HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-12-27, Page 10COMING UP—A RAIL'OAD RIDER'S DREAM
Composite of all the practicable wishes of railroad passengers is the idealistic train shown in model
farm above. Designed by the Styling Section 02 General Motors, it is being studied by railroed
executives and has been 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 (bttom) shows the elevated observation lounge and lower
coattail lounge,
SUCCESS AFTER 45 YEAR BAN
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-
ing 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 i11 wind that i.:,c,:.t art:sfy somebody. While most people
^huddered when they mice to find the streets covered with snow,
these girls from. India, students at the University of Toronto school
of nursing, were thrilled at the sight. "It's beautiful," they chorused.
The native sari worn by Mrs, May Aster Jainu Deen, right, and her
:kis may appear incongruous in Canada•, but she was anxious to tr.,
the sport. Her friend,. Mrs. R. Iyangar,'went along to watch.
TEST PILOT
Blonde, blue-eyed Helen Harrison
of Toronto, Ont., has flown 5,000
hours in all parts of the world, but
hasn't had enough. "I just can't
keep away front it," she declared as
she announced signing up as test
pilot with a British firm which is
to assemble passenger planes in
Toronto. Vancouver -born, she ob-
tained her commercial license in
England in 1936, 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 utiles an hour in Mosquitos on
delivery trips there.
U.S. SEEKS CURE FOR PALESTINE "HEADACHE"
CYPRUS
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Jewish "Mapai" party
advocates civil dis•
obedience campaign,
including nonpayment
of taxes. Palestine's
economy depends on
Jewish industry and tax
.money
Militant Jews, headed
by Hagan° group,
building strong under-
ground for direct
action —
Russia, France and Turkey,'
having. important Middle
East interests, keep eye on
developments
U. S. is involved, as
member of joint
AngloU. Scorn
mittee of inquiry,
[formformed to survey
the situationseeks
ed
solution
Britain, under
League of Nations
rnandate, is held
responsible for
Palestine
tiYry
Arab States declare
economic boycott an
Palestine goads
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EGYPTIAN SUDAN
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ETHIOPIA
Gulf of Aden
Dynamite -packed Palestine holds
explosive potentialities that "will in-
volve all the great powers unless a
speedy solution to the Arabian -
Jewish conflict is found. Indicated
on reap 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 wronch 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. Cirduit Court at
Houston, Tex.
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THEY'LL SEEK FACTS IN GM -UAW STRIKE
Pictured above are members of the fact-finding board appointed 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-Mznagetnent 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 •xdil1 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 Sco > Guards marches upand down
front of the sentries guarding t E fail. The Nazis may not appreciate bagpipe music but° as the war crimes trials' contine there's
tittle doubt that the men of the Nazi h ern..chy will soosi pay the piper."