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THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE : PAGE NINETEEN df UREAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 MOVE TOFIGHT WAVE OF CRIME INS. AFRICA .. Johannesburg (CP) -- Authori- ties -here-are-considering methods | for combating the alarming in- crease in crimes in the Johannes- burg gold reef area. Criminal acts of violence were responsible for 2544 deaths in the Union of South Africa last year. These included murder, culpable homicide, infanticide, faction fighting and public violence. An average of more than one person a day was stabbed to death in the reef area last year, in addi- tion to the "usual"' toll through shooting and assault. "The incidence of serious crime in the union has increased by 280 per cent between 1941 and 1950," a police official stated. A startling fact is that African women, as well as African men, are making increasing use of knives to settle their petty differ- ences, to commit robberies, and to make a show of force. A few years ago legislation was fines: to curb this type of law- Governo | greeted him with guns, knives and ness. Knives with fixed blades, ggers, and pocket knives with Governor of Maraniao, Brazil, Eugenio de Barros, his wife, two daughters and a son are shown as they took refuge in a huddle on the floor of the "Lions' Palace" in Sao Luis when a rebel force of thousands Four persons were killed in the demonstration and about twenty others were wounded. The opposition con- tends that the governer won the election by throwing out thousands of ballots. r Gets Emphatic Reception clubs on his return after a federal tribunal had confirmed his election. --Central Press Canadian. blades over a certain length were declared dangerous weapons, and banned. : Ever since then the police have kept a special look-out for such weapons -- but the number of crimes involving the use of the knife has increased remarkably since 1941. DISCUSS PENALTIES The main subject of discussion at the conference will be the question of penalties for crimes of violence. Flourishing African shebeens (il- legal drinking dens), and the "Tsotsi," "Russian," and other gangs have played a big part in Hiker Wants Buddy For Global Walk Dublin (CP) -- James Emerson of Toronto, a former merchant sea- man who says he has always had Town Evacuated As Fire Spreads the "hobo instinct," is looking for the increasing number of stabbing | somebody to accompany him 8, a cases. : 10) ound-the-wor v In so far as "Tsotsi" and "ij. | S0POSEd Hunivhewo. Racy sian' gangs are goncerned, many | of their victims and eyewitnesses | c. .cred that interested persons Y suacks wil oo come forward | gpouig write a Dublin address. He " 3 A {says he has already received sever- forte win Cham alanees. OU" el | ai esters including one trom a 14- very good. We will continue to the | Y6ar-0ld boy. best of our ability to bring the | Emerson hopes to travel to Can- criminals to book," said a police ada by way of France, Algiers and In newspaper interviews, Emer- | EB 6 3 pa gla i Aerial Tram Built At Front Line This is Korea's longest elevated railway system and it was built in | spite of heavy Communist sniping and mortar fire. A U.S. engineering | division built it to carry supplies and men to the top of Hill 1073, which commanded a wide radius of ground held by Communists. Each load | lifted by aerial tram took six minutes as compared to a four-hour back- | breaking climb. At top ammunition is loaded on the tram for the guns on the crest of the hill. The warriors enjoy the ride, above, are fre- Button Wager Brings Flood London (Reuters) -- When Con- servative Col. Alan Gomme-Dun- can told voters Saturday he would would bet one pound ($3) to a trouser button his party will win the election Oct. 25, he never thought anybody would take him up on ft. Today the member Perth has more buttons, people all over Britain, than he knows what to do with, : But the game politician said he will pay up if the Labor govern- ment gets a majority of one or for East from | | more. If both major parties finish event he's going tp return the but- tons. J OPEN POST OFFICE Welland (CP) Postmaster- {General Rinfret Wednesday asked for unity, with submergence of sectional interests, for the com- mon good. He spoke at the official opening of Welland's new post of- fice building. Mrs. Humphrey Mitchell, widow of the late Labor minister and one - time Liberal member of parliament for Wel- land, cut a ribbon officially to open the $500,000 building. All of Canada's 10 provinces are touched by sea water except Sas- katchewan and Alberta. dition like new i PN ~ 1950 FORD 2 TON PICK-UP, just broke i 1949 DODGE guarantee 1948 CHEVROLET SEDAN, heater and radio . . . white wall tires. We know our price is above the average but a trial wil convince you that this car represents good value. New car 1940 DODGE SEDAN, Chrysler re-manufactured motor + « « body and interior immaculate quently the target -of sniper fire, but they consider it safer than walking. | --Central Press Canadian 20 OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM SISSON'S GARAGE 1 MILE SOUTH OF ORONO -- HIGHWAY 35 v official. | North Africa. He left his ship in 'An unfortunate aspect, however | London and has worked for some | Flames and dense smoke of the raging forest fire, which spread 19 is that the number of policemen | time in the Channel Islands earn- | miles in less than 12 hours, can be seen in this airview (top) taken : | ing money for the trip. | a short time before the leaping flames began eating into the homes per Fopulaiion has been dropping 3 nor -- ig -- he won the | °f the logging town of Forks, Wash. At right of photo, vehicles, with unofficial titl f checkers _ | their lights on, speed on the road towards the town away from the Cal S pion of 8 Jie of hackers sham. | burning forest. Fire started in the Olympic national forest, 19 miles money fro ircu: na; t. north of Forks, near the northwestern tip of the state of Washington, pi 5 {Ton gp Jor No loss of life or serious injuries have been reported. Calgary (CP) -- The last of Cal- gary's street - cars has been haul- a given period. ed into the country. 'Seeks CBC Debate Once Calgary had 87 of the old bn Moral Standards rattlers. Now they have been re-| -- placed by new trolley coaches. The | Toronto (CP)-- A CBC debate on street - cars are scattered. | moral standards is proposed by Two weer put at the entrance to | the United Church Observer in its Bowness park, one as a shelter | current issue. and the other as a refreshment| The church paper editor, Rev. A. booth. J. Wilson, in an editorial ebjects Some were dismantled for spare (to a series of Wednesday night | parts. Five others were burned in programs given by a group of | a car-barn fire. | psychiatrists. He writes that CBC | Most were sold for $125 each programs which challenge accept- | after steel parts were stripped off. [ed standards of right and wrong They are used as boys' craft rooms, | should be presented in the form of hunting lodges, summer shelters |a debate in which the lecturer can for campers and living quarters in |be answered at once. oilfields. Dr. Brock Chisholm, head of the @one are allowed within the city [world health organization and hits. former Canadian deputy health minister, and Dr. Ewen D. Came- {ron .are among the outstanding | psychiatrists taking part in the Windsor, Ont. (CP) -- This city | series. plans to go ahead with completion | eta e---------- of details for the visit of Princess ASSIST/ NT TO PEARSON Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin-| Ottawa (CP)-- Alfred Pick, 38, burgh, it was announced today. The | of Montreal, head of the External plans will be drawn up so that |Affairs Department's Com mo n- | Windsor will be ready if and when |w ea lth division has been named | the royal couple make the tour, special assistant to External Af-| which has been postponed for at fairs Minister Pearson. He will] least two weeks. |replace D. V. LePan,. 37, of To- | Fe) Ae Eek NOW AT YOUR GROCERS! 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