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" » ----=¥ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE =~ SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1948 Births --Mr. and Mrs. John Zap- Chomniak), are to announce the arrival of a di at the Oshawa General Hospital, Friday, March 12th, 1948, Sister for Dennis, Mother and baby doing well. Deaths orozan d and Mrs. H F. Davy, Odessa, of Mrs. Alex W. Bell, Oshawa, Mrs. \ George M. Bell, Toronto and H M Panera series ; rig od 2 p.m., United Church, nter- ent Wilton, Ont. In Memoriam LLOCK--In loving mem of Robert POLIO who passed ron 14th, Winch clasp your hand, father dear, » Your face we cannot see; But let this little token, Tell that we still remember thee. Ever remembered by daughter Eva and son-in-law-law George, Cards of Thanks family of the late William Oard- ML ny express their heartfelt ap~ eciation to thelr many friends, rela- ny and for We many acts of o y, beautiful floral tributes and Mass cards. Pspecially Dr. Archer Brown and Dr. Mcllveen. Also thanks to G.M.C. for Joan of cars, the Skinner Oo. Sport- rite Jr., and al 222. Also Father Morrow and the Armstrong Funeral Home, | ®hituary MRS, AUSTIN M., FRASER A sudden heart attack claimed the life of Mrs. Austin M. Fraser (nee Catherine Davy) of Odessa while visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lora Carr, wife of Dr. C. W, Carr of Cookstown yesterday. Mrs. Fraser, suffering from a heart complaint for seven years, died only a few minutes after a cheerful telephone conversation with her sister, Mrs, Alex W. Bell of Oshawa. The 71-year-old lady, a life-long resident of Odessa where she was born, was the daughter of the late H. 8. Davy, a United Empire Loyal- ist, Mrs. Fraser is well known and for her contribution to the United church choir of Whien she Vas Si choir leader for many . a ibn is survived by her husband, Austin M. Fraser, who for » considerable time was treasurer + the Earnesttown Township neil and one daughter, Mrs. C. 7. Carr. y Fis, Fraser is-also survived by a brother H. M. Davy of Toronto; a sister, Mrs. George M. Bell of Tor- onto, and a sister, Mrs. Alex, W. ell, Oshawa. Dre remains will be moved today to The Jones Funeral Home in Odessa and the service will take place in the Odessa United Church at 2 p.m. on Monday, with inter- ment in Wilton Cemetery. Rev. C. W. Fletcher, the family minister, will conduct the service. MRS. MARGARET A. SRILLE . Margaret Amelia Grills, -- of ane Henry Grills, King- ston Road, Thurlow Township, died on Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James R. Pig- den, Oshawa, with whom she was spending some time. She was in failing health for some years. Born in the second concession of Thurlow Township, the late Mrs. Grills was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Post. All her life was passed in the district where she was born, She was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, lleville. Be Grills was the last of the Post family of nine and is surviv- ed by one son, Dana W. Grills, Belleville; three daughters, Mrs, F. 8. Purdy, 1st concession of Thur- low Township; Mrs. F. W. Noakes, Belleville, and Mrs. James R. Pig- den, Oshawa. Her husband died in il, 1944. Me funeral will be held from the Martin Funeral Home, Belleville, at 2 pm. on Monday, March 15. In- terment will be in Belleville Ceme- tery. Skating Club (Continued from Page 1) off the majority of the champion- ships. : So far this season she has ap- peared in starring roles in ice shows at Madison Square Garden, West Point Military Academy," St. Paul, Minn.; Boston Silver Skates, Lake Placid, N.Y.; Duluth, Min- neapolis, Minn.; Rye, New York, and Lakewood, New Jersey. She will be featured in the carnival of champions to be held at the Broad- moor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs following the American Championships. She s never skated in Canada excepting for a brief appearance in the West while at Saskatoon. This month's issue of the Broadmoor "Bonanza," their regular skating magazine, features Andra on the front cover while the New York Daily News carries a full length display ef her on its front page covering over half of that tabloid sheet. Members of the Oshawa Skating Club directorate in preparing for "Ice Frolics of 1948" are inves- tigating the possibility of bringing Andra McLaughlin to Oshawa to take one of the guest spots in the Jocal show. Miss McLaughlin will be in Colorado Springs at that time and would have to nn Osh- awa to take part in Ice Follies X the Oshawa club are successful in obtaining her services. FIRE AT OM.L Firemen from .the Cedar Dale station responded at 11.45 o'clock last night to a chimney fire in the core room at the Ontario Malleable Iron Company, No damage was re. ported. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Pitchers and catchers of Toronto Maple Leafs of the Internstional League veported here to begin spring train. + | bushel; sister | $1.20-$1.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Market Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-$50; baled hay, $20-$22 ton; straw, $18-$20 ton; pastry flour, $3.95 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $148 a oats, 85.20 cents; barley, LY Local Eggs Local eggs: Grade A large 42, A medium 40, Grade B 38, Pullets 32, Grade C and cracks 25. Produce Toronto, 'March 13--(CP)--Prod- uce prices in the spot market here today were reported as follows: Butter prints unchanged, 1st grade 69%, 2M grade 68%, 3rd grade 67%. Churning cream unchanged, No. 1 1b. 71 FOB. 75 delivered. Eggs: Market steady with all grades in good demand. A large 46. 47, A medium 45-46, A pullet 41.42, B 43, C 37.39, country shippers quoted, graded eggs, cases free, A large 43.43%, A medium 42':.43, A pullet 38.39, B 40-41, C 36.37. Butter solids unchanged, grade 67%, 2nd grade 66%. Fruit Toronto, March 13--(CP) -- Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices were unchanged here today. Hogs . Toronto, March 13 -- (CP) -- Hog prices were up 25 cents at Stratford, grade A delivered to farmers $29, to truckers, $29.50, in markets reporting early this morn- ing. Several Firemen Suffer Burns In Fire At Stratford Stratford, March 13--(CP)--Two members of Stratford Fire Depart. ment were treated at hospital for burns and cuts and several other firemen suffered minor burns when a two-alarm fire burned out the basement of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Association home here early today. Fire Chief L. N. Hammar suffer. ed a cut to his hand which required six stitches after being hit by fly- ing glass from a window which blew out. Fireman Norman Blun- dell was badly burned about the face when the same blast sent a sheet of flame out the back door of the building. Both returned to duty after treatment, «The two-hour blaze caused dam- age estimated by firemen at be. tween $3,000 and $4,000. County Council Adjourns Week Ontario County Council adjourned last night after a busy four.day session which included two night meetings. Council will return next Saturday, however, when it is planned to strike 1st Oshawa City 'Council to reach an understanding on the question of new county home. County Council made it clear that it desired to meet the whole Osha- wa Council so that the latter would have authority to make a decision that day. Aussies Set Up "Citizen Army" Of 50,000 Men Sydney, Australia,--(CP)--Prepa. rations for the es tablishment of a new Citizen Military Force of 50,000 men to supplement the Aus- tralian regular army are well in hand. The army's vigorous recruiting campaign for part-time volunteers for the new force is expected to reach its peak by July this year. As part of this drive Army Minister Chambers has announced that the CMF. pay and allowances will be the same as for the regular army. Making the announcement, Mr. Chambers said he hoped the good conditions and increased rates of pay offered would attract more men to the force, Army publicity chiefs are using (pay as one of their brightest baits to get recruits, but former com. mander-in.chief of the Australian army, General Sir Thomas Blamey, scorns the idea and believes it will have no useful bearing on Austral. ian defence. "It is just a window-dressing move" said General Blamey. "It won't solve any of our problems be. cause i is not fundamentally sound. . . Bverybody knows the only defence plans thats make sense in these days 'are plans that provide for the total mobilization of a na. tion--plans for the most effective mobilization of everyone in the community." . Daily rates of pay for single men of the CMF, are: private, $1.60 to $2.40; corporal, $2.08 to $2.75; ser. geant, $2.88; staff sergeant, $3.12; warrant officer (second class) $3.36; warrant officer (first class) $3.52. Rates for officer are: lieutenant, $4.16; captain, $5.12; major, $6.24; lieutenant colonel, $8 to $8.64; col. onel $10.24 to $11.04. Non.commissioned officers from the rank of sergeant up get an al- lowance of 24 cents a day for skill and an extra eight cents a day after serving two years in the ranks, Marriage and other allowances provided for by army pay regula. tions will be paid to C.M.F. mem. bers when at training camps or on instruction courses. EVEN STEPHEN Lend-lease and reverse lend- lpase between India and the United tates in the Second World War approximately balanced each other. } Farmans- | | the county rate. In the afternoon | the County Council will meet with Steam Engine Supplies Heat in Regina : i so The old steam engine pictured here, property of the city of Regina, Sask. and used as thawing frozen sewers, has been called upon to perform a more important duty. Since the boilers in the new Armour block blew out this engine has supplied the heat for three business premises and 36 two- room suites. It will be used until the new boilers can be supplied. had been. ed from an overheated stove. Elderly Man | Dies In Fire At Cornwall fel Patrick McCourt, 66-year-old widower, was burned to death only a foot or so from safety last night as helpless neighbors outside watch. ed his frantic efforts to reach a door, Mrs. Arthur Clement, a neighbor, saw the small frame home flaming and wtih her husband and Leo Harps, another neighbor, rushed to the scene. They saw the door was bolted on the inside. They broke a window but the flames drove them back. Mrs. Clement said they saw Mc- Court. near the middle of the room trying to stagger towards the door. Then he disappeared in the flames. Firemen were called but by the time they arrived the house was de- stroyed. McCourt's body was re- covered only. a foot or two from the place where the door of the shack 'The fire is believed to have start- for such lowly tasks Stalin Twiddles Thumbs As Romania Checks In LE While his foreign commissar, Vyacheslav Molotov, puts his signature to the document, Marshal Josef Stalin stands in background twiddling his thumbs at the signing of the treaty of friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance between the Soviet Union and Romania--now the Romanian People's Republic. background are (I. to r.), deputy foreign commissar Vishinsky; Georgiu-Dej; M. Luka; Anna Pauker, Romanian foreign minister; L. Romanian premier Groaza; Standing in Stalin; G. uw. Canadian Garden Service--1948 .By GORDON LINDSAY SMITH. First Plantings Usually there is one corner of the garden which is dry before the rest. This is the spot to plant the very early things; as one can get out and dig. Frost and snow later on will not hurt these, and some of them must make their first growth while soil and air are cool. Among the vegetables in this category will be radish, leaf lettuce, spinach, early onions and the hard- jest of the garden peas. Of course, this refers to first plantings only. Main plantings should go in later, and final plantings after that. With vegetables it is important to string out the plantings so that the har vest will be equally extended. Al the vegetables mentioned can be planted at least three times, a fortnight apart, and some like lettuce and radish, carrots, beets, beans, etc., can be planted at in- tervals right up to the first week in July. Among the hardy flowers will be things like cosmos, marigolds, pansies, sweet peas and anything else listed as very hardy in a Can- adian seed catalogue. Some of these are so resistant.to frost that they sow themselves and come on as volunteer plants in the spring. Some of them, especially sweet peas, must be planted just as soon as possible in the spring if they are to make proper growth be- fore the hot weather checks them. In Your Planning No matter how unfavorable the location there is some flower, vege= table or shrub that will thrive. in it. The ideal garden, of course, | t is open to the sun and the soil is a rich, well-drained loam. But there are many plants which do not like these ideal conditions. Some flowers, vegetables and cer- tain varieties of grass, prefer shade, some want acid soil rather than. sweet, some like heavy clay better than loam or sand. The thing in planning is to con- sider these special likes and dis- likes, then to select those plants that suit one's special location. Most vegetables, however, are pretty keen on a generous amount of sun, but they have distinct likes and dislikes in the matter of soil. For deep-rooted things like' carrots, etc. it is important that the soils be fairly loose at least a foot down: Certain types prefer sandy soil to clay. But no matter what the soil is like to start with by a little planning and care one can change it fairly easily. Soils to it If very wet and heavy it may be necessary to drain the garden either by tile drains or shallow, open trenches. These heavy soils, too, will greatly benefit if ma- nure, rotted leaves and all other vegetables matter is dug in. Some eople make a practice to sow half the garden with some green crop like rye, buckwheat or clover and dig in when well grown. Even Iron Mines May Take On New Life Toronto, March. 13--(CP)--Seveh Southeastern Ontario counties have hopes of new prosperity as a result of a sentence in the speech from the Throne, read at the opening of the current sessjon of the Ontario Legislature, and promising that geo- logical parties will be sent out "to investigate the potential iron_bear. ing areas of Seutheastern Ontar- io." From Haliburton to Leeds. Coun- ty, the presence of iron ore has long been known. Over a century ago, iron mines in the area were pro- ducing ore for Canadians--and even for United States--blast furnaces. Operations were abandoned when the ore proved low grade, transpor. tation expensivg, or competition from larger mines too great. Today new methods of prospect. ing and improved mining processes may mean these old mines can get back in business, producing iron ore to meet the 3,000,000-ton anual Canadian demand, American de- mand is 10 to 20 greater than Can. adian needs and United States » Of Ontario mining companies. have reopened the old Adirondacks working, across the St. Lawrence from abandoned Southeastern Ontario deposits. More than 2,000,000 tons of ore are believed to be lying under wa. ter at the workings once known as Blairton Iron Mine, five miles west of Marmora, Omi. From 1820 to 1875, ore was won from open pits to feed Marmora furnaces. Between 1869 and 1873, as much as 100,000 tons was shipped to the United States and during its history, Blairton . probably yielded 300,000 tons. Other old mines which be reviv. ed in the world-wide search for iron sources to rerlace war.dimin- ished supplies are the old Belmont mine, eight miles northwest of Marmora, the Bessemer mines, 78 miles north of Trenton, Coehill, northeast of Marmora, and the Paxton, Victoria and Imperial mines in Haliburton. Peterborough, Renfrew, Lanark and Leeds, all have deposits which at one time produced ore for Quebec and Unit. ed States furnaces. Group. '| SATURDAY --9 wn, 11 a.m.--Children's 8 p.m.--C MONDAY--7 p.m, officers. TUESDAY--T p.m.--Men's Weightlifting Pp. WERNESDAY--7 p.m.--Oshawa Drama ing. THURSDAY--7 Sewing and rug FRIDAY--7.30 p.m.--Pee Wee Hockey NOTE --- Second week of the 'weaving council can discuss them. However, and therefore outside the range of What to Do To-Night ¥ -» Recreation Headquarters 100 Gibbs Street Daily 2% 4 p.m.--Collegiate Radio Drama roup, 4 to 6 pm.--Junior Radio Drama Class and all regu- lar activities. 2.30 p.m.--The Oshawa Operetta So- clety--auditiorium. ity uare d 1 4 Men's. Gym, Class and Weightlifting Clu 8 pm.--Oshawa Ski Club annual meeting and election of u 7 p.m.--Air Cadets in the auditor- ; um 7 p.m. --Sewing and rug hooking groups. 7.30 p.m.--Ladies' Gym Class. Club, radio section. 7 p.m ~TUKA Club, 8 p.m .--Oshawa Drama Club, stage section. 8 pm. -- Community Associations Central Council meet- hooking groups. 7 pm. -- Men's Gym Ass Weightlifting Club. 8 Pm. =Coliege Hill Neighborhood eeting. League Party. 8 p.m.--Gladlolus Society Meeting. 8 p.m.--The Oshawa (Film) Screen- ing Committee. course. Visitors are welcome Tues- day and Thursday afternoons, Russ On Spot (Continued from Page 1) Chilean delegate Herman "Santa Cruz emphasized that he had not discussed the plan in advance with any other delegate. Action by the government of Chile forced consideration of the once rejected case. Secretary-Gen- eral Trygve, Lie had ruled out the same charges presented by Dr. Jan Papanek, Czechoslovakia anti- Communist chief delegate. Informed sources predicted the case would run something like this: 1. Russia will wage a bitter fight, with certain support from the Soviet Ukraine, to kill the charges before the 11-country moving the case from the provi- sional calendar to the official agenda is a matter of procedure the big-power veto. Chile needs the support of seven delegates to get the case heard. 2. Failing to muster five opposi- tion votes, Russian Deputy Foreign Cornwall, March 13--(CP)--Dan- |e if dug under. All waste matter like pea pods, carrot tops, corn stalks, etc, should be caved and dug n. Strangely enough the same treat- ment is good for light, sandy soil. The rotted vegetable refuse dug in adds what is technically known as humus, puts some body into the soil so it will hold moisture bet- er. NEXT WEEK--Getting most out of vegetables--easily grown flow- ers, Buy Equipment For Three Parks Approval of the purchase of $1,- 100 worth of new equipment such as swings, slides and teeters for Alex- andra, Connaught and Sunnyside Parks, was given by the Parks Board today. The Board also gave its backing to a project of the South Ontario Agricultural Society to build a large horse barn at Alexandra Park near the grandstand. The barn will be of concrete construction with a metal roof. The Board decided to allow no concessionaires in parks. Approval was given a request of the Kiwan- is Youth Rally to hold their demon- stration in Alexandra Park on June BUTT FIRES AUTO Upholstery cushions in the rear seat of a car owned by W. F. Row- den, 54 Burk Street, was consider. ably damaged last night by fire atarted by a burning cigarette butt. Firemen extinguished the blaze be. a good crop of weeds. will help fore it spread at 12.32 am. today, Percy Bone Heads Horticulturalists Niagara Falls, March 13--(CP)-- Percy Bone of Thornhill yesterday was elected President of the On. tario Horticultural Association, suc- ceeding Howard P. Hartry of Lon. don, at the organization's 42nd an. nual convention. Agriculture Minis. ter Kennedy was named Honorary President, Mrs. D. W. Boucher of Kingston won the Carter Medal for outstand. ing service in horticulture in 1947. Other awards were: Carter Trophy and the Hon. P. M. Dewan Trophy In school beautification competition lo School Section No. 14, Hamilton and 8.8. No. 6 Sydenham North; A. J. Jackman Trophy for windbreak competition, to Stewart Mackenzie of Kemble. : Other officers elected were: First Vice-President, A, F. Johnson, Stamford Centre; "Second Vice- Fresident, Rev. E. Rigby, Hamilton; Secretary, J. A. Carroll, Toronto; Treasurer, H. Occomore, Guelph; Official Lecturer, John F. Clark, Tcronto; Auditors, Russell G. Ste. phens, Guelph and Arthur C. Shantz, Kitchener. Toronto, March 13--(OP)--City Building Commissioner K. S. Gil- lies yesterday told Board of Police Building Commissioner K.S Gillies yesterday told Board of Police Com- missioners that the King Edward-- Toronto's second largest hotel-- should be closed "in the interest of the public." He said that the hotel has opera since 1944 without a public hall licence and was repeat- edly warned it must make changes Lod &omply with fire marshall's re- a ow SORE Publishing Head Says N.Y. Papers Following Laws strike after that date because, un. der the Taft-Hartley law, they are not permitted to sign a new pact publishers charge, insists on a clos- Minister Gromyko may repeat his walkout of March, 1946, when he left the council chamber in a row over the Iranian case, 3. If Russia stays and fights, one of the bitterest propaganda bat- tles in the U.N.'s two-year History 1s in prospect with perhaps the life of the organization at stake. New York, March 13 (AP)--New York's 14 daily newspapers assured their 2,500 printers today the clos- ed shop and "other historic rights" now banned by law would be re- stored to future work contracts should they become legal again. The offer was posted on bulletin boards in the composing rooms of all 14 papers. It was made, William Mapel, Vice-Chairman of the Pub- lishers' Association of New York City said, "to dispel once and for all charges that the publishers are 'out to bust the union'." The "union-busting" charges were made by the Printers' Inter- national Typographical Union (AF.L) after the newspapers filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. The union was accused of refusing to bargoin for a legal con- tract. The contract between the union's local and the newspapers expires March 31, Mapel has declared that the publishers are faced with a for a closed shop. The union, the ed shop, wba ' Today's Short Story PORTRAIT OF A ROBBER By Mary L. Aksim HE WAS Jake to the managers who came and went at five- year intervals, and Jake to the tellers, accountants and juniors who were changed so often he couldn't remember their names. He had been the bank janitor for twenty years now, and in that time the bank's interior had re- flected the polish of the shining name-plate on the front door. He did his work well and -the man- agers always sent a good report of him to head office. Jake in- tended that they should. That was part of the plan. He lived in the basement of the bank in two rooms he had fitted out cosily. He had a good radio and some comfortable chairs and a sofa and a geranium or two. He lived frugally, but well, and his bank account showed a surpris- ing balance. That was another part of the plan. When he swept up after busi- ness hours and his broom sent pennies or nickels or sometimes quarters whirling across the tile floor, he always brushed the coins off carefully and arranged them where the teller would be sure to find them; and when Miss Standish, the postmistress, lost her purse in the rush before clos- ing one Saturday, Jake found it in the waste from the customers' table and gave it back to her. After that some of the villagers began to call him "Honest Jake." The caretaker smiled at thé name. It wasn't part of the plan, but it would have its value, too, some day. Whenever a new manager came to the bank Jake would watch him carefully for the first few 'days of his regime. What type of man was he? Did he check every- thing thoroughly? Did he lock the office every night? Did he always make certain that the great safe door was tight? Once, when Jake was new at the bank, the manager had been called away just at closing time, and Jake had found the safe door open when he started to clean up the bank. He had just leaned on his broom and stared at the great stacks of dollars and secur- ities. The manager had come back just then and they had laughed together over the inci- dent; but that was when Jake's plan had been born. Sometime, he told himself, if I wait long enough, the safe will be left open again. He knew what he would do when his second chance came. First, he would hide several bun- dles of dollars in the furnace room, under the floor bricks al- ready loosened there, and then he would break one of the rear windows and call the police. Rob- bers, they would say. Good old Jake. Lucky thing you heard them. . And they didn't get much anyway. Just a few thousand dollars. Just a few thousand dollars. But enough for Jake. Months later he would draw out his sav- ings on some pretense, and watch his chance to slip away. Perhaps he wouldn't even bother about the savihgs if the haul was big enough. So he studied each new mane ager's methods and tried the door of the manager's office carefully each evening, before lowering his eye to the keyhole to peer at the safe. And the months added up ni years. Twenty of them gone y. Perhaps he would travel. He would meet some people he could talk to, people like himself. He had never felt at ease with the stolid villagers. After twenty years he was still an outsider. Yes, he would travel from city to city and sit in one of the warm cafes and talk to the others around him. And he'd be able to help the ones. who were in trouble. His money would smooth their way again and he wouldn't have this lonely feeling which gnawed his spirit in the village. He'd make friends and talk and laugh and be gay. He had re- hearsed so many conversations during his twenty years as jan- itor that he knew he would be popular in any group. There was the story about the time he had thrown the big fish back in. Jake hadn't really done this, he'd read the story some- where, but he was sure it would get a laugh. And there were many others . . . He was thinking of these things one afternoon when the manager called him into the office. All the other employees were there, too, and as Jake came in the manager called on the teller who read an address of congratulations upon Jaké's twenty years. Jake rolled some of the phrases around in his bewildered mind. "Long years of devoted service," read the teller, "faithful," "popular," one of the most trusted employees." The telier called on the ac- countant to hand Jake a gold watch and all the others clapped and sang. And Jake made a speech and told the fish story and when the others had gone he stared at the watch with a puz- zled frown. That evening as he sat before his stove in the bank basement he kept fingering the watch in his pocket. His mind, his neat, ordered mind, which had trav elled one path for twenty years,. felt cluttered and confused. He was trying to recall the words of the address when he heard the noise above him. Before he realized what he was doing he was running up the stairs to the bank, shouting at whoever it was he heard moving about there. There were double steps hurrying, the crunch of glass, and then there was silence, 'When Jake reached the lights at the top of the stairs he found the bank deserted. He seized a heavy ink well from the customers' desk and ran into the manager's office. And there was the safe with the door swung wide and inside were the bulging stacks of paper money, all still in neat rows according to denomination. Who- ever had managed the safe's com- bination had been frightened off by Jake's shouts. For a moment or two Jake stared at the money. Twenty years. He'd waited twenty years. Then the bank's trusted employee picked up the phone on the man- ager's desk and called the oper- ator. "There's beer. a break-in at the 'bank," he said, "but I don't think they got anything." (Copyright) Young Envoy No Stranger To America By GLEN WILLIAMS London,--(AP)--Britain's - youth. ful new ambassador to Washington can hardly be told from an Ameri. caan--when he has his hat on. Sir Oliver Franks, the ambassa- wor-elect, likes wide-brimmed soft | felts, the kind that make Ameri.' cans conspicuous in British sur. roundimgs. The hat, however, ia far from being his only distinguish. ing mark. He has a brilliant mind and it was almost solely due to his men. tal qualities that the government insisted on his taking the new job, even though Sir Oliver would rather have continued his quiet scholarly We as provost of Queen's College, His mind was the directing force behind Europe's response to the i Marshall Plan. Many here regard him as second only to Secretary of State Marshall himself in bringing something concrete out of the idea Marshall expressed at Harvard last June, 8ir Oliver, while retaining his col. i2ge post, became chairman of the executive committee of the 16 Euro. pean nations which drew up the European Recovery Program. His choice for that difficult chore was based on his performance as a wartime civil servant. His judgment, tact and capable administration brought him eventual advance- ment to permanent secretary -of the combined ministries of supply and aircraft production. He made the two ministries. into a single, tidy administration, clean. ed up hig desk and returned to Ox- ford less than two years ago. At the same time he turned down sev- eral private business offers. Sir Oliver is convinced [is pro- per career lies in academic life, but his delvings into moral phiinsophy have reinforced a sense of duty that draws him into public service, He has many qualifications for his new job. His tnajor task likely will be to link the United States ta the countries receiving its econ. omic help, a job he prepared him. self for by whipping Europe's Re. covery plan into shape, Neither the United States nor Americans are strange to him. For a year, in 1935, he was visiting professor at the University of Chi. cago, on leave from a philosophy fellowship at Oxford. He knew Americans well in the war. Conscious effort made his re. lations with them quite cordial, despite his retiring nature. He even broke his teetotal habits to pro. mote happy relations with conviv. ial Americans who came to confer with him. Last fall he spent a couple of months in Washington, ready to answer any and all questions about the recovery plan he submitted. Sir Oliver celebrated his 43rd birthday recently. He is a little over six feet tall, with a leah look that implies strength. He is friend. ly, with the friendliness of the normally reserved man. On occa. sion he displays a witty tongue. Sir Oliver is the son of a congre. gational minister, the Rev. R. S. Franks. He was born at Bristol and went to Bristol grammar school. He studied classics at Queen's Col. lege, Oxford, and is a fellow in philosophy at Queen's. He is mar. ried and has two daughters. He held the job for 10 years, ex. cept for the year at Chicago, then became professor of moral philoso. phy at the University of Glasgow. He was knighted in 1946 in recog. nition of his administrative work. ON CANADIAN CAVALCADE Edmund Hockridge, Toronto ba- ritone, will be guest on tonight's program of - Canadian Cavalcade. He will sing "The Song Is You" and "Great Day." Mart Kenney and the Canadian Cavalcade or- chestra will offer "I Get a Kick Out of You", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Who." Roy Roberts sings "Sierra" and Norma Locke's solo is "They Didn't Believe Me." They join the Bordennaires in "Manana."