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'EL 'NED' PRATT Common Man's Poet Dies At 80 TORONTO (CP)--E. J. (Ned) Canada's best keawaiest i. poetry is tai E : Chit § by] manhood filled with hard work Canada to open the St. Law- rence Seaway. Hardening of the arteries and ~ Glaucoma troubled him in his last days but his mind re- mained clear as he' lay in his central Toronto apartment and listened to his wife Viola as she read to him. Funeral services for Mr. Pratt will be held Tuesday a Convocation Hall, University o' Toronto. His own writi: brief lyrics to lon, such as and the Antinoe story-poems, Roosevelt based on an incident of sea- heroism, which brought him internationg] attention in 1930, The Witches' Brew, The Ti- tanic and Brebeuf. ranged from , eloquent sea epics. The shorter poems are strong and finely chiselled, but his reputation and his following depended on the energy of the The "What ee the new inter- told a reporter recently to wrote for, as he put it, the common man, and not for "intellectuals." It was in his Inature, without sacrificing in- tegrity of craftsmanship or con- tent, to write within the under- standing of many; or suffi- cienly close to it so that read-|P' ers' grasp could be widened to reach his meaning by the tide' of his words themselves. Out of a youth and young came a tenacity that could be satisfied with nothing else than sustained power in the telling of a narrative and concise clarity in the expression of an idea. Officials Probe Kingston Jail Noose Death KINGSTON (CP) -- Officials of Kingston penitentiary are in- vestigating the death of John Thomas Clark, 23, found hang- ing in-a segregation cell Sun-|t *\day. Clark, a 'Toronto native, was discovered during a regular guard -patrol, slumped against his cell bars with around his neck. He had been a bed placed in segregation at his own request which Assistant Warden E. c. Atkins said "'is not unusual." The victim was sentenced in Toronto in February to three lyears for theft and break and enter. Mr. Atkins said an inquest will be held but no ssi Mas been set. t | OTTAWA (CP)--Mitual in- vestment' funds should be re- quired to disclose all details of their operations to their pur- chasers, the royal commission on banking and finance says. The commission report, tabled in the Commons Friday, reviewed the progress of mu- tual funds--their investments to- talled $1,200,000,000 in 1962--and said full disclosure of details to members was "'vital." Some aspects of mutual in- Woman Held In Halifax Rifle Death HALIFAX (CP) Munro, a 37-year-old Halifax of- fice clerk, was charged with capital murder following a Sun- day night shooting peared in court here Monday. Her preiminary hearing was set for May 20 The charge arose out of the death of Graham Preston, 33, a Halifax seaman who died in hospital early today from a stomach wound inflicted by a rifle late Sunday in a city apart- ment. Vivian when she ap- vestments are not clearly ex- plained to purchasers, the re- port said. "It is not always clearly explained that the with- drawals may exhaust his sav- ings sooner than expected if the value of the fund portfolio does not continue to appreciate sig- nificantly. "It is important that these and other features of mutual funds be adequately disclosed to purchasers, many of whom are relatively unsophisticated. Dis- closure is especially vital be- cause the portfolio managers of the fund are often the same people as the distributors, and both groups may also be repre- sented on the board of direc- tors of the fund itself." DISCLOSE POLICY Investment policy should also be fully disclosed, The re- Canadians Seek Investment Fund Details Sought quired prospectuses did not go By THE CANADIAN PRESS two per cent. municipalities, The new uniform rate, nounced in the premier's bud- get speech, temporary measure for th 1964-65 fiscal year pendin report from the royal commis- { bec, Edward Island, Nova Scotia, _-4British Columbia and Saskat chewan, each with five-per-cent sales taxes. Ontario and New Brunswick have three-per-cent sales taxes and Manitoba levies); a tax of-one-fifth of a cent on Quebec Now Tops Sales Tax Field Quebec's new uniform retail sales tax of six per cent, an- nounced in the legislature by Premier Lesage Friday, makes ra sales tax in that province in Canada. "ane taxes had been divided among three jurisdictions in Quebec, with the province and 'sheet|School boards each collecting Municipalities were free to collect one or two per cent if they wished. This meant sales taxes could vary from four to six per cent among is intended as a sion studying taxation in Que- Ranking close behind Quebec' are Newfoundland, Prince each cigayette sold in the prov- ince although Premier Duff; Roblin is reported considering a general sales tax. call a summer session to deallinstituted in 1647 at three per with recommendations of thejcent and raised to five ft Michener royal commission on|the provincial medical health taxation there, and possibly in-lcare plan was introduced in troduce a sales tax. 1962. The Liberal party, which Saska' an's tax, called a sehaiaa the CCF in ~ health and, education tax, wasiday's saa election, THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tucsdey, April 28, 1964 15 reduction of the tax in its elec-aid tax. It was boosted to five get gg per cent and renamed the Columbia's. eats. taxicial service tax by Premier was first Introduced in 1948 as am a social security and municipallment in 1954. pledgeu Alberta has no sales tax, No immediate incresses in the tax are at present contem- plated by the governments levy. ing them. Prince Edward Island's ta five per cent two years ago. drugs, among other things, is exempt. New Brunswick's sales tax was introduced in -195@_at four per cent nat has -- . duced to three. Ne be imposed in 'nie and plits to everything but food There is no known move to al- ter it but this year's budget has yet to be brought down. Ontario levies a_ three-per- cent sales tax exempting such items as food, children's cloth- ing, natural resources such as sand and gravel, prodyction 'y and certain items . far enough in this direction. In_ its study of mutual funds, the commissioners found that the 300,000 mutual - fund invest- ors had an average of $3,000 in- vested. An increasing propor- tion were investing through reg- ular monthly payments. Most of the mutual funds have been established in Canada within the last 15 years, and the report said that members of the Canadian Mutual Funds As- sociation had assets of $57,000,- 000 in 1951 and assetsyof $834,- 000,000 in 1962. In a study of 11 funds, the commissioners found that in the 10-year- 1961, the increase in asset value was 65<per-cent due to an in- crease in the inflow of new funds, and 35-per-cent due to an increase in capital appreciation. In years of rising stock prices, average performance of mutual funds is 'not quite as good" as the industrial common stock index of the Dominion Bu- reau of Statistics. On the other hand, the reverse is true when period ending ing DIVIDENDS used in manufacturing. It went into effect in September, 1961. By THE CANADIAN PRESS A 18% June 1. cents, July 2, record July 3, record June 30. ord June 12. Smelting June 8, record Ma Inland Natural 6% cents, 8. as Co. Ltd. "The Lambton Loan and In vestment Company, eight cents, July 2, record June 12. ation Ltd., common nit cents, June 30, record June 5 May 8; $1.25 pfd. 31% cents. 30, record June 5; 6% per cen markets fall fall. GM, Ford Parts To Peking Irk Metro MPP TORONTO (CP)--Allan Law- July 10. Canadian Canners Ltd., class\toh, that Premier Roblin may Dome Mines Lid., 20 cents, Eastern and Chartered Trust Company, 30 cents, July 2, rec- Hudson Bay Mining and Co. Ltd., 75 cents, May 15, record May Laurentide Financial Corpor- $1.25 pfd. 314 cents, June 1, "record Sept. i, record Aug. 7; $1.40 pfd. 35 cents, $2 pfd. 50 cents, June} pfd. 31% cents, July 31, record MANITOBA MAY START There is speculation in Mani- France Picks Peking Envoy PARIS (Reuters) a-- Frnce foreing ambassador to Senegal, as her first ambassador Peking. The announcement three months to the day after France and China announced) matic relations. A spokesman of the Peking bassador t was inaugurated at four per|: cent in 1960 and increased to}: Nova Scotia's was instituted in|: ing, fuel, farm equipment, com-|; mercial fishing equipment and)" Monday named Lucien Paye,|' tol, ee came| from the foreign ministry herq'" they were establishing diplo-| diplomatic mission, in Paris to} prepare the way for the am-|;. bassador, said the Chinese am-|: named was Huang) Chen, a deputy foreign minis-|" ter and former ambassador to): VERY ImponTaNT Dates Very IMPORTANT Peet ® A Boy's First Communion ©@ A Boy's Confirmation © A Boy's First Prom Johnston's Boy's Wear Department is always ready with the very BEST kind of clothing and furnishings for any or all of these VERY IMPORTANT DATES -- for VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE CONTINENTAL SUITS NAVY BLUE JUNIOR SUITS NAVY BLUE BLAZERS GREY FLANNEL SLACKS WHITE SHIRTS | shinier aactin: 3. Johnston' s (OSHAWA) LTD. 8 SIMCOE STREET NORTH Indonesia. rence Progressive Conservative member of the legislature for St, George, said Saturday sharp operators are bypassing the United States embargo on trade with China by shipping Ford and General Motors automotive parts from Canada. The federal government is aware of the traffic in U.S.-ma- nufactured car parts but appar- ently is indifferent, he told the Toronto District Council of Young Progressive Conserva- tives' annual Sir John A. Mac- donald conference. "As long as the only law they! (the Canadian operators) are breaking is American law, which is misplaced in its inten- tion, then the more power to them," he said. Firm Language Halts Girl's Death Leap Try WINNIPEG (CP)--A psychia- Better Air Deal WASHINGTON (CP)--A Ca-|the state department's interna- negotia headed/tional aviation co-ordinator. American sources said U.S. ee intend to put up strong for|resistance to Canadian de- mands, arguing that what Can- ada really wants is the oppor- tunity to penetrate deeper into the continental U.S. commercial air market without being able to oligratiy major new Canadian routes that would be attractive to U.S. operators. CITE TWO POINTS Canadian sources concede that at present, Canada has no major new routes to offer, but the Canadian team feels it has two strong bargaining poinis. One is the possibility that Can- ada would withdraw from the existing pact if the U.S. does not agree to. yield some in- creased degree of "reciproc- ity." The other is the report of |Canadian-born Professor John You hear a lot about the quality of British Cars. * Wood, who age at an eight- man delegation, Canada only wants reciorocty and opportunity both countries flying the same emis added in an interview before into closed - door bar- gaining' with the U.S. group headed by Allen R. Fenguson, |Kenneth Galbraith, former U.S. jambassador to ndia, picked by the late president Kennedy to trist Saturday talked a young woman into stepping down from a perch atop Winnipeg General what a British expert Milk Affected By Insecticide pot gg cross - border air | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dis-| Galbraith, a native of Iona| trict and federal officials. have| station, Ont., and now econom- cracked down after discovering | ics professor @t Harvard Uni- that quantities of milk shipped| versity, is reported ot have sug- capital contained up to/gested in his confidential con- imes as much insecticide|qjusions that the narrow con- as is\ permissible. ir rot Hgpltn officials sald no healthcare ior te' goths bee hazard was involved, But Sena-|nlaceg by a sweeping principle Abraham Ribicoff (Dem. jgg¢ ignoring the border altoge- mn.), who is conducting Sen-ither and providing routes based ate hearings on pesticide prob-|mainky on passenger conveni- lems, declared "'the warning Of|ence, y the future. is clear-~and preven-| tive action russe Taken. Since Feb. %, a total of 50 eity - bound milk tank trucks have been stopped and checked, Three were found to have levels of pesticides of 'regulatory sig- nificance," Dr. Frederick C. Health, deputy director of the health department, told a press conference Friday. The insecticide was identified as heptachlor epoxide, used by dairy farmers to prexent weevil infestationr of alfalfa crops fed to cows. As a result of the discovery the district health department suspended the permits of 14 farms, and the agriculture de- partment cancelled its registra- tion of heptachlor for use on alfalfa. Hospital. With police and firemen gath- ered nine floors below, the girl, about 20, threatened to jump whenever doctors attempted to talk to her, She finally asked to talk to Dr. John Adamson, a psychiatrist at the hospital. Dr, Adamson talked to her from a distance for, about 10 minutes and then yelled: 'You get over here or I'll tan your hide."' She ran to him immediately, sobbing "don't get mad at me. is thinks about the quality of a Canadian car Recently, famous British motoring journalist, Michael Kemp, put a Canadian-built Rambler Classic through a stiff "Family Test." Read what he enthusiastically reported about the Rambler Classic in the London Daily Sketch, February 15, 1964. out of ten, were: "Looks, 8; Comfort, 9; Gime micks, 9." Her comments: 66Effortless motore ing. Interior trim's fluorescent colouring is sue perb--a lesson to some British firms.99 From an engineering neighbour, Kemp obtained this opinion: 66A lusty, work-loving car.99 MORE INTEREST 1% 8 SAVINGS DEPOSIT RECEIPTS Redeemable ANY-time Interest on daily balance 66By British standards It Is large, powerful and bristling with one-up-manship from tip to tail... . Top speed is more than 100 m.p.h.--cruising speed, with complete freedom from wind noise, morethan 90m.p.h.... A soft;tpically American. ride but with reassuring roadholding. Hard to fault.99 ~ in summary, Kemp wrote: 66A highly tempting car In Its price range... .99 Coming from the traditionally reserved British, praise like that means a lot. Why don't you dis- cover for yourself why Michael Kemp was so impressed with the Rambler Classic? Visit your nearby Rambler Dealer and puta Rambler Classic 6 or V8 through its paces. It's a jolly good cars Kemp's wife drove the Classic for 50 miles and - made out a personal "'score-card."' Her marks, * MINIMUM DEPOSIT $5,000.00 GUARANTY TRUST Company of Canada 32 KING ST. E a ea le A Product of American Motors (Canada) Limited VE SEE THE POPULAR CLASSIC 6 OR V8 THE ECONOMICAL AMERICAN 6---THE LUXURIOUS AMBASSADOR V8--AT YOUR DEALER'S NOW SMART WOMEN ... hove their nod Fike Sa te fe we, DURACLEAN 728-8518 WELLMAN MOTORS LIMITED 100 Nonquon Road North ~728-7331 ~ ABNER'S ESSO SERVICE P 1003 Brock Street South Whitby 668-5391 ppg st Herry Peei Rambler Sales & Service