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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. FRIDAY, APRIL

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9, 1948

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Record i Shipment *0 f (I s 1 ar n d A Potatoes

Prohibition iiommlsslon Is Appointed

'I'he Provincial Government is undaritood to have appointed a Prohibition Commission yesterday afternoon comprising Messrs. Ben- nett Haywood. Conway. as chair- man. and Arthur E. Sullivan, Mon- tague. and E. '1‘. Higgs. Charlotte- town, as the other members.

The Appointment: were not official last night but it is expect- ad they will receive the approval sf the Lieutenant-Governor today.

Mr. ilsywood, who will be the full-time member of the Commis- slon. has had previous experience in Prohibition activities. Ha be- earne a Prohibition enforcement officer in i019 under the then Pro- hibition Commission and served under . H. Barbour, now Minister of Pubic Works and Highways, until Mr. Harbours resignation in 1B1. Mr. Haywood then became chief of the Prohibition enforce- ment squsd. He remained in charge

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Fur Prices At Montreal Decline

MONTREAL. April l-(Svpeclal) -.-'.l'iie Canadian For Auction pales Co., Ltd. sale, which has been 1°‘ mg on here for several dsye,show- cd price declines on most fur. with cross fox and blue fox ne - leeted. Ranch and wild mink de- clined 10 per cent.

Wednesday's _DflQl’ll\I of good quality 10R! 0111111995 VII-l ll!‘ lwuu._.-.__. . .. ._

Sales results are: good and ord- inary platinuma. 40 per cent soid: inferior platinums. 30 per cent sold: Pearl platinums. withdrawn; nrhite marked silvers, 60 per cent sold; selected full slivers, S0 per cent sold; inferior types, 55 per eent sold.

(The above information was furnished by Mr. George A. Call- back, manager of the fur market- ing department canadla-n National Sliver Fox Breeders’ Association. Sunrrnerside.)

Jswelersiisd Little Butter As Premiums

OflTAWL. April l-JOD-Offl- clals of a Montreal jewelry firm today told the Commons Prices Committee they had bought 5,600 pounds of butter to give sway as Premiums on sales. Only S1 pounds went to customers before Frieaa Board investigators urscd than to disecntinlll the practice.

All but 200 pounds of the 5.500 iaiirchased were returned to s. baltar wholesaler-David Bernie!‘ of Montreal,

Coming Events

" Unloading car‘ bras Thursday and Friday. aacdulsan and Boyle.

"Ileana-vs J 21st 1 Milli U}!!! Hanlaworth WW1:-

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‘ labor for the sine of a few.

troll Denounces ' Labor Union Bill

(By The Canadian Press

OTTAWA. April B-Prince lid- ward Island's new union legislation was attacked in the Commons to- day as “dangerousW by David Croii (L-Jroronto spadina), for- mer Ontario Labor Minister

The Island legislation outlaws unions with national or internat- ional affiliations and permits only autonomous labor groups.

While declaring the bill's effect was "virtually nil" as less than 1.000 persons were affected, Mr. Croil said it was nevertheless ‘cancerous and disturbing!’

"It cuts under every labor prin- ciple that we understand." he said. “It la an attempt to punish ails! It nrlsch like the Taft-Hartley bill ill the United states." \

Mr. Croll said there was a. tran- scendent principle that employees had the right to organize in a union of their own choice with a minimum of state interference.

"The P. ll. I. bill, which places trade unions under license which may well be cancelled on minis- terial discretion. ls a dangerous bill" he added. "It points to the needmof a national labor code to give guidance and to offset such ill-advised and retrogradealegislat-

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blll to establish a. Federal lelbor code.

Mr. Jackson Dodds, C, B. E. of Montreal, Dominion Commie ‘ er of Canada’; Boy Scouts, arrived in Charlottetown lest nght on his firs‘. official visit to the Province. Accompanied by Lt.-Col. George Simmons. M. B. E.. Executive Commissioner for Adminstralloir, Mr. Dodds is on the last lap of a Dominion-wide tour which began last October.

‘Ibday Mi‘. Dcdds will call on l-Ls Honour LL-Govemor J. A. Bernard, Premier J. Walter Jones and l-lis Worship Mayor B. Earle MacDonald, O. B. E. At noon he will have luncheon with the mem- bers of the Provincial luxewtive 0f the Boy Scouts. and tonight will addrsaa Scooters at a dinner meat-

in . hi‘. Doddli. who has been associ- ated with Canadian Scouting for over twenty-six. years. was elected nion Commissioner st the annual meeting of the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association last year. _ as concluding his visit to the Marti-inns at Halifax next week. Mr. Dodds will return to Ottawa for theibominion Executive and oeruu-si -Oounc1l mcelinn on All!" iota, At that meeting he will pre- gggg the r frmi Greece

M08008. ril a -- (Ar) - Tweaty slalom ad (mobs sailed a. eamvnasolal pleat at MW" and slaw it ta the united sum some of Germany in a mid-sir ra- velt Tuesday. lama of than: aa- elalaad Hatchet they wanted to mm!» Oclnevuuiam in their

a . - ‘nu pleas, belonging ta the Oaaehaslavaa National Airlines. has as persona aboard. It was an routs from Prague to Bratislava la Osacaoslevaaia when the asisura occurred. ‘the plotters landed the aircraft without warning. that ave- aing at the United Itatas Air

. Ibcca fighter base in Neublbarg

as: Munich," d . m“ v0 blllsn ‘a an on - bar 010001301 h va elected ta s-a- bgatefialua. araathavada-

"f um to stay n. Germany.

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Grain‘ ‘Freight Subvention Extended Til

July, 1949

OTTAWA, Alpril 8—(Specia.l)-In reply to a. question asked on the floor of the House today by James Lester Douglas, Liberal member

for Queen's. Agriculture Minister

' Gardiner gave the assurance that

the Dominion Government "has decided to extend the period over

-' which the terms of the ordc-r-in- ‘

council provide for the payment of freight on feed grain east from Fort William frocn July 31, 194B to July 3i. 1949."

Mr. Douglas said: “We're very glad to hear that down in Prince Edward Island."

Governmental decision on feed grain freight subsidies. the Queen's member said later, will relieve the minds of thousands of farmers of he Province who at present arc extremely perturbed at the increas- ed freight rates to be charged in the transport of their products to outside markets. Owing to the rich character of the soil and the in- tensive type of agriculture and stock-raising carried out in tho Province, Prince Edvrard Island. he said, was of necessity s. large inuporier of coarse Brains to feed its bacon hogs, dairy cattle and poultry.

Mr. Douglas was the first of some 20 members at the after- noon's session to catch the speak- er's eye and got his question ‘in at the head of the list.

MINER. KILLED

EPRINGHILL, N. 8., April 8- (OiU-Fred Light, 25, was killed in the No.4 mine of the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company here today when an empty rake jumped the Ind‘ ‘the empty boxes crushed him. The miner is sur-

Czechs ‘Seize Plane, Fly Isa To U. S. Zone

"ousted so mus-if

vlved by a wife and threebhlldren.

Boy Scout Commissioner On First Official Visit

the first copy of a run of 15.000 of “Aid to Socutmastershlp" in the Greek language. ‘llheso copies have been printed from the "Chins-up Fund" inaugurated during the war years.

Knows Province Well ~

Mr. Dodds ‘who summer visitor to this Province expressed hs pleasure at oneo more being "On the Island." Ha is an ardent booster of the Province and on his rccounmendatlon. as u tourist resort. more than one distinguished visitor has come no know the Province and its people.

In speaking of Scouting, Mr. Dodds said that an effort was be- liig made to put "Plan Opportunity" __ recommendatzons which serve as yardstick by which affairs of the scout movement in Canada will b» conducted during the years — into force.

‘Mr. Dodda stated that the Boy scout movement was designed to make good citizens and stressed the point of having good leader- ship. Ho paid tribute to the pro- gress of the movement Major-General D. C. Spry. executive commissioner. lia felt

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and 14 of the, ssansera were in on the plot. The three other bill- engars joined later. '

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thought we were solna alona all right to Iratislsvl. ouddanly one of the passengers - s man named Rowena-cams up so me and alk- ed if I knew when we were.

"1 said I didn't and he said: ‘Well. we are over Munich. and as are going to London - are W“ with us?’ ~

‘qlhan we came down in Munich

and the Americans cams and ask--

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Rotary Convention iiereln June

James Amos Ford U . -__-.J

The annual Rotary district con- vention will be held in Charlotte- town on June 22nd and 23rd. An- ncuncmient of the convention was made by Edwin C. Johnstone, pres- idem of the Charlottetown: Rotary Club.

Delegations are expected from all Rotary Clubs in Rotary District No. 192. comprising Newfoundland, the State of Maine. and the Mar- itime Provinces. Visiting Rotsrians and their wives will constitute a delegation of five hundred.

District Governor James Amos Ford will be in attendance. Mr. P.W. Turner of the Charlottetown Rotary Club ls general chairman of the convention assisted by sev- eral supportlng committees,

-~De-Jeg-af‘es‘ will arrive on the af- An interesting program of Rotary affairs has been planned. Arrange- ments are being made for enter- tainment o! e high order.

Many prominent Rotarians will attend-the convention including a representation frcm Rotary Inter. national.

iiamilton Woman Found Shot To Death

(By The Canadian Press)

PORT ELGIN. Ont, April 8- Mrs- Lloyd Smith of Hamilton was found shot to death today in a waterfront tourist bin 'ln this Bruce County su er resort on Lake Huron. She moved into the cabin with her husband last Tues- day.

Little iiope 0f Truce in Palestine

. NEW YORK. Aiprll 8 -- (CF) -— The Security Council move for a truce in Palestine appeared near collapse tonight because of un- yielding Arab and Jewish demands. Representatives of the Jewish Agency for Palestine end the Arab Eiglter Committee dashed harm for a truce lo stop the Palestine fighting after their second informal talks with Dr. Alfonso Lopes Colombia, president of the United ' Nations Council. Lopez told reporters that the “prospect is not as favorable as 1 had anticipated."

Reid lip Sale 0f Surplus ii. S. Plants

(By The Associated Press) .

wagmuqlmn, April B-‘llhe White 1r use today directed "is United B tea War Asset-s Admin- istration to hold ill! flllll $100M‘ ion of all unsold industrial plants. machine tools and product-ion ac- uipment in these Plants.

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160.000 Bushels Moved To Mainland In Past Two Days

A now all-time record for the Is- land Division of the Canadian Na- tional Railways is believed to have been established during the past two days when it moved approxi- mately 215 cars containing over 160,000 bushels of seed and table stock potatoes to the mainland.

Since April lst, nearly half a million bushels of potatoes have gone across the Strait so that it is considered that 300.000 more bushels of seed potatoes have now left the Province since last Sept- ember than had been shipped dur- ing the corresponding period of the previous shipping season.

F‘rcn1 the latest available rail- way figures. it is estimated that Prince Edward Island has taken advantage of last November's Gen- eva Conference results which a-l- i0W€d Canada an extra 1.000.000 bushels of seed for export to the UriitedStates at 87 l-2 cents duty per one hundred pounds by hav- ing now exported about 400000 more bushels of seed than the Dre. vious quota for the whole of Can. ada, which was 1.500.000 bushels. The total shipments of seed pom- toes from the Province to the Un- ited States since Sept. 15 15,51, is

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iianada Packers Asked To Explain

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our-noon, and. sienna. at Jane, list!

(By John LeBIsnc) OTTAWA. April 8—(CP)-Offl- clais of Canada Packers. Ltd, will be subpoenaed to appear before the Commons Price Committee in connection with charges of irregu- larities in the sale of butter at éialifax. the committee decided to- ey.

The committee took this action after R. H. Winters (Ia-QUEENS- Lunenburg) had advised it he had been informed by authoritative sources that second-grade butter sold as first-grade in the Nova Scotla capital had come from Can- ada Packers.

Possibility of prosecutions in the Halifax situation also was suggest- ed to the committee. which was informed during the day that Prices Board investigation had disclosed apparent “irregular-ides" and infractions of Board regula- tllons in up-gradlng butler in that c y. _

Mr. Winters told his fellow com- mitteemen that he had obtained his information with respect to Canada Packers while in com- munication with Halifax during the day. He said there was great concern in that city over the allegations.

He said the Nova Scotia Attor- ney-General had staiAd that the butter in question was unfit for human consumption.

According to his information. lrc said, at least one csrload of the inferior butter had been provided by Canada Packers-large meat concern which also handles butter and whose butter operations were investigated by the committee

of earlier in its inquiry into the causes

of high butter prices.

90 Miles Per Month I-‘or British Motorists

(lly The Canadian Press) IONDON. Avril l-Juei Minister Hugh Claitskell announced today all automobiles will be allowed enough gasoline for 00 miles of pleasure driving a month, starting

‘ June l.

This eolilparel with I10 miles under the old basic ration which wal halted lllt autumn. since then, pleasure drivers havt receiv- ed no fuel.

Red Cross

Charlottetown

Queen's iiounty Sheriff To Retire

Mr. J.G. Macliiadyeri, sheriff of Queen's County foa- the past l3 years is retiring tomorrow. it was learned yesterday.

Mr. MacFedyen who, because of advancing years. is beginning to find his duties too arduous. serv- ed as sheriff of the County for four or five years prior to receiving his last appointment in i605 so that he has had a total service of 17 or 18 years. -

1t ls rumored that Mr. Fred Rob- ertson. Charlottctown, will be ap- pointed to fill the vacancy.

Will Close Maple Hills Sept. 30th

The hundred or more families now living at Maple Hills will have to begin looking for new quarters before next fall's cold weather starts i0 frost the window panes. because the area will be closed on Sept. 30th next, according to Premier J. Walter Jones.

The Premier made the announce- ment last night following yester- day afternoon's meeting of the Ex- ecutive Council. On that date. the Premier said. all light, heat, and power will be shut off and. as a consequence, the present tenants would do well to begin inciting for new accommodations.

“rho Maple Iiiiis area was taken over by the Provincial Govern- ment two years ago upon notifica- tion from the City Council that the City of Charlottetown was unable to continue financing the project any longer. (It had been under the administration of the City for the previous 12 months). Accordingly, the project was plac- ed under the supervision and men agement of Mr, J. F. Connolly, Deputy-Minister w-f Reconstruction, who has operated the project. since with little or no financial loss to the Provincial Government.

The reason for the Government's decision to close it, is understood to be that most of the buildings are falling into a state of disrepair and that their restoration would necessitate an unusually large ex- penditure.

Butter. Sugar Prices Advance Slightly

OTPAWA, April tt-Butter and sugar prices went up today as the railways’ Zi-per-cent freight-rate boost alas applied.

Expectation were that butter would cost about one-half cent s pound more. The sugar boost would be one-twentieth of a cent at Toronto and one-quarter of a cent at Prairie points. There would be no hike st Halifax. Montreal, Vancouver and Saint John. N. B.

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For Society In Drive

The Charlottetown Red Cross fund-raising campaign o! 194g last night went into the record books as one of the most successful held. The city workers raised well over $13,000. three thousand more than the objective set.

In setting the pace for the Pro- vince to double the minimum ob- jective of $20,000. all seven of the general divisions and the special names division went "Over the Top" in returns tabled at the final supper meeting of the drive in Zion Church Hall.

Hon. Dr. MacMlllan, practically overvr-heivnied by the splendid re- Suits of the City Campaign, was high in his praise of the organiza- tion work of Major Craig. Chair- man of the Campaign and his staff of Divisional Commanders. Capt- ains and workers. He stated that ii’. W85 a. great medit t0 the people of Charlottetown that they should continue the support of the Red Cross in peace time to even, s greater extent than in that of war, as was proven by last night's re- sults. Dr. MacMillan stated .1113; the funds raised during the war were for Empire purposes while $11050 X81586 by the present carn- paign would be used here in the Province. He vwarmly commended the Christian spiritof the people of Charlottetown in responding to the appeal of the Red Cross in_ this campaign.

Mr. Edwin Johnstone. chairman of the Provincial campaign g5. dressed the meeting. congratulat- ing Major George Craig and his staff and all those who aided in making the campaign such a cuc- cess. He expressed confidence that the Island as a whole, rn a plrc.

Disco to no other Province when

the finalresults of the Provincial. _

drive are made known. Major Craig. in his closing re- marks extended thanks and spa

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qubacrlptioss Delivered $6.00. Mail 85.00, other Provinces a. U.

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Reds Reverse Position 0n Air Traffic

u. s. Aflrnlos lily f Follow British Lead in Fighter Escort Decision.

(By Richard lss-lsrhke)

1881.111, April 8-(AP)—Britsln and the United states tonight con- sidered plans again to protect their plane traffic into Berlin with fighter escorts.

The question was taken up after Britain received a curt Russian refusal to grant written assurances of non-intervention in the West- ern Powers’ alr corridors over the Soviet zone to and from this dis- oord-ridden capital.

Night and day meetings brought six top British, American and. French administrators into close consultation for the reported pur- posc of taking determined political action on the impasse. The tluro powers were believed to be speed- ing the economic integration of their three zones. _

French objections to any sort of central western government were proving stumbling blocks to agree- ment on a merger of the three zones, however. The three powers agreed in London a few weeks ago on the principal of a federal gov- ernment.

Harsh words were levelled at the Russians by Brig. E. R. Benson, deputy British commander in Ber- lin, who charged the Soviet Union was trying to “strangle" trade be- tween the city and the rest o! Germany. Declaring 900 tons of mall were in the Berlin post. oi- floc awaiting dispatch to the west.- ern zones. he said this was us ex,- ampie of "inefficiency or deliber- ate obstruction on the part allow» let authorities." ..

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