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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARI-OTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDATT,‘ TMARSCHTio, 1941

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Pate never wounds more deeply the generous heart than when s blockheasfa insults points the dart.

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Subscription Delivered $6.00. Mall $5.00. other Provinces b IJ. 8. A. 87-0!

SHOOTING AT DUNDEE TAKES MERCHANTS LIFE

Sfiecond Reading Is (_‘r_iven Marketing Bill coriander

island Fisheries Face‘ New Marketing Problem Says Senator McIntyre

Paiiiament it A Glance

(Canadian Press)

Ths Commons voted 177-18 to extend the transitional emergency powers act from Mhrch 20 to Mu." l

l. Justice Minister Ilsley warned , that confusion would result r1 em- pfgEflCy powers were not extended.

The Commons voted 134-58 '0 girl second reading to a bill cov- bring sale and export of agricul- tural products needed to fill con- tracts with Britain.

Rrvtnistruction Minister Howe said there was no reason why there should be a shortage 01 rial for essential building. '

OTTAWA. March 18-—(8peclal‘- End of the allocation of canucd fish on March 31, and cessation of fish purchases by UNRRA will moan that the Prince Edward Is- lan_d fish-canning industry will have to find new markets after that date Senator J. P. McIntyre of Mount Stewart told The Guar- dian today.

The announcement made by Fisheries Minister Bridges last Thursday that canned fish alloca- tions would end March S1 and salt fish allocations on June 30 of this year was not unexpected, the Sen- ator said.

"I beliere new markets for our Prince Edward Island canned fish can be found for this ycar at least," Mr. McIntyre explained. “World markets for fish in 194% and 1040 will have to be sought and found if we are to keep up

Gardiner Seeks Authority To Fill ii. K. Contracts

OTTAWA. March 18—(CP).-'1'he Commons voted 134-68 tonight to give second reading to a bill cov- ering the sale and export of agri- cultural products needed to fl-ll bacon, cheese, egg. meat and other commodity contracts with tho Un- ited Kingdom.

The reading. which signifies adoption of the principle of tlie bill, came after Agriculture Min- ister Gardiner warned that while the legislation was scheduled to be in force for only one year tie might have to come back next year and ask for passage of a llmllar bill to meet contracts with Bil- tain. '

Following the division, which brought opposition from Progres- sit/e Conservative and some Social Credit members, clause-by-clause study of the bill was started in committee of the whole House. The C.C.F. party and some Social

Credit members voted with the. (Continued on Page 5 Col. d)

P. E. I. Fis

h Catch

Down In February

Decline line To 55 Per Gent iirso in Smelt Gatch.

Record Floods In Great Britain l

LONDON, March 1a - (or) - mo Thames still la rising at many "Driver points - where thg marks of the record 1094 floods are said i0 be lOPPQd in several places - but a spokesman said today that t levels are becoming constant at lower points n-nd the rive-r is ex- pected in fall shortly.

‘Troops, police oncl Thames river- men conducted evacuation opera- tions in wartime style. pressing iin- t to service Jeeps. ducks and small river craft with walkle-talkle com- miuiloations. Tomorrow RAJ" crews will tour lhc streets of Lon- don suburbs whore ivater supplies an, cxmtaminatcd, bringing resid- ents num- from mobile tanks such as were used during the blitz.

ermen’s Union UP 30-0dd fishing vessels since late in December. The catch 9,932,100 pounds in’ February, 1946. to only 1,312,900 last month and

nanmax. March 1a -. (ca) -

Lilmdcd fish catch in the Maritlmes decreased more

than 9,000,000

pounds in February compared with

he same month last ycar, Eastern

Fisheries Division of the Depart- ment ot Fisheries armounced to- day in its monthly reporL, At the same time the landed value drop- ped from $670,075 i0 $338,420 —- a decrease of $331,655.

Noairly the entire decrease was

accounted toa- ln Nam. Scotia where

he strike by the Canadian Fish- (T CL.) has tied

fell from

he landed value from $479,174 to

$117,681,

Only increase of any great value

was that of smells. attributed to high prices prevailing 0n the cast- em New Brunswick coast.

In Prince Edward Island, the total catch was 195,000 pounds with n landed value of $18,470.

Another Man is Gritical

Leo Roach. e4. unmarried swee- keeper at Dundee. King's County village about 24 miles from Char- lottetown. is dead and Joseph MC- D01!!!)f1- 31. also of Dundee, is 1Y1!!! ln the Charlottetown Hospital seriously wounded u the result of an alleged altercation said to have occurred in Beach's store about 9 o'clock lust night. vDundee is a community a. few miles from Morell.

The story as revealed to thl R. C- M- P-. last night is that Mc- Donald went into Roach's stosc shortly before 9 o'clock and began to admonish Roach for having sold liis (McDonald's) younger bro. tlier lemon extract. During the argument Roach snatched up s single-barrel shotgun and _ shot McDonald in the left shoulder. The onlookers, becoming panic-strick- cn, rushccl out of the store but not before one of them took the shot. gun from Roach and put it in a corner.

Shortly afterwards. another shot: was hoard and upon investigation, Reach ivas fouiid dead in the back part of the store with a shotgun Wtltlllti in the lower part of his body. The gun ivas near him on the floor.

NineiPotato Boats .

Expected To Load At Island Ports For U.K.

yesterday afternoon and revievied

l The Potato Export Board mcti the situation to date in ‘

_ COFlIlBC- tion with the shipment of Prince

P. E. I. Farmers

‘ I I I Island potatoes to Greawwln

About 520 carloads of twenty- five tons of potatoes e_ach have been moved to Saint John on the British export order. it was stated. The condition of the potatoes now loading has been generally sails-' factory, with very few cars being releirted it Saint John for regradc.

The first two boats are expected to complete the loading of 220 cars on Thursday. with two other steamers readylo lake cargo.

So far no steamers have 721E011 named to load at Island ports. but it is expected that boats will re- port here early in April and con- tiiiue until May 15 to take carc of 35,000 tons.

Three Boats for Clftzown

The tonnage to be loaded from the Island will take about nine boats, three oi‘ which will oroh- ably load at. Charlottetown, three at Summerside, and three at Souris and Georgetown. This is provided

Amherst Show y

AMHERST, N. 5., March 1B —- (OPM-The sixth annual spring Maritime beef show Qpgngd he“ today with more than loft-well- ‘finished bccf cattle on exhibit- .Dll.

Hundreds of spectators new- ing packing house officials and. livestock men were present as J. K. King, Deputy Minister of Ag-

riculture for New Brunswick. formally opened the show. On Wednesday Hon. Alan

Stuart. Minister of Agriculture for P.E.I., Will open the auction of Hereford and Shot-thorns and. the young pure-bred cattle for brciading stock will be sold at the end of ill!‘ exhibition. ‘ C. F. Bailey, president Maritime Stock Breeders Associ- ation, C. Oulton, president ofthe

of the - '

In the Senate. a bill aimed at that boats of about 5,000 tons gross Here-lard Assodaflon and J , J_

our present scale of production. 1

irgallzinr: the sale and manufacture oi olcoinargnrine was debated.

Wciliicstiay‘ ,

The Commons will consider con- trcl legislation.

nu solo civii War iii Paraguay ~

ASUNCION. ParaguiyJ March 15-. tAPi .. The Baraguayain Government today declared that. the ciitire country was in s, slate if our.

(Brazilian press dispatches from Ponia Porn sairfthe rebels vlre.

v iflilr livid gained control o.‘ the mtlre Paraguayan side o! tho Par- sgiiayan-Brazillan border by (331) tiirlrc the towns of Bela Vista, Selim Jinn Caballero qnd Qgpitpn

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U I , Coming Events "rir-gcrivaviiig done in your oiin home. Cnll 573,

“Bazaar and Tea, St. James Church. Thursday, April 10th,

"To arrive. Seed om. Book. lllcGuigxin 8. Boyle.

"Ninth River Women's Insti- tute Auction Sale cancelled unbll lat-er dare,

‘ "lifiilice. Graiidvlew Hall, Friday. iifliftl list. Ausplces o1 w, 1,

sa"wflitil for Y's Men's Rummage it iicv Saturday at three o'clock i“ "W Williet Building. \

'~'-F-"riii-~i-s Short Course, Kin- k?" lliill. Thursday and Friday Jiiflllliilll and ‘evenings. s"i'fliitri' sale at Bernard's Pickle. Brcadolbane, March 22nd, 3

“"i-'~'-'=*|_1_iiil Hogs at Fredericton iuamh lyth, illi 11 A. M. COlVlliC i 11-39, Li. L. McDowell,

bmumfidilifl’ car deed barley. u ' T-‘iiriiifll’. till noon Friday. "his bolts. our: a as‘.

Th"l.oadlng Hogs at Brcadalbane, ‘ ursday. March 20th. until train Elmer Wig-more,

Tliqmwi“! "use at Hunter River. Bngfifiifi‘, March 20th. Borden

“cmimilld H08! each Friday for ulnlhlda Packers Ltd. for trucking b" °° l-ilrviilh Summer-ville. Al- m“ 9151M. Vernon River, Avon- mfzglig Hermitage. Phone Gordon

"Medina live hou for Canada Pickers at Albany. Thursday. from u Wlook till S, Emerald Friday A.M. edgier . Trucking service

P9111)!!- NOi. A. C. m“- °P G. C. Green. "y i xvi

"mike - I have pitmlisaed the 3'" Billions d u» m. Olhton

xmiloh and lllllid c on in I‘ e some business, I‘ ‘sting of all "a in Belting, Traces. double, 2'31’ DTiViflI Harness. ilccd 5- W. R. M ion, r. z. r. 0mm’ 7'”

PWMiii-nl llve Hog Thursday. “gm”? 20th as follows: Bummer- P Milli 1.30 P. M. Remington till 3 ' - Borden Bagnsli. l-limtor River BMMHWNIY- all day. Elmer Wlmiore. ; m! ‘P1119. Thin-shy till train - Iervioe when roads '""“- and Goals!

“There are many hungry na- tions and millions of hungry peo- pig in the world who nccd our fish this year and I see no reason why arrangements cannot be made for them to get it

"Decision of the Government to end allocations of canned and salt fisli this year means, of course. that our industry will bc fi-rc to negotiate and export our fish to whatever market we can sell tn the best advantage. The Dominion Department. oi Trade and Com- merce has strengthened its staff of trade commissioners and mar- keting specialists and I believe they will be oi great aid in ‘mar- looting our Island fish products.”

Prices Must Come Down

Senator McIntyre, who-is pre- sident of the Prince Edward ls- land Fisheries Feds-ration and a member of the Fisheries Council of Canada told The Guardian he ll convinced the price of canned

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Lawyers Battielln Rail Freight Gase

OTTAWA. lvlarcli lB—(OP)—~A lawyers‘ battle over the question of whether the Canadian Pacific Rall- way should be ordered to produce certain rkords took up all of to- day's session in the Board of Trans- port Commissioners inquiry into the railways‘ application fori higher rates.

Counsel for six Provinces backed the demand of CH. Locke. British Columbia counsel. for production of tihe financial and operating data,-whlle two railway lawyers opposed it. More argument will b, heard tomorrow.

NEW YORK. March l8 - 1A.?) -¢"lll\lm C. Durant. 35. 511M010’ bile industry pioneer who aooiun- ulaied $90,000,000 after ates-tin! work for 75 cents n. day and who twice omits-oiled General Motors, died today with nearly all of his fortune evaporated.

Always a "bull market" operator who scurried to sell his companies short. Dal-am was lorselv moon- slbie for developing the Buick and Chevrolet companies which become important. components of General Motors.

But panics and depressions in 1910. i920 and 1929 found him un- able to stem the tide and he loot

In 1096, he filed a bankruptcy pet- ltion which listed $250. in assets. $914,381 in liabilities.

Hi; wt], and a nurse were pres- ent when he died in the quiet I'D- artsnlli when he had lived in l‘!- duoed chvimistmoce. although not in poverty.

8cm in Boston. Mass. in 1501. Durant went to Flint, Mich. with hi‘ fismlly as p, boy. AS l’! he W011! in work in his grandfather's Ken- Ill store for ‘i5 cents a dev-

Iin llld. when 36, he scraped to- gothu- 81,000 and become a PH‘!- ner 1n a. carrlegeibusineas which eventually msnuihciured 150,000 umts in a year. e s. tomobile killed thla firm in I10 but Dirent “N!” I‘! WC“ vntlfllCilQd ifl Th9 nqw "gg btfifll" 0115111636.

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Introduction of a bill to iitrple- nieni. the provisions of a new Domdnlon-Provlnolal tax arrange- meiioswas forecast in the Speech from this Throne read by His Honour "Lieutenant Governor J. A. Bernard at the opening of the fourth session of thie Forty- flfyth General Assenilbly of the Province ywstcrday.

The Eipecch also forecast 1n- crcascd teachers‘ salaries, rural liigli schools, ext-cnslon 0d phiy- Sicai fitness training and other measures, including a new de- partment of government to han- ciic tourist traffic, fisheries, trade and commercc.

Th0 opening ceremony. which took place at 3 p.m., was large- ly attended. A guard of honour from the 17th Reece Regiment

under Capt. R. J. Mahar. ac- compianicd by the regimental band. was in attend-once and

madn- a fine showing. His Hon- our was accompanied by his aides L-L-Col. P. S. Fielding. M. M.. E.D.. and Lieut. R. C. Mc- Millan, D.S.C., and private sec- retary Dr. J. A. MacMil-lan. After the Lieutenant Governor had delivered the Speech from the Throne and had retired. Speaker T. R. Cullen took the chair and the customary pro for- ma bill was introduced. The Speech was then rc-read by the Speak- cr and mad-e the first order of

control of all of his big enterprises. -

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Automobile Pioneer W. C. Durant Dies Poor

Wagon Works in 1904 and organ- ized out o1 it the Buick Motor O0. with c. capital of $10,000,000. mg. it! multiplied and lu 190a Durant sought to gain control of the m. tire new industry with the pur- chase o! several important com- panles. ‘

The Ford interests asked 08.1110.- 000, however. and Durant could not swingit. Be organised General Motors. only to lose control of it in the 1010 recession.

l-le then OPKl-Ifl-Kd the Chevro- let Motor Co. and i-n Iii months its assets climbed to $0,000.01». By 1915 he h-ad bought enough Gen- eral Motors stock to regain con- trol of the firm.

The 1920 post-war depression sent General Motor stool: tinnblkq hum I400 to S12 a sham. Amid his twig- nation front the company was forced after he had thrown 800.- 000.1100 into the market in a vain effort to, halt the phings.

mr mouths h-ter. no organised the Durant Motors Ooniolfll. and sold Dinant, Boar, Flint and Inco- mobile cars and Mason tru&l. but this concern never was as success- ful as -his earlier ones.

Din-ant withdrew from the oom- pany in Janulry. 1029, but bspt up his huge transactions in the stock market until thq crash cammki October. His personal losses 1n the saver-Q depression that followed were estimated at 800.000.1111).

Bill To Implement: New Tax Agreement Forecast In Speech

Opened Legislature

Lieutenant: Governor

Mr. Speaker _

lion. Mr. Cullen

TROPICAL BANANA The banang grows either wild or under cultivation in almost every tropical region of the world.

This was a big decline from the 445,000-pound catch and $42365 landed value registered in the same month in 1946. The decrease was attributed to the 55 per cciiit decline in the smelt catch, iililcli represents almost the entire catch for both periods.

In Nom- Scotia. lobsters, lllCTCJS- ed in catch and value by 31509 pourzds and $7.528 with the pricc 53 cents per pound ~— a decrcazevof seven cents from the same period last year. Largest declineswcre in haddock and cod. Cod was off 4.- 000.000 pounds in catch and $157,- 722 in value and li-‘ddcok 3.333.300 pounds and 5166.272.

1n New Brunswick, the total catch decreased by 227.800 P0111145 from 4,332,900’ in February of 1946 to 4,105,100. However, the landed value N93 by $541)“ from $148,256 to $202,269. Sardines and 50311095 were lilg only decreases of iioie while increases were noted in smelts. alewlves, clan-is and tom cod. The average price of smells increased from l2 to 16 cents i1 pound.

Potatoes Discussed In li.B. Legislature

FREDERJCTON. March l8-(CP) -Neiv Brunswicks potato industry received“ prominent mention in Throne Speech addresses by M. J. McCiusky (L-Yictoria» mid C. Squires (PC-Carleton) in tlic Legislature today.

Mr. McClusky advocated a Mari- time Marketing Board under fed- eral authority and control, and establishment of a potato iZPOWPYS organization,

He said lhcrc was "(iiSSCIlilGIl distrust and lack oi‘ i-o-nyieraticn" among New Brunswick potato ex- porters. This had resulted in “price cutting, business practices unbecoming to our established rc- piiintion, and mi attitude \\'lilL'il had destroyed tlic confidence of the buyers iii our potential export markets."

Mr. Squires, concluding thc Throne Speech debate for the op- position, blamed licaw losses of potato growers in Carleton and Victorlp, Counties on "failurc“ of the Dominion Government to pro- tect agricultural producers.

TORONTO. March 18 —(CPi- Bail of $10,000 was set today by

‘Magistrate S31‘. Bigelow for Harry

Johnston, 17, charged with inde- cent assault on a 13-year-old schoolgirl. He was arrested yester-

day five hours aftca- tiho alleged attack took place while the girl was on her way to school.

Police said examination of the

girl showed she had nOt been ra/p- ed.

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Help‘ The + Red Cross.

"SALAIIIT

'S'I'BA

iald and Dr. Shaw of Mount Stew-

Condltlon Serious

In the llli‘llllll'lllE, a call was sent for medical aid for McDon.

art arrived about 920. An ambul- ance from the A. A. I-lennessey Funeral Hobie arrived about 10.20 and McDonald, accompanied iiy Dr. Shaw, was brought to tho Charlottetown Hospital at 11.15. His condition is regarded as ser- ious. g Inspector N. J. Anderson, R. C. M. P, said that up to l1 o'clock last night toll-re offoris to secure a coroner had been unawailing. Ail inquest. however, will be held immediately. the Inspector said. The investigation into the trag- edy is hel-ng conducted by Cpl. D. J. Heath, R..C.M.P., and the other members of the Souris detachment.

Report Gonfeseion In! Black Dahlia Gase '

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ST. LOUIS, March 1B--(A.P)-— Chief of Detectives LeonardMurphy sai-d. today a 23-year-old youth, under arrest here more than a month, had confessed to the niur- dcr in Les Ange-lea of the "Black Dahlia.“

The young man had been held since Feb. 12 on suspicion of auto

theft, under continuing investiga- tion. and today he voluntarily started tiilkig about the "Black

Dahlia" killing on Jan. 15. the oi‘- flcer said.

As Murphy told the story, the youth said lie killed the girl with i-l commando knife as they were iii illl iiutcmuhilc pnrired mi a iGllfli)’ road outside Les Angela's. because she would iioi; go east with him.

In Los Angclcs. Capt, Jack Doiialic-c, after conferring by icic- pliunc with Chief Murphy, said 111cm appeared to he “ccrlnin dis- crcpancies“ i-n the youths alleged confession.

The prisoner told Murphy, Don- ahoe said. that he had met the "Black Dahlia." in a Lns Angcles cocktail bar about Christmas timO. Donahoc said his investigations led him to believe almost nosi- tively that Miss Short was in San Diego at that time.

are available to carry the cargo. These boats will be chartered by the British Ministry of Food, Lon- don, who are responsible for ocean transport.

The Board's ruling with regard to the movement of potatoes to other points than the British Min- istry of Food is based upon the original agreement with the Agri- cultural Prices Support Board. While Prince Edward Island is oe- ing favored with this order be- cause of the strict local control of ring rot, other markets are to be made available for other parts of Canada to fill.

The Potato Export Board will therefore issue permits only when surplus transportation is available for the movement of small seed 1iotatoes, small table stock potatoes tor export, and for No. 1 seed stock on sales made prior to March 1 and registered with the Board by March l0. Such permits are to be divided among the ship- pers proportionately to the general movement.

Says Ther Should Be Plenty Nails

OTTAWA, March 18 -- (OP)- Reconstruction Minister Howe said in the Commons today there was no reason why there should be a

shortage of nails for essential building in Canada. Production of nails was "very

high" compared to any time in the past.

"1 assure you there is no real reason why any builder should have any trouble getting nails ‘or essential construction. If it is un- essential building. I'm not por- ticularly worried whether they got them or not."