HE'S STILL QUITE POPULAR er and his wife arrived In fan Bernardino hy train, en route to 8 vacation In Palm Springs. He told one young: ster he'd give her an auto Former President Dwight 0D, Eisenhower reaches out for another piece of paper as he signs sutographs for a group of youngsters in San Bernar dino, Calif, today, Fisenhow Thomson Gets Chuckle From Press Re that it's not a bad thing at all LONDON (CP)=Whether or | as long as Thomson 1s the man aot Roy Thomson wins his fight against Cecil Harmsworth King| And If anybody 1s worvied about) The far control of Odhams Press, the (who succeeds him, he says must he chuckling over his!" 'will earry on my principles,' press notices Thomson's chances got a boost week's edition 'of the magazine Wednesday as Odhams directors Punch, and you'll see a cartoon announced that their sharehold- showing the "ineredibly success ers have been adyised to reject ful Newspaper proprietor," Mr a takeover bid from King's or Thomas Roy ston, discussing amalgamations with a "panel" Almost any newspaper or of working journalists, magazine you plek up here now: | The panel consists of one pint: adays contains a reference to! sized reporter, presumably the the battle of the hig battalions only one who retains independ for a dominating position on'ence after the mergers now in Fleet Ktreet the works, ganization King's Dally Mirror group of. Apparently fascinated by tered to buy the glant Odhams werd.play, Punch also Ias a plans between Thomson News: yolying a character named Roy: papers Limited in the United) oil Kingston, described as head nounced, ; group, filnce then the Canadian pub: Raye Kingston, Punch says, "Flip the television switeh, and Te Bai aL there 1% Thomson on & panel of Britain's school magazines awagewtions by Tiveral Leader RMA RS Nf, BN ACNE p sol eines centralized," says Punch, MARY newspapers (WHAT NEXT? ' p ging where Kingston will strike LiL ply from 'Thomatn | next, "From The Times to the . no one can be regarded as en: ova dcotia iw : n of Fleet Street's institutions, 3 recalls a New Year's Day aX 1 e |propheey ' {1 In an almahac forecasting y events in the months ahead, he 'HALIFAX (CP)=Nova Seo: tins may he In for higher "The throne speech, read at the abening of the legislature by twice to the need for moneys specifically to pay for the hos tpn, But it did not mention taxes gressive Conservative govern ment of Premier Stanfield plans cont hospital sales tax and the RR enth felon gasoline tax i) 1950 to pay the province's share of the national hospital plan, is per cent The gasoline tax likely will go levy in Newfoundland, the high: oft In Canada. new revenues would be raised It only told the 43:.seat house it means of raising the money re. qhired. . . " Liberal House Leader Earl W, fore adjourning the throne speech debate untll today, He "hit Nava Scotians in the pocket hook, which will be slimmer group outright after mMergeriparody on the press battle in Kingdom and Odhams were 80 of the Mirror-Odhams- Thomson tisher has been in the melght. | "it made an offer for all program defending himself from "It will obviously be to the a thing for one man to control AON WILL CARRY ON {« The article concludes by ask {wrapping round the ecooking-fat, The reference to The Times, of cartoonist David 0 Expected | 1gnes 14.Cov, F.C, Plow, referred pital plan and road construe Observers are betting the Pro. ta boost the present three-per o wales tax, introduced In agpected to be inoveased to five 14 19 cents equalling the gas The speech failed to say how| whuld be asked to "'econxider Urquhart spoke only briefly be. said the government's plans will than ever wil a OVERSEAS MENU STRATFORD, Ont, (CP) Menu for a church supper here was rice, bread and water, Sponsored by Stratford's inter church young people's organisa tion, the Shaplate dinner was held to raise money for refuges] work and to give some iden the meals eaten by the under privileged people overseas. AE PREPARED Every home, whether house ar apartment, should have its own fire drill and plan of escape ia case of emergency Turn back fhe pages of this not so much capitalism as "ean: BUSINESS SPUTLIGHT / Transport The Prospectors and Develop jon will 16 tal mposium on i in Toromte March 44 John Convey Frane R, Joubin, Prof, Tritfin, of Yale Univer: sity, will speak on The Twili of the Gold Standard snd be inferred from the nddress, Frame Pick, New York econ omist, has made his name i most, synonymous with gold i sel, because of his studies of the metal and his advocacy of # 1 A ass of eurréncles, le may be expected to pre the reverse side of Prof, Tril- fins srgument, Yranc Joubin, president of| Bralorne Mines 4d, » gold pro ducer, may also he expected 10 uphold gold ns the sure guar: antes of sound monetary sys tems, TALKS PROVIDE, BALANCE Judging by past expressions of thelr opinions, Prof. Triffin may be expected to state that gold is no longer adequate fo the task which used to he as signed to It, and which it still partly performs; while Messrs, Vick and Joubin may uphold that gold's adequacy con be restored by an increase In price However, sll are lively and continuing students of the sub ject, and may come up With suggestions which will break new ground, Dr, John Convey, director of the mines branch of the federal department of mines and tech: nical surveys, will speak on Canada's Gold Policy IN it would he the However he spent half-hour signing graph-hut only one the next sutographs «(AP Wirephote) given added interest by the fact that his views are among those expected to be studied hy the new American administration in ports {lems JIpletured Thomson taking over] He made these views known The Times In December in a hook published last year, eurrent toward entitled Gold and the Dollar States' foreign exchange prob trend It amalgamation and takeover hus| Cris, millionaire Canadian publisher| will he his son Kenneth, whoigiso attracted political notice, A| WOULD CHANGE SYNTEM He would, according to the have the International member of Parliament calls it [nibalism," [hook _ Vicky another cartoonist, has! invented a couple of monsiers dubbed Monopolosaurus and Mergerosaurus, Hannen Bwal-| fer, veteran Vleet Btreet col: umnist, speaks of Roythom:| §ONnia [ Despite such eracks, Thom: son can be happy about his pith liey, The betting on Fleet Street hes heen that King will win the {battle for Odhams, but most {commentators indicate they (would rather Thomson came {out on top, This is partly be. {cause of his comparative politi: cal neutrality, partly hecause of [the freedom he accords his edi: tors, | AT CENTRAL COLLEGIATE DRAMA NIGHT SOLD OUT! Thurs & Fil, Feb, 9th ond 10th TICKETS STIL AVAILABLE Fon SATURDAY, FEB, 11th Admission 50¢ Time 8 pm Gold Main Topic At Convention akers will be Professor Hes Rawr! Triffin, From Pick, Dr.| Whether or not Prof, Triffin's Prof, Tritfin's appearance 1s| & its attempt to solve the United| Strike Angers Neapolitans NAPLES, Haly (AP) =~ Thou sands of infuriated Neapolitans wrecked stoves and set fire 10 buses, street ears and & ral in downtown Naples Wednesday night after » sud left them without arm. Monetary Fund made the een tral bank of sll other central| Bah A Repost nik | f won ita niin portion of their foreign reserves, den #nd from which they could hor: row 10 mest temporary diffieul wn suggestions are adopted, he does point In the direction of some: thing which must Inevitably take some day, This Js ome Plas ome, wystem which will govern and smooth out mon elary transactions among coun. hin This might ivoles ds emphasizing , OF ou result in resmphasizing it, In| any event, the present system Wansbrough, managing director, is widely recognized ss Inad- Canadian Metal Mining Assoc) equate, ation; The Role of the Roysl Prof, Triffin, in his book, says Canadian Mint, by N, A, Parker, the eurrent system must inevit- master of the mint, Ottawa: snd ahly bring shout such drains asl Free Gold Markets of the World that which has been made onlby ¥. Forman, of the Bank the American dollar, of Nova Scotia, Norman C. Vearce, publisher|" i The g was the worst here in years, More than rioters were arrested, A big pai of the downlown ares of this ses const eity of more than 1,000,000 looked like a battlefield, Pleven trolley buses, street ears and buses were left smoul- Gals WISLan, BE Ha Bi" ban rail station was 8 bummed severely Aamaged, thelr win (dows broken and neon signs de | molished, f The injured were shout evenly Aivided between police, firemen and rioters, y | Stones, bottles and Molotov | leockinils (Improvised 'ire {hombs) were used by the mob, | broke into aetion in 8 dis organized fury but Inter seemed to have some direction, onstrators, 19 posice said they were investi. ofes Igating to find W pr sional agitators were Involved, of the Northern Miner, Toronto, will be moderator of the sym. posium, which will be entitled Does the World Need Gold? | Gold is the key for other parts of the three-day meeting, and addresses will include; The United States and Canada must produce more gold and) silver, G, O, Argall Jr,, editor of the Mining World, San ¥ran.| cisco; One Hundred Yenrs of Gold Mining In Canada, by V.C. 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