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OTTAWA HOPES T0 suz uovnz INDUSTRY m CANADA

Czechoslovakia: Headed For Communist Control!

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Delegation

Meets Federal Cabinet

Ask continuation 0i Policy; Reclamation

And Apple Industry

Largely Attended Farmer Meetings A Are Anticipated

A large Qtend-ance is anticipat- cd at the annual meetings of the various farm organizations in the Province which open at 2 o'clock this afternoon at tho Log- iUZl Hull with the P. E. Island Sheep Breeders in session. Mr. Walter MocKenzle, Brsrlalbane, president. will preside.

In the evening. at '1 o'clock, the P. E. Island Swine Breeders will hold their meeting with the presi- rlont, Mr. Almon Boswell, Marsh- izcld, presiding.

Both meetings are being looked tei-tvnrd to with great interest as i’. is understood the open discus- sions at tho nleetirlga are enpssg. cd to bring out many points of ln- trrcst and importance to those iusaseddn the sheep and hog in- duslries.

The central Fanners‘ institutes mrrt at MiG-Wednesday morning and the Dairymenkr. Assedlation open their sessions at 1:80 pm. night meeting will be held at ‘i130.

Despite the fact that the Provin- clal Legislature also opens today, it is understood that the Minister "7 Agriculture. Hon. W. F. A. Stewart. will find time to address lit-least one of ~ today's‘ ‘farther-t meetings.

Six Persons ills in Cambridge. Mass., Firs

CAMBRIDGE. Mas-a. Feb. 23+- ‘CPl-Slx persons died today and Mic was seriously injured when llrr destroyed the three-storey home of Alan Gregg. I

Mr. and Mrs. Gregg and their four children perished in the blaze which broke out in the downstairs section of the house. Miss Edna Roper. 29, of Glace Bur. N, 5.. maid in the Greg; household. broke her back when "l? léfloed from a third-floor win- rlown into the snow.

Coming Events

"Card Party Legion Hall, Souria, lucstlay, February 24. ‘

"Farmers-We have "PM Prices on feeds. and Boyle.

DOW IO- MoCiuigan

"French River concert in New London hall. Tuesday, Feb. 24. If not fine Wednesday,

"Unloading car Sydney at Mi. Herbert Thursday and Friday "I this week. J. n. Drisooll.

'_“Danoe in Bonshaw mu no. Jc. McNeilPs Orchestra. In aid 0! Bonshatv rink,

"Hwy i-I. om: meat‘ Qlflottotoiwtn. $3.» busters va. m; Mile Creek Bulldogs. Skate

"Bliio Wantedc-Paying hirhm Prices for used feed boss. We pay freisht on iota of 100 or mus. P. L. Morris. Ibod Service Mill.

"NW available. indiltd feeding lfllt. mineral. lntxedfoedrof var- rxnéllldl. Ito. Livootocb Food

"Miller Hell at Fredericton for Canada Packers ovary Thursday tm 11 A. M. and Colville until f2; D. L. MaoDowoll.

"comets Hunter mm link Tuesday light and see Millvale 5R! Rockets play Hunter River

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‘com novelty " tonight. “"111 lame of playoffs between

m“ Royall-v Roma and when gamete. Royals must win or loae “at! of championship. lasso

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Food-grains 0i Morshlaails Also Discussed.

OTTAWA. Feb. 23 -(CP)—-Pro- posolls for reclamation of marsh- iands in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, rehabilitation of the Nova Scotia apple-growing ln- d/ustry and continuance of the Donoinl ‘a feed grains assistance policy for Marl e farmers were placed before the Oablne‘ today by a Government delegation from Nova Scotia. and New Bnmswlck.

Premier Macdonal-d, of Nova- Sootia and Przmler McNe-ir of New Brunswick headed the eight-man delegation, which placed s. joint N. S-NJB. cnarshland scheme before the Government and also tinited in pressing for continuance of the feed grains policy. '

While delegation rmombcrs de- clined to give details of the macsh- lands proposals, they said the plan involved contributions frOm the Dominion, both Provinces and land owners in the huge area of Ilykelands which stretch across the Nova Sootia-New Brunswick boo"-

der. .

Ides of the scheme is to have the low-lying areas. wihose old dykos have dlsimtegratec‘. drained of the encroaching sen water and then irrigated to produce crops. Fbr rmany years, they have been able to produce little more than hay. '

For the Nova Scotia apple in- dustry. the delegation from that Province sought co-operatlon of Federal authorities in replaclus its lost United Kiln/adorn market and aid in transferring the Anna-

lis Valloyoutput to ._vvarietles ‘fitdb e ‘to whatever might be obtained. .

Details of these r mmendat- ions also were not disclosed. but it was stated they would involve both continuance of Federal financial aid that has been given for sever- ‘1 years past, as well as help 111 orlarketiasg.

Policy Not Decided

In feervgradns. the Marithlers wan-led continuance of thehDomln- fan's psucy in paying frvis t "its on uhese commodities from the Head of the Lakes into the Mari- tirnea. The current program in this respect expires July 21 and has ie be renewed yearly by tho 6°"- emment. _

rt was imderatood the eeleoetlw was told the Federal 9011c? l" the coming year had not yet been de-

Members of the deiesstleu- besid- ea the two Premiers. were A811‘ O\lltir9.M1fliStOl‘ A.W. MacKenlle and Deputy Minister F.W. ‘Walsih of Nova Sootla; J.l-l. K108. Debut? Minister ct Aorlculture» "Kl 5- A- uoberts, engineer lnthe Milt-ill": are Department. New Brunswick. an 5111,6031, secretary of the N. S. Fruit Growers’ Association. and R- .r. Leslie. mam/yer of "10 N- 5- Apple Marketing Board.

_____________. UWANK HOTEL FOR MOSCOW

Moscow. m. 2s --(Ranters)— A LDOO-room hotel to be built 50011 in Moscow is to be faced with marble and 801d. it W" 1mm“! today. It is one of a rvumibe o!

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Formal Opening 0f Legislature

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The traditional military difibley will mark the opening at 3 o'clock

this afternoon of the first ‘ of the 46th Legislative Assembly by His Honour Lieuten ‘ Gov- ernor J. A. Bernard.

The ceremony will be attend- ed oy Major General H. W. Poster. C.B.E.. D.S.O.. general officer com- manding Eastern Command, Hali- fax.

A guard p! honour from who 17th Reece Regiment will be in command o‘! Capt ft. D. MeGilliv- ray and 2nd Lieut. George Niec- Rae. The guard will be headed by the regimental band under Band- master Thomas McFar-iane.

An artillery salute of fifteen guns will be fired by the 114th battery, 28th L. A. A. Regiment, under command of Maior C. D. Ives, with Capt. D. McCor-msck in charge of the gun crew.

As noted in yesterday's issue. there will be an investiture fol- lowing the formal opening cere- monies, st which the Lieutenant Governor will present the Mili- tary Cross to Major D. McGowan Montague. and Capt. V. L. ‘Mioc- Donald. Charlottetown; the o. B. E. to Col. F’. I. Andrew. MJNL, 3D,, Charlottetown. and the Military Medal to Sapper H. E. Anette. Peaks! Station.

Alleged Gambling / Set-up iiaided

Police ralded-J alleged gamu- ling establishment on» Richmond

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pl Canadian Mounted Police op peered at the establishment about 1 o'clock and remained there for some time. A trbck was used to take away articles seized.

City Police on duty early this morning said they had not par- tlclpated.

Details of the seizure were lmmedlatcl available.

lnoome Tax Officials ilonier

SAINT JOHN. N. 13-. libb. 23 - (CP) - Income tax officials of the primary producer's section from Charlottetown. Halifax and Ottawa arrived hero today f a two-day conference with D. J. Gill, Ottawa. acting-director of the section.

Mr. Gill said the talks would aim at ironing out accounting problems and giving instruction! in om-npllinl tax figures.

lillll? Alli-fr“

e-r. comer-Nod. ha. as - (or) - Nearly =11 "If!" w" brought to a standstill in this Newfoundland OoPll-li W“! l! 5 howling bllazard swept across the Old Colony. There wora no ro- porto of serious accidents or

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OTPAWIA. Fob. 23 - (OP) — Three Maritime members WW called in the Contmono for e docmtrpllaation of Canadian ln- qugg-y and urged. the development a ‘gm? "as new lnduatrie- in

o artimol.

Peroy Black (PO-Cumberland) Started the discussion durln! 60"‘ tlnuod debate on the section of the fofolllt eaohanae conlorvlllo" mu dealing with the import i=1 capital goods. He aeid the Mari- time Provinces had not shared fairly in the development of new industries during the war and that steps should be taken to correct the situation.

ma statement drew several others into the discussion. includ- ing Claria Gillie (COI-CIPQ Breton loctb) and Gordon Isnor

(b-Gifen).

1ft. sea slid his main critte- ism ofltba oaonanlo legislation no that it contained "no pennan- may.” Thou warns aunt-econ

that industries would find a‘ mar-

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bot for ‘their products for any lefllifl of time. .

shipwrecks.

Maritime Members Maire Plea For East

He dealt particularly ‘iii-h u” buiidinl stone industry in the Maritime. Ho said those provinces (mum provide ptloiilddu! "l? W” of stone required but the lndiilfl"! had moved rstrolrouivoly ll 1"‘ cent years while atone was ID9011- ed from the United Statu-

Mush of the atone used in the Parliament isuuotau m» AW the Maritlmol. It had not deter-

iorated as atone~ M00!“ from Obie d? used’ in the old parliament buildings.

He urged that no atone be fin- ported for public buiidlnas in Can- ads. Worh Miniotl’ Iburnior in- terieoted that no atone load been imported aa no public buiidinll

had been erected in the last l0 years. '1‘. L. Church (PC-Toronto

lroadvlew) said the Government and Canadian banks should not import stone from the U. I. In fact. he said. something should be a?“ to prevent, from meander. the baah were not ai-

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Prowseilroailonate $250 To Appeal

Proweo Bros» Limited. Cher- lotteiewn firm has donated $250.00 to Canadian Appeal for Children Fund. A cheque for this amount was handed ta the Hovlncial Committee yes- terday. In addition to this err.- pioyees of the firm contributed a substantial sum under the Group Employee Plan.

Annual Meeting Royal Edward iihapter l.0.ii.E.

Mrs. '1‘. G. Ives was elected Regent of the Royal r Edward Chapter. Imperial Order Daught- ers of the Empire, at the annual meeting of the Chapter held yes- terday afternoon. Mrs. J. A. Mao- Millan ls the retiring Regent. Mrs. H. J. Gordon was elected Honor- ary Regent.

Other officers elected included. 1st vice-Regent. Mrs. C. H. Beer; 2nd vice-Regent. Mrs. G. T. Har- dle; secretary, Mrs. J. T. Davies;

treasurer. li/lrs. stun-t Weir; educational secretary, Mrs. J. A. Lawson; provincial educa- tional secretary. Miss Jessie Ful- lerton; standard bearer, Mrs. H. Lapthorne; post-war service con- vener, Mrs. A. V. Saunders; na- tionalcoun-cillor, Mrs. A. R. Roper; councillors. Miss Ethel Stewart. Mrs. T. W. L. Prowse. Mrs. L. MacDougaii. Mrs. J. S. Walker. Mrs. R. H. Barrett; press and publicity. Mrs. G. T. Hurdle; film convener, Mrs. Harry Sear; flower and card committee, Miss Mary Haezard: ex-service committee. Mrs. J. A. MacMilian: sewlns convmittee. Mrs. Milton Bell; Em- pire study and Empire work in India, Miss Mary Irving; hos- pitality, Mrs. E. J. Saunders.

Mrs. G. T. Hurdle reportedi that a requisition for .200 books had been sent to the national head- quarters at Toronto. Those books are to be sent to various centres such as hospitals and homes for the aged.

The Regent. Mrs. J. A. MacMli- lan announced that Mrs. B. Earle MacDonald had been appointed convener of a committee which

, will assist next week at the booth

in Holman’; for the acceptance of donations to the "Save The Chil- dren" Fund.

Murder ilhargo in Windsor Killing

WINDSOR. Ont. !"sb. 25-40!) -8ummoned to a dingy downtown apartment, city police early today discovered William Solomon. 31- yeer-old Indian. dead from knife wounds in a blood-apettered bed-

room.

Robert Craig. 2i. a war buddy and close friend of Solomon. wll charged with murder and remand- ed a week without plea.

Police said the two mom had several dl-inlce during a party It Craig's apartment and then In- gaged in a drunken quarrel which ended with Crsll taklnl a razor- eiurp huntinl knife from a dnw or drawer. In the ensuing strulole. they said. the knife was piunlN cleanly into Qolomoxfo heart.

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Coalition Candidates Take Lead in B. C. By-eleetion Returns

VICTORIA. Feb. 23—(CP)—The Coalition Government of Premier Byron Johnston appeared to have posed at least one of its two tests at the polls as the election of the Government candidate in Saanich riding was indicated by incom- plete returns iate tonight.

with as of 46 polls reported. the candidates stood as follows: Ash (CLN) 3.107; Cameron (CCFN 2,- 331: Smith (Dem) M; Nixon (Ind Farm Lab) 14.2; Jukes isCr 41.

In Caribou the Coalition candi- date was .also leading. With 30 out of 49 polls reported. Hogg (CLN) had 1217 and Thomas (CCF) 1035.

Premier Johnson. elected to of- fice last December. reorganized his cabinet of ‘Liberals uud PFO" gresslve Conservatives earLv in the year, and shortly after called the

by-elections. J.R, Ash, native of Brandon. Man, and former Ottawa alder-

man, was the Coalition candidate in Saanich with ,Colin Cameron. former member of the Legislature for Comox. the 0.61‘. nominee. There was also an Independent Form Labor Party candidate; a Social Credit candidate. and s Democratic Party nominee, Tom Nixon. H. dukes and William R. Smith, respectively.

Only two candidates contested the Cariboo election - Walter Hogg, a Liberal, running nl a Coal- ition nominee, and Charles A. Thomas, 0.0.11‘. who was defeated in the i945 general election.

The Carlboo election was neces- sitated by the death of Louis Lo‘ Bourdals. and Saanich by appoint- ment of Hon. _N.W. Whittaker, Qpeaker» ofictbevdserlrlaturernrilhe B.C. Supreme Court.

Pro-iinlon Paper Planned In

ST. JOHN'S Nfld., Feb. 23 (OP) —- Joseph Smsliwood said to- day prc-confederaticnists intended to start publication of a “union with Canada” newspaper. _

The newspaper would be one me- thod adopted in a campaign to have confederation included on the ballot in which Newfoundlanders this spring will choose their (uture form of government.

Parliament At-A-iilance

Trade Minister Howe said the Government hopes motion picture production will develop in Canada as result of tho dollar-conserva- tion program.

M. J. Caldwell, QCJ‘. leader. urged encouragement for filming of full-length stories of Canadian life.

Mr. Rowe warned if industry used tho conservation legislation as a protective tariff import ‘ver- mite might be granted to discour- age the idea.

First reading was given a otii extending for three years the Farm Loans Improvement Act of i944.

Detailed study of currency-con- servation measures was completed after Opposition members cul- tloned the Government closely on topics ranging from fire engines to structural linol-

Thna Maritime ntembora called for doosnn-alizatioa of Canadian industry.

Tuesday

The Commons will consider Cov- ernment legislation. The Senate will n0! lit-

IIGITING ISIJTIBAUY

AKASA. Niloria — (C?) -— A male education drive in Katrina province lo mining great headway. Mesa ad ' students. on the luccosdui completion of on exam- inatiea are awarded certificates of

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Split Develops in lianks 0i Social Democratic Party

(By A. I. Goldbtg) PRAGUE. Feb. 23 -- (AP)- Czechoaiovakia apparently was headed tonight towards a Corn- munisi. - controlled government. This was imlplled in a split in the rsnka of the Social Democratic Party, which had held the bel- ance of power in the country's p0- lltlcal crisis.

Communists already were 1n control of the state government of semi-autonomous Slovakia. They threw out the non-Communists there and gave their poets to Com- munists. Slovakia was out off from normal telephone communication with Prague. ' | The Social Democratic split and the direct action in Slovakia came after the Communists. driv- ing for complete power in the country. had paraded their erm- ed police’ powerwin Prague and raided the headquarters of the Czech National Socialist Party, I bulwark of the anti-Red forces. The raid was followed by Coin- munlst charges that the Nation- al Socialists were plotting armed revolution against the Govern’ mcnt. ' Vaclav Nosek, Communist in- terior Minister, has seen President Eduard Bones and informed him

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‘ISO-pound stress}; Entertalnerlies

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. Z8 - (AP) ._"Baby Betty" Harrell, ‘loo-pound sideshow entertainer, died in ho!- pltal last night.

It required six men to carry the Iiwyear-cld woman into the homltal two weeks ago for treatment of an undisclosed ailment. Two hospital

honoruof his fiedoceseor. iihe late

lived in it 2Q years. I-le was e nat- ive al I-illleborough, Cape Breton,

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Pictures-Take 29 Million From Canada Annually

By DOUGLAS BOW OTTAWA. Feb. 28 — (C?) - Trsde Minister Howe told the Commons today the Government hopes to see the development ol motion picture production in Can- ada and said the country's “inter eating possibilities are obvious." MJ. Caldwell, C.C.F. leader, laid Canadian dramatic art has reached “a very high level" in radio and urged the Government to encoure 88s the {liming of full-length store les of canadisn life, such u the “eplc" of the settlement of thl Prairies. ‘ They spoke during consideration of s schedule o1 the Government’: emergency program to oongervg United States dollars dealing with import restrictions on capital

Chief Justice Thane A. Camp-

bell leaves today to attend the Dominion Curling Championships which open in Calgary. Alberta, March lat. The Chief Justice is a trustee of the Macdonald-Brier Tankard.

Former ilardlnaPs Palace Becomes lime For Infants

TORONTO. Feb. Z3 -(GP)—A former cardinals palace in down.- wwn Toronto today became s. home for infants. The 12 rambling rooms of 9 Wellesley Place have been altered to provide neat cubicles for 90 homeless toddlers, all 19 months old or lees.

This was the address for 12 years of James Cardinal McGuigan and he presided at the formal cere-

ong today. He restated it the “ eiil McNeil Infants‘ Home" in

Amihblshdp Nell McNeil who had

Commander C. P. Edwards, C. M. 0., who was Deputy Minister of Transport during the period of construction and early operation of the Motor Vessel "Aiborweit", spent yesterday on the ship, mak- ing crossings between Torrnentlno and Borden to observe the per- formance of the vessel under win- ter conditions.

Commando Edwards was eo- companied on the trip by Messrs. J. P. Johnson, Vice-President and general manager. Atlantic ‘Region. Canadian National Railways; 0. T. Montgomery. superintendent of the Island Division; S. f-iairaino. electrical engineer, Department of Transport. and John MacDonald. representing the British Corpora- tion and Registry of Shipping. Mr. Hairslne spent many weeks on the vessel prior to her release from 5on1. as well as the trip down the river and during the period of the ship's service across the Strait, making close studies of the intricate and very modern el- ectricaldevelovpnnent which is such an important factor in the opera- tion of this type of ice-breaker. Commander Edwards expressed

LAKE SUCCESS. Feb. N --(CP) —Tho Security Council of the Un- ited Nations tomorrow faces the

thus reaches a cross-roads which may decide whether the ILN. will became the world peace orllniaa- tlon it was intended to be or whe- ther it will fallow the road of the league of Nations.

UN. observers agreed tonight that the Security council this time cannot "duck." by compromise or mediation, the question of Paleo- tino, as it has "settled" so many other thorny problems ainoo ita formation little more than two years an. ‘they viewed the ialua as a fateful one - as fateful u» the UN. as Ethiopia was to the league of Nations.

And in the Iovtlliht la Canada's Gan. A.G.L. McNaughton, Council president for February under the ayatflrn of alphabetical rotation of the chairmanship. Ra brings u» his task a genius for conciliation. wall displayed in the Council's previous

‘Commander Edwards Pleased With Carferry Performance

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satisfaction with the performance he witnessed yesterday, and con- gratulated Captain John Maguim and the other otflcers aboard in regard in the excellent operation. Commander Edwards stated that he was delighted that during the past four Weeks of ice conditions the ship's officers and m. Hairs-