MOTON,
DC
tcD.
rescotatlve
Ned
Johnson,
Ll
III
Oklahoma,
has
,
.h.t
rmress
author-
stcriltotion
of
Japanese
M
In
American
segre-
umps.
The
suggestion
Mi.
MrmdaV
In
tcstl-
.'
-
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thp
House
of
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nnnrnnrlatlon
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-
:
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(
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a.fap
th
frpnt.mpnt
and
so-called
Joyai
.cmy
mien
segregations
:;2.000
pe-3ons
of
Jap-j
icc.;.;ry
who
were
hustled
1
snAv
tthpn
war
broke
i
lian
World
oiauon
Sunday
C
da
has
entered
ud;
arena,
said
a
':u
Prime
Minister
L;
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Mackenzie
King
at
;
he
new
Canadian
r-t
u-jv
hrnadcastine
S
hprp
vrstpr-
Kl
.-ike
in
English
Mi...
St
Laurent
T..
Canada
call-
ps
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announce-
'mm
Northern
British
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in
4
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20
vi
i
nc
jjc-
External
Affairs
has
names
of
24
per-
by
American
troops
UUIUd
IlldliltllVilV
.fiMiitju,
iiic
iiai.
iii-
!t
names
of
sixteen
and
eight
with
rela-Canada,
The
next
of
we
irom
Northern
Brit-
BLE
IN
IEC
CITY
IM0NDVILLE.
Quebec
ocorci
or
persons
Injuries
In
Drummond-
"".
Saturday
night,
utun
developed
between
ousand
Drummondvlllc
and
two
hundred
Royal
Mounted
Police
and
Corps
personnel,
riot
developed
shortly
-
Hunti-
ana
trovost
men
began
examining
and
documents
of
the
'en
In
the
district.
They
"b
iur
aeseriers
ana
-"
were
nurt
wrien
---
vu
Uv
f
our
H.C.M
p.
".cimrnea
and
their
smashed
In.
Windows
"vast
corps
trucks
were
in,
me
carlv
Invpcficm.
.
:
W,K
wzen
vounc
men
-
lurtner
qucstlon-
.
"itu
papers.
Just
i
W
these
mrn
lenr
UCVelPed
IS
hot
lur
e
Some
rpnnrtjj
en
"y.
they
were
whisknH
military
vehicles.
Three
roVic
"""P'taUsed
and
,C!,
have
been
made.
TO
BF.
I
A
lXTnK
"
A
I
lI
L.
I
"
.vuuvi
announced
at
the
that
onlv
nnrfini
f
A.R.P.
unit.
,m
I'd
I
will
ce
.
n
British
Columbia.
I
III
I
111
II
II
JmMWmWK
-
v
A
Breeding;
-v
2?7--.
k
Proposal
Made
by
,
W'
'
'
'1
'
ramperinc
V-
VS.
.JEft.
Jiff
When
H.M.C
JS.
Ciayociuot
wa
torpedoed
with
the
lo
of
eight
llve.i
survivors
abandoned
ahip
in
orderly
fa.
Uioji
uuci
were
rescued
by
H.M.C.S.
Fennel,
Canadian
corvet;e
The
above
picture
showing
the
Bangor
minesweeper
'.-
survivors
in
the
water
was
taken
from
the
decks
of
the
Fennel
by
the
guunen
officer.
Lieut
Hugh
C.
Campbell,
R.C.N.V.R.,
of
Winnipeg
and
Toronto,
who
took
an
active
part
ir
Uie
rescue
War
News
IlijililiiilKs
New
Russ
Syria
Declares
War
BEIRUT
Syria
is
the
latest
country
to
declare
war
on
Germany.
The
official
declaration
was
made
today.
12
Miles
From
Cologne
PARIS
American
forces,
in
their
new
offensive,
arc
still
driving
forward
and
arc
now
only
twelve
miles
from
Cologne,
great
German
industrial
city.
Dueren
has
now
been
completely
cleared
of
the
enemy.
On
the
north,
the
Canadian
First
Army
is
driving
on
Calcar
and
is
meeting
with
fierce
enemy
resistance
in
its
campaign
to
clear
that
city.
In
a
new
offensive
started
today
the
Canadians
have
advanced
3'i
miles.'
Russians
Striking
Anew1
.
.
.
-
.
MOSCOW
Driving
up
from
the
southeast,
the
Russians
have
now
struck
across
to
a
point
in
that
area
sixty
miles
from
Berlin.
In
fierce
fighting
at
Bre.slau,
thc
capital
of
Silesia,
the
Russians
are
gradually
pushing
thc
enemy
out
of
the
city
block.
To
the
north
the
Red
Army
has
taken
a
town
in
Pom-crania,
51
miles
from
Danzig.
Tokyo
Heavily
Hit
Again
GUAM
American
carrier
planes
and
B-29's
from
the
Marianas
made
another
heavy
raid
on
military,
naval
and
air
installations
in
and
around
Tokyo,
the
capital
of
Japan.
Tokyo
itself
admitted
that
air
fields
and
military
facilities
were
struck.
Manila
Cleared
of
Japanese
MANILA
Manila
has
been
almost
ridded
of
Japanese,
H.-
last
remnants
of
the
garrison
are
now
being
wiped
out.
More
than
12,000
Japanese
dead
have
already
been
counted
in
Manila
and
there
are
known
to
be
many
more.
In
Cor-rrgidor
2300
Japanese
dead
have
been
counted
and
there
are
probably
thousands
more
in
underground
tunnels
and
fortifications.
Yanks
Winning
Iwo
GUAM
American
Marines
are
inching
northward
on
Iwo
Island
and
their
complete
capture
of
thc
central
airfield
now
seems
imminent.
The
savage
struggle
for
thc
tiny
island
only
750
miles
from
Tokyo
has
entered
Its
second
week.
American
forces
how
hold
almost
half
of
thc
Island.
Thc
Americans
are
getting
close
support
from
the
air
and
from
thc
sea
agahist
the
deeply-entrenched
enemy
with
ships
offshore
tossing
shells
and
both
carrier-based
and
land-based
planes
bombing
thc
Japanese
immediately
ahead
of
thc
attacking
Marines.
Drive
On
Moving
Through
Ponicrania
to
ward
Baltic
Allies
Give
Air
Support
MOSCOW,
Feb.
26
tf-A
new
Russian
offensive
in
German
Pomeranla
is
within
60
miles
of
the
Baltic
coast.
It
Is
aimed
at
cutting
off
thousands
of
German
trpops
around
Danzig.
Soviet
force
m
the
Balkans
:hayJbccQ
-aided
JJLAmrica:
heavy
bombers
flying
from
bases
In
Italy.
At
the
request
of
thc
Russian
commanders,
the
American
airmen
have
bombed
railway
iines
fanning
out
from
Vienna.
Aerial
strikes
at
German
rail
targets
arc
paying
off.
The
pressure
has
been
so
serious
that
the
Germans
today
resorted
to
a
new
technique.
They
sent
up
a
rarely-used
smoke
screen
to
protect
I
Linz.
Prowler
Enters
Policeman's
Home
John
Banck
uppcared
In
city
police
court
this
morning
charged
with
being
found
in
a
dwelling
with
intent
to
commit
an
Indictable
offence.
He
was
arrested
at
2:45
Sunday
morning
by
Constable
R.
W.
Strouts
after
Strouts
had
awakened
to
find
Banek
in
his
home
in
the
Waldron
apartments.
Constable
Strouts
said
Banck
told
him
he
was
"looking
for
a
room"
and
that
he
had
been
striking
matches
in
the
darkened
apartment.
I
!V
1
Wealhct
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BIUTISII
COLUMBIANS
HWSPAPER
fides
(Pacific
Staidard
Time)
to
cool
with
oc
cloudy
,!
llW
rain
showers
to-
She
TiKrI-.
f
uSn
1945
d
wnmlne
partly
cloudy
and
High
L-
1:50
20.2
reet
Wlnd3moderatc
13:49
21.0
feet
Low
7:57
5.9
feet
-
U
-T
AVn
IM'll
11
L
w
...mnaDJ
ire
20:15
2.9
feet
day.
VOL.
-XXXIV.
No.
48
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
MONDAY
FEBRUARY
2G,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CANADIANS
IN
NEW
OFFENSIVE
Bulletins
REDS
LIBERATE
CANUCKS
MOSCOW
Ninety
Canadian
officers
and
men
have
been
liberated
by
the
Russians
from
pr.ir.on
camps'
in
eastern
Germany
and
will
shortly
be
returned
to
their
homes.
LLOYD'
GEORGE'S
CONDITION
UDNDON
A
bulletin
from
the
North
Wales
home
of
Earl
Lloyd
George
says
the
former
.
British
Prime
Minister
had
a
comfortable
night.
The
bulletin
describes
the
physical
condition
of
the
British
statesman
as
unchanged.
He
was
in
j
a
yery
weak
condition
yester-
I
day.
MEETING
CHURCHILL
LONDON
Foreign
Minister
Gevrge
Bidault
of
France
has
arrived
in
London
for
a
con-
training
Veterans
OTTAWA
Plans
for
an
active
'
posUwar
training
are
taking
shape
in
the
federal
la-borldepartment
Recent
devel-onfrtenlslhclude
the
organization
f
a
committee
to
coordinate
thc
post-war
training
of
veterans
and
their
'
place
ment
in
employment,
and
the
appointment
of
Brigadier
J.
E.
Lyon
of
Ottawa
as
superintendent
of
rehabilitation
training
with
the
department
of
labor.
NEW
AIR
ROUTES
OTTAWA
It
will
be
some
months
yet
before
any
of
thc
new
trans-border
air
roulcs
will
titart
to
operate.
Thc
routes
were
authorized
in
thc
recent
Nrw
Yonk
aviation
agreement,
rrobably
thc
first
of
thc
routes
allocated
to
Canada
to
be
put
into
operation
will
be
thc
Toronto-Chicago
run.
No
new-airports
arc
required
on
that
route.
However,
thero
is
a
lack
oT
planes,
since
TransCanada
Air
Lines
cannot
yet
obtain
planes
for
civilian
services.
MARTIAL
LAW
IN
RUMANIA
LONDON
The
Paris
radio
says
that
martial
law
has
been
declared
in
all
of
Rumania.
Earlier
dispatches
told
of
rioting
-In
Bucharest.
Premier
Hart
Introduces
Years
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
FIGURES
ON
BALANCED
BOOKS
AS
MANY
PROJECTS
PLANNED
Financing
of
Government's
Program
for
Substantial
Public
Works
Plans
Aid
to
Hospitals,
Schools,
Municipalities
VICTORIA,
Feb.
2G
(CP)-A
net
revenue
surplus
of
$7,275,887
-for
the
fiscal
year
enuiug
luaiti.
.
1944
was
shown
in
the
budget
given
.
to
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
today
by
Premier
John
Hart.
Other
highlights
were
:
."
Total
revenue
collections
were
nearly
$o9,000,0()0
ft
decrease
of
slightly
more
thanl-
MKnnnnn
nvnr
1044.4,
...
$1,000,000
compared
wim
uic
preceding
year.
Thc
revenue
decrease
was
mainiy
out
crease
of
more
than
$1,000,000
in
liquor
profits.
t
i
The
province's
gross
debt
at
December
31.
1944,
was
150-7,-574
and
the
net
debt
$132,418,832.
Estimates
for
1945-4G
are:
Revenue.
$37,207,114
tlmates.
Thc
Increases
include
$2C5,016.
boost
for
education
and
$486,011
for
increases
in
salaries
of
3,835
civil
servants.
Borrowing
powers
include
$10,-000,000
for
the
hydro-electric
power
commission,
$5,000,000
for
university
expansion,
$500,000
for
land
clearing
equipment
for
-
j
tenn
nnn
fn.
Wn,
Expenditures
are
up
moi
w
-
tlon"
projects.
The
sum
of
$1,500,000
will
be
appropriated
for
special
road
maintenance
and
reconstruction,
$1,500,000
for
grants
toward
const
rnrt.lnn'
nr
reconstruction
of
hospitals,
$800,000
for
grants
Maximum
toward
the
construction
or
re
:
rarmers
uu
juu,uuu
ui
...
...
..-.noncn
w
Expenditure,
$37,198,900.
...,,
,.nrt
,rr,a.
by
,nore
than
$4,000,000,
Striking
For
Calcar
In
Move
Started
at
Dawn
Meanwhile
Americans
Smash
Across
Cologne
and
Are
But
Fifteen
Miles
From
Great
German
Industrial
City
PARIS,
Feb.
26
(CP)
Canadian
First
Army
infantry
and
armor
launched
a
new
attack
this
morning
southwest
of
Calcar.
A
dispatch
from
the
front
says
the
Canadian
army
troops
jumped
off
for
the
assault
two
hours
before
dawn.
The
First
Army
forces
had
advanced
one-and-a-half
miles
in
the
first
38
.
Minimum
34
construction
of
school
buildings,'"1""
uu
and
$100,000
for
the
purchase
i
of
A.R.P.
equipment
to
be
do-j
nated
to
lire
protection
districts.
The
province
will
also
undertake
to
guarantee
the
borrowings
by
villages
and
municipalities
for
construction
of
water
and
sewage
disposal
works.
The
public
works
program
Includes
$3Q,COO,000
of
which
$G,000,000
is
for
the
Peace
River
Highway.
Premier
Hart
said
the
per
capita
wealth
ln
British
Columbia
Is
the
highest
ln
Canada.
No
other
province
can
boast
of
having
reduced
Us
debt
ln
like
extent
and
no
other
provincial
area
has
prepared
plans
so
far-reaching
and
progressive.
Since
1933
British
Columbia
has
reduced
its
gross
debt
by
more
than
$10,000,000
and
the
net
debt
EGYPT
AT
WAR-PREMIER
SLAIN
Premier
Assassinated
After
Formal
Declaration
Against
Germany
CAIRO,
Feb.
2G
'C
The
Premier
of
Egypt
is
dead
after
having
been
shot
in
Parliament
Immediately
after
he
had
recommended
that
Egypt
declare
war
on
Germany.
The
Parliament
proceeded
with
im
plementation
of
the
formal
war
declaration.
The
young
gunman,
a
26-year
old
lawyer,
has
been
arrested
and
King
Farouk
has
called
upon
a
former
foreign
minister
to
take
over
the
Premiership.
rw
Hisnat-h
thl
morninE
Cologne
Plain
Is
increasing
EDeaks
of
Canadian
reconnals-1
hourly.
Isance
troops
probing
to
within
The
Americans
now
are
seven
1200
yards
of
Calcar.
This
seems
miles
past
the
Roer
River
ana
to
Indicate
that
a
Brussels
radio
ference
with
Prime
Minister
.'report
Saturday
of
the
capture
Churchill.
Last
night
Bidault
conferred
with
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden.
The
Crimea
conference
will
be
the
main
topic
for
discussion.
France
has
yet
to
announce
whether
she
will
accept
the
Big
Three's
invitation
to
co-sponsor,
with
China,
the
United
,
Nations
Security
conference
to
be
held
in
San
of
Calcar
by
Canadian
army
formations
was
premature.
Headquarters,
meanwhile,
re
veals
that
the
First
Army
has
taken
12,000
prisoners
since
February
8.
Pressure
by
the
American
First
and
Ninth
armies
In
their
tremendous
smash
across
the
Budget
BERLIN
GETS
BIGGEST
BOMBING
YET
Local
Temperature
Twelve
Hundred
American
Bombers
Dropped
3000
Tons
LONDON,
Feb.
26
P
In
the
biggest
air
attack
ever
made
on
PRINCE
RUPERT
NOT
AFFECTED
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
26
R
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
are
not
affected
by
a
federal
government
announcement
of
reduction
of
ship
construction
operations
ln
British
Columbia
shipyards,
reinforcements
in
the
form
of
tanks,
heavy
artillery
and
fresh
Infantry
units
are
steadily
pouring
across
that
muddy
stream
to
increase
the
momen
tum
of
the
American
drive.
The
American
First
Army
already
has
pushed
past
the
captured
German
key
point
of
Dueren
and
now
is
only
fifteen
1
miles
from
Cologne.
EMPLOYMENT
FIGURES
TAKE
GREAT
DROP
FROM
BOOM
PERIOD
OF
1943
(Continued
on
Page
2)
CAN
SEE
MANDALAY
Allies
Are
Within
Sight
of
Pagodas
of
Burmese
Capital
ON
THE
BURMA
FRONT,
Feb.
2G
(CP)
Fourteen
Allied
army
patrols
today
are
within
I
sight
of
the
pagoda
tops-
of
Mandalay,
capital
city
of
Northern
Burma.
The
town
is
still
hidden
from
the
main
body
of
Allied
troops
by
hills
in
which
nests
of
Japanese
are
making
the
most
of
natural
defensive
advantages.
Berlin,
more
than
1200
Ameri-
can
bombers
dropped
3000
tons
prtTI;f
fr.
n..A
the
heart
of
the
bleeding
Ger-jPoneers
Home
man
capital
today.
i
Rprmvpd
Here
More
than
500,000
small
In-
cendiary
bombs
were
showered
License
W
begin
construction
r,rm
thn
rpf
nirpp-prnwdpd
ranl-
of
the
new
Pioneers'
home
on
New
Ship
Contracts-
Looks
Good
For
Rupert
Shipyard
Manager
States,
However,
That
Nothing
Definite
Has
Yet
Been
Received
Confronted
witha
dispatch
that
Vancouver
shipyards
had
leen
awarded
contiacts
for
twelve
transport
ferry
type
freighters
which
would
cost
$1,500,000
or
a
total
of
$18,000,-000
to
build,
Bernard
Allen,
manager
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock,
said
today
that
nov
new
contracts
had
yet
been
'awarded
the
local
yard,
which
is
now
working
on
its
last
ship,
but
that
he
expected
to
get
something
out
of
new
work
that
was
now
going.
"Things
look
much
better,"
Mr.
Allen
conceded,
adding,
however;
that
there
is
nothing
definite
yet.
Tki
urnoTif
Knnm
nf
rnnstniptinn
in
this
Conservatives
district.
imlMad
tubsatiuent'trend'tovar
mal"
in
1944
are
strikingly
revealed
in
employment
figures
released
by
the
Prince
Kupert
National
selective
Service
office.
Placements
of
men
in
jobs
in
1944
dropped
by
SECRETARY
OF
NAVY
AT
IWO
GUAM,
Feb.
2&
James
Forestal,
secretary
of
the
Navy,
who
Is
on
-a
visit
to
the
South
Pacific
area,
watched
the
battle
of
Iwo
Jima
Island
from
the
bridge
of
a
warship
and
then
went
ashore
more
than
100
percent
below
the
previous
year
when
military,
naval
and
highway
construction
was
at
its
height.
In
1943
the
weekly
average
of
vacancies
unfilled
was
four
times
as
great
as
in
1944,
while
the
weekly
average
of
unplaced
applicants
was
30
percent
less
than
in
1944.
During
1943,
11,905
men
were
placed
in
jobs
by
the
local
Selective
service
officer,
while
in
to
visit
the
Marines.
On
Guami1041
.
thp
hnrtm
tanprnd
off.
Mr.
Forestal
conferred
with
Ad-i4
g04
men
were
given
employ.
mlral
Chester
Nlmltz.
In
a
ra
m.n
dio
broadcast
directed
home
toi
Tjje
wcekly
average
of
jobs
the
United
States
he
appealed
unfilled
ln
1943
was
677.
During
for
greater
supplies
of
arms
and
Ume
empioyers
scrambled
ammunition
for
forces
in
the
for
every
man
availabie,
0ffer-
iouin
racmc.
FOR
POST-WAR
FARMS
MOMBASA,
Kenya,
J
Thc
Kenya
government
estimates
that
about
400
European
men
will
require
agricultural
training
'
in
the
colony
after
the
war.
NELSON,
Feb.
2S
W
Stuart
S.
McDiarmid,
prominent
Trail
business
man,
was
Saturday
night
chosen
Progressive-Conservative
candidate
for
Kooten-ay
West
in
the
next
federal
election.
JAP
PREMIER
"VERY
ANGRY"
Is
Worried
About
Allied
Planes
Dropping
Planes
in
Imperial
Palace
Grounds
i
TOKYO,
Feb.
26
The
Premier
of
Japan
is
"very
angry"
about
the
dropping
of
bombs
near
the
Imperial
Palace
of
Emperor
Hirohlto.
He
suggests
that
it
was
"unforgiveable
negligence"
on'
the
part
of
himself
for;
.allowing
the.
bombs
to
be
dropped.
It
is
"sacred
responsibllity"oI
the
government
to
pregcryethe.
safety
of
the
Emperor's
person.
There
may
be
hari-kari
as
a
result
of
the
bombing
-whicJxTc-sulted
ln
the
destruction
of
the
palace
of
the
Imperial
Guards.
9
i
4
-1
IV
'
Li
.i
i
tal
with
three
railway
Stations
Avenue
was
n.xcicu.
i
me
snuauuu
.
icuwiuj
4mt
j,
as
the
main
targets.
All
three
me
uity
nan
uus
morning
au
stations
are
within
two
miles
.
the
Health
Relief
and
Licensing
of
the
Air
Ministry
building
In,
committee
wm
meet
mesuay
w
thc
middle
of
Berlin.
The
Berlin
radio
described
the
attack
as
an
act
of
terrorism.
consider
getting
the.
work
start
ed.
It
Is
likely
that
the
committee
may
authorize
the
call
ing
for
contracts
at
the
meeting.
The
license,
Issued
by
the
Department
of
Munitions
and
Supply,
authorized
construction
of
an
$18,000
building
of
85
by
49
feet
dimensions.
An
earlier,
application
for
a
building
priority
was
turned
down
by
the
Department
last
year.
No
great
difficulty
Is
anticipated
in
get
YANKS
GAIN
ting
materials
for
the
structure,
years.
NEW
GROUND
Air
Forces
in
Better
Weather
Give
Stronger
Support
to
Troops
on
Ground
in
Italy
ROME,
Feb.
26
0
American
troops
have
secured
more
.commanding
ground
around
newly
won
Mount
Belvedere,
southwest
of
Bologna,
while
on
the
right
flank
Brazilian
units
have
wiped
out
several
pockets
of
Germans,
Allied
headquarters
announced
on
Saturday.
Good
weather
all
along
the
front
has
enabled
the
air
force
to
give
stronger
support
to
ground
action.
on
the
Eighth
Army
front
east
of
Bologna.
Youth
Had
Liquor
And
Explosives
KIMBERLEY,
Feb.
26
0
Nineteen
-
year
-
old
William
Young
has
been
fined
$300,101
option
of
three
months
imprisonment,
after
being
convicted
on
two
charges
of
illegal
possession
,
of
explosives
and
having
a
liquor
permit
when
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
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