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SLOOR PRICE IS ESTABLISHED FOR FOX PELTS

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Price To Range Downward From $62.50 As Top

Agreement C_otl_tlrs Pelts Delivered By Ranchers tlp To May 1.

The Dominion Government is un- tiertaknig to guarantee a minimum price for fox pelts, ranging up to 551.50 lot the top grade, provided they are delivered by ranchers be- fore .\lay 1 of this year, it was learned yesterday. Officials 0f the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders‘ Association mid their organization had entered into an agreement with Federal Minister oi Agriculture Gardiner under the Agricultural Products Co-operative Marketing Act. 1939. The schedule of pri-rcs, providing for minimum political. was made public. It rang- ed from the $62.50 top for Grade A largo lsintlntttms down to $7.00 for inferior skins. Top for white mark- qi nos $18 and for silvers, $30.

The agreement was hailed with delight by Island ranchers whq said the iii-t pt-lt sale at Montreal had not gircn them enough to pay for the cost of fccd. They said it cost up to K30 to produce a pelt. At the last sale fox skins averaged $15.50 each.

Association officials indicated that While their organization was tho first to enter into an agreement, tirhcr err-operative fut" marketing grottns across the country could

only ranchers with resist- eren .oxr~s arc eligible for memiber- ship in the (‘attudiarl National Fox lircrrit-rs‘ Aasucintiort, which has mtmitcts in all Caitadialt Provinces, any iox rntiohcr itiay take advant- age of its marketing organization, it was poitrtcd out.

Fnofflcial estimates place the llilliilt r of fox polis- in the hands of lllnlkflillll agencies; in Silmmcrsicle r 1'0 moment. at approximately 601th“.

\\‘i'.‘.i fox pelts at almost an all-

of fox g hero, many men had been ung scrlously quitting the Lilli. NCW. wtict" in the light of minimum titiiclt at least cut their loss- ‘ tihc market is recovering ~ izs present shltmp.

BIG LUMBER ' CONTRACT

VWCOUVER. Fob. 17-10?)-

; to aid in the reconstruc- nl tvztr-torn property in the i 1510s will start moving ‘KP-P Nlarch 1. it was learn- .. Contracts for $25,000,000 of British Columbia lum- h’: titre announced Saturday af- i I-"Iotiations between Sir Ar- Hflfris. British timber

it". and B. C. lumber ox- Pi‘ The contract will run tlniz. June. 1948.

Coming Events

".\l0\lcs at Bradalbluie tonight.

‘Wilton lfali, Tuesday, February 5th. Dance atid Lunches.

"Milli-‘lkue vs. Milton at Milton rink tonight“

"Motion pictures Crapaud Hall "WW end ‘ruesday. a p.111.

Billtiioading Oats, Wheat and ‘lift. Meal at Brackiey. Tuesday "i! “cdnesday. Glydon Maund.

"Hockey at Bast Royalty rink wright. Southport Ramblers vs. slkers Bearcats.

. "Lmldlllfl Hose for Canada Pack-

‘? Lid. at. Murray River, Wednes-

dlt’. February 19th. Fodhla, Thurs- v. 20th. John .1. Beck.

"Th" Dime in playoff finals auger/R (Iitliasgow rotor tonight,

1i . . Gm“ n”?! cgava/oyl Hope River

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w'pi'°8l'mive Conservatives of

aest Royalty are requested to at-

BT‘ P "Olin! in the McLui-c "Woe. Thursday. 27th, at s run. hn A. McLeod.

"Tickets now on sale for one play you» of Green Gables" by all ma; Irgolvlmerz. A limited amoulrltlt

- n’ inted .

‘l yours early, mwo u. n"l’i\rmers in the Stanley Bridge {its interested in signing contracts "f cucumbers. I will be at Myers

-i0re_ T e54 Candy‘ \1 ay evening. H. N”.

"Medina live r-rou Thursday. Sam"! 20th as follows: Snatcher- till 130 P. M. Konsington till 8 #:14- Bordan Bagnall. Hunter River Bthlv till noon. Elmer WiImolV. ueoslbane. Friday till train time. licking service when rude Del’- "ii- MseEwn and Carley.

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Deficit

Maritime Premiers Make Protest To Transport Board

OPTAWA. no. i’! — (C?) —The Premiers of the three Maritime Provinces today protested to the Board of Tlransport commissioners against hearing the railways ap- plication for increased freight rates as they apply to special Maritime freight rates.

C.J. Burcheil, Marltimes coun- sel, read to the Board a statement he said had been approved by the Premiers, declaring the special rates should not be tbliched in thig case.

The interests of all shipperg in the Maritimcs would be prejudic- lally affected by increases in the Maritime rates, the statement de- clared.

Procedure for dealing with spe- cial rates under the Railway Act had not been followed by the rail. ways, Mr. Burchcll contended in asking that they be exempted. He

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Engines 0i New Ferry Are Tested

The new oat‘ ferry, "Abegwelt" is expected to reach Borden in early June, Premier J. Walter Jones informed t-hc Guardian last night.

While the information was not ofiiciai. the Premier said he had every reason to believe it was authentic and that the ‘Jig ice- breaker would arrive before June 15

Yesterday, the Premier said, the big ship's engines were turned over for the first time and engin- eers and other technical experts wtere aboard her all day tuning up the giant Deiscl-pcwered mechanism to ensure its smooth- working efficiency.

The "Abcgwelt" was launched at Sore], P. Q.. on Sept. 21 last. She was not (ltrlstcned at the time of her launching but it is understood the traditional bottle of champagne will bc smashed ovcr her bows by an Island wo- man before she leaves for Prince Edward Island.

ll. S. Bargain Cit-er In Spuds

WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 -(AP) —The Agriculture Dep-lrtmeltt‘ tn- nlght offered surplus potatoes for commercial export at a PPR! "l it“ cents a hundred pounds. at e85!- ern inland points of storage.

This rice compares wrth a prev- toug c-f or of about 35 cents which found few takers.

The tatoes cost the Govern- mcnt, Q ut $2.30 under a grower price support program and If" p311 or a 95,000.000-bushel surplus from last year's record crop. .

The five-cent. offer also is avail- able to processors who convert po- tatoes into flour and other prod- ucte for export.

HICAGO. Feb. 17 - (AP)- Future atomic bombs may be 1.000 times more powerful than those used on Japan and mo devastate 400 square miles "at a s ngle blow , Edward "mm. a leadlnl ltemic scientist. said tonight.

An en my releasing them off the Pact c coast. he added. could endanger the entire United States and most of Canada by their rldifl- activity without dropping a smile bomb_ln rrtericsn territory. Teller. nlversity oi Chit-alt? physics professor who worked i-n the atomic bomb, outlined the PM- slbl-litlea in an article in the new “Bulletin of the Atomic Belon- tisitsiltlmonthly publication of tho

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""1: bisque; repeatedly stated that future bombs may surpass those used in the last war by u factor of a thousand," Teller wrote.

Claims C. N. R. Had

Last Year

R.C. Vaughan Clm Evidence As Freight Rates llsarlsg ls Continued.

(By John LeBlane)

CYITAWA. Feb. l7 - (OP)- Freight-rate increases obtained by the C.N.R. would be applied in such a way as to "correct in- equalities," R. C. Vaughan, presi- dent of the C.N.R., toduy told the

_ Board of Transport Commission-

erl.

Appearing as the first witness in the Board's inquiry into the railways‘ request for rate boosts, Mr. Vaughan also told the com- missioners the line had a “sub- stantial ioss" in 1846 and its in- come would fail to meet fixed lcaharges by "several million” doi-

rs

The railway head, on the wit- ness stand almost all day, did nut disclose the amount of the deficit, which will be the C.N.R.'s first since it started a succession of wartime surpluses in i941 after yuan of peacetime losses.

Reply Tabled Re Starch Processing Plants In P. E. I.

OTTAWA, Feb. 17- (Special)- In a reply tabled in the Commons today by Agriculture Minister Gardiner to a question asked by W. Chester S. McLure, Progres- sive Oo mtive member for Queen's, the Minister revealed that there were no starch-pro- cessing plants in operation in Prince Edward Island at the pre- sent time.

Two plants that process starch during the summer months, the return sets forth, are located at Hunter River and Murray Har- bour. Both are owned by the firm of George E. Full and Son.

"N0 financial support is given thcsc plants," Mr. Gardinerb statement roads. “The plants act as agents for the board purchas-

In support of his company's application for a general Bil-per- cent ‘rncraisc in freight charges, Mr. Vauaghan told the Board de- clining revenues and increasing expenditures dictated a necessity for the increase.

Cross-examined by Balaton

H8 was cross-examined vigor- ously by Col. J. L. Ralstoti, Ma i- tlme counsel, who advanced the suggestion the C.N.R. might use its accumulated wtartinte reserve of $127,000,000 before asking to have its tariffs raised.

President Vaughatfs reply was that putt of tltt- fund was t.nt nt-iual reserve but was money our. tnarketl for rehabilitation whk-h t-ottld not be spent during the veer tivcattse of lack of materials. Mr. Vfluzhan added the reserves would be used up "very quicklywwhen tho C.N.R.'s rehabilitation job got under way,

I" his 11119111113 statement to the Board. Mr. Vflushun declared that costs of wages and il13i€Plt3l§ Md shot up sharply since 1939, while

no increases the carriers’ t-tiarges had been effected in YOHPS.

Vlagc rates this year were up 41 per cent front 1039 and average prices of materials had risen 42 per cent in the same time. wuge mlTf-‘BSPS granted last year would mean an additional $23,600,000 a

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Coldltlave In Western Canada

WINNIPEG, Feb. 17 —(CP)\ Manitoba and Saskatchctvati resi- dents looked to their furnaces to- night as the Meteorological Office predicted 20 below weather by morning and even Alberta was pre- pared to meet conditions touching the zero mark.

The temperature. however, was, of small concern to southern 3.15pm- uhewali ccrnntunitles compared to the glad news that Canadian Paci- fic Rallway lines from Moose Jaw lo Assinibola had finally been clear- ed of the huge snowdrlfts which had blocked traffic for days.

JUSTICE MINISTER QUESTION ED

OTTAWA. Feb. 17 —(CP)—Just- ice Minister llsley said in the Com- mons today no private agency has been employed to screen Govern- ment employees for loyalty.

On another question asked by D. J. McQuaig iCCF~Maple Creek) as to whether "the Government has the names of other suspected spies," Mr. llsley said lncestigatiornai work of his department was secret and it was not in the "public inter-

"I lhlrl this belief.

est" to answer.

Power Of New A-Bombs i ‘May Increase By 1,000

"One consequence of such bigger bombs would be that instead of three or four square miles, soo or 400 square miles might be devas- tated at a single blow. But such bigger bombs may prove to be even more dangerous in an tn- dlrect way.

‘ e radio-activity produced by Blkin bombs was detected one week in the

United States. In the meantl-no the westerly winds had swept the air mus from Bikini to this coun- try. The actlvlty when it reached our shores, w: weak, completely harmless. but till detectable.

"But there ls a threshhold be- yond which radio-activity has lethal effects. . . .

"If the activity liberated It Bikini were multl led by a factor

Ind if it

flc coast. the whole of the Unit"

ing potatoes from producers at $1.50 a barrel in New Brunswick and 92 cents per 100 pounds in

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Farmers- Meetings Cpen Today

The three-day session of Prince Edward Islam] farmers‘ Associ- ations gcis under way this evening at ithe Canadian legion Hall with a general meeting of the hog pro- ducers.

Owing to the fact tbat._Canadiari_ abiriculture fan-cw in the‘ transitional period between wartime and peace- time conditions it is expected that more farmers will attend the series of meetings than have been present at such gatherings for many years. as a large number of important questions involving all phases of the industry will be thoroughly dis- cussed. ' Among the speakers who will address the various meetings are Mr. G. l-l. Johnson. mantis", Capital Co-operative, Fredericton,- N.B.; Mr. C. T. Fitzltandolph. Brldgctwater, N. S, representin! the Maritime Federation of Agricul- ture; and Messrs. H. 5. Matthews and J.S. Dunlap of Matthew-Wells Company, Guelph. Ont. v

Royal Commission 0n Coal Cost $202,374

OfITAWA, Feb. 17 -- (CP) — Cost of the Royal Commission 0n

ASSUMES COMMAND

OF PALESTINE ARMY New commander of British troops ill Palestine and 'I‘rans-

Jordon. Mai-Gen. G. n. a. Mac- Millan has arrived in Jerusalem by air from Cairo. In Jerusalem to plead for the life of her bro- ther. Dov Grunor, sentenced to hang for an attack on 2i police station. Mrs. Helen Friedman of Lancaster. Pa. may see Gen. Mac- Milllfl. who led s. division in the

Coal which presented its report recently to the Government was $282,374. Rnconstruction Minister Howe disclosed in a. return tabled for Clarle Gillis (CCiF-Cape Breton South). The Commission, under Mr. Justice WP. Carroll. began work in October, 1044. and finish- cd Jan. 3i, 1947. The total does not include the cqst of printing the report. a 633-17886 dowmfili»

Travel Charge Accounts Now

CHICAGO. Feb. 1'1 - (Al-‘l-A trnvel-and-cltarge-it plan for -n- rilvlduals will be put into effect April l. by 34 United States rall- roads, and subscribers to the plan wlll be billed monthly, H. W. Sid- dall, chairman cf the rpilroad passenger i-itterterrltorial cont- mittec announced today.

Slrldall said the plan, unucr which the traveller will carry only one credit card to buy railroad. pullman and parlor car tickets, was developed from suggestions obtained in a poll of 30,000 busi- ness firms.

Satisfactory creditt references will be required, Biddall zaid, but the plan "is as simple as a de- partment store charge account." The Ian is under study by can. adlan lnes but it is still too early to say whether it might be feas- lblo in this country. an official of the Canadian Passenger Associa-

Rhine campaign. n

14 Are lillled In Bus-Train C_ra_tdt

MiCI-IlG-AN CITYHInd. Feb. l’! —fAP) Fourteen persons were killed and nine injured today in a collision of rt bus loaded with rail- road workers and a Chit-ago. South Shore -nn<1 South Bond electric train. the rails-dad's headquarters armourlcerl.‘

30-Cent Boost In Wheat Prices

an o... Mill Feeds llnchanged

OTTAWA, Feb. 17-(0?) —'I‘he government announced today a Sfl-ceni-a-busltcl increase in ilu; price of wheat scold for domestic consumption but said the ucilirg prices~on flour, bread, mill feeds and other wheat products will be maintained.

This means that the retail price of bread will remained unchanged despite the incretisc.

The effect of ttil~~ important policy change, announced in the Commons by 'I‘ratle Minister Mac- Klnnon, ls this:

The price of wheat sold for do- mestic consumption will inert-aw immediately from $1.25 to $1.55 a bushel plus carrying charges. This will mean that the wits-at. farmer, through wheat participa- tion certificates, will receive .n additional 30 cents a, bushel on wheat thus sold fc-r domestic use.

This extra 30 cents will be paid ottt of tho public treasury since, as Mr. MacKinnon indicated, tltc government plans to continue its Policy of keeping bread prices down by paying a subsidy to mili- ers to enable them to obtain wheat at a. fixed price of Tl 3-8 cents a busltelmTltis means tile govtrrli- merit will increase by 30 cents the amount it p-lys milicrs to make up the difference bettvccn 77 3- ccnts and the domestic price, now pttt at $1.55.

Tito only change will be an in- crease of slightly more than 30 cents n bushel in wheat used for feed in Canada.

Tho ntrnistet" said it was net-cs- Siry to the de-conirol program that the prevailing prices on flour, bread. mill feeds and other Wll€3i

so

products not be affected.

"Y” Maintenance Campaign Launched With Enthusiasnr

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Butter Imports May

Be 5 Million Pounds

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. F6114 17 — Flve million pounds of New Zeal- and butter will be received in Canada by Feb. 20 and "fur- ther importations up to a maximum of 12,000,000 pounds will be governed by our future domestic position," Agriculture Minister Gardiner said today in a return tabled in the Commons for John Bracken, Progressive Conservative load- cr. It was being imported by the Dairy Products Board of the Agriculture Department, Mr. Gardiner said. The aver- age price per pound has not been established.

Storm Takes llown Power Wires At Sydney

SYDNEY. N. 5.. Feb. l7—tOF)— Aircraft were grounded, com- munications interrupted and power failures occurred in Cape Brown's Industrial area tonight os a fro/l ing rain swept in from the At- lantic on an east wind which at times reached gale force.

In nearby Glace Bay tho Steele's Hill and Caledonia communities of approximately 1,000 famiile:, were cut off from power for sev- cnal hours as ice-laden wires snap- ped and maintenance. men worked throughout the night restoring service.

WI¥D GEESE REPORTED

SAUL’! STE. MYNRIE, Ont, Feb. 1'1 -- (OP) — Unless two flocks of wild geese which flew over here at the week-end had their signals crossed. this part of northern Oin- tarlo can look forward to an early spring. That's the view expressed

by tugboat operator Torn Scott who

saw the birds going over in V-for-

tion said tonight st Monrteai.

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Tiic snow and sleet of last even- ing failed to dampen the enthus- iasm of almost 200 campaign tvcrkcrs who gathered at a sup- per meeting in the Social Hall of Trinity United Church to re- ceive their cards and final in- structions. It was an inspiring sight to see clergymen. doctors, lawyers, teachers, ‘business men and clerks enthusiastically pre- paring for their personal calls on the general public on behalf of tho great work of the YM.C.A. Mr. Roy Cudmore, chairman of the campaign in an inspiring talk explained the necessity of the present drive for funds for maln- tenance. Ho reviewed tho work of the "Y" since tho vacating of the Richmond Street building and paid a tribute to general sec- t-etary Jas. McConnell. who had amazingly expanded the work in spitt- of the inadequate temporary ounrters. Mr. Cudmorc in refer- ring to llic importation of the "Y“ in tho world and ili-- commutiity. spokc in part ns follows:- “Getitlemen; nobody realizes better than I do that the ilflbll?’ is asking:—"Wlty a Mnltitctiancc Cumpnigti- at 1H5 time?" My pur- pose is to clear that point. You will remember at the time of our Building Campaign in i944 we promised that we would not go i0 the public for three years. The Nit- scn for this decision was so that the subscribers to tho Bililding Campaign would have 1hr“? FEMS in which to pay their pledges, but nevertheless you business men must realize that we were obliged to (gun-y on our program on borrowed money. We now have an overdfflfl of $4,600.00. ‘ "You want to know 110w we have been firtancing-In 1944 we 118d l

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Maritime

(By John leBlanc)

UITAWA. Feb. 17 - tCPl~A source In close touch with dc- volopments in the‘ Maritime coal wage strike slQd tonight "there might be a break ln the next fbw days" l-n the wuge deadlock that precipitated a general walkout of 13.000 men over the weekend.

While the’ nature of the expect- ed move was not disclosed, the in- formanvs statement came arrttl Indications that attempts were be- ing madmhere to get union and

o the broke down Saturday. The full district 20 (Marltimer)

era of America.

‘for t o next day or two,

Forecast Break In

o erators together for rt renewal wage ‘negotiations that

board of the United Mine Work- whlch flew hero Felt! v. was remaining In the city appar-

Chargcd in Niagara Falls, 0nt., police court with stealing $10,000 in U. S. money from Mike Buc-hyk. grocer, Vera Yaraskovitch, alias Vera Anderson. 30, of Toronto, was arrested, police said, in time to nip in the bud an attempt to work the “gold brick" swindle on a Toronto merchant.

Parliament At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press) ‘Prado Micristcr MacKinrion an- nounced 1h; price of wheat for ciomestiv consumption is “eing in- creased iront $1.36 to 01.55 a bushel plus carrying charges.

Labor Minister Mitchell said he had nothing to report which “would give li0pg that rt solution was in sight for the Maritime coal strike. External Affairs Minister Si. Laurent said ho private agency has been employed to screen- gov- ernment employees for loyalty. Justice Minister Ilsley tabled a report by Mai-Gen. RB Gibson, CCmIIllSSlOllCl‘ of pcnitentiaries. The Commons adopted a motion that wlll give the Government authority to increase from three to five years the term in which a man may be enlisted in the pérmanent army.