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TWE OSHAWA TIMES, Pricey, February ©, (YBY INTERPRETING THE NEWS Spanish Politics Seen Dangerous By DAVID RCWNTREE Your Whitby PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Serving You With | Appliance Industry's | Amazing Development (tual production was still some other modern conveniences were |years away. |developed. of the Tiber in the year 1 A.D.| The great depression of the] From the end of World War ould have dozed off into a super(30's sent the radio-appliance|11 to the present day, the ap- A Roman housewife scrubbing ger weekly wash along the banks (out of prison, Rip Van Winkle snooze for alpusiness into an almost immed-|pliance, radio-TV industry has thousand years and found her |jate decline, but had the singular turned out an endless array of work-day world little changed. effect of lowering prices to a|products that would have amaz- Despite the passage of 10 mo- point where public demand wasied the 1907 Canadian housewife nentous centuries, she would(highly stimulated and a buying|as much fas her Roman counter- Politics has been a dangerous subject to discuss in Spain for 20| years and in Portugal for longer than that. Most of the talk has heen in secret, the speakers fear- A somewhat similar situation was seen. in Portugal last swn- mer in the presidential election. For the first time since Premier Antonio Salazar became dictator ELECTRICITY still have been scrubbing herlspree resulted whep times im-|part in A.D. From a single wash by the riverbank without proved toward the end of the de-(light bulp in a New Jersey la- the benefit of sink, faucet or cade But manufacturers lost the boratory@it has grown to a multi-| even clothespin in 1,000 AD. |gtrategic materials needed to|billion dollar industry, selling mil- But concider the case of 8 1907| satisfy thelr hungry markets Hons of appliances annually, out- nousewif. who dozed off In heriyhen World War II began [stripping the hopes, dnd dreams gaslit kitchen and awoke only 50|and converted their shops to turn-|of its most enthusiastie advocates. | vears later, What a world of won-|ing out essential goods. And with new designs and in- ders would meet her eyes, a| The war years, however, were ventions popping off the labora- world sparkling with hundreds cf| parked by constant development tory tables almost every day, the magical appliances. n ad design of new and better future Jum bright Jor _ elec. By 1957, glare-free fluorescen hol liances. During this/tricity in the home. So bright, lights had banished the gloom of house! a cae as television. |that the housewife of 1597 would urged the overthrow of the gov-| In Madrid last week, at a her old gas fixtures; a huge home|clothes Arvers, waste disposal|never kno her kitchen if 'she too|ernment have heen few. The crit-Ipolite and formal banquet, rare freezer and revolving tray refrig-| its, room 'air conditioners, 'slept for '50 years and awoke in| icism has been on the gentie/publie criticism of the Spanish erator had replaced the smelly|freezers, dish washers and many 2007. side if the critics wish to remain/government was voiced. | fce box; electric ranges, wall -- ------ Exclus IN OSHAWA ovens and a dozen different kinds of broilers, fryers and rotisseries nad added new and simple re y Y inements to the ancient art of oking; automatic clothes wash- ers, dryers and irons had taken much of the work out of the weekly washing chores, In the dust and pollen-free air- This DRYER doesn't have just four different degrees of heat BUT... you can have any temperature you wish, Plus many mony other fea- tures NOT shown on other 1959 models. Reg, $239. |ing discovery by the police. Recently ther» have heen signs that opposition by Spaniards to dictator Francisco Franco is be- coming more active and more outspoken, The Franco regime appears to be letting the critics have their [say, watching until' a danger of real action arises and then mov- ing in. So far, those who have in 1926, voters had a choice of candidates for president. As expected, the opposition date Gen. Humberto Del-| gado, lost to the government nominee, Delgado criticized Sala- zar and his policies and promised | reforms. Six months after the election he lost his job as director | of civil aviation and prepared to| seek asylum in Brazil, 24 HOURS YEAR . conditioned living room, the chil: dren spravled on a recently va- cuntmed rag watching television Ups'airs, Dad smoothly erased his beard with an electric razor: Sis mooned over the rawkish sounds of Elvis on her phono graph: Junior tuned in a night baschall game on his bedroom radio and Grandma slept snug in her room under an electric blanket These are but a few of the changes that have taken place in the home in the 50-year history of | electrical progress through appli ances in this country and throughout the world. The chang eg occurred quickly and steadily but far from suddenly Thanks to the dedicated efforts of thousands of pioneer Inventors merchants and manufacturers, the appliance industry has grown from a few hundred thousand dollar volume in 1907 to today's 8.4 billion dollar industry. Where did it start? First with the early light pioneers like Thomas Alva Edison and George | Westinghouse, then with count. less lesser known inventors and dabblers and just plain dream- ers who sought practical uses for electricity. Shown above Is an emergency unit, this unit has a S0KVA transformer inside. It is used when transformers are being charged or if a transformer should become defective, ELECTRICITY Does so much and Costs so little --Live Better Electrically! glowed for 40 hours in 1879, but , | Seely had received a patent for Connor Washers As Low As $149. | YOU CAN LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY FOR LESS his, electric flatiron, although ac when you buy at FURNITURE and mends this as a against shock. The fuse is re inserted when the job fis done. {FOR CHILD'S SAFETY For children's rooms and halls, recessed baseboard fixtures are available which cast a soft glow ot night without getting in any- ope's way, the Electric Service League reported. LIGHT MIRROR A dressing mirror is easier to upe if it is lighted by fixtures on each side and on top, the Elec- tric Service League advises. YOU NAME IT... APPLIANCES Tf you replace an old fixture RA 3-3343 with a new one, be sure you re WE LL GE ; ann move the circuit fuse first. The Flectric Service League recom- rd Whitby Public Utilities Commission ~ OSHAWA JAMES ROSS -- Chairman HARRY SIMPSON -- Gen. Manager Double Guarantee Everything sold at Oshawa Discount House is guaranteed by Oshawa Discount House ond is guaranteed by the manufacturer. We feature all nationally advertised, name brand merchandise, ot wholesale prices to the public, © RANGES Oshawa Discount Credit Plan Credit Is easy ot Oshawa Discount House! 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