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cpouilpnd: glam with 6.669.156 he previous month. Stocks total- led'_l.fllufl pounds on Anfll l.

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f eh l 1 t tal- laawlglslllh Eulullmccmpil-ea with 14.5418 e previous month and 11.00254 the same date. ‘ieet

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month and 1,097,014 the-same date last year, while fresh egg holdings were 8.13am eslirut 8-- reopse and r. see. -

Csneo Strait Surveys Tole iiesuned Soon

BALI!“ April .2

. —(CP)-Sur~ veya, on the feasibility of

linking

Island wltlh-the Nova .

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efup toflcentslrithe .3100 of men's and be Wilma: and flat cut unde

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of the reduction of t e subsidy," the Board ilncdreesed sup lies o

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Men's Slllrt. Prices Advance 25 Cents

UITAW A i 3-. (CH-WY! Prices loft-d [gill-Quilted increase:

ya‘ shirts,

verrlanufaoturere-for the in- e result

ea of fabrics for priced~ iris-those retail- iower-qwouid ‘he gor- ‘manufacturers i er prices the expec s bee " to taanufacturg of lower or ced shirts.

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0n Atomic llcdy

l"- resen u- m’ Nations flonis Atomlo Energy Commission. i

Security Council Moots Again Today

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NEW YORK, April k (OP)- Flrst official news of the replies or lack of replies from Moscow and Tehran on the satus of the Soviet-Iranian dispute is uxpected to be given only when the United NationrBeeurity Council re-con- venes at Hunter f College at ll o'clock tomorrow morning.

Meanwhile New York was- thick with conflicting rumors which to- night added up to nothing other than that there was no official 110W! ' n

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g" when the Soviet an Iranian Governments were asked to sub- mit by l1 o'clock on the morning of April 8. ciearcut statements on the status of their negotiations.

lie-Institute Twice llaily Mail Delivery

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master General Bertrand announ- ced today in the Commons that the pie-war system of two mail deliveries daily will be "re-institut- ed across Canada beginning April Mr. Bertrand said orders have ‘been issued to district post-mas- ters to emplo enough men to handle the a ditional deliveries, which were abandoned during the war due to manpower shortages. The men, will be Elven one week's training before the old system comes back into force April

Mr. Bertrand also announced that Canada's parcel post service beyond this continent has been expanded to include commercial parcels nf up to 20 pounds in weight.

a WINE _RATIONING ENDS

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. April 2- (CH-Rationlng of imported wines ended in New Brunsw ck, effective APrii l .W. C. Lawson, chairman o the ‘fiovinclai Liquor Control Board, a punced here todav.

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Steer Winner

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Moncton Stock Show

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Display. MONOTON. N3» April I —(CP)

steer owned and exhibited by Vi.“ 0:31: of Wstervilile. “S; was grand champ on e ldafitime fat stock ‘show here afternoon

entw led the 901-1 000- toppcd llhe field ca. Second piece went shown by Lorne Wells to. N3. C. E. Devlin of Toronto was judge of theahow. 13 entries were taken from

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from Nova from New Brunswick, lu Prince Edward Is- land were exhibited.

Th sttle will be sold tomor- row by R. M. Dealers of Lennox- villc. Que. auctioneer.

Cattle entered by Miller Sander- son of North River PEI. laced third in class 2. 800- po and tilird in clam 4 1,0014%. third in

2 unde. and 8rd in pounds; by I". Sanderson, also of North River was third in class 4, IOOI-Wld. ‘

Welfare Council Presents Social Security Brief

OTTAWA. April a —(CP)—Re- 0 tlonslooklng toward "a rational of" -' ‘ w. e" hlaive» g , ' rims ‘ _ " ac enzie King and Provincial Premiers by the Canadian Welfare Council, H. E_ G, Davis, Council director, an-

noumed today. - The brief. entitled “Dominion- Provincial Relations and Social these recom-

Security." made mendatlons:

1. A plan for contributory old Bile insurance extended "the whole gainfully pogulation."

, Work training to omplement unem loyment insurmce- benefits.

. xtenslon of the National llotusaing Act into low-rental pro-

ec .

4. Abolition of “residence rules" for social service benefits,

The brief also criticizes Dominion roposals now before the D on-Provlr-otai authorities

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Espionage hearings Continue In Ottawa

OTTAWA, April t-(OI-‘i-First of l2 preliminary hearln s here of persons charged wit com- municating secret information to Russia will end in a committal for trial tomorrow.

Magistrate Glenn Strike today informed Capt. David Gordon Lunan, 30, alleged a cell cf Russian agents in Canada. he was satisfied a prime‘ fneie case for commifltal had been es-

tablished agalnst him ona ‘e basis of evidence he gave be _ the Royal Commission on page.

Lunan faces six charges under the Official Secrets Act of l .

’.l'he magistrate adjourned the case until tomorrow for ‘formal commltta'.

Adjourned until tomorrow morn- ing, too, was the case of Edward Wilfred Maze:- of Ottawa and Fredericton, fiormer National lte- search Council enginee . f ed with giving nforrnstion to the Russian Embassy through hunan.

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Boards Compulsory At Swift Current

SWIFT CURRENT. Seek». April I --(CPl—'A city byhw last oom-

reeud nlsllt grawhg all ‘ma: eitiseaa of Swift ever. With the f . and old is. cele-

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LL-Ccn. liomma Executed Today

MANILA, pril 3-—(Wednesday) —-(AP)—-Lt.- en. aru Hom- ma, who ordered the Bataan

death march,was executed today by a United States army firing squid-

Homma convicted Fieb. 11 of or- dering the Bataan death march and condoning other atrocities in the Philippines, ‘died bound t0 a

st. DOA black hood covered his head. and over his heart was a four-inch round white target at vmich the 12 rifles were aimed.

At; least one of the rifles and perhaps as many as four contain- ed blanks. Army recision mark- ed the grim. near y-sllent scene.

The firing squad stood 15 paces from the post as the guard marched up escorting H . l-le strode erect. his arms bound behind him. A chaplain walked nearby.’

Not far away, the crew of an ambulance stood quietly waiting to receive the body.

The voice of the officer in com mand broke the stillness. He wa reading the charge, finding sentence. '

Then Homma was tied to the post and the hood placed over his head. A moment later. the medi- cai officer put the target over the hurt of tho stocky Japanese.

The office in ‘charge raised his

eve . . dropped.‘ ' i: h. "The arm snapped to office ‘s side as he ordered:/'“F‘lrel" There was a. crack of rifles. Homma was dead.

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W Approves Veterans

Land Act’ Changes '

OTTAWA. April 2—'Ill1e Com- mons’ Committee on Veterans Al- tsirs today approved two molar amendments to the Veterans Land Act. one of which was aimed at aiding tenant ffl-ITIWTS, particularly in the West. and at avoldlrlgt fur- ther stimulus to the rise in land

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1t will wonk this way:-

A qualified veteran-farmer who owns or has at least a three-year lease on a Ditee of land can be loaned up to $3.000 for pmchase of livestock and equlormnt- Hr pavs 20 per cent down. At the ceiling that would be ssoo. ‘Ilhe veteran would agree to oav vk $1.200 of "the remaining $3.400, f)‘ 10 years at an interest rate of 3».- por cent. ’l‘he other 81200 bwflm" an outrigm grant aft/cl- that time.

One limitation was that the us- sietance could only amount to 40 DQVIOI cent or the value of the lend

ved. _

During mo.» 10 years the vete- ran could amply for as much M 0,800 for help in buying llfld- P" would put down 1o oer wit. PM‘ back $1.400 over a b81106 '35 years and the balance of $1.120 would be an outright 8m!"-

ynmg on the two Itrs-nsactlona, the veteran would Ni- "l" Wm S2820 rant he would have i had he coma under c 06.000 ce in the normal way- Of that uv

t a landfill-ll‘ be spec on an

lffl‘ym y? sum 0n livestock and ugoaey"s'emenomeut sets emmd those bale-fare for men who own orlease theta-own land. It will be

Jamaica, April 3- Wi into effect by order-in-oouructl. ffiflfiill. .. “Chili-CW.” “"3 QvwIWI-I" M" d“: l: Kill-SO. Wash. April a-msl-

heltetirgtnem growers Awwww wmdww"

Thelnmasevvouldgfigva ‘alumni -

' ere of the ent ofa tax rev- dent willy I!" 51m‘ m" l°

iously cilersel l all members o the c “We W" "4 "

‘a Banana Growers‘ Aseoc- girL, mother. Mrs. heo Plug:

iatloa to figb the leaf spot dia~ and cidldreu are ralflfw! _ easafer eeeteea foran nflbtrhhlll"

men took aim __ to a horiaorlttlal B

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Soviet Magazine Says Iran. Pawn In Political Came

(By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, April 2-(AP) -The magazine New Times asserted to- day Iran was a gown in a political game of some ritlsh and Ameri- can interests, and accused United States and British Consuls in Tabriz of having used "dexterous imaginations" in reports of Soviet troop movements.

The current issue of the in- fluentisl foreign policy organ, in other articles, charged tho west- ern powers with failing to fulfill 8 N821 purge 1n Germany spoke

0f a possible renewal of imper- iallstic aggression,” and reiter- ated the claim that a basis of

Soviet foreign policy was an at- tempt to achieve international collaboration for peace.

Referring to the reports of troop movements in Iran, the article singled out what it called ‘the re- actionary Iranian newspa r Mik- hsn" as an example of t e effect the Iranian situation has had up-

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Food_ Shortages ' mu Likely To an At Next liarvest

LONmNI-,”r‘1 -2 —- (Retailers) -The British Government, in a 10,000-w0rd official report on the world food situation issued today. said bluntly that the food prob- lem no longer is one of austerity but of absolute shortage and warns that the present world difflcul ties are unlikely to disappear with next harvest.

The report. which explains the causes of the present shortages and forecasts the prospects for the future. is a sombre story of defici- encies brought about by the war and nature. The survey will form the background of the food debate in the British House of Commons on Thursday. ,

Here are some of the o island- ing points in the report i ed to- day as a. Government white paper: 1. The world deficit of wheat is 8.000.000 for the 1945146 crop. No early solution of the wheat; situa- tion can be expected;

2. The shortage of rice is equal- iv acute;

3- Future supplies of meat will depend mainly on the size of this year's gain harvest;

4. orid export of fats this year will be little more than half the pie-war level and supplies 1n importing countries are estimated at 80 Der cent of nonnal.

The report forecasts an eventual reduction in the domestic pmdug. tion 0.! D185. meat and eggs for Britain. already dependent on 1m. ports for half her food. because of GU08 All feeding stuff rations,

The only bright spot is sugar, The outlook for the future is more favorable and this year may rove the 10W point for sugar suppllaes.

‘The aini of the white paper is ghven as to set out the facts of

e present crisis in the world's food supplies, to show how the crisis deveio d and to trace the. “fills taken , the Government in the face of it."

Canadian Commercial , Corporation Formed

‘OTTAWA, A ril 2-(CP)—-'I‘rlde Minister Ma innon announced today in the Commons the cre- ation of the Canadian Commercial Corporation to develop trade be- tween Canada and other countries and help private concerns obtain essential supplies from former enemy terr cry.

(by The Cmadlan Preell UlTAWiA- M111 C-Jlndes‘ the vernmlesstls median - Bill. only one year or resi- in Canada. instead of live, uired for the naturaliz- s of t who served out of, Canada in the Doutinion armed

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Maritime Fishery Interests Concerned Over Omission In British Loan Agreement

OTTAWA, Ont., April 2 (Spec- iaD-Members from Prince ward Island and New Brunswick share the concern of LieuL-Col. R. H; Winters, Liberal member for Queelfe-Lunanburg over the- omis- slon from the British loan agree- ment of any reference to the amount Britain will spend in the purchase of primary fish pro- ducts.

On the House of Commons or- der paper today, Mr. Winters asks: “Were fish products included in discussions leading uu to the tinder-standings reached between Great Britain and Canada, and announced by the Minister of Agriculture on March N. 1946?"

In addition the Lunenburg mem- ber asked for details as to what ouantitles and types of fish orc- ducts would be purchased from Canada by Britain and from what sections of Canada purchase would be m de.

Bot Canadian and British auth- orities in Ottawa admit that no definite commitments were made by Britain to purchase stated quantities of fish and fish pro- ducts in the Dominion. Assurance was given of large purchases oi‘ wheat,_baron, and cheese tinder the new loan. and also large uuantlties of beef by the United Kingdom.

British Purchases

At present. Britain is making extensive fish purchases from both the Maritime Provincesnand from the Pacific coast. in view of the

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WING INCREASE

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But Will Be Cnly “Modest" Finance Minister Believes

OTTAWA, April 2—(CP)—Pin- ance Minister Ilsley predicted in the Commons today a "mbdest" increase will occur in the Cana- dian cost-of-llving but said it will protect consumers and producers alike from the "economic and sn- clal dislocation" which will de- velop if inflationary pressures are given "free rein."

In a 1.500-word statement on mice control, Mr. Iisley said the

crease will result from recent: increases in the ceiling prices of various products authorized by the Prices Board. '

He also made these statements:

l. The Government had no- intention ‘of abandoning. wholly or substantially, its price control program.

2. The danger of nfletion still was "very great".

S, The Government's price

olicy for the transition per~ od was to give a “reasonable degree of stability to livmlt costs while creating conditions favorable to a high level of employment and production."

4. Consumer demand and purchasing power now exceed their wartime levels and it would be "unthinkable" to al- low prices to find their own levels.

6. “Small” increases would occur in the next three or four months in the retail prices of clothing and fu '

1113!. Mr. Ilsiey said the Canadian

system of price control always ha! -

permitted price adjustments in‘ cases of "genuine necessity" and added that it would be folly to

upset conditions of the fishing industry in both British and northern European waters.

Fisheries department officials admit however, that fishing con- ditions are improving ith the acceleration of mlne- weeping operations, and the re-fittlng of British and Scandinavian fishing v “-'. When catches‘ approxi- mating those of the pre-war years are reached in such localities as the Dagger Banks, the Norwegian coast and the Baltic, it is under- stood that Britain's requirements of fish from the Maritime Prov- irlllces will undergo a sharp de- C DE '

Mr. Winters and his fellow- members from ridings in which the fishing industry is vital to the well-being of a large section of the population, wish to keep abreast of and if possible obtain advance information on probable

markets for Canadian fish and fish products. The lounagreement conclude‘

last month merely sets forth that the credit of 31.250.000.000 is “to facilitate purchases by the United Kingdom 01' goods and services in Canada" and that in respect of trade Canada and Great Britain will be on a mutual "most-fav- ored nation" basis,

It is understood that members from the Maritimes and British Columbia will put pressure ‘on the External Affairs Department to communicate with United King- dom authorities and clarify ‘the whole question of British fish pur- chases in Canada.

Strangely enough there ls no apprehension about lack of mar- kets for the purchase of such lux- urv products as lobster or canned salmon. ese, marketing author- ities in Ottawa state can be sold any time almost anywhere.

Teacher Swept To Sea Iy Tidal Wave

(By The Associated Pres)

HILO. Hawaii April 2 — Misc Marsuc McGrlunis. 2i, was rescued from the sea sigh. hours after she was swept from a beach by yes- terday's seismic wave.

Two school children also were

pretend that the Government could continue to administer the ‘same more or less inflexible sys- tem that prevailed during the war. He said this was the present: prices Board policy in detcrmixv- ing whether or not ceilings should. be increased:- . i. Where the Board is satis- ' fled that- production is ca? able of expumllnann the bee"

period selling m. the" basic period selling prices will continue in force.

2, However, where it can he demonstrated to the satisfac- tion of the Board that presenl ceilings are prejudlcslly effect- ing production and employ- ment. adjustments are made.

Continued 0n case 5» Coi- 3

A Pressman is A CAR OWNER Wfii A ‘titre

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TORONTO. April 2 — tCPiw Minimum and maximum tempera" tures:

Vancouver 40. 50; Edmonton 30.

; Regina 22; 49; Winnipeg ill. 9g; Toronto 34, 64; Ottawa 3i. 62; Montreal 33. 56: Quebec 20. 92} Saint John le, 2s: Moncwn 11. J1- Halifax 30. 312 Charlottetown iii, g5; sydncy '1, 35-, Yarmouth 30 32-

nloked up as they clung to wreck- age. An unoo “ * report said rescuers bad reached several oth-

ln waters ofl Laupahoenhoe Point.

Miss MoGlnnis. a school teacher was sighted clinging to a door by an air rescue crew, which dropped a life raft.

The search continued through- out the night. Planes dropped flares to guide sea craft.

rCanadian Citizenship Bill Provisions Revealed

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HALIFAX, April z _ <cl=i-

eather synopsis issued

minlon hsblic Weather at Halifax at 5:20 pm, todayi

At a p.m. today snow huusurcad over moat of Nova Scot-n 1nd western and rsouthem New Bruns- wick with Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island reporting overcast skies. The winds have reached gala force over molt of the Mari- times and southern Quebec imd will spread eastward this evening. Temperatures have moderated to near the freezing mark and shculd continue to do so. Some thunder- storm actlvity was reported _ southern New Brunswick this morning. The weather is clcarinlt over New England this afternoon and the temperatures have r11"! to the sixties in many i095“!!!