-rogram One of the most interesting usical events of the season ill take place at the Orpheum mmphony Orchestra under the ton of Gregori Garbovitzky, id with Jan Cherniavsky as (est pianist, will present an -Russian program. mcluded among the numbers to played are Mussorgsky's “Night Baid Mountain,” Tchaikovsky's sancesca de Rimini,’ the Sailor's mee from The Red Poppy, and a up of Russian folk tunes by -dow. ixplaining his reasons for pre- ting this program. Conductor rbovitzky told The People: Soon I am going to speak to a up of young music students. TI | tell you now what I am going tell them, because T Sincerely be- fe it to true. The Russian peo- are unique in that they learn rything they set their hand to ckiy and completely. Before Peter the Great intro- ‘ead a few western ideas, there 5 in jRusSia no classical music we understand the term. By the inning of this century the Rus- is were full masters of western cure, And today they have > further. They have created vy ideas, their culture has ma- 2d, and I believe that in many igS—miusie is but one example— y are leading the world in cul > and civilization. Unfortunately, the lack of re- rsal time has made it impossible present the works of the Rus- 1 moderns, Stravinsky, Shostak- th, and Prokofieff.” arbovitzky particularly emphas- { the importance of the eight ¢ tunes of Liadow. [hese simple songs explain,” he lared, “more than any set of imes can explain, the very soul Russia.” gone a sd Ast. 0240 7166 E. Hastings lastings Steam Baths Vancouver, B.C. _ ways Open — Expert Masseurs in Attendance a.m. to ii p.m... . 40c and 50c Yowll Enjoy Our HOME COOKING - at the Sheily Coffee Shop | 121 West Pender OVER + jtributed through the IODE. 40 YEARS Friendly Service to the Working Man oles. GC: Home of INION MADE CLOTHING 45 EE ‘AST HASTINGS ST. ers will be advised in f P. A. Woodward To Head Aid To Russia Fund A provisional committee set up here to establish the British Columbia section of the Cana- dian Aid to Russia Fund hopes to raise $75,000 towards the official national quota of $1,000,000 in the campaign launched last week. ma The provisional B.C. committee includes P.A. Woodward, who has been approached to act as chairman; E, ©. Buckerfield; Roy Brown, editorial director of the Vancouver Sun, publicity Fishermen Opposed To Holiday Proposal Comment on the Christmas tie fishermen, which is being opposed Fisheries Minister Ernest Bertram when he arrived in the city this week on his first official visit to the Pacific Coast. Bertram Said the question was now in the hands of Selective Service. A recent letter sent by the Her- Ting Canners’ Operating Committee to the United Fishermen’s Federal Union, Local 44, declared: “We can fully appreciate the rea- Sons for the fishermen wanting a long Christmas holiday, but without reference to such reasons, we must protest this long tie-up period in the middle of the herring produc- tion season, solely on the basis that during war, every effort should be made by everyone to produce &@s much as possible of those com- modities termed war essential.” Stating the union’s position in a letter to Major Motherwell, chief Supervisor of fisheries, Secretary W. T. Burgess, pointed out that the Majority of herring fishermen in B.C. are pilehard fishermen who operate continuously seyen days a week from the end of June to the first of October, under very strenu- ous conditions. The only break these fishermen get is the one to two- week period between their return from pilchard fishing and the start of the herring operations, during which time they are busy deepen- ing their seines for the herring and Overhauling boats and equipment. The union maintains that unin- terupted fishing through the entire season would “constitute a menace to conservation,” and points out that operators opposed a Christmas lay-up period long before the war, their sole reason being the slightly higher cannery costs it would in- volve for themselves. Youth Colleets Books For Troops Over 400 books and 1000 maga- zines were collected in the Labor Youth Federation’s drive for books for the troops last week. Despite rainy weather twenty LYE mem- bers and twelve coldiers turned out for the canvass covering the dis- trict from Trutch to Alma Road on Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth, and from Trafalgar to MacDonald. After the collection, the canvass- ers gathered at the Youth Centre for an informal social evening. The books, which were collected in two army trucks, will be dis- The their Book Household- advance when collections are to take place. LYF plan to make Blitz a weekly affair. John Stanton Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 503 Holden Bldg. 16 EF. Hastings St. MAr. 5746 . -up of pilechard and herring by operators, was refused by Radio Speaker }an increase in production and that jis an | wards victory, it was emphasized. SSeS se SSS Representing the poultry in- dustry on a “Farm Forum Round Table Discussion” program to be carried by radio station CBR next Mon- day, Dec. 14, at 7:30 pm., will be Clem Willingdale, president of the Pacific Coast Poultry Producers Associa- tion and candidate for reeve in Surrey municipal elec- tions, Accident Toll Heavy Loss of 214,000 man-days for pro- duction of an important war ma- terial through acidents in the Brit- ish Columbia logging industry is computed in figures released by the safety branch of the provincial de- partment of labor. Average time loss due to a logging injury is 60 days, an official stated. On this basis, 3567 time-loss ac- cidents were responsible for the 214,000 -man-days lost. Additionally, 34 lives were lost in the industry, entailing a cumulative loss of 204,000 man-days, and a loss of enough to have purchased more than $1,250,000 worth of Vic- tory Bonds. Every accident prevented means important contribution to- 207 West Hastings Street DR. W. J. DENTIST CURRY Tel. PAc. 1526 chairman; Mrs. John Hill, honorary secretary; Nathan Nemetz, city bar- rister; John Goss, famous singer; Mrs. K. W. Bladen and Paul Aiva- zoff. Sub-committees have already. been formed in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay. Among members of the Victoria committee are the Right Reverend H. E. Sexton, Bishop of British Columbia, chairman; Mrs. Nancy Hodges, MILA, vice-chairman; G. EK. Morison, honorary secretary; Ken Drury, editor of the Victoria Times, publicity chairman; Miss Margaret Clay, Victoria librarian. Groups and organizations want- ing to participate in the campaign will be chartered as sub-commit- tees, it is understood. At a concert held here last Sun- day under auspices of the Federa- tion of Canadian Russians, a total of $5796 was raised to provide twenty ambulances for the Red Army. A number of local artists contributed a program featuring a display of Russian dancing, a selec- tion of Russian airs by a string orchestra under the direction of N. Malanchuck, Red Army and folk songs sung by a choral group led by D. Vychristov. $63,000 Raised At Toronto Rally TORONTO.—At the Aid to Rus- Sia Rally at the Maple Leaf Gar- dens attended by 17,000 Toronto citizens, $68,540 was contirbuted to the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. Indians Donate To Russian Aid OTTAWA. — Resources Minister Crerar, on behalf of the Old Crow band of Indians in northern Yukon, has presented $360 for the pur- chase of medical supplies for the Russian people to Fedor Gusey, Soviet minister to Canada. The money was collected among tribe members by Chief Peter Moses. “Thanks te Russia’ J <, Campaign Starts NEW YORK —The period be- tween Thanksgiving and Christmas has been designated to express “the intense admiration and grati- tude of all Americans for the fight the Russian people haye made and are making at Moscow, Leningrad, Sevastopol, Stalingrad and on every inch of their 1,800 miles of battle front,” it was announced here re- cently. Throughout New York, volunteer workers of Russian War Relief, Ine., are collecting signatures and contributions in a Scroll of Greet- ings campaign—the major activity of the “Thanks to Russia” period. Raymond Massey, Canadian-born actor, has been chosen national chairman of the campaign to send greetings from the people of the United States to those of the Soviet Union. and a group of |! Ukrainian Canadians To Meet The Ukrainian Canadian As- sociation will hold its first pro- vincial conference in the city this month, it was announced this week. Attended by dele- gates representing branches throughout the province, the conference will open at 10 a.m, Sunday, December 20, in the Croatian Educational Home at 600 Campbell Ave. Formed here a little over a year ago, the Association since its in- ception has combined the cultural activities it has carried on among: Canadian Ukrainians with a great deal of war work It took an active part in the campaign for a “Yes! vote in the plebiscite on conscrip- tion last spring, in the Red Cross campaign, and the third Victory Loan drive, and helped to raise $20,000 for medical aid to the Soviet Union in a national campaign. Central theme of the coming con- ference, to which representatives of local Ukrainian organizations are being invited, will be mobilization of Canada’s Ukranian Canadians be- hind the war effort. The Ukrainian Canadian Associa- tion will conduct a campaign for aid to the Soviet Union from De- cember 20 to January 31, for which Plans will be worked out at the conference. The campaign will of ficially open with a concert on December 20, presenting Wkrainian songs,, music and dancing. On De- cember 19 a five-act Ukrainian drama will be staged. Both affairs will be at the Croation Educational Home, and both will begin at 8 p.m. at the EMBASSY 1024 Davie {UNION HOUSE PAc. 761] Meet Your Friends at the REX CAFE Ltd. “Where All Union People Hat” HOME of TASTY MEALS J. Mirras, Mer. § EAST HASTINGS STREET bo PAIN 3 $2.15 per Gallon Kalso, 4 Ibs. 25c e Mills’ 156 West Cordova St. Buy now while buying is good! mY 100% Union House PAc. 0634 Meet Me at KING’S CAFE for a Square Meal! THE BEST OF FOOD Your Host .. GEORGE DRICOS 212 Carrall Street c3 = 4 be eer ec @ ATTENTION! ... $200.00 IN PRIZES! 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