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ON THE MOVE
Eleven Verdun (suburb of Montreal) families decided, to stay in their homes when informed the
..houses would be moved en masse some blocks away to make room for extensions to a nearby church.
Mrs. G. Ouillette, (above) watches proceedings from her verendah while her home creeps inch by inch.
NEW BONNETS FOR "BOBBIES"
New hats for London's women "Bobbies" were worn for the first time at the Victory parade last month.
They take the place of the old-style helmet which was regulation costume for years. Policewomen
model the hats at New Scotland Yard.
Highlights of the N
Cost of Living Jumps
A rise of approximately two
points in the cost -of -living index,
covering the' month of May (the
highest rise since the war) is an-
nounced by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics.
During April the cost -of -living
index rose by 1.2 points bringing
the index at the first of May to 122
points based on the five year,
average.
The extra tw opoinst which will
be tacked on for the month of May
will bring the index to 124 points
as of June 1.
A Nation is Born
War torn but free, the Philippine
Islands became a republic on the
Fourth of July.
A dependency of the United
States since the Spanish American
War, the islands gain their inde-
pendence after a 10 -year interim
period as a commonwealth.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
led the liberation of the islands
from the Japanese, was the honor
guest. Representatives of more
than 50 countries were on hand.
The. United States flag came
down for all time as this country of
7,083 tropical islands and 18,000,000
Filipino citizens, swept by fire and
sword through 400 years of oppres-
sion, came peacefully to full saver
eignty.
Dollar Parity Adopted
The Canadian dollar has been
restored to par with the American
dollar. This step is the keystone of
a new four -point . anti-inflationary
program announced to the House
of Commons last week by Rt. Hon.
J. L. Illsley, minister of finance.
Officials described the eventual
result of the move as "a ten per
cent slash in costs and prices
throughout the Canadian econo-
my." Our close economic ties �t�ith
the United States make it inevit-
able that price changes in that
country work their way into every
aspect of Canadian costs. With
American prices continuing to rise,
prices in this country may still go
up, but the government believes
that six months from now, the
general pattern of costs and prices
will be ten per cent below the level
which would have prevailed had
action not been taken.
Last Week in U.S.
Cattle brought an all-time high
price of $22.50 a hundred pounds
at Omaha, a jump of $4.5u over the
O.P.A. ceiling.
Wheat sold for $203 cents a
bushel at Omaha, up 17 cents from
the late O.P.A. ceiling and the
highest prices in 27 years. Another
27 -year record was set for hogs at •
Indianapolis, $20 a hundred pounds,
up $5.
Cotton neared 32 cents a pound,
a 23 year record high.
Peace Conference
The Foreign Ministers of the
Big Four drafted invitations last
week for a general European peace
conference to be held in Paris July
29 for debate on treaties intended
to end the Second Great War for
Italy and the Axis satellites.
The 21 nations scheduled to re
ceive invitations to the peace con-
ference are:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bye-
lorussia, Canada, China, Czecho-
slovakia, Ethiopia, Franct, Great
Britain, Greece, India, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Ukraine Republic, Union of South
Africa, Soviet Union, United
States, awl Yugoslavia.
Second A -Bomb Test
Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy
has set July 25 as tentative date for
the detonation of Bikini's second
atomic bomb, this one ',`an attack
against hulls." It will be exploded
slightly under the surface of the
lagoon.
A full-dress rehearsal was
scheduled for July 10.
THEY MADE IT, BUT —
Those upraised hands emphasize a dual vow: "Never again!"
Mrs. Georgie White and Harry Aleson, veteran riverman, are pic-
tured as, bruised, battered and weighing 10 pounds less than when
they started, they arrive in the calm waters of Lake Mead, Nev.,
after shooting the Colorado River's 81 treacherous miles in a rub-
ber life raft. The trip took them a week, during which they were
feared lost.
STOWAWAY
When Dave L. Johnson, New York truck driver. unlcadh:ci a ship-
ment of watermelons just arrived from Georgia, he was surprised
to find it included a "bonus" in the form of the al'igator he's bold-
hig, above. The 'gator apparently stowed away among the melons.
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New Volcano
A new volcano is erupting in the
mountains of Soviet Azerbaijan in
Iran. Punctuated by underground
thunder, masses of liquid mud have
been shot from the crater 500 yards
into the air.
Germans Exchanged
The British. and Russian zones in
Germany have completed the ex-
change of nearly 2,250,000 Ger-,
mans, British occupation authori-
ties have announced. The Russians
sent approximately 1,700,000 into
the British zone and the British
approximately 500,000 into' the
Russian zone in moves to return
Germans to their former homes,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
prefer Maxwell (louse Cof-
fee. It's enjoyed in more
homes than any other
brand of coffee in the
world. It's always "Coot]
to the Last Drop !"
(Tri -basic Copper Sulphate)
First time in Canada. A neutral in-
soluble copper compound making
an ideal spray material for fungus
control on potatoes, sour cherries,
tomatoes,celery, etc. Contains twice
as much copper as ordinary copper
sulphate or bluesrone, consequently
goes twice as far. Also available as
a dust.
"Trademark Eeg'd.
AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER
JIt
ADILtIS 1
Moderation is a. Canadian characteristic.
It is a heritage of our people. As children, we learn moderation.
As adults, we practice it. As Canadians, we are proud of it.
In spite of post-war temptations to splurge and spend, we iaave kept
our heads. We've acted moderately ... we have not given in to
the natural desire for immediate enjoyment of everything and
anything in short supply ... and that is why,
as individuals and as a nation, we are unhampered
by the excesses of *"flation.
We can point to a fine record. We can point to Canada's future with
certainty. But, we can do this only if we continue to live up
to our Canadian principles of inoderation—
moderation in all things
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