MAXIMS o! A MERE MAN t-ii wisdom walk only in a circle, u, their pristine ia-noranca. trhey who travel in pnranll of alter all their labours at last return and .11.; Guardian. Three Cents, Mandy‘ Dilly FDIIIIIOQ Ill‘). .-,\:\ A s Read by Eveybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1949 \t\\ 16 PAGES The placlplea of a free constitu- tion are irrevocably lost when the lellllot-lve power the execution. MAXIMS " 01A MERE MAN. 1a nominated b! iocli UNCOMPLETED BUSINESS, AS HOUSE olssolv Appointme _.?———-———- ~—- ANGLER, DROWNED AMHERST. N. 5., May l - (C?) _ Bony of 30-year-old Earl Doyle "as, found today by searchers who tn our to hunt for him alter he failed to return from a. fishing trip. Tilt‘ liOtly was found 1n loss than lfllll‘ icct of water. Coming Events “Play, ‘lracadie Hall, Wednes. day, May 4th. Dance afterwards. "Mall your Films to Gal-nhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown. ~ "Reserve May 16th for Free show of Films in Hampshire School. "Show Morel]. every Tuesday and ‘Priday. Show starts 8.30 o'clock. "Dance in St. Peter's Legion liall every Tuesday night. Cliff Peters Orchestra, "Col-ran Ban Hall, Wednesday, May 11th, four act drama. followed by dance. "Dancing Larkln's Restaurant. Monday night, May 2. Music by Rollie MacKenzle‘s Orchestra. "Notice-Will continue Cleaning Grain till May 10th, Harold Gould, DcSable. "See qhe Norboro play in Besrletown Hall May f, sponsored by the Bcdeque Junior Farmers. "See "Lighthouse Nan", Indian Rivcv Dramatic Club in French River hall Monday, May 2, 8.30 p.m. "Unloading Saturday and Mon- day car of Shur-Galn hog, dairy and poultry feed. McKle & Co., Grafton St. "Now booking clover seed. Farmers, our prices will save you Blotter. Hush your orders. Mac- Gulgan 8r Boyle. "Poyvital Y.P.U. presents "Have A flout". Kingston Hall, mes- gar}; ligay 3rd. Auspices Hampshire "Don't miss "Mr. Bean F‘rom limo“ a 3 act play by Stanley 31105;? Players in New Glasgow Hal, Fri-day. ltlay 6th, at 8.30.‘ "Powiial Y.P.U. presents "Have A lleaz-t" Broakficlrl Hall Friday, Ne“ 6th. Atlspices Brockfleld Women's Institute. "Birch Grove Hall Friday, May 8. lnrlian River-Kensington Dra- matfc club recent “Lighthouse Nan". Curtain 8:39 sharp. > "ltlr, Archibald MCKlnnOn, Canoe Cmn will truck cream over the tis- unl route from Crupaud Creamery ('0. licainnlng May 4, once weekly uuiil further notice. Crspaud Crmiliiciy Co, "To arrive two cars Canada "mciil nl SPPPlRl prices. He. sure llllfl see its before hooking. Also lo "Prov". t‘lll'5 lime, fertilizer, cedar sliinzici. and asphalt shingles. Be llllt‘ fllltl sco our Super-Tile shing- ‘u “crow huylna. v.1. my a ca. Hunter lllvcr. nts To Medical Staff 0t San Announced Two new appointments to the medical staff of the Provincial Sanatorium have been iilled by two overseas doctors, Dr. Kenneth Ian MacLeod. Leith, Scotland. and Dr. Cecil F. O'Riley from lreiand, Dr. P. A. Creelman, superintend- ent of the Saiiatorlum and direct- or oi TB. control of the Province, announced yesterday. Dr. E. M. round, who has been on the Sanatorlum staff several years has been appointed medical supervisor oi T.B. clinics through- out the Province. and it ls ex- pected that the number and scope of the clinics will be extended during the summer. Dr. Maclicod arrlwd ln Char- iottetown frcm Scotland on Sat- urday. He. was appointed by the Provincial Executive council to serve on the staff of the San- atorlum as resident physician un- der the Federal-Provincial Health and Welfare arrangements covered by recent grants. Dr. O'R.lley was appointed by the Provincial Sanstorium Com- mission to serve on the Senator- ium staff as medical director. He is a graduate of Queen's Univer- sity, Belfast. and received his dip- loma oi Public Health from Dub- lin University. Dr. 0‘Ri1ey is ex- pected to take up his appointment tomorrow. ' A native oi Ullapool. Dr. Mac- Leod was educated at Fortress Academy. oi which his father is still headmaster, states an April issue of the “Weekly Scotsman“. Graduating from Glasgow ‘Univer- sity, Dr. MacLeod practised in Dlngiwall and subsequently, during the last two years, addressed about 112,000 Scots at some 800 (Continued on Page 5 Col. 8) Heather Planted Af New Glasgow. N. S. NEW GLASGOW. N.S.. May 1- (CP) - More-than 300 heather plants flown from Glasgow, Scot- land. were planted here Saturday in a civic ceremony at this North- ern Nova Scotia town. Maple seeds were sent in return to Glasgow by the New Glasgow Horticulture Society. Representa- fives of civic organizations helped with the planting as s high school pipe band supplied back- ground music. Drought Thfeaiens Crops ln_ Europe PARIS, May l. — (AP) - April showers have brought some relief to drought-stricken areas oi Eur- ope, but farmers still are worried, A Marshall-Plan report says “with abundant rains in the next six weeks excellent crcps will be possible, but with continued sub- normal rainfall the results will be extremely serious." Short crCtps would mean that a larger proportion of United States aid must go into food imports in- stead oi products that help re- construction. Marshall-Plan experts noted that rain "has been sub-normal in one or more parts of Europe during Nine Killed In Series of Tornadoes NORMAN. Okla, May l —(CP)‘ -Nlne persons were killed Satur- day night in a series oi roaring tornadoes that swept across Okla. heme and hit areas in Texas and Kansas. The storms injured 85 persons- more than half of them at Nor. man, site of the University of Ok- lahoma Damage was estimated roughly at $2,000,000 Five of the deaths occurred in rural Oklahoma towns-Meeker. Utlca, Antlers, McLoud and Spen- cerville. Four were at Bonham. Tex. NEW HEALTH ORGANIZATION OTTAWA, May l — (C?) -— A new organization to co-ordlnate voluntary health and welfare work in Canada, lmovwi as the Canadian conference of voluntary national health and welfare organizations. has been formed, it was announ- ced Saturday by R.E.G. Davis, of Ottawa, executive director of the Canadian Welfare Council. Mr. Davis. who was elected chairman of the new organization, said the organization will act as a clear- ing-house for information and a means oi common action on mat-i ters of mutual concern, Mr. Davis said. Maritime Army Units .Well Represented At 5th Div. Sigs. Dinner i BRIG. GJLR. SMITH. (.1515. New Brunswick Area Command- rmt. who attended the annual din- ner of the 5th Divisional Signals‘ l on Saturday‘. Dies While Selling Oui‘ Lobster Gear Mr. John W. MacLeod of Peter's Road East, tiled unexpdctedly while setting out his lobster gear Saturday as the fishing season opened. His body was found float- ing s short distance from his boat. It is considered likely that he suffered a heart attack and lell overboard. Coroner Dr. George S. Inman of Montague decided an inquest was not necessary. , Mr. MacLeod was fishing alcne on the Murray Harbor North shore oif Clow‘s factory. He had apparently set out. some of his gear when he was stricken. His drifting boat wvas noticed by nearby fishermen. Tfhcy investig- ated snd found the hndy floating not’ far away. ll. WAS ashore about 9,35 am. A son, Fred Maclieod, has been living at Montague. it'- P Charged With Murder D. P. Dies In Hospital (By The Canadian Press) PRINCE ALBERT, Susie, May 1 -R. C. M. P. said Saturday that Andrew Balatsky, former Polish displaced person charged with the tnurdcr of his wife, his son and his cmployerxclied in hospital here saturday. Balatsky was seriously injured in a fight at the farm home of Theodore Adamovic. Po- lice called to the home April 20, found Mrs Katherine Balatsky. her siX-year-old son Dolmen and each month since September." "“Atlention farmers Crapaud and Wildly: I have on hand the fol- mliliit Purina feed-s: Chi-ck Start- tiij Chick Grower, Laying Mash. “My Ration. m»; Grower and stfllfl- Free delivery on l-2 ton 1M or more. Enoch Newton. Phone Crapaud 7-22. 30B Finisher Mash 035. other feeds in accordance. order. Ii. J. MscDougsll, Vernon ‘M "Ill as well. Buying i‘ Mt. Stewart. m‘: ‘ Keri res-sen. u...“ i g I ‘Feeds: The following is our llflces on feeds: 18% Pig Starter "~85. 16% Hog Grower ssso. 15% 17 17% Lain}: rowing as "to. um Chick Biilrlfl’ use. sh Bu! "P-Gll-n Feeds and be sure. Bags fxcluded. Phone or write your vwnr . a s. u. Brcokfield. 1 r. u. rm. 2, netting. Vernon River. sso Pewrtai, weal "w. e s. M. New alum. 1o, “has: t“, iii‘ w» . a. pen; t are impafile fol Adamovlo dead. Forecasts Early Lifting NEW YORK, May 1—(CPl- Dr. Herbert V. Eyatt. president of lie United Nations General Assembly. Saturday gave the first official in- dication that lilting of the Berlin blockade can be expected soon. The Australian External Affairs Mlnipter, informed atep-by-step of the secret United States-Russian . , PAR-I ‘M/ly 1 -—-(R.0lll.0l's-) -- mlmzlf Plls Monday athed- Usually liable sources here "Mon. l kinda and sisal, boars said Saturday night that a f we: meeting to follow the expected lifting of the Ber- lin blockade is likely to open in ' Paris May 15. talks, laid there 1a every reason to neat!” my’; u. noun" 50m“ grtiitilpgta "early lifting" of the . N“ g _ '30,,“ _ ec a e. . i. Kai ‘I émnmfv; ll; inued i statement tc news- Olitioii. sac. Kenaington. myth,- papermen u tdiplomsts predicted rs»- c" *~ c“ m "" *" "x1212" °i.‘i'.‘°'ii“.i.' .§ ~ eonvaraa our o e o . m Wm lid m k htw“nt¥ “n. __ hllip C. JIIIIIII“ lbad States ambplsador-at-larll. Ind Jakob A. Mallltlfjulalan deputy lor- Of Berlin Blockade algn minister. Evalt warned that ending of the 10-month stalemate would not coyer all disputes amnnil the 811M POW- ers, but would clear the ground for a fresh approach to the peace settle- menis for Japan and Germany. The whole problem of Germany would he the subject-matter of a meeting cl the Council of Foreign Ministers which the Russians call- qd as for a condition of lilting the blockade. Unofficial reports at the week- end persisted that Mallk gave hll tacit agreement to the Western Povgera that convenlrll the foreign ' ‘ " _ would not inter- fere with plan: for establishment of a west-German state. ' Mslik previously was understood lohttve assured Jcssup that Rus- sia's only conditions for lifting the blockade were simultaneous rain- ing of the Western-Powers counter- bieekado and eallinl the Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the whole question af Germany. l.’ brought Nfld. Liberals Elect Leaders, Adopt Platform ,B!§;.,~Jonapl1<. Baht-Swan»; ~81'\.‘~:‘JOHN'S. May 1 ~tCtP) '- Prcmiet- Joseph Smallwcod and F. Gordon Bradley, stale secretary, were elected to lead the Liberals in Newfoundland at a closing session oi an Island-wide inaugural con- vention ct! the party here Saturday, The three-day convention also elected candidates for all but one of the 28 seats to be contested in the new province's first provincial election May 27 It approved a 15- point platform with the accent on develcpment of the island's re- sources. Although the convention held the political spotlight during the week- end, the Progressive Qonservalive Party also was drawing its ‘lines into battle array for Nswfcudlands first polling in i7 years A rally was called for lUTll0l"l'OW night. at which it was expected that candidates ior all districts would be named. Six candidates-including party leader l-l.G.R. nlews, who will run in the dual district. nf St John's Wcst- were announced enri- ier Ap-pninlmetit of Mr Smallwood and Mr, Bradley had been widely forecast before the convention be- gan and came as no stirprise, Ml" Bmallwood will lead the party ll‘l the provincial field While Mr, Brad- ley, Newfoundlands T9pf9§8fllalivc in the Dominion cabinet, will be federal leader. Eric (Jock. Si. John's lawyer who was appointed Dllfll’ ‘Oteildillt. reed n message cl "cordial avert- ...__..___ (Continued on Page 5 Col. 4i BrilisfGovT: t Takes Over Gas Industry By EDWIN BBANKI: LONDON, May l (AP) Britain's billion-dollar gas indus- try passed into the hsrlds of the government today‘, Socialism! in- ternational May Day ltollday. 1g l; the seventh major indus- lry nationalized by the Labor Party since it came to power in i945. The others‘ were coal. elect- ricity, inland transport, cable and wireless, airways and the Bank cf England. At dusk tonight. lamp-lighters as usual will pedal down many streets on their bicycles. lighting m, g“ lunpa. However, they will draw their pay henceforth from the state instead of from a BIS company. The government will add 180.- 000 employees to its iwroll. will take ever 1,000 enterprises owned b! ‘I'll private companies and m municipalities and vllued at 01.000.000.000- A gas council will take cver supervision. It will be responsible to the Minister of Fuel and Pow- er. ‘melve gas boards through the country will handle regional ad- ministrative problems. Fifty-six per cent of Britain's street lighting still is done by us. and even since the war new gas lat-hp: have been installed in some er Londcn‘: moat lllllieilabia au- meta. n -lo|t but firemen More than 36 Army officers from Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotla and New Brunswick gather- ed at The Charlottetown Satur- day night to attend the annual mess dinner of L-l. Col. F‘. .1. Storeys 5th Division Signals Regiment (EFL. i Colonel John Wallis. O. B. EL, speaking on behalf oi Major Gen- eral H. W. Foster. C. B. E., D.S.O., expressed regret. that the Eastern Command Aririy chief was unable tn attend itnri paid tribute to the organization and progress made by Prince Edward Island reserve units over the past three years. A special welcome to the dinner and meeting was extended by Colonel Wallis to three officer cadets of the Signals Regiment who were training for commission- ed status iom the ranks under a new "contingent plan" ioi‘ the Reserve Force. The cadets. G. l... Jenkins, J. I... D. Kcmiotly and J. T. Gallant. all of Charlottetown, will be among the first to receive commissions in the new reserve organization directly .from the ranks. Halifax Celebration Referring to‘ the forthcoming Halifax bicentennial celebrations. Col. Wallis expressed the hope that as many troops from the lslanll as possible would conic to Halifax in June. He said that Army head- mlartem jui- Ottéwa had- titlthnrized "lull pay and allowances ior all rc- serves who would visit Halifax to participate in the tipening bicenlenary programme from June 16th to 22nd. Brigadier G. E. H. Smith. C. B. tCorrtlnucd on Page 5 Col, 6) Foresi Fire Reported in N. B. NEWCASTLE. N .13.. May 1 ~- (OPi - A forest fire 10 miles from Allsrdville hail burned an strayed two small lumber camps It was expected to be tinder con- trol by morning. District forester 11A. Webb de- nied an earlier report. that. the fire was raging on a 254.1111». front and had hurried at least five houses. l-le said no houses had been lost. A crew of 35 to 40 men. using two tankers and three motor pumpers. were fighting the flames. 'I‘he lumber camps. Fraser Companies, hatl been 0c.- cuplcd temporarily by one or more families. Tlwc other cam-ps were evacuated. TThe burned acreage was about equally divided on each SlflP nl No. 8 highway. Deepest a half mile in one section. Cause oi the fire u-as attributed ci-vvay‘ l! being cut. ECOUDOUC, N.B., May -1 a forest fire burned acres of young timber near New Brunswkk village. today‘. used wartime RtCALF. airfield. Provincial F‘orest Rangers R.O.A.F. fire fighters several hours hlau under control. lumliéfhill “And Garage Burned EDMUNDSTON, N, B., JVlay 1~-~ (CP)--A finishing mill and gllfiflfl owned by Arthur J. Dailzle at near- by Madawaskn. lvic., was destroyed this afternoon by fire of unknown cnusc. Loss was estimated at S22,- 000. The tun-storey wooden build- ing contained a small office. lum- ber and equipment. A truck and tractor also were savetl another truck and a sawmill at the rem- oi the finishing mill. The name typo n1 mill, owned by Mr. Dalgle, was destroyed by fire in November. 1947. , KILLED TEST FLIGHT ‘IORONTO, May l—-lOPi-Rob- art webber‘. of Guelph. ont- was fatally injured Saturday when his Vultae trainer plane crashed from Tilly! pilot for Central Aircraft here, took the plane up on crout- ma the night. area of 25 acres tonight. and de-‘ Drama Trophy Won penetra- tion o! the flame; mm ‘m0 s w“ I lltfldlltdltl" 0T "John Loves Mary .1 study nf Canadian life. won for him‘ tn slash burning where a right-i The fire broke out near the un- and battled for before bringing the 1M0 feet at Melton airport. Weh- l JET PLANES FEATURE Moscow MAY DAY PARADE? Demonstration is Called “lmpressivve" MOSCOW, May l~ (CPD-Prime Minister Stalin‘ today reviewed a magnificent lVlay Day parade which put the accent on new jet planes, overhead rather than the troops marching across Red Square. ‘ For several hours ‘Stalin stood, atop the Lenin mausoleum as more’ than 1,000,000 Russians celebrated‘, the traditional socialist holiday. His son. Mal-Gen. Vassllv Stalin. led the air force show. “The ncccnl “as on jets," said‘ Capt. Lawson l-l. Randall. Canadiart_ air attache. Ho said the demonstra-j tlmt was "impressive". j Brig-Gen. Russell R, Randall, tin-i ‘lied States air attache, mmt-lltedi lllni the parade "showed evidence‘ cf the continued technical progress‘ of the Soviet, Air force." tNo details nf new weapons or. jet-plane types were mentioned in‘ correspondents‘ dispatches from Moscow. All dispatches pass through Soviet censorshipJ Theme n1 this year's blay Day demonstrations was that the Red Army would never he used aggres- siveLv. For 80 minutes. picked detach- ments of the three services parad- ed. Then a colorful civilian demon- stration swept across Red Square. In an address to the participants. Marshal Alexander Vnsilevsky, new minister nf the armed forces, de- clared that United States "reaction- nries are in unleash" a new world war and thnt Russia's armed forces must he‘ ever alert to guard faith- fully the Russian. motherland and lhe"‘“p_cacef'ul work of the Soviet people." Steamers Collide Off N. Y. Harbor NEW YORK. May 1 -_tA.Pl - Two large sfoamships collided in a thick log outside New York harbor tomghi. but. neither apparently was in danger The Marine Leader, a 10-000-ton tanker. and the tone-ton Jalaketu an Indian-registered freighter. ecl- llded as a dense fog shrouded the entire. harbor Search Continues For Missing R.C.A.F. Plane l i HALIFAX. May l—(CP)—-R.C. A. 1"‘. Search and Rescue officials here said nine aircraft scoured Gaspe peninsula in Quebec today without success u search for a‘ missing R.C.A.1=‘. plane triih owe-r’ men aboard continued. . Aerial photographs taken Satur-l day over New Brunswick by two; aircraft frcm Ottawa's Rockclilfe’ airport were being studied today. News in Brief OTTAWA, May 1 —lCPi —T'ne. c c r has decided to give its nip-' port to the 5,000 striking miners in Asbestos, Que. WASHINGTON. May l MIA?) ~- Sersstor Owen Brewster (Rep. MeJ made public today an appeal to congress from the international joint commission for 530.000 with which to study the proposed Pas- samequoddy tidal power project. BERLIN. May 1 -—(A.Pl -- Th? wreckage oi a. British air-lift plane missing since yesterday was found today in the Soviet occupation zone. All four crew members were dead, bringing to 51 the air-lift toll for 10 months‘ operation OTTAWA, May i tCPt Engineers have started survey work lo set the stage for construction of more than 1,000 miles of pipe lines which will carry natural gas to the Pacific coast from Northern British Columbia and Alberta. Frank McMahon of Calgary said here today. GEORGETOWN, British Guiana. May 1 - (GP) The British Guiana Federated Seamens Union voted. tolilBht-cto. sever all -.r " with the ‘Canadian Seaman's Union tT.L.C.) because the C. S. U. "fail- ed to keep us informed of the true state oi affairs but rather gave us false impressions." Veteran In New England Fish Business Dias WALPOLE. Mass, May l-The Juneral of John C. Wheeler, '14. was held here Saturday. He died at his home Wednesday. Mr. Wiheeler was a director of the New England Fish Biochange and retired sales manager ol General sealoorls Corporation. He also was a pioneer 1n the development of fish fillets. l ..____ (By Kay Rex) ‘TORONTO. May 1—- tCPi--The Owns‘; by Hesshntniigh Trophy-symbol of the i host in (Tanndian theatre-has been won this year by n vigorous group of players from Hamilton. I At the tiose of the week-long Do- minion Drama Festival, adjudicator iBy Hamilton Players ‘Little, Theatre production of the Subscriptions Delivered 86-00, Mall 05.00; other Prcvincaa I U. Marked Tin Of Fanfare Al Closing By UARKJY UDONQTBLL OTTAWA, May 1—(CP)-I.li.le o! Canada's 20th parliament was terminated Saturday with a mark- erl lack of fanfare but with a last- mlnute flurry of legislative activ- ity- The parliament's fifth session ended at 12:46 P.M. EDT W101i the reading of a brief Speech from. the Throne. Dissolution followed almost. immediately. There acre no cheers when Prime Minister 8t. Laurent tabled ll‘. the Ccmmons crdeis-in-councii fixing Monday, June 2'1 a; the dale for the general election and Sept. 1 as the pro forms date for the ripening of the next session. The Prime Minister explained 10 would be up to the new govern- ment to decide when the next session should open. Before he spoke. members voted s479.000.00ti to cover administrat- ive expenses until the end of Sep- tember. ' Drew Critical Beers» Drew, Progressive con- servative leader. sharply criticized ‘he government. for asking for the money without giving members an opportunity to scrutinize the esti- mates of expenditures. Finance Minister Abbott replied that the estimates will be placed before the first session of the new parliama ent. In the dwindling minutes be- fore prorogation and dissolution, members passed five bills provid- ing for the incorporation of cnm< panics‘ which plan to build gas endmoil. _.pipe lines. in Western (Continued on Page s Col. 4T; iliE TROUBLE with tile Mnotltu tun is too MANY tVttllui. towns All‘ Not’ ENOUGH Piraeus lN HER WARD Root‘; 9 TORONTO. May 1—tCP)—M1rih mum and maximum temperatures] Victoria 44, 52; Edmonton 31. 591 ‘,great. Shakespearian comedy as l "very lively." The praised the decorations. th-I flashing costumes and scenery, andl ‘declared the director of the shouzl Robertson Davies. winner of the! ;Jollvet Trophy for production. Mr. Davies, editor of the Peter-i Regina ‘.45, 60; Winnipeg 55, 66‘ Tortiiitn fill, 68; Ottawa 42, 74] Mnnirral S1, T8; Quebec 45, S3] Saint John - , 59: hloncton .36, Halifax JlF. Gil: Charlottetoyvn 69; Syrin-‘y Tilt, 62'. Yarmouth 37, Si. John's. Niki, Z3, 45, HALIFAX, .\'lay l —- (C?) -u Phmn HOPGAVRHHCE samrdny “mm i hqmulh Examme“ is a “h-‘"“"Em l Official inland forecasts issued to- nnmetl the Players Guild of Hamil- glflfl. winner of the top award for its iHc snirl ll was a "successful and Ihighly professional" job, Somn 1.500 theatre-goers, many of ilhc wnmrli in colorful evening- 'ill‘t"!=$, the mcn in tails. attended the (C?) -— T801190 by 5H9“? ‘Vmd-‘Jlrisi night of the T949 festival, heldiing it through two ' H115 in the presence of lhc Governor- Gcncral, Viscount, Alexander", They were entertained by 2 l-2 hours of "The Taming of the Shrew“, before adjudicator Hope- Wnllacr came on stage to deliver his final decision, l-lc described the Peterborough -ns well as producer, I‘IlS three-act. “Fortune My Foe", a whimsicali ‘the $100 prize for thi- best Canari- 1 iannvritten drama presented at the‘ ,reglnnal festivals i The play. also won for Ottawa Drama League, the gi-niip produc- the Sir Barry Jackson Trophy, given in players with lhc best Canadian-written presentation 1 in the final competition. ~ To Madeleine Slcnltc. of liiontreai. went the heal-actress award. the Nella Jefieris Trophy, Mr. Hope- , (Continued on ‘lin- By The. Canadian Press its moving day~but a Canadian Pffiss survey indicates that, for most people. it will be only a sha- dow of its old bustling self. . With housing accommodation iscarcc almost everywhere. pract- l ically everyone his head is sitting tight. sFamilies j-who x2e changing living quarters i are d ng so, for the most part, either because they have been . evicted or because their leases have i expired. How far the moving day hahll ‘. has slipped is shown by the situat- ion m Montreal. Applications for changes in electric service about ; May l provide a reasonably reli- '. able barometer o1 housing shuffles 1 and this year they number 5.700 in . Montreal In May. 1939. hydro men's books of service changes listed 00.000. Quebec City authorities expect with a roof over. only about 1,000 families to change] May Day Moving Rush , Is Thing Of The Past addresses early in May. Before the war. the changes averaged 6.000 In Toronto, about 3,500 families are expected to move in May. A Rental Bum-i official recently in- dicated it was more difficult to find an apartment now than at any ‘time during the last seven years. In Halifax, 56 families face evic- tion bet ‘eon now and July, in Sap} J0&Il, NB . '73. The word f - s t John is that the num- bcr’ of families on the move this weak ‘will be "fewer than ever be- iorc.,"_- Winliipeg expects iis biggest moving day sincebefort- the war and est-ta r. films are booked solid- ly until idweek. btbither evictions nor voluntary moves are numerous in crowded. booming Edmonton this VMay. About 1,000 Regina families are listed ls seeking new homes. " low helm: or apartments are lavsilabla in Vancouver, where 203 night by the Dominion Publid Waitlirr Office at l-Iallibix and valiri until midnight Monday. Synopsis: Sunday evening the iveather was line mitt‘ the Maritimes. During the afternoon temperatures reach- ed 1hr: rizlitzes in some sections hut in coastal regions afternoon iemperallirrs were petrol-ail" l‘.€fil‘_ er sixty degrees. The a» liciwilia .110 l-nc district from the southwest is becoming mnrc humid and during the nigh! snmi» log patches are likely lo de- veinp. Increasing cloudiness can be ex- pected Monday ahead n1 a. group ‘of disturbances approaching from the Western States. These have caused showers and a few pstche! of continuous rain near thq Atlantic seaboard and this well weather should reach the Marl- times late hlondav.‘ Regional forecasts: Prince Edward island —— Clean becoming overcast Monday alter- noon. Intermittent rain Monday evening. Continuing very warm. Light winds increasing Monday morning to south 15. Low early Monday morning and high in the l-llgh tide today at 1.45 A, M. and 12.38 P Sun rises this and sets at 7.19. Bummerside tide eighteen min- ules later than Charlottetown. CAR FERRY "ABEGWEIT" NEW CAB FERRY SCHEDULE - WEEK DAYS Lv. Bordon Lv, Cape sormentlnfl 0.10 A. M. 10.35 A. M. 1.00 P. M, 2.00 P. M. 4.30 l’. M 1J0 P. M. smear Lv. Borden morning at 5.02 evictions were pelted for May 1. Lv, Cape Tormentlnl 0A5 P. M. 0.00 P. M.- aiterncoii at. Charlottetown 30 ind" " "