The Edmonton Bulletin from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 3

No Decrease in Prices Seen Before Year's End Edmontonians, scanning the economic horizon for indication of a decrease in the cost of living, will see anything but favorable signs at least until the beginning of the year. Prediction came from J. Douglas Gibson, Toronto, research director of the Bank of Nova Scotia and formerly economic advisor to the wartime prices and trade board. Generally, prices have not yet reached their peak, Mr. Gibson believes.

No decline can be expected until at least the turn of the year. By then, the results of the United States' biggest corn crop in history will be affecting meat supplies. Recent downward trend of the U.S. cotton crop will be making itself felt in clothing price reductions. SOME OBVIOUS Right now, says the economist, some decreases In the price of luxury goods are obvious, chiefly because retailers are finding factory production increased in these Navy Recruits Get Best of Recreation Post-war training and fort, on a Navy, advises in charge at naval careers offer Canadian men athletic recreational facilities, along with personal comscale unprecedented in the Royal Canadian Petty Officer R.

D. Makara, recruiting officer HMCS Nonsuch here. With more than a dozen popular from which to choose, the recruit of today has the opportunity of congenial enjoyment, along with top physical fitness. Halifax, largest Canadian naval base, boasts one of the finest recentres to be found anycreation, the Dominion. PO Makara declared that facilities there a are SO varied that an enlisted man could attend the centre at Halifax every night for two weeks, and not do the same thing twice.

Among recreational activities are included half a dozen bowling alleys, swimming pool, weight lifting and oval track. There also is a combined library and reading room. Ships based at Halifax hold regular periods of physical fitness training there. The gymnasium is staffed by qualified instructors, who organize the many sport activities carried on at Halifax. Not only service personnel, but also their wifes and may take advantage of all recreational and atheletic facilities, PO Makara said.

The extra-large gymnasium, accomodating 3,000 persons is often turned into a dance floor, the largest in Halifax. Divorces Granted Four decrees nisi of divorce were granted in supreme court today by Mr. Justice Boyd McBride. Decrees were granted to Marie L. Kellett from Charles R.

Kellett; Alex Seniak from Annie Seniak; John Wirsch from Bertha Hirsch, and Gordon W. Glaholt from Sisilotte Glaholt. Police Seek Missing Girl Seek Girl is being sought Gilker, 15, who lived at the former and has been Wednesday, Oct. 13. Betty Betty Gilker after school, was which the girl going to work in the city, had told her teacher, that she through school and is dark-haired with gold teeth.

She was grey coat, white sweater, plaid loafers when last has asked anyknowledge of her contact city police Red Feather Drive Reaches Half-Way A 15-year-old girl by police today. She is Betty with her parents American air base, missing since A pupil of Sacred Heart school the girl is said to. have alighted from a bus near the school Wednesday and walked on past it. Later her mother, inquiring at Pete's Waffle Shop at 97 street and Jasper avenue, where the girl sometimes worked given a letter in stated she was the country, near Previously Betty mother, and wanted to go take up nursing. The missing girl and dark-complexioned fillings in her front wearing a short blouse, grey plaid skirt, and brown seen, The girl's mother one having whereabouts to here.

objective. With canvassers and officials doubling their efforts, returns have shown a marked increase during the past few days. The business zone canvass, with a total of 1,200 calls, has completed more than 500, and secured a total of $9,508 on an objective of $16,300. In the industrial area, calls have been reported showing a total of $63,513. The drive total in this district is for just over $106,000, and is expected to be met with the more than 400 calls yet to be made.

FALLS SHORT Meanwhile, pleasant weather conditions have assisted door-to-door canvassers in the large outlying neighborhood areas. The present total of $2,663 falls far short of an original $25,300 goal, however. This represents more than 800 calls, but are being made in increasing volume every day. Along with the above groups, several individual employe-groups were completing mid month payday drives, and complete returns should be made soon. Among those staffs were members of the RCAF Edmonton station, North West Air Command and Western Army com- The Edmonton Community Chest drive today stands at $75,685, just past the half-way mark of a $148,500 Special Meeting Rutherford Home and School Association will hold a special meeting Wednesday evening in Rutherford school at 8 p.m.

Following business meeting. parents will be conducted on a tour of classrooms where teachers will be on hand to greet the parents. An Emergent meeting of Edmonton Lodge No. 7, A.F. A.M.

G.R.A., will be held in the Central Masonic Temple, Edmonton, at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20th, 1948, for the purpose of attending the funeral of our late Bro. Alexander R. McKenzie. All members are reuested to attend and members of sister lodges invited.

James Hunter, Worshipful Master lines and buyer resistance noticeable. "Food prices are still up; they will probably go higher within the next few months. Clothing shows no marked decline in price; rentals show no indication of being reduced, and automobile and steel goods are still short." Edmonton, because of its byleaps-and-bounds growth is high rentals a little more drastically than other cities, Mr. Gibson said. "Throughout Canada about four-! fifths of the tenants are living in housing accommodation which existed before the war and is therefore fixed as to rentals.

"The remainder who need accommodation must take recentlybuilt houses or apartments and consequently are obliged to pay prices two and three times above those charged tenants in accommodations occupied for some time. "In Edmonton the rapid growth of the city means that there are more of the latter class of tenants than former." In the international trade picture, Canada's credits are increasing U.S. exports, chiefly in lumber, pulp and. paper and coarse grains, and aluminum; less favorable is the fact that British Empire and European countries have reduced their Canadian purchases as a result of the dollar shortage," Mr. Gibson said.

Former Postmaster Dies In Edmonton Edmonton's postmaster from June, 1930, to April, 1946, Alexander R. McKenzie, died Monday. He had been in ill-health for some time. Mr. McKenzie joined the postal service here in July 1906, and rose through the ranks to assistant postmaster in August, 1923.

He retired on pension April 1, 1946. During World War One he served with the postal corps overseas, and later with the army of occupation. He is survived by his wife, one brother, William R. McKenzie in Victoria, B.C., and three sisters, Mrs. Ann Wyneken, Miss Ada MeKenzie, Evanston, and Mrs.

Dollene Rummell, Oxnard, California. Funeral services will be held on McBride's Wednesday at chapel. 4 p.m. Rev. at Howard Canon and.

M. Nainby will officiate and interment will be in the Edmonton cemetery. POTATO POTATO EDMONTON. (CP) -A 21- pound potato, almost circular in shape and inches in diameter, has been grown by R. Pelkie, in his garden in Edmonton's north end.

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F. Worthington, 59- year-old expert on armored warfare, has been appointed co-ordinator of "civil defence Defence Minister Claxton announced today. Military informants placed some emphasis on the planning nature of the new job as the announcement said "it has been decided not to try to set up local committees at this time." WAS IN EDMONTON Up until his retirement, Gen. Worthington commanded Western Army Command here in Edmonton for, several years. Main task of the short, stocky and blunt general was nicknamed Fighting Frank by soldiers -will be to supervise the creation of plans for civil defence which could be placed in operation ft war became imminent.

It was indicated he will travel extensively, checking on vulnerspots and advising local authorities on what to expect if the international situation grows tense. WILL CO-ORDINATE The formal announcement of his tion of federal departments that step would be to plan the co-ordinaappointment said that the first would be involved in civil defence -defence, health and justice. Government sources said they do not consider the time has come to start digging deep shelters and involving people in full-time civil defence activities. On the other hand, they made it plain they considered the time has come--partly for morale, partly for strategic reasons--to prepare some future day. PRAISE FROM CLAXTON "We are fortunate to have a man of Gen, Worthington's proven qualities to undertake this important job," Mr.

Claxton said in announeing the appointment, "During his career as a soldier he displayed great qualities of leadership in addition to high administrative capacity, "In each of his commands he was highly successful in gaining maximum civilian support. As commissioner for the Red Cross he played a major part in dealing with the Fraser Valley flood situation. He knows every part of Canada and is liked just as well as he is known." NEW ATTEMPT MADE TO SEAL NO. 3 Success or failure of another in a repeated series of attempts to seal errant Atlantic Leduc No. 3 oil well will be known today.

Crews have made repeated attempts to finally seal the one-time wild well during the past two weeks without success. In the latest attempt, a cement plug was set in the well Monday and crews are now waiting to see if it will succeed in stopping the tamed runaway. One attempt to.drill out the plug was made early but the cement was found to be still too soft for drilling. If, when the cement has set, drilling restores circulation in the well the attempt will have failed and another cement plug will have to be run. Go Government Amends Sanitary Regulations New amendments to provincial ling local health boards authority which do not comply with were announced today by the Under previous regulations local boards of health did not have this authority, but had to appeal to the provincial government for necessary powers.

The regulations provide that the owner of the eating place shall be notified in writing within 24 hours of the reason for the closing of his establishment. The new authority is part of one of seven new sanitary regulations in the administration of the provincial health laws. MORE SINKS The regulations insist eating places shall have two or three for the washing and steriliza(sinks of dishes and utensils. All new eating places will be required to have three sinks, but those now in operation may continue with only two for a time, provincial health authorities said. Another new regulation authorizes any member of a local board of health to inspect any premises at any time, night or day, when it is suspected improper sanitary practices are taking place.

Regulations governing the location of cess pools, and of toilets at eating places are also included. Ancient Greeks believed that it grew warmer and warmer as you went south, and that if you went far enough you would die of heat. MacKinnon Defends Stand on Frenchmen Sharp denial that secrecy of three Frenchmen admitted tions of wartime collaboration came from Hon. James A. of mines and resources, in Immigration authorities have no proof that the men are convicted collaborationists, Mr.

MacKinnon said. Nor was any request received from the French government for their return to their native land. "There is not -nor was there ever-any secrecy surrounding the four cases- -that of the three Frenchmen and of Count Jacques de Bernonville-which are now being discussed publicly," Mr. Me- Kinnon said. ORDER MADE French government however, did request the return of de Bernonville to France, he said, and deportation was ordered.

Admission of the Frenchmen was handled in a routine way, and were only four of the hundreds of cases concerning persons who enter Canada irregularly in an effort to get away from difficult conditions in their own lands. They were admitted because, "as is found in many cases" it was believed they would be of value to Canada, the minister said. Discussing the immigration picture further, Mr. MacKinnon said 79,336 immigrants entered Canada in the first eight months of 1948, compared with 32,808 during the corresponding period in 1947. Particular study of the settlement of 500 Maltese here is being made by immigration officials.

"Malta is the only sanitary regulations, givto close eating places provincial santiary regulations, provincial government. Steel Cuts No Worry 10 Oil Men Cuts in importation of steel from the U.S. announced by the Canadian expected to government have Monday are effect not any great on development of Alberta oil production. Officials of companies dealing in oil well supplies in Edmonton today explained the probable effect of cuts pipe on for oil the field already-tight work. supply VERY TIGHT NOW Consensus in Edmonton today is that supplies of pipe cannot be preciably cut without seriously hampering oil field development.

This is not expected to happen. In the words of one Edmonton distributor, "The pipe situation is so tight now we couldn't get less." "I believe will be looked after as far as development work is con- cerned." SEES GOVERNMENT AID "The governments," he continued, "both U.S. and Canadian, realize the importance of oil development and they will do everything to help us." He pointed out that supplies of pipe were assured even during war years and predicted that in view of the developing international situation, goverhments will be inclined to favor demands of the oil industry. Court Orderly Dies In City Judges' orderly at the court house for the past 10 years, W. F.

Roberts died Monday after a brief illness. Mr. Roberts collapsed Saturday after attending to his duties or orderly throughout the morning. He was taken to a city hospital, but failed to rally and died Monday evening. He was prominent in musical circles in the city, and was a member of the Welsh Male Choir.

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Edmonton banks have offered to continue accepting donations during the next few days, although the downtown headquarters in the provincial buildings were closed during the past week Residents who have not been solicited can make their contribution through the bank, or mailing it to a Community Chest headquarters, 10128 98 street. 'V' Belts Pulleys ALL SIZES LOW PRICES Mail Orders Shipped C.0.D. 24-Hour Service G. R. WILLIAMS AND COMPANY LTD.

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