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Bu. Potato Shipments Prohibited

Shipments of table stock ia- toes from Prince Edward Is nd. Now Brunswick and Nova Saotta lo other provtneeshexmt by per- mit, will be gm lbi on and

tzhroudaelzam’ 2i“ Pl f Board. re ona o- flre in Charlottetown, announced last night.

Alter this Board order becomes effective on Monday shippl per- mits must be obtained from the Wartime Foods Corporation, the Board announced.

lt was explained that the Rur- pose of this ruling is to ensu . a more equitable distribution of potatoes and to avoid the neces- sity of moving potatoes from the United States into Maritime cen- tres. In past weeks considerable quantities of Unitcd States ota- toes were shipped to the nri- times while potatoes grown in the Atlantic Province: were being slit to Upper Canadian areas.

Board officials said that the

rice ceiling regulations Mprovide he same net return to aritime reducers, whether their product l’. said at home or on other Cana- dlsri centres.

Annual Meeting 0f Conservatives Planned March 29-30

OTTAWA, Feb. l4 - (CP) — The annual meeting of the Pro- gressive Conservative Association will be held in Ottawa March 29

to pproixinta . #1211311 aolwigrking day as she has done since the spring of i944, when the xilarge wartime reserves of Can- m“ Qhpyfl‘; '1'"

Algerian glowns o»

-State Secretary Paul Martin of Canada today assured the United Nations general assembly. deevkv for immediae help concerned over the world food cris- Ylulibskcoum will difulltwutmflti

_ » ‘ .. Ir B610 .- ~ . ' a in m h meet u” “Pd dmma a we needs. Canada had decided to re- duce her butter ration and Aus- tralia to divert wheat from feed

Ulliiéd NEIGHB- ent posit-ion is being examined to s" "h" firm" 111cm”! “l! be for animals to export. What the

1°°d 9 Domlnicns did was a "proud re- cord” for "a mere call from the

wide conservation and distribution home ccunu-y 0,0051“ ‘bout , de.

oi wheat and rice. the present head c; , > of the Canadian delegation said

the Dominion will keep on shipping Wheat- lnchldlnil 9°“!- flii B11 5V"- sacriflces in store. Coarse grains might have to be included in bread

the world's great producing coun-

British House ‘Hears ‘Grim Report ,.On Food

Martin Pledges " m“ Canada's Aid

fui review o

nister.

countries.

mill “l8.

East where rice was short.

and said the pree-

ian rte. Supporting a resolution fwworid-

slon to cut their own rations."

lolly 1,000 000

but he hoped to avoid that.

began to move abroad. A5 the IFPFBSEIIW-tlve 01 0'09 01 Resumlng his doiefui story,

‘ma, r“):- 14'__ (AP) _ M tries, Mr. Martin ave the assembly ggg 0g 3,000,000 mm,

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i trio persons were illed d '10 5001a heartening actsi about ivh-ai I di t i .~ lied s40.- ens ll t“ Qgnadn has done and plans to do- oooniolrswzf nliiilalgr gipsua fats $3.1? ..3’i°.-£§;".%.‘Ziu.§“it;z‘.3l; ‘Ptnmg "W "Mrs". '1?" ‘is , _ r en e cou , Qfmfi; “Pa? a1, wneat exports reached 204,000 " m W” “m s e ldings o 00° b

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4o] ‘ '1 tThltt Blrllen’ . A M. A.S.'l .)' and continued Board said today, are ‘stll lei: bin comgenasntgiitllgawhewltarmted rgtfigte: .0. S lth the Board's a m n- loan to r n was no ca a quake none included Barika. istrstor ofmknit goods, said that by and if it uid not come further d1 - south of Betti. and Misila, 05 the end of Januar more than 2.- flculty would result. ouilbiweat 1 .. 121,510 pairs of ny on s orblns had . . m "°"“ "imid ‘Vlimiiél ti“. ‘£32? I1 0 IE l 6 |||ilil lllltll‘ "Ohm" nerifhiilusiiist-ouia be handled. 30mins amass, sea. 14 ,- Ha said 1.44! dozen pairs were iArl-Coi. Juan Peron in an .n- tarview in n1 laborists wary de- nied charfles made in the United

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obilas and

my?‘ y“, by 1”“ i, my" “n. dozen pairs, more than 80 times

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"Out/outer oars and trucks adméfgeaf. m” u" b‘ flmhed glam Ambassador to Argentina.

More the

the situation is improving asiiy!’

turned out lastNOctobgr comp-wail MQSDOW “l, l‘ __ (Baum!) with 39.967 in ovem er ani .- - ' 171 i D cember. January produc- b] k m g h gqngplrgd “"°‘°"l*i>“o8l>ol"?i£. “m” ‘° m» him- win-M o "M $23 ti.‘ hit. d. do... u. . ' ’ iharges were Dlfli iii’ I "WWW 011

send only 300.000 ton

usheis and at the besinnins o! Even whales had contributed to m] vmum, dvyc” ‘mm Algiers this month. Cit-midi! 118d 6J1 QQPOPF ‘the difilctlrlillties. A Bftitligihvmag- , ' n e e toiiwentou wt gt

" (mnflnued °“ Pa" 5 00L u) exgecgtlons of a record catch, Due

to unavoidable delays many shiyi; were late reaching the tflsiiiniz grounds the weather was atroci-

Algiers r id doctors out; Nylon Prllillwtlflll our and the vii eielflhfergirvlitizti: pg; may; o» “wmflmfi increasing Rapidly

below normal.

Available supplies, the Prices honed for more American lard.

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Would Protect This Continent From A-Bomhs

LONDON, Feb. 14 - (OP Cable) —Canada's decision to cut her but- iter ration front six to four ounces a week to permit greater ex orta - to Britain and Australia's e forts

to increase wheat exports nrought

n r the only applause in the House of n

' Commons todaxy during a long, dole- - the food situation % bluff Blr Ben Smith, Fond

Astana/mu Pleb 14 - (Ar) to Congress toda, a proposed tegn v

comer-paced fleets could difficult" for an es:-

ta North America with s

secretary Forrutsl said the Un- ‘iled States must be ready for “isn- mediate advancement cf our for- ward lines" from those bases. to head off any atomic-bomb lie three/t

Replying to blunt questions by the dapper Anthony Eden, acting leader of the Opposition, whose main plalnt was that the llonse

The death occurred at his home yesterday in the City of Dr, I. E.

and food and milk inspector for the City of Charlottetow

Born at Summerfleid ago, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Croiren, the late Dr. Croken went to Toronto University at the age of 3Q and graduated four years later in veterinary sur- gery and applied science. hen assigned by the Civil Service of Canada as inspector of merits in the Canada Packers plant In Tor- on o.

'I‘he Navy Secretary oeaion of admirais befone the Affairs

su port of s post-war Navy of 319

planes and a com- plement of 550.000 officers and m

and Meet Admiral naval operstioaréai.

eased bases. of which the navy said it wants the Pacific and 20 in t

Admiral Nimitz conceded that atomic bomb tests on ships, the first o! which will be held aibou d the second July 1, may ion-s in naval estimates. But. he said ships are likely to present “difficult. and unprofitable targets for atomic bombing because oi the degree to which they are dispersed in naval tact di itlons and the degree to which are mobile "

But he added that the submar- ine might become “the most suc- cessful vetizicleltgil; cgrrryingugtomic Weapon-s w ort on

astai targets c”

in the use of guid-

Sir Ben a oka first of short crops and raughts which have cut grain graduation in various

eat no longer was

available in great supply for hu- nfitz_"c’fiie‘f“ol, sir

He told of conferences with pro- ducing countries aimed at conserv- - lng wheat and how the real scri- ousness of the situation became apparent in December with detail- ed re rts from the Combined Food Boar . With these reports came new wheat demands from the Far

After serving the Civil Service r two years, Dr. Croken return- to his native Province to prac- tice his profession and also to act as inspector for the silver fox in- which was then becoming rtant part of the economic

Ha came back from conferences in Washington a month ago find- ing the conditions wing worse. Min nion of South Afrim who came to see him re- HON. PAUL MARTIN cently had said that by the end of March no wheat would be left in LONDON, Feb. 14 - (OP Cable) that Dominion and lie had diverted a shiplosd of wheat at once to help there. An Indian delegation was to see him with a similar appeal

In the fail of i916 he enlisted Uh the Canadian Expeditionary orces and was transferred to the British Veterinary Corps s with that unit in England. Africa, i-iong Kong and India. Returning to Canada at the end of the war, the late Dr. Croken to the P. E. Island the rank of Mont.- Upon his return to civi- life, he devoted his veterin- ary knowledge to the eradication of lung worm and ear mites in foxes and it was largely due to his ef- forts that those parasites were fin- ally eradicated from ths; domesti- cated foxes in the Province.

The late Dr. Croken was a con- sistent advocate of the testing of cattle for the tuberculosis bacillus andit was to his efforts than those of any other individual, that the Province now enjoys the reputation of bclng a tuberculosis- free area for cattle.

Besides his sorrowlng wife the former Catherine MacDougnli of Bey, N.S., the late Dr. Cro- ken leaves to mourn his passing a brother, Wilbert, of Schenectady N.Y., and three daughters, Lena o y; Margaret of spring- ieid. Mass, and Mrs. V. J prlngfield, Mass.

Study 0yster Farming In Gaspe Area

TOWN, Que., Feb. 14 - Canadian fisheries ex-

sources of the Domlnlon’s oyster supply, are studying the possibil- l of ping an oyster fishery in the Gaxpe peninsula. ' Last summer oysters from Maritime Provinces were planted along the Gaspe coast at Puspebiac and Port Daniel. The development oi these fields over the next year or two will indicate whether oys- ter resources can be built up here. The Gsspe experiment was begun by Laval University's station at Grand River, Gaspz, with the assistance of scientists of the m0 hderal Fisheries Research Board who have been carry

work in the Maritime Provinces for a number of years. Exploration of the Gas

a. F once and Italy have a total of 704 fighting ships. compared with e 1.079 to Ue kept by the United tea in active condition, ready

reserve and laid up. Th irtlined in the Navy's

Pacific-Pearl Harbor as the main naval base. ‘major- cmeroling bases i.ri the Guam-Saipan ares of the Marianas and at Mnnus Island. off New Guinea, (depends

Sir Ben said he must warn the House there might be further

reemsnt with Australia ) nti Tr

he said there was a world rice short-

Solemn Ceremonies Mark Creation 0f llew Cardinals

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Clordinrsl will take a Sacred College oi cardinals vmen 32 new princes of the Roman Cath- ie Church are created in monies at. the Vatican nexit week

Rev O ul

was likely to get only 100.000 tons of whale oil against an anticipated 136000

Blr ‘Ben said he had hoped to M i increase the bacon ration to more _ thanltheb Dféltait “three, ougcfi 01'!‘ W ,1!‘ bfll — (C?) -The ek ut pro uc on n o

A A e Clsnadya and Denmark was down and that hope crashed. But he

ias Election of the lshop the other cardinals- iormallty. The Pope. who on . 23 filled t.be college, for the first time to iimen

th acts

ing from t-he soiernnity of the

week-long series of public and sec- ea

the management of tam oral af-

to eiacl a new ope on Bpruiile Braden. former United of the incumibem

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Heavy Program FM” House Next Session

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line to determine its auitab iity for o stars showed conditions gener- aly were riot favorable - water temperatures were low, and areas

.hcl.v orders, accept a close until canon iaiw was

revised in the 19th century. Willi! even

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snapp trees and poles.

One possibly fatality was attri- buted to the breakup of ice in the Nuagare. River at BuffaicAnunid- cntifed man believed to have been ice fishing. was sighted on a dis- integrating floe being swept downstream but Coast Guardsmen reported he disappeared before they could effect n rescue,

Two residents of the Onondaga Indian reservation near Syracuse, identified as Mrs. Alice Sullivan, 24. and Louis Beckman. were killed when they were struck by an auto- mobile as ihey were walking a-

long a radio-swept highway.

The gale was preceded last night by rain which became general

throughout the state. The cold front which followed tumbled un-

seasonabiy high temperatures

which averaged in the 50's and reached new highs for the date of 60.8 in New York City and 5'1 in Buffalo.

Pedestrians in Buffalo were ald-

ed at. windy intersections by r0 ea strung up hurriedly by pol cc. Four persons were injured when they were blown to the pavement.

Warm Weather In “The weather-luau in every-

thing in the book yesterday in Eastern Canada, with temperatures ranging as high as 50 degrees e- hove in Toronto, and falling rapid~

to below freezing point toward

nightfall.

At Ottawa, o. southwest wind g2

the temperatures soaring 14 grees in i0 minutes. "Just like an Alberta ciiinook.’ Dominion mete urologist F.W. Baker said. The Barometric pressure was down t0 28.9, the lowest since Feb. 1835.

The highest temperature record-

ed at the Ottawa Experimental Farm was 40 degrees. but by six o’ clock last night it feii to freezing and continued to drop quickly. The forecast was decidedly cold witih Q scattered snowflurries for today.

Streets and sidewalks were deep in slush except for 11min thorough- tales.

In the Toronto area a 72- miie-nn-hour gale knocked over trees, ripped off roofs and caused ooding in suburban Etohloeoke yesterday. The wind died down toward night- fall, and swung from south- west to northwest to bring in the tail-end of a storm which centered on North Bay yea- terdsy.

Montreal shared Toronto's wind

storm, and at least four persons were mjured when wooden part- itions covering repairs to store fronts were blown down A 72-year. old woman, Margaret Grieve, suf- fered a broken hip when struck by the wooden shElI blown from a store on downtown St. Peter Street. wiliile three persons were iniured on north-end Park Avenue.

The vrind reached near-cyclone

prhporl/ons and disrupted i816- phone and telegraph communicat- ion; to many points. Electricity services were interrupted in some ports oi the ell-Y-

llsteran Canadian

BUFFALO. N1“ Feb. 14-(0?) -Poasibly three deaths and thou- sands of dollars in property darn- age were caused in New York State today by a severi- gale which swept across the United States from the Gulf of Mexico and roared into

'I'he heaviest mas was reported in Western New York where the gale averaged 50 mfl an hour for five hours in Buffalo accompanied by Busts up to rill-mile intensity. The wind smashed windows. damaged buildings. tore down signs. and

Federation of Trade Unions, Inter-

the American Fedeoation of Labor temoon g:- ifocriisruxltfitive status within the ' n e a ons rganization. The America I m 1 t a few hours previously, at 11 a.m., ,1; n,,,,_g,,,,e,',‘,m"e§,°{,’f{‘“ Danni Mayor elect a Earle MacDonald

the agenda except for formal cere- monies closing the first Assembly.

French troops in the Levant con-

British Plan ilugc Power Expansion

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553%.‘? .51.”? m" "l"

. oun s i$2.035.000,000) expansion plllnn to meet the post-war requirement; of business and domestic consumers. despite the certainty its almost 600 units soon will be taken over by the Labor Government.

Silent on generation plants nnd double that amount on distribu. tion. More than 200,000 home; __ mliiy on farms and in small vii- lgtkefizm; iliito ‘the nevi; ‘schemes.

eas a t ddt 8,. 000,000,000 to 10 B, a m“, hours made available each year will be for domestic use,

Manitoba Cabinet Posts Are Filled

o, c. — - - '—_' '1‘ t F‘ b 14 (CP) Mini WINNIPEG' Feb‘ 14 _ (c?) " mliliginand maximum temperature? V 39.461 Edmonton 11. 3 ' itolbt: léata itulltltY announced map; sfisaimsgfii,‘ 29' w, Mormon 3L 43; ”°""‘-“ ° ""° "aw °“ “e Halifax a0_ 45,- Cirnrlottetown 29, c Rhodes smith Liberal-Pro "i sYdmY 35» 455 Ymmwm 3°18" - » k . ' gressive, Winni cg, was named Minister of Ln or and Charles Grecnlny, Conservative, Portage la Praii"ie_ Provincial Secretary,

Premier Stuart S. Garson of Man-

posts in his coalition government.

announced the resignation of l!

Action Frgcd T0 Combat Global Famine

llevl vars-ESE. Site For Peace Capital Approved.

LONDON, Feb. 14 — (C?) - The first Assembly of the United Na- tions completed the business of its historic first session tonight by calling upon ail countries to take swift action against global famine and by approving unanimously tho Wcstchester-Fairfieid area of New York and Connecticut as the new permanent world peace capital.

In the closing minutes of its meeting in Central Hail, the as- sembly also voted unanimously for New York City as the temporary headquarters of the world's peace agency.

One of the final actions of the delegates was to call upon membe countries for “immediate and dras- tic" action to head off starvation in the world. The Assembly naked the powers to conserve food sup-

The Assembly adopted an Ameri- can resolution admitting the World

national (Jo-operative Alliance and

While the Assembly was driving

NDON’, Feb. i4 _ (or) -The

About 150,000,000 pounds will be

mitt %h t: ‘ la

.~. we =11 .,§..Bvoaii=~ifl1.==i Discuss‘ m‘; . the wand yam“, had been made he compositional

threat, delegate after delegate 91°15'19"‘ committees W95 B5 301'

stressed the gravity of the inter- lows (the first name in each com-

national food situation. Big and 11111568 1d the Chfllfmflllii

small, the wers pledged support in anti-firm ne action.

h Subscription Delivered $5.01. Ill-ll. 84.00; other Provinces b U.8.A. 08.00.

LY AT LONDON iS_ COMPLETED

U. S.Navy Urges Q Overseas Bases

Severe Gale Sweeps Through N. Y. State

City Meat And Milk inspector Passes At 62

llr. LE. em iiald m- ltloii For 24 Years; Croat

Sharp ‘ilualie Rocks Pacific Coast Cities

VANCOUVER F b. 14 — C ' -A Illlfli eartllglllre cities of the Pacific Coast from Vancouver as far south s5 Pqrt- hud- orm. for several seconds around 9.20 p.m. lCSTi tnrtizht.

While no reports of serimyg damage have been received, wt..-

zaillliigtrfgeiated from fright 0,, l, he tte d n-t root-ion: hi3... "&...§"°.,.‘.§§‘§ “hm! Bimns Vancouver's harbor: entrance, said hire structure swayed considerably for “g 5o“. 5|: of seconds.” There was little Nm° 0" "l" b11580 at the time. awspaper offices in Vancouver were flooded with telephone call; as citizens in various districts reported dishes fell off shelve; 811d light fixtures swayed.

I First Meeting gilliyileg‘ and grow all the grain pns- I