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51.... Higher roams As Protection Against Canadian Competition

(s. Clyde Blackbu -. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 28—(CP)— A delegation of nearly 100 spokes- men for New England seafood in- ta-ests-most of them from Qlou- “m, M8lI.—lOdly pleaded for higher tariffs to protect their in- dustry from Canadian. Ntrwfound- land and Icelandic competition.

1mports from those countries had caused widespread unemployment. glutted markets and lovz prices and would destroy the domestic in- dustry unless curbed by tariffs, the __okesmln said.

They appeared before the com- mittee for reciprocity information which is holding public hearings preliminary to negotiation of new trade agreements with l8 coun- tries including Canada.

Protests were built. around an exhaustive brie! submitted by Lawrence J. yiart, secretary-treas- urer of the Gloucester Fisherl-‘ls Association. which he laid rep- resented 23 firms in Gloucester engaged in the handli and pro- cessing of fish and fishery prolltcts.

Canada was the main target of protests because of the lowered tariff rates on frozen and fresh fillets provided for in re-nego- iicttioii of the reciprocal trade egrcctncilt in 1938,

H-lrt’: brief was concerned most particularly wiih the importatlof. of fresh and frozen fillets Which. in i945, constituted 1,370,000,000 pounds of the total American com- mercial fishery production of 4,- 3033438000 pounds vsluod s-t $230,-

per cent of the fresh .and frozen fish marketed in the United States in 1946. Hart. said. This included 184000.000 pounds of fillets pro- cessed from 450000.000 pounds of fish of the cod. hake. haddock. pollock, cusk and rosofish species.

Tariff Reduced

The new agreement with Oun- Ida which became effective Jan. 1, 1939. reduced the tariff on these fillets. fresh or frozen, from 2 1-2 cents a pound to i 7-8 cents a pound applicable to an annual im- lwrt quota 0! 15.000000 pounds. Imports over the quota would,pay the old rate of 2 1-2 cents a pound.

Imports of these fillets from Canada in 1939 were ass-coco pounds and in 1045 38,141,824, and for the first 10 months of 194d the amount was 35,325,180 pounds. oImports from all these countries in 1945 were nearly 45,000,090 bounds and the pcrcentagedn- crease over 1930 was 300 per cent for Canada. 8.800 per cent for Newfoundland and 10,000 per cent for Iceland.

Mr. Hart said that low labor costs and closeness to the fishing banks enabled the three competi- tors to undersell the domestic pro- ducers who were faccd with com- plete ruin unless protection were given.

He claimed that Canadian fish- ermen and storage plants were highly subsidized while American fisheries operate without such aid.

Hart comps-red the present pro- cessing labor costs as follows:

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Activities

Reported By Y.M.C.A.

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MAHONE BAY, n. s.. Jan. za_ A coroner's jury returned a ygg. dict of accidental death today in the casu of Mecman Bnery Joud- "Y. 50. ulnose body was found in s ditch here yesterday. Joudrey's collar bone was broken and it has believed he had died after tolling on a rock. ‘

lleart Attack Fatal

HARTLAND. N. B., Jan. 28 — (Cm-Mrs. Coleman Sharpe, house- kccikr for James W. Montgomery. “s found dead by Mr. Montgomery last night at the foot of the cellar ‘"0"- Dilth was pronounced due to a heart attack. and it (was be-

lievzd she fell down the stairs when stricken.

Coming Events

‘fiiorse hi... at Oyster Bed Bndll‘. Wednesday afternoon.

"store closed Wednesday Thursday for stock taking. Quinn and Boyle. .

"Dance Credit Union Iall. Wednesday. the mo. Good music Ind refreshments.

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"Wanted st, Fredericton ‘Philli- di-‘g llrle number of fat pigs. P ""18 17c per lb. for good pigs "P 1° 200 lbs. Knud Jorgensen.

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Reports of the ninety-first an- nual meeting of the Charlottetown Young Men's Christian Associa- tion held last evening revealed a ‘your of greatly increased activ- [Ye

Several youth groups were org- anized. including neighbourhood clubs for boys, and clubs for old- er girls’ and young women. Camp- ing participation at the Y. M. G. A. ‘youth camp at Holland Cove was greatly increased as a result of camp site development.

Despite the lack of adequate facilities for conducting a mode ern YJlLC-A. youth program. forty organized groups functioned dur- ing the year. These groups com- prised clubs, classes. program groups. and committees, with n total enrollment of hi2 and a total attendance of M62. In addition U boys, l5 young people and l2 counsellors were enrolled at Hol- land Cove Camp.

N-Y club work (Neighbourhood Y.M.C.A. Olllb). an innovation in Y. M. C. A. boy's work. has found s place in the boy life of Char- lottetown. Small friendship groups of boys who live and play ln_thc same neighbourhood and who have a "gang" spirit are contact- cd and organized into N-Y clubs.‘ Leaders ere recruited and related to these clubl- Th! "W" N‘!

clubs new in existence are to be found in several areal within the “ti-h. Treasurer's report indicat- ed that no campaign for current operations had been conducted gum,‘ (he past three years. This was due to s promise made t0

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Boost In Price 0f Shortening Seen Likely.

(By The Canadian Press)

QITAWA. Jan. 2$—The govern- ment is considering the possibil- "Y of reducing its subsidy on shortening, a step whie}; will mean an increase of seven or eiaht cents a pound in the retail price of this commodity, it was learned today.

Informed sources said that while the final decision had not Yet been taken it waa considered likely part of the su-bsidy would

ment of this made next week or two.

The reason for the proposed reduction was that the countries from which Canada obtains her supplies of fats and edible, oils were increasing their prices to the point where continuation of the full subsidy would constitute too heavy a drain on the Federal treasury.

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Cont! Attendance At Montral Fur Auction Sales

(Special to The Guardian) MONTREAL. Que" Jan. 38 — There was 3, good attendance at the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. Ltd., sale of silver fox and mutations today with the‘ follow- lng results: Platinums 46 pcr average of $40.45. Inferior platinum: 27 per cent sold at an average of $27.41. White marked, 30 per cent at an average of $22.23. Selected full silvers, 70 pet- aold at an average of $22-48. Regular full silvers, 34 per sold at an average of 315,66, Inferior types 41 per: cent at an average of $13.22. Can-action National Special col- lcction containing platinums, pearl plstinums and white marked silv- ers ‘l0 per cent sold on an aver- age of $44.91. GEO. A. CALI-BECK.

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Winnipeg Convention 0i Farm Federation,

WINNIPEG, Jan. 28 — (GP) —- Board of director; of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, which opens its llth annual convention here today, approved today a brlcf

' asking the Canadian railways for

comprehensive information con- coming their application for a 30 per cent increase in freight rates.

Today's brief concerning freight rates. which will be submitted to the Board of Transport Commission- ers, said that the railways should be required to "produce evidence that they positively require an in-

crease in revenue to continue to function as the national welfare requires." '

The Canadian public, which would have to pay the proposed rate in- crease. "he; a right to know whe- ther or not an increase is iustlfiable and. if justifiable. what the in- crease should be and how lt- is to h tflltorially allocated.”

Maritime and western farm or- genlsstlona were particular]! ill- terested in the question of territor- ts] allocation of the Wwuled Ln- crease. the brief said, and felt that " scion should be slven to

distances from market.

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rookle constable Doss Davldge who was patrolling his best. 0n YOIIIO

ltreet. near Honk-The constable .

noticed suspicious bulses under- neath overcoets ll he overtook the quartet. _

8e went into action fist, shov- ing two of the suspect-s up against e brick wail. ylnkinl open the overcoat of the other and whipping out a .38 calibre loaded revolver from a shoulder holster. lie then covered the three with their own gun, handcuffed the two eldeet loQt-hsr and told a eltlsan to sum- nfl police, whoaarrived IOIII elttwerds in sqoe loss-s-

Iiieants ofdeteetlvws flotsam ‘finely. and Oeoflb lllctt who seaaqied the trio st the belles etetten said elm fond two lead- es revolvers en each efsthna.

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Awaiting Lead From Ottawa

Necessity for a proper under. standing and clear enunciation o! l!" w udliles and policies of the Progressive Conservative Party was emphasised last evening by Major E. D. Fulton, president of the Young Progressive Conserva- tives of Canada, in a brief ad. dress at an informal meeting held in the Legion Hall under the auspices of the Women's Pro- gressive Conservative Association.

"The country is waiting for someone to give leadership in the solution of the problems which face us today.” Major Fulton 8110- "Th!!! ere not finding it in the actions of the present Government and it is therefore our responsibility to place our own position clearly before the

people so that they may find those answers which they are seeking."

Major Fulton was accompanied to the meeting by Mr. Thomas DeBlois, president of the Young Men's Progressive - Conservative Association: Mr. and Mrs. Mel- colm Reeves: and Mr. and Mrs. Waltlien Guudct.

Mrs. Robert E. Sutherland, president of the Women's Pro- grcsslve-Conscrvativo Association, conveyed the thanks of the meet- ing to Major Fulton for hi! in- spiring and enlightening sdtlreah “Afterward. those present were

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Nurse llas Narrow Escape

MONTREAL, Jan. I -— (OP) — A bullet whiued through the win- dow of room 23 in the Ross Mem- orial Pavilion of Royal Victoria Hospital early today and missed by inches the face oi’ a special nurse who was attending s. woman pc- tient.

The missile was one of eight mysterious shots fired before dawn from the straw-covered slopes of Mount Royal that overlook the hos- pital. Six detectives are investigat- ing the incident.

When the first bullet shattered the quiet of the room in the Ross pavilion the seriously-ill patient awoke but went back to sleep af- ter her nurse assured her the noise had ben caused by an exploding llfiht bulb. i Less than three minute; later. another high-powered bullet tore through a wire screen and double window of the fourth floor wash- rcom at Douglas Hall. residence of iho'McGl1l University medical stu- dent! about 150 feet east. of the Rosa pavilion. The reusalning sis shots apparently struck none of the buildings grouped in the ares. The bullet that hit the Ross Pavilion pierced a steel weste- psper basket in the patient! room and buried itself in the floor.

Brighter Outlook For Farsi Machinery

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. Jan. fl—- (CPr-Claude W. Lookers! of l-lem- ilton, Ont.. president of the Inter- mtloxial Harvester Com-puny. in ea interview here today eeid "Canad- ien farmers es a whole will get more new form machinery in 194'!

the production outlook ts definitely brkbter than at any time since the war.

than ever in history." He laid that log

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Notes Mounting Reaction Against King Government

Prom coast to coast the people of Osnada are becoming more conscious of their gradual loss of individual rights and personal freedom. Major E. D. Fulton, M. (P. for Kamloope, B. 0., president of the Young Progressive Conser- vatives of Canada, said in an in- tervlew last night.

Major Fulton, who was sched- uled to arrive in Charlottetown Monday evening to address the Young Men's Progressive-Conser- vative Associstion here, but who was prevented from doing so be- cause of weather conditions, ar- rived in the Oity yesterday even- ing with Mrs. Fulton. After ud- dresalng the Conservative Wo- men's Association last night, he loft for Halifax this morning where this evening lie will speak before -the provincial organization of the Nova Scotia Young Men's Conservative Association.

Want Control; Removed

The subject of further contin- uance of price controls, Major Fulton said, is sure to be warmly discussed at. the coming session oi Parliament which opens in Ottawa tomorrow. The King Gov- ernment is seeking to maintain those controls still in operation on the ground that their abolish- ment would mean inflation. The Progressive - Conservative party. Major Fulton said, docs not ad- mit that there would be any ser- ious inflation upon the removal o! the remaining price controls. Disaster was predicted for the economy of the United States when the majority of controls af- fecting t-he American people were ‘suddenly removed but it did not work out that way, Major Fulton said.

The sincere belief today of all people interested in Government. Major i-‘tilton continued. is that the King administration has no ivirlt to relinquish its autocratic and dictatorial powers and that it is using the fear of an imagin- ary inflation period in order to tiersuado tho pcoplc to continue living with only a remnant of their former individual freedom.

Impressive Measures

‘Ilioy arc no longer functioning tinder laws and regulations made by their representatives but un-

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hi»... In Toronto Robbery

THOROLD, Ont., Jan. 28 -(CP) -Captured after a chase by a St. Cathsrlms‘ rookie police constable, three men and two women were arrested today and charged with. robbery wit-h violence arising from the assault and robbery of 56-year- old George Brady of Thorold,

Those l1 eid are : J amcs Blskiewicz. 34. of Hamilton; John Wagner. 48. Hamilton; Mike Slvaiik, 26. Toronto: Madeleine Nickson. 25, Hamilton, and Marjorie Williams. 26. Tlhorold-Townsltip. , Recovering from a hunting knife wound in the throat and a severe beating Grady told -police how he was assaulted and robbed of S45 and a watch last night.

Brady said Marjorie Williams. who had been staying at. his house fla- 10 flys. but whom he had driv- en to St. Catharlnes t-he day before. returned last night to pack her clothes. She was lbcfimplhlci by three mien, but after tihe girl obtain- ed her clothes ell four left.

A few minutes later they return- ed ececuspanied by another girl. Brady said one men felled him with a blow.

"The man then got s ions hunt- knif ....andwhlleheendthe other man held me on the floor he mt around my throat, from my left ear to re! rllhl fulfil"

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Release 0f. Windham ls Confirmed

By CARTER. L. DAVIDSON

JERUSALEM, Jan. 28 —- (AP) _ Judge Ralph Windham, one of two kidnapped British subject; held as hostages. has been found, police said tonight as they pressed a hunt for the second man, HA1. Collins, s, banker.

Confirmation of Windham‘; re- lease came after s government source said that the judge had tel- ephoned Tel Aviv police from Ramat Gan.

There also was a report that Col- lins had been released but this was not confirmed by Police who con- tinued search for him.

Windham, judge of the district court of Tel Aviv, was kidnapped Monday from his courtroom. Col- lins was abducted Sunday night from his home in Jerusalem. Po- lice have accused the Jewish un- derground of seizing both men.

Police ears sped toward Ramat Gan. a Jewish suburb cf Tel Aviv and the scene last May of a police station attack in which Dov Bela Gruner was wounded and captured.

Gruner, 33-year-old convicted underground member, has been sentenced to hang for the attack Qn the police station. Police have said that members of the Jewish underground seized Windham and Collins in an effort to stave off C-runcrs execution.

The Ramat Gan area was om‘- domed oil by police who began I search for Windhamb Bbduuwffl-

(In London. British colonial min- ister Jones told the House of Com- mon; he understood that“, had been-wserlously-"illfurcd. ul

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Coal Strike Seen Likely

GLACE BAY. N. 8.. Jan. 28- tCPt-Nuvu Scutia moved to- night wwards the first general coal strike in 2|. years as no concrete sign of conclllatlng ivage differences between 1S.- 000 miners and their employ...- Ilpp tired.

lt was considered here that only last-minute intervention could prevent the walkout of members of tho United Mine Workers (C.C.L.) dlsfllct 26 ll the svugo contract with oper- ators runs out at midnight Fri- day.

A general mine strike, first since i925, was expected to affect power-generating facili- ties in the eastern and north- ern sections of the province and cause shut. downs in other industries depending on coal. Mines Minister L. D. Currie said

he would place before the current session of the provincial cabinet a recommendation that existing snacks oi’ coal be apportioned on a prior-thy basis, with hospitals and domestic users being supplied first. In Moiictott, N.B.. last night J. G. Boucher, chairtn-iti of the New Brunswick Electric Commission said a prolonged tie-up would paralyze industry and curtail power supply to 27,000 domestic consumers in that province. Much of New Brunswlcku steam-power gc-ticrating facilities supplied with coal from Mlnto, N. 8., would be affected because the 700 miners are U.M»W. members and would be involved in any general walkout. Although no geneml strike call

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To Head Life Underwriters

Mr. Fernand 5e llaerne. (LL11- of Montreal. elected Preaident 0! the Life Underwriters Association of Canada at the annual meeting of the Association, held in Toronto on January 24.

Mr. de llaerne is manllel’ 39 Montreal for La Sauvegarde Life Assurance Company.

Independence ls Granted To Burmese

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By Tom Williams

LONDON, Jan. 2B -(AP)—Brlt- ain announced agreement with (the Burmese today to grant virtual in- dependence immediately to that Asiatic land of 17,000,000 persons and ordered the creation of an In- terim zovcmmerr. to administer its affairs while a new constitution ls being written.

Winston Churchill, leader of the opposition, at once demanded and received a promise for, an early dc- bate on what he called "this dismal traturaciion." ,

Identical statements announci-ngi the dccisioti to free the 262.000. square miles of Bunma from British | rule were made in. the Iiouse of Commons and the Rouse of Lords by Prime Minister Attlee and Lord Potluck-Lawrence. secretary of state for India.

Addltioml details of the aBTcc- memt reached during two weeks of discussion here with a six-anon delegation oi‘ Burmese Nationalist leaders headed by U Aung San were

Subscription Delivered $6.00. . Hall 85.00, other Province! I U. l. A. l7.‘

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By IYARCY UDONNELL (Canadian Press Staff Writer) .. OTTAWA, Jan. 28 (C?)

Any changes the Federal Govern- ment may make to the Old Ago Pensions Act this session likely will fall far short of the requests of the C.C.F. party for a tw-a-montb. pension to all more than 66. it wal learned tonight.

Although Federal officials have declined to forecast what: amend- ments will be made in the Pen- sions Act. they have said that the cost of a $50 pension would be pro- hibltlve.

It was unofficially estimated that a $50 pension to all N and over without a means test would cost: between $500,000,000 and $600,000.- 000 annually.