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| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THREB Great Britain Is Lashed By Worst Blizzard In 50 Years Royal Co On Vets' Asked In mmission Housing Commons Ottawa, Feb. 5 (CP)--The budding Throne Speech de- bate in the Commons yesterday touched on many things, from veterans' housing to immigration, oil and coal mining. . With nine speakers taking the floor, the House heard demands for appointment of the building of homes for returned 1.2n, the pronouncement of a post- war immigration policy, and the as- sumption by the government of re- of atomic information in Can- 'to "uch publ. meant to The demand for a Royal Com- mission on veterans' housing Five houses said visited in the area were found to be in i Li ie, his the at an angle into Mr. Hodgson's ," he said. - ll Police Constable Roy Stirtevant, who investigated the accident, said t he could find no evidence of any ! ski marks on the comparatively pavement. | Helicopter Now | For Falls Stunt ll Niagara Falls, Feb. 5. -- (CP) -- | Daredevil Jean Lussier has it all | figured out how he can fool Niagara Bg a Royal Commission to probe VON Nurses Attend More Although hampered by difficult dri , the Victorian Order of Nurses staff here attended 26 more cases and made 40 more visits last month than in January of last year, Miss Edith Hill, superintend- ent reported at the V.O.N. Board meeting last night. 399 Visits There were 61 new cases during the month in addition to 63 carried over from December and the total number of visits made by the nuis- es was 399. Two undergraduate nurses served a training period here during the month. Fees collected totalled $117.15 from patients and $3825 from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for policy holders. Miss Hill reported that Miss Elizabeth Reed, national supervisor, who was to have spent this week in had arrived on Saturday, but was called away to Montreal. As a result her visit will be postponed. A date had still not been decided upon for the annual meeting plan- ned for this month and the commit- tee was authorized to publicize the meeting as soon as a date could be arranged when St. Andrew's audi- torilum would be available. The speaker is to be Dr. A. F. Mackay, medica] officer of health, Financial Report The treasurer, N. J. McFadyen, reported receipts of $155.75 during January and disbursements of $382.06. 'Total receipts for 1046 amounted to $4,806.44, which was $145 below last year, while disburse- ments totalled $4919. as compared with $4,760 in 1945. In response to a request from the national office, it - was decided to contribute $125 in 1947 towards an educational fund being set up to provide scholarships for V.O.N. nurses. It was felt that this would be a fair share for Oshawa to con- tribute as only two nurses are. sta- tioned here. Miss Hill pointed out that she was concluding five years in Osh- awa and while she considered this a sufficient period for a nurse to remain in one centre, she had been informed that the national office did not have another person avail- able who would be capable of carry- , | ing on under present conditions here, Fell Under Train Saving His Friend Sarnia, Feb. 5-- (CP) -- Fellow workers said here that Delmar R. South, 36, of nearby Brigden, killed yesterday in an accident in the Ca- nadian National Railway yards here, saved the life of J. Grimes, another railwayman. They said South and Grimes were riding on the footboard of a coal car with foreman Neil Silk. Silk saw a train approach him and shouted to the others to follow him in jumping clear. The workers said South shoved Grimes off and was about to leap when he slipped and fel] beneath the wheels. South served in the army and re- joined the C.N.R. in 1945, CTV] at Prescott Will Shut I Down Brockville, Feb. 5--(CP)-- Due to demand for courses offer- ed, the Canadian Training and Vo- cational Institute operated at Pres- cott, since the beginning of last year will close the end of March, it ounced Patients Here . | economy must be maintained, fi- Rally Sikger nso: ed the young the Free Methodist Church of Can- ada on Friday night at 8 pm. Mr. Bastian is widely known in reli- gious circles and has been heard over various radio statons, Coal Short; 50,000 Idle In Britain London, Feb. 5. --(CP) -- Some 45,000 to 50,000 industrial workmen were idle in Britain today in shut- downs attributed directly to the Bri- tish coal shortage, Scores of mills in Yorkshire and other parts of North England were shut. Prime Minister Attlee and his Cabinet, which the Conservative press said might fall because of the economic crisis, examined propos- als for stretching fuel from the mine, recently nationalized. The Austin Motor Company's Bir- mingham plant closed yesterday, throwing 15,000 out of jobs, Other automobile plants planned reduced schedules. Imperia] Chemica] Industries closed its Birminghdm plant for a week, laying off 6,000 persons. The Press Association said that preoccupation with the coal short- age and other matters had caused the government to delay again the appointment of a Royal Commis sion to investigate the control and ownership of the press, Arthur Joynt New Assistant Mgr. At Marks Theatre Martin White, who has been as- sistant manager of the Marks [hea- tre for the past year, lias fer, the city to assume the posi of as- sistant manager of the Midtown Theatre in Toronto, Arthur Joynt, who has had sever- al years experience in the theatre business, comes here from the Cen- tury Theatre, Kitchener, where he has held the position of assistant manager for two years. In taking over his new duties here as assistant manager of the Marks, Mr. Joynt will no doubt prove an asset the theatre business in Oshawa. His wife and small son will reside in Oshawa as .soon as suitable accommodation becomes available, Army To Employ Civilian Doctors A new ruling handed down at Army Headquarters this week au-|g. thorizes the employment of civilian medical practitioners "where the services normally provided by the Medical Officers of the Active For- ces are not immediately available", and "where medical attention, be- yond the facilities of the medical services of the Active Forces, is re- quired in the interests of a patient under treatment". The new order also points out that General Offi- cers Oommanding, in authorizing the employment of such civilian medical practitioners, "will be guid- ed by the principle that, while due nancial considerations must not prevent individuals in the Armed Forces from receiving the most ex- pert medical care available." Vigilantes Now Prepared To Rid Montreal Of 'Social Gangrene' Montreal, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- A new | day with the Federation of the | Leagues of the Sacred Heart as- | signing vigilance committees parish | by parish to check on night clubs, es. [| Alphonse Coulombe, 'Federation president, told a meeting of the | Roman Catholic organization last ll night that the city's night il were "the gates to hell," where one i could find "prostitutes by the hun- || dreds, scores of them. minors, ply- | ing their trade with the help of | taxi drivers and waiters." ll Announcing the federation would | assign three of its most trusted I members in each of the parishes of | the Island of Montreal to see that cafes and night clubs scrupulously obeyed regulations or closed shop, Mr. Coulombe said checks thus far revealed many of these establish- ments to be "recruiting centres for vice and prostitution." In them could be seen "drunken- ness and immorality" such as con- stituted "a crime against humanity." The Federation president recalled that previous efforts to win a probe of the police department and vice conditions had been turned down by Spots | the courts, and added: "We lost the first game, but the second is about to be played. It will be played in a different way and we will win it. We must see to it that Montreal is freed from the bondage of vice." "The honorable judges who refus- ed our petition were forced to admit that corrupt conditions existed and that vice went on. openly with ap- tion was implying that all clubs parent impunity," Mr. Coulombe declared. : Meanwhile, protests against the "blanket" nature of the Federa- tion's indictment came from a num- ber of night club operaotrs. The manager of one leading west end night spot contended the Federa- were guilty of charges applicable only to certain establishments. "The claim that clubs are centres of operation for prostitutes may be true in some cases, but as far as we are concerned we do not allow wo- men who are umescorted to enter the premises," he said. "But we, can no more prevent a woman -- or man, for that matter -- of ques- tionable character from coming in than can a moving picture house prevent these same persons from | Inthe Middle East, it's known as 'Plapot, Sask. now owned by your buying tickets." England Is O. K. In April But In Winter -- B-r-r-r London, Feb. 8 (OP) --England fi | i TE 4 § Egtc 53d 8 fil » 05 Hi 8 ged ] i 31 gg iE 5 i g f 8 : i w§ Esa Hii fx : Pp , the situation is distinct- pleasant. t's what happened this time. few hardy souls took advantage the snow for outdoor winter sports--even skiing on London's fa- mous Hamstead Heath -- but most E pet about the cold as something unusu- Che ti i o£ : & 2 2 & 1 jit: 'it s555 i The resul vious; whole streets are left water: less, is wa Things are so tied up that muni- cipal councils set up "standpipes" in the streets a couple of ordinary water taps connected with the Plumbers are the only people who are benefitted by the system as far as an outsider can see, They reap a harvest annually. Yet people raise eyebrows when one suggests inside pipes. "Sure, mate, but howja get at the pipes when they freeze?" asked one householder whose pipes were get- ting the blow-torch treatment. N.Y.Real Estate Agents A Hard-Hearted Crew New York, Feb. 5.--(CP)-- Back in the gay days of the boom 20's the American ideal was "two cars in every garage." 'There isn't a hope of this dream being realized these days--there are too many families living in the gar- ages. Except for the housing problem, the United §tates seems generally over the hump of reconversion, But the real estate agent, still king of the roost, is a species all to himself. He combines the kind heartedness of one of Ghengis Kahn's shock troopers; the love of money shown by an elderly bank president when heart still faster when he walks past a vault; the guillibility, for a hard-luck story, of a self- made Montreal financier; the tact and consideration of Toronto police interrogating someone who has just shot a member of the force. But there's one way to his heart. In France they call it "pour-boire." "baksheesh." Some bitterly realis- tic residents of the English-speak- ing world have been known to call it graft, ~ To get an apartment in New York, York, the procedure goes somewhat like this: A friend who hears of a vacancy slips, in secret, a note in your over- coat pocket containing a telephone number. You call the number and an anonymous voice arranges an in- terview with an intermediary, 'This usually takes place in the middle of that lake in Centra] Park, in a rowboat. Frequently the in- termediary is a heavily-veiled wom- an in black who assesses you, ap- proves, then whispers an address. You go to this address. Event- ually you are in the agent's office. Shades are drawn and door-bolts click. He ascertains your require- ments, names the officlally-stipu- lated rent, and then, his pen on the mahogany desk, says: "There's just one other thing" But you're ready for that. You offer, first of all, a lien on your 1947 earnings. Al] you get is a All right, then, a clear title to that productive wheat farm near 97-year-old grandfather. That only Menlis a deprecatory wave of the In desperation, you throw in your p card, would he consider, per- haps, as a persona] gift, that new 1947 automobile you came by when the previous claimant was stricken with a heart attack? Then, brother, you're in. Violent Robbery Nets Term, Strap London, Ont., Feb. 5--(CP)--Lyle Riley, 16-year-old Muncey Reserve Indian, was convicted today of rob- bery with violence in the beating Dec. 9 last of Duncan McKellar, 76-year-old Strathroy district farm- er. He was sentenced to a reform- atory term of two years less one day definite and one year inde- finite, with five strokes of the strap. Butterless Days For Queen's Park Toronto, Feb. 5--(CP)--"Butter- less days" have been introduced at Queen's Park cafeterias following a 300-1b, reduction in butter supplies for the months of January, Febru- ary and March. ' In introducing the butterless days the cafeteria management advises its civil service patrons to cover the dey bread with gravy as a substi- ue. RECREATION Peterborough, Feb. 5--(CP)--Ap- pointment of 10 members to the Peterborough Recreation Commis- sion og been confirmed by the city coun! The Sompjssion is com- posed of William ett, Armar Butcher, Leo. Wk Copp, Robertson Davies, W. B. Gordon, David Kerr, Mrs. J. E, R. Munro, Mrs. Dorothy Sullivan, Quirt McKinney and H. ereby breeders will do a better job and E. Wales. " Sales Bring Criticism Toronto, Feb. § (CP)--The. sale of high priced purebred cattle at exhibitions and sales was criticized yesterday by Professor C. L. Cole, head of the animal husbandry de- partment at Michigan State College, in an address to the 61st annual meeting of the Canadian Shorthorn Association, "Breeders have paid far too much attention to what cattle can do in the show ring, instead of their value as breeders from the standpoint of economic and efficient service," Professor Cole said. to provide means provide a foundation for better ani- mals which can be sold at a price the commercial consumer can afford to pay. When breeders fail to do this the fail in their Vig Officers elected included: W. J. Russell, Unionville, Ont.; first vice- president; H. R. White, Guelph, secretary-treasurer; R. G. T. Hitch- man, Ottawa, registrar. Kelsey - Wheel Terms Reached Windsor, Feb. 5 (CP)--First form- al agreement in 10 years between the Kelsey Wheel Company, Ltd. g | and the United Automobile Workers (C10) was reached George Burt, Canadian director of the U.A.W. has announced, The union and the company have carried on negotiations for 10 years with no written contract to supple- ment verbal agreements, he said. Terms of the contract include provisions for the Rand Formula of the collective bargaining security, recognition of the union as sole bar- gaining agent except for managerial and other groups, grievance proce- dure, overtime Sunday and holiday pay, night shift premium, rest peri- ods and vacations of up to two weeks. Crown Employee May Sue, Ruling Ottawa, Feb. 5 (CP)--a Crown employee injured at work and re- ceiving government compensation can sue the government for dam- ages, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday. This judgment was given in the case of Germain Bender of Quebec City, injured in 1941 at the Val- cartier artillery testing ground while employed by the Inspection Board of the United Kingdom aud Canada. Bender, receiving a pension under the government Employees Com- pensation Act, sought in Exchequer Court the right to sue the govern- ment for $35,000. Mr. Justice J. T. Thorson agreed the case could go to trial N A STEELWORKERS' POLICY Hamilton, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- John Mitchell, district director of the United Steel Workers of America (CIO) announced last might that a common policy on question of con- tract negotiations in the Steel Com- pany of Canada plants here will be worked out and progress to date reviewed at a conference of locals from this district here next Sunday. TART PRICE MAY RISE I'Torontc, Feb. 5-- (CP) -- Inai- cations today were that cakes and tarts will cost the customer 10 per cent more, following the Prices Board's approval of the increase. Similar increases will be imposed at Windsor and other places, it was Te, had Dose Fatal, Decision Due Soon Sydney, NS., Feb. 5--(CP)--De- cision in the $25,000 action by Mrs. Mary Bugden against Harbor View Hospital] at nearby Sydney Mines, Dr. W. T. McKeough and nurses Kathleen Spriggs and Patricia Bon- nar in connection with the death of her husband, Willlam Bugden, will be given before March 1, it was learned here. Decision was reserv- ed by Mr. Justice John Doull, Mr. , being treated for a dislocated thumb suffered in a mine mishap, died after it is alleged he was administered a fatal dose of ad- renalin in mistake for novacaine, an anaesthetic. ' Dr. McKeough said that when Mr. Bugden told him his thumb still was paining, he had adminis- Jgren another injection from the e bottle. After the doctor had been informed that the patient was dying, he examined the bottle and found that it contained adrenalin, he said, Previously, Miss Bonnar sald she had followed Dr. McKeough's in- structions in asking Miss Spriggs for novacaine. Miss Spriggs was not called to testify. Great-West Life Business Passes Billion Mark The year 1946 was one marked by a fecord of acpomplishment and progress never before equalled in the history of the company, said H, W. Manning, vice-president and Hijpaging director of Great-West Assurance. Co., in presenting the annual report to the 55th meet- ing of the company held in Winni- peg. A billion dollars of business in force was a notable milestone passed in 1946. Commencing the year with $924,000,000, the billion- dollar mark was reached in July, and, at the ¢ of the year, the total had gro to $1,067,000,000, representing by far the largest gain in any one year in the com- pany's history. Neww protection, placed in force under insurance and annuity poli- cles, aggregated $173,345,000 on the lives of over 50,000 men, women and children, exceeds by $52,000,000 the amount of new business placed BA isms totalling $17 icy payment - 625,000 were distributed to policy- holders and beneficiaries during 1946. Of this total over $12,000,000 was paid to living policyholders. The savings of the company's all |many thousand policyholders grew during the year by $30,254,000, and the total resources of the company now aggregate $275284,000 com- pared with $245,030,000 in 1945. During the year the company sub- stantially extended its mortgage operations and opened several new loan offices. Mortgage 1 oan dis- bursements in 1946 were increased 75 per cent over the previous year. Substantial growth was recorded in all three divisiong of the group department, insurance, annuity and accident and health, and altogeth« er over 75,000 salary and wage earn- ers now enjoy the benefits of com- pany's protection under one or more of these plans. Manchester W.A. To Meet Thursday M. CROSIER Correspondent Manchester, Feb. 3--Mr. Hines of Toronto visited his little daughter, Ginger, at Mrs. Jas. Masters'. Miss Doreen and Mr. Wesley Johnson were week-end guests with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Johnson. We are glad to know Fred Chris. tie, Jr., is able to be up, after hav- ing spent the last month in bed. We hope for his complete recdvery. Miss Helen Crosier, Toronto, Spent Wednesday with her parents ere. Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Roach and Mrs. W. F. Crosier were in Toronto for the week-end. The W.A. will meet at the home of Mrs. Clifford Sonley on Thurs- day afternoon, Feb. 6, at 2:30. Brougham Brougham, Feb. 3. -- Eric Wood- ward, of Raglan, visited with his mother and sister during the week- end. Mr. and Mrs, Allan Miller, of To- ronto, visited his parents, Mr. and Mi Jno. Miller, during the week- en . Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Ellicott and little daughter of Peterboro, were recent guests at the Wm. Ellicott home, . Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hamilton also Miss M. Duncan were at Myrtle on Wednesday owing to the death of the latter's uncle, the late Robt. Britton who passed away in his 90th year. 1 er Ea Oe ed vi er nts, Mr. an Mrs. Walter Sori iy while her mother; dergoes an operation in a Toronto Hospital, Mrs. Wallace Ellicott and daugh- ter of Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ellicott. Albert Beer also Mr. D. A. Beer were at Georgetown one day last week visiting the former's sister, Mrs, Wright who. is ill. Mr, and Mrs. M. Hamilton were at Myrtle on Sunday visiting their aunt, Mrs. R. Britton. "The Women's Institute will hold its next meeting on February 11. Mrs. Norton, convener of Historical Research, will be in charge of the \program. , Ewart Carswell, un- | Sections Isolated, Food, Fuel Is Short; No Relief Sighted London, Feb, 5 ( CP)--The two-day respite from the "great freeze" has ended as Britain today was lashed by the "worst blizzard in 50 years," cutting off roads, railways and isolating towns and villages. relief was in sight. Coal stocks No immediate prospect of were - ebbing transportation was stalled in the Midlands and Northern England while snows swept southward blot- ting out fields which Tuesday had showed green for the first time in 10 days. Parts of rural Derbyshire were isolated by drifts -- some 15 feet deep after thawing at the week-end -- and the possibility was seen that not only villages but also many of the larger Midlands towns will suf- fer severe food and fuel .| with their distribution facilities dis- located. Trains were running as much as 20 hours late, many telephone lines down, bus services often late, and trucks unable to travel many of the arterial highways, Though the temperatures were not extremely severe--mostly hov- ering around freezing--the snow was setting unofficial records. Seventeen inches fell in 24 hours at Hudders- field and 15 inches at Grantham, Lincolnshire. Scores of waiting people at the Grantham railway station yesterday had narrow es- capes when the station roof crashed on the platform due to the weight of the snow. There were occasional cases of re- ported deaths directly attributable to the cold and two Londoners, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grisham, who left a Yorkshire Hotel Monday during a blizzard to visit a country church, have not been seen or heard of since. What got under Britons' shivering and ¢ skin most when they turned froma the frontpage news of their own dise comforts to the accounty of the current test cricket match, was the emphasis placed on the dife ficulties of England cricketers in the Australian heat. Stalin Refuses French Medal Paris, Feb, 5. -- (CP)-- Generale the French Foreign Office announces: In a note to the French governs ment, Stalin. aftef thanking Franod for the gesture, said: "Since Lenin it has been contrary to tradition that the leader of the Soviet government or any should accept a foreign decoration. Less than a month ago Gen. D8 Gaulle refused the same medal dal off the grounds he was being a it on the basis of what he accoms plished as leader of the country and that it was not in order for a gowe ernment chief to accept a di tion which in effect he awarded. By STARRY wir B-BOY Aquarius, a constellation of starg is supposed to resemble a waters bearer, hence the name. 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