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BRITISH LABOR GOV’T FACES CRITICAL TEST TODAY

Noisy Scenes As Gardiner S

. Change In P. E. I. Illicit

Drinking Habits Noted In Annual RCMP Report

iiearly $2,000,000 For liquor Spent in P. E. i. Last Year

Liquor sales through Govern- ment vendors’ stores during the period April 9, 1948 to March 31. 1949 amounted to the sum of 51.919.837.99, according to the first annual report of the P E. 1. Tem- erance Commission tabled in the Tgglsiatllre yesterday.

The gross profits amounted to 1586.024, leaving a net profit of ;vm.7l9. The net P‘bflt during the rt-coding year under the old rohibltion Act was 3627.182.

Charlottetown liquor sales for the period reviewed amounted to 5999.125. with vendors in other cen- in‘: reporting as follows: Sum- merside, $483,261, Alberton 8107.985. Cardigan $107,414, Souris $117,511.

Resident permits numbered 9,- 559 throughout the Province, div- ided as follows: Charlottetown 5,- 950: Summerslde 2.343. Albertori (T4. Cardigan -156, Sourls 336. A total of 2.115 tourist permits were Issued.

Expect Case To Go To Jury Today 87 snriiFc'svsssrr

Mirfcammn. N.l«I.. March s-— IAPI —- Presentation of evidence

in the historic Sander "mercy death" murder trial was coiopleted lite today. - '

The wind-up come sniid clashes of words and “ 1 opinions on how the cancer-riddled Mrs. Abbie Borroto met death.

The case is expected to go to the all-male Jury tomorrow after final Irsiiments by counsel and the iudge's charge.

Move To Repeal Margarine Taxes

WASHINGTON. March 8—(AP) -Senate approval today sent to Illa Whifr House a bill repealing all federal taxes on oleomargai'- Int, effective July 1. The Senate lmsvd the measure by vote oi 5'! to 20. The House of Represents- tives cleared it yesterday. 262 to 106. President’ Truman has advo- cated repeal of the taxes.

Coming E_vents

."Ml11 Your Filcna to Gsrnhum Pioto Studio. Charlottetown. Party. Ulgg Orange arch 9th.

“Crolrinolc Hail. M

"show Moreu every Friday '51.»: 5 o'clock.

"Cleaning Timothy Seed during

“Wit-h ol March. John Lard. Drapaud. "Attend the carnival at Sea

View rink Friday, March 10. Be turn 10 come in costume.

"Come to the Crolrinole Party in Brookfield l-lsll. Friday’ night. \fI.i'ch loth Admission 25c and 35¢. free lulu-1|-_

"Hiimpshira Bulldogs vs. Y. - C. A., Wiltlhire rink tonight. ‘min: after. Canteen service.

“Costume skate.‘ broom hockey. ‘mini and other contests end lots :23 North iuiatioo mat, many.

"Loading Hogs st rroderlcton "QM 9111.111: ll A.as and Col- vlha till 11.30. Phone 27-12!. D. In McDowell.

"Cockdiutt Plough 00. giving e moving

Ellie after. closed truck lesvse lfkat Suuere at I o'clock.

teno -—_‘."" PM {North River ‘Iii-any .

"A change in the drinking habits Of those patroniung the illicit trade is indicated ii the con- tinued decline in the gallonage of illicit liquor seized last year in Prince Edward Island, gccm-ding to the report of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police which was tabled in the Legislature yester- day by the Hon. W. E. Darby, At- tornq-General.

in moron or the above state- ment. the report said that the sale of home-made beer in urban cen- tres “has practically stopped and considerable Vendor's beer and ii. quor is being resold to the boot- logger."

The total wssh. beer. spirits and extracts seized under the provig. ions of the P.E.I. Temperance Act and Excise Act in 1949 was ap-‘ Dfoximlleiy L066 gallons. as com- pared with 2.947 gallons in 1943 and 8.974 gallons in 1947.

Excise Act

In addition. under the Excise Act. ill complete stills and two partial stills were seized. Com- parative flaires are: 1948, 40 stills and six partial stills; 1947. 29 stills. I

‘I24 investigations, including non- resident searches, were made un- der the Excise Aot. resulting in 84 seizures. 87 prosecutions and 10 convictions. This compares with 93! conviction: in 1948, whereas

in 1947 there were 887 invesilga- ‘

lions resulting in sixty seizures, 62 prosecutions and 52 convictions.

Temperance Act

A tohl of‘ 2,fi'lo‘,.investlgation!'=

were made during the year under the Temperance Act. with 505 con-- viciions being registered. I1’: 1948. there was a total of 1,806 in-.’

vesiigstlons under the Prohibition}.

Act and PJLI: Temperance Act. re-'‘‘ sulting in 440 convictions and 2.- N2 investigations were made un- get the Prohlbiltion Act in l947. esulting in 417 convictions. In- cluded in the 2,570 investigations were L958 non-resultant searches under this Act. The bulk of these were made in Charlottetown and Summersidc.

Sixteen appeals were entered against convictions under the Temperance Act during the year.

The total lines imposed under the Teniperance Act were $24.66!. as compared with a total under the Prohibition Act and the P. E. l. Tenipersnc Act in 1943 of $22,736 and under the Prohibition Act in 1947, of 313.889.

Activity under the Customs Act is reported as being "at a minimum". During the year, in- formation received indicated that there was some contraband liquor on the illicit market. Investiga- tion resulted in one fairly large seizure of rum. A small seizure was also made during the year from a member oi the crew of a steamer which was taking on cargo in Summe-rside.

Enforcement Methods

In the Charlottetown detach- ment. two liquor squads of three men each are maintained. One squad operates in the City and the other in the Charlottetown de- tachment area and elsewhere with-

Says Suplus Of Food Not large In Canada

OTTAWA. March 8 -— (GP) Amid one of the noisicst scenes of the current session. Agriculture Minister Gardiner declared in the Commons today he would hesitate to tell the world that Canada has any large food surpluses available.

Shouting to make himself heard, Mr. Gardiner said Opposltio mem- bers were gettlng "exclted“ be- cause Canada had a. “little surplus of cheese, a little surplus of but- ter and a little surplus of honey."

"If they were in power. we would be back to the old unem- ployment. position we were in in the 1930s." said the Minister amid applause from Liberal supporters. who drowned out the angry inter-

Agi iculture Minister Gardiner. whose speech yesterday touched off a noisy outburst in the Hollie 4wf~-£onsmonI.‘_- ' -

s '-' . 'Ijectlons of bppoaitionlixiembers.

The hubbub started when Mr. Gardiner. having passed the 40- minute time limit on speeches. be- gan to needle the Oppos . Same Progressive conservative and C.- C.F. members began «shouting "time." The louder they‘ shouted. the more the Minister raised his voice. when he was drowned out, he resumed his seat.

of Mr.‘ Gardiners severest critics. tried to get the floor to ask the Minister a question. The Liberals tried to shout him down and he took his seat after Deputy speaker J.A. Dion gave the nod to-0.2:. Johnston (SO — Bow River).

Request for Food

Mr. Gardiner said that within the last week the government has received a request from o commit- tee of the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Ne- tions for the “surpluses we have in Canada to offer to thewcrld."

The surpluses amount to a “lit- tle blt of cheese. a little bit of but~ ter and I little bit of honey."

Throughout his oil-minute speech Mr. Gardiner revived many of the issues of the general Federal elec- tion campaign last summer. He read into the record the text of s radio broadcast he had made dur- ing the campaign and which, he said. has been misquoted by op- position members.

He denied that he and Trade Minister Howe had contributed to the government's majority by "misrepresenting" the trade situa- tion to the people.

Besides Mr. Gardiner, speakers in

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Love-Angle Witness . Is Called In Murder Trial

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QUEBEC. March 8 -- (OP) — Merle-Ange Robitaille. petite welt- reas for whose affections jeweler J. Albert only is alleged in hlvo wrecked on airliner to I09 M 0‘

pros . his wife. sw9|i'°¢| briefly tools It

ausrs trial for murder.

Tho liars-haired Iirl who gave lser age as 10 was in the witness box a. sent :0 minutes to testify for the crown before the court rose until tomorrow when she will con- time her testimony-

orown Prosecutor Noel Dorion who eetioned the waitress told the -male fury at the start of the trial rob. se'ln would "7 *0 prove that Gusys love for Maria- A“! ltoiutsilie was radion- si for a time-Domingo that led to dutsuetioss of the -line! s an I sboeni.

three Piilice investigators that I "dynamite type" explosion of ex- treme violence occurred in the Canadian Pacific Airllner's bag- gage compartment before it plung- ed to s niouiitainsl‘ at' nearby ssult an Oochon.

The waitress testified that she first met Ouay when she was 10 and had gone dancing and to res- taurants with him about ones a week at the start.

she knew cosy was s married man. she ‘said, but when she brought him to her home she in- ti-oducsd him to her parents es un-

sen.’ they visited her home. told her parents what was going on and there was a "big scene" with her parents. As a re- sult of the scene. she left Home and moved into a room obtained for her by ciusy. At this point in the waitress’ bert I

IRWL M r ' year-old presidine Miss. adjourn- ed -the sitting until tomorrow as .

J.A. Ross (re _ souris). one 1°

MINNEAPOLIS. March I -—(AiP) -—A cemetery flagpole which reach- ed inizo s snow-filled nigiht skywas labelled today by Northwest Air- lines officials as the cause or s 1133119 crash which took 16 lives.

The Martin 2-0-2~ transport was knocked out 0! oorifrol by the stout pole and pllumsneted into three residential area homes in South ivfinnespolia last night.

Northwest operations oiliicials said one of the main supports of the ttwin-engined plane's left wing was severely damaged when it ansshed against. the steel finger. towering 61 feet 7 3-4 inches over Fort Bnelllng National Cemetery.

The cemetery is near Wold- Chamberlain Airport where the plane was attempting to land dur-

OTTAWA. March 8—(CP)-——Mer- chants today got a new induce- ment to buy more Government but- ter.

They were promised protection against loss by Agriculture Minis- ter Gardiner in the event they bought Government butter at cur- rent prices and didn't sell it be- fore prices dropped.

Mr. Gardiner in a statement em- phasize-‘ that he did not anticipate any change in the Government‘: price of butier—ar least not before the end of March,

He is expected before then to announce a reduction in the sup- port price of butter'—now at 58 cents a pound-to bring it down to about 53 cents a pound which would be more in litre‘ with cur- rent cheese prices.

Under Mr. Gardiner’; guarantee plan, a merchant can go on buying butter from the Government at the Government's current selling price of about 60 1-2 cents a Pound. which includes freight charges.

if he still has these stocks on hand. say, when prices go down in April, he can dispose of the butter at Prices prevailing then, and bill the Government for the

ss.

An official in the department said Government butter has been movins slowly in the last few weeks. Many buyers were holding off in anticipation of a price change when the new production season starts in April

The Government started buying butter last summer in an endeav- our to maintain the butter market at about 58 cents a pound,

Spending about the Government bought up approxi- mately 50.000.000 pounds of butter and stored it In warehouses, hop- ing to sell it easily during the off-season winter months,

Of the 50.000.000 only about hall has been sold and with the new production season about to begin, the Government still has in stor- aile between 20,000,000 and 25,000,. 000 pounds.

Police Search l;o—r 23 Radium Needles

o'rrAwA. March 5 -— (cm _. The R.C'. M. P. today began a search for 23 radium-filled needles reported missing from National Research council laboratories. Equipped with geigsr counters to detect. radioactivity. they scour. ed the area at the rear of the Bus. sex street buildlnl. where it is be. lieved some of the needles’ may ml’! 59911 nicked up by children. The loss was reported this morn.

ing.

Police end research council offic- llll Omlihlllzod the needles were "V0?! dlnseious" in the hands of those unaware of what they con- tained and untrained in handling rsdiosct‘ materials.

Freight liotes Ioest ltteeslve‘ Morel: 23

OTTAWA. March 0-(CP)—ltail- way freight rate increases author- ised by the Board of Transport Commissioners lurch 1 will go in- to effect Ilercli. 23. it was lssrn- ed today. The latter Incressewel in addition to an eight.-per-cent in- terim hoist granted the railways last September.

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peaks In Commons

Blame Cemetery Flagpole For Fatal Plane Crash

ing s lste-winter blizzard.

The transport. which had begun its wesbwsrd flight froni Washing- ton. fell into the houses, plunging completely through one and burst- ing into roaring gasoline and oil- led flame.

Janet Doughty. 10. andher eight.- yea.r-old brother. Tommy. who had just been kissed good night, perished in the seething mass along with three crew members and 10 passengers in the plane.

The coroner's office late today had recovered all but one of the bodies from the blackened ruins. A mmvber or the burned bodies were identified through dental work. through cards in blllfolds and through bits of clothing which had escaped the roaring Ilamcs.

Seeks To Speed Sale Of Gov’t Butter Stocks 5

13 Killed In Explosion

ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. March 8—(AP)—Th.irteen per-

sons were killed and three in- lured ionisht in a boiler c.\'-

rlosion at a secret-weapons base. The explosion followed

flames which broke out in the Bust-dhouse oi’ the sandia base shortly before 7:30 pm. MST. Maj. Kenneth Kolster. public information officer. said the cause of the explosion was un. determined. Aboard of inquiry was-‘called. ‘ -'

NOTED VIOLINIST DIES

PRAGUE. March 8 -— (AP) .. Jaroslav Kocian. 68. noted Osech violinist. died today. Kocian and the late Jan Kubelik were the most Widely known of Osech violinists. Kocian had been a professor at Pl'Bilue's Music’ Conservatory for the last 14 years.

Face Full Opposition in Confidence Vole

LONDON. March 8 _ (dc) - The pariamsntary correspondent of Press Association tonight report- ed that the nine Liberals in the House of Commons have decided to vote against the Labor Govern- ment tomorrow.

Tomorrow the House will vote on the Conservative amendments to the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne — tantamount to a vote oi confidence.

Labor could survive. however, by bringing out its full force: in the House of Commons, where it. has a. slim seven-seat majority over all other parties.

The issue is the amendment tab- led by Winston Churchill "tegret- tins" that no mention was made of the steel nationalization act. which is still to b<. put in effect. in the Throne Speech opening Parliament March 6.

The act was passed in the last Parliament. but has not yet taken effect.

With the Liberals backing Cox.- servatives the government will be faced with full Opposition strength, making any Labor absences from the House dangerous.

Reliable sources quoted by Reu- ters News Agency sald tonight that the government will resign if de- feated. If the government resigns. another election would be forced immediately.

The Liberal decision came as II. surprise after criticism yesterdgy of the Conservative amendment by party leader Clement Davies.

He told the Commons then thin the Liberals saw "no good pur- l>ose" in bringing up the issue at this time.

Report Increase In Italy's Suicido_Rote

ROME, March 8- (Reuters) —

_ Fi'gures.publiahed.today showed a-

contlnued rise in the number of suicides in Italy. afflicted with 2,- 000.000 unemployed and areas of deep economic depression. AI-

together 1,501 persons killed them-C.

wives in Italy in the first six months of 1949, compared with 1.- 388 in all of 1947 and 1.477 in 1948. Almost exactly one-third of those suicides were women, many of them mothers of illcglilmaie children.

Minor Amendments To

Temperance

Under amendments to me p_ E, I. Temperance Act which pugggd 3°C’-‘Hid reading in the Legislature yesterday. the penalties dealing with illegal consumption and drunkenness in public places, were Wduced (0 fines of between 520 and $50 for first offence. and for second or subsequent offences to fines of between 350 and $200, The maximum existing penalties for first and subsequent offences are 5200 and 8500 respectively.

The penalty clause against per- 50ns zivinir wrong Information in cases of searches for illegal liquor is extended to cover those giving “a wrong name or address."

Another amendment re-defines the word "pussession“ in meaning not only having liquor in one's own personal possession, but also "knowingly (1) having in the ad. ual possession or cu:-iody nf any other person. and (2) hnvlng in any place, whether belonging to or occupied by one‘: self or not. for the use or benefit of one's self or of any other person."

It is Provided also that if the person whose liquor permit is can- celled or .uspendt.-d by reason of whose conviction a residence has become a "public place“ under the Act, such suspension shall be for: a period of one year, '

A section giving special auth- ority io the Attorney General to issue wnrranis under the Act is repealed.

Most of the four-hour sitting of -

the House yesterday was confined to committee consideration of non- contentious bills. providing either for minor amendments to existing Acts or unilorm legislation with that of other Provinces.

In the former catcgo, were numerous rnendments to the Work- men's Compensetlo Act. the most important of which give authority to the Companeati Board to or- der the installatio of safety de- vices. and also. where an action causing injury to a workman has occurred due to the employer'- iaiinrc to comply with regulations. to levy a contribution from the employer of a sum not exceeding one-half of the amount of com- pensation payable In respect of the injury.

Before the House adjourned it had finished clause-by-clause read- ing of about half of the}?-DIE! Vital Statistics Bill, a piece oi uniform legislation. llealth Minis- ter A M ‘ , promoter of

. W. the bill. said it was his intention to proceed slowly with this lellsle-

Act Made

tion.

Third and final reading was glv. an to a bill amending the Legts. latlve Assembly Act to provide a 5400 increase to 32.000 in the op- position leadcr's emoluments, It also enables the Government to assist financially any members v..h,, attend future Dominion-Provincial conferences.

All MP1)’ adjournment at 5 pm.‘ waa made to enable Liberal mom-,

bots in go into caucus an the Es- tlmaies.

Premier Jones invited the mem. bars to visit Beech Grove lnfirm- flI'.V this morning, and stated that car accommodation would be avail- able for them at ll n'cIock,

Annual reports were tabled yrs- iorday of the Travel Bureau, the P. E. 1. Temperance Commission. the Public Works Department. the Physlcal I-‘itncss branch. the Logis- lative and Public Llhinry and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The House meet: this afternoon at 3 p.m.

Air Official

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OTTAWA. March 8 - (Special) —- Transport Minister Ghsvriar promised in the Commons today that he would have a. survey 0! the refrigerator-car situation in Prince Edward Island carried out in Prince Edward Island and would report the findings of the survey to the House.

Mr. Clicvricr was replying to a question asked by w. Chester 8. Mchure. Progressive Conservative member for Queens, who reported that he had just received long-d|s- tance telephone calls from Char- lottetown and Toronto, reporting a drastic shortage of these cars for shipment of potatoes and turnips.

“The shortage of reefer cars at. the present time is the greatest experienced in parts oi Prince Ed- ,'ward Island for years," Mr. Mc- .I..ure said. “Will the Minister ari- | vise. instruct and demand that the [Canadian National Railways pro- ; vide these cars for shipment of po- to

jtatoes and turnips the main- I land markets?" ; speaking to The Guardian later I in the afternoon. Mr. Mcnure told ' of receiving it call from a Toronto A wholesale grocery firm, telling him it had been unable to get delivery oi! seven carloads of LEI. pots- toes. When the firm pressed the shippers for immediate delive y. ‘they explained delay was due to their inability to get refrigerator cars for the shipment.