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Read by Eve Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Ditty work wants little talent and no conscience.

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Two Coats.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947

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TRUMAN ASKS 400 IWILLION FOR GREECE, TURKEY

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Abbott Announces Sugar Ration Boost

it... Destroys Bunkhouse At Aihertol South

l-"irc early last night destroyed a rontbnud office and cookihouse at Alberiotl SON-h. m6 limPe-YW °5 l iislternten‘: co-operative. The blaze broke out boforo 7 o'clock. Fisher- men were assisted by the Alberton Fire Department in saving a lobster factor). located a few yards from lite blitzing two-storey building. One wail of the factory was scorch- ed

'l'llcre was no immediate estimate of the loss. However, it included approximately $1.009 wilful 01 he” ring and mackerel new. recently stored in the building. s laflfi quantity of empty cans and flshin! equipment including several boat engines.

Or gin of the blaze was unknown- Worktttcn were in tlhe btllldlfl! dbl‘- lnq the day and had a fire on. The’? wit ltnrdly two hours before the fire was discovered, I

lt tt-as not. learned whether there wag gny Lflfillflflde.

m: \\'.R. Ouiton, chief of the A1- bcrioti fire department tool: about a lluZt-ll men and two chemical vtglttts to tlte fire, about a mile artrl a half from the town of Ai- aerion. They had to travel b! sleigh over snow-blocked roads but

n the meantime residents It Al‘ 2e on Soulih htid brigade and were

ground floor

for“. lottg. 'l‘he the

(tutti as an office and

Kurd‘.

Coming Events

"l ulnadittg car Barley Meal and

131ml. G. C. Green. "Vttrlcly Concert. liul. March 17th.

ttnx social and Dance in Loni; on»... llali, Friday, March 14th. in =

n tl oi ilink. ,_

"Unloading cal‘ of Oats Thurs- dttt, llarcrh 13th. Wiltshire Dairy-

in;

‘iiottc races at. Oyster Bed tun» sntisrday. March l5. Plan-

lcc. Four classes expected.

"Loading Hogs at Peaku Sla- Thursday for Canada

flan cach

PLILRCYS Lid. Merlin Devine.

' ‘Loading Hogs

"loading Hogs at Cardigan sts-

ffllnn each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan

"Loading hogs at St. Peters for

"the Canadian sweet tooth got s

organized s doing good

\. 'lltc building destroyed was up; uroxtntatelv 25 feet wide and 30

was cook liTCmE was located on the setfllld

Bridgetown

st Montague Station each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

Canada Packers Ltd.. each Tuesday for truck pickup service from farm lo car Phone Roddle Pratt.

"Collecting hogs-each Tuesday for Canada Packers Ltd.. for truck- ng service through Esrnscliiie Sherry Valley. Vernon. Orwell and ‘Wllluwn. phone Walter Crane 11-12

“Sou the Vernon River Players present their three sct play in Vernon River l-fsll. Monday. March 17th, curtain stvs.15.

“Breeder! Meetings re Artificial insemination to be held in Wheat- ley River Hall Friday, March 14. st 5 Pm. snd Broohfisld Hall Mon- llay. Much 11 st s pm. Farmers of these districts urged to attend.

"Loading livs hogs for Canada Packers st Albany, Thursday from l oelook till 3. Emerald hide! AM. until 11 k. Trucking service when ros Notify A. C. Green. or o. c. omn.

"Collecting Hogs each Friday for Canada, Psehen Ltd. for trucking service through Sumrnervillo. Al- ba"! Plains. Vernon River. Avon- dsls snd Hermitage. Phone Gordon Des 30-2.

"Collecting Hogs for Csasda Packers Ltd. svsry Friday. Bouris. Rollo Bu. Fortune jrtdgo. as: "r Aaaandslo, trusses. ltrsthooao.

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lift today with the sutnouncement in the Commons of a ld-per-cezrlt increase in the individual sugar- preserves ration effective April l. The announcement. made by Finance Minister Abbott. means the allotment of three extra pounds of sugar to each consumer during the remainder of the calendar year. Beginning April l. the indiv- idual ration in each quarter will be lllht potmds instead of seven. The change will b; mode through the validating of an additional one pound ration coupon in each quar- tetr.

Mir. Abbott also announced the industrial sugar ration, now at ‘l0 per cent o4 1041 usage. will be in- .creased to B0 per cant while biscuit and cereal manufacturers will get a i0 per cent boost to 85 per cent and bakers a similar increase to 00 per cent.

Equivalent increases will be ex- tended to quota uses such as ho- tels, restaurants and lmtltutions.

More For Canning?

The homo calming allowance of l0 potuids Per person reaming un- chsinged for the present but, said Mr. Abbott. the Prices Board "hopes to be able" to make two or three additional coupons available during this summer's fruit harvesting sea- son.

While announcing the Increase, Mr. Abbott said the overall world sugar supply position made it “obvlous" that sugar rationing must remain lrt effect for “at least smother l2 months," even thusgh 1047 supplies showed an "encour- aging" improvement.

0n the basis of current estim- ates. Canada, could experi- w llll-

pxovement in her allotment frftm the world pool this year o! not less than l2 per cent and probably not more than 20 per will. The Prices Board had advised that current stocks, and prospective supply i116!- lfled an fiat-crease of about l4 per cent.

These tsllnlules indicated Cun- adn would get at the most 93 pOllnIls 0t raw sugar per caplba, equal lo B7 pounds of refined, or. cm the con-

,servalive view. 86 pounds of raw, ‘equal to B0 pounds of refined. Aci- ‘ual I946 supplies were 71 Pounds of refined suguz". f.“ cc-rtttcciion with Mr. Abbott's statement. it was recalled that (he Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- ported yesterday that refinery stocks of rattv sugar in Canada at Feb. 22 were 110319-9000 pound; ugaltrrst 61,601,000 pounds the same date last year. Stet-its of refined sugar. however, totalled only 193.- t‘/ll,000 pcunds against 205,684,000 last year.

Farm Prices Beeline Slightlygln P. E. I.

OTTAWA. March l2 — (C?) — Buying that farm for the declining years cost 28 per cent more wdsy than it did l0 years ago. The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics reported today the value of occupied Canadian farm lands in 1946 averaged $32 an acre compared with the 1905-30 average of $24.50. Increases over i045 levels were re- ported in sll psovimoes except Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. both of which fell $1 an we. The Itleou attributed the Bil‘- eral increase to advances in Price! of fut-m products and lllvPllfl- TM price index of agricultural rrwdllsls l-sst year was 00.5 PM‘ cent above the 1086-90 level atrtd the fssm sup-

. Girl Latest

and King George, who that the United Statcs was the only hope for Greece. They had in- dicated that the present situation

Premier Msxlmos of Greece. left. Minister Constantin Tsaldul; In a had said r Truman hat nlg-iit compared his speech with President. Roosevelt's declaration of lend-louse during the was desperate. snd Greek I-‘orelgnt war.

‘ mehsoge to President

King Gov’t Given Vote , 0f Confidence

B] (160116 Klfchen OTTAWA. March 12 -(CP)— Tire Commons completed the long throne Speech debate with a. flour- l-r-ll l-vdsy. defeating Progressive; Conservative and Social Credit non- confidcflwe motions by votes of i34- 84 and 211-13. respectively.

Thus was the way opened {or n. sumption tomorrow otf study of vit- al control lektislation which must be passed by March 31 if war-lm-i posed controls on prices, rentals and other goods and services are not to lapse on that date. Progressive Consarvatlv: and C. C.F. members voted solidly with

Debate 0n Throne Qpeech Is Completed

Had Asked For U. S. Aid A

DtzMacMillanIntervieWed On P. E. I. Subsidy Claims

OTTAWA.‘ O-nt. March 12 - (Special) - Host. Dr. W J.P Mac. Mllla-ll. Opposition leader in the Prince Edtvard Island legislature, fold The Guardian here today that hi5 ctrtqulries and investigations in Ottawa ltztve confirmed hi5 QpLnIQn that the subsidy to be paid the 15. land Province under, the new Do- minton-Pravinclal agreement l; “in- adequate."

“In the llsht o-f what Prince Ed- ward Island has paid in to the D9. mlnion Government. and in the light of the Dominica's prior def- inite committmetrrts to our Prov- ince. (his new subsidy is not what could impartially be called a good bargain. It's a pcor bargain be- cause our Province is not getting

To Remove Gasoline Priee Belling April 1

OTTAWA. March l2 - (CPi -—Ths Prices Board announced tmnlghtfltst effective April 1 the price ceiling on' gasoline and tractor distillate; will be removed and the Dominican excise tax of three cents a gallon on gasolnc will he cntncelled, fltus returning to the Provinces ans-flier field of taxation taken by the Federal Government during the war.

In its annuunczrnetrit the Board sald the “price adjustments which

the Government irtdefeatlttg (he Social Credit motion but the Pro-, gressive Conservatives won the‘, support of the C.C.F. adherents t when the count was taken on their

resolution. 1 A similar CCF. motion was re-

Jected tea-tee last week, i Both motions were in the form:

Nine-year-old

Lust Victim

FRESNO. Calit. Mar-ch 12-bit?) —Esfher Lee Lewis, nine, was found dead today, another victim of fiendish lust.

Police said a sex maniac abduct- ed hcr on her way to school. He!‘ head was crushed. her clothing ripped away. and. said under- sheriff John Ford, she yvas "her- rlbly mutilated."

The body was found beside a dry creek near her homo in nearby. Sanger.

Esther was the youngest of the victims n-f a wave of sadistic slay~ ings in California in the last 6G days. In Los Angeleflfalone. four tvomcn have met death. sup-posed- ly at the hands of perverts. The most. brutal was the mutilation and blscctlng of Elizabeth (the Black Dahlia) Short.

Police said Esther apparently was abducted us she walked the mile front ltci" home to a school bus stup yesterday morning, The crock whore the body was found llcs about. half way to the stop.

Harold Emmick, chief criminal deputy sheriff. said pictures of

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Boston Jewel Thieves

N0 Decision Reached Re Compulsory Closing

No decision was reached st last night's meeting regarding the compulsory closing at 6.30 p.m. of all City retail grocery stores.

The meeting. presided over by Mayor B. Earle acDonald, was held in the City ouncll chamber with the members of the City Council present. . .

On ntotioit c-f Couri. J. D. Stew- art, seconded by Coun. C. M. Cox. it was decided to adjourn the meeting for two weeks in ordcr to give the question more publicity. Should there be no dissenting opinions voiced at the next ntect- ing regarding the compulsory clos- ing of the retail grocery stores, legislation, the resolution stated. would be sought from the Provin- cial Government to prohibit all such twtorcs from remaining open after 6.30 p.m.

Conn. P. C. Dougatt voted against the resolution. His was the only dissenting vote.

Mayor Independent

The meeting opened by His Wor- ship saying he had called the meeting at the request of the rc- lail grocers. Though in the grocery business himself, he had no opin- ion lo express on the question, nt» said. Whether ot" not the grotcrs closed was of no personal interest lo ltlm. since his store was not open at itrght.

Mr. Eugene Kelly, reading from a prepared statement. said there had been for some time past, an agitation c-n the part of many of the retail grocers to have all stores closed at 6.30 p.m.. Saturdays en- cepted. No way had as yet been found to reach a decir-ionon the matter but. recently. the question

Escape With $25,000

I-live well-dressed Jewel thieves to- day sluggod a guard snd snatched ti. $25,030 tray diamonds frorm one of B0eton’| w. gedt jovttelry stores, Krnnsrd and Company. ln the fashionable Ritz- Carltott Hotel.

plies index 46.4 per cent higher.

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IIOIOOW. March IL-(A!) —~A qilrltod catheter-attack by Imost Bevin evoked surprisingly concil- iatory concessions tonight front V. M. Mplotovfin the council of for- eign ministers Just as news of Pro- sident ‘lrumsnb declaration of support to Greece snd Turkey ruched Moscow.

The return of the Russian sm- bases‘ s from Washington snd fnntlon was taken ss on indication that the Rttssism knew thst the

President's move wss in tho off- ing. however. There was no official Bunion

sagalsnotlon on the return of the gmbssssdors. Correspondents who hsvs llvod in Bussls for several yssrs pointed out, fowowlr. that stnss tho foreign secretaries of Britain snd the United ltota sl- reody were in Moscow. ft might

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Vlflevin Counter-attacks At Moscow Conference

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had come to a head by two retull grocers having taken the trouble

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Makes Good Progress In [Opening St. Lawrence MONTREAL. MarchIZ-(CHTM

iicebreaker N.B. McLean smashed hrr rvr" svadilv up the St. Law-

BOSTON. March 12 —(AP)-—

of brooches and

mo" official‘ Md mu“ ‘he 12 miles from Montreal East Loot tmlflghru" ‘:13 $509‘): m" ‘mi when she will tie up will be x“ "o w° m" “WW” known whorl Capt. C. Caron until after an Inventory.

rence River today reaching a point

re- ports to headquarters on ice con- _ dltions nczr Vercheres. the last lap

of am for adoption of the Throne Speech. _the instrument through which the Government outlines its legislative program. with the divisions out of the way. the main motion then was adopted "on diivisicrfl-nvlth- out a formal recorded vote.

Mr. B Speaks

Speaking Just before the divisions began, John Bracken, Progressive Conservative loader. told the Social Creditors his party could support some sections of the Social Credit iuhandment but could not support that which called for the adopt/ion cf Social Credit theories of finance. i-le then outlined the Progressive

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came and a number of other out- standing questions.

~Stanstendl warned that Canada ,was "gradually slithering“ into a iSociallstic position from which it ‘would be difficult for the country

Buplessis Gives Budget Review

QUEBEC, March 13—'-(Thursday) -(OP>-Ptarrtler Duplessls in a ltighltight preview of his Govern-

year announced today: No provinc- ial taxes on personal income; a seven per cont lax on corporation profits and a three-cent increase over the present provincial tax of eight cents a gallon on gasoline.

Dllplessis paralleled the tax chang- cs in the Ontario budget brought down yesterday by

Yeflrfi.

BUINOS AIRES. March l2 —— (Reutersi -'I‘he Paraguay Gov- ernment's "tnass offensive" a- gainst the Parallllayan army reb- els in Conc-zption City. northeast- ern Paraguay. started into today with an air bombardment strategic points around ifte city. a communique in Asuncion. Para-

on the run. P

dors to those countries to be sum- moned home.

No New Tendon

The third session of the minis- ters. st which Molotov agreed to diacloss the number German prisoners of wsr hold in ltussio snd to fiat a date for the destruc- tion of. csrtsln Russian-held Gor- rnsn ships, reflected no lacrosse In tension. r

There scouted to be no doubt, however. that the dovelsgulaolt of United ltltsl Dolls! would iaflusn future sessions. There wss every indication here that stat; Qecretsry Marshall In- tended to conduct ‘ riesn dip- lomocy on the basis that t s Un- ited ltstes was g rsol .

The exchange betwsos tho lus-

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its to the main motion i

Conservative stand on a. bill of rights. the retention of controls, veterans, taxation, farmers‘ in- ‘

In (he debate. John llackett (PC ‘

mom's budget for the 1947-48 fiscal t

The cthartges announced by Mr.

Provincial Treasurer Rest, lhd first in eight

of

guaysn oqsltal. reported tonight.

may follow price decontrol of gas- oline and tractor distlilates will vary in different parts of Can- ada and will depend on the rx- tent to which the cancellation of the Domln’on excise tux will be offset by n new provlncfal tax in the various provinces or through increased laid-down Costs to the refiners on imported crude oil."

as large ‘an amount as it clearly merits," Dr. Macmillan said.

Since coming to Ottawa u Prince Eduard Island's representative on the executive of the Windlass Med- ical Association, Dr. Mach/filler; has been asked a number of questions as to Premier Walter Jones‘ threat f0 outlaw labor unions in the Prov- ince. '

l Scores Jones‘ Attitude

"People who have spoken to me on the subject generally deplore lvfr. Jonas’ attitude towards organ- ized labor". the Opposition leader told this writer. "They have ox- p/ressed surprise that s man in his position should hold such trucu- lctnr, arbitrary and old-fashioned views cn organized Labor. I con- fess I agree with them. After all organized labor is protected biy statute and is recognized in every civilized nation of the world. ft is certainly not for sus to threaten or to fight the worker and the pro- ducer."

Last evening. Dr. Maclvfillan coir»- ferred with Opposition leader John Etrttckctr and lcday lunched with J.M. MacDormell, national pres- ident of the Progressive Conserva- tivo Assoclaiimt.

"1 assured thorn both that om‘ Province will send s. strong repre- sentative delegation to theainnual meeting of the national association on lvilarcit 2B a-rrd 29". DY- MM!-

dtlargarine ‘Bill Debated tln Senate

OTTAWA. March l2 - (C0?)- bSenator W. D. Euler (ii-Ontario) "tcday launched a renewal of his lcampaign to end the Canadian lprchlbllinn against the sale. ‘manufacture and irr-port/atiott of tcleclriargarlite as a substitute for flutter. Moving second reading of a .bill fo amend the Dairy Act, h-e maintairttti that if was unfair to deny the Cnnrtdlzitl consumer a Xhcap and wholcscmc substitute lor butter when the latter was in short supply and stressed that Canada was the lone country in the world which did so.

He mct immediate opposition

Would ti... ll. S. Across Communist Path

By CLYDE BLACKBURN

WASHINGTON. March 12 (CPt President Truman today- asked Cctngress f0; wings-try t.) Place the resources of the United‘ States against the advance of can“ muntstlc’ and totalitarian influence; threatening the democratic systems of Greece and Turkey

His immediate request w“ {or $400,000,000 to be lent to support; the economies of Greece snd m- lleil. and for authority to dispatch "civilian and military personnel." BS leqllefled’ by those oownttries, tc aid in their rehabilitation.

But he made it plain the 11W.- llfld struck when the United Btstes must assume its responsibilities for- world leadership and for protecting weak countries from totalitarian conquest. ‘ » "If we falter tn our leadership We may endanger the peace of thg world - and we shall sin-sly en. danger the welfare of our otwn na_ tlon." he declared.

The president's 21-minute sddrosg to a joiint session of Senate grid» House of Representatives. wag re- ceived with applause by both Dam. ocwsts snd Republicans.

Congrels At Cress-roads

But he had put Congress at the cross-roads by demanding authority to place the United States inro- trtevably within the network o! llflbetlme Elmo/pom erttanglemertts. A hot debate is certain before hi1 request is approved.

‘Hie President said he fully reu- lised this "serious course on which we embark" and he warned that "should we fall to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be far-reaching to the West as well as to the East."

Britain no longer could stand the economic drain of supporting those coon-fries with arms and money. The United States must act and immediately because there was no other country in a position to do it. Adbpllcw of the Presidents pro- posal by Congress rwould shatter the newly revived wave of isola- tlcnlsm and. for the first time apart from vtur periods. send Am- erican arms and political influence abroad i0 supervise the adminis- tration of American money gtnanfi

tn “e-trterge."

Frederic Dorion (lttd-Cltar-‘

levoix-Saguenavl said that the ‘grcm Senator J_ _;_ Kinky (L__. Mum“ 5am

Gavcrnniemlsiypotllcy 8f idggslmgiNova Scull-at iii piloting a private ~ym may sorry that sessional separa e y wt te rov n t ‘ b . .- - D .. n“, ,5. the Dominion-Provincial relations m “mm wphcated M that dunes w“ make u’ m’ m might have "disastrous" resultst The Government was endangering ' confederation.

tvtas defeated after controversial debate during the last Senate sce- sion.

Senator Kinley saw its purpose n5 a dattgct" to farmers and dairy industries. as u boott to the con- centrated areas of fhc nation and a detriment to the small towns and small businesses.

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