leDpel Lt CANADIAN Iolland ny nos.j correspondent) . moretl car patrols, readied the out- biiel. ton miles cast r ... I implhMPt. the Germans blew Hooding the area s square between fcwolle, twelve nines iipcl. i virtually Isolated Ices remaining m Lnd. Part of north-Ucs-t ot the IJ-sscl 11 Isolated except; along the Z5-miUM Iv acioss the north-1 lie Zuldcr Zee. This land communica tor tnc ucrmans ui trland cities of Am- llcrdam, The Hague It Is estimated fere from 00,000 to tans sr.111 west of Llv shout to 20.000 lO.OOO fichtlng troops Fourth Canadian lislon struck north iidgchead over the his Canal and have fcnen, cignt mncs rppen and 39 miles German naval base raoops Fountain iril 9 n American bar ic scent made I. In the news from . Hradquarters says , oncratlns on the I! the country, cap-Bclvcdcre, the 3.C03 V M A ROM DOOR fused a .22 rlllc to icK-k off the d(jr of Oldfield Ski cabin fclcx Mitchell durin ; and made off with Kept of qrticlcs which tflccpine ba2 valued fclxigan, two pairs of Pin. of .kl boots and Ips. Two other cabhu littered, ilvanUigc of the sltu- lliicves also cooked 'S supplies stored in Bcfurc leaving, they l"otc -'"w. thanking wiuiiiuii); the nit liaikes has Issued a ; m comment on a adc In the Honxn of h Douglas Abbott. Mr. P "c understood the "fed at his own rc lhat 'If Mr. AMvitl. h'urtcd. he 1 obvious. F'ncd, I received from "'it Qencral the fol i... P'Dloymcnl for which t rcconimciutpii t n l.np Army," V AnnoinU Minister fA. April 0 lb Al I "I C. n. nrnlinr,! Ister a.4 nplllllir Hfli.ln. V announced Saturday i;vy, Minister of t f 0''csts. Mr. Or uc ai i i ...in i. viv Will DC t TO of Forests and Jap Dead 314,000 ."MANILA The count of Japanese killed and captured in the Philippines has reached 311,851. The communique announcing this figure adds almost G.500 enemy deadend 179 prisoners to the official total of one week ago. Canadians On Okinawa. , . . .i,. GUAM Twenty Canadian Army Officers arc in Okinawa observing the various functions of United States Army units engaged In clearing the Japanese from the island. Ten other Canadian officers arc serving in General MacArthut's southwest Pacific theatre as observers. Bombings Continue LONDON The Allied air forces are continuing the round-(he-clock pounding of German industrial targets. Urge formations of H.A.F. heavy night bombers have blasted submarine building yards at Hamburg and a synthetic oil plant near Leipzig. The night raids followed daylight attacks by almost 2,000 planes on a' variety of German targets. Fast British Mosquito planes lashed at Berlin again last night. FORTUNE TELLER'S FORECAST WAS PROBABLE CAUSE OF MAN'S SUICIDE A gloomy future as- forecast by an Edmonton fortune teller may have been ;i factor leading to Mm limit li of Alexander Law- - lib involuntary 1ios-,k- sleeping car porter. , .... .. ' i... -ii i ...ill. 1.1.5 Ills throat thrtinl. KlilJiMrn slashed vliia it on Ihn tiblp inwaijlied dishes. discovered the Eiicll 'icu he went to hla ISunday OT RETIRE IN REQUEST AMU 9 P) -M:ilnr. U. Tcarkcs denies he I general officer com- P chief of the Pacific at his own rcauest. who ilictl with In a small compartment of a sleeping car on a westbound passenger train Friday. At an Inquest Saturday aftcr-ii. n inrv Coroner M.-M. Stephens found that Lawson "met his death by self-inflicted wounds with a straight razor Mm roach Rclfact bclWCCll I'rlncc George and Endako." Testimony of Quester West, porter of an adjoining coacn, and a friend of Lawson for the last ten years, revealed that Lawson had -his fortune told shortly before leaving Edmon ton the clay before, west saia that Luwson had informed him ii.ni. Iip hod his fortune told, but hud not volunteered" further information. West told jurors that the mailer seemed to be praying on Lawson's nund when im inf. Rnvj mm at ;jo 111. M.7V ' ' ' wed rikrovrred Lawson's body at 6 o'clock wheu he searched for hhn after Lawson fallen to cin, mi for iiieiikiast in uiu 0 1 1 ' ' Vt ----- ,u,,i,, nni. ni. ilm u.vual time. VII I lilt fc v " ,i The train was then near Mcoan, nix!, of Endako. A letter written by Lawson i sister In Saskatchewan uie day before and founu in ma ciolhlng by provincial police Constable J. W. l'urdy of Durns Lake Indicated that at that time Lawson was In good spirits auu satisfied with his job. Constable Purdy accompanied the boay to Prince Rupert. "I have a good Job and I want to keep it. I want to buy a form fVin Hpnri man iiaa stated", It was Indicated Eastern Banker Takes Own Life NEW YOniC. April 9 - Leon l'rascr. prominent INew York banker, died by suicide at his estate here Sunday. lie died of a gunshot wound shortly after he had ibcen found by an estate gar dener, lie left a note saying that he was growing melancholy and could not carry on. Frascr was president of the First National Hank of New Yofk, and former nresldcnt of the bank of Inter- national settlement. LONDON. Pilots at main llri- llsh ports arc considering a plan to establish a central riiowgc Authority hi place of the exist ing local authorities. thc letter was written ociorc Lawson had -had his fortune told. The probability that Lawson i, i fPi. h s death by loui piay was introduced when Constable Purdy revealed that when he ..ni-phrd the dead man's cloth ing lie found "not a cent" of money, nor a watch. However, it wn nllnvcd when west unci William Cecil Bradley, sleeping car conductor of the tram, explained that it was possible for a porter to make a "run" without money by. signing for meals and making ac of company sleeping accommodation at Prince Rupert. nrndlcv sa d that he nau ciimrf Lawson lo be an efficient worker and apparently mentally well balanced. Thc Jurors were Robert Cam cron, foreman, Axel Peterson, Robert Parker, T .11. Wllford, vviifrrd Tavlor. and Thomas that Duffy. 1 it I L Temperature NORTHERN AND CENTRAfl rii RITISH COLUMBIA NEWSPAPER j Tomorroufa Tides iRAKI (Ftclflc BUadird Time) Lures far the Prince Tuesday, April 10, 1945 Ustrict for uh., .v Wje Staffer How " 44 High 11:50 21.1 feet Low ... . 5:48 52 f eet 34 18:10 3jleet 3$. 'IV, No. 83. rniNCE rupert, b.c, monday. april d, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS :ks Cut ermans a. 4. . flflfl I IPfe fl 4 wai News Rights! Allied Blows Puncture V-Bomb Danger Over LONDON A government official has expressed an official opinion that the V-bomb danger is over for England. Capture by British and Canadian troops of V-2 launching bases in Holland has made further "bombardment high unlikely, lie said. Casualties since the V-b'omli raids began last summer have amounted to 8,000 killed and 2,500 seriously injured, he revealed. More Visitors STOCKHOLM Six German aircraft containing 13 Nazi officials landed at a Swedish airport Sunday, but the occupants denied that they were fleeing the Ilrich. They claimed to have lost their way. 41 Generals Liberated LONDON The whole of the 1910 Yugoslav general staff which fought against the (ieimans and was later captured, has been discovered by British troops in Germany. The 41 officers escaped an Osnabruek prison camp and walked for five days berorc contacting me isrnisii. Luftwaffe Lost Will to Fight PARIS A bright aerial picture for western L'uropc is painted by the commander of the United States Army Air Forces, General II. II. Arnold. He says Allied planes can now fly over Germany at any lime and in any kind of weather. General Arnold declares: "It looks like the German Air Force has lost its will to fight aggressively. It is no longer mobile because of the lack of fuel. llcvcd likely to be Shake-un in Vienna - NEW YORK The Vienna radio reports a shake-up in the administration of the area. The broadcast, heard in New York, says Deputy (iauleiter Karl Schaitizcr will take over command instead of the present district governor and permanent deputy Keith commissioner of Vienna, Doctor YugoSlavia Represented MOSCOW There will be Yugoslav representation at the forthcoming San Francisco World Security Conference. In Moscow, Stanojc Simie,, Yugoslav ambassador to the Soviet Union, announces he plans to attend the meeting as the Yugoslav delegate. i West German defences DR'lTISII AND INDIAN TROOPS DRIVE INTO MANDALAY Members of British and Indian infantry units of the 14th Army arc shown advancing through the village of Ywathltgyl, during the drive on Mandalay. which other units of the 14th Army struck from three opposite directions. This village was strong defended by the Japs but was finally captured after R.A.F. planes blasted enemy position, Showdown Imminent At Okinawa GUAM, April 9 Ji A show T "SUN VALLEY OF CENTRAL B.C." IS NEXT DOOR TO PRINCE RUPERT Terrace Puts Old Sol to Work in'Publicity Effort Board of Trade Prepares Resolutions for Associated Board Meeting TEKUACE, April '.) Henceforth, Terrace and ! district will bo known as "Sun Valley ot Lcntral li.u down appears imminent m theTh..ff..,..s thl, si0Cr.m adonted bv the Terrace and ,DlS- batiirof ckirtawa-istfnd afJap-f t l noa"i of Traifc at ltsTnibriUiIy meeting last week ii's front door. ,f..om a .of;t of vmxQS submitted by school children The Japanese have finally be-, iji-:..,, ennncnml hr thn Tin:ii-r1 gun their long awaited stubborn 1 " i . . conceived byi ticicncc Ol inu laiaiiu. iuucikui. nivipr rr ff forces are hravlnz heavy artillery Kllf P I lr I I II 111 ..... "l,l., flrn In thrlr W auu iiwiwiim; un . ... drive on the Island capital ol Nahoa. and their Kn-ns now arc i l. ... - -nnttl i I llf .CO-OP IS HEARD mcasurca m -.v.j..., ,,,,,. .., ... n . . . i.i. i iii.ii'.i.. r uiiuiA. au i"-'" POIIHS 10 VI1C JHCVluuJiiivjr U1 i , the , tirf,, Prince Himrrt Rupert Pish Fish rrrat rlimactlc battle at the t'os of ' " the enemy has cunccntralcd most of his troops. .lm nlM,n. It is doubtful, however, that ... . -. ivi .if DniTilnlon. the Japanese can hold out lor inm.irv Prince Rupert long on Okinawa. Ground forces bricf thc association w;l3 now must bear the brunt of lhc . , 1D,, i,pnllsn nf inw operatives to receive a charter, To Increase In Importance VANCOUVER, April 9 CP) -Major-General F. F. Worthing- i .... I.. 1t f If i-f nrnve nnf PI. CIICU OiliVU lvvutmiij) o--- can naval warhawks closed In for of flcer commanding in chief ol . . . 1 n 11-1 .1 1 " . , 1 . TI.. tne Kin- one piiuu uiauiuvu pacific commana, swebsca r-thLs wav. He said: "There were .Hfi. mmmand's imDortancc as so many planbs making runs that nn or,prational centre in the" we couldn't tell whose torpedoes 5trusgic against Japan. He said ..nil.... ii !. ... . ...i..i- ........ .1 were hitting." FINNISH I'KLMII It ULSIC.NS Ni;W YORK Premier l'aasi-kivi of Finland lias handed in his resignation to President Von Maiinerliclm the 1'iniiisli radio reported today. IManncihrlni has asked the rabincl ministers to carry on until a new government has been formed. ho did not think thc command would revert to a training dis trict and expects it to increase in importance from now on. ii . r . i Rr.hrrt IllllblV. who WOll tllCt first prize of $15 set aside for the originator of a slogan wiucn the Board considered would lend maximum color to the Terrace publicity effort. It will be used on Board of Trade stationery and advertising signs. Terrace intends to take an active part in the renewed ac tivities of the Associated Boards . - 11I1I11V 111 . U . vwuwv " l..ln..rl. lnfMo ' TIlP PI1P111V air . . i i. i Trn.. kn Aacrtn I fc nnH nrp. lt ti..l (Continued on Page 3) NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT ATHENS. Aurll 9 Qi American Spearheads Race Toward Berlin as British Force Lays Siege to Bremen 50,000 Germans In Holland Face Annihilation By Canadians Zutphen Captured PARIS, April 9 (CP) A series of continuous and devastating blows are being dealt the Germans all alone the western front. The latest front line dis- LnUVi ninnno Vl AtnovlOOtl MintVl A rtTl V tflnlfR OTlK' 128 miles from JJerlin. At the time of that report, WORLD PEACE CENTRE MAY BE IN U.S. . - I tl n n i si nrltfnMio 4 1Mb" LONDON1. April 9 tt It is re ported In London that thifafJi fWAUlll, OClLkllllVlll. Ut IVJUJUib among representatives at the Commonwealth conference In London to locate the headquar- tcrs of the new CVorld Security Lcacuc somewhere In the west ern hemisphere. Tliere appears to toe little likelihood that the drlesotcs will co lurther than a general recommendation on Jhc sublcct. However, the advocates of a shift from Geneva, figure that a. move to the United States would -hcrp'snraantcc lliat ton try's continued interest ana par tlcipatlon lii world affairs. INQUEST INTO SHOOTING OF SAMUEL McKAY An inquest is expected to be held Tuesday afternoon into uie death of Samuel McKay, native of Greenville, who died in the of Trade wlilch arc scheduled Prjncc RUpert General Hospital 'j -a & irJnvlwtnf If ntr I . 1 . e . i n mrri. :n. u ,i iiii'i i ii ii ii ijii ivlh v n i: - wnTiirnii v in it n nil" 3. The mcctlngl appointed snoti WOUnd received 24 hours George w - McAdams and Duncan 1 earlier while he was hunting isiaiiu o uinnu. - nrifpe rpreivra lor I15U. iiuu ma w ire viv. bMt,-ui ai, nam-iv force hashcen crippled in recent . nf n,nr nA fooa Dro- pared five resolutions which niver. Dav on me aas strikes toy carrier planes and .. . . urivatc companies, in-, will be presented to the con-1 staff Sergeant G. A. Johnson, .upcr-ibomtoers, attacks wmcn acicqUatc packlhg service and ferencc. of thc provincial police, who left nave tost thc enemy 590 planes. .mv r fish nroduced.l Thc resolutions will request me city Saturday In the police What's more, .the remnants of ,,. , pn-onprative. erounds that: 1 launch P.M.L. 15 for Fislicry thc Nipponese- fleet have been whl(;u has fisiicci by Am-j 1. A tourist pamphlet be Bay to investigate the shooting, 1 1 1 ......... I. .rr 1 I Oil' Willi 1.11IT . . I ! 1 t -..-.. . . .1 ft 1 1, r 1. 1 lllO P1TP P .l 1 . 1-1 nfA-.v.nri uluii, .i .-jmiuiiiis "' " 1 crlcan fleets were rcciauiii'u iui uumi m icuu" - ireturnea ma ainmuuii. M .I.n inn) Vnmat.n atld .. . . mi, uiA A..n f.nm xrQvniitfPi in T'r m I j rtiVipr tyiati MiiiL'i -111 iiiuuauii w " I'.tnii'in nrnni ri. nil . 1 1 if unci luui 1 1 u... lunvuuit. .w - - - i niri;iv .1 1 1 L l lwu uviiv. . ri..- nll,n. 1aI(t oniMitf twarslimS .. .. n.. . r r nmn In riplnpp wiinprt.. live uimi . ww..,, -- said trie uo-operanvu ui u.v. jtu6i- "w . ... at t n,o the .hnlfrmi ibottom nf of Ihr- the East East . .... ...uv. wlth ; 2. TViot That ihn the Associated Acsivintprl now China Sea. Additional facts on that big naval victory are coming in today. Associated Press Correspondent Hamilton Faron says American torpe'do toombcrs scor ed at least eight direct hits on thc Yamota, the pride of the enemy fleet, swarms of carrier planes liter UiJ ally uniivin darkened the vr.es as Amcrl trUC CO-Opcrauve nun.im.o miui ouj.v , ciiuikvu, h uuhvv oww ti allowing u e certain ... -x spurious co- cial government in lis struggle Kay j the lower abdomen, 'in? lor cquausaiivu oj iiviguv im wouiluca mail was uiuugnii wj ... , , . 1 t 1 I , . Tt . 1. ....).... lor isriusn v;oiumuiu. Prince Rupert cany oumiuujr 3. That a permanent bureau m0rnlng be csuiblisnca to promote settlement of returned service men in Central B.C. 4. That thc provincial gov crnmcnt's nlan for rural clcc B.C. Ports To Be Busy OTTAWA. April 9 A new sc curity blackout is expected to be clamped down on British Col umbia shipping and shlpoutid MiptiiUtJiiwajr, aiiu auiautc vaua elements almost certainly are closer to the Nazi capital by this time. Other Ninth Army forces have driven to within; five miles of Hanover. The British Second Army has laid siege to the big Gerfah port of Bermcn. Another Brit ish C4Alumn was last reportea rs. . . . 1 " ? 11UJU IlUUlUUlt,. In. trie :r. the battle of annihilation is continuing, with the bag of German prisoners growing hourly. Some 50.000 Germans left in Holland are today facing a twin threat. The fast - travelling. Fourth Canadian armored division Is dashing' northward; seeking to Join Allied airborne troops in northern Holland Other units or the., Fourth division have consolidated a bridge- . head over the Dortmund-Ems Canal, forty-seven miles south of Efden. At the same time, thc Third division Is hi pos session of the town of Zutphen, twentry miles southeast of the Zulder Zee! Thc town was taken In' fighting Sunday, two days after thc street battle began. Canadian forces.ln the north are meeting strong German resistance along thc Ijssel River in the advance towards De-vpnter. eizht miles north of Zutphen. However, limite dgalns have been made east or tnc town. CANADA HAS nr. SPOTLIGHT AT 5 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, WAiiUilUlUlli April ftJJlU 9 0? 1"'"J were hunting seals on the Naas rnn!ltlian affairs will receive -- is IS vprv Very much IllUCn In ill variance vanauvc wim- .. Boards timer river rnuaj Friday when yhv.. a o-. gun dis-1 considerable ori,Hrhl tiromlnenccrta promlnenccrto i ir.i,. I'm rln ennnnpf. I.hp nrnvltl-1 t a ii... Wnllpf clrllrlnp Mp- ing Ports ,as uanaua opt-us ui- iiirpn nirce is is thn the food food conference. conierence. i tr, rhc I tensive LL1L31VU activities UVV.VW'VU against - Japan . ljt hplleved Inevitable that strict ' W - I .. . 1 the 4. . I TT-, . ...rt Is lei ... . ., r 1 .1 Greek government lias under- now that war in Europe none another shake-up. Admiral ..h,,... ,WPP nnd thc Battle of i i. i.. Petros Voulgarls has been named h aiiuViip is nil hut cleaned ciouay Ja aiiucooiwiinii.iin.ui( regent toy Archbishop ,i,v.ichn rvmn Damas- - ,..a.. nA p,i,ii urith iioht I .uuajr, ""'.. a trt f,.,., npwjTovcrnmCllt. i ov.uv.loH In raiU SllOWCfS VOllll.ni. "u lu" vn,,ir miVnrnmNi . vllll. . . ..r lli,ndv,i dav Winds fresh to strong today v """s" '" "" . do in lor a ntw pku vi iw.iwi. .. with thc dispatch of v.i.v.v...0 w ..v- "" " nlocMrnswhii has bpeil dismissed - -'. ir.lllnnnrv fnrpp Tuesday. VIMY RIDGE 28 YEARS AGO TODAY As Canadian soldiers strike and strike again at the Germans In Holland, members of an earlier Canadian army who pioneered the same task In France a generation ago. pause today n memory of an immortal date hi Canadian history. On April 9. 1917. soldiers of the Canadian Corps stormed and captured Vlmy Ridge, a bloody horizon which was one of thc turning points of the First areat War. Men who were there recall that thc attack began on a day similar to today a day of wet snow, slush and, mud. It developed Into a day of mutilation and death, but out of Its darkness came the first hopeful strokes of thc colors of victory. .U.i ..-.w v ill I-iltlllU JJAUlUUWHUiJ Uxr nnnnvWtnns. ICiirlv vrstcrdav. tlr.(lrii niutiviinM ll K ri"IltS;Ul . ii rrKi.. .ni Inv i itioiuuo uunvui.n laiici war suppuvs. ima to resign. But Damasklnos later aU trallsportatlon facilities i., r..,i iii. 1i lrllrr that, he I.. n luiuim. .! .ii,,, j - v i mrougii viiiviu pviiua. had lo dispense wmi i-iasuuoa services The dismissal of Tlastlras ell maxes a cabinet crisis wnicn arose when a monaic:i:st paper published a letter which lt said Plastlras wrote in ism ravoring German intervention to halt thc Greek-Italian war. The Royal Canadian Navy will transfer the bulk of Its opera Hons from the Atlantic to. tnc Paplfln. shlnvards will toe kept husv on refitting work while naval ncrsonnel gets leave. Once the Canadian ngniing shins pet into the Pacific, Pa cific coast yards will have to Admiral Vomgarls is chief ot i maintain their servicing ; and the the Greek navy. ijod wm Washington this week. Recon struction Minister Howe and Agriculture Minister Gardiner are .going to participate in discussions with British and Ameri can officials on the grave prob lem of Allied food shortages. Canada also will have a hand In shaping a suggested consti tution for thc world court of international Justice. On Thursday, the United States Senate small business committee will open hearings on the Ameri can government s contract wnn the Aluminum Company of Canada. Thc most Important of the It er rationing in oom wuau uiu ihp United States will be neces sary if Europe is to toe saved from starvation. NAZI OFFICERS ASK SURRENDER LONDON. Aurll 9 R German officers are Ibroadcastlng from Allied radio stations surrender appeals to the Germans trapped In thc Ruhr. Tills Is nart of a Tsychologlcal campaign directed principally to. Nazi officers holding out in sec tions of the Ruir. In discussing this campaign, one Allied ouicei said: "We've cracked German enlisted men as a whole, but not the officers. They still are forcing resistance." 1)1