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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948 "THE DAILY TI MES.GAZETTE PAGE NINE "Mushless" Card For Valentines By JACK McNEIL Canadian Press Staff Writer A manufacturer of St. Valen. tine's Day cards has finally given the lie direct to the gloomy Guses, calamity howlers and sundry other odius characters who claim that progress is an illusion. In fact, this anonymous gentleman de. serves to be ranked with the great benefactors of mankind, "+ Buddha to Einstein. "His contribution to progress?" you may ask. Why, one of the boldest innovations in history--a ® "mushless" Valentine's Day card, suitable for exchange between mere acquaintances, or casual friends. The stature of this pioneer will be obvious at once to folks who can hark back to the syrupy ban. alities that infected Valentines in tiie late Victorian era. But just how far civilization has achieved in this respect can better be gleanad from reference to Cham- bers' famous "Book of Days," pub. lished in 1863, in which that emin. ent authority on anniversaries characterized St, Valentine's Day as "a much degenerated festival, the only observance of any note consisting merely of the sending of jocular, anonymous letters to parties whom one wishes to quiz, and thus is confined very much to the humbler classes." Chambers' disgust for the once. hallowed festival was inspired by doggerel such as this, which circu. lated among the proletariat of his day: "You freckled pug-nosed ugly beast, On whom I wish the flies would feast, Stay away from me or you will mourn The luckless day that you were born." \ St. Valentine's Day commemor- ates the martyrdom of two early Christians. - Origin of this observ- ance of the day is obscure; some authorities claim there were five saints called Valentine, a name ccemmon in antiquity; but it's gen. erally agreed that two Valentines were martyred, one of whom--ac. cording to legénd--was beheaded during the reign of Claudius II near Rome's Porto Valentini (The Flaminian Gate). But the modern connotation of February 14 as a day on which birds are supposed to pair and lovers exchange billets.doux ap- pears to stem from the ancient feast of Lupercalia, observed Feb. ruary 15, which secured the fruit. fulness of the earth, prevented sterility in women, and gave young Roman gallants the chance to pick lots from a helmet for their sweet. hearts of the coming year. Originally, the valentine was the other partner of the lovers' .vow. Now it's the card sweetheats ex. change -- cloyed with sentiment, sprinkled with "diamond dust," and bedecked with satin, rayon, lace pad ng hearts. u year there are plent the mushy" variety, Dp say, all markeq "Made in Canada" Pessuse fie Ottawa ban on many . Imports includ --Valentines| 84, ofall things What Council Did City Council met until after midnight last night, completing the lengthy agenda begun at Tues- day night's meeting. * 5 + The proposed plan for civic em. ployees' pensions was discussed at length witta City Solicitor T. K. Creighton with the result that a committee of Aldermen R. D. from | Humphreys, Evelyn Bateman and Alex Ross was instructed to rec- commend any necessary revisions in its details. Council expressed gen- eral approval of the contract sub- mitted. ] * pb A letter. was received from the Fire Marshal's Department con. gratulating Fire Chief W. R. Elliott and his department on its stand- ing in the Fire Prevention Week competition. Oshawa stood 30th among the 605 municipalities parti- cipating across Canada and among the Ontario cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 it re. ceived honorable mention. dog Council received requests from the Oshawa and District Labor Council for adequate street light. ing on Ritson Road South and for proper caution signs in the vicin- ity 'of Ritson School. It was point. ed out that the Public Utilities Commission had the lighting ques- tion for the city generally under consideration and. the latter item was referred to the Board of Edu- cation, LI A request from John Sciuk, prop- rietor of a grocery business at 175 Olive Avenue, to erect a new store on property adjacent to his present location was referred to General Purpose with power to act, Mr. Sciuk's present building would re. vert to a dwelling, it was pointed out. * pb Permission to "erect service sta. tions on Drew Street was refused to Louis Bradica and to the Cities Service Oil Co. Ltd. f * pb, Nick Dudlaruk was refused per. mssion to continue to reside in his present condemned premises fn Viola Street. LEE BE A letter of appreciation was re. ceived from residents of Viola Street for the recent erection of additional street lights in that area. Council decided not to open a street from Simcoe Street to Rit. son Road between Ritson Road and Wentworth Street as suggested by G. D. Conant. * pb ! Approval was given to the in. stallation of five street lights on Sandra Street. * $b Council agreed to sale of a lot on Simcoe Street South opposite Co- nant Street to Royal Zillon, for $300, subject to approval of the Planning Board. * pe * Applications from George Morey and W, PF. Terry for permission to open refreshment booths on Ver. dun Road and Park Road South, respectively, were refused. * Hp By a vote of five to three, Coun. cil declined to endorse Oshawa and District Labor Council requests for the restoration of price controls, the removal of recent excise taxes, restoration of excess profits tax and higher inccme tax exemptions. The motion to support the resolu. tion came from Aldermen Cephas Gay and Clifford Harman who had been named as a special ccenmittee to bring in a full report on the e!. fect these measures would have on the country's economy. Excelsior Life Insurance In Force Increased Toronto, Feb. 13 -- A substantial increase in insurance in force was reported by Hon, Albert Matthews, LLD., President of the Excelsior Life Insurance 'Company to the 58th Annual Meeting. Insurance in force now totals $210,453,373.20 which represents a gain of $17,. 829,078.49 during the year. New insurance issued during the year, together with reinstatements of lapsed policies, amourted to $20,679,004.30. Total increase for the year was $7,671,072.77, of which $5,710,471.89 represented net premium income on policies both new and renewal. During the year, the company disbursed $2,338,30697 to policy- holders and other beneficiaries. | 930,721.92 went to beneficiaries in Cites Red Menace Former Hungarian Premier Fer. enc Nagy, above, told the U.S. House un.American activities com. mittee that "there can no longer be any doubt that under Soviet leadership the purpose of commun. ism is world domination." The former premier, who testified through an interpreter, urged that the U.S. fight communism on an international and national scale, death claims, while the remaining $1,398,579.05 was paid to living pol- icyholders in various benefits which included $490,478.60 in matured in- vestment and endowment policies, $204,749.55 in policy dividends, and $613,350.90 in annuities, surrender values and other policy payments. During the year, the policy re- serves on account of contracts now in force were increased by $3,100,. 62100 and now stand at $36,327,- 921.00. The Assets of the Company avail- able for security of policyholders amounted to $41,867,432.06 which is an increase of $2,991,146.92 dur- ing 1047. Rate of interest earned on Com- pany's investments during 1947 averaged 3.78%. During the year, the Company lost its oldest Director through the death of G. E. Weir, K.C., of Dres. den, Ontario, who has been a mem- ber of the Board since 1894. The vacancy this created was filled by the election of T. O. Cox, General Manager of the Company. GIVE A BOOK OF FAMOUS PLAYERS {Gdns Deadlock On Kashmir Ended By Compromise Lake Success, N.Y., Feb. 13 (CP)- A Canadian compromise korn in an automobile stalled in a snowstorm was accepted with relief yesterday by the United Nations Security Council and the deadlock between India and Pakistan over the Kash- mir issue was broken. At the suggestion of Canada's Gen. McNaughton, the council's president this month, delegates postponed further debate on Kash. mir until the Indian delegation can fly to New Delhi, consult the gov- ernment and return with new in. structions. The effect was this: 1. N. Gopalaswami Ayyanger, In- dian special delegate, will consult with Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru on various proposals for set. tlement of the Kashmir dispute. His announcement earlier this week that his government wanted him to return had evoked objections from several delegates to any long delay. 2. The 1l-power council reassert. ed its authority to manage its own affairs and kept thie Kashmir case, in which Hindu India charges Mos- lem Pakistan with instigating at- tacks in the princely, mountainous state by neighboring tribesmen, on its calendar. It asked Ayyanger to return as soon as possible, but did not set a deadline. 3. Pakistan's eweep charges against India will be taken up by the council next Wednesday. These include allegations that India has committed acts of aggression against Pakistan. Ayyanger told reporiers: "All's well that ends well. The tension has been greatly relieved." McNaughton held up the meet. ing almost an hour while he talked privately with delegates. He said his proposal, lauded by several dele- gates later as "wise and statesman- like," was intended solely to restore harmony at the council table. The 61.year-old general was con- cerned last night over yesterday's bitter session during which Ayyan- ger cancelled plans to leave for India, and announced that he would answer in detail today "unjustified suspicions" against India. Mec- Naughton said he thought about the situation for two hours, while stall. ed in his car en route to New York. Late in the evening he called ad- visers to his hotel room and draft. ed today's conciliatory statement. All Clear At a local concert for the troops an amateur soprano "obliged." She sang, or, rather, she warbled all over the notes. At the finish there was a short silence, broken {y one or two hand.claps. Then a husky voice came from the back seats: "Now give us the 'All missus." 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Survivors told American investi. gators they were warned to fasten their safety belts as the plane came down through heavy clouds. | sliced through a woods for 100 yards and then crashed. In Copenhagen, Danish Air Lines officials said the passengers includ- ed eight Danes, five Swedes, two Norwegians and two Swiss citizens. BRITAIN PRODUCTS Production in Britain now is higher than it was before the war, "THIATKES | TODAY Biltmore -- "Welcome Stranger" 1.55, 4.38, 7.18, 10.01. "Rustlers Of Devils Canyon" 1.00, 3.43, 6.23, 9.06. Last Complete Show at 9.06. Marks--"Body and Soul," at 1.25, 3.30, 5.40, 7.50, 10. Last com- plete show at 9.35. Regent -- "Hucksters" 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30. Last complete show 8.50. A BiG, GALA CARTOON CIRCUS EVERY SAT. at 11:30 a.m. Come Early for Seats STILL PLAYING TO BIG CROWDS BOD and SOUL JOHN GARFIELD in an Academy Award-Winning Role! ' -- ---- FLOOR SAMPLE and DEM Many in perfect condition, others slighty imperfect or counter-soiled. 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