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Lroops and e%uipment are being placed aboard five freighters that are now anchored in Roenne harâ€" bor and it is expected that Danish mwuld soon arrive to arrange relief for the Russians. Russian troops scized the island from the Germans ten months ago and by doing so created Denmark‘s most delicate warâ€"time problem. The Russians a’reed to evacuate the islands only after they had been assured that the Danes would conâ€" trol the island without the help of entrance of the Baitic Sea on Sunâ€" day, and truck convoys and narrow gauge railways were loaded with departing Sovict troops and their equipment. any foreign powers ‘¥mops nngoequin The 675,000 persons still idle in the United States because of strikes received another sliiht boost when 2,500 electrical workers left their jobs at the Pratt and Whitney division of the Nilesâ€"Bementâ€"Pond Company, in a wage dispute. Russians Leave Danish Island began nvvacuaun%' thiemii;ii;fiâ€"c Danish island of Bornhoim at the The settlement terms will now be submitted to the 92 individual local unions, U.A.W. President R. J. Thomas said, and each will make its own decision on the question of returning to work. "On April 21, 1945, Field Marâ€" shal Von Model shot himself in my presence in a woods near Duisberg. I buried him and am, as far as I know, the only person to know where his grave is. He chose death because he had been accused of beâ€" ing a war criminal by the Russians, and was afraid that if he surrenâ€" dered to allied troops, he would be turned over to the Russians for proâ€" secution,." Von Model was accused by the Russians of being one of the offiâ€" cers responsible for the deaths of 577,000 persons in consentration camps in Latvia, and the deportaâ€" tion of 175,000 more as slave labor. New York.â€"The resumption of an allâ€"out automobile production moved a step nearer to being an actual fact on Friday when the United Auto Workers (C.1.0.) General Motors conference acceptâ€" ced the national agreement reached on Wednesday for the settling of the strike involving 175,000 producâ€" tion workers. \ See Hope of Car Production Soon The British officials said that Lt.â€" Col. Michael, Von Model‘s chief of intelligence, who was recently takâ€" en into custody made this stateâ€" ment: Herford.â€"Field Marshal Walther von Model commtted suicide last April 2Ist near Duisberg, because he feared he would be turned over to the Russians as a war prisoner if he surrendered, British intelliâ€" gence officers said. ‘ Fear of Russians Drove Model To Suicide "Having been forced to fight for a military victory, they sometimes taink that whatever they want should be taken by force instead of making their claims the basis for pcaceful negotiation, _ We must keep our feet on the ground, we can not afford to lose our tempers," he said. "Those who fight together exâ€" pect when the fighting is over, too much from one another, and are inclined to give too little to each other." "After every Great War there comes a period of antiâ€"climax and disillusionment," the secretary deâ€" clared. his wholchearted endorsement of tne proposal for universal training, as a long term assurance of trained reserves. The Secretary said that he could not emphasize too strongly that the United States looks to the United Nations Organization as the path to enduring peace and he also gave In an address to the "Society of the ‘Friendly Sons of Saint Patâ€" rick", Mr. Byrnes called for the exâ€" tcnsion on the United States Selecâ€" tive Service Act beyond the expiraâ€" tion date of May 15. _ Roenne, Bornhoim.â€"The Russians NEW YORK.â€"The idea of an alliance of the United States with either Great Britain or Russia was rejected on Saturday by State Secâ€" retary Byrnes. He declared that the United States bases their hope for security on the United Nations Organization. U.S. Places Hope In United Nations Rather Than Alliance CKCR will have a discussion on the subject of agriculture, and parâ€" ticularly the farm help situation, cn March 27th at 945 p.m. Mr. Ken. Betzner of the Ontario Fedâ€" eration of Agriculture, Mr. Erle Kitchen, Secretary of the Ontario Concentrated Milk Producers Assoâ€" ciation, and Mr. W. Davison, Reâ€" gional Agricultural Advisor to the National Employment Service, all hh hn o thstuiliimniint sbA ie wl ds A 009 k .11 of whom a;e Jpractical farmers, will discuss the problem in the light of presentâ€"day thinking. At no time duri the rl‘ut century has the % of food atâ€" tained the importance it has today. With more than half the world‘s peoples without sufficient food to maintain their health and strength at a proper level; it has fallen to the Canadian farmers to produce food, not only for Canadians but for those people in Europe to whom a full stomach at the present time Farmers‘ Problems Discussed on CKCR Vol. 89, No. 12 == _ THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE uipment are being According to one source, "the Dardanelles and Soviet access to the Mediterranean are the most important objectives for the Soviet in the Middle East area, and that activity in Iran may have been part of a {;elan to establish a "bargaining sentatives could place their cigunos sentatives ce r c s for 1;lu:.t;bh hrflfi:y and the Darâ€" orchard and finally came to rest in a ploughed field. One phase of the nerve war in the Middle East is felt to have been brought to an end by the announceâ€" ment that Iran will ask the United Nations Security Council to concern itself with the fact that Russian troops are still on Iranian soil. . > HAMILTON. â€" George Magee, 68, was awarded a judgment of $12,850 inclusive of costs, when setâ€" tlement was agreed upon in Hamâ€" ilton court on Tuesday. Magee had been a passenger in a bus of the Canada® Coach Lines Ltd., which left the road near here, more than a yeg_rs ago. The agreement was reached by opposing counsels midway through the jury hearing. Justice D. P. J. Kelly dismissed the jury when the settlement was made and endorsed thslcou_x;t record _for the large sum. iesb oi sintie id uie in3 Mr. Magee, a Hamilton butcher, suffered serious injuries when the vehicle left the road and plunged some 380 feet through a fence, knocking down several trees in an Russian Pressure Shifting to Turkey London.â€"It is expected here that Soviet rressure now bearing on Iran will in the near future shift to Turkey, and diplomatic circles are exrééted to be "extremely tough" in the face of it. I want to give the whole speech very carefully, he said, and I could rot possibly Â¥|}\‘Ie it in only 17 minâ€" utes. If the Throne Speech debate is still on Monday, I will rise at that time and give my speech. ....OTAWA.â€"Member of Parliaâ€" ment for Montrealâ€"Cartier, Fred Rose, who is now facing espionage charges, did not rise in the house on Thursday to make his expected speech, "because there was not sufâ€" fcient time to give the speech I want to make." He had ‘been scheduled to follow Liquori Lacombe in the Throne speech debate. However, when Mr. Lacombe sat down at 5.43 p.m ES.T., all eyes including Mr. Speaâ€" ker‘s turned to Mr. Rose‘s corner of the House. But he had left the chamber. Laâ€" ter in the Opposition lobby he exâ€" nibited a wad of 19 closely typed pages and said that it was at least a 35â€"minute speech. Crash Victim Awarded $12,850 In some cases during a police probe, evidence is taken under ocath at a public hearing. It is felt howâ€" ever, that this will not be necesâ€" sary in the case of the Waterloo investigation. The report compiled by Inspecâ€" tor Loughecd will first go to the attorneyâ€"general, it is understood, and Council is not likely to receive a report until early April Not Enough Time For Rose to Speak Inspector Lougheed was sent to Waterloo a week and a half ago from the Attorney General‘s Deâ€" partment at the request of the Waâ€" terloo Town Council, and has been conducting his probe from the Waâ€" terloo mayor‘s office. It is expected that the Waterloo police investigation will be comâ€" pleted by the end of this week, it has been intimated by Inspector G. H. Lougheed. April, and June. 000 In u{:‘{lniud States, the Office of Price Administration has anâ€" nounced that a similar advance will be allowed their industrial users during the second quarter. The American regular household ration will remain unchanged but the home canning allotments have been increased slightly. A spare sugar stamp, worth five pounds of sugar for home canning, was valiâ€" dated March 11 and it was suggestâ€" ed by the O. P. A. that another would be made good in June or Juâ€" ly. This, according to Willett & Gray, would provide an increase of 3% pounds over the average last year. _ _Last November, Earl B. Wilson, | of the C.C.C. sugar group, cautiousâ€" ly predicted that industrial quotas ’would be increased 10 per cent each successive quarter (Sugar Facts, Dec. 1). Part of his prediction beâ€" coming a fact for the second quarâ€" ter lends weight to the hope for third and fourth quarters of 1946. The official announcements in both Canada and the U. S., however, gave no clue to future quotas, inâ€" dustrial or individual. lnvestigation of Waterloo Police Nearing End period of 1941 and this latest order steps them up to 60 per cent during ter commencing April 1. In Canâ€" ada, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced that this increase applied to industrial users only and that the household and home canâ€" ning allotments to individuals would not be altered. Industries such as ottlers and confectioners are currently receiving 50 per cent are currently receiving 50 per cent of the sugar they “‘::f in tfi: basic nad@ and the United States has been promised for the second quarâ€" ter commencing April 1. In Canâ€" dustrial sugar ration for both Caâ€" Both Boost Industrial Quotes But Not Regular Ration. â€"U.S. Home Canning Up. Sugar Ration Increased In Canada and U.S. ten point increase in the |__PEMBROKEâ€"Thomas Gibbons , was found fit to stand trial for murâ€" der of Joseph and John Edward Fitzmaurice, brothers and neighâ€" bors of the accused. at Pembroke on Tuesday. Provincial Constable J. R. Mcâ€" Dermott said that the same evenâ€" ing that the accused had phoned him and told him what had ocâ€" curred, he went to the farm and took a statement from the accused which was later admitted into the evidence. Evidence that Gibbons is sufferâ€" ing from delusions and that several of his relatives had been patients in mental hospitals was given when the defense opened its case this afâ€" ternoon. HELot aupenn oc ailhenteeakbacAiabk 1 Evidence that Gibbons had comâ€" plained the day before the shootâ€" ing of the Fitzmaurice brothers usâ€" ing his road was given by Constaâ€" ble D. Henderson of Ren&ew. who said that Gibbons had called on hhra:ut that he had referred him to provincial police, In this statement he said that the acg_used had admitted the shooting. P e t . t An expert withess for the deâ€" fense had expressed the opinion that Gibbons is insane. Chief Jusâ€" tice J. C. McRuer directed an issue to ascertain whether or not the acâ€" cused is fit to stand trial Gibbons Held Sane By Pembroke Jury The Committee has now been hearing supporters of the agrecâ€" ments for two weeks, and will deâ€" vote the last day of the Senate hearing to the Opposition testimoâ€" ny. Mr. Johnson testifiecd "that he was firmly convinced that our sysâ€" tem of competitive capitalism canâ€" not survive in a world of static or declining trade. The other great powers will then take the trade in barter. he said. Support for the British agreeâ€" ments also came from the Congress of â€" Industrial Organizations, the American Federation of Labor, and the National Foreign Trade Counâ€" cil Washington. â€" Eric A. Johnson, president of the Chamber of Comâ€" merce of the United States, said on Tuesday that if Congress did not approve the Angloâ€"Amecrican trade and financial agreements "ineviâ€" table depression" would follow. He said that the $3,750,000,000 would help to create 5,000,00d jobs for American workers. It Loan Retused Depression For Sure _ The charges ranged from selling meat without coupons to selling unstamped _ meat, _ slaughtering without a permit, slaughtering in excess of their quotas and chargâ€" ing more than maximum prices for meat. ho en Oe } Bindner was arrested on Saturâ€" day night and has been out on $3,000 property bail since then. Efforts are being made to arrange bail for him until he next appears in court. Magistrate Polson remanded the five men who appeared on the meat charge$ for one week. They were John Huck ,of nearby Breslau; Phillip Hoffman, Arthur Schaff, Jaâ€" cob Koch and Wendell Weiss of Kitchener. Royal Canadian Mounted Police laid the charge against Bindner and they also pressed unrelated charges against five Kitchener and district men for infractions of the Prrl‘('es‘Board meat sale regulations. KITCHENER.â€"On a charge of unlawful possession of ration docuâ€" ments, Maurice Bindner, ration officer of the Prices Board‘s district office in Kitchener, was arraigned innpolic‘e court on Monday. _ Charge Kitchener Prices Board Officer Short was all smiles during the embraces and the handâ€"shaking and said, "Boy, is it good to be outside again." Less than 12 minutes after Short heard the verdict ‘"not guilty" from the jury, he was reunited with his wife at the south entrance of the court room. Relatives and friends were on hand to greet them as they left the courtroom. Mrs. Short did not stay in the courtroom for the jury‘s verdict to be brought in, and she gave way to thankful tears when she heard about it. Sam Lerner took her to the library to escape the crowd. When the judge said "You are discharged", Short turned quickly and went down the steps at the north end of the prisoner‘s box. _ Short stood erect and looked di rectly at the judge as he hearc comment on the verdict. "Are you moving for the disâ€" charge of the prisoner?" "Yes my lord," Mayor Lerner reâ€" plied After the clerk had received from all the members of the jury the words "not guilty", Mr. Justice Mackay asked: Sam Lerner, the other defence counsel, for whom Short was a driâ€" ver overseas, sat at the lawyer‘s taâ€" ble looking straight ahead. Short‘s head remained bowed as Justice Keiller Mackay reprimandâ€" ed the spectators for their d":’phy. Mayor Lerner, who conducted the defenge for Short, went to the side of the prisoner‘s box to stand by the side of his client. $ ios) the courtroom broke into oud applause as the verdict was announced. Short was not the only one to show emotion, for the spectators LONDON.â€"Cpl H Short bu ried his face in hflands and sobbed unashamed as the jury which had deliberated for five hours and 48 minutes, brought in a verdict of "not guilty." _ Short Found When natural rubber does come into the Dominion again in quanâ€" tity it will be up against some comâ€" petition from the synthetic that was practically unknown before the war. Canada‘s only synthetic rubber plant is at Sarnia, and is owr‘xgl bl th".ovemmmt and opâ€" which is a crown company. Just when there will again be a steady flow of natural rubber is not known at the present time, and it will depend largely on how long it takes to get the rubber producâ€" ing plantations back into shape again. It is thought that it will be at least two or three years before normal conditions return. The shipment just received in Canada was taken from the trees before the WASHINGTON.â€"A government rubber committee has now set forth a program that is aimed to insure that the United States wil never again be caught short of rubber_ as they were during the war. Operation of the warâ€"built synthetic industry at a high leve} as long as natural rubber remains in short supply was recommendâ€" Canada in the meantime has reâ€" ceived the first shipment of Malayâ€" an rubber since Pearl Harbor. Driver of the car, they said, was Robert William Hutchison, 22, of RR. 2, Thamesford. He is charged with leaving the scene of an acciâ€" gent. The other man in the car was Lewis Allan Armes, 18, a truck driâ€" ver from Thamesford. He is charged with having liquor in a public place. The detectives said that they found a quantity of beer in the car. | The police ctuiser, a brand new vehicle right off the assembly line, attained a speed of better than 80 miles an hour as it gradually gained on the hitâ€"run car. Near the Dorchester side road they got withâ€" in range of the car, and Detective Sonley fired a warning shotâ€"into the air in an effort to stop the car shead but it failed to slacken its speed. 1 Sonley then fired the five shots left in his gun at the rear of the car, aiming at the tires. One of the bullets hit the rear tire and the ariver of the car was forced to halt. Crude Rubber Still Not Plentiful aue iast of six shots fired by the detectives at the speeding car struck the left rear tire and the car skidded to the side of the road. His gun now empty, Detective Sonley borrowed Detective Shipley‘s reâ€" volver and covered the two men in the coupe, and ordered them to get out of the car while the other deâ€" jecl.iyc examined it. im ie ns rlivititali> tink. d icid ai Pottersburg and severely inâ€" jured. The detectives took up the chase of the hitâ€"run car and finally overtook it after a tenâ€"mile chase, when the speed at times reached 80 miles an hour. A bullet from a revolver in the hands of Detective iOIivcr Sonley pierced a rear tire of the speeding car and forced it to halt. Two Thamesford men were held by the police after the car was haltâ€" ed. Injured by the car was Miss Florence Thomas, 41, superintenâ€" dent of nurses at the Ontario Hosâ€" pital. She suffered lacerations of the legs, a possible fractured ankle and wrist and lacerations to her LONDON.â€"Two getectives, reâ€" turning from a previous assignâ€" ment, were witnesses to a hitâ€"andâ€" run accident last night when a woâ€" man was knocked from her bicycle ed after the boys‘ capture and it was decided that because of their youthful years and the fact that the stolen articles were recovered no further action than to send them back to Galt, would be taken. Hit and Run â€" Driver Chased At 80 M.P.H. These boys have spent nearly two and a half years each in Boys‘ Training Schools, first at Bowmanâ€" ville and then at Galt. Crown Atâ€" “lme,y W. _P. (}lengent was consultâ€" dy from a refreshment booth in|. Oratorio solo, male voices, no Eit meaohs o oo gin maa (im mt 4o t iemegondien, where they were 4 . 179; K. R. s Investigation was conducted by :"2-3 1,?80‘”"‘3“ H. Bryers, Hamilton, fifl;fififi‘;‘fi,‘:};‘e Provlnciflch Constgff Piano solo open, John Crawford, bles Frank For d Hugh Gibson|Preston, 87; Judith Pollex, Stratâ€" cording to Sgt. aban spimesr ind ai; . Jun Scarlett, St. according to Sgt. Allan Stringer of | 0; imgs, 80. canne » Ontario Provincial Police head. Thomas, 80. n quarters at Kitchener. Po _ Day Results Dblowing a tire, caused driving '_inw the curb they had tga.ndoned it and picked up two women‘s biâ€" cycles at Preston. It was reported that several cars in Preston were rifled and relieved of camera, flashâ€" light and also milk was taken from a Preston house. The boys admitâ€" ted taking chocolate bars and canâ€" dy from a refreshment booth in Preston before entering the Baden booth where they were discovered. blowing a tire, caused i 1 _ EOCV BHOOG JAds were Mm from the Ontario Tpmm‘ Se at Galt, who made ‘their fling for freedom during the early hours of PEDCoiiatnie t SoottelPrpant Sn s t 1 Friday morning and proceeded to Preston. The lads are reported to have stolen a car belonging to Harâ€" old Dixon of Preston and after On Saturday after police invesâ€" tigation it was learned that the two twelveâ€"yearâ€"old lads were escapees covered one boy hfim the raftâ€" ters of the church Um fusal to come down Chief e ble Edwin Scherer of New Hamâ€" burg was called ..ng.ht'he boy was taken into custody. second lad was discovered a f@w hours later efter having fied down a sideroad w Mum.&mdmn v:: t act . Tesber Sntloe‘s Fertestnmem boolk nmmfidmm Friday. They were one boy standing by tweo bicycles and the other m through the window. On ordefs to stop they Youthful Robbers Caught in Baden (By Chronisle Oprrespentens; Masca 22, 1946 be a real test of the organization on which so many rest their hopes. This is one of those cases for which the Security Council was especially devised, he said, and will The treaty to evacuate the counâ€" try, was t(:ned by the head of Russia, the former prime minister said, and now we are told that instead of evacuating, the Russians arg“nendin‘ in more troops _ New York.â€"In a specch made on Friday, Winston Churchill called on the United Nations Seâ€" curity Council to thresh out the failure of the Soviet Union to evacuatt its troops from Iran and to take up the Dardanelles question "if Russia persists in putting presâ€" sure on Turkey." tors he told. ne;;;;a;;érn;:n” * think they are arresting me beâ€" cause'l am not liked by the Rusâ€" sians." Zia Edâ€"Din was taken from his home by two men in the uniforms of Iranian Army colonels As he sat in the automobile of his capâ€" Urge Issue On Dardanelles Be Threshed Out TEHRAN.â€"It was reported b{ a general staff officer today that ifighting between Kurdish tribesâ€" men and the Iranian army had broâ€" ken out and that the Government had called 19â€"yearâ€"olds to the coâ€" lors. They also arrested Rightist Deputy Said Zia Edâ€"Din, often deâ€" scribed by political writers as anâ€" tiâ€"Russian. Three isolated army garrisons are reported by the officer to have been under attack for a week by 3,000 tribes, and Iranian planes are trying to prevent the garrisons from being cut off from beadquarâ€" ters. In announcing the conscription of 19â€"yearâ€"olds, the army said it was deferring those in the 22 to 25â€"yearâ€"old bracket. } ...Hamiltonâ€"A shirt pierced with two bullet holes and stained with blood, gave police a possible clue to the identity of the man whose torso was found on Saturday under a mossâ€"covered ledge near Hamilton‘s sceenic mountain road. uB CRGSnieieet drvabiian i hi d d 0 3 a hike to Mount Albion Falls. Poâ€" lice say that the arms and legs of the underwear appear to have been cut off at the same time as the baody‘s limbs were removed Kurdish Tribes Fight Iranian Army The shirt was found by a civic works department employee on a routine patrol and turned over to the police. The arms of the shirt had been cut off. The decapitated torso, clad only in long underwear was faund an i dM APmetel Bb lomi GaPibhitfaihit Aliychais u*A in long underwear, was found on Saturday by five school children on Girls‘ solo, 17 and under. No first award; Olive Stone, Listowel, 79; Marlin E. Boudreau, Atwood, 78. Piano duo, 12 and underâ€"Janet Tompkins and Barbara Woodall, Toronto, 92; Lois Spencer and Lois Triller, Stratford, 88; Jean Ormeâ€" rod and Dawn Elise Graham, Toâ€" ronto, 86. Piano duet, 16 and under, Judith Pollex and Ruth Pollex, Stratford, 90; Pearl Wright and Bob Smith, Toronto 87. Believe Shirt Is Clue to Mystery Killing __Piano solo, 17 and under, Jean Hamilton, St. Thomas, 90; Doris Henley, Stratford, 88: Peggy Whiteâ€" man, Stratford, 87. Piano, duet, 12 and under, Janet Grace Tompkins and Barbara M. Woodall, Toronto, 90; Jean Ormeâ€" rod and Mary Headon, Toronto, 89; Helen Green and Nancy Barrett, Stratford, 88. Girls‘ solo, nine and under, Gail Fetricia Anderson, Stratford, 87; Bonnie McCallum, Stratford, 85; Noreen Lumsden and Joyce Elliâ€" son. both of Stratford, tied 82. Day Results Piano solo, 12 and under, Joyce E. Balsdon, Stratford, 91; Ronald Mace, Stratford, 89; Barbara Mae Woodall, Toronto, 88. 7 Cnmnens P uiintty~ Auillh.. sc w t j 22304 Grace Tompkins, Toronto, 92; Jean Ormerod, Toronto 90; Dianne Merâ€" riman, Toronto, and Thirza Fuller, Stratford, tied, 89 Piano solo, young men 21 and under (Beethoven Sonata), George Kadwell, Waterloo, 84; Wray Dowâ€" ney, Toronto, 80; Bob Smith, Toâ€" ronto, 76. # Oratorio solo, male voices, no first award, Lloyd Haines, Cheltenâ€" ha:n,‘:ls; K. I!.- Q‘ougnl. Stratford, staff public schools tied for third place with 79. choruses was won by Shakespeare Public School, of §¥rttfm'd. with w‘ol 81, yhne Avoq_ and Falâ€" School was the runnerâ€"up with a mark of 81, while Avan and Falâ€" donated by James young men 21 years of age and lunder He was awarded 84 marks. \Thehicbenmrkdtheday went to Janet Grace Tompkins, of Toâ€" ronto, for her performance in the piano solo class 14 and molmfi young lady topped a class competitors to win a special prize donated by Mrs. A. Scottâ€"Mumford of Toronto. Waterloo Youth Trophy Winner Piano solo, 14 and under, Janet ated by James M. Preston, of tford for junior public school Russians Reported Withdrawâ€" ing from Eastern Germany New York..â€"It has been reported that 75 per cent. of the Russian troops in Eastern Germany are withdrawing, according to a broadâ€" cast heard over NBC tonight. It is expected that the remainder will One unconfirmed Iranian report states that one column of Soviet troops are only 40 miles from the Turkish border. The Russians have supposedly requested the Chinese to be ready to take over the buildings used as Soviet headquarters in Changchun. In Wiids of Iran Tehran.â€"It is now believed that the rugged country and a tightenâ€" ing Russia security curtain is conâ€" cealing the whereabouts of three Russian troop columns said last week to be Emning out of Tabriz towards the Turkish border. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Russians Hide Red Troops Withdraw From Changchun Chungking.â€"It was reported toâ€" day that Russian troops are withâ€" drawing west of Changchu?‘ and indications are that they will soon quit the Manchurian capital itself. The Reds, however, are reported to have complained that Chinese fighting along Manchuria‘s main northâ€"south railway was imperilâ€" ling Soviet supply lines to Port Arthur and Dairen. Goes To U.N.O. The United Nations Security Council today received Iran‘s apâ€" peal for help in getting Russian troops out of its territory. It asked the U.N.O. for a "just determination" of the case, and emphasized that Russia was vioâ€" lating a written agreement, and that agents of Moscow were interâ€" fering with Ifran‘s Affairs. Col. Conrad H. Lanza reported in a survey of current conditions in Europe and the Middle East that the Soviet Union faces "a critical shortage" in labor and military supplies as well as food. wWEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Iran‘s Request for Help . General MacArthur in condemnâ€" ing Homma to the firing squad, said "that the savageries that resulted from this man man‘s orders, shocked the world." ' Doubt Russia Able To Handle Another War Washington.â€"Food shortages are the biggest obstacle to Russia‘s abiâ€" lity to wage another war at the present time, a United States miliâ€" tm:‘y _ob;s_erver_sqi_d today. Homma To Face Firing Squad Tokyo.â€"Lt.â€"Gen. Masaharu Homâ€" ma was today condemned to death by a firing squad. Homma who was responsible for the death march of MacArthur‘s surrendered garrisons, \fiés convicted in Manila on Feb. th. The boat, for no apparent reason, suddenly turned over, throwing men and freight into the icy water. Two of the men startedio swim to shore, but those who were rescued glung to the side of the overturned oat. eC SP T sn t l db sa i d 22 Leon McDermot and White have been ferrying the islanders across the St. Lawrence since the ice left the river east of Kingston last week. Monday afternoon the two men were returning to the island with the six passengers and a heavy load of freight. The waves were rolling two feet high at the time, it was reported, when the party atâ€" tempted to cross the channel beâ€" tween the main shore and Bro-f‘ phey‘s Point. ‘ uB ( _, The rescue was effected by W. J.; Have C Hogan and C. F. Guernsey, island‘ residents, who were working on a| Plans dock at Brophey‘s Point. They | finally noticed the overturned boat : PCs and went to the rescue in a 16â€"foot| _Paris.â€"Th round bottomed scow. As they | of the exile were unable to find oars with which | Government, to row the boat, they had to paddle Fio, said on P out with two pieces of board. { Republican â€" P T 00 NC 97 TD INERT were from Woife Island. They were }Georfi: Alarie, 22, Clarence Adair, 30, ward Cummins, 22, and Gerald Alarie, 19. _ The four island residents were drowned when the heavily laden boat in which they were travelling from the main shore to Wolfe Island by way of Brophey‘s Point, turned over about 150 yards from the island shore. Four other men in the boat at the same time clung: to the overturned craft and werel rescued. were successful in bringing to the surface the bodies of the four men who were drowned on Monday off Brophey‘s Point. All of the men Bodies ot Four Men Recovered trom River mm'n‘ 'I_"â€". 'â€"“““-;'-“"“s SSTE improvement depends enâ€" tirely upon the Nation‘s ability to prot{uee. Mr. Rodomar said. Unlike m;:;d butter t.::u a tf:‘zne.. tic problem, and upon this fact rest many contributing factors, which together have resulted in a very f_flw“‘". shortage and a fourâ€"ounce butter guucr‘ ration will b.tfiu:‘.“ om four to six ounces, > bility of improvement in the "over. all" fi!(l)n%pn remained hhjl; obâ€" scure, 0. W. Rodomar, administraâ€" lor'gf n‘tfip administration, said No Assurance Felt On Butter Increase THURSDAY, MARCH 21 MONDAY, MARCH 18 VANCOUYVER. WORLD‘S WEEK ~WUUVEIâ€"Although it is that IL? Canada‘ "“b? w g:" uu:nued' operations Its News at a THE The General said that Iran has shown that it is alf:‘aceful nation, but if Russia inva us not only every man, but every boy ‘nd’m will fight in the streets to defent their capital." If Reds Invade Tehran. â€" The Iranian army is ready to fight to the last man, acâ€" cording to war minister Gen. Abâ€" med Sepehbod Amir Abnedi, if Russian troops move towards Tehâ€" ran from Karaj, 20 miles to the northwest where trainloads of troops and ammunition are arriving nightly ; _ Astanbul. â€" Rumours S“,,,),,,pg;sa ! that Bulgaria will close her frontier ‘adjoining Turkey. He said that he hoped that the Indian people would clect to reâ€" main with the British Commonâ€" wealth, but if not it was up to the British Government to "make the transition as free and as easy as possible." Iran Ready To Fight chooses full independence from Britain "in our view she is entitled to do so." London. â€"In an address to the House of Commons today, Prime Minister Attlee said that if India _ This became known tonight in the wake of delayed dispatches from Iran which quoted !h’esgfanian minister of war as saying that such action is being contemplated India To Have Freedom If She Wants It __London. â€"In an address to the ity Council to reâ€"open the Iranâ€" Russian situation at its New York meeting which is scheduled to take place on March 25. There have long been reports that there are Russian troop conâ€" centrations on the Turkishâ€"Bulgaria border. and people artiving from the woest said strong fortifications have been built and heavy war equipment moved in. Iran â€" Soviet Situation To Be Taken to U.N.O. Washington.â€"The United States has been informed by Jran that it will ask the United Nations Securâ€" T M oo o e t en m s nay The charges were made in the newspaper Izvestia, and also acâ€" cused Iran _ of â€" discriminating against the Soviet in oil concesâ€" sions. Bulgaria To Close Border, o Is Rumoured Iran Charged With Violating Treaty Four Times Moscow. â€" Russia charged today that Iran has four times broken the Iranian treaty of 1921 by granting to United States and British firms oil concessions previously held by Russia, and claimed that Northern Iran oil ficlds are of "primary imâ€" po’itkanco: to Russian security. _ The report stated that the Rusâ€" sians had accomplished their reâ€" treat in complete silence and had made ro public announcement of their leaving. leave in a few weeks when a civiâ€" lian police force will take over their duties. i Paris.â€"The 63â€"yearâ€"old president $of the exiled Spanish Republican Government, Diego Martinez Barâ€" |rio, said on Friday that the Spanish {Republican plans for taking over |the administration of their country ‘from which they were driven in ‘1939, "are worked out to the last detail. When asked how the Republicans hoped to obtain the loyalty of the large army now supporting Franco, Barrio said: "I cannot give away our secrets, but we are not worried about what the army will do. He added that "The Republican Government can rely on a large clandestine â€" organization _ inside Spain and on 1,500.000 Spanish exiles outside Spain to ensure orâ€" derly democratic government. Barrio said that "nobody â€" in Spain wants civil war, and I am sure that there will be no civil war if Franco goes. Exiled Spaniards Have Completed Plans on o t e e n ieent s St; Rifleman J. J. Kilimnik, 307 Wellington St.; Rifleman J. Paderâ€" fiskz‘. 87 %};urch Stg Riaeman M. )% ei y Krug St; Rifleman J. mer. 30 Onward Ave.!« Rifleâ€" man W. A. Weber. Only one man from Waterioo is listed. He is Pte C. E. Foell, 13 Euclid Ave. District men include Pte. R. Berâ€" ger, 85 Norfolk Ave., Galt; Pte. G. M. Jones, Rose Ave., Hespeler; Riâ€" Reman K. E. Bricker, 1027 King St., Preston; Rifleman W. G. Esch, 47 East St, Galt; Rifleman A. H. McGregor, 64 McNaughton St.. Galt; Riffleman C. C. Reger, 28 Wilâ€" liam St, Elmira; Rifleman G. J. Sauder, Breslau; Rifleman J. W. Scott, RR. 1, Elora; Rifleman R. Toman, RR. 1, Preston; Rifleman N. Yust, 325 Argylle St., Preston The men are being repatriated with two units, the Brockville Riâ€" fes and the Pictou Highlanders and also in a miscellaneous draft Those from Kitchener are Pte. H. W. Kumpf, 140 Weulnfin St. N.; Riffeman E. S. Chi? . 333 Victoria St. N.; Rifleman T. Embro, 352 Breithaupt St.; Rifleman E. Fischer, 18 Pequegnat Ave.; Rifleâ€" man W. Hurley, 128 Weilington me. mim . â€" & DECT 18 T Only g Waterico man is listed twentyâ€"one Twin City :l;m( war veterans that are i ara s P » 1% to dock at Halifax on April 3. SATURDAY, MARCH 16 One Waterloo Veteran On Troopship Maratob FRIDAY, MARCH 15 $1.00 per year