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OTTAWA. April 6 - (C?) — income Tax allowances on farm homes were announced in the

commons today by’ Revenue Minister McCann. Retroactive to c1040. thl will!!!"

‘id. farmers residing on the farm m” claim depreciation on the cost of the farm home at one-quarter the usual depreciation rate and ‘m; may claim one-quarter tho mt of repairs w the hem be- sides the full coat of light, power. telephone, fire lnsuranoe and other hTieJle-preciatlon is the estimate of annual wear-and-tear on a Pm‘ “fly, Along with the other Items. u" depreciation allowance WWII! u. deducted rrom the farmer's tax- able income.) .

To Establish i Wild mi Zoo

flAIJFAX, April 0 - (C?) - Lands and Forests MluirtsraA; W- Mackenzie told 0 Nova Bcotla 11-083mm" W!“ m“ his department would establish a wild life zoo at Shubenacadie, N. l’ m" the railway town of Trum.

The Minister was replvinl W l question from A. H. MacKinnon (1,._invemess) if any further dc- 'eciopment was being Film)“ W hi; department at ‘Shubenacadie. "M the time the House was in com- mittec on supply to consider de- partment's, estimates for the com- ing fiscal year-

Mr. Mackenzie said every speci- men of wild Ilio in Nova Bcotis ‘fll be on exhibit. The mo. to he located near the department's pre- sent building at Shubenacadie. will be established for benefit oi the pgqplg of the Province and as a tourist attraction.

News In Brief

,mm_-,N, a...“ 4 -<ar>- rue Uuietry- of Health wanted 606W" auovornritointocaytebawlihe "alert for signs of small x anions " ngera andmrew tho ales-m- ghdp Mooltan. The shin arrived I" Ilondon from Australia 8011"!" ma ass passengers and I m" °I an. ‘Ibday the death at sea cf an Australian ire-sensor W" 41'8"" ed as due to ans-Ill”!-

aaommau. Avril 4 4°?) "' Rev. c. Ritchie null. modem" Assembly of

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yatican would be inter-PM“! ,§bers of his church aunt act to line up another lax-adv irrctestant country behind the gnu-communal crusade d '3" Dr. Bell said that such

g mo” Ifilild "($198M TUIQIN ‘Im-

g.‘ division between the re- Ilgimll forces either lnuCanada or In the would as a whole.

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VANCOUVER - (C?) — Vlfi- eouver has lost its last aurvlvlfll father of incorporation. Henry Blair, who died recenuy in an "\- firmary at the ego of 87. WI! °"' a! 126 residents who 83 Y0!" 13° signed a petition for a city char!"-

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LEGION CARD PAITY -'rnen was another large the Isesiolrs weekly auction forty fives 08M party last night, up. wards of twenty tables being play- ed. First prise for the ladies went to Miss Annie Joseph with Mrs. V. J. NloEachern second. "Ladies con- solation ps-iae was ivon by Mira. Gus Bowling. Mr. Henry A. McLeod ltd the race for the gent’: prise with Mr. Rat-kc: Whltloit and‘ Mr. P. J. McDonald winning ‘the consolation prize. The from out was won by Mir. and Mrs. Ver- non J. Mcliachern and the door prise by MI‘. Parker Whitlock.

P5133 - RBI-lair: to the front of St. Peter's Cathedral were eon- aidered at a recent congregational meeting. and it was decided to have steel plates bolted on to the corners o! the present front to ensure its stability until restorat- ion work can be undertaken. 1t was also decided to repair the

the roof." to decorate the intlior of the

church and to take against fire hsaprda.

Y. P. S. MEETING-The regular meeting of the Central Christian Church Young People's Society met last night In the church hall. A spirited sing-song began the even- ing's activities. The presldenwMIas June Moore directed the devotional exercises. Miss Joyce‘ MacSwaIn read the scripture lesson; Miss Betty Stewart presented the devo- tlonal thought. The‘ theme was "Service Beyond Self." Concluding the evening's program Miss Moore Introduced to the group the guest speaker of the evening, Mr. Walton

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Department who gave a most infor- mative dlscourse on the subject of "Photography". A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Sharpe by Mr. M.

D. Dunbar, minister.

AWARDED GILWELL BEADS - Mr. George Anderson. P.E.I. lileld Commissioner for Boy Scouts. was presented with Gilweil beads by Mr. E1". Mills. Execu- tivo Commissioner for ‘ITIJIIIIII, Ottawa. at the concluding session of a district prelknlnary training course for Bcouters at Hoartz Hail last night. Mrs. Harry Cudmore. "Presenting the Red Cross Soc- iety. catered the assistance of the Red Cross in I'll-at Aid training to Scouters. A sodal evening follow- ed for members attending the Soouters course and the "Akela" course. Today Mr. Mills will meet with members of the Provincial Boy Scout executive and committees. He leaves on return to Ottawa Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Eali loft this morning for North Sydney accom- panying the body of Mrs. Fall's brother, Herbert P. MecLean.

Mslnequo ‘ home Monday night from Montreal after a pleasant holiday spent with her cousin, Capt. James A. and Mrs. Gamble.

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settled condition for so long."

A follow-up telegram from Rygn, the uiinlater slid. asked owners to advise if “you are now in a position to assure mo crews on your vessels will not come under, domination of Communists in order that loading and unloading instructions may be given my people."

Mr. Mitchell observed that the l‘

ANDREW — At the Prince Edward Island I-lomital on April 5th. 1049, to MaJor and Mrs. Wallace J. Andrew. East Royalty, a son (Roger George). 8 In. 4 os.

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anomaly-ass the P. E. I. ilolnltal Tuesday, April 5, Herbert P. Mec- Lean In his 09th year. Formerly 01 Leltches Creek, CBPEBPELOTI. The remains were forwarded from the MacLean Funeral Home this morn- Inl to the w. J. Dooley Funeral Home, North Sydney.

LHOKY-At her home, Mlaccuche. Tuesday, April s, 194s, ma. Jcssvh Lecky. Body taken from the Comp- ton Funeral Home to her late real- dence last evening from where the funeral will be held on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock‘to Mlacouche Church. Interment Miaeenehe Cemetery.

MALLAltD-The remains of How- ‘alrd Mallard of Clear Springs.‘ whose death occurred In a car ac- kident In Hamilton, Ontario, Sat- urday, arrived in Charlottetown- last evening and were conveyed to ‘the A. A. l-lenneasey Funeral Home ‘where he will rest until this after- poon and then be transferred to the residence of his father, James Mal- lard.’ Clear Springs, from where the funeral will take place Friday morning to St. Margaret's Church for the funeral Mass at 9.30. Inter- snent will be In the Church ceme- w- "

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' The fatally of the late Imnan H. MacArthur wish to thslt the §nany mtg; who a; kihzdlyyes- flowers, and’ deeds in’ thou-dead’ bereavement. "

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was to operations in the UB1! wlhlre the ILA. i; the dom- inant longahore union on the east coast.

Mr. Mitchell wont on to say that

"these communications may have an indirect bearing on tho owners’ consideration of the matter." ' At the time. he was giving the House an account of the dispute which led to the strike, in response to a question from Angus Mac- Innla (OCR-Vancouver South).

The Ryan letter made public by the Minister Indicated that the Ipngshoromenb Union was failing in l e with the American Federa- tion c! Labor in its dispute with the ‘rrades. and Labor Comte-as of Canada over the question of Com- munist elements in that congraan

The Seafarers‘ Union was brought into Canada by Prank Hall. anti-Red Rail Union ehM

ftwi Montreal, who fell into dis- hvor with ‘Ir-LC. leadlrship last year by bio move aimed at freezing out the Canadian Seaman's Union.

suspended from the ounglau for a time for his action.

Recently. the Congress and the group ol’ anti-Communist union chiefs led by Hall foxuned a joint committee in an attempt to settle thilr differences.

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IOI CALI-l“! PONY MASSEY- ‘lfarrls tractor. Fully equipped like new. Used a few months. 8150 lass than present price. Walter S. Weeks, Hunter River.

I0! IALI — BELGIAN MARI. Chestnut. ‘I years, 1300 pounds. General urpose horse, bay, 0 years. 1% pounds. Both horses d bred, fat. sound and good workers. 0B0 each. Reason for selling alng tractor. Louis and W tor lleOouri, Emerald.

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Blank shield left on Parliament Buildings“ for. Newfoundland! crest is circled. celebrations throughout the land marked New- foundland’: confederation with the rest of the Dominion. Three hundred and twenty-five thousand people became Canadians when Canada's 10th. province joined the Dcminion. Canada's oovuisiivn is now 13,208,000. Union b11085 Canada's area to 3.842.000 sqilfl-PB miles, compared with Eumpfl 3.776.000 square miles.

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a blast at the pact within the next few days.

Dr. Herbert V. Evatt. Australia's external affairs minister and pres- ident of the assembly, strongly criticized the "great powers" in his 15-minute opening address before the Se-mecnber assembly.

“In the last few years. dlfflflllllts have arisen and often also suspic; Ion and lack of co-operatlon. Evatt said. “These difficulties were not caused by the United Nations .. .nearly all the difficulties have been caused by great power dis- agreements outside and independ- ent of the United Nations".

stressing the prunsry role of the UN. in making world peace Evatt added:

“It alone can 81W"! I- wmmm‘ Ignpetug and purpose to the efforts for peace‘ made throughout the wiorld."

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lomatic courier named Milsky. Milateln, Thg former Soviet Em- bassy cipher clerk added, met Sam Carr in Montreal and ar- ranged for him to meet a R118- sian every three months.

Before county judge A.G. Mc- Dougail. the crown called Gou- llenko as the first and moat 1m- portant of i3 witnesses it intends calling to back a charge that Carr conspired with Embassy officials to utter a. forged passport for a Bovlet agent operating ili the US. under Lh, fake name of Ignacy Witczak.

Can- ,loaded not guilty in a high, firm voice and spent the morning session watching 12 ‘jury- men picked from 8'1 who faced the challenges of defence counsel Jos- eph Sedgvwlch and crown counsel J.R.. Cartwright.

Gouzenko, guarded by his four plairlclothes R.C.M.P.. bodyguards, was on the stand throughout the afternoon and will return tomor- row morning for further cross-ex- amination by defence. Little of what he said in 2% hours was new.

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allies in Europe and render them impotent.

His remarks took on added significance when ho explained that he had been requested by the state department "to comment publicly on the military security

pact, and its implementation."

.'I'he defence pact, signed Monday In Washington, will soon be up for Senate ratification. The administ- ration plam to follow it up with a request for funds to rearm Europe. There have been predictions that this program might total $1.200,- 000.000 or more for the first year.

Referring to the defence treaty, Bradley said:

"Strategically, the pact ‘would enable free nations of the Old World and tho new to funnel the great arength of our New World to the ramparts of the old, and thus challenge an enemy where ho would trangress. At present the balance of military power is cent- red In the United States, 8,000 miles from the heart of Europe. »

"It must be preicctly apparent to the people of the United States that we cannot count on friends in Western Europe if our strategy in the event of war dictates that we shall first abandon themto the enemy with a e of later liberation. . .

"It Isa strategy that would pro- duce nothing better than impotent and disillusioned allies in the event of war. v

"Unless plans for common de- fence of the existing free world provide for the security of West-

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em Ililrope.,these people cannot be expected to stake their lives on the common cause." . ' The general. who led American ground forces In mmpe In the last war. made his remarks In a prepared for a meeting of Jewish war veterans.

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He reiterated that the Atlantic pact Io a document .of'peaoe. __ l

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‘In the hospital's nursery, fire- men found the charred bodies of eight new-horn infants, still in thelrflame-blackened metal cribs.

Ben Biedenher, 66, a male nurse, suffered severe burns in helping a dozen patients to safety. Sobblng hysterically, he said he tried in vain "to lead others out —- "but I couldn't, the place was a whole bath of flame."

Fire Chief Frank Wilkins said

the fire started in the basement, then shot up the laundry chute and elevator shafts. In Springfield. Governor E. Stevenson ordered ‘ the state Fire Marshal to ‘re-examine all Illinois hospitals. The Marshal said that St. Anthony's compiled in 1042 with certain fire safety changes his office had recommend- ed in 1940.

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tal within an hour after the alarm.

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rived with iiremen, huge puffs of flames and smoke were shooting from the top floors and from the

front entrance.

W. R. Cranneil, 30, was asleep at

his home across the street when his wife shouted: "Oh, my God, 1ook!" Patients were sitting in windows, ready to jump. Crannell said:

"I ghoilered, ‘don't jump.’ and tried to get blankets for life nets. But when I got back it was too late.

“Three or four jumped right around me. 1f you ever heard a sickening sound, you should hear someone hit the ground after a three-floor

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who had been on the alert for a possible clash left the hotel momentarily. ‘

Seeing the coast was clear. it was reported, a gong of men en- tered‘ the hotel lobby. Some car- ried blackjacks or clubs.

In a matter or two or three minutes. they broke into rooms and beat any S.I.U. members they found. Then they fled before pol- ice. summoned by the hotel man- ager, ooruld arrive.

Supt. D. I... McGibbon, RCMP. head in New Brunswick. said to- night that no anrcsts had been made but that about 25 mm. picked up In a truck and one car. were being held at Harvey for questioning as to their identities.

The four injured seamen from Montreal also were taken to Har- vey for treatment at a doctor's office.

Supt. McGib-bon said summon- ses would be issued if ohari39$ were laid.

A spokesman at the ‘C. S. U. office in saint John disclaimer! any knowledge of the incident aside from what he had heard in a radio report.

Situation, Tense

natmax. Aoril 5 —~ <0?) The situation was tense along the waterfront tmlieiht following first reports of a clash between rival factions in the deep-sea strike-

A c.5111. m-ganlzer said mem- bcrs of his union reported 110M- P. reinforcements arrived In Hali- fax tonight on a Montreal train. R.C.M.P. said they did not klwW of the movement.

Earlier today. some 100 mem- bers oi local o of the Canadian Fish Handlers‘ UHIOII (T-T-LC-l paraded through Halifax streets to the waterfront in an after-work dam tion In support of strik- ing seamen.

Tihostrike was called on east coast deep sea shipping by the CSU. Thursday when flag op- crotors signed working caree- mentr with the S. I. U. Earlier C. S. U. crews struck aboard Cd- nadian Notional Steamship; ves- sels here to back demands for higiber wages and better working conditions.

A spokesman for the Saguenay Terminals Limited, ownerspf the atrikobound freighter Sun Prince at N0. S pier, reported that 40 un- identified seamen boarded the ship this afternoon but left when a security guard commenced sound- ing whistle.

E. W. Strung. company manager here, said the men swarmed up the ganglplailk onto the ship. One man pushed Capt. A. J. Stevenson to one side, But when the captain went to the bridge and blew the ship's whistle, the men left.

He said the men were not arm- ed, but he believed the purpose of the raid was to intimidate the company. They were not pickets.

A skeleton crew of officers was

aboard the Sui. Prince at the time. Harbor and city police later were called in to guard the ship. Meanwhile, small groups of C. S. U. seamen watched the rall- way station here tonight for ex- pected arrlval of S. I. U. crews from Monreal to take over the strike-bound ships. No seamen got off Incoming trains, however, and most of the C. S. U. watchers drif- ted away. Along the waterfront. Canadian National Steamships police kept their watch at gangplanks of tied- up vessels. No other disturbances were reported.

Spreads to France

\ MONTREAL. April 5 - (GP)- Canadlan Seaman's Union offic- ials said today the strike of Can- adian seamen had spread to Rouen, France, who-v. crow mem- bers of the Canadian ship SS Westminster have tied up the ship. The five day strike of the C.S U. was launched following signing of an agreement between members of the Shipping Federation of Canada and the Seafarers Inter- national Union, (A.Fl..) making the S.I.U. the negotiating agent between the shlpovwnera and the seamen.

Total number of Canadian ships tied up in Canada and foreign ports now Is 20.

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year - although it also Is work- ing at present on a decision in an- other mafor issue — the British Columbia Government's applicat- ion for removal of the above- ncrmal "mountain differential" rate oil some freight hauls over the Rockies.

Hearings in the mountain differ- ential case concluded in early Fob- ruory.

With the ZO-per-cent case out of the vray, the freight-rate spot- light shifts immediately to the royal commission on transportat- ion under Hon. W. F. A. Turgeon, ordered by Cabinet to undertake a broad inquiry of national trans- portation problems, expected to be concentrated heavily on the con- tentious freight-rate question.

Tomorrow morning, railway and provincial legal counsel and other

experts are to meet here with members of the Commission and their officials. It was expected they will get together on an agenda and an itinerary for the sweeping inquiry. due to start about mid- May.

Today's concluding session of the rate-Increase hearing ivas devoted to final rebuttal argument by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways, In reply to rarli- er submissions by counsel repre- senting the seven Provinces opposed to rate boosts. b

F. C. S. Evans. vice-president and general counsel of the C. P. R... closed the presentation for that company.

BOSTON, April 4 —(AP) -—East- em Steamship Lines announced to- daythe resumption of its passeng- er service between Boston and Yarmouth, NS, June 17. There will be three weekly round trips until Sept. 18. when the service again will be discontinued. The trcmpany had expressed doubt whether it would resume the run this year be- cause of the coet. It was emphasis- ed, following today's meeting 0i me board of directors. that the firm ronld not promise service beyond

U115 summer.

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“Commodore llihhard And Mrs. Ilibhard Will Reside llere

AttfflCLEd t0 SCLLIQ Ln Edy-mg Edward Island as a result of va- wtlonlng here for the past four years. Commodore Godfrey M. Hibbard. c. B. E, R.C.N. fRetd.) and Mrs. Hi-bbard are preparing to take over the Kinlook property of C01. Cecil Stewart near Kep- poch Beach.

Commodore I-Ilbbard and hi; wife have lived in Halifax since the former’; retirement from the Royal Canadian Navy in Septem- bvr. 1946, except for the time spoilt on the Island. ‘Iihey propose to build a cottage on the attrac- tive ZS-ac-re property which ccm- mands a fine view oi Charlotte- town Harbour. The farm house now on the property will be “red as a summer residence and mod- ‘ei-n plumbing will be installed as soon as possible this spring. Part- ly wooded, the Commodore con- templates developing small fruits on the cleared section of the farm. Son 01 Rev. G. F. Hibbard, hon. assistant (retired) at the Angli- can Cathedral in Quebec City. Commodore Hibbard was born in that city and entered what was then the Royal Naval college oi Canada, Halifax, in 1913. He serv- ed with the Royal Navy during World War I. on the New York Patrol, in West Indies’ waters and later with the Grand Fleet aboard the battleship "Erin."