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Will Newfoundland Be Asset To Canada:

faurel To Escort Ship To Georgetown

The uovernment leaimgku- Baurei will escort tha steamship B. O. Borgaason info Qeorggtg-wn harbor probably on Sunday, it was learned last nigiht. Ream; winds have blown ice into North- uxnberland strait and it is ex- pected that the Saurel will ac- company the cargo ship from the strait of Oanso to Georgetown, file Saurel was last reported at. North Sydneyglwaiting a message from the Borgssson which is pro- 04-‘901118 i0 Georgetown to load potatoes for the United Kingdom.

Coming Events

"Dance. ‘hacadi ma] Monday. e ' Enter

"Rummage Sale. st. James mu today at cs0 P. M.

"Dance, Pleasant Grove Hall, Easter Monday night. Free lunch.

"Dance in Mcrcll Hall Easter Monday. f-plecc orchestra.

"To arrive, choice double re- tleaned Peace River oats. Book. M¢Q1liBfin a Boyle.

"Movies in Hun-tel‘ River every Thursday. For April Zirdnll P. M. 31981118 Sheriff, ' starring Bob Cttllhy.

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Yd? eac ‘ ay at Vernon River. G. Lea. "Bingo, DBliCQ—-Bil8pliC¢l Holy Name Society. Town Hail, Georgetown, Monday, April 7,

"cake Sole. April 5th, at Mari- time Electric. Marshfleld Women! Institute.

"Due to arrive. ca: of Asphalt Shingles. Please place you: order. Leonard Willis, New liavcn.

"Receiving Hogs at Crapaud for Canada Packers Lid. every Tuesday

until 11 A. M. R. N. Dawson. "l-Oldln! Hogs for Canada

Packers Ltd. Tuesday until further notice. Dingwcll and Rossitcr.

Cross Dramatic Club will present their play in Kellyj Cross Hall, Easter Monday nilht. Curtain 8.30.

"Attention Parkdale Veterans. Social evening tonight at B P.M. Women's Institute Hail.

"Loading Hogs at Peekes Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd.. Merlin Defvine.

"Loading Hogs at Cardigan Bta- Iiticn each Thunday for Canada

"The Kelly's

Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan. "Loading Hogs at Montague

Station each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"Caldigan Hall, Easter Mmiday, "Cyclone Sally" a three act comedy, Pie Social and Dance after. Curtain I15.

OTTAWA. April 3 -(Special)-_ Fmeiwe Department officials ae- cniited to ’1hc Guardian today that 01w general economy 0g gum-l, would be "decidedly affected" m event of Newfoundland courting in to confederation.

Exploratory Pmposals m- the “m” "Q b91318 mods by a IO-man commission from Newfoundland which will arrive in 9;. tawa to discuss this matter with the dominion cabinet. '

While it is admitted that Can- adas military and strategic posit- ion would be vastly enhanced by hlvifld Newfoundland as part and Dlrccl of the donnin-ion, observers at Parliament i-lill see many and de- cided disadvantazes to the acquis- ition by Canada of Newfoundland as a 10th province.

Not only would the dominion it,- solf be assutning an additional bur- den of debt in the taking over of new territory; it is suggested that in taking over the burden, prospects for increased subsidies to the prov- inces in future year; would not be bright.

As a province doing considerable trade with Newfoundland. Prince Edward Island would at first glance seem to benefit by a Canada-New- foundland union. It would mean the elisnination of red tape, import regulations and inspection of Prince Edward Island produce de- livered at Newfoundland ports. This seaming gain, however. might easily be counterbalanczed by other factors which would enter into the proposed union. ,

i-Jxcept for the cvau years when the oldest colony was virtually a dependent on the United States. living standards of Newfoundland have been notoriously low as corn- pared to t-hcse of the United states and Canada. Government officials have freely admit that to improve

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ed, moreover, the union would in- volve notable expansion of a num- ber of donninlon departments. Unlike Prince Edward Island. Newfoundland has done little to develop agriculture. For many de- cades after its discovery. the col- ony was used as a fishing station only, and it was illegal to tiii the land. even today there is no sound tradition of scientific agriculture. The soil is suited to agricultiu-c in only a small proportion of the Ls- land, the great bulk being suitable oflly for forest. growth and moss. The large timber industries in Newfoundland are already worried about shortage of timber and pulp- wood. and when present wood sup- plies are exhausted. little is left outside the fishing industry. Min- ing prospects. except for the sect- ion of Labrador north of trhc straits of Beliejslc are mediocre. On this account, Canada, and not least Prince Edward island, might do well to beware of rushing into union with an island whose aci- vantagcs are chiefly strategic and whose economic prospects are poor- er than those of any other section of the North American continent.

"Dimcc in Emerald Hall, Easter

‘ Monday night. auspice; C. W. L .

"North Wilishire Y. P. U. Pan- try ale MacLean Bros. store to- day B p. m,

"Institute Dance and sale of lunches Wilts-hire Hail Monday April 7th.

"Don't forget the big dance “Moroll Hall" ‘nlesday, April Bill. Roily MacKenzieh Orchestra. M- miedea '

"One oar imported pressed hay to arrive soon. Order now. R. A. McPhail, New Haven.

"Reserve April 17th andIBth for "She's My Daisy" by Pownal Y.P.U. in Povmal Garage flail.

"Yes. it's Holly Macltenaie‘! cfol-iaatre at Pownai Garage. Wed- nesday. Aipfii 9th. Admission 40c. Don't mill it.

"loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers at st. Peters each Tuesday until train time, while closed to trucks. lined David Pratt. "lee Lavender and 01d Lace y-eeented by Vernon River Playms in Vernon itiver Hell. Mendel’. Aiifll ‘lib. Dance after.

"lnedhg Home f Canada Peck- ers at Vernon Bridzre each Tuesday afternoon, while truck Ned closed- W. Crane.

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Ilhfli train time. while reeds cloud to teach.‘ levied Earl Jay. "Notice - as we are mlrina from basiaen all rtiea wine W. IQnIthUCo. orthmutiet-huet:

to set meat not iam- then 15. 1M1;-

"Now unloading. car of Building Material. Asphalt Shingles, Roof- ing, etc. Due to arrive car of Quaker Feeds. J. MscDachem, Mt. Albion.

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"Livestock Marketing Board loading hogs at Hunter River Tuesday. April 8th until train time. For service contact Lem Craawell, Gordon Matheson, Grant Maclieod.

"livestock Marketing Board ia l Province wide marketing cr- ganisetion with a record of satis- factory service unsurpassed by any competihg-aystoln. We invite farmers to take advantage of our marketing facilities.

"Livestock Marketing Board loading hogs at all usual points throughout the Province during week of Nwil 1th. ‘fiucking aer- vice where and when possible. Contact our agent your commun-

"auying pigs, Monday, at hod- aricton. ‘Needs!- 9 A- M- WW3’

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Early Seeding Season, llot ilry Summer?

March West-In; Statistics Announced By - Experimental Station.

' March this your wu somewhat cooln- than the same month a year i180. fiaures released by the Do- minion Experimental station in Charlottetown indicated, but it was warmer than a 39-year average more than three and g m1! 81'0"- -.

Mean temperature this yeas- was 29-70 decrees computed with the 39-year average of approximately 25,89, a difference of 3,81.

Wham- Dr. J A. Clark was sup- arlntendent of the local expert. mental station he announced that lt appeared that the March mean ielflbsraturc was an indication of the probable temperatum amd xubifa-ll for the summer, fie said a t/wo degree above average temp- erature in March indicated o. com- pamtlveiy early seeding seaiscm and a hot and somewhat dry smnmer. So far as the hot. dry summer was concerned. n. forecast based on the March mean tempeuatutre in i946 was acoiuaie. March a. year ago was unusually warm and tho sum- mer unusually dry.

Fblilcnvlng are the statistics, for March this year m5 issued by the Experimental Stlaticm:

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Highest ‘Pompom-tame 4'1 B0 Lowest Taznpcfatmo i0 ‘i5 Mom ‘Temperature 29.7 32.1 Rainfall in. inches 1.03 1.42 Snowfall in lnchfs 11.5 3.00 Total Precipitation 2.18 1.72 Hours of Surwhfue 144.6 18H) Miles of Wind 9200 B581.

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“Clio Thought 0f Election

EDMONTON. April 4- (OP)-- Trade Minister MacKinnon said in an interview today there was “no word or thought of a Federal elec- tion this year."

“Why should there be one?" he asked. "We still have three more years to go." Nor had there been any word of a national Llberni convention.

Employment h ll. S. 0n Increase

WASHINGTON, April l. -(A.P) -Empioyment in the United Slates rose 500.000 to reach the 56,090,0i.'i0-mark in March, the Census Bureau reported today. Expanding farm work accounted for 350,000 of the 500.000 persons who were added last month to the number at work, the bureau said.

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Released 0n $50,000 Bail

SANTA ANA, CaliL. April 4-- (AP) - Louise Overall, 17-year- old heiress, was ordered released under $50,000 bail today on n grand jury indictment accusing her of the murder of her par- ents by a judge who said he found "no sufficient presumption of guilt."

A few minutes earlier, she and her husky boy friend, George Gol- Punt, 2i. had pleaded innocent to the indictment. Judge Franklin G. West set their trial to start May 26

Judge West granted permission for the girl's release after that lawyer, Otto Jacobs. argued that the indictment contained an in- sufficient presumption of her guilt. and that s California sta- tute forbidding release on a charge of murder did not apply because she is under age, and therefore not liable to the death penalty. Jacobs said the bail would be posted by her uncle, Emman- uel Jungquist.

A dynamite blast wrecked the fore section of the Overell 4!!- foot cabin cruiser March l5. ‘Ilse bodies of Overall and his wife. Beulah. were found in the galley but medical testimony before the grand jury indicated that he and possibly h-is wife were dead of blows on the head before the exclqsion. , t

‘Ilhegggngjgpuipi-emsvho liBLmy theyfiopeAo-Jnarry April so. the girl's 18th ‘birthday. have told re- porters ihey were ashore buying hamburgers when the boat blew up at. its mooring.

Great Britain Has Stormy Good Friday

coupon, April 4 -' (APl-A northerly gale swept the Strait of Dover tonight and Easter week- cnd visitors to the beaches clung to fireplaces In resort hotels.

Rain, geqy skies and a biting wind hit elsewhere in Britain and sleet fell in some areas.

Banks, government offices, the stock market and most. stores were closed today. Some will reopen briefly tomorrow, but will close again Monday to make the first long holiday week-end this year for the Brl-tish.

MALLPOX lN NX.

NEW YORK, April 4 - (AP) — Thu-a cases of smallpox, the first mpmcd in New York City since 1939, were reported today.

LONDON, April 4--(Reuters>— Both the Labor and Conservative parties claim solid gains from this week's urban and district council elections but. the results give no certain indications of g swing of the British political pendulum.

Both parties regarded the elec- tions as critical since they prowd- ed the frlsi: chance of assessing the effect of the recent industrial crisis upon the Labor Government's hold on the country. ,With G50 re- sult! to hand out of s. total of some 300 local elections, Labor ‘ ' a net gain of B0 seats, and Con- servatives claim the name number. Both parties put about 1,000 can- didates into the field. Labor so far computes l0’! gains and b‘! losses, while the Conservatives estimate B8 gains and eight losses. , ,

Three factors complicate the issue.

1.71m lest elections in these districts were held in 1088 so that any change in political representation now had to be compared with the pro-var period es well ae with Labor's victory at the parliamentary general elections of 106B.

2,0111;- one-third of each local council is involved as the

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bers retire on the beets of -a

three-yearly cycle.

8. For the first time the local elections, which formerly wore not, fought upon a strongly political beela,_wexe to a large, extnt a frank alignment of the left and rlrltf. Labor quarters point out fiat many seats formerly contests! if

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The 100-seat gains by Labor and Conservatives between them may "i! "118 argument present an equi- valent loss to independents.

One thing, however, is clear- fhat there has been no landslide Final results will show whether "l! 9390i. l8. as Labor holds, :1 lur- ther consolidation of Labor's posi- "OII. or. as some claim, a consider- able swing over of votes to the right.

Liam's flat. car almost

CHICAGO, April 4 -— (Al?) — A tractor that slipped from a. freight into the path of on oncoming passenger ualn was blamed today for the ‘freak wreck of the liurlmgtcin HB-IITOBITFS Twin City Zephyr in which two passengers than and {it other pea-soils were illiured.

The eight-ca: steel suelmliner. bound for Chicago lfcm Minneap- ollis and St. Raul, was travelling l-ts usual ‘lo-snhes-an-hcur speed when it plowed into the uoctor late last night at. submvolu Down- ers urove.

The Diesel engine swayed. sharp- ly, pushing along the 144cm oo- auuction The action snapped the coupling to the coaches and the GHBAIIQ continued on for two blocks and than spun over on its side.

The first. and second couches juck-icnlfecl and smashed against the deserted brick and concrete railroad station, caving in a D311 ctf the building null. Most oi the lalhsrcd were in the first coach, sheared open by the impact. in: third coach came to I95! IlIIYiEhK- but coil-acidic the Burkngtcurs three tracks. The remaining five \. also left the rails but remained up- right.

The dead were Lloyd W Wright. 46. Oak Park salesman. killed im- t-he wreck, and Edith Holland of Mitmespolis who died from injur- ies today.

Edward Flynn; executive vice president of the Burlington Rail- road. said the dispatchers records showed both mains passed the Downers Grove station at exactly the snmg time. Police set the time st. 10:41 P.M. This was verified by eyewitizzizsscms, W110 said the tractor loll across the siren-imitators tracks not mace than a. low seconds b8- fore the collision: The txaius were 111190114118 in opposite dfrectama.

Flynn estimated 08111586 l0 equipment -1-t'$225.0()i3. with the wrecked Diesel unit. reprosculinz $55,000 cf ihc 105s.

The Bwrllrgtoffs claims depart- ment said seven passeMEF-S "W! one gnglnlzer and fireman still were, i.“ hospitals. Appmximately 25 other persons were treated for minor injuries and released.

The wreck was approximately “m, miles east Q1 Napervilie, Ill. where 45 persons died last April 25 h, s, collision of tiwo BurhnBlVn passenger trains.

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Liberty Ship Mire 01f Virginia Bast

NORFOLK, Va, April d—(A.P) -The Liberty ship Charles Nord-

Jones Gqv’t_ Gas Tax New Legal

me Gasoline ‘Ila: Amenhlenf Ant, increasing the Provincial tax~ on gasoline from 10 cents to l3 cents per gallon, became law at noon on Thursday, when assent- ed to in the Legislature by the Lieutenant Governor after n1- legedly being enforced . illegally for three days before its enact- ment.

On the motion for third read- ing. Mr. Heath strong, K. c, sec- onded by Hon. Dr. MacMillnn, leader of the Opposition, moved "that the bill be not read now but be read this day six months hence." This motion, "popularly known as the "six months’ hoist", would effectually kill the bill un- iil i-hc next session. It was de- feated by a vote of 15-7.

All the Liberal members pres- ent with the exception of Mr. George E. Savilic, Fifth King's, stood up when the negative vole was counted. When the "ayes" were asked to rise, Mr. Savlllc still kept his seat while all the

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Power Plants Top Priority In Britain

LONDON, April 4-0.?) -Brit- ain will give electric power plants first priority and atomic enemy development. projects sixth call on the country's limited steel sup- ply, a Ministry of Supply spokes- man said today.

_ The spokesman confirmed the establishment of six sfcel prior- ities by the cabinet.

From an annual supply of about 13,000,000 tons of steel, gov- ernment sources said. the six favoured groups will be allowed to have “what they ask for- wiihin reason."

V ‘Ilhe six, in order, are electricity generating plants; coal mining machinery and equipment; gas plants and equipment; coal to oil conversion equipment: railway locomotives and cars for use in transportation of coal and_steel

hoff, with five passengers and 39 crew members aboard, n" afire be- tween decks 1B0 miles northeast of Cape Henry, Va., the Coast Guard reported here today.

The cutter Agassiz was dispatch- ed to the assistance of tho vessel and was expected to reach the Nordhoff tonight.

Also en rout/e to the Nordhoffs aid was the coast guard cutter Gentian. from Cape May, NJ.

‘The Liberty ship of 7,175 E1055 ions radioed that her cargo of grease and carbides was alive and "adrift between decks“ and that she was steaming toward Cape Henry at a speed of l1 knots.

CAR, RUCK PRODUCTPION

DETROIT, April 4—(AP)-—lvio- tor-car and truck plants of the United States and Canada this week produced 102,478 units. "ivartlh auton-iotive reports said. This compares with a revised estimate of 100,355 last. week; l7." 73B in the like week a. year ago and 116,36 in the comparable week in 1941.

The agency said 68.395 cars and 28,753 trucks were made in ihO

United States and 3,465 cars and

1,806 trucks in Canada.

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Flre Destroys ii. B? Government Garage

CHATHAM, N. B. April 4—(AP) -A.$i00,000 fire of unknown origln tonight destroyed the government. garage hero and its contents. in- cluding two large road graders, one large fcur-wheel-drive snow- plow and workmens tools. Other machinery, ordinarily housed in the garage, was outside awaiting spring overhauling.

No one was in the building at the time. The watchman rep ‘rted there was no sign of fire when he made his rounds about 10 minutes before the flames were noticed. Oil and grease in the garage made the blaze spectacular. Several small explosions occurred during tire fire. t

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Bill To Abolish One

County Court J udgeship Is Left In Committee

A Government bill having the

effect of reducing the three County Court Judges of the Prov- ince to two, and of empowering the Attorney General to desig- nate their circuits. was discussed in the Legislature Thursday and described by an Opposition mem- ber as being part of a "cut and dried" scheme to do away with the Queens County Court. jun-ge- ship and appoint a fourth Su- preme Court Judge from Prince County. "Ilhc bill was left in committee by the promoter. Mr. Morley Bell (L) Summersidc. for considera- tion of the members over the Easter recess.

It provides that each of the County Court judges shall have concurrent jurisdiction in the several County Courts of the Pro- vince provided that the actual trial of any cause wherein the attendance and examination of witnesses is necessary shall, ex- cept with the consent of the parties, be held in the Oountv in uhich ihr action is required ic be brought; that after iriai a Judge may adjourn the case to another County for judgment; that the Attorney General may designate the sittings of the cir- cuit: over u-lxich each of the County Court judges shall pre- side; and that “notvuithstamding the existence of three separate County Courts two judges shall

Bubacrlpflo Delivered $6.00. Mall $5.00. other Provinces a u. s. a m!

10 P. (LBOOST IN RENTAL CEILINGS EXPECTED

Freak Accident ls Blamed For 2 Deaths

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