151V K " by the commanaer oi , fth Armv. LdVUl- --..I T iir Inn Truscott. m wiuj - - ,ii-.. irns will have . ,niinii In the new Lliaw . t,ni.r! and burnca l. til V Mia Italian mOUIl- f nnnr1ilrl(ii.V last slaughter was in rc- II l OVED Participation It of Commons - I,..:,,, in Canada's participation n Francisco conference aured of a large maj- iinusp Ui Vyuiiiiiiuiio. i niirAPIM f I If A . . iL. .... .. Inn i L Ul kilt tkllUIUIIWItl vunc time. Mr. Oraydon dissatisfaction with .iter King's proposals K'JII Ul LI IV VUUUUIU" i..;ht Mr King's rul fit.- Af ttA Prcrc jlvc-Conscrva- cr John Bracken, golnj W 111 - 1 . I IV IN. Mirrll Z2- -I IIP. Will Earl Lloyd George, wno t i.. itt . w nomc in waicsi3 U LIT M 111 ii I'm iirr An r.UI.1. J., r . ! runic Ul VUlllv of the Department of -l t . ... . vnnninfT Anvil l -n a bj the Legislature this .an .ii j i -....vii nuuiu create u Mir vnii -I. i i. -n Hiuui uruiicn uir- mn i. , , i iiQrn nr ii. . i rvt ui uic urcscni Vlin II lltn aIh.1.i -anization. iunin.iai yu ir uart announced that .wm acpartment would "imeaiatc ennnlrlps Ini'n Honing of the Esnulmalt mDcr operators. of 'Frisco- A . iATIONS IM ""i jvi.irrii )) it .,... -vi wu r(- I ill" -- iurn na. rump , uaauonai nun p criminals, tiip tiri- rrhi... - --uiiun nrnrwit.n.t i.. ii.. . - r-vuoiu 111 uit Ul. Ujrds vcxtprriiiv tu.t I trinn. - w L?" iy or such men is nm to death y Ti.i . ounupsl.lnn Wrt. ahVnil.!-."""" nua from thc an 1,11 "I ,lf UlP !rnli-.i -cnl m.i.... : vuu.nussion, Lord ' "-viariiifr ii. . ..... hrr. i,. " . iucr Ul ln l. . - -ii unntrr i, . C Hkp" V1UII'IB, -i r' mi C1 r Cavu u oumcrs or cJ7 1', Ledbury, a'th lthteD Com- ' ' ' ' ,I'-'V' " " "fe""" " jjj FIRST CANADIAN TANK TO ENTER GERMANY Canadian, British and American armour Is now rambling through hundreds of German towns and villages, but this particular tank made hls-tor for the Canadian Armoured Corps . it. Is: the Iirst Canadian tank to enter Germany. Members of the crew, Sgt. P. Harrison, Winnipeg, and Lieut. J. Swalnson, are talking In front of It. . (Canadian Army Overseas Photo). duty. The marine lived in the village of Till, a few miles southeast of I Klcvc, and was at his home when I western Canadian rcconnais-1 sancc troops moved in without I opposition. Dressed in marine tunic and civilian trousers, he surrendered the next morning. Despite Uie loss ot his foot he bor Minister Hon. G. S. had been ordered to report ior .,-1 1 t.. . .. crvlce n.,tn l In February, LVKnifirv Tip tic wnntpfl wanted praised by the op tor his work, Will were clvcn final dght passed Uirough to eight others at the se-slon. SuDolemcntarv was Introduced by - - Maitland. Attorney none of that, however, and took, ct i . l. nnmn J inc nrsi opportunity -mj -uiiiv over to the Canadians. His wife was nearly in tears when she learned she would not be able to remain with him In thc prisoner-of-war cage. Lieut. Leonard Chadwlck, oi Montreal, led the recce troops who occupied Till. They went in over 1,000 yards of road from a village called Moyland, arriving at two a.m., alter having to clear away road blocks. "Rather out of thc recce line, to etrangc Jdbs." There were no German sol diers in Till but durins mat first night Chadwlck and Ills men searched all the houses and sorted out the civilians. German soldiers defending Calcar had a few uneasy mom ents one afternoon when a barrage of high explosives and smoke shells fell among their nosltlons. It was thc sort oi shoot -which usually precedes an attack. Soon their machine-guns were chattering through tnc smoKc. but no Canadians came ana ni- tfr si brief period tnc barrage ended. It had 'been laid down to over reconnaissance troops low- Ins one of their armored cars from thc mud oy me sine ui road. Thc car became siuck m view of the enemy and witnm range uf their mortars and macnine-guns. Thc only way to get It out was to hide it In smoke. The high explosives were Just Incidental to keep down the Germans' heads. Headquarters of a 'Oanauiau highland brigade was In a farmyard for a few days and the operational room was in a cellar under thc stable. Cows, horses, sheep and pigs were quartered in some of thc stalls up above and headquarters men put down director of national physical fitness, told the social welfare committee of the British Columbia legislature that there was great need for organized recreation for boys and girls in northern cities, particularly Prince Rupert. Juvenile delinquency was no problem in cities sucli as Nelson which .has the best physical training program for youth In the province. Malheson said that plans for a physical fitness sheool were being currently discussed. CARDIFF, Wales 0In memory of MaJ. M. J. Turnbull, test cricketer and Welsh International tugby footballer who was killed In Normandy, a fund Is being established for endowment or hospital beds hi South Wales and Monmouthshire, their iblankcts In the straw ot others. These German cellars, by the way, have been a godsend In the advance Into the Reich. They have thick concrete, roofs and walls, and nrc almost 100 percent safe against shelling and are the quietest places on n'lpattlclleld because even thc noise ;or guns Is deadened. Local Temperature Maximum 41 Minimum 37 Rainfall 8 Inches DOSTON, Eng., Muring thc last eight years Irene Coliey has collected 504,005 used stamps to help thc London Hospitals Fund and 1,079 eggs for Boston Hos pital out of gratitude ror care ve I PROVINCIAL I 1 t mm A n 1 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS frUeLVMfliA'S NEWSPAPER Wcathei Tides to 6 P-m. tomorrow) (Pacilic Standard Time) luu A,r Cloudy with Inter- Friday, March 23, 1945 . f i n Or Maw. High 9:50 17.8 feet j- ith scam"" . - 22:56 172 feet UV " .hnniTA 111 h not wu' -..!- Low 3:36 105 feet ..n,l mnHprfltC. 16:29 5.8 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. 09. PRINCE RUPERT, D.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS V nsive March 22 0' -AnewAi- Japan Losing Reds Sink Nazi Ships Kuvians Dndravouriiij; to Prevent German Kscapc Preparing to Assail llrilin ! MDCOW, March 22 f -Rus-I sian airmen have sent three Nazi jtransjwrts lo the bottom.o the I harbor of Pillau. The enemy has ocen using l'Uiau as an escape port for the East Prussian Soviet preparation for the battle of Berlin continues in the nprth and the Russians are cleaning up Baltic pockets fighting nearer to Danzig ancTGdynia. LONDON, O) More than 7b0,-000 acres of the Ease Anglican fens are under cultivation. Germans Flee Before Allies SURRENDERS TO CANUCKS Deserter from German Marines ..rings Wife with llim By DOUGLAS AMARON Canadian Press War Correspondent WITH TILE CANADIAN ARMY IN GERMANY. March 21 M A G cr m an marine, discharged from' fliccrvicewSTcn nciost a' foot, deserted to the Canadians and brought his wife with him when lie received an order tell ing him to report for further Americans Fighting Way track war Tl L I ..J...:.L-- IKInlNALi iniuuyii Luuwiybiidien Bridge to Mannheim Blown Up Ramegen Bridgehead Extended-New Crossing North of Cologne PARIS, March 22 (CP) American, troops are day. A tank spearhead has forced a path through the chemical city to the banks of the Rhine where the Americans can see the ruins of the bridge which carried traffic to Mannheim. Retreating Nazi troops REDS DENOUNCE TURK TREATY MOSCOW, March 22 Q Russia has denounced the' 1925 treaty of friendship and neutrality with Turkey and declares that "serious im provements" are needed In thc Recreation Is Needed Juvenile delinquency Discussed In Legislature at Victoria Yesterday VICTORIA, March 22 (CI) said ChadwJck, "but were used Jerry Mathcsoii, provincial London Hears Talk of International Police Zorre LONDON. March 22 Oi Politl- crl circles in London arc buzz Ins with thc possibility of an in ternational detective force to track idown Nazi war criminals Uv.jirmuitryUn.Jthcv.world!! is reported that the body will operate as a sort of Allied Na tions' Scotland Yard, workln with dossiers supplied by the War Crimes Commission and other evidence obtained in Ger- blcw up the bridge as soon as many picked men from seVeral they crossed Into Mannheim, countries, widely experienced in What German troops remain in international police work, would Ludwigshafen have "been left to engage in the biggest manhunt face either death or capture by ln,hls,to prd?ally beIore thc cnd of the war !n Third troops. The American First Army has stretched its Rcmagcn bridgehead three miles and has reached the Sicg River on a seven- mile front. German broadcasts declare that Allied forces north of Cologne arc poised for a major crossing of thc Rhine. This has met with no Allied Dispatches reaching Stockholm indicate that Qcrman civilians arc moving inland from thc Ruhr as far south as thc Ludwigs-hafen-Mannhcim area. Thus thc cycle is complete, with Germans fleeing before Uic path of United Nations armies as thc people of other lands fled before the once- victorious Nazi legions. (TWO ATTACKS UPON BERLIN Hamburg and Bremen Also Hit By British Heavies Last Night LONDON, March 22 (CP) There- has been no let-up in the air offensive during the night. Royal Air Force Mosquito bombers made two night flights to Berlin, hauling blockbusters each time. This was the thirtieth night in a row in which Berlin was under attack. The Air Ministry did not identify the targets of the heavy Lancastcrs and Hall-faxes but the enemy says both Hamburg and Bremen were hit. Thc night raiders flew over territory smouldering from 12,000 tons of bombs dropped by daylight formations LONDON, m TJie London County Council Is farming G.5G0 acres of land In thc Greater eclved whcna Boston Hospital London area and is thc biggest patient. . farming council In the world. War News Highlights Nazis All Disorganized f PARIS American Third and Seventh Armies crushed all but disorganized German pockets west of thc Rhine today while Allied bombers smashed against Nazi-held Ruhr areas. The enemy said the Allies had massed enormous smoke-shrouded strength for an imminent new crossing of thc Rhine. Berlin said that three Allied armies Canadian First, British Second and American Ninth are poised along G3 miles of the lower Rhine from Ducsscldorf to Arnhcm and are ready to join at any moment in a general offensive. New Soviet Offensive LONDON Premier Joseph Stalin announced the start of a new Soviet offensive southeast of Breslau in Silesia and said that German forces southeast of Oppeln have been surrounded and the Czccho-Gcrman border city of Neustadt captured Admits It Is Out In War Bulletins DELEGATES TO 'FRISCO LONDON Prime Minister Churchill announced in Commons today the names of British delegates to the San Francisco world security conference. Headed by Foreign Secretary Eden, thc delegates include Clement Atlce, Lord President of the Council, Lord Cranbornc, Dominions Secretary, and Lord Halifax, British ambassador to Washington. EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY ANKARA A series of earth quakes has shaken the central and southern parts of Turkey. According to the Ankara radio, 11 persons have been killed and hundreds injured. There is no estimate of property dam age. HLKLIN DEMONSTRATES BERNE A dispatch from thc German-Swiss frontier says that demonstrations took place in Berlin on March 10. According to unconlirmed report, nearly 1,000 demonstrators, mostly women, marched through Berlin's streets demanding that thc capital be declared an open city. FLEE TO SWITZERLAND BERNE A Swiss newspaper, Berner Tagwacht, says thc wives of two Nazi leaders, Herman Goering and Hcinrich Himmler, have been sent to thc Austrian Alps. The newspaper declares alw that Major ' Wafcf ema r Pab'sC on c ' time chief of staff of thc Austrian lleinnvehr, is alleged (o be in Switzerland as a member of the German economic mission. AIR MARSHAL RETIRES OTTAWA Air Vice-Marshal Sully of Montreal, air member for personnel,-will retire April 15 from the H.C.A.F. to return to private business. Air Vice- Marshal Sully, a first Great War pilot, will return to his peace-time position as an executive of a large insurance company in Montreal. PREFERENCE TO VETERANS CANBERRA Australia is go ing to extend preference in employment and other benefits to ex-servicemen from Britain, Canada and other Dominions who may wish to settle in thc country. This was announced in thc Australian Parliament by Post-War Reconstruction Minister J. J. Dedman. . NAZI PRISONERS ESCAl'E TORONTO Nine German prisoners of war escaped from a work camp at Spruce Falls Pulp and Paper Co. plant at Kapuskasing, Ontario, Tuesday and Wednesday, it was announced by thc Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The prisoners, members of the German army and navy, were under arrest at the time of escape for refusing to work. JEWS ARE HANGED CAIRO Two Jews, who had been convicted in January, were hanged today for the slaying of Lord Moync. MAY DECLARE WAR BUENOS AIRES Argentina may declare war on Japan in order to qualify fot a place among the United Nations. HAMILTON ICE CLEAR HAMILTON Lake Ontario was clear of Ice here today and three ships which had been wintering In Hamilton arc preparing to leave. Sixth Body Recovered VANCOUVER, Marcli ii M Longshoremen have recovered another body from the ruins of thc Greenhlll Park. Thc body, identified as Joseph Anthony Brooks of Vancouver by means of papers in billfold, was found In number two hold. This brings Hie number ot bodies extricated from the , hulk to six. Tokyo Blusters Of Secret Weapons Iwo Island "Most Unfortunate" Home Islands Being Turned Into Armored Camp M il 1 i o n s Being Evacuated SAN FRANCISCO. March 22 (CP)-Japan has admitted that the Allies are gaining the upper hand in the Pacific war. The enemy puts this down to abundant American material resources. In the next breath, the Tokyo radio blusters that Japanese secret weapons will yet smash the material strength of the India and Japan War Field Marshal Wavcll Called to Britain to Consult with, Government LONDON, March 22 Qt Thc Viceroy of India, Field Marshal Viscount Wavcll, is returning to Britain for consultations with the government. A neuters dis patch says an important subject of thc Vicciroy's consultations will be the new conditions arising out of the concentration of the main war effort against Japan after thc defeat of Ger many. HUGE PLANES FOR SERVICE ON ATLANTIC CAPETOWN, March 21 Ol The British Civil Aviation Minister, Viscount SwlnDon, disclosed In Capetown that Britain is building 110-ton planes for trans-Atlantic air routes. The planes are designed to carry 100 passengers. Lord Swinton is in Capetown for a British Empire- South African air conference which Is now under way. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co. Ltd. VANCOUVER Bralornc 17.00 B.R. Con 212 B.R.X 142 Cariboo Quartz 2.10 Dentonla 09 Grull Wlhksnc 15 Hedley Mascot 83 Mlnto 09 Vi Pend Oreille 1.45 Pioneer - 5.70 Premier Border 00 Premier Gold 1.70 Privateer 41 Reeves McDonald 27 Reno 07 Salmon Gold 12 Sheep Creek 1.25 Taylor Bridge 60 Whitewater 03' Vananda 44 Oils- Anglo Canadian 90 A.P. Con. 15 C. & E. .". 1.75 Foothills 1.40 Home 3.C0 TORONTO Bcattle 1.G0 Central Patricia 2.30 Consolidated Smelters .. 57.00 Giant Ycllowknife .... 8.50 Hardrock .78 Kerr Addison 12 a Little Long Lac 1.31 McLcod Cockshutt 2.50 McKcnzlc Red Lake .... 1.40 Moncta 76 Pickle Crow 3.15 Preston E. Dome 2.90 San Antonio 4.50 Sherrlt Gordon 77 Steep Rock 2.97 Queenston 1.07 Homer 30 Jacknlfe 29 LONDON, Oi-Slnce the be ginning of the war more than 600 military and civil awards have been gained by post office men and women,, Including 14 George Medals and one George Cross. united Nations. The ambitious Japanese claims were voiced as rrcmier loiso and War Minister General Sugi-yama renewed pleas to the Japanese Parliament for emergency defence measures. Thc enemy government wants to turn thc islands into an armed camp in preparation for an Allied Invasion. 7" Lolso reviewed thc war pic ture and informed Uie home folks that the low of Iwo Island, 750 miles south of Tokyo, is the most unfortunate thing In thc whole war situation. The death ot the Japanese commander on Iwo has been indicated in a Tokyo radio dispatch. Lieutenant General Kuribayashi sent the Emperor his most profound regrets on Iwo's loss and then promised to turn into a spirit. Nearly three million Japanese have already been evacuated from Tokyo and steps are being taken to speed up the removal of others, Tokyo radio said today. Quoting a statement made to the Diet by the minister of the interior, a broadcast said: "Already the civilian population in the capital has shrunk to less than four million of the city's pre-war census." Tokyo's 1940 population was listed nearly seven million. Heavy Losses of Material On Luzon Island In thc Philippines, scores of armored Japanese vehicles and much ordnance Including thirty - four rocket launchers were seized when General MacArthur's infantry divisions crushed the Shimbu Line cast of Manila. Thc province of Cavitc on southern Manila Bay has been cleared. ORMER CONSUL HERE IS DEAD A. E. Wakefield Passes Away In Seattle In Prince Rupert Many Years A. E. Wakefield, who was United States consul at Prince Rupert for several years around the end of thc First Great War and in the twenties, passed away in Seattle on March 16 and his funeral took placs oil March 20, according to word re ceived in the city today. The news will be received with regret by many friends for Mr. Wakefield was active In community life while here and be came widely acquqalnted and yery popular. Born in Main 75 years ago, Mr. Wakefield was predeceased by hl3 wife two years ago. There are tllrcc sons Mark, Lawrence and Bartlett and one daughter, Mrs. Louise Wakefield Moore of Tacoma. He had resided with the daughter until two months ago when his condition required professional care lit a sanitari um. Mr. Wakefield saw service In various parts of the world wlUi the United States Department of State. Soon after leaving here he retired and resided for a time In San, Diego: The funerat was In Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, under Masonic auspices. m