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Subscription Delivered 86.00. Mail $5.00. other Provinces s. U. s. a. $7.1m

commons MAKES PROGRESS wuu CONTROL uu

0h’town Bill is Withdrawn

The bill to consolidate and amend the City of Charlottetown 1.11m:- poraiion Act-which was badly 11111111941 by 111ml memibera when in colnnlittcc Wednesday, particularly in 1110 sections dealing with non- ivslflPlll. license fee; M141 taxation of goods in transit-was withdraw: wszerday by its promote , Hon. '1', WL. Prowse. Mr. Prawn made his liliillfln during the period for third l-"ndlng, moving "that. the bill be lllli. read a third time but rather w.- Wlllhdfawlii." The motion carried ‘Xllllllili opposition.

The bill to constitute Prince Ed- ul-hrd Island a certified peed area. ml- the production of potatoes, which passed the committee stage - Thursday. was given third read- ; yesterday, as were also bills to - lend the Insurance Alot, the Public Servants superannuation Act, the Act respecting bacterial ring‘ mt and other plant diseases and pests, and an Act respecting rim trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Given first reading was a Gov- vrllnlent bill to provide for the es- ulhlishnlent of a Refonnatory or industrial Farm for juvenile de- hllquents, also an Act respecting lvcll drillers.

The llousa met, yesterday at l1 a. m, and after sitting until 1 pm. ad-

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Coming. Events

"Dance K. of C. Tuesday, April 22.

Hail. Souris,

"Dance. Morel], Tuesday, Aiprll 22nd. lliqclienzies Orchestra.

"Clipper cleaning oats from April 15 to May i0. at Lewis Bertram‘: Mill. Fredericton.

l” " ‘ . s. 200 - ' . Book at once. Dillon & Spiliett.

"Junior League Rummage Sale.

at lloly Name Hall. Saturday, April 111th, 2.30.

"Belling of all widths. new and used Rubber Traces complete. Nickie mom-lied driving Harness. nt-W team llariless. Estate of Clinton hiorrison, per W. R. Morrison.

"Receiving Hogs at Crapaud for "onads Packers Ltd. every Tuesday lntii l1 A. M. R. N. Dawson.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd., Tuesday until further soiice. Dilngwcll and Roller.

"To arrive. choice double re- cleaned Peace River oats. Book. McGuigan d: Boyle.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- rrs at Vernon Bridge each Tuesday afternoon, while truck reed closed. W. Crane.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- Prs at St. Peters each Tuesday until train time. while roads closed to trucks. Signed David Pratt.

"loading rlogs for Canada Pack- ers at Mt. Stewart each Tuesday "miil train time, while roads closed to trucks. Signed Earl Jay.

"lloadini Hogs at Clrdigen sta- fllinn each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Tardigm

"Black Gold". lirsnla with specialties. lander. Alllil out.

_.._ “loading Hogs at Montague {fallen each Thursday for Canada rockers Ltd.’ S. C. McLean. Phone

“Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- "! Ltd» each Tuesday at Vernon River. C. Lea. -

"Loading Bogs at Peakos Sta- lon each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd.. Merlin bovine.

"Unloading car of Barley. Mon- ifly and Tuesday, April 21st and 22nd. Bring bag. Dillon a spiilett.

"Will be clipper cleaning Grain and Timothy from April the 15th lg May 1on1. m1. Bruce Mac- kenzie, Baltic, not 1a.

"OM01 Briggs. mixedoioverseed. g: ‘risnotiw. IBQGUAUUO. 1B ltd.

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Road Foreman And Politics

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Philip Matheson, Second Queerrs, called attention to the following advertisement spwarlng in the press:

"NOTICE; Wlil the Liberal elec- tors qt’ the various polls oi the 4th District of Prince kindly moot at the uslm places on Friday, April 1B, at 8 PM. for the purpose of humiliating Road Foreman for the coming year and, immediately ai- tcr the meeting notify the under- signed. Horace Wright, CC Baker."

“I would like to know." said Mr. lvlz-thcson. "what position does Mr CC. Baker hold in this Gov- ernment?"

Hon. Mr. Wright: "The Govern- ment has nothing lo do with that iloiee. It was lust s. notice insert- ed by Mr. Baker and myself."

Hon, Dr. MuoMillan: “ls that a request from the Department for the nomination of Road Foreman?"

Mr.. Wright: “It is a rcquw-t from Mr. Bakel- a-nd myself."

Dr. MacMilian: "Is he acting 5o: the Department?"

Mr. Wright: "Not necessarily,

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HALIFAX, April 18 —(CP)~An overdose of saltpetcr, taken in mis- take for a purgative, caused the death tonigzht of Harry Edward Parnell, 35. of Mill Viilelv. N. 5., RCMP. reported here. No inquest will be held.

(Iiy The Canadian Press)

~ BELGNIORY CLUB. Que, April lbqlackson Dodds of Montreal, associated with Canadian scout- ing for ‘l5 Years. lvas ciecied Dominion commissioner at the annual mccling of the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association. succeeding J. F. M. Stew-art of Toronto.

R. C. Stevenson of Montreal was re-elected chairman of the Dominion: executive board at the meeting which ended lest. niihl- and presided in the absence of the president. Canon l-l. J. Cody of ‘lloronio who also wsa re- elected.

Viscount Alexander, the Gover-

nor-Cl-enerai. in his capacity n! dlief Scout for Canada. homin- ated Mr. Dodds and Dr. Cody i0!’ election. ‘ The General Council meeting was preceded by a three-day Do- minion conference of Provincial and Dominion headquarters’ Scout direction of Met-Gen. D. C. Spry. chief exec- utive commissioner. '

Hughes. Provincial Treasurer, ‘moved the House into committee with Mr. MocKe-llzie in the chair

killed when an exploding freighter set oft the Mr ‘ Chemical plant. at Texas City. Tox. This aer-

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on a piece of enabling legislation entitled “An Act to authorize the Government of Prince Edward Is- land to enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada with respect to the collection of corporation income tax."

Mr. Strong asked the promote: how much he anticipated this 5 percent tax would amount to.

Mr. Hughes: "I haven't mzdethat vcmputatlon."

Mr. Strong: “You can give us some ides. cant you?"

Mr. Hughes: "I wouldn't oerdio without going into it more care- fully."

come down."

Mr. Strong: "As I understand it, this is an Act which all-ables the Dominion Government to collect th, 5 percent corporation tax which m have Just passed."

Mr. Hughes: "To do the detailed work."

Mr. Strong: “But you don't get this tax, It goes to the Dominion of Canada." _

Jackson Dodds Boy. Scout Commissioner

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Scouting in Canada was “sholving a healthy growth" and the chief executive commissioner paid trib- ute to those who helped bring Scouting to its present position with a Canadian membership of 100.000 including Salvation Army groups and Le Federation del Scouts de la Province de Quebec. In addition to re-eiectlon of Gerald H..Brown as honorary Do- mlnion secretary. W. R. Creighton of Ottawa as Ilonorary treasurer and Leonard W. Brockington of Ottawa as honorary counsel, the foilowinl were amen! iihose elect- ed members of the executive cem- mliteel R. A. MlcGregor. New Glasgow. N. 5.; Aisn M. A. McLean. Blacks Harbor. N. B. The following provincial presi- dents and commissioners also were elected to the Dominion ex- ecutive committee: Bill Boyaner. Saint John. N23; Hon. Mr. Justice W. H. Harrison. Saint John: Maj. Norman W. Lowthei’. Charlottetown‘; LL-Ool. W. W. Reid. Charlottetown: W12.

Vilinaabling‘ ‘Blill ilio Corporation Tax Passed

All ccho of the ‘bsoulltiiilg dc-,

bate on the Tax Agrcenlent Bill v.11: heard irl the Legislature yes- terday morning when Hon. William

Mr. n.3,. Bell: "The Budget has t

ere 50 Were Killed, 3,000 Injured

Under that billowing smoke (above) ‘spread to the storage tanks (right). lie hundreds of dead. They were Latest estimates place the dead at. 050,

with another 3.4.00 injured Properly loss May be 000,000 to $100,000.00. thEi to .

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Ford Family To Continue In Control

DETROIT. April l8-—Conirol of the vast industrial cmpire Henry Ford built out of what once were temied “a lot of crazy ideas" will remain ln the Ford family.

This was disclosed today with publication of Ford’: will leaving all ills voting stock in the Ford Motor Company, in equal shares. to his four grandchildren and stipulating that any tax levies against the inheritances should come from other holdings.

The extent of the greet wealth Ford amassed was not Jisclosccl and nowhere in the seven-page vlrlll was any sum of money men- ioned.

It has been unofficially estim- ated that Ford's personal fortune amounted to as much as $500,-

000.000. In tax-court circles in Wash- ington. it was said the federal

taxes on the estate could amount to anywhere from 3115324000 to $370900. This was based 0n informal estimates that the cs- tate was worth from $200,000,000 to

Two Million lambs Psrlshed Ihfltaln

LONDON‘. April iB-(Reuiersl- Brltish hill farmers lost. 2.000.000 lambs in last winter's severe wea- ther instead of the original 250 000 estimated by the Government it was revealed in the House of Com- mcns.

P, H. Coliick, parliamentary sec- retary to the Minister of Agricul- ture, rcplyiiig to a demand for more Government assistance, told the House a review of the figures had shown that the preliminary estimate of livestock losses had been an underestimate.

Reports and discussions showed

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135-45 CITY. 'l‘e.\:.. April 1B- ‘AI l-The smoking ruins of the Monsanto chemical plant yielded25 "w"! dead 100E)’ and asbestos-clad rescue workers said 7.’) to 100 bcd- ies were lying in the area where cxpmfilfliis find fires lil this gulf port city have killed an estinlatcd 65° persons and injured 3.0m.

Tho Houston Post quoted an Almericzul Red Cross official at Texas City as saying that 549 per. sons are known to have lost their lives.

Eleven fires still raged around the city where a series of blasts wele set off by an explosion aboard the French ship Grandcamp Wednesday nloming. Two new blazes broke out today.

At Galveston, 11 miles away, a coast Guard board of investigation began its hearing into the cause of

-thc explosion on the Grandcanlp.

lvlonsanio officialsiss-ued a state- ment today that 30? of its employ- ees are still unaccounted for. It said 31 have been identified among the known dead, 41 among the injured and 71 ilave been locat- ed unharmed.

Simultaneously a press coilfer- cllce was held by Deputy Mayor IiiiL-lie said fires were dying clown and that no more major explosions or fires were feared. He said a search of the waterfront debris was under way.

Property loss in the cxlilfliioils lmay be the second highest in United states history. Marvin ilall. til-e insurance commissioner. said. He ggld 1t would be second only to the great San Francisco fiN which cost. $350,000.00?-

"Th9 Texas Ciiy loss is. without e doubt. the greatest from a" "l" surance standpoint. that this state ha; ever known," he said. The coir centratloil of lnrlustry- WhlCh 3P9 referred to as "iiiiliiws Hllfi mil" lions stacked up 1n one spoi- would makc the loss tromflidmls-

Estimates, all unofficial, have 913cm the properly loss from $59.- ooopm to $100,000,000-

BUILDING BOOMING

Volume of construction contracts awn-dad wrog Canada during 1944-; totalled $663.355.10°. the llighes

total ever reached.

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OITAIWL Aflril lib-iflpeohb- A new honor has been conferred on James Cardinal McGuigan, native son of l-lunterRivcr, Prince Edward Island, who now stands al. the head of the Roman Cath-

olic hierarchy of Canada. The‘ Guardian was informed exclus- ively today.

His Eminence has been appoint- ed by Pope Plus XII as Legato Extraordinary to represent His Holiness st- the Marian Congress to be held in Ottawa in June.

While the appointment is logi- cal insofar as Cardinal McGuigan is new the sole prelate with the rank of Cardinal in Canada, it had been believed in clerical cir- cles here that the Pope might name one of the Cardinals of FTance or Belgium as his per- sonal envoy to the Ottawa con- gress. The gathering is internat- ional in scope and will be- rlt- icndcd by an estimated M0000 persons including Roman Catholic dignitaries of 44 world nations.

Chairman of the Marian Con- gress and host to the visiting

llicsel Locomotive Begins First Lap 0f Long Test Run

MONTREAL. ADrll 1a —Setting 011i 104111? on one of the most ex- tensive and thorough tests that a locomotive has ever undergone in this country. a bis- xsoo horsepow- er diesel-electric locomotive‘ rolled out of Month-cal over the Canadian National Railways hauling a fui loaded 35-car freight train. On thc first lap of its 3,260-<.1iiie test run, it is on its wiay to Jonqulere ten miles south of Chicoutimi. The C. N.R. pioneered the use of diesel locomotives on the North Anllerican

continent when it placed one in regular service in 1925. The new test diesel will be put

ilhrough its paces for a period of 18 days over the steepest grades and under the most exacting railway" operating conditions in the Lake Si. John district. The experiments of the C.N.R. will include both freight and passenger service be- tween Montreal, Garneau and Que- bec and Lao Edouard, Jonquiere and Chicoutimi and will conclude at Montreal on May 4. i The tests ilavc been arranged in i cooperation with uhe Almerilcail Locomotive Company and are bc- ing made with a 1154011 unit. It has s, 12-cylinler. turbo-supercharged diesel engine which powers foil-r motors geared to four axles. 'I‘hc locomotive has a swan-pound gmrtlng tlractive effort and a maxi- mum speed of B5 miics per hour.

Fireman Bios While Returning From Bail

TRURO, N.S., April l8 --(CPJ—- James Archibald Fraser, 51..a mem- ber of the Truro Fire Department. died suddenly today after rcitu-ll- ing from Amllherst, N.S-. where he had ilelped to fig-ht a two-alarm fire last night. Death was believed due to a heart attack brought on by over-exertion.

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liuge Blast Set Off lit lielgoland

By GEORGE BOULTWUOD

ABOARD TllE BRITIFII DE- STROYER BEASDALE OFF HEL- GOLAND. April iii — llil’) — Tile Royal Navy today blew up thousands of tons of ammunition and explosives planted through- out the honeycomb military tun- nels and submarine pens of Hel- goiand in the biggest deliberate- ly set blast since Bikini.

The island. a North Sea Ger- man Glbraitnr that once was Adolf Hitler's pride and the home of 4.000 Germans, was envtiopcd l|l a. mass of flamcs and disap- peared under a thick red mush- room cloud that rose io 10.000 feet. _

The smoke from the blast, set off at ll AM. (‘l A.M. A.S.T,) on the third pip of the BBC ("me signal, rose slowly llind majestic- ally upward, adopting myriad forms and shapes until at its peak it resembled a giant cauliflower.

The Admiralty said 7,500 tons or explosives were used iin the blast. They were contained in 16.- 700 tons of war material sown in eight miles of subterranean military works in the island — which covers an area of only a little more than one-fifth of I 1qlmre mile.

How successful the navy was in destroying tile giant installations will not be known until tomor- mw when a, party will make the first reconnaissance. Scientists will go ashore later to study the results.

will. N. Votes To Keep

Commission In Greece

(By The Associated Press) LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y.. April l8 --'I‘he United Nations Security

taln representatives of its Balkan investigating commission in nor- thorn Greece until the council could Luke further action on the explosive situation. The voic was 0 to 0. with Russia and Poland abstaining.

For Freight liearing

—~— i HlALLFAX. April iB-Tile Nova| S-coiia Legislature. considering i947 estimates, today appropriated $15,- 000 for its share, along with New Brunswick and Prince Edward ls- land. in contesting the proposed 30 pcr cent increase in freight rates by Canadian railroads. The (roaring is proceeding before the Board of Transport Commission- ers at Ottawa. 1 Premier Angus L. Macdonaid. speaking on the appropriation to‘ the lransporiatlon commission of the lifaritime Board of TFEidtHSfllCl tile proposed rate increase would deal a “very, very heavy’ blow" to Nova Scotia.

(By The Aaaociated Press)

LONDON. April lib-Winston (llurchill sharply attacked Henry Wallace in a public speech today, difllfld him as a "crypto Com- munist" and declaring he was trying "to separate Great Britain from the United States and to

Communist intrigue which radi- ates from Moscow."

The former British Prime Min- ister defined a "crypto Commun- iat" as "one who has not got the courage to explain the destination for which he ls making." Orypto is derived from a Greek word meaning “hidden?

Addressing e rally of 10,000 Conservative Party members in Albert l-laii. Ohurdlill attacked the former United States Vice President for making speeches critical of President Truman's policy while on a tour of England and Europe.

Declaring "our policy towards Russia must; be one of honorable friendship through strength" and "it must not be cowardly sp- peasement through weakness." Churchill called for continued

close co-operation between Brit-

Churchill In Sharp Attack 0n Wallace

weave hcr into a vast system of,

Council voted late today to main- ‘

$15,000 ll.S. Share I

New Honor Conferredylo Takellotei 0n Cardinal McGuigan i 0n llishanding

Prices Board

i By D'ARCY UDONNELL

i orrrllvil. April 18—ICP)—Jus~ i;~;c lvlinistcl" llslvy told illc Conl- lllolls today that the Goverlllncni ivlas ready to leave it up to mem- bers to decide whet-her Parliament or the Cabinet should llzivc the polvcl- lo clishand iilc Prices .B0.'1rd.

, llc suggested tilat a "free vote“ be taken on an amendment that would give Parliament the right to say when the Board should be discontinued. In a free vote nlt-milcrs can vote any way they like regardless of party lines or party policies.

Mr. Iisiey said the Government would be guided by the sentim- ents of the majority. The amend- ment hc referred to was advanced earlier in the Week by Stanley 1CCP—Winnlpeg North Centre). He said he could noli accept the amendment so word- ed. but he offered a re-wordlng [for the consideration of the House.

Mr. Ilsley Explain!

He said he wished to make it: clear that the Government was not moving the amendment as a matter of Government policy. It would accept it if thel-louse wish- ed it to pass.

He explained that the amend- ment would not prevent tho Gov- ernment from removing ceilings or cancelling orders...lts main el- fect would be to keep the frame- work of the Prices Board in ex- istence at least until the next session. He gave no indication as to when the free vote might be taken.

I Mr. Ilslel‘ spoke while the Houst- continued ciause-by-clause studv of the main control bill which contains 57 wartime orders-in-

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TORONTO, April l8 —- (OP) lvliliimum and nlaximunl temperi- “use: Vancouver 49, 5'7; Edmonton (ill, 40: Rcgilla 24. 43; Winnipeg 15. 2B; Toronto 36, 52; Otlrawa 34, 4'7: iliioll-treal 29. 45; Quebec 20, 3'1; ‘Saint John 25. 4'7; Moncton M. 52; l-iaiiinx 3-4, 56; Oilarlottctown 3i, 47: Sydney 32, 43; Yarmouth 34, 47.

HALIFAX. April 18 —(CPJ~ Weather SYiiOp5i5 and official lil- isnd forecasts issued by the Domin- ioll Public Weather Office ilcre m 11:15 P.1d. tonight.

Synopsis: The weather over the Maritimes was clear Friday with

ain and the United Stair-s.

"It must be made absolutely clear we shall allow no wedge to be driven between Great Britain and the United States."

lie warned against any course "which would impair the growing unity in thought. in action, iii ideals and purpose of all tho Eilgiisli-spenklng nations slarcud so widely about the globe and ioinod together by destiny."

Also attacking tho Aillco Labor Government, hc declared ll was “living upon illc Anlcricau dolc and squandering with laroflignt» rapidity" the loan nl ‘iirrsoooomo from the United States.

Proceeds of the loan should be spent. only for rev-equipping Brit- ish industry. he said.

Proiongation of the proscnl. government, he declared. "will hrcsk the British Isles and it will not be a long time when Great Britain will not be able to sup- port a population of 47.000000 nnd we should have to starve or to subsist nn the charity of capital- ist America.”