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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAYJTEBRUARY 8, 1947

E n. Member Claims Growers Up In Arms Over Potato Policy

To Inquire Re Ferry Rates

OTTAWA. PM; T —(C P)— ‘transport Minister Chevtrier _ said today in the Coutmons he would inquire whether the Boa-rd of "transport (Iatrnsnisslmars bad is- sued s finding an freight totes m the Bos-den-Tormesttinu ferry "b0- tweetn Prince Edward Island and the mainland.

lie was replying to a. question from Chester Molnar! APO- Queens).

Parliament A At A Glance

(By The Canadian Preu) Reconstruction Minister Howe

ann ’ new measures to spur building of homas for rental. - J.M. Maodcneli (PO-Milksh-

Orttarlo) said the Government was using a “big stick" in Dominion- Provincial negotiations.

Several bills, including one to repeal the China; Imrrslgration Act, were given first reading.

Five Ileakers Participated in the ‘fhmne Speech debate.

Monday.

The Commons will consider Government legislation. The Sen- ato will not lit.

N0 SNOW IN NIWIOUNDLAINI) 5T. JOHN'S Nfld» m. ‘l --(@)

-Sncw removal maobhsery hm has been: idle more than ajnontlt

aa Newfoundland experiences one cl its saddest wintwrs in years. St. John's on apmoxiusatel, the

elme degree of latitude as Qudsec, Dilhltth- Mir-m. and Tacoma. Wash. i___.._>._

Coming Events

"ice races at. Oyster Bed Mon- dab’. Feb. 10.

"Look for the special sale at Ber- nard's Store. Bradslbane, February Gth-Tth-Sth.

f'Memorisi Lodge. Pantry Sale this afternoon at Holmana.

"Buckley Vs. Milton. It Milton tonight.

"Dance. Emerald llail, Mondu. 10th. c. W. L.

"Dance in K. of c. Hall. sourie. Tuesday. February 11th. Clifford's Orchestra. '

"Loading Hogs at Peakea Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Merlin Devine.

"Leading i-iogs at Morttague Station esch Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

“Warning. Tresspgssars crossing our i-srri in mild weather will be prosecuted. Estate Austin Mao- Neill, Stanley Bridge.

"Y-Pfldlfli Hogs for Canada

Fake Lt us‘!!! th of..." “““""...att-tl2.'

"loading Hogs at Cardigan Sta- irtion eaob Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Norman McKanaie. Cardigan,

"Pllltafl game New Glasgow rink tbnlght, North lwstico vs. 3°09 River. Gama starts 0:80. Skate after. '

"Horse races at Stanley Brita “Why. Peb- ll at i b'clock

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orwtwa. Ont, m. 1 - (Spe- cial) --Ta-king sharp issue, with the Ottawa Journal and its biweekly subsidiary. the Ottawa. Farm Jour- nal which reported that the Do. tninlon Government was buying Maritime potatoes undet- the Idl- cultural prices support plan. Hi-L Hatfield, Progressive Conservative member for Victoria-Carleton said here flatly today that. the Govern- ment was doing no such thing.

"Potato-Growers in New Bruns- wick and Prince llldtward Island are u-p in arms over the sittiatinn." w. Hatfield said, sltalrlng a sheaf of protesting telegrams from Prince

sources before The Guardian's 0t- tawa correspondent.

"Growers were promised fair prices for their surplus potatoes undes- the Agricultural Prices Sup- port Act. This wad gazetted on October 17 last year. but only five per cent of the potetogrowera in either- Prlnce Edward island or New Brunswick have derived any benefit front the Promised sutmart.

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"lite 011i’ growers who got any benefit at all were those who sold potatoes to etarch-ctrocesslng plants. In Prince Edward island. these plants are closed from De- cember iii to April 15 because they are stmtaner factories. since De- cember 15, the 5 per cent growers have not received a cent from Oil!‘ Price Support Board.

The potato situation in the Mar- itimw. Mr. Hatfield said. W85 particularly aggravated in the case of 1.1.:- vetcrans coming back to the potato business. They are find- ing now. he said that they are be- ing forced to sell their potatoes at Just one-hail cost of production-

time“ veterans who went over- u“ nod fotflht for us then 081110 back to potato-growing a/re takint; a terrible beating." he said.

The Victoria-Carleton month: pointed out that the United States Dgpgflment of Agriculture was do- irtg the fair thing with 11.8. pota- to-growers, paying them $3.06 B- urt-el 1o;- surplus stock in Maine

. grid $2.30 a 100 wunds in Idflhfl-

No Favors Asked

“We're asking no special ‘favors ,1- gpecial privilege". Mr. Hatfield continued. "All we ask is that the potato-growers of the Maritlmes receive the same treatment from the Agriculture Prices Sum-vim Board as other forms of A8?"- ulture. Through trade.agrectnents and other means. the hog raiser. the wheat grower. the Novi- scotia apple-slower are sewn! fair prices for their products. We merely ask for the same thins?’

The Victoria-Carleton member charged that dllatory tactics on

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Montreal ‘Woman . Acquitteti 0f Murder

MONTREAL, Feb. v-rttrsbteua Bean. charged with the knife slaying oi her husband last INo- vensber. was acquitted late today by a Court of King's Bench Jury.

The verdict followed Mrs. Bean‘ testimony that despite matings her husband gave he; during their l‘! years of mar- ried life Ire “loved him toomuch to hurt him" and “never intended to kill him." '

Defence counsel ‘ imed ecli- dafence for the Polish-born wo- man and said she resorted to [sell-preservation in the face of an unprovoked attack by her hala- band.

()7 "Ilsa Canadian Press) ltAfl. Y.T., Feb. 'l—'l‘hotilands

thin animals died while rac- aturea this ‘Yukon area M0 air-

northwast of Ibantcn

ha‘ doting the last week. trapper Bill

_ laid In an interview hora liar. who" has spent I rears Canada's Yukon. rapofld

naands of rabbits died and foa and wolves, we're kiilsdbf! to a lalar extant during the d

tad by an ll-bcltov-laro recardina. " , . Pet animals survived and m

Edward Island and New Brunswick"

Many Animals Dials: ~ costs at Snag, Y. t.

in the open all wintpfwitlseut

Gar Ferry Laid llp For Repairs

A break in the main feed pipe of the circulating pump on the ca: ferry has forced the ship ta remain atherdockinBordess sitseelld- elook ‘ltiuraday nhht. aecidentt owned.

Mechanics had the feed pipe re- paired at notm. yesterday but the ferry was usable to leave has- pier tac- Taatrnemtine as it was niecalary to enoaep the repaired pipe in ca- ntaot which would require several hours to harden r , ‘. ~ Railway officials slid last nllht the fertrywasexpectsdtebesbleoo leave for, Tormentins about 3 o'- clook this morning. .

ltn the snarstimo tha trains were running east and west to Emerald Junction as mull. '

Arabs llcar llevr Plan For Palestine

LONDON. Feb. 7 —-(AP)—'i‘he British Government dgliverteld‘ 1:! compromise plan or aes e o Arab leaders tonight and Emil Ghoury. a Palestine Arab Nitfflm!" naive. said that ti the proposal rc- sulted in tthe entry of one m0" Jew ‘in-to Palestine “it will mean war.‘

The cosnprcsniso vim swuwvtiv was not delivered to J01"!!! 1'99"‘ sentatives here tonisht-

Jamal ilusselni, leader of the pgtoeth-te Arab delegation. said he and his coiteseuw hi4 M!“ "i" to look at the arm-st w!" 1°11"- mw npmL-n] became "I'm sure it Wu“ m)“ our night's IIEW-

G.P.R. Main Linc In Sask. Is Sncwblocketl

REGINA, Feb. 7 - (OP) —AnX- iety spread through blizzard-swan! southern Saskatchewan tonight. re- lieved only in pm by the fit-sf cast of sbatlng snow-laden Wind-i which paralyzed transportation and brought the threat. 0f 1111MB!‘ ed homes and empty lsrders.

Up to a late hour an uh-itrflfld- ented stoppage in Canadian Pac- lflc Railway trans-continental ser- vice remained urtcleared. Both cast and west bound traffic was atop- ped late Thursday by freight trains caught in snow drifts be», tween Reg na and Moose Jaw. 50 miles west. Gangs hoped to clcar the tracks tonight.

The complete blockade brought supply from many communities without. food. But pilots Keith Malcolm of‘ the Government wir- ambulance planes and Julian Au- dette, both ex-Royal Canadian Air Force men. struggled llllSllCCitlS-_ fully to break through drifts on the road between Regina and the nearby airport.

Dropping temperatures were forecast along with the end of the bllsasrd.

In Regina, where Mayor Hugh McGlllivray described the coal shortage situation as “frantic? the temperature was expected to dlp to 3t degrees below saro io-

transportation calls for air

night. An emergency coal supp.y centre was set up. At Welwyn. about 1M miles

east of here, all ower was shut cf! and at Bengoug , B0 miles south- west. officials voiced the possibil- itfy of closing the hospital because o lack of c l.

Shortages of food throughout the region was pointed up b repcrta from Regina butchers t at their meat supply could last only until Friday next weak. Moat workers in ‘Backing houses were laid of! un new applies arrive. z

apparent ill elects. .

Although animals man-sensual stationed as his tiny wcgflsq. recc station and emergency airport near the Alaska-listen boundary were comfortable. The l) men‘ ventured outside only to check tltersnosnetess and fetch‘

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GREEK KING'S SISTER. TO WED U. K. MAJOI.

‘Ihe engagement of Princess

Katherine. 33. sister of King George Iii of Greece, to British Maj. Richard CA. Brands-ant,

85. was announced in Athens. Braridram. an artillery officer now serving in Iraq. met the princess during a sea voyage last May.

Will Provide Rest Rooms For Ferry Service

(Special to The Guardian)

OITAWA. 0nt., Feb. 7-Assur- ance that the Department of Transport. will provide adequate rest-rooms for the travelling pub- lic at Borden and Tormentine is given in a letter from ‘transport littinlater Chevrler, received this afternoon by J. Watson Mac- Naught, liberal member ‘for Prince.

Answering s letter of inquiry from the member for Prince. Mr. Chevricr said provision was made for stone foundations for rest- rooms and a bus terminal. Stone filling for the buildings will be placed early this summer and construction of the rooms will be- gin immediately afterwards. These facilities. Mr. Chevricr points out will be near the new terminal and not at the present one.

At Borden. rest-rooms for both men and women travellers will be built on an enlargement of the present jetty. Tenders will be called shortly and the work should be completed early this summer, the Minister revealed. He added that at both points, thr- new facilities will be modern and up-to-date in every way. It is likely the Canadian National Railways will grant a concession at the terminals where sandwich- es and soft drinks will be sold.

MarsMll Favors Strong ll. S. Force

WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 "(AP)- In his first major policy declarat-

ion as secretary of state, Getnt. George C. Marshall today called for universal military training in

the United States to back up Amer- ican foreign policy with real POW"-

He said ithere can be no disarma- ment until effective international security is worked out through the United Nations based on "solutions acceptable to the great powers of the tmutmdotss issues" involved.

i5 Guts Fer llllllt In ltevr GlasgtnLArea

HALIFAX. Iidb. '7 — (C?) - Beginnltig Feb. in. milk consumers in the New Glasgow. NS, area will pay ttrcsata per quart for milk testing 4.5 per cent butter fat. it was decided at a mestini of DW- ducerg of that area with oonunis- alonerg of th ova Scotia‘ Board ophbltc Utii tieg hers today.

t... Grisis Said Greatest In 20 Years a

ly JAMES McCOOK

LONDON, Feb. 7 —(CP)_. Britain's fual crisis—tarmcd by Anthony Eden the "greatest in 20 yeors"--threotened today to effect every home and factory in the United Kingdom cs the Government announced drastic newwlectricity cuts which are expected to throw 4,000,000 men and women out of work.

The figure mentioned was for above the peak unemploy- ment cf the depression years and represents one-third of the total industrial manpower of the United Kingdom.

As snow continued to fall in the north and battered coliicrs strug- gled through gale-swept. seas to coal-starved ports. Fuel Minister Shinwell announced that electri- city will be cut off Monday from industries in 17 counties of the 140110011. Birminlham and Man- chester areas and supplies to do- mestic users will be slashed five hours a day.

There were hints in the Con- servative press that the Labor administration would be compell- ed to resort to a coalition gov- ernment to solve the crisis but this was discounted by Labor sources as "wishful Tory think- ing.» . Board of Trade spokesmen fol- lowed Shinwellb spaternent in the" House of Commons with predic- tions that millions of Britons would become idle as factories closed. Already more than 100.-

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Criticizes 0ttawa’s Attitude Towards Smaller Provinces

(By The Canadian Press)

OITAWA. Feb. 7-J. M. Mac- donnell. (PC-Muskoka. Ontario) charged today in the Coimmons that the Federal Government is putting the Provinces. particularly the smaller cites. in an “impos- bible position" by asking for practically exclusive rights in major taxation fields. The smaller Provinces either liad to accept new taxation agree- ments with the Dominion or 8° back to a system of double tax- ation which no taxpayers would want to support. said Mr. Mac- tionncll during continued Throne Speech debate.

‘Mr. Macdcnnell said that con- clusion of taxation agreements with the Provinces on the basis now being advanced by the Do- minion would mean that the smaller Provinces would be “in danger of becoming economic vas- sals."

"Let us facc the fact that if the present intentions of the_Do- mlnion Government are 681F195 out whereby they get complete control of enormously-large direct taxes through the income tax and where they arm stay 1h the other taxation fields. we are so- ing to reduce the taxing capacity of the Provinces to so small an Area that the Dominion Govern- ment in the future can in effect tietermitnye whsdtvthe Provinces are oln t men .' an.‘ taco Prime Minister Kim! had advocated that it was all right for the Federal treasury t» supplement the resources of ,t.he Provinces but not to usurp their taxing ilelda.

"Iither the Ptllme Minister was

wrong is i080 or he is wrong te-

dsy,“ said Mr. Macdonneil-

A The Quality Tea:

WINS MEDAL OF FREEDOM

Awarded the Medal of Free- dom for aiding Allied pilots dur- ing the war, Beatrix Terwindt. now head stewardess of the Royal Dutch.Airlines. was drop- ped by parachute to her native Holland during the Nazi occu- pation, played great part in Re- sistance movement.

Prime Minister Ritltileti With Own Sarcasm

OTTAWA, Feb. 7 — Some of the weighty sarcasm which Prime Minister King hurled in the dir- ection of opposition Leader John Bracken. returned to him mess e when Donald Fleming (P.C.. Toronto-iiigllngton) urged him not to “waste any tears" on the Opposition but to turn his at- tention to the flight of public cort- fldence In the Government as a resulrof continuing high taxes and the inefficiency of its bureau- cratic methods. He demanded sub- stantial rcrluctians in persona‘. taxes in the forthcoming budget.

The Prime Minister was absent from the House when the youiiti Toronto Progressive Conservative rebuked him for some of the rc- marks he had “seen fit to tn- dulge."

“He began his remarks, as yuu Will rcvill. by making some ref- erence to ‘the facile expressions of members m this part of the House." Mr. Fleming snapped. "I shc-uld liked to have said to htm. had he been here, that his twn facialexpresston presented an in- ierestrng study especially when the amendment was introduced by the opposition (Mr. Brackeni. liteetgals a very interesting study tn-

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New Glasgowllas _ Rllntl Gnunclllor

(By The Canadian Press)

NEW GLASGOW, N.S., Feb. 7 —Co1ln F. MacDonisld. totally blind. was sworn in as a town councillor here today. Mt‘. MacDonald, who carries out personal daily supervision duties in his music store, is one of the most active town business figures. A native of Antlgnnisil. he is well-known in Cape Breton where he has relatives.

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orrawa. Feb. r - tcPt —Ag- rlctrlture Minister Gardiner today announced conclusion of a contract under which the United Kingdom W111 PUNhBse HD0000 bushels of potatoes at a price which is ex- booted to guarantee producers at least ll. for a 75 pound bag.

Mr. Gardiner said that actually the United Kingdom was to pay $1.65 a 100 pounds delivered at Canadian ports. Because of differ- ences in freight and handling it was not. possible to express this price in exact terms at country delivery points.

However, it was estimated that it will return to growers. at least the equivalent of the guaranteed Price of $1.00 a 75 pound beg as announced by the Agriculture ‘Prices Support Board to come into. effect next spring,

The potato shipments will begin in March and continue through April and May as shipping space is made available by the British Government.

"It is expected by the Board that fulfillment of this contract will remove the present surplus of po- tatoes from the Canadian market and thereby permit all potato growers to sell their remaining supplies." said Mr. Gardiner.

"Negotiation c! the contract was somewhat delayed because of the fears of the British Ministry 0f Agriculture that the importation of potatoes might introduce insects and diseases which would be dan- gerous to British potato growers.

"However, this situation is to be met by the Ministry of Agriculture sending a representative to Can- ada to act with Canadian officials in supervsing shipments for insect and disease control."

British Fcctl Minister Tc lllslt Ganatia. Ii. S.

LONDON. Rb. '1 — (CP) ——Fiood Minister S-ttrachey announced today he will make a three-wcekvisit to Canada and the United States later this month to discuss food problems of interestio the three countries "with the appropriate authorities.”

Strachey will sail from Britain

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it. is understood that wheat movement will be among the sub- jects discussed in Ottawa as iite United Kingdom ls anxious to ob- tain a major flow of Canadian when/t in the spring and early sum- mar.

Aquitania Arrives“

HALIFAX. Feb. 7 — Carrying nearly 1.700 passengers. including the largest number of civilians she has carried since before she went into war service in i989, the S S Aquitanla docked here late to- night.

To take the 1.228 civilians to var- lcils sections of the Dominion and to the United States. four Canad- ian Natlonal Railways boat spec- ials will be used. They will take 64 persons to points in the Maritime Provinces. 97 to Quebec cities, 303 to Ontario, 266 to Western Canada and 4-09 i0 the United States.

(Service persarztell was believed to include Clifford Heald enroute to Charlottetown to Join hi; wife.

the former Roberta Morrison.)

OFITAWA. Feb. 7 - (CP) ~—-New mGllilhra to spur the building of home; for rental this year were announced in the Commons today by Reconstruction Minister Howe. Th Minister. continuing the Throne Speech debate. said these steps would be undertaken to en- courage bullderth- '

i. Owners of new housing units will be allowed accelerated de- preciation at twice the present rate in connection with income tax payments.

2. A longer period of amortisa- tion will be allowed on loans un- dar the National Housing Act.

S. Priorities on materials will be "extended."

On slum-clearance. the Govern- ment's policy was being modified. Where it formerly refused to aid municipalities tc demolish and rc- build slum ‘areas because of the acute housing shortage, it now would do so where slum sections were occupied by only a very few families.

Mr. Howe did not disclose the ex- tent of aid that. would be Bivm b! the Dominion. but he did say it would help in finding new homes for famliea displaced by slum clear-

New Plans To Spur Building 0f Homes

ances.

The Minister declared the Gov- ernment was still aiming at a tar- get of 00,000 residential units in i047. The Integrated Housing Plan. Wartime Housing. and Housing Enterprises would continue opera- tions on their present basis.

Later in the debMe. some of his figures were challenged by JM. Mscdomtell (PC - Muskoka-Cnt- aria). who said his housin pro- gram figures had been sfeaty re- duced front previous estimates.

Mr. Howe ehid the only state- ment he had made on housing was that 50.000 homes would be built thejirst year after the war. 60.000 the second Year and 80.000 the third year.

"We are right on schedule." he declared.

In detailing his plans for accel- erated housing this yea-r, the Min- ister said the new aids to rental building would apply only to con- struction of homes within certain standards. They would have to rent on the basis of less than 8'10 a month fonatandard four-room units and average at least two bea- rooms per unit, and veterans must

be given _ occupancy prafarmoe.