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12
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jtc
Ninth
Army
cross
iv
today
and
began
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the
last
57
clear
art
Dcrlin,
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last
ore
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VOL.
XXXIV
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EIGHTH
VICTORY
QUOTA
IS
SET
AT
$150,000
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in
Northern
Division
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in
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of
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ever
before.
The
Eighth
Victory
Loan
quota
of
$750,000
represents
an
increa.se
of
$25,000
over
the
I
quota
for
the
.Seventh
loan
last
I
October.
Howeyer.
the
level
for
the
whole
division
has
been
ln-PrP-IKPr!
hV
If!
nor
Mttf
nunc
tUr.
last
loan
and
is
$1,050,000
but
'tjite
city's
increase
is
less
than
"The
quota
for
Prince
Rupert
has
not
been
increased
by
10
per
cent
in
view
of
the
decrease
in
population,
but
in
order
that
the
division
auota
mav
be
realiz
ed,
it
is
virtually
important
that
rrmcc
nupcrt
docs
as
well
as
it
did
the
last
time,"
Mr.
Wbot
ten
says.
With
a
quota
of
$725,000
in
the
last
loan
drive.
Prince
Ru
pert
people
subscribed
$901,700.
The
public
and
armed
forces
in
Brltlffli
Columbia
and
the
Yukon
during-the
three
weeks
campaign
will
be
clvcn
the
task
of
investing
$00,000,000,
which
'Is
-$5,200,000
--more
'than'"
'the
$54,800,000
assigned
to
them
in
the
Seventh
Loan.
The
total
B.C.-Yukon
quota
from
all
sources
has
been
set
at
$135,000,000
with
the
$75,000,000
balance
to
be
made
up
of
investments
by
local
corporations
and
-orders
placed
In
the
-
cast
by
concerns
with
branches
in
r-
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i
toiwt
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1310
iurrcncif-rpfl
tn-iLoan
camnuisn.
of
which
Mr.
Wootten
is
organizer,
embraces
the
territory
from
Prince
Rupert
to
the
Alberta
boundary,
Including
the
Portland
canal
area,
and
extends
us
far
south
I
to
Williams
Lake
in
the
Cari-jboo.
Of
Its
$1,650,000
quota,
Unit
32,
which
extends
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Vanderhoof,
must
subscribe
$1,035,000.
Prince
Rupert
is
being
asked
for
$750,-000.
1
During
the
Seventh
Victory
Loan
iioan
in
in
British
iiniisu
Columbia
uouuuoia
and
anci
the
Yukon
there
were
287,325
f
Individuals
liflivlrlimlu
linrnlinKprR
purchasers
tT
of
Victory
Tniirv
bands,
who
averaged
$237
each,
Mr.
Wootten
thinks
that
both
these
figures
can
be
hnnorved
"We
arc
ulmlng
at
300,000
pur
chasers
and
every
dollar
that
can
be
ralscd,'f
he
said.
ALLIED
POLICY
STILL
DEMANDS
NAZI
SURRENDER
LONDON,
April
12
if'
-
Prime
Minister
Churchill
said
today
(hat
the
Allted
policy
of
unconditional
surrender
for
Germany
still
stood
even
though
General
Elsenhower
has
asserted
that
the
war
in
Europe
may
not
end
with
a
clean
cut
surrender
of
all
Ger
man'
forces.
'The
policy
of
unconditional
surrender
Hop.
not
exclude
un
conditional
surrender
piecemeal
and
Is
not
necessarily
annlictt
only
to
wholesale
surrender,"
Mr.
Churchill
explained.
Soviets
115
Miles
From
Bcrchtcsgadcn
LONDON,
April
12
0)
The
Russians
have
punched
a
big
hole
In
the
German
defences
west
of
Vienna
and
Herlin
reported
today
that
Sovlct.armor
has
reached
a"
point
113
miles
from
Herchtcsgadcn,
lUtlcrk
Bavarian
stronghold
near
the
Austrian
"border.
The
Russians
have
virtually
completed
the
occupation
or
Vienna,
and
the,
Austrian
capital
may
be
entirely
freed
ROOSEYELT
NORTHERN
AND
PRINCE
'
Ontario
Election
Dale
Set
June
11
TORONTO.
April
12
S
Premier
Oeoruc
Drew
announced
today
thai
an
Ontario
election
will
be
held
on
Monday,
June
11.
The
Premier
issued
a
hficf
statement
today
after
a
cabinet
meeting
lasting
an
hour
and
a-quartcr.
The
election
was
brought
on
by
the
defeat
of
Diew's
Conservative
government
51-30
in
the
legislation
March
22
Dy
com-
blued
opposition
groups
War
News
Highlights
snnnfi
Mosquitos
Hit
Herlin
Three
Times
LONDON
While
Allied
engineers
labored
to
speed
Ninth
Army
troops
across
the
Elbe
to
Berlin,
R.A.F.
Mosquito
bombers
roared
overhead
last
night
to
blast
the
German
capital.
The
Germans
declare
that
three
separate
attacks
were
carried
out.
Hitler
Stories
Still
Unconfirmed
LONDON
British
newspapers
have
printed
unconfirmed
stories
to
the
effect
that
Hitler
is
broken
in
health'and
may
be
dying,
and
that
he
has
turned
over
hispowcrs
to
Henrich
Himmler,
but
these
arc
not
taken
too
seriously.
The
report
may
be
premature,
but
there
can
be
no
doubt
that
Germany
Is
collapsing
under
the
combined
pressure
of
the
Allies.
Japs
Killed
Spaniards
On
Manila
MADRID-Spaln's
break
in
diplomatic
relations
with
Japan
apparently
is
the
aftermath
of
the
killing
of
Spanish
Nationals
by
Japanese
soldiers
at
Manila.
Spain
Is
reported
to
be
holding
Japanese
Minister
Yakichlro
Suma
and
other
Japanese
diplomats
until
Tokyo
arranges
the
safe
departure
of
Spanisii
diplo-mats-nowm
the
Jajianeoc-tapital;
1
Heavy
(ininjr
On
Okinawa
GUAM
-American
troops'
on
Okinawa
still
are
being
held
without
gain
along
the
so-called
little
Siegfried
Line
guarding
the
city
of
Naha
in
the
southern
nart
of
thp
isimris
Rnm
resistance
in
the
north
also
has
developed,
and
Is
slowing
the
American
advance.
Only
One
Jiatlleship
Left
.
LONDON
The
air
ministry
in
London
has
announced
that
R.A.F.
bombers
have
sunk
one
of
the
two
most
formidable
war-slilps
left
in
the
German
Navy.
It's
the
10,000-ton
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Schccr,
which
was
bombed
and
sunk
by
British
airmen
at
the
Kiel
naval
base
in
Germany.
The
only
big
battleship
remaining
to
the
Nazis
is
the
Luctzow.
Sinking
of
the
Schecr
is
described
as
the
most
serious
blow
to
the
German
Navy
since
the
big
battleship
Tirpitz
was
sent
to
the
bottom
last
November.
DREW
ATTENDS
PRESS
MEETING
TORONTO,
tuuunto,
April
April
12
12
Premier
rrcnilcr
George
Drew,
Conservative
gov-
nriiniuiil
eminent
1wwl
head
of
,r
r)ntnin
Ontario
.....
was
sandwiched
Ibctween
two
Lib-
cral
senators,
W.
A.
Uuchauan,
of
liCthbridsc
and
llupcrt
Davlcs,
of
Klnaston.
when
he
attended
a
luncheon
of
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Canadian
Tress
ut
the
Royal
York
hotel
Wednesday.
The
gathering
of
prominent
newspapermen
.responded
with
amusement
when
Inew.
raclntr
an
election
c.nnnnlcn.
s:ill
Uinl
jtlie
support
indicated
by
hlscgm-
panlons
at
the
luncheon
might
forecast
what
he
may
be
accorded
at
the
election.
Principal
speaker
was
Robert
McLean,
mesldent
of
the
Asso
ciated
Press,
and
publisher
of
the
Philadelphia
Uttllctln.
The
Prince
Runert
Pally
(News
was
reurc-
scntcd
by
Managing
Editor
d.
A.
Hunter.
Wednesday's
session
of
the
conference
went
on
record
as
he-lug
in
favor
of
an
unhampered
Interchange
of
news
throughout;
the
world.
HONOR
SYSTEM
SUCCEED
(3
I1R1SUANE,
Austlralia
When
the
Queensland
government
established
a
prison
farm
some
years
ago,
it
initiated
an
honor
system
no
cells,
no
locks.
chains
or
bars.
Since
then
1400
men
have
passad
through.
Only
four
tried
to
cscanc.
and
less
than
20
have
been
reconvicted.
The
system
is
to
be
extended.
LONDON
CT)
To
conserve
sun-
plies,
the
way
office
has
cut
the
potato
ration
for
troous
In
Brit
ain
from
20
ounces
a
head
to
12
ounces.
The
flour
ration
has
been
i
doubled,
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'sfNEWSPAPElt
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
HOBBLE
SKIRTS
BACK
IN
LONDON
LONDON.
April
12
h
-Hobble
skints,
bustles
and
.gingham
bon-'
nets
have
appeared
in
London.
The
skirts,
slashed
at
the
front,
were
for
evening
wear
and
bustle
effects
on
day
dresses
were
shown
at
a
display
of
spring
models.
Pleats,
sashes
and
flowers
formed
the
bustle
on
dresses,
and
pleats
and
loose
panels
on
suits.
Bonnets
were
shown
to
match
dresses
and
blouses
in
pinafore
styles.
In
Sees
Need
For
KOOO-Man
Navy
VANCOUVER.
Aurll
12
it,
From
former
chief
of
staff
of
the
Uoyal
j1"'
Canadian
anuuiuu
Navy,
uvy,
Aamira
Admiral
cn
1,ercy
Nclles,
comes
the
opin
loll
ion
that
that
Catlil(l:L'x
Canada's
post-war
tiriKt.'.wnp
navy
ii'iv
to
should
have
something
over
fourteen
thousand
men.
This
force,
he
explains
would
be
divided
between
ships
and
dockyard
bases,
and
would
be
backed
by
professional
and
volunteer
reserves.
C,
RUSS
WATCHING
WESTERN
FRONT
probability
of
a
early
meeting
I
between
the
lted
army
and
the
western
Allies
in
the
heart
of
Germany
held
the
attention
of
the
Russian
public
today
as
lt
learned
that
American
troops
had
reached
positions
only
57
miles
from
Berlin
and
115
miles
'from
the
Soviet
lines
along
the
Oder
River.
The
impression
prevailed
here
.that
tho
war
will
end
when
the
Red
army
launches
its
impending
offensive
across
the
Otter
and
Nc-issc
Rivers,
where,
according
to
Soviet
front
line
despatches,
the
main
strength
or.
the
German
army
is
concentrated.
The
zero
hour
appears
to
be
approaching.
DAWSON
CREEK
FLIER
CASUALTY
A
northern
D.
C.
flier,
previously
a
prisoner
of
war,
is
now
reported
to
have
died
while
a
prisoner
of
war,
according
to
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
casualty
list
released
todav.
lie
is
Flight
Sergeant
Leslie
Howard
Stevenson,
son
of
H.
B.
Steven
tsori,
of
Dawson
Creek,
I
2,
1045
I
Outstanding
Exponent
of
World
Unity
passes
away
on
eve
of
triumph
of
universal
peace.
LEGION
FAVORS
FRANCHISE
FOR
EAST
INDIANS
lli'LJSS!'!"'-
ninthly
nrccUnsl";?,-."
,nas
m
announced
.nEcT&En
Icgfnn
bW-ttoVWoriurt
r
.
.
.
hiartial
hiartiiil
has
har
found
fnnnrf
snnnrfrnn
squadron
lead
!ral
No.
27
was
held
on
Wednesday
evening,
W.
J.
Ranee
being
in
the
chair.
Seven
new
members
being
admitted,
The
Legion
will
take
$1,000.00
worth
of
Victory
bonds
at
the
forthcoming
Victory
Loan
Drive.
A
letter
was
read
in
connection
with
the
application
of
the
East
Indians
for
the
franchise.
The
Lesion
went
on
record
as
being
favor
of
these
gallant
mem
bers
of
the
British
Empire
being
given
the
right
to
vote
in
Provincial
and
Dominion
.affairs.
The
Legion
also
wished
it
to
be
known
that
they
still
are
of
the
same
opinion
regarding
the
deportation
of
the
Japanese.
They
are
all
for
it.
Messrs.
Hendry
&
Larsen
spoke
briefly
in
connection
with
a
land
settlement
scheme
they
have
'for
Re-ha1illtatlon
Committee
to1
deal
with.
Those
of
the
members
who
have
had
a
chance
i
study
the
general
set-up
are
very
much
in
favor
of
it,
and
were
of
the
opinion
that
It
was
something
real
at
last.
The
election
pf
officers
resulted
as
follows:
Hon.
Pres.,
Col.
Cy.
W.
Peck.
V.
D.S.O.
Hon.
Vice-Prcs..
Col.
J.
McGregor,
V.C.,
(D.S.O.
Hon.
Vlcc-Pres..
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
M.C.,
V;D.
Hon.
Vlcc-Pres.,
Lt.
Col.
S.
P.
McMordie,
D.S.O.
Commanding
the
Prince
Rupert.
Area,
and
the
Officers
Com
candlng
the
Navy.
Army
apd
Air
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
IS
AIR
OFFICER
IS
DISMISSED
FROM
SERVICE
OTTAWA,
Anril
12
f)-A
well
known
American
filer
has
been
sentenced
to
dismissal
from,
the
cr
Harold
E.
"Whltey"
Dahl.
guilty
of
four
charges
In
connection
with
the
hnnrouer
disDosal
of
$680
worth
of
aircraft
equipment
and
other
arHclcs.
Dahl
hit
the
news
spotlight
before
the
present
war
started
.when
he
was
Hying
with
the
Loyalist
forces
in
Spain.
Weather
Forecast
Weather
Forecast:
Today,
light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudv
and
cool
with
scattered
rain
showers
In
afternoon.
.Friday,
moderate
winds,
overcast
and
cool
with
light
rain.
Force
within
the
Prince
Rupert
Area.
Pres..
II.
Klllln.
First
Vice-Prcs.,
V.
Houston.
Second
Vlce-pres.,
A.
McDon
ald.
Executives:
J.'Nlchol,
R.
C.
Bamford,
W.
"Denning,
W.
Robertson,
Q.
Cheescman,
F.
Hardy.
A.
M.
Davles,
Secretary,
was
recommended
for
Zone
Representative,
and
will
be
a
delegate
to
gether
with
H.
Klllln
and
W.
J.
Ranee
to.
the
convention
to
be
held
at
Rcvelstoke
May
27.
Absolution
was
presented
dealing
with
the
early
retirement
of
veterans
In
the
Civil
Service
of
the
Province.
Tills
was
given
the
hearty
support
of
the
members
present.
BRITISH
ENGINEERS
gf
the
14th
Army
devised
this
ingenious
method
of
getting
a
Bren
gun
carrier
across
the
Mu
river
during
the
drive
on
Mandalay.
Large
oil
and
gasoline
drums
were
strapped
to
the
vehicle
to
keep
it
afloat.
Motive
power
was
supplied
by
the
carrier's-caterpillar
tracks
acting
as
paddles.
UNITED
NATIONS'
LEADER
DIES
OF
BRAIN
HEMORRAGE
IN
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
(Bulletin)
April
12
(CP)
President
Roosevelt,
sixty-three,
died
suddenly
in
Washington
this
afternoon
of
a
cerebral
hemoragc.
He
succumbed
to
overstrain
brought
on
by
the
exertion
of
recent
weeks.
Thirty-second
President
of
the
United
States,
and
in
his
fourth
term
of
office,
his
sudden
death
came
as
a
shock
to
the
whole
civilized
world.
He
was
born
at
Hyde
Park,
New
York,
January
30,
1882.
Ninth
Army
115
Miles
From
Russians
Over
Night
Gains
By
Simpson's
Men
Put
Them
57
Miles
From
Berlin
As
U.S.
First
Drives
Toward
Leipzig
PARIS.
Anvil
12
(C,P
AIUp.I
fnv,.o
.n
tim
western
front
have
driven
of
Berlin.
General
Simnson's
nuce-settinir
Ninth'
Army
sjiearheads
reached
at
the
eitv
nf
Mafflihnrrr.
the
German
capital.
It
is
TTTTTTTTTVTTTfTTTTTTTr
Bulletins
.AiAiAiiAAiiliilliiliit.
RELAXING
CONSCRIPTION
LONDON
Conscription
of
men
over
the
age
of
31
will
be
discontinued
in
Britain
after
May
1,
Labor
Minister
Ernest
Bcvin
announced
to-
SOV1ET
DRIVE
MAY
HAVE
LONDON
A
frontal
assault
on
Berlin
may
be
under
way
by
Soviet
troops
facing;
the
German
capital.
Although
there
has
been
no
Russian
statement
on
a
new
drive,
strong
forces
of
Cossack
cavalry
and
other
reinforcements
have
been
nioviiiir
toward
the
front
for
several
days.
TROOPSHIP
BLOWS
UP
ROME
An
Allied
ammunition,
ship
blew
up
in
the
harbor
al
Bari,
Italy,
today
killing
at
least
263
Italians
and
causing
1,900
casualties
among
wotknten.
An
unknown
number
of
Allied
soldiers
were
injured
and
killed.
PARATROOPERS
IN
BRANDENBURG
,
PARIS
Allied
parachute
troops
may
have
landed
in
Brandenburg,
20
miles
from
Berlin,
in
advance
of
Ninth
Army
ground
troops
which
have
crossed
the
Elbe
river
in
their
drive
toward
the
capital.
'
B.C.
Agriculture
Next
lo
Forests
VANCOUVER.
April
12
TOAe.
rlculturc
Minister
K.
C.
MacDon-ald
said
over
the
CBC
provincial
network
Wednesday
nicht
that
(British
Columbia's
aericultural
productions
now
sianas
second
only
to
that
of
her
forests.
Right
of
collective
bargaining
Tor
producers
of
soil
on
he
same
basis
as
Is
accorded
labor
had
been
established
under
the
marketing
legislation
and
this
had
materially
improved
me
agricul
tural
producers
position.
FOREIGN
SLAVE
WORKERS,
RUINS
GREET
ALLIES
IN
FRANKFORT
FT?
AMTv
Trnr?rrnM.ri,nt.1
ii
a
it
n
..
"
"
'"J
i,,.
ILJ
In
Frankfort,
whose
'story
of
the
full
weight
power,
the
first
day
of
Allied
occupation
produced
many
odd
scenes.
Across
from
the
automobile
factory
of
,
the
Adlor-
M
u,
uig
cum
storage
plant,
with
1,000
sides
of
beef
and
2,000
hogs.
Slave
laborers
broke
in
after
the
Germans
fled
and
tossed
whole
sides
out
the
win
dow,
while
their
friends
dragged
them
through
the
streets
for
their
first
decent
meal
in
years.
Soon
American
military
police
put
up
a
guard,
but
there
never
were
more
reluctant
soldiers.
Crosses
Elb
a
to
within
fiftv-seven
miles
the
Elhe
River
yesterday
inst
f
lftv-spvon
iti?1p
fvnm
not
yet
certain
whether
the
Americans
have
actually
entered
Magdeburg,
but
field
despatches
indicate
tne
river
was
crossed
last
night
and
a
five-mile
bridgehead
gained.
Engineers
already
are
working
to
span
the
river,
and
correspondents
at'
the
front
say
it
should
not
take
long
to.
get
the
heavy
bridges
In
place.
At
the
Elbe,
the
Ninth
Army
is
only
;
115
riflles
Iromtrte-Russlaa.lUiea
east
of
Berlin,
and
lt
now
seems
A
possible
that
the
eastern
and
wiwun
tne
next
iewrnay.
South
of
Magdeburg,
United
States
First
Army
columns
have
been
observed
by
Allied
pilots
driving
towards
the
cltj
of
Halle,
fifteen
miles
northwest
of
Leip
zig.
The
latest
official
word
places
First
Army
Units
48
miles
from
Leipzig
after
a
dash
of
22
miles.
Far
behind
the
racing
spearheads1,
the
Ninth
Army
is
continuing
its
systematic
elimination
of
the
Ruhr
pocket.
Essen
and
Gelenkirchcn
have
been
captured,
and
Bochum
entered.
Third
Army
troons
drlvinc
towards
the
Czechoslovak
border
have
reached
Coburg.
while
the
Seventh
Army
in
a
parallel
ad
vance
just
to
the
south
has
smashed
into
Schwelnfurt.
Schwelnfurt
Is
the
Nazi
city
which
has
been
bombed
so
often
in
an
effort
to
knock
out
the
vital
ball-bearing
works
located
there.
From
Field
Marshal
Mont-gomery's
headquarters
today
comes
a
report
of
British
Second
Army
gains.
General
Denvn-
sey's
forces
southeast
of
Bremen
have
put
two
bridgeheads
across
the
Aller
River.
Ou
the
centre
of
Its
front,
the
Second
Armv
advanced
twelve
miles,
taking
Quackenbruck.
In
Holland,
units
of
the
First
Canadian
Army
are
holding
positions
on
the
west
bank
of
the
IJssel
River.
Canadian
troops
made
a
swift
unexpected
assault
across
the
water
barrier
yesterday
and
caught
the
enemy
by
surprise.
The
Germans
had
been
using
the
river
line
to
check
Canadian
advances
towards
Amsterdam
and
Rotterdam.
-
'
-
AUiiAATi,
uuiiiiuny,
April
smoking
targets
tell
the
of
Ando-American
air
Said
"one
OS.:
"They
oughtta
let
us
give
them
the
whole
thing."
Driving
into
the
big
square
before
the
main
railroad
yards,
i
noticed
smoke
pouring
from
the
top
of
the
station.
Then
I
could
see
that
the
whole
Inside
was
a
mass
of
flames.
(Continued
on
Page
Three)