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oharloetetown Guardian. Two Caah.

Wharf Project ‘ Proceeding 0n Schedule Time

A11 work on the Railway Wharf will be completed before thq Qxply‘. aiion next August of the IB-months conirllct between the .Dorni.nlon Government and the J.P. Porter and Sons Construction CGIIJIJW. 1t was learned yesterday.

Work up totbs present stage has cost about $250,000 and officials es- timats that when completed the cost will approximate 840.000.

All steel work and filling-in is finished and there remains a small part of the sock idling and the re- inforcement concrete coping to be dotte.

The weet wall of the warehouse is expected to be completed next week.

As soon as the weather permits, the wooden fenders along the 600- foot length of the wharf will be placed. The purpose of those ls to protect shipping lying alongside. ,1 There remains a little dredging ‘to do and also some rock excava- ilon. When those tasks have been

wnter at low spring tide along the

Key Figures In Palestine Crisis

Death penalty, imposed by a British court on Dov Bela Gruner, left above, precipitated crisis in Palestine and retaliatory acts by Jewish underground army in whim Maj. H. A. I. Collins, British banker, was kidnapped. Gruner, sentenced to be hanged, has re- fused to appeal his case to the Privy Council in London. Collins. apparently in pain, is diotwn in Palestine hospital, where he is being wmlililed- 951115 Wlll hBVB 35 I991“ treated for injuries suffered when he was seized.

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whole 600 feet of lh9 pier.

Coming Events

"Movies at Tryon To-night.

"Afton Hall, Tuesday. February 10th, Dance and __l..unches.

_- Palestine Woes

“Brackley vs. [Milton at. Milton Ring. tonight. Skate alter.

"Loading Hogs at Peaks Ste-

:1::.;::"*;..T“"n%:t. sz,...°.;"*"* ll. N. For Action

"Card l-‘nrty and Dance, Mt. Stow/art Legion Hall, February 17th.

Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

Souris. Monday, February

"Hockey Game Monday night head Rink.

"b01510! Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd, Tuesday until further

"Receiving Hogs st Crapaud for Canada Packers Ltd. every Tuesday

"Hockey East ‘ Royalty tonight.

Bearcats vs. Nine Mile ..I."‘.ii.'.°’f..i§€ii‘? Fastiigrounll

vs. Hope River. ‘Game starts 8.80. Skatt- after.

for truck pickup service from farm

lo c P d hildren among u m“ ROM" film WZTSKK wecre the first to leave

Cardigan,

William

"T! vum. Vernon, Orwell and "own. ohms Waitsr cane u-ts

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""- Mmteen t du "lap u-Q-G-Tu” lflllll mhilvamrrigt: lifflows: summar-

P. at pa", reveals PPM m“ ‘mm “h” Wat‘:- liniwlillilyPilinlltf-n, requires making service when loads per- 2.22"‘ l

45'

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Holy Land Fears Underground Moves

I

JERUSALEM, Feb. i4 --(A.P>-- British authorities announced to- night that death been confirmed on three suspected Irgun Zval Leumi. Jewish underground force, and a. tension-gripped Holy Land 198F413 the underground would strike in quick retaliation.

A Government

sentences and s. for a fourth youth had been confirmed by Lt-Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker Wednesday, the day he relinquished his post. as commtander-in-chlef troops. He has been succeeded by Mai-Gen. O. l-l. A. MacMlilan.

The sentences were imposed Feb. l0 by n. military court on the four were charged wrth possession of arms 1nd whips. They were arrested on the night a British major and three were seized by the underground and flogged. three sentenced to death were Dov Ben Falman Rosenbautn. 34. Eiiezer Ben Zion Kaeh-anl, 23,

sentences » hod

‘LONDON. Feb. 14 —~ (AP) — Drawing of lottery. door prize. Britain is going htltladxshed anoltheg -—-— f he problem c en and B"

"Loading Hogs at Montague glalestrlnds woes over to the United Station each Thursday for Canada gallons,

The decision was announced io- ' I.

"Special Skate Saturday night 2y},‘tmtrtltetfiiuccrelsefillliglorrgtl: Alleo Community Speed Skate. Three confgsjgnce m, Palestine by Foreign account» M“ “W wow “i;

' ure in Britain's long e or o p_

_ {rward an acceptable compromise ' Dance. Knights of Columbus batman J5.“ and “m,

in Brit-sin‘; side ever since Gen. Alic-ntby dmve m“ Pym-y, out at Jerusalem in . P l ti robabl will COHUTMB 10 between Stanhope and York. Cove- n: Zsourclgdpby loollmo 3mm, "oops and to be ggvgrned by the admin- istration set up tmdcr the hi’??? of Nations mandate until t e . .

~ id hatt do.

notice. Dmgwell and owner. dfiufiafnnn f, 1,, guch . haste to ghelve the problem in iihc 3:3; tom lend that s. “W980 1° until u A. M. n. N. Dawson. wvktiimliillmdclfgéfiushfiomfln“: the Swill’ y Y1

“HMS t Bu] Bf ' spttll] meeting of the U.N. Gen- Tuesdaye yffi? lag a; "Si; $1; ml Assembly to consider the sit. Three classes expected. with“

haci, 2i. Hnlm Ben Aharon Coro- vevsky, 17, escaped with a iirfe sen- tence because of his youth Jewish leaders, tearing possible from the underground had appealed to the government for clemency toward the four. Irgun Zvui Leumi, which urges against the British

red publicly it expects " ayment in British bloc-d" for any ow who gallows and that it did not intend to await execution of the death sentences before be. ginning reprisaie.

Dov Bela Gruner, lrgun mem- ber sentenced to death for baking part in a raid on u police station

today for 30 minutes Helen likiedman of Lancus. has refused to sign an appeal to the Privy Council blllltflllh Billieai flied for him by an unce a resultedi t

‘ VANCOPYIIJIIIL fegorth sea m‘ s n a s oy 0i his _"i3uyin8 pigs Monday at Fred. §I;§n§;“§,§, 0,1“. reef tonight ‘u (ricion. All sizes. Paying 021 each 593mm, channel, some lc “ Pa" for sued pies over 90 north of here. with only her om- ounds each. Knud Jorgeneen. lain and four crew members aboard. Standing by was the ocean-gem

m"; w...“ y» tug LaPointo with a line a

is , S-t t er.

m? lgmgzdfyonh Han’ fir‘: thloilesacllatt sltrIpsi-Iaflgflleet" if ' ' Iuflu“ t. i t. a a remov-

Proceeds in aid of Library. gghgf: m”: y"; pfiunger,‘ fl

--—- torm- osse

"Loading hogs at It. Peters for fifllnmftTnfiy .31? th: North Bea v

Canada Packers Ltd. each Tuesday had sent out an 8.03.

llolorado “llonnlt” Airs llie View:

'o hermit of Arba

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fltlfioldlne Hose at Cardigan su- m °“ ‘w’ "w"? 1°’ 9"“ tn o n . rm

Plum‘ I'm‘ “in” Mmmfl“ gactgthwldguttlrilxlloutemghanl."

n. d? was no panic "Th! "Ruler meet-ill’ of the L. P. m: arr val of the boats.

Union, will be held on Sunday. Feb- oued were taken to the iltte fish-

Pvsrv tout. at s P. u. All ntnbers ins vutuo o! Belle B‘ is

I "quested to attend. Secretary, Kenny Island, ill miles south of ' m‘ whit" Pryor.

ha‘? visited l2 state

the northern British‘ Columbia

. . port of Prince Rupert. "Collect beg each ‘mesdey

‘l: Cenadgaalrsr‘: Ltd» for lruek- QIQDQC

a. '°'"°' "W" '*“'°”"' Seek Storm Facllltloe Feb. 1l--(CP)—A

“hmfilv OIIIIICC f0 hlvs your humid-l Government "u; "one

rxacmuuhd“ gtnwngfi sigartpcgl assistance to e-PQ

wrong with what theyude," l}. n. invited by Rs ubilcsn leader [gs B. Mailier to e are the rostrum 4g a brief a l

M "Mum" ways and means

ring to construct storage." was adopted today's session of 1h! Ill!

mnou. mugged“! "14

id wind up his t Wash . Old gs he been,”

tour. with a visit prsv the of said and silver i:

of has‘? t“ storage and that MontreaPl ‘mutt’? . ha‘. n t»: e .

pofl%l0n needs added h

vgressive Conservative members,

Issue Centres 0n Reductions In Armed Forces

By DCMRGY CYPIWWA. Feb. l4—(OP)-—Pro-

falling in an attempt to have the Government disclose tbs reasons

the recent reductions in the objectives for the post-war Irmvd form. sought and lained

increase the size of the forces. Vancouver-Surreal) bluntly asked decision to recruit up to only 75

per cent of previously-fixed db. Jectives for the post-war forces

Defence Council. Deputy Speaker Ross Macdon-

a

announcement

of British

Abraham Al-

itad announ-

’ern what's

melon. an aai atolnle is the gals "Il- tool lyetun sod criticised the Unit- cfllfllll If Al» ‘n’ ‘i,

occasions t

Secret polilce probed China's ‘fin- ancial criss t day whl var. us . _ . iast May. was visited in hi: cell Giivemment Pgfliilills iffoilosvilo o Tnvdl‘ Frances lute“ labor or I by Ms amen Yirilgllttgi, rolnlfillttrtrfmne demonstrations tlo emvbarrassnfvlzfi t-ros to the ouster of emier T. governmental pr cc- 881' C0 - ,_ mo. communal ou- ll Woods 0 eratlons The Chinese yuan (dollar) was :f,‘,’",f,§‘m,-,,,s are pledged to up- p _B___ bein offered under the counter hold at 1,000 to $1 U.S. in Shanghai, ‘ Peiping and Nanking. but most dealers had suspended operations

‘llnhfye-sr of the secret police in- Mothar ls him-ad

V. Soqng.

identities of persons whose Owl! tions sent the Chinese currency (APb-Mrs. Martha E. Truman. O4- down to 19.400 to $1 Tuesday. Tito official rate is still 3.350 to $1.

dealing In gold.

ed as a block against members of the Government side of the House.

t..i'.“°.t.‘i‘.'.ii“i'i...°.‘"iili.“liil.f“ifili Frgngh Pfgmigf

day afternoons. usually dull and

:;*=r:.";:::~ mrnzsr... “sous: Sees Threat In

for a return to their constituen-

all}. Cioxton said if he answered

Col. Merritts question he would have to answer a long series of other quesions which were not pertinent to the bill which would

make a varsity-a‘: can"; 1d we etriiefiof all ‘government. union Canada Militia Act, as a result oi workers. including police. trans- port and conuntunications employ-

Ha gggurgd member-g, however, ees, paralyzed Paris for four hours that the size of armed forces was this afternoon and Premier Paul g mutter of Government p°11¢y Ramadicr told the National As- and no Defence Minister could 591111511’ "n19"? l5 “use 1° lei" tamper with them and 5111] re- for our country. snd even the re- main a member of the cabinet. Public."

changes since 1067.

At the House opening, mem-

bers gave first". reading to a priv- 1.750.000 Bvilflflmfl" employees ate members bill which would ilnd several hundred thousand force railways to dllvest them- rfiilhliilplll all‘?! dfliigéllllel" em" selves oi their air lnes by Dec. poyees ttroug mu once.

The work ltoppage, which threw Stanley Knowles (COP-Winnipeg downtown Paris into confusion u’ _ North Centre). would amend the and prevented hundreds of thous- ___ Aeronautics Act which now pro- ands of Parisians from getting vldes" that the divesting shall home from their jobs, coincided take place within a year after with a sirikeof mechanical work- ihe Government issues a declar- ers that closed the capital's 32 coal industry’ the district board o, atlcm ending the war. newspapers.

3i, 1947. The bill. moved by

Financial lirisls

SHANGHAI- Feb- H *‘ MP)“ ers that Communists who domin- ate the Confederation General du

u Tne police were seeking the

efuasatomborabumefhtuup wwmevthernlt toward Us eon-

"Ia tech with mo» bunnies aasaqflhsnbo wieanesewdromykoarsvisionein

llog Production Is Increasing

mumncu in m, common. m_ production in Canada is again in- day that the Defence Minister {eggrflnge u? i dglvgwfid 31 e Wm t h 8 K311 31')’ n .1 8

on no “e the power t° Dominion Bureau of Statistics re-

LL-Col. Cecil Merritt. v.c. (PC- “m” “d”

Dd 1 last one Bureau estimated the

ence Minister Claxton if the nlmbél, U! hogs on farms at 5372f 400. 0r two per cent higher than on the same date 1n 1945.

w“ ruched °n a bu!‘ °! "°°"' red in all Provinces from Ontario my’ “gm “mnnt °r m‘ 3°“ eastward, while the Western Prov- cmmen’ °r °n a“ “Vi” °1 u“ lnces continued to show reductions from the previous year.

“Id ruled the quesiflm‘ lrulevam notable in Ontario and Quebec. The to the bill under discussion and increase in New Brunswick of 18.6 when his decision was appealed pg;- mm 15mg greatest 1n the he W“ upheld by a close 80-16 Maritime Provinces. with slight in- Wle- We 0171705111011 P811155 V0‘- creases reportedilor Nova Scotlaiand Prince Edward Island.

raised the issue of whether “the

strikes in Paris tntitllli DYBClXJll-Bie a wave of labor unrest through- 1“ out the country.

ganlzation. had planned today'5

President Truman’s

year-old mother of President Tru- tfered a fracture of the m puma‘, my” Ho 5294mm ma“ s" duce about 5.000.000 feet of lum- Y“ F”. ‘PM?’ n.0,: gz-youm “c” duutnlzg Um right hip lest night in a fail at her 9! Ci-lrflflvy as re rs to ma, drggggd in the “n, o; l China. He ordered arrest of anyonq proqaector, dropped in on the New York Btste Lsgisla- g ture today and told a handful of lawmakers they were "overly ba- deviilctl" by pressure groups end poised too much legislation. ' The "hermit", 82-year-old hank B. Glmiett. also voiced aversion ta “green" money which he said III abhors, and expressed his enthus- "honest-to-God" gold

Gimiett. who has

Tuman, gold today Mrs. Truman was resting comfortably at home.

mands Ban 0n Output 0f A-Bombs

oannotbsregardldasweaponsof defuse

IQDII . treatment-no met: mm be vneeselodveivlmthspsalsolea deosvsosd

Read by Eve Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1947

OTTAWA MOVES T0 SPEED UP tout

Close Vote 0n ,_ Speakefs liuling In Commons

Special Hous

OTTAWA, FQ. 14 —(OP)-—HOR

In a survey of conditions at Dec. Tho increase in numbers occur-

lncrcases in numbers are most

(By The Associated Press) PARIQ, Feb. l4 — A general

The strike call was directed to

ller daughter, Miss Mary Jane

.

"lheboniisnsetioo of use subdue-

u“ d seams; you“; g, “"4 I; g were 1.095 oo-ctperativee in Saskat- certain isver for 1mm pressure chewm Much 31. 1946. so more

my," than in 19415,; reportlot taxman;

Brandla mo ping] ply“; rtment o o-operat on, ta

u» Antes-Eon plan aspylolatiene s!‘ pills Loeililtv" by (lo-Operatives b“ u c" .4 Minister L1‘. Melntoeh revealed “m, “m, ,,,,,,,_ m M"; m; on u musaeetsuetiea weapons“. u Mandolin Dee. 14 rIolution ca teens

committee taper:

on! aflng reduction, he mid

qWq-m, “w, annulment“ plan. tbs levist % that "thly must t» rejected.’ the omniniiooe was 8139.10.81 9.000 budget, men,“ deputy Ibsetga lthistc. Andrei A. Grcmsko did say that WI! will! agony“, eolg ms lsgigy cm‘;- p ahead on "revising" ma Ainari- the previous fiscal year. the report can now but reiterated said. Decrease was due to lower pa], volume of grain hartdled following

blag. any mtg, gptugi- poor crops of the 1945 season.

wotfldhave more to ea!

Holding the key to o. Pomible week- ctnd tie-up c; Eastern Canada's

_ the United Mine Workers of Am- Ramodier said the SINKO action an“ new ‘m0 ouawa tonlght ‘m, a last-minute conference in the

' 7 nation is reall sovereign or - _ r a s whethm- u h" yspecla] intereshs fluke the ‘and w“: dispute m’- that will triumph." Fears were expressed that tho we,“ silent C.“ the prospects ‘m, ttomotrowfl; three-way conference. iFreemon Jenkins, district pres- iideni. declared the miner; were lt was charged 1n some qunrt- lfianding by mo“. rejection of “m; fered wage increase; partly based on a prcdttction-per-man increase

lack 0i- Snow Slows

Lack of snow in the south moun-

_ i ported today as having a serious QRANDl/mwr NI“! E‘ u _ cflcct on the winters timber pro-

duction.

bor and much of it. comes (from ha“ hen’ the area where rain has washed nway the snow making it impos- sible l.o haul out the ilmbenwhlc-ll normally is brought out on heels.

Neill of nearby Mlllville, said he had 400,000 feet of lumber cut but was unable to get it out a! the woods..

Go-epsratlve llnlts increase ln_S_aelt.

compared with $174,347,100 during

a

P. E. I. Unrepresented On

e Committee

On Redistribution Bill

OTTAWA. Ont., Feb. 14 —iSpe¢.

iaJ)—Decislon of uhe Government...

and of State Secretary Coll}; Gib. son not. to ltominate a. rqaresent. ative of Prisms Edward Island to the special committee of the Com. mans on redistribution selected, this morning. was chief topic o; cm. versatlon today of Prince Edward Island m ” a.

While admittedly the Island Province is not as deeply concerned, with the change from 245 to 255 members of the Hottso as Quebec or sonte of the other provinces. it was expected that. at least one mem- ber would be chosen as a matter of tradition and courtesy.

From the dlscumion, these facts emerged:

(l) The committee on redistribut- ion will leave Prince Edward Island constituencies exactly as they are

ay.

(2) Any attempt by members from other Provinces to discuss P. El, representation will be checked by the chairman on grounds that the province is not represented on the contmittee. '

(3) Provisions of the British

North America Act which sooecify, that. the number of members of the SPOT 0F Curl-Tm‘; U]: FOR MZND BIRTHDAY

Commons from the Maritime Prov- inces m-ust be not less than the

number of senators. will be upheldi by both Liberal and Progressive

Conservative parties.

It ls recalled that at tihe inst session and on s. number of occas~ ions over the post 15 years a num- ber of members of Parliament most-

(Continued On Page 5 Col. 4)

N0 Decision Reached In Legal Battle Over Scope Of Freight Rate

ddallidnference

OTTAWA, Feb. 14'-— (OP) _

volving 13.000 Maritime miners. While leaders of the delegation

u the coilieries.

(By Tho Canadian Press) KENTVILLE, N. S.. Feb. 14-

tain timberland areas of Kings and Annapolis Counties was re-

Thc two counties annually prc- \

One contractor. ‘I’. Out-hit Mac-

REGINA, Feb. 14 -tCP)-'I'hters

Amoun‘ of business called on by

IDNDON- (CE-A postmark advertising the Britidt industries Fhir to be held here and in Bir- mingham in May will be stamped on letters with overseas destin-

Toeoliectrar hookah jggflq dieflnetim, but. it is snzre useful ofisntohrrnoverouebool.

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Showing how she wood with a. bucksaw ltn her young- er days, Mrs. Viola Taylor Holt of Farmlngton. Mo, ward to her 102ml bi-rthday in a (w; days, Her lather lived to be 114 and her moth?!‘ 112 years of

Inquiry

By JOHN LEBLANC OTFAWL. Feb. l4 -— (‘CPI —- A prolonged legal battle of the freight-rate

Commissioners ended lo-ie without a decision on vthciher it might develop into a Z6119?“

{ante structure or be confined‘ w

Argument over the issue raged for the second day as 601111561 l0!‘ the Provinces 1110114196 l0 80 055°" tho Supreme Court of Canada i0- morrow Ln an BPPPIIl fwm f! 39am verdict rejecting their Clflifll that the 30am ha; no jurisdiction lo the railways‘ application for general ilO-per-cent increases that me question should ice YBFTTPd

x the railways and tho spokes- men for seven Provinces argued the

these points enraged:- l. Western provincial spakewncn declared their rates now were high- 91- mun those in the cnsl and they should not be further iroostcd. 2. British Columbia's counsel

failure to obtain result in eventual mptcy for the carriers.

pro5periiy W65 essential to prosperity oi Canada as a Whole

cranium.‘ on Page s Col. ti’!

Four Killed In Plane Brash

(By The Canadian Preset

GX-EIMAN. Alta, Feb. li-Four men died today when their air- plane crashed near tho airport at this Crowsnost Pass British Columbia - Alberta boundary. Coleman is about 75 airntiles west of Leihbridge.

The victims were Virgil F. Kra-

M08080!“ 30. Calgary; Allen Dry- den. M. Cadomin, Alta. and- Leo Spohn, 3'1. Calgary. Kramer. Mos- eson and Dryden died instantly and Bpohn died some hours later.

The aircraft, an Anson. belong- ed to Fred Mannix and Company. Ltd, Calgary contractors. reported to have struck n tree and been thrown into a 36-foot bank of Old Man River after‘ it had circled the Coleman emerg-

atlonl.

ency landing field twice.

Delivered 88.00.

Mall $5.00, other Provinces l: U. I. A. 87.00

N SHIPMENTS

Shortageflf Box liars ls Threatened

B)’ George Kitchen- _

OTTAWA, Feb. 14 —(CPi—Th‘e Government ‘today took emergency steps to meet a threatening crisis otn the boxcar front, giving Tram- port Controller BS. Liberty power to cotnvmandeer cars for tit; move- ment of export wheat and feed grains from the west.

These measures, effective for the next six weeks, gave these grains WP Priority over other freight roll- ing across the land on Canadian railroads and were aimed at speed- ing wheat shipmentsto Britain. now far behind commitments. and meet- ing extreme shortages of livestock feed developing in Central Canada.

TTIBY arose from an acute but; seasonal shortage of Canadian box cars which have accum-ulatcd crt United States railroads.

Officials raid the Count!‘ 1 -, -, were approximatcly 13,000 can;