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DIVORCE BILL MEETS STIFF OPPOSITION IN COMMON

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Initial Payment For Western WI-reat Reduced

Howe Clarifies Polalo Tariff Deal With U. S. 2

OTTAWA. April 5 -- (OP) _. Canada agreed "in advance" to a United states request which block. ed Canada from shipping an extra 1s.ooo.ooo bushels of potatoes into ltge U. 5. market at a reduced tar-

This was disclosed to the Com-

mons today by Trade Minister.

Howe as he clarified a Geneva dis- patch for H.H. Hatfield (Po .. Victoria-Carleton).

He said «the dispatch was not I

accurate in saying that the con-

tracting parties to the ccneral ag- '

reement on tariffs and trade agreed to let the us. restrict the flow of

Canadian potatoes into the ‘(LS ‘

market. The decision taken there had no

bearing on the current Csnadian- '

11.8. potato agreement under which Olllfldl shins 3.000.000 bushels of seed and table at half the regular tariff rate. . HOWBVEP. it did have a bearing on a. 194?! tariff arrangement un- der which Canada could have pressed for an additional quota of

15,000,000 bushels s. year at the»

same tariff reduction.

Mr. Howe explained that under the tariff agreement, the fixed a U. s. consumption level of

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Flying Saucer?

' WHITBY. Yorkshire. England,‘

April 5-—(Reuters)—Three Whil- by women said tonight they had

seen a "strange object resembling ’

two large hoops, one inside the

other" in the sky. The object had .

crossed the coast. moving inland at a great height. and flashes ap- peared to be coming from it.

“ .Coming Events ’

--cxcrnnoie Party. ‘Uigg Orange nail, saturdsy. April aux.

“Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Dance, at. Teresa’; Hail. Euler Monday. Auspices C. W. L.

“Farmers now booking Clover Seeds. Rush order. Mcclulgan & Boyle.

"Limited quantity beet pulp now available. Phone or write Beaten or Mcnae, Winsloe.

"One act comedy, concert. dance. Kelly's Cross Hall. Monday. April 10th. Starts at 8.15.

"Dance, St. Peters Legion Hall. Easter Monday night. April 10th. Cliff Peters Orchestra.

"Now booking orders for Grass Seeds. Place your orders now as supply is limited. Prices on re- quest. Benton as Msclue. Win- aloe.

“‘Unloading car of Oil Cairo. Wednesday and Thursday. April 5th and 6th. Wiltsiilre Dairying Co. l

"Attention Cucumber Growers of Mt. Herbert. Ifazelbrootr and Cherry Valley; also growers who will deliver oucumbe - lo Eldon or to highway from Eldon to Char- lottetown. We are acceptlong con- tracts for Matthews at Wells till fill nth. smith 8:00.. Pownai.

“Psrmers Attention —- AI trucks are not operating due to road con- ditions, we will pay farmers de- ll boss to stock pans, Bum- sneraide and xansington 30 cents per need until road conditions per- mit trucks to operate again. rm-

lwar and Caseley. V s , “Pantry sale. West novelty in- Iltute. find floor. Moore G Ile-

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Chrysler Considers Peace 0_lier

orrrnorr. April 5—(AP) —_ A

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in ffinf tofahugepiie at Ottasvglimris ggppositigiin Leader Georse Drew.

John A. Macdonald , Mayor of Ottawa and national president of the Club. 3,000 of

we Prince Edward Island Oysters were supplied t° the Club's 140 members

guests last ‘Thursday night visor of the Travel Bureau,

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leading public men of the Capital attacked the mound of lauded their flavour. and delicacy.—(Courtesy of the

By-election Victory Boosts Labor Majority To_ Four

new and different union , proposal today brought the big- geat break to date in the Chrysler strike which began 71 days ago. The company admitted it is ‘‘considering'' the peace offer by the United Auto Workers (C.I.O.) - This statement immediately boosted hopes for a quick return to work of 89.000 Chrysler strikers and some 50,000 other persons

shutdown.

GLACE BAY. N. S.. April 5- (CP) —— Dominion Coal Company mines produced 400.862 tons dur- ing March. a sharp increase over the March output of amass tons last year. The February total this year was 338.446 tons.

0*l'.l'AWA. April 5--(CP)-‘Health Department officials have ordered that all persons coming to Can- ada from the United Kingdom pro- duce certificates showing they have been vaccinated within the three years, Dr. G. D. W. arzlarcn. Deputy Health Minister.

‘fire or came into effect when an epidemic of smallpox was re- ported In Glasgow. Previously. per- sons the II. It. were not re-

‘to have eaullpox. vaccin- Jtleas. ..

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Worst Storm Of Winter In Tirnmlns

TIMMINB. Ont.. April 5- (OP) — The winter's worst storm, raging down from James Bay last night. tied up traffic completely in this Northern Ontario district. Wimis to 90. miles an hour piled snow in drifts 10 and 12 feet high across the highways. ‘loo min- ers on the night shift in dis- trict mines were stranded for two hours today. unable to get home. Rural schools were clos- ed. Temperature fell to two de-

Canada Acts _To Block Outb_1_'_eak Of Smallpox“,

grees above sero during the night. '

and then vaccinated.

There was no indication of when the restriction might be lifted.

MONTREAL. April 54- (CP)—- Passengers arriving from Britain by air today got a thorough medi- cal examlnatlon by immigration doctors because of the Glasgow sin llpcx outbreak.

r. A. Cantin said all passengers were asked to show vaccination oertlfleatea before being allowed entry. All 35. however. produced the necessary documents and were

ellarod. -

Dr. cantla said it is not normal- ly necessary to ask for such cer- iiflcatu ,_urIieu llauenlers came from an epidemic area.

onasoow. Aprilrl -- (lleutcrr. - Health authorities reported to- nlght that no new cases of email-

were today 11:‘ the

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LONDON. April 5—(CP) - Laber today won the first by-e1ec- tion of the new Parliament, rais- ing its precarious over-all major- ity to four by retaining the seat at Neepsend. Sheffield.

Sir Frank Soskice. Labor candl- date. polled 22,080 in the tradition- ally-Labor constituency in the big steel city. The Conservative- Liberai candidate, James P. Hunt. get 8,365. while E. L. Moore. school teacher running / as Communist candidate. could muster only 720.

Labor's majority in the House- not counting casualties -— had been three before today’: by-election. held due to the resignation of Harry Morris, who won the seat for Labor in the Feb. 23 election. Morris resigned to open a scat for Sr Frank. who was appointed solicitor-general although he suf- fered a personal defeat in the Feb. 23 election.

The standing in the Commons now is: Labor 313; f‘ vatlvea 297; Liberals ,9; Irish Nationalists 2; Independent 1; Vacant 2. The neutral Speaker completes the 625-‘ seat-House.

While.today's contest was the first by-election since the new session began. Labor had :1 prev- ious test of strength in Manches- ter's Moss side riding. where vol.- ing was delayed until after Tab. 23 due to the death of a candidate. The Conservatives from Labor in that election. Mid March 0.

FLINT! -WORK LIFT

TOKYO. April 5 — (AP) - new one line of work that shouldn't suffer doldrums. -

The Japan Maritime safety Board estimates than are 00.000 mines remaining in Japanese wet‘- eru. mnasweepers. working only is per cent of the known mined areas. have cleared 1,800 mine: since the

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Coarse iilains llnchanged from last leg.

OTTAWA, April 5—(CP) -- The Canadian Wheat Board. taking delivery of western wheat in the crop year starting Aug. 1. will make an initial payment to pro- ducers of $1.40 a bushel.

This 35-cent—per-bushel drop from the current initial payment of $1.75 was announced today in the Commons by Trade inister Howe. He described it as a cau- tionary move to guard the Board's new three-year pool against the possibilities of bankruptcy.

Mr. Howe also gave these main reasons for the decrease:

1. The international wheat agreement. under which Can- ado will sell most of her ex- ports next year, calls for a- floor of $.54 a bushel in Can- adian funds. Canadue, cur- rently has been getting about $2 a bushel for wheat. ~

2. The possibility of a sur- plus supply of wheat in Can- ads in the 1950-51 crop year, over and above international wheat agreement require ments. This excess over de- mand would not be protected by international floor price.

Coarse Grains Unchanged

He also announced that the ini- tial payments during the next crop year for deliveries to the board of oats and barley would be the same as this year: '65 cents a bushel for No. 2 Canada western ants in store at Fort William, Port Arthur; 98 cents a bushel for No. 3 Canada western six-row barley.

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Potato Disease Control flea

PREDERDGION. April 5 —(CP) -—Agricu1ture Minister Taylor an- nounced today that the Upper St. John River Valley potato belthss been established as a "potato dis- ease control area"—the first in New Brunswick. -

Mr. Taylor saldlthe step will im- prove the quaiity of New Bruns- wick certified seed potatoes. reduce the sources of potato disease in the Province’s main commercial growing area and thus tend to en- hance the market value of New Brunswiokb biggest cash crop.

The new regulations resulted from amendments to the New Brunswick potato industry act passed at last year's session ofthe Legislature. More than 05 per cent of,the growers in the area have supported the action.

The regulations include provis- ion that only certified seed may be planted or imported in a dis-

ease control area.

$12,000 1..

For P. E. I. Fishermen

Paris Police In Biller Clash Vlllh ll_eds '

PARIS. April 5-—(AP) Heimetied police tonight bat- tied down a Communist dem- gnatration along the broad

hsmpe Elysees and arrested 120 persons. The hour-long clash was described as the most bitter in Paris since the end of the war.

Twenty officers were in- lured. six badly enough to re- quire hospital treatment. under a barrage of bottles, stones and cafe tables.

About 1,500 demonstrators and 1.000 police are estimated to have been involved. The police turned up ready for trouble, aware that the Com- munist leadership had called a demonstration to protest pub- lication of the diary of I form- er S. 3. Officer, Col. Otto Skorzeny. in the Conservative newspaper Le Figaro.

Skorseny. a fugitive from denazification charges in West Germany. recently was report- ed in Paris.

About 10 policemen were injured last week in a similar

‘ -but less-riotous protest meet- ing at the Figaro oiificee.

Flood Brings Epidemic Threal

TORONTO. April 5 —— (GP) —A state of emergency was declared today in Preston. one of the hard- est-hlt of a dozen Bouthem Ontario towns and cities battling severe spring floods.

The rampaging Grand River was reported seeping into Preston's res- servoir and public health officials said they feared an epldemi if the water supply was contaminated.

At both Preston and Brantford, another Grand River community, firemen and volunteers sought to evacuate some 100 families isolated by the flood.

The swollen waters of a small creek near Thamesviiie claimed the life of two-year-old W.L. Rooney. who fell into the stream as he played with another child.

This was the only flood death reported. Property damage was ex- pected to run into thousands of dollars.

' $8.25 each.

Commons ‘Begins Easter Recess

OTTAWA. April 5 — (CP) The Commons adjourned at 7 p. m. AST tonight to begin its Easter recess. It will resume Monday. April 17. The Senate recessed last Friday to reconvene April 24.

DETROIT, April 5 —<AP) — A 57-year-old Detroit man is alive and doing well following a delicate Operation In which two surgeons transplanted into his chest a six- inch-long segment of a dead man's main heart artery.

Officials at Henry Ford Hospital announce‘ that the patient is "do- ing very well" following the rare operation that "undoubtedly saved his life."

The patient. whose name was not given. was admitted to the hospital with an advanced thoracic aneurism. a condition in which the walls of the main artery (aorta) were diseased and giving way before .direct pressure from the heart.

Doctors said if the patient’: ballooning artery had burst. death would have followed immediately.

The rare operation, performed by Dr. Conrad Lam of .the ford Hos- pital staff and his assistant. Dr. H. Aram. was not the first of

ltd kind. but it may herald new

the segment of healthy artery transplanted to re- place the patlenl's diseased aorta was taken five (ilys earlier from the body bf a deceased person in post-in surgery.

it was eserved for five days at Wed Hospital, under refrigeration in penicillin and blood plasma. be- fore it was spaced. into the living

war. walr;l.s;I'in.go the fob. the loard save,

the smaller arteriia during the op

Save Manfs Life‘ With Rare Heart Operation,

of an inch in diameter was insert. 0“ '0 replace temporarily that Dart of the aorta cut away. Arte.- gicllfi Operation the tube was remov-

The constant flow‘: of blood was maintained to the brain through ilhefirstpart of the aorta. whldhwu not disturbed. (interruption of the blood stream to the brain would

have meant immediate death.)

Report War

Being Smuggled To Reds

FRANKFURT. April 5-—(AP) - Western Allied officials disclosed today that West Germany has be- come a funnel for war materials smuggled into C munist satel- lite states.

Russia is believed masl.er-mind- ing the war shipments through deals with private ilrrns and in- ternational gangs. they said.

The war goods are bought in some West European countries and in West Germany. the officials as.- serted.

Communist gangs were recently reported sniping at West Ger- many‘: economy by flooding the country with black market goods. Otficiais said they buy the war materials and “‘crlticai items" with

gm the dollars and Deutecha marks

obtained through illegal clgaret and coffee sales. Allied regulations strictly forbid

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Bounties

OTTAWA, April 5—(Special)— Owners of v ssels and fishinl boats and cre 5 of fishing craft on Prince Edward island this year will cut a melon of about 512.000 In bountics to be distributed un- der the Deep Sea Fisheries Act. The order-in-council providing for the payment of the hountles for the fiscal year 1949-50 was tabled in the House of Common; this afternoon by J. Watson Mac- Naught. parliamentary assistant to

Fisheries Minister Mayhew. and MP. for Prince. Under the terms of the order.

owners of vessels used for fishing and catching a specified quantity of commercial fish are entitled to a bonus of $1 per registered ion of the vessel. In event or more than one vessel being owned by the same person. amount of the bounty will not exceed $80 PEI’ vessel. All members’ of vessels’ crews will draw an amount of

Owners of small boats used for the catching of fish and able to prove their catches will be paid $1 per small boat and men engag- ed in fishing with the boats will draw $8.25 each. For the fiscal year 1948-49. bounty was paid for three vessels engaged in fishing in Prince Edward Island and 782 fishing boats. The bonus of $8.25 was paid to a total of 1,257 fisher- men. _

Now that the order-in-council has been tabled, applications for the bounty on last year‘: catch are receivable. For the 1948 catch. fishermen of Nova Scotia received $84,195.90: Quebec $41,866.15: New Brunswick. $20,702.15; Prince Ed- ward Island. $11.-i13.3_5. Total fish- ing bounty paid for that year was $158,177.55.

The bounty has its origin in the Halifax award under the Treaty of Washington, 1871. which provided for reciprocal fishing privileges for Canadian and Ameri- can fishermen on the Atlantic sea- board. Newfoundiand - took its share of the award separately and the total for the three Maritime Provinces and Quebec was $4.490.- 882. Actual bounty paid is regard- ed as interest on that award.

First payment of the fishlns bounties was made in 1833 Ind from 1891 on. they have been paid to Maritime fishermen and owners of vessels and boats on the scale of $160,000 a year.

Smoke More Cigcrafs Buf Fewer Cigars

OTTAWA. April 5 —— (GP) — Clgaret-smokers must be on the increase in Canada. The Bureau of Statistics today reported 2.071.000.- ooo cigarzets were released for con-

sumption in the first two months .

of this year. an increase of 422.- ooo,ooo over the corresponding per- iod a year ago. As fbr the cigar- smokers they must be on the de- crease. The Bureau reported 23.- 000,000 were released for consump- tion during the first two months of this year. a drop of 6,600.00!) from the total for the same period in 1940.

Bacon, Buffer Prices Advance In Britain

LONDON. April 5 ——(CP)—- Food Minister Maurice Webb today anouhced price increases for rat- ioned bacon and butter. This move is almost certain to bring an angry reaction from organized lab- or. Large sections of union workers. with their wages peggedat Gov- ernment request. already are de- manding more pay to meet higher living costs. which now will be further raised. Webb said butter prices will go up four pence (about five cents) a pound April as. Bac- on pricos will rise two pence a pound May 21.

Materials

strategic items to the Eastern countries except under licence.

But authorities recently have confiscated airplane parts. bomb cases. ammunition carriers and other war materials.

One carload of airplane psi-Ls shipped from Britain was intercep- ted recently at Waldhaua. on the Czech border. Destined for the Czech Air Ministry in Prague. the consignment was labelled scrap iron. .

Two carloarh of copper airplane wire originating in Britain and consigned to Czechoslovakia were stopped at the border. They were listed as scrap.

Allied officials said that only two per cent of rail shipments and 10 per cent of truck shipments

ed at the border. Customs con- trols on the German borders were

shipments of war materials or

ernmenl. by the Allies last year.

other Provinces 8 U. 8. 51.00

subscriptions Delivered uoe.

Proposal—To Enlarge Grounds Is Withdrawn

OTTAWA, April 5 —-(OP) — A private . ember's proposal that grounds for divorce in Canada, be enlarged today ran into an almost solid wall of opposition in the Commons.

The proposal was made and then withdrawn by David Croli (I.- Toronto Spadirra) before the Chamber adjourned at 7 p. m. A51‘ until April 17 for the Easter recess.

in the first private member's resolution to come before the House since the session opened Feb. 10, Mr, Croll proposed:

‘That, in the opinion of this House early consideration should be given to the advlsalhllity of setting up a special committee of the House to consider -rrnendments to our divorce laws. and enlarging the grounds for divorce to include dcsertion of more than three years; gross cruelty; incurable mental disease after five years. and legal presumption of death."

The resolution was supported by G. S. White. (PC—-1~la.st.lngs-Pef.er- borough), whofiequentlylhas urged that something be done to free Canadian veterans from wives who refused to come to Canada with them from overseas.

Opponents of the resolution in- cluded W. J. Browne ( . John’: West) and W. 1''. Carroll (L —Inverneu-Jcichmond).

other Buuneaa

At the House opening, ma Minister Howe announced that the initial payment to Western fum- ers under the new Wheat Pool to start Aug. 1 will be $1.40 a. bushel. basis No. 1 northern in store rd Fort William. Port Arllhur or Van- couver. The currant price is $1.76..