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anada Celebrates Queen's Birthday, Fun and Fireworks By The Canadian Press i In 1838, a year after Alexandrina ictoria ascended the British throne, an Empire holiday was es- ablished, commemorating her birth- day, May 24. ! On her death Jan. 22, 1901, the of the Empire decided to mark dward VII's birthday, but Cana- da passed a bill designating May P24 as an annual holiday in mem- ory of Queen Victoria. Continuing the tradition with irecrackers and festivity, Canad- ¥lans tomorrow celebrate the, 131st iWirthday of Victoria, By the Grace bf God, of The United Kingdom of EGreat Britain and Ireland, Queen, fender of the Faith, Empress of ndia. A parallel with Victoria Day is held elsewhere in the Common- vealth:as Empire Day, no longer a eneral holiday. Founded by an An- ter, Ont., woman, Mrs. Clement- a Fessenden, Empire Day was irst celebrated in 1899 with the fQueen's approval. It was adopted the United Kingdom in 1902. 8% While the rest of the British *world holds Empire Day tomorrow, fin Canada it is observed on the last school day preceding Victoria (Day, this year being May 23. 2 At Queen Victoria's coronation in $1838 the Turkish ambassador is i said to have muttered: "All this for i a woman!" Had he been able to res foresee this lasting tribute to her- iself and the perpetuation of her reign in the hearts of a nation | whose birth and early growth took place during her reign, he would be even more astounded. Growth of Empire Victoria's reign -- the longest in. 8 British history -- saw wide devel- i opment and colonization of the Em- pire and great extension of her power on land and sea. She be- came Empress of India. From a gy of scattered colonies, sparse- settled and restless, there grew the Dominion of Canada. At her death, the last scattered shots of the Boer War echoed the birth- pangs of the Dominion of South Africa. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, son of George III of Great Britain, Victoria's prospects at birth of becoming Queen were not great. Her uncle, afterwards George IV, was Regent. He died and was succeeded by his brother, William IV. When William died, his 18-year-old nieces, Victoria, was the sole surviving child of four sons of Geirge III. - Victoria's reign lasted 63 years. Not only did she consolidate her throne to head the greatest empire the world had ever known, but she captivated her subjects and won the awe of such boundary-makers as Bismarck and her own politi- cians such as Gladstone and Dis- raeli, Shortly before he died, William William died, his 18-year-old niece, "...a good woman and a good queen. It will touch every sailor's heart to have a girl queen to fight for. They'll be tattooing her face on their arms, and I'll be bound theyll think she was christened for Nelson's ship." How true his words were has been established by history. Tomor- row Canadians will celebrate at least one holiday whose implications are well realized, one symbolic of the golden age of British imperial- ism, during which British North America [.ecame the first of the Dominions, OSHAWA CHADBURN SQUADRON No. 151 R.C.A.C. By LAC. John Steffen Tuesday was Inspection Night for the cadets at Rotary Park with Squadron Leader R. F. Lawlor of the Central Training Command the Inspecting Officer. After the Cére- monial Drill was over S/L Lawlor presented four' cadets with their wings. The cadets were W.O. 2 Ross Bishop, F/S Don Fish, L.A.C. Wes Ogden and former cadet Stan Eas- son. Bishop, Fish and Easson pass= ed their wings test in 47 while Og- den passed his in 49. Squadron Leader Lawlor com- mended the cadets on their fine showing during the drilling, and al- so the officers for the fine job of training the cadets in the short time they had before inspection. ficers were shown the new quarters of the Squadron and were then tak- en to S/L Beals' home where they could discuss the evening in private. As soon as the officers left the can- teen was open and all the cokes were given out free, so that at the end of the night seven cases had almost been finished. During this time dancing had taken over and the winners of the 'dances were Al Shortt, Bob Ross and Jim Tonkin. About eleven o'clock the sandwiches were given out with a small section of the cake as F/S Shortt's. knife blade was only one inch long. About eleven o'clock the hall was closed and left to be cleaned up on Thurs- day. On Thursday night the cadets cleaned up the hall and then played a game of basketball. After basket- ball the record player was tuned up and about a cose of cokes were sold. The list of cadets going to camp at Aylmer now has risen to 17. It has also been learned that the cadets will be bunked in barracks instead of tents as was the case last year. From now on the meetings will be on Tuesday night only, no. uni- forms need be worn from now to camp and all Great Coats can be turned in. To all cadets who have not shown up on parade for some length of time. If the uniforms are not turn- ed in immediately legal action will be taken to recover the same as they are needed by the cadets who are just joining the Squadron and who would like a fitting uniform. During the time from now to camp the Tuesday nights will be taken up with some drilling, basketball, boxing, and shooting now that we have received some 1,500 targets to shoot at, Sunday the cadets meet at Ross' Corners where they were taken to the Airport for Air Cadet Day. For the first hour the cadets were busy looking over the planes and taking pictures. At two o'clock the cadets went through some Ceremonial were broken off after their.names Drill on the tdr mat, then "they were taken for flying. Three of the cadets who have been flying regularly at the airport took the cadets up for about fifteen minutes each. The three cadets were Alan Fulton, Ross Bishop and Don Fish. Food was found at the canteen with most of the cadets going and eat- ing before flying which is not good business as Ford will tell you. About six o'clock most of the cadets hav- ing seen all the sights jumped into the truck and were transported to their home district by Ross Bishop. All in all the day was a big suc- cess for the cadets as it gave some of them their first ride in a plane. CHARGED ADMISSION Vancouver, May 23--(CP) --Pol- ice Chief Walter Mulligan said Monday night his department has "several" witnesses and two detec- tives who will testify they were charged admission to hear an ad- dress by the "Red Dean" of Canter- bury here Sunday night. He said application will be made to the Attorney-General for a fiat to al- low prosecution of a member of the Vancouver Peace Assembly, spon- sors of Very Rev. Hewlett Johnson, for selling tickets on Sunday in violation of the Lord's Day Act. Leeds, England -- (CP) -- Just before a mother of newly-born triplets died she whispered what she would like them to be named. Warrington, Lancashire, England --(CP)--Police Constable Norman Scott and Policewoman Constance Ashton were married here recently. Coming Here on Friday Night Gracie Fields, the inimitable entertainer, is here seen as she Arrived' by air' at Vancouver to give her series of concerts in at the Osh city. . She is due to Arena on Friday evening of this week, when a Sapaiy audience is likely fo give her a warm welcome. --T1.CA. Photo. v0 OSHAWA bi ning The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle THE DAILY TIMES GAZE WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 120 vv OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1950 PAGE THIRTEEN Enjoy Weekend in New York. Prior to leaving Oshawa early Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ashby, 910 Simcoe Street North, receive their tickets and itineraty from James Hare of the Industrial Fair Committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Ashby identified the "Mystery Voice" at the Industrial Fair. The lucky couple won a free week-end trip to New York City via Trans-Canada Airlines when While in New York Mr. and Mrs. Ashby stayed at the Hotel Taft, returning to Toronto on the last flight from New York yesterday, Early Grain Is Showing On Prairies Winnipeg, May 23 -- Early-sown grain 'is showing through the ground in some districts of South- western and West-central Sas- katchewan and of South-western and East-central Alberta, it is learned in the weekly crop report of the Canadian Pacific Railway's agricultural department released here Thursday. In Manitoba, even in the areas outside the 500,000 acres of farm land under water in the flood, un- settled weather has delayed seed- ing operations. which are from 30 to 50 per cent finished in the oth- er two prairie provinces with the showings of early grain. Saskatchewan now has 30 per cent of its wheat seeded as against a percentage of 88 per cent in at this time last year. In Alberta half the wheat crop is in now and last year it was 83 per cent sown at Mid-May. Oats and barley seeding is even further back with 12 per cent of the crop in this year for Saskatche- wan as against last year's per- centage of 72 per cent at this time; Alberta's showing in this regard is 27 per cent sown now, 64 per cent in 1949. Manitoba flood news in the re- port includes the estimate that about 2,000 farms are affected and of the acreage under water 375,000 to 400,000 acres would normally be sown to cereal crops and 100,- 000 to 125,000 acres put in grasses, alfalfa, sugar beets, sunflowers, Peace River country in Northern Alberta is happy about subsurface moisture which is termed excel- lent and seeding is now general there with 30 per cent of the wheat in and some coarse grains sown, Holding of livestock losses to a minimum is the bright spot re- corded on the Manitoba picture, but it is noted that causalties among the province's poultry flocks have been high. News Notes From Haydon District MRS. HILDA CROSSMAN Correspondent Haydon, May 22--MTr. Jack Histed, Hamilton; Mr. Kenneth Rundle, Mrs. Hilda Moon and family, Sal- em, called on Mr. and Mrs. Jack Potts, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D, Fontiona and Mrs. Fontiona, Toronto, Spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs, A. Mc- Neil. Mr. and Mrs, Bert Ashton and family, Toronto, visited with rela- tives in the village over the week end, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Graham were Sunday visitors at Mr. L, Graham's, Sunday School and church ser- vice were withdrawn on Sunday on account of Anniversary Services at Tyrone and Enniskillen. A number ffom here attended the Anniversary Service at Enniskillen in the afternoon. In the evening several went to Tyrone to hear Rev. A. M. Wooten of Ajax, a former minister on this circuit. Practice will start on Sunday morning for the Sunday School Anniversary, which will be held on Sunday, June 25. There will be a special collection taken up at the church service on Sunday for the flood victims of Winnipeg. MY. and Mrs. Charlie Garrard were in Oshawa on Friday even- ing, attending the twentieth Wed- ding Anniversary of Mr. dhd Mrs. Harold Gay. Mrs. T. Cowling and Wayne Blackburn enjoyed a trip to Nia- gara Falls on Sunday. Miss June Anderson 'spent the week end at her home in New Tor- onto. The .public school pupils are busy Few Return To Europe Ottawa, May 23 (CP).--For every European refugee who has gone back behind the iron curtain nearly 15 have come to the western countries to start a new life, the Commons Committee on External Affairs was told Monday night. Canada alone, in accepting 80,600 persons rooted out of their homes by Nazi Germany, nearly doubled the 40,000 to 45,000 who left the displaced person camps to, go back to original homes behind the cur- tain. The figures were given by A. D. P. Heeney, Undersecretary of State for External Affairs. They were termed striking by M. J. Coldwell, C.CF. leader, and significant of the feeling of the people caught in one of the frontlines of the cold war, particularly in view of Russian attempts to get them back. But at the same time Mr. Heeney reported that there still is a "hard core" of 292,800 in Interna- tional Refugee Organization camps getting ready for their musical fes- tival in the latter part of May. Mr. Morris Bell, Lindsay, was a Sunday visitor with W. Blackburn. in Europe and no definite decision has been made about the handling of the problem when the IR.O. comes to an end next spring. The western countries have absorbed more than 720,000. The committee also: 1. Heard Mr. Heeney say secur- ity arrangements for departmental secret material at home and abroad are getting a lot of attention .and are "reasonably good." 2, Adjourned discussion of a proposal were absent. The com- international joint commission to testify about the Manitoba floods largely because advocates of the proposal were amsent. The com- mission was asked to study flood control of the Red River two years ago. 3. Was told by Mr. Heeney that Russian revaluation of the ruble may double the costs of Canada's Moscow Embassy, now roughly $185,000 a year. NEW AGREEMENT Toronto, May 23--(CP) A new agreement between the Photo- Engravers Union (AFL) and six Toronto employers was signed Mon- day, providing a-$5 weekly pay in- crease this year and an additional $3 next year, This brings the weekly scale to $90 a week for 37'2 hours this year and $93 next year. The union shortly will open negotiations for new contracts with rotogravure plants and newspaper publishers. OPENS ON Wednesday ® Large Swimming Pool ! ® Picnic Grounds! ® Refreshment Booth, Etc. renovation. COME! AND HAVE FUN! SUMMERVILLE PARK MAY 24th Our large swimming pool "has now undergone a complete Admission . . . 15¢ West On Switzer Drive North Oshawa U.S. Troops For Foreign Countries Washington, May 23-- (AP)--Some responsible United States officials said today the Truman administra- tion is giving no thought to the idea of bolstering the defences of any of the North Atlantic countries with American troops. Aside from the arrangement by which B-29 bombers are stationed in Britain, no such reinforcement has been proposed by any of the western powers, a reporter was told. Vice-President Alben Barkley suggested in a New Orleans address that the time might come when "American occupation forces" may be sent to other countries. Later he explained what he had in mind was a possible request for troops from some of the other 11 coun- tries in the North Atlantic pact to round out their defences. Other officials, who declined to be quoted by name, were inclined to view Barkley's suggestion as specu- lation on the future, advanced on his own responsibility. They saw it as based on the troubled state of western relations with the Soviet bloc and the military assistance the US. already is giving Western European and other non-Commu- nist countries. There has been no hint that the matter came up for action or ser- ious consideration at the London meeting of the North Atlantic council this month. Public disclos- ures of the defence planning have indicated the U.S. is being looked to in the western line-up for air and naval power and for munitions rather than manpower. Should American forces be sent to other countries in a future em- ergency, informed authorities be- lieve it would be under a special arrangement like that by which the B-29 squadrons in Britain help safeguard the continent, as well as Britain, against aggression. American occupation forces -in Germany now have that primary role, High Commissioner John J. McCloy noted yesterday. He said in a speech at Hanover, Germany, that "British, French and Ameri- can troops in this country (Ger- many) are no longer primarily an occupying force, but a force de- fending Germany and Europe against a revival of dictatorship and oppression." . Attempting To Settle Rail Dispute Washington, May 23 (AP).--The federal government began union- management conferences today seeking to avert a strike due June 1 on 10 Western United States railroads. i The Switchmen's Union of North America has threatened a walkout of 6,000 members in vital yard service on the lines, operating west of Chicago. The union is demanding a 40- nour week with the same pay now received for a 48-hour week. It also wants time-and-a-half pay for Saturday work and double time for Sunday work. Similar demands were won last September by 1,000,000 members of 17 non-operating rail unions, who bésides getting 48-hour pay for 40 hours work, also obtained a seven- cent hourly rate increase on top of that. Chairman Francis A.O'Neill, Jr, of the National Mediation Board called representatives of western railroads and the Switchmen's Union together at 11 am. EDT. Daniel P. Loomis, chairman of the Western Carrlers Conference Committee, headed the manage- ment negotiators and Arthur J. Glover, president of the Switeh- men's Union, the labor side. Loomis' group has accused Glover of making "a reckless drive for prestige" in seeking to get the 40- hour week for switchmen . more quickly than two other unions. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors also have the same de- mands, but they are presenting their case to a fact-finding board named by President Truman. The Trainmen's Brotherhood represents most of the 900,000 switchmen in the rail industry. 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