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April
6,
1945
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81.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
6,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Iosco
,;
Action
Staggers
;h
and
ks
Near
iver
Iprii
0
0
-American
y
fought
wc
mucs
River
today
possiDiy
ightecn
miles
of
Han-
Britlsh
troops
aiso
,
within
twenty-five
liiiovcr
wnoieiy
un-EreporU
by
unofficial
Agency
said
other
roops
had
been
rc-Eislcbcn
area,
ninety
Berlin.
forty
miles
beyond
d
pactions
of
Tliird
rhlotheim,
one
hun
miles
from
Ber-wai
flirty
no
confirmation
Iicport
Allied
airborne
ught
tanks
which
td
ie
out
toward
Arns-
n
and
Muehlhausen
iliben
and
Berlin.
Irrlcan
First
Army
K
-
.
nvw
uiiyc
Ewenui
1
thirty-two
miles
,-ond
Rhur
pocket
grd
through
a
gap
to
Jics
of
Wcscr
River
wrthcast
of
Kasscl.
Eh
on
the
north
Ger-s
posed
increasingly
treat
naval
base
and
Eg
centre
of
Bremen
;ing
fifty-four
miles
lour
hours.
Can
adian
move
within
twelve
ist
German
land
cs-
Brcm
Holland-Zwolle-
rallroad
virtually
rcmy
troops
remain-
Baud.
I
HENRY
we
in
C
WAR
1
April
C
The
liy
whlcn
has
just
d
over
to
vne
Koyai
nice
against
the
Jap-once
the
flagship
of
ian
National
Steam-carrying
mousanas
oi
the
Pacific
Coast
Built,
m
liirxcmicau,
lie
waj,
launched
in
tened
by
Miss
Ishbel
.
daughter
of
Ramsay
then
prime
minister
Main,
Built
at
about
imc
were
her
two
sls-the
Prince
David
and
I
Robert,
All
three
went
P
Played
a
prominent
I
invasion
of
Europe.
(Stewart
ar
Shrint
Fy
Callaelian.
cx-
clioul
.teacher
at
Port
from
Ontario,
made
a
h
to
Stewart
at
the
Ms-wcck
to
her
blrth-Btcwart.
The
primary
Ras
to
visit
the
war
there
among
the
I
which
Is
that
of
her
'J
enlisted
from
Stew-
pars
alter
she
was
who
made
the
sud-
Fificc
at
Vlmv
niH?rP
I'rst
Great
War.
Her
P
a
mining
cnglncor
"a
Portland
Canal
"
-
carlv
fin
to
many
of
tktwn
"..
Miss
Callaghan
'
"mpanlcd
by
her
m
Mary
Cicndennlng.
"oi
'been
back
to
I'ncc
she
left
there
as
AMERICAN
FJRAtS'
CLUB
buugias
Swcenev
n
In
dance
orennlznr
nf
P't.
has
been
elected
li
we
new
American
'uo
here,
other
of-lly
Smith.
VJ'
ITCnKiirr,,,
ur..
w
....
rui
StewnrH
A
lo
P'
111
'be
elected
later.
RGOVT
KESIGNS
P-Tlie
Paris
radio
,
uat
rinland's
fy
hai
reslsned.
SEATTLE
TKOLLEIl
I
OUNDEKS
NANAIMO
The
10-foot
deep
sea
troller
Lindora,
en
route
from
Seattle
to
the
Al
aska
fishing
grounds
sank
Thmsday
off
Nanoosc
Bay
after
striking
a
rocky
ledge.
The
crew
was
saved
by
a
Na-
naimo
Towing
company
tug.
WILL
RETAIN
CONSTITUENCY
l'UINCE
ALBERT
Prime
.Minister
Mackenzie
King
has
indicated
his
willingness
to
stand
for
re-election
in
his
old
constituency
of
Prince
Albert.
Thursday
llicrc
were
reports
that
he
would
seek
a
constituency
closer
to
Ottawa.
MUST
KILL
HITLER
WASHINGTON
General
Marshall,
American
chief
of
staff,
said
today
that
the
only
way
to
end
the
resistance
of
Germany
is
the
capture
or
death
of
Hitler.
CHINESE
COUNT
UK-ATTACK
CHUNGKING
Chinese
headquarters
says
that
Chinese
troops
have
begun
a
thiee-pronged
counter
-
offensive
against
Japanese
armies
threatening
Chungking
from
the
"north.
MOOSE
JAW
LEADS
JUNIOR
FINALS
WINNIPEG
The
Moose
Jaw
Canucks
defeated
Winnipeg
Monarchs
5
to
1
at
Winnipeg
last
night
to
take
a
3
to
1
lead
in
the
best-out-of-scven
games
In
the
Western
Canada
Junior
hockey
finals.
ADOPT
SALARY
RESOLUTION
VANCOUVER
The
B.C.
Teachers'
Federation
at
their
annual
convention
here
Thursday
endorsed
a
resolution
of
the
Canadian
Teachers'
Feder
ation
seeking
to
establish
a
V?wL
j
I
(i
uif'tiriitL
'
comparative
safety
thi;
soldier
was
hit
and
killed
by
enemy
mortar
fire
while
crossing
the
Roer
river.
Germany.
Coming
along
the
bridge
arc
engineers
assigned
to
repair
the
damage
caused
by
the
shell
that
killed
their
comrade.
Bulletins
GERMAN
SIMPS
SUNK
LONDON
At
least
21
German
naval
vessels
and
merchant
lilp
ure
sunk
and
many
others
were
damaged
in
recent
.American
air
attacks
on
the
naval
bases
at
firemen,
Wilhelmsharen
and
Hamburg.
I50.MJJLESS
WEEK
LONDON
London
and
.southern
England
enjoyed
their
seventh
consecutive
bomb-
free
night
last
night.
CRUISER
LEIPZIG
CK11TLEI)
MALO,
Sweden
The
German
cruiser
Leipzig
has
arrived
at
Aarhus
in
Jutland
in
a
cripped
condition,
a
reliable
source
reported
today.
The
warship
was
said
to
have
been
struck:
by
a
torpedo
in
the
Baltic,
the
report
said
that
1000
wounded
German
soldiers
were
aboard.
i
MARCH
BUILDING
PERMITS
$2250
courses,
while
two
girts
and
6M
Dominion-wide
minimum
sal-
male
students
are
enrolled
In
ary
of
$1,500
(or
teachers.
arU
McARTHUR,
NIMIIZ
IN
COMMAND
WASHINGTON,
April
G
(CP)
General
MacArthur
and
Admiral
Nimitz
have
been
given
command
of
all
Allied
military
and
naval
iorces
in
the
Pacific.
The
action
by
the
joint
chiefs
of
staff
in
assigning
MacArthur
and
Nimitz
to
command
the
big
Pacific
show
portends
possible
new
and
startling
developments.
JURY
LAUDS
-RESCUE
EFFORT
Crew
of
the
R.C.A.F.
motor
vessel
Stowart
and
members
of
the
staff
of
the
Air
Force
station
at
Langara
Island
were
commended
by
coroner's
jury
Thursday
afternoon
for
their
efforts
to
save
the
life
,
of
Flight
Lieutenant
ArthucNcwman,
a
ground
officer,
froiityScal
Cove
who
was
drowncdfWhcn
a
small
landing
boat
capsized
in
stormy
water
on
March
23.
I
The
Jury
under
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
found
that
Flight
Lieutenant
Newman
came
to
his
'
death
by
drowning
in
the
course
(of
his
duties
off
the
northwest
RED
RAN
THE
ROER
Only
50
feet
from
the
river
bank
and
(coast
of
Langara
Island
between
12
noon
and
2
o'clock
March
23.
A
second
officer,
Pilot
Officer
Herbert
Lccce,
also
perished
in
the
accident.
Ills
body
has
not
been
recovered.
Because
evidence
showed
that
weather
and
water
conditions
are
uncertain
on
that
part
of
the
coast
the
Jury
recommended
that
regulation
life
boats
with
sufficient
eauiDment
for
rjassen-
uuncung
permits
issued
by
tne,Eers
and
crew
ihe
used
for
trans-
r
H
v
pntrlnppr's
n
f
f
1
r
p
in
Warph
'
.
.
.
-1
i
.
J
-"t"
-
,
pgrung
passengers
irom
snips
tu
totalled
$2,250,
according
to
asnore
ana
that
passengers
and
;
list
released
today.
Permits
were
Urcw
be
compelled
to
wear
life
issued
ior,
no
new
Duuaings,
au
jackets.
It
als
recommended
belnsf-odditkmaHaftdrcpaire-ffe
to
existing
structures.
Greatest
single
amount
was
a
permit
for
$700
issued
to
S.
C.
and
C.
B.
Thomson
or
the
re
placing
of
doow
in
their
Frascr'
street
warehouse.
Total
of
building
'
permits
issued
so
far
this
year
is
$8,050.
During
the
first
three
months
of
last
year
permits
-valued
at
$155,258
were
Issued,
and
the
March
issue
was
$52,585.
Following
are
Uic
permits
Issued
last
month:
Olc
Stole,
508
8th
Avenue
East,
cement
foundation,
$350;
Hugh
McEachern,
Beach
Place,
addi
tion.
$400;
Helen
E.
Thomson,
7th
Ave.
East,
addition,
$400;
Eddy
Clapp,
M&wc
Hall,
foundation
repairs,
$400;
S.
C.
and
C.
B.
Thomson,
Frascr
Street,
replac
ing
doors,
$700.
Thriller
Reader
Now
Real
Sleuth
BATH.
Eng.,
April
0
P;
Just
a
yearTigo
17
-year-old
Jean
Warburton
was
reading
detec
tive
stories
as
a
hobby
she
has
a
full-time
job
as
a
detective
with
a
record
of
having
caught
17
criminals'.
Jean
started
when
she
went
to
work
for
a
big
de
partment
store
here
as
a
sales
girl.
But
her
aptitude
for
spot
ting
people
"lifting''
goods
soon
took
her
behind
the
counter
to
mingle
with
the
customers
to
watch
for
sucli
thefts.
Her
employers
insist
she
has
become
so
adept
at
this
sort
of
thing
that
even
they
can't
spot
her
In
the
stoic
Jean
says
she
accomplish
ed
this
anonymity
by
constantly
changing
her
hair-do
and
by
wearing
different
style
clothes.
Tlic
'teen-age
style
caichcr
admits
that
her
job
is
a
bit
"nerve-wracking,"
saying
that
on
occasion
she
has
had
her
hair
pulled
out
and
been
dragged
along
the
floor
by
jshop
lifters
she
,has
caught.
"But,"
she
says,
"that
Is
all
in
a
day's
work,
and
personally
I
like
my
job."
EX-SERVICEMEN
AT
UNIVERSITY.
TORONTO,
April
6
tt
More
than
200
cx-scrviccmeii
were
welcomed
to
the
University
of
Toronto
by,
President
H.
J.
Cocy
at
a
formal
opening
of
new
veterans
courses
In
arts,
engineering
and
forestry.
ThCrc
are
148
men
and
one
gill
in
the
engineering
and
forestry
cal
'conditions
be
placed
In
charge
of
the
ferry
service.
The
Jury
consisted
of
T.
J.
Boulter,
foreman,
Max
Assemls-sen,
J.
McPherson,
P.
II.
How-arth,
John
McLeod,
T.
Kelsey.
PLAN
BIGGER
CARNIVAL
THIS
YEAR
Plans
for
an
even
bigger
and
better
Civic
Centre
carnival
this
year
were
begun
at
a
meeting
of
Ihe
Civic
Centre
carnival
com
mittee
held
Wednesday
night
in
the
office
of
O.
L.
Roric,
committee
secretary.
Members
decided
to
proceed
with
plans
for
a
bathing
beauty
contest
which
would
be
connect
ed
with
the
Miss
America
bath
ing
beauty
contest
held
at
Atlantic
City,
New
Jersey,
and
that
the
local
winner
could
be
sent
cast
to
compete
in
the
national
competition.
Ail
increase
in
the
quality
of
Carnival
prizes
was
also
planned
and
entertainment
facilities
will
be
enlarged.
The
carnival
will
be
held
In
August,
probably
In
its
usual
location
on
Seventh
St.
There
was
a
good
turn-out
of
members
and
President
T.
N.
Youngs
was
hi
the
chair.
Baseball
Scores
Pacific
League
Portland
5,
Sacramento
1.
Hollywood
5,
Oakland
10.
Seattle
2,
Los
Angeles
4.
San
Francisco
2,
San
Diego
3.
POWER
DEFENDS
RETIREMENT
OF
AIR
OFFICERS
OTTAWA,
April
(J
i
-The
for
mer
air
minister,
C.
G.
Power,
has
defended
the
government
policy
of
retiring
lr.g.i
ranking:
air
force
officers.
Major
Power'
inaugurated
this
policy
during
tils
term
as
air
minister.
Mr.
Power
repliec
in
the
House
of
Commons
to
criticism
oi
Mat
policy
and
of
the
circumstances
surrpunding
the
retirement
of
Major
Power
said
he
developed
the
policy
because
he
wanted
to
assure
every
airman
who
served
overseas
that
he
would
have
the
right
to
promotion
to
the
very
highest
grade
In
the
air
force.
CANUCKS
NEAR
EMDEN
PORT
WITH
THE
FIRST
CANADIAN
ARMY
IN
HOLLAND
(Ross
Mun-
ro,
CP.
correspondent)
Can-
adlai,.
JanJtr
.earcetfnr.
.rnrth.-J,
ward,
nave
gamca
id
mucs
overnight,
sweeping
back
from
Ger
many
into
Holland
at
the
Nether
lands
border
town
of
Coevorden,
52
miles
southwest
of
the
German
sea
port
of
Emden.
Armored
columns
advanced
25
miles
In
the
last
24
hours
going
north-cast
from
Almclo
Into
Germany,
bypassing
Uelsen
and
then
swinging
northwest
back
into
Holland.
They
cut
through
de
fence
lines
the
Germans
sought
to
establish
before
pulling
their
troops
out
of
Northern
Holland.
Hockey
Scores
American
League
Ilershcy
3,
Cleveland
1
gives
Hcrshcy
2
to
1
lead
In
best
seven
final.
MUST
LEAVE
NO
DOUBT
IXXNOON,
April
6,
if
General
Bradley,
commander
of
the
12th
Army
group
said
in
a
broadcast
Friday
that
"this
time
we
must
leave
the
German
people,
with
no
illusions
about
who
won
the
war,
no
less
than
who
lost
the
war."
SHE
SAW
nED
SALE,
Australia,
(CP)
After
a
domestic
quarrel
a
woman
ran
to
the
bathroom
of
her
home
In
tills
Victoria
town.
She
was
found
by
a
relative
who
called
police
saying
that
the
woman
in
the
bathroom
had
blood
pouring
from
a
gash
In
her
throat.
Police
found
the
woman
safe
tout
wearing
a
necklace
of
bright
red
beads.
War
News
Highlights
Air
Assault
Maintained
LONDON
Approximately
six
hundred
and
fifty
Allied
bombers
with
escorting
fighter
planes
have
attacked
rail
yards
at
Italic
and
Leipzig.
The
cities
lie
on
main
traffic
routes
leading
from
tlic
deepest
areas
of
Allied
penetration
towards
the
Russian
armies
in
the
cast.
Italian
Front
Explodes
ROME
The
Italian
front
has
exploded
on
the
Fifth
Army
sector.
General
Mark
Clark's
men
have
attacked
in
the
mountains
near
the
Italian
west
coast.
They
moved
up
nearly
two
miles
in
a
quick
advance
north
of
the
town
of
Azzana.
The
new
drive
began
Wednesday,
and
heavy
fighting
is
continuing.
The
Germans
met
the
assault
in
strength.
Reds
Besiege
Vienna
MOSCOW
Two
Russian
armies
have
thrown
a
siege
arc
around
Austtia's
historic
capital
of
Vienna.
Units
of
the
Third
Ukrainian
Army
have
battled
to
Vienna's
southern
city
limits.
At
the
same
time,
other
Russian
forces
arc
surging
forward
towards
the
city
ou
both
sides
of
(lie
Danube.
More
Than
4,000
Army
Deserters
Still
At
Large
OTTAWA,
April
6
0
It
has
been
disclosed
that
of
the
Home
Defence
troops
warned
for
overseas
service
since
last
November,
7,060
were
aOsent
without
leave.
The
total
still
at
large
has
been
reduced
to
4,032
as
of
March
31.
During
the
period
since
November,
12,000
Home
Defence
troops
have
been
dispatched
overseas.
This
Is
in
addition
to
2,400
draftees
who
converted
Irom
the
home
defence
ranks.
Canadians
In
rArnhem
PARIS,
March
6
ir
Alhea
headquarters
have
conr;rmed
Dutch
radio
dispatches
telling
ot
the
entry
Into
Arnhem
by
Canadian
patrols.
The
Allied
com-
said
the
Dutch
town
Air
Chief
Marshal
L
.
Brcadner,
i
munlquc
former
chief
of
air
staff
am:
air
w
officer
commanding
In
chief
overseas.
Japarf
,
Heaviest
Diplomat
Of
War
Has
Struck
Jt
Russia's
Far
Eastern
Strength
Is
Deeply
Shrouded
(By
the
Canadian
Press)
MOSCOW,
April
6(CP)
The
heaviest
diplomatic
blow
of
the
Pacific
war
has
fallen
on
unhappy
Japan.
The
Soviet
Government
has
accused
Japan
of
helping
Germany
make
war
against
Russia
and
has
denounced
its
neutrality
pact
with
the
Japanese.
Tokyo
at
the
same
time
is
in
the
throes
of
a
political
and
the
Neder
Rhine
had
been
mace
united
States.
both
east
and
west
of
Arnhem.
The
Canadian
patrols
are
said
to
have
encountered
no
enemy
opposition.
A
dispatch
from
Field
iviarsnal
Montgomery's
headquarters
discloses
that
British
Second
Army
troops
are
widening
and
deepen-jlng
newly-won
bridgeheads
over
I
the
Weser
river.
The
brlcigeneairj
are
in
the
Minden
area.
From
Supreme
Allied.
Head
quarters
in
Paris
comes
an
nouncement
of
the
capture
oi
the
city
of
Branbauer,
four
miles
north
of
Dortmund.
Fierce
fight
ing
is
going
on
In
the
pivotal
are
fanning
out
eas;
of
weser.
The
Ninth
hurled
troops
ana
tanks
across
the
water
barrier
without
the
loss
of
a
single
man.
In
the
centre
of
the
fast
roll
ing
front,
armored
elements
o
the
American
Third
Army
arc
striking
across
Thuringia's
hills
and
the
historic
battleground
of
Jena.
Spearheads
or
tne
Third
are
within
63
miles
or
cutting
the
Reich
in
half
at
Its
narrowest
point.
Rotary
Approves
Division
Plan
Tlic
second
of
two
alternative
plans
to
subdivide
the
present
large
District
101
of
Rotary
In
ternational
Into
three
smaller
districts
was
approved
by
the
weekly
luncheon
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
on
Thursday.
The
plan
approved
by
the
local
club
puts
Prince
Rupert
in
a
district
which
embraces
tlic
west
ern
portion
of
British
Columbia,
part
of
the
state
of
Washington
and
Alaska.
Thus,
tlic
district
remains
international
In
char-
actcr,
a
lactor
cherished
toy
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
club.
The
first
alternative
plan
divided
the
present
district
into
smaller
districts
along
state
and
national
border
lines.
However,
although
the
district
which
included
Prince
Rupert
did
not
embrace
any
of.
the
VS.
main
land,
it
did
Include
Alaska.
The
matter
of
dividing
the
pcrsent
large
district
has
been
under
consideration
for
some
time.
The
entertainment,
program
was
provided
by
tvo
violin
solos
by
Vaughan
Tattersall,
violinist,
accomuanied
by
Miss
Janet
Rochester.
Capt.
Albert
Mali,
of
the
Chinese
National
Aviation
Corporation,
made
a
brief
speech
recounting
experiences
in
llymg
over
the
Himalaya
mountains
from
India
to
China.
Ihe
club
welcomed
Harry
Black,
new
manager
of
the
Capl
tol
Theatre,
who
was
formerly
president
of
the
Penticton
Rotary
Club
and
expressed
its
regret
at
the
departure
of
D.
G.
Borland
who
attended
the
meeting
as
Mr,
Black's
guest.
Guests
from
the
armed
forces
were
Corporal
Ashlon
and
Ptc
Brown
of
the
C.W.A.C.
Weather
Forecast
Cloudy
to
partly
cloudy
and
'
cool
with
occasional
light
rain
or
snow
flurries
today
and
Satur
day..
Winds
lishl
to
moderate,
military
crisis
which
has
re-!
suited
in
the
fall
of
Premier
Koiso's
tabinct.
A
more
moderate
Japanese
leader.
Admiral
Suzuki,
has
been
asked
to
form
a
new
government.
A
Moscow
broadcast
says
that
Soviet
Foreign
Commissar
Molo-tov
has
informed
the
Japanese
ambassador
that
the
neutrality
pact
between
the
two
nations
has
lost
Its
meaning.
Molotov's
note
pointed
out
that
Japan
is
fighting
against
Russia's
prin
cipal
Allies
Britain
and
the
And
it
is
said
that
since
the
time
the
pact
was
signed
in
April,
1941
Germany
has
at
tacked
Russia
and
Japan
now
is
aiding
the
Nazis.
The
treaty
had
until
April,
1946,
to
run.
How
ever,
the
denunciation
becomes
effective
one
week
from
today
just
twelve
days
before
the
open
ing
of
the
San
Francisco
world
security
conference.
Although
Marshal
Stalin
pre
viously
had
branded
Japan
a3
an
agressor
nation,
.there
is
no
indication
of
Russia's
immediate
intentions
towards
the
Jap-
aripsp
Wfr
ripnnnMnt.Inn
nf
thp
sarily
mean
that
the
Red
Army
will
join
the
Allies
in
fighting
Japan.
In
fact,
if
both
governments
adhere
to
the
letter
of
the
pact,
they
will
maintain
neutrality
towards
each
other
at
least
until
next
ApriL
Moscow's
action
Ss
one
that
has
been
expected
ever
since
the
Crimea
Conference.
One
ef-
Tlic
warmth
with
which
the
people
of
Holland
took
Canada's
liberating
soldiers
into
their
homes
as
the
Nazi
combat
and
occupation
forces
were,
beaten
back
has
resulted
In
the
flower
ing
of
fine
international
friendships
In
the
tiny
country.
Among
them
Is
the
friendship
which
developed
between
the
Lodenstyn
family
in
Nymcgen
and
Cfn
David
Wilson,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Wilson,
501
Herman
St.
Although
Cfn
Wil
son's
detachment
has
presum
ably
pushed
along
into
Germany
with
the
rest
of
the
Canadian
Army,
his
friendship
with
the
Lodenstyn
family
Is
as
flourish
ing
as
it
was
when
he
was
bil
letcd
among
them.
The
Canadians
were
billeted
for
a
long-
time
in
Nymcgen
and
the
Dutch
started
to
learn
English.
After
three
or
four
lessons
In
English
Mrs.
Lodenstyn
wrote
a
letter
to
David's
mother
hi
Prince
Rupert.
And
It
was
a
good
letter.
Of
course
it
had
a
few
mis
takes
in
spelling
but
they
didn't
cloud
the
meaning.
Many
of
the
constructions,
too,
were
in
the
Dutch
Idiom
but
no
one
could
fall
to
understand
what
she
thought
of
her
Canadians
when
she
wrote:
"They
are
now
all
a
long
time
at
our
house
and
wc
shall
find
it
bad
when
they
go
away
again.'
David
must
have
been
remind
ed
of
home
when
he
found
himself
being
castigated
by
a
house
wife
Ior
dropping
cigarette
ashes
on
the
floor
I
But
there
was
a
mutual
desire
to
help
each
othe?.
At
the
year-end
festival
Mrs.
Lodenstyn
wrote
that
"we
had
a
pleas
ant
time
and
did
all
that
was
-
possible
to
relieve
their
desire
to
be
home
by
playlns
games
ana
meetlngs
of
the
big
three,
Japanese
phases
of
the
world
conflict
were
not
discussed.
WASHINGTON',
April
6
5
The
world's
mo&t
mystery-shrouded
military
theatre
Is
the
Far
East.
These
things,
however,
are
known.
Should
Russia
go
to
war
with
Japan,
at
least
two
Red
armies
equipped
with
the
finest
modern
military
material
will
be
ready
to
fignt.
Backing
them
are
a
string
or
brand
new
air
strips
and
fleets
of
fast,
hardhitting
bombers
and
fighters.
The
former
Associated
Press
bureau
chief
in
Moscow,
Henry
C.
Cassldy,
points
out
that
even
the
Identity
of
the
Soviet
com
mander
In
the
Far
East
Is
not
known.
The
lasUknown
former
commander,
General
Apansenko,
was
moved
west
to
f
iglrt
the
Germans
and
was
killed
in
tne
battls
of
Kursk
in
June
of
1943.
Siberi
an
forces
have
not
Deen
mentioned
prominently
in
action
in
the
west
since
the
battle
or
Stalingrad
in
1942.
The
hew
Japanese
premier,
Baron
Kantaro
Suzuki
has
so
far
been
unable
to
form
a
cabinet.
Part
ohhlsdifficulty
prob-afjV
is
thftt
the
Ruplan
diplo-maWbrealB
anese
that
they
must
form
a
cabinet
which
will
be
willing
to
make
concessions
to
Russia
to
stave
off
hostilities.
1,
LEASES
VANCOUVER
RINK
VANCOUVER,
April
6
Q
The
Vancouver
exhibition
board
has
ratified
an
application
from
Paul
feet
will
be
to
give
the
Russians
.Thompson,
who
resigned
Wed-an
opportunity
to
take
part
in
nesday
as
manager
of
the
Chl-San
Francisco
Conference
dis-jcago
Black
Hawks
q
lease
Ice
cussions
of
problems
concerning
facilities
at
the
Vancouver
forum
the
Pacific
war.
In
previous
on
a
yearly
basis.
CANADIANS,
DUTCH,
MAKE
WARM
FRIENDSHIPS
IN
COURSE
OF
WAR
allowing
them
to
be
as
happy
as
possible."
In
return
the
Canadians
sup
plied
their
friends
with
fire
wood
and
bread
"which
tasted
delicious
for
wc
have
not
had
much
for
the
last
four
and
a
half
years.
But
now
It
is
better."
One
of
the
reasons
the
Cana
dians
appreciated
the
friendship
of
the
Hollanders
was
that
they
knew
they
would
soon
be
moving
up
Into
Germany
and
that
they
would
not
be
among
friends.
Cfn.
Wilson
wrote
to
his
parents:
"We
will
soon
be
moving
one
of
these
fine
days
and
we
will
not
be
among
friends
any
more.
Everybody
in
civilian
clothes
will
be
an
enemy
and
we
will
have
to
be
on
guard
24
hours
a
day."
"I
watched
the
first
attack
go
into
Germany
up
here
at
about
10
oUock
at
night.
The
bombers
went
over
and
pulverized
the
town
then
In
the
morning
the
artillery
began
and
kept
firing
all
day
and
all
the
next
night.
By
morning
that
German
town
wasn't
fit
to
be
lived
in.
It
serves
them
right."
Rev.
E.
W.
Slater
Becomes
Canon
Rev.
Edward
W.
Slater-
who
left
Terrace
for
Princeton
last
September
to
be
vicar
of
St.
CuUjbert's
Anglican
Church,
has
been
appointed
canon
on
the
staff
of
St.
John
the
Evangelist,
Spokane,
Washington.
He
will
1
leave
Princeton
in
June.
FIRST
AID
Sailor's
neckerchief
were
originally
designed
to
be
used
as
slings
or
tourniquets
for
battle
Injuries.
Erf-
M