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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-09-12, Page 2PICTURE'S PACKED WITH PLENTY PICKLES Precocious Johnny Panepinto perches precariously upon as pretty a passle of pickles as Pueblo, Colo., _pickle propagators ever have perceived. Prodigious 500 -bushel productionwas picked from two -acre pickle patch presided over by young Panepinto's proud -as -Punch papa. Highlights, of the News Union, Ship Owners Sign Pact An _ agreement eliminating the threat of a second Great Lakes strike and providing a settlement of the ` seamen's dispute until De- cember, 1917, has been signed by'. President Pat Sullivan of the Can- adian Seamen's Union and repre- sentatives of the Canada Steamship Lines, the Patterson Steamship Lines and the,,aria.and Colonial Steamship Companies, All other Great. Lake operators either already have signed contracts with the union or have signified their inten- tion of doing so. Soviet Claim "The . Soviet people and their armed forces" defeated Japan, Pre- mier Stalin saidin a V -J Day an- niversary Order of. the Day that made no mention of the United States or any other dation repre- sented at the signing of the sur- render on the U.S.S. Missouri. YANK WARSHIPS TOUR TROUBLED WATERS Pictured tied up at a Lisbon, Portugal, dock is the USS Little Rock, one of the group of U.S. warships participating in combined Mediter- ranean training cruise and good -will visit to Greek ports. Moscow saw significance in fact the visit coincided with USSR's demand for a hand in control of Dardanelles. ARCTIC PORT MAY PROVE STRATEGIC '/7 /!, INDIA CHINA `---4101011.6 Petsamo is Finland's "hack door" to the Arctic Ocean and during the war, Ger- man plants based there attacked Allied convoys bound for the nearby Russian port of Murmansk. The worm Gulf Stream keeps Petsamo's harbor open all winter. The Petsamo region, smaller than Con- '!; U. S. S. R. necticut, contains rich Canodian-owned copper and nickel mines. U. S. S. R. SfBEP!A % gE Shia M1 Arctic Ocean N\ r_. Moscow Archangel _ F e .:E_AP a 9 I Al./SNA• ---NGRAI' GREAT,.: BRITAIN;` � 4 ICELAND Atlantic Ocean Alcoa hk hwc AI I Ptdffc Ocean +a rive quiuth Pittsburgh 41. emir Chtcogob,/lochmgto San Francisco ST %%//� UNITEDUNITEDA°1.41,#"fig F ///://0.4 In getting Finland's Petsamo region, under the proposed peace treaty, Russia would receive an ice -free port on the Arctic Ocean. But those who think in terms of the new aerial geography see her also getting a potential air base nearer to the western hemisphere than any other Soviet area except the desolate tip of Siberia. Map above shows how, over the newly important Arctic route, a 4300 - mile flight -arc would take in the northern tier of important U.S. industrial areas from Seattle to Pittsburgh, and cut the Alcan Highway. POSED . AND `CANDID' This is the latest picture of the British royal family, posed recently in the gardens of Windsor astle. Kneeling next to the queen is Princess Elizabeth, while Princess Margaret Rose stands beside the king. A few moments later .. .. someone made a joking remark and the photograher snapped this informal picture of King George and Princess Elizabeth laughing heartily. WORLD'S LARGEST `FLYING WINDMILL' World's largest, and first twin -engined helicopter, is the United States Navy's XHJD-1, pictured in test flight at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's plant, St. Louis, Mo. Greece To Recall King The Greek interior ministry at Athens announced that incomplete but conclusivereturns from last week's plebiscite showed that the Greek electorate had voted ap- proximately three to one to recall King George II from exile in Britain and restore him to the throne. For the 50 -year-old monarch the victory spelled • his second recall from exile. Ousted by the establish- ment of a republic in 1924 follow- ing a military coup, George regain- ed his crown in 1935 when he won an overwhelming majority .in a plebiscite. He fled the country in 1943 when it was over -nun by the Germans. New York Truckers Strike In New York a wage and hour dispute between American Feder- ation of Labor Union Truck Drivers and three major trucking concerns brought idleness, union spokesmen said, to 100,000 rvolk ers and a threat of food shortages in some parts of greater New York City., A. and P., one of the largest food store chains in the city, said "no food is . being delivered to our stores." Mayor O'Dwyer of New York and union officials agreed, on an emergency plan to deliver essential items such as medicine and perish- able foods in the event of a work stoppage. Blockade Runner Captured A British destroyer intercepted a blockade-runner with 1,000 illegal Jewish immigrants off Tel Aviv, Palestine, and captured it after a gun fight. Stalin's Five -Year Plans A report prepared by the Library of Congress declared that Premier Stalin had inaugurated a series of special five-year plans designed to build by 1070 a Russian military machine second to none as a guar- antee against "all possible acci- dents." The study emphasized that Russia meant to match United States military potential and has given highset priority to the devel- opment of atomic weapons. Some Hope—But, Not Much The twenty-one defendants at the Nuremberg war crimes trial took the witness stand to make a final plea as the trial ended. The fonder henchmen of Adolf Hitler will hear their fate pronounced Sept 23.. Eleven of the Nazi leaders heard in final pleas expect tobe hanged, defense attorneys said. Three=Schacht, Von Neetrath and Von Papen-expect clemency. Six—Doenitz, Raeder, •Jodi, Von Schirach, Fritsche and Streicher still "have hopes." MACHINERY NEW AND USED. Of Every Description Phone EL, 1271 H. W. PETRIE CO. 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