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Zurich Herald, 1946-06-13, Page 6BULGARIAN PEASANTS IN FESTIVE MOOD Peasant girls in native costume parade along the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, carrying sheaves of precious wheat in celebration of Spring harvest. PRIME MINISTER KING AT DOWNING STREET The leader of the Canadian Government is photographed in the grounds of 10 Downing Street, Lon- don residence of British prime ministers, after his arrival for the meeting of Empire Prime Ministers, Left to right are: Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Britain; Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, Foreign Minister, Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, retiring Canadian High Commissioner to Great Britain and Mr. King. SWING MUSIC SOUNDS SOUR NOTE ON GALILEE SHORE The Club Lido above, a drinking, dancing, bathing resort on the shore of the Sea of Galilee at Tiberias, Palestine, "with its dancing and swing music . . .offends the sensibilities of many Christian people," according to the Anglo-American Inquiry Committee which recently investigated protests. First danc- ing club on Galilee's shores since the days of the wicked Herod Antipas, the Lido, originally German - owned, is reported under lease from Palestine's enemy property custodian MOUNTIES GUARD CANAL T'.C.M.P, officers are shown above guarding.l sible damage by trikinmembe,scof the Canadian Seamen's Unioat the Cornwall Ct-larlal against pos- sible Hard Coal :Ilea Quit Pennsylvania's hard coal miners dug gardens in.tend of anthracite or made holiday plans while they waited for union and operator lead- ers to frame a new contract which would end their strike. In New York negotiators, in their fourth weel of conferences, reported little progress toward a new pact. The strike by 75,000 diggers - 9th major United States anthracite shutdown since the turn of the cen- tury—became effectiv after the expiration of the old contract, Leaders of the A F L United Mine Workers and the operators agreed that the walkout w•a, completely effective. There are no collieries in the anthracite fields working. $15,200 Bull The highest price ever paid for a bull sole' at public auction in Canada, was paid at the • national Holstein sale for an 11 -month-old Holstein bull—Raymondale Rag Apple Yalta. The bull was consigned by Sen- ator D. Raymond of Vaudreuil, Quebec, and was purchased jointly by H. L. Gilbert, Vercheres, Que., and W. A. Hogge, St. Laurent, Que. Maritime Strike All the resources of American armed might will be used to keep the United States merchant marine operating if the maritime strike called for June 15 occurs, Presi- dent Truman told his press con- ference. These resources would include the Navy and the Coast Guard. Mr. Trumat, acknowledged that the prospects of settling the mari- time dispute looked rather dark at the minute. To meet the situation, he said, the Government is taking every necessary preparation to see that the ships continue operating. The Navy moved to bring back into service all discharged men now available for service as well as others with experience in the mer- chant marine. Radio Strike Threatened President. Petrillo of the Music- ians Union threatetcd to call a strike against all radio net -works and to stop the manufacture of phonogaph records •should the court uphold the constitutionality of new Congressional measures to curb his activities. In what would amount to a vir- tual blackout of all forms of "can- ned music," Mr. Petrillo asserted that the networks would be pro- hibited from broadcasting a musi- caI program outside the city where it originated. Trans-Jordan Pipeline The Palestine broadcasting sys- tem said that four-week negotiat- ions between repszsentatives of the of the Arabian -An crican Oil Company and the Thins -Jordan Government had been completed with an agree- ment fur building an oil pipelire. across Trans-Jordan. Portugal Restor.d I n fulfilment o f a wartime pledge, the British base in the Az- ores, Portuguese islands in the North Atlantic, has been formally handed back to Portugal. A sim- ilar ceremony took place simultan- eously at the American base. Church Union The question of union between the Church of England in Canada and the Ui;ited Church has pro- gressed to the point where reports will be presented to the Dominion meetings of both churches next nb Septc.er. ' Union was discussed in Toronto last wee,. by representatives of the two great Protesta., denomina- tions, meetinb as a joint commit- tee. India Railways Face Strike Biggest strike in the history of Indian labor, involving nearly 1,000,000 Hien, was brought nearer when the railwaymen's unions served notices on alt eight State- owned railways, to come into ef- fect June 27, if their demands for higher pay are not granted. s Bread Rationing Herbert Morrison, Lord Presi- dent of the Council, told the House of Commons that Britain is pre- paring a system of bread rationing for emergency ,.se. He compared ,the world food situation to the black days of Dunkerque "when all the news was bad", "The very blackness of the situ- ation". he said during debate on Britain's food administration "is calling forth forces which make this the turning poi -+t in human history." Earthquake in Turkey Rescue crews searching through villages levelled by an earth -quake in the eastern Turkish Province of Mus reported a toll of at least Salla persons killed and hundreds injured. 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