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HALIFAX. June 8 — (C?) -.' Disabled veteran; in hospital ,rnay find means cf publicaliy aching objects they make in occupational iherapyvclasses through a suggest- ion made here today at the Im- perial Order Daughters of the Empire 46th annual meeting.

ma. J. I-I. Ohiponarr of Toronto told bhe 400 represen " “ " ‘mg the fifth day of sessions that leaiher and wood work produced by veterans in those coursed could be aold in special booths at IJOJJJd. fairs or bazaars.

She said some Montreal depart- ment stores had sold this work in veterans’ booths, and she h ed stores in other cities would ow tine example.

Reporting on the err-service personnel committee, Mrs. Giiponsn said the main problem encounter- cri by veterans was housing. Many chapters had tried to give assist- ance to families living in one

room. .

a total of $32,279 has been spent during the last year by the cx- servlce personnel committee on service libraries, Christmas cheer, hospital treats, remembrance day services and emergency relief. Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only Provinces which have contributed to emergency relief. since most veterans are advised to sea: financial assistance from existing local agencies.

Hospital visiting is, the most wide- spread activity of this committee: from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island, individuals, groups or chapters visit veterans in their homes. in D.V.A-. hospitals, training centres cr sanatnrinznns. ‘They usual- ly bring small gifts.

“The value of hospital visiting is more than the gifts themselves, for if a visitor goes regularily she becomes a friend. and in nanny rates ls able to help in more per-

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iio Decision Dn Site 0i Federal Building

(By The Canadian Press) ~

UITAIWiA. June fl-Works Min- ister Fournier said today in the Commons no decision has yell been taken on the site of a Federal pub- lic imulldlng to be erected in Glar- iottetown.

He was replying to W. Chester S. McLure (PC-Queens).

Coming Events

"See “Johnny Get Your Girl" by “EDDY Workers Club, Min-ray Har- bor Hall, June 4th. Curtain 8.15.

"Danced Mt. Qtawart every Eulrsday night. Eastern Rhythm

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‘fBee Cardigan Play m 5t. Ter- ziesk: Hall on June 7th. Dance

"Dance every Saturday, Mon"- ir-sue Curling Rink, Webster's Or- cllestrg,

"Cake Sale in aid‘ of Basilica Alter Society at Hehnans, satur- dlv afternon. »

“Dance nrsdahaue Thursday. tune 3rd. Rollie mcxenswr or-

“Dliice spring Valley’ Ride! 3"" 4th. Rollie mcliensieb or: chestra. ~

"Don't miss the regular nam- 4‘! even! “u; "nun" , "1 0111b. ‘gsvellers ltest. cm

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(By The Canadian Press)

Gigantic forest fires in North- ern Ontario were fought today with still nether apon 7- a. ban on non-essential bushland travel. ‘

Flames crackled a oss more than 125.000 amok mhrouded acres, gulp‘ _ rich timber, kill- ing wildlife and endangering dumber camps. So far no settle- ment has been threatened.

Biggest danger spot in the lake-studded north is the Jidississagl Provincial Forest, which at one point is only as miles northeast of Sault Ste. Marie.

Two huge fires —,one of al- most 50.000 acres, astride the unfinished Chapleau-Bllnd River road; one of 40,000 acres farther south - now are only about I0 mile; apart.

A ‘Iii-mile single front will be established 1f the two fires are linked.

The travel ban, announced yesterday by the Provincial Lands Department, does not affect highway travel in settled districts. But it does bar tourists, trap ers and fisher- men from ,000,000 square miles of bushland.

This area stretches from the Manitoba border to the Quebec border, north to the Canadian National Railways’ northern Ilne and south to North Bay. It also includes Algonquin Park, south of North Bay.

t Preshyterians

ilame Moderator

TORONTO. June 2-—(CP)--R.ev. C. Ritchie Bell. i3. of MacVicsr Memorial Church, Montreal, to- night was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the 74th General Assembly i101’!-

He succeeds Rev. Chem-ii 3- MacDonald of Lucknow, Ont.

The new Moderator, choice of some 220 delegates at the Assem- bly, was born in Sher-brooks, Que. earned his Bachelor of Arts De- gree at Bishop's University, Len- noxville, Que. and completed his theological training at Presbyter- ian college, Montreal.

He is s. former Moderator of the Montreal Presbytery and last year was named Moderator of the Syn- od of Montreal and Ottawa. Be- fore that he was minister at St. James Presbyterian church at Truro, N B.

ByAIOlI-IIN P. McKNIGBT

VATICAN CDTY. June I-(AP)—- Polie Pius today put the weight of the Roman catholic Church be- hind social reforms in the post- war world. i

The pronouncemenbwas an ad- vance over the. famous "reruns novuum" (of new things) encycli- cal of famed Dec XIII in 1001 which proclaimed a modern social outlook for the 10th-century eld church ‘

Today Pius warned the world's rulers they must heed the cries and go to the rescue of "wayward and ambitions hearts". which have

no astray in the "ruin ands-evo- on of the war and its after- math." "Good intentions and fine pre- Jects," he said, are not enough: the world's 060,000,000 catholics

them into practice.” vise ihepeerer clams with nous- ‘inad and work."

Pqie spoke on his Saint's Day. the day consecrated to the rumor! of P0110 manna .1" who died in Reine June 1.007. and who nfisequentlv tacit his place in tbb calendar of Catholic saints. .

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Valley - 0i - Misery Asp Water, Recedes

Engineers Vlarn Danger May llet Bo Dvor; Melting Snows Send Tributaries 0f Fraser To Higher Levels.

By GEORGE FINl-AY

VANCOUVER, June 3 - (CP) —.People ln an B0 mile long "val- ley-of-snisery" took new hope tonight. v

The Fraser River, wihich for

a days has spread misery and ruin

across the rich lands of the Fra- ser Valley, was dropping at- last. The toll now stands at an es- timstcd aeocooooo property lees; more than 50.000 acres of fann- lands flooded, and at least 9,000 town and farm folk homeless. The peak may be passed, but there vwasatlll danger of a sec-

ond destructive wove roaring down to the sea. The South Thompson, racing

through mmmtainotis gorges. was in flood today and continued to higher levels in the last 24 hours. It meets the Ilbaser at Lytton, some 172 air miles from Vancou- ver, and a heavy run-off from the Thompson might mean new disaster for the Fraser Valley.

Chief engineer C12. Webb of the Dominion Water and Power Bureau said the peril may not be over yet.

High telnpesetures were ex- pected in the upper river basin

and these might result in in- creased snow runoffs. Another danger wes soggy

dikes pmqscting the Fraser de- fence works. The major dikes held today against a tremecdails water pressure, but many were weak- enied by days of lactating-mm action.

Hundreds of men - anmy and civilian volunteers continued the "battle of the sandblss."

Ball Ilse Severed

They lost the fight across the river from New Westminster, and Vancouver's last rail link was cut.

A lotto-foot washout sent one swirling Fraser over the tracks of the Great Northern Railway, halting all trains to the south pfrom Vancouver. Service was con- tinued from Seattle to Blaine, Wash" from where a shuttle bus service operated in Vancouver.

CPR. and C.N.R. lines to Das-

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Local Student llas Scholarship Renewed

A renewed scholarship was grant- ed H. Graham Batt of Charlotte- town by the National Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire at Halifax yesterday. seven new post-graduate scholar- ships wercawsrded by the Order, and six scholarships renewed. The latter were granted under the First. World war Memorial Fund and went to students already studying

must "proceed courageously in pub _ The ‘fprgent need" is "to ire--

in British universities.

Puts Catholic Church _ Behind Social Reforms

Ha addressed i’! cardinals who had called to D07 their respects, but the speech was broadcast to a for wider audience. ‘

saying the world was still "falt- ering between peace and war." the Pontii! declared world peace still the No. 1 political problem await- ing solution, and expressed the "profound consternation of all Cluistcndom" that the flames of war had been lighted in Palestine, as well as Greece and China.

lie hailed the acceptance of he "however temporary." au-a "dawn of hope."

{Allow the holy rims to be completely devastated?” he ax- olahsed. “Reduce the ‘peat sep- ulohreofobrlsvto amaesefrub- bio? God grant that the danger of so terrible a scourge may be da- aliy dispelled." -

It was the Pope's first address challe

the , w of rescue. etiva wort which will give substance and

form to the glorious hopes of vic- tory.” .

U. N. truce in thelioirland."

Mr. Gordon Nalrn

Executive Vice President, Life Underwriters Association of Can- ada, who addressed the 3rd annual Sales Congress of the ' ‘ " here yesterday.

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Woman Beaten To Death, Left In Backyard

(By The Canadian Press)

HAIJJFADK, Juno 2—A 35-year-old Irish-bom woman was dragged through waterfront streets of Hal- ifax early today, beaten to death and left in a. cluttered back yard.

Police say they believe the killing was done by Victor Rcbart, 32, s. Negro fireman employed by Camp H111 Hospital. He was arrested to- day on a. charge of murder.

The victim was Mrs. Maureen MacDonald, a native of London- derry. Her husband, a. Canadian naval officer had instituted div- orce proceedings some time ago.

An autopsy showed the woman died from multiple fractures of the facial bones, inflicted by rocks or

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Says Agriculture Minister

Fighting in lioly Land

is Continuing p p.

- Prince today obtained assurance

By MAX BOYD

CAIRD, June 2—(AP)—Thc Is- raeli Government revoked its cease-fire order tonight. It ordered lis troops to resume fighting on all fronts in Palestine where bombing, artillery and infantry attacks were reported in a. half-dozen sectors.

‘Ilne Jewish Government said the order which, it claimed, caused its soldiers to withhold all unprovoked tire since 8 p.m. ADT Tuesday was issued under s. misunderstanding.

The United Nations Security Council asked Arabs and Jews to notify it by 8 p.m. Tuesday wheth- er they would abide by a U. N. appeal for a four-week truce. The Jews said they mistook this dead- line-and accepted it-as the act- ual time for ceasing fire.

The Arabs realized the U.N\. had not set a specific deadline for halting the three-weeks-old war and, apparently, did not slacken their fighting pace. The Jews, un- der their earlier misapprehension, bitterly accused the Arabs of vio- lating the supposed order.

Art Lake Success, the Security Council late today instructed its Palestine mediator to set a cease- fire time and suggested it begin within three days.

Meanwhile, both sides reported major battles in progress in the Holy Land.

lieu Operation May Aid Heart Ailments

-QUmlDC, June 2—-(CP)- Suc- cessfully tried on animals, a new type of operation developed by Dr. Arthur Vincberg ~of Montreal, might be of value to humans stif- fering from heart disease, the Al- erican Association of Throsclc Sur- gery-was told today. The Montreal

' surgeon said the operation would

provide a fresh source of arterial blood to the heart. relieving an- gina pectoris and corcn y throm- bosis conditions. ,

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_ Cairn-ions this week of bill

O‘I'rAWA. June 2 — (Special) - Subsequent to the passage by the E8 respecting the reclamation of marshlamds in Nova icotia, New Brunswick and Prince ward Island, J. Lester Douglas, L eral men-labor for Queen's and J. Watson MacNa-ught Liberal member lor-

from Agriculture Minister Gardin- er that Prince Edward Island will get “proportionate treatment" to that given the other two Mari- time Provinces in agricultural re- lief measures.

While the bill specifies Prince Edward Island as one of the Pro- vinces to participate 1n the marsh recluimation project, ‘Mr. Gardiner told the ‘House that while there are some 80,000 acres of swamp i0 be drained in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the area. of such land in Prince Edward Island amounts to “perhaps a. few hundred acres."

Mr. Gardiner further said: should say about 60 per cent of the marsh is in Nova Scotla and about 40 per cent in New Bruns- wick."

Today Mir. MacNaugiht who was unavoidably absent from the chamber when the measure came under discussion, asked Hr. Gardiner where Prince Edward Isla/nd ca-mc in if Nova. Scotla got G0 pcr cent of the job and New Brunswick 40 per cent. Mr. Gardiner admitted the percentage left f-or the Island was very small, but added that the government contemplated some form of ccmpensatory agricultural assist- ance to the Province in lieu cf a large outlay on marsh draining. Increased use of mrussel-m-"d for fertilizer was one of the projects

the Minister had in mind.

Wank Assurance

Mr. Douglas told The Guardian that he deliberately refrained from asking an intensive marsh-draining program in Prince Edward Island until he had the assurance from agricultural and soil experts that such a program was economically sound, and that the drained land could be made productive.

“It seems to me." the Liberal member for Queen's said. "ililii b!- forg gpending a large sin-n of money in draining the marshlaoids around Mount Stewart, Douglas and (merry Hill, a committee of

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ilewfoundlandors Make Important Decision -Today

ST. JOHN'S. Nifld. Dune I - (cr) -_ In pubs, trams and on street corners ihere and on docks c: hundreds of ouoports, New- foundlanders tossed the referen- dum ball back and forth tonight as they prepared to choose their future for-m of government to-

marrow.

They were faced with their most ‘ CllOlCS 1h hist- ory: Confederation with Canada, return to r - ible swarm ‘ or retention of commission gov- ernment for another five years.

By plane and boat ballots have been taken to outports around the weevy coastline and in Inb- redo/r. Some of them were drop- ped by parachute. Ii: will be at least a week before Labrador re- turns oan set to St. John's.

Some 176.297 Dflsons are elig- ible to vote. Polls will be open from o AIM. to o PM. N.D.T. teso P.M. anrr.) A party must get 5d per cent of the total vote cast to win.

1r there is no clear Imloritv. there will be a. rim-old beoween the two top finishers. ‘Ilhe sec- ond bsllct, if necess y, would be held in about two weeks or just as soon as ballots could again be placed at the polling stations.

OITAJWA, June B-(CiH-Cm- Ida's two major labor organizat- ions today asked the cabinet to disallow the new Prince Edward Island Trade Union Act.

Labor's case was expounded in a 20,000-word brief presented by re- presentatlves of the Trades and Labor Congress and the Canadian Congress of Labor. They oflered 12 reasons for dlsallowance, in- cludlng the contention that the legislation would tum P. E. I. workers into "second class citiz- ens." >

The provincial Act was passed last March. The labor brief said it received second reading on March 16 lifter brief debate, third reading the next day and royal assent on March 26. They argued that this constituted passage with- out due notice to the unions and without giving them an opportun- ity to protest effectively.

Under section 90 of ‘the British North America. Act the Governor- in-Council. on the recommendation of the Justice Minister, has power to disallow provincial legislation within a year of its passge. The Government can slso order‘ s. re- ference to the Supreme Court to determine legality of the legislat- ion or a test case can be promoted.

The Joint Labor brief argued that the eflect of the P. 17.1. Act would be to outlaw all national and international unions, except railway ones, and to confer on the Provincial Secretary power to pro- hibit any union. It would restrict collective bargaining to unorganiz- ed groups of employees and. local,

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By JOHN LeBLANC

OTTAWA, June 2—(CP)—Oper- ations of price-klting combines in Canada's optical trade were stud- ied by Justice Department officials today with a view to possible pro- secutio .

Existence of the combines-arl intricate network of price-fixing devices stretching. from coast to coast-was reported to Justice Min- ister Ilsley by 112A McGregor, com- missioner under the Combines In. vestigation Act, in a 60,ooo-word document.

Operated from an oflice in the Unimd States, the set-up was de. scribed by the commissioner as having controlled ti» price n; more than eo per cent of the spec- tacle frames and mountings sold in Canada, and u having an up- ward influence on lens prices as well.

Unoflicial estimates were that the combines cost spectacle pur- chases millions of dollars a year.

IDNDON. June 2- (CID-The House cf Lords tonight refused to go along with the House of Com. mo!“ in suspending the death penalty for murder in Britain for five years. -

By a vote of 1B1 to N, the Lords

' struck from the CommoflS-lpproy.

ed Criminal Justice Bill a clause suspending hangings in favor of

’ life inlprisonmcnt. The vote cut

across party lines,

Suspension oi’ capital punlgh. ment for the five-year trial period ‘was proved by the Commons in zAprli a IS-vote margin in n free (non-party) vote. Most leg- islative observers predicted the

' Commons now will agree to restore

the death penalty.

But, if the Commons vows to re-insert the clause, the Lords could delay the measure from be-

. coming law for two years by use

of its veto powers.

The Lords’ debate came after weeks during which the proposal in end capital punishment for

. niurder aroused bitter controversy

in the British press and among the public.

The Labor Government. although in favor of retaining the death pen- alty. hsd announced that. it would n. decision. It had allowed its party members to

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Consider Prosecutions Against Combines In Canada’s Optical Trade

Key figure in the scheme, the

commissioner reported, was the American Optlcal- Company of Southbridge, Mass. He named, this company, two of its subsidiaries and i6 Canadian wholesalers as having combined "against the int- erest of the public."

While retailers were not accused of taking part in the combine. Mr. McGregor rapped them generally for falling in line with minimum- price arrangements to share in the profits.

An involved system hlnglng on control of patents was the basis for the combine operations, the commissioner found. Through lic- ensing of patents, the head com- panies were able to dictate prices right down the Ilne to the custom- er.

Named with the American Opti- cal Company as chief figures in the combines were its Canadian

subsidiary. Consolidated Optical

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British Lords Refuse To Suspend Death Penalty

The Lords‘ action raised the question of hat would happen to convicted urderers reprievcd pending completion of legislative action on the bill. Home Secretary Chuier Ede has reprieved four con- victed murderers awaiting execu- tion.

This issue was raised by Lord Goddard, Lord Chief Justice, who said that if the clause did not be- come law future murderers might have "a very legitimate grievance."

"They might say ‘why is the law in be put into force against me if. before the law was altered. those people were let off capital nun- ishment?"

Viscount Jowitt. Lord Chancellor replied that if the death penalty were rejected "it must not be tak- en that the existing arrangements would hold good."

Some peers understood this to mean that if the death penalty should be re-insiated by the Com- mnns the Home Secretary might have tn reconsider the reprieves sl- rsady granted.

However, it is understood that there is no intention of doing that

and that all reprieves will stsndv

whatever the outcome of the death penalty controversy. The only thing that could be reconsidered would

be future policy concerning re- prievee. ,

Subscription Delivered 80.00. ' N!" 05-00. other Provinces b U. S. 07.00.