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CHARLCYFTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 194s

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PA RTIAL RECONTROL POLICY STRONGLY PROTESTED

Fox Pelt Prices ildvance Almost 50 Per Cent

Confederation May Be Dead Issue In Nfld.

Convention Votes Against Recommending linien With Canada To Domlniens Dfflce.

Will Speak 0n Throne Speech

OTTAWA, Jan. 38-—(8peois_l)_ At least two members from Prince Edward Island will be heard from in the debate on the Speech from the ‘Throne which opened in the Commons today. W. chaste;- 5, Mcl/ure. Progressive Conservatlge member for Queen's today handed his name to Col. A. C. Casselman. dilef party whip of tire Oppogjt- ien. -

Dr. T. V. Grant. Liberal "mem- hsr for King's told The Guardian that he expected to “make a few remarks" in the course of the main debate. provided the House was getting on satisfactorily with in i948 program. Dr. Grant ha; accepted the task of ansvrerlng any Opposition criticism as far as zirince Edward Island is concern-

Bcth J. Lester Douglas and J, Wilson MacNaucht were uncer- tain as to whether they would Weak on the draft address or re- serve their comments for agricul- tural and fisheries measures and on main parliamentary estimates. Bot-h said today they would be imputed to defend Government policy on Maritime matters.

French Banks To Close Two Days

PARIS, Jan. 29- (Thursday)- ihPb-The Government today or- dered all French banks closed for two days to avoid speculation d v- lng legislative debate on Premier Robert Schumarrs gold bill.

Tho Government also decreed the temporary suppression of the LOCO-franc note as a medium of tifihflnso This also was an anti- lpeculaticn move.

The order was issued severe. hours after Bchuman patched up e compromise with tho Socialists over his gold bill inst night and eased a crisis that threatened the life of his Government. .

Coming Events

"Milton ri tonight, loyalty vs. when.

"Raffle, Knight lhll. Soul-is, ' 29th.

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of Coltmbus ‘Thursday, January

"Queens County L. 0. L. meets gt “(Ila-nos Cove, February 3rd, at 2

"Hockey New Glasgow tonight. 30W River va.- New Glasgow. Skate after.

"Dulce at Bonshaw. Friday, lmlllfy 30th, sponsored by Women's Institute. Music by Mac- Neilll.

“W0 an receiving hogs as illual all day Friday at our pens. -Msrket.ing Board.

"Osni party, box aoelai erui hm. Kelly's oma mu, ’I‘imrs- lly. Jan. 29.

"Glide 1.0.3.4. pantry sale at Retort Hardware Pridey, Jany.

“Hockey. Hunter River tonight. ' PM. Gaytown Rovers vs. Hun- ivr Riva- Royals. skate after.

“Unloading cu cl oiicake at Wiadoe Wednesday and ‘Thursday I this week. $4.00 per bag. lesion a Mamas, Wlnsloe.

"linens 2...... 1m. for Gilcken per and Blane. Groups Associations Trinity

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‘The lsivltlon Army will hold their annual nmmage sols m- l». ran. o. ‘Iihceo desiring to "i! cdniribtitlons of clothing. u." PhD!" %- g

"Hm-win bring to Cbcrlotte- ese of good N Brunswick I sufficient are re- ign“ ‘t’?! Ilvcttngcktoafi

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5'1‘. JOHN'S, Nils, Jug 3.- (CPJ-A resolution that Newfound- land confederation with Canada be recommended to the Donlniona Of- floe as a possible future fonm of government for the colony was de- feated 29-16 in the national ecst- ventlou today.

Tim irranediala indication was that confederation may not appeas- on the ballot paper in the nation- al referendum this spring in which Newfoundlanders will choose their future form of government. .

Convention numbers expressed belief that the United Kingdurub Commonwealth Relations Depart- ment, which will prepare the final ballot. would omit the question of confederation although the session had tabled e minority report sup- porting the proposal.

(In Ottawa. however, Canadian Goverrment officials pointed out that the British Government could keep the issue alive if lt so desired.

(They added that the convention,

elected in i946 on the basis of the House of Assembly disbanded when the colony relinquished responsible government 14 years ago, had pow- ct‘ only to suggest future directions of government. (Meanwhile in London, Com- monwealth Relations officials said they could not comment on the matter until they had read a report submitted by Newfoundlands Ccm- mission Government regarding dc- sires of the elected. body.)

The id-member convention ad- journed following the weary. ail- nlght session and. will convene to- nwrrow to draft approved recom- mendatiflul for submission to tihe British Government.

It was expected that the suggest- ions prepared would offer a choice of continued ccrnmission govern- lrnent or a return to responsible gov- ern-ment.

The minority report. however. also will be forwarded to the Com- mission. There remained the furth- n- possibility that the British Government would add issues of its own for the plebiscite. but ofiilllalfi here said lheyconsidered the PWP‘ pect unlikely.

Cas Shortage In Windsor Continues

WINDSOR. Out., Jan. 20 -(CP) ‘A; least 100,000 persons in this concerted manufacturing area were affected today by cilrtaillmcnt. of natural gas to industry as the total of laid-off workers steadily mount- ed to 22,000. .

Windsor Goa Company officials announced there will be no gas for industry tomorrow end._ probably none for Friday. This will mean an average of four or more payless days for the head: of thousands of funilies.

Earl R. Watson, president of Local 195. United Auto Workers (C. 1.9.), declared today there has been “grave laxity" on the part or botlh industry and the gas com- pany in p mnlttlnlg the situation t0 reach lls present stage.

"Surely they must have lonown that a cold spell would bring Wide- spread unemployment. lt seems to me they could have prepared for it."

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At Senate

(By- The Canadian Prose)

OTTAWA, Jan. 28—Benstar W. Rupert Davies (ll-Ontario) lot loose a verbal broadside today against the ranks of Senate crit- ics, to which he frankly admitted he once belonged.

'I'he Senate. he told his approv- ing colleagues of the Upper Cham- ber, "la alright just as it la; it needs no one!!!"

It was his experience. MW l1! leeeionl. that "the lean people know about the Senate the more they have to nay about it." Per- sonally, he had founddt "s very valuable body." 90 per cent non- political.

In his youth, however. and oven after he had entered the Chem- ises-, he had had ideas about re- foimibl its rules and Bill-hedo- Tagay he had "no sympathy with than arguments." If 99°91. lilld enough attention to its activities. ‘the value W"

of the Senate w_ non e breeder appreciation- Yot averr the press was misin- formed about it when a mlluino ' (New Libofi-l!) ll-id UN UNIV?" has given themselves a 02,000 i11-

Strong Demand Continues At Montreal Sale

MONTREAL. Jen. Qs-qgpwignq The Gulrdiam-lkclted bidding. a large attendance and a rapid- fire suction characterised the mil-d day's selllm cf silver fox and mutation pelts by the canadlan Fill’ Auction sales 00.. Ltd. hm today. ‘Ilhc surprisingly big a4. vence. which characterised the Previous two cieyl. Wu held and in some cases more were still further advances. All types of pelts were active and in some cas- es 100 per cent sold. It was an auction reminiscent of 1945 when silver fox was king.

The direct cause is probably re- cent strength shown in Europe and it looks as though the de- mand will continue.

Following are the percentages sold and the average prices:

Good and ordinary platinum, ‘I6 per cent sold at en average of $30.00; ordinary and inferiorplat- inums, '18 per cent sold at an av- erage of $20.84; white marked sil- vers, 80 per cent sold at an aver- age of $15.19; pearl platinums. 50 per cent sold at an average of $20.88; one-half to three-q‘ "tor silvers, 100 per cent sold at an average of $17.28; selected fullsil- vers, 80 per cent sold at an. aver- age of $22.24; regular full silvers. 89 per cent sold at. an average of $16.83; inferior silvers and fulls, 99 per cent sold at an average of $12.86; low grades, 96 per celnt sold at an average of $5.38.

Of the 33,757 pelts offered B5 per cent were sold at an average of $17.07, wihlch is almost 50 per cent higher than last fall's auc- tion.

(The ‘above n_ We! supplfédliy Mr. . Call- beck, manager of the fur market- ing department, Canadian Nat- ,ional Silver Fox Breeders’ Asoci- ntlon, svmlrnerside.)

.sso,ooo rm; new Glasgow, ‘n. s.

NEW onasoow.~n. 5.. Jan. l9 -(Tl1ursday>-(CP)- Fire which broke out in the basement cf the Fraser building in New Glasgow‘: business district last. night early today had destroyed one building and attacked another next. door. Damage was estimated at 550.000.

Working in sub-zero weather, firemen battled to save the Robert Simpson Company store after flames awept throuzh a drug store in the Maser building and gutted three offices en the second storey.

Former island Man Dn Marltimes Aes’n

EDMONTON, Jan. 28—(OP)—J. l-L Brown, head of the Provincial Department of Entomology and formerly of Nova Scotla, was elect- ed president of the Maritime Pro- vinces Association here last night. R. L. Sutherland was named vice president for Nova Scotia, Edgar Nobles for, New Brunswick and H. M. Sellers for Prince Edward

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Senator Levels Blast

Critics

excess tax-free.

Asoneeezample olthoworkilhe Chamber did. Senator Davies quot- ed the 07 changes it h-ad made in one Commons bill, all of which had been accepted by the elective b

ody.

'l‘urnlng to Oonamuniam, he charged that Canada we "pinyin! with mo" and should do some- thing “very serious" about a mu that was alleged to be an ideology but which was nothing lees than a direct attempt to control Can- ada from Moscow. He was "be- coming very fearful about whetie going to happen."

Parliament should outlaw Oom- munlsm. ft was "ridiculous" when there were profenors in the col- leges who were out-and-mlt Oom- munlats. He likened Russia to a bear sniffing around the door of the Canadian way cf life. The door should he shut and he didn't care if the bears nose got. hurt in tho process.

Senator Davies. meakinl of re- ports that the excess profits to: might be re-lanpoaed. opposed on such measure.

Parliament At-A-Giance

(Canadian Press)

Veterans Minister Gregg said the Government would take action to recover from contractors any amount due as a result of faulty construction in veterans houses.

Postmaster General Bertrand announced a. bill would be intro- duced continuing supplementary payments for rural mail carriers.

Rev. Dan McIvor (L-Port Wil- liam) expressed support for the projected St. Lawrence seaway.

Eugene Marquis (L-Kamour- asks) advocated tightening of censorship of literature and rnoviu and closer scrutiny of divorce sp- plications.

In the Uipper Chamber, senator W. Rupert Davies (Iv-Ontario) loosed a broadside against critics of the Senate; reform was not necessa y.

Thursday

The Commons will continue the ‘Phrone Speech debate. The Senate will sit.

Plans World Trip 0n Ocean-going Former Army Truck

(By Sherry Bowen)

NEW YORK, Jan. 28—(AP)—A mining engineer from Australia plans to leave here soon on l. round-the-vvorld trip in an ocean- going truck.

Frederick Benjamin Carlin says he will head his squat little craft out of New York harbor for the Azores. The craft is a United States Army amphibian truck pur- chased from War Assets Admin- istraticn.

From the Azores, the sea route leads to Casablanca where his boat-truck will take to its wheels for the trek across North Africa, the Near East and Indie. to Cal- cutta. He plans to go by sea to Burma, thence by land to Saigon and then by sea again to Polawan, Zambcange. lvlludanac, Pelau, ‘Pruk, Bikini, Wake, Midway Honolulu and San Francisco.

A special prow, gasoline tanks, two-way radio and navigation equipment have been installed. For the long sea. hope there is a big barge-shaped DSO-gailon tank to clamp under the wheels. With a cruising speed of five miles an hour, using a. gallon of gasoline an hour Carlin figures his extreme range at 2,750 miles. His longest water hops will be about 2,400 miles.

However. his routes are selected

la take advantage of favorable winds and currents. The big under-wheel tank gives no buoyancy, only fuel capacity, being llwaya full of either gasoline or water. In trial voyages it has lent stability to the craft in the water. On land, it rides on top. A water tight plastic and steel sup- erstructure discourages waves from washing aboard. l! Carlin sn- countcra reel heavy weather, he plans ‘to rig a heavy canvas guard on the prow. throw out a sea In- chor, and sit tight.

Aged Ii. S. Men is Burned To Death

DANVIIRS. N. 5-. Jon. I-—(GPl -George Gllllland. 83. Wee burned to death when fire destroyed his home here last night.

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R.C.A.F. A Training At S’sid_e To Begin Sometime In March

OTTAWA. Jan. B -(Bpecial)— Netiorial Defence which: Brooke Clarion today advised s. Watson MacNsuiht. Liberal member for Prince that training at the R. u. A. F. school at Summerside would be started on a limited scale tc- warcis the end of March in an- ticipation of an active year.

Activities of the R. C. A. P. ee- tebllslunent will be limited. it is explained, only until the rehabili- tation and construction program planned for the Summerslde air- port is well under way.

The program at present author- ized by National Defence _Head- quarters here calls for construc- tion of 65 permanent housing units, alterations and additions to existing buildings, and lengthen- ing of the existing runways. When _ the existing runways are length; ened in conformity with the pro- gram, not only will they be able to accommodate any type of trans- Atlantic aircraft but. will have no difficulty in handling yet larger aircraft now under construction at airplane plants in Great Britain and the United States or even llT. the blueprint stage.

Jot Propelled Craft

Mr. Claxton did not reveal whether or not jet-engined fight- er and bomber-planes would be assigned to the Summerside train- ing school, but it is understood that some of these latest type craft recently received from the United Kingdom will be assigned to the school.

For geographical reasons it can- not bc expected that an airport in Prince Edward Island will attain the size or traffic of the big stations of Newfoundland or on the mainland of New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.

On the other hand on account of freedom from fog and generally favorable climatic conditions, the Summerside alrdrome will be a pen-nanently valuable station when those in adjacent Provinces are closed in by fog.

It is anticipated that the Sum- merslde R..C.A.l". establishment will reach its maximum traili- lng capacity in the fall of 1949, by which time, the housing units, runways and building additions will be completed. Cost of the ad dltions and improvements to the school are expected to run about half a. million dcllam within the next two years.

Housing Prelect For Halifax is Approved

HALIFAX, Jan. 28~(CP)—1n a 20-minute special session last night City Council approved a $2,- 268,500 housing project in north- west Halifax and Mayor J. E. Ahern said today construction would begin "almost immediately‘ by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Immediately following approval the Town Planning Board met to assign a section of the civic alr- pcrt property, containing 557 lots, for the projects.

Only 330 lots will be used in the project and the remainder will os made available to private con-- etruction firms. the Mayor said.

Mat-Gen. H. A. Young. vlcc- president of the corporation, said construction and servicing costs of 3 each home was estimated at 57-756- l Dwellings would rent for not more than $55 a. month and it was hop- ed the actual figure would be much lower. he said.

lflNDON — (OP) — The board of trade is considering he textile industry's suggestion t £1,000.- 000 64.000000) unsold "Old Look" coats and frocks shvuld be sold to Canada, Sweden and Germany.

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Battle snip, A Car-Barn Fires in Saint John

Clty’s Tralgortatlon System Will De Disrupted For Time.

SAINT JOHN,'N. 3., Jan. 28— fCPh-Fireenen were kept busy here today as two slmilltaneoua blazes broke out in a bus garage and in the hold of a ship loading general cargo for India.

No official estimate of damage was available in either fire but the total loss for the day was estimated to be at least "several hundred thousands of dollars."

A two-alarm outbreak calleu firemen to the car barns of the New Brunswick Power Company for- a six-hour fight. Ten buses, used on the city's transit system, were destroyed and company offl- cials said transportation in the city would be disrupted for some time.

Meanwhile, another alarm was rung in from the waterfront where a blaze started in a cargo hold of the British freighter Dalton flail.

Flames raced through two holds laden with tea, jute and gunny sacking before being brought un- der control after a four-hour fight.

With no fire boats available. harbor tugs equipped with hoses were called to the scene and help- ed battle the blaze.

Local agents for the ship de- clined to confirm a report" that the blaze had reached a. valuable cargo of rugs.

The bus garage blue broke out in an inspection pit. Company officials said the loss would have been much greater had it not. been for the prompt action of employees in closing fire doors separating sections of the one-storey brick building.

Cold Weather In Large Area 0i ll. S.

CHICAGO, Jul. 28 — (AP) — Bitter cold covered large areas of the United States today and dealt a, stinging blow to automobile and other industrial production in cit- ies in the mldwest, south and east,

However. forecasters pred cted l flow of comparatively warm air from the Pacific would break the cold by the week-end.

The succession 01 three cold waves this month - the most sev- ere .in years in many areas brought orders for the industrial curtailment o; gas supplies that left more than 250.000 workers idle across the United States.

Bacon Prices Up i3 Cents in The i|.li.

LONDON, Jan. 28—(CP) -Thr. Food Ministry increased bacon prices up to l3 cents a pound to- day because of rising costs.

Present bacon prices vary be- tween as cents and 40 cents a bound. depending on the cut. civ- ilians are allowed two ounces a week by ration.-

Mother, Daughter Rescued From Well

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BEXTON, NB" Jan. fl i (9P)—M-re. Frank Hermitage and her three-year-old daught- er were pulled from the bottom of a 66-foot well on their Kent County farm near here yester- Ihy after spending about 2o minutes in five fest of water. Neither suffered serious injury.

The I!!! bu! been playing in a anowdrift cdhceflling the un- used well and had tunabied to the bottom. A playmate carried the news to Mm. Hermitage at once.

The mother and the grand- mother. Mrs. Julia Rcidpath. 47. found a Hype and hurried to the well, when the grandntother attempted to lower Mrs. Her- mitage to the bottom. After a few seconds, however, the grandmother lost her hold and the mother foil to the bottom.

While t h e grandmother sought the aid of two neighbors, Mrs. Hermitage ofood in the well, holding her daughter above water. The neighbors were able to pull the pair out without further mishap.

The Hermitage family took up residence on the farm last month after coming here from England.

Man Who Aided Amputees Passes Away At Dttawa

OTTAWA, Jan. 28—(CP)—Ralph Hodgson. 50, who probably gave more help and encouragement to Canadian veterans with war am- putations than any other person, died in hospital here today from s heart ailment.

As Dominion placement officer for the War Amputation Society of Canada, genial, ivarm-hesrlnd “Tod" Hodgson, who lost a leg himself at Virny Ridge in the First World War was known to war “amps" of both Wl-TS from coast to coast.

He used to carry a notebook around with him at all times in which were listed the names of every war amputee in the country. There were details in that book about their families, their jobs, their health and themselves.

This enabled him to identify most “amlps" without being in- troduced.

During the war, Mr. Hodgson

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Dlsapproves 0f iiew (iuehec Flag

QUEBEC. Jan. 28—- (OFF-Hon. Eliseo Therlault, member of Que- bcc’s Legislative Council for 19 years, told the Provincial Uppel House when it met today the Pro- vinces new flag was an "unhappy choice and not opportune at. all." . "I would like to see Quebec have a flag of its own just as long as it is a Canadian or a Quebec flag. but not an old French flag," said the councillor who sits as an In- dependent for Kennebec division.