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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-03-07, Page 9SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN OTTAWA The new Supreme Court Building in Ottawa, which houses the offices of the Government -appointed Royal Commissioners. HEADQUARTERS OF R.C.M.P. IN OTTAWA. Dominion headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Justice Building. in Ottawa, will be the focal point of Federal investigations into treason.charges involving Dominion Government employees. RAID SHELTERS HOUSE GERMAN `CAVE -DWELLERS' en -Hof el all:fcl^lhr haf Today housing space in Frank- fort, Germany, is about as scarce as a, "Heil, Hitler" and home - hungry Frankfurters have been driven underground to, find liv- ing quarters. A chain f.former air-raid sheltere under the bomb - wrecked city is being turned into hostelries. Photos here are views of the "Hotel Cabin" under the main railroad station. At left, above, guests enter and emerge from the concrete "lobby". After formal registration, they check their valuables, as at right above, and are shown to their "rooms." These consist of tiny cubicles, partitioned off with tarpaulins, as seen at right. This hotel accom- modates 220- persons, who pay 3 marks per night. COLD JEEPS IN TOKYO Lined up at Fifth Air Force Headquarters in Tokyo, these jeeps are quickly covered with a blanket of wet snow as the heaviest fall in more than 20 years blanketed the city. GI in foreground leans forward against wind. Highlights of the News Canadian Occupation Force The Canadian occupation force. of 25,000 men, according to an announcement by Prime Minister King, will be withdrawn from Germany . early in April. Air Minister Gibson previously had announced the withdrawal of 10,000. men in the occupation sir force would start June 30. The Navy did not participate in occupa tion duty. Mr. King's announcement added that the present shipping situation "forecast all troops now in Ger- many should be back in Canada by September or rctober." Mr. King pointed out that Can- ada, unlike the big nations, was not one of the occupying powers and was not a• member of the Allied Control Commission. At the same time other European allies, not in a position to supply contingents at the beginning of the occupation, "are now becoming increasingly able to share in occupation duties." Headquarters For U.N.O. Last week New York City was officially chosen as the temporary world capital of the United Na- tions Organization. The UNO - voted to make New York its interim headquarters for the next five years and then to move to a permanent world capital to be built in the Fairfield -West- chester area of Connecticut and New York State. Spy Ring In Canada Last week it was reported that two Canadian Government em- ployees had been detained pending further investigation of charges that they had been communicating information ' to a foreign power. Prince Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment of two Royal Commissioners to inquire into "disclosures of secret and confidential information to un- authorized persons, inc'uding some members of the staff of a foreign mission Ottawa." The persons involved in the case are said to include some present and former employees of a num- ber of departments and agencies of the Canadian Government. Twenty-two employees or for• mer employees of the government previously had been rounded ftp ;n Canada in connection with the investigation. It would be just as - welt for people to keep Their heads about this espionage story, suggests the Ottawa Citizen. 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Wise people will wait for them. Industri 1 Strife In U.S. The first phase of World Wat II's period of industrial strife seems definitely ending. With the steel strike settlement achieved, it appeared improbable that the General Motors strike could last much longer. Peace has been achieved in the oil, meatpacking, and steel in- dustries, and in the electric appliance industry the Electric Di- vision of General Motors has signed a contract with the union, although 174,000 General Electric and Westinghouse workers are still out. Many tie-ups' of public utilities are over—for the moment at least, Hundreds of wage adjustments have been made without any strike at all, yhich never got into the newspapers, On nearly every front industrial conditions look better. A spokesman for United States Steel said most of the corporation's employees should be back at work by the end of next week, but that it may he 30 days before full pro- duction is achieved. Halifax Black Market A huge black market organiza- tion stretching from Halifax into inland Canada has been uncovered by Royal Canadian Mounted Poi - ice. The theft ring involved hun- dreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, mostly ex- pensive xpensive British textiles. Mission To India Britain is making another at- tempt to settle the Indian problem. A special mission composed of three 'Cabinet members will go to India next month to try again 7o break the deadlock with Indian political leaders over the forma- tion of a constitution -making body asa preliminary'. to selt- government. REPLACES ICKES Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior, will serve as acting Secretary following the re- signation of Harold L. Ickes. He is shown at his desk in Washington. No permanent successor has been named by President Truman. 00 TRIS! To relieve discomforts, one of the best things you can do is put a good spoonful of home - tested Vicks VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water. Then feel welcome relief come as you breathe in the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the cold -congested upper breathing passages! See how this soothes irritation, quiets cough- ing, and helps clear the head— bringing grand comfort. FOR ADDED RELIEF. .. rub throat, chest and back with VapoRub at bedtime. Vfeks VapoRub works for hours -2 ways at once -to bring relief from distress. CK$ Remember, it'sVicks t�tY® VapoRub you want. vavoeua Discontinuance of Overseas Tobacco Gift Ran The Tobacco Gift Plan whereby BRITISH CONSOLS and EXPORT CIGARETTES and Tobacco parcels can be sent to the Armed Forces overseas will be discontinued From the 28th February, 1946. After this date no Further orders can be accepted by W. C. Macdonald. Inc. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces still serving overseas are assured of an adequate supply of cigar- ettes as they will still be able to purchase BRITISH CONSOLS and EXPORT CIGARETTES from No. 2 Canadian Tobacco Depot, London, England in the same way as they have been doing up to the present time and at the same prices as through the Gift Plan. OVERSEAS DEPART ' ENT W. C. MACDONALD $nese y = Montreal, Oue. 7th. February 1946 rated