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For “Snap” Election!

Nehru Pledges Peace For India

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tntster Nehru aimed today that k Government would give India the pQMZQ for which Mohandas Gandhi died or go down in dis- grace and delelt-

The Government promptly bari- md private armies and organisat- ion; which preaph violence or communal hatred.

Nehru delivered his’ pleihe to the Indian Constituent Assembly gs the ashes of the martyred Gandhi were belnl Premier! 1°!‘ semi-libel in l1 days to theG-anges River".

Electric Power Iiates . Advance At Trim . .

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HALIFAX, Feb. 2 —(CP)—1n- rreases in power rates for domestic mg general use have been granted the Truro Electric I‘ remission. the Nova scotla Ptlvbllo. Utilities Board reported today.

The new rates. effeotive from Jan- r. allow a. hoist mm three to s 1-2 cents fol‘ the first. "block." or 30 kilowatt hours) to domestic “W! and from two to 2 1-2 cents for the second block.

For general use. an’ increase iron lacents per kilowatt hour in r5 cents was allowed for the first .100 hours.

Dales Delaying Atlantic Shipping f

new YORK. Feb. I-Mouutain- eus sees. severe Isles and fol W- day harassed North Atlantic ship- ping. causlm ships to report they would be from one to‘ five days late

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Tim crass-ten liner Queen Mary. carrying 1. ‘l passengers ircrn sou t0 HUM YOlfi;

. thsmoipu reported she would arrive Wodi‘ nosday. 4a hours late.

Apparently “the most severely delayed ship was the liner Marine

Marlin which is scheduled to ab.

rive here five days late from Aut-

wvern with‘ 50D passengers. The.

Marlin was, making only ilve knots in the face of westerly gaies.

Coming Events "Dance st-v-Vzter Domicile Klnkora, Febnllry 31d.

"Dsncetd Emerald Hall ‘lhurs- llli‘. the 5th. If not fine on many.

“Souris Hospital visiting‘ ifeure-

2.30 w use P. u. and r to sso 15M. fhsifle x. or; c. arm. scum. ‘llwrvdnsn-lifebarerv 5th.. _ _ _

1-?- . "Bridge paijty,~ifl..~qf O. Hall. Sonris. Wednesday. ,1- "UHNl l! Olittdfl

Ball. ‘ m- dey. Feb. 4

4... "Wlnsioi so _ ~ Irena- lclrl Juvcniln -' ‘Isth- . "Hockey newer aw tonight. North Rustice "vs. . aarinblvwr Skate lfhn- . .=. , . ‘ "Dance. an. smart hasten mu

‘Wind-y. February, sin. llnsic Lsstornliitythflloyg. -k . .-—-- i.‘ '

"Scotch consort 1nd basket

"till m: Creek mu. "sums-v. Feb. 5, in lid of hall.

_.._4 "Lflillng Hogs at Irederlofbn for cansde Pushers Ovary Thursday "1111 s. u. and Cdlvills until u. D- L- MacDovml.

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resolutions today tens-soon

vcntion asking a declaration

UITAWA. Ibb. I-(Bpacish-Is Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his Government planning w- "snap" election this year? subse- quent in the meeting. two weeks I80 of the advisory council of the National Liberal Iederstlon and the result oi the vote Friday nighi on the foreign exchange conserva- tion act. many political observers on Parllamentjilll believe that such is the {resent “grand stratnty" of the Liberal Barty.

Today in the lobbies of the House of Commons and the c rri- dors oi the Parliament bull ngs, it ls freely said, by Liberals and Progressive Conservatives alike that the Prime Minister and his colleagues deliberately allowed the combined Opposl n groups an opportunity to feat the govern- ment three day! Mo. ,

It is whispered moreover, that chief. Libesslfwhlp W.‘ G. .(Glb) Weir was tnld not. to be “too tough" with Quebec and Ontario Liberal members who wished to take early trains to spend the week-end at their constituencies. True. one of the Ontario members fold The Guardian that he ‘had been Jnstructed to stay in the House until 11 o'clock on Thurs- day in case of a vote, but he had not been ordered to stay cu the job Friday.

Wants Showdown?

Mr. Iilbg. his supporters here say. ls not only willing but anxious to have a showdown at any time ln the next six months on the Government's austerity policy. on his agricultural policy since 1945. on his increases of civil servants’ salaries and his leslslstl -n for in-

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Wrecked Iy Blast

(By The Canadian New WOLFVILLE. N. 3., Feb. 2-m- plosion of a tank containing 400 gallons of nil. caused by a smoul- dering firs, demolished the hcmb

of has. unpee Bishop in nearby mcnwiog ,li_o_one was in-

’ g brigades Jfrom Wolfville and Po Willlsmsxalded by __" n... wereflble lo prevent e fire from spreading to other hoti es. Osuse of tlteidlre s not‘ known.

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. i s . OTTAWA, Fob. 2 --(OP)-~fu two annual meeting of the Canadian Horticult- ure Council urged Federal Govern- ment action for marketlns legislat- ion to supplement existing provinc- lal marketing acts. and continuance of the ‘Dominion-Provincial Faem La. l-Servlco. ' Dr $5,118. f Burton; Deputy Min- later agriculture welcomed the delega _ and ‘said ‘ an address that titers were indications recov- ery _of ‘food production in wer- atriclren countries will be far in advance of recovery la industry. The Council will consider reso- lutions during its irhree-day cor; Govematent policy with res!“ V‘ 194g yegeeabie production tbs lldst d its: restriction. = r r

‘south .Pec1iesenfl- ‘ ‘Tums To Workmaen

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w“ 3.41mi». i — (A?) - Brltainh propaganda machine. whose wartime achievements won grudlinl Pill" "V" Gwbw‘ himself. ls traveler u» the PP"- ‘sure on its toughest sublifl '-

the British worklflIN-h- 1m- ths‘ directors o! Brlloln’! piqdusflofl drlve propaganda 1B0 rwu gob e! welding Serbs. French- men. Danes and-Bosnian into p || u; force wag bear and altit- ‘., ‘ s" t ef- tsebling tbs

Fur Prices lip ‘At London Sale

IDNDON. Iob. I - (C!) — The Hudson's lay Compaq winter Ills of assorted furl. many Canadian. opened today with what the ‘ ’ an "excellent" attendance of buyers and prices ‘substantially advanced" from the October

Clsspdlfll. United Btltnl, Bel- gian. Swill. Irencb. Italian. Norwpglln. Swedish, Austrian and Brazilian buyers were pre- sent. Europeans were the biggest P" '

Parliament At-A-lilance

Prime Minister Mackenzie King hinted that tax reductions will be made in ‘the budget to reduce liv- ing costs.

John Bracken. Progressive Con- servative leader. charged the Gov- ernment with trying to side-step the prices issue through establish- ment ofan investigating com- mime. ‘

M. J. Caldwell. 0.6.2‘. leader. said Canadian people wanted act- ion on living costs and not lu- vestlgation.

External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said the Government was responsible for policy; the prices committee should not determine the advisability or otherwise in the removal of subsidies.

Tuesday

The Commons will discuss Gov- ernment. business. The Senate will sit.

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EDMONTON. Feb. 2 - (CF) - Trlal of unprecedented charges of conspiracy to publish libel will start in the Supreme Court of Al- berta April 5. it was decided t0- day. The three Ontario citizens charged were granted the privilege of reserving their pleas. desllll-G at. pr "1 obj "

Jack ‘Kent Cooke or Toronto. publisher of New Liberty mags- airte. Harold Dlngman. Ottawa writer and Dr. Charlotte Whltton of Ottawa‘ were charged in con- nect on with publication in -the magazine of an article. "Babies For Export." based on a report bv Dr. Whliton on child’ welfare advisin- istratlon in Alberta.

Suggest lldfdlllflllii’ Defend lleroid Dlngman

OTTAWA. Feb. 2 -4 (C?) - Some members ef- the Psrlismnn- tsry Press Gallery were suggesting today that donut ons be made to a fund to send John Dlefenbaker (PG-Leis Centre). noted Saskat- chewsn lawy r. to Edmonton to defend Harol Dlngman. Ottawa correspondent of New Liberty magazine. against. a charge that he conspired to publish s defam- atory libel.

Mr. plefenbaker has lined to give his services free of cherss but it ls necessary to raise $1.500 to'psy_hls emission fee io allow him to‘ practise ill Aiblla-

therapy" in which-film “"73 °l' want” pflllflll slellII-llllflifld the bltlnr slfornstlvll into the British min u .

- The semnd was the report to the " " phase in which facts. good and bad. were paraded to help the British mixer orient hlnrseli to the needs er bll Wll economy.

The rbest in. tarIIl-l" chew ll

g Lihellrials To Dpen April .5

aboard.

QUEBEC. Fbb. Z-(CP) — Th! canvas of potential export mar- kets and prospects of increased -' " ,“ of fish are expected to open discussions at the initial sessions of the East Coast Fisheries Conference open- ing here tomorrow. some 200 dele- gates. including 100 from the Maritimes. are scheduled to attend the three-day talks.

Delegates anticipated an indica- tion will be given of the plans in preparation by the Federal Fish- eries Prlce Support Board to im- prove changing circumstances iu both ,_ duetio- and marketing. This subject was expected to be broached by Stewart Bates of Ottawa, Federal Deputy Minister of Fisheries, who will join in the expert marketing discussion as chairman of the Board.

Reduced volume of sales w his- tortcol markets in countries feel- lng the pinch of the dollar-short- age. such as the British West Iri- dies. is reported to have aggra-

Trurnan Asks Law Against Lynching

WASIHNGTON, Feb. 2 -(AP)-— firesident .Trumn asked Congress today to pass Federal laws against lynching and against discriminat- ion in voting or employment on grounds of race‘; creed o: color. '

Flights Suspended‘

mernou, Feb. 2—(AP) -'rhe Civil Aviation Ministry today aus- pended flights of Tudor 1V air- ‘Jners pending. lrruulry into the mishap near Bermuda.

Air Marshal Sir Arthur Con- ingham and $8 others were lost Friday when one of the new four- englned planes of the British- South Anierlcen Airways disap- peared. "

ii’. B. llospitais Rlllllift $10,000,000

WOODTTOCK. N. 3.. Feb. 3- (cPl-A total expenditure of s18.- 000.0D0 would be necessary to brlnl New Brunswlckh hospitals up to a modem level. Dr. D. W. Porter. provincial ‘director .0! Hospltll

today.

The estimate was based on a survey made during the past few months. ' "

Freighter Adrift Dii "l? #"!'t*t"!=i#'l

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. Vs.‘ no. I -- ‘m! ouard cutter Meadots trad- loed Coast Guard headlllllfli" late today disturbs bad not boon able to get a wilnsaboard the United States irelsbtsrs-Iobn l"- Carlisle. which has been drill!!! or! the North Carolina cont since Saturday night in heavy sees-

‘Ihe lleadcte. reverted "It m“ freighter. without never er M" dominant only! "ll-F" mega-nu and in ae-imedlett

user. The vessel will. be towed

vatnd the industry's‘ eerpcrt mar- keting problem.

Quebec was chosen as the scans of the 1948 conference at the in- vitation of Dr. Camille Poullot. Provincial Minister of Fisheries. vilto attended the first conference last year at Charlottetown. At a press conference today Dr. Poullot said Quebec was ready to discuss and co-oparwie in problems affect- ing herself as well as the country at large.

"Some people feel Quebec thinks it is a country by itself and won't have anything to do with anyone else." he said. “That's not so; were ready to co-operate to the good of all."

This year's regional fisheries forum was widened to take in competitors in the industry from the United States and Newfound- land who fish in the same waters. Some 1i men from Gjoucester‘, Boston, New York and Chicago and" nine from Newfoundlbnd ac- cepted lnvititatlons to join in the

services, told the Rotary Club here

talks as observers.

iii‘. MatMillan Stresses g Serious Health Problem

Matters concerning public health in this Province. ncludlng a ser- ious sanltatlon problem which has arisen in areas contiguous to_Chnr- lottetcwn, were dealt‘ with in an interesting address at Rntsry luncheon yesterday by Hon. Dr. W-JJ’: MacMlllen. O.B.E.

"The problem at Parkdals and other sections adjoining the cty is serious". Dit-Macldilixn‘ emphas- lzed. In this connection he quoted spprovingiy from a recent editor- ial appearing in The Guardian, in when note was taken of this ccnd tlcn. The editorial recalled that a special committee of the Legislature had been appointed last March to investigate this mat- ter. and had made the‘ following recommendations:

(l) That provision bemscle for the immediate emplogrnent‘ of a ‘qualified engineer.

(2) That the compilation of a bulidng code be proceeded with irnmediatelyl -

is) That s Well Dlgaers’ Ac and regulations in respect to the operation of the same be lmrrned- iately prepared.

(i) That barn and sanitation standards b; immediately prepared with a view to improving the milk Involv-

The posed Well Diggers‘ Act was in reduced and passed. ‘for- bidding. in certain prescribed areas, the digging cf wells with- out s license from the Minister of

“(Continued on Pagekii Co]. 3) Livestock Mes Meet At Ottawa

mitomo. Feb. 2 --(CP)—Scme 4.000 farmers, representing it Live-

stock Associations across Canada. started annual ‘meetings today. About half were from Ontario.

we of agricultural societies. manufacturers. plowmen and men will be held next week.

edays meeting was highhghted by -ths address of Sir Andrew Jones. head of the British Food Mission to Canada. who "Fined the Ontario Swim breeders’ AI- sooistlon‘ and the Yorkshire Breed- ers‘ Association that Denmark was the greatest threat to the Canad- ian expert market in pork. *

Says Railways Dst "To "millimeters

CAlbAR-Y. Rb. 2 — (C?) - John Msgee of Toronto, executive secretary of the Canadian, Auto- motive Transportation Associa- tion, charged in an address hero today that Canada's two‘ trans- continental rallwavl are seekinl» g "crush" the trucking indus‘ ;

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Queries iiov’t. lie Mt. Pleasant Airport Plans

OTTAWA. Feb. 2 —(Speols1)—J. Watson MacNsught. Liberal mem- ber for Prince today called on the GWEm-‘fleflt to say wrhat it proposes to do with tilts Mount Pleasant alr- port in his county some 20 miles west c! Sumnuerside.

On the House of Commons order Daptr. Mr. Ma/cNaught inscribed question; as to whether this form- er bombing and gunnery R.C.A.F. school has been declared surplus If so. he asks. have any of hhe buildings or assets been disposed

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The mccnber for Prince also seeks the game; and addresses of the pure asers of the air-port properties. and the amounts psld for such parcels of the airport as may al- ready hitvo been sold.

Prince County people. Mr. Mac- Naught told The Guardian, were folded to answer hundreds of questions of alr-mar-ln-trainlng at. the Mount Pleasant B. and G. school during the war why the location was named ls it was. . “They told u; they couldn't Ull- dcrstand it." the Prince member said. "They told us they could find no mountain in the first place and that with all respect to the Prov- ince, lt_ was not. particularly pleas- snt. I am asking the question on the order paper to find out exactly “that the situation ls. and to have the answer for the record."

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in Plane Search

HAMILTON. Bermuda. Fob. 2- (CP) - Two widely-separated oil slicks. utsrcMsghted on the Atlan- tic several hundred miles north- east of here today as the intensive search for a British South Ameri- can Airways plane that disappear- ed Jan. 30 with 29 persons aboard passed its fourth day.

spotted 50:) rmllss east-northeast of ‘here, sixty miles from the point where the passenger plane last re- ported its position. The other was located 240 miles to the northeast.

lieusing Project ' Begins At Halifax

HALIFAX“ Feb. 2 (OP) Preliminary survey work began today on Hallfaids new 9.268.600 housing project which rwlll contain open parkways. shopping centres. schools and a fire station.

Maj. Gen. H.A. Young. vice- president of Central Mortgage and - Housing Corporation, in charge of the project. said construction and servicing costs of each hcrhs was Eillmfllfld 6t $7.765. Dwellings would rent for hot more than s56 s. month and it was hoped the gets uai figure would be much lower. The 305 units were expected to be ready on the old civic airport by next October.

scams.- snort-ans. v1.1. 0'08. Que. m. 2 -.-(cr)--

A coroner's jury today held Ubald Turpin. 49. criminally responsible for the death of his 15-year-old

brother Raoul who was beaten to death with a hammer Satin-day night. It was expected that ‘ma-pin held on a coroner’; warrant. would m a fonnsl, charge lsid against

One of the slicks was rsported~

Thomas B. McCa-be board Bank of Philadelphia. has been nominated by President Truman as chairman of the Federal Re-

(above). chairman of the Federal

serve Board of Governors. He will succeed Marrlnei‘ S. Eccles who has been chairman since 11734.

ll. S. Gives Durt Reply To Russia

WASHINGTON. Feb. Z-(Afl- The United States curtly told Rus- sia today that Moscow's objec- tions to American warships in It- alian waters are "without founda- tlon."

A state Department spokesman added that Russian charges of United States‘ militarism in Iran are either distorted or downright false.

Moscow had complained thatthe United States was trying m m“; Iran a strategic military base. Russia. viewed this as muscltng in on her oil-rich southern neighbor.

pkeletons Df Diants Puzzle Authorities

RAGLAN. NZ. Feb. 2 _(CP)— Authorities were baffled today by‘ the discovery on a. lonely beach 3D miles from this North island town of 15,glsnt hutmsn skeletons. buried in wooden coffins.

Ithe skeleton; are those of men

obviously were not those of Maoris. as several had fair hair (Maorls are dark-haired) and the coffins con- tained decomposed scissors. knives. pipes. spades and buttons ap- parently of European origin.

Some of the skulls were fractured. suggesting mrurdor. but local Maoris have no record of a mos- sacre ln the vicinity.

Tlhe bodies were wrapped in fine matting and blanket material of tartan design.

Debate FuturerDf liesse Di Lords

LONDON. Feb. 2 — iReuters)— The future of the House of Lords was debated inconcluaively today by peers of the realm‘ and thg de- bate was adjourned after the Gov- ernment undertook to consider re- forn suggestions put forward by the Owolitifl.

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The frontiers of Canada's net- ursl resources have been under stcsdy, pressure of expanding world demands for raw materials —not- ably oil. mine and forest products, -until today it is widely believed that a break-through into new. unrnspped areas is inevitable and within the foreseeable future.

The unending reconnaissance en one of these frontiers was describ- ed lsat week by a Dwell group of men-engineers, _ loglsts and prospectors employed by an es- loration company interested in

of“ \ ‘ “it i‘ J he rrtlrieral possibilities in the "h"."-‘ lt- 19. Dlckfisdii. ‘ " -""_ Northwest Territories. Ior three n 1 “ aha-d. P" of’? 1 ~- - years, the group. financed by priv- 3 A Mum trie-rssjtsvart '- m interests in Toronto. has been Mmflfih Cs . . ‘ exploring the ares. stretching ssst "l i" thet- . » q-Yellowknife over ‘o Hudson "P lay and from the anltobs bound-

i ‘time of. substantial deposlh

“a line north to the Arotie illllids. Arline“!!! primarily in search o! geld the group reported indie:

I‘ V, in another direction. re-

‘. tlens to exploit the vast see

Expect Development 0f New Mineral Areas

deposits in Labrador has advanced rapidly and ldflg numbers of men today ere engaged in mapping out and developing the territory. With the rapid deterioration of the older iron ore fields in the north-central areas of the United States. it has been ssld that the iron and steel industry will gradually shift to the eastern seaboard and thus bring new emphasis to thl’ industrial life of the continent.

intensified. activity in the Can- ediazr forests ‘lsdbest flx?lpllfltd ln heap a an paper nursery‘ where modernisation of equipment and rstisnali-tlen Q1 . N“! I has brought the industry new "tr auction records.‘ . .' g tor" emphllls is directed toward fuller- utilisation of the Pwaatefiwoducts of that industry. t g