The Seaforth News, 1946-07-25, Page 2CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
Dancer Jerry Singer left his job with the 20th Century -Fox studios
to go td war. On Okinawa, a Jap sniper wrecked his left leg.
Back from war, he reported to the studio and gave an amazing
demonstration dance, as pictured above. Then he rolled up his
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 Repubhu 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.
PICKETS 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.
ENGLAND HAS A WAR SURPLUS PROBLEM, TOO
War surplus vehicles awaiting civilian buyers are stored in the Spanhoe ear 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.
Highlights of the News
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 stills 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 sten 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 Cbtlnnis-
sion reported to the Commons. The
spies, it was said, obtained top
secret political information affect-
ing United States a,.1 Britain as
well as Canada. -
According to The United Press,
a Russian military attache in Ot-
tawa had obtained a sample 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 1.1 at
Macassar, Celebes capital and
headquarters of all Dutch forces
in the eastern parts of the'N.E.1.
Canada Met Objective
Canada met 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
Food 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
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.
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New British' Crown Colony
Union Jacks and Chinese flags
flew over Jesselton's bullet -ridden
wooden Survey Hall, when British
North -Bornco formallybecame 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, 314,000,000,-
000 in 'reparations. front 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 $6,8o per
ton, effective immediately, follow-
ing an increase
ollow-inganincrease of $0 per ton that
had become effective May 1, 1046.
This further increase brings the
price to $69,80,up$15.80 so far this
year, or approximately' 30 percent.
Since the pre-war price of $50 a ton
the increase is approximately 40
per ccnf.
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 republis's first ambassa-
dor to the U. S.
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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.
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