rorces
Moving
At
Will
Throughout
Battle
For
Berlin
At
Climax
April
30
(CP)
The
American
Ninth
iblished
contact
today
with
.
the
Russians
f
i
mm
i
hnrr
lierlin,
tnus
widening
me
corriuor
ue-
ishrinking
northern
and
southern
redoubts
80
miles.
was
made
three
miles
west
of
Witten-
-
-
burg.
id
Is
icle
Itlon
Demands
at
'Frisco
for
vernment
BCISCO,
April
30
O)
again
demanding
i
of
the
Polish
War-
nent
at
the
United
crence.
Whether
the
Bon
develops
into
a
lina
If
we
get
Po-
tlward
of
British
ind
rremler
T.
C.
Saskatchewan
ar-
week-end
at
Gen
t's
headquarters
on
Irst
Canadian
Army
(Munich
fringes.
Indications!
at
Allied
hcad-
quarters
today
were
that
hostilities
In
Europe
would
last
at-most
only
ajnatter
of
days.
I
High
ranking
Nazi
survivors
'were
reported
to
be
seeking
I.
At
the
same
time,
five
divisions
of
the
American
Seventh
Army,
probably
70,000
men
In
all,
were
peace
while-
the
western
allies
drove
swiftly
into
the
southern
and
northern
redoubU,
advancing
almost
at
will
Into
Germany,
Austria
and
The
German
-
controlled
Oslo
greemcnt
seems
to
radio
said
today
that
Russian1
ihether
the
Latin
tanks
have
smashed
into
the
tions
ask
for
Ar-
Tiergarten,
Berlin's
central
dmlssion
to
the
park
converted
into
an
under-g
parley
l
ground
fortress.
Moscow
reports
;orclgn
Commissar
said
that
the
fall
of
Berlin
is
declared,
"You
can
Imminent.
The
Moscow
newspaper,
Prav-
BOND
SALES
ARE
$420,500
lie
of
$27,050
in
Victory
Bonds
on
Saturday
Jce
Rupert's
cumulative
total
for
the
first
i
the
Eighth
Victory
Loan
drive
at
$420,500
cent
of
the
$750,000
quota.
This
means
that
n
half
the
quota
has
been
met
in
one-third
roe
weeks
campaign.
can
officials
antlcl-
Ithc
drive
will
soar
its
objective,
pcr-achlcving
the
mll-
ark
which
has
been
but
never
touched
paign.s.
lh
Victory
Loan
s
so
far
outdistanced
Loan
drive
by
$35,700
t
Six
davs.
Vlrtnrv
scs
on
the
sixth
day
m
loan
drive
total-
and
the
cumulative
the
corresponding
$384,800.
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Pacific
and
Line
urcottc
Campbell
Mclntyre
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Dally
News
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wear
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Blaln
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M.
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rrass
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latre
Pr.Rupert
1
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200
200
1,000
50
50
50
50
1,000
2,000
500
50
150
50
50
200
50
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UNCLAIMED
'"c
body
of
Benito
"routed
at
the
c
her
iniiiii
CHARGE
FRENCH
OBSTRUCTING
ALLIED
PUSH
PARIS,
April
30
!
An
Allied
supreme
headquarters
statement
Saturday
declared
that
the
French
First
Army
was
obstruct
ing
the
Allied
-drive
south
east
against
the
Nazi
redoubt
by
Its
pcrlstence
ln
continuing
to
occupy
Stuttgart.
The
statement
said
that
Sixth
Army
group
headquarters
had
asked
the
French
First
Army
to
move
out
of
Stuttgart,
the
capital
of
Wurtcmtourg,
which
the
French
captured.
At
latest
reports
the
French
were
still
there,
backed
by
the
French
council
of
ministers,
which
voiced
disapproval
of
the
.request
on
the
grounds
that
the
Big
Three
had
not
taken
any
action
on
France's
post-war
occupation
claims
in
southwest
Germany.
The
Sixth
Army
group
Includes
the
American
Seventh
and
the
French
First
Armies.
The
French
have
asked
for
virtually
outright
occupation
of
the
Saarland
plus
defined
occupational
and
policing
rights
after
the
war
on
the
whole
cross
Rhine
belt
from
the
Ruhr
south
to
Lake
Constance.
$750,000
$420,500
ALLIED
SEAMEN
ARE
LIBERATED
PARIS,
April
30
tt-Approxi-
I
mately
4,000
British
and
French
naval
and
merchant
seamen'
were
liberated
Saturday
whenl
British
armored
divisions
cao-
tured
a
prison
camp
at
Westcr-tinke.
In
the
south,
three
Allied
armies
were
less
than
30
miles
from
Munich
after
capturing'
Augsburg.
The
American
Third
Army
was
driving
toward
a
new
meeting
with
the
Russians
west
of
Vienna.
PRINCE
RUPERT
ARMY
IS
FIFTH
Prince
Rupert
area
is
now
In
fifth
place
for
Victory
Loan
sales
to
the
forces
In
Pacific
Command
engaged
in
a
stiff
battle
in
the!
a
percentage
of
63.1
having
been
da,
said
that
the
Russians
w"ejc.W.A.C
ngnung
in
me
ruins
or
inier.
Barrett
den
Linden,
ihe
sDaceous
avenue
a
i
i-kikmi
ln
the
heart
of
Berlln
that
tcr-
T
'MRST
'DANA
rnlffflSSrSTttV?
Wrtartfn."
Lieut.
Governor
i
The
Hambure
radio,
chief
Nazi
transmitter
still
broadcasting
ln
Germany,
said
that)
("the
hard
battle
for
Berlin
has:
reached
Its
climax
today."
J
Moscow
despatches
said
that
the
Russians
were
going
all-out
for
a
May
Day
victory.
rtached.
The
areas
are
now
standing
as
follows:
Vancouver
97.1
Victoria
95.6
Prince
George
72.
Prince
Rupert
65.1
Xanalmo
.,
62.7
Vernon
66.9
Chllliwack
58.8
Polar
Bear
25.3
Pacific
Command
percentage
Is
84
or
seventh
ln
Canada.
Nine
of
the
26
units
ln
this
area
are
now
over
the
top
with
standings
as
follows:
Prince
Rupert
HQ.
..
100.
152.
Reserve
75.
150.
Army
Examiner
166.
129.
Dundas
105.
124.
Signals
97.
Army
Padres
133.
114.
!
Medicals
77.
113.
69,
100.
60.
100.
The
22-ycar-old
filer,
younger
brother
of
Capt.
Albert
Mah
who
was
recently
ln
Prince
Rupert
on
leave,
made
the
trip
ln
style.
Before
Uiey
made
their
final
Jump-ofl
Into
Tibet,
he
and
his
fellow
pilot,
an
American
colonel
from
Vermont
were
guests
at
the
summer
villa
of
Generalis
simo
Chiang
Kal
Chek
ln
the
border
region
of
western
China.
Purpose
of
the
Journey
was
to
return
a
Tibetan
emissary
to
his
home
in
the
mountainous
hinterland.
The
flight
was
high
ly
dangerous,
Involving
the
guiding
of
a
large
aircraft
through
unknown
passes
with
18,000-foot
mountains
towering
on
either
side.
"No
one
dared
think
what
would
happen
if
wc
entered
the
wrong
pass,"
Capt.
Man
wrote
to
his
sister,
Miss
Violet
Mah,
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
pilots
made
one
unsuc
ccssful
attempt
to
find
the
hidden
valley
where
their
pas
senger,
who
carried
the
name
of
Solong-Busong,
had
his
home
Falling
that,
they
turned
back
to
China
and
picked
up
Chinese
air
force
captain,
the
only
outsider
who
had
ever
been
to
that
rendezvous.
"Ill
1840
this
man
had
been
on
exploration
flight
and
on
landing
ln
the
valley
the
Tibetans
brought
offerings
to
him.
They
thought
this
bird
from
the
air
was.
a
god,"
Capt
Mah
recounted.
"He
spent
three
months
photographing
the
area
living
like
a
king.
However,
after
three
months
the
Tibetan
bill
of
fare
became
unbearable
so
he
left."
Guided
by
the
Chinese
captain,
the
two
pilots
made
another
try
to
take
Solong-Busong
home.
Abeam
of
Highest
Mountain
in
China
"In
the
early
morning
sunlight
we
came
abeam
of
the
highest
mountain
in
China,
Mount
Mlnga
Konta,
which
towers
25,000
feet
high.
Glacial
creeks
raced
dovm
the
cheeks
of
the
mountain
ln
jagged
chasms.
Here
and
there
were
stone
or
mud
buildings.
These
Italian
War
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IS
HITLER
NOW
DEAD?
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for
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1,
1945
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No.
101.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
30,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
E
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS
DUE
Mi
V
ff-
r'.
I
ler
juncuon
o
icans
and
Soviet
West
of
Berlin
ROME,
April
30
(CD-General
Maik
Clark,
Fifteenth
Army
group
commander
today
announced
the
virtual
end
bf
the
long'
and
bloody
campaign
in
Italy.
1
Declaring
that
the
German
armies
in
Italy
have
been
virtually
eliminated
as
a
military
force,
General
Clark
said
that
23
enemy
divisions
have
been
,
torn
to
pieces
in
the
22-day
offensive
by
the
Allied
Fifth
and
British
Eighth
armies.
He
said
that
the
Germans
can
no
longer
effectively
resist
the
Allied
armies,
but
added
that
scattered
fighting
may
still
continue.
The
Fifth
Army
has
reached
the
Swiss
border,
and
the
Eighth
Army
is
approaching
a
junction
with
the
Yugoslavs.
CANADIANS
ARE
ASKED
TO
(STAY
ON
JOBS
OTTAWA,
April
30
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions,
ap
pealed
to
Canadian
workers
to
stay
on
their
Jobs.
on
"V-E
Day,'
118.
'Even
with
war
over
ln
Germany
there
was
another
grim
enemy
to
be
beaten
ln
Japan.
There
should
be
no
let-up
until
that
was
LOCAL
FLIER
IN
CHINA
PENETRATES
TO
SHANGRI-LA
IN
INNER
TIBET
A
flight
to
"Shangri-La,"
the
mystic
territory
of
innermost
Tibet
where
probably
not
more
than
half
a
dozen
outsiders
have
ever
set
foot,
will
undoubtedly
remain
one
of
the
outstanding
experiences
of
Capt.
Cedric
Mali,
a
former
Prince
Rupert
man
now
serving
as
a
pilot
with
the
China
National
Aviation
Corpora
tion.
LONDON,
April
30
(CD-Several
rumora
arc
current
today
concerning
Adolf
Hitler.
One
totally
unconfirmed
story
declares
that
Der
Fuehrer
died
yesterday
In
his
underground
headquartcts
jn
Berlin.
Another
story
concerning
Hitler
which
is
likewise
without
any
confirmation
quotes
a
Stockholm
dispatch
which
says
Hitler
has
suffered
a
hemorrhage
which
has
left
him
an
invalid.
seemed
to
be
places
of
worship.
or
monasteries."
"On
a
valley
floor
was
en
camped
a
nomadic
tribe.
Its
cluster
of
tents
stood
out
vaguely
In
the
morning
mist,
and
the
campfires
sparkled
like
jewels.
As
the
sun
grew
higher,
we
slid
between
two
walls
of
rock.
Losing
altitude
rapidly
wc
en
tered
a
pass
15,000
feet
high,
hemmed
in
by
18,000-foot
peaks,
Allied
Capitals
Awaiting
Complete
Surrender
Offer
BENITO
MUSSOLINI
EXECUTED
BY
ITALIAN
PATRIOTS;
BODY
IS
REVILED
IN
PUBLIC
SQUARE
ROME,
April
30
(CP)
It
has
been
confirmed
that
Benito
Mussolini
has
been
executed
by
Italian
patriots.
An
announcement
has
been
issued
by
Allied
headquarters
in
Rome
quoting
two
British
newsmen
who
have
actually
seen
the
former
Duce's
body.
It
is
unusual
for
headquarters
to
quote
war
correspondents
as
the
Premature
Surrender
Observed
Senator
Connally's
Announcement
Set
World
Agog
A
San
Francisco
report
that
Germany
had
surrendered
un
conditionally
touched
off
sub-,
ducd
reports
and
short-lived
demonstrations
ln
many
American
and
Canadian
cities
Satur
day
night.
For
the
most
part
the
demonstrations
were
a
mix
ture
of
skepticism
and
Jubila
tion.
All
quickly
subsided
after
President
Truman
described
as
unfounded
a
report
given
to
the
Square.
Thousands
of
persons
cheered
and
pieces
of
torn
paper
rained
down
from
the
of
fice
buildings.
In
Chicago's
Loop
district,
crowds
surged
Into
stores
without
demonstiraUan.
All
police
leaves
were
cancelled
but
the
order
was
rccinded
after
Presi
dent
Truman
s
announcement.
One
San
Francisco
newspaper
emblazoned
the
words:
"Nazis
quit"
in
red
letters
across
the
front
page
of
its
extra
edition
but,
despite
a
.newspaper-
extra
ln
Washington,
milling
citizens
were
skeptical.
source
of
an
official
announcement,
1
but
it
is
evident
that
in
ill
lit
-
j
tri-t-
this
case
Allied
officials
are
satisfied
that
the
facts
are
true.
The
announcement
telling
of
Mussolini's
execution
confirms
broadcasts
made
by
the
partisan-held
Milan
radio.
This
li
the
story
of
how
the
61-year-old
Mussolini
died.
Mussolini
and
his
associates-
were
seized
by
Italian
partisans
in
the
border
city
of
Como
while
trying
to
escape
into
Switzerland.
Saturday
afternoon
the
former
Fascist
dictator
and
members
of
his
puppet
regime
were
executed
by
the
partisans
ln
a
little
town
near
Como.
Saturday
night
the
bodies
were
taken
to
Milan
and
dumped
ln
the
town
square
for
the
pub
lic
to
view.
They
were
hung
by
the
toes
and
later
dropped
ln
the
mud
to
be
kicked
and
spat
upon.
Among
those
executed
was
Associated
Press
by
vice-chair-
young
womaft.described.
an,
the
gatlon
-to
.he
world
.security
conference,
Senator
Tom
Con-nally.
Many
American
newspapers
greeted
the
first
report
with
extra
;
editions
and
in
some
towns
church
bells
pealed
and
whistles
and
horns
blared.
The
Jubilation
lasted
about
half
an
hour
in
New
York's
Times
leader,
Benito
Mussolini
and
the
sixteen
other
leading
Fascists
were
executed
at
Como
and
their
bodies
reviled
later
in
a
public
square
in
Milan
where
they
were
put
on
view.
The
executions
were
by
a
patriot
firing
squad
after
summary
trial.
Including
Mussolini's
mistress,
all
were
captured
while
attempting
to
escape
to
Switzerland.
THREE
MONTHS
HARD
LABOR
VANCOUVER,
April
30
William
Phillips,
29,
alleged
army
deserter,
was
sentenced
to
three
months
in
jail
at
hard
labor
for
being
in
possession
of
a
registration
card
other
than
his
own.
AGAINST
JAPS
VANCOUVER
The
British
Columbia
executive
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party
reaffirms
its
stand
against
the
return
of
Japs
to
this
coast.
NEW
PEACE
RIVER
HIGHWAY
WILL
NOT
KILL
RAILWAY
PROJECT
Little
Change
On
Canuck
Front
WITH
THE
FIRST
CANADIAN
ARMY,
April
30
0)
Little
change
was
reported
over
the
week-end
ln
Canadian
Army
operations
in
northwest
Germany
tout
the
No
one
dared
think
what
would
semi
-
circular
front
tightened
happen
If
this
were
the
wrong)
slightly
about
Oldenburg
as
the
pass."
i
Second
Canadian
Division
prcss-
TTnnmvnr
It
fnrnnrl
rait.
In
hn
'
Prt
past
tnwnrH
nplmpnlinrst.
The
the
Tight
one,
and
rounding
a
c&nadian
Army
Is
squaring
up
to
Jagged
pinnacle
they
saw
a
the
Lcorf
-
Oldenburg
-
Elsfleth
natural
landing
strip
directly
.line
along
which
the
Germans
ahead.
I
are
basing
their
defence
of
the
"We
bumped
to
.a
stop
and
'peninsula
on
which
Emden
and
were
immediately
surrounded
by
.Wllhelmshaven
are
located.
Con
Tibetans,
some
on
shaggy
ponies,
tlnucd
German
demolitions
and
others
dressed
in
wolf
furs,
poor
terrain
hampered
progress
Solong
Busong
came
up
and,
of
the
Canadians.
patted
mc
on
the
back.
His
eyes
were
merry,
for
he
was
home.
In
a
few
hours
he
had
covered
TEUTONIC
TONGUE
Purest
German
was
supposed
distances
w'hich
had
taken
him
J
to
have
been
spoken
ln
Hanover,
a
month
to
travel
on
his
way
out."
The
base
from
which
Capt.
Mah
and
his
companion
took
off
for
their
flights
Into
Tibet
was
the
city
where
China's
Generalissimo
has
a
summer
villa.
They
were
guests
o'f
the
provincial
governor,
a
general
who
lived
ln
Chiang's
summer
home.
"The
hospitality
was
superb
and
the
food
grand,"
said
Capt.
(Continued
on
Page
2)
Although
the
B.
C.
government
this
month
will
call
contractors'
tenders
for
completion
of
a
new
highway
to
Join
Prince
George
with
the
Alaska
Highway,
the
possibility
of
extending
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
is
not
being
overlooked
by
Premier
John
Hart,
says
the
British
Col
umbia
correspondent
of
the
Fin
ancial
Post.
The
government
is
still
hope
ful
that
It
may
toe
able
to
sell
the
railway
to
the
Canadian
Na
tional
or
Canadian
Pacific
or
both.
If
such
a
sale
Is
made,
the
new
owners
will
probably
be
required
to
commit
themselves
to
northerly
extension
from
Quest
nel
to
Prince
George.
If
the
deal
falls
through,
however,
the
government
Itself
very
probably
will
take
early
'
action
towards
ex
tending
the
road
so
as
to
give
It
a
greater
opportunity
to
develop
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Swiftly
Moving
Developments
Point
to
Germany's
Collapse
At
Any
Hour
British
Cabinet
Members
Standing
By
LONDON,
April
30
(CP)
A
new
surrender
offer
from
Heinrich
Himmler,
presumably
to
all
three
major
powers,
is
understood
to
be
on
its
way
today.
Cabinet
ministers
have
been
ordered
to
stind
by
as
swiftly
moving
developments
point
to
Germany's
collapse.
A
commentator
on
the
Hamburg
radio,
chief
remaining
voice
of
Nazi
Germany,
declared
that
"everybody
knows
this
war
is
drawing
to
its
end.
This
is
an
irrevocable
fact."
'
London
is
outwardly
calm
even
though
a
"V-E
DayVi
announcement
is
expected
at
any
hour.
There
is
more
ministerial
activity
in
Whitehall
than
there
has
been
for
some
time.
Indications
arc
that
only
details
of
Germany's
surrender
remain
to
be
worked
out.
These
may
concern
whether
Himmler
or
any
other
ranking
Nazi
leader
could
give
solid
evidence
that
German
pockets
on
the
Atlantic
coast
and
in
Norway
would
lay
down
their
arms.
A
Stockholm
newspaper
says
that
Count
Ber-nadotte,
said
to
be
the
man
who
last
week
relayed
Himmler's
of
fer
of
surrender'to
United
States
and
Great
Britain,
was
now
meeting
with
the
Gestapo
head.
The
Moscow
radio,
meantime,
has
given
official
credence
to
the
report
that
an
offer
to
surrender
Germany
unconditionally
has
been
made
by
Nazi
Gestapo
Chief
Himmler.
The
Moscow
broadcast
is
the
first
official
confirmation
that
such
a
surrender
proposal
actually
had
been
made.
Bulletins
A.
P.
McNABB
DIES
REGINA
A
former
lieutenant-governor
of
Saskatchewan,
Archibald
P.
McNabb,
aged
81,
died
yesteiday
in
a
Regina
hospital.
Mr.
McNabb
relinquished
the
office
of
lieutenant-governor
on
February
28
after
serving
at
that
post
for
nine
years.
FRANCE
GOES
LEFTIST
PARIS
France
is
going
1
solidly
leftist
in
the
municipal
elections.
POSTAL
STAFF
OVER
TOP
The
staff
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Post
Office
reached
its
objective
in
the
Eiehth
Victory
Loan
on
Saturday,
Postmaster
J.
R.
Morison
announced.
BUILDING
PERMITS
51,000,000
VANCOUVER
Building
permits
issued
by
the
city
of
Vancouver
in
April
pushed
past
the
million
dollar
mark
Saturday
with
the
issuance
of
a
$10,000
permit
for
a
garage
building.
JAPAN
TO
FIGHT
ON
.
TOKYO
Japan
will
fight
on
after
Germany's
surrender
even
if
it
costs
ten
million
men,
Tokyo
radio
said
today.
An
American
invasion
ol
Hong
Kong
is
expected
after
MOSCOW
CELEBRATION
MOSCOW
Moscow
is
preparing
for
the
greatest
cele
bration
of
May
Day
in
years.
The
blackout
has
been
lifted
after
four
years.
The
capital
is
being
decked
out.
There
will
be
the
greatest
military
parade
since
1911.
PRISONERS
FREED
PARIS
The
greatest
pris
oner
of
war
camp
in
Germany
Stalag.
7
A
jhas
been
cap
tured
and
110,000
prisoners
liberated.
MAYIIEW
RENOMINATED
VICTORIA
It.
W.
Mayhew,
Victoria's
representative
at
Ottawa
since
1937,
was
remon-inated
as
Liberal
candidate
for
this
riding.
tW
vt
T?"
TORCH
PARADE
SETS
COLORFUL
STREET
EFFECT
The
glare
of
red
and
yellow
signal
fuses
shining
through
a
smoke
pall
touched
off
a
realls-1
"
tic
effect
as
vehicles
from
the
area
fire
departments
staged
a
Victory
Loan
torchlight
parade
in
darkened
downtown
streets
at
10
o'clock
Saturday
night.
Hun
dreds
of
spectators
witnessed
the
parade
as
it
snaked
along
Sec
ond
and
Third
avenues
to
the
wail
of
sirens.
Streetlights
in
the
downtown
area
were
.turned
off
by,the
power
company
to
give
t
added
effect
to
the
display.
The
parade
was.
led
off.
by
an
army
staff
car
carrying
UikFire
Marshal
E.
Berrling.
who
acted
as
parade
marshal,
City
Fire
chief
H.
T.
Lock,
and
other
area
fire
department
heads.
Following
the
staff
car
was
a
light
truck
carrying
a
smoke
bomb
which
spread
thick
fumes
over
the
parade
route.
The
parade
which
began
at
the
city
fire
hall,
travelled
east
on
Second
avenue
to
the
Court
House,
then
raced
west
on
Third
avenue
to
the
Park
av
enue
intersection,
returning
west
on
Second
avenue.
The
course
was
traversed
twice.
Taking
part
were
two
trucks
of
the
city
fire
department,,
two
trucks
of
the
UJS.
Fire
department,
and
one
truck
of
the
Navy
and
one
of
the
Canadian
army
lire
departments.
Weather
Forecast,
Moderate
winds,
partly
c,loudy
and
mild,
occasional
light
rain
showers
during
afternoon.
Tues
day:
Moderate
winds,
increasing
to
fresh
ln
afternoon
andjstrong
in
late
afternoon.
Partly
cloudy
In
morning,
becoming
cloudy
with
occasional
light
rain
irr
afternoon;
becoming
continuous
toward
evening
with
slightly
higher
temperatures.
.
.
BUY
VICTORY
BONUS
WW
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