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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-12-27, Page 2COMING UF --A RAILROAD RIDER'S DREAM Composite of all the practicable wishes of railroad passengers is the idealistic train shown in model form above. Designed by the Styling Section o: General Motors, it is being studied by railroad executives and hasbeen made into a test car by Burlington. It features elevated, all -glass domes for better observation and there are many improvements in seats, berths, recreation facilities and sanitary provisions. The cutaway model (bottom) shows the elevated observation lounge and lower cocktail. lounge. SUCCESS AFTER 45 YEAR BAN Edi :�.•.:.:SY"., ;r>^".L�: a�;�?:'?��S:yd.`. ': %?°:<:e.�:i'�'. ��>'3 B. L. Carr—Art Laurin—P. E. Ouderkirk Art Laurin, pubisher of the "Morrisburg Leader," aided and abetted by the Morrisburg Fishing and Game Club, was instrumental in raising the ban which has for the past 45 years prevented deer hunt - 'Mg in Dundas County, The sample draped over the car in the photo- graph was bagged after 45 minutes of hunting, which proves the. gentlemen photographed are not only good shots but also good sportsmen—they could have gotten more. THRILLED BY SIGHT 'OF SNOW It's an ill wind that roes 't i,al.isfy somebody. While most people shuddered when they mite to findthestreets covered with xnow, these girls from India, students at the University of Toronto school of nursing, were thr'tlled'at the sight. "It's beautiful," they chorused. The native sari worn by Mrs. May Aster Jainu Deen, right, and hal :ris may appear incongruous in Canada., but she was anxious to tt- tlse sport, Her friend, Mrs, R. Iyangar, went along to watch. TEST PILOT Blonde, blue-eyed Helen Harrison of Toronto, Ont., has flown 3,000 hours in all parts of the world, but hasn't had enough, "I just can't keep away from it," she declared as she announced signing up as test pilot with a British firin which is to assemble passenger planes in Toronto. Vancouver -born, she ob- tained her commercial license in England in 1930, instructed R.A.F. reserve pilots there and then taught flying in Canada and the U.S. Later she joined the U.S. air transport auxiliary and ferried planes around Britain for the U.S. forces, flying 400 miles an hour in Mosquitos'' on delivery trips there. U.S. SEEKS CURE FOR PALESTINE "HEADACHE" CYPRUS ` t!^d 1 Mediterranean ,5YRIA Sea I LEBANON + i,t�tLSs4 i�E� Caspian Sea Russia, France and Turkey, having important Middle East interests, keep eye on ovelopments SUEZ CANAL RANS- RQAN Militant Jews,, headed by Nagana group, building strong under- ground for direct action pA� Britain, under U. 5. is Involved, as Leugueof Nations, member of Joint mandate, is held I Angla-U. 5. com- esponsrble for mittee of inquiry, Palestine formed to survey the sitsat on,secks n solution Jewish "Menai " party advocates civil dis- obedience campaign, including non-payment of tuxes. Palestine's economy depends on Jewish industry and fax money Arab States declare! ;conomic boycott on Palestina goods ARAB LEAGUE ETHIOPIA Gulf of Aden Arabian Sea Dynamite -packed Palestine, holds explosive potentialities that will in- volve adl the great powers unless a speedy solution to the Arabian - Jewish conflict is found, Indicated on map above are some of the de- velopments and factors which focus world's anxiety on this tiny trouble spot. First positive step by the U.S. and British govern- ments toward ending the strife was the appointment of a12 -man Anglo- American committee to study the whole situation, and recommend remedial action. Supreme. Arab Council for Palestine threw sur- prise monkey wrench into the peace machinery by repudiating in ad- vance any decisions of the Anglo - U.S. committee. Heading Britain's six Palestine committeemen: is Judge Sir John E. Singleton, left, of the London High Court of Justice, Chairman of the U.S. group is Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, right, of the U.S. Circuit Court at Houston, Tex. THEY'LL SEEK FACTS IN GM -UAW STRIKE Pictured above are members of the fact-finding boardsappointed by President' Truman to investigate the General Motors'outo strike. They are, left to right, Judge Walter P. Stacy, chief justice of the Nuorth Carolina Supreme Court and chairman of the recent Labor -Management Conference Lloyd K, Barrison, chairman of the War Labor oard; and Milton Eisenhower, president of Kansas State College. Without special laws, which are now pending before Congress, the board ,trill have no legal authority to examine the General Motors Corporation's books NAZIS HEAR THE PIPER—AND "THEY'LL PAY THE PIPER" Serenading the top Nazis who are now in trial at Nuremberg, Piper Kenneth Campbell, of the Scots Guards marches up and down front of the sentries guarding t.se jail. The Nazis may not appreciate bagpipe music but as the war crimes trials continue there's ittle doubt that the men of the Nazi hierarchy will soon "pay the piper" wir"