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matters.
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prince
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Tuesday,
December
30.
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.EUROPE
LOOKS
TO
UNITED
STATES
OR
ALL-IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC
AID
Pin
Hopes
for
Recovery
on
'
infusion
of
Dollars
During
"Convalescence'
By
STEWART
UNDER11ILL
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
.LONDON,
ffi
'the
war.
European
economics
are
floundering
badly
and
few
I
Countries
look
to
the
New
Year
!
with
self
assurance.
Political
strife
went
hand-1
,
"It
now
appears
that
the
convalescence
may
exceed
even
the
most
sober
and
realistic
predictions
that
were
,made
when
.
the
war
was
over."
His
remarks
have
lost
none
of
I
!
their
cogency
since
Britain,
put-;'
"
ting
forth
the
most
concentrated
effort
of
any
European
nations,
is
still
a
long
way
from
bridging
the
gap
between
exports'and
Imports.
Her
export
program,
seriously
deranged
by
bad
weather
and
lack
of
fuel
last
February,
brought
In
108,204,000
in
Octoberthe
second
best
month
since
close
to
an
all-time
high.
a
'
:
iS
a
a
a
-
a
a
m
Wff-
a.
ISRITISH
COAL
VITAL
TO
MANY
COUNTRIES
For
1948,
Britain
faces
a
re
gime
of
intensified
savings
and
Increased
exports
In
an
effort
tn
rAirniri
ennrmilf
inripnpnri-
Disjointed
by!ence
;.hatcver
ald
ls
forthcom
ing
from
North
America.
Success
will
help
Europe
toward
self-sufficiency.
Shipments
of
British
coal
would
bolster
the
Her
own
mines
weVc
headed
toward
a
record
output
year
running
well
ahead
of
1938
when
scores
were
closed
by
strikes
for
higher
wages.
The
flow
of
supplies
to
French
industry,
which
also
was
showing
a
steady
Improvement,
was
disrupted
and
will
not
be
restored
for
months.
At
the
year-end
most
other
European
coal
producers
were
still
strunggling
to
equal
prewar
production.
Much
depends
on
the
efforts
of
German
miners
in
the
Rhur
which
once
shipped
coal
all
over
Western
Europe
but
.the
war
but
Imports
for
the
land
unrest
among
mmp
month
were
161.248.000.
'
whose
waking
hours
are
purchasing
power
of
their
cur-rency.
,
Her
agriculture
suffered
sev-
i
v
crely
In
the
war.
Fields
that
were
not
battle-ravaged
were
neglected
and
deprived
of
needed
fertilizers.
Manpower
was
scattered
in
military
and
forced
labor
drafts
and
livestock
was
destroyed.'
Farm
equipment
rusted
or
stood
idle
for
lack
of
parts.
BELGIUM
KETTER
OFI
THAN
HER
NEIGHBORS
Belgium
provided
one
bright
spot,
with
her
stores
full
of
consumer
goods
bought
with
dol
lars
acquired
during
and
after
the
war
from
the
sale
of
African
(
colonial
products
to
the
United
States.
But
although
she
seems
prosperous
In
contrast
to
her
neighbors,
her
people
groan
.'ZT'TnH
m.
HTffl.iPBn
01
may
about
the
high
cost
of
living.
"-"
"
-"
-
.
which
now
must
spend
precious
countries
like
Switzzer-
SStoR"
n
UnUed
States
fuel.
J
JsZollL
nations
outside
me
Russian
zone
mnce
Qr
example
ls
lmport.
pmnomlc
olncli
oi
lnuucnce
appearea
to
.
nparlv
nnnnnn
tons
of
coal
"
.,,;.,
their
hopes
on
a
transfusion
of
United
Stales
dollars
dollars
to
buy
food
and
machinery
and
rebuild
shattered
factories.
"The
fevers
of
war
have
left
l
the
patient
exhausted
and
in
I
need
of
long
convalescence,"
1
Norman
Robertson,
Canadian
(High
Commissioner
in
London,
i
said
in
a
1916
address
on
trade
,
ciunng
lyti.
ineir
uauiuunui
a
month,
mostly
irom
me
u-,markets
could
not
provlde
themj
with
currencies
needed
to
pur
chase
goods
abroad.
Both
coun
tries,
after
a
seeming
whirl
of
prosperity
after
the
war,
had
to
impose
currency
restrictions.
Switzerland's
tourist
trade
also
suffered
severely
when
Britain
banned
foreign
tourist
travel.
Writing
oi
Denmark's
difficultieswhich
are
also
Europe's
a
Copenhagen
paper
said:
"Before
the
war
Denmark
sent
Britain
butter
and
bacon
as
a
matter
of
course,
just
as
Britain
sent
Denmark
coal
and
coke.
In
1938
we
sold
to
the
British
mar
ket
about
12,000
tons
of
butter
and
got
from
Britain
4,000,000
tons
of
coal
and
coke,
j
now
is
Droducine
onlv
60
Deri.'
,
..
.
.....
..
.
AGES
I
TO
34
TO
7
AND
8
TO
.14
INCLUSIVE
Styles
and
color
selection
as
well
as
prices
to
fit
the
individual
purse.
Our
quality,
as
Usual
is
guaranteed.
We
invite
your
inspection
and
I
RUPERT
USE
Bulkley
Valley
OR
PEOPLES
COAL
AND
SAVE
Get
25
More
Heat
From
A
Ton
of
Coal
Your
dealer
can
supply
you
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A
A
A
A
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AFTER
STORM
THAT
KILLED
165-
his
fishing
boat,
tossed
ashore
near
Matozinhos.
wau
one
of
the
boats
in
the
Portuguese
fishing
fleet
caught
by
the
fury
of
a
recent
hurricane
off
the
northern
coast
"of
Portugal.
Five
of
the
vessels
were
destroyed
and
135
fishermen
died
in
the
storm.
Every
wife
in
one
fishing
village
was
made
a
widow.
way
and
travelling
in
ballast
tha
Sallv
The
Bear
Cub
other,
instead
of
earning
money
!
J
.
D
In
the
international
market
..
.
jLongS
ror
Uld
rals
"Before
the
war
it
cost
usi
...
.
,.
.
..
.
roughly
22
pounds
of
butter
to
buy
a
ton
of
British
coal.
Today
we
must
ship
over
50
pounds
of
butter
to
Britain
to
enable
us
to
buy
one
ton
of
coal
from
the
nearly
United
States."
.
..
,
It.
1
m
we
nrsi
live
monms
ui
iiim
j
i
t
1ISMII
III
cent
of
1938.
Poland
Is
one
of
the
,
.
wrt
n
,-nnn
tnn,
nf
hutJUflMAM
MflW
IM
few
countries
to
surpass
its
pre
i
n
I
r
.
.
iiuiih
I
(
iav
fer
for
export
to
Britain.
But
wc
j
war
output.
.
have
had
no
coal
and
no
coke
In
broad
outline.
France
is
a
in
return
...
j
test-tube
for
western
Europe's
,
"in
order
to
keep
our
produc-'
difficulties.
Her
Industry
is
dls-i
tive
machine
working
at
all
we
j
tressed
by
shortage
of
materials
have
to
fetch
coal
from
across
j
workers,
the
Atlantic.
Our
redu:ed
ton-'
pre-
nage
must
be
used
on
month-
i
occupied
by
the
diminishing
long
voyages
carrying
coal
one
Peoples
Store
Presents
Winter
Protection
For
Your
Family
l-PIECE
SNOW
SUITS
3-PIECE
SNOW
SUITS
WOOL
GLOVES
and
MITTS
SKI
SUITS
SKI
PANTS
SKI
SOCKS
CZECH
CABINET
'government
circles
with
the
elevation
of
Mrs.
Ludmlla
Janko-vcova
to
the
post
of
minister
of
i-idustry.
Now
the
Communist
women
deputies
are
reoprted
Just
the
teeniest
bit
jealous
and
wanting
one
of
their
number
in
a
cabinet
licst
to
match
what
their
Social
Democratic
sister
attained.
There
are
25
women
deputies
In
the
Czechoslovak
parliament.
The
Commuuiots
have
13.
the
C7ech
National
Socialists
six,
the;
Social
Democrats
four,
and
the
People's
Party
and
the
Slovak
Democrats
one
each.
Mrs.
Jankovcova
U
a
59-year
.old
widow
whose
husband
was
killed
in
the
underground
rer
t:stance
movement
during
the
German
occupation.
She
heri
self
remained
in
the
country
at
first
trying
to
teach,
and
then
forced
into
manual
labor
in
an
electrical
goods
factory
by
the
German
occupiers.
.
I
til
A
I
A
A
A)
A
A
-c,'eiei','i'i?,icc!siei
Despite
her
rigorous
experien
ces,
she
and
her
son,
now
14
ancj
still
going
to
school,
emerged
safely
from
th
war.
'
An
economist,
Mrs.
Jankov-
ilUl
II
1
Ml
VIK
u
.'laiiui
Enjoyed
Air
Forci-
Life
EDMONTON
9
People
are
confusing.
Take
it
from
ore
who
knows
Sally
a
40-pound
black
bear
cub.
the
States.
But
later
the
boy
decided
,that
wasn't
forma!
enough
they
renamed
her
Sally.
For
some
time
Sally
was
happy
with
camp
life.
Instead
of
grubbing
for
lood
he
was
fed
chocolate
bare
bread,
jam
and
similar
delicacies.
But
one
thlnp
Sally
didn't
know
when
you
Join
the
air
force
you
itc
the
world.
She
was
packed
Into
a
c'Va
became
a
career
woman
ir.
the
ministry
of
Industry.
Meanwhile,
she
kept
ud
her
peUUca'
work
with
the
Social
Democratic
party.
When
the
party,
at
a
recent
congress,
decided
to
disentangle
Itself
from
tlv
Communists.
Its
elected
Bohumil
Laus-man
as
Its
chairman
and
he
resigned
as
minister
of
industry
to
give
full
time
to
the
reconstituted
party.
Mrs.
Jankovcova
was
promoted
to
Lausman's
old
cabinet
post
where
she
has
the
task
of
rounding
out
the
yevernment's
two-year
industrial
plan
and
getting
a
start
on
the
five-year
plan
which
Is
to
get
under
way
In
January,
1943.
THIS
AND
THAT
"It's
very
nice,
dear,
Automatlo
controlj,
deep
well
cooker,
three
surface
units,
two
element
oven,
smokeless
broiler,
warming
ovens.
.
.
.
Hey!
can
YOU
cook?"
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in
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MON.
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29
-
30-3
LANCASTER
.
Eng.
O;
Mrs.
Beatrice
Parkinson
is
probaMv
Britain's
only
woman
hgnt-house-kecper.
Daily
she
trims
and
lights
the
large
oil
lamps
that
guide
ships
off
the
North
Lancashire
coast.
To
clean
her
windows
she
has
has
to
climb
onto
a
tiny
plat-form
50
feet
above
the
boiling
sea.
"I
used
to
be
scared
stiff.'
Mrs.
Parkinson
said,
"but
now
1
I've
got
used
to
it."
Once
a
week
she
takes
time
cut
from
llghthoitsc-kceplng
to
I
go
shopping
down
the
swaying
'ladder
a
short
boat
trip,
three
i
miles
on
a
bicycle
to
the
nearest
'bus
stop
then
an
eight-mile
Journey
Into
town.
i
"I'm
always
glad
to
get
back
home."
said
Mrs.
Parkinson
who
earns
2
($8t
a
week
plus
free
livlnt?
nrrnmodalkm.
I
plane
and
shlppcato
a
zoo
in
Edmonton.
She
had
hardly
arrived
at
the
airport
when
her
old
buddies
at
Dawson
Creek
decided
they
were
lonely
for
her
so
she
was
ship
ped
back.
Then
winter
started
rearing
11?
ugly
head
.and
the
boys
again
decided
J
the
Edmonton
zoo
was
the
place
for
Sally.
She
was
flown
to
the
Alberta
capi
tal
and
adopted
by
a
group
of
Canadian
airmen.
But
the
R
C
A.
F.
couldn't
decide
whether
or
not
she
wai
a
good
Influence
so
again
she
was
sent
packing
-to
the
?.
Sally
doesn't
mind
the
zoo
Sally
was
found
by
a
corporal
but
she
mlsse
her
pals
and
the
i
in
the
United
states
Army
Air
Force
who
took
her
back
to
the
j
camp
at
which
he
was
stationed,
jnear
Dawoon
Creek
on
the
Alaska
Highway.
His
buddies
adopt-
By
A
I
GOLDBERO
j
t&
the
month-old
cub
as
their
PRAGUE
1
AP.
The
first
mascot.
The
corporal
named
her
swish
of
pet.ucoat
politics
has
J
Junior"
in
memory
of
a
cub
he
been
in
Czechoslovakia's
highest
icyned
while
s
forest
ranger
In
things
they
fed
her.
She
hasn't
j
txen
forgotten
though.
The
boys
at
Dawson
Creek
have
Informed
;
zoo
officials
they'll
be
down
i
soon
to
greet
their
pal.
DUSTBIN
THIEVES
GILLINOHAM.
Kent.
Eng..
'
-
Police
are
on
the
watch
for
thieves
who
are
taking
kitchen
waste
from
dustbins
and
scllln;;
It.
PAIN
KKILLER
Oil
seeping
from
the
ground
was
used
by
Indians
as
salve
and
medicine
Warning
NO
OTHER
THING
YOU
CAN
POSSIBLY
DO
WILL
K
V
E
It
PROVE
SO
COSTLY
AhWW
AS
TO
Your
Regular
CUSTOMERS
to
Forget
You
nit
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