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Margarine Slippery ‘l-‘opie In Commons, 0 p p o s ition Finds

Si. Dunstan's Debaters Win 2nd Victory

In a scheduled Maritime Inter- collegiate Debate at King's Col- lege, Halifax this week. St. Dun

man's College successfully upheld

the affirmative of the proposition: "Resolved. that Canada have : Federal system of educa- Lion." Cyril Sinnott of Moreli and urns MacDonald of Charlotte- town represented St. Dunstan s; the members of the King's team were Carl Palmer. Ayiesford, N. 5., and Miss Alberta Bryant of Charlottetown.

Each College in the Maritime: has three debates in the regular schedule. The colle winning the most debates is el ible to com- pete for the Canadian intercolleg- iate championship, which at prs~ sent is held by the University of Manitoba.

With two debate: to their credit be. nun-sun's will terminal: their schedule this evening when they Will meet a team from 8t. Marys college, Halifax.

Crippled Ship Heads For Azores

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NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -—(A.P)—-

The freighter Pierre S. Dupont, her hull cracked by heavy seas, changed course from Newfound- land and headed for the Asore: today. The U. B. Coast Grusixd cutter “Duane, speeding at 18 lrnots to the a-lc of the iealw ‘ship, reported Capt. Eric Erlkscn turned his ship tmvard the Azores becaiuse of um- favoiablc weather in the direction oif ixrgcntia, Nfld., his former goa .

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SYDNEY, N. 5., Feb. i1—(OP)- The fishing smack Sarah Morton and her crew of three are safe at st. Pierre-Miquelon where. "leak- lng badly and heavy with ice" she put ln late last night to re- lieve fears she had been lost in a. raring North Atlantic gale on a trip from Port Aux Basques to Sydney, N.S. She was carrying 30,000 pounds of fish-

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OTTAWA. Ibb- l1 - (C?) - Oleornergerine proved e slippery topic. politically as well as literally, in the Common: today.

John Bracken, Progressive" Con- servative leader. tried to get a grip on the Government's intention: on the dynamite-laden subject, but they skidded away from him like margarine 0n a well-warmed 871d- dle.

Upshot of diligent digging by Mr. Bracken was that the House learned Justice Department law- yers are studying the question of whether Canada eventually will hlVg to lift her import ban on margarine to confomi with the Geneva Trade Agreements.

‘A: to the Government's inten- tions, Mr. Bracken learned only that tho Government will do whatever it think: should be done when it gets the word frqn its ad- visors,

Mr. Bracken‘: questioning came at a time when Parliament has beforg it two bills to remove the margarine ban. The Senate has the perennial bill of Senator W.D. Euler (l.:—°flbll‘lli), while in the Common: a bill of the some nat- uro ha: been brought in by James Sinclair, Liberal from Vancouver North. Both'would permit import- atlon. sale and manufacture of the product. ‘

In view of these, Mr. Bracken asked Priime Minister Mackenzie King. did the Government in sign- ing tho Geneva Agreement "agree to remove the embargo against the Importation of oleomargarine."

Mr. King passed the question to

ent. who had come to the House armed with a careful statement on thg point,

It we: loaded with protocols, art- lcles. treaty series and subsections. but the gist of it was that under the present provisional application of the agreement. no modification of existing Canadian ‘ gislation i: needed.

At the end of "some months." when the general trade agreement becomes fully binding. Canada would have to decide on the irnar- garine problem. The Justice De- partment lawyers now were study- ing whether or not the anti-em- bargo Genev: provisions left Can- ada an out

Not satlsflef. Mr. Bracken want- ed to lmow f all this meant the Government couldn't say the final effect. '

Mr. st. Laurent said he wouldn't put it that way. What he meant

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Dollar Shortage ls Affecting Shipping

Coming Events-

“Our Seed Cleaning Mill now "Fmreiins- Signed P. E. f. Live- Iiock Feed Aggnqy,

_ “Zion ' Chicken Ballad Supper. fhurrdav. February 12th. s to ‘l. bale of work and home cooking.

"Le-It sens of the seal-oasis It Mills tonhht. Brsckley vs. Milton. A‘. ‘asion 90c. '

"PIN-r! sale at- Holauan‘: Sat- urday afternoon. Pub. 14. Aus- rim o. w. n. ,

“National run heard moving Pbtures at Wlnsioe Community Hm F" . Feb. 1.8, 8 o'clock. No ‘Mikaela: sverybbay welcome.

"Wendi auras of finals New Glaeaow rink tonight. North Rm- souin Rustieo.‘

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Feb. 11—T11e port of Montreal remained ice-locked today in seasonal idleness but from both here and Maritime points, where there was a sharp contraction in port activity, came ominous - lndlcations- of severe shipping alumip.

In Halifax the big winter poo-t was idle during the week-end. Tuesday there was work for only 100 of 1.000 longshoramen and today the number had reached only 300. Four ships were loading cargo and one was unloadlnd Pl!"

On the other hand. Seine John hadsseorooraoveseelsinpca-t and about 10 due to arrive soon. Almost 1,200 longshoremen. corn- pared with 000 a month ago, were employed on day and night shifts although an official of the Long- ahoremen’: Association said some of the workers were not on full- tima shifts.

While Ifaliponisns talked of their "forgotten port” and one union official said bluntly "the

he: clad". saint John auth- ori ea made plans to avert a port jam and to provide for quick turn- around of ships. , '. In Montreal one stripping man forecast a "terrific slump" in the port's operation: this comics sum- mer unless Canadian. shipper: sc- cqat money in -pouod: because "the bottom.‘ fallen eutbf dol-

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Retired Island Rancher Dies In Ontario

Mir. I-feath Bowman, a roused farmer and fox rancher of Ren- sing n. died. suddenly yestarday morn ng in Barrie, Ont. where he W85 Vibilillll hi8 " f ' river. Mrs. Elmer Bournses. I-Ie and his wife were spending the winter with his wife's daughters. Mira. Prank Pidgeori and .Mr:. Bowl-lea.

Mr. Bowness was a paat presi- dent of the Prince County Liberal Association. For several year: he was an inspector for the‘ Cana- dian National Silver Fox Breeders Association and while employed in that capacity he visited the dif- ferent provinces.

l-Iis fraternal connections eluded membership Zion No. Lodge, AI‘. and AM.

l-‘fe is survived by a son, Donald. a. bank manager at Tatamegouche, N25; two sisters, Mrs. W. Ii De." rach, Remington and Mrs. Rhoda Jaques, New Jersey; and a br - ther, Harry Bowness of Kensi - ton.

The body is being sent to Ken- slngton for burial.

ll. B. Woman Kills Wildcat With Fork

BAGDAD, N.B., “b. 1d. — (OP) -M'i:: Lucy Jeffrey felt none of the pangs of fear when she noticed a wildcat approaching her home, over the snow.

Dorining s. pair of snow shoes and carrying a pitchfork, she over- ran the animal and ended it's car- eer. Miss Jeffrey will collect a 810 bounty. -

Parliament At-A-Glance

(By The Canadian Prom)

External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said legal experts are examining the question of whether Canada's ban on margarine will have to be lifted to comply with the Geneva Trade Agreements.

Wing Cmdr. Lawrence Skey (PC- Toronto Trinity) called on the Government to build the R.C.A.1". to the status of a first-line Air Force as the cheapest and most effective line of defence.

Transport Minister Cbsvrier re- jected claims that Canadian ports should revert to local control.

Clarle Gillie (COP-Cape Breton South) renewed demands for con- struction of a causeway over the Strait of Canso in Nova scotia.

The Senate gave flnslreading to a. bill ratifying an ugi ement between Canada and the United States for controlling the slaugh- ter of fur seals.

Thursday:

The Commons will consider Government legislation. The Sen- ate will sit. '

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Superannuation 0f J. F. MacLeod ls Announced

The superannuation of Mr. J. Ilnlsy MacLeod from the Pedal Department. Charlottetown, affect- ive March 10th. has been en- nouriced.

Mr. Maclleod hos been associat- ed witli the Postal Department for some 80 years, having entered the servicp in December 1013. At the time of of his retirement, Mr. MaicLeod was in the Inspector: Branch of the Post Office.

Mr. Maclsood served in the lflrat Ores War and we: i8 months in Fran a as s member of the 10th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. On his return from over- sees he merit considerable time in ecnvalescen hospitals both hare and at Halifax. '.

On his restoration to health Mr. MscLeod became a railway mail clerk and continued in that branch of the service for 17 year: when for reasons of health he tool: up s position in the Charlottetown Poet Office.

‘fares lsvni lids Fer deadly Vllllse

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W -The United lte War Assets Administration’ ted I rejected fer a second time ‘ell bi a for purchase

of the, villlll of the abandoned and; power project at lastport.

MAYOR. B. EARL! MmDONALD. 0.8.

Pair Arrested After Holdup

KITCHENER. one, Feb, 11- (CP) -- Allan Williamson of Gait. Ont.,.and Bradley Watts of Strat- ford. Ont. were arrested here to- day 40 minute: after they allegedly robbed a bank at Tavistock, ll imiles southweatoghere. The ban- dits escaped with $4.100 in cash.

Four New Councillors,

Two New Commissioners“ Elected For Ch’t0wn

Pour now qty Councillors will be sworn in this afternoon by Mayor B. Earle MacDonald ea a result of yesterday's civic elec- tion.

They are. Peter l‘. Holland, vic-

tor of a three-cornered contest "in Ward One; Lester O'Donnell, win- ner also of a three-man contest in Ward Two; S. l". Doyle, who defeated City Councillor J. Gor- don MacDonald in Ward Three; and Edwin C. Jahnstone who was co-winner with C. M. Cox in ward Four. All three men vrho rep- resented Ward Five in the last Council-N. W. Lowther, J. D. Stewart and M. A. Farmer—were re-elected. Mr. David L. MacKinrion lost out in his bid for re-eiection as a Water Commissioner. ivIr. W. D. Gillis in his re-election led the other three candidates by sub- stantial margins. Also elected were H. Roy Bevan and J. L. Curran.

hrgo Vote

The vote out yesterday rep- resented about 90 per cent of the possible total and was, according to City Clerk J. A. Firllerton. the largest vote cast for many years. That fact. he said, was all the more surprising as there was no contest for the _Mayoralty. Mayor MacDonald having been returned by ecclamation on Nomination Day, Feb. d.

As soon as the last candidate had been officially declared elect- ed by Returning Officer R. R Bell, Mayor MacDonald delivered a brief address to those present in

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Under the distinguished patron- age o! l-Ils Honor Lieut. Governor J. A. BernardJ

Honorary advisory chairman: Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell.

Joint active chairmen: Arthur H. Peake. Capt. J. J. Conno1l,, R. ON. (R)

Secretary to Provincial Commit- tee: B. Graham Rogers.’ Provincial Committee:

Premier J. Walter Jones.

Hon. Dr. W. J.P. MacMllllan.

l... W. Shaw, Deputy-liddniater of Education.

Li's-Col. K. S. Rogers. Canadian Chandler of Commerce.

Mrs. W. 1". Aim Stewart, W0- men’: Institutes.

Father Francis. Credit Unions League Office.

J. G. Dennis. (Jo-operatives.

Leo McIsaac, Farm Forum.

Mr. D. J. MacDonald. St. Pete are. Pres. P. E. I. ‘lbacbers’ Fed- eration. ' '

Allison Profltt. Federation of Agriculture. '

W. R. Show. Deputy-mutate: of Agriculture.

Mrs. Allison MacMillan. Fedor- ated Women's Institutes.

Mayor B. Earls MacDonald. Charlottetown. '

Mayor J. Prank Arnett. lum- mersicle. wMayor Wiihed Taylor, Kenlng-

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, Mayor W. P. McNiell. Borden.

Canadian Appeal For Children Campaign

Mayor Prodtt, Alberton.

Mayor Paul Gallant, Souris.

Mayor M. Reynolds, Montague.

Mayor Boucireault, Geometown.

His Excellency, Bishop Boyle.

Rev. T. E. McLennari. Minister- ial Association.”

Dr. J. A. MaoMillan, Maritinne Hospital Association.

F. M. Nash, Agricultural Mark- eting Service. _ R. C. Parent, Dominion Experi- mental Farm.

lvilrs. Henry Trainer, Women's League.

-Arthur Gormley. Local Labour Union.

James Cameron. CIO and AFI...

Mrs. James A. MaoMillan, 1.0. DJ.

Rt. luv. l-t. V. McKenzie, 3t. Dunstan: University.

IX. C. D. Steel. Prince of Wales College.

Major John A. McDonald, Can- adian Legion.

Ian A. Burnett. President. Char- lottstown Guardian.

Catholic

W. Arthur Gaudet, Manager, Patriot. a

J. J. Bhutan. Editor. Journal. Summerside. _

Fred Mahala- Ilditor, Pioneer. Sulnmeralde.

It. L Miolliaon, Station CHGS. mersl

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Robert Lime. Station CPOY, Charlottetown. ‘ Keith D. Mnltinrion. Prince of Wale: College. Intl. Students Ber- vlce. i

Own Story

m. John Pisher, noted 0.8.0. commentator who he: lately been in Europe and who he: made reg- ular ‘rosdcest: direct from Eur- ope to the people of Canada on conditions among the under-nour- ished children-there, will be Charlottetown this coming day. February 115th.

The Provincial Committee in charge of the Canadian Appeal fol‘ Children Campaign have In - ad through the courtesy of, the management ct the Prince mdward Theatre for Mr. fisher to give s public address to which everyone is welcome. It ill qlllected this wil be hi: first public speech after hll return from lurope from where he l: ‘oxpeeied to arrive in

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John Fisher Will Tell

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0f Children In Europe

The children of Europe. through no fault of their own, have had a terrible legacy handed down to them in the aftermath of . war. They. themselves. are quite inno- cent in the cause: of social nds-

l": sry and unfortunately they are its

chief victims. Unless help is given these children, they will grow up bitter. suspicious, warped in out- look, or on the other hand. they can become healthy world citi- zen: if they receive the ald 1c urgently needed now. Admittedly it will take a great deal to re- store their self-esteem and their faith in baeio human values. with- out that faith, no peaceful to- morrow can b‘: built.

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Damage ls Estimated At $500,000

More Tlidn—200 Firemen Still Battling Flames Early Today.

TORONTO, Fdb. lJ-(Thllrsday) —(CP)-_ One of Toronto's most spectacular fires, raging in gn oi, refinery area on the waterfront close to the downtown section of i319 my. was believed under con- trol early this morning with the damage estimated by fire depart- ment officials at roughly $500,000.

Hundreds of firemen still work- ed on the scene early this morn- ing but were confident they had removed danger of the spreading to giant oil storage tanks. For hours previously the eerie scene had been ignited oy the flashes of smaller tanks of all and naphtha exploding.

A mixture of rain and snow do» scended on the slushy ares. as the firemen fought through the mud and darkness to lay more than a score of hose-lines to strategic spots, battling to avert-an explo- give ccnfiagration that was dan- gerously close to the city's down- town ares.

From Short Circuit

The fire was believed to have originated in a short circuit 1n a motortruck loading oil at the Bri- tish "American 011 Company ra- finery. The driver escaped but the truck was destroyed. From there the fire spread to a. warehouse packed with drums of lubricating oil. Workeis removed many of the stored drums to places of safety as the warehouse flared. fed by the remaining drums.

Small lakes of flaming oil seep- ed from the warehouse into the refinery area. ringed by the giant tanks.

All oil companies with water- front refineries cailed out com- paiiy crews to aid the civic flra-

fighters in ringing the small blazes but as fast as ne spot appeared to be wiped o danger

sprang up in a dozen others. No serious Iniurfea

Apparently no one was seriously injured. At least two firemen suf- fered slight burns while half a dozen others, in": grou , were knocked flat by the explosion of one 100-gallon tank of naphtha. With the scene a confused mass o! mud and flaming oil, and hundreds of firemen and police- men. on the job, along with dozens of reporters from evening and morning papers along with new:- paper and nerve-reel 6311181817165"

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OTTAWA." Feb. 11 — (C?) — Clerle Gillie (COD-Cape Breton lsouth) said today in the Commons that while Government statements and pres: report: indicated “every thing is fine" in the Maritimeii, "the reverse i: true." Resuming debate on the Throne Speech, Mr. Gilli: aeid Trade Min- ister Howe had stated in a recent Halifax speech that Canada was in the midst of a record boom. People reading such a statement would conclude that the "boom” applied to the whole of Canada, said Mr. Gillie. If it applied to the area west of Montreal it. did not apply to the country east o! Mon- eal,

Halifax, for instance. was not sharing in the prosperity. Ha read a press dispatch saying that last week-end was the “blackeat" in 20 years in the port where not a. single sling moved to or from the few ships in the harbor.

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Probe Begins

OTTAWA. Feb. 11-7110 Cara cnons Price Probe Coirrnaittea was itold today by Kenneth Taylor, top-flight Government economist. that continuation of full war- time price controls would not likely have prevented an upsurge in Canadian prices.

Testifying before the ld-uxembu committee investigating cause: o! skyrocketting pricesx. he said "I do not think you will find all or even a major part of the explan- ation of this problem wlthdn tho boundaries of our owi country."

He backed up his declaration with figures on rising costs of many imports and a statement that external prices largely defer- mine the prices of the principal

Mr. Gillia said that the unem- ployment situation in the Marltimes was not new. It was anticipated by the reconstruction wmmittee in 1940 when way: cit preventing post- iwar unemployment were discussed.

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Mr. Gilli: sold some members of Parliament thought 810,000,000 was a lot of money to spend for a bridge acrol: the strait of Censo. But. Cape Breton Island was the most knportant industrial centre east of Montreal.

One-third of Canada's coal out-. put and one-fourth of her pig iron production came from Cape Bre- ton.

"So. economically. it means something to Canada." he declar- ed.

Mr. Gilli: suggested that the economic branch o! the Transport Department should “get down to bras: tacks and make a better guess than they have up to now" on the cost of the Canso project.

“All kinds of figures are being thrown around," he unexplained.

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Canadian export commodities.

Local Man Divan 5-Year Sentence

SADIT JOHN. N3" Feb. 11 -< (CP) - Pleading guilty to thefi of Jewelry valued at more than. $5,000. Ivan Doucette of Charlotte- town today was sentenced to five years in penitentiary. ,

Doucette, also wanted by polled in Halifax and Truro, N.S.. we: taken into custody in Montreal Jan. 29 and brought here for ques- tloning.

Everette Waterfield, Sydney, N.S., was earlier sentenced to two years in penitentiary for being his

jewelry.

Police said Doucette had toll them he disposed of the stolen jewelry in various Maritime cen- tres including Halifax where ho sold an $1.800 bracelet to a, Gypsy,

lea B. Disney of Toronto - lud commented on the high mainten-i anco needed for the ferry syatemfl It ma: around ,000.000 a year.

Also. the Ca e Breton member, said. he we: "disturbed" at news that the Dominion planned to spend i 35.000000 to lmprovq existing fac-l lllties. No matter what ferry im- provements were made. the bottle- ; neck would remain. 1