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PAGE TWENTY THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1950 I Russies Face Big Troubles "As Home Shortage Grows Canadian Press Correspondent Sydney, Australia, Oct. 23 (CP). -- Australia has a shortage of 250,000 homes for a population of about 8,000,000. And the population is growing every year at the rate of 125,000 by natural increases and another 200,000 immigrants. +. But Australia is building homes i at the rate of only about 60,000 a #. . year. The housing shortage has led a to all kinds of family tragedies and » - black market abuses, b= " Most familiar of the:rackets is 'key money," a cash payment for the key of an empty house or apart- ment. The practice is illegal, but it's common, The Sydney Sun recently publish- ed an article by a correspondent who had advertised a flat for rent. He received 600 applications from all sorts of people. Bribes Are Cited They pleaded, begged, cajoled, promised bribes, offered to paint, renovate, care for the flat "as if it were our own," offered rewards and presents, Some mad® the sky the limit in rent and made vague references to that postwar phenomenon -- the "key." Others were candid on the key. "Willing to pay £100 for the key, mum's the word," said one unhappy applicant. Almost all the letter stressed the buoyant incomes of their respective families (half of the couples were both working and described them- selves as business couples), Three-quarters of the applicants said they neither smoked, drank, kept late hours, gambled, had parties, or, as one man put it, "troubled with no vices at all." Bookie Advice Offered One applicant stressed that she | hal "relatives in Parliament" and a bookmaker's wife promised that her husband's professional advice "would mean a steady income for ou." One in every four of the letters was from a couple getting married in the next few weeks and without a home to go to after the honey- moon, . Wrote one young man: "We will be back from our honey- moon at the end of November. Be- lieve me, it is not a very pleasant feeling to have nowhere to take your future bride. Please help us make a start in life ..." There were over 100 like him, telling stories of postponed wed- dings, years of engagements . . . waiting, waiting, waiting. i "We are genuine people and des- perate" wrote one young wife. "We live in one little room and don't mind what rent we have to pay to get away from this misery. After being married for five years, I still answer ads every week ..." Wayward U.S. Tank Floats To Sea, Then Back Again By HAL BOYLE With the U.S. 1st Cavalry Divi~ sion, Korea, Oct. 23 (AP)--Hear now the tale of an American tank that floated out to sea -- and float- ed back again! The truant tank went away for a day while it was being ferried across the Yesong River near Kae- song during the United States 7th Cavalry Regimen"s march on the North Korean capital of Pyong- yang. Engineers had improvised a ferry by putting planking across six large rubber pontoon boats. "The first tank they rolled on it was a 37-ton Sherman," said Capt. Art Westburg of Washington, D.C. Mooring Cables Snap "No sooner was it on the ferry than the mooring cables snapped. There is an 18-foot tide differential in the river that creates an 8-to-10- knot current. It took hold of the ferry and off it floated down stream." : Besides the crew ot five surprised tankmen there were several chagrin- ed engineers and about 15 frighten- ed South Korean laborers aboard. The waterborne tank rode ma- jestically down the mcuth of the river into the estuary and out to sea. Along the way it passed a shoreline and several! small islands still held by the enemy. The startled Reds took a long un- believing look at this unusual tar- get and then joyously began bang- ing away at it with mortars and machine guns. Before a Navy tug could arrive to recapture it, the sea decided to re- turn the footloose ferry itself. It floated through the estuary and up the river, still bowing its gun grandly. The entrenched Reds on the banks and hill must have rubbed their eyes at this second chance at the strange target. They opened fire again. Shortly after nightfall the tides gently grounded the ferry about 150 feet from the point where it had begun its brief odyssey ITALIAN TRACTORS FOR UK, The" Fiat Motor Company qf Italy is now exporting 50 and &J brake horsepower tractors to thy United Kingdom where they ha undergone successful tests on type. al British farming jobs. A British importing firm has an establisMed| dealer agency which will specialize in parts and service for the Italian tractors. OIL DRUM CAUSES MISHAP London, Ont,, Oct. 25 ~~ (CP) -- An oil drum which fell from a truck caused $400 damage Tuesday when it landed in front of a car driven by Mrs. Olive Knightley of Windsor. The drum fell when Gerald Spencer of Northbrook, nea Peterborough, swung off a side road onto No. 2 highway. ... Their Despair YOUR Afjai es] eo... Don't Let Them Down!! Yes! There are many people right in our own city of Oshawa today who are in desperate need of both financial and moral | GENEROUSLY to the Greater Oshawa Community Chest! assistance. They are the aged . . . the sick . . . the unemployed . . . the crippled. Yes! It's hard to believe, but thay might be your own next door neighbor . . . and they might be too proud to ask for help! However, it's our duty as good neighbors and citizens to do all we can to help those organizations who will in turn make it their business to look after these needy cases. Don't say that YOU can't help . . . because someday YOU might be in the same position as those who need your help today . «+ so please remember that slogan . . . "Do As You Would Be Done By"... and Give Generously to the Greater Oshawa Community Chest. | | $102,500 IS NEEDED! Mail or Bring Your Donations To:-S.T. HOPKINS, 37 King St. E. Oshawa This Appeal is Sponsored By The Following Garages & Service Stations of Oshawa HACKNEY MOTOR SALES 139 KING ST. WEST PHONES 503-3248 RAY BENNETT MOTOR LTD. 637 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH PHONE 4972 BRAMLEY MOTOR SALES 1271 SIMCOE ST. NORTH PHONE 5505 H ia? N 9Al133VS AWW ira4 CLIFF MILLS MOTOR LTD. 266 KING ST. WEST PHONE 4750 CRANFIELD MOTOR SALES 650 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH ¢ PHONE 355 CROSSMAN MOTOR SALES 1022 SIMCOE ST. NORTH PHONE 4200 A i BARNARD MOTORS 955 DUNDAS ST. WEST WHITBY PHONE 2358 LEVERNE CLARKE SERVICE STATION 117 SIMCOE ST. NORTH : PHONE 5540 B. F. GOODRICH STORES 275 KING ST. EAST PHONE 247