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Daily Times-Gazette, 16 May 1947, p. 3

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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THREE Ontario Liberal Policy Committee Presents 17-Point Plan Plan Many Events Union Anniversary SN ® A ¢ : T alravia Adviav The committee in charge Parle ow. of the Local 222 10th anni- versary program has released the following information of what has been prepared for the is to take place at Lakeview Park, June 14. picnic and field day which The list of events will assure every member of the above local and his family a full day's entertainment. The field events will include Taces for every one from six years of age to fifty and over, for both girls and boys, ladies and gentlemen and also y. Tickets for same at the Union hall hid i 3c opportunity for Jun- ow this is done. Joe Bal- donated a tru-steel cast- Junior competition, six- } ik 1 IEA, fa. wegy Bs8ias i RE Hi Ii Ed p ] i; =f Spy 8 5 or) = Ss Ls = =p ® = London, May 16--(AP) -- Prince Juan, Monarchy in Spain--a rever- former stand. YaE G. R. Pearkes, V.C. mo) call for a single staff for the armed forces; heard | R, W.* Mayhew, assistant to Finance Minister Ab- bott, uphold the financial policies of the government; heard Maur- ice Hartti (L-Montreal charge that Norman Jaques (SC- Wetaskiwin) was a '"'menace" to Canada; heard Solon Low, Social Credit leader, say he would read differentials by rates up to the Toronto level. 3. Establishm 40-hour week. Fred director, said "average earnings in the meat packing 'industry are be- low what is considered necessary to maintain a decent standard of liv- ing. Increased profits and living costs were also factors in the reci- sion to request a general wage in- crease ...." Jhe Day. au Pritacnant By The Canadian Press TODAY The Commons will consider establishment of a committee on human rights, The Senate, will not sit. YESTERDAY The Commons heard Maj.-Gen. (PC-Nanai- chief of parliamentary Cartier) Mr. Jaques out of the party if ould | Mr. Hartt could prove the charge; heard Norman Lockhart (PC-Lin- coln) charge that there had been faulty distribution of building maerials. The Senate did not sit, Meat Union Reveals Its 47 Demands May 16--(OP)--The Toronto, United Packinghouse Workers of America (C10) : | ounced its wages and hours de- mands which will be presented to the "big three" packers-- Canada ind Packers, Burns and Company and 'Swift "Canadian Company--during negotiations/in June and July. yesterday an tions in June and July. After the international conven- tion of thes UP.W.A. in Cleveland last week, the urion's Canadian conference approved these demands in addition to amendments to indi- vidual contracts: 1. A general wage increase of 15 geographical all wage cents per hour. 2. Elimina/ of ent of an official 4. A Union shop. Commenting on the decisions, Dowling, UP.W.A. Canadian Negotiations will be opened with and Burns next Sunda Packer: month and with Swift Canadian early in June. The Union said it hoped to in- clude negotiations before Aug. 1 when present agreements expire, Archibald Carey Lectures Here Saturday Night Archibald Carey, CSB, of De- troit, Michigan, who is delivering a lecture on Christian Science in the Masonic Temple, Saturday evening, May 17, under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, this city received the degrees of AB. and LL.B. from the University of Michi- gan. He entered the legal profes- sion in Detroit, and eventually be- came the senior member of a firm engaged largely in the practice of corporation law. After an extensive investigation of various religions and philosophies, he became convinced that Christ- ian Science is ultimate truth, and also that it is the most effective method of healing. He became a member of The Mother Church in 1917, and later received Primary class instruction in Christian Sci- Parliament, say- it is time for Francq,.to transition. He said 'he vis- i oS -the \L . tions and interviewed the Spanish Oréwn Prince in Portugal this week, returning to Britain only yesterday. There was no immediate official comment in Madrid on Follick's as- and there have been no re- forts there concernirig the manifes- Dead Two Years, His Wallet Fopnd | Toronto, May 16.--(CP)--A wallet containing $61 and personal papers belonging to a man who died two years ago, was discovered on top of zs pl selling beam in the base- o! home today by John M. Webb, Bell telephone A Ly and returned to the widow, Mrs. H. E. Dawson who moved from the home alter her husband's death. POISONOUS TOY PAINT Lead paint on toys, cribs and other furniture can result in vary- ing degrees of lead poisoning when chewed and swallowed, Pa- rents should guard infants by providing safe. playthings, say health authorities, ence. to help others in the understanding and demonstration of Christian Sci- ence, until this work required much of his time and attention. travelling in different countries, he realized the world-wide need for what Christian Science offers, and, with the conviction that he could be of greater service through the practice of Christian Science than by continuing in the legal profes- sion, he retired from the practice of law to become an advertised Chris- tian Science practitioner. upon receiving instruction in the Normal class of the Board of Edu- cation, Christian Science. Church of troit, Michigan, and has served this church as First Reader, chairman of its board of directors, and various other capacities, Opportunities came to him While In 1931 he became a teacher of Mr. Carey is 'a member of First Christ, Scientist, De- 'Wins Three Awards WILLIAM F. SHERWOOD Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sher- 'Lousy With Los Angeles, May 16--(AP) -- The names of scores of purported | | Hollvwood Rede many. .of them prominent, and a majority .of them employed as writers--are before the congressional un-Am- erican activities sub-committee sitting here, chairman J. Parnell Thomas (Rep-N.J.) said yester- day, Addressing reporters after Ad- olphe Menjou,sveteran film star, and Jack L, Warner, studio chief, had testified, Thomas said. "Both of these men named names, ; "Based on tstimony taken so far, I have come to the belief that the industry itself can clean house if it has the will to do so. All it needs is the will." Novelist Rupert Hughes. told Hollywood Is Declared Communists' the committee, he said, that Hol- lywood is "lousy with Commun- ists, some of them making $3,000 10 99,01 eekly and wnom you couldn't get to go to Russia in a million years." Menjou was quoted by Thomas as saying he believed the "mas- ters in Moscow" were attempting to use the movies to help over- throw the American government because Hollywood "is one of the greatest mediums for propagan- da." 'Menjou also charged, Thomas said that many millionaires, in- cluding directors and actors, in Hollywood and elsewhere . are Communist or pro-Communist, That "Communists in the film industry are so powerful that many of the "little people" are afraid to move against them." wood, 139 Conant Street, who won three awards at the annual exami- nations of the Faculty of Arts at Queen's University. He won the Wilhelmina Gordon Foundation in English valued at $25; the McIver Scholarship in English, and one of the Roberta McCullough Scholar- ships in English, S.C. Member Is Called A 'Menace' Ottawa, May 16--(CP)--Solon Low, leader of the Social Credit party,s aid last night in the Com- mons that he would "read" out of his party Norman Jaques (SC-We- taskiwin) if Maurice Marft t (L- Montreal Cartier) could prove that the Social Credit member was a "menace" to Canada. Mr. Low made the statement af- ter Mr. Hartt said Mr, Jaques was a "propogandist for which Canada had given hundreds of thousands, of lives in billions of dollars in wealth, He described Mr. Jaques as the "greatest enemy of the British Em- pire" and a man who was "consort ing with the former Ku Klux Klan." Mr. Hartt said Mr. Jaques ob- Jected to being called a "Hitler." "It is a compliment to him," said Mr. Oe ck that, Eitier hid Yoo m What is looking for is publicity." He said he was surprised that Mr, Jaques had not been "read" out of country and we are not ready to spend an- other 100,000 lives and billions of dollars to devastate half the world." Farm Labor Shortage 5 Forecast Toronto, May 16. -- (CP)-- With Ontario farmers' requests for help- ers exceeding by far the number of workers available, a serious short- age of farm-labor is indicated in the province for the coming season, B. G. Sullivan, Ontario regional superintendent of the National Em- ployment Service said here yester= day. Applications for Polish war- veterans, now totalling more than 1,000, continue to pour in, he said. Should the British government see fit to increase by 500 the re maining total of 1,124 of the orig- inal 4,000 Polish workers allocated to Canada, Ontarip stands to re- ceive 649 men, he said. The new group of ex-soldiers from Poland are expected to arrive in Canada in June and they will be quartered at Kingston, Ontario, from which cen- tre they will be allocated to rarms across the Dominion. DRAG COBOURG POND Cobourg, May 16-- (CP)--Po- lice probed the waters of Pratt's Pond near here last night fol- lowing a report of an oil slick on top of the wate... A-tew truck pulled a cable with large hook attached and although contact was made with some large object, they were unable to get it to the surface. Dragging will be contin- By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer London, May 16.--(CP)-- Cana- dlan-Soviet relations in Moscow hit rock bottom as a result of the spy trials in the Dominion and have re- mained there, Before the disclosures of Soviet espionage in Canada, the Dominion was held in high esteem in the Russian capital. Eighteen months ago the Canadian diplomatic re- presentatives in Moscow frequent. ly received special favors from Sov- iet government officials. In Doghouse Canada now shares the cellar along with Greece and Australia, highly unpopular in Moscow as a result of persistent Auslralian at- tacks on Soviet foreign policy. During my month in Moscow, on- ly a few Russians mentioned the spy trials to me and they seemed a little embarrassed about it, giving Canadian--Moscow Stock Has Hit Rock Bottom the impression they felt Russian of- ficials had been clumsy in handling this particular aspect of interna- tional espionage. Canadian and Aprous My Russian visa and exit permit from Moscow were issued without difficulty, My treatment seemed no different from that given any other foreign newspaperman and I made no bones about the fact I was a Canadian, But there were Russians who backed up discreetly when they found out I was a Canadian, rather than the American they first thought me to be. As far as I could find out, the Russians are not in the least con- cerned about Canadian military ex- periments in the Arctic. They can- not understand why the Dominion makse such a fuss about it all. They would have understood it far better if the experiments had been done secretly. Gives Cabbie $50 Honest Driver Returns Money Toronto, May 16.--(CP) -- Five minutes after he had stepped out of a Toronto taxi-cab, Dr. W. Bryant of Kirkland Lake, realized he had given the "hackie" a $50 bill in mis- take for a $2 bill and told him to keep the change. The excited delegate to the On- tario Medical Association conven- tion 'here immediately telephoned police but he should have waited and saved the nickel. Hymie Hay- man, war veteran and independent car owner, appeared at the police licence bureau and reported the mistake, 'The doctor and the cabbie got to- gether and the cabbie is today $10 GM's Light Chev Plan Is Shelved Detroit, May 16 (CP).--General Motors Corporation announced last night that plans for production of 8 proposed Chevrolet light automo- bile had been "indefinitely de- ferred." Material shortages for plant con- struction and car construction were cited as reasons for the deferrment. They cited "material shortages" and "public demand for the estab- lished line." The material shortages applied both to new plant con- struction and to car production. Construction of two plants in Cleveland, Ohio, had been contem- plated at a cost of $15,000,000. All manufacturing and assembly of the light Chevrolet had been planned for that city. RE-ELECTED Cornwall, May 16,--(CP)-- Regl- nald Robinson was elected . presi- dent of the Cornwall branch of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a ued today. meeting here, Silicosis Plus T.B. Dangerous Toronto, May 16--(CP)--Dr. Wil- Timmins, t. hag silicosis to a very dangerous de- gree but he won't make the change to more healthful work for his pres- ent job, at which he makes $20 a day." Dr. Taylor said. "He'd been warned but the way I can stop him Dr. Taylor said one mine with si- licosis, transferred to the surface job after 13 years underground, had excellent health prospects if he doesn't contract tuberculosis. Since 1929 all miners have had an- nual chest X-rays, he added, More than 60 physicians disouss- ed gerlatrice--care of the aged--and de easing importance to civiliza- ie, wag polated ge that advances medical science have kept people in their 40's and 60s in much better physical condition than persons of the same age groups at the turn of the century. CCL to Discuss Wage Policies , Toronto, May 18. -- (CP)-- The (Canadian Congress of Labor has announced its wage co-ordinating committee, reconstituted at a meet- ing of the executive council in Montreal April 18, will meet here May 22 to discuss an ove-rall cam- paign for higher wages. Comprised of leaders of C.CL. unions, the committee will repre- sent 250,000 members of C. I. O, and national unions across Canada who are employed in practically all' of the major industries, including steel, electrictl, rubber, railroading, textiles, packing, lumbering, auto- biles, construction and gold mining. By The Canadian Press An optimistic outlook for this year's field crop prospects today re- mained the keynote among Cana- da's f: ers despite a serious threat fostered by a lingering winter which left them far behind schedule with their seeding operations. Their one cry--as shown in a coast-to-coast survey by the Ca- nadian Press--is for warm weather to safeguard Canada's No..1 indus- try with its estimated value of more than $1,900,000,000 annually. Delays Delays ranging from 10 days to five weeks are reperted throughout the country with only two provinces --British Columbia and Prince Ed- ward Island--offering no com- plaints. - But with a break in the weather, it was reported generally the worst that can happen is that harvests will be late reaching stor- age bins this fall. In the west seeding and cultiva- tion are said to be 10 to 21 days behind normal. Only 20 per cent Farmers Take Optimistic Outlook Despite Serious Seeding Delay |of wheat and 11 per cent of coarse grains' have been sown in Sas- katchewan compared with 60 per cent and 43 per cent respectively at the same time last year, while.80 per cent of wheat-seeding remains to be done in Alberta. 3 to 5 Weeks Balked by sub-normally cold wea- ther with three successive nights of frost last week and flooded lands in some areas, spring work on On- tario farms suffered delays of three to five weeks. In the Sarnia district, planting operations are said to be the latest since 1911. The pictue darkened for the province whose field crops in 1946 had a value of $232,000,000 when an official of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture described the situation as desperate. He spoke cf the possibility some farmers might turn to late crops such as corn, rye and buckwheat to make up for the expected drop in vital cereal grain-acreage. However warm weather last week-end enabled farmers to get ~ started, and later reports indicated crop prospects are not likely to be on a par with otQer years only in southwestern Ontario. Danger of injury by frost worried greenhouse operators while shortages of feed were the source of concern in sev- eral districts. Quebec Not Started Work still has not started. on Quebec's total arable land of 6,- 453,700 acres whereas 20 per cent of seeding had been completed at this time in 1946. An official of the Department of Agriculture said crop prospects remained good in spite of the late start but the har- vest will be late. Neither has any seeding started in New Brunswick whose field, veg- etable and fruit crops in 1946 were valued at $40,000,000. Prospects are considered "uncertain", a term lat- er qualified by the comment it is too early yet to offer a forecast on the 1947 harvest. Essentally the story Is the sam: in Nove Scotia where the gross in- come from agriculture for 1946 to- talle1 $45,000,000. Has Best Record DONALD M. CORNETT Son of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Cornett, 52 Simcoe S| South, who has been awarded the Prince of Wales prize in the annual examinations of the Faculty of Arts at Queen's University. The prize is awarded to the graduating student in the Faculty of Arts who is adjudged to have the best academic record. Donaid also won the Alexander MacLachlan peace prize in History. See Recount Of Harrow Liquor Vote Harrow, Ont., May 16 (Special).-- While Harrow voters succeeded in making a dent in the dry front here when the largest number of voters to turn out in the town's history approved of the establish- ment of a beer and liquor store-- the bulge wasn't big enough to carry approval for a public house license for the sale of beer to men only. - Recount Hinted Beer in a public house ran into what was almost a photo finish when the ballots were counted. 'The number of spoiled ballots and the narrow margin of eight votes required for a 60 per cent majority in favor of a public house license where beer can be sold spells the possibility of a recount. In one poll alone, it was reported that 16 ballots were cast aside be- cause the voters on those ballots had made a cross which looked like a "V" instead of an "X." 717 of 883 Vote There was a total of 883 votes on the voters® list and 717 cast their ballots--an indication that the matter was being given ample con- sideration by the voters of Harrow. Harrow has a population of 1,340 but only those over 21 and British subjects or Canadian citizens had the right to a ballot. . The anti-liquor and beer interests in the town confined their cam- paigning to four circular letters and efforts to get their people out. The wet element headed by Harold Pigeon sent a letter out telling the advantages of a partially completed hotel which they said would be soon completed if a public house license 'were made available. Rev. John A, Walker, pastor of the United Church at Harrow inti- mated that the members of his congregation and the Baptist church felt Harrow didn't need a hotel when there were some four miles away. Five Questions : Five questions were submitted to the electors. To the question: "Are you in favor of the sale of beer only under a public house license for con- sumption on licensed premises to which women are admitted?" voters cast 401 ballots yes and 295 no. The results showed that this question required but 16 votes to carry it. The lounge license required 402 yes votes, got 394 yes and 276 no. On the public house issue for men only, 398 voters were on the yea side of the column against 282 nays, creating a shortage of eight yes votes. Government stores for the sale of beer rang up 450 votes for to 243 against. The establishment of a liquor store in Harrow found 436 voters for it and only 258 who wouldn't have one. Sets Precedent It was the first time since the Ontario Liquor Control Act has been amended that five questions were submitted to the electors at one time. Those of Harrow's citizens who were willing to vote for a licensed hotel in order to have hotel ac- commodation in town felt that had the vote been on a single question of whether the voters were in favor of a hotel with a public house li- cense, the hotel vote would have carried a definite affirmative nod from the electors. A large staff of poll clerks, deputy returning officers and agents was on hand to tabulate thc total of 3,434 votes which were cast on the five questions. Harrow has been dry since 1916. A vote was taken in 1940 and failed to carry the necessary two-thirds majority. VETS GET MATERIAL Ottawa veterans will benefit from construction of the vast op- en air sanctuary for the Marian Congress when it is dismantled, according to an Ottawa report. All lumber and nails used in the structure will be turned over to veterans for housing construc- tion, WORLD'S HIGHEST DAM The construction of a 750-foot- high dam--the highest in the world --has been recommended in a pre- liminary report prepared by India's central waterways, irrigation and navigation on, Franchise Age 18, One Among Many Items for Parley By FRED KERNER Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, May 16 (CP)--Reduction of the franchise age to 18 was suggested today to the Ontario Liberal convention in the report of the policy committee presented for the gen« eral approval of the delgates in annual meeting here, The draft of proposed policy, a 1,500-word statement, is 'Standard' Wins N.S. Libel Suit Aa yesterday in the $25,000 libel suit against the Montreal Standard brought by Mr. and Mrs. William P. Young of East Chester, N.S., was dismissed by Mr. Justice W. L. Hall of the Supreme Court. The East Chester midwife and her chiropractor husband sat tight- lipped as the verdict was announc- ed after the nine-man jury had de- liberated an hour and twenty min- utes, They had brought the action be- cause of references to themselves and the Ideal Maternity Home and Sanitarium, which they operated until last summer, in the Standart last August. The references were contained in an article entitled "Traders in Fear." Mr. Justice Hall, in summing up for the jury, said the title was the closest to libel of anything in the article. But he interpreted the word "traders" as implying the peo- ple who traded with unmarried mothers-to-be "who were in fear because of their condition." Sees No Ground For Admission Of Evidence Toronto, May 16--(CP)-- Further to the judgment made by the On- tario Court of Appeal two weeks ago granting Sidney George Chambers a new trial, Mr. Justice J, A. Hogg yesterday said no authority could be found which would be ground for the admission of Crown evidence ob- Jected to by the defence. He referred to the question of ad- missibility of evidence relating to suicide attempts by Taylor who was convicted of the murder of eight- year-old Marion Rusnak at St. Catharines last December. "Nothing may be given in evidence which does not directly tend to prove or disprove of the matter in issue," said Justice Hogg, quoting from an auth- ority on criminal evidence. WRONG CAR Cornwall, May 16.--(CP)--Lawr- ence Lepage of Cornwall picked the wrong car when his automobile collided with the Cornwall town- ship police cruiser, The result was a damaged fender to the eruiser and a night in the cells for Lepage who was charged with drunken driving. Publishing Company and the case, | 65 #subject for adoption or revision by the more than 1,000 persons at the convention. The suggested policy is written in general terms and covers 17 Major points. 'The eommittes was under the chairmanship of . Norman Hipel, former Speaker of the Ontario Legislature and pros, vincial labor minister. i Major Plank Another major plank concerns abolition of the "means" test for the old-age pension and urges coe operation with the federal governs ment so that pensions will be paid: women at the age of 60 and men ab In a general statement of policy attached to the recommendations, the committee sald: "As to the Liberal economic pol« icy, we do not believe in publie ownership of industry and business, However we do believe in publie ownership of any ventures which enjoy special priviliges and perform public services, but which do not operate to the public benefit under free competition." . Division .The policy was divided into the following sections: education, health, welfare and social security; youth, mining, lands and 'forests; tourist industry; agriculture; ems ployment and labor; highways; Hydro; Dominion-provincial relae tions; administration of justice; finance civil service; liquor; mune< icipal; and the franchise. The general policy outline furthee said that the solution of industrial strife by the adoption of profit. sharing and . co-operative manages ment plans was to be encouraged. culture The section on agriculture cover ed 22 points with support of the principle of floor price for farm products as the highlight. Other recommenation were financial ase sistance to farmers to organize into commodity groups; establishment of a marketing branch; increased agri culturfal education facilities; and amendment of legislation to dairies to carry on co-operatively. The importance of education made it necessary that a separate minister 'of education be appointed, the policy committee said. Equality also is sought in educational oppors tunity for all, as well as the ess tablishment of adequate minimum salary for teachers. Needy Students Deserving but needy students would be givén assistance and programs of cultural and adult edue cation would be instituted. Financial aid to hospitals and a health insurance system plan are called for in the social security sec tion of the policy plan, and"the age limit for pensions for the blind would be eliminate. Youth ent Creation of a provincial de- partment of youth would provide an 'open door through which young people can bring their proe blemg before the government." This new department would coe LIBERAL POLICY (Continued on Page 8) to use. They His advice | ay ho ® Glidden Paints are preferred both by homes makers and color authorities. 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