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Commons tMovesi To Simplify Income Tax Law n. s. Su

c. c. r. Party Wins

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Capture Seats In Clltario Allli British Columbia lielll Formerly ly Liberals.

OSHAWA, ont. June a —iCP) ._Arthur Williams, Union organ- izcr. today won the OntarimPed- oral lay-election for the C.C.l=‘. by rriling up a plurality of 1.977 votes over his nearest opponent, Lyl-nan Gifford, Liberal. The seat formerly was held by the Liberals.

ivlliiaans’ victory in a three- party fight coincided .with the election of a 0.6.1“. candidate, Rodney Youflvfl. in today's other Federal hy-eiection in Vancouver Centre. 1t came just one day af- ter 0.0.1“. candidate TD. Thomas captured Ontario riding in ChO Ontario general election.

ccnpiete returns for the 150 polls ionilht gave Williams 10.301 votes, Gifford 8.324 and Mayor Frank McCailum of Oahalwa, the Progremive Conservative candid ate, 7.555.

Mr. Williams was victor for the 0.0.1". in the 194B general elec- tion. but lost the seat in 1905.

Both victories were gains from

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the Liberals and brought C.C.1~".'s House 'of Conunons resentatic-n to 31 seats. The eral Party has 125 and the gressivc Conservatives 66.

In Vancouver

VANCOUVER, June a - (CP) —Rodney Young, C.C.F. candid- ate. tonight was elected in the Vancouver Centre Federal by- eiectlon. A 38 year old University of British Columbia law student, it was his first contest for polit- ical ‘office. _

Young's victory in the Vancou- ver three-party contest represented a gain from the Liberals who had held the riding folalhe last 18 years. Previous to 1930, Hon. 11.11. Stevens occupied the seat for the Conservative Party horn the time oi the riding's creation in 1917.

With results from 90 of I24 polls, the standing was: Ralph

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F alconwood Last Evening

Coming Events

"sea Breeze Victoria. each Wed- nesday, Dancing 9-1.

"In stock, mixed grass seed. W. I. Bcivman. Hunter River.

"Movies — Eldon, Friday. "Dead Reckoning", Humphrey Bola-rt. Elizabeth Scott.

"Coma to the Dance ltiverdaie School, Friday. June 11th. Bale of lunches. MacNeiiis Orchestra.

"Wlllshira Hall, Wednesday ev- ening. June 9, Cornwall players present "Safety First", excellent 8- act comedy.

"Until further notice d weekly. Stella Maris Hail, North Rustico on Wednesday and Satur- day nights starting at 8 P. M.

"Dance and Refreshments, Ill- liott Hall, Monday, June 14th. If not fine following night. Dance o lVlcNclirs Orchestra. Proceeds in Bid Of Hall.

"Beginning June 10th. Bonshaw Inn will close every ‘llhuraday. but will be open every other day and night during week.

"Dance to the music of the Prince County Pioneers ‘Thursday. June 10th. Happy Islanders Country Club. Travellers Rest.

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"A special meeting of the Hope

River branch of the Canadian

Ltilion will'be held at William

Cullen's tonight. All members Please attend.

"Milni-hly Meeting Kimston Branch Canadian Legion will meet in Kingston school Thursday. JunO 10th at 0.30 P. M. All Veterans biease attend. Foster Maclfinrion. Secretary,

"Oops Traverse r. r. c. will

Present their one-act play "The

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"h hull. asunder. June 10th.

Bwnsored by Desable Women's Institute. Curtain 8.80.

"Will b0 ibldilil BOII It till following points each mursdayt m" Winners Bradalbane. until

i ‘lilac n.rn.; Borden lagliali. Hun-

River. until neon; summar-

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liucton unli I pm. Ilaelwen and Y.

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Six nurses, three from Falcon- wood Hospital and three from the Provincial Infirmary, last night re- ceived their diplomas at a wcil at- tended graduatihg ceremony held in the'auditorium of Faiconwood Hospital. The graduates who were addressed by Dr. P. A. Creeiman. superintendent of the Provincial Sanatmium, were:

Falconwood Hospital, Thelma Mary Veronica Arsenault, Cape Egmont; Mildred Elulice Griffin, Montreal, P. Q; Olive Belle Wood, Cornwall. ,

Provincial Infirmary, Mary Pearl Foiland. Bradalbane; Isabelle Bea- trice Mathcscn, Hunter River; Reta. Vernita Mutch, Cherry Val- ley.

Hon. A. W. Mathescn, Provincial Minister of Health and Welfare, presided at last night's function.

Winner of a prize donated by Mrs. L. O. Kitchen, superintendent of nurses, to the Faiconwood l-ios- pital student making highest ag- gregate marks in two years‘ train- ing period was Miss Olive Belle Wood. A similar prize to the In- firmary student. donated ny Mrs. Margaret Iaafford. assistant super- intendent, was awarded to Miss Mary Foliand.

His Honour lieutenant-Governor J. A. Bernard presented the grad- uates with diplomas and irl a brief address congratulated them and paid tribute to the noble profes- sion which they had chosen to foi- low. His Honour told the grad- uates they had shown fortitude and devotion to duty in surmount-

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Ll orlhla nln Toulleslgaciieat

OTTAWA. June 8 -- (OP) —- Lhuori Lanai-lbs (Ind — Level- Two Mountains) said mew he viii

resign his Commons seat July l5 to take up his appointment as magistrate for the district of Terrebonne and Labelle, north of Montreal. ‘

Charges Vets Being By-Passed For Jobs

- (By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, June 0—A veterans‘ spokesman contended today that thousands of appointments to Fed-

'erei Government jobs are being- made by ordar-lrl-couneli and thus"

by-Ipassinl statutory metal-em M overseas veterans.

o. n. nope. vice-president of the Dominion Civil Servants War Vet- erans Association. told the Com- mons committee on veterans af- fairs the Association's 0.000 mem- bers felt that attempts lo eschew the preference were "becoming too prevalent."

1h agreed thatin man! cases it nlhht be sound to appolntmrtain mm to positions without recourse to the Civil Service Commission's mint of advertisement and alr-

week- minutiae. Rcwevmlt was a “van

dangerous principle" to follow. _"."".'° ‘"9 "W! °.' “W” °‘ ‘

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Local Member Says Tomato ls Fruit

UITAWA. June 8—(CP—A lo- mato, says W. Chester S. McLure, (PC-Queens). is a fruit, not a vege- table. He maintained his stand on this point in the Commons as mem- bers considered budget changes in the Excise Tax Act. "Those who have studied botany will find that anything produced from a. flower or a flowering plant. such as a tomato. is a fruit," said the P. E.

I. member.

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“Abegweit” Railway Deck T0 Be Planked At Once

OTTAWA, June 8—(8pecinl)-Transport Minister Chevrier an- nounced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Govern- ment had authorised the laying of a steel floor over the entire rail-

way deck of the Prince Edward Inland car ferry» “Abegweitfl. In

view oi the fact, however, that construction of such n floor would

immobilize the vessel for some weelrn during the vital ‘

a temporary floor of ‘ rdwood planks surfaced with fire-ruin‘ ‘ pault will be laid at the present time and the steel flooring Installed

at n later date.

Paving Contract Awarded

ilain ilelps But Fires Still Burn

(By The Canadian Press) Recent rain has helped some fire crews in their ions. We"? fight against flames raging in nor- thern Ontario forests. But show- ers still have not fallen where they are needed most-on the mammoth

Mississagi and Chnplcau fires. Each blaze now is estimated at

miles apart for almost a week, they have not joined, provincial forestry officials said.

The third large fire in an arcs. extending ‘from Northwestern Que- bec to Eastern Manitoba is 50 miles southwest of the Quebec mining community of Val D'Qr. The blaze is burning out of control in the Lake Expense district.

More than 2.000 firefighters are on the job in the smoke-blanketed Ontario bushland and some 750 are battling fires in various parts of, Quebec. l

Former Ch’town Mall ilealis llow Industry

HALIFAX, June 8 —- (C?) -— Associated Industries Limited of Halifax has purchased Canada Ply Craft Corporation of Winnipeg and will transfer it to Mahone Bay N‘. 5., president Hugh Paton announced tonight.

He said the plant equipment and stock of the Winnipeg firm was brought to Mahone Bay 10 days

ago and technical personnel had also arrived. The plant has been renamed

Plycraft Corporation Limited and will be engaged in turning out small boats with one-piece seam- less hulls. .

Predict Retail em ' Prices To Advance

UITAWA, June 8-—(Cl")—Agri- culture Department officials pre- dicted today retail beef prices will go up another 10 to 15 cents ‘a pound before the month-end.

They said there were two price stimulants driving up the retail levels:

Beef mariretlngs are declining sharply due to the seasonal short- age of livestock and farmers all holding back cattle in the expecta- tion the Government will remove the ban on beef cattle shipments in the United States.

movision in the Civil service Act which allows Government depart- ments to hire men directly under certain conditiona- This‘ opened the way toavoldanca of the pro- ferenee for overseas men writen into law by Parliament.

‘the Association had idea a number ci’ oases up with theOom- mission but had been told that nothing could be done about them. reesantnient sprang up among vet- erans in various Departments who saw higher jobs going- tp men brought in from outside when. they felt. they themselves could fui them.

The eolncnittee earlier completed study of a bill to amend the Vet- erans Rehabilitation Act. lit pro- vides,‘ among other things. that benefits of the Veterans band Act lnaybaesunaedtonunwheloo: educational training only briefly.

The contract for the paving of the road between Sulnmerfield

‘ and Fredericton was awarded yes-

terday to the Island Ccnstruczlan Company, Ltd.

Hon. G. H. Barbour, Minister of Public Works and Highways, sali that iliS Department had called for tenders for the paving of til: highway with either "black top" (asphalt) or cement. Four paving companies had submitted bids and since the lender of the Island Con- struction Company had been rn-ilh lower than that of any of its com- petitors, the contract for the pav- ing cf the road with "black top" had been awarded to that farm. The bids for the paving of the road with concrete had been found too high.

Mr. Barbour said that the tender of the Island Construction Com- pany. even though considers-sly lower than any of the othérs, Wl-l about 50 per cent higher per rnlle than those submitted before the war. The present high costs ofpav- lng would prevent his Department from doin any more paving this ycar than was absolutely neces- sary.

The distance from Sunlmelfield to Fredericton is six miles.

Liberal Member Cf Commons Resigns Seat

OTTAWA, June ii - (C?)

Resignation of Waiter Tucker, Liberal leader in Saskatchewan, as member of Parliament for

Rosthern was announced formally by the Speaker in the Commons today. Mr. Tucker is contesting a seat in the Provincial election June M:

Plan Aid To B.C. Flood Areas

OTTAWA, June B—(C-P)—A joint financial arrangement between the Dominion and British Columbia Governments for relief and re- habilitation in the flood-stricken Western Province was announced tonight by Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King.

The arrangement, worked out after conferences here this week with B. C. Premier Byron John- son, is as follows:

1. Cost oi temporary emergency relief will be divided equally b0- tween'the two Governments.

2. The Federal Government will bear 75 per cent and the Provincial Government 2s per cent of the costs of emergency measures al- ready taken or being taken for strengthening dikes_ and their eventual reconstruction, and for the restoration of their ya tocted lands by the pumping out of flood waters.

s. Cost of eventual rehabilitation of the affected areas \vi1l be settled by later agreement between the two Government after receiving a report from the Fraser Valley Re- lief and Rehabilitation Commis- sion.

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Mr. Chevrlers statement to the House on tlhe subject today was prompted by a question asked by J. Watson MacNaught, Liberal member for Prince who asked: "Has any decision been made con. ""1111! the planking of the rall- way calr deck of the Q. s. M_ v, "Abtflweit" to pennlit trucks to drive on and off the decks under their own power?"

Minister's Statement

The Transport Minister repiieli: "At the present time the Abegweit is in dry dock at Montreal and should be ready to proceed to Northumlberland Straits on the tenth of this month. Before the 1196984811! steel becomes available and is installed. a Period of seven or eight weeks would elapse, which i's far too long a time to immobilize a vessel. costing upwards of $7.- 000.000. Furthermore, the Abegwelt will be needed shortly to take care of the tourist traffic to Prime Edward Island.

“As an altemative. it has been decided to cover half the lower deck with wooden planks specially treated with fire-resistant paint. Instructions were given to minke a start on this work yesterday, awl I am advised that to complete this job will require at the most twelve days. The ‘Abegweit’ CCliid, therefore, be ready to proceed to Borden at the latest on the twenti- eth of this_month, in sufficient time to take care of the heavy summer traffic."

As reported from Ottawa in Tire Guardian last week, decision on the blanking of the railway car deck of the ‘A-begweit’ was carried on at cabinet level after Mr. Mac- Naught’s representations on the railway and official levels failed. to bring any decisive results.

Appenied To Prime Minister

The member for Prince found that his representations and suggestions as to the planking of the rail deck had been met. with indifference, unreasonable, and even frivolous responses on the part of the operators of the car ferry and did not hesitate to take the matter up with the Prime Minister himself. Mr. King placed the question on the agenda of cabinet council the following day.

After considering Mr. Ma:- Naughth brief on the subject

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Fined Under Foreign Exchange Regulations

MONTREAL. June 8 —— (OP)- Andrew P. Holt. wn of the "it Sir Herbert Holt, financier. was fined 310.0(1) and costs todny on two wnvlctiorla of violating Por- eign “ e Control Act regu- iatlons.

The trial came before Judge Gerald Almond late today and pleas _of guilty were entered.

Mr. I-Iclt was charged on bwo

counts: - ‘i. Issuing cheques to non- residents, payable in Canadian

currency, without first obtaining necessary ‘ts from the For- ehn Izchange Control Beard.

2. Unlawful)? dealirl in foreign currencies contrary to the Por- elgn Bxchafldfl Control Act.

Evidence was that last Mely m. l-I-olt went to Brazil for an 10-day trip. There he issued cheques to the amount of about $80510 on

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Widespread Changes Are Marie In Act

By DARBY ODONNIILL

OTrAWiA, June B—-(CP)—A maior move toward simplification of Canada's income tax law was made today in the Commons.

Members gave second reading- approval in. principle-to a 131 clause blii making widespread changes to the Income War Tax Act. The bill, similar to one in- troduced but not dealt with at the last session, now goes to tile bank- ing and commerce committee for detailed study.

Plans for establishment of an income tax appeal board are out- lined in the legislation. The board would include three to five mem- bers and would hear appeals against income tax assessment. At present, the taxpayer only can appeal to the Exchequer Court. The cost of such action has de- terred some appeals-

With the establishment of the new board, the taxpayer will be able to launch an appeal with the

[board within 90 days after he has ‘received an assessment from the

Revenue Department. On filing his dissatisfaction with the assess- ment. the taxpayer will have to deposit only S15 with the board.

The chairman of the appeal board will be paid a. salary of $13,383 a year. the assistant chair- m-an 012.000 and every other mem- ber of the board $10,000 a year.

One new provision extends from three to flve yearn the period over which farmers and fishermen may average their income for income tn: pur- poses.

Before turning to the lllconle tax measures, members voted 97 to 38 against a 0.0.1‘. amendment which would have prevented the Govern-

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Move is Seen iis Federal Answer To Demands For Royal Commission Cn Railways.

OTTAWA. June 8-—(CP) —Re- organization of the Board of Trans- port Commissioners was announ- ced in the Commons today by Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

The Board will be headed by a Justice of the Exchequer Court of Canada-instead of by a govern- ment appointee as at present-and the first chief commissioner under the new set-up will be Mr. Jus- tice M. B. Archibald of the Sup- reme Court of Nova Scotla.

The Prime Minister announced that Justice Archibald has agreed to take an Eycllequer Court ap- pointment for the purpose.

Mr. Justice Archibald is a for- mer National War Labor Board chainrlman. He will succeed J A. Cross, 72, who has turned in his resignation some two years in advance of the 1950 expiration of his term. '

Mr. King's announcement touched off reports that. this was the Government's answer to Provincial demands for a royal commission on railways.

The Prime Minister's announce- ment of impending legislation to implement the moves came after a fortnight of persistent but un- confirmed l-umors that he pian- rled a reorganization of the Board rather than a royal commission on railways to meet Provincial de- mands on the railway situation.

'I‘hese demands stemmed from the commissioners‘ long inquiry into railway freight rates that culminated in late March with the avrard of a. general 21 per cent increase in rates for the rail- ways.

Opposition in Parliament and from scvcn Provincial Govern- ments prcmpted the Federal

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Drew Will Continue To Head Government

Leader 0f C. C. F. Opposition Calls For Early

Session To Consider Housing.

TORONTO, June 8 —- (CP) - Defeated in his own constituency of Toronto High Park, Premier Drew today assured his Progres- sive Conservative foliowers he would continue to lead them and immediately started speculation on where he would reek another scat in the Ontario Legislature.

Mr. Drew was caught under a Toronto 0.0.1“. landsl-de in yes- terday's general election which saw the Progressive Conservative Government returned to power with g reduced majority.

The Drew forces dropped from 60 seats to 5.3 in the flu-seat House. The Liberals picked up one and new have i2 while the 6.0.1“. became official Opposition when they gained 14 seats, most of them in Toronto and district,

‘ to hold 22. The two Torc-nto In- bor-Progressive party melt-fibers, JJB. Saisberg and A.A. Macbeod, were elected as were Opposition party leaders EB. Joiiiffe of the C.C.F. and Liberal Farquhar Oliv- er. ’

Mr. Joiliffe, who again becomes official Opposition leader after a lapse of three years, today cali- ed for an early session cf the Legislature to deal with housing. _"since so many n4’ the electors have emphasized their dissatis- faction with the Govermnenifs failure to take action on such matters as housing, I hope the legislature will be called to an early session. I hope the Gov- crnment will have something more

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MAX BOYD

CAIRO, June 8 -— (AP) Count Folke Bernadette disclos- ed tonight that he has asked Jews and. Arabs to stop fighting in Palestine at 0 AM. Greenwich time Friday (0 A.M. A.D.'I‘.).

I-Ie said he had asked for Arab and Jewish replies to his proposed truce terms by -nocm' tmrlorrow (0 AM A.D.T.).

But dispatch from Amman. the ‘Frans-Jordan capital, said prospects for any truce were

dim

While all Arab states were ra- ported standing firm against av:- cepting Jewish conditions _for _a truce, a reinforced Niibtlan spearhead was reported fighting to get out of a Jewish trap at lsdud, l! miles south of Tel Avlv.

Israel's anfriy said its patrols had ‘penetrated Jenin, much fought-over Arab strum; point" in Central Palestine, and "found it deserted." Jeni-n. tile northern eke of the so-ceiied Arab "tri- angle of strength," was entered by the Jews in hard fighting last weak. Later the Arabs slid they had driven the Jews out, and an Associated Press correspondent