of aviation. Miss Baden-Powell's versatf- llty of Interest was not confined TioweVeK to the guide movement' and flying. She was an exper: apiarist, an artist who was med allist in repousse work, a steel engraver of ability and an ath lete who retained her enthusi asm for swimming and dancing even after she was ' years of age. In the course of her work for the guides, Miss Baden-Powell spent two months In Canada some years ago during which time she unveiled a window in the Canadian Legion Hall at Kitchener, Ont. C.W.A.C.'S ARE COMING HOME OTTAWA, July 11 Qi Cana dian Army Women's Corps personnel who have been overseas more than two years are being relieved from their European duties and are returning to Canada. Authorities in London have announced the arrival In the United Kingdom of the largest draft of C.W.A.C.'s ever to reach the country. Wounded Terrace Soldier Returns Sapper E. Pratt of Terrace is one pf the wounded Canadian soldiers who was recently landed at Halifax from a hospital ship. He sustained his wounds when he drove over a mine in an armored car on the northwest front of Europe Just before the German surrender. Baseball Scores Pacific Coast League Sacramento 10, Oakland 1. San Francisco 6, Portland 7. International League Toronto 2-4, Montreal 4-8. Jersey City 2-7, Baltimore 11-10. Buffalo 3, Rochester 10. Syracuse 6, Newark 5. American Association Indianapolis 7, Toledo 2. Louisville 12, Columbus 3. St. Paul 3, Milwaukee 2. Minneapolis 3, Kansas City 2. No major league games. The executive of the Cana dlan Legion was In session Mon s4mr AiranlnrT In nrAnaraMnTI ffir the regular monthly general meeting tonight. President Hugh i Klllin was in the chair. ' . : Statement On Jap P eace Feelers Keep Truth From Japs Dean of Nipponese Journalists Criticizes Government for Withholding Facts SAN FRANCISCO, July 11 A dean of Japanese Journalists yesterday severely criticized the Japanese government for failure to tell its people the stark truth about loss of vital Pacific islands, the Tokyo radio re polled. Soho Tokutomi opposed the government's policy "which finre Guadalcanal has tended to dismiss the loss of strategic islands with superficial optimism. U.S. LOAN IS GREAT SUCCESS WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau announced today that the Seventh War Loan had exceeded all records, subscriptions totalling $26,500,- 000,000. High satisfaction was expressed by Morgenthau. Service Men to Be Released For Building Homes ! OTTAWA, July 11 Skilled and unskilled men are to be released from the Army to assist in the building of urgently - needed homes, it is announced by Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, minister of labor. FINAL RESULT OF IRISH ELECTION BELFAST, July 11 Finai re sults bf the Northern l IrelandJ that the Unionists elected 31 members, the Nationalists, ten, and Labor, two, out of the house of 48 scats. prohTfor ' VANCOUVER ON SALE OF BONDS VANCOUVER, July 11 W The city of Vancouver made a profit of $62,000 on Monday. That was the surplus price it received for Its $5,030,000 debenture issue sold on the open market. The issue, authorized by ratepayers last December, is to be used for public improvements. Bullet'MA ALMOST INTO TQKJ'0. WASHINGTON American warships, in their latest attack, steamed almost into Tokyo Bay. One carrier was only 25 miles away from the main Japanese coast. WINNIPEG "CONGESTED OTTAWA Winnipeg has bcen 'declared a congested area under housing regulations and an administrator will be appointed. COOL IN TORONTO TORONTO Temperature here has gone down to 41 which is exceptionally low for July. SAWMILLS CLOSING NEW WESTMINSTER Fra-ser Mills and Mohawk Lumber Co. here are to close for a week. The Hammond cedar mill is already closed. RACE HORSES FROZEN WASHINGTON Race horses cannot be shipped either by rail or by commercial trucks except by I.C.E. permit, It was announced today. YUGOSLAV PROTECTION BELGRADE The Yugoslav Ministry of Information has issued a statement charging that more than 20,000 refugees from Greek terrorism have sought protection in Yugoslavia I ' j) Jl . TKTTn ' . B I II, i spa m pAiffifjy rrvv wwj "r ALLIES OCCUPY BERLIN With Canadian, American and British occupation forces streaming into Berlin, map shows approximate areas of the German capital to be taken over by respective allies (indicated by flags). Spearhead of the U.S. Second Armored Division moved into southwestern part of the city as forerunner of total of 25,000 American occupation troops with headquarters in the Zehlendorf section. British and Canadian occupation troops mpved on the northwestern portion of the cap! tal. The French area has not been disclosed. NOT MEETING WITH FRANCO Official Denial at 10 Downing Street of Churchill's Session With Spanish Dictator LONDON, July 11 A spokesman at 10 Downing Street said yesterday that "there Is no truth whatsoever" to reports that Prime Minister Winston Churchill has held a conference or Is planning to hold a conference with Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain. IlcDorts hTd'-itcnlated' at'-t Saint Jean ,de Luz In France that Franco' had crossed the frontier and conferred with British officials at Bordaberry Chateau, Churchill' is on a vacation at nearby Hendaye and an Associated Press dispatch from Madrid said rumors were current there that Franco would then go to Hendaye to see Churchill. TRUMAN IS TO VISIT LONDON LONDON, July 11 O) A Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday it was "pretty likely" President Harry Truman of the United States will visit London after the forthcoming Big Three conference. NORWEGIANS LOSE WEIGHT OSLO The average loss of weight thi Norwegians during the Nazi occupation was 12 pounds. There was an endless diet of cod, herring and black bread. STATUS OF ITALY LONDON The future status of Italy will be discussed at the Big Tluec meeting, it is announced. TORONTO HOUSE CRISIS TORONTO The Toronto Veterans' Rehabilitation Committee underlines the fact that thousands of veterans are returning and the housing crisis will reach a new peak. The committee suggests that tem-poj'ary emergency housing for , cx-serviccmcn be erected on available park lands in the city. QUEEN MARY DOCKS NEW YORK New York Harbor was all a-bustlc today as the mighty 80,000-ton Queen Mary docked with a load of 15,000 Allied fighting men returning from their victories in Europe. DEGAULLE FOR PRESIDENT PARIS Two government officials have revealed that Gen. Charles DcGaulle will not be a candidate when French voters choose a new national assembly this fall. He may be named president of the new government, observers say. MORE STRIKES IN UNITED STATES CHICAGO, July 11 0 New labor disputes in Detroit and Alabama have boosted the number of idle workers in the United States from a thirty-day low of about 36.0C0 to approximately 43,000. New York stoppages on a fluid front affected an Ala- bama war plant arid two motor city dairies, PRESIDENT IN MID-ATLANTIC WASHINGTON, DC, July 11 President Harry Truman Is now in midAtlantlc aboard the cruls er Augusta enroute to the Big Three conference. He will disembark at a northern European port and fly to Potsdam. President Truman is travelling aboard the same historic warship on which the late president Frank lin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to draw up the Atlantic Charter. FRANCE TO VOTE ON OCTOBER 14 PARIS, July 11 ) The people of France are preparing for a referendum next fall for the "lection of a national assembly to draft a new constitution. General Charles De Gaulle has silenced government critics" by setting October 14 for the national elections. HER DREAM WAS FALSE . Flight Lieutenant Ramsay And All Personnel of Royal Air Force Plane Crashed VANCOUVER, July 11 0 Wreckage of one of four planes found by the Royal Canadian Air Force during a search for a Dakota transport with three Royal Air Force men aboard has been Identified as being that of a Canso flying boat which disappeared last December 2 with nine men aboard including Flight Lieutenant George Ramsay of Toronto. Ramsay's wlfe,.MarJorle, came to Vancouver last March to organize a search for her husband whom she believed, after a dream, to foe still alive on an island somewhere. There were no survivors from the crash. Simla Conference Has' Come to End SILMA, July 11 Discussion called by Viceroy Lord Wavell on self -(government for India have come to at least a tern? porary end with deadlock- continuing over whether or not the Moslem League .shall choose all Moslem members to the council. The All-India Congress has insisted that it should name some of the Moslem members. BERLIN o i a a WITHDRAWAL OF ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS IN BURMA. July 11 O) Allied troops, including" casualties, have withdrawn in good order from Nyaungkashe In the Sittang River bend, 25 miles northeast of Pegu, area in which the Jap anesc have counter-attacked as part of a break-out attempt, Southeast Asla.eadquarters imported yestlday. Not Causer By Bombs Minister of Forests Discounts Theory Two Fires Out of Control VANCOUVER, July 11 (CB The1 forest fire hazard continued at a critical and extremely stage as hot weather still made tinder dry the forests of Vancouver Island and the lower mainland. Two of the Island's five major blazes those near Lake Cow-ichan and at Adams River-- are out of control. The Cowlchan Lake fire has biackened three thousand acres and nearly encircled the small logging town of Rounds. Only fifty loggers remained in the village as women and children evacuated Sunday. High winds sent the Adams River fire out of control Tuesday night, Forest Branch officials reported today. At Victoria, Hon. E. T. Ken-ncy, minister of lands and forests, discounted the suggestion that Japanese incendiary balloons might have caused the fires. In only one fire, was the cause unknown that at Adams River and there was no reason to believe it was Incendiary. AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED VANCOUVER, July 11 0) Representatives of canners and the United FishermJn and Allied Workers Union met here to discuss the 1045 pilchard agreement but a settlement was not agreed upon. Canners and salmon seiners are also continuing discussions on this year's price for their fish but without reaching an agreement on the dispute which has caused a tie-up of the seine fleet for the fifth day. THIRD DIVISION IS TAKING OVER LONDCfJ, July 11 CBThc Canadian Third Division has taken over occupational duties In northwest Germany, relieving the Second Division. General Chris Vokes is m command cf the Third Division, which is under the British 30th Corps. NO OFFERS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION ARE MADE WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11 (CP) Various feelers have come to the Allies from Japan, it turned out today, but there is not a single genuine offer in the lot. Not once in three-and-a-half years of war, says Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew, has a real offer come to Washington from the Japanese Army Mess Destroyed Spectacular Fire on Sixth Ave. East This Morning A spectacular fire which sent columns of black smoke tower ing into the morning air destroyed two wings of the Canadian Army garrison officers "B" quarters shortly after 6:30 this morning, causing the building's 35 occupants to dress hastily and escape to the street. Hundreds of early rising citi zens and military personnel watched fire departments of tl'.e city, army and navy battle the flames Jn the H-shaped tar- paper-sheathsd frame building situated on Sixth Ave., Just east of McBrlde St. Mystery still surrounds the cause of the fire, which broke out in the "B" mess kitchen be fore the staff of C.W.A.C. cooks had arrived to start work. I woke up when someone cried 'Fire!'" an officer said "The kitchen was ablaze but we all had time to dress." He' was wearing battle .dress and a pair of bedroom slippers. -. 'Twrjjwlngs of, the temporary army fciilldlns were badly gutted and the roofs destroyed, but the Sling fTpntlnsn Sixth.yeas relatively unuamagea. City fire department received p. call to the fire at 6:40 when already oily, black columns of smoke, Impelled by flames which licked eagerly at the tarpapered walls, poured Into the sky. No equipment was saved from the kitchen, or the fear wing but cots, wardrobes and personal effects of bfficers were snatched from the front wing and piled on Sixth Ave. Tons of water were poured on the building by fire departments nf the city, army and navy, and the fire was reduced to a smouldering state before 8 o'clock. One of the hazards encountered by firemen was globules of hot tar which splashed from the heated walls, burning the hands and faces of those who manned the hose nozzles. Estimate of the loss caused by the fire was not available today. The burned-out condition of the kitchen makes it improbable that the cause of the outbreak will ever be learned. While firemen were busy with the burning building, army watchers were alert to see that the flames did not spread to other army buildings, the garrison sergeants' mess and officers' quarters which stand nearby on two sides. Penicillin Finder Is Being Honored MONTREAL, July 11 W) The discoverer of penicillin', Sir Alexander Fleming, has been presented with an honorary fellowship of the Montreal Medical Society. HOUSING SCHEME TO BE ANNOUNCED VANCOUVER, July 11 (t A. W. Crowley, secretary of the Vancouver Rehabilitation Coun cil, said yesterday that the federal government would announce a low-cost housing program within the next few days with extraordinary measures to provide materials and manpower. Halibut Sales American (15'4C and,13ic) Lloyd, 30,000, Booth. Canadian (I8V4C rind I6V2O Parma, 42,000, B.C. Packers. government "either through of ficial or unofficial channels." Grew issued a peace feelers statement because there has been so much recent talk of enemy overtures to call of the war that some explanation is needed. Grew reiterated that Allied policy is "and will continue to be unconditional surrender." Aim of the peace feeler3 technique. Grew said, is to try to create dissension among the Allies and within Allied people over terms by which war with Japan might be ended. At Kunming, China, Mhjor- General Claire Chennault told a .press conference that "there is always a possibility that the Japs will surrender but .la my opinion chances are better than fifty-fifty they will not. Chennault says the Japs are in bad shape and are getting worse' every day. He does not :belleve: it will take two years to " de feat them. CHURCHILL TO LEAVE HENDAYE THIS SATURDAY. PARIS, July 11 O) Prime Min ister Winston Churchill, now on a holiday at Hendaye, will leave Saturday on' the first sTagcf'of his journey fo'the B)g Three meeting at Potsdam, the news--paper France Soir reported yes-terdayV-'- - v INTERALLIED AUTHORITY IN BERLIN NOW LONDON, July 11 CB It wa3 announced yesterday that an interAllled authority has been arranged for the administration of Berlin. This, It Is expected, will settle the deadlock between Russia and the Western Allie3 In regard to food and fuel supplies. Evidence Taking Is Now Finished TORONTO, July 11 Oladstpne Murray, testifying before the Lebell commission yesterdayrde-clared that plans had been made for a general strike In Canada. Taking of evidence was ' completed by the commission 'yesterday and argument is proceeding today. This is the , commission which has been investigating charges of E. B. Jolllffe, C.C.F. leader, that a political "Gestapo" exists In Ontario. FIRE AT RED LAKE PROBED Inspector1 Arrives at Ontarip( Mining Town to Conduct Investigation RED LAKE, Ont., July 11 ((Pi-Latest developments In the Ontario police Investigation into the disastrous Red Lake hotel fire which claimed nine lives Is the arrival of Chief Inspector Albert Ward in the mining town. A Pembroke, Ontario, man--38-year-old Patrick Klely Is cttarged with murder In connection witn the fire and has been remanded. CIVIC CENTRE CARNIVAL Will all organizations wishing to sponsor candidates in the Carnival Queen Contest please get in touch' with Mr. Youngs (phone 651) Immediately. It has been impossible to make the usual contacts by mail this year,, and by established precedent the Contest cannot be held unless three or more candidates are nominated. Entries win be received up to 5 p.in, Friday, July 13.