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aa ae ae MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947 aie fHE DAILY TIMES:GAZETTE PAGE THREE 1,000,000 Gained Wage Increases In Us During April UN. BEGINS FIRST STEP ON PALESTINE By JOHN A. PARRIS, JR. New York, April 28--(AP) -- The United Nations faced a prob= lem today that has confounded solution since Solomon ruled a Jewish monarchy in what is now Palestine. The problem is whether Holy Land of Christians, Jews and Moslems shall be Jewish or Arab, neither or both, As a first step toward finding an eventual solution, the mem- bers of the United Nations set out today on a proposal to establish a fact-finding committee to investi= gate the Palestine situation, In 25 years, there have been 18 such inquiries, Under present plans the U.N. committee -- if established -- would begin its inquiry immedi- ately and report to the regular session of the General Assembly in September. Delegates to the fall Assembly session then would attempt to solve the issue to the satisfaction of the Arabs and Jews and the British who hold a League of Na- tions mandate over the Holy Land, The Arabs demand an end to the British mandate. They want Palestine to be an independent Arab State, Then oppose further Jewish immigration. The Jews want a permanent Jewish home in Palestine, they want to open the country to all Jews in Europe or wherever they are. But no authority doubts that to give Palestine to either the Ar- abs or the Jews--relegating the other to the role of an intra-nat- ional minority--would stain the Holy Land so copiously with blood that '* oon would sprout the seeds oi another world war. Twice previously in recent Pal- estine history there have been suggestions of a federation, But nothing ever came of these sug- gestions. They were not accept- able to the Jews or the Arabs, Zionist opposition to federation hinges on the plan's failure to put the Jews in control of their own immigration, Arabs oppose federation in a few words: "Palestine, even Jew- ish-owned lands, is Arab territory and must forever so remain." Few of Palestine's 1,200,000 Arabs doubt that Jewery has come back to stay after a 2,000- year exodus. But Arab leaders contend that additional Jewish immigration would lead inevitab- ly to a Jewish State. There now are two Arabs to every Jew in Palestine, On the other hand, a large pro- portion of the world's 14,000,000 Jews are represented as being un- willing to 'accept anything less than actual statehood for their national home, They contend that Jews lived in Palestine centuries before the Arabs and that sentimental reli- glous and racial ties make it the only logical place for a Jewish homeland. Faints in Court, Gets Probation Hamilton, April 28--(CP)--Marie Flett, 18, of Hamilton, began to weep and then fell in a faint in police: court here after hear: one of her two accomplices told by Mag- istrate Burbidge that she could be sentenced to life imprisonment for forgery and uttering cheques. The accomplice, Ann Barker, 16, was given three years' suspended sentence. Marie Flett and Ruby Ridout, both 17, were on probation at the time of the crimes, court was told. They were each sent- enced to a correction home for an indefinite period not to exceed two years. Fourteen cheques were ut- tered in a month by the three. 200 to Compete In Bridge Match London, Ont, April 28--(CP)--A record of more than 200 competi- are expected for the Western Ontario Duplicate Bridge Cham- plopships to be held here, May 16-17 it has been announced. The tourna- Anent will get under way with play for the W. E. Spencer Trophy, em- blematic of Western Ontario team- of-four supremacy and will be fol- lowed by competition for the J. B. Hay Trophy the following day. the "while hunting alone Sunday. Ambherst Island To Have $75,000 New Composite School +1, The tract for the t Many Deaths At Week-end Due Violence By The Canadian Press Of the 12 week-end fatalities recorded in Eastern Canada by The Canadian Press today 10 occurred in Ontario. Motor vehicle accidents accounted for six of the deaths and the other six resulted from a vari- ety of causes, one being the strangl- ing of a woman at Charlottetown and another the suspected murder of a man found near the highway just west of Toronto, dead from a brain hemmorhage. The body of Gordon A. Wren, Toronto sheet-metal worker, was was found in a slope 15 feet from the Dundas highway early Sunday. Provincial police have discarded a theory that he was victim of a hit-and-run driver and were prob- ing possibilities of foul play. Police also were not satisfied that the death of an unidentified Ori- ental, between 556 and 60 years of age, was a suicide. The body was found hanging from a tree near Aurora, north of Toronto, At Charlottetown Mrs. M. Gal- | lant, 77, was found strangled in her bed and police arrested Peter Vis- sey, 40, on a charge of murder. At Elmira, Ont. Archibald OC. Morris, 62, was accidentally shot A search party found his body, with the gun evidently discharged while crossing a fence. William E. Morrow's body was found in Halifax Harbor, and at Toronto Fred Hawse, 69, died of shock and excitement after a fire was discovered in his apartment. The six traffic deaths were those of Mrs. Monica Demoe, 56, struck by a taxicab in Toronto late Sunday night; Stanley Jackson, 42, crushed between two cars Saturday might near Camp Borden; Mrs, Francois Junea, 80, fatally injured when struck by a car at Ottawa; six- vear-old Vern Stopa of Renfrew, Vho ran into the path of a car; Diana Ritchie, who was struck by a motor truck at Chatham, and 21- year-old A. James, killed in .a colli- sion at St. Thomas. Comics Are Said Literature For the Lazy Montreal, April 28--(CP)--The 88th synod of the Church of Eng- land Diocese of Montreal, considers comic strips generally "are a lazy man's literature." A special committee formed to study comic strips reported to the Synod's closing meeting that "be- cause of the fact that children in some cases have more intelligence than those who produce the pic- tures, it is difficult to condemn comic strips outright." "In general, they are a lazy man's literature, largely stupid, although scmetimes subtly comic and in too obvious contrast to good literature which requires concentration and effort," the report said. * PAYS FIVE Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. April 28 --(CP--Police Sgt. Ernie Symes re- ceived a shower of 4,250 pennies on his desk today when a motorist came to "pay up" for a traffic vio- lation conviction. He had to take an hour off and count them. Every penny, - Master Mercedes Benz Is Shown in Los Angeles Los Angeles, April 28--(AP)--The barred door to an inconspicuous building on Santa Monica Boule- vard: was unbolted and the way was clear to view & so-called mystery automobile named to race in the Finaunapolis Speedway classic May The car, a Mercedes Benz, low slung, rather ugly in its flatness and dull silver finish, was the one Adolf Hitler and his cohorts secret- ly spent a fortune developing in the late 1930's. Finished in 1939, this four-wheel- ed "master race car" must have been a mechanical offshoot of the Hitlerite two-legged "Master race" obsession--a roaring, flashing 480- horse power automobile designed to rule the speedways of the world. Millionaire - Sportsman Tommy Lee, son of the late Don Lee, Los Angeles automobile magnate who devoted many years of his life to .a hobby of building racing cars, bought the Mercedes last year for a reported $30,000. Lee's chief mechanic, Mal Ord, said the mystery car is "something of a mystery car to us t00." He said he expects it to travel 186 miles an hour, . but added: "maybe, it'll only do 40. We've got to see first." Ord and his assistant, Babe Stump, explained some of its tech- nical details. It uses ethylene gly- cal instead of water. Special fuel of an alcohol base and 'a special type of oil must be employed, the cost of which, not counting preliminary tests, will amount to more than $600 for the Indianapolis prelimin- aries and race, 1 of a ApisRar siann Scuool Dain § smn. KIBET N posite school at Amherst Island has been awarded to M. Sullivan ¢ and Son, general contractors of Arnprior and Kingston, at a contract price of $75,000. Approval for the building of the new school, which will house the elem entary and secondary schools, was recently granted by the Ontario Department of Education at Toronto. T he new school, which will be erected on a spacious site, will be built of concrete blocks with stucco finish, It will contain four class rooms, home economics and gen- eral shop departments, library, teachers' rooms, etc. It will be fireproof construction with a gravel and as- phalt roof. In recent years the continuation school has been located in a large building which was used for many years as a private residence, The public school, which served the island residents for many years, has outgrown its usefulness. Children At Northminster Hold Festival Capacity congregations were in attendance at Northminster United Church at both services yesterday when the Sunday School observed its Spring Festival. Both services were on a high inspirational plane. At 9.50 a.m. the Intermediate and Senior Departments met as usual, while the morning service was in charge of the Beginners, Primary and Junior Departments. The eve- ning service was conducted by the Intermediate and Senior Depart- ments of the Sunday School. Arrangements for the morning service were made by Miss Margaret I. Puckrin, who led 1in prayer. Master Billy Blight gavé the call to worship and announced the hymns. Master Murray Hansel read the re- sponsive reading. Three anthems were sung by the children's choir. At the evening service Clark Marsh presided. Two addresses, "What Christ Means to Me" and "Youth's Viewpoint on Modern Liv- ing", were given by Donald Clark and David Powless respectively. Allan King recited the poem "The Parents' Task" while the Scripture reading was given by Betty Leam- ing. Helen Stewart and Ruth Gow- er contributed an appropriate vocal duet while the choir, under the direction of Kelvin James, saug an anthem, Garden Hints By The Oshawa Horticultural Society . Last week we talked 'about the early planting of biennial flower seeds, and why we think they do better with an early start. You see in the spring seeds are just urging to germinate because of the warmth and moisture, but in the summer seeds are often burned by the hot sun before they even germinate, be- cause of the hot dry conditions. We'll just name a few of the per- ennial plants that can be raised easily from seed. Starting alphabetically we first come across Aquilligia or Columbine. In this I don't think you can beat the Mrs, Scott Eliott Strain. They come in combinations of colours and have very long spurs. For the rockery, a perennial cousin of the annual alyssum fits in admirably with its bright yellow flowers in May. It's known as Alyssum Saxa- tile Compactum. If you like the spi- cy fragrance of the pink family be sure and grow Dianthus Plumarius, they come in shades of rose and white, and are either double or sin- gle. About the largest delphinium you can grow from seed are the Pacific Giants and they come in shades of purple, mauve, blue, pink and white, the white being out- standingly beautiful. In forget-me-nots 'try the new Myosotis "Blue Spire". It is the most brilliantly colored blue I have seen yet and is very tidy in the garden. The old-fashioned lavender isn't hard to grow from seed if sown in the spring of the year. The Mum- stead strain far excels the old Vera 1| t¥Pe as it is more compact, easier , and above all hardier. One brilliant little perennial that is often omitted from gardens is the Penstemon. Why I don't know, as the new hybrids come in pink, scar let, crimson; purple and white. They really are worth trying. A brilliant show for your June garden can be obtained with lots of pyrethrum or "painted daisy", They come in a multitude of colors and are either double or single, both ypes being equally as beautiful. If you like the old-fashioned sweet violet, try growing "The Czar" strain from seed, it grows readily this way and gives you a few blooms the first year, -- FRAUD SUSPECT St. Catharines, April 28--(CP)-- Arrested on a fraud charge, Amalo Gagron, 20, of Hamilton, was re- manded in custody until May 2. Police allege he bought a radio and a power saw, tendered a worthless cheque in payment, took the radio with him and asked that the saw be delivered to an address which later was found fictitious, Lack of Coal Basic Ill of U.K. Life Britain, sapped by two wars and a great depression, is fighting for her national existence in an unpre- cedented economic crisis. This is one of a series of stories giving Canadians a detailed picture of the crisis, its causes, effects and the battle being fought to overcome it. By JOHN DAUPHINEE Canadian Press Staff Writer London, April 28--(CP)--Sending coals to Newcastle isn't absurd in post-war Britain--it could come true. "If we can get coal abroad to re- lieve our necessities, by all means we will do it," Prime Minister Att- lee told the House of Commons. To cut down on consumption of coal-produced electricity and gas, government spokesmen said domes- tic savings--perhaps even rationing --and allocation to industry accord- ing to their importance to the na- tion will have to be continued for two or three years. Planned distribution of coal under government direction probably will have to continue even longer. And this year passenger trans- port services are being cut 10 per cent from 1946 to save coal and provide extra locomotives for fuel trains. That is the measure of today's fuel shortage in a country which became a great industrial nation because it had great quantities of coal, which still gets 95 per cent of its power from coal, and which used to export enough coal to pay for all its imports of wheat. Despite the promise of atomic en- ergy, there is no substitute for coal, now or in the near future. Getting enough coal is the United King- dom's fundamental problem. Economically, it holds the key to future prosperity. Politically, Att- lee's Socialist government would be in danger if next year saw a repe- tition of February's calamitous in- dustrial shutdowns. Plenty of Coal There are plenty of coal resour- ces in the United Kingdom. Arthur Horner, secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, said South Wales alone has 5,000,000,000 tons at known workable depth--enough for more than 100 years. There is coal in Kent, Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, the Midlands and all the North, The trouble is to get it mined. For that there are not enough min- ers, not enough machinery, not even enough pits. For decades, 'and particularly since the 1926 general strike, the mining industry has declined, its history punctuated by labor bitter- ness and unrest. From 1,230,000 in 1925, employement has slumped to 700,000 now. Production has drop- i, from 243,000,000 tons to about And in the same period, demand at home has increased. For three years, with exports al- most eliminated, the United King- dom has been living on a coal over- draft. It drew on deep-mined stocks more than 1,000,000 tons in 1943, 1,500,000 tons in 1944, 3,- 600,000 tons of 1945 and 4,000,000 tons in 1946; and it also used 2,- 250,000 tons of opencast and coal stocks. Last autumn distributed stocks were less than 11,000,000 tons, at least 4,000,000 below the safety lev- el, When the worst winter in 50 years arrived, breakdown of fuel supplies was inevitable. This year's production target is 200,000,000 tons--enough for bare essentials, The NUM. and Lord Hyndley's Nationdl Coal Board, which since last Jan. 1 has run Bri- tain's 1,500 mines, have given a "pretty firm guarantee" that the goal can be reached. No Overnight Answer Nationalization is the Attlee gov- ernment's solution for the labor un- rest and lack of co-ordinated de- velopment, but it is no overnight answer. In addition, extra unra- tioned foods and consumer goods are being sent to mining areas as an added incentive for miners to earn more money and reduce ab- senteeism, almost 20 per cent in some areas. New homes for miners are getting priority. A five-day week has been promised. It is too early yet to estimate the success of these measures but two signs are encouraging: the drain of manpower has been stopped, and production has been rising slowly since last July when the N.C.U. was first established. By the end of this year, man- power will be up to 730,000, includ- ing some Polish ex-servicemen. Some mechanical equipment will be imported and more will be manu- factured at home. But mechanization takes time and the N.CB. estimates 15 to 20 years will be required to bring the industry to peak efficiency. Some British pits are operated today as they were half a century ago, with out-dated hand tools and without the aid of merchanical haulage. Much reorganization will be need- ed. Through the war some mines were closed to concentrate effort on the most productive seams. Lack of room at the coal-face is a ser- ious difficulty, New pits will have to be opened and already drills are probing deep underground in search of new, rich veins. Charge 2 More In Money Deals Fort Erie, April 28--(CP)--Two more persons were charged here with unlawfully dealing in Ameri- can money obtained in Canada as RCMP. investigation into viola- tions of the Foreign Echange Act extended, Joseph Lefevre, 43, was remand- ed to April 30 and police said tran- sactiong in his case involved about $500, Mrs. Olive Rogers, 27, was remanded until April 27. Anthony Cancianillo, 48, who pleaded not guilty when arrested, was also re- manded to April 80. His transac- tions are said to total $1,000. Scottish Games Set for July Hamilton, lieved the most ambitious Scottish games ever attempted in Narth America, 85 Canadian and United States. pipe bands have been invited to participate here July 4, 5 and 6. Among the bands are the Highland Light Infantry, Galt, and the 48th Highlanders, Toronto. NATIONAL HOUSING ACT BUILDING LOANS We are official Representatives We also arrange ordinary loans for buyers ' and builders Phorer 4000 chofield INSURANCE | SAgency 8 Simcoe St. North Real Estate Brokers S. Democrats Are Strong In Japan Tokyo, April 28 -- (AP) -- The moderately leftist Social Democrats, showing strength which might land them the premiership, became the dominant party in Japan's House of Representatives today on the basis of complete unofficial returns from Friday's lection. The Liberals and Democrats -- conservative parties supporting the government of Premier Shigeru Yoshida--held a greater combined total, but Social Democrats scored the greatest gains. Returns' showed this line-up: Social Democrats 143, Liberals 131, Democrats 123, Co-operatives 31, Communists, four, Minorities 21, Independents 13. Voters elected Premier Yoshida and. 11 other Cabinet ministers who made the race in order to remain in office. But by the heavy sup- port given Socialists, a substantial bloc of voters served notice they wanted 'a change in government policies and apparently forced formation of a coalition govern- ment, at least. It generally was expected that the leader of the dominant party would be named Premier regard- less of a final coalition majority in the Lower House, Judges Elect Association Head Toronto, April 28---(CP)--Judge Ian Macdonnell of Toronto was elected president of the County and District Judges' Association at their annual meeting here. He succeeds Judge E. W. Clement of Kitchen- er. Others elected included: Vice- president, Judge J. H. McDonald, Sault Ste. Marie; second vice-pres- ident, Judge W. F, Schwenger, Hamilton; secretary, Judge W. T. Robb, Orangeville. Executive com- mittee: Judges J. G. S. Stanbury, St. Catharines; S. L. Smoke, Peter- borough; A, G. MacDougall, Otta- wa; A. Cochrane, Brampton, and E. A. Wright, Bracebridge. ing April. oly wages Chrysler Joins Fold Under GM Pattern; Ford Bargaing Due New York, April 28 (AP)--Three new wage settlements announced over the week-end brought to nearly 1,000,000 the number of workers in the steel, automobile and electrical industries in the United States who won wage increases dur« boosting hour Settlements approximately 18 No Invasion, Just Bolt From Saw Winnipeg, April 28--(CP)--You can relax now! The theory that a Martian inva- sion was responsible for the iron bolt which recently crashed through the roof of a Winnipeg home has been exploded. City police announced that the 15%-inch chunk of iron which left a gaping roof hole in the wake of its mysterious descent came from a wood-sawing machine four blocks away. The mystery, which had resulted in Winnipeggers giving vent to all sorts of strange theories, was solved Martin Rygiel who told police that his saw machine suddenly emitted a loud report and stopped operating. Except for the fly wheel which disappeared, the mechanism of the sawing machine was scattered on the ground. '"We didn't see the fly wheel leaving the machine," said Rygiel. "I guess it 'was travelling too fast for eyesight. A few seconds later the iron bolt crashed through the roof of the T. A. Porter home, where Miss Gladys Porter was instructing 13- year-old Barbara Atkinson in the incricacies of piano playing. A few seconds later the iron lop- ped a branch off a tree a few houses away 350-course 'Do' At Anniversary Of Father Divine Philadelphia, April 28 -- (AP)-- Father Divine, billiard-bald, five- foot negro evangelist and self- styled "God," will celebrate the first anniversary of marriage to a 22- year-old white girl with a seven- hour banquet of 350 courses. Divine was wed to attractive, blonde Edna Rose Ritchings of Montreal last April 29, but he told shrieking followers at the time it was "in name only." "God is not married," he preach- ed. "It's true, it's beautiful," his fol- lowers shouted. Tomorrow at Pinebrook, N.J.--one of several properties he owns and calls his "heavens"--Divinie and his bride will entertain hundreds of members of his religious cult. On his marriage license, Divine gave his age as 41--but he insists he was wed to his late first wife "on June 6, 1882." | cents when vacation pay and othe er benefits are included were an~ nounced Saturday by General El« ectric Company, Chrysler Corpor ation and Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Chrysler Corporation Saturday night followed the example of General Motors by granting 11% cent hourly wage increase, tied in with six paid holidays, As the second of the automotive industry's "Big Three" signed this approximate 15-cent pattern with the United Automobile Workers, (C.1.O.), only the Ford Motor Company remained to come to an understanding with the union on 1947 pay scales. The Chrysler raise, in addition to going to 70,000 production workers and 3,000 union salaried employees, also was extended to 12,000 non-union workers, the corporation said. Thus it covered Chrysler's complete 85,000-man force. The Chrysler-U.A.W, agree« ment virtually assured peace im - the huge United States automo bile industry this year in cone trast to the strike turmoil of 1946 and the latter part of 1945 during postwar reconversion, Bargaining between the U.A, W.-C.1.O, and Ford, where 100, 000 to 120,000 workers will be . affected, is expected to start at an early date. President Walter Reuther of the UA.W, hailed the Chrysler agreement, saying it "proves free collective bargaining can be made to work." Chrysler estimated its pay boost would total about $27,000,e 000 annually. The General Mote ors increase was estimated unofe ficially at from $65,000,000 tal $85,000,000 for 220,000 workers, The Chrysler raise will extend through all the corporation's divie sions, including Plymouth, Dodge and DeSoto as well as Chrysler, Shaved Beards, Shorn Freedom Parksville, B.C. (CP)~--Men . lost their freedom when they allowed women to persuade them to shave off their whiskers, B. A. MacKelvie, journalist and British Columbia historian said in an address here, "The livery stable, saloon, blacke smith shop, corner grocery, barber shop and church were the corner stones of the old time community," he said. "A generation has arisen which never knew the livery stable. Wo« men's invasion of the barber shop marked the passing of man's last stronghold of independence." Keep An Eye Out For News On The "ODDMENTS AUCTION' Cor. Hillcroft & Mary MAY 10TH Enjoy Spring Driving... ® Let us give your car a thorough spring check-up for the smoothest, safest spring driving ever! Vitalize Your Car . .. April 28--(CP)--Be- | For Spring It takes more than a spring change of Oil and Grease to put your Car in top flight condition for smoother more economical driving. Chang- ing temperatures call for flushir~ and draining cooling system, motor tune-up, brake adjustments and changeover of lubrica- tion. We are equipped to do the job expertly and promptly. KING ST. 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