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British Sloan Glears Hurdle in li.S. Senate
(B The Associated Fred)
WASlIINGTON. May 8 — The United States Senate rejected to- dgy p proposal Senator limeat McFarland (DenL-Aril.) to require (may Britain to yield title to At- lantic military bases and open oth- s 1 1" "or s .. merca use o er pm ed $.3,750,000,000 10C!!-
T c vote was 45 to .
The administration onus belt
patently cleared the wa for ISEHBM a par-oval of loan a mo“ legs tion without major a-
mmldfncnt, although some loan on permits voted mnlmt the lmmd-
lnent.
Demoera leader Senator Alsen Barkley coed the bill's passage tomorrow.
The vote came on the annivers- ary of Preddent Trumasrs nouncement that the war with Ger-
ended and
is iiischarged
mar-y hsd ‘Barflfl’ p mam,“
12min? i3é';ii“'..‘“iii."'..ii.o°. my» h»- w Wow or» “es mt we mum“; from the United Suites ‘nangmmu Wm, h yum Coast Guard at title Personnel Sep- drive our ally into arms in ‘Mashed "a, m‘ we do"not want to see her en- Gum Desuwun whiff‘; o h“, munch‘, mom uss Durant 4.1300. that if Err! does not get finen- cini she probably wi mm o ornmuniln. t
svpsimr. o t., m. 8-(OP)— A V Frank Coutts. 21B. of Ilnit , Basic, W35 killed almost instant today ' when struck by a car on t e 1500- i fool. level of the Murray Mine. (Canadian Pres!)
A naval veteran‘ Con". “m. to Reconstruction Minister Howe
Budbury from Unity only three iveeks ago. He. was diamond drill local firm.
Events-
"Movies at Victoria mum.
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mpioyed as a operator vrl-th s
"D4111 L, Cmgk, '11] dun Macveoiii. tingle of mu. u” s-e-s-ai
"nlonlhly meeting, Mt. Stewart Emmi ill-nudism Legion Thursday. May om. 5-6-21.
‘ ‘Arriving Friday, carload
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Slabs. Book £0111‘ orders . E. S. lllflcFsdycn. hone 2385- . 5-8-21. "Dance. Lower M ue Hall, Friday. May 10m. Stew u Orch- estra , 5.9.1;
g "Soc St. Peter's Pluylers in "My hatred Bunions" at oly Name ilnll St. Peter's, May 13th. 5-0-11.
"Aiuiusl Meet Morell Cream- ery m-operatlve ssooisticn. Mey v1.1. s P. M, Morell Hall. All pet- rons invited to attend. 5- -3l.
"Loading H Albfln . ilav 9th, 1 o'clocl:z: until 4. y- "lld Med o'clock A M. . C. Green, 0-S-
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10th until 11 fiiivestock Msrketirlg Boerd 10-11111: hoizs at snmuo Monday uiirtrliooll. Msy 13th. John Pielce. aszent. 5.9.31
“Blue cross Grou sponsored by Sunlmcrfield Credit lllnion, open to llvw members until May 15th. Alli- son Msync. Secretary. 5-8-21.
_““Ccdar PosEIsrIosd North- “lll New Brunsw k stock to arrive "i1"- Peters a. Gal-l lsnthiaidu“ 5.5, '
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said unless United States coal pro- duction was resumed soon the sit- uation in Canada "will become very serious."
Primeflilinister Mackenzie King said the Government hopes there will be m exchange of high com- inislslorsen between Canada and n a
C. C. l". and Progressive Conser- vative supporters urged that a bill of rights be included in thc Citi- zensh Bill.
Just co Mnister Si. Laurent re- iterated th e bill of rights would be ineffective.
The Senate voted 43-30 against giving second reading to a private bill to sanction manufacture and sale of oloomargarlnc.
Senator '1‘. A. Crerar (L-Mani-
' tubs) urged in the Upper Chamber
that Canada throw her doors open to immigration. Thu adsyt . The Commons will consider esil- mstes and the citizenship bill. The Senate will sit.
Tress-Atlantic Airmail Fllsilts Arsflreased
(By The Canadian Press) OTIlAWA. May il-Weekiy trans- Atlanitic airmail flights have been increased from four to five. postal officials today.
make the crossing to Preetwick. Scotland. in l2 to l5 Oilfl.
BURNED BY GASOLINE
the garage was not
P.E. island Senators Unite In Defeating (ileomargarine Biii_
Freak Tllaader Stern in Southern England
LONDON, Mo! l-(CP Cable) Floods stopped trnffi London streets today when file heaviest rainfall in years foi-' lowed a three-hour freak thun- der storm across Southern England. The storm, ~ln some districts woe the worst in liv- ing mean y. flooded baaemcntl And streets.
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Scotia Tied lip At Borden Pier Because 0f Stonn
l le 10h sin and m? 115cm’), a in‘: ferry. Scot-ll No_ 1. tied Borden ea-r t0-
da , it. wesweotned from re. way uu horities who said there was not mum chance that the ship Willi! sail before doyllsht- one round trip was mode to Tormsnti-rle Y9!’ gar-day, but winds had increased to gale force in the afternoon m’! further sailings were cancelled.
The Scotia. tool: over esterdey from the Prince Edwsr Island which left. for Halifax in the morni m‘; to Fa in drydock for mma cverhau. It is eXDwl-Qd m“ m“ firince Eéfswaud Island will brew-y
ve wee .
Ye today's storm not only delay- ed rzilwoy traffic across Northllm"
berlond Strait. but caused cancel- '
o; ,1,- ggfvfldcagl to the moi!!- lanzi‘ late in the Y- "“
The wostem section of U15‘ Prov; incc reported snow durinx “he he erncon and early llllhl- W 1_ round white late in the day I! Enough most oi’ the snow melted u it fell.
Goal Strike At A Glance
(By The Associated Press)
The SO-dsy-old United states bituminous coal strike chart Rove these readings Wednesday:-
Idle: Unemployment figures soar beyond 800.000 with workers 1n- related industrlee lolnlnz +1890‘! idle soil. coal miners at accelerated
D800. Settlement: None in sill-m- Miners: Quiet returns to strike
' front after flare-up which killed
one and wounded six Tuesday in Harlan County. Ky.
Automobiles: Chrysler and Gen- eral Motors watch situation close- ly ls Ford starts icy-oi! of 110.-
000.
Railroads: Slush oi psssenilel‘ wilcdllits continues: freight em- bargo effective st midnight Thurs- day night. expected to cause fur-
ther disruption.
Utilities: Detroit ‘joins maJor cities invoicing conservation "brownout."
Steel: Production dropped. un- employment gaining with st least 54.000 now idle. U. S. Steel re- ports 41.000 jobless in Pittsburgh s.nd Chicoflo district plants.
V-E ‘Anniversary Almost Umaotieed
l!‘ oflihin ceases 0mm
“compose in 11-51% P‘ were nu-
nolmoodtistldflenrunsregard asobnoorkaals
GIT-AWA, Mo! l—-(fi)cciall)— ‘Plume Prince Edrw-acd Island Sen- ators today contributed to the de- feat of Senator W. D. Euler's bill to permit the mfnullfncture and sa n Canada o oeomswo-rine. wtlloiiu went down to defeat by s vote of 48-80.
Senators J. A. MacDonald of Cordiimn. J. E. Sinclair of Queen's and Brewer W. Robinson of Sum- merside all voted against the bill. with Senator MacDonald reodinu s resolution opposing the measure which was forwarded to him by the Dulrylnenb Association of Prince Edward Island. Senator J. P. McIntyre of Mount Stewart. who previously intimlfigd £151 would oppose the olccmnrga e . W“ unsvo absent from the
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P. l. l. Dairy Brief
The. resolution ------” “ e importance of the dairy industry in maintaining the fertility of the soil and the resultant dangers of passage oi’ any legislation which would reflect imfsvoraialy on Cen- ed-ien agriculture. The current butter shortage, P. E. I. dairymen
ed, was “only temporary". due tc a number of factors such as the increased consumption of fluid milk and the low price Bald for butter fut.
It concluded: "We. the Prince Edward Island Dairy-mews Asoci- stion, most strongly the pnsgg e bill which has for its ob Ville man-Moisture and menu. Cmsde cf oleomorgurine.’ J‘. Sena‘ MacDonald
Senator MacDonald told the U-pvper House that since most ar- llllmenig pro and eon had already been presented on the bill, he ssk- ed his fellow Senators to consider carefully the arguments set forth by P. E. I. dsirymen and added. “I am 'lully in accord with the resolution end think it u mistake to pass this measure at the pres- ent time."
Revenue Minister McCann told the House of Commons this after- noon that fer from persuading the Canadian taxpayer. his de- partment operated on the basis of protecting the taxpayers. He de- nied a suggestion made by John Diefenbaker, Progressive-Conserva- tive member for Lake Cult-re that his Deputy Mirister. C. Fraser El-
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liott attempted to “instruct” s magistrate. Dr. McCenn said that legal
counsel enclosed to prosecute per- sons for failure to comply wit the Income Tax Act can only move for the committal to .1111! of s. con- victed person when sdvised to do Deputy ister.
'I‘l'ii.s practice was followed. Dr. McCanzi said, for the "protection" of the Canadian taxpayer against “over zealous" prosecutions.
Seven Espionage Suspects To Be Arraigned Today
today-return true Balm . ..
'iieduccd Surplus
h Canadian National Rail
be as against 778,470
' Climaxin g me
w has risen sharply and moved out
Many industries May Be Affected in Near Future
(By ‘Ibo Oanadhn Preaa)
O'I'I‘AWA. May 8—Promeots o! o. ruel shortens in Canada. next winter ere “more alarming than
at any time during the last sev- eral yen/rs," Reconstruction Minis- ter Howe said today in the Com- mons.
Mr. Howe. discuminfi pricing from the strike of soft oosl miners in the United States. said the resulting shortage would seri- ously street coke supplies for do- mest heating next winter. In addition anthracite supplies would be below last yeafs when there was s shortage of hard coal.
The invmediate situation was that. while many large industrial consumers had suflicient stoclmiles of soft coal for two or three months. industris which were de- pendent on deliveries from whole- salers were in diflicultiee.
"Canadian railways Me protect- ed and have more than two months’ supply of oosi on hand in stockpiles." said Mr. Howe. "It
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Islanders Graduate From Truro Gollege
(By The Canadian Press)
TRURO, N. 5., Mo. 8—-A record graduating class of Stlldiflltl re- ceived degrees an. the grsdlustiozr exercises of the Nova Scotin Agri- cultural Coll e held here today. The class inc uded students from all three Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland.
Prince Edward Island graduates
were: Lawrence L, Yen, Lot 16; Murray Creed, Bridgetown; S. E Peppin, Charlottetown.
EXECUTION STAYED
ST. MARTLNVEIE. La. May 8 (AP)—Shsriff Leonard Resweber announced today that acting gov- ernor J. Emile Verret hind stayed the electrocution of 17-year-old Willie Francis. condemned Negro
slayer who was saved from death last wear bv the failure of Louis- iana's portable electric chair.
Walls 0f Former Building
local ‘llurscs Are Graduates
N'I'R1EAL. May 8 — (CP) — misses num- bertebeglrcduotedfilcmtheRoysll Victoria Hc-rpiters school of ing, received diplomas or, the aln- n-uailjtgraduoting exercises hcire last. mg .
The graduates include:
Nora A. and Helen Tid- merah, both of Charlottetown.
GJLB. Forecasts
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orrrsws. Muy I $7,500,000 for i946. $B5766J30 in 1946. wclay in the rail- et. tsbled in the Com-
otes a silrplnls o compared with 1t was
ne-nuile S’side Catholic Church
Will Be llsed In llew St. Paul's Parish Geatre. -
Y mimifing woirhnm em- hlzmd by .11‘. Schummn C0,, Ltd” rebuilding 8t. Paul's Roman Catholic Clh-umh at munmesrsidc, destroyed by lime on Sunday mom- illt. February 8. Onlydthp brick wells 0d the To-yeer-o building suede left stranding Now the sic-isot- be re-built. utilizing the old wmiis but sis a parish centre, not as a church. The new St. Paul's will be censor-ureter! BBIOSSfNOUIB
mntble olrmes- but work on it will not
begin slimmer.
The new buildin will contain three floors, inelu ing the base- mlenr. which will be an athletic centre. The first floor will contain
assrooms and me second floor
will have an auditorium. As soon as completed the auditorium will be used as o. church and will serve fiheg. mlrpose until the new church u .
It is difficult to clearly describe
the new "parish centre. Even-
(Ooncinucd on page nine Col. S)
Obstacle To British
rcggliresmesits were estim- ated at $13. 0.000 as agslnsésdét- crease in
uai capital expenditures of last year. [Armor
mpital expenditures wee for itions and better-merits for which *“-°°°-°°° issue's. m“ rs compared ‘, spen 1046. An item o! $7.0?)0.000 also is allowed for acquisition of the Man- toba Roll
wdv. The operating budget puts siliuarcvenues for 946 at am.- 281. . a. reduction of $46,314,715 from actual revenues 01f 1945- at! expenses estimated M; 8 .- 500. represent a reduction of 320394.048. Net o rating revenue for 1948 is estimagg ‘st19‘%500.000
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Early Break-lip Along llsclieazle ;I_|_V_Ol‘
EDMONTON. Ma 8- (CF)- o kthe ‘esrlrifist
orthern river hrea -ups n I- tiory. the huge MllcKenlie R-lvll’
its msin body of winter ice as far as Fort Norman. more than half- way from the Greet Slave Lake source to the A tic Ocean mouth ‘the MacKenzle, reek-up was the
earliest in more than 16 years.
Emigration Removed
permitting the transfer of British funds to Can- ada has removed s major obstacle to emigration from Britain to Can- sds. N. C. P. Crcsswcli, chief rom- missioner oi’ tho C. P. R. Depnrp. merit of Immigration and Coloniz- giallon said in an interview yester- Hc said ii was understood that by the rrsulailm a British emi- lzrant can. with the approval of the Bank of England irnnsfcr up to 5.000 pounds sterling to Canada by instalments normally covering a period of four years.
VATICAN CITY, May 8-—(C‘Pi_ Pope Pius has a "slight indispe- sition" and has public
14 Nurses Graduate From City Hospital
s“ i. i. ‘morn’ “mo” . Ms s _ rcri- ° “W? °" ° E“ new regulation y A aid in implementing the ecom-
Fburtem gmduating nurses re- ceived their diplomas from the Charlottetown Hospital at a large- l.v attended fusiction last night in the I-Iplv Nome Hall.
The presentations were made by His Excellency Bishop Boyle. Hon.
Dr. W. J. P. Macmillan, O.B.E., presided. An eloquent address to the
RIB-dilutes was given by Rev. P. J. Colliery. emphasized
llsihts. Rood words and good deeds in the practise of the nursing profession.
A well composed vslediciory was reed by Hausbeya re torv remarks were - _ the chairman, His Excel- lency the Bishop. His Honour Lieutenant Governor Bernard. and
Worship Mayor MacDonald.
The pmgranune included the following musical numbers: March, O Canada, Mia Marlon Douglas; vocal solo, Rev. Bemard Gillie, D D.; violin solo. Alfred McKeorney: vocal solo. Chester Donovan.
‘I'll-e gmdilsaberl. Mao looked chamiing in their white uniform-s. were presented with bouquets by little Miss Ethel McWade. Iibllow- ing are their names and home ad- dresses:
Miss Mary Bernice I-Ierlg-h . Charlottetown.
Miss Mary Imelda Vsutour. Charlottetown.
Miss Zita. ‘Jean Hughes, Gun- lottctown.
Miss Mary Bose Richard. Cher- lottetown.
Miss Mar-v Kathleen White. Dn- aid. Miss Kathleen O'Connor, New
London. Miss Florence Doreen Grant. Mill View. Miss Mary Pauline Brennan. Kinkors. Miss Phyllis Lorraine Blanch- ard. Charlottetown. Miss Margaret Marion Mitchell. Charlottetown. Miss Oétherlne Eileen MeoMil- ien, Iona. Kin-
kMlse Marv Tens MeIvor. ora. i
Miss Doris Eleanor Jsy. SLPet- ers. ~
Miss Jean Adeline Grant, Mon- tcgue.
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UITAWA, May 8—(CP)- Cens- dian collierles produced 1.638.333 tons of coal in February, an 1n- crease of nine per cent over the 1,504,759 tons mined in February. 1946. the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics reported todsy. January output was 1,816,640 tons for :1 seven per cent gain on the some month a year ego.
JERUSALEM, May 8—(CP)-An Arab higher committee official an- nounced today Palestine Arabs would seek Russian unid all other support against the British-Ameri-
mendatlmis as "a threat cf raddlt- ional force."
OTTAWA, May B-(CIU-Recon- structlon Minister Howe ormounced today that a contract hsd been a- warded A. V. Roe Canada Limited to carry on des and develop- ment of as turb e aircraft en‘ pines. wor formerly undertaken by Turbo Research Limited, a Crown company.
WINDSOR, Ont, Msv 8--(CP)_ atrike? in t-hc UnitedghtStai-esbgmd
e ng re em o there, if continued’ many days, illlli interfere with automobile produc- tion- in the Wi. Ford Motor Company oi’ Canada
ded sgiences. Vatican sources said to‘
(By The Canadian Prele) HALIFAX. May 8—-The lliaat liner Queen Mary arrived here to- daymalingtneflrstofaserieeof "mowers" s. i. were."
ope n - isn servicemen. It was the fird time she had been seen in Helifhot lsasbor since September. 1044. when lie brought former Prime Minis- ter Winston Churchill to Canada for the ebec conference.
of the y’!
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and their l’: chlfidren. Justine
Linea-Queen Mary Docks At Halifax
Rooney Pelletisr, service organiser
and Ilkid. Another Canadian aboard was
gaifiited. yo. comp apl on
of the North American Division of the BBC. who will make u lecture tour of cities in Canada and the United States
Also bound for Ottawa were JJ. Rutherford. heed of the Dominion Bureau ct Statistics Agrioisiture Bunch. and Robert Anderlm. of
Film Board
the National .
Amonis the British passengers who will continue on the bigqueen to New York were Bir Wsl Oit- rine and Lady Oitrine Wil-
wav to . contacts in the U . Tin litlcal editor of the 1on- dnn . e. A. - and to toil the Uni States and Canada temrc poiltxal “lows in both countries.
rudsor plants of the Q
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Howe Says Fuel Shortage Looms in Canada
Senator From S’side Would Speed Selection
GPIMWA. May 8—(CP)-iAlctieq on motions supporting twq M- tlonsl flag designs was postponed today after an exchange of Opin- ion irl the parliamentary flag committee. _
When the committee resumes to- marrow or Friday it will be asked to vote for either:-
I. A red ensign with a golden maple leaf 1n the fly in plgcg of the coat of armh-one of 26 similar versions submitted to the committee.
2. A flag composed of red and white triangles bearing a green maple iesf in the centre of the diagonal line s rating the two colors-a su mission of Ls Llsue du Drapesu Na- tional of Quebec.
{The committee previously, ‘b; he process of elimination, had cut down 1s total of 2.500 designs to 1Q
Senator Brewer Bnbinnon (Ii-Prince Edward Island), Bllsjkested each of the commit- tees 37 members return to the next meeting with their own
selection. Be thought gm, would dmw which 011119 16 was the moat
fin paw“, lnglthe committee then could continue fta process of elimin-
ation. i
melon by Wilfrid 1.1a (L-Quebec Montmorency, epppgrlfl the inclusion of the Union Jack in any selected design. was ruler!‘ out of order by Senator Norman Lambert (Ii-Ontario), joint chairs mBll. cm the grounds that m. Le_ Croix's motion was character.
U1‘!!! Dietincflve flog
In a 1 t lrlensleserflllflr. 2d ‘Ifllgncm: mpton) said he did so hr cause he thought“ Canada's nation- ilsrsslisl“ only’ ***=*l,~=;;v~"- . .111 l0 _ ll New Ellsland where "eaclfday lie had Joined in the traditional re- citation of the American fla Pledge. This little ceremony he lmDressed him and he foresaw the dsy when young Canadians across therountry would be carrying out a similar ceremony before a dis. tihctive Canadian flag.
He said the red triangle we iilplvlllly English. for the cross o! SLf-‘IEOTEB was red, The lower white triangle was typically French from the standards of Old France. Th? Brecn maple lesl was the soil of Canada and represented fortune,
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(By The Canadian Press) TORONTO. May s _. Minimum
and maximum temperatures:
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