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Wbchoolilftroyed

AIONTREAL. Feb. 25—(OP)-A three-alarm nre tonight destroyed the Riverside elementary school in suburban Point St. Charles. Cause of the blaze was not known.

Father 0f Local Man lies lllexpectedly

my (EL/moo? us. Wb. 2s

- tCPi -- J. Kenneth Haymsn. trarriiitt; representative for a New Glrtsiww wholesale company

died sucdenii‘ here today. He was s native of Waugh River, N3 Reg Harman of Charlottetown is a son. ‘

Coming Events "Skuzlns Coil?! rink tonight.

"iiial your Films to Garnhum liwto Studio. Charlottetown.

"Skating tonight. Hunter River iiink from 8 to 10.30. Good music.

"Rummage sale this afternoon at Holy Nome Hall, 2.30.

"Jus arrived.,Soybean Mes-l. J. it. lilubh, Carter's Warehouse.

‘filaaiie and coal-n... Trac- ldle 1it1l, Monday, February Nth.

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"livlktgv at New Glasgow rink lilllitlhi Si. Mary's vs. Mlllvale. Game {arts 8.30 sharp. Skate after.

"0": Store will be closed Tues- lar. birch 1st for Stock Iutsmg. Brent Wood, Cr and,

"Legion Dance in Belfast Hall, giillildfll. February 28th. Lunches rve .

"National Film Board Show in llazeiblook Schobl, February 28th. at a oricck. -

"N0 more grinding Grain until further itotlce. . Howard Smith, K993i’ Point.

,"R\lollllse sue, Market Build- “3- S-illlrdalx 41?. M. Ingleside Group of Tfillii}: Junior w, A,

"‘Iiiorkey tottight at Long Creek grill. ihllSillllV tSchool vs. Long Kati‘ sfilofll. 7.510 o'clock. Skate

M"Il'.< n tense,’ exciting drama at flvlioralri Bros. Theatre tonight. D0111 miss‘ Gicn Ford, in "Framed" nlus Tiu ee stooges. i

‘"1110 first ltume of final play East Roinlty vs. Milton at

li0ll rink tonight. Skate after. _ lites sturts 8.30. I to i "LQ? ‘ ' by N585 the Red-leaded Stepchild Mfimmifiil‘? Fillers in Clinton Hall. lalflcsfll, lcJrtlary 2am. Good spec.

"Altctiun 45's. Dance. Cherry °Y (IO-operative store, Mm...

ML F hr _ Lunch‘: "My ‘will. Good music.

u —'__ i ‘has to the Boil‘ w... 1 Brmiiml! lndgertfczmelwnrgarx; m- Cffikinole, refreshments. If

“mythic. next night.

“Ecfdpcrativo Meeting y... p0... Mittens... and Hssalbrook in spenmififlil. March 2nd. at 0 P. M.

lebeaiters. "W mas-o. c. r. c. v. “may. Mam. m. at s.4s P. u. u,“ Maegan. o Valley, Medan-P" Th“ In vol-c

zen a’: at Fredericton. Paying $25

2123a: “gig! ma: as lbs. IM I!‘ 0 II. 3:12: "on torswttt‘; Tuuiiay , Knud Jul-gonna." _._.. mean q m, "i. "f ma‘ u emu use

Mo! suit 4 118th» horns o: Sutherland P" Old. on‘ Monday

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i... their annual meetlne winder

Premier Jones’ Quip Re Free Trade With U.S.i Sets Ufliciai Ottawa Buzzing

OTTAWA, Feb. 25-405.. Prlmc Minister St. Laurent said in the Commons today he knows of no foundntio for any stlffiment thut Canada could. if aha wanted, have froa trlda with the United States. Donald Fleming (PC - Toronto Egllnton) had nailed l! Mr. St. Laurent had seen the stato- ment in which Premier Jones of Prince Edward Island was quoted to this effect. "l would not be sble to say that there is no foundation for it." the Prime Mlnlstor caid. "but there ls no foundation known to me for it." _

OTTAWA, Feb. 25-—(Specia.l)— Tonight official Ottawa. was still puzzled over where Prince Edward Island, Premier J. Walter Jones got his information that tile Fed- crai Liberal party planned free. trade with the United States after the next general Dominion elec- tion.

Holding a Canadian Press clip- ping in his ltnnd, Donald Fleming, Progressive Conservative M.P. for Toronto-Dglintcn askrd the Prime

Joint Plan For Health Training

HALIFAX. Fob. I6 —(CP) ~—A Joint plan for advanced medical training in the Maritimes was an- nouced today by Health Minister LD. Cun-ie of Nova Sootia.

An example of Maritime coop- eration". the plan embraces in- struction in psychiatry. psychology. public health, nursing and social work. It will be conducted by Dal- housie University here in co-oper- ation with Health Departments of the three Provinces and allied or- ganizationa.

Health Department officials from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Is- land and Nova Scotia. and a New- foundland representative met here recently to discuss the plan with university heads. It is believed cour- ses will be financed partly by fed- eral aid.

Mr. Currie also said a proposed post-graduate nursing course at Daihousie was expected “to be of great benefit" to the Marltlmes.

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Husband Arrested A For ileath 0f Wife

vmoovvan. Feb. 2s'— (or) — Percy Jean. Baker, sought since tho mutilation death of his wife in suburban Burnaby nine months ago, ha; been arrested in New Orleans. police here were advised today. Mrs. Alma Baker, 30-year- old waitress. was found beaten to death in their suburban home last May 21. She was the 100N191‘

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of three children.

National “Park Roads . GranfTurned DowniAt Ottawa, Says Minister

Parliament lit-Milanese

(By The Canadian Press)

Arthur Wiillrms (CCF - Ont- ario) urged the zovemmeni 1° 8° actively into the housing field.

CE. Johnston (SC—Bow River) said the government's remrd in- dicated it wasn't the best body to build homes.

Col. A.J. Brooks tPc - Royall gupported. tho North Atlantic sec- urity pact.

David Gourd t1. - Chaplet-v) said there should be a prohlbltifm against the coloring of margar- lne.

More than a half-dozen mem- bers participated in the Throne- Bpeech debate.

Monday. ‘

The commons will continue Uh‘

The Provincial Government's re- quest for Federal assistance on road paving projects leading to the National Park has been turned down, flon. George H. Barbour, Minister of Public‘ Works and High- ways, informed the Lesilllllllfe N95- terday.

"We had hoped that we would get assistance on these roads," Mr. Barbour said. "In fact we were led to believe by those who prepared the plans‘ that_it. was being put in the Estimates. But I heard since- not officially—-that It is beilll ill"!- ed down."

However, the Minister had ‘"1006 hopes" that work on the trans- Canads highway will be commun- ced this year.

"If Parliament is not proroguerl until June." he cautioned. _"noth- inn can bt-‘donc until after. limi- Thnt will lcllve it n little into. hi" I think we will get some work done."

(Last week in the House of Com- mons Hon. Mr. MncKinnon, Minis- ter 0f Mint-e nmi Resources, mid

Thrcnc-Speeclt debate. The Sen- ate will not sit.

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Announces Records Gained

By island S

Matching tbs record attendance

with w. record-breaking year, the Prince Edward Island swine Breeders‘ Association hcard M. W. Chepesuiit, senior live stock pro- duct, grader, Ottawa. in charlie of the Marketing Service of this Department of Mfifillililm- m‘ noimce, for the first time. the quantity and Gull“? r¢¢0rda gain- Qg by 151mg swirls in 104i. Mr. Almcn Boswell, Dunstaffnage. PN- sident, presided.

Mr. Ohepeluik quoted sales of sense hogs in 1048, which is m increase cf 30% over 1041. Th.‘ nearest approach to this record was amt sold in m4. HILL.‘ therefore. led cannon in sales, the sacrum remainini the some‘ ll l '1.‘ - ~ t

Also, tannins the Canadian lists. in, cutlity, which average 81%

."A". w. chepenllk quoted

the‘ following comparisons: I ‘ im m1. 1m 40.0% 51.4% 80.0% 40.496

Another record quoted wartha number of sows qualified for Ad- vanced Registry iwhen. during October, November and December of 1060. "of the .41 qualified in ballads, l0 were from 511'.’

ggunmg that tboccmntl tot

will. i ‘ n0. m. plant moccasin-tron will}. ~- tholrspiondid showing. u mam

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wine in 1948

in the improvement o! qurutmwi only throughout Olllldd. W‘ ill the United States. Asked why Ontario quality is inferior to that. of Island hogs, he gave l6 his personal opinion the fact that the seed stock from the pure-bred breeders on the Idand la better than that in Ontario.

l-Ie urged breeders tn welsh mom carefullh stating It this record could be irlcressld if W"

10%. - speaking of_tho rcld ahead. Mr. Cliepeluik , tgted thst there were

some with sntal aorvaticns re- garding a the I policy of iine-brccdirlg. While it has proved

a great lmprover, than was 1cm apprehension," to the maturity and livability cl the line-battling. so far there have been no really harmful elects from this practice. Indeed tho‘. mom has been evid- ent to date.

Comluding, the speaker led for “bet/QT! culling and rut m selection to maintain tho 'hidh and anvinblo Position which Ia- land Wwina invaders ihd - selvcs id today.” ' l

Mr. Clcy’! Report

m." n. w. ‘om. sedior live stock ncidmsn of the Department of Agrioultun and unitary of the Annotation,

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eproapocts. Mr. Rogers ‘ raid hie-could

The long established business of Rogers Hardware Co. Ltd. is to be disposed of by its present stock- holders and its assets, goodwill and‘ franchise transferred to new own. , ers. The announcement was made‘ by the President of the company, Mr. Benjamin Rogers. Sr. at a tnoeling of the staff yesterday moming, and the notice of the pTo- posed sale appears elsewhere in this issue.

In an interview with a. Guardian representative. Mr. Rogers ment- loned the building in which the company has been located since its founding is not owned by the pres- ent stockholders. as it. is part of the estate of the late Mr. George Rogers. However thg Rogers Hard- ware Co. I.td., has a long lease of the promises of which there still remain about fourteen years.

This sale will be another high point in the long continuous history of Queen Street, the location being one of tho most central and desir- able in the city. The business has been in its present fanatly owner- ship for three generations and Mr. Rogers said he regretted having to bring this record to a. close, but felt that he was getting along in years and it would be better for him to pass over the control while he is still a“: to go about and en- joy a well Timed retirement.

llaving becn long and favourably known through the Province as wholesalers and retailers. the busi- nem has enjoyed continuous ex- pansion and prosperity. 194a having been the best year in its history.

Asked this ctpinion c! business

not see any immediate signs of n recession. The building trade on which the hardware business is greatly tlependen‘ has far to go he- fore meeting existing requirements. and he predicted great prosperity in the years ahead.

Quebec Platte llrastic Action

lfin Margarine

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Quebec, Feb. 2s - tCP) - ‘The Provincial Government dis- tributed today to Legislative As- sembly copies of a bill to "protect. Pe dairy industry“ providing tirastic fines or prison ternlsJor manufacture. sale or possession of butter substitute-i.

The act would become effective - after approval by the Legislat-

ure -- only upon an order in council. The Lieutenant - Governor in

Council. which is another term for the Provincial Cabinet, will "desig- nate the butter substitutes to which thiyhct. will apply."

The bill is titled "An Act to Protect the Dairy Industry in the Province."

Under it. the Provincial Cabinet would be able to make regulations specifying the products which will come under the bun. Analysis of butter substitutes will also be authorized. .

The bill provides for salzzure and confiscation of margarine rup- pliea as well as motor vehicles used for transport and delivery of the butter substitute within the Province.

Fines ranging from $000 to 8600 for a first offence of illegal manu- facture arc provided and a fine up 1032.000 for subsequent breaches of the ban. These fines would be tripled in the case o! a company.

Any ordinary person found in possession of margarine‘ after the ban is imposed would be liable to fines ranging from $10 to $360. The finewould be higher for a second offence.

‘Suggests llcoplllg i cm pt lldiloeb

WASHINGTON. Fab. 26-46?)- An R.C.A.I‘. veteran who once was a prisoner at Duchonwald has prompted an attempt u» reopen the can cf lilo Koch, "Milena" o! tlla notorious Germpn V concentration camp. Senator ‘Arthur Vandanburg (Rep. Mich.) yesterday uked Army

tary Kenneth In l1 whether‘ the cm could be ‘ vod. i-lodid so, he told Bo ll in a letter. on the/buts of i crmatton v nteer- ed by the fornior C. A. . mun, H. A. Atkins 0| troit. Atkins wrote Vandenber and Senator

Homer Ferguson lap. Mich.) tell- ing of his experience in Buchan- wald and complaining about the clemencyvgranted lilo Koch.

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Open To Purchase P. E. Island Fish

Island fishermen having dif- ficulty in finding markets were advised of a demand for 10.000 tn 20.000 boxes of smoked hlnnters and a large quantify nf dry coll and other kinds of fish in a telegram rend yester- day in the Legislature fflmf Premier J. Welter Jones.

Tho Premier said ha had re- ceived the wire from Mr. K-L. rim»; Kentville, us, who had noted in thg press the state- ment by Hon. Dr. W.J.P. Mao- Mdllan, leader of the Opposi- tion, that Island fishermen were having difficulty finding tmlr- um for their fish. Mr. Pinoo requested the Iumrs vif the holdercol fish so that he could contact them.

6ov’t Orders Plane To Probe Mystery Epidemic

OTTAWA, Feb. 25 -— tCPi-— A great chunk of Canada's barren sub-Arctic, 40,000 square miles in area, “ms under quarantine today as the Federal Government prepar- ed a flying expedition against an epidemic that has taken four lives.

The mysterious malady, describ- ed by the Health Department as "obscure" in origin. had struck at Chesterfield Inlet, 350 miles north of Churchill, Man" on Hudson Bay's northwestern shore.

Both whites and Eskimos were believed affected in the epidemic. the department said. hllt meagre dispatches from the outpost did not specify who had died. About 25 cases had been reported.

While the department and the R. C. A. F. made ready for a mercy flight around an area 200 mile: square, the boundaries extended 200 miles inland from the inlet ta Baker Lake and the same distance south to Eskimo Point, where an- other epidemfl: took several lives

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Rural Organization Plan 0f Federation Launcitoc

At the end of a recoul-hreakinu and most lively Farmers‘ Week in nmmory, the directors of 1h: PEI}. Federation‘ of ASFICIIWITP: meg, yesterday, elected u new set of officers and developed a re- organization plan to extend the interest of the Federation to rural areas. _

Mr.‘ Louis O'Connor. New Lon-

don was elected president; Ml‘- Gordon ,MacMillan. Cornwall. vice- prcsident; and Mr. ED. Reid.

Charlottetown, secretary-"Pfliilf- er. Other directors on the execu- tive are: Messrs RA. Profitt, Free- town. past president; J. Lincoln Dewar, Nc-wPerih; anti Smith MacFarlane, Brackley.

hialntairlirig its present status as the co-ordinaiing voice of all provincial farm organizations, the PEI. Federation of Agriculture will now reach into the rural areas for individual nlemthe .i|ip support. It is expected that. the Ontario and British farmers‘ m;- thods of collecting the minimum fee of $1.00 with the school taxes. will also succeed in this Province. School secretaries will be invited to CO-OpEIBIE.

The re-orgarrlzatinn p out in tilft‘? stages.

l. Under g octnmittee of direct- nrs. a public-ity and educational campaign will explain the value of the Federation as the single voice of Island farmers, not nniy in the Province, but in the agri- cultural affairs of the nation.

2. Provided tho initial drive re- ceives sufficieny, support, an of lice will he set up and a perms- nent. secretary appointed.

3. County Federations will be organized throughout the Island. to solidify rural support.

iafl is laid

Other‘ Directors

Other directors include: For Prince County: Kenneth Mac- Lean, Lot l6 and Fison Rayner. Clerniont; Queens: Col. P.I. An- drew, East Royalty and Murdock MscLeod, New London; Kings: Albert Acorn, Bridgetown. and Jerome O'Brien, Morell. For wom- on’! Institutes: Mrs. Mal. Doyle, Dnirymenfitt Association: J.J. MacDonald, Gleniinnan; Swine Breeders‘ Association: Ernest Un- derhay. Bay Fortune; Approved Fiocks’ Association: Ralph Riy- ncr, ‘Mt. Herbert: Potato Grow- ers’ Association: ED. Reid, Char- lottetown; (Jo-operative Union: Louis O'Connor, New London; cre- dit Union League: Melvin Bridges, l-lowlan; Central Farmers’ Instit- utes: .l.L. Dewar, New Perth; Milk Producers‘ and Vendors’ Associa- tion; Smith Machrlsnc, Buckley; Silver n»: Breeders‘ and Exhibit- ors’ Association: l‘ ‘ n mowi- lan, Cornwall; Junior Partners‘ Federation; Lloyd Martin, Cherry Valley. ,

The usual brief, wntaifllng tlte_ resolutions passed at ;he annual meeting, will be presented to the Provincial Government.

VANCOUVER, Fob. 3-. (OP)- - A self-styled doctor, Frank A. Baunde s» 40. today was sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary for the , abortion death of a Vancouver girl. He was corwicteli ct man- slaughter. '

Two iihurchmen Plead Guilty To Espionage

By DIMITDR MISI-IEV

SOFIA, Feb. 25—tAPr —Two of 15 Protestant churchmen charged with jreason pleaded guilty at the opening of their trial today and said they had spied for the Unit- ed States.

Rev. Nikola Naumcv, a Baptist minislcr. said he begun cspibnele work for Western Powers in 103B.

Rev. Vankc Nikclov Ivanov, a short, bald Methodist pastor, said:

“l plead guilty."

The voices of both were clear and firm.

tA Washington rep0ri.—-from a. source that diplomatic officials said they deemed credible-said Ivanov, who has a withered leg, was tortured by being forced to stand under guard without sup- port during pie-trial questioning. He normally uses canes. Method- ist Bishop Psul N. Garber declar- ed in Geneva Tuesday that n re- ported confession of Ivanov "could only have been scoured under du- rcss and tort-urcf’)

Naumov told the court “the time of, Communism has cotne."

"A new work is being created for social justice,“ he said.

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LARGE AREA o|= NORTHLAND PUT uuosn QUARANTINE

Rogers Hardware Co. Ltd. Business Being Disposed 0f i

Suggest World-wide \_ lie-ops 0n li.S. Plan

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 — (CP) — A eta-operative program launch- ed 2O years ago in Nova Sculls has been suggested as a basis for de- velopment of the world's back-

ward areas. Known as the Antigonish move- ment. the "self-help" plan was

originated by the Extension Ser- vice of St. Francis Xavier Univer- sity. Antigonish, N. S.

Msgr M. M. Ccady, director of the Extension Service. and Mr. H. J. Somers, vice-president of the University. outlined the. program to State Department. officials yes- terday. ‘Msgr. Coady said the move- ment features such steps as con- struction nf Pousing by unskilled workers under direction of a few master carpenters. and general pooling of resources for individual benefit.

Mm". Coady. a spokesman said. suggested State Department ex- perts be sent to Nova Scotia. New- brunswick and Prince Edward Isl- and tn see at. first-hand how the Antigonish movement works. He also proposed that representatives of various "backyard" countries be given an opportunity to study the plan.

Imperial tlll Gets Steel For Pipeline

OTTAWA. Feb. H — tCP) - Because of an arrangement to im- port 40.000 tons of steel from the United Kingdom it has been possi- ble to allow the application of the‘ Imperial Oil Company for steel pips to construct an oil line from Edmonton to Regina, ‘Trade Minister Howe raid today. iThe Imperial Oil application has been in aheyance for some time because the available steel facilities and Supplies were all booked.

General Motors fluts Prices, Wages

(By The Associated Press)

DETPROYI‘. Feb. as — General Motors startled the automobile in- dustry loday with a price-cut tied mainly to a wage reduction for its 273.000 production workers.

The price cuts range from I10 to $40 on cars and trucks. They are effective immediately. Tho wags reduction commencingMarch 1, is two cents an hour. It is made automatically under the un- ique G.M.-C.I.O. United Auto- mobile Workers contract that ad- justs wages quarterly to the gov-- ernments cost of living index.

At Oshawa, W. A. Weckar, pres- ident of General Motors of Can- ada, said "there is to be no such decrease in wages in our plants in Canada. and therefore no cor- responding decrease in production costs, so a price reduction on pru- ducts similar to that announced in the United States is not indi- cnted.“

Urges Sheep Adopt Rail

Believing that Prince Edward ls-

‘land Sheep breeders could follow

the success of the swine Breeders by the same methods and with the necessary help of railgradiug. Mr. M. W. Chepesuik, Senior Live Stock Products Grader. in charge of the Marketing Service of the Domin- fon Department of Agriculture, re- viawed a recent meeting at which the packing houses undertook to support rail-grading in 1949,