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Student And D o§ JABS SERED QRRRE! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE isabled Veterans' Allowanc To Save $75 Millions (Fnancial Post) Ottawa--Official estimate of the US. dollar savings as a result of Canada's restrictions on the im. port of cars, parts, trucks, etc. is $75 millions annually. (Canada's total gold production during last year was just slightly over $100 millions.) Long.delayed and one of the most troublesome and tangled topics that Ottawa has tackled in the entire "austerity" program, the auto import system is a mas. terpiece of complexity--at least in appearance, Chief victims of the import con. trol program are dealers and dis. tributors of high-priced cars and of cars not made in Canada. Domestic manufacturers will now have the encouragement of economic compulsion (a) to in. ¢rease the Canadian content of their cars and (b) to sell more cars in dollar areas abroad. Here is what the new setup means to Canadian auto manufac- turers and car owners, and why: Virtually no imports, particular. ly in the high.price range. (Gener. al Motors is not likely to bring in Buick, Oldsmobile 8s, Pontiac 8s, Cadillac.) - "If we spent $30 millions bring. ing in new cars in the pase period, that part of our allotment now cGwindles to about $3 millions. That's not much. So we'll use that $3 millions to buy parts in the U.S. to build more of the cheaper line # Canada," one auto industry representative told the Financial Post Almost as many Canadian.made ears as last year, The quota boils down to 75% of the parts imports in the base per. lod (year ending Oct. 31, 1947). With 'the U.S. dollars formerly used to bring in higger cars, some more parts may be purchased from the US. Some additional sup. ply is hoped for from Canadian parts' manufacturers. Employment levels may not be seriously affected. Here, long.range planning on key materials remains the key. Most 'manufacturers are working on the schedule they drew up last year. They knew then--and still know--what supplies, steel parts, they can expect, They rated their plants accordingly, so hope to be able to carry through "aus. terity" with present payrolls, Parts manufacturers hope move will speed permanent expansion. Here again, because of shortage of materials, no immediatg busi. ness improvement is expected. They're all working all.out, limit. ed. only by shortages. However, they see in the plan an opportun. ity to win the*Canadian industries' confidence and ultimately the bulk of the market. Exports are not likely to in. Crease just now, despite the fact the program offers manufacturers an Mcentive to boost selling abroad. How far can they get now with expansion in dollar area markets dominated by the U.S. I'ants? How soon can they get more materials and parts in Can. ada? 'These are two of the big. gest questions here? Countries which formerly bought from Canada are short on hard currency. They put quotas on Canadian cars, hence Canada may not be able to sell as many cars abroad. This will leave more for the home market, In the base year ending Oct. 31, 1947, Canadian auto plants turned out ¥%5072 cars of which 116,687 were for the domestic market and 38385 for export. In first 11 ge Wi 1947, we imported 35, nished cars, valy 2 millions, aa Wy In summary form the new is as follows: ii 1. New cars and trucks: Imports now put on dollar allotment 'basis, Bach importer, to get his dollar quota, multiplies the number of units he imported in times $230, the 12 mont , 1947. 'The figure to be 75% of the average foreign curren. Cy content of automobiles manu. factured in Canada, In effect, the Financial Post is informed that this formula is _ex. Pected to result in a saving of close to $50 millions as compared during the base 1 By Auto Import Plan to actual imports in 1947. It Is said to mean that finisheq car im. ports into Canada in 1948 will be cut to something between one. fifth and one-sixth of 1947 im- rts, POThe restrictions apply only to cars from scheduled or hard cur- rency countries. British cars are to be allowed to enter under in. dividual permit with respect to each shipment. While the pro- gram offers little tangible immedi. ate advantage to importers of British cars, permits will be freely available and official policy is to encourage ) such importation. The plan_ applies to complete passenger cars with, a complete seating capacity of 10 persons or less and to trucks with manufac. turer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 16,501 lb. (approxi- mately up to three-ton load car. riers). Buses and heavy trucks are to be handled through individual application treated on merit. 2. Parts and accessories: Impor. ters and maufacturers are allowed a dollar allotment which is said to represent roughly 75% of their imports during the base year of scores of auto components under Tariff Items 438b, ¢, d and e, In addition, manufacturers can qual. ify for a U.S. dollar export bonus. This bonus is on a two-for-one basis. It means that for every additional made.in.Canada car which is exported over and above the level of such exports in the base period, a manufacturer may earn a premium of twice the am. ount of the US, dollar content. More specifically, the scheme is described officially as follows: (a) Importers of service and re. pair parts will receive a dollar al- lotment amounting to 75% of the cost of their imports of similar pro- ducts during the 12 months ending Oct. 31, 1947. (b) Car and truck manufactur- ers will receive an allotment based on the cost of imported parts used by them. This is calculated to aver. age $307 per vehicle. For 1948, the allotment is obtained by adding to- gether (1) the number of vehicles manufactured for domestic use dur. ing base period and multiplied by $230 (5% of $307) and (2) the number of vehicles produced for export during the base period mul. tiplied by $307. As well, manufac. turers may use any part of the al. lotment to which they are entitled as importers of complete vehicles, for the purpose of buying imported parts. In addition to"the above, each manufacturer will receive a further allotment equal to 55% of the amount by which his exports dur. ing 1948 exceed 90% of his exports period.<It is estim. ated that the 55% of additional re. turns from export will amount to approximately twice, the cost of im. ported parts in the average unit produced. Chiefly hit under the new plan are the dealers and distributors of high-priced cars or cars not manu. factured in Canada. Domestic man. ufacturers will have the chance of making up the 25% parts cut back in either two ways: (a) by obtain. ing from Canadian sources the 25% now banned; (b) by selling more cars for export and thus earning the 100% dollar dividend on the im. ported dollar content of those cars. Det.-Sgt. A. Deans Quits Police Foree Toronto, Feb. 17--(CP) -- Det.. Sgt. . Alex Deans, who with Det. Sgt. Arthur Keay, was responsible for recovery of $500,000 in stolen bonds, tendered his resignation to. day. Before joining the Toronto police force he was a third-year student at Queen's University at Kingston, Deans was separated from Keay in a recent shake.up at detective headquarters. After Deans and Keay were sep- arated, they received ion to work together in the recovery of $200,000 in bonds by using a mine detector. A few days later they found another $81,000 and last Thursday recovered an additional $122,100, all of which was stolen in a bank robbery here last August, Barbara Ann To Appear In Many Canadian Cities Ottawa, Feb, 17.--(CP) --. Tri- umphant queen of the blades, Bar. bara Ann Scott, will figure-skate her way across the Dominion in a two-months' barnstorming tour to bring the unbeatable champion in- to the personal sight of thousands of Canadians, Although the tour is exhaustive in scope, covering centres in Al- berta, Manitoba and Ontario, there will be many places the world, olympic and European women's figure skating titleholder, will be forced to miss. "Much as Barbara would like to accept all invitations, it is an im- possibility," said Charles Cum- mings, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Figure-Skating Associa- tion, From the moment she steps * off a Trans-Canada Air Lines plane in Ottawa about March 11 until she returns late in April, the winsome 19-year-old blonde won't have more than a few days rest. Civic and government authorities , here are preparing lavish welcomes. Prime Minister Mackenzie King cabled her: "Canadians await your return to accord you a truly® na. tional welcome." Said Mayor Stan- ley Lewis: "We'll shoot the works on a gigantic reception," and in a message cautioned Barbara Ann to "rest for your homecoming." . Following the homecoming cele- brations -- on March 15--Barbara Ann probably will make a five-day trip to Toronto to appear at a car- nival to be staged at Maple Leaf Gardens, From Toronto she will hop to Calgaty to compete March 24, 25 and in the Canadian Figure Skating championships -- the com. petition she neglected last year be- cause of her European commit- ments, If she wins the contest -- and there is little doubt about it--Miss Scott will have won every major amateur championship, Calgary will have Barbara Ann for another three days after the Canadian championships. Then she will appear in Manitoba, at Bran- don early in April. Three days later she'll be in her old training quarters at Schumach- er, Ont., where she'll stage another exhibition with the Porcupine skating Club carnival on April 8 and then back to. Ottawa to join her friends at the Minto Skating Club Follies April 15, 16 and 17. But she won't stop there. On April 20 she returns to Toronto to appear ' at the Toronto Granite Club, : ae -- ~ The Man Who Pulled The Switch With a flick of thumb and forefinger, Bill Love, Pherson Ave., took Hydro service away from No hadn't the power to deliver, The Ontario H.E.P.C. had ordered a saving of operat ing engineer at the high level power station on Mac- rth Toronto, yesterday. The city's 50 stations and sub-stations 350,000 kilowatt hours a day. Er HEE OO EEE EE CHADBURN SQUADRON AIR CADETS By CPL. PETERS Feb. 10 A Group--Seniors-- 1930-2130 hrs.--Airmanship, B Group--Intermediates-- 1930-2130 hrs., --Navigation. B Group-- Juniors-- 1930-2130 hrs--Aero Engines. Feb, 12 Sports and hobby night. We are busy trying to find out why last Wed. was not declared a national holiday; the reason be- ing that it was our anniversray, One year ago last Wed., Feb. 1, the first O.CS. column written by yours. truly appeared in this paper. We have enjoyed wrtiing for your information and amusement this past year, and we hope that we have kept you interested. From time to time in this column some people may find their names mis-pelled. © We wish to apologize for this even though. we do not mention the érror in a later col- umn, Cadets are requested to return their coke bottles to the canteen when they are finished with them. Coke is sold to you at cost price. There is no profit. If you do not return your bottle there is a loss. A number of bottles are missing and if this continues the price of coke will have to be raised to seven cents. Last week the senior group had the use of the large lecture room and the class in Airmanship saw two instructional films. The first dealt with checking an aircraft be- fore flight, and the other was in- struction on instruments. The im- portance of checking an aircraft cannot be over emphasized. Many accidents take place due to the fault fo a pilot who has not pro- perly checked his aircraft. The study of instruments ties in with checking, for if your instruments haven't been checkéd and are out of order they present a false pic. ture of the circumstances, and can often end in a serious accident, A knowledge of the workings and principles involved in instruments as well as a knowledge of their limitations is essential to a pilot doing cross-counrty flying. Cadets are not to be in the band room unless they are attendnig a class there. No one is to handle the instruments unless they are members of the band, and then on- ly during authorized band prac- tices We knew it couldn't last. F/S Ferris was on parade last week minus his uniform. Cpl. Easson objects to our re- marks about his flying; but if we interviewed the aircraft they might | be even worse. We have a strength decrease this wzek in the person of 151.238 Go- lomgoski E. Perhaps this is not the reason that cadet mentioned is no longer with us but it is a good place to remind some of the cadets that unless they show up on par- ade in the near future their names will appear in this category. If you think this is a lot of hog wash Just ask one of the N.C.Os to show you the letters that are ready to be sent out to cadets who have neglected their attendance. These forms are already typed out in the orderly room. Last Thurs. night Cpl. Noakes took his record player down to the regular hobby night and some of the boys enjoyed an evening of re- corded music. We hear it was rather loud and that the cadets attempted to improvise along with the music. Six models are in the process of being constructed by the cadets who are taking part in this hobby, and we see that there are two more additions to the solid models that are hanging in the large lecture room. Cpl Fish was absent last Tues, as he 'was being initiated into the LO.OF. The canteen, his pride and joy, wag taken care 'of by AC. Bud Gimblett and AC. Doug Ross. Thanks a lot fellows. Just in passing we might say that some fo the boys are begin. ning to answer back to the NCO's again, Last week on Tues. night there was a lot of unnecessary noise when one of the classes was dismissed. This noise wag very disturbing to one of the other classes still in operation, but when one of the senior NCOs requested that the cadets quiet down a lit- tle, he was met with a lot of sup. posedly smart answers. The boys were not expected to revert to com- plete silence, but were merely ask- ed to stop some of the unnecessary™ noise such as shouting, kicking the wall, and pushing one another against the outside wall of the classroom in wheih the instruction was taking place. This action of answering back NCO's when they say anything to you shows a lack of training on the part of the ca- dets who do this. If the NCOs cannot give an order without being answered it is high time something "was done; either abolish the NCO's as an unneces- sary extra group or see that the ca. dets receive in their training a re- spect, for the boys who have shown themselves to be worthy of the ap- pointment of an. NCO.. The noise made by thesg boys also shows a lack of consideration for others which is a vey prominent fault in society today. These boys would feel highly insulted if we said they were uneducated, but that is ex- actly what their action of last Tues. night implies, and people us- ually judge others by their actions. Brandon Group Recruits Cast Of Englishmen Brandon, ¥eb, 15--(CP)--When the Brandon Little Theatre group performs in the regional drama festival at Winnipeg this week it won't be all play-acting--the Eng- lish accents will be real. Last year's winner of the Mani- toba festival, the Brandon group is presenting the first act: of George Berngrd Shaw's "Pygmal- ion." One of the major problems confronted when decision to select this play was made concerned the fact that accents and manners were important to the plot. The solution? -- recruiting a British-born director and cast. The Davie family, well-known in this western Manitoba city for its musical and dramatic talent, has contributed three members to the company: Eric, cast as Alfred Doolittle; Humphrey, playing the part of Henry Higgins; and Miss Dilys Davies, director. Completing the cast are Mrs, W. W. Kidd and Dr. J, C. A. Morton. All five were born either in Eng- land or Wales. The entry this year will be the third the Bmgndon Little Theatre has offered in regional competi- tions. The first was a one-act comedy written by John A, Me- Naughton, a Brandon newspaper- man who has been active in the society, in 1939. His play was the only Canadian- written presenflation of the society in regional festivals, although on three other oconsions one-act plays written by group members have been produced. The Little Theatre was founded in 1928 and with two periods of inactivity is now completing its 15th production season. During that time it has presented 93 one. act plays and 19 three-act plays, a record prokpbly unsurpassed by any group apart from theatrical societies in Winnipeg. umph in the regional festival the Brandon Little Theatre has won two provincial festivals conducted by the Manitoba Drama League. The latter festivals, which are apart from those leading to the Dominion finals, were initiated by the league in order that as many drama groups as possible in the province would have an opportun- ity to vie with other prganizations. Regional 'festivals in various rural centres have preceded the In addition to last year's - tri- [ finals in this event, with as many as 12 groups competing. This year no entries are expected. Three members of the Brandon Little Theatre have been awarded scholarships to the Banff School of Fine Arts, while others, after a start in Brandon, have moved to larger centres where their talents have been sought, Ban Is Removed On Some Imports By Ottawa Order Ottawa, Feb. 17--(CP)--Finance Minister Abbot anounced last hight a number of changes made recently in the list of imports affected by dollar-saving restrictions will pe brought into force tomorrow. He said most of the changes in. volve the removal or transfer from the list of prohibited goods a num- ber of articles which Britain is in a position to supply. Six items were transferred from the prohibited list to the goods which may be imported on a quota basis. These cover coffee sub_ stitutes, green decaffeinated coffee beans, toilet soap, castile soap, shoe blackening, leather dressing and knife polish, and toilet, or dressing combs. Fireworks and paintings were re- mcved entirely from the list of pro. hibited imports. Silverware and manufactures of gold or silver were all moved to the quota list. Some of these goods pre- viously were prohibited while others were unrestricted. Some items on the prohibited list were rewarded. These revisions had the effect of excluding from pro. hibited classifications passion fruit pulp, an Australian product; China or porcelain ornaments, a British specialty; certain glassware parts; industrial humidifiers; and non. propelling lead pencils, A number of items on the pro. hibited list were expanded to cover additional products. The item cov- ering oysters was expanded to in. clude preserved oysters, and the items relating to paper products were expanded to included multi. colored, embossed or decorated pa. pers and fancy' paperboard . boxes. These new restrictions will apply to any goods not actually in transit to Canada, Mr. Abbott said that during the war, shipments of such British products as soap, leather dressing, polishes and combs dropped sharp. ly, and in recent years they have been very small. Now, however, the application of quotas "should help British goods to get back into this market." ad list of es Are Boosted Widows Also Gain By New Pay Rate Released Monday By Doug las How Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 17 (CP)--G financial aid for pensioned and overnment proposals for new student veterans were before parliament today and the emphasis lay particularly on the needs of the family man in the face of record living costs. Protests from a veterans' bloc within the Liberal party in the Commons were believed vir.¢ tually to have ended after Prime Minister Mackenzie King announc- ed yesterday that: 1. The government is nearly ready to bring in a revised pensions bill which- would boost the rate for a totally disabled veteran from $75 to $87 a month; from $25 to $30 for his wife; from $15 to $18 for a first child, $12 to $14 for a second, $10 to $12 -for others, giving a man with wife and three children $161 instead of $137-and putting lesser pensions on a proportionate percentage scale. 2. Widows' pensions would be raise from $60 to $70 and there would be the same increases for their children as for those of to. tally disabled pensioners; the max. imum rate for a dependent parent would be increased as for widows; and orphans' rates would go up from $30 to $36 for a first child, $24 to $28 for a second and $20 to $24 for others. 3. The 16,000 married veterans at. tending universities or vocational schools would get $90 a month in. stead of $80, plus $18 a month in. stead of $12 for a first child, $14 for the second instead of $12 and $12 for a third instead of $10. Thus, a man with wife and three children would get $134 instead of $114. Yesterday's announcement work. ed out to about 16 per cent or $12,. 000,000, raising the annual pensions bill to more than $84,000,000. The Canadian Legion has been asking 25. rer cent, A leading member of the Liberal bloc said they were sa. tisfied, but opposition anq Legion cries were expected to continue, al. though not so strideatly. The pensions boosts will be re. troactive to ©ct. 1, 1947, but the larger cheques will not go out until "a matter of weeks" after housa ap. - proval. The bill will be cent to a select Committee on Velerans Af. fairs. The students' increases are re. troactive to Jan. 1 and will be put through by Order.,in.Council, that is without reference to the house. But it may be April before cheques reflect the change. It will add $1,. 200,000 to expenditures on veterans' training which are expected to run to $20,000,009 this year. 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