mung of war WGBDOHE. bl w]; 1n advances

waging into the air.

presumably atomic and rocket. types, will wmiiicted on Exilwetct. an ltoll in the Pacific. a report. from the u 5 gttimic energy commission revealed. The tests are expected to re- ‘ ' in "peaceful as well as military applications of atomic “my? Here is a ‘typo o! rocket. weapon, controlled from the ground,

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

SECOND SECTION

Santa's Workshop llo Brighter Than -

‘TORONTO, Dec I -- (OP)

capped workers at the Crippled Civilian‘: Society here will bring

Work And Wait’ John Bull Urged As Year Closes

I BY JOIN DAUPHNB gmaillsn Press Sill WING IONDQN. Dec 9 — (GP) shorragrs of dollars has replaced “muse hf coal as Britain's most ifiiliiflll. “Illa-iris: is the most significant tlm-ige in the country's economic position as 1947 enda. us; i-‘ehruary the coal shortage gaupled with the worst winter mther in half a century. tempur- mry wiped out half Enslands pro- ‘fhis winter the outlook

doctivll- n mo" favorable, with stock in ma shape and min! output- higher.

But now the dollar shortage has brought nusterity which. in some mpeois is worse than during the "m days of the war.

Batioiis have been out. goods diver-mi from home to export mn-krts, new taxation imposed on "phi-rituals iiiitl business. private motoring aiitl foreign travel for pleasure tiziniu-d. and capital eit- penditiire-stich as home and factory construction severely limited.

Blow recovery of British export "up, rising costs of essential lm- ports, and n rush byflsonie foreign countries to changc sterling for dollars during the short-lived gummcr pcriud of free mrivertibil- lty causcd a frightening drain on the Canadian and American loans.

Limited Reno x12! I

Today Britain's dollar resources are limltcd. iii effect, to about $860.- 000030 of the Canadian 10ml. U19 treasuny- rcsni~vcs and whatever can be eariicd by direct and in- direct exports to the dollar area.

lt is not. cntiilgh. The British gcvernnzcnt. "ivhilc seeking sources ofsupptv in tho commonwealth and lmpirc null soft-currency countries relies on the Marshal Plan for a financial l;rt during the next critical months,

Sir Stafford Cripps, minister for economic nffairsand chancellor of the cxt-hequer. has ivarncd there must he <hhrp new cuts of dollar imports unless there is some "new dollar availability llrithin the quite vicar future."

And thni. hc said. WOUId be the beginning of ti pFOCCSS which uni": rapidly nrrestcil, would lead t0 gradual r-conoitiir- strangulation.

The February‘ fuel crisis sct back Qltllori lnide by tit least six mo-iths. The government's aim to boost ex- Nris to 140 per cent of pro- war hy the year-end. The target date hzid to he set, back to mid. 1W- Salcs nhronci during October. latest mouth for which figures

.l.|t‘, were £l08,200,000

In a class by himself la “Peter". a bulldog ‘student’! at stAmbrose school, Los Angeles. for five years. He's intelligent, but not too bright, for he's still in the first grade. He started sitting at his private desk when his mistress. Patricia Kelly, was a student.

ember had not taken lull vlfflvt ll‘! October- when purchases abroad totalled £16i400£0o lciivillf! a visible trade gap of £58.2Z)0.L00 Serious Shnrtiyc-a

While the coal is ii,_ uiirl the‘ 194a target of 250000.000 tons appears iii sight. elcctilclty out‘ ut is far below requirements bcca se of shortage of generating plant. And there are other serious shortages, too:-

Shortage of manpower. which has compelled the govcrrr-ait to reintroduce limited direction of labor in an effort to find more staff for undricrnanitcil. vital in- dustry, requiring strict priority al- tiles;

Shortage of materials for in- dustry, rekulrlng strict priority al- ocatlon of steel and fuel;

Shortaweii of transport, caused by insufficient merchant shipping tonnage. too few aircraft which can be operated at a profit. and lack of railway rolling stock following six years of war and two years o,f peace during which maintenance and replacement were below par. Despite these problems, govern- ment spokesmen are moderately optimistic when they speak of Britain's long-term economic pros- pects. They warn the immediate future is dark.

"Our people must endure some austerity and still raise the level of production," said Herbert Mor-

or 120 pct rcllf qr 192.5. Import cuts announced in Sept-

rlson, lord president of the coun- cil. - "We must work and wait."

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to his wife. Merry Christan: with a

Try it — and see how mach warmer your welcome v will be when the holiday is over and you're down to business again.

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IUSINISS IRIIND AND HIS WIFI

Why not wish them both a bunch of colourful flowers?

we

joy to thousands of children this year‘ by supplying low-priced treat-a to be hung on Christmas trees.

Hands sometimes painfully vii!!- ened with arthritis stuff fAddY bears; legless men and women hunt through piles of plaster arms and logs for one which will fit. maimed tdpsy dolls; new doll wardrobes are cut. and Iewn h! women who can't move unaided from their sewing machines.

This toy factory is as busy and cheerful as Santa! Employees sling, whistle or 10119 with each other as they go about repairing thousands of damaged toys donated to the society.

Until Christmas Eve many of the stronger employees will work long hours to make a dent on the mountainous pile of bicycle frames, doll carriages. trucks and trains. still requiring repair.

One of the busiest spots in the large building is the bench of Halifax-born P. A. (Pop) Reynolds. second oldest society employee who has seldom left his bench for l1 years.

A poliomyelitla vici/lm since infancy. Pcvp said he alwai’! secretly yearned to perform Santa's honors around the Christmas tree. but his doctor warned him the excitement would he too much

f'or his hirrh blood pressure. Love! Her Dolls

Another polio victim. pretty. 18-year- old Patricia walker of Montreal, is ln charge of re- juvenatlng dolls of her childhood and treats each one in her

"hospital" as if it were her own.

Bright rcd paint ls the stock trade of Ge "cc Tmnglad. legless fnrmcr Sm" Ont. in charge of p

"The kids secim f-o go for red. so give thcm Iwhot they want." said George. surrounded by a vlvld array of scarlet sleighs.

Edmund C. Waterman of Toronto is the man who knmvs what to do with a bent bicycle frame or whee-less roller skates. He estimates he will rmair thousands of scooters, wagons and iricyclcs before Santa arrives.

Mrs. Clark RObertS. a prominent designer for a Toronto depart- ment store before she broke her back in a traffic accident two years ago, sits at her sewing machine day after day. making ‘doll clothes and repairing other clothing items.

Bible Society Appointment

The British and Foreign Bible Society has appointed the Rev.

H. Hudspcth, M. A" M. B. E. of Shanghai, China. to succeed the late Dr. J. B. M. Armour as its General Secretary for Canada and Newfoundland. Mr, Hudspeth went to china first as a missionary of the English Methodist Church. He engaged in Bible translation and helped to put the New ‘Testament into the language of the tribes of South West China. In 1N6 he was chosen by the British and fbreign Bible Society to become its Gen- eral Secretaiy for China. He has supervised and guided its works in that vast country since that time and has maintained the high tradition established by his prede- cessors. He was imprisoned by the Japanese for three years in a con- centratlon camp where ha became the outstanding Christian leader among his fellow prisoners. When first arrested he was kept in close confinement for three months. and endured untold suffering at the hand! of his captors.

Mr. Hudfpeth is a graduate of Cambridge University and g man of fine gifts and unusual quel- ence.

EXERCISE ‘FOB MOST

On the island of Java, blcyclas are a prime means of transporta- tion. -

This Toy factory

Their plight often no bitter than the broken toys they repair. handi-

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tries. Lausman. after he vacated the post kin. Right:

inan in the cabinet.

DECEMBER 1B.- 1941

Wloman have made the headlines from Iurope this past week by being appointed to high gdv-emment positions in their respective coun- Left: Ludrnila Jankovcova, who was chcmen to replace Bohumll

of industry minister of Czechoslova-

Bhe is the first woman minister in the history of Czech politics Line. Germaine Poirisot-(Iltapuis. the new French minister of health, who was chosen by Franco's new premier, Robert Mhuman. to that post. This is the ftrst time since wars end that France had a wo-

BY IYARCY UDONNELL

Canadian Prose Staff Writer OTTAWA. Dec 9 — (GP) - Although Canada dropped many of her immigration barriers durln8 1047. the movement of immigrants to the Dominion twas controlled largely by a, post-Mr lack of sur- face transportation. Pro-war restrlcton on immigrat- ion policy gradually were amended to pennlt; ‘ 1. Unrestricted entity for per- sons from Commonwealth countries and the United States. 2.Pi*acticallv unrestricted entry from European countries. of per- sons who could be cared and pm- vided [or by relatives in Canada. 8. Entry of zigricultiirists. trades- men. technicians and the like with sufficient film's to establish them- selves in Canada. 4. Entry of 20.000 persons from displaced persons camps in Europe. 5. llkitry of the wives and un- married children of Canadian cit- izens of Chinese origin» As in the past all immigrants were required to be in good health and to be opposed to any philosophy which called for the overthrow of Canada's existing form of govern- mcnt. If they czime other than in gmup movements they were re-

Shippings Lack Hits Movement of Immigrants

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one which set off a lengthy con- troversial debate was sponsored by Ludger Dionne, Liberal member of the Commons for the Quebec con- stituency of Beaucc.

Mr. Dionne was permitted to fly 100 Polish girls from displaced per- sons camps in Europe to work in his spinning mills at St. Georges dc Beauce. Que. The girls sighed a contract to work in the mills for two years at Quebec's prcvallin rate of pay. .

Labor groups charge that this was indentured labor and that Mr. Dionne. as a government supporter had been given an opportunity that. would not have been cxtciided to others.

Federal "Ovcrnment OIlIClZllS re- plied they believcd the contract signed by the girls would not he held binding in a court of lriw. Furthermore. the federal gover- ment was not responsiblle for the Quebec government's wage laws. They said anyone else making a similar proposition would have been granted the same privileges.

quired to show that they would not. become public charges.‘ _ Ships In Drydociks However. the easing of regulat- ions was not accompanied by any marked improvement in shipping and as a result the movement of immigrants. particularly from the British Isles. was expected to be lower than in 1946. This was largely due to the fact that troopshlps used in 1916 to transport the wives and dependents of Canadian servicemen to Canada went into drydock for reconverslon to pas- senger use after the movement was completed. Immigration figures for the six months ended Sept. 30 showed that English. Irish, Scottish and Welsh immigrants totalled only 18-266 com- pared with 34,508 in the ‘corres- pondini; i946 period. From all countries some 32.028 immigrants came to Canada dur- ing the period. 14.226 fewer than in the corresponding period 01-1945. The outlook for 194s was some- what brighter as more and more shipping was expected to become available. For instance the s. S. Huascaran. obtained from Germany nu war reparations. was to start "Ply l" thc new year on a three- year immigration servlcef The ship, capable 0f carrying 800 passengers a trip. was ex- pected to bring 20300 immigrants from displaced persons camps here before next May. These displaced persons are to be absorbed as do- meetfics. woorlsmen, fan-n helpers.

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and as skilled or unskilled workers.

By Air Route Balldes movements by ship than were some movements by air. The largest. og these was sponsored by the Ontario government. which un- d°fl°°k 1° brill! 7-000 immigrants from the British Isles. Close to 5.000 of the immigrants were ex- pected by the year-end.

A much smaller movement but

WINXOR. Ont. Dec. I — (OP) —'I‘hll Chrlliimas the Hnhilh

population of Windsor will enjoy the satisfaction of worshipping in a church they personally helped to build,

Faced with high coats and short- age of materials. the community decided early last mummer that if it were to halve a church it would have i0 do the building. Since July. lay members con- tributing their rparv time and abilities have been putting up a atone edifice which they hope to hevrpartly completed for Christ- mu services.

The P1117060 in adtualiy two-fold. aye Karl Lolita. former wrestler and merchant who la working an

the new church.

Finnish Community Builds Own, Church '

nil-AF: smnwnms in medieval time: for plant: were without their lupwled

medicinal value. but the progress of medicine has limited Shel In a vet? lutall mimbfl.

In addit§ to providing a house of worship it "will. show people how to build homes when they haven't the means to get a builder to do it."

The first storey la nearing v ouapletion and the eeoovid floor ll expected to be finished hext summer.

M. present there are 00 member! but it ie hoped that by the time the building ie completed the congregation will have [town to 300.

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c Body & Fender Work

e Brake Adjustment e Battery Bharging c Ghassls Lubrication e Tlre Rejuvenation

e Thorough Motor Overhaul

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Wonian Pioneer Stays At Home For 64 Years

MOOSE JAW, Sask.. Dec. 9 _. (OP) --A gun-toting Indian went after Mrs. Margaret Bennett hack in 1&3 when Moose Jaw W85 just a settlement of tents and railway cars and frlflhtened her so much she has remained at her home in the Qifappelle hills. 2-4 miles north of here. ever since.

W? N years she hasn't been mqre than hiilf-o-milefrom he; farm home and she has never seen a motion picture, although aircraft {Willi overhead and cars and buses 9139941118 along thehlghway ha" kept her partially iri touch with the 20th century.

"When you stay that long in a place you just don't want to leave". she explains.

NQW 97- Mrs- Bennett has lived her since she and her husband moved from Moose Jaw 64 years ago. She never returned to the city. and hasn't, even visited the villesc or Tuxford. l2 milcs south of her home.

Born in Scotland. she moved tn Winnipeg with her yrircnts when she was 17 and came to hloosr- Jaw where she worked for the railroad and met hei- husband. also a rail- way employee.

They left Moose Jam soon after the incident with the Indian. jllli

she never returned. Shc noun spends her time knitting and reading the Bible -- which slic

knows from cover to cover although she won't go to church tier-arise “lhcy don't preach from tltr- Bible "

“What do you want nll this trash about me for?" she risked a visiting newspaperman and photo- grapher. then hastened ziftci" the camcramangind offered him the burned-out flash bulbs he used to take her picture.

"l thought you mlcht forge: these," she said. VANCOUVER - tCPi The

housing shortage in Hons: Kong is so acute that anvtlwint: with four rivalls and a roof will bring enough monev to allow the owner

to retire. Mr. and Mrs. Graeme Hugh-Jones. here on vacation from the Far East, sziid. Ten- thotisand- dollar homes sell

readily’ for $100,000. marge, v .

Stanislaw Mlkolalczyk (riehtl. Peasant Party leader who made a

dramatic escape from Poland after

being marked for death by Oom-

munlsts. is greeted in New York by Arthur Bliss Lane on his arrival

from England. Lane is former U. S.

Ambassador to Poland.

Soviet Heads Moulded At Moscow College

By DON DALLAS i

MOSCOW. Dec 9 - (Reuters): —1inimcnse pains are being tiikenl in the Soviet Union to keep its.

191000.000 cilizciis illlOlTIIEd on llll matters of Communist rolit-y. both internal aiiil cxtcrilnl.

Paitv cli.tf.< supcrvire a tight

educational structure that aims ill enlightciiiriq the people on lTlZill_\'

things _ ctiricnt national events and plans -- the “forces tlirit threaten the zlcvwopment of thr- country," ' lite-y m “always v :2 . al\v.'i_vs prc

Each citizen must know Soviet man, publlcfieil a pride of our timcs." is siiutrlor to the mun of the bourgeois

ciipitnlirt world, why culture iii the capital \vc"‘.ci is rl/‘Zradcd riiiri vulgar, why the old varrlcl capital- ism and imperialism is cloomctl.

Spearhead of all Organizational fillll proiirigzriiirln work is thc \‘i()l~€l_\'—ifllii. Communist p1ll'l_\' i Willi its organlzalinils ill factories. workshops. collective farms. ofilt-cs‘ aitrl stores.

Every place of work has a tiatlvi group. affiliated to a Cily district‘ group. above which is ithe city organization, in turn responsible f0 the party organization for the krai or obiiist lhotli large admini-f strative areas. similar to a small‘ strife in the United States).

The chain is coizmlctcd by the yiliir- ' tloii of the individ-

unl rcpuli linking ctircctij; wilt llic crivrul comm let- n.‘ the C:ii~miiii‘<t pcrtj: of U. S. S. R.

The job of iffllhlll]! the party

and sovlct (municipal) leaders. who must be the best lnfomicd people in the country is entrust-

cd to the liiglicr party‘ school of

the central committee o,t' the Ctimnillitisi party in Iviosilaw -- tlie "Ccmiiiiiiiist University" of

tlic Soviet Union.

There. some 980 students ‘are undergoing a comprehensive three -_vr>ai~ course covering wide field: from current events to culturn More than 500 others. hwludie party loaders of many years standing, arr- doing n short nine

inmitiis‘ rcficslicr coursc.

Nev: instructions issued by tlil party central committee in the lust l2 months have aimed at B.

iuirely Itiarxist. as distinct from a. “|‘.Otll‘f.'f§OlS" approach to the fields (f llfi. literature. 'sclence and

l philosophy.

The teaching and lecturing staff, men and women specially picked

r by the higher party chiefs. include

two zicndemlcizins Imembers o! ihi- nctirir-trly of sciences. top "cicntil" qualification in the f~‘orict. Unionl. ll other members of tho academy of sciences. 60 lll".i'f'.‘:ill‘5 and 32 lecturers.

'I‘lic scientific council of the SPilCOi htis tlic right to accept

tlicsc for a scientific degree and in confer the rivuri-c of candidate o! .\'I'lt‘lll't'$. somewhat. similar; to n. il;\l‘l|(‘i0l‘ of science. ,

The school has two faculties, the party and the soviet. The .13 chairs at the party school are in l history of the party. history o! ilir- U. S S. R.. general history, political economy. economic ancl political geography. dialectical and

‘ historical materialism. internation-

ril relations (including the foreign policy of the U. S. S. R), Rt sirin language and literature, Soviet economy. party construction. state iZ\\\' and Soviet construction, journalism and foreign languages.

FAWLEY. Hampshire. England- fCP)-Approval for a £20.000-00(I 45801100000) scheme for the ex- tension of ~Agnvl Petroleum Corporation's refinery here will make it one of the largest ll Europe.

Take a hint from the calendar .. bring iii your car now! llur

skilled mechanics will hi- able t0 give it the attention it needs.

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