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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TI MES - GAZETTE he) MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1951 Deaths HAMILTON -- Entered into rest in the Oshawa Genera] Hospital on Sunday, December 23; 1951, George Hamilton, beloved husband of the late Nancy Ruth Woodcock, in his 64th year. Funeral from the Armstrong Fun- eral Home, Oshawa, on Thursday, December 27th, service 2 p.m. Inter- ment Mount Lawn Cemetery. (The family requests friends not to call the funeral home before Wednesday moon), HOLT--Entered into rest at Whitby on Sunday, December 23, 1951, Nor- man Holt, beloved son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Holt and dear brother of Charles and Elizabeth of Pickering, Frederick of Cor- bett's Point, in his 75th year. My. Holt is resting at McEachnie Funeral Home in Pickering for fun- eral service on Wednesday, Decom- ber 26 at 2.30 p.m. Interment Erskine etery. MILLER--At Oshawa General Hos- pital on Saturday, December 322, 1061, Grace Edith Miller, beloved wife of the late Albert Miller and dear mother of Mrs. Norman Wil- son (Laurene) of Port Perry; Mrs. James Rodd (Marguerite), Lloyd of Columbus; «Clayton. of Raglan; Clarence and 'Gordon of Oshawa, in her 72nd at the Robinson Funeral , Brooklin, for service on y, December 24, at 1:30 p.m. ent in Orillia Cemetery. hoy # In Memoriam ---- CINCURAK--In treasured memory «of a dear daughter and sister, Zuna Cincurak, who passed away .ssuddenly December 28, 1950. With a cheery smile and a wave of So JM .Z. her hand, She has wandered into an unknown .-+land 3 left us dreaming, how very fair eeds must be since she lingers % "there, Down here we mourn, but not in "vain, or up in heaven, we'll meet her ¥4 again. MS Ever remembered by Mother, dma, sister Annie, daughter and son Billy. HAYES--In loving memory of a dear wife and mother, Edith Ann Hayes, who p d away D b 3 1938. A silent thought, a secret tear, Keeps her memory ever dear. arty remembered by hus- band, daughter Eva, Victor and grandchildren. HAYES--In fond memory of our mother, Edith Hayes, who depart- ed this life December 26, 1938. A token of love and remembrance Of a mother we shall never forget. Her memory to us is a treasure, Her loss is a lifetime regret. --Ever remembered by Percy, Mary and the children. KADOSKI--In loving memory of our darling son Donald Kadoski, who passed away D ber' 26, 1044. A silent thought, a secret tear, Keeps his memory ever dear adly missed and ever remem- bered by mother and father. McCABE--In loving memory of my dear Son Bernard, who was killed .in Italy December 25, 1044. May he find in God's garden of Rest The pleasures he missed in life. --Sadly missed by Mother. STACEY -- In loving memory of James Harry Stacey who passed ,away on December 26, 1950. God knew that he was suffering, That the hills were hard to climb, 86 he closed his weary eyelids And whispered peace be thine. --Sadly missed and ever remem- bered by father, sisters and brothers. THURSBY--In loving memory of my ,dear husband, George Thursby, who p d away D b 2, 1946. A day of remembrance sadly re- called, Without farewell he left us all, Ta be with us in the same old way, Would be our greatest wish today. Sadly missed and always remem- bered by wife Ettie, THURSBY--In loving memory of our dear father George Thursby, who d away b 24, J 1046. Gone is the face we loved so dear, Silent is the voice we loved to hear; Too far away for sight or speech, But not too far for thought to reach. Sweet to remember him who once was here, And who, though absent, is just as dear. ~Always remembered by sons, Mervyn, Clarence and Reg. THURSBY--In loving memory of my dear father, George Thursby, who passed away December 24, 1946. I have only your memory, dear father, To remember my whole life through, But the sweetness will linger forever As I treasure the image of you. --Lovingly remembered by daugh- ter, Irene; son-in-law, Johnnie. THURSBY--In loving memory of my dear father, George Thursby, who Pp d y Di ber 24, 1046. Gone, dear father, gone forever, How we miss your smiling face, But you left us to remember. None on earth can take your place. .~Sadly missed and ever remem- bered by daughter, Helen; son-in- law; Bud, and granddaughter, Sha- ron. ®hituary| ~--Fun held here today for Jessie Ferguson Tice, widow of Jacob Tice, 92, who died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Hedges. Born near Orono, Mrs. Tice had been a resident of Hamilton for 70 years. She was a member of First United Church and one of the founders of the WMS and a |fune member of the Adult Bible . She leaves her daughter and three sons, George, Frank and Nor- man Tice. i GEORGE HAMILTON ! Following a short illness of a few ays the death occurred in the wa General Hospital on Sun- y evening, December 22, of rge Hamilton, beloved husband df the late Nancy Ruth Woodcock, in his 64th year. : + A life-long resident of Rossland West, East Whitby Township, deceased was born on October , 1888. For the past 17 years he Had been an employee of General Horns and previously was well as a butcher in Oshawa. {He was predeceased by his wife Appil 29, 1947. 'Thoy had been Re 4 in Port Perry, on May 24, [} 1013. He was also predeceased by a son, Charles Hood Hamilton, in November, 1936. Mr. Hamilton leaves to mourn his passing four daughters, Mrs, Frank Stevens (Margaret), Mrs, Arthur Recalla (Leta), and Mrs. John Manning (Evelyn), all of Oshawa, and Mrs. Bryce Young (Velma) of Ajax and one son George (Dick) Hamilton of Oshawa. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Conlin of Oshawa and Mrs, Edith Arning of Detroit; three brothers, Wiliam of Oshawa, Jo- seph of Vancouver and John of California and five grandchildren. Rev. H. A. Mellow, of Northminster United Church, will conduct the funeral service at the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 27. Inter- ment will be in Mount Lawn Ceme- tery. - The family requests friends not to call at the funeral home until Wednesday noon. MRS. ALBERT MILLER The funeral service was held at the Robinson Funeral Home, Brooldin, at 1.30 p.m. today for Grace Edith McQuay, beloved wife of the late Albert Miller, who passed away in the Oshawa General Hospital on Saturday, De- cember 22, in her 72nd year. Mrs. Miller had been in hospital for a week following e stroke. Rev. H. A, Mellow, minister of Northminster United Church, con- ducted the service and interment was in Orillia Cemetery. The pallbearers were Norman and Harold McQuay of Toronto, Norman and Clair Miller of Moon- stone, David Miller of Newmarket and Clarence McQuay of Orillia. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William McQuay, the de- ceased was born in Grey County and had lived the greater part of her life at Raglan where her husband operated the mill. She had lived with her daughter in Oshawa for two years and many years ago had lived in Orillia. She was a member of the Unit- ed Church, attending Northminster United Church in recent years. While a resident of Raglan she had been an active member of the Women's Association of the United Church. Predeceased by her husband, who was killed at the level crossing north of Raglan, about 14 years ago, Mrs, Miller is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Norman Wilson (Laurenda) of Port Perry and Mrs, James Rodd (Marguerite Isobel) of Oshawa, and four sons, Lloyd of Columbus, Clayton of Raglan and Clarence and Gordon of Oshawa. Also surviving are two brothers, Wilbert McQuay of Beeton and Robert McQuay of Barrie, NORMAN HOLT Following an illness of two fears the death occurred at Whitby on Sunday, December 23, of Norman Holt of Pickering Township, in his 75th year. A son of the late George and Holt, the deceased was oly in Fog lington Township. He had farmed in Pickering Township, near the Pickering CNR station for many years. Mr. Holt is survived by a sister, Miss Elizabeth Holt of Pickering and two brothers, Charles Holt of Pick- eriig and Frederick Holt of Cor- bett's Point. The deceased is resting at the Mg- Fachhie Funeral Home in Pickering where the funeral service will be held at 230 pm. on Wednesday, December 26. Interment will be in Muskie Cemetery, Pickering Town- p. ADOLPHUS B. GREENBANK Norwood -- A harness maker and farm machinery agent in Nor- wood for 30 years and later a far- mer Adolphus 'Bernard (Dolly) Greenbank, 84, died Thursday at his home, the Lowfield Farm in As- phodel township. Born on the homestead, he was educated at the old public school now known as the Grover Farm, and was a member of Norwood United Church. He was also a member of Norwood Royal Black Preceptory of the Orange Order. His wife, the former Lily Jane Taylor, predeceased him. Surviving are three daughters, Miss Gertrude Greenbank, Whit- by; Mrs. Joseph McLeod (Sadie), of Regina, Sask.; Mrs. Edward Hunt (Lilian), Toronto, and. one son, Ralph, at home. The Rev. H. K. Wright of Nor- wood United church conducted the funeral service at Lowfield Farm on Saturday at 2 p.m, Burial was in Norwood Cemetery. KENNETH C. MURPHY Stricken while driving in Whitby, Kenneth Court Murphy, 53, former- ly of Dummer Towaship and Nor- wood, died suddenly on Thursday at the wheel of his car. Born in Dummer township, Mr. Murphy had lived in Whitby for the past 10 years, moving there from Norwood. He was a carpenter. A son of the late John Murphy and Emma Menaitta Newham, he was educated at Lakefield, and married the former Ethel McKay, who predeceased him, He was a member of the United Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. D.. EAston (Isobel), of Peterbor- ough, two sisters, Mrs. Lilla Car- veth, of Lakefield, Mrs. G. Beckett, Mission City, BC, and three broth- ers, John Murphy, of Lakefield, William of and Stew- art of Stony Lake, . The Rev. H. J., of Lakefield, conducted the funeral service at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Kaye ral home, Burial was in Nor- wood Cemetery. MRS, HENRIETTA STAPLETON The funeral was held this morn- ing of Miss Henrietta Stapleton who died on Friday. Following the celebration of a mass in St, Gregory's Church by Rev. Paul Dwyer the cortege left the Arm- were Lack, James Lack, Joseph Lack, Rarou Mothersil] and Ed Mother- REDVERS MacDONALD ROSS Mr. Ross, who died on Thursday was buried on Saturday in the fam- ily plot in Oshawa Union Cemetery after a service conducted by the Rev. George Telford. Pall bearers were Harvey A. Ross, Donald Ross, Jack Watson, R, Hall, 8. Hall and A, 'W. Armstrong. Presents Radio, Record Player to Shelter The Oshawa Branch of the RCAF Association presented a combination radio and record player to the Children's Aid Society as a Christmas present to the children living at the home. At left is C, H. Jenkin, Tadd president of the RCAF Association and at right Charles Parkin, vice-pr Willmore (centre), Matron of the home and two of the boys were present to receive the gift. t of the A -Mrs. Ellen Don't Race Trains If You'd Live I am a locomotive engineer on one of the leading trunk railway systems of this country. I operate both steam and Diesel locomotives in both fast and local passenger service, Joe Bell writes in The Missouri Pacific Time Magazine. Let me say to the train-racers where the highway parallels the railway, "I am not racing you." I am making a speed set for by company rules and schedules, and which is limited by the I.C.C. I make high speed because the pub- lic demands it of me. It is not of my choosing. RACING FOR THRILL You are driving at a high rate of speed, in most cases, because of the thrill you get and it affords you something to tell about at the next service station, cafe, hotel lobby or beer joint at which you may stop. I have a good roadbed, heavy ballast and heavy steel rails, all on a fenced right of way. My way is lined with the latest and most effi- cient electric automatic block sig- nals which tell me the way is clear; or, if not clear, they warn me and give me plenty of time and space in which to reduce speed or bring my train to a stop. They give me the location and movement of any other trains for miles ahead in order that I may govern the move- ment of my train accordingly. I know personally most of the engineers on the other trains and I know that, in order to remain in the service, all of them are peri- odically closely examined on oper- ating rules and machinery; also, that they must undergo a physical examination covering vision, hear- ing and color perceriion, at regu- lar intervals. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN When I am to meet or pass a train I know by block signals and rules just what the other man is going to do, and vice versa. Yet, spite of all this, we do have some accidents, Now, you who: drive, don't race a train, for you have no private right of way and, in many cases, you know little or nothing of the condition of the highway. You have no signals to tell you the movement of other cars or trucks --one can pop out in front of you anywhere, anytime, without any warning at all. You haven't the least idea who is driving the cars coming toward you or moving around you; no 4 at all to tell you whether it is man, woman or child; a cripple, a drunk, a fool, a half-wit or a normal per- son. You see them coming or mov- ing, and nothing but your guess tells you what they are going to do or that they even see your car. My passengers are strangers to me. I doubt if I ever saw one of them. They climb into their berths and go to sleep, confident of their safety. TRUST CAR DRIVER Now, about your passengers. They are not strangers to you, in most cases. They are those whom you know and love; or others who are close to you. Remember, they are depending on you to drive safely. I hope you will afford them the same protection which I give to a number of strangers--they are due it. . To the drivers who try to beat the train over crossings, I have this to say: Don't do it. For a fast passenger train to clear, you would have to wait only eight to 12 seconds and for a long freight train to go by only 50 to 80 sec- Professional gamblers figure lar- gely on odds. If you try to beat a train over COAL PRCY™" TXPENSJVE Preston (C. thousands of feet of kiln-dried lumber, rolls of waxed paper and a large number of corrugated cardboard packing cases burned for 24 hours near here after two young hunters yes- terday lit a fire in a" storage building in an effort to get warm. Loss was estimated at $25,000. BURIED BY COAL, DIES Feronto (CP) -- Isaac P. Snell, 52, was smothered to death yes- terday beneath tons of coal. A Canadian Pacific Railway main- tenance foreman, Snell was work- ing in a 90-foot overhead coal shute when coal jammed around a trap door shifted, burying him, Christmas Round the World Sees War Fronts Relaxed Christians the world over, whe have failed for centuries to find the peace Christ preached, cele- brated his birthday eve today in many languages, customs and traditions. Vatican City, the Pope again made an impassioned * plea for peace. It was the pontiff's 13th Christmas message since his en- thronement. In Korea, in Europe, even behind the Iron Curtain, praises were sung for the Lord. Soldiers fight- ing in Korea and standing duty in Western Europe organized parties for the children of the countries where they themselves are for - eigners. In the Holy Land, torn by the 1948 war between Arabs and Jews, Moslem Jordan relaxed its bar- riers on the holy shrines of Christ- ianity to let pilgrims visit Beth- lehem and the old city of Jerus- alem. Jordan occupies both, but for the second straight year is letting 2500 Christians in from Israel to worship. The first of a series of Christ- mas services in the Holy Land was held yesterday in Nazareth of Galilee, where Jesus was reared. In Eurgpe, Canadian, British and United States servicemen played host to more than 250,000 needy children at hundreds of holiday parties, Soldier Goes Berserk In Local | Hotel Apparently berserk a Canadian soldier cut a path of destruction from his room in the Commercial Hotel yesterday down 'the stairs and into the lobby. He climaxed the damage when he hurled two heavy chairs through the plate glass window in the front of the lobby. Gunner Charles White, of Lon- don, a private in the army faced charges this morning of property damage and of being intoxicated. He appeared before Justice of the Peace and was remanded. Hotel authorities said today that White checked into the hostelry at about three o'clock yesterday af- ternoon. He was apparently quite normal and they made an effort to help him find some relatives' in Oshawa whom he was trying to locate. At about 7.15 o'clock, they said, the destruction began. White allegedly smashed the dresser .in his room and punched great holes in the plaster of the wall. There was blood on the walls of the room indicating that the crazed man cut his hand apparently on the glass top on the dresser. J Coming out into the hallway he knocked over an urn of flowers and worked His way down the stairs. In the lobby he threw over a flower pot, smashed a glass par- tition and generally created havoc. Before police were able to arrive and take him away the man picked up two heavy rotunda chairs and hurled them through the front window. No one was hurt but the peace of a quiet. Sunday afternoon in Oshawa was sadly shaken. a crossing you are betting eternity against those few seconds of time you might save. Eternity is a long time, and seconds and minutes place no wrinkles upon the brow. Not many months ago there lay place no wrinkles upon the brow. Not many months ago there lay at a railway crossing the terribly mangled and almost unrecogniz- able body of a young man. RAGED HIS CAR : About six seconds before that I could see the young man at the wheel, with others in the car with him. All living, breathing, normal. | wrinkl He raced his car to beat my train over the crossing, disregarding the fixed crossing signals and the warning blasts of the whistle, the bell, 'a straight beam and a swing- ing headlight shining brightly. In about two seconds I did all that 31 years of training had taught me to do to avoid striking the car, but it was impossible. Modern mechanical engineering has given us the most modern and powerful electric brakes for our trains and engines, but it is impos- sible to stop an 800 to 1,200-ton train moving at 75 miles per hour in less than several thousand feet. We can't stop in time to ayoid crossing accidents, but, Mr. 'Car Driver, you can. And you would if you had seen the broken bones, the torn flesh and the blood soaked concrete that many of us engin- eers have seen. You still have a set of brains in your head--use .them, Business Spotlight By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor An article in "Trade News,' published by the Department of Fisheries, Ottawa, says that "the excellent speckled-trout fishing in Prince Edward Island waters has long been appreciated, but the fishery has by no means been fully exploited." It also refers to a 23-acre arti- ficial pond at Montague, in King's county. These are things about which this writer has little present-day knowledge, but he thinks he should advise 'Trade News' that there was a time when the excellent trout fishing of the Montague river, to take once place on the island, was indeed exploited to the extent that it could stand exploit- ing; and that maybe the reason an artificial pond is needed there, is to get it unexploited. For there are men and women scattered over Canada and the United States who can testify to the fact that for the pre-teen and early-teen agers of ouite a few years ago, trout fishing in the Montague river was, in a man.:e- of speaking, big business. Parti- cularly, it financed their 24th of May baseball picnic. Immediately after an early - closing of school - May 23, a score, maybe two-score, kids trudged several miles up-river and fished until late afternoon, and then came back to what was then the village (now the town) of Montague, and sold their catch. For big ones they got 12 cents a dozen; for average size, 10 cents; for smaller ones, eight cents; and sometimes they were beaten down to six cents. In any event, the proceeds were enough to buy a freezer of ice- cream and whatever other supplies their modest wants dictated. There was a those days, too, a natural one and only a few knew' apout i, us we liked to think. There, indeed, was the meeting place of trout, No trout would think of going down river without dropping in; and probably none would think of going up without a visit -- though it is the down- going ones which the writer remembers best. 10-cent bamboo pole, a five-cent line with float and sinxe., hooks, and a can of worms. One dropped. the, line into the water until hook and worm were all but out of sight. Then one watched a trout come along to it, e his nose, flavor it, and then gently nibble. At that moment one either caught him or he got away. This writer recalls one day when he played this game with 55 trout -- that is, with 55 tréut who lost the game and were landed. - There was one big fellow who was just barely brought in, and with whom the pre-teen-age hand of the writer must have dealt lightly, for he continued ks flop around for a long time. Finally, the sympathies, or conscience, of the young angler were touched, and he put him back as a sort of thank offering for the four dozen or so htat lay on the bank. The trout wouldn't beiieve it at first, and the writer has never seen such a surprised look on a fish's face: But finally he shook himself and swam away. (The trout, not the writer.) mal The writer has tried to e if up to the victims of that day by hardly going fishing again, The 0 "pond" t:eve i' some! | Oshawa dnd District MOVED TO BOWMANVILLE OPP Constable Jack McKendry, on the headquarters staff in Peterbor- ough since May, 1950, has left to take up an assignment in Bowman- ville, His successor has not been named. Constable M:Kendry went to Peterborough after passing from the OPP school at Ajax. SUPERINTENDENT HONORED During the party held by the 'employees of The Times-Gazette, Rotary Printing Company and General Printers, Ltd., on Friday last a barometer was presented to Harry Cowley, superintendent of the composing room of the news- paper, by Frank Ball on behalf of the mechanical staff. : 20 Accidents (Continued from Fage 1) the wheel of a car driven by Jack Roy Mann, 298 Pacific Avenue, . | who was driving west on Stacey Avenue at the time. The boy was a bit bruised but otherwise not in- jured as his sled vas deflected away from the automobile. The accident took place at about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. On Saturday at 5.35 p.m. on Centre Street near the Oshawa branch of the Canadian Legion building Robert Lymes, RR 4, Osh- awa and W. J. White, Kingston Road' were the drivers of auto- mobiles involved in a crash in which no one was injured. Leonard VanVolkenburg, 328 French Street was the owner of an automobile which was damaged to the extent of about $100 when it was parked on Simcoe Street North. Driver of the other car who said that his automobile was forc- ed into the parked car by a truck he was trying to avoid, was Wil- liam Graham, 44 Ontario Street. Also on Saturday was a minor accident involving automobiles driven by W. G. Holt, 484 Fair- leigh .Avenue and C. C. Lowes, R R 2, Whitby and another in which a car driven by Calvin Hill, 5 Prince Street, slid into a second car. At 4.15 p.m. also on Saturday Archie Rinker, 51 Burke Street was the owner of a truck driven by Harold Stevenson which was in- volved in an accident on King Street East. It skidded into the rear of a car bearing an American licence, the driver of which was unidentified. CRASH ON RITSON ROAD Allan F. Davey, 321 Ritson Road South was the driver of one of the cars involved in an accident op- josite Glecoff's Store on' Ritson oad South at 8.10 p.m. on Satur- day. The other driver was Stewart Hill, 314 St. Julien Street who was driving north at the time of the imnact. No one was hurt. John Brown's car was struck from the rear ca caturGay atter- noon on Simcoe Street South when he stopped because a truck was varked ahead of him on the street. Mr. Brown lives at 46 Howard Avenue North. i The Sunday accidents began at an early hour in the morning. At 7.00 a.m. on Simcoe Street North at Maple Street J. W. Reynolds, of Hamilton was the driver of one car involved in a crash. The sec- ond driver, Thomas W. Anderson, 146 Hillcroft Street, had his auto- mobile quite badly damaged. Three year old John Reynolds was taken to the hospital for treatment. At 3.45 p.m. there was an ac- cident at the intersection of Mill Street and Simcoe Street South. Involved were Earl Bottrell, 170 Alma Street and V. Veacker, 167 Olive Avenue. Also on Sunday, at 4.20 p.m., Roger Conant, 111 Admiral Road, Ajax, reported that his wife was driving on Simcoe Street North at Pleasure Valley Ranch when her car began to slide on the brow of the hill and ended up in impact with a car driven by M. Cooke, of Colborne, Ontario, who was driv- ing south. Damage was minor. OLIVE AVE. AND RITSON M. G. Muryn, 107 LaSalle Av- enue was the driver of one of the two cars in impact at the corner of Olive Avenue and Ritson Road South. The other driver was Henry Dove, 548 Front Street. At 5.50 p.m. on Ritson Road South John Cabel, 277° Ballard Street and Vincent McLaughlin were the drivers of cars involved in an accident. Damage was most- ly to bumpers, grilles and radia- tors. Ernest Csuhaj of 321 Ritson Rd. Soutlh was the driver of one car in.olved in an accident on King Street West at Gibbon Street and the other driver was Alex Beaton, 100 Elgin Strget West. at Elena ald Stanley, 512 Simcoe otreet South. Icy roads were thought to be partially responsible for this crash, ° Ritson Road Souif1 at Olive Ave. sesied to be a favourite spot for week-end car crashes, Another which occurred there involved John Nemish, 119 Chadburn Avenue, Mr, One's equipment consisted of n 'Nesmish was reported not to oe at fault. Amie Lindstrum, 66 King Sureer West was said by the police report of the accident to have cut across (e traffic stream, James Ross, Dundas Street East, Whitby, was stuck in a Clarke Street driveway when the rear of his au- tomobile was clipped by a passing driver, An accident at 4:10 o'clock in- volved R. W. Wright, 69 John Street and H .C. Davis, 207 8t. Julien St. The crash was not serious although it stopped traffic for a short time. There were several minor aeci- dents this morning including one on Ritson Road South involving Pe- ter Ross, of Toronto and Alex Berk- ley, 306 Olive Avenue. Reported from Whitby this morn- ing was a Sunday accident on By- ron Street North involving Norman Sack, Thornton's Corners Road and James Allan McGarry, M44 Arthur Street, Oshawa. only trout he has caught since was a lone one years later, at a place called Forbes' Landing, in from Campbell river, on Vancouver Island; and distance forbids that it could have been any relative of the 55 taken so prodigally from the exploited Montague river, Grave Economic Problems Confronted Britain As Trade Deficit "By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer -- power, Prime Minister Winston Churchill summed up the problem: "Fifty million people now are London -- The problem of pro- crowded in our small island which viding western - style standards of | produces food for only three fifths living for a crowded population on two tiny islands dominated Bri- tain's economic life in 1951 for the third time in six post-war years. In 1950, Britain succeeded in pay- ing her way in the world for the first time in decades. In 1951, the terms of trade turned against her and the word "'crisis" found its way back into the financial vocabulary. The adverse trend began to appear in the spring. Hugh Gaits- kill, then Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, described the rise in im- port prices as one of the greatest in history. By election time, in Oc- tober, the gap in. the balance of payments had become a crucial Politen) as well as economic fac- ir, Although the'crisis was not often mentioned inthe electioneering speeches, most politicians accepted its importance. Oliver Lyttelton, who became colonial minister in the new Conservative government re- turned after the Oct. 25 election, said the ordinary man wouldn't know there was anything wrong un- til his children were crying around the breakfast table. Financial and trade journals talked of impending catastrophe. What were the surface signs of Britain's difficulties? In October alone, the dollar deficit tot~lled $320 million. This was more than half the drain in the third quer- ter of 1951 and thus showed vividly how quickly the vital gold and dol- lar reserves were declining. DEFICIT SOARS At the same time, the country's deficit with the European Pay- ments Union -- an organization formed after the Second World War to promote trade among Britain and continental countries--reached the high figure of 89 million pounds sterling ($267 million) in October. The deficit in the third quarter was 183 million pounds ($549 million). When the Conservatives came to Pope's Message (Continued from Page 1) sort of liberty to maintain a posi- tion of political neutrality." political neutrality." Indicating that the Roman Cath- olic church could not take a stand with either of these two camps, the Pope outlined the church's contri- butions to peace. The church, he said, can not have 'a pure political interest." The Catholic church, the Pope said, is a "'religious and not a poli- tical institution." "Political men and sometimes churchmen," he said, "who would intend to make of the spouse of Christ (the church) their ally would violate the very .essence of the church." . Anyone who would attempt to wrest her (the church) from her neutrality would not aid the church's work for peace, he added. Referring to the babe of Bethle- hem, the Pope said that once again from his crib, the church assumes her mission of peace. It is only love, he asserted, that can give men the ability to gain peace. The church, said the Pope, unlike the worldly powers that from time to time leave their neutrality to enter one camp or another, 'holds herself far from such changeable combinations." It is not for her to leave her divine mission, he added. If war is truly to be avoided, he said, there must be a return to spiritual values which alone can assure peace. The Pope, as he has stressed in recent speeches and especially in all of the last 12 Christmas mes- sages to the world, again spoke of need for social reform and social justice for all men, But referring in impassioned tones to the persecution the church has experienced and is experienc- ing in the Communist - dominated countries, the Pope said the church could not be an institute of silence. Millions of men, he said, can not speak out for peace; millions of men are deprived of their "moral Joeny" and can not practice their aith. The Pope spoke far 37 minutes, ending with an apostolic benedic- tion to the city of Rome and the world. ; He urged a peace-seeking world to fix its attention on the Christian way of life to solve the problem of peace. He said an armed peace, a peace based on armed force, would be a solution that would depress the economic forces of the people of the world. of them and we have to earn the rest by exporting mainly manufac tures overseas for which we must, first, import the raw materials. "No community, enjoying such a high level of civilization, ever been so economically precar- fously poised and with an éver larger and more formidable world growing up around us. Very- soon severe competition from Germany and Japan must be expected in ou export markets and all our united strength will be needed to maintain standards at home and our rank among the nations." Economic diagnosticians largely blamed Britain's plight on the old enemy, inflation. They said the country's economy was overloaded, stretched too tautly, trying to do too much. As the year ended fresh round of wage increases in industry threatened to accentuate home cemand at the peril of vital exports for abroad. For the second year running, Britain was forced to import from a dollar country her most abundant source -- coal. "FIRST-AID" STEPS Emergency measures announced by the Conservative government in November included a billion - dol- lar reduction in overseas buying; an increase in the bank rate de- signed to make borrowing harder; a curtailment of new building and strategic stockpiling and a reduc- tion by half of the $300 allowance for foreign travel. But these were admitted to be merely 'first - aid' measures, taken while the Churchill govern- ment plotted long - term moves to put the country back on its feet. Amgng these will be a new tax on excess profits and new drive for increased production by Brit- ish industry. In December, indus- try's dollar exports council was ex- tended and strengthéned in a re- vived bid to step up sales in Can- ada and the United States. Discussions continue into 1952 on the amount of financial aid Britain would receive from the United States. The negotiations coincided with reports that the United King- dom was one of the few signa- tories to the Atlantic Pact which was doing all she could for the commo:* defence. The future of the iron and steel industry -- nationalized by the Labor government -- remained un- certain under the new Conservative administration. It was generally felt the Tories would seek some com- promise enabling elements of pri- vate enterprise to be reintroduced into the industry. . 41 Lose Lives (Continued from Page 1) ico Eighty-eight who escaped from the three - storey build. ing downstairs through a single doorway were treated for burns. Officials said the only fire escape was not only locked but boarded up. Thirty-three were still in the hos- pital, five or six on the verge of death, doctors said. Among the 33 were 19 children. Officials said this probably indi- cates the ratio of little ones among the dead. Only 26 of the bodies had been identified early today. The annual party for needy chil- dren was in full swing when its joy was turned to terror at 11:15 p. m. Saturday. There were different accounts of how the fire started. Fire chief Gill Chidez said that someone was criminally responsible. He did not elaborate. Everyone agreed the flames spread with terriole speed from near the location of a Christ- mas tree. As panic took hold among the 300 or 400 people in the hall of the old Coliseum building, three blocks from Tijuana's gay main street, the lights went out. "Then all was madness," said Luis Alarid, radio station announcer. "A lot of people were trampled to death be- fore they were burned." Many of the bodies were found in two rest rooms into which the victims apparently had been pushed by the crowds surging to- ward the exits. Others piled up and died on the stairway. . The confusion was increased by frantic mothers and fathers trying to get into the building to save children. 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