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SEE MARSHALL PLAN L IEE S AV E R FOR CANADA

Mayor Curley Prepares To Serve Term

VPASPIINGTON. June Iii-MP) ._.,\l..;.‘ol" Janles M. Curiey of Bos- h”; ‘ms plea of iil health dashed m iourt, headed back to New Enfldlld today to begin serving 1n.- R-lll months jail sentence for ma. fraud.

m was sent by train to the p.41 Correctional Institution 3' llmbury. Conn. There. Judge you»; M. Proctor said. he may

like up "with his keepers" the dgppsal of pending municipal matters.

Earlier today in court. when Judge Proctor declined to suspend svllfPilCB, Curley rose 25o his and cried: “You .'. .< n; me to death."

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b» made in President ‘Truman. Trunlan declined to say today‘ what he might do, that it hasn't been put up to him.

Curley brought to court a O00- word plea that "I be permitted to worn to my family" but Judge PiFCfflT would not hear him. The _<‘.“if:"flll"llt detailed sufferings from rlnlletes. gall stones and high bead pressure.

lic said "I have been punished sufficiently for the offence charg- rri‘ askcd an "opportunity to servi- mv city with its problems ci recnnverslcrl" end wound up ouctzng Shakespeare.

(‘urley has been a figure in Democratic Part" politics ‘rl Mas- svhuretts for 5O veara. “I has ‘ sarwd as a member of Conress. l Tvl-lyrnr of Boston and Governor of hiassachusetts.

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Fires Endanger Four Nfld. Settlements g

ST. JOHN'S. Nlld . Juno 26 — (C?) — A forest fire burning south of tho Terra Nova River 100 miles northeast of St John's tonight jumped the river rnd placed fo-ur Bonavista Bay srttle- ments in imminent danger.

Newfoundland Government authorities immediately diieted the steamship Glemoe. hound for St. John's from northern ports, from her course to evacuate the people or the fishing village. of

Traywwn, Eastporf, Happy Ad- venture and Burnside if nccce- sary.

Forestry officials here said l“ four villages were surrounded by heavy tmbe: apd wee In den- ger of hang destroyed if the fire was not halted.

Meanwhile, three fir-cs burning in scrub country near St John's were said to be well undo" con- trol and the forestry office de- scribed them as “more anmying than serious". » '

The Terra Nova fire. “#101! broke out airng the Ncwfwrld- land Government railway ine early this work. cut the telegraph links between the great Gander Airport and American Hump Field base at thb western tp of

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By Douglas How

ormwA. June as‘ —(CP).._ Lanky, persistent Stanley Knowles. C.C.I-‘, member for Winnipeg North Centre, confronted the Commons with a seemingly revolutionary hitch in parliamentary procedure today but the Government muster- ed enough strength to overthrow his effort to use it as a lever to in- crease the basic old wage pension to $50 instead of $30 a month.

The House was pitched into a procedural argument as Mr. Knowles cited constitutional auth- ority to back hi5 contention that he was entitled to move for that raise during clause-by-clause study in committee of the whole of the Govennments bill to lift the basic pension from $25 to $30.

With the support of three Oppos- ition members, the Government sustained Ross Macdonald. commit- tea chairman. by a. vote of 82 to 61. in his ruling tihat any motions that would increase taxation must stem from the cabinet.

Mr. Knowles’ controversial action came when iihe committee of the

the pensions bill detailing the amount. of pension which would be paid,

The Government's resolution wlhich preceded iihe bill had not mentioned that amount, he said. He quoted Dr_ Arthur Beauschesrie. clerk of the House and procedural authority, as saying that the prin- ciple that increased expenditures could not come from private merri- berg "is apparently disregarded when the recommendation of the Crc-wn is given to a resolution em- powering one expenditure of public money which. in several

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Plea Made In Commons For Ordinary Man

BY JAMES McOOOK

LONDON, June 26—<0P)—Mem- bers of the House of Commons today raised a cry on behalf of the ordinary citizen who endures the effects of strikes. high costs. shortages and inconveniences. but they received only s. Govlrnment reply that good times still are far away.

Sir Staflord Crlpps, president of the Board of ‘Trade. said bluntly: "We are still suffering and shall continue for some time to suffer from the effects of the war in manpower and materials." Sometimes called the

of austerity." he added:

"Until we have been able to overcome these and to get a much freer supply of raw mater- ials. which we have to import. we shall not be able to rectify this shortage in consumer goods!’

The debate on shortages of civ- ilian goods-a favorite topic of conversation throughout‘ the On- lted Kingdom, not exclusively in the Commons-was started by Brig. Frank Medlicott (Lib-Nor- folk East.)

He said the British customer had lost almost all his rights

In industrial disputes the rights of everyone except the customer were considered. Where there was a transport. strike the man whom the service wall provided walked.

In the coal-mining discussions there was little consideration for the consumer. He had ‘to accent what fuel he received and only

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- n‘ H,‘ ,_,. . ,. , mgyngg _ _ ..<- is. "tr . r~~~- . ' ' ' " trialled that he could not bum and lit-Col. Masayuki Oishi. Jap- OilSiflOl‘ vfgrlljggihsfigsgfiffiwhmeny, shie- anese war criminals. were hanged Raln For Forest Fires u ud_ "WCvrtt Osborne’ (Cons. Tooth) today rn Chang} jail for respon- gq-agmmount fixed m‘; bullet mid that Great. Britain had slin-

nhllity in the massacre of Sing- apore Chinese in 194g,

Corning Events

"Cardigan Picnic. ‘Wednesday, Jilly.’ 16th.

"Lot 65 Hall, Friday, June 27th, Dance and Ice Cream.

"Dance. Moreil- Hall, Friday ‘plain Legion Orchestra.

"Kingston - June 27th. Milton F rel-s present "Uncle Josh Perk-

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"Reserve Jilly 1d for Marsh- ‘flriri-Dunslaffnage United Church "B.

"Ball game, ice cream and dance i1‘. lonn corner Friday evening. June 27th.

"Until further advised our mill vzii rinse each Saturday at noon LurGulgan 8c Boyle.

"The Potato Starch Factories at‘ Murrofv Harbour and Hunter R var fir» noxv closed for the season.

"ire Cream and Graduation mace. Kinkora Hall. June 27th. flood music.

“Ice (‘ream and Dance in Si. Ann's school on Friday night. JuM 1 Tih, ‘

"Pantry Sale at. l-folmans. June 97th. at 2.30 P. M. West Royalty WMflPYYs institute.

"Hunter River-Milton Players present. "Uncle Josh Perkins" blender. June 30th. -

"Ice Cream Social, South Gran- ville School. Monday night. June With. if not fine. Wednesday.

"We will be loading hogs at all shipping points Monday and Tuesday as usual. Livestock Mar- tWins Board.

"Don't forget the big dance. MacDonald Erothsre‘ Theatre. Mt. Stewart. llriday. June 27th. Hollie Mscltenaieb Orchestra.

"Our stores will be closed all day Dominion Day. July fat: Par- ker Oanfleld, Wotton d: Crosby. Brent wood. Orapaud. ‘

“Yes. this is the night at Kings- ivn "Uncle Josh Perkins“ by Milton Players. Specialties. Auspices Hamp- shire a.

"Seven Milo ‘Bay Hall Monday. June M. (note changed date). Kelly's Orosa Dramatic club pre- sents their play under the aus- illols _d the Albany rural Wom- en's militate. Sale of ice cream

TORONTO. June 26 —-iCP)--Of- flcials are studying the possibility of using man-made rain as a means of ccmlbattlng Ontario bush fires, Deputy Minister Frank MacDougall of the Department of Lands and Forests said today. “These thinBB

solund fantastk but we are not overlooking any bet that mill-Til prove of value to us.“ said Mir.

MaoDougall.

Probe Murder Oi Pictou Man

(By The “(fa-ruladian Preset)

PICTOU. N. S.. June 2$—-Whils fiis family danced in a house s- oross the street and his radio blared out music. 60-year-old Clif- ford Engiisn. a retired truck driver. was slain in his kitchen late last night and special invest- igators from RCMP. headquart- ers in Halifax tonight were hold- ing a British merchant seamen for questioning in connection with the "music" murder.

Englishs body was found bound and gagged. An apron had been stllfled iulo his mouth and blood seeped under the gag. His hands oatl been tied behind his back.

The aged semi-invalid! body was found by his daughter. Den- ire, when she returned home from inc dance. The radio was still playing.

Police, who did not identify the sr-aman. said there were siBYIS 01 slight bruises on the body and that blood was found on the floor mat. There were no indications of any struggle. police said. ad- vancing the theory that English had admitted his assailant into ins house» There were no signs

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WASHINGTUNw-HLIIS as J-(A P) —-Proaident Truman today vetoed a wool price support bill authorising new curbs on foreign wool imports but agreed to approve one without that feature. " ‘

The Senate irlvmediateiy passed

one by voice vote that met his specifications and sent it to the House of Representatives. That

meant no attempt would be made to override the veto.

But the House. which had put the invport restrictions into the original bill. could refuse to gn along wiLh the President and the Senate and odd the curbs to the new legislation. Home Republican leaders did m disclose their ‘ ns

and cabs. Dance afterwards.

immediately. but they senile the

expenditure cannot be increased by the House. ff the a-mount is not mentioned in the resolution. it may be increased when the resolution is in committee of the whole but af- ter the resolution has been report- ed. if the amount is fixed in the bill neither the house nor the com- miltee has the right to move an increase."

Angus Maclnmis ccuver East). John iPC—Lake Centre), Solon Low. Social Credit leader. and Mr. Bracken supported Mir. Knowles.

In the voting. the Oppositionwas against the ruli. lg with the except- ion cf W.I. McMaster iPC-—Torc.n- to Higih Park). George Black (PC-- Yukcn). a former speaker. Mid Ligourl Laccmbe (IND-Laval-Two Mountains.)

Maritime Oruggists Meet At Pietou‘

pmTQu, N B, June 28 —i P) _New Brunswick and Prince - ward island drussists met wile!’ with members of the Nova 560W! Pharmaceutical Society in the first

(CCF—Va.n- Diefenba-ker

Maritime conference of ll~5 kind in 2O years. , . Spokeslfren for the thru, lhsr-

maceutical socneties said piillmie of u... talks was to achievi- arm" unhy n QppTLB/Glll-llg prubem 01 the profession in the Martians

Montreal iiiolasll ' lievr C.W.L._P_rosIdsnt

OTTAWA. June 2O -(CP)—M!-s. J. Dundin’ of Montreal was elected president of the Catholic Women's League for 1947-48 last night at the closing session of its annual meeting here. She succeeds Miss Ann MaoMaster of Vancouver.

Truman Ve t o es Bill Curbing Wool Imports

President's stand.

Tranan held that the provisions for import barriers will be "e tragic mistake" lust mw When “l6 United States is seeking irltemab

ional a;- meot for freer world trade.

This was the third major veto President Truman ha: sent thil

month to the Replabiioan-oontroli- ed Congress. His veto of the Taft- Hatriley labor bill was over-ridden but that on the income tax reduct- son was upheld.

The new wool price Import pro- ‘grsm expired April l5. Wbol prices ncivraeeaboutli-fleenhapolsrld lower than they were lmder the support program in 1946. ‘the bill was designed to continue the n} port at 186d levels.

{red so far from nre-rvar stand- prris of living that “it is onlv bv "W12 to America and seeing what m; sally can be for all classes rw-i. We realize how far we have slipped." r

m; Aid T-aiks Will Open Today

PARIS. June 26—1“oreign Min- ister Molotov. accompanied by three plane loads of aides. flew into Paris today for tomorrow's opening of Angio-Russian-French ‘discussions of European recovery.

Britain was reported ready to de- mand a Sept, l deadline for sub- plissicn of a draft plan to the United States

Foreign Secretary Bevin. bear- ing a mandate from the Cabinet to present Britain's views. was not due until tomorrow.

An authoritative report from London said British and United States representatives there had reached "broad and general con- clusions" on how State Secretary Marshall's proposals on European no could best. be approached-

World’s _Smaliest Cal Appears in Japan

03am, Japan. June 26 - (AP) -What may be the world's small- est. automobile has appeared in Osaka. The vest-pocket our weigh: about 50 pounds. a. onunod-tes one passenger with a speed of 1'1 mlu an hmlr on the l l-i-holtolifiwfl‘ engine. The car was designed 1M manufartured at a colt cf about 10.000 yen ($200) by Hirorhi Tam- ura. former president of Sl-Yliiikil. g heavv industries company here.

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PLYMOUTH. Mus._ June 2C- (APl-Mrs. Bertha Surprise Cote today pleaded guilty to mm- sllnlghteb-bringing to a dramatic end the comely 28-year-old widow's trial for murder in the Yuletide biudgaon-elaying of her husband, Rule. M. She was sen- tsmed to serve 3 1-2 to six yeen ln a reformstory.

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British Told Good __'_I‘imes Still Far Off

Gov"t Defeats C.C.F. Motion In Commons

Commons Members Favorable T0 Entry Of Newfoundland Into Canadian Federation

OTTAWA. June 26 - tSpecial)—- With the exception of a consider-l ab-le group of menlibers of Perils-t rnent from Quebec, rank and tile. of the Commons are favorable in; Pflllclpie to the entry of New-i foundiand into Confederation 50-; cording to a coast-to-coem samp- ling of upinion conducted by the Guardian's Ottawa, correspondent today. All four Prince Edward fs-l _ land mwnbe“ have pnvynlsyy !av-. Considerable work on harbour cred the principle of who.‘ ‘projects in Queen's County is ex-

Au spoke “with _.eservat_on._.. B,“ pected to get under way shortly

lining they Wished in m w y to l as a result of an inspection visit prejudice the case nOW under riudy r he" m“ we” °r M’) F~G~ Gmd‘ by the Newfoundland tlele at onflleed- Superlmendelil 07 EH81"- at present In Ottawa‘ 0p Mons cers. of the Federal Department were obtained from members of.“ Public w°rk5~ Ottawa-

511 pug-es am an provinr-g; swept. Mr. Goodspeed has completed Mannuba and are a‘, 50110.“. ‘an inspection of the harbours at

l..l-:. Baker. MC Liberal Shel-l N“ , burmyalmcuvhclare‘ N n! am Cove, and of several wharves in V‘... much m favor B; the an... n; the Belfast district. and returns Newfoundland into CfiDi-‘tlersatlgn to Ottawa fills‘ morning. He was as a. tenth Prcvincr. It would 501-. "Ccilmpanled by M95511 Clive idify and strengthen our M.“ time Currie and R. H. Nicholson. eng- mfluenw and would b, n. mummy iueers of the Federal Public Works benefit commercially and Siplleg- Department here. and by Mr J. icaily. But such union must be byl “We? Dmlgqai MR 1M h.” “.131 ,5 me peop-J, of New. Heaviest repair work will likely

nu~l-yd!and'The1-e must be n0 ques- be at New London. where much ‘tion of coaxing. or bribing or of damage was caused last year to

Inspects Harbour And Wharf Projects In Queen's County

‘nfluenclng them contrarv to then-‘what. is known as the “second "(wand wishes - ' ‘ harbour." east of the present ‘ AJ Brook! conserlu"ls“e‘ 363-51 bz-eakvrater. At Rustico a good

N 13.; "offhand, I should 555v ma; deal of crib work will require to particularly i.he Malttmr p". vln- he done. to prevent the tide from w; would welcome a 5;5u..-_pr_v_,.ce~washing the buildings away. At m the east, Anyone wth r,-r.;m l‘ve i Canoe Cove there is a big job in spoken recenm has been su-‘ngly placing creosotcd timber. WhlCfl m {aver o; Newfomdlami cQ1n1ng|CCu1d not be obtained during the mic our Conietieraticn if her peo-‘WPY Yeats- »plwwlslr' it. as m ss-lvcw B ups-i -TWO DTOlBGYS now' underway- wiole is concerned, it womrl incrrase ‘ reconstruction of the railway Cu.- trade and probably recucr- costs. wharf at Charlottetown and the if living in Newfoundland " ferry wharf at Rocky Point-are both reported to be, progressing according to schedule. It is ex- _ nected that the latter project will Liberal, “on. be completed within the next few weeks and the former in good time for the Fall shipping.

‘R.C.M.P.. Official Hits At Communists

Quebec lifomberfi \ iew

Roland Beaudry. treal St Jamrs: “Queper- members. and its people generally "would like‘ to have.mucn more ltvormaizon before pronouncng on til: ant y oil Newfoundland into Czniede 911cm The decision of the Privy COW-Will scme 2|) years ago to S" 11 “U20 portion 0f W113i? We 1'93"" l5] Qugbeg 1Q Newfoundland has not}

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News Briefs

MOSCOW. June 26 - tAP)--A dispatch from New York about the new Hartley-Taft labor law in the United States was printed here today under the headline: _"Siep towards Fascism."

GLACE BAY. N. S._ Juno 26- tCPU-The district gs board of United Mine Workers (CCL) de- rided today to i-mpose a levy c-f 25 cents a man each week on the Union's 13.000 membership to re- plenish district coffers drained hy

MONTREAL. June 2S — (OP) — ‘A dzctaiorship as ruthless as any in hlStOLV." was the definition of Communism given the 42nd an-

ctabies’ Association of Canada to- day by HAR Gagnon deputy- commtssioner of tho Royal Crnad- inn Mounted Police at. Ottawa. The Deputy Commissioner, of the key men in Canada's

one €&

out pa.iicuiarly at word-decep- tion he said was used by the Com- munist Party.

The Csmmuulst took a word and

different to what it meant to oth- ers. he said Ln prl-iacing his talk. "o rlict-xmary of terms."

Majority of them bound for farms lhavc died for it So our Commun- in Southern Ontario and theWsts form a Canadan Youth for R-alrie Provinces, approximately Democracy League. 0f 1.000 happy immigrants from the Netherlands tonight were travel- ling by special trains to their new ilomes in the Dominion after landing at this port today. The group included 500 men. with the remainder women and children . .

of adherents "

"fellow travellers.’ "party and "useful innocents,"

London. Rustler) and Canoe,

nual convention of the chief Com‘

plonage probe of s year ass. struck

used it to mean something tztaiiy

thFmefc-ur-month Maritime coal “we “We fought hm M“ {or ' cftnlocracy." said Mr Gsgncn. MONTREAL. June 2.5- (CPI- “Thousands o1 young Uflnfldlbilfi

tour e he‘. means a league of Cznadian ‘Olli-h“. for Communism But by using thelsmtes in the 0w“. of ""5 demimafy he F‘! m:“‘°“d5.vl'ar. The advlsor m presidents in wolrlcl conflicts declared. how-l

two other terms he dealt W1lhl‘:i:;""Q\'Pl'. that while the Llnlicd suites

Explosion At Powder Plant

DENVER. June. 26—t.-\P) - Tlle State Highway Patrol Iv ported tonight that there had been “a terrific explosion" at the La Vere powder plant about 20 miles south of Dome-r at 8:40 p.nl. EDT.

The patrol said that it had no immediate details and no reports cf whether there were any dead or injured.

Persons living in the Denver suburb of Engievvoorl. suulil of the city limits. said the illnst shook their homes.

E. K. Edwards. an l-Jllgievsoilrl resident. said the explosion "sent a cloud of smoke" into the air visible from my home and resembling pictures of the cnplflrslnn of an atomic immh."

The plant is owned by the Du Pont Cilcmlcal Company and manufactures mainly black ponder. reports Indicated. A switchboard operator later rc- ported that one building was d-cstrcysczi but apparently; no casualties were inflicted.

llnerease Price Of Ontario Wheat

OTTAWA. June '26 -lCP) - Finance Ilfinizlei- Abbott axial-lunc- ed today in the Commons an 1n- crease in title fixed Ontario winter wheat price in S155 a bushel the 1947-48 season.

The 1946-47 price was $126 a bushel plus a nine-cent subsidy and a further payment of five cents upon delivery,

Steps would be taken to pl'i‘\0l‘li. unlawful profits on stocks held at June 30.

Calls At Sydney

SYDNEY. N. S, June 26-111.: Al."ctic-bounrl schooner Bowdoln. commanded by Dr. Donald B. MacMillan. 72-year-old scientist- cxpiorer who plans to ascertain the speed of glaciers and record Eskimo music. but in here today on its voyage from Boothbay. Me., into the dlm regions of the north.

Accompanying Dr, MacMiiian, a native Nova Scotian. on the 8.000- niile expedition are his wife. her- self an experienced explorer. and 115 crew members. i Ultimate destination of the Bow- rioin is Etah. ll degrees from the North Pole. and the principal aim of the expedition is to measure