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Defeat Predicted For Oleo Bill In The Senate And House Of Commons

0.0.3. Brant Arrives ln.Port

The C. G. s. Brant, under the commando! 05131311 0-5- 51'9"“ suit, docked at the Marine Wharf about 5 pm. yesterday for the first time since last. winter's freezeup.

The Brant left Halifax Monday morning and arrived here by we? of the strait of Canso. and mom- bers of her crew reported last night that they had made a good trip and that very little loo was encountered enrouto to Charlotte- Lcwfl.

The Brant will load buoys, which are in readiness for her at the 19931 port, for distribution in Mar- itime coastal waters.

$500,000 Approved I-‘or Study 0f 0la|ls

WASHINGTON. April lW-A $000,000 study o1 mwlm! 1119's“- lng production of hard and soft shell clams was approved today by the United States senate 00m- rncrce Committee.

Tile bill would authorise appro- priailoll of 8360.000 for atuM 0! each of the clam species over a five-year period. Particular atten- lion would be given to biology, propagation and methods of culti- vating the shellfish. _

The studies would be carried on by the Ffcderal Fish-and Wlldlll! Service in co-operation with int- crested states.

VETERAN ARTIST DEB

YARMOUTH. N5. April 2i - (OP) — Funeral services were llr-ld hero today for Mary Ross‘ Kelly, artist and art teacher, who once was commission to paint a portrait oi President Lincoln/Miss Kcllcy died Monday after a lengthy illness.

Coming Events

_“Sllou’. Vernon Bricks. Saturday 1118M. May 1st. at v8.30. a

"Hampshire Play in Belfast llall Postponed until May 8th on account of roads.

“Come to the Huntor liver variety concert in North Wiltshlra 11011. Friday. April so, at doe pm.

(YITAWA. April 20—(Speclal)- Unofficial but well-informed sta- tisticianson Parliament 1-1111 sue today that despite a turnover of a few votes in the Upper Chamber and heated attacks by certain prominent Senators on the "dairy interest." Senator Euler's bill to permit the import. manufacture and sale of margarine in Canada will be tossed for a loss this year lust as it was in 1046 and last year.

It was Government Leader Wisbart Mott Robertson's speech yesterday that set the keynote of the debate and indicated to all Llb- eral Senators with utmost clarity that Govemment policy today stands clearly in favor of con- tinuing the existing ban on oleo- margarine. Senator Robertson Ln his full discussion of the issue of butter versufoleo was not speak- ing only .ae Government leader in the Senate. be was speaking as a member of the Mackenzie King cabinet. a factor which lends add- ed weight to his words.

A count of noses in the House c! Commons made from all par-

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‘Those who have visited Britain know how desperately we need your products: the only llmitn; the problem of flUlfiCF-flla dol- lars: as and when we have them, we buy your goods." declared Mr. G. 0. Vincent. director of United Kingdom information Office. Ottawa. In addressing the Y's Men's Club of Charlottetown 'ast night.

Tracing the steps in the road to Britain's economic recovery Mr. Vincent said it was nonsense to assume that because many restric- tions had been accepted since i980. Britons were losing their old love, of liberty. "Let no man‘ be fooled.‘ he bald. "We do lihwith our eyes open. because we feel the need for such self-imposed discipline 1s there, l! we are ioiget. out of the meal. as indeed we.wlll. But‘ we are still men and women. Our sn- oicnt. basic institutions and rights stand intact."

Scheduled to arrive in Char- lcttoto u at 11.30 yesterday morn- ing, Mr. Vincent's plane was grounded-so that. he did not arrive until 5.30 p.l-n. Today, he will call upon. the Limb-Governor J. A. Bernard and Premier Jones. Ho leaves Sunday morning by piano

Traces Britain’s Fight . ForEconomic Recovery

Ilong Kong Debate Renewed lnllousc

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OTTAWA. April 294th!» Min- ister Mackenzie King, reviving the l-iong Kong controversy in the Commons. today quoted Prime Minister Attlee of Britain to sup- port. the Government's contention it had no warning of imminent Japanese aggression before the Hong Kong expedition called in October, 194i,

But his disclosure of a recent‘ exchange of telegram with Mr. Attics immediately touched off a Progressive Conservative cry that it. only made more nec the production of still-secret key mes- sages received from Britain before the sailing.

Drew Sticks 1b Statement

TORONTO. Aplril 29 - (OP) - Prelnler Drew said tonight be stamds by statements he has made declaring that. Prime Minister King received warning of a possible war with Japan before Canadian troops sailed for Hang Kong. He was commenting on a report from Ottawa that Mr. King read in the Commons a telegram from Prime Minister Attlge delaying that the information was avail; abllf to Canada. before the force so ed.

MR. G; G. VINCENT

Nfld. Budget

(By The Canadian Press)

, eflects from the experience. _ the REAP. plane overhead when

Bakers

Victim 0n Prairies

Death ‘toll from Prairie floods to- day rose to 15 with the um, p 16-year-old Alberta youth drowned in a creek in the Three Hills district.

ling Attracts Attention 0f Search Party

(By The Canadian Press) HALIFAX, April 29—A barking dog led searchers to the discovery late today of two small children who had been the object. of a search involving hundreds follow- ing‘ their disappearance yesterday afternoon. I Searchers Cliff Mastery of aub- urban Bedford, and Ernest Stone

nebecca. Crows and her (PA-year- eld sistol‘, Sharon, by tho tots’ dog, which. had remained with them since they wandered into the woods from their home near here late yesterday. ’ Their disappearance sparked a search which involved all R..0.A.l". plane, R.C.M.P. officers with a

dog, 150 soldiers equipped with walkie-talkles, and hundreds of civilians.

Mestery and Stone were attract- ed by the barking of the children's dog which led them to where one child was peacefully sleeping un- der a. tree while the other was standing beside her. Neither apparently suffered ill

Ground searchers signalled to

the girls were found and the air- men, in turn. relayed the message "to R..C. M. P. here. The girls’ disappearance recalled s, similar case some years ago at nearby Dartmouth. The ending then. however, was tragic for the bodies of the children were found in the woods, covered with leaves.

Meet llere June 2

FREDEZRJCION. April zit-The annual convention of the Maritime Bakers Association will be held here June 2-3, it was announced today. LA. Stewart of Charlotte- town is president of the Associat- lon. -

Floods Claim 15th

WINNLPEG. April 29 - <0!"- report

General recession oi swollen

of nearby Sprylleld, were led to, the missing children, bw-year-old‘

Annual Meeting

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Alexanders Return From ll; K.; Prepare To BeginTourUfWest

OTTAWA. April 29 —- (OP) _- Ths Governor-General and Vla- countesa Alexander arrived at Rockcllffe Airport on schedule to- day and rested at Government House before leaving by train to- night on s. month-long tour of the west. . A ,qkesman at Government House said Their lbrcellencles had "an extremely enjoyable and

stretches between Cape Breton and

blown back in during the heavy north easterly winds during the past. three or four days "which ls very disappointing." he said, "but we are ill hopes that a. change of win-d will take it out again."

by saying that from Scatari to Cape North, Cape Breton, and Syd-nay Harbour itself, blocked with heavy drift ice.

pleasant vielt" in the Unwed Klngdcm. The trip was made in

By GEORGE KITCHEN

OITAWA. AP-Ill. 90 — (OP) — External Affairs Minister St. Laurent today committed Canada to active partnership ln any "col- lective security league" which the free states of the world may form an a bulwark agI-lnsg the rising tide of Communist. expansion.

In a far-reaching foreign policy speech, he gravely warned the Comlmons and the country that the spread of "aggressive Com- munist despotism" over Western Europe would “ultimately almost certainly mean for us war - and war on mos; unfavorable terms."

For Canada. there was "no es- cape," not even in "isolation" or "indifference."

It chamber, that the free states, or some of them, “will soon find l:

an _R.C.A'.F. Liberator bomber. ‘They were scheduled go leave on the first leg of their western tour at 11130 RM. (EDIE) tonight, with the first stop scheduled at Winnipeg May l and 2.‘

Drift Ice Moving Back Into Gulf 0f St. Lawrence

With dense fog banks along Lbe Cape Breton coast and the 5t. Lawrence steamer track causing poor visibility. yesterday's slir ice patrol out of Charlottetown re- turned to base after being out for only two and a half hours, Mr. Angus Brown, odleial ice observer fol the Department of Transport reported last night. a

Mr. Brown stated that the steamer track through the Strait. of Canso is still open despite the recent heavy gales and storms, and that it is in good condition for na- vigation, and although there is still a. fairly heavy ice field along the west side of George Bay, it is in no way affecting the steamer track. Mr. Brown further stand that "a large fleid of heavy ice now

the Magdalen Islands. which was

Mr. Brown concluded his report

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A coast-clinging ice bell the Atlantic seaboard was loosen- ing up tonight and a half-dozen ships, some cf them under staggered three-day pounding by wind and ice

marooned 28-cnan crcw of the sealer Nonrlan Conrad. rafted on an ice-pack oft Labrador, since Tuesday.

necessary to consult together on

how best (o establinh ........ .. a col- lective security league." Then, with these deliberate

Wflfflfl. hc placed Ollllllda within the ranks of such a defensive group:

"Our foreign policy today must, I suggest. be based on a recogni- tion of the fact that totalitarian Communist aggression endangers the freedom and peace of every democratic country, including Canada.

“On this basis "and pending the strengthening of the United Na. ‘lions. we should be willing to as- sociate oursclves with other free states ln any appropriate collect. ivo security arrangements which may be worked out under articles 51 or 52 of the charter."

These are the articles ‘which permit regional security arrange-

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Ships Freed From Ice As Conditions

Reported

HALIFAX, April 3 — (GP) - along

tow. toward pol-g after a

llescue finally had come for the

Battle Harbor, The chunky little sealer Eagle

lflay be, he told an expectant.

h’town Branch

Canadian Legion

Capt. J.J. Connolly was elected President of the Charlottetown 311111011 of hhe Canadian Legion at the annual meeting held at the legion Home, Grafton st, 1351; night. Hon’. President is Major TE. hfacNutt. other officers elected were:

Vice-President, HR. Vassey.

2nd, Vice President. JJ. trainer.

Chaplains, Rev. T- r. McLea- nsn, Rev. RB. MacKenzle and Rev. J31‘, Ibbott.

Sergeant-at-Amls, Allison Mac-

Leod. ' - Member: of the executive in. cluded, Lia-Col. G.G.K. page, 1m 310?"!- lmd Stanley Bryant, sec. retary - Treasurer is Winston Smith.

At the meeting His Worship lllilyor B. Earle MacDonald pre- sented ‘The Bastion of Liberty", a pictorial map of London. receiv- ed by the City from the Lord Mayor of London. to the Branch. President A.W. Rogers expressed

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On the west coast of Newfound- land the salvage tug Foundation Josephine stood alongside the Greek freighter Petros Nomlko: after putting pumping equipment aboard her.

The Nomikos beg-an taking wa- ter in No. 2 hold Wednesday after | terrific buffeting from a three- day Atlantic stoml. She was limping toward port. in Bay st. George A diver was to descend to attempt to plug the leak as soon as ice conditions would per-

MOTORSHIP SUNK OFF CAPE 1111f;

Safe After‘ Night In Woods Foreign Affairs Debate In Colllmons

lFive 005i...‘ As Vessel Sinks In Collision

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HALIFAX. April D-(Oll-Thl Newfoundland motorshlp Admin- istratlrix was sunk off Cape Race

dense fog with the Norwegian freighter lovdal, Marine Radio here reported. Five men are miss. ins and two were saved.

The collision occurred about 2i miles east. of Cape Race. tbs south- eastern tip of Newfoundland. The Lovdal is searching for the misl- ing seamen.

The Admlnstratrlx is a 120-10: vessel out of St. John's. Nfld. lbs was built in Meteghan, N. S. ,

The Lovdal is a 330541;:

freighter out of Farsund, Norway. The two men saved were mate George Barnes and cook Charles Mzard, Their hometown: were not known. but they were believed to be Newfoundlanders. The latest message from the lov- dal said: "Searching in vain for survivors. Still moving through debris. Using searchlights. Dark- ness and dense fog."

Shake-up In Toronto Police

TORONTO. April 20 - (C?) - Twc detoctlves and a ‘uniformed officer LWQTQ dismissed frcrnJha Toronto Police Force today for beating Norman Wilkins. 42, fol- lowing his arrest last Dec. Z on an armed robbery charge. Discharged, effective at once; were Det. sgt. Prank B. Orlldduck. who would have been eligible for a 5-year pension in another fivl months; Detective Robut Mc- Oandless and constable Douglas Stephens.

‘The police ecsrrmlsaion. after sr public hearing lnto the brlmlity charges, also suspended Inqectoll George Crawford of the Dundu. street East division indefinitely, for not reporting the Wilkins, beating to a Superior officer.

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“Farmers. we can still accept for M cton. ST‘ Join" .5‘ gfld" Aim“ fiver! in ‘iggfiiianilfowst-iliialah-i- F9“ BIIIQMIIIS EIHSI and barged her way to thenglor- m1’ v‘ tour clover seed orders at our low His a dress last night was given New-found ands omlniss on wan w s r mm- m auimuon F I t‘ w mm comm today‘ Reports reach out o’ Sydney Ms" u“ r prices. Rush your order. MeCiuigan in the Masonic Hall with Y's Men's 011111141111. 11116861115 m" what may though In Lin“ 9' e 9|’ a Q8 IIQ Ir lng here Rave no details of the G vca 1 Jareiaker saurel “d 3°“ ‘Mam’ n‘ ‘l’ mm" pmldm" be m m“ y": as “milligram/e m" “l! a1" Quill a d River had “'7 "me 111d 1T» w! lwflslblv 111111 ohvarred at the lee jam and

""" " A W" °' "M" m “hm °' m Pin-horny m the m.“ may u. In 21H“ p” viii ethre short OTTAWA’ Alpm "9 _ (o?) "' 111° 00111111 1111:1111 have 11111“ freed three ships m0 ma been

"Booking pnuthglfl m choice Club was tendered the speaker by 11111111“! a bucket surplus o! 887t- eww =4 to W1 n a External Affa rs Department. 001-

_ TORONTO. April U _‘. (w) 1 Alba,“ zcw o.“ mum. n m. A J Hug-m 500 for the current year. block: oi the corner of Portage day denied mp0,“ m“ my m." “ck 111t° 91° Wile‘ W" "'19 l" stuck fast. for nearly two days. Minimum and tom i‘ ,, . . . . .

ed. I thi as he mi ht . , I I cleanm Rush you, ma". Mo, Th. w“ ML Vulcan; um w. Commissioner of Finance I). A. Avenue’ and gain street in "15 numbers of Canadians were en- :3?!“ be ‘awed a: $01.8,’ by f.“ zlgYJmghlg“ g§°21$m4°é495é_l$!lflm~ 6111mm s: Boyle. suited in the loss by England of gmzogsétlmztited eefiendtltgssfielt heglgnht-léc 21y“ vemold PM“ 3114:‘: ‘frog ionr Etffilddkllisbadgi‘ Bum 5504M ‘ammo! Keme- md m‘ m- “: Toronto u. w. min“:

-___. ~ half of her merchant marine. To - l 1"‘ 1°" ° l 1 1' ' " ' ' ' | I ' ' .' "Cornwall "Y. P, U." m...“ carry on the war she was obliged 5W- de Healing i?! the‘ other‘ Pei: had no 1111011118110" 1118'- Cffad‘ Sealer Damaged m” ml" “vale ‘h’ s‘,‘,‘§,“,“,°;,‘,n“,-, “d, Qgfib: Play. “Safety First". Cornwall Hall to sell foul-‘and a half billions of The W161i 101' 11w “=1 01°11 C11“ 11" m °‘ “if”: zfmd “"1 "1"" W" "l"! 1° 1"1°'—11"- The Deputmm o, T,.,,,,,,,.,,~, to; a,’ w. mu,“ ,1’ u‘. ch“ May 5th and 6th. Sale of candy. her overseas investments in a bu." Y": w” m‘ a‘ ‘Mimi’ 1" “P”? m1 “w” “I “w” ' m L"! “"5" 10° '79“ m“ lmwmd Far to the noflh. the sealer Cat- ‘ ' ' ‘ ' u‘

th All d Procu-ds rink. ar's market toacther with the sold W! Md a 0463.000 495°" V" m‘ “m” otherwise w“ comidllried til: reported m" e ml“ re

oi the Department as to the pos- nounccd against last. year's bucket

lotteiolm 90, 44; slbility of getting to Palestine and

scene,- so sc- fnvproved flood situation alfmll-‘gxggfiedwalg gggglitoligee; Yamlouth m, 4s. ' '

mu “u” “an” w m” a_ and Emily was out of danger near , l"

011119 cherry ‘valley ploy. u) together he: overseas losses estimate of $1,000,000. iogtglllls ‘pz-lovivnirdrmned “m” Toms! gait-gonzo flcairgdlan‘ youths mu“, by m “m, gteamer Cod- (Continued on Pace 5 Oct. l) ncfilfgm 1g" tilp-jgupa-orw: mldwMade Family". Eldon Igll. amounted to the staggering sum “"11" 3°? ""1 1947 31°“ W" 7° ' “m” ' °"‘ n n‘ _ °" U" P . M» =11 we» -»-- a , =- 1» We» “WW l": "l?;...'°§3$'.'.".§Z s: '11-; 1; ,,,,,-~,~;;~=~~ ~ 1- , i 012...? on. 0r 30,, “my, an‘, y P out“, (Continued on page I Co . l) was spent, the Commissioner said. l '11 _ =11 '8 11 I vh- ’ gm ' ' 1 riding a horse and apparently ___________ a s e valid until midnight Irlday.

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times for several days was centred

night, A m ; _ . M S We‘ h F c ad an "u", I _ ‘ 0 m Maine Thursday evening. 1i ..........l....l‘:.».'::...:a:'"" 1 ust tart 1t armor °°° " ' 1 32.03%. all: 0.8.: t ecre t esslons 33,03} ~-,_,»»;_1;;;@1;u,;;_;» 3; l - -

"T!!! ~‘ "‘-"" l gin?“ ‘or Icahn‘. o’! \ - ——-- "my"!!! N." am-nlw 1*‘ Rn‘ Ki ' . WIHJAM WILQON there's a limit to the effect mean --- W11 - changes wit cc n a un- w e, a new disturbance was benggltlmlfilmltylillalllllléluldzlll“: orig/lira. April 3-(Q)—‘-'1‘he have on the price 0111M to W JIONTRIAL, April a _. (on The signal service reported ‘"6" ly curbs aucxaualv der 0n. m. causing drizzle in Eastern Nova urday. May m, .0 g p y‘, h.“ Prices Committee t ended producer or the retailer." 4pm; poo norm. first of a laraest hm of! 6100 RI"- Nl -» v pupal-pug“, April :9 _ 1r wgs passed in 1034 and ex- scotia. This storm was centred E. stews aecretuy ‘l it: main ofinlnatlon of paoklnl He said the lndust-ryoould lower eengtgzmont to be c0117. to Illlllm 900 "1"" F"? 9! ulmiflnw "d (Q) '_ Pgesldeng ‘Human today tended regularly since then until between Sable Island and New-

' , ' can” “m”. “q h“ on gg- m m“; by putting the pflol ll Inga Canada in tho neat fell mlaller ones near Point Amour at- “nmud u okrflbkn-thq "lug;- the Republicans took over control foundland and was moving north-

"sq. 4,1,, 1.1mm“ m...“ em just m suggestion for low- palatal-lam andranchm for eat- months, were on their n! will? 11w 011mm *° *1" "P" °' "l" Inc. of m. “more... nldorlty 1n 194a ami- which the extensions outward. Cold moist winds from want “Calm YOIIIU“ a tum arms mail amt prim. That was tic. 1 aboard tile united sum Mlsht- 111p ‘ l in Congress to extend the Idmln- have been srudslnaly elven for the North Atlantic are likely to set ccrnody in ohm-y vmq p,“ “some. pulse paid is rel-mm n. A. Dydc. committee maul. el- came Victory. no horses r111 511M111‘ """ "'4 ‘°' °°“‘ “°"' ins-scion’. m, t. mg. mlp. yearly perlodl. continua blowing ovsr the district Thursday. May Augean} for their cattle. - . pointed out to Guy Houlha libnt- be shill-Q?“ 111 3'3"“ i” ‘m n" ‘at cuww" u“ "M" roeai trade agreements, _ The present extension runs out and m; "p" chm" 1n m. y". Wm Valley woman's factions.‘ Committee counsel pressed the real auditor who appeared m meat. *1‘ ‘° Y°""' He ma failure 00 extend um June 1:. Congress ha: arranged l-hll‘ u expected for Friday.