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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY. APRIL 18. 1952

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Morning Daily Founded iss-1. the Guardian. Fin Cents.

EEIMAX EXPECTED IN OMAHAIS noon BATTLE TODAY

Nova Scoiia Teachers Vote To Join Union

Claims U.S. Air Force lStay-Downi Exaggerated; Hazard Pay Blasted

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l'VAsH.ING'IOlN. April 17 --(AP). senator .Paul Douglas (Dem.-1ll.l,: blasted the system of extra hazalx'l' ply for some military men today,l saying it places 9. ”price tag" on morale of fighting men and creates a. "superelite." , He announced he is introducing. legislation to equalize such pay. His bill would cut it to not more than 850 a month, with rank no' basis for paying it. He said he is in favor of abolishing it entirely. 1 He declared the ur force system! of paying 850 to 5210 a month in' hazard pay, and the marines in- sistence on taking only volunteers. crests "snobbishnesi" and is unfair. to the infantryman. whom he call- ed the "neglected man." l Douglas said that under present law those being shot at in front lines are considered to be facing no extra hazards but a flying offlc-4 er on 9. routine flight from wash-E ington to Chicago gets ”anywhere, from 8100 to 8210 a month extra."

Stay of Execution ,

Mrs. Marguerite Rucst Pltre sen- tenced to be hanged April is for the' purt she played in the lime-

ibomb explosion nt a commercial

Gen. Hoyt s. vandenburg, chief airliner Ill Quebec of staff of the air force, and other 1949, has been granted a stay of high ranking officers have testlfl-;execullon until June 27 pcnding rc- ed before a senate preparedness suit of on appeal. Convicted of talc- sub-commlttee that reducing extra'lng the bomb to the airport at re- hazard pay for fliers would ser- quest of J. Albert Guay - Quebec iously handicap the air force re- jr-wellcr who was hanged for the chilling program. murder of his wife, one of the vic-

The anxiety Of the air force over time of the crasli-Mrs. Pltre and the possibility of a serious shortage her crippled brother, Gencreux of flyers has been heightened by alliucst. who fashioned the device, wave of stay-down strikes by alr- were both sentenced to be hanged.

Take Oposing View

men who have refused to take up Both have appealed the charge. their planes. However Vandenbc-rg said at s 6 F0 L d down strike is s "ternpcst in is ten. S pot."'fIo said widespread publl it has exagerated its seriousness. that charges have been filed it- gsinst only a relatively small num- -m-r

Vsndenberg listed three causes;-tCPl-A crass fire at Chamcook for the present stay-down nmkehisprcad to the York Hotel this af- He paid a rising death mm in mm; temoon and the three-storey vac- ll-Iry flights, lnaumclem, huam ant building. owned by S1. Alid- my go, um," and the met mull-cws, Packers Ltd., was destroyed 14, .1 g sh h 1 The hullding was used for ac- JLEIQ. h.ey.wf" bemflcommodatlon of employees during

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press conference today the stay- ber of pilots. I ST. ANDREWS. N. l'i.. April 1'! ram, emu" who weregncmed The loss was estimated at 575,000.

The higher rates are expected to be imposed about May 2. The Board of Transport Commissioners hcre issued authorization today to the Canadian railways to pilt them into effect on 15 days' notice, in- stead of the statutory :10 days.

The Canadian railways are put- ting the U. S. increases in effect on the Canadian section of inter- national hauls in line with the cuslomary practice of having matching rates north and south of the border on trnns-border traf- fic.

The size of tile increases

OTTAWA. April Freight charges are going up shortly on much of the two-way rail traffic between Canada and the United States. it was learned today.

The increases will be nine per cent in the west and six per cent in the east on the Canadian sect- ions of the international traffic. These boosts correspond to reg- ional increases awarded the U. S. railways it few days ago by the In- terstate Commerce Commission.

Major exceptions to the Canad-

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ian increases include coal and Mn. tn," ""1 gm," producm between cast and west because the ma.” shipment, 04 on pmdmu I. C. C. the rate-regulating body

in the U. 5., prescribed different.

from the U. B. to Western Canada increases regionally.

and some miscellaneous articles in

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Believe Action First of Kind T In Canada

SYDNEY. N. 5., April 17 -(GP) -The Nova scolla Tcnchers' Union today voted to affiliate with "one of the labor organizations as soon as possible."

Believed to be the first such action in the history of Canada. the teachers voted in the second day of their annual convention, following discussion on widespread salary dispute throughout the province. Two strikes-in Antigon- lslh and Cape Breton Counties - occurred earlier this year.

The meeting was closed to the press but it was learned unoffic- ially the vote was 49-33. It was considered likely the teachers will decide tomorrow which labor or-

ganization they will join. They were addressed today by Henry ilarm, official of the Canadian

Congress of Labor. The union rep- resents more than 3,000 teachers. Oliver Gibson of Liverpool was elected president today to succeed Gerald Tlngley of Amherst. Mr Gibson was chairman of the edu- cation-al research committee. Frank Glasgow of Sydney. and Miss Jean Morrison. Halifax. were named first and second vlce-tpres- idents respectively. Re-elected secretary-treasurer was Miss Mary Usher of Dominion. Elections to

Air Commodore Es. Carpenter, A. F. C., C. D., chief of training from Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa, arrived in Summerside about 3.00 P. M. yesterday morning and will present wings this mom- lng to a graduating class of Canad- ian and British airmen at the sum- nierside R.C.A.F. Air Navigation

School. He was accompanied by 371. W.H. Muncy and S71. J.J. Thurmeier.

Upon arrival yesterday. Air Com- modore Carpenter inspected in: guard of honor under Flight Lt. Baxter after which he visited the Air Navigation School to discuss specialist navigation problems with Wing Commander Forbes. Later in the afternoon. at a press interview with a Guardian representative it was learned that Air Commodore Carpenter was pilot of the plane that brought the air force official to Prince Edward Island to select sites for air bases at Summerside and Charlottetown about 12 or 13 years ago.

Air Commodore Carpenter ex- pressed complete satisfaction with the NATO training plan and said that the training is progressing ac- cording to plan. He said that from the beginning he had shared the opinion that it was important not to separate airmen by nationalities

Wings Parade Today At Summerside Air Station

:.j...jA:.AA:. tries in NATO with Canadian sir- men and that while separation would have made administration work easier. the present plan was having all the success that could have been hand for.

In emphasizing the importance of the Summerside Air Navigation School, Air Commodore Carpente: said that Canada now trains all the navigators and some of the pilots for all the countries in the NA'IU organization.

Speaking of the volunteer civil- lan organization of air craft spot- ters that ls soon to be organized as a ground observer corps in this anti other provinces, he expressed great concern that civilians should recog- nize the extreme importance of this organization and hoped they would quickly assume their places in this important. civilian defence organ- lzatlon.

In keeping pace with changing trends in air transportation, he said the greatest possible number or pilots will be trained for Jet flying. and he said it is hoped that all air crew would soon receive practical survival training.

when asked about the purpose of the Arctic survival courses. he said the air crew who takes this course learn how to survive and by pract- icallexpertence prove to themselves that even under very adverse clim-

f,',I:,,.,2,”:.'f' pom! Wm be held to. :,li;"lF,l,,t,1,;e:,l;,,',if,',1,"l,':g,,:' l:,bu::r:E.ru,:(., atlc conditions it is possible to live. N I I f s s ews n Brie Byrnes In Blistering VICTORIA. B. c.. April 11 -

(GP)-Agriculture Minister Harry Bowman said tonight British col- umbia's restrictions on Prairie livestock imports may end in a day or two.

WASIHTINGTON, April 17 -(AP) -Commerce secretary Charles Sawyer tonight summoned the private owners of the seized steel industry to his office tomorrow-

Becoming Collnlry

perhaps to tell them how much the government will increase worker wages.

WASHINGTON, April I7-(AP) -Canada and Pakistan today formally notified the State De- partment they have ratified the Japanese peace treaty. clearing the way for bringing the pact in- to effect.

-(CF)-Prime Minister St. Lau- rent of Canada. spending his Easter vacation here, is playing a lot of golf and has acquired a healthy tan. He plans to return to Canada,-Sunday.

EDMONTON. April 17 -(GP) - The number of oil wells in Al- berta is fast approaching the 3,- 000 mark. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board reports that at April 7 there were 2.953 wells in the Province com- pared with 2.198 I your previous.

EASTEND. Sask., April 17- (CP)-Flood waters from French- man Creek receded today. Early tonight most of the streets in Enstcnd's business section were almost free of water. Improve- ment also wss seen throughout Sou-ihwcstcrn Saskatchewan's flood l'll'DRr

the west.

Coming Events

"See Klnkora Players in Vernon River Hall April 21st. Dance after

Water Dama

Lake Ontariols High

ges Property

-(GP)-:'roronto. Lakefront homes at Port

farther west. are propped

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 17.

"Orders taken for Peeling TORONTO. April 1'7 Knlvss. Macbonsld Brod. Bridge- with Lake Ontario threatening to Credit. town. rise to a peak level this year, pro-ion stilts.

”Dance, St. Peters Legion llall 3193' Saturday night from 9 P. M.

"Unloading today at Milton. car of mliicd Quaker feeds. Mac- Nslll & Moore.

"Crspaud Theatre re-opening Friday and Saturday. See ad in this issue, page 15.

"Rummage Sale at Clover Club. Stmmily. April 10th, 3 P. M. Cen- tral Royalty Women's Institute.

"Come in and talk over our Purina finance plan for feeding Your chicks and hogs. Dillon as anillott.

"hr snapshots that will not fade, mail your Films and Nega- tives to Gsrnhum Photo Studios. Charlottetown.

"W0 still have I full line of his:-. class merchandise selling at Vlfy radioed prices to clear. W. 0. Iron. Stanley Bridle.

"Pantry Isle at Moore A Mac- Lood's. Saturday Ifiornoon. April nth. I50. sponsored by the south "lint vvbnicii-'s Institute. H

perty owners along its shores who: A suggestion that the flow of have already lost thousands of dol-lwater from Lake Superior be re- lars in properly to its surging strlctcd in the st. Mary's River at waves are asking what can be donegsault Ste. Marie brought an imme- to prevent further loss. ldlatc outcry from property owners

The immediate answer appsrent- along the lake above the head of ly is: "Nothing this year." the river.

no long-term solution, however. Experts say the question bolls

may lie with the completion of the down to the flow of water through st. Lawrence seaway and the mes-lthe whole Great Lakes chain. If sures it will bring to control Lake you hurry it in one place, it will Ontario's level. i pile up somewhere else. The picture this year is not rs-l Control of lake levels is an es- assurlng. Lake Ontario's level is sential part of the seswsy plan. 1 1-4 inches below the record high The present outflow from Lake of June, 1947. and has two months Ontario is mainly controlled by s to go before the annual peak on natural rock weir at the head of rlves. It is nearly two feet above cislop Island. seven miles out of the average of the last 10 years. Prescott.

This rock ledge would be remov- ed under the Ieswsy plan-and the water flow then controled by power and Toronto dams-present ones and those in lbe built in the hydro phase of the

Toronto Docks Threaiened

Two inchrs more harbor docks will be flooded. Two but storms this year have river's development. caused heavy damage all along the Blame for present high water shore from Toronto to Nlagsrs-on- levels is placed also on two hydro The-lake-and farther along on diversions in Northwestern Ontario the United emu shore. raising an which divert rivers into Lake intentional problem for the Fed-,auporlor instead of Janna Bay. nut oral aovermcnl. and the Intems-,expsrls say these add littls more tlonsl Joint commission which ad- water than is iron on at ohieaso, ministers the Great Lakes. lwlien use I chlsan water is di- Iwsnty-ons houscs- were con- vertcd into the Mississippi River demoed st Long Beach, west cflsyalaua p

Of Cily Dwellers

0'I'rAWA. April 17 --(GP) -- Cniiada, ii se:ms, is slowly but steadily becoming a. country of city dwellers.

The trend from country to city and town has been going on for 50 years and is still continuing. the Bureau of Statistics reported today.

Without attempting to analyze. the Bureau said its 1951 census figures disclose that 61.0 per cent of all Canadians now live in urban localities while 38.4 per cent reside in the country.

It wasn't always that way. Back in 1001 there were five rural to every three urban dw:llers. In the 1941 census. 56.5 per cent of Can- adians lived in cities and towns and 43.5 per cent in rural districts

After a study of 1951 census figures, the bureau reported that both urban and rural population grew between 1941 and 1051. Em the urban rise exceeded the rural.

In Prince Edward Island

A special compilation of 1951 flgurcs shows the urban population increased 32.7 per cent from 5.- 501,:n6 to 1.628.253 while the rural population rose only 75 per cent from 5,005,329 to 5.361.176. And while all provinces showed urban gains, the rural populations of four-Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Al- berta and Prince Edward Island-- declined.

The entry of Newfoundland iiilo ('OI1lGdCl'll.l0l'i in 1949 accounted far 201.621 of the over-all rural coin and 154.795 of the over-all urban increase.

However. in five provinces and Lbs two territories, the rural pop- ulation still oulnurnbers the urban but in (sch case the proportion of country dwellers has decreased since 1941. while urbanlles have increased.

In 1941. 75 per cent of all Prince Edward Islanders lived in rural districts but by last year the proportion was down to 75 per cent. In the decade, New Emm- wicks rural proportion dropped from 01.7 to 50.3 psr cent. similar-

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Tropp-cdP24 Hours in Washing Moclilnc

BAD AXI.

(AP)-The mangled fores rms

an 52-year-old woman who was 9031' unt- irapbsd for )8 hours by it washing thlnli Conldl "H130?" WI! loll In irachlnc wringsr were ampulstci

The Bureau said "mama" S was influenced "by the apprecia-

at the elbow today. Doctors said the

Mrs. Bella Dundu was "as good

could be expected. Neighbors found Mrs.

yesterday standing in afoot oil” Hm. basement, her ariiiswn caught in the machine's rollsral

water in her

she lived alone and neighbors in- vestigated after washing left out on the line-all

night '

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- (AP) - James 1". Byrnes made a blister- ing attack: on President Truman today, accusing him of writing his- tory to suit himself and of playing into Russian hands with a "wrong statement" about the Polish-Gen man boundary.

Water la-p-s M Top of Diltes:

HALIFAX. April 17 - (UP) - Two navy Avenger aircraft, carry- ing out a "strike" against the cruis-V

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OMAHA. April 17-(AP)-Sun pense gripped the flood-fhreatem ed twin cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Ia., tonight as the Missouri River moved onstage for the climactic act in an elemental drama-man versus nature.

er Quebec. crashed into the Atlan- tic tonight with seven men aboard . . Wreckage was found by the Que- By dawn Friday. the dikes and , l Hood walls protecting this pop, bec following a sweep of the area; ular metropolitan area will be but more were no 513” D: s""”" taking the worst the rampagingl”"' Missouri has to offer. l

Missing arc: (',mm1.-.1 ()1-.uml5,.. Lleut. John S. Murphy. RH. No. 1, Wellington, Vancouver Is- There is A feeling in Councill land: Bluffs. from Mayor James F. Lleui. John K. II. Mason, Tor- Mulquecn down to the men work- onto:

AB. William Hunter (5 Collier Aw-J. Clarence Park. N.S; Lleut. William J. Hutchinson,

ing on the levees, that the battle mlfzlit be won. The same guarded optimism prevailed in Omalia. I

Tthe llnprvlcjdsnlfdt maismflfi (29 Hawthorne St.), Dartmouth. wa er consrcc no ii 0 9- '5'.

""5. ”””f” by, ”!f,.d”"; isl i.le'ut. John E.I'. Anderson. p"5l""g thwm , f,rfl3'"5'k ""4 I2”-' King St.), Dartmouth: I axglnztboilse Prtloetlftjy; V10; 5- and. Sub-Illeui. .l..'4. Ploilins I251! , brought pinpointed prushcs of rum St West” Cnlgaryz

AB. Doug Molfait (ZI54 Mar- cil SL). Montreal. The navy said the accident oc- curred about 70 miles south of Shelburnc. on Nova Scotla's south

workers to choke them.

Water pushed against and spill- ed through the flashboard which tops the concrete flood wall

along Omaha's industrial wnter- '

front. Pumps lifted the overflow wast The W” alrcran " am”

bmk inn, me ,.h,,,,m.1. submarine Avengers - had been secondary Md supp1(syn(Inl;1fy carrying out a search and air

strike" against the Quebec. heading for Halifax from the west coast.

The R. C. A. F., which sent :1 Lancaster bomber. equipped with dropnable rescue apparatus. to the scene, said it was recalling the air- craft because "the weather is sock- ing in."

The Quebec "swept" the area and did not report any luck. The frig- ate Lahaliuoise and a. high speed launch sped to the area to help in the search.

The submarine Alctde and the mmesweeper Wallaceburg, earlier said to be assLstlng, are not in the search area. the navy said.

Avengers normally carry a crew of three but apparently one of the planes carried an extra man. The accident. was first reported from the Quebec just before it) P.M. A S. '1'.

dikes have been erected and bol- stered wherever necessary.

some 34.000 of Council Bluffs' 45,000 residents and another 5,000 from across the river had aband- oned their homes, leaving nearly three-fourths of Council Bluffs and the entire East Omaha and Carter Lake, Ia., areas ghostly Vlfhniu

The river level late today pass- cd 29.7 feet. A crest of 31.5 is ex- pected during llH' night. Flood stage is 19 and the prcvlous re- cord high in 1881 is 24.6

Drama Re-pciiir.-rl

In lesser degree, the Omaha-'0 Council Bluffs drama is being rc- pcuicd downstream almost as far south as Kansas Clly.

Farmers all along the valley moved livestock and machinery to higher ground as more rich land

Byrnes, former secretary of state

of south Carolina. spoke out in s Colliers magazine article. The art- icle was prompted by publication in the recent book "Mr. President" 0.'. a letter which the President said he had read to Byrnes, criticizing him after the Moscow conference of December. 1945. "The evidence is Byrnes said. "that the document (the letter) was written by the President and formally signed by him. to record himself favorably." Bymes noted that the book said Truman sometimes wrote letters HP never sent and declared that the letter published as being address-

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OTTAWA. April 1'I-(AP)-Aid- ed by a spectacular 25 per cent increase in domestic exports and the rise of.the Canadian dollar, Canada marked up a favorable foreign trade balance of 31,400.- ooo in February, it was t a sixth month in I row to show a favor- able balance.

The Dominion Bureau of stu- tlstlcs reported today that total imports in February had a value of 8281000000 compared with sa14.2oo,ooo in February last year. Against this. domestic exports rose to 8309,'l00,000 from 82.13.900.000 while foreign exports increased to 83,700,000 from 82,900,000.

The 831,400,000 favorable balance compared with an import surplus of 837,300,000 in February last year. The credit balance in Jan- uary was 821,000,000. bringing the total for the first two months of the year to 852,400,000 as com- pared with ii debit of 875,700,000 in foreign trading a year earlier.

A 25 per cent expansion in do- mestlc exports in February was a feature of the trade picture. Ex- port prices advanced six per cent and the over-all result was it run- of 32 per cent in the value of Canadian goods shipped abroad during the month.

In comparison, the volume of imports was about six per cent

Mlch.. April 1'7 -most four per cent with the total of value increasing only about three

Dun”. which, since it was freed, has ris-

lhey MW MP year. while domestic exports in-

higher but prices were down al-