The Seaforth News, 1946-07-18, Page 7BULGARIAN PEASANTS IN FESTIVE MOOD
Peasant girls in native costumeparade along the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, carrying sheaves of precious
wheat in celebration of Spring harvest.
PRIME MINISTER KING AT DOWNING STREET
The leader of the Canadian Government is photographed in the grounds of 10 Downing Street, Lon-
don residence of British prime ministers, after his arrival for the meeting of Empire Prime Ministers,
Left to right are; Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Britain; Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, Foreign
Minister, Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, retiring Canadian High Commissioner to Great Britain and Mr.
King.
SWING MUSIC SOUNDS SOUR NOTE ON GALILEE SHORE
The Club Lido above, a drinking, dancing, bathing resort on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. at Tiberias,
Palestine, with its dancing and swing music .. .offends the sensibilities of many Christian people,"
according to the Anglo-American Inquiry Committee which recently investigated protests. First danc-
ing club on Galilee's shores since the days of the wicked Herod Antipas, the Lido, originally German -
owned, is reported under lease Irom Palestine's enemy property custodian
MOUNTIES GUARD CANAL
R.C;M.P. officers are shown, above guarding government property at the Cornwall Canal against pos
sible damage by striking members of the Canadian Seamen's Union.
Highlights of the News
Hard Coal '-Jfeu Quit
Pemsylvania's hard coal miners
dug - gardens in, tcad of anthracite
or made holiday plans while they
waited for union and operator lead-
ers to frame a new contract which
would end tliur strike.
In New York negotiators, in
their fourth twee) of conferences,
reported 1:ttle progress toward a
new pact.
The strike by 75,000 diggers-
9th major United States anthracite
shutdown since the turn of the cen-
tury—became 'effectiv after the
expiration of the old contract,
1 eaders of the A r L United Mine
Workers and the operators agreed
that the walkout wa; completely
effective. There are no .collieries
in the anthracite fields working.
$15,200 Bull
The highest price ever paid for
a bull soli. at public auction in
Canada, was paid at the national
Holstein sale for an 11 -month-old
Holstein bull-Raynondale Rag
Apple Yalta.
The bull was consigned by Sen-
ator D. Raymond of Vaudrepil;
Quebec, and was purchased jointly
by If. L. Gilbert, Vercheres, Que.,
and W. A. Rogge, St. Laurent,
Que.
Maritime Strike
All the resources of American
armed might will be used to keep
the United States merchant marine
operating if the maritime stripe
called for June 15 occurs, Presi-
dent Truman told his press con-
ference. These resources would
include the Navy and the Coast
Guard..
Mr. Truman acknowledged that
the prospects of settling the mari-
time dispute looked rather dark at
the minute. To meet the situation,
he said, the Government is taking
every necessary preparation to see
that the ships continue operating.
The Navy moved to bring back
into service all discharged men
now available for service as well as
others with experience in the mer-
chant marine.
Radio Strike Threatened•
President Petrillo of the Music-
ians Union threatened to call a
strike against all radio net -works
and to stop the manufacture of
phonogaph records should the
court uphold the constitutionality
of new Congressional measures to
curb his activities,
In what would amount to a vir-
tual blackout of all forms of "can-
ned music," Mr. Petrillo asserted
that the networks would be pro-
hibited from broadcasting a musi-
cal program outside the city where
it originated.
Trans-Jordan Pipeline
The Palestine broadcasting sys-
tem said that four-week negotiat-
ions between rep'zsentatives of the
Arabian -American Oil Company
and the Trans-Jordan Government-
had been completed with an agree-
ment .fur building an oil pipeline
across Trans-Jordan.
Portugal Restored
1 fulfilment of a wartime
pledge; the British base in the At -
ores, Portuguese islands in the
North Atlantic, has been formally
handed back to Portugal. A sim-
ilar ceremony took place .simultan-
eously at the American base.
Church Union
The question of union between
the Church of England in Canada
and the United Church has pro-
gressed to the point where reports
will be presented to the Dominion
meetings of both churches next
Septe.nber.
Union was discussed in Toronto
last wee: by representatives of the
two great Protestaa denomina-
tions, meetinf as a joint commit-
tee.
India Railway: Face Strike.
3iggest strike in the history of
Indian labor, involving nearly
1,000,000 nun, was brought nearer
when the railwaymen't unions
served notices on all eight State-
owned railways, to come into ef-
fect June 27, if their demands for
higher pay are not granted.
Bread Rationing
Herbert Morrison; Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, told the House
of Cuinrnons that Britain is pre-
paring a system of bread rationing
for emergency ..se. He compared
the world food situation to the
black days of Dunkerque "when
all the news was bad". '
"Tlie very blackness of the situ-
ation". he said during debate on
Britain's food administration "is
calling forth forces which make
this the turning poi"t in human
history."
•Earthquake itt Turkey
Rescue crews searching through
villages levelled by aft earth -quake
in the eastern Turkish Province of
Mus reported a toll of at least 1339
Persons ' killed and hundreds injured,
Manyvillages were shaken, . nd
many persons were trapped in
their collapsing hones.
Makeshift Homes
.UNRRA h a ut dertaken to
"build some 85,000 temporary homes
in rural areas of Greece by the end
of 1946. Since there is no furniture
available, UNRRA furnishes a
combination floor -bed with an.ex-
tra secti, for each additional
three members of a family. The
rest of the floor is earth or stone,
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