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Heavy Death Toll In Los Angeles Blast

Contract Concluded For Big Potato lieal For P.E.|.‘Pl'ltllllCCl'8

The contract between the British and Unnadian Governments- for the exportation of between two and three millions of bushels of pofloer from Prince Edward Island to Great. Britain has been concluded and shipments to St. John for transportation overseas will begin next wcek, M1‘. J.W. Boulter, man- agcr of the Prince Edwam Island Potato Growers’ Association told the P.E. island Federation of Agri- culture last night.

"This is the biggest thing. gentle- men. that over came to Prince Ed- ward island", Mr. Boulter said.

Ha began by informing his audi- ence that the total Canadian potato acreage last. year only exceeded that of 194-4 or 194.5 by 7.000 acres.|"Why. then. did we pass so quickly from a

l famine condition as we had in int-i and 1945 to a surplus condition which we have at ,. "f Because oi the enormous crop in United States last year. In that country. they are dumping millions of bush- els and shipping to Spain at 80 cents p»: 100 pounds. Today, there is no market for our potatoes any- where on this continent and the prcsoiit contract will prove a god- send."

At Salli John itir. Boulter. who had just return- ed from Saint John where lie

negotiated for ocean transportation and other matters connected with the filling of the contract, said the tanner-s of the Province had al- ready received three million dollars for lust years crop and would re- ceive ttvo. and perhaps three. mil- lion dollars more. i

He stated that already since the

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Coming Events

"Movies at. Borden tonight.

"Bingo in Legion Hall. Souris, tonight at 8 pm.

"Races Sougsfgaturday, Febru- lry find.

“Horse races New Glasgow River Saturday’. Feb. N.

"Hockey East Royalty tonight. 3f“ Royalty vs. Royals. Skate fl’.

"Vilpha Rebekah b06389. Pantry Sate at llolmaWS. Saturday, Febru- "$22113. l! 2.30.

“iluuter River Farmers loading dim“ "Oils February 28th. Book. llkclllilun 8e Boyle.

"Kiiisbwii World‘! Pffllllr sci-vice postponcd bcrcn\'cmcnt_

Day of owing to

"“"Waltcr Grant. Millvlev/Jruck- ‘"1 lyre rvcry Tuesday. Mlllview ggigrgwllliiy. Livestock Marketing

‘Pillbcrt Court and J. B. McIn- 3" ‘fucking hogs ‘Puesday fore- "von. Bndford and vicinity. Live; lock Marketing loud.

"shipping Oluba loading ‘nit-a- "rih February 25101.. will be ad- t W! in tomorrow's press. Live- ‘Wk Markeilnl Board.

1061MB Producers: Contact our M" "Rents for information as to hi’ "a and marketing service be-

" shipping elsewhere. Livestock

‘Mo: Board.

"Herbert Mullin, Donaldson, gum“ h0g8 each ‘lueeday fore- u?" “Fringe early for‘ service.

estock Marketing Board,

it . M. gm!" MI! for Livestock "or cling Board at Montague "h" “W140. Trucking service b °_" Conditions permit. List hogs 7 "hm"- Claude McLean. agent.

Q ‘I-inwoed MeNeill loading hogs Mciidlrsn evary Monday. List mo! T0!‘ trucking service. Live- ! Markatingjoarfl,

"Doubleheader at New Glasgow g2: tonirhi. o ' Rood vs.

Meals-sow mien-tau; Hilton ""- o-rii: tali- 9:31:11. m"

"livestock Ilsrkoting‘ G e a r d

‘Mills hi! at nl W! . 15'}; Mo». .1.“ m.

LOB ANGEL-Ids. Feb. ?1)_,\ t". meridous explosion blasted e asso- atcrcy brick building into smoking rubble today. killing at least 1a persons. jolting the entire down- town district and breaking win- dows in houses and office build-

ings blocks away. More than 100 were injured. Shortly after the explosion,

which levelled the O'Connor Elec- tro-Plating plant. assis ant Police Chief Joseph Reed to reporters he feared the death list miglit "H89 from 30 to T5.but by night- fall. bulldozer. power shovel. and other workers. probing the debris. could find but I6 bodies.

Working for Guo cs nment:

J. .7. O'Connor, head c-f the eiectro plating firm, told reporters afterward:

"We were doing something or the Government. You con see wém happened."

O'Connor declined to amplify his statement. except to say that a War Department inspector from San Francisco had arrived at the scene and was conducting an in- vestigatlori.

Earlier. Bu! H. Richardson. Bureau, expressed bcllcf that the explosion, which injured more than 100. was caused by chemicals.

The blast. of unknown origin, destroyed the O'Connor Electro- Plating Corporation's one-storey brick building and three nearby residences and flames at once lumped from the hundreds of piles of white-hot debris.

An area one mile square was battered in what police sold was the worst holocaust in Los Anrzelee since the earthquake of March 10. i968, when more than 130 persons lost their lives.

Deputy Police Chief Joseph Reed. who said at least 30 persons ‘were killed. estimated that the detitli list might reach 57. Several hours after the explosion there wero l4 bodies in morgues and Reed said 86 women were unaccounted for. The blast occurred in an indus- trial district only s mile from the civic centre.‘

Like Atomic Blast William Tynan, battalion fire

chief who witnessed the explosion. said the area “seemed to go up in

smoke simi-inr to the pictures \ve‘vc seen of the atomic bomb ex- plosl-ons."

Elevators in buildings several

blocks away were jammed in their shafts by tho terrific force of thtt blast.

"It was Worse iiinn anyiliillg I ever saw in the battle for Manila." said Albert S. Olson. 22. who worked across the street from the demolished factory. "I run into the wreck-age. It wasn't. a buriti- in: any more. I tried to harp. When I looked upward there was p, big, funny-shaped cloud in the sky.” Many of the cy-witnesses cam- pered the explosion to motion pic- tures of the Bikini atom bomh blast.

"We thought the and of the w >rld was coming." said rs. Dolores Aido, who works in a garment. factory across lite street front thc wrecked plant. "Many of the 200 in our shop were injured." Helen Higgins. a nurse, slid Silt? saw an automobile blown 10 lcet in the air.

A hasty check by police indicat- ed that. some 300 homes in a mile- square area were more or lrss damaged. In the entire area f.rc- men and police ordered office buildings and other business estab- lishments vacated iri fear might coll-spite.

LIBERIA REPUBLIC Ijoria is the only inde swirls on the continent of

chief of the City Fire Prevention '

KENNY QUITE

pioneering treating

ognition for methods for funds

will retire. Lack of

for a rest moved the

Lord Waveil’s Daughter ls Married in India

NEW DELHI. Feb. ters)—Viscourit Wavell,

After 4:0 years of work. during n-iiich site won world-wide rec- ncw_ infantile paralysis, Sister Elizabeth Kenny to carry on her work end bile need famous Australian nurse to the decision.

20—-(Reu- the Vice-

roy was present when his young- est daughter, Felicity. was mar- ried here today to Capt. Peter Maltland Longmore, son of Ar: Chief Marshal Sir Arthur and Lady Longmorc. . Nearly 600 guests filled the Church of the Redemption includ-

Littlo lcc Age Maintains Iron Grip 0n Britain

LONDON. Feb. 20 —- (GP) — Britain's "little ico age" maintain- ed an iron grip on these islands tonight, setting cold-weather- rec- ords. creating an unprecedented menace to North Bea shipping and causing fuel authorities to cast an uneasy eye on coal stocks being maintained so painfully.

Patrol boats and R..A.F. planes reported steady progress through tho North Sea, of ice floes even as stormy weather once more tied up coal ships in the northeastern ports and threatened to harass rail

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transpo .

"It's too early to predict the ef- fect on deliveries of this further hardening in thc- weathor but it cart-not be other than serious." a Fuel Ministry spokessrtan told a. press conference, . Drift ice moving in advance of an ice field was reported a few milm off the east coast across ship- ping lanes. Some traiwlers were caught in the field but managed to get free. y ‘

"Conditions in the North Sea ard unprecedented." said one‘ fisheries official. "There are no records of anything like It being lI-Iltlwn before.

Returning fishermen said one ice Joe 30 miles long and in Places l5 to 20 feet high, had carried away several buoys.

A slight thaw was reported in

they

ing several ruling princes.

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Three-year Sentence

Foriiohbing Churches

QUEBEC. Feb. 20 -(CPi—-Jefsn

COTmIOI‘, 23. of Monctoii, N.B.. was sentenced to penitentiary for three years i-it sessions court here today upon charges of robbery from Quebec Roman Catholic Churches. Roy said thc accused had left a wife and child in the New Bruns- wick city to come here and "live n life of ease" and that Cormier ticscrveti no sympathy.

ll. C. Trio Sentenced For War Contracts Fraud

being convicted of five

Judge

VANCOUVER. Feb. 20—(CPi—

Pioneer businessman. J. L. Northey. 68, today months in prison. and a fine of $1,000 and his two sons, Paul M. and Archibald J.. io three years In penitnoti-iry untl fiiictl $2,000 each for conspiring to defraud merit. oii war contracts.

was sentenced to 18

were sentenced

thc Dominion Coven.-

Thc conviction was on a charge

of conspiracy to defraud the gov-

ernment by altering vouchers of Millwork Industries, Lid.. a Northcy firm that. made furniitire for cargo vessels built h-ere dur- ing the war. It was charged the Department of Muniirans and Sup- ply had been defrauded.

During the five-day trial. thc Crown charged the accused re- duced thc profits on war contracts by charging personal and housing supplies against the company.

TORONTO. Feb. 20 - tCPl-A proposal to step up production of consumer goods and to check the rising cost of living by making a lo-per-csnt reduction in the prices of all manufactured goods sold to Canadian consumers came today from C. I-I. Millard. national dir- actor. of the United Steelworkers cf America 10.10.);

“If prices are not voluntarily reduced now by the big business interns , they will be involuntar- ily red ced later on because peo- ple won't have the money to buy the goods." he told e press con- ferenco.

,He made public the text of a latter he had written to . lloaltsnpresldetit of the Canadian Oongross of In , i-n which lio proposed that the 0.0.1.. call on be Canadian Manufacturers As- soetstfon, the Federal Government and othcrlntei-sst ti crsaniatioas to meet in confers co to small for a was out. ID. l

a. _ mums. Uin. contact looal sec- "! for narrating canton. '

lie-GALA. were not prqaared to

who recently said

his Uni p 0d no now drives. for his vases tlil-s year, sust- atell that i the Oovemmont and

Proposes 10 Per ‘Cent Cut In Goods Prices

eo-operste. the OOJMshould con- sider launching a nation-wide "demonstration". which might take the form of- organised buyer re- sistance to force a decrease in prices. lie furthcr urged that no further relaxation in price control be ntadc without approval of the House of Commons.

Mr. Millard charged business in- teresis with maintaining and in. creasing what he called their efforts to exploit the consumer market for the highest prices and profits obtainable. Price rises had cancelled out most of the tvage gains made last year by unions, he said. In tho last few months, wartime savings had dwindled and

B, much of the nticipsted consumer

purchasing power had sl ad away to meet the steadily rang cost of living. .

i» The 0M4. did not comment on the proposal but one of its offl- cials ssltl lie did not think the OJLA. executive would be “friend- ly" towards the on of taking part in a price conference "because labor has been inst to place the 011A. in the postlon of- a bargaining agency for all manu-

factiuers."

"Y" Maintenance. Campaign Passes Its Objective By Over 2 Thousand Dollars

TheY M.C.A. general campaign for malnts-rsanco funds. which open- ed Tuesday and cl lest night with iiii objective of $10,000. was ever-subscribed by over $2.000. it was announced bv Chairman T. Roy Cudmorc at a supper meeting of workers held in Zion Church hall.

MI. Cudmore thanked the work- ers for their splendid efforts and paid the results obtained not only reflected tho interest the general public had in the youth of the city. but. also the measure of goodwill the Young Men's Christian Assoc- iatiotr enjoyed.

The total amount subscribed, on

basis of returns last night, was $12,150. The special names committee.

under- thc chairmanship qt Mr. James Montgomery. showed re- tums totalling $6.120.

The prize to the divisional oom- rnandor for the best showing made in the campaign went to Major

Elevator

Urges Island Representation 0n Committee

House of Commons committee on redistribution was made in the chamber this afternoon by W. Chester B. McLure. Progressive Conservative mem-bcr for Queen's. While no formal answer was given at the time, it is llndcr- stood that House loader Inn Mac- Kenzle will confer with the whips of thc various parties on Mr. McLui-es suggestion. Prince Ed- ward Isiand is the only Province with no representation on the committee. despite the fact that New Brunswick and Alberta are .in the some position as iltc Isl- and Provincc inasmuch as their representation in tfic- Commons will be unchanged by redistribut- ion. “Onc of the

nine Provinces." privilege, “is tho only one iiot ro- oresented on itio Committee. I aiii not asking for representation on it for myself. but I surely consider that our Province should be recognized by

representation on the commit- lee." P. E. I. Lobsters Mr. Speaker joked with Mr.

McLure when the latter rose to complain that u British Columbia newspaper published an item to the effect that the live lobsters shipped to British Columbia last year find been taken front the Bey of Fundy. The Quecivs men» ber said he ivas sure tiic Fishcr- ics Department. would not wish to take away thc credit of origin of these lobsters from Prince Ed-

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Royal Family Given Tremendous Welcome In Opposition Town

OIPETOWN. Flob. 20 — (Reuters) -'I‘hc King and Queen and thc two Princesses today received a tremendous welcome from a cheer- ing crowd of 18.000 when‘ they eii- tered Steilenbosch. great Nation- alist (opposiiiom stronghold 25

George Craig of No. 1 Division who realized $1.608. The team prize went to Dr. R.H Barrett of team No. l3, This-c] Division. Dr. Bar- rett with colleciions totalling $236. was 150 per cent over hLs objective.

Mr. James M. McFadyen. vice- chairman and director of the Y.M- C.A., spoke briefly, thanking the workers and paying tribute to the otgaarizing ability of the chairman. Mr. Cudmore. He extended the thanks of the directors to the pub- llc for the splendid response made to the campaign. On ‘behalf of all

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Consider Support Prices For Fish

OTTAWA. Fob. M-(CPM-Fisli- cries Minister Bridges said today in the Commons that “active con-- sideration" is being given to re- quests that the Prlces Support Act be proclaimed as far as fishery products are concerned.

He was replying to MJ. Caldwell. C.C.P'. leader. Mr. Bridges said Manitoba and Saskatchewan had requested proclamation of the act.

Mr. Coldweil said lie wanted to know if the act. was t0 be pro- claimed to prevent further loss to fish producers. Recently therc had been sharp reductions in the rice of fish, particularly in ask- atchewan and Manitoba.

‘of the tour so far.

miles east of Capetown.

The crowd, i-trcludtng itniversity students, sang "God Save The King," in the most amazing scene

There werc few flags Ln- the town and the Royal dais at the university .ports ground was hung only with Union flags and iio Union Jacks. But there was 110 question of the enthusiasm of the people a; they cheered and clapped when the Royal Family stopped from their automobile.

Al] thc Nationalists tonight were discussing thc visit. One old Na- tionalist memibcr said to me: never expected to sec thc King of England cheered licrc. It i5 won- derlull"

In the hail where the Royal Fam- ily had ice there was not an empty seat at the semi-circle of leg, tables which faced the long table where t King and Queen sat with the

yor and hLs wife, Mr. and Mrs. l-IP. Cruse. _

When the Royal Family i051: a-tiri walked chatting round the tables, everyone sang “For They Are Jolly Good Follows."

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FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL

BURKE LAKE, p.c.. Feb. 20- tCP)—Fire early today deal; _ed the Omineca Hotel hero, witn pro- perty less estimated at $25,000. but ail guests and staff members cs- caped without injury. Burns Lake is some 300 miles northeast of Vancouver.

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s Federation Discusses

OTTAWA. Feb. 20—-(Speciai)— Suggestion that Prince Edward Island be represented on the

Mr. MnLure said on a question of , Redistribution '

Iing to Simon it would bind work-

Resolution

But Postpones Action 4

Mr. W. R. Shaw. for thc past several years secretary of the P, E. Island Federation of Agricult- ure. tendered his resignation yes- terday because of ill health and pressure of departmental busin- ess.

Yesterday's two sessions. pre- sided over by the president. Mr. R. A. Profit. uritnessed consider- able discussion on many agricul- tural subjects ranging from the growing of strawberries to the supply of fertilizer.

Probably the most interesting subjects discussed were those in- volving tlie consideration of the establishment of a grain elevator in Charlottetown and the sugges- tion by Mr. Eugene Cullen that farmers be compelled by Govern-

approved of the bringing of grain to Charlottetown by boat from Churchill. He said a resolution requesting such a project migiit cause the Dominion Government to dis-coittinue the present frot- freight rates on grain from the West and would leave the farm- ers of this Province in a danger-

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ICourtesy Demand Leads To Strike

TORONTO. Feb. 20 — (CPi-A company demand that workers agree to be "courteous and decent“ led to n strike today of '34 em- ployees of Artistic Jewelry Co. of Toronto.

Harry Simon. A.F.L. crgtinizei‘. said thc workers, members of the Costume Jewelry Workers’ Union. ‘walked out when tho company idemandcd thc courtesy clause be iinserted in oii agreement. Accord-

Yors to "say ‘goorl nioriliiiiz’ to thc hos: when he grccis thcm."

C NEW BOSS OF “IiR'S"

Successor to Ellen Wilkinson. who died recently, ‘is George ’I‘ontlitison, Britniiifls liPW min-

incnt legislation to grow only in- 151" "Y (‘ducmmn- spoofed seed. ——*-—i— H Capt. J. 1.. Road, Bordon. dis-

Parliament At A Glance

By The Canadian Press Transport Minister Chevrlrr said Canada's box car situation was "very acute." ,‘

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that it? the first six months c-f this crop year the equivalent of 72,000.- UOO bushels of wheat was shipped to Britain.

The Commons debated the plight

The Commotis will consider (lov- ernment legislation. T-he Senate will not sit.

Lumiic-ifiilogul Dies In Ottawa

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Mill $5.00. other Provllsoel I U. I. l. l7.‘

STRIKE

Will Carry,‘ Wage Fight To A Finish

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of mall carriers aticl agreed they; with m deserved better pay. diSU-jcj Ffidfly . John

secretary - treasurer. A. MacDonald, International I U. M. W.

iinie district.

moi miners will carry their strikq for higher wages “to ' Freeman Jenkins. Union leader of the 13.000 strikers, declared night as prospects for an early, settlement faded.

a finish.

to-

for ho-me after several

days of fruitless conferences airh- obtaining a contract for the miners, Mr. Jetn_ ldns, president the United Mine Workers of Am-

"satisfactory" of district 26 of

0.1.). said the fight

would be waged "with all the re- sources we have." ' think that. the. Maritime miners won't flgbi; this out to a finish.” he declared in a pro-departure statement.

an interview,

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Mr. Jenkins

the Nova. Scotin and.