ao oon Oe woe a JRL LTE UL JU ta Wrestling, boxin features Most people like picnics. squirmers .performing® especially lady reason for attending the nint of Labo - but everyone likes a h annual United Labor Picnic, at Confederation Park, North Burnaby. g, sports r to be held on Au wrestling squirmers - all of which gives everyone picnic gust 13 match with professional a first class to be held Sunday, August 13, Qualifying contest for popular girl finalists The first big event in the Popular Girl Contest which is a ‘feature of this year’s ninth annual United Labor Picnic will take place this Friday, August 4, 8 p.m.; Memorial Park, to compete for the. title when'the ten finalists will be of Miss B.C. Labor of 1950. Square dancing on the ‘lawn, a short musical program, topped off with punch and small cakes will provide an evening of entertain- ment and a few anxious moments as the votes are counted for the popular girls. Eleven-year-old Dickie Robertson is one of the contestants in North Vancouver and besides her sweet smile she .,,,. : — can claim | other tal- ents that Bitte Dickie re - § cently pass- ed her third Dickie year ballet, examinations with hon- ors and will be one of the perform- ers at Memorial Park on Friday. This young miss is a conscien- tious little fighter in the labor movement too, for she delivers a _ Pacific Tribune bundle each week and wins new readers for the labor press, _ The other ‘three North Vancouver contestants,- Minnie Leyshan, Aud- rey Beynon and Marion Woods are chosen UU LOU er tir it tir it dt dit it it tit | Peace plea spurned by CCF convention Despite an appeal from six former Manitoba and Ontario MLA’s, the CCF national con- vention here last week spurned the Stockholm peace petition— an action for which M. J. Cold- well, CCF national leader, had prepared the way by a false pre- convention statement. And to emphasize their action, convention officials had the Hotel Vancouver management request peace canvassers to leave the en- trance to the Mayfair Room where delegates were meeting. LULU LULU LU ULM ei Mt tnt Tit tent ttt Women demand price controls on basic foods : €ager candidates and the competi- tion is bound to be keen. Memorial Park is at Windsor Street and 41st Avenue, served by the Fraser and the 41st Avenue bus lines. ~ Subs for week: 30 Last week the number of subs _ received at the PT office increased to 4. This week the total is down which means that some people who Were reading the paper are not _ getting it, to say nothing about new . readers, ‘ Motto of our supporters should be: How to win subs and influence _ people—but first, we’ve got to get ~ the subs. TORONTO A demand for the re-imposition of price controls on_ basic foods was made. last week to Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent by Mrs, Alice Binley, president of the Housewives and Consumers Fede- ration here, In a telegram to St. Laurent and to Finance Minister Douglas Ab- bott, Mrs. Binley declared: : “Meat and the necessary foods for working people are now denied them by outrageous prices. Act immediately to defend Canadian families from the scourge of under- nourishment. Control prices and curb profiteering.” Mrs, Binley stated that the Housewives and Consumers Fede- ration fvas planning a national campaign to have price controls restored. , ¢ “Mr. Abbott promised the peo- ple of Canada that when prices went up price controls would be brought back,” she said, “The wo- men of Canada must act at once to compel] the government to live ‘ up to this promise.” ‘ STANTON Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries SUITE 515, FORD BUILDING, 198 E, HASTINGS S8T. (Corner Main & Hastings Sts.) MArine 5746 & MUNRO PACIFIC Jack Cooney, Mgr. - FERRY MEAT MARKET 119 EAST HASTINGS: VANCOUVER, B.C. FREE DELIVERY Supplying Fishing Boats Our Specialty 9588 Nite Calls GL. 1740L ‘PT Clippers now One of the highlights of the big affair this year will be the wrest- ling and boxing card, with featured bouts between professional George Bunka and Bill Mason‘ and Mickey Walker versus Clair Robinson. / Headline wrestler bout will see lady Kory Palmer tangling with the equally attractive toe twister Lou Traub. The boxing card will see an exhibition between Golden Glove aspirants Ronnie and Albert Crump, twin brothers who were the hit of recent amateur box- ing shows, The ring in front of the grand- stand will also see a weight-lifting act, and a hand-balancing act feat- uring little Kathy Steele and her father. ° With just one more week before the big event, the picnic committee has completed final plans for the program, now shaping up to be the most extensive and interesting in the history of the picnic. ~ KATHY STEELE The committee has drawn atten- tion again to the following feat> ures: 'The Popular Girl contest, with ten finalists lining up on August 13 for the honors which go to the girl who gets the greatest num- ber of votes. An International Restaurant serving tasty national dishes, A contest for the best national costume with a $10 first prize and a $5 second prize, A “Gayway”, complete with “mushburgers” and hot dogs, and ice cream for the children. A musical program, and _ taxi dancing for later in the: day. Track and field sports for chil- dren and adults, fied for fop spot After losing the first game of the last half of the schedule to Hammond 7-2, the PT Clippers won the next four games, taking South Burnaby, 14-3; Collingwood, 7-25, Swanson’s, 6-0; and the league lead- ers, Acme Machinery, 3-2 last Mon- day night. ° This win puts the PT Clippers in a tie for first place. The team meets Acme again this Friday night, and the results of this game may decide the league championship. A win against Acme would probably cinch first place for the PT boys, forcing Acme, winners of the first half of the schedule, to play them for the Whatever your talent, you still have the opportunity to express it in the peace poster and song con- test being sponsored by the Pacific Tribune in conjunction with the annual Labor Picnic to be held at Confederation Park on August 13. A number of entries have al- ready been received at the PT office, but as yet the response falls far short of that required to make the contest the success it can be, Nor does it reflect the talent within the progressive labor movement, For the best three peace posters prizes of $25, $15, and $10 are being offered, with similar prizes for the best three peace songs. Rules for the contest are simple. Entries for the peace poster con- test may be in water color, show- card, oils, pen and ink, pastel, full color or black and white, on card or paper measuring not more than 14 by 22 inches, This contest is open There's for you CON Prize, $15. Third Prize PACIFIC CLOSING DATE AUGUST 9 : Have you entered PT poster, song contest ? Have you any good ideas for a poster — a peace poster? Or, if you incline more to verse (and you might be surprised how many readers of the Pacific Tribune do express them- selves ‘in verse) then perhaps you would like to try your hand at writing a song — a peace song. to all except professional artists. Entries for the song writing con- test should be limited to three ver- ses of not more than eight lines each and a chorus. This is the maximum length, and within this: limit entries may take any form, with or without chorus. All entries must either be deliver- ed personally of mailed to the Paci- fic Tribune, postmarked -not later than Wednesday, August 9, and all peace posters entered will be on display at the Labor Picnic on August 13, at which names of the prizewinners will be announced. ~ There is no limit, in either con- test, to the number of entries sub- mitted by one person. In awarding the prizes, judges will consider interpretation of the peace theme chosen and quality of craftsmanship, with the age of the FOR A FOR A PEACE | | PEACE. SONG POSTER . In each contest a First Prize of $25, Second SPONSORED BY In conjunction with ANNUAL LABOR PICNIC competitor also taken into consider- ation, : still time fo enter TEST $10 are being offered. TRIBUNE FOR FULL DETAILS SEE THIS ISSUE OF THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE (Place cross Ey All entries will be on dispay at Annual Labor Picnic ‘at Confederation Park, August 13. ——— Se eee ENTRY FORM PEACE SONG [] PEACE POSTER the league championship, All entries must be delivered or mailed to Pacific Tribune, 650 Howe Street, postmarked not later than midnight, Wednesday, August 9, AUS dota PACIFIC TRIBUNE—AUGUST 4, 1950—PAGE 6