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"A LITTLE WIDER PLEASE . . . THANK YOU" /Amiable Hippo at Fleishacker zoo, San Francisco, "Puddles" is recovering from a sore throat after his keeper, John Swanson, got busy with a king-si :ed spray. "Wider, please," says Swanson as th« 10-year-old hippopotamus obligingly opens bis mouth. FARMERETTES ON A PICNIC Girls stationed at campi in Niagara peninsula wer^ guests recently at picnic of Lincoln County farm- •ri. Georgette Gledhill, 16, in flowered dresi, of Kapuskasing, was chosen "Miss Lincoln County. Donna Love, Milton, runner up, holds bathing suit. KING GEORGE HONORS MRS. CHURCHILL Honored for her work in connection with British aid for Russia, Mrs. Winston Churchill, witii her two daiightera, Mary, left, and Sarah, right, leaves Biirkin- 1 rm Palace after receiving the Uame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire from the King. Hiehlights of the News Sugar Ration Increased The prices board announced an increase of three pounds per per- son in the individual sugar ration for the remainder if the year with corresponding increases in the al- lotment for industrial and quota users such as soft drink and con- fectionery manufacturers and ho- tels and restaurants. A board statement said stocks have improved sufficiently to al- low the increase, although world supplies still are below require- ments. Two extra coupons will become valid in .September and tlic remain- ing coupon on or about December 6. Cost of Living Rises The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics reported a l.S-point. jump up in h$ cost-of-living index during June â€"making a total advance of five points over the last four months â€" •nd Chairman Donald Gordon of the Prices Board warned at the Mme time that further increases could be expected. Resumption of the cost of livi .^ bonus for persons in the public itrvice has created keen inter st in- asmuch s the United Steel Work- ers have proposed ;i similar system lor the steel industry. Iceland Requests U.N. Membership Iceland, whi..i was used as a base for American troops during the war, has formally applied for admission to the United Nations. Seven applications for admit- tance, consequent!, are now be- fore the membership committee the Security Touncil. The c liers •re Albania, the Mongolian Peo- ple's Republic, Afghanistan, Trans- Jfordan, Ireland and Portugal. Palebtine Issue Informed observers s: 'd that the British cabinet might decide to in- form the United Nations that Brit- ain is ready to surrender her man- date over Palestine. The Britisli Kovrrnnient has pre- pared to .-ilnuidon plans for trans ferring 100,000 European Jewish refugees to Palestine in the face of mounting evidence that the United States would reject proposals for an Arab-Jewish federation in the Holy Land. The cabinet would probably dis- cuss the formation of a "caretaker" regime in Palestine to function un- til the United Nations is sufficient- ly organized to take ever the Pal- estine mandate. Eire Quits Neutrality The net result of the decision of the Eire Parliament to join the United Nations is that Eire has de- cided to abandon her policy of neu- trality. Thus Prime Minister de Valera's government is the first of the war- time neutrals to declare its willing- ness to accept the responsibilities implicit in membership in the Unit- ed Nations â€" responsibilities which specifcally rule out any reserva- tions on neutrality in a war against an aggressor power. Eire's decision is regarded by many as an omen of closer co-op- eration with the British Common- wealth. These observers have not- ed a trend in this direction also in recent trade discussions between Britain and Eire and the British purchase of Irish foodstuffs. Fruit Prices Levels Maximum prices for domestic and imported peaches, pears and plums of the 1946 crop have been set at the same level as those in effect in 1945, the prices board an- nounced last week. Religious Leaders Protestant leaders froin eight countries, meeting in England said Aey favored joint action with Ro- man Catholics on world problems. A satisfactory understanding at the highest level, "presumably be- tween the World Council of Churches and the Vatican" was nrged as the basis for such coop- eration. Forest Fires in Siberia Huge forest fires are raging over 66,000,000 acres of land in Central and Northern Siberia. 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