'!sjr rS in afternoon. . motloratc winds. part !ittm i ,iih showers. I7 tc to fresh, part .....Jmr ncreace we suggested m the central A..n mirt 01 DIlllBU vuiuiuuia v uiu ou uri II - ... m . . :-iml the a reaciv ummiiik maincta aim uii; 11'"" . . 1 ! .1. i i i. .-v i.m. , ti rv- nnf I rTiiniriir I niniik r .m ii r 1 11 cj i ii w - . . , , . .... . 1 . .j,ih nnt be charged suuu.- - starUn of larmins aj it i; not a re- ...i n nim has the K)h . ..ho limbrrcd land H liV I V tcrcd of giving the sustained yield for a a well as cheap bulld- made a survey of s.jmblas unoccupied the Federal Govern- j n vrrv Pit. report covering every Ult prooicni. in wim , poijit: out the ais- h nrlrln farmers un- '.Eirkct-, That Is the n faftnr in connection VI mm A A. mmm m. ILLUULIl !HE RESCUE iiicnt train .,rInrn DI ahloU.. f - j l " . . . m Mun. -"i66ii n is rjromniiy I hV .n. .1. i ana vnc cus- ' u" sack to the rail- "m uiu messenger N.Z, Airmon I 'U11LI1 IV ID XTntw r i.. 1 f " wnaua ior air ' aion,; 5o well with v vi.uii tV "uson. New Znalnnri . " """uncr to Canada n interview here. """"i vur w iiLw nnirtni ...i. "UUlSlPra ufA : i.aer w iukk uu- couia ivill lllllllllir " ""i welcome. Mr mcl brides of Npw7.p... """, Winnipeg and ex- W SOP ntKo. ... .. . -- -"ma in ua "nrv. wut C.00J apw y.Ml. c;c trained in air frc una hv npvf t.,., uuia all ,,n a f . vu were icii. kICVllf Alll A u m na am DllUimi n i iti it ni i n "cia n n,. : Tf "sicca 10 -ii5y vnni, t lift. llllll. ua. ma ri, "vu i-nri n took k over Transyl-Srl.th.e war with Ger- BOOSTS DISTRICT E. T Kcnncy who ays central interior U'bcst sc'tlemcnt area in Canada. rnr of farm nroducU passed ii..-. i nni i n5tirrn .ihmimh f hlv lame acricuiturai WkXy of the land has district into the city of Prince T.l UL U J IJilllULl LI T DVU ItWIll'IL 1 UI UlOUtUUVtUM :rc:a. bcrta Having a vaiuc oi uuu - f ripvplimlns this ti?nnn net month or $150,000 j S fair to point 'annually of ui farm ...... products mat i a.. ...i .t ' . . i .....-.! Ifw! Vi.r rttir biYicupnc5 liamcuttwhenlt.inccU shortlyvl rS- if Uic faclllllcs were Mf KJng Ls at Williamsburg to-blc. (lay EL'jkT n Mn.ill napk-invnllnhlf. Bv By settling settling In in thU this : trs'A W psrntlal. I aron vrtpr.ms who m01X)SC to JO'i and during make farming a full-tune prono- . . i I A I . . . .rn 4 1 cnu In Kit h I purchasing and selling orgam- zatlons as wcu as wv uwuum 'of processing plants. rrf llnrrl noillts OUt Uiai milwnv and 2.000.000 art . cue Canadian city, suitable settlement Is v..v u..Uu,u,, v.v, acrcs acrcs suiutoic iui for wi""" bgc of taxlcabs is as'. given as an estimate of extent U the :,llorljlt'f (if I ...,. i- ..,1H rilln some KOlllf .. " I mis aim iuvu - w 10 icicpnonc initial districts. If the jiiunc it is on v to in. tancr that no cab Is .1 ni nmn.. t-.li i ... i . 1 UV11V.VI11U 111UL n ..1. i .i . . vi togciiicr ior ncncally combines tho lta5t When he has to 12,500 quarter sections iann units and ls considered aim recommended as being essentially a mixed farming area. 'Rnmo doubt has been express ed as to the nature of soil in this area. I'inc Soil In whole Area 'nnnort hv Q. G. Kelly shows that the soils classed as arable in ihn Prince Georcc district nm finn textured, drought re cwtnnt. stone free, organic soils. "In the Vanderhoof district it is cited settlers produce good crops without lime or commer cial fertilizer ana our itovw-ii ,ffiMic tll ns that on the whole arable s-olls in central B.C. arc much superior to the grey-wooded soils of the Prairie Provinces. Our own oiuciais also report that the vanaer- if r-roomprv In 1943 maac UUUl w-i'vrf 75,000 pounds of muter anu could Increase production 10 500,000 if cream were avanaoic. Milk evaporation, cheese manu facture and egg ociijuiativ.. arc not yet developed. "Failures of tnc past mi' not be the determining factors fn fi.iiiro nroarcss but lauiu wc should profit by such errors .... niirihutn them to the illlll iiuw - country Itself but rather to ,11. lack of administration ami m ... ....i.,.t niipv nt tnat tune. tul""lu I- --- ,. , no.. rn. nrp lnioriuni ou III. v - . some 5.000 men from British Col umbia have expressed an . tention of settling on the land. No doubt many from other i Ill olun decide to 10- iiiuvmixs wi.. . eatc here. This Govcrnmc i t will lend every possible avail able assistance, wc nave, .......j , i thP n.C. Peace uesuuii, luuui ... , River Block for some 2500 set tlers on basis of 160 acres i.. oo.,frni nC. we can aumt-i in ... place some. 11,000 new settlers r ... . n,i! pnph under witn quaricr . land for m .,oo f utilization." British, Chinese and Indian Fortes Occupying Important Burmese City CALCUTTA, March 12 CP; -In dian trooms havinz caDlured Mandalay Hill, one hall of Man- tn y mv t ie cessation ui jiumiiuius, miii - . . . . t Kenney, mmiMier ui iami, hi uiu A.-BiBia-lferl Mandaiays JnnCr city. .-peaking or pw1 Ul .- . nnnHr oners as Ml c this rjartlcu- w " " u does. ,. thP initial cost .'Jib v -- dalay is new reported in British and Chinese hands. Mandalay Hill is the key defence feature at Other forces are closing In from the north on the Japanese garrison of 50.000. headquarters an nounced. Hand-to-hand fighting is raging in three sections of the city. The Allied occupation of Mandalay and the Chinese capture of Lashio where the Burma road connects with the Mandalay Lashio railway have been the main feature of the fighting in thl.s war theatre during tnc past week. PREMIER KING SAYS NOTHING WASHINGTON, -March 12 O-Prime Minister King and President Roosevelt have discussed reactions of the Canadian govcrn-imrnt to the Dumbarton Oaks Security Agreement which will be the basis of the San Fran cisco Conference on a world organization for peace. The Prime Minister Is main taining his customary rcfus-al to rilspuss details of his mission while in Washington. He prob ably nniy will win make inaitc a a report vjwi to t'ar- BRUINS IN PLAY-OFFS mkw vnnK. Marcli 12 Tlie the grcatast area of potential Boston Bruins virtually ci nched a,ncunui.u Ian ,rnn Matlon, Hockey League last is bctwen MCUimv . . .. ",.' m tpnrr. nigni oy wiiinms Black Hawks 7-2. Tlie uruins i ttnuke paeh have mrcc lpft to nlay and the Chicago club must pick up three iminu on the Bruins to lay over fourth place In the league standings. The top tlircc teams arc Montreal, Detroit ana ior-on to. . , , tr,ni ro:il Canadlcns nanacu ....... ht... v,irif nnmrers an 11-5 beat ing last night, making it mathc- here. ItnnosslDIC ior wv llnncrrs to Will a spot in Uiu Stanley Cup playoffs. The Toronto Mapie L,cais orun-c a long-time jinx by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Detroit ice. Bulletins GF.KMAN PRISONERS ESCAPE LONDON A Rreat manhunt is n today for 3G German m boners of war who escaped camp In Wales by from a tunneling under barbed wire fencing. ThirtyfouT of the 70 in all who made meir gei-n;iv have been captured. INCREASING LEAVE OTTAWA The rotation leave for long service members of the Army overseas is to be increased from 1000 to 1500 this month and 2000 next. It.D.'s GOOD SOLDIERS TORONTO Fred Griffin, Toronto Star war correspon dent, says in a dispatch rrom Veen, Germany, that Canadian draftees have had their baptism of fire with the Algonquin Regiment In Wesel evacuation triangle. He quoted the commanding officer as saying "They were just as good reinforcements wc have as any had." RIOTS IN MUNICH STOCKHOLM There were nnil street fighting In Munich on Heroes' Day, Saturday, according to reports I NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRUlttisWmiAm NEWSPAPER I .immm9M GERMAN 1 SXf being marched past the the 17th about j fP counter-attack fire during the early hours urs of the German man machine-gun out of the group escaped and told or 18th of December at ..JScam up In a field near Malmedy and shot them E &ZtsXVT& the bodies of the Americans murdered Holding Important Bridgehead and1 artillery barrajc from aerial In the face of a terrific first Army b the Ameiican in counter-attack, the enemy IStcSU Protect the L-dendorff brie and ex ended its 15 bridcehcad on the cast nann oi me - - "I .5 ..,'., o Mih r eleven miles alons the river and J d; U mi.;;: The Canadian First Army has completely Wescl to the at bridgehead wiped out the (ieiman north. Russians Before Danzig the Vistula Him Just Soviet roues have broken ocross before nam which city has been -7'-,; Directly east of Berlin, the important fortress city of Kuestrm is surrounded and half occupied by the Russians. Jap Resistance Crumbling . 11.: tt....ifl. Ic hu Jinanesc resistance on Iwo Jima in mc . cJiEiTudTht end of the ballMhcre U anticipated soon. A'dolf Hitler Defiant " Spcakins on the tenth anniversary of compulsory m. -tary rrvir, Adolf Hitler told the German people fate for lie Kcich b. t he the nmmcnt had taken a turn aKainst Allies ould have to be worn down until the) - got i th that (lermany could atla.11 ultimate fiBhl. Hitler still insisted victory. Singapore Bombed Again returned to the Sinsapore area o 11.29 superfortresses second Malay Peninsula their the civc enemv targets on unload-cd aerial ou ulinc in 72 hours. The Sianl twenty-nines tluTexplosWcs on factories operated by the Japanese near the creat naval base of Singapore. Strictly Tokyo Story The Japanese hint at what may have been a makes ti c radio ,...1 sra battle in the Carolines, the Tokyo uncoupled "announcement that .P-- aircra carriers of f l Ui -bagged" four American day night. "Tins is sincuy '""J" ftom Allied quarters. Battle of Philippines Invasion troops have sclted another strategic airfiJ American i tl T,ni,.pincs-an airfield only 200 miles no.thwes That field is the Wolfe Air. home on d Romeo. ,f e . my- he i, . ao island. The air st.ip has been a ma or object he Americans in their push towards the municipal amtoai According to late word on the Mindanao cam-pt i ga the heart o of H A-nericans drove to within two miles e g The Min- Saturday amboanga after hilling the beaches announced today by uenerai ipub. Hnao invasion was Arthur! wlm said the operation has tightened the American blockade of the south China Sea. Nagoya and Tokyo Hit The Japanese industrial ruj i i".i.j - Su," Sf eSrlurtress raid on Tokyo left nothhig I twisted tumblcd.down rubble in ts path. At least three pa.lic.patcd in the attack. hundred heavy bombers SEVEN BODIES ARE RECOVERED Four Investigations Into Explosion and Fire on Vancouver Waterfront . VANCOUVER. March 12 O'- Thc iilC toll 1011 Ol of known Miuwii dead vivuvi as a re- BRITONS TO BE TRAINED OTTAWA. March 12 0 A" agreement has been reached between the Canadian and United Kingdom governments whereby additional aircrew will be train Air ... Force on a ed en lui for Royal ivu)i -' SASKAICHfWAH War News HigMiglite mmm No Action Yet Taken i v' exoloslon hasls following and fire on the freighter Orccn- completion of the British Com-hlll Park at Pier B-C rose to ,monwcalth Air Training Plan at ' " . . . ., i. ...m-i .. .... ii. aihwm.oIi seven at the cnu oi tnc wct. " tnc ena ot tnc mouwi. uwiub.. the extraction or two muiv; bodies. None of the bodies have been definitely Identified as yet, they had been so badly Daucrtu and burned. The police arc prob ing the wreckage for anomcr uvo bodies believed to 'be In the hulk. Meanwhile four fact-nncung investigations Into the tragedy are under way here. all details of the contract have not yet ben settled, training will begin immediately at cignt schools formerly operated under the Air Training Plan. Local Temperature Maximum 43 Minimum 3 on Labor legislation Conference to be Held 1 OTTAWA, March 12 Q Labor Department official's said Saturday that no action has been taken to disallow recent Saskatche wan labor legislation but rela- tinnshio of Saskatchewan ana Dominion legislation may be dis cussed at the proposed conier-ence. At Toronto. Eamon Park, dir- pptnr nf organization of the Can adian Congress of Labor political 1 action committee, said the fed eral government was sabotaging 1 Saskatchewan legislation anu hnri disallowed two -weeks holi days with pay provisions of tnc Saskatchewan government. Micru 1 pinn riijj n. Li uiivuf CHURCH WORKER, PASSES AWAY Mi v,ra T.lnd Bird, superin tendent of the Ridley Home and an outstanding worker in the Anglican diocese of Prince Rupert, passed away in the Prince Rupert General iiospitai ut this morning after an illness of six weeks. She was about 50 years old. She entered hospital January 26 after being taken ill January 14. Superintendent of the Ridley ttnmp for clilldren for the last eight years, Miss Bird was also vice-president of the Caledonia Diocesan Board and president I of the Cathedral Branch Wo men's Auxiliary- Her spicnaiu M-nrlr n in Oil IT children and her church activities won her a high place in the regard of the com munity and her passing is : hiw which will be surely felt. Born In England, the nf a civil engineer and ar- iMiiiPPt. Miss Bird worked for number of years as a civil Rprvant. lcavlne that worK to train in children's worK in uie cinms nf London under churcn 0ftlAftM w I Tides (Pacltlc Standard Time) Tuesday, March 13, 1945 High 0:55 20.8 feet 12:55 22.7 feet Low 6:56 4.9 feet VOL. XXXIV, No. CO PRINCE RUTERT, B.C., MONDAY, MAKCII 12, 11H3 """" ' 19:22 1.7 feet ussiaiv Are Massing East of . Berlin k lis- A..J. M : Direct Attack Nazi nti AND AMD MflPTHFRN NORTHERN PARi PARtXW'1 Walra -, LI, Half It ... . 1 M LIICU. niwuv on vn nan EMENT AREA IN CANAMandalav ntc i ... . r. . .... JistriDUtion in rosi-war , Capital Appears Close nfncrnw Mnrnri 12 (C,V the Russians betian shifting large forces to the Berlin front today after smashing enemy resistance between the mouths of the Oder and Vistula Kivers. uniy a smaii chuhr 01 f t-Vio nnrhnnm extremitv oi 1 omerania ana the Polish Corridor remain to be overrun by the Rus- ALLIES DRUNK WITH VICTORY Adolf Hitler Comments On Latest War Developments LONDON. March 12 O Hitler has commented on events on the eastern and western fronts. He accused the Allies to quote his pronouncement of being drunK by their orgy of victory and in-1 tending to destroy the German nnilon I personally. New Attack From Rhine sians HOME FROM FRANCE- -Sapper Nick Kurulok, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kurulok of this city. Invalided home from service overseas with Royal Canadian Engineers. Western Front First Army Co-ordinates Its Bridgehead and Is Now Four Miles Beyond River PARIS. March 12 0 The Amprican First Army started a .., nn.nrHlnalrri nl.tnpk at , ' .ntminn. n rhtiHrpn'R nvrrnieht The stria along the CIC2ICU Ui uaiiuiib iw I work and, when miss va , 'I" " Z,Z" " 111 cxiai ui viuv 'i . , ,1 School vans In the Diocese of long. There ls no Indication that VMK niTIV For two summers she was In been taken. . . r, i bmi,,i vmi Tho Amer can Third Army cap charge oi duhuuj . - v & . . i . I a i ifttiMic liter, tn trip In the district between vanacr- iu.iu iuu.i -- i 4iit.ii enpnr. i sniirn oi iiumuuiu miukviivu nooi ana wiwbi " " , : . ,. , m.w nip, and won domination of all the senger at Port Esslngton. She west bank of the Moselle except u innrr 1 1 1 i : i .v 1 1 1 1 1 u .milllii uluivvh men came iu nmu uFv. . .M 4,,m . . , r Hi. nv i nmo nnn Krnpii. al iviw vmw ijikc rnarue v ui uv uivj tv",vM . . . uiiii UliVL, bv I . , l u nh nn nrn unrirr . ji i..r. r t i lnvis. i r usu ui lilt; ivmitv v..- suclwumib . - Am-riCati-control cv, turvlvpri bv tWO SIS- 1I1C JLUllu uJ - . ...,im nri phvllls. and a a mile from Coblcnz, Dromcr, jjwai";, . I-I I I' AIKI I In Newspaperman of VICTORIA PASSES i r . n . .. . . Victoria rc VICTORIA, March Vi vi uer utmvmti ,tirph i2Mlp.hacl brrt o Garrett, aged 65, super V1A 1 ...... w. - . " - , . ,. r.ii,.,t,. trmnv snnrL's intpnHpnt nf Insurance and reg . " . . 1. . . i i . nnm-in ni ... ii.. ii .fnr q f n nnisi.. tin r ni iiiiiil .sluuiw tuiuyuu. CullOr OI INK V".u" vu.v...-., ..uv.... - . , , ji.j ... i iioi nt ) i wort.Min. fnr hp provincial uuychuuvih QlCa HI llUJJJH.a v..v ..v.- - - ... . ... na ..nnra nirt inr At vcars una luuuii u.""" UETOiUjwiov.., "". I.-, ; , 1 1 TniiTiii run Li'iiiiiA v.iiaiiiu'wttt ctm.fi.ap PROTECTION dead here Alligators' ears found direct ly IV behind OeillllU the W.v ttili.nuw animals' eyes vjvw v.. are w Piripln Fjinllsh Is often used . . ..-n j concealed and protected by flaps In official documents, especially nf sir n. in uuiiiw. Twenty-two hundred Al lied bombers raided Stettin and a nearby naval Dase on me Baltic today. Berlin and Essen Hit Aerial Reduction of German Capital and Armament if Centre Continues The message to the German LONDON, March 12 Kft The people came yesterday in the Royal Air Force bombed Berlin form of a manifesto In Hitler's again for the twentiem con-name marking the tenth annl- secutlve night. The night at- ihlp rtntlitrrit VvlOdlj Ul 111111 fiw j ,vMvfrvw.. j taiv luiiunvu 1 - The Fuehrer did not broadcast j blow in which more than 1000 R.A.F. and R.CAF. bombers hurled 5000 tons of explosives on Essen in support of the American Ninth Army advance, j The attack on Essen had another purpose. It was intended j to wipe out the vast Krupps armament works and make sure that Essen can no longer be used for industrial purposes. One result of the concen trated aerial warfare on Ger- many was made public last night, i A British stafr officer at headquarters of the Second Tactl-ical Air Force said that 450 , square miles oft the Ruhr have bent devastatetf "WVoiiif-lTcog- nltion. TEMPEST IN LEGISLATURE First Division of Session as C.C.F. Member Ruica Out or Order VICTORIA, March 12 O; Division bells rang for the first time in the Legislature Friday when W. W. Lefcaux, C.C.F. member for Vancouver Centre, was ruled out 1 of order when speaking on the vote for the Attorney Generals office. Lefeaux was rilled out of order when he said that 'Hon: i-KTL. Maitland's "outburst of frenzied oratory" In the Legislature ; earlier in the "week "proves nis utter disqualification for the office he holds." Heated argument followed the ruling until the Speaker called for a vote which resulted in a straicht vote of government sup porters .u,vv.a .' and -" T. - D. - Pattullo against - - - IILW nTuiutt.uwM dawn today and expanded to the Opposition with Tom Uphill, . . it... II. 1 1 .1 1 . . . . I 1 1 .. Un r a dcptn oi tour miies iu unugu- t.aoor, rernie, suijyuinns head at Kemagen on uiv ur. Rivpr. A mile was gained today after several hundred yards The vote was 24 to 17. Mr. Pattullo got a call for order from Colin Cameron, c.c... Comox, when he questioned Maltlamd as to what his stana would be in keeping income tax inviolate Caledonia sent a can ior 7- - irignis rights 01 of the wie piuim-v province ...4"..v ers Miss Bira answereu ...n.rtyuu.v 0.0 - iwneniie auenutu n; u......... and came to Canada eleven cans on the east bank of the provlnciai conference. Maltlamd Twenty-four towns nave Lm his stand IUIHUV. nhlne. ini.m,-.v.. v.. i, u-nnin make oum v " known when the conference was held. SOLDIER, FLIER ARE CASUALTIES Names of three northern and central B.C. men are on laic casualty lists released by the army and air force. Two are listed killed and one as having received minor wounds. Killed In action while uervmg with a B.C. regiment overseas Ls Ptc. Ernest Edward Abbi, whose father, Edward Abbl, lives at Prince George. An air force casualty is Sgt. Harrv Dvnes who was killed on active service in Canada. Ills wife lives at Bella Bellai Wounded but remaining on duty ls Lance-Corporal George Vearle Ransomc, with a B.C: regiment overseas. Ills mother, Mrs. Pearl Jarman lives at Perow. .1-. r . 1 A