hting
Grf)n
Against
A?
Ax
an
By
C
A
j.:.
K
ssianruii-usriuvt
md
Korea
Flee
Tokyo
and
Elsewht
ii
the
Asiatic
mainland,
h
11..
il4.
...1
g
rapituy
fcuuuiwsiwaru
i
jwaru
me
ieuow
n
a
drive
aimed
at
splitting
the
Japanese
in
'
h
from
those
in
Manchuria.
The
Russians
have
1
staged
a
naval
operation
of
their
own.
Red
Army
'
piips
laid
down
a
heavy
bombardment
on
two
OHITO
IS
navai
WARDED
AS
swept
CRIMINAL
ports.
about
BOURNE,
Australia,
13
(Pl
The
Australian
r.al
affairs
minister,
Her-Evatt,
has
declared
that,
on
alia
regards
Emperor
halln
lito
as
a
war
criminal.
;vatt
says
his
country
ab-?ly
miles
opposes
the
Emperor's
5;
ion
as
a
condition
of
ese
peace.
lng
a
LKEYE
now
LING
OFF
area
Fleet
Run
of
Pink
Salmon
Is
been
tinuing
Well
1,000
:eye
fishing
on
the
Skeena
pd
off
heavily
last
week
ie
pink
salmon
r,un
Is
con-Z
a
good.
Boats
which
dur-le
last
several
weeks
aver-
SO
to
100
fish
a
day
were
H
to
be
catching
only
25
a
day
during
the
last
are
pays.
However,
the
pink
the
,
run
iS
hoidlng
up
well
no
oats
are
making
daily
,
h
of
as
high
as
150
fish,
be
Naas
the
sockeye
catch
jut
10
fish
a
day
and
the
run
Is
good,
Skeena
and
Naas
rivers
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area
on
Friday.
However,
COOla
Will
.Will
rptntlln
niun
netters
and
on
the
Naas
.
i
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in
nirt
rr
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In
Prince
Rupert
harbor
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fisheries,
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of
mivt
i
of
7T
NIVAL
PRIZES
E
CROWD
ON
nurean
poris
uasnin
ana
yuki.
Following
the
battering
from
the
guns,
Soviet
marines'
ashore
and
captured
both,
The
landings
were
made
ninety
miles
southwest
of
Vladivostok.
Tokyo
admitted
today
that
the
Russians
had
made
two
landings
the.
Japanese
portion
of
Sak-t
Island.
I
The
Red
Armies
advanced
fifty
further
Into
both
Man-!
churla
and
Korea
today
but,
Moscow
was
not
satisfied
send-'
a
message
to
the
field
urging
j
speeding
up
to
bring
about
;
defeat
of
the
enemy
as
speedily
as
possible.
At
dawn
today,
the
Tokyo
received
new
blows
from
British
and
American
Third
planes.
The
carriers
had
idle
on
Saturday
and
Sunday
but
this
morning
more
than
Allied
pilots
dived
Into
the
attack.
The
Tokyo
radio
itself
reported
80
sorties
before
ten
m.
(Tokyo
Time)
despite
the
rough,
rainy
weather.
It
is
known
that
Far
East
air
forces
planes
under
the
command
of
General
MacArthur
continuing
their
attacks
on
Japanese
home
islands
but
detal,s
on
t
aigeU
-annum
.
.
,..'.,
...
u
given.
PRINCE
RUPERT
ALSO
"FOOLED"
Ships'
Sirens
Sounded
Last
Night
on
Receipt
of
False
Surrender
Report
Prince
Rupert
was
also
"fooled"
by
the
false
report
last
evening
of
the
acceptance
by
thb
Japaneseof
Allied
surrender
terms.
Sirens
of
ships
were
sounded
and
there
was
no
little
excitement
as
preparations
for
the
celebration
of
"V-J"
Day
go
under
way.
It
took
some
time
to
get
the
denial
of
the
false
report
assimilated
by
the
public
but,
finally,
people
settled
down
again,
resolved
that
they
will
know
It
is
the
"real
thing"
before
they
again
start
celebrating.
Naas
and
Skeena
canneries
this
season
Is
218,576
cases,
of
which
109,728
was
sockeye,
75,771
cases
pinks,
20,556
cases
of
coho,
9,543
cases
of
chums
and
,
2,483
springs.
DRAWN
BEFORE
SATURDAY
NIGHT
From
Barrel
n
pnmnnni'nnnhlfi
wink
at
drawings
on
the
final
nignc
Prince
Rupert.
Ticket
number
7,761.
Winner
of
the
children's
playhouse
was
Mrs.
Jessie
Harvey,
of
611
Second
Avenue
West,
with
ticket
number
610.
Mrs.
Harvey
was
one
of
the
volunteer
workers
In,
the
bingo
booth
at
the
Carnival.
Only
winner
of
the
Victory
bond
prizes
to
emerge
from
the
tightly-packed
crowd
to
claim
his
prize
at
the
drawing
at
mid-night
Saturday
was
Walter
Hall,
who
throughout
the
week
had
patiently
labored
to
sell
tickets
on
the
children's
playhouse.
"I'm
nwfnllv
surorlzed
but
I
'
)
"
"
"
'
J
na
As
Oueen
Beatrice
and
Princesses
11
Lucky
Tickets
Id
Dame
Fnrtnnn
rrnvp
lucky
people
Saturday
night,
making
three
of
richer
bv
Victorv
bond
nrizes
totallintr
$1,750
e
the
fourth
won
a
children's
playhouse
valued
uc
man
$100
in
prize
"""g
ucKets
were
horn
a
barrel
on
the
Car-
l'avilion
Dlatfnrm
hv
Onnon
e
Didrlckson
and
two
of
aids-of-honor,
Princesses
Bussey
and
Lillian
"i,
before
wimt
-
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ilUWU
LO
Vol
n
any
night
of
the
'
ttl.
the
winners
of
the
bond
tirizes'
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McRlley
(nn
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nil
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(.Continued
on
Page
5)
Today's
Temperature
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorroufa
Tides
for
the
Prince
Tempeiatures
(Partite
BUiuUrd
Time)
Supert
district
for
today
read:
Tuesday,
August
14,
1945
Laximum
6i
High
5:09
16.7
feet
AT
1
V-'2'
17:31
18.0
feet
50
Low
11:19
6.9
feet
Minimum
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
188.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY.
AUGUST
13,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r
ORLD
AWAITS
JAP
SURRENDER
FIRST
WITNESS
TESTIFIES
IN
PETAIN
TRIAL-
The
first
witnesfc
called
to
testify
in
the
historic
trial
of
Marshal
Pctaln
In
the
Palais
de
Justice
in
Paris,
Paul
Reynaud,
stands
at
left,
as
Petain,
seated
right,
cups
his
hands
to
his
ear
to
hear
better,
teynaud,
who
resigned
as
premier
of
France
when
the
country
was
toppling
in
1940,
did
not
complete
his
testimony
when
the
day's
session
ended,
but
one
Interesting
point
he
brought
out
was
that
on
June
5,
1940,
he
phoned
President
Roosevelt,
and
the
latter
promised
armaments
for
France.
Before
Reynaud
started
to
testify,
disorder
broke
out
in
the
court
room
and
the
police
cleared
the
court
and
made
arrests
among
the
spectators.
REHABILITATION
PLANS
STUDIED
BY
DELEGATES
TO
CONFERENCE
Rehabilitation
in
all
its
phases
was
given
a.
thorough
scrutiny
by
delegates
to
British
Columbia
conference
held
in.
Vancouver
early
this
month
and
certain
government
plans
came
in
for
rough
treatment
by
the
assembly
of
rehabilitation
council
members
from
throughout
the
province,
Selective
Service
Officer
E.
V.
Whiting
said
Satur-
day
following
his
return
from
gressing
well
but
much
of
the
Vancouver.
information
supplied
by
firms
While
several
towns
from
the
is
of
a
highly
confidential
na-eentral
lntcrlor'seiit'-'dclcgateV,
turei
'"
Prince
Rupert
was
not
among
them.
"It
was
a
mighty
important
meeting
and
I
think
Prince
Ru-
.
pert
ought
to
have
been
rcpre-'
sented."
said
Mr.
Whiting
who
.
attended
in
official
government
capacity.
Speakers
at
the
conference
Included
such
policy-makers
as
Hon.
II.
G.
T.
Perry,
education
minister
and
chairman
of
the
provincial
cabinet
committee
on
reconstruction,
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
provincial
minister
of
mines
and
Industry,
and
such
bureau
heads
.as
a.
M.
Morrison,
federal
Supervisor
of
Veterans
placement
and
Col.
H.
E.
Good
man,
special
placement
officer,
Unemployment
Insurance
Commission.
.
Mr.
Whiting
has
made
a
report
on
the
conference
which
,he
will
present
to
the
next
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rehabilitation
Council.
Among
decisions
of
the
conference,.
Mr.'
Whiting
said,
was
one
in
favor
of
abolishing
Selective
Service
and
restoring
freedom
of
movement
among
workers,
sacrificed
to
the
war
effort.
Controls
Arc
Unpopular
"The
public
had
.to
be
induced
to
accept
controls
which
were
unprecedented
and
totally
foreign
to
the
former
conception
of
the
liberties
of
the
Canadian
people,"
Mr.
Whiting
said.
"These
regulations
have
been
Irksome
to
both
employer
and
employee
but
Is
to
the
credit
of
the
Canadian,
people
that
they
co-operated
and
accepted
the
Inconveniences
that
the
regulations
entailed."
Legislation
for
returning
vet
erans
is
of
the
most
helpful
type
to
be
found
In
the
world,)
he
continued.
Rehablltatlon
credits,
as
explained
by
W.
A.'
Green,
supervisor
of
credits,
de-1
partment
of
veterans'
affairs,
are
apparently
the
least
under-1
stood'
by
the
public
of
the
re-!
habllltation
plans
and
veterans,
are
advised
to
seek
counsel
from
the
department
of
veterans'
affairs
on
this
complicated
subject.
Hon.
II.
G.
T.
Terry
told
the
conference
that,
in
four
of
the
ten
rehabilitation
zones
into
which
the
province
has
been
divided,
government
officials
and
local
committees
have
found
opportunities
for
450
small
businesses
employing
from
one
to
five
persons.
Reconversion
plans
are
pro
A
large
number
of
ex-service
men
have
availed
themselves
of
the
vocational
training
program
but
a
far
greater
number
are
taking
university
courses,
Col.
Frank
Fairey,
district
director
of
vocational
training
of
the
Department
of
Labor,
told
the
conference.
In
B.C.
there
have
been
no
failures
.among
men
taking
university
courses
to
date.
"Col.
Fairey
presented
a
most
encouraging
picture
of
the
opportunities
offered
servicemen
to
obtain
a
university
education,"
Mr.
Whiting
declared.
Government
employment
offices
throughout
Canada
will
be
staffed
by
special
veterans'
advisors
whose
complete
Job
will
be
to
look
after
the
interests
of
returned
servicemen,
he
revealed.
JACK
JOHNS
PASSES
AWAY
J.
G.
Johns,
for
many
years
a
well
known
Prince
Rupert
business
man,
died
this
morning
In
Kamloops
where
his
funeral
will
be
held
"on
Wednesday.
A
native
of
Wales,
55
years
of
age,
he
is
survived
by
a
widow
and
son.
oYNliliiTiC;
RUBBER
Production
of
synthetic
rubber
this
year
is
scheduled
at
more
than
1,
000,000
long
tons.
War
Developments
Effect
On
Market
HUits
of
reconversion
unset
tlerrient
coincident
with
the
Japanese
surrender
offer
at
the
week-end
apparently
are
weak
ening
the
New
York
stock
market
.while
the
Toronto
market
is
continuing
strong,
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
local
stock
broker
commented
when
asked'
about
the
effect
of
recent
war
develop
merits
on
the
stock
market.
Possible
falling
off
of
Income
from
stocks
of
rails
and
heavy
Industries
.during
the,,
change
over
from
wartime
to
peacetime
basis
may
be
responsible
for
the
depression
which
has
been
evi
dent
in
the
New
York
market,
Col.
Johnston
said.
On
the
Toronto
market
all
listing
.closed
strong
at
the
week-end
recess,
and
no
reaction
to
more
immediated
world
developments
was
available.
Col.
Johnston
was
unable
to
account
for
the
optimism
on
Canadian
markets
while
the
American.)
market
showed
marked
signs
of
depression.
The
change-over
to
peacetime
production
will
involve
the
expenditure
of
millions
of
dollars
in
stock
earnings
which
during
the
war
were
disturbed
among
stock
owners.
Weather
Forecast
North
Coast
and
Charlottes:
Monday
and
Tuesday
Partly
cloudy
to
fair.
DELIVERY
TRUCK
TAKEN
A
panel
delivery
truck
belonging
to
S.
C.
Thomson
Co.,
taken
from
in
front
of
the
home
of
Clarence
Thomson,
Sixth
Ave.,
at
2
a.m.
Sunday,
was
discovered
by
city
police
four
hours
later
in
the
navy
barracks
yard.
Lieut.
(Nursing
Sister)
Beatrice
Berner,
daughter
of
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Al
Berner,
returned
home
this
afternoon
on
furlough
after
two
years
service
In
Brit
ain
and
Italy
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps.
TTTTTTTTVYTtYTTTTTTTTTT
Bulletins
UNITED
STATES
SECRET
OTTAWA
The
United
Slates
is
the
only
country
which
knows
all
details
of
the
atomic
bomb
but
the
information
would
be
made
available
to
Canada
and
Britain,
if
they
should
ask
for
it,
minister
of
Munitions
Howe
said
today.
While
Canada
made
essential
parts
of
the
bomb,
the
Canadian
government,
for
reasons
of
security,
decided
not
to
ask
for
complete
details
of
the
bomb
and
the
United
Kingdom
'
followed
a
similar
course,
Howe
4nM
fi
nfcfl
pAnfn(
-
-
i""-
HALT
WAR
PRODUCTION
OTTAWA
As
soon
as
the
war
with
Japan
Is
over,
war
production
in
Canada
.will
be
halted,
it
was
stated
today.
There
will
be
immediate
cancellation
of
many
products.
KING
TO
SPEAK
LONDON
The
King
will
speak
to
the
Empire
on
the
eve
cf
V-J
Day
it
is
announced.
CELEBRATION
PAY
VANCOUVER
If
Japanese
surrender
is
announced
be-foie
noon,
that
day
will
be
proclaimed
a
V-J
Day
civic
holiday
here.
If
the
surrender
comes
after
noon,
the
day
following
day
will
be
the
holiday.
BREAK
LIQUOR
STORE
VERNON
In
a
premature
V-J
Day
celebration
here
last
evening,
a
window
of
the
liquor
store
was
broken
but
the
place
was
not
enteied.
fire
of
undetermined
origin
swept
through
the
Montreal
plant
of
Canada
Packers
Limited
last
night.
Six
firemen
were
injured
and
one
man
required
hospital
attention
when
he
was
overcome
by
smoke.
The
damage
is
believed
to
be
extensive
although
no
estimate
is
available
y;t.
Much
pre-war
slaughtering
apparatus,
now
impossible
to
replaceis
-reported
to
have
been
destroyed
by
the
fire
and
water.
AMMUNITION
HELD
UP
WASHINGTON
The
United
States:
government
has
ordered
the
railroad
movement
of
ammunition
to
the
Pacific
coast
halted.
The
order
directs
railroads
to
stop
all
movements
of
ammunition
in
the
United
States
and
Canada
and
holds
them
at
convenient
points.
CASUALTIES
HOME
HALIFAX
Seven
hundred
and
forty
Canadian
servicemen
casualties
are
back
from
the
battlefields
of
Europe.
They
arrived
in
Halifax
last
night
aboard
the
big,
white
hospital
ship
Lctitia.
Most
of
the
veterans
are
army
personnel
with
a
sprinkling
of
a
few
members
of
the
R.C.A.F.
and
the
Navy.
Only
a
few
relatives
and
friends
met
the
ship
at
the
dock.
The
Louis
Pasteur
arrived
at
Quebec
with
4100
veterans
on
board.
THEQP
JAPS
FIND
CAPTURE
ISNJ
SO
BAD
Japanese
prisoners
taken
on
Okinawa
are
lined
up
at
a
P.O.W.
camp
for
dally
roll
call,
At
first
fearful
of
the
tortures
they
were
told
would
be
practised
upon
them
by
the
"barbarian
Americans,"
the
captives
now
find
life
as
a
prisoner
of
the
Yanks
isn't
so
bad.
Note
the
smiles
on
the
faces
of
many
of
the
Nips.
Tokyo
Has
Not
Yet
Answered;
Meantime
Warfare
Is
Continuing
ADMIRAL
NIMITZ
OFFERS
COMMUNICATION
FACILITIES
TO
MAKE
CONTACT
WITH
ALLIES
WOULD
RECEIVE
CAPITULATION
With
the
Allied
capitals
still
in
receipt
late
to-day
of
no
reply
from
Japan
in
regard
to
acceptance
of
surrender
terms
and
war
continuing
by
land,
sea
and
air
against
Nippon,
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nimitz,
commander
of
the
United
States
Pacific
CI
A
I
1
n
1
lul
l-
f
!
m
i
,
1
.
iicit.
annnrn
iirinsn
nniiiosnin
nil
'
nKvn.
innnv
invjted
the
Japanese
to
make
contact
with
the
Guam
(Navy)
radio
if
they
need
means
of
communication
with
the
Allies.
It
was
expected
that
Admiral
Nimitz
might
steam
into
Tokyo
Bay
to
accept
the
surrender
if
and
when
the
Japanese
arc
ready.
With
surrender
negotiations
for
the
Japanese
far
behind
the
stage
that
had
been
believed,
the
war
in
the
Far
East
is
still
being
actively
waged
today.
A
Tokyo
dispatch
today
stated
that
Japanese
Foreign
Minister
Togo
had
been
received
by
the
Emperor;
This
statement
came
after
a
previous
announcement
that
the
Allied
terms
had
onlyi
today
been
received
in
Tokyo.
All
this
was
Inclined
to
dash
Allied
hopes
of
an
early
capitulation
by
Japan.
A
flash
carried
over
United
Press
wires
at;
7:40
last
night
saying
that
Japan
had
decided
to
accept
the
United
Nations
surrender
terms'
was
denied
a
few
minutes
later
but.
In
the
meantime,
the
Information
had
spread
throughout
the
world
and
caused
Prime
Minister
Macken
Officials
in
the
United
Pres?
Washington
bureau
denied
that
the
flash
had
originated.
In
their
office
and
said
that
they
were
endeavourng
to
trace
the
source
of
the
story
which
was
carried
lno
newsrooms
throughout,
the
world.
A
$5,000
reward
was
posted
by
the
news
agency
for
In
formation
and
the
F.B.I,
was
called
upon
to
Investigate.
The
flash
quoted
President
Truman
as
saying
that
the
Japanese
had
decided
to
accept
the
Potsdam
surrender
terms.
The
surrender
announcement
wal
denied
in
the
White
House
and
government
officials
said
that
they
have
as
yet
received
no'
word
from
the
Japanese
government.
It
was
announced
today
at
Berne,
Switzerland,
that
no
reply
had
yet
been
delivered
by
Japan
to
the
Swiss
government
for
transmission
to
the
United
WIDESPREAD
CONFUSION
CAUSED
BY
FALSE
JAPANESE
SURRENDER
REPORT
TORONTO,
Aug.
13
(CP)
The
false
Japanese
surrender
report
last
night
caused
general
confusion
throughout
Canada.
The
report
sparked
demonstra?-tions
verging
on
violence
in
Halifax
and
Ottawa
and
created
short-lived
celebrations
in
other
Canadian
centres.
Although
officia
radio
report
were
made,
crowds
In
Halifax
staged
an
uprising
reminiscent
of
V-E
Day
riot
scenes
when
several
hundred
people
tried
to
storm
a
liquor
store.
This
time
however,
the
authorities
were
prepared
and
truncheon
-
wielding
city
and
military
police
sailed
into
the
mixed
crowd
of
civilians
and
servicemen
and
prevented
them
from
entering
the
store
which
was
looted
In
the
rioting
last
May.
In
Ottawa,
police
reserves
pre
vented
three
street
cars
loaded
with
occupants
from
being
tipped
over.
Thousands
looked
on
as
youngsters
staged
Impromptu
concerts,
snake
Ranees
and
sing
songs
and
kindled
a
bonfire
on
the
main
treet.
News
offices
across
the
coun
try
were
flooded
with
telephone
calls.
One
Vancouver
newspaper
the
Sun
rushed
an
extra
edition
Into
print
although
the
false
flash
was
ordered
held
up
two
minutes
after
being
sent.
In
Winnipeg,
large
crowds
States
in
answer
to
the
Allied
peace
terms
for
Japanese
surrender.
It
was
suggested
then
that
the
reply
might
not
be
Immediately
forthcoming.
-
1
The
Australian
radio
from
Melbourne
said
yesterday
that
the
Japanese
reply
might
be.
ex
pected
within
from
sixteen
to
24
hours.
On
what
basis
this
prediction
'was
made
was.
not
.
"
said.
Another
report
said
thai'
Em-
.
A
pehrHlfohltoVa'Wpwfrm!!f
the
Allies
insist
shall
be
merely
a
mouthpiece
for
them,
was
seeking
the
services
of
King
Gustav
of
Sweden
to
act
as
an
Intermediary.
President
Truman
at
Washington
and
Prime
Minister
Attlee
at
London
have
been
standing
by
constantly
In
thelf
offices
today
awaiting
the
Japanese
reply.
When
V-J
Day
shall
be
now
depends
entirely
upon
the
Japanese
themselves.
Meantime
fighting
goes
on
between
Soviet
and
Japanese
'
forces
in
Manchuria
and
Korea
j
and
Japanese
cities
are
still
being
bombed
on
a
reduced
scale.
The
Chinese
minister
to
Washington
had
a
brief
conference
today
with
President
Truman
and,
at
the
conclusion,
told
newspapermen
that
he
expected
the
"good
news"
might
come
any
time.
"I
believe
good
news
will
come,"
he
reiterated.
denials
of
the
premature
jammed
main
thoroughfares,
waiting
for
late
reports
.from
loud-speaker
systems.
Restaurants
and
stores
closed
Immediately
they
received
the
surrend
er
report.
However,
the
denial
moving
from
mouth
to
mbuth
saw
many
of
them
re-open
shortly
afterwards.
The
false
peace
flash
sent
last
night
over
the
wires
of
the
United
Press
was
transmitted
In
Britain
on
the
news
wires
of
the
British
United
Press
U.P.'s
British
affiliate.
The
flash
reaction,
however,
reached
all
news
of
flees
before
It
was
broadcast
or
published
in
any
British
newspaper.
Fish
Sales
(Canadian
18Uc
and
16tic)
Lois
N.,
40,000
lbs.,
to
Royal.
Kaare
II,
54,000
lbs.,
to
Storage.
Margaret
I,
52,000
lbs.,
to
Booth.
4.
4'