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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1946-07-25, Page 6CAN'T •KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN ENGLAND HAS A WAR SURPLUS PROBLEM, TOO War surplus vehicles awaiting civilian buyers are stored in the Spanhoe car dump above near Ketter- ing, England, in a picture similar to those in many sections of the United States. The British Air Ministry is auctioning 25,000 motor cars, trucks and motorcycles at this depot. Dancer Jerry Singer left his job with the 20th Century -Fox studios to go to war. On Okinawa, a Jap sniper wrecked his left leg. Back from war, he reported to the studio and gave an amazing - ;? E glight " o i �( f the % e u)s demonstration dance, as pictured above. Then he rolled up his a Il �i pants leg and revealed his artificial limb. P.S.—He got his job back. FREEDOM'S FLAG RISES IN PACIFIC Filipinos stand bareheaded in a pouring July Fourth rain as Old Glory makes way for the new flag of the Republic of the Philip- pines at ceremonies in Manila marking the independence of the islands. Ambassador Paul V. McNutt, former U. S. High Com- missioner to the Philippines, lowers the Stars and Stripes in the presence of U. S. and Philippine notables. PICKET'S GO UP WITH COST OF LIVING Carrying placards claiming they'll have to use planes to keep up with the rising living costs, pickets march around the strike -bound Chrysler plant at Windsor, Ont., on stilts. Strikers are demanding higher wages. Steel Workers Strike A strike was called last week by Canadian steel workers despite the action of the Canadian Government in appointing a Government con- troller for the three basic steel plants in Canada. The clanging mills were silenced in at least two of the nation's three basic steel plants, but in the third the situation was confused. Production came to a halt at the Algoma Steel Corporation plant at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and the Do- minion Steel and Coal Corporation plant at Sydney, N.S. However, at the Steel Company of Canada plant at Hamilton— largest of the three—some 2,000 of the 4,500 men remained in the plant and company officials said pro- duction will be continued. Espionage at Ottawa Russia had "several parallel un- dercover systems" operating in Canada at one time, and they may still be at work, a Royal Commis- sion reported to the Commons. The spies, it was said, obtained top secret political information affect- ing United States and Britain as well as Canada. According to The United Press, a Russian military attache in Ot- tawa had obtained a s ample of uranium 235, the essence of the atomic bomb, and rushed it to Moscow by plane. Dutch Take Over Royal Netherlands Indies forces officially resumed control over the entire Netherlands Indies, with the exception of Java, Sumatra, and the Riouw Archipelago during the week end, according to Dutch headquar- ters in Batavia. Dr. Hubertus J. van Mook, Lieu- tenant Governor-General of the Indies, took over from the British the administrative responsibility of the Dutch areas on July 14 at Macassar, Celebes capital and headquarters of all Dutch forces in the eastern parts of the N.E.I. Canada Met Objective Canada niet her objective in the first six months of this year by exporting 4,000,000 long tons of wheat and flour—the equivalent of 150,000,000 bushels of wheat— trade Minister MacKinnon an- nounced. The target had been accepted by Canada through the Combined Foocl Board last December in the face of a critical world food short- age. Bank Clerks Strike Northern Ireland's 100 banks were closed by .a strike of 1,450 employees demanding wage in- creases and improved working con- ditions. FLYING HIGH 46' i�.��.i.`>h'>,kK.y,�,bTiQ.''��l�i`.%�y�t•.3`��Zh'Qf•. :�. • . w4 Pretty Kathleen Turner makes ski aquaplaning look easy as she goes over jumps at Cypress Gardens, Fla., where she is training for women's national water championships to be held at Holland, Michigan, July 27 and 27. {1.110.0•11t1 10.111.21.141.11.11112.1101.101.11=1. Dealers in Canadian Governii ennt, Provincial, Municipal and Cor poratiin Sec ► rities tDI ARID ,,,,�, ECUETEES LIMITED Damn R Erie. Bldgy London Dominion Donk Bldg., Toronto New British Crown Colony. Union Jacks and Chinese flags flew over Jesselton's bullet -ridden wooden Survey Hall when British North Borneo formally became a part of the British Empire, ending 64 years of administration by the British North Borneo Company. Representatives of the colony's 350,000 population presented- Mal- colm MacDonald governor-general of the Malayan Union, with an ad- dress expressing confidence in pro- gress under British colonial rule. Mr. MacDonald, former British high commissioner to Canada, flew from Singapore for the ceremony. $14,000,000,000 in Reparations United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes estimated at the final day's session of the Foreign Minister's conferences in Paris that Russia had already received, directly or indirectly, $14,000,000,- 000 14,000,000;000 in reparations frons Germany. Earlier in the week, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov had demanded $10,000,000,000. British—U.S. Loan The United.States Congress gave final approval last week to a $3,750,000,000 loan to Great Britain. The Senate already had authorized the loan, which is intended to re- habilitate Britain's war -disorganiz- ed international trade. Washington heard that Britain intended to use the major part of the $3,750,000,000 loan to buy machinery and raw materials. Anglo-American trade officials believed Great Britain may be drawing upon her loan within a week. Price of Newsprint Up For the second time in a ten weeks period the price of newsprint has been increased to Canadian publishers, an increase of $0.80 per ton, effective immediately, follow- ing an increase of $9. per ton that had become effective May 1, 1946. This further increase brings the price to $69.80, up $15.80 so far this year, or approximately 30 per cent. Since the pre-war price of $50 a ton the increase is approximately 40 per cent. PHILIPPINE ENVOY Joaquin Miguel (Mike) Elizalde, above, formerly Philippine resident commissioner in Washington and throughout the war a member of the late President Quezon's cabinet in exile, has been named as the new Philippine republic's first ambassa- dor to the U. S. ' ! o lt,'-t•`Changchun 6 s 1 JEHOL Szepirgkai Kir.n PROVINCE • c fuhcap d •ABItokre �Ton.sh., nsh13REA REDS ATTACK Harbin 1. . Tsingtoo .1Goocho Reliable press reports say 20,000 Communist troops using scores of fishing boats have attempted to seize strategic points on the Shan- tung peninsula for a new attack on Tsingtao (1) where the U. S. Seventh fleet is based. The Com- munists reportedly launched their amphibious assault on Island of • Yintao in the center of Kiaochow. One attack was reported at a village 12 miles north of Tsingtao. Kellogg's Wheat is is Canadian whole wheat in its most delicious form. Flaked,, toasted, ready -to - eat! Everybody loves the heartening flavour! MORE AND MORE PEOPLE serve cere is h e f Here's an idea that can help you save time and work: Serve Kellogg's ready -to -eat cereals not only for breakfast, but for mid-morning snacks, children's lunches or suppers, before -bed. All -Wheat, Pep, Corn Flakes, All -Bran, Rice Krispies, Bran Flakes and Krumbl;es are all made by Kellogg's, the greatest name in cereals. SAVE TIME . n SAVE EVEL I P w SAVE FOOD! ��s.