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NOVA SCOTIA MAKES PLANS FOR FUEL RATION IN G

Swine Breeders Hear Outlook Is Bright

C. P. R. Official Says1mr. ltlmon Boswell Line ls Losing Money Elected President

But Provincial Counsel in

Freight Rates Case Says

Company’s Finances Improved Since 1939.

Governor Bernard Honored Guest lit Federal Capital

OTTAWA. Feb. 18- (S entail- Hon. Joseph A. Bernard, ieutcn- ant-Governor of Prince Edward

Island left Ottawa tolay on his re- turn to Charlottetown after a brief stay in the capital. The Lieutenant-Governor was a luiltr- con guest on Monday of His Ex- relleltry". Field-Marshal Alexander and Lady Alexander at Rideau Hall. Last evening he \vas guest of honor of the Liberal Senators and members of Parliament from fnuiti-c Edward Island-at a dinner hold in one of the private salons of the Parliamentary restaurant.

Tile Lieutenant-Governor said he was delighted at having tiie opportunity of meeting the Gov- ernor-Gcneral agal-n. Both Lord and Lady Alexander. he said, rc- valléri their visit to Prince Edward Island last year and were keenly interested in latest developments in the Island Province.

Find-tine In too iias Syphilis

TORONTO, Feb. 18 -—-(CP)— Couipulsory pre-tiiarilal medical lasts in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. and Prince Edward ls- itincl in the lztst two years have shown one in 100 ptrsons planning to marry in those Provinces were victims of syphilis, Dr. Roger Klllfl‘ of the ilealllt Intrigue of Canada today told e. luncheon meeting oi a service club (Lions).

llc astunntctl cost oi private and l)'.l1)11f‘ treatment of syphilis last 3cm‘ at $9,000,000.

Parents Save Eight Children From Fire

NEW GLASGOW. N. S.. F‘eh. l8 ~1CP>—Working in the cold of a Wltitrr moi-niniz and hampered by Lllt electric power failure, Mr. and bit». James M. Johnson early to- day lcd their eight small child- Ycii to safety from a blazing farm- ltittsf‘ at nearby Abercromble. N.B. Th»- hottsc was destroyed.

The blaze broke out. during the 1i"“‘1li of tho winter's worst sleet rttttl raitl storm. Neighbors \\iit'1 ru<hc<l tn the scene of the 1'.l'€ “are uuuble to quell‘ the flame: ‘wlili u hastily-formed bucket b.1- Lille.

Corning Events

"Movies at Seven Mile Bay to- lllulit.

"Loading Hogs at Fredericton 20th. till 1.1 A. M.

y till 1130. D. L. McDowell.

"Notice — All accounts and notes ‘he 1118'. not settled before Marcth 20th, will be collected by my attor- 1"‘l'- Orman Yec, Kinvton“

"Livestock Marketing Board unloading car bran in Kensingtcn Wednesday and Thursday of this “"11. Signed Oliver Campbell.

,"P1'0Breesivo Conservatives of West Royalty are requested to at- lflnd a meeting ln the McLure Bulldlne. Thursday, 21m. at e RM. John A. McLeod. '

_ "Collecting Hogs eaclghldny for eanade Packers Ltd. for trucking sci-vice through Summervlile. Al- "srrv PlnllI. Vernon ltlvcr, Avon- tlale and Hermitage. Phone Gordon Lea 20-2. -

"Loading live hoge for Canada. Packers at Albany, Thursday from 1 ocloel: tut a. met-tin rrlcey AM. Until ll oolock. Trucking service when roads permit. Notify A. C. Green. or 0. C. (men.

"Loading live Hogs Thursday. February Nth as follows: Simmer- "d0 till mo P. M. Remington till I P. M. nor-den Becnell. Huntlr River Friday till ncoiv miner wlnnore. Brcmdelbene. Pride! till train time. Tr service when reeds per- m"- lfeepwpn nod 9min- i

_ had deteriorated since 1939

By John LcBlana

OTTAWA, Feb. 18 -(CP)—'l‘he billion-dollar industrial empire or the CPR. underwent sharp prob- ing today before the Board of Transport Commissioners. with the line claiming its financial pogfljqn and Provincial counsel in the freight- raies increase case attempting to show it actually had improved.

George A. Walker, CPR. vice- president, claimed the SO-pef-(jgnt increase 5011x111. by the railways was l. minimum necessity for the CPR. to fend off lowered efficiency or even possible bankruptcy, while counsel for the Provinces sought to prove through cross-examination that the line had bettercd itself greatly by using wartime revenue for debt reduction. increase in re- serves and other steps.

On thc witness stand for the full day's session, 211i". Walker was questioned for three hours on the coast-to-coast operations of the C. P.R.. thc subjects ranging frcm the railways revenues front its 18,000,000 acres of land ill West- ern Canada to its litilditigs in stock of Consolidating hllning anti Smelling company.

Throughout the cross-qurstiouitig by four lawyer-s, Mr. Walker insist- ed that:

1. R3105 must be raisrtl to meet "extraordinary increases" in operating costs and declines in revenue. \

2. The C.P.R.'5 cICdiL posit- ion wos in "very grave 101113111’-

dy" as the result. of lowered earnings. 3. Revenues from non-rail

operations of the CPR. should

not be taken into account in

establishing new freight rntrs.

4. Dcstiitc greatly increased gross revcttttes, the present. earnings of the CJIR. were 105s titan in 1939.

Generally, Hr. Wtilkei" followed the same line of presentation as R- C. Vaughan. C.N.il, president, who nppnircd before the Board yester- day and told ii that declines "1 revenue "my 1115111; expenditures dictate the necessity for a rate in- crease

lie admitted that a tiltee-PPT‘ cent dividend had been fluid lfewm‘ 1y by the cotnptttiywwltich did 1101 pay any in 10 pie-tun‘ Wllfs-"iziii he said this had come out of 1.-

"taeftiiiiztmfine fort. t»

Strachey Flying To Canada Today

LONDON. Feb. 18- (Rcttlcrs)— Food Minister Strttclicy til\li0\illi'C‘i today that he is ltrini; to Cflnutlfl tomorrow, adding that his inurucy indicated that no serious effects of food supplies now were expected from thc current fuel shortage in Britain.

He tlisrlost-ti that milk prospects for the summer were good, but said that because of delay in tic- liverios of meat from the south- ern Domlnlons. it was conceivable that a reduction ill the moat r.i- llon might lia\'c t0 be made if lhc poslllon became more aggravatctl.

Speaking of the effect of the incl crisis on food aupplks. Strut-hey said (lint up to the present, food industries had put up a “wonder- ful show". and great thanks was due to tlicm and also to the trans- port workers aud those who mow"- cd the fcotl, for what had b.-cn achieved. I _

Strachey expects to arrive m Ottawa Thursday morning.

By Irving Whynot

HALIFAX, Feb. 1B —tCP)——In l quick reply lo Halifax! request for an investigation into the cltya growing unemployment problem, the Provincial Government today was notified that lLW. Lea. coor- dinator oi public projects for the Reconstruction Department at Ot- tawa. would arrive in the city dur- tng the weekend to study the littl- etlon.

Mayor J.E. Ahern, with more than 3.500 unemployed in the city, died the Federal Govemment for a two-man parliamentary investi- gation committee ea further layoff: were scheduled before March 31. At that time. too. a seasonal drop in employment il expected to reach

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0i Swine Ass’n

Mr. Alman Boswell, Duristaff- nage, was elected president of the Pt-‘rrice Edward Island Swine Breeders‘ Association last night at its annual meeting held in the Canadian Legion Hall.

Mr. James A. MacGregor, Lot 16, is the retiring president. ‘

Other officers elected were, Mr. George MacKay. Albany, vice- presirdent; and Mr. H. W. secretary.

The meeting was the largest of its kind held in the Province for

several years.

The guest speaker. Mr. Michael Chepsulck, who l| in charge o‘! swine grading for the Maritime Provinces with headquarters ot- Moncton. NB. congratulated Island swine breeders 0n the flue quality of their product.

P.E.I. Quality lligh

Mr. Chcpsulck told the meeting it was common knowledge among Dominic-ti Department of Agricul- lure officials iii Ontario that while Prince Eldiv-ard Island swine breed- ers lacked volume in their indus- 11f.\'. they tnade tip for it in the high quality of their swine. On- tario lircctiers had spent several .\‘0fll'S 111 “fooli-nrt around“. Mr. Cllcpsuiclosziid, with show stock at the sacrifice of length in tncir bat-on type atttl hr- was glad .0 hole that the island breeders still retained length in their blcon

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Palestine Question Will Not Go Before ll.- R. Until Sept.

(By The Associated Press) LONDON. F-‘b. ill-Foreign Sec- ‘Piilrl’ Iicvih tinnotlilcrd today “m1 311111111 llfflbflbll’ would not refer (the Palrstlnc question to the United Nations until Septem- ber, that. silo would make no rc- conimcndattons as to the solution

and that Palcstinc immigration would remain for lite time being at 1,500 Jcws ti month.

His cilsclosttrcs, made before a packed House of Coulmons. evoked an immediate reply from Winston Churchill, Will) aroused Bevin of "protractioti and delay” ill dispos- ing of the bloody troubles of the Holy Land.

Bcvln told the House that Brit- ain had decided to turn the mat- ter over to the United Nations because tile League of Nations mundttlc hurl tirovcd "unworkable" and the demands of Jews and Arabs "irreconcilable."

lie dispelled reports that Brit- ain might ask a special session of lhc U. N. general assembly to consider the tiroblem immediately.

Pennsylvania Railroad lias rtrst fear In ltetl

PHILADELPHIA, Fcb. l8 ~(AP) -— Bntnitig “govertunctit regulat- ions," the Pcntisylvaula Railroad announced today that in 1946. for the ‘first. time in its loo-year hist- ory. it opcratcd ui a loss.

At the same time, the largest rail.- roatl in tlic Ultlled States in its an- nual statementreported’ that it transported more freight and pas- sengers than in any previous peace- time Yiiar. - -

President Martin W. Clement said "the unsatisfactory results for the car were due very largely to the mpact of the forces of govern-

_ment regulation."

Ottawa ‘Will Study‘ Halifaxliaborllroblem

At a Province House meeting yes- terday between Civic, Provincial and Federal Government represent- atives, it was decided to put the problem on the doorstep of the Re- construction Ministry. Word thgt Mr. Lea would investigate the situ- ation was sent lo l-ion. Harold Connolly, Provincial Minister of In- dustry and Publicity by Recoll- structlon Minister Howe.

Matti issue discussed at yester- day's meeting was the projected layoff oi’ some 1.500 workers at H. M.C. dockyard. Mr. Howe mid that Mr. Lea would‘ investigate the pos- eiblltty of Federal and Provincial Government projects to provide em. pioyment for the men to be relen- etl. l-Ie added that Mr. Lee's report would receive "sympathetic con- sideration" at Ottawa.

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int. J. H. VAN

MONTREAL. February 1'1 - Dr. J. H. van Rroyen, newly appoint- ed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Canada, was born in 1905 at Istanbul, 'I‘urke_\'. Hc studied law at the University of Utrecht. and in 1930 was appointed attache to the Netherlands Iiegation at Wash- ington, the first of a series of diplomatic and foreign official assignments. In 1937 he was sec- retary at the Netherlands Lega- tion in Tokyo.

In 1939 he returned to The Hague ut; Chief of the Depart- ment of Diplomatic Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dur- ing the German occupation he was incarcerated three times. Fin- ally, ite escaped 1n Ortober, 1944 and titade his way to London. He was assistant-dolomite to tile Uni- ted Nations Conference at San Francisco and delegate to lhc United Nations Assembly of 1946 in London and New York.. Dr. van Roycn was first Minister wit-h- otlt Portfolio and later Minister

of Foreign Affairs in the Cit’)- iuct-Sclicriucrhorn (June 191.;>— June i945).

Dr, van Rayon succeeds the present N1‘l119l‘i1il’1di Ministcr to Ctintitlu Jhr. J. W. M. Snouck HUTZYODjF‘.

News Catheters Take Peek lit Spring Fashions

(By The C-tlnadlm Prsss)

For the fail-errant at least, lcn‘. n penances and petty sacrifices atzgurated today - Ash Wednes- day - have their material, as wcll as spiritual, fQNilfdS.

Fct- the ladies, the pursuit. of dame fashion in nu (‘rit cf rising living costs arr-d spiritual prepara- tion for Easter-tide go littnd in glove. Savings effected by the econ- omics and self-denials during the preceding 10 days’ and nights‘ rig"- crous living can help toward par:- lcipzttion in Easter tnortiitzifs 81411111 opening ttf the sprlz-g fashion sca- son.

A peek by the Canadian Press into the trlom of Canadian mod-

istes, millizteis and design-It's o1 nomelrs accessories from coast to coast yesterday gave 1m itiia ("f

what will be fashionable in 1947's Easter parade. But 507119 of the secfclg will be kept icr a willie, yet —not in Canada, though, but in South Africa.

Dress styles tvorn- by thc women of the Royal Family during their South African tour -which will rc- pcrcuss and be taken up 111111101‘ afield titan any atomic explosion and have been scarcely less Jealous- iy guarded - are b61118 115N111"! watched.

Already Her Royal Hiflhfitlss 11M influenced the development of the off-lhe-iaco hat, expected to be an Easter favorite end she has hrd a purifying influence on head-piece adornment.

“Women won't be wearing so much junk up top this year," said

(outta-loco on Pace b 001- 11

Paper Plants lire Promised Freight Cars

OTTAWA, Feb. 18 (CPL- said today he has issued a priorit- Transport Controller B. S. Llbe~ty les order to Canadian railroads instructing them to make available to newsprints plants sufficient freight cars to keep them in opt-r-

atlon.

The order, issued this fternoon followed discussions between the controller and members of the newsprint industry, at which rt was shown that recent grain prior- ities have forced seven newsprint plants to close down and threaten- ed to make others to take similar

Similar priorities orders, affect- steps. litg specific plants of other indus- tries in Eastern Canada vTQ being issued, the Transport Controdct- said. These plants arc the MLtUiC leaf Mllll-ng CDlllpEi-ny. Port Col- borne, Ont; Ogilvie Oats Coni- pany of Pctersborough, OtiL; Cau- adlan Johns-Mauvilie Compmiy, Asbestos. Que, and Amcritrtt Can Company, Hamilton.

Similar orders will b9 issued when it has bcu determined illli’. specific industries are in tiaitqtr of closing down unless freight cars are provided, Mr. Liberty added.

11 Killed, ti"! iniured in Train Wreck

were at a loss to explain tlte a dent. The Red Arrow was runit: aliotit 5O lpltntttcs lichiutl

when the two ciiginci: juntpcrl rails at 3225 am. I\ comp spokesman said the speed at scene of the accident was st.. tiled at 35 miles an ltour.

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iSaint Joiin Reports (Coal For Two Weeks

(By The Canadian Press)

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. Feb. 18- Deaiers agreed today that. if mild weather continues tile Maritime coal strike will cause no immed- iate hardiilip in this city.

Wood fuel was reported plcuti- ful and anthracite stocks lit good supply, with soft coal coining in from the United States for bunk- cring. public utilities and instit- utlons.

“There will be cnottgll coal for everyone. although some PC0111‘ may not be able to got exactly‘ what they are accustomed tn." said one dealer. Another reported

"We have at lcast n two-week supply on ha nd a nd more in sight."

local Man Director 0f launderers institute

OTTAWA, Feb. 18 —tCP)——Con- eluding its annual two-day meeting here today. the Canadian Research Institute of Laundcrers and Cleari- ere decided to open a. campaign for higher clothing standards so that garments will be better able to with- stand cleaning and laundering-

A.M. Doyle oi Halifax was elected president of the institute. P. Mac- Cormac of Charlottetown was elect- ed director.

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OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. -8—(Spec- iali-Lcibsters taken last year Prince Edward Island waters for transplanting c“ the Paciil-c coast‘. are not only surviving but thriving in their new home, A. J. White- more, director of Western Fisher- ies revealed to The Guardian here

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today. "It looks now." Mr. Whitemore said, “as if the experiment of

transplanting lobsters from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia waters has a very fair chance of success.

"Recent trapping of these crus- taceans for observation purposes," he said, "reveal that. a number have developed egg-bearing char- acteristics and some have dropped their eggs. The experiment is be- ing conducted by a private com- pany but is under the auspices and observation of the Fisheries Re- search Board."

Site Kept Secret

Mr, Wltitemore said the traits- planted lobsters had been placeg in a lagoon in one of the islands between Vancouver" Island anrl 1“e British Columbia mainland. GlPXli. rare llatl been taken by the tic- partmcilt to find a locale where there “as abundance of food for lhc lobsters and. a minimum of natural enemies. On the request of the private packing firm which ’-n- vested cxtensively in the Experi- ment the exact site of the nt-w West Coast lobster nursery is kept a t'lc‘f<81,\-Hli31'f1Bd siecret.

"The lobsters had every chant-c of silt-viral," Mt". Whiteinure add- Ml. "Front Prince Edu-ard Island 1110)’ Wcce first sltitpcd to Colt- ncliys Pound i-n New Brunsuit-it and iilPll trails-shipped by expr s51 to Vancouver. Oil the way lvkisi“

the earload of lobsters ])R(‘k(d in

ALTQQNA, p3,, F191; 13_(A,Pi._ seaweed and ice was inspected at A Pennsylvania railroad Pain, frequent intervals by a Fisheries nearing famed “horseshoe t-tttvc“ Research Board official who hap- willt lite-st of its Passengers ttslevll. 1191100 10 11° B01118 W951- "111 491-11171" carried at least 1'.’ persons in their tucntnl littsiitess -~.l tlic tinto." death anti iujttrctl about llT clh- It is recalled that the last es- ers curly tCdii)‘ its ii plunged urcr ])(‘i‘ll11011l of transplantfilg lobsters 315040“ambqnknwni, from the Maritime Provinces to

Coming into Beinliihgtnti rurve, British Columbia waters was not (“-0 n_ - “.95; n; (p? tray-gr, sttcccssful ttnti that within a [cw in the .rt. of the scenic A being plat-ed ill belly Mountains. the 14-t-:ir . . " all trace of iii" Arron”, t-n rouic from Dciitiit in 1'111 (‘ls ii-‘(i itctl. Idisllericv. New York. [oil the rails. I11 it ll.:i‘.-1Df‘ . lll“lli off? " ascribe litn tot‘ of seconds it was a tutti; of‘? ‘ success i111» time to lhc twisted 5199p ‘fact that Vmore care was taken irt

Pennsylvania raiirc-ttl offi" .1111" shllltllllr: nod in selection of.

111s new nurscryx

‘C.li.R. Policeman is ,Found llead iniTruro

TRURO. N.S.. Feb. 18—(CPi__ tTlic liatlit-iiztttcrcti hotly of Simon Fraser Fisher. ' was found in the Truro raids tonight. Railway offictais $11111 1110i’ believed he hcd been hit

by one of tlic trains and that zltt 1ll\'€$1l'f_‘&\i.i(711 would start tomor- POW.

Alberta Legislature

To Cpen Thursday

l EDMONTON. I'e‘.1. 18 -- 1GP) -- l-‘ropased D:mIiiiou-Froviticial ag- rctmcnts inztik high on lhc lis: 01

business scliedtlhd to romp before the Alberta Legislature session opening Thursday.

Otitcy ‘ousitirs; slated to come bcforc the HOilF-Q includes reports of special legislature committees studying the ban on 5111c or lease of land to Hulterltes and investig- ating possible anicndmeilts to the provincial election act, '

The Provincial Secretary's De- partment has been looking into ,g:la'n5 for a compulsory atttomobile insurance act and lt will be intro- duced if approved at the caucus

Transplanted P. E. Island Lobsters Are Thriving In’ British Columbia Waters‘

Iritnry and army

Parliament At A Glance

(Canadian ‘Preset

Reconstruction Minister Howe said the Government wants :1 withdraw from the field of oper- ating community centres.

Agriculture Minister Gatmliner said the Government hopes to be able to move enough iced grains into Eastern Canada to tncct shortages.

Trade Minister MacKinnon tab- led a proposed wheat Agreement by the International Wheat Coun- ci

State Secretary Gibson said as-

lio Sign_0f

Settlement in

Coal Strike

OTTAWA. Feb. l8-—(CPU~A‘ Government official said to- night continued conferences here on the Maritime coal strike had ieit the issue "no nearer a solution."

Emergency Committee

HALIFAX. Feb. 18—(CPl—L. D. Currie, Provincial Mines Minister tonight announced appointment of. an emergency Fuel Control Com- mittee to handle the natlonlllg of fuel in Nova Scotla "if and when needed."

Mr. Currie said the decision f0

form the committee was made after consultation with Frank Meatc of

the Dominion Fuel Board, who

had approved the plans.

The committee comprises R. P’.

Johnson of the Prices Board and.

sets held by the Custodial of Enemy Property had dropped ‘from Saga?!" Tupper’ w°°d and 5"“ SLOOQOOQOOO 1'0 sawnmpoo‘ Mr. ‘Currie said the committee

Col. Gibson agreed to a gressive Conservative suggestion that n bill amending the Patent Act be referred to the Banking anti Commerce Committee. Wednesday

‘The Commons will continue lo discuss various Government legis- lation. The Senate will not sit.

Russian ‘Attache To ilisit Canadian Base At Churchill

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. Feb. iii-Army 9111c- lals said today a Russian feprg. sctilalirc apparently would be included in a party of l0 lu 1.3 foreign observers scheduled to visit lhc northern cxpcrlmctital base at Churchill, M:tit., next week.