t
Twnnsrnitir
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRlllE
JinjOLUHBU'S
NEWSPAPER
Tomorrow?
a
Tide
is.
Temperatures
lor
the
'
Prince
(Pacific
BUndtrd
Tlm)
opert
district
for
today
read:
Wednesday,
May
23,
1945
50
Iligh
11:28
17.1
feet
23:30
19.6
feet.
45
Low
5:30
6.1
feet
17:20
7.1
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
119.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
22,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
,
risco
ft,.
.
onn
...
...
...
'vi.
lloinc
gives
Uie
toest
to
unfortunate
girls
;ir
tabies
and
95
per
cent
inciters
are
restored
to
a!
LJrt
In
rvlntv
"
ho
said.
1
1
t
Iief
vnnr
Cnlirotlnn
I
'il'uL,
in
northwest
B.C
Plans
J.lt
t
At
ri
Thfll
(
hntl
ma
nrm
n
B.C
administration
h
ilv
lint
t
itfVivr
rfin
ImVO
I
!turt
1
uavc
lfrd
,
.
.1
ar
cxtraordUiaxy
times
we
heartily
support
..
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0
JUbtful
If
in
ordinary
tlmos
jny
of
those
cases
come
Prince
Rupert
as
In
war
nc
declared.
rman
Brett
agreed
that
W
should
be
granted
but
that,
che
matter
was
be-
11ftlrnl
f
it.
.M
'8ap.
The
problem
of
care
h.'
UU
IMULILL'IS
IS
V.
Iltt-
"wi
imi
nignt
approved
a
nidation
of
the
board
of
committee
that,
during
?flud
in
which
the
city
is
Jt
a
cltv
enclnppr.
Uip
cltv
Hn
n
..11
.i
ttuuionzca
to
act
as
officer
for
expenditures
ca
m
connection
with
lo
i"-iincni
uroiects.
wnt
of
accounts
for
April
--
-were
-d,twi
approvea
'
wuncll
last
mlchr.
on
rc
?"uon
or
the
finance
'VC
-
ui
,i,uuu
io
lownrcy
"""ncsnn.
nrrVilinrfs
fnr
Plans
for
Hip
'"is
llomo.
-was
annrnv
vvuncu
with
the
provision
-
uc
allowed
to
use
and
specifications
on
occasion
without
fur-
1H.
vknf
ada,
Admired
by
Woi:
War
Effort,
Leads
All
t
ill
h
ruMWd
r
uy
i
din
Tom
Reid
Tells
People
of
Skeena
Why
They
Should
Support
Mackenzie
King
and
E.
T.
Applewhaite
ie
Mackenzie
King
government
has
not
only
cfnl
wnv
pltnrt.
hlir.
it
hns
rrmrlp
ithine
nlronrlir
i
-
1
liS
AU..
l.i...i
t.'
i
J
l
p(
in
iL'uisiuiiuji
uu
int;
suuuie
uooks
10
nroviue
he
post-war
social
security
of
its
people.
The
.
nnf
1t.ll1r.ta
tf
I
limilll
lit
tlfllft.
ft
IVIIlIrn
.1
n
r
v.
NT
S20U
TO
P
SALVATION
trlbutlon
surpassing
that
of
any
other
nation,
yes
even
In
manpower,
has
advanced
Its
postwar
plans
to
a
point
far
ahead
iof
any.
of
the
Allies.
I
Such
was
the
basis
of
appeal
!of
TomRcl&of
New
Westmin
ister
who
last
night
in
Prince
i
Rupert
advocated
a
return
to
o
'
.
uuivb
11
wiiv
ajiuiicu
guiLiu-
Balvation
Army
to
help
mcnt
and
the
election
of
E.
T.
11.-.
1ir.J
ITnM.
!
.
.
...
...
.
....
uk.
n,mu.i;iui
Appiewnaue,
UDerai
candidate,
:i:d
mc'.hers
in
vancou-as
that
government's
supporter
;
approved
toy
city
council
jn
Skeena.
iav
........
I
AJiC
iajjj.c.
tiixu
was
pracu-
rdinc
to
the
request
cally
filled
and,
while
a
few
'4t
A.
H,
Hill,
of
the
Sal-,
typically
voluble
C.CF.'ers
made
Arm?'
aldermen
pointed
their
presence
known
by
at-
n
mum
nnr.
n
ccm-
Temnunir
in
1
ti.su
iv
Lnat
narevs
an
animal
grant,
but
system
of
internal
orgnalzation
'
m
being
given
on
the
and
its
stand
on
the
Japanese
.
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JVttl
UUlj.
lljUVOHUJl,
Hit
OfJtUnCia,
UlliUUU.&
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.
.
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n.f.
n
nn
mi-n
o
I
,
n
iinrt
n
nT
linn
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Illll
.i
If
LI
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II
1
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111
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-
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v
.
-
.
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-
-
three
unmarried
mothers
1
80,1
a
well
as
Mr.
Reid,
re
nn
DiirtArt
i
r
mirun
:
I
t
IVIU
Ull
Lll
LI
1
UAlihiLll.
i
l.Lt:
Li
iUlvC
IbUUVt
V
J1UU
bUIWClt
i
'
in
behalf
of
Malor
Hill's
.
hundred
persons
were
present.
ilk
liiv
uuuvt,
ivu.
iviau
icik
(Continued
on
Page
2)
NO
CANUCKS
Will
Not
Be
Taking
1'arl
In
Occupation
of
German
Capital
WITH
THE
CANADIANS
IN
.
-
:
ttn,
t
tm
fm.
no
rti
Tf
rniF
i
a3K;:a
lor
a
grant
oe-
iivjuvLf
iviajr
w
n
I.
t
,1,.
T-ti
....
fnvin
aj.jld,
transpires
uiui
uic
ruoi.
uum-
rllr.
ArmvV
"nnrlln
Rriimflp"
...0
Tr
nf
nrrnnv
thp
Ocrman
capital
with
other
units
of
the
western
Allies.
Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent
Ross
Munro
reports
that
plans
for
the
joint
Allied
occu-natlnn
of
Berlin
have
hit
a
snag.
tt
........
thflt
nn
nnn
IfnnvL'fi
t
what
caused
the
change
in
plans,
but
the
condition
of
the
ruined
city
may
have
something
to
do
with
It.
Munro
says
that
pos
sibly
Berlin
is
in
such
bad
shape
that
"plans
to
accommodate
troops
of
the
Allies
for
one
month
may
not
be
feasible.
He
says
that
the
Allied
control
commission
may
make
Leipzig
its
headquarters,
instead.
Wants
Authentic
Colors
For
City
Totem
Poles
Prince
Rupert's
fine
collection
of
Indian
totem
poles,
wnose
symbolic
figures
have
become
weathered
into
ooscurity,
are
soon
to
resume
their
colorful
Identity
with
a
new
coat
of
paint.
Alderman
George
Hills,
appointed
by
city
council
to
sec
about
getting
the
totem
poles
rcipaintcd,
reported
last
night
that
he
had
studied
the
requirements
and
found
that
on
some
of
the
poles
the
colors
had
fadadc
so
badly
as
to
be
unrecognizable.
Water
is
a
good
conductor
of
sound.
Churchill,
Roosevelt,
Stalin
Pay
tribute
to
the
magnificent
and
effective
part
Canada
has
played
in
the
war.
These
leaders
did
not
need
to
go
out
of
their
way
to
acknowledge
ad
laud
the
war
effort
of
Canada.
Would
you
follow
the
United
Nations
leaders
or
go
over
to
the
reactionary
and
visionary
office-seekers?
Let
the
government
which
is
leading
you
through
ar
to
victory
lead
vou
throuch
oeace
to
security.
TKULY
iMinRRKSfiivRVrtTE
LIBERAL
erecs
Are
Preparing
To
Vote
CHINA
FoorriovriiMiar
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3
it
1
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7
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'
.
WaManilo
m
iNDO-
Ay
522.
m
CHINA
wfX
9JS
Singapore
pJSZ
J$
fjt
I
BORNEO
I
CELES
CHINA
OPENS
DRIVE-Map
shows
(a)
where
Chinese
troops
entered
Foochow,
capture
of
which
frees
a
major
port
on
the
Chinese
coast.
The
new
American
landing
on
Mindanao,
at
Macajalar
Bay
1)
and
virtual
destruction
of
the
French
Indo-Chlna
Japanese
naval
air
base
at
Siagcn
(2)
by
American
air
attacks,
together
with
further
advances
on
Okinawa
represent
-other
gains
in
the
Pacific,
all
of
which
are
helping
disrupt
Japanese
supply
line
(long
arrows).
British
drive
from
Burma
on
Singapore
constitutes
the
other
arm
of
a
gTeat
Pincers
movement.
Devenish
Coming
Here
On
Wednesday
W.
R.
Devenish,
vice-president
in
charge
of
western
lines
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
with
headquarters
in
Winnipeg,
will
arrive
in
the
.city
on
Wednesday
night's
train
and
remain
here
until
Thursday
night
when
he
will
leave
for
Vancouver.
W.
T.
Moodle,
.general
superintendent
for
British
Columbia
with
headquarters
In
Vancouver,
and
Sam
Morrison,
district
engineer,
ar
rived
in
the
city
on
last
night's
train
and
will
leave
this
evening
on
their
return
to
Vancouver.
New
Blows
For
Nippon
Japan
lias
Nail
nay
uoui
militarily
and
MANILA,
May
22
ff
The
Japanese
were
dealt
new
mlli
tarv
and
psychological
blows
in
a
day
of
quickening
tempo
in
the
Pacific
war.
On
Okinawa,
in
the
Philip
pines,
on
New
Guinea
and
in
Burma,
the
Jap
military
machine
has
suffered
fresh
reverses,
Underscoring
these
set-backs
were
two
announcements
one
by
the
United
states
war
Department
and
the
other
by
President
Truman.
The
President
said
that
Uic
United
States
is
preparing
to
strike
at
Japan
in
overwhelm-
in
forces.
The
War
Department
later
disclosed
that
the
United
States
First
Army
is
on
the
move
from
Europe
to
the
Pacific
front
It
was
the
First
Army
that
made
the
initial
crossing
of
the
Rhine.
BETTER
AGE
PENSIONS
NEEl'AWA,
Man
The
Pro-Srcssivc-Conservallvc
party
believes
old
age
pensions
should
be
increased
to
at
least
$30
per
month
and
a
contributory
old
age
pension
plan
should
be
Inaugurated
lo
assure
alt
Canadians
of
security
in
old
age,
John
Blacken,
national
leader,
said
here
Monday
night.
Mrs.
K.
Davis,
703
Fulton
Street,
has
received
a
wire
from
her
son,
'Jimmy
Smith,
paratrooper,
saying
that
he
is
safe
in
England
and
likes
it
very
much.
3rr
EXPLOSIVE-LADEN
BALLOONS
FROM
JAPAN
ARE
REACHING
THIS
COAST
OTTAWA.
May
22
It
was
announced
today
by
defence
headquarters
that
unnamed
Japanese
long-
range
balloons
have
been
dropping
with
explosives
on
the
western
part
of
the
North
American
mainland
and
unexploded
bombs
may
still
be
lying
in
isolated
spots.
The
information
was
made
public
in
connec
tion
with
a
public
safety
cam
1
tTtttttvvttvtvTTTVVTTTT
palgn
against
sucn
expiusive-laden
mechanical
kites
which
in
many
cases
have
been
known
to
carry
concealed
bombs.
For
security
reasons
the
exact
loca
tion
of
where
the
bombs
landed
cannot
be
disclosed
although
cd
in
Isolated
been
Ineffectual
for
the
most
nart.
At
least
no
casualties
have
been
caused
and
there
has
been
little
property
damage.
They
are
believed
to
have
been
released
in
Japan,
drifted
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
at
approxi
mately
100
miles
per
hour.
They
may
have
been
Intended
to
reach
populated
places,
being
diverted
northward
by
winds.
It
Is
not
known
exactly
from
where
they
were
launched
or
at
what'
spot
they
crossed
the
western
coast.
An
Indian
on
a
trapllne
is
believed
to
have
been
one
of
the
first
to
see
one
of
the
balloons
explode,
travelling
two
days
and
two
nights
to
reach
the
spot.
People
are
being
warned
against
touching
or
approaching
any
such
strange
objects.
CHILDREN
ENTER
POST
OFFICE,
TAKE
13
CENTS
A
report
of
a
theft
from
the
post
office
at
Port
Essington
on
Saturday
sent
B.C.
police
constables
at
the
week-end
to
the
Skeena
river
town
where
they
found
that
two
juveniles
had
entered
the
post
office
and
taken
13
cents.
The
Incident
took
place
during
the
absence
of
Constable
W.
H.
Bell
who
was
on
duty
at
Stewart.
It
was
learned
this
morning
that
action
is
likely
to
be
taken
against
the
two
juveniles.
MERRITT
DELAYED
VANCOUVER
The
plane
bringing-
Licut.-Col
Cecil
Merrill
home
is
delayed
and
the
public
reception
is
postponed
front
this
evening
until
Bulletins
VICTORIA
CROSS
WINNERS
OTTAWA
The
Victoria
1
most
of
the
balloons
have
land-1
cross
has
been
awarded
to
'
t
f
,.nn
i
u)
Innn
localities
H
f
trie"
V
and
-
r1
have
Kmrfl
m.
!
w
1
!
t
11
i
rwt:i
Major
Frederick
Albert
Til-
ston,
39,
of
Windsor,
Ontario,
who
lost
his
legs,
and
lo
Sergeant
Aubrey
Cosens,
24,
of
Latchford,
Ontario,
who
lost
his
legs.
Both
were
in
action
in
Germany
and
the
Nether
lands
this
spring.
NORTH
IRELAND
ELECTION
BELFAST
Prime
Minister
Sir
Basel
Brooke
of
Northern
Ireland
announces
today
that
a
general
election
will
be
held
June
14
with
nominations
June
4.
The
Ulster
Parliament
will
be
dissolved
Friday.
CONVERT
OLD
HOTEL
VANCOUVER
The
Vancouver
city
council
favors
conversion
of
the
old
Hotel
Vancouver
into
a
hostel
for
returning
cx-scrvicc
men
and
their
wives.
It
could
accomodate
1500
persons.
AIR
FORCE
REPATRIATES
NEW
YORK
The
largest
draft
jet
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
repatriates
arrived
at
New
York
today
enroute
to
repatriation
depot
at
Lachine
and
thence
home.
FRED
RULSTON
DIES
VANCOUVER
Fred
J.
Rol-ston,
husband
of
Mrs.
Tilly
Rolston,
Progressive-Conservative
member
of
the
legislature
for
Vancouver-Point
Grey,
died
suddenly
here
Monday
night.
He
was
59
years
old.
180,000
JOBS
VACANT
OTTAWA-Thcrc
are
180.000
high
priority
jobs
vacant
in
Canada,
an
increase
over
last
year.
ANCIENT
CITY
The
history
of
Jerusalem
gees
back
to
the
Stone
Age,
START
SENDING
BALLOT
BOXES
LATE
THIS
WEEK
Ballot
boxes
for
the
remote
areas
of
BKeena
riamg
win
start
for
their
destinations
at
the
end
of
this
week,
it
was
learned
at
the
office
of
Re
turning
Officer
T.
W.
Brown
today.
The
boxes
are
being
sent
out
with
voting
lists
to
Tele
graph
Creek,
Alice
Arm,
AUln
and
oUicr
places
so
that
they
will
be
sure
to
have
arrived
by
June
11.
have
been
received
from
enu
merators
in
88
of
the
riding's
129
divisions.
Preliminary
lists
from
the
city's
27
polling
dlv;
lsions
have
already
been
printed
and
mailed
to
voters.
Fourteen
rural
divisions
have
yet
to
submit
lists.
Voting
in
Prince
Rupert
will
take
place
on
the
second
floor
of
the
Moose
Hall,
Third
Avenue,
and
in
the
East
End
Hall,
Sev
enth
Avenue.
Most
of
the
city's
twenty-seven
polling
stations
will
be
in
the
Moose
Hall,
While
a
large
number
of
deputy
returning
officers
have
been
lined
up
in
the
rural
areas,
no
actual
appointments
have
been
made
yet,
the
Dally
News
was
told.
Advance
polls
will
be
held
in
two
centres
in
the
riding
on
June
7-8-9
to
accommodate
voters
whose
requirements
for
an
advanced
poll
come
within
the
strict
regulaUons
set
down
iby
the
Elections
Act.
In
Prince
Rupert
the
advance
polling
station
will
be
at
the
of
fice
of
T.
W.
Brown
and
in
Smlthers
at
the
village
halL
Commercial
travellersworkers
on
-jullwaysuaShrp!,-;phfeies
id-
others
forms
of
transportation
who,
because
of
their
work
may
be
called
out
of
the
city
on
June
11,
are
entitled
to
use
the
advance
poll.
Navy,
military,
air
force
or
R.C.M.P.
personnel
who
may
be
called
out
tf
the
city
on
duty
on
election
day
may
also
use
It
providing
they
are
registered
as
voters
in
this
city
or
at
Smlthers.
People
who
wish
to
use
the
advance
poll
merely
because
they
may
be
travelling
on
June
11
will
be
out
of
luck,
the
Dally
News
was
told.
The
act
clearly
defines
Uiose
who
are
entitled
to
vote
in
advance.
Returning
Officer
Seeking
Kin
of
Prisoners
of
War
Returning
Officer
T.
W,.
Brown
is
seeking
the
whereabouts
of
the
next-of-kin
of
two
Canadian
prisoners-of-war,
who
are
entitled
to
register
iproxy
votes
on
behalf
of
the
war
prisoners
in
the
federal
election
on
June
11.
They
are
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Cole,
formerly
of
suite
1,
Victoria
Apartments,
Prince
Rupert,
and
Frederick
Jasper
Lindsay,
Box
1309,
Prince
Rupert.
These
two
persons
were
recorded
in
a
list
of
seven
names
of
next-of-kin
of
war
prisoners
for
whom
they
are
entitled
to
make
proxy
votes.
The
other
five
have
been
located.
Thinks
Tie-up
On
Road
Ridiculous
"It
seems
ridiculous
to
me
that
a
snowsllde
which
could
be.clcar-
ed
up
in
a
day
by
a
crew
of
men
with
equipment
already
available
should
be
still
blocking
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway
lor
travel,"
said
C.
11.
Orme
wis
morning
after
-a
drive
up
the
roan
on
Sunday
as
far
as
the
slide
mcar
Kwlnltsa.
The
makeshift
float
detour
at
the
slide
Mr.
Orme
considers
.quite
1
dangerous.
He
finds
It
difficult
to
understand
why
some
author
ity
cannot
do
something
atwut
clearing
the
slide.
Federal
Permit
Is
Slowing
Building
All
building
projects
for
over
$500
are
now
subject
to
a
federal
permit.
This
Is
(having
the
effect
of
further
limiting
private
building
In
Prince
Rupert,
it
Is
indcat-ed
by
the
few
major
permits
that
are
now
beiny
token
out
Decisions
on
Issues
to
Be
Settled
for
Signing
Security
Pact
June
2
Major
Problems
Must
Be
Solved
In
Committee
This
Week
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
22
(CP)
Delegates
to
the
United
Nations
security
conference
today
prepared
to
make
an
end
of
talking,
and
to
settle
with
votes
in
committee
the
major
issues
which
have
occupied
them
throutrh
four
full
weeks
of
deliberations.
Preliminary
Hats
of
voters'
Tne
committees
were
squaring
away
for
decisions
on
Halibut
Sales
American
(15c
and
13V2c)
Northern,
65,000,
Atlin,
Pacific.
Superior,
56,000,
Storage.
Canadian
(18'4C
and
I6V2O
Northern
Breeze,
40,000,
Storage.
Robert
B,
36,000,
Co-op.
Edward
Lipsett,
19,000,
Whiz.
,Oslo,
33,000,
Pacific.
Chief
Skugate,
35,000,
B.C.
Packers.
Finella,
19,000,
Atlin.
the
controversial
Issue
of
re
gional
security
pacts,
within
the
world
security
organization,
the
exercise
of
vote
power
by
the
Big
Five
naUons
and
representation
in
security
council
deliberations
of
non-member
nations
whose
forces
are
being
used
In
peace
enforcement.
With
June
2
fixed
as
the
tentative
date
for
signing
the
world
charter,
the
committees
were
given
the
objective
of
ending
their
work
this
week
so
that
It
could
be
considered
in
commissions
and
plenary
sessions
next
week
for
approval.
DARROW
GOMEZ
KNOCKS
OUT
IIAZI
GUNS
IN
BUSY
HOUR
AT
EMMERICH
Sgt.
Darrow
Gomez
of
Prince
Rupert,
105
Battery,
Third
Canadian
Anti-Tank
Regiment,
First
Canadian
Army,
did
a
good
job
of
work
at
Emmerich
when
he
knocked
out
two
German
SP
guns
and
shot
up
the
occasional
group
of
Nazis
in
less
than
an
hour;"
but
hes
.a
mjghty
lucky
guy
to
be
alive
to
tell
the
tale
1
ifKs.
REAL
FIGHTING
MAN
Darrow
Gomez
who
picks
off
guns
in
France
as
easily
as
he
used
to
box
opponents
here.
COUNCIL
DISTURBED
BY
RATS
The
city's
rat
populaUon
came
under
the
critical
view
of
alder
men
at
last
night's
council
meet
ing
and,
after
a
discussion
piloted
by
Alderman
Elliott,
they
passed
a
motion
to
ask
the
city's
medical
health
officer
and
sani
tary
Inspector
to
clean
.up
be
hind
local
restaurants
and
to
be
come
active
in
the
rat
campaign,
Alderman
Elliott
started
it
off
'by
asking
if
the
medical
health
officers
present
trip
to
the
interior
had
been
authorized
by
city
council.
"We,
apparently,
don't
have
to
authorize
it.
He
and
the
isanitary
inspector
are
employed
by
the
Union
Board
of
Health,"
Mayor
Daggett
replied.
"Well,
we
are
helping
to
pay!
him.
He
might
advise
us
when
he
leaves
on
these
trips,"
Alderman
Elliott
countered.
.
Alderman
then
entered
a
discussion
of
the
city's
rat
situation,
which,
they
agreed,
was
far
from
favorable.
,
"We
have
heard
a
lot
about
the
rat
menace
at
the
canbace
duniD
but
nothing
is
being
done
about
the
down
town
area
which
Is
alive
with
rats,"
an
alderman
said.
'There
is
a
terrific
loss
of
food
in
stores
due
to
ra,ts,"
,Alterman
Hills
declared.
In
Maple
Leaf.
'-
Gomez
was
exposed
to
enemy
lire
for
practically
the
entire
period,
and
after
he
had
scored
his
first
kill
he
and
a
company
commander
of
the
Royal
Winni
peg
Rifles
set
out
on
a
recce.
The
major
while
at
his
side,
was
killed
by
fire
from
an
enemy
75-mm.
gun.
It
was
the
first
time
I
ever
heard
of
anyone
firing
a
big
gun
at
two
men,
commented
the
Prince
Rupert
sergeant,
who
has
been
in
action
with
the
105th
Battery
since
D-Day.
"I
just
aljout
got
around
the
corner
by
the
skin
of
my
teeth."
It
all
happened
on
March
30.
Sgt.
Gomez
was
NCO
ic
of
a
17-pounder
SP
gun
of
a
London
troop,
commanded
by
Lieut.
A.
G.
Hall
of
Regina.
The
troop
was
supporting
the
Winnipeg
Rifles.
Infantry
Was
rinned
Down
The
enemy
had
counter-attack
ed
the
position
the
previous
night
and
had
brouaht
iro
SP
guns
to
support
this
attack.
These
enemy
1
guns
were
deployed
on
high
ground
and
at
short
range.
Any
movement
on
the
part
of
tlhe
In
fantrymen
was
met
toy
vicious
gunfire.
Sgt.
Gomez
pin-pointed
the
lo
cation
of
one
enemy
gun
after
carrying
out
a
recce
under
with
ering
rifle
and
machine
gun
fire.
He
then
manoeuvred
his
17-pouTider
into
position
and
with
Gnr.
Jake
Perry,
Tlgnish,
P.E.I.,
laying,
placed
three
shots
dead
centre
within
an
area
of
one
square
foot
at
a
distance
of
300
yards.
The
enemy,
meanwhile,
was
doing
a
spot
of
shooting
up
from
a
house
nearby.
Gomez
moved
up
his
SP
and
fired
two
rounds
of
H.E.
through
a
window'.
The
enemy
quickly
evacuated
and
the
gun
crew
was
waiting
for
them
with
a
50-callbre
M.G.
and
other
small
arms.
Gnr.
Mike
Llttle-john,
St.
Stephen,
NB
brought
down
a
Jc.ry
with
his
rifle.
Others
used
their
pistols.
Few
Germans
got
away
alive.
Then
Gomez
went
out
on
an
other
recce
with
Dog
Company
commander
of
'the
Winnlpegs.
(Continued
on
Page
4)
Weather
Forecast
Moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
mild
during
morning,
sx
coming
fair
In
afternoon
Wednesday:
Moderate
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
mild.
Chinese
is
spoken
by'
'nwr
periple
'tiao
any
other
tooc'uft,