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A -• * «- .'v:* 4. ik. « Highlights oi the News Reconversion In Canada The main points of Recotistriic- lioti Minister C. D. Howe's press conference in Oltawu last wecl; are: Reconversion of Canadian in- dustry from war to peacetime .'C- tivity is about 50 percent, complete. Tlicrc are approximately 223,000 unemployed in Canada today, but many of these are sea;onal work- crG and improvement is confidently looked for. Coal control is to be removed in the spring altliougli tlie outlook is 5 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 to affect house building, cr using a shortage oi nails. Public works, with a few excep- tions such as the development of electric power in Ontario and Brit- ish Columbia, are being deferred to concentrate all labor and mate- rials on house building. The Hous- ing Department has built 25,000 houses for war workers and re- turned veterans and it is hoped to build 10.000 to 15,000 a year. Chances for new automobiles for the general user this year ar^ 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 poods and foodstuffs in addition to ?35,000,000 loaned under an agree- ment signed last year. The loan was the second an- nounced in the last four days. Last J v,-eek Finance Minister Ilsley dis- closed the signing of an agreement under which Canada will extend i $i-0,000.000 credit to China f-vr iiniilar purchases. Administration Change The Andaman , and Nicobar Is- lands in the Bay of Bengal, hither- to under military administration, I have come under civil administra- , tion of the British Government in India. The islsands, a chain lying about : cOO miles off the Mday Peninsula, 1 weic overrun by the Japanese iji I 1942 and reoccupied by British I forces last October Their total 1 area is o,200 square miles with 3 â-  population of 34,000. 3 Big U.S. Cities Crippled Three of the United States larg- est cities were tied up last week bv i^liiking of approximately 16,500 workers that shut off fuel and elec- tricity and halted transportation. Nearly i;),000,000 persons live -n tilt affected r.reas. Utility workers of the Duquesne Light Company system struck in a walkout which threr'.tened to '-ut off essential electric power for more than 1,500.000 persons in Pittsburgh liUd a surrounding 817- square mile area. I-i New York City, a strike of 3,500 tugboat workers forced May- or William O'Dwyer to virtually close down the United States big- gest city and set up a virtual state ot martial law. In Philadelphia, a strike of 9,65j) transit workers halted all public transportation for the second con- secutive 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 Ashid, 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 h-is been added to the British Empire. It is being ceded to Britain by Str Charles Vyner Brooke, 72-year-old "White Rajah" â€" great-nephew oi the Englishman who, a century ago, was given Sarawak by a nat- ive ruler for aid in suppressing a revolt. Russia's New 5- Year Plan Generalissimo Stalin, in a pr-x- election speech, announced a new five-year plan, the Soviet Union's third, to rebuild areas. Its main task is areas that suffered, prewar level and then considerab- ly surpass it. Particular attention will he d.-- voted to raising the standard of life of the working people by sys- tematically reducing the cost of production of all goods. Stalin called for Russia to pro- duce 50,000,000 tons of pig iron a year, 60 000,000 tons of steel, 500,- 000,000- tons of coal and 60.000,000 tons of oil. Stalin also told his constituents that "Svars could be avoided tf there was a possibility of a fair C. M. H. Q. HOCKEY TEAM war-devastated to restore the to restore the 'CANADA WALK' For nearly six years the Camadian 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 HOUDAY IN CANADA Norma Shearer is greeted by her aunt, Mrs. M. L. Peiler, and cousin. Col. M. F. Peiler, O.E.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. HUSBANDS ALWAYS APPROVE your coffee when it's Maxwell House. They simply love it be- cause ''Radiant-Roasting'* brings out all the extra goodness in this superb blend of finer \;offees. RELIEF I 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, CoUingwood, Ont.; Gordie Bruce, Ottawa, Ont; Bud PoUe, Port Arthur, Ont; CharUe Phillips, Toronto, Ont; R. O. Jones, Toronto, Ont.; Lt. M. Teeples, Port Arthur, Ont; Front row kneeling, left lo right: Johnny Tailor, Vancouver, B. C; Eddie O'Keefe, Olds, Alta.; Les Colvla, Oshawa, Ont; Babe Gresko, Toronto, Ont.; Hub Macey, Le Pas, Man.; and Bill Booth of Montreal, Que. distribution of raw materials and export markets." Homma To Die Lt.-Gen. Masaharu Homma has been sentenced to be shot, convicted by a militay 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 Momma's occupation, were carefully searched before being admitted to the grounds. Homma was led quickly awav after the conviction and sentence was pronounced. U.K.â€" U.S. Air Treaty An Anglo-American air agree- ment signed in Hamilton, Bermu- da, last week provides for full and free development of international air transportation. The agreement, which takes ef- fect immediately, covers the regu- lation of fares, removal of restric- tions on the number of flights by civil airlines, and the setting-up of intei-national routes. Eire To Help Prime Minister Eamon 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. iprHiai^ SYRUP STOPS COUGHS Instantine FAST RELIEF.' UTES WITH BUCKLEY'S CINNAMAtIO CAPSUttS W "Giq Pills Helped my Sore Back" says Montreal man. "/ bad rheumatic aches and stiff backâ€"cou/d hardly straighten up irfter bending. A friend advised Gin Pills . . . now I'm ever so much better".â€" IS., Montreal. For more than 4o years Gin Pills have brought, relief to victims of Rheumatic Pain* Backache. Sciatica, Lombaso. Get a package today. Use proves their merit. Regular dz*, itPllli _ Econimiy tlzs, SO Plllt iPTtLS GIN PILLS FOR THE KIDNEYS 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 intelligent contribution to the ftittire^ moderation in spending â€" moderation in all things we do. THE HOUSE OF SEIGRJN «x^^/ fef^ ^^^^ fi/^mcjimm . . . ^j'a^^f'ce ^'//^r/ej'a/eiKn 0M^yJ