Maxim ' or A l MERE. MAN

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Crew Island

Connector

lllassic Example 0f Departmental Fumbling tilted

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CYITAWA. Ont.. May 1)‘-

cresslve Cunservati Lambton West,

\i(led the war expenditure:

"departmental run It consisted of

-uroun ."

erans who tried to get a shovel from War Assets

Assets Corporation officials.

a dog howl." The two veterans, one from Tor-

anlo and one from Sarnis, went to

the Corporation's Toronto otfices and asked what chances they had tn set a gas-shovel since they were

(Oonitlfllkd on race 5 vol- l)

Coming Events

"Movies at Bradaibane tonight. “Talkies - Emerald Thugsdalé.’

"Talkies -- Elli-Jo. Tuesdagwh a

Show. New Glasapw. Wgdérqee-

fay. ' ‘Show. limiter River. ‘Thin-s- 15y, B-fli- ll

"Talkies —~ Cove Fgvlgaflyz-i

Ce

'i‘-iki —- Ml e e, Wednes- .r es a p qu 5.2m“

hi‘. "Bruin good second hand bu s daily. l) llon and Spillett. 5-23- i.

"Uillfltidilllfl —c;r—_cement Mon- day and Tuesday. P. J. Noyc fidtzqCgi

"011 hand Oilcake. Barb Wire tad Asphalt Shingles. W, I. Bow- man. l-lilnwr Rivet. 5-20-28-31-31

"Dance, Orwell llail, Wednes- day May 29th. Milivlew Orchestra. Daylight. Saving Time. 5-29-21

"T-lre Glasgow Road Concert has been postponed till June 7th at Harrington. 543'?!-

"Varlety Cage‘; by Charlotte tstxtrn talent, Brookfleld lgali June d.

"liospital Dance, Curling iiintii-ague, tottigltt. May 128m, Bill lioresldds Orchestra. 5-28-11-

"Dance and-go; Social Howe‘: llzill. Brackley Beach, Wednesday. Mov 29th. 6-27-81

"Dance in Emyvaie School Wed- nesday. May 29. Lunch served. Good music. 5-38-2f

"To arrive car No. 1i cw. bulk ggsbaérd or}: ‘carmgm wheat.

n‘ ea J00 ng. ta sup- ply on hand Feed

. Liv todx Y.

ea 25-81

"See Marie players present

"Johnny Get Your Girl" in Britte-

ivwn l-lsll. ‘ftiursday. May 80. at

8.30 (Silt) s-as-ot. "Beg

inning. Juno 5th. the store 0t Harrington will, be closed every Wednesday afternoon and evenin . E. At-nlast. 5-28-20.

Rink.

" ollectlng hogs ev

Albany and surroundcirgg Ind Emerald every l-‘riday. Phone cpllect or write early in week, A. C. Creep or G. C. Green. 5-16-15-20- tf.

"Collectinu hogs for Devi: d: Fraser even; Thurldsy. Write me or phone N. A. Cutcliffe". Freder-

D. L, McDowell

Thu)‘ Y. dill!!!

ioto . . n a-ii-is a bold "A rtmm sale will be hold in th A r Cit 1 Ffldsye. ‘~31 at nabmiglis. 11?. donation: of

(Spoo- irll-Joseph Warner Murphy. Pro- ve member for Ontario, today pro-

s d

economies committee with a clans-

sic example of Ottawa’: well known d

the actual ex- perience of two Ontario war vet-

WU?" amor- ail-on. Mr. Murphy said. and was "a disgrace to the Government of Canada." Experiences of these two men being pushed around by Wlar

O said, "would make a cat laugh and

11 Thirty seamen were under

"wAt A Glance »

y gyro-away. in

0n Strike

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The crew of the "Island Cou- nemr". due to arrive here Thrurs- day to take over the Charlotte- town-Newiomrdland route. walked off the big freighter in St. John. N._B., last nllht to join the other members of the Canadian Soa- mufs Union in the strike which is affecting shipping in every Canadian port.

Preparation here for- a his oi

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We and Govern- ment reception to the officers and men of the "Connector” upon her arrival next Thursday. dllfttfaeots of the nation-wide strike e

. . S. , excluding the oflficers. are on strike. Reports last nizht indicated that only one‘ member of the crew of the C. G. S. "Brant". also in port. belongs to the Union. ‘Ilhe "Brant". however. ls in no condition to sail at the present as her boilers are being cleaned.

Crow 0n Board

Contrary to the usual custom of seamen on strike walking off a ship. the crew of the “Saurel" are remalninc on board. It was re- ported yesterday evening that the men are so acting on instructions from a Halifax official of the it is alleged instnioted the men to remain aboard untll forcibly but off by the Department 0f Marine and Tra

new . . Captain William Poole of the

the would sail. Neither would he commit himself as to the pomibillty oi’ the tied-up ves- sel takinil on a new crew.

l0 Seaman Arrested

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TORONTO, May B’! — (CED- arrest. JYFQSL there, and ships iuy along the lcngih of the Greet Lakes as the first, day of the general strike- called by the Canadian Seaman: Union drtrv to

close. . How effective the strike had proved was not inrmndi-irtciy ticar. The C. S. U._ said 50 to 55 Lake ships were fled up and predicted that, within 48 hours not a s Iuic ship would be moving. The ship owners, through ‘ ihe Dominion Marine Association. stated at noon that only i’! of 115 ships owned by the four‘ large companies acre‘ affected. The strike. which started ofti- cially at 6 a.nr. E.D.T.. today affects approximately 5.000 union members on Great Lakes ships. It dues not affect coastal shipping Presidgni J. A. (Pol) Sullivan of the 3.8.1]. said he expected that it would tie up 200 to 235 strips.

Parliament‘

warrants were out for the of at least 80 o 1e at ports

By The Canadian Press Trade Mi3iKll1Il0fl an- nounced a i. t were so... 0.0.‘... “.2 °.,"...‘i;‘.““§%l.? ng 1e r or s y s - “iii? n... Ml: o. l1 s pooled for rwutnption of work lJn strike-bound British Columbia box factories. Reoonsirtfitéion t‘ klllgnisterl N p rs , e .r .1- tlonsl newer-ch Counci opinion; on its war-expanded basis. Senator John T. Haig. Prcgressive ‘Conservative leader, stigsestod in

to that the Unemployment gsurunoe Commie-axon be abolish-

Howe

p The Pei's op g Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARUZYFFETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 2s, 194s

MTNISTER 0F r000 00st

Sentenced

Will Attempt To Plant lobsters 0n Pacific Boast

VICTORIA, May 21 - — Cooperatln with the Dominion Govemmen , the Provincial Gov- ernment hes set aside 88 acres of foreshore in a lagoon near Nan- almo for experknentation on whe- ther- s. lobster industry can be eo- tsblltshed on the British Columbia 001i! .

A revious experiment has been attergpted at Sooke about 20 years ago, said Goo! e J. Alexander, deputy oomm unet- ef fisheries for B.C. m. I b u"

So long as e o I - here from the Ath-ntfo Coast. re- mained in ca. tlvlty they thrived but when reused they disap- neared.

"There has been a feeling that poeslbl that ex riment was not he full scope." said Mr. ‘Tlilor was time I"!!! to study their breedhg habits. ft may be that not enough lob- stars were planted to overcome their natural anemia. The new experiment will be‘ on a lerso scale."

Aussie War Bride Balks At 80s Voyage

SYDNEY. Australia. May 27 — m?) Mrs Josephine Hatton. the homesick bride who ran’ off the transport Dsvild C. Shanks Just before it sailed for the United States in April. balked 1min -tod:.v nt a trip to America in bhe S. S. Morrtcrey, to Join her husband. She said the sea terrified her. Four others quit the liner before it sailed for San Francisco with 6B8 war brides and United States servicemm Australia and New Zesland.

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Astronomer Priests Watch flew Comet

ROME. May 2'! _ (Reuters) - Astrommer priests, known as "the six wise men of Castel Gaiulolfo. daily are charting progress of a new comet. first seen by Vatican Observatory last Feb. 1.

At the observatory at Caste! Gandolfo. summer palace of the Popes on the shores of Lake A1- 113.110. 25 miles from Rome. thwe eight -Jesuits, led by Dutch-born Father John Stein. spend their time watching the heavens.

The comet has been nun-ed "Tlmmers' Comet" after Brother Matthew Timmers. also a Dutch- man. who was first to observe it. Pope Pius takes s. keen interest in the work of his star-Racers and spends much time scanning the stars with them when he is in resi- dence at Castel Geudolfo.

The great battle of the Anzio beachlresd swept right up to the doorstep of the observatory and then sumed down the road to Rome. The observatory escaped damage. but the nearby town of

‘ruesda

The Oognmims will discuss various Govermnent legislation. The Son- ate will sit.

Assets 0f Avoragl; liasadlan Increase

LONDON. Ont.. May 27—<Cl‘i—- The average Canadian now own! $117M in liquid resources-cash. bank deposits and Dominion Gov- ernment bards-but that solvency galls: a tIhrFat of lrlrltliatiiorzléng; ryen o orono. e n1 company executive, today told @118 58rd annual meeting of the Cona- dlsn Llfs Insurance Officers As-

Albsno. in which there was heavy sgteet fighting. was almost wiped 0 .

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SENATOR-B SET RECORD OTTAWA. M 2'1 -. (C?) -- Something of a record was set by veterm Soiratorn tonight when a uroup of seven with an average age of more than 00 years attended a Semte session.

They were: Senator: Sir Allen Ayleswortir ' Sir

B32 .

rbciatlon. Per caplta resources six years ago amounted to $303.

0 orrzlw rt - err - Oali 111$‘. rooevvad by CLH-ldlfi"

‘ r roduc lmpzrocergt (M; Deunnlm Bureau of

M“ iisaasooboo slhadllfi-lnfnifiketinir » ‘m’ h0g4 in the “counted 100'

' bode 'tli..""'r.%" '

Income 0n Farms Declined LaltfYear

g0 $1

elly W. and J. A. alder (PC-

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{m m (18.7),

Ndvaflcotia)

95.1 f . ilflo (‘.8 (I'M.

u KM ritlsh Oohmbt

(55.0). ' and

children of-

.vl:lt to this continnent.

Nova Seotia Youth

To Hang

PlixfifillfieN. Ming 2'1 — (OP) - ver ey ouvpso "humid? ti ‘i.

so e e Evy. Amlv Merchant Marine. was sentenced today to be hanged Aug. 1B for the holdup slaying of a Btellszton. N. 8.. merolhsnt Feb. 1'1.

The tow-haired Westville, N. 5., youth. quoted at his trial as de- scribing the shooting a: a "silly notion." showed no more emotion than when he stood unfllnohingly

the urns cou heard a Jury find him guilty of murder.

“Nothing to sly. sir," in a clear. firm tone, court clerk. C.

he replied when the l... Moore, put the formal query: “Have you anything to soy why sentence of‘ rieath should not be imposed upon you?"

Md‘. Jwtioe R. H. Graham o! the Nova Scotia supreme com-t. who presided alt time trial. then read the sentence. condemning to be hangfid “between the hours of 1 and 8 A - 415T." Aug. i5 and end- ing allay God have mercy on your

A dntl f hd Myrrh... "m "W *

it heard Mai] J by igrwr emes . a homior-rglqdefence plea. of linearity: describe onvpsmr as a. chimp? . - e

as mandatory. ed to fiedagioxtihuggagtgne ‘d? us ce n; a. Ottawa. for consideration. '

News Briefs

NEW YORK, May 2'! -— (GP) — The Royal Air Force has accept- ed an invitation from the United States Army Air Forces to send No. 35 Squadron. B. L. 1?. -_ er CommandJo trbisUIittedStst

to participate in Air Forces Day on Aug. 1, it was learnedtoday.

OTTAWA. May 27 - (GP) Time lost as a result of strikes in the first four months of this you‘ showed a. ‘T8 oer cent increase colnpared with the same period last year. the Labor Dwertmeni reported today-

orrawa. May 2i __ (oer _ Air Minister Gibson announced todav that Sent. 30 had been set as the deadline for R. C. A. F- demobilization. Present strength of the overseas force is approximate- ly 5.000.

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OTTAWA. May 27~(CP)—Actini: Prinre Minister lisley today ap- pealed for immediate resumption of work in strike-bound British Columbia box factories which pro- duce containers for fruit and other foods.

BANGKOK. Siam. May 2'f—(AP) Jfhe Sin se Government charg- ed today t i. French troops from Indo-China have made a series 0f rai-ds on Siamese territory across the Mekong River. The border tired was reported gripped by ‘ensiccl. Desultory firing was reported throughout Monday night.

Liner llueen fllary flocks At Halifax

HALJFAX. May 2'1—-(Cl>i-Sl-r Alexander Clutterbuck, who in- tends to get down to the business of learning all about Canada‘ and hopes to do some fishing in ilro meantime. landed here tonight ~._n hi: way to Ottaw to take up 711-1 new post as Unit d Kingdom High Commissioner."

The 48-year-old British civil xr- vant dilernbarked from the bride shi Queen Mary with Lady Clut- ter uck. their l‘f- ar-old dwih- taerhAnn. and a n ace. Miss Beryl

u .

It was Sir Alexander's fourth

‘Iravellhgion the same shlpvwns Rt. Hon. Vin nt Massey. rctmnfl

a Commissioner to tsln. and Mrs. Massey. on the we: to their home at Port Hope.

Mr. Ill-lacy. who has been M Canada House in London for fl ears. was made a Companion of‘ ‘fir ‘by the King before leaving In . ' declined to discuss any ques-

tion and. laid his chief (purpose at present was to " rr a inlet anadlan sun-

Eggs!‘ in good

rtroom May 22 and '7

0F CANADA

t Read

Brewing Troubles May Affect 25,000 Additional Parsons

coast" to coast work in

The most days ago. It and sawmill workers in the Pugh;

Prov of Brflixtéish Columbia. e c on whi h

i?” .,. “Y emezrs U on nrno members on Great n13 and on Government and light terriers on coast

A strike is.sotr.eduled for Satur. day among 6.0D0_bextlle worker-s in Quebec. More ttzarr half of the nmnlibers of tho United Steelwork- ers of America. (C.I.0.> have voted t0 give their national officers auth- priy to call a strike. There is an unsetled dispute Oratorio nib

.n 5.000 of lLr akes vessels supply ships the, Atlantic

lied Automobile Worked-s l has been preparin tion sgainsf

6

ees in th British o!

01o) for strike ac- Clcrvs r and a num- r firm-s. Mine emp e Sirdbury area and in Columbia. are in the thick argument over new collective alnl agreements. Tho B . loggers strike. called by the International Woodworkers of Anterior; (C 1.0) when negotia- tions over ii-s demands for an lil- cent hourly wage increase a 40- ltour wort: and union semirity "col- lapsed. threatens the already tight building ly situation as well as

5WD ne irjit...-_.,.

‘m! 85 and the‘ effect- lvfilififis 0f the seamen‘: strike arc in d to. Union president JA. t irlliv-an said yesterday 50 to 55 Lake vessels are tied up and by tonight some 200 to 235 will be sf- fected. Ho said the strike was call- ed boenfofte demands for an eixht. rnstsgl of o. lZ-hzgln‘ dBIY. H

George rvovmr. secre arv 0 t. e Domincn Marine Association rep- resenting the operators. said that oi‘ the 115 vessels owned by fan‘: major Canadian shipping oom- ganies 93 are elm-rating. 3'3 are idle

eoause of lack of cargoes and 17 are tied up by strike action. He said also that the operators have already agreed to an eight-hour day- and that an application has been made tn the Dominion (iOVBITUTlBIlTT-‘S Na- lonal War b81001‘ Board for per- mission to put it into effect

Minor- Strikes In Marltlmee

There are two min-or strikes in the Mnritimcs. At Yarnlouth. N.S.. 500 members of the A. F. L. Textile Union are on strike at the 00s- rnos Imperial Mills in e. demand for a 5 per oent basic wage increase. Fifty members of the Canadian Fishermens Union are idle at the P. J. Cadegsn fish plant at Glace Bay. N. 8.. demanding a l5-cent hourly wage increase.

There are two minor strikes tn blanitoba. One is the longest in the Dominion at present. It in- volves 120 members of the Interns- tronal ‘Iywographical Union (A. F. L.) which called a strike against inc Winnipeg Free Press and the

Winnipeg Tribune last Nov. ll. The ed

publishers announced Jan. 3 there would be no further negotiations with the Union and they hired new employees. The building is still pickoted occasionally.

Next scheduled strike is among textile workers in the Montreal ares. where 6.000 are to strike Sat- urday at '1 A.M.. in five plants in a dispute over wage increases. a 00-hour week and vacations nil DI!-

Bonlmunlsts Lead In Czech Election

PRAGUE. May 2'l—fAP)— The Communists and other extreme loft wing parties won 51 per cant of the total vote in yesterday's hotly contested Czechoslovak parliamen- tary elections, virtues? complete

returns showed ton A Communist Par 1010mm graduated the slim pural y would e sufficient to assure extreme left wing control of the Mil-member suembl . which will draw up s

constit ion.

today. ers are idle in a war labor

serious strk began l" involves 36.000 tagger:

ber workers. The Un- M

Evryb

of the world, “and I ‘difficulties and d: ' 1'0

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‘Come unto Mo" uys the lope will solve your ' ten out your if ye re . _

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50,000 hldlte In ‘Canada - Wide Strike Wa

VVAJ}iIi(}TY)ll, hlay 27 -» Interior Secretary Knrg said “Home prosress was made" ea agtelemternt with s e soft

coed dispute. °

‘rhere was no comment from the ohief of the United Mine Workers (AJXLJ.

A spokesman for Mr. reporters alter 6 l-J hoists o! ooh- tenures that lawyers for all p31- tiee concerned would "be busy to- night working on- the promos;

made."

The Kruiz wokesm-an would not say definitely this meant that a contract was in the process of preparation. but the implication

that such s possibility exist-

was ed.

A meeting will be held in Krughs office tonrotwow morning the spokesman added. In- the meantime. of work in the mines-interrupt- ed by a. working truce that ended Saturday night-was again virtu- ally complete.

But there was no mistaking trhe optimism which prevailed among perso close to negotiations to- day. ether this was the direct result of the conference between

r. Lewis and President Truman

at the White House last might. lastiniv less than half an hour. was not known. One member of Congress. talking tr. a reporter several hours before the sizns of developments began- to appear at Mr. .Krug's culled an attreement imminent. Another sold the negotiators were not fa-r a-part but reported final accord might ta-ke_ some time. Neither would be ducted by name. Meantime. continuing Senate argument ovor President 'I‘rirmsn‘s strike-draft legislation gave Mr. Lewis time for morebarsralnine. if he wanted it. without running afoul of any new laws.

Krua told

the stoppage

Discuss Alleged’

Residents of _Upper Prince Street and Elm Avenue met the City Council last night in a special session to protest against the al- leged nuisance which the foundry otllall and Stavert, recently in- stalled on Elm Avenue. would cause to the rasideerts of that neishborhood. D. L. Msthieson appeared for the residents and A. TV. Matliesotr for Hall and Stavert. H15 Honour, Mayor B. Earle i MacDonald. speaking for the Coun- cil. informed Major D. L. Mathia- son that the City could take mo act-ion and the recorder, K. M. Martin. advised that. if a nuisance were proved. it would come under the jurisdiction of the Attorney- General.

Mr. Stavert. speaking for the Company, assured the meeting the operations of the foundry would have no detrimental effect on the health of the residents living near by and that there would be excessive smoke for no more than four hours a week.

Before the meetinit the followina resolution

adjnurured. was pass-

Thst this Council acknowledge ts debt and communicate its thanks to the Provincial Govern- ment for its voluntary and high- lv effective effort in covering and urading the city dump with clean earth requiring removal from Gov- ernment property thus relieving a situation beyond ordinary means .0!‘ correction.

rMoved pv Coun. J. D. seconded by Ooun, O. M.

yRoveal Pla

Stews-rt i Cox) .

Research Council

_ be formed would own and commer- UITAWA. May Tl - 1GP) -_ oialile patents owned by the Court! Plans to keep the National Research ll“- Council operating stirring peacetime Mr- Howie sold some of the new on its war-expanded basis to meet llbflmlflflflfl b01018 9341111194 W 00° flhtxaocneeclb of Canudaninfihis térn- gnfluguolilldytpukl conduct h “(ingr- no age were so sod o)’ JVWTWHW I 0 in the by Reconstruction and radar.