The Seaforth News, 1946-02-28, Page 3Highlights of the Netvs
Reconversion In Canada
The main points of Reconstruc-
tion Minister C, D. Howe's press
conference in Ottawa last week
are:
Reconversion of Canadian in-
dustry from war to peacetime .:c•
tivity is about 50 percent. completz,
There are approximately 223,000
unemployed in Canada today, but
many of these are ,seasonal work.
era and improvement is confidently
looked for.
Coal control is to be removed in
the spring although the outlook is
;till bad.
Canada will not operate any lines
of ships. The ships built during the
war - are being sold for private
operation. •
The black spot in the Canadian
situation is steel. The strike in the
United States is beginning,ato affect
house :wilding, causing a shortage
of nails.
Public works, with a few excep-
tions such as the development of
•electric power in Onfario and Brit-
ish Columbia, are being deferred
to concentrate all labor and nate-
rials on house building. The Hous-
ing Departinent has built,' 25,000
lrouses for war workers and re-
turned veterans and it is hoped to
build 10.000 to 10,000 a year.
Chances for new automobiles
for the general user this year are
-poor. Present automobile priorities
will remain in force until all pri-
ority needs are met.
$100,000,000 To Netherlands
Canada has extended another
'$100,000,000 credit to the Nether-
lands for the purchase of Canadian
hoods and foodstuffs in addition 'to
125,000,000 loaned under an agree-
ment signed last year.
The loan was the second an-
nounced in the lust four days. Last
week Finance Minister Ilsley di --
closed the signing of an agreement
under which Canada will extend n
810,000,000 credit to China far
Similar purchases,
,0 Administration Change
The Andaman and Nicobar Is-
lands in the Bay of Bengal, hither-
' to Curter military administration,
have come under civil administra-
tion of the British Government in
India.
The islsands, a chain lying about
800 notes off the Malay Peninsula,
were overrun by the Japanese in
1942 and reoccupied by British
forces last October Their total
area is 3,200 square -miles with a
population of 54,000.
3 Big -U,S.-Cities Crippled
Three of the United States larg-
est cities were tied up last week by
iiriking of .approximately 10,500
workers that shut off fuel and elec-
tricity and halted transportation,
Nearly 13,000;000 persons live -in
the affected areas.,
Utility workers of the •Duquesne
Light Company systemstruck in
a walkout .which threatened to ':vt
off essential electric poaver for
anore than 1,500,000 persons in
Pittsburgh c,ud a surrounding 817 -
square mile arca; •
I:, New York City, a- strike of
5,500 tugboatworkers forced May-
or William O'Dwyer to virtually'.
close down the'United States big-
gest city and set tap a virtual state
of martial 'law,
In Philadelphia, a strike of 9,650
transit workers hatted all public
transportation for the second con-
secutiv+e day.
' . Riots In India
Four persons were killed and at
least 37 injured in Calcutta when
riots flared up for the second
straight day.
Police fired on crowds demon-
strating against a 'seven -years'
prison sentence passed 'on Capt.
Abdul Asliid, former member of the
,Japanese sponsored Indian Nation.
al Army.
New British Colony
- Sarawak o.i the island of Borneo,
for sixty years an ;independent
state under British protection has
been added to the British Empire.
Itis being ceded to Britain by Sir
Charles \Tyner Brooke, 72 -year-old
"White Rajah"—great-nephew o`.
the Englishman who, a century
ago, was given Sarawak by a nat-
ive ruler for aid in suppressitig a
revolt.
Russia's New 5 -Year Plan
Generalissimo Stalin, in a pre-
election speech, announced a new
five-year plan, the Soviet Union's
third, to rebuild. war -devastated
areas.
Its main task is to restore the
areas that suffered. to restore the
prewar level and then considerab-
ly surpass it.
Particular attention will be dz.
voted to raising the standard of
life of the working people by sys.
Lematically reducing the cost of
production of all goods.
Stalin called for Russia to pro-
duce 20,000,000 tons of pig iron a
year, 00 000,000 tons of steel, 500,-
000,000 tons of coal and 00,000,000
tons of oil.
Stalin also told his constituents
that "wars could be avoided if
there was a possibility of a fair
"CANADA WALK"
For nearly six years. the Canadian Air Force has used 20, Lincoln's
Inn Fields as headquarters. To commemorate the close ties between
the Borough of Holborn and the R.C.A.F. during the war, the pave-
ment on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields will be named
"Canada Walk."
MOVIE _ STAR SPENDS HOLIDAY IN CANADA
Norma Shearer is greeted by her aunt, Mrs. M. L. Peiler, and cousin,
Col, M. F. Peiler, O.B.E., E.D., at Dorval Airport, when the Mont-
real -born film star arrived from California on her way to spend a
month's hodiay at Mont Tremblant.
C. M. H. Q. HOCKEY TEAM
The C.M.H,Q. hockey team known as "The Maple Leaves" is shown at Wembley, Middlesex, En-
gland. Back row, left to right: A. Mallard, Hamilton, Ont.; Major D. Telford, Vancouver; Jim Sims, Sud-
bury, Ont.; Alex Stewart, Timmins, Ont.; Jack Portland, Collingwood, Ont.; Gordie Bruce,Ottawa,
Ont; Bud Poile, Port Arthur, Ont.; Charlie Phillips, Toronto, Ont.; R. O. Jones, 'Toronto; Ont.; Lt. M.
Teeples, Port Arthur, Ont.; Front row kneeling, left to right: Johnny Tailor, Vancouver, B. C.; Eddie
O'Keefe, Olde, Alta.; Les Colvin, Oshawa, Ont;; Babe Oresko, Toronto, Ont.; Hub Macey, Le Pas,
Man.; and Bill Booth of Montreal, Quer
distribution of raw materials and
export markets." '
Homma To Die
Lt. -Gen. Masaharu Homma has
been sentenced to be shot, convicted
by a mnlitay tribunal of war atroci-
ty charges, including the infamous
Bataan death march.
Strict order prevailed at the
sentencing. Spectators, including a
large number of Filipinos who had
lived' in the area during Homma's
occupation, were carefully searched
before' being admitted to the
grounds. -
Homma was led quickly away
after the conviction and sentence
was pronounced.
U.K.-U.S. Air Treaty
An Anglo-American air agree-
ment signed in Hamilton, Bermst-
da, last week provides for full and
free development of international
air transportation.
The agreement, which takes of
feet immediately, covers the regu-
lation of fares, removal of restric-
tions on the number of flights by
civil' airlines, and the' setting -tip of
international routes,
Eire To Help
Prime Minister Eanion. De Vale-
ra announced that Eire would.
match or increase her last year's
3,000,000 -pound food aid to hungry
Europe and take steps to reduce
her own consumption.
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IS THE PATH TO LASTING PEACE!
oday; moderation is a necessity. By moderating our pleasures;
by controlling unessential spending, we serve our nation and ourselves best.
The House of Seagram for many years has advocated moderation.
Now, during these days of adjustment, it suggests this even more strongly.
We Canadians can still enjoy comforts, standards and pleasures that
less fortunate people are denied. But let us remember that the continuation of these
advantages belongs only to those who treat them with respect.
Let moderation be our in•celligent contribution to the future—
moderation in spending—moderation in all things we do.
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