NORTHERN
AND
POLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Temperature
High
38;
Low
28
Iremier
Hart
Announces
klicy
of
His
Governs
Ilydro-Kleclric
Commission
to
Purcli
Purely
Develop
and
Distribute
Tower
hi
1
r
o
g
r
a
m
;d
$487,000.
of
'
vcrnment
will
guaran-
j'a:i.
to
villages
or
voiisirut-
v.l
water
and
sewerage
sys-vcrumrnt
will
provide
kooo
for
financing
new
hos-
i
buUdinss.
i-
.
i
i
le
E
iver.imcni
nas
purcnasea
equipment
worth
$1,500,000
krescntatlon
to
communities
:;:dlr.i
such
equipment.
The
ra)
nvcrnmcnt
will
be
urged
batinue
the
civilian
protcc-
u
:a:iaf.lon,
20
percent;
rebate
on
pass-
ar
iwOnces
will
be-
con-
I
E
ivcrnment
will
establish
tirt!
i
:rc
'.ry
department.
.
1L;
premised
to
complete
Ihiway
connecting
the
,;c
area
with
Uie
rest
of
:
,..;:
and
also
to
finish
:pc-Pi..ircton
highway.
(Pi
-.it
.
;;:iouncrd
a
pub-
irkr.
prc;ram
involving
more
JD.COO.000
to
be
launched
itl
U
i
J'.t
the
war
ends.
I
Hut
atd
that
British.
Col-
ready
a
participate
In
vai;..;..
provincial
confer-
will
borrow
up
p.00
to
buy
land
clearing
i;f7
la
be
placed
at
stra-
Ic
:
Uiruughout
the
prov-
or
..itt
la
farmers
on
a
rcas-
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Scutt
of
Mmtrcal,
C.C.F.
nal
chairman,
was
named
'c
Sat,katche'van
govern-Saturday
as
lis
member
of
cc-man
trlbunU
to
deter
wnether
the
Dominion
'imcnt
has
violated
the
Do
i-provinclal
wattlmc
tax
win
by
withholding
pay
i
M2,331
due
January
Hie
money
was
withheld
e
Dominion
in
part
pay
oi
$10,500,000
seed
grain
"unuiier
of
finance,
has
l
to
collect
from
the
nrov-
lller
proposals
rejected
by
uvinciai
administration,
i"
professor
of
constl-
'aw
at
McGIll
Unlvrr-
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an
constitutional
mat-
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THFIK
'WFi
HUSKS,
Feb.
13
(Special
'y
News)
-curling
in
the
'-rs
bonsnlpt
Mage
last
night
with
the
,f
Strickland
of
Prince'
i
anri
!.t
.
...
wljkc
oi
Bm
i
iers
v
v.
&
in
r
it
nnrr
.
.
-
.
.u
lit.
i
uMn
of
Smith
fnr
")
vaucy
uollerics
and
McEwon
t
'n
and
Blllv
t.ihio
r
ck
for
t.ho
1
1
...v
wuouiauuu
1111S
wn
llm
.
u
n.-t.wcn
and
Little
l''aycd
in
the
finnh
t
rg,
lce
has
been
In
poor-con-IQr
Playing
owlnir
to
mild
r.ut
hardened
a
little
n"piei
S
are
comWUng
In
V
Pxpcnditurcs
IManneo
a
VICTOIUA,
Feb.
W
(CP)
Premier-John
H.&&&5
policy
speech
nrthe
Legislature
yesterday,
a.
li
for
1
11.
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41-wi
rrmtnlMlinnilt
t'lll
ef
i
ll
I
l,
Ii
t
l-,i,.l..,t
lllll'CU
Ulilb
WU
JjUlLillinvm
mil
vobduiiou
u
JIJTUIU'
rtric
commission
with
power
to
purchase,
develop
I
distribute
electric
.power
throughout
the
prov-o
and
make
available
$10,000,000
for
those
pur-
jve
nuuion
dollars
will
be
I
nt
p.:
I...llf1lnir
at
the
Lcr-lly
of
British
Columbia
lidin;;
the
establishment
01
l.tic
of
medicine,
pnarmacy
law
Lral
:.:hool
teachers'
salarici
lt)c
i.icrca;
cd
without
cost
to
kmai
di
-tricK
to
the
amount
J'W.OOO
tore
will
be
provided
for
fln-
nccc
ary
school
build-
in
municipalities
and
school
Reds
Close
on
Germany
Krcslau
Kncirclcd
by
Advance
In
Silesia
15
Miles
From
Slellin
Kurstrin
and
Frankfurt
Weaken
LONDON,
Feb.
13
t
The
Russians,
virtually
encircling
Brcslau
In
Silesia
and
racing
ahead
fifteen
to
twenty-sevtn
ahead
fifteen
to
twenty-seven
bridgeheads
across
the
Bober
River
twenty-seven
miles
or
less
from
.Dresden,
Germany
broadcasts
say.
To
the
north
the
Russians
arc
within
fifteen
miles
of
Stettin,
Berlin's
Baltic
port.
Soulli
African
Prime
Minister
Moves
to
Break
Up
Secret
Society
largely
teachers
and
civil
servants
and
that
membership
s-ccmcd
limited
to
influential
persons
or
those
in
key
posi
tions.
Objects
as
well
as
the
membership
of
the
organization
wcw
kept
strictly
secret.
The
organization
lias
denied
that
it
ever
fovorcd
the
national
socialist
system
for
South
Africa,
or
had
any
connection
with
the
Nazi
rulers.
BELFAST
PLANS
NEW
TRANSPORT
BELFAST.
Feb.
13
J
Provi
sion
of
a
ncw
high-level
bridge
over
the
Lagan,
segregation
of
Industry
with
creation
of
healthful
and
convenient
residential
areas
and
protection
for
existing
open
spaces
and
planning
of
new
ones
arc
principal
suggestions
contained
in
a
report
of
the
1942
planning
commission.
It
said
that
nearly
5,000
Belfast
homes
arc
unfit
for
human
habitation
by
ordinary
standards,
and
that
there
arc
9,000
married
couples
in
the
city
without
scp.
aratc
homes.
With
the
present
high
density
of
buildings
as
many
as
70
or
80
homes
to
the
acre
in
some
spots-good
living
conditions
arc
"absolutely
Impossible"
and
there
must
be
decentralization
of
the
popu
lation,
the
rcDort
said.
it
stressed
the
importance
oi
a
speedy
and
convenient
flow
ot
traffic
to
and
from
wc
cuy.
me
commission
recommended
mat
traffic
toy
road,
ran,
sea
una
m.
be
co-ordinated
in
one
unified
scheme.
SCIENTIFIC
SCHOOL
Brazil's
first
school
of
chemical
engineering
is
located
at
Sao
Paulo,
the
country's
industrial
capital,
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
37
had
blasted
one
of
their
cars
at
iright
on
the
crossroad
and,
when
lour
column
came
along,
they
nniinntA
c,.(v,
Afrio
vu
Iknockcd
out
our
first
car,"
Har-
13
'-Members
of
the
"Boeder-,old
sald-
"Several
of
us
went
on
band-
(Union
of
Brothcrsc.
l
icaic
W1C
ku"s
lur
uul
South
Africa
secret
society
ban-
own
artillery.
After
sneaking
ncd
December
15
by
the
Union'
arouna
"1C
crossroaas
Cu
..c
Government,
must
resign
from
on
some
pretty
heavy
machine
the
organization
formally
and
tin.
Wc
decided
to
retire
In
writing,
the
prime
minister's
and
wnue
going
oac
a
sncu
office
has
announced.
over
and
that
was
that
Under
the
December
15
procla-l
wounas
aaca,
UP
,UK
matlon,
civil
servants
and
teach-
oi
an
vyc.
loss
lou.
n8s
on
his
right
hand
and
crs
were
given
14
days
to
re-
sign
from
the
Broederbond
and
arm
ana
leg
injuries
ne
spe
u
last
week
with
his
parents.
tc
the
statement
said
any
who
fall-
rH
,
rin
xn
minht
be
nrosecuted.
leaving
ia!,i,
uigiii
iu
icum
o,.,to
cnirt
.
Vancouver
wneic
ire
cently
the
estimated
2.500
mem
bers
of
the
Broederbond
were
RECRUITS
REQUIRED
to
Is
under
going
surgery
which
will
partly
restore
the
use
oi
his
shattered
hand.
After
being
wounded,
Trooper
Hodgson
spent
two
weeks
In
a
British
hospital
In
France
and
was
then
flown
to
a
hospital
in
England.
He
returned
to
Canada
at
the
end
of
December,
spending
Christmas
and
Ncw
Years
afloat
on
the
hospital
ship
Lcti-tla.
To
the
perils
of
enemy
action
w.crc
added
the
horrors
of
being
bombed
by
Allied
aircraft
in
the
confusion
of
the
German
retreat
across
France.
Three
times
from-
Caen
to
Falalse
Canadian
units
feft
Uie
blast
of
Allied
aerial
bombs,
"The
first
time
was
eight
miles
beyond
Caen
when
a
formation
Army
Nerds
Both
Men
and
Women,
Declares
Major
Bray-bliaw
Who
Is
In
City
"Tills
Is
no
time
for
men
or
women
who
might
otherwise
enlist
In
the
army
to
feel
that
they
arc
still
not
badly
needed,"
declares
Major
Thomas
Brayshaw,
recruiting
officer
for
Pacific
Command,
who
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adcladc
yesterday
from
Vancouver
and
will
proceed
by
this
evening's
train
to
Prince
George
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
this
district.
"There
mere
fact
that
we
are
so
opviousiy
winning
mc
wr
mluht
make
complacency
the
more
dangerous."
There
is
not
only
still
an
urgent
need
In
the
Army
for
men
but
also
for
women,
Major
Brayshaw
says.
the
planes
came
over
about
half
of
them
bombed
us.
The
other
half
hit
the
Germans.
We
attack
ed
as
soon
as
the
bombs
stopped
falling."
When
they
were
later
dive
bombed
by
American
Thunderbolts
at
Falaisc
a
bolnb
fell
50
feet
from
Trooper
Hodgson.,
"It
was
a
dud,"
he
grinned.
Five
Thunderbolts
came
over
and
two
releas.ed
their
missiles
before
they
realized
their
error.
When
the
German
Seventh
Army
was
penned
in
its
death
agony
at
Falaisc
Allied
troops
were
bombed
nightly
by
the
German
air
force.
"They
used
to
come
over
regularly
at
12:30
every
night,"
Harold
recalled.
"We
never
used
to
get
any
sleep
before
1
o'clock."
An
armored
car
regiment
Is
supposed
to
foe
a
reconnaissance
force,
feeling
out
and
prodding
Ihc
enemy
with
speedy,
15-ton
armored
cars.
However,
in
France
they
were
used
as
an
actual
com
bat
force
and
sustained
very
heavy
casualties,
Harold
said.
He
hasn't
made
any
definite
plans
for
the
future,
but
thinks
lie
may
settle
In
Vancouver.
"But
I'm
not
too
sure
of
that,
even,"
he
smiled.
"When
the
hospital
gets
through
with
me
I
might
decide
to
return
to
Prince
Rupert."
NAVY
ATTACK
UPON
MANILA
Would
Synchronize
with
Land
and
Air
Operations
to
Kcgaiu
'
City"
TOKYO,
Feb.
13
The
Tokyo
radio
hinted
Sunday
'that
lha
United
States
fleet
might
soon
attempt
to
force
Manila
Bay,
synchronizing
with
the
operations
or
the
American
land
forces
which
have
entered
the
city
and
aircraft
which
are
rocking
Corrc-gldor.
Red
Cross
Campaign,
Stan
Saville
Manager
The
annual
Red
Cross
drive
in
Prince
Rupert
will
open
on
March
3
with
Stan
Saville
as
campaign
manager.
SCHOOLBOY
HERO
LONDON,
Henry
FUntoff,
a
13-year
old
Yorkshire
schoolboy,
has
been
awarded
the
rarcly-
PRODUCE
PENICILLIN
bestowed
Edward
Medal
for
sav-
Peru
plans
to
build
a
plant
to
lng
a
farmer
from
being
gored
to
produce
its
own
penicillin.
death
by
a
bull.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
13t
1945
ALLIED
FIGHTERS
WEAR
WHITE
IN
BATTLE
OF
THE
BULGE-Allicd
Infantrymen
in
the
"Battle
of
the
Bulge,"
western
European
front,
arc
wearing
thcit
winter
battle
camouflage
in
the
advance
against
the
Nazis.
FROM
CAEN
TO
FALAISE
IS
CAREER
OF
WOUNDED
PRINCE
RUPERT
BOY
Action-packed
weeks
which
began
with
bitter
fighting
at
the
Normandy
city
of
Caen
early
last
July
and
ended
with
a
shell
burst
near
the
Seine
.
1
I
.
1
lit,
A
1
The
two
king
nin
points
of
itiver
ueyonu
me
raiaise
pocitet
uiie
in
August
was
Benin's
defence
along
the
Oder,
the
combat
career
of
Trooper
Harold
Hodgson,
son
-Kuestrin
and
Frankf
urt-arc
0f
Mr
ami
rs.
Arthur
Hodgson,
Fraser
Street,
incessant
day
and
night
artlf-
lery
pounding.
Moscow
says.
SOCIETY
IS
BROKEN
UP
who
soon
expects
a
discharge
from
the
army
as
a
result
of
his
wounds.
The
shell
burst
got
the
Prince
Rupert
man
after
he
and
several
comrades
of
a
Canadian
armored
car
regiment
had
attempted
to
"pin
point"
German
guns
which
of
flying
fortresses
plastered
us.
I
wasn't
In
that
one
but
I
watched
the
bombs
fall
on
our
units
from
about
a
mile
away."
"However,
the
worst
experience
was
being
bombed
by
1,000
Lan-
casters
on
August
14.
We
were
to
a
crossroads
near
the
Seine
river,
attack
German
positions
at
noon
"German
artillery
was
laid
I
and
the
Lancasters
were
to
soften
Western
Front
Resisting
Canadians
First
Army
of
This
Division
Is
Meeting
With
Stiff
Opposition
From
Germans
LONDON',
Feb.
13
The
Can-
,
adian
First
Army,
fighting
waist
deep
in
mud
and
water,
i
is
meeting
with
increasing
enemy
resistance
at
the
north-
ern
end
of
the
western
front.
The
enemy
have
out
seven
crack
tank
and
panzer
divisions
into
the
fight
there.
'
Berlin
stated
that
three
crp.il
Allied
armies
were
mass-
Up
the
German
strong
points,
j,,
for
a
ncw
0frn$ive
on
Something
-wentr
.wrong,.-.
When
iJie
wc$re,i,
fl,i
but
this
was-
not'
confirmed
in
Allied
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ROCK
SLIDE
IS
ENORMOUS
Obstruction
On
Railway
Line
Near
Aim
bury
Is
Described
i
By
Arrivals
Arrivals
from
the
Interior
on
last
evening's
train,
describing
the
big
slide
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
line
near
Am-sbury,
estimate
that
some
5.0C0
yards
of
10,000
tons
of
rock
fell
down
the
side
of
a
bluff,
completely
filling
a
cut
some
200
feet
long
and
probably
thirty
feet
high.
The
boulders
are
so
large
that
it
will
take
considerable
time
and
equipment
to
remove
the
rack
and
It
may
be
a
week
before
the
line
is
open
again.
Meantime,
transfer
of
passengers,
mail,
express
and
baggage
is,
being
made
over
the
slide,
the
trains
from
the
East
coming
through
that
far
while
those
from
Prince
Rupert
go
to
the
slide
and
return.
The
slide
did
at
least
one
good
thing
and
that
was
to
remove
any
further
risk
from
a
menacing
overhang
of
rock
that
previously
existed
there.
The
Prince
Rupert
Highway
run
in
the
bash
above
and
back
of
the
railway
line
at
this
point
so
is
in
no
way
involved
in
the
slide.
All
telegraph
lines
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
are
down
today
owing
to
snow
conditions
in
the
lower
Skena.
Germany's
Hope
of
Disunity
of
Allies
Removed
MOSCOW,
Feb.
13
The
Soviet
newspaper
Pravda
says
that
with
the
Big
Three
conference
has
gone
Germany
last
hope
of
creating
disunity
among
the
Al
Iie3.-The-
agreement
on
the
final
phases
of
winning
the
war
had
removed
any
such
enemy
hope
RUSSIAN
ORPHANS
These
two
boys,
whose
parents
were
killed
by
the
Germans,
return
from
hiding
with
guerrilla's
in
the
forests,
to
seek
what
remains
or
their
native
village
somewhere
in
Bclorussia.
JR.
CHAMBER
YOUTH
GROUP
LAYS
ACTION
PLANS
AT
INITIAL
MEETING
Organizational
ground-
boys
raitercd.
work
:uk1
nbins
for
half
n
Characterizing
dozen
projects
were
subject
matter
for
an
enthusiastic
group
of
more
than
o0
high
school
boys
who"
attended
the
first
dinner
meeting
of
what
is
so
far
known
as
the
Junior
junior
Chamber
unamDer
oi
or
Com
tom
lis
youm
commiuce
unaer
me
chairmanship
or,
T.
Norton
Youngs,
the
organization
began
to
take
form
during
a
business
session
which
followed
a
cold
plate
dinner
topped
ofr
with
such
liberal
quantities
or
pie,
Ice
cream
and
soft
drinks
that
the
the
business
meeting
was
a
spirit
of
easy
discussion
within
the
parliamentary
framework.
The
boys
elected
a
temporary
president
and
secretary
and
proceeded
to
create
committees
either
by
election
or
appointment.
Their
keenness
to
embark
on
a
.
nmlprt.
.
.
,
mnrio
.
clear
....
when
mcrce
In
the
I.O.D.E.
Hail
last
f.
.i
adopted
motion
Uiat
i
the
m
they
a
I
,
f
'
president
appoint
a
committee
to
Sponsored
by
the
Junior
Cham-
organlze
a
work
gang
to
level
olf
ber
or
Commerce
and
directed
by
and
remoye
debrls
from
Booth
Memorial
High
School
grounds.
Several
names
were
put
forward
for
Uie
positions
or
president
and
secretary.
Garon
was
elected
president
(Continued
on
Page
2)
Jury
Hears
Of
Dangers
At
Inquest
Circumstances
of
Death
of
Naval
Officer
Bared
at
Coroner's
Hearing
The
ladder
on
the
naval
dock.
formerly
the
government
wharf,
on
the
local
waterfront
from
which
Sub-Lieutenant
John
Ed
ward
Higginbotham
lost
his
life
in
falling
to
a
ship'
below
last
Friday
night
Is
so
notoriously
dangerous
that
it
has
come
to
be
known
among
the
naval
men
who
use
it
as
"Hangmaus
Ladder."
This
came
out
last
night
at
the
cause
of'
death,
.a'
Hdervrgtog
fir
thorough
investigation
into
the
safety
and
condition
of
all
such
ladders.
It
was
revealed
that
during
recent
weeks
there
had
been
near
fatal
accidents
as
a
result
of
the
condition
or
this
and
other
ladders
on
the
naval
dock.
The
verdict
as
to
the
cause
or
death
was
multiple
skull
frac
tures
in
Lieut.
Higginbotham's
fall
from
the
dock
while
he
was
about
to
descend
the
ladder
"known
to
be
unsafe,"
striking
his
head
on
some
part
of
the
ship
below.
Tlie
inquest
was
conducted
by
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
and
the
Jury
consisted
of
Norman
Carter,
foreman,
G.
D.
Bryant,
Joseph
Slaggard,
G.
M.
Carrigan,
Frank
Ellison
and
J.
Odowcs.
First,
witness
was
Skipper
Nor
man
Fiander
who
had
been
with
Higginbotham
that
evening
and
had
arrived
with
him
at
the
dock.
Fiander
was
first
down
the
ladder
followed
by
Higginbotham.
About
hall
way
down
the
ladder,
Fiander
felt
Higginbotham,
in
falling,
brush
past
him.
He
grasped
his
leg
but
was
unable
to
hold
him.
There
was
a
thud
and
a
splash.
Witness
jumped
the
rest
of
the
way
to
the
.deck
of
the
ship
and
called
for
assistance.
By
the
light
of
a
flashlight
Hig
ginbotham
could
be
seen
floating
In
the
water
face
up.'IIe
was
pull
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
PLANES
HAMPER
KLEVE
RELIEF
LONDON,
Feb.
13
O)
A
German
efrort
to
move
men
and
ma
tcrial
to
bolster
their
lines
sag
ging
under
the
pressure
of
the
Allied
offensive
near
Klcve
was
wrecked
by
British
and
Ameri
can
planes
which
braved
hazar
dous
flying
weather
to
attack
the
Nazi
columns.
Aerial
attacks
destroyed
more
than
1,-300
pieces
of
enemy
equipment.
BAD
CRASH
AT
PATRICIA
BAY
.
VICTORIA,
Feb.
13
Three
airmen
died
or
injuries,
lour
are
seriously
Injured
and
an
eighth
is
still
missing
as
a
result
or
the
crash
or
a
Canso
riylng
boat
at
Patricia
Bay
base.
Famine
In
Athens
was
reported
to
have
caused
100,000
deaths
In
1942.
Tides
(Paclllc
Standard
Time)
Wednesday,
February
14,
1945
High
,
2:38
21.7
feet
14:35
23.0
leet
Low
-
8:39
4.7
feet
21:02
12
feet
Complete
Agreement
on
Shortening
Up
War
and
Making
Lasting
Peace
w
Big
Three
Conference
Ends
days
and
resulted
in
"contlnu-
'
T
,
t
X
'i
At
Announcements
Following
Memorable
Meeting
At
Yalta
Germany
to
Be
j
Completely
Occupied
and
Controlled
f
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
13
(CP)
The
Big
.
Three
Roosevelt,
Churchill
and
Stalin
have
agreed
V
on
plans
for
"shortening
the
war"
in
Europe,
on
com
plete
elimination
of
both
Nazism
and
German
mill-
";
tarism
and
un-co-operative
action
in
liberated
Europe
at
the
conference
in
Yalta
in
the
Crimea
on
the
,
"Hangman's
Ladder"
BiacK
sea
wnicn
lasted
eigm,
lng
and
growing
co-operation
',-and
understanding
among
our
'
three
countries
and
among
all
v';
peace-loving
nations."
As
for
disposal
of
Germany
.f'
after
the
fighting,
it
was
agreed
,-
that
there
should
be
a
three-power
control
commission
with
United
States,
Great
Britain
and
Russia
each
having
their
spheres
of
actual
occupation,
and,
possibly,
later
France.
All
German
military
forces
will
be
completely
disarmed
and
disbanded
and
the
general
staff
will
be
broken
up.
All
war
criminals
will
be
effectively
dis
posed,
of
and
due
reparations
,1
Will
be
assessed
on
Germany.
The
purpose.
It
!
stated.
Is
not
to
destroy
Germany
but
to
completely
wipe
out
Nazism
and
the
military
influence.
The
reparations
commission
f
will
have
Its
headquarters
in
'
Moscow.
'
j-JThere
will
be
Joint
assistance
Tor
liberated
countries
and
inquest,
the
jury
ln
wnicn,
added
former
Axis
satellites;
to
choose-to
its
verdict
determining
t
he
(their
own
governments.
11
Vis
a'fraecTthat
SBKMr
post-war
economic
tonference
should
be
held
In
San
Francisco,
on
April
25.
Foljowlng
the
conclusion
of
the
Yalta
conference
it
was
disclosed
that
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
President
Roose
velt
had
held
preliminary
conference
at
Malta.'
An
eastern
portion
of
Poland
will
be
taken
over
by
Russia
and
Poland
will
get
part
of
Germany
in
return.
VANCOUVER
HAS
FISH
AGREEMENT
Vancouver
halibut
fishermen,
who
have
been
operating
on
an
agreement
with
boat
owners
similar
to
Prince
Rupert's
have
lgned
up
a
separate
agreement
of
their
own.
The
Vancouver
agreement
was
the
subject
of
consideration
at
a
meeting
of
the
local
Deep
Sea
Fishermen
s
Union
last
week.
The
local
lishermen
prerer
their
own
agreement
to
that
ol
Vancouver.
Erllng
Green-strand
presided
over
the
meeting.
RUSS
ANNOUNCE
BUDAPEST
FALL
MOSCOW,
Feb.
13
Marshal
Stalin
announced
today
the
fait
of
the
Hungarian
capital
of
Budapest
which
the
Nazis
have
.
fought
desperately
to
hold.
German
losses
during
Uie
siege
were
more
than
110,000
soldiers.
Tlie
commander
of
the
German
garrison
was
taken
prisoner.
The
siege
lasted
49
days.
SASKATCHEWAN
HOURS
OF
WORK
Will
be
Progressively
Reduced
After
War
Under
New
Legislation
REGINA,
Feb.
13
The
minister
of
labor
yesterday
Introduced
a
new
Hours
of
Work
bill
In
the
Saskatchewan
Legislature
providing
for
a
progressive
reduction
In
hours
of
work
utter
the
war.
Immediately
atter
the
war
the
maximum
working
week
will
be
six
days
or
eight
hours
each.
Two
years
later
there
will
be
a
44-hour
week
and
In
four
years
40
hours.
i'
ft
V'