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‘ OTTAWA. my I — (W) - q-r. Church (PC — Toronto Bloadview) said may in the commons that ln his opinion the "Maritime Province: are largely to blame for the condition in which they find themselves at the esent time."

“With their rich resources and ml.- snppiy of coal they could have developed industries." he “in during the debate on the budget. lie was commenting on e suggestion yesterday by John H. MscNicol (PC - 'I‘oronto Daven- port» that the Dominion pay one third or the cost oi power devel- QpmPHlS in the Maritimee.

Mr. Church said Ontario had not received any Federal aid for power development. " the Maritimes had not developed their resources they “cannot expect to rsp at the door of the Dominion now and claim bonuses, subven- lions and subsidies."

"I introduced a bill in i003 for the establishment o4 a national fuel policy and I received little support from the Maritimes," added Mr. Church.

Coming Events

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

"Red Cross Dams, ‘Ess-nsciliie School, Friday, May asth. Refresh- mcnts.

"Dance every Saturday, Mon- tague Curling Rink, Webster‘: Or- chestra.

"Hunter River torch Fact- cry Will close for the spring sea- son on Saturday, May 30th.

"Anybody wanting tractor work done this spring contact Lem Neill, North Milton.

"Pradaibane Play, "Here Comes Charlie". Drncrald Hall, Monday, Mill’ Iilst. Curtain 8.30 P._M.

"See . “I-nil Billy Hospitality" Presented by Marshiield-Dunstafi- nase Y. P. U. at York Hall. May ‘Al.

"Dance tonight, Country Club, Travellers Rest. Music Prime ~°ilfliy Plonera

"ti"! Clyde River Drhnatio §°°i°iY present their three-act 5&3“! in Cornwall Friday, Mny

"5" Sprinsvsia Player: present "P" time act play "Tempest and Sunshine" in New London Hall. Thursday. the 21th. .

"Our stores will be losed et "W" on Wednesdays inning lune 2nd until further notice. Pet- "lo and Gallant Ltd. and The Poo. P" Cooper-alive Silos-e.

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PRAGUE, May as - (AP) An official report said that Prea-

‘ ident Eduard Bones walked with

Mrs. Bones tonight in the garden‘ of his country home and alppear- edtebelnaliappymood.

An official Czechoslovak dip- lomatic source said in London earlier today that Bene: is’ "gravely ill". and is not expected to recover.

An Information Ministry spokesman said the London re- port was false. ., ,__

The pokesman, Arnost ‘Limb- ersky, said he had "official infor- mation" that Belles’ condition.‘ was no worse than it has been at‘ any. time since he suffered s. stroke last autucnn.

"Our information is," Llmber- sky said, "that President and Mrs. Benes walked together in their garden at ‘l pm. and retir- ed early. The President was in ir good mood. He saw s personal friend during the evening."

However, one usually well-in- formed source who cannot be identified by name said that Bones’ doctors are worried about his condition and are taking ev- ery precaution.

Break Deadlock 0n Western‘ Cermany

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IKJNDON. May 2’! - (Thurs- day) — (AP) .- A six-country conference broke a major dead- lock late last night on the polit- ical and economic future of Western Germany.

The conference agreed upon broad powers for an Internation- al Control Board over the iron ore. coal and coke of the Ruhr valley, industrial heart of West- eln Europe.

Responsible diplomatic officials said the agreement was hammered oili- ln yesterday's sessions. It broke-'a1'l impasse which had threatened failure of the talks among Britain, the United States, France. Belgium. The Nether- lands and Luxembourg.

Iblloaving is the Peas List of students sttendingkrince of Wales College, which holds commence- ment exercises on Fridsg morning next: ' .

Fourth Year Honour Diploma:

George Bormeli, Ch'town. William Burleigh, Eilerslie

lihven Campbell, Graham's mead Drummond Cobb, Chkown

Ivan Dowiing, Chtown

Lawson Drake, Meadow Bank Francis Evans, St. Theresa's Robert Forsythe, Ch'town Friend Herring, Murray River Stewart MacDonald, Little Sands Angus Maclllachern, clvtown Freeman MacDwen, Bristol William MacFarlane. Harrington George MacMurdo, Kelvin Grove Hubert MacNeill. Summer-side Clifford Moose, New Annan Orville Phillips, Mount Royal Charles Read, Brae

Shirley Simpson, Belmont Vernon SobeyfSearlei/own , Allison Stevenson. New Giasgo Leith Tierney, Ch'tnwn

Graduating Diplomas

Francis Gallant, Central Royalty Ernest Howatt. Ch’town

Lloyd l-Iowatt, Chknwn

James Korrey, Ch'tovwn

Philip MacKinnon, lilmsdale Keith Pickard, West Royalty John Riley, Belle River

Frank Sigsworth, Ch'town Evelyn Stewart, Parkdals

Ruth Wright. oe-rietown

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‘Robert Acorn, Charlottetown 'M:urice Blake, Charlottetown 'Waldo Dingwell, Mproil Leigh Donald, Allberwn

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Burglar Suspect Fatally Wounded

TOBONTU. Ms)’ 38 — (C?) '- wounded in a chase along West- Central Toronto streets. Iii-nest (iiark Hopkins, 3S, of Hamilton, died in hospital today. ,

‘Police said he was one of two shopbreakers surprised at the rear of a Queen Street restaur- ant by Constable Robert Iidglnton early today.

Seeing the policeman, the irwo men fled over a fence and Con- stable Edgintonytook up the chase. one man escaped when the two split up. Tlhe other -- Hopkins - ralpidly began to pull may from his pursuer.

Constable ndginton said two warning shot: fired into the air failed to halt the fugitive, :0 he fired at the men's feet. The bul- let struck Hopkins in the bsck..

Hopkins was taken to hospital. where he diedsix hours later as an emergency operation was be- ing performed.

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OPEN BRANDON AIRPORT

BRANDON, Man. - (GP) _. Brandon chamber of commerce is planning a special program for formal opening o! the Branden airport Mo! I. The field will b: used as a stopping-point by

Trans-Canada Air Lines planes.

$300,000 Lumber Fire In Torontok East End

TORONTO. Ml? 30 -- (G) - Flre raced through the Sheppard ‘and Gill Lumber Yard in Toronto's Bast Ind today, destroyed ‘$00,000 worth of lumber and equipment. and forced score: of persons from nearby houses.

firemen from seven station: battled the three-alarm blase and four suffered minor injury. School children and their parents helped tha'firefightera by using garden hoses io douse rooftop fires start- ed by flying embers.

The flame: roared more than B0 feet into the air and thick smoke billowing over the fire scene was visible in downtown Toronto.

The bias: is bdtavednc have started when a spark from a. da- feotive motor ignited : pile of shavings. Within a few minutes fl mead to the neat piles ‘of limbo! sodliohd ita way to all secular: of the ma.

Th: alarm was turned in b!

Tummy Olllipbiill, l0, and Bert

Powers, lumber yard employees. when fireman arrived. th: whole yard was sblase and two more alarms were sounded. Meanwhile, polio: want from door to. door. warning oitiaans to leave their iiouaaa. Many removed furniture and personal belongings and piled them on front lawns.

A large wooden shed was .:st ablaae and collapsed on the rear venndah of one house. Resident: brought garden hose: into" play u. extinguish the flames.

one eyewitness said the flame: spread so rapidly across th: yard that it looked like s buss bail of firs roiling along.

"The flame: were throwing of! flying amber: that sprayed house: on the adjoining streets like sparks

rockets.

The main weed-working plant of the tumble-company was raved. iiraioan said. but coal sheds and other buiidirae were destroyed

along with ca; lumbar.

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Confederation With Canada iieal Issue '

II‘. JOHN'S. Nfld-s May 00- — (OP) The economic-union- with-tho-Unlted States note intes- jected into Newfoundland’: fut- ure-form-oi-government campaign- ing hss caused a flurry but it is not likely to have any great bear- ing on the June 3 referendum.

The main tug-of-war still is be- tween ‘responsibia government and confederation with Canada and it will be right up to the last gasp --next Thursday.

The coniederates have charged that the party led by Chesley A. Orosble and standing for economic union with the U. S. has been used by the anti-oonfederates to draw a cloud across the real issue.

Economic union is not on the ballot paper and it would make no demands on any responsible government that might be elected.

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Planking Of Car Ferry

i Discussed

A Parliament A

At-A-Clance

(Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined s lengthy list of legisla- tion stili to be considered by Par- liament. .

External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said Canadian recognition oi Israel is still under consider stiun.

Justice Minister Ilsley said he thought Canada should attach more importance to reduction of the national debt. i

Opposition and Government mem-bers participated in the bud- get debate.

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The Commons will resume the budget debate. The Senate will

not sit.

Charge Election Of

Legion Officers Fixed; Western Man President

TB Death Bate

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OPPAWAFMay 20 — (Special) - Deeth rate from tuberculosis i: higher in Prince Edward Island than in any other Canadian Prov- ince, it is revealed in a return tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon in reply to a ques- tion asked by A. M. Nicholson, 0.0.1". member for MacKenzie, Sask.

The Prince Edward Island tuber- culosis death rate of 1C4’! is listed at '07 per 100.000 population. Rates

‘of other provinces are, Quebec 65.6;

New Brunswick 58.6; Nova Scot-ta 40.8; British Columbia 44.3; Mani- toba 41.7; Alberta 31.3; Saskatche- wan 20.4; Ontario 24.4.

Socll Progress Ili Seeding In iilest

OTTAWA, Mo)‘ 36 - (OP) — lbrcellent progress is being made in seeding on the Prairie Provinces. particularly in southern areas, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today in one of s series of talc- graphic reports covering Western crop conditions.

Temperatures over the Prairies have ranged from nine to 1B de- grees above normal during the last week and the warm weather. combined with clear skies and drying winds. has made for “near ideal" seeding conditions in all three Provinces.

Early-seeded crops are germin- ating weil and growth is rapid.

Grasshoppers are beglnnim to hatch in Saskatchewan and Al- berta. In Saskatchewan also, wire worm damage to early-seed- ed crops is becoming noticeable in some areas. In Manitoba, wheat seeding is almost complete in most southern sections while about h:.li of the oats and barley acreage: are planted. '

By DOUGLAS HOW sAsxATooN. May 2e — (C?)

' -LC.-C0l. LDJVI. Baxter of Win-

nipaggsa elected Dominion pres- iesricrotwhecaiissim union to- day aitea- its 13th national con- vention heard s. charlie thflii "i! lineup of new officers had been “ranged even before the dele- gates arrived.

A businessmsnsnd army serv- ice corps veteran of the First world War, Col. Baxter was n " to succeed MaL-Gcn. C.B. Price of Montreal who stepped down after two years in office. Gen. Price and three other nom- inees declined to stand.

The election continues leader- ship from First War veterans. The majority of the delegates served in that war.

J. l-larper Pruwse, an Edmonton delegate who also is Alberta's Liberal leader, made the charge that the elections had been ren- dered “meaningless" because de- cisions had been reached prior to the convention. He declared that "there is s feeling that too many things are decided before we have a chance to make up our own minds."

Chairman Jack Moore of St. Vital, Mam, asserted with em- phasis that "anyone can nomin- ato anyone every office is open" and the majority of the delegates shouted down s Pi-owse motion that wouldhave delayed‘ nominations\ for 34 hours to al- low them to study the situation. IA: an aftermath of the Prowse

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23 Alr Cadets To Fly Atlantic

(YITAWA. May 20 —- (CF) -— Twenty-three Royal Canadisni Air Cadets will fly the Atlantic this simmer for a three-week! trip to the United Kingdom, the Air Cadet League announced toJ day.

Selected from among 10,000. the youths will trade places with a group us... the British all" ‘Training Corps who will be en-' tcrtslned in Canada by the

League‘ and the R.C.A.F.

In Commons

OTTAWA, May f6 - (Special) — Transport Minister C-hevrier said in the Commons today in re-

Chester B. McLure, Progressive Conservative member for Queen's, that the question of the planking of the space between the rails on the Prince Edward Island car it"! "Abekweit" is still under consideration.

Mr- McLure had previously ask- ed for a reply on the planking of the car ferry on May l2 and was informed by the Minister that it had been referred to experts of the ‘Pransport Department.

This afternoon, F. A. Willsher, chairman of the Board of Steam- Shil) Inspection. Department of Transport. left for Montreal and will confer with members of his staff aboard the "Abegweit" to- moi-row.

Awaiting Report

Installation of planking between the rails. it is understood, will be one of the problems to be discus- sed in connection with the report of the inspecting officers.

Installation of the planking, Silflgested shortly after the “Abe- cweit’ went into the Borden-Tor- mentine service was originally urg- ed by en official of the Transport Department when construction of the vessel was nearing completion 155i? year at Sorei. This official who is not a shipping expert, up. Ed Why Plllikili! was not laid

vduwn at that time as s. safety

measure principally to mogul; members of the ferryk crew and

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Annual Apple Blossom Festival This Weekend

. N. 5., May 20 - (CP)—The trees have already put on their choicest iinery for the annual apple blossom festival which opens here Friday for three days Along the loo-mile length of famed Annapolis Valley orchard- isis and their families are making preparations to attend the yearly festival that ushers in the season of growth for their apple crops.

ply to a. question asked by W. _

A Group of 21 Active Force Army Officers from Prairie Coni- mand, recently completed pre-staff course examinations. Frcm the suc- cessful candidates will be chosen

officer students who will attend next year's staff course at King- ston, Ont. Among the group is Major f. R. Crue of Charlotte- town, PEI. .

K. oi C. State Convention Held liere Yesterday

At the annual State convention of the Prince Edward Island Knights of Columbus held yester- day in the Charlottetown Council Chambers District Deputy Andrew F. Peters was elected to the office

of State Deputy for Prince Ed- ward Island. g , ‘The convention, which. was

largely attended. was presided over by the retiring State Deputy T. Earle Hickey, Srummerside, who presented a. very comprehensive report of the activities of the Order in this Province during the past year. Included in his report also was a. review of the activities oi the Supreme Convention oi Knights held in Boston last Aug- ust. Reports were also received from the State Secretary, George Clow, on memberphip, and from the State Treasurer. Judge C. St. Clair ‘Prainor, on the finances of the State. ,

The Convention was honored by the presence of Past State Deputy Dr. W. J. P. MacMlllan, who ad-

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CAIRO. May nd-(APi-An Arab ultimatum to Jewish Irgunists in Jerusalem's old city to surrender or die marked the day set by the U. N. for an end oi the shooting in Palestine, the British-controlled Near East radio reported tonight.

Hard fighting took place in Jer- usalem today and Egypt used her

_ heaviest bombers yet to bombard

the Jewish capital of Tel Avtv. said the broadcast as United Na- tions efforts for a truce collapsed at Lake Success, N. Y.

The broadcast said the besieged defenders in the old city had been split into two groups, with Hogans fighters in one section and Irgun Zvai Leumi forces in the other.

The radio said the Egyptian Air Force bombed Jewish-occupied buildings in modern Jerusalem, and lihyptian fighters accompanied the bombers to Tel Aviv.

Arabs Reiect U. N. Plea» For Truce. In g Palestine Fighting

A pooled dispatch from Ameri- can correspondents in Jerusalem said the heaviest fighting now in progress in the Holy Land was at Latrun, vital road junction on the Tel Avlv highway west of Jeru- salem.

The Near East radio broadcast said a Jewish convoy on the Jaffa- Jerusalem road had been wiped out. despite the intervention of 3.000 Jews.

Rejecting‘ the U. N. Security Council's demand for cease fire. the Arabs said they would comply only under these conditions:

Stop arming the Jewish army.

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Limitation of Jewish immigra- Lion.

These conditions were not un- expected and were immediately rejected by Jewish representatives at Lake Success.

Charge Forest Fires

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Thursday, the relt four days, all in a hundred yards onart.____

WINNIPM. May 38 - (C?) — Ilotest and buds fires are raging - in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario tonight, with forestry officials in the former Province ~ charging e string oi blame in the Gredt Fialls area. 70 miles north- east of here on the east shore of ‘ Lake Winnipeg, had all been set

The Great Tails fires are iii the vicinity of the Winnipeg Electric Company Power transmission lisie which is being protected by special

Forestry director J. C. Semen said today there is strong evidence that the fires. described as being _ of "incendiary origin." were set by were started lest within the last lino a. few

Meanwhile,

The fire now covers 4.000 acres.

by n strong south wind.

battling the blaee, with ro-inforx-e merits due to arrive tonight. T ths east. s stand of timber burning.

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MUTWS’ PARTY LEADl G lN SOUTH AFRICA ELECTION Union glggallfzfsal égnsidei-atimin Nfld. A A "(College Pass List

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frccn Port Arthur has oocrle s. report oi a spreading blase in an unnamed township east of Lake Helen in the Nipigon area

Ontario lands and Forests De- partment officials said the fire has burned a. northward course, driven One hundred and twenty-six men arc

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At the same time a crew ni 26 men is battling a fire between mileages 61-03 and Holly acres. The lire is between the lake and the Canadian National Rail- ways tracks. department officials said. Recautions have been taken to protect s powed line parallel to

liotinlgflleavy Throughout . , Thellominioii i

PRETOREA. May as~_ (CP)—{ Prime Minister Jan Ssnuts’ Un-i ited Party piled up a. strong lead in early returns from today! general election in South Africa. .

At midnight the guvernmenii party had won 3d seats, sgainsff three for Daniel Mann's Nation-

group. i Voting was heavy throughouif the Dominion 1n the at

strength between the United

Party, in office since 1909, and.‘ the Nationalists, who in the cam- paign demanded a. policy ofl "South Africenisirn" - fewer irn-_ migrants and whitezaupremacy. i

Col. CI‘. Stallard's Dominlonl Party fared badly. Its candidate! were heavily defeated in Cape-i town and Durban. The United Party picked up two seats at it! expense and the Labor groufl took one seat previously held by! a Stallard man.

Among the ministers r-e-elected were Finance Minister FHC. Stun rock and Th-ansport Minister 5.11‘. Waterson. P.V. Pcock, a United Party front-bencher, won in thq Sunnyside Division of Pretoria. '

The newly-created seat of Pre- toria. Central was lwon by the Nationalist Party by "a majority oi 500 votes.