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ilomplexities 0t Italian Election System Explained

ROME. April la-(APl-As m- suits of the Italian election emerge in the next three days, there al- most certainly will be no absolute winner.

That could occur only i! e single ticket should win more then 50 per cent of both the Senate end Chamber of Deputies.

Victory or defeat. therefore, will depend upon the parties’ relative standings in the two Houses ed Parliament.

Because the system of electing Senators is complex it may take several days before the exact com- position of the Upper House is known.

The Senate is important-quite aside from its law-making func- tion, wblch it shares with the Chambx of Deputies-because it, must agree with the Chamber on a president. It also may join with the chamber in granting or with- holding votes o! confidence on which the life 0f I Government depends.

The president, as in many par- liamentary governments, is prim- arily a ceremonial figure. Ho has one important function-he picks a leader to form a government end become premier.

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Interest Rate 0n Annuities Lowered

OTTAWA. April 10-141»! Minister Mitchell announced today s reduction from four to three per cent in the inter- est rate the Government al-

lows on money paid by Can- adians for purchase of ennul-_. ii

ee.

He tabled in the Commons two orders-in-councll to put the change into effect.

He said, "the orders have changed the rate of interest to be used in computing the pur- chase price of annuities from four to three per cent. per sn- nuna, compounded yearly. 1n other words, it is a. Qeductlon in the rate allowed on money paid for purchase from four to three per cent;

Fur Auction Opens

Popular Democratic“ Front may win an absolute majority in the senate. This would enable the communists to block the Cham- ber's choice of e president.

Watch the senate returns. there- iore, to see whether the. Popular Fbont wina an albeolute majority. 1i it does no one can predict the consequences. 1t it_.doee_.rlot. you can focus on results in the Chem- ber of Deputies.

Resulst of the deputies contests should be complete by Thursday

morning.

Here is_ where the true measure of Italy's opinion about Commun-

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Comingiivents

“Play. 'I‘raoadie Hall. Wednes- day April 21st. Dance after. ‘ffihfiw in oeweu Hall. 21st. ‘ music. -_ _"Dance in Walter Conniclrs, Klnkora. Tuesday night, April 20th.

"Credit Union dance in Vernon Hall Friday, April 23. Good music.

"Unloading pressed hay at breodalbane Monday and Tuesday. Walter G. MacKenzle.

"Dance, Flat River Hell on Wednesday, 21st. In aid of Flat

River w_ I,

“Booking orders for Timothy and Clover Seeds. W. I. Bowman. Hunter River.

"Notice: Unloading car mixed feeds today and Wednesday. G. C. Green. Emerald.

"Legion dance

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Thursday nlsnt. April a2. Eastern

Rhythm Boys. .

‘--'~' \ “Unloading-Monday and. ‘Iues- iifly. car cement; also buying pot-e- Qts and turnips every dag. DJ. My. Hunter River.

"Loadilll Hogs at Fredericton 191' Canada P_eclsrs every Thursday- tlll 11 A. M. and Coivills untllha. D- L. MecDowell.

"Cools one. come sll to Hun-p- lhire three act comedy play " elm Yourself" in Brookfleld l-leil, es- W- Avril 20th. -

"Bee Irederioton Players pro- Itnt two one-set plays end epeciel- ties in Fredericton Hell Wednes- “W- Avril :1. .

"Palomino ‘Oll’ barley ‘llueedey _

"Ni Wednesday this week. 02.75 v Ring begs. m»: end Anneer Feed Service. Montague.

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IDNDON, April l0 — C?) — Furs valued at 21.260000 (S5.- O00.000) were on sale today as the Hudson's Bay Company's spring auction opened.

By NARC! OTONNELL

UPHLWA, Alpril 19 — (UP) - Top officials of the Progressive Conservative Party indicated to- day that they expected a Federal general election this fall.

In statements to an opening meeting of the three-day annual meeting of the Progressive Con- servative Association of Canada, the officials all mentioned elec- tion possibilities.

John Bracken, Progressive Con- servative leader, said that "sure, the Prirne Minister has denied there will be a general election this year, but from past eioperl- ence we know that we cannot trust his word too much.”

A Liberal convention in Aug- ust would choose a successor to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Then it. would not be uip to Mr. King to choose the election date.

R..A, Bell, national director of the Party, said "all our plans should be on the basis of an elec- tion this year."

The speeches were made at a closed general meeting. Public re- lations officers issued brlei aum- maries of the statements to news- paper men. Similar summaries are expectedln other discussions during the meeting. which has attracted srme 1.000 party sup- porters. -

Mr. Bracken, who will make a

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By DOUGLAS HOW

OITAWA. April l9-—(C'P)—R. C. Vaughan, president of the Cana- dian National Railways. said today the interest charges borne by the Government-owned line were “en- tirely too high" and forced it to operate under a. considerable han- dioep.

Its total interest payments in 1047, he told the Commons com- mittee on railways, were 044.000.- 000 or nearly three times those of the rival Canadian Pacific Rail- way. They accounted for 7.1 per cent of every dollar spent.

Mr. Vaughan and his top oiIic- lals made their annual appearance before the committee as it begun its two-sittlngs-a-day study oi re- ports of the C.N.R., Canadian Na- tional Stealnships and ‘Trans- cenada. Air Lines.

Transport Minister Chevrler said the freight-rates inquiry by the Board of Transport Commission- ers had delayed any serious study by the Goiernment of the ques- tion of recapitalization.

the Government in interest is $4.- 200000 more than the 815,800,000 over-all deficit that Parliament is being asked to vote money to re- imburse.

Mr. Vaughan reported that the ZI-per-cent freight-rate increase granted by the Transport Com-

The $20,000,000 the C.N.R. paid_

Says C. N. R. Interest Charges “Too High’??-

mlssloners actually worked out to 13.6 per cent on all C.N.R. freight because there were a lot of ex- emptions and special categories. The president said the Mari- tlmes now had enough refrigerator cars to move, their crops. On roll- ing stock. he said it would take years to replace all the old equip- ment. He said. too. that employee discharges for drinking on duty

‘were getting less all the time. r 0n a. $10,500,000 expenditure

for pensions, W. Cheater S. McLure (PC-Queens) laid there were a lot of C. N. B. pensioners in P.E.1. who were receiving practically nothing.

'1‘. I-l. Cooper, vice-president and comptroller. said the average pen- sion for the 13.500 recipients was $667 a year. The system provided adequate pensions for employees who were willing to pay their share. Five dollars a month would bring sed-a-month pension after 20 years. $89 after 40 years.

Mr. Cooper told D. King, Hazen (PC—St. John-Albert) $264,000 had been spent to the end of 1047 on the building in Montreal that will be occupied by the international civil aviation organization, T. C. A. and other -alr ma. Anticipated 605i W“ $3 .000 or $270,000 higher than was anticipated last year. It was due to be finished Juno 80. i040.

LONDON. April lh-idPl-Drt- tein's depend on Canadian bacon and cheese hes been reduc- ed by new supplies from Europe. but officials seid Canadian food still must be bought in quantity i! it can be financed.

Import figures and recent agree-

opeen deliveries imlfld ere w to mlectstione. Canadian food still l be necessary to maintain re- tihons at their present modaet lev- lbod ministry officials said they expected that increased nappliee of meet and delry products will result from large-scale agricul- turel development programs in Australia end New zeelend. under- taken with United Kingdom finen-

' dbl beeldng. lilt- it. will b0 yearn

before new herds in territories like Queensland, where feed will _be grown on some 000,000 eerae of

l grassland, can metro their Ml con-

tribution to the British market.

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Britain Needs Less Canadian Bacon. Eggs

I time oonfisoetlons and shortages.

But the prospective contribu- tions from Iurope do not supplant Canadian supplies.

In 1M7, Canada provided 1,002,- 054 hundredweight of bacon tn give the main support to the beo- on ration which stood at two oun- oos weekly during most of the year.

Under e recent agreement, Den- mark in i048 will provide about es much bacon es in 1047, $1.402 Netherlands ship- ments may rise from 10,000 hun- dradweight te 100.000. Poland. now returned to the may provide weight. Britain wants to buy more bacon or find new supplies in

Iullllfi. Portugal end In. but additional quantities will be limit- ed.

Canadian cheese imports lest. year tlotallediddfldhundredweight In 10G. Denmark hone! to lhlp about 100.000 husdredwelgbt, an improvement over i047. end The Netherlands prwoeee‘ to provide at least H.000 hilndredwelgbt oom- pared with 075R in 1007. Iut n0- lou levee: aewsoureee of supply ere Mind. Irltstnmill‘ be abort of child this year 0011100004 with

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Lewis Will Be SentenoedToday

By MAX HILL

WASHINGTON, April 19 —(CP) —Judge T Alan Goidsborough to- day convicted John L. Lewis of contempt. But Judge Goldsbor- cugh put of! sentencing Lewis until l0 o'clock (EST), ‘Iuesdsy morning, _

His words hinted a severe pun- Lslment but he gave no definite outline of what he will do.

Judge Goldsborough _ 1o;- the second time within 17 nlonths — convicted both Lewis and his United Mlrle Workers llnd.) of criminal and civil contempt of court because they didn't prompt- ly obey a court order to cancel‘ a soft-coal strike. _

Lewis took the judgment in sil- ence. He sat motionless, an ap- parent suggestion of a sneer on his face, as the 70-year-old Fed- eral judge spoke.

Judge Golrlsbol-ough ruled that the coal stoppage was indeed a. "strike" - despite the Union's denials - and that Lewis himself started and stopped the strike with "code" words sent to the miners.

l-le put forward what he called a new principle oi law - that “as long as a. Union is functioning as a Union, it. must be held respon- sible for the mass actions of its members."

Reaction By Miners

PITTSBURGH. April i9 —(AP) -R.ank and file soft coal miners expressed resentment today over the conviction of John L. Lowis on a contempt of court charge. Some‘ even predicted new walk- outs. ‘ . Surprised miners in the Frost- area declared t y would “stand back" oi Lewis y staying home tomorrow. "We won't take lt," was their general feeling.

"Anything can happen." re- marked Sam Caddy, president of United Mine Workers District '30 in Kentucky.

ll. S. - Sov A I Police Clash In ienna

VIENNA, April l9 -- (AP) -- Americen and Russian military police clashed today over an at- tcmpt by three Russian soldiers ln clvlliamclotlies to kldnalp a. stateless German woman in the American Zono in Vienna.

The Anlericrlns used force to re- move the Russians from tJielr automobile andat one time plac- ed the deputy Russian provost marshal for Vienna under tem- porary arrest. The woman ident- ified as Elsa Pfeifer, was released

despite vigorous Russian objec- tions. American authorities said they

would make "the strongest pos- sible protest" to the Russians.

Spring Thaws Bring Floods To Prairies

WINIIKG, April l0 -¥ (C) — The advent oi wrlnz i0 "l! Prairies has brought floods de- scribed as of near-record propor- tions in some regions.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta report railway lines washed out, basements flooded and roads t/urned into quagmlres.

Floods described as the worst in history are rolling gver South- ern Manitobl. forum! 1111110" i0 evacuate. Railway tracks and tel- ophone lines havebeen washed out. Bnsda in ell parts of the Province are heavy from the thaw and im-peueble in some plwel.

As Saskatchewan's cold spell broke over the week-end, rnbltlng enow flooded southern creeks and rivers. Railway tracks were waeli- ed out in several pieces-

Income Per Person Below NationalAverage

(By John LeBIsucl

OTTAWA. April 10—(CP)—'I‘ile Marltimes are not as prosperous as the rest of Canada, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics concludes in e new social and economic survey oi that area.

The 227-page report is one of a. series put out periodically on dif- ferent regions of the Dominion. ‘it is the first in l4 years dealing with the Maritimcs. _

That area, says the survey, has been beset by a "long history oi adverse economic conditions. small- scale and near-subsistence indus- try, villncrability of specialized in- dustries (in Nova scotia). relative lack of urbanization and of ac- cumulated wealth."

It declares, too. that a "rough approximation" of per capita in- come-an index of prosperity-in- dicates that during the last quar- ter-cantury this has been "consid- erably lower" in the seaboard Provinces than in Canada's other regional economics.

In the Maritimes, the income per

person ranged from around 64 to 78 per cent of the national aver- age. This situation, said the surveJ, has left Government services in the three Provinces at a relatively lower level than in other sections of the country. Government rev- enues per caplta. in that area be- tween 1933 and 1943 ranged be- tween 59 and 73 per cent of the average for the other Provinces.

A "most striking feature“ of the Marines‘ Government revenue, it was stated, was "the relatively ifiiiafj-QIOPOQIOH" derived from" Government subsidies.

The survey said:

"While revenues from other sources are, as a. result. consider- ably below the other Provinces‘ average. revenues received from the Dominion Government were m pro-war years far above that level. In 1939, Prince Edward Island's revenues from this source were more than four times. and those of New Brunswick and Nova Ssocla more than twice, the aver- age for other Provinces."

The "low taxable capacity" of the region reflected adverse eco- nomic factors, the survey said, and belief was expressed that"‘it is difficult, if not impossible, for the Maritime Provinces to raise suffi cient revenue from the available sources to provide Government services on a scale equal to those in the other Provinces."

In public welfare, it was stated, the 1930 expenditures for Prince Edward Island were 28 per cent

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Britain Increases Merchant Shipping

LONDON, April i9 — (Reuters) -Alfred Barnes, British Minister of Transport. said today that in less than three years 3000.000 tons had been added to British merchant shipping. The Red En- sign of Britain now flies over one- quartgr oi the world's active ton- nage. Barnes said Britain's aim is to regain at least her Dre-WI!‘ strength of one-third of the

Vocations:

Ii. S. Freight Rates Boosted

WASHINGTON. April 10— (AH-The Interstate Commis- don today authorized another boost. in United States freight. rates. by more than $300,000.- 000 s year.

The increases, 10 per cent. in the east, will average about five per cent for the country as a. whole. With 10 days sl- lowed for legal notice to the public, they will probably go into effect the first. week in May on both railroads and de- meatlc water carriers.

Record Number 0f P.E.|. Delegates At Ottawa Rally

OTTAWA. April 19-<Special)— Largest delegatlon from. Prince Edward Island ever to attend an annual meeting of the National Progressive Conservative party as- sembled in the Chateau Laurler Hotel here today and its members were assigned. _ to ‘ various special committees by Dominion headquar- tors.

The delegation was headed by Hon. William JP. MacMillanJead- er of the Opposition in Lhe P. E. I. Legislature who was warmly greet- ed by party chieftain John Brack- en at noon today. Other delegates were Senator J. A. MacDonald, W. Chester S. McLure, M. P. for Queen's. B. Roy Holman, Major T. B. Rogers, and Claudel Delaney.

Tile women's delegation was the largest and most representative ever to take part in a. national party meeting and consisted oi Mrs. R. A, Sutherland, president of the, Women's Prince Edward

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Bust Explosion In Frenchllline

IJLLE, France, lApIil 90 (Tuesday) - (AP) e- A coal dust explosion ripped t. rough a coal mine in Sallaumined. 15 ‘titles from here, last night. Police offic- ials said 11 miners were killed; the company said five.

Twenty-one miners are missing. At least 40 were injured in the

blast which sealed off the en- trance t/o the mine. About 800 miners were brought out. alive

through a connecting shaft.

For 9, tfme, some 40 miners were trapped in one gallery oi the pit. They later were rescued. The ex-

Commons Takes Steps To Broaden Scope 0i

l Training

BY GEORGE RONALD

OITAWiA, April l9 — (CP) ._ The Commons today took a. step toward broadening the scope oi’ vocational training.

Labor Milnist-er Mitchell intro- duced legislation which he said rounds out a program aimed at meeting any future full-scale job shortage.

The blll, given first reading, amends the vocational training co- ordination act of 1943 by extend- ing training to:

l. Persons who have d!- hausted unemployment insur- ance benefits.

2. Persons who have not been working at. jobs covered by insurance regulations.

"Up to the present.” said Mr. Miwllell. "it has not been necessary to make very m-uch use of the pro- vision for training of unemployed persons because, outside of season- al and temporary layoffs, there ha; been very little unemployment in Canada, since ‘he termination of war in 1945.

“However, it is desirable to make provision for WCdl training so that it may be provided when requkcd.” ‘

Members who spoke on the job- tralning mcasuuc: M. .1. Colclwell, C.C.F. leader; Clarie Gillis (CCF— Cape Breton South); John R. Moc- Nicol (P6 -- Toronto Davenport): F. S. Zaplitny (CCF - Dauphin); Garfield Case (PC - Grey Neath); F. D. Shaw (SC -— Red Deerl;

C. E. Stephenson (PC — Durham) and lVLrs. Gladys Strum Quwppelle).

Mr. Mitchell, replying to suggest- ians that the Dominion expand educational facilities. said it should not be forgotten that the Provinces are jealous of their rights. As for Federal financial assistance. none of tihc Provinces had "gone broke" yet.

He had never seen s. man desti- tute who could “use a. hammer, a. saw and a file." That type of man always could find work.

Although he approved of finan- cial assistalice to veterans who wanted to improve their education, those who emerged as the better

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General ilhlang ls 0hlna’s llew President

NANKING, April 19 — (AP)- Generalisslmo Chiang Kal-Shek today was elected China's first constitutional president with vir- tually dictatorial powers.

He had asked instead to be nem- ed premier-but with just such all-out powers.

ABANDON AIR. SERVICE

DUBLIN. Arprll l9 — (AP) -—- The Eire Government announced tonight it has definitely aband- oned plane for an Irish-American air service because of expense. Service was to have been started last. St. Patrick's Days by rish’ Airways, Ltd, which was set up of former

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Deliberation 0n _ Palestine Postponed

NEW YORK. April l0 - (OP) -The United Nations General Aa- senmbly and its partition commie- sion today postponed deliberation on the Palestine problem.

After admitting Burma. as its 50th member. the Special Assem- bly referred the agenda item of "further consideration of the question of the future govern- ment. of Plleltine". to its Bl- rnembor political conufnitteo which

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High on the bridge of the Man- cheater Shipper, Capt. Jamel Barclay enrrlously scanned the unoccupied docks in Montreal harbor today end then smiled happily. ' , After 86 years of bringing ehipl into the port he finally was first. to open s new navigation season. Ho will be presented withr the traditional gold-headed eene et e special ceremony later.

Bee); in 1939 Capt. Barclay we: beaten out by 20 minutes. Lest yup by 15 minutes. For that dub- ious honor lest Year he Wol awarded e black-headed cane.

"The first thing I em gains l0 do is to turn that cane back to whoever gevs it to mo.” he said. "Now they'll have to take beck ell those things they pinned on us for always being second."