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rnarlottotown Guardian. Two Cents. slanting Guardian, Founded 1581.

cliaizaoi'rri~:rowriiv.i_car~taba, MoNnAY, MARCH 31, 1941

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M!" 55-00. other Provinces Q U. S. A. 81M

BRITAIN INTERESTED IN TRADE watt RUSSIA

Rates Discussion Likelyiliiariiime Premiers

To Continue All SummerjMakc Flight Over

tlonservativss

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0i Sonference

. tAlVA, March 30—(CP)—-Tiie wsye Conservative Associ- ttt- Canada, in a series of ns rclcascd today. critl. the external and domestic ti.’ tht- government and Qrd for changes in the fields ticfencc, immigration, trade, felon. p-ntsioits agriculture, lrihtir. social securttyand

‘i tHS-vitliitiiid were adopted rri-vttirti‘ before the conclusion tin» three-day fifth annual ‘llliitlf the association but .r release was delayed pend- ‘illtii’ by the Caucus commit- u.’ the Progressive Conservat-

"r tntmbvrs of the Conlmons, the field of agriculture a ition urged adoption o! a t =1 in-oducts marketing act, a .""1~ttal fhrm rehabilitation and I conservation act, amend- vs to lilo Prairie Farm As- int; Act, removal of the em. r.» nil the export of bee! cat- t - to the United States, and for "MFA in the Bevernmenfs "-1 Tfliifi’ so as to assure parity

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!44;‘]l. prices provided for agri- - ~ ‘ill-i shtiiilfi be accorded to the ‘tins: industry," said a resolut-

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tiaiifax Continues Explosion Conscious

naatmx. March so.- (coma .- of nnrleterntinetl origin m the "trill/riled Burnside army barracks ross Bradford Basin from Halifax t-znlgiiif sent Haligonlans scurrying to their telephones to find out if t'~ blaze were near the naval “it ravine.

\ pokesman for the Royal can- . Navy said the firs was about we mI-les from the magazine t» "it that there was no danger of an "flliosiofl.

fiaman 100 Years ttid Dies At Sydney

SYDNEY. N. 5.. March SO-(OP) fvfrs. Catherine MacDonald, who " "fled her 100th birthday last ‘Barber. died at her home here .ng the week-end.

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Coming Events

"Dance in Belle River legion Hail. Saturday April 5th. 9-12.

"Unloading car bulk oets Mon- tiflv. March 3d. at Colvllle. Kit- r n and Yotinker.

"Rweivifll Hogs at Crepeud for Caitlada Packers Ltd. every Tuesday tirtbl 11 A. M. R. N. Dawson.

"Loading llogs for Canada Pack- Ptr. at Vernon Bridge each Tuesday “Wjncon. while truck road closed. W. Crane.

"Loading llogs for Canada Peck- era I.t<t., each Tuesday at. Vemon liver. G. Lee.

"inciting Hogs for Canada Peck- ers at St. Peters each Tuesday until iitiin time, while roads closed to "ikfklfi Signed David Pratt.

"loading Ilogs for Canada Peck- "YB nt Mt. Sttsvart. each Tuesday "till train tlnie, while roads closed to trucks. Signed Earl Jay.

“Collecting Hogs for Canada mum Ltd. every Friday. Souris, Rollo Bay. Fortune Bridge. Bay

Fvrtuns. Annaadale, Dundes, “Fidxetown, strsthcone. George "tonsil o

"Notice to runners - From an ‘In i will be loeding hogs for Cen- "is Packers, Ltd. on Thursday o! "orb week until further notice. C. f‘. Green. Emerald.

“Attention all farmers in Mil- "t" and North Milton Districts. A meeting will be held in the Win- 'ii"‘ Community Hall

ruse artificial insemination. "Blow n“ Monday "ifiion- Tuesday. 9 A. M. "W1 10. Brookfleld. l1. ‘We Merlset Boilers. 1 w. 1- Bed-tons. s. m. scenes. VHO, if [ma 9pm on River. P111118 lleotimtpetr T°°d Dies over 30 lbs. eeoh. Will "is sins loam iorsflm

tonight ‘Mfilidlyl, March ei, at ilso to au-

tor we. ‘l, Vera- for

i t OZVPAWA, ltlarcli L9 ~ tSpeciall ‘ -- Opportunity to tiiiUuih hlzirl-i time freight. rain», rater, ittl‘ trucks] on the Prince l-Idward Island cari ferry or freight vale; (f any tiu~i Kflbtion in Canada will be (if-iiiPti , Parliament this year, The Guard-i ian learned here this wcciacnd. l Reason is that the freight rate, enquiry in which Canadian rail- ways are asking for a flat Iifl per- i cent boost in rates is still in 11ml Bress before the Board of 'l‘r.tits- port. Commissioners, and prospects are that the hearing will continue for some months to come. Since discussion of‘ fremht-iutes has been ruled "sub judice" by Mr. t Speaker, the question t-a-tniot t-omc either before the llottst- of Com- molis itself or tho Ctmtmttits com- mittee on governmctit-c-w-nod rail-i ways sin-d shipping. This coiriinltiee which was ap-‘ ponted some time ago and on which 1

Prince Edwaid Island is l‘(‘]il‘f'.=(.‘lli-, ed by W Chester S RVIUIALiTPy Pro~ t gressive Oonscrmtive iill‘mi3t‘l‘ for‘ Queen! will probabtv not be con-i vened during the session.

Will Last All Summer t’ CW. Rump. -"(‘(‘.-l'(‘tiil‘y or the,‘ Beard of Transport Commlss hers.‘ estimated that the current. freight rates hearing will last “all sum-i msr" Speaking o! the hTOGYQ-“S "i the hearing. he told The Guard-i tan: t "We are not yet through with i witnesses on behalf of the Giuliani" tan Pacific Railwrnyr Vilhczit we doi conclude their testimory we shall ilave at. least an equal number of wtriesses to testify on behalf of tile Canadian National. 'l‘lt:n the Board may decide to nccczlr- to the many rcqtiesis to hold _ licurillfts Qlltaidg qt Ottawa. T!‘ they should leave Ottawa. in the course oi the freight rate; ease, the_ hBtiYiHG

might hovers 1n i autumn i’? z fir-Hrs‘. V '}’,_'_ While fréig t ‘titles on rut! time

may not be uflscussed in the Com- mons, them is no barrier to quee- tions or discussion on the floor of the House of the (‘Ytltiiilig-PYIVJS on m, p 31', ferry. Since judg- ment has already been Ritrcn by the Board of 'l‘ransport Commis- sioners, members o! Pl\'i‘ii.'ll1f‘l‘ii ‘it 15 igamed. have the right either to comment on or to SUQSZPSI ap- pval from the judgment. 6-

Csr Ferry Dcfitit ,

m. McLure said todal‘ he “mild Minister Chevrier

ask Transport (o furnish Parliament with ti breakdown of the 5180.964 tabled

[ivy (stimatcs a cidiiic-ntvl deficit The orig- $707,000.

in the supplement few days aso 85 I1 on the PEI. oar ferry- insl deficit was listed M and the supplementary “will” brhigs the total to $887-904-i‘5- supplementary estimates for Prince Edward Island this. year iii- oitide e vote of $50999 i" u“! wmplgtbn of wharf reconstruction and hflppqvgnygnt; It Charlotte- town. Although it ie o. new vote. the amount is not for new Wool! but simply to take ‘up the sleek between original estimates and tilt‘ actual cost. of the 50b-

A gun] or $4,800 is carded for thc wharf reconstruction Job at IWIKY Point which is expected to be com- pleted this year.

CZE-Cll IMPIUEEQION

DUNDEE. Scotland - tCPi -- MsJ. Frentisek Snabl, cultural at- tache qt the Cuchoslovak Etnoissy [aid the average Czechs idcu of 399mm is "the loch Ncss mole

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New Air Service

BOSTON, March 30-—iCP)—f‘he ilcople of hisssachtrsetts "do not think of cilllillilflilS as strangers or t-vcrt neighbors, we regard you as iclativcs and friends," said Gov- ernor Bradford of the Common- wealth State Saturday in welcom- ing s party of Canadians who arrived here for the inauguration n’ the new ‘Frans-Canada Air Liner service linking New England withi Halifax, saint John, Yarmouth and Sydney

“If you scratch e citizen of Zvlassschusetts, there il one chance in four that he is of Camidian birth m" ritNCElii," said the Governor.

The Cattuclian party included PlPlYiiPl‘ Angus L. Mactlonald cf Nova Scott's, and Hemier J. Wal- ter Jones of Prince Edward Island.

A luncheon tendered by the Car-

‘nthan Club of Boston was attenti~

ccl by leading state officials and business lenders. Past president J. Ernest Kerr presided.

Mr. li/Lacdonald thanked thetstote for the cordial Welcome, and acid- erl "I know the air ll-ne will not only he sticcessful commercially. but will add to the happy relations between New England and thc Maritimcs."

Mr. Jones pointed out that the Maritime Provinces afforded ex- cellent facilities for vacations end said he had already booked Gov- Cfllfll‘ Bradford as a visitor E. I. and other Maritime points this summer. '

The party left Halifax Saturday tnorniiig and arrived ‘m Boston for lunch. Stiturday night. they saw the Montreal Canadicns-Boston

Bruins ltocircy playoff game as guests of the Governor. They left Boston this afternoon on the re~ turn leg of their flight. over the new 'l‘.C.A. routs, the seentit in- ternntlonallearvitcteiaaug" ate b

company. veigtfiretmeets, ,

arrived ‘home; y night). 44-Passcnger ll. Y. Diesel Bus Missing

NEW YORK, March 30-(APl— An-ll-state pollre alarm failed to day to uncover a new $18,000. 44~ passenger (ii-esel bus. missing \v-.th its driver for three days.

The vehicle has been unreport- ed since Friday, when sighted by a tcompany employee near Hacken- sack, N.J., as it moved westward without. a passenger aboard.

Company officials told oolrce that the regular driver had not returned home since he took the bus out Friday.

‘Striking Miners Ban Garry 0n Long Time

GLACIJ BAY, N. S., March 30-- iCPi——A(itllll Scott, secretary- trcasttrcr- c-i’ District 26 United Mire Workers (CCLJ said tonight l3,- 000 striking Maritime miners would be able “to carry on for g tong tperiorl" as the result of "an iundcrstantling" reached at last \\'L‘Ci('s Washington conference oc- ‘twecti Union executives and John L. Lewis.

40 Killed llTSomhay

ster, the uneasiness of Aberdeen, the jute industry of Dtuldce tutti m, shipyards tn Glestiow "

runamt Ainaaican The YRCCOOHT3~BHHQ of the few American animals vrlthotit a Eur- Opfln counterpart.

Decline In

fly De-vld J. Wilklei DETROIT. March 30 —~(AP)- Home that increased production ‘volume might brink general rc- ductlons in automobile prices in the United Btsles in 4hr: not too distant future appear to he fatitni»! rapidly; only a substantial cut tn manufacturing costs is likely l0 bring en over-all slash in retail prices. In the 1D0,000-uiuts s wock level

fourth quarter of 1948.

the industry has attained in recent weeks. output has been at setter the-a the "break-even" point: mo“ companies have been making nmney elnce the heavier production levrcl was achieved at the start of the

But within the next few necks there ere certain to be wast irt-

‘ aostaav, i\ilii't‘lll s1 - (illulidiiyi i- tAPiwForty persons were killed

‘and 137 were trnttndod Sunday in v

tilllllllillliii i'itli.\ that broke out in sections of Bomlbay. the of lnfonmatton

tiffercnt 1 provincial director announced today.

Few Signs 0i Early

Car Prices

____._.__._______________ creases not only in the eutomobde Industry! assembly plants. but in the factories of their lllQpllLH. Demands already have been made upon the "big three" of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler (or wage increases of 23 1-2 cents sn hour for nearly 500,000 hourly-rat- cd workers.

Whcthcr the industry can avoid an upward revision of current car prices also is autnntotive circles. Several indus-

wlth ,ll‘it‘8 advances.

raised without advancing

prices.

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being debated in

try inders have declared gny wage invrf. 20s will have to be matched

Tht labor union chiefs challenge this, nmlntaining~as they did bc- fore tho wage increases of g year

ago-that the workers‘ pay can‘ be ca!‘

Voters do To Polls Today In Motltreal

MONTREAL. “Wen so -to1>> —F‘im1i hrs were delivered W-“Slii- » t tniflicri and 0f- tcii coiiivi. ti. nth-lung Clim- paign in the 3' cal-Cartier led. eial by-clrctioli, and roman-my electors will vote for a successor to Fred liosc. imprisoned Coin-

t'il in tie ‘"l'i

illlllS and n; . into the fir‘. mil rt.

iforcsd 1w -_ Patrols lrirrd for trouble of persons nccs m a iikilCy in the

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the pc‘ have mo. ....tist a repeti- tion til" t‘t‘~c ttwitt ni- About 30'.) city prtiirzt will be on t-atll and pro- Vlllcini p-ilct- i119 rcztiy to lend a hand it‘ tliry an ll‘t(°.‘.‘€i.

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374ml! l-‘lflsibla To Vote

Between 157.000 2111i 28,00Q_=eiect- lgribie to vote and they

.li..l'tf,, Michael Iltliiny, Label-Progressive‘, Paul lvlasse. autcnciitlst and ant‘.-

Comitituriht; Dave ltochcit, Ind<~p~ cndcnt lAbLillij and ON. (iingrzts and louis Valiqtlette, Intiepend- IAYTiS.

Cnminun l il'i$ been the major issue in the ngu-rtncction and l-lurtt,

M3551‘, llotltmi tr-lld iii ‘as illl have su, cFfetl that t titrticii- eltts. should witlttlrnuv as not. to split the ztitti-Cnttmtn. Yule. Mr.

Vnliqltcttc. a LiliJDl‘ louder, has mntic into speech-rs and held no meetings and has not made known his pos- ition on the Communist question;

The Progressive Consorvtitives did not ciltcr a tr. Aiifillttl because, their mcvitt-trinl ti; r Yvnn Stibourin said. they too (titl not. want to split the vote.

Was Liberal Riding Cartirr, until Race was elected by a, lint-vote m:r]tlrit_v~ in a izv-elcrr- lion in 1943. had been a Ltbciui riding sillCC tr was established. Rose, now in St. Vincent dc Paul penitentiary servhig a six-year term

for espionage ttcttvit , was ic- elected in lfVit. v 10313 Vnifig vfillgr 5 i?!‘ S

Fchuvi ."r~l"1, and 13,418 for Mr Mo.» c, titcn Ffiilfl-‘(Elliillg the

The s . from lhc vetcts ‘ti uffii‘

It .‘ d it a llcurc whcrc the rd by hfnivimc

rrnnvttct‘. tiff. how- c'ct~'cr.i1 tliitTl‘ ,]‘Ji,t~, . fliiti ui Oilillvfl ithz-i nu fir! ntftxtfit‘ lli.'l‘1lll",L‘llIl‘iliS w-tvttitl be zmclc to tvplzvc thrm.

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BREAK l-‘Oll ‘NEWS BOYS 4 .- t __

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Svtlnqv new; ngctits will ctr-nliiiuc to close their htlvrt-cornci- kioskz; lut 7 pm. as they did during the twat" ‘The Ccntriiiation Comntir- ‘ cuter fliiiflitlYfti their proposal for ,7 phi, ciosinz: vrhcn they cxttlnittctl ih(‘_v havc 11w cltstomcrs later.

vasr- cos: sin-era!’

Chin; is one of the foremost cool

C0llilil'it‘= in the world with re- serves estimated at 243.6‘i(l.il00.000 tons.

lilttllist who -l.‘ll"lf‘l‘l_V represented the rt. us a I,i'.i)'JX‘~PI‘CKl‘C5Sl\'€ member i The wmiztnr “ass riding in the‘ heart of Aiontr "was tense with excitement. m aipstion of to- illOl'i‘C'\\"S Yiic v.h ‘ll is expected to be horny Clvirgcs and counter- liiklt ilibii-

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Expect 200 Delegates Al: Conference Here

Fisheries Problems in Eastern Daeeda To Be Discussed By Experts.

At least two hundred persons Maritime Piovinces will attend the East Coast Fisheries conference which Opens at the Canadian Le- gion Hall here tomorrow monting.

Among those attending will be Sir-wart Bates, deputy minister of fisheries, Ottawa, and other high- ranking fishery officials from the Dominion Government es well as prominent _officials from the New Brunswick and Nova’. Scotta gov- (‘YWTTClliS Sillce ma, Edam-d lslmzitcl has no fisheries department, Premier Jones will speak on be- half 0t his Government and will review the fishing industry izi the Province.

i While nothing (itfinilc was 1 known last nigh‘. it is honed that the Dominion Minister cf Fish- eries. the Hon. Mr. Bridges, will attend. ‘The coitfcrrdn-tre is scheduled to last. for three days. April i to Ii. Premier Jrmcs told the Guardian last night. he believed this would be one of the most important cori- fererices ever held in the City of irmarlottetown. It would give every fisherman and rflrmer in the Prov- ince. the Premier said, an oppciw» juni ct‘ listr-tiing to the KilSCUS- Fl ‘in by many of the ablest fishery ci:pf",'ts in Canada. Moreover, the Premier" added, it wculd givc titcm

ironic idea of what the, next few

year; holds for the fishing industry of this Province. .

Mr Clyde Planta, secretary and 0181111281‘ o_f the Fishery Council of tCanada, said last night pie hoped ievery earl-rue: in the Province would =maioe ii; his busiliess tdbe pgegnt .t._*,"lho oanfeferioi." ‘ma; meeting, rm hxg fellow" alottie mun who was interested in the welfare of the fishing industry in Eastern Canada.

An interesting and instructive feature of the conference will be the discussion on modern methods ,of (‘tinliing and processing. In or- Tcicr to give concrete illustrations ‘of good and bad methods of pro- cessing, 200 samples of caiiitcd fish foods will be on dis-play Fifty of those will be from foreign coun- tries.

6.Day Mourning I For Mine Victims

WASHINGTON. Mai-oh 30 —(AP) i-Jolm L. Lewis Saturday called a

"six-flay work stoppage in United,

States 50ft coal mines in mourn- ing for the Centralia disaster vic- ‘tlms. The stoppage will take effect starting April 1 — the date he had fset for a strike until the supreme cottrt stopped him.

lie also demanded tho gusting of interior Secretary Krug on grounds of "crhnirtal ticgligetice" im- regard to enforcing safety rules.

Lewis’ order to the 400,000 mem- bers of the United Mine Workers

€llt.‘(‘. that the greater part of this designated period of monnnlng \\'iii be during ‘holy raveck.’ "

Boilozuk Acquitted 0f Bahy’s Murder

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HAMILTON, March 30—tCPi- A jury trying William Boltoztik. “lfi-XCZTF-Ulti Hamilton steclworlter, ‘for murder in connection wrtlt the death of a baby, returned a ver- dict of acquittal on Saturday nlzht, after 22 minutes deliberation.

After the verdict was announ~ ved, Mr. Justice LeBel told Bohe- zuk that. u he i1 still under a11- othsr ohecge ot murder he must remain in custody. The handsome steelworker is charged with Don- ald MacLeen in the torso-slaying of Hamilton street-car driver. John Dick.

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Union coiled it "a sacred ffDillCiLlp

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Airmen Chat At Conference

Prince Eilwat-d Island since the ivnr. (‘cntrc is Mr. Paul Sharp, and right his partner. Wendel

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s... coir... ma? U. S. Plans In Med.

WASHINUZFON, lilerch ._. tAP) Secret testimony that Turkey, even inore than Greece. is ‘the key to any move to halt the r-pread of C0nlll1lil1iS-‘fl1 in the Med~ rcrrancan is before the senate foreign l't.‘iilllO‘.t'5 committee. Actnnnistratioti lieutenants said todty they look to this testimony tn ccuntcl- open opposition to aid- lilg ‘Turkey on the part of some Cilllgrcssmclt and an apparent lack of cnthusiastn for the Turkish phase even, among some supporters of Preside-tit. Truman's program, The testimony “'84; given behind

30

Telephone Strike

NEW YORK, Mart-h 30 -~ tAPi ~-Tcicplicire lmioia and industry l‘€l)!‘t'EE\‘.l'lRii\'C.. met jfliliiiy with a federal coiu-iliutor tnnlgltt in llCf-T. otntlcns directed totvard prevent- a United States-twirl: telephone strike but Union Dl"‘.“i(iffli John J. Moran said tifteltvarrl there was "a stalemate on- both sides.‘ closed doors lest. week by Edwin

ft locks very much rs though c. wiison, United States ambass- "drlilbiii, s"! el"°»*~*"-»~Ai>1'i1 "in-adorns wuss-remiss committee 35 Dianm-L" h" “mime expects to ‘rflrike most of it public

will"? the cnvoy makes some deie— i faiths. i Senators who heard Wilson said {he testified, in effect, that Turlcey iremalns the last strong govern- imcni. 0.1x the Meditcrxuncan stand- . tine up against Russia. If Turkey lVAsHINGlUN. March Z10 — tCPi rsbcttid tumble, Wilson was quoted, -—B1lri011 Wiligfilfl’. who gained itflmfl ‘then Iran, Iraq. Arabia and other 25 ytlflrs n30 as a YOUHQ ifillivr-i‘ countries would have to bow to fighting for government oil rights cmununist tiemailds, tin-wring the if! ihe T911?“ Dilute Scandal. Siil- ‘Middle East wide open to Russia. urtiay‘ was assiZned to fifilbt! CiP-ifilfl- The ambissndor added that Tur- ihat the Navy pays inflated pTiCOF to United Slates companies for Ambian oil. ithe bill alone for maintaining a Wheeler. instrumental in linear-ham standing army which drains

To iinited States Navy

Most ii. S. Wartime Gontrols End Today

ering and prosecuting the Taipei ‘not only her finances but her nian~ administration in the 192th, willt make a two~wcok study, James Morfett asserted Saturday I I I that oil companies "deliberately defrauded the United States rrov I $1.05 a, barrel for Jirablmt-proctnced petroleum. i Motfett testified to the Senate war investigating ccmmittrc that the British Admiinzlty had been for less than 40 cents a barrel. By srruAki-[I-‘SNDERKILL _ "M BIRMINGHAM, Eng , March 3O zthat mania‘; industrial slleiigtii ,1‘ Ln i list find _ - pottery. jnliiischincsigeiiixid the likgg- and titnfi ‘the should sock further develop- mcnt of thcsc rather tho-tr liilTi i0