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(Eight Local i Railway Men‘ lire Honored.

min members of the P. B. rlivisicmCanadlnn National n; 3i_\S, who are also members , thc C. N. R. Machinists’ Asso- ‘latlort. Lodge No. s04. ware pre- tented uith badges and certific- ites last night in ation

n ("och having served S6 years with. tile Railway.

The presentations were made 3y superintendent C. T. Mont- tomcry during the course of a banquet held If. the Charlotte- {own Hotel in the men's honour. The recipients of the badges sfltl certificates were, Messrs. P. \V. McNcvin. John A. Collings, Harold Bevan. Benjamin Btenti- rord. Parker Moore. James Ilan, George Puncher, and B. P. Mc- '.ninr~.

511ml addresses were made by Eitpi-tiitlcttdcnl Montgomery. Mr. Harold Moore. master mechanic. and Mr. P. W. McNevln. Khnersl foreman of the mechanical de- psrlment.

.\ir. B. P. McLalne presided.

Traffic in llortbsrn

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BATllUR-ST, N. 5., Deb, fl -. (CFD- Traffic in the North Shore arch. buried under snow aiter last weak-ends blizzard. is gradually

returning to nominl. Roads to Campbellton and Caraquet coast points have been XC-ODQINd.

The snow is so deep that the

operator of a plow at Clifton fail- ra in see a _burlcd car. which tihe plow hurled against the snow em- bankment along the road today. Only minor damage occurred.

OLDSTEB LOSIS IJUESI

LEIGHTON-BUZZARD. Beds. Englurd, Feb. 26 - (RQMAS) — Driving his automobile "as if it were jct-Wopellfifla" 80-year-old Samuel Hudson knbckéd down a. roman- pedestrian and crashed thrcuzh a, shoe store window. To- riay a court suspended his driving licence He Will be 9O before he is allowed to drive again.

Coming Events

"Movies at Victoria to-niiit.

"Runvnsae sale xirk Kali lat- iirday. 4 phi,

"Biflflllvy vs. Milton at Milton rink tonight.

"Reserve Easter Saturday. April 5th. Zlfln Cake Sale at Holmana.

"Hockey East Rdyalty tonight, Sparks vs. Royals. Skate after.

"Rummage sale Trinity Social "all Saturday. March l. at s o'- clock. I

"Loading l-loga at Pcakes Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd» Merlin DCVIIIC.

"Medina Hogs at Montague station each Thursday for. Canada Packers Ltd. s. c. McLean. Phone

“Mullins Hogs st Cardigan sta- fltlnu each Thursday 101‘. Canada Packers Lid. Norman Melionsle. Cardigan

"H01" Mrs. l". Osborne lfltlra in Central loyalty school Iri- fll. Feb. I. at l o'clock. 1n aid Women's Institute.

"l-Oldtng hogs at 5t. Peters for cililda Packers Ltd. each Tuesday for truck pickup service from farm to car Phone lloddia Pratt.

"Doubleheader at New Glas- l" Pink. new Glasgow rials "~ Qllllbw Mad: 140w "ids-ts n. ututon uugm. a.- riisht. Came starts I o'clock.

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ltcsults or Fur Auction At Montreal

MONTREAL. rec. as — (Special) -—'1'he Fcbruarysale of fox pelts by the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. Ltd. here today resulted as follows: Better grade platlnurns. 59 per cent cold at an avenge o! $39.56; low grade platlnums 12 per cent sold at an average of $06.75; pearl platinum 8a per cent sold at an average of $33.51; white marked slivers per cent sold at an aver- IIO vii 826.47; selected full silvers 7° Per cent sold at an average of W119: rcgwar full silvers so per cent sold at an- averags of $10.09. (The above information was cup- plied by Mr George A. Callbeck. manager o! the Fur Marketing De-

partment, Canadian National Sil- ver Fox Breeders’ Association. Sununerside.)

P. E. I. Woman Dias At Maiden, Mass.

MAIDEN. Muss, Feb. 30-(0?) —F'uneral services for Mrs. Isa- belle C. Dimer-it. 40. a native d’ Brndalbane. P111, will be held here tomorrow’.

Mrs. Dyment i; survived by her

husband, son and daughter, all residents of Maiden. She also is survived by her mother. Mrs.

1101's, MacLean of Charlottetown, and six brothers including Daniel. mm. NS., John. Summcrside, P. E. L, Duncan, Bradaltane, P.E.I., and James, saint John. N.B.

we Dyment died ln hospital here Monday.

50,000 Belgians In Demonstration

3511562115. Feb. its ~— (AP) — A dtmciist/mtlurl by former Belgian prisoners of war demanding pay- ment of bonuses turned into a riot- ous battle today in which 50.000 marchers broke through police lines, trampled and crushed each other and only were stopped by machine-gun and rifle fire from behind the steel fence cf the par- lisment building.

A day-long siege of the parlia- ment building was not broken un- til tonight when a rirzg oi armored cars, machine-guns, gendarmea and troops fin-ally restored order in the angrybuthrong and the cabinet mcm a were able to emerge from behind their locked doors. Unconfirmed reports iald s dooen persons were killed but. an oziiaial the Interior Ministry sell thbt y one person was dead as the result of a heart attack.

Lt-Col. Raoul de Ifi-aiteur. min- ister of defence explainsd that the bonus had not been paid because palgiun had not the money at promit.

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Britain ‘To Adopt Niflhl shift Plan

Dan-third Workers To ilo Affected; Will Altl In Easing Electric Power Problems.

By GLENN WILLIAMS‘

LONDON. Feb. 26 -— (AP) - A Government sirckesman reluctantly axmmmced tonight that Britain must adopt mother innovation - iniroductioirof tho "night ahiit" in ndustry

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More than a third of Britain's workers must be put 0n |, night shift. "at 0810C" to level off the load on the country's time-worn and war-unpaired electric power generators. Sir Stafford Oripps. president of the Board of Trade, told the House oi Commons.

Introduction of the night shift —llmoat unheard of in Britain where few fireside-loving Britons worked at slight even during the wartime production crises — will

mean "a revolution in the na- tion'g social habits," an official said.

Virtually the entire country is geared for day-tints work only. Eubwnys close 600a after mid- night. Most restaurants and pubs shut their doors by l0 p.m. and theatres are empty soon after.

A Joint committee of labor, em- ployer; and Government repre- sentatives called for reports from local industrial areas Our plans for the change.

Blizzards Prolong Cris'a

The committee, aware that new blizzard: in the coal-producing northlanda mean a prolongation of the industrial crisis, agreed to sit in l cvcclai session March 18 when it will attempt to implement the new plan.

The committee said the change

would affect about 7,000,001) work-'

ers. including 2.300.000 women. Government sources said Qutlrc factories probably would close by

der the new scheme. Factories may alternate in going rm to the night shift. each factory working at night one week out of every three or four. '

Although the scheme is being created because of the fuel string- ency and the rundown condition of the electric generating equipment, official; said it was likely to be- come a permanent aspect oi Brit- ish life.

1946 liali Cutout Down 15 Par Cont

UITAWA. Feb. 26 —— (OP) - Tlts nail shortage of i046 was rc- ilectezi today in figures released by the Dominion Bureau oi Statistics on the year's production -- more than 1s per cent lower than in i045. A total of 59.806 tons of nails wcre produced during the year. while out/put oi steel wire staples fell from 2.070 to L715 tons Ind tacks oi stee, brass and copper amounted to .003 tons compared with 2,201 in 104s.

$1,500,000 NEST EGG OFITAWA. Febf26~ (OP) - A

piled up in Canadian banks a-

money gathering dust-and corn- pound interest-in the waits. For a vat-let of reasons-chief- ly deaths of epoaitors and cara- lessness-unclaimed balances and other dormant funds had accum- ulated to that amount at the and oi i940. it was shown in l. return

tabled in the Commons today.

MONTREAL. Ibb. 3 —(C?)—- Canadian Pacific Airways an- amooa was; it had been adv-iced s Quebec Airways piano has picked up three fliers missing for a week in the St. Atgustin ma near ma Quebec-Labrador border.

The information cams from W. (labs) Woliett. auporintandctt o! ma It. Lawrence district of Quebec Airways at lsont Joli, Qua.

Ho cats be had rescind radio direct mm a Quebec Al a nail

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Ilsa-ea Missing Fliers Found In. Wilderness

Atlustia woo unacrvicoabla t» cause of recent storms and t}; only communication was by radio. 1t was presumed,

Isiantt to Blane sablon. la isle Strait. The pilot had s Inrcute to St. Augustin to h

thascarch for ardoonandlooliowafdq as Ont. and a thitd man mentioned torthafinttinawiaooenk M. leonatitabcroruising. ca.

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Cfflcial Figures indicate Situation Continues Critical

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UITAW . Rb. as - (C?) ‘Transport. Minister Chevrier said tonight that Canada’; railways "are 80in! to have difficulty" in meet- ing the box car priority order for export wheat and domestic feed grain shibments and still meet the rsqilrsmonia of Canadian indus- try

“But," he added in a statement to the Canadian Press, the situa- tion today ls far better than a week sgo and if the weather will only hold good ‘I think the rall- wayl can do a good job of it."

The Minister was commenting on a report by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics that it yemained to be seen ii’ the railways could meet wheat and feed grain box car priorities and still meet the needs o! Canadian industry without en- dangering the nntlunal economy.

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picture of the box car situation:

“Roughly speaking there are 110.000 Canadian-owned box cars and of those. 41,000 are in Eastern Cutadu. 4.5.000 are in Weltcm Canada and the ‘remainder are in the United States.

"Of the 4.5.000 in Western Can- ada. 11.000 are used for the grain trade and there are required to meet. the grain situation at the present time. some 7.000 or 0,000 more. These must come from some place else:

In g review of the feed grain situation. which, Coupled with ne- ccnlty for keeping up export wheat shipments was responsible for the recent box car priorities order, the Bureau noted serious deiicimoes in iced grain in Eastern Canada and aclded:—

"In an effort to meet the pres- ent shortages o! livestock Iced in thig area, the Dominion Govern- ment m. 14 gave the Transport Controller power to cofnmnndecr

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TwoChiidron Loss Livos In Blaze

8'1‘. JOACHIM DE TOUR-ELLE. Que, Feb. as - (C?) - Two chil- drcn lost their liver and four other persons eufired burns when a {ire early today destroyed the home oi Jenn and Oscar Therrlen mar this Gaspealm vllage.

All of the injured were taken to hospital at Bio. Anne des Mon-ts. alga; are reporfod in serious cun-

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The child victims are Regis. six- Year-old Ion of Jean Therrien. and Bmnsm. two-ycar-old daughter of Oscar Theft-fem.

The firs in the Therriens’ new house. situated at what is known as Little ‘Ibuscllc. broke out about flva o'clock and followed an ex- plosion when gasoline was used in- iighting a stove.

8.P.C.A. CRITICAL

VANCOUVER. Peb- 26 - (C?) -B0w ‘and arrow hunters. hit-and- Illn- drivars, inconsiderate horse- men and peoplc who give mhw to loo morteys were criticised at the annual reacting o! the Van- oouver branch oi the Society for the Provcrtion o! Cruelty to An- imals last night. was J. de Voa vanateanlwytt. retiring ,. J’ ‘ recommended the permanent ban~ unlnoat ,0! rodeoa from the city.

Mr. Chcvrier gave the following-

Boxcar Shortage, Endangers National Economy

Two Constables And One Bandit Killed In Vancouver Hold - up.

Two Canadians llald For (iun Smuggling

BUFFALO, N.Y., Feb. 2O — (AP) -- Two Canadian men were held in Erie County jail today awaiting Federal gratnd jury ac- tion on a charge of smuggling parts of machine-guns across the border at Niagara Falls.

They are Andrew H. Noscwcr- thy. 24, of South Hamilton, 0.1L, and Max Brown. 25, of West Tor- onto, Ont.

The men were apprehended by United Stain customs officials at the bridge Mcvnday when cus- toms officials said, parts of two machine guns were found under the front seat oi their auto.

They waived examination when arraigned in Niagara Faih yes- terday before 11.3. commission" William L. Salacnse. They were committed to iail in lieu of $2,000 bail each. '

Civil Service Absentee: Cause Commons Slowdown

OTTAWA. Fob. 2G _ (Special) -Thcre are literally thousands of empty chairs and vacant desks this week in the offices of every govern- ment department in Ottawa. For the next month this number of ab- 801N685 in the Public scrvke will grow still greater. The Guardian teamed today. - _But there is no cause for alarm.

No epidemic of disease is sweep- ing government offices.

Neither has Canada's capital been struck by a wave of absenteeism and truancy on the part o,f His Majesty's employees — and there are 35.000 of them.

The simple fact is that every civil servant l5 allowed by statute eight days oi sick leave every fis- cal year "on his own certification." Since the fiscal year terminates on March 31. civil servants who have neglected to avail themselves of their rick leave rights are now making haste to do s0. It's a case

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Parliament At A Glance

(Canadian Press)

Tmdc Minister lVlacKinnon said the Government anticipates the continuation of the Canadian Wheat Board in some form after expiration of the Anglo-Canadian wheat contract in 1950.

Reconstruction Minister said the Government could not withdraw from its subsidy contract with the strikebound Dominion Coal Company.

Hon. C. G. Power (I-Quobae South) has been ap cinted to he redistribution comm ttee and may be chosen chairman.

Op oeltlon members questioned w. cKiunon closel on the Government's wheat pol cy.

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(By George Finlay)

VANCOUVER, Feb. ze_ (CP)._ Two police constables and one cf a trio of would-be bank bandits were shot. to death today while another constable and bandit were wound- ed in c prolonged gun battle that started outside the Renfrew Street branch of the Royal Bank and concluded amid the scattered box cars in the Great Northern Rail- way yards. Third member of the sought trio was captured.

The dead were police officers Oliver bedingham and Charles BOYBS; a hold-up suspect identi- fied as Douglas Carter.

Detective Allan Hoarc, Harry Johnson, were wounded.

The r-itase began as g police car raced to the Renfrew Street bank in the east. end of the city in rc- sponse to an anonymous warning that three men were putting on masks and were about to leave the big maroon car in which they were sitting outside the batik and which later was found to have been stolen.

As the pc-lice cruiser approached the maroon car roared away. tone’ through the residential area w.th the police car in pursuit. For two miles the cars tore through inter- sections until finally the bandit rat‘ screcehetl to a, stop alongside the ruihvay yards.

Police Close

and hold-up suspect,

The police Mr,- carrying Led- iugham and Boyes, was close be- hind and pulled to a stop seconds later.

"Ledinghaxn just steped out of the car when they let him have it," said an ey-e-uritness and the officer crumpi:d to the grcutid. Then Boyes opened fire with his pistol and the three men fled ‘their car and retreated down the rail-

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Former Maritime Farmer Editor lists new Position

HALIFAX, Feb. 26 —(CP)—Ap- poiniment of W.J. MacLeod, tor- nier editor-in-chief ofiThe Mari- time Farmer at Sussex, N.B.. and more recently registrar and dean of residence at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, as superin- tendent of services in the Provinc- ial Department of Agriculture a-nd marketing was announced today.

Mr. MacLeod succeeds Lyman T. Chapman, who resigned to loin the staff of a Montreal ncwspaper.

Mr. Macbeod. a native of Loch Lcmond. N.S., received his early education st Sussex. He succeeded his father. the late MA. MacLecd. as editor-ln-chiei o! The Maritime Farmer in 1935, Joining the RCA. F. in 1941.

Released from the air force in 1945 he became a member of the college staff at Truro. N5.

Mary Churchill's Husband Taken ill

LONDON. Feb. 26 -— (OP) The Evening Standard said today that Capt. Christopher Soames, who married Mary Churchill. daughter of the wartime Prime Ministcifi two weeks B60. has been taken seriously ill on their honey- moon in Swltzesrland.

EDITOR HALF A CENTURY

C. H. J. Snidr-r. liiSOClillC odi- tor and ntembci" of lilo board of lrllstccs o! the Toronto Evening Telegram is celebrating his 50th year of newspaper work. As a news editor and associate ed-itor of the Telegram Mr. Snider lius made ll o practice to cover big events as a working newspaper'- m_au and has \’lSilC(l Europe l'i firm-s. Ono of his outstanding assignments was the San Phan- cisco conference in 1945.

Sign Contracts For 45 Acres 0f Strawberries

Fruit growers ln the vicinity of Charlottetown agreed last evening to grow 20 acres of strata/berries rs.- Matthctvtr-Weils Company of i Guelph, Ont, for the 1948 season.

The agreement was made at. a meeting held in the Department of Agriculture offices svherc Mr. W.1-.‘. Wells outllntfd his firm's berry pol- icy with respect to P15. Island.

Mi‘. Wells said his Company kncw nothing about the merits of the Island's favourite strawberry. Senator Dunlap. as the majority of Ontario growers preferred the Premier above all others. However, Mr. Wells said, his firm would be taking (this year whatever quantity of strawberries was offered and since they would be the Senatort Dunlap variety. his Company would l have n. better idea of learning how! this variety compared udih the

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Montreal Tenants Protest iicnt Boost

MONUREAL. Feb. 26—(CP)--Ths Montreal Tenants’ Association fo- diiy mode public ..a telegram sctzi Prime Minister Mackenzie King asking that as a "matter of na- tional emergency" there lic no raise in residential rents for l2 months "until living costs can be stabilized and the real issue of housing shortage" be dealt with.

The telegram said statements in the House of Comma-us yesterday "indicate landlord pressure on rental administration successful" and that a 10 per -cent "across- the-board increase" would "serve

only the special interests gt the expense oi the general interest."

Tim Buck Says Canada Double-crossed Russia

(By NORMAN CBIBBENS)

IDNDON, Ibis. 20 - (OP) — ‘Iim Black. BIlish-born leader oi mama's Labor Progressive Port-y. today told a conference of nnpire Communists that tho Canadian Oovvmmeoit “wants to see the Em- pire maintained - preferably by the blood and sweat of the British WWW’

luck Joke at the opening IQI- aioin qr the six-day conference o! 2S0 delegate; from 11 coturtries now being held in the Hudson's Bat‘ Company's Beaver Hall here.

Butt laid Canada is "a capital- ised’ imperialist stats" aimed at Jtmior partner of Unitas States imperialism" while at the lame time opposing any tightening of links with the Brit- ish lupin.

Tito Canadian political leader - who before the Communist Party was outlawed in Canada early in the war was its 1 sacctlfl’ —osa.id Catnda llecmssed" Russia while she was still a great war ally by giving armor-explosives to the United States and the Un- ited Kingdom but refusing to share

them with the Soviet Union.

- Pollltt,

He quoted King as saying at cine time "we may be fighting those fellows when this war is over" but he did not lly to whom the alleged remark ‘was made. Buck said that while British Columbia is "the most fertile soil" for Communism, the movement is growing rapidly in Toronto despite the efiorts of the King Govern- ment to discredit soviet Russia "by engineering the so-called espion- age trials." The delegates earlier heard Harry general secretary of the British Cmimunist Party. criticize American and Bytlsh lmperlalisiic interests. Polliit was supported by R. Palme Dutt, vice chairman of the British Communists and chair- mun- oi the in-temational affairs committee, and John C. Henry. Amtraiian C mmunlst -’ ‘ te. Dutt said the aims of American expansion extended to the absorb- tlon of the British Bnplre aa the "richest prise." Pollltt, Ln opening the first con- ference in the history c! the Pllli. poke o! the "Iver increaslfll dili- gtrs" arising from British and Am-