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LBRITAIN CLAiMS wotzto PEACE “GRAVE

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Agrieulturist 0n liarlv Start 0r- Visit To Provineestawav Protect

Continue Probe 0f Bank Note Theft

tBy The Canadian Pres?

O"."T‘A\V.A. Jan. 1l—The .C.M. p ..:/i today they still are invest.- 1.1m; zlie disappearance 0f about 500000 Ail unsigned bank note; hi6 Canadian Bank Note . y‘s plant after a myster- ious {he

The ~,vilice said they are not yet ylrcpafetl to release any inform- s: i nu the case.

if’ nttestlgation began Dec. 16 iviien $l..>00 in $1 bills and $60,000 lr. $20 0.11s was found nursing af-

.r: “zir- plant's night watchman rs summed a small fire on the pairs second floor. It was be- lwird the fire had been set by

. no \\ ho had thrown cleaning tun‘ on the floors and walls.

The missing bills had been cut. fror sheets which were stacked .1 table in the room where the fire occurred.

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theft was discovered e watch on banks and other lcca. busnicss establishments has breii kept in case some of the missing bills nnght turn up with the forged signatures of Bank of (‘armada officials. So far none iii-re bccn found.

Search For Clues intensified In Fredericton Murder

FREDERICTON. Jan. ll -—\CP) -- l cstigalicn into the death of ii P. Burgoyne, Fredericton tart driver whose battered body an» "lLlllfl tn the locked trunk of ll~ ~ir yesterday, became inten- aftcti today when a dog from the RCMP. detachment at. Monclon has brought. here to assist the srurv. for Possible clues.

Pol-p» cc-mbed the lonely Wllsey Fi ' area in efforts to solve what ti") "crmed possibly "one of the 010v <-rulal murders in the Prov- lliirs histmryi."

T 0 car was found on the woods road after its 34-year-old driver W‘ been missing siduv Friday l‘- when he answered a call .ck up a passenger. He had - wed three head gashes. Miss- lls ucre $200 he was known to 1W" carried and a $95 watch.

Due of an inqvtest was left. 00TH pending results of a post-

tticvem examination and further‘

“Tfulization.

Bllltwyuc was reported scen on i‘ “ill” street with two girls and one man as passengers after he anorcrcd the call Friday night.

Coming Events

"Dance French River Hall _ursdly “gm,

"F-‘Xftecting cai- of baled shav- lm‘ ITWYUY- Better order now. L“! car over-sold. MacKie d: Co.

"Unltfldlflfi car 'shur-Galn feed iaednesday, Thursday and Friday. l "Kit 8e Co., per L. MacDonald.

"Unloading car of Oil Cake Thursday and Friday. North Wilt- llllre Dairying Co.

_ "Come to Milton Variety Con- 5°" at. Wiitshlre Hall. Friday. "lllllfy 14th. if car roads possible

P"Come to the films at York l "mt School on January 13. Sale of "richer.

JrDance. Mt. Stewart. Thursday, 13th. Eastern Rhythm

mcomrum" The month“; gram! of lflnsston Branch No. so Emmett Legion in Legion Home. nmmdna street. Charlottetown, E M Y- Jlnuerv tam. at use

"Will following nlnlgn-diszcilmhurld“ film’ Wlrmore. Bradaiblne, until t" ml m-z Borden Bngnsll, Hun- lme V". until noon: Bumme - Culley, '

British

l __,_ l An area equal to that. of PTiliC€i Edward Island. farm. would completely disappear‘ as farm land in about 15 yearsi under the conditions in England- today. indicated Prof. Harold‘ Sanders. M.A., Ph.D.. one of Brit-

ain's foremost. agricultural ex-l perts. in an interview last eveninzi in The Charlottetown “England

ts losing agricultural land at ihei rate of between 50,000 and 1000i i acres annually to new roads audi buildings and public and lprojects generally," Sanders, who is Dean of the Fae-l ully of Agriculture, Horticultnrel mid Dairying at Reading Univer-

sity, England.

Touring Canada. Prof. Sanders is speaknzg on farming in Britain generally. He. points out tlzitt whereas in 1891 there was one acre of arable land in England to. each person. today that acreage has been drastically reduced to i\56 acres per person. In i930. Britain was 30"» self-supporting} today it is 40’?- and the target for i052 is 50%. which. declared Dr.

Sanders, is its limit under the present. circumstances. A farmer himself. and from

farming stock which dates back to William the Conquerors day, Prof. Sanders described the necessity for control in- British farming. "This is not a political issue." lie

emphasized. "All parties recognize the problem nnd approve the zuethod being used to mcct it Farming ties been contiollcd m

England since i939. ln 1047. after right years of this control. all parties agreed tn the Agricultural Act which yvas passed ivithout np- position."

Statlng that it works because

the million acre"

Claxton Favors

SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont, Jan. . - tCPi Defence Minister Claxton said tonight the ‘st. Lawrence waterway project "should be started as soon as possible and pressed to completion in the inter- csts of national defence and inter- national security."

He added: "General economic benefits, transportation and com- munication. ‘power and iron-ore are reasons which give its com- pletion urgent pixiority in joint ICanada~U.S.l defence."

1n an address before a dinner given by the Sault Ste. Marie Regiment, Mr. Claxton rccalledl that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1941 had worked out an agreement for construction of the St. Lawrence seaway as a contribution to peace- ‘ lime trade and as a line of com-l,

munication for continental de-l fence.

H» saw these benefits in com-i pletion: l

i Expansion of the economy, giving increased ability to arm. 2. It would bring resources of the continents interior closer to the fighting front. allow more effective industrial mobilization, permit construct- ion of all hut the largest ships in the inland industrial centres tiorderlng the Great Lakes. prflvirlc a means of transport alternative to the railwovs. Il. Harness the power potenti- al of the St. Lawrence. which botti countries nou- needed to its full. , 4. Opcn a safe corridor for l the iron nrc deposits from Labrador and Qucbcc to reach the smcltcrs of the two coun-

the farmers themselves run‘ 01c show, Dr. Sanders outlined the

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ll. S. Air Force Cancels tlrders

\\'ASl-llNG'l‘Ol\’. Jan 1l--fAP)--

l The Air Force today cancelled ord-

ers for 240 nircriili of various

types and unnotincctl it \\ill spend

the money instead for 3-36 bom-

bers and tn modernize otlicrplunes. About 33.00.000.000 is involved.

Shoe Styles Revealed [At Toronto Meeting

TORONTO, Jan. 11 —tt'Pt — ‘Light shades of leather in tri-rn.

narrower-last shoes feature tin lspring style show for women pre- sented by the Canadian l-‘ootivenr Industry now holding its animal convention in Toronto.

Fine suedcs. calfskins and rcpiiit-s

many svith metallic trim, feature dress shoes. For lnfonmal and ploy shoes

smooth leathers such as calf and kid suede are used as materials aitil in low-tliecled shoes the tapered toe gives yvay tn squared toes.

SYDNEY, N. 5., Jan. ll —tCPt - A fnmr- crow is striping pencils from students at. two Syilucy schools. The bird swoops in open windows. parades over desks and usually manages to create an up- roar before leaving.

(By The Canadian Prcanl HALIFAX. Jan. ll-Oovernment subsidies to enable qualified but needy students to continue their education ct Canadian universities were advocated tonight by Dr. A.

E. Kerr, president of Dalhousie University. Dr. Kerr said in an interview

that. "on the basis of PXDBTTOHCP with war veterans," some form of subsidy should be provided for students otherwise unable to con- tinue their education.

"Such aid might take the form of government. scholarships," he said.

He salt‘. students attending unl- vensity with the assistance of vet- erans’ Department grants have given "a creditable account of themselves" and have “demonstrat- ed their ability to profit by the privilege extended to them."

No promising young man or women. he continued. should have to live up a chance to go to unl- versity because his parents could

Suggests Subsidies For Needy, Qualified Students

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NANKING, Jan. 1i -\Reuterst —-Tne Chinese Control Yuan. an important unit of President Chlang Kai-Shcks Nsnking Government. unanimously appealed lcday for an ;cnrl to the bitter civil war.

I ‘There was no immediate indicat- ‘lou why the Control Yuan-con- cerned with general supervision of govcrrcncitt activities such as aud- lltlllg and inipearlt-mcnt-should lS~ lsuc the cease fire call, which woulil inormally lie in t-lie province of the ,EX8f‘llll\'l‘ Yuan. ' l Some Control Yuan members also isubcnittcd for further consideration ,a detailed peace plan proposing: ; i. Prcsldcnt. Chiang. Dr. Sun l-‘o. lthe Prime fillnlslci". and Mao Ts»- lTung. the Communist leader, should be askcd to cease military opera’.- ions and as soon as possible, and |scud representatives to meet and‘ ldlfivilss concrete pcncc proposals. i

| 2. Tlicy should hold early dis- VPUSSlOTTS on pcace moves with lC-hnng Chlh-Chung and (fitting

Chun, members of tlie inner cah- incl, and with Sliao l.i~Tse. former Ambassador to Moscow‘, and Kwan Ll-Tsln. an advocate of peace.

3. Ari approach should be made to the ambassadors of the four

not. nfiord it. "The dollar sign must. be eliminated." Dr. Kerr pointed out that. the

British Government. ls considering a measure to aid students in Brit- ish universities.

Enrolment. at Dalhousie Univer- sity reached an ail-time high last _vear--f1.B'73 students, more than double the i030 figure of 008. At the end c-f the war, the enrolment had dropped to ‘iii.

Although the student. population at. the Halifax university dropped by 100 this year. indicating a turn in the IILtSl-Wflf‘ tide, Dr. Kerr rc- portcd that the number of non- vetcrarl students is the largest in the University's itlstory.

A similar situation prevails in most Canadian universities this year.

Since the start of the D. V. A. rehabilitation scheme, 50.000 Can- adian veterans have gone to co‘.- lcge. D \’. A. officials said 26.000 have graduated. The rest are con-

Lloyd Martin, Cherry president of the P.E.I.

Valley, Junior Farmers’ Federation. and a direct- or of the Cherry Valley group. Photo by Saunders

Junior Farmers Officers

Freetown. vice i, president of the PEI. Junior Farm

l i William Cairns. . ‘ers' Federation. and president of ‘the Bedeque-Prcetown group.

i Photo by Saunders

xVancouver Engraver Is

Held In Chains Fiwl Days

iqlfeqillarch 0f Books” ilirlve ls Planned -

OTTAWA, Jan. ll -- tCPl A nation-nude cantpaigu to collect Canadian books and periodicals for distribution to needy libraries in war-devastated countries has been announced by llte Canadian Library Association and the Canadian Council for Reconstruction through U.N.E.S.C.O. The tirivc is to he

known as "The March of Books."

Chinese Government Unit Appeals For yEnd To Civil War

maior powers to appeal for peace in the name of the people. urging them to transmit the views of the Chinese people to their govern- ments and brgin mediation.

4. Material should be prepared tor peace negotiations.

Consider Tientsln Lost NANKING. Jan. ll —tAP\ — Ticnisiu‘ was written off as lost to- day in official quarters of this shaken capital.

Official sources said "Tientsin is gone". They then lapsed into s1‘.- ence as to details of the loss of this great northern industrial city.

ThPll‘ words were taken to ind‘.- cate t-lie Communists either have occupied Tientsin or that terms have been arranged by which the city will be surrcitdercci to the Reds.

With the news bad from North tfhlna. and continued Red attacks on the northern approaches to Nankiitg. the exodus of officials. archives and equipment continued at a fast pace.

Ono official estimated that fa‘ more than half the government's nfifcial racrsonncl has vanished. Most of the officials are headlnz for Formosa or Canton in South China.

Technically. all ministries remain, because the great seals for stamp- ing all official documents are here Actually. only the most important functions of government are eon tinuing.

A reliable source said the Min- istry of Health would be transferr- cd en masse to Canton fomorrvtn"

The equipment of four govern- meni. owned factories as well c»- key personnel. were loaded aboard

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tlnuing their staidles.

a special steamship for transfer ‘n

VANCOUVER. Jan. ll ~-iL1PJ-— in a province-wide hunt, police to- night sought mzmbcrs oi an alleged lcountcrfelt gang charged witn ‘keeping a tiu-ycsr-old engraver a prisoner for five days. -

Ernest W. Conduit. told police lie was held in chains, lfour da_\s to a bed in an upsta lrooni of a Dunbar district bungli- low, and tlicn removed to a l€li~ like closet in an unheated lfllSCtIlTClH

Police fcurid him Monday night. chained to a heavy iron chest Thirty feet of chain and a pn-dlocs had been used to shackle both ht- legs. Conduit told police the gang \\'ll‘.t at. all times concealed their faces in white hoods, and were armed. tried to force him to use his engraving skills to produce bogus bank bills.

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“Thcy never took their \\cird._ frightening hoods off." he told police investigators. “There were‘ always two on guard. brandishing

revolvers."

The "gang" coitsisted of five or six men, who openly talked of couitterfeit. plans. rspcciullyi the making of $20 bills.

During their occupancy of the ‘house. leased from Capt. AB. M:- Jiinnon. a Victoria army officer ‘now at Wainwright, Alta. the men icondticlcd a rent racket. police learned.

They had colected $150 from our wcitnan. and S180 advance rent. front a man and his wife. ’I‘hcv had ad- vertised the house in a Vancouver newspaper. The prospective tenants had not been permitted to vicw the

basement.

(the beca-nie suspicious. anti checked with a neighbor who noti- fied police

Tho men had burned some pap- ers in n fireplace and flcd the.

‘witch Pnlxce have one civic. tho do: rription of one of tbs mrn in th‘ ihnuse. He. was the mrm who ricmt with prospective tenants. and qr. ranged rent advance payments. lie ivas described as about 2" veers old. rlcon-cuf. with a sliziit Frcttrh ac- ccnf. , He had posed as (“art tVlrKin- i non. wearing an army tinlfcrm when tnntervlewtng the prospcctive ten- ‘ ant/s.

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NEW YORK, Jan. ll --<AP\ ~- Thc population of the itntlcd Sta.‘- es increased by almost. 27>00000 ti. 1048. Ry the years curl. the, Pnttcd States had about l4ti,00tl.0tlft people The figures are civeri in the starts‘- lcai bulletin of the Ntetropnltt-azi Life Insurance Company.

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Israel 0wn Complaint l With The ll. N. :

(By The Associated Press) i LONDON. Jan. 1l—The Brl'l5l'l Government. said in a prepared statement. tonight that, w w; is “gravelv threatened" Palestine developments. Meanwhile. sources close to the Israeli Government. ivere quoted in Tel Aviv dispatches as repor- iut! that Foreign Secretary Bevin in resign yesterday’ because of his Palestine policy. ‘The dispatch quoted these sources l“ 50310;! Prime Minister Atflee refused to accept the resignation. The BiiflSll Foreign Office dc.- uicd that Bevin had offered his

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These developments came as Israel formally filed with the United Nations SecurityCrtun- cil at Lake Success a complaint that Britain is fomenting an "artificial crisis" over Pales- t e hy troop movements and various fictions just an armis- tice neitutiations are about to open with Egwt.

The BTPlSh Foreign Office state- “nerit ivarned tha‘ the SGCUIlIff Council has “been losing control of events" and said it has reason to fcar new Jewish violations of U. N. cease-fire orders in the Holy Land area.

The statement said these violat- itns “might be contemplated in Jerusalem m‘ clseyvhere azainz-t Zfinits-Juician rr Iraqi forces"

‘It. is of paramount. importance

riity should he re-instated “ath- out de‘a_v and maintained until a settlement reached,“ the statement said. l,

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The Foreign Office declined ini- the Jewish Council l "men- l Jew- i

mediate comment on charge tn the Security

that Britain is displaying a acinz auitude" toward the ash state.

“TNDSOR, Ont, Jan. 1f -—(CP)

--- The turning point has been reached in Canada in the fight against cancer. Health Minister Martin said tonight.

1n an address prcpnrcd for dc- livery before the Kinsmen Club.. Mr. Martin said a vast cn-opcr-‘ flflYP effort. is shaping up in Can- nda now to build a cancer control y program "of which we can all be_

proud." l "Until the present time, the l cancer control program in Caii- .

ada has fallcn far short of meel- l th~ problem." he said. “The ‘ mayor shortcomings were in- '

were bcinz of 20 a day. This fiscal year $30.-

LY THREATENED"

Hospitals llverflow in Paris Flu Epidemic

PARIS. Jan. ll —iitcutah) - Paris is considering ovacuatinl m? city's old people's home to snake more beds available for the stead- llv increasing number M suffereis from flu epidemic. it was learned todav. All Paris hospitals arc over- nou-ing, medical authorities said Between 15 and 20 per cent of Paris bus and who-av workers were down with flu today.

Tells 0f Plans For Defence Construction

SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont., Jail. 11 1GP: — Defence construc- tlon will rlln to considerably m" than saooooooo in the 1948-49 fiscal year, Defence Minister tonight, and it will llltllltlr- more building at the

Churchill. Mans sub-Arctic exocr- imental base. Possibly intimating a staff. 0'0

armory, construction for reserve

illllfS. he tcld the Snub. Ste. Marie Regiment. the priority 0t its need

for an armory has been recogniz- ed and that he had come here to study the situation.

pm- arr-A years. priority had been given married quarters for perm» ancnt force, men and houses new completed at the rate

000.000 was being spent on these quarters alone and this figure would he surpassed ln 1048-49.

But. there would also he other type: of constructicn. tncludmg new btuldings for operational units and more at Churchill.

PRATSES BRITISH SYSTEM

VATICAN CITY. Jan. ll -- tAPl _ Pope Pius, receiving in private audicncc l8 members of the British Parliament. today praised the BFllIFH system of government, as "one that has stood the test of centuries."

Sees Turning Point In Fight Against

Cancer

on iénniiné. . . to the sufferers from cancer to assist. in their cure. to alleviate their pain and to improve their (hnnccs of stirvival. . . '

"ive are determined cviery possible effort. cancer. because unless we succeed in forcing the present. mortality rate downward, 1.500.000 Cana- dians now living will die from this disease."

Two outstanding achievements lli the flClll. in the past. two years i\'f‘I'E the establishment of the National Cancer Institute of Can-

to make to control

‘adequacy of rcscnrrlt and flflaflcifll ,ada in January. i947. and inclusion

ltoiisc 1.1 minutes before arrival oi ‘

backing. r "From now on we arc intent‘

rant in the national last your.

of a cancer health larocram

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Carriers Lose Ground As Hearing Opens

By John lseBlane

OTFAVVA. Jan. ll -— (OP) - The Canadian railways received tun sharp financial setbacks in

their fill" for hisher freight rates today and also were thrown for l. tactical loss

In the railways’ application for a genera! boost in freight ratel, thc Board of 'I"ran.=port Commiss- toners refused to hear evidence dealing solely with the "interim" increase sought by the carriers. This had the effect of moving back the date on "which the rail- ways might. expect to get any ncw revenue. | In anoilcr case, the. board order- l l

ed the railways to suspend im- rmediately pending hearing - flncreases which they put into ef-

"feet last month in rates on farm yhnplctncnls moving from Eastern ‘Canada to the West. Farm and.

[manufacturing interests had pro- tested this boost. ‘ I The carriers‘ tactical loss came when the board. in the general increase case. ordered them to precede the seven protesting pro- ivinces with evidence to justify thd lZI-per-ccnf. increase they got from gthe hoard last spring. l On appeal from the provinces, jthe cabinet had ordered the hoard to review the basis of the Zl-per- cent award and, if it. found thi formula for that award should bl lrcviscd, to apply the new formula itn any further rate increases. - Today, the railways lost out in an attempt to have the board consider a straight emergency in- icrease immediately". leavinl: con- sideration of formula revision un- til later. In an attempt to have the board take this course, they dropped. ltheir interim increase demand