FARM FACTS

advances

Cash advances averaging
$750 to $800 per farm are being
paid to prairie farmers on grain
stored on theif farms, accord-
ing to information released by
the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
recently. © These advances,
long demanded by the farm-
ers and promised by the Pro-
gressive Conservative party
during the June, 1957 election
campaign, were made neces-
sary due-to the slow move-
ment of grain to markets and
fair to bumper crops in most
districts over the last 15 years.

For several years following
world war two the four princi-
pal wheat exporting countries,
Canada, U.S.A., Argentina and

Australia, sold their export
wheat under the International
Wheat Agreement (IWA)

which allotted certain quotas
to each country with Canada’s

share of the available market ~

somewhat related to our pro-
portion of the total exportable
surplus.

But in recent years. this
agreement became inoperative
when the government of the
U.S.A. set out to sell Ameri-
ean grain wheréver they could
regardless of the needs of their
competitors.

This ‘has been a big factor
causing the most severe glut
in our history in Canadian ele-
vators to the extent that when
the 1957 crop was harvested
many local elevators were still

4

Vancouver 10

Af

*

SEASON’S GREETINGS
TO, ALL OUR CUSTOMERS |

UKRAINSKA KNYHA

Personal Parcels to the Soviet Union

(Russia, Ukraine, Byelo-Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
and other Soviet Republics)

652 Kingsway (at Fraser)

HOURS — 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
(except Sundays)

SERVING VANCOUVER AND ALL OF B.C.

For your convenience, we now have for sale: suiting,
© yard goods, leather and many other articles to facilitate
you in preparing your parcel.

at

Also a good selection of books in the Ukrainian and
= Russian languages for purchase.

rain
on gra

bursting with grain held over
from previous years. In many
cases even the farmers’ gran-
were full before
harvest and without the cash
to buy building materials the
farmers were obliged to pile

aries also

their grain on the ground, pro-
tecting it as best they could.

Complaints, about U.S. pol-
icy in this respect_have. been
loud and bitter. As it is even
now, out of $800 per farm not
many farmers will have any-
thing left after paying the ex-
penses of harvest and thous-
ands of those with small hold-

ings will ‘not have received
that average.
Sie ee

Canadian farmer organiza-
tions have been demanding of
the federal
more aggressive policy of sup-
porting farm prices.” A. dele-
gation from the Canadian Fed-
eration of Agriculture, backed

government “a

by the Saskatchewan Feder-
ation of Agriculture and the
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool met
Agriculture Minister Douglas
Harkness recently and present-
ed a brief embodying this de-
re-

mand along with other

commendations.

Phone: EX. 3118

wet

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers admitted in Supreme Court here last week
that they dug three tunnels under a home and c rawled in far enough to seize a nine-yeat-0©)

Doukhobor child for detention at New Denver school.

The child took the stand and testified that the RCMP had dug tunnels under his

home to capture him and force him to attend school.

This evidence was given
during a trial before Mr. Jus-

tice Wilson in Supreme Court. |

Plaintiffs were John Savin-
koff of Passmore and his son
Peter.

They alleged that on June
1, 1956, RCMP officers entered
their home to seize the lad
because his parents had not
sent him to school. They fin-
ally found the boy in the cel-
lar, hiding between the floor
joists. When they could not
reach him the police removed
planking from the outside of
the building and dug tunnels.
Savinkoff claimed his house
was damaged to the extent of

Dance at Pavilion
New Year’s Eve

For the first time a New
Year’s Eve dance will be held
this year in the picturesque
Swedish Park Pavilion at the
north end of-the Second Nar-
rows Bridge in North Vancou-~
ver.

Completely renovated, with
a new floor, a beautiful dining
room, and heat recently in-
stalled makes this scenic “folk
park” one of the most popular
dancing spots locally.

The dance starts at 9:30 p.m.
December 31 and runs to 2
a.m. For books for holiday

parties, phone MA 4090 or EL-

1012.

$200, and the boy suffered’ a
cut forehead and some bruises.

Savinkoff sued for $200 dam-
ages to his home and asked
unspecified damages for his
son for alleged assault.

Defendants in the case were
Staff Sgt. W. J. McKay, Cpl.
Borodula, Cpl. T. R. Tobiason,
Constables R. R. Miller and

Brian Bowron.

Cp]. Alexander Borodula ad-

mitted that three tunnels had:

been dug by the police. He
said: :

“Jt was an unusual appre-
hension. We have never had
to dig for a child before, but
they always hide.”

Former constable Ernest W.
Lowe, Calgary, said he crawl-
ed in the third tunnel far
enough to reach the lad’s
ankle. The boy then said he
would come out.

Lowe said the boy was dirty
from crawling around under
the building but» he saw no
cuts or bruises on him when
he carried him to, the police
car.

Peter, now 10, is one of some
90 Sons.of Freedom Doukho-
bor children held in New Den-
ver for schooling.

Freedomite Doukhobors op-
pose sending their children to
public schdols because of their

w

RCMP tunneled under home —
Ottawa pays cash fo capture Doukhobor 9-vear-oh 4

i

isin

Christian pacifist beliefs. Th”
claim that war is glorified ™
history textbooks. q

Island Labor mourts
oassing of unionist —
NANAIM

Frank Tuomi of Ladysmill
well known here in the lab!
movement, died at the Lady”
smith General Hospital afl@)

a prolonged illness. He was*"
years-of age. _ |

Tuomi was born at Kasélt
Finland in 1905 and im!
grated. to Canada in 1928. Ht
spent many years in the 10
ging camps of B.C. as fall
hooker and splicer, and we
an active member of the i
since the union was firs)
organized,

He leaves a _ wife,
sons and a daughter.
REARANASA ANA NGARA

NEW YEAR’S
BANQUET AND DANCE}

DECEMBER, 31st |

at 6:30 p.m.

Russian People’s Home
600 Campbell Ave.
2A GAY TIME IS ASSUR
Dancing ‘til 1:00 a.m
Admission $3.00 per pers”
Advance tickets available 4

the Russian Hall
i SSERSARSA MAA RA OD

ty)

N

44

RSSRISARSE

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

COMING EVENTS

DEC. 2

— Albert Truman’s

ANNUAL DIN-
NER. Good home-cooking -
cefreshments. Saturday, Dec.
21 - at 805 East Pender St.
(Ukrainian Hall), at 6:30 p.m.
Proceeds to PT. Everyone wel-
come.

DEC % — Special Boxing
e

Day showing of
a New CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
FILM — ‘The _ Bag-pipers’
THURSDAY - DEC. 26 at 8
p.m. Ukrainian Hall - 805 East

POSTAGE STAMPS wanted.
Donate your used postage
stamps, any country, includ-
ing Canada, _ particularly
values above 5e and perfor-
ated OHMS or overprinted
OHMS or G. Stamps should
not be torn or mutilated
and are best left on paper,
with perforations not cut
into in trimming. Resale
proceeds go to Pacific Tri-
hune sustaining fund.

NOTICE

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE
OFFICE WILL REMAIN
CLOSED ON SATURDAY.

Pender St. Everyone welcome.
JAN § — “ZAPOROZHITS

A ZA DUNAYIM’—
Beautiful Ukrainian operetta
on film. A performance all
will enjoy. Film showing to
be -held on Sunday, January
5th at 8 p.m. in the Ukrainian

Hall - 805 East Pender St.
Everyone welcome.

BUSINESS PERSONALS

PATRONIZE POLITANO’S
BARBER SHOP — 204 Main
St., 2 blks. north of Hastings.

0.K. RADIO SERVICE —
Latest factory precision
equipment used. MARINE
SERVICE, 1420 Pender St.
West., TA. 1012.

HASTINGS BAKERIES
—Seandinavian produch) 7)
specialty. 716 East Hast)”
Street.*Phone TA. 9719:

REGENT TAILORS LTD
Custom Tailors and B
to wear. For personal "j
vice see Henry Rank) |
324 W. Hastings St.,
couver 3. PAcific 8456. )

HALLS FOR RENT )

RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HO
Available for meetings, ¥y
dings, and banquets at 4)
sonable rates. 600 Cam?”
Ave. TA. 9939.

CLINTON HALL, 2605
Pender. Available for "4
quets, Weddings, Meet!
Etc. Phone HA, 3277.

PENDER |
AUDITORIUM |

(Marine Workers) |

339 West Pendet
LARGE & SMALL HA
FOR RENTALS
Phone PA. 9481

December 20, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PA

e