IOADCASTING IIOUSE, LONDON, FLOODLIT-Broadcasting use London, the home of the whicb, in common with many other well-known London lldlns ha:, been iiooani again, s stil) wearing its wartime coloring. During the war years building was more than once damaged by bombs and some Jit" staff were casualties. One the reading of the nine o'clock icnr INE ADVANCE BY IDED IN GRENADE An exchange of hand grenades over an orchard dgc between Pte. Widar Di oi me uernian anny inert soldier in a scries of sore his greatest enemies ping with the North Nova bcotia Highlanders in 0K OUT FOR TOURISTS I party of Vancouver and Van- ivc I:;and business men, ftria dhr tors and fomitry Ida) are at present making a l W!k:' circle t jur" through hdnuir Parte, south of r Late. Th party ftrtffitf Dirk' Pullen, son of the ; H. F Pullen. for many years pilsner of the Daily New$. At pica Gorge iie of the party inded a warning that there bald be no delay in preparing i an Influx of motor tourists. bursts will come in spite of difficultly" he said. ANY NEW IX CARS Eanadian National Hallways dopls New Features MONTREAL, July 23 The i of an order of 15,000 new von box cars being built the National steel Car Com y are being delivered to the acilan National Railways, waiton. executive vlce- iioent announced today. wny new features are in- rtcd In the construction nf ears which have a capacity uvmv pounds. A llght-jht door of new design with automatic handle allows for y operation and keerjs the k from moving out of place. " 'dtcst type of stabilizer cks t also mpri. he C N. R. monogram has n changed for use on these On all of the 15,000 cars, customary Maple Leaf will painted in lleht ereen in- 'd Of Whlt.p. Tho Klnirnn rves All Canada" will appear the first 1Q.C00 and the other will have a new sloean. inada's Largest Railway" in 'C The Ipttflre nVR nhnva Manle Lpnf will romnin in t and the background will "wnaara mineral brown. s an experiment, the last cars of the order will bo witn aluminum exterior "mg, roof running boards, u brake housmsr and side "s These cars will also bear fiogan "Canada's Largest ITEEL CAPACITY r lu BE INCREASED ONDON, J uly 23 British steel are to Increase their .cap-in, y 20 P" nt for post-war Mian Drnrinctlrvn n,.,i ...in M. AilUJf Will !'d automobiles, make castings VUlUUtUl,LlJII llllllll- lit riolrl ( n..:u ustralian Plant JUiy M.u)ra Nur-ia, famous British automo- nX5,ufactJ,rer' u t0 bud a 'WW automobile factory in ..." British Broadcasting Corpora- formerly a wnue building. explosion which occurred dur- news bulletin was heard by LOCAL SOLDIER FIGHT, CAPTURE Sandhals and a fair por- lanueu inu young rnnce German prison camps ,wcre allied bombers. tne uanaaian s advance between Caen and, Falalse, France, last July 25, Pte. Sandhals' battalion was ordered to clear out a nest of Germans In an orchard. The night attack followed a period of strafing by German planes. Crossing a wheatf leld In the dark Pte. Sandhals was knocked out bya violent explosion. "It was either a sheiipr a lana mine," the husky young veteran recounted. "When I woke up the bodies of several of my buddies were lying about but I was unhurt. Thinking that the rest of the battalion had advanced, I moved forward too." However, the battalion had been unable to advance because of heavy machine- gun fire by the Germans in the orchard. Pte. Sandhals was alone. "When I got a3 far as the hedge all I could hear was Jerry voices all around me. I laid down under the hedge and then the hand grenades started to fly." Pte. Sandhals pegged a few and the Germans pegged more. One grenade sent slivers of steel Into his leg and the next thing (Continued on Page 2) Seek Person Who Tried to Sjkin Dog Still Alive VANCOUVER. July 23 Police here Investigated an attempt to skin a dog alive. The dog was shot toy policemen to end Its suffering 18 hours after some person, said to be an expert at mutilation, cut Incisions In the dog's neck and back, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officials said that It was obviously an attempt to skin the living animal. BRITISH VOTE COUNTING SOON LONDON, July 23 Counting of ballots from the recent British election will start on Thursday mprnlng and will be announced as It Is completed. Each riding will count its own votes. RETURNS HOME After two years overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Flying Officer Dennis William Burnip Is home" with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bur nin. 1420 Second Ave. He ar rived on last night's train. having reached Halifax aboard the Islede France a week ago today. He joined up in 1042 with ground crew ns a carpenter. Next year he remustered with air crew, received his commission in 1943 and went overseas. He expects to be demobilized. U. S. SHIPPING It Is estimated that the United States will end the war with between. 45,000,000 and 50,000,000 deadweight tons of merchant .shipping, llied JAPS SUFFER HEAVY PLANE-SHIP LOSSES GUAM, July 23 During 10 days 412 Japanese shipsnaval and transport have been sunk or destroyed by American and British naval action, Admiral Chester W. Nimltz announces. The principal casualty was a 32,- O00 ton battleship, the Nagota, which was heavily damaged at Tokyo last Wednesday when two destroyers were sunk. In the same period 558 enemy planes were destroyed or damaged. The 14-day total is 191 enemy ships sunk or damaged and 596 planes destroyed or damaged. DEFIED ORDER, COMPANY FINED VANCOUVER, July 23 0 Burns & Jackson Logging Co. was fined $100 in district court for carrying on operations at Wilson Creek July 12 when all logging had been banned by government order because of acute fire hazard. Australian Cruiser Bataan In Service SYDNEY, July 23 The New Australian destroyer Bataan has been commissioned in service with Allied naval forces in the South Pacific At Its launching, H.M.A.S. Bataan was christened by Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wife of the Allied commander--in-chlef in the South Pacific. MRS. ROBERT GREIG PASSES Had Lived Here Only Four Years nut Charming Personality Endeared Her to Many Friends Mrs. Nell Thaln Greig, wife of Robert S. Greig, city passenger agent here for the Canadian National Railways, passed away shortly after midnight last night at her home, 430 Mcunae sireei. She had been ill for the past eight months. Late Saturday her condition took a definite, turn for the worse and it was then realized that the end could not long be deferred. Mrs. Greig had been a resi dent of Prince Rupert for only four years but she was a woman of charming personality and won many friends to wnom news oi her passing will come with feelings of genuine regret. She was born at Portage la Prairie in December, 1895, and came west as girl with her parents. Her father was the late James Stables, who was chairman oi the Vancouver Sewage and Water Board and one time Legislature Member for Cassiar. She became a school teacher in Vancouver and was married there to Mr. Greig In November,. 1922. Besides her husband, Mrs. Greig is survived by two daugh tersMrs. E. S. (Margaret) Johnstone and Miss Betty Jean Greig. A brother, Flying Officer GoMon Stables, has been missing overs-cas with the Royal Canadian Air Force since seven months ago. Sisters are Mrs. N. B. Challoner of Los Angeles and Mrs. Harold Ashbee of Van couver. Mrs. Greig was an active member of Hill 60 Chapter, Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire. Thursday night the remains will be taken to Vancouver where the funeral will be held Accompanying the remains south will be the widower, the two daughters and the son-ln law, Technical Sergeant E. S. Johnstone, United States Army, who arrived in the city on leave from Fort Mead, Maryland, at the end of the week. MARSEILLES TO MANILA-YANKS END LONG TRIP MARSEILLES, July 23 Five thousand American soldiers have arrived In Manila from Marseilles, being deployed from duty In Europe to the Pacific. It was the longest continuous troop movement In history 14,003 miles. Candidates for public office in ancient Rome distributed peas to the people in order to make themselves popular. r PROVINCIAL Today's Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTRAL Bit insA-lBttrJdJiK's newspaper Tomorrow 's Tides Temperatures for the Prince (Pacific Standard Time) nf Rupert district for today read: CTORIA. B.C. 58 Tuesday, July 24, 1945 Maximum mm Ml 52 High ..... 0:25 20.9 feet Minimum 13:28 1S.2 feet .2 Inches Low 7:11 2.8 feet Rainfall "h' XXXIV, No. 170. 19:09 7.5 feet SJ T PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JULY 23, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Warships War News What Will Russia Do? POTSDAM Speculation Is ripe concerning a rumor that Russia Is about to enter the war against Japan that Stalin Is ready to act as an intermediary for the surrender of Japan and that the Japanese are eager' and anxious to quit. Final Surrender Demand WASHINGTON A "United StaW'of ficial Saturday dispatched a demand to Tokyo for Japanese unconditional surrender at once, pointing out the only this could save, the nation from destruction. The Allies would be bringing the full force of their weight against Japan been anticipated, it was stated. from Tokyo. iii.j. ii i air miacft ivvsumuu GUAM After haying been halted for a couple of days on account of typhoon weather, the Allied air assault against Japan was resumed Sunday when 15 to 100 superfortresses attacked an oil plant on Honshu Island with 450 tons of demolition bombs. The Japanese themselves reported that Mustangs had struck at air fields on Honshu. There had been 45 straight days of assault on Japan until thol week-end suspension. The Allied naval fleet which was operating last week against north central Japanese homeland Is said to be steaming southwest toward Shlkoku and Kyushu. 11 to 1 On Guam GUAM Eleven Japanese havei been killed or taken prisoner so far In the campaign on Borneo for every one Allied casualty. Defends Himself- Disorder at Petain Trial Aged Marshal of France On Trial For His Lire at Special Court in Paris PARIS, July 23 W Disorder hrnkp nut tndav In the court room where Marshal PetihvlS being tried for his life for treason. The Incident occurred when the prosecutor, Andre Mornet, sald there were too many persons in the courtroom who were serving the German cause. This brought forth protests from the defence and catcalls and com motion among the audience. The court was suspended for 25 minutes. Petain hims-elf was hustled out, his chair overturning. At 4:30 'p.m. the trial resumed. The disturbance occurred while Petain was making a statement. The marshal told the special court which Is trying him that, "while General De-Gaulle continued the struggle abroad, I prepared the road to liberation." He said that through the national assembly at Vichy, the French people gave him power to direct the nation. "I have come to answer them alone," he said. "This is the only declaration I will make. The present accusations are only meant to soil me." The court, he charged, did not represent the French people. He has asked Germany for an armistice, Petain said, in order to save France and had done so on the advice of French mili tary leaders. . Petain appeared calm at the opening of the trial In which the government accused him of intelligence with the enemy and with plotting against the security of France both before and after he became chief of state of the Vichy regime. The prosecutor announced that he would ask the dea,th penalty for the 89-year-old Petain. Emergency Phone At Terrace Now TERRACE, July 23 Gordon Kerr, operator of the Terrace light plant, has offered to make the private telephone between his power plant and residence available to provide a connection between the doctor's office, the police station and Canadian National Railways offices for emergency purposes. GREAT MASS ARREST FRANKFURT - ON - MAIN The greatest mass arrest in history was made today when 500,000 American troops took into custody upwards of 80,000 persons and searched every house in the American occupation zone of Germany during the week-end The Americans were seeking weapons, ammunition a;iG loot. Highlights two months earlier than had -There has been no reply yet , VANCOUVER SCHOOL IS DESTROYED VANCOUVER, July 23 The Walter Moberly public school in the Fraser area of East Vancouver' was destroyed by fire early yesterday. It wras a 14 room, structure and the loss is AStiaiated at. $120,000.. Incen-r dlarism'after removal of sports equipment is suspected. The ipolice Investigation of the possibility' of arson commenced as a result of the discovery a few yards away from the structure of five sliver sports trophies which had been battered flat with rocks. It was one of the worst school fires in the history of Vancouver. VICTORIA DROUGHT ENDS VICTORIA, July 23 (P) Rain fell here Friday for the first time In 41 days. Itw as the longest dry spell since 1936. CLIMBING MOUNTAINS Alpine Club Party Scaling Heights of Jasper Park JASPER, Alta., July 23 With sixty-eight internationally known climbers in the camp and more arriving dally, the fourth annual climbing meeting of the Alpine Club of Canada Is now in full swing in Eremite Valley, Jasper National Park. Many of the peaks close to the camp base already have been climbed and the members have been divided into small parties with a skilled leader assigned to each. Under the leadership of Henry Hall of Boston, secretary of the American Alpine Club, and John Bret, Montreal, Eastern vice-president of the Alpine Club of Canada, Angle Peak has successfully been climbed. Major Rex Gibson, instructor of the Military party in Jasper last year, led a party to Outpost Peak. This peak was climbed by the Ice Fall of Fraser Glacier In Crampons. The Memorial Peak party was headed by Fred Parkes, noted alpinist. Srad Glllman, Worcester, Mass., president of the Appalachian Mountaineering Club, led a party'up Thunderbolt Peak. There has been much new snow in the .area of the summits but the camp is located In a flowery meadow circled by Engeiman pines. One of the climbing parties was caught in a heavy rain and members had to bivouac for the night. They turned up in good shape the next morning but very anxious for breakfast. Weather conditions have been good and the present meeting will be among the most successful In the history of the club. ALL-STEEL SHIP The Dirlgo, launched In 1891, Stipendiary Magistrate Will ' and designed by the Waddlns-Robinson of Terrace is paying a tons of Liverpool was the first brief business vtsit to the city all-steel sailing ship. Hit Tokyo Again SURRENDER TERMS FOR JAPANESE POTSDAM, July 23 The Big Three are expected within a few days to make public details of unconditional surrender terms to be Imposed upon the Japanese. President Truman Is said to have brought to the conference terms which would be acceptable to the United States. Freighter Is Total Loss Small Vessel of Prince Rupert Sub-Port Burned Near Green Island A small type freighter service vessel of the Prince Rupert Sub-Port of Embarkation,, the FS-29, is believed to be a total loss after catching on fire near Green Island light, 35 miles north of Prince Rupert, about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. The crew of 8 and 12 passen gers left the ship in an orderly fashion for lifeboats. No one was injured. A high-powered tug of the War Department was dispatched to the scene Immediately to be sure the burning vessel did not become a menace to navigation. The Rdbert Eugene, a private i motor freighter, stood by while the flames were being fought and returned the passengers to Prince Rupert, u. few pounds of small package freight and sev eral bags of mall were lost. The cause of the fire is unknown. VETS' HOMES ARE PLANNED Final Approval from Ottawa Waited for Construction in Vancouver by American Firm VANCOUVER, July 23 Construction of homes for veterans may begin here August 1, an official of the Pacific Northwest Development Corporation announced. The company Is awaiting final approval from Ottawa after the plans had been endorsed by Mayor J. W. Cornett. The company plans to build 500 veteraru' homes, using United States capital. The JCew Westminster city council Friday authorized the sale of 48 lots to a Seattle syndicate for a housing project on Eighth Ave. The Seattle firm plans to build houses valued at $4,000 to $5,000. SLAVIC TREATY Poland signed, a five-year treaty of non-agression with Soviet Russia in 1932 that was extended to 1945. SulletiHJ PETAIN TRIAL TODAY PARIS The treason trial of Marshal Petain opened today in the Paris law courts. Petain and ,hls wife were moved into the city at the end of the week from the fortress outside Paris where they have been held. Former President Albert Le-brun and four former premiers Edouard Daladicr, Leon Blum, Paul Reynaud and Edouard Herriot will testify. . FLEET MAY COME OUT TOKYO The Japanese radio says that. If Allied fleets make another thrust at the Japanese homeland, the Japanese fleet will come out and secret weapons will be used. MUSKOKA HOTEL BURNS GRAVENIIURST, Ont The well known Beaumaris summer resort hotel in the Mus-koka district near here was destroyed by fire Sunday. It was filled with guests but there were no casualties. Damage Is estimated at $200,000. BIG THREE MEETING TOTSDAM The Bl? Three met again at Potsdam Sunday after President Truman had attended church service. Prime Minister Churchill and Labor leader Atlcc will be leaving Wednesday to be home In Britain when the election results are announced. Return To Bombardment Of Japanese GUAM, July 23 (CP) which has been bombarding apparently, at will, has struck again. Destroyers smashed a four-ship convoy at the entrance of Tokyo Bay. The Allied warships have been raiding from the very entrance of Tokyo harbor to one of the Bonin APPEAL AGAINST ONE-MAN CARS Street Kail way men's Union in Vancouver Seeks Recourse From Power Commission Ruling ' VANCOUVER, July 23 CP) Operation of one-man street cars on the Grandvlew-Fourth Ave. line In Vancouver will be appeal ed as contrary to public .safety, speedy operation desire of the public and the government's re habilitation program, Gordon Wismer, counsel for the Street Rallwaymen's Union, said. The Public Utilities Commission rule,d recently that one-man cars might be operated on the line. The union too kexceptlon to the ruling. LOCAL WOUNDED SOLDIER COMING Pte. Paul Dvornek Lands ait Halifax On Hospital Ship and Due Here in Week Suffering from bullet and shrapnel wounds sustained in action In Germany February 19 Private Paul Dvornek, whose wife and ' four-year-old daugh ter, Marie, live on Eleventh Av envje, arrived In Halifax by day and is now on his way home here to spend leave before proceeding to Shaughncssy Military Hospital in Vancouver. Private Dvornek, first with the artillery and then with the Infantry, had been overseas since 1942. He Is expected here about next Mon day. BRITISH SAILORS AND AIRMEN TO SHARE IN BOOTY LONTON, July 23 Every man In the Brftlsh Navy and air force will have a share in $84,000,000 enemy goods captured during the war but the money will not be paid until after the war In the Pacific Is ended. Halibut Sales Canadian, 18U and 16 'j Oldfield, 18,000, Co-op, ,. Cape Beale. 44,000, Storage. Margaret I, 38,000, Pacific, Atll (black cod) 17,000. Storage. Tramp (black cod) 20,000 Atlln. KEEP FAMILIES AWAY OTTAWA Because of lack of accommodation, personnel of Number Six R.C.A.F. bomber group returning from leave to stations within the Maritinies are warned against bringing their families to the area. This was announced in Ottawa by Air Force Headquarters. The group recently returned from overseas and is at present on 30 days leave. NEW R.C.A.F. COMMANDANTS MONTREAL The new commanding officer of the Number One R.C.A.F. repatriation centre at Lachine, Quebec, is Winp Commander V. E. J. Charles. He succeeds Wing Commander Norman II. Bretz, who has been posted to flying duties at Patricia Bay, British Columbia. MISSING BOY FOUND TORONTO An 11-year old Toronto boy, Gordon Webster, who had been missing since Wednesday from a camping resort at Huntsvillea nd for whom 300 persons had been searching, has been found. NOT TO BUCKINGHAM LONDON President Truman may not make his vhlt to Buckingham Palace with the King and Queen as he is anxious to get back to - Homeland Units of the Allied fleet. the Japanese home island islands some 500 miles south and east of Tokyo. It Is revealed that the fleet is sailing contemptuously and apparently without opposition wherever It wants to go in the enemy's home waters. Admiral Nimltz discloses that navy fliers practically ruined one of the last of two Jap battle ships still able to go to sea. He says that the forces have sunk 791 enemy ships and destroyed or damaged 596 planes In the past 14 days. NEED EIGHTY- SIX TRAINS Highest Peak Being Reached During Coming Fortnight in Handling Returned Men VANCOUVER, July 23 Eighty- six special trains will be needed to transport the Canadian ser vice men who will return from overseas within the next 14 days to their homes across the Dominion, William Stapleton, gen eral passenger agent, Canadian National Railways, Vancouver, said here today. More than 35.000 are due to arrive during that period-r-31,000 ak Halifax and 4,500 at Quebec. , . "ThU will be. the highest peak we.have reached IniJie haniitig of teturnlng members 'of,fthe . :arTrrfdfo'ree f romi;evtrseair- Mf . - -Stapleton said. Largest Load of Tuna at Victoria VICTORIA, July 23 O) The largest load of tuna to be brought here this season arrived Friday on the Dora Bell. The catch totalled 5,000 pounds and was made In two and a half days off Grays Harbor, Washington. MAJORITY FOR GARDINER UP MELVILLE, July 23 The completed recount In Melville federal constituency following the recent general election has given Hon. J. G. Gardiner, minister of agriculture, a majority of 23 over his C.CF. runner-up, H. J. Benson. The first count following the election gave Gardiner a lead of 32. Restrictions On Supplies Lifted For Gold Mines OTTAWA, July 23 Restrictions on delivery of machinery and equipment to gold mines In Canada have been removed, Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of reconstruction, announces. Priorities are also available for importations from the United States. Nevertheless.there may be difficulty In obtaining such supplies. C.C.F. LOSES SOLE MEMBER QUEBEC HOUSE QUEBEC, July 23 David Cote, member for Rouen-Uoranda and sole representative of the C.C.F. in the Quebec Legislature, is no longer a member of the party. He says that he resigned but the C.C.F. party says he was expelled. Cote negotiated for admission to anotherparty. Weather Forecast Queen Charlottes and North Coast Moderate winds, cloudy and mild with occasional light rain showers. Tuesday: light to moderate. winds, cloudy with occasional light rain showers. Locally partly cloudy In afternoon-not much change In temperature. EARLY FLAME-THROWER Translations from documents concerning ancient India show that In the year 2,000 B.C., primitive sqldlers went to war with an early edition of a flame weapon, '5."-