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DESTROYEB MICMAC IN COLLISION OFF HALIFAX

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. 'THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

S-ays Cans

o nil-loge

Cost Would Be High

6th SI Bait llats Pig: RG-llgtlyll

SAINT JOHN. N. 13.. July 16- iCPl-About '10 former members ui the 6th Siege Battery, which vent overseas in i016, will hold u ie-union here this week-end- iheir first since 1938. The veterans viii come from the Maritimes. Quebec, Ontario, Boston and New York.

Coming Events

"L01. 65 Picnic, July 23ml

"Show. Brldaetown. Saturday.

"Cilllecllfls Boas for Canada Packers soon Tuesday. Earl Jay.

"Show and Dance, Bradalbsrls, Thursday.

"Long Creek Baptist Friday, July 18th.

Picnic.

"Danes Thursday. July 17th. at Campbell Bros. building, sea View,

"Reserve July 23, for picnic q St. Anthony's, Bloomfield.

"Hampshire United Church Pic- nic Wednesday. August 6th.

"Dance, Ice Cream. in Fort Augustus School. July 21.

"Dance in French River Hall Friday, July 18.

"Picnic si. St. George's Wed- nesday. July 30th.

"Dance. Kozy Hall. George- town. Friday, July 18th. Lunches served.

"Dance in Earnscliffe Thurs- day night, in field adjoining church.

"Pickinluo l-lcirs at Pcakes Ste.-

UPTAWA. Jill! lfi-(GJ-IN- mior Mscdonald of Iilova Scotis said tonight that although eost of a long-awaited bridge across ihe Canso Straits between Cape Bre- ton ‘and Nova Scotis was higher than previously estimated. discus- sions were still going on.

Mr. Macdonald, who arrived last night by air from Halifax. said that "some alternative is being considered to reduce costs of the Protect." Ho had no immediate comments to make as to the sl- ternative.

The Nova otis. Premier said that the Mar time delegation he headed had conferred with Justice Minister llslcy, Reconstruction Minister Howe and Transport Minister Chevrier for tiwo hours.

Initiated by the Associated Boards of Trade of Gaps Breton, the delegation asked for immod- iate Government action on con- struction oi the proposed bridge or causeway. The structure would bo about hal-f-a-mlie long, cross- ing at the narrowest point i.n the Canso Strait. and would eliminate present difficulties in using car and train forriss.

Long advocated by Cape Breton- ers, it would speed industrial connections with the mainland and encourage tourist trade. Maritimers hope it also would reduce trans- portation expenses oncCape Bre- ton produce.

Initial provision! for ths struc- ture were made in the estimates for 1946-47, when $60,000 was vot- "ed for survey and investigation uork. An additional $30.00!) was voted at the p esenretsso,dau8..J, voted at the present session.

Some indication that the Gov- ernment might be planning to get the project under way was given last week when the $250,000 ap- peared on Finance Minister Ab- bott's supplementary estimates for the railway services division of the Transport Depastment. It was sited for "transportation improve- ments and facilities-capital" st Canso.

Other members oi‘ the Maritime

“on "fly 1115,55,“, (o, Canada delegation were W. S. Wilson. M. Packers Lid. Merlin Devine. R- Chspllell. and John E. Mc- ‘ Curtly. representing the Associat-

"Loadirig Hog] n; Mqnmgug ed Board of Trade.

Station each Thursday for Canada Packer; Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"Collecting Hogs for Canada

Fighting Continues

Packvrs each Tucsday. Signed David Pratt. B.- Near Creek Border "Collecting Hogs for Canada

Packers each Tuesday afternoon. Vi’ Crane.

“Dancing tonight st the Coun- iry Club. Travellers Rest. Music by Prince County Pioneers.

"Ice Cream Social. Long Riv- er, Thursdav, Julv 1'1. Proceeds for Women's Institute.

"An ‘ce cream festival with

cake will be'served at Boston's

‘warehouse. Bonshaw. Friday eve- iilg, July 16th Como and spend s social evening,

"In stock, all sprays. Blucstone. p.111", Bug Poison. Lmo and Peronax. Splllett.

Hydrate, Lime. Dillon do

"Wheat—Unloading No. 4 North-

crn Wheat Tuesday, Wednesday Bring P. L, Morris. Peed Service.

and Thursday. $2.25 cult, halts. Kinkora.

"Danes in Bordon

Perry Bros. Orchestra.

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"loading l-logs at Cardigan 61B-

tfiion esoh Thursday for Cansds Norman McKenzie.

Packers Ltd.

Cardigan. "Notice asphalt shingles, roll roofing also perenex and all

spraying material in stock. G. C.

Green, Emerald.

-'°Conls and enjoy Ice Cream 23 '1 p.m. lit Allison Holmes. East Royalty.

and Cake, Tuesday July

Sponsored by Women's Institute If not fins, Wednesday.

"Adjourned Annual Meeting Company will be held in ths Hall Thurs- day. July 11th. All box holders important

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plesss attend. business. \

"Collsotin for Canada River, ‘Uigg. villa. l-lsmiltsgs. Glencos. Riva;

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"Attend Hospital dance held Issuin- Tbursdly nishts Kiwis"

h Melissa's warehouse. Soul-ls

01d time dancing, Ohsissorrs Or-

klnds potato

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‘is! July 1'1. Modern dancing. Music by

Hogs each Tuesday solrsrs from Vernon Elllotvsle. Sumner- Avondsls and Csli Ralph Les, Vernon

ATHENS. July l6 -- (AP) — Supported by pianos and heavy gunfire. the Greek army launched a full-scale attack late today on approximately 2,500 guerrilla; In the hill: north of Ioannina, near the Afanian fronfier.

Three hundred lrrogulllrs were reported wiped out m Ono ongrge- ment. The main guerrilla force was believed withdrawing eastward in sn attempt to make a junction with other leftist; fighting in the Grammcs Miunialn Range.

unman. Taxl llrivai Arrested In Montreal

MONTREAL. July i6 - (GP)- Pollce today arrested two gunmen and a taxi driver shortly after they made away with about $6,000 lls cash from the east-end Laurier branch of the Banquo Provlnciale du Canada. Nunss of the trio were not diaoiossd lmmsdintoly.

Police reported both. gunmen entered the bank shortly before closing hour and forced customers and employees alike into the vault, escaping in a waiting taxi.

By Joseph E. llynnn

PARIS. July l6 - (AP) Jrsncs proposed to the European eco- nomic conference today that col- onlsl resources of all l6 member countries be lholuded in drawing up the economic balance sheet if‘ a co-ordinated reconstruction program under the Marshall plan.

Addressing the - session of ths new organisation's "co- operation" or steering committee. Herve Alphand of France ssid ths 16 should reckon overseas pro- duction of essential materials In compiling their needs and assets.

French sources said no opposi- tion was expressed to this move to encompass British colonies, France's territories in Africa. . Asis snd America, ths Bslcisn Ccnio. Portuguese colonies in

ohestrs. dsnoins Cliff Africa and Axis. Dutch- posses.- Peters’ orchestra fsstilrinl w ggzie-hhnshfl ""1 mfmm"

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Newfoundland B Entry Raises Many Problems

OTTAWA. July l6 - (Special) - Select committees of Newfound- land’s seven-man delegation to Ottawa headed by Hon. Gordon Bradley. KC, and Joseph Small- wood. secretary. have been con- ferring dsily this week with groups of Fisheries, Finance, Na- tional Revenue and Transport of- ficials to see where Newfound- land would stand in event of union with Canadian Confederation

Formal meetings of the entire Newfoundland delegation with a committee of the Cabinet have been discontinued for the time being, but will be resumed again when the sub-committees have obtained all the information they reouire on an official level.

Ono of the major stumbling blocks in the path of the New- foundland fact-finding delegation is to determine what Canada is prepared to do for the Ancient Colonv in the matter of transport in event of Newfoundland be- coming a tenth Province.

will the Government of Can- ada provide a ship analgous to the Prince Edward Island car ferry for the North Sydney-Port Aux Basques crossing? Will Can- ada provide another vessel such as is subsidized on the West coast to encircle Newfoundland and call at all principal ports? Will the Canadian Nationa -Railways take over the Newfoun land gov- ernment railway and reeonvert it from narrow to standard Ruage? Would Canada in the event of union be prepared to orovide ad- ditional aids to navigation around

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Stowaway May liave Bean Murdered

MONTREAL, July l6- (GP)- Possibility that the death 0t the freighter Maria G stowaway might have been murder entered the investigation today as deputy director Hilaire Beauregard of the provincial police said that "the stowaway might have lost his life at the hands of a group of ass- assins."

Beauregard added. "we may never be able to prove it was mur- der, but the case definitely is not rhclved_ and we are pressing in- vestigution."

Farmers Pay More For Coulis, Services

OPPAWA. Jilly 16 — (OP) — A 7.6 point increase was noted be- tween January and April in the composite index number of prices of commodities and ssrvlces used by farmers — on the baso 1936-11339 equals 100 - bringing the total to 146.6 points for April. tho Damm- ion Bureau of Statistics announced today. The figure was 9.9 points above the Apr-l average in 1946.

Increases were recorded for equipment an" materials, for farm living costs, and for farm wags rates. The April index for living costs stood at. 136.1 compared with 132.2 in Januaryqnnd 123.1 in April lost year.

The April index for wage rates. 322.2, was mcrs than three time: the lire-war lcvcl, and was consid- erably higher than last year's mark

of 360.1.

France Would Put Colonies Infillovol

Foreign secretary Bevin of Britain already has pledged Britain's colonial resources to continental co-operation.

Alphanirs proposal was psrt of a more comprehensive French project on procedure which ths committee is to take up for de- cision at its nextaession tomor- row. This project oven suggest- ed that assistance needed to in- crease colonial production of fats. woods, minerals sud other ms- tsrlals be tallied.

French officials said the pur- pose was to determine quickly what each country is doing for itself. what it can do for its neighbors and what it nssds from the United States.

Bevin. ss president of the oon- ference. formally opened tbs committee's deliberations with s speech this morning. Then be

left for London.

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'4 By Douglas flow

OTTAWA. July 16 -(CP) -- A resolute Prime Minister Maokonsis King marshsiied his Liberal forces around him today and voted down a C.C.F. move which, he insisted in prolonged debate. confronted him with a wsnt-of-oonfidenoe mo- tion in wlh.leh defeat for his Gov- ernment would precipitate s gonor- al election.

Against a solid Opposition, not a single Liberal broke ranks in s Commons‘ vots which rejected by 84 to 54 s 0C1“. motion asking the House to declare it; opinion that the Government should give "lim- mediate consideration” to isl-

(‘Hse Commons ldjollmed It 11.01 Wednesday night to meet again at l1 mm. Thursday. Tlstre was no announcement as to the possible t-irne of prorogatlon.)

creases in pensions‘ allowances foa- veterans. But once again the Gov- ernment was placed 1n the position of having to vote down soarlething that would be broadly beneficial.

The vote ended a piqusnt and delicate situation which Stanley Kolwles (CCF -Winnipeg North Centre) termed “iden-ticai and equally embarrassing" to the Gov- ernment 6s one which his party also sprang in the last doys of the last session. But uhe results were different.

Today Mr. King stolidly main- tained that because the C.C.F_ a- mendment came on a Government motion to go into consideration of supply any vote against the Gov- ernment would lmean that it had lost the confidence of the House. Any time the Government was suc- cessfully denied access to supply. he insisted, it must a0 to the coun- try.

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Liberals Vote Solidly 4 Against Increases In War Veterans’ Pensions

the Progressive Conservative and Social Credit benches. barked back to that parallel situation of a year ago. Then, under the saims circumstances. it had asked the Government to consider retention of the milk subsidy. ..

With Mir. King than absent in Europe, Reconstruction Minister Howe had called for s free vote in wlhich party llncs would be ignor- ed. The Government in effect, had been defeated on the vote but had simply gone into supply,

In this new ease, all three par- ties asked another firee vote but Mr. King said any vote of any kind which rejected the Goverment would now be considered a rebuff and the cue to an election. '

The lever tlhe C. C. F. used for the amendment, moved by Percy Wright (CCF-—Melfort). was the present rates paid under the War Veterans Allowance Act and the Pension Act. The people they sought to benefit were disabled vet- erans of the recent war who can get as much as 675 a month for single men and $100 for married men; the so-cailed "burned-out pensioners" or aged. needy veter- ans who can't qualify for other pensions but can get a. top of $30.41 for single men under the W.V.A.A.; and the widows of non-pensioner! veterans who, if they puss a means test, cln also get an allowance up to $30.41.

The other two Opposition par- ties joined in backing C.C.P‘. claims that such rates were inadequate and would become more so if iihs eost-df-living increased as the O C. F. predicted it would this fall and winter. .

Later, in study of veterans‘ es- ilntersrls Minister Mac- Kenisie said increases would be

nicered by the Cabinet durintl the Parliamentary recess and ‘podsibly’ by the Gtrnmorns’ commit- tee on veterans affairs which would probably be set up again

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R.C.M.P. Marina Inspector Dies

OTTAWA, July i6 - (OP) -— li veteran of many years servics with the R. C. M. P. as superin- tendent of the Marine Section at Halifax. Inspector Robert W. Coffin, 61, died st his home‘ here yesterday. Ha retirad s. yssr sgo after assisting in the post-war reconvsrsion of the force's Marina section. _

Born st Gsspe. Que, he joined the Fisheries Branch of ths Clov- arnmsnt service in 11:06 lstar serv- ing on marine patrol duties and loll-ling 'ths n. c. M, P. in 1082. as Marine superintendent st Halifax. At the outbreak of ths late war. he and his officers. por- sonnel and vessels were transfor- red to the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve for war duty st ses.

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GRAND PAL-ll. 11.8.. July 10- (cPi-Dsmsge to crops snd pro- perty wast of this town was rs- ported todsy otter one of the heaviest storms in years. ‘hvo lprns owned by lylvio St. Amsnd and Achille Pose were flattened, and wind hurled some pieces of lumber 200 feet. Heavy rain com- bined with ths wind to damage crops. The storm was accompanied by lightning.

Brita s skss lssl For s__l._s_s_llsr

IDNDON. July 16 - (loutors) - Britain has nsgotiatod con- tracts with ths Soviet Union for supplies of Russian timber, s spokesman of ths British trade delegation to Moscow said on ar- rival by plsns tonight.

I'll’! SCHOOL HEAL!

Sines 1006 children from poor homes in O-vst Britain have rs-

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Text 0f Brief Presented By Premier Jones Before Transport Commissioners

Following is the text of the brief presented by Premier J. Walter Jones before the Board of Transport Commissioners at Ottawa. on July 14:-

"When the Board of Transport Commissioners decided to hold Regional meetings, and s hearing was scheduled for Charlottetown. the people of Prince Edward Is- land were greatly pleased. and presented their opinions on the freight rates in detail.

"The Charlottetown date pre- cluded my attendance. and I did not have on opportunity to pre- sent my views then. I am pleased to have an opportunity to pre- sent thsm now.

"Prince Edward Island will be most adversely affected by m in- crease in freight rates. more so than any other province in the Dominion, in my opinion. I be- lidve that if s 30 per cent horizon- tsl flat increase were mods. tbs whole economy of the Province would bs very severely shaken.

"At the recent Dominion Prov- ihclsl Conference an arrangement on subsidy was effected on the

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Crown Loses Appeal In Evalyn lliak Cass

‘IORONTU. July j6—(OP)—Ths Crown fsilsd in its appeal before ths Ontario Court of Appeal against Mrs. Evelyn Dick's acquit- tal on s charge of murder in the slaying of hsr husband. Judgment was hlndsd down st Osgoods lfsll buddy.

The Crown sppssled the acquit.- tsl by s jury last March on ths grounds that Chief Justice J. C. MeRuer was wrong in law in rul- ing that statements mods by po- lics by Mrs. Dick were inadmis- sibls at hsr second trial in trio torso slaying of hsr husband, John. It Hamilton in March, 1946.

The Court's judgment ended snothsr chapter in the bizarre story of the slaying of the Hand‘- ton street car lnotorman in which ihrss persons were charged and none convicted of the actual

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Expect Fight At Security Council

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LAKE BU%ISS, July)‘ Q 'AP) — Delegates to the United Nations Economic and Social

Council began assembling tonight for tho Council's fifth session which many expect to develop into r. major fight between Russia and the Western Powers over the Marshall plan.

Preliminary discussions will be- gin at ll s.m. (EDT) tomorrow when the agcndo committee meets 36 stems on the provisional calen- dar. The Council itself holds its first meeting Saturday.

Final Test 0f New Car Ferry At Borden Pier

OTTAWA. July 16—(Special)— On reaching Northumberland Strait on or about the second week of August, the new car-ferry 'Aibegweit" will make its first stop st the Bordon terminals, as- sistant Deputy Minister of Trans- port F. M." MacLennan told The Guardian last night.

"First official port at which ths ‘Abegiweit’ will call will be Char- lottetown as previously announ- ced," Mr. MaeLennan said. "How- ever as contractors for the vessel. the Department of Transport can- not turn it over to the Canadian National Railways until all tests have been completed.

"One of the tests and o. very important one is that of unload- ing and loading cars at the ter- minal and this is obligatory be- fore the car ferry can pass out o! our hands. Original arrangements still stand as far as is at present known. but the call at Borden ls essential.”

Still st Sore!

The "Abegwelt" is still It Sorel and is expected to proceed to Quo- bec City for overhaul of her hull in the very near future. An offi- cial statement about the ferry is expected tomorrow from A. ilvillsher, chairman of the Board of steamship Inspection. Depart- ment oi Transport.

En route down the Gulf of St. Lawrence, tho new car ferry will be commanded by one of the top ranking St. Lawrence River ship- masters of the Department of Transport, with Captain McGuire as associate Captain. Further sn- nouncoment of the personnel of the Abegwoltrs crew are expected in’ the near future.

To Sell ll. S. Cargo Ships To Turkey

s WASHINGTON. July l6—(AP)-— Prospective sale of l0 passenger- rargo ships to Turkey was disclos- ed today by State Secretary Mar- shall as part at the United States Government's proyam to strength- en tho Turkish armi-d forces against Communist pressure. Marshall said also he assumed

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Mayors To

OTTAWA. July l6 - (OP) — The Canadian Federation of May- ols and Municipalities agreed to- day to prepare a plan for s ns- tional low-rental housing pro- gram for consideration by the Federal Government.

Declaring that s housing crisis exists in ths Dominion. ths msy- ors met with Reconstruction Min- ister Hows at his offlcs in ths Parliament Buildings.

In s brief prepared st their convention in Winnipeg last week. they asked the Minister to undertake immsdisto drafting and implementation of s low-rental housing program soross Oansds.

Spokesman for ths delegation said Mr. Howe gave the petition "favorable" reception and sug- gested the chief magistrates sub- mit s more detailed program for the consideration of the Govern- ment. Hs stressed that the plsn should be on s nation-wide basis.

Blaming {construction backlog from the 1980's as the chief cause of the present housing shortage, ths mayors said the building in- dustry "even st full capacity” could not produce sufficient

homes for all the people who would

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HALIFAX, July 16-iOP)--TheI Canadian Tribal Class destroyer Micmac put in here tonight under her own power and landed. ilve dead and l6 injured after a col-‘ lislon with s freighter st the har- bor mouth while her sister ship Haida continued to search the outer waters in s dense fog for six missing men, including a dock- yard civilian worker.