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John Wash. is the latest Congressma

Rep. M._ Coflee. Dern.. to come under Senate War vestlgating Committees scrutiny. The committee is studying a $3,- 500 check Coffee's secretary receiv- ed from s Tacoma. Wash. con- tractor five years agc. Coffee said lie “welcomed investigation."

Bill Given Second

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Polish arms will be brought to Canada for farm work co-iricided ted? with the presentation of bri s to the Senate immigration committee callm"; ior a cautious

picsmted by the

bor Congress and the Canadian Co ress of Labor shortly before Act ng Prime Mili- istor St. Laurent announced that a Canadian mission will soon leave for overseas to pick qualified agric- ulture workers from among the former members cf the Polish army.

Mr. St: Laurent said those chosen would have to sign an dertaking that on reac Can- ada they will agree to be irectel to agricultural work for two years and remain in such employment for that period. Those filling such conditions will bs allowed to re- main in Casi-ads permanentiyn Anyone tailing to meet the condi- tions will be returned to the United Kingdom.

He said the Poles will help relieve the shortage o4 agriculture work- er's in Canada and the move also will assist the United Kingdom in

‘Idiom-lei; his? ‘Trades and Ls

find a domicile for those membeia. of the Polsh armv who do not wish to re urn to their homeland.

Th briefs oi the llibor organiza- tions did not touch on Mr. St Laurent! announcement.

The Canadian mngress of Labor. represented 11y its president, Aft Mosh-.. said the country's immig’ ration policy should be dove-tailed with a general ein loymerit policy.

Reading In Senate

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. Jilly 35—The Senate today save second reading to the bill which would change the name of July l from Dominion Day to Canada Dav on the understanding that it would be amended in corn. mittee. _It is proposed to e511 it m9 Nltlmllll ROI-idly of Canada.

When the question came up m. day Senator John T. Haig, Pm. grcssive Conservative leader, said b? W“ 110l- ODDO-ilng the second reading on the distinct under- aianditig that if it was not satis. fF-Clflrlly amended in, the commit-

rending. _

senator Artlfur Roebuck (L- Olllaliiil sous-ht to move an a- mvudment to second reading but silvaker J. H. King ruled that 3,3 the Senator had already spoke on the second reading he could not move an amendment.

v Coming Events

"Talkies —- mud, aturday. "Cardigan Picnic A ust 7th. "Talkie: — Cane Cove. Friday. tonight.

"Ice Cream Social, Cherry Val- lti" School, Saturday. July 27in.

fBig Dance. Curran Ban, Friday, My nth. Rollie i/ickenzies orch- Istra. Dancing 9 to i. D. B. T.

“Unloading car Inverness coal Colville Station ltoday, Friday. 20M. kitsch-ac Younker.

"Movies it Bor

"Dance of the season, Cardigan gill Hid-v nieht. July 2cm. Sale egfisaand Coffee. Webster's Orch-

Sflce Cream Festival, Bingo, etc,

M- Jams Church. Georgetown, “may evening July 29th.

" Cream and Dance Emer-

lGld Hall, Monday. July 29th. Mrs. - C- Green and Mrsl a. J. White.

"Another Chicken Supper st N0 ' neSlé-lgiiliaigdfistllew Haven, Wed-

! "Reserve Wednesday, August ‘l, ‘Pgrkalllllldl United Qhuygh [g3 a;

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“Livestock Marketing Board Esra‘?! Mil at sll usual points W I Wick of July 29th. Contact ‘ml irepresentative at your lees". “Cellini! mint for trucking scr-

"UVOfl-OBI Marltetiiil B0126 “lath-us hora at Montague Monday a ernoon. July 29th. List with the gaffrtflkllglé-‘dusnd starlet: wsillucsll and reunmlw.‘ D- cs w. rep-

‘ "Livestock Alerts Board him“! . lamb: an calves at Léllffly ver Monday. Julggtb. botth stock with Gladstone _ in.

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"Noticc:-All.~partice interested in tiled

w- ut."°?&i.-t°‘islt;'a"“él.l..él§ 5221mm“ 3m as: the church ‘Ilka-m fil- gfifillyatlfl

",1"! producers. attention: gilt wont to m the gneet "I'M cries or our h wool t-“i.o*~é°".i'..r:.v.°""a"~i "<1 iiniy m cacti-i- Brits-Wynn s uni at reas-

ccnfl _ gfml 4b $9M a used mic: wagons: " it! 110V; “at

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The Trades and Labor Congress submission, made by its president. Percy R. Bengough. favored the acceptance of selected immigrants as they could be absorbed. Mr. Bengough said his organization favored "exclusion of all races that cannot be properly assimilated in to the national life oi’ Canada."

"It must. be recognized that there are citizens of other coilntries who may be good brothers anti sisters. internationally, out yet would not be acceptable as brothers and sis- ters-in-law to Canadians. Earner- ience has clearly demonstrated that because of this fact- certan nationals who have in the past linen-admitted, iriul .,Canads.-,. as a distinct race and will remain a roblem ior future generations."

C.C.L.-. on the other hand, took the position that “racial dis~ crimlnation should have no place in our immigration policy "

"People from some other coun- tries may. Déclttirft‘. of their back- ground, education or customs fl" into Canadian .l.le more easill‘ than people from some other coun- tries, and such factors may prop erly be taken into account." the Congress said. ‘But ‘nice’ however _’ot'ght not

to be considered at all

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Top man among the Shriners is George H. Rowe. of Buffalo. N. Y.. New York State Supreme Court justice. At the frctem-itrs Victory Convention in San Francisco. he was unani- mously elected imperial Potentate of the Ancient Arabis Order of Nobles of the Mystic Quins“

Survey Shows Rise In Prices llnly Moderate

By R. J. Anderson Canadian Pres: Staff Writer NEW YORK. July 35 —(CP)-

Note to the little woman:

C'mon home out of your Tor- onto hideout. The all clear has sounded and food prices seem to have settled down, st least for the time being. And you can get but- ter. new.

Remember all those storl-cs of skyrocketing prices here when the Office oi Price Administrat- ion iegally passed out of exist.- ence almost a month ago? Well. it's not so bad-not too much above prevailing Toronto prices, at that.

And, say, the stores even have window posters advertising meat! I hhven‘t yet tied into a ' steak.

a nine-cent Jump over when meat trays were bare.

It‘s not all sweetness and light though. The automat, for instance, hasn‘t a five-cent dish of K26 cream any more. It's a dime. And most drug stores have boosted the price of pies and cakes by a

nickel hut, shucks, their basic prices haven't changed much. A quick swing through the

market-where the morning line- up for a quarter- ound of butter used to start form rig an hour oe- inre the store's opening-showed that canned products. such as

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2'7 in Toronto. are up a cent but

two to 18-17 cents s can, that's all.

The neighbors say that-a fort- night, ago things were pretty stiff but most atorekeepers now are

Fatally Shot

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MONTREAL. July 25 -(CP)- Harry Davis. 4|}. owner of a hook- maklng establishment and re- ported to be cure of Montrcals leading gambling operators. “Y” fatally shot tonight in his beak-v rooms on West-Central

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treet. Davis died in hospital. whore he was taken by friends, from three

bullets fired into his body. His assassin was reported to ugve walked calmly from the ncttmi!

place while others in the buiirliiig fled wildly through a back door.

Police said they were dctalnliiz seven men for questioning, nont- of whom admitted having seen the shots fired.

Police refused to say whether they believe Davis‘ killing signals an outbreak of gang warfare oi" whether it resulted from a per- sonal feud among the higher-ups in Montreal's underworld.

They said Devi-s was owneriind “b " oftbc bookie establishment- be een Dotchcster and 5t. Oct - erlne streets in one oi the hits-rat sectlcal of the city, crammed with night clubs. restaurants and stores.

m 0f s n "tiqiisiiii pggtiiciiic

some. July ‘i5 _ (AP! — 0y the third anniversary of the full o! medium the properties of Ben- ito Mussolini have been confiscated an banal: or the Italian people-

Plc of ll Dilcc’: widow. Doruia inch , and uf his children that they would be left without means of support if the entire estate were men for Ii men's sins. were over ruled. No indication of the elite of the

Representatives of durin a supreme court sass n. form denied report: that Muss- olini‘s y st children. Romano and Anna aria. Id W9" I cabaret in s fisher-man's hut It f

labia.

Vito Blhissoiini, nephew 0f the dame was released from last nlg t undor ths recent “amnesty

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displaying self-restraint. Some

“commodities like meat have mov-

ed out of black-market channels -\vhere sirloin steak was 95 cents to $1.25 a pound a month cs0- lnto the shops.

PS-Cigarets now are 18 cents a pack. though, a one-cent ‘lump. PPS-Caution: Don't take his as an argument for or against O. P.A, Its proponents argue that

es are Just the start. I. dcn‘t know about that.

Blames Dominion Government For Housing Shortage

HALIFAX. July 25 -—(C P)_- Blaming the Halifax housing drf- iicultles on the Dominion govern- ment, Mayor J. E. Ahorn said to- day the whole "grim picture" had resulted from “bad handling m.

Ottawa." A two-hour duneerence of the mayor and civic oiil-clsls today

failed to reach any solution and found their ho es of acquiring the exhibition ulldlngs for oin- ergency housing faced with de-

lay.

C. H. S. Dinlmore. director of the Lands and Buildings deport- inent of the War Assets Corporat- ion at Montreal told the meeting that Whill the buildings had been declared surplus by the Army. they would have to go to Grown assets before War Assets could handle them.

Possible bright notes came into the picture when Prank Creed, federal emcrgen shelter officer here, said he w id ark Ottawa on possibilities of the city taking ovcr a number cf vacant buildings controlled by the Federal Qqy- ernment. '

Mr. Dlnsrnorc said efforts would be mode to make i5 government

A§ACIADOI ‘I'D ITALY

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W York. assistant - ' tary as amlsnador to Italy

sirloin that one-time rarity. but

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vegetable soup that sells two-fora

these comparatively moderate rls- m

bulldln at Boll lick 1 . m 1mg”. a lvai able

Il-(AP) cy the _ uncut of James 0 Dunn 21f

the system of government which that business operates- ac- cording to-Mr. C Gordon Cock. shutt, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, who ad- dressed the Provincial Boards oi Trade at. the Charlottetown Hotel yesterday evening. .

The meeting was presided over by Mr. F. W. Hyridman. president of the Charlottetown Board of Trade. Among those seated at the main table with Mr. Cock. shutt and Mr. Hyridman. were Mr. D. L. Morell. executive secre- tory of the Chamber of merce: Mr. A. R. Brennan. rep- resenting the summersido Board; Col. G. E. Pull. and President K. S. Rogers. of the Maritime Board of ‘Trade. - Mr. Cockshutt told the gather- ing that the next four or five years will decide whether or not the Canadian business rnan is worthy oi’ leading Cans a to greater heights of prosperiy, or whether that task will be entrust- ed by the Canadian people to the- cxponents of socialistic govern-

merit.

“We fought a war." Mr. Cock- .~hutt said. “because we felt we wanted to have our own freedom. freedom to do things in our own way. We have the greatest living standard of any country the world. but unless we are prepared to devote some of our time to a serious consideration 0d the sig- nificance of national questions. someone else will take over the leadership of this country. If you don't take action. somebody is go- ing to take it for you." Mr. Cock- shutt added.

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Immigration was a questiomMr. Cockshutt thought. which should be studied by every Board of

absorb them to great advantage," Mr. Cookshutt said. "Moreover, the world is not going to stun-d for such a country n, canned hi"!!! only twelve million of a copulation."

The economic prosperity of Canada. Mr. Coclcshutt said. de- pended upon her ability to main- tain the world markets she hm enjoyed during the war Ybars. To maintain economic prosperity. Canadian industry had to have an annual export buslne-Ss of two billion dollars a year arid agricul- ture a like amount. The total in- ochre of the Canadian people in i944 had been a-pnyoximatelv rili-ie billion dollars, and in that year. Mr. Cockshutt said. the volume of Caifadian exiport business had amounted to three billion. three hundred million dollars.

Urges United Action

_In closing. Mr. Cockshutt said tne Boards oi Trade in Prince Edward Island could contribute to the welfare of the whole country by uniting more closely with the other Canadian Boards of Trade

were active units making up the national Chamber of Commerce.

He emphasized again their need tc develop a political conscious- ness so that they could not only strengthen the national body in its influence on government af- fairs but also to wield a benefic- ial influence on the people throughout the Province.

A vote of thanks. moved by Co‘. G. E. Full and seconded bv Mr. E. T. Hlggs. was tendered the speaker.

A brief address was also ‘deliv- ered by Mr. D. L. Morell who sut- lzested that the local Boards oi Trade should be well represented

Trade in Canada. There were 150.- 000 Polish people who could he brought over at any time. Some

oaortjf-xrrcnnu “ u“ rim sun Writer

OTTAWA. July 25 (OP) -- Acting Finance lMllllim‘ 555°“ n in the Common azieed to consider opposition susswtlws that farmers be allowed to avefl-GB their income loi- taxation purposes over a. five-year period instoad of v-‘hréeetyears a, pfuposdd in Hi5 bu 8 . Mr. Abbott made the statement in requesting that Robert Pair (SC --Bat.tls River) withdrew 1Y1 W- endment to that effect on the ground that only a member oiph. government cou.d move a moduli that would increase or dearth-w- revenue. The cliscussi-l arose while the House in commit-tee si-BEE W“ eeudylng the budget resolution which would authorize farmers an fishermen to average their income on a three-year basis. iti-osrmlifi Conservative, 0.0.11. mil 5°91?“ Credit membe -, iolned 1r- "r81"! that the averaging period be ex» to five years. Mr. Pair withdraw his motion the understanding that. the matter will be ltouildltfld b? ""1 mnleter and the other members of the cabinet." The resolution itself was stood over urtil tomorrow af- ter a two-hour discussion on its merits. Mr. Pair argued that crop ml" urea which sozizetimes extended over four years made it essential that the omner w: allowed to aver- age his income over a live-Yul!’ period. ~- JA Ross (PC——8ourls) suplwfir ed M1‘. Fair. Before tho amend- ment was ruled out of order and then withdrawn. ED. Fulton (PC LKamloo s) end Stanley Knowles (OOF- nnipcg North Centw argued the govsmment did 110i- know whether it would make more or less if the amendment was ac- tod.

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Cltes nun. Act

Mr. Abbott said under the Brit- ish North America Act it was un- constitutional for a ‘private meni- be: to sponsor legla ation dealln! with money.

Solon low, Social Credit leader. asked the ministor if the M18899’ tlon was not. a roasonsblc one and that the Canadian Iederatlon of Agriculture bad mowed we I prod/listen

Abbott uis he was willing

u» listen to filslestlons that the b

by those prominent in the indus- trial. commercial. civic. and sari- cultural affairs of the Province.

Five Year Period For Averaging Farm Income

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period be extended to five years but he must ask that the motion be withdrawn _

M1‘. Ross also suggested that when s. farmer sold his head of cattle it be regarded as capital rather than income as at present.

Mr. Abbott sale this rnd been

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President f th _ b" of cogmergeCanadlan Chain

10 Ships Sunk By Underwater Explosion

By HOWARD BLAKESLEE

IAN. Bikini. July 26—(Frlday)_ lAP)—To “hat extent the giant hand oi the atomic bomb laid its deadly Brill on 75 target ships Bflfillored in the radioactive wat- srs'of this lagoon was still being determined today, .

This much was known-ll) ships inciudiriit the battleship Arkansas and the aircraft carrier Satatcga were resting on the bottom. sunk by Thursdays first underwater atomic explosion.

Six more, including the heme- ships New York and Nagato, the light carrier Independence. heavy cruiser Pensacola, destroyer Hugh- es and trans-port Fallon. were damaged.

Observer ships can-yin; Selene- liis and navy men eager to assess the full damage to the guinea pig fleet re-entered the lagoon Thurs- dai‘. less than nine hours after ti’; underwater blast was touched c . Crows were on the alert, how- ever. to move out to high seas again should radioactive waters drift south from the north-east section‘ of the lagoon where the bomb was detonated. Preliminary damage assessments showed. how- ever. ihat the l5 target ships sunk or damaged were all close to the detonation centre.

Tlh= first box-score showed these vcawls sunk:- The 33-year-old battleship Ar-

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under consideraziop by the De- parment for sorre time. althoogh no satisfactory solution had been found. The proposal for three-

year averaging should afford some r relief

John Hdokett (PC-Stanstead) said he wondered whether the sov- ernnront had considered what. was done about farmer's‘ income tax in other agricultural countries.

Mr. Abbott said he could not say from personal knowledge but he knew the department gave study to the taxation systems of other countries. He would look into the

d matter.

0.P.A. Bill Signed Rluctantly By President Truman

WASHINGTON July 25 — (AF) —President Truman today "reluct- antly" signed in‘o law the _0ffice of Price Administration bill

l-ie announced also ‘at. a press conference that he would make Dubllc its three-irlcmber price con- trol board shortly

The President made the an» riouncement five minutes after ~18 signed the olli, telling reportors he was sending a statement to Co ress within a couple of hours Olltl hing his ‘views.

Mr. Truman said reporters could quote him as saying he signed the one-year extension "reluctantly."

CUT DOWN ON TIPS

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July 25 tAPi-Sign of the tlmes-vacat. toners here have cut down on tips to boys, waitresses. boot- blacks. taxi drivers and other ser- vlcs workers. Night club workers. most disappointed of those who earn the major portion oi their

income from gratuities, Bay the wIr-tiniselpendsr ls been re- laced ‘by ' flle- ."tipless t-ippler."

n 5:0 dime has beconic a popilll-l‘

. time he was

. Jewish leaders on the problems -Palestine and European Jewry.

‘out elaborating. sai-d the

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Airman Lived

Iln Blueberries ‘ For 26 Days

(By The. Canadian Prowl BLIND RIVEJt. Ont. July 2s- A haggard. 25-year-old a man wearing a tattered uniform s um- bled out of the dense bush coun- try around Flack Lake 26 miles northeast of this lumber town, early tcday and startled a visit.- lng American tourist tvlth the re- mark: "What date is this? I've been lost since June 29 and am I

‘ever glad to see you."

The incident marked the re- turn to the land of the living for Fit. Lt. W. (Bill) McKenzie from Winnipeg and St. vital. Man..who lived on blueberries for 26 days after his Diane crashed and sank in the waters of tiny Pielenbar Lake. three miles west of Flack. First word of the safety of the veteran of overseas air service came ln a dramatic announce- merit to the House of Commons today by Air Minister Gibson. shortly before noon. McKenzie and his jet-propelled Meteor Glos- ICI‘ ilgfitEI‘ lliSiippflbl-TEQ Jiillli 2U on tne ixapus-itasing-‘rororito leg of a llignt from Toronto to Eu- momon.

So far. McKenzie has had little opportunity to tell the story of his Z6 days of hardship during uiilcn lie lost. ~21 pounds. Ile was given a breakfast oi toast and soft-boiled eggs at Laurentian Lodge on riack Lake and was quickly put to bed on orders oi two QOCEUIS spending a holiday there. They refused permission for liim lo speak lo anyone.