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. * TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE . » PAGE THREE L 4 Great Britain Laying Foundation For Sound Recovery Indian Rope Trick Is Worth $60,000 --If You Can Do It Lon ion, Dec. 3 (Reuters)--Can you do the Indian rope trick? If you can do it well enough to .convice the National Association of Magical Societies, there's £15,000 ($60,000) Self - Discipline And Great Patience Are Main Factors "In spite of the innumerable obstacles, hindrances and deprivations, Great Britain is laying a. foundation for a sound recovery mainly because of the patient, disciplined part being played by the majority of her citizens," said B. W. Keightley, advertising manager of Canadian » self- Industries Limited, in an addressé before the Rotary Club of Oshawa yesterday. Recently returned from a 20-day visit to Britain, Mr. Keightley out lined the postwar discomforts of the British people and the courage- ous way in which they are accepte ing them. Business Beats Sho-tages "The businessman continues to operate in spite of many curtail- ments of the services he needs," the that while he lived and ate in ho- tels he was always hungry. For the common man it was one thing to be entitled to a ration and quite another to get it. Clothing is des- perately scarce and the only well dressed men are the members of the British Army. ; The greatest need is for new housing as families are doubled up and living with relatives while for- mer army huts are being converted. speaker asserted. "He paper for correspondence, much less for advertising. Many firms' are using envelopes for correspondence which have already been printed on one side for other purposes." A manufacturer cannot just de cide to make a product even if he has already secured the essential materials. He must obtain permis sion from the Board of Trade, not only to make the article, but a deci- sion as to how it shall be made, the amount of materials and labor which shall go into it, and the price at which it shall be sold. _ The chances are he will be order- ed to make it an "austerity" model 80 as to use a minimum of labor and material. Finally, he will prob- ably be compelled to export the whole, or nearly the whole, of his products because Britain must have export trade balances in order to buy the things she must have from abroad, and to service her war- contracted debts. "Most of the goods being made in Britain are being exported to gain foreign exchange," Mr. Keightley said. "We have British-made lawnmowers in Canada, but I didn't see any of them in British stores. Likewise, woollens for men's suits, fine leather shoes and many other items which the people there are woefully short of, are going out of the country." - He claimed that 52 percent of the * world's shipbuilding is now taking place in the United Kingdom. Last March the volume under construc- tion exceeded one and one-half mil- lion tons, nearly double the corre- sponding tonnage at the end of 1088, and surpassing any figure since June, 1922. To make this in- crease possible there was a 60 per- cen! rise in the number of shipyard workers. 1938 Levels Passed In a drive to achieve greater ex- |! ports, Britain has already passed comparable 1938 figures for motor- ' cycles, rayon piece goods, ciga- * rettes, rolling mill products, c "iron and steel, paints and colors) machine tools and wool. In 1987, the best year for British bicycle exports in the last decade, an average of nearly 28,000 mach- ines were shipped from Britain in each 'quarter ~ Th¢ figure for the first three months of this year came within 3,000 of this number, indicating that it will not be long before prewar record exports in this industry will be surpassed. The ex- port goal for 1946 is 1,500,000 with an additional 1,000,000 for domestic use, it is expected. Manpower figures issued by the Mihlary of Lanor on May 14 show e most rapidly expanding indus- tries are those which manufacture metal and chemical products, the speaker asserted. In these groups the labor force has Increased 142 percent over the number of the previous year. It is in these indus- tries that Britain is largely depen- dent for the success of her export Mr. Keightley stated the total value of exports last April reacied $306,748,000 as compared with $251, 940,000 in January of this year. The exports for the first four months 'of 1946 equalled about 87 percent of those for the equivalent period in 1938. A year ago the volume for the first quarter was only 33 per- cent of the quarterly average for 1983. The ultimate target ' is 175 percent of the 1938 exports, "These figures provide the best estimate that can be made of Brit- ain's future" the C.IL. advertising executive sald. "This is the first post-war year Britain still has the physical age of the war in her raid-torn cities. The disastrous effects ,of the war on her economy, foreign investments and trade are still with her. "Canada will watch Britains ef- forts with anxious concern, real sympathy and with a realization that, as a centrepiece of the British Commonwealth, recovery in Britain is a question of vital importance to every Canadian." Of his trip by plane to the Brit- ish Isles, Mr Keightley had nothing but praise. He said the 41 passen- gers were cleared through the Cus- toms in less than half an hour as compared with the two and a half hours taken for the inspection at La Guardia Field, New York. Terrible Raid Toll 4 Taken on a tour of London by one of the air raid officials, he was told' there had been 600 daylight raids and some 19,000 enemy air- craft had taken part. There were 1,000 nights on which there had been one or more raids. A total of 68,000 tons of bombs were dropped which resulted in 52,000 people be- . ing killed and 63,000 wounded. He could not speak too highly of the continued good nature, toler- ance and never-failing courtesy of the British people despite the hard- ships to which they are' being sub- jected. After reciting the ration | for a month, Mr. Keightley said' t get | Ni papers are tabloid size and usually have eight pages after being folded. - Another thing which impressed him was that there are 700,000 civil servants, or one to every 29 workers. British busines8 men to whom he talked were taking a wait and see attitude toward the Labor Govern- ment, Most people were willing to judge the government by what it achieves. Scme feel that a coali- tion will be effected under a face- saving name with some of the big names from other parties included. Canada Badly Pub'icized Canada, he said, ranks high in Britain today, but that Canada has been badly publicized. The people of Britain are not being told any- thing about Canada and are not aware of rationing or the high in- come taxes here. It was his opine fon that everything possible must be done to draw Great Britain and her colonies closer together." It was his guess that British mor- ale would continue to take it and the nation's future effort will be improved by the privations through which she is now passing as they will toughen the people. Mr. Keightley was introduced to the club by Past President D. M. Storie while the appreciation of the members was voiced by President W, H. Karn. V.0.N. Nurses Paid 457 Visits In November Under the chairmanship of W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., the Victorian Order of Nurses held their monthly meeting in the Public U"litles building yesterday afternoon and report of the activities for Novem- ber was Meard. Miss Edith Hill, supervisor of the V.O.N. reported that there had been 59 new cases during the 125. \ Number of visits made were 'the fees charged totalled . I} was decided tv send Mr. A. Boddy, Mrs, George Finlay and Miss as representatives of the VON. 'to the Red Cross home- making meeting. Ten members of CONDITIONS WILSON RD. DRAW IRE A petition from ratepayers of Wilson Road North ~omplaining that "for years little or no road work had been done there" was read at last night's City Council meeting although it'was pointed out by Chairman of the Board of maintenance of this road had pre. viously been under the Boundary Roads Commission but had recently been turned over to East Whitby Township, with provision for the city to bear a portion of the ex- pense. In spite of Ald. Starr's explana- tion, Ald. F. M, Dafoe urged that the City Engineer's Department should look the situation over and then make a recommendation to the Township Council. Declaring that he was prepared to believe the ratepayers as to the condition of the road, Ald. Starr moved that the petitioners be ad- vised that the maintenance of Wil- son Road was the responsibility of East Whitby but that the City Council forward the petition to East Whitby Council and draw to that body's attention the allegedly poor condition of the boundary roads, asking for action to improve these. Ont. Voting Under Way Yesterday By The Canadian Press An intensive campaign by the Junior Chamber of Commerce was credited for the fact that nearly 50 per cent of eligible voters turn- ed out in municipal elections yester.- day in London, Ont., where George A. Wenige, 72-year-old six-time mayor of the city, defeated Mayor F. G. McAlister and W. J. Heaman in the mayoralty race. The final count gave Wenige 8,463 votes to 7,680 for Mayor Mc- Alister 6,460 for Heaman in a vote that was fairly close all night, Heaman had been mayor for five years during wartime; Wenige last occupied the Chief Magistrate's post in 1935. London voters also endorsed day- lght saving time by 13,799 votes against 8217, and approved money grants to the Victoria Hospital and the Western Fair, Voters also balloted in Sarnia, Chatham and Niagara Falls in mu. nicipal elections a week ahead of the general Ontario municipal voting. Sarnia elected a new council and Public Utilities Commission, Chat- ham elected a council and board of education, and Niagara Falls elected W. L. Houck Mayor over former Mayor George Inglis. Like London, Chatham voted for daylight saving time, by 1,648 against 1,180, but. daylight saving was rejected at Sarnia by a narrow margin with 1688 in favor and 1,772 opposed. Try a classified advertisement the board were present. for quick results. What Council Did The City Council met in regular session last night with all members present, +P City Engineer W. T. re- ported that he had plans prepared for the proposed Colborne Street bridge. The matter was referred to the Board of Works to be brought up for discussion at the next coun- cil in committee meeting. LE a J The Board of Works was author- ized to have the Bell Telephone Co. remove a pole located where Divi- sion Street has recently been di- verted at Alice Street. Cost of removing the pole is $20. Bg Bp : When Ald. F. M. Dafoe called for an explanation as to whether there was sufficient work for all the staff employed in the City Engineer's Department, the City Engineer said he was satisfied that everyone was keeping fairly busy on useful work. He said, however, that he would welcome any investigation deemed necessary. EE A Council approved the transfer of the license to operate a lunch counter at 150 Division Street from Mrs, Mary Michalowski to Wilfred McAuley subject to the approval of the chief of police and sanitary inspector. It was pointed out that Mrs. Michalowski was forced to give up the business as the result of illness, ge Pp On receipt of a further letter on behalf of residents of Ontario Street complaining of an alleged smoke and nuisance from the Kohen Box plant there, the matter was re. ferred to General Purpose and the Police Commission to take what- ever action they deemed advisable. o* Bp Pp Over opposition voiced by Ald. Dafoe, Council passed a motion granting Michael Paschuk a per- mit for one year to operate a soft drink manufacturing business at 264 Centre Street. A petition from the residents 'of the district signifying their willingness for such a busi- ness there had been received and Ald. A. G. Davis, vice-chairman of General Purpose, said it was realiz- ed this was not an adequate build- ing for the business and it was only desired as a means of giving the man a start after he had spent considerable on alterations to the property. On recommendation by Chief of Police Owen D. Friend, authoriza- tion was given for the preparation of a bylaw creating a no parking area on both sides cf Mary Street from the beginning of the diver. sion above Alice Street to a point 100 feet north of the store at the north end of the curve and also where Division Street has been Widens immediately north of Alice LIE A request from the Community Recreation Association asking for a meeting of interested civic groups concerning the location of the building the city had agreed to purchase for the C.R.A. was tabled until such time as it was ascertained whether the city was going to se- contained in the Finance report, a : *- . A protest fon? relidents of the area against the erection of a woodworking shop by Alex Vajda at the corner of Beatty Avenue and Drew Street was referred to General Purpose. * op BP Fire protection and City Pro- perty was authorized to report on street lights proposed for Arlington Avenue, Division Street and on Simcoe Street in front of Cedardale Church. A 4 Accounts were passed as follows: Finance, $17,264.74; Board of Works, $22,655.20; City Property, $11,501.13, and General Purpose, $1,135.66. In connection with the payment to doctors for public health service as contained in the Finance report a motion was made by Ald, Dafoe re- quiring that the Board of Health be required to see that all doctors piesa . a8 monthly account of op Pp Bylaws were passed authorizing | the signing of agreements with three parties in connection with te use of a portion of their land for sewer extensions. Those involved were Walter Romanuk, 8. Jackson and Son and the Sun Life Assur- ance Company of Canada. - + A bylaw was passed amending the consolidated bylaw for licensing restaurants so as to include restau- | rants in licensed hotels, formerly Skempled by the Liquor Control ct. AE BE The meeting adjourned a. 11 pm. Works, Ald. Michael Starr, that the | | George Drew looking on at left. : New Minister Takes Oath Harold Scott, Peterboro M.P.P., who has been appointed Ontario minister of lands and forests, succeeding the Hon. W. G. Thompson, is shown as he took the oath of office at Queen's Park, Toronto. That's Premier The Annual Banquét of the On- tario County Holstein Breeders' Club was held November 27 at the Uxbridge United Church with 125 members in attendance. President C. Ashenhurst, Ux- bridge, acted as toastmaster and the principal speaker was Judge H, S. Mott of the Toronto Juven- ile Court who spoke on "Values" stressing. the responsibility that the individual citizen bears, not only to his community and coun- try but to other individuals less fortunate than himself with whom he comes in contact. Agricultural Representative F. M. Campbell presented a Premier Breeder Banner to R. Ray Me- Laughlin owner of Elmeroft Farm. This banner was won at the Ontario County Black and White Show held in connection with Port Perry Fair. Mr, Mc- Laughlin was also the recipient of three Certificates of Longtime Production awarded by the Hol- stein. Friesian 'Association of Ca- nada and presented by Fieldman F, Roy Ormiston. A Silver Seal Certificate was awarded in hon- our of the nine lactation lifetime total of 170,391 1bs. milk con- taining 6,472 lbs, fat made by Elm Belle Model Colantha while Blue Seal Certificates were pre- sented in recognition -of the six R. R. McLaughlin Wins Premier Breeder Award lactation total of 4976 lbs, fat from 131857 lbs. milk made by Elm Sylvia Colantha and the nine lactation production of 4600 lbs. fat from 128761 1bs. milk made by Elm DeKol Lady Colantha, A Blue Seal Certificate wag al- so presented to Majcr-General John A, Gunn, Toronto, in recog- nition of the nine lactation total of 139615 lbs. mlik containing 5066 1bs, fat made by fis noted producer Gay Pauline Canary, R. Norman Hogg, Uxbridge, received a Red Seal Certificate covering the seven lactation lifetime pro- duction of 102,322 lbs, milk con- taining 4060 lbs, fat made by his cow Poach Rag Apple Beulah, A very pleasing presentation was that made by A. L. Veale, Manager of the Port Perry Bank of Commerce to Ross Evans, Ux- bride, who was adjudged. the best showman for the County Calf Club this year, The award conslis- ted of a silver tray dona.ed by the B ak 'of Commerce. Others who spoke briefly were Carlos Tamblyn, President of t" > Durham Holstein Club; James Brown, Newcastle, National Dir- ector of the Holstein-Friesian As- sociation and Rev, Mr, Atkinson who welcomed the guests. Musi- cal selections were offered by Misses Ruth and Yvonne Som- merville and Bruce Johnson, Way Is Opened For More Taxis It was decided at yesterday's meeting of the Police Commission to dispense with the rule that has limited the number of taxi cabs and that from now on anyone who wants to operate a cab system in the city may do so providing they place their application before the Police Commission and receive their approval, Chief of Police Owen D. Friend said that the parking signs in the city were in awful shape, needing painting, replacement and additions. He mentioned this when a letter was read regarding the allowance of parking in front of the side exit of the Marks Theatre. Chief Friend said that the area was a no park- ing area but that there was no sign there and so could not be en- forced until there was. Speaking in regard to the in- stallation of the new parking meters the chief said that he would require two new policemen to patrol the meters alone 'and that he was requesting that the city council be advised of this andbe asked to set aside the funds necessary for their employment. The meters territory would have to be covered approximately every 12 minutes, he said, and this made it necessary to have a couple of new men to do just that work. The members of the police force were also given the commission's permission to take the six-weeks' course given by the St. John's Am- bulance Corps at the beginning of the new year, A complaint by C. V. Edmunds, of the Hydro-Electric Power Com- missicn that members of the com- mission were receiving parking tickets for parking on the main street while about their duties for the community was aired and it was decided on the recommendation of the police chief that no special privileges could be given to the man in question and that the in- better faster. If you have a cold get and | Dodd's Kidney Pills. Sim hv stallation of the parking meter would be the answer to the problem. The request of the members of the force for an increase in salaries | was passed on to the city council for further study. HUSBANDS FOR SALE If the Pani Kotches males of Bengal get into debt, their wives have the right to sell them into STUDY FARM PRODUCTION METHODS Ottawa, Dec. 3--(CP)--Delegates to the Dominion-Provincial agricul- tural conference today turned to the study of means of increasing Canada's annual production of hogs, other livestock and dairy products such as butter, cheese and milk, The discussions, based on recom- mendations by federal Agricultural Department experts for 1947 pro- duction objectives, took place in camera as delegates from the vari- ous provincial departments of agri- culture and leading farm organiza- tions placed their views before the conference. Yesterday, in similar off-the-rec- ord talks, the delegates discussed the question of Canada's 1947 wheat acreage and it was reported the conference likely would recommend a slight reduction from this year's total of 25,900,000 acres, with in- creases for coarse grains. Agriculture Minister Gardner, in welcoming representatives at the opening meeting, placed stress on the feed grain shortage and said greater production was needed if the output of livestock and dairy products was to be increased. "It would appear to me to be useless," he said, "to spend our time discussing means of inducing farm- ers to increase livestock and dairy production unless we have first planned effectively to increaese feed grain production." Mr. Gardner reported it was gen- erally thought that lower prices for Canadian agricultural products would come in 1948 but said that for 1947 there would be a market for all farm produce that was available "at any price which is permitted in Canada and at a higher price than we now are obtaining outside Can- ada." Discussing future prices, he said: "The unknown factor at the mo- ment is the return to be received for the greater part of our produc- tion which is marketed in Canada. I think it can be assured that so long as costs to farmers cannot be reduced, returns to farmers will not be permitted to drop." DangerDemocracy May Be Lost Toronto, Dec. 3 (CP) -- The thought that democracy might be in danger today even in Canada was before the Ontario people today in the shape of warnings from Premier Drew. In the first of a series of Ontario government political talks prepared for delivery over an Ontario net- work of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last night, Premier Drew said that democracy is every- body's business. "Today there is a fundamental is- sue djviding political thcught here and all over the world," he said. "On 'the one hand are those who believe that all our affairs should be directed by government officials. People hold this belief in varying degrees, ranging from the moder- ate bureaucrats to those who be- lieve in absolute dictatorship on the Russian pattern. , "On the other side are those who believe that free men can work to- gether efficiently and that with honest and vigorous co-operation Democracy -- real Democracy -- is the best system for the advance- slavery to pay off the bills. ment and welfare of our people." waiting for you. This was disclosed today in an exclusive interview with Maj. Maskelyne, who said theé the world-famous family of ma- gicians, who said he was prepared to donate £10,000 of that reward. Maj. Maskelyne, who sa d the reward would not be given unless the trick is done "properly," gave this account of what "properly" meant: "The rope must stand up, the boy must be sent aloft, the man must follow him up the rope, chop the boy to pieces, return to the ground with the bloodstained knife after throwing down the boy's dismembered body. and he must produce the boy alive, well and smiling before I hand over my share of the reward." "The Indian rope trick is a fable," he said. "Both my father and my grandfather sent men to India, and provided them with plenty of money, to find out how the trick was . done, The men spent two years in all in India but no one came forward to de- monstrate the trick. "People who claim to have seen the Indian rope trick have obvi ously been hypnotized." "I can make a rope stand up in the open air," he went on, "That is easy, I can also make a boy climb up the rope. The diffis culty is to get him to disappear." The National Association of Magicians' Societies stipulates that the rpe must be thrown 13 feet into the air and remain mo- tionless before the boy is sent aloft. Quite a few people have tris ed in the past to perform the Ine dian rope trick and claim res wards. Canadians, Americans, South Africans and Indians--all came forward in 1934 to claim a reward offered them by the Max gical Society. Dr. Alexander Cannon, well known psychologist, clai:as the trick is mass hypnotisia, certain conditions of light and tempera ture being necessary to render the person right for hypnotizing, Rain-Making Machine Really Works, They Say Regina, Dec. 3 -- (CP) -- Some drought-weary farmers in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan believe that the "rain-making" machine operated by 33-year-old Donald Johnston of Regina was re- sponsible for the record-breaking rains which nurtured the bumper 1942 crop. Just across the border, east of Medicine Hat, Alta, in a similar, traditionally-dry wheatland section, 10 farmers last July paid the Lan- cashire-born Handsman"s expenses to bring the foot-square machine there. But Johnston claims "it was too late in the season to do any good and the results were not much." Today, the slight, unmarried army veteran and former art student is overhauling the machine he first put together in 1937 and has been perfecting since, getting it ready for next spring. He says that if given facilities to operate it in various parts of the Prairies, he can banish drought, bringing rain with the "instru- ment's greatly multiplied power of gravitational - attraction to the moon's influence." Soft-spoken Johnston says halt- ingly that the electrical power drawn from the moon by the ma- chine's electro-magnetic field, causes electrical changes in the atmosphere and when clouds are overhead, af- fects condensation and thus rain. The machine has an effect over at least a 100-mile radius, he says Johnston claims that the machine also uses the power of an electric storm in place of the moon when the former is occurring in the vicin- ity of the machine, causing rain where no rain would have fallen ter Bondi Fok! CIGARETTES had the machine not been in opera= tion. The machine--which he calls a "universcope" -- has a solid steel frame and incorporates two horse shoe shaped magnets. One of the magnets is fixed and the . other moves in a semi-circle about it, swinging like a pendulum. He says the moving magnet sets up an elec= tro-magnetic field besides being ine RAIN MACHINE (Continued on Page 2) 'ures SIGOTR MOMENTS® It happens every day, thank goods ness . . . 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