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SE ------ PAGE TWO THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948 : -- Deaths ooRMACK "15 Pha, Tamil on , James Suth- eriand Gormack, beloved husband of and father A ce byte Church, Monday, :30 p.m. Interment Union PETCH--In Osawa Hospital on Thurs- day, April 8, 1948, Isaac A. Petch, be- ed wile Home on Monday, April 12, at 2 p.m. Interment Onion, Cemetery. be | and sugar prices went up yesterday Cards of Thanks family, of 39 Mrs. Willlam Duty and fam! an hbors, tion express relatives and neig their and apprecia for acts of kindness, mi es of sym- pathy, and beautiful floral tributes ex- tended to them in their recent sad bereavement in the loss of a dear hus- band and father, lly thanking the Rev. . Telford, for his com- f 'words, also those who kindly Joaned their cars. We also wish th . Mills and Dr. Patterson and be Victorian Order Nurses for their kind attention during Mr. Duffy's long illness. Obituary JAMES SUTHERLAND CORMACK One of the original members and a leader in the work of Knox Pres- byterian Church since its organiza. tion in 1925, James Sutherland Cor- mack died in the Oshawa General Hospital last night in his 59th year. He had been in failing health for the past three years. A son of the late Peter and Isobel Cormack, the deceased was born at Lybster, Caithness, Scotland, in November, 1889. He came to Canada 42 years ago and had been a resi- dent of Qshawa for the past 27 years, being employed as a stock- keeper at General Motors. After coming to Canada, Mr. Cor- mack was in the west for a number of years. During World War I he enlisted with the Cameron High- landers in Winnipeg and was woun- ded while serving overseas. Prior to coming to Oshawa he was an elder in Westminster Presbyter- ian Church in Toronto and later was an elder in St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church here. Following the Church Union in 1925, he was one of those most active in the formation of a new Presbyterian congregation. He had been clerk of the Session of Knox Church since 1925 and for a number of years served as super. intendent of the Sunday School. He was very active in all departments of the church's work. The deceased was a member Of Temple Lodge, AF. and AM, No. 649. He is survived by his wife, the former Lawrie Donaldson, to whom he was married in Toronto in 1919, and one daughter, Margaret. Also surviving i$ a brother, John, resid- ing in Scotland. i The late Mr. Cormack is resting ai the Luke.McIntosh Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held in Knox Presbyterian Church at 3.30 pm. on Monday, April 12. The service will be conducted by Rev. H. F. Davidson, M.A, minister of the church. Interment will be in the Oshawa Union Cemetery. 1 ISAAC A. PETCH The death occurred in the Osh- awa General Hospital on Thursday, April 8, of Isaac A. Petch, beloved husband of the former Mary A. Ector, in his T9th year. A native of the Collingwgod dis- trict, the deceased went to the Canadian West in 1916 and estab- lished a bakery business at Elbow, Alberta. A year ard a half ago he retired due to ill health and was taken ill a week after ccming to Oshawa to live with his son. Mr, Petch was a member of the Order of Foresters and theg3945 United Church, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Besides his wife he is survived by three sons, Edgar E. of Caigary, Archibald of 289 Gibbons Street, Ostuwa. and Winston H. of Mon- treal. 'The funeral will be held from the Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home at 2 pm. on Monday, April 12, followed by interment in the Oshawa Union Cemetery. R. M. Thempson, B.A, lay minister of Westmount Uaited Courch, will conduct the services. 'WM. JAMES CRUSE Peterborough, April 8-- William James Cruse, 82, of 304 Park St. died Wednesday after a short ill- ness. He was born in Hope town- ship, where he was a farmer for many years, coming to Peterbor- ough eight years ago from Bewd- ley. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cruse, he was married twice, to the late Gertrude Lewis and the late Mary Louise Fowler. He leaves one "brother, Walter, of Toronto, and four daughters and three sons: Co- ra Cruse of Oshawa, Mrs. H. C, Mc- Kinlay (Leotus) of Plainville, Mrs. Jones (Viola) of Midland, Mrs. William Fowler (Mary) of Pe- terborough, and Kenneth of Camp- bellcroft, Russel of South Monag- han and Folyd of Kirkland Lake, The body lies at the Kaye Fun- eral Home, where the funeral will be held or} Saturday at 2:00 o'clock. The service will be in charge of the Rev. N. H, Street of the Church of the Open Bible. Burial will be in Providence cemetery, Hope town- ship. PYTHONS AND CROCS ARE DEATH ON CATS Darwin, - Australia (CP)-- Pythons and young crocodiles are wiping out the cat population of this North Australian capital. A plague of the reptiles has spread along the coast of the territory for about 100 miles on either side of Darwin and for: about 65 miles in. land to the Adelaide River. One resident complained that a python snatched her small kitten from in front of the kitchen stove Just as she was about to feed it. But a bigger shock was experi- enced by a Sydney visitor when he found a huge snake .coiled around the bathroom shower leisurely watching him soap himself, t0 | yer and Saint John, N.B. Butter, Sugar Hit By Jump In Rail Rate Ottawa, April 9--(CP)--Butter as the rallwhys' 21 per cent freight-, rate boost was applied. But the effect on the cost of liv- ing was measured in fractions of a cent. \ Butter and sugar, the two main items still under control, were the first studied by the prices board in the light of the rate increase. Expectations were that butter would cost about one-half cent a pound more. The sugar boost would be one-twentieth of a cent at To- ronto and one-quarter of a cent at prairie points. There would be no hike at Halifax, Montreal, Vancou- The butter statement was first to come. The board announced that manufacturers and wholesalers dis- tributors of butter have been au- thorized to increase their selling price "by the exact amount of the increase in cost of transportation." This, the board said, would result in slight variations in the cost of butter in various parts of the coun- try, since the transportation rates would vary in each individual case. It meant that butter--if the har- assed consumer could find any-- would average a half-cent higher. It might be a cent more or there might be no increase at all. If the increase in rail rates in- volves a figure more than a half- cent, the increase allowed will be one cent, but if it involves less than a half cent, there would be no in- crease. As an example, a board spokes- man cited the case of a dealer who has been buying butter at 67% cents and selling it for 71. If the new rates brought his cost up to 67% cents, he would be permitted to sell butter for 72. Labor Code (Continued from Page 1) mum effect" in the rehabilitation of Europe under ER.P. It was giv- en second reading. The second authorizes the Crown. owned Export Credits Insurance Corporation to increase by another $100,000,000 the amount of insurance it may issue to protect Canadian ex. porters against losses of foreign sales. Salary Hike Preliminary approval also was given measure to increase the sal- ary of Jules Castonguay, chief elec- toral officer, from $8,000 to $35000 a year. The legislation now unuer- goes committee examination. In the opening stages, Mr. Mitch- ell told the House the government hopes for a settlement of the deep- sea strike within a few days and said telegrams received by his de. partment indicated the unions and the ship owners are in direct nego. tiations. - Agriculture Minister Gardiner an- nounced the government has decid- ed to extend for another year--un- til July 31, 1949--its policy of pay- ing freight charges from the head. of .the_lakes on feed grains moving from Western to Eastern Canada and to British Columbia. Trade Minister Howe 251d The do. minion has made no approach to the provinces on the passage of complementary legislation to bring the marketing of oats and barley under the wheat board. Federal le- gislation to this effect was adopted two weeks ago, One government member--David Croll (L--Toronto Spadina) -- ex- pressed criticism.of the Labor Code bill, although he thought generally that it was a "very good start" on labor problems. Questions Poliey Angus MacInnis (CCF--Vancouv- er East) said he was afraid the gov. ernment was "paying attention to representations made to it by em. ployer organizations and. that it is not administering the law equita. bly." Mr. Mitchell said he could deny that statement "without equivoca- tion," Karl Homuth (PC -- Waterloo South) said he was happy to see that Ontario had accepted the prin- ciple of the legislation and expres- sed hope that others, especially Que- bec, would follow suit. Introducing the veterans legisla. tion, Veterans Minister Gregg said the increase will be paid to widows and veterans of first war veterans as well as the ex.servicemen them. selves. The allo to married veterans will be boosted from $60 to $70 a month and that Yor single veterans from $30 to $40. Opposition members promptly de- clared that the increase was inade- quate. Brig. Gregg said the allowances were going to 30,940 veterans, wid- ows and orphans and cost $14,952,539 a year. Under the bill, a married pensioner will be allowed an out- side income of $1,105 a year and a single veteran $615 before suffer- ing a reduction. Capt. George Cruickshank (L -- Fraser Valley) supported the sug. gestion that the allowance be ex. tended to the imperials and to vet- erans who had served only in the United Kingdom. Peacetime Army Seeks Recruits Halifax -- (CP) -- Recruiting for Canada's peacetime army now is in full swing here and "any energetic young man can be assured of a career by joining up and becoming a soldier-citizen," military authori. ties reported. The officials said opportunities for young men in the Canadian Army are greater than ever before along the lines of advancement, pay, pen. siens and trades training. The infantry soldier was describ. ed as a highly-trained and, skilled weapon specialist -- a maser of rifles, pistols, machine guns; anti- tank guns, grenades, flame throws ers, explosives and mortars. | search foundation." Moisture Record Boosts Optimism Over Wheatlands By The Canadian Press Ample rainfall last autumn and a heavy blanket of snow during tire winter throughout western Cana- da have already created favorable conditions for this year's crop in one of the great grain-growing areas of a food-hungry world. Precipitation well above normal was recorded everywhere in the prairie provinces between August 1, 1947 and Feb. 29, 1948, a report from the meteorological diwision of the Department of Transport shows. The largest excess for this per- iod was the 84 per cent above nor- mal registered in Southern Alber- ta--closely followed by northern Saskatchewan's 75. per cent. : Southeastern Saskatchewan cipitation 65 per cent average was reported, . Manitoba and northern and jcen- tral Alberta, 30 to 40 per t; in western Manitoba, 27 per cent. Ev- en the arid plains of southwestern Saskatéhewan were swept with life- giving moisture that registered an excess of 21 per cent. August rainfall was plentiful across the entire grain area. Rain fell at twice the normal rate in eastern Manitoba, while excesses of 75 to 85 per cent gratified farm- ers in southern Alberta, northern and southeastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba. Minor Deficiencies In September Mother Nature was not so bountiful. In Manitoba, where there were deficiencies of 20 to 25 per cent. But she balanc- ed her books that month across northern and central Alberta and in southwestérn Saskatchewan, with moderate excesses of 30 to 50 per cent; and went all out--by as much ag 85 per cent--with spendthrift downpours over southern Alberta and northern and southeastern Saskatchewan. October also proved a patchy month, Precipitation was 75 per cent above normal for southern Alberta and just about normal in northern Saskatchewan and east- ern Manitoba, Elsewhere, however, the figures were reversed, ranging from a minor deficiency to 10- per cent in northern Alberta to 75 per cent under the average in south- ern Saskatchewan. The November figure ranged from an 80 per cent excess in southwestern Saskatchewan to practically normal in eastern Mani- toba, ' During December, January and February, snowstorms blanketed the entire prairie region with a thicker-than-average Arctic cover- let, Precipitation excesses ran around 25 td 30 per cent in Mani- toba and southwestern Saskatche- way; 50 per cent in southeastern Saskatchewan and in northern and central Alberta; 75 per cent in Scientists Plan To Open Jungles Of Amazon Area By HOYT WARE Rio De Janeiro -- (AP) -- Mod- ern science is ready to open up the world"s last great wilderness, the Amazon jungle of South America. This dense and trackless area, nearly 4,000,000 square miles, will be studied by experts from ke United Nations Educational, Scien- tific and Cultural Organization (UN.ES.CO.) They hope -to collect informa- tion not only to develop this vast, unknown, region, but also to im- prove living conditions in other tropical areas, . The scientists plan to set up an International Institute of the ld lean (forested) Amazon at Manaus, Brazil, in the centre of the Ama- Zon forests. The Institute 1s being establish- fa in co-operation with Brazil, Co- ombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, the United States and the mother countries of the three Guianas--France, England and the Netherlands. A preliminary meeting was held last August at Belem, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon. The co- operating scientists now plan to meet for organization and financ- ing of the Institute and mapping of their first surveys of the region. They will gather at Tingo Maria, Peru, April 30, in the area where the mighty Amazon, called the world's greatest river, rises. From there they will go northeastward to Iquitos, Peru. From Iquitos they plan to fly eastward into Brazil to Manaus where plans will be made for studies to be carried out this year in geology, botany, anthropology, agree ad Indian life. .8.C.0. Iready has appropri- ated $100,000, but prop cial support is expected to come from interested countries. Studies will be made only with the appro- val and support of each country involved. 4 Scientific personnel will be select- ed throiigh U.N.ES.C.O. Two per manent field officers already have been appointed. Dr. E. J. H, Cor- ner, England, fofmer director of the Singapore Botanical Gardens, is principal field officer. Dr. Basil Malamos, Greece, a specialist in tropical diseases, is assisting him. The scientists plan to assemble all existing data at the Manaus In- stitute which Dr. Corner said will be a kind of "post-graduate re- Branch re- search centres will be set up in each of the Amazon countries, The great Amazon forests are watered by the 5,000-mile Amazon River which carries four times the volume of the Mississippi and more than all the rivers of the European continent combined. The Amazon system, including all its branches, is navigable for 30,000 miles. Man- aus, a city of about 70,000, is 1,000 miles inland from the river's mouth, on a tributary called the Rio Negro (Black River) about 30 miles off the muddy Amazon itself. No great part of the Amazon basin is productive for nobody has ever succeeded in continuing any large-scale plantation within the | John's swampy jungles. , Ontario Municipal Taxes Mostly Upward Is Report By The Canadian Press Rising cost of education and higher civic salary scales have driven Ontario's municipal tax rates to unprecedented high levels, a Canadian Press survey shows. Recently announced rates in On- tario municipalities show an av- c 'age increase of slightly wre than five mills. With few excep tions, tax rates are the highest in history. Most centres reported rising education costs as the orin- cipal cause of rate boosts. Other causes were increased salaries of civic employees, rising costs of wages and material involved in maintenance and other public orks, and extensions of public rvices such as hospitals. Several munities were forced to raise rates to cover 1947 overdrafts. A department of education offi- cial attributes higher school costs to salary increases granted teach- ers and high costs of building ma- terials. 'School facilities have been expanded to accommodate a great- er number of children born in years immeditely preceding the war. \ Toronto's tax rate showed liitle change from last year. General rates were 26.6 mills compared with 1947's 26.7. Public school rates increased a half a mill to 11.9. Separate school rates rose from 14.6 to 15.2. Hamilton rates reached an ail- time high of 44.5, compared with last year's 39.75. Main causes of the rise were increased civic salar~ ies, cost of maintaining institu- tions such as hospitals which are affected by high food prices and increased board of education esti- mates. In sharp contrast to the rest of 'the province, Windsor's 1948 rates were the lowest on record at 41.0 mills, Niagara Falls tax rates rose from 41.5 in 1947 to 44 mills this year. Education costs were tne principal factor in boosting Owen ound rates from 58 to 67 mills. Kingston's 47.56 mill levy, an in- crease of more than six mills over last year, equalled the record est- ablished in 1936. Welland rates remained constant at 48 mills. An overdraft pushed Galt rates up six mills to 46. In Northern Ontario, Sudbury's rates were set at 56 mills for pub- lic schools and 67 for separate schools, compared with last year's figure of 51.3 and 60 mills. Pub- lic school supporters in Cobalt were assessed 100 mills and sep- arate school supporters 120. Last year's rates were 88 and 101 re- spectively. Oshawa tax rate was seb at 23 mills this year, an increase of 1.2 mills. Tristan de Cunha Islanders Undergo Many Hardships Capetown --(CP)-- Stories of success and fortitude interwoven with tragedy and drama were brought back by members of the expedition which has just return- ed from the island of Tristan da Cunha, half-way between South America andj Africa in the South Atlantic. The party of scientists and other experts spent more than six weeks conducting fishing, agricultural, marine and biological and general research on Tristan and on the neighboring islands of Nightingale | In accessible and Gough. C. P. Lawrence of St. Hostel, Capetown, who headed the expedition, said: "The people of Tristan da Cunha are 100 per cent behind any plan for the development of the island and they gave us the utmost co-opera- tion." The Paquena covered about 5,000 miles on her entire trip and 1,200 miles in Tristan water alone. Fifty four anchorages were made in un- charted waters which, according to experts, is an achievement reflect- ing great credit on Capt. L. F. Pettit, master of the Pequena. Mr, Lawrence said that two deaths occurred on the island.on March 3 when the expedition was preparing to leave. Ben Swain, a 73-year-old cripple, died suddenly and on the same evening his neph- ew, Percy Swain, succumbed to an attack of double pneumonia. Percy Swain's death followed an epidemic of influenza which broke out among the islanders after the arrival of the Pequena, and which they named "Pequena sickness." Resistance Low "It was a bad epidemic," said Mr. Lawrence, because, - although the islanders are susceptible to cold and influenza germs carried Rev. by visitors, their resistance was even lower en this occasion follow- ing the deaths of their chaplain, Rev. Alec Handley, and Mis. Frances Repetto, the 'Queen' of Tristan da Cunha." Mr. Lawrence added that Dr. H. Kramer, the expedition's medical officer, worked day and night tend- ing the islanders during the epi- demic. The - expedition established the fact that the fish around Tristan are of the South American, not South African varieties, and brought back hundreds of speci- mens of plants, insects, soil--and even green apples. Dr. C. J. Broekhuysen of. the department of entymology of the University of Capetown, scored at least two triumphs. He scaled the mountain on I'vis- tan and produced a chemical which may exterminate the grubs ravag- ing the island's potato crops. Po- tatoes provide the main diet of the islanders and they were delighted to learn that the new insecticide had obtained a 98 per cent mortal- ity rate among the "armies" cf tough grubs. During their stay on Tristan, the members of the expedition were accommodated in well-equip- ped military barracks. Their wash- ing and cooking was undertaken by the women of the island. C. H. Gaggins, one of the chief sponsors of the expedition, said in- itial reports indicated there were good prospects for establishing a fishing industry on Tristan da Cunha. "But I cannot be too positive at the moment," he added. "Financial considerations must be taken into account, and, also, we must wait until the entire information is col- lected for presentation to the Col- onial Office and the Archbishop of Capetown." Congress Gears Defence With Men, Money, Weapons Washington, April 9-- (AP) -- Congress today geared up machin- ery to pump men, money and ma- terial into the broadening United States defence program. Although major attention was centred on boosting the country's air power, other moves followed the lines laid down by Defence Sec- retary James Forrestal. These were the light defence de- velopments: 2 1. The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee drew up a draft bill requiring registra- tion of all men 18 through 30, but making only thgse 19 through 25 liable for two years' service. Veterans with a year or more war service would have to register, but would be exempt; those with 90 days, but less'than a year's ser- vice also would be exempt if they joined reserve units of the army, navy or air forces. Forrestal proposed much the same legislation, but his called for registration of men up to 45. 2, The House appropriations committee raced into hearings on a bill to pour $726,000,000 in a warplane expansion drive. For- restal- put the "highest-priority" label on these funds for the air force and fleet aviation. 3. The White House told the War Assets Administration to hold up final disposition of unsvid in- dustrial plants, machine tools and other equipment needed for war roduction. The stop-order was issued to permit' the munitions board to survey the items in the next 50 days. 4. Navy Secretary John L. Sul- livan said President Truman will ask congress to boost merchant ship building funds from $39,500,- 000 to $100,000,000. 5. Truman asked Congress to in- crease the Export-Import Bank's lending authority by $500,000,000 to finance further economic devel- opment in Latin America. Although Truman's message did not specify the types of projects contemplated for the loans, dis- patches from the Pan American conference at Bogota, Colombia, in- dicating Unite] States interest in developing South American petro- leum production, 2 Men, Unhurt As Cars Crash On Simcoe St. Robert Flintoff, 42 Frank Street, miraculously escaped injury at ap- proximately 1.15 p.m. today when the light pick-up truck he was driving swung completely around and turned over when it collided with a car driven by James W, Flat of Belleville, The accident occurred at the corner of Bloor and Simcoe Streets. Flintoff, driving a truck owned by the Hill Cornish Electric Com- pany, was heading south when Flat was reportedly driving east off Highway 2A. The Belleville man wag also unhurt, Electric wiring and tradesman's tools were scattered over the road- way and the right side of the truck was extensively damaged. The windshield was smashed, Damage to the automobile was confined to the left running board, fenders and hub caps. Recreation '(Continued from Page 1) land, 8imcoe, Pembroke, Pickering, Swansea, Alliston, Barrie, Leaside, Dunnville, Ottawa, Deep River, Wingham, Bowmanville, Elmira, Cooksville, Brantford, Weston, Wal- Hill, 8t. Catharines, Township, Kitchener and Mimico. f NEW ARMY RULES Stockholm -- (CP)--A new crim- inal code proposed for Sweden's armed forces would abolish special punishment for officers and make the same regulations apply to all ranks. The new regulations would call for stoppage of pay for minor offences and make greater use of suspended sentences. PLEASANT ANAESTHETIC Surgeons of the 18th and 19th centuries gave alcohol as an an- aesthetic. Police Investigate Shooting Of Bride In Tourist Cabin Port Elgin, April 9--(CP)--Cor- oner J. E. Fraser said last might that powder burns had been found on the head of Mrs. Lloyd Smith, 21, whose bullet-torn body was found yesterday in a tourist cabin here, i : He said he would confer with Crown Attorney J. W. Freeborn be- fore setting the date for an inquest. Police said earlier they believed the shooting was accidental. The woman's husband was released after questioning. The former Ann Golakovitch, a bride of eight weeks, came here Wednesday from Hamilton with her 23-year-old husband. A 22 calibre rifle was found in the cabin. . Farmeons- Market. Ri, Produce Toronto, April 9--(CP) --Produce prices in the spot market here tc- day were reported as follows: Butter prints unchanged, grade 60, 2nd grade 68, 2rd grade 67 Churning cream unchanged, No. 1 lb, 71 FOB, 75 delivered. Eggs: Good volume of egg re- ceipts arriving and market contin- ues firm at unchanged prices. A large 45%-47, A medium 4414-46, A pullet 42-43, B 43-44, -20; ° try shippers quoted / graded eggs, cases free, A large 43-43'2, A me- dium 42%-43, A pullet 38'.-39, B 40%-41, C 384-37. Fruit Toronto, April 9--(CP)--Whole- sale fruit and vegetable prices were unchanged here today with the fol- lowing exceptions: Parsnips, washed and unwashed, $4.50-85. Hogs Toronto, April 9--(CP) -- Hog prices were unchanged at Brantford $28.60 delivered to farmers; un- changed at Stratford, grade A de- livered to farmers $28.60, to truck- ers $28.75, in markets reporting early this morning. Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-$50; baled hay, $20-822 ton; straw, $18-$20 ton. pastry flour, $3.95 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $148 a bushel; oats, 85.20 cents; barley, $1.20-$1.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Livestock Toronto, April 9--(CP)--Cattle prices were strong to 25 cents a hundredweight higher on the live- stock market this week while bet- ter calves held steady and lower grades dropped $2 cwt. Sheep and lambs were unchanged and hogs were steady with sows $1 ¢wt. lower. A liberal run of 5,500 cattle met with an active trade and all offer- ings were cleared. Weighty steers were $14-$16.25 with choice up to | $16.75. Butcher heifers were $13- 15.75. Fed yearlings brought $15.50- 18 and butcher cows were $9.75- 13.75 with canners and - cutters mostly $6.50-9.50. Bulls were $9-11 for light bolognas and up to $12 for good butchers, Stockers and feeders were active at from $12- 14.75 cwt according to quality. Plain to medium quality milkers and springers were $85-145 each. Calves were $19-21 cwt for good to choice vealers on the run of 2,000 head. Light weight calves sold low- er at from $10-17 for plain to med- ium quality. Grade A hogs on the run of 2,900 head, brought $28.75 for grade A, $28.35 for grade Bl.-Sows were down $1 cwt at $19 dressed. Sheep and lamb receipts were only 250 head. A few good feed-lot lambs sold at $18.50 and a dozen choice spring lambs brought $23 | cwt. Sheep were from $4-10 for a small offering. 4 Dead, 3 Injured In Cafe Explosion Louisville, 1ll., April 9--(AP)--- | Police said at least four persons were killed in an explosion today in a restaurant-filling station here. Three other persons were had'y burned and "some others" may have been trapped by the eéxpio- sion, police said. The 'three injured men: Ton Barnes, Darrell Zink and George Tolliver. Zink was taken to a hos- men were taken first to doctors' pital, 30 miles east. The other two offices here. Louisville is about 60 miles northeast of Centralia, TI. Police said they believed a tank containing cooking gas exploded in the kitchen of the restaurant. Firemen extinguished a blaze that followed the blast. Four Powers (Continued from Page 1) bined American and British zones in the west. 1) High American officials denied today reports that final agreement on a merger had been reached. An official British measure to viet zone." American officials said they would follow the British lead. A Frankfurt dispatch said the first United States Air Force pas- senger plane to fly to Berlin today left Frankfurt without fighter es- cort. It was. Sokolovsky who voiced the threat of Russian intervention in the allied air corridor to Berlin through the Russian zone. He did so in an exchange of let- ters with British officials, having to do with Monday's collision here between a British transport plane and a Russian fighter which killed 15 persons, Bo 1st | spokesman | | said yesterday his government was considering fighter escort for trans- | lenstein, Newmarket, Maple, Forest | port planes into Berlin because of Windsor, | a Russian threat of Stratford, Bronte, Whitby, York | "safeguard air traffic over the So- Place Gandhi 'Among Saints sia ian | By DOON CAMPBELL: New Delhi -- (Reuters)--Today, a few short weeks after the murder of the Mahatma (Great Soul) Gan- dhi, a popular movement is evident prophets and saints of the work. Within days of the assassination "some Moslems pronounced Gandhi !a Shahid and some Hindus called ; him Kalki--the tenth Awatara. Bud- !dha was the ninth Awatara, and i Hindu mythology predicts the com- ing of Kalki to earth to destroy the forces of wickedness. | Newspapers in India still carry headlines such as "Greatest Human Being Since Christ," "He Walked With God," "Buddha and Gandhi-- a Striking Parallel," and "Greatest Man of God in Modern History." "The Sermon on the Mount and quotations from the New Testament are published alongside selected passages from Gandhi's writings. Many today refer to the little man who was killed in the garden on a Friday as He, and talk of His teachings. Although Gandhi himself prefer- are movements to attribute to him line Slade, daughter of a British admiral, who renounced everything to become Gandhi's disciple 20 years ago, summed up the feelings of many here when she said: "For | me' there are only two--God and | Bapu (Pather Gandhi). And now QC have become one." ) ndhi's' death' shocked and | stunned one-fifth of humanity, {from the Himalayas to Cape Co- | morin. People died of shock, People | started fasts of penance. Millions | mourned his death as the passing of a god. Thousands of Tributes Newspapers have carried thou- sands of pictures of the Mahatma and thousands of tributes, letters | and laments. Sometimes there was | not one line of other news--India | forgot .the rest of the world for a ! week--in 10 pages. Sometimes a | page was left blank except for the | words: "Father forgive us." Now from every town and many villages in the land come sugges- | tions for "fitting" memorials, sug- | gestions, for example, for a Gandhi clock tower, Gandhi statues of stone and marhle (one writer sug- gests that statues of prominent | Britops "symbolizing India's slav- | ery" be pulled down to make way | for Gandhi statues), a Gandhi li- | brary, a Gandhi colony, a Gandhi garden, a Gandhi hall of peace, Gandhi temples, Gandhi pillars (it is variously suggested there should be from 500 to 100,000 studding the country) with his utterances in- scribed after the style of the Asoka pillars, It is suggested that India, known for 23 centuries as India, be re- named Gandhia "because the whole | world knows India as the land of | Gandhi." Another suggestion is that { Mount Everest become Mount Gan- dhi "to symbolize the Mahatma's | Himalayan stature among human | beings." | Narandas Gandhi, the Mahatma's | nephew who is chief organizer of | the hand-spinning movement in Katiawar, suggests that the Con- gress working committee should | "call upon the mation to produce 10,000,000 regular spinners who would religiously adhere to the | charkha (hand spinning wheel), as a mark of respect to Bapu's sacred memory." | While the prime minister, Pandit | Jawaharlal Nehru, and the deputy prime minister, Sardar Patel, and other Indian leaders have stressed that communal harmony is the only | memorial worthy of Gandhi, popu- lar senitment still seeks satisfac- tion in conventional monuments. Heart Ailments (Continued from Page 1) and 1,671 families, Gertrude H. Tucker, nursing supervisor reports. The Child Health Centre was well | attended during the year with a total of 2371 infants, an increase l of 424. Immunization for 804 in- fants was completed at the 49 cen- tres held. Dr. C. 8. Dickinson, food inspec- tor, made 453 visits to pasteurizing ; dairies and 319 to dairy farms, Fif- ty.one cans of raw milk were reject. : ed due to various causes. Dr. Dickin- | | son reports a number of improve. | ments in both dairies and dairy! farms during the year. There are five pasteurizing dairies operating in Oshawa and 118 raw milk produ- cers in the area. Local Slaughtering Increased Due to the meat shortage and strikes at large abattoirs, local slaughterings increased, Dr. Dickin- son says. There was an increase of 1,155 animals slaughtered and the four slaughter houses in the city are working at capacity. Of the 4,562 animals slaughtered, only four car- casses were rejected. ' With the passing of the new by- law, garbage collected should show a marked improvement, L. Slaght, sanitary inspector believes. The passing of regulaticns governing eating establishments and the new inspection report form will greatly taid the inspector and the opera- tors. E FIND BODY IN LOCKS Lndsay, Ont, April 9--(CP)-- | The body of an unidentified man | was found floating in the liftlocks on the Scugog River =here this morning. Discovered by Stan Hen- derson, keeper of the locks, the body is described as that of a mid- dle aged man, about 45, fairly stout |and of average height. The body {is believed to have been in the water since last November. HARDWOOD FLOORING Floors Laid, Sanded and Finished Phone 3744W1 M. LEGGETTE Indian Views | red to be a man among men, there |. the qualities of a saint. Miss Made- | LY What to Do To-Night here tc add another name to the | | | Recreation Headquarters 100 Gibbs Street DAILY 2 to 4 pm.--Leathercraft (except Monday), --Woodashop an Shelle craft. --Collegiate-age gymnae slum. --Collegiate-age Drama group. 4 to 5:30 p.m.--All boys' . activities: Woodshop, leather, shells, boxing, Pin r radio dr hearsals. Music and rhythm band on Monday and Thursday. @ Boys' shellcraft on Wednesday. WEEKLY AND SPECIAL and girls' boys' ama re | Week-End Third annual Provincial Recreation -- Regular Activities Suspended. Conference Saturday Community square dance at C.R.A. Connaught Group in charge. onday EVENING: dance 7:00 p.m.--Drama Group, radio section, rehearsal. 7:00 p.m.--Men's Reight lifting. Tuesday a; 12 to 5 p.m.--Visiting day at Weaving | Course. | 7:00 p.m.--Air Cadets in Auditorium. ( 7:00 p.m.--Operetta Rehearsal -- Lecture Room. | 17:00 p.m.--~Ladlies' Gym Class, 7:00 p.m.--Smocking and rug hooking. 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