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SCHOONER IS LOST - IN F IERCE ATLANTIC GALES

Bevin Says Four- Power Pact In Oijing

Fur Auction ls Continuing; $90 Paid For Pelt

MONTREAL. Feb. 11—(Spscisl) —'i‘he Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. Ltd. sale.o.f silver fox and mutation pelts showed im- proved prices and greater demand today as will be sean from the following:

Better grads plstinums were es per cent sold at an average of $41.99; low grades were 80 per cont sold at an average of $263!; Wcstern Canada mutations were as per cent sold at an average of $59.19; white marked silvers were 73 per cent sold at an average of $24.60; regular full silvers were 55 per cent said at an average oi M056.

Today infer-ior types were 52 per cent sold at an average of $13.77.

Pcarl platinums in the Western Canada collection sold well with \ top price of $00.

(The above information was htrnished by Mr. George A. Gall- sr-ck, manager of the Fur Mark- rtlng Department. Canadian Nat- ‘anal Sliver Fox Breeders‘ Assoc- ‘Atlon, Summersidc.)

General Manager Comments

MONTREAL. Feb. 27—(CPl-A. C. Prentice, general manager of Carladi-ln Fur Auction Sales Com-

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Judgment ln Burr llwycr

Base Sustained

'l'lle ful Bench of the Supreme

Increased Sugar Ration Forecast

OTTAll/A. Feb. 2'1 _- 4cm - Barring unforeseen complications it is probable that Canadiano will get successive increase; h their sugar ration‘ during i941 and the first oi those may be and. some time in April. a Price; Board lllfllleeman said tonight.

The spokes as emphasized, however, that as yet no deiiri o decision had been made on what tthe lncreaoa might amount t) or when they would be made. But it had been suggested they rnight be made quarterly as tugrr te- eslne flvsllablc to Canada from

CoJrL oi Prince Edward Island FPW-‘rtiuy sustained the judgment o.’ County Court Judge C. Gavan Duffy in disallowing the dismissal hr the liieutenant-Governor-in- council o! Burr Dwyer. Queen's County jailer,

'i‘llc judgment. -rondered by Chicf Justice Thane A. Campbell. and concurred in by Justices M. R. MaoGulgan and George J. Tweedy. admitted that a technical violation of the Jailer's duties had bcrn committed by Mr. Dwyer in

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Coming Events

"Binao in Legion llall, Sourls toolsht at a P. M.

"Motion pictures in Crapaud Bali Saturday night. ‘l and 9.

‘friumpeture vs. Mliion Rink tonight.

Winsloe at

"To arrive. Seed Oats. Book. llcclllgan d: Boyle.

"Rummage sale Trinity Social "silk Saturday. March 1. at 3 o'- c c .

"Hockey East Royalty tonight. ‘Ym Royalty Besrcats vs. Roy- M- Skate after.

"llunter River Painless loading dressed hogs February 28th. Book. McGuigsn k Boyle.

"Croktnolc Party, Mlllvlew Church Basement, March 3rd. Pio- ceeds Y. P. U,

"Charlottetown , Bombers vs. "P" Glasgow an Stars at New fig-‘Iowrink tonight. Gdml starts

_"All Active Service men of Klilsston and surrounding districts. "e requested to meet at Kingston kTuesday. March m». at s

"Unloading esr of Coal at Aub- Ilrn Station Saturday and Monday, March m and 3rd. w. M. Gallant. WebstarsCcrnar.

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allacsilona made by the Interna- tionlal Emergency Food Council, and the aggregate incrame throng-r 1947 might amount to as much as 20 per- sent over the prosent per caplta‘ consumption oi 13 Willis.

Recent reports fmm Wishing- ion said Canada would probably receive 80 to 81 pounds of sugar per caplia this year compared with 73 pounds im i946.’ The Lrst oi the 1941 allocation ls expected by April.

It was pointed out here, how- over, that the ternntlonal Em- ergency Food Council operates under maohin , set up under special wartime powers and these have yet to he approved by the United States Congress.‘ Ii such approval ls not forthcoming, than the whole system of an... idonal allocation oi scarce commodities sueh as sugar might b; thrown out of gear and it would to "every country for itself.”

llatlosal Convention 0f ll.Vl.l.. At Ottawa

SAINT JOHN N. B. Feb. 2'!—— (CP)—-'!‘hls year's national con- vention of the Catholic Women's League of Canada will be held at Ottawa June 20 to 25. This wsa an- nounced here tonight by Mrs. W. F. Fewtngs, national publicity con- vener. The national president Mrs. W.J_ Dundln, Montreal. will aifl.

Moscow charges that jot plane experiments are being carried on at Churchill, MBIL, were denied by Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton. right, as llc and Florello LaGuar- dta, centre. loft on a Joint De- fence Board inspection tour to Churditll with Brig. M. H. B. Penhsle of the Canadian Army.

_ Leave On Churchill Inspection Tour

Yesterday three R.C.A.1". aircraft took of! from Winnipeg at noon carrying newspapemlen and for- eign military attaches to Chur- chill. The lull-Ly, which arrived at Winnipeg front Ottawa on Wednesday, included Ma]. Ivan Pavshoukov. assistant Soviet at- tache at Ottawa.

Fishe r m e

Father or Eght Questioned In iiontrcallllurdcr’

MONTREAL. Fbb. 2’! - (OP) - A father of eight children was un- der grrest tonight for questioning in, connection "with the scarf strangling of Madeleine Deeitoch- ers, 35, oi Montreal, who was found dead in a hotel room last night.

Police said that the woman had

Problems At Central Cir-operative Meeting

Yesterday afternoons session, opening the third annual meeting of the P, E. Island Fisll3l'.r.-=*:1's Central C0-O})0l‘.’iii‘.’i‘ Associllf n, was largely dcvotcrl to a consid- eration of ntethcls for udrilnl‘! financial strength to the central organiznti-on. ‘K

Tile meeting was resided over

by the prcsirlent. . Austen B. Bell, While Sands. Included among (11,750 Ilrcsont

were 'Mcsrst. J. H. McKir-ltun, gcn- eral manager of the United lvmi time Fisherman's Assvrlliloh: . St. Pierre, president of the Mau- tlma Association; and J. J. Lur- abec, Dominion Fisheries super- visor, Charlottetown.

Mr. Charles E. MacKinnoll, a member of the Moreli Fishermcnh (Jo-operative, said i-i the Central

been dead for a day or possibly longer when her body was round by a chsmbermaid. who investigat- ed the room despite a "do not dis- turb" sign. The maid entered the room because the Sign, had been bulging on the door for a larlgthy period.

A man identified as Poul Henri Laplame, 4a, was arrested early to- da at his home in Shawinlgatl Fals, Que. The man was arrested offer a letter. said by bollce to bear the signature "Laplante," was found mar the body. Its full con- tents were not disclosed.

Part of the letter read as foi- lows:

"I loved her very much and could not merry her since I was not free. She love:l me greatly. She

pre~ and now I am rendering her a

tried to take her life a few times glfit service byhiliing hw myfl.

Airmen Fit After 10 Days in Wilderness

(By The Canadian Pres!)

KATA-NI), Que. Feb, -3'l-'l‘wn Fergus, Ont, men whose piano was forced‘ down on a small lake near the Quebec-Labrador border. arrived here tonight. thin but otherwise in good physical cen- ditlon despite l0 days in the bush with only one sleeping bll and under weather conditions they described as “atrocious.”

Picked up from the lake yu- terdsy ‘by a Quebec Airways mail plane and flown to tho_near\1y Btnatlusttn. Quel. trading post. Campbell Richardson and Joe Howard were down as. ilswreneg sliver nth shore town. ‘may stopped at north more town oi lavas Islands on the way.

“We ieal pretty fair.‘ Ndslrd- son said. "We lest a hit oi weight but otherwise are an right.“

Reports that three men had been found on the lake wharetho plans canto down m. is appar- ently were unfounded. ‘they er- iginatsd from a radio message from 1‘. Arlgustln. believed t0 have been garbled in trsnflls-

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Richardson said the aircraft. which ind taken of! from lt. Augustin on a timber lceutlng expedition. came down in poor visibility and carried on into the woods beside the lake, tearing on a wring. Neither occupant was injured. .

They had only one sleeping hag but despite storms kept warm in this when they were not tramp- ing the woods. On the third day they shat a carlboo. which Etch- ardson said would luvs been more useful had they had same ‘they were rnowdscas in the woods and Richardson said thk laft their feat "somewhat set-s."

Veteran bush pilot Dorrila Ts- roua ct Wheeler Airlines flewtha Fergus men from 8t. Augustin and described them as “vary good

buslnun." "they looked as though notllns had happened." ‘reruns said. After a step-over tonight at Matsne, Richardson and Howard will M with Taroux tomorrow to

organization was to be of any real value to the various branch assoc- iations, it would he necessary for it to have much greater financial strength than it has hitherto 7105' seared. He suggested that m“ member of (he ni-ne dllfcreljii local branches Contribute $35 l° l"! local organization and that the money so contributed be pald hy the lorrul organization into .thc centnll agency. The money 5° in‘ vested would be credited to the local branches which ln turn

Railvhysllomt Plan To Freeze Freight Rates

OTTAWA. Feb. 2'1—(0P)-- The Canadian Pacific Railway does not plan to "freeze" its freight ntes at the SO-per-ccnt higher level sought by the Railway Association oi Canada. C. E. Jefferson, freight traffic manager, told the Trans- port Board today at its hearings of the a pllcation.

Appear ng on the stand for his seventh day, the cool, inscrutable CILR. otilclal conceded after questioning by provincial counsel, thot rates might be lowered again "after very. very careful consid- oration."

Ths Board earlier received sub- missions by Alberta. counsel J. l‘ Frawley showing comparatlvt rater on various commodities ellip- pad between Eastern and Western

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Gives Review 0f Britain's Foreign Policy

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LONDON, Feb. Z7 — (C?) _ Forelgzn Secretary Bevin, in a lengthy review of Britain's foreign D0110)’. lvdly told the House of Commons that conclusion of a four-power- pact between Britain, Russia, the United States and France to prevent recurrence of ag- gression in- Europe, will be 0n the agenda of the Foreign Ivilnlstera meeting in Moscow which convenes Much l0.

Speaking at the opening otf the first debate on British foreign pol- icy siruce last, autumn. Bevin re- arffirrrlled Anglo-American solidar- ity despite "misunderstanding" 0W! Pklwtlhe, He also said Brit- lln WM Mlofious to conclude such a treaty based on a pmpogul of James Bymes, former United States State Secretary, for a 25-year four-power pact to insure a Ger- man dernilitarizatlon,

Refers to U.S.

in the only reference to the storm amused n. the United stalls by his charge that Praident qruntun had vvreckod negotiations for a Palestine settlement by issuing a statement during tho 194s Congreg. sional election campaign, Bevin told the House:

‘tWhile (here may have been some misunderstanding over the nutter debated in this Horuse two days ago, this Ls a matter which stands by itself. 0n all questions cur relations with illc United States are of the most cordial char- acter, and we for our port will not allow arty wedge to he rlrivcn be- tween lire tv-‘o countries to disturb cur fiiéildillip."

The White House issued a state- ment Wednesday nigltt describing as "uttzfnltunatc and misleading" lhc British ilnpiiculicrl that Mr. Truman's statement nus; issued due to political considerations.

Bevin said allo that he lloprd the pcndin Anelo-l-‘renrh tlolir would he signed “sconfl Rzlizllr, reports from Paris said that B "\in and Fore'gn .\Iln'slcr Bldault t! likmnca would sign the pact at a port on the French Channel crust next Wednesday. Bevin said the United States and Russia both had been informed cf this more.

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Parliament ' At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press) opposition members scrutinized W-‘mllfifll details of the Canadian wheat BOard and pressed for in-

formation about its functions.

'I‘ra.de Minister MacKinnon an- nounced Norman Robertson, Can- adian High Commlssicncr to Brit- ain, will head the delegatinn- to the London wheat conference.

Htalth Minister Martin ammun- oed Dr. GP. Davidson. Deputy Health Minister, will head tho do}. 881mm to the New York Social Council sessions.

Justice Minister Ilsiey said law officers were satisfied a bill lo wntirlue wartime powerg or the Canadian Whca‘, Board was cort- stitutlotnai.

Mr. Ilsley denied the Govern. ment planned to give the Wheat Board authority to compel farmers to deliver coarse grains in its agents.

Friday.

The Commons will consider Gov- cmmerlt legislation. The Senate will not sit.

tilrl Gonfessesller Abduction Story lloax

LONG BEACH, Calif, Fkab. 2'1 — tAPl - Joseph Kcnllltrle, director ‘of the Police Jilvtllillc Bureau, on- uoutmcd today that 17-year-old Jacquelyn Mae Stand had wniess- cd that her story of being abduct- ‘ed, beaten. slashed and bumcd was ‘a hoax.

Kennirk said the girl's statement was made to lVIrs. Margie Cote, a juvenile oiilccr.

, "I lied myself, I eclntciled my- self and I bur-nod thyself," Kcnnlck quoted the girl.

ircason for perpetuating the hoax.

4 OTTAWA. Onto Feb. 27—(Spcc- rail-Concerned ovcr reports that rates for rooms and other forms of accommodation in Prlnro Etlwulrl island are due for u sharp inclolsr- this aummcr. many people from Ottawa accustomed‘ to spending vacations on the Island are “rit- ing individuals and associations for information on the probable extent of the increase.

Ottawa summer visitors to the island Province go chiefly to Stanhope Bench, Cavendish Bench, Brackiey Beach and Dnlvay. In the past they have found rate-s for meals and accommodatron so reasonable that they nlnre than compensated for transportation costs from Central Canada to the coast. Those in medium income brackets are anxious to know just to what extent the i947 illclcasc in holiday accommodation will amount to.

Mr. Dolan interviewed

D. Leo Dolan, director, of the Canadian Travel Bureau. said. to- day h. did not believe that the increase in holiday accommodation centres of Prince Edward Island or other sections of the Marltimcn would be "out of llne." Recent lifting of rent controls from holi- day centres would doubtless bring sbout an increase In rates charged. he said. At the rune time. he did not believe that sound business men and business women of East- em Canada would demand exces- sive rates merely because control

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Qttawa Inquiries Re P. E . I . SummerRates

fluellechFlrm To Build

Premier Jones Declares Unions May Be Outlawed ‘if We Getllur Backs Up’

Anticipates Arrival 0f llew Gar Ferry In June, And States llcw Diesel Electric Locomotives For Island

r Eighteen.

A warning that unions might he outlawed in this Province if they caused work stoppages was sounded inst night by Premier J. Walter Jones in an address be- fore the Charlottetown branch oi the Canadian Legion.

The Premier said he was happy to any that proportionately more veterans hnd gone back to the land in Prince Edward island than in any other Province. but added that they must all be pre- pared for hard work.

"You must forget about tlhls eight hour stuff," ho said. “That is nonsense. Let Nova Scotia have it,—not here. li we ‘get our backs up we may pass s law out- lawing all unions in this Pro- vince. and we will not be defeat- ed at the polls for doing it.

"If union men don't like to pitch ln iiko the big majority of our peopio here." the Premier de- clared, "then I say, let them go somewhere else. We might even manage to load the boats without t-ltem."

CAR. FERRY 1N JUNE

The Premier informed therneet-

ing that the new car-y ferry "Abegweit" is now “almost com- pleted." “If we were in a hurry

we could sail her out in May of this year," he said; "but I don't think sllc will be brought out until June. and I think there will be a big celebration when she does come out.

“The other ferry," he added, “trill not have to g0 to drydock bcforc the Abcgwcit. comes. Tran- sportation will be kept up and we will have this beautiful new boat here for the summer traffic. That ought to serve pretty well, par- ticularly aftc-r they finish the new $000,000 docks."

Thr- ncu‘ Tormentlne pier, he said, was being built outside the present one; the harbor is being enlarged and there will be a new "island" built for protection. The boat will be able to dock there “nearly every day of the year except when ice is grounded."

On tho Borden side a project- ing fln will be built. The ship will be equipped with radar and navigation can be carried on in almost any kind of weather.

"On lop of it nil, we are goi- ting our railway dioselized." said Premier Jones, “We are getting eighteen diesel electric locomot- ives on t-hc Island, something

River Graft For China

QUEBEC. Feb. 2'7 (OP) -- Thc Ing Sung Navigation ctrlnpany of China has let n contract to the Si. Lauretnt Shipbuilding Companyl here for cc-ltlstructton of two FWCT‘ steamers to cost $1,500,010, it. was announced front tltc shipyards lo-, day.

Passenger-cargo i‘l'ill|, the gifliilll- ers arc each to be i6) test in length with displacement cf 500 (Otis and‘ accomlncdaiion fca- It») nasscngcrs. _‘ They will ply (he Yang 'I‘.=-_\ Kiang, River.

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IN SWEDISH EXILE l The number of foreigners and stateless persons living in Sweden early tn 1947 is reported as about 120.000.

which main.- big ccntrr-s would atvc thcir right ltnnds lo have." Ml‘ R. S. McBcth presided at file Lcgion lnccting, ninth was largely altrndcd. Ottawa Agreement "i llluc "u! soon any real .\l2il(‘fll(‘lli with respect Lo tllc aglcrnlonla no llavc bccn ngollaling with Ottawa on flMzll relations," (he Prntnlcr said in his opening remarks. “In looking over llnnsnrd and other papers I read of the amounts wc contrib- ute. For instance in income taxes in this Province we only pay two- teltths of one percent of the in- come.- lax ‘of Cailhilfl. In corpor- ation taxcs we only pay three-

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African Ts-

(By The Canadian Press)

PORT ELIZABETH. South Af- rica. Feb. fl-q-Wtlch doctors in full ceremonial dress beat furl- ously on tribal drums and black dancers in leopard skins leaped high-in the olr today in a color- ful w‘ ‘ by tribcsmen to the touring Royal Family.

The spectacle took place in outlying New Brighton, witoae neat, modernized homes with lawns and flower-beds presented an unusual background for dan- ces dating back to tribal savag- 0f].

Another contrast was provided by the Bantu psalm singeraprln- cipsily elderly men wearing griz- zled goatees. They waved palm branches slowly as the Royal pro- cession passed the Bantu Church of Christ where the singers as- semblcd.

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stained faces, chests, arms and logs in traditional tribal fashion. Their bodies wore adorned with skins. feathers and beads. They Wore hllgr- hcllddrcsscs.

The King, clad in mllfti. the Queen and two Princesses rode through New Brighton in a motor cnvalcadc.

-Durlng the afternoon the Royal Family .p:tld n surprisr- visit lo famous Snakc Park. whore the King and Quccn saw a grinning Basuto in a pit twine deadly cob- ras around his hock.

"I cannot imagine anyone touching things like thal."'thr King said. "How horrible."

The Princesses appeared un- perturbed by the proximity of sevcral dozen snakes. ‘they leaned over the side of the pit and look- cd closely at the cnamelled skins of yellow, black. brown and while. glistening in the sunshine.

Six Additional. T‘ Graft Reported , In Difficulties

(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Feb. TF-Flerca sporadic storms, with winds up to 6O miles an hour whipping up mountainous seas, swept acros (he Atlantic today sinking a fishing schooner and lmperiling at least six other ocean-going vessels.

The gales. which have plagued the Atlantic shipping lane; for nve days, are expected to con- tinue. the Coast Guard said.

Nine crew members on a ilsh- ing schooner. Catherine L.Browrt. were taken of! the sinking vessel after losing an all-night battle against rising water. The schooner developed a leak in the heavy seas.

The tanker 8.8. Calusa ln a radio message to the United States Coast Guard said lt- had removed the crew and that the fishing vessel was going down rapidly 80 miles southeast of Cape May, N. J.