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Daily Times-Gazette, 10 Aug 1948, p. 5

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE 2 4 . PAGE FIVE 10,000 Legionnaires Plan Rally For Peace Fort Erie, Aug. 10--(CP)--Monre than 10,000 Canadian and American 'Legionnaires will invade this his- toric border town Aug. 12-15 inclu- sive to commemorate 135 years of peace between Canada and the United States. . The veterans' International Peace Encampment, largest gathering of United States and Canadian veter- ang since before the second world war, will take over Fort Erie and district hotels as well as setting up a "tent city" on the old Fort Erie citadel grounds. Some 50,000 persons, besides the nnaires, are expected to at- tend the four-day conclave, which also is intended "to give a public showing of concern" over Com- munist activities overseas, in Can- ada and the United States. Legion members from all parts of both countries will be on hand to hear addresses by Canadian and U.S. government, military and Le- gion officials. The meeting, is spon- sored jointly by the Erie County committee of the American Legion and the Fort Erie branch of the Canadian Legion, "It is high time that we veterans of two great freedom-loving nations remove our blinders and present to the world our united objections to such high-handed methods of con- quest as are being witnessed in various parts of the world today," said Phillip Dyke, chairman of the Canadian Committee. "We intend to pass resolutions which will go to the proper places telling the world just how the men who helped win world war one and two feel about such methods of penetration and conquest," he said. "The Communists believe in mass demonstrations. So we plan to take a leaf from their book in this respect and show them anti-Com- munists, too, can rally en masse." Band and drill competitions for $1,000 in prizes, speeches by well- known men, beauty contests, Vain pire jet aircraft demonstrations, parachute jumping, softball games, a special carnival and midway, horseshoe pitching and many other asUvities will cram a visitor's day full, The first day, Aug. 12, registra- tion will take place and quarters will be assigned. The second day, Aug. 13, will be National Defence day. The third day will be United Nations day and closing day, Aug. 15, will be marked by huge drum- head religious services. "Miss Tourist of 1948" will be chosen Saturday evening, Aug. 14, while "Miss Encampment," now being selected from among Buffalo- Fort Erie district girls, will be photographed and her pictures dis- tributed. She will mingle with the crowds Saturday evening and the person who guesses her identity will receive a major prize, Among the notables to speak to the huge gathering will be Admiral H. K. Hewitt, U.S. Naval Represen- tative on the Military Staff Com- mittee of the United Nations. He will participatae in the United Na- tions day program. Other dignitaries to speak sare the Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, fed- eral Minister of Labor and the Hox. Charles Daley, Ontario Minister of Labor. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York Staate and Ontario Premier George Drew, also may be present, Among the Legionnaires them- selves will be James F. O'Neill, Na- tional Commander of the American Legion; E. S. Evans, President of the Ontario Command and Arthur 8. Duffy, New York Department Command of the American Legion. Congratulations Are Extended To Newly Wed Folk M. HORN Correspondent Hampton, Aug. 9--Mr. and Mrs. ton Peters, Toronto, visited the lters on Sunday. Ralph is spend- ing a few days with Franklin Trull at their cottage at William's Point. Friends from Hampton were present at the Keetch-Gibson wed- ding at St. Thomas Anglican Church, Brooklin, on Saturday, July 31. Ethel Gilbert was brides maid. The bride and groom will live in Toronto. We also offer congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daw (formerly Lois Doreen Downing) of Téronto, who were married at Bedford Park United Church, Toronto; on Satur- day, July 31. Fred is a son of Mr, and Mrs, Charles Daw of Hampton. They will reside in Oshawa, Sympathy is extended to Mr. Clarence Martin, Toronto, former- ly of Hampton, and daughter Mar- guerite, in the sudden passing of Mrs. Martin. ' Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. L. Gibson, nee Jean Keetch, for- merly of Hampton, on their mar- riage at Brooklin on Saturday, July 31. Mr. T. Wray visited relatives at Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Kersey and son, Ronnie, Ajax, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, 8. Kersey. Mrs. N. C. Yellowlees visited rela- tives at Brampton. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lockwood visited relatives in Oshawa on Sat- urday evening. Mrs, Harvey Barrie, Bowmanville, was a guest for a few days of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Honey and attended the Women's Institute picnic at Oshawa-on-the-Lake on Thursday. Mrs. W. W. Horn left on Thurs- day morning for Mt. Kisco, N.Y, where she will visit her sen. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace R. Horn. Mrs. Leonard Hindman and Miss Muriel Hindman are with Mrs. Loreno Trull at the Trull cottage at Williams' Point. Mrs. James Caldwell, Oshawa, is a guest of Miss Wilma Leach. Mrs. C. E. Jeffrey, who has been ® guest of Miss Minnie Horn, re- turned to Toronto on Friday. Miss Eva Souch, Enniskillen, visited her brother, C. W. Souch. Mr. and Mrs, Victor Peacock, Oshawa, visited Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Horn. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilcox and daughter, Madlyn visited at Wood- stock and London, also Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Billett at Springford, near Brantford. Misses Cecil Petit and Gladys Chapman, Toronto, are, spending a few days at home. Mrs. Elmer Wilbur left on Fri- day night to visit relatives in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cole and Donald, Bowmanville, visited her father, C. W. Souch, and sister, Mrs. Ken Caverly. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wood, Bow- manwille, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Williams on,Saturday. Aim of Liberals Higher Pensions Edmonton (CP)--The Liberal par- ty promises to increase old-age pensions and wipe out the tax on gasoline for farm use, if the party obtains a majority in the Aug. 17 Alberta general elections. The party platform, issued by its youthful leader, J, Harper Prowse, says a Liberal government would raise old-age pensions to $40 month- ly, The maximum in Alberta now is $37.50 a month. At present there is a one cent a gallon on "purple" gasoline sold only for farm use. The Liberals would remove this tax. The tax on gasoline for. Zeormal use is nine cents a gallon. The Liberals also promise to: 1. Pay a percentage of the gov- ernment's royalty on oil to owners of surface rights. This payment would -be made in those instances where the government holds the mineral rights. 2, Reorganize the provincial ser- vice "on a business-like basis." 3. Guarantee second mortgages not exceeding $1,250 to permit low- er-income persons to become home owners. ; 4. Lighten the municipal tax burden by having the province pay at least 50 per cent of the overall cost of education, 5. Press for implementation of health insurance, extension of pro- visions of the old-age pension act and the unemployment insurance 6. Draw up a long-range highway construction plan stressing "perm- anhent, all-weather" construction of main roads and greater attention to secondary and market roads. MAKE FILM ON POLIO London--(CP)--Doctors now can see the treatment of poliomyelitis on screen. In a recent British med- ical film, a young man who som- pletely recovered from the disease re-enacts the different stages of his {liness, while doctors show how they helped him overcome its crippling effects, Wife Preservers 2-15 ". it is a good idea to hang dresses, slips and nightgowns on wooden hangers after ng to make ironing easier and pre- wrinkling. G.B.S. and Birthday Friends Celebrating his 92nd birthday, George Bernard Shaw entertains two liter- ate American "muscle men" in London. At left is former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, whose reading of Shal e during tr for his bout with Dempsey amazed the sports world. At right is New York State Boxing Commissioner Eddie Eagan, former amateur heavyweight champ, Rhodes Scholar and author. Shaw would not allow any festivities, Man in centre is not identified. Lack of Liners Booms Aviation In New Zealand By J. C. GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent 'Wellington, N.Z. (CP).--Shortage of passenger ships owing to "war- time losses, slowness in reconversion and shipping accidents, have caused a remarkable boom in post-war aviation in New Zealand. Before the war New Zealand had rapid and regular communication with Australia by a fleet of fast modern liners. The holder of the Tasman Sea blue ribbon, the Awa- tea, was sunk during the war. Other vessels are still being recon- verted for civilian use. The only remaining liner, the Wanganella, struck a reef on her first voyage after béing put back into service and has been laid up for repairs for over a year. For varying periods relief vessels have been used, as well as occa- sional liners crossing the Tasman in the course of longer voyages, but nearly three years after the end of the war there is still no regular sea link for passengers between the two Dominions which are so closely bound together that a considerable proportion of their people regularly interchange visits for both business and pleasure. The result has been an enormous growth in the demand for air pas- sages which for the time being have become the normal means of travel between the two countries. Daily flying boat service both ways across the Tasman have had to be supple- mented by regular flights by land planes. A somewhat similar position exists on the Pacific between New Zealand and the United States and Canada. The luxury liners which connected New Zealand with the United States before the war have not yet resumed service. An emer- gency service has been maintained at infrequent intervals by liners with only dormitory accommodation. Of the liners which plied between New Zealand and Canada, the Niagara was sunk during the war and the Aorangi is still undergoing reconversion, delayed by labor troubles, in Sydney. Consequently there are still no regular liners on the Vancouver-Auckland run. As on the Tasman Sea, air travel has received a great impetus through the lack of shipping ser- vices. The Pan-American Airways service between New Zealand and the United States and the British Pacific Airways Corporation's ser- vice to Canada have received a fly- ing start to their post-war opera- tions. At the same time New Zealand has created an air network covering a large number of the island groups in the South Pacific. Some of these islands in the past were visited only at long intervals by steamer after a roundabout voyage. Air services have brought them within hours of New Zealand and have tightened their ties with the Dominion, Geographical reasons have great- ly aided the growth of internal air services in New Zealand. To travel from Auckland, the largest city, Ste pny : NEUE SEEEE / NO) THER 33 FINER CICAREILT/! Go which is in the North Island, to any of the main South Island centres, requires a lengthy and tiring jour- ney by train, boat and again by train. At least two nights must be spent on the journey and a long wait is sometimes necessary for connections. Air travel makes it possible to leave Auckland after breakfast and be in the far south well before dinner the same day. DRUNK DRIVER DIDN'T Vancouver--(CP)--A drunk driver isn't driving if he can't get his car started, Magistrate Matheson ruled in a case here. He dismissed a man charged with drunken driving when evidence showed the "driver" had been vainly attempting to start his car for an hour when arrested. Princess Pats To Get Training As Paratroops Calgary, Aug.. 10--(CP)--A youthful Canadian general Monday told the war-famous Princess Patri. cia's Canadian Light Infantry they have been chosen to be trained as Canada's first airborne unit since the war. Maj.-Gen. C. C. Mann, 43, Vice Chief of the General Staff, arrived here Sunday from Toronto aboard a RCAF, transport plane to make the important announcement. The General, who knows what it is like to hit the silk, qualified as a para- trooper only last January. In an address he told the officers and men dr wn up before him at Currie Barracks the unit which ser- ved with distinction during the Ita- lian and northwest European cam- paigns of the second world war will commence arduous training as par- atroopers Oct. 11. Training of the unit, said Gen. Mann, will be in two distinct pha- ses: The first in parachute and the second in air-transported train- ing, both to be conducted concur- rently. Edinburgh Plans Music Festival Edinburgh, Aug. 19--(Reuters)-- Thousands of visitors from all parts of the world are converging on Edinburgh for Britain's great post- war music festival. From Aug. 22 to Sept. 12 they will listen to famous orchestras and many of the world's most distin- guished singers, instrumentalists and dramatists. Last year the festival's first sea- son lost between £20,000 snd £30,000 but it is cstimated to have brought £1,000,000 of tourist business to Scotland. Artists engaged include conduc- tors Eduard Van Beinem of the Ne- therlands' concert orchestra; Wil- helm Furtwangler from the Berlin Philharmonic; Bernarding Molinari from Italy; Charles Munch, Serge Koussevitsky's successor in Boston; and British conductors Sir Malcolm Sargent, Barbirolli and Sir Adrian Boult. Soloists include American violin- ist Yehudi Menuhin, guitarist Anton Sevogia from Spain, violin cellst Grgor Piatigorsky, pianists Louis Kenter, and Alfred Cortot. Try a Times-Gazette ad today -- You can be sure it will pay. NEED CEMENT, STOP WORK Winnipeg--(CP)--Work on a $85,- 600 paving and sewer project here has been postponed, probably until next year, because of a cement shortage. A city official said the demand for cement is apparently greater than capacity of the one CHANGED PLUMBING, FINED cement plant in Winnipeg. 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