16 PAGES summ- Delivered use. In $.00. other Provinces a u. s. A. sue .___ d - SHARP DEBATE IN HOUSE ON OLD AGE PENSIONS Hope For Early End 0f Shipping Tie-up “w YORK. Juno ll - (A?) for a speedy and to the f‘ I. O. Maritime tie- s Limited States mounted n:- today with a sudden Coming Events unqfjyy, — Eldon, Ffldl]. --g,._;..~".-n.g Hogs for Canada hckff, egch Tuesday. ERTl JD!- "Concert in New London H311, June 130th. "Tnllzlcs - Brldegtmm, Batm- day. "Sh" rind dance, Bradalbanc ‘lllursdmf "ice (‘ream and Dance. Iona Hall, Friday night. "Dense in Fort Augustus School Friday. 20111. "Piuiartng car Wheat J, R DFSFOll, Mt. Herbert. totby. "Dancing tonight, Country Club, nmiLei-‘s Rest, for a good time. Come. "M1000 lbs. bulk wheat arriv- liz; Hunter River next week. 32-25 per cwt. R. I... Dickieson. "ii(§ll§.i' Dance, Montague Ciiriziic . Thursday. Don lilvsflfi Orzliestra. "lndian River Kensington play or Victoria Friday, June 20, 3.30. See Central Guardian. "Collecting Hogs for Canada Packers each Tuesday afternoon. ll’, Crane. fiauvhrs live and dressed fowl evtry day- except. Saturday. P. Cmficid, Crapnud, "Collecting Hogs for Canada Packers each Tuesday. Signed DCiHil Pratt. "loading l-logs at Cardigan Sta- iiilnn each Thursday for Canada. PJCRGTS Ltd. Norman lllcKenzle. Cain an. "1-01011102 Hogs at Montague 51mm vcch Thursday for Canada Pickers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone "Loading Hogs at Psalm; gm. lion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd.. Merlin Devine. "tr River Y. P. U. pre. iunt Tillie Goes To Town." _~.i mil. Thursday. June 19. 1'1 Pu. ‘yfAfbillv P1811111 presents their‘ 1m? (‘lantern-Where’) In Cra- lff-éi: 111111. June 19th. Dance n. , 1111118 ca: bulk wiheat and Friday. Bring bags. -1(l Spilleft. Mlle Bay Hall, The Credit Union Meeting it‘ 11:11 1i iwid Friday, June 20th. 1110 l‘.\i ~ ‘o Ebenezer Variety Con- izinter River Hall. Friday, i. Proceeds in aid of Lib- Kinkora Dramatic Club Lona Rivers" in Kelly's Friday. June 20m Dance » miss final performance I_ My Daisy" in Wood ‘ff-W 11u11. Friday June 20in. 111mm 845. Specialties. “Cherry Valley Hall. fiiday n"? _3"111. Milton Players pre- miegUncle Josh Perkins". Spec- , . M ‘Lml-l"! Hogs at Murray River T000111’ afternoon, J1me 23rd. "Eplwiie for trucking service-no wfiacost- Angus Metheson, Glen m. "Wlvestook Marketing Board "0111: non at Glnrlvttewwn Iihmdfly l-ltsmoon and Friday ‘kinda: Phone foa- trtxflnl ner- "No Button- will be delivered c the New Gloqdw Dairying ‘P1100? on Wednesday afternoon, m "N! office will be closed tlntll Dlrlher notice. By order of the “More of New Glasgow Dairying "P1111 ‘M00111! - Prom ive Wmlatlve Election Ward llllve m t. Poll at A and B cordially in- "! to meet at 4e Green Street. “"1111: weed c a. went. moxmeangmtonaiffe. ca" b!’ JOSBDh Curran. National Maritime Union President, to settle at once on the basis of a five-percent wage boost agreement won by tanker crews. _ 305E911 591111. president of the American Communication; Assoc]. ation. another of the five Unions involved in the dispute sold 1115 group also was willing to use the same pact as a basis for settle- ment. Hflwevcr. Frank J. Taylor, president of the American Mer- chant Marine Institute and chief spokesman for 39 East and Gulf Coast operators. declined lmmedi. ate comment on the unions‘ offer. The Union leaders made the statements at the offices of the United States conciliation service where they were conferring with assistant Labor Secretary John W. Gibso in a series of talks which G son hoped to climax with a Joint bargaining session. Repacsentatives of a third Un- ion. the Maxine Engineers Bene- ficial Association. also were in- ‘vited to the parley, Referring to the tanker settle- ment. Curran said "there is no reason why this should not serve as the basis for agreement be- tween the companies and the oth- er Unions. We are prepared to conclude on this basis today. to icturn the industry to normal." Jack Lawrenson, an N. M. U. vice-president, said the tanker agreement would affect 22,500 men on 450 Atlantic and Gulf vessels. Union leaders recommended rati- flcation to the N. M. U. members involved, who probably will vote tomorrow. Besides the pay boost. the agree- l nient provides for nine paid holi- J days at sea and e four-week paid vacation in place of the present three. Monthly wages for N. M. U, members now range from $159 for ordinary seamen to $249 101 electricians. ~Tankers had ~not..bean affected. in the current shipping stoppage because of a day-to-day extension of the contract which expired last Sunday midnight. Unemployment Claims In April OTTAWA, June l8 — (CP) Claims for unemployment insur- ance benefits in Canada. curl g April totalled 35959. cumpaod with 43.6% in March and 333:1 1n April lust year. the Domnion Bur- tau of gtatinics reported tod y. At tin end of April the e were 82.276 .ive insurance elaams as against 103,291 at March 31 arid 133950 at A0111 30. 1H6. In April 100.285 persons rFc-aivd payments totaling $3,183,749 fzr 1.903.793 days of compensated un- employment. compared with 109.626 persons paid 540109.875 for 2.304.114 days in March, and 158.268 Pi‘?- sons paid $'.'.011.5T!l for 3.445.371 days in April lost yqir. Number of persons receiving Advertising Grant Voted By Fox Breeders The Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders’ Association conclud- ed their annual meeting at the Charlottetown Hotel yesterday morning with a. dlrectnrs‘ meet- ing. the newly elected presldmt, EH. Doraty, 01d Chelsea, Que. presiding. Some rtant decisions were made. nota ly the making avail- oble of a sum not to exceed $15.- 000 for advertzslng silver and mut- ation fox furs and fox fur P701110- tion. Grants to live fox shvws were contlmued on the same basis as the previous year and considera- tion qvill be ken in mzcird to a grant to tilrtoyal Winter Fair Fox Show lucn is planncd 1o be held in Toronto in November. Walter Lusby of Amhsrit. Wm was elected a director for Nova Scotia, taking the place of retiir- ing Dirrictor Ken Taylor. was 111- troducerl and welcomed. It may be, nicntioned that lvfir. Toy-DIS retirement is due to change of residence to Ontario. He hl-B 09911 one of the most popular foxmen in the Marltimes for years but 111-1 connection as sale! mil-HRS?!‘ ‘with Nova Fish Bloc makes central Can- ada more suitable as his territory now extends to Wisconsin and the west coast. Before the meeting adjourned. (Continued on PagejfCloL-‘MQ FIoud-Menacelieturns To Ottawa Valley OTTAWA, June 18 —(OP)-Wi1th the flood menace returning to the Ottawa Valley, fears grow-hereto» day that the worst spring flood of the year ‘was in the offing as the Ottawa River and its tributaries rose an additional two inches dur- ing the night. The Coulonge River. 60 miles to uhe west, already high- er than at any tlmeWhls year, rose more than two inches. Ascending waters of the Ottawa may halt traffic on the railroad west of Fort Coulonge and between the village and Waltham. The Campbell's Bay-Fort Coul-onge road ls now all but impassable to traf- fie. Sugar Allotment To Canada Increased ClLATI-IAM, Ont, June l8 — (GP) — An official of the Canada and Dominion Sugar Company said today thrt the International Food Council has allocated tin- equiv- alent o‘ approximately four more pounds of sugar a Person to 01n- ulda from the allotment of world sugar supplies made by the Coun- beuefiit Ln April by provinces kl- lows (figures for April 196111 bnacketsi: PTiiiCP Edwruxi Islnid. 757 (690); Nova Scots 844i (1,079); New Brunswick, 3-63 (12,894); Quebec. $3.21) 15882612 Qnfilrlo, 26,206 151.1715); Mnninba. 759-5 18.9.19» Sirskntvhewnn, 4.20 (3.860); Alon-ta, 5.103 (5.386); Bslt- ieih Columbia. 11.198 (18,481). ril lost March Ho said the increase was dlie to large sugar crops in Cuba and |i>uerio Nico and cancellation by ‘France of delivery of parv of her quota. said l Finance Minister Abbott ,‘lost March that if nothing unto- ,ward happened, two or tiara ex- ‘trri coupons mph». be valdiltPd during the fruit harvesting se son. Agree 0n Marshall Proiect For Europe PARIS. June 18 -(AP)—Britain and France today assumed the leading roles in organizing Europe to take advantage of uhe Marshall plan for continental reconstruction. After day-long consultations among Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain, Foreign Minister Bidault of- France and tiheir teams of ex- perts, the t/wo countries agreed to invite all European states to Join a European Eu . ‘ Commission and sent a special request to the Soviet Union to mt as a third ID011- IN. llhis Commission, to be divided into appropriate subcommittees for specific ids. would survey Eur- ope's resources and needs and draft a program for presentation to the United States government in aaordance with the suggestions of State Secretary Marshall of the United Btatu on European aid. The first disclosure of this c3109- ment came from a French Cabinet spokesman who said Bidaiut re- ported it to the Government. Cabinet followed tlrroilgh with of- min ratification of hhe French- Bfltioh alliance demo mu purine a 1 nherouo, whim includes a The in’; report tomorrow. insistence on the holding of g “m "l1 European conference to ham mer out an overall plan for "con. tinental remlrrwtlon" cm m; bu}; 0'! "Ports from the‘ technical sub- committees. Such a conference. in estsbllahmg the machinery for a "European P111111‘ mloht go so fa;- as to create a Ewopesn ciastoms (mien and h1- tegrate continental our. ‘ some official circles said. joint French-British hvlutfon to loin in sponsoring the European " ‘ Conmission, they would pursue to the utmost their cum-mt effort for a trade pact with the USSR. Harold J. Wilson. Britifli ova:- seaa trade chief. will fly to Moscow on Friday with 1i! advisers. it was announced in London. A special cabinet meeting was sisnm-noncd in London to hoe/r Bev- A cabinet spokesmen said the proposed European Eeonanic Com- mission would wort ‘within the framework" of the United Nations Iowomle Conuniuion for Europe which already in: ban Ufsbllahad Is Central Cardinal McGulgan .e'~'ii. Installed As Papal Legate OTTAWA. June 18 — (OP)- Roman Catholicism's gigantic five- day Marian Congress, dedicated to a. supplicatlon for world peace through prayer, moved off to an official start here today at cere- monies in the Basilica at which James Cardinal McGu’~gan of Tor- onto was installed as Papal Lcgete and a letter from the Pope called on Christians to "contend against those who would destroy and de- hase lilurtyl‘, ' The letter-from‘ fidlflus XII. entrusting the duties of Pam envoy to Cardinal McGuigan, was read from the Basilio; sanctuary as the faithful crammed into every inch of the church. Onhand for the ceremonies were eight other prin- ces of the Roman Catholic Church from lands as far away as India and scores of other high eccles- iastical authorities. Pope Pius, in his letter. seld that there was nothing more ne. cessary nor desirable than liberty. Liberty rightly considered was not "unbridled power which dares all, nor is it impunity in error or wrongdoing." The Pontiff refer- of liberty; truth is its light, its mainstay. its glory." The ceremonies at the Basilica (Continued on Page 5 Col. 5) llllglld Get More [Income Tax lFrom Farmers OTTAWA, Juno 1B - Cl’) — Agrlcsuturs bfinlater f arcilnor told Hugh Caatleden (COP-York- ton) In the Commons tonight tho fh'ng tn (in was to get more farm- ers inh the income tax back- eia, rot to gim spechl exPmp- llnns to tho few already thtro. Mr. Crvtlcden renewed the nntenflon tlmf. $400 or 5'40 h! exemption for U10"! flrmvrs W110 nig- hrgg would lncrolse pro- dnctlon. The lilinbf/‘r as!!! this Wu III old story. Actually more thfln 1."0,’:00 r! sasliateuewanb» ‘Yr-rm- ers had pnfd no Income-h: at all last year. a peak your. 1o r!- umptlons would aecosnfillfll l"- tle. He agreed with W. Cinder l. MoLure (PC -- 011001111) "Ill Prlnoe Edward Island was ‘rght at the top” in the production 01’ quality hop. They were going Ill across Clnldl. BIRTHS INOBIAII OTTAWA, June 1O - (C?) - Births registered in cities. towns. and villages of Canada having a population of over 10.000 number- ed 15,383 in April. a 10 par cent increase over the corresponding month last Year. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported to- day. Deaths increased from 5.135 to 5.400. and marrfalol from 4.7M "P!" Still unsettled was the 1 British e in Gwen} to 0,113. wllkvwt- ab“: ' rod to truth as being “the mother fOUOWBd a. procession over a. two- Island - Born Cardinal Figure At Marian Congress Cpening OTTAWA. June l8-—tSpecial)— James Cardinal McGuigan. Prince Edward Island-born prince of the Roman Catholic Church, was 3C- corded a. welcome in this capital city today on a scale reserved for royalty and presidents when he formally opened the Marian Con- gress as special legato of Pope Pius XII. ' The Cardinal, Who for the past two days has been the guest of Rt. Rev. Ildebrando Antoniutti, Papal delegate to Canada and Newfoundland, drove between great lines of men. women and children from the Papal delegation to the Cathedral church oi the ci ty. In scarlet vestments of his high rank. His Eminence bestowed the Papal blessing on the eager crowds who kneeled on grass and pavement as the big open lim- ousine carrying hi-m to the (‘hllTCh drove slowly along Ottawa's fam- ous flmverlng driveway. Mach Island Members Ford Motor Co. 0f Canada Head Visits Ch’town Mr. Douglas B. Grieg At a reception tendered him later in the day by the Archbishop of Ottawa and the Government of Canada, Cardinal McGuigan ex- pressed his great pleasure on meeting Senators and members of Parliament from his native Prov- lnce. He chatted with Senator Brewer Robinson who had known his sister when she was a staff dietitian on No. 2 Canadian Gen- eral Hospital overseas, with sen- ator J. P. McIntyre with whom he discussed Island conditions and industry, and with Senator J. A. MacDonald of Cardigan. 1 Equally hearty was the greet- ing of His Eminence for the mem- conversatlon with W. Chester B. T. V. Grant and J. Watson Mac- (Continued on Page 5uCol. 5) Huge Forest Fire Burning In Alaska ANCHORAGE. Alaska. June 1B -- (AP) - Smoke darkened the Alaskan sky today as a great for- est blaze, covering an estimated 100 square miles. ravaged the Kenai Penlnsulirs rich spruce, herded- droves of terrified big game before it and forced the lit- tle animals of the woods to seek refuge in the region's many lakes. The Weather Bureau said there was no indication of an early rainfall. Russian Refuses To Produce “Confession” By Jack Quimn BUDAPEST, June 18 --(APi_. Soviet LL-Gen. V.P. Sviridov today refused a face-to-lace request by Brig-Gen. George H. Weems of the United Statcsflrmy for a copy of the which led to last month's Ccm- munist coup d'ctat in Hungary. Weems made the point-blank rc- quest at a meeting of the three power Allied Control Commission for Hungary. Svlrldov previously had rejected similar written pleas by the United States and Britain for copies of the "confession" which the Rusians said they ob- tained from Bela Kovacs. former secretary general of the Small- Holders Party. Svlrldov told Woems and line British member of the Commission. May-Gen. O.P. Edgeoumbe. that Russia "had nothing whatever to do with the recent change in the Hungarian Government" and had "no influence at all" tn the fortn- atioli of the new pro-Communist regime. As to the depositions taken from Kovacs. who has been a Russian prisoner‘ fou- several mom-ha. the Soviet General said they were ‘written in Hungarian. and I do not tmderstasud Humor-mu." ‘libs Russians MW claimed that the depositions implicated former Premier Ferane Nagy and former House Speaker Bela Varga in a plot to overthrow the Humans-n Rie- public. Hungarian newspapers said recently thetvrowouidbettiedln absemla as enemies d the state. Nagy now is in the United States. and Varga is reported in exile. Earlier today, Imra Fold. Hun- garian manager of the Allied Of- ficer; Park Club, said he ihad been questioned at length by political police concerning certain relatives mid that he expected to be thrown into jail "within a short time." ‘Iheolublfrequnted incl l- lylwkailoanantl Bitplarh p‘- nm Erin ,1 . £pfi5yyfW£Wt'M'I-\JWMH1YI“EF~ present at the state reception. In Gordon W. Berry- nmnasrr Fwd McLure, James Lester Douglas, Dr. | Russian-obtained “cQnIe-ssion" . In spxe o! handicaps wihose onus-cs riin the whole gamut o! the ‘ir-connrnlc field the Fold M4110!‘ ‘Company of Canada turned out 50.000 vehicles last year, Mr. Doug- las B Grieg. president of the Ford lMotor Company of Canada. told a IGuoYclisr reporter last night, ‘ Mr Grieg arrived in the Prov- ince from Sydney. NS Accomp- ‘anying him to Charlottetown ivhere he and his party will re- gmain until tomorrow — aze Messrs. ‘Stexvnrt C. McLaa-en. Gbneral sales manager; Gordon C. Gaibutt. pub- llic relations officer; J E. Harper, ,manager Halifax branch Mercury land Lincoln division: Gordon W. Bum’, manager Fo and Monarch division. St. Jrhn. NAB ; Gordon Whitney, St. J:hn. mllstrict sales manager. Flcrd and ‘Monarch division for P.E Iszand and New Brunswick; and Walter 'McGillivra_v. district sales manager i iercurv and Lincoln division for 1P E Island and New Brunsw ck. While a turn-out of 80.003 ve- hicles in one year might 08.11.54: the average person to believe that the Clll‘ shortage would not last long under such 1 tremendous output, ‘it must be romcmbmed, Mr. Grieg (Cbmlnued 6n Page 5 Col. 4) News Briefs STE ANNE DE BELLEVUE. Que“ June lB-(OP)-~More than 200 seed-growers from all parts of Canada attended the opening session of the three-day annual conference of the Chadian Seed- growers’ Association here today. OTTAWA. June 18-(0?) -— A board of inquiry has concluded that a Trans-Canada Air Lines Rural-star plane which disappeared lunar Vancouver April 28 with 14 lpcrsons aboard “crashed at a V1111“? llllkfwlvn or was lost in the lsoa anrl that all on board must no presumed to be dead,“ Recon- lstriicilon Minister Howe announ- iceil tonight. OTTAWA, June 18-(CP)-The Commons voted 3100.000 tonight‘ towards a Federal project to re- claim and to prevent continued flooding of valuable agricultural lands iii lllL‘ 30,000-ncre valley of the Lillnoet River near Pember- ton. B. C. .3 ,.. ‘ 1 » 03.52.3101 4- . Completes Ocean IKYNOTON. N.B.. J11 1 4G) ~—A Pan-American AirIIys Cun- slaellation landed safely at Mono- ton Airport today after making] part of the Atlantic crossing from‘ Shannon, Eire, on three of its four engines, Tlhe trouble was correctrd hope and the plane continued on to Laguard-la Field. New York. The Constellation ‘was one of ilVP. I big airliners which landed here io-fi day as bad weather at Neuioundw land's Gander Airport made Mono‘ ton the main tenninal for trans-At- lantic aircraft fc-r the day. So far nine trans-ocean planes stopped here this week. 'I‘wo of the machines which land- ed here today were Pan American Airways Craft. tnvo were trans world airlines and the fifth was an Almcrican Overseas Airlines plane. Island Man ls Found Dead At Lumber Camp HAMPTON, N. 8., June 18- (CP)-W.A. Bishop, 31, a na- tive of Wellington. l’.E.I., wan found dead this morning In his bunk at a Jumber camp at Henderson settlement. No in- formation was available as to the cause of death but an autopsy will he performed at Saint John. A fellow worker discovered the young man wan dead. Dr. V. A. Snow, coroner here, viewed the body and R. C. M. P. Constable Grlerson. Sussex. mlde an investigation. Dr. Snow said decllslon rriarding ‘Qlpglgel’ V t wou dope upon "the IIISKQFY- The lumbe camp la ‘operated by Lawrence Cosmln, 581!!! John. , -- ' Bishop is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Bishop. Wellington; a sister. Mrs. Norman Clark, T0"!- burn, N. B., and a. brother in Saint John. Father Relates Grim Story 0f Children's Deaths MIAMI, Fla, June 1B _ (AP)- A 59-year-old restauraiiteur told police today he clubbed his two children to death Tuesday night with a baseball bat, cried himself to sleep over their bodies and this morning shot two neighbors who wanted to put his boy and girl in a home. Detective Sergeant John L. Deas said Ohrls Russell, between sobs. blamed the deaths of Johnny Cristo, 6, and Peggy Maren, 11. and the shooting of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Wolfe on a former "no good" wife. a "double-crossing bunch of neighbors" and a "med- dlesome school teacher." The Wolfes were reported in critical condition at a hospital. They were to have appeared against Russell in juvenile court Friday on a complaint that he had cursed and abused his chil- cien and was not a fit father. Dean said that Russell's will. Betty. called him by telsphoni from New York late today. He (coil Etude“ nil-id. s" Col. s) MONTREAL. June 1B (OPi - A $l.000.000-slice of Canada's natural wealth-q: wealth that once roamed the hinterland be- fore Canada trapper-s caught up with 1t - is being auctioned off ln Montreal this week. Row upon row of gleaming Alaska sealskins from the Arctic; mink, marten, fox and beaver from the north country are being sold at the Canadian Fur Auction Sales here. On Monday manufacturers bought 11.000 beaver skins and 11.132 red fox. Yesterday 8.978 soft. brown pelts of the wild mink came under the auctioneer-b hammer while mink ranchers sold nnnther lot of 20,281 from tame mink. Ermine skins were popular with 11.728 sold to be made into furs for Canadian women. Most of the furs being sold here will be shipped to New York and Million Dollars In Furs 0n Sale In Montreal But therrwere more than beau- tiful coat furs. Badger skins started along the way to being shaving brushes when they were auctioned. The skunk section was strongly represented and even the tabby cat had her place among the furs labelled, "house cats." Most prized of all were the 5.- 347 Alaska sealskins which were sold today to buyers from all over Canada bidding for the brown, black, matara and safari skins. hunted by American seal hunters in Canada's north. For the sealing rights, the Do- minion Government is given a percentage of the catch. Todays skins were the largest number to be sold af auction here since be- fore the war. Fur appraisers L. Peri-on and l". H. Dykes said prices were con- siderably lower in this year's market from that of two years ago. A sealskin which brought South America. have 1 1.111. Cppositliin Flight 0n 3 Engines lngflafgs Bi|| Inadequate” B! George Kitchen OTTAWA, Julie 1B - (OP) .- Slinrp Llfllillé} flared in the Com- mons toziiil’ as opposition party leaders launched a vigorous at- {tark on the government's old ago ‘pcnsmn lcgislzanou. condemning it rs "inadequate". and a "biiier disappointment." The debate “as opened after P16111111 .\l".lSl(-.‘l' Martin moved second redoing of the enabling which WULlld increase the basic pension from $25 to $30 a. month, add 60.000 to 65,000 per- sons it) llltlst‘ rizgibic for old age and. blind pensions and increase the amount a pUihLOllCl‘ may earn iviihout suffering reduction of payment. John Bracken, Progressive Con- servative leader, observed tartly that the Government had “labor- "watered-down" ed long and brought forth a. mouse." He charged that the proposals were a "complete re- versal" of the Government's pol- icy as placed before the Prov- inces two years ago. M. J. Caldwell. C. C. 11‘. leader, appealed for abolition of the “humiliating” means test and urged the House to consider a social security scheme covering pensions, health insurance and. other such measures to which the people would contribute. Not for a. “palti-y" s30 a month, but for more substantial protection. Solon Low, Social Credit lead- er. commented that the bill was "just about the size of s peanut" in meeting the needs of the aged and called for a long-range con- tributory system of old age and. social security funds which would enable Cenadafs older people 16 live with dignity and also help stimulate consumption of goods. The debate came as the Cham- ber openccl a. driva for early prorogatioii brmeeting an hour earlier - at 2 PM. - and short- ening its dinner receu by m hour. This increased working schedule. with the addition of W10 hours a day, will continue Mon- day through Friday until the House rises. At the opening. Reconstruction Minister Howe disclosed that Can- aria‘: projected air service south- ward through Bermuda and the Caribbean area to Latin America has been held up by decision of the United States to allow the Dominion to use its Army air base in Bermuda pending completion of negotiations with the United Kingdom. l-loniYeo- . Venus foo 001M‘ Have A Sfine, lN 411cm "TALL 1O I said it. was learned she was now ' ll — (CF) 4 “num liwmsersv- \/'.\ll\"l)\l\'1l‘ an. (i9; Efimorw . '72: Riginn i3. '74; Winni- pog i4. 7'7; Tir illl’! ~18, '70; Ottawa 48. llmit-"cni 5.7. (B; Quobeq 49, 6T3 . vi Join 44. Nlotnton. ~43. G4: llnlifnx 5n, m; Chzirlortr. lrilvn 41. 5H, Fl’!ll""\' 41), 55; Yah- mouth 4'7. F9. HALIFAX, J1me l8 --- 4CP\- Weather n-noyisi: and official in- land lore-unis i~<iie'l by the Do- minion Pllllllr‘ \V-‘i'tlhr~i‘ Office at midnight tonight. Synopsis: Showers that were general over the New England States during the day Wednesday spread to the western Msriti-mel riuring the evening. These showers will continue to spread over the Marltimcs Thursday as the weak disturbance over the New Eng- land States moves eastward. Forecasts, valid until ‘Fhursdey midnight: Pfince Edward Island-Vlrlabll cloudiness. Widely scattered show- ers in the afternoon and evening. Not much change in temperature. Light winds. High Thursday at Charlottetown 57. ‘ High tide this mos-Mm at 10.11 and tonight at 11.58. Sun sets this evening It 7.50 and i-Lscs tmnorro wmorning at 418. First quarter moon J1me IQ $100 in ms now avemu- 1'10 7.25 A. M.