BOOM,
ASSOCIATION
TOLD
In
Air-
3:
tcmbrr.-
c
km
i
t:
ri..
Return
or
normal
i
uucs
iviay
nrinff
About
Deficits,
President
G
P.
Tinker
Says
in
Annual
Report
operating
profits
which
the
Prince
Rupert
al
Hospital
1ms
achieved
during
and
l'JM
to
normal
conditions,
u.
v.
inner,
president
.
p.incc
Runert
General
Hospital
Association,
,ne(l
in
his
report
to
the
annual
meeting
held
ping
Of
pany
Is
iceasing
llrnlrts
Items
Steadily
Ihrd-Btrlin
Has
Another
Xiitat
a.
.ons
followed
attack
upon
u
network
by
u.CCO
Bi
itish,
Cana-
t.
a
ATI"
.,;an
pianes.
Idi
f
a
i
ppntrpn
In
the
ocr:i
i
ail
web
were
M
..
j
'he
past
two
.iE!y
prelude
to
the
I
t:
.:twu?h
opened
yes-
a
jvq
.cm
front.
BOONS
CANCELLED
I
of
Political
Speculation
Ptlm
Again
,ber.
IWA,
F,b.
21
IP
-There
Is
1
J
peculation
aDout
Caiiacinn
gen
''
i
a;.d
observers
arc
!
I
i.at.ne
issued
yestcr-
''
pc
,.1)lc
hints
either
:c
eleitlon
or
a
possible
i
i
the
present
Par
Taj
ntiee
cancels
nine
i
by-cicctions
scheduled
:
23.
Ttte
reason
given
;it
Parliament
will
be
dts-
Wore
April
23,
and
any
;
burred
in
preparing
-tie-'
Lor.::
would
therefore
k:'
irv
SPITAL
SHOWS
in
iiddi
nc
ivvu
JUII
UUJ
1Jt
renlv
tn
4v,
u
LcS
Z
m
was
passcd
y
BlSlature
nul.hn..i
Ji
IVOlCC
Thn
IKJ..
...mi
knt
down
on
Monday.
local
Temnerah.rn
Iran
33
A
.
m
inencs
"Wc
must
not
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
the
surpluses
of
1913
and
1944
arc
abnormal
and
have
surplus
Is
likely
to
occur,"
Mr.
Tinker
told
the
34
members
present.
Net
operating
surplus
for
1944
was
$18,318.
The
meeting
re-elected
to
the
board
of
directors
the
same
five
members
who
.served
last
year.
They
are:
O.
P.
Tinker,
A.
Flaten,
S,
F
24
v-
Allied
.
v.
m.
.Watts.
Robert
Gordon,
:U..ue
t
j
hammer
at
1
and
T.
B.
Black.
i
ii
trJ,:t
The
Royal
Bruce
Micklcburgh,
who
was
;
..oi
i
uie
a;r
:n
srcar
nominated
oy
Mrs.
j.
k.
uiaiiey.
.a;;
t-;i
to
auacit
nazi
failed
lo
gain
a
seat
on
me
i.aes
paying
hoard.
-
at'
Ji;
:o
a
ra.
ui
!
u;
per
nmnc.
I
-tat'.:r:d
Beriin
also
t;
in
on
the
part
O.
L.
Rorie
was
re-appointed
auditor
for
the
association.
Biggest
Year
Per
Hospital
In
his
report
to
the
membership
Mr.
Tinker
revealed
that
the
total
number
of
in-patients
treated
during
the
year
was
2.608.
which
worked
out
to
27.764
hospital
days,
the
largest
number
of
hospital
days
for
any
year
In
the
history
of
the
Institution.
Percentage
of
bed
occupancy
w-as
119.69,
and
on
several
occasions
the
hospital
was
full
and
much
overcrowded.
Out-patients
numbered
2.555,
comnarcd
with
3,462
in
1943.
Hosnltal
births
totalled
J4t,
.
nn
mil
an
increase
oi
m
uvci
while
there
were
275
major
operations
and
952
mlnqr
opera
tions.
Major
operations
numbered
298
in
1943,
while
minor
operations
totalled
1,043.
Last
year
4.383
persons
were
x-rayed
at
the
hospital,
an
Increase
of
370
over
1943.
Mr.
Tinker
emphasized
the
nred
of
maintaining
the
build
ing
extension
fund,
created
to
nrnulrc
the
addition
built
by
ihn
Defence
Department,
for
which
"a
very
suostanuai
sum
will
be
required."
"The
last
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Directors
decided
to
imnsfer
$10,000
from
last
year"s
operating
surplus
for
this
fund,"
Mr.
Tinker
revealed.
A
mobile
x-ray
unit
costing
$1,600
has
been
ordered
to
permit
greater
flexibility
in
handling
certain
types
of
cases,
particularly
those
with
severe
ln-iri
nnrf
who
mlcht
suffer
damages
arising
from
being
moved
to
and
from
the
operating
"
cpctaUnf
revenue
of
the
,
t0"1'
ItUDCrt
flrnornl
ill
TTnsntlnl
UUS1J1LU1
TllC
X-ray
Ulllt
1
...
...1
.
.
I
w
annual
meetimr
of
the
whlch
xr.ays
l.ii
"
i
!
....nfnlrtH
rill
on
""on
iaut
night.
Ill
PnnMllllrn.
f,.
llm
I
Mod
were
$127,784,
lcav-
"rpms
or
$18318,
hr
ipltal
fees
rleriveri
toy
rate
charges,
special
onomtirifv
ii
-i-v.w.uvj,
1UU1I1,
UIVU1-
Moratory
fees
and
other
f
dieni
"rants
fmm
n,n
,-rnV-
local
and
other
munlclpali-Pountcd
tn
an
rb
the
expenditure
column
sal-
ana
wages
accounted
for
supplies
$45,722
and
scr-
UCh
as
UtlllWf..
nnH
1
111391,
MET
COMING
MONDAY
PORIA,
Feb.
24ti-,
nuinijiawii),
w"
Thursday
night.
will
also
be
..
.1
......
F'Mwai
$140,103.47
accord-'
f
value
In
Uie
opera
mB
.
,.
of
tho
parts
being
operated
can
be
carried
out
during
certain
operations.
Acknowledges
Contributions
Tn
rnmmentlns
on
changes
of
hospital
personnel
during
the
year
Mr.
Tinker
expressed
satisfaction
in
having
obtained
Miss
Phyllis
Mooncy,
R.N.;
as
supenu
4
nnrloilf
miss
Mooncy
is
possessed
of
high
attainments
In
the
nursing
profession
and
is
wen
cuui.
to
administer
the
duties
of
her
office."
he
said,
Hp
extended
the
thanks
of
the
Association
to
Its
Ladies'
Auxiliary
for
their
co-operation
and
uniinnc
rinrlne
the
year,
and
expressed
appreciation
for
the
Interest
of
the
meaicm
.i..
mnrc
chanters,
the
Eastern
Star,
the
press,
u.
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
and
local
merchants.
Turgeon
Candidate
In
Cariboo
Again
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Feb.
24
-J.
G.
Turgeon
was
renominated
election
tot
tne
next
federal
In
tne
oi
r-nrthnn
riding
neie
i
-nnvpntlon
,zis
Gone
Russians
""rake
CarcM
of
IIhrc
Numbers
of
Enemy
Including
18,000
al
Poznan
Alone
MOSCOW,
Feb.
24
tt
There
i
are
ten
million
Germans
the!
Allies
do
not
have
to
worry;
about.
They
have
been
account-1
cd
for
by
the
Russians
In
their
j
thrcc-and-a-half
years
of
war
with
Germany.
In
their
latest
victory
In
the
East,
the
Russians
have
taken
care
of
48,000
more
Nazis.
Twenty-five
thousand
of
them
been
brought
about
by
the
boom
!
have
been
killed
in
the
month-
wc
arc
passing
through.
When
long
siege
or
Poznan
ana
Z3,ooo
'normal
conditions
return,
an
more
are
prisoners.
The
fall
I
operating
deficit
rather
than
a!
of
the
Polish
city
gives
the
Ruj-
s-lans
a
straight
rail
line
to
Ber
lin
to
use
as
a
supply
route
for
the
coming
battle
for
the
German
capital.
HOPES
REDS
ARE
FIRST
AT
BERLIN
NIAGARA
FALLS,
Feb.
24
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
Mitchell
said
here
yesterday
that
he
hoped
the
Russians
would
get
to
Berlin
before
the
British
and
Americans,
do.
He
feared
"wc
would
be
giving
three
cheers
for
the
losers
as
well
as
the
winners
and
making
for
another
war."
ARE
GERMANS
TO
USE
GAS?
STOCKHOLM,
Feb.
24
Ger
mans
are
being
given
special
instructions
in
gas
precautionary
measures,
according
to
word
reaching
here.
It
Is
thought
the
Germans
may
be
planning
to
Introduce
gas
in
their
SINGAPORE
IS
RAIDED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
24
Qi
American
superfortresses
have
made
their
fourth
raid
on
Slnga-nore.
The
former
British
naval
base
was
bombed
by
a
force
of
probably
150
B-29's
which
flew
and
the
mission
from
India.
ANXIOUS
FOR
LLOYD
GEORGE
CRICCIETH,
Wales.
Feb.
24
Q
OS
Baron
Lloyd
George's
con
dition
still
continues
to
cause
anxiety
but
there
Is
no
immediate
danger.
It
Is
felt
that
the
condition
of
his
heart
may
bs
seriously
affected
by
his
prolonged
period
of
physical
weakness
due
mainly
to
his
age.
He
IS
82.
Haunted
Estate
Home
For
Wrens
OTTAWA,
Feb.
23
Oi
Cana
dlan
Wrens
who
arrive'd
at
Lang
House,
near
Glasgow,
recently,
were
met
by
the
traditional
friendly
welcome
from
the
British
Wrens
with
whom
they
are
quartered,
who
served
them
precious
fresh
eggs
at
their
first
meal.
'
The
clrls
report
plenty
of
in
terest
in
their
first
visit
to
Scotlandthe
country
estate
on
which
they
live
Is
said
to
be
haunted
by
a
ghost,
which
tncy
haven't
been
able
to
verify
yet;
a
number
of
the
girls
visited
Glasgow
first
thing
and
arc
planning
to
reach
Edinburgh
on
their
first1
36-hour
leave
and
part
of
their
New
Year's
Eve
was
ment
finding
their
way
to
a
dance
given
by
the
United
States
N.1VV.
Sailing
in
a
wnaier
tne
gins
irnt
lost
In
a
fog
and
asked
dir
cctlons
of
all
the
ships
In
port
before
they
found
the
rignt
one
and
helped
the
U.
S.
tars
see
tne
New
Year
In.
Former
Inspector
of
Fisheries
James
Boyd
and
Mrs.
Boyd
left
Friday
night
for
Vancouver
where
they
will
take
up
residence
following
Mr.
Boyd's
IMPORTANT
MKKTIMS
NORTHERN
AND
CENTR
U
DlIHSHAW101!
'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
lYcalhc
.
(Pacillc
Standard
Time)
nni
lomuriuw
j
.,n
13
v
r
Sunday,
February
24,
1915
at:d
cool
ujvi-
High
0:45
19.0
feet
F..m
Sunday:
.
Cloudy
12:36
20.7
feet
"
i
11.
iii
12
1"
.ih
cc
agonal
ib
Low
6:45
7.4
feet
:1d
C0O1
10:10
2.9
feet
iln
or
Lodcratr
VOL
XXXIV.
No.
47
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C
SATURDAY
FEBRUARY
24,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ERMANY
UNSHAKABLE'
-Hitler
-
-
X.
;
z.
i
--
In
:J
-
Has
U
No
klrv
Mercy
KAm-w
PITAL
SURPLUSES
RESULT
tT
Ujii-
SuUetinA
EDMONTON
Trade
Minis-
tcr
J.
A.
MacKinnon
lias
been
called
to
Ottawa
by
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
to
,
attend
a
cabinet
meeting
next
Tuesday.
'
PRISONERS
LIBERATED
LONDON
The
first
detailed
information
rcccivcil
in
lm-ilon
on
the
movement
f
Allied
prisoners
within
Germany
has
been
given
to
the
British
House
of
Commons
by
the
undersecretary
of
slate
for
war,
Major
Arthur
Henderson.
He
j
told
Parliament
that
the
Kus-
sian
government
has
sent
word
that
more
than
2G00
liberated
British
Commonwealth
prisoners
are
on
their
way
to
Odessa
on
the
Rlack
Sea.
FRANCE
AND
BlC.
THREE
PARIS
The
Frenio
government
has
announced
that
Foreign
Minister
Georges
Bidault
will
leave
for
Loudon,
probably
today,
to
confer
with
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
on
details
of
the
Big
Three
conference.
This
leads
unofficial
London
to
believe
that
Hiuault's
visit
will
help
relieve
the
tension
resulting
from
French
resentment
at
being
excluded
from
the
Crimea
discussions.
NO
DISARMAMENT
PLANNED
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Churchill
hinted
strongly
yesterday
that
the
broad
Allied
plan
to
keep
the
peace
after
this
war
will
include
powerful
air
forces.
In
a
speech
in
the
House
of
Commons,
Mr.
Churchill
implied
that
the
Big
Three
peace
plan
does
not
include
any
such
world
wide
disarmament
as
followed
the
last
war.
REIIA
BILITATI
ON
TRAIN
I
NO
OTTAWA
Brigadier
John
E.
Lyon
of
Ottawa
has
been
appointed
superintendent
of
rehabilitation
training
with
the
labor
department's
training
branch.
The
training
department
'is
responsible
for
prc-malriculation
courses
anil
vo-tional
(raining
of
ex-members
of
the
armed
forces
approved
for
training
by
the
Veterans'
Department.
NOTHING
DEilNHr;
OTTAWA
The
prorogation
of
Parliament
has
been
formally
extended
to
Itiarcii
31
but
this
docs
not
indicate
that
another
session
will
not
be
called
before
its
life
expires
on
April
17.
However,
it
does
mean
that
members
of
the
Commons
and
Senate
will
not
Tiavc
to
he
in
Ottawa
February
28,
the
date
to
which
Parliament
was
originally
prorogued.
POZNAN
CLEARED
MOSCOW
Marshal
Stalin
announced
yesterday
that
the
Nazi
stronghold
of
Poznan
in
Poland
had
now
been
cleared
of
the
enemy.
The
Germans
had
held
out
there
for
weeks.
i
NO
STREET
CAR
SLOWDOWN
VANCOUVER
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
street
car
operators
have
voted
against
a
slowdown
to
support
.'their
demand
for
wage
increases
which
arc
so
.far
HE
WANTS
TO
KNOW
WEXFORD,
Onlw
The
Progressive-Conservative
member
of
Parliament
for
Duffcrin-Simcoe,
Earl
Rowe,
says
the
'people
of
Canada
want
to
know
whether
or
not
drallcc
iroops
tent
overseas
as
army
reinforcements
arrived
there
minus
their
rifles.
Mr.
Rowe
asked
whether
Home
Defence
Iroops
landed
in
Britain
without
lhc:r
guns
in,
the
personar
possession
of
the
troops
and,
if
they
did,
why.
He
also
asks
how
many
or
the
troops
were
fineC
the
price
of
their
guns
and
5t
days
pay.
'
HOSPITAL
LOST
MONEY
VANCOUVER
The
Vancouver
General
Hospital
operated
last
year-
at
a
loss
of
$183,000,
T.
S.
Dixon,
treasurer,
reports.
HALIFAX
STRIKE
HALIFAX
The
Halifax
waterfront
is
all
but
tied
up
owing
to
a
strike
of
300
elevator
and
cold
storage
workers.
ADMITTED
AS
CITIZENS
OTTAWA
Dependents
of
members
of
the
Canadian
arm-cd
fons
who
apply
lor
admission
to
Canada
are
to
be
admitted
as.
Canadian
cUIzeiw.
This
is
provided
in
an
order
in
council
announced
yesterday.
J
CONGRATULATES
STALIN
APTTAWA
Prime
Minister
(
King
has
snl
a
message
or
Stalin
on
the
27th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
Red
Army.
.Mr.
King
said
he
ex-lends
the
good
wishes
of
the
government
and
the
people
of
Canada
and
specially
of
members
of
the
'Canadian
armed
forces.
INDIVIDUAL
MATTER
OTTAWA
The
diiccsor
or
the
Canadian
Army's
educational
services,
Colonel
G.
(1.
Kilpat-rick,
says
the
key
to
the
successful
return
of
a
serviceman
to
civilian
life
is
the
.serviceman
hiinselL
Says
Col.
Kilpat-rick:
"No
one
can
rehabilitate,
another
man
he
must
do
that
for
himself."
H.c
says
prepcra-tions
made
by
.the
government
arc
only
a
means
ro
an
end,
and
adds:
"The
boy
himself
is
the
key
to
the
whole
thing,
and
he
must
be
made
aware
of
his
responsibilities."
3000
WOUNDED
RETURN
HALIFAX
Within
the
past
nine
days,
3000
servicemen
and
women
have
arrived
in
Canada
from
overseas,
included
in
this
number
were
710'
sick
and
wounded
Canadians
who
returned
on
the
hospital
ship
Ixtitia
yesterday.
Most
or
them
arc
front
Italy.
War
News
Highlights
Germans
Quit
Koenigsbcrg
LONDON
Paris
radio
said
today
that
the
Germans
had
evacuated
Koenlgsberg,
besieged
capital
of
East
Prussia,
and
"the
civilian
population
lias
been
abandoned
to
its
fate."
There
was
no
confirmation
from
Russian
or
German
sources.
Canadian
Army
In
Pacific
OTTAWA
It
is
believed
that
the
Canadian
Army
is
continuing
to
build
up
its
forces
in
thp
Pacific
war
theatre.
This
.
belief
is
strengthened
by
the
announcement
of
the
arrival
of
a
Canadian
sicnals
unit
in
Australia.
However,
it
is
under
stood
that
the
Canadian
Army
force
in
the
Pacific
will
not
exceed
two
divisions
one
division
of
mixed
armor
and
infantry
and
aslmilar
division
in
reserve.
Turkey
Unimportant
ANKARA
Aflcr
nearly
six
years
of
wavering
neutrality,
Tnrkpv
has
ilrrlareil
war
on
Germany
and
Japan.
The
move
k
likelv
to
he
of
little
military
importance
to
the
Allies.
How
ever,
the
Turkish
announcement
implies
that
Kussia
win
join
the
flcht
aealnst
Janan
once
Ge'rmany
is
defeated.
Ankara
officials
say
they
declared
war
on
the
Axis
because
the
Big
Three,
including
Russia,
demanded
the
declaration
In
return
for
admitting
Turkey
4o
the
World
Security
Conference
at
San
Francisco
in
April.
DIRECTOR
OF
HOUSING
IS
COMING
HERE
OTTAWA,
Feb.
24
F.
W.
Nicolls,
director
of
the
National
Housing
Act,
will
make
a
trip
to
western
Canada
soon
at
the
re
quest
of
municipalities
In
Alberta
and
on
the
Pacific
Coast
whlcn
are
Interested
in
housing
pro
grams.
(Mr.
Nicolls
is
expected
tn
vUlt
Prince
Rupert
in
tne
course
of
his
trip
west).
Safe
in
Manila
Former
Local
Nurse
Freed
Mrs.
L.
II.
Kelsey,
Former
Iris
Watts,
and
Daughter
Found
Well
After
Liberation
Mrs.
L.
H.
Kelsey,
the
former
Iris
Watts,
a
graduate
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
training
school
for
nurses
audi
sister
of
W.
M.
Watts,
Is
safe!
In
Manila
following
the
libera-
tion
of
the
Philippines
capital!
from
the
Japanese
occupation.
After
long
and
anxious
waiting,
word
to.
this
effect
has
been
received
by
Mrs.
Kelsey's
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
watts,
form
(Providence
For
Weakness
In
Nations
T.n
N
n
O
N.
Feb.
24
(CP)
Chancellor
Adolf
iii'twtfilfl
thn
Nazi
Old
Guard
today
on
the
twenty-
fifth
annivesary
of
the
formation
of
National
Social
ism
program
that
Uermany
was
an
unsnaKaoie
community
of
people,"
the
Berlin
radio
saith
Hitler
sent
a
message
saying
that
he
could
not
be
with
the
party
Brazilians
Take
Italian
Height
ROME.
Feb.
24
)
Brazilian
ovenooKing
uie
n;uuia-DuiuB
.
road.
Other
Fifth
Army
troops
broke
through
elaborate
German
trench
systems
in
the
Apenines
overlooking
Pprrat-taterms,
about
28
miles
southwest
of
Bologna.
erly
OI
mis
Cliy
iiuu
,c
inn
on
thp
Axis
siding
at
Kelso.
Washington.
"ejkM8.
The
good
news
was
transmitted.
a
TTI
T
..A
n
yesterday
afternoon
to
Mr.
Watts
llMI
1
K
A
II
I
r
here.
1
"
w
A
picture
of
Mrs.
Kelsey
nain
AfllMfl
I1M
her
daughter,
Janet,
5,
In
a
San,fgll1U
Ull
cronntcpn
npwsnnner
indicates
I
w
Wh
arp
rniite
well.
There
.
GUAM,
Feb.
24
tt
Iwo,
the
Is
no
mention,
however,
of
Mrs.
Kel.seyTTW-"aaliaTr-year-
old
son,
Michael,
who
was
born
in
Internment
or
of
her
hus
band,
a
former
mining
engineer
in
the
Philippines,
who
was
last
heard
of
as
a
prisoner
of
war
after
the
Japanese
capture
of
Corrcgidor.
Mrs.
Kelsey
had
been
in
in
ternment
In
Manila
from
Janu
ary
2.
1942,
until
February
3
of
this
year.
She
was
at
Santo
Tom
as
Internment
camp
m
Manila.
Iron
Lung"
Ready
When
Required
The
"iron
lung"
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
Is
available
for
use
whenever
it
is
needed.
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
it
is
kept
In
a
dismantled
condition,
due
to
its'bulk.
Tills
was
explained
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Hospital
Association
last
night
when
Bruce
Micklcburgh
asked
regarding
Its
existence
and
availability.
"Wc
have
an
'iron
lung'
which
was
donated
to
us
several
years
aso
by
Lord
Nuffield,"
president
G.
P.
Tinker
replied.
"Luckily;
we
haven't
had
to
use
it
so
it
Is
dismantled
because
it
takes
up
s
much
space."
T.
B.
Black
added
that
It
could
be
readllly
assembled
and
that
all
the
doctors
knew
how
to
oper
ate
the
"lung."
New
Pacific
Ships
And
Pier
Planned
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
23
tt
W.
M.
Neal.
vice-president
of
tne
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
said
In
an
Interview
here
Friday
night
that
pastwar
plans
for
Van
Icouver
call
for
the
addition
of
two
new
liners
for
the
trans-
Pacific
service
and
a
new
pier
to
replace
Pier
D.
Deserters
Wanted
Jail
So
Get
Long
Penitentiary
Term
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
24
tt
Sev
en
year
prison
terms
were
im
posed
Friday
on
Ralph
Tartagna,
aged
23,
and
his
Drotner,
Marco,
20.
Canadian
Army
deserters,
who
told
the
police
they
prefer
red
Jail
to
serving
In
the
Army.
The
brothers
were
sentenced
to
five
years
for
smashing
the
window
of
a
downtown
tailor
shop
and
seven
years
on
purse
snatch
ing
charges,
the
sentences
to
run
consecutively.
PREMIER
OF
EGYPT
SHOT
CAIRO,
Feb.
24-Thc
Premier
of
Egypt
was
critically
wounded
today.
He
was
shot
while
Par
liament
was
meeting
to
debate
whether
Egypt
would
declare
war
rships
are
shelling
the
Island
in
support
of
three
American
divisions'
now
fighting
to
wrest
the
secdhd
airfield
from
the
enemy
SMITHERS
LUCK
OUT
Have
Suffered
in
Winter
Sports
Vandcrhoof
Latest
Victor
SMITHERS,
Feb.
24
The
alh
Ictcs
of
smithcrs,
botn.
young
niri
In
tho
snorts
events
for
several
years.
Next
the
Smfthcrs
curlers
In
vited
all
and
sundry
to
come
Ir.
IhnU
Tlnncnlol
and
t.llP
Prince
stalwarts
as
my
sciue
ui
uui.jr
and
work
prevent
my
'leaving
headauarters
even
for
&
mo
ment."
The
message
said
"Providence
shows
no
mercy
to
troops
fighting
to
clear
the
Ger;
etence
of
mans
from
Appenines
heights
uk.w
..-
Tt
in
the
upper
Reno
valley
south-
HSTuiBi
ared
west
of
Bologna
have
captured
Montecastello,
w,"
3,00
-
foot
""."-
peak
Ouviaiu
v
vww
wouid
be
neither
a
German
Reich
or
German
people
today.
New
Offensive-
Americans
Driving
On
To
Cologne
Two
United
Stales
Annies
May
Reach
Rhine
River
in
Matter
of
Hours
EISENHOWER
SPEAKS-PARIS,
Feb.
21
(CP)
General
Dwight
Eisenhower
declared
today
that
the
purpose
of
the
new
Allied
offensive
is
the
destruction
of
the
German
army
on
the
northern
front
west
of
the
Rhine
tiny
battleground,
mioway
oe-
,,sH
.hc
Kui,r
anil,
that
tinUes
to
flame.
Allied
war.
Eisenhower
said.'
"If
(he
Germans
continue
to
show
their
11
present
spirit
and
delermina-1
tion
there
is
only
one
way
they
?
can
be
destroyed,
inat
is
wncn
Allied
armies
meet
the
Russian
Army
in
the
centre
of
,
Germany.
The
Americans
fought
to
within
19
miles
of
Cologne
on
the
Rhine
Saturday
in
the
huge
two-army
offensive
which
is
ripping
Germany's
western
defences.
They
have
overrun
17
towns
anil
pushed
as
deep
as
Z$
miles
beyond
the
Rocr
River.
PARIS,
Feb.
-24
tt;
The
most
powerful
Allied
assault
since
the
have
been
held
here
this
winter
taking
It
on
the
chin.
invaou
oi
nie
First
the
Smithcrs
Junior
inci.au
uuun
w
""
Hockey
players
played
a
series
n
nines
oi
oiogne.
n
of
games
with
Prince
George
ated
Press
correspondejitWes
and
lost
to
them
the
Mutual
uauaB"er,
pi-uiSw
u.,
u
Life
Cup
which
had
reposed
here
.the
sunny
weather
continues,
the
20
miles
to
the
Rhine
rlvct-ln
a
matter
of
hours.
Rignt
now:
tlicy
are
fighting
in
the
streets
of
nnnrt.
Prlpr
rlpaned
un
about
Dueren,
a
well-defended
road,
extant.
Ihlghway
town
10
miles
below
all
the
prizes
f
Then,
last
week-end,
the
Van-
captured
Juelich.
.
-
dcrhoof
hockey
players
came
toj
In
the
first
day's
fighting,
15
town
to
retrieve
the
Stcen
Cup
German
towns
and
1400
prlson-which
came
here
from
Vander-'
ers
have
been
captured
by
the
hoof
about
ten
years
ago
and
had
Ninth
Army.
One
spearhead
is
retained
here
ever
since
to
be-
three-and-a-half
miles
past
Its
.
..
.
.
I
1
1
I
n
!
(I
!
J
1.
1
come
one
or
tne
oiaesi
rem-
uuer
river
wjuueutau.
dents
In
the
trophy
line.
Cecil
I
a
iatc
dispatch
from
the
west-
Steele,'
formerly
of
Smithcrs,
but
ern
f
ront
reveals
that
American
recently
of
Vanderhoof,
proved
First
Army
units
are
meeting
in
to
have
been
an
excellent
coacn
creaslnc
German
res:stancc
In
and
he
brought
down
a
very
fine
their
battle
for
Euren.
team
of
hockey
players,
which,
on
the
Canadian
First
Army
under
his
management
and
also
sector
of
the
western
front,
Cal-due
largely
to
Ills
excellent
play-
car
15
mnes
from
the
northwest
ing.
not
only
took
two
games
COrner
of
the
Ruhr,
remains
a
out
of
three
to
win
the
btcen
formidable
obstacle
in
the
path
CupCup
but
also
took:
time
out
0f
the
Canadian
Army,
to
play
the
local
Airport
team
pirt
Army
men
are
holding
a
one
game
and
beat
them
2
to
1.
strong
half-circle
northwest
and
The
games
with
Smlthers
were
west
0f
calcar.
played
Saturday
night,
Sunday,
re
afternoon
and
Monday
nigm.
it..:
Vanderhoof
won
th'e
first
and
BLUUiWU
rpr)DING
BURNED
,V
last
games
with
scores
5-3
and
6-2
while
Smlthers
won
the
sec-
UN
tiU
1
LL
iUV-m
ond
game
4-1.
An
attempt
by
a
Chinese
resl-
The
games
were
well
attended
dcnt
of
lhe
Klng
GcorBe
Hotei,
.
;l
and
were
well
played,
with
good,
Sccond
tQ
Ught
a
gime
yj
clean,
and
fast
hockey.
1
nressure
heating
stove
this
morn-
i
t
There
was
no
doubt
that
tne
,
resuited
In
fire
damage
to
Vandcrhoof
team
had
the
local
bcdalng
and
pergonal
possessions
boys
outclassed
but
Smlthers
has
wh
burnmg
gasoline
spread
a
number
of
young
lads
who
give
the
room
good
promise
or
being
urst
ciass
whn
th
Maze
was
ex-
ptayers
lor
uiu
iu.c
ltineulshcd
by
the
tire
depart-
tltlonS.
Imrnt.
-which
nnswpred
a
call
at
,V
8:35,
the
mattress,
bedding
'and
&
Tn
thp
18th
century.
Italy
led
clothing
In
the
room
was
almos
V
-n
t.
..nirla,.
in
t
Vipa
1.
1
tntnllv
ripxtrnvpri.
However,
there
E.
ull
rjUiuJvaii
vuuu.t.vd
...
..
1
j
-w.-wrf
.
-
-
-,
rlcal
Inventiveness.
jwas
no
fire
damage
to
the
build