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you delivery of its order for ugiilecu cast-l criginw of 70 tons 1nd no noise-power for Prince 1d will be received Lin: Caiiadiair National

in Alrnitrcal.

or‘ duty, passenger and ri hurtling, 8nd switch- . zed. LIIPS on the Island ly dieselized with ..., and there will be ipe of motive power * Livliiillliflg maintenance .t.-, and providing a

been ushered ht when the C. N. ' “Continental. Central for Winnipeg Coast. On its run. made to determine of diesel-electric e under Canadian

hart

triple-demonstrator of 4.500 horsepower, ihe General Motors . was taken over last pped almost five hours off ‘he r enla" schedule on the Jrght run from Toronto

N. R. now has 13 diesel locomotives in use across its sys- birarl ‘Niii rcci-ivc five more are ‘he curl of this year. In ' ‘xvii or ihrcc months of “ ikc drlivcry of an- rn i.\'. 'I‘liese are yard . road and general serv- In addition. there z-ic rail cars be- tlie C. N. R. in ' 1' service at various

"iritics here could delivery of die- ' be made for the

Island division. l. that it will be

Coming Events

ll.” Films to Garnhum hi. Charlottetown.

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m'w'ill‘flii.iif fiance at Skyline. New Winn. i‘."i('il i-‘riday nisht. "Home to 11;...‘ . P l-Y ll Itin- fet 3mm Schoolgiilly, new.

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ib gm pctrrzrgy rind Friday. Cour-t

tire tonight at 8.30.

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"Nth" tn stock,

Gmwnr‘ Pioneer Hog

rliriry ration. Big Three flilgrifkdhiilfiii. Complete stock. R. twin at New Glasgow.

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ert |n wh _ uexday’ Dpcfgtligy golaiycr Hail. "DB-rice (3 Mo“ , ~ "W111 Bann Hail, g,,,.,.“§)~m€:§terr:ber zeta. Melody unhgg-"gllgtfld Christmas Concert hI l, 8 P; Mlhwtay. Dccornber

, _._ Mfcélme l“ Christmas concert. "m" School. Tuesday, Dec.

It. a “d dzlncfetirm instrumental music

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Aevémglffi- We will be buying the nflpmol; try at our store on 20th Th“ o! T“°=dly. Decem- lng “the e "fishing and grad- m, 68hr by Mr. William

S. echoed "lids Packers. H. Q l Q Sons, Vernon

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Need For Migratory Farm Workers Easing, Labor Conference Told

QTTAWA. Dec. 14 --(CP) — The Ificd for big movement of "NEPMOFY firm workers for har~ vesting is disappearing.

Reports presented to the Domin- ion-Provinciai conference on farm taibor ‘shouted that greater mech- anization of farm operations is Slowly doing away with the need for extra. help at harvest time.

_ In addition, gradually-increasing industrial unanpioyment has mode more local laibor avallalblo for har-

vesting. Farm-labor officers of Provincial Atlriciilture Departments and

placement officers of the National Emplftyment service indicated those trends in their ramrts to the two ‘ay conference.

' They said too. that it is becom-I in; more and more difficult to fillfi Jubs for seasonable workers when the harvest period is over.

Dovelvflod During Wlf

These distinct migratory move- ments developed during thr- war when labor was scarce in Canada. Temporary workers went into the fruit belts of British Columbia. Nova Srotia and Ontario. frequent- ly from other Provinces; Western farmers went to Ontario for hay- ing in mid-summer and Eastern workers later went west for the grain harvest; Prairie farmers went south to tthe United States to harvest; workers from Quctiec and the Maritimes went to Maine to dig potatoes and other workers from lho Maritimcs went to Prince Edward Island for the potato har- vest.

As the conference opened. “RR. Dawson. supervisor of the Federal farm-placements branch of the Labor Department. said fewer eastern workers probably will bc needed in the future because of increased mechanization of Prairie farms.

Crop failures in many parts of the “Wt this Year had made more lcczil labor available for the har- vest.

Mr. Dawson said the biggest lntr-rprnvinclal movement. of

fami labor tthis year was the transfer of some 1.020 men from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to Prince Edward Isiah-d for ‘the P ET. potato cmp.

The P.E.I. representative. SC } Wright. indicated the mOvcmcIIt~ will continue

Elgin Taylor of New Brunswick said arrangements for settlcmcnf of Polish veterans probably woulrii be made in his Province. Thrrci had been plenty of labor for Ncwi Brunswick harvests during thci year as n result of a reduction int logging operations in the Prov-i lil(‘f‘. l

Mr. Wright said Prince Erlwarri‘ Island farmers needed d few single,‘ mcii for farm help.

Newfoundland, not a party to the Dominion - Provincial farin- laboi" agreement. was representodt,

hy Selby Parsons of thc Newfounrt, laiirl Labor llciiiartmeut. He said; the unemiilcy-vnent situation in iii/c, new pl")\'llIf‘i'.‘ was more serious, than at any: time since 1939. it| was doubtful if runny Newfound-i crs would be avallab!e_ as farml help in other Provinces becausei fcw of tilt-n had the farm back- ground requirrd.

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VANCOUV ElRi -

(OP) Young British Columbia drivers}

may have to pay more for automobile lnsirranre. Insurance men say that the. IB-lD 25 82f‘.

group is the worst accident risk. A complclt! survey is bclhi milde-

U. S.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949

More Ta|li_ihan Action Against Moscow To Dale

By Alex H Singleton BHLCvRADE. Dec. is-<a1=)._ Across the Balkans today sweeps a gale of I'\1l'I10i'5——¢YI1lx&d with “Phbued Yeptlrts-cf dissension among the satellite countries or Russia.

Aside from the open rebellion against Moscow rule by Premier 'Iito's Yugoslavia. there is still far more talk than action. more pass- ive resistance and whispered rc- sentment than positive steps to- ward regaining independence.

some of the reports come from refugees from Russian rule, which is exacting a tribute from the satellite stair-s often compared witlrthat levied by tlhe Roman Empire, Some of the reports come from sumaortera of Tim's cam- paign for equal rights witth Rus. sin amour: the Communist states. Some ccme from diplomatic sour- CPS.

All these fflpOfls must; be Weighed with caution against the propaganda on both sides of the Cold war. But the tempo is in- creasing and more aiirl more there fllliwflfed 0n the scene Commun- ists who no longer Iook toward hinsctnv as the infallible citadel of all ivisdcm.

All these reports are straws in the wind There is no basis for SPPCtIItItiOII that Russia‘: dominat- ion in Eastern Europe might fall apart silddcniy. out aria-id is tak- ing no chances. as her pistol-point threats and widespread purges in the satellite countries seem to in- dicatc.

Hero are some of the reports:

1. 'I"hat Rirssia will incorporate the satellite states eventually into the U.S.S.R._ through rigged vot- ing, with Romania first on the list.

2. That the economic subjugat- ion of the satellites. which alrei%

has gone farqwih be steippedfii . It was this sort of sirbjirization which helped speed the Tito break

8. That, with the exception of industrial - minded Czechoslovakia. Eastern European countries will be TC'(l‘.l(‘Ed to the status of agricultural 511F913‘ bins for Russu. a throw- back to the dreams of Russian CZLITS.

Dissension Among Russian Sateliil:

The Queen's County Federation of Agriculture was organized yes- terday afternoon in the agricultur- al room in the Vocational School building with Mr. Louis O'Connor, president o! the Provincial Feder- ation, in the chair.

The large and enthusiastic group of over 200 Queen's County farm- ers elected as president Earl Inga, Mt. Herbert; two vice-presidents, Robert Connolly, Dunstaffnage and Mrs. Allison afacMillan, Fairvisw, and Arthur Johnstone, Long River as secretary.

The three directors elected from each electoral district included one lady. The directors were elected for three, two and one years ra- apectively and follow in that. or- der:

1st District Queen's; Arthur Johristonc, Long River; Mrs. Keith Boswell, Victoria and Andrew Ste- venson, Pleasant Valley.

2nd Queen's: Gordon MacMil- lan, Cornwall; Mrs. Allison Mac- Millan, Fairview and Earl Mao- Rae, Brookfield.

3rd Queen's: Earl Ings, Mt. Her- bert; Robert Connolly, Dunstaff- nage. and Mrs. Athol MacDonald, Mermaid.

4th Queen's: William Bears, Belle River; Mrs. Bruce Judson, Alexandra and Brendon Curran, Vernon River.

5th Queen's: Claude Smitt, East. Royalty; Fred MacRae, tientral Royalty and Mrs. Fred Gates, West; Royalty.

The inclusion of the ladies was called for by the by-laws and stressed by Mr. O‘Connor. But. Mr. Roland MacDonald created a div- ersion by stating that he felt the ladies should stay in their own

organization, [t Jllgomerra ,- In- , ~iie$nr~rcwmuir~ ' men's affair ‘where they can

fight and swear like the dickens if they want to." Reviews Activities

Mr. O'Connor gave a short re- view of the ivork of the Federation of Agriculture and its development

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ln Air Dispute

t5 -iCP) — Transport

OTTAWA. Dec. Right nf Canada's Air B». -<l in issue its celebrated "show ciru-e" order to Colonial Air Lines of New York was conceded here m. y by officials of the United Sliiivs State Department. inform- cti thiizariian sources said tonight.

Tim was a maior point raised illfi work when thc State Depart- motif lhiiPd for an inter-govern- mental conference to seek to iron on‘ rliiiirtrltics nver fulfilment of an air itcrecment signed by the l\\'.I governments June 4. The ccnfrrcrzcv opeped here today.

TY; LIMIT OPIUM

GENEVA, Dec. I5 -tReuters)-— The world‘; four principal opium- protiriciitq countries have agreed m iilllil their production I to the quantity rrqtiircd for medical and NCiPlllillt‘ purposes, it was learned

“m. today. ‘Ilhe countries arc India. Iran. Turkey and Yugo-

slavia.

Steel Corporatiml

Boosts Price $ 4 PelfTon

n; WILLIAM G- SMOCK

prITSBURGH, Dec. 1a - (AP) _ The United States Btcet Corp- oration today boosted ‘the price of steel about $4 a ton and put the blame on higher operating costs.

A cgngresdimlfll investigation appfikl‘! likely. Senator Joseph O'- Mahoney (Dem. Wyo) said in ad- vance u! the announcement that gny price raises would bring such . probe soon after Christmas.

T)" increase also made it pfobflblfl that many consumer pru- ducts such as automobiles and re- frigerators will carry higher price m“ m ms United states.

New demands by the United Steelworkers Union (O. I. O.) for mg.- increases are a virtual cert- "",‘.‘Z.'......i. r. Fairicss. United states steel president. said in a statement that the new prices "reflect actual and approaching

shame, m m; cost of production."

He said mounting expenses of operation include "the substantial higher rost to result when our new insurance and pension pro- grams become effective."

He referred to pensions and in- surance granted the "Steel Union Nov. 1i to settle their strike.

The new steel prices in all Un- lted States Steel subsidiaries are effective at one minute after mid- night, tonight. Other steel oomp- anlcsi are expected to follow suit Within a week or 10 days.

United States Steel, however, cut the prices of tin-mill prod- ucts. Fnlrless said that starting Jan. 1, i950, prices will be reduced about $350 a ton. The reduction reflects recent declines in the price of tin.

Left unchanged was the cost of stainless-steel products.

Before the steel price raise was announced, union and governmen- tal sources criticized any increase u "scandalous" and “Out- of line."

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Climax to month-ion; criticism of the Government ovcr the National Film Board came today with dis- closure that a new film commis- sioner has been chosen.

W. Arthur Irwin, 51, editor of Maclcan‘s.Mzigazinc, will be ap- pointed commissioner, replacing Ross lVIcLcan, 44, whose three-

year contract expires Jan. i).

While no Government announce- ment u‘as' immediately forthcom- ing, Mr. Irwin said in Toronto that he had been offered the Job by Reconstruction Minister Wint- ers and had accepted. In Otlflj-Vil- Mr. McLean confirmed his retire- ment but said he had no statement to make immediately.

The appointment has not gone through Cabinet. ' _

It was reported Mr. Irwin will be given a “free hand" in Film Board matters and will receive

8 salary of sisooo yearly Mr-

McLeans salary has been $3.099 a year.

The reports also said that Mr" Irwin's appointment “'3! b"!!! made on the understanding ho will clear up the Film Board "situ- ation" in such a way that it would regain public confidence.

For almost a month the board has becn- undr-r fire froth v Yhfl‘ one angles, but the chief crtttct-‘Yn was on one point which arose in the Commons Nov. l9.

Defence Minister Claxinn dis- closed, in reply to a question from an Opposition member. that film- ing of confidential military sub- jects had been assigns-d to Pflvflle firms until the Film Board em- ployees had been screened for loy- ally.

At that time. Prime Min-WA! 3i Laurent said that all Government employees who had access to "classified" documents were being screened. He said there had been "leakages" from time to lime. Mi in connection with external af- fairs. but domes c affairs.

He regretted e "Dwmllure publicity“ of the withholdinl of film work from the Government‘: film-producing agency.

The Prime Minister said he also regretted the matter "not because it ls embarrassing to the. overn- ment but because I think it is un- fortunate that there should be any impression - and there will be such an impression — that thw‘ who are in the board are under

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OTTAWA, Den 15 _ (c?) _'_iion of today's eight-hour

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No Disagreement Al Highway Talks

OTTAWA, Feb. 15—(CP)—Rep- resentativcs of the l0 Provinces and the Federal Government to- day discussed standards and speci- fications for the 1irnposerl $309.- OOQOOO two-lane, hard-surfaced trans-Canada hii-Zlfivfly.

At conclusion of the first ses- sion nf the ruin-day Dominion- Provinclal conference, Recon- struction Minister Winters said the discussion; had been purely

Q-“Yéclihfciif and thalxlhe contrgycfl

slal question of a route for the highway had not been considered.

Mr. Winters said this confer- ence will not deal with the route question at all. That would be a

matter for the individual prov- inces to arrange 0n the basis of izenr-ral hronrl rules laid down

by thr- lfiwlcrnl Government, one of which is that the highway must follow tho shortest practical route across Canada from Ncw- foundland to British Columbia.

Two Premiers-J. \‘\'alter Jones of Prince Iidwzird Island and Joseph Smnllwoorl of Newfound- lanrl~were in attendance.

The conference is closed to the press and public. Mr. Winters said in an interview flf. conclus- session that no points of rtisazrccment ivere encountered in the discuss- ions which ho described as “high- ly technical.“

One matter discussed was the proposed width of the hlizhway. Mr. Winters said the Federal Government would prefer a 24-foot xvido highway. However, this TUin would not hold fast for cer- tnln arena of the country, such as Newfoundland, Where a 20-foot ivid» ronri mizht well suffice,

Grosswllvalue Field Crops Up In P.E.l.. Down for Domirion

OTTAWA. Dec. 1&—(CP)-—A$1,- 4271100001) price-tag toay was pin- ned to ivheat. and other field crops Cnnarian farmers produced during the current. crop year.

This figure, down I6 per from last year's all-time high, was estimated by lhe Bureau of Statistics as the fifth highest in history.

It represents the gross value of all principal field crops. not in- cluding anticipated participation payments for Western wheat, oats and barley which may be announ- ced at the end rvf the crop year, July 3i, 1950.

By Provinces, only Prince Ed- ward Island and British Columbia managed to say on top of lihe price line, both showing increase in g-ross value of field mops.

(trims value in Prince Edward increased $1.669.000 from $21,454.- 000 and in British Columbia $756,- 000 from $43,361,000.

Tire price of potatoes went down from $1.66 a hundredweight to $1.- 60 and sparked a drop of mlmost s5,000,00() in total gross mine. Value in 1949 was compared with 891.837.000-

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$15,000 rum 1.05s

CAMPBELLTON. N.B., Dec. 15 -~ (OP) ~ Loss of 575.000 was es- timated after fire destroyed the dry goods store of L. E. Boudreau at nearby EceI River crossing last night. The building contained his living quarters and a poolroom operated by his son, Theo. The fire

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Queen’s County Federationtcoiiirari Appears Of Agriculture Organized "fl

OTTAWA, Dec 15 ——'_OP) -- Agriculture Minister Gardlnu- t0- dcy was asked to support the Irioe of cheese and potatoes during 1950.

spokesmen for Canada's potato and cheese producers today fol- lowed each other into Mr. Gardin- ar‘s office asking that in view of anticipated price declines, the Government put a floor on these two products.

Mr. Gardiner had no an- nouncemmt after all-day con- ferences ivith three afaritime Agriculture ‘Ministers and the executive of the National Dairy Farmers Association, Piling up on top of these re-

quests to shell out Government money for food pricesupport. are others by the Canadian Federat- ion Of Agriculture, asking for a floor price on eggs, and on bacon. 1f a. definite bacon contract with the United Kingdom does not dc- velop.

Representing tins potato produc- ers WPTB A. W. Taydor of New‘ Brunswick; A. \\‘. Mackenzie of Nova Scotia. and C. C Baker of Prince Edward Island.

Ask $1.15 Per CW1.

The Maritime Ministers are un- derstood to have asked Mr. Gardiner for a floor wit. similar to the one established last yea.r— $1.15 a. hundrediweight in the bin on the farm.

With a crop estimated at about 75,000,000 bushrls this year, the Maritime potato groavers are fac- ing a heavy selling job.

The biggest market is in the United States, where a quota has been placed on the import of the Canadian product. Under agree- ment. wit-h Canada, tihe U.S. al- lows the importation of 1000.000.- bushols of table and 2,500,000 bushels of seed potatoes each year at a. half-rate rluty of 37 1-2 cents a hundredweight.

quota. for 1940 has been are going across the line at the full duty of 75 cents a hundred- weight.

Dairy farmers already have plac- ed the cheese problem before Mr. Gardiner in a brief presented t0 him last Dec 2.

It urged that the Government. throng-h operation of the Agricult- uroi Prices Support Act, purchase "sufficient" cheese next year to meet all commitments for the U. K. The farmers asked that the Government. fix the price at 30

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m" o“ n!‘ m,“ Sisal‘, in whatever hands It ls Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Gun-dun’ “n” Con“ Moll $5.00; other Provinces & U. S. $1.00,

Subscriptions Delivered $6.00.

R ASKED FOR FLOOR PRICE ON CHEESE, POTATOES

iLondon Paper Claims _ iAdded If N“ u- K- Britain Has Atom Bomb

By Edward Curtis

LONDON, Dec. l5 - (AP) -'I'he London Daily Mirror indicated tc- day that Britain has the atom bomb, a development that wouldn't surprise the world's scientists.

Confirmation, however, was lack-

ing test of American super- hnmbs". wrote Ronald Bedfnrrl. the Mirror's expert on atomic affairs.

He said the United States, Britain

and Canada decided in recent Washington talks against testing the new British weapon iri the American try-outs at Eniwetok atoll.

The Ministry of Supply, in charge of atomic development, re- fused to confirm or deny the im- plication.

As early as May, 1948. Defence Niznister A. V. Alexander said re- search and development, on de- fence weapons, “includinq atomic weapons." was going forward.

Sir John Cockroft, the head of Britain's atom research establish- ment, is the discoverer of the par- ticle that splits the bomb alums. He worked on the American bomb project during the war, To scien- tists it has long been lncredhhle that there could be arfy secrets of the A-bomb structure from the British scientists. '

Britain, Canada and the United States pooled their work on the bomb during the war. It was not until i945 that an atom research station otf any size was set up in Britain, at Harwell, Oxfordshire.