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CHARLUITETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1949

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EARLY RETURNS INDICATE ‘NO’ YOTE FOR RU§SIA

Coldwell Scores Liberal Government At S’side

APPEAL POSTPONED

MONTREAL. May 15 —(OP) — Appveal of Donald Perreault, em- tenced to be hanged July 8 for s bank holdup-murder here last sgpifllrllfil‘, today was sot wer to the ptmniber term of the Court of Appeals at the request of crown prosecutor Henri Monty. The de- lay in hearing the appeal will neces- sitate a stay o! execution. Mr. Monty told the court the record of Perresirlt‘: trial contained about e00 pages and it would be imposs- ibis to have it transcribed for hearing before the apptal court's present term.

Coming Events

"Mall your Films to Gsrnbum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Wheatley River-Oyster Bed concert, Hartaville Hail, May 17th.

"Meeting of the Junior Farmers, Cornwall hall, Tuesday, May 17.

"Kinkors Players present "My Irish Rose" in Kelly's Cross Hall, Tuesday, May 17. Dance aftar.

"Rnssrve August 3nd for Chicken Iupper and Bazaar at South Rus- tico.

“rresn cooked, lobsters ssuy at Edison's General Store, Vernon Bridg9.

"indtsn River Parish Play st ‘iracadie Kali. Wednesday. May 18th. 8.30. Dance after.

"Dance in Moreil Hell, Wednes- day, May 18. Music by Rollie Mc- Kenzie’! Orchestra.

"Dance at Ccvehead Community Canteen. Thursday, May 19. Music by Rollie McKenzieh Orchestra.

"Show Morell every Tuesdsy, rridsy Saturday. 830 P. M. Ad- rninicn 150-800.

"Dance at Graham's Road l-lall, Tuesday, May 17th. Music by Rollie IticKenzie's Orchestra.

"flludyi-Ifhe Little Clodhoppar" by M1115 in Kingston Hall, May 217th. 3S0.

"See and hear lonepine Radio Show, Wiltshire Hall, Wed- nesday, May 25th.

"Kingston Y. P. U. resents their 3 act comedy " ere is Grandma?" in North Milton Hall. thy 19th.

Yl P. U. presents their 3 act comedy “Where is Grandma?" in Cavendish Hail. May 17th.

"See Stanley Bldge Players pre- sent ‘Mr. Beane From Lima" in Cornwall Hall. Thursday, May 19th. ‘

"At York, May 20. drama festi- vnl plays, Graham's Road "A Fam- ily Affair" and Cornwall "The Sis- tcrs MacIntosh." . ..

"Kinkora May l8 for an even- lns of real enjoyment. see "Molly Bawn" by Kinkors Players. Met- inee 2 o'clock, evening 0 oclock.

"St Peter's Y. P. U. Players in Bridal-town Hall, rhursdsy, May 1W1. under auspices Dllndla Y.P.U. Curtain 8.30.

"See the Cisoo Kid in Gay Oavsiero, plus Superman, plus ‘Three Stooges st. MsoDonsld Bros. Theatm tonight.

"Mount Allison recital at Crap- eud Hall, Wednesday, May 18th. 3-30 um. Mason and Risch Piano rained by courtesy of R. T. Holman.

"Int 18 Y P. U. United Church Players will present "simple Simon slmble" s. comedy 1n tlireo sltl. muggy night, may 10th. in Emer-

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‘(Thle Store will be open ‘mes- dsv. Thursday and Saturday even- inss till n o'clock and will be closed W sy afternoons for Summer. J. P; Morris, linkers.

“Cherry Vs Jrmlm- Farmers PH-‘lent "Aunt lie Goes to Wwn" in Pownsi Hall, Wednesday. lay 1am. st sao P. ss. aponrords by l-lali Committee.

"m. Stewart Legion nail. Wed- nesday. slay 10th. st l.& P. I s

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The Liberal Government was charged last night by Mr. M. J.

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of his campaign tour which will take him into nil ten Provinces in the next six weeks preparatory to the June 27 Federal election.

Referring briefly lo the money raised in a number of Quebec churches to help the families ol workers striking in the Asbestos mines, he said "that was a great humanitarian gesture on the part of the Roman Catholic Church and one on which they should he given ifreat credit. it often takes great courage for the church to side with the common mam-it's a great thing when a Christian church stands on the side of the oppressed and de- pressed."

Outlinea Policies

Speaking before a packed aud- ience In the High School auditor- ium Mr. Caldwell outlined the po- licies of his party. dwelling on various planks in the platform in- cluding old age pensions, family allowance, unemployment insur- ance, national health program and the marketing of surplus agricul- tural products.

I-lc was introduced to his aud- ience by Mr. Roscoe Walker, Prov- incial president of the party.

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British Meal \ Supplies Increase

LONDON. May 1s —(R.eutars) _ Improvement in Britain's domestic and imported supplies of meat will enable Britons to draw their full weekly ration in fresh meat. starl- ing next Sunday, it was announced today.

mforrned sources said ernment feels it will he able to maintain the ration even if the current negotiations between Ar- geniina and the United Kingdom brealudcwn.

Food Minister John Strachey made the ration announcement in the House of Commons, At present 2d (about four cents) worth of the weekly ration of ls id (about 22 cents) must be taken in canned corned beef.

The improvement in supplies sp- plics not only to heme-produced meat but io imports from such countries as Australia, New Zeal- snd and the United states Pint cattle supplies from Ireland also have been st ped up and a. small amount of 132k has ccvme frcm France

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Conservative Leader Speaks Ai Lunenburg

By Canadian Press Staff Writer

LUNENBURG. N.S.. May 16 - (om-m one of his most outspok- en speeches since the start of the Federal election campaign, George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, charged today that the present government has power to seize farm products and to nation- alize the steel and lumber indust- ties.

Ln acts passed by the govern- ment there was power to go on fanms and take products on terms fixed by the government. There was power to take complete control of the steel and lum-ber industries.

“Don't tell us that they won't use them," he shouted. "They will use thorn if the long-haired boys in their ivory towers get to the point where they believe that they should be used in that way."

The government had stated that the Foreign Exchange Control Act would not be used to restrict trade. The government wen; ahead and used it to enforce the restrictlonson trade wiih the United States.

"If they do that son of thing with one act. they will do it with another," said Mr. Drew.

He made the. statements in s speech at Bridgewaiter, N.S.,oneof four Lunenburg constituency towns he visited during a busy day. He addressed an evening meeting in Halifax.

In Lunenburg, Mahone Bay and Chester he urged his listeners to get out on election day and vote according to their conscience. l-le reminded them that one of the freedoms in a democracy was the right to make a choice in an elect- ion according to ones own con- science.

"If everyone voted as their fath- ers and grandfathers did. there would not be much use in having elections," he said.

Mixed Feeling When Pel- Crow Is Killed

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IJTPIJE FERRY, N. J., May 10 - (AP) — Blackie the crow, a bird with a beak for trouble, is dead.

He was hit by a baseball while cheering for both sides during a game here. He died Sunday.

But the resulting emotion was slightly mixed. '

Little Bill Slavik, who adopted Blackie early this year, said there would never be another bird like

him.

Neighbors agreed and smiled happily.

Blnckie had received consider-

able publicity fcr picking clothes- pins off neighborhood lines. House- wives who retrieved their soiled laundry off the ground complained to police. .

TEST NEW PLANE

LONDON, May 1e _ (or) _- A spokesman for the Ministry of Civil Aviation said today flight tests of the Viscount. powered with gas turbine engines, have been pro- gressing satisfactorily since last July. The commercial aircraft has four engines and is designed to carry 5 passengers. The ministry has not yet set a date for accept- ance of the Viscount for use on nationalized British airlines.

Railway Workers Seeking Pay Boost, 40-Hour Week

MONTREAL, May 1d - (or) - One of Canada's two big railway- unicn groups today announced in- tentions of seeking a SO-par-cent wage increase and the 40-hour week this summer while another met and discu wages and work- ing conditions but made no state- meut.

A spokesman for the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees (0.010 said his union. numbering

"Cornsdy drama in Seven Mile Sag Hall Wednesday, May 18th. Dance fo ows.

- "Seven Mile Bay Hall, Wednes- dsy Msy th, Wellingnsn Players present medy drama. Specialties. dance. I

“Winsies players press t two one-sot plays "Kitty" and aving Dad" in York Hell Wednesday. May 21!, st 8.30 p.m. Specialties and sale of candy between acts.

"The trustees of the lest Roy- alty lehoel District urgently re- quest the rate payer-s to meet in Hearts Community Hell at 8 p. m. ‘Iuesdgy. Business ‘The new school

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__._.____________. about 25,000 employees, will serve notice on (he railways to open all

collective agreements to obtain improved working conditions and wage rates.

"Among other things to be de- manded." said the spokesman, W. J. Smith, general secretary of the C.B.R.E. system adjustment board, "are an approximate fld-per-cent increase in basic wage rstee, a 40-hour week with the same take- home pay, and etc."

Present average pay for more than 150,000 railroad. workers is $100 sfter theft-cent hourly boost granted last July. The 46-hour week is common to nearly all branches of the railways except the locomotive shops where s 44- hour week is in force.

At the same time representatives of i‘! International Brotherhoods affiliated with the American Feder- ation of Labor opened s two-day policy meeting.

Frank Hall, chairman of the General Council of the Internat- ional Brotherboods rep-esenti 140,000 rail workers in Osnsds, said after the adjournment of the opening session that wsgss snd working conditions were discussed but no statement would be made

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By Norman Altatedber

NEW YORK, May 16 -—(OP) -— The United Nations tonight refus-I ecl to ease or lighten its diplomatic boycott on Franco Spain.

The General Assembly voted 26 to 15 with 16 abstentions ors a Lat- in-American bid to allow U.N. members to send top-level diplo- mats back to Madrid. But the measure failecl by four affirmative votes to obtain the two-thirds maj- ority necessary io make it effective.

Then the ‘SQ-member assembly overwhelmingly rejected. paragraph by paragraph, a Polish resolution which would have raised stiff econocnic barriers against Spain. Only the six Russia-bloc countries supported the resolution. Forty were against it and seven abstain- ed. ‘

Canada, Britain and the United States abstained on the Latin- American proposal and said “no“ to P0land‘s.

The action of ghe assembly means

Says Abegweii Captain Advised Re Iirydocking

OTTAWA. May 16 —(CP) — There has been no discrimination against Saint John, N.B.. in the awarding of a Canadian National Railways ship repair contract to a Montreal rhlrpyard, JC. Lessard. deputy minister of transport, said today.

Mr. Lessarrl had been asked to comment on a protest from Saint John against the decision to have the C.N.li.. car-ferry Aibegweit rs- paired at the yard of Canadian Vlckers in Montreal The Abeg-weli: plies between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Award of the repair contract to Montreal had been protested to the Transport Department by the Saint John Dry Dock Company and five unions employed there.

The deputy minister said the de-

cision had not been reached by the government: it was purely a matter for the C.N R.

lie said that tenders had been

called for the work and there u-as a difference cf a few thousand doi- lars in favor of the Saint John Company.

The Canadian National, he said. had awarded the contract to Cam- adian Vlckcrs on advice of the Abegweit captain and the general manager of the C.N.R.'s Atlantic region. This decision had been in- fluenced by the captain's reluctance to move the ship to Saint John at this time of year, bearing in mind that one ear-ferry was lost on that trip some years ago.

Mr. Lessard added there was no indication that the C N R was discriminating against Saint John The-t port had received .000 worth od ship repair and recon- version orders from the C.N.R. in 1947. and another $45,000 last year.

News In Brief

nsrrioorr. May 16 — <AP> — The United states Government will decide Tuesday whether 1'. will enter the Ford “speed-up" strike dispute immediately.

moms. Mai’ 10 — (OP) —- Prof. JEJ... Graham of the Univ- ersity uf Manitoba will be chair- man of the royal commission to inquire into the Saskatchewan coal industry, La/bor Minister c.0- Williams said today.

LONDON. May 1'1 — (Tuesday) -(OP) - The House of commons rose early today alter conwle-ting the committee stage of the ocn- troversial Ireland bill ss police in plain clothes watched from the public galleries. Last week dwinl’ debate on the bill s spectator in the galleries shouted "Up the re- publici" There was no such scene today.

. May l6 - (CF1- Hot. dry weather over ._the Canad- isn West has heightened the dan- gsr of forest fins already respon- sible for heavy damage in Alberta. Northern Saskatchewan and Men- itoba.

CURATIVB STREAM

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U. N. Refuses To Ease Ban On Franco Spain

it retains its 1948 resolutions on Spain, which barred the Franco regime from joining the U N. or any of its specialized agencies. 1t also called on U.N. members to withdraw their ambassadors and ministers from Madrid and leave lesser officials to do the necessary diplomatic work.

Just before the vote, Poland's Julius Katz-Suohy heatediy denied Britain's charge that Franco Spa-in made a deal last November to ob- tain 500 bomber engines from Poland after Britain had refused to supply them.

Katrrsuchy said Poland never; has had commercial relations with Franco Spain. He said Hector ‘Mc- Neil, Britain's minister of state had failed to say directly that Poland had supplied the planes to Svpaln.

McNeil spoke near the close of a day-long debate on the question. He denied Katz-Suchys earlier albi legation that Britain had supplied jet planes to Franco.

Expects $2,800,000 From Ottawa This Year

The Provincial Government ex- pects to obtain $2,800,000 this Yea!‘ under the Federal tax agreement due to further increase in gross national revenue, Pre-mier J. Wal- ter Jones stated at the liberal meeting held in the Forum last night attended by Prime Minister St. Laurent.

The Premier claimed that un- der the agreement negotiated three years ago, this Province re- ceived $700,000 annually in recog- nition of special claims. l-le said it was the onily Province to obtain this consideration.

Pointing out that the four east- em Provinces will have only one- eighth of the seats in the next Commons. the Premier said. “We in the Marltlmes and Newfound- land should stick together. I will not say in the presence of the Prime Minister that we should form a bloc, but we should work closely together and not be at variance on problems affecting us all."

The Island's financial arrange- ment with Ottawa. he said, had allowed it to lift its standard of services from F5 io 85 percent of the general level in Canada. He hoped at the next conference in 1951 to increase this to 100 per cent. ‘

Not Interested In Return To Germany

REGINA, May l6 --(CPi -OtI.0 Strasser, onetime associate of Adolf Hitler, said here today he would reject any Russian plan to take him back to Germany to lead a pro-Soviet nationalist movement. _

The British licensed Berlin news- paper, Montage Echo. said today that Strasser had been approach- ed by Russian agents. The paper said he had close links with Mos- cow in 1938 when he headed an anti-Nazi movement in Germany.

Strasscr admitted he had been approached by a. Soviet agent in Montreal in 1941 with an offer to take over the leadership of all German anti-Nazis and to forvm a German national committee in Moscow. l-le said he refused be- cause "for me and mv friends no co-operstion (Isl possible with any totalitarian party. be it fro-n the left or right."

Strssser. who has been living on a farm near Bridgetown. N. S.. for several years, has been refus- ed permission by Allied authori- ties to return io Germany. He was to lead a “rally of German demo- cratic forces." described by Ai- lied leaders as a nationalist move- merit.

Six Killed When l|.S. C-41 Crashes

ROSWELL. N. M. May 10 _— (AP) — Six persons were killed today when a United states Air Force C47 transport crashed and burned l2 milm northeast of Walker air force base. v

Staff Sgt. Chris Wentlei bailed out. l-ie is being treated for a back injury.

Officers said an caused the crash.

Names of the dead were not released pending notification of

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kin. Ali aboard were military per- sonnd. ' ' " ,

Germans In Soviei Zone Oppose Reds

BERLIN, May 17 —- (Tuesday) - (AP) - First scattered returns early today from Eastern Berlin in the Soviet-zone elections show- ed the Communists were taking a beating.

This was in contrast with the confident predictions of Communist politicians in the Soviet zone of occupation that an overwhelming majority of the voters would sup- port them.

Tha voting took place Sunday and yesterday for a “people's con- gress" of 2,000 members, all hand- picked by Communist - controlled oriarzizaticns and put on s. single

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The main election committee of the “people's congress" for Beriin| mnnounced that. 7.000 votes 1301111560. Only 2.320 endorsed the list of candidates on the ballots. A total of 3,800 votes said no. Some wrote on their ballots “we won't vote for a police state and we reject Communism." About 860 votes were declared invalid.

The early returns from Berlin showed a majority of "no" vcteg — the only way the congress could be rejected since only one list of candidates was submitted.

Britain, the United States and France did not permit voting for the congress in their zones. l-fow-

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Lieuiu-Gov. of Nfld. Recovers From Illness

SI‘. JOHN'S, Nfld., May 15 _ (CPJ-Sir Albert .1. Walsh. lieut- enant-governor of Newfoundiantp was recovering in hospital tonight from an attack of pneumonia. His

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condition was described as “gcod."

More From, Retain Food

By Harold Morrison

OTTAWA. May 16 — (CP) Canada today was warned that un. less the United Kingdom increases exports to the Dominion, Canada will find markets in the U. K. disappearing.

The warning came from Harold.‘ Willem 33-year-old president of the United Kingdom Board of Trade. on a 20-day trade tour. Hc fiaid he is seeking to avert, a

crisis by boosting British sales in the dollar areas of the world.

Ending a two-day visit to this capital. he conferred with Fedm». ai Government officers, held an hiillr-lflflk press conference and spoke before some 700 delegates to the district convention of Rotary International.

In each case he spoke plainly and seriously of the gravity o; Britain's economic position and the llossible deteriorating effect on Canadian markets overseas,

He defended and explained “my Britain was dealing mm irom curtain countries and pulled m. Bunches about the fact that U. K. was planning even further trade with Russia.

LDNDON, May 1S _ (AP) _ A British court refused bail today for Gerhart Dialer and sent the bespectacled Communist bu]; to Jail. He will spend at least eight days in a cell awaiting s. hearing on vuhether he will be returned to the United States e.s a fugitive.

An involved international con- troversy developed around iilisler, who had tried to flee United States authorities by stowing away aboard the Polish liner Batory, Eisler claims he was s political "mace enjoying asylusn under- the Polish flag when he was "kidnap- ped" in violation of international aw.

The Polish Government today demanded his release and an ap- ology from kitirh authorities for taking Eisler off the Batory M Southampton Saturday. Th, House of Commons argued the case and then passed on to other business to swa t the findings of the court.

In sshington. the State De- partsnent confirmed a Polish charge that the United States had threatened action to seise the _l4,38'I-ton Bstcry unless file mas-

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“I don't think the people of Canada care vcry much who killed Cock Robi. but it does seem to me that the leader of the Opposition talks as though he had aguiity con- science," declared Rt. Hon. Louis Si. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, in replying to Hon. George Drew's charges, made from the