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CANADA IS SAFE HAVEN FOR DUTCH FLOOD VICTIMS Among 765 Dutch flood vic- tims who arrived at Halifax aboard the Groote Beer to be new lives'in Canada, were Mr, and Mrs. Garadus Secker and their seven children. A month ago they fled their Netherlands home in terror before the Low- land country's worst flood in almost 500 yars. Now, with just the clothes they wear as their only possessions, they are look- ing forward to building a new life in Edmonton, where' Mr, Secker will work as a cabinet builder. Seen above with Sy brand Kikkert, ship's purser, at right, the Secker family are fore- runners of thousands of flood refugees expected to arrive in Canada this year. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry Seats Almost Gone By STERLING SLAPPEY LONDON (AP)--If you are think- ing about coming over for the i here is some. good vice: 4 right away to a travel agent, ship line or air-line ticket office to make your reseryations and ar- rangements. Literally, you have not a day to lose. The Coronation is still months away on a distant June 2, but according to the men who should know, your chances of making re- servations after another 30 days will be practically impossible. You must consider first, ocean transportation. Complete your booking ,and the battle to watch is half won. Bri Overseas Airways Corpor- ation claims the situation during the critical May-June period "is as t as can be,"" but the airline ans extra service. Trans-world Airlines says, 'right now we are not fully booked, but it looks like we will be very soon." Pan o American Ava ] bas ty of space for early May oir the end of the month you must join waiting lists. , (Trans-Canada Air Lines, which STgtets capacity bookings, has 2, reservations alréady to fly over here in May. TCA plans to add extra planes if necessary.) The situation on two big ships lines is better. United States Lines--operators of the America and the blue-ribbon Specasier United States, report st-class bookings are available. But on the big liners all cabin and Joulat-class accommodations are Cunard, which operates the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and other plush liners, reports extrem- ely heavy bookings but some space in all classes remain open on most e burning of the Canadian Pacific Steamships' liner Empress of Canada in Liverpool Jan, 25 was tough blow, She was scheduled Ci about 7,000 passengers be- Montreal and Liverpool to the Coronation. Parade - view space along the five-mile Coronation route is al- Farmers Told Must Face Competition LONDON, Ont. (CP)--Farmers have to 'face up" to increased competition from substitutes and synthetic products in the future, o 1ivestock commissioner W. P. Watson declared Tuesday. Mr. Watson addressed the onfic opening of the 14th annual Middle- sex Seed Fair and Food Show at een's Park, Hundreds attended e afternoon ceremony, then re- turned at night to see Mrs. Evan Howe, of RR 2, Longwood, crowned Seed Fair Queen for 1953. The livestock commissioner had a special warning for the dairy industry. Instead of concentrating on their own special interests, the various branches of this industry must co-operate "for your own sur- vival and well-being and recog- nize the fact that you are your | brother's keeper," said Mr. Wat- son. Development of synthetics: and .substitutes is to be expected-- "you can't stop progress," the ' speaker said--and this would have most as scarce as ocean trans- portation, and the few seats for sale are expensive. But there will be quite a lot of space for rent where you can stand at a window overlooking the parade. And free standing room along the curb--if you're willing to take up an iron- man vigil the night of June 1. (Canada has been allocated 8,000 seats along the procession route and in addition is building 500 of her own at Canada House, the of- fice of Canada's high commissioner in London. About 7,000 Canadians have already appliéd for seats and SH more applications are rolling in. You can forget any idea of stay- ing in a London hotel unless you had space confirmation months ago. Alert travel agents dashed over here last summer and signed up entire floors. However, there is abundant space in private London homes and in small hotels in towns within 90 minutes by road or rail. There will be plenty of food even though Britain still is hounded b; some rationing and shortages left over from the war. But there is hardly any question but that you will have to get in line for some meals. For evening entertainment in London, one of your best bets is to get your travel agent to make reservations. Otherwise, you may be doing a lot of night-time window shopping. Window shopping in London can be great fun. Shops here are color- ful and well stocked and, somehow, they seem different from those any place else, London is a city where you can operate big. It also is a city where you can watch your shillings and still have a high old time. : Glenis' Beating Death Case Hears Testimony KITCHENER (CP)--The Crown completed its case Tuesday against Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Paepcke of nearby Elmira, charged with murder in the death of their three- year-old daughter Glenis Jan. 27. Crown Attorney Harold Daufman contended 'that one or bot hpar- ents caused the death by beating the child. Defence evidence is to be heard today. Inspector Alex MacLeod of the provincial police, one of seven Crown witnesses, read a statement made by Paepcke the day after death. In the statement, Paepcke said his wife phoned him at work Jan. 27 to tell him Glenis had thrown a spell and "would not come out of it." He told her to put the girl in the shanty behind the house. Paepcke's statement also said that he had strapped the girl and on one occasion spanked her with a hairbrush. The night befqre [HM Glenis died, he told her he was going to spank her and "she just grinned." Defence counsel Roy Youngston drew from Dr. E. L..Barton an admission that the injury causing the child's death--a subdural hae- morrhage--could have been caused in other ways than by a beating. LUCE ENVOY TO ITALY WASHINGTON (AP)--A blonde former con gr es swoman, Clare Boothe Luce, was sworn in Tues- day at a state department cere- mony as the first woman ambas- sador from the United States to Italy. With State Secretary Dulles by her side, Chief Justice Fred Vin- son administered the oath. - A government farm inspector Python Steals Baby, Slithers Into Jungle DARWIN, Austraila (Reuters)-- A farmer battled a 14-foot python, reptile king of the North Austral- ian jungles, with a piece of fire wood as it slithered away with the man's infant daughter gripped in its fangs. reached here with word of the battle today. He said the farmer, Alex Scott, beat the giant snake into yetreat and it dropped the child, [three- month-old Kathleen. The child is recovering. Inspector J. A. Quirk said he was camping with Scott, his wife and baby recently 300 miles out in the bushland, Mrs. Scott was asleep in the bacK of their truck with baby Kathleen in her arms. It was dusk. The snake moved noislessly from the fringe of the jungle skirted the campfire and raised its head above the tailboard of the back of the truck. . With a lightning' dart, it flicked the infant from its mother's arms and coiled rapidly toward the underbrush. Mrs. Scott's screams awakened her husband. He snatched a flaming branch from the campfire and attacked the python. It dropped |the child and swivelled on Scott but was apparently dazed by the|flames. It turned and darted into tiie bush. P, are comm through most of Asia. Fourteep feet is a good size though they 'have been reported as large as 40 feet. It operates in the same way as the boa constrictor, crushing the vic- tims in coils of its powerful body then swallowing it whole. Despite Densest Traffic; U.K. Seeks 10pc. Safer Roads LONDON (CP) -- Despite the world's densest traffic and other hindrances, Britain wants her roads 10 per cent safer in 1953. The goal may seem wishful think- ing in view of the annual climbing traffic death toll around the world. But accident casualties showed a drop last year and the lowest num- ber of deaths--4,700--was recorded since statistics were started in 1926. .The government, sometimes crit- icized because of light financial treatment accorded highways since war and austerity, has promised help in several ways. Attempts will be made to remove 1,000 of the worst trouble spots on the coun- try's 185,000 miles of road. More school crossing supervisors will be | provided. A revised and simpler highway code is a possibility, alon,, with a new road traffic bill. | The rest will be up to Britain's pedestrians, cyclists and the people who drive its 2,500,000 private auto- mobiles and 2,100,000 other motor vehicles. Biggest problem of course is the traffic hazard involved in the com- bination of dense population and roads hemmed in by cities, towns and villages. Britain spent last year about $210,000,000 on roads-- about half by the government and the remainder by local authorities. The government gained in gaso- line, vehicle and other road taxes and revenues about 10 times as much as it spent on roads. The Times commented in a re- cent article that one main traffic artery still is just wide enough to satisfy the standards of Norman tandards which called for a widty sufficient to allow 16 arm- d ghts to ride abreast, two to pass or two exherds to toucl§ their whips across the road. gets worse every year as more cars are bought. MOST CARS OLD Motor vehicles increase by about 100,000 annually. An estimated 70 por cent of the privately-owned ve- icles are pre-war and up to 20 years old. ) Casualties for 1951 totalled about 216,000--or 8,000 more than 1952-- while deaths were about 5,200 in 1952. A safety device is credited with some of the good work. It's called the zebra and consists of white strips painted diagonally on pedes- trian cross-walks. Theory is that motorists will stop when the walk So u know where to gel me, Janie" is occupfed. In practice, pedes- trians usually bunch and cross. The Duke of Edinburgh has lent his weight to the mass attack on | traffic casualties with some plain talk on what could be done. Organizations such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Ac- cidents are promoting safety con- tests, recruting members for young children's safety clubs, On the preventative side, speed limits aren't as high ®s they are in Canada, heavy trucks are limit- ed to 20 miles an hour. Drunken driving is a particularly bad of- Jeuce and draws jail terms and ines. PAINTINGS LOST IN FIRE TORONTO (CP)--Five paintings by artist Michael Snow were de- stroyed Tuesday night in a fire which damaged the home of his father, G. Gardley Snow. Painter's Path Littered With Tall Obstacles CALGARY (CP)--Walter J. Phil- lips, 68-year-old Canadian painter, recalls many obstacles in the path of his early career. Now: the tall, grey-haired artist is well-known for his water-colors, wood engravings and color woodcuts. Son of a Methodist minister, he was born in Lincolnshire, England, and as a youth.went South Africa where he worked as a re- porter, trader, surveyor's assistant lawyer's clerk and diamond dig- ger, provide him with enough money to go to Paris to study art. He re- turned to London, working as a free-lance artist, and got his first big opportunity when he was ap- pointed art master at the Bishop Woodsworth school at Salisbury. There, in 1911, he held his first one- man show. Some of his works were displayed at the Royal Academy and the Anglo-German Exhibition in Lon- don before he came to Canada. He first settled in Winnipeg where he was art master at St. John's Tech- nical School. {ACCIDENTAL SALE | His first sale in Canada was a | real dccident. "In Winnipeg, I sold {my first print in Canada," he said. '""A woman driver and her car landed in the local art dealer's show window in which my work was exhibited. Her husband paid for the damage and became the owner of my print." Diligence and perseverance are characteristics of Phillips, one of the comparatively few Canadians able to make art their exclusive profession, , Since 1945, he has painted 332 water-color pictures and has com- pleted many sketches and prints. An annual event, this year, the pamtomime raised about 500 | Pounds Sterling for the Roland |House Scout Settlement in East London. Even diamond digging did not THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE, Wednesday, March 4 Wh Ottawa Asks Million Cut Down Jet Noise OTTAWA (CP)--The federal gov- ernment plans to spend $1,050,000 to cut down noise from the testing of jet engines at Montreal's Cana- dair plant and the A. V. Roe plant at Malton, Ont., Defence Produc- tion Minister Howe announced in the Commons Tuesday. / He said $225,000 for each plant has been approved for muffling the jets' whine on their test stands, and another $300,000 apiece for cutting down sound when engines fitted to planes are being tested on the ground. Mr. Howe, replying to a ques- tion from Alan MacNaughton (L-- Mount Royal), said the engines on the test stands would be sound- Gesdened 'by a system of "sound cells." ) Livestock Sales Show Flurry TORONTO (CP) -- Increased buying and selling of livestock was evident this week throughout the province, following lifting of the U.S. embargo, the Ontario depart- ment of agriculture reported in its weekly report. Farmers in Grey, Northumber- land, Ontario, Lanark, Leeds and Renfrew counties reported all grades of livestock were in good demand. Wellington and Lincoln counties reported a good market for weanling pigs at advanced pri- ces. Seed cleaning plants were in full operation in Lincoln, Rainy River and Thunder Bay while fruit grow- ers in Welland were engaged in pruning operations. Seed fairs will be held later this Tonth in Grey and 'Renfrew coun- ies. FIND AMNESIA VICTIM TRENTON (CP)--An apparent victim of amnesia who claims he's "in terrible trouble' is baffling po- lice here. The man, picked up Mon- day night, carried an unemploy- ment insurance book bearing the name 'John Eyre' but shows no recognition of this name when ques- tioned. He also has a train ticket to Kingston, bought here, $276 found in an empty cigaret Jack. age and a blank income tax form, Lough Neagh in Northern Ire- land, with an area of 153 square miles, is the largest lake in the British Isles. . WITH Jo):1 AND TOMATO SAUCE Dolo x y, how I wanted that thing: I got to dreaming about it and calling it "our refrigerator", though . it still sat in the shop window. We saw it every Saturday night in the Acme Hardware as we walked home from the movies. John said we couldn't afford it, and was dead-set against selling our one remaining bond or drawing on Aunt Jean's $200 inheritance we had tucked away in a special savings account to be forgotten except in absolute emergency. "But, John," I wailed, "we can't go on losing food with that old worn-out fridge. And what about the repair bills you have to pay for it every few weeks?" He just bit his lip. 4 That was two weeks ago. Funny how things happen. Next day I read an item in one of those women's it WV . /] the the Manager the clipping from the paper, told him our situation exactly, and in ten minutes he said he thought we could "work out the problem without too much trouble, He asked me to"bring John in to discuss the full details. As we walked out of his office, he gave me a copy of "Personal Planning". That book opened our eyes about our finances, The very next day John and I saw Mr, Easton, the Manager. After a few questions to my hus- band about his job, his salary -- about our bond and our "emer- gency" bank balance, he said he'd be glad to lend us the $350 needed for the fridge. He was satisfied we could pay off the loan in a year at $30 a2 month, and we arranged to transfer our special savings account to his office and to pledge our bond until the loan was paid. Mr. Easton talked over the budget-plan John and I » M : had begun to work out . . . said we were starting out : right. "Even though you've got a bank loan," he smiled, "you're really saving your savings." And that fridge . . . such a beauty. Already, Joha and I both call it "MY BANK", ANH TO A MILLION CABADILNS B01 columns about "borrowing and saving by Personal Planning at the Bank of § Montreal. It was about a situation sort of like our own. So into the local B of M branch I went. Showed a definite influence on prices of farm products in years to come. Mineral Output Drops $13.5 Million TORONT O(CP)--Ontario's gross mineral production last year was valued at $438,535,875, the provin- gial department of mines said esday in a preliminary report. This compares with the record high of $452,074,443 in 1951. Metals accounted for 75 per cent of the 1952 total, $357,869,850. Structural materials were worth $64,017,714. Non-metallic minerals were valued at $12,821,331 and nat- and. petroleum amounted ral $3,826,980. Claims staked throughout the province on mineral discoveries totalled 11,163, most of them in the Sudbury district, and 11,465 claims were allowed to lapse. The number of new miner's l- cences issued was 1,760 and the number renewed 4,091. MOUNT FOREST (CP)--Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Vermesch and their four children escaped Tuesday when fire levelled a farm house on the 9th concession of Caradoc Re oy Baits on the . ~ WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK. Tes estimated at $5,000. _ . You vag go out With:ap easier mind when you Saving is the only way to move ahead of your worries, and stay ahead. And -- sometimes -- borrowing at the B of M is the best way to save. Find out how to save despite today's high prices. Ask for your copy of "Personal Planning" at your neighborhood B of M branch. It's yours for the asking. know the telephone is "right there". So many times, in so many ways, your telephone contributes to your sense of security. ..to easier and more pleasant living for you and your family. 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