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News Briefs i

NANKING. April 11 - (AP) _ A small. Communist force crossed the main Yangtze channel to an island near the south bank to- day. emphasizing the threat o in- Tlde South Clllfll. Unless the gov-

ernment quickly yields to stir. render terms. ASBESTOS, Que. April m _.

(OP) - Soon-e 5.000 asbestos work- era stood firm in demands for 15- oents-an-(hmir increases tonight: as their strike entered its ninth week.

NEWTOWN, Pa.. April 11 (AP) — Pmnsylvania’; last sur- viving Civil WU: veteran is dead. He is Charles H. Duckworth, 102- year-old Bucks County resident, who died Sunday. at his Newtown home.

Former Governor, Of Michigan Dies ‘mohair, 6a., apru m - (a?)

-- Chase p. Osborn, former gov- ernor of Michigan. who adopted

a Can -born daughter at the agofof, , then dissolved the ad- aption _' I . msrried her at 89, died mo“. ' ‘two daysvsiiter the

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Osborn rose. from a siokbed Saturday to marry the former Stella. Le, Brunt of Hamilton.

Ont, m authozn, Osborn adopted her in 198'! and she 011M891‘! her name to Stellandvs (new star) Osborn.

Coming Events

rsssu your Films to iGarnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Meeting, Junior Farmers. Corn- wall Hall, April i2 st 8pm.

"Variety concert. bazaar. Canoe Cove. Wedneday, April 130th.

"Dance, Bonshaw Hal. ‘Ilhurs- day, ma. m aid of w pnsn’: In- stitute. MacNeilPs Orchistrs.

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"Now cleaning grain "and Tim- othy seed. Stitherlmd‘; Cousins. Baltic, Lot ll. ,

"Card party and drawing of lot- feirylr‘ in Summerfield hall, Tuesday n I L

"will be cleaning Grain the 535th of April. W. H. Gould, De 0. ‘

"See Hedy Lamar: in "Dishonest Lady" at: MacDonald Bros. dheatre tonight, plus Supentnan. _

“Loadim "Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd., April 14th, at Fred- ericton 1'1 A. M. at Oolvilta till 11.30. D. L. Mwowgil.

“See seven Mile Bay players present oheir play ‘l-wsquerade" znliinkors loll. lb Monday

"Come to the opening dance at the Bonahaw Inn, taster Monday light. April 18th. MacNsiYs Orch-

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"Jimmy Power's Vari y Concert. flederioton Hall, Wed _ ay‘, April 13th. ‘starting at 8.90 Pf . Under the auspices Y. P, U.

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St. Laurent (Jhampions Atlantic Allignce - In. . Opening iWeStern Tour

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, EDMONTON, April 11—((..?)_ Prime Minister .St. Laurent, one of the fathers‘ of the Atlantic Ppwt. held out to this‘ oil-boom urea today the belief ‘that the "WW offers international insur- ance that will allow the 1i mom. ber states to plunge 111M’. develop- men-t of their resources with a practical certainty of security. The 81-year-old Prime Minister initiated a nine-city tour of the west by twice presenting himself as the champion of a foreign pol- icy which; he said, marks "the first step along the path to permg," Twice-once from 1.100 Univer- sity of Alberta students and‘ once from a. luncheon audience that packed the dining room o1 m, MacDonald Hotel-he drew ap- Dlause when he" said the crux and the challenge of the treaty was its warning to any potential ag- gressor that one member nation could only be overcome by over.

p contl-ng them all. .

He maintained a non-political tone at those two ppearances. D81‘?- of s Ultimo-tn which included a public reception. a press recep- tion, a press conference, the plac- ing of a wreath on the oenotaph and a public address .at night.

But in his press conference, granted reporters in his private railway coach while 100 support- ers waited outside in a drizzle to greet him. he said simple" arith- metic makes itobvious that if his

party does not gain a clear ms-

jority in the next electiornno par- ty will. ‘ '

When he was asked Jnhether the’ Liberals would consider coal- ition in the event no. party em- ermd with a clear electoral ma- lority. w. St. Laurent swiftly Darriod: *We Liberals like to deal with realities, not with hypothet- ical situations we are sure‘ won't happen.” '

1n his night speech, he clsdrmd that the record oi.’ the govern- ment has stirpassed its 1945 prom- ises. ' .

Veteran Whaling Skipper Passes

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._ Mass. Aprll- 11- Marthsfis Vineyards last whaling skipper, Capt. Ellsworth L. West. died during the night in his 89th year. _ '

Cspt. West began whale hunt- ing at 17 and was master of his own vessel at 35. He made many voyages to the Arctic chasing the bow head before the gold rush of '96 attnoted his attention.

He psirchosed the Jevenue eut- ter Bear from the government and carried gold seekers from San Francisco to Alaska. He generally was credited with making the first charts of the inside Alaskan pas- sqa and also with opening t-he first coal mine in Alaska. from which he furnished ooal to Nome.

The Bear, as the Bear of-Oak- land, later was used by Rear Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd in Ant- arctic‘ exploration.

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WINNIPEG. April 1i - (C?) -

Canadian National Railways r kesmsn today rhnled rumors there would be a IO-per-cent re- duction in the staffs of shop crafts- men iu C. NJR. shops across Can- ada". The nunors started in the Winnipeg shops.

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Saurel To ., Load Food For _l.abrador

ST. JOHN'S, April 11—-(CP)-'l‘he Canadian lcebreaker Saurel arrived h re today to load supplies for se en starving settlements along a 50-mile stretch of the Southern Labrador coast.

'8he will leave as soon as possible in an attempt to smash through the Labrador ice barriers into the hun- ger-stricken villages. Reports say the. food shortage resulted when the areas scrlmped on normal win- ter supplies to take advantage of lower prices with~the advent of confederation. .

Meanwhile. R. C. A. F. and priv- ate planes resumed mercy miss- ions to the affected areas as wea- ther conditions improved. An R. C. A. F. Dakota from Goose Bay pnrachuted 1,600 pounds of food to St. _Mlchael’s Bay Head and 2,400 pounds to Port Hope Simpson to- day.

Food previously had been drop- ped by an R.C.A.F. Dakota and a Newfoundland Airways plans, pilot- ed by Freeman Fleming of Char- lottetown, to St. Mary's Bay.

This relieved the situation there.

Hesperus" in Seal Bight, Booth'e

bor. -_ Premier Joseph Smaliwood. lead- er of Nawfoundlandh provisional government. arranged to have the aid sent after receiving distress messages from two Grenfell mis- sion workers. .

U.N.l. To Graduate Largest Class In History

PREDRICTON, April 1.1 ‘-'~ (OP) - University of New Brun- swick will graduate th, largest class when 300 young men and women receive degrees on Encac- nla DayfMay l0. Lord Beaver- broek, U.N.B.. chancellon, and Lleutenant-Govemor DJ... Mac- Laren. are expected to be pres- ent. Jhe valedictory will be given by Edward Fanjoy, president of (he Student Council

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BODY DISCOVERED

SYDNEY, N. 8., April ll — (CP) — searchers dragging the waters of Mira River today recovered the body of Harry Morrison, 56, of Bydney, missing since April 1. Coroner A. D. Muggah laid tonight a medical examination disclosed no signs of foul play and death was accidental. _ 4 ‘

But conditions were reported still _

Cove, Fox Harbor and Battle Har- _

New U. Sl Atomic Proving Ground?)

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' It was reported the U. S. needs Los Alamo: and While Sands,

‘Reports from Australia say an agreement giving the U. S. use of s pocket range ID the desert areas of central Australia (dotted line)‘ in conjunction with Great Britain

and Australia will be made soon.

more space than that available at N. M" ranges. American atomic ex-

Pcrts have been hampered by the fact that the latest atomic 'war- head rockets at their maximum distance would land in inhabited

areas in New Mexico.

WASHINGTON. April 11—(AP)—ThamSenate pssssifiBaEy ablll authorizing the air force to set up a 3.000-mile testing range for guided

' missiles at a top cost of"$75,000.000. armed services committee report on it says where the

the bill nor the Senate range will be

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located. The House of Representatives already has passed the bill.

See N0 Early-

Election-Hint

in Statement By Bradley

Kentville Farmer Charged With Arson

KENTVIIJIE, N 5., April 11 - (CP)—Kenhet'h Cracker, 34-year- old farmer, today was arraigned be- fore Magistrate KB. Dickey on a charge of arson. .

‘Cmcker mterred no plea and pre- liminau-y hearing was set for April 2'2. i-Ie was released on $8,000 bail.

The charge arose from a fire which levelled ah unoccupied house owned by Crocker and on which there was said to be-a 82.000 in- surance policy. -

HALIFAX. April ,1'1 — (CP) — A spokesman for s "civic reform" group said tonight the project had failed and the group would not sponsor candidates in‘ Haliiars msyorslty and aldermanle elec- tion lster this month.

H‘ said the project, launched by the Halifax Board of Trade and, supported by 2i city organizations, failed. "primarily because of dis- sension" in the group and "insuf- ficient time to otganiz; properly."

He explained that those head- ing the project wees "unable to secure the type of candidate the felt would carefully, stir-sinister cliy affairs." ..

Dissension resulted when “many of the mzmbers of the group fos- tering thg project were surprised to learn that an‘ intelligent, well-

inioivned group of citisms held . '

Restrictions‘ Eased On Automobile Imports

GITAWA. . .11~—(CP)—-'I‘win developments < looting a still further improvement in a.'s trading position with the Unbed Bta wervannouxsced today by the ant, . Finance Minister Abbott. dis-

Iold and 17.8. dollars climbed from 00,000,000 at nae. at last l0 01007000000 at March 81. an increase of 000,000,000. At the sane time, the Trade e s‘ partial ‘ab!!! niiri

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oven fin-the: relaxations, perhaps increasing the amount of U5. dol- lar individual Canadians now are allowed-OM a year-fos- pleasure travel across the border. ' ‘me Finance wnistsr eaid that at 11.001.000.000 ~ the country's Bold-dollar holdings wars M50,- mm better than they were at March l1 last year, when they to- talled ‘mey had drop- ped below the $800,000.00!) mark when the dollar-conserving l - port restrictions were applied “in November. 1647. _ , In its announcement, the Trade

Department ssid the relaxation will apply to oars s trucks wholly produced in tits . s. 1t

means a N-psr-osnt vincraass in diipmenis firm‘ euob motor ear _ as Hudson. Pack- ard, nub. Kalil-Irani- and Wil- lys-Ovuian ' ~ /

Halifax A ‘.‘Civic Reform” Group Abandons Plans

the opinion that present alderman were doing a satisfactory, credit- able job." l

The reform movement was be- lived to have developed out of a month-long county ‘court probe. which ended last week. into pur- chase of three snowblowers by the city last year. Judge J.V, Poitier is expected to give his decision before the end of the month.

The probe was called by City Council following a charge made by snowblower agent John A. West of nearby Dartmouth. In ‘a letter to Mayor J11. (Gee) Ahern. West accused former Deputy Mayor J17. Lloyd and Alderman Earl Burgess of "crooked dealings." _

With nominations closing April l9, the moyoralty contest now is a three-cornered fight between Lloyd and AM. Butler, both for- mer mayors. and 6.6.. Kinley, a fomiefi deputy mayor. Lloyd auto- matlca ly lost his present deputy mayor post when he became a mayoralty candidate. ,

Eight candidates are in the run.- nlng for the six aldarmanlc seats and three more up expected be- fore nominations close.

Famous Operetta Colnpesar Dias

VIENNA. April ll-Jsrs. Bones. M, famous operetta composer, died here last Ifllht.

The composer of 11 operettu and so nun scores had been ill for a few months.

Danes was a native of Prague but no relation to the late Czech president. i-le left Ceeclioelovskia after the Communist leisure power. His works now are banned in that country.

WONDER BEACON

The first great l‘,,hihouse, sl- m 400 feet high. stood on the lsl ad of Phsms. off the coast of fiypt, and was known ss one of tbeluvsn wonders of tbs ancient wor d.

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CORNER. BROOK. Nfld.. April 11 —(OP)-Seoretary of State Bradley said in an interview here tonight that a "by-election must be held m Newfoundland in the next three or four months if the province is to-bc represented at next January's ses- sion of Parliament."

Newfou-ndlands first. cabinet minister in the Canadfian Govern- ment was asked about the possible date of atDominion general elect- ion. I-le replied: '

"Senna time in the next 12 months. But I will go fin-thei- and say that a by-election must be held in Newfoundland in the next three or four rrmnths if the province is to be represented at next January's session of Parliament." p

This was taken to mean that a general election would not be held until early in 1950.

Mr. Bradley arrived at this west coast pulp and paper town yester- day and has beeri moving about his old constituency.

It was believed here Mir. Bradley would contest this riding, which he represented in Newfoundlandk House of Assembly before the country lost reiponsiliie govern- ment in 1934. '

Mr. Bradley's statement that a

l by-election must be held in three r or four months was interpreted as

a reference to an old problem in Newfoundland. Elections usually mustbe held in the summer. As a rule. they cannot be held in other seasons either because roads and communications are poor or because many fishermen ll-fe on the banks.

naolAsco Basing Stratoeruisers

MONTREAL. April 11 — (OP) - The purchase of four Boeing strato- cruisers on order for the Scandin- avian Airlines system was an- nounced by the British Overseas Airways Corporation today. With the six already on order for the corporation, this will total of B. 0. A. C. stratocruisers to l0. The purchase prices for the four aircraft. including spare parts, was announced as £3,000,000 sterling (about jl2,000.000), only a small portion of which will be paid for by B. O. A. C. in dollars.

Six Television Applications Shelvad

OTTAWA. April l1 —— TOP) -—

Tlie CBO board of governors to- day shelved six applications from

prlvsla firms for television broad- Isuggested that the companies‘ get together and‘ agree to the joint operation

casting licences and

of private stations.

Th, board, carrying out

no individual radio station

vision broadcasting licence. .

Colonies Pledges Early

Independence - Is Planned '

LAKE SUCCESS, N.x.. Apiu 11 —(OP)—Count Carlo Sforza. Italy's foreign minister, today appealed to the United Nations to "return Mus- golln1's prre-war African empire un- der a. (LN. trusteeship.

Appearing before the General As-

VHold Autopsy In Little Girl's Death

~SAN MARINO, Cali-f» Noril 1i- Tlhe exact cause of tiny Kathy Fiscus’ death in a lost well was still midetermlnod today.

A story. heard even in police circles, that she bad been strang- led to death during the very first rescue attempt, was emphatically denied by the county coroner's office.

Minutes after the three-yesr-old fell into the abandoned well pipe while at play Friday afternoon near her home. a. Mp9 was drop- ped to her.

But. said Dr. Harry L. Deutsch of the county coroner's office. she was not strangled by that rope.

selmblys oil-member political com- mittee, the bearded Siorza made a pledge" Italy would pre- pare the three former colonies for early independence.

He said the fill/l!!! of Africa is directly connected with the success of the recently-created alliances of Western Europe of which Italy ls a part. This was a. reference to the Atlantic Pact and the Western Eur- opean Union which Italy is to sign next week.

Italy‘ lost the colonies-Libya, Italian Sc-mallland and Eritrea-in

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the government's television policy, in- dicated that, for the time being. or company will be granted s tele-

the Second World War. They now are administered by Britain except for a small area controlled by France. Under the Italian peace treaty. the assembly will decide what to do with the territories be cause the Big-Four powers failed to roach sin agreement.

Besides the customary east-west division. rrhers is a wide split among the Western Powers on the quest- lon~expected to provide the long- est debate of the session.

In other U.N. conference rooms:

The lii-anemfoer l-luman Rights Commission elected a new mem- bership for the 12-month sub- com-rnlssicn on freedom of infor- mation and the press which meets May 31 to continue work started [W255 freedoms throughout the world.

Jmong the 34 candidates were B. T. Rloltsrdson; former editor of the Winnipeg Citizen and Oswald May- rarrd, managing director of Mont- real's La Pattie. The Canadians failed to gain a. vote. George V. Ferguson, editor of the Montreal star, was a member of the sub- commission last year.

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In 1846 the ‘value oif farm land per acre in Prince Edward Island

Nor, said Dr. Deutsoh. could he immediately confirm the diagnosis of the Fiscus fondly physician, Dr. Paul Hanson, that Kathy died by drowning 100 feet down in the urell.

Monthly Meeting 0f "Cilyggouncil

A preliminary warning was is- sued nt last evening's City Coun- cil meeting by Coun. M. A. Fume: that, where the facilities are avail- able, all houses m-ust be connected with the city sewage disposal sys- tems in the very near future. Now that pluimiblng supplies are avail- able, it. is the intention or! iihe city to enforce the praerrt law which applies both to new and old houses. Streets such u Park, w-hare fadlit- ies are not available will not be in- cluded in the order, Coun. Farmer said.

He also gave notice of motion that a complete set of new traffic by-laws will be brought before the Council in the very near future. I-1e stated that. a settlement had been reached between the Attonney Gen- eral‘; department and tho-pity for srma ¢600.00-on'e-thifd oP-the total fines collected under the Tamper-ante Act for the poi-led July 1, 1948 until March 31, 1M0.

In a discussion of the recent re- ferences to the administration of the Temperance Act, dissatisfaction was expressed by i. numbe of Councillors. especially as the City couirt was now deprived of the city's oases. Councillor Lowrther stated that “we hINB a. qualified court here." His Worship was as-

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By ALAN HARVEY

LONDON, April l1 - (CP) - Britaln must strive "with might and main" to increase exports to Canada, “Harold Wilson. president o! the Board of ‘Prado, said today.

He told the House of Commons, as it resumed debate on the bud- get hrought down last week by Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor of the oxchequer, that Britain has to work out with her many Canadian friends “tnany methods of ap- proach." Meanwhile Britain had to concentrate every effort on in- creasing direct exports to the Do- mlnion.

Tanning the North American market "the most difficult 1n the world." Wilson set the United Kingdom's objective for the cal- endar year of 1960 at £180,000,- 000 ($120,000,000). Last year ex- ports to North America. totalled‘ £‘i36,000.000.

The export drive is necessary for Britain to maintain her standard of living when economic aid re-

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ceived under the European Recov- ery Progrrm stops in 1962 or 1900.

To achieve the export objective Britain will give Canadian and United States buyers "open fav- cfitism" where necessary._ Special assistance through the Ebrport Credit Guarantee Department will be given and every project "care- fully and sympathetically exam- ined." Wilson told the Commons.

British exporters face fierce competition from Canadian and

American manufacturers, Wilson warned. Britain's world trade improved

in March when 51.509.000.000 worth

Subscriptions Delivered 80.01 l, Ila-ll $5.00: other lhovinces b U. S. $1,011

No Easing 0f . Tension As Sirilli Eniers l_3i_h' Day,‘