Many People 0f Asia Faoo Starvation Too

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I; James I). White. Associated he. Foreign Affairs Analyst) Iurope is hungry, but so is Asia. Fa: more people are hungry in

‘Asia than in Europe, with less

hhance of helping themselves or

getting help from others. There are few reliable figures- only hints and indications. Country by country, here is the itveiopl-rag Picture: China estimates 22,000,000 affect-

ed by drought and floods in 1941.

One guess says 15,000,000 could

starve this winter. Crops in 1947

ate down. Last year China had to

int-DON’. 4.000.000 tons of food, and

estimates that she will need 6.000,-

000 to make up this _vear‘s deficit.

Nearly all the wheat-growing

area in North China has been

trampled or sealed off by civil war. Soldiers on both sides eat more than civilians and produce

nothing. i Japan is better off, partly be-

lause 23 per cent of her 1947 ra-

(lion has been shipped in by the

Ifnited States. Even so, many

Japanese are hungry. Last summe.

American officials estimated that

Japanese were spending "l0 per

cent of their income for food, and

‘f5 per cent of that on tho black

market. Southern Korea normally pro-

duces a food surplus, but has to

be helped by the United States. It cannot buy fertilizer from Northern Korea_ ivhlch normally

gets foods from the south.

The Philippines are doing well as things go in East Asia, but re- cent typhoons damaged the rice l-YOP-

lndonesia, including the most densely-populated area on earth, has reported no disastrous food

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Aﬂﬁ-AND. N. t, Dec 4 (OP) - The principle o! the five- day 40-hour week, which has been extended in recent years in New Zealand until it has become al- most universal throughout in- dustry. la tending to cause a com- plete two-day shut-down at week- ends. Nearly all factories have been closed all day Saturday and Sun- day for some years. The two-day break ls also observed by pro- fessional oiliices, banks and most - government departments. Lnadlng and unloading of shlpa proceeds only under certain conditions on Saturday mornings and on Baturda i afternoons only when a vessel s

but a very few shops to remain . closed on Saturdays even when , the proprietor employs n0 labor. The only shops noiv exempt frcsn Saturday closing are fruit. confectionery, cake and fish shops. dairies, chemists, bakers and tobacconlsta. Most of these are open only a few hours on Saturday mornings and are closed on Sat- urday afternoon and Sundays. Butchers are closed all dafSat- urday and Sunday and the opening of bakeries on Saturday mornings is of limited values as no fresh bread is available.

During the week shops are lor- bidden to remain open more than 8 {£- houre a day except on Friday when they may be open for 12 hours, closing at 9. P..l\f.

shortage, but this must be balan- ced against the effects of two years of intermittent iizhting be- tween Dutch troops and Indones- tails.

French Indo-China may be far worse off, as colonial ivarfare has ‘been intensified recently with an indecisive French Cdfiipﬂigll to clcfm up lndo-Chlnese resistance. Normally, the colony exports much 11cc.

Siam is another rice-exporter. Along with Burma it probably ls halter oiif than other Far Eastern countries. However, the Siamese have not been able to export. as much rice as promised, which af- fects dependent areas like Ma- laya.

India. is a vast question mark. It. had a great famine during the war and has had lesser ones in spots since then. Reports say area shortages could develop into fam- inc soon. Recent partition may aggravate this, as indicated by the estimate that 10,000,000 per- sons had to migrate during the recent rioting in the Punjab and elsewhere.

These are the meagre details about the great hunger among more than half of humanity. Only W0 things are certain:

1. It is not new to Asia-Just worse.

‘i. Thai-e is no concerted plan to Io anything about it now.

IRINCETOWN ROAD W. M. S.

Princetown Road W. M.8. held ilieir November nrecting at the_ home of Mrs. Harry Younker. In the absence of the president and Ire vice-president, Miss AllceDol- hr had charge of the meeting, ‘mien opened with hymn, Come Holy Ghost Our Heurts Iaosplre.

The theme of the meeting was {he Bible for my life and my community.

Psalm 110 was read responslvoly- Mrs. Lester Johnstone gave aread- ing from the Missionary Monthly. followed by hymn. God's Law Is Perfect, which closed the devot- ional period.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The roll was answered by nine members and one visitor. Bills were handed in and ordered paid. ‘Mrs. Omer Neil kindly invited members to her home for next meeting, the roll call to be answered with a verse of Scripture containing the word Courage.

The oﬂering amounted to 90c The meeting “as closed by U16 Mizpah Benediction and a dainty lunch was served by the hostess and a social half hour spent.

GLUVES

Any woman would be ‘happy to receive a pair of these lovely worm vool Gloves.

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Haul Vesscy t equal)-9'1.'i%.

asked to give priority to a re- quest from Liverpool corporation for 60 new street-cars to replace those destroyed when fire wrecked a car barn.

Lending departments of public libraries are the latest to declare for long week-end closing and they will no longer be open on Satudays in many towns.

Even workers in essential in-

threat of not manning special trams u; bring crov/ds home from races or football matches after that hour. Sunday tram services have‘ been curtailed owing to staffing, difficulties. t Tire farming lnduslr is one of: the few in which it as not yet? proved possible to devise a five-‘ day week. but the claims of farm. workers have been recognized by an additional payment above their . normal salaries as compensation for tasks which have to be done during the week-end. -

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YORK 0860f. ‘ h ———— 0t Report for November: Brande Senior Department: ' Grade X-l. Gerald Robinson. Grade rX-l. Bernice Lewis; I. Hazel Andrews. Grade VIII-l. Marina. Watts; l Myron Linc: 3. Freda. Newson. Grade VII Sra-l. Rose Watts; 2. Gladys MacDonald; 3. Laken Lewis.

coat 5W“ for

etgrldo VII Jr.—~1. Donald Crock-

Grade VLSn-l. Elaine Cooke: 2. June Dennis; 3. Elizabeth Mac- Donald. Grade VI Jn-i. Alden Newson. Highest average: Rose Watts, 93%. Perfect attendance: Norman Brown. Elaine Cooke, Elizabeth and Gladys MacDonald. Teacher: Anne Crockett. Primary Department:

Grade IV Sr.—1. George An- drews; 2. Muriel MacDonald. Grade IV Jr.—-i.. Betty Andrews: 2. Cecil Watts. t Grade III-l. George Proud; 1.

Teacher: Evelyn Under-hay.

IOOTSOBE LIVERPOOL ' GRAVES STREET-CARS

LIVERPOOL. England, Dec. 4 - OP) -,"I'he government is being

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Prelslnz for the elimination of 05 M“) '4 others. many week-end shifts. Tram drivers 5ND. n p ‘god from in Auckland have been demanding 14 1.1 - ‘6- n

that all sporting events on Satur- 5° m $5.00 days finish by 4.30 p. m., under the $2‘

PYJAMAS"

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finishing work to put out to sea. E§~ Sunday work on the wvaterfront is GLOV, . p‘ grulnod. 5°" HAND‘ done only in special emergencies. in 0'5"“: -y kin ﬁnd C0133‘ ' (i110 0V0

More and more shops ncvw are ‘o much PIES i “Y “Md Th“ ‘ a observing the full two-day break k. _u“\'|ned Oi‘ ‘I up {he C09 and the numbers has been greatly 5 "n wool oi‘ hi" choc extended by a recent award ruling with 7}": Priced from naugiy which makes it compulsory m. all . ‘y 5fifCh¢d' "

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Elizabeth Watts; a. Mel-nu Mac- , prelude Donald. h‘ ' WM‘ "ha-h" on Grade II-l. John Dennis, Hazel ‘ﬁrm; a YITY e we“ Veasey (equal); 2. Marjorie Lewis. i “obi. .- h! con _ ‘ Grade I Bra-i. RosallfCooper; 60"‘ ° n‘ (o; shilling‘ a. Bobby Cooper; 3. Erma Watts. . this 9"“ ﬁn mid Grade I Int-l. Shirley Vessey; skiing, SHOO 9r For u 2. Ralph Dennis; 3. Earla Ling. u“ ogher H505; have Grade I Jr.—l. Barbara Cooper. o do 05H’ you co I ,, Perfect attendance: Muriel Mac- Se °\_ smﬂ“ P H. ‘or ‘WM Donald, Betty Andrews, Frankie ch00 ‘oundyy-pfool C one Si! n! P ‘ad u! Iewls, Cecil Watts, Merrill Mac- shrunk’ d “m4 collars. for Christmas. i Donald, Joyce Ling, Hazel Vesaey, m; Soft u“ so w $1L15 Elizabeth Watts, Marjorie Lewis. Priced mm $18. . Wilma Nevvson. ‘ $2 5° M $450 Highest average: John Dennis, -

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for ﬁne furnishings and sportswear that are stylish, comfortable, durable ._

in short, the sort we carry. Come see our grand holiday displays soon. for

they feature fast sellers, ‘and now our stocks are 00111916"-

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Picking oiis isn't easy (we know), especially in the holiday rush- but select any one of time Ties and you'll hear praises el Chriahnas morning. Yn, we have Hie nockwoor that vll pleoao him (and please your budget foo)-

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engineer about it and would have walked ‘off with it if she fireman hadn't claimed it. Who, he asked

Extra buses have been directed in a letter of The Times of London

IM% Angora at $4.98 u pair Angora Blossom in plain and fancy trim ot-

$l.49, $1.98 and $2.98 Wont and rabbit hair Gloves in a yellow, red, powder, aqua, green, grey, beige, brown and block, for only $1.00 a pair.

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to the city but transportation dif- flcultlea are so acute that shoppers have been asked to be out of Liver- pool by 4 p. m. d

1y meeting of the Home and School was held on Tuesday, BMh. with

sent. Mr. Arthur J. Pitre presided Mr. E. J. Arsenauit was Secretary of the evening. A most interesting address was delivered by Rev. J. A. MacDonald. P. P. who stressed the necessity of teaching plnclples of the youth of this day. He was followed by Rev. Emmett

was the rightful owner?

Quoting the law of "Deiinue and Trover," another correspondent said the railway was entitled to it. A day or ao later The Times. in its mock-serious "fourth leader." handed down ita own judgment, bearing in mind forthcoming nat- ionalization of Britain's railways. The bird, it deemed, was the property of. the railway‘: directors: “but. if they are decent fellows (and if, of course, they can get the pheasant into cold storage until New Year's Day. after which it .. .and all the railways .

ally. —-TIGNIBII SHORE-The month-

large number of members pre-

Christian

Mcinnll who spoke along the same lines. The meeting closed with the singing of O Canada.

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railway traveller spotted a dQd

belong to the nation We can then dﬂfldl -. how We should like it cooked. __-_-.-_-.__.

PLASTIC BANGLE FAD IIIT! JUNGLE BILLES

Jouaivmaenvao! Dec 4 _ (C!) -— Plastic bangles now are

-_-—_._____. WHO WILL EAT ‘I'll! PIIIASANT?

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and millions of these highly- colored personal ornaments are be- ing produced in Johannesburg.

According lo one manufacturer, the big selling line in Darkest Africa at the moment is a bangle showing a "full house" of dia- monds, spades, hearts and clubs.

In the Belgian Congo the bangle has found a new use, and natives there are adorning their necks with these plastic clr-clots.

Although the fully-automatic machines producing the bangles are imported from oversees, the

latest and best dies used in mould. .

lng bangles are deal in the Union.

It is a rapid process which, go- ing at lop pressure. still cannot fill the great demand by the natives {or ‘these eye-catching adornments.

There is also a growing interest in plastic bangles among Europ- eans. An order placed with one Johannesburg firm recently for a gross of lemon-colored bangles, to be delivered urgently to a mm

gned and made

meant stud on the tron! of an

the rage among belles and Bedu in; locomotive, told the

Bnmmels of the African tribes-

brlde who, having seen her native

from . we! amend apply oo the

clded to dress her eight brides- maids in bangles to match their lemon-colored frocks.

The order was rushed to Natal by air on the day of the wedding. Two days later the manufacturers received an irate letter from the bride's mother saying the wldding had been ruined - the bangles were orange-colored instead of lemon.

.__.________ B. C. A. I‘. FLIGHT STUDIES HAZARD! OI‘ ZERO WEATHER

IIMONTON. Dec. 8 - (OP) — Wins Cindi". A. M. Cameron, nat- ive of Nova Bcotia who now Jllll Edmonton home, wants the vlaa- l LAC K l-l IADS 3n resins

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the: to turn as cold as it can for as long as it can-"during work- ing hours." ~

Ha is officer commanding the R. O. A. Fla Winter Experimental Flight here. The flight ‘was form- ed during the second World War. The first year it operated, from Kapuakasing. Ont. the second from Glmli, Mam, and later it moved to Edmonton.

Now the flight, for the ilfth con- secutive year, la preparing for its winter's activities. Its main pur- pose is to learn how to operate aircraft and handle equipment in cold weather, which fundament- ally becomes s matter of starting an engine quickly and cutting down the bulk of equtpaient, Wins Omdr. Cameron ‘said that down to a tanrperature of lb or 20 degrees below aero there was no difficulty in obtaining a normal start. But the REAP. does not consider wheeling an aircraft out. of a warm hangar and turning it. over a "cold start."

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aircraft is left out in the open for at least 12 hours. One method of starting an airplane at a lower temperature is to use a more vol- atile fuel, but when personnel are working away froth a main base this fuel must be transported to and stored at advance bases.

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A method believed nearer to solving the problem is to provide cylinders with fuel under extra pressure thrown a smaller jet.

The two detachments operate at Watson Lake, rm. and Churchill, Man, who chances of sustained cold weather are better than in Edmonton. ‘the flisht diners from other sir force unite in that it is morrhsavily Ieilhted with air- craft engineers. It um ll types of ﬁplann. varying from a lisht tra nor to a heavy four-engined botnber, jet-propelled and naval aircraft.

g The navrs interest in cold-

A rsal "cold start" involves a "soaking pert " in which the

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operate in northern waters. air arm's operations will be "d tier-based. and aithouzh the i: i A. i". station is no carrier, it °’ serve as a cold weather base. m“ The W. E. F.’s chief H1810" d‘ some: la Bqdn. tar. n. P. 1L1” land. graduate of meow U ‘m, sit! who served with I W‘ m" development flight at Rockc m Ont, during the war and Wm’ {eggs with the R._A.I. in a . working as a unit this 761:“: members of the ma! 0'1“, R mvy. from New. M1‘- '

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