Low Fiscal Year 1340-41. 1941-42 942 - 43. 8:04 20:46 1943-44 - 1344-45. - kid to Britain twine Costly 6.9 feet 0.2 feet InMlNION'S FINANCES- ii i- Lmcn ncDT DCArunciinuir' k ohn emery ruiwLu ilui ixlmuiu nut m; L j ?ANAUA; NtARLY MHttN BILLlOu War Brought Huge Increases But Half Cost of Conflict Paid From Taxation and Loans By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Pr Staff Writer OTTAWA (C,P Canaflfl's funded ilobt. whiph L.i:ntna thn Dnminirm's basic financial nnsitinn. in- lUlV."11-" " - i reaped durinjj the war by $11,500,000,000, it was ure on the basis of six years of wartime financing. ATnrph 31. 1040. tn Anmist 31.- 1045. total funded debt soared from $3,095,685,000 to $14,900,- Lnnn and officials estimate? st bv next March 31 it will Lve reached nearly $16,000,000.- I The survey also showed that throughout the war Finance Minister Ilsley was able to matn- Lln budget commitments to pay I The wide Increase in 194Z-M Lprnditures over the preceding year was due in part to the linnnnrinnA irlff vntprl as aid Bi,Uw,wv,vw o.v . w - i half the cost of the war and civil expenditures from taxation and the remainder by borrow Ing from the banks and the pub lic. Total government war and non-war expenditures from 1940 to 1945 were as follows: War $ 752,045.000 U39.674.000. 3,724,249,000 4,587,023,000 4,418,446,000 SAN DIEGO EXPLOSION Non-waj $390,629,000 444,778,000 561,251,000 630,381,000 767,376,000 h Britain. Similar assistance SAN dimju, i;ai. npprui-Lder mutual aid legislation for i mately 20 persons were Injured She United Kingdom and other ana aimosi iuu were huuch-u Allied countries was passed m homeless yesieraay as a i.uit lutrr vcars r . For the current fiscal year war Lpcuditurcs were estimated at and non-war at 153,365.000,000 $1,024,000,000. Thus, the Commons voted in (Contlnucti on Page 6 PARLIAMENT IS PROROGUED OTTAWA- -After three month- I of debate and study, the first session cf the twentieth parn-mcnt I was prorogued yesterday. The House made the customary I prorogation until January of the explosion of a naval am munition truck near San Diego. The truck blew up with a tcrrl- fb concussion after catcmng fire. Police said, however, that no serious injuries were caused. The driver notjeed flames creeping over his pas tank and jarn-Ycl police bf the danger. Ak rc- suit of his quick action, most of the residents In the area were evacuated before the explosion. Young Churchill Loses His Wife LONDON, tf Mrs. Randolph Churchill, charging that the onlv son of Britain s wartime tut it Is believed the new session prlmc minister "seemed to pre-'111 not begin until late in Feb- fer a bachelor existence," was ruary or early March. The co-1 grantcd a decree nisi of divorce ordlnatlng committee of the , on Tuesday. She sued on grounds Dominion-provincial conference j o desertion. Her husband did resonvenes January 28 and the ot COntest the suit. new session of parliament is noi IcxDected to start until thcs2 meetings are concluded. TODAY'S STOCKS 'Courtesy of S. D. Johnston) UNO ASSEMBLY IS POSTPONED v.n,r t nvnnN. f -The preparatory i I v uirtiyujr vuiiu , , B. R. con 81 ' tions Organization yestcraay at- R r. x 18'2 cepted the United States sug- Car hnn Quartz Dentonia 27's Grull Wihksnc -21 Hedley Mascot 2-? Mlnto : - Pend Oreille 2-? Tioneer Premier Border 07 s Premier Oold - 2,45 Privateer Uenn - 07 V: I Salmon Gold 'H Taylor Bridge " Sheep Creek 1,7jj wiiu.- ... .03 "ni'tnaiui Vananda Congress "'j Pacific Eastern . 11 ? Hedley Amalgamated Taylor Windfall Oils A. P. Con. Calmont C. & E Foothills Home .10Vs .07. .19 .35 1.90 1.30 3.70 Toronto Beattie 1,32 Buffalo Canadian - 37 Cons, smelters 78'00 Oiant Yellowknife 7-75 Hardrock 92 Eldona J-36 Madscn Red Lake 4-10 Macleod Cockshutt 3-30 Utile Long Lac 2.76 Donalda I-35 Moneta "5 Pickle Crow , 4 35 Jollet Quebec ' 67 San Antonio 5-65 Sherrltt Gordon 80 Steep Rock Senator Rouyn 1.46 Jacknlfe -30 Ood's Lake -52 cHnn that its cencral assem bly should be postponed from January 10 unui januaij UNIFY ARMY AND NAVY WASHINGTON President Truman today called on Congress for a merger of the United States Army and Navy into department of national a single defence with air force fUy equal to lanil and sea arms. CHURCHILL ON HOLIDAY WASHINGTON It is officially announced that Winston ni rome to the tllUUIUM ,... . - United States at tlic cnu oi i, .,.. fur a holiday. He will spend February In Florida as (he guest of Col. i raiiK w of Quebec. - tuteu Ojl V Wl I ALELIKE SUBMARINE ( Australia. T 14 ; i. tjs '- 1 When the Britisn suomaunt school of 1 Virtue ran through a whales, some 60 to vu e .0 lenth. lazing on the surface or j Morctoh Bay, Queensland, she. was apparently accepveu us of the whales as she cruised within 20 yards of one monster without causing any reacuou. Weather Forecast Prince Rupert-Overcast and cool with intermittent rain or snow with wind moderate southeasterly. Tuesday: Overcast, becoming mild with intermittent rain and stronger southeast winds O- John .Amery, we - v so V". farmer secretary oi st a. .& India. L. S. Amery. was iKtngcd this morning for high 'treason to his King and country. The execution took place at 9 a.m. British time (1 a.m. Pacific Standard Time). The 33-year old Amery was convicted of broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Europe during the war. Witnesses testified at hU trial that he had been selected by the Germans to be the British Quisling. Amery said in his broadcasts that the Germany armv was defending Eurcoean civilization and urged Britain to surrender CAN TRANSPORT CHINA TROOPS WASHINGTON The United States State Department has Is sued orders to the War Depart-j ment, stating that General Wecl- cmeyer, American military chief In China, can transport Chinese Nationalists to Manchuria when the General considers such tramportatlon necessary. However, the order declares that Wedemey'er may take such acj . Hon only upon the approval of the new American ambassadqr to China, General George Mar shall. - LAROKK. TENSIONS: . f LONDON Disabled service- . men in r.ritain will get larger pensions. A government white ! paper says the raisrs will cost the country an additional $10,-000.000 and will eventually tost twice that before the number of pensioners starts falling off. About 000.000 servicemen arc expected to benefit under the scheme. LOOK FOR KILLER MONTREAL Police arc fcarrliing today for a short young man who last night shot ami killed a 09 year old Montreal tavern keeper, Ed-mond Brisvert. Police arc also looking for four young men who were seen hanging around the tavern during the evening. MARSHAL IN MANILA ..MANILA The n c w 1 y appointed United Stales ambassador to China, General George C. Marshall, has arrived in Manila on his way to Chungking. He is expected to continue his fli?ht tomorrow night, Philippine lime. r.RITISH IN JAVA WASHINGTON A spokesman for the United States State Department has admit-ted that the derision to send Rritisli troops into the Dutch East Indies was arrived at by the combined Anglo-American rhtrfs of staff. The State De partment official Implied, however, that, while the American government shared the responsibility for dispatching the troops, it is not responsible for the manner In which the operations are being carried ; out by the British. TO MEET STALIN MOSCOW Secretary of Slate Byrnes of United States and Foreign Secretary Ernest Ilev-In of Great Britain will meet Premier Joseph Stalin tonight. NOT NAMING CAPITAL LONDON The preparatory commission of the United Na-tiens Organization apparently has decided against naming any particular site. The final decision presumably will be left to the general assembly. SPORTS ODIES DISSOLVED BERLIN All sports organisations which existed In Germany before the war have been ordered abolished. The move Is intended to prevent the use of organized sports as a cloak for military training, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL EUUT1SH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER WIRE TAPPING BY JAPANESE Local Tides TAXI TAXI Thursday, December 20, 1945 Hjoh 2'15 20-9 feet 13:58 23.2 feet They Knew How Many Ships Were at Pearl Harbor on Eve of Fateful Day WASHINGTON. D.C 0 The United States Congressional Inauiry committee learned yes- terdav that the Japanese had Intercepted an American broad cast December 6. 1941, tnai gave them information on the nurri-hpr nf battleshlDS. cruisers and destroyers entering or anchored at Pearl Harbor. This disclosure came in a Japanese naval officer's statement obtained through General Dsuv las MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo and submitted to the committee. The committee had heard at length about American activities in breaklns Japanese codes but it was the first time It had received evidence that the Japanese were also reading American messages. Vancouver Hard Hit by Weather i While Prince Rupert was cn-; Joying, fair, moderating weather i with ? minimum temperature reading of 28 above for 21 hours, Vancouver was still in the throe durlns the nlsht of the coldest wave In years while the city was blanketed in nigh impenetrable fog. The temperature slioped io 15 r.bnve at Vancouver during the night. Temperature Maximum Minimum PATTON IMPROVING HEIDELBURG General ration continues to improve although there is no change in the paralysis. WINDSOR VOTE TONIGHT WINDSOR Result of the Vole of automobile workers on strike from the Fotd Motor Co. plant itcre on the government's plant for a return to work will be made known tonight. DELICATE EYE SURGERY VANCOUVER Local eye surgeons have had a measure of success in three operations for the restoration of eyesight by using cornea from eyes of dead persons. PEERS BEING CALLED NUERNBERG The war crimes tribunal today granted the request of Joachim von Ribbcntrop to call four British peers as witnesses in his trial. LIFT LIQUOR RATIONING TORONTO The chairman of the Ontario Liquor Control Rn.inU W. G. Webster, has forecast the lifting of liquor rationing in Ontario sometime In 1916. He says it may come early In the New Year. TO CHANGE AMBASSADOR LONDON British newspapers say Lord Halifax may shortly be succeeded by Sir Archibald Clark Kerr as British ambassador to the United States. Sir Archibald Is at present Britain's ambassador to Russia. CANADIAN HONORED BEVERLEY HILLS, Cal. An R.C.A.F. Wing Commander from Beverley Hills, California, Carl Clark Taylor, has been awarded the Air Force Cross by the Canadian ambassador to Washington, L. B. Pearson. The iiresenlatlon was made for distinguished service in the service. Wing Commander Tayior was cited as chief instructor for his unit for 15 months, making notable contributions towards Canada's training program. CANADIANS OPPOSED LONDON The British House of Lords voted 00 to eight to accept the terms of a United States loan to Britain. Of the 150 members in the Upper Chamber, 50 members did not vote .either way. Among those voting in opposition were two former Canadians, Viscount Bennett and Lord Published at Canada's M ost Strategic Pacific Port VOL. XXXIV. No. 203. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1945 Q? Jrtrmer British 't 10 ,,ealh Rn4ri Watson Reanoears-1- PRICE FIVE CENTS NUERNBERG OF JEWI 36 23 LORD LOTHIAN COMES HOME Stanley Woodward, chief of protocol, U.S. state department, is shown boarding a coast guard cutter for transportation to the United States cruiser Augusta, with the ashes of the Marquess of Lothian, who died in Washington, D.C, or. December 12, 1940, while ambassador to the .United States. The Augusta later sailed for Greenock, Scotland. When an ambassador dies at his post. It Is customary for the government to which he was accredited, to send his body home on a warship. The five-year delay was caused by the war. Lord Lothian's body was cremated, and until recently the ashes rested In a vault in Arlington National cemetery. MISSING VANCOUVER GIRL j said her former story of loss of memory was "just made up on ihp snur of the moment," She said she had bought a one-way ticket to Prince Rupert uncier the name of "Anne Wilson" with the Intention of never returning home. At Prince Rupert she registered at a hotel December 14 and 15 as "Irene Johnson." The escanade finished, she said that, when walking des ' nnndentlv alone Hastings Street I In Vancouver, she decided "I was I mid and wanted to go to bed. she said she did not know the I reason for her despondency and I had never Intended meeting her friend at a downtown lntersec tlon here on the night of her disappearance. Police were informed yesterday morning by the girl's mother, Mrs. Alice Watson, that she lmd returned home "unharmed," The police ,j added that no fur- spent PiAUt RUPERT TRIP UNDER FALSE NAME VANCOUVER (CP) Ruth Alice Watson, l'J-vear-old former member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, wno returned to ner nouie unnuiinuu yesterday after being missing for eight days, revealed in an interview last night that she had spent the time on a boat trip and a visit to Prince Rupert nnrinr nn Assumed name. She thc . Ust , two days 'up town.'" A canvass of other city hotels failed to reveal either of the names of Anno Wilson or Irene Johnson on the registers. "She was alone and carried a black suitcase," the desk clerk at the hotel where Miss Watson registered Friday night sa,ld. The clerk did not question the girl further as to where she spent her time prior to registering at the hotel. An assistant i.t the hotel said he thought it strange that the girl had no friends to see her off when she departed on the Car- dena late Saturday afternoon. "Usually girls travelling alone at least have friends to see them eff," the assistant said. "I thought it strange when she said she had no friends." VillV-AO Officers of the steamship thcr details were given by Mrs. Prlnce Rupert. in. port today, rncn,i nt fhtit. limn In connec- 1 1 1 .. w IVttVflUii mw v.w WP1H KUIULiaCU IV ICrtlll taw iK tlon with the reappearance of apparently was on their vessel her daughter, who had been the tnat the glrl let Vancouver last object of search since she left Monday nlght. Purser Bert Rob- ner uume m wit -tvj v...--- SQn sal(j llm ne naa no recoilCC- in a few hours after obtaining her discharge from the C.W.A.C. , The girl spent from noon last j Wednesday to Friday night- In Prince. Rupert, sailing north on the steamer Prince Rupert and returning south on the Cardcna. She spoke of a Chinese hotel pmoloyee who helped her to board the Cardena on Saturday. Her Movements Here Uncertain The record of Miss Watson's, visit to Prince Rupert still re mained malned unclarlfled c! following tlon of tfie girl. ABSENTIA EVIDENCE General Wainwright Will Give Testimony DepUition at Homma War Crimes Trial MANILA, 0) General Jonathan Wainwright, by deposition, Will be one of the principal wit '""s nessca at the war crimes trial inquiries by the Dally News this this nf Lieut. General Homma to mornlne. ADDarently arriving here last Wednesday on the Prince Rupert, there was no indication of her movements un til she checked into a local ho tel as Miss Irene Johnson at 9 o'clock Friday night. "She was a tall, pleasant- and she appeared looking iUUMUfci girl gilt Uliu oin. whom Wainwright was forced to surrender. The deposition of the American commander at the fall of Gorregldor will, be one of the principal documents submitted tn the military commission which will try Hcmma - January - ..w ,.,v,o cho checked 3 on charaes which will Include II 111 LL liUlillUI V 1 1. 1 1 V v --- - In," the desk clerk at the hotel j responilbllHx Jox ihe ,crucl said- 'She said thnt- she had ! "Bataan Death March." Mayor Daggett Given Job as Cupid's Helper Mayor II. M. Daggett calcu lates that he ought to start up a matrimonial, bureau his counsel is being sought by a multitude of harrassed lovers. T he cour tship of a number of l American soldiers and Prince Ruoert girls was interrupted by the withdrawal of the American troops from this city and since that time too the United States Immigration regulations have created barriers to many Canadian girls wishing to enter the United States. "So many of them have written me asking me to use my influence in getting their girls into the States that I feel I ought tn start a matrimonial bureau," Mayor Daggett chuck - Vd. "Ilcwever, I feel that I haven't much Influence with the U,. S. ln.nv.?Vatlon " autlw ' ' oritles." v Nr iinlv.l-ns ihe mavor been by American soldiers ana ineir glrls but his guidance was sdngbt bv a canny Dutch girl who wrote from Holland to ask the mayor about the character of a Prince Rupert man who, she said, had obvious intentions of matrimony. PRINCETON HAS SECOND BLAZE Cauadian Legion Building Destroyed in Afternoon Following Big Conflagration In Morning PRINCETON, 0i Late Tues dav afternoon a second blaze cc curred In Princeton to gut the inside of the Canadian Legion .nulldlnsr. This fire, started Dy an overheated rtove, followed the early morning conflagration which destroyed almost an en tire downtown block, causing $100.C00 damaee. Eight premises were razed In the morning blaze which was Irniaht In six below weather by the local fire department and equipment of the Granby Consolidated Co. at Allenby. Three families who escaped In night attire were rendered homeless. Nn nni was lnlured. The flame's destroyed four stores, a cafe, a dentist's of fice, a law office and Selective Service headquarters. NATIONALIZING OF 'OLD LADY' Unprecedented Legislation Passes British House-Coal Bill Passes LONDON. (CP) Nationaliza tion of the 250-year-old Bank of England won final approval In the House of Commons to night on a vote of 306 to 126 and the measure was sent to the House of Lords. Fuel Minister Shlnwell presented his coal industry na tionalization bill to the House of Commons earlier today. The measure would establish pub lic ownership and control or the industry and would centralize all its activities. It Is one of the key points in the Labor eovernment's program. Amid cheers from the Labor benches, the bill was given its first reading. DAY and NIOIIT SERVICE" Bill and Ken Ncsbitt COURT HEARS PERSECUTION TERRORIZING OF ALL POLITICAL OPPONENTS STORM TROOPERS' AIM NUERNBERG (CP) One brigade of Adolf! Hi lo'a tirnum.sriirtpr storm trooners alone blew, up or ' burned 35 synagogues in a two-cay outbreak of anti- Jewish terrorism, the prosecution told the interna ! tional military tribunal today. Evidence of violence and terrorism from the storm troopers' own records. ' : -"fwas presented to the tribunal In, the prosecutions effort to place war crimes convlctionsj againsi thousands of lesser1 Nazis as well as a score of Hitler's top hencn-men sitting in the prisoners' box In the courtroom. The prosecution said that tne storm troopers were organized before Hitler's rise to power "to beat up and terrorize all political, opponents." DELEGATION IS WARNED Mayor of Vancouver (Jives Advice to Those Planning - , Unemployed ProcessioiJ-. VANCOUVER -Plans are "jro-ceeding for a march on)hc .-City Hall this Saturday by Vanjou-very unionists, veterans,,uncm ployed and families to d$nand Immediate action to case the tnhless situation. ! Mayor Cornett said last night that the group would have jtr) , arrive before 10 a.m. If thejr nruiitpf! in Interview him. lie SSld procession Trying- tOttftertvrij Cliy nail as ne ruuiu-.uiijr , celve a small delegation. ' The mavor Vaid that the r)ty council had already taken the Initiative in trying to get a public works program started here and he pointed to a representa tive committee which was form ed a week ago and was already at work seeking ways and means of remedying the .situation locally with, assistance of the federal authorities. FCIIPSFIS SEEN HERE Astronomical Phenomenon' Viewed Under Perfect Circumstances in Prince Rupert ' There was perfect vislbllltyof the entire phenomenon of the total eclipse of the moon fn Prince Rupert last evening.- Sky was clear and bright. Gradually the shadow of the earth' intervened between sun and moon. First there was the ruddy dark ness until the eclipse" became complete after which the moon could not be seen. Then the rim lightened and rhe process 'of shadow dimunltlon proceeded until the whole of the moon became bright and shining again. Many people viewed the phenomenon with keen Interest.'"' STORM AT ABERDEEN. ABERDEEN A storm here today was so Intense tlial two persons were hlown off .a dock .and drowned in the sea. :xxxx..'.f..tx.''W i . v 6ETTA, BUSY MOMK-1'MA ONLY GOTTA SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL KA1EN HARDWARE PHONE :i i