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COJAITIOOA To Strike Thursday

lied Trap Closes 0n I Nationalist Troops ln Shanghai Area

IS AOQUITTED

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N. S., May p-(CP)-- Howard Slocumb of Wakefield, Mass, was acquitted of manslaughter today in Supreme Court. The charge was laid follow- ing the death ‘by shooting last Nov. l6 of Paul Currier, also of Wake- md, a hunting companion.

Coming Events

‘Play, ‘rracadie Hall. Wednes- lay, May 4th. Dance afterwards.

"Dance Long River Hall Wed- nesday. May i.

"Dance, little Pond "Monday,

May 9th.

"Mail your Films to Gsrnhuni Photo Studio. Charlottetown

"Dance, Byrneb Road School. Piidsy. May 0th.

"coma Ban l-la-ll. Wednesday. May 11th. four act drama followed by dance.

"a meeting 53.“. Central Pariah Manse Committee at O s River, Wednesday. May 4th. a 2 o'clock.

"Animal Prise Shoot at Yofi hall. Wednelday afternoon, May

"Coma to the‘ Variety. Concert in

Iloruina" Bridge Hall, "Thursday.

Ml? 5th. 194B.

“Public speaking contest! King's County finals tonight, St. Peter's Legion Hail.

"Oar Cement to arrive st Vernon last of this week. Phone collect. J. l". Morris, Kinkora.

"Play by Noiboro Players in Sea View Hall Friday night. start- ing at I p-in. . '

"Institute Crckinole Party at John W. Thompson's. Margate, on Friday, Mey 0th Sale of candy.

"Dance in St. Peter's Legion Hall every Tuesday night. Cliff Peters Orchestra,

"Kingston Y, P. U. presents "Where's Grandma" in Kingston llali. Tuesday. May 10th.

"Canadian Legion dance, Hua- iico Hall, Rustlco, Thursday, May l. Good music, refreshments.

"See the comedy drama by Seven Mlle Bay Players. in Thanks- slving Hail, Wellington. Friday. May 6th,

"Sea the Nos-bore play in Searletown Hall May 4, sponsored by the nedequo Junior Farmers.

"Norboio Players will present their play “The Redheaded Step- bhlld" in French River Hall, Wed- mfidby. May 11th,

"Dance in Donagh School. Fri- day. May sin, Lol/teryticket to be ilflwll. Dancing from 9 P. M, till

A. M.

._...- "Don't rah "so. lean Ions a 3 act play by Stanley Bridge Players in New Glasgow Hal-l. Friday. May 6th. at 8.30.

"Birch Grove mu. Friday. my 6th, Indian River-Remington Dra- mstlc Club. presents "Lighthouse "m" Curtain aso sharp.

“Two one-sot plays. “Rumoura Wanted". "All Celts to the Rescue". 5i. Ric's Y. P. U. lngion Hall. "My ought. May 6th. sso r. ll.

"Dancing. Islanders 0111b. ‘liravoliers hast. every ‘nu-s-

hy flight. orenssir western Rhythm Boys. ‘I '-A-_.

"Nob booking clover ma. Farmers. our prleerwill save u moneys

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"Jimmie Power's variety eon- lert at Murray Harbor Friday night "i? 9. starting at 8M. Sale of takes And liliidliil.

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5KANGHAI. M81’ i — (Wednes- day) (AP) -- The Shanghai garrison command today admitted the loss of Hangchow, Nationalist escape port 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. -

(Communist control of Hsngchow seals off Shanghai by land rom the rest of China and closes the trap on Nationalist forces remain- ing in the Nanking-Shanghai- Hangchow triangle. Their only exit now is by sea.)

The garrison command com.- munique, issued about l0 a.m.. said the Chekiang Provincial Peace Preservation Corps evacuated Hang- chow at noon yesterday after com- plcting a delaying action. This force was all that was left for the defence of l-langchow.

After the Peace Preservation Corps moved out. the communique isaid, contact with the eeacosst resort city was lost.

There was no fighting in de- fence of Hangchow, the garrison said.

There was no indication, however, that the Reds were closing in any tighter on Shanghai itself. Trains still were iunning to Luchls-Pang. 2d miles westward on the Shanghai- Nanking railway. and to Hashing. 6O miles southwest on the Shang- hai-Hangchow line.

The Communist radio made no mention of ‘I-langcbow ‘Iuesdoy night but said more than U000 Government troops had been taken llflloner at the “conclusion of a great annihilation campaign in the Nanklng-Shanghai-Hangohow triangle ‘oil’ April N."

‘ ilows In Brief

HALIFAX. May 3 —- (OP) - Pbg over tho search area today grounded aircraft engaged in the hunt for a RLQAJ‘. plan; missing since April 2i with seven aboard.

QUEBEC. May 8 - (OP) — Frederic Doriori, Independent

anber for Parliament, for Char- leyolx - Saguensy. announccd to- night he was taking over the dir- eotion of the Progressive Conser- vative foroes in the vast Quebec

electoral district. roncmo. May a - (or) - beslie Frost. premier-designate of

Ontario, and his new cabinet will be mom into office tomorrow. 0n the eve of the mremony there were rumors of widespread cabinet‘ changes. l

ShuldowITAi Delroii . Will Tie lip Oulpul

Alleged Speed-up of Assembly Lines is Cause of Wollrour.

(By The Asoodaied Press)

DETROIT. May 8—An author- ized strike of 80.000 Ford Motor company workers was ordered to- day. The walkout was scheduled to begin at noon Thursday.

Local 800 of the United Auto- mobile Workers (C.I.O.) changed plans in call the strike tomorrow after the international executive board set. the Thursday date.

A shutdown at Ford's big Rouge plant would soon tie up most of the company's far-flung operat- ions.

Both the local and UAW. pre- sident Walter P. Rcuther charged that Ford had speeded uip assem- bly llnes again today. Production rates have been the centre of a diapvuaie for several weeks.

There was no comment from Ford. The company has repeated- ly denied the loca1's charges of a speed-up. '

‘Ihlngs happened in quick and confused succession today. A local committee checked the lines and reported the speed-up.

The local executive board. in , ,, session. ordered the strike at l0 A.M. tomorrow-wha- ther or not the international ap- proved.

Shortly afterward. the interna- tional executive board set the Thursday deadline and announced any walkout. before then would be unauthorised. ’

.In a second emergency session. local 800 agreed to conform to the international’: deadline.

‘llhe announcements broke when it appeared settlement was clear. After an investigation Monday. U. A.W. secretary-treasurer mnll Ma- zey reported Ford had. slowed down the lines to a speed accept- able to the Union.

Ford is the first target of the Union's campaign for social sec- urity benefits. Because of this. top UAW. officials lied made all-out efforts to reach a quick settlement‘ of the speed-up grievance.

KILLED IN’ FALL INTO WELL

AVONPORT. N.S., May 3 (OP) -- Douglas W. King. as. was killed today when he fell into a 25-foot well on his fanm near this Annapolis Valley town. An in- quest will be held May ll

Explosion Sc

(Canadian Press)

A brief fire scare aboard a strike- bound, ammunition-loaded ship in Montreal yesterday (Tuesday) cen- tred attention on that port on the 34th day of the strike called by the Canadian Seaman's Union (T.I..C.)

The short-lived blaze, discovered by longshoremen, came only a few hours after an official warning came from Ottawa that C.S.U. mam- bers who strike in ports abroad are violating the Canada Shipping

ct. The fire broke out among sacks on the deck of the freighter Tri-

"Mont Tillie Goes to Why not coma and her off? ‘Hires act comedy ay presented aChel-rp Valley Junior Farmers in

srry Valley Bali. Irlday, May 0th. Sale of candy,

_ "Will be loading hogs at the er Wlsmors, Brsdsibsns, until 1.30 A. M. Borden Balnali. Hunter River. until noon. Summarslde until following points eaob ‘Thursday: i8) P. ll. and Ksaain toss until 3 P. ll. llaolhmi and ssslsy.

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Ship Burns In Montreal

cape, owned by the Triton Steam- ship Company, Montreal. It was within eight or 10 feet of a hold where ammunition, destined for China and Pakistan, was loaded. A harbor: policeman said there was suspicion the blaze may have been deliberately started.

Exact cause of the oubtrsak was not immediately known. Only ship officers were aboard, directing load- ing of the ammunition cargo.

The C. S. U. crew joined the strike when the Tricape arrived from New York last week.

Firemen from a Montreal water- front station had the. blasc under control within a few minutes.

On other strike fronts, dock- workers in two widely separated ports reversed their previous stand of refusing to work strike-bound ships. '

The leftist-led C. S. U. called the strike March 31 in protest against Plastern Canada owners of deep-sen ships signing contracts with the rival Seafarers‘ International Union (A.F.L.).

The Ottawa statement, directed against seamen and leaders alike of the C.S.U., was issued jointly by Labor Minister Mitchell and Trans- port Mlnlster Chevrier.

It said that of 90 ships which sall out of Atlantic ports, some l5 are tied up by "illegal strikes in ports abroad."

The striking crews were told they must obey lawful commands of

, ship mane s and complete voyages

to their homo ports. Action of the union leaders in calling out the men "or in counselling seamen to disobey the lawful orders ‘of the

Word of the return ‘to work of kers came from lalat John.

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Dr. 0'lliley Arrives To Take Position

-Al Sanalorium

Dr. Cyril F. O'R.liey arrived in Charlottetown last evening to take up his appointment as medical dir- ector on the staff of the Provincial Siiinatorlwm.

Hailing from Ireland. the new appointee is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast and qualified for his Diploma. of Plublic Health at Trinity College, Dufbiln. His ap- pointment was made by the Pro- vincial Sanatorium Commission.

Dr. O'Riley has specialized in thc treatment of T.B. for over three years. m-om a sanatorium in Eng- land he transferred to St. John's Newfoundland Tuberculosis Hos- pital iii 1947, o/nd remained until 1948. His last appointment was at the Rosemary Hospital, shollborne, NS. which has 100 T.B. beds.

THREE SCORE AND TEN

SEOUL-BS. Suffolk, England — (OP)-—The definition of "old folks" here is upwards of ‘f0. The ruling was made at the "Darby and Joan" ciuib, which has 130 members.

Rural School “Choruses At The Music Festival

Seven hundred singing school children from some twenty-five of the smaller rural schools. invaded the Prince of Wales College Audi- torium yesterday afternoon to compete in the Music Festival's School Chorus contests for three, two sind one-loomed schools.

In tho Senior Class 60, Grades 6 to 10. with 22 entries. Maishfleld School was placed first, singing DurlhllTs "Elsie Marley" with "a good tone and keeping the swing." Sizvinoenvs Orphanage, Charlotte- town RP. and Central Royalty schools tied in second place; and Mt. Melllck and West Royalty Schools tied for third position.

Central Royalty Juniors won in Class 55. Grades 1 to 5. with their singing of "Spring Grasses" by. W,W. Gilchrist There were 23 entries 1h this class. Fredericton School came second and St. Vin- cent's Orphanage, Charlottetown RJR. third.

Arriving in the best of spring weather from many parts of the Island in private cars. trucks and buses it was a field day for the country youngsters who had put. in hours of practising for the School Chorus contest.

Lt-Col. LII‘. Imwther. presid- ing. stated that this year's re- sponse was extremely heartening with over three times the number ofalast year's entries, and that he

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WASHINGTON. May 3 —-(AP)— President Truman announced to- day he is agreeing to the release of Gen Lucius D. Clay as United States military commander in Germany.

The President also disclosed that LL-Gen. Clarence R. l-luebner and May-Gen. George P. Hays, Clay's military and military Bflvefflment deputies, "will carry on his work pending the appointment of a civilian high commissioner."

In a statement, Truman said the work "of moral and economic reconstruction“ in the western zone now has reached a point where the Germans "are about: to obtain a greatly-enlarger! measure of political and economic respons- lbility."

Asertlng that "General Clay has completed a prodigious task of administration." the President said the General is being relieved on May 1o, in deference to "his re- quests to be released from his task."

It is known that Truman and State Secretary Acheson are try- ing to persuade John J. McCioy to take the post of-civliinn high com- missloner.

McCIoy is president of the Inter- national Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Clay has been in Germany as

deputy military governor and gov- ernor since 1946. He has said his fondest desire is to return to his home at Marietta, 0a., and "go cat-fishing." The United States, Britain and France have agreed to arrange- rmnts for turning over civilian control to the Germans when a provisional government is establish- cd for the Western zones. Each of the occupying powers would have a civilian high commissioner. Those three would exercise general supervision over the German gov- ernment, partlmiiarly in inter- national dealings arid matters of internal sectirity.

Si. Laurent‘ Plans Maritime Tour

UPIWWA, May 8 —lCP) —-lPrlme 'Minl.ster St. lsd-lllffiflfll ml stgrth a bsrngtm-mj: p0 ca r o e hflxitlmfl ut May 11. it was learned tonight. But he won't visit Newfoundland until later in the election .. .

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the Marltimes sti are tentative, it is understood ‘ha is piannisg tc whip through New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in about aweek and than head back to Ottawa,

, centres. ‘m the times he will visit the provincial capitals of saint

N.’ .,-sna Avonmoutli. .. their have in line vii that on ro- eeaiiy ia some

m ladies ports.

John. Halifax and Charlottetown sad surrounding cities and towns.

l-le may travel wast again or tour Central Canada fora the and of 31:: and their east to tour’ N

Gen. Clay To Retire From Job In Germany

lI-Siidminislralion Suffers Blow ln Labor Aciiipproval

WASHINGTON, Mays (AP) — The Wood Bill retain- ing most of the provisions of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act was approved by the House of Representatives tonight on a 21'! to Z03 roll-call vote which dealt the Truman administra- tion a smashing defeat.

Some further parliamentary manoeuvring was in store be- fore the bill could clear the house and go to the Senate.

' But a coalition of South- ern Democrats a and Northern‘ Republicans bent on retaining the Taft-Hartley law largely in- tact was jubilant.

Conversely the administra- tlon forces. which sought re- peal of the Taft-Hartley law and revival o! the old new-deal Wagner Act in modified fun-n. were plunged into gloom.

Seaman Dismissed On Assault Charge

HALIFAX. May 3--(C!P)--Keith Selig, member of the striking Can- adian sea-men's Union (T. L. C.) was dismissed today in city police court on a charge of causing bod- ily harm to William Miirdock. 68. of New Glasgow, N. S.

Murdock sold he was taken in a oar to the outskirts of the city last week and beaten up bl’ 1°"! men after he arrived in Halifnx by train. He identified Selig as one of his assailants.

Magistrate R. J. Flinn said he would give Selig, a. former Halifax policeman, the "benefit of the doubt."

"The Canadian Seaman's Union nmst be proud’ of the conduct. of their memuwaylayim a man coming into the uity...I sra sure ii must foster public opinion in their favorflsald Magistrate Flinn-

l-le said there would be no ques- tion in his mind ss tc the accus- ed's guilt "if there had been tho slightest support to Murdoch's ev- idence.“

87 Cross Atlantic In Giant Globsrnosler

MOBILE, Ala.. May 8 -— (AP) ._ The _ ‘ passenger load ever to fly the Atlantic was on its way to Britain today in a giant Clobasnasler. Ss-venty- five air force men and a crew of l2 were aboard the 0-41. which had been in use feeding supplies to the Berlin airport. 'f‘hey took off last night from the Brooklyn tir force

bass hie.

lobster Shipping

Mr. Fred Arsenault of Sum- merside. who conducts a cen- riery on Queen's Wharf, hal- embarked on a new enterprlld whereby he expects to be able to keep a supply of live lob- aters on hand not only during the fishing season but all through the summer and fall months,

He has recently had con- structed in his factory four large tanks capable of holding an estimated 15,000 ponuds of live lobsters. These tanks, by means of an electrically control- led pumping system. are kept filled with water drawn from the harbour. An extended length of steel pipe runs out

Experiment In {Baby Hos Needle

‘Extracted From Head

DENVER. May 8 —(A.'P) — It didn‘t seem to matter to nine- month-old Patrick Durtvin that he'd had a. needle extracted from his head.

His mother, ma. Charles Dur- bln, said today the balby appeared as spry as ever today after an op- eration at Denver General Hospital.

The needle. 1 1-2 inches long, was buried in the baby's head with a length of white thread dangling from it when his mother discovered it. He had been playing on the liv- ing room floor.

New Guided Missile Range Planned

into deep water having attach- ed to the outer end a cyllndr]. cal-shaped receptacle or tank which rests on bottom; it is perforated with small openings to allow the water to enter the pipe and at the same time prevents other objects from entering it. Water can be Pumped at will into tanks in- side the building where the lobsters are impounded and a steady flow in‘ and out of the tanks maintained if so desired. The work of building the tanks has been in progress for the last month.

Mr. Arsenault expects to be able to supply a good quantity of lobsters for the Boston mar- ket by means of refrigerator trucks-S.

Nexi Move In Berlin Dispute llp , To Russia

NEW YORK, May 3 -(C?)_ A Western-Powers time-tabla m- 1111;. ing the Berlin blockade and Open. in: East-West efforts to settle m. over-all German problem today was delivered to Russia, an Suthufltgf, ive diplomatic source said,

The next move, he indicated, is "P £0 Jakob A. Maiik, Soviet dep. uty foreign minister representing Rilssia. in the series of top-secret talks held since Feb, 15 with Philip C. Jessup. United States ambassa- dor-at-large. '

Representatives of Britain, the United States and France remained in their New York offices today. apparently awaiting a. phone call I0 brim; them into conference with Malik. -

M-slik answered "no comment" to

WASHINGTON, May 8 — (AP) - ‘The United States is negotiat- ing with Britain to set up a guid- edmlsaile range with launching sites in Piorida and a checking station in the Bahama Islands.

This was disclosed today by the State Departments press officer. Michael McDennott. He said talks have been going on for “some time" and indicated the Joint pro- ject is in the fixlal stage of dip- lnrnatic arrangements. “ missiles would be launched from somewhere in Florida - he did not say exactly where — and ra- dar stations in the Bahamas would check their course,

Where the missiles would ev- entually come down, McDrnnott did not say.

Legislation to establish a 3,000- milo testing range for the missiles cleared tho Senate yesterday and needs only final house approval before going to President mall.

Manslaughter Verdict Iii Lye-Beer Dslofli o"

I-IOULTDN. Me . May Zi-QAP) ._. A Jury late today convicted Carl Peterson, 39-year-old Fort Fair- fleld, Me, farmhand. of man- slaughter in the lye-beer death of his fiancee,

Peterson showed no apparent emOlIOn as the foreman of the

lobaeriplosis Delivered ll- llail 88.00: other Provinces

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AMICHI AFTER EXPLOSl0NS, F IRE

One Member ilf Grow In Hospital

Broken W-lndows Otnlg Damage Caused on Land.

NEWCASTLE. NJ. my 8 - (OP) — A fire-blackened hulk. i314 TW-ton tanker Eikliound sank ll mid-stream of the Miramlchi River here late tonight after two explosions ripped throilih m! nearly emptY W860!-

Onefsembflfifihelii-mm crew, fireman Wesley Weagles of Brldgewater. N.S.. was reported "doing well" after being take" unconscious to the Miramiohi Hospital. He was 851W? 111 h“ bunk when the first blast occur- red. .

Capt. Gordon T. Weston. Rex- ton, N.B.. and another crew mem- ber, Wilfred Duplessis, Buotouchc. N3" suffered minor bums. The latter was released from hospital tonight. Capt. Weston had 40' cllned to leave the scene and re-