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A fellow-feeling wood- Haul.

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Four Seanlen. Arrested l In Raids In Halifax; Flareup On Waterfront

Alaska Seal Sale llesillls

The following telegram has been received by Mr. W. Chester S. McLure, from the FoukeDur Company, . Louis, Missoul-Lwith respect to the Company's auction sale:

“A11 Alaska soalalrlns sold. Large alranalelca buyers. very spirited bidding throughout. TotalU. S. Government skins 1.700.000 sold. Mstaros average $62.87, decline 1 percent. Safaris BVGTBIIG $40.57. decline 8 percent. Black skins av- erage $62.19, advance 20 percent. Grand total average of the entire sale, $50.06, decline l/l0 of l. P"- eent."

Mir. McLure states that thh sale Ls a good indication of the trend of the fur trade. Safaris is the trade . for a freakish shade of brown. He interprets the od- vance in black skins as evidfllltt that the demand is revertin8 more staplecolca-s. '

MARK ANN IVERSARY

MONTREAL -- (C?) — Mr.,and Mrs, ‘rilomas Barnfield celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary here recently. Mr. Barnfield was employed in the shops of the Can- adian National Railways. Their six children are all employed by the railway company.

Coming ' Events

--1:r "Mail your Films ~ to Garnhum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Variety concert. bazaar. Canoe Cove, Wcdneday, Aprll 13th.

“Crokinole party in Ulgg Hall April 14th.

"Our Store will be closed "Good Iliriday." Signed Peters 8s Gallant Ltd.

"Dance, Bonshaw Hall, Thurs- day, 14th. In aid of Woman's In- stitute. MacNeilYs Orchestra.

"Brookfleld grain cleaning plant now operating. We clean and clip your grain.

"Dance, Belle River Ilerzion l-fall April l9. Auspices Women's Insti- lute.

“Loading Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd. April 14th, at Fred- ericton 11 A. M. at Cclville till 11.30. D. L. McDowell. '

"Jimmy Power's Variety Concert. Fredericton Hall, Wednesday. April 13th. starting at 8.30 P. M. Under the auspices Y. P. U.

"Pownal Y. P. U. presents "Have a lieart" in Pownal Community Hail, Thursday, April 14th. Curtain 8.1.’). Sale of Lunches‘.

"Islanders Country Club. Trave- ellers Rest, officially reopens for Modern and Old time Dancing, April 21st. Gfllostra. Western B-hytlm i.

"Come to Junior Farmers‘ va- "My concert and dance. Fort Aufllltil hall, Monday, April 18. Refreshments. l

"Now booking clover seed. Farmers. our prices will save you “My. Rush your orders. Hac-

ln 8s Boyle. ‘

"lies-idols will be received until Avril lth. Monday, by Haselbrook D Association for purchase 0f Buttermilk for year commend 111a May lat. 1m and ending Apri 80th. 1800. A. Ray Jones, Secretary.

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HALIFAX. April 12 — (C?) — Four memb of the striking Canadian Seaman's Union (TLC)

' — two of them officials — were

being held tonight by city police following a series of raids on union hails and a flare-upon the waterfront.

The two officials were Atlantic organizer H. C. (Bert) Meade and port agent Gus Genites. They were charged with "holding weapons without permission."

The seamen were Michael Ryoko of Bagotvlile. Que, and Angus Kingsley of Halifax. No charges had been laid late tonight.

The seamen were arrested after some 100 police —- some of them steel-heimeted R. C. M. P. - con- verged on pier 8 on the water- front amid reports that the Sea- farers’ International Union (A. F‘. L.) was about to board the strike- bourld freighter Sunprince.

Harbor police reported the S. I. U. men were going aboard the vessel. It later turned out that this erroneous report stemmed from the fact 5. I. U. members arrived in the vicinity of the pier to dis- tribute pamphlets. ‘

Rocks and sticks were thrown by C. S. U. pickets at the half-dozen tnxis containing the S. I. U. men. The taxis best a hasty retreat.

When police reinforcements ar- rived. a rock was thrown at an R. C. M. P. officer. Pickets were cleared from the pier. The two men were taken into custody by city police. p, g ' Picket: drew up their llfleion Water Street. near the pier.

A.,Bernstein. a S. I. U. official. said R. C. M. P.‘ entered the union's office in a jialifax hotel in "a search for arms." They had left when no arms were found.

A number of axe-handles were found at the C.S.U.’s Sackville Street headqu iers, it was report- ed. -

It was reliably reported that army units in Halifax were "stand- 1118 by" in readiness for any out- breaks of violence. Unit com- mander had told their men not to "wander too far away."

An army spokesman said the "my would not interfere unless requested to do so by the pro- vincial attorney-general.

A C.S.U. s- okesma described the arrests as "outright intimidat- ion." l-‘lo [said the move "revealed collusion among the crown. ship- ping companies and the Federal Government in an effort to cover up gangster tactics the companies are using to smash the union."

Mcly Use Troops In London Dock Strike

LONDON, April 12 — (OP) _. Troops may be sent to London's almost deserted waterfront to handle the cargoes of 9d ships tied up by a strike of more than 14,- 000 dockers, the Star, London ova. hing newspaper, reported tonight.

The growing work stoppage, threatening Britain's vital fncd imports and export trade, was termed "a challenge to authority" by Labor Minister George Isaacs.

Urgent moves t6 safeguard the food supply are expected to be discussed at a cabinet meeting to- morrow. It was recalled that there was some delay in hadling food supplies during last year's strike due to hesitation over order- ing troops to the docks.

Trile Bill Against Wood lslallds Man

CANT JOHN, N.B., Alprll 1Q - (CP) —- A grand jury in the Saint Join circuit court today reported a true bill against George Mo- Leod, lo. aeaanaii ncln Wood Is- land, PEI. He is charged with murdering Joseph Morrisey. as, of Newcastle, N.B., and ills trial will open next Tuesday.

Molrisey was found dead on the floor of his bedroom in a Pom! Street house at Saint John Jun. 23. He had suffered numerous stabbings and slashes, McLeod was arrested a few hours latcrL

Liberals Plan Big Convention In Nfld.

6T. JOHN'S. April l2 - (OP)- Premler Smsllwocd announced to- day thut a Newfoundland Liberal convention will begin here April 28 and possibly run for three days.

Th, political set-up in New- foundland still is uncertain but it ls understood that Mr. Slmallwocd will head the Liberal Party.

Unexpected lieaih 0f Mr. W. A. Alley

"m, body of m. William clerk on the ray Harbour train, was found yes- terday aftemoon 1n the mall car at Vernon Bridge where the train

licvcd the deceased heart attack.

suffered a

of Murray Sliver. He was a ter- an of the first World War. and had some 30 years‘ service with the Postal Department.

Mr. Alley is survived by his wife, tile former Emma Living- ston, Murray River, and one son Charles, a student at Prince of Wales College. Another son. Earl. was killed overseas in the last war.

Funeral arrangements had not

The Progresslvh Conservatives already have selected s leader, H.013. Mews. and are buckling

down to serious campaign work.

been completed last night.

Health Centre Grant \ For Ch’t0wn Approved

Canada Burrows Tvlc Submarines?” From Roygl Navy

O'I'I‘AWA, April 1.2 -- (C?) - With the primary role of the Royal Canadian Navy established as that of an anti-submarine navy. the British Admiralty ‘will loan two submarines to izha Dominion this year for anti-submarine training, Defence Minister Claxfon announ-

ced today. _ The first of the underwater craft, HMS. Tudor. is due in

Halifax, April, 23. She won't be a stranger to the Canadian warships that will engage in a three-month run of training exercises with her. The 'I‘udor took part. early this month in joint exercies in the Caribbean involving Royal Navy ships of the West Indies Squadron and Canada's east and west coast fleets headed by the aircraft crrler Magnificent.

The Tudor will provide inten- sive practical training for. three months ancL then a second sub marine, yet to be chosen, will ar- rive in Canada for a second three-

OTTAWA, April l2 - A Federal grant of $5.000 toward the cost- of providing Health (lentre in Charlottetown- has been approved. also. grants for hospitals in Truro. Baddeck and Sherbrooke, N. 5., and in Saint John, N.‘ B., it was an- nounced yesterday by Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of National Health and Welfare.

The Health Centre at Charlotte- town will contain no hospital beds but will serve as a public. health centre for about 15,000 people in the city and immediate district. In addition to the preventative. diagnostic and Lrestment facilities usually found in such a centre, it will contain office spilvo for Pro- vincial health administrators.

(As previously announced, the Health Centre will be in the old Polyciinlc building, Prince Street. which is expected tn be vacated by the Polyclinic stuff by the end of this month.)

The grant. for St. Joseph's l-lospi- tel, Saint John - the first hospi- tal construction grant for New Brunswick under the national health plan will he used to finance additions to the present building. It will meet one-third of the cost of adding 15 additional beds to the hospital's present capacity of 118. Work on the ad- dition is scheduled to be com-

month "stay, _ 1Vfr..Clextorl made some other remarks about submarines during a press conferenc, earlier today. He said "there has been some lobbying lately" by Tommy Church (PC -- Toronto-Bnoadvielw) and Rodney Adamson (PC - York West) to the effect that the Can- adian Govcrnment should have s large submarine "force for defame. "I can say that we find it much more satisfactory to get subs from the United States and Grcat_ Britain when they are needed." Mr. Clarion remarked.

EAR-LY SHIPPING lkypt supplies the first historical

record of ships

l MQNTRIIAL, April in - (OP)- Preda‘ Linton. “mystery” woman of Canada's spy case. was beck in jail tonight after she was unable to ‘raise 06,000 b'aii, granted in court eullar today pending her preliminary hearing April 10 when the orownfiwiil dlarge her with wg part in 9 Ioviet espionage

Ito was taken to the Montreal womshi. all. nor lawyer, Joseph Cohen,’ .O., said that "friends will probably raise the unolme by tomorrowl’.

Miss Linton was brought into the crowded Montreal court room N. hours afiel- aha‘ merged from hiding. 80-year-old ‘as-secre- iary and telephone Winter is the last of l) persona sought arllnh in til. 1M0 spy case. ' its. Cohen argued that a low bail was justified because she

la seven months prifltant and un-

Mystery Woman In Spy Case Fails To Raise Bail

likely to disaplpca igslll. ieacence ahe would waive reading of ch, lengthy charge which alleges she conspired with‘ Fred nose and Dr. Raymond Boyer to give away Canada's official ac- crets. , ~

Rose, former labor-Progressive member of Parliament for Mont- reai-Cartler, and Boyer, one of Canada's top research chemists. are serving penitentiary terms for their pI-rt in the ring.

She was not asked to plead.

bliss Linton - court records listed her only as Freda Linton and her married lllfflglWmdifild undisclosed -- disappeared from bar job as a National Film Board secretary in Ottawa when the Iv! case incite. lhe i_a believed to have lbflit part of the last three years m the United States

To (Io-ordinate Industrial Plans

plated next month.

In Nova Scotla

In Nova Scotia the federal con- struction grants will assist in meet- ing building costs of two new hospi- tals and of extending a third.

Largest single allocation is $00.- 000 for the Coicllester County Hospital, Truro. which is increas- ing lts bed capacity by 60. The present lid-bed hospital is regard-

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Canada. ll. S.

OTTAWA, April 12—-(CP)-Can- ada and the United States, already co-operating closely on defence matters, have agreed to co-ordin- ate plans for the mobilization of In- dustry in the event of another war.

Through an industrial mobilisa- tion committee, established ‘today by an exchange of diplomatic notes. ‘the two countries will exchange lu- fcrmation and co-ordinate views of the two governments on plana for the mobilization of industry in an emergency. .

The founman committee will work closely with the United States-Canada Permanent Joint De- fence Board, established ln 1040 to co-ordinate defences. l

Harry J. Carmichael of Si. Cath- arinas, Ont. chairman of the In-

dustrial Defence Board,‘ and S. D. Pierce of Ottawa, associate deputy

minister of trade, will represent

Canada on the new committee. The United States represents vea will be Dr. John R. Steelma , chairman of the‘ National Security Resources Board, Carpenter, chairman of the Muni-

acting and Donald F.

lions Board. -.

A. Ailey, Bl, King's Square, City. mail Charlottetown-Mur-

tnade a scheduled stop. It was be-

The late Mr. Alley was a n tive

. _istrate'a post.

Farmers S’ Businessmen Discuss Question Of Daylight Saving Time

"In the busy season. when the time doesn't suit us on the farm. we don't ask the legislature to set. the clock ahead for us; we sat the alarm ahead and get up an hour earlier," declared Mr. Louis O'Connor, president of ‘the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agri- culture. during a spirited but friendly discussion on Daylight Saving Time between represent- atives of the Federation and the Charlottetown Board of Trade last evening lat The Charlottetown.

Mr. O'Connor was supported by members of the executive of the Federation Smith‘ MscFarlane. Lincoln Dewar. and Allison Profiit. Mr. Walter R. Shaw. Deputy Minister of Agriculture was also present and spoke later in the eve- nirrg.

After the preliminaries. in which lvfr. O'Connor and Mr. Profitt out- lined the work of the Federation both in the Province and through- out Canada. City Councillor M. Alban Farmer opened the discuss- ion by calling for “a compromise on the Daylight Saving Time dead- lock. which would allow the city business people to enjoy the sum- mer sun."

lVfr. O'Connor replied thdt farm- ers cannot operate on Daylight Saving Tlmeulnd that is was "a nuisance generally." He suggested that the city folk get up an hour earlier and set their business llcurs ahead without interfering with the time itself. ‘He was supported in this by Mai-T. B. Rogers, who slated he had operated his busi- llcss in that manner last summer.

Mr. Frank Storey said he had tried that system last summer but it didn't work. He objected to legislation that stopped the City of Charlottetown going on Day- light Saving Time if it. wanted to.

Appealing to the meeting to keep the time the same in both country and city. Mr. Profitl: showed how farmers had difficulty keeping the hired help working the extra hour, as they had their watches on city

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‘cmalEZliaa Campbell Invited To Clan Rally

BADDECK, N. S., April l2--(CP) ---Chief Justice Thane Campbell of Prince Edward Island and Premier Campbell of Manitoba were among Campbells invited tonight io take part. in a Clan Campbell rally here July 28 during the lllh annual Gaelic Mod.

A Gaelic Foundation meéiing in this centre of the ‘Cape Breton highlands heard that the Duke of Argyle, 78-year-old chief of Clan Campbell, Il-lverary Castle, Scot- land, would he unable to attend the Mod, or gathering. An effort will be made to have him rep- resented.

Storey Eelecled Mayor of Moncion

MONCTON, N. B., April 12— (CPi-Frank W. Storey, Morlctnn‘: wartime mayor, returned to the

Money Will Be Provided For l8 Monlhs

WASHINGTON, April 1O (AP) - By a vote of 364 to 48, the House of Representatives today passed ‘a allsaooooooo bill to eon- tinue the Marshall Plan of Euro- pean reoovtry for another i5 months.

The vote came after 1f! hours of debate. 1t took the Senate if! days to pass’ a similar measure setting a 95.580.000.000 limit on tile spend- ing. The Senate vote Was 70 to 'l.

The Democratic -' controlled House. with some Republican sup- port. beat dawn every attempt to strike millions of dollars from the bill or write in other major changes.

The House measure would auth- orize continued United States aid until July 1, 1950, subject to pos- sible latay cuts by Congressional committees. It also provides I212,- 000,000 to encourage American private business to invest in re-

veslments would be guaranteed against loss by confiscation of property overseas. '

Differences between the Senate and House versions will go to a joint conference.

The compromise version will then be subject to s. new vote in each chamber.

The House swiftly rejected:

1. An amendment by Rep. Prince

Pleslorl (Dem. Ga.) to trim $538,- 000,000 or l0 per cent from the bill. The vote was 140 to 68.

2. An amendment by Rep. Law- rence 1-I. Smith (Rep. Wis.) to cut 9i! SIOODOOJM-or about seven per cant. ‘rhls lost by is: to as.

3. An amendment by Rlep. Fred- erick Coudert (Rep. N.Y.) to knack out the entire $4.2M.000,000 for United States aid during the next fiscal year beginning July 1.

' $15,000 FIRE

SHIPPEGAN, N. B., April 11 — (c?) — A $10,000 fire last night destroyed the home of Geoffrey Blanchard at Upper Pokemouche, 13 miles from Shippegan. No in- Juries occurred but nothing could be saved from the house. An over- heated stove pipe was believed the cause of the fire.

Federal Gov’ Buying Surplus Butter

(By George Kitchen)

OTTAWA. April 12—-(CP)—The Gnvernment. has stepped into the. bulls-r market in a move to stabil- lZe butter prices.

Agriculture Department officials disclosed today that the admin- istration's butter price support program began operating April 1 when the government began pur- rhssing all first-grade butter offer- ed ‘at 58 cents a pound wholesale.

There is no indication here of how much butter the government has bought. to date.

Prices being paid are 58 cents s pound at Montreal, 59 In major Maritime centres and 5T l-2 rents at Vancouver.

Government purchasing of butter began when prices were drifting lower as a result of increasing production and developing, com- petition from margarine.

civic political arena today to de- feat his only rival, alderman '1‘. Babbitt Parlee, for the chief mag-

Storey polled 2,117 votes to Par- lee's 1,640. .

Mayor-elect Storey will be start- ing his sixth term as mayor of this railway centre.

In elections for six ward alder- men and two alriermen-at-large, candidates elected from a field of 23 contestants were, L. C. Jones, E. S, Melanson, J. A. Keefe. H.,D. Adnrnson, V. E. Harvey. L. MPKifl- non, for the wllrd posts llnd,E. B. Gaskin and H. A. Joyce at large. An estimated 65 per cent of the eligible voters went-to the polls.

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First Woman Defective In Britain Resigns

wmou. Avril 1a - (or) — Detective-Inspector Lilian W918i. 04, has resigned from Scotland Yard after 30 Years‘ service. Bile was Britain's first official woman detective.

She has worked on many famous murder cases of recent years. in- cluding the Vera, Page case of 103i, the Mancini trllnkmurder case at Brighton and the murder of-pollceman Nathaniel Edgar in

News In Brief

ATE-LENS. April 1d _ (Al?) -— Premier ‘llhelrrlistokles Sophoulis tendered his resignation to King Paul today. The King immediate- ly asked him to form a new cab- irlct.

LONDON, April i2 The House of Commons over- wheimingiy approved today the "hard labor" budget for 1949-50 proposed by Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The vote, 302 to 3, followed a long de- fence of the proposed expenditures by Sir Stafford himself.

(AP)

NEW YORK. April l2 - 1GP) The United Notions General Assembly late today decided to debate fully the Communist proa- ccutlon of Joseph Cardinal Minds- zeniy of Hungary and l6 Protest- ant. Church leaders in Bulgaria.

NEW GLASGOW. N5. April 1.2 -(CP) - Reconstruction Minister

Liberals to start. preparing now covery projects abroad. Such in-'

Winters today urged Nova Scotia

"for both provincial and elections which may lake place this year." He was speaking at a Pictou County Liocral rally here.

Trade Bds. Wilh CounselServlce

Tile services of Mr. l-Ll", Mac-