Weathei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
jht
to
moderate
winds
increasing
(Pacific
Tides
.Standard
Time)
ly
"cloudy
to
fresh
and
during
mild,
evening.
overcast
Part
In
m
Satin
Friday,
January
26,
1945
fvenlng.
Intermittent
rain
late
High
12.01
0:19
21.4
183
feet
feet
evening.
Friday:
fresh
to
strong
Low
6:05
3.4
feet
winds,
overcast
and
mild,
rain.
18:50
2.1
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
21
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
25,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
.tier's
rar
Length
stimates
hortened
k
kwo
Hilary
Authorities
Are
ow
Wondering
How
Long
crmaiiy
Can
Hold
Out
,ASIilNGT0N,
D.C.,
Jan,
23
Adolf
Hitler
s
grand
strategy
pronged
defence
of
Oer-
iy
pi),
.loiy
nay
oecn
uiruwn
plstcly
off
balance
oy
tne
550
ilb
Impact
of
the
Russian
to
n
Jvc
This
is
tne
opinion
,
military
authorities
here
ere
beginning
to
wonder
lor.
3
Germany
will
be
able
jid
sufc
under
the
onslaught,
r.-tc
that
the
European
war
A
i.
t
until
late
summer
all
a:
a
result
of
the
Ger
wr
tern
ironi
counier-oi-
i
du
.vp
in
uencmDcr
now
are
crapped,
There
is
an
.-mmded
attitude
on
how
ki.'
und
In
what
manner
mat
j
may
be
defeated.
It
.
...
.
believed
that
Gcn-Ei..:nhowcr
will
institute
c
new
offensive
on
the
c.-a
irant
the
1YING
OUT
POLITICS
we
luoilKorkm
Do
Not
Appiovc
C.C.L
Indorsation
of
C.C.I'.
us
NCOUVER
Jan.
25
0
Thew
u
.::rd
of
District
l.lJust
as
they
conscript
us."
sev
rual
Woodworkers
of
ik
.
t.
:nced
last
night
Itt:;
::
nation
had
with
in
dsu
national
nolltl-
n
f
ills
Canadian
Con-
1
2
labor
in
protest
against
C.C1
ommlttec's
recent
.af.ton
of
the
Co-opcratlvc
pnenweaith
Federation.
The
however,
to
co
nic
fully
(;i
all
other
matters
whi;:h
it
is
affiliated
with
jU.CI
id
Piitchctt,
president,
j
at
zur
concern
is
with
,
s.
principle
and
policies
and
29
and
determined
action
by
brl-t!i2
welfare
of
a
political
sade
and
regimental
officers
to
!w
Allied
Offensive
On
estern
Front
Looms
Up
Nazi
Military
Authorities
Agitated
With
Uneasiness
Allies
Moving
Into
Initiative
In
All
Sectors
I'MMS,
Jan.
25.
(CP)
Late
developments
on
the
tern
front
have
caused
'ii-'
yome
German
militarv
circles
The
British
)hd
Army
is
advancing
noruiern
reaches
of
the
iWcli
quotes
some
Nazi
PLANES
E
COMING
pDON,
Jan,
25
Oi-Slr
Alllot
P'-i
lf
ie
who
built
the
Avro
''
'c
last
war,
considers
a
1"'
Dronellpri
nutnmnblle
be
distant
future.
He
says
mainly
a
question
of
dcvel-
raod
generator
to
pour
"a:
on
superheated
dry
an
cxtrcmelv
thin
Rlnt
In
'
adln-i;
cdee
nf
n
s:rpnmllnprt
By
this
means,
a
vacuum
1
w
created
In
front,
and
sPneric
nressure
u-miM
hn
M
at.
the
rear.
BARGAINS
GOV'T
GOODS
Jan
25
rt,
Tli
tc
no
bargains
for
anyone
w.
usee
snocs,
artificial
or
any
of
the
other
twn-
?red
thousand
odd
items
pur-f
a
by
the
.government,
for
purposes.
The
chief
of
the
Jmer
goods
division
of
War
r
Corporation.
John
Qled-
fsays
the
policy
of
he
gov-
be
to
get
.every
dollar
.possible
Nidation
of
goods
owned
bv
'own.
Grand
Strategy
Is
Formerly
aV.
Jo,
i
9,
A
MANY
H
n
.
V.
W
inn
I
i
iiit
GO
OVERSEAS
v
I-
Vows
that
Ihpv
'MumiilH
A
j
WHaM
r
overseas"
made
toy
rncmbiv,
f
r'-
1
H
.
-
.
eastern
uanaaian
Home
r
fl-nop
Ih.'lt.lnllnnc
rlni-lnrr
Vi
4..
moments
of
the
Terrace
disturo-ances
In
November
were
evidently
intended
to
be
carried
out
by
almott
three-quarters
of
the
personnel
of
one
regiment
Les
Fusiliers
du
St.
Laurent.
Military
authorities
reveal
that
men
of
that
regiment
failed
return
from
embarkation
leave
after
the
battalion
left
Terrace
on
December
4
to
return
to
Quebec
before
going
overseas.
Strength
of
the
unit
was
800
men.
During
the
Terrace
disturbance
described
by
.
military
authorities
as
a
"mutinous
con
dition"
members
of
Les
Fusiliers
St.
Laurent
and
Us
companion
regiment,
the
Prince
Edward
Island
Highlanders,
told
a
Daily
News
reporter
that
"they
might
move
us
out
of
Terrace
but
they
can't
make
us
go
overseas."
At
that
time
the
two
battalions
were
parading
through
streets
of
Terrace
and
Ignoring
the
authority
of
their
officers
In
protest
against
the
newly
Invoked
government
decision
to
send
16,000
draftees
to
the
battlc-fronis.
"When
they
took
us
Into
the
army
it
was
on
the
promise
that
would
not
have
to
fight
outside
this
continent.
If
they
want
to
go
overseas
they
will
have
conscript
wcaim
ana
inauswy
eral
of
tne
men
said.
They
delayed
the
posting
out
of
Terrace
of
a
third
regiment,
the
Prince
Albert
Volunteers
for
24
hours
by
threatening
to
turn
guns,
and
mortars
on.
any
train
which
started
to
take
the
Saskatchewan
regiment
away.
Brigade
communications
and
battalion
artillery
and
mortars
were
In
their
control,
the
mutineers
said.
It
took
a
visit
toy
Major
Gen-
cral
O.
R.
Pcarkes,
G.O.C.-ln-C,
Pacific
Command,
on
November
i
restore
discipline
among
the
considerable
uneasiness
inside
Germany
towards
Koer
Ktver.
A
btocknolm
sources
as
saying
that
a
new
Allied
offensive
can
be
expected
at
any
moment
along
the
Rocr.
German
reconnaissance
Is
said
to
have
spotted
heavy
Allied
troop
concentrations
In
that
area.
During
.the
past
few
days,
advances
by
the
Drltlsh
Second
Army
have
eliminated
German
positions
west
of
the
Rocr.
Troops
of
the
American
First
and
Third
Armies
have
pushed
ahead
as
much
as
one-and-a-half
miles
In
Belgium.
A
frontline
report
says
the
Germans
arc
using
a
second-rate
conglomeration
of
troops
to
fight
rear
guard
actions.
It
seems
that
the
bulk
of
their
forces
have
been
removed
to
the
east.
Despite
unfavorable
weather
yesterday,
Allied
airmen
continued
to
hammer
away
at
German
tarnsports
withdrawing
northeastward
into
Germany.
Sixty-eight
enemy
tanks
and
armored
vehicles
were
destroyed
or
damaged,
while
more
than
six-hundred
enemy
trucks
were
knocked
out.
A
late
dispatch
from
the
western
front
says
the
Germans
have
changed
the
direction
of
their
retreat
from
the
Ardennes
sal-lent.
The
Nazis
have
turned
from
the
northeast
and
now
are
heading
south.
Allied
planes
have
left
the
roads
to
the
north-cast'
cluttered
with
wrecked
enemy
vehicles.
.M.
a
.
VOWED
NOT
TO
IlMlf
III
I
MM
A
W
The
Quebec
regiment
left
-e
u
few
days
later.
When
the
men
of
the
unit
were
given
embarkation
leave
550
oi
them
failed
to
return
to
their
Quebec
camp,
six
men
had
gone
A.W.O.L.
while
the
unit
was
trav
elling
from
the
west.
Other
units
formerly
In
B.C.
reporting
high
percentages
of
absentees
following
embarkation
leave
were
the
Prince
of
Wales
Rangers
and
Les
Fusiliers
de
Sherbrooke.
In
all,
6,300
men
are
absent
without
leave
from
home
defence
units
throughout
Canada.
Many
have
now
been
classed
as
deserters,
military
authorities
say.
Lots
U-Boats
In
Atlantic
I
Infested
with
Subs
Again,
Says
McXaughtou
SHALLOW
LAKE.
Ont.,
Jan.
5
O
Defence
Minister
McNaugh-
ton
has
warned
that
the
u-boa:
menace
in
the
north
Atlantic
Is
far
from
past.
In
an
address
before
a
political
rally
In
Shallow
Lake,
the
defence
Minister
sala
the
Atlantic
is
alive
with
German
submarines.
General
McNaughton
made
this
statement
In
explaining
wh
he
had
not
been
able
to
campaign
last
week
as
government
candidate
In
the
Grey
North
by-elcctlon.
He
said
he
remained
at
his
desk
in
Ottawa
because
a
large
draft
of
reinforcements
was
on
the
high
seas.-
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CANADIANS
IN
ACTION
LONDON,
Jan.
25
0
The
latest
action
on
the
Canadian
First
Army
sector
Is
described
In
a
dispatch
from-
Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent
Douglas
Amaron.
Canadian
recon
naissance
troops
and
tanks
wiped
out
a
Oerman
force
of
about
fifty
men
in
a
brisk
skirmish
yesterday.
Four
Germans
were
taken
prisoner,
and
most
of
the
oUiers
were
either
killed
or
wounded.
This
action
was
the
first
of
any
importance
on
the
south
eastern
end
of
the
Canadian
sector
in
several
weeks.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
41
Minimum
34
Rainfall
for
the
24-hour
period
ending
at
5
oclock
this
morning
was
.02
inches.
Are
Nearer
To
Manila
American
Forces
Now
On
Edge
of
Clark
Field
MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUAU
TERS,
Jan.
25
0;
Two
weeks
of
fighting
on
Luzon
Island
in
the
Philippines
have
carried
General
MacArthur's
troops
to
I
within
fifty
air
miles
of
the.
capital
city
of
Manila.
Ameri-
(
can
losses
during
this
period
have
been
relatively
light
com-
j
pared
to
casualties
Inflicted
on
the
Japanese.
j
The
Americans
now
are
fight-
!
lng
on
the
edge
of
Clark
Held.
'
New
Packer
Is
Damaged
On
Rock
Second
new
Vancouver
fish
boat
to
arrive
here
In
a
damaged
condition
within
a
week,
the
78-foot
packer
Pender
Isle
tied
tip
at
B.C.
Packers
wharf
this
morning.
She
arrived
under
her
own
power
after
striking
her
bottom
on
a
rock
near
Sepera-tlon
Point
on
Monday.
Owned
by
B.C.
Packers,
the
Pender
Isle
was
on
her
first
trip
after
herring
under
command
of
Skipper
"Curlie"
Auchterlonie.
of
Vancouver.
She
is
not
believed
serlous'ly
damaged,
and
Is
ex
pected
to
go
Into
dry
dock
today.
A
week
ago
the
72-foot
seiner
Dolllna
II
met
with
a
similar
mishap
In
Kent
Inlet
while
scouting
herring.
Also
a
new
boat,
and
on
her
first
trip,
Uie
Dolllna
II
is
owned
by
Norman
Fldler
of
Vancouver.
NAVY
HITS
JAP
ISLAND
-
WW
YORK,
jan.
25
Kti
The
Tokyo
radio
announces
new
Allied
air
and
sea
action
in
the
Pacific.
According
to
an
enemy
broadcast,
four
Allied
cruisers
and
eight
destroyers
shelled
Iowjima
in
the
Volcano
Island
Wednesday
afternoon,
Tokyo
J
Time,
and
the
Japanese
say
that
j
two
hundred
Allied
fighters
and
i
bombers
attacked
the
oil.
centre
of
Palembang
on
Sumatra.
COLD
IN
ONTARIO
TORONTO
Sub-zcio
weather
i
prevailing
throughout
Ontario
after
another
heavy
snowstorm.
UNREST
IN
I'KAOUC
MOSCOW
The
Moscow
radio
said
today
that
mass
unrest
has
broken
out
in
Prague
old
Czechoslovakia
capital,
and
the
Germans
announced
a
state
of
siege
had
been
clamped
on
the
city.
There
is
open
fighting
between
Czechs
and
Gestapo
as
the
Gentians
endeavour
to
evacuate
equipment.
NEW
AMERICAN
LANDING
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
Tokyo
radio
reports
a
new
landing
of
American
forces
on
the
Philippines
Islands
of
Min-doro.
AMBASSADOR
KILLED
MEXICO
CITY
Coustanliu
Omanskl,
Russian
ambassador
to
Mexico,
and
his
wife
were
killed
today
in
the
taking
off
of
a
plane
for
Costa
Rica.
STILWELL
APPOINTED
WASHINGTON
--
General
Joseph
Stilwell
has
been
appointed
commander-in-chief
of
United
States
ground
forces.
KENNEV
lO
OTTAWA
VICTORIA
Hon.
E.
T.
Kcn-ney,
minister
of
lands,
has
left
for
Ottawa
to
attend
a
Dominion
-
provincial
conference
on
land
settlement
for
returned
men.
TROOPSHIP
SUNK
WASHINGTON
It
was
revealed
today
that
a
United
States
troopship,
carrying
2000
soldiers,
had
been
sunk
by
enemy
action
in
European
waters.
At
least
218
lost
their
lives
and
500
are
missing.
Thrown
Out
Of
Balance
ljjjjjj
"MONTY"
VISITS
U.S.
SECTOR
Field
Marshal
Sir
Bernard
L.
Montgomery,
Allied
commander
on
the
northern
flank
of
the
German
bulge,
and
Gen.
Simpson,
looking
over
the
"dragon's
teeth"
forming
part
of
the
German
Siegfried
line,
during
a
recent
visit
to
the
VS.
sector.
On
Two
WEST
A
great
(termaii
eastward
exodus
from
the
Ardennes
salient
continues
today
with
,(tlie
Nazis
restoring
to
railways
and
toads
farther
south
shire
those
in
northern
(er-jmany
are
declared
choked
with
debris
of
scores
of
wreck
ed
troop
trains
and
twisted
faille
fqtiipmeMl.vstrr?"xyT;'-.;
'I
lie
British
Second
Artnf
lias
dug
deeper
into
a
heavily
fortified
zone
just
west
of
the
Koer
Kiver,
capturing
(inet-
teratli,
lleinsbcrg,
Schliedcn
and
Weerd.
Germans
have
launched
an
attack
against
the
American
Seventh
Army
west
of
the
Vosges
Mountains,
still
men-
acing
Strasbourg.
GOV'T
TO
LEAVE
BERLIN
LONDON
Preliminary
arrangements
have
been
made
for
the
evacuation
of
the
German
government
from
Berlin.
DEGAULLE
REGRETFUL
PARIS
-r-
France
intends
to
maintain
military
fortes
all
along
the
Rhine
River
after
the
war,
General
DcGaullc
told
a
press
conference
today.
The
I'rench
leader
said
regretfully
that
he
had
not
been
invited
to
the
forthcoming
big
three
conference.
lie
envisioned
control
of
the
entire
Rhine
basin
for
France.
STREET
CAR
DISPUTE
VANCOUVER
No
decision
is
expected
before
late
today
from
the
Regional
War
tabor
Board
on
(he
dispute
between
'
the
street
railwayjiicit's
union
j
and
the
B.C.
Electric.
The
company
announces
that,
if
the
basic
wage
increase
is
awarded,
it
will
appeal
to
the
National
War
I.aimr
Boaid.
SMOKE
OUT
DESERTERS
VANCOUVER
Following
a
j
conference
of
military
and
po
lice
authorities
to
arrange
for
rounding'
up
Army
deserters,
a
spokesman
said
"we
will
smoke
out
the
deserters
if
necessary."
MANY
TO
BUY"
CARS
TORONTO
A
Macleans
publication
survey
says
that
30
percent
of
Canadian
families
plan
to
buy
new
cars
after
the
war,
six
out
of
ten
paying
cash.
More
cars
were
bought
last
year
than
in
any
year
since
the
war.
British
Columbia
led
in
purchases.
SEAWEED
INDUSTRY
Scotland
Is
planning
a
seaweed
products
Industry.
Fronts
EAST
The
Russians
have
captured
Glciwitz,
largest
city
yet
in
German
territory.
It
is
a
coal
and
machinery
centre
in
Eastern
Silesia
90
miles
southeast
of
Breslau
with
118,000
population.
The
Russians
arc
121
miles
-MamHs
during
the
ne
civil
"
-war
T
battle
Da,e,
for
Iorl
Russian
armored
forces-have
Y
gxwt-idtteii.wWMBtfa&i&.
if
from
Berlin
at
the.
nearest
a,V
Tf'"
.oiiit.IU-b4Mi
eral
bridgeheads
across
the'
Oder
River
and
cutting
off
East
Prussia.
There
arc.
great
battles
near
Koenigsberg,
Poznau
and
Breslau.
Stalin
today
announced
the
capture
of
Ols,
11
miles
north
or
Bicslau.
Fall
of
Brcslau,
most
important
Industrial
city
in
the
Eastern
Reich
appears
imminent
as
Soviet
forces
move
rapidly
west
to
encircle
the
city.
ONLY
170
B.C.
MEN
ARE
A.W.L.
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
25
tt
Pa
cific
Command
announced
yes
terday
that
only
170
men
whose
next-of-kin
have
British
Columbia
addresses
are
still
ab
sent
without
leave
from
Home
Defence
units
drafted
for
overseas
duty.
Ketchikan
College?
Moving
of
University
of
Alaska
from
Anchorage
Mooted
Pulp
and
Paper
Mill
Plan
Upset
A
move
Is
on
foot
to
transfer
at
least
part
of
the
University
of
Alaska
from
Fairbanks
to
Ketchikan
and
the
civic
authorities
have
offered
a
site
'for
the
insti
tution,
it
was
stated
by
Robert
D.
Seal,
well
known
Ketchikan
I
newspaperman,
who
was
In
the
city
yestefday
returning
north
after
a
month's
business
trip
to
Seattle
Mr.
Seal,
until
recently
with
the
Ketchikan
Chronicle
newspaper,
recently
transferred
to
the
Alaska
Flshlng.News
which
is
going
from
the
trl-weekly
Into
the
dally
field.
Mi
.
Seal
said
that
Ketchikan
was
still
looking
forward
to
the
Crown-Zellcrbach
Interests
es
tablishing
a
pulp
and
paper
mill
at
Ketchikan
although
plans
were
temporarily
in
abeyance
owing
to
the
issue
over
the
giv
ing
of
important
territorial
rights
to
the
Indians.
Ketchikan
has
been
very
pros
pcrous
of
late
after
one
of
the
biggest
fishing
seasons
on
record
while
the
big
Ketchlgan
Spruce
Mills
plant
Is
operating
at
full
olast.
Russians
Miles
From
Berlin
Oder
River
Crossed
In
Strength
Brcslau
and
Posen
Are
Menaced
East
Prussia
Isolated
MOSCOW.
Jan.
25
(CP)
now
within
125
miles
of
the
front
lines
says
that
Russian
troops
have
crossed
"
J
thp
Odpr
River.
This
means
that
Grmanv's
best
nat-
.
ural
defence
barrier
in
eastern
Europe
has
been
pene-
jtT-
'
.Itralarl
trated
hv
by
Rnvlpf
Soviet
trnntw
troop3
Ttfan
who
.
PEACE
PARLEY
IS
HELD
UP
ATHENS,
Jan.
25
O)
The
peace
conference
between
delegates
of
the
central
committee
of
the
Greek
E-A.M.
and
E.L.AJ3.
is
being
held
up
over
the
question
of
numerical
representation,
the
leftists
asking
for
permission
to
have
five
delegates
whereas
the
government
has
taken
the
stand
that
It
cannot
agree
to
more
than
three
delegates
on
elher
side.
EXECUTED
ENMASSE
British
Laborites
See
Horrors
of
Civil
War
in
Greece
ATHENS,
Jan.
25
tt
Sir
Wal
ter
Citrine
and
other
members
of
the
British
trades
union
delega
tion
in
Oreece
have
observed
a
mass
grave
at
a
town
four
miles
.from
the,,
leftist
headquarters
tended
tne
exnumauon
oi
too
bodies
of
persons
executed
by
the
leftist
forces.
Sir
Walter
saw
chains
on
bodies
manacled
together
ana
shot
at
close
quarters.
Some
were
knifed
and
stripped
of
their
clothing.
I'M
CRIMEAN
WAR
About
309,000
men
participated
In
the
Crimean
war.
Total
deaths
were
95,615
or
31
percent
of
the
total
strength.
BLACK
REPUBLIC
Liberia's
government
is
pat
terned
after
that
of
the
United
tates.
COL.
JOHNSTON
0
UT
OF
ARMY
AFTER
rf
(
Sf
SERVICE
THROUGHOUT
TWO
WARS
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
M.C.,
V.D.,
after
continuous
service
throughout
two
World
Wars,
twenty
year
as
an
officer,
is
settling
down
to
civilian
life
agair
j
in
Prince
Rupert,
resuming
the
personal
manage
ment
of
his
insurance
and
brokerage
business
or.
Second
Avenue.
As
he
was
overseas,
Col.
Johnston
decided
to
retire
from
the
Army,
ills
retirement
took
effect
this
week.
His
name
goes
on
the
reserve
of
officers
list.
Whether
or
not
he
will
Identify
himself
again
with
the
mlllUa
he
has
not
yet
determined.
However,
he
can
always
look
back
on
a
military
career
of
which
any
officer
might
feel
Justly
proud.
It
was
In
August
1914
that
Col.
Johnston
enlisted
as
a
private
In
the
old
Sixteenth
Canadian
Scottish,
proceeding
almost
Immediately
overseas
with
that
unit.
He
was
wounded
no
less
than
three
times
in
France.
In
June
1916
he
was
mentioned
In
dispatches.
He
won
his
com
mission
on
the
field,
at
the
Somme
in
August
1916
and
was
promoted
to
captaincy
November
1917.
In
February
1918
he
was
awarded
the
Military
Cross.
The
bar
to
the
Military
Cross
came
In
September
1918.
He
remained
In
the
permanent
force
until
April
1921,
having
been
promoted
to
major
in
De
cember
1919.
In
April
1921
Col.
Johnston
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
to
work
for
his
old
commanding
officer
In
France,
Col.
C.
W.
Peck,
V.C.,
later
taking
over
the
business
himself.
His
arrival
In
Prince
Rupert
also
saw
Col.
Johnston
getting
Now
125
The
Russian
Armv
is
$&
Berlin.
This
has
been,
probably
will
waste
little
lime
)
in
exploiting
their
gains.
:
Russian
Infantry
now
Is
de-
ployed
on
the
west
bank
of
the
i
Oder
four
miles
souUieast
of
Breslau,
the
most
Important,
In.-dustrlal
city
in
German
Silesia.
.
'Jjii
It
is
believed
that
the
first
cross-
4
ings
have
been
followed
up
by
,$
pit
powerful
Russian
armored
units,
'Ajjjs
although
there
is
nothing
def-
4y
inlte
on
this.
'.
Tria
DiiDflnns
r
r-t
Inprni
ft
t
their
pressure
against
Nazi
de-
fpnrA
11np
arnnnrl
Rrpslair
An
unofficial
dispatch
from
Reuters
ffi
News
Agency
in
Moscow
says
jfi
fVio
Rnvtot
trnnns
alrooHv
Vtarn
k
broken
into
the
outskirts
of
the
W
city.
On
the
central
Polish
front,
the
Germans
say
a
decisive
bat-
.-'
-t
tie
is
developing
near
Posenji1
f;
one-hundred
and
thirty-seven
'
miles
from
Berlin.
German
;
j
civilians
already
are
reported
to
V.
be
streaming
back
Into
Qer-
,
tti
mauy
from
the
Posen
area.
To
-
'
the
north,
the
Second
White
Kussian
Army
is
uireaienmg
kj
'
Isolate
East
Prussia.
;
.'
A
German
military
commen-
lsjj
tator
said
this
morning
that
'
N
Quits
Red
Cross,
Enters
Politics
LONDON,
Jar.
25
09
Major
General
C.
B.
Price
of
Montreal
yesterday
announced
his
retirement
from
the
post
of
overseas
commissioner
of
the
Canadian
...
IK
Red
Cross
and
jsald
he
was
re-
-
if
:
turning
to
Canada'
to
enter
poli-
V.
tics.
He
is
succeeded
by
Co.
i
C.
M.
Frost
of
Halifax.
At
Mon-
,
'K
treat
it
is
announced
mat
race
"
will
be
Proeresslve-Conservative
candidate
in
SL
Antoine-West-
Ba
xeaerai
eieciion.
y
unable
to
get
into
-service
if
Vf
back
In
the
Army
as
second-in-
command
and
adjutant
of
th
,n
Regiment
wmcn
in
1935
Occam
the
102nd
Heavy
Battery.-
I
1927
Col.
Johnston
assumed
com
mand
of
the
local
unit,
soo.
being
promoted
to
the
rank
c
.
.
lieutenant-colonel.
In
1932
Col.
Johnston
receive
5
-
the
Volunteer
Decoration
twentv
vears'
service
as
an
y
flcen
The
Impending
start
of
th.
p,
Dresent
war
saw
Col.
Johnstoi
!
S,
193C
fljj
ry
wa
y
caiiea
out.
on
August
zo,
when
the
102nd
Battery
moDiiizca.
rromoica
10
iui
j
colonelcy
in
September
1910,
ht
was
area
commandant
at
Prlnct
Rapert
for
three
years
and
loi
the
nast
two-and-a-half
yean
has
been
on
the
staff
of
Pa-
.i
-
.
j
fixed
defences
until
sir
month.'
ki
aeo
since
which
Uinn
hn
hu
HA0n
nnontrnri
In
etuwlil
Hulv
.
Co-lncldent
with
his
father'!
retirement
from
the
Army
anc
following
the
paternal
tradition
Kenneth
Johnston,
son
of
Col
Johaston,
this
week
Joined
Uu
Army
as
a
private
and
Is
leaving
Vancouver
tomorrow
for
the
East
to
start
basic
trainlcg.
He
will
go
to
the
First
Battalion,
Canadian
Scottish,
as
an
over
I
:J
seas
reinforcement.
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