The Pa '5 Paper

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY,

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MARCH 2. 1950

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BOTATO-GBOWIN G SENATOR CRACKS BACK AT U. S. CBITICS

0.. Fuchs Gets in Years F... Spying For Russia

Lively Discussion At Board_Of Trade Meeting

Agremeent. disagreement and strong hints of procrastination in problems facing the Board of Trade were all part and parcel of ms February monthly meeting held at the Charlottetown Hotel 1“. night, Mr. Frank Curtis. pre- sident, presided.

The Board discussed :-

ill The problem of

BFPAS. :2) L. C. L. traffic from Sack-

"fringe"

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(til The Northumbeiland Ferry service.

(4) Non-representation at dustrial Trade Fair, Toronto.

in addition members of the Board heard a report on shipments of potatoes and turnips for the month of February and for the crop season: a brief report con- cerning rounding out public opin- ion in rural areas re daylight tirse: and a short talk by Mr. W. rt, Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture.

Dealing with the problem of "Fringe" areas Mr. F. Hy“- man wondered if this was not the opportune time to arouse public in- terest and for the Board to take some action in bringing the inter- ested parties together. It was a touchy problem and tact. and un- dcrstandlni! would be necessary on all sides. Mr. l-lyndmsn felt that the Board might well assume the role of “mcdlnlor" and possibly help out in the formulation of some basic plan. Now was ‘M time he felt to head-up discussion groups in this all-important. prob- lrm

The Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minis- icr of industry and Natural Ro- sourrcs Indicated that the Gov- ernrncnt had introduced into the House Tuesday a billflenalllllll till!- munitles to partially incorporate. That is the l mmunlttes would be made responsible for certain speci- fied services.

Mr. F. J. Storey felt that there were mm“. ,..oblema concerning the "l-‘ringla" areas with which the Board were not familiar Ind did not know the answers. He re- ported that Pnrkdale had a “VG \\'lrc group organized and that In a talk with their President dis- cttrsrtl at length many problem! of amalgamation with the city, He suggested that the Board of Trade.

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Com ins: Events

".\'ati0nal Filth" Board in Her- rinflton Hall. March mid. -'

"Show Morel! every rrlday only‘. 5 o'clock.

"M311 Your Pilots to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Nouce - Loading Hogs by rail March aid. at Fredericton until Li A. M. at Colvlli until 11.30. Phone I-‘-121. D. L. Mdhwbfl.

"Chicken Supper in Orapaud Hall. Saturday. March mi. soc and 13c. Served 430 to ‘(.30. sponsored by Orange Lodges.

"Hockey game, Wiltshire Mir- acles vs. Charlottetown Y. M C. A, Wlltshlra rink tonight. Game time 8:30.

“Hockey tonight at Long Creek fink. Nine Mile Creek Bulldosers "|- 1-one Crank Beavers. Third same of finals. Bkata after.

-T "show at New Glasgow tonight

if no hockey game. "Abbott and Costello" and "Prairie Pals". I western.

"Don't miss fourth game of fin- als in New Glasgow rink tonight.

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P. E. I. Members On Committees Al Ottawa

OTTAWA. March I — (Special) — Prince Edward Island members were assigned today to a number of key committees of the Com- mons in the report of chief Lib- eral whip W. G. Weir. Appoint-' ments are as follows:

Railways. canals and telegraph lines: J. Lester Douglas. Liberal member for Queen's and W. Ches- ter 8. McLure. Progressive Con- servative member for Queen's.

Agriculture and colonization: T. J. Kickhsm. Liberal member for King's. '

Marine and Fisheries: J. Watson MscNsught. Liberal member for- Prince and Mr. Mcbure.

Printing: Mr‘. Douglas.

Library: Mr. MacNsught.

There is no representationfrom Prince Edward island on the top commit‘ of banking and com- rnercs and public accounts. nor on such committee as those on external affairs. industrial rela- tions. mines. forests and waters.

First -of the committees expect- ed to swing into action is that on government-owned railways. canals and telegraph lines. Com- prised of 00 members from the 10 Provinces. the railway committee is so large that it can be accom- modated only in the outsise Com- mons railway committee room.

It. assembles witdiin three days of the tabllng of the annual re- port of the Canadian National Railways by the Minister of Trans- port. Presldeni Donald Gordon and ranking officials of the C.N.lt. are polishing and putting finish- ing touches to thsT_r€port this week in Montreal and hope to present it to Parliament. within the next three weeks. Invariabiy the railways committee deals with transportation problems of Prince Edward lslanduand this session, Mr. McLure told The Guardian he will continue his battle for low- er freight-rates on the Borden- Tormentlne car-ferry. The Con- servativa member for Queen's will also urge extension of the ferry service between P. E. l. and the mainland. and generous subsidies to the Wood islands - Caribou ferry corporation.

While accepting Transport Min- ister Chev:-ler's answer in the Commons on Monday that the C. N. It. does not intend to take over Northumberlsnd Ferries “at this tlme"' Mr. McLure Wild ask if there is any plan to incor- porate this ferry in the railway system within a three or a five- year period.

MOCK INVASION

FRANKFURT. March 1 -— (Reu- ters) -— United States armed forces in Germany will defend a 50- mlla Rhine front against a mock enemy invasion from the east in a training exercise this month. Army, air force and naval units will be massed along the river in both the French and American

zones in manoeuvres to be held March 10-11

Atomic Ehleri Pleads Guilty in British Court

By JACK SMITH

IONDON. March 1 — (AP) — Dr. Klaus Fuchs. Jekyll-Hyde wiz- srd of science. whispered “gullty" today and _wss given the maximum sentence of 14 years in prison for betraying atomic secrets to So- viet Russia. His trial lasted only 90 minutes.

Before he left the prisoner's dock in historic Old Bailey crim- inal court. the 38-year-old Ger- man-bom Communist admitted having railed on -_Russ'tan agents he_ dealt with in Britain and the United States — thus presumably touching off a great international spy hunt.

(Reuters said that for British and United States security ser- vices the public hearing was only an interlude in an all-out drive to break up the Communist spy ring uncovered by tile Fuchs episode. .

(Both in Britain and in the U. S.. secret service investigators are on the hidden trail of the agents who were the go-betweens for Fuchs and the Kremlin, the News Agency added.)

Upbrslded by Judge

.At the hearing. Fuchs was up- braided by the Lord Chief Jus- tice. Lord Goddard. for commit- ting the “grossest treschery"- and doing "irreparable and lncalcul- able harm both to this land and the United States of America."

The Judge told the prisoner he had fallen to the “depths of self- deception." endangered British and American friendship and “im- perilled the right of asylum which this country has hitherto extend- ed to political refugees."

Fuchs said meekly he had given the authorities certain facts “to stone" for his crimes.

His lawyer. Derek Curtis-Ben- nett. also hinted at a spy hunt, saying the defendant had given the authorities "valuable practical suistance."

Sir Hartley Shawcro.u. Britain’:

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Await Decision in Coal Case

WASHINGTON, March l—(AP) —The United Mine Workers‘ con- tempt trlsl was completed today. and Judge Richmond B. Keech began studying the question of imposing a huge fine on the union for the country-wide coal strike in the United States.

All in one swift-moving day. the government completed its case. the miners used only one witness in their defence. and final arguments were heard.

Now it's up to Judge Keech. who heard the case without I Jury. He could not say when he's likely to reach a verdict.

Even while the trial was wind- ing up, there was another start on negotiations to end the giant contract strike gnawing away at the country’s economy. The talks got nowhere. however, and were broken off until tomorrow.

The number of idle men how is near 000.000. Production fell ofl three per cent in February. the Federal Reserve Board said, partly due to the coal strike.

Government T 0 Continue Domestic Rent Controls

UITAWA, March 1 — (CP) — The Government today was given the go-ahead signal to continue domestic rent control!-

The puprsms Court of Canada. in an unanimous decision. told the Government rut controls are valid and that Parltasasat has I rlsht to continue snshyeontrols as long as necessary.

That answer. government spokaanpa said later. will mean that legislation to extend the controls for “at least another ysar"'wili be brought into the Cosnntons “within the next few days.‘ Currant controls expire Ibrsls Ii. Finance Minister Ab- bott h expected to pilot the leg-

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Chief Justlie Thtbaudeau Rin- fret announced the decision in a courtroom packed with spectators. many of them women. He said the decislofi is only an opinion and in a legal‘ sense not binding on any one. However. it could be used by the court as a reference in ruling on nature cases.

Tenants in Montreal expressed delight with the decision. Land- lords. who opposed the controls along with the Quebec Govern- ment. said in Toronto that an appeal may be launched before the Judicial ‘committee of the imperial Privy Council.

Puntler Duplessls of Quebec said he would prefer to read the court's decision bdora expressing an opinion.

The Governments current sent controls apply only to domestic rsnh. Cotanisfclal rants were dacenholled two years ago.

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(YITAWA. March l — (GP) — Another round of freight-rate in- creases — third in two years will go into effect late this month.

Ending the latest phase of the long fight over rail rates, the Board of Transport Commissioners today awarded the railways an increase of 7.4 per cent on most types of traffic. and the railways expected to have it in operation in about three weeks.

Railway officials calculated the boost would yield the carriers around 810.000.0000 a year. amount- ing to an overall increase of be- tween three and four per cent of their gross revenues.

Final Disposition

The award .was given as the “final disposition" of a railway ap- pllcatlon for A 30-per-cent increase

filed in me. In is partial settle- ment last September, the board

The ptrcen‘ go of Grade A hogs produced in this Province during the past eight years has increased from 35 to 52.6 per cent while the percentage in the rest of Canada has remained stationary at 31 per Cent. stated Mr. Hamid Clay. sen- lor livestock fleldman at the an- nual meetlng of the P.l:.I. swine Breeders Association last night as he reported the resultsof a ban- ner year ln the swine industry for this Province.

P. 21.1. has again led the rest of Canada. in the percentage of Grade A hogs in 1049 and this is no ac- cident. he stated. “It is the reflec- tion of the work -we have been do- 138 in d€V9l0Dlng a superior strain of utility Yorkshires." The in- crease. he added. has meant thou- sands of dollars in the pockets of Island farmers each year.

"In 1940 this small Province had about one-half the qualified sows in Canada. out of 0'1 Canadian flows which scored $ or over in the slaughter test. we had 47 of these. out of fl sows which scored 90 or over. we had seven. Out of 23 sows which scored over 120 in maturity, we had 1!). This record has attracted the at,- tentlon of swine producers in all parts of North America."

Record sales

Sales to outside buyers reached a record high in 1940. he reported. "Over 500 head valued at close to 40.000 dollars were shipped in car lots, small express shipments and by truck shipments. He also re- corded that Island pigs won every __..____..___i___j

Wife of C it. it. President Dies

MONTREAL, March 1 — (CP) -Mrs. Donald Gordon. wife of the President of Canadian Na- tional Railways. died here today.

Mrs. Gordon. who wIs_award- ed the M.BJ:. for her wartime work with the Canadian Red Cross and servicemenk canteen activities in Ottawa. had been under a doctor's care for a week.

Associates said her wartime activity in Ottawa. where here ‘ * d headed the Prices Bound and was deputy governor of the Bank of Canada. had rapped her strength.

At. the time of Mr. Gordon’: appointment to the C.N.R. pre- sidency Jan. 1 of this year. she was in hospital and had been un- der doctor's cars at various times since then.

Mrs. Gordon was born in St. John's, Nfld.

Mrs. Gordon was 4'1. Cause of death was given. as a heart at- tack. ‘

Besides her husband. Mrs. Gor- don is survived by two sons. Donald ltamssy. It. and Michael Huntley, 1!: a bother. Jonas Bat-tar of Toronto; and two air- ters. Mrs. B. B. Horwood of Brampton, Ont. and Ira. Lem Taylor. ldlmlco. Ont. -

Her maiden name was Masts Barter and her friends know her as “Haste.” The brunette llrs. Gordon was regarded as both at- flclebt and stunning by inn as- sociates. Bits wasone of the first volualasss at bed cross head-

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New Boost Infill Freight Rates Awarded; Will Be Effective This Month

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Today's judgment, given under instructions from the Supreme Court of Canada for a prompt cleanup of the long-standing case. gave the railways a total of 16 per cent out of the 20 they sought. Be- cause the initial eight-per-cent al- ready was in effect, it added up to 7.4 per cent on cumnt rates.

But many rates will be exempted or will receive only a modified ap- plication of the increase. ‘

Chnrses on coal and coke, in- creased by eight cents a ton in the Sontember award. will go up an- other seven cents.

The huge grain traffic of the west will be largely exempt. Car- load rates on grain and grain prod- ucts moving between the Head of the Lakes and the Pacific Coast will not be‘ touched. Most of this

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Banner Year Reviewed By Swine Breeders Ass’n.

prize at the Amherst winter Fair last year.

Bwlne production for the year totalled over $5,000,000 in this Province making the swine indus- try the second most important pil- lar of support to Island farm pros- figrltty. BI rated the dairy industry

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Horcxpects that the new test station at the Experimental Farm will be in operation this month. He urged full attendance of the mem-

ll. 3. ManԤays Only One Side Of Slory_Told

OTTAWA. March 1 —(CP) —A potato-growing serratar from New Brunswick craciscd back today a.'. “unwarranted and exaggerated stories" from the United States about the shipment of Canadian potatoes into that country.

A Liberal and former New Brunswick Cabinet Minister. Sen- ator I". W. Pirle said "on:-sided“ stories have been getting a lot. of publicity in the U. B.

One Side 0f Starry

Certain sections of the press and certain U. 5. senators. while furtherlng their own interests. had done Canada is large disservice by tellim only one side of the story.

He said U. S. producers were critlclzing Canada for selling po- tatoes on the U. S. market at less than the government-supported

price of home-grown potatoes "but they are overlooking the fact that they have taken away

from Canada her export markets in other countries."

Looking at trade generally. hr- sa.td Canada. in 1947 alone had pur- chased 32.000.000.000 worth of U. S. goods while selling only half that amount to a population 12 time: her own.

The disparity and the drain on dollar reserves was such that spec- lai restrictions had to be invoked. Yet in 1948 Canada‘: unfavornble balance of trade with (the U. S still was nearly 600000.000

In the field of fresh

and vegetables. including po- taboes. in the years 1945 to 1949 inclusive. Canada. had insportcd t.250.000.000 worth of goods from the U.B. while exporting only 333900.000 to that country, leaving a favorable balance for the U. B. of a1s8.ooo.ooo.

The 1947 import restriction: by Canada. were only temporary and no longer operated against im- ports of fresh fruits and vegetables. Canada thus had refused to pro- vide artificial prot.astlon"for'prod- ducts in this field because of be- lief in multilateral trade.

Unfortunately the some evidence of good intent was sometimes lack-

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Favour Importation Of _ North Country Cheviots

The importation of North Coun- try Cheviot sheep for the purpose of improving the Island flocks was favored at the annual meeting of the Prlnce_ Edward Island Sheep Breeders Association in the Legion Home yesterday afternoon. The vice-president, Mr. Irving Hasism presided.

The resolution was passed after the small crowd of sheep breeders heard Mr. Ha ld Clay, Senior Livestock I-‘leldman. state that the Dominion Department would sup- ply North Country rnms should the Association breeders bring out a few flocks of ewes from Scot- land.

Should the importation of the North Country Cheviots become a reality. Mr. Clay pointed out that Island breeders could build up flocks of these sheep which could be crossed with the Oxford ewes in the Province. This practice, be estimated would give bctter re- sults as cross breeding rather than line breeding is followed in out- standing sheep breeding countries.

All present at the meeting yen- torday agreed upon the excellent demand which exists for wool. It was pointed out that last fall the demand was theghighest it had been for some years and at pre- sent the demand is well in ansass of the supply.

Io-elected

The President, Mr. Ernest Un-i derhay, Fortune was rs.-elected for the coming -year as also was the vice-president. Mr. Irving Haalam. The permanent secretary by rule of the constitution is the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr. R. Shaw. '

The resolution favoring the im- portation of sheep fu"ther resolv- ed that the Provincial Department of Agriculture be asked to sub- stantially assist the project finan- cially. The breeders it is under- stood ara desirous of having the transportation charges passed.

A resolution was also passed. which asked the meeting to urge the Provincial Government to irri- poss a bounty on foxes which are proving a menace to sheep breed-

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T0 IAN MARCH

BERLIN. March l —- (Reuters) —Gcrman authorities in West Berlin have decided to ban a march by half. a million Com- munist-lad '-‘free German" youths through their sectors at luster. it was dfflcilily announced here today

W‘ land never had indicated its in-

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Ffimier Comments On Rent Controls & llales increase

(Canadian Press)

Prince Edward Island is satis- fied with the Board of Transport Commissioners freight rates decis- ion. Premier Jones told the Legis- lature yesterday.

The Province was cne of the seven which contested the Cana- dian railways’ npplicstion. Ontario. Quebec and Newfoundland did not.

The decision. announced at Ottawa yesterday, awarded the railways a freight rate increase of 7.4 percent. It ruled that an eltzht per cent increase granted last Sep- tember should he '-toostcd to 16 per cent. over rates prevailing hf.‘-y fore that award. I

Premier Jones, apenklntt during? the Throne Speech debate, said it‘ had been advantageous for Prince Edward lsland to have joined in the “delaying action" because the railways got only part of the orifz-4 lnal increase requested

lone Controls

In an interview Premier Jones stated that the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on Federal ront controls had no direct concern for his Government.

He said the ruling, announced at Ottawa yesterday. upholding the validity of Federal rent con- trols was purely a matter for Fed- eral concern. Prince Edward Is-

tentlon of stepping into the rents field as had Saskatchewan upon

Tremendous possibilities for de- veloping Prince Edward Island trade with Newfoundland. ‘abra- dor and other Gulf of St. Law- rence areas in the years to come were pictured in the Legislature yesterday by Premier J. Walter Jones in a speech punctuated with hints that he was anticipating re- tlrcment very shortly to the quieter precincts of the Senate chamber.

The Premier spoke for almost two hours in the Draft Address debate. reviewing numerous phases of Government activity and earn- ing the tribute from the Opposi- tion lendcr, Hon. Dr, Mncltfilinn that this was “the best speech you ever made."