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Early tuberculosis usual- ly has no symptoms of any, kind. One out of every two adults in the U. S. is estimated to have tubercle bacilli in his system . . . which might lead to active disease.

Even if your health seems good, you are not safe from active TB.

A chest X-Ray, at least once a year, is the igt way to play safe.

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Brief General Strike In Italy

110cm, April 10-4 one-hour country-wide general strike and fresh violence in the south hit lialy today-just six days before the general elections

The strike was called by the Communist-led General Confeder- ation of Labor in protest ail-lull the violent death of 35 Sicilian workers and labor leaders during the last two years.

Reports reaching Rome indicated the strike was conducted in s quiet and orderly fashion over the entire country.

British Ammunition Train Looted ByJews

JERUSALEM. April i2 - (OP)- A British 1:00p aria ammunition train was today attacked and a large quantity of arms looted by armed Jews in the orange belt near the Jewish township of Rehovoth, some 12 miles south of Tel Avlv.

Hagana, Jewish defence force. penetrated the Arab town of. Ram- lair and a number of Arab vlllaflll on the Tel Avlv Jerusaism Road in an operation designed to loosen the Arab grip on Jewish commun- ications between the two cities.

Jewish forces withdrew after carrying out searches.

l-lagana escorted press photogra- pliers to Kastel today to. prove its claims that the fortress ranains in Jewish hands.‘

The photographers found the village in ruins. Among the l-lagrina forges holding the fortress were a number of girls.

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BIRTHS

IVES-Al. the Prince Edward ls- lnnd Hospital on Saturday, April 10th. i940, to m. and Mrs. Georg» lves. City, a son; George Gardner.

DEATHS

uowan-At wsiaakirrla. ta. April i3. Bruce I. Howattv ~ nieriy of French River, PE. Island. Parana-at Long River, April 12. _1940, Eva Paynter. aged ‘l3 years. Funeral from Long River Presbyterian Church Wednesday at. 2 p.111. Interment Caddie Miri- will Cemetery.

moivaoaaN-As the City Hospi- tfll. April i3, tare. Roeebloasahan. teed 0i years. Remains resting at l-hb Prank Home from where the funeral will tlh place ‘Thursday morning at 9145 to 5t. Damian's Iasilioa. thence to n. C-Ceaietery. osasranaarrn - suddenly _ia',iira mhriottetown Hospital, W" H. use. J. lament u - "N. U ‘Cumberland Straet, Olly. in his 41st year. His remains are "It-Ins at his late residence ftui White the funeral will take place M Thursday morning at 0.40 to at. mama's itasilleo. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. -

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LEAVE! IOR NEW YORK-At- torney Genersl F. A. large left yesterday for New York. lit is understood Mr. Large will be ao- ‘sent from the Province for ten or 12 days.

VITAL srarisrics uproar- Eighty-four births were registered in the City last month, Dr. B. C. Keepiflt told the City Council last night. ‘Iiiere were 31 deaths dur- ing the same time and 10 iner- riages. .

ATTENDING CONFERENCE - Mr.' L.W. Shaw, director of educa- tion, is in Ottawa where he will attend a conference on the phys- ical fitness program. Mr. shew will also confer with Ontario education- sl authorities. 1t is expected he will return to the Plovlnce the latter part of the week.

EALTH REPORT-City Health

leer Dr. B.C. Keeping informed the City Council last-night that. modern medical treatment was rapidly beginning to show its eflic- acy in cutting down the number of those who formerly had receiv- ed prolonged treatment for vene- real diseaae. At present. he said, there were only 13 cases in the City. Eight of those were male. There were two new male cases and one new female. SENTENCkJames Elwood Stewart, 20, Charlottetown. was sentenced yesterday to two years in Dot-cheater Penitentiary by Judge C. Gavan Duffy. He was convicted of having broken into the store of Mr. Herbert Campbell, Gmafton Street. on the evening of March 7th last and of ‘having sto- ietn a quantity of cigarettes valued at approximately $300.

POLICE REPORT -- Eight pros- ecutions in the City Police Court last month under the Prohibition Act resulted in six convictions and two diniisaail, Chief of Police Dirtwiatie irufomied the City Coun. ell last night. Total fines collected in the City Police Court last month smountéa to 01,504.10. 0t this amount $320 represented Pro- hibition fines and costs and the rerrnaindea- miscellaneous collections for minor infractions of the by- laws. Arrests within the City for the month of March were down by 41 compared to the number arrest- ed for the corresponding period of laat year. ‘Thirty-nine arrests were made last month.

Personals Mr. Elwood Robertson, R. C. N. V. R... is spending’ leave st his home in Hunter River.

The manymfidends of Mr. Albert. J

Middleton regret to hear that lie is _iu in the P. lil. I. Hospital.

Y.M.G1.A. Oonference lntOzech lllllage

Word has been received by the local Y_,M.C.A. that an Internation- al Young Men's Conference will be held in Czechoslovakia late in July of this year. The conference ses- sions will be held in a small Czech village near Prague. The Y.M.C.A. National Council of Czechoslovakia will act as the hast organization.

Joint meetings are being arrang- ed with Corrmunistlc youth as a means of attempting to under- stand differences and similarities as between the cihrlstian and Coan- rnunistic youth of this generation.

Throughout the conference em- phasis will be placed upon under- standing the World situation and what the young men of the world can do about ll.

Leaders of the conference will include Dr. Miloslav Kai-ink, Pres- ident 0f the Y.M.C.A. National Council ‘of Czechoslovakia. Mr. David M Robinson, cihainnan of the Young Men's Committee of the YMCA. World's Alliance will be in attendance. Dr. Tracey Sttong, General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Worlds’ Committee at. Geneva, Switzerland will take e prominent part in preparing the conference Pffilrum.

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-'.‘l‘he following letter was received by Mr. Keith MacKlnnon, chair- man of the international Student service committee, Prince of wales college.

Dear Hr. Maollnnon: We wish to thank you for your kind letter of march 20th and enclosure of a cheque to the amount o! 0040.00. forlwfiich a receipt is enclqsed.

The contribution of Prince of wales college to the cause of stu- dent relief, has been the moss out- standing of all colleges In Canada. we should like you to know how planed the Canadian Committee were to hear of theaucceas of your campaign. 1 wonder. it you would te-"so good es to personal convey tne-congratulations of in Canyo- iaa ooiranittss to all the members isr committee who tworlree so to enilla success.’ 3 Jllth bit wfliaafor the mass u your enssotaatienls f an ,

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Premier Jones Addresses Trinity Men's Association

L359 91/0111112 Trinity Men's Association were honored by having B5 their truest speaker at t the regular‘ monthly meeting, Premier J. Walter Jones. who took a; his eubiect "Green Pastures."

The speaker talked in general on

the grasses of both sea and land, showing their comparative 1m. portance to man. ‘ Firstly. a sketch was roads of m6 W17 historic importance of the Gramineae family to civilisation, showing how fmtn earliest time: Pastures were avidly sought after 1B man's chief source of subsis- tence. What food is more impart- ant than milk, made as it were in the living factory of the oow, which feeds vfwn the grasses as its source of energy and production. In tact. so lmrportant is the grass frmliy that it i responsible for the production of geven-tenthg of all the arenltli of the world.

The speaker ventured to say,

however. that the grasses of the sea are still 0N important than those of the find, and prophesied that the time will coitne when man will rely on them for his daily food to a much larger extent than hereofore. T“ ‘ on: . ,' Aisle. form the elementary pasture of the sea. Nearly all small fishes feed upon them. Seafoods are perfect foods, as is instanced by the appetizing oyster, which“; its tum feed-s upon the ali-innportant diatoms. Plankton, another type of we food. may eventually become a human food; as experiments towards this end are now being conducted. From diatomaoeous earth comes much of our lubri- cating oil. Irish moss also gives us many useful pharmaceuiic products. ‘ _ In conclusion. the {render showed how the very settlement of America itself resulted primarily, not from the lure of the furtradie. as many surmise, but because of the search for seafood.

Mr. Reginald R. Bell, M. L. A., very capabiy expressed to the Premier the appreciation of the meeting for his informative and thought-provoking address.

Preceding the address of the

evening. a delectable supper was served by the ladies of the congre- gation, to whom President Rov Cudmore expressed the tihanks of the Men's Association. ____A!I_1.°"2 the guests present, in addition lo the Rev. J. R. Skinner. who opened the meeting with prayer, were the following: Senator E. Sinclair. Bank Inspectors Lloyd a-nd Pick, and Yi/Ieaers. Arthur Dlckleson, Arthur Avard, 1‘, W. L. Prowse, George Cairns. John Van Marian. and Keith Benn‘.

Following the supper. Paul Cudmoreu orchestra entertained the members and guests wit-h several musical selection.

Benediction by the Rcv. Dr. Rice brought s most _sucoeseful fellowship hour to a close.

Inquiry To Open Soon As lntercstd Parties Are lieady

orrrawa. April 12--(CP)—Oan-

ada's general freight-rate inquiry will open as soon as the interested ‘parties are ready to go ahead. tho Board of 'I‘ralisp0l't Commissioners announced today. " - The Board. which will conduct the investigation ordered last weak by the Cabinet. also declared the inquiry would call for public hear- ings to be held "throughout the country."

It said 4t was taking "approp- riate steps" tn get the investiga- tion under way and to give intel- ested parties a chance to file their submissions. with the mmission- ers.

Besides the railways, it was ex- pected, the chief among the par- tiee concerned would be the seven Provinces-all except Ontario lid Quebec-which opposed the rall-

_ ways’ application for general 30-

per-cent increases in the rate ease concluded by the ‘Board a fort- night ago.

Decision, of the Board in that case-the award of a. il-per-aent increase-touched off the forth coming inquiry, which was expect- ed to produce an overhaul of the whole rate structure of the Domin ion.

The opposing seven Imvlnoga protested the award and oailed on the Cabinet to delay its implemen- tation untll they could file a for~ mai appeal. The cabinet refused to hold up the increase and decided instead to order the general _iii- vestigstion. _ .

EDMONTON, April iii -. (OP) -.Aotor -General Lucien May- nard sai today the Alberta Gov- er s will not proceed with charges against three Ontario per-

famalory libel.

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tharhood of Railway Employee on higher wages has placed th0 0.0.1". party in a difficult position as far as railway rates are concerned. While attacking the boost in freight rates members of the C. C. F. who receive financial sup- port from the Brotherhood of Railway Employee’ are forced to admit that the wage increase for railway workers comes as a direct result of the increase in rates.

It is understood that Govern- ment spokesmen in tomorrow's de- bate will capitalize on this 0.0.11‘. weakness and will claim that only through higher freight rates could

the railway unions’ demands be met. In a press release today the

Board of Transport Commission- ers announced its intention to take "immediate steps" to comply with a Government order-iri-councii providing for a general investiga- t-iori of freight rates in Canada with a view to possible revision oi the whole freight rate structure. The Government on the basis of this release will counsel the House to wait until this investigation has been completed before taking any precipitate action.

Chief Liberal whip W. G. Weir and Provincial whips of the nine Provinces have been instructed 00 get on the job and line up s. solid phalanx of Government support- ers to throw out Mr, Coldwelfs amendment WlllCll amounts to a vote of want of confidence motion. Prime Minister King will himself close the debate on the freight rates issue and is looking confi- dently towards s majority large enough to sustain the party against the combined vote of opposition groups.

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I of holding Berlin to a prestige factor which cannot be ignored.

A withdrawal from Berlin would so wee/ken the prestige of iihe Western Allies that immediate and drastic repercussions would follow in France, Italy and other countries of Western Europe,

‘translated into military strength, the loss of prestige consequent to and abandonment of Berlin would amount to msmy divisions lost tn iihe Western Allies through with- drawal of support in Western Europe.

The American strength in Berlin

is approximately 5.500 troops. Britain has about 5.000 troops here and the French about 2,000. , There is no reliable estimate of Soviet military strength lfi Gennany. There have been German press reports of strengthened Russian garrisons in the zone and of the arrival of new Russian units.

Whatever Russian strength may be and wherever it may be cou- ceritrgted. it is reasonably certain there‘ La enough in the Berlin area to oetrry out swiftly and efficiently whatever orders may be given."

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_"“ had been paid two cents a pound. The invoices were merely ‘records of a transaction and could eduflllf well have been called "transfers.

n. H. Winters (Ii-Queens bunt"-

burgi, at whose request this phase of the prices inquiry was launched. insisted it was a sale. He sisal Canada Packers was in the posi- tion of having bought butter from Valley Creameries at more than the fixed price for that quality The packing house officials nad admitted they could not prove they had received back the same but- er. t Jean Leaage (Ir-Montmagny- Ijlglet) agreed with Mr. Winters that the transaction was a sale above the fixed price.

Mr. Child asked: "isn't the im- portant point what we sold it t0 the public for?"

1-19 was not asked immediately what his company's final selling price was, Later lie told the com- mittee that the pricc to retailers had been 61% cents and to whole- salers 00% cents --- in both cases the legal maximum.

Committee members then told inn his company was lll tho 00s- ltion oif having sold butter to wholesalers at less than they ‘w! paid valley creameries.

"It, was legs than the price of the transfer but not less than the price it cost us in the bestowing." Mr- Child replied.

Acting chairman RE. Mayhew. pariiss-nantary assistant to Iinanoa Minister Abbott, several times urged members of the committee to question the three officials one at a time. Most of the questioning was directed by Mr. Winter who aasrsarked:

"They are trying to help - i don't know whether they are just bloodthirsty or not". '

The encounter between the com- mittee members and the officials continued briefly after the session was adjourned.

"You should have told us t0 bring a iahvyer," Mr. Wiggins told Mr, Winter. ‘

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were 04.88.101.000. compared with 040035.000 the year previously. At ‘the some time, railway operating expenses leaped from $301,300,000 to 0097.l32,000.

The net operating revenue-rail revenues , minus expanses-was 041375.000. Deductions for taxes. equipment, rents and other items reduced, this to 08,710,000 ll the stemming income from the rail

This figure was augmented ay 6,014,041 in "other income" Dom liotals and other operations tats- eeilansous deductions of 00,100,000

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The followii: summary of cold and common storage holdings of table and certified seed potatoes in commercial producing areas and at the principal centres on April 1, 1947 and 1948 has been prepared by the Marketing Service. Domin- ion Department of Agriculture:

184i 104! Tons Tons- Inland. P. B. 1:- . 33,800 13.820 .. 72.0w 67,440 0.300 1,021 5.290 3.590 zoo 210 . . . 180 365 Inland, N.B.:- Table . . . . 40.110 26.505 Seed 40.4.23 33,075 Total for Marltimes 210.941 146.532 Quebec . . 12,020 8.488 Eastern Ontario 1.643 2.418 Western Ontario .... .. 30.941 21,381 Prairies ..................... .. 1.021 2,06; British Oolufiia 6.008 11.723 Total for Canada 263,164 192,404

1940, 111354; 1e45, 130.418; 194; 137,603; 1043, 94,810.

Jajge 0f Probate Oourt In ll. B. 0les

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mnorcmrs. N. 2., April 12- Tuttle T. Goodwin, K. 0., widely known barrister and in recent years judge of the Probate Court, d-led today in hospital after a leng- thy illness. He was '10.

Born at Bale Verte, N.B-, Mr. Goodwin was educated at the Pro- vincial Normal School, Frederic- ton. and ’.Pictou Academy. He taught school at Dorchester, Petit- codiac and Salisbury before being admitted to the Bar of New Bruns- wick ln 1913.

He practiced law at Petltcodia: before coming to Moncton in 1916. Prominent in politics, he was an active supporter of the Liberal Party and held office in the party association at various times. I-Ie also served as clerk of the West- morland County Court and was solicitor for the City of Monctor, before his appointment as Judge of the Probate Court in 1947.

merit of inmrest.

This interest totalled 043,333,000, leaving 015,905,000 net deficit.

The interest was made up of $23,821,000 on funded debt securi. ties held by the public and 030,002.- 000 on Government loans.

In the report, C. N. R. president B. C. Vaughan noted that the Government line had handled tne heaviest volume of peace-tiara ‘riffic in its history. Its freight tonnage had been greater than even the busiest years of the war.

The unprecedented load of freight—$.28i.000 tons-was ai- most double that of 1039. It had been handled despite a continent- wlde shortage of roiling stock,

There was a reduction in pas- senger travel as a whole. but hOll day travel had increased.

The company's 12 hotels contin ued to operate at high levels of business. Mr. Vaughan reported and the Canadian National Ex- press and Canadian National Tele- graphs had their biggest years. Ex- presssshlpmenfs were up 8.5 pei cent over 1040, while the Teio graph Department handled almost 13,000,000 messages-the largest number on record.

Mr. Vaughan said taxes were up by 02,705,000. This was largely be- cause of a settlement of taxation claims by the cities of Halifax and Saint John, N. 3.; resumption of provincial taxation in Ontario and Quebec at the expiration of their wartime agreements with the Do- minion Government, and the Un- ited states retirement and unem- ployment taxes.

Passenger revenues amounted to $43,017,000, a drop of 07,110,000 from 104d and down 010,738,000 from the wartime peak.

Freight revenues of 0343.08.00! were up 043,208,000 aver the prev- ious yesr and exceeded the peak war year of 1044 by 017,082,000.

lt was explained that about $21,- 000,000 of the freight revenue re- sulted from oartain freight-rate increases granted in the United States. These affected United States lines of the C. N. R. system and were followed by related in creases in Canada on lnternationdi traffic and competitive export and import traffic.

Th0 report said C.N.R. capital expenditure for new equipment de- livered in i947 was 011,806,000. In-

‘ “ ‘ were 26 diesel-electric loco motives, six steam locomotives, l,- 508 freight cars and two coaches. At the end of the year, there ra- mained to be delivered 28 coaches, l0 baggage oars and l0 mall and express cars from the i040 pro- gram, and 23 diesel electric loco- motives. 4,90 freight cars and o0 express refrigerator cars from the 1041 program. .