MAXIMS ~ OIL MERE MAN eothliik Confessions are not always what they seam; pain forces the inn“. Charlottetown Guardian. Two Cent; Morning Guardian. Founded I331. CHARLUFTETOWN, CANADA, T HURSBAY, APRIL 17, 1947 ., wit“ $1“. Read byivybotly Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew 14 I0 - Cent Increase In Butter Prices Likely D1 GEORGE KITCHEN UPIIAWA. April 16-—(OPJ—An increase of 10 cents or more a pound in the retail price of but- tel‘, if the current IO-ccnt subsidy on bil-ilcrfat is dropped April 3o, appeared t be a foregone oon- ciuslon ton ht in the light of a statement made in the Commons today by Agriculture Minister Gardiner. g Discussing the butter subsidy. Mr. Gardiner told the House any price c-hangcl on dairy products would be announced "shortly be- fore" Mayl and at the same time assured the House the Govern- ment had “no intention of re- ducing the return which farmers would be receiving froim May 1 4m. as comparod with that they lmt received just prior May " l “A4 to what form the ‘payment will take." he added, "I am not in a osition to say at the pres- ent tme," Mr. Gardiner was replying to ll. E. Drops, Progressive Conser- miive member for the Ontario riding of Northumberland, who asked specifically whether the (Cocrttrvued on Page 5 O01. B) Coming Events “C. C. I’. meeting at/ liner-aid Friday night. April 1a. "Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers Ltd.. each Tuesday at Vernon River. G. Lea. "lflldlfle Hogs at Montague Station each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone “Loading l-Iogs at Peakes Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Merlin Devinc. "Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers at Vernon Bridge each Tuesday nut-moon. while truck road closed. W. Crane. "Spring Pall: Womieni Institute Bazaar and Pantry Sale. Holmunc. April 19th. "Black Gold". 3-nct comedy dram-a with specialties. Victoria, Monday, April 21st. "To arrive, choice double re- cleaned Peace River oats. Book. McGuigan 8a Boyle. "Dammit, Happy Islanders, Country Club, Travellers Rest, to- night with Happy Islanders Band. "See "Lavender and Old Lace" by Vernon ltiver Players, in Vernon lilrcr Hall, Friday. April 18th. "loading Hogs at Cardigan sta- lllinn each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. blommn McKenzie. Cardigan. "Loading Hogs ior Canada Pack- ers at St. Peters each Tuesday until train time. while roads closed to trucks. signed David Pratt. "Loading rlogs for Canada Pack- ers at Mt. Stovnrt each Tuesday ulllil train time, while roads closed to trucks. Signed Earl Jay. “Unloading car of choice A1- hrriu oats Wednesday. Gct your rvquiromcnis now. MsGuigun dz Boyle, "Sterling Inge, Cherry Valley. trucking ihogs to Charlottetown Tuesdays and Fridays. Contact Sterling for expert service. Live- ltock Marketing Board. "Walrus Diamond. Winsloe, truck- JIR hogs for Marketing Board "Hi1 Tuesday and Friday fore- lioon. Contact for service. Live- Hock Marketing Board. "Sterling Squires, Greenwich. 8t. Peters Bay. trucking hogs for liforkcting Board eve Monday. Thane for service to eorge Mic- lnnle, st. Peters. Livestock Minr- keting 30nd b "Robert Crabbe. Milton. will 1° truck-ill! 1103a for us to Char- nttetown each Tuesday and Fri- m igriirgion fi-hfli ermlssible m‘ Big“. e. vest Market- "Collecting Hogs for Canada Eacken Ltd. every ntoay. Bourll. £110 Bu. Fortune Bridge, Bay riune. Annandalo, Dundee llldlllwn. Btrathoona. George binrwell. "Uvutock Marketing a a. a 2W1": hm at all sual doldts "esmi-“badmfldlemra: an eriréisucd; | I h "i" i° Mlreat loading" nt. We “hug-there possible w en per- "liiflton Douglas. 5e Be ~ at. tar. rarrztim" i: "'7 “i! and morn- Farewell Party For Rev. Ami lllrs. I. J. Levy REV. I. I. LEVY A congregational social which look the form of a farewell party to Rev. I. Judson Levy and Mrs. Levy of the Charlottetown Baptist Church was held last evening in the Church Hall with a capacity gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Levy are leaving in a few days for Moncton, N_ B., where Mr. Levy is to take over the pastorate of the First Baptist Church. ' Mr. H. J. Rupert was the cap~ able chairman» and briefly ex- plained the purpose of the gather- ing. After a brief musical program featuring vocal solos by Miss Pearle Burns and Miss Gnyit-uc Craig and piano selections by Miss Helen Stewart, the chairman cali- ("Cuzrtinucd on FEB-g 9) liouzenko To Seek Canadian, Citizenship OTTAWA. April 16-(Cl=')—.lt.s~ lice Minister Ilsiey told the Com- mons today he believed it was the intention of Igor Gouzenko, form- er Russian Embassy cipher clerl: and key man in the espionage trials. to apply for Canadian citiz- enship. Answering p, series of questions, he confirmed reports that Gou- zenko had been made a British sub- ject by cabinet action and said it wan-possible for a British subject to ’appl_v for the new Canadian citizenship certificates if they had certain residence qualifications. Blg Liner Escapes 4 Damage In uruunding SOUTHAMPTON. England, Apr. iG-The Queen Elizabeth. freed after being stuck fast on a sand- bank for a tiny nnd u night nt the entrance to Southampton har- bor, docked ionigllt-50lé ll01lrS behind schedule. Capt. C. M. Ford. muster of liho vessel. said that the grounding of the 83,073-ton liner of‘! South- ampton had been due to no mechanical fault and” that the ship was “undamfid _ (By Howard W. Blairealeel A'I‘I.AN'I‘IC CITY, N_ J.. April l0—(AiP)—Dr. Charles Alan Thom- as of 5t. Louie. vice president of the Monsanto Chemical Company said toda/y he had learned by long distance telephone that the Texas City disaster was caused by the explosion of ammonium nitrate aboard a French ship. Thomas, president-elect of the American Chamlcal society in an- nual convention hero. said his company plant at Texas City, set tflro II e. result. of the explosion was engaged in the production of styrene, a liquid ' used in making synthetic rubber and plastics. Styrene is not explosive, Thomas raid, but will burn ea rapidly "as gasoline. Ordinarily ammonium nitrate. used in fertllleem la not a sen- sitive explosive, Thomas said, but "when it goes off it has the ex- plosive power of TNT." Ammonium nitrate caused one of the world's great disasters ill 102i when an explosion at the Bldiache Aniiin plant cesirvyrd the German city ot Opplu and kflifl 1.000 t0 LIN 997""- Says Serious Problem Faces Business Men Chamber 0f commerce Member Guest Speaker At 5°“ i" Tlif M°°""$- [Newest University The seriou; problem facing Can- adian business men today is the growth of Communism and c0111,- rnunistlc-infccied governments lu Canada, Mr. CJ-I. Schofield. mm- ager of the membership branch of the Canadian Chamber- og Oom- merce, told the Charlottetown Board of Trade last night at its regular quarterly meeting held in the Charlottetown Hotel. Capt. Carl Burke, chairman of the Charlottetown Board, presided“ Already in one Province, Sask- atchewan, prlvu-te enterprise had been pretty well driven out at the picture and a. form of state social- ism had taken its place. Mr. Scho- field said. One lumber dealer whom he had called on had. told him private enterprise was no longer allowed to engage in the lumber in- dustry there, that the Province had tnken it over and that his own lumber business had been “liquid- (Oontinued on Page ll Col. 1) Declares N. B. llad Deficit, Not Surplus (By The Canadian Pres!) EDERICIDN. Aiorll 18—The budget speecrfof ‘the Provincial Secretory-Treasurer actually re- vealed a deficit camouflaged by a false surplus. F. C. Squires (PC- Carleton) declared in the New Brunswick Legislature today in winding up the budget debate for the Opposition. The debate will be concludccl tomorrow by Prem- ier McNnlr. Mr. Squires said the increase or decrease in the net debt dc- termined n government's surplus or deficit. Aa New Brunswiclrs net debt had increased annually $3,329,000. there was an average annual deficit of the same a- mount. Mr. Squires also criticized “or- tler-ln-council" government and special warrants for expenditures. Although this was not in accord with the principles of democratic government. he said it had be- come the policy of the present administration. He charged tllc government with failure to lessen the burden of taxation, to balance the bud- get through retrenchment rather than taxation, to establish a nat- ional park. to revitalize industry and to restore sinking fund lev- els. Commenting on Agriculture Min- tster Taylor's suggestion that only Dominion marketing legislation could save the New Brunswick potato industry. lVLr. Squires said the Federal Government was more interested in marketing Central Canadian products. He attributed unsatisfactory condit- ions in the industry largely to "the cold-blooded and refractory attitude of the Dominion Gov- crnmont." He urged a long term. $1.000.- 000 educational program of in- creases in teachers’ salaries. more regional high schools. adjustment of school curricula to meet mod- crn trends and equal educational opportunity to all children of the Province. Explosion Caused By Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium nitrate, g white powder, is made in the United states, among other places, by government explosive pillitl. These plants produce synthetic nitrogen the war part of the government equipment was modified to pro- duce the fertilizer ammonium nit- rate instead of explosives. Because of the world food short- age the ammonia-n nitrate of Am- erican plants has gone not only to strpply Ameriéan farmbu but for shipment abroad When used hr fertilizer the white stuff receives an addition of an inert chemical, often a form of calcium, so that it is no longer explosive when the farmer; use it. , Thoma: and hla alder here said they did not know the precise cir- cumltancel under which amnioti- ium nitrate could be Jaded. A heavy shook, auch an an explosion in a fire on the French ship along with the intense heat might have set off the fertilizer cargo. Chemists hero said that if any part of fntili-acr exploded, the en- tire shlpload would detonate at , the same time. for use in making explosives. After- Rural Members Oppose A Chp’t0wn_ Tax Provisions Heads Dept. In MB. FRANK MOKINNON Curlcicn College of Ottawa, Can- ada's newest University, has un- nouuced the appointment of Pro- fessor Frank lilncKinnon to be head of the Department of Political once. A specialist in Canadian government and political history, the now teacher is a native of Clear- lottetown. P. E. I.. and a graduate of M-cGil1 and. Toronto Universities. For a time he was Industrial Re- lations Officer crf the Department oILabour, Ottawa, and lecturer in political science at tho University of Toronto, Ho is prcsidcan of the Faculty Club of the college, a menu‘ ber of several academic societies, and the author of a number of pub- lished papers in the field of re- search. Carleton College, which was fc-unddd by hhe late Dr. lI.l\i. Tory, wlho was the father oi thrce other Canadian Univcrfiiics. has been ex- panding rapidly during its live- year history. and now has an estab- lished position in Canada's capital cityHIt has an enrolcmcirt of over two thousand studEnLS and is cur- rently expanding its facilities in all faculties. ‘mason Bushels ‘ll. B. Potatoes ‘co _To Brazil SAINT JOHN. N. 1a.. Aprlrlc- (CP)—The first shipment of New Brunswick potatoes to Brazil left Saint Jc-hn tonight tor the new market when the S_ S. Fort Mc- Donnell sailed with 118.500 bushels. The shipner. Senator F‘. W. Pi~rie suit of large export shipments "we anticipate no trouble at all in. cleaning pp the surplus potatoes 1n [ New Brunswick this yreor." l He said the market had become stabilized and the prices had im- proved. About 800 cars or 15.000 tons o! New Brunswick potatoes will he shipped from this port in the next few weeks. !I\‘VMIIJL DE STROYED WESTVILLE. N. S. April 10- fCPl-Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a sawmill operated by John and Robert Gouldiug here early today with loss estimated at of Grand Falls, said that us gt rc- _ The City cf Charlottetown ios out to the rural members of tht Legislature yesterday on the quc: lions of imposing a iron-residents fee on transient workers in th city, and of taxing goods in tran sit. Eoih measures were discusse at some length when the Hour. resumed committee folding of th bill to consolidate and anrend ih City's Incorporation Act. The bill was moved into corn- mlttee by Hon. T.W.L. Prowsc with Mr. Morley Bell ln the chair Under section '79 a clause exempt- ing from taxation personal prop- erly "in transit" of the vaiuc of $200 was eliminated in the bill a introduced. On motion of Hon. Horace Wrlgh‘ the licensing clause or sea. in transit 01‘ stored ‘all Char- lottetown awaiting shipment ab- road, whether‘ o-r not undcr con- tract for sale while in such stor- age shell be assessed; provided also that no fertilizer, seed-grain. potato bfgs and spraying mat-erlais nor fishing supplies imported into the Province while in transit or stored in Charlottetown awaiting shipment "to other points within the Province whether or not under cc-nt-ract of snlc while in such storage shall be assessed." Much Discussion Mr. Wright maintained that the City was evidently trying to “get ut" the farmers by taxing their fertilizer, pclato bags and other supplies. i-le quoted from the Leg- islative reports of 1895 a. statement Any 01d Bliairs To Be Repaired? ATLANTIC CITY. N.J.. April- lii-Mlfl-The stickiest of all giues—strong enough to 1m; 3, IUQJlJU-pollnd locomotive -was rebuffed to the American Chum-Deni Society today. Tire new stuff is u. cross be- tween glue and plastics and was described by Fritz J. Nagcl and Elizabeth M. Acltcrunnn, of the Westinghouse Electric Cor- porntion. Titty said u. joint six inches ‘ square, glued together. would not Dull apart in lifting the locomotive, but perhaps the rest of the lifting beam would tenr, because this glue dues not. fasten picccs or iron. It: cements together almost any other; material. including wood. rubber, plastics, leather, paper, cardboard and porous cercnrics. Bracken ilrges Settle Home Disputes First (YYFAWA. April l0-—(CP)—John Bracken. Progressive Conservative leader, advised the Government tonight to give its first attention to domestic problems rather than lnernational affairs. In an address prcpurcd for dc- livery over the CBCs trans-Cau- acla network on the political free- time series. he declared Canada was sending delegations all over t-hc world to settle international disputes but. refused to call the provincial governments together $7,000. Nearby lumber piles were saved. to "scitlc our own disputes at holne." was finally‘ amended to read as lflilOWSI “Prof vided that no produce oi the farm‘ Peter Sinclair opposi-ngmw ' Sudden Death or Mr. W.ll.ll. Dunbar ‘to. Th: LATE ma. nulvnan Many friends in. the City and Province learned with regret of the death of Mr. W. H. V. Dunbar in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital early yesterday’ morning. The late Mr. Dunbar was born in Alton, Ontario, near Guelph in 1891, and came to this province as a teller in the Bank of Novs, Bcotie in 1916_ Reslgning from the lil- atltution with the rank of Assist- ant Manager in i023 he assumed the management of the Eastern Securities Company with which he ha: been associated ever since. r In the intervening years Mr. Dunbar has been a, well known figure in the social and. financial lite of the community. As vice- chairman of thc National War Fir- nncc Committee he was active in all nine Victory Loans and achiev- fiiLiien-iarkable success which won for him grateful recognition from his King and the coveted decor- ation of the O.B.E. He took a lead- ‘ing part in the promo-lion of the tourist industry and his magni- flcent property at Keppoch under the supervision of Mrs. Dunbar is well and favorably known by many prominent persons in many parts of the Dominion. l-lc leaves to nrourn hrs wife. tho former Miss Helen Bzlgnall of this city. one brother R. C. oi.’ Guelph and one sister, Mrs_ Reta Robinson of Toronto. ulalifax wrestles iwith Unemployment HALIFAX. April 16—(OPl-Wlth some 4.000 idle in this port city of 97,000. civic officials wrestled today with plans for public works to alleviate the mushrooming un- employment situation, one of the worst in Canada. Mayor J. E. Ahcrn said he would make an announcement to city council tomorrow night dealing with the proposed construction of a bridge across Halifax harbor linking the city with Dartmouth, but he did not disclose any de- tails. Ho added only that any such scheme. like others, would require the full co-operatlon oi Provincial and Federal Govern- meuis. From City Hall come ihe an- nountwnrcnt that public wc-rks pro- jects, tluc to start the rnlrltilc oi next month, vzould int-Aldo the laying of new streets, sidewalks and sewers the Even In the utmost prosperity greatly mnplvycd. MAXI MS 01A MERE MAN aldvioc of friends is to be very PAGES Subscription Delivered $6.00. Mail 85.00. other Provinces a U. l. A. l7.o( FEAR 1,000 DEAD IN TEXAS CITY EXPLOSION Blast Touched Off By Fir e 0n Ship TEXAS CITY, Tex., April l6-(AP)--Giqp( Qnplukng "M55. ed thewoterfroni of this industrial Gulf port today, killing hum‘ dreds, injuring thousands, and tonight survivors fled the dtlngel urea under threats of fresh disaster. Fire, which sprecd to the docks and industrial orco after the French freighter Grondccmp blew up ot its berth, drew CiOsfl to on ammunition dump, o poison gas plont and u ship holding nitroglycerin. Estimates of the dead ranged from 1,200 down to 450. Rev. ’M. A. Record of Houston, who wreckage to administer the lost "There clre hundreds of bod Many of the fatalities occurred on the waterfront after the nit- rate-loaded Grundcamp, an Am- t-rlcan-bullt Liberty ship, explod- ed, kill-lug all of its crcw of about. 4,6 men. Sightscers flocked to the‘; docks. to be caught by followlngr blasts which demolished the $19,- 000,000 war-built plant of the Monsanto Chcnucal Company. Mayor J_ C. rahan said hc knew or zoo dead. c. B. Finley; state highway commission Uffioiill, Said at Austin that. officials at the scene had indicated the toll would reach 1.200. Houston police ser- geant Wiley Whatley, at the dis- aster scene, estimated that the, death toil would be between 450‘ and 500. l The chain was let off by the ex-= plosion of a nitrate-loaded Fkenchi i l t freighter. the Grandcamp at 0:12 a.m. CST. The ship was obliterated and its entire crew perished. Plant Wired Out Subsequent blasts wiped out the huge war-built plant of the Mon- santo Chemical Company. Thirty- five employees were reported hopelessly trapped in the burning ruins late today . The Houston Post's report from state editor Elbert Turner said that residents were racing in all directions to get out of town ahead of the expected new blasts. Turner also said that chlorine gas liad saturated the dock area and was feared to be moving tOWBId the city's residential and business sections. Much of the boom industrial city was destroyed or damaged 11y blast c-r fire. Property damage will run into millions of dollars. Wont Since Halifax Explosion It was the worst explosion dis- aster in North America since the Halifax hurbor~ blast ill 1917. The first blast rocked the sur- rounding region for 150 miles. in- flicting heavy damage in Galves- ton. All aboard the ship. the French freighter Grandcamp. were killed. Midwestern headquarters of ilhc Red Cross at Si. Louis reported that 500 bodies had been brought out of the explosion area late to- day and that more bodies were being found constantly. The estimate of dead was re- ported by G.B. Finley. state high- way commission maintenance on- gineer, on information from ihc disaster area. One In Three Killed "Rescue parties bringing out casualties from the blast area estimated that. about one out of every three persons llnd been killed,” Finley said. “utlicli would indicate around 1.200 dead." He referred to the dock area. ruhcre principal damage occurred nnd whcrc thcrc were some 3.500 persons at the time of the major blast. A reporter flying over the scene likened it to bomb destruction of lihlropean cities in the Second, World War. The mushrooming cloud ot smoke that arose was LONDON IO?) - Iiloenoes are again being granted ior houseq painting in London alter a ba-n to save labor and materials. | described as resembling the attor- math of the ntom bombing of (Continued on Page 577E130 Irish Moss OTTAWA, April 16—(8peclal)— Prospects for maintenance at its present levels and even expansion of the Irish moss industry tn Prince Edward Island are Bond ' despite European competition. lJr. A. W_ H. Needler, director of the Atlantic Fisheries Research Sta- tion at Si. Andrew's, N. B.. told lhc Guardian today. Dr. Needler was chairman of n series of informal meetings of scientists and research workers from Government departments and private industry gathered in Ottawa to discuss additional rc- search into the_ industry. Rup- resentativea of cheese. chocolate milk and pharmaceutical industries from as far west as Chicago at- tended the meetings. Here to Stay “I'm convinced the Irish rnou industry in Prince Edward 1s‘and is here to stay," Dr. Ncsvlln‘ ear-i. "Already it has been faced with Good Says Dr. Needler Prospects competition from Etrropr- hut in i946 production reached on nil- time peak of more illnn 300.000 pounds 1n Prince Edward Island" The Fisheries Research Station head said the meetings concen- trated chiefly on research prob- lems concerning Irish moss and" agreement was reached to prevent duplication or overlapping of re- search and to “fill up gaps" m present technical knowledge of the prodtlct..Suggcstlon was made, ‘we said, that there might be a minor price drop some time within the next year. but evcn if such was lhc case, delegates to the meeting felt that the primary producer would obtain a fair margin of profit. with other priests probed the. sacraments to the dead, said: ies still to be found." ButtsrilT TEXAS CITY, Tenn, April 11 __ (Thursday) — (AP) -— A 1,000 ton freighter, the mg}, 1.1319,.’ loaded with 900 tons of ammon- lum nitrutc, was hurtling fiercely Bari)‘ lflllny at the explosion-torn Texas City dock. Hundreds of rescue workers were menaced by the danger or a second explosion such as that; which tore apart the |rrmch freighter Grandcnmp early 3'95- terliay. killing hundreds of pet»- "n! M111 irlillrlng thousands. Little Hope For Danish King’s Life COPENHAGEN. April 1 _.(Ap) ——Crown Prlncc Frcdrilc told _a, cabinet council at Amalieinborg Castle today "there is only a little 110176 that 761vear-old King Christ- ian can recover from a heart at. "ick- fl qllfllliiud source reported,- today. Danish cabinet nlcnrbcrs unra ordered to stay at, home tonight: and remain near a telephone. 102ml? King's ifmpcraturc rcse to Kilt Multan Hour firs: vats lS SuPPLuD vim ivttvtfulut. Buf Lot F/Wilbs’? l7 it TORONTO, April 16 -—(CP)—- iitinimtlizn and maximum temper- atures: ’ Vancouver 44. 71; Edmonton 32. 60; Regina 31. 50; Winnipeg 29,45‘, Toronto 32. 37; Ottawa 29. 33; ' Montreal 3i, 34; Quebec 18. 32; Saint John 36, 40; Moncion ‘.58, 30; llullinx 30, 43; Charlottetown 24, 35; Sydney 26, 36; Yarmouiih 31. 43. HA-LUAX, April 16 - Weeds:- synopsls and official llknd fo - casts issued by the Dominion Public Weather Ofiice here at 11:15 pm. tonight. _ Synopsis: Snow and rain has spread from Quebec and New England into the Marltimea. The snow Lin“ now covers southern New Brunswick and part of Nova Scolia will continue to move east- ward and change to rain. In southern Nova Scoiia rain has al- ready begun and will continue to move eastward. A new storm cen- re ls developing near Cape Cod and will cause a small area of gnics as it moves across the Miar- itin .s toward Northern New- fnu clland. Slightly colder air from the west will cover the dis- trict by Thursday evening result- ing in partial clearing. Forecasts, valid until Thursday midnight: Prince Edward Island: Snow- io- nighi. changing to rain by morn- mg and ending durln the after- noon. Cloudy Thurs ay evening. Little change in temperature. Southeast winds increasing to 26 and shifting to west 20. High Thursday at Glarlottetown i0. iligh tide this morning at 8.211 and tonight at 7.45. Sun sets this evening at 6.47 Mid rise; tomorrow morning at, 5.12. On the technical side. certain Irish moss research problems are being assigned to the National Research Council. Dr. Needler said. Other phases will be dealt with by private industry and the unl- ____________._____ (Oontmued on Page I Col. I) New moon April 20th. 11.19 PM. Summerelde tide eighteen min- utes latcr than Charlotteown. CAR. FERRY "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND" Dally except Sunday. Leave Borden st 9.05 AM. Leave ‘Doc-mention at 8 PM,