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3,
1945
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VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
77.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
2,
1945
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Rupert
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Jac.
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Homeland
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YANKS
BOMB
MAJOR
NAZI
OIL
PLANT
LONDON,
April
2
T)
More
than
1300
American
heavy
bombers
escorted
by
850
fighters
Saturday
attacked
railway
and
industrial
targets
In
Brunswick
and
Brandenburg.
They
hit
freight
yards
at
Halle
and
a
synthetic!
oil
plant
at
Zcttz-Brandenburg,!
25
miles
south
of
Berlin.
Zcitz-Brandenburg
is
now
serv-
j
ing
as
a
key
rail
Junction
fori
the
bulk
of
military
freleht1
which
the
Qermans
are
no
longer
able
to
route
through
the
capital.
Seven
hundred
and
fifty
British
bombers
hit
the
huge
submarine
building
yards
at
Hamburg.
The
oil
refinery
at
Zcltz
was
one
of
the
few
major
plants
which
were
operating
at
near
maximum
production
recently.
OFFICERS
OF
ROTARY
CLUB
The
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club,
at
last
Thursday's
meeting,
nominated
officers
for
the
ensuing
year
as
follows:
Pesldcnt,
James
H.
Thompson.
Vice-President,
R.
M.
Winslow.
Directors
W.
L.
Coatcs,
D.
C.
Stevenson
and
Bernard
Allen.
Secretary,
B.
R.
Dodds.
Treasurer.
Alex
McRac.
Sergeant-at-Arms,
Fred
Scad-den.
The
meeting
passed
a
motion
to
donate
$50
to
the
Booth
Mem
orial
High
School
basketball
teams
j.o
helpxaYerilac,Qst..of
the
Northern
B.
C.
basketball
championship
games
with
Ocean
Falls.
alc
for
this
district
Entertainment
features
of
the
totalled
8,676,772
board
j
program
were
autobiographical
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The
scale
of
timber
Ouests
Included
two
naval
sca--polcs
and
piling
this
I
men,
Leading
Seaman
Howell
aj
55.995
lineal
feet
In
j
and
Able
Seaman
Harrison,
Dr.
March.
CaDtaln
Albert
Mah.
Hon."
The
choir
sang
the
anthem
"Jesus
Is
nisen,"
with
Mrs.
S.
D.
Johnston
as
soloist.
Easter
lilies,
carnations
and
daffodils
decorated
the
cathedral
Interior.
At
the
evening
service
Major
Rev.
L.
A.
Morrant
delivered
the
sermon
and
the
anthem
was
"Wlij
Seek
Ye
The
Living
Among
The
Dead?"
with
Mrs.
S.
Painter
and
Sgt.
Tom
Walton
as
soloists.
Memorial
bouquets
of
lilies
and
ferns
(placed
In
the
church
by
members
of
the
congregation
In
memory
of
loved
ones
consti
tuted
the
floral
atmosphere
at
St.
Pauls
Lutheran
cnurcn
where
Rev.
Magnus
Anderson
led
morning
and
evening
services.
He
recounted
the
story
of
Resurrection
morning
and
the
chapel
choir
sang
tnc
anthems
"I
Know
That
My
Redeemer
Llvcth"
and
"Thou
Arc
The
Way,
The
Truth
and
the
Light."
The
cvcnlnc
service
took
the
form
ol
an
Easter
pageant
by
the
Junior
and
senior
confirmation
classes.
Rev.
W.
W.
SUvcrthom
led
the
Easter
morning
service
at
First
Uaptlst
Churtlh.
Tjc
capacity
congregation
found
the
church
decorated
by
trellises
oi
nowers,
lilies,
carnations
and
sweet
peas,
The
choir
sane
three
anthems
The
evening
service
was
led
by
(Continued
on
page
i)
Want
Use
Made
of
Terrace
Hospital
The
council
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
offered
its
assistance
to
the
Terrace
Board
of
Trade
in
representations
being
made
to
have
use
made
of
the
Terrace
military
hospital
which
was
recently
closed
down.
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i..'m
Il.
'JgNL
TLELL
RAISES
$259
IN
RED
CROSS
DRIVE
...
The
tiny
settlement
or
Tlcll
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
with
a
population
of
only
22
persons,
has
made
whac
Is
believed
to
be
a
per
capita
record
for
raising
funds
for
the
Red
Cross
In
the
recent
campaign.
No
less
than
$259
was
subscribed
as
a
result
of
various
efforts.
For
one
thing
a
poker
game
was
held
and
the
sum
of
$74
was
iMcmurial
to
liishop
Tollingcr
The
pictures
show
the
new
church
which
the
Anglican
Dioccs-c
of
Cariboo
is
planning
to
build
at
Prince
Oeorge
asa
memorial
to
the
late
Bishop
Polllnger.
A
campaign
for
funds
lias
been
commenced.
'Jrakcd
off."
A
similar
amount
j
was
realized
irom
a
snoot,
oi
the
Pacific
Coast
Militia
Rangers.
A
raffle,
in
which
the
winner
was
Ed
Olsen,
netted
$42
and
the
sum
of
$20
was
raised
from
the
serving
of
a.
meal.
Mlscel-
Taiiedus
subscriptions
amounted"
to
$23.
Particular
interest
was
taken
in
the
rifle
shoot
of
the
Militia
Rangers.
There
were
two
events
at
100
yards
and
two
at
200
yards.
Winners
were
Francis
Richardson,
Sergeant
E.
A.
Peters,
L.
Rennlc
and
R.
Holt.
There
were
detachments
from
Queen
Char
Eastern
Front
mimm
BISHOP
UIX
MIES
X"
I
I
Bishop
G.
A.
Ilix
passed
away
I
lACintT
In
at
his
home,
Bishop's
Lodge,
ValvJIIIf
III
late
this
afternoon.
He
had
f
bfcn
for
sonle
time.
On
Vienna
TA
Itrds
Now
Within
22
Miles
JUllN
JLiOIAU
All-Out
Assault
on
Stettin
MOSCOW,
April
2
(CP)
News
is
good
today
from
the
eastern
front
where
two
Russian
armies
are
closing
in
on
Vienna
from
the
south
and
east.
Red
Army
spearheads
have
driven
to
within
22
miles
of
the
Austrian
capital.
The
Russians
met
only
slight
Nail
PASSES
AWAY
Well
Known
Local
Halibut
Fisherman
Mies
Suddenly
in
Vancouver
John
Jerstad,
well
known
Prince
Rupert
halibut
fisherman
and
a
resident
here
for
more
than
20
years,
died
suddenly
on
resistance
as
they
slashed
to
Friday
morning
In
Vancouver
within
eight
miles
of
Wiener
.where
he
had
gone
three
weeks
Neustadt,
a
part
of
the
greater
(ago
for
a
visit.
He
was
the
vlc-
Vienna
region.
The
German
radio
says
almost
a
half
million
Red
Army
troops
have
opened
an
all-out
assault
against
Stettin,
the
Baltic
port
of
Berlin.
NAVY
WINS
SEMI-FINAL
Navy
and
Fortress
brought
brought
their
two-game
semi
tmi
of
a
sudden
heart
aiiacx.
.News
of
his
death
will
be
received
with
shock
by
many
local
friends.
The
remains
will
be
brought
back
to
Prince
Rupert
Wednesday
and
the
runeral
will
be
held
here.
Mr.
Jerstad
was
54
years
of
age
and
was
a
native
of
Norway.
The
last
boat
on
which
he
had
worked
out
of
Prince
Rupert
was
the
Reward.
Deceased
is
survived
by
one
daughter,
Mrs.
George
(Judith)
Morgan
of
Vancouver
and
three
final
floor
hockey
series
to
a
sons
Sven
Jerstad,
who
Is
fish-close
Saturday
night
at
Uie
"Y"
Ins
out
of
Trlnce
Rupert;
Prl-wlth
Navy
defeating
Fortress
on
vate
Alfred
Jerstad,
wso
Is
In
the
round
11-87
A
fine
calibre
Army
training
in
Alberta,
and
of
play
continued
as
in
the
first
Private
Ted
Jerstad,
serving
game
of
the
series
but
this
time
overseas.
There
is
a
sister,
Mrs.
It
was
Goal-keeper
Cummlngs
of
A.
Anderson,
in
Prince
Rupert
the
Navy
who
could
do
no
wrong,
and
three
brothers
Jens,
Nels
His
goal-tending
was
faultless,
and
Otto
Jerstad,
also
here,
De-He
stopped
shot
after
shot
from
ccased's
aged
father
and
three
close
in
by
the
fast
stepping
sisters
and
three
other
brothers
Fortress
team.
Navy
now
quail-
are
in
Norway,
fies
to
meet
the
league
leading
The
remains
will
'be
accom-R.C.A.F.
In
a
two-out-of-three
panled
home
to
Prince
Rupert
game
series
commencing
this
by
the
son-in-law
and
daughter,
Thursday
at
the
"Y",
Jwr.
and
Mrs;
Geor;e
Morgan.
RUSS
DRIVE
TO
VIENNA
Greatest
Invasion
of
Pacific
War
Is
Rapidly
Gaining
Headway'
ped
up
the
assault
toward
the
fourteenth
army
troops
Bratislava
gate
which
had
al-
driving
south
in
central
Burma
ready
carried
to
within
44
miles
have
captured
Kyaukse
and
es-of
the
Austrian
capital.
(
jtabllshcd
contact
with
forces
I
heading
north
from
Meiktila,
CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS
$28,508
trapping
Japanese
forces
hem-Customs
receipts
for
Uic
port
mcd
In
between
that
area
and
lotte
and
Port
Clements.
Weather
of
Prince
Rupert
was
Ideal.
'
totalled
$28,508.27.
MINOR
BOOM
AT
GAS
STATIONS
"Fill
Her
Up"
Ilearc
as
tias
Ration
Deadline
Passes
"Fill
her
up!"
The
music
of
that
almost
tor-gotten
peacetime
phrase
lilted
from
the
tongues
of
numerous
motorists
Saturday
as
they
stopped
their
cars
at
gasoline
filling
stations
pumps
throughout
the
city.
And
the
illusion
was
car
ried
further
when,
in
almost
every
case,
an
obliging
gas
pump
attendant
complied
and
"filled
her
up."
However,
It
didn't
mean
that
the
gasoline
controller
had
suddenly
become
influenced
toy
the
prospects
of
imminent
peace
and
.relaxed
gasoline
rationing.
Actu
ally,
the
gas
situation
is
as
tight
'as
ever
and
motorists
realize
it.
Saturday
was
the
final
day
on
which
1944
gasoline
ration
coupons
are
valid
ana
car
owners1
rushed
to
put
their
expiring
'coupons
to
use.
Some
had
enough
for
a
lanxrui
and
got
It.
!
Others
had
more
tnan
enougn
jto
fill
their
tanks
but
they
got
only
a
tankful
because
rationing
regulations
state
that
:s
alt
a
civilian
motorist
can
possess
at
one
time.
LONDON,
April
2
Qi
Russian
U5C-
But
nevertheless,
everyone
got
a
memorable
thrill
out
of
reviv
ing
that
pre-war
phrase.
Today
the
1945
ration
books
come
into
armies,
i
moving
Into
Austria
35
nniTicu
lMPDHVP
Into
reinforced
German
lines
to-
i
BURMA
POSITION
day
and
farther
northeast
stop-
CALCUTTA.
April
2
0
Brit
for
March
Allied
positions
along,
the
Irrl-waddy
river
to
the
west.
ermans
Gradually
Being
Ground
Down
E
CONfiRFfiATIfM
FlflfK
TO
ND
EASTER
CHURCH
SERVICES
led
service
attended!
Jl
II
III'T
'1
Itsl
,...!..
-
Great
Enemy
Forces
In
Holland
Trapped;
Yanks
Mop
Up
Ruhr
Allied
Forces
From
West
Are
Now
Only
155
Miles
From
Berlin-Nazis
Putting
Up
Some
Resistance
PARTS.
Anril
2
(CP)
Armored
spearheads
of
the
First
and
Third
American
armies
arc
meeting
with
stmnrrer
and
better
organized
Nazi
resistance
in
their
onwards
sweeps
into
the
interior
of
Germany.
One
third
armv
divisions
has
reached
a
point
only
155
miles
from
Berlin
but
the
going
has
become
tougher.
Ad
vance
units
are
driving
along
the
FranHfurt-Berlln
Highway,
and
now
are
in
the
area
of
Nes-selroeden.
The
American
Seventh
Army
has
occupied
Marienburg
pn
the
River
Main
and
some
elements
are
only
45
miles
frun
the
Nazi
Shrine
City
of
Nuernberg.
The
American
First
and
Ninth
armies
are
mopping
up
an
estimated'
75,000
to
100,000
enemy
troops
trapped
in
the
Ruhr
industrial
area.
In
that
sector
the
Nazi
soldiers
are
throwing
down
their
arms
and
surrendering
by
the
thousands.
Allied
planes
have
pounded
the
fleeing
Nazis
whenever
there
was
a
break
in
the
weather.
The
British
Second
Army
has
swept
forward
to
the
vicinity
of
Muenster
and
hard
fighting
is
taking
place
around
the
big
Medieval
Cathedral
City
north
of
the
Ruhr.
The
British
ad
vance
threatens
to
trap
large
enemy
forces
still
in
Holland.
One
front
line
reporter
speaks
of
Brltlsjv
columns
being
more
than
100
miles
inside.
Germany,
Doon
Campbell
.of
Reuters
tclb
of
miles
and'
miles
or
uriiisn
vehicles
and
tanks
on
the
move.
Enemy
headquarters,
he
says,
makes
the
same
report;
rests
tance
Is
absolutely
broken.
The
Germans
are
In
flight
like
scared
rabbits.
r
The
Canadian
First
Army
may
soon
be
back
In
its
familiar
role
as
a
clean-up
force
oil
the
Al
lied
left
flank.
This
appears
to
be
the
prospect
as
Canadian
troops
'drive
into
'Holland
after
taking
the
Rhine
ferry
crossing
town
of
Emmerich.
This
town
Is
the
third
major
German
hinge
position
the
Dominions
troops
have
cracked.
The
Third
division,
Ilghtlm
under
British
Second
Army
com
mand,
east
of
the
Rhine,
took
Emmerich
last
week.
Are
Pressing
For
Highway
Survey
SMITHERS,
April
2--The
Smithers
and
District
Board
of
Trade
is
still
pressing
for
a
sur
vey
of
routes
of
a
highway
to
connect
the
central
interior
with
the
Alaska
Hlshway.
American
Soldiers
and
Marines
Sweeping
Forward
On
Okinawa
Against
Surprisingly
Light
Resistance
TOKYO,
April
2
A
Tokyo
newspaper
today
frankly
admitted
that
the
loss
of
Okinawa
would
mean
there
would
be
no
hope
of
turning
the
war
against
Japan.
The
whole
strategic
course
of
the
war
depended
on
the
fate
of
Okinawa.
GUAM,
April
2
(CP)
The
greatest
invasion
of
the
Pacific
war
is
gaining
momentum
on
Okinawa
Island
in
the
Ryukyus
right
at
Japan's
own
front
door.
A
new
army,
the
American
Tenth,
is
driving
across
the
narrow
island.
American
marines
and
infantry
are
fighting
down
the
last
few
miles
to
the
big
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TORONTO,
April
2
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
won
their
way
in
to
the
Stanley
Cup
final
Saturday
night
by
defeating
Mont-realCanadiens
3
to
2
in
the
sixth
same.
Toronto
won
the
series
four
fames
to
two
by
a
total
point
count
of
21
to
15.
Saturday
night's
was
as
exciting
a
contest
as
had
ever
been
seen
in
the
Maple
Leaf
Gardens.
The
Maple
Leafs
will
now
meet
the
winners
of
the
Detroit-Boston
series
in
the
final.
Boston
deleated
Detroit
5
to
3
last
night
to
make
a
seventh
game
necessary,
each
having
now
won
three.
eastern
coast.
They
already
hold
three
airfields
on
the
Island
as
well
as
eight
miles
of
its
coral
beaches.
By
nightfall
Easter
Sunday,
the
first
day
of
the
Invasion,
the
American
forces
had
driven
three
miles
Inland
and,
so
far,
the
enemy
garrison
hay-
not
been
able
to
stop
them
Kenney
Asked
to
Attend
Meeting
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney,
minister
of
lands.
Is
being
asked
to
rep
resent
this
district
at
meeting
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
AssociaUon
to
be
held
In
Van
couver
April
6.
The
proposal
that
Mr.
Kenney
be
asked
to
attend
the
meeting
vu
made
by
the
Smithers
and
District
Board
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team
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the
council
of
the
Prince
Rupert
'Chamber
of
Commerce:
War
News
Highlights
New
German
Guerillas
.
w
The
German
radio
has
broadcast
an
announcement
of
the
formation
of
so-called
"Werewolf-Guerilla"
troops
to
fight
against
the
Allies
and
Allied
sympathizers.
The
name
"Werewolf"
is
taken
from
German
mythology
and
a
"Werewolf"
is
described
by
the
enemy
as
a
wild
being
that
hides
in
the
forests
and
pounces
on
everyone
it
sees.
Hitler
Heads
List
The
United
Nations
War
Crimes
Commission
in
London
has
released
its
list
of
German
war
criminals.
The
name
of
Adolf
Ilitlir
is
at
the
top
of
the
list.
The
commission
has
Issued
a
declaration
which
states
that
heads
of
states
will
not
be
immune
from
prosecution
for
war
crimes.
High
Command's
Problem
A
Stockholm
newspaper
has
another
report
from
inside
'
Germany
that
Allied
observers
are
considering
with
reservations.
The
report
says
that
the
German
High
Command
plans
to
advise
the
army's
officers
and.
troops
that
the
decision
of
whether
to
continue
the
war
or
not
will,
rest
with
them
if
Hitler's
government
fails
to
resign
immediately.
The
story
says
the
German
High
Command
will
renounce
its
command
of
the
army
unless
the
Hitler
government
withdraws.
There
is
nothing
from
other
quarters
to
support
this
report.
Ryukus
Island
Landing
The
greatest
amphibious
operation
in
the
Pacific
war
against
Japan
commenced
on
Easter
Sunday
when
100,000
American
soldiers
and
marines
swarmed
ashore
on
a
9000-yard
stretch
of
beach
on
Okinawa
Island
in
the
Ryukus
group
32S
miles
from
the
southern
tip
of
the
Japanese
homeland.
The
Tenth
United
States
Army
under
Lieut.
Simon
Bolivar
Buck-ner,
jr.,
is
carrying
out
the
operation.
Soon
a
bridgehead
three
miles
deep
had
been
established
and
two
of
air
strips
captured
as
well
as
a
dozen
villages.
A
great
task
force
of
1400
British
and
American
ships
supported
the
operation
which
followed
a
heavy
aerial
and
naval
pounding
culminating
In
a
strafing
by
1300
bombers.
More
than
1000
Jap
planes
have
been
destroyed.
There
is
believed
to
be
a
garrison
of
some
80,000
Japanese
on
Okinawa.
165
Miles
From
Berlin
Massed
formations
of
British
and
Canadian
tanks
have
advanced
as
far
as
65
miles
beyond
the
Rhine
River
in
their
advance
into
central
Germany.
The
Third
American
Army,
In
spite
of
some
German
resistance,
has
advanced
to
a
point
165
miles
from
Berlin.
Ten
Allied
armies
are
driving
forward
Into
the
Reich
against
crumbling
resistance.
General
Elsenhower
has
called
upon
the
Germans
to
surrender
without
further
delay.
Reds
Move
Into
Austria
On
the
eastern
front,
Russian
forces
have
captured
seventy
populated
places
in
Austria
and
have
advanced
to
within
36
miles
of
Vienna.
Jap
Homeland
Bombed
American
superforts
attacked
Klushu
and
Honshu
islands
of
the
main
Japanese
home
group,
centering
against
on
the
city
of
Nagoya.
Tokyo
was
also
bombed
by
200
tuperf
orts.
Negros
Capital
Taken
In
the
Philippines
the
Americans
have
captured
the
capital
of
Xeros,
fourth
largest
of
the
Philippine
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