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- a 78 'MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1947 PAGE THRER THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ot 'Doukhobors Still 'Canadian 'After By KEN M Riddle - 48 Years ETHERAL Canadian Press Staff Writer Brilliant, B.C., Aug. 26 (CP).--A new chapter of arson, rviolen:ze and terror is being written into the tragic history of 'Canada's 10,000-odd Doukhobors--that paradoxical sect of «religious people hailed 50 years ago as the true followers of "Christ and the great example of Christian fellowship ever » known. San ii Today, as police 'campaign to quell rampaging "bands of fire-crazed night raiders, "the problem of assimilating this simple, volatile peasant race, in- to the normal law-abiding life of the Dominion, appears little clos- to solution than it did 48 years 0 when the Doukhobors first migrated from Russia. ~ Normally a peaceful, hard wor- king farming peoples, .the Doyles" +hobors first won the ad tion ,of Canadians by their ifdustry "and almost phenomenal ability to turn barren wastes into rich ag- _ricuitural districts. Shocked Uocunisy Then they :chocked and anger- ed the country with mass nude parades, hunger strikes, violence and a stubborn determination to defy the laws and conventions of the country that had offered fthem a refuge from Russian per- ~ secution, Already this month more than a score of schools and commun- ity dwellings have been burned by prayer-chanting, hysterical fa. natics, addin: new totals to the mounting list of depredations that has cost Canada millions of dol- lars, L 'The Doukhobors came into . prominence in thir native Russia about the middle of the 18th cen- . tury when they suffered persecu- «tion and repression rather than sserve in the armed forces of the . Czar, Steadfastly holding to their & belief that it was not right to kill, they, were beaten and tortured until Canada offered them sanc- tuary and a new home. H Continued tion . 'The first contingent, 7,500 strong, settled in Manitoba and = Northern Saskatchewan in 1899. ,. The Doukhobors no sooner settled than they opposed the Canadian s government as stubbornly as thay ,)had Russian authorities. In rapid succession they refus- ed to become naturalized, would not register births, deaths and -marriages and refused to send their children to school, i Unable to agree among them- - selves, they broke into three main « groups: . 1, The Union of Spiritual Com- ~munities of Christ--a co-operat. jive group generally referred to as Orthodox, All land owned by the sgroup is community-owned and | farmed, Members live in large communal houses with up to 50 people living in one large build- «ing. 2. The Independents -- Douk- _hobors who have broken away from the community--own their sown land and lead fairly .normal CANADIAN RIDDLE (Continued on Page 12) Canadian Artist Dead At 83 Toronto, Aug. 25--(CP)--George Andrew Reid, 83, regarded as the dean of Canadian artists, died Sat- furday at his home here. He was formerly principal of the Ontario College of Art. Mr. Reid, who lived as a boy on a farm near Wingham, Ont., said in .an interview last February that he determined at the age of 12 to an artist and walked 20 miles to real artist at work. his pictures have hung Academy in London, on and the National ,Gallery in Ottawa. The Ontario, Parliament buildngs and detachments Lg U.K. Miners Will Work 6-Day W eek Jorthcawl, Wales, Aug. 25--(Reu- ters)--British miners will give up a four-months-old «victory after 40 years of battle and revert to a six- day week to help pull Britain out of ere --r edo Avie Tarnow general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, said last night. In a tough take-it-or-the-conse- quences statement, he promised the union had the power and the will to diseipline workers or manage- ment alike for any "irresponsibility or saboatage." The move suspends for eight months, until May 1948, the new five-day week which the union won after protracted bargaining with the labor government, which took over ownership of the mines the first of the year. "We have offered to work 6% hours every Saturday from Septem- ber until May next year," Horner sald. Miners leaders 'and cabinet officials have been meeting contin- ually the last few weeks discussing the best way to improve coal pro- duction and supply fuel vital to cri- sis plans of stepped-up imports. Miners this month were one week behind schedule for the pro- duction target of 200,000,000 tons, set as the minimum needed for home and manufacturing consump- tion this year. Horner said "irresponsibles," only 10 per cent of the workers, failed to weigh up income against the coun- try's vital needs for coal. They are "hurting the country and are im- peding our union's efforts to bring about reforms in the industry." New Sub-Editor For "Statesman". Mr. and Mrs. John M. James are happy to announce the birth of a little auburn-haired brother for Johnny Junior in Bowmanville Hos- pital on Monday, August 18th, 1947. His name is Robert Stephen--*"Bob- by" for short. Dear Bobby James Congratulations On Your Arrival And on having Such smart Dad and Mom Who have composed Such a Stunning Birth Notice-- May you grow and Live up to all the Good James Family Traditions. --The Times-Gazette. RUSS SERUM EFFECTIVE Los Angeles, Aug, 25--(AP)-- "Acs," the Russian anti-reticular cytotoxic serum, has brought good results in bone fractures and some benefits in arthritis and fatigue cases here, it has been re. ported to 1,600 Negr« physicians attending the convention of their National Medical Association, LABOR PARTIES MEET Ottawa, Aug. 25 -- (CP) -- A Commonwealth conference of La- Ferg will be held at Em. uel College at Toronto Sept. 4-18, with Canada's C.C.F. party. acting as host, David Lewis, C.C.F. national secretary, has an- «in schools throughout the province, nounced, Attendance Records Snap As Crowds Toronto, Aug. 25--(CP) -- With three attendance records shattered in the first two days of the Cana- 'dian National Exhibition, officials "today were revising their early esti- 'mate that some 2,000000 people 'would attend the 1047 version of 'the "world's largest annual exposi- tion." Today the talk was of "near- dy 3,000,000 this year." Following close on the heels of an opening day record Friday, officials spent many (weary hours tallying a Saturday count that totalled 272- "000 a new record for any day since 'the inception of the C.N.E. Previous cord was 267,000 on Labor Day, * Punctures Two Marks i The Saturday mark also was a sew second-day record puncturing the former 217,000 created in 1941. Friday's attendance was recorded at 108,500--a 78 per cent increase over opening day in 1941 and well above whe, former 80,000 opening day re- cord. - Today was Children's Day at the "Ex" and more records are expect- #d to go by the boards after more 'than 300 of the younger generation 'were reported lost during the War- Jrior's Day program Saturday. High- Qighting the kiddies day was a con- Flood CNE decorated baby pram competition. A wide program of sports, toe, girls amateur swimming champion- ships- headlining that department's events. Long Lineups In sweltering heat Saturday, abe normal crowds started to fill the park early in the morning. With less than an hour to go before clos- ing time, several thousand ns were lined up outside the park gates SH) walting to buy admission tick- pe ; Honored during the Warrior's Day program were 20,000 veterans of the First and Second World Wars who marched in a brilliant parade and later competed in platoon competi- tions. A. full sports program kept several thousand visitors entertain- ed and the midway and food booths reported record business. Several soft drink and sandwich stands were forced to close shop early in the evening when supplies ran out and severa] restaurants on the grounds were closed by 6 p. m. Teen-town, an innovation at the "Ex" will come into its own today with continuous programs of musi- cal shows, movies, high school var- fety acts, fashion shows and special Rest for the most freckles and a broadcasts. was scheduled with the boys and | being Drought Shrinks 47 Wheat | Crop Winnipeg, Aug, 25--(CP) -- Canada's 1947 wheat crop ap- peared tdoday to be somewhere between 340,000,000 and 360,- 000,000 bushels with the actual figure umcertain until harvesting, now uncer way in many sections, is completed, In any event, agriculturists concede, there is no possibility ot a crop to equal last year's ap< proximately 418,000,000 bushels. A late spring, hail, insects, drought in some areas too much rain in others ,and disease have e¢cmbined to cloud a once-optimis- tic picture, . A Dominion Bureau of Statis- tigs estimate earlier this month placed the country's wheat crop at 358,786,000 bushels, 339,~ 696,000 of which were to come from the Prairie provinces. Since then, however, private estimates have put the Prairie harvest as low as 321,000,000 bushels, 5 The Bureau's estimate also showed a decline in oats from 400,069,000 bushels in 1946 to 291,620,000 bushels this year and a drop of 5,300,000 bushels to 154,854 000 hughals tn harley Of the oats, 200,300,000 bushels came from the Prairies as did 144,600,000 bushels of barley. Again private estimates were more conservative, placing the Prairie oats yield at 189,200,- 000 bushels and the barley yield at 142,200,000 bushels. Rye and flaxseed production in Western Canada, however, was greater, The former was placed at 13,246,000 bushels and the lat- ter at 10,649,000 bushels, Drought was the major cause of the reduction, What apparent. ly were ample moisture reserves, deposited by greater-than-aver- age snowfalls last winter, espec- fally in Saskatchewan, were de- pleted by excessive heat and lack of rain, Especially hard-hit were North-central and Western Sas. katchewan and Southern Alberta, News and Views From Eastview Things have been very quiet down Eastview way during the past week. Either Old Sol hag been too strong and everyone has been reclining under their shade trees, with the |' exception of Lasalle and Hig or they are all worn out from a strenuous summer at the Park. With school starting in a week's time, everyone should be finished their holidays, the park should be filled to capacity every night. How about it folks? Let's finish our first year with some real good times. A program is being planned for this coming Saturday evening. Any- one wishing to display their talent get in touch with someone on the executive. Plans are underway to have a huge corn and weiner roast to be field on Saturday, Sept. 6th. Hold that night open neighbors we want this to be a real success. Our chairman has called an exe- cutive meeting for Wednesday evening, we would like to see a hun- dred per cent turnout. C. R. A. supervision ends official- ly this coming Friday, and we are very sorry to see our go. In Jack Ken and Vera Kra- chonski we have had two swell per- sons. Thanks Jack and Vera for a grand job. Instruct Graders Of Tomatoes The Dominion Department of Agriculture has announced a school for tomato grading inspectors to be feld at Colborne on Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday of this week with instructors from the Provin- cial Department in charge. The hot spell, the bulletin issued by the department comments, has advanced tomatoes to some extent and early patches are now produce ing some ripened fruit. It appears now that a few tomatoes might be packed this week. The crop at the moment is, however, unpredictable. Corn is showing good growth with some silking, Four packers in the lake shore district of Eastern On- tario are packing blueberries most of which have been brought from Quebec. The demand for early apples is slow with heavy supplies now ready for harvesting, It appears pickers will be scarce due to high wages paid in factories throughout the district and by tobacco growers. All varieties are growing well but codling moth is still doing heavy damage in some orchards. Pear trees still give indication of a good yield. The demand for po- tatoes is fair with the market well supplied. Due to the lack of mois- ture tops of potatoes in light soil are showing a dried appearance pre- maturely. Ford Ups Prices On Cars, Trucks Detroit, Aug. 25--(AP) -- President Henry Ford II announ. ced yesterday that prices on "most. models" of 'Ford Metor Company passenger cars and all truck models "are being raised from $20 to $97, effective imme- diately." "This is an average increase of 4.2 per cent," the announcement said, "This action has been dic- tated by the simple necessity of keeping Ford Motor ompany on a sound economic basis." Service Veterans' Association. impressiveness of the parade. : Veterans of 2 Wir Parade Col. Drew is seen chatting with John French, OBE, BEM, DCM and two bars, MM and three bars, Belgian Croix de Guerre and French Croix de Guerre, King's Sergeant. French is a member of the Ontario Civil A new addition fo the Warrior's Day parades--women veterans. Their smart appearance and the precision of their marching added to the At the last open air service of the season in the McLaughlin Band Shell last evening, Rev. A. D. Cor- nett, minister of Simcoe Street United Church, chose for the sub- ject of his sermah, the parable of the two house builders. Rev. D. M. Rose, rector of St. George's Anglican Church and Rev. B. 8. Morwood, minister of North- minster United Church assisted in conducting the service which was well attended, In view of the fact that Rev. Cornett's sermon was fhe last for this year, and becausé it was so impressive, the complete text fol- lows: Many Home Builders Many people nowadays are inter- ested in the building of house. The Minister of Reconstruction, the Hon. Mr. Howe announced a few days ago that over 70,000 new houses would be completed in Can- ada this year. Everywhere you travel throughout the Province of Ontario this summer, you will see, especially on the outskirts of pro- gressive towns and cities, large numbers of dwelling.houses in the process of erection. Some of them have just been started, cellars are being excavated. Others are nearing completion, being painted, almost ready for occupation. In view of this widespread interest in house- building, I thought that .it might be helpful for us, on this warm summer evening, to study together something which Jesus, who was himself a carpenter, taught, about the building of houses. - What is called the "Parable of the two House-Builders" is found in St. Matthew 7:24-27, and in St. Luke 6: 47-49. Let me read you rroi.. 'Moffatt's translation of this parable. Matt. 77 24-27, A parable has been defined in a very simple way as an 'earthly, story with a heavenly meaning'. A parable is essentially a comparison, a story about some process in Na- ture, or some incident inhuman eperience, which is told for the pur- pose of illustrating, and thereby 'teaching some moral or religious truth. It usually emphasizes just onz main lesson. All the details of the story are incidental, Parable of Builders 'Shell Service Theme 2. The Story of the Two Builders. Jesus told a story about the ex- perience of two different men, each of whom set out to build a house for himself. One of them was de- scribed as a 'wise' or 'sensible' man. He was a man of good judgment. The other was 'foolish' or 'stupid'. He did not consider the results of what he was doing; he just went ahead and did things the quick, easy, way. Difference Evident According to St. Matthew's rec- ord the difference between the two men was evident in the way in which they chose a site for their building. The wise man selected a |° solid rock on which to build; while the foolish man built upon sand. In St. Luke's story the difference is indicated by the way in which they built. They located on the same soil, but the sensible man dug down through the ground until he struck the solid stratum of rock, and then laid his foundation on a firm base; whereas the stupid man just didn't bother to do any digging. He laid the foundations of his house on the srface of the soil. That was easier, and quicker, and cheaper, and required much less effort. In the course of time the two houses were erected. : Now under ordinary conditions of fair weather, one house seemed to be as good as the other. And the foolish man may have thought to himself what a fool his neighbour had been to spend all that extra time, and hard work, and money, digging down through the ground to lay. the foundation of his house on the rock. But weather doesn't always stay fair, as many of us have reason to know. The calm fine weather is often succeeded by a stormy season. And so it was in the experience of the two builders of our story. The storm came, the rain fell, the floods arose, the wind blew, and the house which had been founded upon a rock withstood the blast of the tempest, and the swirling of the floods of water. It protected the man and his family, and when the SHELL SERVICE (Continued on Page 12), | former managing director of the 4he advocated. He was a Chistian Southam Co. Director Dies Ottawa, Aug. 25 (CP)--Wilson Mills Southam, 78, director of the Southam Publishing Company, Ottawa Citizen, and one of the city's leading philanthropists, died in hospital yesterday following a lengthy illness. His funeral will be heid privately today. Eldest son of Willlam Southam, founder of the Southam newspaper chain, he was born in London, Ont., and educated there and in Hamil- ton. He learned the business side of newspaper publishing under his father's direction and took over the post of business manager of the Hamilton Spectator in the early 90's. He came to Ottawa in 1897 with his brother, H. 8. Southam, to be managing director of the Citizen, and assumed increasing responsi- bilities both in management and shaping of the paper's policy, and until recently was co-publisher. In 1920 he took over the manage- ment of Southam Limited, at that time the holding company of Southam interests. Although he re- tired irom active business la 1833, he maintained a keen interest in the Citizen and in many reforms which Scientist and an advocate of sociai credit. During the last session of Parliament he wrote the Commons elections committee seeking unsuc- cessfully changes in Canada's vot- ing system, proportional representa- tion and transferable votes. Survivors include his widow, the former Henerietta A. Cargill, three sons, John D., publisher of the Cal- gary Herald, D. Cargill of Montreal and G. Hamilton of Ottawa; two daughters, Mrs. Napoleon Brickman and Lady Brickman, both of Ot- tawa; two brothers, H. S. Southam, publisher of the Ottawa Citizen and W. J. Southam of Hamilton, ard one sister, Mrs. St. Clair Balfour, Sr., of Hamilton, Freak Storm Hits Toronto Toronto, Aug. 25-- (CP) -- A fierce electrical storm which wea- thermen described as a type fre- quently seen in the tropics swept oronto late yesterday and caused damage estimated at thousands bf dollars, Power services were interrupted in several sections, small craft on the bay were cap: sized and at least two citizens suffered cuts from windows smashed during the storm, Ask USA To Elect C.C.F. Candidates Branches of the United Steelwork- ers of America in eastern Ontario were asked yesterday by the East- ern Ontario Area Council of the Union to make every effort to elect CCF candidates in the coming prov- incial and Dominion elections. Meet- ing in Smith Falls, the Council re- presents Union locals in Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Kingston, Smiths Falls, Pembroke, Renfrew, Gananoque and other eastern On? taro points, The Council approved the calling of another wage and policy confer- ence this fall to revise its wage and hours objectives for the steel indus- try. It was contended ever mounting prices have canceller out gains made by the Union in recen months The meeting heard A. B. Mac- Donald of Ottawa, general secretary of the Co-operative Union of Can- ada, advocated the establishment of co-operatives in anteffort to fight business monopolies who controlled prices of goods. Other resolutions called for Can- adian assistance to Britain and Eu- ropean countries in their rehabili- tation and "publicity to counter em- ployer propaganda about the alleg- ed laziness of workers in industry". Oshawa delegates at the meeting were: 8. H. Atkinson and M. J. Fen- wick from Local 1817 and B. P., Cook and Lloyd McInally from Local 2784. Cook was elected secretary of the Council. ADMIRAL BYRD TREATED Baltimore, Aug. 25 (AP).--Rear Rumor Giant Atom Project Underway In New Mexico o Bt Cd A 4 Say Huge Caverns Being Carved Out; 'Fantastic' - Army Albuquerque, N.M., Aug. 26 (AP).--Rumors flew thicl today about the $10,000,000 super-secret project under cone struction on the Mesa a dozen miles east of Albuquerquey between this southwest United States City and the Sandi§ and Manzano Mountains. Military sources termed fantastice-- some portions of a copyrighted story by the Denver Post which said the armed forces are building huge caverns for atomic war defences. Private fliers who would not be quoted by name hinted, however, that there might be truth to tales about construction of underground storage facilities for such muni- tions as the atomic bomb. Near Los Alamos The Sandia secret project is next door to an Army airfield and to a Navy project which is the successor to proximity fuse research, Sandia is midway between Los Alamos, where the first atomic bomb was built, and Trinity, N.M. where it was tested. The Post said huge caverns were being excavated in the mountains, and thai underground workings would provide storage for atomic bombs and perhaps for a plant to produce such weapons, and for a fast global air force capable of carrying them. Brig.-Gen, Robert M. Montague, commanding officer at Sandia, termed some statements in the Post article "fantastic." He declined to amplify. Varying reports came from Albu- quergue fliers. Like Igloos One descibed half a dozen mound-like structures several miles from the base: "They look like igloos at any army ammunition depot and have a covering of dirt like bulldings used for ammunition storage. "There are at least six of them, and each is surrounded by a fence with guard towers at the corners. They are 200 to 300 yards apart." This source said the Army has fighter planes at nearby Kirkland Field ready to take the alr, and -- could turn back any ship and foreg it to land for investigation. Reports that the base is guarded by long lines of planes were trac to storage of war-weary craft al Sandia base which is closely res stricted. ' TWO AUTOS DAMAGED Two cars were damaged on Sabe urday at 5:30 p.m, when a collision took place on Gibbs Street between an automobile driven by Stanle§ Head, 265 Park Road South, and oné driven by Murray Welsh, 633 Christie Avenue. Neither occupan§ was hurt but the front of Head's car was dented and the left side of Welsh's vehicle was scraped. UHiMiSTs TRADE London -- (CP)--Tv and cemists and research perts. from 28 countries open their 11th International Congr here last month, Discussions rang ged over almost every major dee velopment in chemistry made iW the last nine years, MORE U.S. HOMES London--(CP)--Housing rey turns for the month of May showk ed the number of dwellings bull was the highest yet recorded im any month since the war, Jul under 1: 000 were built whic bat the previous figure by mo: than 1,750. RICH COAL DEPOSIT New Delhi-- (CP) -- Rich des posits of coal have been found ig an area of 10 square miles bes tween Virdhachalam and Cuddaly ore, about 150 miles from Mads ras. ) Ottawa Cloaks Crisis In Mystery-PC's Charge Ottawa, Aug, 26--(CP)--Char- ging the federal government with "mystification," J, M, Macdon- nell president of the Progressive Conservative Party and financial critic for the opposition Safur- day night called on the govern- ment to "put its cards on the ta- ble" with respect to the dollar crisis, and to cease threating the Canadian people "as children." Mr. Macdonnell, in a 600-word statement, said the seriousness of the dollar situation was not so apparent in Canada as in Britain, "but let no one doubt that we in Canada are gravely involved." Stock Diminishing "Canada is this year buying from the United States about $1,- 000,000,000 more of goods than we are selling to them, Our stock of United States dollars has been rapidly diminishing, and we Lave been hoping to help the situation by receiving payment for half of our supplies to Britain in the form of American dollars suppli- ed us by Britain out of the U.S. loan. The" present crisis makes it clear that unless some new ar- rangement is made between Brit- ain and the U.S., Britain cannot carry out this hoped-for arrange- ment, "The British government, has taken 'the British people into its confidence and made a clean breast of the whole situation, In addition, it has called on the peo- ple for further effort and sacri- fice, reminiscent of 1940 and the days of Dunkirk, "What has happened in Can ada! On Friday last the Minister of Finance gave a statement to the press which left the public in a fog. Officials of the Bank of Canada followed with a press in- terview which made confusion worse confounded. Support Sterling . Bloc "Everyone knows that the pre. sent situation cannot continue; that something must be done. For the long pull what is neces- sary, of course, is that we mus§ buy more from sterling (especies ally British) countries and se more in the U.S, But we must alg so take steps to meet the immed ate emergency, "Kites are being flown to suge gest that the government is cons sidering various remedies; i example (1) the borrowing of money in the U.S, (2) the impose ing of restrictions on importy§ from United States. But there i% entire failure to do what is ne. cessary, namely to make a full disclosure to the Canadian people of the situation and io clear up the present uncertainty and myse tification , , . ™ They're Coming OLSEN & JOHNSON WILL BE OSHAWA SOON! WATCH TUESDAY'S PAPER Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospi- | tal with what officials described | only as a "medical condition," was | reported resting comfortably today. ! A brief statement released by at- |! tending doctors said the Antarctic. explorer's illness was being diag- | nosed and treated. } | BRAVERY AWARDED Cap Chat, Que--(CP)--Capt. Bd- | gar Jourdain and Luc. Montreuil, ! whose bravery and skill in manoeu- vring a small boat among the ice floes of the lower St. Lawrence river last Christmas resulted in res- cue of three ' lumberjacks forced down in a plane, are to be awarded medals and parchments by the Quebec Safety League. 427 mp ------------ LIGHTNING STRIKES HOME Toronto, Aug. 25 (CP). --Lightning struck a home in suburban New To- ronto at the height of a severe storm last night. It damaged roof- ing and the woodwork in a bedroom of the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Beatrice Wells and her family, but did not set the house afire, Now Available at the - CADILLAC HOTEL 394 SIMCOE ST. 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