The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

If a member of the forces applies Afor his discharge prior to April 30, the period allowed for him to claim reinstatement dates from his acâ€" tual discharge. If he does not apâ€" ply by the end of this month the period dates from April 30. ==â€"â€" ) THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE a‘ statement on Tuesday that all members of the armed zn'cu who come under the provisions of the Reinstatement Act, are entitled to prewar job protection if they are discharged or have aKpheJ' for their discharge prior to April 30. The Reinstatement Act, which gave members of the forces the right to return to their prewar jobs, was a purely war measure, its terms were extended to provide protection of the civilian employâ€" ment rights of members of the inâ€" terim force whose service was reâ€" tained during the reorganization period If the veteran is discharged in Canada his claim for reinstatement must be made in three months or within four months if he is disâ€" charged overseas. If health interâ€" teres with his return to civilian employment he may obtain an exâ€" tension Must Return To Prewar Jobs By April 30 BOSTON.â€"After two New Haâ€" ven passenger trains collided head on on Sunday night in the Readâ€" ville section of Boston, two engineâ€" men were reported dead another in critical condition and approximateâ€" ly 300 persons were injured. 2 Dead, 300 Injured In Train Wreck The cause of the crash is now under investigation, railway offiâ€" cials said. The accident caused the greatest mercy mobilization in this city since the Cocoanut Grove night club fire in which 500 perâ€" sons lost their lives. None of the coaches overturned, but doctor said that the sudden collision huried passengers against seats and most of them suffered head and face lacerations as well as injurics to their legs . Vol. 89, No. 17 Price Board Lifts Ceiling On More Goods OTTAWA.â€" It was announced Sunday by the Prices Board that suspension of price ceilings on some 12 categories of goods that varied from surgical and dental inâ€" struments to seafoods. Two . servicesâ€"repairing, mainâ€" tenance and installation of electric wiring and equipment and weldâ€" ingâ€"also are removed from ceiling vestrictions. 0 â€" Articles on which price ceilings are removed in the new order folâ€" low: Thermometers, barometers, magâ€" netic compasses, caskets and casket hardware, dog sleighs, dog collars, and leads. Surgical and dental instruments, | upparatus and accessories of all' kinds, including sterilizing c‘quip-I ment of all types; physiotherapy equipment, surgical needles, clinicâ€" al thermometers, hypodermic syâ€" ringes, and needles of all types, * ray â€" apparatus â€" and accessories,‘ anaesthetizing equipment, glassâ€" ware and other scientific apparatus for laboratory work in hospitals or clinics, surgical and dental furniâ€" ture and equipment designed espeâ€" cially for use in hospitals or by physicians or dentists in offices or laboratories, hospital and surgical utensils of stainless steel or enamâ€" elled steel, including pus basins, urinals. bed pans. catheter trays and inftrument trays. but not inâ€" cluding kitchenware and veterinâ€" ary instruments of all kinds. Articles produced from glass tubâ€" ing, but not including containers for products for resale; cements as follows: Stove, roofing, lincleum; fertilizers and pesticides as follows: Humus, muck, manure, sphagnum moss, peat moss. Office supplies: Arch and clipâ€" board files and arches for same; cups and trays for clips, sponges or pins: typewriter and pencil carâ€" bon paper but not including conâ€" tinuous form or fanfold; copy holdâ€" er sand list finders; paper clips, inâ€" cluding florists‘ type; paper fastenâ€" ers; _ moisteners; _ stenographers‘ notebook holders; desk pads; ink pads; hand paper cutters; desk size paper â€" punches; paper | weights; inked typewriter and business maâ€" chine ribbons; hand type envelope sealers; manual pencil sharpeners, erasing shields; staple removers; hand type rubber or steel slamg:; telephone indices; thumb tacks; drawing and draughting boards and draughting instruments. Labor Minister Mitchell said in Furniture: Wooden or uphoisterâ€" ea when sold at retail and built to the specifications of the buyer, and wooden medicine cabinets Industrial minerals when ground: Mica, sapstone or talc, limestone; silica (silex or flint); feldspar; baâ€" rytes and u('hl‘c:’ Chemicals: â€" Essential â€" oils and aromatic chemicals, natural or synâ€" thetic. including menthol and camâ€" phor and cascara bark . _ Services: Repairing, maintenance and installation of clectrical wirâ€" ing and equipment, and welding. . Foods: Fresh or frozen crabmeat.‘ clam meat, oysters, shrimps. sturâ€"| geon, roe, shad, skate wings, sword | sh and tuna fish; canned abalone | and canned shad and cels ; Sports equipment and accessoâ€" ries: All except golf balls, tennis balls, articles of furniture, footâ€" wear, or articles chicfly of fabric or ):arn _ â€" all kinds; lighter fluids, household | articles of cast aluminum ware, ; bonâ€"bon dishes, nut dishes, fnll!‘ bowls, trays of all kinds, door| chimes, ‘dinner bells and |on(t‘; nut crackers and picks, cocktail | shakers, ice bowls, ice buckets and | ice ton?; clectric incandescent | light bulbs and flourescent tubes | and marble in rough blocks or poâ€" lished slabs _Miscellaneous items: Wax polâ€"| ishes and shoe polishes, razors of | No Nation Can Stand Alone: lruman Called by WaterlooFederation The Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture, is calling a meeting of all directors of the various Waâ€" terloo County Organizations. The meeting is to be held in the Agricultural office in the County Buildings, Kitchener at 10.30 a.m. on Friday, April 26. There will be a general business meeting and reports from the variâ€" ous committees. The big Field Day that is scheâ€" duled for June 12, will also come in for a discussionâ€"particularly as it is expected that Prime Mmfiter' King will be a guest of the Federâ€" ation on that date and make an apâ€" pearance during the day Sports will be the feature of the Field Day, and are expected to inâ€" clude the elimination contest for gxeA (():mario Junior Farmers for the There will also be softball tourâ€" naments and children‘s races. WASHINGTON.â€"Speaking at a Panâ€"American _ day _ observance, President Truman on Monday called on the American republics to help eradicate the "poverty and despair" which breed wars. Spring A()onference Mr. Truman urged that contiâ€" nued hemispheric solidarity and resistance to the forces of reaction in the atomic eras "great and danâ€" gerous adventure," be continued. He told the Panâ€"American Union that the atomic age: "Will cither be one of complete devasatation, or one in which new sources of powâ€" er will lighten the labors of manâ€" kind and increase standards of livâ€" ing all over the world "America". he said, "has always stood fast against the Nazi and Fascist doctrines and have resisted the forces of reaction from abroad during the last decade. . . .. . but if we have learned anyâ€" thing in the last decade it is only that no _nation can hope to stand alone. Only through a genuine coâ€" operative effort can these goals hbe vchieved in the world at large TOKYO.â€"The resignation of forâ€" mer premier,. Shidehara, and his caâ€" binet. has done nothing to alleviate the political situation in Japan, where the leaders of the political partics whose job it is to pick a new premier. are bogged down over a selection. Japs Unable To Decide on New Premier x1 SETERITUEE a 1 Sn eame n oc on ce Shidehara and his cabinet reâ€", Captain James G. Baxter, pilot of | signed together on Monday, under te American transport, was asked‘ Opposition pressure for the creaâ€" for a full report on the incident. ; tion of a coalition regime. They 1He had reported to the airport conâ€"‘ promptly shifted to the principal|trol tower when the shooting ocâ€"| Opposition parties the responsibiliâ€" ; curred. Q ty of drafting a program under§ Representation over the incident ; which such a coalition would work. will likely be made to Moscow byl The resignation wus agreed upon |the United States Command in | after Shidehara and Cabinet Sec-'Austria. _ wl 0A ‘ Criticism has been almost conâ€" stant the past four months over the eabinet‘s failure to solve the food problem and other problems conâ€" nected with living under rehabiliâ€" 1| Latior conditionts. _ The }ééignation wus agreed upon after Shidehara and Cabinet Secâ€" retary Wataru Nar_ashi,”qxplai‘rged to the ministers that this action was necessary to "stabilize the poâ€" litical situation". Shidehara became premier six months ago after a series of poliâ€" tical shakeups which followed Japâ€" an‘s surrender. The premier‘s resignation was acâ€" ccpted by Emperior Hirohito,â€" who followed the traditional practice of asking the premier to remain in office until his successor could be appointed. Canada and the United States in 1939. They were Steward William Notley, of Ottawa, and Chef Fred Conway, of Montreal. man tite ns witk thak three 2lioice. Btlaw ‘Btaue and Rom., NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL "AN EXCELLENT ENGINEERI" tons of wheat requested to be supâ€" plied monthly by the United Naâ€" tions Relief and Rehabilitation Adâ€" ministration for the relief of famâ€" ine, is an impossibility, Agricultur© Secretary Anderson said on Monâ€" day He did say that the UNRRA would be allotted more than the 34 0 tons previously promised fo ril. He would make no estiâ€" mate of the increase. Every person in this country, he said, would be asked to take a diâ€" rect part in supplying food to starâ€" ving lands through a countryâ€"wide food contribution plan outlined toâ€" day, to be known as the "emergenâ€" eÂ¥ food collection" campaign. . | . The incident occurred half an hour before another plane beavring the 14 American publishers and | ‘editors landed at the field in the !Russian occupation zone. e Woodstock.â€"In complete accord with the resolution passed by their Ontario executive in London yesâ€" terday, calling for the immediate removal of the price ceilings on beef, the Oxford County beef proâ€" ducers will ship no more livestock "until something is done," J. F. McDonald, county president, stated this morning hi dibehintaitichis J Eon ut i |The resolution passed in Lndon | mat the blame @id not lie entively - advise arme s j j :ni‘:(.dt :'all!c until aâ€" satisfactory (“L::ht}!\';f ggf:,."::{:;:en!:: g‘m;‘;: price adjustment is made bred cattle have been going to the "It is the only thing to do and|United States where they comâ€" the county producers will fall in |mand a better price. Recent aucâ€" line," the president of the OXxfOord|tjon sales in the county where association stated. He pointed Out|numerous American buyers have that the county organization has @&|been in evidence, bear this contenâ€" membership of 75 tion out. One auctioneer who does The situation in the lecal butcher|considerable buying for American shops at present is serious, a canâ€" interests, agreed The resolution passed in London also advised the farmers to ship no more cattle until a satisfactory price adjustment is made "It is the only thing to do and the county producers will fall in line," the president of the Oxford association stated. He pointed out that the county organization has a membership of 75. Say Needed Wheat Is Not Available Representatives of Britain and Canada areâ€" expected to make kijown similar steps to match the vetion of the United States in reâ€" ducing their domestic distribution of wheat by 25 per cent between roew and July 1st Oxford Beef Producers Stage Shipping Sit Down U.S. Transport Attacked By | Four Russian Planes VIENNA.â€"Four Russian fighter planes today fired shots at a United States Army transport plane, as it came in for a landing, in full view of a large gathering of United States correspondents and army personnel at Tullin airport, just outside of Vienna. Four members of Captain Baxâ€" ter‘s crew supported his report that the Russians had fired between two and four shots from 37 millimetre cannon, and said that the fighter planes were so close that the conâ€" cussion could be felt inside their plane. Captain Baxter said that he bad seen two of the shots fired. The Russian fighter planes were iGentified as outmoded Pâ€"39‘s furâ€" nished to Russia during the Lendâ€" Lease period. The fighter planes tollowed the transport to the ground and then left. Strict rules for operation of Ameâ€" rican aircraft over their zone have been made by the Russians, and American planes are not allowed to fly over Vienna. WASHINGTON. â€" The 700,000 WaTerLoo, Oxtar1o, Frinay Former Hamiltonians Plan For Celebration More than 200 former Hamiltonâ€" ians now living in Kitchener are expected to attend a meeun}f at the (‘ouncil Chambers, City Hall, on Thursda{ (April 25) for the purâ€" pose of forming a "Backâ€"toâ€"Hamilâ€" ton Club". The organization is beâ€" ing formed in connection with the 100th anniversary of Hamilton‘s inâ€" corporation as a cl'a). It is exw ed that 50,000 to 100,000 Old Boys vass of the butchers revealed. Most of the retail dealers agreed that they just have enou{h stock on hand to keep their heads above water and wonder what the imâ€" mediate future holds in store for them. Some felt that abolishing the ceilixig would not help materâ€" ially. * very-thlng will go sky high," they warned. _ _ . and Old Girls will visit the Mounâ€" tein City d“’i"f the weekâ€"long celebrations starting July 1. Representing _ the _ Centennial , committee in Kitchener will be! Walter McAdam and Bruce W.; Carr. Mr. McAdam is viceâ€"presiâ€"; cent and treasurer of the Ham‘i‘l-i ton Humane Society and Sales Manager of Jackson‘s Bakeries Ltd.| Ile is also a director and member of the speakers division of the Hamilton Advertising and Sales Club. Mr. Carr is a former newsâ€"; paperman, publisher of Town and‘ Country _ Chatter, _ a â€" Hamilton | rionthly magazine and director of public relations for the Centennial. Already similar Old Boys‘ and (iirls‘ Clubs have been formed in cities throughout United States and Canada. Plans are nearing comâ€" pletion for converting Hamilton inâ€" to a carnival town during the Cenâ€" tennial. Three will be six full days f sports, parades, military tattoes and fireworks displays. historical pageants and art and industrial exâ€" i.ibitions. One of the midâ€"week features will be a large beauty conâ€" test to name "Miss Centennial". The winner will be given a free trip to Holly wood. Three Londoners Victims In Crossing Crash London, Ont.â€" When their car drashed into a standing freight train at the C.N.R. crossing at Highâ€" bury avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Eme_st C. Mitchell and their fourâ€"yearâ€"old Caughter Geraldine, of 69 Smith Street, were instantly killed Bodies of the victims were trapped in the wreckage of the car for almest an hour before they could be released by police and embulance drivers. The freight car was about the centre of a 25â€"car train that was about to switch into the yard. There is no gate at the crorsing and one of the railway officials said that the train was definitely stopped when the accident occurred. Later police investigation bore out the official‘s statement. ‘ ineer". The photograph lower centre Ehmn Viscount Alexander at the end ‘of the run signing the train order l.hm'h!ehhdflum OIz right Honorable Alexander, A police report stated that :ll-: though they could not touch the bodics for almost an hour, by all| appearances the victims were dead on their arrival. ‘ Arrir 26, 1946 CGovernorâ€"Cleneral‘s daughter, with her frignd Henrietta Scott, is j one of the many visiste fiop.my:‘o --”mto‘: ?Pack-a‘rfl Motors \To Build in Canada No Reliet Seen in Meat Controversy of the cattle that are ready for marâ€" ket have been dryâ€"fed through the winter months, and have cost a lot more to fatten than those marketâ€" ed in the summer months. m have sent only oneâ€"quarter of normal Monday quota to the marâ€" , â€" DETROIT.â€"Announcement was TORONTO.â€"There are still more developments on the beef market but as yet very little sign that there will be any amount of the meat available for the harassed houseâ€" wife in the near future. Packers are continuing there "sit down strike" and have made no purchases of cattle at the Ontario stock yards, where there have been no cattle available for a price that would allow selling carcass meat at ceiling prices. Farmers are very bitter over the drop in price at this time as most ket and indicate that they will hold their cattle over until fall, raâ€" ther than sell at the present prices. It has been stated by observers that it is the general opinion Anw those who should know that will become progressively scarcer, as farmers claim that they are comâ€" mitted by their operations to peak prices and packers have stated that they will not and cannot pay these prices under the present ceiling prices. ho o. Various groups of farmers, butchâ€" ers and packers meetings have been planned, but so far ho one seems to have a reasonable solution to the dilemma. The matter is also scheduled to come t}xr for discussion by the Toâ€" ronto Hqusewives Protective Assoâ€" ciation, the discussion to point out the consumers‘ point of view. Oitawa Silent On Price Control Inquiry The Ontario Federation of Agriâ€" culture request for a Parliamentary committee to inquire into the relaâ€" tionship of agriculture, industry and labor, as affected by Prices Board controls was not commented un by the Federal Government.. The Federation‘s annual conferâ€" ence adopted a resolution requestâ€" ing the appointment within 15 days, but available spokesmen said the appointment would be a matâ€" ter of high Government policy and could not be decided, until Parliaâ€" ment reconvenes next Monday afâ€" ter the Easter recess made on Thursday by E. S. WIg:!.- director of the Packard Motor Co. of Canada Ltd., that plans are now being made for the early conâ€" struction of a $150,000 administraâ€" tion building to be followed by a manufacturing plant to produce the Packard motor car in Canada. Until the manufacturing plant is completed, the company will conâ€" tinue to import Americanâ€"built cars for sale in Canada. The comâ€" pany was incorporated in 1931. Prices On Two Ford Cars Are Set by OPA Ceiling prices for two additional 1946 model passenger automobiles manufactured by the Ford Motor Co _ were set by the OPA. _ _ _ OPA set the following ceilings, f o.b. factory: _ _ _ c s $1,558 for Ford Super De Luxe cight, sportsman‘s _ convertible coupe; $1,764 for Mercury sportsâ€" man‘s convertible coupe. _ _ _ _ _ cexcise taxes, trans‘)om' tion or preâ€" paration and handling charges. The new ceilings do not include Available This Year half a million tons less sugar availâ€" able for distribuflion during the calendar year 1946 than there were last year, a statement from the Prices Board had indicated. The statement was issued on beâ€" half of the sugar committee of the Cpmbined Food Board. The Committee has outlined an agreed allocation recommendation based on an estimated total supply of 11,800,000 short tons of sugar (raw value). This estimate was reached after recemo! information from Cuba and other sources, and of 12,270,000 tons. This means that Canada for inâ€" stance will receive 465,000 tons of sugar, provided the present outlook in the sugar supply is fulfilled. Franco To Remain Regardless of U. N. made by Oscar Lar;fe, Polish deleâ€" gate to the United Nations Council Mr. Lange said that there were large bodies of Spanish troops massed on the French border, and suggested that weaponos more terâ€" rible than the atomic bomb might be mt:nd‘e_r expgrimpqtafiar} in SPaiLn. Madrid.â€"It was denied on Monâ€" day by Gen. Jose Maria Fernandez Ladreda, public works minister in Franco‘s cabinet, that Spain was carrying on atomic research and that it had troops massed along the French border. The statement made by the minister was in reply to a charge made by Oscar Lange, Polish deleâ€" who chnied before the council in New York last Wednesday that there were indications of atomic research in Spain. _ _ _ The SRam'sh minister denied the charge that the Franco government was cartying out large scale execuâ€" tions of political opponents in Spanâ€" ish priscrs. and again asserted that Spain would not tolerate any interâ€" ference in its internal affairs. The Franco government intends to remain in power, he said, regardâ€" less of any actions taken by the United Nations, even economic sanctions. Say Britain and U.S. Will Back Probe of Spain New York.â€"The Australian proâ€" posal for an investigation of Franco Spain by the United Nations Secuâ€" rity Council, would be mpgouad by Britain and the United States. it was reliabmrepomed today. The other delegates were expectâ€" ed to follow the lead of the big powers, which for once seemed to be in agreement. Washington.â€"It was revealed toâ€" day by United. States :}rlomltic sources that Russia has reduced its landâ€"use demands on Austria to a small fraction of the 150,000 acres originally sought. Russia Reduces ] Chungking.â€"A bitter battle is expected when the vanguards of Generalissimo Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek‘"s veteran army, who are now reportâ€" ed at Kungchuling, engage in battle the 30,000 Communist trooKt that have streamed out of the hills to meet them. The Communists alâ€" ‘ready have a firm hold on Changâ€" chun, 3 miles to the north. The action came as an aftermath of a United Nations Relief and Reâ€" habilitation decision at Atlantic City, when its was decided, to ban relief aid to any country whose arâ€" mies were living off the land "of the country they are occupying." Russian Delegate To & Boycott Further Talks New York.â€"By an 8â€"toâ€"3 vote, Russia lost a bitter battle today to have the Iranian case taken off the United Nations Security Council‘s agenda, and Soviet Delegate Anâ€" drei Gromyko has served notice that he will_not discuss Iran again at a council meeting. Government Troops, Reds, Montrealâ€"There will be nearl Chungking.â€"The United States special envoy, General Marshall, bluntly demanded today that the Chinese Communists prove their statement that American planes had attacked their forces, or else publicly admit that the statement was a falsehood TUESDY, APRIL 23 Marshall Asks Proof of Strafing In the meantime the Chinese Government spokesman had said that the Communist accusation against the Americans was a "falseâ€" Bread for German Prisoners Painted With Arsenic Nuernberg.â€"A total of 2,283 Gerâ€" man {»rhon'ers have now been taâ€" ken ill in the prison camp where they are confined ncear Nucrnberg. All have been stricken with arseâ€" nic poisoning, and United States crmy authorities are now investiâ€" gating the bakety from which bread has been purchased for the camp No deaths have resulted from the li».oisoninl and none are expected. hose who are suffering most seâ€" verely from the ?ohon are the ones that ate most of the bread ration at one sitting last week. There are 207 of them now in the hospital WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 THURSDAY, APRIL 25 WORLD‘S WEEK with an allocation in 1945 Demands on Austria Ready For Battle Its News at a THE into the A and P chain store groceâ€" teria at Windsor on Monday, stole 2,700 sugar ration coupons, 100 butâ€" ter (:l\llfiotu, 100 meat tokens and 200 tickets. _ A "jimmy bar‘ had been used by the robbers, the police said, to open the front door, and had badly splintered the door when doâ€" mously endorsed a resolution callâ€" ing for the outlawing of the Comâ€" munist Party in Canada. The motion, when brought beâ€" fore the general meeting of the diâ€" rectors, stated that revelations of the Canadian espionage inquiry :udundewchmionaneeenhy. y. Thieves Get Many Sugar, Butter Coupons ing so. A large safe that was at the front of the store had apparently been tampered with, but the thieves had been unable to open it. Outlawing 01 Red Party Russian Writers To Tour U.S. WASHINGTON.â€"It was â€" anâ€" nounced by the United States deâ€" partment ,that three visiting Rusâ€" sian journalists have accepted an invitation to make a trip of their own choosing about the United States at Government expense. _ Each of the stolen coupons had the A and P stamp on the back. The Journalists, who came to Washington originally to address a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, have not as yet indicated where they wish to go. but it is believed that they will all go to different places as they have indicated a desire to see several different things. ‘The invitation was extended on Saturday by William Benton, assisâ€" tant Secretary of State, and the writers have now accepted. Madame Wang appeared very calm as she listened to her sentence being read, but grew very angry when the judge at the end of the verdict told her that she could apâ€" ged to the Nanking Supreme ourt within ten days. She said, "I will not appeal, as you will not accept the facts anyâ€" Outline Terms of Azerbaijan Return to Iran Tehran.â€"Terms by which Azerâ€" baijan may return to the fold of Iran were outlined today by Preâ€" mier Ahmed Qavam, who said that his government had decided to alâ€" low the people of the province to have their ideals realized as far as the constitution and the laws of the country perimit. He said that no action would be taken against the "Democratic leaâ€" ders" of the province and that the party would be free to operate. Complete Ousting Of All Germans Demanded by Czechs Pnano.â€"-Exgressing the convicâ€" tion that the German people have regrets "only for their defeat", Gen. Ludvig Svoboda, Czech naâ€" tional defence minister, in a speech here today demanded the "comâ€" plete expulsion of all Germans from Czechoslovakia, even those soâ€"called antiâ€"Fascists. to safeguard us from a new fifth column. Chungking.â€"It _ was . acknowâ€" ledged by a government spokesâ€" man today that the Manchurian capital city of Changchun has been taken from the Government troops by the Communists. Changchun Falls The spokesman‘s decision was made as two fresh Government arâ€" mies were moved to the troubled Manchurian area. New York.â€"In the United Naâ€" tions Security Council today, Briâ€" tain and Russia disagreed sharply over Poland‘s picture of Spain as a Naziâ€"inspired menace to peace. There was also a disagreement between the two countrics over the «ction that might be taken by the council against the Franco regime. FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Britain and Russia Marshall to Mediate Chungking.â€" In an effort to end Manchuria‘s "little civil war" that is raging to a climax on Changâ€" chun, General Marshall has taken over the attempt to bring the Chiâ€" nese Government and the Commuâ€" nists to a peaceful settlement As the United States special en voy arrived here and announced that he would begin at once truce conversations, the Chinese Govâ€" ernment issued a dispatch in which th? admitted that the Communists had seized most of the Manchurian SATURDAY, APRIL 20 MONDAY, APRIL 22 Disagree Over Spain Thieves, For Peace In China To Chinese Reds