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Holland

flip With Airborne

Troolis-Srd Division Captures Zutlihon.

Pcarkes Olaims lie Was Fired

VANCOUVER, April I - (OP) -Ma£.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes, V.0.. in s sta ement issued Saturday said he had not retired as fineral officer commanding the Pac lo Command at own request. ,

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commenting on “l? “m: ‘are °'. “area l" ay y oug as r to John Diefenbaker hich Mr.

earkes retired at his own request. FnGeneral said:

, Abbott was correctly reported, he is obviously misin- iorrned I iecelvcd from the Ad-

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Manitoba Plans Post-War Program As llonso Oloses

i s; iuaasnaai. naranrau (Canadian Press Staff Writer) WINNIPEG. April 8 -—- (OP) 7-

The fourth session of Manitoba:

21st Legislature prorogued I late

Saturday after a two-months ses-

sion during which the o-ahead

signal was given for init a1 steps in post-war programs. "W011i"! rura electrification, health an educational plans. The post-war plans also include flood control measures. offering rotection for thousands oi acres

n southeastern Manitoba and the

inter-lake region, highway con-

kti-uctlon, public works, and fur

development - Approximately 100 bills were given approval. including accept- once of a $1,000,000 sift for cribb- lishment oi the A. E. McKenzie Educational Foundation. 1t will at the government in the seed usiness. the gift being in the form oi 90 per cent oi the A. E. Mc- Kenzie (seed) Compan Stock. Manitoba will take t e lead in the Dominion in provldlnfl toctlcn for

. en "vs Traffic ‘unmet; m ensatlcn to per gua nees co n ' sons injured. The fund will be

established by an additional auto- mobile licence feet. Wm

By BOSS MUNItO (Canad an Press War Corres- Pendent)

THE lst CANADIAN

0 Tl-lll WESTERN FRONT, April s — (OP Cable)- The 4th Canadian Armored Divi- sion sped northward in Holland tonight in an effort to link up with Allied airborn troops. Can- adians elsewhere in their north- east Holland and northwest Ger- man iront toppled Zutphen, I-Iol- land, and established a small bridgehead across the Dortmund- Ems Canal at Meppen, Germany

Operations oi led

troops, dropped Baturda night, were reporte going well n north- east Holland over a wide zone south of Groeningen, on the last rail escape route ~for Germans in Holland. While the 4th ArmoredDivis- ion smashed northward to oi the sk troops, another force from that ivision succeeded in cross- ing the Drotmund-Ems Canal Meppen, 47 miln due south geflGermsn North Sea port of

en. Zutphen, about 20 miles south- east ol the Zuider Zee, was cap-

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rtured by the Canadian 3rd Divis-

ion "water rats” after hea fight- ing through the streets oi he an- cient town which the Germans had been defending stubbornly for o. week.

Meanwhile an armored car pa- trol drove withln three-quarters a mile oi Meppel, Holland, l5 miles northeast oi Zwolle, a point on the last railway escape route, and 10 miles east o! the Zulder

Zee.

The paratroops were dropped in the north under bad cloud condi- tions but units reported by wireless to the lst Canadian Army this mornln sign that t e were carrying out a plan to d rupt enemy com- munications and create as much havoc to the enemy as possible in the area.

Racing north to make contact with them were armored cars, tanks and infantry-riding tanks ol- in Bren un carriers. half-tracks and true s. A flying

uad of jeeps also was being em- pnved to make a quick link-up.

The 4th Division already has

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By EDWARD D. BALL

RKERS, Germany, A rlu 8- (APJ-Noioody could ind he key, so United ‘States 8rd Army en-

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War Oabinct Installed

SAN FRANCISCO, A rii _ ill-Phil's third war cabinePt, his... by Boron Kantaro Suzuki u pre- mier. Wls formed Saturday in a shower ol American air bomb; and installed in the Imperial palm; ceremonies under a black cloud of naval defeat.

The war ministry straightaway annnouneed a reshuffle or he

‘ WWW" "my hilh commend,

Tokyo radio in broadcasts, monit- wed by the Federal Communica- tions commission, and Suzuki warned his colm ‘en the "very basis or our empires existence will be threatened if the situation is al- IW" l0 Die! as it has been."

Domcl agency said that Suzuki, successor to Prmiler Gen. Kunilflgl Kolso whose cabinet iell Thursday, personally’ obok the portfolios of foreign minister and grentel- mall Asia minister.

Koiso’; cabinet resigned as the result oi the “vrar situation" Tokyo fillid. any} to make ws for a ‘stronger government Bu Suzuki, has been internationally known as h R1006!!!“ who often has opposed Japan's military extremists.

Suzuki's retention of the ‘ ign and greater lbs-st Asia ministry gives hlrn the key positions should Jfian, felling in war and laced with us sia's denuncia‘ oi the Russo- Japanese neutrality pact, make Peace overtures. a movement which the Army and Navy lcurnal in Washington predicted Saturday.

‘me premier, however. may be holdins the two portfolios only temporarily, later Domei ‘ “ ‘ . pending the arrival in ‘idokyo of Shigenori Togo, a former foreign minister, and N-aoto Kohl- yflma. who may be named to take the greater East Asia. post.

Togo was foreign minister from Oct. 18, 194i, t0 Sflpt. l, 19H, in Japan's first war cabinet headed by Premier Gen. Hldoki Tojo. ‘ ‘e

Significantly, 'I‘o¢o, while serving as ambasador to the Soviet Union

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illazi Last-Stand Gamble Which Failed

By CIIARLE LYNCH WITH THE 1st

ARMY IN HOLLAND, April ll - (Reuterm-Thia is the story of a ‘filial?- last-stand gamble which a e .

For six months Netherlands slave workers. under orders from the German High Command, had been building new 50-mlles-1ong Siegfried line extension to form a bastion against an expected Al- lied assault from the west to strike into northern Germany from Holland. But Field Marshal Montgomery foiled the German glans-he attacked from the east ehind the line. It collapsed overnight. almost without a shot being] fired. I ave just inspected this most ’ “ line oi

Alter April 80." ‘ pay more taxes. A tax of seven cents a gallon has been>pl_ag§_d__9h.

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Yanks Advance 0n Okinawa

Iv MUILIN SPENCER GUAM, April B - (Monday)- lAPi-oapanese on Okinawa only

es south their horne- , now are offering American troops the stiiiest kind oi resist- inciudlng round-the-clock artillery fire. ut infantry ad- vanced yesterday both along the west coast toward the capital city oi Naha and inland toward important Yonabsru airdrome. Marines moving northward from captured llontan and Karena alr- lieids several miles north oi the inian , continued their rapid advance inst "negligible res st- ance", ay's eommuniquesaid Marine gains ranged irom 9,000 to 4.000 mils westward along the Motobu inside.

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a hol brick wal today Hitler's fabulous horde oi gold and mone cached in the 2.100- foot-deep crkers salt mine.

The cache, including a collec- tion of art treasures. was cap- tured by the 3rd Army Saturday.

More than 4,000 bags of gold bullion were counted, a total oi 50 tons. Each bag weighed 25 pounds and was worth $14,000.

It was impossible to determine definitely today whether there was more or less gold than the tons that Dr. Werner Vleck oi the Reichsbank said were in the cache-bu- there were some indications that t was more. Each ton is worth 0.000.000-

"This is it - Gennanyb entire gold reserve," said Dr. Vleca "there isn't any more."

'1‘lie sacks were stacked a1 the walls oi a dimly-lit chamber by 05 feet along with thousands pm sacks oi coins boo heavy to

Each sack bore a lead seal. a red or eliow tag and in black print " bank."

In addition to the sacks 0i 801d

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. bullion and coins there were hun-

dreds ol pasteboard cases of

i a. Rechm“ s to the "gold

ro " were lined with h e stacks ofmbags containing Rglghsmarks and money oi various other coun- tries including perhaps 82.000000 in American currency.

Dr. Werner Rave, curator oi the r" State Museum and an assistant director oi

tionnl Art Galleries, who was pre-' said

sent with Vieck, two-thirds oi the Reich's national treasures were nored in the The other third, he said was in an- other salt mine which has been ove the Americans.

To get to the chambe it was necessar to descend in a lb-niari double ecker elevator bv German civilian mine

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liicck observed: .

"Gold means nothing to us since we cannot use it in foreign ex- Dut the goverumenh was to get it out to meet ob-

Your bombers destroy- ed brldges and made that - possible.

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German forti- fications yet encountered by Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group. oday it stands as a monume t to the mlscalculation of the erman high command.

This line. known as the ljssel Line, runs from the Rhine to the Zuider Zee. is mile af r mile of trenches, gunpits, under- ground blockhouses, running lrcm Jlimmerich - northwest through Zutphen to the Zuider Zee. Most oi it has been built during the six months since the nhem land- ,ings as the Germans gambled that , Field Marshal Montgomery would eventuall cross the Rhine down- stream rom Arnhem. They lost the gamble. ‘

Prorogation 0f ll. B. Legislature

FREERICTON, April 8 - (C?) _The first session oi New Bruns- wick‘s 40th Legislature was pro-

rogued at 5.36 p.m. Saturdaé; by Lieutenant-Governor W. G. lark. who gave assent to 90 bills

Premier J. B. McNair said the session was undoubtedly the last before the defeat Germany and added. "I think that we can look iorward to the conclusion of that conflict within thenext few weeks."

‘hi’. dw."..‘lii‘siiifi'.’it’lli°“am gr school at the University oi New Bnins e . Hon. ll‘. W. Pirie. Minis r Lands and Mines. said the might_ cost 830.000. lie Nova Scotla "will tie in us and send students to the school." Word on the attitude oi the Nova

was exp

on Tuesday oi this week he said. In addition, some is?!" lumber companies might make contributions.

Mr. Pirie said the school would be a neat asset to New Brunswick and the Marltimes and would be

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tank forces have chopped the truck Each day's battle la lousht with

if this month. This. of coarse, does killed and wounded.

allaed resistance by the enemy was

ll. S. Bombers Over Germany

April

LONDON. 8 - (AP) __ gore than 1.200 United States.

vy bombers, convoed b 750 lighters, ranged lllwhllltllld over central Germany toda and tacked targets. e Berlin radio went oil the air tonight, in- dicating that British planes were following up the strike.

ed by the loss of fll

it accepted battle Saturday, turn- ed its attention today to swarms oi Allied medium and fighter- ‘bombers pounding the enemy bat- tlellnes and lost 57 more aircraft.

30 oi them in aerial combat.

First reports said two American planes were missing in this bat- tle while 10 bombers and ' one lighter of the U. S. 8th Air Force were lost from the big force which tackled targets between Berlin and Nuernberg.

Pilots returning from the heavy bomber raids said the enemy did not send up a singl that anti-aircraft fire

Ottawa Awaiting Announcement From Ontario Premier

(S ecial To The Guardian) 0 AWA. April 8—The delay in announcing the date for the 0n.

rlo election is causing a gggd deal of comment around the Cap- ital. It is known that consider- able dlfflculty is being found in ironing out asystem whereby on. tario soldiers overseas will receive a direct vote at this election. Of- ficials have been in consultation with Federal ele toral ,authoritics on the problem, a d as yet no in- dication has been given that s. workable solution has been found.

it is also evident that the Fed- eral Government would much prefer to set the date for the Do- minion election beiore Ontario gets around to announcing its date. As long as the House of Commons has to sit, however, to complete the work of financing the war effort, it will not be pos- sible to set an election date

Premier Drew oi Ontario, there- fore has a week, beio e the Fed- eral Parliament is lssolved, to announce a date for the Ontario election. -If he can com lete the arrangements for the sol icr vote

uring t at time, he has first choice of a suitable election date and the date he has in mind June a, 1945.

if no announcement of the On- tarlo date is made b the next week-end it expec ed round the Capital that the statement of the dissolution of the ouse of Commons will broougled with an announcement oi a ederai elec- tion date. This date would then be in the last week oi May, for the Prime Minister wants to get his a peal going to the people as quicky as possible alter victory in Europe is announced.

King Statement Expected

is also anticipated that a statement will be made at the same time by Prime idinister King that the election d_a_te has

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The Germans, however, continue to light fiercely. menu's. they are launching local counter-att progress of Allied forces showed some slllhl llsfll 0i Slflwihk 00W" b5 the week wore on. Part of this. probably the major part. mly M" b!" due to the lengthening supply lines of the Allies. To a lesser degree, loc-

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ly ELTON C. FAY. Associated Press War Allalllt

The inability of either Aais member to cope with. mlwh ltll 10°03? from. the deadly blows being struck h! “l9 All!" ll IPPIIH" l‘ °

western front have

to

failed. The Nazi light now la composed oi a series oi orglnlllil If“?! oi divisional or army strength operating without any etrateglcal relat- ionship to each other. They have taken up , sitions at trausIKm-luil» network centres to impede bat not stop the prongs of Allied forces pro- bing across the Ibeiclr toward tlreltussiane on the east-

Theee groups, In many if not most instances. fight with what sup- plies they have at hand or in the immediate area. Allied air and roving

and rail lines oi supply. fewer men. The Wchrmachth losses

are enormous-lllflild lost in prisoners alone durlnl’ u" "P" ii" My!

not include the additional loses in

accountable.

Reported Missing, Presumed Dead

OTTAWA, April B-(CP) —.Plve men reported missing in the tor- sinklng Canadian corvette ‘rrentonian now are pre- ah surned dead. the Royal Canadian navymeported tonight in its 344th war which]

pedo of the

casuaty list of the conta ned seven names. Sinking

do?“ thg‘ g€nlofllllfllafiyilS The (3 l 1 _ g - uililfil-XIICE arc . ne cei- emu“ a r °§,"'l°,,,,‘,‘§,‘§f§,, was reported killed in action at the

time.

m T0 sen Art Works Abroad

WASHINGTON. April 8-—(AP)— ' and Hermann Goering were disclosed officially agents Q Diane and abroad trying tosell works of art W58 mfliire- and other valuable properties. Two

to es

Heinrich Himmler

Saturday night to have

possibilities appear:

l. That they are preparing finance post-war Nazi activiti throughout the world.

2. That Himmler and Goering may be trying to build up funds for their own escape from defeated Germany ii they_can make it.

Julius C. Holmes. assistant sec- retary oi state, told in a state de-

artment‘; broadcast about the

lmmler and Goering deals.

I-le said that the Nazis not only hope to keep operating ‘under- ground inslde Germany but are also sending technical experts a- broad to hold key positions in pre- paration for whatever use they may be in future Nazi operations.

Russian Troops inside llienna

BY IOMNEY WHEELER.

LONDON, April B —- (AP) Russian troops burst thre miles in- side embattled Vienna today, has- tened the Austrian capital's en- circlement by iordlng the Danube and Morava rivers east of the city and pushed into the Austrian Alps to the south within 32 miles of Graz.

A; Soviet tommy-gunners battered within a mile oi Vienna's heart, Russian forces far to the north began storming the East Prussian capital of Koenigsberg," re-encircled the fortress city and captured 15.000 prisoners,

The mop-up battle to

thereby release Soviet troops for the impending battle for 3611111 came ug the German radio said that the Red Army might already have begun that expected struggle.

‘Hie Nari Transocean agency rc- ported: Reconnaissance in force in the area oi llrankiurt-on-Oder and Kuestrin (38 to 88 miles cost of Berlin) suggest; the bciinning of the Rilssian offensive tower t/he Reich capital."

govlql assault forces were movlnz through the rubble-strewn and niche-clouded streets oi Vienna at a for faster rslc than they Md moved in the longed struggle

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ll. S. Sonata Probes Oanol Oil, Alaska Highway Proiects

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WASHINGTON. Aliril 8—(AP)— The army is closing down its Canol oil protect up in the Can- adian northweat, and it may be asked to pull out of the Alaska highway.

The best part of $273,000,000 has been spent on the two projects.

The senate national defence in- vestigating committee, after, hear- ings on Canol, reported: "The mon- ey, transportation, materials and manpower would have been better elsewhere. Most of than have been wasted.”

Senator William Langer (Rep.- N.D.) for two years has demanded an investigation of the route which the army chose for the Alaska highway. This route started at Ed- monton and‘ cut northwest to Whitehorse, Y.T.

Sen, Longer said in a Senate speech that practically the only beneficiary of the road will be the Canadian Pacific Railway, which he said had a string of elementary air fields along the route. He con- tended that two other possible routes. farther ‘west, had always been the choice of both reputable engineers and the majority of A1- askans.

Now the senate committee has begun to look into the highway. Here's the score on the two pro-

acts.

Canol Oil Project:

Original funds requested by the army: $25,000,000

Actual cost to date: $134,000,000.

Alaska Highway:

Original cost estimate: $25,000,- 000 .

Actual cost to date: $139,000,000.

Oanoi. under a contract with Canada. will be offered first to the Canadian Government. and then opened to bids from private com- panies. ~ - "

The highway, under agreement

to the Dominion forzmaintena-nce, six months after the war. Bur Canadian government officials say the cost may prove too higli for them.

Allied Drives 0n Italian Front

By NOLAND NORGAARD

RDIVIE. Arpril 8—-(A-P)—Crack Japanese American infantry, spearheading the 5th Army's drive on the western flank of the newly- nctive Italian battlefront, have captured 3,000—ioot Monte Belve- dere and driven within two miles of Massa, Allied headquarters an- nounced today.

The German grip on Massa and nearby Cnrrara, centres of the world famous Italian marble quar- rying industry, was threatened by the 5th army's surge northward near the Llgurian coast. An ap- parent objective of the offensive is the enemy's important naval base oi La Spezla, 141/. miles northwest of Massa.

On the olvpsite end of the Italian front British 8th Army troops con- tinued advancing neai" the south- western corner of the Valli Di

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