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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

DAY, MARCH

14. 1949

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Price Support For Fish Being Sought

peeking aid for Prince Edward Island fishermen from the Fisher- y“ support Board, Island repre- sentatives fly to Moncton today for a conference with the East Coast Advisory Committee to the Board. under the chairmanship of w. Howard McKlckam of Halifax.

Representatives of the New Brunswick Government and N. B. Plait Canners and Assemblers As- sociation will also be present.

P, E. Island representatives in- clude: Messrs. Sidney Burhoe, pre- sident, BE I. Fisheries Federat- ion; W.E. Agnew, Department of Industry and Natural Resources; Paul Gallant, Sourls; Frank Cam- eron, Siimmcrside: L. I... Noonmt; LE. Burden, and J.B. Murray.

"if aid does not come by pur- chases through the Board, there will be ii moderate depression in many fishing localities," declared MT- Buriioc.

G. M.- New Income At‘ All-Time High

NEW YORK. March i5 -(APl-- General Motors Corporation today reported an nil-time high net iii- eome of $440,447,724, cquni to $9.72 a conin on share, for 1948.

This compares with a 1947 net. oi 828119913173. or $6.24 a share.

‘ilhe corporation's sales hit a fewttt high of 8,701,770,340. it substantial increase ovcr _ the $3.- 815150163 for the previous year.

O. M. said a combination of a higher lcvel of prices, a substantial flow of production and a sus- tained demand resulted in ilic rc- eoril sales figure.

JOB TVEEK TIMELY

HALIFAX. March l3 — (C?) - “Provide A Job Week". which opens here tomorrow. will hit Halifax at 1115i about the right tlmc. Nearly- “m liersons are looking for work. officials of National Employment smite said Saturday.

Coming Events‘

"Show-Mcrell. B P. M.

every ma" Billy. Good Pictures. ' "Mull your Films to Garnhum

Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Film showing Mount Meillck

'?“°°l Tliesday. March 1s at eight ociock.

"Cracked corn and cornmeal :‘;;"lf3»°° Der cwt. McGuigan 8s

w;l'$ee add in Central Guardian h "ruins Indian River-Kenslng- n st. Patrick's Play.

imiifr“ bwklns cliII seed. P- W!‘ Prices will gave you "WY- Rush your orders.

hrglexnsiadale school concert in d e Ball fliursday, March 1'1. iln rises at I PM.

u a._ clwkirtole Party and Share merits. Cherry Valley i-nii,

- Y- 15th. Sal, of candy.

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‘oft-Operative Meeting in Pow- afm- Monday. March 14th. . "firs. Tinsel-brook and Pcwnat

"lbw Power's Variet

, , y Concert

., ‘lgown Rlver Bell. March 1am, w tinder the auspices of the

' "Wm Wednesday. March = ‘(gm Pl"? in Pleasant Grove "I. ma; tine will held fol-

U "hldlhl ear today Cafeteria °W¢r and dairy ration. Ro- Prlee off car. N. Aubrey Cut-

l Pastors will be loading

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NEW YORK. March 1a -(A.P)— Clendenin Ryan, multi-milllonaire political foe of Mayor William O'- DWYer. was served with a subpoena tonight for grand jury questioning in connection with a. plot to tap the telephones of 0‘Dwyer and other high city officials.

Ryan, a grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan, financier. said last week he was establishing a. Good Government Foundation. Hg said he was underwriting it for $500,000 and said the group would "expose corruption in public office every- where."

District Attorney Frank Hogan today continued conferences with police ‘Cmnvmisslflner William P. O'Brien and Chief Detective Wil- liam T. Whalen in his investigation of the wire-tapping plot which of- ficials hinted broadly may involve prcimliirent political enemies of O'- Dwyer.

As the district attorney's office pressed its investigation today, hundreds of police were thrown inio the search for an ex-clty detective who made his escape after alleged- ly talking freely about his role in the elaborate conspiracy.

The former detective, Kenneth Ryan. 45, made his breakaway Sat- urday by slipping out a city hiill wlndcwafter he had been question- ed for hours by OD-ayer and high police officials.

The Mayor said Ryan admitted he was hired by a. lauryer to make thc wire-taps on O'Dwyer‘s phone and phones of about 75 other city officials.

A second suspected wireiappcr. Ddvward M. Jones. former ‘Treasury Department agent, was taken into custody. District Attorney Frank Hogan said Jones had made a. statement. which he described as “fantastic and sensational."

The disrict attorney's offic, also announced that Clendenin Ryan. multimillionaire political foe of the Mayor. would be subpoenaed to- morrow.

Clendrriln Ryan has been leading figure in a budding fusion move ment to defeat O'Dwyer should the mayor decide to run for rc-election this fall.

Clendcnin Ryan denied any know ledge of the wiretapping.

wiretapping without court auth- orization is o. felony in NW YOYK state. Maximum penalty is irwo years‘ imprisonment.

Would-Scrap Rather Than Sell Old Ships

LONDON. Mar. lb-(Rleutersi- D. S. Tennant, general secretary of Britain's Navigators and Engin- eer Officers’ Union, suggested to- day in the Merchant Navy Journal that Britain's old ships should provide much-needed scrap for the iron and steel industry in- stead of being sold for operation under foreign flags.

"Surely it would be better to forego the immediate hard cur- rency proceed-s of these sales rath- cr than suffer the competition of these ships," he said.

Since 1945, Britain has transfer- red 100000 tons of obsolete ships to the Panamanian flag, 'I‘cnnaiit said.

MELBOURNE. March 13 —-(Reu- ters) - Establishment of Com- monwealth defence zones will be discussed during the next week by British Government envoys and leaders of seven Demlnlcna. it was learned authoritatively here Saturday. British defence experts will fly to Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand. Pakis- tan. India and Ceylon this week to discuss defence matters, it was learned.

P. E. I. System Provides Phone link For N. S.

With its own telephone services almost knocked out by heavy icing- wndltions. Prince Edward Island's P.'I‘.M. microwave telephone link came to the rescue of mainland telephone communications yester- day.

Partially replacing the marine cable communication last fall, P. '1‘. M. micro-wave is a multl-chan- nelled radio telephone link. writs“. stations at Tea Hill. P E I, and New Glasgow. Nova. Scotla.

Serious wire breakages between Sprlnghill and Amherst in Nova Szotla interrupted the service. and Halifax-Moncton telephone com- munication was routed through Charlottetown, stated Mir. D. M. Gass, manager, Island Telephone Company, last evening.

In the meantime, all available telephone line crews were steadily

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Early Spring

Deaths, Damage In Nfld.

Says Germ Warfare ' Thing of Future

WASIIINFs/IUN. March l3— (APi-Germ warfare is prac- tical but there is at present no "biological super -weapon" which could wipe out multit- udes, the Defence Department said Saturday. v

Biological warfare is n thing of the future, the Department said in n statement to clarify the pulblick "exaggerated im- }K‘55i0ll"i\b0lli. the potency and gcvelcipmcnt of biological com-

at.

But. snld Defence secreiaiy Forrestni in the first official stntrmcnt on the subject in three years. "lt would be folly to under-cstimate the potent- ialities of biological warfare."

King George

After Operation On Leg

siudeniiiileieiiiism Take Problems To Federal Govt.

OTTAWA. March 1I¥—(CP>- (‘nin- nda‘a student veterans have taken their cost-of-living prohlcnts strniitht to the Fedcrnl Government and have been promised thnt mzit- ters “would be looked lnto."

A week-end delegation from the National Council of Veterans, which speaks for 22,000 vetcrnns in universities across Canada, pro- scnted their troubles to Vetcrnns Minister Gregg, in the form of a IlO-pnfte hrlef.

“The Minister grave us n vcuv cor- dlnl reception and said that rill mnticrs will hc carefully discussed." snld John Gwynrte-Timolliy‘ of’ lhh Unlvcrsiiy of Tots-onto. secretary" nfi the nrgnitizntlon and a member of the rlclcgritinn. ,.

An lnrrcnsc in the D. V. A. trnin- In}! srrnnt was the mnln request in ihc hrlcf which nindc tisc of flu- iircs obtained in nn N.C.\'. qiics- liotinnirc to slmw ilinl student vcl- ornns are having difficulty mcct- lnfz the hlizli cnst-lif-liviniz.

The Brant. now is $60 n tiiontli for single studcnts and $001M lhnso who are married.

Arrest Made “In Fatal Beating Case

L08 ANGELFS. Mai-ch lii-etAPi —Pollce yesterday arrested Arthur C. Hestcr, lf-l, and jails-d him for Olebume. 'I‘cx.. authorities. He is charged with the fatal heating nf his Canadian-horn guardian. Dean John W. Lord of the Graduate School of Texas Christian Univer- sity. Officers said he admitted having an argument with Dr. Lord but expressed surprise that the dean

was dead. f-Ie refused to discuss the case further. Dr. Lord's ~body was found

Thursday in his rambling. isolated home 12 miles south of Fort Worth, Tex. Dr. Lord, ‘l0. was a native of Deer Island. N13.

LONDON -- (GP) — Young civil servants loet in a London fog on their way to a promotion examin- ation are to be given "another chance.

vxrmm crrv, March 1s .- Pope Pius entered the eleventh year oif his reign Saturday with renewed pledges from the faithful

to strengthen his hand against world Communism. Cardinals. prclates, priests and

diplomats ed to the Holy See gathered in t e great Sistine chap- el of St. Peter’: for e solemn pontilicai meal marking the 10th anniversary of the coronation. Oriel of “Viva ii PepeW-hong live the Pope-rang through the on his leltatoriel chair, the port solo throne. to the Sistine chapel for the mall.

‘Baa mall was celebrated by Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Manila.

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Pope Pius Has Pledges Of _Aid In Anti-Red Struggle

chambers ea the Pontiff was borne Des

_ ent in Rome to have been elevated by this Pontiff to the Sacred Col- lege. At the end of the mass the Pope imparted his apostolic bene- diction to all present. . The Vatican City woe decorated with the white and gold papal flags. This coronation anniversary celebration was somewhat curtailed. Because of "sorrowful conditions" facing the Ohuiph in some parts of the world, the Pontiff did not wtab to hold the receptions which have marked the occasion in the

t- . Rene-wed pledges of loyalty came to in; Pope from Roman Catholics all over the world. from feeders of the Italian Government». and from Italian Catholic Action. an organi-

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nation of militant church mun

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Recovering

Thaw Causes

s'r. JOHN'S, Nfldi. March i3 _ (CPJ-A premature thaw and tor- rents of rain caused three deaths in Newfoundland lust week and demolished a big stcel bridge 148 miles from hereon the trans-island, railway Saturday.

Steel girders spanning the south! River at Port Blandfcrd crumbled before the weight of drifting ice and disrupted transport on the railway that connects St. John's. with the ferry service to Canada at.‘ Port mix Basaques. i,

Newfoundland Railway officials reported tonight that dynaimiilrig] crews wcrp at work blasting a chan- nel for the ice to drift out to sea- and it was hoped that ti-aln service‘ would be resumed in about five‘ clays. - . At lhe same tinne. they reported. that cascading water had wiped out; 70 feet. of railway some 60 miles; from Port aux Basques today,

Three-year-old John Merncri drou-ncd zit the south roast village: of Freshwater Saturday when he‘ fell through rotting ice. Similar‘ accidents took the lives of George King, eight, and Gerald liennesaey,| three. earlier in the week in Burini Peninsula. i

tBy The Canadian Press) i coupon, Marc-h Iii-The King‘. is making "normal progress" after. Saturday‘ nerve operation to im-f prove blood circulation in his rightf leg. Buckingham Palace sources said tonight. ‘ Seven doctors signed a cautious bulletin issued this morning. It. indicated the King sipflitin ratherf restless night. N0 bulletin was: issued tonight. l Some cf_t.he nine doctors Whfil attended the operation uilYcxunl-i inc the King again tomorrow. An-l other bulletin is expected after the examinations. i A nerve centre rienr the King's! spinc was cut in an operation! aimed at increasing the blood clr-' culation in his right leg. The King’ has been suffering from faultyi blood circulation in the logs since’ inst. November. A bulletin issued by sevcn royal, doctors this morning said: ‘ "Dining the night the King hnsr iind periods of sleep. Temperat- ure. pulse and respiration are nor-i mnl. His Majesty's condition and progress arc those usual after lumbar sympaihectomy.“ , Dr. -J. B. Lem-month. a Scottislil surgeon severed a nerve near the spine which controls the teiisicti of the main artery in the King's“ right. leg. ' Di‘. Leanrnonth, loading expert‘ iii Britain on disorders of the‘, blood vessels. told t-lic Queen after the opcraticn that it had been‘ successful. One of the Palace bedrooms was

i converted into an operating then-l tre for the operation. y

The operation took less than an hour to comtplelt’. The Kine will probably stay in bed for aibout a, wcek. '

ChinaTNteirld Premier ls Military Man

By JAMIS D. WHITE

SHANGHAI. March lit-tit?)- Gen. i-lo king-Chin, China's new premier, has been a military man all his adult life.

Spectacles give him a. profes- sorial look, but he is an animated man of medium build.

He is believed to have been long anxious to streamline China's huge armies. Ho, like Chlang Kni-Shek. got his early military education in Japan's staff mile-go. v

He joined Chiang in supporting Dr. Sun Yat-Senk revolution. At the age of 85 he became dean of Whampoe Military Academy in Canton in 1924. This was the

training ground of many Chinese .

officers. . _

The new Premier ommanded troops in Chiangh northern ex- pedition against. the warlords in the late 1920b.

He helped acting President Li ‘mung-Jen. who elevated him to the Premiership, in the decisive battle which gave Oblong control of the rich Yengtn River valley.

Another officer i; that camoalitn was Gen. Pal Chung-Hal. Pal is commander in Central China and has been supporting Ll in his peace approach to the Commu.- isis. ~

Ior 11 years after 1000 he served as Oblong‘: minister of wai-

tyear-old British cruiser

‘Opponents of the Labor Converti-

Railway officials said plans ab; rcady had been made in rcbuild the 250mm bridge at Port Blandftird ‘ and new spans already were at the, scene. ‘

Just heforc the structure gave: way a hPiiVll_\'-li\d€n freight traini hnd chugged by. ‘

The nrcidflils foilnivcd a twn-, week balmy period tit-ad. came about one month earlier than New-y fouiidlatid‘: imr-mal spring breakup! The hilly streets of Si. John's bP-i came torrents of rushing water and;

similar conditions prevailed in? many centres throughout tile Is- latiri.

Alrlinitgh passengers cannot. be‘, iransportcd across the rushing u-at-j crs of South River. trains are op-| crating from bot-h west and east coasts to the affected iii-ca. [

The railway ferry from Nortim Middle l-Jast. It is the only access Sydney. N.S.. will continue its, to trade routes for Abdullalfs trips, landing passengers at Port‘ otherwise land-locked kingdom.

aux Basques nnd at Argeiitia. on'

‘ the south coast. A third washout 0H1

the iii-genus branch line vrns re pnirccl today. \ i

Old British Cruiser To i Become Mystery Ship _

DEVONPORT. Devon, Plnglnndq March 13 -- tReilierst —- The 21-‘ Climber-l laud will be ‘converted at the nnviili dockvard here into one of the. iiriigws "mystery shill-s" B-"ibfiflyiflkl information gained in recent. cx-’ icnsive trials and experiments.

British liiipetating Cheerful Budget

LONDON March l3 --~

1GP‘ mcnt say the budget io be sitbmii- ted April G hy Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer. is’ sure to be cheerful-because Lon- don County Council elections will be held the following day.

‘Their argument. rims that Labor leaders would hardly announce bad news for tax payers on the eve of voting. in Britain's largest city and other local government

areas. Election dates fall between April 3 and i). In th past the major parties

have te tied to look on county and municipal votes as maitcrs of lncnll concern. Labor was the first to put national party support behind’ local candidates and just before] the Second World War it had built up substantial power on the coun- cils.

Government legislation central- izing certaln powers had reduced some; of the responsibiiitlcs of lo- cal authorites. They, in conse- .qucnce. have shown more interest in the composition of Parliament.

Predict Soles Tux For New Brunswick

IPREDERIOTON, March 16 — (OP) - Introduction of a provin- cial salee tax bill before preroga- tion of the current session of the New Brunswick Legislature is forg- oaat in political circles here.

Despite disclaimers of cabinet members and Liberal back-bench- era of any knowledge of Govern- ment intcntione, rumors persisted tonight that the tax bill would be brought down in the budget. It was believed it would be a two per

cent tut on IIOII retail sales.

[New Dispute

Threatens In Middle East

IJONDON. March l3 —(APl —‘

Britain ordered reinforcements sat. “may to Aqalba. Trans-Jordan's ‘my Rid Sea port. Five miles away, across the Gulf of Aqaba. J6w;5h armored columns are in possession plf the NegeVs short Red Sea coast-y lift.

The War Office tonight declined l0 rrmiiriierit on an announcement from Amman, Trans-Jordan, that British troops, material and armor have bcen unloading at Aqnba since Saturday evening.

Trans-Jordan. which Friday sign- Bd at Rhodes n cease-fire pact for the whole Palestine front, has in- fornicrl Britain officially cf the Israeli advance to thr- RPd sen shore. Israel says the territory is hers niitier thc United Nations peti- lltion arrangement. i

Th9 Israeli armored columns had'

‘_ thrust. through the bleak southeast|

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desert for n week nast at Piilnt. forms a wedge Saudi Arabia.

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and touches the Bed Sea for five miles. iAmman quarters accused the

Israelis of trying to grab what they want and present the if. N. with an acm-ntplisherl fact, as they did with the seizure of Arab Beershfbsrfrom the Egyptians last October. British Siltement

In London, the British War Of- fice issued this terse statement:

"The War Office announced that the British detachmicnt at Aqnbo is being reinforced." Britain ‘has a treaty with Trans-Jordan which would require hei- to go (OF-idle aid of King Rbdullahfls country if it should be nttnckcd. About 1.000 British-troops were sent to Aqaba in Zlanuary at Abdullalfs request.

British informants refused to tell the size of the relnfnrcrtncnts. when they would be sent. from or whether Atbduliah asked for them.

Strategic Spot Aqaba is a strategic spot in thB

i-‘itqm Aqaiba ships can sail into the Indian Ocean or i0 the Suez Canal

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News In Brief

LONDON. March 13 (APi-Jirl- taln charged today that Bulgaria has no intention of living up to her peace treaty guarantees of political and religious freedom. The charge WES made in n sharp protest note against the trial of 15 Protestant Church lcadcrs.

PITTSBURGH, Mari-Ii l3 1A?» A two-week work stoppage begin- ning tomorrow will make idlc at least 56,375 railroad workers as well as about 425,000 United Mine Workers in the United Stains.

SHANGHAI. l4

iMon- dayl —- ‘API -- The Chinese cruiser Chungking has gone to

Russian-field Daireir, it was re- ported reliably today. The Nation- niist Government's largest war- ship deserted almost a month ago

NANKYNG- March l3 [REU- tersi Generaiissimo Chlang Kai-Shck has left his htxne tniwn of Chilton‘, near Gentghfia. to llVP in retirement on the South Chinai, island of Kulangsu. authoritative? but unconfirmed reports reaching here said tonight. ,

LONDON. March IIL-tiiteutersia. Lord Sempiil will move the rejee. tion of the British North Americg bill for the union of Canada, and N-eivfoundland when it comes up for second reading in the House- of Commons Tuesday. |

PUBI GR.I%iA. India. March 13 tRculersi~Prime Minister Jawaki- arlal Nehru of India said Saturday night that Communists are "deiib- eratcly trying to create unrest throughout the country" by at- tempting to start. a strike on In- dlifs railroads.

NANKING. March i3-tAlPi—- Gen. Ho. Ying-Chin became Pre- mtcr of Nationalist China Sntur-| day. Peace talks with the Com-j munlsts await formation of hisi cabinet.

Predicts Election In B.C. This Summer

VANCOUVER, March l3 ~ (CPl The Vancouver New-Herald said Saturday that British Colum- bians can look for a provincial gen- eral election in mid-June. It fore- cast polling day would be either June 13 nr June so. .

Report New Process Cuts Cost Of Newsprint

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ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 13—i iAP) — A ncw pulp process which. in tests, has rcsuited in savings cf about $5.50 a ton in the manufac- tuie of newsprint. was announced today by Consolidated Machine Tnnl Corporation.

It has been named the "Curia- tlon Process," said Arthur R. lngle, president. of Consolidated. Manu- facture of the nccessary heavy nia- ciilnery developed by Consolidated has becn assigned to ihc Curlaior Corporation, a new firm. Five units. each weighing more than 40.000 pounds, will be rlelivcrctl int May lo Price Bffitllr-YS and Con; Limited. Qucbec papcr innnuiac-| tut-err. Inglr- said. ,~