Sherbrooke daily record, 12 avril 1945, jeudi 12 avril 1945

[" THE PAPER OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS WEATHER Coder Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945.Forty-Ninth Year U.S.9TH ARMY ON LAST LAP BERLIN The War Toda\\ BRIDGEHEAD ESTABLISHED ACROSS ELBE RIVER Driving Hard J^ANSSlGN And Junction Other Units For Leipzig With Reds To Split Reich NEW AGREEMENT WITH YUGOSLAVS Russian Armor Is Reported 75 Miles From Bavaria And 115 From Hitler's Retreat London, April 12.\u2014 (O\u2019) Fripnrkhin anri Mutual As- tanks, driving swiftly for the Bavar- rnenasmp ana iviuiuai as- ian frontier) were reported to have Last River Before German Capital Forced By 2nd Armored Division, Which Blazed More Than Fifty Miles to Magdeburg in 12-Hour Dash\u2014Unconfirmed Report Places Other American Tanks in Halle Area, 15 Miles From Leipzig\u2014Himmler Issues Decree Every German Town and Every House Must Be Defended.Paris, April 12.\u2014{&)\u2014The U.S.9th Army crossed the Elbe River today and began beating along the last 57 clear miles toward Berlin.The last river -before the German capital was forced by the 2nd Armored Division which blazed more than 50 miles to Magdeburg' in a 12-hour dash yesterday.Precise site of the crossing was not announced .A bridgehead, however, was established at one undisclosed place, some 115 miles from Russian lines.To the south, U.S.3rd Army tank divisions broke loose again and thundered forward up to 46 miles on the approaches to Leipzig, Czechoslovakia and the Red Army lines.Large and important cities toppled.Among them were Essen, Coburg, Nordhausen, Schweinfurt, Halberstadt, Emmen in Holland, Heustadt and, by German account, the Ruhr coal and steel centre of Bochum.Besieged and falling were Brunswick, Dortmund, Heilbronn, Erfurt and Weimar.The Germans said Bremen was under all-out British 2nd Army assault; the 9th Army imminently threatened Magdeburg.One report placed American tanks near Halle, 15 miles .from Report Hitler 111 Viewed With Doubt London, April 12.\u2014 «K \u2014British morning papers greeted with skepticism today published reports that Hitler is seriously ill and has yielded his place to Himmler.The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Mail recalled that Goeb-bels is \u201cstill a good propagandist' sistance Pact Will Remain in Effect For 20 Years to Be reached the Danube bend 42 miles west of Vienna today as other Soviet .\t_.troops virtually completed occupa- Renewed for Another rive Ition of the historic Austrian capital.Years Unless Denounced by Either Party.London, April 12.\u2014 O\u2019) \u2014Russia strengthened her already-strong ties with Yugoslavia today by signing a friendship and mutual assistance pact.A Moscow broadcast said Marshal Tito and Foreign Minister Ivan Su-basic signed for Yugoslavia.Foreign Commissar Molotov and Deputy - ih*\u2018\tsxsriTh\u2019e ts unir- be treated with reserve.\u201d \u201cThere have been indications that Himmler wasn\u2019t a do-or-die Nazi, that in certain circumstances he might try to negotiate peace,\u201d the The agreement came as a climax to Marshal Tito\u2019s visit to the Russian capital, during which he conferred with Marshal Stalin.The treaty is to remain in effect for 20 years and will be renewed for Mail correspondent added.\u201cIf thatjanother five-year period unless de- is one of his tricks at the moment he is not likely to obtain a hearing from the Allies.\u201d nounced by either party a year be fore the date of expiration.The pact, providing for military and economic collaboration, was re Some papers said even if reports igarded here as offering a probable of Hitler\u2019s illness were true it was:pattern for future agreements be-not a matter of great moment, içn Itween the Soviet Union and mer im- To the Allies, who Will soon rid, jioscow quoted Mr.Molotov as the -world of the gang now ruling jsayjn,g the treaty would be \u201cwelcom Germany, it does not matter much,\u201d led by all freedom-loving nations, and observed the Yorkshire Post.\tjespecially by the Slav nations, who ,\t,\t-,\t____tj.will see m it a new consolidation in A wave ot speculation over Hit-,their stru\u201e.gle for a plorious futln.e_ ler\u2019s status was stirred yesterday} Marshal Tito declared the pact when the diplomatic correspondent!would prove an important contribu-Leipzig.Infantry following the swift tanks of the 3rd Army beat to j0f the Press Association said he had jtion in the war against Germany as 1\twell as one of the foundation stones of future security in Europe.\u201d within 40 miles of Leipzig and 95 of Dresden.A junction with the Russians may come between those two great Saxony cities within a week.The IT.S, 1st Army and at least parts of the 3rd were driving hard for Leipzig and a juncture with the Russians which would sever Germany.One unconfirmed report placed American tanks in the Halle area, 15 miles from Leipzig.The 9th Army, on the last river before Berlin, was about 115 miles j from the Russians.\ti The 3rd Army reached the outskirts of Weimer, birthplace of the | German Republic, and captured Neustadt, eight miles northeast of Coburg and 43 from Czechoslovakia, Infantry following the tanks I marched and rode to points 40 miles southwest of Leipzig and 95 west of Dresden.The full extent of the 3rd Army drive was masked in a security blackout.The 6th Armored Division ran 46 miles across Central Germany yesterday and the 4th Armored Division gained 25.authoritative information that Hitler is \u201ca dying man\u201d and has been superseded by Himmler.CARRARA FALLS TOU.S.ARMYIN NEW OFFENSIVE The treaty contained five principal points: 1.\tA pledge to continue the struggle against Germany until final victory, with mutual assistance to the fullest extent.2.\tA pledge of military aid if either becomes involved again in hostilities with Germany \u201cor with any other government which might ally itself with Germany officialiy or in any form.\u201d 3.\tMutual participation \u201cin a spirit of the most sincere collabora- British Push Across Second Hon in all international activities Barrier Thrown Up By Ger-fnrd ^ S =5-peace mans at Santerno River, 4.An agreement to refrain from Battling Heavy Opposition.Sr;SS%\u201ci;'\u2018t\",Z'pS!cle The naratrooners ! iT Ictlll lYcllUUU through this area link-ups | been made with Allied para- j troopers who had been roving the j speeded the advance of the 2nd Division.hrough Northeast Holland toward | \u2014rday*\tparXo^rs 21 Æfn\t5eVeral bridgeS intaCt\u2019 day is a: Beilin, 25 miles south of Groeningen.\t-\t,, The bridgehead west of the Ijssel Groeningen is _ lb.miles\tfi\t^\tRiver established in\tan assault coast and the principal\tn\tm\tl\t5\tcrossjng.iate yesterday\twas extend- ai'eA u\ttowns1 ed b>' other Canadian infantry and Abom thirty »\tY\t; now is nearly two miles\tdeep with a and villages w-ere liberated\tm\tthis\tone.,rl!e base aI the\t^ great sweep which brought the 2nd\tu\t, \u2022 Division up to the Polish 1st Armored .\tstiffened as crack m- V(.up v.,\t, c \u201e -iij-p.rantry rushed inland and one coun- îfl^een the 2nd Division -d ! Jed within a few days.\tLb,end lnnver The 2nd Division advanced in Kan-\tf1\u2019-65 south of Dei enter, garoos \u2014 armored troop-carriers \u2014 Tne Canadians were fighting m with Quebec troops, including ^ :1P; two ™!es south of Deventer French-speaking men, and Western on the Deventer-Arnhem highway infantry in the lead.The columns \"h'fh was cut as tne bridgehead had trouble moving through the lib- ï Pe! imeter va-, expanded.M ilp, is crated towns for cheering crowds eight miles east of Alerdoorn, where were milling about in the narrow Queen Wilhelmma's summer home streets.\t'is located.A high ridge which dom- the Ijssel runs north Guam, April 12.\u2014UP)\u2014Superfortresses dealt another punishing blow to Japan's aircraft production at 11 a.m.today (Toyko Time), as 150 or more, escorted by fighter planes, spilled explosives on two industrial centres.The B-29\u2019s roared over the big Nakajima Musashino aircraft engine plant in Tokyo\u2019s outskirts, while another force of Superforts poured bombs on industrial Koriyama, 110 miles north of the capital city.Tokyo Radio said another 150 Superforts attacked Shizuoka, site of the new, important Mitsubishi engine plant 80 miles southwest of Tokyo.The Mitubishi plant, hit by\" B-29's April 4 in a three-way raid, nns aircraft industrial buildings sprawling over 2,125,000 square feet at Shizuoka's outskirts.It was the eighth raid of the war -nd the third this month on the Mus-nshino factory, a prime producer of Among the towns freed were Om- mates the Ijssel runs north and fighter-plane engines.Keriyama.men, 13 miles east of Zwolle; Balk-1 south through Apeld-oprn, which also through which runs numerous rail lirug, six miles north of Ommer.: is a focal point for roans and mil- lines and highways from Tokyo into! Fi-ogevec'-, 23 miles northeast of-Northern Honshu, was hit for the! Zwolle: Ruiner, .evci miles west of Continued on page 2.col 4, first time.WAR BULLETINS London \u2014 The Brussels radio said today Allied troops had reached Vegesack, on the east bank of the Weser, 10 miles northwest of Bremen.*\t*\tft\t0\t* With the U.S.3rd Army \u2014 The 6th Armored Division advanced 46 miles and the 4th Armored Division gained 25 in the last 24 hours.***** With the U.S.7th Army \u2014 The U.S.42nd Division captured the German ball-bearing centre of Schweinfurt today.\u2022\t*\t*\t*\t* London \u2014 The German D.N.B.Agency today claimed the British 2nd Army had launched an all-out assault on Bremen, the great North Sea port at the mouth of the Weser, Previous Allied dispatches had placed the Tommies four miles from Bremen.There was no immediate confirmation of the\tD.N.B.report.*\t*\t*\t*\t\u2022 Weimar, Germany \u2014 Weimar, birthplace of the 1919 German Republic, surrendered today by bicycle courier to the 80th Division of the United States 3rd Army.IS RAKED AGAIN BY EXPLOSIVES R.A.F.Mosquitos Run Up Total Raids on Berlin to Six in Two Nights and 56 in Last 49 Days, London, April 12.\u2014 'Q)-Allied planes raked Berlin with 'bombs again during the night, dealt punishing blows to German shipping and pressed their methodical programme of reducing1- the enemy\u2019s aerial defences.Five German merchant vessels were set afire iate yesterday by Beaufigbters and Mosquitos of the R.A.F.Coastal Command, continuing their stepped-up attacks on enemy shipping off Norway.Allied planes destroyed 112 more German aircraft-\u201423 in dog-fights and 89 on the ground\u2014in operations Wednesday and Wednesday night, boosting to 915 the number of enemy planes knocked' out in the last five days.Bri tish Hal (faxes, escorted by Mustangs and Spitfires and U.S.fighters of the 1st Tactical Air Force, made concentrated attacks on Nuernberg and Hayreuth, causing large fires.The Air Ministry said a bomber, three Coastal planes and a lighter were missing after these operations.Insane And Lepers Roam On Okinawa Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, April 12,\u2014 (/Pi \u2014Retreating Japanese threw open the gates of hospitals for the insane and lepers, permitting thousands of crazy and diseased inmates to roam through the Okinawa hills, Maj.Charles G.Sweet of the Allied Military Government, said yesterday.Sweet said more than 1,400 insane persons and an undetermined number of lepers were turned loose as the Japanese fled northward.Military patrols are doing their best to round up the lunatics, but language difficulties make it hard for them to tell whether natives are sane or crazy, except in the violent or advanced cases of insanity.OF VETERANS TO RECEIVE STUDY Keen Interest in Plans Fori Economic Reconstruction in Post-War Period Evinced! By Members of Parliament As Pre-Election Session Nears End.By FRANK FLAHERTY.Canadian Press Staff Writer.Ottawa, April 12.\u2014 ((P)-\u2014Casting their eyes forward into the post-war period of Parliament are showing keen interest in plans for economic reconstruction and veterans\u2019 rehabilitation.There subjects are expected to call for a good deal of attention during the few days remaining- of the short pre-election session.This became evident last night after Munitions Minister Howe, also Min-,istev of Reconstruction, delivered his report on the Munitions and Supply Department, and members promptly began talking about reconstruction.Mr.Howe promised his statement on reconstruction for today.A sharp exchange between leaders at the opening yesterday left the 'time of finishing the session indefinite.Gordon G ray don.Progressive Conservative House Leader, suggested the House sit in the morning starting tomorrow and on Saturday with a view to finishing Saturday night.Prime Minister MacKenzie King said he saw no point in that unless | there was assn ranee, that the bus* j ineas would be finished by.Saturday i night.Mr.Graydon said he could |speak only for his own party and could give no assurance that other ! members, Liberals and Independ-jents, would not prolong discussion.Earlier in the week, Mr.King had I asked that business lie, speeded up land stated that if the House continued until the lapse of Parliament\u2019s 'term on Monday night he would be ! unable to leave for the San Fran-J cisco World Security Conference at I the time arranged.! Mr.Graydon said \u201cfailure of the i Government to call Parliament when jit should have been called, last, Jan-luary, lies at, the bottom of the whole I problem\u201d - concluding passage of ! interim supply bills before the ex-Ipiration of the Parliamentary term.| in reply, Mr.King entered into an outline of the Government\u2019s ae-I tions since January and disclosed .that had important battles been ! fought when it was expected they ! would have been, the election would jhave been held about now and be-!fore the San Francisco conference and the Victory Loan, j That was not possible and the ¦ election had to be held later, but the session was called to enable Parlia-Iment to vote the funds necessary to |carry on until a new Parliament was j elected.! Mr.King said he expected the I Continued on page 2, col.4.T By DeWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press War Analyst London has heard a report that Hitler has been assassinated\u2014a story which unfortunately has found no confirmation.There\u2019s another report of a split in the Nn/i party.It's said the Fuehrer is being thrown over in favor of Gestapo Chief Himmler, the bloody-minded wholesale murderer.To this a British spokesman has replied that the Foreign Ortke is operating on the theory that the Fuehrer still is in control, nith Himmler in command of defence forces.The spokesman added that all sorts of stories are going the rounds about Hitler, all of which could be true hut most of which probably are not.Positive knowledge of Hitler's passing certainly would have a vast repercussion.Gen.Marshall.U.S.Army Chief of staff, recently told the Senate Military Committee that death or capture of the Nazi Chief would contribute tremendously to a collapse of the German military machine.That tits a view which this column often has voiced amt has carried a step further.Ha\\ ing studied Hitler at close range in Germany I have ventured the belief that he is the mainspring- of Nazism\u2014that in fact he and Nazism are one and the same thing, and that hi death or incapacitation would produce a collapse both of the military machine and of the government.The Nazi regime lias been a one-man show, in the sense Ihui Hitler always has had the final, dictatorial word in every thing.The general public has accepted him almost without reservation not only as temporal but as spiritual ruler.This accounts for the fact that Himmler and Propaganda Minister Goebbels have been careful In issue their orders in the name of Hitler.Because of these unusual circumstances it strikes me that the Allies will have given the death blow to Nazism when Hitler is liquida led.Of course it will take time to clear up Hie evil which he has done, but there would seem to be no great cause for worry alxml the continuation, and especially the spread, of this obnoxious ism.A study of Mein Kampf and the Nazi doctrines as laid down by Hitler fails to reveal an.> sound reason for Nazism's survival.Hitler's Government has been just another of those absolute dictatorships such as the world has known for centuries.He added some frills, including hk Messiahship, but essence of his doctrine has been total regimentation of the state, including iron-clad control of the press, so that the public could be kept in ignorance of the truth where it suited the Fuehrer to suppress it.There\u2019; no reason, as I see it, why any country in the post-war era will have use for Nazism\u2014 unless some budding Hitler is looking for dictatorial power.The fanatical German Nazis may continue to give the Allies trouble for a time by underground activities, and the Allies will have to \u201cuneduoale\u201d the German people so to rid them in time of Hitler\u2019s teaching, but I believe Nazism will pass out when Hitler passes.Initial Meeting Of Peace Group May Be Held In U.S.Russians Discuss Meeting In Reich Moscow, April 12.\u2014-UP)\u2014The por-ribility of an early meeting between the Red Army and the Western Allies in the heart of Germany held the attention of the Russian public today as it learned that American troops had reached positions only 57 miles from Berlin and 115 miles from Soviet lines along the Oder.The same question is on every-mc\u2019s tongue\u2014when is the war going to end?The Soviet press, however, is keeping silent on this question and there has been no official speculation.The impression prevails here that the war will end when the Red Army launches its impending offensive across the Oder and Neisse rivers, where\u2014according to Soviet frontline dispatches\u2014the main strength of the German army is concentrated.There has been no hint when this drive may be launched, but one gains the impression here that the zero hour is anDroaching.k By FLORA LEWIS Washington, April 12.\u2014UP)\u2014The world peace-keeping organization to be blueprinted at San Francisco may conduct its first deliberation in the United States.Diplomats speculated on this possibility today as they awaited word on the extent of destruction in Vienna to determine whether that capital \u2014now almost entirely in Russian hands\u2014remains a likely choice as a permanent meeting site.Officials say the league itself\u2014 assuming that everything goes at top speed\u2014could be set up by late summer or early fail.Then, as soon as it is ratified by enough countries, the first assembly meeting of all,members probably will be called.This session would elect non-permanent members of the security council and get the organization going.The United Nations will have to decide at San Francisco how many ratifications wiil be necessary to establish the peace organization.Probably, a majority or two-thirds of those attending the April meeting will be required\u2014specifically including Britain, Russia, the United States, China and France, as permanent members of the council.Possibility of the first meeting in the United States is strengthened by j the devastation in Europe where tho ; coming winter undoubtedly will bo ! cold and hungry.Philadelphia, San Francisco and Detroit already hava put in bids to be hosts to the meeting.s Although it is a minor question.1 the permanent site of the new organization is expected to be hotly debated.Canada and several other powers 'may argue strongly for this hemisphere.They are expected to con itend: 1 1-That the Western Hemisphere! has never threatened world peace.2\u2014\tThat it is equally accessiblo 'from Europe and Asia.3\u2014\tThat it is far enough away to provide a calm atmosphere for consideration of Europe\u2019s political tur- ! moils.However, Vienna at this point seems to head the speculative list.The Russians appear to have the Austrian capital, which long has been the cross-roads of Eastern and [Western Europe.Another decision the San Francisco conference will have to reach is on an official language.While the United States is understood to be pushing for English ; alone, for purposes of simplicity, it appeared there might be four or five.Probably the host countries ! will have their languages made official\u2014this means Russian, Chinesa and English.A drive also is expected for inclusion of French and j Spanish.77771879 239^77 1 wo - SENTENCED TO YEAR IN JAIL !N THEFT CASE Robert Lessard, no given address, was sentenced this morning in Magistrate\u2019s Court to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of breaking into and stealing from a boathouse at Little Lake Magog, owned by L.A, Blanchard.In handing down the sentence, Judge Anatole Gaudet stated that the sentence would run concurrently with the one which the youth is already serving at the Winter Street jail on another theft count.The judge stated that, taking into consideration that he had given himself up to the police and confessed to the theft, he would be lenient and have the sentences run concurrently.Eighth Victory Continued from page 3.\t Racine\t\t20,000 RoX'ton Falls ., ,\t25,000 Roxton Pond and\t South Roxton .\t35,000 St.Alphonse de Granby\t8,000 Ste.Anne de Stukely\t5,000 Ste.Cecile de Milton\t7,000 St.Joachim - Warden\t15,000 St.Valerien \t\t18,500 Stukely North \t\t5,000 South Stukely \t\t14,500 Vakourt \t\t\t39,000 West Shefford \t\t28,000 $1,725,900\t High Production Of Raw Aluminum Three billion, three hundred and fifty-six million, nine hundred and ninety thousand pounds of raw a-luminum in ingot form, or enough to build 198,000 Lancaster bombers, is the record of the Canadian aluminum industry during the five war years ending December 01, 1944.Only six per cent of Canadian production was consumed in Canada, while the United Kingdom was the largest buyer, having purchased approximately 55% of production.The United States was second with approximately 32% of the total, -Russia took 4.3% *and Australia 1.2%.Other United Nations absorbed the remaining 1.5%.Other statistics released indicate that during these 5 war years local plant disbursements \u2014 largely but1 LOWER PROFIT IS NOTED BY ALUMINUM CO.SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945.Canucks Drive iiit/jt* tan nrnnnn i Continued from page 1.ways in this Holland pocket.The assault over the Ijesel breach-' ed the first German barrier in the: way of a Canadian liberation drive ' to the great.Netherlands cities of I western Holland, Including Rotter-1 dam, Amsterdam, the Hague and, Utreeht.HUGE JAP TROOP TRAIN WRECKED BY U.S.PLANES FINANCIAL NEWS Stock quotations are supplied by Greenshields& Co.of which J.J.Bell is local manager.MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE The financial statements of Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd., as of,\t.December 31, 1944, released today,1 u'a'' announced at army head-show that profit for the year, at quarters that formations of the 1st! $10,332,318, was about one million 1 Canadian Army had captured a total | dollars les» than the adjusted 1943 of 0,022 prisoners during the last profit.The decrease was partly due 12 days.to somewhat lower shipments of ft was disclosed, meanwhile, that aluminum for war purposes and thecrackPolishlstArmoredDivis-partly due to the inescapable expense ! ion again was under Gen, Crerar\u2019s of closing down war plants (some I command, and in two days scored ol which are now being re-opened to|p5_,mi]e advances northwest and produce additional metal for the ! northeast of the Netherlands-Ger-United States).\tj man frontier town of Coevorden.ulalIÜ ulaUulac\u201elcllta \u2014-A non-recurring financial profit, If the Canadians, who smashed not exclusively plant pay* olls-a- !\t: acr0SK the Ijssel in Buffa!os' mounted to $179,520,701, while ^00s\u2019,0^^ K1\tnTef\"th^Ge™^ sGl^hSe Philippines - Based Bomb-!Bradman .°rp: ers, Operating Over Indo- Bunding Products China, Explode Troop-Laden, 14-Car Train With Direct Hits.taxes paid directly to various taxcollecting agencies amounted to $58,448,960.1943 was the year of peak employment and in March of that year at Arvida alone 12,432 workers were employed on production.In February of that same year figures for Arvida and Shipshaw reached a peak cent Sinking Fund Bonds, due 1974, is reported.Preferred and common dividends were declared in about the same amount as in 1943 and the eml-of- the-year surplus increased by a million and a half dollars.Working capital, at $96,371,894, is up from $83,023,427 at the previous year-end, and it is hotable that a ua anu\tj much greater proportion of the work- YT11'\t- .T.,\tv, ,,'1 roast , with a total of 26,000 people i, ca* ital is in |he forrn of cash or j the rear for the Ijssel flows into the coast ! iv nA K.ninp «nnr.hpncif nf Arnhpm me, two others, running south from the Zuider Zee to the Neder Rhine.One cuts through Amersfoort, northwest of Arnhem, and the other through Utrecht, 12 miles southwest of Amersfoort.But these Canadians are in a position to threaten Arnhem from | Manila, April 12.\u2014 it) \u2014United States heavy bombers ranging far from their Philippine base over Indo-China exploded a 14-car Japanese troop train with direct bomb hits Monday, it was announced today.Fellow pilots bombed Hong Kong\u2019s Victoria docks, two radio stations and rail installations on Hainan Island and sank six small freighters in the China sea.U.S.14th corps troops in south Luzon secured road nets south of Can.Cement Can.Car\u2019 & Fdy.C Car & Fdy.Pfd Can.Celanese .Can.Pacific .Con.Smelters .Dorn.Tar & Chem Dist.Seagram .Dorn.Bridge .Dorn.S.& C.\u201cB\u201d Dom.Textile .Foundation Co.Gen.Steel Wares Hollinger Cons, .Howard Smith .Hudson Bay Min.Imperial Oil .Inter.Nickel ., .Ind.Ac.Corp.\u201cA\u2019 Tayalbas.The 1st Cavalry division L\tr' T ! anci accounts receivable ; defences nearest the river.A few \u2018ia'T .sinc.e \u2018>ee.n re-_0Penecl,to !1.arid .i stand at almost $20,000,000 less than ' enemy mortar bombs fell near the a year ago.\t[river but the Canadians pushed in- It is expected that the provision laricl and within 15 minutes had for \u201cwar facilities,\u201d which amounted gained 500 yards and taken their to $51,787,341 in 1944, is complete1 first prisoners.Other troops fol-as of the end of the year\u2014at which:'owed the initial wave and Royal time most of the war plants were, in Canadian Engineers began opera-fact, closed down or in process of Tons along the river, where the closing down.\t[Germans before fleeing Deventer The Company continues to main-: Tuesday night had destroyed the tain a reserve of almost $6,500,000.bridges.$25 FREE TOMORROW NIGHT In War Savings Certificates 'B ~\u2014\u2014- NOW UNTIL SAT.p THE MAGICAL AND MIRACAU TECHNICOLOR\u2019.MUSICAL OF ALL TIME! m M additional orders from the United States Spain Severs Continued from page 1.that the Japanese government had acknowledged receipt of the protest April 7.In the Manila consulate incident, 250 men, women and children were bayonetted to death.The list included many members of prominent Spanish families.COATICOOK a !< H æ with John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe £\u2022 Si Brown, Eugene Palette, Skating Vanities, ^ Charlie Spivak\u2019s Orcnestra.HIT NO.F* TWO\u2014SLASHED FROM NEWSPAPER p H33AJTLINES! .Throbbing Drama of Restless, Vibrant Children .Neglected w by Parents! Jane WITHERS in \u201cFACES H IN THE FOG,\u201d with Lee Patrick, Paul Kelly, John Litel, Eric Sinclair, Dorothy PI Paterson, Gertrude Michael, H.B.Warner.NTDWEiST CiGMMUNIIY SONGS Color Cartoon\u2014World Events Performances 1:30 to 5; 6:30 to 11.Mrs.G.Piercy entertained friends at her home on Court Street, in honor of her mother, Mrs, David Smith, who was observing her birthday, on Wednesday evening, March 28.A large birthday cake, prettily decorated by Mrs.Bellows, formed an attractive centrepiece for the Division table.Mrs.Smith was the recipient I Goslar and of many useful gifts.During the [ and Wegeleben.against future depreciation in inventory values.Other Units Continued irom oage 1.Exploitations of the bridgehead may involve hard fighting.The Germans can observe operations along j the river\u2019s length from a ridge eight miles to the west and they have an estimated 12,000 troops along the Ijssel line from Arnhem North.U.S.9th Army infantrymen were mopping' up the aircraft manufacturing centre of Brunswick (201,-306), 45 miles behind the 2nd Armored Division tanks on the Elbe River at Magdeburg.Other 9th Army units were closing ! up to the Elbe.The 83rd Motorized T\"*\traced 38 miles east of captured Haiberstadt The 5th Armored evening progressive five hundred Division driving north of Brunswick was played at four tables, with the readied Gifhorn, 50 miles northwest ladies\u2019 prize being won by Mrs.Gor- ; of Magdeburg.don Bellows, of Dixville, and the Lt.-Gen.Simpson\u2019s tanks at Mag-gentlemen\u2019s prize by Mr.Murray ; deburg threatened the city of 334,-Grady.Delicious refreshments were [ 358, the bombed-out industrial area served by Mrs.Piercy, assisted by [¦of which includes the Gruson Werke her daughters.Mrs.Hayward, of Montreal, was a guest for a few days at the home of Mrs.James Wallace.Mr.and Mrs.Hartley Waldron and sons, of Richmond, spent a week-end with relatives in town.Mr.Abbott Jenks has been confined to the house, due to illness, for some time.armor plant, a subsidiary of Krupp.Steli^biiifafion Continued from page 1.Government would have the co-operation of 'all parties in getting Defence Minister McNaughton into the House so that he could be present for the short session.Instead that had been opposed by the national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (John Bracken) who had never taken advantage of offers to come into the House himself.He said if Mr.Bracken\u2019s position, refusing to enter Parliament him self and trying to keep out those who were taking part in Govern- lements of the 11th Airborne division occupied the east coast Atimonan area in force, while in the Bicol peninsula the 58th regimental combat team continued to advance southwest of Duraga against light opposition.In the central section, the 6th division\u2019s 3rd regiment stormed long-contested Mount Mataba after artillery concentration and captured the peak.The Japanese still were sternly defending Northern Luzon, where the fighting has been bloody.Americans inched along, reducing hillside defences one by one.In battle pass\u2014on the Villa Verde trail area \u201458 caves were sealed.On the road to Baguio, U.S.troops captured the village of Salat, 11 miles from the west coast, without serious opposition.Massey Harris Mont.Power Nat.Breweries .Nat.Steel Car .Noranda.Quebec Power .St.Law.Corp.St.L.Corp.\u201cA\u201d Shawinigan .Zeller\u2019s Ltd.5%Ze!ler\u2019s Pfd.6% Zeller's Pfd.SOUTH BOLTON Only a handful of Germans still :\twas foli°wed to its logical con- were fighting in Brunswick, onetime j elusion \u201cyou would have our Parlia-headquarters of Richard the Lion i mentary institutions completely sab-Ileart.The capture of Haiberstadt otaged.\u201d DETAILED WEATHER gave the 9th Army in important junction of railroads just north of the Hartz Mountain The Prime Minister told the House the Government was anxious to allow sufficient time for a proper The Germans said British 2nd 'election aRPeal.to the PeoPle-,'~after ¦ HUSH ¦ « ¦ COOLER Forecasts: Fair and warm.Friday, partly cloudy and a little cool-f er.ReilTnany' Army troops had opened an all-out attack on Bremen.The dismemberment of Germany continyed apace on all sectors, where daily gains of 20 miles or more were commonplace.These advances included a dash northward of 22 miles by the 2nd Canadian Division, seeking to invest Groeningen, 15 miles south of The Netherlands\u2019 northern coast.The greatest advance was scored late yesterday by the U.S.2nd Armored Division to the Elbe, last waterway before Berlin.It ran more than 50 miles in 12 hours.The U.S.3rd, and probably the U.S.1st Army, was operating under a security blackout.Both were fighting to bisect Germany in combination with an expected Russian push to somewhere between Leipzig and Dresden.A link-up with the [Eastern Front likely was only a matter of days.The Germans asserted that the British 2nd Army opened an all-out assault on the U-boat lair of Bremen (342,113) at dawn, but were thrown back to their siege lines four miles from the great port.the San Francisco Conference and the Victory Loan\u2014and then have the election.This statement led observers on Parliament Hill toward a change from their previous predictions of an election date.The popular belief had been that the poll might be taken in late June, but following Mr.King\u2019s statement, predictions were for the general election in July, possibly the 23rd or 30th.Discussion of Munitions Department estimates in the War Appropriation Bill brought from John R.MaeNicol (P.C.-Toronto Davenport) a plea for national fuel policy under which, speedier and cheaper movement of coal from Alberta and the Maritime Provinces in Ontario would be effected.He wanted to see 1,500,000 tons of coal from each source sold in Ontario.The discussion ranged from a plea by Victor Quelch (S.C.-Acadia) for an irrigation project on the Red Deer River to complaints from Philippe Picard (L.-Bellechasse) that controls over permits for sale of motor trucks and construction operate unfairly and that the people of Best wishes were extended to Mr.C.C.Davis on his birthday, April S.All are pleased at the appointment of Mr.Russell True, a returned soldier, as the new Postmaster at Bolton Centre, and wish him success in the future.Miss B.Bice, who has carried on the Post Office work for well over forty years there, was universally loved and respected by old and young for her unfailing courtesy and thoughtfulness, and her friends were sorry to know that poor health had caused her to resign from the work, but all trust that a good rest will bring her back to better health and that she may enjoy good health for many years to come.Rev.Mr.King held a well-attended Easter service in Holy Trinity Church on Sunday afternoon, April 1.Open 22 74 24 20 9% 10 Vs 28 47 Vi 13% 59% 15 49 Vs 30 B 7 Vi 71 B 22 B Noon 22 Vs 24 20 9% 10 Vi 28 47 Vi 13% 60% 15 49 Vi 30% A 7 Vi 72 A 22% A MONTREAL CURB MARKET Abitibi ____ Abitibi Pfd, B.A.Oil Cons.Paper Donnacona .Ford of Can.Fraser Co., Robert Mitchell .Aldermac Mines ¦]B.A.Bank Note Powell River Molson\u2019s Brewery Open Noon 2% B 3 A 46 B 46% A 24% B 24% A NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ¦ 8% 11 A 27 40 25 Vi A .17 16 B 8% 27 40% .17 17 A 15% B 16 A 11% A 21% B 22 A 33 B 33 % A 14% B 14% A 22% 22% 216 B 27 A 35 B 3'5 Vi A 17 Vi B 18 A 9\t9 22%\t23 40\t40 17% 53 % A 15% 3 19 Vi B 19% A 17% B 17% A 23% B 26 B 27 A 28% B 18% B 18% A 23% B 23% A 17% 5.3 B 151/3 3 COUNTRY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICES Montreal, April 12\u2014Markets were again steady.Eggs held steady with receipts heavy and a good demand and there were no changes in prices.Butter continued unchanged and there were no sales to report on the Canadian Commodity Exchange.'Cheese was also steady and there I were some downward revisions in 'prices.The only changes in potato [prices were New Brunswick\u2019s which I were up five cents in range while Lower Quebec No.1 were up five cents in price.Open Atchison R.R.\t91 American Can.\t95% Amer.Tel.and Tel.163 Anaconda Copper .Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific .Chrysler .\t.General Electric .General Motors .Kennecott .Montgomery Ward Stand.Oil of N.J.Southern Pacific .United Aircraft .U.S.Rubber.\t58 U.S.Steel .651 32% 75% 12% 101% 41% 67 38 56 58% 42% 29% Noon 90% 95% 163.32% 75% 12% 101% 41% 67 38% 56% 58% 42% 29% 58 65% BROME Dunce, Brome Town Hall, Saturday, April 14.Wells\u2019 Orchestra.her parents for two or three weeks.Pte.Beverley Campbelton, C.W.A.C., is the guest of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.William Campbelton, Belvidere Street, for a few days.Miss Dora Elliott, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Heron, and her brother, Capt.W.K.Heron, M.C., whom she has not seen for five years, has returned to her teaching duties at Baie Comeau.BIRTHS ASBESTOS \u201cGood Friend\u201d SUITS you can Suits rely on! They\u2019ll wear and wear .and give constant satisfaction! Ideal selection of new styles \u2014 all dressy femininity or sporting; type with three, four, or five-button cardigans.Wool fabric you like best \u2014 soft shetlands, tweeds, plaids, and checks.Many two-tone colourings.Suits that are truly sound values at $9.95 to $25.00 ReitTnanz\u2019 The U.S.7th Army in the south ; rl'Jral 8ueb®c cannot get proper con-captured Schvveinfurt (42,000) and j SK eratlon ^or t'belr applications, its shattered ball-bearing plants near the edge of the German na-\tV'E\u2019lTU tional redoubt.\tIVXJirt Other important cities fell in the\t- last 24 hours.These included the Miss Helen MacCaskill, of Mont-steel and coal Ruhr centre of Essen real, spent the holiday at her home (659,871), Germany\u2019s sixth city;[here.Mr.and Mrs.Milton Goodwin, the central German supply base of | of Canterbury, were Sunday visitors [Nordhausen (35,000) ; historic Co- at the same home, burg (30,000); and the Dutch city Miss Margaret MacLeod, of of Emmen (48,127).\tPointe-aux-Tremhles, gpent her va- [ Fighting continued in Brunswick : cation at her home here.Miss Eva (201,306) ; Dortmund (537,000) ; Heale, of Crabtree Mills, was a guest [Bochum (303,000); Erfurt (166.- at the same home.1561); Haiberstadt (50,000); Celle i Mrs.S.C.Blenkinship, of Kirk-j (25,000) and Heilbronn (73,000).land Lake, Ont., was the guest of The U.S.1st and 3rd Armies of Mr.and Mrs.W.Buchanan for may have equalled the 9th\u2019s spec- a week tacular drive.American fliers re- Pte.Arthur MacLeod, of Hunt-ported sighting American armor ingdon, and Mrs.MacLeod, of North near Halle, little more than 15 miles River, were visiting at the home of .,^eipzf\u2019 a , reP°rt Mr.M.K.MacLeod over a week-end.hri^\u2019Trf