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Halifax Man Is Charged With Murdering Own Son.

Butter Shortage 1's End

iIALIFAX. May ls - (OP) — With the arrival of s smell butter shipment from Western Censds oday wholesalers predicted that Hsiiiaxs prolonged shortage of Hi!‘ commodity would Wm! twill mi by next week.

"Que wholesalers laid additional shipmients ere on the way.

Coming Events

"Dance How's Hall, Brsokiey

Point, luiday, May 11.

"Dulles at Welter Oonnickki. kinkora. fildflll. May 14th.‘

"Dance csrsiidvisw 8e11, my it. Msohean’: Orchestra.

"Lot 65 Hall, Friday, Msyleth. Play, by Kelly's Cross Drlms Clllii. .

"Phiat Club itwnunege Sole. hinlty Church Hall. ssturdey. 8.30 P.

"Dance in Miilvele School to- flight. if not mo, Monday night. Refreshments.

"Sec Variety Concert. Jlsyfield Hall. Friday. May 14th. Sell of Pies and Candy.

"Unloading today car load cs.- ment. Large stock of point on hancL-R. l... Dickinson.

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"order Ilesmrfflfsr. Rummage Bale, Saturday, 3 P. M. Ives‘ Show Room. Great George street;-

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"Abegwelt preceptory meeting No 905 at Kingston postponed one week.

"Dance every Saturday, Mon- tague curling Rink. Webster's 0r- ciiesirs. '

"Show. Vernon Bridge. May 15th. Double feature, "HlghTidc" all “Riding Down the 'I‘rsil." At

"Come to the dance st the Clor- don Lodge. st. Patrick's, Lot 22. Friday. May 14th. operated by ilfertin and Myers.

"In stock Timothy snd Clover Seeds. Barb and Page wire. Cetisr and Asphalt Shingles. -W. l. Bow- man. Hunter River.

"See Sprinzvale Players pre- sent "Tempest and sunshine" in wheailey River Hell, Mey 18th. Under auspices Sprlngvlle W. I.

"Vlirlely concert sud ploy “Ring Once For Central" by-LittlcThes- ‘f9 Guild. Heartz Community all, Royalty. Wednesday ‘guy

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"Mr. R. N‘. Dawson will truck "film for Crspsud Creamery ‘Flllliimiv over some route u int W" Once w | low-lay. my 1m.

"Seed Oats and Barley new in m0!- Fermers who luvs booked ll crs kindly llflnle to. tlhe de-

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HALIFAX. ‘M?! 1S -(OP) - Twenty-one-yssr-old Charles W. Roche died from s .20 gauge shot. gun bis-It during s silnnertimo quarrel in his home here tonight and police are holding his father on s. charge of murder.

The shooting occurred in Pa- vilion Bsrrsciss - formerly the army's married qusrtm -_ thst bordcr~ Brunswick and Cogswell Streets st the foot of Citadel Hill.

Police Chief accrue C. Fox sazo the father, Charles W. Roche, had been arrested snd charged with murder following whet he termed s. fsmily quarrel.

Residents of the barracks said they hcsrd qusrreiing shortly af- ter 6 P. M. and this was followed s few minutes later by the crash of the shotgun. '

Ibllowing the shooting Mrs. Roche collapsed from shock and wse pieced under the core of dw- tors. She said she and her three sons and her daughter were having dinner when her husband came home end s quarrel ensued bo- tween the two men.

The son was found by police ly- ing in s pool of blood in the cor- ridor lust outside the Roche spart-

ment.

The police had been called b! Estelle Beatrice, flifl-yeer-old daughter of the accused men. who said she run to the apartment of s neighbor to find s telephone.

' Members of the family said there were four guns in tiie home. sll owned by the father.

‘Ihkleghizotinsirictim hsd been war s. rs. one... M _§t_ds. hero es s civilian empiggew end the father was employed as s ms- ohinlst. '

Police said Roche would appear in police court tomorrow to be

Bureau 0f Statistics Issues Report

OTTAWA. May 1d - (OP) - Cenadien formers plan to seed more than 500.000 fewer sores of wheat during 1048 than they did in 1W1. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today in reporting ecreage intentions es of April 80.

The 194s wheat science if pilo- ed at 23.800000 acres coonplrd with 24.300000 lest year.

The Bureau reported oats scre- age at 11.800000 sgainst H.000.- 000 snd barley st 7.400.000 against

7.500.

Flaxseed acreage is shown at 1.100.000, compared with 1.500000 lest year.

Weather Delays Seeding

WLNNIPIXI. Msy 1s -- (OP) -- A cold lets spring has msde seed- ing in the three Prairie Provinces at least two weeks late sntl rc- duced wheat screego by roughly 1.500.000 sores, the Winnipeg Trib- une said today in its first bele-

grsphic 0WD “Port/for the cur- rent seeoon. Oampentively few Western

Canadian districts report seeding general, the report said, although the work will be sctiveLv under way in most regions next weok. In ell three Provinces there still is much water lying on the fields. both from melting snow end heavy spring rains.

Based on cones-pendants‘ rc- turns and compared with Domin- ion Bureau of statistics sci-cage timresjor 1W1. farmers in Most-- em ‘Canada "is yes: expect to ‘plant 21,709.00.) sores to wheat. s decease of as per cent es com- pered with the 21.216000 sores

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sown to wheat s year ego, the ‘Tribune said. _

KENTVmL-ll. N. 5., May 18 -- —(OP) - The evidence of psychia- trists today featured the murder trial of ‘so-yesr-oid Hugh B. God- frey..ohsrged with the shooting of Lloyd Crowell After s. drinking bout lest October. _

Taking of evi‘ was complet- ‘ed and the case will go to the iury tomorrow. The men had been neighbors st nearby woifviile and Orowell, so, died from a shotgun blast in the stomach in God- frey's home. Qct. 22.

Defence counsel told the Jury the r _ of murder should be re- duced to manslaughter because Godfrey hsd been temporarily in- sane st the time of the-shooting due to s week-long binge.

Godfrey said on the stand his wife and three young sons were

Declares Mind Blank During Fatal Shooting

drinking heavily ‘for moo-s than s week. Ho said his mind was s blank from the time he fought with Orowell until he found himself in Jail here;

Godfrey told the court he s-nd Croweli were “good friends” end they had worked togethe to re- pair the gun that wee to be tho fatal weapon.

Dr. Robert 0. Jones. s. Halifax psychiatrist, declared that a "chief characteristic” ofmtcoholic insan- ity is that. a person in such a con- dition still is able to walk with- out staggerlng and to spook clear- ly.

Another characteristic wss s "definite lapse" of memos" .

Two other psychiatrists celled as witnesses differed from Dr. Jones on some points but. conceded that

visiting relatives sud he had been

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Supplies Exc

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Pinnacle! Editor) LONDON. Msy is-(Rieutereh- Lesdins’ experts in t e British grain trade today gsve he consid- ered opinion that st present prices existing wheat supplies exceed de- mand. i

on the bssis or crops slresd! safely harvested they sew many signs that the world whsst mor- kst is changing from s sellers’ market to s buyers‘ market end were csnvsssing such ideas ss en increase in the Osman breed re- tlon. barring lest-minute dilutes-s to the crops new growths. The! foresaw en end to breed sosroitiss and rationing end s dismantling of international wheat controls within the neott few weeks.

The statement that st present prices when is slresdy in surplus world supply wes rslsrded es self- evident. After exporting so pet cent more whsst than iset essson the mein-ekportlng countries will stiii be ieit with nearly twice ss much wheat in molt. ststlstlcs tbet tim- wlll have exported motor lone more than lest ess- see but this will leave them with

oerryo of 11.000 Bgslsstltaubo st the shore! ‘F31 issgcsteels will be .....-

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cod crop prospects are sselild in shrine. Experts have confidently predicted s French crop of more than 8.000.000 ions-en astonishing improvement on lest year's crop- which was only 3.200.000 tons.

Prospects in msny other parts of Europe indicate comparable im- provement but the Preach develop- ment slone would effect the whole ‘ ‘ nations! picture. A crop of 8,000,000 ions would more then suffice for ‘pil trench requirements and might even make hence smell exporter ss she ecmetim was before the wsr. hence) heavy import needs since the war ended hove aggravated the previous world tightness. ftsporis of world sear- city were often srossly eksllorsted but it is obvious that whet the ex- porting countries seal lo hence was not svslisbls for Isitsis and other importing countries.

While s big lacrosse in stocks is smelly reasonably snured sml how 6ND Hotplate in Iuropl‘ If! Iced. respects of other northern ore. ihoiudlns the hishiv , important Cscsdisn when crop.- must remain unesrtsls for , some weeks one mo! M oeuos an». i peintment. ‘

Much. howev is sircedy us the. ._ begs of draperies. Indie’! crop is» . slrsecy in sne u rei- lags: tbs-it ‘ lest you. Coupled with Indies expectations of more rice from

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Iced Patrol ls Completed For This Year

2o,ooo unfit» in 2o ‘Flights Slhcliilarch l5.

The Ice Patrol over the Gulf of St. Lawrence has concluded oper- ations for the year after covering a distance of globe-girdling pro- portions. Operated by the Maritime Central Airways, sud with Chief Officer Angus Brown of the De- partment of Transport aboard. the Douglas aircraft. from Maren 15 to May 12. made e total of 281 flights covering sdistance of 23,- 500 miles.

Maritime shipping. and shipping in and out of the Si. Lawrence was kept abreast of ice conditions, almost daily, by reports son). in by the Patrol. The reports were radio- ed tc mariners by Capt. W. C. Bal- colm. 0.B.E., st Halifax.

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m.“ to remtsem Chief Officer Brown reported Pthe

Too Many llahodiail Blueberries, View 0f Yank Speaker

ELLSWOR-TH, Mm. Ml! 13-

(AP)—An "excess of friendliness". Governor Hflraceliilliflldkssld to“ day. has threatened the incomes and livelihood of people concern- 81250900 blueberry

The present tariff agreement on

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growers for taking advantage of ‘the lush opportunity that hes been handed them." he said. agree with Maine we've gone far beyond the limits of nelghbcrllncss."

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cultivation program work to Canada's advantage the United States market, he said.

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remedy is "consideration of sn in- crease in ed valorem duty (from 10) to 35 per cent."

iioyageln Small Graft Ends In Shipwreck

NASSAU, Bahamas, May 13-; (CP)--An United iststes flyinl boat today landed shipwrecked couple who aground on Stocking Island. miles from Nassau. during a storm Saturday.

Dr. and Mrs. Burton C. Kayo. formerly of Mismi and now resi- dents of Honolulu. had been on s voyage to the Pacific island when their 37-foot. ketcia came to grief on the tiny island.

The couple were marccned with scent supplies of food until their distress signals were spotted oy s passing aircraft today and rescue craft, based at Puerin Rise. wee sent m their aid.

Dr. Kaye was chief surgeon at five Southern California hospitals before his retirement.

Following his rescue he told re- porters neither he nor his had suffered- serious infill‘! Ind they will fly to Miami tomorrow.

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HELP FOR. NEEDY BRITONI‘

IDNDON‘. May 15-(CP)-Needi' prime ‘will not have to surrender their clothing ration coupons when receiving gift clothing from ever- sees lent thrdiilh ebfifltebls Orlll" ioeticns. Herold Wilson. president of the Board or nude. announce!

today.

the Intemmm,“ heaviest icccoriditions in my 22 Y_M_C_A_ convention n, be Mm years experience . Once the break- next August in Long Beech. Csllf.

up came. however. favorable winds cleared the shipping channels and slmost two months from the day of the opening flight the “cease pa- troi" order was flashed.

This marks the third yesr for Chief Officer Brown, a. native cf Wood Islands. on the Petrol. Cepts. Carl Burke and Junior Jones acted as pilots. and Ted Watson es navl- gator on the flights.

Chief Officer Brown joins the 6.0.5, Brant which is scheduled to leave Charlottetown this morn- ing in lay buoys along the Nova Sszotis. and New Brunswick coastal sress. 1t is also carrying light- house supiplics. Capt. of the Brant is G. A. Arsensult, Dartmouth. N. 8., formerly of Bummereicle, P. B. I. '

Hitch-hiking Jct Fighter BcingTostod

NEW YORK. MW 13 -- (AP)- The United States Air Mme Mi- hcunced today it is ground-test- lnig s tiny hitch-hiking, jet-pro- pelled fighter designed to ride u escort for super-range bomber!-

The miniature figimer is the McDonnell EH85, a radical dc- 51g]; gdqplpd to stowage in the bomb haw of s. 5-36. which i! more than l0 times as W80.

Known as s "psrsslbe" because ii: is based aboard another sir- piahe, the xr-as revives s. Drin- clpls tested extensively by the United States Nuvy some Yell“ ego when fighters were carried inside large dlriglbles.

The jet plane has s wing span of iii feet and is but l5 feet long- It has swept-beck wings which fold at the outer paflfll. Double ruciderspre pent of the design to put thcplane into the smallest possible space.

1t has no lending gear other than s retractable hook ahead of the cockpit by which it can be swung down from the bomb bay for launching in flight. It "lends" by engaging the hook.

The pllflc can be fuelled end serviced in flight and can he Jet- tisoned in en emergency. =

The plane is powered with s. Westinghouse 24C axial flow jet engine capable of 3.000 pounds of thrust. At the top " speed of the 81-06. around M0 miles an hour. that thrust would equal about 8,000 horsepower from s piston engine.

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NEW CHURCH BUILDING

HALIFAX. Ms)’ 13--(CP)-Con- struotlon on Edgewood United Church. to serve the-rspidiy-ex- psndinl North‘ Imd section of aslifsx, bsgsn today when Rev. J. A. Msclieigsn turned first sod.

The structure will serve ell Protestant denominations without churches in the‘ pre-fsbricstsd district. ‘

Exodus From Holy ; Land Grows To Panic - like Stream

Canned Herring ' Quotas Raised

All herrlllll cenners are being notified that their canned ner- rlng quotas have been increased by one-third. according to a telegram received last night by Mr. s. H. Burhce. president of the P. E. f. Fisheries Federation, from Mr. H. C. Hanson, executive secretory of the Fisheries Prices Support Board.

‘rho new allotment. the Message stated, was made possible by can- collation of quotes by some large packers.

Maritime Stock Breeders Hold Annual Meeting

r..=..|. m. FrTiuhm or Organization; Plans Made For lloxt Year.

. AMHERST, N. 8.. May i3 -(CP) -C. F. Bailey of Fredericton was re-elected president of the Marl- time Stock Breeders’ Association urea annual meeting here today

WrR. Trueman of Aulac, N. 8., was elected vice-president and J. H. King of Moncto , N. 3.. sec- retary-treasurer. other members of the executive are S. C. Wright of Charlottetown, John Carter of Aulsc, J. s. Bennett of Frederic- ton and Fislton Sanderson of North River, P. E. I.

The livestock breeders decided to hold their annual Maritime spring show and sale immediately before Easter next year, in time for prize- wirining animals to be shipped to the Royal Winter Fair st Toronto.

Other New Brunswick officers elected were: F. H. Copp, Port El- gin; Sherwood Norton and Edward George, Middle Ssckville; Gilbert Robinson, Harvey; A. P‘. Sounders, Petitcodiac; Fred A. Fisher, Beck- ville; F. G. MacLeod and W. S. Harding, Saint John.

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Major F. Machine, E. Inga, Almon Boswell, Seymour Wood, Char- lottetown; Lloyd Burns and R. A. Profit, Freeport.

‘Five Egg Garlots Exported Last Yleok

Egg production in the Province has probably reached its peak re- ports Mr. F. M. Nash, senior poul- try products inspector. Receipts were down i per cent under prev- ious week. Canada still has o. sur- plus of eggs over domestic re- quirements therefore eggs both hers and in other parts of Canada continue to be stored and manu- factured into egg powder for fu- ture delivery lo Britain. .

JERUSALEM. Msy IS-(Reuters) - with the date foo- bhe terrain. stion of the British mandate in Palestine approximately 7,4 hours away, the exodus from the Holy

lWL Erown frcm e mere trickle into s steady. panic-like stream.

Consulates, especially than of Mlshborlng countries. have been dgilused with applications for V1588.

The Trans-Jordan consulate, for instance. reports more than 20o applications s day from persons wishing to seek refuge in Aimman, ‘Irons-Jordan capital, not. more then an hour's trip from Jerusalem across the River Jordan.

The- Syrian, Lebanese and Egypt. ien consulates. ad with applicants for visas. Plane tmvel between the Middle Eext cmllltrlfls is cheap and fest. and Persons of all nationalities, certain that an ell-out. war will develop in Palestine. want to insure s. mesons of speedy escape.

Air passage bookings m woo/d- ed out. British Oversees Airways Ovrboraition has s. month-long waiting list for flights to nearby Cyprus, which, according to re- ports frc-m there, alrewdy ls ex- periencing a serious housing short- age. Thousands of illegal Jewish refugees are housed in Cyprus internment camps awaiting entry into Palestine when tine British mandate ends.

Meanwhile. s slight drop is re- portvd in shipping ‘~ kings. This is partly because road travel to Haifa, _Pelestine's port on the extreme tip of the country. is al- most impossible, except by heavily- exmored and protected British convoys.

yvould-be see travellers prefer to fly to Beyroirth and take e ship from there.

Six ilflii. Seal - Hunters Missing

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ST. JOHN'S Nfid. May 13-(0?) -- United State; Air Force pluses failed to locate six seal hunters msroonecl on anee flee in the Strait of Belle Isle today but the search will continue tomorrow.

Fliers reported sighting smoke

from a smaibisland in the body of Wster between Newfoundland and Labrador. but it was too dark to investigate. The spot will be conn- ed in the morning. The hunters put out. from their home port of Portus Ciwix eerily yesterday but got into difficulties wihen the ice broke ewsy. At that time they were nos: the western entrance to the Strait.

They drifted out of sight or the mainland lest night,

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Jews Add Arabs I Deploying For Full Scale Wary

at Joann! c. Goonwm DAMASOUS, Syria, Ivley 13 -< MP)‘: T The smite: of four Ara-l will! Its were reported closing is tonight townd the PsiesiA-n. frontier 24 hours before Brftsls surrenders her Holy Lend ‘ ‘ Official Syrian clrclu ss-ill "stole 0f siege" is expected to b1 declared in Syria tomorrow. Nroznen in Damascus ooidiicteh air raid drills. Blackout diufli-ni overs suggested for public buildings Unconfirmed rumor; eimnsm that the Jews were moving a 1am number of planes and building air strips all over Palestine. cheering crowds lined the etreeii