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Olfloialspiiot Disappointed

MONTREAL. Jan. 30 — (OP) - After eight days of spirited buying m.- fur auction sale here came to an end last night with the meios- ity of the more than 3.000.000 worth of skins sold.

Officials of the Canadian Fur Auction sales Company (Quebec) Limited said they were not disap- poinied with prices although they wgrg off considerably from those of 1946. Before the sale began. they explained. ii. was understood that furs would go at readjusted prices.

Buying was almost equally div- ided between United State; and united Kingdom merchant; al- though many Canadian pelts would be bound for other overseas end South American destination; with- in the next few days.

“Prices were a lot better than we had anticipated earlier." A.C Prentice, a company official said "Yhcrc was keen interest through- vii‘. ihc sale and we had a near record turnout. Things generally were very satisfactory."

Meanwhile. auction company em- ployccc are already grading. check- 111,4 and storing tho furs for the litfifl sult- scheduled to get under ivay Fob. 24. Thousands of furs have already been received.

Blame Weather For 15 ileaths In ii. S.

NEW YORK. Jan. 30 —(CP)— ‘Yilllll shook out. cvcry trick in its bug today, lashing large sec-- liulls or ihe United States with tornadoes. high winds, blinding snow storms, sleet and freezing ffliQS_,1lllLCaU5Ed_Lll€BSl. 15 deaths.

lisirtir-st hit were the Montgom- Pii. Ala.. and north-central Ark- on. s and southern Missouri areas. swcpt by seplirflig tornadoes.

However, heavy snow ranging up to l6 inches in Milwaukee, im- period transportation and disrupt- rri communications in central lower Michigan, Southern Wis- tunslil» north and central Illinois, southern Minnesota and Nebraska.

A thick sheet of ice glazed high-

ways in northern Indians, and northern Ohio. Meanwhile. l cold air ma.“

movcd slowly toward ihe midwest from Canada, bringing a forecast of considerably colder" by Friday night.

Begin ll lo dl Butter it'll lialiligx

_lfALlFAX, Jan. a0 -(CP)— btcvedores today began unloadlnga fhfifo of about 400 tons of New Acaland buiicr from the freighter Paparoa which arrived here yester- iiuy from Auckland.

Total butter cargo aboard . was said to be about 1.280.000 pounds. ihe remainder will go to Britain.

The shipment was said to be in ziccorduilce with s. recent announce- mciil that Britain would divert some of her New Zeaiand butter imports to Canada.

Coming Events

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fl-lorse racing. New Glasgow Rikvr. Saturday afternoon. Fob. i.

"WlilliOl Midgets n, inflicts at Milton rink

"kinkora Dance, good music Hid lunch, Friday. Jan. 31st.

"Come to Concert in Whestley River Hall. Friday. January 31st.

"Booking orders begged lime- stone February delivery. Wesley 3mm Elmira. '

"Dorrt forgot the Special Belg at Bemardb Store. Bradslbsne, Pri- iifly and Saturday.

"Hockey Game between Cove- hNd Red Whigs and Buckley Point It Covehesd Rirk tonight. 0 o'clock.

"Valentine Dance. Illliot Kali lilfllsht. Friday, Jan. Ii.

"Queen's County 1.0.1.. meets Ilallmcenoe Oove Nb. 0th It 9.80

"New Glasgow Midgets vs. Mill ""1 Midgets at New Glasgow rink "milht. Glme starts 8.80.-

"Loedlng Hogs for Cenede Psd~ ers Ltd. at Manny-liver Mervin. F 8rd. radius. ‘madly. ne- mafy 4th. John J. Beck.

"The lllvltlcn Anny will hold ihtir Annual Rvmmll! lilo I'll- fllr. m. moo delirinl make eootrlnstlofll ohclothing. etc.» bieesc cell @ or 10D.

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What We What We

Expect At Least Brief Goal Strike

By John ‘Pusey

GLACE BAY, N. 5.. Jim. so _ (CEO-Hope of averting I. major- tie-up in Maritime coal fields lay mllflht in e government sponsored conciliation conference at nearby Sydney tomorrow but it was believ- cd at district 26 United Mine Work- ers (C.C.L.) headquarters here that the parlcy could not prevent a brief work stoppage, st lesst.

The strike machinery was set in. motion three weeks ago after the break down of wage negotiations be- ilween the U.M.W. and Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation.

At that time the union member- ship of 13.000 was advised that un- less otherwise ratified tlldifg would be no extension of lihe present con- truci. with operators beyond Jan. 31.

No action has been taken to rc- voke that notice, and there has been no char-go in the Union's pol- icy o! "no contract-mo work," a unioin source said here tonight.

This source said that if tomor- row's conference with Mr. Justice

W.F. Carroll of tho Nova Scoiia Supreme Court, appointed concil- iaior by Lwbor Minister Mitchell.

should result in satisfaction of the -Unlon‘s demands hhcre still might. not be time to put ‘the strike machinery in reverse before the deadline at midnigih-t tomorrow.

He added however, that the mcn could be called back to the pits in a few days. '

Expect Freight Bates iiearing 0n February l1

Despite rumors to the contrary there appears to be no indication that tho Board of Transport Com- missioners will further postpone the date as now set for the hearing of the Railroads application for a 30.120’: cent increase in freight rates which is scheduled to begin in Ot- tawa on February 11th. This was the datg set after the earlier Jan- isary postponement.

Mr. Rand H. Matheson, manager of t Maritime Transportation Comm ion, i; making o, number of studies relsting to the economic position of Prince Edward Island and particularly information is be- ing developed in regard. to llricui- turai production costs that would be affected by the increase in rates. Particular attention also is being paid to the litllltltm surrounding the importation into this Province of mined feeds end whole grains for cattle, hog, and poultry pro- llid to the ex- portailon costs of potatoes. turnips. live stock and fish products. Mr. B.

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HALIFAX, Jan. 30 —— (C?) — Nova Bcotia. Progressive Conserve- tives, meeting here today, set June 80 u the deadline for eelllnl I convention to choose a new leader after electing GOIII U. Nmfilfl 0! Wolfviiie srProvincisl Party As- loclntlms ptflident.

The party st present is unrepre- sented in the Provinoeu SO-eest legislltu‘ which has U Liberals and two members of the 0.0.!‘ Leonard W. Inner, Halifax" barris- ter. rosin-ted the provincial leader- ship ehtkti lftenhil defelt in the last gvnerl election.

The Association passed resolu- tion; expressing loyalty to national leader John Bracken and his poi- icies. expsesslng tribute to tho late l-lon. B A. Leblanc. honorary pres- ident of the Association. and sup- pctt for continuance d Iedml coal lubveutlosis.

m moving the resolution on coal. as. Sanford of Amherst declared the perry should mbke public its ltend in the mutter of allstsnce

subvvsstlons. s policy which Sing seemed to be eilminstlril- ~

Th; Association decided to set Io

Pay And Get Under

Proposed Agreement

By l. GRAHAM ROGER-l For sometime put we have heard a lot about Dominion Pro- vincial relationships and pro- posed agreements between the various provinces and the Fed-

. erai Governmisnt. Prince Dilwsrd

Island occupies e. unique posi- tion in these discussions because of the fact that we are not u manufacturing Province nor have we vast and varied natural re- sources such as every other prov- ince in Canada is fortunate enough to possess. In this Prov- ince our greatest asset is agri- culture followed by fisheries and the tourist business. 'I‘he' tourist business. however. because of its very nature. cannot enter into these discussions.

Many people are under the Im- pression that this Province is more or less of a liability inso- far as the Federal Treasury is concerned. This kind of talk only serves to engender an in- ferieriiy complex regardinfl the actual position of Prince Edward Island within the Dominion. In this liiilc article I will fry to show that this is definitelv not the case. and I hope if will cre- ate a ‘lot of intcrcst and. por- haps, result in many other valu- able points in connection with our posiilon being brought out.

We Must. Import

‘lhc first point is that. because we do not possess of electrical povocry iron. steel’: lumber. cool. oil. wo never can be a largo manufacturing centre. ‘fi is. ihercforc. nooessurv for us to import practically cveruihlns which our ncnulailon uses er- cept a few articles of food. A nartial list of these imports in- clude cnnl. gasolino "rid oils lum- ber. furnirirv-e. clothing. dishes. YWFCWRFI‘ of all kinrli._iili‘l’il im- olemenis. automobiles. fruits. riruvs and accessories. vans- iovufilerv. and in fact evervihinz which i5 essential to the corrviu! on of normal business 11nd living ¢""‘l'liiinr<<.

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rfkyndnucrlion Pavel!» (:01. 4i P. E. I. Government

May Make lise 0i. Emergency Powers

In‘thc event of the threatened coal strike in Nova Scoiia going in- to effect. the emergency powers vested in the Prince Edward ls- iand Government will be used to al- leviate hardships wliic-h may befall the people of this Province should the strike be prolonged. it was stated lest right. by Premier J. Waiter Jones.

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situation closely." It had not yet decided, however, ln what agency to vest authority to supervise mat- ters affecting the rationing and 11v; of coel in the Province.

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committees in each cimstituency to act with a central finunee commit- tee in discussing ways end means of raising money.

When the suggestion was made that s provincial loudes- be immed- iately clppointed. 0.8. Smith of llqliisx, retiring president. urged that careful consideration be made first. "It isn't." he added. "that we look Demons of ability or that the party hes gone to seed." There were men suiteble for the post. but in these days "they can't lflord ‘to give up thpir robs to take up the leadership."

The June B0 deadline did not. prohibit calling of s convention st s‘ much earlier date.

Mr. Nowlsn slid he lhdllhl that th¢ convention should follow the Halifax federal lay-election - dste of which he; not yet been set.

‘It. Buiford said that h. inflor- sbood almonds of the 0.01‘. putv wire obliged in contribute sums bu a ted bule. Thlt Ill why "they an getting somewhere and we Ire not." He felt the Prom- sin Conservative; wen "simply limping, limping along." withous mean; to pinches; publicity in

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Western liity Lashed By Gale. Snow

VANCOUVER. Jen. 30-(CP)— An ocean-borne storm swept into Vancouver today. with the wind reaching a velocity of ‘I2 miles an hour-just short of hurricane force --to leave in its wake waterfront damage which may reach the ll,- 000000 mark.

Blizzard conditions prevailed during the night, with s. heavy fail of snow and winds of gale p\'0- portion which reached u peak shortly after 8 a.m.

0n lsnd and sea there was e trail of untold damage. The m; of g score of men were endangered, with a tug and iightshiip reported missing, and many other vessels driven aground by mountainous sms. On land, the storm played havoc with transport sud com- municetions, and caused fire and property damage in the thousands.

Along the coast, tugs and fish- boats valued at 9.000.000 were re- ported pounding themselves to pieces i-n moorings and on ti, waterfront here four Royal Oma- dian Navy corvette: “were blown aground. a tug smashed to pieces. and harbor installations damaged

FEBFS for the safety of six men aboard the Vancouver" tug I11 Bonne, unreported in the storm- lashccl waters off Gowiiand Point. 40 miles northwest of here. ended at" ucon. The men were reported safe, after hiuking shore via lino, but the tug was lost. At the mouth of the Fraser Rivcr a lighfslm) was adrift with one than abolrri Many other vessels ‘were reported I difficulty. imt ‘nodoss of life w s' reported.

In ‘downtown Vancouver, scorrts of store zigns and windows were smashed, and throughout the rliv illere was damage to chimneys and windows, while giant. trees crashed in the near-hurricane.

ilompleto 25 Years In House 0f Commons

(By The Cansdisn Press)

OTTAWA. Jun. 30 — John Bracken, Progressive Conservative lvflder. and Prime Minister Mac- kenfle King joined today in psy- lng tribute to Joseph Harris iPC-Toronto Danforthi and Mark Senn iPC-Huldimunrli completed 26 years service in the Commons. Mr. Bracken said he believed the service of the two members was second only f0 that of lion. C. G. Power (L-Quebcc South) the “Dean of the House of Commons."

Mr. King said he wished to Join Mr. Bracken in his tributes not only to Mr. Harris and Mr. Benn. ‘out also to Maj. Power. Then. with a smile. Mr. King sdded:-

"However. I would like to point out that I happen to be the Dean of the Commons. Mr. King said he had the longest term in the Commons in point of service.

Price Control For Sask. Forecast

(By The Clnullan Prone)

A. Jan. 30-1110 fourth session of Saskatchewan's 10th legislature. highlighted by u fore- cast in the Speech from the. ‘Pluone of provincial price con- troi. a bill of rights and extens- ion of the oompuisery automobile insurance plan, opened today with its traditional pomp.

The forecast of price control‘ legislation was linked with the possibility that federal wartime emcrgFncy powers might be lft- ed while the provincial legislat- ure was not in session. The new legislation-would give the govern- ment "certain eoonomie controls until the legislature next eon-

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The bowler hat, llcrc shown atotp Lord Halifax. and so typical 0f the British business man in pro-war days that the French called it the "chapcau Angiais." has almost disappeared from Eng- land. A London hotter explained that "making a good bowicr is n skilled craft and it ls difficult nowadays to get girls willing to be trained in this work. An- other reasmi is the shortage of material, particularly for lilo hut- band and binding."

rm iiiaisin Near 0h’town For New Pickle Plant

Rose ‘Seat 1n House Is Declared Vacant

Report New Low Temperature Mark

EDMONTON. Jan. 30 —iC‘P) -The coldest weather ever re- corded 0n the North American continent was reported today by the Department of 'I‘ransport weather station at Snag Airport n the Yukon.

The alcohol thermometer at the airport 175 uir miles north- west of Whitehorse sank to '18.’! below rem or one-fifth of a de- gree lower than the previous ocord —~ 78.5 - registered at ,o0d Hope, N.W.T.. in i010. Snag Airport is near the Alaska-Yukon boundary. Good Hope is about 1.325 ‘airmiles northwest of Edmonton.

0.F.ii. Meetings Are Continuing

(By Jack Aveson)

WINNIPEG. Jan. 30--(CP)—-The 11th annual convention of the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture today cndo-rscd a resolution ap- provliig cffuvis iu irstublish satis- factory prices for agricultural pro- clucis through international agree- ments after first ivriwng fumed back to its board of directors a

The Matthew-Wells fjsmpunyr of Guelph, Oni., has tlrfinilrir <iccid-. cd lo locate ifs new cuctinocx" pick-i ling plant ll‘- Charicilciowu. -‘

While this information is uuihcn- tic. officEaL! of the Company ucie reluctant to divulge lhc cxuci local- iori, the reason being, ihcy said. i-hat the legal transfer of ihc lunu on which the (Tampuny intends to build has .1101 bccn ccmplcicd.

It is understood. however. lhut the proposed site is ideally locaicci for the Company's purposes. The land. about three acres in. area, is adjacent to the raihvny, Wlllllll a short distance of the (‘i153 Iilld 1W5 a slope which will materially asusi the Company in ihc daily carrying off of thousands of gallons of brine. _

An important factor in their dc- cision to locale in the environs of. Charlottetown ls said to liuvc bccu, that seasonal labour in comparui-l lvcly largo numbers could be OiJ-‘ mined hero more readily than would be the casc in smiiilm‘

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Boston Paper iias Little Sympathy I For ll. S. Fishermen

BOSTON, Jen. IiO-An editorial in today's Bostond-‘tost had little sympathy for New England fisher men in their pica, for protection‘ against Canadian imports. i,

The Post. said: "The New E118- lllld fishing interests are now ap- pealing to Congress to proiccl. them against imports of Canadian, Newfoundland and It-riand fish- Our fishermen may find iii-ii their p001‘ record during the war when they went on strike uimost every few weeks although many of thin. were making as much as $500 a week, may militate against them now when'they are asking protoc- ticn against. the chcapor fish com- ing in from other countries.

"In filct, at. New Bedford they are elrcedy meeting trouble where the packers and buyers have gone on strike against their demands. A; g result it is reported they could find no bidders for some four hun- dred thousand pounds of fish of- fered for nle it seems thy dispute is not for higher wages. but mere- ly a demand on the port of the fishermen that the fish be weigh- ed in wire baskets instead of the

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sci-ins of resolutions concerning livestock. hog and fccd grain poi- iclcs.

J. Tagger-t, chairman of the Agricultural Prices Support Board, told the convcntion that we miiko contracts lfor the r.alc o.’ commodities) we narft takc cvery possible opportunity of violoiim; these contracts and soiling io oth- crs at higher prices."

Under a policy of signing trade agreements with other countries, Mr. Taggart said he didn't believe Ciinutia vouirl exclude the pro- riucis of those nations from the Dominion. or maintain prices hero much higher than prices offered elsewhere.

Passage of the resolution was prcfacml by J. H. Wesson, presi- cleut of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. silcuking against the advis- uhiliiy of the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change resuming sr/zcuiation in wheat prices.

Support of a long icrm siabilir-w- iiC-il program including internat- ional commodity agreements de- veloped on a multi-ialeral basis was given in another resolution.

Appointment of a Royal Com- mission to inquire into “disagree- ments and disputes as in wagcg

onri prices which have seriously mlurcd lhr- Canadian economy“ was urged.

Premier Maodonaid Forecasts Statement

ilALIFAX. Jnn. 30 ---(CP)-'1‘hc Nova Scoiia Cabinet ended a. three- day session tonight and Premier Macdonaid said lihc government might make a sialemcnb on the meetings "in a day or irwo." Ill gave no indication of the nature o! the statement.

IONDON - (C?) — The British Council of Churches has raised £570,000 62.280300) toward its ter- gei of a lllllilfm pound; (54000000) for Christian reconstruction in

(By The Canadian Press‘;

OTTAWA. Jen. (ill-Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King today moved in the Commons that the Mont- real Cartier scat of liked Rose, Labor-Progressive member con- victed of espionage, be declared vacant. The motion was adopted without discussion.

Mr. King spoke after the Speak- er tabled the judgment in which Rose was sentenced to six years for espionage activities and the judgrmnt of the appeal court ‘which rejected his appeal against both conviction and sentence.

Seconded by External Affairs Minister 8t. Laurent, Mr. King read a brief resolution which said that Rose is now incapable of sit- ting or voting in the Commons.

It ordered the Speaker to dir- ect the chief electoral officer to make out a new writ for election

of a member to the Montreal Cartier seat. Once he had finished it Mr.

King said "I have nothing more to say" and sat down.

The Speaker reread the resolu- Llon and there was no discussion.

Thus ended the parliamentary career for the time being of the 20-year-old Russian-born Rose who was detained by R.C.M.P. late last summer as the 141th pov- scn clciairlcd in connection with 1hr.- cspionagc probe. He was picked up at his apartment late one‘ night after leaving the Com-

THODS. Mr. King laior informed 1hr- House that Rosc- was suspected

of being ilic Russian agent "Dc- bouz" and the courts upheld this suspicion. Ross was sentenced to prison for six years for conspir- ing io communicate confidential information to Russia. Th» ap- peal court. rejected his appeal and he now is serving his scni- rnce in Si. Vincent de Paul Peni- tentiary outside Montreal.

Th0 Govcrnmcnt action loft two vacrincics in the 245-scal Commons. Tho other arose from ihc dcaih of W. C. hfacdonaid. iL-Haiifexi. i

"iiioe Little Boys" l Rob Ohloago Woman i

CHICAGO. Jan. s0 —(AP)-A.‘ i .

heavy wind and icy sidewalks made walking hazardous and as Mrs. Dora Kalr/iz, 4i, ncaircd her home two boys took hold of her axrns and prevented hcr from falling.

“they were such nice looking lit- tle boys." Mrs. Kainifz said. "and they steadied my pace un-tii we came to an alley near my home."