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Doulrlsobor Radicals Stage Fire-Raid In B. C.

Cold Weather Causes Heavy Loss To‘ U. 8. Fruit Growing Areas

Bradley Says

U. S. May Revise Defence Plans

CHlCAGO.‘Aprll it —- (AP) - Gen. Omar Bradley said today the United States may have to drop its theory of a balanced army. navy and air force to meet the defence needs of the North At- lantic area.

The chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that the army might come otf third best under such an arrangement. He also observed that by placing Am- erican defence plans second to those of the whole western world ‘a small bit of sovereignty is re- linquished."

It would be well worth while. he said.

in an address prepared for the Executive Club. the former chief of staff of the army reviewed the accomplishments of the recent Hague conference of Atlantic Pact defence chiefs.

A spokesman for a nail na- tion. Bradley said. first raised the question of sovereignty. and thus made "the most significant aug- gcstion" of the conference. He didn’t identify the nation.

Bradley said the suggestion in- volved the possibility of s central body within the framework of the Atlantic Treaty. to all signals on

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Toiisiwomon To Ignore Tirod Fooling

WINNIPEG, April 14 ---(CP) — I! you have that tired feolim, just ignore it. says Miildrod Mc- Murray, legal consultsnt of pro- vincial welfare services — and ‘grociussly snd gracefully soil on."

"You need't ooddle or give in to fatigue," she told a women’: meet- ing. “You not only have a second wind, but 3 third. fourth and fifth wind."

Most of the tiredness in the world was caused by a desire to escape from unpleasant toms and situations. not by overwork. in said. '

Coming Events "Mall to Gsrnhurn Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Buying pigs Monday at Fred- ericton. Knud Jorgensen.

"Dsnce. Forest Bill Hall. Mon- dsy. April 17th. 'l‘urner's Orchestra.

"Farmers now booking Clover

Seeds. Rush order. Mcauigsn at Boyle. -- ”Rummage Sale at Christian

church schoolroom. April 15th. 3 P. M.

"Pantry Sole Moore s: McLeod second floor, April liith. 3 P. M. Gleaner Group Trinity Church.

Bsturdsy,

"it Bole tonight. Market Building. ' 1.30 P. It. sunshine Grow mnity

"Dunes ovary ‘moods night in

St. Peter‘: Legion H l. - cuu Peters Orchestra. ,

"flopped nail. ssondsy ounins. O 9. AI. Conisounity nhn ‘night. luryono woiorlno.

‘blah’ $0“ 70'' mmsmnwnfi

"hummus solo by P. I. I. Hoh-

itsi Nurses Alumnae at Mull!

srris Building. Saturday. Alifll find It 0 p. In.

Cl-IICAGO, April 14 — (AP)-— Power-snad spring is on one of her worst blnges of modern times in most of the United Statds.

She took a multi-million dollar swipe today at peach buds and strawberry blossoms. dumped snow on bail parks ihat just Open. ed for the season and froze up earth that should be feeling the bite of the gurdner’s spade,

All-time records for cold this late in the spring tumbled in seven states — Missouri. Indiana. Ohio. Pennsylvania. Georgia, Als- bsms and New York. Spring fever gave way to spring shivers in the east. rnidwest and south.

The army and air force rushed weasels to North Dakota to reach

families and cattle isolated by snow and ice.

Sprints Jekyll-and-1-iyde antics sent the mercury plunging to zero in Bemldji. Minn., and to 10 above in the Pennsylvania mountain area. The freeze line dipped into South Carolina. Northern Georgia, Northern Alabama. Northern Ar- kansas and Kansas.

leash Crops Bard Hit

The peach crops in Northern Georgia and the Carollnas were virtually written off as a $10,000,- 000 complete loss.

Peach growers in Southern Il- linois also suffered a loss.

The killing frost set back the Western Tenneuee strawberry crop while earlier fros damaged peaches and strswberres in Ar- harms.-

Tho cold wrecked the exhibition baseball schedule, only four days before the major league season opening. '

Weather forecasters said "ex- trunoly cold weather" would hit the midwest and east again during the night. A gradual warm-up is expected in the midweot starting tomorrow.

The temperature slipped to a record 35.2 low in New York as a snowstorm swirled across the city. Other record lows: Youngs- town. 0.. ll; Alcs-on. 0., 13 (and four inches .of snow); Philadelphia 20

In addition to cold, snow piling up one to eight inches in depth. pelted New England. upstate New York. New Jersey and Pennsyl- vsnia.

Weather forecasters. however. had a long-range note of cheer. The parade of Arctic blasts the last two months have»becn caused by a series of high pressure ‘grass along the Canadian border. hese send cold winds down from the north. Now they have given way to low pressure areas, giving pro- mise of warm southern breezes.

CONTRACT AWARDED

SAINT JOHN. N.B., April 14 — (CP) -- A contract -for construc- tion of the Mill Street viaduct here "was awarded today to Richard and B. A. Ryan, Lid.. Montreal. at a price of $444,450. Mayor, E. W. Patterson announced after Com- mon Council meeting. Work is ex- pected to start before May 1 and may be completed by next March. The viaduct will relieve a traffic bottleneck when tracks cross Mill shoot at the sunny nth.

Several idnes Burned By Sons Of freed_om

BRILLIANT, B.C.. April 14 — (CP) — The Sons of Freedom. Doukhobor radicals. where on the march today. staging a fire-raid which destroyed several houses here.

Police moved in fast as the hymn-chanting Doukhobors mili- ed around the scene of the fires. Thirty-six of the men were herd- ed into cars and taken to Nelson. 25 miles south for questioning. No charges have yet been laid.

The 40-year-old home of John J. Verigin. grandson of Peter (The Lordly) Verigin, spiritual leader of the orthodox Doulrhobors who came from Russia at the turn of the century, was among the houses burned. ~

Police said Verigin, suave,~uni- versity - educated secretary of the orthodox Doukhobors, was dragged from his bad after his housekeepe and her husband were seized. ‘

Gasoline was sprinkled over the house and the torch applied as the raiders smashed windows to help spread the flames.

Soon, several smaller houses nearby were in names. and all were destroyed. The occupants escaped injury.

As the fflames took hold of the building. Verigin was released by the members of the raiding party who started to pray and chant.

The housekeeper eluded her captors shortly before ii a.m., and sounded the alarm.

Police reported the men were members of the Sons of Freedom. held responsible for many acts od terrorism in the Kootenaya in de- fiance of man-made laws.

The Vcrigin home. built by Pet- er the Lordly. who died in I train bomb blast in 1924. was re- garded as a shrine by the ortho- dox members of the strange re- ligious sect.

The raiders were men, mostly young. Unlike previous raids no women were present.

Peace has reigned in the strife- iorn Kootenays. 250 miles east of Vancouver. since December when presence of a combined force of Federal-Provincial police halted a series of dynamite bombings of rail lines. '

Attorney-General Gordon S. Wismer is scheduled to leave for Ottawa tonight where a joint Federal - Provincial fact - finding commission's report on the Donk- hobors is expected to be made public next week.

To Inspect Queen Charlotte April 20

OTTAWA, April it — (OP) — Capt. Howard L. Quinn, director of naval reserves, will carry out his annual inspection of naval divis- ions in Quebec and the Maritime: later this month. naval headquar- ters announced today.

He will be accompanied by Cmdr. W.A. Childs. assistant dir- ector of naval riverves. and cmdr. G.M. wadds, deputy director of weapons and tactics.

The group will inspect H.i/l- C.S. Queen Charlotte. Charlotte- town, April 20; H M.C.B. Bruns- -wicker, Saint John, April M, and H.M.C.S. scotian, Halifax. April 2'!

The inspection party will visit Halifax from April 21 to 24 to dis- cuss the forthcoming summer ro- serve trsining program at the soot ooost boss.

DERLIN. April lt—(Rsuters)-- Three hundred American soldiers gctlng u “Comrnunists" brandish- ing sticks and tin cans "invaded" my American’ notes of Berlin to- day. _ ' ' They swors and Joel-ed at LON

--- American troops uidns out in “Russia Wldllsbv. A0?” 3“ ‘Mot manoeuvres" which on pro- hrfltsruoou ‘res -and Isioof part American forces for ex- hssy orttoisg. M. Pofil Osfildlll demonstrations D! C°|lIm||B°

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hold similar exercises on a smaller scale in the last few days.

Two rival demonstrations plan- nod for May Day in Berlin will give Western authorities a chance to test security arrangements.

Anti-Communist Berliners are to meet in front of the Itsiohstsg in the British sector. while pro-com- munlsts are to march down ‘Unis: Dsn'l.Indon in the some sector. hardly more than till ysrdslswsy.

last German youth leaders have indicated that more would be no

turbancos in Western Berlin. "We do not dream of diminish- ing the powerful otfoot of our demo strstion for peace by provok- ing c ssos along tbs sector bound- ochissx last

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Sudden Death Last Night Of Lieut. Colonel Hooper

Prince Edward Island lost one of its best known citizens last even- ing in the sudden death. from a heart attack. of Lieut. Colonel J. Parker I-looper. M.C., of Charlotte- town. He was sixty-two years of age.

A veteran of the First World War. with a notable career in athletics in his younger days and prominent for many years as a breeder of race horses and grow- er of certified seed potatoes, Col- onel Hooper uchieved success in many fields.

Last summer he suffered a heart attack and was confined to hospital for some time. From this illness he made an excellent re-

COVHV. and appeared to be enjoy-

ing good hoalth up until the mo-

ment of his seizure last night. which occurred in his stable while he was ps_ying his regular visit to his horses.

The late Colonel Hooper was born in Charlottetown Feb. 21. 1888, a son of the late Major and Mrs. D. Lemuel Hooper. He attend- ed the public schools and showed early evidence of athletic ability. When about nineteen years of age he joined the Salvage Corps of the Charlottetown Fire Brigade. and that season took part in a num- ber of athletic contests.

Held Maritime Records

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Island Application Placed On Transport Bd. Agenda

An application for 3, hearing of

the Prince Edward Island one- sone case has been placed on their agenda by the Board of

Transport Commissioners. it was announced last night from the of- flee of Road H. Mstheson.‘ man- ager of the '1':-asioportution Gom- misslon of the Maritime Board of Trade. Date and place of the hearing were not mentioned.

There was unofficial speculation however, that the hearing might be held this summer in Charlotte- town

The case involves an application by the Potato Promotion com- mittee to have this Province made one none fa freight rsto purposes. At prosaic freight rstes east. of Charlottetown and west of sum- merside are higher than they are in the cbarlottetown6iunmerolde- Borden ares.

Freight costs for a carlosd of potatoes or hsrnips from But 01 Charlottetown and west of Sum- merside can amount to as much as rm more thsn for a similar car from the control zone. It was said the increased charges from a. small Province were puzzling sometimes to buyers. psrticularly those in the United States. ‘

in January. I-949. the Potato Promotion Committee filed an ap- plication to ask for a. hearing with the Maritime Transportation Com- mission. which in tum made for- mal application to the Bosrd of Transportation Commissioners. The factual material for the applicat- ion was suggested at a special meeting of the Promotion mittee. headed than by the late Lt.-Col. C. 0.. Thmopson. Later col. Thompson. Mr. Rand H. Mstheson and ‘Mr. B. Graham Rogers put the information into a formal application.

Establish Standard For Hose iiguplings

UITAWA. April 14 -— (CF) -- The Defence Department and the Canadian Standards Association today announced establishment of a national standard for 2%-inch fire-hose couplings and hailed it as an historic step of great poten- tial importanco for Canada in any new war. '

The‘ possibility of enemy sir raids on cities and industrial tar- gets hovored in the background of what was described as fulfil- ment of "an objective of nearly 50 years’ sisnding" by W..R. Mc- Csffroy. general msnsger. of the Standards Association.

The standard is not compulsory but both in-. Mcosffroy and Mad.- Oon. 1'51". Worthington. oo-ordins- for of civil defence. called on cit- ies and industrial firms to adopt it "in tho intorosts of national economy and security."

It was recommended by s com- mittee representing fire preven- tion authorities "on an extremely broad scale." --

Its establishment is a move to soliovo s situation in which fire departments use so many different types d hose couplings that am- ergoneios frequently find oo-web stion botwoqs nebhbm-ing cities llutod snd often imposs- iblo." If mlly sooeptod. it would

ow intsrohsngosbiliti. well beyond lnfljllci.

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Date Of Highway

Paci Posiponed llniil April 24th

The date for signing the trans- Canada Highway agreements be- tween the Provinces and the Do- minion. orlginally set for April 17th.. has been postponed until the 24th.. and there is still some ques- tion as to whether some of tho Provinces are prepared to partic- ipate, Premier Jones stated last evening.

The Premier leaves by plane on Monday for Montreal, when he is to meet Mr. Donald Gordon. pre- sident of the C.N. R. to discuss numerous matters connected with transportation. One subject,‘ to which the Premier referred in the Legislature, will be in connection with the Hillsboro Bridge.

After conferring with Mr. Clor- don. the Premier will proceed to Ottawa in time for the signing of the highway sgleement.

He was non-committal as to the Pwvoscd route of the highway in this Province. beyond repeating what he had stated in the House that under the conditions laid down by the Federal Government it n ust go by the most direct proc- tlcable route from Borden to wood lslsnds.

He expects to return home on Tuesday. April 25.

Seek Mats To End Huge Gov'i ioss_es

By EDWIN B. HANKINSON

WASHINGTON. April 1£—(AP) — A proposal for federal potato controls "so tough as to force com- pliance" today won the approval of an agriculture surb-committee in the United States Senate.

Senator Allen Ellender (Dem. i'..s.), chairman. said the group re- commended tight controls over both planting and marketing of potatoes in an effort to end multi- million dollar Government losses through potato price supports.

“We made the penalties as stiff as possible," he told a reporter. "The idea is to force compliance or penalize excess production and planting so much the growers will want to take part in the future."

Reject Brannan Plan

The sub-committee rejected a proposed "trial run" of the Bran- nan Plan on potatou. That plan. sponsored by Agriculture Secre- tary Charles Brennan. calls for the payment of Government sub- sidies to growers of perishables who cannot get a "fair return" for their crop on the market. Pres- ident Truman has endorsed the principle repeatedly mentioning it in connection with potatoes at his press conference Thursday.

Instead, Ellender said the group followed the general

alties are larger and unlike cot-

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full agriculture Tuesday.

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signed by President Truman af- ter sharp Congressional protests

cost nearly $500,000,000 since the W81‘.

60 per cent of parity, a price com- fair exchange value.

of the parity price. A potato grower would be ex-

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Truman Grants Full Pardon To Mayor Curley

By Roger D. Greene

WASHII\'G'l‘ON. April 14 —(A'Pl —l-‘resident Truman disclosed to. day he has granted 9. full pardon is Boston's former mayor, Jlu-nee M- Curley. for have Federal felonies. involving mail fraud in 1942 and impersonation in 1943.

The 75-year-old Curley had sl- rendy served his time for both of- fm.-.es—a total of seven months in prison-and the pardon was re- gnrded as chiefly a. gesture to fol- lowers of the long-time stormy petrel of Massachusetts politics.

Curley sailed from New York to- day on a holy year pilgrimage to

Reached by ship-to-shore tele- phone after selling, Curley‘s son. George. told the Associated Press his father was "deeply grsteful to the President."

Young Curley said word of the pardon reached the veteran Damo- crstic politico before he boarded the liner ltalis.

One of the last of the oldxstylc big city bosses. Curley was four timos Mayor of aoston. three times elected to the ‘House in Congress, and once Democratic Governor of Ma.rsa.chusetts..

The Justice Department slid the pardon covered both the mail fraud-case and Curlers conviction in ms of tmpersonsting a friend. as s favor. in s United States Civil Service exuninstlcn.

In the mail fraud cue. Curley was sooused of conspiring with two to-defendants to chest elicits of film through a series of "fsntsstio lies" promising to get redorsl was contracts for them.

Defense ‘lawyers claimed that Curley never got "a red cent" from the scheme, but the Govommsnt contended 9 received 88.500 as president of

the firm. on asoup. lncorporste hr. Iuitb and ‘the third mllbsr of OM . Jllflfl 0- mn. were all and Jan. 10, . om our-icy was sentenced six to in hsonthsln prison. The visited its circuit court of appeals not his conviction

and the Supreme Court twice re- iected wpenis despite Curley's plea that he was "the victim of s

pmdessional confidence man." He meant Puller.

Curley served five months in the Dsnbury. Conn., Federal penitent- iary in 1947 and President Truman then commuted his sentence.

Just a week before he was con- victed. Curley was re-elected Mayor of Boston. And on the eve of his entering prison. the Massachusetts Legislature passed ll. special act suthorining Curley to retain his 830.000-I-year salary while behind the bars and to return as mayor when he got out of prison.

pattern of Federal controls now used on cot- ton and tobacco "except the pen-

ton and tobacco. surplus potatoes to

The measure now goes to the committee with Ellender asking a decision next

Unless Congress approves a new ,lYll¢m of potato controls_,.,.—.-_antl_ growers accept them by a two- vote — existing Govern- ment price support on potatoes

cotton and peanut bill recently that the potato price props had

Potatoes now are supported at puted to give farm products I Penalties under the new con- trols would amount to 75 per cent

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Rev. Dr. J. P. E. 0'Hsnley

Gen. Plasiiras To Form Greek Gov'i

ATHIENS, Greece, April 14 — (AP)——Gein. Nicholas Plastfras, s. white-haired old soldier once call- ed the Blaok_R.idel'. became prem- ier designate today in a shakeup which some observers due to United states pressure for Greek reforms. ’

He got the mandate from King

revolution—King Constantine. He was premier briefly once before, in 1945. ,, , _ With a reputation of being both anti-royalist and a leftist. Plastirss will head the lath government to be formed in this country of many

political hues since the Second World War. It is expected to be a broad

coalition based on his own mild-ly leftist party, the National Pro- gressive Union.

Says No Excuse For Mercy Killings

MONTREAL, April 14'-—<cr-) - A leading Boston surgeon said to- day that there is "no real excuse for so-celled mercy killings" be- cause modern surgery can elimin-