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Watch radios _
for defects

MIDGET RADIOS: If you are
Willing to sacrifice the fidelity
and full. ess of tone of the better
large radios in order to get a
Tadio of small dimensions, light
Weight and lower cost, a midget
Set may’ be a good buy for you,
according to Consumers Union.

But if you are wise, you'll
listen to at least two or three
Sets of anyone model before
Making a purchase, and buy from
2 reputable dealer who will ex-
Change the radio for another se

if a defect becomes apparent
after the set has beea taken
home, ;

FM COMBINATIONS: Unless
you are prepared to pay a steep
Price for an interim device, Con-
Sumers Union’s advice is: wait
a bit longer before you buy an
FM combination. Right now most

Sets are very: expensive and
none of those tested takes advan-
tage of the full possibilities of

reception, which in a good
FM set should reproduce almost
the entire range of audible sound
and practically eliminate static
€nd background noise. Although’
CU has rated as Acceptable nine
Out of thé 18 sets tested so far,
it is with the reservation that
next year, for about the same
amount of money, you'll probably
be able to buy a much better set.

ELECTRIC CLOCKS: Whether
You can use an electric clock
depends on whether the electric
current jin your community is
110-voit 60-cycle, alternating cur-
Tent which is frequency-regulated.

the current is correct and de-
Pendable, electric clocks offer
Considerable convenience over
SPring-driven models.
ne nere électrie models can be
‘ eat Satisfactorily, the clock pur-
: 8sed should have the following
pores: lost-time indicator (to
aw that current was shut off
rT clock disconnected), legible
luminous dial, sturdy and

Construction, and easy
and if it is an
easy and! accurate

and satisfactory
"tm tone and duration.
VACUUM CLEANERS: The
Eeerae vacuum cleaner market

*t8 nothing very different from

® prewar cleaners, but you'll
Probably have to pay $10 to $15
more now. In tests of 35 clean-
be upright, tank and_ stand,
omens Union found price

ferences of from $15 to $20
“Mong cleaners similar in’ clean-

Rg ability and construction, with

© price advantage often on the
Ra of less well-known brands.

© choice between uprights and
mics Should depend on what is
= Wired of the cleaner. Uprights

S likely to offer miuch faster

removal for rugs but at-
nments are relatively difficult

use; tanks have the ability
do a variety of cleaning jobs.

Te

JOHN STANTON
; Barrister Solicitor

: Notary Publie

502 Holden Bldg. — MAr. 5746
. Night: ALma 2177-M

She’s a willing pupil

Five year-old Charlene Ruth Fisk, of Rockford, Mich., who
was crippled by a mowing machine on her father’s farm, uses
her artificial forearms and hands as she starts school. Charlene’s
teacher says she is, a happy child and “wonderfully adept” in

the use of her artificial hands.

LIVING COSTS

Unions open grocery stores

to fight food

DETROIT—As part of

profiteering

their campaign to combat

rampant profiteering in foodstuffs, some locals of the CIO
United Auto Workers here are setting up grocery stores
in their union halls and selling food to their members at

cost,

She’s sweet, she’s lovely,
she’s Barbara Jo Walker of
Memphis, Tenn., who won the
title of Miss America at the

recent Atlantic City contest. A
2l-year-old haze l-eyed brun-
ette, she’s the first southerner

to win the crown.

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Excellent Acpustics

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, Renovated—Modernized—Hall Large and re Sa mee Ls
DANCING — CONVENTIONS —

Triple Mike P.A. System —

Wired for Broadcasting
$89 West Pender Street

One ‘local representing 16,000
workers at the Briggs Manufac-
turing Company’s plant here has
authorized the expenditure of
$10,000 to open a grocery store
in its union hall. Union officers
will act as grocery clerks and all
foodstuffs will be sold at cost.

This week, a local representing
employees. of the Ford Motor
Company purchased $1,500 worth
of canned goods, selling the en-
tire stock to workers within a
few hours of putting it on sale.

Active consumer resistance to
high prices, organized by CIO
unios, was reported from both
Detroit and Toledo, O. In the
latter city housewives were con-
ducting a ‘chain telephone’ cam-
paign to persuade their friends
not to buy high-priced foods. The
Toledo, Joint CIO -Council also
voted to begin mass picketing of
food stores “to display the feel-
ings of the American’ worker.”

Bed-ridden woman

leads prices drive

SPRINGFIELD, O. — A _ bed-
ridden housewife here is urging
housewives everywhere to join
her campaign to lower prices by
boycotting such high priced items
as meat and dairy products.

Mrs. Nellie Strong, a _ victim
of rheumatic fever for 26 years,
said in an interview over a na-
tional radio network (ABC) she
believed prices could be lowered
by consumer restraint and by

buying substitutes for high
priced items where possible.
Mrs. Strong, who is conduct-

ing her campaign to enlist the
aid of other housewives by tele-

phone, said she hoped the boy-|
cott idea would spread to other
cities. .

A similar campaign already is

being conducted in Toledo, O.,
by Toledo Housewives, Inc.
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é For Ladies and Gentlemen ey 105 E. Hastings Vancouver
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EF . ra :
Ray, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947

Talking things over

The daily round

I OPENED my newspaper on Monday and there it was:
“Consumers braced themselves today for another upward
surge of living costs as Ottawa threw overboard all but a

few price controls.” Here we
and-bear-it attitude. Frankly, I’m
sick and tired of ‘bracing my-
self’ and as for the poor old

go again, the good old grin
PATTERN FEATURE

budget it has been on such wob-
bly props these past few months
that no amount of bracing will
do the slightest bit of good.

Our family is really going to
Jo the ew fashions justice, what
with the wasp waists back in
style, and of course the long
skirts to hide knobby knees and
lean legs.

One thing I would like to know
is what the government is going
fo do with alZ the money it
formerly allocated for _ subsidies.
If we continue paying the same
taxes and at the same time we
have to pay twice as much for
goods, then somebody is takiag
an awful lot of people for a ride.

You know Canada is supposed
to be a wealthy nation, but it
seems that the only part of the
so-called national wealth thatac-
tually enters into the collective
possessions of the people is their
national debt. E

It’s a fact that although most
of us are earning the same wage
as a year ago and some of us a
bit more, we're all a great deal
poorer now. The big boys kick
like anything when their em-
ployees ask for a raise, and yet
these same workers are supposed
to buy the. goods they produce
at an ever-inereasing price.

* * *

WITH THE packinghouse work-
ers out on strike we are all on
slender meat rations these days,
but we'd gladly do without meat
if the workers are able to get
their raise in wages. Sometimes
you'll hear women shoppers com-
plaining about “these strikers!”
but if- they stopped to think a
minute of the state of their own
husbands’ wages they might
change their ture.

Shortage in meat lines such as
bacon cannot be blamed on strik-
ers, because the companies have
been keeping their supplies in
storage in order to get a higher
price. When I read about all the
bacon sizzling in the fire at the
Alberta Meat Company’s plant the
other’.day- I nearly dashed out

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WEEKLY EXERCISE

there to get at least a whiff of
the 8tuff.
: * * *

MOST OF US, however, accept
the meat situation in the right
way, and start racking our brains
for subsititutes. Here are one
or two suggestions for meatless
days. Have you ever tried -stuff-
ing tomatoes with a mixture of
chopped hard boiled egg and sar-
dines? You’ve missed’ out on a
sure thing if you haven’t. Or
what about creamed tuna (tins
of minced tuna are_ relatively
cheap) with gréen peas on’ toast.

All fish and fowl will come in
pretty handy these days, and if

you can get a tin or two of can-| chance

ned sausage it might be a good
idea. Cottage cheese with fruit
salad provides the necessary food
values for a meal as well as being
mighty tasty.. Any cheese dish
such as macaroni and cheese or
cheese souffle, provides a warm
meal as well as a good portion |
of, protein. With these hints in}
ming it shouldn’t be too diffi-|

cult’ to be a vegetarian for the)
duration of the strike—B.G.

Bread hoist may
result in probe

OTTAWA—The combines inves-!
tigation branch of the justice de-
partment is attempting to. find
‘out whether there is any con-.
certed action on the part of
Canadian bakery interests to in-
crease the price of bread and
other bakery products in viola-
tion of the Combines ay |

|

tion Act, F. A. McGregor, com-
bines investigation commissioner,’
said here this week. :

In the event of the evidence!
warranting it, he said, an investi-,
gation -would be made into the!
matter. |

Holding that
posture line

Lady, hold that line! » Your:
posture line, that is. If you've
let your figure go for severa¥
years, and if you’ve: had childrer
recently, chances are you’ve de-:
veloped a sway back and a
slightly rounded pair of shoul-
ders. But no réasoi to look old’
before’ your time. Straighten up,

there, and\ give your lungs ‘a'‘
to’ function ‘the way’
nature intended. 4

First of all, stand with your
back against the wall. Heels
should be touching the wall, and
So should your shoulders, hips’
and back of your head. Look ‘at’
some object straight in front. of'
you. Looking down at your feet*
is cheatizg. (And it will give!

‘you a double chin ‘too, so in this’

exercise honesty is the best pok
icy). Now, without bending your,
knees, try to push. the center
of your back against the wall.
Push hard—you can’t make it,,
probably, but in time you “will.

Get that back as close to the
wall as you can, hold it, and
walk away in that position:
That’s right, don’t hold your
breath. Now, holding the position, ‘
walk around the’ room several.
times. Relax, and repeat the:
whole thiag again. é

And while you. hold the posi-:
tion, glance at your reflection im;
a full-length = mirror. Yoiks!-
Twenty pounds gone? It’s no
optical illusion. Sometimes whot
looks like excess weight is mere-
ly poor posture and. relaxed
muscles.. This exercise, besides
being good for you, is a moral
builder. Try it first thing every
morning.

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