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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE B.B.C.'s 'Third Program' Rolls Up Huge British Listening Audience Gr > --Occupants Walked Away Unhurt! London, Jan, 20--(CP)--Brit- ™ ain seems to be developing anoth- | or institution--the BBC Third | Program which after nearly four | months of existence has won it. | golf an estimated 760,000 steady listeners whose number occasion- | ally swells to 2,000,000, The Third Program, whic: runs nightly from 6 p.m, to midnight, was regarded suspiciously at the outset by a public which feared it ~ would be too highbrow. But its director, G, R, Barnes, says that listener reaction comes from all quarters, including many who are supposed to be more at home in music halls, . "Third Program reaction is re- markably general and covers the ¥ entire country," he said in an in- terview, "From it we find that our most popular programs are . dramatic, with music--notably * opera--running second. "Of course, you must remem. per--and this would be true in Canada too--that there are hund. reds of thousands of people who never have an opportunity of go- ing to the theatre, These are the people who are prepared to spend a whole evening listening to a : full length opera, or the adapta- tion of a play." The most popular presentation of the Third Program since it be. gan last Sept. 30 were studio per- i formances of the Wagnerian op- . eras "Tristan and Isolde" and "Die Valkure." Others which have pro- yoked favorable comment are Shaw's "Man and Superman." Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cres. sida" and adaptations of Chau. cer's "Canterbury Tales." Planned in the near future is #8 three-hour adaptation of Mel- ville's "Moby Dick," prepared by English poet Henry Reid, There'll also be a production of the Norse sagas, and a series of talks by eminent authorities, evaluating standard books of the past like Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nat. fons" and Marx's "Das Kapital" in their relation to today's world, Charm of the Third Program to many listeners is its unhurried gait. "The radio critics thought the length of some of our programs might cause listeners to lose in- terest," says Barnes, a veteran of the BBC's talks department, "We find, however, that they're quite prepared to set aside an evening for listening, but we must allow a decent interval for dinner and washing up, That's why we di- vide our longer programs into two sections, with a talk or some- thing not of such general interest in between." Barnes was director of talks for the BBC before he took over his new post, Fire Damages Kingston Home Brockville, Jan, 20--(CP)--Pire Saturday caused unestimated dam- age to a third storey apartment above McKenney's grocery store on King Street in Brockville's busi- ness section, but was swiftly squelch- ed by the local fire department. Contents of the living room and property on the rear verandah of the apartment, occupied by Mr, and maker. il) Completely--but very completely--wrapped around a telephone pole at Belmont, California, is this heap of twisted metal that once was an auto- mobile. It was hit by the northbound "Daylight Limited" train at a boule- vard crossing and hurled 250 feet to land where you see it. The occu- pants of the car, Mr, and Mrs, H. Schlam, escaped unhurt because they had the foresight to jump from the car before the train got in the hay- See Beer Quota 1 Case Daily Toronto, Jan. 20--(CP)--Liquor Board officials said yesterday On- tario beer consumers will "pnob- ably" be limited to one case per day when beer rationing ends. They agreed, however, "there is noting to stop a purchaser going to another store and getting anotli- er case the same way." William Griesinger, chief commis- sioner of the Ontario Liquor Con- trol Board, said, "I am not in a positionr to make any statement as to when or how the government will undertake the distribution of beer from brewer's warehouses or as to what hours in which beer will be sold. It is likely that the stores will remain open as at present from 12 noon to eight p.m." Officials of Brewers' Warehousing Company said they had no idea when the government will take over the sale of beer. . They said the supply of beer will be regulated by supplies of bottles and the consumer's promptness in returning them. "We are short of equipment, trucks and materials," they said, "but we feel we are in good enough shape to carry on under the new Mrs. Jack Munphy who were not at | pasis home at the time, were destroyed. There was water damage to the other rooms, and to Brockville Pho- to Specialities, immediately below the Murphys' apartment. No other damage done, either to remaining apartments in the build- 4. or to Whe grocery on the main Untold Ones "Why" she said, "women have been famous for ages." "Yes," he replied, "untold ages." Durham.--A pure-bred Yorkshire farmer, has been re-sold at the Illi- nols State Fair--for $1,040. Ask Bright Lights For New Lounges Toronto, Jan. 20--(CP)--When the new cocktail lounges come to Toronto, the Civic Legislation Com- mittee wants them brightly lighted and at least 200 feet away from churches, schools, universities or other cultural centres. The com- mittee has endorsed proposals to this effect from Alderman Harold Fishleigh and these are to be pass- ed on to the Ontario government, which recently proclaimed legisla- tion providing for cocktail lounges in Toronto, London, Hamilton, Windsor and Ottawa. The resolu- tion about lighting asks that there be one 60-watt bulb for every 14 square feet of lounge. Hijackers' Ring In U.S. Smashed New York, Jan. 20--(AP)--The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 20 men here and one in Miami who, it said, hijacked $500,000 worth of scarce goods in the past year in metro- politan New York. Asserting that the arrests "struck a blow at the heart of hijackers and motor truck thieves who have vic- timized New York city business con- cerns of huge quantities of scarce and expensive merchandise," Ed- ward Schedit, F.B.I. special agent, blamed the gang for hijacking leather shipments, high priced wo- men's handbags and electrical ap- pliances, among other items. For Sale... One Seat In Sark Parliament Brecqhou, Channel Islands-- (CP) --Want to buy a seat in Parlia- ment? Then buy this 175-acre island off the coast of Sark, Nearly a dozen years ago the island was taken over by the late Capt. T. A. Clarke, Irish farmer and cattle breeder, He turned it into a beautiful farm and garden. Then the Germans occupied the Channel Islands early in the Sec- ond World War, Capt, Clarke and his wife moved out and went to live on the Scottish isle of Mull where Capt. Clarke died in 1944, London agents for Mrs, Clarke say the Brecqhou home was little damaged during the occupation. The island is for sale at £25,000 ($100,000). And with it goes the right to sit as a member of the Parliament of Sark, Cardinal's Death Deeply Regreted By The Vatican Vatican City, Jan, - 20--(CP)--A Vatican source has declared the news of the sudden death of Rod- rigue Cardinal Villeneuve, Prince of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Quebec, was re- ceived with the "liveliest regret" at the Vatican, where he was consid- ered "one of the most illustrious of the American prelates." The 63-year-old senior Canadian Cardinal, seventh Prince of the Church to die in the last year, had been frequently mentioned in cir- cles close to the Holy See as a like- ly candidate for the Papacy should a future consistory decide a non- Italian Pontiff would best ensure the universality of the church so eagerly desired by Pope Pius. These circles pointed out that Cardinal Villeneuve was able, youthful for a man who had worn the purple almost 13 years, and-- most important--a bilingual prelate from a bilingual country combining Latin and Anglo-Saxon cultures. High World Price Seen World Threat Dunedin, N.Z. -- (CP) -- The fu- ture of wool is assured for some time to come according to F. L. Taylor, mill manager of one of New Zealand's largest woollen mills, af- ter an intensive study of recent de- velopments abroad. Synthetic fibres have a definite place of their own, he considers, but will not replace wool for some time. The chief threat to wool is the ab- normally high world price which may force people to use less suitable synthetics, "In my opinion the greatest field for artificial fibres lies in the re- placement of cotton rather than woollen materials," he said. "A large number of manufacturers are using synthetic fibres in place of natura! cotton, because there is really mot enough cotton available." Canadians Rush To Cross Border Detroit, Jan, 20--(CP)--At least three times as many Canadians are seeking 'to cross the border to the | United States these days as a year 'ago, E. BE, Adcock, district jm- | migration inspector declares. He said the trend may reflect the | adverse labor situation in Dejgihor- | ing Windsor, because few invnigra- tion applicants are trying to make | the crossing "on the quiet." U.S. Troops' V.D. Record Is Disclosed Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 20-- (AP)--A record rate of venereal disease among a group of United States soldiers has been disclosed, after a complaint by 225 soldiers that they were "restricted to quar- ters" on Christmas Day. The soldiers, writing to the un- official army newspaper Stars and Stripes, said they were forced to spend Christmas Day in Germany "lying on their posteriors in newly painted 'and dimly lighted rooms, staring at a face across the aisle trying to visualize it as Saint Nicho- las." / Immediately countering their charge in the soldiers' gripe column of the newspaper, their command- ing officer declared the G.I.'s were restricted to the third replacement depot at Marburg because of a venereal rate that doctors sald was unprecedented in the United States army's history. The restricted soldiers, the depot surgeon, Maj. Linden H. Schwab, sald, were among a group of 287 who had s0 much V.D. that in over a year's time they averaged 3.66 cases of infection per man. The soldiers, Schwab said, had just arrived from France and Bel- glum, "where the venereal disease rate is known to be very high." Compared with this group of sol- diers, the V.D. rate in the entire army in Europe is 240 cases per 1,000 men per year. Makes Lioness Poultry Guard Pratoria, South Africa -- (CP) -- The world's most formidable '"sen- try" now has been installed on the farm of D, Fritz of Pretoria North, who has become desperate as a re- sult of incessant raids on his poul- try by thieves. * At first he had a large dog to watch the pens of fowls, but still the valuable fowls disappeared. Then he replaced the dog with a two-year-old lioness. The thieves haven't been back since. AND STEADILY MOVING FORWARD At the first annual meeting of our company our first president said: " directors are much atified with the share they have ad in extending to many of their fellow subjects the comforting protection of life assurance". Many th ds of Canadi joined our great family of policy- holders in 1946. 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