Wont he) NORTOERN AND CJ2NTRAL BITOUCOLUMfalV'S NEWSPAPER lYcfes . u ...I ruin nvir. (Pclllc Standard Tlne) a -i-.iirlnir momlllK.' She Wednesday, March' 28, 1045 LUn a n iuv .v. ... i High 1:16 20.1 feet m noon ana dccuiuuib 13:30 20.1 feet .iHu in evening, Low 7:34 5.0 feet tiWU 19:45 4.1 feet ,VOL. XXXIV, No. 73 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Alt NAZI DEFENCES BROKEN i t during the critical t. ..i iviaiu was viit British resolve to ocn .aia iyu was a by both sides." July .l a i i -i launched his last Krf y of Canadian IV rtn ttllh It?" 1918, he declared sort of victory would p:::mUe the future of 7 wa:. won, and in L jyd George In his rvealcd something of T CTnmrYlna huh nH llyn the conflicts between military leaders, be !:M mfnli.trlna ViAlit'nn ii Milt rn in rnnirnuprsu wayed to pierce the rc- oi admirals, generals 1 nn nl!1. ... til-. only Lloyd George's "wi,i- was a cauinci. "cforc Uie war und was minister throughout iiri iiimii .......ii I'm pl:li.. ti..lr i.. it !)! T ....... ..... . -.. ... iiit i iv wiia -i "vnuit luauuus lot iiiuguira, in liii: in i . . . viioii IUIIYV5 lie Wil jvauitui. winy u wiorc urcat Britain ar Lloyd Ocorcc was ' m compromise. He was ar analnsL nir...., , . . W..IH.11J ttv i"wo (lays be lore war llucd Lloyd George was w vote for peace. hc' Hie Invasion of Bcl- uashed to Encland. 'orge from turn, instant llllfly a war man, intent1 lnS but vlctorv. Hp Mn 1....1 . us plan ""uvisvanu a man ', oun cannot Wan waclnir win- win. ..m. nbi4 U--0...0 a heart." then until the ended, he was never -" "cn iui5 opened alrMdy dissatisfied with nrr lit.... it "I. IfUIVCll. Ill' "puc, au-emoraclng Plans were lacklntr. lie - wy mccilnCK nf Ihn ww 't aS one I'tirniiHff over tho j il...e p.0I1lvcd a plan "d"S a great British heir aid, this joint 'Perhaps a million men, antral pOWrf m i, ITVwl -.ww vuv ;:;. ni pect of this was that It would Pressure on Russia .he 7 A JL ,t '-a' 1' r4 l . . . . n . 4 : e mmiMci ui nibi i vvdr, rdweb nwdy a a ABB - I . a u . M K ma m . ' - - MM O 'oulh to Old Age - - Pcrsonifi- fVT m......l. 'II It' ll 1'im I I .......v.. liritain's Prime Minister from 1910 to 1022, his home in Criecieth, Wales, yesterday. He ......!..n.1ii ill lmiwwi Titif,iiiip li.itfitu Ai- ii i.,i. .. :..n n on ii lowing an iiiititri in iiuiuuii.u. nu wus I 1 1 1 1 J 1 T 1 " 1 li't: unit iiiivi iivk vhv itt iiuiii,iibiii v i'vh w. 1U1 la j wn j- --.. niic lor nc was iirst Ijvated to the House two years agu. rn ni i.iuvu ul'uilc ic- but one of the "Big vvr.alllr.-.. The others r: 1 11 . ... ni... 1 f 1 uliLv, attu v lvm iv . i 1 a ls the only one still !-vrt Ornrifp. n flffhter remained adamant on BOUND OVER ON BOND OF $1,500 Mrs. Slgna Hanburg was bound over on ballf $100 by Magistrate W. D. Vance at the concision of her preliminary hearing on a charg. of manslaughter In city police court Monday afternoon. The charge arose out of ELDER STATESMAN DIES -Earl Lloyd George, dead at age of 82. and finally perhaps draw the bulk of the German armies from the west to the help ot Austria. Had if carried, the war might have ended considerably sooner than it did; but this is in the realm of what might have been. The scheme did roc prevail. It passed around between Allied capitals, from one chancellory to another until it had lost all semblance of the original. The Galllpoll campaign later was only a facet of Lloyd George's conception. IiLstead, tand 4 his was Ml'll 1915, the policy l trie Allies was concentrated on the Immediate problems or attack and defence on the western fntnl. Lloyd Grcrgc himself was tremendously occupied with the creal national effort to supply the lliitish armies and the Allies with adequate munitions. But he was never Indifferent to the larger problem. In the autumn of 1915 Lloyd George, a hitherto ton-Tlnced believer In voluntary service, announced his conversion to conscription. The Germans were sweeping through cslcrn Russia and the Allied armies in the west were still heavily loiitniinibcrcd by the altogether unexpected she ot the manpower of C'enlral llur-ope. He came out for conscription, and swung the govem-to his point of view. In June. 1910, Lord Kitchener Lhi Uvlnc insnirlatlon ol the whole British military ciiori, met his death when 1I.M.C.S Hampshire struck a mine. Lloyd George was called to take his place as war minister. Shortly nftcrwards the Rumanian uiaiw ter brouaht him to the parting of the ways with Premier Herbert Asqulth. Rumania had acciareu war on Austria and nan pre maturely marched into Transyl vanla to be smashed by tne gath crcd German armies rrom int rear In Bulgaria. Lloyd George had been on the brink of resign lng in protest over one policy or another several times since the n.mril.f Vion-nn nnrt tllC 11CW crisis hromzht thlncs to a hcail On December 1, 1910, he laid his views before Asquith In no uncertain terms. A cabinet crisis develnned. Llovd George was Sin cerely attached to Asqunn, out the deaths of her two small chil dren by suffocation In their rraser St. home on rcfiruary 10. Ball bond consisted of two sureties of $750 each supplied by Ounnar Selvig and Alfred Wal-demar Slmondson. TAX RATE IS FIFTY MILLS City Council emerged from a committce-of-the-whole meeting last night after the annual struggle with estimates with the decision that the tax rate of 50 mills will remain unchanged from last year. George Martin arrived in the city at the end, of the week from Vancouver to take over the management of the B. C. Undertakers for Mrs. Frank Morris. the Ruykyus Operation Argentina Is at War IUILNOS AIRES, March 27 (CP) Argentine came to the grave decision today to declare a state of war with the Axis in compliance with Anglo-American requirements to be classed with the United Nations in the peace. necessity for reform In the administration machinery. He considered a smaller, stronger authority obsolutely necessary for successful conduct or tlic war. He was willing to give tne pr.me minister final control but de manded that day to day conduct of hostilities be placed under a tight little committee. Asqulth received authority from the King to form a new government but his first condi tion was that he mmscir as prime minister must be chair man of the new war committee that Lloyd George had convinced everybody must be established. Lloyd George resigned. Anorcw Bonar Law was the logical cnoice for the premiership, out the Canadian had no parliamentary majority. Becomes Prime Minister in 1916 The Klnir sent for Uoyd George and he accepted, kost ot the powerful figures or tne con scrvatlvc party followed the lead of Bonar Law In submerging noiitlcal considerations to tne (Coutlnued ou page 2) SENSATIONAL EVENTS DUE IN GERMANY LONDON, March' 37 (CP) The Stockholm corrcMondcnt for the London Daily Sketch reports sensational vcnts arc expected in Germany. He says Adolf Hitler has summoned a-special meeting of Nazi gual-eitcrs at Berchtcsgaden, as a. preliminary to the meeting. Hitler conferred with his closest associates last Sunday at a secret scsion at whirl, army leaders were present. Former Local Bank Boy lis Casualty , Lieut. Robert Spencer, prmer teller of the local branch tof the Bank of Montreal, is listed as wounded in a recent Canadian Army casualty list. He enlisted in Prince Rupert with the Canadian Scottish Regiment with which he was serving -when wounded. His home is in War News Highlights Berlin's 35th Night LONDON Berlin has been kept awake for the thirty-fifth consecutive night. Mosquito bombers poured their blockbusters on the German capital following a day in which planes from Italy and Britain pounded eastern front targets. Tokyo Raided Again WASIIINGTON'-ljapan has been attacked by more than 200 superfortresses; The B-J9's left "Marianas bases-'Tuesdaj morning, Tokyo Time, and lashed the west coast of Kyushu for about an hour. SAN FRANCISCO Tokyo has put out another statement on operations in the Ruykyus. A Japanese Imperial communique says that a contingent of American troops landed Sunday on the Kerama Islands. This group is about fifteen miles west of Okinawa, which has been the target for powerful blows by Allied naval guns and carrier planes. There is no word from Allied quarters of any landings in the Ruykyus. Reds Head For Austria MOSCOW Three Soviet armies arc striking towards Austria in a powerful new offensive aimed at Germany's backdoor. Red Army elements now are within thirty-one miles of the Austrian border and sixty-nine miles southeast of Vienna's city limits. Other Russian forces are storming the east Prussian beaches in an all-out drive to clean up the Baltic coast. At last word, Russian troops were less than one-half mile northwest of the former free city of Danzig. JUST PLAIN ELIZABETH Heir to Thmic is Styled Klizabeth Windsor in Official A. T. is. Records LONDON, March 27 -Scc-ond Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor of the Auxiliary Territorial Services will be plain "Ma'am" to her subordinates and sleep In a camp bed like any other girl In the forces hut she's the heir to the throne of England. Outside the A. T. S. she Is Princess Elizabeth and she will take her training at a big camp somewhere, in Southern England. Headquarters said the princess will live In the same conditions as any other officer of her rank in the camp to which she is post ed. She will share the ordinary life of thc-mcss and will be dependent on her senior officers for any privlllgcs she may seek. But these privileges will be few, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said, because "the princess wishes to throw herself heart and- soul Into this Job." . "In this she is not only fulfill lng her own desire but also that of the King and Queen." Princess Elizabeth's reasons for Joining the A.T.S. were termed "purely personal." For many years she has shown partiality for this branch of Uie services. Enemy Lines Are Smashed in Massive Defeat Eisenhower jg tv"' uii?!!M!?g ONE-MAN SEWING BEE LCpl. M. B. Keith's sewing room Is the Hochwald and his sewing machine Is one that has Just been liberated from the task of sewing up Nazi clothing. LCpl. Keith is an American serving with the First Canadian Army as a member of a famous Canadian regiment. Local Man's Mother Passes Away in East J. E. Jack has received the sad . . m . V news or tne passing oi nis mother, Mrs. Rebecca Jack, in Drayton, Ont. She was 83 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Jack visit ed her last summer. She accompanied them on a motor trip to Hamilton, Niagara Falls, and Guelph. She was a Life Member of the Presbyterian . Church, Eastern Star Lodge, and Red Cross, and knitted over a hun dred pairs of sox for this war. Her husband predeceased her in 1929. She and her husband visited' Prince Rupert In 1925. Her passing will be deeply felt by all those who knew her. Sire leaves to mourn her loss four sons Merle of Rochester, N.Y.; Charles of Alberta; Joe of Prince Rupert: Cyril at home. Five ! grandchildren and one great grandchild, Douglas Thompson of Prince Rupert. The funeral is to be held today at Drayton. Teeth Improve During Wartime BURY ST. EUMUWio, En March 27 (Reuters) Dr. Ernest Stork, school metrical oflicer here, attributes improvement; in the teeth of five-year olds whom he has examined to; Reduction in amount or canay available to young children; im provement in the nutritional value of wartime bread, the fiargely - increased consumption of fruit and vegetables during the war. Frank McNicholl, son of the late George McMcholl and Mrs. McNicholl and a well knowii Prince Rupert boy of pioneer days, was revisiting the city yesterday In his capacity as operating manager of the Klngslcy Navigation Co. which has a vessel here at present. He arrived from Vancouver at the end of the week and returned south on last night's i train. It is eight or nine years On the official entry form she since he was last here and he Is shown simply as "Elizabeth Windsor." She will take any parades which may be .arranged In the usual routine and participate In all the ordinary work of her unit. noted many changes. Ills brother, Allan McNicholl, is located In Detroit with a well known speed boat manufactur Bulletins SCOTTISH ACROSS RHINE ' OTTAWA The Canadian Scottish Regiment of Victoria is one of the Canadian units which has crossed the Rhine with the Third Canadian Division. (The Canadian Scottish was stationed at Prince Runpcrt early in the war). GERMANY AM) PEACE LONDON Prime Minister Winston Churchill, iii the House ot Commons today, sidestepped a direct .answer to a question' whether Ger-in.l iy had sought peaci during recent months and rejected a demand for. assurance that Parliament would he notified when and if such a moment arrives. TWENTY-YEAR WAR LONDON Tokyo radio said today that there is a growing feeling in Japan that the present war will last 20 years and may even carry over into the next century. WEATHERS DIVISIONS VICTOUIA Premier Hart's government yesterday Weathered three divisions in the Legislature. In each division Former Premier Pattullo supported the government. Among . sixteen bills which passed third reading, was one of Jtf.OOO.OOO for the University LONDON, tf) The King In tends to farm four properties added to the Royal estates by the lng concern. Their mother Is at Crown's purchase of Sunnlnghlll present visiting In Detroit, Park at Ascot, it Is understood, American Tanks Less Than 224 Miles From Berlin PARIS, March 27 (CP) General Dwight P. Eisenhower declared today that main German defence line in the west has hcen hroken and that the enemy has suffered a defeat which he cannot afford. H said that he believes there would be no negotiated surrender when the Allies from the west link up with the Russian armies. American tanks burst into the open plains of middle Germany less than 221 miles from Berlin today through enemy lines which Eisenhower declared have been broken in a massive defeat. The massed Allied armies are in sight of ultimate victory, Eisenhower declared. PARIS, March 27 (CP) Seven Allied armies are crashing forward in Germany today on a front 200 miles long from Wesel to harlshruhe. bxact progress of the drive is veiled in a security silence. Every army undoubtedly is far beyond its last announced positions but, in order to keep the Germans baffled, NEW MANAGER FOR CAPITOL Harry Black Has Been Active in Community Affairs at Penticlon Whence He Comes J. Harry Black, who. cojiici.lo' Prince Rupert next week from Penticton to succeed D. G. Bor land as manager of the Capitol Theatre, has been hi the service of Famous Players Canadian Corporation since 1930. He start cd with the company In Calgary and later became manager of the Capitol Theatre there. He was transferred to the Empress J. HARRY BLACK New manager of Capitol Theatre here. Theatre In 1935 and the follow ing year took charge of the newly built Capitol Theatre In Pen ticton. Taking a keen interest in community work, Mr. Black is a past president of the Penticton Board of Trade and also of the Penticton Rotary Club. He has been chairman of the local ration board since Its inception at jot British Columbia extensions i Penticton. He is Interested in including the new Department of Medicine. The Legislature may prorogue tonight. TRIBUTE TO LLOYD GEOKGE LONDON Both Houses of Parliament adjourned today in tribute to the memory ot Former Prime Minister Lloyd George. The funeral will take place Friday. OLD ENGLISH UMIOIN Scuttle to cut a hole through a ship's bottom Is derived from an old English word which meant "dish." sports, particularly fishing and hunting. Mrs. Black Is a past president of the Penticton Parent- Teachers Association. 'Mr. and Mrs. Black have Uirce children Miss Betty Black, nurse In training at. Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria; Larry Black, an apprentice on the staff of the Canadian General Elec tric Co. at Peterborough, Ont., and Wanda Black at home. Rev. M. B. Anderson, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Prince Rupert, will arrive in Terrace tonight and conduct a service In the Anglican Church on Wednesday night for the local Norwegian community. There will be a baptism. I General Eisenhower Is not broad casting the latest gains. The American Seventh Army has crossed the Rhine but the point of the new crossing has not ben disclosed. The enemy says the Seventh went over the river barrier just north of the French border and that the Am- approaches ' to Karlsruhe. To the north of the Seventh Army front, the American Third yrmy Is placed unofficially at a point seventy miles beyond the Rhine, London morning newspapers carry unconfirmed accounts that Third Army units arc seventy miles beyond the Rhine in the Wuerzberg area. A London broadcast quotes an enemy dis patch as saying that other Al lied spearheads are driving towards Fulda, 54 miles northeast of Frankfurt-on-the-Maln. Frankfurt itself Ls said to be imperilled by Third Army tanks. Elements of the Third Army are reported to have nosed their way into Frankfurt's rubble-strewn streets. Miles of the city are in ruins in the wake of AJ-lied bombings, Further up the line, the American First Army has reached Hachenburg, 35 miles due east of the Rhine. The First Army ! now Is 247 miles from Berlin, j A partial news blackout hides the story of Field Marshal Montgomery's operations. According , to latest word, the American Ninth Army is In the outskirts of Stcrkrade, northwest of Essen. Other columns are fighting Inside the river bank city of The British Second Army has encountered resistance from Nazi Panzer units in the Wesel area. Canadian First Army regiments fighting In their usual left-flank East Rhine bridgehead posiUons are meeting strong Nazi opposition. Elements of Uie Nazi Eighth Parachute Division, the Fifteenth Panzer Grenadiers, and the German Sixth Division are opposing the Canadians with fanatical fury. Despite this, the Canadians have taken Bicuen and have pusricd on. KIRK ATTENDANCE "THIN" GLASGOW, )-JU. Rev. E. J. llagan, moderator ot the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, has urged elders to work to Increase church attendance because attendances In Scotland are "so thin that the hearts of the ministers and people are depressed and the ser vices spiritually Ineffective." Constable Ernest Bradley of the B.C. Police, Massctt, is In the city on official business from the Islands. He expects to return home today, mi n S1