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Final Results 0t Fur Auction

MONTREAL. April B-(Speclal) -'1‘he final results of the Cans- dian Fur Auction Sales Co. Ltd. sale of fox furs here this week are as follows:

Platinums good and ordinary quality. 38 per cent sold at an average of $29.14; inferior platin- ums 31 per cent sold atan average a! $21.69; pearl platlnums with- drawn; white marked silvers 4t per cent sold at an average of 111.30; one half (c three-quarter silvers 58 per cent sold at an aver- age of $14.97; selected full silvers as per cent sold at an average if $10.04; regular full eilvera 65 par cent sold at an average of $14.54: inferior silvers so per cent sold at an average of 00.36: low grades 51 per cent sold at_an average of

(The above information was fur- nished by Mr. George A. Callback. manager fur marketing depart-

ment, Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders‘ Association, Sum- merslde.)

l Coming Events

"Cornwall Y. y. U. play May 5 and d.

"Reserve July 21st for Stella Maris Picnic, North Rustloo.

"Reserve Wednesday. April 80th. Card Party, Holy Name Ball.

"Kin-ken Hall, April

Monday,

"West Royalty Women's Instit- ute pantry sale, Rogers Hardware. 2.30 Saturday, April l0. ~

"m manly Mada Family". Con- edy in three ante, Cherry Valley hall, April 28th.

"Buying daily potatoes and tur- nips. Also in stock. asphalt shing- les and cement. P. J. Noy s. Co.

"Correctionz-Loading hogs for Canada Packers at Watervale Mon- day. lid Shem

"Rummage Sale in Market guildng, Satuelay. April 10th. 7 . M.

"Reserve Saturday, April 20th, for Baptlst Church Princess Elisa- beth Group Cake Sale.

"All interested in Consnvunsty Ball, reserve Monday night. April 1&3: for Meeting in North Milton

"Regular Dance at Walter Con- nlcka, Kinkora. Tuesday night. All!“ 13th. .

“C. C. I‘. broadcast by Irvin! ‘roombs post provincial party p"- sident, CFCY, Monday. 8:45 Pd“-

"Come to Hunter River variety‘ concert. ‘Tuesday. Aprildl. at B?!" pm- If storming, following 1118M Sponsored by Brookneld W. I.

"No. 2 mixed oloverseed. 70 P" cent timothy. 30 per cent clover. 22 cents. Book now. MacGuigan and Boyle, Hunter River.

“To arrive. ear of choice b- bts pa-glaaned .2 OW. Alberta "ti. 83-50 per 100. look. MoGuiIl" 0 Boyle. mints: River.

discuss Pot-ate Inqection 0nd Planting Policies. ‘ru car Shavbrsl at

MondlYlhdTues- 12th and 18th. Livestock

m fighting‘ "avers"? '0

list Farm Income ilighcr Last Year

OTTAWA. April S - (OP) - In spite of continued rise in

from farm operations last year reached a total of $l,259,1ll,000 —-iho highest figure alnoe 10b8, the Dosflnloss Bureau of Statis- tics said in a statement today. With the exception of Nova Sootla and Brifkh Columbia, all of the 194.7 ‘provincial net incomes were larger than in 1940 and. without exception, were above the 1945 figures. Net income was as follows In the Maritime Provinces. in millions of dollars. totals for 1040 being in brackets: Prince Edwnrd Island. $11.1 ($10.4); Nova Sootis. $18.9 (828.0); New wick, 82s.: (821.1).

Communist Threat Looms In Burma

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(By The Associated Press) RANGOON, April 9—-The Burm- ese Government. four. months s!- ter independence" “from Britain. was

fronts to Crush a Communist re- bellion. .

(Outgoing dispatches from nan- goon now are being censored by the Government.)

Olfioials said the Communists. with modern weapons, apparently were trying to establish control from Pegu north to the Mandalay section-

By-election Bates Are Announced

OTTAWA, April 0 - (C?) — Prime ’ ’ Mar‘ ‘ King today announced that Tuesday. June 8, has been fixed as the polling date for the by-elwtiona in the Federal ridlngs of Ontario and Vancouver Centre.

The Ontario seat was left vacant by the death of W. E..N. Sinclair. Liberal, wihile the Vancouver Centre seat. was vacated by l-lon. Ian MacKensie a few months ago with his appointment in the Senate.

Setting of the date indicated that all Federal vacancies in the Commons would be filled before the national Liberal convention in Ottawa this summer. Last week it was amount-ed that May 31 had been set as the date for the "by- election in Yale, B. C. left vacant by ‘the resignation of, Grote Stirling, Progressive Conservative member. ~

‘Iihe announcement said the by’- electiona normally would be held on the Mondly. but that June 7 sasbsennxaossi-bedayfoelgl observance in Canada of the Kin! I birthday, making the 0141009100 day fall on June ll. _

NANKING. April 9 —- (A?) - Genorslisslrno omens Kai-Eh“ "confessed" today that the Cons- rnunlst winter offensive had da- stroyed seven cf his flneeydlvls- ions in Manchuril». but VFW“ M mnfon there and to annihilate h‘; ‘enemy in Central Chine lfl Ii!

ha. moAllldresslng a siienbrtational As- “mbly, the Chinese Government leader insisted conditions were "not as bad as painted abroad.”

(ms speech was in malted con- u.‘|g_'||h giggles told. I special eehferanoe of generals and provin- cial governors larch 10. Then he said, "unless an all-out effect la made to turn m use of teal. Chine. lest MONO"

on "widespread '

Suggests Rationing 0i Butter Should Be Resumes! In g Canada

(By D'Arcy O'Donnell)

OTTAWA. Aprll ll-(Clil-The Commons Prices Committee was told today that butter rationing should be reinstituted to ward off shortages next year.

M. C. Warner. president of the Borden Company Limited, said that a severe shortage would de- velop in 1940 unless butter was rationed or imported from other countries. The shortage would be worse than the current one and would start much earlier.

Canada's milk Production was insufficient, he said. to meet the country's demands for dairy pro- ducts. Possibly if butter was sell- ing at $5 a pound rationing would not be necessary, but "that would not be good for Canadians and it would not be good for the indus~ ry.

Mr. Warner said he wished mem- bers could hear irate customers telephoning dairies to complain about the current butter shortage.

"Why should we take all the blame?" he asked.

“Let the Government take the

l blame," said William Irvine (CC?-

Cariboo).

Ross Thatcher (OCT-Moose Jaw) asked if less butter would have been produced if the price ceiling had been retained last summer. Mr. Warner said that with the ceiling off cheese farmers would‘ have sold to cheese factories re- ther than to dairies. There would have been little, if any, butter manufactured.

Mr. Warner and H. W. Charde ef-~!I'oronio,- regional accountant for the Borden Company, were called before the committee to out- line the company's dealings in but-

tcr.

In a prepar Jtaternent, Mr. Warner shows hat‘the company lost money on butter sales in i940 and in 1947. The loss was .13 cents a pound last year and .95 cents a pound the previous year. The com- pany buys 80 per cent of its but- ter from creameries or brokers for resale. This "is a necessary accom- modation expected generally by our customers," said Mr. Warner.

On over-all operations, the corn- pany made a profit of $195,140. The loss on butter occurred de- spite the fact that the company bought butter for storage at 52 cents a pound and later sold it for from 63 to ‘l0 cents.

Disorders May Ba, Spurred By a Communists

Mobs of revolutionaries, seizing control of the Colombian Govern- ment, yesterday (Friday) .bumed and looted businesses and Govern- ment buildings in Bogota, Colom- bia. where the Pan-American Con- ference was being held.

Thirty-one persons were reported killed in the rioting touched off by assassination of a presidential candidate.

Three governmental leaders were reported slain. Defenders of the Conservative Government, firing from a cathedral tower, killed 14 persons in the Carrora Septima. one of the city's main streets. Eight riotera were killed as they sought to break into the pres-iden- tlal palace- Four students were killed in a. battle for control of a radio station.

‘The Liberal Party announced by radio it had seized the Govern- ment. Later Conservativo forces were Iepgyted to have re-occupied the Government radio station.

The entire downtown section of the city of 400.000 was looted. There was no electric light service. no police could be seen and fires raged through the city.

American ‘correspondents said “mob rule prevails" and the U. S. State Department in Washington said dispatches reported the dis-t orders appear to be spurred by Communists.

The building where the Pan- Amorlcan Conference was being held was wrecked and the confer- ence was disrupted-probably per- manently-

hers of~tlse~United--~-Stat_ee--

delegation to the meeting ‘are "safe. dispatches to Washington said. The delegation is headed by State Secretary George C. Marshall and Commerce Secretary Avcrell 1-for- riman

Most normal communications were broken ofl. News came through diplomatic channels and from ra- dio announcements by the revolut- ionlste.

The riots were set oi! by the assassination of Jorge Eiiecer Gei- tan, Liberal Party presidential candidate for 1950, who was shot in a. street near his office. I-le died about an hour later.

Gaitarrs assailant was not ident- isild but the body of s man the rioters shouted was the assassin was dragged before the presiden-

tial palace and torn to plec.

P.E.I. Spokesman Urges ‘Federal Encouragement Of Maritime Aviation

P t to Shipments ligairy From ll. B.

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MONTREAL. April i) ~40?) — Mo" may. 200 carloads of potatoes - nearly 11,000,000 . undo — were moved over Canadian Pacific Rail- way llnes from Monday through Thursdaywf this week from New Brunswick points to central Can- Ida to help alleviate the potato shortage here, t wal 101N100-

Wednesdsy conltltlltld as ail- tirne record day for that territory with ea cars loaded - well over 4,000,000 pounds of ,. tatoes.

Gen. Chiang Kai-Shela ~ Admits Heavy ‘Losses

, "I confesa_aeven of the Govern- mmca bass divisions were destroy- ed in ManchuriaHThey were m! beet ‘armies, that under my com- mend accomplished revolutionary cacnpalgna with llory.

"These forces are being reorgan- ised and I refuse tn admit defeat. because our fighting streflgth h still powc-ful."

Chiange then laid Isa 00101100 of Msncburls would be continued: {In North China our strength un- dc Gen. n; Tao-Tl is growths. and ‘f guarantee within sin months

to annihilate gll Occmvasniaia be- low the Tallow silver.‘ (Central Cl"...

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OTTAWA, April 9 - (S/Pfltil-l) - Defence M‘ " Brooke Claxton. Trade and Common... Minister Howe, Air ‘Transport Board chair- man l=t.A.C. Henry and Deputy Postmaster-General Walter Turn- bull today told Paul Sharpe of Charlottetown. vice-president of the Maritime Aviation Association, that they would look carefully into the question of Nderal encourage- ment to aviation in the Maritlnnes.

Mr. Sharpe who carries on bus- iness at the Charlottetown airport. flew to Ottawa as official repre- sentetlve sf the association to Pl!" its submissions before departments directly concerned.

Prior to his interview with the cabinet members, Mr. Sharpe mot J. Lester Douglas. Liberal member for Queens, W. Cheater S. McLure.

ve Conservative mu-nbea- for Queens and J.‘ Watson Mac- Naught, Liberal member for Prince in Mr. Douglas’ office. The latter accompanied him to us. Rowe's and Mr. (Boston's offices»

"1 mg vq-y well received by all tap sfflciala I met here," Mr.

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OTTAWA, April 9-(Speclal)— The Parka branch of the Depart- ment of Mines and Resources is spending $127,000 on maintenance. improvements and development of the Prince Edward Island National Park this season. The Guardian learned today from top depart- mental sources. A cum of $500,000 will be spent on the New Bruns- wick National Park and $138,830 on the Cape Breton Highlands

National Park. W. Chester S. McLure, Progres- sive Conservative member for

Queens.‘ said he understood that the $127,000 to be spent in Prince Edward Island would include com- pletion of the Rustlco road to Cavendish about which he asked Mines and Resources Minister Glen in the House some time ago. “And make sure it's Ruetico-mot Russia. as Hansard had it a month or so ago," Mr. McLure said.

Vital National Service y Opportunities Reviewed gBy Scout Commissioner

New Appointces To Prohibition Commission Named

A change in Government appoint- ments to the Prohibition Commiss- ion was snade yesterday, the appointees being Messrs. Peter Holland, Charlottetown and Munroe Bruce, Velleyfleld, along with the chairman, Mr. Bonnet Heywood, of Conway. Messrs. Arthur E. Sullivan, Montague, and E. T. Higgs, Chi! Wlfflirdvloil-IW‘ lib-med ll app , "lvvith Mr. Haywood. Ire understood to have signified their unwillingness to act.

Mr. Holland, who la a member of the City Council, served for forty years with the railway and was freight agent at Charlotte- town when ha retired in June of last year. Fifteen years of his rail- way service was as station agent at Souris where he took a keen interest in prubllo affairs and was Mayor for a two-year term.

Mr. Bruce farmed at Valleyfield for many years until he retired several years ago.

Butter Makers Meet In Ch'town With llairyChiet

Butter makers from all parts of the Province gathered Thursday at Birch Court. Dominion Eilliefimfifl‘ tal Farm. to hear Mr. 1-1.1. Mac- Donald, dairy superintendent, ex- plain some of the many problems confronting (he butter manufact- urer. i

Among the topics discussed were. the treatment of cream at the creamerles so obtain an accurate pH reading in the butter serum; the unifonn control and compos- ition of butter; the proper grading of cream to improve quality: and the need for better organisation among butter manufacturers.

The butter makers also had the privilege of witnessing a butter- grading demonstration by Mr. WI’. Rogerson. dairy produce grader,

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Brain Shipments Are lleavy At islet Jobs

SAINT JOHN, N. 3.. April 9 -. (c?) _- Grain is moving through the port of Saint John in large quantities with three grain-carriers glflgdy In pert and threcoc four others expected neat week.

More than 2.500.010 bushels of grain for Britain will be loaded

r * the ships already in port and those expected hell week.

QuallryTea A

"You leaders are engaged in one of the most important forms of national service open to men and women_ln Canada," Mr. Jackson Dodds, C. B. E., Dominion Commis- sioner of Canadian Boys Scouts. told a largely attended Scoutere’ dinner last evening at The Char- lottetown. “In addition," he om- phasized, "you are giving this ser- vice at a time of pressing need- this period when the way of.liie of postwar Canada and of the newly liberated world is being moulded. I congratulate you on your opportunities."

An interesting ceremony during the course of_the meeting was the presentation by Mr. Dodds of the Gilwéllwétikdrfilefto ~Mrs. It. C. Parent. City. Major N. W. Lowther. M.M., Provincial President, pre- sided.

The Commissioner pointed out that the movement has its own distinctive training to give. differ- ing from that offered by-other organizations of boys. "I hope," he said in this connection. "that we shall be able-always to spec- ialise in our unique activities and not be drawn aside into other fields which would bring us into competition with what other peo- ple are better fitted to do than we are. .

"I would particularly stress upon the leaders of Scout Troops the desirability of encouraging Patrol leaders, letting them have full scope to develop as real leaders, and making full use of the Court of Honour as the executive com- mittee of the Troop. Similarly. Cub leaders should, though perhaps not to quite the same extent. encour- age their sixers to show initiative and develop as leaders."

"Plan Opportunity"

Entitling his address “Oppor- tunity and Success," Mr, Dodds gave an inspiring review of the oo- Jectlves of the Scout movement, of the services which the Dominion headquarters provides for the Pro- vinces, and of the increased coop- oration and support which ls being received from all parts of the coun- try. The series of recommendations made by Dominion headquarters in conjunction with the Provincial

Cats Fire Patrol Contract

(ly The Canadian Press) IBIDIIJCTON, April 0-.‘ silos fea- aerisl petal ef

New Brunswick forests during the coming forest lire season has been let to Maritime Cen- tral Airways. l-a-nds Minister R. Js Gill announced tonight.

The aerial patrol was first used in the Province last year and Mr. Glll said its use was of great value. '

Ono aircraft will be available anytime during the year start- ing May 1 of this yea-r and another will also be used from i May 1 to Nov. 1. One of the planes will be based at Fred- erlcton.

Bach plane will be equipped with equipment " _ it poa- alble for air observers to give orders to ground fire-fighters from an altitude of 2.000 feet.

To investigate Berlin Collision

(By The Associated Press)

BERLIN. April 9—A Soviet-con- trolled German news agency an- nounced tonight that Russian oc- cupation authorities had appointed e board of eirperts to work with Britain in the investigation of llfonduys collision of a British transport and a. Soviet fighter which cost l5 lives. - °

Tho announcement was made after Britain sent a mild reply to the Soviet. military governm- who had blamed the British plane for the crash.

Parliament At A Ciancc

Fisheries Minister Macllnaoss announced a new policy on export of THJW salmon to the United States.

Opposition members asked more generous treatment for needy vet- erans and their dependents.

A bill to authorise an increase in capitalization of the Bell ‘Iele- phone Company was talked out after a. C. C. F. amendment was defeated 99 to 84.

Members discussed a resolution to establish acommittee on human rights-

Monday:

The Commons will discuss vari- ous Government legislation. The Senate will not sit. '

813 Immigrants Arrive At Halifax

(By The Canadian Preaa HALIFAX, April 9—The immig- ration liner Ascania. docked here from Liverpool today with 513 immigrants und for new homes across Canada.‘ Nearly 125 pas- sengers are children under 12. All will disembark tomorrow.

Forty-three arrivals will settle in_ the Maritlmes, +3‘! in Ontario, 76 in Quebec and 25'! in Western Canada. They include displaced persons from Bremerhaven and other immigrants from the contin-

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(By l. W. Davis) WASHINGTON. April 0—(AP)- The Government today ordered coal burning train service in the United States out to half of nor- mal because of the pension-die- pute eoft coal strike.

The Ofice of Defence Transpor- tatlon sat Thursday midnight as the effective date. That is three days after John L. Lewis’ court hearing, to say why he has igncr- ed a Itederal Judge's order to send his United Mine Workers (Ind) back to digging coal. They have been out as days. Attorney-General Tbm Clark to- day refused to say whether he will drop the court-action-which could. mutt in fines or a jail term for contempt of court-if Lewis ended the strike before Monday.

"If he called it off. I'd feel pretty good. but. I'm not saying what I'll do. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." he told re- porters after a Cabinet meeting at

The train service cut followed an earlier reduction which amounted tolpervefstTheQbdfflsaidlt

New Reduction In Train Service In U.S.

the Whitl Reuse. '

ent and Britain. I

0.13.1‘. said the lines had only en- ough soft coal to last 22 days. ‘The National Coal Association reported today that production in the week ended April l was 2.180.000 tons, about one-sixth of normal. Already some 70,000 railroad workers have been laid off: the Thursday cut would add thousands more. In addition, 01,000 hard coal miners have walked out in appar- ent sympathy with the soft coal miners’ pension demands. Also, the steel industry reported a progres- sively heavy rate of shutdowns, making idle more tens of thous- ands.

The Government, which last year scored a contempt of court victory over Lewis in the annual soft coal crisis. is banking heavily on the courts again this year. _ However, representative Fred Ilartley (Rep. NJ.) is ready to go further than the Taft-ilartleylsb-

reporter:

"I'm going to aaa what the court does to Lewis Monday. if it de- velops that the Taft-Hartley law ls inadequate to deal with him, I'll proceed withbearings immed-

or law he helped write. lie told a2

lubaerlption Delivered use. ' Mall $5.00. other Provinces b U. S. $1.00,

.|........T.1. Considered Very Serious

Transportation Commission Cutllnes Position In Tele- gram To MacKenzic King.

MONCTON. N. B. April a ._. (C?) The Maritime Trans- portation Commission today wired Prime Minister Mackenzie King thatgthe recent freight rate m. 011860 Dill-s the Marltimes in a position comparable to that of the 19200 before the Maritime Freight Rate Act was put into effect. Ceiling for interventions of m. Prime lvfinister. the Commission also announced at a meeting a...‘ today that counsel for the East- em and Western Provinces would meet in Ottawa Arprll 19 to dismiss the increased rates. _ The Commission, representing the transportation committees if