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Covers PrinceEdward Island Like the Dew

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Morninl Daily Founded isn. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1949

CANADIAN SEAMEN BEGIN S

Safecraclcers Get $75,000 In Diamonds

Red Cross Campaign Dollar Parity In City Launghed DeIrimenIaI At Supper Meeting 531$ "ilfield

Liiile Change In H xn:".:lr;e:::.l.:.; Ice Conditions

dollar to parity with the United states dollar in 1040 was highly detrimental to the interests of p0- tato growers In the Marltlmes. B. H. Hatfield, Progressive Conserva- Thcrc has been very little lm- t-lve member for Victoria-Carleton provement 1n ice conditions in the told the Commons just prior -to charted areas during the past the six o'clock adjournment to- week. reported Captain Angus night. Brown, official ice observer for the party to Department of Transport, after making a 1060 mile survey flight yesterday. The ioe however is not loo heavy and with a good wind

Inst of his speak should clear out in a short time.

against prolongation of the for-

eign exchange control act until Considerable ice is moving in from the North to the Gulf of St. Law-

1951. Mr. Hatfield declared that when the Canadian dollar was valued at 90 cents United States funds, “the premium was a bless- ing to the Maritime potato-grow-

rence which is 70 per cent ice

from Fame Point and Anticostl

Island to Cabot Strait. Ice mov-

ing through the Strait to the sea

has almost closed Sydney har-

Subacrlpflens Delivered l6.00_

12 Mall $5.00; other Provinces b U. l. I10‘

TRIKE SIN HALIFAX

Ai Torontol lfirew 05b 0n

Land Expropriation Act ¢"I°°9°_GI'""'°" lady "also";

one of Pair Being §0Ihers May Follow 0 . . | -- Receives Second Reading Sought Iiy Police l‘“" ""°"‘°°"°' "

per cant and beffel . . _ working conditions. , . TYJRAONTY), March 21 ~10?) ~- Trlmmed of most of its sharp , - . , edges. “an Act to Provide for the Rwards “mums ‘Hm “m” M‘

fered tonight as police pressed Expropriation of Land" passed sec- _ 0nd reading m the Hashim“ search for the hooded gang of safe

_ , crackers who escaped wtih jewelry yesterday. 1t stlll gives wide powers worth at least $80000 from Jewel“, to the biinister of Public Works (‘Qyflpflny Offipes in a downtown but provides for arbitration In dis- building Sunday night, puted settlements by a Judge of The 100i, taken after the band: the Supreme Court. as \.ell as for had tied up a night watchman and; appeal from the Judge's decision to worked on several safes for hours; the Supreme Cburt en banc in may be higher than $80,000. Tihau respect to claims exceeding $500. figure was given by employees "f;

Copied in large part from the .

one of the looted firms, who told Nova 3mm; statute, we M“ was police exact appraisal would have, moved into committee by Hon. A. to await return of m? mapageri W_ Mathew“, who explained that from Vancouver. Police said it 1t w“ entirely new legislation m might total as much as $150,000. this Pmvince and that he was open Previously a gene“, chmkup re‘, to suggestions for amendment’ suited in arrest of thlep men. Maxi Asked by ML Thomas Kickham Layefskl. Allns Lane, “as stopped, if I.he Public Works Department "5 he “as ab“ m hm“ a “me does not already possess authority

for Chicago and police claimed he‘.

hdbflilmi , ted Uited tn expropriate. the Minister said a n umrepor n the present powers were for road

States currency in a hidden pocket. purposes only.

Margarine Producrionv Climbing In Canada ”

tBy The Canadian Press) HALIFAX. Marci-l 21-—0fflciafi ,of the Canadian Seaman's Union tT.L.C.) here said tonight that 118 seamen aboard Canadzan Nm ‘clonal Steamships’ Lady Rodne! 3 Will strike at. midnight.

l They added that a strike vof» lncrw is being taken aboard the C ,N. S. Canadian Challenger. whicl, [arrived here today from the Brit‘ llsh West, Indies.

The officials said a striki- vnti 'mlght be held aboard the C.N.3 Lady Nelson when it arrived back from the West Indies. ‘Dhe Nelson now is reported to be in British Guiana and is not expected to re~ turn until next. week.

Statements from C.S.U. official! here clashed with those made ll Montreal by Harry Davis. union president. Davis said s. strike o! Much more unconcerned chant Th‘! Lady R111"? Hid Lilly Neb

You are the great army. and have been for years. that has been responsible for collections from a generous people in support of a Ere-It philanthropic and charitable movement-the Red Gross, the Hm. Dr. W. J. P. MocMlillm, O. 8.157.. immediate past. president o! the Society, told a largely attend- ed su meeting of campaign workers at Trinity United Church Hall last night. Lt. Col. Leo F. Mfl-vDonlld. city chairman, presid- ed.

OTTAWA. March 21—-fCP)-~The Government reported today that 2.323.546 pounds of margarine were produced in Canada up to Feb. 9. A return tabled for Hazen Argue (CCF-Wood Mountain) said it was manufactured by ‘Canada Packers Ltd. in Toronto and Winnipeg, by Best Foods (Canadian) Ltd., Hamil- ton; Wentworth Canning Co., Ham- ilton; James Crldlanrl and Sons Ltd. Toronto; F. W. Fearman. Co., Ham- ilton. Margarine was being sold in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. On- tario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. There was "systematic In- spection" to see that It was not passed off as butter.

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The drive in Charlottetown and environs sets underway today with an objective of $16,000. The pro- vincial objective is 333.000.

Dr. MaoMillan declared that no society had done so much in the cause of humanity as the Red Cross and that the Island Divis- ion ranked high in work accomp-

er, farmer. fisherman. and lum- (Continued on Page 5 Col. 2)

New Liquor Act Gets

He was remanded to March 28 on

1,0,... m navmauo,,_ The,‘ m, “shed, He regal-ed h, the much. 55.000 bail, charged with breach the officer who is escorting him. so" would rm into effect, here at about m miles o! we m m lea a" o! Red 0mm Home and the "What has the Department. ininf the Foreign Exchange Control John Gpfyfg? Hajgh“ the man wlwj midnight tonight.

south of s: Paul's A lot. oef ice need for renovatlnc the Premises. mm“ “““'7" M“ Kwkham fliked- MI- is suspected of killmz at least m? H-G» ‘Em’ Meade Aflflnfl" m" - c.» m. ~ “gguggaggdgigpggeitger ggdege Old Enforcement Teeth ....":::::“ -1: n. lgi'~“,*;;*..il‘.‘l..iii‘°‘lll.g mess. secs $3.33: YE“ oerntd-ljglgstca: i011! the lat: 5m. 153:6 Oarlzl‘ ' _ A mlblic works. They would have Bftmlfi". W" chewed “"1 munch» court, m lam-shamans. had refused tr- sign ship's articla

vagrancy. It was their arrest thatl led tn the detention of Layefski. ] These three apparently were not,

for the next voyage. The crew the Canadian Challenger took sim- ilar action today.

povrer over streams and

and the late w. Lellh Bracken. _ pits, for example.‘

The Doctor spoke briefly of the wartime work of the Red Cross

for a preliminary hearing. He was remanded again. Haigh is spec- ifically accused of the murder of

yesterday. The Northumberland

gravel Strait was about 80 per cent ice ‘

The defunct Prohibition Act was resurrected in the Lefdfilatilre yes-

Farmers Borrow

ticularly the work in aid of crip- said he understood the

which was slowly moving east- tgrdgy (o, hhg purpose of extmct Mr- (‘lmrbelll Complaint lccnneclsl-l with the jewelry ccmw - - -

_ . _ - 1 _ _ p _ v .M __ 01.... nur nil-Deacon. a Strike action is designed tnbacl mm‘ 2°: “Sh!” “as 3°°d and arse the filetéi 3232;185:121 . . ing some of its enforcement teeth. Ho“ John A Cam be“ ‘Fourthgvanies BBIP-Cfflckmfl- P"11@@ 551d. ,,-;;1.h.- Ikndon diam.“ poms mid union demands for a 15 per cent "M" m“ 1m“ w“ °""""‘ m“ ' which were flmd 110° the new ' ' p I m“ W“ ‘he “'9” “f a“ “MW m. buss... um m» sipped blood of vase increase and unmoved work-

ed off the Magdalen Islands. K1118?)

- gt ' l" K Klu Klan . . . »—--—- PM cram we u» hm “we ?;';.f.'"i.‘.‘°°..t°'.§Z£,'.’;Z?.%..;;“°'.;.i§.'.. w» he sm- connection “in t». dill‘ iii‘? ‘l-iici-“Fmic- circa-i gy..r".°.§**",;..“.;;"g§?...; ggmgtgggf '“§.....°°'."’...’.i’.‘.’.?." between n. uni Bo shah up u fusion service. Show“ by anybudsx and wdthout trans- Canada highway. What poslfifl a $1.000 reward and an un-| a“ he can getkt and the shipplng yedemqm He felt that all engaged in the benefit. would the proposed new

enc- a m comm wk- . p . . . .. Wearing white,

shoulder-length hoods, the twn men tied and gag-.

“Says; Seed Elain-

one word of eulogy over the corpse.

An outline of the amendments which were given committee read- ing in the House yesterday ap- speared last week In The Guardian. Hon. F‘. A. Large. Attorney Gen- nral. sponsored the bill. only crvm- rnentatnr on the drastic nature of

campaign were proud of t-he work of the Societyand wished them every success in not only reaching, but oversubscriblxig the objective.

In refs-ring to his retirement as provincial president, Dr. Macmil-

road to the National Park be to the rural areas? he asked.

In Police Station

MJONPREAL. March 21 —(CP) — The "Boy in Brown." 15-year-old gunman who specialized in robbing messenger boys of small sums, has outdone himself by swiping 53 bog. ties of soft drinks at police head-

down several weeks ago in Mont- real

‘rho companies bad naked than (Continued on Pa“ 5 Col. i)

(By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, March Rl-Farmers borrowed almost $30,000,000 unclnr the Farm Improvement Loans Act in 1048. Finance Minister Abbott reported to the Commons today in

‘ed,’ might u:atc.l1m.ln__Jqhn Mc- I Lend. 56,- and took him “to

Zighfilolfloor of the building in

There they cracked one safe in‘

eralfiovemment was concentrat- lng‘ its expenditures on work of this kind.

"So far as I am concerned. that

Park should never been

(Continued on Page 3 Col. B) ha‘...

the annual statement of operat- _ , r ch, m; _ 'a. Mr. n. _, . a 0 H I _ ~

quuflgrg‘ pone, my‘; today the boy’ 10m under the ‘ch Lwgllaheérfirwhi oglfagosid some placed there. Mr. Campbell de- the Superb Jewelry Company. Ltd" . f “f; RE‘ ‘ in a cell at headquarters, Qollgctgd The 194a ‘mount w“ up 51 p" mmm. Emendmems which were clarcd. The idea now is to take and dragged another into the rear‘ mgtRpbflflmu. shoe laces from other prisoners cam ‘mm the y“, berm-e and n_ nmepufi over lands for the purpose of huild- of another office on the same! Dogs WT; “Now , 5x31111088‘ 1118111.. fled the laces to- presented about ha“ m, m“; OM m“, section‘ crmdsed b‘. mg a highway to that. Park where floor. They covered the l,500-poundl OTTAWA’ March 21__(CP)_ \~ 55d elhzltlidllielaggellnooleassognd 31w loans issued under the Act since m. Mathleson. empowers the in- Tconflmwd on Page 3 Co. 3, wonflhd on Page 5 C...‘ 3) Trade Minister How.- Informed WQULD"F\LL Q ‘wagby 53 bottles yom M a “m: -'—— it came into force March 1. 1945. specfol‘. in visiting places where _ - _ __ _ the Commons today that permit < BOOK g _ , while U1 t a ' ' ~ ‘ The report said that for the ljquny- [n M; opinion i5 unlzyvrfully regulations covering the shlp- , . ‘

. e 1111148! Was b11151 8150- BERLIN, March 21 — (AP) —- {om-m wwessjve y“; there have kpmu to demand "the name and mm‘ o; pflme Edward 1515,14 _ /.

where in the coil block.

DoIan Expects Big Tourist Season

OTTAWA, March 2i - (C?) -- lndications are that Canada i! in for a big tourist season. D. Leo Dclan. director of the Govern- ment Travel Bureau, said today.

Mr. Dolan said In a statement there has been a marked up- swing in inquiries received by the Bureau in January and February from prospective tourists.

There were 50,602 inquiries in ‘he 116F100 — an increase of 47.5 Der cent over the same months last year. Of the total. 48,901 came from the United States.

Coming Events

"Mall your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown

"Handling Fhurina Feeds for Dillon s» Spillett. 11hr feed call on Enoch Newscn. weslmoreland.

"C. C. F. Boadcast. C F‘ C Y to- nlsht. 8.4.5. Miss Erma. Smith. Sec- "IBFY. Freetown C. C. F. Club.

____

"National Film Board. Brackley School, March 24th. Bazaar and sale of lunches.

"Rummage Bale. Market Build- 1118. ‘trinity Junior W. A. Baiurday, March Nth, 3.30.

“Card party and drawing of lot- tsrv In Summerfleld hall, Tuesday hllht. Lulich served.

"Unloading oar- of Bog Concen- "IM. Poultry Concentrate and Manon. March 22nd. doom: wilt Canadian Co., Ltd.

"Ct. Peter's Pia "Bells of Qlannonfi’? Morell Hall, _. Wednesday. March

d. I15. Auapices Legion.

"Ibllow the crowd for laugh; to- Illht to lhcnorlald Bros. Theatre. Induce Jackie Cooper h “ltcrk aim; Mun" plus Superman; plus

o .

"JIMMY Power's Variety ‘Con- cert in Vernon nlvcr IfaiL/lhrah 38rd. starting at 3:30. Undo: the auspices cf 0. W.‘ 1.. '

"There will b0 a basting in North Rivcr- Hall. Wednesday.

23rd. at s P. It. to crganln zrtbebulldlngofaclocedirlnint

Norm at . m. mnuuvcr. Pleau attend All: ° Interested an crucially in-

Russlan authorities nanounced t0- nlght they will take nn retaliatory action against action by Western occupation authorities outlawing the Soviet east mark in the West- ern sectors of Berlin. Many Bar- liners had expected the Russians to make some retaliatory move.

LONDON. March 21 -— (Reut- ers) -- Britain's Ministry of Sup- ply has offered to buy all uran- ium ores containing more than l0 per cent of the mineral — ba- sic material for atomic energy - produced In the colonial empire in Britain during the next l0 years.

UITAWA. March 2i - (OP) — A board of enquiry has placed dual

rrponslbility on the pilot and his company for the eight-fatality crash of an Anson aircraft at Trinity Bay, Que. last Feb. 2. the Transport Department announced today. Direct cause of the crash was the fact that a. locking device on the elevator controls was not removed before take-off.

Report Soap Prices Tumble Ar Toronto

‘IUIONTO. March 21 -(CP)-— Toronto lonp and shortening prices are tumbling, retail dealers said to- day. One chain store was selling a four-pound box of soa flakes at 84 cents. Earlier it lold or $1.49,

NEW YORK. March 21 -(AP)— Thc trial of 11 United States Oom- mlnista finally got under way ba- foro a jury today with a govern- ment charge that the defendants hold the key to an American revo- lution.

Th; 11 can sot the time for an uprising of "force and violence." prosecutor John I‘. McGohey laid in his opening runu-kg to a Feder-

defcndants of touching in elaasca and schools that the overthrow of the United states Government must follow the "classic model" of thq 1917 revolut- ion in Russia. ~

The defmcc: tmrotllh its chief spokesman. wont before the jury in turn ho insist that the party nev- er has raked a hand against the United Math ‘Cove

cometary [en

all?“ $21.0...» eartym g; build Ircaietbcpartvcnp-

j

Charges 11 Hold Key To Revolution In America

been no losses. Of the total'of 800000-000 lent under the Act in 70.000 individual loans. 57 per cent has been repaid.

loans in Eastern Provinces wit-h the number bracketed: Quebec (580). $477,000: Nova scotls (no), $72,000; New Brunswick (83) 3M.- 000: Prince Edward Island (61).

Farm implement loans were the most widely utilized in 1048. ac- counting for 88 per cent of the year's total. with $26,750,030. Next came improvements or additions to farm homes and buildings with $1,350,000. Fhr clearing and break- inz land. 3492.000 was borrowed.

Hang Kong Veterans To Receive Cheques

(By The Canadian Press)

UITAWA. March Zl-mtra WY cheques to members of the l-long Kong expeditionary force will be mailed to more than 1.500 Canad- ian! b61011 April 30, army head- quarters said today.

Defence Minister Claxton an- nounced in the Commons last week that the members of the ill-fated HofiK Kong force had beenbrought undes- the special Pacific pay prn- visions which were set up June 1. 1945. for serylcemen who left Can- ada in the Domlnionb 6th Divis- iion, or Pacific force. after VE-

ay.

slstently has taught the support of the government.

"It is a matter of public record," said Dennis. who la acting as his own counsel." "that we supported thg Roosevelt administration and vigorously campaigned , for his re- election." .

The 1:1 are accused of conspiring to organise the party in 1945 to ad.- vocate violent overthrow of the government. If convicted. they would face maximum penaltin of 1o years in prison and 810.000 fines each.

Dennis fried to outline at limgth the Communist Party’; attitude on domestic and foreign issues. Judge Harold R. Medina interrupt- ed him to say:

"I can't see that they have any- thing to do with the case."

‘rho jury began hearing the opening arguments after 38 days of argument and delay dining which the ddmca triad a number o! ways

may examine such person further

respect of a dwelling hotlse occu- (Contlnued on Page 5 Col. 5)

Parliament IIt-II-Glance °

parlment. Trade ‘nlstor Howe said the Iliewly - egotiated International

wheat agreement will not. affect

the Anglo-Canadian wheat con- tract. J. M. Macdonnell tried unsuc-

cessfully to have controls removed from the Canadian dollar.

in; - approval in principal - to the government bill to continue foreign-exchange controls for an- f other year.

Ontario) criticised mother Liberal senator for what he considered an attack on Liberal legislation.

introduce the 1940-50 budget. The Senate will alt.

Leo Adams today was sentenced to eight years In penitentiary for the $105,000 armed robbery two years ago of the Bank of Nova Scotls branch at John Krywarchuk of Hanulton int year draw l)

tobaltorpoatponctbgtrld.

in the some robbery.

address of anv person fnund in- a-ny ouch building nr place and if. the person refuses the informat-

name or address given is false. he

and may, if the person falls 110"“ demand to give his nnme and nd- dress or to answer sahldaclnrlly‘! the questions nut, to him. appre- henrl him without. warrant and, carry him as soon as possible be-i fore a Magistrate." i

"Dwelling House" (‘lnuso i

Another new section that. "If a person on account, of, whose conviction. a house has

l

I

He

thought it was "too bad" the Fed-

Tc Frame Compulsoryl Savings Cheque

(By The Canadian Prera) OTPAWA, March 21—Ja.ck Par-

‘. ker of Ottawa has a cheque from

he Federal Government but he's

l not, going tn cash it. He's looking ,‘rn‘.1(‘>a‘=] lftnr a frame in which to rarest-rye

The reason. he says. is that, itl

ceased to be a dwelling house pllr- . m“ him mo" l” B“ ‘he cheque

susnt to subsection ,2 hereof. i: a- l I gain convicted of an , against any of the provisions of!

han he'll get if he turns it into

offence l “Ish-

T-he cheque is for ll cents-Mr.

m,“ AOL commmm m. a. m. ;nll'*arker's compulsory savings por-

l

c (By The Clnadian Prom) c

Prime Minister st. Laurent saidl Government's bookkeeping cust- admlnistration of Defence Board has been transferred from the Defence to the Trade De-

the Industrial

The pommons gave second read-

Benator Arthur Roebuck (L-

Tueaday: t Finance Minister Abbott will

EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE MILTON. Ont. March 21—(CP)—

nearby ' Ccmpbellford. 0

Ill" 10!’ fllfllldflllqflt

l0 cents one cent interest.

which the cheque was sent. vl'ssn't home when the letter nr-' rived and thus had to~ spend NI

Britain Causes Deaths

Thp, Ministry of Health said to- dly an influenza outbreak in Brit- Rlffn deaths last week —— 300 P" “m! more than during any wee-k last year.

in Industrial Warwickahlre

Bul scrviu 1| crippled in mingham where 580 drivers Ill.

Britain two months after it hit

A sobbing mother. keeping her IS-yearold non a cap- tive for most of his life because hg was illegitimate. today "I 01'- dered committed to a paychoolthlv hospital. Mrs.

Ilmatadt crdisd 13.2.19, willfully l. III flitliacilmhtal-flitdv

It rnpreserts and

ion of income lax. returnable savings

The Government. however. spent

l , . i Snow Heralds Arrlval L".'I.°i..‘.§.l.“..i“ii"°.fiii,ll'i.‘lff‘iiéiof‘ spring I11 Canada i

(By The Canadian Press) Show and overcast skies mostly‘, heralded the start of spring in» Canada. although southern sec-j lion: of Ontario and Alberta were~ treated to spring-like weather.

Officially spring started at 6.49) pJrl. AST Sunday‘.

fin the east coast, mild weather prevailed Monday following lower temperatures and snow Sllnzia}. Monclon registered temperatures nvnulld zero at. noon yesterday af- fer having eight inches of snmv Sunday. Snow was forecast again for today.