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"THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE yd MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1946 (38 Sad nell uf Spool daughter, Margaret Louise, on Sat- urdsy, Decem! 1046, at the Osh- awa General aspital, 'Both mother and daughter doing fine, SAUNDERS -- Mr, and Mrs, James Saunders announce the birth of their on Pridsy, December 6, 1946 at Oshawa General, Hospital. A Jimmie, P. Bmith, announce the bith of Sheis ughter Carol, a sister ' fhe Ouhawa _ General Hospital,' on Tuesday, December 3rd, hp Deaths William Karl---In Bowman- Hao Ho . Karl So oved bad on cof John and Dorothy Riche), 1 week, oe fiom Luke-Melnton Fupsral e on Tuesday m Decem 10, Interment Union Cemetery. In Memoriam BURNETT--In loving memory of Bar- bara Joan Burnett, beloved daughter of Clayton and Sybil Burnett, who died . 9, ; Bato in the arms of Jesus; e on His gentle breast; ~--Sadly missed By Mother, Father and Granny Gill A INSON--In loving memory of Pte bt 'Robinson, who xu killed in ion on ber 9, A BO remembered by his sister nn McCullough, Hizabeth Cards of Thanks Helen Jackson wishes to thank the Osh Gi al furses of awa Gener ital, Section Al, Drs. McKinney, Bird, Orton and Miss Margaret Hamer, Also the many friends for kind remembrances during her recent accident, 3 Toronto Man Cheats Death In Atlanta Atlanta, Dec, 9--(OP) -- Basil Wolfe of Toronto, who escaped from the Winecoff Hotel fire, told newspapermen here that "only a miracle" saved him and Morris Fishman, former boxer and jockey, also of Toronto. The men, well known in Toronto racing circles, stopped in the hotel on thelr way to Florida. "About 3:45 am. Morris shook me," Wolfe sald. "Noise in the hotel woke him. We got up and the syoom was full of smoke. +» "I rushed for the door and Mor- ris stopped me. He saold, 'Don't open the door or the smoke and flames will come in' We had no time to think. Morris said, 'what shall we do?' and I said, 'Let's tie up all the bedsheets; we have to do something.' "We stripped the sheets from the bed and tied them all together. It took only a few minutes. I said to Morris, 'I guess we had better go out the window.' "I could. hear people screaming. We were on the sixth floor. I looked out the window and two young girls from the floor above were leaning out the window screaming. "I went down the bedsheets first, hand by hand. I lost my grip about 15 feet from the ground and sprained my ankle, I looked up. and .saw Morris coming down, That was the biggest thrill of my life. In a few minutes our bedsheets went up in flames," Wolfe said he and Fishman ex- pected to go on to Daytona Beach. Atlanta Blaze (Continued from Page 1) ed an afternoon meeting of the city council's fire committee to question . officials about the most deadly hotel . fire in the United States, The city's Grady Hospital was asked by Mayor Hartsfield for a re- port on the burns and gas polson- ing among the casualties in an ef- fort to determine the fire's origin. The speed with which the blaie spread also has baffled officials, al- though ome said open stairwells were a major contrihuting factor, The Red Cross casualty list car- ried the names of 112 identified dead. Five blackened bodies had been unclaimed. Five were listed as missing. The Red Cross said it was . possible that the unidentified were the five missing, 'The Salvation Army tabulated a dead list of 117 names. Its tabulation also listed + four unidentified bodies. $500 Damage 'As Auto Ditched Two accidents were investigated by Provincial Constable Gordon Broughton of Bowmanville over the ' week-end. Crowded off the highway at the ' Prestonville turn at 7 o'clock Friday 'night, a car driven by M, W. Gra- , ham, 229 Edinbourgh St. Peterbor- ough, went out of control and turned over in the ditch. Although 'no one was injured, $500 damage was A ._ The other accident took place at 3 a.m. Saturday morning on No, 35 Highway, between Newcastle and Orono, when a collision occurred be- tween cars driven by 8. McCabe, ~Janetville and Raymond Gillbank, Pontypool. No one was injured and only slight damage was caused. COMMISSION PROBE Belleville, ec. § -- (CP) -- The : Ontario Royal Commission on milk, headed by Mr, Justice Dalton Wells, 'today Inspected local creameries and was scheduled to visit ecese factory in nearby Prince ward county. The Commission is to start local hearings tomorrow in its investiga- tion of costs of producing and dis- tributing milk. Sunderland, England--(COP)---The executive council of tite Confedera- tion of Shipbullding and Pngineer- jng Trade Unions hag decided to Jem for a liveday woek of 42% 8. London---(OP) ~- Juvenile delin- in Britain fell from a month- average of 6,000 cases in 1045 to 4800 in January-June, 1946, Rally Marks Anniversary Another successfi' Youth for Christ Rally in Simcoe St, United Church last Saturday night mar- ked the first anniversary of ral- lies of this type in Oshawa, Reverend Walter Crone, speak- er for the evening, handed a ver- bal. bouquet to those who had given of their time and talent in ordex that Jesus Christ might be glorified (n these unusual meet- ings, A rousing applause arose from the audience when he asked the members of the working committee to stand to their feet and be recognized for their un. tiring efforts, The Executive Committee consists of: Major A. P. Simester, Chairman, Goldsmith, Secretary, Jack War- burton, Treasurer, and assistants and advisors consisting of Orlin Lint, Geo. Yeoman, Laverne Clark Fred Audley, Eddie War- burton, and Mrs. Donald Man- ning, and Alice Collins, While the Committee remained standing, the audience sang their greetings "Blessed Birthday to You, Youth for Christ." The Rally got underway with Geo. Yeoman, song leader, lead- ing in a number of choruses and favorite hymns, the following stanza being typical of those sung with fervor: \ Just one day nearer home As shadows o> the night des. cend, i Just one day less to roam As ading twilight colors blend. Beneath that starry dome I'll rest beside my Guide and Friend, With each day's trampling, nightly camping, One day nearer home." The "home' depicted above re- fers to Heaven, the paradise that all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will enjoy someday soon. Rev, Walter Crone and his wife were well-received as they sang several duets entitled; 1.--"Take Your Burden to The Lord and Leave it There" 2.--"Jesus, Won- derful Lord." 3.--*Spirit Divine, Come In." Al and Betty Davis were on hand to render a number of elec- tric "guitar and plano duos: "'Je- sus Keep Me Near The Cross," "When They Ring Those Golden Bells Al later favoured with a solo--*"Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me." There were also several num- bers from the 'Harmonica Gos- pelaires"' a consecrated group of local young men playing their hor- monicags to the glory of God. Those in the group were Tony Siblock, Louis Griffin, Nick Sib. lock, Cecil Kozak accompanied by Jack Warburton playing the gul- tar." Their numbers consisted of "There's Power in The Blood" "Onward Christian Soldiers," "Grace Greater Than Our Sins." The message of the evening, by Rev, Walter Crone, of Peterbor- ough bore the startling caption "Dead Men Tell No Tales." Mr. Crone proceeded to speak on the two personalities possessed by Christians today, usually the one being opposed to the other, He stated that although we are delivered from the penalty of sin through faith in the Lord Je- sus Christ, we are often over- come by the power of sin in our everyday living, Paul says in the Word of God that we are to 'put off the old man and put on the new man' which is an illustration that when we become Christians we should walk in Christ's steps and not in the Devil's footsteps any more, People can tell we are Christians by the way we act, the things we say, and the way we treat others. We must enter fato God's promises of release from the power of Sin after conversion. As Christians, we are not told to imitate Christ, or this is im- possible, Christianity is the 1eal thing, or rather Christ Himself is Christianity personified. "Sin shall not have dominion over you" is an encouraging promise in God's word if we continue to serve and glorify Him in our ev- ery day living. The Next Rally is scheduled for January 6, at Simcoe Street Uni. ted Church, with A, B, Cooper of Hamilton as the guest spealer. Youth for Christ invites your ideas, criticisms or suggestions as | to how you think these meetings might be improved. All corres- pondence in this regard should be addressed to Archie Goldstuith, Secretary, 136 Elgin St. East, or to Major A, 'P, Simester, Chair- man, 11 Oak Street, Blast Kills 1, Injures Other Man Bala, Ont, Det. 9 -- (OP) -- Jos- eph DeWasha, 27, was killed and Reginald Ferguson, 33, was thrown clear when an acetylene tank ex- ploded today in a service station on the Main Street of this Muskoka resort district village. The explosion shattered all the windows in the Balabay Hotel some distance away and three occupants of a house adjoining the service station narrowly escaped when flames ignited their home, The blast destroyed the service station and three automobiles and caused damages estimated at more than $10,000, The explosion could be heard two miles away. C.P.R. PROMOTION Montreal, Que, Dec. ¥ -- R. BE. Taylor, Superintendent of Trans- portation for Eastern Lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Tor- onto for the past year, has been appointed General Superintendent of Transportation for the system with' headquarters here, it is an- nounced by W. M. Neal, the Vice- President of the CP.R. Mr. Taylor succeeds H., J. Main, recently ap-' pointed assistant to Mr. Neal. . Jarrow, England--(OP)--First of four test bore holes for the Tyne tunnel between here and Howdon has been completed. Archie | Police Raid, | Hold Student In Montreal Montreal, Dec. §--(CP)--A series of raids on private homes and a printing establishment by the anti- subversive squad of the Montreal Police Department Sunday resulted in the arrest of a McGill University student and the seizure of printing plates which, police said, were used in printing coples of "Defence of Fred Rose," a leaflet described as attacking the courts, the govern- ment and the Royal Commission on Espionage. \ Simon Malamed is scheduled to appear in court today on a charge of seditious libel. He was arrested while allegedly distributing copies of the new leaflet and requesting signatures for a new petition to have Mr. Rose reeased.on bail pend- ing hearing of his appeal, Mr. Rose, Labor Progressive Member of Parliament for Mon- treal Cartier, was sentenced to six years in penitentiary when found guilty last summer of attempting to communicate secret information to Soviet Russia, The plates were seized in the Gandall Printing Company located on downtown St. Alexander Street, Police said copies of the leaflet were also seized in the establish- ment and more arrests were expect- ed today, Chief crown prosecutor Oscar Gagnon said although the seditious libel charge against Malamed was the same one the provincial gov- ernment used against several mem- bers of the Witnesses of Jehovah sect, there was no indication of the latter being connected, although "The Defence of Fred Rose" was in the same vein as the Witnesses' | "Quebec's Burning Hate." Mr. Gagnon said the leaflet charg- ed that Mr. Rose was being held without ball on "malicious and false representations" by the crowd and the Royal Commission which prob- ed the activities of the Russian spy ring, brought to Russian embassy cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, Used Car Price Skyrockets In US Car owners in Detroit are being offered more for their. used cars than new cars cost in Windsor. A comparison of prices offered by Detroit used-car dealers with the price of similar new Canadian mod- els shows a divergence of as much as $700, : For instance, a Detroit used-car dealer offers $2,000 for a 19046 or 1047 Chevrolet. In Windsor, you can buy a new Chevrolet for $1,- 207.60 equipped with heater, de- froster and spare tire, Or a car owner in Detroit can get $2,000 for his 19468 Ford, where- as a purchaser in Windsor can buy a new Ford for $1,324 with licence and five tires, and that a deluxe two-door model. If you want to purchase a de- luxe two-door Dodge in Windsor it will cost you $1,345 but the same model will bring $2,200 in the De- troit used-car market, In Windsor, you can purchase a new super Buick for $2,501 where- as the Detroit dealers are offering to buy used Buicks of 1946 vintage for $3,000. Peterborough Probe Report Is Not Released Peterborough, Dec. 9--(CP)-- Twelve persons were interrogated by a Department of Veterans Affairs court of inquiry, probing the cause of the fire which levelled the mon- aghan Road Hospital Thursday night during a sitting in ePterbor- ough armoury from noon Saturday until the early hours of Sunday morning, Findings of the court or results of the day-long investigation were not made public. Court officials ex- plained that information will not be released until the report of the probe is submitted to D.V.A. head- quarters in Ottawa, The probe it was stated, is strictly a departmen- tal inquiry. Meanwhile, fifteen veterans who fled the D.V.A, hospital fire, today were being cared for at the Veter- ans' hospital in Kingston. Others are expected to arrive later, Most are at Malton, Hotel Fire (Continued from Page 1) had been charred horribly by the flames, So rapidly had the flames spread through the building that fire-fighting equipment proved of little avail. First alarm was turned in at 4:41 am, EST, 'Fred Fries, a waiter in the res- taurant in which the blaze originat- ed, was called to the kitchen by the cook, he said, There he found the Sus range Wlasing sod a can of gasol e floor shoot i! ght feet high. 0 Hanes les grabbed the gasoline can, and tried to run out on the street with it. But a frightened customer bumped into him. The can fell and rolled into the hotel lobby. Another man then tried to kick it out through the door, but the draft from a hea- vy electric fan was believed to have sent the flames spiralling inward, "All hell then broke loose," Fries said. The flames shot higher than a doorway, and within a minute the bullding was an inferno. Some guests, panicked by the sight of the rapidly-spreading flames, jumped second "and third storey windows in scanty at- tire. Others tied sheets and blankets together into ropes with which to make their escape. HEARING ADJOURNED The case of Willlam R. Hele- hert of Toronto, charged with de- sertion of his wife, Myrtle Heich- ert, 170 Elliott Avenue, was ad. Journed for one week. light by former | | | Accused of Slaying Mother, | Boy Said Kindliest of All Leamington, Dec. 9--(CP)--Sev- enteen-year-old Willlam (Bill) Jew- itt, charged with the hammer slay- ing of his mother, was described to- day by his sister, Jewell, 19, as al- ways being "the nicest" to the slain woman, ; Jewell, a student at the Univerr sity of Toronto, said she couldn't understand why the murder was committed, "Bill loved mother very much," she said. "He was always the most generous person. He was almays kind and considerate to- wards her. Of the three of us, he was the nicest to her." The other me: of the family is Bill's twin, Jack, who discovered his mother's body in the kitchen of their home Friday night, Jewell expressed concern for Bill, now in Essex County Jail at Wind- Jr, #04 sal she Was an¥iqus Vo sep Keith Laird, Windsor counsel re- tained by Bill's dentist father, George Jewitt, saw the accused boy shortly after hig brief court appear- ance Saturday He described Bill as "too wrought up to talk coherently." Young Jéwitt was remanded until Thursday. The choir loft at Leamington Un- ited Church was empty yesterday-- the minister, Rev, Sidney Davison sald the choir members felt they could not be at their places so soon after Mrs, Jewitt's death. It was from a choir practice that the 50 year old woman had returned a few minutes before she was slain, Mr, Davison said: "Friday night she attended one of the loveliest choir practices we had for a long time, Many of the members of the choir have gince commented on the fine friendly feeling which was evi- dent throughout the rehearsal. The chojr, the church and the whole community is overwhelmed." Europe's Recovery In Post-War Year Spotty By 'ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer Brussels, Dec. 9--(CP)--In first full year of peace, Europe has made only spotty recovery and massive economic difficulties plague practically every country. Germany, in (defeat and ruins at the heart of Europe, continues to create the most critical prob. lems, Four-power control of the Reich has not been a notable suc- cess, 'The Potsdam agreement that Germany be treated as an economic whole has not been car- ried out, Britain and the United States, by an economic merger of their two zones, have sought to apply this principle of their own, but Russia and France will not co-operate for various reasons, There have been differences over economic policy between the Soviet control authorities on one hand and the British and Ameri- can on the other, on subjects ranging from the level of German production to removal of factories on reparations payment, Only limited progress has been made in getting Germany's indus- tries going and the situation in the Ruhr--on which many Euro. pean countries depend for coal and steel--is desperate. Adverse Effect Confusion and {instability in Germany has had an adverse ef- fect on the whole continent. In Austria, the other four-po- wer occupied country, economic conditions are better than in Ger. many, but there are still plenty of problems both for the Vienna government and the control au- thority. Italy made more progress to- ward recovery in 1946 than was generally anticipated, but has a long way to go before industry Pe A 4 can absorb the large number of unemployed and trade is resumed on a profitable scale, The economy of Greece is in a pitiable state and will depend for its comeback to a large extent on assistance in loans, credits and trade with western countries, Within the Soviet sphere of in- fluence in eastern Europe, Czec- hoslovakia has done the best job in industry, commerce and fin- ance, Her nationalization. scheme has progressed and production and trade are steadily increasing. Economic troubles are grave, however, for Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and, Hungary. France Progresses In western Europe, France has tried stubbornly through the year to mend her economic fences and has made considerable progress; but distribution problems, the black market, currency instabili- ty and scarcities harry the nation. High hopes are being' placed on new economic understanding with Britain, Belgium has led all Europe in her economic revival and is al- most as prosperous today as the bountiful neutrals--Switzerlana and Sweden, But Brussels is con- cerned at the extremely high prices in the country, particularly as they affect the export trade. To bolster export sales, currency devaluation may be used, but a desperate battle is being waged to keep the Belgian franc at its pres. ent level, Holland is not far behind Bel- glum and these two countries, with tiny Luxembourg, are grad- ually forming an economic and customs union--an alliance which must have a broad influencs on Europe's economic life, Veteran Blinded In War, Carries On At University By JAY HABEL In "Varsity" A man who refuses to be discour- aged cannot be beaten. David Fer- guson, a student taking academic studies at the University is such a studies at the University of Toronto is such a man, D-day in June 1944 found L/Cpl. Ferguson of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders jostled around in a carrier on the soll of Normandie. It was early in a morning still dark with left-over night, when all hell broke loose before the town of Caen. The Company Commander ordered a stop to re-organize what was left of his company. Competing with a chorus of dull explosions and the sharp staccato of the machine- guns, he bellowed: "Somebody get out there and start digging a slit-trench." The shovel in the hand of the soldier swung feverishly a few times; a long strident whistle; a sharp erack--and curtains. The cap- tain lay dead in the unfinished trench, and a soldier, still holding a shovel, reclined on the ground staring in to space but still cone scious. It was an ordinary day at the front. Alive and healthy one second, dead or wounded the next, But to L/Cpl. Ferguson this was not an ordinary day. It was a day which revolutionized his life. It was the beginning of a new chapter in his life; a chapter which he would never see in the light of day. For, you see, the digger who was blinded by the explosion was David Fergu- son, The months which followed were strange and remarkably fascinating for David. After being treated in a field hospital for his facial wounds, he began to travel back and forth between Blind Institutes both in Canada and abroad. Not once was he discouraged at the prospect of facing life blind. To say it in his own words: . "When the Doc. told me that I was blind for life, I was not sur- prised and it didn't hurt me be- cause I knew it as soon as I felt my face after the explosion. I was class so grateful to be alive that I didn't give a darn about anything else. Right then, to me life was the sweetest thing a man could ever possess. It was only gradually that I fully reslived what being blind meant, but then I had talked with so many who were worse than me in hospital that I saw that I was well off after all" It was not enough for David to have conquered himself; last April he added a new laurel to his bonnet. He married a girl whom he has never seen and never will see. Our cynical friends tell us that "love is blind"! Is it? Love is the only thing that sees, The love story of David and his wife has proven this. To while away the long evenings in Toronto while studying braille and typing at the Blind Institute, David used to go {frequently to Vicker Hall, one of the many re- ception centers of the Red Cross. Week after week he went back, not because he liked the place but be- cause of a certain charming young volunteer worker who used to en- tertain him. Friendship grew into love and love into a proposal, When cupid hits his mark, he always "Mrs." it. And so they were married. "I guess it was just one of those things," says David, "I knew right away that we were for each other and fortunately enough, she felt the same, I think she had a lot of courage. She's brave and wonder- ful, She's life to me." Mrs, Patricia Ferguson is just as strong in her praises of David. "He's a veteran and I'm proud of him. It was a little difficult when we first got married but there were 80 many compensations that diffi- culties became pleasures, There's something fine and big in all of us, but only those who love can see it. There are many times when I for- get that he is blind and the only reason I married him is because I love him, I don't think it wonderful and marvellous or even self-sacri- ficing to marry a blind person. I only hope we have a long life to- gether and that he goes on in the world. Where he goes there I will go also." : This love convinced David that he could go back to school like an ordinary guy. With her encourage- ment he plugged through Rehab. School jain entrance to Univers- ity. This year Mrs. Ferguson left her career as a school teacher to join him on the Campus. Both are enrolled in Victoria College in Pass Arts. David's objective in life is to work for the Canadian Institute for the Blind as a field secretary work- er. It's 'not easy for a blind man to follow a University course and David is very grateful to the fel- lows and girls who help him from to class. When he goes back home tired, his wife is always there to push little cushions of comfort under his tired mind. She makes pleasant the task of copying notes at night, Between the two of them they manage to keep up in their work, Next time you're down and out-- so low that you have to reach up to touch bottom, haye a talk with David Ferguson and his wife. They'll tell you that happiness is in ourselves and not only in our sur- roundings. BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- --(CP)~Ten per cent of Northern Ireland's 1946 crop was lost because of bad weather, New Cabinet. For Egypt Cairo, Dec. 9---(Reuters)-~King Farouk today asked Ahmoud No- krashy Pasha, leader of the Saadist Party and former Egyptian Premier, to form a government, It was reported last night that Premier Ismail Sidky Pashy had asked the King to accept his resig- nation because of ill health, It was understood that Sidky Pasha was resigning because of difficulties in reaching an agreement on revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty, Adjourn Case After Crown Evidence Heard After hearing the Crown's case against George H. Lane, Port Perry, charged with careless dri- ving resulting in back and leg in- juries to Marion Davidson of Rag- lan, at daybreak on November 8, Magistrate F, 8, Ebbs set the case over until December 17 in order to héar defence evidence, Miss Davidson, who with her brother, Lloyd, and a neighbour, Earl Stut, had been waiting for the bus on the Oshawa-Port Per- ry road, sald she was struck and flung about. 4 feet from the road by the Lane car, proceeding north. "My brother yelled, 'look out,' I didn't have a chance to move," Miss Davidson testified, Questioned by defence counsel, Louls 8, Hyman, M, R, Hodgson, Provincial Police Constable, told the court there were no distin. guishable tread marks off the pavement, when he investigated the accident about 3 p,m, Russell Davidson, Miss Davidson's father, told of discovering such marks shortly after the accident, October Auto Output Is Up Ottawa, Dec. 9 (CP)--October au- tomobile production~14,951 units-- was more than twice as great as in October, 1945, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. Ont put in October last year was 6,506 units. In September, 1046, it was 11,643, Production for the first 10-months of the year was 135,707 units, compared with 125224 in the same period last year, This year's October figure includ- ed 8,662 passenger cars and 6,309 commercial vehicles. Of the pas- senger cars, 6,421 were made for sale in Canada and the remainder for export; 3,948 commercial vehic- les were intended for use in the do- minion and 2,451 for export, Cumulative 'totals at Oct. 81 showed 49,186 passenger cars and 34,281 commercial vehicles made for sale in Canada; 23,154 passenger cars and 20,176 commercial vehicles for export. Miners Earn (Continued from Page 1) nine hours a day and the miners get time and a half or $1.77% cents an hour for the extra two hours, The seven hours a day is for work at the actual scene of the coal dig. ging or normal place of work within the mine, The extra two hours al- lows for and includes travel time from portal to place of work and back to the portal. Miners working on plece work or tonnage basis; receive 1/9th of their dally earnings as extra payment to compensate them for travel time between portal and place of work. As a wartime measure the mines were operated, generally, six days a week and the coal miner could work on the sixth day or not as he chose. If he worked he would be paid time and a half or $1.77% an hour basic wage. That provision rémains in effect. The mine operator may or may 'not provide work on the sixth day and the miner may work or not as he chooses, It is optional both ways. Thus the miner is required to work a nine hour day, five days a week, for which he receives a mini- mum of $59.25, If work is available and he chooses to work the sixth day he makes an additional $16.00 bringing his total possible minimum earning to $75.25. » In actual practice during recent months the miners have beery working between 40 and 46 hours a week and received time and a half for the working time in excess of 35 hours a week. Lewis Surrenders (Continued from Page 1) treat even as President Truman was at work on a radio speech which he had planned to deliver last night. Mr. Truman cancelled the talk but made no comment. Swiftly the government stripped away most of the serles of emer- gency orders which had been in- voked to save coal. Mr, Lewis said coal production would continue, until April 1, but this does not necessarily mean an- other strike at that time, One high government official told a reporter that the government will return the pits to private owners "just as soon as a contract has been negotiated and coal production is satisfactory," But he added there has been no indication since the end of the strike that Mr. Lewis and the operators are ready to get together, Orono on Saturday Santa Claus Visited Orono, Dec. 9 -- Some 500 chil- dren from the village and surround- ing 'districts tendered Santa Claus a clamorous welcome when he paid a visit to the village on Saturday afternoon. Each child was present- ed with a gift. : This is the first occasion in Orono history that such an event has been held in the community, Try a classified advertisement for quick results- MAJOR FIRES IN THE U.S. TO DAT, LJ New York, Dec, 9--(AP)--The following 15 a list of major hotel fires in the United States, and toll in lives, during the past 13 years: Sept, 7, 1033, Houston, Texas, 54 Dec. 11, 1934, Kerns Hotel, 'Lan~ sing, Mich, 32, Feb 12, 1036, Victoria Mansions Lakewood, N.J., 16. May 16, 1038, Terminal Hotel, Atlanta, Ga, 35. March 27, 1044, Amsterdam Ho- tel, Ban Francisco, 22, Jan, 16, 1945, General Clark Hotel, Chicago, 14, + June 5, 1046, La Salle Hotel, Chis cago, 61, June 9, 1046, Canfield Hotel, Du- buque, Ia., 19. Europe Seeks Trade With South | Africa Cape Town,--(CP)-- Considerable interest is being shown by Euro- pean countries in the future of the Union and prospects of South Afri- ca's immigratidn plans, trade with Europe and the establishment in the Union of ropean industries are promising, said 8, F. Waterson, minister of economic development and mines, reviewing a recent visit to Europe, "Wherever I went I met indus- trialists anxious to come out and start their particular industries here," he sald, The minister added that South African Immigration committees will find co-operative spirit among morthern European governments, A number of young Dutch farmers are apxious to come to the Union and the Belgian gov ernment too was sympathetic to South Africa, Both Sweden and Norway would buy South African wines, while Sweden also was a good market for fruit. Norway had bought wool and would buy wine, and Denmark wags satisfied with the quality and price of a large quantity of marma- lade bought from South Africa, The minister reported that France was buying wool and sending her own ships for it, while the Italian tex- tile trade also was willing to buy South African wool. Italians ulso were ready to buy South African products like asbestos and chrome ore and if the Union could supply coal to Italy it would receive cement in return, Mr, Waterson said, The South African government hag been advised by High Commis. sioner Nicholls in London that 40,- 000 people in Britain are waiting to come to South Africa and all are willing to provide their own pass- age, Senator C. F. Clarkson, minister of the interior, said that from sta- tistics supplied him there would be no difficulty in absorbing all skilled and semi-skilled men, He said that shipping was the only bottleneck at present but that everything possible Yu being done to ease the situa- on, "We must see to it that when these people arrive work and par- ticularly accommodation are found for them," he said. The United States government has decided that when leasc-lend negotiations with South Africa are concluded a fairly large proportion of the credit obtained will be used to foster an interchange of cultural personnel between the two coun- tries, This will include artists, mu- siclang, university professors and students, Carol H, Foster, United States consul general at Cape Town, sald similar arrangements are being made with other countries in the lease-lend group. About 15 South African students are going to the United States every month to con- tinue their studies at universities and other institutions there. He sald it wag hoped that the South African government would recipro- Suis ay "importing" American stu- ents, Miners Hope (Continued from Page 1) week and other concessions which include union security 'and a 15- cent-a-ton royalty for a miners' welfare fund, They presented their demands with the knowledge that the big op- erators in the Maritimes claim to be losing money even under present scales, But, the UMW. statement of policy said, the yardstick must not be the ability of the companies to pay, but rather specifications of a "living wage" for the miners, And even though coal mining loses mon- ey for some operators, the conven- tion ig that the industry is vital to national welfare and must be main- tained--with government subsidy, if necessary, - On the eve of the recent strike vote, district president Freeman Jenkins said In an address that "we are asking for a basic rate of ap- proximately $1 an hour as compar- ed to the present basic rate of 73 cents." "This," he sa'd, "will provide on the average a minimum or basi¢ weekly wage of about $40. . .this union has recently completed a cost of living study in Glace Bay. "We find that to maintain a 1am- ily of four on minimum standards, $41.02 per week is required." Today the union presented In de- tail just what it claims it costs a miner to live for a month on mini- mum standards, In short, living standards on ba- sic wages existing and asked in the wage policy line uo like this: Basic pay at present is $5.84 a day or $32.12 on the basis of a 44- hour (five-and-a-half-day) week. The $2.50 an hour demand would boost pay to $8.54 a day or $41.70 for : a 40-hour (five-day) week. This is 68 cents above the budget minimum, but it does not take into consideration the possibility of a return to pre-war production cone ditions when coal miners in the Maritimes worked often as little as two or three days a week, | Farmers' Market . Local Grain -- Local selling prices for bran $29. $30 ton; shorts $30-831 ton; baled hay. $18-820 ton; straw $16-818 ton; pastry flour $2.85 a bag; bread flour $2.90 a bag. Dealers are pays ing no set price, Wheat, $1.26 4 bushel; oats b53-56c; barley 6 buckwheat 75-80¢. A Produce -- Toronto, Dec, 9 -- (CP)=~Produce prices, in the spot market here vo. day were reported ag follows; Eggs: Good distributive . demand for the heavy receipts, what quan- tity the local market does not re. quire going into export; wholesale to retail, A large 45-47, A medium 41-44, A pullet 37-40, B 38-40, C 33- 35; country shippers quoted graded eggs, cases free, A large 42, A me- dium 37-38, A pullet 33-34, B 35. 36, C 30-31, Churning cream unchanged No. 1 1b. 41 FOB, 46 delivered plus 10 cents subsidy, : : Butter: Firm, offerings light, first grade solids 40, second grade solids 39; prints, 1st grade 42, 2nd grade 41, 3rd grade 40. Cheese -- Toronto, Dec. 9--(CP)~Whole- sale cheese quotations here today were: First grade, large, paraffined, colored 22 3/16 cents Ib, white 22% cents, both F.0.B, factory, Honey -- Toronto, Dec, 9--(CP)---~Whole- sale honey quotations were une changed here today at: case, 24, 1 1b glass jars $4.82, 24 2-lb, glass jars $9.12; cartons, 24 1-lb, white No. 1, $492, 24 2-l1b, white No. 1 $0.26; 12 4-1b. $0.04, 8 6-lb. $8.67; 2-l1b, Orange Label, 24, $8.56, 2-lb, 24 Red Label $7.98; bulk 160's Gold en Amber $8.98, Livestock -- Toronto, Dee, 9--{(CP)~Cattle prices were strong in early sales on the livestock market here today with good stock calves $13-$13.50, a few butcher heifers $12.60-812.75, butcher cows $8-10,50, good bulls up to $10.75. Calves were steady with choloe vealers $16-$17 and plain downward to $11. Lambs were steady $15.50 good ewes and weathers, $14.50 bucks. Sheep were steady $5-80.60, No price was established for hogs which closed previously, dressed, grade A $21, Grade B1 $20.60, - Receipts reported by the Domin- fon marketing service were: cattle 1,830, calves 220, hogs 400, sheep and lambs 600. Unsold from last week were 300 head of cattle, To= day's supply included 900 stockers, Hogs -- Toronto, Dec, 9--(CP)--Grade A, dressed, bacon-hogs, were une changed at Brantford $20.60 delive ered and Stratford was unsettled with no established quotations, in markets reporting early today. Fruit -- Toronto, Dee, 9 -- (CP) Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices here today supplied 1 White and Company follow: | Domestic: No, 1 hothouse toe matoes 25-30 cents 1b; tomatoes 11 qts. 76c¢; 6 gts, 60¢; spinach bu, $1.25; cabbage orange crates 50-60c; mushrooms 6 lb, carton $2.60-$2,75; radishes doz, 30« 40c; beets bu, 60-96c; green one fons doz, 30-36c; Ontario new potatoes 75 1b, bag No, 1 §1.10« $1.26; cauliflower crates 76-823 $27, white $1.30, green $1.50 2 v Imported: California navel ore anges $6.75-$7.25; lemons all sizes $8.60-$9.60; Florida grape fruit $4-84.60; Honduras grape fruit $3.50; grapes red $4.76 $5; pineapples $7-$7.50. ' Steelworkers (Continued from Page 1) tary-Treasurer David J, McDonald and Vice-Presidents Van A. Bittnep and James G. Thimmes are unope posed for thelr respective positions, However, their names appear on the ballot and members are expected to record their vote for these candie dates if they think they deserve their confidence, Local unions have named tellers who will supervise the election In each plant and count the ballots at the end of the voting. In Oshawa plants the tellers are: Fittings Limited--Raymond Grills, 8, H. At kinson and Clifton Lang; in the Ontario Malleable Iron--Paul Smith, D, N. Kay and Steve Sciuk and in Pedlar People--P, R, Clark, Lloyd MacInally and Egbert Trick. The election in the Whitby Malle« able Iron will hp handled by Frank O'Connor, George Price and Wile llam Wallace and in the Bowmans ville Foundry by Everett Welsh, Charles Morris, Luther Welsh and Len Spicer. ; Returns from each plant must be in PitfSburgh before Dec, 20 if the local union vote is to be considered by the international union tellers. FALSE ALARM Shortly after eleven o'clock this morning fire department answered what turned out to be a false alarm from the alarm box at Carnegie Avenue and McLaughlin Boulevard. Whereabouts of the party who turned in the larm is unknown. DIALNNEES én COUGHS HEAD and CHEST COLDS