Vcathe
NORTHERN
ANtENTRIril
COLOMBIA'S
NEWSPAPEI1
Tides
with
light
rain
cloudy
(Paclllc
ah
Standard
Time)
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fc1
cloudy
8un"
Sunday,
March
11,
1945
I
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202
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tods
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5:17
8.2
feet
ly
fresh.
VOL.
XXXIV,
17:59
3.4
feet
No.
59
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY.
MARCH
10,
1945
PRICE
FTVE
CENTS
ianing
Up
zi
rotKei
.
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tstablishiiiff
(bead
BfBOSSMUNBO
1
1HE
CANADIAN
ARMY
mlANY,
March
10
fl
it
key
town
ol
Aanien,
nlles
west
ot
Wesel,
and
rby
town
of
Alpon
fallen
First
Canadian
irmy
'compressed
the
Wesel
ho
a
triangle
of
20
square
btBrltons
and
Canadians
dcatourlng
to
smasn
inc
r
oocket
completely.
mm
the
Rhine
for
five
fast
and
south
of
Wesel,
have
massed
the
.-mans
concentrations
or
to
face
the
Canadian
h
a
oetcrniincu
cnuiv
u
;
crosslns
in
that
area.
l-ideghead
were
cstabllsh-
l.is
area,
the
Allies
would
network
of
good
roads
l:iich
to
burst
into
me
fcennan
plain,
outflanking
r.
li
troops
oi
me
r
su
a-
Army
captured
Xanten.
LCrerar.s
Army
is
now
oi
fqual
proportions
Cana-
li
British
troops.
Itrs
Are
Fined
Carrying
Arms
locai
soldlersD,
Ora-
Oswald
and
J,
Frollk
ich
fined
$10
or
seven
fciprisonemrnt
In
default
payment,
by
Stipendiary
jte
Andrew
Thompson
In
lupo-ce
court
for
carry-
iirm:
without
a
licence
I
t
duty
They
pleaded
p
paid
their
fines.
The
re
incited
by
Constable
rjt:
and
Game
Warden
pin
on
the
Prince
Rupert
brjond
the
Oalloway
m
of
IIOAN
1
HIGH
FW.
March
10
tt-
The
Victory
Loan
is
to
be
MU50,000,000
cbject-M-
WO.000,000
above
the
h
la
the
Seventh
Loan
and
a
an
all-time
atew
the
Seventh
Vlc-
p
amounted
to
$1,517.-
01
hich
$760,000,000
purchasea
toy
incim-
SEVELT
AND
MEETING
ROTON,
March
10
CD-
fa
Po.itical
developments
ft
to
Canada
arc
under
f
today
at
the
White
rwac
in
Washington.
F'Unistcr
Kins
u
in
m,t.
ifm
Roosevcrt,
and
the
r
w
eaaers
arc
believed
Png
over
Canaaian
mr.
Pin
the
L
n
,1
taal
lmP:atlons
to
JYaltapmnning
for
ICES
OUT
IIR
CREW
March
in
0)-No-
".BolS
out
to
all
1
ln2
Plan
gradu
i
"
e
nav
nin,,
.
i
trs,
s,
a'r
gunners,
and
air
.
f
Ul
ill
tO
--""":a,
will
t)C
I
rpPort
for
duty
cxt
1Undcrstond
...
llcved
uuty'
that
ii,
tho
to
on
active
number
service
will
rational
rcqulrc-
htS"oW8
dinner
fn8
H?hter
Tail"-A.F.
r'en
nn
v"
me
N!is
Having
Mounting
Reverses
McARTHUR
IS
SILENT
-
.-
f.
Anot
t.
Crossing
of
Rhine
Falls
to
Comment
On
Invasion
of
Mindanao
Grim
Ilalllc
of
I
wo
Jima
MANILA,
March
10
0)
In
the
Philippines.
General
MacArthur
has
not
commented
on
enemy
announcements
of
an
Invasion
of
Mindanao.
However,
another
aerial
attack
on
Mindanao's
biggest
city,
Zamoanga,
has
been
announced.
Official
silence
also
blankets
thp
fHm
hlttln
T.,.
T
1
1
.
KJi.
Hit"
equalled.
New
Road
To
Peace
...li,.i1iuii
i
tails
iJi-.une
Iload
at
Cost
or
$6,000,000
By
a
Canadian
Press
Writer)
VICTORIA,
March
10
Provid
ing
a
Peace
River
outlet
to
the
Pacific
Coast,
the
new
highway
proposed
by
the
British
Columbia
government
and
announced
at
the
present
session
of
the
legislature
will
pass
through
coun
try
of
rare
scenic
beauty
and
great
potential
wealth
in
natural
resources.-
'"
At
a
cost
of
$0,000,000
the
gov
ernment
plans
to
Join
the
enda
of
cxlsltlng
highways
at
Commotion
Creek,
85
miles
west
of
Dawson
Creek
on
the
Alassa
Highway
and
Summit
Lake,
32
miles
north
of
Prince
George.
The
154
miles
of
new
road
re
quired
will
traverse
lush
valleys
with
thousands
of
acres
of
good
farming
land
and
rich
timber
areas
abounding
with
big
game.
It
will
tap
coal
deposits
estimated
to
run
into
millions
of
tons.
Starting
at
Summit
Lake,
the
height
of
land
and
headwaters
of
the
Artie,
the
route
will
follow
the
Crooked
River
and
numerous
lakes
linked
to
Parsnip
River
where
a
large
bridge
will
be
built.
Thence
U
will
swing
northeast
and
follow
the
Mislnchlnka
River
to
Pine
Pass
to
cross
tiic
Rocx;es-
summit
at
2,850
feet
elevation.
It
will
then
swing
norscshoc-
wise
through
the
pass,
eastward
along
Pine
River
to
Commotion
Creek,
there
Joining
the
present
road
system
of
the
Peace
River
Block
and
so
on
to
Dawson
Creek
on
the
Alaska
Highway.
Linking
Vancouver
And
l'rincc
Rupert
At
Prince
George,
on
the
Cana
dlan
National
Railway
line
to
Prince
Rupert,
the
route
will
connect
-with
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway,
450
miles
to
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Cariboo
Highway
stretching
490
miles
southwest-
ward
to
Vancouver.
At
present
settlement
Is
sparse
along
the
proposed
route.
On
the
part
to
be
built
there
Is
only
one
community,
Fort
McLcod,
with
106
population,
mostly
trappers.
But
the
road
will
provide
an
outlet
for
some
100,000
residents
or
the
Peace
nivcr
Block
and
adjacent
country.
Government
officials
predict
that
the
new
highway
will
attract
tourists
from
all
over
the
continent
and
that
settlement
of
he
area
through
wnich
It
will
pass
will
be
rapid.
It
Is
recalled
residents
of
the
Peace
Block
took
up
picks
and
shovels
and
started
to
(build
their
own
highway
In
1937
by
way
or
Monkman
Pass.
Lacking
money
and
equipment
most
of
the
40
workers
donated
two
weeks,
work:
others
received
$1
dally
from
a
fund
donated
by
businessmen.
Store-keepers
aon-ated
groceries
and
the
Alberta
government
suiiplled
some
tents.
More
than
90
miles
of
roadway
was
built
in
rough
fashion
but
the
project
was
never
completed.
Five
Miles
From
First
LONDON',
March
10
Ilcrlin
admitted
today
that
the
Allies
had
made
another
crossing
of
the
Rhine
River
five
miles
north
of
Remagen,
the
original
crossing
point.
The
crossing
was
carried
out
by
boat.
AIR
FORCE
A
delayed
dispatch
from
Asso-
U
lY
WrfK
elated
Press
Correspondent
UUJ
IlLLIV
James
Llndslcy
quotes
American
'
marine
fighters
as
saying.
that
RC.A.F
oav
issued
.,-7T
its
,
the
drm-nrit.
VL
weekly
sum
the
Canadian
bomber
group
operated
on
two
days
and
three
nights
of
the
past
week.
the
other
two
were
the
escorting
of
heavy
bombers.
Operations
of
Canadian'
squadrons
on
the
continent
were
greatly
hampered
by
unsettled
weather.
However,
some
1200
sorties
were
flown
in
spite
of
that.
PROVINCIAL
AGRICULTURE
IN
GOOD
WAY
VICTORIA,
March
10
O)
Agriculture
Minister
K.
C.
Mac-Donald
concluded
the
budget
spech
debate
Thursday
with
the
'
statement
that
"this
government
is
better
prepared
to
meet
the
i
post-war
period
than
any
other
province
in
the
Dominion."
He
'
described
the
accomplishments
of
the
last
two
years
toward
est-
tahlishment
of
a
flax
Industry
in
B.
C.
and
said
he
hoped
that
the
industry
would
soon
receive
a
grant
of
$10,000
from
Ottawa.
Following
the
conclusion
of
the
debate
the
legislature
swung
Into
committee
of
supply
and
Mr
MacDonald
was
the
first
minister
to
come
under
fire
for
his
department,
which,
however,
was
approved
In
It
policy.
A
new
vote
for
$4,200
In
agricultural
estimates
for
a
director
under
the
farmers'
land
clearing
assist
ance
proposal
was
approved.
The
director
will
be
W.
MacGlllivray,
at
present
with
the
Dominion-Provincial
farm
labor
service.
Puerto
Rico
Is
inhabited
by
more
than
2,000,000
and
is
one
of
the
most
densely
populated
places
on
earth.
education
included
a
period
at
Bishop's
College,
LcnnoxvlUc,
Quebec,
whose
cadets
have
In
cluded
Gen.
A.
G.
L.
McNau-ton
and
others.
Born
April
12,
1902
at
the
garrison
city
of
Halifax,
Foster
went
Into
the
permanent
army
after
an
education
nt
King's
College,
Windsor,
N.S.;
Bcrkhamsted,
England;
Bishop's
College;
Royal
Military
College,
Kingston,
Oat.,
and
McGlll
University
In
Montreal.
His
first
military
appointment
was
with
the
Lord
Strath-cona's
Horse
in
1924.
He
served
for
a
long
period
as
a
staff
officer
at
M.D.
No.
i,
Lonaon,
KEEPING
UP
'JAP
ALARM
j
SAN
FRANCISCO,
March
10
Oi
!
A
Japanese
radio
commentator
made
the
exaggerated
statement
;
today
that
American
forces
now
arc
attempting
to
make
a
landing
on
Japan
proper.
However,
I
the
context
of
the
statement
showed
clearly
that
the
propaganda
broadcast
was
not
an-
"xinouncing
that
an
actual
invasion
was
under
way.
Tl.
T
1
I
I
either
again
warning
mat
American
forces
which
have
oeen
operating
in
Japanese
waters
ror
.weeks
are
preparing
to
invade
OTTAWA,
March
10
O
The
Japan
or
the
Tokyo
poicesman
had
difficulty
in
expressing
hlm-
..
.
coif
n
TTrillVi
Thnrv
Thursday
fighting
on
has
iwo
not
Wednesday
k.
been
and
,
"
night
'
1
Z
The
report
.
disclosed
f
,
,
!u
that
l
GENERAL
IS
The
swift
mosqultos
of
the
HP
ADDECTEh
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
listed
,
lL"AllL
J
I
CU
three
night
Jobs
for
the
week.'
One
was
an
intrudernatrol.
while
PARIS,
March
10
The
Paris
radio
has
announced
that
the
escaped
Italian
General,
Mario
Roatta,
has
been
re-arrested.
Ro-atta's
escape
last
week
precipit-'
ated
an
Italian
government
crisis.
The
general
was
being
tried
on
war
crimes
charges.
The
Parts
broadcast
quoted
unofficial
'Rome
dispatches.
Roatta
was
Italian
Army
chief
of
staff
under
the
Fascist
regime.
PETROTED
REMAINS
Fossils
are
the
petrified
remains
of
plants
or
animals
that
llvedjjttcjnepMUodOtWR;
earths
history.
college
at
Cambcrley,
England
from
which
he
graduated
in
1939.
He
got
back
to
Canada
in
time
to
accompany
the
first
contingent
overseas
and
served
at
First
Divisional
headquarters
Until
1941
when
he
took
command
of
an
infantry
brigade.
In
the
spring
of
1943
he
was
recalled
to
Canada
to
lead
the
Canadians
In
the
Kiska
expedition
and
for
hts
work
In
this
campaign
he
was
awarded
the
American
Legion
of
Merit
from
the
United
States
government.
Foster's
next
move
was
back
to
Britain
and
last
fall
he
was
appointed
to
command
the
Fourth
Division
Jn
France.
Later
he
was
switched
to
the
First
Division
command
In
Italy.
Foster's
first
wife
was
a
resi
oilt,
and
later
w?nt
to
staff
rled
again
In
Britain
in
1944.
jso
feet.
Bulletins
ROBOTS
STILL
COME
1
LONDON
Robot
bombs
continue
to
fall
daily
on
Britain,
causing:
what
one
correspondent
describes
as
"awful
devastation."
One
fell
in
the
middle
of
the
shopping:
district
of
a
town
of
which
a
shambles
was
made.
There
was
ten
feet
of
pulverized
debris
with
many
casualties.
FANATICISM
URGED
PARIS
Speaking
in
Silesia,
'Joseph
Goebbels
admitted
that
war
equipment
of
the
Reich
was
depleted
but
said,
if
the
people
fought
with
fanaticism,
this
handicap
could
be
over-conic.
'
FISH
BOATS
SOLD
VANCOUVER
Nine
vessels
vlliieh
had
been
in
the
Fishermen's
Reserve
have
been
sold,
one
to
the
provincial
Forest
Branch.
They
brought
$80,000.
DOCK
STRIKE
ENDS
i
LONDON
Approximately
10,000
dock
workers
and
stevedores
returned
to
their
jobs
in
the
Port
of
London
today
after
a'nine
day
strike.
LOCAL
WOMAN
INJURED
VANCOUVER
Mary
Brown,
a
visitor
from
Prince
Rupert,
is
in
hospital
here
today
receiving
treatment
for
bruises
and
shock
suffered
when
she
walked
into
the
side
of
a
streetcar.
j
CANADIANS
IN
ODESSA
MOSCOW
Seventeen
Canadian
prisoners
ot
war
have
arrived
in
Odessa.
All
are
army
.
pewtnnel-releaseri-
bjtiadvano-iiiff
Russian
forces.
Bralorne
,
17.50
B.
R.
Con.
.21
V2
B.
R.
X.
.W2
Cariboo
Quartz
2.10
Dentonia
.03
Vi
Grull
Wihksne
.15
Hedley
Mascot
.90
Mlnto
.oy-2
Pend
Oreille
1.4S
'
Pioneer
,
'
5.90
Premier
Border
.05
'
Premier
Gold
1.80
Privateer
.42
Reeves
McDonald
.26
Reno
.
08
Salmon
Gold
.13
Sheep
Creek
1.24
Whitewater
.04
.
Vananda
.44
Oils
Anglo
Canadian
.96
A.
P.
Con.
18
Calmont
'
.2,7
C.
&
E.
1.90
Foothills
,
1.52
Home
4.00
I
Toronto
Beattle
,
1C.65
I
Central
Patricia
.
2.30
Consolidated
Smelters
55.50
Giant
Ycllowknifc
8.60
Hardrock
.80
Kerr
Addison
13.00
Little
Long
Lac
1.36
Madscn
Red
Lake
2.46
McLeod
Ccckshutt
2.53
McKenzlc
Red
Lake
1.45
Moncta
.77
Pickle
Crow
3.45
Preston
East
Dome
2.95
San
Antonio
.
4.60
1
Sherjltt
Gordon
.72
Steep
Rock
2.95
Qucenston
1.11
Homer
.28
a
Jacknlfe
30
Unlisted
Jensen
C
8
LaSalle
65
70
Lynx
90
95
Mate
27'
30
Regina
5V2
7
Sunbear
9
11
LOCAL
TEMPLKTTURES
Maximum
39
!
Minimum
32
Rainfall
.24
dent
of
Picton,
Ont.,
until
her.
The
largest
mollusc
known
Is
death
In
1943.
There
are
two
the
Glarrt
Squid,
a
species
known
sons
by
tins
marriage.
He
mar-
to
reach
a
length
of
more
than
"GOD
HELP
ME"
SAYS
HITLER
I
Suggested
That
He
Might
Re
Going
to
Use
Gas
Or
Atomic
Bomb
LONDON,
March
10
"May
God
help
me
for
what
I
may
have
to
do
in
the
last
eight
days
of
the
war"
Is
a
comment
that
has
been
attributed
to
Adolf
Hitler.
It
was
suggested
that
he
might
have
been
hinting
at
use
of
gas
or
the
atomic
bomb.
BIGGEST
RAID
ON
BERLIN
YET
LONDON,
March
10
O)
British
planes
have
mounted
the
biggest
mosquito
bomber
raid
on
Berlin-so
far.
The
speedy
R.A.F.
bombers
unloaded
more
than
one
thousand
tons
of
bombs
on
the
German
capital,
making
eighteen
straight
nights
of
bombing
for
the
city.
Twice
Decorated,
Spaniard
Worried
LONDON,
March
10
O
Marino
Vicettl,
24,
who
holds
the
D.C.M.
and
M.
M.,
and
one
of
those
who
returned
from
Arnhem,
is
a
wor
ried
man.
In
a
few
weeks
he
will
be
discharged
from
a
hospital
in
southern
England
unfit
for
further
service
In
the
British
Army.
What
worries
him
is
that
he
Is
a
Spaniard
and
fought
on
the
Re
publican
side
in
the
civil
war.
He
wants
to
stay
in
England
and
look
for
work.
"I
have
been
told
officially
that
on
my
discharge
I
must
be
sent
home,"
he
a
"But
I
nave
newspaper.
newspaper.
told
no
home
in
Spain.
Nothing
awaits
Imedheie-but
pftvwayiittttor
iprisoner."
Part
of
Kuestrin
Has
Been
Taken
By
Soviets;
Closing
In
on
Stettin
and
Danzig
NAZI
COUNTER-ATTACKS
REPULSED
PARIS,
March
10
(CP)
Tank-supported
German
infantry
struck
at
the
fifty-square-mile
American
First
Army
bridgehead
over
the
Rhine
at
Rcmagen
today
but
were
stopped
cold
as
thousands
of
infantrymen
sped
over
the
bridge
in
a
race
against
enemy
columns
moving
up
for
battle.
A
front
correspondent
said
the
Germans
have
already.
lost
the
race.
Farther
upstream
the
American
Third
Army
smashed
forward
to
within
two
miles
of
Cohlenz.
To
the
north
Ontario
infantry
of
the
First
Canadian
TArmy
captured
Veen,
strong
point
in
the
Wesel
triangle
west
of
the
Rhine.
Allied
forces
haye
pushed
the
Germans
out
of
four
villages
in
the
Wesel
pocket.
LONDON,
March
10
(CP)
On
the
eastern
front
the
Germans
are
telling
the
story
of
their
mounting
reverses.
Berlin
says
the
Russians
have
captured
part
of
the
Oder
River
fortress
of
Kuestrin,
38
miles
east
of
the
German
capital.
In
the
north,
the
Russians
are
said
to
be
fighting
outside
Stettin
after
shelling
the
place
for
the
first
time.
Far
to
tne
northeast,
live
or
six
hundred
Russian
armies
are
pictured
as
closing
In
swiftly
on
surrounded
Danzig.
None
of
this
Is
confirmed
by
the
Sovief
communique,
which
tells
chiefly
of
the
Russian
cap
ture
of
200
localities
in
MANCHESTER,
Eng.,
CU
Col.
R.
M.
Barlow
suggested
at
an
in
quest
on
an
eight-year
old
boy
RECORD-BREAKING
AIR
ATTACK
IS
MADE
ON
JAPANESE
CAPITALCIIY
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NEW
WEAPON
WORST
YET
LONDON,
March
10
(CP)
A
new
and
devastating
weapon
now
is
being
used
by
Britisli
and
Canadian
troops
on
the
western
front.
It
is
a
new
type
ground
rocket
projector
used
in
barrage
work
as
medium
artillery,
A
British
war
office
bulletin
in
London
describes
the
rocket
projector
as
"one
of
the
war's
most
devastating
weapons."
$7,400
Raised
that
people
should
form
"child-
Nueactvri
been
abandoned
av5ips;P4ire
35Bg!-lw$
Next
Move
from
the
Rhine
Is
Awaited
FIFTH
CLOSES
ON
VERGATO
ROME,
March
9
Qi
Allied
Fifth
army
troops
closing
in
on
the
German
highway
stronghold
or
yergato,
southwest
of
Bologna,
have
occupied
Car-viano,
about
a
mile-
from
their
objective,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
The
Germans
have
stepped
up
their
artillery
lire
against
the
Americans
holding
newly
won
mountain
positions
bordering
the
Bologna-Pistoia
highway.
GOOD
FOR
PLANTS
TOO
Penicillin
has
been
used
with
good
results
for
the
treatment
of
crown
gall,
sometimes
called
plant
cancer.
Canada's
Front
Line
Generals
Onlv
overseas
divisional
commander
with
com
mand
experience
on
three
fronts
is
Maj.-Gen.
Harry
Wickwire
Foster
who
led
the
First
Canadian
Division
in
the
campaign
that
followed
the
fall
of
Rome.
Previously
lie
had
taken
the
Canadian
expedition
to
Kiska
in
the
Aleutians
and
afterwards
commanded
the
Fourth-
Armored
Division
in
northwest
Europe.
He
came
from
a
military
family
and
a
school
that
has
produced
military
leaders.
Ills
father
was
the
late
Maj.-Gen.
G.
L.
Foster,
director
general
of
medical
services
in
the
First
Great
War
and
his
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.
Vancouver
Secrecy
Masks
Direction
Invasion
Of
Germany
Will
Take
Following
Crossing
and
First
Annies
are
rapidly
wiping
out
the
great
Elfel
Moun
tains
picket
in
which
perhaps
Red
Cross
Goes
Well
First
WerlOSets
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Rupert
Tobacco
Store
M.
L.
Strickland
Peggy
Saunders
Northern
Distributors
H.
J.
Friesen
B.C.
Messenger
J.
Bradley
........
capable
of
bearing
tanks,
Rupert
Forge
trucks
and
foot
troops.
J.
Kilby
A.
King
Half
of
of
;$15,000
in
Prince
Ruper((docs
hot
end
until
tonight
but
the
objective
of
$15,000
has
already
been
hair
accomplished.
Subscriptions
accounted
for
up
to
this
morning
totalled
$7,400.
ThQ
following,
long
list
of
acknowlegmcnts
Is
made:
Fashion
Footwear
$
15
Macey's
Confectionery
25
G.
Bryant
50
Watts
&
Nickerson
50
Annettes
Ladles'
Wear
Co
25
PARIS,
March
10
(CP)
Continued
secrecy
masks
5,uper
pp!es
s,to
:
;
r
the
direction
from
which
the
American
First
Army
??tn
cl
11
may
be
expected
to
lunge
in
inner
Germany
from
its
t.
d.
Pattuilo
1'..
25
beachhead
at
Remagen
on
the
cast
bank
of
the
Rhine
Morgan's
Men's
and
Boys'
River
which
has
been
steadily
enlarged
and
yester-'
Wear
Ltd-
-
r25
day
had
reached
a,
depth
of
at
least
five
miles
and
a
f
"SS
7.15"
wuun
oi
ten
mues.
a
new
American
Army,
the
Fifteenth,
has
gone
into
action
on
the
western
front,
a
National
Broadcasting
Co.
broadcast
from
the
front
said
yesterday.
Another
dispatch
from
the
front
said
the
American
Third,
Army
had
captured
Mulhcim,
four
miles
northwest
of
Coblenz.
The
Third
fifty
thousand
Germans
aro
Parkin
Electric
Co
.."
do
facing
destruction.
Jaws
of
the
Vance's
Homo
Arts
10
trap
fifteen
miles
or
less
apart
IL
A-
Du
Hamel,
5
from
Remagen
to
Mulhcim.
The
Ludendorfr
span
at
Remagen,
which
the
Americans
captured
intact
by
a
daring
operation
or
a
single
American
company
ten
minutes
before
H
was
to
have
been
blown
up,
is
a
double-tracked
railroad
bridge
r.
SKinner
5
5
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i
'win
J.
L.
Macintosh
;
5
S.
A.
Nickerson
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E.
W.
Freisen
,
5
J.
Chrlstenseh
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5
II.
Ward
;5
A.
E.
Field
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on
page
2)
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Tokyo
is
smouldering
today
after
a
record-breaking
air
at-1
tack.
More
than
2500
superfortress
bombers
have
Captain
Whittles
dropped
fire
bombs
on
the
centre
of
the
Japanese
On
Front
Line
in
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spilled
on
a
ten
square-mile
area.
They
caused
fifty
Capt.
Jamcs
E.
wwtties.
Sp
times
more
damage
than
last
month's
attack
which
er
Anglican
church
rector
at
levelled
240
city
blocks.
The
Im-
Burns
Lake
and
for
a
wlille
!at
perial
Palace
of
Emperor
Hlro-
the
first
of
the
war
area
chari-
hlto
was
hit
by
fire
bombs.
lain
at
Prince
Rupert,
Is
now
The
B-29's
were
out
In
their
with
the
Canadian
Army
In
greatest
strength
yet.
At
Guam,
France.
He
is
attached
to
the
the
Chief
-
of
-
Staff
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Artillery
anrl
Twentieth
United
States
Air
went
through
DrDay
since
which
Force
has
declared
that
fleets
he
has
been
at
the
front
lines,
of
1000
superforts
will
roam
over
A
large
picture
in
a
recent
issue
Japan,
If
needed
to
finish
the
of
'The
Canadian
Churchman,"
war.
One
American
officer
says
Anglican
weekly
publication
the
B-29
program
Is
just
be-
shows
Capt.
Whittles
seated
on
ginning
to
hit
its
stride.
TAKEN"
BY
OERMANS
Peacetime
production
ol
a
pile,
or
shells
chatting
with
Squadron
Leader
T.
P.
Covne
of
Ottawa,
Roman
Catholic
padre
of
the
Royal
Canadian
the
Air
Force.
Capt.
Whittles
la
French
coal
fields
or
Pas
de
Cal-
hoping
to
remain
In
the
Army
t
als
and
Nord
averaged
over
2,-!
after
the
war
to
minister
to
400,000
tons
a
month.
ex-service
merrJa
hospitals.