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GE sx =UONTO MEET / INTAGU NORM oN ding Figures in Banking World to Confer in . Washington | Washington, D.C., April 2.--Two inant figures of world finance Al mull over the international omic situation when Secretary ury Andrew WwW. Mellon and y nor Muntagu Norman, of the k of England, meet here in a |W days for a series of conferences. Some of the conferences will take e in Mellon's luxurious apart- ens here, as the Bank of England "ad will be the Secretary's guest hile in the capital. In announc- (1g the visit of Norman here, Mel- m sald today that *'undoubtedly" would discuss many subjects, declined to specify them. No definite date has been set for an's visit, the Secretary said. Bank of England governor will Je in the United States until April 4. He arrived last Friday and has been conferring with officials the New York Federal Reserve k Significant international develop- ents may come from the confer- s of the Bank of England gov- enor, Mellon and other Treasury "and Federal Reserve Board officials wiich are expected to cover a wide rnge including the depressed price 0 © jver, which is blamed for many eo world's economic ills and in eh England is directly involved ough India; the presence in this untry of a large part of the | world's gold; the proposed Inter- | imational Bank of Credit; the pro- 4 jected Austro-German tariff union, 'and various phases of the interna- tional credit and financial situa- tion. ' 'While it has been known for some time that Norman would come here, great secrecy and mystery has been maintained about his visit. This, it is understood, was due to advance reports that he had come to discuss the proposed Interna- tional Bank of Credit which does not meet with favor from the anti- internationalist group in Congress which has frequently expressed its adverse opinion of so-called "inter- national bankers." Norman, it was learned, will dis- cuss thé suggested International 'Bank, the purpose of which is for co-operative effort to improve the + Bow of international credit, but his major aim, it is understood, is to omote closer relations between he United States and Great Britain in matters of world finance which | are so closely related to the present | world economic situation. 4 The United States, for one thing, now has the lion's share of the world's gold its stock amounting to over $4,689.000,000., This, ac- cording to economists, is good net. ther for the United- States nor for the rest of the world. It is likely ~ to have a bad effect on maintenance © of the gold standard in some coun- . tries, it is said. Any ill results of 1 this nature, would in turn affect : United States. The price of silver now is about 80 cents an ounce, far below nor- "mal. This has been blamed partly to alleged "dumping" of silver buil- lion by India from its hoarded sup- pb ply incident to that country going © on a gold exchange basis in 1926. It has gradually been throwing sil- ver upon the world market since © that time. The drop in price of sil- i ver to about half of normal has af- fected China particularly, which is on a silver basis, and by reducing ther buying power, has thus reacted upon those who sell to China, in- ~ tluding the United States. «The Senate passed the Pittman lution authorizing President i ver to call an International con- | 'lerence to discuss the world silver _ situation, and the President and Mellon have been studying the sub- ject to determine whether a con- ~ lerence would be advisable. Line. B SIR PERCY E. BATES, Bart. man of the Cunard Line, Cunard Line. construction, \ SIR SAMUEL CUNARD, Founder of the Cunard C R. W. REFORD, Esq., Canadian Director of the If the liner were placed on its end the how higher than the top of the highest building in the Britich I Also pictured above is Sir Samuel Cunard, born in Hui ; 1840. The present chairman of the Line is Sir Percy Bates, Bart, G.B.E., while R. W. Reford of Montreal is Canadian resident director of the company. - THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, APF | 2 , G.B.E., Chair- Pre. { 1 Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, | Ont., 476 feet high. yd 2 Sun Life Assurarce of Canada Building, Mont- real, 400 fest ! The Royal Bark of Canada Building, Montreal, 393 feet hi 4 The NEW C construction, 1,018 feet long. The above photograph gives some idea of the immense size of the new Cunard liner at present under of the ship would be more than five hundred feet ., N.S.,, who founded the Cunard Line in | high. 1; ch, $NARD STEAMSHIP, now under FIRST HOLIDAY APOPULAR ONE Good Friday Is Regarded as High Festival in Great Britain (By Thomas Champion, Canadian Press Staff Correcpondent) London, April 2.--Easter, ot course, brings the first great public holiday of the year. In London, and the South generally, Good Friday and Easter Sunday are both observ. ed as holidays. In the North, how- ever, it the custom for work to econ- tinue on Good Friday and for the holiday to be observed on Easter Tuesday. This year is the 60th an- niversary of the passing of the Bank Holiday Act of 1871. Tt used to be the fashion to describe a Bank Holi- day as the Feast of St. Lubbock. Sir John Lubbock, of, the celebrated of bankers, who afterwards became Lord Ave- bury, was the sponsor of this mea- sure, which converted Easter Mon- day, Whit Monday, the first Mon- day in August; and Boxing Day (Dec. 26) into statutory holidays. The Bank Holiday Act was re- celved very favorably by Parliament and got through all its stages well before the Whitsuntide of 1871. This holiday' had adready been largely observed in London, but the closing of the banks pave it a fresh impetus, and most of the other mer- cantile concerns that had hitherto remained open now shut their doors. But it was otherwise with the new August holiday in the first year of its institution. The Stock Exchange closed, and so did most of the big wholesale houses in the City, but in the "West End" the motto appeared to be "Business as Usual" and in Regent Street, for example, barely ~~ will | | . WW hatcver your, color scheme Walpamur, the famous flat finish for walls light-diffusing effect it ceilings, forms the most deli, tful background for your treasures. wp The soft produces, and its egg shell bloom, give a new beauty to your rooms. ' It is s0 casy to apply, and hag such covering power, that it is most economical in mate. rialand labour. Inaddition, itis permanent, washable, fire-resisting, and non-absorbent to moisture. It can be applied successfully on a wide wariety of surfaces, such as smooth and 3 gh ti hoards, etc., and permits Consult your decorator or desler as to its any uses. Ask him for a shede card, or #0 us direct. ~ Walpamur ® product of ; The Crown Diamond Paint Co.Limited Toronto - Montreal 3 Halifax Af the famous flay finish for walls and ceilings, Walpamur Products are sold by i7 Yi, PARK, 82 Simcoe 8, 5, Osbaws, Phone 5063, a dozen shops put up their shut- ters. It was not until the following year, 1872, that the new holiday really caught on. The railway and steamship companies by then had, at any rate, partially realized their opportunities, cheap excursions were multiplied, and the custom of beginning the holiday on the previ- ous Saturday began--to develop with enormous strides in the im- mediate succeeding years, DRUGS PRODUCING FOR OPERATIONS American Chemical Society Hears of Experiments Indianapolis, Ind., April 2, -- Drugs producing hypnotic sleep as a substitute for anaesthetics in op- erations were described to the Am- erican Chemical Soclety recently. The chemists were informed of more than 1,000 successful opera- tions already performed in this sleep. The hypnosis still is quitc limited, but there is hope of a sleep deep enough for any kind of opera- tion. The prospects in this pioneer field were reported in a paper by Dr. H. A. Shornle,, of Indianapolis, released by the Chemical Society as part of {ts general scientific program. Drugs Now Used The drug now used is a combina tion of acids related to banana oil grain alcohol and barbituric acid a synthetic substance not translal- able into any familiar terms. The alcohols, said Dr. Shonle, are the simplest hypnotics, hut of little or no clinical value and must be given in doses many times greater than barbituric acids. Maying the sleep drug is like ar- ranging bricks in a house. Many different patterns can be made with the same bricks. For the hypnotic drug the 'bricks' are atoms of car- bon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and some times sulphur. The hyp- notic effect depends largely upon the pattern, or structure in which these atoms are hooked together by chemical processes. "I'rom -data- available," said Dr. Shonle, "it is possible to predict the effectiveness and the duration of hypnotics which have not yet been synthesized. New advances in anaesthesia seem possible through the use of the amyl ethyl barbituric acids and nitrous oxide, Nausea is eliminated, greater comfort is af- forded the patient and far less men- tal distress is observed. "The first American-made hypno- tic extensively tested for use in pro- ducing partial and total anaesthesia was the sodium salt or iso amyl bar- bituric acid." This preparation, he gaid, is wide. ly used for pre-anaesthesia. By use of it the patient goes into a quiet sleep in his room™and after the op- eration awakens again from sleep back in his own bed. But meanwhile in most gases some other anaesthe- tic has been used during the actual operation. > There is hope, he added, of find- ing a hypnotic drug producing a sleep in which no anaesthetic will be needed. CANADIANS CLAIM NORMAN LINEAGE 'Descendants of Crispin Fam- ily Will Take Part in Celebration London, April 2.--~Up to the present, few of those who claim descent from the compacfous of William the Conqueror are com- ing from Lancashire in order to attend the celebration to be held at Caen and Falaise this summer. But go large a party has already been organized that Lord Derby and the committee of the Anglo- French Society, which has its ugad- HYPNOSIS USED quarters at 16 Hanover Square London, W. 1. are proposing to en- gage a special steamer to convey those who claim Norman blood from Southampton to Caen and back again. The verification of a very large number of documents is in the hands of a French committee of historians who confess that they are having some difficulty ia trac- ing the lineage of all claimants. The names of the companions to bo engraved on a bronze tablet which will be unveiled during the celebrations. The following well known names figure in the list of the companions given by Mr. J. R. | Planche, Sommerset tlorald --the Earls of Norfolk, Ricirmond, Shrewsbury, Leicester and Chester, {Lord Eustace Percy, ths late Presi- {dent of the Board of Elucation, B descended from William de 'ercy. ? _ Mr. Jackson Crispin, of New kk, 1s organizing a delegation of descendants who now live in the United States and in Canada and Who claim descent from William Crispin. As interest in the celebrations is increasing so rapidly, it is clear that one boat alone will be suffi- clent for the invasion of Normandy of 1931. SEAMEN AWARDED FOR RESCUF OF NEWFOUNDLANDERS Members of Crew of "Bri tish Valor" Receive Royal Recognition , London, April 2.--His Maj ity aas been pleased, upon the recom- mendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award the Bronze Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea to Frank John Goodchild, First Mate; Harry James Smith, Boatswain: Harold Bernard Ammonsen, Peter Charles Donovan, John Albert Kilvert, Walter Skeggs, and James Skelly, A.B.'s., of the Briitsh m.v. "Brit- Ish Valor" of London. These Med- als have been awarded in recogni- tion of services rendered in res- uing the shipwrecked crew of 'the Newfoundland schooner "Dorothy Laird". The Newfoundland Gov- crnment have also awarded a for- mal letter of Thanks to Captain H. Hopper, Master of the "British Valor", The Newfoundland schooner 'Dorothy Baird" of St. John's, with a crew of seven hands, was in distress in the Atlantic Ocean in January-February, 1930. Ow- ing to stress of weather, her main and mizzen top-masts had been carried away and she had sprung a leak. The pumpers were started, but they became choked and the CHAT WILSON T0 PLAY HOCKEY FROM THE BENCH Famous Veteran of Port Ar- thur Sailors To Retire (By The Canadian Press) Port Arthur, Ont., April 1.--'Old Man River" of Canada's amateur hockey hak ceased to roll along. Jovial "Phat" Wilson, best known ice star outside of pro ranks, 12 retiring from his defence post for Port Arthur Sailors after 15 title dotted years in the senior game. He announced today that he had ended his active hockey career, after two valient but vain attempts to bring the lake-head city a fourth Domin- ion title. Next season, broad <houldered "Phat" will be toiling as industri- ously to set Port Arthur even far- ther in the van of Canada's cities as an Allan cup winner, but he will do his work from the bench. He is to succeed to the managerial man- tle worn for the last two seasons by crafty Al Pudas, ex-pro, who play. ed with "Phat" on the Ports' first titled team in 1925. Only one man in Canada can say with "Phat" that he has plaved on three Allan cup teams, and that | man has hung up his skates these last two years. He is old Wilt L'Heureux, Port Arthur banker, known in his palmy days as the "Old Fox." Only Wilf and "Phat" sipped hard-won champagne from that Allan cup in 1925, 1926, and 1929--Port Arthur's reigning years --and no other team has taken a trio of titles. When the "Old Fox' passed out )f the stick-handling body-checking playdown panorama in 1929 "Phat" persevered in his struggle teward vet unattained heights. But he found ,the going hard. Last year, his sturdy heart bordered on the breaking when the Ports were crushed by Montreal Amateur Ath- letic Association in the national finals, This season, the Lake-head Sailors fought to the Thunder Bay title but bowed to Jack Hughes' Winnigeps in the playdowns. So "Phat" retired. Though he could still trade bumps with the huskiest or hurdle a hardy way through the finest foes, he said: @ don't feel the way I used to. I haven't the same old vigor. I guess I'm. sliping back." At the same time, some of his opponents were muttering: "Old 'Phat' is still in there--and can't he hit em! Won't he ever fall down on the job?" A young forward of the Ports' last championship team--who has since made good in pro company-- tells of the fighting spirit "Phat" insisted on instilling in his mates, especially since he became captain three years ago. At the opening of the cup final against St. Francois Xavier, "Phat" skated up to the ambitions lad and accused him bit- terly of "lying down on the team." Any tendency to play to the stands or to anger at rough play disappeared from the young for- ward's play as he strove to work off on the Quebec Saints his resentment at the captain's denunciation, The reproached played rose to his lofti- est heights, scored enought goals to down the Saints, and won a hand. some pro contract. Only a few days ago, "Phat" explained for the first time to his ex-mate that he had '"razzed'"' him because he knew he played his best hockey when he was mad. a No other hockeyist in Canada has seen so many of his mates snapped up by the moneyed magnates--and still spurned continued pro offers to stay in the old home town. Only in 1923-22 did the lad who war christened Gordon Wilson venture to the less familian haunts of Iro- qouis Falls. Born Back in '05 at the lake-head, he learned his hockey on the frozen surfaces of Thunder Bay and had broken into the hard-boil ed senior hockey of the good old days. His first senicr game with the old Columbus club septette, accord- ing to the recollection of the veter- ans----for. "Phat" does little remini- cing on his own account, After three years with the same team, "Phat" turned to the War Vets and then to the rugged Northends. Then came his sortie to Iroqouis Falls only to return to his hill city home, never more to roam. Since the pro bosses began cull- ing best of the amateurs, "Phat" has stayed on his joir as electrician and watched his team mates 1lock to the glittering lure cf the paid game, Lorne Chabot and Bill Brydge, Alex Gray and Bobb nors and Al Pudas were the first to go---Almost a full tearh of the 1925 titlists. Jimmy Creighton, Bud Jar- vig, Cliff Barton passed on from the 1929 winners. And "Phat" stay. ed on the job. . It will be a new experience for manager Gordon Wilcon to play his hockey from the bench. But if he makes as good a mentor as he did a defenceman, one phase of his past will persist. He will continue tc en- joy an occasional drov from the champagne-filled Port Arthur-won bowl of the late Sir Montagu Allan, and will still watch his comrades being snapped up by the star-seek- ing scouts of the pros. THRIFT CONGRESS FOR DUBLIN As the result of .a proposal made by the Central Savings Com- mittee to the Free State Minister for Finance, the Irish Free State Is to have its first National Thrift Congress. It will be held in Dub- lin in June or July, and two dele- gates from each country will ate tend. LIONS WILL BROADCAST British radio listeners are to 'hear the real roar of the lion in the jungle. Microphones are to be placed in a remote place in Cen- tral Africa, and the beasts will be made to put on their solos, duets, choruses and other concert num- bers. MI-LADY'S CHOICE OF ALL . 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