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llnion Conference ilere This Week

tes to the conference of tmational Brotherhood of

-c of Way employees in the City this even- thcir three-day con- 11: the prominent of- Brnthcrhood expect-

To Probe Russian Printing 0f Money From li. S. Plates

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WASHINGTON, Jung (AW-Three Senate commit- tees will open a comblngd investigation Tiresday into Russian use of United States Plltes tn print a reported $500,. 000.000 or more in invasion money.

Chairman Styles Bridges of the appropriations committee has said he understands that "betwccn 5400000000 and $900,000,000 worth of this in- vasion money has been or is being redeemed with Ameri- can dollars." But War Depart-

rhotrman Canadian nets-m Lines; Mr. A. secretary - treasurer, Brotherhood, De. _ 11nd Mr. J, of; p, O‘t.".\vn' vice-president, Grliltl l. du- of the Brotherhood.

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Palesiine Commission Begins Work Today

l-‘.\l Juno 15 —(C P)- ' s Commission on ..11 its hunt for n

the Ara-b population. 1 was expected to close 1,15 11nd cafes and crip- itlon. 1t was called

1., 1c Arab boycott of mrnt officials have denied p, -_ that there will be any sub-

. . .. mission is expectgd st-antinl loss to the treasury on to “rec closed sessions stnrt- the ground that the army can 1;. ow and then begin a ser- use the currency for purchase; its t ts outside Jerusalem. in Germany.

-~—--—-——-——-— Bridges announced today Former commander that his committee will be

Joined by those on armed scr- vices and banking and currency to conduct the unusual tri- commiltee inquiry.

"High ranking officials of the War, ‘freasury and State departments have been re- quested to testify" at the in- quiry into military occupation policies. procedures and trans- actions of the Federal Gov- ernment," he said in n state- ment. _

Bridges has said that the

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agreement for a special Ger- rntui invasion currency was reached at the Yoita confer-

ence. and that Americam of- ficials agred to turn the platen over to the Russians after first. refusing to do so.

"Merry Minstrels at Cardigan

Juno 16. 8:30 PM.

c‘ tTfif-i!“ 7°" Fimaflfl He said he understands lhl “h msday- EM} Jal- Russians still retain the print- "Zcc Cram and Dance. Orwell mg male‘ Cote lirlil, Tuc y, July 1st.

Russia Seeking Trade Pact With Spain?

Titmclriy. June 17,

"SP8 Cwuvall Play, Bonshaw

June 17, Ya H . _ (A, Tugfgflymattgfrgf; rams. Juno 1o -—(APl- The Socialist. pupcr Le Populaire said today that secret trade negotiat-

‘ons are proceeding between the Soviet Union and Franco's Spain with the aim of concluding a corn- mcrcini ngrccntcnt.

- orran Baton Hall, Gmrl music.

In.“ .mr Canada In a ciispnt/Pi frcvn its "own Ilmsaay‘ signed corrcspondcuiik with n. "Spanish ___ Frontier" datcllrtc, l.c Popuinire (m. “Pd “ma, said a secret soviet envoy-now is mm m1 Tuesday’ in Spain, conducting negotiations y‘, Sm ‘ with Scnor Carcl-Ollay, foreign __,____' ' palicv ciircctor oi the Ministry of , h, S 0am Wain“? Fort-ion Affairs and formcr Span-

ish AmibliSSiidfii‘ to Pinlnnd.

The papc-r asserted that the special envoy is a Ukrainian priest, Father Kohut. who lived in Madrid for a. icmg time.

M" Canada Packers. ll. Cropnud.

‘txfittshlre Scarlet Chap- =i> rt. nt. Clyde River ‘. June 17th.

\ . " ‘Watt the Dance. French TAKFSMORE THAN FLOOD

._. 2§f"c'§,;l,a"'h' R°m° oumsm, 1a., J1me 1s _ (AP) __ ‘ --High w't=1s blocked the approach “cum? Om. fame an h x_ to church but plcnen Neumat and

Sidney Uchtil wer- married 8-8 scheduled. Tllc wedding P3113’. 0f- ficlutfxtg pricst and guests were taken to the church in boatl.

rkillibiiliii. Alonrlny June it. lu-

"Zlcs orchestra.

‘alfller-w- Tracodie Hall. Wednes-

Or-cth-llhc 18th. Rollie MacKenzieb ""~“~ Douche 9.3a to 12.30.

";‘°~‘\'c'=1c:trt Hall-Milt n Play- md FQCCht "Uncle Josh Perkins" 1M qvectalties. Wednesday, June

"Dan l C _-_- Lday. .1112: lntilhfapllffitc Dig’; (By Jack Guinn)

. (\ t . "will and m5 Is'“"°‘°~ film“ nonlinear. June 1s - (AP)- The Russian commander tn Buda- pest today refused, for the third Lime, n, United States proposal for a tri-portite investigation of Hun- gurinn internal affairs. -

lob-Gen. V. P. svlridov cherled that the American proposal com. tamed attempt; "under the dis- guise of defence of Hungarian

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cat and Se] a ‘ L amines Instllutsuppu- A 1 &;‘;‘\’fl\"t="i and Lecture ‘On Pelee- dn Rw. n. A. Campbell in New

- Circus Starfilihas At 85

Russian Turns Down Probe 0f Hungary

4 Meet Fiery Death In Yacht Explosion Crashes Take 14s

MONTREAL. June 1s - (015) — Burned almost beyond recognition, four pc-ISOHS - two women and two children - dcd yesterday when the privately owned yBcht Alexis m in which they ‘were holldrylng exploded 1n the Ottawa Street basin here.

‘lhree other persons, including of suburban Dorval and his wife. were injured.

The dead are:

Claudette and Caro] Nihon, aged five and four respectively, child- ren of Mr. and Mrs. Nihc-n.

eilabie) of Montreal.

A woman indentified Miss Lavoie.

Police said the yacht was en- route to New York on a pleisure cruise.

only as

thrown or Jumped inliq the water. Cause of the explosion was not known. It happened

so quickly

who lost their lives.

The yacht had just pzssed through the Sflgneurs Street locks of the Inchinc Canal, in down- town Central Montreal, when the blast shook a section of the bor- dgring district known as Griffn- town.

A driving rain hampered ckzens of fircmen and policemen who duS through the debris searching for more bodies. Doctors gave first aid on the scene to the three survivors who tlPn were brought to hos- pltcil.

Mr. Nlhon, 44, president of A191!- is Nlhon‘ Company‘ Limited a hardware iupplleg firm in Mon- trcol. suffered fractures. A Life proscrver was tossed to him by A. Bouchard of Montreal.

Mrs. Nihcn. 35, was rescued by n lottgshcremttn identified by po- lice as J. Lurio of neighboring Ve dun. nho jvmped into the basin and pullcd hcr out. She suffered shock and minor bu ns.

The third survivor is Albert ‘iTherrieti, 36, of Montreal, who QSlIffETCd shock.

‘t The b:d'es of the ti/altcir to the ntorgue.

An inquest w‘ll be held torrrrrow,

Andre Alb:rt Bats. a. longshore- man from the Gaspe district of lQuebec Pcvince, said he was in a [tugboat when he heard the explo- sion.

"I saw e body flying thrlugh the air," i11» rested "The boot kept on gong dcspte the blast. We couidn't gLt mar it because it was a rnglrg lnfzrno."

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Famous Ceiling Walking

BATTLE CREEK, M‘ci‘., June‘ 15 _ mm .- Alfred Gillette, at! crc ' d with crcating the fr ous’ UXJFCIG-dotlin or coiling walking act while \v‘t.h the old Ringling Broth- ers crcur. 50 years ago, died here Saturday.

Regarded as one of the foremost circus stars cf all time, he was foundcr of the "Gillette Fa-iiy," ;whlch Raincd world-wide fem‘ as an outstanding tumbling team.’

Gillette originated his cziltng walking trick through use of rub- ‘ber suction cups on hi; shoes, 3e also vms known an one of the greatest trick bicycle riders in cir- cus history.

I. The Hungarian poiiticllcrls- i| was solved "in strict conform- ity with constitutional procedure."

3. The Americana, u members of the Allied Control Council for Hungary, have no right to docu- ments acquired by Soviet occupa- tion forces in Hungary.

4. The Russians have not acted unilaterally in Hungary and there has been no violation of the Ynltn agreements and no Soviet inter-

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democracy" to support persons ference 1n Hungarian affairs.

who were involved tn a plot against the republic. ‘ A note refusing the investiga- tion proposal which was sent. to Brig-Gen. George H. Weems. com- mander of the United Staten Military Million in Htmgury. udd- ad:

1. The American charge that Communism hld assumed control in Hungary and that the will of the people who had voted for the Brnell Holders Party had thus been nullified was “In unfounded

fiction."

5. A three-power hearing would be "a rude interference in Bun» garish lffdrs, which [l not per- miscible."

Svlrldov uld the documents and depositions the Russians hove tn- nonnced they tool: from ‘RI-n Bela Kovncl. former secretary-gums! of the Small Holders Party, could not be hooded over to the Ameri- can representative on the -Ailicd Control Council because they had “no relation whatsoever to the lctivities of the Allied Oontror Commission."

Three Commercial

Lives In 3 Weeks

(By The Associated Press) The mninting toll of live; ccntmerclel aviation accident,

‘pression

,Trum:n, in naming a

cd that the air safety s-houid be “carefully exnmin cl "

Back of the Prcsldsnfls action in

appointing chairman James M.

Landis of the Civil

,:pccinl inwsligating record of three major commercial

plane croshts in as many weeks in

which a total or 146 lives were lcst.

Lzmd s, movzng quizltls‘, exiled the Tuesday meeting cf the group rcp- The three survivors were either resenting n11 intcrests in civil ,air

ytranspot.

l More deaths and injuries were

‘reported in additional aviation uc- _. , . ’ tbaticldems 1n sc;fl;»red parts of the gcntine Government had clo ificd -”“°E*“ f” ‘he mm he 51w" 0W1‘- lonsshoremeo workinz nearby had country, adding; w the e2 killed in not tfme to rescue the four viitlms ‘the cra<hcs of a Capital Airlineslmatter. But there Ifmfliued the

in , in gthe Unitnd States brought an ex- of det-p concern Sunday ‘from the White House. Preident five-mom- the Kiwi-E °""""- Alexi! Nlhmbcr board of cxigerts to Yflfilto an official inquiry, said he had decid- problem

Aeronautics, Mrs- D. Demohtlshy (are unav- Board as head of the Pres dent's‘ group Was 8.

President Truman Qrders Probe 0f Air Safety.‘

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To Both Brita

By BAR-TON D. PATIXE LOADIJN, Julie l5 —- YAPJ |Offlc tals in European capitals read 't.he dispatches from Mound today and wondered whether s lie Eva Duarte Peron would con. dq- ev- erything an anti-climax when she arrivcs in London, Paris and Rome.

Francisco Franco has pulled out all the stop; in wetcomittg Argon- tinus first lady to Spain. Uixoflic- ial estimates of the cost of her re- ception have run between $l,"00,- 000 and $4,000,600.

Franco and his visitor have vied with each other in mutual pa’ of the Spanish and Argentine 11.,- imes.

' Britain and France indicated that they would r825!“ ‘l-TTS- P91‘- orfs arnval in London and Paris fficial affairs, sinco the Ar-

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her European tour as a personal

plane ncar Lee-burg, Va.. and ofjquestion of justrhow mtarm or cool

on Anny 13-29 at. sortnefield. Vt-

At Fort Kncx. an Army C-47 crashcd and burned as the Sh"! m mlsrd tho runwny ln en emer- gency landing a few minutcs 8f- ter it had taken off. The 20 Per’ eons aboard cscaped death b! leaving the lliifnlnitvhlp thWflBh the pilot's escape etch.

At Windsor Loclts, Conn. Cant. William H. Grcenleaf. a Connevil- cut Air National Guard 931C"- was kitted in the crash of hzs P4’!

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Asks Question

ylRe Appointment .Cf Superintendent

OTTAWA, J1me 15 - (Special) -Rens-n'cd dissatisfaction over the npriointlu nt of a supcrlntc d1 nt of the Eixptrimtntal Farm at Char- lottetown Wns voiced in the Com- mons b_v W C-hatcr S. McLure. Progressive Ocnsermoive mtembcr for Queen's, subsequent to his pro-

tect over tire appointment 0h Trusday nicht. Pricr to tin- wcok-cnd adjourn-

ment of the House. the Qticexfs morn-be: again clzmondsd of Aizri- culture l\i'nl°.t_cr Gardiner. the names of tlic men on the Bonfd who had rscmmetdcd the ap- psintmcnt.

Mr. Gardner gave tho names B5 follows: G.EB Sinclair, central cxcoutlve rssfstanLtDr-partmcnt of Mrrcs and Rescuces; CV. Put- nzon, fcrmrrly of the Civil S rViCB Camrnisson, and J C ltlnynen oi the Dcparinlsllt. of Agzirulure. The Board was chtscn, the Min- ister said, aftzr an appcu had been mad-e against the ofiginal recommencluton of the Civil Sfr- vice Commission for the Charlotte- town p031. The Board confirmed the deals-kn oi the Commission, he add-"d.

"This nppontm nt st ll does not look very cln-lr." Mr McLure taid. "They carrlcd on and led this man. (the former acting sumflntefld- out) to believe he was to be NP- rintettdent. There scemed to be b nigger 1n the woodplle."

Falls From Ferry, la Rescued linlniured

HALIFAX, June 15 — (GP)- Passengers on the Halifax harbor ferry Chebucto watched with her- ror when Frank Graham, 4-5. fell from the hoot. as it left its dock Saturday night.

Graham missed being crushed between ferry and wharf timbers when Capt. Perry Thomas signal- led him to duck sis a protruding guard board crashed against piles to which he clung. Graham, res- cued by crew members, was un- hurt.

,even an unofficial reception should

Press attaches in Paris said ncl- ,tl1cr President Vinccxit Awtrial n01‘ ‘Prcmier foul Rnmadier woucl r8- ‘ceive her — or. it least, hadn't been told about such P1P“- The Socialist Party urged Ramad- fer to tell- the former actress that she didn't belong in Paris.

A similar viewpoint was express- ted. in London today by tho Suitdny Pictorial, mas: circulation news- paper which‘ emblazoned its first page-with the headline: “Pfvsfd- cnUst-Wife Is Not Welcome.”

It dcscriiY-Zd "increasing embar- rassment in British _ official cir- cles." and said Argentina nad been cicmanding of Britain “pistol point’ prices for meat root often proved to be of unveiling quality!’

MADRID. June 15 - (AP) Senora. Eva Ptron dzclalcd Sutur- day. in her first public speech in Spain. that her husband. _Argen- tlntfs president, was“f01‘E1l‘g *1 greater and more just ereetttino"

trjch nor too many poor."

l Speaking to tiuiilcfilS at a. voca- tlortal training schcol. she pr-miWd that so long as her husband W115 llfeeldflili "social justice will be 1n- excrably fulflllcd no matter wnat tit costs or who may fall."

11,150 Sail 0n .Li..-r Aquitania

HALIFAX. J1me i5 — (CP) -—. The liner Acuitonls slipped her. llincs and sailed for Southampton; icnvly today with 23 young Gained-- ..ns bound tor the WOTl/i Forlorn-l iticgt of Democratic youth fcrtivnl: at lhntue listed among her 1.159 ' prsscngers. t i Headed by Miss Shirley Sanders .of Toronto, official delegate from the Canadian Federation of World .Domocratic Youth, the group in- icluded student..- from the Univer- sity of Toronto and McGill Univ- ersity and. a number of trade lloq ions. ,

Representing the Macedonian- Bulgarlnn Youth Club. Miss hiary» Vosll came from Toronto. A re)- rcsentative of a west coast. fisher- men's union intended to follow up the Prague festival by working a fortnight on Marshal Tim's dam- agcd railroads in Yugoslavia,

The seven MoGill students in- tended to tour Yugoslavin- after the Prague meeting.

Also on board we; Dr. cyrii James, principal of McGlll. and Mrs. James who will visit Briton for six weeks.

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Franco Goes All Out Tc: Greet Mrs. Peron

Forthcoming Visit By Argentina's First Lady is Puzzle ‘

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‘Death Saturday lCf Well Known

,Ch’town Citizen

In the death in the Charlotte- liown Hospital Saturday of Mr. IJamcs H. McKenna. the City has lc-st a valued citizen. His passing followed a brief illness. He was ;58 ycors old.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. QPatrick McKenna of Charlotte- [lmvlL the late Mr. McKenna had lived hPTB practically all his life,

tscas during the First Great War, ‘zscrvlng with the Canadian Army. ‘He saw action with the 5th Bat- {tzry and was awarded the Military lMeclal for his services. During the irecent war he again servedi his lcouzitry in n ntilitary capacity, be- ing a lieutenant in the Reserve Army.

Mr. McKennz Joined the Cana- dian National Railways in 1920 and continued with the company until his death. He worked in the local shops.

He was prominent in the Char- lottetown Branch ‘of the Canadian Legion. He was vice-president 1:1 1945-46 but perhaps Vjt was n; chairman of the property commit- tee when the new annex to the Legion Home was being built that he rendered his most valuable ser- vice to the organization. During the construction he maintained a. constant watch, being determined lthat the Branch would have the ‘best joh possible.

Another organization to which M1". McKenna rendered valuable service was the Benevolent Irish Society which he joined 1'7 years ago. Lu the years since he was ‘president for sb: terms. being mlected first in 1932 and serving consecutive years until 1935. Then , i11 1937 and 1938 he served as pre- sident again. ,

His death after a brief illness will come as a great shock to his many friends and acquaintances.

He is survived by his widow and two small children. A brother Louis is expected home tonight from New York. A half-sister, Mrs. Alan Dolron of Charlottetown ll also left to mourn his passing.

Debate Future Cf United Churchman

SACKVTLLE. N.B.. June 15 -- (CP) - Continuance of the church rublcotion Unitcd Churchmnn was rlcbntcd Saturday by the Mar time Conference of tho United Clltlrch liter a sptciai ccmtniltce repcrtrd

they had vctd 4 lo 3 that the paper be discontinued eff ctive [June 3C. 1948.

The conference rejected this de- clsicn and appointei another cob mlttee to consider the-matter and report to t-he executive, which WG-5 given power to act.

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June Rainfall llear New Record ;ln This “Province

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t" pning Expect- iiwi iiard Blow. 1f;—tMond.a.y) t~ Lt-‘vecn three

June precipitation in this Province ishlready near an nil-

time record, following a w gd with end rain which saw 1.42 i!t"'-s mg Com- full, it was learned last n 'l1t m, EDT from Mr. Warren Burns, \\.1....- ' persons er observer at the (‘hariottc- to srap work. either town Experimental Station. At .115 or refusal to

the end of yesterday's downpour total precipitation for the month

“images were ex-

siood at 5.02 inches. 'i'l1ot "rwc rt stazgcrirlg effect; amount was only cvcccdcrl‘ i11 ‘ores shipping but; June on three previous occas- , o1‘ the Qnnffaet ex. ions since wcothcr records were r not immediately started here 46 years ago. in

1906, 5.37 inches fell; in 1914, worked feverishly

; 532 inches; and in 1M4. 5.14 in- l lust minute here in up i

chcs. The overture for the f1 =1 to avert a Shipping fieup, month is 2.81 inches. ‘:1 rt Lil 1:11.15 ltere were 90,- ' 000 mcmiicrs of the National Marl- lmle Uni It. 12.000 belonging to thc marine cooks and‘ stewards,

"Wesllgflliiili of Fish Marketing Methods Likely

Lions Association. All three Unions had announced OTTAWA. June 15 _ (Special) —Invcstigation of the domcrtic