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VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
38
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
FEBRUARY
14,
1945
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fupert
ambulance
nr.
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by
two
teachers.
Miss
:,nd
Ml
;
D.
O'Neill.
The
arrived
with!
lf'"f
it
was
called
by
the
"i
Chccscman.
Dr
fr
'
:ndancc,
was
in
almost
lm-a"
r'nt.
is
stated
to
have
Plated
to
the
satisfac-
-hool
authorities,
tho
F
it
Marshal,
and
Con-u-
Johnstone
of
the
B.C.
NERS
OF
ON
MOVE
j,
Feb.
14-
Large
num-
u"sn
and
Canadian
of
war
arc
bclnir
ro.
'm
eastern
to
central
'
'
nas
been
learned,
narchlne
twnivn
mii.
gd
are
said
to
be
In
Mrs.
P
r
t-j..
till.
"uie
ui
S
8
today
on
the
Prince
War
News
Canadians
Moving
Forward
PARIS
'I
lie
Canadian
Flrsl
Army
drive
at
llic
noithcrn
fnil
of
(he
western
front
is
hammering
ahead
today
towards
the
second
major
objective
of
the
new
offensive
the
Nicrs
liiver
town
or
Godi.
Like
captured
Kleve
Goch
is
a
Siegfried
Line
strong
point.
The
town
is
a
communications
centre
seven
miles
south
of
Kleve.
Canadian
forces
have
also
battled
their
way
over
flooded
ground
to
Griethauscn
less
than
three
milci
from
the
Industrial
city
of
Emmerich
across
the
Rhine
and
twenty
miles
northwest
of
Wesel.
The
fighting
north
and
east
of
Kleve
is
described
as
the
heaviest
to
dale
in
Gen-eial
Crearar's
seven-day-old
offensive.
The
American
Third
Army
is
pushing
.forward
through
the
new
crack
in
the
Siegfried
Line.
The
Allies
now
hold
a
continuous
front
inside
Germany
from
the
Lcve
sector
to
Saarbrucken,
a
distance
of
one.
hundred
and
forty-five
miles.
Heavy
Losses
in
Budapest
MOSCOW'
The
biggest
news
made
in
eastern
Europe
during
the
past
twenty-four
hours
has
been
the
announcement
of
the
fall
of
Budapest.
The
battle
for
the
Hungarian
capital
lasted
forty-nine
days.
The
Germans
lost
159
thousand
men
in
dead
and
captured
in
the
defence
of
Budapest.
The
fall
of
the
city
lias
freed
two
big
Kissian
armies
'for
a
drive
on
Vienna.
Italian
Front
Quiet
ROME
The
Italian
front
continues
relatively
inactive.
South
of
Bologna
Hie
Germans
have
been
laying
down
smoke
screens
apparently
to
shield
parties
which
might
be
digging
strong
points
or
laying
mines.
Bad
weather
conditions
have
virtually
halted
all
fighting
on
the
British
Eighth
Army
sector
in
eastern
Italy.
NAVAL
BASE
TAKEN
BACK
!
Yanks
Also
Recapture
Nichols.
Air
field
at
Manila
Doomed
I
Japs
right
Back
MANILA.
Feb.
14
-American!
troops
have
taken
back
the
naval
base
of
Cavitc
in
Manila
Bay
and
have
also
recaptured
Nichols
Field.
Corregidor
Island
fortress
at
the
entrance
of
Manila
Bay
Is
stll
being
pounded
from
the
air.
The
doomed
Japanese
garrison
in
south
Manila
continues
to
fight
back
desperately.
General
Douglas
MacArthur
said
today
that
the
battle
for
Manila
is
about
over.
Hotels
Sign
Up
With
Dispensers'
Union
J.
Mulroncy,
business
agent
for
the
Beverage
Dispensers'
Union,
advises
that
the
union
has
Just
signed
collective
agreements
with
the
manairemcnts
of
the
New
Royal,
Commercial,
Sav6y.
Em-
Prcss
and
Knox
1Iotels-
u
ls
a
17
nh,iA
nnrnpinrnl
ttrnnnsrvl
hv
till'
ubw...v...
....
union
ami
ccccpiea
in
us
cnmciy
by
the
hotclmcn.
As
a
rseult
these
hotels
arc
now
displaying
union
house
cards
of
the
International
Union
in
their
beer
parlors.
It
ls
anticipated
the
union
will
negotiate
a
similar
agreement
with
the
Belmont
Hotel
as
soon
as
its
proprietor.
John
Hos-kins.
returns
from
Vancouver.
Messrs.
Morln,
A.
J.
Turcottc
and
J.
Mulroncy
acted
as
bargaining
representatives
for
the
union.
I
McNAUGHTON'S
RESIGNATION
Should
Come
As
Result
of
Grey
North
By-election,
Declares
Bracken
i
Ottawa
Fnh.
14
Progressive
Lender
John
Bracken
asserted
Highlights
iRED
ARMY
ADVANCES
Making
Headway
Toward
Saxony
and
Is
Seventy
MJIes
From
Dresden
NEW
BREAKTHROUGH
MOSCOW,
Feb.
14
Moscow
announced
today
that
Russian
forces
had
made
a
new
breakthrough
on
a
65-mile
front
aimed
at
Dresden
and
that
the
Red
forces
were
advancing
rapidly.
MOSCOW,
Feb.
14-Thc
Red
Army
advanced
another
ten
miles
westward
through
Silesia
yesterday
towards
Satfony
and
is
now
seventy
miles
from
Dresden.
One
hundred
and
fifty
more
populated
places
were
taken.
British
and
Canadian
bombers
delivered
a
heavy
blow
against
Dresden
last
night,
800
planes
taking
part.
Berlin
said
that
the
Germans
were
holding
the
Russians
on
the
cast
side
of
the
Oder
River
due
cast
of
Berlin.
FATHER
NOT
YET
ADVISED
Iiiqucst
Into
Tragedy
Which
Cost
Lives
of
Two
Children
Gets
Under
Way
While
police
and
fishermen
still
continue
to
seek
contact
with
Mclvln
Hanburg,
father
of
tw(j
children
who
perished
by
suffo-
cation
in
their
Frascr
St.
home
Saturday
nlsht
while
he
was
at
sea
fishing,
a
coroner's
Jury
has
begun
an
Investigation
into
the
children's
deaths.
Last
night
the
Jury
under
Cor
oner
M.
M.
Stephens
convened
to
'view
the
bodies
and
be
sworn
In
for
duty,
later
adjourning
the
investigation
until
next
Monday
night.
To
date,
word
of
the
tragedy
which
cost
the
lives
of
his
two
Johanna
and
Tuesday
Skipper
Carl
Rosang
left
In
the
Oldfleld
on
a
similar
mission.
The
Jury,'
which
chose
William
Watts
to
be
Us
foreman,
also
con
sists
of
William
Sheardown,
Allen
Morgan,
aianiey
aavuie,
james
Forman
and
Sydney
Hunter.
yesterday
that
Lieut.
General
children
has
not
been
got
AOL
McNaughton
should
be
through
to
Mr.
Hanburg
who
left
replaced
at
once
as
minister
of
last
Thursday
to
go
shark
fish-national
defence
and
replaced
Ing
with
skipper
Chris
Fossum
In
by
a
minister
who
commands
the
the
boat
Johanna,
confidence
of
the
public
at
home
The
provincial
police
boat
P.
15
has
been
scouring
the
and
the
forces
overseas.
This
M.L.
should
have
been
the
result
of
.waters
off
Arrandale
and
the
nmv
wnrth
hv-electlon.
If
.Portland
Canal
In
search
of
the
the
resignation
had
not
been
forthcoming.
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
should
have
asked
for
It.
C.
E.
Salter,
manager
of
Carlisle
cannery
returned
to
the
city
i
today
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver,
OW
STRUCK
Crushing
Air
Attack
Delivered
On
Reich;
Dresden
Main
Target
LONDON,
Fob.
11
struck
the
first
of
the
new
ami
more
powerful
blows
promised
by
the
Big
Three.
Fourteen
hundred
planes
of
the
Royal
Air,
Force
carried
out
a
crushing
night
attack
on
the
lleich.
The
raid
was
one
of
the
greatest
ever
launched,
thfi
principal
target
.was
Dresden
now
C8
miles
away
from
the
Red
Army's
Silcsian
front.
Dresden
is
of
great
value
to
the
Germans
for
mobi
lizing
counter-moves
to
Marshal
Koncv's
armies
moving
up
from
the
south.
Besides
Dresden
the
R.A.F.
also
hit
a
synthetic
oil
plant
at
Bohlem,
south
of
Leipzig,
and
unidentified
targets
at
Magdeburg,
seventy-five
miles
south-
I
The
thunderous
ight
attacks
The
thunderous
night
attacks
airmen
flew
25
sorties
In
support
of
ground
operations
against
the
Siegfried
Line.
Hockey
Scores
National
League
Boston
Bruins
3,
Chicago
Black
Hawjts
2.
i
.
i
rr..
t
Maximum
,
37
Minimum
29
'join
the
British
fleet
in
the
Pa:
Precipitation
.5
inches
cific.
There
would
be
a
naval
1
(snow).
personnel
of
15,000
after
the
war.
NO
RELATIONSHIP
'TWEEN
PROPERTY
TAXES,
SCHOOL
COSTS,
BRIEF
STATES
Establishment
of
Teachers'
College
in
Prince
Rupert
Advocated
to
Commissioner
Argument
that
the
cost
of
education
bears
no,
relationship
to
the
ownership
of
real
property
audi
that
it
should
be
financed
between
the
provincial
government
and
general
municipal
taxation
with
the
former
paying
the
greater
share
was
advanced
in
a
brief
prepared
by
City
Council
and
the
School
Board
and
presented
to
Max
Cameron,
provincial
commissioner,
investigating
the
costs
of
education
here
today.
The
brief
also
advocated
the
establishment
of
a
mlnumum
salary
scale
for
teachers
which
would
be
sufficient
to
attract
students
to
the
teaching
pro
fession
with
periodic
increase
sufficient
to
keep
them
In
the
profession.
It
urgQd
that
to
further
reduce
the
costs
of
advanced
education
a
series
of
junior
colleges
be
set
up
at
key
points
In
the
province.
These
should
provide
first
and
second
year
university
courses.
Prince
Rupert
would
be
an
Ideal
site
for
such
a
college,
the
brief
sug-
gestcd.
Adoption
of
standard
text
books
throughout
the
Dominion
and
the
handling
of
the
books'
by
the
provincial
government
at
cost
was
also
requested.
In
Its
claims
that
education
costs
should
be
divorced
from
property
taxation
the
brief
pointed
out
that
between
1940
and
1943
the
population
of
Prlncc
Rupert
had
increased
1C0
pcroent
and
the
school
population
had
Increased
20
per-
cent.
Yet
at
the
same
time
the
Increase
In.
property
owners
was
less
than
5
percent.
"A
survey
discloses
that
there
are
1,200
children
of
pre-school
age
in
the
city,
a
number
equivalent
to
the
present
school
population.
This
indicates
that
the
school
population
may
increase
by
50
percent
within
the
next
six
years,
whereas
there
is
no
indication
of
any
such
Increase
In
the
number
of
property
owners."
A
reversion
of
property
to
the
city
during
the
depression
demand
S.
X.
Peachcy
for
the
creased
propery
taxation
at
(CI')
Germany
lias
been!
'
'
LOSSES
ARE
OVERSTATED
However,
U-boats
Are
Taking
.Heavier
Toll
H.M.C.S.
'.Sinks
One
(OTTAWA,
Feb.
14
It
is
cer-
tainly
not
true
that
ships
are
ing
5irucK
cvery
aay
in
inc
North
Atlantic
by
German
u
boats,
Minister
of
the
Navy
An
gus
-Macdonald
declared
yester-1
day:
However,
there
had
been!
art
increasp
in
losses
in
the
last
couple
of
months
after
fewer
vessels
had
been
sunk
in
1944
than
in
1943.
The
Canadian
corvette
St.
Thomas
had
recently
sunk
a
submarine
in
the
North
At-
lamic,
Macaonaia
saia.
Canadian
cruiser
would
soon
that
time
but
.there
was
no
compensating
decrease
in
school
population.
At
one
time
the
city
owned
76
percent
of
property
formerly
owned
by
nonresidents
who
had
originally
bought
tile
land
for
speculation
purposes.
In
ltt43
taxation
on
dwellings
was
increased
about
35
percent
over
1942
in
order
to
maintain
the
standard
of
education.
However,
it
was
still
found
necessary
to
effect
economies
which
reduced
the
educational
services
In
order
to.
remain
within
the
maximum
budget
available.
While
agreeing
that
some
portion
of
the
cost
should
be
still
borne
by
the
municipality,
the
brief
advocated
that
it
be
defrayed
from
the
total
revenues
of
the
municipality
and
not
from
property
taxes
alone.
Distribution
of
money
for
education
should
be
made
on
the
bases
of
population
as
in
dicated
by
school
attendance,
An
"equalization
fund"
should
be
established
to
meet
dlscrcp-
ancles
which,
exist
between
varl-
ous
parts
of
the
province
by
which
remote
areas
are
forced
to
pay
higher
salaries
In
an
cf-
fort
to
compete
with
those
more
favorably
located
In
an
effort
to
secure
a
good
grade
oT
teachers.
The
brief
advocated
that
local
control
and
management
of
education
ls-
both
advisable
and
necessary
and
that
the
existing
democratic
control
continue
in
effect.
The
committee
which
prepared
the
brief
consisted
of
Aldermen
George
Hills
and
Nora
E.
Arnold
representing
City
Coun
cil
and
Thustces
Mrs.
M.
Roper
i
School
Board,
CAPTURED
ENEMY
EQUIPMENT
Captured
enemy
clothing,
weapons
and
equipment
are
carefully
studied
by
Intelligence
Officers
of
the
Canadian
and
Allied
armies1.
Don't
let
the
picture
on
the
left
fool
you.
The
lad
seen
here
is
not
a
Jap,
but
a
Canadian
soldier
dressecjjn
a
quilted
Japanese
winter
coat,
with
fur
collar
and
cuffs,
steel
helmet
and
a
Jap
"Bren",
with
bayonet
attached.
This
equipment
was
captured
in
the
Pacific
theatre
of
opcmQffk
At
.the
right,
a
Canadian
Army
Officer
looks
over
a
German
sub-machine
gun
captured
f.t
North
Africa.
German
and
Japanese
shells
and
land
mines
are
seen
in
the
background.
SulletiU
GERMAN
CAPITAL
MOVED
PARIS
It
is
reported
here
that
the
German
government
has
been
moved
from
Berlin
to
Nurnberf,
225
miles
southwest
of
Berlin
and
90
miles
from
Munich,
ROOSEVELT
IN
ROME
WASHINGTON
President
Franklin
D,
Roosevelt
is
reported
to
be
in
Rome
where
he
will
visit
the
Pope.
BATTLE
OF
ITALY
ROME
Both
Eighth
and
Fifth
Armies
have
been
forced
to
yield
ground
to
strong
German
counter-attacks
in
Italy.
END
NOT
YET
WASHINGTON
Under
Secretary
of
War
Robert
Patterson
told
the
Senate
military
affairs
committee
today
that
the
end
of
fighting
in
Europe
is
not
yet
in
sight.
ONTARIO
LEGISLATION
TORONTO
The
Ontario
Legislature
will
open
tomorrow
and
a
lively
session
is
anticipated.
The
Liberals
have
ended
their
truce
with
the
government
and
will
be
led
by
Former
Premier
M.
F.
Hepburn.
FARR1S
BROTHERS
SPEAK
WINNIPEG
Senator
J.
W.
dcB.
Farris,
speaking
here
at
nocn
today,
said
that
only
Great
Britain,
United
States
and
Russia
can
ensure
the
peace
of
the
world.
Chief
Justice
Wendell
Farris,
speaking
last
night,
said
capitalism
should
not
be
destroyed
but
that
it
should
not
be
monopolistic.
KILLED
BY
DOG
LOS
ANGELES
A
21-nionth
old
girl
was
killed
when
attacked
by
a
bull
dog
here
NEGOTIATIONS
DEADLOCKED
CHUNGKING
Negotiations
between
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
and
tnc
Communists
have
become
deadlocked
again.
REDS
NEAR
SAXONY
MOSCOW
Red
Armies
arc
steadily
Hearing
the
borders
of
the
German
province
of
Saxony
following
their
drive
through
Silesia,
POLAND
REFUSES
LONDON
The
Polish
government
yesterday
announced
its
refusal
of
the
decisions
of
the
Big
Three
Conference
in
regard
to
Poland.
Too
many
concessions
have
been
granted
Russia.
Probe
Death
of
Port
Simpson
Lad
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
and
Staff
Sergeant
G.
A.
Johnstone
left
this
morning
for
Port
Simpson
to
Investigate
the
death
of
Clifford
Alexcee,
age
17,
of
Port
Simpson,
who
was
drowned
at
Canoe
Pass
yesterday
while
fishing
clams.
The
body
was
recovered
and
taken
to
Port
Simpson.
EIGHTH
TRAFFIC
DEATH
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
had
its
eighth
traffic
death
of
the
year
when
a
70-year-old
man
died
six
hours
after
being
struck
by
a
street
car
at
Hastings
and
Princess
Streets.
McLARTY
RETIRING
OTTAWA
Hon.
Norman
Mc-Larty,
secretary
of
state,
announces
that
he
will
not
seek
re-election
to
Parliament.
He
.gave
..ill-health,
asthc.
reason.
Hon.
T.
A.
Creraf,
minister
of
mines
and
natural
resources,
and
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
minister
of
the
Navy,
arc
also
retiring.
CHINESE
TO
VICTORIA
VANCOUVER
A
local
Chinese
delegation
will
leave
next
week
for
Victoria
to
discuss
with
the
provincial
cabinet
the
matter
of
enfranchisement
of
Chinese.
MOSCOW
READS
PACT
MOSCOW
Moscow
radio
announced
without
comment
the
agreements
reached
by
the
Big
Three
at
Yalta.
After
reading
the
announcement,
"God
Save
the
King"
and
"Star
Spangled
Banner"
were
played.
BATTLE
OF
PHILIPPINES
MANILA
Luzon
Island
has
been
split
in
half
by
the
American
,
invasion
and
all
Japanese
forces
on
the
northeastern
corner
arc
cut
off.
The
Americans
continue
their
pressure
on
the
southern
part
of
Manila,
where
the
enemy
continue
to
resist
j
bitterly.
I
TORNADO
DOWN
SOUTH
MONTGOMERY,
Ala.
Thirty-four
arc
known
dead
here
with
property
damage
of
$1,000,009
as
a
result
of
a
tornado
which
swept
Alabama
and
Mississipi
states.
WORRIED
OVER
LEAK
LONDON
A
member
or
the
British
House
of
Commons
Laboritc
J.
H.
Martin
is
concerned
over
publication
in
the
United
States
of
Prime
Minister
Churchill's
confidential
rebuke
to
Spain's
General
Franco.
The
Spanish
dictator
prophesied
a
western
anti-Soviet
alliance
and
was
given
the
cold
shoulder.
Martin
has
asked
for
an
official
inquiry
into
the
leakage
of
Churchill's
rebuke.
PIPES
NEW
TERROR
WEAPON
LONDON
Terrified
German
soldiers
threw
down
their
arms
in
surrender
iu
a
blattle
on
the
western
front
when
they
heard
the
wait
of
the
pipes
of
a
Can-
dian
Scottish
regiment
playing
"Cock
of
the
North."
Senior
YMCA
Secretary
Here
John
W.
Beaton
of
Toronto,
senior
secretary,
Y.M.C.A.
War
Services,
arrived
in
the
city
last
night
by
train
from
the
East
to
attend
the
official
opening
of
the
new
service
centre
here
Revolt
in
Reich
Home
Front
Gets
Wise
German
People
Aware
of
'
Reverses
Civilian
Arms
Called
In
STOCKHOLM,
Feb.
14
f
Til?
German
home
front
is
becoming
increasingly
aware'
of
"Nazi
reverses,
according'!
Swedish
correspondents.
German
civilians
have
been
ordered
to
surrender
!
all
types
of
-weapons
to
aulfcorl-
new
Nazi
decree
clearly
indicates
Germany's
need
for
arms
and
it
misht
also
imply
that
the
Nazis
are
apprehensive
over
the
possibility
of
revolt
inside
Germany.
CONFERENCE
ON
SECURITY
May
Cause
Postponement
of
General
EIeetim
in
Canada
Big
Task
lor
Premier
King
OTTAWA,
Feb.
14
0)
The
calling
of
a
United
Nations
conference
on
world
security
for
April
25
promises
a
busy
time
for
Prime
Minister
King.
On
top
of
the
live
Canadian
political
situation
It
presents
the
Prime
Minister
with
the
biggest
single
development
pcr-'talnlng
to
the
Department
of
External
Affairs
which
has
arisen
in
years.
Mr.
King
is
'Secretary
of
State
for
External
Affairs.
The
conference
may
be
an
important
factor
In
leading
the
government
to
fix
the
date
or
the
forthcoming
general
election
later
than
expected.
That
Is
late
June
rather
than
April
or
May.
Takes
Up
Cudgels
Behalf
of
Japs
VICTORIA,
Feb.
14
Mrs.
Dorothy
Steeves,
C.C.F.
member
for
North
Vancouver,
speaking
In
the
Legislature
yesterday,
renewed
her
plea
on
behalf
of
Japanese
Canadians
being
given
the
vote.
East
Indians,
Chinese
.
and
North
American
Indians
should
be
similarly
aq-corded
the
franchise.
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Paper
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