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LONDON,
Feb.
19
H
In
a
command
Field
Marshal
Sir
Bernard
Montgomery
sa
Germany
will
be
finished
off
by
a
rain
of
blows
coming
several
directions.
The
war,
Montgomery
said,
has
reac
.ed
the
final
phase
'
on
all
fronts
but
the
last
round
may
be
lone
b
and
difficult.
"We
shall
work
In
close
co-operation
with
our
American
allies
on
our
right,"
said
Montgomery,
"and
we
shall
have
complete
confidence
in
the
successful
outcome
of
the
onslaught
being
delivered
by
our
Russian
allies."
He
told
the
Twenty-First
Army
group
that
It
now
Is
Impossible
for
the
allies
to
lose
the
war.
,
Eastern
Front-
Reds
Make
New
Gains
Closing
In
on
Berlin
from
Several
Directions
Direct
Drive
Resumed
.MOSCOW,
Feb.
19
(CP)
Ked
Army
forces
have
made
several
new
(tains
on
the
eastern
front.
The
Soviet
forces
have
surged
forward
to
within
16
miles
of
the
industrial
city
of
Coerlitz
on
the
road
to
Dresden.
Thry
have
taken
the
strategic
rail
centre
of
Sagan
southeast
of
Berlin
and
have
hroken
into
the
outskirts
or
the
Vistula
river
stronghold
of
(irudziadz
57
miles
from
Dai.zrg.
Furious
fighting
is
in
progress
cast
and
'southeast
oi
iSerlin.
Paris
radio
says
the
Russians
arc
opening
an
offensive
on
this
front
aimed
straight
at
Berlin.
.
.The.
Russians
battled
sharp.
German
counter-attacks
in
some
sectois,
up
and
down
the
Ice-covered
eastern
front
today
but
continued
to
forge
ahead
toward
Dresden
and
on
Berlin's
southeastern
flank.
ROVIWOIAL
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CENTRA!
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."Mrs.
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Maclnnis
Says
Public
Should
Provide
Housing
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19
9
Mrs.
Oracc
Maclnnis,
C.C.F.
member,
Vancouver,
took
exception
ln
thc
Legislature
to
the
fact
that
there
was
no
mention
of
housing
in
the
Speech
from
the
Throne.
She
said
housing
must
be
regarded
as
a
public.
utility
and
not
as
a
private
profit-making
activity
There
were
the
materials
ln
British
Columbia
for
building
good
modern
homes
yet
"we
cart
shipping
building
material
away
to
other
countries
while
our
own
people
sit
on
relief
or
tramps
thc
streets
ln
desperation."
She
said
that
30,000
people
ln
Vancouver
lacked
proper
housing.
Speaking
of
education,
Mrs.
Maclnnis
advocated
the
establishment
of
junior
colleges
in
various
sections
of
the
province
to
accommodate
students
near
Prince
Rupert,
Kclowna
and
other
centres
where
parents
could
not
afford
to
send
them
to
University
of
British
Columbia.
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News
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VICTORIA
FISH
BOAT
MISSING
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VANCOUVER,
Feb.
19
Provincial
police
report
that
no
word
has
been
received
for
two
weeks
of
the
33-foot
fishing
boat
Cuna
Chief
which
left
Victoria
early
in
February
for
Dogfislv!may
withdraw
from
the
town
Reefs
near
Pender
Island.
Two;
Victoria
men
Harold
Cain
and
Brian
Nay
were
aboard.
MEAT
SHORTAGE
IS
ENDED
TODAY
A
meat
shortage
which
has
arisen
as
a
result
of
a
rockslldc
at
Amsbury
which
has
hampered
rail
traffic
ln
and
out
of
the
city
for
the
last
week
was
expected
to
be
partly
relieved
by
today.
At
least
lx
refrigerator
cars
of
meats
were
standing
In
Terrace
awaiting
delivery
here
while
railway
workmen
endeavour
to
move-tons
of
rock
whlch
siid
onto
the
track
a
week
ago.
Duriag
that
time
fresh
meat
stocks
In
the
city
diminished
until
Saturday
retail
stores
were
displaying
smoked
meats
ln
their
show
windows.
"We're
even
running
short
of
smoked
meats,"
a
packing
company
official
said.
"However,
with
thc
co-opcratlon
of
the
C.
N.R.
we
Intend
to
get
some
meat
here."
His
company
had
four
cars
of
meat
standing
at
Terrace.
Sunday
this
company
took
Its
own
trucks
to
Terrace
where
they
were
loaded
with
meat
and
taken
to
Shames
on
this
side
of
thc
slide.
Thcro
It
was
rc-loadcd
into
railway
cars
and
brought
here.
Thc
army
Eent
two
trucks
to
Terrace
to
bring
back
meat
for
its
own
use.
Retail
stores,
meanwhile,
had
developed
a
much
less
opulent
appearance
than
Is
normal.
Smoked
meats,
fowl
and
even
rabbit
carcasses
had
taken
the
raost
of
the
display
space
usually
reserved
for
luscious
roasts
and
steaks,
lending
an
atmosphere
mindful
of
European
shops
under
the
German
occupation.
A
large
quantity
of
fowl
which
was
ln
the
city
at
the
beginning
of
last
week
did
much
to
alleviate
thc
meat
shortage
but
It
too,
was
said
to
be
running
low.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
4
Minimum
29
Iltelilfclils
Taking
Over
Corrcgidor
Anferican
landing
forces
have
captured
decisive
points
on
Corrcgidor
fortress
Island
at
the
entrance
of
Manila
Bay.
his
under
heavy
sea
Nearer
to
Japan
Iwojima
Island
been
and
air
bombardment
for
the
third
straight
day.
Canadians
Advancing
,
On
thc
northern
end
of
the
western
front
in
F.uropc
the
Canadian
First
Army
has
driven
on
four
more
miles
around
thc
Siegfried
Line.
Sixty
Miles
From
Dresden
Marshal
Konev's
Soviet
Army
Is
now
only
sixty
miles
from
The
decisive
battle
for
through
Saxony.
Dresden
In
Us
drive
Breslau
has
commenced
with
Kusslan
artillery
pounding
the
surrounding
German
city
as
land
forces
reach
Its
outskirts.
Argentina
and.Germany
Argentina
Is
reported
to
have
protested
through
Sweden
at
seven
Argentine
diplomats
having
been
held
by
Germany.
There
Is
unconfirmed
talk
of
an
Argentinean
declaration
of
war
upon
Germany.
Western
Front
Canadians
nter
Goch
American
Third
and
Seventh
Armies
arc
Also
on
Move
Again
NEAR
DUISBURG
I'
A
It
IS,
Feb.
19
(CD-Scottish
troops
fought
into
the
centre
of
the
heavily
fortified
road
hub
of
(och
'
today
and
occupied
two-thirds
of
the
town
as
the
First
Canadian
Army
advanced
to
within
25
miles
of
Duisburg,
world's
largest
inland
port
and
western
portal
of
the
rich
Rhur
arsenal.
PARIS,
Feb.
19
j
On
the
western
front
in
Europe,
the
Canadian
First
Army
has
en-
tcrcd
Goch,
a
German
defence
,
kev
to
the
rich
Ruhr
basin.
There
I
arc
fn'dicattoiw
;i:t.
the
enemy
and
make
a
stronger
stand
at,
Calcar,
an
Important
highway
I
sale
is
being
held,
Mr.
Stone
told
centre
seven
miles
northeast
of
police
later.
Goch.
Crcrar's
men
were
only
j
-
1000
yards
from
Goch
in
the
lat-
-
-
.
-est
Allied
dispatches,
but
thc
1
IIMM
ANllPP
German
radio
claims
that
Brl-
111
MIMfUwLlX
tish
troops
have
ahcaay
pushed
into
thc
northern
part
of
thc
town.
First
Army
troops
driving
down
the
road
from
Kleve
towards
Calcar
have
met
savage
opposition
at
Moyland,
two
miles
northwest
of
Calcar.
Canadian
and
Scottish
troops
have
cleared
most
of
the
woods
at
Moyland.
seized
heights
dominating
Calcar
and
battled
rignt
on
into
Moyland
Itself.
Meanwhile
American
Third
sprung
into
action
in
other
sections
of
the
western
front.
Thc
Third
Army
has
pusnea
a-cad
nearly
two
miles
at
come
points
with
mechanized
cavalry
leading
I
thc
advance
and
the
Seventh
has
moved
back
Into
Germany's
,
Saar
basin,
six
miles
southwest
of
Saarbrucckcn.
I
SUGAR
RATION
IS
BEING
CUT
Canadians
Will
Have
to
Gel
Along
With
Two
Touiuls
Less
This
Year
OTTAWA;
Feb.
19
Oi
Thc
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
Sunday
that,
because
of
thc
world
sugar
situation,
the
regular
sugar
ration
to
each
coupon
holder
will
be
reduced
two
pounds
this
year.
Thc
canning
sugar
allowance
Is
to
remain
thc
same
as
last
year
ten
pounds.
The
reduction
ln
thc
regular
quota
will
be
done
by
making
two
sugar
coupons
valid
on
thc
third
Thursday
of
each
month
Instead
of
every
four
weeks.
SOVIET
LOSES
TOP
GENERAL
LONDON,
Feb.
19
9)
The
Russians
have
lost
one
cf
their
top
generals,
lie
Is
Ivan
D.
Chcr-niakhovsky,
a
37-ycar
old
tank
expert.
General
Chcrnlakhovvsky
died
In
action
on
the
ibattlcllcld
while
leading
his
Third
White
Russian
Army
against
thc
Germans
ln
East
Prussia.
FRENCH
GET
SKODA
WORKS
LONDON,
Feb.
19
if-An
outspoken
critic
of
thc
CzcchoSlo-vakian
government
of
president
Edouard
Bcncs
charges
thai,
secret
negotiations
for
thc
sale
of
the
famous
Skoda
Works
and
other
munitions
firms
In
Czechoslovakia
between
agents
of
Bencs
and
General
De
Gaulle
have
reached
an
advanced
stage.
The
control
of
the
Skoda
Works
passed
Into
French
hands
through
Eugere
Schneider,
often
called
the
merchant
of
death
after
thc
last
war.
Staying
In
Hiding
GERMAN
FOOD
RUNS
SHORT
Kcservc
Will
Not
Last
Fast
April,
Nazi
Chiefs
Are
Told
LONDON,
Feb.
19
O;
Herbert
Bachc,
German
minister
for
food,
on
Saturday
told
Nazi
chiefs
that
Germany's
food
reserve
would
not
last
longer
than
April
of
this
year,
according
to
a
radio
message
from
a
station
describing
itself
as
the
"German
people's
station."
THIEVES
TAKE
$15
FROM
W.
F.
STONE'S
STORE
,
,
.
Thieves
who
gained
entry
Into
'the
partially
(fumed'
premises
of
W.
F.
Stone
last
niht
left
their
calling
card
in
the
form
of.
ajh
open
door
at
the
rear
of
the
buildlnz
which
was
noticed
bv
(frc
city
police
nlsht
patrol.
The
.prowlers
took
$15
from
the
cash
drawer
of
thc
store
where
a
fire
SWORN
IN
Brigadier
D.
R.
Sargent
Formally
Takes
Over
From
'
General
I'carkcs
Tday
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
19
O
,
nVigadicr
Donald
R.
Sargent
was
formally
sworn
ln
today
as
temporary
general
officer
command
ing
In
chief
Pacific
Command,
succeeding
Major-Gcncral
G.
R,
Pparkcs,
V.C.,
whose
retirement
'ccntly
visited
Prince
Rupert,
assumed
his
new
post
In
a
cere
many
at
Jericho
Beach
air
station.
In
an
Interview
Sargent
said
he
planned
conferring
with
Pcarkcs
but
added
he
had
received
no
definite
orders.
Meanwhile
there
has
been
no
statement
on
thc
reasons
be
hind
Pearkes'
relinquishment,
of
the
Pacific
Command
post.
Pearkes
Is
still
on
thc
active
.list
and
is
attached
to
district
depot
at
Vancouver.
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Bulletins
CASE
OF
GEN.
TEARKES
OTTAWA
With
a
growing
belief
In
Ottawa
that
failure
of
National
Defence
Headquarters
to
accept
tile
views
of
Major
General
George
It.
Pearkes
on
the
qaeszjon
of
sending
draftee
troops
overseas
was
responsible
for
his
resignation
as
general
officer
commanding
in
chief
of
the
j
Pacific
Command,
speculation
is
now
going
on
regarding
his
future
activities.
Crrdit
is
given
thc
report
that
he
will
enter
'
politics
in
a
British
Columbia
constituency
in
thc
next
federal
election.
TO
OCT
GRATUITIES
OTTAWA
The
Defence
Department
is
setting
up
a
special
board
through
which
dishonorable
discharged
war
veterans
will
be
able
to
make
application
for
gratuities.
Previously
these
men
were
barred
:
from
muster
benefits.
CANADA
ON
AIR
LINES
OTTAWA
After
the
war,
Canada
will
operate
seven
new
airline
routes
to
the
United
Slates.
Munitions
Minister
Howe
is
to
announce
details
of
the
routes
loilayj,
Thc
routes
arc
provided
for
In'
air
agree'--ment
which
Canadian
representatives
accepted
at
a
New
York
conference'
fin
i
January.
Roughly
thc
plan
provides
fur
two
United
Stales
lines
lu"
every
one
Canadian.
CANADIANS
AT
'FRISCO
OTTAWA
A
large
delegation
will
represent
Canada
at
Ihp
,
,
Aptjl
United,,
Nations,
World
Security"
Conference
to
be
held
in
San
Francisco.
The
Canadian
delegation
will
be
headed
by
at
least
two
ministers
and
probably
will
include
Prime
Minister
King
who
is
also
Secretary
of
State
for
External
Affairs
for
Canada.
GERMANY
AIR
RAIDED
LONDON
United
States
heavy
bombers
attacked
Os-nabruk
and
Munster
in
Germany
today
after
British
Mos-quitos
were
out
over
Berlin,
Mannheim
and
Bremen
last
night.
Blockbusters
were
dropped
on
Berlin.
MR.
JUSTICE
RIDDELL
DIES
TORONTO
Mr.
Justice
W.
R.
Riddcll,
for
39
years
a
member
of
thc
Supreme
Court
of
Ontario
bench,
died
at
thc
age
of
92,
one
week
after
his
wife
died.
PARIS
LIGHTS
ON
PARIS
Thc
lights
of
Paris
arc
on
again
with
continuous
electiic
light
service
for
homes
and
stores
once
more.
OFF
RATION
LIST
OTTAWA
Canned
rhubarb
and
crabapplcs
have
been
removed
from
thc
ration
list.
Trouble
in
Famine-Stricken
Venice
City
BERNE,
Feb.
19
A
Swiss
newspaper
asserts
that
what
It
calis
serious
trouble
has
developed
in
Nazi-occupied
Venice
in
northern
Italy.
The
paper
declares
that
thc
city
is
suffering
from
famine
ana
that
street
fighting
has
occurred
between
Italian
patriots
and
German
10
MILLION
IN
BONDS
BOUGHT
IN
SEVEN
LOANS
HERE
Prince
Rupert
People
Buy
Heavily
of
Dominion
Securities
Almost
$10,000,000
In
Victory
Bonds
have
been
bought
by
Prince
Rupert
purchasers
in
the
last
seven
loans
floated
to
cover
war
costs
since
1041,
figures
obtained
from
local
Victory
Loan
officials
reveal.
Of
this,
close
to
$7,000,000
was
bought
by
Individual
purchasers,
thus
establishing
a
small-purchaser
average
of
almost
$1,000,000
per
loan.
Local
companies
under
thc
special
names
list
have
bought
$3,304,500
during
the
seven
Victory
Loan
drives.
Grand
total
for
the
seven
loans
Nip
Navy
Not
Expected
To
Fight;
'Deteriorating
States
Admiral
Halsey
I
wo
Jima
Described
As
Another
Magnificent
Show
By
United
States
Pacific
Fleet
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Feb.
19
(CP)
Admiral
William
Halsey,
paying
a
surprise
visit
to
Washing-,
ton,
predicted
today
that
remnants
of
the
Japanese
ifk-et
will
not
come
out
and
fight
in
the
current
Pa-i
cific
operations.
Halsey
said
he
had
not
yet
received
all
facts
of
the
Tokyo
and
Two
Jima
operations
but
Premier
Returns
Churchill
Back
Home
Will
rrcscnt
Report
to
Commons
This
Week
on
Big
Three
Meeting
LONDON,
Feb.
19
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
returned
to
England
loday,
from,
.the
Crimea
conference
after"
sUiytf
in
Athens
and
Cairo.
Thc
PrmY
Minister
is
expected
tt
furnish
thc
j
House
of
Commo.-is,
possibly
later
this
week,
with
a
first
hand
report
on
discussions
wiUv
prcsidcnt
Kno&velt
and
Marshal'
j&eph'Staljn
at
Yalta.
The
House
will
set
aside
two
days
for
review
and
debate
In
which
Fnrrrgn
tfecrcl-arvnlhony
Eden
will
also
take
part.
TRAGEDY
IN
HOWE
SOUND
Indian
Dug-out,
Containing
Party
Bound
for
Dancc
."J.
Capsized
SQUAMISH,
Feb.
19
Oj
Two
are
known
dead,
three
are
missing
and
six
were
rescued
after
a
27-ioot
Indian
dug-out
ln
which
they
were
travelling
to
Woodfibre
for
a
dance
overturned
In
rough
waters
of
Howe
Sound
Saturday
night.
The
ves
sel
left
Squamlsh
at
9
o'clock
Saturday
night.
In
thc
party
were
eight
women
and
three
men.
Six
women
were
found
by
Provincial
police
Sunday
morning.
The
boat
capsized
about
50
feet
from
shore.
One
man
died
of
exhaustion
while
starting
in
to
walk
after
reaching
shore.
PROTEST
OF
ARGENTINA
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
19
01
There
Is
much
speculation
about
an
Argentine
protest
to'
Ger
many
over
a
Nazi
refusal
to
give
safe
conduct
to
Argentina's
dip
lomats
ln
Sweden.
A
Buenos
Aires
dispatch
calls
It
a
long
stride
towards
war
but
the
acting
foreign
minister
of
Argen
tina
discounts
thc
possibility
of
such
a
move
right
now.
Dlplo
matlc
circles
In
Washington
see
It
as
an
Argentine
bid
for
recog
nitlon
from
all
her
hemisphere
neighbors.
is
$9,880,250.
of
thc
$6,575,750
bought
by
Individuals,
part
was
bought
through
salesmen,
part
through
banks
and
part
through
payroll
deductions.
Value
of
the
work
done
by
Victory
Loan
salesmen,
most
of
them
women,
who
carried
the
appeal
to
homes
and
business
places
often
ln
bad
weather.
Is
Indicated
by
the
fact
that
most
of
thc
bonds
bought
by
Individuals
channelled
through
their
sales
pads.
Salesmen
have
been
responsible
for
the
purchase
of
$2,931,-500,
while
$2,062,950
have
been
bought
through
banks
and
$!,-
all
Indications
are
it
la
"another
magnificent
show
against
thc
deteriorated
and
deteriorating
Japanese
Navy."
Latest
reports
from
Guam
arc
that
invading
American
Marines,
after
establishing
a
secure
beachhead
on
Iwo
Island,
fought
to
one
of
the
island's
air
fields
and
penetrated
its
defences.
This
was
announced
by
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nimitz
tonight.
The
Marines
established
a
4500-yard
long
beachhead
to
an
average
depth
of
500
yards
and
drove
to
the
edge
of
thc
air
Held
under
In
creasing
Japanese
artillery
and
mortar
fire.
The
beachhead
ex
tends
for
nearly
one-and-a-half
miles
northward
from
the
volcano
at
the
southern
tip
of
the
Island.
Community
Centres
Recreation
Important
Dominion
Health
Minisler
Urges
That
Every
Tlace
Should
Be
Properly
Equipped
in
'
This
Hay
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
19
flO-Can-adian
Health
Minister
Claxton
says
he
hopes
the
idea
of
community
centres
will
spread
Into
every
Canadian
city,
town
and
village
no
matter
how
large
or
small.
He
spoke
during
intermission
on
the
Metropolitan
Opera's
radio
program
In
New
York.
He
says
many
communities
are
already
planning
recreation
centres
but
many
more
are
needed.
Wartime
developments
will
mean
greater
need
for
organized
community
activities
and
more
places
where
they
can
be
car
ried
out.
Mr.
Claxton
says
one
way
ln
which
Canadians
can
gain
a
new
sense
of
cultural
and
social
pur-
pose
after
the
war
Is
through
community
centres.
They
will
provide
In
each
city
and
town
a
meeting
place
where
all
citizens
can
make
their
contribution
to
their
social
life,
to
art,
to
music,
drama
and
sport.
Community
centres
could
make
a
major
contribution
to
the
development
of
creative
expression
in
Canada.
Mr.
Claxton
said
that
community
centres
can
also
make
a
major
contribution
to
the
solution
of
problems
of
adjustment
that
many
service
men
will
find
on
their
return
to
civilian
life.
FORMER
WINNIPEG
MAYOR
WINNIPEG
Frank
Fowler,
former
mayor
of
Winnipeg
and
on-time
M.L.A.,
died
at
the
age
of
83.
581,300
through
payroll
deduc
tions
by
workers
ln
city
plants
and
offices.
In
thc
seventh
Victory
Loan
last
October
$937,000
was
converted
Into
bonds
by
4,560
per
sons.
Bonds
were
bought
through
salesmen
by
1,684
persons,
while
730
made
their
purchases
through
banks,
and
2,152
through
payroll
deductions.
LONDON
)
G.
Hcaton
Nlch-olls,
new
high
commissioner
for
South
Africa
in
Britain,
has
arrived
here
accompanied
by
hU
wife.