The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 3

A i i ii 1 if If if I Conditions Better at Civic I For Patients Xwaiting Surgery Although Ottawa Civic Hos- Hpitajj is still crowded with pa- the year so far hasj been jja very favorable one frori the 'standpoint of contagious diseases, Douglas Piercy superin- itendent," reported at a meeting of Ovic Hospital trustees last night. 1 I "We have had -only halt the i'rrurober of polio' cases have ijhad jLn other he sai xor au operations, tnerd were lengthy waiting lists, and there jiwerj 30 person waitirfg for operations which would iitsikri place within the nex two weejes. Emergency cases would iibe taken care of immediatelyrrbe Mi4 Regarding the number of jr patients waiting for surgery, he said conditions "are the bfrst we jl.hare had in the past year and I For the month of October alone, he reported that tie total number of patients was down slightly, but this decrease! was in jlthej maternity division only. jjThere were 256 patients admitted Ijtolthe maternity divisioji, with '1k live births, -bringing the total jpumber of live births Jor this jjyeir up to October 31, to 5,609. Tumor Clinic.1 The tumor! clinic had received cases, of 59 were new.j i04 these 30 were found to be; i'sxiffering from malignant disease.

I 'There were 1,919 admissions; iffo the month, with a tdtal days 'j lfty of 24,765, averagings 708 pa- I mjiu ijj uusjji uti udiiy, rnaac up asj toUo.ws: Main building, 560: Veterans' Pavilion, 225 Com municable Diseases Division. 13., The Veteran! Pavilion figure ln-j elbded a daily average of ST civilians: I There were 3,491 treafcnents in! the Out Patient Department of! which 1.127 were in thf Special Treatment Clinic, and ex-j aaiinations were made I in thq jj' Pathological; Department. IN the X-ray Department, 2,388 cases were received: 1.832 indl vjdual treatments were given irj the Physiotherapy Department 99 accident leases wrre 'admitted during the imonth and; 121,904 meals were served- I Dr. Piercey reported that patients) wa thef highest any average ever to be reacb- at. Ottawa Civic Hospital, od that the highest Inonthly rerage was 160.

A letter from the Depart men of veteran; Affairs was read at the meeting informing Jthe trus tees that four doctors had beeii retained as interns fori the Vetf efans' PaviBon at salaries higher Hospital, add asked the hospita contribute as their lhare the time amount as interns at the Civic were being paid. fThe trus tees agreed jto this. Soaring Hospital Costs. The treasurer. A.

F. re ported on the recent obnvention of the Ontario Hospital Association, at jhich was iexpressed SJrat concern over "soaring hosf ilk Distributors ill Rarnain Hfrerf With Producers At a meeting of the! executive sf the ililk Distributors Associa- Lion held jMonday, Ot awa mili distributor! voted unan mously in avor of bargaining th Ottawa Valley Mik Producers Associj-ttion direct, rather tha i bargaining with hem on a provincial basis, through their pre Uncial or-Canizationj i A statenient. to this effect was ssued lastjnlghtby J. Scobiu kecretarynSahager, Ot awa Milk pistributor' Associatic n. Advice has been redeived thit Ihe Ontario Whole ililk Prd-iucers League had ser ed formal -iOtice on the officials if the Orj-ario: DUtributori' kssociatlqn stating tha.

the league wished to iargsin on a. collectiv basis to letermine the price tat should paid tc the produters in "6 narkets in ihe province, Ottav a apparently being incluped. It was felt that Ottaia has always had problems unlike othfr Factory Service it for; Cdnnop Washers i Rhine 5-183 j. H. CONNOR ingbr Serving Machines WANTED! will jay ash for drop rlhead treadle ttu We "wlll'plck op machines anywhere and pay c4h on the spot Phone 4-1 423 Telephon Antwering Scru(c 1IOMC ArrLlANCES i I across Canada.

also dealt with the problem of bearing an unfa: financial burden city hospitals share of the of taking care of out-of-town indigent and urged that an early agreement between the city hospitals, lL A .1 1 1 niMnicipauues ana the Provincial Government be rpapW I reached. The conventionjdecided; to make representations yj the I government at "an earfy Detailed copied of the; treasurer's jjreport werje presented to trustees for co isideration, i and this report will be disdussed at the December leeting. Dr. Piercey alsso reported op the progress made jduring jthe jpast month regarding alteration of the McDougall House into ajn auxiliary Nurses' Residence, to house 25 student nurses, supervisors and housekeepef. i "We need this building for E.

Normarf Smith, chairman, replied to a question from Aldermanj Paul Tardijf. "Frame addit ons to tKe Ihouse and a Summer kitchen, vhich were not needed, have beei) torn down, and everything possible has been dona to expedite the work i "The original new hardwood plan was 'to install floors, bpt it was decided that this will! not be necessary. This work is being inside rushed through, and the work will be WinterJ done during the "This house looks like veryi useful and good investmen Smith concluded. Dr. 'Piercey presented trustees with copies of plans of the alterations for thejr final japprovaL These plans will now be submitted for formal approval jof the Department of Health.

Elevators jn Good. Shape. Trustees wire informed that elevators which had been (out of service for 18j months had been repaired, and jwere in Very good condition following a general overhauling. There are now five elevators in operation In the front of the bliilding. Dr.

Piercey reported! that an agreement had been signed the hospital fand the engineering personnel, whb are members of the local Unldr No. 869. He also reported on Qie reason why plaster lji halls, ward i and other rooms was beings repaired. During the warm, humid Slimmer months blisters developed, and the plaster hid to bej; removed over these sjibts. In ond ward, the plaster actually fell, but no harm vas caused.

"This is anjannual eyenp, said Dr. Piercey, 'iut I am unable to say just whatj is the causjfe of it It costs the hbspltal abpul $2,000 a yean to patdh the places where the plaster hks fallen, jj There is never any trduble with tfce new plaster." Ill I He described one Dlicef where the plaster had fallen Item the ceiling of thi first storey as an markets, because of gepgfaphical conditions wich affect the gup-ply of ind furthetnfore, the case of thej Ottawa consumer could be taken more into jaccount by local bargaining. The resolu (low which Was forwarded on Mbnday to the Ontario Milk Distributors' Association at Toronto reads as "That we fio on record Is being opposed to $rovinciaI-vide bar- ganingr and that we fvor negotiating in lhe Ottawa market elation." TO PAY 11,000.000 i DEBTS. SYDNEY, Australia, 10- Apprpxlmately $4,000,000 in debts incurred by the United States in Australia during the Kvr years will be paid I by an American finance team tyjilch arrjve here todays It is estimated! tJo years will be needed to sc tie the claims. I i Special Notice on MADE-Tp- meAsure (for" ChrMmat Delivery) i IF you fare planning to order aj new $uiB for Christmas, we would appreciate it if you please ace your order this wee I This gijes us enough time topattend, tcj the special fjeaturc tht go into the jtaUoring ot our uits.

Rememb you can sti 1 gt SUITS Si for 'tis low as pital costs" Ull The convention sso VjJ niUEAU ST. I i- i I if i -i I A v. 1 Lf STEAKS ARE faREETlNGCARDS Members of Montreal! RCAf Auxiliary Squadrons. 401 anH 438 decided on a practical form ihe United Kingdom. They bought enough sirloin steak' for a dinner a butcher cut it, and shipped it Service Stations In Ottawa Plan Shorter Hour: New outdoor lighting restric tions which went into effect throughout Ontario Monday have brought the situation with regard to service noutn in 140- odd Ottawa garage! tb a It was discussed at considerable length by members of the Ottawa Garage Operators Association at the Chateau Laurier op Monday night.

i Thenew ruling ty conserve power would In effect! black-out all outdoor with the exception Of the gasoline pump lights themselves. Bufc-the ser vice station man in Ottawa does hot intend to be "left in the dark" especially when changing a $100 bill. I Si However, with' 85 percent, of the operators nowj back of the of the Industrial Standards Act in Ottawa, the chances are Chat Ottawa ser- vice stations will be operating on i compulsory '7 to 7 p.m. basis in the near future. The act, which is now in ef- ifect in such cities as Toronto and Hamilton, provides forlservice on take-y our-turn qasiii on Sundays, and has proved duite satis factory in other Operators Justify their stand In this matter by pointing to the fact that the 48-hour fjweek now in effect forces to 'excessive staffs, which are proving too heavy a load for theljvolume of business.

In fairness to the lighting restrictions and those! charged with enforcing them, operators i agree howeyer, that they anticipate no "tough" policy witii regard, to keeping all floodlighting off. Indeed, they will dOj In their power tb aid in ths ower conservation HarveyxIeintzmajnJj a member of the Ottawa Garage Operators Association, gave tiilk on the present tire situati oijg He said that new tlre saIesWipre moving even more slowly thajfKlast year, and this in spite of jthje recent re duction in prices. Tires, he continued, had been the first commodity) rationed duri dur4 the war, the firs to return to the buyers market, ind the first- US nepeIan I TIME CHANGE WEEK DAY SERVICE ONLY i LEAVE! SPARKS AND LYON STS. jlloarly 6.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.

1 4S LEAVE BRITANNIA HEIGHTS POST OFFICE i Hour a m. till Churchill and 1 i is a fact that many best cooks find they I St I JT Hr tffflt. I of greeting card this year to Auxiliary Squadrons 616 and 504 In aboard a Trans-Canada Air Lines to show a surplus in supply. This, he concludedj seemed to indicate that tires wenfi leading the parade toward a market break of all commodities. jj Mr.

eintzman was introduced by Alex McQonald, and thariked by Ebert Ralph. During the evening, Norman lorphy, new secretary of the association, was introduced and took over his jiew duties. A nominating committee consisting of foir men: Al Leftly, Archie Goldman, Clark McLcod and Alex McDonald, was appointed to brjfng in a slate of icw officers for 1048. The association viewed three color films td close out the even ing. First vifce-president Sid Gil Christ, acted las chairman, Nepean Nay Seek Inclusion in Commur ity Chests Nepean Clerk-Treasurer E.

Morris and Reeve Harry Parslow and member-8 of council itjtend to explore ihe possibility ofjjpar-ticipating ii the Commiinity Chests campaign next Residents pt the township contributed greatly to the Campaign this yfar, although Nepean does not shale In ths distribution. It is felt the Ottawa Campaign did not go "over the top" partly because of this. Col. Richard Taylor, member of the Nepean Planning Committee, wasjilappointed to afet as council's rebiresentative in laying; plans for year. It is hoped! that money! scon tributed by resi- dents of tf township wi used for thdm.

RCAF pfficers On American Tour 1 bef WASHINGTON, Nov. lOji-H A party I pf officers of thf Royal Canadian Air Force ar rived today! for a three-week; tout of air fores! Installation and; air craft manufacturing centres iii the United I States. ii. Air MaHhal W. A.

Curtii chief of stajf ot the RCAF; head ed the delegation Lt. Gen! Hoyt Vandenber vice-chief staff, USAF, enter tained the! Washington is visiting airmen! at hotel this evening, busIline Midnight via Carling, Richmond Road. EMERSON Manager. of Canada i get better Mill. Li mi ltd a copy of flit Purity Cook Book todoM 11.00.

oho, N.B., Montreal, t- results when they use PURITY P7.OUR for ill thefr baking for cakes, cookies, pies or bread. Try it yourself. Purity Tour Department PlctM Mitd PURITY COOK BOOK Th atcful book ia yout kitchn 47) UMtd rtcipat Alfovr Grocth 1.00 f-or KM pott paid on ccipt of coupoa sad $1.00 PmbliJffJ fy th. Mill-tn Purity fkanj Partly Oslu for which I Xm. AJJrtn.

Miil to Ottawa, li ttinr 4 -7 fry brS i nearest office Saiot Toronto, Winnipeg, algarr, Vancouver. 4i j. "I -II i 1 i for bpthj British units, watched North Star. Wilt Demand Action to Improve Montreal Road i Members of the civic Indust ial and duplicity Committee v4re emphitit in a decision made ast night to write to the Provincial Government I "urging that jthe stretch bf highway between Dt- Stawa jand Hawkesbury be pus in snapq ai me moment! as an added induceifient for tourists to visit the city.j Alderman Coulter, chairian of the rommittec, said thaii the highva now was in terf ble condition and that tourists sqhie-timess Ottawa rather than idr ve over it. I "Wie lope that something! can be dbn by the Governmenj so that jthd road will be in bitter shap by the time tourists tart coming Io Ottawa next he saidi The qommittee also decidda to writd t) the Minister of Highways! expressing appreciation! for the atrjntion given to road in Eastern Ontario last year, atp it was hofced that further atteikion would be given to the condition of the roads for next season! TRADE TREND UPWARD.

TORONTO, Nov. 10. P. Hatch, chairman of the nati mal comniitjee promote Canjada's first Iwfrld itrade week May 30-June-5 told the Canadian Club todajf that the Dominion's iiiter-natiohal trade this year is ii cply to ejicied any previous yeac by Boxed ChHstmas Cards ii Kssoried 49c AlMarrie Famed on tjpcciaiizea Cleaning Burkholder's Fur Stora 1 Limited 2-2626 TT It MCDONALD'S Kenntfh McDonald Sotjb Ltd. MILORGANITE FOR LAWNS Natural orsbnic plant fond foil iicep grefn kraHi of velvety texturfl 23 lba lhi.

100 Iba Market sq. alnce 1876. Phone S-401 SEED STORE i .1 jalily and Service" ilL'S GLEANERS Limited Wellingion at Bay 2-isil h'sl a 4 -St at Hit! I STANDARDS Silver Sta Loaf Atk your route ilemn 6r Phope-8-04f0 $tardard Urcad Co. ltd Oil Heating Service I For Guaranteed! Oil Burner Servide Call ,1 obin-Everedy COMPANY 177 Edjson Ave. S-2523 mm it 9 New ko ice Urged by Frejich Commerce Chambers A six-day prograh of activities sponsored by French Chamber of Commerce of Ottawa, which is ceUbfatin its tenth an niversary this week, began last night with a largely-attended if business al the Chateau Laurier.

Mi Following installation of offic ers, several that of secretary treasurer Sylvio Blais, were adopted. Armand Bertrand, cnaimarf of the chamber's executive committee, pre sented a brief jrepjfrt of activities within the oast fejy The French businessmen's or ganization gave unanimous sup-, port to resolutions urging civic authorities Ito establish a more adequate tourist bureau and to build, a citjy hall and a police station worthy! of Canada's Capital city. 1 Members Ltso ioDroved a mo tion requesting tie proper! auth orities to pHhiblt the manufacture and salpiof foy guns', Jean Charles Aubin, president of the chamber announced the official program bf activities for the remainder! which goes -asj Tuesday: oyster party at Gar- neau Separate School for members and their I friends I under chairmanship ofEdouard Potvin Wednesday bowling tourna- ment at York Aeademy, in charge of Telcsphqre Qodbout: visit to the at 8 p.m., and exhibition of ifFrench-Canadian art at studios of "Arts du, Vieux 203! Sharks stricet Thursday i p.m., forum on the "Rights bf wfomen in at the Chateau jL.aurier,i presided over by Tclesphbre Demers Friday: 8430 1 p.m., French comedy offered? by members of Le Caveau at the Little Theatre Saturdays p.m., at the Cha teau Laurier banquet marking tenth anni ersa-y of foundation of at which Transport Minister Li hel'Chevricr will be speaker. WMnedbl at; mM. f'l 1 STORE OPEklUNTIL 5.30 Pivf.

-jj iWftNti: JH- -v- r- ii i 111 tr Clfesterfifeld Clean-fcUf modern design filled thrbuchout, ornamemal show-Wooq trim inj wnlnut cottdnijafid rayort yelour i rjiannel back; chair inf our, real money saver I .4 i Threclpiece -if. hi 13 1 i xy I GhSckbi-feathef Pillows i i v. i I Henarefamplo sizedpill)ws, filled iyiteftriri chickH feather. And they re pneca enougn io enapie you iqj ouy new putows I 4X li I Sj- C.D.S. Basement i I I -n Im suite TbRE HOURS: I TI1E OTTAWA JOURNAL, TUESDAY.

NOVEMBER It. H47. 3 I Illuminated Booth Will Depict Ottawa Tourist Attractions pecision to cjall of tenders far construction of! a portable booth to display Ottawa'sj tourist attractions at sportsmen's shows ih thf United States' was made! last night by the Industrial and t'ub'-licjty Committee, The illuminated booth, hlch wijl have a frontag of about 20 feelt, will depict yeaj-around activities in the Ottawa area, is designed to appeal! to United States holidayrs 1 and will be taken first to Bostonj for the jshow thire, starting January and later to New York and Fhil- deiphta The display, however, will' lack orip-of Ottawa's m4in tourist attractions a Royal Canadian Mounted Police rifficer irt the fl4n- 1 Cannot Have fllountie, pommissionelr Wood, of; the RCMP, replyliig tj a request py Piblicity Director Gerry. Geldeirt toi assign a rcd-cated Mbuntie to accompanyf theV display! said tht it would be I impossible fpr hiim to do so because members of thp force were assigned only for Federal Government displays, jilowever, Cbmiilssloner compromised py Offering td oijt-fitfa offer in corhplete uniform which; cold be placed lat trie side of the bdoth. i (In connectloh fith the display, itf was decided have printed 100,000 convention folders apd 1,000 City qf Ottawa booklets tQ be distributed visitors at the sows, as well 50,000 j-etujm crds to be issufd to those who wuld like to jwrilc to the Bureau liter to get more informat on about tourist Attractions.

t'A proposal to publish a shopping guide for tourists was voted dpwn. Most of tfte membe-s icft tpat such a project would txi a lfttle risky since fsome merchants njight be inadvertently omitted fj-om the guide land ill-feeing tould result.) i i Alderman Coulter said that he rfiain purpose pf the Tourist Qureaii was tb gci people come to Ottawa. i "After the toifists get to khe city then it isupo the merchants cbesterfields I quality4bu covering chesterfield arid f. contrasting turquoise or I 7 In. bluel it A III lhi 1 Here's i ly.attres Lbok stripedN 3 3 4' ach.

Monday to jjpatufda tq C.D.SXahd fdr yourself buv a tat spring lent over the felt fiUlneili 9 themselves to take the necessary steps to interest them in their he said. Alderman Pingle I' was of a simllai" opinion; Mt would be convenient for the 'tourists to have such sf shoppingxguide but I think it is! I little dangerous ror us to undertake publication of one because! we do not I want to create any antagonism jamong the business; Establishments and ourselves by such a he said. was decided! that publication of the Tourists' Guide wouli be strictly! a Bureau venture! and that! advertisements would be eliminated from its pagei. 1 si Mrt Geldert called attention to a 40lpage article in the Novem ber '(ssue of National i Geographic magazine, profusely illustrated, withl beautiful color photograpbj of typical Ottawa scenes, fpraise for Mr. Geldert.

Riferrlng to the article, Alderman! Coulter, paid tribute to Mrj. Gelert'a work in publicizing Ottawa. if "ie is getting a great deal of publicity in United States he said. "Most of this is being done at no cost to us and ha been possible mainly through untf rlng effortsi of our publicity director." Geldert read a letter from Mrl. VV.

Q. Ketchum expressing heis appreciation for flowers the committee sent; to her husband in Ottawa Civ Hospital follow inc an acciden The financial Istatement showed that jthe corhmlttee had spent ,469.62 of their 'estimate of $2 ba ,356, leaving an unexpended ance of Present werp; Aldermen Hami QueryjS Parker. Avery5, Shaw, Pingle find Coulter. WAGE VOTE. i TORONTO, kov.

10. Some 4.700 i Toronttj; Transportation Ccn mission yrorkers, members of ithe Street Railway and Motor Cdach Employes Union (AFL), will yote Noyp 16 on acceptance of Inegotiated lavage increases. It was understood the Union's negotiating commtteKhad bargained fof hourly increases averagiruj lOflZ cents. 1 chair in wine col- L.J.: unhv' chair in wine col- I 13' CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES uimtr 159-50 Duncan PHvfe We Pabular and fol the living handsome table room lor dinette. SoSiq hardwofcd ccjnstruction, veiecr top in jHch Walnut fin-isrf leaf support! ana Heavy peaesiai base with chfrActertstlc prass claw feet.

Sife closed afebut 17" 36 ontned about 86" 146. Seat urf io -six uicpple 4 Q-T cofniortablyj: ach icn jeacn uipfuu yj7 ses 25. pwt i Si i thP 15W Tnen come in see thesq fine mattresset What grand chance good? Quality rhattreps at a price shouldn't break Jthe budget Innef matferesscs.ined; with 180 resil- tepipefcd coll prirtis, sisal pad Borings to protect the layer Covered with, attractive cotton ticking i and id r. bed a.m. I to 50 p.m if to fit i I ldth.h.

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