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2 THE OTTAWA OTJRHAL, TOD AT, DECEMBER fit 1S15. 1 Canadian An ALL THE Randolph Churchill British Coal Nationalization Is Enormous Task 1 12 Biggest News Stories of Year In Chronological Order NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (BUP) The United Press today an-' nounced its selection of the 12 biggest news stories of 1945, judged in terms of surprise, significance and headline display. In chronological order the list follows: Roosevelt dies at Warm Springs.

April 12. Italian partisans execute Mussolini. April 28, radio announces Hitler's death. 1. Germany signs surrender at Reims.

May 6. United Nations organize for world peace at San Francisco. Charter completed June 26. Labor party wins British elections. July 26.

Bomber crashes into Empire State Building. July 28. Potsdam Declaration. Aug, 2. Truman announces use of first atomic bomb on Japan.

Aug. 6. Truman Japan accepts surrender terms. Aug. 14.

German war criminals go on trial at Nuernberg. Nov. 20. UA.W. strikes General Motors.

Nov. 21. V. 1 i ae h.M I Jiff III "Stent By RANDOLPH CHUB CHILL. Spatial Jaaraal LONDON, Dec 14.

Questions asked in the House of Common recently indicated that the output, per man shift in American coal mines is nearly four times than in Great Britain. The price of British coal, f.o.b., is nearly twice that of similar American quality. What is the reason for this apparent American superiority? The coal royalties were bought for the State by the Conservative Government just before the war. The new Labor Government have pledged themselves to nationalize the British coal industry itself during this Parliamentary session. Informed opinion considers that rat this stage nationalization will stop, short at the pit head.

The amount of reorganization required to go even this far is so enormous that the Government will not have the time to carry coal nationalization to the ancillary Industries (such as coke ovens and gas works) for at least another two years. Accept Report. The late Conservative Government appointed a committee under the chairmanship' of Charles Carlow Reid, Director of t. Army Chaplain Murdered ORILLIA, Dec. 14.

(CP) The full story of the death of a Canadian Army chaplain, Capt. W. L. Brown, of Orillia, Ont, near Caen in July, 1944, may be told at the war crimes trial at Aurich, Germany, of Nazi Kurt Meyer. The padre, "son of Mr.

and Mrs. George C. Brown, of Orillia, is listed as one of the 114 Canadian prisoners murdered by the Germans in the area around Caen and Authie. When last seen by his comrades, he was standing beside a jeep which had been gathering up wounded. His body Was found July 10, 1944, on a roadside near Caen.

He had been killed by shooting, soldiers' 'letters1 to his parents stated. Capt. Brown was buried July 11, 1944, at Beny-sur-Mer. Ham DaIavKawu et r4 (ia A-TVTA mm 4 CWlMVVUil Vltki came to Orillia In 1912 when he was a year old. He received his early education in Orillia and then went to Huron College, London, to study for the ministry.

Early In the war he enlisted at Windsor, where he had been assistant at All Saints' Church, and served with the Essex Scottish Regiment. Later he was stationed at Debert, N.S.V, as chaplain of the Greys and SimcoeF. The Gift Svpromt Finest I 1 Per Skin Neckpieces 1. MOLOT Fur Stylists 181 RIDEAU ST. FIBS TINY TOT SETS KECORD Nothing slf-consclous about this warmly-bundled little miss above," whan a photographer' happened along, just as she was about to achieve distinction in the field of aviation the youngest passenger so far to fly the Atlantic.

The little traveller she is 15 months old is in the arms of her mother, Mrs. whose husband, Major Everard, centre, is returning to his station in South Africa after a stay in Vancouver, B.C. Rt Hon. Malcolm MacDonald United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada, is the third person in the group, which left in the British Overseas Airways Liberator seen behind them, early Thursday afternoon for Scotland. A Wonderful Gift! Your boy or girl will want a sleigh for Christmas a sleigH that can glide over hard snow or ice like the wind a sleigh that is sturdily constructed and lasts a lifetime.

Baby Rail SLEIGHS 3.75 High Runner SLEIGHS 2.25 Sturdy Flat SLEIGHS 1.50 2J w-: Largest City in (ran Besieged by Rebels TEHRAN, Dec. 14. (JP)A hih Government source said today that the iall of Tabriz, largest city in Iran's northwestern province of Azerbaijan, to rebellious tribesmen, is imminent. The announcement came as Pro vincial Governor Bayatt arrived in Tehran after a flight from the besieged city. Governor Bayatt said he had been forced to leave Tabriz by leaders of the move ment for local autonomy.

WATCHET, Somerset, England CP) Worried about losing his money While on holidays, a local man sewed 700 ($3,150) in the inside pocket of his overcoat Then he left -the coat on a bus. There was a happy sequel, however, for the coat was returned with the money intact. Ski Poles CLEARANCE of TOYS and GAMES A great variety to choose from Give SUPER-HEALTH ALUMINUM for CHRISTMAS a gift truly appreciated! FURNITURE STORE 222-228 BANK CALL 2-3721 are flat and haulage by locomotives is largely employed. In the United States one haulage worker is employed for every 50 tons of coal produced while in Great Britain the figure is one haulage worker for five tons. In order to understand this extraordinary difference in efficiency We must consider the history of British coal, fields going tpck in some cases to early Victorian times.

These were -the days of the pioneers hard-working, adventurous men, who set out to; get cheep coal- They believed in' competition and were prepared to meet it. As soon as a mine was sunk the cry was for output. 'Planning was on a short-term basis. Coal struck at the bottom of the vertical pit shaft was followed along the winding contours of the seams. Tortuous Passages.

-The years passed and coal was hauled greater and greater distances through these tortuous underground passages, at first by hand, then by ponies and later by The result is that today many British coal mines are fundamentally badly laid out The only hope of installing a modern system of underground transport is to sink the shaft farther and then drive new main roads in unproductive ground at gradients suitable for locomotive haulage. American conditions in the last half of the nineteenth century were probably no different from those' described above; but there was one essential difference in the geological features underground. In the main the American seams are flat; of a convenient thickness and free from faults. Thus development, haphazard though it may have been, took place on a horizontal level at right angles to the shaft. As mining technique improved it was comparatively simple matter for Americans to enlarge and improve these level roads to enable them to accommodate modern haulage locomotives.

The nearest comparisons which can be made with rega'rd to British underground conditions are those of the Ruhr and the Dutch coal fields. It is interesting to note that one-half of the Dutch coal mines are owned by the State. They are exceptionally well laid out and efficiently oper-. ated, and their output per man shift is as high as anywhere in Europe. (To Be Continued.) Abolish Appeals Hearing Date Not Set Yet No definite date has yei been set by the Judicial committee of the Privy Council for the hearing of an appeal as to whether Parliament has the right to abolish appeals to the Privy Council, Justice Minister St.

Laurent said last night in the Commons. It was hoped the matter would be dealt with on the Easter or the Summer roll. An attempt had been made to have the case heard last Autumn, but three provinces wished to appear and were not ready to proceed. He could not say which provinces supported the appeal and Which opposed it. It had been discussed Jn very general terms at the Dominion Provincial Conference.

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Optical Parlors ta Pr lad pal ClUas FACTORY SERVICE for CONNOR WASHERS AUW Production, Ministry of Fuel and Power, and formerly general manager of the Fife Coal Ltd, to report on the coal industry. This- report, known as the 'Reid Report, was presented to the Conservative Government on March 14, 1945, and has since been accepted by the Government as the, basis upon which the British coal industry should be reorganized under nationalization. The Reid Report shows clearly that owing to different geo-. logical features no true comparisons can be made between the coal industries of Great Britain and the United States. Underground conditions are totally different and much in favor of America.

Transportation Bottleneck. In the main British coal cutting machinery is good. The British problem today is the transport of coal underground. That is the bottleneck. Much of the coal is at present conveyed from the coal face to the pit bottom by a succession of rope haulages along steeply inclined The United States enjoys much better natural conditions.

Coal scams B.E.M. Is Tribute To Press Drivers AURlCH. Germany, Dec. 14. The British Empire Medal was awarded today to Private Robert Louis (Tubby) Fontaine, of Newmarket, Ont, for more than two years driver with the Canadian Public Relations Unit In every campaign that the 1st Canadian Division and then the 1st Canadian Corps waged, Fontaine went into forward areas, as often as nine or ten times a day.

Tubby grinned his way through Sicily and Italy and finished the war in Holland with the 1st Corps. News of his decoration was received with satisfaction by old-timers still with the Public Relations Unit They know the decoration isn't Tubby's alone. He just typified the gang fellows like Hank Price, of Calgary; Will Gilbert, of Woodstock, Ont; Noel Marion, of Gatineau Point J. A. McGregor, of North Sydney, N.S.; Bert Thompson, of Edmonton; A.

T. Whittle, of Kirk-land Lake, Ont, and Davie King, of Burlington, Ont, who was wounded at Anzio. in Italy. Andrew McCulloch Native of Lanark Dies VANCOUVER, B.C., Dec. 14.

(Special) Andrew McCulloch, a native of Lanark, Ont, who built the Kettle Valley Railway for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Southern British Columbia, died yesterday in a PentTcton, B.C., hospital. He was 81. Mr. McCullach, who retired on pension from the C.P.R. in 1933, was sent west In 1910 by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, to start work on the Kettle Valley line.

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22 VISIT OUR TOYLAND Lanark' Garagemen Hold Annual Meeting 1 SMITHS FALLS, Dee. 14. (Special) The annual meeting of the Lanark County" Garage Operators' Association here last ve-ing took the form of a banquet in the Russell Hotel, when T-bone steaks topped the menu. Upwards of 100 were in attendance from the various towns in the county. John Wood, president, welcomed the members to Smiths Falls, and gaVe an especial welcome toTa number of returned members of the branch who were resuming their former occupations.

President Wood received hearty commendations for his efforts in establishing the branch from al members. He vas appointed delegate to the annual meeting of the Ontario Association in Toronto. In dealing with apprentices certificates a committee of four was appointed: For employers, James Dulmage, Carleton Place, and Bert Mattie, Lanark; for employes, Claude- Frayn, Smiths Falls, and Gordon Lindsay, Perth. A list of mechanics and apprentices in the county is to be Officers for the coming year are: President Joseph Perkins, Perth; past president John Wood, Smiths Falls; first vice-president, George Ryder, Perth; second vice-president, Percy Barr, Carleton Place; secretary, John McGlade, Perth; treasurer, Bryant Robinson, Perth? directors, James Dulmage, Carleton Place, James Barr, Perth, OHn4 Currle, Smiths Falls, Bert Sergeant, Lanark, and P. Klnsella, Almonte.

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