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PROVINCIAL SALES TAX PROPOSALS TA

:.Suspects Sabotage In CoiiapseAOPBr-idge Board Turns Down Request

For Reduced

A Prince County potato dealers ieleugation yesterday afternoon met with the Prince Edward Island Po- mio Marketing Board and request- Mi that the marketing regulation

which requires than to collect one '

vent per hundred pounds of potatoes bought from the growers be redire- ed to one half cent per cwt.

The Marketing Board considered mg matter in private and decided that one levy would r-em.ai'n at one cent per cwt. as they 0035 W "W my was necessary to operate In evidenced by past operations of the Potato Promotion committee.

Unofficlaily it was learned that I small number of dealers throughout the Province have been obiectinn to the one cent levy and have not forwarded any levy money to the Board. This morning was set as the deadline in which this money could be passed into the board but two weeks of grace have been given to delinquent dealers. Those who hilve not paid their levy money in that time will be liable to a sus- pension of their licenses by the Board.

Yesterday's meeting took place as Fl. result of a meeting of the Prince county dealers in summerside Monday night where a delegation was appointed -to meet the Provin- clal Potato Board regarding the levy matter. The Prcvlncial Mar- keting Board members were also present at the meeting in the Leg- islative Chambers in the Provincia. Building.

Submitted Resolution '

The dealers submitted to the

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Photo Studio. Charlottetown. "Wheat &3.l6 per hundred. Mc- Guigsn an Boyle.

"Dance in Kcliyts Cross School, Friday. February 2nd.

"Hockey at Wiiishlre tonight. Hampnhln Bulldogs vs. Wiitshirc Miracles.

"Our Store will be closed Thursday. February 1st. for stocktaking. Mocuigan dz Boyle

"Dance. new school. at Auburn. Thursday night. February 1st. Good music. If not fine, Pi-iday.

?"Buying oats and mLxed grain. also feed bags daily. Highest prices Fraser and Annear Feed Service -

"Dance and Card Party, Trac- adle Hall. February 5th. Good music. Lunches.

"Hockey tonight. New Glasgow.

Cavendish vs. Glasgow Road. Skate after.

' 'Kinkora. Friday. February lsf, special Pre-Lenten Show.

”i"amlly Honeymoon". Dance alter.

Hall, Community

P rHampion February 2nd.

Films. Friday. Everyone welcome.

"Show. Morell Community Hall. every Friday only. Show starts 8 o'clock.

"Hockey Stanley Bridge rink. lonlghi. Norboro vs, Stanley Bridge. Game time 8:30. Skate after. g

"Graham's Road rink. Graham's linsd vs: Long River. Game starts 3:30 sharp. If not fine. iollowins night. 0

"Hockey game Sesvlew Rink tonight. Seavlew vs. Spring Val- ley. If not fine. the foliowins night.

"Annual Meeting Kings County l..0.I.. Jubilee Indie. Iris. Febru- '".V Gth. l0 A. M, Ernest Macbeod, secretary.

"I-loch . North River Rink. to- Tilxht. Milan Hornets vs. south- liort nsablers. Game time 8.80.

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Sksie "Notice Spri ind. lisntn liishi.

- Socisl evenins. Id Roll. Friday. ihbrusrv aid of rink. sponsored by

rerun. If stormy. following

"Annual Moetin the Wilishire

inrying Oo.. wilf be held Mon- ilw. February 12th, I P. ll. Pull Itlendsnos is requested. Nelson l-lather-lay. secretary.

"Ilaow. Noroil oornmuai mil. W017 Friday only. 0:, 0' o'clock. , no "J-'a'” '.."”' ' -'n.”uR2..'oi"”'”w

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At Training Base

cpl. Auldin D. Sudbury. (above) former resident of this city End the son of Mr. James sudbury 01

Bedoque, Prince Edward Island. is now in training at Randolph Air Force Base as I 800"" with the Combat Crew Training Group.

Randolph AFB. known world- wide" for its basic training oi more than 20.000 aviation cadets. since its origin in 1931. expanded its program to include the training of combat crows for the Air Force B-29 Superfortresses in August. 1950. and the runways which once swarmed with small T-6 North American tramerxs, .now resound with the roar of"fils B-29 "Sup- crs .

The eleven-man crew, of which Opl. Sudbury is a member. will upon graduation from Randolph. be transferred to the Strategic Air Command for further assign- ment with combat units. B-29 combat Crew teams are made up of graduates of technical schools of the Air Training Command as well as of World War.II veterans.

Cpl. Sudbury, who entered the service in June. 1949. attended high school in Cleveland. Ohio.

Quebec Iidfi To investigate. Premier Says .

Four Men-Carried To Death Early Yester- day Morning.

THREE RIVERS. Que.. Jan. (ll --(OP)-with a roar and rumble likened by witnesses to that "oi an earthquake” four spans of the Duplessis highway bridge, a con- crete and steel structure. col- lapsed at 2:55 p.m.. EST today and carried four men in their automobiles to an icy death in the St. Maurice River.

At Quebec Premier Maurice Dupiessls, who opened the 33.000.- 000 bridge officially in June. 1948. told the legislature the bridge had been "sabotaged by sub- versive elements.”

And in Three Rivers Mayor J. A. Mongraln termed the bridge collapse a "catastrophe."

For this ciiy on the St. Law- rence. 90 miles or so northeast of Montreal it was the worst trag- edy since 1908 when some half the city burned.

Police, who made known the recovery of four bodies after: day of bitter recovery work amid the St. Maurice ice and bridge debris. held out the bare possibil- ity there might be one or two more bodies still in the river.

Collapsed were the four spans nearest Three Rivers or more than half of the bridge area lead- ing from Three Rivers to mid- water land whence the bridge continues to Cap de la Madeleine.

Premier I: ' pl ' I an inquiry into the collapse of the

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Refuse To Point ' ' Polish Liner Borory

NEW YORK. Jan. American workmen refused in touch the Polish liner naiory when she pulled into a Brooklyn shipyard today for a paint job. "I'll starve before I'll work on an iron curtain ship while our boys are dying in Korea," said one of the 285 workmen. The ship re-

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By DONALD B. SCHWIND

LONDON. Jan. 1 --.(AP) -Alr- line Capt. Charles Blair landed his scarlet Mustang fighter plane in a blaze of red "very" lights to- night. chalking up a fresh New York-to-London speed record 0! seven hours. 48 minutes. He clip- ped an hour and seven minutes off the old record.

Blair said his only trouble: were some icing in the early stages and a painfully light pair of boots throughout.

As he clambered from the re- vamped iighler's coclopit and wav- ed io is cheering crowd at London Airport. he winced and said: ”'Iihe first thing I do is to get these boots oIf.".

The "very" lights, bril-llaut red flares, marked the end of the air- -port's. main runway as Blair's plane. a flying gas tank named Ex-' call-bur Ill, skimmed down in the darkness. -

He left New York's Idlawlld Alr- port at 4.50 a.m. EST and was clocked in here at 5.38 p.m. GMT

Fighter Plane Sets New N. Y. lo London Record

(12.38 p.m. EST).

A Pan American Airways pilot. Blair look the time record from a Pan American stratocruiser. The siraiocruiser, piloted by Call!!- Oharles Titus. made the eastward crossing Nov. 22. 1949. Wil-ii 34 passengers in eight hours and 55 minutes. Strong tail winds help- ed in both cases.

Blair. tall, dark. married, and 41. brought no luggage but had shav- ing kit and a toothbrush in a small icatlher bag.

His plane is powered by a Pack- ard-biult Rolls Royce Merlin en- gine and was modified to hold 865

gallons of gasoline inside wings and fuselage without external tanks.

Blair told reporters at London, Airport: ”lt was a very good cross- ' in-g. It wasn't as fast as I expect- ed but after Gander. Nfld., I had A tall wind of 130 miles an hour. Bur ihe weather wasn't too good and there was some ice."

Blair's average speed was about 450 miles an hour and he made much of the jaunt at 37.000 feet.

Saw Brisk lie ion 0n Ii.lf.ll;3i.'li lira

turned to her Manhattan pier and will sail Friday for Europe siill needing new paint.

Catholic Social Welfare Bureau Reports Progress

Mr. Howard Mcln-his was elect- ed president of the Catholic So- cial Welfare Bureau last night at the annual meeting of the Board -held at the Queen Square School assembly hell with a large num- 'ber of members present. He sec- oeeds the immediate past presi- d:-ni. Mr. J. R. Macmillan.

Newly-elect ” vice-president is Mr. M. Alrban Farmer. The sec- reiary is Mr. Frank O'Neill and the treasurer, Mr. Gerald John- stone.

Members-al-large include: Rev. P. McMahon. Rev. A. MacLcllan. Dr. Frank MacMiilan. Messrs. R. D. McGlllivray, Eugene Kelly, Carl Green. Wilfred Smith, Augustus Dowling and Jerome Gillis.

in his President's Report. Mr. lVfacMlllan stated that during the past year the Catholic Social Wel- fare Bureau was granted profes- sional status by the Canadian Wel- fare Councii,.snd ii ws also re- cognized by the Provincial Gov-

Sees Reds Behind Aussie Coal Min.e Stoppages

BRISBANE. Australia. Jan. 31- (lteuters) - The Australian Gov- ernment braced itself tonight to fight back against what its lesder called s ”Cornmunisiic attack" by the country's coal miners.

A minors' decision to stage one- dsy protest stoppages each week is "a subversive attack against the community." Arthur W. Fad- denlsotlog prime minister, said today. "The aovcrmuni. is do- thrrnined to protect the people

sgainst this Cornmunisiic attack upon them.” The stop go decision was

reached earlor today by the Australian li(iners' Central Coun- cil in ,rotest against conditions attached to s-recent pay award. The coal Industry Tribunal had made increases of up to two Australian bounds (MAI) weekly ooadliionsl on tho minors work-

svery two stocks.

The 'mbung last w k banned st and and min s are li- able to six months in Jail or a fill! of I109 if they flout the ban. The Oovdrnlllerrl threatened to

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Mr. MaoMilllan also pointed out that whereas the Provincial Gov- ernment wlll reimburse muni- clpalities on a 50-50 basis for monies spent on relief, it has re- fused to extend the same consid- eration to the Welfare Bureau which compensates for the inac- tivity of the city administration in meeting local relief needs. He also complained that the city ad- ministration -has refused io assist the Bureau in its work of provid- ing material relief to the poor of the city. ,

Mr. MacMii1an concluded his remarks by thanking all citizens who assisted in the numerous ac- tivities of the Bureau. especially in its Christmas program.

The Field Secretary, Sister Mary Eugene, C.S.M., described the ac- tivities of the Bureau under five headings: (1) services to unmar-

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would mean troops could take over mines affected by stoppages and miners' leaders could be Jailed or deported.

Fadden would not amplify his statement tonight or say when the Government would invoke the Crimes:Aci. Earlier he declared: "We will take appropriate action at the appropriate time."

The Minerrceniralcouncil will meet again tomorrow to consider deisils of the weekly st or and develop plans to seek ado union support throughout Aus- tralia. ”

A Minors' Federation official said if the Government took sot- ion against. in leaders the min- or: might lead stoppages to two days a week, reduce daily oiutput and refuse to work our- true.

A ons-day stoppage could cost

of west.

75.000 ions cool a Already 150.000 workers are idle

in Sydney because. of the country's acute cosi shortage and the New eoutii Wales Govern-

Lcading Seaman Harvey Mc- Ausiand. Charlottetown (above). who was one of the men manning lhe guns of I-I.M.C.S. "Nootka" which staged asuccessfulduei last Thursday with Communist shore

meat is rationing coal to indust- pisntl. g

batteries in the approaches to Inchon. I News in Brief OITAWA. Jan. 31-(GP)-The

Royal Commission on Transport- ation spent 3277.000 in the fiscal year ended March 31 last, it was shown in the public accounts tab- led today in the Commons.

LONDON. Jan. Britain will not send any spare arms to Spain. Kenneth Younger. Minister of State for Foreign Af- fairs, told the House of Commons today.

SINGAPORE. Jan. 31 - (Reut- crs) - Terrorists killed six police and two women rubber tippers Tuesday on a plantation in the Aycr Kuning area of Persk.

OVITAWA. Jan. 31- (GP)- Prime Minister St. Laurent an- nounced today Prime Minister Pleven of France will arrive in Ottawa Friday and will be accom- panied by train, from Montreal by Postmaster-Cionorsl Rinfrct.

orr'rAwA'. dun. :1-(or)-J. 1. Mscbougsll (L-Vancouver Dur- rsrd) placed on the Commons or- der pspsr today I motion urginl that oh at. service clubs and other char ble organisations be allowed to hold sweepstakes and lotteries.

Rsporfs 16.53 0.5. Sorvioornsn in U. K. -

LONDON. Jan. ll - (AP) -Air -Minister Arthur Henderson said today there are about 10.525 Un- ited States In icomen now sis- tiooed in Britain.

In reply to s qussiionaby Labor rnsmim trod Loosdco. I-lender-soil told the Commons the 11.8. his about 1,300 navel. 15.000 air force snd as army personnel in Britain. -

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Meeting Stresses Urgent Need For Preparedness

An enthusiastic public meeting at the Canadian Legion last evening lmanlmqusu passed I ” to forward I. resolution to the repre-. sentative in the Federal Govern- ment in regard to Canada's urgent need for preparedness for war outlined in the Canadian Legion "operation Preparedness" bulletins.

The resolution which was read to the meeting and heartily endorsed by everyone in attendance read as follows:

"Resolved that this public meet- ing Charlottetown citizens called by e Canadian Legion urge our Federal representatives to press for immediate national registration "of all Canadian citizens in order to secure full information as to Can- ada's man power.

"liturther, that we urge the Do- minion Government to put into ef- fect some system for the compul- sory training of Canadian citizens in our reserve forces, and immed-

i late mobilization of industrial re-

sources for defence production."

The motion was moved by N. W. Iowther. Provincial representative to the Dominion Command of the Canadian Legion. and seconded by H. Vessey. President of the Char- lottetown Branch of Canadian Le- gicm.

Outlines Plan Major A.lI. Peaks, Provincial

President of the Canadian Legion was chairman for the public meet-

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Find Snow Al Oiiawa Radioactive

OTTAWA. Jan. 31 -(op) .. Show at Ottawa and perhaps elsewhere in Canada has become charged with an unusual degree of radioactivity probably arising from last week's atomic explos- ions in Nevadl. officials said to-

day. But. the National Research Council added. this invisible

radioactive dust which fell in an early-Monday snowstorm and set- tled on the top is "quite harmless" and is more of a nuisance to scientists than anything else.

An official statement said the only reason the excess radio- activity was discovered wu the "very great sensitivity" of N. R. O. inst:-unenu used to detect cosmic rays.

When these instruments acted in an unusual way. someone went outdoor. and brought in some snow and the oukn-it was found.

Officials said they believe the Nevada. iexplosions. conducted by the United states Atomic Energy com ission. are behind the de-

velonrneni.

"Those explosions." said the etsfornent. "would inevitably in- crease the amount of radioactive dust in the upper atmosphere and it would also have A distinct- ive character of its own."

The radioactivity might stay around for some time but child- ren could make snowmen or play in e snow without fear.

N. 8. C. said checks are made to see if the radio- lotlv ty has shown up elsewhere

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ConseniIifT All Provinces Must Be Forthcoming

O'I'I'AVVA. Jan. 31 -(OP)-The Provinces may he allowed to im- pose an indirect sales lax of as much as three per cent to help them finance a new pension pro- gram for the aged, it was dis- closed today in the Commons.

Prime Minister st. Laurent tabled copies of draft constitut- ional amcndments that would al- low the Federal Government to inaugurate a contributory old-age pension program and permit the provinces to enter the indirect sales-tax field, now exclusively federal.

The amendments have been sent to the Provincial governments for consideration. Unanimous . consent must be obtained before: lhe proposed changes can be' sought from the United Kingdom Parliament.

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Siran,d:SiIeIce As O. N. Troops ilenew Drive

By Robert Eunson

TOKYO. Fcb. i-(Thursday) (AP)-Allied troops renewed their eight-day-old offensive at dawn today in Western Korea-and met no opposition at the outset.

The jump-off followed a night of strange silence in which the Chinese Reds ceased entirely the counter-attacks they had pressed at heavy loss on Wednesday.

AP correspondent Stan Swinion reported in a. field dispatch at 9 a. m. (7 p. m. EST Wednesday):

"Officers said either the Chin-

-ation for a. large scale attack or else they had local withdrawals further

counter- made into

it suit of heavy casualties suffer- ed in yesterday's (Wednesday's) bitter fighting."

At the beginning of today's push. Puerio Rican and U. S. troops advanced unopposed deep- er into the entrenchment-studded hills constituting the enemy's main defenses south of the Han

Allied planes spotted and al- tacked 400 enemy vehicles moving toward the front Wednesday night in the western sector.

Allied troops mowed Chinese Wednesday -hand combat, barrages and strikes.

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OTTAWA. Jan. in - (Special) - Full agreement with arnendtments to the British North America Act gov- erning old age pensions and a pm- vinclal sales tax were expressed in a letter from Prince Edward Is- land's Premier J. Walter Jones to Justice Minister Stuart G-arson, tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon.

Mr. Jones' letter was in reply to a. communication from Mr. Garson asking him. together with other Premiers of Provinces to comment on the two proposed amendments to the B.N. A. Act. The letter from the P, E. 1. Premier reads:

”Dear Mr. Garscn:

"The Government of Prince Ed- ward Island approves the two pro- posed amendments to the British North America Act respecting old age pensions and a provincial sales tax which were forwarded in your letter of January 2. Very truly yours, J. Walter Jones.”

The amendments as discussed at recent Dominion"-Provlncia.'l confer- enccs, are:

(1) A To add a sub-section to section 95 of the B. N. A. Act setting forth that: "Notwithstanding any- thing in this Act. the parliament of Canada may make laws in relation to old age pensions."

(2) - To provide for the raising of revenue for provincial purposes by (A) Direct taxation within the province. and (B) "Indirect taxation within the province in respect of the sale of goods (except goods sold for shipment outside the province) to a buyer for purpose of consump- tion or use and not for resale. at a rate not exceeding three pcrcentum cf the sale price. but not so ls'to discriminate between sales of goods gmwn. produced or manufactured within the province and sales of oods grown. produced or menu- factured outside the province."

The Prince Edward Island Prem- ier also agreed to Mr. Gnxgayfg pm. posai of Jan. 20 to add to the sales tax amendment. the words "and not so as to discriminate between soil- ers orciasses of sellers of the same olass of goods."

Mass Killings in China Reported

-The Chinese Nationalist Defence Ministry said today the Chinese Comm-u'nlsts are carrying out mus killings in Kiangsi Province which compare with ”Hitler's gas cham- lbcrs."

it said 5,000 persons had been slain during the last l2 months

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SOREL. Que. Jan. 31 .. (CP) .. Fire early today destroyed a 75- year-old landmark of Sorel. the three-storey. brick-sheathed Ver- don Hotel. with the possible loss of one life.

Early tonight Hector Salvail of Sorel was still missing. The other 33 persons in the building when the fire broke out had been accounted

Salvail was at first thought to have gone to the home of relatives but police said they had not been able to find him. Firemen began combing the ruins for his body,