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Coming Events

eepenco and Ice Cream, Kinkore mil, Friday, May 28th. Good music. zio W‘. A. Afternoon Tee and rims-i. my m. zo- gii, 4 to 0.

ngpenlllI Dance, Bright Spot. Wednesday, May 20th. Canteen Service.

"i1 "come (o the hi: opening Dance in st. Peter's Legion Hell, Wednes- “y, my 26th. Clifford's Orch- estra.

"Junior Farmers Meeting, Summeriieid Hail, Thursday even- ing at 8.30.

ilnpgefl]. Bdtilldfl], Jill. 50h, Rummggp sale, Holy Name Hell, 3 P. M.

"i-iunter River Starch Fact- pry will close for the 811ml! 59l- 50p on Saturday, May 20th.

"come to Bern Dance etlten- hope Corner, opposite Garage. Thursday, May 27th.

"Come to the Dance, Riverdaie grim; rridey. May 28th. Sale of lunches. MacNeiiYs Orchestra.

"Dance in Campbell Bros, Hell. s" view, ‘riiursdey, May 37th. Dancing from 9 till 1.

"See Lot. 65 Players, Kelly's Cross iiali tonight, Curtain 9 dciock. Dance after.

"Pownal Y. P. U. presents "A Pair of Country Kids" in Klngshoro I-iali, Thursday. May 21th, 1948, at 8.10 sharp,

"Dance Mt. Stewart every Thursday night. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

‘Tier. Cardigan Players in Tra- (“cidie Hail, Monday, May Slat. Dance alter.

"Bee Hampshire Play "Calm Yourself" in Orwell Bell, ‘Thurs- day. May 27th.

"Dance Happy Islanders Coun- try Club,‘ Travellers Rest, Thurs- day. May 27, good music, etc.

"liver Parkdaie ‘Player; present 3 Rot Play "Mama's Baby Boy" in ClYde River Hall, Wednesday, June 2nd. Auspiccs Y. P. U.

"Until further notice dances "Wkly. Stella Maris Hell, North Rustico on Wednesday and Satur- day nights starting at 8 P. M.

"S" Kinaaton Players present ect play “An Old Maid’: Eldon Hell, Tuesday.

"Movies -. Fiat River. Mdnday. Blllalblfle. Tuesday. Canoe Cove,

Wtducsday- Sturgeon. Thursday. 5:30p. Friday. ni-idgeio . Satur-

"Our stores will be closed at. "W" on Wednesdays beginning June 2nd until further notice. Pet- cr. and Gallant Ltd. and The Peo- pies Cooperative Score.

"5vllt-ii Winsioe Y. P. U. present their "three eot. piey "Imktrv lovely with specialties in Winsloe iiaii on WedncSdI-Y. MAY fith. Curtain 8.30 P. M. Sale o! lunches.

"D0199 miss Jimmy Power's Var- ‘fiv Concert. Hear brilliant ten iffigaylfldaler. giaxasiglot Grove Had.

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To Discuss Health Program June 7-8

OTTAWA, May 25 _ (OP) —llellth Minister Martin tn. night said that iw-doentativee of Provincial Health Depart- ments will meet In Ottawa June ‘l-I to "lay the ground- work" for the $30,000,000 1 year Federal health program.

Mir. Mel-tin said he had hlk- Id with Deputy Ministers of Health from Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Prince Ed- ward friend end Manitoba while they were attending e Canadian Public Health Assoc- iation convention in Venoou. vcr lest week.

“They were ell pleased u punch wtih the plan." Mr. Martin said in an interview. "The forthcoming conference will be exploratory. W, or, anxious to pin the plan into effect as soon as possible."

Legion Suggests More Immigration

SASKATOON. Mei’ Z5 - (OP) —’I‘he Canadian Legion, in na- tional convention, came out today for expanded immigration.

its hundreds of delegates shouted their approval of’ a cem- mittee recommendation for “the entry of considerable numbers," particularly Britons, and for Can- ada to accept her "fair share" cii displaced persons.

Philip S. Fisher of Montreal, committee chairman, told the shirt-sleeved energetic conven- tion that the tenor of some 75 re- solutions indicated that "veter- ans have been re-cstablished to the point where it may now be conside ed in, the national inter- est that immigration should be contemplated on e larger scale."

IS Months tlldlaliy Suffers Fatal Burns

WESTVILIE, NS, May g5 _. (OP) - Shock and burns suffer- ed when he upset a kettle of boll- ing water in the kitchen of his home caused the death of is- months-oid Gerald Haliidey in hospital here lest night.

He had been severely burned. on the upper parts of his body. The accident occurred Saturday.

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MISSION SHIP REFLOAIED

HALIFAX. May 25—(CP)-The Cirenfeli Mission ship Mary A. Cluctt, refloated after running aground in the harbor here satur- day. will leave tomorrow for Lun- cnburg, N. 5., for repairs.

Aboard is Miss Barbers Ciuett of Troy, N. Y. whose family supplied the vessel for use of the Mission which operates in Northern New- foundie-nd.

LONDON’. May '26 — (Reuters) -Haroid Wilson, president of the Board of Trade. tonight cheered millions of Britons whose ward- robes have been depleted by seven years of severe clothes rationing with an announcement of impor- taut concessions.

Everyone is to be given s spacial bonus of 12 additional coupons. Ties, gloves and women's rayon seamless etockinls wiii no longer be rationed. -

Announclng these reliefs. Wil- son seid the present supply posi- tion did not justify complete aboli- tion cf clothes rationing-

No one would be happier to abolish rationing but he wee not prepared to do it. at the expense of ins export trade and of food rations. Wilson said.

‘Ifhslevs waytociamortoe- boiiah ratiminr, Brftains would be

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Fur Breeders’ Asoka

m. Haber MatPlliill 0f Cornwall Was Elected President Succeeding Mr. i.. if. lockerliy.

The annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Fur Breed- ers‘ Association was held at Birch Court, Experimental Farm, yester- day afternoon. There was a good attendance of fox and mink ranch- ers from the various sections of the Province. President L. K. Locker- by occupied the chair. Mr. W. R. Shaw was secretary-treasurer.

The text of the president's rs- port appears below.

The financial report was sub- mitted by Mr. Shaw and showed expenditures considerably larger than receipts due to a larger prize list at the live fox snows, increas- ed cost. of putting on shows and banquets and for providing rib- bons, trophies and spoons as well us other increased expenses. The Association is, however. in a good financial position because of the surpluses crested in other years.

Mr. Gordon MaoMiiisn, reporting for the affiliation with the Ifedera- tlon of Agriculture. pointed out the benefits of being connected with it and said he would like to have the members show appreciation by voting a. larger sum towards it. A motion was moved end carried increasing the subscription by 10o

_ per cent.

No Distemper

A report on distemper control was made by several present for the various counties end it was to the effect that et present there is no distemper in any P. E. I. ranch as far es is known. This was news that put all present in a much happier frame of mind.

The . ommendations of direc- tors to the Canadian National Sli- ver Fox Breeders‘ Association, which holds its annual meeting in Ottawa, June 15. were Gordon MacMillan, Cornwall end Lester Johnston, Fortune.

Mr. D. O. Stewart. who has been most prominent in connection with the International Fur Conference. which is to be held in Charlotte- town July 12 to i8, stated that he had been in touch with various

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General Motors Boosts Wages To Avert Strike

DETROIT. May J5 - (A?) _ General Motors Corporation hitch. rd the wages of its 226.000 em. u-oyees to the cost of living of the United States today 1n on unique UVWYBB!‘ pact with the United Automobile Workers (CJJOJ.

The biggest firm of its kind in the world gave e flat il-cent-en- hour Wose boost to avert a strike set for Friday, It will be adjusted later to the cost or living.

G. M. did not reveal whether the wage boost would laud to sn- other increase in its car prices.

This third round of post-war wage increases set a pattern for the i,000,000-man auto industry in the United States.

There iwee little comment immediately from big business. But they were studying the history- meking wage formula closely.

Clothes Rationing To Be Based In Britain

clothing famine.

i-fe held no further chanlee in mind at present. I-le would let up advisory committees representing manufacturers, distributors and consumers, including, he said, "reel housewives.”

Wilson, who has recently had consultations with clothing trade representatives. s d the present piiinl up of stocks lied been pm- ly caused by the natural and healthy resistance of consumers to high prices.

‘If as he believed traders had ordered goods and manufacturers had made soods of poor quality it. was not for the Government to pull their chestnuts out of the fire foi- them.-

If changer in fashion had meant that traders lied misceicuieted public demand that was one of the normal end inevitable risks of trading. .

ifo Progress Reported But p Dept. Confident

UITAWA. MBY 24 —— (C?) -

' Federal efforts to head off e par-

alyzing rail strike today brought Labor Minister Mitchell into

i9 railway Unions‘ wage strategy.

But after two sessions between the Minister and separate Union groups, there was no announce- ment of any progress toward e resumption of negotiations be- tween the Unions and the rail- ways.

0n the other hand, there was no visible lessening in the Labor Department's confidence that e compromise wiii be worked oub before 140,000 employees walk off the trains.

The next move, it was indicat- ed. waa to the disputente themselves, and it was expected

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BEAUTY. PERSONALITY WIN MONTREAL TITLE

Chosen. not only for looks but for personality and ability to speak both French and English, Louise Laurin was crowned Miss Montreal of 1948 by the Chambre de f‘ cs de Jeuues as part

of Montreal beautification week.

Queen Mary 81

LONDON. May 35—(AP)-Dow- ager Queen Mary will be Bi tomor- row. A luncheon" with the liking and Queen in Buckingham Palace and a serenade by Swiss moun- taineers. here for a folklore festi- vel, are the only definite dates she hes.

Parliament At A Glance

By Tho Canadian Press

A Progressive Conservative member supported a bill to ban the Communist Party. Two Lib- erals and a C.C.F. member express- ed opposition.

John R. MacNicol (PO-Toronto Davenport) said industrial devoi- opment of the Maritlmcs will be retarded as long as those Provin- ces lack cheap electric power.

Opposition members criticized the eight-pcr-cent sales tax dur- ing continued budget debate.

Wednesday

The Commons will resume the budget debate. The senate will not sit.

Bush Fires In- Lake Winnipeg Area

WINNIPEG, May 25 -(GP) — Two hundred men. orsonllcd into crews, and assisted by three aircraft. today fought i0 fires in the Lake Winnipeg area. Nine of the fires are reported raging out of control.

Forest officials say rnost of the fires were started by lightning. Most of the ares east of Lake Winnipeg has had little or no rain this year and the whole area is considered e dangerous firs bez- ard. ‘

UNINJURED IN ACCIDENT

DIGBY, N. S. May 05-401?»- E. B. Richardson, manager cf the Maritime National Fish Company plant here, escaped uniniuxcd vodey when e Dominion Atlantic Railway express train collided with his car. The express hooked the rear of the car on a crossing some dis- tance from the station.

P. E. I. Tax Bargain Shown More Favorable Than Other Provinces’

OTTAWA, May 25—-(Special)— Did Prince Edward Islands Prem- ier J. Waiter Jones drive a better bargain at the Dominion-Provin- ciei Conference of 194B than the Premiere of the other seven Prov- inces who signed tax agreements with the Ottawa administration? Figures handed down to the Com- mons in an official order for rc- turn indicate that he did.

According to the return tabled by Secretary of State Colin Gib- son, Prince Edward Island's con- tribution to the Federal treasury in the fiscal year 1947-48 total-led $2,- 306,818. In return the Province received $1,885,189 in Federal Gov- ernment subsidies of various kinds. In the latter amount is not in- cludcd funds to make up the de- ficit of the Prince Edward Island ferry norsums disbursed for any public works carried out. by the Works or the Transport Depart- nicnt. _ _

Cciitrestcd with the figures for Prince Edward Island where the difference between amounts paid out and amounts received was comparatively small. 311151511 C0- lumbla paid in S144 million to Ottawa and received only $20 mil- lion in return. Alberta paid out $47 million and got back only $13 million. Nova Scotla peld out $29 million and received $10 million: New Brunswick shelled out S23 million and got back only $8 mil- lions from Ottawa.

On the basis of these official figures it would appear as though Premier ‘Jones was a shrewder trader than any of his colleagues of the other Provinces. Or. as J. L. Gibson, Independent member for Comox-Aiberni said in the bud- get debate last. night, “it is nice to live in Prince Edward Island."

Future 0f Prices Soiaeiittee Uncertain

OTTAWA. May 25—(Cl’l-— The future of the Prices Committee was talked over at e closed meet- ing of the group's small steering committee today. but membe" "l" ported later that the question W“ left misettied.

The meeting broke up. they said. with no indication from the chair- man Paul Martin on the Jiovcrn- mantis intentions for the commit- tee which members agree hes about three month's WOIK on its agenda although the Commons is ell-booted to rise befoke the end of next month.

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Will Not Recognize Naval Blockade

WASHINGTON, May 25 -— (AP) — The United States {eve notice today it will refuse to recognize a naval blockade

‘ of Palestine proclaimed by Egypt and Syria.

South Africa Votes Today

JOHANNESBURG, May 2b — (Reuters) .- South Africa votes tomorrow in her first xenflfll! election for six years after two! weeks of violent campaigning by the four major parties.

Lust night, leaders of the four main parties restated their polic- ies. Prime Minister Smuts heads the United (Government) Party and opposition leader Dr. Danlell Melon the Nationalists, The Un-i ited Party won s9 seats in the last election and the Nationalists 48. ‘The other two medor parties pro the Afi-ikoner Party, led by the pre-War iviinister or Finance, NC. Havenga, and United Labor, led by John Christie. Labor wow nine seats in i942.

Main issues on which the cem- paign has been fought were the

color question, immigration, undi Indian representation. Smuts and Christie have e:

"truce" agreement under which their candidates will not fight! the same scat.

international _ Farmers May Meet Next In Canada

PARIS, May 25 - (OP) — Delegates to the International. Federation of Agricultural prod- ucers said today an eariyndccis- ipll is eiopectod on the venue of the 1949 conference, with Canada: high on the list: of possibilities.

Herbert Hannam of Ottawa, president of the Canadian Feder- ation of Agriculture, raid a meet- ing of international farmers iru Canada would put a heavy load! on the C.F.A. staff and its re- sources, but if the conference de- cides on Canada “I’m sure our people will respond with enthu- siasm and stage an assembly which will be a credit to Canada." The I.F.A.P. has been meeting here with delegations from Can- ada, Britain, the United States, France, Indla and many other

Prospects 0f Expanding Ch’t0wn Electric Power

Discusses

OTTAWA. May 25- (Spccial)—- Power to operate machinery and Provide light in rural districts, to tum the wheels of industry and produce heat for blast furnaces, can _bc Produced from coal resour- ces m the Maritlmes Provinces as cheaply and efficiently a5 from hydro resources of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. John R. MacNicoi, Progressive Conserve- tive member for Toronto-Daven- Dort told the Commons in the budget debate here today.

Showing an encyclopaedlc knowledge on conditions in the

Marlllmes. Mr. MacNicol spoke

of the power plant at Char-

lottetown operated by power generated from coal. Tric

Charlottetown plant. he said,

HISTORY

1g To Avert Railway wanes“: Jews ileum ,

Offensive By Arabs,

By Max Boyd

CAIRO, May 25 —(AP) 4- ‘rns Jewish army said tonight that) Jerusalem underwent its first air bombing in history this afternoon.

A Hagana communique, issued in Tel Aviv, said unidentified planes, flying at. a high altitude, dropped high explosive bombs on the Holy City. It gave no other details.

The bombing was not reported immediately from Jcnisaiem. where communications are restricted, or in Cairo or any other Arab capl- tel.

The I-iagana report came as tho Arabs claimed two major victories elsewhere in Palestine and the ap- proaching end of the battle in Jerusalem's old city.

The Egyptian Defence Ministry said Egyptian army forces had cut off contact between Jewish settle- ments in Northern and Southern Palestine by taking the town o! Iraq Suweidan. 21 miles south of Tel Aviv. A communique described. Iraq Suweidan as "an important town controlling communications"

strategically located so that. ships can discharge coal at its doors. will expend from its present capacity of 10.000 kilo. watt hours to 15,000 kilowatt hours within a. year or so.

Mr. MacNicoi pointed out chat, dflsbltc the great hydro power re- sources of Ontario which include the half million horsepower gen- erated at Niaiare. that Province is building a plant. at Windsor at:

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Funeral 0f Sol. Ralston At Montreal

MONTREAL, May 25 _ (GP): —Stetcsmen and humble citizens gathered by the hundreds today‘ to pay their last respects to Col. J5me! Layton Relston. wartime Defence Minister who dlgd in m; sleep early last Saturday. Simplicity mB-rkcd the funeral service in First Baptist Church at Guy and Dcrchester streets ire the heart of Montreal. ‘Thc- only military touch except m military uniforms in the dense gathering- was a volley fired 3b the grave- side in Mount Royal Cemete y. Al. the funeral services, where more than 1.000 jammed their Wall inside the church, were Prime Minister Mackenzie King and four members of his Cabinet.

Th6)’ were External Affairs Minister St. Laurent, Defence Minister Claxton, Secretary of

State Gibson and Justice Minis- ter Iisiey. _

Outstanding army figures at, the services were Gem H1313, CRIB-l‘. MuL-Gen. EC. Weeks and MAL-Gen. R,O.G. Morton.

Prarnier Angus Macdonaid of’ Nova Scotis was an honorary paiibourer.

Outside the church hundreds of citizens stood along the side- walks, unable to get. into the! church for the 25-minute service.

Rev. MI‘. McCutchcon, pastor of First Baptist Church of which Col. Relston was a member, said prayers and read selections from

countries.

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TORONTO, May 25 ~ (OP) — A men suspected as the atteuker of cight-ycar-oid Terese Dowifng was arrested today - e week. ef- ter she was found, tier skull fractured. in e field in suburban York Township.

Meanwhile, doctors said the girl's condiilon untinuss to im- prove. Prom a hoIPlt-ll bod Eh! told her father some of the hazy‘ details of her encounter with I young men who lured her into the field end smlshcd her head with e heavy stone.

Chief Constable Robert Alex- ander of York Township said e "young man." arrested as e vag- rant. at. Crystal Beach. ricer Poi-fl Coiborne, Ont. will be question- ed when returned to the tom-i- ship tonight.

He denied e report that. the men had confessed to the attack

"This whole bhlfig may be e. phony," said the Chief. "I don't know anything about s. confes-

Suspect Arrested In Toronto Assault Case

slon. He is just another suspect."

i-ie declined to soy i") “that charge the man wiii be held until tllWfiFihlp detectives have com-

dcscribcd the arrest as "the “will? promising development in the case" since the girl was found in the field, i7 hours after she dis- eppesrcd on her way to buy si speller.