THE PEOPLE® Ss ADVOCATE Page Five ‘s oe || Mae Pap | Bulletins ener M Ss Le od | By JEAN CAMERON The I See’y, Eriends of the Mackenzic- e | Tailor : : Papineau Battalion Suits Made on Premises 657 Granville St. WE item of information which reached this office last week was welcome, though it had a darker side. Instead of 38 Can-_ adian prisoners in Eranco’s prison Camps, the Vancouver of fice has been informed that there are 80, which Means that many who wer€ siven tp for lost will now be returning. But it also means that we will have to raise $150 each for 80 men instead of 38—which amounts to some $12,- 000 besides caring for the wound- ed and sick on their arrival. We're not complaining—we only wish the 600 casualties listed were actually taken prisoners. But there’s our problem. Please help us solve it. lin Se ee ee Sheet Mictal Works LAKES & NINNIS Furnace Repairs and Sawdust Burners 7952 Gommiercial Dr. High. 2250 Lee leet ada tema nent : q Complete 1 Laundry Service... OREERS in the Mac-Pap of- Aes W fice are now very busy an- ee sSwering correspondence and var- 5 Sines ious enquiries, and there is still 4 sty a big demand for speakers. The latest turn of events in Furope are impressing people more and more to a need of finding out for themselves just what is happen- The Only Trade Union Paper ing, and they are turning to the in the Fishing Industry Spanish veterans for an answer. ~Publishead every other Tuesday e by Salmon Purse Seiners Union Sand Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union. > Rates: SL00 Year — 60c Six Mos. 164 East Hastings Street 3 READ i ‘THE FISHERMAN’ URRY Workers and Farmers Association, Local 5, held a social last week which realized 39.35. A little girl, Kathleen West- dorp, made a beautiful cushion which was raffled off during the evening, proeceeds of which amounted to $3.45. On the air: HOPE some a the readers of this column went to see the 3 gate! one-act plays at the Maple Hall LABOR NEWS last week. The Capitol Hill dramatic eroup has certainly a8 Siven us consistent support. This of HIGHLIGHTS is the second time they Have given us an affair for our fund. Presented by AL PARKIN HERE is one veteran in the hospital at the present time and he will be there for some time yet For those wishing to do some visiting, we would ask them to get in touch with our of Sponsored by the fice. Mare Haidane will be going = in shortly for another amputa- People’s tion to get ready for an artificial lex. Bill Tough was fittedr up Advocate With a temporary artificial leg last week in preparation for the real article. ~ e@ COMING EVENTS — Monday. April 10, at 8 pm., at 2242 Com- mercial Drive, there will be a benefit performance of plays— one comedy and two of social Significance—under auspices of the Progressive CCF Club. Next Thursday, April 13, at 8 p-m., in the Cambrian Hall, Seventeenth and Main, the South Main Joint Benefit Committee is staging three one-act plays in aid of the veterans. Everyone should try to geet out to these performances. The drama has been allowed to lapse here in Vancouver since our supreme effort in “Waiting For Lefty,” and it’s time we re- vived the stage as a social me- dium. Dr. TUESDAY and FRIDAY 5:45 P.M. over CKMO Douglas PATRONIZE OUE ADVERTISERS PURE FOOD PRODUCTS : Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, New Westminster, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton Kelly Douglas Co. Ltd. Canada Vane ouver : EE ¥O99909999999909099999900009496006004060000000 New Age Book Shop 50-a East Hastings Street Vancouver, 8.C. 99 G9-9999$6-06:0904496664044400O009G05O8O0OaCG BOOKS — PAMPHLETS — PERIODICALS STATIONERY LENDING LIBRARY Agents for “LABOR MONTHLY’’ “WORLD NEWS AND VIEWS” CALL IN AND LOOK GCGVER OUR STOCK ( Galento Surveyed By WPA Project By LEFTY Se TT TOOK five medicos to find out whether Tony Galento iS was organically sound, did it? Why only five? After a quick eslimpse of the Galento midriff your correspondent feels that a physical examination of that notable alderman should take a soodsized WPA project, at least. The examination could be started by sending out a small surveying crew (say a half dozen men) who would measure Anthony's altitude, take preliminary soundings to determine his girth and latitude and then report back to the home office. The sur-,% veyors should be followed by a map-makine expedition, which would chart out the surveyors’ find- ings and pave the way for the ac- tual arrival of the sawbones. Twelve docs should be enough under all normal conditions. Two could be assigned to each leg, one apiece to the arms and the remain- ing six should concentrate on the Galento torso. This leaves the head out, doesn’t it? Yeah, but if you’re fighting for Joe Jacobs that’s im- material. “Please belch, Mr. Galento,” or- der doctors one to six inclusive, piastering his chest with stetho- scopes. Mister Galento obliges. “Sounds like cardiac sehlerosis,” Says Doc Wo. 1. “Td say it was pulmonary cirr- hosis,” says Doe Wo. 2. “Annheuser —- Busch,” Doe Wo. 3 tersely. “Guinness is good for you,’ adds Doc No. 4, shaking his cranium sagely. “Ammmmm,” frowning deeply, very serious.” “Are those spots before my eyes,” queries Doc No. 6, “or did my wife forget to clean my cheaters?” is) HE medicos then strap the Jersey beer barrel on his back and proceed to make a blood test. A chemical analysis of Anthony’s gore reveals the following interest ing: components: i2 percent Grade A malt. 23 percent brewers’ yeast. 123 red corpuscles. 54 pereent. Rupperts Extra Pale beer (12 cents per bottle, special rates by the case). 3 white corpuscles. comments opines Doc No. 5, “this may prove © percent fountain pen ink (blue). id collar button. i7 percent pretzel crumbs. “This adds up to i112 percent,” comments Doc Wo. 10, rubbing his whiskers with the back of his scalpel. “I would say that Galento is well above par in this depart ment.” The whole examination ought to be conducted in the same burleycue manner. Phoney Tony's physical condition doesn’t make any differ- ence, anyway, and 150 sawbones couldn’t convince this scribe au contraire. The only point to the medical look-see is to convince the insur- ance company it’s all on the up- and-up when they start paying off Phoney Tony’s policy after his de mise at the hands of one J. L. Barrow (known to the cash custo- mers as Joe Louis). Se HE five horse doctors may be able to convince New York's | Three Dumb Dukes that Phoney Tony is in physical shape to fight Louis. But they can’t sign the only certificate which really counts— i.e., viz, and e.g.: “I hereby certify that Anthony Galento has suf ficient boxing ability to be allowed in the ring against Joe MLouis, world’s heavyweight champion.” But what does Phoney Tony eare? Union wages for deepsea divers are around twenty bucks per diem. Galente will get up- wards of fifty grand for just making one dive—probably in the first or second round. He can then retire to his Jersey alehouse and give the merry ha-ha to the suckers for the rest of his mortal life. It’s nice work if you can get it. Pro-Ree Gymnast Cavalcade Nears Rivalling San Francisco’s Cavaleade of the Golden West, feature attraction of the Treasure Island Fair, the Provincial Recreation Centers’ annual spring championships are rapidly drawing to the most ambitious climax yet attempted by Van- ecouvers many Pro-Recs—a three-day cavalcade of gymnastic performances unequalled anywhere else in Canada to date. Ushered in by the Centers’ own gymnastic championships on April 20 in the Hastings Park Forum, where hundreds of young athletes will- District, and the Hraser Valley, the Pro-Rec “cavalcade” will con- tinue in the Forum the next day with the spectacular 5th Annual Mass Display witnessed by 6,000 people last year, and will terminate with British Columbia’s first Do- minion Gymnastic Championships in the Vancouver Auditorium on April 22 when the countrys high- est ranking gymnasts will vie for national supremacy. In preparation for these biggest Pro-Ree dates of the year, Director Ian Eisenhardt has seheduled the first mass rehearsal in the Beatty Street Drill Hall for Wednesday, April 12, as follows: 2 to 4:30 p.m., Women’s Keep Fit Center (Mrs. D. Bruin in charge); 7:30 to 10 p.m., all other Women’s Centers (Mrs. H. Keatley in charge). Concurrently, special practices for men participants are being ar- ranged in the Pro-Rec Athletic Club by the Centers’ various in- gather from ,Club every Sunday afternoon from all parts of the city, Victoria and | 2 to 4 p.m. (with the exception of Easter Sunday). While admission to the PRC competition will be made free to the general public, tickets for the Mass Display and the National Gymnastic Championships may be procured from any of the Center instructors or from the Centers’ head office, 604 Hall Bldg., TRinity 3467. Cross Country Run Stanley Park will again form the background for the Centers’ An- nual Cross-Country Run on the afternoon of April 22 when Van- couver’s Walking Club will also conduct its yearly competition. Last of the Pro-Rec sponsored championships for the current year, the BC Amateur Wrestling Cham- pionships wzvill be held on the night of April 28 in the Pro-Rec Athletic Glub, 804 West Pender street. Hin- tries for these events should be structors. Ail Pro-Reec men gym- i : nasts are invited ot attend similar | addressed to Eric Martin, recorder, rehearsals in the Pro-Rec Athletic | 604 Hall Bldgs., Vancouver, BC. invite Fishermen Continued Appear At Ottawa : Fishing unions in British Colum- WOMEN bia were invited this week by A. E. 3 MeLean, chairman of the federal fisheries committee, to agree The former group, under Sid. jointly on the sending of two rep-| Sheard’s leadership, has a big resentatives to Ottawa to testify before the committee on their de— mands for abolishing fish traps. The wire was addressed to A VY. Hill, secretary of the Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union, asking him to communicate with other unions on the matter McLean also invited the PCFU to submit a written brief putting forward the union position. Hill told the Advocate he was in communication with other groups on the matter and would endeavor to have representatives selected to travel to Ottawa. The fisheries committee will dis- cuss A. W. WNeill’s amendment to the Fisheries Act urging a ban on fish trap gear in Pacific waters after the current 1939 season. 1r— 24 Service Hour imperial Oil Products HASTINGS & DUNLEVY Mechanic on Duty ee 1940 > iLeo Mogensen Y affair arranged for April 22 at 130 West Hastings. Erna Whitman has sold seven subscriptions of the 12 turned in by the Hotel and Res- taurant employees’ committee. stil in the Grandview is lead with the Seamen’s Club having sold 13 subscriptions as tabulated Monday. Serbian Club leads all BC with 71 percent of its objective reached while others given in percentages are: RPWU, 41; Burnaby, 16; Grassy Plains, 16; Prince Rupert, 12; Grandview 65; and Vancouver Center 42. 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Today, Christian missionaries coming to Free China — as dis- tinguished from parts now under Japanese military occupation are already arriving by trucks Via British Burma, retracing the steps which Marco Polo took in the MITT century when he came to China. ODAY traffic is growing thick-— er and thicker every day on the highway from the border of British Burma to Kumming, pro- vVineial capital of Yunnan iin southwestern China. ft is the Chinese themselves who built this international road. Foreigners who recently arrived in Chungki- ang, China’s wartime capital in Szechwan, paid a high tribute to the Chinese engineering skill. It took them only five and a half days of unhurried motoring from Lashio, the Burma fron- tier town, to Kumming. About three-fourths of the road is al- ready surfaced. A loan has been extended to the Chinese for the purchase of British trucks to travel on this new highway. But this isn’t all. 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