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C SS RE Habs poms wow MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE Forecast Five Provincial Elections In Canada This Year U.K. Planning New Plants To Offset Future Slump By STUART UNDERHILL . Canadian Press Staff Writer London, (CP) -- A country-wide economy campaign which cut fac- tory building has put a crimp in one of the government's pet pro- Jjects--establishment of new indus- tries in the country's development areas. Development areas-used to be own as distressed areas--districts which suffered most heavily during the depression years usually be- cause they relied for employment on one heavy industry. The Labor government's. plan to prevent a recurrence of such disas- trous slumps is to establish a di- versity of industries in each atea. Up to last December, when a six month man was placed on new fac- tory building, more than 100,000 workers had found employment in new plants, There are six development areas in Britain, South Lancashire, West Cumberland and the Scottish in- dustrial belt. "Prcm all those areas in the years between the two world wars the life just drained away," says the recent government publication, manufacture, When they curtailed staff, workers drifted off to other parts of the country. Today heavy indusiries in those areas gre working at; full blast. Against; the day when business slackens, the government is trying to "set up other industries which in many cases can serve as basi¢ In- dustries; to ensure that trade is as varied as possible, and so to pre- vent a temporary depression in a single industry from bringing misery and starvation to an entire area." Scmetimes factories are built at the manufacturers' expénse, 'and sometimes they are tented from a government-financed . industrial es- tate company, With total "powers over the issuance of building per- mits, the government has - pretty well been able to direct new fac- tories to areas it considers suitable. 'Five Fire Victims Among Twelve | Fatalities In East - By The Canadian Press : Three children were burned to death at Penetanguishene and an aged Indian couple died in their flaming home at Orillia during a week-end which saw loss of four lives in automobile accidents. ~ A Canadian Press survey showed 12 fatalities reported 'in Eastern Canada during the week-end with a drowning an accidental poison- ing and a steel plant accident caus- ing the other deaths. Victims of the Penetanguishene fire were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilbank. They were: Diane, 3; Donald 2; and- Sandra, 6 months, Police said the fire broke out during a few minutes the chil- dren were left alone. * In the fire eight miles east of Orillia, Mrs. Clarissa Ingersoll, 79, was burned to death in'a vain at- tempt to save Alexander Ingersoll, 85, 'her bedridden husband, from fhe flame-filled kitchen of their log cabin. On his way to a Saturday night dance, Earl (Bud) Hunt, 21, of Hagersville, was killed when the automobile he was driving came +~ into head-on collision with another _ "sar near Simcoe. Injured were Wil- ' llam Burbidge, 24, also of Hagers- ville, and Edmond Zelensky, 24, and Ernest Draegnen, 30, both of Ham- ilton. . Injuries in separate automobile accidents proved fatal to Petty Of- ficer Kenneth Hulléy of Lethbridge, Alta. injured near Halifax; Mar- garet Joan Ward four, Toronto, and Florence Mernick, 16, also of To- ronto. \ Floyd McComack, 30, was killed when struck by a steel plant slag train at Sault Ste. Marie. An in- Quest will be held. Near London, Mary Jean Lawson, 13 months, died after drinking a medicinal mixture when she strayed from her parents' sight. Her death was declared accidental, Gary Lessard, three, was drowned in a cistern in the backyard of his parents' home, at Waterloo, The cis- tern cover collapsed. Wh 7) hall, Notebook By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer . London--(CP) --The ghosts of sporting statesmen who once dark- ened the walls of Westminster with their cigar smoke must have shud- dered when a modern commons committee discussed deer shooting. In days within memory the red deer was the monarch of the Scot- tish glen, sometimes cursed by the farmer whose fields he invaded, but stalked with painstaking care by sportsmen who might spend £100 ($400) for every horn by the time the beast was carved for the table. ; It was a royal sport, for only those with the wealth of kings could afford it--officially. Unoffi- cially many a stag and hind, select- ed and shot with' masterly skill, nourished highland homes and dis- tressed game-keepers and others charged with preventing poachin But both the deer forest prop etor and the humble poacher with A muzzle-loading rifle observed one law. They did not shoot on Sunday. ft was beyond their imagination that such offenders of the Sabbath could exist. ! Now the page of - history has turned, When the agriculture (Scot. land) Bill came before its parlia- mentary committee it had a clause permitting deer shooting on Sun- - day. William Gallacher, Communist Member of Parliament . for West Fife, thought this a good thing. J. H. McKie, Independent Conser- vative from Galloway, promptly asked -him for his interpretation of the Fourth Commandment, insist- ing on holy observance of the Sdb- Gallacher 'said it did not matter whether deer -were shot .on Sun- day or any other day of the week. C. N. Thornton-Kemsley, Conser- vative Member for Kincardine, said people need not shoot deer on Sun- | day "to protect their crops. A swing jof a rattle would make them run two miles, | But the clause permitting Sunday shooting was carried, Looking Ahead In Ottawa Ottawa, April 19-- (CP) --The Senate goes back into action Mon- day 'night after a 26-day Easter recess--and there may be fireworks right off the bat. First item on the order paper is second reading of a contentious measure to lift the ban on oleomargarine. " The bill," sponsored by Senator |W. D. Euler (L-Ontario) probably will not be discussed until Tuesday. If so, it may mean both Senate and Commons will be arguing margar- ine at the same time. A similar {iivate bill by James Sinclair (L- ancouver North) is scheduled for Commons attention Tuesday night. It promises to be a busy week for Senate committees. The trans- portation committee 'will dig into the Canada Shipping Act amend- | ments Tuesday. The next day the trade relations committee will con- tinue its study of .the Geneva agreement. : The banking: and resources com- mittees will meet Thursday, and the divorce committee, busiest of them all, will be meeting day after -y e proposal that Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King become the first Canadian Governor-General of his own country has died away, but probably will' be revived in com- ing months. The "August convention that will nominate his" successor as Liberal leader may become the forum for a resurgence of the suggestion, placed before the Commons some months ago by Bona Arsenault (L- Bgnaventure). It Jained some support in priv- ate from Liberal members from various parts of the country, but never achieved notable, continuing public support. Mr. King himself made no state- ment, either for or against, and his silenge indicated that he was at least idea. re , were . those who thought that he was quite content to await, public reaction. GET JET FIGHTERS Toronto, 'April 19--(CP)--Toron- to's aerial defence rio longer de- pends on, six, ancient Harvard Trainers, operated by the City of Toronto (Auxiliary Squadron. Two Vampire jet fighters have been de- livereq to the squadron. R.C.A.F. au- thorities sald within a few months a complete squadron of vampires will be based here, 40 YEARS ON BENCH Kirkland Lake, Ont. -- (CP) -- Magistrate S." Atkinson was con- gratulated when he. opened a police court session here one day recently. He had just completed 40 years on the 'bench. d = Buster Has 'New Look' But His Pals Shun Him ' San Francisco, April 10--(AP)-- A sea lion who lives near the San Francisco beach has moved up -- uncomfortably -- to the white col. lar class. He did it simply by sticking his head through a floating toilet seat. The sea lion is.one of the big herd that inhabits geal rocks, a few y-rds off the beach. Where "Buster" -- that's what Cliff House Hotel balcony observ- ers call him -- found the bathroom tixture is a mystery. The adornment is of the horseshoe type, and 'a gleaming white. : Spectators can't agree' on whe- ther he's wearing'.it by choice, or can't get the thing off. Other seals at first shunned Bus- ter, then clustered around to nib. ble at his new collar, The SP.C.A, Coast Guard and Navy all pondered the problem of what will happen to Buster now, but 'reached. no-coneclusion. The major handicap: Buster can't swim so fast after food. doing nothing to destroy the' After a raid on what they described as a Communist Montreal School For Reds Raided t raining school for youngsters in' Point St. Charles, Montreal, Provincial Police special officer Paul Benoit ( left) and two anti-subversive squad constables examine literature found outside classroom where 10 children w ere receiving instruction. At right is main door of raid- ed building, White's Hall. Six cases of beer were also seized by Provincials. ~Canada Wide Pictures. BE 3 Three Penetang Children Fire Victims Less than 24 hours after their father had left home f or a summer's sailing on the Great Lakes, Diane, Don- ald and. Sandra Gilbank of Penetang lost their lives when fire destroyed their home Saturday afternoon. Their mother had been absent from the house only four minutes getting some water when the flash fire was discovered. All that remains of the little home which was the funeral pyre for the three above. Twisted crib and bedstead offer mute testimon y to the tragedy. children is shown Brotherhood At Hampton Hears Farm Address M. HORN Correspondent Hampton, April 16--The Elosing meeting of the Hampton Uhited Church Brotherhood was held at our church on Thursday night April 8, with John Knox presiding. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" was.sung as an opening hymn, fol- lowed by prayer by Rev. E. S. Lin- stead. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by secretary A. L.' Pascoe and approved. Commun- ity singing was. led by Mr. A, E. Summers' with 'M. Niddery. at the piano, A. L. Pascoe favored with a reading and A. E, Summers gave a splendid address emphasizing the sowing of clean seed and. treatment for smut, and .of producing more grain for feed, also' advocating the growing of some husking corn, He also spoke on the marketing of hogs. Mr. Alec. Stackaruk, and Franklin Trull favored With violin selections and Mr, Ivan Davies, Oshawa, with vocal solos accompan- fed by M. Niddery, which were en- joyed. Rey. Linstead gave some re- miniscences. After a vote of thanks the National Anthem was sung and Hampton men served an enjoyable lunch. The following are the new offi- cers for 1948-49: Honorary: presi- dent, Rev. E. 8. Linstead; president, Jack Cruickshang; vice-president, Ted Chant; secretary-treasurer, A. L. Pascoe. Committees: Zion--pro- gram, Alec McMaster, N. Hircock; social, Gerry Glaspell, Barney Bec- kle and Henry Ball. Eldad--pro- gram--Bruce Tink, John Knox; So- cial," Bruce Montgomery, Gordon Leask and Jack Baker; Hempton-- Program--Jim Reynolds, Chas. War- ren; social, Jack Reynolds, George Armour and Orville Hindman. A surprise party was held on Thursday night April® 8th at the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Balson when their family gathered to help celebrate the event of their 45th wedding = anniversary, They were presented withy a beautiful basket of spring flowers and chocolates, with the. best wishes of all. The evening wag spent in cards and mu- sic which was followed by delicious ref.4 hments including a three-tier Fear 'See America' Advice May Halt Canadian Touring Ottawa, April 19--(CP)--Canada stands to lose a $270,000,000 tourist jackpot this summer. Tourist "officials in Ottawa view with fear a resolution adopted by the Maine Hotel Association at Portland, Me., yesterday asking that U.S. citizens spend their vacation money this year within the United States. J Members of the association are understood to have taken the move after declaring that Maine will lose in 1948 approximately $10,000,000 he- cause of Canada's restrictions on the export of currency. This allows Canadians $150 a year in travel funds. The resolution urged 'the Ameri can Hotel Association and various state associations ....to exert every possible effort to influence the Am- erican vacationing public to spend its money this season in the United States." Leo Dolan, director of the domin. ion's tourist bureau, declared his in- tention to do everything. in his pow- er to avert the disaster which would follow the widespread adoption of the resolution. Affected would be an expected record 20,000,000 tour- ists from below the border. Involved in the tourist. industry this year was an expected $250,000,~ 000 in United States currency, which, officials have stated, would be of the greatest aid to Canada's dollar-saving program. } The undaunted Mr. Dolan is cer. tain, however, that he can handle the situation.. He feels confident that when he addresses the New England Hotel Association in Bos- ton April 28, he will clear the air of ill feeling to'Candda and "to her economic needs." wedding cake made by their daugh- ter Marion (Mrs. J. C. Macnab). Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Brawley (nee Betty Ealson) Orangeville; Mr. and Mrs. Chas Ferguson, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs; Leslie Hoskin, Thornton's Cor- ners; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Balson and Miss Ileen Balson, Solina. Gambling Grows Among Japanese Tokyo -- (Reuters) --Bakuchi, or gambling, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular means of mak- ing an easy living in post-war Ja- pan whose hungry populace is mainly preoccupied with getting enough to eat and wear. > Gambling here today ranges from openly accepted sweepstakes or lot- terles, and mah-jong and card games played in secret houses to "otochoko-choi bakuchi" (stupid gambling) in which a group o! men standing at street corners will bet, for example on the licence numbers of passing vehicles. Then there is the cigarette gamble which is almé;t a conjuring. trick, gaming | done simply by marking one of the three or four cigarettes laid-on a table and, after they are rearrang- ed, identifying the particular one. It is said that the customers rarely What to Do Recreation Headquarters 100 Gibbs Street DAILY 2 to 4 p.m.--Leathercraft {sxcept Monday) --Woodshop and Shell- craft. =Collegiate-age gymna- slum. ~Colleglate-age Drama group. 4 to 5:30 pm.--All boys' and girls' activi : vities: Woodshop, leather, shells, boys' junior radio drama re- and rhythm band on Monday and Thursday. Boys' shellcraft on Wednesday. to 9 p.n.--Adult leathercralt, shell« craft and woodworking. 1 Monday 7:00 p.m.--Drama Group, hearsal. . 7:00 p.m.--Men's weight-lifting. 7:00 p.m.--Adult leathercraft. :30 p.m.--Adult woodworking. Tuesday 00 p.m.--Needlework, smocking and rug hooking. .m.--Ladles' Gymn Class. .m.--Men's weight-lifting. .m.--Air Cadets, in auditorium. Park community radio re- TE: Monday, 7:30 p.m.--Bathe Park Community meeting at Ritson School. 3 Children Die In Fire At Penetang Penetanguishene, April 19--(CP) --Three small children were burned to death when fire swept their small frame dwelling Saturday. Victims were three-year.old Di- ane Gilbank, two year-old Donald and six-moinths-old Sandra, chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilbank. Mr. Gilbank had left Penean- guishene Friday to join his lake freighter at Port Colborne. Mrs. Gilbank had gone to the: home of her father-in.law 100 yards distant to get a pail of water. When she emerged she saw her own house on fire and ran to the scene, but collapsed in a faint just outside. When firemen arrived it was impossible to enter the blaz- ing home to rescue the three chil. dren. Witnesses said the blaze started about 2.45 p.m. and that the cot- tage was a blazing mass in a few minutes. Firemen were quickly on the scene but were helpless to save either the children or the home, which burned to the ground. Two iron cots and a wood stove were the only things remaining. Mr. Gilbank, 24, is a veteran of the Canadian Army Corps. His wife is the former Cecile Proulx of Pene- tanguishene. CALL STRIKE VOTE Toronto, April 19--(CP)--About 500 members of Local 232 of the United Rubber Workers (CIO), seeking a 15-cent hourly wage in- crease from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at suburban New Toronto, yesterday authorized the union's bargaining committee to call a strike vote. No date was set for the vote. EXHAUSTED VISITOR Gravesen England--(CP)--A bittern, a bird rarely seen in Eng- land but a frequenter of European moors, was found exhausted here. Quebec And N.B., Saskatchewan, Alberta May Call 1948 Ballot By The Canadian Press Five provincial general elections, involving close 'to 10,000,000 Canadians, are expected in Canada this year. ! Only one has been called so far -- that in Ontario, set for June 7 -- but its announcement Friday touched off elec- tion talk in all the other provinces where balloting appears likely in 1948. The provinces which expect no vote this year are Prince Edward Is- land, which had a provincial gen- eral election last December, and 'Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British Columbia, all of which have legis- latures elected in October, 1945. The decision of Ontario Premier Drew's Progressive Conservatives administration to go to the country for a vote of confidence in its pro- posed $600,000,000 expansion pro- gram stirred speculation in Quebec that Premier Duplessis would call an election for approximately the same date. Half of the Ontario expansion program would involve hydro. It in- cludes spending an estimated $191,- 000,000 to convert the provincially- owned power system in Southern and Southwestern Ontario from 25- cycle current to 60-cycle. Issues in Quebec are expected to revolve around the Quebec admin- istration's long-standing grudges against the federal government, which Premier Duplessis (as charg- ed with trying to invade the prov- incial rights fields. Best guess on the Quebec election date is June 9. \ An election has been predicted for New Brunswick ever since the provincial house started its 1948 session last March 2, The date most mentioned is July 15, although Premier J. B. McNair insists pub- licly that" he 'knows nothing about the possibility of an election. The five-year term of Saskatche- wan's C.C.F. government normally | would expire in 1949 but political | observers in Regina say four years is the usual term in that province and consider an election this year "almost certain", Unless a late ® Ls spring makes postponement to fall desirable, the vote may be: held in June. ! No issues have appeared yet in Alberta where speculation has it thaf an election will be held in Au« gust. Premier E. C. Manning's gove ernment was elected in August, 1944. POLITICS IN MOVIES Toronto, April 19--(CP)-- Holly= wood provided inspiration for the newest feature in provincial election campaigning this spring. Premier Drew and his cabinet Saturday bad 'talkies" made to be shown through= out the province at political rallies and theatres, The premier and his ministers are shown discussing vars fous topics of interest to the electors they hope to attract to the polls June 7. TWO AUTOS COLLIDE Driving a taxi north on Mary Street at 6.15 p.m. yesterday, Stan- ley Dorrance, 304 Nassau Street, was turning left into Bond Street when his auto was struck by an- other being driven east by Albert | Simmons, 95 Patricia Avenue. Pol- | jo» said Simmons had stopped at the stop street. MINOR FENDER DAMAGE Samuel Collis, 652 Carnegie Avenue, was driving north on Simcoe Street North near William Street at 6.05 p.m. Saturday when his right rear fender was struck {by a car being driven from the !curb by Wasyal Kashal 345 St. Julien Street. Minor damage" re sulted. KIDNEY TROUBLE Here's a medicine specially made for it! 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Gambling is growing in popu- | larity as cash becomes scarce and | worthless. Police raids on gambling 'houses in and around Tokyo have been in- | tensified; but they do not do much |to discourage the gambler--pre- sumably because to the majority, | the current fine for the offence, | about 1,000 yen, is a small loss soon remedied with a little bit of specu- lation and luck "the next time." Firdaybroxdge, Cambridgeshire, England -- (CP) -- No entries were | received for a. men's beauty contest here, Le » LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NOTICE Township of East Whitby \ 1. The council of the Corporation of the Township of Eaci Whitby intends to construct as a local ime provement a storm sewer on the tollowihg streets: On Easement from Simcoe St. to Masson St. a distance of 314. On Masson St. from the easement. to' Darcy St., a distance of 960". On Darcy St. from Masson to Mary St., a distance of 300". On Mary St. from Robert St. to Rossland Road, a distance of 2457'. On Rossland Road, from Mary St. to what is known as Jenkins Creek, a distance of 1670'. And 'intends to specially assess a part of the cost upon the land abutting directly on the work and upon the following land which is. immediately benefitted by the work: SIMCOE ST.--East side Rossland Road to Robert St. _ West side 900° North and South of Switzer Drive. SWITZER DRIVE--Both sides Simcoe St. to 900° west of Simcoe. MASSON ST.--Both sides Rossland Road to Robert St. MARY ST.--Both sides Rossland Road to Robert St. ROSSLAND ROAD--North side Simcoe St. to Jenkins Creek. GRIERSON ST.--Both sides Darcy St. to Robert St. 2. The estimated cost of the work is $33,482.00, of which $7,374.00 is to be paid by the Corporation. The. estimated cost per foot frontage is $2.19. The special assessment is to be paid in ten equal annual installments and the estimated annual rate is 25.7c per ft. frontage per year. The estimated annual rate for those immediately benefitted by the work is 5.6c per foot frontage per year. 3. A petition to the said Council will not avail to prevent its construction, but a petition against the work or the manner in which it has been undertaken, may be made, pursuant to section 10 of the Local Improvement Act, to the Ontario Municipal Board, b y a majority of the owners representing at least one- half of the value of the lots which are to be specially assessed therefor, 4. A By-law for undertaking the work will be considered by the Council at a meeting thereof to be held on the 8th day of May, 1948, or at a regular or special meeting thereof to be held thereafter. : Dated this 17th day of April, 1948. a \ | D. F. WILSON Township Clerk. ----