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of
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f,.at
Russian
spearheads
r
rr.fd
the
immediate
of
Ocrman
Silesia.
It
,
atod
today
that
spme
"mif-
are
known
to
be
ahud
along
a
250-mile
Tn
c
armies
are
fast
..u
all
Poland
after
the
e
of
Warsaw,
Radon
and
uw
r.:w
t
celebrating
the
re
of
W.u
aw
and
the
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also
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than
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miles
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Army
forces
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the
city
of
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MIIILI1
lj
be'-alrg
increasingly
l.:e
Oermans
may
.ie
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in
tlie
D
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c
and
brick
buildings.
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WP
snnilt
nf
'fiMnrlir
WC
Should
imf
fnrtrpf
In
'on
summer,
when
It
Is
rcaU
"ny
and
warm.
The
winter
avc
some
tun
but
It
Is
far
warm
t
i
never
was
so
com
v
urn
v
.
.
.
u
i
wns
last,
winipr.
1
"ad
a
big
brick
house
innl
V
?
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ucrvice
iouth
Urged
AW
A
T..
,n
.
.
.
.
io
w
Aamirai
w
Nellcs,
former
chief
of
Canadian
Naval
Mission
is
advocating
a
system
X
servlce
ln
Peacetime
youths
spendinz
a
vear
on
",
m
me
a
r.
and
n
the
ine
country-
Ad-
i
m
,
"V1IC5
SaV
ho
Mrnorl
V,,.
1
ing
onslaught,
reporting
that
Breslau,
Germany's
chief
industrial
city
in
Silesia,
was
"directly
in
the
danger-
rone."
Two
million
Russian
soldier
arc
involved
in
the
current
push.
Moscow
continues
fairly
reticent
on
up-to-the-mlnutc
developments
but
military
men
in
the
Russian
capital
say
that
the
Soviet
winter
offensive
Is
de-1
signed
primarily
to
destroy
all
of
the
Ocrman
armies
in
eastern
Europe.
Berlin
acknowledges
that
It
will
be
extremely
difficult
to
check
the
Russians
short
of
the
German
frontier.
The
Germans
are
reported
falling
back
to
the
next
natural
line
of
defence,
the
Older
River
which
at
one
polnf
is
only
thirty
miles
from
Berlin.
Russian
crews.
In
new
Stalin
super-tanks,
are
threatening
to
i:r
a.i
:i
roiand
as
a
re-
'
cut
on
a
cluster
or
uerman
ciues
i
,;i
ui.
nussun
hu-;iii
aiiesia.
which
mini
viic
umiu
i.
mum
dunuiM.u
tun
itiuuuuii
ui
xjciiimn
iuiiio
i
i
v,t
facs
of
the
smash-1
of
the
north.
INCE
RUPERT
MEN
TELL
OF
ARMY
UN
ITALY,
ACKNOWLEDGE
GIFTS
fi
m
i!
;al
boys
now
1
'he
various
battle-
w
uiint
tau
'he
gratitude
for
i
"I'.c,
sent
them
by
Rc'lmenf
Auxniarv
oi
inc
i
nrr
i
f
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urltr
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I
t
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lnc
urrtnir
I
"
"
a
e'.tcr
I
sent
to
one
r-,
Willi;
Ui
llUfc.
he
have
been
getting
f
the
latest
news
from
iiuyj
mat,
difficulty
is
settled
soon.
t
vnn
m
i
w
.
ju
nui
nuvc
u
Merry
uuu
a
iiiiDDV
new
im
fi
.
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I
.
Knlv
iU
1MI1
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'in
AT
Rent..
U.C.A..
juu
so
inucn
ipr
vne
..vj
vviuun
r
recvivcu
'ou
the
other
day.
-
without
windows
and
doors
with
only
the
outside
walls
finished
as
my
billet
where
I
shivered
and
got
ill
on
Christmas
Day.
Soon
after
I
was
moved
and
landed
in
a
kind
of,
factory
building
which
was
better
built
but
the
heat
from
the
oil
drum
heater
did
not
penetrate
to
the
rest
of
the
big
room
so'wc
soldiers
were
packed
around
the
drum
all
nlzlit.
still
shivering
and
had
to
met
a
few
of
the
boys
over
hurry
when
going
to
bed.
I
had
kte.y
I
am
interested
to
,
a
bed
In
this
place
but
slept
on
the
floor
In
the
first
billet.
Next
we
lived
In
tents,
then
In
a
hut
made
of
.bamboo,
with
straw-thatched
roof,
then
a
farmhouse
kitchen,
then
a
big
concrete
building
which
was
cold
and
made
my
muscles
ache
like
hell
bombs
and
ack-ack
and
saw
the
devastations
of
war
ln
burned
vehicles
and
houses
reduced
to
rubble
"and
lots
of
white
crosses
along
the
way.
I
have
been
lucky
not
to
see
many
dead
but
they
were
not
so
very
far
away.
"After
the
Hitler
Line
I
was
on
leave
and
visited
Barl
where
I
saw
people
eating
raw
shellfish
and
raw
devilfish,
which
the
fishermen
had
pounded
with
a
piece
of
wood
and
washed
ln
the
not-so-clean
water
on
uun
beach.
I
also
saw
the
fishermen
bring
ln
their
catch
which
seemed
to
contain
mostly
skate
and
dogfish
or
some
similar
kind
of
fish
and
brisling
caught
In
a
rmall
net.
Part
of
this
waterfront
looked
rather
nice
with
a
long
sea
wall
along
which
I
took
a
walk,
There
were
big
buildings,
decorated
artistically
with
sculpture
that
you
sec
quite
a
bit
of
ln
Italy.
Personally
I
prefer
to
see
high
culture
In
scientifically,
equally
spread-out
good
living
not
palaces
on
one
na"
"
n
from
thU
other.
Even
Musso
wnr
m,
j
slum
nn
he
'u
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ocuritv
fnnntinn
nn
Pace
3)
J
..
She
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
15
talin's
Ojfe
v
I
If
O.
O.
V
C7
fUf
f-v
Will
S
B
is
in
Silesia
After
of
Polish
Capital
Moving
Into
German
Territory
Following
Capture
of
Warsaw
and
Krakow
A
n
I
1
Vs.
CAlvV
AIR
POLL
i
COMES
UNDER
REVIEW
OTTAWA,
Jan.
13
0J
Officials
in
Ottawa
are
attaching
considerable
importance
to
the
current
visit',
to
Britain
of
Air
Marshal
Robert
Lccklc,
chief
of
staff
of
the
Air
Department,
and
Air
Marshal
L.
S.
Brcadner,
Canadian
air
commander
overseas.
Tlie
purpose
of
Air
Marshal
Lcckle's
visit
Is
understood
to
be
to
learn
at
first
hand
whether
It
Is
advisable
and
safe
for
the
Air
Department
In
Ottawa
to
proceed
with
the
slowing
down
of
air
training
in
Canada.
CANADIENS
MOVING
UP
Now
Have
Three
(iame
Lead
Fishermen
Hear
Appeals
For
Amalgamation
Labor
Council
at
its
regular
monthly
meeting.
He
succeeds
D.
A.
Careless.
N.
Bellls
was
elected
vice-president
with
R.
H.
Ad-cock
secretary
and
William
Rothwcll,
D.
A.
MacPhee
and
J.
W.
Mavlns
trustees.
Delegates
to
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
were
named
ln
the
persons
of
R.
H.
Adcock,
J.-
W.
Mavlns
and
C.
King.
A
letter
was
ordered
sent
to
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
oi
munitions
and
supply,
urging
.him
to
use
every
effort
to
secure
new
contracts
for
the
local
dry
.dock
in
order
that
continuous
production
may
be
assured.
The
council
by
motion
pledged
Its
unanimous
support
to
the
striking
street
ralrwaymen
in
Vancouver.
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
and
the
business
agent,
Charles
Stewart,
will
be
so
advised
Another
motion
put
the
on
record
as
opposed
to
any
taxation
of
co-operatives.
IUOKE
JAP
SHIPS
SUNK
WASHINGT0
N
United
States
submarines
have
sunk
2t
more
Japanese
ships,
including;
four
combat
vessels,
making
the
total
to
date
958
enemy
vessels.
Rainfall
for
the
24-hour
period
ending
midnight
Wednesday
was
34
Inches.
L
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
If
ail
STREET
CARS
TOMORROW
VANCOUVER
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster,
street
railwaymen
are
voting
today
on
a
new
agreement-providing;
a
6c
per
hour
basic
wase
increase!
It
is
expected
that
it
will
be
approved
and
that
street
cars
and
buses
will
resume
operation
tomorrow.
JUDGE
RETIRING
VANCOUVER
Judge
David
White
of
New
Westminster
will
retire
on
February
7.
BOMBING
GERMANY
LONDON
United
States
heavy
bombers,
out
for
the
sixth
straight
day,
struck
at.
Kaiserlautern,
important
German'
failroad
behind
the
Saan
frontj
following
up
the
Royal
.
Air
Force
night
blow
at
MagiUburg
which,
t.ws
sti11
afire
from
previous
bombings
JAPS
QUITTING
MANILA
GENERAL
MacARTIIURS
HEADQUARTERS
Key
Japanese
personnel
arc
being
evacuated
from
Manila
as
American
forces
lengthen
and
extend
the
front
leading
from
Lingayen
toward
the
Philippine
capital.
AIR
TRAINING
POLICY
OTTAWA
Air
Force
circles
in
Ottawa
are
discussing
the
possibility
that
Air
Marshal
Robert
Leckic,
chief
of
air
staff
who
arrived
in
Britain
this
week,
may
discuss
with
R.AJ'.
officials
a
modification
of
the
Commonwealth
Air
Training
Plan
slow-down
policy
announced
in
November.
When
the
curtailment
program
was
announced,
Major
C.
G.
Power,
then
air
minister,
declared
that
it
didn't
necessarily
mean
that
all
air
training
in
Canada
would
come
to
an
end.
DEATHS
FOR
ASSASSINS
CAIRO
The
assassins
of
Lord
Moync,
two
young
Jews,
have
been
sentenced
to
death.
SPAIN
YIELDS
WARSHIPS
MADRID
Five
Italian
warships
interned
by
Spain
since
September,
1913,
have
been
released
and
arc
enroutc
to
nn
Allied
port.
The
cruiser
Altilllo
and
four
destroyers,
held
in
the
Balearic
Islands
at
the
time
of
the
Italian
armistice
were
released
Va
accordance
with
an
arbiter's
decision.
The
ruling
drew
a
strong
protest
from
the
German
charge
d'affaires.
FRANCE
WANTS
VOICE
PARIS
France
is
going
to
press
her
demands
for
a,
voice
at
the
next
big
power
policy
conference.
The
French
government
has
already
let
it
be
known
in
an
unofficial
manner,
that
an
invitation
to
join
future
big
power
meetings
would
be
readily
accepted.
Now,
a
responsible
French
official
says
his
government
Is
going
to
make
more
formal
representations
in
London
and
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
18.
1945
UNITED
STATES
CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON
American
casualties
in
the
European
war
iince
"D"
Day
have
totalled
233,000,
it
was
announced
today.
LESS
THAN
LAST
WAR
LONDON
.More
than
1,000,000
casualties
suffered
by
British
Empire
forces
in
the
present
frar
up
to
last
December
first,
as
disclosed
in
the
British
House
of
Commons
by
Prime
JIinistcrChurchiU,
is
less
than
one-third
the
total
of
Empire
killed
and
wounded
during
the
First
Great
War.
An
Orphan
Land
kept
promises
arc
all
the
set-'
tiers
have
gotten
from
the
Immense
stumpage
fees
collected
by
the
British
Columbia
government.
Great
quantities
of
humpback
salmon
have
been
taken
in
the
tidal
waters
of
the
Islands
and
those
.once
innumerable
fish
all
but
exterminated
there.
A
few
wharves
have
ben
built
and
maintained
and
a
boat
service
subsidized
and
maintained
by
the
Federal
govcrmcnt
but
there
the
Interest
of
the
two
governments
seem
to
end.
No
effort
has
been
made
in
recent
years
to
extend
roads,
drain
swamps
ot
proven
productivity
or
supply
a
local
market
for
pulp
or
other
timber
of
the
settlers
and,
since
the
settlers
lack
roads,
mechanical
ditchers,
markets
or
even
encouragement,
they
have
done
little.
Slow
and
tedious
clearing
and
ditching
by
hand,
distant
markets'
and
lack
of
facilities
to
reach
them
discourages
the
prospective
settler
as
well.
Very
Suitable
For
Agriculture
.
A
very
large
portion
of
Gra
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Western
Front
Britons
Are
In
Germany
LONDON,
Jan.
18
(CP)
A
dispatch
from
Holland
says
that
British
troops
have
advanced
4,000
yards
on
a
front
more
than
a
mile
wide.
The
into
Germany
noitheast
of
Siltard
for
a
distance
of
three
miles
near
Ilongen,
centre
of
a
Reich
district
jutting
into
the
Netherlands
panhandle.
Troops
of
the
American
First
and
Third
Armies
are
blasting
out
slight
gains
in
Belgium
but
the
enemy
is
beginning
to
put
up
determined
resistance
at
some
points.
The
enemy
attempted
to
slop
the
Allies
in
Belgium
by
throwing
tank
forces
into
a
battle
northeast
of
Bastogne.
A
village
at
the
confluence'
of
the
Meuse
and
Noer
Rivers
has
been
taken
from
the
Ger
mans.
The
only
report
oLaction
on
the
Canadian
First
Army
front
comes
from
the
Berlin
radio.
An
enemy
bioadcast
tells
of
local
attacks
by
Canadian
units
northeast
of
Nijmegen
in
Holland.
Two
Canadian
commando
units
were
in
action.
The
Americans
have
storm-across
the
Sure
River
near
Bieklrchr
bourg
city,
in
a
new
assault
ham
Island
is
suitable
for
agriculture.
No
cngineeringprob-lem
faces
the
road
,
bujlders.
Nor
is
drainage
and
engineering
a
problem.
s."
"-1
-
ll
i
f
lilt'
IHlllUlV
LS
liivuiauu;
1U.
agriculture
ln
all
its
phases
ex-cent
cereal
cram
production.
It
is
particularly
favorable
for
dairying.
The
average
precipitation
is
under
72
Inches,
far
less
than
at
Tillamook,
Oregon,
with
125
inches
and
a
reputation
as
a
dairy
centre
throughout
the
Northwest
States,
and
the
mean
temperatures
are
not
appreciably
lower
than
those
prevailing
at
Tillamook,
The
wide
range
of
agricultural
and
horticultural
products
com
pares
favorably
with
the
variety
of
products
grown
on
the
Can
adian
Prairies.
Properly
pastured
or
"soiled,"
domestic
grasses
can
be
relied
on
to
supply
lush
feed
at
least
eight
months
of
the
year.
Roots
can
be
grown
and
fed
In
the
field
throughout
most
winters.
The
latitude
Is
that
of
Central
England
and
of
Ireland
with
a
present
comparable
climate
and
the
islands
climate
should
warm
up
sllRhtly
as
land
is
clear
ed
and
drained.
Tlie
subsoil
Is
glacial
throughout
the
potentially
agricultural
areas
hence
varies
considerably
as
docs
the
quality
and
depth
of
the
surface
soils
by
a
variety
of
vegltatlve
growths.
All
peat
land
over
there
Is
called
muske.
A
very
great
part
of
It
is
not
moss
peat
and
even
moss
peat
can
be
reclaimed
though
the
process
Is
slower,
my
son
Is
producing
quite
nicely.
He
Is
located
on
Cape
Ball
River.
Geo.
Mayer
has
some
muck
soil
rpnlnlmpd.
nnnrnps
havp
npnt
of
WARSAW
IS
TOMB
CITY
Grc'at
Sections
of
Once
Proud
Polish
Capital
Now
Lie
in
Ruins
LONDON,
Jan.
18
O)
Warsaw,
the
ravaged
capital
of
Poland,
fell
to
the
First
White
Russian
Army,
said
Premier
Joseph
Stal-
I
in's
order
of
the
day
ln
making
the
momentous
announcement.
i
On
rp
a
nroud
and
beautiful
British
forces
have
advanced
J
city
of
U00.000
persons,
great
ruins.
It
is
the
tomb
of
tens
of
thousands
of
Poles
killed
first
In
the
cruel
siege
by
the
Nazis
in
the
fall
cf.1939
and
since
the
the
latest
siege?
by
the
Russians
which
culminated
yesterday.
COUPLE
ARE
FOUND
DEAD
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
IL,
Peard
Victims
of
Double
Tragedy
at
Victoria
VICTORIA,
Jan.
18
Oj
An
elderly
couple,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Peard
was
found
dead
early
Wednesday
in
their
Gorge
Road
auto
court
suite
on
the
outskirts
of
Victoria.
An
inquest
will
be
held
tomorrow.
Police
said
that
Mrs.
PearcU
about
58
years
of
age.
was
louryi
in
bed
with
a
bullet
hole
over
her
left
eye.
Her
husband,
about
70.
was
found
on
the
floor
near
nrih"
of.
.fHxtm-
4.'.PX:'0,lo;i'h
a
bullet
-wound
in'
ine
mroai.
on
the
base
of
the
flattened
j
A
loaded
revolver
with
two
Ardennes
salient.
rspent
shells
lay
near
his
feet.
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
ISLANDS.
FORTY
YEARS
EXPLOITED
ARE
CAPABLE
OF
LARGE
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
(By
W.
N.
GIEG
ERICH,
Nashua,
Montana)
A
land
that
for
forty
years
lias
been
exploited
by
"outsiders,"
robbed
of
its
natural
resources
and
settlement
retarded!
That
is
the
history
of
the
Islands
since
the
first
white
settlers
came
to
them.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
acres
of
potential
agricultural
lands,
probably
the
greatest
single
area
of
these
lands
on
;
the
British
Columbia
Coast
aside
j
from
the
Fraser
Delta,
are
very
slightly
more
accessible
than
they
were
forty
years
ago.
I
Many
millions
of
feet
of
logs
;
have
ben
cut
and
only
a
very
'
Ismail
portion
of
them
milled
on
the
islands.
They
are
rafted
land
towed
hundreds
of
miles
to
Ocean
Falls
or
Towell
River.
Huge
rafts
are
occasionally
lost
and
smashed
upon
the
shores
clear
loss.
'
Forty
odd
miles
of
single
track
motor
road
where,
If
two'
cars
pass,
one
must
find
a
natural
or
accidental
widening
and
pull
aside
and
stop,
a
few
obliterated
trails
and
tracks
and
some
un-
muck
are
also
in
production
at
the
Blue
Danube
swamp
just
a
couple
miles
north
of
the
mouth
of
the
Oeanda.
What,
if
anything,
Is
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
doing
to
help
the
Islanders?
Do
your
business
men
want
the
quite
considerable
business
from
there
now
going
to
Vancouver?
Your
freight
rfites
from
past
are
same
a.s
Vancouver.'
;
In
fairness
to
the
settlers
now
on
these
Islands,
the
Brit
ish
Columbia
government
ought
to
make
an
immediate
and
exhaustive
soil
survey
of
the
more
accessible
areas
including,
more
particularly
the
sedge
and
wood
peals
and
the
muck
lands.
Samples
of
these
In
production
are
available
for
inspection
by
sceptics.
Mechanical
ditchers
and
tem
porary
drains
made
with
lumber
cut
from
timber
on
their
perimeters
would
make
these
swamp
lands
Immediately
productive
of
forage
at
least.
Tlie
wooden
drains
would
last
25
years
or
more
and
the
area
would
pro
vide
productive
work
and
homes
for
a
good
many
people
during
the
post-war
period.
The
miliary
Importance
of
this
island
outpost
has
come
to
be
recognised
in
this
war.
Perhaps
the
Incentive
for
future
development
will
He
ln
just
that
but
as
a
source
of
supply
for
Alaskan
development
on
the
Islands
could
be
made
very
remunerative.
Prince
Rupert,
with
an
ambition
to
become
an
assembly
centre
and
shipping
point
for
these
Alaskan
supplies,
"The
Gateway
to
Alaska,"
should
be
particularly
interested
in
the
development
of
the
Islands.
Gordon
Graydon
On
Washington
Trip
OTTAWA,
Jan.
18
Gordon
Graydon,
Progressive-Cohserva-
different
depths
ln
production.
We
House
leader,
left
yesterday
Some
small
patches
peat
and
for
a
trip
to
Washington.
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Friday,
January
19,
1945
High
j:
5:10
20.1
feet
'
17:14
19.4
feet
;Low
11:20
6.2
feet
23:35
4.9
feet
nsives
Are
Smashing
O
n
e
Out
of
kalv.
Winston
Churchill
Predicts
ership
Margin
in
National
League
CHICAGO,
Jan.
18
0
Canadlcns
defeated
the
Chicago
Black
Hawks
4
to
2
j
in
last
night's
National
Hockey
League
game
and
Increased
their
margin
of
leadership
over
De
troit
Red
Wings
to
three
full
games.
Tonight's
fixture
will
be
between
New
York
Rangers
and
Detroit
Red
Wings
at
Detroit,
Appeals,
for
amalgamation,
of
Prince
Rupert
flshcrmens
and
dock
workers'
unions
with
Van-
icouver
unions
were
voiced
at
la
special
meeting
of
the
Deep
ISea
Fishermen's
Union
Tues
day
night
by
two
Vancouver
unionists,
Alex
Gordon
of
the
Cannery
and
Dock
workers
union
arid
'6eorge-
MJllcr'of
the
United
Fishermen's
union.
Each
stressed,
the
advantages
of
a
solid
organization
of
fishermen
along
the
coast.
The
idea
Is
being
considered
by
mem
bers
of
local
unions
and
it
Is
expected
that
It
will
be
brought
up
for
formal
discussion
at
the
next
regular
meeting
of
the
Fishermen's
union.
Mr.
Gordon
met
with
mem
bers
of
the
Cannery
workers
union
last
night.
MACPHEE
IS
PRESIDENT
Ijibor
Council
Elects
Officers
Ask
for
Continuous
Dry
Dock
Work
Angus
MacPhcc
was
elected
with
rheumatism.
Then
came
a
presiuCn
of
the
Prince
Rupert
period
of
living
in
tents
almost
continually
until
the
summer
sun
became
more
constant.
I
slept,
ate,
worked
and
worried
In
open
air.
During
this
latter
period
I
went
through
the
inuer
Line
and
half
died
of
fright
from
the
kil
V
JIVISV
noise
Ml.-
and
flash
of
-----
our
own
1
inink
that
you
may
like
I
guns
from
German
shells
and
iiviic
i
mv
nii
ncre
ilv
.....
.
.
.
'
jui
irom
wnat
mosi
-"a
iiu,
i
wm
iry
m)
1,-lldi,
cuililll
wj
dlcl
not
please
mc
at
all.
FAMOUS
PLAYERS
f
BUILD
THEATRE
ON
THIRD
AVENUE
AT
FIRST
STREET
Just
as
soon
as
a
federal
permit,
held
up
at
present
on
account
of
shortage
of
matcrialsand
manpower,
is
available,
Famous
Players-Canadian
Corporation
will
proceed
with
the
construction
of
a
new
and
modern
theatre
on
Third
Avenue
at
the
northwest
corner
of
First
sfreet,
it
was
announced
today
by
F.
II.
Gow
of
Vancouver,
British
Columbia
district
manager
for
the
company.
Plans
have
been
drawn
up
b
Townlcy
&
Mathcson,
Vancouver
architects,
for
the
structure
which
will
occupy
a
double
corner
100
by
60
feet.
It
will
beof
stadium
Interior
type
like
the
present
Capitol
Theatre
and
Will
have
capacity
for
800
persons.
Appointments,
equipment
and
fittings
will
be
of
the
most
up-to-date
type.
1
The
building
is
to
be
of
concrete
construction
and
will
cost
an
estimated
$75,000
to
$80,000
exclusive
of
some
$40,000
.
for
equipment.
I.
Mr.
Gow
stated
definitely
that
it
was
the
Intention
of
the
..
company
to
operate
two
theatres
In
Prince
Rupert.
Two
Nations
Barred
From
Peace
Table
Not
Needed
by
Allies
Agreement
with
Stalin
on
Balkans-Speaks
of
Greece
LONDON,
Jan.
18
T
Prime
Minister
Churchill
predicts
that
within
a
few
months
or
sooner
the
Germans
will
be
driven
out
of
Italy
or
perhaps
will
withdraw.
Mr.
Churchill's
address
opened
a
two-day
over-all
debate
"on
the
progress
of
the
war.
One
important
announcement
by
the
Prime
Minister
,
was
that
Spain
and
Italy,
would
be
barred
from
the
peace
table
after
the
war.
Speaking
of
the
situation
in
Italy,
Mr.
Churchill
warned
that
populous
districts
of
northern
Italy
which
had
been
stripped
bare
of
food
by
the
retreating
Germans
would
be
thrown
upon
the
fragile
structure
of
the
Ital
ian
government
in
Rome
with
consequences
that
cannot
be
ac
curately
foreseen
and
certainly
not-measured.
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
Britain
did
not
"meed
Italy
as,
a
partner"
He
continued.
"Wo
need
Italy
ho
more
than
wo
need
Spain
because
we
have
no
designs
that
require
support
of
such
a
power."
Britain
had
pnly
one
principle
away,.
liberated
people,
by
the
people
fidPor'-ll.C,
frage
election.
The
Prime
Minister
announced
that
he
and
Premier
Joseph
StaU
In
of
Russia
had
agreed
upon
a
Jointt-policy
for
the
Balkans
aadj
;
said
that
if
King
Peter
of
TMgoii
Slavic
failed
to,
concur
hevouldj
b
plqughcU
unckr.
by?
thdt
nrarchl
jl
of
events.
The
agreement
raised'
no
question
of
divisions
of
terri
tory
or
spheres
of
influence
after
the
war.
Mr.
Churchill
accused
the
E.
A.
M.
and
E.L.A.S.
organization
in
Greece
of
throwing
sand
in
the
wheels
of
government
and
having
planned
to
seize
power
and
the
Greek
state
"once
we
withdrew."
"For
three
or
four
day3
it
was
a
struggle
to
prevent
a
hideous
massacre
In
Athens,
in
which
all
forms
of
government
would
have
been
swept
away."
Russian
Drive
Part
of
Plan
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
the
present
Russian
drive
was
part
of
a
co-ordinated
victory
plan
to
keep
all
fronts
"In
constant
flame
until
the
final
climax."
The
Prime
Minister
gave
American
troops
complete
credit
for
stopping
a
"costly
sortie"
by
von
Rundstcdt
in
the
west
and
once
again
endorsed
the
Allied
demand
for
unconditional
surrender
of
Germany
and
Japan.
He
said
that
von
Rundstcdt'3
offensive
was
more
likely
to
shorten
the
war
than
lengthen
it.
Mr.
Churchill
challenged
tho
House
to
another
vote
of
confidence.
As
long
as
he
was
Prime
Minister
the
government
would
adhere
to
a
policy
of
Interference
until
liberated
nations
set
up
democratic
governmental,
machinery.
He
warned
Britons
against
becoming
disunited
and
Impotent
themselves
over
Balkan
country
disputes.
Britain
sought
no
territory,
no
air
fields,
no
bases,
said
thi
Prime
Minister,
nor
did
she
intend
to
set
up
her
own
bigness
or
might.
"We
will
give
everything
we
have
and
ask,
ln
return
only
consideration
and
respect
as
our
due."
Speaking
of
the
Pacific,
war,
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
the
recovery
of
General
MacArthur
was
a
fearful
warning
to
tho
Japanese
of
their
Impending
defeat
and
ruin.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
42
Minimum
35