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VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
39
PRINCE
RUPERT.
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THURSDAY.
FEBRUARY
15,
1045
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City
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general
trend
of
movement
irom
rurui
areas
in
the
last
two
.lblnj
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part
to
urban
areas."
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present
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tlirlr
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veterans'
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to
present
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the
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nariulp
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cnroi-
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will
make
a
dona-'0
to
the
I.O.D.E.
Book
was
a
good
turnout
of
and
the
usual
routine
was
transacted.
members
were
taken
the
evening,
several
of
B
still
in
the
forces.
AN
UrmicKT
ALL
SERVR
"?
8
rl
In
Germany
was
Army
under
a
decree
by
the
Nazi
news
tnus
brlnglne
the
m.
1!m
nation
within
tvn
iapo
chief
Hlmmler,
er
of
the
home
army.
cither
move
Uf
wmcn
is
oiicn
nr.,
7
a
trcmcly
costly.
mast
in
need
of
parental
ancc
and
training.
of
education,
she
added
OFFICERS
AT
E
01
-v
tV.
children
to
urban
sci
v,
tends
to
break
ud
t
v
unit
since
the
chlla.
Major
recommendations
of
t
Parent-Teachers
brief
were:
,
1.
Establishment
of
centrally
located
high
schools
having
bus
service.
2.
Establishment
of
residential
high
schools
In
more
sparsely
populated
areas
to
which
parents
at
a
minimum
cost
may
send
their
children.
3.
Revision
of
the
'curriculum
to
provide
additional
technical
and
practical
courses
in
rural
schools.
5.
Further
development
of
radio
and
films
for'
educational
purjwscs.
0.
Extension
and
facilitation
of
grants
from
the
provincial
gov
ernment
to
assist
In
building
adequate
schools
in
rural
areas.
The
grant
should
be
Increased
beyond
the
present
20
percent.
Mrs.
F.
Hall,
of
Terrace,
pre
sented
a
verbal
report
on
con
ditions
In
that
village.
A
40
percent
Increase
In
the
school
population
in
the
last
two
years
had
placed
a
heavy
burden
of
taxation
on
the
few
farmers
In
that
district,
she
said.
A
large
transient
population,
mainly
employed
In
the
lumber
mills
paid
little
toward
the
cost
"Most
of
the
village
property
is
owned
by
the
older
people
who
have
raised
their
families
at
Vancouver
by
the
B.C.
Teach
for
their
children
must
crs'
Federation.
1
i
ion
may
Up
New
aure
"Y"
CEREMONY
t
Representatives
of
the
armed
I
services
and
the
Department
of
National
War
Services
look
leading
parts
.In
the
opening
ceremonies
of
the
new
YMCA
centre
today.
Present
at
the
ceremony
and
taking
part
were
Air
Vice
Mar
shal
Weaken,
Officer
command
ing
Western
Air
Command;
T.
S.
Dixon,
of
the
advisory
board.
Department
of
National
War
Services;
Brigadier
Roy
Sargent,
representing
Major
General
Pcarkcs,
O.O.C.,
Pacific
Command:
Souadron
Leader
Frank
Foy.
Special
Services
,of
fleer,
Wcsturn
Air
Command,
and
Major
G.
A.
Umplcby,
Auxiliary
Services
officer,
Taclfic
Command'.
Mayor
W.
M.
Daggett
also
took
part
In
the
ceremony
on
behalf
of
the
city.
Johanna
Returns
With
Father
of
Dead
Children
The
halibut
boat
Johanna
which
has
ben
at
sea
since
February
8
with
Mclvin
Han-burc
as
crew
member,
arrived
in
port
today
after
a
search
had
been
made
'in
district
coastul
waters
since
Sunday
to
Inform
Mr.
Hanburg
of
the
deaths
of
his
two
children
by
suffocation
Saturday
night.
Eden
and
King
To
'Frisco
Meet
LONDON.
Feb.
15
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
Is
ex
pected
to
lead
the
Brmsn
delegation
to
the
world
security
con
ference
in
San
Francisco
on
Aprn
25.
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mac
kenzie
King
will
lead
the
Cana
dlan
delegation.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
Minimum
Allies
Overwhelming
Nazis
32
2!)
At!
lens-
irchill
?elcomed
Prime
Minister
and
Anthony
Eden
On
Triumphant
Visit
to
Capital
of
Greece
ATHENS,
Feb.
15
O
The
ar
rival
of
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
Foreign
Secretary
An
thony
Eden
In
Athens
has
been
announced.
The
British
leaders
were
accorded
a
tremendous
welcome
on
their
arrival
In
the
Greek
capital.
Both
made
speeches
In
a
ceremony
at
Con
stitutional
Square.
Later
Chur
chill
and
Eden
held
a
forty-
five
minute
conference
with
Greek
Premier
and
Minister
Restrictions
On
Coal
Deliveries
OTTAWA,
Feb.
14
New
restrictions
have
been
imposed
on
the
delivery
of
hard
coal
In
Canada
owing
to
the
shortage
caused
by
difficulty
of
transportation
owing
to
winter
weather
conditions.
Deliveries
cannot
now
be
made
to
householders
who
have
more
than
thirty
days'
supply
on
hand
and
not
more
than
one
ton
may
be
delivered
or
fifteen
days'
supply
If
that
is
less
than
a
ton.
Dealers
must
I
restrictions
on
soft
coal.
i-
i,nv
hnA,
longer
have
to
n
n,
school
no
pay
taxes."
A
brief,
prepared
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Teachers'
Association
and
.read
by
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill,
expressed
faith
in
B.C.
educational
'system,
as
being
among
the
"best
In
the
land"
but
argued
that
it
Is
.hampered
by
the
present
method
of
financing.
It
suggested
that
there
need
be
no
great
difference
between
rural
and
urban
schools,
and
endorsed
the
brief
previous
ly
presented
to
the
commission
HOME
BUILDERS
GROUP
FORMED
Local
Croup
Contemplates
Possibility
of
New
Buildlnp
Subdivision
Were
Visions
of
a
subdivision
of
fine,
modern
homes
In
Prince
Rupert
came
a
bit
closer
to
earth
last
night
with
the
organization
of
an
association
known
as
the
Prince
Rupert
Home
Builders'
Association
which
was
created
to
make
the
government's
new
National
Housing
Act
applicable
here.
The
meeting
was
held
In
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Company
offices.
Composed
mainly
of
younger
business
men,
the
group
will
take
Immediate
steps
to
interest
some
financial
institution
In
sponsoring
the
project
here
as
laid
down
by
the
terms
of
the
act.
It
will
also
approach
the
city
council
and
Inform
that
body
of
Its
alms,
asking
cndorsatlon
and
co-opcratlon.
Witli
about
30
people
attending
the
meeting
moved
to
form
an
association,
electing
an
executive
and
board
of
directors.
D.
C.
Stevenson
was
elected
president,
Maurice
Brydges,
secretary,
and
T.
N.
Youngs
treasurer.
Directors
arc
A.
S.
Nlckerson,
B.
R.
Dodds,
C.
A.
Kellctt
and
Dr.
J.
A.
McDonald.
Information
on
the
methods
and
experiences
of
applying
the
act
In
Prince
George
were
read
and
considerable
discussion
took
place
concerning
the
choices
of
acceptable
sites
for
such
a
project
in
this
city.
CHARGES
UNTRUTH
3lcNaughloii
Accuses
Bracken
of
Making
"Diabolical"
Statements
OTTAWA,
Feb.
15
(CP)
Defence
Minister
A.
G.
L.
Mc-Naughton,
In
an
interview
today,
said
that
a
statement
by
Progressive-Conservative
leader
John
Bracken
on
the
department
of
Home
Defence
troops
dispatched
overseas
last
month
was
"a
diabolical
untruth."
McNaughton
added
that
the
statement
that
many
Home
Defence
troops
had
thrown
their
rifles
overboard
from
ships
had
been,
proven
to
be
wrong
but
Bracken
"had
neither
the
manners
or
the
manliness
to
withdraw
It."
(At
Winnipeg
Bracken
made
no
comment
on
McNaughton's
N
statement
and
said
that
he
was
not
discussing
politics),
"HELL'S
ANGELS"
POUR
IT
ON
FROM
HEAVEN
A
striking
(no
pun
intended)
photo,
made
from
an
accompanying
plane,
showing
Flying
Fortresses
of
the
303rd
JHell's
Angel's)
bomber
group
dropping
a
hedvy
load
of
bombs
on
Industrial
targets
in
Germany.
War
News
Highlights
Crisis
For
Nazis
in
West
LONDON
The
fighting
on
the
northern
cud
of
the
western
front
has
reached
a
ctilical
phase
for
the
Germans.
Thousands
of
artillery
guns
and
bombing
planes
are
giving
tremendous
support
to
the
adv&nqing
Canadian
First
Army.
The
Canadian
army
is
moving
ajiead
in
its
campaign
to
flatten
the
northern
end
of
the
Siegfried
Line
and
toll
into
the
Ithur
Valley.
A
front
line
dispatch
this
morning
says
Canadian
troops
have
reached
thej
Rhine
River
directly
across
from
Emmerich.
.
Germany
Gels
Worst
Bbmbing
Yet
LONDON
The
Allied
acri.it'
offensive
against
Germany
reached
unprecedented
proportions
today
as
fresh
fleets
of
bombers
roared
over
enemy
territory
following
overnight
assaults
by
an
armada
of
1300
I'.iitivh
jdane
including
Canadian
squadrons,
live
pmvcrful
waves
of
Ticavy
'bombers,
each
with
strong
fighter
escorts,
were
today
giving
Germany
a
scorging
exceeding
anything
she
had
previously
experienced.
During
the
3ft
hours
up
to
dawn
today
more
than
9000
British
and
American
planes
had
loosed
thousands
of
tons
of
explosives
and
incendiaries
upon
German
cities,
supply
and
troop
concentrations.
Nazis
Caught
Off
Balance
MOSCOW
So
great
is
the
weight
of
the
new
Russian
offensive
through
Silesia
to
the
borders
of
Saxony
that
the
German
armies
appear
to
have
been
caught
off
balance.
To
the
north
the
Russians
have
penetrated
deeper
into
Brandenburg.
Jap
Home
Islands
Bombed
Again
WASHINGTON
American
superfortress
bombers
have
again
attacked
the
Japanese
home
island
of
Honshu.
Today's
raid
was
made
by
ll-2'J'.s
from
bases
in
the
Marianas.
No
details
arc
available
regarding
the
raid.
Bitter
Resistance
in
Manila
MacARTIIUR'S
HLAIMIUAIULKS
The
fighthig'hi
Manila
still
is
on
a
bl'M
k-to-Mtit
k
house-to-house
basis.
American
infantrymen
and
tanks
arc
steadily
narrowing
the
pocket
of
trapped
Japanese
but
the
enemy
is
systematically
putting
the
torch
to
the
section
of
the
Philippine
capital
he
still
holds.
LAND
ON
COItKEGIDOR
TOKYO
Tokyo
radio
today
forecast
an
early
landing
by
American
troops
on
L'orregidor
Island,
Manila.
QUICK
DRYER
A
recently
developed
electric
hoat
lamp
will
dry
new
paint
on
military
vehicles
in
three
MINE-HUNTING
IN
LA
ROCHE
Allied
soldiers
In
the
war-beaten
town
of
La
Roche
go
about
their
task
of
hunting
for
mines
In
the
snow-covered
terrain
after
the
Nazis
had
been
driven
out.
The
process
is
a
slow
and
hazardous
one.
AIR
AGENTS'
GRADUATION
Class
of
Repatriated
Veterans
Complete
Training
With
Dinner
at
Winnipeg
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
15
Under
TransCanada
Air
Lines
plan
of
rehabilitation
in
which
prefer
ence
is
given
to
veterans
now
and
in
the
years
immediately
following
the
end
of
the
war,
the
twelve
-
passenger
agent
class
of
repatriated
Royal
Can
adian
Air
Force
and
army
per
sonnel
completed
an
agents'
course
at
Stevenson
Field,
Win
nipeg,
yesterday,
bringing
the
total
to
125
of
such
men
and
women
assigned
to
duty
since
March.
-
Graduation
of
the
eleven
agents
was
marked
by
a
graduation
dinner
at
the
Fort
Garry
Hotel
tendered
by
D.
R.
Mac-Larcn,
superintendent
of
passenger
service,
who
presented
the
graduates
with
proficiency
certificates.
Graduate
include
Pilot
Officer
Douglas
Miller;
Pilot
Officer
Don
Philp;
LAC
Gil
Minorgan,
all
of
Winnipeg;
Pilot
Officer
Al
Johnston;
Pilot
Officer
Al
Phillips;
Bdr.
D.
G.
Stewart;
Pte.
R.
C.
Pierce,
all
of
Toronto;
Flying
Officer
J.
B.
Eaton,
Windsor;
Miss
Martha
Marsh
aud
Miss
Joan
Griffiths
of
Calgary,
and
Mrs.
Betty
Thompson,
STRANDED
ON
BAR,
YOUTH
IS
DROWNED
An
attempt
to
swim
a
narrow
stretch
of
water
after
a
rising
tide
had
caused
his
skiff
to
drift
away
while
he
was
digging
clams
on
a
sand
bar
In
Canoe
Pass
cost
the
life
of
Clifford
Joseph
Alex-
cce,
17
year
old
Port
Simpson
lad,
a
coroner's
jury
at
Port
Simpson
decided
Wednesday.
They,
return
ed
a
verdict
of
accidental
death.
Alcxcee
and
a
friend
were
dig
ging
clams
on
the
sand
bar
at
10
p.m,
Monday
and
after
their
boat
drifted
away
they
attempted
to
swim
a
40-foot
channel
to
an
Island,
Alexcee
disappeared
in
the
three-mile
an
hour
tidal
current.
Ills
body
was
recovered
the
fol
lowing
day
and
taken
to
Port
Simpson,
The
Inquest
was
called
by
Cor
oner
M.
M.
Stephens
who
went
to
Port
Simpson
Wednesday
with
Staff
Sergeant
O.
A.
Johnson
of
the
provincial
police.
Inter-Union
Dispute
Closes
'Peg
Theatres
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
15
Seven
teen
of
Winnipeg's
23
theatres
arc
closed
by
a
projectionists'
strike
due
to
Inter-unlon
trouble.
Some
of
the
projectionists
belong
to
one
affiliation
and
others
to
another.
Thp
Vancouver
Sun
mentions
the
name
of
Lee
Gordon,
well
known
business
man,
now
serv
lng
as
an
officer
In
the
Army,
as
Liberal
candidate
for
Skeena
in
the
federal
election.
Chemnitz
Target
for
Night
-
BRITISH
BOMBERS
SOFTER
UP
PATH
FOR
ADVANCING
RED
LAND
FORCES
LONDON,
Feb.
15
(CP)
An
armada
of
1300
British
bombers
hammered
Germany
in
night
raids.
One
of
the
targets
was
Chemnitz,
a
city
in
the
path
of
Marshal
Konev's
Silesian
offensive.
Chemnitz
is
35
miles
from
Dresden
which
has
been
submitted
to
three
powerful
air
smashes
in
the
past
24
hours.
Last
night
s
RJV.Fi
assaults
also
hit
Berlin
and
a
synthetic
oil
plant
at
Rosltz
near
Leipzig
but
these
were
secondary
blows
to
divert
the
Luftwaffe
from
the
group
on
the
bombing
run
over
Chemnitz.
The
glare
ol
fires
resulting
fiom
R.A.F.
attacks
could
be
seen
by
the
Russian
forces
ad
vancing
-
towards
Dresden
and
Chemnitz.
The
Russian
drive,
led
by
Marshal
Konev,
has
the
Silesian
capital
city
of
Breslau
encircled.
Red
Army
troops
are
only
53
miles
from
Dresden.
To
the
north
other
powerful
Soviet
forces
are
moving
towards
Berlin
71
miles
away.
A
Pomeranian
fortress
city,
Schneidemuehl,
has
fallen
to
the
Russians
with
7000
of
its
garrison
troops.
Five
thousand
other
Nazi
troops
were
taken
prisoner
by
the
Russians
in
yesterday's
fighting
along
with
203
aircraft
which
the
Germans
did
not
have
time
to
fly
out.
putting
Nazi
prisoners
of
war
to
work
in
the
Gleiwitz
coal
mines.
It
is
only
three
weeks
since
the
Russians
captured
the
German
town
but
already
large
groups
of
Soviet
slave
workers
who
were
held
in
the
city
have
joined
the
Russian
Army.
Their
places
in
the
mines
have
been
taken
by
their
former
German
supervisors.
DIPLOMATS
LEAVE
BERLIN
LONDON
Diplomatic
representatives
of
neutral
states
are
leaving
Berlin.
This
is
the
latest
word
received
in
London
official
circles
from
inside
Ger-
,
many.
Some
diplomatic
missions
arc
being
temporarily
reestablished
in
parts
of
Germany
remote
from
Allied
bombing
and
advancing
Allied
armies.
SPAIN
TO
ENTER
WAR?
LONDON
A
radio
correspondent
in
London,
John
McVauc
of
NBC,
says
a
rumor
is
floating
around
the
British
capital
that
Spain
and
other
non-combatants
arc
preparing
to
declare
war
on
Germany.
The
radio
newsman
added,
however,
that
informed
quarters
arc
paying
little
or
no
attention
to
the
rumor.
GEILUVN
ROGUE'S
GALLERY
LONDON
Polish
authorities
at
their
headquarters
in
London
have
prepared
J
rogue's
gallery
of
more
than
4000
Germans
wanted
for
their
crimes
against
the
civil
population
of
Poland.
Carefully
indexed
documents,
together
with
full
indictments,
photographs
and
other
particulars
of
these
criminals
are
being
kept
for
submission
to
the
United
Nations
War
Crimes
Commission.
AMBASSADOR
ARRIVES
OTTAWA
The
first
ambassador
from
liberated
France
to
Canada,
Count
Jean
dc
Haute-
cloeque,
is
scheduled
to
arrive
in
Ottawa
today.
He
will
be
met
by
the
head
of
the
French
delegation
to
Canada,
Major
Gabriel
Bonneau,
and
by
representatives
of
the'
Department
of
External
Affairs.
DONT
WANT
JAPANESE
VICTORIA
James
Mowatt,
Liberal
coalitionist,
Albcrnl,
told
members
of
the
Legislature
yesterday
that
"while
and
Indian
fishermen
on
the
west
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
are
doing
well
and
will
strenuously
object
to
the
return
of
the
Japanese."
SLIDE
TO
BE
CLEAR
FRIDAY
Under
the
personal
direction
of
Superintendent
Al
Berner
and
with
ditchers,
draglines
and
bulldozers
at
work
from
either
end.
Canadian
National
crews
are
now
digging
into
the
big
rockslide
which
came
down
over
the
railway
line
in
a
cut
near
Amsbury
last
Sunday
and
has
since
held
up
traffic.
It
was
expected
at
local
offices
this
morning
that
the
line
would
be
cleared
by
tomorrow
night
when
it
will
be
possible
to
move
trains
through
again.
Meanwhile
transfers
of
passengers,
baggage,
express
and
mail
are
being
effected
over
the
slide.
INVASION
JITTERS
TOKYO
The
Tokyo
radio
has
developed
invasion
fears
and
says
the:
next
Allied
invasion
may
be
of
Formosa.
Sulktiu
TABLES
ARE
TURNED
VAN
S11TARTS
WARNING
LONDON-
Thj
wel
Juiojjfl,
advocate
oil
severe
peace
terms
for
Germany,
Lord
Van
Sitfartr
has
defended
this-
stand
in
a
London
newspaper.
His
article
Warns
the
United
Nations
leaders
not
to
be.
hoodwinked
by
neutral
powers
into
allowing
Nazi
war
criminals
to
escape
retribution.
He
repeats
his
argument
that
there
is
nothing
in
law
or
tradition,
which
confers
on
neutral
countries
the
right
of
granting
asylum
to
Axis
criminals.
SOLDIERS
IN
ELECTION
OTTAWA
A
large
group
of
service
men
are
expected
to
take
advantage;
of
arrangements
for
their
participation
in
political
activities.
Many
are
expected
to
be
among
candidates
in
the
forthcoming
federal
election.
Tlc
arrange-
incuts
were-
embodied
in
an
order-iu-council
passed
last
May.
They
provide
conditions
under
which
meinbers
of
the
Army,
Navy
and
Air
Force
may
be
granted
leave
for
campaigning
and
for
attending
to
Parliamentary
duties
if
elected.
MORE
VETERANS
RETURN
OTTAWA
One
of
the
largest-contingents
of
Canadian
fighting
men
to
return
from
battlcfrouts
in
this
war
has
come
back
to
Canada
after
ser
vice
in
the
European
theatre.
Some
of
theni
are
veterans
oT
G3
months
overseas.
The
con
tingent
includes
members
of
all
branches
of
the
services.
SIX
r
LANES
CRASH
SAN
DIEGO
Six
United
States
Marines
planes
crashed
in
bad
weather
yesterday,
three
hi
the
ocean,
two
on
islands
and
one
near
Bakers-field.
Light
fliers
arc
missing
and
six
arc
known
safe.
.DECLARATION
ON
ITALY
ROME
It
is
reported
in
Rome
that
Britain
and
the
United
Slates
arc
preparing
to
issue
another
joint
declaration
regarding
Italy.
Italians
are
hoping
for
greater
economic
aid
from
the
western
Allies.
HOUSING
PERMITS
VANCOUVER
A
federal
government
order
making
it
compulsory
to
obtain
a
permit
before
taking
up
new
living
quarters
in
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
districts
will
become
effective
today,
Air
Vice
Marshal
Leigh
Stevenson,
emergency
shelter
administrator,
announced
last
night.