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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-08-15, Page 6"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-sized spray, "Wider, please," says Swanson as the 10 -year-old hippopotamus obligingly opens his mouth. FARI%IERETTES ON A PICNIC Girls stationed at camps in Niagara peninsula were guests recently at picnic of Lincoln County farm- ers. Georgette Gledhill, 16, in flowered dress, 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 Ruesia, Mrs. Winston Churchill, with her two daughter Mary, left, and Sarah, right, leaves Duekinel ;m Prlace after receiving the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire frnm the King. Highlights of the News Sugar Ration Increased The prices board announced an increase of three pounds per per- son in the iiulividtial sugar, ration for the remainder ,f the year with corresponding increases in the al- lotment for industrial and quota users such as soft drinlc;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= meats. Two extra coupons. will become valid in September and the remain- ing coupon on or about December Cost of Living Rises The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics reported a 1.5 -point jump up in its cost -of -living index during, June —making a total advance of five points over the last four months— and Chairman- Donald Gordon of the- Prices Board warned at the same time that further increases could be 'expected. Resumption of the cost of livi..s bonus .for persons in the public service has created keen inter et in- asmuch s the United Steel \York- ers have proposed a similar systeii, for the steel industry. Iceland Requests U.N. Membership Iceland, whL.. 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, consequentl, are now be- fore the membership committee the Security Council. The e.hers are Albania, the Mongolian Peo- ple's Republic, Afghanistan, Trans- Jordan, Ireland and Portugal. Palestine Issue Informed c'iservers st °d that the British cabinet might decide to 111 - form the United Nations that Brit- ain is ready to surrender her man- date over- Palestine. The British government has pre- pared to abandon plans for treat, 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 over the Pal- estine mandate, Forest Fires in Siberia Huge forest fires are raging over 66,000,000 acres of land in Central and Northern Siberia. Airborne fire -fighting patrols have dropped parachutists who are mobilizing the villages to check the conflagrations. Eire Quits Neutrality The a 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 iniplicit in membership in .tlic Unit- ed Nations—responsibilities which specifcally rifle out any reserva- tions on neutrality in a war against as 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 Ivlaximuni 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 from eight countries, meeting in England said they 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 urged as the basis for such coop- eration. Socialist Japan Possible Observers in Japan reported a movement there away from a con- servative regime and toward a sys- tem like that of the British Labor party. They predicted that if a general election were held in the near, future, a Socialist Japan might be the result. Unrest In Albania Reports reaching Ronne _asserted, that Albania had been transform- ed into a Russian puppet state and that extensive fortifications and other military ,works were being built there. Civil liberties and re- ligious freedom were said to have disappeared. Dutch Seek New Border' Queen \Vilhc1s inft told the New Parliament that The Netherlands intends to seek i limited rectifica- tion of its frontiers with Germany, No details were given, YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED with the superb flavor of - Maxwell House Coffee. 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