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MAYOR MACDONALD ELECTED r01: A THIR

Eastern Germany Rolls Calendar Back To I933

Canadian

Farmers

Present Brief To Federal Gov’t

OTTAWA, Fob. R — tCPl

Canadian farmers today urged im- mvdiate adoption by the Ifederal‘, V price "safeguard our farm economy and our general

(iovernmcnt of a sli-isport program

Vigkiffllifi l0

Canadian economy." Restoration of the prices for

Montreal were among contained in a 3,000-word presented to Prime Minister St

Laurent and members of the Cabi- the Canadian Federation

net by of Agriculture.

The annual Federation brief to

the Cabinet, presented by H. H

Hannam, president, and provincial organization, criticized the Government for al- lowing egg prices to drop “practi- cally to depression levels" before

directors of the

price support action was taken.

Urging prompt action to offset the loss of the United Kingdom the brief said it was the unanimous opinion of the Niagara Falls an- nual convention that "agriculture today is facing the threat of a

and other overseas markets,

major crisis." 1t added:

"We recognize that when some export markets are lost, certain IICCCSSHFY. should not be asked to accept reductions in their p-rices unless there is a parallel reduction in the oost of

adjustments may be But in general. farmers

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Oarnhuir

Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"Hockey match Sea View tonight, Malpeqiie vs. Sea View.

"Free Movies in W-‘icatlrgv River

Hall to-nlg/ht. Stile of candy.

"Hockey in Graham's Road io-

night, Milton \'s. Graham's Rood.

"Auction and Dance. flail, Friday, February 10th.

"Bean Supper, Cornwall Hall

Thursday, February 16th. Tickets

45c and 30c.

"Hockey ‘Long Crock tonight

East Royalty Royiziis vs. Nine Milt‘

Creek Bulldogs. Skate aftcr.

"Reserve Monday. February 30th

for Variety Concert and Dance Vernon River Hall. B P. M.

"Dance. Fiort Augustus School Friday, February 10:11.

Orchestra.

"Hockey New Glasgow rink to-

night. First game‘ oi semi-finali- Road.

Game astrts 8.30. Canteen Service/y

New Glasgow vs. Giilsilmv

"Hockey tonight Nflflh R115‘ iico Rink, South Rusiim Rangers rs. North Rustlro Legionaircs. Game starts 8:30. Skiiio nficr.

"Phone W. “M. MnrEwi-n. NW’ of Rnynl

London, regarding clu foods, due to arrive-n! Kchhlnftlhn Feb. 10. Special prices "if fill‘-

"Booklng orders inr car of fccfl to arrive at Kenslneton. February 10th. Take advantage of now 10W moo off csr. W. O. Myers, Stanley

i189.

"Don't. miss the Fancy DIM I" Tue!- Admission

Carnival in O‘1.eary Rink on lay. February 21st- 35 cents.

"The Kingston Canadian lesion Will hold their February meetinfl in the Legion Home. Chfifmle‘

town, February 9th at 8 P. M.

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"Valentina Dance in Clhfldifin Mt. Stewart. Th"? 9th. 9 P. M. Bflrkes

Legion Hall. day. Iebflllry Orchestra.

"Show Morell every fiiday only. Show 3 ing Iridey. say omen hunt in history. Big lot" starring Ray Milli"! Charles hulhwn. \ -

"Appearing at Hui-u it? Roll. ruary 9th. The Western The flinging Cowboy Four liar Westerners. 1.45 Admission I0 eentl. eluded.

o'clock. 00m-

“lb min within the ndxi. m.

unload of Buckwheat, on: m. 0'0‘

film 1°14 of Bat-icy maul. Home: ma. carload of

clrlold

1949 floor bacon and cheese, a lizgher floor under eggs and rc- lcnllon of the present butter floor price of 58 cents a pound basis requests brief

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Bui-kes

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Bran and ‘nut-ta. All at reduced prim- Ioeir n m. in. Dickitlln smut", l

igoods and services farmers must

The brief had this to say on the ‘EHOLIS phases of agriculture leg- islation and industry:

Price Support Legislation

Although com-mending the Gov- ernment for considering intro- ductionat the forthcoming session at legislation designed to pro- vide a permanent basis for great- er farmer income stability. the Federation said the present Agri. _ cultural Prices Support Act was designed to meet. the needs of the transitional period from war to peace. We are in that period right now.

“In our opinion the degree of support already provided is like- ly to result in greater contraction in production than is needed in view of prospective demand."

Hogs

The $36 a hundred-weight floor price for Wiltshire sides should be re ored until July l or until the tract is filled. The new floor price announced by the Govern- ment is $32.50.

Poultry Industry

‘The poultry industry faces a critical situation because of the almost complete loss of its exiport market for eggs, and the poor outlook for markets for poultry meats."

The brief recommended that the support price for eggs be in- creased from 38 to 4?. cents a dozen for grade A large.

Dairy Industry

Noting that not income from dairying “fell much more than $35,000,000" in Canada last year, the Federation among other things recommended that:

Cheese prices for 1950 be main- tained at the 1950 level of 80 cents a pound instead of the new price of 27 cents a pound;

The floor price for butter be maintained at 58 cents a pound basis Montreal.

Grain

The government should maln- iain llS active support of the in- ternational wheat agreement.

Price of wheat for domestic consumption for the 1950-51 crop year should be maintained at the ceiling price -— $1.98 in Canadian funds — under the international ,wheat agreement.

Income Tax

The brief recommended that when changes in the income-tax act or regulations affecting farm- ers are planned that farm organ- izations be considered.

General

A number of general recom- mendations included:

1. The Government should assist in any advertising program under- taken by producers to place be- fore the consuming puibllc in- formation concerning health-giv- ing qualities of farm products.

2. Traffic from the west via the Hudson's Bay Railway and the port of Churchill be encouraged.

3. The Government consider sub- sidies on export shipments of Con-

adian tree fruits. _ 4., Free trade comma-ml potatoes between 1 {Ml

Sta tcs and Canada.

in

Yukon

(c?) - Marooned on a bald tonight

mountainside, 12 min huddled ‘ their search plane as they awaited m- oiie teams being lent by l1!‘ Ind ground to bring them to safeti- Threa of the men are injured. The search plane. l "him sum Dllbtn taking part in the huge aerial hunt for a missing 0-54 transptift. dillllllunfi Vim" day. It WM HD0394 l1! "will" us. search plans today. lyine 0" a treelcrs, stow-covered c1090 1.000 gag up a. mountainside, 8t miles northwest oi Ml‘!- Nunea 01$“ board the 0 $1.11.. Sweeney, Ha Al: PM. 8-K: clgppisori. North Hamilton. Ont“ oartu‘, Ochre River. Man; m. ma. straw. Winnlm: ma 1,. cpl. M. Ohirnbc. Kelvin!- , ton. lab. All were fruit

Canadians on no are Pte.

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ited Kingdom bacon con-"

wanna-zones. m. rel). a - rv

New Geshpo And Youih Movemefl

By THOMAS A. REEDY BERLIN, Feb. 8 -— (AP) Eastern Germany tonight rolled the calendar back to i933. creat- ing a new Gestapo and drafting the young into a regimented or-

ganization resembling the old Hitler youth. The Volkskammer (People's

Chamber) enacted both laws with- out a word of dissent. No one has voiced a "nay" 1n that hand-pick- ed, rion-elective body since it was set up last October as a parlia- ment for the Communist repuib- 11c in the Soviet zone.

The bill for a new ministry of State security to direct a secret political force with unlimited authority to arrest and imprison is modeled after Russia's own sec- ret police. the MVD.

It may embrace a vast network of informers as in the days of Hit- ler's Gestapo.

Henceforlh, a boy or girl in the Sovie-t zone must be a member of

the “Free German Youth" Or- ganlzatlon or will not be able to take part in sports. picnics, hikes, travel, certain school work and even in the choice of a pro- fession.

By the language of the act, the youth also would be encouraged to become a gigantic internal spy ring.

The law “authorizes democratic youth to develop its initiative in the fight against bureaucracy. sabotage and the deficiencies of labor" —— terms which the Com- munists employ in attacks on their political opposition.

Adoption of the measures coin- cided with reports from Wes‘. Berlin sources that the Com- munists have heightened a purge of minority party members who observe a nominal co-operation with the Communists.

The reports said Christian Dem- ocrat and Liberal Democrat hold- ers oi Government jobs in Saxony, Brandenburg and Sachsen-An- halt have been ousted. and that key members of these parties were rumored to have been ar- rested.

Meanwhile, the autobahn be- tween Berlin and Western Ger- many tonight remained an un- certain truck supply line.

By evening more than 50 trucks were stalled on each side of the frontier and drivers were being compelled to wait eight to 10 hours to go through the “little blockade."

Seiiiemeni Talks, p Resume in U. S. Coal Sirike

By HAROLD W. WARD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 --tAP) -President Truman's fact-finders pushed John L. Lewis and the soft-coal operators back to the bargaining table today, and re- ported four hours afterward that the conference atmosphere "is not sharp." '

But chairman David L. Cole added: “I don't think l can label it progress."

Even that much, however, was in definite contrast to bitter re- crimlnations which marked this mornings open session- in the board's investigation of the con- tract dispute that has brought a national fuel emergency in the United States. Some 400.000 loll- coal diggers are out.

Locate Missing Dakota On Bald Mountainside

Patrick's Canadian Light Infant-

Thc Canadians were scanners in the craft and were in the Yukon for ' .. ‘ “m the join Canadian . American military scheme along the Alaska Highway. None of the Canadians was injur- ed. One has I. broken leg, another an injured cheat, while the third luffsred shock. A11 the other: were not hurt.

The plane apparently was not badly damaged. .

As rescuers sped to the scene in aircraft and army vehicles, 10 planes continued to sweep other igftamioflnghot Yukon. iogklgig for

c ls null” ‘v c van- ilhefl Jan. I with H persons cholera g: clues had been report- ed a l. .

The enroll plans was the sec- ond to erun iii a week. All six Involved in the previous crash

Kretroopcrl c Princess survived

To inaugurate Robertson Memorial Lecture At PWC

The inauguration at Prince of Wa1es'Colle-ge of a "Jiamirl itoberison Memorial Lecture" to

commemorate the life and WOfKi

of one of Prince Edward Islands most distinguished educationalists was announced at the College yes- terday. The lecture will be given once a year by an eminent speak- er on some topic in the field of learning, public affairs, or inter- national relations, and it will be open and free of charge to the

Operation By C. N. R. 0f

general public.

The first of these annual lec- tures will be delivered on Wed- nesday evening, March 22, by Dr. Alexander E. Kerr, President of Dalhousie University and one of Cihhdfs bgst known educational- lstc and public speakers. The sub- Jwi of his address will be an- nounced later.

A fine Portrait of Dr. Robert- son has been secured and it will be unveiled on the evening of ‘he 199W"! b)’ Mrs. Robertson.

Bus Services Discussed ,

Imperial Oil Ltd. President 0n Tour

This area will probably never b6 affected by Alberta oii as it is too far distant and oil can easily be transported here from Venez. uela. it was stated at a press mm. fereitce attended by Imperial Oll executives in The Charlottetown yesterday.

The visit of the group to Chg;- lottctcwn “'11s the first in a series of visits to leading Maritime cen- tres and Newfoundland. The group flew in by air headed by the Pre. sidcnt of the Imperial Oll Gom-

Mr. George L. Stewart

puny Limited, Ml‘. G.L. Stewart, who is making his first tour of the Miiritimes in the capacity of President.

Ii. was pointed out. that the cheapest gnsollne that can be im- ported into the Province is that. which is obtained from oil drilled in Venezuela. About ‘i5 per cent of the oil used tn the Maritime: is shipped into Halifax from Venez-

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Barristers Gather At Saint John

SAINI‘ JOHN, N. 13., Prb. i! - (OP) -Delcgates from all l0 Provinces began hrrivirfl lien» io- nfght for the two-day mid-winter meeting of the Council oil the Can- adian Bar Association. It. is the first time the Association has met here since i926 when t-he annual meeting was held. A. N. Carter of saint John is association presi- dent.

A series of preliminary sessions tomorrow will precede the actual meetings which will be held Friday and Saturday.

liberals Win in Sask. By-eieciion

NORTH BATTLIlFOR-D. Sadat. Ifisb. 8 —-(OP> —Tho Liberal Party retained the Battieforvis riding in a. Provincial by-elcotlon today.

At 10:03 P.M. 0ST. with ‘Iii of 74 polls reported, the Canadian Hess trend analysis indicated the election of J. H. ‘Mnher, Liberal candidate. At. that time he had a lead- of 100 votes ovcr his nearest opponent-CHM votes to the 3.0M polled by the 0.6.1". standard- bear-er, Alec D. Oonnon.

The only other candidate in the

by-eleetlon - Va Conser- vative Dave Thlcsscn-waa never in the running. At the ‘Io-poll

mutt he hld 973 VWQI.

PIBIIS to (to-ordinate rail, bust and truck services to speed ilpi Dhssenger, mail, express and freight services in the Province and also to the mainland were discussed: yesterday morning at a meeting of Canadian National Railway offic- ials with the Provincial Govern-l merit. A f-urther meeting will be‘ held this afternoon.

The general plan involves trans-i portation 0f passengers from each end of the Province in time to catch the morning boat from Bor- den and similhr services for those returning in the evening. 1t also includes faster delivery of 1115115 east of Charlottetown and west of Summerslde. a fast delivery of ex-, press and less than carload lot freight by truck. And, through thi- use of new diesel engines, i; much faster delivery of loaded freight. cars to points throughout the Province.

The first question to be decided will be attitude 0i the Government toward the proposal. Another im- portant question will be the com. pensatlon to be awarded the priv- ate bus companies which now. hold franchises in the Province.

If the plan goes through, this. will be the first undertaking of itsy

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kind on a Province-wide scale. 1t is understood that the now operates a bus line from, Sherbrooke to Quebec City, and‘ the C.N.R.. has a similar service in operation between Hamilton. Niagara Falls and Buffalo. But these are comparatively short runs.

C.N.R. officials at yesterday's conference were Messrs EC. Gaf- fney and A. Green from Mont.- real; E.A. Robertson. C. C. Gilles- pie and Frank L. Dougan, Mone- ton; C.T. Montgomery and L.J. MacDonald from Charlottetown.

Besides members of the Govern- ment who were present, Messrs. J 0.0. Campbell, Deputy Minister of Industry and Natural Resources, B. Graham Rogers, Director of Transportation. and W.R. Brennan of the Public, Utilities Commission were also in attendance.

Cold Wave Hiis New England i

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 -— tAPl —-i A blast of frigid alr slid down! over New England today, brlngliigi stiffening cold temperatures. At’ one spot it was 26 degrees below‘ ZCTO.

A few days ago ‘the eastern sea- board was suffering from an un- selsonable warm spell. However, moat of the rest of the United States still was having mild iveaf ther.

The frosty breath from the sold northern waters shrank the mer-i cury almost into hiding at Old Town, Me. where the 4d was re. corded.

At Lebanon, NJ-L, and Mont- pelier, Vi... the situation wasn't much better: 22 below zero.

Upstate New York got a nip of

sharp weather with l‘! below at. Glens Falls and l6 below at Al- bany. At Boston, the coldest day in two winters sent the thermometer to six degrees. New York had 15, ‘Providence, R.I., seven, and Hart- ford, Conn. five.

C.P.R.l

COMMENT

LONDON, m». a —-(AP)-_Mos- cow radio, commenting on Presi- dent Truman's decision to make the hydrogen superbomb. said to- 9:: tgizgluited Biggie: is fallowlng

e pursu y e van- quished Nazis." At the same time. lwwevor. the iloadcut spoke of the possitiklity of “peaceful oom- petition" bofiwlen the Soviet and capitalist systems and held an im- plied invitation to the United States to step up trade with Rus-

ON H-BOMB

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Canadian lmpori Controls To Be Further Relaxed

By DKARCY UDONNELL

OTTAWA, Feb. 8 — (CP)—The Federal Government plans to rc- move or relax many of its import restrictions during the next Ill months because of the improve- ment of Canada's reserves of gold and United States dollars, Finance Minister Abbott announced today.

One batch of changes, expected to encourage increased trade with the United Kingdom and Western Europe. will become effective Aipril 1 and a second group on July ,1.

Refrigerators, washing machines, radio-receiving sets, pianos, organs, textiles, plumbing and bathroom fixtures, electric dishwashers, canned and frozen vegetables and

dried fruits will be among the imports affected, The general effect of the

changes t5 “to eliminate most of the outright prohibition on im- ports," said Mr. A/bbott. The im- port restrictions were imposed in November. 1947, when Canada‘sl reserves of gold and United States' dollars had fallen to a low of $500,000,000. At Dec. 31 last, they climbed to $1,ll7,000,000,

As originally drafted, the list of prohibited imports applied to

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Britain Gets Money To Purchase Lumber

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -— (AP) -Britain today was given $12,- 500,000 to buy lumber in Can- ada or the United States under the Marshall Plan, the Economic

Co-operation Administration an- nouncod. E.C.A. said Britain will buy

the lumber from suppliers either in the United States or Canada depending rin the outcome of com- petitive bidding. Contracts for the shipments must be made by Juno 30 and delivery completed

by the 0nd of December.

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Civic Voting Results In Spirited Contests

His Worship Mayor B. Earle MacDonald was re-elected Mayor in the civic elections yesterday, de- feating his two opponents. past Councillors M. A. Farmer and N. W. Lnwther with pluralities of 101 and 399 votes respectively. The Mayer polled 1,123 votes, Mr. Farther. 1,016 and Mr. Lowther 724. The Mayoraliy vote totalled 2,863 out of an eligible voting list of approximately .1900.

Three new mcmibers were elected to the City Council. They are Mr. Arthur Gormley representing Ward One, Dr. L. E. Prowse from Ward Five and a former Councillor, Mr. George R. Keefe from Ward Four

Councillor \\’.H. Beaton was re- turned in Ward Three. defeating 1V1)‘. A. R. MacIrmls by 45 votes- Councililor Beaten received 143 votes against 98 for Mr. Maclnnis.

Mr Gor-mley had a 28 vote maj- ority over Mr. Simon P. Paoll in Ward One, leading in both East and West polls of the ward to re ceive 1'72 votes against 144 for Mr. Pauli.

Councillor C. M. Cox led the three-man field in Ward Four wit-‘i 390 votes. This vcas 5O oif a plurality over Mr. Keefe who had 349. Major '1‘. B. Rogers polled 311 votes.

Ward Five will be represented by

Councillors .1. D. Stewart. Edwin Johnsmone and Dr. L. E. Prowse. Councillor Stewart. headed. the

Ward with 91:3 votes, 53 more than Councillor Johnsione who re- ceived #33. Dr. Prowse. a new- comer in the field, polled 863 votes and Mr. Walthcn Gaudet m.

The three Water Commissioners were returned with at large major- ity of votes ‘Mr. Rny Bevan re- ccived 1.742, Mr. J. L. Curran. 1.- 569 ma Mr, W. n. Gillls, 1.834. The other contestant, Mr. David L. MacKinnon polled 829 votes

Third Term

Tilt‘ Ye-EJCCUCTI oi Mayor Mac- Donald marks the beslnnins c! his third term as Chief Magistrate. He is the fourtih man in the his- tory of the City to serve in this

Acheson Outlines New U. S. Foreign Policy

By John M. Highfower

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 --(AP) -In a. sweeping statement of United States foreign policy for the H-bomb age, state Secretary Acheson today rejected all sug- gestions for new American peace appeals to Russia. Instead, he bas-