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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY.‘ APRIL 14. 1949

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GROMYKO ci-iaizeiss WEST PLOTTI

Mr. Eugene Gormley Heads

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Mr. Ialgcne Goa-alley. head of the Iixtcncion Department of 8t. Durlatanb University. has been sppcintad cilairman oi the new

Coming Events

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"Mail you: Films to Garnbum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Dance and Card Party. ‘Prac- adia HalhMorlday, April 18th.

"G1 Grain month of April mly. Walter Mallctt, York.

"Show Mlorcil, every Tuesday and Hldsy. Show starts 830 o'clock.

s May ilth for Hon W. A. Tsa and Bale.

"Winsice Grocery will be closed Good mday.

"Our Store will be closed "G000 liiriday.’ Signed Peters dz Gallant Ltd.

""Ccm.radcs" monthly meeting Kingston Branch N0. 30 Uiillwdllll Legion postponed until April 21.

"Brockfield grain cleaning plant new operating. We clean Knd clip your grain.

"Dance, Belle River Legion Hall April i0. Auspiccs Women's Insti- tutc.

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"Our store will be clocod all day Good Friday. Brent Wood. Orapa-ud. \ .

"Custom grinding and grain cleaning every d.ay,our warehouse. livestock -l"eed Agency.

"Attention. Public Spcakin contest, Cherry Valley Hall, Apr 14th, at 8 P.

‘Dance. St. Peter's Lesion Hall, East Mwldsy. cuff Peters‘ Orch- estra. sateen services.

"Dance. Mt. ltewsrt Legion Hall Easter Monday, 18th. Rollie Mac- Kenzic‘; Orchestra.

"Pantry Cale, Moore d: Mc- Looclls. Caturday, sixteenth, 2 P. M. Hishlfiald W. A.

"Just arrived. 1.000 bags cem- em, fresh stock Moore's and. Japalac paint. R. L. Dickinson.

"Now booking clover seed- Fallfnetl, our price will save you money. Rush y orders. Mac- Guigsn & Boyle.

"Kelly's Cross Dramatic Club will present their play in Kelly's moss Hall, Easter Monday night. Curtain 8.30. Dance after. -

"Sec Bevori Mile Bey players present- their play "Masquerade" in Kinkora Hall, Easter Monday night.

“Come to the opening dance at tile Bone-haw Inn,‘ Easter Monday night. April 18th. MacNoiYs Orch- cstrii.

"Car fllorts due to arrive soon. will sell portion oif car. look ordara at has. Livestock

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"For ecsivcnlamc cf farmers

our warehouse will be open until

five pm, master Saturday after- noon. Livestock Ned M9001-

“Easter services by W, M. l. at Cross Roads Church Sunday. April 17th. 7:00 pm. Special music. Ev- "yonc walcomc. Lie. Byron How- lflll. Minister.

"There will be a meeting of all interested held in tha asarsiinsid Pr!!!“ B! Order of Directors. nail. Tlllrldly; April 14m. as s P- M- Iindty Insh- an affcst to be

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Loan Board

Fllhf-‘Imflfs man BOB-I'd of the Pwvlncfi. it was announced yes- terday by Premier J. Walter Jones.

Other members appointed to the Boaird are Messrs. Ulrich Poirier, Mount Carmel; John Mc- Intosh, Tigni-sh; B. H. Burhoc. Charlottetown; L c o n Johnston. Montague; Arthur Peters. Souris, and Franklin Cameron. Bummer-

dc.

Each member will hold office for three years.

In addition, there will be an advisory council of fifteen which will meet twice a year with tho Board, and which will be named in the course cf a. few days.

The new Board reploces the old Fishczirncns Loan Board which comprlscdI-lon. Wilfred Arsenault, chairman, and Messrs. George E. savllle. M.L.A., and Dougald Mac- Kinnon. M.L.A. since its incep- tion several years ago. the Board , consisted of Government support- ers in the House. The new setup, under regulations proclaimed last February by order-in-council, pro- hibits the appointment of Legis- lative members.

The Board will now constitute a. body corporate. under the Minister of Industry and Natural Resources, a portfolio which is held tempor- arily by the Premier.

Closer supervision over loans is provided for. in the new regulat- ions, as wcll as authority to enter into contracts with the Dominion Government and other orzanizat- ions and individuals.

. __._._.______ SENTENCE!) FOB RAPE MONTREAL. April 13- (CP)—

cs, William Quail and William Reich, today were sentenced to 12 year in penitentiary and the lash formnpe. A fourth man, Holmes’ brother Thomas, was sentenced to

Three Montreal man, Frank I-Iblm- ,

Reduction In Amusement Tax

A reduction of approximately so percent in amusement taxes has been announced by tho Provincial Government.

Effective Monday. April 10, the tax reduction is estimated by Premier Jones to amount to about $35,000 annually.

On horse racing, the tax which iow is 25 cents on each individual admission. will be‘ reduced to l’! cents, with corresponding cuts in theatre and other entertainments.

On statutory holidays and on Sat- urdays, on Children's tickets amounting to l6 cents or under, the tax has been removed alto- gsthcr.

Details of the new schedule will be advertised-in the course of a few days. _

~A wire was received yesterday by’ Messrs. M. F. Sohurman Com- pany, Ltd. from the Department of National Defence, Ottawa. inform- ing them that they had been award- cd the contract for reconditioning the R. C. A. F. barrack square at tho Summcrside airport. The work invilves replacing the present wooden floors with pro-cast con- crete floor slabs, at s contract price of approximately $75,000. The square includes three 304- men barrack blocks, which have not been in use since the air train- ing program carried on during the last war. = ~ _ Work on the contract will be started immediately and will taka about three months to complete. Between 2'5 and 30 additional men will be taken on by the Company

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Canada Will

By George Kitchen

UITAWA. April l8 -' (or) ._.

Two unexpoct developments -~ a Jump in domestic consumption and s. drop in hos markstings — con- stitute the main reason why Can- ada will be unable to fill her 160,- 000.000-pcund bacon contract with Britain this year. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said last week-end the commit. mcnt could not be met. Agricul- tural authorities confirm this statement by reporting that cur- rent shipments. to tha United King- dom are lagging seriously behind the required schedule.

They placed weekly shipments st "something less than" 1,000,000 pounds against a requiredwreekly allotment of 3,000,000 pounds if 160,000,000 pounds are to be sent by tho year-end. I

None would estimate by just how much Canada will miss the 160,- 000,000-'pound figure, though they estimated that shipments would be

during the process of the work-S

~N0t Fill

British Bacon Contract

assured. The eggs contract calls for approximately 77,000,000 dozen and the cheese deal with 50,000,- 000 pounds and agricultural offici- als say current deliveries indicate they will be filled. _

The bacon contract, negotiated in December and now three months under way, ran into tha two com- plications of a slump in‘ market- ing and a sudden public taste for pork. The trend towards pork may have developed from high prices for other meats.

Though the inability to complete the bacon agreement stems direct- ly from those two factors. livestock exlperts here trace the shortage of export pork back to the fail of 1947 when price ceilings on grain fed to hogs were removed.

The scarcity from 1M8 has carri- ed over into 1949. but the $36 control, price, continued in this year's agreement, still is sufficient. to encourage hog-raising and heavi- er marketings are expected to.

up considerably in the last six months cf the year. i Completion of the other two i940. food contracts with Britain - for eggs and cheese — appears

OTIiAWA. Apr. lS-Jrho dcughiy Canadian Inibal class destroyer Rslda is going in have a new commanding office: on the bridge next month. _

Naval headquarters announced

today that Lt-Omdr. Edward ‘Mi. Madgwick, 88-year-old Hsligcuian. will take command of the Haida at the cast coast port May 30. _ LL-Omdr. Mhdgwick will suc- ceed Cmldr. Ant-hon l". Picks-rd. l8. of lcuth Pcscup 0. Ont. and Victoria. 8.0., who becomes dirae- tct c! asrviea conditions and wal- farol-at naval headquarters in Ot- taw

The new 0.0. brings a lI-yvar

Tomorrow being G001! Friday and a public holi- day, the next issue of The, Guardian will be shill-day, April 16.

wards the end of the year. In 1950. the experts estimate. there will be enough hogs available to meet good domestic demand and heavier contracts abroad.

New Commander ‘Named For Destroyer Haida

navy recordpf distinguished sor- vice to the Haida, possessor of an outstanding record. ‘libs destroyer now is berthad at Halifax, having returned April 8 after o month in southern waters on spring exor- oises with other ships of the Cau- sdian and Royal Navies.‘

Hali- new captain is a Illvclllllt in gunnery who has bald import- ant appointments in the gunnery branch of both the Royal Navy and noyal Canadian Navy.

He was executive officer o! M10 ‘tribal class destroyer lriquois and gunnery‘ officer cf tha aiuissr Ontario for several years durina the war.

1n 1M6 be became staff sun- nlty officer at headquarters and the neat year went to the United Kingdom as simmer! liaison offi- cer with the Canadian naval mis- sion cvsrms. fiatar ha carved as executive officer of the H.M.C.8. Mose. tbs l. C. N. establishment in the U. K. and held temporary cmrmand of Niobe from March 1 this year whorl the late Commo-

dore RJ. Agnew became iii.

Government

Lieut-Gov. 0n Leave 0_f__ Absence

His Honour Lieutenant Gov- ernor Berunrd will be absent from the Pfoviuco from April 18 to May ‘i, during which time the Hon. Thane A. Campbell, Chief Justice, will be Adminis- trntor.

The Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Bernard, accompanied by their son Walter and daughter Joan, will visit members of their family in Ottawa, Am-

pricr, 0nt., Welland, Ont. and Boston. '

New $75,000 [Contract At Summerside y Airport

Native Of Ch'rown' Dies In Portland, Me.

PORTLAND, Men, April l3 - (AP) - Mrs. Georgina G. S. Scully, 82, sister of Most Rev. Alfred A. Sinnott, Roman Catholic Arch- bishop of Winnipeg, died here ‘Plies- day. She was a native of Chor- lottetown, P. E. I.

I Israel, Syria Sign Armistice

DAMASCUS, Syria, April 13 - (ReutcrsL-Jsrael and Syria have signed a cease-fire agreement, it was officially announced here to- night.

Permanent truce negotiations were resumed today between the Israelis and Syrians in the Mish- mur-Hayarden area on the Syrian- lsraeli border. Both delegations iuilched with Brig-Gen. W'iliiam E. Riley, United Nations Palestine chief of staff, and Henri Vigier, personal representative of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations acting mediator.

Funeral Yesterday Of

Lillie Kathy Fiscus

ALHAMBRA. Calif" April 13 ~- (AP) Grieving throngs gath- ered today for the funeral of pret- ty little Kathy Fiscus.

The family had requested that no flowers be sent, that the money bc contributed instead to the Children's Hospital in lm Ang- eles. But sympathizers symbolic of a world's grief foi- a ilitle girl who fell 90 feet down an abandoned well to her death could not be stopped. ‘

‘more were moi-q than 100 sprays in th, ivy grown stone mortuary chapel. Actor Lionel Barrymore sent a ilvQ foot cross of white sweet peas and white roses.

Kathy. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Fiscus, lay in a four-foot casket covered with blue silk plush and lined with pale pink velvet.

Her features were tranquil. her blond, curly hair touseled. She wore the ruflly whit, dress she would have won-i Easter Sunday. At her left side in the coffin lay her plaster doll, which wor. a tiny figured dress and was wrapped in s miniature, plsid quilt, The dcll'a painted blue eyes war, open. Kathy herself looked doll-like. The chapel seats 300. Loud- speakers wcro installed to carry the brief service to the overflow crowd outside. '

Places were reserved in the chs- pel fcr_ member-slot the heroic rescue team which labored 6d bcurstcfrcabarbomllsrbivl prison.

Galccted to ccnduco tha rites was the Rlsv. Bertrand Ei. Grist. pastor of the flan Marine Con- gregational Church, which Kathy attended. .

LION TAMEI EH10!!!)

NEWARK. N. J., April 11-—(AP) -Dick Clements, lion tamer for the Hamid-Morton Circus, was injured lest night when Duke. one of his

‘a ‘ , mauled’ him again. Hos- pital authorities rapes-tad Clements rested unsasi' last night but that his condition was gccd. The lion ripped the trainer's shoulders and arms. In tha first atinck last Tucs-

day, Duke had mauled Clements’ leg. ' l

Jobs For

Two Government Members

Two non-portfolio members of tha Pmvincal Government. both seventy years of age. have resign-lad to accept positions in the Govern. ment service, Premier .1. Walter Jones announced yesterday.

Hon. Horace Wright, District oi’ Prince. has been ap- pointed chairman of the Wei-lament. Compensation Board at an annual salary of $4.000.

Hon. J. A. Campbell, Fourth King's, has been appointed farm supervisor at the Infirmary which is i0 be n-movi-d this summer tn new quarters at Beach Grove.

The resignations of Messrs. Wright and Campbell will necessit- ate the Calling of by-elcctlons and the appointment of two new Gov- ernment members in the near fut- ure.

Another sppoiiiiment announced yesterdsy was that of Mr. Harry Bonnell, Charlottetown, as man- ager of the Infirmary. At present supbrvisor at Falconwcod. Ml‘. Bonncll is an experienced and well- known official. l-le served for some years as retail liquor vendor for Charlottetown.

Fourth

Olihcr Appotnbmtnis Ptlldlli‘

Two other appointments to the Wcrkmens Compensation Board arifpending. Premier Jones stated. Hc could not yct say whether these would be full time or part time , sppoinln-icnis. The Board will fum- tlcn under the provisions of an Act passed at the last session of the Legislature.

A native of Bedcque. which he has represented during his political career. Mr. wright was s defcutm Progressive PaLv candidate for the

' House of Cccnmcns in 1991. l-le was

first elected i0 the Legislature as n Liberal in 1927. Re-elected in 1936. he has been returned at every gen- eral election since that time. He has been a non-pcrlfolio member of the Cimpbeli and Jones admin- istrations, arid was for some years President of thellxecutive Council. He was controller of the Canada Packers plant when ll was laken over by the (government during ihc packing house workers‘ strike in 1947.

l-lcn. Mr. Campbell, of Heaths»:- dale. has been a member of the Legislature since 15127 and has been Minister ivirhout portfolio since 10.25, following the sweep which gave the Liberals the entire thirty seals in that year.

No immediate consideration has been given to filling the cabinet vacancies. ihc Premier said. The appointments. however. go into ei- fent at once. '

News In Brief

UITAWA. April l8 — (OP) - Trade Minister Howe announced today that the Canadian Govern- ment has manufacture in the Dominion the F-ae-jetfighicr aircraft. Negotiat- ions are undcr way with Cauaduir Limited. Montreal, to produce the I planes.

I WASHINGTON, April l3 _- lap» — The House nf Representatives {tonight nppl-ovcrl by 217 voila; tn 1 a 316.000.000.000 military money bill, the greatest in United Slates peacetime history. The House rc- jected the navy's bid, however, for $300,000,000 extra for the naval air arm.

HALIFAX. April l3 — (CPl — A spokesman for the Seafarers’ international Union lA-FL-l said tonight his headquarters has been flswamped with phone calla" from "donning" members of thg Cana- dian Seaman's Union (T.L.C.l

Brush Fire Causes‘ Excitement In N.‘ S.

WEIJNGTON. N. 5.. April ll - (CP) -- High winds fanned an ordinary brush fire into an hour's excitement at this little centre nn Grand Lake. some 30 miles north of Halifax today. m a time sever- al slimmer cottages overlooking the lake were threatened.

‘rhirty to l0 volunteer firefight- ers formed bucket brigade and finally brpug i. lbs fire under con- trol at tha sida_ wall of one cf the cottages. Fireman from lhubsn- acadia were called but volunteers were doing tha last. of tha damp- ing down when they appeared on the scene.

‘The burned-out section covered an area of about four acres and contained mostly second growth oak.

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Says Ailciliic Pact Seeks To lsolaie Russia

. By Norman Aitstetltor

NEW YORK. April l3 — (C?) — Andrei A. Grcmyko today unleash- ed a long-expected attack on the

arc isolating Russia aggressive atomic war.

minister made the first direct Russian reference in the United Nations to the alliance signed l0 days ago in Washington by repre- senlniives of l2 states. including lCanada.

While accusing. the Powers of undermining the U. N.. Gromyko killed predictions that Russia would withdraw from the world organization because of the pact.

Russia's aim, he told the Gener- al Assembly, it to "uphold the basic principles of the United Nations, to frustrate the plans cf the a/ggrcssors, to unmask war. mcngers."

Grori-iyko listed Canada among countries in which he said the United States was building “secret buses for an attack on the Soviet Union."

But he made no demands for U. N. action at this time.

Warren R. Austin, (ihlrf Llnitcd States dsiegiite. promptly issued a statement to reporters saying the pact is not an aggressive instru- ment. Austin said it is rooted in the purposes and principles of the U. N. charter.

The United States representative ,wiil reply soon. perhaps tomorrow. ‘He demanded the floor after ,Gromykn but assembly president Herbert V. Evatt said he had too ‘ilcng a list of speakers for the iremslnder of this season. Austin {had spoken before Gromyko on ‘Russia's 30 vetoes in the Security Council.

Gromyko declared the pact signers were trying to encircle Russia. He. said Russia knew the pact ivas aimed st her simply be- ‘causc she was the only great power not included in the coimtries signing the pact.

After a long attack on tbs treaty and countries signing it. Gromykc declared the agreement undermines the basis for the existence of the U. N. but that Russia. would con- tinue tn uphold the principles of the charter.

Gromyko turned aside from sn assembly debate on the vctn and ‘on international CO-Opefllilbfl to attack the North Atlantic dccu- ment. He used nine pages of a 20- lpav. iH/JO-vilord speech in his inference to the pact.

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gJcb-Huntar Charged ‘ irh Murdering Former

WELLAND, Ont, April l3—(CP) I A 27-year-old job-hunter, John i\\'llllllm Christian," tonight was ‘charged with the chicken coop lmurrier oi‘ a 68-year-old farmer who llwfricnded him.

i The farmer, Jacob Knahci, was found early today, slumped OVPI‘ n ‘barrel in his chicken coop with the hark nf his lienri hushed in. lYesferriivv Knabei had found Chris- .ll.'l|\ sleeping in his woodshed. [Whbn Ive lenrncrf he was out of _.\vnrk, Kcahel gave him breakfast .nnd Iainch and Christian left for li-lamilton.

, Awarded Scholarship

Atlantic Pact, charging its members l and plottingl

The top Soviet deputy iorelgni

Western ‘

Cardigan Student.

EDMONTON. April 13-46?) . --Bcrnsrd Joseph Bowien. a native of Cardigan, FLE. I., has been awarded the J. D. O. Mother-sill Memorial Scholar- ship by tho University of Al- berta, it was announced today.

The scholarship, awarded for the first time. was presented‘ by Mrs. Alfred Chard of Victoria in memory of tha late J. D. O. Mothersill, a prominent student at the University si number of KEEPS 8E0. -

jCommenis On iNfld. Market

MONTREAL. April 3 --(ClPi _ Hon. C. A. Winter, minister of finance in, the provisional New- foundland government, said today Newfoundland. now s. Canadian province. will bring lo producers and manufacturers of the nine oth- er provinces s market capable of considersbla growth.

Mr. Winter spoke at a conference of the Advertising and Sales Exe- cutive Club of Montreal.

He said that with exception of imn ore from Bell Island, Camila ‘before confederation bought little of nothing from Newfoundland.

“The balance of trade so far as we are concerned, has been most unfavorable," he said. "l realize that in the main we have little in offer that is of interest tn Canada generally. but I would like to take this opportunity of saying tihat ha-Dlly trade relations are brought a-‘bout by reciprocity. I hops there- fore. that in the years to come the

other provinces of Canada may find it possible to purchase some of the products of Newfoundland,

“As an exarrnple, we are expand- irlg our fresh frozen fish opsratirm. and we look forward to the day

when we can expect lo have it on fssie in sll idle provinces."

MARCUS HOOK, Pa, April l8 -(AP)— A head-on collision of two ships in Dela/ware Bay today, sci off a firi- that raged for half} s day and inlflicied heavy damage, on a big oil tanker. '