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c. c. F. FlLlBUSTER KEEPS FREIGHT RATES ISSUE ALIVE,

Australia Sides With “Russia n. _Pa;1estine Issue ‘covfwlnsl

Lift Ban OlfExpos-ts Wiiiilieitlianada Bg|||3_|1||_|l_|l|_ P. E. I. Liberal Members VOTE 0F .

Oi Oats Aynd Barley Garrylllut Its Ruled Out Of Order In G-rmztion of a, _ W Partition Plan Quoting Press Comment

Lifting of the ban on exports ol Canadian oats and barley to the iiity Hospital Student Nurses

The Alexanders At Windsor llaetie

WINDSOR. England, April II-(CPJ-Vlttat sfl VI- conntaaa Alexander arrived at Windsor Castle today for a. two-day visit during which the Governor-General of Canada will be invested by the King with tlle Order of the Garter.

ii. S. Goal Miners Troop Back To Work

line Literal Member Bolts Ami Votes With Opposition.

United States or any other coun- try, for any purpose. was ao- nounced today by the Canadian ' Wheat Board.

The two grains, subject to quantity limitations, now may be moved into United States markets for human consumption, feeding or processing purposes.

The order provides for further removal of restrictions imposed an grain exports during the Second world War and follows an earlier instruction issued April 1 which

By NORMAN ALTSTEDTTJR.

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., April 22 (CFO-Australia. and the Russian bloc demanded today that the Un- ited Nations carry out its plan to partition Palestine. The Jewish agency said meanwhile that divis- ion of the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab states already is far aci- vanced.

An Australian resolution urging immediate partition was presented to the Elli-member Political Com- mittee of the U. Nfs General As-

OYT-AWA. April za-(speolnl-

J. zatson MacNaught, Libero. . , mom r for Prirl . I , cc precipitated a

fluff? in the House of Commons (By John ugh“)

VOTTAWA, ‘April ZZ-ICN-Ita

____ ilfe at stake, the Government to-

day \von a confidence vote on its

freight-rate policy, but jmmed.

Meir m. into a cor. filibuster

that kept the hot issue alive until next week.

A day and night of fast-moving

action in the Commons slaw the.»

late this afternoon when he at. tempted to read into the recordr an editorial on freight. rates from a Charlottetown daily, said to heme been written by Hon. Cyrus M“ Miilan, former member for Queen“. and a member of the Duncan Corn- mission.

Permisslon to read the editorial

The Mayor and Town Council of Montague have made represent- ations to Dr. ’I‘. V. Grant, M. P. for the establishment oi a. "land- lnk Strip" for light aircraft in the vicinity of the eastern centre, :':

Ten student nurses of the Char- lotzt-ion-ll Hospital's Nurses Train~ o School will receive their, dip- .l..nas at the graduation exercises to be held in the Whelan Memor-

WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) - coal miners trooped back to work today but John L. Lewis’ plan for S100 monthly pensions to

conrlliENea

lal Hall on May l2, it was learned yesterday.

rile following are the nurses who will receive diplomas-Mary Ter- m 'l'l‘lilllOl‘. Charlottetown; Fran- srs Theresa MacDonald, Paglmure Island; Agatha Arsenault, 5L. Nicholas; Mary Iénthleen Reid, Hope River; Mary‘ Ellen Cather- ine tllacDonaid, Blooming Point; (ienerleve Ruth MacDonald. Blooming Point; Margaret Merrill liieurunt, Souris; Sister Anne Co» lcstllle, Mount at. Mary's; Cather- ine Eileen Walsh. East Royalty; Anne Loretta Trainer, West Roy-

alty, ‘

Two-year Sentence in Passports (iaee

LONDON, April 22 - (OP) -—~ Flely. bespectacled Idei Weingar- ten. hoilslizbum engineer“ today Wag sentenced to two years im- prisonment after pleading guilty to live counts of corruption as ringleader of an international fake passport ring which spirited some 30 aliens lrlto Britain and Canada.

The stocky 47-year-old Wein- gnrten. described by Mr. Justice l-illbcry as "an evil man profiting frml the nlisiortunes of others." “G5 sentenced in Old Bailey ‘.0 two years on each of the five counts, the sentences to run con- currently.

Thrcc other members of the ring.

authorized- limited sale oi limited quantities of oats and barley for hlunan consumption only to {cud deficiency countries within inter- national emergency food commit- tee allocations.

Exercise Welcome Begins At Halifax

HALIFAX. April 23 —— (OP) - The destroyer Nootka. sldled tow- ard Halifax tonight on “Exercise Welcome," trying to sneak into the harbor approaches before be- ing detected by the "defending" air arm.

Planes of the lath carrier group will take off from the nearby Dartmouth air station at dawn in an attempt l5 spot and "attack"

the ‘destroyer before she can fibombard" shore defences. Thefexéioiee started at mid-

night when Nootks. signalled that she was within a loo-tulle radius of Halifax. She is returning from s two-months cruise in Caribbean waters. '

industrial Employment

OTTAWA, April 22 - (OP) -

General Albert Orsborn, C. B. International header of the Salvat- ion Army, who will arrive in Canada on May 1~ and will vlsi‘. several centres across the Dominion. Accompany- ing the General, who has recently conducted inspection tours of Salvation Army work in Africa and European countries. will _be Mrs. Orsborn. Commissioner J. B. Smith. International Secretary for the Americas, and Lieutenant

‘tomorrow.

Colonel Edgar Grinsted, Inter-

national Youth Secretary.

Mounted Police Act In Lake Seamen’s Dispute

Flood Conditions Reported in West

WINNIPEG. April 22- (C?) ._ Approximately 600 persons. maiorlty in Alberta. had _ evacuated their homes by to- night 'ns flood waters spilled over the hanks of Western Canadian rivers in an outbunt

carrier Glenelg and attacked Seaman's

THOROLD.

who police said swarmed the Canada Steamship Lines

rival Canadian Lake Union crew. The C.S.U. mcn were

sembly. with it came further at- tacks against the United Stems proposal for a temporary trustee- sllip over the embattled Holy Land.

The first flare of tempers at. this second special session on Pal- estine came Jusiflbefore the com- naittee adjourned until 10:30 am.

The American suggestion that Palestine be put underil. N. con- trol has not yet received unquali- fied support ironl any member of the U.N.—u*hlcl1 last Nov. 2B pass- ed the partition plan supported by_ the United States and Canada. The Canadian delegation is ex-.

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Ont. ‘April 32-(0?) -Royal Canadian Mounted Police, acting for the first time in the current Lake seamclfs dispute, to- night arrested -34 members of the Canadian Seaman's Union (TLLJ aboard soul the

charged with trespassing. They were takell in handcuffs to the Thorold Jail in be held overnight without ball.

was learned last night.

_Mr. Paul Sharpe, who w‘; in Ottawa. in connection “luv the presentation of the hlnrttime- Association brief. interviewed Dr. Grant on behalf of the tovrn council seeking his (so-operation in obtain- ing federal assistance. It is under. stood the expense of ‘the project; would be borne in three ways, filmilgil the town of Montague, the Provincial Government and the Dominion Government, '

New Ruling Aids Student-ileterane

oorrswa. April 22—(CP)--The Government gave a helping hand to Canada's student-veterans to- day. for the second time in this parliamentary session.

Veteran-i Minister. Gregg an- nouncedto the Commons Commit- tee on Veterans Affairs that all restrictions on the amount of out- side income the students and their wires could earn would end with the present university term.

His announcements meant the end of a rule which limited to 375 a month the amount a single student-veteran was allowed to earn before deductions were made 15mm the $60 a. month the Govern- ment gives him as allowance.

But it will primarily aid the married man, whose wife has been

_ parliamentary deba ic.

hi!!! previously been denied Dr. '1‘.

V._ Grant. Liberal member for Kinda. hv Deputy Speaker Ros lilac-Donald. _

Mr. DlacNaugllt ilad aptuglly

read the first sentence of the art- icle and was going on when inter. rupted on a point of'orrier by Gor. don Graydon. Progressive Conser. votive member for Peel. Acting Speaker Vlllllam Golding raised no obicction to fhereading of the editorial. but Mr. MacDonald re- placed him in the Speaker's chair and said the piece could not be read if it referred to a debate go- ing on in the House of Commons. A member could quote from ac. article on far-ts but not an opin- ion on one side or the other on a

Challenges Ruling ~_

The member for Prince challeng- ed Mr. MacDonald's ruling. back- 1118 his words by citations from Beauchesne. Mr. Graydon contend

ed that if the Speaker refused per- mission to one member "to read a certain document, he could not turn face about and let another member read it.

"What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," Mr. Gray- don said. "We can't have this clip.- ping flying around from one mem

ber to another. Dr. Grant just. handed it to Mr. MacNaught."

But iiniy In li.S.

retired miners hit a ans-g,

Lewis without explanation poet- poncd until Monday u meeting of the Miners’ Welfare Fund trust- ees, supposedly called to get the pension payments started. v

Truman Would Meet With Stalin

WASHINGTON. April 2Z—(APi —Presldent Truman reiterated to- day his willingness to meet with Premier Stalin in Washington. and his unwillingness to leave the Un- ited States for such a conference. As he has said many time be- fore, the President repealed again to a press conference that he would be glad to see- the Soviet leader‘ anytimeitaiin wants to come to Washington.

A reporter asked whether he was willing to see the Soviet leader here or anywhere else.

Truman‘ replied that he did not expect to go outside of the United states to attend any conference. He said again that he would be glad to see. Stalin if the latter

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came to this country.

Diver Rescued After

dcvelopmentg;

l. The Commons defeated a Progressive Conservative mo- tion ccnsurlng (he Government for falling to equalize freight rates before allowing rate 1n. creases. The vote was 110 to

2. The C. C. I‘. lest s motion ~—l00 in 80-tc have the re. mainder of _ the freight rate debate adlcurned until next week. This was aimed Gt-lllli)“ - -_ mg seven Provincial Premiers. due to meet here during the weekend on the question, m present their case to the Gov- ernrnent. 3- Thei!’ formal move having failed. the 0.6.1". proceeded tn gain their objective by staging a night-session filibuster that kept the debate going until adlcumment. ‘ ,.The C. c. F. strategy-which $11611‘ members called a “lilibustcf with a Dlll‘IlOSC"—\Vl5 pl-ealcgwr on the custom that no major votes are taken on Fridays. Almost auto- matically. that kept the question open until after the arrival of the Premiers. ~ ‘

l-Lad the C.C.l". not held up the; proceedings, a vote would haves been taken tonight on l. no“- confidence motion o; ma; pgrpy f-‘eiiii-ifllis’ the Government for it! decision that freight-rate increases should be implemented immed- lately.

Passage of that motion ¢ which MW goes over until Tuesday -_i would mean the overthrow of the

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who pleaded guilty earlier, received ‘ _ llglltcr sentences. W, R. Barrett. oiefigigimsvzg: 43g a}: approximating flood conditions. brglusegninwgs 521L129‘; a eacgeftt’ S: Sung?! wHealiq“ 575 i; 51am” 5" ’ nnolhor London passport office cent h] he m, ‘ ' b y, of i010. t . ' v ' '5 "' e as n l ° 53°“ - ' i ' cxulnlncr, was bound over on good g r n y?“ Mo’ u ‘ Iil- h deed fth evacuees ‘fem me" or the We’ unmns’ Chan.“ u the 5mg“ m“ m i?“ . . - behavior m. ‘we yum Jan.“ 5118MB’ 10W" ‘him M- Fflb- 1. i118 movg; “an”, °wn"ir_,ozged The C. S. U. men later surrend- out ill the summer. when there is e n u “ l ___ ____ ‘nail: lion “they.-. All fill) ill‘. Rfil ' About His BLACK?“ I

_ in Buf tun - {out toeolw

ered to a combined police force oi about 35-40 officers. the majority of them RCMP. The raiders were handcuffed in pairs and taken to Thorold jail in police cars.

They were trapped after the ship was lowered in the canal follow- ing their brief battle with the

no limitation, and pile up earnings to tide him over season.

Marshall Plan

Bureau of Statistics report/ad 7o- day. - ' - The Bureau's advance index number of employment in elgh‘. leading industrial divisions, on the base 1926 equals 100, stood at 189 March 1. compared with 189.3 Feb. 1 and 100.4 for March 1. 19-17. The

homes in the Drumheller. Alta... area. where rising waters of the Red Deer River and tribut- ary creeks surged across the countryside. flooding some homes almost to roof level. Few evacuations were rewin-

Prlnr. Glasgow laborer, and A. F. Brown, temporary Glasgow post- man. were bOllnd over for one ical" each.

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the university was preparing to blast;

Rescue officials, fearing an ex- ploslon would either kill the trapped diver or bury him under more tons of mud, hailed a pass- ing tug and sped to the barge. The

By GEORGE MILLER. NEW YORK, April 22 ~ (AP) -A 49-year-old diver directed his own rescue by telephone today from tons of mud and silt in which

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Coming Events

“Cord Party and Dance. Klu- i<<>1=~ Hall. Monday, April zeul.

"Place your orders for grass 1mi- Booklng now. Vernon J. Noyc.

"Booking orders for Timothy and (Jlover Seeds. W. I. Bowman

- lluiiicr Riveyg

_"Booklng another car choice Alberta 20W oats. Double re- clenncd. Rush your order. Mc- Guisan as Boyle.

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"Farmers, we can still accept £19111‘ clovarh seed orders at our low lccs. R _ ‘M not your order lldofluhan

"Cilllecliild hogs for Canada

advance figure -of weekly earnings was $39.44, compared wiilh $36.83

. Feb. 1 and 335.611 year ago. The

March figures were highest on record for ilhat date. . Improvement was indicated in Ontario, and there W85 a. slight gain in Prince Edward Island. The trend in the remaining Provinces was downward, due in part. no seasonal curtailment in construct- ion and certain other industries and declines in logging. .

In New Brunswick. Quebec. Ontario. Saskatchewan and Alberta. the preltninary tabulations indicate higher disbursements in salaries and-wages by leading employers ln the major industrial groups, while in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotla, ‘Manitoba. and British Columbia, the repeated payrolls were rather lower than at Feb. l. Average weekly earnings all Provinces except Prince Edward Island, however. showed increases.

ed in Saskatchewan. number of Southern Manitoba families fled their homes as the Red River continued its rise from the Pemblna Hills in North Dakota. towards Lake eviunipcg. Others were plann- ing evacuation.

Toronto Man is Sentenced To llang

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TORONTO. April 22 - (C?) — Leslie Davidson was found guilty today oi murder in the March 1 shooting in a downtown restaurant of Mrs. Margaret. (Mickey)

Meredith. ile was sentenced l0 l)! hanged June 29. *

still was aboard as the marched off the attackers. The bottle was

has removed crews

several ships of the and on Sunday night freighter J. A. France, all little hindrance from police

Find Negligence in St. John's Fire

5T. JOHN'S, Nfld, Edward Emerson

crew. The C. L. S. U. crew locket.‘ itself in a section oi’ the ship and police

part of a long dispute between the C. S. U. and

the 0.8.1., and two. other lines which claim the Union is Com- munlst led.

For nearly n week the C. S. U. forcibly from three line: stoned the wlLll

Afl I- The report of Chief Justice Sir released today found negligence by the Depart-

Wiii llot Solve decade's Problem

(By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Apr. 22~Canada was warned today that even a big share lll the European Recovery Program would not in itself solve her im- mediate forelgn exchange prob- lem.

The statement was made by Graham Towers. chairman of the Foreign Exchange Control Board. 1n the Boards annual report. It was tabled in the Commons.

E.R.P., undertaken by the Un- ited States, would "almost certain- ly afford an opportunity for Can- ada to earn more convertible ex- change from shipments to Europe than would otherwise be the case."

h‘ was trapped for 3 1-2 hours on the bottom of Now York Harbor.

"It was cold down there. ‘Thank God I'm alive." were the first words o! the diver, Edward cm“- tiansen, when he finally was haul- ed to safety 30 feet. above. Phys- icians said he “as in "fair con- dition."

The diver was almost complete- ly buried when mud on the sides of a lO-fcoi; underwater dltoh, in which he was laying a telephone cable. suddenly caved in on him. He. also was pinioned by the cable. Fifteen divers, both navy per- sonnel and civilian workers, par- ticipated in the rescue. Hundreds of persona thronged the area near the northern tip of Staten Island to which rescue efforts.

A serious hazard developed amid rescue efforts. A dredge some dia- MM! HWY. unaware of wlhat was happening, ran illp a signal that it

tug reacheLthsndredge just a: the blast was about to be set off.

Soon after ha was trapped Ohristlansen told those on the surface via his telephone that he was pinned in a double-up pos- lllon. mu he said:

"I'm still all right but I'm get- ting very weak."

Then: I

"W! Kelli-int.‘ pretty tooth down here."

In relays of LWO, (he divers be- gan descending at. the scene to try to free him. Ohrlatianserl said:

"Well, I hope they'll be able to get me out of here soon."

Later:

"FOr God's sake, tell them to hurry, I'm buried altogether."

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TORONTO, April ‘AZ-Minimum and maximum temperatures:

Vancouver 45, 55; Edmonton 38, 3'1; Calgary 34. 55; Winnipeg 39.

Then came the rescue.

Asked if he would go back to] diving, Christlanren said:

"You bet, I can go back to work now if they want,"

5T; Regina. 34, 60; Toronto 3'7, 0i: Ottawa 29, 6B; Montreal 37. 62: Quebec 30, 40; Saint John 2T, 48»: Moncton 24. M: Halifax 3S, 8'7’. Charlottetown 25. 45; Sydney 2G. 36; Yarmouth. 30. 48. ~ HALIFAX, April 22 - Weather

Packers Ltd. every Tuesday. Write M‘ phone collect, R. N. Dawson, Cfcpald.

nlent of Public Health and Welfare and the City Council in the fire which destroyed the i-luii old W0’ pic's home here Feb. l0. Thirty-four persons died in the fire and only cight were rescued.

said Mr. Towers.

But he added:

“It is important. for us to realize that even a. European reconstruc- tion program providing for very

synopsis and official inland forc- casts issued by the Dominion Public Weather Office tonight. Synopsis: The weather was fine over the Marltimes Thursday. Ten-l-

Arab ’ Leaders Agree 3W3 ski“ 95 l"!!!

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m'zll<"ii_sliltlon—lndian _Rlvcr Dra- a c club will present their play

213W“ Duh " in Kinkorra nan. av. April 23rd. n. aso. Good llitcialties.

II Pmflidins Hoes for Canada Mona"! Ltd. st Murray Ji-lver. T“ w. aetn April. Bella River, ‘Milo mh April. a. n. ma:

"Retains: and loading hogs all ‘xglgfldfl! at our pens, Railway posslb- 1311C“!!! "WM! Ill”! M le. Phone 1407. Livestock

“Milne Board.

,|vi'lie Amgpmgtln‘ o! u“ gsgsuc mu 0a.. will be held m" “Y "shine. April mo. at the busi- fvsrvone interested in en- “QI! of Crsnaud Hall kindly - B. c. Wood. Secretary.

FOR Hoe cottscr|uo' ANNOUNCEMENTS

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I-IAIFA, Palestine, April I2 — (AP) - Arab leaders to a Jewish bill/a today and agreed to

_ evacuate Haifa, one of the most

important port cities in the Mid- dle East. - Zionist militia began a whirl- wlnd attack for control of Haifa Wednesday whbn British forces withdrew. from all but the port area, a headquartersseotion and a narrow strip-linking the two. By noon today they had forced the Arabs to sue for place titroulh British mediation. Arabs called the battle a "massacre an- other Stalingrad" for which they were unnrevlrvfl-

‘rhe Jews. issued a cease-fire order and laid ddlm a stringent "' ti‘??? ‘°' "' i?” Li“?