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THE VANCOUVER DAILY PROVINCE 60th YEAR-NO. 151 OFFICIAL FORWASTj CLOUDY WITH RAIN. VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 28 PAGES PRICE 5. CENTS BY CARRIER $1.00 per month Allied Sky'Army's Critical i RUSSGAIN Maty Position SCENE OF FIERCE HOLLAND BATTLE 51 V.T1 Tremendous Toll U. S.

BOMBERS HIT MANILA IN TWO RAIDS aps Lose Eleven irr IITHIIAMIA Warships, 205 Aircraft 'Arrows show where Red Arnv Fight Fiercely To Break Hun Ring In Holland American Broadcast to Germany Claims Troops Relieved STOLBERG FALLS (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (Flash)-The American broadcasting station in Europe (Absie) reported at noon Vancouver time today that British armored columns had reached and joined airborne troops at Arnhem. The broadcast was directed in the German language to Europe. This broadcast, which is in contrast to earlier official reports from Allied headquarters, has not been confirmed.

NEW YORK. Sept. 22. The United States 1st Army has occupied Stolberg in Germany, a Blue network correspondent reported today. This industrial city of 22,000 is four miles east of Aachen and 32 miles from Cologne on the Rhine.

(nv Assoriatert Press! WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. Is Raining its massive offensive on the Baltic front. The Russians arc advancing into the outskh's of Riga, have thrust beyund Valga and cap- tured Ascn and Kadrina in the north.

Heavy line is aproxi- mate battlefront. Waves of American carrier planes swept over the Manila I area today for the second sue-; icessive day, Japanese broad-' casts reported, after knock-; vFrom The Times: ing out 205 Japanese planes and 37 ships in one of the greatest air victories of the Pacific war. Manila and Tokyo radios said 200 U.S. planes came over in four waves this morning, striking for two and a half hours at air fields 'and harbor facilities around Today In Europe WW Weston Buys AMSTERDAM rjflflOBivf ff'tf hSjzL jJfJTM izOO-acre Site Compiled from the news and editorial comment of th Loudon oiirf cabled front Ths Vancouver Daily Province, London Manila Bay. I The first Manila carrier raidj carried out in daylight yesterday Bureau, Timet Building, Print r.OTTcnpjij.i T-fuu i A slim bunf11(, of rnPrgy' w- gCfeo' Rhine Jl" Garfield eWston, M.P...

this I morning told why he had chosen (Manila time) was a "suporia-j tively successful attack which apparently caught the enemy; romnletelv hv sufDrise," said ing House Square, (Copyright, 1944, by Southwn Co.) By JAMES M. LONG, Ascnrlittcd Press War Corrwponitent.) LONDON, Sept. 22. Airborne British and Polish troops, fiercely beset by a German counter-attack -fi kM0 wnr in i LONDON, Sept. 22.

The spec- Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. tacular British tank drive across tne Dutch part of the Rhine 1ER MARTIAL LAW. known as Waal is described by Martial law went into effect the Times military correspondent throughout the Philippines today as a brilliant strategic feat.

as a result of the havoc they It is an operation designed toj wrought in the first blow at the itclieve the hard-Dressed Allied heart of the Philippines to 'from all sides, fought a desperate battle for preser-jvation tonight in an effort to hold open the strategic crossing of the Rhine's upper branch in Holland so jthe Allies could sweep into northern Germany. airborne troops, surrounded by avenge Bataan. Puppet Presi- the Germans at Arnhem, only 10 nent j0se v. iaurei saia ne. lne position 01 tne airborne soldiers, wno leaped into the middle of the Germans' northern river defenses 50 miles ahead of Allied lines last Sunday, M'ne rvf irtiollt' AnaminA ot Ifinol of flan TTioqm- miles distant.

I ordered military rule view At the same time it is a threat of the danger of invasion." to all Nazi troops in western Hoi-! The raiders, "striking in great land, for it may reach as far as I force," shot their way through the Zuider Zee and cut off alto-j a strong defensive screen of gether their retreat into Or-! interceptors. They blasted 110 many. Japanese fighters out of the sky. The Nazis-are trying to avert i Fifteen U.S. planes were lost.

ms Bm4m. this threat and are hammering Another 95 Japanese aircraft at the long British corridor from were caught and destroyed on Eindhoven to Neimegen, where Clark and Nichols he capture of the bridge over, had Scarcely WFST0X yt.V. a wiiiv.ianj ulovi ulu til ci vj wi. ijioy. ceased "rumbling into the c.p.r.

hower's Supreme Headquarters, station. 1 A determined rush of German guns and troops had 'T am making my home here," )roujrht to a standstill the relieving advance of he declared. "Because western r)Pmpsey-s British 2nd Armv tanks two miles north of Canada has the best prospects Nj jm six junction wilh the be. for development of any part of the world. We will live for a time ledtie A after the war at Kew Beach, but i 'ne British parachute troops, identified by the Germans I have purchased 200 acres near as the 1st Airborne Division, had been reinforced by a Polish the Pacific Properties overlook- unit ferried by air, but bad weather made further reinforce-ing the golf course and there 1 1 ment and supply difficult.

will build a permanent hone." The Germans were throwing strong anti-aircraft fire He has acquired an interest in and manv of their available planes into attempts to turn Pacific Properties. back further aerial carriers. (Continued on Page 2.) See MANILA. the Waal has been of enormous advantage. Death Brings Action Clear Section PRISON MOVES Polish troops continue to clear the broad section on the south! bank of the Scheldt estuary and nave taken 1300 prisoners in 24 hours.

Only isolated groups of Germans are holding out at Ter- EXTINGUISHERS 'neuzen. near which town the; Canadians have captured Hork. The Nazis are fighting hard for; AH fir" extinguishers at the Leopold Canal crossings, Oakalla jail have been placed out which are the key to the west; of reach of prisoners, and Attor-Kcheldt coast and the road to noy-Gonoral R. L. Maitland, K.C., i Hushing.

I will call Ottawa's attention to To the northwest the Cana- the fact that fire extinguisher Mr. Weston predicted that Th1 rmans declared 4000 of eventually his western interests jhp criRinal Ending force per-in Canada would be at least as ha)f Mrpngth had been large as those in the East, where wjpP(j 0ut he controls the E. B. Eddy Match It was not known whether the Company, the J. R.

Booth Lum- isola)P(j ilwee had managed to her interests, Weston confection- korp its hoid on the Arnhem ery and baker enterprises and bri(pP. gatewav to the Ruhr and the Western Grocers. potential jumping oif place for WON'T TALK POLITICS. an end run around the Siegfried Member of Parliament for I'lnc-Macclesfield. England, Mr.

Wes- SAY AKNHEM ENTERED, ton refused 1o talk politics. He Latest reports said it was main-said he wished to live under anv tainlng its positions north of the kind of government, no matter northern arm of the Rhine, and what its political creed, so. long i the Germans said invasion units as it was tolerant to the neods had entered Arnhem itself, and essential requirements of Dempsey was every industry. possible bit of armor across the With him on a western inspec- brilliantly won Nijmegen bridge i Great Tank 'jH (iians have taken Philippine, only chemicals caused the death of IS-two miles from Scheldt. Pris- year-old Charles Gurney at the German Boulogne Garrison Surrenders (Rv Canadian Prrssi WITH THE 1ST CANA-1)1 AN ARMY, Sepl.

22. All organized resistance in Boulogne ended this afternoon. Gen. Heim. the garrison commander, and his staff surrendered, the end coming quickly after the Canadians captured the fortress of Wimereux, north of Boulogne, and attacked the last remaining stronghold at Le Portel, southwest of Boulogne, shortly after noon.

oners taken by tne uomunon institution a week ago. forces at Boulogne were astonished at the flail tanks used for At the inquest on young Thursday, H. J. Sullivan, ifscovering minefields, which K.C., representing the provincial they thought were impassable. police department, said the department has communicated with When they saw the tanks destroy ing mine after mine they were the narcotics branch of the R.

dumbfounded. I M. P. at Ottawa. Troops of the British 2nd Army are fighting their way against fierce opposition The prisoners also thought the FIRST CASE.

north of the Nijmegen Bridge (shown at top) to relieve British and Polish airborne use of the Churchill llame-tnrow-i have not received the ver 1 tion trip are F. W. St. Lawrence, over the lower Knine Drancn, me president of the Weston Biscuit Waal. British guns were giving I Co.

of Canada; G. Gordon Gale, some relief to the parachutists, ing tank took unfair advantage dirt of the iurv in the- nnmev! forces beleaguered near Arnhem, eight miles to the north. The Nijmegen Bridge, one uir 1 i. il. i ri t- picking on surrounding ucraian I president of the E.

B. Eddy Company, and of the Gatineau Power (Continued on Page 2.) See WESTON. targets. The desperation-born stiffening of the German stand was re- 1 1 7 fleeted along the whole 500-mile tXpect I UunCCS mi uiie-nau nines long, is ine oniy span over ine lower nnine. rossession 01 me Arnhem bridgehead across the Neder Rhine would open the way for a drive (open arrow) around the northern extremity of the Siegfried Line (shaded in map), to attack, or by-pass, the rich Ruhr industrial area.

Troops of the Canadian 1st Army are fanning out 'in Holland northwest of Antwerp. To the southeast, U.S. troops beat off German counter-attacks east of Aachen and captured Stolberg. Southeast of a great tank battle raged through its fourth day. Allied front as well.

fi fem. case, said Maitland, but I Aachen, reported to be In intend to the matter to the flames, is now the centre of the 1 attention of Ottawa, since this important series of minor bat- js the first ease of tis kind on ties. There is house-to-house record. fighting in the German town of Warden John H. Millman at LOlberg and stubborn German Oakalla said all fire extinguish-attempts to restore the broken crs have been taken from their Siegfried Line at Wollendorf.

cascs and placed where prisoners Bulldozers are now being used CHn n0( gP( at them to cover pillboxes with earth. Tnis precaution has been taken The battle for the Baltic faces' sjnce the inquest decided young the German armies there with Qurnev died from the effects of fresh catastrophe. The 16th and sniffing the fumes from liauid RATON LIQUOR Rain and Heat Vie for Record MOVE ACROSS RIVER. The 3rd Army battled across the Seille River somewhere in the Chateau Salins Moyenvic Dieuze area, 18 to 28 miles northeast of Nancy, but was thrown hack. "VIVA PIT ALIA," DOOMED MAN'S CRY Rome's Last Fascist Police Chief CUT PREDICTED Although Liquor CommlR- inside the extinguishers, Americans and Germans fought Vancouver thi? month chalked up the hoite.st September on record, and is now recording more than the average rainfall, according to Weatherman E.

B. Shearman. 18th German armies are trapped and their plight will be worse The warden explained the ex- tinguishers had been kept in through the fourth day of the sioner.W. Kennedy would not createst tank battles since Nor- confirm the change, reports when the Red fleet, freed by Fin Tied to Chair, Shot By Firing Squad land's surrender, is able to move cases on the walls. The cases mandy from authoritative sources today indicated October's liquor ration The .11 inch for the past 21 febout the Gulf of Finland andihad glass fronts and Hie Red Air Force can use south- screwed shut.

Prisoners would break the glass to get at them. C-rn Finland's air bases. Great Satisfaction Padlock Rule In Moscow there is great satis faction that Britain was assocl uplMay Not Hold atcd with Russia in drawing peace terms for Finland. The: hours brought the total so far this month to 3.52, beating the 38-i jear average of 3.43 inches, "It's nothing unusual, remarks Mr. Shearman.

"In Sep-; tember, 1920, we had 10.37 inches, and in 1941 wc had 8.26 inches." Today, the first d.iy of autumn, the forecast is for a high temperature of (if) degrees, with light to moderate winds, cloudy to partly cloudy skies, and oeea-I sional rain showers. Saturday there will be an occasional shower, but not much change in tempeiatuie. Thursday's maximum was 69 degrees, with a low this morning of 58 (By Associated Press) ROME. Sept. 22.

Pietro Caruso, last Fascist police chief of Rome, was strapped in a chair and shot to death in the back today by a firing squad in expiation for crimes committed during German occupation. "Viva d'ltalia," the doomed man cried just before a squad of metropolitan police fired. No coup de grace was necessary. Caruso was convicted by an court of rounding up 50 Italian hostages for execution by the Germans in the Adea-tina Cave near Rome. He also was accused of arresting American tankmen in this area ran Into 43 more German tanks as the morning mists lifted, after destroying 105 in three days there.

The 7th Army also was forced back a mile or two from Ver-mondans, 17 miles southwest of Belfort in the Pont du Ronde area, to Grand Bois. FACE ARTII.LERV IT HE. Other forces of the 7th Army pounded forward into stiff artillery fire east of Epinal, on th" Moselle, 35 miles south of Nancy. Third Army troops had buttered their way to within six miles of perhaps the greatest inland forlress city in western Europe. fact is regarded as a demonstration of the value of Anglo-Soviet allegiance, which aims at provid- would be reduced from 26 to 13 ounces.

With city stores displaying signs, "No rye, no Scotch, no rum," and with the rationing year ending on October 31, necessitating the balancing of stocks in accordance with Dominion Government the reduction is not altogether The plan, it was learned, will make the reduction effective lor October and November but the ration will be increased on December 1. Purchasers- will be able to get 26-ounce bottles in October but wili forfeit their right to a purchase in November. The beer ration will remain at Doubt that any action to padlock the house at 447 East Has-: tings, where Kevin Thompson 1 was fatally shot early Wednes-1 day, would be upheld id the. Italian refugees in St. Paul's Church, violating the Vatican's extra territoriality.

His young secretary, Roberto Occhetto, a co-defendant, got off with 30 years. The trial was delayed Monday when an angry Italian mob lynched the chief state witness. Caruso died in the bright sunlight this afternoon in Ihe century-old Fort Bravetta, near the capital. The manner of his execution was the same meted to the Italians who were slaughtered, in the cave, and was specified by the court. Prince Humbert, lieutenant-general of the realm, denied clemency.

A priest administered extreme unction while the condemned man stared intently. As the robed figure drew back, Caruso shouted "Vila lTtalia," and the firing squad acted. The body slumped over in the un-painted chair. Italian and Allied officials and Allied newspapermen were the only witnesses. The doomed man did not flinch.

'When he was strapped in the chair, the firing squad marched from behind a revetment and lined up with their backs to the chair. They about-faced at a command, and the front row took kneeling positions. At p.m. each of the squad fired a loaded rifle. There was no blank.

The body was placed in an unpainted wooden coffin and carried from the fort in a black hearse toward th great Roman cemetery, Vera no. Uig security for Europe without encroachment on the sovereign lights of lesser powers. cuuns was expressed today Dy Though a far-reaching plan for 1 Prosecutor Gordon Scott. the demobilization of Britain's I Although he has taken the, millions of men and women en-: usual procedure of notifying a gaged in war work and in the firm, listed as owners fighting forces has now premises, in which the; Again it was declared that the Urges Prompt fierce fight was continuing and prepared, the Times editorially uvumio, warns the nation that demands! has bee" convicted of keeping pcfnniAn Ponitfll lr the Japanese campaign, need 1'Quor for sale, Mr. Scott re- S11W" Vdpildl garrison forces throughout Jhat investigations dis- L.

Empire, and for the occupa- closed Esposito could not be aua lv tion of Germany and difficulties' classified as a tenant. LONDON, Sept. hat German forces everywhere ivinn a iv (tie reuuriion wouin 'pi 10 lJIr r- IVlOVe Holland had gone over to the gin. counterattack. POST-WAR INFLUX FEARED in splitting up military units win (CP) Tallinn, the capital MONTREAL, Sept.

22. 1 CP) Conditions in liberated areas Full Generalship Wakefield's Homer Wins for Detroit I surl1 as 'nosc of Yugoslavia and personal hardship of Estonia, was captured today by Russian troops, -JItcow mntoancol or rrepares ror L-on I are so grave that UNRRA itf for Lrerar IViCI I Poland iviay WHUy Subscribed For'Chest Drive -7 most 'Dndenak' "pionipt H'iief, I KCillUll, (Jl. ml. Hit i Dick Wakefield grand slam police fraud prevention sQuad. Prof.

A. Maasp, a Ruthenian LONDON. Sept. 22. (CP) The national strike is ending 1700.

policemen have been sent to Germany, The freedom council which controlled the strike has asked the Danes to return to work for the present, as the time' is not yet ripe for revolt. Six thousand of police have gone "under Measures to protect savings of Vancouver's returned soldiers from confidence men will be proposed by Mayor Cornett at the next meeting of the Police Com Following is the noon-time "box score" of the Greater Vancouver Community Chest drive: Objective $500,000 Subscribed 80,313 2. Scrutiny of the B.C. Fraud member of the Russian delega H. D.

G. Crerar may be home run In the fifth inning Prevention Act make sure it tion told the United Nations appointed a full general the 1 climaxed a five-run attack and covers latest methods developed Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-1 first officer in the Canadian I gave Detroit Tigers a 7 to 4 vie-by fake promoters. I ministration council meeting. (Army to hold this rank in tory over Boston Red Sox in the Information reaching City Hall I They are of particular interest) recognition of his able direction first game of today's double- Keyes In Brisbane Australia, Sept. 22.

(CP) Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, formerly chief of the commandos, has arrived in Brisbane with Lady Keyes from mission on October .13. His worship, chairman of the I indicates that all large cities an-, to Russia as it is expected relief; of the 1st Canadian Army dur- header. The victory increased ground" and joined the secret re Needed commission, will urge: ticipate a tremendous influx of supplies sent to them must movei ing the French and Belgian cam-1 the Tigers lead over the Browns Reinforcement of the city confidence men after the I through Russian ports. Ipaigns. to a full game.

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