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Chinese Communists
Offer To Talk Peace With Nationalists At Peiping
Manitoba Villages Short 0f Food Andi Goal FollowingStorms
WINNIPEG. Jan. 25 -—(CP) — Snowbound for two weeks, 200 in. habitants of a cluster of ‘namlets in Southwestern Manitoba waited to- night for relief from food and coal shortages.
Residents of Wakopa. 135 miles southwest of Winnipeg. appealed to Public Works Minister Errlck F. Willis for help in a telegram yes- terday. 'I‘oday, a snowplow was sent out from Lena. eight miles from Wakopa. in an effort to blast through snow that had piled lip in spots to a depth of l0 feet,
As Wakopas plight came to the attention of authorities. it. was also disclosed that Neelin, 25 miles north of Wakopa. and Bannerman, five miles away. also were on the verge oi almost running out of food and fuel although they were not as bad off as Wakopa.
l..l-l. Morgan, general store merch- ant at Wakcpa. said by telephone ‘lot-lay that he has only 500 pounds of coal and three pounds of flour on hand for 40 residents.
0n the whole. ‘be had enough food to provide for the residents for "three to four davs." But he said the main worry is that another storm might cut off hope oi relief.
However. the weatherman seemed to be on the sldc of the hard- pressod inhabitants. Forecasts do not indicate a blizzard in the next N hours and relief should ‘have ar- rived by then.
Lona Gunman Gets $1.800 From Greillt llnlon
CHICOUTTMI. Que, Jan. 25 —- lCPl - A lone gunman today escaped with $1,800 from the Chicoutimi Credit Union alter beating up manager Alphonse Saiilnier and a deposltor with his Iun butt.
Coming Events
"Skate North Rustico rink Wed- nesday. Jan. Z6. 8 to 10.30.
"Dance, Clinton Hall. Thursday. January 27th, 8.30 to 12.30.
"Dance. Mt. Stewart, Thursday night. Eastern Rhythm Boys.
“Queens County L. 0. L. meets at Broolcfleld, February 1st, at 2.00 P. M.
"National Film Board in Rowe's Kali. Brackley Point, ‘Tuesday. Fcli. l.
"League game tonight between Southport Ramblers and Covehead Red Wings. Covehead Rink. special skate Friday night.
"Cornwall rink tonight. See the old rivals Nine Mile Creek Buil- tlogs va. Cornwall C. C. Proceeds for hockey tenm. A real thriller!
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"Parlour Social at the home of Mr- and Mrs. Heath Harding, French River. on Wednesday. Jan- uary Nth, at 7.30 P. M. "All wel- Mme.
"Social in Hall. Hunter River. Wrdnesday evening. Come and Inlay cards. croklnole and singing. Bliflmored by Institute. Admission
NANKING, Jan. 25 -‘ (AP) China's Communists today agreed to a peace conference ln Pelping if the government knuckles to tough Red terms for surrender. An hour alter the Communists broadcast their offer, the Foreign Office announced that the seat of government is being moved out of Nanklng. 1t. will go south. probably to Canton.
Some sources said acting Presl- dent Li Tsung-Jean probably soon would join the exodus to the south. Official reaction to the Red offer was lacking. Li previously had ac- cepted the Red terms. however, as a basis for opening peace talks. The Communist terms call for the trial of "war criminals." Li is on Lhe list.
It is hoped that the Communist offed would spare Nsnklng from bombardment. Powerful Red forces were moving almost unopposed to the Yangtze.
The Red radio, as heard in Nan- king. said the Communists were willing to talk peace at a confer- ence in Peiping as soon as "the city is completely liberated.“
The Red broadcast emphasized that. its “war criminal" list still is incomplete. Then it declared any negotiations must be basedon Communist leader Mao Tze-Tungs eight-point program.
First point is the trial of all "war criminals." Among these are President Chlang Ksi-Shek. who has retired to his home at Fengwha leaving Vice-President Li in charge.
Other points call for abrogation of the constitution, confiscation of "bureaucratic" capital and the cancellation of treaties with the Western Powers.
Meanwhile. the Foreign Office sent official notices to the vari- ous embassies saying the govern- ment is moving south. i
‘Ilhe framework for a new regime in China. is believed being built at 5hlllklfichwflllli. Red regional capital I70 miles southwest of Peiping.
Loading "Rain-makers" Disagree 0n Tsohnlouo
NEW YORK. Jan. 25- (AP)- Leading "rain-makers" disagreed today whether you can produce useful rain by cloud-seeding.
‘The United States Weather Bur- eau said no. Dr. Irving Langmuir. General Electric Company. said ycs —that in parts of Nciv Mexico he believed he might double the aii- nual rainfall.
"You can't." he said, "make from nny old cloud. any old time, any old place."
The debate was at the annual meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, in a joint session with the American lifet- corologicsil Society’.
Five United States Weathermen reported that 150 experiments last summer failed to give proof you can make economically useful rain.
COLD WEATHER IN ONTARIO
TORONTOI Jail. 25 - (CPl - Coldei- weather and snowflurries are forecast for tomorrow for most of Ontario. Today's near-zero tem- peratures over northern sections of the Province are expected to loll to between l0 all I i!
Business Conditions Good In llalifax
HALIFAX. Jan. 35 - (GP) -- Business conditions in Halifax during the last year were. "gener- ally speaking. good." secretary l1. A. Saunders told the Board of Trade today.
In his 42nd annual review. Mr. Saunders said there were no busi- ness failures in Halifax in 1948 and two new manufacturing con- cerns would open during 1940.
General volume of Lmde in the Maritime: was seven per cent higher than in 1947.
Waterfront workers here made $2,303,541, a decrease of 8203.296 from 1947.
Value of imports to Nov. so was $59.’f00.000, compared with $45,200,000 in the previous yeai. Exports amounted to $136,400,000 against $l26.600.000 in 1047.
Mr. Saunders said the lncreasa was s. reflection of price increases. A total of 5,093 ships entered port. compared with 4,612 in 1947. The Halifax district manufac- tured goods worth $54,600,000. In i945. last figures available. the amount was 342074.965.
Prospects for the 1040 tourist season were "very encouraging."
Exchequer C
ILB. Glties Make Plea Forililrlitionallieveniie
SAINT JOHN. N. B.. Jan. 25- (CP)—I-‘aced with soaring muni- cipal government costs, the Saint John Common Council today join- ed Fredericton and Moncton in a move resulting from "urgent need" for additional revenue.
The council unanimously support- erl a resolution adopted at a tri- city meeting last Thursday. It urg- ed Provincial Government appoint- ment of a commission to investi- gate the financial resources of New Brunswick cities and towns and the shares of costs which should be borne by the Provincial and Federal Governments.
The resolution said that the Pro- vincial Government had decided against granting further aid and that “unless this resolution is giv- en its proper attention the respon-
sibllily of the three cities will cease when a financial crisis is reached."
Teen-ago Gang lllolsnos Flares Again in Toronto
TORONTO, Jan. 26 —- (C?) — Teen-age gang violence has flared again in Toronto. June Mercer. 1"l. today swore out warrants for the arrest of four unknown loot-suit- ed boys and a girl who attacked her in a dark laneway last night, beat her and jabbed her in the
face and hands with a sharp. instrument. BIG H-I-‘JDIAND FOR TEETH
LONDON, Jan. ZS-(Reutersl-A special cargo of 400.000 false teeth arrived here by air from Cyprus to meet big demand for them under
overnight.
OTTAWA. Jan. 25 - (GP) -- Tho rnaJor voice of Canada's 0500000000 dairy industry said today its future is uncertain and
Dairy Council Calls For Conference On Butter
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called for a Dominion-Provincial conference as soon as possible to clarify it.
On the eve of Parliament's open- ing. the National Dairy Council dumped on the cabinets doorstep a. request for a clarification of the industry's status in view of the recent. Supreme Court decil- ion permitting the manufacture and sale of butter substitutes.
In a brief mode public by presi- dent J. H. Duplan. the council sug- gested that the conference con- alder the constitutional position of all existing legislation relating to the dairy industry in the light of the ctmrt judgment. _
Meanwhile. the Bureau of Sta-
tics reported that stocks of cresmiry butter in nine main eit- loo of Could; are rllwllfll 1314.000 pounds behind the total for tbs some period last. year.
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tended that the opinions of the seven Supreme Court ilideee l4 to the constitutional validity of that section oi the Dairy Industry Act which bans butter substitutes "would appear to imply that there is considerable doubt as to the validity oi other sections of the act."
"The resulting uncertainty or to the future position of the in- dustry is not. conducive to a. round dairy economy. Adoption by the government all this recom- mendation is urgently required to enable the industry to continue effectively its major contribution to the national welfare."
The court ruled invalid under tho constitution that section o! the act which banned manufac- ture and sale of butter substitutes.
‘The conference should examine the supply and demand outlook. both at homo Ina some. and larger consumption
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Appointed To The§enate
llo Market, Herring Gatoh Dumped At Sea
SIDNIMITON, Conn, Jan. 25 -—(AP)-—I..acking a market, nine draggers laden with 3.000 pounds of herring returned to sea today w dump their catches overboard.
Last week fishermen disposed of 35,000 pounds in similar manner.
The largest catches were made off the Latch Hill, R.I., shore.
Hitherto, Stonington fishermen could dispose of herring catches in Boston, New York and Maryland. but this year found themselves limited to the l0,000-pound daily capacity of a local processing plant.
Some skippers and boat owners have quit herring fishing and are sending their vessels farther to sea for yellow tails. a species of flounder. for which there is a ready market.
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American Dragger Case
O'I'I‘AWA, Jan. 25 -— (C?) Letting the international fur fly where it may. the Fisheries De- partment today launched the machinery for legal proceedings against the American dragger Araho, out oi Portland. Me.
Her captain and her crew may go. a departmental official said to- day. but the Araho herself will stand trial as an entity, a person, for allegedly fishing illegally in Canadian waters. She may be for- feited to the Crown or freed.
In the face of the first outcry from Maine Maine Fisheries Commissioner Richard Reed sug- gested the craft should be let off with a warning or token penalty - the department merely said the Araho will be held at Digby. N. 8.. until the court has had its say sometime this spring.
The court ls the Admiralty Section of the Exchequer Court of Canada which will sit in the Nova Scotla. district in the spring. The craft was seized off Digby Sunday by a Canadian patrol boat, believed in have gone out to the coastal fishing grounds to check on fishermens reports that Ameri- can vessels have been violating Canadian vraters. Her skipper. Capt. Reuben Doughty of Port- land claimed her navigation instru- ments were out. He will have his chance to tell that to the court. the fisheries official said. when the case comes up under the Customs- and Fisheries Protection Act. It will come up. be said. unless there is a through diplomatic channels vir- tually to forget the incident. as Maine's Commissioner Reed sug- sested. '
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contended that “Canadian seiners and lobster men have violated our non-resld- to time and we have gone no further than to warn them and order them out of our waters. . .Mline will be this situation with considerable inter-
To thil. fisheries officials said "We have no knowledge of any letting in jams authorities. . .no such incidents have been reported
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OTTAWA, Jan. as - (GP) —- Prlme Minister St. Laurent to- night announced the appointment to the Senate of J. Gordon Fogo. president of the National liberal Federation.
He made the announcement at the opening of his address before the annual banquet of the Feder- ation's advisory council.
Mr. St. Laurent said he had rec- ommended ilie appointment to the Governor-General “just a few hours ago" and it bad been ac- copied.
Mr. Fogo has been president of the federation for the last three years and bandied the organza- tion of the National Liberal Fed- EYBUOIT.
His entry into the upper cham- ber places the numbcr of Liberals at 66, against l5 Progressive Can- servatives and l6 vacancies"
A Halifax lavwyyr, 52-year-old Mr. Fogo held the wartime job of associate co-ordlnator oi controls and gained fame by handling smoothly the ticklish assignment of liaison between lllg Munitions Department and labor and pro- duction. He became president of the National Liberal Federation in 1946.
The new senator slugged tip to the top the hard way. Son of a railroad engineer, he is a native of Halifax and was a steel work- er and high school principal at Sydney, NS... before he entered Dalhousie Law School. Between those years he served overseas w'th the Canadian forces in the First World War.
He graduated from Dalhousie as a gold medallist in 1924, practised at. Amherst. NS. and later en- tered the firm which included such legal stars as the late Col. J.l'....- Halston and Charles Burch- all. former Canadian high ccm- rnissloner to Newfoundland.
Mr. Fogo still maintains his business connections. He has his law practice, ls vice-president and director of Algoma Steel Corp., Lid, as well as direct-or of Invest- ors Trust Ltd. Cousins Lid, and several other finns. I-le was pres- ident of the Nova Scot-la Liberal Association from 1990 to 1941..
‘TORONTO. Jln. 26 — (C?) — A plan to petition the Ontario Government for authorization of Sunday sale of tobacco in Toronto was defeated 13-6 by the City Council today.
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Canadian Press Business Editor TORONTO. Jan. 25 -tCPl - Looking for an apartment? Con- vlnced there should be more? So is D.B. Mansur. president of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, who today told the Canadian Construction Association that because of lack of places for rent many are forced into buying homes who are not able or pre- pared to d0 so.
He outlined one plan to encour- age apartment building-Aha rental insurance plan, passed at. the last sesalo of parliament.
Under it. a man who puts up a building with eight or more apart- ments. may insure himself against rents dropout; so low that he might lose his property because of in- ability to take care of taxes. debt service. operation expenses. repairs. renewals and replacements.
He must rent at not more than $30 a. month for each rooml that woucl be $80 for living-room. bod- room. dining-moan.
rents dropping below or see a month for four rooms.
Gives Two Months ‘For Party To Put House In Order
OVPIHWA. Jan. 5 —-(CP) —- Prime Minister St. Laurent told the Liberal Party tonight that a general election can be expected "in the not-too-distant future" and launched a spirited two-months drive to perfect the party's election machinery.
Mr. St. Laurent spoke on the eve of the opening of Parliament. spec- uatlon here was that the speech from the Throne might indicate whether or not this would be an election year.
The speech will be read by the Governor General in the Senate chamber at 4 pm, AST. It will no: disclose a general election date but the measures which it will forecast may include some which a govern- ment might be expected to intro- duce at a pro-election session.
Mr. St. Laurent launched his party's pro-election drive in an ad- dress for delivery before the annual dinner of the advisory council of
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News lnBrief
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Jan. 25- (AFU-Acting mediator Ralph J. Bunche reported to the Security Council today from Rhodes that Egypt and Israel have signed a “complete and enduring "cease- fire agreement. Ha said armistice talks are still going on after recent difficulties.
OTTAWA. Jan. 25—(CP)—- Ap- pointment of Charles P. Hebert as Ambassador to Mexico today brought near completion Canada's far-flung diplomatic representation which now has embassies. legations or high commissioner offices in 31 countries.
TORONTO. Jan. 26 - (CP) — John McQuadc. 56, arrested yes- terday on a forgery charge. died early today while being transfer- red from a patrol wagon to a. stretcher at a downtown hospital. Death is believed due to coronary thrombosis. but an autopsy has been ordered.
BUDAPEST. Jan. 25 - (Reut- ers) -— The Hungarian Foreign Office today described as "utter- ly ridiculous" reports that drugs had been used to extort a. confes- sion fro Joseph Cardinal Minds- zlenty. rimata of Hungary. ar-
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Immediate Need For 150,000 Homes In Canada
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Current rents in new apartments without rental insurance. in a city like Toronto, run about $30 a room or $120 a month. Authority also has been granted in lending institutions to make loans up to 85 per cent of the cost of such rental housing. Rental insurance may be bought for 10. 20 and 30 years. at annual premiums of 1 3-4. I. 2 1-4 P" "m- l-Iowever, Mr. Mansur says the need for housing has changed very ittle in the last three years. This is because people are getting mar- ried and forming new homes. and immigrants are coming in He estimates the immediate need for homes at 150,000.
OTTAWA. Jan. 26 -- (OP) —- Canada should become self-suffici- ent in aircraft production and ‘alr- craft fuel if national security is to be maintained. G. R. McGr-egor of Montreal. president of Trans- Canada Air Lines, said tonight.
In an address prepared for de- livery to the 21th annual meeting of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association. Mr. McGregor
ion oi Australia. there is "no coun- try in the world in which aviation is such an important factor in its development as Canada."
"To a great extent. if national security it to be maintained, it is necessary that Canada be self- sufficient in the matter of air- craft production." he added. "For while she now may lean on either g the United Kingdom of tho United
States for the provision of essenti-
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Canada Should Produce Own Planes, Gasoline
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Who was re-elected president of the Summerslde Board of ‘Trade at the annual meeting last night. (See page l1 for story.)
inquest Held In N. B. Murder
FREDERICTON. Jan. 25 ~40?) —A coroner's Jury tonight found that Norman P. Burgoyne. Freder- icton taxi driver, met death "when ha was murdered by being struck on the head with a. hammer" and that "George Hamilton and Rufus Hamilton were both involved in the crime."
The time and place were set in the verdict as about 10.30 pm. Jan. 7 on the Richibucto Road near Fredericton.
Police previously announcedthat George. as, and Rufus, 22, brothers (Negro). were being held for in- vestigatlon into the death of Bub
10 in the locked trunk of his car. abandoned on a lonely by-rosd just wit-bin the Fredericton city limits.
Testimony that Rufus had ad- mitted hltting the victim with a. hammer was given by George Pet- ers. who lived with the brothers at nearby Barker's Point. Peters has been detained as a material witness.
Tho taxi driver's widow stared fixedly at. the Hamilton blot-hm as Peters told of a. conversation with Rufus early in the morning oi ha. 8
He quoted Rufus as having said: "This may not be robbery with violence or second degree murder. It may riot. be manslaughter. It could be first degree murder. You
"What did you do with the body?"
"Put it in the trunk of the car.”
A police witness testified how, under the direction of George Ham- ilton, be recovered a claw hammer. watch and ring from ashes of a stove in the Hamilton dwelling and how George led him to a wallet. thrown away at Oak Point. and the keys for the car trunk.
'I‘O‘R(IQ'IO. Jan. I0 — (<31 - Sex education will be taught Ill grades seven and eight of Tor- onto's public schools but onlv on an experimental basis. Dr. C. C. Goldring. director of education. said today.
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Request-flew Fish Rates
g Be Suspended
By John LI-Bllllc UTTAWl-‘i. Jan. 25 —tCP) —Pro- posed increases in ralway express rates on several commodities- chlefly fresh fruits and packing- house products-were disclosed to- day at the same time as two or- ganizations called for suspension of new increases on fish charges. The Fisheries Council of can- ada formally asked the Board of. Transport Commissioners to sus- pend the new fish rates. due to come into effect Feb. 14 with in.- creases ranging up to 53 per cent. The Maritime Transportation Commission Joined the council in its application so for as the move- ment of Maritime products is af- fected. _ Both bodies estimated the pro- posed increases would cost the Ontario and Quebec consumer be- tween two and five cents a pound on fish moving into the Central Provinces from the east and the west.
Meanwhie, the board heard from C.N. Ham, traffic manager of tho Canadian Pacific Exprem Com- pany. that this CPR. subsidiary was "hopeful" of getting increases in its rates on fruits. patting/house products. yeast and movie films. Mr. Harri gave no estimate of the volume of packing-house products that would be affected by increases in express rates, However. it is bo- lieved most of these products move by refrigerated freight, except for a comparatively lesser amount of short-ham business.
He said thbt the new rates on
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TORONTO, Jen. M — Minflnllll and maximum temperatures: V104 wrla 1S, 82; Bimoriton Mb, lib] Regina ash. m»; winnioer =61».
know what to expect if anything Sb; ‘Toronto 22, H; Ottawa se
turns out." 12; Montreal ‘l, 10; Quebec l, 17. The witness also quoted the fol- Saint John 1G, 1d; Moncton 9, 131
lowing alleged part of the con- Halifax Al, an; Charlottetown 1'1,
versntlcn: .11; Sydney ao, m; Yamiouth 25, "Is that where you follows gotthe g5, b_b¢iow_
money? HALIFAX, Jan. at - (C?) —- "Yw" Official inland forecasts issued to-
Dominion Public Halifax and Wednesday.
night by the Weather Office at valid until midnight Synopsis:
Tuesday evening the weather l! generally clear and extremely cold over the Maritimes. However, in. Prince Edward Island and East.- em N-ova Scotia where the winds arc blowing off the Gulf there are scattered snowflurries.
The cold sir that covers the Marltlmea is part of a large all mass centred over Northern On- tario. Near the centre tempera- tures are about 20 below. Vet-g warm air covers the Southern states and in Florida temperate ures are in the 70s, A dlsturbsncd developing on the front between these two airmasses is causing snow and ‘freezing rain in the Western States and as far nortli as the Great Lakes.
The high pressure area from
al aircraft components, should Western Powers again be involved in a conflict it would be only natural that Canada's then im- peratlve needs would take second place to iha national requirements of those two great countries."
While Jet aircraft might change the fuel picture, modern aircraft still were completely dependent on high-octane gasoline. virtually all of which had to be imported.
"In spite of the fact that. its two principal users. the R. C. A. F. and T. C. A. may be regarded as branches oi government. it carries a heavy import duty. It would seem necessary that Canada's yet small but rapidly - growing oil industry put itself in a position to supply adequate quantities of this
price."
commodity ‘so necessary to both the defence and the commerce of this country. . . at. a reasonable
Ontario ls expected to continue td move southeastward and give find cold weather over the Maritime: Wednesday. . Regional forecasts:
Prince Edward Island - Oloudfl with scattered snowflurrlea clear-J ing Wednesday afternoon. 0on4 tinulng extremely cold. Nortbd
west winds l6 becoming light Wool afternoon at Charlottetown s bal and tonight. at 8.12. Suvnmorside tide eighteen mini loaves Borden 0.10 A. M. an Tnnvea Cope Tormentfna $.40 PM
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low and 1n above. High tide this morning at sat Bun rises this morning at 7.1
and lets at. 4.09.
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and arrives at Borden 8.80 P. ll. No Sunday goberlulo in effect.