SuUetiu ItEI'AKATIONS CUT 1'AKIS The inter-Allied (inference on reparations, be- in; held in Paris, has awarded ritain and tne united Males 8 per cent each in repara-ins from Germany not al-fj()y assigned to Russia. ranee has been given 1G per cnt. SO DANISH IKOUKLE COPENHAGEN The Danish cfence minister says a Mos- ow radio report of clashes be- neen British and Danish roups on the Danish-German ronlirr in without foundation. here has been no comment rum the British War Office. WOliKLESS INCREASING OTTAWA The Labor De partment in Ottawa has issued tatisties revealing that in the o week period preceding lerember 7 21.000 men and lomen were aucied 10 inis o u n t r y's unemployment anks. As of December 7, there irre 89.000 unfilled positions Ihr Dominion, while 181.000 irn and women were out of vork. MARSHALL AT CHUNGKING CHUNGKING Gen. George C Marshall, assigned by President Truman to end China's nlrrnal strife reached Chung king today and is expected to meet President Chiang Kai-Shek in a series of conferences beginning Sunday, I WIT AGAINST MacAKTHl'R MANILA A petition signed 1 by 86,000 Japanese has been presented asking that General Yamashita be spared from ex- petition. In presenting the petition, a spokesman said that a plot against the life of I General MarArthur had been discovered and foiled. Vp.Vivs incr army WASHINGTON Norma n Armour, recalled as United States ambassador to Spain, ajs (hat country' is maintain ing a standing army .of between C00.00O and 700,000 and that Francisco Franco is spending one-third of the na tional budget on army and politics. The Franco regime is obviously not shifting from totalitarianism to democracy rapidly enough to satisfy the United States, Franco said. EMPLOYS VETERANS MONTREAL The Canadian Pacific Railway lias given employment to 8,3C ex-service W'n including 5.000 for the first time. LOTS OF BEER IIKGINA The Saskatchewan her quota has been increased to 12 bottles per day. SIX THOUSAND WITHOUT JOBS National Employment Servici Wd, However, Place Many in British Columbia Last Month VANCOUVER, Male Job-, ' British Columbia for the ''enk ended December 17 totalled 35, National Selective Service sported here Friday. A statement said that more 'han 7.C0O veterans were nlaced n employment in the province :n November and an additional 16000 were without Jobs at the 1 nf thc month. Six thousand displaced war workers and their dependents 're issued with free transportation to the prairies and eastern Canada since December 4. WAR CHARITIES LOTTERIES MAY BE CLOSED OFF VICTORIA mn . it n. L Maitland, Attorney General, said Vwterday that the British Columbia government does not nro- Pose to Initiate any prosecution n relation to any lottery scheme !"cn as those covered by the Charities Act which may "aye been under way prior to "Member 19 and which will be included by February 28. I 'O.UAKK IN TURKEY ISTANBUL Reports received today said 10,000 people have been rendered homeless following violent earthquake shocks which for a month have rocked the Turkish province of Van in southern Armenia near the Iran frontier. FATAL DETROIT FIRE DETROIT Five young children of an Army private stationed in Japan died in their beds today when fire swept their home in suburban Ilose-ville. The victims were the children of Private Otto Win-kelman. Firemen said the fire was caused by an overheated kitchen oil stove. WILD GOOSE CHASE VICTORIA K.CVF. personnel and police have found they were sent on a wild goose chase on Vancouver Island. They were searching for what was supposed to he a Japanese homb on (he island. They trekked to the spot between Port Albemi and Ucluelrt and dis covered that the supposed parachute homb was nothing more than snow on the top of a large tree. MINING MAN ARRESTED TORONTO A former official of the I'.ldcrado Mining and Refining Co. has been arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Toronto. Police, identify the man as Carl It. French. They say he was formerly secretary-treasurer of the company which the government expropriated when its products were needed for the atomic bomb. French is charged with omitting to make proper entries in the company's books with intent to defraud. I'V.RMH SNOT REQUIRED OTTAWA Tle, Mbor. De.-, partment has announced the dropping of another wartime regulation. No longer are workers required to have permits when looking for new jobs. However, both workers and employers must still give each other seven days notice when one or the other is terminating employment. TRANSPACIFIC AIR LINES SYDNEY, Australia An Australian airline company ((uantas has expressed a desire to establish a trans-Pacific air service. The com-. ...in pany says Mien a service m be established if the approval of the Canadian, British, Australian and New Zealand governments can be obtained. TO SHARE AIR LINES HAMILTON, Bermuda Canadian and British air services are going to share the trans-Atlantic air lines between this country and the United Kingdom. An agreement to operate the services on a reciprocal basis has been signed at the Canada - Britain - Newfoundland Civil Aviation conference in Hamilton, Bermuda. The agreement goes into effect immediately. TORONTO PKIUED TORONTO Toronto feels piqued. Field Marshal .Montgomery told a newspaperman that McGill was Canada's greatest educational institution. The famous soldier said he had never heard of the University of Toronto. "This is a terrible state of affairs," said President Sydney Smith. "Something will have to be done about it." However, Smith still thinks Montgomery Is a great man. JOE E. BROWN MANILA It has been revealed that Joe E. Brown, moving picture comedian, killed two Japanese with a rifle while taking a ride in a tank with Hie Army during the campaign in the Philippines. Prairie Storms Delaying Trains Tonight's train from the East, bringing heavy Christmas mall, is rcportcd to be running about 10 hours late which would bring It in at 8:45 tomorrow morning. The delay is caused by cold weather and storms on the prairies 'ead NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEWSPAPER Local Tides. TAXI TAX! Sunday, December 23, 1945 537 Ili-Th 4:38 19.8 feet 16:16 19.8 feet DAY and NIGHT SERVICE Low 23:00 10:27 8.4 3.9 feet feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic-Pacific Port Bill and Ken Ncsbitt 'O.TVUU XXXIV, No. 295. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS . - '3f4 NRC EXHIBITION SHOWS RADAR IN ACTUAL OPERATION jRADArt WAR l i PEACE PEACE National Research Council's Radfb Branch In a two-week exhibition to Ottawa crowds World War II's long-time top secret, radar. Technicalities were reduced to a layman's terms. This two dialed microwave height Under is used with a ground-based set to determine the height of approaching aircraft. ' NEWSPRINT IS BIG TRAFFIC MONTREAL- Indicating Canada's Increasing production and export of newsprint, paper and pulpmojrrihnfiarJccU "of these forest products win have been transported by the Canadian National Railways by the end of the year, an official of the car service department said today. Last year, 77,402 cars carried the traffic. Up to December 1, this year, 74,111 cars have been required to handle these commodities, with ,1,500 more moving In each of the next four weeks. The tonnaae of the newsprint, paper and pulp transported by the CNR. will have reached a total of more than 2.700,000 tons by year end while the bulk lias j gone to the United States, a j large amount of it was also sent j to Europe from Halifax, St. John j Quebec and Vancouver ports and ; the remainder distributed over j the country for domestic use. j The least dampness can result in swelling and splitting of the newsprint paper rolls and total loss so for their protection the latest type of C.N.R. box cars are used. To nrevent damage In loading and unloading special, conveyors are used to carry the : 1,000 to 1.400 pound bundles. BRASS HATS AT BATAVIA Dcmpscy and I'aik Visit Java In Connection Willi Indonesian Situation BATAVIA, CP, -British Lieut. General Sir Miles C. Dempsey and Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park made a flying visit to Bata-via yesterday as British forces campaigned against Indonesian troops cast of Bandoeng, summer capital. Dempsey Is the Allied ground forces commander and Park the thief Allied air officer for the southeast Asia theatre. They took off again only a few hours later and nothing authoritative could be leam- ed about the purpose of the trip High sources in Batayia said I that two weeks ago the- British I XWA ArArA in mnvn In uhnt.PVP reinforcements were necessary to restore order and guarantee Dutch sovereignty in the East Indies. Weather Forecast Saturday and Sunday Cloudy and mild with light rain, north-cast winds of near gale force over Queen Charlotte Islands, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly. way B Execution Date Last of "rlaw Haw' Jan. Third j I LONDON, William Joyce I Lord Haw Haw) will be executed at Wandsworth Prison on January 3, it was announced j today. ! Joyce was convicted of broadcasting Nazi propaganda for Germany during the war. His appeal against death sentence for high treason was dismissed by the House of Lords. COAL MINES TAKEN OVER BERLIN Trie British military government in Germany has taken over all 225' German coal mines and their assets in the British occupation zone. Th? British statement says the German coal industry has been in the hands of powerful Joint stock companies which were closely linked with German war-making industries. . 1 rajifl Oervice DISTRICT PROTEST Concern of All Central Interior Communities Emphasized in Associated Hoard's Wire to Minister All the communities served by the l'rincc Hupcrt-Jasper line of the Canadian National Railways arc greatly concerned by the proposed reduction in service and fear it will Increase the critical unemployment situation in this province as well as hinder post-war development of this district, says a telegram which lias been sent by J. T. Harvey, president of the Associated Hoards of Trade or Central British Columbia, direct to Hon. Lionel Chevrier, minister of transport, reiterating the protest uhicli has already been made at the proposal to reduce the six-tlmcs-a-werk service to thrlc'c-a-week mixed. Mr, Harvey says in his message that the assistance of the minister in maintaining a reasonable train servile on this line will be appreciated. LONDON 0,'-Only 700 of 19,-529 houses in Bermondsey escaped war damage. The population has fallen from 07,420 in 1938 to 45,440 tills year. eihq PUTTING IT a IN WRITING Communists and Nationalists 1st Chinn. May Get Together. SOU Fiehtinr Now :-.-v" . CHUNGKING, 0" A Chinese Communist spokesman at Chungking said yesterday that his party will officially put Into writing a proposal for immedi ate unconditional armistice In China's internal war with both sides frpzen in their positions. The offer was made after a government spokesman said that, it the offer was put in writing, it would be considered in a different light. Fighting is currently raging In north China in spite of the peace talk. BEAVER CLUB BEING CLOSED Has Keen Used by 8,000,000 Servicemen IiONDON, 0i Tlic Beaver Cltfb, used by some 8,00(1,000 servicemen since it was opened in February 1940, will close its doors to the services on March 31 next year. As a compliment to the Canadians, for whom the club was started, the building may be renamed Beaver Bur.iang when It U returned to the London County Council. It was formerly tiic County Hall. Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian high commissioner, and Mrs. Massey, attended a farewell party at the Beaver Club given to A. W. Komball, Montreal, on ills retirement as manager. Mrs. Massey in her capacity as honorary president of the Volunteer Helpers, presented the home-going manager with a set of candlesticks and a set of English hunting prints. The new manager, E. G. Walling. Saskatoon, presented him with a silver inkwell on behalf of the Beaver Club staff. j "The Beaver Club will main - tain its slogan 'Service for the I Serviceman until the doors arc closed for the last time." Mr. Walling said. "At the present time It is being used by 10,000 service personnel daily." The club serves on an average 40.000 meals a week and has a staff of 680 women volunteer helpers. During the war year." the number of helpers rose as high as 800. Temoerature Maximum 39 Minimum 30 Made at Moscow AGREEMENT BY FOREIGN j MINISTERS IS EXPECTED MOSCOW (CP) Big Three foreign ministers! were understood to have accomplished their greatest dmount of work thus far in their conferences when they dispensed with all formality and diplomatic procedure at a four-hour session yesterday. A similar informal meeting was scheduled for today. As the conference went into its sev- PROSECUTION CASE ENDING I End of February Should Sec End of Evidence Against j Ranking Nazi War Criminals NUERNBERG, 0--As the International military tribune trying 21 leading Nazis and six Nazi organizations on charges of . war crimes adjourned Thursday for a 13-9ay holiday recess, the members of the Allied prosecution staff expressed hope yestcr- : diy that the evidence against the principals might be finished by the end of January, enabllns the defence to begin Its case I early In February. South Africa Would Adopt War Orphans CAPE TOWN, The Department of External Affairs has announced that the South Afri ca., cover u.. t..L cu..um ; plan to help f elected children 10 con.u vo ouuui uuta rw- lied countries in Europe. The aim is to encourage the immigration of children who lost their parents during the war South Africa. The sencme nas a dual purpose of helping to relieve some of the distress of war-ravaged Europe and to build up South Africa's population and productive resources. CANADIANS WERE SHOT Wholesale Murder of Prisoners of War by Germans Alleged AURICH, Germany, 0 More than 150 Canadian prisoners were shot by the Twelfth S Hitler storm trooper division in Normandy between June 7 and 21, 1944, Lieut. Col. Bruce Mac-rionald of Windsor, Ont., chief prosecutor, yesterday told the court trying Major General Kurt Meyer on war crimes charges. Meyer, commander of a Ger man panzer regiment during the time the unit was fighting the Third Canadian Army, is charg ed with direct or indirect responsibility for the execution of 48 Canadian prisoners. Col. Macdonald made the charge on Friday in the course of cross-examination of a German witness about more than 150 prisoners being shot. The witness was a young German staff officer who served with Twelfth SS headquarters during the Caen battle. The witness, who has not identified for fear of reprisals being taken against him, said he knew nothing of such atrocities. B.C. CAMPS IMPORTANT Vernon and Chilliwark Arc to Be Maintained Permanently by Canadian Army 1 VANCOUVER, 0-Brltish Columbia military camp3 at Vernon and Chllliwack have been selected as vitally Important training centres for Canada's postwar army, it was announced yesterday. Infantry Training wiU bt car ried out at Vernon and Royal Canadian Engineers will be located at Chllliwack. The Engineer camp at Chllliwack will 'be the only training centre in Canada since Petawa-wa closed. There is no other Infantry training centre at Vernon, ! enth clay informed quarters said j there was good reason to believe ,' agreement would be reached on sonic of the critical world problems under discussion. East States Headquarters of United Nations Preparatory Commission Eliminates 'Frisco LONDON 0' The United Nations preparatory commission's committee on sites voted today to establish the permanent headquarters of the world peace agency somewhere in the east ern part of the United States. The decision, by a vote of 25 to 5, ruled out San Francisco, birthplace of the United Nations organization. Britain, backed by Russia and foutheastern European caun? tries, led the fight td eliminate the western part of the United States, AustraUa ,cd tbc ,u for tne t iAFTERjDEATH; Young Man Who Assassinated Admiral Darlan Found to Have Done so' "in Interests Of France" ALGIERS, An Algiers court today annulled the sen-., 'tencc of death upon Fernand Eugene Bonnier de la Cha-pellc, 20, who assassinated Admiral Jean Darlan in Algiers December 1912. De la Chapelle was executed by a firing squad two days after Darland's death. Action of the court was complete annulment of the charge of the crime on the grounds that documents found after, the liberation of France showed dc la Chapelle was acting in the Interests of France. PACIFIC OCEAN I SHIP SINKING VANCOUVERThe sinking of an American ship somewhere in the Pacific has-been hinted in Vancouver, British Columbia police announce that a. fully equipped United States life raft has been discovered on Barclay Sound beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island. JAPANESE WAR TRIAL Former Premier i'ojo and His Cabinet to be Tried in January TOKYO An authoritative source in Japan says former Premier Tojo and ills entire cabinet will be tried Jointly in the first cf the major war trials scheduled to start in February. Another report says Pflnce Morlmasa Nashimoto and sev eral other Japanese leaders now held in Sugamo prison may soon be released. Headquarters in Tokyo Is not saying this is so, But it states that, If the evj dence falls to show reasonable cause to believe that certain men arc guilty, these men will have be released. Nashimoto held rank of field marshal in Japanese army and was the first Japanese of royal descent to be named as a war criminal sus pect. LONDON 0J--Married quar ters at 110 R.A.F. stations throughout Britain are to be re opened, TRIBUTES TO GEN. PATTON Continuous Stream Flows Into Heidelburg Burial Along Victory Route HEIDELBERG, Germany fc rt A continuous stream of tributes. are flowing into Heidelberg hon orlng the memory of the late; General George S. Patton who died yesterday in an army hos, ' pital. . 7 ; The colorful warrior, recently suffered a broken neck hl4.an.. automobile accident. Fo a time. It looked as .if he was well on' the road to recovery Jbut com"-' plications developed, and yesterday one of the top-ranking soldiers responsible for victory in, Europe stepped Into the pages history, Patton's death came almost a year to the day after one of. th last of the war's most outstand ing battles. That was when hfi famous Third Army droved sevj cnty-elght miles to relieveTUie battered garrison at Bastognn in the now historic "Battle "of the Bulge," Mrs. Patton having de cided that her husband will be burled in Luxembourg, Germany-, burled in Europe, Luxembourg Germany, has been settled upon;, as the burying place. He had requested to be laid among thfc men with, whom he fought along the line of the Third Army's faJ mous victory campaign through France and across the Rhine. The Constituent Assembly of France halted its deliberation on a new constitution last night to adopt a formal resolution mourning the death of Patton The statement expressed regrets at. the loss of what it termed o"neW!fl Names Dover Home After Noted Poem DOVER, Eng.. 0) Despite wartime unpopularity of the . name, which some say has carried over Into peacetime as a title of ill omen, playright Noel Coward is calling his new home at St. Margaret's Bay near here "White Cliffs," after the poem by Alice Duer Miller. A Dopular song about "Trie White Cliffs' or Dover" became a part f. local folklore with the belief that no sooner was it sung than trouble would smite Dover in thej,drm of an air raid or long distance shelling. Singers at local theatres were-advised to take the song out of their repertoires. PANAMA HAS -5T INSURRECTION At Least Four Persons Killed in Revolutionary Attempt 'in Central American Republic . t , PANAMA CITY 0 At ,l6kst ' four persons have been killed and one wounded in a brief revolutionary attempt fn Paiia-" ma. A government statement has charged the uprising was carried out by followers of former President Arnulfo Arias. The dead Include one police officer and three or tour, of .the attackers. Another police, officer was wounded. The government statement adds that the attack was quickly broken up and order restored. , ,,. lCC'!CtCICtCYCtC!C'tC'CCCt GIMME A QUICK HAIRCUT AND SHAVE ylVE ONLY GOT 5H0PPIN6 DA III LEFT UNTIL - J to the the I KAIEN HARDWARE i PHONE a if