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CI-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1950

HIGHWAY AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITH SIX

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UITAWA. April 24 - (Special) .. sole representative of the Mar- itime Provinces to sign the Trans- Canada. 1-1ighw'ay agreement, Prince Edward Island Premier Walter Jones today added his name to the representatives of Ontario and the western Provinces as a signatory to the highway pact.

Unlike Highway Ministers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia ind Newfoundland. Mr. Jones did not indulge in round-table bargaining with Resources and Development Minister Winters.

After affixing his signature to the agreement Mr. Jones voiced support of the new Atlantic to Pacific road. He thanked Mr;'Win- ters for his lucid explanation of points in dispute and said that as far as his Province is concerned he feels the new highway will add to the prosperity and progress of Canada.

Last Minute Changes

There were a few last minute changes in the Trans-Canada route through Prince Edward Is- land. The official description of the route as signed by the Prem- ier reads as follows: -

"commencing at Wood 1!- lands ferry. the terminal of the Prince Edward Island - Nova Scotia ferry, thence through Miliview to the east boundary of Charlottetown: again from the north boundary of the city of Charlottetown through the villages of Cornwall. nonsharw. "rryon to the town of Borden, the Prince Edward Island ter- minal of the ferry system to Cape Tornlentine. New Bruns- wick." .1, Jones' decision to sign the ighway agreement. it is understood here, is the co-operation offered by the Federal authorities

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Gsrnhura Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Pownal-Junior farmers dc-

bate, April 25 postponed.

"Dance Long River Hall, Wed- nesday. April 26th.

"Card Party in Credit Union Hall, Summerfield, tonight.

"Cs.ll' 1906-J Evenings Wood Slabs.

."Play, Tracadic I-loll, Wednes- day. May 3rd. Dance after.

for Dl'i'

"Garden seeds. Send for free catalogue. Arthur Vessey, York. P. E. I.

"Dance. at. pa...-. Legion Hall every Tuesday night. 9.30 to 1.00. Cliff Peters Orchestra.

"Loading hogs April 27 at Fred- ericton until 11 cm. and Colvljio until 11.30 am. Pllono 27-121. 0. L MacDowell.

"Don't miss George Raft in "intrigue" plus serial It MICDOW aid Bros. Theatre. tonight.

"Brsdalbane tonight at s.30. See the East side Kids in "spooks Run Wild". Enjoy a good laulh!

--auylng pig. Wednesday at Fredericton. Paying 313 Pllr 10' good pigs over 30 lbs. cask. Knud

orgsasen.

"The Path Across the Hill. re- aentad by the Spring Valley P sy- ers. in spring valley Hall, Thurs- day night, April 27th.

"A meeting of the Pl'0DeHlf holders ofllast Royalty School. will be held in Heart: Community Hall. East Royalty on Tuesday. s April 35th. to discuss school mut- (III.

"We ousr minimum or lsrlbf assorted ears of whole andror ground grains for immediate ship- sncnt. It costs noihln to M 01" prices. The Atlas, n Oornvlllf Board of Trade Buildilldu N09

"Just arrived csrload of cement. lrantford asphal shinllfl "'5 siding. Your choice in weight I84 colours. Full stock Pioneer Fud- Oilcake 34.35 per bIl- F11? "99 Steel Briggs cloverseed. HIM and heavy bsrb wire.'R. L. Dick- isson. New Glasgow.

" I request the Hun- for ,W:rIssn's Institute ii"-

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MT on contribution of bridges. It is expected that the Federal con. struction for bridges along the h'8hW3Y will be much higher than the 50 percent on the highway lg. self. This would go far to solve the Droblem of the Hillsborough Bridge over which the Premier ad- mitted he is deeply concerned. 5"" the hlizhway conference Mr. Jones spent some timefin the Parliament buildings visitingffrlends on both the senate and House of Commons side of the building;

Board Named To Bevalue Cily Properties.

An assessment board of four ChBl'10i-lei-own men was appointed to revaiue the property in the city in Preparation for the levying of taxes in 1951 at a special meeting of the City Council held last night in the City Hall with His Worship iiflnyor B. Eerie MacDonald presid- ng.

Messrs. Albert E. Baker. William -7- Hennessey. Walter B. Graniand A. B. Belcher will comprise the board. They will assume the duties and functions of the City asessor in attempting an equitable re-as- sessment of City property. This work will be done in the leisure time the board members have at their disposal during the next few months.

They will likely receive some advice and guidance from Mr. J. W. Rankin. Vice-President of Westmount Realtors Company, Montreal. The Council have asked Mr. Rankin to visit' Charlotte- town around May 1 to consult with the Board and the Council. They agreed last night to pay his stated charges and expenses of 6300.00. The Council has been correspond- ing with the,Montreal Company about the re-assessment problem for the past couple of months.

Discuss Site For

The Council decided to continue negotiations with the City school Board over the matter of purchas- ing land for the erection of a High School on the Dewar property

School

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Heavy Air Traffic Reported At Moncton

MIONGTON. N. B.. April 24 - (GP)-Hotel accommodations were taxed to the limit in Monctcn dur- ing the week-end as the airport at nearby Lakevburn became the land- ing point for close to 2,000 trans- Atiantic air travellers.

Frost action on runways at Gander airport in Newfoundland resulted in the diversion of giant stratocruiser airliners to Moncton. several of them for stop overs which made it necessary for pas- sengers to seek hotel accommoda- tions.

Hotels were able to accommodate many of the travellers but private homes were needed to take care of late arrivals.

Labor Hopeful It Will Survive Vote Wednesday

is soberly optimistic. Government

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IDNDON. April as - (OP) - Winston Churchill made it clel-l' today that the Conservatives will vote in full strength against the Government in Wednesday's House of Commons division on the bud- get, even if it means another gen- eral election.

"Not to do so," Churchill told the House of Commons, "would be ab- mmn, en. rights of Paliliament out of fear of precipitating In Ills peal to the public."

The opposition Vader thus serv- ed notice that the Labor Govern- ment's life will be at stake in the vote on the resolutions in the new budget involving taxes on trucks and gasoline.

as knocked down previous re-

tbat the Conservatives, fear- ng that the public might blame them for forcing a new eleciton. mhht not treat the vote as I major occasion.

At. issue in the key vote If! In increase oi nine 90110 G50” ” cents) in the gasoline tax and s newpurchasstaxofsal-3001' cent on commercial road vehicles.

Despite the threat corltrcntinl Prime Minister Attiee's Govern- ment. which has held office since

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Decision”-May Not Be Known For Threiiieells

MONTREAL, April 24 -(OP) - The joint negotiating committeeof the Canadian Brotherhood of Roll- way Employees and other Trans- port Workers and the Brother- hood of Express nnployees today announced decision to take a strike vote among its 35,000 meznbe .

The strike vote decision was made known after an all-day meet- ing of the committee which earlier rejected the Wilson Board of Con- ciiiation's recommendations as "en- tirely unacceptable."

The joint committee earlier an- nounced that its decision to reject the board's s mmerldations had been made known to Federal Lab- or Minister Mitchell in a telegram.

No date was set for the strike vote. but "it may take all of two or three weeks" until the strike ballots are ready. meeting secret- ary W J. Smith said.

The 35,000 railway employees represen-ted by the joint commit- tee are demanding a. 10-cents-am hour wage increase. a, five-day, 40- hour week and check-off of union dues.

Companies affected in the dis- pute are the Canadian National Railways, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Ontario and Northlalsd Railway.

The conciliation board turned down the union's demands and suggested a 44-hour week for the majority of the rail workers, and a compromise on the union's de- mand for s. 48-hours' pay on the shorter week. '

The Bl'othci'hoods' demands for a check off of union dues was re- jected.

In a statement through the meeting today the joint committee said "the report of the board of conciliation is en- tirey impractical and unrealistic when it virtually proposes a. re- duction in the take-home pay of railway employees."

Czech Spy-Probe Being Continued

PRAGUE. April 24 - (AP) - Czechosiovakia's spy-purge mach- inery stayed in high gear today. grinding out sentences of death and long prison terms for accused enemies of the state.

After sentencing 47 alleged spies and saboteurs during the week- end, the state courts moved on with another batch of i8 Czechs accused of "espionage, high trea- son. attempted murder, illegal arac- ament, proposed murder and public assault."

(Apparently 54 of the 65 defend- ants in the four trials were ac- cused of connections with alleged American spy rings.)

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SNOW IN LONDON. PARIS

LONDON, April 24 -(AP) - The Air Ministry was loath to ad- mit it snowed in London today.

Its description of what fell on shivering Londoners was "frozen rain silowers."

And April in Paris was inter- rupted tonight by a brief snow-.

the sob. as suns;-si election in I

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quarters are believed to feel that the Party can resist any challenge this week.

Labor's effective working major- ity at the moment is seven. This takesinto account three Northern Ireland embers who so far have not taken their seats. .

One Labor member. Prank Pair- hurst. took the oath of allegiance and signed the roll during the day. thus b , eligible to vote Wednesday. l"airllurst, 57, who rep- resents oldham East, has been suf- fering muscular trouble since the election and has mined all votes to data.

some Labor and some Conserv- ative members ars on the sick list and may not be available for wed- nesdsy's vital division.

labor is defendin one seat in a by-election to be old tomorrow. But even if its candidala, Torn Steele, holds the riding - Dun- bartonshire West in Scotland - it is considered doubtful that he will be able to resell Iondon in time to vote ednud .

At the. genera election Labor won the Dunbar-tonsbirs seat in I three-cornered contest. with s - ality of I18 votes. The of the Labor member. A. I. Dietin- iay. made the by-election neces-

(CP)-Furiher reports of and flood damsse were added to-

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Cost E. I. Five Million

OTTAWA. April 24-(CP)- The six Provinces which signed ngree. ments to co-operate with the Fed- eral Government. on construction of a Trans-Canada Highway est- imated they will spend at least S220.o00.000 on the project.

The Ontario Government estim- sted expenditures at sloo,ooo,ooo: British Columbia 000,000,000; Al. berta, 020,000,000; Saskatchewan, 018,000,000; Manitoba, 017,000,000;

TM (all)-ion Prince Edward Island 35,000,-

No estimates were made Quebec, New Brunswick, scotia and Newfoundland which did not sign agreements, but which may later enter into pacts.

In legislation passed by Parlia- ment last year, the total cost of the 5,000-mile highway was estim- ated at s300.000.000. The Federal Government undertook to pay half of that amount.

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1,000 Evacuated From Flooded Manitoba Town; More Damage In N. B.

WINNIPEG. April 24 - (CP) - The rampaging Red River un- leashed its knockout punch today against the border town of Em- erson. Wlnnlpeg, 00 miles farth- er north. was fighting a losing battle against advancing water.

In both places -- and between them - the worst was yet to come. One life already has been taken by the flood.

More than 1.000 persons were being evacuated in the Emerson district as the Red. draining North Dakota and part of Min- nesota, poured almost-record quarstliies of water into Southern Manitoba.

Up to seven feet of water flow- ed through Emerson's main busi- ness streets. Two years ago the river reached a modern record height of 44.22 feet. Today it was only a couple of inches be- low that mark, and still rising.

The main flood crest will not strike Winnipeg until later in the week. But already many families have evacuated homes along the river. St. Vital and West Kil- donan suburbs have been hard- est hit.

At Winnipeg the Red today was two feet below the peak:of 10-ill. w-hen millions of dollars worth of damage was done through all of Southern Manitoba.

workmen rushed diklng opera- tions near the downtown business section. Sandbags were placed at the river end of Lombard Street, only a block or so from the Win- nipeg Grain Exchange building. At that point the Red's bank is exceptionally low. Water was lapping at Canadian National Rail- ways tracks.

The Provincial Health Depart- ment said health unlis in all flooded and flood-threatened areas have made arrangements to ino- culate resldenis against typhoid fever.

Water a foot deep was running over ritzy Kingston Crescent and Kingston Row in suburban St. Vital. Nineteen families today quit homes in threatened areas.

Several schools are closed. Sev-

eral small bridges are covered with water. in Rlvervlew, workmen were.

raising the height of dikes built to protect the Winnipeg municipal hospitals. The flood already had swept over several acres of hos-

pital gardens. Conditions Improved

SAINT JOHN. N. 3., April 24-

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night to the list of havoc through- out New Brunswick and adjoining, Gaspe region of Quebec. The gen- eral flood situation, however con- tinued to improve.

The Gssps area was one of the

hardest hit. Although disabled, communications prevented full . extent of the damage from be-

coming known, it was learned that one railroad and two highway bridges had been washed out by toe on the Little Cascapedia River.

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Teen-Agsrs cam 19!: Against New No: ins

BUT!-'An0. N. Y.. April 24 - (AP)-A group of more than 1.- 110 Roman catholic teen-agers is campaigning against the lllnging neckline and the bare ml riff. Girls in the western New York School Bodaliiy Union pledged themselves Sunda "lo buy and wear only mode dresses." some of them planned to tour depart- ment and women's wear stores and express their opinions to the

nlarugsrs. in the organisation re- "to indicate val if

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7 inches Of!-Sllovr In Cape Breton

SYDNEY. N.S.. April 2-1 - (CP) -- Seven inches oi snow fell in industrial Cape Breton today. disrupting highway tug- fic in many areas.

Bus traffic in outlying sec- tions was suspended or far of! schedule and Dominion Coal Company broadcast an appeal asking all possible miners to report for work tomorrow.

The Easter week-end storms which dumped more than 15 inches of snow on the district tied up all Island mines for two to four days.

Intermittent snow also was forecast until morning.

Five Hours From London To Cairo

CHIRO. April 24 --(AP) - A British four-jet airliner flew from London to Cairo today in five 11011”. eight minutes. 40.57 sec- onds-a record for the distance, 2.- 210 statute miles. The plane, a De I-Iaviliarrd Comet. was piolted by Group Captain John Cunningham, .De I-lavilland's chief testi pilot, and carried 18 passengers. British Airways officials and technicans. Cunningham said he flew at an average speed of about 430 miles an hour. The' former record from Inndon to Cairo was set Kb 10 by a single-seater Hawker Fury. which covered the distance in six hours. 35 minutes, 40 seconds.

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sounds Warning

WASHINGTON. April 24 -(AP) - President Truman (above) sol- emnly warned tonight that there is real danger that Communism will swallow up more free countries and strengthen Russia for an ultimate attack on the United States.

In the course of a vigorous rewy to Senator Joseph McCarthy (Rep.- Wis.) and other critics of the ad- ministration's program for weed- ing Communists out of Govern- ment, Truman said Communists in the United states are simply a "noisy but small and universally- dcsplsed group"

Sieel Union Wage Talks Break Down

SYDNEY. N. Sn April 24 -(GP) -Wage negotiations between the United Steelworkers of America (C. I. O.-C. C. L.) and the Domin- ion steel and Coal Corporation have broken down. union presi- dent Ed Corbett said tonight.

The next move will be a request for a conciliation board.

The break-down came when the union decided to stick to its de- mand for a 40-hour week with the same take-home pay. The 4,000 Dosco steeiworkers now work a 44- hour week and earn 546.00.

The union's decision to continue to press its original demands came at a meeting last Wednesday when

” :1 members reported to the membership on contract talk de- velopments.

The company wants the work- ers to renew the old contract.

The last contract expired April 1 but remains in force until a new one is signed.

BUNFLOWERS WANTED

WINKLER, Man. (0?) Farmers are being asked to grow more sunflowers this year. J. .1. Siemens. president ,of the Veget- able Oils Refining company, so-d Manitoba sunflower farmers re- ceived 3260000 for their 1940 crops which were insufficient to meet all needs.

Tells Abbott How To Save 25 Million

OTTAWA, April 24 - (CP) -A 34-year-old former Rhodes scholar took Finance Minister (Abbott up on a challenge today and told him how he could save 326,000,000 worth of the taxpaycrs' money. Mr. Ab- bott applauded his speech.

E. D. Fulton (PC - Kamloops), taking issue with the Minister's statement that Federal expendit- ures have reached their minimum at 32.400.000.000 a year. named three services that could be cut in half without doing harm and he said they ucre typical of others.

He said the Government will

.spend 349,500,000 this fiscal year

on publicity. advertising and in-' formation. on travelling expenses

.nM..,:,M,jg. blame for high costs. The trouble, he said, came from "speculation."

Mr. Dechene appealed for con- struction of new rail lines in the northern sectors of the Prairie Provinces and said the costs would be repaid in new trade and traffic.

Mr. Blackmore protested recent mob violence against the Christ- ian Bnethren sect at shawinigan Falls, Que.

At House opening. members voted 101 to 50 against a Progressive Conservative lnotion for producti . of cheques and receipts that would show the amount of retirement al- lowance paid 11.0. Vaughan when he litlmed down as O. N. R. presi-

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0'I'I'AWA, April 2.4 - (CP) - Six of Canada: 10 provinces agreed today to co-operate with the Federal Government on con- struction of Trans-Canada High- way iinks within their boundaries.

British Columbia, Alberta, Sas- katchewan, Manitoba, On-lario and

Prince Edward Island signed agreements at a Dominion-Prm vlncial meeting. But Quebec.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland decided not to sign, at leasi. for the time being.

Norva Scoiia. New Brunswick and Newfoundland indicated it will be only a matter of a short time until they, too. sign. They wanted clarification on some points, or legislative authority to enter into a pact.

Hon. Antonio Talbot, Highways Minister for Quebec. said his Province could not - accept the draft agreements so far submit- ted because they offered insuf- ficient guarantees for Provincial constitutional rights. But he left the door open for agreement.

He said that before Que-bec signs. the Federal Government should make clear the provincial high- ways that would be acceptable as Trans-Canada links in their pre- sent. form.

Cities Former Statement

Resources Minister Winters. in a statement to the Commons follow- ing the meeting, said lack of un- animity would not delay work on the proposed highway, which may eventually provide a 5.000-mile, hard-surfaced road across Can- ada.

He recalled he had stated in the Commons last year that the high- way project would not be national in scope unless all provinces en- iered i to an agreement. He had also sta ed that unless the project was national in character the federal government would not be justified in making a proposed 3l50,000,000 contribution.

Mr. Winters added:

"However, in view of the fact that those provinces in which no east-west highway exists have all signed the agreement. and hav- ing regard also to the fact that the implementation of the agree-. ment with the six Provinces will

King Abdullah Defies Arab league Partners

AMMAN. Hashemite Jordan. April 24 -(CP) -King Moduliah today defied his partners in the Arab League by announcing an- nexation of those parts of Arab Palestine occupied by the Arab Legion of his Hashemite kingdom of Jordan.