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RUMORS SPREAD PRICE CONTROLS MAY BE REIMPOSED

Expect "Slugging" _Haganal Drafts‘ Palestine Youth

Massage From Truman Today

r (By Id Crelrhl WASHINGTON. Jan. 6-H?)- President ‘Truman wrote the fin- ishing touches tonight to a "slim. ging" atate-of-the-union message which ivill give his views on mo- mentous questions at home and abroad to the, newly-reassembled 80th Congress.

Meanwhile Republican congres- sional leaders raised the cry of "politics" against the President's expected tax recommendations, called for caution in foreign spend- ing and opposed any return ‘o cost-of-living controls such as ihose set up under the Office of Price Administration.

Both Houses opened the new session in an election-year at- mosphere oi caginess but put off major business until after the President outlines liis program in person on Capitoy Hill at 1:30 p. m- tomorrow.

The broadcast address is expect- ad to run about 5,000 words.

White House sourcs said the President will deliver a. "slugging" message.

in tomorrow's address and in his economic and budget mssages to follow, Truman is expected to call for:

speedy enactment of a multi- biilion dollar European recovery program.

A$40.000,000,000—or higher-mud- get which would be the highest in the country's peacetime history.

The power, denied hirn by Con- gress last year, to bring back ra- tioning and wage-price controls if necessary lo preserve living stand- ards.

Aides said the President might recommend higher corporation taxes so that the levy on low-in- coma taxpayers. could be eased without reducing the Government's total income.

A major battle over taxes and spending was assured when chair- man John Taber of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee declared that the re- ported budget figure “as "too damned high" and announced he would see that it was whittled be- fore Congress adjourns next June.

Taber said the economy axe probably would swing hardest in the direction of foreign aid, the veterans administration and the armed forces.

Montreal Tram Fares May Advance

MONTREAL. Jan. 6 -- (OP) — Tramrldera , of 13 municipalities of Greater Montreal looked for- ward with apprehension tonight to a. meeting Friday which held promise of bringing increased fares.

Best guess was that tram tic- kets would be three for a quarter instead of the present four. This would put Montreal's car-riding millions on a par with Vancouver and Halifax.

Coming Events

East-

"Dance Starlite tonight. crn Rhythm Boys.

"Dance at Bonshaw Hall Thurs- day Jan. B. MacNeilYs Orchestra.

"Uhloadill coal Wadneadb! Ind Thursday. Special price at ear. P. J. Ne? and Co.

"Annual Meeting Rose Valley United Ch h in the Church. Pri- dsy, Jami 9th, at two P. M.

"see Leuis-Woloott light It Crapaud ‘iiheatre ll‘rid_ay and Satur- day at 8.15 P. M.

"Whist and llhncc in Belfast Hall, Thursday night, January lth. Lunches served.

"Crapaud District Lodge meets in Mme Indge, Tuesday. January 13th. at 2.30 P. M.

"Unloading car of Feed. Wednes- day and Thl-Iddly. Oil Cake. Barld! Meal, Bran. etc. W. If. McOourt. Emerald. '

"Moniihly Meeting Kingston Branch No. 30, Canadian Legion B. E. B. L. will meet in Kingston school/Thursday, Ja , 0th. at 0.30 PM. gharp, All Veterans please attend.

“win u ioadlnl hon n me-

world to help solve the

Recruits for l-tagane, the Jewish defense organization, are given medical examinations at Tel Aviv. cllsoilyin: them according to health, education and ability. Hagsna has called to arms all Jewish boys and girls between l‘! and 25 for the lief-lie with the Arabs over partition.

They will get induction cards

Big Fire 0n Brooklyn Pier

NEW YORK. Jan. ‘l — (Wed- nesday) — (AP) -- Fire liead- quarters early today reported a four-alarm fire at Funnan and Clark Streets. along the Brooklyn waterfront, and laid a pier and an ‘unidentified freighter were ablaze.

The scene of the fire la acrviaa from the lower lip of Mui- hattan.

The iiamea were visible from Manhattan.

A telephone operator at the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn. which la located several blocks from the scene of the fire, laid the sky was brightly illumin- ated -by Ohn blaze.

Police headquarters said the freighter was loaded with nio- lion picture film.

Coal Miners Seek llcw Wage Increase-

GLAGE BAY. N. 5.. Jan. 8 -' (OP) — Freeman Jenkins, District 26 president of the United Mine Workers '(C.C.L.) announced to- night that negotiations for wage increases for 13,000 miners em- ployed by Dominion steei- and Coal Corporation will open here ‘Ilhursday.

Present contract between the U. M. W. and Dosco expires Jan. 3i. Mr. Jenkins did not say what incrnses the Union would ask.

LONDON. Jan. 5 -(CP>—LoM.er- iea, officially banned in Britain. nevertheless take millions of pounds from Bullish pockets every year and the baton-anything Britons ask for more.

This was shown in a poll conduct-

ed by the mess-circulation Daily

Express which askl readers wheth- er they were for or against atato lotteries. The result: 09.0 per cent acid they were for them; 103 per cont were against and 0.2 per cent

rm poll was taken after the treasury was offered a plan t0 stage a. 52000000000 ($8.000.- 000.000) state lottery open to the country's

had no opinion.

economic difficulties. But the idea of a stale letter?-

or any lottery-woe received wllh some condeumaticui by the Churches’ Committee on Oombllnl

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ter nicer. until noon; miner- lldc until 1:80 Nb: 30l- Illllton until t pm. melon and

ca The committee said in a stall-

rneat that a min lottery con- stitutes "mdlllllil

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Jewish Defence Army is Sharply Rebuked

By EDWARD CURTIS

JERUSALEM. Jan. a -.- (AP) .- The Palestine Government today sharply rebuked Kagans, the Jew- ish defence army. for the "dastard- ly and wholesale murder of in- nocent people” in the blasting of the Semiramis Hotel.

The Government announced it was "carefully considering the sit- ution created by the action of Hagana in publicly claiming cre- dit" for Monday's explosion that killed 19 Arabs and the acting consul for the Spanish Govern- merit.

Rescued From Ruin:

This morning rescue workers liberated a 28-year-old Arab worn- an who had been imprisoned in the ruins of the hotel for 34 hours beside the body of her four-year. old son.

David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the Jewish agency executive, was summoned by High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham to Govern- ment House. An official statement said "matters concerning the se- curity situation were discussed."

But there was no hint of what British authorities ‘were prepared t0 do to cope with the disorder now approaching anarchy and civil war in the Holy Land.

Scattered violence during the day raised to 598 the unofficial count of persons slain in the Holy Land since the Nov. 29 decision of the United Nations in favor of

partition. Most informants believed it im- possible for the British police

force and dwindling military es- tablishments to disarm a populace which has been arming for months In preparation for a bitter strug- gle. The security forces were be-

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Majority 0f Britons Favor State Lottery

disciplined work." It addod: ‘They (lotteries and other forms

of gambling) all encourage the ‘something-formatting’ spirit rath- er than the spirit that atria at

‘more and more production by bet- ter and more earnest work?”

It advised Britons to face eon- tinued aireterily and "to rlfuu the questionable remedy of the state lottery."

Here are extracts from the "yes"

readers: - “A state lottery would create no extra gambling feven. in: for it but some uneasincle is accused by the reflection that even a state lottery when run by bureaucrats could make a loss."

And the "no" readers: "stale lottery‘! eertainLy notl gambling is a ghastly trcadnill which an- iiam the main-w It W fl- pfligg of the enameled-ion of the few...a iotlaiy brings out thcwont type of grad for piilidcrmiottaryr amaet at uni. Illa absolutely certain a: that truoeua la bringing thy reunion uiiexpae ed wealth and longer life-which beam forbid.’

AbboltSays Cov’i Aim ls

MONTREAL. Jan. 6 - (GP) - Restrictions on movement of goods and people between United States and Canada are regarded by the Canadian Govern-merit “as unmiti- gated evils to be removed at the earliest possible movement," Fin- ance Minister Abbott said today.

In an address to the Rotary Club dealing with Canada's dollar saving program. Mr. Abbott de- ciared that no Government decis- ion hsd ever been taken with greater reluctance than that to place restrictions on imports and to limit funds available for travel by’ Canadians in the United States.

The declsion was necessary. he ssid, if Canada was to remain solvent: in position to contribute to world trade recovery.

Making it clear that the re- strictions on imports were an alternative to depreciation of the Canadian dollar, the Finance Min- ister said. "the principal reason the Government did not resort to currency depreciation as a rem- edy for our dollar troubles is that it did not wish to push up the cost in Canada. of United States‘ cool. cotton, oil and other essen- tial materials any higher than they have already gone because this would have an immediate effect on the basic cost of living."

He went on: “There is no rea- son to fear that we are return- ing to‘ the narrow, selfish phil- osophy of beggar-cny-neighbor that hampered the development of world tradeln pre-war years."

dfaehmlr Fighting lliredtlt Security Council Meeting

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Jail. 6- v<CP)-The deep-seated bitterness between Hindu India and Mosiem Pakistan was publicly bared before the security Council today as the’. peace-preserving agency of the United Nations took up the case of Kashmir, princely state in northern India and cause of a dis- pute verging uporropeii warfare between the two new Dominions. The Council, entering upon its third year of existence, decided that debate on the issue would be-

KARACHI, Jan. 6 —(CP)— Seventy persons were killed to- day in this capital city of Mos- ieni Pakistan when a crowd stormed and set fire to a Sikh temple in which 250 Sikh evacuees, including women and children, were housed for transfer.

‘Ilhe burning temple set off a wave of commun-al riotirm throughout the city. Angry crowds rushed through streets, looting Hindu quarters.

gin_ next Monday or Tuesday, or not later than Jan. 15. The delay ivas granted to Pakistan to per- mit Foreign Minister sir Moham- med Zafrullah Khan to reach Lake Success from Karachi and reply to India's charges that Pakistan troops have invaded its territory. India's representative at the Council table, P. P. Piliai. agreed to the delay but only after pro» testing that Pakistan's request for a postponement until "Jan. i4 or f5" was unnecessary. Piilai told the Council. in which Canada took a seat for the first time, that the one was urgent. He cited alleged Pakistan attacks on "Indian soil" and read a report he said he had just received saying that 4,000 Pakistan raiders attacked Indian positions on Indian soil today.

Says U. S. Could Set Up Floating Airfields

Ship Smells By Truck To N. Y.

A truck loaded with eight tons of frozen smelts left the plant of Jenkins Bros. Lid. Summerside Monday at noon and should arrive in New York today. This is the third consignment of srnelta to be shipped in that manner to the American market in the past three weeks us an experiment in faster and cheaper transportation. It is planned to continue this mode of shipping while the cool weather lasts.

The Gulf of St. Lawrence ares is the only place in the world where smells are fished and they are considered quite a delicacy on American tables. As the market fluctuates often it is of value to be able to reach the market quick- ly when it is in a favorable con. ditlon as to price. That is one rea- son for the experiment and the other is economy. Ungraded smelts are purchased at present at 16 cents a pound and are then grad- ed, packed and loaded for ship- ping-s. '

Native of u. s. Perish-es in Yukon

HALIFAX, Jan. C-(CPJ-Word was received here today of ‘.110 death by exposure in the Yukon of Capt. G. I... Floster, 44. a native of Halifax and a member of one of Canada's most distinguished military families.

A report from White Horse saio Capt. Foster had died of exposure after becoming lost in dense bush country near there wliiie on u prospecting trip.

Son of the late Mai-Gen. G. l. Foster, director-general of Medi- cal Services for the Canadian Army in the First World War. he is survived by a brother, Mai-Gen. Harry Wlckwira Foster, Eastern Command chief.

Burglar Awaits Sentence; ilomc ls Set 0n Fire

SAINT JOHN. N.B-. (OP) — Described by police as a case of arson. a spectacular fire tonight destroyed the locked and unoccupied home of Angus Mail- man on the nearby Loch Lamond Road while Mailman, 61, slept in the County Jail here awaiting sentence on a charge of breaking. entering and theft.

The flames quickly enveloped the two-storey frame dwelling and ignited lhe roof of the nearby home of Vincent lilurray. Firemen saved this residence.

Mailman. his housekeeper. Mrs. Jessie Brovm. 4:1. and Mr. and Airs. Charles Harrison, all of Loch Lo- mond Road. pleaded guilty today to a charge of breaking into the Murray home last month during absence of Mr. and Mrs. Murray end stealing furniture and other goods valued at more than $1,000. Police said a truck had been used to haul away the loot. most of which was recovered.

A charge of receiving stolen goods also resulted in a guilty plea today from Cecil Jones. All five

SALISBURY. England - (CF) - One week's potato ration-three pounds-was one of the wedding presents received by a couple

‘ were . ' ’ for sent- ence Jan. i3.

Police said tonight's fire start- ed in a bedroom. with evidence Indicating combustible material had been thrown through s broken

here. L

window.

Finest Quality .

was s. corral:

Jan. 6 —.

Conlrolsllcmoval u“ Any cgastling

(By Morgan Reynold!)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—(AP) - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz today declared the United States possesses such absolute control of the seas that it is able to estab- lish powerful floating air bases of.‘ any shore to safeguard the coun- try's security and world "stabil- ity."

Meanwhile the Navy moved to put to peacetime test the principles of‘ war strategy outlined. Shortly before releasing the text of the final report drafted by the former Chief of Naval Operations, the Naw disclosed the assignment or Nimitzs chief planning officer. Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, to command naval forces in the Mediterranean. This brought into sharper focus the dispatch o? tank-equipped Marines to the smouldering Balkan area.

The valedictory study by Nimitz who was succeeded by Admiral Louis E. Denfeid last month, out- lines the present and future role of United States naval forces, both on sea and in the air, as based on recent war experience plus de- velopzneuts since.

Nimitz stressed that American aims are directed first tcnvards national security and secondly to the “creation and perpetuation of that balance and stability among nations which will ensure to eaci. the right of self-determination under the framework 'of the Un- ited Nations."

To accomplish these objectives the study urged prompt consider- ation of the defensive and offen- sive requirements to meet recog- nizable zones of future danger.

Nimitz did not mention Russia by name but had this to say:

“For any future war to be of sufficient magnitude to affect us seriously it must he compounded of two primary ingredients: vast manpower and tremendous indus- trial capacity. These conditions exist today in the great land mass of Central Asia, in East Asia and in Western Europe.

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of Ro- fo estab- lish a “popular republic" for the Communist-dominated nation fol-

Premier Petru Groza mania moved swiftly

lowing the abdication of young King Michael. A temporflfy ll"- man council of the republic was apipOlniétl until the new president is elected.

London Silver Fox Sale Concludes

LONDON, Jan. 6 —- (OP) —’1‘he Hudson's Bay Company two-day sale o! silver and piatina fox skins ended today with 50 per cent of the offerings sold.

The company said prices were firm throughout comparing fav- orably with those obtained at the December auction.

Silver fox prices in the after- noon todayranged near £4 ($16) and platinns from £8 to £12.

The company said “attractive offerings" of nearly 10,000 silver foxes and 1.446 platinas drew good attendance‘ from buyers from swiizerland. Belgium, France and the DOmllliOllS. Demand was heaviest for half and three-quar- ter silvery and darker type full sliver skins. ‘

The snlc of 10,000 ranched mink 3

starts tomorrow.

Consumer Pays Piper As Bacon Prices Soar

Bacon and small boneless hams are now costing the Charlotte- town consumer 10 cents a pound more than they d d one week ago at the average retail grocery store.

Last week at most stores the consumer paid 59 cents-thou8h some charged as much as 62 cents-for a pound of bacon off the “slab". At the same stores last week a pound of boneless small ham sold for 55 cents. The minimum price for those meats now is 69 cents and 65 cents re- spectively. Sausages which sold at 40 cents per pound last week have advanced to 45 cents.

Invoices of one retail grocery store show that the packers last week charged 34 1-4 cents for sausages; 42 1-2 for "slabbeci“ fancy bacon; and 42 3-4 cents for small boneless ham. The pro- prietor of the store said last night that he is now charged 38 1-4 cents for sausages (an increase of four cents per pound); 50 cents for small boneless ham (an increase

of ‘I 1-4 cents per pound):

and that he was told yesterday he will be required to pay 54 w"! 10*‘ choice fancy bacon in the slab which is an increase of 1l 1-2 cents per pound. Standard bacon in the ilab will cost the retailer 50 cents per pound.

Dlsproportiouate Enread

Those figures reveal that the spread between the packer and. the consumer is 8 3-4 cents per pound on sausages; l5 cents per pound on small hams; and l5 cents per pound on bacon. Where retail prices are one or two cents higher, the spread, of course. W111 be that much greater.

The price io the Island farmer for Grade A hogs advanced one.- haif cent yesterday so that he is now getting 21 1-2 cents per pound. or $41.25 plus a Dominion Gov- ernment bonus of $2.00 which makes total receipts for his ani- mal of $43.25 at "hot iveight."

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Restaurant Prices Follow Meat Trends

(By The Canadian Preal)

Aa retail pork and beef prices continue to climb in many parts of Canada, some Toronto restaur- ants hava boosted by five cents the charge for meals and a is eerie dishes featuring pork pro- ducts.

Meanwhile, fowl prices have been hiked in some Calgary mar- kets and there are predictions that veal and lamb prices will be in- creased generally.

Greatest price booats have been in pork and pork products. These, and smaller increases in beef pro- ducts, have been attributed to boosts in wholesale prices as a remit of last week's announce- ment that, under the new Anglo- caiudian food alreementt. Brit- ain will pay more for Canadian pork and beef.

In Toronto, aide bacon sold yes- terday at as cents a pound, 20 conic more than at the end of lut weak. The price was Bl cents

la Edmonton, I0 cents in Medi-

‘cine Hat, Alta, and ‘l5 in Gait. Ont. Gait dealers sold back bacon for $1 a pound.

Pork chops, hams, sausages and tendcrloins all cost more -- with increases ranging up to 10 ccnis a pound.

,In Ottavra, an Agriculture De- partment spokesman said there is no ceiling on poultry and no Cov- ernment-contract buying of poul- try. Therefore, the price the producer obtained for his poultry depended on his bargaining with the buyer.

Toronto dealers said they are preparing to raise beef. veal and lamb prices because of Jumps in wholesale costs.

J. S. McLean. president of Can- ada Packers Lid. in a statement explaining that the packing- houses’ pork costs had been ad- vanced seven cents a pound. said: "There will almost certainly be an advance in veal and lamb, as an indirect result of ilie (Angio- Canadian) contracts but this can-