HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1946-08-15, Page 2"A LITTLE WIDER PLEASE . . . THANK YOU"
Am:able Hippo at Fleishacker zoo, San Francisco, "Puddles" is recovering from a sore throat after
his keeper, John Swanson, got busy with a king -sired spray. "Wider, please," says Swanson as the
10 -year-old hippopotamus obligingly opens his mouth.
FARIQ ERETTES ON A PICNIC
Girls stationed at camps in Niagara peninsula were guests recently at picnic of Lincoln County farm-
ers. Georgette Gledhill, 16, in flowered dress, of Kapuskasing, was chosen "Miss Lincoln County.'
Donna Love, Milton, runner up, holds bathing suit.
KING GEORGE HONORS MRS. CHURCHILL
Honored for her work in connection with British aid for Russia, Mrs. Winston Churchill, with her
two daughters, Mary, left, and Sarah, right, leaves l;ucl.in-I-am Palace after receiving the Dame,
Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire f'rsm the King.
Highlights of the News
Sugar Ration Increased
The prices board announced an
increase of three pounds per per-
son in the individual sugar ration
for the remainder a the year with
corresponding increases in the al-
lotment for industrial and quota
users such as soft drink and con-
fectionery manufacturers and ho-
tels and restaurants.
A board statement said stocks
have improved sufficiently to al-
low the increase, although world
supplies still are below require-
ments.
Two extra coupons wilI become
valid in September and the remain-
ing coupon on or about December.
6.
Cost of Living Rises
The Dominion Bureau of Statis-
tics reported a 1.5 -point jump up in
its cost -of -living index during June
—making a total advance of five
points over the last four months—
and Chairman Donald Gordon of
the Prices Board warned at the
same time .that further increases
could be expected.
Resumption of the cost of livi•.t
bonus for persons in the public
service has created keen inter st in-
asmuch . s the United Steel Work-
ers have proposal a similar system
for the steel industry.
Iceland Requests U.N. Membership
Iceland, whi.., was used as a
base for American troops during
the war, has formally applied for
admission to the United Nations.
Seven applications for admit-
tance, consequentl, are now be-
fore the membership committee .:
the Security Council. The o hers
are Albania, the Mongolian Peo-
ple's Republic, Afghanistan, Trans-
Jordan, Ireland and Portugal.
Palestine Issue
Informed o'iservers s: ;d that the
British cabinet might decide to in-
form the United Nations that Brit-
ain is ready to surrender her man-
date over Palestine.
The British government has pre-
pared to abandon plans for trans.
ferring 100,000 European Jewish
refugees to Palestine in the face of
mounting.cvidence that the United
States would reject proposals fog
an Arab -Jewish -federation in the
Holy Land.
The cabinet would, probably dis-
cuss the formation , of a "caretaker"
regime in Palestine to function un-
til the United Nations is sufficient-
ly organized to take over the Pal-
estine mandate.
Forest Fires in Siberia
Huge forest fires are raging
over 66,000,000 acres of land in
Central and Northern Siberia.
Airborne fire -fighting patrols
have dropped parachutists who are
mobilizing the villages to check
the conflagrations,
Eire Quits Neutrality
The net result of the decision of i
the Eire Parliament to join the
United Nations is that Eire has de-
cided to abandon her policy of neu-
trality.
Thus Prime Minister de Valera's
government is the first of the war-
time neutrals to declare its willing-
. ness to accept the responsibilities
implicit in membership in the Unit-
ed Nations -responsibilities which
specifcally rule out any reserva-
tions on neutrality in a war against
• an aggressor power.
Eire's decision is regarded by
many as an omen of closer co-op-
eration with the British Common-
wealth. These • observers have not-
ed a trend in this direction also in
recent trade discussions between
Britain and Eire and the British
purchase of Irish foodstuffs.
Fruit Prices Levels
Maximum prices for domestic
and imported peaches, pears and
plums of the 1946 crop have been
set at the sante level as those in
effect, in 1945, the prices board an-
nounced last week.
Religious Leaders
Protestant leaders from eight
countries, meeting in . England said
they favored joint action with Ro-
man Catholics on world .problems.
A satisfactory understanding at
the highest level, "presumably be-
tween the World Council of
Churches . and the Vatican" was
urged as the basis for such coop-
eration.
Socialist Japan Possible
Observers in Japan reported a
movement there away from a con-
servative regime and toward a sys-
tem like that of the British Labor
party. They predicted that if a
general election were held in the
near future, a Socialist Japan might
be the result.
Unrest In Albania
Reports reaching Rome asserted
that Albania had been transform-
ed into a Russian puppet state and
that extensive fortifications and
other military works were being
built there. Civil liberties and re-
ligious freedom were said to have
disappeared,
Dutch Seek New Border
Queen Wilhelmina told the New
Parliament that The Netherlands
intends to seek a limited rectifica-
tion of its frontiers with Germany.
No details were given.
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