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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FIVE "UK Economic Future Not So Gloomy sand, Jus. 37 eutach--zeo- Deo eS 'the gloom over" Britain's eco- nomic pSioom 80 Tashan here It, Sranspired Jas Joka the United Kingdom now is building more ships that all the remainder of the world put together. At the end of last week the stock celior of the exchequer is undoubt- edly the national bull. But within the limits of "inflation" as ordinar- understood, strength on the stock exchange is not customarily associated with economic weakness. An offer of new securities (in a company) was oversub- scribed more than 50 es, the best reception ever giv to any new capital issue in British history. In ordinary conversation Britons want to emigrate. Relatively few of them show any signs of doing it, however. If the world-wide barriers suddenly disappeared, it is.certain that Britain, far from losing popu- lation, would be swamped by, on balance, a huge net of immigra- tion. Even with the Dominions, which offer many advantages to ' British emigrants, it would be far from a one-way traffic. Rubber Workers' Union Roll Up 25 p.c. In 8 Months Hamilton, Jan, 27--(CP)--Jo- seph Mackenzie, Canadian direc- tor of the United Rubber Workers (CIO-CCL) in a report presented to delegates of Ontario and Que- bee locals of the union here yes- terday, said membership in the union had shown a 25 per cent in- crease during the past eight months in spite of the fact that the union staged the longest strike in its history in that per- fod, He told the 60 representatives attending the first Canadian dis- trict council meeting of 1947 that the paid-up membership of the U.R.W.A. waf in excess of 10,000 highest in the union's Canadian history, The 'meeting passed a resolu- tion calling on the Dominion gov- ernment to "restore and retain subsidies and price ceilings in 1947 to prevent further danger- ous increases in the cost of liv- ing" or "this union will be forced to consider plans to obtain wage increases similar to those won in 1946." Carl Fitzgerald, of Kitchener, was elected president of the dis- trict council and Mark Smith, Hamilton, vice-president, Arthur Clements, Kitchener, was re-elected treasurer, The 1947 executive will be: 8. Thornley, Toronto; N. Allison, Bowmanville; A, Ssherer and Paul Ernst, Kitchener; H. Yeo- mans, Hamilton, Apple Demand Is Slackening The weekly crop and market report of the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture states there has been some slackening off in the demand for apples in the lakeshore area of Eastern Ontar- io as producers are now offering their common storage apples more readily due to milder wea- ther and the fast ripening of the fruit. Some varieties are moving very slowly and bitter pit is develop. ing rapidly. Most local stores well supplied. Truck movement fairly light and mostly to Ontario points, Some processing apples are prepared for shipment with no offers as yet. Growers over- hauling and repairing sprayers for spring work. The Rochester fruit meeting was at' nded by a few growers from this district. More local stocks of potatoes are being moved to wholesalers due to the mild weather The qua- lity is good with the price un. changed. The dmand for other vegetables is improving with slightly advanced prices. A meeting of tomato growers wag held at Picton recently when it was voted almost 100 per cent for tomatoes to be purchased on a graded basis this season. Asks Higher Tribute For Flyers 8-8gt. Ann Combko, of PR Pa., sie of of one of five 4 American es shot down over Yugoslavia last August, has the U.S. army for a more impressive monument, at her a "in Arling- ton Nati to the y brother, and the men-who died with Bom The h grave is 22 inches wide and stands 24 inches above the ground. is larger than average. th on the grave of her brother and his spokesmen pointed out that th S-8Sgt Ann Comko placing a wr heroic comrades. y of Cpl. Matthew Comko, her kid dst for the Army Photo shows Agquitania And Crew Get Plaque In commemoration of her service as a troopship in two great wars, H.M.T. Aquitania and her crew were presented with a bronze plaque when she docked at Halifax by the heads of the three armed services in the east- ern area. Shown here is Capt. J. D. Snow, ship's captain, receiving the plague from Major-General Foster, CBE, DSO, commanding Eastern Army Command. Capt. Snow expressed' the personal appreciation of himself and the crew for the award which read: "Presented to H.M.T. Aumiania for her servicesgrendered in two great wars by all ranks of the Canadian armed forces." Among First Over--Last Back Regimental Sgt.-Major (W.0. 1) Albert Thomas James, DSO (two bass), Montreal, reached Halifax aboard H.M.T. Aquitania, the same port from which he embarked with the first contingent in December, 1939. An act- ing brigadier in World War I, and with seven years service in World War II, S-M James gave his "official" age as "44" but traced his remarkable service record back to the Sonth African War and a 27 year stretch with British forces in India. Three times he has won the D.S.0. Father of four children, his family reside in Montreal. He is shown viewed by a newspaperman. being inter- Canary Man Wins Honors In Toronto Ted Tyres, Oshawa's foremost canary fancier, has, for the sec- ond year in a row, had one of his birds judged the 'highest scoring "young bird" in the Dominion. The bird won the honor at the in- ternational grand championship completed Saturday night at the | Toronto Roller Canary Club. The events were held under the aus- pices of the Dominion Roller Can- ary Association, The bord, judged as are all ca- naries, on song alone, scored a total of 192 points in four differ- ent shows during the past sea- son and was judged the best bird in the show in a competition held recently at Montreal. At the Tor- onto show he was tied .by one other bird but copped Dominion honors on the strength of his showing in other competition. Other honors which came to the Oshawa man were those of having the two highest scoring "old birds" in Eastern Canada. He also had the highest scoring team of the year, Still rated as an amateur, Mr, Tyres must win complete honors «in one more show before he graduates into the select circle of those who =.: listed in the championshi) class. Another interesting feature of the recent show in Toronto was the winning by a Canadian team of exhibitors of a competition be- tween it and a team of grana championship calibre from New York. The Canadian team scored a total of 709 points gainst a total of 549 for the Americans. With competition for the 1946- 47 season now completed, Mr. Tyres will begin training and breeding birds for new shows coming up. His stock now consists of some 70 birds and is being add- ed to continually, Scientists Battle Crop Diseases Science is not keeping pace with virus diseases of fruit and veget- ables and can never conquer them, Dr. Kenneth J. Neatby, Director, Science Service, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, told the Macdonald 'College branch of the Agricultural Institute of Can- ada in a recent address. But pre- sent economic losses would be enormously greater were it not for the work already done, he said. Speaking on the subject of agri- cultural complexities, Dr. Neatby described the presently successful battle of science against wheat dis- eases. "But while we have certainly won the first round, there can be no such thing as permanent peace," he declared, Even Marquis wheat, partially re- sistant to stinking smut and early enough to suffer less rust damage than it predecessors, is susceptible to scab. When farmers found that Marquis ecaped rust only in cer- tain years, they took to growing Durum varieties but found that these suffered from root rots and ergot. Kota, a later development, was virtually wiped out by stem rust. Thatcher proved susceptible to leaf rust and scab. Only with the development of newer wheat va- rieties, such as Newthatch, Rival, Regent, Renowns and Pilot could plant breeders feel that they were one jump ahead of wheat diseases, said Dr. Neatby. Among new agricultral problems confronting the Canadian scientist, Dr. Neatby listed Dutch elm disease, potato rot nematode, witches' broom of potatoes, potato tuber flea beetle, several virus diseases of stone fruits including "little cherry", swine rhinitis, flax bollworm, and Jap- anese beetle. "Since crops and live stocks are susceptible to numerous and varied ills so far excluded from Canada, urther trouble may be expected," he predicted See Budget Down Before June 27 Ottawa, Jan. 27--(CP)--Finance Minister Abbott told a press con- ference that\he did not know when he would be bringing down his bud- get for the 1947-48 fiscal year. He hoped it would be before June 27, the date on which the budget was presented last year, because he liked to spend his summers in the Bastern Townships rather than in Ottawa. The session opens Jan. 30. |Wm.S. HartJ I. To Contest Will -------- Los Angeles, Jan. 27--(AP)-- William 8. Hart, Jr, son of the iwo-gun star of the silent films, has decided to contest the will of his father, who left him nothing from his $1,000,000 estate. Hart died last June 23. Most of his money was set aside for transform- ing Hart's 200-acre ranch into a public park, The will stated he had amply provided for my son during Listowel Wolves Not Imaginary Listowel, Ont., Jan, 27 (CP)--De- ONION EXPERIMENTS For the 4th consecutive year at- Grade 1 transplanted ther Southport Red Globe or Globe those of seeded onions, Experience so far has shown that both trans- planted and seeded keep well with- out much loss for a period of from three to four months. For longer periods, however, onions would seem preferable, Records al- so indicate that Yellow Globe Dan- vers is a better keeper than oth: port Red Globe. spite skeptics, there definitely are wolves in this district 30 miles north of Stratford, various farmers said last night, and it has been estimated that a pack of at least five is win- Jering in this district. One has been One wolf was killed recently af- ter a chase through Elma Town- ship and its carcass was exhibited in a Listowel store. Farmer Wes Yeo, who lives two miles from town, said an even bigger wolf passed within 30 feet of him recently but he was unarmed. Lloyd Hall, whose farm is five miles from here, said it was no im- aginary wolf that he took several shots at when it crossed his farm Thursday. 5-YEAR-OLD WALKER Leamington, Jan. 27--(CP)--Ron- nie. Simpson, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Simpson who! reside' near Kingsville, caused a major furore in the district when he couldn't be found. Search par- ties scouted the vicinity but Ronnie was found accidentally, miles away from the area searched. He had walked 10 miles and won't say why. NEED FREEZE-UP Toronto, Jan. 27--(CP)--All was set for the Rotary Club ice carni- val of suburban Mount Dennis and Weston Friday but the whole af- fair--ineluding crowning of the ice queen--was called off. Reason: No ice. A thaw endnd the club's plan and now the carnival must- wait for another {freeze-up. my 1 FIRST TOBACCO PIPE Tobacco dates from ancient times, when priests used it in religious ceremonies, writes Dr. N. A. Mac- Rae, Tobacco Division, Experiment- al Farms Service. At one time, to- bacco was believed to possess heal- ing properties, and this belief con- tributed largely to its early intro- duction. The actual practice of smoking, however, was unknown previous to the discovery of Amer- cia by Columbus. Indians smoked tobacco in religious ritual by means of a tube device forming a a "Y", This tube was made of wood called "tobacco" and hence came the name for the tobacco plant. If this tobacco wood could not be ob- tained, inferior grades were used, but in that case a simple cylindrical tube was made instead of the pronged one. This instrument may well have been the ancestor of the present- day pipe. Underwriters Head FERNAND DE HAERNE, C.L.U. of Montreal, elected President of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada at the Annual Meeting of the Association, held in Toronto on January 24, Mr. de Haerne is Manager at Montreal for La Sauve- garde Life Assurance Company. Shotgun Blasts Kill 4, Wound 2 Parsons, W. Va., Jan. 27 (AP)-- Police reported that four persons were killed and two others were wounded in an isolated farm near Montrose Saturday night when a one-armed lumberman opened fire with a shotgun after his landlord ordered him to leave the prcperty. They said that Walter McCray, 35, shot himself to death after the fatal wounding of his wife, Mrs. An- na Isner McCray, 25; Joseph Wilson McManigle, 68, with whom the cou- ple lived; and Mrs. Dora Hammons McManigle, about 45, wife of Mc- Manigle. Troy Sneed, 18, was shot in the hip and spent the night hiding on a hillside near the farm until rescuers arrived, while his 22-year-old sister, Louella, suffered a slight hand wound. $200 per Auto Profit, CIO Claim Cleveland, Jan. 27 (AP)--Auto- mobile manufacturers in the United States are making $200 profit a car and will double their profit mar- gin within six months, George F. Addes, International secretary-trea- surer of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) asserted Sa- turday night. In an addresy before 1,000 delegates at the unions third annual education conference. Australia Marks 159th Anniversary Canberfa, Jan. 27 -- (CP) -- Aus- tralia today observed with a public holiday the 159th anniversary of the landing in 1788 of Capt. Arthur Phillip and the establishment of Port Jackson, first British settle- ment on the Australian continent. "Australia Day," as the annivers- ary now is called, was celebrated with holiday making in many parts of th2 country through the coastal section of Queensland State, in the grip of the worst floods in 50 years. Inland sections and parts of the neighboring New South Wales State still are ridden by severe drought. There were few official functions to mark the anniversary while the country awaited the announcement from Prime Minister Chifley on the appointment of an Australian-born Governor-General to succeed the Duke of Gloucester who returned to Britain last week. Practically everyone expects the new Governor-General will be 'Wil liam James McKell, 55-year-old Labor Premier of New South Wales who was a boilermaker's apprentice at 13 and by studying in his spare time obtained a law degree and established himself as a popular fi in politics. ce his name was first men- tioned as the Duke of Gloucester's successor, McKell has been in the midst of a newspaper controversy over what has been called the pro- posed "political appointment." How- ever, his chances for the post are not thought to have been altered. McKell would be the second Aus- tralian-born Governor-General, Anniversary Day was the subject of a national broadcast Sunday by Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander- in-Chief of the Australian forces |b during the war who urged expansion of Australia's population, now es- timated at about 7,500,000. "The vital factor in Australia's future," Sir Thomas said, "will be the overflow of Japanes® to In- donesia for the Greater Asia move- ment is sure to be revived in a new form." CHILD LOSES EYE . Toronto, Jan. 27--(CP)--Doctors have removed the left eye of 10- year-old Bernice Jesson of suburb- an Humber Bay, injured in a skat- ing mishap. Her parents said the child suffered the injury while skating in a school yard. TURKEY BREEDERS London, Jan, 27--(CP)--Turkey breeders from all parts of the prov- ince attended their annual meeting here last week. The session con- cluded with a banquet--at A which the main dish was turkey. British | Parking System | With An Electric Brain May End All Problems London, Jan, 27 (Reuters)--Cabi- in minis, Scotland Yard Shijels an planning experts hepe today witnessed a new invention operated by an electric brain" which. may solve the parking prob- lem which exists in large cities all over the world. The demonstration ox the device, conceived by Canadian-born Willi- am Wilcocks Baldwin and designed by . Harold Auger of Britain, was held at the Fraser and Chalmers Engineering Works of the General Electrical Company, Limited, outside London. One of the Scotland Yard chiefs said that "this machine would solve all London's car parking difficul- ties." Another official said that Am- erican engineers conceded that there is nothing in the world that can equal it. The system, known as the Bald- win-Auger Sustek, consists of four four parallel strips of griiled track about 100 'yards long. Each strip is made in separate bays large enough | to hold a car. By moves oh of its "pigeon hole" ready for The fevice Ja is , operated by an "electrical consisting of "photo electric gr There can be no mix-up of cars and the mechan- ism would automatically stop and warning signals be given if anything should go wrong. The system, which took 10 years to develop, makes an enormous anys ing in parking space possible and eliminates any manoeuvring of the vehicle on the part of the owner or attendant. A spokesman of Fraser and Chal- mers sald that on account of the building restrictions and post-war difficulties in Britain the fifst plant for manufacture of the machine will be installed in either the United States or Switzerland. Need 20,000,000 Population But No "Open Door" Ottawa, Jan. 27--(CP)--Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner has de- clared he thought it was pretty well agreed that Canada should haye a population of 20,000,000 peo- ple but he could not say what steps, if any, the government might take to bring more people into the coun- ry. He made it clear in an interview that in an address he made on immigration recently in Vancouver he was not advocating an "open door" policy when he suggested an "open door" policy when he sug- gtsted 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 might be admitted into Canada from Europe. "I just suggested what I thought was necessary but how or when they can get those people I am not grepared to say." There was nothing new in what he had suggested--"I have been saying that for 20 years." Immigration, however, was a matter of government policy. He was not prepared to say if or when the Cabinet would. consider. the question or what steps might be taken. OCEAN DEPTHS The average depth of the Atlantic Ocean is 2,200 fathoms (two to three miles). Lectures For Army Staffmen Brockville, Ont.,, Jan, 27-- (CP)--Preparatory to writing entrance examinations to the Can- adian staff college, 650 active force army officers from central command and army headquarters are to attend a five-week inten- sive study period here from Feb, 3 to March 10, military officials said yesterday. Members of the faculty of Queen's University, Kingston will give many of these lectures, and will include Dean W. AH, Mac- kintosh, Dean A, Wilber Douglas, Dr, E, L. Bruce and professors A, L. Clark and R. G, Trotter. Jeep, Tug, Taxi Beat The Stork Toronto, Jan. 27--(CP)--A jeep, a tugboat and a taxi combined Sat- urday in a race with the stork-- and won, The jeep carried Mrs. Michael Brown, who lives on one of the is- lands in Toronto harbor, to a pier where a tugboat waited to carry her to the mainland. A taxi took her the rest of the way to hispital where Mrs. Brown, five minutes af- ter her arrival there, gave birth to a daughter, Public Confidence Canadians contracted with this Company for one hundred and ninety-seven million dollars of life insurance during the past year ($197,819,000). These purchases exceeded those of any previous year by over a million dollars a week. The what amount of financial security which London Life policy» holders have provided for themselves and their families is now more than one billion, two hundred and eighty million dollars ($1,281,101,000). Reports of the Company's stewardship presented at the recent Annual Meeting show that the growth in size has been accompanied by a further increase in financial strength. The assets of the Company are two hundred and forty-eight million dollars ($248,782,000), and to safeguard the interests of policyholders, making "assurance doubly sure" for them, contingency and surplus funds amount to 8 per cent of the assets. The strong position of the London Life is evidenced by the fact chat, in spite of the general decline in interest rates, it has been able to maintain its tradition of low cost insurance to policyholders. In fact, many owners of policies on "protection plans" will receive increases in dividends during 1947. The Company's record over the past half century for low cost life insurance has been unexcelled. The healthy and rapid growth of the Company is the best possible assurance of continued satisfaction to policyholders, and one of the reasons the London Life merits public confidence in full measure, A copy of the 1946 Annual Report will be mailed unas aquest to any Branch Office. Insurance Company Head Office - London, Canada