Weathei
North
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
Wfiht
winds,
mostly
cloudy
and
cool
with
occasional
light
rain
or
drizzle
today,
clearing
this
evening.
Thursday-Light
to
moderate
winds.
Lgents"
Executed
Warns
Against
iabotage
lleqed
l
Nazis
F
litem
Anglo-American"
tr
I'm
I
lo
Dtalh
in
Slovakia
LONDON,
Jin,
21
(CP)
(icrinans
repotted
today
execution
of
eighteen
;l
American"
agents
krgrd
with
having
liren
sent
Slovakia
lo
carry
onl
flic
Derlin
radio
said
the
were
captured
Mil
llij"
f
the
(icniian
front,
sentenced
to
ilcalh
hy
1
Mary
Iribuiial
and
excru
ted
Nimiling,
i'
statement
said
thai
"in-
Katiim
shouril
they
had
1
Sivcn
(he
task
of
organ-!
almtagc
In
Slovakia
and
a!ig
in
economic
and
iml-
I
espionage
in
Anglo-Am-
fan
inlcrcts.
When
caught
1
ajents
were
wearing
civ-
dress."
If
MY
PATROLS
0UT
IN
ITALY
i'ME
Ju;.
i.4
Qh
..
Enemy
of
uinu
active
along
'u
.vr
i-
in
the
Drltlsh
r'l
A;
in;.
,
Adriatic
sector
Allied
Fifth
Army
pat-"'
a
inc,
their
activity
vu
'
ctMifd
fallinc.
have
PCd
Hi)
nnnlnxt.
Ktrnmr
Cine-
particularly
south
Allied
Headquarters
f'1'-
'"?J
fwlnv
.
'nonton
Fair
or
July
16
'T
.
Jan.
24
The
'1
.innnnl
Frlmnnl.nn
1
u
set
for
July
10,
AV
PREMIER
PIES
KING
NDON
.Inn
!
rtiA
hUli
It
klnp
YuRoSIav
official
said
,ncaa.v
that
Premier
Su-
c
ann
hit,
.r...
.
to
recognize
Klnir
Peter's
m
In
depart
fnr
nplrrTJirfp
"t(
loin
Marshal
Tito
In
lpw
fu.slon
government.
pMALES
ARE
DEADLY
f
1
"old
Coast,
O)
Mailman
snmtcd
from
one
per-
feline
mosquito.
But
it
is
....
Omni,
.m
i.
r
H
1
1
fii
Ttin
pKn.1n
i
V.
n
.
IM
cl"s
wll
'3
Ii
iy
'he
male
mosquito
leads
nuiio
.
.
i
.
me
ana
restricts
m
vu
"ur
juices.
Fruit
Growing
KELOWNA,
Jan.
24
Albert
Miller,
president
cf
the
British
Columbia
Fruit
Growers'
Association,
in
annual
convention
here
warned
against
encouraging
service
men
to
take
up
fruit
grow
ing
after
the
war.
CLOSE
ON
MANDALAY
Itrlffh
Moving
in
from
Two
Directions
on
Important
City
of
tturma
KANDY.
Ceylon,
Jan.
21
Qi
British
forces,
closing
In
on
Man-cialay,
have
driven
to
within
23
inlles
of
the
city
on
the
west
and
40
miles
on
the
north,
a
communique
announced
yesterday.
Despite
heavy
Japanese
counter-
Hacks
on
bridgeheads
cast
of
?
he
Irrawaddy
River
and
about
40
miles
north
of
Mandalay,
the
attackers
enlarged
footholds
and
moved
in
more
troops
and
Highlights
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
(Pacific
Tides
Standard
Time)
She
Thursday,
January
25,
1313
High
11:14
20.9
feet
Low
.
5:05
8.6
feet
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
20
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
18:02
3.0
feet
I!!
BROTHER'S
GRAVE
Attending
a
service
for
fallen
Canadians
in
a
Dutch
town,
Pte.
E.
Ma;,
rcaj,
anas
his
brother's
grave
in
tne
cemetery
where
the
service
was
held.
CALLING
OFF
BY-ELECTION
(ircy
North
Contest
Would
"Be
Automatically"
Cancelled
If1"'
Parliament
were
Dissolved'"
'
OTTAWA,
Jan.
24
Q
Dr.
Arthur
Beauchcsne.
clerk
of
the
House
of
Commons,
said
last
night
that
if
Parliament
is
dissolved
before
February
5,
'the
date
of
the
Orey
North
by-clcc-tlon,
thp
by-elcctjon
automatically
tv'ou
Id
toe"
eliminated
'because
It
Is
being
held
to
elect
a
member
to
a
Parliament
which
then
would
no
longer
exist.
Dr,
Beauchcsne
made
the
statement
after
It
had
been
suggested
that
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
might
cause
Parliament
to
be-
dissolved
before
the
by-election
Is
held.
i
WANTED
BY
JATS
At
the
time
of
the
Japanese
Invasion
of
the
Philippines
there
were
32,000
radio
receiving
sets
on
the
islands.
Of
WAR
NEWS
and
Daily
Happenings
Canadians
In
Air
Fight
LONDON
Canadian
fighter
pilots
were
out
over
the
continent
yesterday.
Hy
daylight
It.CA.F.
fighter
craft
shot
down
at
least
eight
Narl
planes
and
destroyed
an
additional
eight
In
aerial
combat.
Llcvcn
of
the
enemy
planes
destroyed
or
damaged
were
twin
jet-propelled
fighters.
Canadian
fighter
squadrons
also
attacked
ground
targets
in
Germany.
One
locomotive
was
destroyed
and
four
olhers
damagrd
In
daylight
raids
and
fifteen
freight
cars
were
shot
up.
At
night
Canadian
Mosqiiilos
destroyed
a
Nail
bomber
over
the
mouth
of
the
Scheldc
and
another
east
of
Hrussels.
New
Burma
Landing
KAMI
V.
Ccvlon
A
new
Allied
landing
has
been
made
on
the
west
coast
of
Hurnia
southeast
of
Akyab.
The
landing,
announced
by
the
Southeast
Asia
Command,
was
made
noith-casl
of
Mcj
boil
and
southwest
of
Kangaw.
Hritlsh
troops
landed
in
Mcybon
Peninsula
earlier
this
month
shortly
after
the
occupation
of
Akyab.
It
Is
also
announced
that
Hritlsh
troops
have
invaded
Kamrec
Island,
fifty
miles
south
of
Mcybon
Peninsula.
Indian
troops
have
captured
a
town,
Kyaukpu,
at
the
northern
edge
of
the
Island
and
have
advanced
more
than
three
miles
inland.
Raids
On
Jap
Islands
WASHINGTON
Amci
lean
H-29
superfortresses
have
land-ed
another
punch
on
the
nerve
centres
of
Japan's
air
power.
In
a
follow-up
to
yesterday's
raid
on
Nagoya,
B-29's
from
the
Marianas
today
bombed
two
islands
in
the
Volcano
Group.
The
Japanese
have
been
using
I
wo
Island
as
a
springboard
for
air
attacks
on
H-29
airfields
in
the
Maiinanas.
Uncon-firmed
Japanese
broadcasts
indicate
that
American
carrier
plain
raids
on
Formosa
and
the
Ryukyu
Islands
have
been
carried
into
the
third
day.
Enemy
broadcast
claim
that
six
warships
of
the
American
Third
Fleet
were
damaged
in
battles
off
the
islands
on
Tuesday,
Japanese
Time.
Nearing
Clark
Field
MacARTIIUK'S
HEADQUARTERS
American
patrols
on
Luzon
Island
arc
feeling
out
Japanese
strength
today
near
Clark
Field.
The
barracks,
hangars,
and
thirteen
airstrips
of
the
field
are
some
of
the
prize
objectives
of
the
Philippine
campaign.
The
main
American
force
Is
driving
on
the
town
of
Bamban,
only
six
miles
from
Clark
Field.
A
flaming
artillery
duel
has
been
raging
In
the
Bamban
sector,
and
many
of
the
enemy's
big
guns
have
been
silenced.
Meanwhile,
a
fierce
battle
may
be
shaping
up
along
the
Bamban
lllver
the
last
natural
defence
barrier
guarding
Clark
Field.
Germans
Withdrawing
From
Western
Front
Cutting
Off
East
Prussia
Russians
Moving
Steadily
Closer
to
Heart
of
Reich
Advance
is
Unchecked
ADVANCE
IN
SILESIA
LONDON,
Jan.
21
(CP)
The
Russians
battled
today
through
the
streets
of
the
prize
Sil-esian
cities
of
Oppeln
and
and
(ileiwitz
and
hacked
out
advances
near
Hrieg
and
Goscl,
Oder
River
towns
north
and'
south
of
'Oppelin,
a
late
.Moscow-
dispatch
Said.
ReuU
ers
News-Agency
said
the
Russians
had
"established
at
least
one
bridgehead
across
the
Oder."
The
Germans
have
thrown
People's
Army
into
the
battles
to
stop
the
Soviet
push
on
Breslau
but
the
Russians
were
massing
along
fifty
miles
of
the
Oder
and
weie
heavily
shelling
a
wide
area.
In
addition,
to
further
victories
in
East
Prussia
and
Poland,
Premier
Stalin
reported
today
thai
the
Russians
had
scored
"a
new
breakthrough
of
23
miles
1n
Czechoslovakia,
capturing
Rozsynyo,
'33
miles
southwest
of
Kassa.
LONDON,
Jan.
21
Q
The
Russians
are
rapidly1
completing
a
gigantic
cut-ofr
of
-all
East
Prussia
which
will
perhaps
trap
some
30
German
divisions,
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
discloses.
Tills
an
j
nouhecment
came
after
reports
from
Berlin
had
said
the
Rus-'
slans
had
burst
into
Poznan,
137
miles
from
Berlin
on
the
direct
'
route.
.
Stalin
also
announced
the
capture
of
Bydgoszcz,
southern,
guardian
of
the
Polish
corridor,
ther
Russian
forces
have
added
to
the
peril
facing
German
East
Prussia
by
stabbing'Vo
within
22
miles
of
the
Baltic
coast.
j
Biting
half
way
across
the
western
end
of
East
Prussia,
the
Russians
also
seized
Saalfeld,
only
20
miles
below
Elblng,
Dal-
tic
coastal
town
and
last
land
escape
route
for
the
Germans
In
East
Prussia.
Soviet
troops
there
are
about
50
miles
southeast
of
Danzig.
Berlin,
in
announcing
that
Hitler
had
sent
Helnrich
Himm-ler
to
the
eastern
front,
said
thai
he
had
been
clothed
with
blanket
powers
"to
make
drastic
decisions
and
to
guarantee
their
execution."
The
Russians
have
unllmbered
their
heavy
guns
today
in
a
new
threat
to
imperilled
German
SU
esia
with
a
breakthrough
to
the
the
Oder
River.
Soviet
artillery
has
opened
fire
on
German
defences
west
of
the
Oder
River
which
is
the
last
natural
barrier
before
Berlin.
The
Russians
now
have
massed
their
shock
troops
along
50
miles
of
the
Oder's
cast
bank.
The
city
of
Breslau
Is
threatened
with
cn-velopment.The
latest
word
from
Berlin
Is
that
the
Russians
have
reached
Opjpclln,
the
capital
of
Southern
Silesia.
According
to
the
Germans
the
Red
Army
has
reached
the
outskirts
of
the
city
on
the
Oder
River
51
miles
south-cast
of
Brcslau.Tank
battles
are
in
progress.
Moscow
dispatches
indicate
that
the
Oder
may-
be
frozen
solid
with
the
ice
thick
enough
to
support
Infantry
but
not
yet
strong
enough
for
tanks.
In
any
event,
the
Russians
are
ready
to
cross
that
river
and
do
battle
with
German
home
guard
units
on
the
other
side.
Meanwhile,
other
Russian
forces
have
added
to
the
peril
facing
Oerman
East
Prussia,
stabbing
to
within
22
miles
of
the
Baltic
coast.
NAZI
GENERALS
QUIT
STOCKHOLM
Sixteen
German
generals
are
reported
to
be
planning
the
setting
up
of
a
"free"
Gciman
government
In
Koenigsbcrg
to
co-operate
with
the
Russians
when
they
capture
the
city.
ARE
INVITED
TO
TEHERAN
TEHERAN.
Iran,
Jan.
21-
rrhne
Mini,
ter
Whuton
Churchill.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
and
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
hive
been
invited
to
hold
their
next
conference
here
as
they
did
their
last
a
couple
of
years
ago.
Bulletins
PRISON
CAMP
FALLS
MacARTIIUK'S
HEADQUARTERS
The
former
Japanese
prison
camp
of
Camp
O'Don-nclf
on
Luzon
Island
has
been
captured
and
bodies
of
thousands
of
Filipinos
and
Americans
veterans
of
Hataan
who
died
of
disease,
starva
tion
and
maltreatment,
found.
The
Americans
are
threatening
Clark
Field,
50
miles
fium
i
Manila.
NEW
JAPANESE
GOVERNMENT
TOKIO
The
Premier
of
Japan
is
setting
un
a
new
totalitarian
government.
MANDALAY
NEAR
FALL
KANDV
'Ihc
fall
of
Mandalay,
Burma,
from
lhe
Jap-l
anese
to
Allied
forces
'within'
two
weeks
b
predicted.
1
won
snow
house
,
VANCOUVER
Janet
Robinson,
Vancouver
nurse,
has
iHvonia
$7000
house
in
an
Ed-jmonlii.
rafficj,.
,
EXPECTS
GENERAL
ELECTION
WOODSTOCK,
Out.
C.C.F.
leader
M.
J,
Coldwell
predicts
that
there
may
be
a
general
election
before
hc
Grey
North
by-clcclion
is
held
on
February
5.
The
C.C.F.
leader
said
he
based
his
opinion
on
a
statement
issued
to
the
electors
of
(ircy
North
.yesterday
in
which
Prime
Minister
King
hinted
that
Parliament
might
be
dissolved
before
the
by-clcction
takes
place.
TRAINING
SCHOo'l
CLOSED
ST.
THOMAS,
Out
Operational
training
at
Number
Four
Ilombing
and
Gunnery
School
a't
Mngal,
Ontario,
will
cease
on
February
2.
.Most
of
the
personnel
on
the
station
will
be
posted
either
before
or
shortly
after
Ihal
date.
N
CAKING
MANDALAY
NEW
DELHI
One
Hritlsh
force
in
Burma
is
within
25
iniles
of
Mandalay
from
the
west
and
another
within
10
miles
from
the
north.
AIRMEN
RETURN
j
MONTREAL
The
largest
group
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
I
Force
personnel
to
return
from
overseas
is
now
on
its
way
west
i
across
Canada
after
passing
through
here.
Nazis
Evidently
Endeavouring
To
Bolster
Up
Sagging
East
Defences
Canadian
Air
Heads
Honored
By
Pole
Gov't
LONDON,
Jan.
24-nAlr
Marshal
L.
S.
Breadner
and
Air"
Marshal
Robert
Lcckle
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
have
been
awarded,
the
Grand
Officers
Cross
by
the
Polish
government
in
appreciation
of
their
war
services.
HOME
FROM
OVERSEAS
!
Major
Cecil
Fitzgerald
Back
in
Prince
Rupert
Spent
Year
in
Britain
,(J
.
.
-
-
j..
-A.
j
Major
Cecil
Fitzgerald,
who
at
the
outbreak
of
war
was
a
subaltern
with
the
local
Searchlight
Battery
and,
after
service
here
and
elsewhere
on
this
coast
went
overseas
to
spend
a
year
in
Britain,
is
back
in
Prince
Rupert
and
is
receiving
a
warm
welcome
from
many
friends.
Major
Fitzgerald
is
now
attached
to
Pacific
Command
at
Vancouver
and
will
be
here
for
the
next
week
or
so
on
instruction
duties.
While
he
has
been
away,
Mrs.
Fitzgerald
and
family
have
been
residing
at
Campbell
River
but
they
expect
to
move
to
Vancouver.
Before
the
war,
Major
Fitzgerald
was'
local
manager
of
Home
Oil
Distributors
Ltd.
Housing
Loans
Due
Next
Week
OTTAWA,
Jan.
24
Loans
un
der
the
new
federal
housing
act
will
become
available
next
week.
It
is
announced.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
49
Minimum
3G
Rainfall
for
the
24-hour
period
to
5
o'clock
this
morning
was
146
Indies.
Tremendous
Movement
of
Transport
'Taking
i
Place
Even
By
Daylight
Badly
Mauled
From
Air
Allies
Resuming
Offensive
PARIS,
Jan,
124
(CP)
Indications
are
mounting
today
that
the
Germans
have
begun
a
mass
withdrawal
of
troops
and
armor
from
the
western
front,
perhaps
to
bolster
their
sagging
defences
in
the
east.
!
Royal
Air
Force
bomber
pilots
tell
of
a
tremendous
movement
of
German
road
and
rail
transport
"GERMANY
IN
EMERGENCY
STOCKHOLM,
Jan.
24
(CP)
The
Nazi
brain
trust
has
directed
every
able-bodied
German
male
to
remain
at
his
post
to
fight
with
"unparalleled
fanaticism"
against
the
advancing
Russians,
Swedish
correspondents
reported
today.
Berlin's
situation
was
reported
to
be
growing
"more
critical."
Columns
of
refugees
from
the
east
are
moving
westward
through
the
capital
city.
JAPS
REFUSE
TO
EXCHANGE
CVILIANS
LONDON,
;Jan.,2V
freat
villain
1.5
iinaiiig
great
cuni-
culty
In
arranging,
the
exchange
of
civilian
prisoners
with
the
Japanese
government,
FcJ.elgn
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
report
ed
to
Commons
today.
In
spite
of
Uie
fact
that
thousands
of
wounded
and
incapacitated
civilians
arc
available
for
repatriation,
the
British
government
has
found
the
Japanese
govern
ment
"completely
uninterested,"
Mr.
Eden
said.
Efforts
to
ef
fect
the
exchange
of
17,000
civilians
arc
continuing,
however,
the
Foreign
Secretary
added.
OTTAWA
IS
NOT
GIVING
DETAILS
OTTAWA,
Jan.
24
For
secur
ity
reasons,
a
spokesman
of
the
Department
of
National
Defence
declined
to
give
detailed
Information
regarding
absenteeism
and
desertion
in
the
Canadian
Army.
From
the
Regina
military
district
comes
word
that
50
men
have
been
apprehended.
In
Vancouver
15
men
gave
themselves
up
yesterday.
NORWEGIAN
TREES
The
trees
of
Norway
Include
pine,
spruce,
birch,
willow,
aspen,
rowan,
ash,
elm,
lime,
oak,
beech
and
black
alder.
A
MARIANA
CHRISTMAS
FROM
THE
BOY
S
DOWN
THERE
Aviation
engineers
working
on
a
B-29
base
In
the
Marianas,
pause
In
their
work
long
cnought
to
wish
folks
back
home
a
Merry
Christmas.
Left
to
right
are
T4
Charles
Fischer,
of
Clayton,
Mo.;
Pfc.
William
K.
Vlsner.
of
Rochester,
Mich.;
T5
Dale
Peterson,
Boy
River,
Minn.;
and
Cpl.
Angel
Delago,
of
San
Francisco,
Callforna.
streaming
back
into
Germany
from
the"
Ardennes
battle
zone,
.'.j
On
roads
and
rail
lines
they
are
attempting
to
move
In
broad
'
daylight
in
spite
of
terrible
punishment
from
the
air.
Al-
a
lied
airmen
have
lost
no
time
,
pounding
those
German
supply
,r
trains,
now
crawline
alone
the
i
three
main
railways
leading
to
Xj
Hanover
and
Dusseldorf.
One-
t,
i
hundred
and
sixty-five
German
A
trains
nave
been
bomoea
ana
strafed
in
the
past
forty-eight
hours.
fnanv.
npar
t.hp.
nnlnmp
Plain.
troops
nave
uncorxeu
a
new
or-fensive,
aimed
at
relieving
Ger-
man
pressure
in
the
Strasbourg
1
sector.
McNaughton
Indignant
Opposition
Is
Accused
Accuses
Cbnserratives
and
C.C.F.
of
Blocking
w
TTIUI
fcUC
ClitlllJT
out
:
t.
of
the
Ardennes
salient,
Amert-
f
f','
can
First
Army
troops
have
re-
,
i
cumed
the
ol
tensive
strlklug
out
ta
from
the
captured
Belgian
town
:t
Of
Saint
Vith.
British
troops
i
continue
on
the
move
north
of
iff
Aachen.
Two
more
towns
Saint
x
Joost
and
Obstrlngen
have
fal-
len
to
the
British
forces
which
now
are
nine
miles
inside
Ger-
OWEN
SOUND,
Ont.,
Jan;
24
.
O
Defence
Minister
MfcNaugh-
'
ton
has
accused
the
"opposition
parties
of
blocking
the
govern-
u
ment's
plan
to
provide
overseas
i
reinforcements
on
a
strictly
Jj
speech
in
Owen
SoundOntarlo,
'
ucnerai
Mcnaugnton
.declared
,)j
v.
that
If
It
had
not
been
for
the
campaign
by
the
opposition
pol-
,
n4
itical
parties,
the
reinforcement
rA
problem
would
have
been
solved
'."'
by
men
volunteering
In
reply
to
vAL'
appeals
by
himself
Minister
King.
and
Prima
r,
The
Liberal
candidate
In
the
Grey
North
by-election
said
that,
when
he
agreed
to
become
Mln
ister
of
National
Defence,
he
realized
the
most
important
task
'"4
IK
ill
was
to
get
reinforcements
over-!ji
-A
seas.
But
he
said
that
as
soon
l
$
as
appeals
were
made
to
the
men
ut
uie
iiuine
ueieiice
iimy,
,
:
y
the
opposition
political
parties
'li
frnvprnnipnt'fl
liifnrf.fi
H
"
Apparently
referring
to
dis-
flffpr
fhf
frTYVPrnmnnf.Vc
rnnvrrln.
L
IC'i
tion
policy
was
announced
'.last
p.
saia
mere
was
a
time
a
loTy-months
ago
when
he
feared
tovi.
the
peace
and
security
of
the!
country.
Now,
ho
said,
tho
hard
;
core
of
men
who
caused
the
trouble
among
tho
draftees
are
iugiuves
i
rom
j
usuce.
i
to
aciaea
j,
that
the
povernmpnt.
hpllpves
-
itt
has
public
opinion
behind
It
to
deal
firmly
with
these
men
who'v
are
nhsvnt.
ull.hnnf.
Ipqip
tlnft
said
that
any
member
of
tho'
jfe
Home
Defence
Army
who,
lelng
warned
for
overseas
service."?
OVerstaVPfi
his
nva
fnr
than
twentv-four
davn.
wnnMX
Ml
classed
as
a
deserter
nnH
with
accordingly,