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Strong Demand Continues For Fox Felts

MONTREAL. Jan. 7f -(Bpeci.sl b the Gluardiani-Jrhe strong de- mand for silver fox and mmtatim] pelt; continued here today st the second day's sale by the Canadian Fur Auction Bales Co“ Ltd. f

Good and ordinary platinums were 83 peu cent sold at mn average sf $30.44; ordinary and inferior platlnums were 87 per cent sold at ar. average of $18.66; pearl plat- inums were 50 per cent sold at an average of $20.88; while marked ll.l'.'8'i’S were 70 per cent sold at an average of $15.12. Regular full sil. vers were 96 per cent sold at an average of $17.34: inferiors, includ- ing regular silvers and fulls, were 99 per cent sold at an average of (13.19.

The sale will conclude Thursday.

(The above information wag sup- plied by George A. Callback, man- ager of the fur marketing depart- ment, Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association, Sulmmersldc.)

Egg Prices To . Decline Today

UITAWA. Jan. 2'1 — (GP) _ The Special Products Board an- nounced tcdo that it will reduce its paying pr cofor export eggs by I l-ll‘ ‘cents a“- domn-rflseginrrirg Wednesday 5nd thus heralded a similar price drop in eggs on the domestic market. ,.

Board prices for export eggs serve as a floor to domestic egg prices and when the Board price changes during the various buying seasons the domestic prics fulluws suit.

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Coming Events

"Raffle, Knights of Columbus lime-ll‘. Sourle. ‘Phrursday, January

"Queens County L. 0. L. meets It Canoe Cove, February 3rd, at 2

"Dance Mt. Stewart Legion Ball. Thursday, Jan. 39th. Male by Eastern Rhythm Boys.

“Cake sale Central Group Kirk Auxiliary st Rogers Hardware, 2 oclock. Friday, Jan. 30.

"Annual Scottish Concert to be hold at Yen's Hall, Montague. February 4th, 1948.

"Dance at Bonshaw, Friday, Jlilllfly 30th. sponsored by women's Institute. Music by Mac-

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_"Weekly Bridge Party at knights of Columbus Hall. Sous-ill. besmning January 28th, 0.15. Tables l" Q.

"Iblsiirlg Hogs st Fredericton for Canada Packers every Thursday

- till 11 A. M. and Cillville Until 12.

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"Afton Hall, Thursday, January 39th. Scotch Concert and Sale of Lunches. Proceeds in aid of Hall. _

"Card party, box . social and Wise. Kelly's Cross mu, ruin-s- ily, Jan, :9, _

" Hockey gems st LOIIg Creek lvnlsht.‘ Nina Mile Creek Bull- ‘lm versus Charlottetown Heart- breskers. Bkateafter,

"Unloading car of oilcake at Winslow Wednesday and Thursday °l this weak. IMO- Der bag. Briton a Manilaa, Winaloe.

"Reserve s15]... j afternoon.

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To Canada

OTTAWA. Jan. 27—'1‘rade Min- ister Howe said tod-sy an suibargo 0n "(Port of United Btstcs cll products would be “a. calamity of the first order" for Canada.

m. Howe told the Commons Canada had placed all available information on its position in the hands of U. B. authorities _snd

the United Statu.

Ho was replying to questions concerning the effect on Canada of an export ban propo ’ in the US. Senate to conserve dwindling petroleum stocks in that country.

Answering s. question from Gor- don Grsydon (PC-Peel). Mr. Howe declared Canada's present output of oil products now amounted to only l1 per cent of her consump- tlon.

M. J. Caldwell, C. C. F. leader, drew the oil question to the at- tention of the House, asking Mr. Howe if the Government had. any information on the embargo pos- sibility that developed in the U. S. Senate yesterday ‘with the intro- dluctlon of a Republican-sponsored bill to out off exports for s year.

“An embargo would be s. calam- ity of the first order." he conclud- ed. “but the decision is one for the United states."

This was as far as the Canadian Government‘ could go.

Suggests Bass Dangerous

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27-40?)-

Willism C. Foster, assistant Under- secretary of State. today told the House of Representatives Con:- mercs Committee that Canada's voluntary reduction of 50 per cam“ in fuel oil imports during January will be extended through April. . Bo-told Congressmen who are arguing for a complete ban on fuel oil exports during the current domostic shortage that the United States should not go back on its commitments.

Foster told the committee that a ban on ell oil exports "in our opinion would be a very danger- ous thing at this time." f-Ie conceded that there is an oil shortage in the United States, but argued:

l. The Unilcd States knportS more oil than lt exports and s. bsn on exports might "adversely affect" imports.

2. The United states has "a moral responsibility" ho countries depending on it for oil shipments. "To stop could mean complete

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Government Measures As llncunstltutlonal.

ll! George liiichsn) ' OTTAWA. Jan. I1-(CP)--'l‘hc

Government's currently Canaan;- tion measures were attacked in the Commons today by J. T- Hackett (PC-Stanstead) as "utterly and Comwletely unconstitutional" leg- islation which could lead the Cans 351a" P001110 "nowhere but to tyranny."

In the slow, deliberate tones of I- Jurlst, the lawyer-member from Quebec told the Chamber it was being asked to surrender liberty and freedom and grant to had; Minister Howe, who administers the dollar-saving Program. powers greater than those possessed by the leaders of Soviet Russia _

“If that," he said. “is not un- constitutional, not a perversion, not a ridicule of the theory of re- sponsible government, I am sadly mistaken."

Mr. Hackett spoke as a steady broadside of criticism continued against second reading of the Gov- ernmeutls foreign exchange cou- servation bill, which gives legisla- tive force to the program of im-

collapse in these countries."

The House committee recom- mended yesterday that Congress pass s. law banning oil exports.

Report Condition llas Improved

AMHERST, N. 3., Jan. 27-(0?) —Improvement in the condition of Archdeacon G; R. Harrison oz Summersldc, P.E.I., taken to hos- pital hero Monday when he be- came ill on a Halifax-bound train. was reportedtcday by hospital authorities. Archdeacon Harrison was to have attanded the con-

It was learned that the ‘Arch- bishop hsd suffered a collapse, rather than a stroke as at iii-st re- ported. 1t is expected that he will have lo rosin-in in hospital ‘at Nmherst for-four or five days. Mesnwhfle his wife and two daughters, called to Amherst Mon- day. returned to their hem at Sumlmcrsidc. ~

port restrictions and prohibitions launched in November.

Other speakers included Cloris Glllis (COP-Cape Breton South), Karl vl-fornuth (PC -_ Waterloo South),_ _ O. White (PC-Middle. sex EastifLawrerioe Skery (PC-

‘Ibrqliig, Elpltyy sad Herold Tim-

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Parliament At - A - Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

Trade Minister Howe taid an embargo on export of United States oil products would be a calamity for Canada.

Finance Minister Abbott reiter- ated that ths Government plans ts extend residerltlll rental con- trols.

Veterans Minister Gregg. V.C.. den ed that any "ultimatum" had been delivered to dissatisfied oc- cupants of homes in the Windsor

area.

J.'I'. Beckett (PC — Stanstesd) branded as "utterl and complete- ly unconstitutiona" Government

currency-conservation measures.

Other Opposition members also criticized the measures,

In the Upper chamber, Senator Norman Lambert (lb-Ontario) ad- vocated crestlcn of a Western Eur-s opean bloc of nations.

Wednesday. y

The Ccmrnons will resume the. Throne Speech debate. The Senate will lit.

Veteran Councillor Misses Flrst Meeting I

ANITOONTIH. 8.8.. Jam‘. - (OP) - For ths first time In U years. 05-year-old Roderick J. Chisholm was absent from his seat- st a Town Council meeting here today. "

The veteran councillor missed his

Threat

Resignation 0f Cev't In ‘Iraq Blow To Britain

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2'I—(AP)— The cabinet of Premier Salli: ‘Bey Al Jabur of Iraq resigned tonight after 24 hours of riot- ing in which ‘l0 persons were reported killed and more than 800 wounded.

The resignation aiguiflod col- lapse of Sallh Boy's fight for ratification of the Anglo-Iraq. treaty of friendship and mut- ual military aid he signed in Inndon l2 days ago.

LONDON. Jan. 2'l—(A1’)—- Government officials lid to- night the Iraq cabinet's resig- nation was s. major blow to Britain's plan for scaling off

Communism ln the Middle East. ; ' Government officials here

emphasized that Foreign Sec- retary Bevin had termed the treaty a. "model" on which ha hoped to base g. series of alli- ances wlth Middle Eastern states. An effective Anglo- Arab security system would be sot up by the alliances.

Final Trip

The 5.5. Fairvlew made her final trip for this winter between Char- lottetown and Rocky Point yester- day afternoon. The ferry under tho ecrnlmand of Captain Tlhclmas Paqllet made three round irllis yesterday through heavy ice. taking five hours to complete her first run of the day from Charlottetown to Rocky Point, leaving here at B a.m. imd aridving at Rocky Point at 1 pm. Prior to leaving for the other side at 4 pun. yesterday. CED!!!" Paquet stated "this will be our fl-nal run for this winter as the ice has become too heavy. 'l‘raffio has already started crossing on the ice on some routes." Tbs Fsirvlow will be docked on the West side of the ferry wharf for the winter. and workmen were busy yflstfldly PW‘ paring for the removal of doe floats today. I

Immigrants To Come

in Four Flights Dally.

UITAWA. Jon. 2'7 —- (C?) — Within a few months the Federal Government 0X99"! $0 hi" l“ air immigration scheme underway by which four trans-Atlantic flights s. day will be bringing displaced persons from Britain to Canada, Trade Minister Howe said tonight in an interview.

‘trans-Canada Air Lines will carry out this ocean shuttle.

The Minister did not say how long the plan would, be carried on or how many D.P.‘s will be brought to Canada under it.

first council meeting in nearly half a century because of a broken . hip, suffered when he was 3i!"

LAVIONE, Ont., Jan. 7| - (Wlqour children of Mr. and Mrs. Donal’. Disohsrme were burn- ad m risstli ssi-lv today when fin duh-by“! their small farm homo near this Niplsslnl district ham- lot about 40 miles wast of North Bay. The father risked his lifo M save four other children.

Dead are florettl. 018M: GQI-_ m. seven: WM. four: 1M Henri.

two. . The father savad four children- Florin, ii: Giselle. nine: Rial. sixl and Banrletm one-by lilhllllll them out an upstairs window to is wife who stood in the snow

Four Children Bus-sued To Death In Ontario

over by a cow on his dairy i‘

red his way. Kc isollapsad from exhaustion and was unconscious for some time. .

The fire swiftly levelled the house. which bod one 1mm on the ground floor and one room ea tbs second slam.

‘ms charred remains of the four oluldrcn ware found when the firs subsided afin reducing the building to ashes. All the family's possessions were destroy- sd. including O0 in cash.

The parents and their four rs- malning Clilldlifl found shelter la a shed at afilighbors borne.

Trovincisl Constable Ralph Orolisikiiqs made his office at

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In Canada

Ont, Jan. 2‘! — (CD-The bhrahall plan of aid to more was posed a u: addit- ioirl-ll inflationary flsreat to Can- ll-ll’! 8001M!!! and as a potential boon to Canadian wheat sales today in addresses before the annual meeting of the Canadian Fbderat- fon of A...‘ ‘turc.

Rsncls A. Mood, Agricultural attache st the United States kn- bassy in Ottawa, recalled that the plan. as now proposed. made it possible for aldcd countries to buy in Canada. beyond the Dominionfs ability to advance credits.

He. added in s speech prepared

for‘ delivery that "if such credits were made available for assisting British purchase of Canadian

wlheat, it would be therefore in the over-all aid program." H. H. i-fannun. C.F.A. president.

lied the plan "an unique ex- rmple of bold statesmsnshivp“ but warned ‘that "it cannot help. and

may, if wise action ls-not taken to prevent it, intensify inflation per- ils for Canada as well as for the U. 5."

0f Canada's knport-elrpof? "9' strictlons to save U3. dollars, Mr. Flood pointed to the ohgiln react- ions vuhich sometimnes follow such

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Found Guilty 0n Arson Charge

Laverne. Mccfloncldhwmasssnt Grove, was convicted of arson yesterday evening before Mr/Jusfl tics M. R. MacGulgan and a petlt jury. Ho will be sentenced next Friday morning.

Last Friday evening, MacDonald was convicted of theft before Mir. Justice G. J. Tweedy and a petlr. jury who, with two or three ex- ceptions, were the same men that found him guilty of arson,

Attorney General F. A. Large and G.R. Holmes. KC. nduotcd bot-h cases for the Crown. The accused was defended on both charges by R. R. Bell. 3.0.

The trial of Ross Livingston, Murray River. indicted for theft. will begin this morning when Supreme Court opens at 10.80.

Fur Coats To Follow Downward Trend ~

TOR/ONTO. Jul. 2'! — (C?) --

, Fur coals are kcopihl P!" with

the downward trend of dresses with 4s inches set as the i948 standard lenslh and 40 “who! forecast for 1949.

Not only will the new fur coats belong but wide too with at least three flares ln the back, said Irv- ing noun. New York representa- t.va of a fur company. here to dis- play costs designed by Ruth Ruddy. formerly cf Montreal.

Aqultania ‘Cocks

..___ ‘ HALIFAX. Jan. i’! - (C?) - rrh. ‘coco-ton liner Aqultsrlls. forced to heave to‘ yesterday to ride out an Atlantic gale. docked hora‘ tonight 35 hours behind

passengers from Southampton.

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Blame Cffleer For Endangering Destroyer Mlemac '

HALIFAX, Jan. 27 —(CP) _ Omdf. J. C. Littler, DB.O.. of Vice torls was dismissed from command of the destroyer Miornac and. was sentenced to be severely reprimand- ed sftcr a naval court martial to- night foumd him guilty of "neg- llflntly or by default hazsrdirlg" his ship.

‘Ilhe court nurtisl arose from a collision off Halifax harbor six months ago between the Mics-nae and the 10,000-ton freighter Yar- mouth County and followed a Dc- partment of Transport enquiry which fixed blame, but not crimin- al negligence, for the accident on Omdr. Littler. Eleven naval rat- ings were killed in the crash. Defence evidence today featured a reference to the wartime voyage of Winston Churchill frcm til-re Quebec conference when ll British and United States fighting ships depended on radar for a rendezvous at sea and the subsequent trip to Britain in formation.

Lffl-Ofndr. RD. MacConnicl-K. Wiho hc-d been operations officer aboard the Renown, Churchill's ship on hhe voyage, said Crndr. Littler had been justified in entering the fatal fog bank July 16 when radar scans presented a clear road ahead.

The court dismissed four "al- ternate charges" that the destroy- er captain had failed to sound a signs] while under way in fog or mist and that he had not proceed- ed at, “moderate speed" in fog or mist.

Navy officers said the court's fndings would be ssnt to Ottawa for review by Defence Minister Claxto», who ad the power to de- crease but.,_no to add to ths sent- encei

Littler, who has spent 2i of his

37 years in ships and served on all the seven seas, stood taut and still at attention while the findinll of the five-man court were read’. HI made no comment. In his summary o1 the case, do- fence counsel RA. Rltéhls argued that Littler could, not be found an "incapable or careless officer" be- csuse he had relied on his radar screens to indicate traffic ahead. “Never was s more careful or more capable officer," ssld Ritch- ie. "so harshly treated by fate and so tricked by science."

Wounded Veteran Loses Life In Fire

VAL UAMOUR, NB, Jan. "fl- (c?) - Unablg‘ to move quickly because of warwounds. 82-year-old Ernest Power awakened his aged parents when their hcms caught firs here yesterday and then died ln the flaming building as his par- ents dashed to safety.

Crippled by six Wtlunds received while serving in the Pacific with the American Army, the young msn managed to call a warning to his parents before he was ovar- come by smoke and collapsed. RCMP. said cause of the blalo was not known.

Mr.‘ T. Earle Hickey

Elected President of the Sum- merside Boss-d of Trade at the am nual meeting last night. (See story on page l3.)

Premier Jones Visits Cttawe

OTTAWA, Jan. ill-ispeclall- In Ottawa for s. brief visit with Mrs. Jones after attending the wedding of their daughter in cen- tral Ontario. Premier Walter-Jones told The Guardian's Ottawa wr- respondcnt tonight that he was "Just attending to a little routine business." and meeting Prince Ed- ward Island members of Parlia- ment.

The Premier dropped in for a chat with J. Lester Doruglasflhlb- eral member for Queen's, and J. Watson MacNaught, Lib-val mem- ber for Prince, "and spent s few minutes in the members’ gallery while the Commons was debating the Foreign Exchange Coinscrvat- ion Act.

When congratulated by s num- ber of his old Ottawa friends on his success in the recent provin- oial el tlon. the Premier turned off the compliments gruffly but pleasantly.

"It means more hard work,“ he said.

When The Guardian suggested he must be highly gratified over the warm recejption accorded him by Ottawa Liberals including those of cabinet rank, the Premier, in om of his masterpieces of under- stafcmsn‘ said: “Well. the Liber- als seem to be satisfied all right." Mir. Jones sold. that he was not

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Texan Ballad llunter Reaches Trall’s End

E. li/Lial. Jan. fl'l'— John A. Lemar. whose quest for the folk songs of America found “Home 0n The Renae." "Good- bye Old Paint". and “The Dying Cowboy," has reached trelys end.

The 80-year-old Texas ballad hunter died hers last night. He suffered a heart attack last Fri- day. A drunken negro saloon- lieepcr in San Antonio. Talc, sang to him the wistful dream ofll-locnc

On The Range."

‘Jlfi xoputsuon of Prince Edward Island purebred Yorkshire sows and boars has spread so rapidly ‘to other parts of the Dominion that more orders an coming in for registered stock than Island breeders are able to nu, states Mr. H. W. Clay. unlor livestock fleldman. Dominion DQu-tsnmt of

- Agriculture.

Only last week, Mr. Clay said, three sows and n. boar of regis-

‘tcrod Yorkshire stock went to Mk.

Mardhall Campbell, Ontario. At the some time, seven sows were shipped to Mr. John Knudsen. of Owen Sound, Ont.

P. n Island ss the only m- vinco in Canada last year to show an improvement in percentage of

‘ Grads A hog carcasses has n-

coived ration-wide publicity in ‘ issua of "Canadian Swine", in an article written by Mr. Elgin Benn, supervisor of hog

' graders for ths- Province of On-

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New Records ‘Made By Island Swine Breeders

C0 to 94 points. Thou were the only sows in Canada to meet the rigid qualiflcatio of the Advanc- ed Registry test.

Three of them are owned by Almon Boswell, Dunstaffnsge, and their respective scores were 94. 91, and 81; one, owned by Alex Ham- ilton, New Perth, scored 93; one, owned by John Thompson, Dun- sta-ffnagc, scored 92; one, owned by W. E. Johnson, Long River. scored Bl: one, owned by H. J. Station. OTaal-y, scored Cl; and oiso. owned by Btanley Willis. Cornwall, scored 00 points.

Mr. Boswell, Mr. my said, is the only swine breeder in Canada ever to have three sows in his possession at one time which have each scored over 60 poinhUBut the records do not slop there. Of those sight sows which have rs- oently qualified. four. are litter main. s fact which of itsslll is an all-Canadian record,

Another Canadian record has been made b a Yorkshire boar. "Woodstock ke. ll A," owned by B. o. Stewart and Cons, mu- stoffnaga. This apimil. ‘Mr. Clay said. has sired five groups which

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