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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947 . Births EKEWIN--On Sunday, February 16, 1947, at' Oshawa General Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs, Kewin (nee Ruby Myles) a son, Wayne Douglas. SPIRES--Mr. and Mrs, Willlam 8 ires, at Mother and son doing well. Deaths PERRELL--Entered into rest in the Oshawa General tal, on Mon- day, February 17th, 7, Jane Irene Arthurs, Jeloved wife of Norman Fer- er Pikieral mE the agstrong Puneral on Wodh e 10 a. from Home, Oshawa , Febru- ary" 10th. Service 10 a.m. Interment F vy, T JENNINGS--Entered Into rest at the family residence, 220 Bruce St. Osh- awa, on Sunday, 'Arbella Lillie y of Albert E, Jennings in her 73rd ear, Funeral from the Armstrong Funeral Home, Oshawa, on Wednesday, Febru- h. Service 2 p.m, Interment, Ochaws Union Cemetery. In Memoriam CLARKE--In loving m of a dear wife and mother Hattie Clarke, who d away, eleven years ago today, 'ebruary 17, 1936, Smiling 'and happy, always content, Toved and respected wherever she went, Thoughtful of others, gentle and kind; A beautiful y she left behind Lovingly ered by husb and family, d Obituary MRS NORMAN FERRELL The death occurred at the Osha- wa General Hospital early today, following an illness of a year, of Jane Irene Arthurs, beloved wife of Norman Ferrell, in her 57th year. The daughter of the late Senator Lt,~Col. James Arthurs and Mrs. Arthurs of Parry 8cund, the deceas- ed was born at Commanda, Ontario, on March 1, 1890. She was married at Pcwasson on November 4, 1914 and moved to Oshawa from Toronto five years ago when her husband ac- a position as cost accountant at Duplate Canada Limited. Besides her huscand she leaves two daughters, Betty and Anne, of Oshawa. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Clarence C. Jackson of Toronto and Mrs. S. G. Freeborn of Calgary and four brothers, J. Nor- fan of Prescott, J. Harold of Pitts- burgh, Pa., Wallace G. of Vancou- ver and V. Robert of Toronto. The funeral service will be held at the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p. m. on Wednesday, February 19, fo ed by interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Rev. George Telford, Minister of St, An- drew's United Church, will conduct the services. MRS. ALBERT. E. JENNINGS In poor health for the past 12 months, Arbella Lillie Forsyth, be- loved wife of Albert E. Jennings, passed away at the family residence, 220 Bruce Street, on Sunday, Feb- ruary 16, in her 73rd year, The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Forsyth of Toronto,' the deceased was born at York Mills on March 20, 1874 and came fo Oshawa from Hampton 18 years #80. She is survived by her husband who, until his retirement, was an | inspector for the Liquor Control Board. The last member of her family, her only close relatives are two nephews, Bill Forsyth of the Maple Leaf Gardens staff in Toron- to and Wilfred H. Forsyth of York Mills. The funeral will be held from the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, follow- ed by interment in the Union cem- etery. The services will be conduct- ed by Rev. J. V. McNeely, pastor of King Street United Church. MRS BERTHA KILGORE Listowel, Feb. 15 -- The funeral took rlace Friday afternoon of Mrs. Bertha E. Kilgore, native of Elma township and former resident of Listcwel, who died Tuesday in her "2nd year. Mrs. Kilgore had been bedridden for the past year. At the time of her death she had been | living with her daughter, Mrs. Law- rence Fraser, near Barrie. €he was born near Trowbridge, the daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. William Pelton. After her mar- riege to the late Samuel Kilgore, she lived for 26 years in Saskatchewan, where her huscand farmed near North Battleford. They retired to Listowel seven years ago, and Mr, Kilgore died in 1941. €he is survived by one son, Mau- rice, Brantford; by four daughters, Mrs, Lawrence Fraser of Barrie, Mrs. Clifford of Oshawa, Mrs. W. R. Cox of Listowel, Mrs, Pe- ter Carnac of Toronto; by three sis- ters, Miss Ida Pelton and Mrs, Frank Byrne of Listowel, and Mrs. John Munro, Salter, Sask, Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p. m. Friday from the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cox; inter- ment wag in Fairview cemetery. PASTURE OF LAMBS Pasture in sheep husbandry is important and information gained for better utilization of herbage may go a long way in reducing the cost of lamb production. In this respect, two experiments are being carried cut by the Field Husbandry Division, Dcminion Experimental Farms. One is the study of the response of grass to chemical fer-, tilizer and the influence of close grazing by cheep on the commosi- tion of the sward over a long period of time. This project was started in 1929, reports of progress having been given annually. The second experiment is a study of a succession of cultivated crops pastured in rotation by ewes and lambs. Begun in 1938, it seeks to determine the best crops Or succes- sion of crops to provide uniform grazing during the whole summer season. Four one-acre fields were ceeded down as in a farm rotation. First year--oats and Sudan grass, plus a grass mixture, with a com- plete fertilizer applied in the spring. Second year--clover. Third year-- timothy, then ploughed in late sum- mer and seeded to fall rye. Am- monium sulphat is applied to the timothy to stimulate 'growth. Fourth year--rye for early grazing until June, then seeded to rape for Aug- Today's Short Story THE DAY BUT ONE By Hortense Powner HE = chicken turning golden brown in the iron skillet on the wood range wes not getting Mrs, Burton's undivided attention. She turned over a wishbone ab- sentmindedly, watching the slouch- ed shoulders of her son John. Seems like you lost your appe- tite since you come back. home." She proffered the comment hope- ~Illustrated by Dave Chambers The bus pulled away and left the tall, bronzed young man standing outside thc bus depot. fully, but the brown-haired young man in denim overalls did not stir. Two minutes later ne asked "What did you say, Mom?" "Nothing much, I just wondered if you were hungry. I got fried chicken and angel food cake for { supper tonight." John reached into his pocket and handed his mother a much- creased telegram, Mrs, Burton pushed the chicken to the back of the stove. She took her glasses from the dining room buffet. Halt- ingly she read: 'Toots lost in Martintown Hotel fire. Sincere sympathy. Charles Zabst." Shes, patted her son's 1 stretched on the table beyond his bowed head. "Wasn't Toots your pet name for the girl you met when you took basic training? Let's see. Zabst was her last name, too, and her front name was Mary Ruth." John's voice was clouded. "We were going to get married. Only I never heard from her after 1 Bt home. I wrote her father harles but I didn't get any answer. He's an odd guy anyway; all wrapped up in his | business and not paying any atten- | tion to anyone." i Mrs. Burton slowly traced her i finger across the map of the United | States pinned to the wall beside | the kitchen radio. "She could have been coming here. Maybe she stopped in Martin- | | town for the night. That terrible | fire with all those people getting | | trapped. | ~ John raised his head from the table. | "Toots couldn't ever get herself out of a fire. She's so little and helpless like. Somehow she re- minded me of that lamb I brought up on a bottle when I was a kid. The sputtering sound of chicken frying came again as Mrs. Burton pulled the skillet back to the hot part of the stove. John picked up the telegram and read it once more. Suddenly the lines on his forehead disappeared and a near-smile flicked across his mouth. "I believe I'd better go out there and see her father. This is a busy time to be leaving the farm but I o enough of my separation pay eft." His mother stared with disbelief as he banged out of the kitchen, headed toward the cow barn. She went upstairs and started® lpok- ing over John's shirts for missing buttons. Even when John waved goodbye | as he left on the long cross-coun- try bus trip, there still was no out- ward sign of mourning. "Do_you®reckon he's all right?" Mrs. Burton asked worriedly as the bus left the station. "First he was like a Johnny Jump-up the cows tramped on and all of a sud- den he was as perky as a butter- cup." The much creased telegram was beginning to tear along the folds before John's four-day cross coun- try trip came to a final stop. The bus pulled away and left the tall, bronzed man standing outside a restaurant that also served as bus depot. The broad shaded streets of the little town were still. When John last was here, shouting, laughing men in uniform wandered up and down them, John walked more slowly as he approached the end of Catalpha street. The Zabst house was a squat box shape with a long shed behind it which housed the father's chemical products business. A girl in blue jeans and a white blouse was down on her knees be= side a circular flower bed. A Ger- man shepherd dog lay near her. The girl turned her head when the front gate clicked behind John, but she did not look directly at him. The dog watched intently but did not bark or move away from the John stood several feet away and waited. There was no impulsive rush into his arms. The girl roped for the dog's leash and got 0 her feet slowly. : v "Johnny, you shouldn't have come." She was crying. The dog moyed protectively between her and the man. "Why by you want me to think you were dead?" . "To you I am dead. There's a new, lonely way, but I have diffi- culty enough finding it without giving you up all over again. Send- in, that telegram was not easy. ne man took one long deter. mined step toward the small yer low-haired girl, but the 'bristling dog stopped him. hand, chemical | Jap Clubbing Brings Charges Against 5 GI's Tokyo, Feb, 17--(AP) -- United States Far East air forces announc- ed tonight that five American sol- diers accused of clubbing five jap~ anese to death and injuring others had signed statements "admitting participation." The announcement said this word was received from Nagoya head- quarters of the fifth air force, to which the men were assigned Court martial cf the men on charges of murder will be held in. Tckyo, the announcement added. The clubbings occurred in Hach- ioji, 14 miles west of Tokyo, on Jan. 31. The U. 8, air base at Tachikawa, near Hachioji, listed the Americans as: Cpl. Willard L. Grooms, Cpl. George E. Craig, Pte. Rosey W. Harper, Pte, Bdward W. Smith, and Pte. Carl J, Havalda. The five men were taken into custody ,10 days after Hachiojo's night of violence. Japanese police said five soldiers bad driven in a jeep along rural roads, ing to beat passers-by with three-foot sticks of firewood. In Hachioji, they smashed furniture and glass in restaurants. WIN SASK. CURLING TITLE Regina, Feb. 17 -- (CP) -- Sandy Campbell and his three sons of Avonlea hit Saskatchewan's curling Jackpot ~ Saturday, spilling Bill Hains Saskatoon quartet 9-7 and 13-9 to win the trip to the Mac- donald's Brier Dominion Champion- ships at Saint John, N.B. BADMINTON CHAMPION 'Toronto, Feb. 17 -- (CP) -- Dick Birch, one of the veterans of Can- adian Badminton who still ranks high among the game's stars added the men's singles to his list of titles (as the Ontar Championship | Tournament' closed at the Carleton Ust and September grazing of lambs. | Club Saturday. The man's hands dropped help- to his sides. "You're blind" ed to be dead to you." "You should have let me know about it. How long has it been? "I happened the samc day your letter came saying you "avere re- turning to the United States. The | little boy next door slipped into Father's' laboratory an | over a bottle of sulphuric acid. | Somehow it got on me instead of | on him." ep The gir] twisted the leash in her | hands. "I heard over the radio that a young woman's body found in the Martintown hotel fire could not be identified, I thought if you | believed this unknown girl were | me, you could" forget our plans | and marry a normal, healthy girl." | . "You aren't blind in the way | that matters most to me," John | said gently. "You know how to m:ke me happy when I get down | in the dumps and how to hold me | in when I get hogwild mad. You don't have to see with your eyes; | you just feel things like that." | © The man looked down at the dog. "How long will it take | Gretchen to get used to me?" "Not very long if you don't make any abrupt moves. But what difference does it make?" | "Plenty. How can l kiss my wife-to-be if that animal stands be- tween us?" ! ohany, | I'll not let you can't marry me. you burden yourself with a blind wife." The man's sure, unwavering voice beat against the girl's pro- tests again and again, until he stumbled into the deciding words: "Toots, I need you more than you need me. I was just like a million other hardworking two- | legged animals until you became | | part of me, Then I was a being different from all others. Know- mg you loved me gave me a strength that isn't in me by my- self. When I thought you were dead that strength leaked away and I was just a miserable ordin- ary guy again." | Gretchen also was convinced. The dog lay relaxed at their feet as the man and woman, held to- gether by each other's encircling arms, planned their return trip. The girl interrupted suddenly, "Johnny darling, how did you know I was not dead?" John grinned. "At first 1 did bee lieve that telegram. Then 1 re- membered something. No one but me, least of all called you Toots. Suspect's Jaw Locks On Cop's Probing Digit Toronto, Feb, 17--(CP)--Consta- ble Arthur Lepper of the morality department ran into une: and embarrassing--difficulties Sat- urday night while making the arrest cf a person suspected of carrying illegal narcotics. While his fellow-officers held th jarred |, your father, ever | Farmers' Market Local Grain -- Local selling prices for gran $29- $30 ton; shorts $30-$31 ton; baled hay $18-$20 ton; straw $16-$18 ton; pastry flour $2.85 a bag; bread flour $2.90 a bag. Dealers are paying no set price. Wheat, $1.26 a bushel; oats 53-55c; barley 65¢; buckwheat 75-80c. Produce -- Toronto, Feb, 17--(OP)--Produce prices in the spot market here today were reported as follows: Churning cream unchanged No. 1 1b. 41 FOB, 45 delivered, plus 10 cents subsidy. Butter prints unchanged, 1st grade 42, 2nd grade 41, 3rd grade 40. Eggs: Receipts fair, demand quiet, dealers trading cautiously; wholesale to retail, A large 40-41, A medium 38-39, A pullet 35-36, B 35, C 33-34; country shippers quot- 36-36%, A medium 34-34%, A pul let 33, B 32, C 29-30. Butter solids unchanged, | grade 40, 2nd grade 39. 1st ' Honey -- | Toronto, Feb. 17--(CP) -- Whole- | honey quotations were unchanged | here today at: 24 1-lb, glass jars $4.82; 24 2-1b, glass jars $9.12; car- | tons, 24 1-1b. while No.1 $4.92; 24 2-l1b. white No. 1 $9.26; 12 %-lb. white No. 1 $9.04; 8 .6-1b., white No. 1 $8.67; 2-1b. Orange Label 24 $8.36; 2-1b. Red Label 24 $7.98; bulk 160s Golden Amber $6.98. Fruit -- Toronto, Feb. 17--(CP)--Whole- sale fruit and vegetable prices | here today supplied by White and Company follew: Domestic: Hcthouse tcenatoes No. 1 20 cents lb; cabbage crange | crates 50-66c; mushrooms 5 Ib. car- | ton $2.65-$2.85; radishes doz. 30- 40c; Beets bu. 60-752; green onions | doz, 35-50c; Ontario new potatoes 75 Wo. bag No. 1 $1.10-$1.25; car- rots bu, Tsc; furnips unwashed bu. 50-60c. 50 1b. bag 7T5¢c; waxed tur- nips 50 Ibs. 90-$1. ' Imported: Calif. Navel organges 85-87; Messina Italian lemons $5- $5.50; Flerida grapefruit $3.75- $125. Texas grapefruit $3.25-83.50; pinezcples $6-$6.50; Texas spinach bu. $2-$2.25; Calif. cauliflower $3~ $3.25; Calif. lettuce 5s $6.50-87.50; pL celery $4.50-35; yams $4- $4.25; sweet potatoes $3.75; beans Fla. plentiful Valentine $7. Cheese -- Torcnto, Feb. 15--(CP) -- Grade | sale cheese quotations were un- | changed here today at: first grade large paraffined, colored 22 3/16 cents. lb, white 22% cents, both I'.0.B. factory. Hogs -- Toronto, Feb. 17 -- (CP) -- Grade A, dressed bacon-hogs were un- | changed at Brantford $21.60 deliver~ | ed, prices unsettled at Stratford | witly no quotations established, in | markets reporting early today. | | | | | | Livestock -- | Toronto, Feb. 17 -- (CP) -- Cattle | trade was dull with early sales at the livestock market here today tao few to establish prices. Veal calves were $1 a cwt. lower at $16-$17 for | choice with plains downward to $12. | No price was established for hogs, which closed previously at dressed, | arade A $21.75-$21.90, B1 $21.35- { 821.50. Good western lami sold at | $15.75, There were no early sheep | sales. Receipts reported by the | Dominion Marketing Service were: | Cattle 32,220, calves 140, hogs 280, sheep and lambs 630. 'New Truck And 'Auto Damaged | A General Motors half-ton truck jon its way to Montreal, and an | auto, driven by James Smith of Newcastle, suffered considerable damage when they were in head-on collision on Highway No. 2 in New- castle at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday. Henry Lee, James Street, Oshawa, driver of the truck, informed police that the car ahead of him stoppzd rather suddenly and rather than hit it he turned out of line to his left. Smith seeing the truck in front of him stopped but was unable to avoid the crash. The truck was part of a convoy being driven to Montreal. Provin- cial Constable Kowles of Bowman- ville investigated the accident. John Ambulance Association and Brigade. which will be used to further the work of first aid, home nursing, blood grouping, public duty and similar services undertaken voluntarily by the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade. Admiring First Aid Badge Admiring the badge awarded to successful candidates passing St. John Ambulance examinations on first aid are Mrs. Dianna Hall and Constable W. A. Dwyer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ed graded eggs, cases free, A Bh appeal for funds is now being conducted across Canada by the The first National The objective is $1,000,- Nanking, Feb. 17--(AP)--General- issimo Chiang Kai-Shek's govern- ment, in a desperate fight for na- tional, completely revamped China's torrering business structure today and promised to reorganize the gov- errment itself. Shanghai's tough black markel operators promptly moved "under- ground" and defied the new regula- tions--but Ohiang threatened "se- vere penalties" and said that "rough and ready justice" would make up in some cases for lack of enforce- ment machinery. The drastic decrees; 1. Orderei home all abroad. (A few Chinese are report- ed to have foreign investments worth billions.), fortune | 'China's Business Structure 'Undergoes Drastic Changes 2. Provided for government with- drawal from industiy, (It had been moving toward virtual monopoly of heavy industry, but now rilans to retain only utilities and defencees- sential plants.). 3. Restricted wages and prices to January levels, and prohibited strikes and lockouts. 4. Fixed the official exchange rate at 12,000 Chinese dollars to one United States dollar (instead of 3,350 td one) and banned any use of foreign currency or any trading in ge'd in China. This already is being violated in Shanghai. 5. Provided for a curtailed gov- ernment budget and stricter tax collections. 6. Pledged a campaign foarding and speculating. against Many Gay Boxes At Northminster Valentine Social Gay refreshment boxes In original designs appropriate for St. Valen- tine's Day were featured at the an- nual "Box Social" held by th? Men's Club cf Norihminster United Church Friday night. Heart-shaped boxes and others depicting wedding cakes, snowmen, floral designs and Valentine scenes were among the colorful array ex- hibited by the ladies who were guests of the Men's Club for the occasion. Later in the evening the bidding was keen as Al. Penfound auctioned off the boxes. Mrs. Stan Cook, who exhibited a large round tox with floral de- sign in Valentine colors, was award- ed first prize by the judges, Rev. B.- 8. Morwood, William Harmer and Kelvin James. The other nine winners were Mrs. Kenneth Farrow, Mrs. Jim Reid, Mrs. B. 8! Morwood, Mrs. Les Hart- ley, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Fred Han- sell, Mrs. Dcug. Keel, Mrs. Bob Latham and Mrs, Harry Adams. Master of ceremonies was Jim Reid and those taking part in the musical program were introduced by William Harmer. Sjjrley Har- mer sang accompanied on the elec- tric guitar by Art Harmer and little Betty Harmer sang accompanied by Mrs. Harmer. Miss Marian Pitka sang some comic numbers and a piano duet was played by Lorraine and Tommy Graham. Lindsay Drummond, boy soprano, sang and a vocal duet was given by Les Hartley and Mrs. A. Halewood. : The successful evening was ar- ranged by the executive and cap- tains of the Men's Clup. CASE SET OVER The case of William D. Farrer, 743 Douglas Street, charged with assault occasioning bodily harm by his father David Farrer at the same address, has been put over today for two weeks by Magistrate F, 8S. Ebks. The case was originally scheduled for December 17, but was pestponed as the complainant, David Farrer, was in jail. suspected man's arms, constabl Lepper inserted a probing finger in- to the cartive's mouth to seize a capsule the prisoner swallowed on approach ¢f the two policemen. The captive--a 52-year old Chin- ese--fainted from shock and ex- citemerit, ing Leppers fi 's securely in a locked upper fi plate. As a crowd of theatre- goers gathered, tiie constable forced his fingers free with a key. Following hospital treatment for captor and captive, Jim Chong was charged with illegal possession of narcotics. : Recommend Tomato ( Acreage at 50,000 In 1946 the total acreage planted in Canada to tomatoes was 53,760, of which 44,770 acres were in Ont- ario, 5920 in Quebec and 3,070 in British Columbia. For 1947 the Dominion = Provincial Agricultural Conference, which met in Ottawa in December, 1946, considered that an acreage of 50,000 in 1947 would meet all demands for domestic and ex- port needs. While the total tonnage of toma- toes processed was greater in: 1046 than in previous years the* pack of canned tomatoes was congiderably reduced in comparison with prevs ious years. The pack of tomato juice was, however, up to a record level. 'The reason for the big pack of juice was that it can be done principally by machines, while canning toma- toes requires considerable hand la- bour. Processors have found it dif- ficult in recent years to obtain la- bour for canning tomatoes, Eggs at 12c a dozen, butter at 10 to 12¢ a pound and turkeys at 50 to 65¢c each are listed in the market report printed in the published by Thomas Alva Edison. The February 3, 1862, issue of tht newspaper Edison's Newspaper on Wheels ary 11, 1947, also exercised his inventive genius in the baggage car of the train, where he set up a chemical laboratory. When he was 17, his adeptness as a sender and receiver earned Edison a job as reg- ular tel her for the Grand Trunk at "Weekly Herald" was the first P ever to be edited and published aboard a moving train and was started by young Tom at the age of 13, when he was a newshoy and candy butcher on the Detroit-Port Huron run of the Grand Trunk Railway, now part of Canadian National System. Edison, whose 100th birthday anniversary is celebrated Febru- Stratford Junction, Ont, Canada. He was later fired when a supervisor dis- covered the secret of one of the young inventor's creati>ns--a device for auto- matically "reporting in" on the wire in Morse code every half hour when, in actuality, Edison was napping to make up for sleep lost im pursuing his studies, Demand Is Better For Apples Here According to the marketing ser- vice of the Dominion Department of Agriculture most varieties of apples are selling at ceiling prices in the Lakeshore District of Eas- tern Ontario with the demand im- proving particularly for the Spy variety. Storages in the district are com- pelling outside buyers to take Starks along with other varieties, Some Snows and Talman Sweets selling below ceiling. Most move- ment of apples is by truck, Orch-~ ard work has been stopped due to heavy snow and growers are cleaning and repairing sprayers for next season. Several new spray machines have been purcha- sed and companies are now taking orders for spray materials, Grow- ers are showing marked interest in the quality of spray materials and it appears only the best will be ordered this season. The demand for potatoes Is improving with some slight ad- vance .in price which is due no doubt to the condition of the roads. The demand for other vege- tables is slow with only a limited volume moving into consumption, One canning plant has changed hands in Prince Edward County and it is rumored at least two new plants will be built in Eastern On- tario this season, Danger in Common Watering Trough A common watering trough is just not good enough for dairy cattle. Unless every animal is healthy, the common watering place serves as 2 breeding place for tuberculosis. This reminder comes from Can- ada's acting Veterinary Director General, Dr. Thomas Childs. He says that when testing a herd he has often found one or two animals badly infected and, next to them on the milking line, several re-actors. If these re-actors had been bred and raised on their owner's farm, the veterinarian concluded that -it was there they had been infected. The spread of the infection, he at- tributes to the common trough. Nor is tuberculosis the only dis- ease which cattle may acquire in this fashion. Actinomycosis, or lump jaw, may be spread when dischargss from its ulcers fall into the trough from which all members of the herd drink. To prevent infection of these dan- gerous, expensive and sometimes fa- tal diseases, Dr. Childs recommends individual drinking bowls. More and more farmers are installing these. Not as satisfactory but less ex- pensive is a metal or wooden pail for each cow. These should be of heavy construction, as cows have the habit of pushing them around. And as a cow can kick over her drinking pail almost as easily as kicking over her milk pail, the buc- kets should be strong enough to stand a certain amount of this violence. " , Despite its limitation even an in- dividual bucket is better than a common watering trough, but in- dividual drinking bowls are best. ' JUST A MISER A man who possessed more money than brains was once com- plimented . on his good sense by one who desired a favor from him. Among the company was a lady who possessed more brain; than money, "I don't wonder," she re- marked to her neighbor, "at his having 'a large stock of good sense, for he never squanders any." SOUGHT NEW ROUTE It was in search of & new route to India that Christopher Columbus discovered America. ' Steelworkers To Seek $2,000 Minimum Wage And 40-Hour Week An annual minimum wage of $2,000, anchored to a 40-hour work- ing week is the target set for the United Steelworkers of America by its national wage and policy con- ference held in Toronto Friday and Saturday, M. J. Fenwick, Union representative, today Informed The Times-Gazette. Attended by 157 delegates from 70 local unions in the nation, the conference reaffirmed the Union's policy to seek equal pay for equal work for all employees in the in- dustry regardless of age or sex. The meeting resolved to press em- ployers for "union shop contracts" and decided to arrange for the ex- piration of all primary steel agree- ments on April 1 and all other con- tracts on June 1 to allow uniform action in negotiations. Beginning next month, all local unions will be asked to subscribe five cents per member from their treasuries to a national welfare fund to be used to render financial aid to local unions on strike. : Representing branches of the Un+ ion from the Oshawa area were S. H. Atkinson, M. J. Fenwick, D. N. Kay, Clifton Lang, Nick Lukacs, Paul Smith and W. R. Welsh, Local 1817; Lloyd MacInally, Local 2784; Everett Welsh, Local 2375, Bowman- ville, and Frank O'Connor, Loca 2458, Whitby. 4 'The conference adopted resolu- tions urging the federal governs ment and members of parliament to adopt a system whereby an ine crease in living costs would autor matically bring an adjustment in wages; sought to retain rent con- trols at not more than present levels; asked the establishment of a pension plan in the industry; re- quested the government give pris ority in materials to low cost hous= ing schemes and that the Union seek the payment of eight legal holidays and two weeks holidays with pay by industry. Equal Treatment | Is Labor Aim Peace in industry in this province can be attained only when employ- ers end their opposition to unions and the Drew government enacts a labor code giving labor equal treat- ment with industry, so decided the one-day annual convention of the Ontario Federation of Labor (CCL) held in Toronto Sunday, Premier George Drew's neglect of provincial affairs drew a barrage of criticism from the 100<odd delegates who came from all Oatario indus- trial centres to draft a legislative prcgram for presentation to the cabinet on the eve of the opening of the legislature. Delegate after delegate charged Premier Drewt with interfering in foreign affairs, which are under federal jurisdiction, by his belli- cose speeches aimed at the Soviet Union and by his feud with the federal government while matters of concern to the people in the province do not sem to merit priority in his speeches. Attending the convention on be- half of the Oshawa and .District Labor Council were E. A, Jones and M. J. Fenwick, president and secre- tary-treasurer, respectively. The conference adopted resolu- tions seeking the appointment of a full time lahor relations board with adequate staff; urging action on housing; asking the repeal of legis- lation permitting the levying of poll tax by municipalities on single per- sons; that the school leaving age be raised to 18 years; that munici- palities be permitted to give the tranchise to all residents 18 years of age regardless of property quali- fications. Joseph McKen:e of Courtice, dir- ector of the United Rubber Work- ers of America, was elected presi- dent of the federation with Sam Hughes of the Packinghouse Work- ers named vice-president and Cleve Kidd of the United Steelworkers secretary-treasurer. Tallysticks Once : Burned Parliament Londcn-- (Reuters) -- Tallysticks --survivors of a form of financial reckoning used extensively in Brit- ain u:xtil the early 19th century-- have' returned to their glass case in the House of Commens from a wartime hiding place. The sticks, - many dated as far back as 1294, resemble old wooden toothbrushes with notches cut in the handle. The notches told illit- erates how many pounds, shillings and pence were involved in trans- actions between the crown or gov- ernment and the people. Once--dry from old age--they caused a fire which burned down the old Houses of Parliament in 1834. But even today, despite an at- tempt to abolish them in 1782, tal- lysticks are still sometimes used to record payments. The largest sum recorded by the existing sticks is £20 ($80). Ac- cording to one tallystick the hamlet of Hintington had to pay £3,6s ($13.20), : ! Good Bacon When Hogs Self Fed Three feeding experiments con- ducted at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, in which pigs were self-fed, demonstrated that quality bacon can be produced, if certain precautions are taken. As pointed out by J. G. Stothart, Division of Animal Husbandry, Central Exper- imental Farm, pigs have a tendency to get too fat winen self-fed, but in these experiments over 70 'per cent of the pigs produced Grade A carcasses. | The type of hog and the quality of feed are factors of major im- portance to be considered. Short pigs, for instance, which tend to overfinish in any case are not as good prospects for self-feeding as longer pigs which grow a bigger skeleton before putting on fat. Al- though the experimental pigs at Ot- tawa were fed indoors, some pigs need extra exercise when self-fed. Many feeders follow a practice of self-feeding until the pigs reach about 150 pounds in weight, then fininishing them by hand feeding. This is to be recommended . if premiums are being lost 'through overfinish, The experiments indicated that several combinations of the common grains, oats, barley and wheat, along with a protein-mineral sup- plement, are satisfactory for self feeding hogs. A higher proportion of oats than is ordinarily hand fed is recommended. The inclusion of 5 to 10 per cent alfalfa m:al provides a certain bulk as well ag vitamins and minerals to the ration, that. is desirable. Water should constantly be kept before the pigs. It is aiso recommended, particularly -when the pigs are fed indoors, that cod liver cil be fed daily in the water trough at the rate of one teaspoon- ful per pig, until they reach 10) pounds. Pigs can be very wasteful of feed around a hopper unless it is prop- erly constructed. Detailed plans of a self-feeder are available by writ ing to Dominion Department of Ag- riculture, Ottawa, or to Division of Animal Husbandry, Central Exper- imental Farm, Ottawa. Anaemia In Pigs Can Be Prevented Anaemia in baby pigs is prevent- able but still to commonly en- countered, says the Diyision of Ani- mal Pathology, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture. The thera- peutic and prophylactic value of iron was clearly shown in all the experiments so far made by the Division. _Life-long feeding of iron to the sow did not result in greater storage of iron in the young, these being equally as susceptible to anaemia as the young of uitreated sows. A single dose of iron for young pigs was not sufficient. A minimum of three at weekly inter- vals was ingicated. The first should be given when the pigs are a day or two old as cases of anaemia may be well developed in the first week in confined pigs. Royal Family Arrives At Capetown Amid Gaiety Of Welcome Capetown, Feb. 17--(CP)-- The battleship Vanguard, bearing the Royal Family, arrived today to the tumultous acclaim of thou- sands of spectators who lined the shore, As the giant battleship slipped majestically into her berth, the crew stood stiffly at attention on her deck, It was the Royal Family's first view of Capetown, with its Table mountains and smoky clouds in the background setting off a pan- orama of color, On the slopes of Signal Hill 1,- 200 schoolgirls dressed in white formed ' the word "welcome." Thousands watched from moun- tain roads, building tops and ev- en from the tops of flag poles. A bright sun bathed the color- ful scene, tempered by a cooling sea breeze, The Vanguard was escorted to her mooring by three South Afri- can frigates and six aircraft of the South African Air : Force. Crowds in the dock. area cheered and clapped constantly as the bat- tleship nosed to an anchorage past a smart band of the Duke of Edinburgh's Rifles, At 9:45 a.m. Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts, in formal civilian clothes, and Governor- General and Mrs, Gideon Vanzyl, boarded the Vanguard for 15 min. utes, Then they went ashore to receive their Majesties at the foot of the red-carpeted gangway. As an artillery salute rolled out, various military dignitaries were presented to The King, who inspected the Guard of Honor be- fore going to the pavilion dais where Smuts presented the Cabi- net ministers of the Common- wealth and theif wives, ; After the ceremonies at th quayside the Royal party motored through the packed streets to its' temporary residence in Govern- ment House. i Leaders of both South African Houses of Parliament then pres ented loyal addresses to The King, who made a brief reply, At the conclusion of this cere- mony the King invested Smuts with the Order of Merit, This afternoon The King and Queen were receiving South. Afri- can diplomats, and tonigh' they will attend a state banquet in their honor at Capetown eity hall. The King, sumburnt and fit and wearing light tropical naval uni- form, came out on the Vanguard's quartérdeck well before 6 a.m. His last act on board was to thank Rear Admiral Agnew for his safe voyage "