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-------- a I Roma dune ie Ar a = ------ tS -- A -------------------------------- a --------r pe ar ett SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN OTTAWA BPR A Bi The new Supreme Court Building in Ottawa; which houses the offices of the Government-appointed NE Royal Commissioners. Fy + /, PERTH 2A CA. 7, TRANS-OCEAN AIR LINES WEAVE NET TO SHRIN ---- Ay ly' HONOLULY IY ([=== WARTIME ROUTES LIKELY TO BE USED BY COMMERCIAL LINES emsa EXISTING ROUTES Lb K WORLD 4) SP RQDE JANEIRO i a | Ebon nitng, BUENOS AIRES CAPETOV --- ra 1 L [omen ete can ----en, A ARRAN \ N Aided by long-range planes developed during the war, U.S. and foreign airline operators are rapidly expanding: their trans-oceanic lines to cobweb the world with air routes, Map shows existing and future lines, with no point on the globe further away than 48 hours by air, The recently concluded Bermuda Civil Air Conference Treaty provisionally gives commercial planes of all nations the right to land and load passengers at military bases in the Atlantic and the Caribbean leased by the U.S. from Britain for 89 years. HEADQUARTERS OF R.CM.P. IN OTTAWA Dominion headquarters of the: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Justice Building in Ottawa, will be the focal point of Federal investigations into treason charges involving Dominion Government employees. RAID SHELTERS HOUSE GERMAN 'CAVE-DWELLERS' . Today housing space in Frank- fort, Germany, is about as scarce as a "Heil, Hitler" and home- hungry Frankforters have been driven underground to find live ing quarters, A chain of former air-raid shelters under the bomb- wrecked tity is belhg tutned into hostelries, Photos here are views of the "Hotel Cabin" under the main rallroad station, At left, above, guests enter and emerge formal registration, they echsok their valuables, as at right Above, 'and are shown to theic "rooms," These consist 'of tiny cubleles, partitionéd off with tarpailing, es seen at right. This hotel accom. 8 marks per night, front the concrete "lobby", After - 'modates #20. persons, who pay. Royal Commissioners Justice R, L. Kellock These judges of the Supreme Court of Canada have been appointed to conduct the secret Inquiry into the espionage charges. MEDIEVAL NOTE Symbolizing centuries of service to the Church is the colorful garb of the Middle Ages, worn by the pa Swiss Guard, Only Swiss may long to this group, which numbers 10 officers and 110 men. ISSUE p---1048 Highlights of the News Canadian Occupation Force The Canadian occupation force of 25000 men, according to an announcement by Prime Minister King, will be withdrawn from Germany early in April, ; Air Minister Gibson previously had announced the withdrawal of 10,000 men in the occupation air force would start June 30. The Navy did not participate in occupa tion duty. Mr. King's announcement added that the present shipping situation "forecast all troops now in Ger- many should be back in Canada by September or Cctober." Mr. King pointed out that Can- ada, unlike the big nations, was not one of the occupying powers and was not a member of the Allied Control Commission, At the same time other European allies, not in a position to supply contingents at the beginning of the occupation, "are now becoming increasingly able to share in occupation duties." Headquarters For U.N.O. Last week New York City was officially chosen as the temporary world capital of the United Na- tions Organization. The UNO -oted to make New York its interim headquarters ror the next five years and then to . move to a permanent world capital ahbther step. Your ahoes "think to learn, to be built in the Fairfield-West- chester area of Connecticut and New York State. Spy Ring In Canada Last week it was reported that two Canadian Government -em- ployees had been detained pending further investigation of charges that they had been communicating information to a foreign power. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment of two Royal Commissioners to inquire into. 'disclosures of secret aod confidential information to un- authorized persons, inc'uding some members of the staff of a foreign mission Ottawa." The persons involved in the case are said to include some prescnt and former employees of a num- ber of departments and agencies of the Canadian Government, Twenty-two employees or for: mer employees of the government previously had been rounded up in Canada *in connection with the investigation, It would be just as well for people to keep their -heads about this espionage story, suggests tie Ottawa Citizen, There have been f Instantine J. bacngd FAST RELIEF from HEADACHE. 12 "55 25F orudsionss Here's Speedy Relief For Tender, Aching, Burning Feel Your feet may be swollen and In- flamed that you think you can't go ay feel as If they are cutting right into the flesh. You feel nek all over with the pain and. tor 8 you'd give anything to get relle Two or three "applications of Moone's Emerald Ol and In a few minutes the: pain and soreness dls- appears, " No matter how discouraged yo have been, If you have not trie érmia Ol than LL have some. bodtlie today at all druggists, others during the late war--fdr more interesting and exciting. There will be more in the future. Nearly every covntry has a secrct service; and every country uses il if it thinks its security is threat- ened or a rivalry in armaments is becoming dangerous to it. So a sense of proportion (& necessary, A judical inquiry is pro- ceeding into charges against sus- pected persons. It will be certain to bring out the facts. Wise .peop.e will wait for them. Industri | Strife In U.S. The first phase of World Wa II's period of industrial strife scems definitely ending. With the steel strike settlement achieved, it appeared improbable that the "General Motors strike could last much longer. Peace has been achieved in the oil, meatpacking, anc steel in- dustries, and in the electric appliance industry the Electric Di- vision of General Motors has signed a contract with the union, although 174,000 General Electric and Westinghouse workers are still out. Many tic-ups of public utilities are over--for the moment at least. Hundreds of wage adjustments have been made without any strike at all, yhich never got into the newspapers, On nearly every front industrial conditions look better. A spokesman for United States Steel said most of the corporation's employees should be back at work by the end of next week, but that it may he 30 days before full pro- duction is achieved. Halifax Black Market A huge black market organiza- tion stretching from Halifax into inland Canada has been uncovered by Royal Canadian Motinted Pui- ice. The theft ring involved huu- dreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, mostly ex- pensive British textiles, Mission To India Britain is making another at- tempt to settle the Indian problem. A special mission composed of three Cahinét members will go to India next month to try again ro break the deadlock with Indian political leaders over the forma- tion of a constitution-making body as a preliminary to sell: government, REPLACES ICKES Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior, will serve as acting Secretary following the re- signation of Harold L. Ickes. He is shown at his desk in Washington. No permanent succéssor has been named by President Truman, HANGON: DO THIS! To relieve discomforts, one of the best things you can do is put a good spoonful of home- tested Vicks VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water, Then feel welcome relief come as you breathe in the medicated vapors that penetrate to the cold-congested Spher breathing passages! See how soothes irritation, quiets cough- , and helps clear the head-- bringing grand comfort, FOR ADDED RELIEF, , , rub throat, chest and back with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hours--2 ways atonce--to bring relief from distress, Remember, its Vicks | fICKS VapoRub you want. W VaroRus IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Discontinuance of Overseas Tobacco Gift Plan The Tobacco Gift Plan whereby BRITISH CONSOLS and EXPORT CIGARETTES and Tobacco parcels "can be sent to the Armed Forces overseas will be discontinued from the 28th February, 1946. Alter this date no further orders can be accepted by W. C. Macdonald Ine. Members of the Canaditin Armed Forces still serving overseas are assured of an adequate supply of cigar otter as they will still be able to purchase BRITISH Mestronl, Oro, Ph: Pedivary 1909 CONSOLS and EXPORT CIGARETTES from No. 2 Canadian Tobacco Depot; London, England 14 ihe 1 same way asthey have been doing up to the preseng time and at the same prices as through the Giff Plan, OVERNEAS DEPARTMENT W. C. MACDONALD Incorporated