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CANADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1947

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Subscription Delivered $6.00. Mail 55M. other Provinces b U. l. A. $1.00

in Freight Haulage In PoEaL 4 II-U- '

‘the Prince lidnarld Island div- ision or the Canadian National Railways showed a height-Mme increase ibr ibis over disagreed-

P!‘ cent, according to the latest fig- u", released from the office of tho wupetlnltfidfllfi. Chsrlcbtietown.

1n vie-w on! the fact that the ur- loald-shipuientg of polavtoq almost doubled in 1M6 as compared to the diipmcntq made the previous year. ammoverallimoreaseoflotrper rent would seem to Justify 111v oo- inloin that the other expflrts and imports must have fallen greatly as compared to 1946. This, how- ever. is not the ease.

Humiredl of mttla and honed, more than 80.000 Poultry. hundreds of tons of hey and atww. ‘ovusands of pounds o!‘ butter and cheese, and eggs by the thousands of cases loft the Province lent year by water to Newfoundland Moreover, the main highways were open to motor tnicka throughout the winter months of 1946 Mid this fact would serimlsly affect the figures for less- tiian-car-lots-commodlties which are usually can-led during that aca- sm by the railway.

The main decreases in railway freight-haulage were roprfllwted 1n gasoline. L907 tons. the result of the closing down of the various sir- ports in the Province; turnips. be- oaiuseofopooruiurkebohowed a decrease of 1.084 tons: and there was o. decrease in fertilised‘ hllllll? rm- the month; of November and December last of swroximately 1.200 tons. This abmpt decline was im- direct result of the fire lsst October which destroyed the Is- land lihrtiilm plant.

The groag haulage. however, for rm- year i946 showed iicrcases over V145 in fertiliser. flab. earned goods. and coal.

"To listens Construction ill Tallest Building

LONDON’. Jan. ll — (Reuters) - Russia is to‘ resume construc- lion on the Palace of Soviets. list- ed as the world's tallest-building n-lih a height of Lfi feet, Mulch was interrupted during the war. Moscow radio said today. The palace. to pa 120 feet higher than Nrw York's Empire State build- ing. was begun several years ago Mar the Kremlin. It is design- rd to house the Soviet Parlia- mcnt (the Supreme Soviet). be- sides sewing for congresses and meetings.

Coming Events

"Unloading Old Oydlsey Coll "J-doy at Milton. Vernon Gillespie.

“Hockey practice and skate

3"“ Rflyoliy Rink tonight.

"Poultry — Buying daily livo and dressed poultry. Paying top market Price Davis d. Fraser Ld.

“This store will be closed all day Monday. Ja/nllsry 6th. J. F. Morris, ltinkoru.

“Receiving Hogs st Cnpaud for Davis d: Hose:- Ltd., every Tuesday Until 11 A. M. I. N. Dawson.

"New wiltahlre District L. o. L. meets in Kingston, Jan. 0th at 2:30 PM,

"Hockey at New Glasgow Rink tonight. New Glasgow school $311 ‘n. St. Mary's. Guano starts

O ‘Brash-lay 1s. It. Avarda at xiii»; link tonight. Gama otaru

"To arrive shortly, ear of wheat. nausea: “cs1? Mdiyeoow 1km. talffm M"

"Montague anti-regular lam Mm; and ma. aura. a to 10 and Saturday tel-noon.

“Dansa. Mount lower-t Legion “~11. our Ratio sus- Kenliai eiubaotra.

"Om stores Iradabano will he closes

To Represent Dttawa liere

w. Frank Ibuldl. bead of the citizenship branch. Department of State, Ottawa. arrived in the City last night by plane. Mr. Foulds will represent the Federal Govern- ment at the ceremonies here today which open (the ooart-to-coast cele- bration of Canadian Citdsen Week.

Full-scale War In lndo-Dhina Forasson

PARIS. Jan. 0 — (AP) — F4111- aosle war in Turin-China was fore- seen Sa/ilmiuy when (folonlal Min- ister Marlin Motltet sent word that licence would have to fight it 0111i there.

"Lt g mccssuy to have n milit- q-y decision," Moutet told Memos hsnooPreose attes- hls retur-n from an eyewitness view of righting 1n the northern city of Hanoi when he twice was fired import by mil)- gnggidbgtilseflvnchtobsvlet Nameac.

He oald he was umvlsiced the Viet Namme started the 1131111118 at rrami Dec. l0 with premedita- don agpflli. of a Plot against French control or my 1°11-

iionsldsring Maritime Potato iironsrs Ass'n,

HALIFAX, Jill. 6—(CP1—-M0Il' day)-'l'he Halifax Chronicle said in u dispatch from Kcntvillc, N.S.. today that plans were 712111: iii!" cussed for the organization of a Mari-time Potato Growers Associa- tlon.

“Many of the Annanolla Valley potato growers are in hrs: of such an organization. . . .to oper- ate on a basis similar to the Apple Marketing Board," the Chronicle aaid. adding that it would aid in standardizing methods of growing. grading and packing of potatoes throughout the Maritime:

"It is generally known that there were various mlxups ln the mar- keting oi’ this year's cron due to bumper crops in all of the Mari- time Provinces. Also shipping schedules were disrupted. An or- ganization such as this would be capable, in future years. of copi-ig with difficulties such u these."

lio lino ls Injured In Forcedianding

NIW YORK, Jan. 5—(AP)—The 0on2 Guard reported at 11:06 prn. (EST) tonight that an American Airlines plane. first believed to have crash landed on a bench near Bridgeport, Conn. cime ili-Wfl one m'lo east c! Jones Beach. Long ts- lsnd, N.Y., and that no one was injured.

her future has been discussed

i London Paper Seeking Views On Royal Romance

IDNDON. Jan. 5 —(CP)—'!‘ba newspaper Sunday Pictorial asked itsmillionaofreaderatodaytoans- wer the big question now ccn- fronting the United Kingdom: Should Prilr.:ess_ Elizabeth marry Prince Philip of Greece?

Devoung its from pqgg w 11w launching of a public poll, which was headlined "should our future Queen wed Philip?" the newspap- er asked its readers to consider the question with "sympathy mg wig. dom” and send their views to its "myll marriage" department.

"MW" I11." the Pictorial declar» "i- "i114 loyal people over whom the Princess will one day rule as Queen must also be afforded the Opportunity 01 expressing their views-not after‘ the event, as oc- curred over mother royal emf; in 1906. but before it."

The other “crisis" referred to was the abdication of King Edward VIII. ncw the Duke of Windsor, to Marry Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Although Buckingham Palace has denied repeatedly that the 25-year- old Prince and the Princess are betrothed the Pictorial said "the conviction is strongly held in in- formed circles that an nnnource- ment is contemplated sooner or lat- er of the engagement.

The royal romance has been a hot issue because of some expressed criticism of any ” ., between iihg Piriucess and Greek royalty which is in ill repute with the voc- a1 Leftist section of British politics.

The Communist Dally Worker de- clared Saturday that the romance had been discussed on the "highest political level" and denounced the mulch as part of "intrigues . . .to strengthen Britain's hold on Greece

as the imperial outpost in the Mediterranean". This high-level recognition was

denied by tihe Evening News, which said the engagement hadmt been

tiiccussed by the Cabinet or ‘the bominiom.

The influential Sunday paper. The Observer, was even more em- phatic in declaring that. thcrc was rothing to tihe runors of an en-

zcmcnt.

“The facts about PrircessEllzs- beth are these-It is not true that the Cabinet. It is not true that (Prime Minister) Attlee has talked to the King about s possible en- gagement with Prince Phill? 11! Greece. It is not true that the G01’- errment. has been in touch with the Domlnions."

Recommends lien Policy In iirsece -

LONDON. Jan. 5 -— (AP) - A Parliamentary committee recom- mended today “an entirely new policy" toward Greece. It urged ivlihclrowal of British troops. sup- port of an all-party government with new elections and guarantee of Greece's present frontiers.

The recommendations were made to the Cabinet by four Labor Party mcmbcrs of parliament, two Conservatives and one Liberal who visited Greece for two weeks last August. The report was sub- mitted also to King George of the Hellenes and the present Greek Government.

Withdrawal of the British oc- cupation forces "at an early date"

was recommend " "subject to considerations of strategy and high policy." »

Russia Demands U.S.: Return Belting Citizen

(lly John I. Illltower)

WABHILUION. Jan. 5- (AP)- Rumla asked the United States Saturday to hand over "as n crim- inal” one of its citizens who walk- ed out of his trade-mission job in Mexico and decided to stay in the United ltatea and blast what he called "the hell of dictatorship" in his homeland.

Tho soviet Union asked the Stale Department to launch a rqulac manhunt for Kirill Aiekaaev, ac-

mglng him of embankment, treachery. A provocation. slander and failing to go homo

when he was supposed to.

The ltata Department took the request under consideration. Of- ficials doubted that the United Slates has an extradition agree- ment with Russia. but were rear-ch- ing the records. -

In New York, Martin Richmond, the lawyer who last Tuesday made public Alekseavk statement, said Saturday night that the Russian "emphatically denies any chilies of financial er other irregularities and states that they l." fantastic ersncoctlonr of the Soviet Oiiloillh”

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ment. had accused the Russian Government of being a dictatorship hated by its people and said he would not put _hls family in its power again.

Richmond has not disclosed the whereabouts of Aiekseev and his family, other th to say that they are m the Uni d States.

In it: first recognition of Alek- reev's existence the Soviet Em- bassy here sent a note to llm State Department Saturday accusing Alekseev of having “embezzled a considerable amount of money. property of the state," when ha was employed on a Russian trade mlnlon in Mexico. ‘

The Tuesday atatement issued by Richmond in the name o! "Klril M. Alekseev" at a press confer- ence said:

“No nation is more exploited. or rather enslaved. thdn the Soviet nation.

“I canot return to my homeland and doom my ilsmily. . but I feel that in this country (the United States) they will become frao hum- an beings, and I firmly believe that

my fagnlly and I wlil be given an . I new lib‘ _

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Atomic Controller

Carroll Louis Wilson, 00-year- old engineer, was appointed gen- eral manager of the United States atomic energy commission by President Thuman. A resi- dent of Framingham, Mass” W11- son had been n. commission con- sultant since last August.

Bilbo Ill, Senate Shelves Controversy

WASHINGGLON, Jan. 5 _ (AP) ‘Republicans won their fight luie Saturday to deny Senator Theodore Bilbo (Dem-Miss) his seat at the opening o1 the new Senate and took formal control for the first time in l4 years. By consent of the ailing Bilbo the question of seating him was plgccnhoied for at least two months pending a hearing and he headed south for a cancer opera-

tion. ..

Swiftlfthen, after the two- day delay caused by the battle, the Senate elected Senator Ar- ihir Vnndenberg (Rep-Mich), as presiding officer and the rest of the Republican organization set- up. ‘Then it adjourned until to- morrow when, in joint session with the House of Representa- tives. it will hear President Tru- man's message on the state of the union.

Democratic leader Alben Bark- ley told his colleagues that Bilbo faces possible removal of a large portion of his jaw, two glands in his throat and a malignant growth in his meek.

Bilbo must return to New Or- leans. wlhere he underwent a mouth operation -several weeks ago, for another ‘Operation; the Democratic leader said.

Dost-of-Liviiig 0n SteadyKeel

OTTAWA. Jan. s —(CP)--'I'l1e Canadian cost-of-llvlng index 15 maintaining a steady keel.

The Dominion Bureau of Slatist. ics reported today that on the bas- is 1935-1939 equals 100 the index on

Dec. 2 was 127.1 unchanged from November. However, it was seven points higher than for s. similar

period lost year and 26.1 per cent higher than in August 1939.

There was s fractional decrease in the food index. from 146.6‘in Nov- emlber to 146.4 in December. Lower prices for eggs and some vegetables were chiefly responsible, but small increases in several other groups balanced the loss in foods.

Fuel and light advanced from 108.6 in November to 109.2 with scattered increases in western coal prices. Clothing advmrccd from 131.1 to 131.2 and home furnishing and services rose from 129.2 to 129.- 4. The mscellsneous group was un- changed at 114.1 and rentals were steady at 113.4. l

The composite index oi’ farm pro uct wholesale prices rose .2 points to 113.5 between the weeks of Nov. 29 and Dec. 27'.

The composite level for 30 indust- rial material prices rose .5 points to 106.3 between Nov. 29 and Dec. 2'1 supported mainly by higher quot- ations for food materials. The in- dex for this group registered a gain of 1.0 points to 1005 due to further strength in hogs and steers.

Deluge Threatens In Tiny Pacific At all

ll. B. Foxmen Discuss Fur Marketing Plan

MONCTON. N. 3., Jan. i5- (CP)—A plan for markctfig fox pelts under the Agricultural Products Ctr-operative Market- ing Aot was discussed at a weekend meeting of the u- tlve of the New Brunswick Fox Breeders Association with breeders who exhibited pclta in the 9th annual provincial fox pelt show at Salisbury.

Suggestions for improving the marketing system for pelts were offered st the meeting, and later the association ex- ecutive agreed to send a dele- gation to Ottawa to negotiate an agreement under the act.

Judging in the provincial show ended Saturday after- noon. The prize pelts will be shipped to Saint John tomor- row for public display.

Twenty New Brunswick breeders exhibited about 050 pelts in the show.

Prominent Teacher Ami Minister Dies

‘TORONTO, Jan. i5—(CP)—Prom- lnent teacher and minister, Rey. Jacobs J. Baker, 92, died in lios- pital here Saturday. During his long career he was, at various times. on the staff of McMastel" University, Hamilton; principal of Harding Hall. London. Ont, and pastor of churches in Forithill, Bellevllle, Sparta and Saint John, N. B.

Born at Baker Hill, Ont, Mil‘. Baker attended Woodstock College and the University of Toronto.

Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Ida Emma Fetch Biker, Toronto; three sons, Dr. P. Baker o-f Tkoy. N.Y-, Dr. A, C. Baker of Mexico City, and Prof. A. W. Baker of Guelph, Ont.

Await Details 0f Town Planning Bill

LONDON, Jan. fr-(CP Cable)- Publlcatlon is expected within a few days of a town and country planning bill which would give the government. control over the use of land and would make new arrangements for ccmpensation of owners affected by planning pro- jccts.

First reading of the bill was given Dec. 20 in ihe House cf Com- mons and both government sup- porters and the opposition are waiting anxiously for the terms of what will be a. bulky pleasure designed to smooth out the wrnyk- les on the face of old Elngland.

Planning wlil he applied through- out England and Wales and not only to large cities. The govern- ments over-nil purpose is to pre- serve the beauty ct the country- slde and lo control thc redevelop- ment of dreary towns. Highway-s likely will be stmlghtened to facilitate transport and the loca- tion of nlrflelds and railways will be taken into account. '

llsport Plot in Hungary Smashed

BUDAPEST. Jan. 4-—(APl- -Llzlo Rnik, Communist Minister ot the Interior. Saturday said 55 persons had been seized in connection with a plot to overthrow the Govern- ment and re-establish the regime of Adm. Nicholas Horihy by an armed revolt to be touched off the

moment Russian troops leave the country. . Anti-Communists immediately

charged that the plot was a Com- munlat "frameup" designed to dia- penre with the opposition and en- trench the present political order for the time when the Russian occupation troops depart.

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HONOLULU, Jan. 6—(AP)——The first rescue plang to reach Palmyra has been sent back to Johnston Island as "not needed". the navy reported tod-iy from the tiny utoil, inundated by waves of a vast Parl- fic storm that also smashed st Hawaii and lashed Alaska and tho Aleutlsris.

HONOLULU. Jun. 5 - (AP) _. Tlny Palmyra atoll. more than 1,000 miics south of Honolulu, was iimndflted by Sivmly sens before dawn today.

I" Navy and Coast Guard force 0i.'_ 108 men and five civilian scientists and their families sur- ‘flved the 11811188. but two planes few quickly to m. island and were standing by for rescue oper- ations if the next high tide should again sweep the low-lying dots of land.

A Coast Guard cutter, an army freighter and a navy destroyer were en route to Palmyra under forced draft. ‘vith the first ex- pected to arrive early Monday, While the two 317's which reached Palmyra from Oahu and Johnston Island~could not evacu- ate all personnel. Vice Admiral John Hall, 14th Naval District Commandant, said there were numbers of small boats in which all could keep afloat if needed.

He said the atoll's airstrlps were reported usable and’ there was plenty of gasoline, but the evacuation-d! rcqulred—-might be a tricky thing. as flood waters could make tho strips at least temporarily unusable.

Palmyrafs ordeal by water first became known in a series of terse- ly-wdrdcd but nerve-tingling ap- peals for help broadcast by the island's small radio station before daylight, .

Italian Premier In Washington

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 ~(Ap) — Italian Premier Alcidc do Gaspcri arrived today by plgna m seek an American loan and pen. U. N. R. R. A. help for his riot- plagued country.

Th‘! 65-year-old Italian leader stopped off a Unitcd States army transport after a rough trans. Atlantic trip and told reporterg this help can be tremendous."

The lean, hawk-faced premier was accompanied by his Zl-ygar. old daughter, Anna Romano. who said she had many requests from friends for "those famous foun- tain pens that write for two years-and nylon stockings."

Toning Damaged Freighter Into Port

NEWPORT. R. 1., Jan. b-(APJ- A new touvllne was made fast io- day to the leaking 3.6784011 Pan- amanian freighter Knlor wnich radioed (m $05 with l5 loci of water in her no. 2 holri after a line to the Coast Guard cutter Algonquin snapped 20 mllts off Block Island.

While four other rescue vessels proceeded to the freighter’: side, the Algonquin begun tmvinp he: into Newport. _

The Koior ran aground c-ff the west end of Nantucket lslund Fri- day nlght. Two cutters pulled her to deep water Saturday. Unable to proceed under her own pOWC-f‘ be- csusc of a damaged steering mechanism. the freighter was

taken in tow by the Algonquin.

Departure In April 0f Rev. Mr. Levy

REV. I. J. LEVY

After more than six years as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Charlottetown, the Rev. I. Levy ll-JS accepted a call to the First Baptist Church, Moncton. N. B. and will leave his present minis- try the latter part of next April, it has been announced.

Born in Lunenburg County. Nova Scotla, the Rev. Mr. Levy is a graduate of Acadia University and also of the Andover-Newton Theological College, Newton, N.H.

Before coming to Charlottetown in October, 1940. Mr. Levy had been four years the pastor of the Baptist Church in Sussex, NB.

He is secretary of the Boys’ Work. Maritime Religious and Educational Council.

Rev. Mr. Levy has been highly

successful in his pastoral duties in Charlottetown, and both he and Mrs. Levy have a host; of friends here who will learn of their forth- coming departure with much re- grcl.

No appointment of a

llalsion ls Backed By Westerners

OTTAWA. Jain. 4 _ (GP) —— A charge that the Canadian railways are "giving the brush-off" 11o the provinces in the formers freight rate increase epplication was voic- ed by Col. J1. Ralston. counsel for the Mari/times, before the Board

of ‘Transport Oommissioriervsatur-

day.

The former Federal Ccbmet Minister was joined by spokesmen for the Prairie Provinces and Brit- ish Columbia in criticizing the at- titude qt the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific toward a ‘re- quest from the Provinces for more

particulars on their application for

a general 30 per cent rate boost in advance of hearings due to start

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Railways Deny (Marge

Lt the same time, railway repre- sentatives dlsclalmed any inten-

tlcn of withholding evidence relev-

ent to the beaming. They said some of the requested data was unavail- 111719; some was on the public rec- ord and more would be brought out by witnesses at the hearing. ‘After two days of argument om the issue of advance ' oimstlon. the Board reserved decision until sn indefinite date. Chief‘ couimis- sioner J.A. 0mm said ilhle decision would be handed dowrn "as speedily as possible." _