rn
-
i
iiiiL
t
J:
hinq
On
I
20
Miles
of
Rhine
Makr
Gaini
CANADIAN
LANDING
S,
1CD.
11)
van-
nnv
nairois
laiitieu
uu
cn
Island
in
the
es-
f
the
Kliinc
and
Meuse
Wednesday
night,
it
..!
I.wliv
Tli
drew
German
fire.
.
If
...
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n
.
M
.
iri
Canadian
trooDs
un-
,
"
t-
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U
J
past
their
take-off
line
flood
sodden
coun-
.
i
.
t
.
.
..
I
I
IU
:.c
-;rcatest
air
sup-wive
with
1209
planer
bombs
before
them,
the
r.a
Canadian
forces
ad-
Ocrman
Canadian
First
Army
r
.ii
ii
j
r
it
1
1
.i
M'l'iirifi
over
the
Nlcrs
river.
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nK
nrinrTpnr.in
ij
T:
.
a
ma
or
cilv
in
'ft'
Wall,
eight
i
I
Klrvp
The
Cans-
.iU'Ci
20
miles
of
the
a:i
cuu.anKinz
move.
hrr
AUed
advance
on
I.I
It
w
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1111
llll
'
iit
lit
tfrnl
PnMnn'l
Tt..,'d
Army
has
push-
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the
town
of
n
onvancinrr
o
mim
u
three
quarters
of
...
V.a
T..U
-
.In
It
I.
ivl.lf
t..lllr.tli
Army
He
has
been
'-t-
the
dry
dock
here
't
piUIlllIll'Ilfc
ill
iuu-
Rupert
Forecathers
firm
n.j
i
in
n
i
n-i..
.
i
'f'e
wa;T
acting
.on
be-
VC
general
officer
'US
In
rhlnf
PAlfl.
who
was
unable
to
t,
said
Col.
F'crrle,
"is
which
would
do
credit
ly
In
Canada.
I
am
iylnB
it
has
no
cnual
-"""uu
ana
it
com-
j
wnu
uuy
in
inc
Prince
Rupert
do
not
value
It
will
be
In
'
morale
of
the
iivic
ana
Dy,
im
f
hn
1.
-r"fl
MIC
".kj
aiiu
111U
COUl-
't
prosper
In
supply.
ncCds
Of
tho
fnrrn
;
war
and
the
com-pcacc."
D.
Rowlands.
Unltrd
-
utaiii,
aeaicaicu
"8.
1
speakers
were
John
of
Toronto,
assist.
secretary,
YMCA
War
IIIC
advlsnrv
Ivrj
j
MUU,U
"f
War
Scrvires.
-uriecne.
These
were
"y
Allan
m
unrcf
A
.
.
'
"""I
occrprrifw
r.
.
l
uiq
ceremony
by
the
cupsto
nf
t,.,
Eluded
Commander
M.
A.
Wood,
R.C.N.
officer
com
manding
II.M.C.S.
Chatham,
Flight
Lieutenant
Solomon,
rep
resenting
commanding
air
officer,
Seal
Cove,
Col.
C.
C.
Ferric
officer
commanding
Prince
Ru
pert
defences,
Col.
J.
H.
Mellom,
officer
commanding
Prince
Ru
pert
sub
port
of
embarkation,
U.S.
Army.
Major
G.
A.
Umpleby,
auxiliary
services
officer,
Pacific
Command,
representing
General
G.
R.
Pearkes.
G.O.C.,
Pacific
Law
For
UNITED
STATES
NAVY
IN
NIP
WATERS;
CARRIER
PLANES
ItAGEBIG
ATTACK
r.SN
wlAi?CI.?C'
FeK
1(5
(C1')
-Admiral
Chester
W.
Nimitz,
commander-in-chief
of
the
nn,te,(LStates.
Ylik
fIoet'
announced
last
night
that
1500
carrier-based
planes
had
made
a
large
and
daring
nine-hour
foray
on
Tokyo
area
and
other
parts
of
the
Japanese
homeland.
For
the
first
time
mc
tn.-i.-b
in
luigc
iiumDcr
naa
penetrated
the
home
waters
of
Japan.
Air
battles
In
various
parts
of
Japan
were
reported.
It
was
the
consummation
of
a
long-planned
attack,
Admiral
Nimitz
declared.
Earlier
sixty
American
superfortresses
had
raided
the
important
manufacturing
city
of
Nagoya
on
the
home
island
of
Honshu,
this
being
announced
by
a
Japanese
Imperial
communique.
The
communique
said
the
superforts
caused
"some
damage"
with
incendiary
and
high
explosive
bombs.
An
observer
today
said
that
smoke
from
great
fires
could
be
seen
rising
7000
feet
over
Tokyo
and
Yokohama
after
the
bombings.
American
naval
forces
have
been
busy
in
other
parts
of
the
Pacific.
The
big
guns
of
another
force
of
warships
have
pounded
ing
closed
and
the
force
will
bei
moved
to
England.
It
is
expected
that
It
will
soon
be
able
to
go
home
to
Norway.
HEAR
COL
FERINE
DECLARE
MCA
SERVICE
CENTRE
OPEN
.
t
10
l)IVs;o.Hw!
ff
hwtr
imr
ii'ivil
.
III'IMV
MUM
nil'
v"
VIIVV
Vi.
IV.UMIIIL.
...
.
r
1
United
States
and
one
thousand
or
more
Kupert
citizens
massed
in
the
spacious
audi-
n
v
if
:
n
i
Iwo
Jlma
and
other
islands
of
the
Volcano-Bonin
group,
while
land-based
bombers
showered
explosives
from
overhead.
American
superfortresses
have
also
been
giving
Japan
a
going
over
in
the
nast
twentv-four
hours.
The
B-29's
have
ranged
the
seaways
from
Saipan
to
Japan
and
carried
out
a
raid
on
Nagoya.
An
admission
from
Japanese
Imperial
Headquarters
acknowledged
that
American
carrier
planes
have
raided
airfields
around
Tokyo
for
nine
hours
today.
COM)
IN
EDMONTON
EDMONTON
The
thermometer
registered
30
below
here
today
and
there
is
no
sign
of
a
break.
A
chilly
17-niilc
wind
is
blowing.
Another
N
LITTLE
NORWAY
BEING
CLOSED
Training
Centre
hi
Canada
Doing
Abandoned
Moving
tit
'
"
England
OTTAWA,
Feb.
1C-
Little
Norway,
for
four-and-a-half
years
a
Royal
Norwegian
Air
Force
training
centre
in
Canada,
Is
be
azi
Bulletins
CEKMANS
IN
MASS
FLIGHT
LONDON
The
official
der-
in;jn
nwsageiicy,
p.N.H:
ad
I
f
ii
its
that
several
million
(Jer-
T
mans
have
fled
into
central
Germany
before
the
Russian
advance.
These
icfugces
acl-luHlrdly
arc
upsetting
Nazi
plans
for
transportation
and
food
distribution.
The
enemy
news
agency
says
many
Germans
arc
suffering
extreme
misery
and
that
many
died
in
the
mass
exodus
from
eastern
Germany.
The
German
government
was
again
reported
today
to
have
moved
from
lirrlin
to
Nurnbcrg.
roi'i;
mis
is
ill
VATICAN
CITY
Pope
Pius
I
lie
Twelfth
has
been
confined
to
his
bed
with
influenza
which
is
localized
in
his
throat.
Papal
audiences
have
been
suspended.
rou
u
cases
or
iseeu
VANCOUVER
The
four
cases
of
beer
quota
will
likely
continue
next
month.
Liquor
Hoard
officials
say
there
has
been
no
undue
consumption
of
beer.
A
K
LAV
IK
TO
DAWSON
DAWSON
Inspector
Forrest
and
Corp.
Weston,
K.C.M.P.,
have
completed
a
trip
by
dog
team
f
i
oin
.Aklavik
to
Dawson.
It
took
thirty
days
and
it
is
the
first
time
the
trip
has
been
made
since
1311.
Richard
Jackson,
for
supply-
Command,
Squadron
Leader
F.
'ing
llquqor
to
Indians,
was
fined
p
Foy,
special
services
officer.1
$50,
with
option
of
thirty
days'
more
Western
Air
Commandj
ana
imprisonment,
in
city
(Continued
on
Page
2)
I
court
this
morning.
A
1
l?tAHY
Weathei
NORTIUCRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIi
E?
ii
cofctttmrA'a
newspi
Tides
ued
Service
by
the
of
Meteorological
Canada)
Sffifc
If
1
I
VICTORIA,
VICTORIA,
.
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
winds,
over-
-Jand
Saturday.
February
17,
1915
moderate
j..l)t
to
cool
with
occasional
High
4:33
21.0
feet
16:58
19.1
feet
-V'
today
and
Salur-
flurries
Low
10:59
4.8
feet
r
,
.....
23:08
5.2
feet
f
rniNCE
RUPERT.
rf.C,
FRIDAY.
FEBRUARY
16,
1DI5
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
artial
m
Most
rison
Lamo
Gestapo
Kills
All
White
Personnel
of
Prison
Camp
Revelation
Is'
Made
By
Family
ofAiY
Force
Officer
at
Peterborough,
Ontario
PETEKIJOKOUGH,
Feb.
G
(CP)
Parents
of
Warrant
Officer
Griffin
Young
of
Peterborough
said
Friday
that
they
were
informed
by
the
Iioyal
Canadian
Air
Force
that
their
son
is
believed
to
have
been
killed
last
August
when
the
German
Gestapo
massacred
the
entire
white
personnel
in
a
mixed
white
and
negro
prison
camp.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Young
said
they
were
told
of
the
affair
by
an
Anglican
Royal
Canadian
Air
For.cc
padre
and
his
Information
was
received
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
at
Ottawa
through
an
escaped
American
prisoner.
WORK
STARTS
ON
NEW
CO-OP
PLANT
Preliminary
work
on
the
new
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Cooperative
cold
storage
plant
at
Falrvlcw
Bay
has
begun
and
construction
work
is
expected
Ho
commence
within
a
week,
it
was
announced
this
morning.
At
present
a
small
gang
of
Dominion
Construction
Co.
men
are
doing
preliminary
work
under
supervision
of
A,
Jackson,
superintendent,
and
J.
P.
Wilson,
engineer,
and
full-scale
construction
work
will
start
within
a
week
or
so.
Some
of
the
materials
required
are
already
at
hand
and
Is
expected
at
Intervals.
police
The
Co-op
hopes
to
have
plant
finished
by
July
1.
the
BRITISH
INFANTRY
READY
FOR
ATTACK,
MARCHES
AREA
British
Infantry
wait
for
the
order
to
attack
a
German
position
in
the
area
of
the
Marches",
western
European
front,
In
the
counter-offensive
against
the
German
drive
west.
f
All
G
ffr
.
'
FLYING
FORTS
CRASH
IN
FOG
OVER
ENGLND
Two
U.S.
8th
Air
Force
Flying
Fortresses
fill
the
air
with
debris
as
they
crash
only
a
few
hundred
feet
off
the
ground
over
a
British
airfield.
Returning
from
a
raid
on
German
communications
centres
the
planes
ran
into
a
thick
blanket
of
clouds
that
reduced
visibility
to
almost
zero
over
their
field.
None
of
the
crew
of
either
plane
escaped.
4The
destiny
of
the
overcast
in
indicated
by
the
fact
that
only
a
few
Forts
of
the
formation
which
numbered
more
than
a
score,
are
visible
In
the
picture.
M
assacre
FEW
SCHOOLS
ARE
CLOSED
Only
Eleven
Unable
to
Operate
On
Account
of
Lack
of
.Wreichejrx,
.RJirtjltrBfc.
VICTORIA,
Feb.
IS
British
Columbia
has
fewer
schools
for
lack
of
teachers
than
any
other
province
in
Canada.
Only
eleven
schools
In
the
province
were
so
closed,
Hon.
II.
G.
T.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
said
In
answering
qucsUons
In
the
Legislature
from
Colin
Cameron,
C.C.F.
member
for
Comox.
War
News
Highlights
U.S.
Navy
Challenges
Japs
I'EAKL
IIARItOlt
A
mighty
armada
of
Ameilcan
fighting
ships
is
steaming
off
the
coast
of
Japan
today
flaunting
its
power
at
the
Japanese
and
daring
the
Japanese
navy
to
come
out
and
fight.
Its
carrier
planes
1500
strong
have
been
raking
Tokyo
and
the
surrounding
area.
The
tremendous
sea
force
is
spread
out
in
a
line
200
miles
long
as
it
ploughs
through
the
seas
only
300
miles
off
the
coast
of
Japan.
So
far
there
is
no
indication
that
the
Japanese
fleet
is
going
to
ilo
anything
about
it.
Reducing
Japs
in
Manila
MacAUTIIUR'S
HEADQUARTERS
General
MacArthur
announces
the
steady
reduction
of
Japanese
pockets
in
Manila.
MacArthur
says
captured
documents
reveal
that
Japan
hoped
to
hold
onto
the
Philippine
capital
but
the
enemy
plans
failed
to
work
because
of
the
speed
of
the
American
advance
across
Luzon
Island.
Nazis
Trying
to
Stop
Canucks
PARIS
The
Germans
arc
pulling
troops
out
of
quiet
sec-tors
of
the
western
front
to
meet
the
Canadian
First
Army
of-fensivc
before
Goch.
The
Germans
are
anxious
to
hold
on
to
Goch
as
it
is
the
last
fortress
they
hold
before
the
open
country
leading
to
the
Rhur
Valley.
Scotch
troops
of
the
First
Army
have
moved
down
the
Klevc
Highway
to
positions
within
one
thousand
yards
of
Moyland.
Field
dispatches
say
the
fighting
has
reached
a
savage
pitch
before
Goch.
British
and
Canadian
units
have
made
two
crossings
of
the
Niers
River
near
the
city
and
arc
pouring
troops
into
their
bridgehead.
The
rest
of
the
western
front
is
comparatively
quiet
today,
with
the
American
Seventh
and
Third
Armies
making
local
gains
and
the
American
First
and
Ninth
Armies
announcing
a
fall
of
sixteen
inches
in
the
level
of
the
flooded
Itocr
River.
Russians
Crushing
Germans
MOSCOW
The
German
eastern
front
once
more
is
wavering
under
the
might
of
the
Russian
steamroller.
The
Red
.Army
has
turned
Berlin's
eastern
flank
in
a
breakthrough
of
thirty
miles.
Soviet
forces
have
outflanked
German
defences
on
a
75-mile
stretch
of
the
Oder
River
and
have
cut
the
southeast
defence
line
of
the
German
capital.
The
Russians
have
taken
the
Urundcnburg
province
stronghold
of
Sommer-field
in
their
advance.
Front
line
dispatches
also
say
the
Red
Army
now
lias
pierced
to
within
45
miles
of
the
Saxon
capital
of
Dresden.
Dresden
has
been
described
as
a
burning
inferno
from
continuous
Allied
air
raids.
R.A.F.
Raids
Reich
Again
LONDON
It
is
believed
that
the
R.A.F.
raided
Germany
again
during
the
night.
Enemy
broadcasts
warned
of
the
approach
of
Allied
raiders
from
the
north
and
south.
Fifteen
hundred
Allied
bombers
hit
Germany
yesterday.
Germany
Hitler
and
Himmler
Make
All
Germans
Fight
Under
New
Decree
Just
Issued
Those
Showing
Cowardice
Subject
to
Death
Venalty
-Most
Drastic
Measure
Yet
Issued
LONDON,
Feb.
16
(CP)
Almost
all
Germany
was
placed
under
virtual
martial
law
today
by
a
sweeping
decree
calling
for
military
trial
of
"who
ever
tries
to
evade
his
duty
toward
the
community.
Civilians
who
show
cowardice
will
be
subject
to
death
penalty
in
"Reich
defence
areas
threatened
by
the
enemy."
The
order
is
one
of
the
General
Is
Retired
Pearkes
Relinquishes
Pacific
Command.
'Regrets"
Circumstances
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
1&
.Major
General
Guy
R.
Pearkes
V.C.,
general
officer
commanding
in
I
chief,
Pacific
Command,
lias
t
been
relieved
of
his
command
j
which
he
held
since
1912
when
he
returned
from
overseas
!
where
he
was
former
com-
I
niander
of
the
First
Canadian
Division.
Ottawa
said
that
General
Pearkes
had
been
relieved
at
his
own
request-but
the
Gen
eral
himself
said,
ho
had
ceased
most
drastic
decrees
ever
Issued
by
the
Germans
in
an
effort
to
bring
every
man,
woman
and
child
into
the
struggle.
Berlin
said
.the
decree
was
Issued
on
order
of
Adolf
Hitler
with
agreement
of
Heinrich,
Himmler,
Gestapo
chief.
Must
Beat
The
Japs,
Say
Russians
Significant
Statement
Made
by
Soviet
Delegate
io
Trades
Union
Conference
LONDON,
Feb.
16
Two
So-
to
hold
his
command
hr
order
Vlet
trade
union
delegates
at-
ttLof
National
Defence
Headquar-
tending
the
world,
trade
union
I
t'cis.
He
said
that
he
regretted
conference
ye
sAer
day
rccom-!
thcveircumstanees
but
that
he
mended
the
adoption
of
a
reso-
still
hoped
to
be
of
some
use.
lution
reading
"war
against
Jap-Brigadier
Donald
R.
Sargent,
an
must
be
prosecuted
with
the
maud
or
combined
operations
,IU
unconditional
surrender
The
school
at
Courtenay,
succeeds
resolution
was
recommended
tin-
General
Pearkes
temporarily.
Sargent
was
in
Prince
Rupert
when
the
announcement
was
made
here.
Canadian
Press
learned
that
General
Pearkes
may
enter
politics
shortly.
It
is
also
learned
that
he
had
been
asked
to
be
removed
if
certain
recommendations
he
made
were
not
acceptable
to
National
Defence
Headquarters.
The
nature
or
these
recommendations
are
unknown,
neither
lie
nor
Ottawa
revealing
them.
'
General
Pearkes
held
strong
views
of
the
draftee
question
and
wasted
no
words
in
saying
he
believed
Home
Defence
troops
should
volunteer
for
active
service.
Pearkes
is
the
only
Canadian
General
on
active
service
in
this
war
with
the
Victoria
Cross.
He
also
won
the
Distinguished
Service
Order
and
the
Military
Cross
in
the
First
Great
War.
Interviewed
today,
General
Pearkes
said
that,
under
the
circumstances,
he
was
unable
to
give
loyal
and
conscientious
service
and,
that
being
the
case,
it
would
be
dishonor,
able
for
him
to
continue.
PATTULLO
SAYS
HE
IS
LIBERAL
Comments
On
Newspaper
"Independent"
Cognomen-Rupert
Has
Been
Kind
VICTORIA.
Feb.
16
tti
Former
report
was
that
suburban
vll-Prcmler
T.
D.'Pattullo,
rising
In
lages
of
Berlin
had
been
reached,
The
Allles
continue
their
aerial
the
Legislature
on
a
question
of
privilege,
suggested
that,
if
the
offensive
In
support
of
the
Rus-mcmbers
wished
to
change
al-
sian
land
drive,
the
main
target
lcglancc,
"they
should
submit
of
a
night
bombing
fleet
being
themselves
to
the
electors
first"
Chemnitz.
35
miles
southwest
of
He
said
that
a
newspaper
re-
Dresden
and
one
of
the
largest
port
listed
ills
as
an
"independent"
whereas
"I
am
sitting
as
a
Liberal
representing
a
constituency
which
has
been
kind
to
me
for
many
years.
SABU
AIR
GUNNER
HOLLYWOOD
Sabu,
the
moving
picture
star,
is
now
a
gunner
in
the
United
States
Air
Force.
He
has
been
in
operations
from
Borneo
to
the
Philippines.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
35
Minimum
29
animously
to
the
conference
by
a
committee
on
the-
Allied
war
effort
which
included
two
Russian
delegates.
I
The
Russian
delegates
later
had
the
resolution
amended
and
accepted
by
the
conference
to
read
"war
against
Japan
must
be
prosecuted
by
the
nations
at
war
with
her
with
the
same
vigor
as
the
war
in
Europe
until
unconditional
surrender
is
wrested
from
her
as
well."
Eastern
Front
New
Drive
On
Berlin
German
Resistance
in
Silesia
and
Saxony
Almost
Paralyzed
LONDON,
Feb.
1G
CP)
A
German
military
spokesman
said
yesterday
that
Russian
forces,
smashing
ahead
17
miles
In
24
hours,
have
crossed
the
Neisse
River
In
an
area
only
65
miles
from
Berlin
In
a
drive
on
the
German
capital
from
the
south-cast.
From
the-
southeast
Moscow
dispatches
said
that
other
Soviet
columns
had
raced
22
miles
west
of
surrounded
Brcslau.
The
Russian
successes
Indicated
that
German
resistance
had
been
almost
paralyzed.
Nazi
reports
said
that
Konets'
army
was
43
miles
from
Dresden
and
57
miles
from
Berlin.
One
Industrial
cities
in
Saxony.
A.R.P.
IS
DISBANDED
OTTAWA
Canada's
Civil
Defence
Committee
has
been
disbanded.
It
was
formed
five
years
ago
to
serve
in
case
of
enemy
air
attacks
011
the
Do
minion
which
are
now
con-sldered
unlikely.
Cyril
Bagshaw
was
fined
$25
with
option
of
one
month's
imprisonment
In
city
police
court
this
morning
for
theft
of
coal
from
Albert
&McCaffery.
"At
r
'ft
T
Mi
i-3'Vi
flf?
'4:
mi
&1
i
Tift.
1
I.!'.'
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