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Prime Minister Awaiting “Authoritative Evidence” Of Smallwood Statement

iiontiitlons At liong Kong Satisfactory

LONDON, June 14—(Reutars)— Defence Minister A. V. Alexanda who returned today from a 12-day inspection trip of Far Eastern bases, said the situation in Hong Kong “was reassuring." "Morale gppclired ta be satisfactory," he Idded.

Coming Events

"Bedequo Scarlet Chapter meets at Bradaibane, Thursday, June l6th.

"Mail your Films to Garnhum Piioto Studio. Charlottetown.

"sprinston w.‘ r. Variety Con- cert at Hartsville Hall, June 15th.

"Dance Long River Hall every Wednesday. Good music.

"Dance, Mt. Stewart every Thursday. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

' ‘Dance, Orwell Cove

School, ‘Thursday, June 16th. .

"Dance. Baldwin's Road mhool, Friday. June 17th. Webster's Orch- estra. ‘

"Canadian Legion dance in Rus- tico Hall, Rustico. tonight. Good music. Refreshments.

"Buying every day-live or dressed Eastern Packing Co.. Ltd. lvuris.

"House Dance. Friday. June 11th. c. F. Ellis, Dunsiaffnaga. Good music.

"Dance in Si. Peter's Legion

Hall every Tuesday night. Cliff Peters Orchestra - "Corran Benn Hall. l"riday,

lime 17th. Bouris Players present "Hcnpecked Henry." Dance.

"See Port. Augustus Players in ‘nacaclie Hall, Wednesday. June 15th. at B30. Dance after.

"The Kinltora Players present ‘My Irish Rosa" in Wlltshire Hall. on Wednesday, June 15th.

"See ‘The Rad Headed Step- child" by Norboro Players in Bedcque Hall, Thursday, June 16th

“Pantry Sale at. Rogers Hard- ware Saturday, June 18th, 2 P. M. York Women's Institute.

"Hunter's River tonight Eddy Bracken in "Hold That Blonds." Wish your ayes outl Starts at 8.30.

“My Store will he closed at 12.30 own every Wednesday for the glmtriier months. A. P. Gallant,

us mo.

"EastonChlck Hatchery. New WlllShIXC. will have acme extra Lttlncrn Pullets this week. small "Tiltrs accepted.

"Sce Klnkora Play, "Molly Bani-r". in Freetown Birch Grove "all. on Wednesday June 15th. Dent miss it.

"Don't miss it “Anchors Aweigh" ariety Concert by Hunter River

- P U. in Clint; llall. Wednes- iiu. June isth.

“Game to the Chicken. Ham "d Salad Supper in Crapaud Hall. "under. June 2am. Crapaud Uni- Wl Church.

"Follow the crowd to New Glas- "W Hall. Wednesday. June 15, and H!‘ the "Meddlssome Maid" by louth Wlnsloe. In aid of rink.

“Wiingston Y. P. U. present tlr three act play "Where's 9:31am" in Eldon Bail, June the

"Pleasant Valley Woman's Bi- ll-ituts Ice Guam Social and fish

mo is m senooi. army, J1me "Notice-taxpayers of ltolia

gm! School District, North Rus- m". in arrears of taxes are asked

make settlement before June 1949- 0n that data the books are

River, until noon. lummcrsids until

(By Canadian Press Staff Writer)

BERTHIERVILLE, Que, June 14 —(CP)—Prime Minister St. Laur- ant said today he had "no inten- tion" of commenting on a reported remark of Premier Smallwood of Newfoundland "without some auth- oritative evidence as to what he actually did say."

In Ottawa last night Progressive Conservative leader George Drew read a report by the St. John's Sunday Herald of speeches of Lib- eral Premier Smallwood in which Mr. Smallwood was quoted as say- ing: "You have turned me down three times. I-‘erryland has voted against ma in two referendums and in the Provincial election, but I won in spite of you. Now I don't need you. I've been elected. But you need me. I'm sitting on top of the public chest and not, one red cent will come out of it for Ferry- land district unless (Liberal) Greg Power is elected."

Mr. Drew challenged Mr. St. Laurent to "give assurances to the people of Newfoundland that no one has the right to threaten any voter in Canada, no matter what hihposition may be."

r. St. Laurent. said further:-—-

"Of course it is well known that our Election Act protects the sec- recy of the ballot as effectively as it is protected anywhere. 1t is also well known that it is the funda- mental principles of Liberal poll- cles to promote the widest possible distribution of the benefits cf our prosperity to all Canadian citizens regardless of the locality in which they live, the occupation in which they are engaged or the political party which they support. That ap- plies to the Canadians of New- foundland just as it does to the re- sidents of the nine other Canadian Provinces." '

Fear Three Drowned Off Caribou“ Island

PICTOU. N. S.. R. C. M P.

June 14 v-(CP) . and _, fishermen dragged without success today the harbor entrance of this northern Nova Scotia town for bodies of three men .believed to have drowned.

Sumner Grant. Si. Forman Ca-

meron. 25. and his brother James were believed to have drowned Monday when their 12-foot sall- boat capsized. All three were from nearby Waterside. The boat was found today aground on Cariboo Island. about a mile offshore. Dragging opera- tions will continue.

CHARLOTTETQWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1949

ODY 0F "MISSING QUEBEC BOY FOUND IN

Vole A Expected In British Columbia Election Today Premier Stresses Problem Flee Elllgllll“

Of Markets In Addressing Visiting Manufacturers

$l9.000.000 Bond Sale By N. S; Gov'i.

HAL-WAX. June i4 -(CP) —'I1'ic Nova Scotia Government has ac- cepted the tender of s. syndicate composed of 26 investment dealers and banks i’ htro f1 . . . and banks for the issue of Provinc- ial debentures totalling $19,000,000. it was announced tonight.

‘The issue is composed of 84.000,- 000 of 2 1-2 per cent debentures for rein- years and $15,000,000 of a 1-4 per cent debentures for 1d years.

Dated J e 1. 1049. the dc- bentures we e sold at a net over-ail oost to the Province of 3.395 per cent. and will carry an annual sink- ing fund atrnounting to two per cent of each maturity.

The money will be used for high- way construction. bridges, ferries. the Harrington Passage causeway. schools. Nova scotia Power Com- mission arrd other puiblio works.

British Refuse To Become Rum-drinkers

LONDON. June 14 -- (CP — The liquor importers‘ dream of making Britain a rum-drinking country has flopped. The British Govern- ment, which buys in bulk, is stuck with huge stocks, enough to fill 8.000.000 bottles. "A lot of people hoped rum would take the place of whisky, but it hasn't." said one

Mystery Epidemic lieporietihi B. C. .

PRINCE GEORGE. B.C.. June l4-—-(CP)—-A mystery epide- mic which has attacked 300 persons in this interior ‘British Columbia centre. 500 miles north of Vancouver. today had medical authorities puz- zled. _

Dr. T. Patterson. government health officer. says the epide- mic results from a virus of unknown origin. The victims suffer swollen throat glands, headaches and high tempera- tures. Whoie families have been stricken.

Doctors have been working day and night. Preliminary investigation indicates the epidemic is not due to rnlIk- or water supplies.

The hospital isolation ward is full. private wards are with- out nurses. due to a shortage. and health authorities have sent out a special appeal for

expert.

aid.

Premier Smallwood

1O Killed In Cloudbursts

DALLAS. Tex. June 24 —(Al"i Storms and cloudbursts of up to l0 inches today took l0 lives in North Texas.

A flood warning was issued for the area along the '1‘rinity Riv- er, the same meandering stream which hit Fort Worth in mid-day.

"Concert and dance Miilvicw Hall, Thursday, Jun/e 16 by the Western Entertainers. Time 8.30.

"Crane alom. bring your Gal to the big Hoedown and Modern Dance. Islanders Country Club. Travellers Rest, Thursday June 16. Good music. Modern Sound Re- pmicctora. etc.

"The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Prcsbyterial of Prince Edward ls- land will be held in Wood Islands on Friday. June 24th. with sessions at. 10.30. 2.30 and 7.30 P. M.

"Wesley Memorial Y. P. U. Moncton, will present "I Wouldn't Know". s. three act comedy in Canoe Cove Hall, Saturday. June 10th. 8.30 P. M.

“Nesting of all members of 1ft. Stewart Strawberry Growers Ils- change. will be held inthe Can- nery on Thursday. June 10th. at 8 afloat.

"Will be loading hogs at the following points aaoh "Thursday: lhtor Winters, Bradslbane. until 11.80 A. ll. Borden Bagnall. Hunter

1.30 P. M. and Rsnaimton until 3

M"! lmsed to a lawyer for col- ieetl . (s . ‘will at! ingrown Blacquierl.

,ently it did not touch the ground.

Storms, In Texas

The flood this time was stream from Fort Worth.

Four persons were drowned to- day at Garland. northeast of here. All were caught in waters of Duck Creek, set. rising by a l0- inch rain.

A car-train collision in a blind- ing rainstorm killed three youths on the outskirts of Fort Wort.‘- ln Dcnton County. s boy was drowned when the sudden storm capsized his boat. In Dallas. an infant was suffocated when the storm knocked out lights, and I man was killed by a motorist who said he was blinded by rain.

A Frisco freight train piled up in s washout in Northwest Dal- las Cotinty. 1t was not until hours later that all crew members were found.

The infant was Sallie Purneli. three months old. who was suffu- cated in a padded corner of her crib after the storm knocked out lights.

Black. churning clouds, so thick they darkened downtown streets here. were accompanied by high winds and 2.48 inches of rain. The Weather Bureau predicted the Trinity River will rise to 38 feet here-IO fect above flood stage.

Dazzling lightning which accom- panied the storm set fire to a BiLOOO-bsrrel crude-oil storage tank near Bowie. giving rlsa to reports of a tornado. A pilot ra- ported seeing a torando in the air near Forth Worth but appar-

dovm-

Tha 10-inh downpour at Gan land caused damage estimated at

MaoIwenand Conley.

QLMOJID.

Premier Smallwood To Appear In Court June 16

By Joe MscSween

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld., June l4 - (CP) — Liberal Premier Joseph Smallwood will appear in court Thursday to answer four sum- monses charging he intimidated voters in the Federal riding of St. John's West.

The summonses. asked by W. J. Browne. who resigned as a dis- irict court judge to accept the Progressive Conservative nomin- ation for the riding in the Fed- eral election, were issued today hy Magistrate Hugh O'Neill.

At the same time, Mr. O'Neill refused to grant four warrants for Mr. Smallwoods arrest. also ask- ed by Mr. Browne.

If the intimidation charge is upheld in the courts. it would lay Mr. Smallwood open to a maxi- mum penalty of a $2.000 fine and two years in prison. with or with- out hard labor. The action is be- lieved to be the first of its kind under the Dominion Elections Act

of i988. Mr. Browne. asking the sum- monses on behalf of four resi-

dents of Fcrryland. part of the St. John's West riding. said Mr. Smallwood used “undue influence" in an election speech at Ferry- land June 9.

Mr. Smallwood rnade no state- ment on the charges today. Earlier. however, he said his remarks were’ made in a “bantcring manner" and had been received by his audi- ence in the same xvay.

Mr. Browne said when he first asked for the summonses in court yesterday that the Premier had said no public money would be spent in the area during the next four years unless the. people voted for the Liberal candidate.

He. laid the charges following a statement that he had "lost my job" because he opposed Mr. Smallwood! policies. To this. Mr.

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N. S. Girl Foils Holdup Attempt

YARMOUTH. N. S.. June l4 - (CP) — The 16-year-old daughter of a siorekeeper here today out- witted two; men who attempted to rob her father's store. ...

The pair had visited the store two weeks ago dressed as Roman Catholic priests. After chatting with the proprietor, they "bles- sed" the building.

The men returned today in civilian clothes while the girl. Marie Meuse. was alcna They struck her and left her tied on the

floor after finding no money in the store. her dress when she saw one of the man lock the door behind him... Police said the men escaped in a car with a plats.

She hid the money in

Quebec license

.“We should combine the four Maritime Provinces including Newfoundland~into a group which would work together in unison in Parliament, to see that this area Bets Justice and consideration from the rat of Canada," Premier J. Waiter Jones told members of the Canadian Manufacturers Associa- tion at a largely attended luncheon in The Charlottetown yesterday.

"EVCD if We did this, we would only have one eighth of the rep. resentation of Canada. but we could be quite vocal," the Premier added.

In an address of welcome to the visiting members and their wives. the Premier emphasized the Is- land's need for hotter trade and transportation facilities‘. "We buy fifteen dollars from you people 1n Ontario and Quebec for every dol- lar of goods you buy from us." he said. "At the time of Confedera- tion we were more prosperous than any other part of British North America. We want a share of that Prosperity again. We think the tide is turning and we hope this visit of yours today will have some- thing to do with it."

‘The Premier also suggested the need of "one great university for the Maritlmcs." t0 make a study of Maritime development Oppgrtun. lties. He instances! the science of MWIWKTBPYIY iri this ‘connection. citing the work being done ln in- Vestlkation of coastal fishery re- sources. .

"I think Newfoundland has gm. ten a little ahead of us in this re- spect." he said. "I am pleased to see that at Ottawa they are devei. oping the Department of Fisheries which eventually will be cf great value to this Province. I am told they intend to provide bait at a uniform price.

“That will be an excellent thing. In the meantime in this Province the Government had to step in. We had to establish a Crown company i0 8615 the thin! done. Now we have got the storage and freezing

facilities to give the fishermen their bait at cost." Premier Jones was the chief

speaker at the luncheon, which was tendered the visitors by the Pro- vincial Govemment and at. whiflh Mr. Frank Curtis. president of the Charlottetown Board of Trade. pre- sided.

Brief remarks were made by Mr. M.A. East, Saskatoon. newly elem. ed president of the Canadian Man. ufacturers Association. who cx. tended thanks to all concerned in flrflmflng the very pleasurable trip on the Abegweit. and the enter- tainment in Charlottetown.

In his opening remarks Premier Jones told the visitors that wimp

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Protest Opening 0f liquor Store Al Szicltville

Or Socialism ls Main Issue

VANCOUVER. June l4 — (OP)

British Columbia electors to- morrow will make their choice — free enterprise or socialism.

In the Provincial election. the Coalition forces-made up of Lib- erals and Progressive Conservatives -—have fought the campaign on the issue of free enterprise.

The C.C.F. with a socialistic program, has fought against "mon- opolistic controls." and against “capitalistic interests" seeking con- trol of the Provinces resources.

Premier Byron Jornson has said there is but one election issue - free enterprise or socialism.

The coalition has contended that Government under the CCF. will stifle BC. at a time when she faces big industrial expansion.

Harold Winch. CCF. Provincial leader. has struck back with charges the Government is pre- pared to sell out natural resources to the Aluminum Company of Canada. planning a $300,000,000 plant in B.C.

He has also condemned the Coalition administration's social and welfare programs and Lhe

three-per-cent sales tax.

The CCF. is pledged to a pro- gressive removal of the sales tax if it is given power.

British Columbia has had a Coalition Government since i941, first tinder the leadership of Hon. John Hart. now retired. and Pra- mier Johnson, elected to the Lib- eral leadership and appointed pre-

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Insurance Rates Cut On Hudson Bay Route

REGINA. June 14 (CPl — Marine insurance rates on the Hudson Bay route have been ra- duced 25 per cent. Saskatche- wan's Co-operatives Minister, L. F. McIntosh. said today.

Hull insurance costs on an average ship of 7.000 tons valued ‘at $1,000,000 formerly amounted to $12,925 compared to $9.694 un- der the new rates, Mr. McIntosh added. in addition. he said, there will be a corresponding saving

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Dr. MucMillon On C~M.A. Executive

' Dr. Norman H. Gosse of Halifax was named president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association for 1960 at the meeting today of the General Oouncll. Ho will succeed Dr.. J .F.C. Anderson of Saskatoon who tomorrow takes over presid- ency of the Association.

The executive committee of Pro- vlncial representatives includes Dr. D.A. Thompson, Bathurst, N.B.; Dr. J.G.B. Lynch, Sydney, N..S.; and Dr. W. J. P.. MacMillari. Charlottetown .

SASKATOON, June 14- (CP)-— The General Council of the Cana- dian Medical Association today chose Halifax as site for the C. M. A.'s I950 annual meeting.

News in Brief -

REGINA. June 14—-(CP)-—Dr. J. C. Meakins of Montreal. former clean of medicine at McGill Uni- versity, has been re-elected presi- dent of the Canadian Cancer So- oicty,

HALIFAX. June 14—~(CP)-The Canadian aircraft carrier Magnifi- cent salied tonight for Saint John. N. B. where she will enter dry- dock for repairs to her hull. The carrier was damaged two weeks ngo when she ran aground near White Point BeJat-h on Nova Scotia‘s south shore. ..

LONDON, June 14—-(CP)—Bi-i- talnls west-coast ports. crippled _for weeks, will he operating normally Wednesday, following today's vote by Avonmouth and Bristol dockers to return to work. The 2.000 Bristol and Avonmouth men will follow 10.000 Liverpool stevedores who re- sumed work Monday,

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SWAMP

Report lloaili A Due To llunqer And Exposure

By RENE ROY

(Sherbroolre La Tribune Reporter!

EASTMAN. Que, June 14 —4 (C?) _ The emaciated body of little Michel Fontalne was found today in a swamp nearly two miles from his father's farmhouse homc.

Provincial Police came upon the body partly buried in damp, spongy ground. thick with tail reeds and bullrushes. The discovery came tvco weeks and one day after the six-year-old youngster disappeared when sent home from a pasture by his broth- ers on the evening of May 30. There was a belief that the boy may have died the very night he wandered into thick bush land on the farm in the mountain back- woods. The place where the body was found borders 0n Long Pond. a. strip of water about half a mila long and 200 yards wide. To reach the pond the boy sp- parently was walking away from. the house. He must have passed through pasture land and crossed a small bridge before entering g small bush. After another clearing ha ap. parently entered thicker and den- ser bush.

Heard Child's Cries

It was recalled that on the 71.13111 Michel disappeared Gerald Hobbs of Magog heard what he thoughts

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Milan n MAN IS

OTTAWA. June 14 -— (CP) — A steady increase in the number of] business failures in Canada was re- , ported today by the Bureau of , Statistics. Commercial bankrupt- cics during the first quarter of 1949 i amounted to 280—-the highest forf the first quarter of any year since ‘ 1941. Most were in Quebec.

WASHINGTON, June 14 —fAP) —Senator Owen Brewster (Rep. Me.) predicted today that the In- ternational Joint Comrrniaslcn will start preliminary hearings about Aug. 15 into the feasibility and coat of generating electricity from the rise and fall of tides in Passa- snaquoddy Bay.

in insurance charged on cargo.

VANCOUVER, June 14-—(CP)—A C.C.F. rally's singing of “The Red Flag" emcrgcd today as the most fiery topic in tomorrow's British Columbia's Provincial elcclion.

Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, provincial prcsidcnt of the C.C.F. threatened in a statement tn sue Attorney-Gen- eral Gordon Wisrner for libel if he repeats a report nttributcd to him that "The Red Flag" sting at a C.C.F. meeting Saturday is lhc. some song as the Communist In- tcrnationalc.

She said the C. C. F. will take libel action against any Coalition candidate who states that the C.

SACKVILLE, NB. June 14 — (GP) -— A strong protest against the opening of a liquor store in this university town nuns rlraftcri at today's opening session of the Maritime conference of the Unit- ed Church of Canada.

The protest. to be forwarded to the Premier of New Brunswick. the chairman of the New Bruns- wick Liquor Control Board and the Mayor of Sackville. said opening of a store would be un- dasiraible in Smkviiie. where the United Church's educational in- stitutions are located.