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'mr^r^mmmm. LORD OF ALL HE SURVEYS Bill Waller, English poultry merchant, takes a stroll around the poultry market with his pet 10-year-old chicken on its favorite perch atop his head. Both are well known London characters. YOU ORDER AND UP POPS DINNER Order for meal is dropped in slot and . . . presto! up pops the food. There's no waiting for the waiter in a New York restaurant equipped with new "magic tables" â€" because there aren't any wait- ers. Table, invented by John Bellion Daschcr, retired waiter, has a square hole sawed in its center, which is the "exit" of a dumb- waiter leading to kitchen below. Customer writes out his order and drops it down a slot in the table. When food is ready, trays are put on dumbwaiter, kitchen attendant presses button, and ♦he meal ascends to the table. Above, Ignatuis Cushman, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., war veteran, his French wife. Yvette, and their children. Christine and Miguel, try out the novel server. Highlights of the News Hunger "at the Table" Famine is "inevitable" in Europe unless America and other large wlieat-produciiig countries im- mediately !>l>il' all available food supplies. Kcporting to the Emergency Food Conference in London on the results of a personal survey of Europe, Mr. Herbert Hoover, the Honorary Chairman of President. Truman's I-'amine Eniegency Conmiittec, declared that 'liunger sits at the table thrice daily in hundreds of millions of homes." Price Rise In U.S. President Truman last week re- leased a report showing that con- sumer prices have increased "only 3.4 percent" since the govern- ment's "hold-he-line" order was issued three years ago. The report showed an 9verall increase of 31 percent in prices of consumer goods between August, 1939 and February, 1946, as com- pared with a 108 percent increase during World War I inflation.. Self Rule For Burma Britain will seek to promote full self-government in Burma by holding a general election as soon as possible an dcstablishing a min- isterial government. Canada Day The Canadian. Parliament voted last week to change the name of the national -holiday from '"Domin- ion Day" to "Canada Day." Detroifers Ride Again DclroilcTs rolled to worl;. school and shop on public trail sp>>rlatio:i for ihe. first time in a week when striking .M'L bus drivers and street car molormcn resumed ser- vice lor 2,00{).h(K) residents. Drivers voted in a mass mvcliiici to accept settleni'.nt tcrn-.s of 15 cents an hour increase v. iili iho nuinivi|)ally-o\vncd transit -.\^ivui. Southern Hail Storm Tons of hailstones remained on the streets of Anniston, .Ma., while residents struggled to clear away debris left in the wake of a storin which caused damage estimated at mjlliona of dollars. The hail, as large as 50-ccnt pieces, fell in such volume that many buildings looked as though they had been hit by artillery and machine-gun fire. In some sections of the city i loot of hail fell in half an hour. League of Nations Dissolves In Geneva, Switzerland, Presi- dent Carl J; Hambro of Norway convened the opening session of the 21st and last League^ of Ka- tiops assembly. . The session opened with a re- minder from M. Hambro that its sole task was to dissolve and transfer its assets to the L'nited Nations. British, French Leaving Syria Withdrawal of British and French .troops from Syria is ex- pected to be completed by April IS, Premier Saadallah Jabri said National celebration of withdrawal day is scheduled for April 18 and 19. Crisis in Albania Russian Wheat for France TIk- iirst iusl.alinem on a tolal of 500,000 tons of \vlicat which Rus- sia has promised lo sell to l'"r;:ncc arrived in Marseille by ship last week and additiimal car.tjoes weri rrportcil awaiting sliipineni noiii U(lr~«;i. â-  Anllioritativc sources said that Britain had broken off diplomatic arrangements with Albania be- cause of the treatment of a mili- tary mission in that country. This situation may set up an- other bitter United Nations Secur- ity Council battle among the big powers to replace the settled Iran- ian case. Albania's application for I .X. membership, supported by the Sov- iet Union, is pending before the council. It was submitted by Yugoslavia at the London council nuHling in January. (ircat Britain and the United States are opposed to innnediate membership for .Mbania. And (ircece, which still is form- ally at war with .\Ibanin, is vio- Icnlly ' (>|y)>osed to admission of that liny Balkan country before a <ireck-.\ll)aiiian i)caee treaty Js signed. ON FAREWELL VISIT On a farewell visit to Netherlands before relinquishing his post as Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, (right) discusses the current situation with Hon. Pierre Dupuy, Canadian minister to the Netherlands, at a gathering in The Hague. "Combined operation" for Ex Vets in Oshawa â-  We stuck together four years in the RCNVR says former Lt. Com. Ken Jotmson (.left) to Edward McAIpine. his chief engineer on H.M.C.S. Fennell â€" "and It will be that way In civilian life '. Both ex-Navy men have joined forces with ex Wing Com. Geo. Clarke and are all busily engaged managing their new plant in Oshawa which will manufacture the famous Reynolds pen (or Canadians. SAKURAJIMA ERUPTS How to Combat RHEUMATIC nUN Rheunu6c pains may often be caused bjr excess uric acid, a blood impurit}- thai should be extracted by the kidneys. If kidneys fail, and excess uric acid remains, it may cause severe discomfort and pain. Treat rheumatic pains by keeping your kidneys in good condition. Get and usa Dodo's Kidney Pills. Dodd'a help your kidneys get rid of trouble-making poison* and excess acidsâ€" help you feel better. Sec what Dodd's can do for you. 117 Smc'.ie columns upward from the mouth of Mt. Sakurajima, Japanese volcano which began to erupt e^rly in March. Lava flow endangers town of Kurokami, whose 800 inhabitants already have fled. Eruptions occur once every three seconds. ONE-TIME WAR PLANT MAY BECOME UN HOME Pictured above are the administration building and part of the huge, sprawling, 17,783,000 former war plant at Lake Success, Long Island. N. Y., being considered as a possible home for the UN during the next five years. The modern, air-conditioned p'ant, owned by the federal government, was operated during the war by the Sperry Qyrovcope Co.. A\ Qudityi 'gcfen*s # FINE CUT l/yN \ just complain of ifchinq, burning ^ PILES/ do somefhinq about it ' If yon ar« troubled with itrliing piles oo reitnl Burrnew. do not delay IreHtment and run the riak of letting this contlition becorao chronic. Any rectnl itching or Boreuew or painful passage of stool is natui%'!t warninM and proper treatment should Ik; aecurod al once. Kor thia purpom (|et a package of Hem- Roid from any druigut and uao aa ilirected. This formula which ia iiaeil intrrnatly ia n •mall, eaav to take tablet, will (niickly ro- Uevo the itching and sorenem and aid in healing the aore tender ii|x>t«. llem-Koid la pleasant to use, ia highly recommended and it aeema the height of folly for any one to risk a painful and chrt>nic pile con- dition when »« fine n remetlv may be had at auch a amall coat. Money back if yoa art* not entirely vleaaed. 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