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W LONDON.â€"The worst outbreak since 1940 is threatening England, ar.d ail resources are being mobilâ€" ized to fight the outbreak. The most powerful of these resources is an egg vaccine made from chick embryo eggs. It has been announced by the ministry of health that there are more cases of flu in Britain than there has been since the war, and conditions in Europe are far worse. There has been considerable speâ€" culation that an epidemic may be coming because of the prevailing conditions existing in Europe at the present timeâ€"lack of homes and enough clothingâ€"are stout allies of the flu. Egypt now contends that it is no longer necessary for foreign forces to be maintained on her territory, describing this as wounding "to naâ€" tional dignity." Britain, however, holds that the events of the war showed that she must keep forces in the canal zone. Britain Has Flu Epidemic The eggâ€"vaccine on which much hope is based was developed first in England. OTTAWA.â€"The ‘whiteâ€"collared‘ worker is finally getting a breakâ€" in a small way of course but they should be used to that by now. The Government has announced an amendment to the Wartime Salaries orderâ€"which controls the income of the "whiteâ€"collared" workers to permit increase of salaries regardâ€" ea as "unduly 1qw_ hav}ng__ regard Actual key point of the discusâ€" sion will be the question of mainâ€" laining British troops in the Suez Canal arca. to the rates paid for similar serâ€" vices in the same or other businessâ€" LONDON.â€"The Angloâ€"Egyptian Treaty, made in 1936 wil come up for discussion between the British ond Egyptian Governments immeâ€" diately .a note from the British Government said on Wednesday. Included in the treaty that gave Egypt her independbnce and made the two countries allies, was the right for Britain to maintain a perâ€" manent force in the canal zone to protect her communications to the East. Salaried Employees Can Have Adjustments | The salaries order applies to those paid on a salary or weekly basis. The relaxation is similar to that announced earlier for the warâ€" time wage control order, which governs the wage rates of those who receive their remuneration on an hourly basis. Britain, Egypt To Discuss Troop Issue be has been in failing health and the past week or two hadn‘t the strength to rub out the dirt in the white man‘s collars and shirts. Jim managed to reach the gmcery store of his neighbors, his "Aiends" as he calls them. After telling of his illness and loss of strength, the «wners of the grocery store put on their work aprons and turned out his work at the laundry for his customers. Not only that, they noâ€" tified the mayor of the town, who called a mecting and Jim is now being cared for at the Misener Priâ€" vate Hospital. His good neighbors are also lookng after his business until he recovers. Revenue Minister McCann in making the announcement said: The amendment is not to be takâ€" en as a lifting of the salaries conâ€" trol, but rather as indicative of the fact that special cases of hardch:g and unfairness my ‘be dealt wi either individually or as a group. Otherwise the control continues. The salaries order is administerâ€" ed by officers of the revenue deâ€" partment while the wages control order is administered bz War Laâ€" bor Boards operating under the Laâ€" ELMIRA.â€"When reports of murâ€" der, bank robberies and juvenile aelinquency are so common it is inâ€" deed a pleasure to have Elmira break into headlines with a story of how nceighborly Elmira citizens are one to another. For many years Jim Lee, a Chiâ€" nese, has operated a hand laundry on Church St. Folks take their laundry to the one room building and it comes out clean. But lately Chinese Laundryâ€" man Has Lots Of Friends Repealing of the bylaw does not mean that the idea of a horse shed has been dropped entirely, and a committee has been appointed to meet with farm representatives on Saturday to discuss a new location for the shed. The issue was gone over thorâ€" cughly and the council members all seemed to be of the opinion that they were sick and tired of hearâ€" ing about the whole thing, especiâ€" ally as it was not confined to Waâ€" terloo, but was brought up in variâ€" ous other centres. Council finally agreed on one point, and that was that public opinion was strongly against the placing of a horse sheiter in the sear of the market building. _ _ At least one controversy that has raged in Waterio has come to an end when the Town Council apâ€" proved th reading of a bylaw that rescinded the original bylaw which sanctioned the erection of the now famous Waterloo horse shed. No Horse Shelter For Town ot Waterioo Waterloo County‘s Largest and Newslest Vol. 89, No. 6 (Rv Chronicle Correspondent) = â€"THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Banquet Held |At Kitchener by ‘County Sportsmen: The association has purchased 108 acres of the Strassburger farm, Pioneer road, one half mile from the Kitchenerâ€"Galt highway. The property runs to the Grand river. It is planned to build a clubhouse as soon as funds are available. It is also the intention to clear the land immediately for skeet and trapâ€"shooting and provide facilities for a rifieâ€"range. | The club is planning a social evening to be held at Galt in the near future. All members are reâ€" minded that the 1946 membership tickets are now on sale. _ Herb Klaehn of Waterloo, chairâ€" man of Conservation and Educaâ€" tion, pointed out that the most imâ€" portant aims of the organization was conservation, and warned that seme of the game fish were getting scearce in the district Mr. Klaehn said that the organization had done little to improve the situation but aamitted that it was a gigantic job. Streams in this district have been restocked with 95,000 fish last year, but Mr. Klaehn doesn‘t seem to know where they are at the present time. GLENCOE. â€"The Sugar Beet Producers‘ Association, has recomâ€" mended that immigrants from Europe be allowed to enter Canada unless German â€" prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war are kept in Canada for another Speaking at the meeting, George Preston, of the Canada and Domâ€" inion Sugar Co., said that the farâ€" mers in the area are ready to asâ€" sume responsibility for the immiâ€" grants. Mr. McPherson, of the Departâ€" ment of Agriculture in Kent Counâ€" ty, said that he hoped that the priâ€" soners wo_ulq _be. kept another year. It was decided that the Canadian Government should be approached with a plan to arrange with the British Government whereby priâ€" sonersâ€"ofâ€"war with experience in ?gi.culture would be kept during Want POW‘s To Stay Or Immigrants Brought In To Make Tourist Entry Easier William Griner, originator of sporting clubs in both Hamilton and Toronto, was the guest speakâ€" er at a banquet and getâ€"together of the Waterloo County Fishing and Hunting Association on Friday evening. It was held in the Canaâ€" dian Legion Memorial Home at Kitchener. WASHINGTON.â€"It is expected that Canadian and United States | tourists in Feuter than preâ€"war | numbers will soon be crossing the | borders of the two countries, as soon as motoring, train and air faâ€"| cilities are available, and the two | countries are trying to make the/ border formalities more painless than they have been in former | years. j Grade A extra large eggs sold at 40¢, large for 38, medium for 35;, and pullets for 30. Young chickens were sold at 45¢ a pound and yearâ€"olds at 41. Rabâ€" bits were 35¢ a pound. _ Medium cheese showed an inâ€" crease to 35¢ a pound. Other prices were, cooked cheese 25 a pint, Limburger 30c a pound, Swiss 32, mild 32, cream 40 and cottage cheese l5¢ a 12â€"0z. container. First grade creamery butter was ticketed at 41c a pound, dairy butâ€" ter at 40, lard at 19 and cream at 23¢ a pint. By the head, Chinese lettuce was 15 to 30¢c, cabbage 15 and cauliâ€" flower 10 to 40c. Radishes went at 8¢ a bunch, leaf lettuce 15 and 20¢, rhubarb 20, and parsley a nickel a \ Apples of all kinds were selling rapidly on the Kitchener market ‘this morning, with B.C. Delicious, Wagner‘s and Ontario‘s selling at 5¢ each. Greenings sold at 79¢ a basket and Spys at 89 a basket. Beets sold at 40¢ a ‘basket, and 35¢ a basket was asked for potatoes. Carrots, celery, parsnips and cookâ€" ing onions were 10c a quart box and turnips 10c each. A pint box of tomatoes brought 35¢ Apples Sell Well On Kitchener Market sauerkraut 5 dish ket; celery 15 to 25; carrots two bunches for 15; rhubarb 25 bunch; endive 10 to 20; pork sausage 30; smoked g:rk sausage 35; bloed uunf ; summer sausage 40; headcheese 20; pork liver 18; beet liver 20; fresh ham 32; smoked ham 38; dressed rabbits 30; young broilers 46; milkâ€"fed chickens 40; yearâ€"old chickens 34 to 36; pigeons cooked cheese 15 to 25 bow!; tomaâ€" toes 35 lb.; apple butter 30 pint: 15; Canadian cheese 32 to 36; Potatoes rose in price to $2.37 s bag at Waterloo Market Saturday. A small basket sold fpr 35¢. Other produce went at these prices: Butâ€" wruwaoc;.ggaswu;wdps 5¢c; cauliffower to 35; cabbage 5 to 15; radishes two for 15; green onions 10; onions, basket 45: head lettuce 10 to 20; beets 40 basâ€" Prices On Waterloo Market Meat prices retained their usual | _ An official of the Ontario Board (said last night that the province _would not be able to follow Maniâ€" ‘toba‘s lead until at least April 1. ‘Mr. Webster described the stateâ€" \ment as "only a guess, but as good |a guess as any," Verburgh, 65, a janitor, charged false arrest and brutal treatment, and asked a $100,000 damages. He alleged that the police "beat, abused and tortured him." Swine breeders might soon deâ€" velop a distinctively Canadian hog in the near future. It is possible that the west may soon return to hog production, and especially is this true of Alberta. day by Hector Verburgh and his wife ,who were held without charge for two days for questionâ€" ing in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapâ€" killing. The two suits asked damâ€" ages from.18 police officers. Mr. Morrison pointed out that whether we starve the domestic market to the point of 33,000 hogs a week and export our commitment of 450,000,000 pounds or whether we reduce our shipments to Great Britain and continue to consume meat here, we would be at least 2,000,000 hogs short of requireâ€" ments for the two markets this year. It is estimated, he said, that Briâ€" tain needs at least 400,000,000 pounds of bacon in 1946. At the moment there are approxâ€" ‘~~tely 33.000 hogs a week availâ€" able so a tremendous shortage of hogs on the domestic market is expected for the coming year. . CHICAGO. â€" Suits asking for $125,000 damages was filed on Friâ€" Police have denied Verburgh‘s asâ€" sertions that he was treated bruâ€" tally, and those named either deâ€" clined comment or had little to say. His wife, Mary, 64, who asked $25,000 damages, charged false arâ€" rest and illegal search and seizure. The suits were by Joseph A. Rickâ€" cr, counsel for the Chicago Flat Jaâ€" nitors‘ Union. 4@ . On January 26, Desere Smet, 35, another janitor questioned and reâ€" leased, asked $50,000 damages in a suit against some of the police offiâ€" cers. Kidnap Suspects Sue for $125,000 Speaking at a dinner meeting of the Ontario Swine Breeders Assoâ€" cication,. he said prewar Canadian hog consumption was 49,000 a week. Under strict ration and quota systems it increased to 50,â€" 000 a week, in 1944 and 1945. TORONTO.â€"To H. N. M. Morâ€" rison of Barrie, president of the industrial and development counâ€" cil of the Canadian Lfeat Packers‘ Association said on Tuesday, that cven if shipment to Great Britain were reduced, Canada would not heve enough hogs to meet the 1946 do;_neslic requirements. â€" TORONTO.â€"It was stated today by W. G. Webster, Chairman of the Liquor Control Board, that it was "anybody‘s guess when Ontario would have a sufficient supply ot liquor to permit lifting of rationing regulations." . Liquor Rationed Until April at Least Manitoba has discontinued raâ€" tioning of gin, rum, cocktails and liquers.. Canada Short ot Hogs Even if Exports Cut At the time he was shot the boy‘s mother was in the lower part of the house, and was not aware of the accident until her fourâ€"yearâ€" old son camg to her and told her that he had heard a shot. Mrs. Lowe rushed to her son‘s room and found him lying on the floor. Crown Attorney W. P. Clement said that there would not be an inâ€" quest. He said the tragedy had been discussed by the authorities, and the fatal injury suffered was clearly an accident. The road on which the boy‘s home is located was impassible with snow. As a result he was driâ€" ven by horse and sleigh from his farm home to the Kitchenerâ€"Stratâ€" ford Highway. A car was waiting and rushed him to the hospital. The bullet passed through the liver, intestines and a kidney, of the boy. Emergency operations were performed to close the wound, and blood transfusions were given as stlwn as the boy reached the hosâ€" pital. The 15â€"yearâ€"old farm lad, August William Lowe, RR. 4, Kitchener, who has been fighting for his life after his .22 calibre rifie accidentâ€" ally discharged and sent a bullet through his abdomen, died last nig{\t iq the Kâ€"W Hospital. â€" Police said that the two had conâ€" fessed the robbery after an interâ€" view, and had asked the police to reimburse the cab driver, Kenneth Kistner, who had been robbed of $25, from their funds which the poâ€" .ice are holding. Farm Boy Dies . From Bullet Wound the cab which had been stolen earâ€" lier at Kitchener. The driver of the cab had been forced from the veâ€" hk:'!e‘on the _outskirts of the eity. The two, Ross Snider, 20, and Henry Goertzen, 17, of Beamsville, was captured after a police cruiser rammed their car three times beâ€" fore jamming it against a tree. Poâ€" lice said they found a small calibre rifle, some ammunition, a toy pisâ€" tol, and a piece of lead piping in The two youths arrested on Monâ€" jJay at Preston after a wild chase in a stolen taxiâ€"cab, have confessed to the holdâ€"up of the cabâ€"driver and theft of his cab near Petersâ€" Durg, provincial police said.. Pair Admit Robbery ot Taxi Cab Driver Wareruoo, Ontamio, Frmay, Fepauary 8, 1946 Tokyo.â€"Col. L. M. Cosgrave, Canadian member of the Far Eastâ€" crn Advisory commission said toâ€" day, that the sullen resentment and so far quiet anger of tens of thouâ€" sands of repatriated Japanese preâ€" sents a potential menace to the ocâ€" cupation forces in the home islands. To add to the discussions, the Arab high committee has anâ€" nounced that it had sent a request to the United Nations for intervenâ€" tion in support of selfâ€"determinaâ€" tion, liberty and independence in the Holy Land. Evidences of the repatriates atâ€" titude had appeared in the counâ€" try, but was really too small at present to put a finger on," Col. Cosgrave said. "However", he adâ€" ded, "they will take a lot of watchâ€" ing and if any subversive activity is started, it should be smashed imâ€" mediately. The "unbeaten" Japs who are expected to cause the trouâ€" ble if any comes, include some from the United States and Canaâ€" da, but there are also many from China, where the Jap soldier has been lording it over the Chinese for years, and taking everything they could lay their hands on. Now it is a different story for they have little or nothing in their homeland, and may very easily be hungry beâ€" fore very long. It is then that the real trouble is expected to come. and the Allied occupation troops are warned to guard against such an incident ! _ LONDON.â€"It was announced toâ€" day by Food Minister Sir Ben Smith, that bread is going to be |darker in Britain. The announceâ€" ment wiped out any hope that meat. bacon, eggs, poultry and whiskey will become more plentiâ€" ful in the near future; and he also warned _ that bread _ rationing might have to be introduced unâ€" less "every scrap" of food is saved. "We have always been ready to discuss the question directly," he said, "but no approach has been made to us and we have therefore decided reluctantly to appeal to the United Nations." Although France and Britain signed an agreement that they would evacuate Syria an« Lebanâ€" on, France later announced that it would keep troops in Lebanon unâ€" til the United Nations decided on the organization of "collective seâ€" curity" in the Levant . This brought protests from both‘ Lebaâ€" nese and Syrian officials. LONDON.â€"Even as the United Nations Security Council prepared for a resumption of the debate on Russia‘s complaint that the presâ€" ence of British troops in Greect is endangering world peace, Faris Al Khouryn, chief Syrian delegate to the United Nations, said he intendâ€" ed to appeal to the council against the presence of British and French troops in Levant. "Unbeaten" Japs Still A Menace The brawny mother of four chilâ€" dren used a c{oll to deceive her adâ€" mirerâ€"but the time came when she needed more than a doll. Then terâ€" ror and death struck. Peter Levins, ufi}m( fn_Th(: American Weekly Sir Ben said that he had sent urgent telegrams to Prime Minisâ€" ter Mackenzie King and Governâ€" ment heads in other exporting countries asking them to do their utmost to increase food supplies to mect the appalling need of hungry people. _ In â€" Europe â€" starvation, death and disease are threatening thousands, he said. STRANGE MURDERS AT THE LAKE CABIN writing in The American Weekly with &is Sunday‘s Dfiolt Times, tells about one of the miost fantasâ€" tic Crimes Get Sunday‘s Detroit More Debates For United Nations At the same time Agricultural Minister Tom Wiliams warned forâ€" mer victory gardeners that a criâ€" tical world ‘food shortage makes their efforts just as necessary now as when the Uâ€"boat campaign was at its heighth during the war. During the war bread was not rationed. Reports have been made that said that due to a seasonal decline in creamery butter; production, a further reduction in the ration might be necessary. > The situation is reviewed on a monthly basis and rationing plans have not been decided beyond February, the spokesman said. Britain May Have Bread Rationing will not be any reduction in the Canadian butter ration during Febâ€" ruary," a Prices Board spokesman said today. . No Reduction In February Butter Ration her ribs at one point after entering her hotel bedroom. She said she had not known that the gun was not loaded. "Had you used any force at all, lashes would have been added, said Magistrate H. R. Polson He imâ€" posed a threeâ€"month term to run concurrently, for pointing a ‘un and having an unregistered fireâ€" two years in fa\l after the court was tol mmad a reâ€" volver in forcing a woman to reâ€" main in a hotel room with him for five hours. The woman, aged 21, â€" that King held the revolver KITCHENER.â€"Convicted of inâ€" decent agsault, Vernon R. King, 23, Two Year Term For Assault Charge OTTAWA. â€" "There definitely OTTAWA.â€"It was reported that at a meeting of the coâ€"ordinating committee of the Dominionâ€"Proâ€" vincial Conference, arguments deâ€" veloped as to which tax fields should be occupied by the Federal Government and which by the proâ€" vincial governments. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were said to have asked the Fedâ€" eral Government to state flatly that they would relinquish such taxaâ€" tion fields as gasoline, pariâ€"mutuels, eiectricity, amusement and other taxes that before the war were reâ€" garded as provincial. There has been no indication of what Britain wants from Canada in the way of a loan, but figures mentioned in unofficial circles have ranged between $550,000,000 and $1,500,000,000. 6 A shortage of dollars forced Briâ€" tain to limit imports from Canada. and it is expected that much of the loan will be used to purchase Caâ€" nadian goods. On completion of arrangements Britain is expected to ease up on the austerity policy arid buy Canadian food and materâ€" ials. "At one time the situation looks bright for a compromise, and at others it looks dark, one provincial leader said. ‘"Today‘s discussion seemed to me to be utterly futile. All the provinces want to get back some of their taxation fields, but some of them go at it stronger than others. Another premier said that the Dominion was taking a cautious position, and would not commit itâ€" seif definitely at the present time. One Government official said that an effort would be made to calculate what Britain would need in the way of dollars for reconâ€" struction purposes and the imâ€" provement of the living standards of the British people. â€" It was said that Dominion authorities "hedged" about making such an undertaking. . â€" LONDON.â€"While it was originâ€" ally decided to bring SS Majâ€"Gen. Kurt Meyer to Canada to serve his These negotiations are still conâ€" tinuing. In the meantime, Meyer remains in Reading gaol, which now is a Canadian army prison. Federal Gov‘t Takes Cautious Stand life sentence, a delay has now been ordered due to the severe criticism of the Canadian public for the reâ€" voking of his death sentepce. Caâ€" nadians and British officials are now iryinixt‘o decide whether Meyâ€" er should sent to Canada or reâ€" main in an English prison. _ Procedure to be followed in neâ€" gotiations was worked out last Deâ€" cember, when the British delegaâ€" tion which arranged for a loan from the United States stopped off here before returning to Britain. OTTAWA.â€"It was learned today that Canadian Government officials are laying the groundwork for the granting of a loan to Britain to help that country reâ€"establish herâ€" self in world trading markets. May Not Send Meyer To Canadian Prison 2. Price ceilings on some 30 nonâ€" staple goods and servicesâ€""a great many of them of minor importance in the budget of the average houseâ€" hold"â€"have ‘been suspended, but will be reimposed if price reactions warrant such action. Mr. King harked back across the six years since Canada "embarked \Won a program to prevent soaring prices and to preserve order and efficiency in Canada‘s economic structure" and, looking ahead, emâ€" phasized the government policy of "gradual ‘and controlled readjustâ€" ment will permit price increases only when they are needed." Loan By Canada Prepared For Britain 1. Wage control removal is not yet feasible but changes have been made that will "provide more latiâ€" tude for the operation of collective bargaining and for the exercise of administrative discretion in miniâ€" mum wage matters and working c,ondi'!iqns by the provinces." In his statement, which comâ€" prised some 5,000 words on price and wage control policy in the transition period he disclosed: OTTAWA.â€"The first steps toâ€" wards the removal of price and wage control was announced by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. who said "that they would provide greater flexibility without weakenâ€" ing the essential fabric of the antiâ€" inflatiqr} program." Wage Control To Be®Eased It has beI:n rel.'\ahl:;y shtedhfibl:f all available shipp space ing utilized now to get Canadians back home, and that a further movement of RC.A.F. personnel would get under way by March 31 with the disbandment of No. 435 Squadron. The strike so far has been quiet and the men attended a dance last q‘ou'::'tamtrm.ion and better raâ€" tions. ‘This wai;me first z;rike&y Allied airmen i h:ghnd since the war, and followed the exngfile set by RA.F. personnel in In and other uatxu in the Far and Midâ€" cle East, o recently held strikes to emphasize their demands for taster repatriation. rons on Tuesday went on a sitâ€" down strike that involved hundreds Stage Sit Down Strike of The Government modestly adâ€" mits that "the heretofore rather complicated calculations", would be eliminated. and announced that the new forms for the 1945 income tax were being distributed across Canâ€" ada. OTTAWA.â€"In the opinion of Deputy Labor Minister Arthur Mcâ€" Namara, there is little chance that the prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war, now employâ€" ed in bush work will be withdrawn from the task until the end of the hauling season at the end of April. While there is no firm commitment, inasmuch as the Canadian Governâ€" ment is acting only as an agent for Britain, on matters affecting the war prisoners, Mr. McNamara felt that no men would be withdrawn from bush operations until the cutâ€" ting was done. _ The Labor Minister did stress that if Britain said "send them back" Canada would have to do so. Thgre is another thing and it is overâ€"riding policy; the prisoners will be withdrawn from the bush the moment there is free labor to replace them. The plane, a fourâ€"engine cargo ship, will take off and fly a preâ€"seâ€" lected course without a human touching its controls. It is claimed that this is made possible through the perfection of automatic controls since the end of the war. The pilots and the crew do nothing but monitor the autoâ€" matic equipment, and go alonf in the role of passengers. The plance is not designed to fly without ocâ€" cupants Col. Ben S. Keisey, chief of the allâ€" weather section at Wright Ficld, predicted: "They day is not far disâ€" tant when it will be possible to sit in a plane, push the button marked for a desired destination, and do nothing but monitor the operation There are two separate forms, the first of which is for those making less than $3,000 a year and the other is for those that are making more. For the first category the exact tax is shown in a table. For the other a tax is stated on a minimum of a range of income with a state percentage of the income above the minimum to be added to the dolâ€" lz;r statement contained in the taâ€" ble. "If each taxpayer will proceed in an orderly manner and follow diâ€" rections it is anticipated that he will have no difficulty in coming to the correct determination of the tax payable." COLUMBUS.â€"Perfection of a truly automatic plane that can fly and land itself, is claimed by the United States Air Force, who claim For practically 99 per cent of the taxâ€"paying public new (income tax) forms dispense with substanâ€" tially all calculation of tax. that 1 plane To Keep Prisoners Till End of Season Revenue Minister McCann claims that: OTTAWA.â€"Probably the most comforting phrase that has come out of Ofttawa in a long time to longâ€"suffering John Public was the following: _ U.S. Air Force Has Pushâ€"Button Plane Tax Forms For 1945 Are Much Simpler He also hinted that he might reâ€" | tire from active political life as soon | as a constitutional democracy ls} established, and said "that as far‘ as he was concerned as soon as a| power of government has been reâ€", stored, his responsibility to the[ people has been finished. Chiang May Retire Now War Is Over Chungking.â€" In an informal discus~ sion today, President Chiang Kaiâ€" shek told a press conference that discussions are under way that may give some economic concessions to Russia. However he did not elaborâ€" ate on his statement. * The assembly voted 414 to 108 for a procedure whereby a budget slash can be made by recommendaâ€" tion of the assembly finance comâ€" mission which is agreed upon by the cabinet. President Gouin Given Economy Powers Paris.â€"President Felix Gouin‘s Government was today given emerâ€" gency procedural powers for effectâ€" ing huge budget reductions as part of France‘s "battle to save France". (The broadcast did not clarify whether an actual union or alliance of the two countries was meant.) London.â€"In an announcement today the Turkish radio at Ankara said that an agreement "to unite the two countries" was signed yesâ€" terday by Iraq and neighboring Transjordan, which is a Britisit mandate. ation at his war crimes trial today, Lt.â€"Gen. Masaharu Homma admitâ€" ted that he had issued orders for the Bataan death march, and that he knew at least a hundred United States and Filipino warâ€"prisoners were dying daily at notorious Camp O‘Donnell. After the crossâ€"examination he also admitted that he was "morally responsible for anything that hapâ€" pened under his command." United State Formed by O lr'aq and Transjordan Homma Admits Ordering 2e Death March they have a real 'bush:b;xv\â€"t;;fi WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 THURSDAY, FEB. 7 WORLD‘S WEEK Its News at a THE } No Longer "Sacred" |_Tokyo.â€"A new constitution has been drafted tentatively by the |Japanese Government which has ]stripped the emperor of his miliâ€" ‘tary command but specifies that }Japan shall retain the throne, the ‘newspaper Mainichi said today. How this small body of attackâ€" ers thought they were going to penetrate nc defences of the police fortress is beyond comprehension. Holland would be the logical buyer of most of the equipment for the dumps contain thousands of vehicles and tons of ammunition and office equipment. The only danger is that due to repatriation of so many troops. it is thought that there will not be enough to guard the materials, which may gradually disappear. It was thought by Canadian offiâ€" cials to even up to last November 8, that the Dutch aid would be written of as "reversal mutual aid" However the Dutch authorities have taken the stand that mutual aid came to them from Britain and not from Canada, and that the Doâ€" minion can pass the bill on to Briâ€" tain. Jews Stage Attack On Police Station To date the sum to be paid has not been agreed upon, but a total of $100,000,000 has been mentioned. It may be met in part by the sale of Canadian goods valued at beâ€" tween $20,000,000 and $30,000,000 now stored in dumps in Holland. | War damage is not included in the bill, but military damage since Vâ€"E day will be. JERUSALEM. â€" Two _ armed bands of Jews attacked the police station at Safaidl in Upper Galilee today with small arms and hand grenades. The attack was unsucâ€" cessful, and the reason for it is a mystery as the stations are virtuâ€" ally impregnable, except possibly by a very large force conducting a mass attack. As in past attacks the terrorists divided into two groups. and struck at the same time from opposite diâ€" rections. They entered the barbed wire enclosure of the perimeter, by cutting a hole in the fence. When they were challenged by the first sentry, the first party immediately opened fire and wounded him. The second party ran into similar diffiâ€" culties and also opened fire. Other guards started blasting away from the roof and windows at both atâ€" tacking groups. which threw three hand grenades before they retreatâ€" ed _ No other injaries were reportâ€" ed lands intend to bill Canada with the upkeep or for "goods and serâ€" vices rendered", to the Canadian army since the arrival of the liberâ€" ating army in Holland. Canadian and Dutch financiai experts are now working out final details of the bill. It is reported that military offiâ€" cials are in Holand at the present trying to obtain a final Dutch estiâ€" mate, but Dutch authorities are seeking another six months to comâ€" plete a detailed statement. A dclegation headed by Brig. Terence Flahiff, and representing the Canadian War Assets Corporaâ€" tion, whose task it is to dispose of surplus military equipment, is also in Holland. Was Kindhearted Manila. â€" Lt. â€" Gen. Masaharu Homma, who is accused of condonâ€" ing the death march, on which thousands of Americans were killed or died of exhaustion; cried today at his war crimes trial when a character witness testified that he was "kindhearted", and the Filiâ€" pinos "were sorry when he left". Dutch Charge Canada With Aid Given in War Witness Says Homma Post office staffs and railroad workers were on duty, butâ€"there was no interâ€"urban highway comâ€" munication. FRIDAY, FEB. 1 Jap Emperor Bus, Taxi Service Suspended Due To Arab Strike Jerusalem.â€"As a result of a 24â€" hour antiâ€"immigration strike by the Arabs, Palestine‘s 1,600,000 are without bus and taxi service, and practically all stores, restaurants and movie houses are closed. Gen. Watson, who is responsible for the security of the Nurnberg Jail and courthouse, said that "they weren‘t expecting any trouble, but that they would increase their fire power, just in case there was someâ€" thing behind the rumours. Nurnberg. â€" Rumours indicati that the German undergroull':g might attempt to rescue Goering from the Nurnberg courthouse where he is on trial, along with 22 other high Nazis, resulted in the placing of extra machine guns around the court house today. | A sixâ€"man majority of the court held that the military commission which sentenced him to death on a charge of condoning whole barbarâ€" ities proceeded legally Guard Increased at Nurnberg Washington.â€"The noose has once more cast its shadow over Japanese General _ Tomoyuki Yamashita, when he lost his death sentence appeal before the United States Su?reme Court today TUESDAY, FEB. 5 U.S. Court Dismisses AMSTERDAM. â€" The Netherâ€" SATURDAY, FEB. 2 Yamashita Appeal Nows of Intesest $1.00 per