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announcement
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made
loday
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
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people
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the
enemy
had
been
cut
in
two
ict
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is
not
the
hour
of
final
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it
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community
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as
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or
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of
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interiiatlonal
conduct
obviate
the
pussiblll-conflict
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crcater
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srllln
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economic
incrc
were
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Security
was
essen
ireedom
and
the
w
ensure
bucIi
se
xual
upon
all.
11
foil.
II.
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con-
,JU'a
be
able
to
com
"wrier
W
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H,,nr
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cannot
afford
to
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-vviuicci.
The
faccd
with
creat
ut
incrc
were
"PDortunltlcs.
brrcd
men
have
died
v..
..
"uinan
.
i.
British
Foreign
of
work
to
Justify
the
valor
and
sacrifices
of
those
men.
Let
us
do
It
with
courage,
modesty
and
dispatch.
Let
us
do
It
now."
Mr.
Eden
paid
tribute
to
the
late
President
IitHiscvclt
and
charged
the
conference
with
living
up
to
his
Ideals
for
the
United
Na
tions.
DON
NELSON
COMES
BACK
Itrhmilnc
In
llh
Home
Here
Aflcr
Completing
Tour
of
Operations
with
Air
Force
After
13
months
overseas
dur
ing
which
time
he
completed
a
tour
of
operations
with
30
trips
over
enemy
territory,
Might
Scr-
tre.int
Donald
11.
Nelson,
son
ot
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
J.
Nelson,
Wal
Ainirtmcnts.
Is
'back
in
Canada
and
his
parents
arc
hap
plly
expecting
htm
home
a
week
from
tomorrow
nlsht.
He
has
been
serving
as
an
air
gunner,
It
is
the
young
airman's
Intention
to
return
to
his
studies
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
where,
before
enlisting,
he
had
completed
his
first
year.
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I
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a
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VOL
XXXIV,
No.
99.
PETAIN
IS
NOT
TO
DIE
Former
Hero
of
Vcriluit
IMccls
With
Jrcrs
as
He
Itcturns
to
l'aris
IVYItIS,
April
27
fl
Marshal
l'ctaln
is
.back
In
Paris.
The
Paris
radio
says
the
former
head
of
the
Vichy
regime
Is
a
prisoner
in
Fort
Mont
Kougc.
Pctaln
will
be
detained
in
the
fortress
prison
until
he
goes
on
trial
next
month
for
high
treason.
Hie
broadcast
announcing
Pc
tain's
arrival
In
the
French
capital
said
the
crowds
gathered
at
an
outlying
railroad
station
to
ccr
the
former
hero
of
Verdun
as
the
marshals
train
passed
through.
Cries
of
"Death
to
Pe
tain"
and
"Down
with
retain"
were
heard.
Pctaln
surrendered
to
French
authorities
at
the
Swiss
Iwrder
yesterday.
Deforc
leaving
Switz
erland,
the
aged
rrcnen
Army
otriccr
made
public
a
letter
to
Adolf
Hitler
announcing
his
in
tention
to
return
to
France.
let;Vi
told
the
Nazi
leader
that
he
wanted
to
go
back
to
vindicate
his
name?
The
supreme
penally
for
the
crime
charged
against
Pctaln
is
death
tout
French
Judicial
authorities
have
indicated
that,
be
cause
of
Pctaln's
'advanced
age,
the
death
penalty
will
not
c
demanded.
YANK
ADVANCE
ON
OKINAWA
GUAM,
April
27
P'
Amcrl-
nrlvnncltlE
Oil
tllC
EOUlhCm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
UlllJAY.
Al'KIL
27,
1915
the
President
added
that
"Anglo-American
armies,
under
command
of
General
Eisenhower,
have
met
Soviet
forces
where
they
intended
to
meet
in
thp
heart
of
Germany."
The
last
desperate
hope
of
Hitler
and
his
gang
had
now
faded.
The
event,
however,
should
not
deter
the
campaign
toward
the
final
triumph
over
Germany.
Nations
which
collaborated
in
fighting
together
under
such
obstacles
should
be
able
to
live
and
work
together
in
peace.
Truman
paid
tribute
to
the
late
President
Roosevelt
and
the
persistence
of
the
fighting
men.
PRIME
MINISTER
CHURCHILL
Prime
Minister
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
said
that,
after
long
journeys,
toils
and
victories
on
many
lands,
oceans
and
battlefields,
the
Allies
have
traversed
Ger
Chairman
Deadlock
many
and
had
joined
hands
together.
No
ow
""the
task
was
the
final
destruction
or
th
e
enemy,
the
complete
breaking
of
German
Steering:
Committee
Meeting
Today
Russia
its
Do
Not
Want
Stctlliiius
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
27
F
-The
Steering
Committee
of
the
United
Nations
Conference
at
San
Francisco
meets
today
to
try
to
break
the
deadlock
over
the
choice
of
a
chairman.
The
Itussians
have
refused
to
agree
on
United
States
Secretary
of
State
Stcttlnius
as
the
man
for
the
post.
Russian
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
wants
four
chairmen
representing
Itu.ssia,
Great
Britain,
United
States
and
China.
PRISONERS
LIBERATED
Canadian
Officer
Who
Served
at
Dieppe
is
Among
Tlicm
By
ROSS
MUNRO
Canadian
Tress
War
Correspondent
WITH
THE
AMERICAN
TIMID
ARMY
IN
SOUTHERN
GERMANY,
April
27
The
American
Third
Army
yesterday
liberated
a
prisoner-of-war
camp
in
south
Germany
where
'the
majority
of
Canadian
officers
captured
at
Dieppe
had
been
held
for
some
two-and-a-half
years
Unit
all
the
officers
except
one
had
been
marched
farther
south
11
days
earlier.
With
the
Dieppe
officer
were
two
other
Canadian
officers,
one
captured
in
Sicily
two
years
ago
Okinawa
front,
have
seized
all
and
the
other
captured
while
immediate
key
terrain
positions,
serving
wiin
inc
iinvisn
Army,
nn
American
Army
spokesman
.Names
cannot
be
disclosed
until
nlll
said
yesterday.
Japan's
southern
Okinawa
out
er
defence
wall
was
breached
after
seven
days
or
fierce
fighting.
The
Americans
are
well
Into
the
Japanese
secondary
line.
Tomorrow's
Tides
(I'aclflo
Blandurd
Time)
Saturday,
April
28,
1045
Hlgli
1:30
20.9
feet
14:14
19.1
feet
Low
8:10
3.3
feet
20:10
6.2
feet
'GOERING
QUITS
next
of
kin
have
been
notified.
The
Dieppe
officer
was
left
behind
ibecausc
61
recurrence
or
an
old
knee
strain.
He
said
that
the
other
Dieppe
officers
had
left
In
fairly
good
shape.
They
were
not
downhearted
about
tnc
move
and
the
officer
said
that
nothing
ever
got
them
down.
They
figured
that
freedom
could
not
be
long
.beyond.
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Jack
Bulger
returned
today
from
a
visit
of
several
weeks
In
Vancouver.
AS
AIR
CHIEF
LONDON,
April
27
HIV-Thc
Hamburg
radio
tells
of
the
resignation
of
the
head
of
the
German
Air
Force.
According
to
the
Nazi
source,
Hermann
Gocring
has
rcslfn-cd
as
commander
of
the
enemy
Air
Force.
The
official
reason
was
given
as
acute
heart
trouble.
ARMY
VICTORY
BOND
BUYING
Vancouver
area
Is
still
leading
Pacific
Command
In
the
Victory
Loan
campaign
with
Victoria
in
second
place,
Prince
George
third
and
Prince
Rupert
fourth.
The
percentages
achieYcd
so
far
are
as
follows:
Vancouver
-
84.1
Victoria
82.4
Prince
George
77.0
rrincc
Rupert
57.9
Nanauno
53.6
Vernon
51.8
Chllliwack
45.7
Polar
Bear
25.0
In
Prince
Rupert
area
Prince
Rupert
Defence
Headquarters
arc
still
leading
witii
a
percent
age
of
152
on
quota
while
Prince
Rupert
Reserve
Regiment
is
sec
ond
with
150.
Weather
Forecast
North
Coast
and
Charlollps
Light
to
moderate
winds
Incrcas
lng
to
fresh
and
strong
winds
in
exposed
areas
this
afternoon
and
decreasing
light
to
moderate
Cloudy
and
cool
willi
few
rain
showers.
Saturday
Light
to
moderate
winds
cloudy
and
cool
with
oc
caslonal
rain
showers.
ALLIES
ARE
IN
AUSTRIA
PARIS,
April
27
tt
The
Allies
arc
now
up
to
or
across
the
Danube
River
on
a
180-mile
frpnt
and
are
expected
momentarily
to
Invade
Austria
in
which
country
still
another
Junction
with
the
Russian
forces
Is
to
be
rillCE
FIVE
CENTS
resistance
and
power
and
the
subjugation
of
Hitler's
Reich.
The
forces
were
now
ready
and
available
to
fulful
that
purpose
and
duty.
"Let
us
all
march
forward
together
against
the
foe!"
MARSHAL
STALIN
Marshal
Joseph
Stalin
addressed
himself
not
only
to
the
Red
Army
but
to
the
fighting
men
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States.
Victorious
Allied
armies
had
routed
German
troops
to
link
up
in
Germany.
It
was
still
their
care
and
duty
to
complete
the
defeat
of
the
enemy,
continuing
the
battle
until
the
enemy
had
laid
down
his
arms
in
unconditional
surrender.
Stalin
referred
to
"the
great
valor
of
our
Allies"
who
had
stood
shoulder
to
shoulder
until
this
hour.
I
Stalin
ordered
the
biggest
victory
salute
of
the
war
24
salvos
by
325
guns.
j
ANOTHER
JUNCTION
NEAR
Xnwfcan'First
ATmy
and
tc'
Russians
were
joining
in
the
heart
of
Ger-
Aiany
near
Lcipsig
to
severe
the
Reich,
the
American
Third
Army
invaded
Aus:,
tria
and
established
radio
contact
with
the
Russians
west
of
Vienna
in
a
swift
manoeuvre
which
encircled
Czechoslovakia
and
cut
the
German's
vanishing
hold
in
Europe
into
three
great
death
traps.
The
southern
German
pocket
is
under
attack
from
all
sides
from
the
Russians
on
the
east
and
from
the
British,
Canadian
and
American
First
and
Ninth
Armies
on
the
south
and
west.
SCENES
OF
ELATION
There
were
scenes
of
great
elation
at
historic
Torgau
on
the
east
bank
of
the
Elbe
where
the
junction
took
place.
The
soldiers
of
the
joining
forces
the
American
First
and
Ukrainian
First
armies-sang,
danced,
and
played
music.
The
Americans
and
Russians
slapped
each
others
backs,
gave
each
other
bear
hugs
and
sat
in
the
warm
sunshine
drinking
champagne
from
beer
mugs
toasting
the
great
occasion,
symbolizing
the
defeat
of
Nazi
Germany.
It
was
not
the
first
incident
of
this
sort
in
Torgau
where
nearly
two
hundred
years
ago
Russians
and
Austrians
joined
forces
in
the
Severitfeara'jWar
against
Frederick-.
Great
of
P
14,000
people.
War
News
Highlights
Germans
Arc
Paralyzed
LONDON
Canadian
fighter-bomber
pilots
report
enemy
road
and
rail
movement
Is
virtually
at
a
standstill
north
and
cast
of
the
British
Second
Army
front
In
northern
Germany.
R.C.A.F.
Spitfire
patrols
over
the
Russian
zone
of
operations
around
Berlin
fallc
to
flush
a
single
German
Interceptor
yesterday.
Thcy.saw
no
enemy
aircraft
on
the
many
German
airfields
they
passed.
tattle
of
Berlin
MOSCOW
The
Battle
for
Berlin
holds
the
spotlight
on
the
European
war
front.
Soviet
armies
arc
pulverizing
the
German
capital
with
artillery.
Almost
two-thirds
of
Berlin
Is
in
Russiau
hands
but
the
fanatical
German
defenders
are
lighting
on
amid
the
smoke-blanketed
debris.
Front
dispatches'
Indicate
that
German
women
and
children
arc
being
recruited
for
the
struggle
now
roaring
into
Its
seventh
day.
However,
the
fate
of
Berlin
already
lias
been
sealed.
The
embattled
city
Is
doomed
and
Soviet
warplancs
are
sweeping
in
at
roof-top
levels
to
strafe
the
last
remaining
pockets
or
enemy
resistance.
Juncture
.Already
Made
LONDON
Two
junctures
between
the
Russians
and
Americans
are
said
to
be
near
and
there
are
rumors
that
one
already
has
occurred.
An
American
radio
network
correspondent,
Roy
Torter
or
National
Broadcasting
Co.,
says
In
a
Paris
broadcast
after
a
flight
over
an
unidentified
se6tor
north
of
Leipzig
that
tlie
two
armies
are
lined
up
oil
opposite
sides
of
the
Elbe
River.
The
Swiss
radio
has
broadcast
more
deUnltc
word
that
a
meeting
already
has
occurred
along
the
Elbe
on
a.
many-mile
front.
I'atton's
Men
in
Austria
PAnrSGcncral
ratton's
Third
Army
has
lunged
across
the
Austrian,
border.
The
crossing
took
place
last
night
two
miles
south
ol
the
point
where
the
German,
Austrian,
and
Czech
borders
meet.
Elsewhere
on
the
western
Trout
Allied
troops
arc
within
thirteen
miles
of
the
enemy
aircraft
centre
of
Friedrlchshafcn.
The
advance
was
made
along
the
north
shore
of
Lake
Constance.
On
the
British
Second
Army
sector,
British
troops
have
captured
the
great
German
port
of
Bremen
and
5,000
Nazi
troops
Inside
the
city.
Canadian
First
Army
forces
are
making
slow
but
steady
progress
up
the
Rhelder
Peninsula
which
Juts
out
Into
the
Ems
estuary
but
the
bag
of
prisoners
has
been
high.
First
Army
troop3
look
2,000
enemy
soldiers
In
a
twenty-four-hour
period.
Sweep
North
In
Italy
ROMU
Fifth
Army
troops
In
Italy
are
pushing
on
rapidly
west
or
Lake
Garda.
The
town
or
riacenza
lias
been
captured,
and
gains
arc
being
made
along
the
coast
In
Uic
direction
or
Genoa.
Fifth
Army
men
have
also
made
an
advance
of
twenty
miles
Into
Verona.
Capture
of
the
city
all
but
seals
up
the
enemy's
path
or
retreat
through
the
Brenner
Pass.
Broadcasts
rrom
northern
Italy
maintain
that
the
big
Industrial
cities
or
MJllan,
Turin,
and
Genoa
have
rallen
to
the
Italian
partisans.
A
wholesale
uprising
against
the
Nazis
is
said
to
be
under
way.
One
dispatch
asserts
that
Mussolini
has
been
captured.
Strafing
of
Hitler
Home
Canadian
Flyer
Tells
of
Destruction
of
I'uthrcr's
Mountain
Retreat
LONDON,
April
27
W.'
An
eyewitness
account
or
the
aerial
blasting
or
Hitler's
mountain
retreat
comes
from
FJyUig
Officer
W.
A.
Taylor
of
Winnipeg.
Taylor
saw
two
of
the
six-ton
bombs
make
direct
hits
on
the
chalet.
He
says
there
were
terrific
ex-plosiona
and
the
whole
place
disappeared
in
a
huge
column
of
smoke
and
Ilame.
The
chalet
at
Berchtesgaden
is
nothing
but
a
mess
or
rubble
now
blown
to
bits
by
12,000-pound
earthquake
bombs.
-
w
Royal
Air
Force
Lancasters,
manned
by
picked
crews
of
Brit
ish
and
Canadian
airmen,
made
direct
hit
on
Hitler's
home
on
Tuesday
ana
aiso
rauicu
giant
bombs
on
the
Fuehrer's
fortress
on
top
of
KehlsteJn
Mountain,
five
miles
from,
the
chalet.
About
350
planes
staged,
the
attack
on
Hitler's
Alpine
It
was
six-ton
bombs
which
drilled
through
the
heavy
armor
or
Uic
German
battleship
"Tir-pitz
and
which
penetrated
20-foot
concrete
wall3
of
Nazi
U-boat
shelters.
It
Is
also
believed
tliat.
the
22,000-pound
monster
bomb,
capable
of
"mak
ing
a
150-loot
crater,
was.
used
in
the
blow.
It
Is
not
known
whether
Hit
ler
was
In
his
mountain
home
during
the
attack.
The
Hamburg
radio
claims
Der
Fulirer
Is
directing
the
deience
ot
Berlin
rrom
inside
the
capital.
R.A.F.
planes
followed
up
Uic
raid
on
Berchtesgaden
"with
widespread
attacks
on
Germany
and
Norway.
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Temperature
Temperatures
ror
the
Prince
Rupert
district
lor
today
read:
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4i
Minimum
.:.
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