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CHARLOTTETQWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY j.‘ 1949

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EXPORTERS WARNED ARGENTINE CREDIT Sl-LAKYI

Urgent Requirements 0f

Fisheries Conference

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Stressed By Board 0f Trade

Parliament At A Glance

External Affairs Minister Pear- Ion announced the \ Government has protested to Hungary against the arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty.

Justice Minister Carson said Ontario and Quebec were largely responsible for failure of the 1945- 16 Dominion-Provincial conference.

John Diefenbaker (PC—Lakc Centre) blamed the Dominion Gov- srrimant for failure of the Domin- bn-Provinciai conference.

In the Upper Ohamber, Senator Thomas Farquhar (L-Ontario) said the Geneva trade agreement mark- eri the greatest advance toward fret-r trade.

Thursday:

The Commons will continue the zhuivgfi-Bbeech deosti. The Senate

London Fur Prices

coupon, Feb. a - tor) _ Canadian squirrel, possum and rkunlr pelts today sold at October levels in the third day of the Hum“! 31y Company week-long winter fur auction.

Officials said prices had do. rlined generally compared with October but were higher than ari- lictpated. The company was "sat- ‘sfledf’ one spokesman said.

Thtre was brisk demand for lqilirrei today. Tuesday 4,000 Can- adian marten sold at a decline of l2 pt-r cent from October levels.

INSPECTOR KILLED

blEXlCO CITY. Feb. 2-(AP)- Robert L. Proctor, 23. foot and mouth commission inspector of 'l_‘ut'son. Aria, was killed by a nu- iive mob Monday at a mountain village 75 miles northwest of here.

Coming Events

"Mall your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

“Bust Royalty rink tonight, hoc- RP)’ match and skate. Good ice. t

"Unloading car of Coal today. Russel Driscoll, Mt. Herbert.

“Unloading car mixed feeds. Anderson Bros, St. Peters.

I "Skate at North Rusllco Thursday, Feb. 3. 8 to 10.30.

rink

"East Royalty vs. Milton at Mll- toii rink tonight. League game.

"Dance. Mt. Stewart. Thursday Insht. February 3rd. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

"National Film Boil I leuth Melville School. Frilq, jury 4th. Sale of candy.

"Pie Social and Dance in st. Patrick's School. ‘Lot 22. Friday. February 4th. ,

“Hockey New Glasgow rink io- lilizht, Hunter River vs. Hope River. Game starta at 8.30, Skate after.

"Jimmy Power's Variety Concert It Winsloe Station flail. Friday; Fibrin?! 4th. 8.15 P. M. Auction Sale of Cakes.

"Expect to unload ear baled

"tit-t" u: water;

01'! o car. . . hone 307-1..

"Don't Ialss laaeue same. ma; t!‘ River rink toflllh}. diarlotte- "Wn Bombers vs. North Rustico. "this starts I o'clock. Skate af- "Y- lood lnuatc.

"Show-Massif. I P. M. every "idly only. Good rlotui-ee.‘ (goon 5"“!- Wmlhe Friday only. or- "thy Lamour. Roy lliliand and

“h! Tamirioff in “The ‘Jungle Princess." - "Ami of the Hope

the heme of Comrade William Cullen tonight at - members. and veterans. chase attend.

M a mwins yesterday of the Charlottetown Board of Trade Council the follow-lug resolution We! Bd°l>ted unanimously and will be forwarded to the Provincial Government, the Minister or Wlflsbort and Minister of Trade and CommerceOttawa. and to the Island members of Parliament:

“In view of the fact that the transportation service carried on by Northumberiand Ferries Ltd on the Wood Islands, P. m, 1,.‘ Caribou, 'N'.S.,route is of such itnajor importance to the economic life of this Province, and in view of the fact. that the traffic on this route has now grown to such pro- portions that present facilities of the Company are unable to adeq- uately deal with such. therefore the Charlottetown Board of Trade urgently demands that additional transportation facilities be provid- ed on this route without "delay to meet present. and anticipated in- creased future demands, including a larger and more suitable boat to replace the Prince Nova, improved docking facilities. maintenance of the channels at the necessary width and depth. installation of suitable aids to navigation. estab- lishment of restaurant and rest- room facilities on the Wood Is- lands side, and an immediate im-

provement in sanitary and other conditions at the Wood islands pier)’

The resolution was’ adopted fol- lowing a meeting Tuesday night of the 'I‘rade Board council with the president and directors of Northumberland Ferries Ltd, at which the Company, through President R. E. Mulch. submitted a brief reviewing the history of

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Ontario Gold Production lip

TORONTO, Feb. z -—tCP) -— Ontario gold mines production in- creased by $5,123,269 in 194B over 1947. the Provincial Mines Depart- ment reported today‘.

The bulletin shouts bullion val- ued at 872.174.3377 produced from 8.608.364 tons of ore milled. com- pared with $(l'I.051.l08 from 7.- 652.148 tons. an increase of 7.04 per cent’ in value and 10.03 per cent in tons milled.

Gold recovered totalled 2.054.353 ounces, up 7.65 per cent and silver. 400,642 ounces. up 20.02 per cont.

EXECUTIDNS IN U. S.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-fAP)-- The Census Bureau reported totiuj" that. 132 civilian prisoners were pill to death in the United States dur- ing 194T. Of tlizso, 128 were ox- ecuted for murder, 23 for rape nnri one for burglary. Almost linlf of all executions were in five states-- North Carolinrl (22), Gcorfllis (l6). South Carolina (13). New York (l2) and Pennsylvania (l1).

Attempt To

OTTAWA, Fell. 2 -- (GP) -- An attrmpt to make liasts ran the Senate into a wrangleqioday. The Government leader. Senator Wish- art Robertson, finally solved the conflict by promising not to com- mit the particular offence again. He asked originally that the -alat.o of committees for the new session be accepted on the day they were made known. The mo- tlon went through before Senator Arthur Roebuck (L - Ontario) intdfflipted to say he didn't like the idea of not giving members a chance to look them over.

Senate Ian Mackenzie (f. - British Columbia) expressed al- icement on grounds of democratic t-inclplea. Senate Robes-tron said the need for urgency lay with the ditorca committee - the chambers bus- iest segment - which has to’ get down to bust as tmmdlately. l-fe got backing from senator Walter Assltine (PO —- Se‘ tchewan). chairman of that committee. who said it would haveto start organ- ialnl tomorrow.

The stern voice of Senator A!“

By Reuben Clpiss

HALIFAX, Feb. 2 -(OP) — Camille Poulict, Quebec's Minister of Game and Fisheries, today en- dorsed suggestions by Harold Con- noiiy, Nova. Scotla Minister of Trade and Industry, to better and prwriote Canada's "ignored" fish- ing industry,

In a luncheon address at the third annual East Coast Fisheries

,Conference here, Mr. Connolly ad-

vocated closer co-operatlon by Provincial and Federal Fisheries authorities and establishment sf the Federal fisheries portfolio as a major cabinet post. ‘

Mr. Poullot. making [brief fly- ing visit to the conference, said Quebec wanted to cooperate with the Mai-itfmes, pioneers- in the fishing industry. for prosperity of the whole country.

"we don't want to play politics." he told some 300 representatives of the industry lri the four Eastern Provinces and Newfoundland. "We want to work for the good of Can- ada." '

Fluctuations in the supply of fish available constituted the

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B. C. Presents Final Freight Rates Protest

(By The Canadian Press) .

OTTAWA, Feb. 2—Britlsh Coi- umbia fired its final saivos aganst the mountain differential freight rate today before the Board of Transport Commissioners.

As closing argument began in the B. C_ application for removal of the above-normal toll on moun- tain hauls, Attorney-General Gor- don Wismer of that Province slashed at it as “uiijust" and “in- iqultous" and claimed it “practic- ally destroys the benefits British Columbia. hoped to obtain through confederation_"

The argument. that opened to- clay. touching off the final P0339 cf the case. ls expected to con- elude late Friday. The board will hear from Alberta, Manitoba-in- cluding special argument for the city of Winnipeg-and the rail- ways. -

SAINT JOHN, N. B., Feb. 2—- (CPh-George Elliott McLeod, 19. of Wood Islands, P. E. L. tonight was charged with the Jan. 23 knife slaying of Joseph Allan Morrisey in a Pond Street tenement here.

Police laid the murder charge only i0 minutes after a coroner's jury named the stocky seamen as wieldcr of the knife which stabbed and slashed Morrlsey 18 times. Jurors heard testimony of 19 witnesses during the two-hour inquiry.

Police introduced four ivritton

by McLeod while held as a mater- ial witness. Their contents were

withheld. McLeod had been in custody since shortly after police started

their lfbday investigation. His iden- tity was not revealed until tonight.

Saturcuy. police divers recovered "a large knife" from harbor waters near where McLeod! ship. Federal Mariner. lay at anchor from Jan. 20-28. 'Ihe alleged death weapon was located by McLeod's direc- tion.

Tells of "Party"

Witnesses told of a. night-long drinking party in the tenement. followed by the slaying between 11:30 A.M.. and 1:00 P..M.., Jan.. 23

Verdict said Morrisey. a native t

statements said to have been mndc ,_ ,

of Nordln, N.B.. died from “mult- iple knife wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of George E. McLeod .. .” The seamen was ar- rested on his ship sCme eight hours after the killing.

Two witnesses said the knife found by police on the harbor floor was similar "if not identical," to one missing from the Pond Street house after the slaying.

Mrs. Joan Welch said a "sail-or" and a second man arrived at the tenement shortly after midnight. "We were all in the front room Al (Mont/y) was drinking quite a bit we sent out for three or four more quarts .. ."

Srn said Morrisey had called his mother at Nordin, a village near Newcastle, about 9 A.M.

Mrs. Wcich said she put. Mor- risey to bed at 10:30 A.M.. He had been drinking heavily and soon fell asleep.

From testimony, it is believed that was the last time the victim was seen alive.

Earlitr, Hazel Pitt told jurors that during the night Morrisey and a seamen - "I think he was frcm Prince Iidtward Island" were discussing payment 1o.- a bottle. When the liquor arrived. she had taken $45 from a pocket of the then-sleeping seaman at

Morrlseys Orde r. ,

iFtEtiEtoTiiIFrB Outlaw Crime Comics

OTTAWA. Feb. 2—(OP)—E. D_ Fulton tPC-Kamloops) today in the Commons obtained first read- ing of a. private bill to outlaw crime comics.

He said the bill would provide a term of two years’ imprisonment

BRIGHT TRAINS PLANNED

LONDON,_Feb. 2—- (Reuters)- Brltaln's express trains will in ft:- ture consist of crlmsort-and-crcsln coaches pulled by bright blue loco- motives. the railway executive an-

nounced today.

Quebec - Labrador Iron Deposits Barely Scratched

Considering itall Llnk To Alaska

VANCOUVER. Feb. 2 -(OP) — Plans to link ltlaska with a Canad- tan railway have been under dis- cussion for many months.

The proposal calls for extension of the British Columbia govern- ment-owned Pacific Great Eastern Railway to the Peace River and through what is known as the Rocky Mountain trench to Alaska.

Senate WranglesOver Make Haste

Gopp (L - New Brunswick). act- ing Speaker. shattered the discus- sion momentarily with the rulinl that it ‘was out of-order been!!! the motion had passed.

Commented Senator James Mur- dock (L —- Ontario): "Atta boy?’ But Senator Mackenzie rose again to reiect "any siqgsstien of an iron fist."

The Speaker told hhn bwica he was out of order and that the sub- ject was not. to be discussed slain but Senator Mackenals came back once more on a question of priv- ilege. insisting on speaking.

Senator Mackanalet said a mo- tion for concurrence without con- aideration by the House affected the privllgea oftall members. It was a fundamental right that members should have time to look any matter over.

Senator Robertson finally brought the issue to a close by offering a compromise pledge that "If I avai- have to do this again I will taki- good care to give notice!

When Senators Roebuck and Maclrenele withdrew their oppos- ition the conflict died.

OTTAWA. Feb. 2 — (C?) '- Surfaoc of the newly-discovered tron ore deposits in Labrador and Northern Quebec has barely been scratched, W. H. Dun-ell, general manager of the Labrador Mining and Exploration Company. said here today. .

Addressing the Canadian Instit- ute of Surveying, Mr. Durrell said

is being pushed forward, but will not be completed for many years — "perhaps 100 or 160 years from now."

Working this summer. the com- pany proved the existence of more than 300,000,000 tons of iron ore in an area of about one square mile. There were "thousands" of square ‘lilies of territory still to be explored.

"In Quebec -- Labrador. explor- ation already completed discloses that the productive none is 00 miles long, and so fai- is unexplored st both ends." The width of the Labrador trough. in which the ren- cessions are situated. varies from l0 to 00 miles.

Mr. Durrell also disclosed that newer and better aircraft which the company hopes to put into use will greatly lower the cost of shipment of materials from the seaboard into the development at Knob Lake. Until a railway could be built, all equipment had to he flown from the seaboard. from biscuits to bulldozers.

The SOC-mile. $100,000,000 railway from Seven Islands into the de- velopment, necessary before pro- duction could begin. would take an estimated three years to com- plete. '

0f an expenditure of 0200000000 necess y before production could basin. some $190,000,000 would be limit in Canada. On the basis of the proposed initial p-oduction of 10.000000 tons of on annually. United States funds so earned would equal approximately the combined value of the production of ail

Canadian gold mines, Mr. Durreil laid.

exploration of the productive aren|

Canadian Press Features

Continent - wide Success Of Island - bred “Y0 rk s”

(By Gord Pepper. Canadian Press Staff Writer) CHARLOTTETOWN, Feb. 2 — (CPL-Swine dealers in the Daven- port, Iowa. district undoubtedly have Feb. 10 jolted down on their memo pads. That is another way of saying Prince Edward Island's Yorkshire hogs are coming close to replacing potatoes in provincial no- tability. In the words of an adver- tisement for the Feb. 10 sale of ls- land-bred Yorkshlres iri Davenport -,-"here‘s tomorrow's hog today." Tile story of how P. E. I. hog rnlsers found a bacon pig witlil consumer appeal is more or less a; story of rediscovery. . H. W. Clay, senior livestock fieltlman on the Island for the Do- minion Agriculture Department. says it was a case of“stlcklng to old breeding methods rather than cross-breeding" as advocated in‘ parts of Central and WPSiPTH-Cflflt

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PianemCMrashes 0n Airstrip t Alter Takeoff

(By The Canadian Press) ' BAIE DE LA TRINITE. Que, Feb_ 2—A St. Lawrence Airways plane today plummeted iicse-dovvil into the airstrip here shortly af- tetr becoming airborne. killing six of its l0 occupants.

Bale do la Trinlte, on the north shore of the Gulf of Ct. taw- rcnce, is approximately 250 miles from Quebec City. _

Henri Durette. a taxi-clrlvensaid he and A. Bedard assisted in re- moving the bodies and the 101"!‘- ed from the wrecked Anson alr- craft.

Durette estimated that the plane fell about 400 feet in a straight nose-dive and crashed back into the 3.000400), long alrstrip_

The taxi-driver said_ both the pilot and his mechanic and four passengers were dead when he and Bedard reached the aircraft. Con- dition of the lpiured tapoesred to be "critical." Durette said.

Names of the dead and the four injured were not known. Dui-otie said the injured were taken by air to hospital at Rimouski.

Be said that shortly after be- coming airborne. the pilot did a "er-say little drop." but. that the pilot appeared to have rlghted it.

"All of a sudden. it came straight down, nose first"

He said he believed the aircraft was boundafor its home base at Rimouakt on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

(An oflicial of the ntmouski airport declined to give any de- tails of the crash. Howard Watt. manager of St. Lawrence Airways. was reported to be in Riviera du Loup but was not immediately av-

P. E. 1. Man Charged Inlriinitoiil Saint John Knife - slaying

Structure Unsound

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By Harold Morrison

OTTAWA. Feb. 2 —(CP) -— The Bank of Canada tonight cautioned Canadian manufacturers and ex- porters against doing business with the Argentine "for the next few months at least."

The cautionary note was sound- ed by a high government officer in the bank. following yesterday's action by the Argentine Central Bank in Buenos Aires, temporarily discontinuing the granting of foreign exchange for any purpose.

He said the Argentina's financial structure was not sound. The Cent- ral Bank in Buenos Aires was in the throes of organizational change. Its reserves of United States dol-

‘lars were depleted.

Pending new regulations in the Argentine for making Plylllbhts to foreign countries, Canada will lose a well-develop- ed pivst-war market for farm implements, newsprint, seed potatoes, railway cars, rubber products and electrical goods.

During 1948 the dominion ex- ported about $l6.00il.O00 worth of goods and imported about $000,- 000 north. Imported goods includ- ed tallow, raw hides. skins and tanning materials.

The Bank of Canada officer said: "Our chances of selling down there now and getting paid in cash are pretty poor."

He warned that exporters would be "taking a chance" if they ship- ped southward, hoping that Ar- gentina's suspension of internation- al payments would be lifted soon.

There was nothing, however, to stop a Canadian exporter from ac- cepting payment in Argentine cur- rency and buying Argentine goods for shipment to Canada.

The bank officer could not say whether the Latin - Americas‘. country had an outstanding debt with Canadian exporters. (A Lon- don dispatch yesterday sald Ar- gentina's debt to American export- ers had reached a considerable sum.)

Expects Construction 0f 90,000 Housing llnlts

OTTAWA, Feb. 2 — (OP) Reconstruction Minister Winters estimated last night that at least 00.000 housing units will be built in Canada in 190. There were about 50.000 "carryovers" which. for one reason or another could not be finished last year.

lct. Boost In

rlptiona Delivered 86.00

Mail scoot other Provinces s; u. s. s1_oo

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Stalin Offers Talks Behind Iron Curtain

United States Ohlects To Talks liot Including Other Western Powers;

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-(AP)-a The United States today turned

Gasoline Prices

The price of a gallon of gasoline to the consumer in Charlottetown has been increased by one cent since Tuesday. February l. thus making the regular grade gasoline 39 and the high octane 4i cents. The wholesale price has been raised one-half cent throughout the Mari-

times. The increase in the price of oil products applies only to gasoline. kerosene and naptha.

Furnace oil, stove oil and bunker oil are not affected, dealers state.

Retail prices on the mainland have been advanced generally the one-half cent wholesale increase. Already higher than the mainland retail prices. which are quoted in both Halifax and Saint John at 368cc for Grade 2 and 388cc for Grade 1. Charlottetown retailers state that the extra. one-half cent retail increase is due to increase in service costs and that, until now. their margin of‘ profit has been the same as that prevailing before the war.

It is noted that, while some variation of price exists in differ- ent areas of New Brunswick, the laflce will be increased by one- half cent per gallon over the pre- vious price in all areas. A Cana- dian Press dispatch quote; and; 2 at 38c and Grade 1 at. 40c out- side Halifax.

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VETERAN HONORED

OTTAWA, Feb. 2 (OP) _ Appointment of Hon. Ma]. Gem. J.G. Ross of Montreal as honor- ary colonel andant of the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps was announced today by Defence Minister Ciaxtcn. Gen. R-oss, 8'7, served as chief paymaster over. seas for Canadian military forces during the First World War and later as paymaster- general with the rank of brigadier general.

Labor G0v’t

By STUART UNDERHILL

LONDON. Feb. 2—-(O‘P)-—Win- ston Churchill. whose growling voice rallied Britons to wartime perils. has been asked by the Labor Government to broadcast an appeal for reserve army re- cruits.

The campaign to build up the reserve or territorial army began last October. But the response so far has disappointed the authori- tics.

Cabinet Ministers have been go- ing on the radio during recent weeks urging enlistment and Prime Minister Attlee. who al- ready has spoken. told the House of Commons yesterday that tile Conservative leader has been ask- ed to join the appeal. Churchill has accepted.

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The latest figures show

OTIIAWA, Feb. 2 -- (OP) - A strongly worded Canadian Gctv- ernment protest against the arrest of Cardinal Mindszonty, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, has been Hungarian Government, External Affairs Minister Pearson today told the Commons. '