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One . Home Destroyed, Another Damaged By Fires In Prince County

lame: C. Iaggsrr Made Deputy Minister

OTTAWA. I'll). 38' -

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3'. Laurent. Dr. Barton has been Dsput Minister of Agriculture since‘ l0 and is succeeded in that post by James C). T5380".

ClliPI nf Agricultural Services. Another farm service appoint- merit was announced today

-__ that of John C. Murray as chair- mall of the Canadian Farm Loan Buiffl. I

m. Taggart is a graduate o! the Nova Scotia and Ositaric Agricul- furs Colleges and was Minister of Agriculture for Saskatchewan from i984 tn 1944. '

During the war he served a! chairman of the Meat Board. as

foods administrator of iize Prices Board and later the Agricultural Prices Support Board.

Islander 0n Acadia Debating‘ Team

WOLFVTLLE. NS, Feb. H — (CF) ~ Acadia University debat- ers tonight gained a unanimous dechtion over s‘ teem from the University of New Brurnwick Law School.

Acadia. successfully upheld the resolution "that labor unions should remain non-political ii they are to serve the best inter- ests of labor and the corrmurslty u s whole."

Acadia debaters were Noel Mac- Nevin. Charlottetown, and ' Fred Fisher, Middleton. NB. Gordon Garrigan, Sydney, N484 and Ver- non Copp, Saint John. 21.8., do- bsmi for (LN-B.

C.W.ll.C. Rsusioa Planned In _J_s_i|_s

“FUR/ONTO. Feb. N —(OP) — More than 1.500 former members of ihe Canadian Women's Army CW)» are expected here J-uhe 11-12 ioi- the first major C.W.A.C. re- iiniuii silica the end of the Second Vturld War _

liefencc Minister Clsxlon will be KW! Speaker at a banquet the first day. Lt-Generai Charles Ponlkes, chief of staff of the Can- adian army. will take the salute when the dormer aervicewomen llovade to church " ‘__ morning.

Coming Events

"Mail your lliirrls to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

arm-pa "Cornwall Rink tonight, Senior "MW some with skate after.

"Ions Orefiint" tonight, Cornwall Juniors vs. Long Creek Beavers. “

"Will be loading hogs ‘Jim... “has and Albany sit day ‘hsesday islnd wstmude! morning until noon.

“it Cumin: 0b.; Ltd.

“Jimmy Powe-‘l esrm ‘ssh t Munster Hall ‘minds; ma f“ "Milne at mo. em of “riches. .

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(CP) -- Alpfllfllmfint of Dr. G. 5.8. Barton, assistant to Agri- Cllllllft? Minister ‘Gardiner was an- hnniiced today by Prime‘ Minister

a native of‘ l’.-i:'rsil0r0, N. 5.. now director-in-

b! Finance Minister Douglas Abbott

as chairman of

' The residence of Mr. ‘Marne Iaewis. Csscumpec, was destroyed by firs in the early hours of Sun- day, morning during the blizzard that swept, the Marltlmes over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and their two children more asleep whenlthelr young son was aw“. ened _ t, two o'clock hy the fire brsskin hsough the ceiling frzm the attic. H, aroused his parents and the four escaped from the building but nothing could he done to save lt.

They lost all their furniture with the exception of a few kitch- en utensils. Fortunately the wind was blowing away from the out- bilildiflfls and they veers not en- dangered. The residence was a comparatively new building hav- irrg been built only nine years ago. The loss was estimated at $8.000 but it could not-be learned 105i nisht whether it was covered by insurance. '

Home Damaged

The heme of Gaptmin John Sket- ry, Alberton Wharf, was consid- erably demssed by fire yesterday morning. It was discovered he. tween ten and eleven o'clock and is believed to have started from a room stove.

When Miss Dorothy Skeriy hap-

' peroed to go in the room she found

it ablaze and she summoned her father who rushed upstairs to find that two rooms were on fire, 11c immediately M ‘summoned the iii-e department from’ Alberton, a mile away. and they responded and succeeded in saving the bulld- ing. ‘Ibvo rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs are quits badly charred. Some oi the ismllyoioth- in! was lost and the organ was badly damaged.

There Wll 8800 insurance on the building and $200 on the fur. nitute.—S.

Price Reductions Announced in Russia

(By The Asaoolated- Press)

MOSCOW, Feb. lit-Special de- crees announced new price reduc- tions for Russian consumers. ef- fective torsion-ow. The announce- ment. broad-cast. to the population tonight, caused exciifment in Mos- cow.

The reductions. from i0 to 30 per cent. cover 45 major classific- ations. The decree proclaimed percentages of reductions in spec- iilo groups such as bread. meat. sausages and canned goods, wool- len garments and so forth,but did not announce new prices for in- dividual items within the general classifications.

The individual prices were to be posted tomorrow mornlhginstores. (Soviet announcements of in- ternsl economic _mai.ters seldom am specific when it comes to lig- uses. and it remains to be seen whether a com srative price

schedule can be nt “ ugh l‘- osasssfi) _

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OTrAWii. Feb. N --(CP) —'Ihg Federal Government still has avail- aible $196,674,000 of the original 8200000000 fund provided for the price support of farm products. the Commons was told today.

In s return tabled for linen Afille iCCF-WOOCI Mmlntalsflnthe Agriculture Department said $4,- 557,000 has been spent’ for the purpose since 1944.

-.lbrpendiltures by years: Nova Sculls. apples, amounts o! $1.000,- 000 and b2.299,0fi0 for the i941 croip; 31.025000 for the I948 crop.

- New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island potatoes. amounts of $109.N5 and $61353 for the 194G

crop.

Still under support:

Potatoes from PEI. , and soroe areas of New Brunswick. alt $1.15 per 100 pounds in growers’ bins af- ter April 1.

NovaScotia apples, 8390 pes- bar- rel fresh and $250 a barrel for pro- cessing _

Fails Ill 0n Eve 0f 105th Birthday,

BEEBE. Que. fob. 28 —-(O?) _. Birthday celebrations for Mrs. Em- ma Tymn Molr. 105 years old today, had to be‘ restricted because she has the grippe. “

Mrs. Molr, hale and hearty at her age, fell ill dulzdng the night and had to keep to her rocizns today.

Parliament At-A-Clance

Prime Minister Si. Laurent and George Drew. Progressive Con- servative leader, hurled charges and counter-charges across the floor.

The Throne Spoon mcandered from topic to topic as nearly a dozen members spoke.

External Affairs Minister Pearson tabled the annual report of the United Nations for 1948.

Resources Minister. MacKinnon

will be up to the Provinces . Tuesday:

The Commons will continue the Throne-Speech debate. The Senate will not sit.

More Churchmen Enter Guilty _Plea

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SOI-‘IA, I-‘eb. N -(AP) —Pso- ceedings speeded up in Bulgaria's spy trial today as five more Protest- ant churchmen pleaded guilty and asked for a chance to work for the COIIIIIIUIIISi-CC-Iliiblled government.

Their confessions ware entered at the rate of one every 45 minutes. So rout-ins has the pattern of self- dbnurwlatlun become that several spectators in the courtroom eases

during the union.

NIW YORK. Feb. 28 —(OP) — A former Montreal woman was‘ charged today with operating an ll- lelll baby-adoption business on a wholesale scale. i

Mil. Alice R. P. Satterthwalte, l6.

10H, pleaded innocent to the char- ged 5nd woo released on I500 b011- n-anl: s. noun.- New York disi-

tranqmtcsi sot-n cf plane. -. accused her of “wiwieoale g cl infants to: adoption on " scale." ~ named in informaiiono cg lo violate =~ are Iss3 violet- iotfe! that is wndsecm out of a false ai- vit godly signed insnsdovt- ion one. . ‘Mo welfare‘ law deans‘ allow my!» exosp an au c - eta or agency to board outchilgn

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Ferry Cabot Strait Caught In Ice on s

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said choice of the route for thel proposed ‘Frans-Canada Highway‘ lEm

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Claim 176 Miles To Callon 0f Cas

OTTAWA. Feb. 28 —-(CP) -‘- ‘ A new carburettor that will give motorists 176 miles to ths gallon was claimed today by Paul Emil, Doaltcchea, 35.5w“. old. Hull man. '

In a special densonsts-atdosi for local newapaper men. Deo- lloohen today fitted hla carburet- tor i4 tbs angina ola 194d stasidard model sedan. drained his gas tank, poured in a quart of gasoline, and drove A4 miles. Ilewaoabletssilrnlsseonsoof the quart out o! the tank at the end of the trip. _ "

The carburettor, still Impat- ented, is kept in parts in safe- ty deposit boxes. Reports laid \ two-pound bodyguard who was in attendance kept them from seeing what the) gadget looked like. '

Drslonchel. a. war veteran and the father of five childrcmsnid he wanted at least S5.000.000 for his invention. lie has! been working um it for 15 years.

ydney. N. S.

SYDNEY. NS. m. 28 --(GP)-- The ferry Cabot Strait, with 50 passengers aboard. was caught in heavy drift ice off this Cape Breton pos-t- tonight. ‘line government ice- breaker Saurel was ordered out in an attempt to free her.

The ferry. which plies between nearby North Sydney and Poi-t

laux Basques, Nfld. left cnher 111- imille Newfoundland run today but. dammed solid in ice running out of

liha Gulf of St. Lawrence through

;Cabct Strait.

The Ssurel. which rescued dozens of ships frcrn drift ire last ivlntcrq would b9 going back to her old‘ Job.

As far as could be learned, the

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piiasis Shifts . From Words ‘ To Munitions

(Editor's Note: This column is presented as an indication oi Am- erican opinion on major world events.) '

By JM. ROBERTS. Jr. (Associated Press News Analyst) With the Atlantic pact now gen-

erally approved. official emphasis is shifting from words to muni- tions.

Week-end expressions iavoring thbpact by Denmark's principal political parties and by Senator Arthur Vandenberg brought this proieot to ths point where only last-minute iiotaih rmain to be worked out.

Europe, tile United States State Department and ths United States Senate seemed satisfied. Only Sweden, among tho‘ couhtries_ which had been expected to be early signers. still is reluctant? And reports from Scandinavia iri-

aaked that the grey-haired Mrs. Satierth-waite be pamled. adding that she hss two sons in college and has never been in trouble oi any kind.

Ernest wiles, aissistont district attorney, asked that ball be set because the woman "is s British swisct. a native of Canada." -

Hogan said she placed about so babies in a vwomonth. period i946. He said many persons who

the h1g0! balk been rejected iov snake agencies.

“gm muilizcakmot arrange-

ments by mall in osossfifi

thtnpotolof: ilglhil by piano to an tl. ogan saidi‘ . .

"we have not yet determined." he said. "new miscli money ms re- eetvcdorifsheseceivod anymon- qilogan said also. htterihwaito oi’- tent. moi-III at 11¢ six-room‘ fin-Avenue apart- biiit in Manhattan. givi them oars while arranging ‘for n of their babies.

rm. yous, he said. the meson‘ iii

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Two French Army

As Red‘ Spies

PAIN. 10s. Q -(AP) --'I'we Ilibeh dices! have been anwtod as st lee and

one of than has confosoedfnthe In- teriomllhiswy said today.

Mal. Louis-Gauges Tsulery. 37. Ill admitted he delivered military w to a foflifll Wwes. police

‘the second offices- arrested was identified as a Capt. Asemauan iri- stniotcr of airborne troops. The lice slid he admitted giving in-

osmaiion to a Hutch Communist wigirv newspaper- ' C

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@811 was a sales tbs 8V7 “UP”!!-

York ares tor a‘ corset

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last-named states.

e230 nil; Starts Rolling o To Canadians

avalanche of folding money that would compare handsomely with the average pro-war Federal cud- get will start rolling out tomor- row to Canadians points across Canada.

forgotten that ths money - tot- alling about 5230000900 theirs. They earned it in the bleak war ypars of 104i and 1H4. but saw it only as a deduction from the pay envelope in the fonn of

h ll d " l Ciflcere Arrested 53333:" " ° °°'""“°" Now the Revenue Department-

usually on tho taking side of the deal, is giving it back. And 2.50,- 000 Canadian .re--iplents will re- ceive it bofon the end oi Marsh.

m. as the mailman can handle them, the cheques are going out.

The Workmerfs Compensation Act. forecast in the Throne Speech at the opening of ths Legislature. was moved into committee of the whole House yesterday by Hon. F. A. Large, Attorney General, and eight sections of the bulky eighty- six section Bill were passed before the House rose at 6 o‘cluck. Mr. William Hughes is chairman of the committee.

In explaining its provisions Mr. Large said the Bill was drafted in accordance with the principles nl “'orkmen's Compensation Acts througJiout the Dominion. It follow- ed chiefly the New Brunswick act, but was modified to suit Prince Edward island requirements.

"The employer." he emphasized. "pays the money entirely; there is no payment made by the em- ployee."

Farmers are not compelled to come under the Act, but they may do so if they desire. In other Pro- vlnrcs there is no provision for farmer-vat all. '

In the brief discussion on the preliminary sections yesterday, Mr. J. H. Richard, First Prince, argued that farmers should he placed in the same category with other em- ployers. and be obliged to crime under the Act for the protection of their hired help. No other voice was raised in support of this con- ientlon.

Group Insurance Preferable

Hon. A. W. Matheson said he understood that companies with group ‘insurniice- go farther thanl the proposed legislation, by provid- 5 lng for sickness as wail as accl-l dent. He knew of two such groups in Charlottetown whose members

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ExpcctpFiow CiSeed Potatoes. To Be Continued

Under the arrangements made between the Canadian and U. S. Governments last December, to- day marks the closing of the states ni Virginia. Alabama and Georgia in Canadian seed potatoes.

I-Ioweven Upstate New York. West-Virginia, Ohio. Indians. and Michigan wil open up as markets today.

Mr. E. D Reid, manager of the

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P. E. I. Potato Growers Associat-| inn believes there will be little} change lil l.he rate oi movement; as orders are on hand for c‘

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Mart-h 1o will see the state of’ Malno open to ouriseed stock andl

more movement is expected then.

Mr. S. G. Peppln of the Certifi- (Contlnluedqon éZZJTiSFsTT

OTTAWA, Fob. 28 — IO?) -Ali

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Most Canadians have all‘ but

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Ilioroftmd is largest in Canad- ian history, and fill be rqssld in the shortest-this eis nocrd. M

It vwill take the entire month to distribute such a larg. volume oi cheques and taxpayers should not he disappointed if their cheques do not arrive until bwards the end oi the month, the sieplrimeflt said. ‘

Although all. refundable solving: cheques are dated March 8i. ar- rangements hsvq been made that they may be cashed immediately on reooipfl

playing on the road in front of her hcme at Inkermah.

vir-hen kerosene used it to start a kitchen fire last

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Ilse Murder. Arson And Sabotage

BY It. SATAKOPAN

NEW DELHI, Feb. 28 -- (AP) - Prime Minister Pandit. Jawrilarlal Nehru told the Legislative Assembly today the Communists are trying to start something in India.

He said these attempts have re- sulted in "murder, arson. looting and sabotage" in certain limited areas of the Dominion. but that the strength of popular opinion and prompt government action pre- vented Communist efforts to stir the people to revolt.

Among other things. charged that Communists murder- ed‘ more than 200 members of the I-lycierhad State Congress ‘smile India moved into that big princely state lat September.

I-le blamed the Communists for the recent destruction of the Cal- cutta teszphone exchange. for trying to start a railrnad strike and for trying to sabotage the rail- wa_vs"and telephone, telegraph and power stations.

I-le charged an outburst of viol- ence last Saturday in Calcutta to the revolutionary Communist Pafly of India.

I-Ie identified this as a group which broke away "from the Com- munist Party of India but collabor- ates with it on occasion."

Nehru said 14 "terrorists" were arrested Saturday night and hand grenades, sicn guns and bombs recovered. l-le said the same group made an attempt to blow up ths waterworks near Calcutta. several months ago.

"During part n! the year.“ Nehru said, the Communist Party has "adopted an attitude not only of open hostility to the government but one which can be described as bordering on open revolt."

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LONDON. Feb. 20 - (Reuters) - The King tomorrow will confer honors and decorations on about‘ 300 men and women. His Majesty will remain seated because his doctors say the strain of standing during the two hour ceremony -~ first full-scale official function since his illness - would be too much for him. '

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HALIFAX. Feb. H —-(CP) ——-C. J. Loughlin, manager o! the Hali- fax branch o! the Canadian Bank of Commerce, has been appointed superintendent of the bank's Mari- time and Newfoundland division. it was announced here tonight.

H; succeeds WM’. Blac-ltstodz, appointed superintendent of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan divis- ion. T. A‘. Pugsley of Toronto will be manager of the Halifax branch.

Mr. boughlin. a native of Fiat Islands, Nfid, joined the Bank of Commerce at Fredericton in 191d. and has held posts in branches throughout the Marltimea. In 1944. he returned to Newfoundland as manager on. the St. John's branch. Three years later. he '- . man-

lubsoriptiosss Delivered se.oo_ bIsIl 85.00; other Provinces i U. S. I100

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Revival 0f llong Kong Controversy

(By John LeBIassc) OTTAWA, Feb. 28 - (CP)--An angry round of accusations between Prime Minister Si. Laurent and George Drew, Progressive Conser- vative leader. today threw the Com- -mons into a lather and opened the way for a full-dress revival tomor- row of the wartime Hung Kong e!- pedition controversy.

Central figure of the Hung Kong issue. the Opposition leader accus- ed Mr. Si. Laurent cf- lacking “courage and decency" in his hand,- llng of the wartime charge under the Defence of Canada Regulations against Mr. Drew tor his criticism of some phases of the expedition.

To Table Letter

He wound up by promising to table tomorrow the text of his long letter to wartime Prime Minister Mackenzie‘ King setting" forth charges of mishandling of the ex- pedition. The letter was written in July, 1942.

This move, it appeared, would stir up anew the old battle over the propriety of tabling the letter in the Commons. Its publication was banned by censorship during the war.

The Prime Minister-who wal Minister of Justice at the time the charge was placed against Mr. Drew~aaid he denied "completely and unreservedly“ the opposition leader's claim that he had "neith- er the courage to proceed with nor the decency to withdraw?’ the ac- cusation.

Earlier. he had accused Mr. Drew of making an "irresponsible and unwarranted attack" on public ser-

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Kingpin Gambler Loses Appeal Case

MONTREAL. Pi. H —~(OP)- Appeal of Harry Ship. onetime Montreal gambling kingpin. against conviction on a. charge of keeping a common gaming house, was dis- missed today by the Quebec Court of Appeals.

The courts decision means Ship must serve a six-month term for the gambling conviction registered

against him moire than a year ago.

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Small Children Die In N. B. DwellinguF ire

(By The Canadian Press)

SHIYPPIGAN, N.B., Itch. 28—The bodies of three small children, found today in the ruins of their firs-swept home on. isolated Ship- plgan Island, were buried in home- made coflins this afternoon after h funeral service at St. Jerome's Church.

The fire. started by an explosion of kerosene, took the lives of An- nette, six, Simeon, four, and Jean Guy, two-children of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Paulin of Chaisson Office.

Another tragedy struck the isl- and, causing a. fourth fatality. “when seven-year-old Thelma Rx)- bichaud was hit by a car while

ma. seriously burned