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Reorganization 0f British Farming ls Proposed

Changes ln Foreign Exchange Controls

Seek Postponement 0f lisaring in llail Freight Bates tlase

O’1'1‘AWA,_Dec. lb-(CP) - An Application from several Canadian Provinces for postponement u! t!" Jan. a opening of hearings into proposed railway freight mt? m‘ creases will be heard here Doc 23 by tho Board of Transport Com-

mlssionars, the board announced today. The board was advised today

that the Prairie Provinces, British Columbia, and the Maritlmejrrans- poriatfon Commission were ioin- ing in the postponement applies.- lion. Notice of the move also was sent to the Railway Association of Canada, which is seeking a general inrrealg of 80 per cent ln freight T1188.

The commission announced Dec. It was sat as the data fa.- the postponement hearing after 1t had been suggested by the applicants. They will seek, the notice said. deferment until such a later data as the hoard may direct after hearing their su‘ lesions.

llas Big Plans‘ For Flying Boat Service

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ByFXAIII T31R50! " WAQHIMCVN. Dec. ll-(AP) The United States Navy's fora- most cmoneat oi flying boats applied today for 57,000 miles of air routes he proposed eventually to operate as a civilian, encirc- llfli the 8100c with sesplanes. flylne both directions twice s week.

Capt. O. H. (Dutdi) lchild- lisuer. now sir traffic eo-ordin- ator for the Naval Air Transpc t Service. filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to carry passenger .

Ifllll and csrlo. using only water $500

terminals. Doinebases would be ll New York and Baltimore. with 31°13! at New Orleans and den Francisco.

Schildhauer told the C. A. B. that “operation of waterborne aircraft wherever practical is es- lenlial to meet the needs of nat- ional security."

The aircraft would he the latest

‘i “'90 0i Martin Mars. developed

for the Naval Air Transport Scr- vicr- nnd suitable as naval auxil- iaries in an emergency.

The proposed routes would cross the North Atlantic. the Mediterranean. Arabian Rea. liav o’ Benllili. South China Rea. Pa- rltl: Ocean, Gulf oi Mexico and Chesapeake Bay.

Coming Events

"Movies at Boroeis io-aigsit.

"Concert, Lady has 801x001. Mini. Bus. 30th. .

" "Show _ m. dtowsrt Saturday. Bronson Canary plus News.

“Wins-log 800th School Concert. Wlnslca Hall. December 28rd.

"isuuviusf Christmas Concert. usmvtilo Hall. lriday. December

"Giristmss Concert st- Vic-

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‘By WARCY (YDONNELL _OI‘TAWA. Dec. l9 -— (OP) — Flmancc Minister Abbott. announ- ems tonight some technical changes in foreign exchange control regn. lotions. disclosed that arrange. mill"! hllve been concluded with the United Kinedom which will Permit a broader use of sterling by Canadian exporters and importers.

Mr. Abbott said the main changes -sll of which become effective Jan. l-were these:-

1. Canadian traders will be authorized to eXPOrt for payment in sterling, ii they wish to do so, to a number of countries from which they hitherto had been re- quired to obtain payment on s United States dollar basis.

2. Certain countries which have received credits from the Canad- ian government will be free to use them to finance private as well as inter-governmental trade with Canada.

3.'1‘he authority of bank; to make United States funds avail- able for travel purposq without reference to the Foreign Exchange Control Board will be increased.

4. Canadian importers will bs able to trade on a sterling basis with countries which hithsto

had to be dealt with on s United States dollar basis.

For the time being, the count- ries with which Canadian export- ers and importers will be able to trade on a sterling basis. in addi- tion to countries of the British _ Commonwealth, are:-

ilinglo Egyptian Sudan; Argen- tina; Columbia; Costa Rica: Cubs; Dominican Republic; Ecuador;

Egypt; Fame Islands; Gusternalr

w: United states and territor- ies. and Venesuals.

the list s; the United Kingdom completes the necessary arrange- ments with them.

As to the change in travel regu- lations. the official said that no reasonable request for funds for travelling purpose; had been turn- ed down.

After Jan. 1 the banks’ authority to approve the sale of United States funds without further reference to the Foreign Exchange Control Board will be increased in the case of travel applications fmm $50. to

Rose To liear Verdict Today

MO Dec. 19 — (OP) —— Prcd Rose, 39-year-old member of Canada's parliament. will learn oo- mormw the J-udgas‘ verdict in his aPPflal against a court of King's bench conviction on s charge of oonivplring to communicate infom- ation illegally to the Soviet Union.

Flvo Judges of the Appeals Court will render the decision on Rose. Lisbor-Prgresslva member oi parlia- ment for Montreal-Cartier. con- victed last June and sentenced to six year; in penitentiary. Leave to appeal the sentence also has been granted the Polish-born member but this has not yet been heard.

Rose's political stat/us may rest on the decision. l-le still holds his Commons seat for the east-end.

Montreal rlfl ad ho expected to resins It I the appeal is granted.

Other countries will be added to‘

Public Utilities Board Considers Bus Problems

A" meeting of the Public Utili- ties Board was held in the Law Courts Building yesterday with representatives of the provincial motor bus companies present.

The purpose of the hearing. it was learned, is to secure-the n;- cessary information for tlieBoard concerning the services. number of routes, rates, etc. of the var- ious bus companies operating tn the Province. the object of the Board being to decide. ti’ possible, unon a uniform mileage rate ap- plicable to all bus companies op- erating in any part of the Pro- vince.

Judge C. St. Clair Trainer is chairman of the Public Utilities Board. The other members are: Mr. L. B. MacMillan. who acts as secretary ofthe Board; and Mr. W. R. Brennan. electrical engin- oer.-

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Local Woman is Promoted

PITTSBURGH. Dec. l9 — (AP) — President Robert E. Doherly today announced the 111M101- ment. effective Feb. 1. of Edith M. Winchester as assistant dir- ector of Margaret Morrison Car- negie College. the woman's division oi Carnegie institute of Tech- nology.

Miss Winchester has been a Car- negie Tech faculty member since 1919 and is a tonnes- president or tho Tri-Staio Commercial Edu- cation Association.

She is a native of Charlotte- town, P.E.I.

Select ilenry ll Best Fllia 0f The Year

NEW YORK. Dee. 19 — (AP) -- "Hon “Vflithg British-made color film. been voted the best mo-

WASHINCHON. Dec. l0 --(A.'P) -.A plan to wipe out leprosy in the United States is under study today by public health service oilicials.

Dr. RC. Williams, chief of the

of Medical Services. said the special Health Service Advisory Committee on Leprosy has found the “ can be ‘ ‘ ’ It:

1. lt can be detected in its early stages.

2. Modern medical practices are applied. principally the uh 0! "19

tion picture of tho year in the 21st annual poll conducted by the Na- tional Board of Review of Motion Pictures, it. was announced yester- day.

The starring performance of Laurence Olivier. who also produc- ed and directed the version oi the sr ' —- drum. was minder-ii the year's best by an actor.

Four of the first 10 best film choices were fvielxn-made- _

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Says Wheat “Bad Deal”

ll. B. Fisheries» liail Big Year

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OIITAWA. Dec. ill-Ibo fishing industry in New Brunswick en- joyed a banner year in 1946, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- ported today.

The marketed value of fidieriea products totalled 013.970.1716. coin- pared with $11,968.69}? in 19H, an increase of 10.9 per cent. The lobster industry was valued at 05.058301, an increase oi 47.0 par cent. The sardine fishery was valued at 03.909398 and the her- ring fishery at $1,006,110.

‘The quantity of fish of all kinds. including shellfish. taken by NewBrunswlck fishermen dur- ing the year totalled 1.056.968 hundfedwelght with a landed val- ue of 5.477.009. compared with a catch oi 11151.78 hundredwelght and a landed value of 05.400071 in i944.

Average prices received by the fishermen for the three principal kinds of fish were: lobster. $3.7 a hundredwcight compared with $92.98; sardines. $1.29 s barrel. unchanged from i044; and har- ring. $1.25 a hundredwcight 0Q- psred with 08 esnta in 1H4.

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Agreement .For Canada

TORONTO. Dec. 19 — (CP)— Canada's wheat agreement with Great Britain was a "bad deal" for the Dominion. John Bracken told the annual meeting oi the On- tario Progressive Conservative As- sociation tonight "m urging the country to co-operate in forming a world of multi-laterai trade.

The national leader of the Pro- gressive Conservatives, ofilc’ai op- position pnrty, said it was beyond his power "to understand in face of known advantages of multi- lateral trade" that Prime Minister Mackenzie King "should have lent his influence to embarking on the type of bl-i-a-teraiism embodied in the wheat agreement with Great Britain."

(Under terms of a four-year contract. Great Britain will buy 000,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat, delivered at the rate of 160,000,000 bushels in each of the first two years and 140.000.0410 in each of the last two years. Tho price is $1.55 a bushel for the first two years. not less than $1.25 for the third year and not less than $1 for the fourth year. Actual prices for the last two years will b._. fix ed by negotiations.) »

"Aslde altogether from puttrng Canada out of step with the con- structive work of the Untied Na-

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Declares Eskimos Marvellous lseltssles

‘IORONTD, Dec. 19 — (OP) — lskimos an "marvellous" mechan- ics and craftsman, Adam I‘, Smith. recently retimied from a trip t0 the Jame; and Hudson Bay region. lali nisht told the Society of Auto- nntlve Engineers. Canadian sec- tion.

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U. N. Commission To Investigate Balkans

(By Marc Purdue)

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Dec. l9 —(APl-The United Nation: Set- urity Council voted tonight to send a commission to the Balkans to investigate alleged border viola- tions involving Greece and her neighbors. -

Acting paragraph by paragraph on a United states resolution. the council in a long and involved d~- bate, decided to limit the- scope of the investigation to “northern Greece and in such places in other parts of Greece. in Albania, Bul- garia and Yugoslavia as the com- mission considers should be in- cluded in its investigations."

Egypt and Britain abstained in the voting on the scope of the in- vestigation, for which the other nine members all voted. However. this particular phase of the dc» liberation: was procedural. and Britain's abstention did not cox.- stltute as a veto.

Adoption of this proposal rep- resented concessions by hoth sides in the tangled and often obscure debate. Russian delegate Andrei A. Clromyko dropped his insist- ence that the investigation be cx- tended to include tha entire 11'1- ternal situation in Greece. and the Untied States delegate. Herschel V. Johnsch. accepted a Polish amendment extending the investi- gation, which first had been pro- posed for the border areas alone.

The council decided. B to 2. thst the commission would he made up of representatives of each of its 11 members as constituted in 194T.

The Atomic Energy Commission. meanwhile, faced a renewed. hattls tomorrow morning in the Security Council chamber on American lJPtliJosais for veto-free punishment for violators of atomic energy con- trols.

Big Take 0f Beaver in il. B. This Year

FREDERICTON, Dec. 19—(CP)- By Christmas approximately $85,- 000 will be in the hands of Nev." Brunswick fur trappers who inok advantage of the two-week open season for heave;- this year. Under a plan of advance payments on :he pelts sent to the Game Division of the Department of Lands und Mines, more than 1,700 truppers have been issued advance cheques already. according to Hon. R. J. Gill, Minister of Lands and Minus.

A large military hut, at the former army training centre here has served as a storehouse, ro- conditioning plant and shipping cent-re for the department in pre- paring the beaver skins for Cane-- dian Fur Auction Sales Ltd.. bioni- real. New Brunswick beaver pelts will go on sale Jan. 20.

Mr. Gill urged any trappers who h-id been successful in their oper- ations but had not shipped thi- pelts to PTcdc-ricldln, to do so at. once. They must be in Montreal by Jan. 2.

To date. 5.870 of the 6.890 pelts received hy the rlorurimeiit lli\"l" gone forward’ lo Montreal. Mr. Gill said the take nl beaver this 5'08!‘ ivas double th-"it recorded in 1944 when renewal of the trapping of the animal under permit was put into effect under new leyfla- iion.

FISIIIRMAN DROWNID

WILSON! BEACH. N. 3., Dec. 19-(0?) -l..oweil Newman, Wil- son’: Beach. was drowned 11st night when swept overboard from a dory while fishing for sardines at a spot known as The wolves. in the Bay of Fimdy. A heavy swell swept the craft against a ledge. and Newman lost his footing. Two others in the dory escaped but were unable to find their fellow crawmsnfi body. Newman served as a councillor of Campoballa par- ish for several terms. Ha is sur- vivad by his wile and two daugh- ters.

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Sweeping Bill llomes Before British House

By Joann oicCook

LONDON. Dec. 1s -—-(CP Cable) —'m19 House of Commons today gave first reading to an agriculture bill empowering the govenrmmn-t u; dl-imssess lmfficlent famiers and to make permanent a policy qr 3,5- 811!" market-s and guaranteed prices.

It would allow the government to acquire land unlikely to bedevelop. ed by private enterprise and permit tenants to appeal to the lliinistry cf Agriculture against landlords’ mt- lces to quit.

Churchill Aroused

The House today also heard Win- ston Churchill announce. without reference to the farm bill. that ha will seek a vote of censure after the Christmas recess.

Scowline and luttinz out his low- er lip while his Conservative fol- lowers cheered. he told House Inad- er Herbert Morrison:

"I give notice that wiheas parlia- ment reconvene: we shall ask time for a debate on a vota of censure.

"I wonder if you will tell meiwhat the vote of censure is about?" Mr. Morrison asked.

"I would not attempt to draft the motion at this moment, but tyranny, conceit and incompetence will be the first charges" the war- time price minister snapped back.

Praises Measure

Agriculture Minister Williams told a press conference that the agriculture bill is the "nearest ap- proach to common sense anyone could develop“ in plans for ir-creas-

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Julian Huxley who has been up- polnted director of the United N1- tlons Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organimtiun for a perifid of two years, This picture was

taken at the Hotel Majestic. U,N_E_5,(;,Qrg headquarters in. Paris.

Passenger Plane Gollides With Private Aircraft

WASHINGTON, Dec. l9 -(AP) —-An Eastern Airlines passenger plane reported to have collided with s. private plane tonight near Aberdeen, Md, made an emer- gency landing here tonight.

The big passenger craft landed and taxied its passengers up to the ramp. then moved on to ths hangar under its own power. The 41911111911 began a. anscmonts for taking {he passengers the rest of their way. It was normally a mil-atop fllsht from New York to Miami.

The Civil Aeronautics author-

ed farm production.

It would be administered in part‘ by county executive committees‘, composed of farmers who may pase| on the efficiency of the land oocup-. ier and serve him with directions.

which he must follow or be dtspcs-_ c-n-ying- 56 passenger! “d a c,"

sessed in 12 monbhs.

The bill makes permanent price- stability policies ar-noimced last year and the National Farmers‘ Union. chief farmers’ organization. said in a. statement that it welcom- ed the "general provisions of the bill." . ‘

Farmers have praised the system under which crop prices are fixed a year ahead of production. and un- der which the mlfitlmtlm price of fat stock. milk am eees are med’ known two to four years ahead.

Agricultural workers and sons o_ fume“ with experience in agri- c-uwun will be given preference in obtaining land controlled by will" ty councils and other authorities. Veterans no 1011881‘ W111 hi" We!‘ erence. A _ _

The Press Association toniShl Te‘ ported a “wide measure of 118N9- ment" on the om anions the Cw- servstives.

iiuiemfiiinfi? 0pen February 20

EDMONTON, Dec. 19- (CM-- Next session of the Alberta Legis- lature will open l-‘cb. 20, Premier

if control tower at the Baltimore sllport reported the collision. lt said the other plane was doiwn near Aberdeen.

In New York City. Eastern Air- lines officials said the plane was

of four.

The airline said the plane en- countered no difficulty in landing at National Airport, Washington.

The line said the second plane, which it identified as a (1-47, had struck the rear section of the un- dfirfllde of the fuselage of the Air- lines plane, inflicting some dam- age.

the whole position since Augusl

Subscription Delivered £0.00. Mali $5.00, other Provinces I U. I. A. ILfl

OMINION-PROVINCIAL" CONFERENCE URGED

Mtiiilifllfill Reveals Text 0f Letter To King

Premier Brent’: Also llrges ilew set ng.

HALIFAX, Dec. l9-(CP>—Prn2 mier Angus L. Macdonsld tonighl released the text of a letter ill which he has urged Prlmrldtnis- ter Mackenzie King to reconvene the Dominion-Provincial confer- ence to consider another set o! financial proposals “inamed in tin light of the experience which tra Dominion has had since May."

Mr. Macdonald issued the text of his letter following a three-day cabinet meeting which considered a Dev. 14 letter from Mr. King on the Domlniiorfs attitude.

The Premier's letter said thrill the Dominion and Provinces had moved a long way from the posi- tion of Aug. 6, 1945. when the Dn- mlnlon proposals were first pa. sented. There had even been de- partures ircm the old ground since the revised proposals con- tained in the last Federal budget.

“It is most important ‘last there be disclosed to all prov- inces." Mr. Macdonald wrote.

“the full content. nature and

extent of any arrangements or

agreements. collateral or other- wise, made between this Do- minion and any Province. This seems to us an absolute pre- requisite to proper conslde .- tion of the question of a suiti- able Dominion-Provincial agree- ment."

He offered assurance that 20cm‘ Scotia was ivi-lling to enter lntd an agreement with the Dominion if an agreement that waslfalr "to both parties could be reached.

He added: “In view of changes that have developed

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uvvoxznrr. Calif. Dec. 1s (AM-An ascent nearly 19 miles. into the stratosphere is planned for 1947 at the naval ordnance testing: station hero.

The 100,000-fo0i. climb. to be at- teimpted ivltli special balloons carrying scientists and their coni- plicated instruments. will be in search of new discoveries on cosmic rays. which contain particles wit-h 5.000.000 times as much energy as those in the atomic bcmb.

New kinds of particles. different 1mm the protons. neutrom. elect»- rons and other thlnigs familiar to atom smashers, are sought.

Design for the stratosphere bal- loons already has been conilllt-‘lvd

E, C. Manning announced today.

Nova Seotia Flag To Sail The Seas Again