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- SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1948 "THE DAILY T IMES-GAZETTE ae tgs ++ PAGE THREE Revise Rent C ------------ Debate on Prices Brings Suggestion To Ease Austerity 8y GEORGE RONALD Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, June 25-- (CP) --Prices are still the big issue as the Commons hustles down the home stretch of a' session marked by bitter criticism of the government's financial policies. Debate on the Prices Committee's report is scheduled today. The report urges the government to take the sting out of its austerity measures and to do something to reduce the rising cost of living. Tabled Friday by Health Minister Martin, committee chairman, it may touch off a full-scale devate when he moves concurrence. Finance Minister Abbott's last-g minute supplementary estimates in- 'clude $50,000 to meet the expenses of a prices commission suggested by the committee. He said he recommended the vote because he has little doubt the Com- mons will adopt the suggestion. Other steps which the committee 'said should be considered by the government: 1. Removal of last November's emergency excise taxes on '"com- modities in common use." 2. Removal of the prohibition on import of fruits and vegetables, 3. Reimposition of individual price controls and temporary subsidies where it is clear that hardship will otherwise result. 4. Consideration of the Canadian supply position and the interests of producers and consumers" before re- oval of embargos prohibiting ex- port of foods from Canada. 5. Revision of rent-control regula- tions to remove hardship in certain cases. y Prior to the tabling of the report, Mr, Abbott told the house the gov- ernment believes it will be possible to allow certain fruits and veget- ables to come into the dominion un- der quota "toward the end of 1948." The excise taxes, imposed as part of the austerity program, cover a wide range of durable consumer goods ranging from automobiles to electrical appliances, Some are straight 25-per-cent taxes; others raised existing 10-per-cent levies to 25 per cent, The cpmmittee recommended two straight-from-the-shoulder counter- measures: taxation of unreasonable fits and amendment of existing islation, if necessary, to permit action in cases involving "flagrant profiteering at the congumer's ex- pense." These "conclusions" also were re- gorded: : 1. The committee was impressed by the importance of the combines fnvestigation commissioner in pre- venting practices tending to increase prices. . 2. Terms of business incorporation under the Companies Act should provide for a uniform system of ac- counting. 3. The Companies Act should be amended to provide for more com- plete disclosure of inventory reserves in computing profits. 4. Co-operation of the provinces will be needed in dealing with prices because, in the long run, constitu- tional difficulties may arise through federal operations in the field. 5. The Domiinon Bureau of Sta- tistics should publish periodically an analysis of the division of the con- sumer dollar. It should also publish total sales, operating income and net profits of principal industries, 6. The only permanent solution to the problem of high prices is in- creased production, hurchill Gives His Cane to Amp London, June 26--(26) -- News pgent Matt Ayton of Attleborough, Norfolk, who lost a leg in the first world war, was having a special [imb fitted when Winston Charch- I Snarying a cane, visited the hos- "You have a special limb and walk without a stick?" Church- asked, "Yes," sald Matt, "but I'd like that cane." - "Here are my hand, my heart and my stick, said Churchill, "Look af- ter it. Its been all over the world with me." : . '% Coming Events STRAWBERRY SOCIAL AT THE HOME of Mrs. E. 8. Dafoe, 567 Simcoe St. North, in aid of Northminster Church Building Fund, on Tuesday, June 29, from 3 to 7. Admission 3 he. ( VARCOE'S REFRESHMENT STAND 1S now open; 3 miles east of Oshawa, . 2 Highway. (1580¢) WBERRY TI AT THE REC- tory, 30 Fairbank Street, Tuesday, June 29, from 2:45 p.m. Auspices Holy Trinity W.A. Price, 25c. FOR (150a) NCE. PROCEEDS MAPLE Grove softball team. Geneva Park, Wednesday, June 30, 8 pm. (150a) Successful Picnic Held At Pretoria Simcoe Street United Church Sunday School held its annual pic- nic at Camp Pretoria on Thursday, June 24. After a good hearty supper the sports were run off and the win- ners were as follows: Girls: 4, 5 and 6--Susan Thomp- son, Janeth Jobb. Boys: 4, 5 and 6--Billy Jackson, Bobby Cox. Girls: 7 and 8--Patsy Deyo, Beth Fraser. Boys: 7 and 8--Donny Jackson, John Wilson. Girls: 9 and 10--Cynthia McVei- | ty, Margaret Thompson.) Boys: 9 and 10--Bill Thompson, John Reardon. Girls: 11 and 12--Barbara Elcock, Sandra Thompson. Boys: 11 and 12--Kenneth Ed- wards, Donald Wilson. Girls: 13 and 14--Shirley God- frey, Alice Reardon. Boys: 13 and 14--Douglas McDou- gall, Eric Magill. Boys: 15 and 16--Grant Steven- son, Wayland Drew. Ladies' Race--Pat Jackson, Peg- gy Snowden, tie; Mrs. Dr. M. Mor=- ris. Boys: Open Sack Race--Douglas McDougall, Weyland Drew. Girls: Open Sack Race--Margar- et Thompson, Betty Clarke. Novelty Race for Teachers and Officers--Mr. and Mrs. Alf Higes, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Britten. Novelty Race (open) -- Ronald Clarke. Men's Race -- Alf Higgs. A peanut scrqmble brought this very succesful picnic to a close, . Field Day Prizes Awarded At King Street At 2 pm. yesterday the pupils of King Street Public School assem- bled for the distribution of Field Day prizes. The silver trophies and crests are awarded each year to the winners in the various classifica- tions. Roy Larmer won the Silver Tro- phy for the Grand Champion with 14 points. The cup was presented by Clarke Hubbell, who also made the donation. Other Silver Trophy winners and their classification were, Joyce Bland, Senior Girl Champion, Margaret Haines, Inter- mediate, Elaine Richards, Junior, and David Disney, Midgets. These cups were presented by Miss E, M. Holmes, Principal, with tthe excep- tion of the Midget award which was presented by Clarke Hubbell Crest winners, with nine and ten points were, Sinclair Donnelly, Bill Williams, Larry Steffen and Jim Reid. Pupils who won in the Mid- get events were presented with cho- colate bars previously. Families of Fallen Get Memorial Crosses Ottawa, June 26--(CP)--A grim, proud reminder of Canada's war- time valor was echoed in Ottawa Friday night with the announce- ment that 51,750 Memorial Crosses have been sent to the mothers and widows of men who died on active service. ' Of this number, 2,385 were issued ta next-of-kin of Navy men, 28517 of those of Army casualties and 20,- | 848 to loved ones of R.C.AF. her- oes. REPORT ON FAIR Members of the Oshawa Rotary Club, at their luncheon meeting on Monday will review the activities and success of Rotary Fair. The speaker. will be Rotar Walter Branch, chairman of the Fair Com- mittee. ATTENTION FARMERS We are paying the "highest prevdiling prices for Dead or Crippled Farm Animals HORSES « CATTLE HOGS Telephone Collect for Immediate Service GORDON YOUNG LIMITED TORONTO, ADELAIDE 3636 Er TT | featuring Fredgie Stewart and June ontrol, End Excise Tax, Martin Rep 1 ort Asks o 4 . air A L D. Disney, J. Reid and L. Steffen. and J. Bland. Win King Street Field Day Prizes whl Winners of the King Street School field day prizes are shown here. Back row, left to right, M. Haines, Front row, left to right, E. Richards, R. Larmer, B. Williams, D. Donnelly --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Ontario Motor Sales Picnic Big Success tor Sa Limited, w: and their families in attendance. The afternoon was spent in swimming, races and ball games, followed by a picnic supper begin- ning at 6:00 pm. The prize-winners are listed as follows: Girls, 11-16 years--Ann Clement, Grace McLaren. 4 Boys, 11-16 yrs.--Nick Chasewis- ki, Don Clark. Girls' potato & spoon Eli- zabeth Stafford, Harriett iffith. Boys' potato & spoon race--Roy Pearse, Les Eveniss. Ladies' find your own shoes race --Anne Gravelle, Elaine Willson, Thelma Yourkevich, Men's find your own shoes race --Jim Souch, Tony Harrison, Peter Willson. Ladies' kick shoes race--Harriett Griffith, May Clement. Men's kick shoes race--Ken Sum- ersford, Spike Yourkevich. Boys' three-legged race -- Roy Pearse and Norm Raike; Bob Shearer and Spike Yourkevich. Wheelbarrow race--Joe Kovacs and Bob Tremble; Bob Shearer and Spike Yourkevich. Ladies (single)--Joan Tennyson, Grace McLaren. Ladies' three-legged race--Elaine Willson and Joan Tennyson; Grace McLaren and Ann Clement. Men (single)--Norman Breay and Nick Chasewiski. Men (married)--Roy Pearse, Ken Sumersford. Ladies (married)--Elaine Will- son, Ruth McLaren, Girls' swimming race -- Elaine Willson, Dorothy Tremble. Boys' swimming race--Bob Trem- ble, Stan Willson. Horse shoe contest (Pete Good- child supervising) --Roy Pearse and Roy Fields; Les Eveniss and Jim Laurie. Softball game--2nd & 3rd floor vs. 1st floor--25-4 for the 2nd and 3rd floor--Umpire Jack Shorie from Toronto. Special prize of one pair of sum- mer slacks donated by Henry Fa- ber Men's Wear -- won by Roy Pearse. ORIGINAL STAMP The first adhesive postage stamp of Great Britain was made in 18490, and bore a portrait of young Queen Victoria, : Migration of Said Fraught Quebec, June 26 (CP).--Untold The anna] plenje of 'Ont=tio Mo. hardships face 1,689 Canadian-born nesday afternoon, June 23, at Gen- | eva Park, with about 150 employees | Mennonites who sailed from here last night for, Paraguay to settle on | about 100,000 acres of primitive, | mosquito-infested land. Uprooted from comfortable farm homes in Manitoba, where most of their ancestors settled on migrat- ing to Canada from Russia in 1874, the group faces torrid heat, blood, sweat and possibly death before Jjourney's end. "It's mad," said B. B. Dybienski, K.C., of Winnipeg, the group's legal adviser who arranged the mass migration, details of which were one year in the making, "I have an idea there "will be deaths before they reach there. There 'are women over 80, two in wheel chairs," he said. The witwo-day "movement from Winnipeg in four special trains concluded today, Two trains and 14 freight cars, transporting 140,000 cubic feet of = baggage, arrived yesterday. The emigrants include 516 child- ren under 10 years, 51.infants and 1,122 adults. [Less than 25 per cent of the men are between 18 and 35. Dubienski described them as the Sommerfeld Mennonite community, "the most tenaciously orthodox" of the movement founded by Menno Simons during the Reformation period. Simons, a Dutchman, died in 1559. "Some of them have left beauti- ful homes and modern farms to follow the teachings of their faith," said Dubienski. "We want to live as the Bible taught us," said Henry H. Hilde- brand, one of three leaders. ally they're escaping from the mod- ern age which claimed so many of | their followers. He is leader of 750 who farmed east of the Red River. Dubienski estimated cost of the migration at $762,000. Passenger and freight rates to Quebec City totalled $56,000. The Volendam of the Holland-American Line was chartered for $381,000 to transport the group to Rio de Janeiro. It will' cost another $100,000 by rail and river boat from there to Asuncion, Paraguay, then to Villa Rica, nearest village to the new settlement--65 miles to the south- east. The land cost $225,000. From Villa_Rica they will have clear the land with oxen, then start to trek six days on foot. They will raising cotton and flax. "The six- day trek will be the backbreaker," said Dubienski, Actu- | Mennonites With Danger . Ontanio. CLOCK 1S REPLACED Toronto, June 26--(CP) -- When a pety thief stole the clock from blind John McPhies news stand he said if the customers couldn't tell whether they were on time they might hurry by and not buy a pa- per. Then ahardware merchant gave John a new clock andinow ev- eryone is happy again. ge Re op CAMP PET SHOW Camp Borden, June 26-- (CP) ~The hounds of war will wear pink ribbons come June 30. That's when the 400 camp chil- dren . will hold their pet show on Camp Borden's sports field. Entries include tadpoles and deodorized skunks, LR FIREMEN PAINT HOUSE Niagara Falls, Ont.,, June 26 -- | (CP)--Councillor William Sooth- | eran had little trouble getting men | to paint his house. In fact he got 15 of them -- the Lundy's Lane firemen. They rode to work in the fire truck and finished the job in | 2% hours, AR A 2 M. J. BARRY DIES Toronto, June 26-- (CP) Michael Joseph Barry, former official of the Catholic Order of Foresters, died Friday night. He served as the prder's High Court Trustee, chief agent for Canada and provincial secre- tary. LE a : BAD LUCK ON TRIP Toronto, June 26--(CP) -- Two youths who said they walked most of the way from Ottawa reached journey's end here Friday night. They were Jerry Paquette, 15, and John Gibson, 14. They said they set out to find berrypicking jobs in Central Ontario but the Paquette boy ran into poison ivy while walk- ing across a field. He will be in hospital four days. EXPENSIVE SEAT The highest price paid for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange was $650,000, in 1929, principals jn Hal Wallis' Technicolor ODEON-BILTMORE--John. Hodlak, Lizabeth Scott and Burt L t with luction "Desert Fury" opening a three-day engagement a more Monday on the same program with another of the tunefully fresh Teen-Agers Series Freisser along wi. ky 0 100 Ryads. Nasiding Rup 37 ne a RRP WAY UMN fs Wh The mi a i del standing behind Reformatory Police Guard Kept on Duty Toronto, June 26--(CP)-- Police stood guard today as the Mercer reformatory for women prepared for an investigation into Friday's riot by 100 shouting, kicking wo- men, ' A, R. Virgin, Director of Reform Institutions, . announced the inves- tigation. He said punishment of ringleaders would be withheld un- til the inquiry into the institution's first riot in 12 years was completed. More than 70 policemen were called to subdue the screaming wo- men, who swung chair legs and baseball bats and hurled crockery. Officials said the trouble started after a 17-year-old girl popular among the inmates, was placed in solitary confinement Thursday night for fighting with another girl. After 'breakfast the inmates staged a sit- down strike to back their demand for the girl's release from what they called "the dungeon." Police were, called to put the wo- men back in the cells of the big west-end King Street West refor- matory. The women seized fire hoses and and bowls. Most of the women had turned them on the police. Then a long-standing dislike for police- they let go with heavy plates, cups men and they scratched and bit the officers who~led them back to the cell blocks. One policeman had his thumb almost bitten off. He said that he was saved only when his assailant's false teeth failed. On the other hand, some of the women were frankly glad to see men. A good-looking officer quoted a girl as saying to him: =z "Oh, just let me hold your hand a minute. I haven't held a man's hand for so long!" Award Damages Accident Case Judge A. B. Currey yesterday awarded damages in the amount of $385.28 to Edwin A. Betson and Robert E. Nettle, both of Pickering Township, in an undefended non- jury action against Byron Brown, St. Catharines, held in = County Court and General Sessions at Whitby yesterday. Brown is alleged to have sideswip- ed Betson's car which was being Green River, and to have demolish- ed Nettle's auto in a head-on crash immediately afterwards. A. W. S. Greer, K.C.,, acted for Betson and Nettle, HOME FOR REFUGEES London--(CP)--Figures publish- ed by the International Refugee Organization show that Britain has taken in more refugees and dis- placed persons than all the other countries of the world put together. They are entering Britain at the rate of 1,500 a week. At least 70,000 have been admitted since the end of the war. LAND OF HERMITS Korea was once known as the "hermit" kingdom. -- towed along No. 7 highway near New Brunswickers (cet Two Choices At Polls Monday ranks. Liberals and Progressive é 'Woman Gets $1,500 In Damage Suit Miss Lillian Harrigan, of Brech- | in and Toronto, was yesterday | awarded $1,500 damages in County Court at Whitby as the result of an automobile accident in which she broke two vertebrae and lost two front teeth. Miss Harrigan was in- jured on December 6, 1946, in a | orash with a truck belonging to William Flood, of Huntsville, the | defendant in the action. | The jury retired at 3.40 p.m. yes- | terday afternoon and brought down their verdict one hour and 10 min- | ut-; later. They were given a slate of six questions to answer in order to fix blame for the accident, and in their answers said that Flood | was 75 per cent to blame and Alex | T. Dure, Sudbury, in whose car | Miss Harrigan was riding, 25 per | cent to blame. Judge A. B. Currey, of Manitoulin | Island, awarded Miss Harrigan 75 per cent of the jury's assessment of her injuries, inasmuch as Dure was regarded as partially responsible for the crash. The accident occurred in a heavy | fog when Dure crashed into a truck owned by Angus Dunbar while | attempting to avoid Floods truck | which was parked illegally on the left side of the road between Brechin and Gamebridge. Both Defence Counsel B. V.| Elliot, K.C.,, and counsel for the | plaintiff, A. W. S. Greer, K.C,, an- nounced that they plan no Ae from yesterday's verdict. This was the last jury trial in| the current sitting of the County Court and General Sessions. Non- jury trials will continue on Monday and the sitting is expected to finish | early next week. C.CF. HAS 31 SEATS Regina, June 26 -- (CP) -- The number of C.C.F. candidates elected | in the Saskatchewan elections rose to 31 Friday with the return of Robert Walker in the northern constituency of Hanley, last doubt- [ful seat of the 52 at stake, | -- Fredericton, June 26---(CP)--From one end of /New Brunswick to the other, voters will go to polls Monday to elect the province's 20th and largest legislature. . Voters, however, actually have only two choices in party Conseryatives are the only parties with enough standard bearers in the field to form a government in the new 52-seat house. The Liberals, with five members "already elected by acclmation, have 47 candidates in the remaining 16 constituencies. All ridings in the province are multiple, ranging from two to five seats. The Progressive Conservatives, who formed the official opposition in the house that dissolved May 18, have a total of 40 candidates. The C.C.F., previously expected to make a strong bid, had only 20 in the running when nominations clos- ed June 14. Five Social Credit as- pirants, making the party's first bid in New Brunswick, and eight ine dependents round out the slate. The 52-seat house, largest in the province since confederation, was brought about by the addition of four new seats under a partial redis- tribution. No new ridings are created as the new seats give additional represent« ation to existing constituencies. In the old 48-seat house, Liberals under 58-year-old Premier John B. McNair held 36 seats. The Con- servatives under Hugh Mackay held 11, and an Independent, one. The C.C.F. with fewer candidates in the field this time than in 1944, has never had a representative at Fredericton. The C.C.F. under Joseph Arrow= smith, who is seeking a seat in four- member Saint John City, went to the voters on a platform advocat- ing orderly marketing and stabiliz- ation of prices of agriculture and fisheries products. The Liberal manifesto featured full employment, extension of powep and highway projects and co-opera« tion with the federal government on the proposed new health program. The Conservative election plate form, most lengthy of the three, contained payment of old-age pen- sions to persons more than 65 years, of age, increased grants to hospitals and schools and reconyening of the dominion-provincial conference. Ottawa To Winnipeg 31, Hours For Jets Winnipeg, June 26--(CP)--Three De Vavilland Vampire jet fighter planes of the R.C.A.F. landed at Stevenson Field here Friday only 3% hours after taking off from Rockeliffe Airport near Ottawa. COY BIRD The Central American umbrella bird is named for a crest of black feathers which can be lowered to cover its face. 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