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FEDERAL BLDG. SITE EXPROPRIATION ACTION UNDER WAY§Small0raft

Alleged Diversion Of Seed Potatoes From PEI

A lletracticn AnltApolcgy.

lllnt N. S. Election Next tlctcber

HALIFAX, Feb. 1 -— (OP) —A Nova Dcotia general election next October was hinted in govern- ment circles tonight following sessions of the cabinet and a cau- cus of Liberal legislators.

Some members of the 3()-seat_ house gave that ‘month as a likely data for a conteat although no definite decision had been reach- ed at the meetings, they said.

A provincial election would be dated to precede a Federal elec- tion, which is not expected in Nova Bcotia government circles before November.

Plans for the 1040 House session also were discussed at the caucus. No date for the Legislature open- ing has‘ yet been set but Premier Angus L. Macdonald said recently It probably would be the second week in March.

BIG FISH CATCH

BOSTON. Feb. I~(AP) -- The largest January catch by Boston fishermen in seven years was re- ported today by the Massachusetts Fisheries Association. Executive- secretary Thomas D. Rice said the haul totalled 13,332,300 pounds, 28 percent more than in January, i948. Good fishing weather, “the mildeet in many years," was the explanation. Rice said.

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Unloading car mixed feeds. Anderson Bros, St. Peters.

"Store Olosed Tuesday and Wed- nesday. February 1st and 2nd. Stocktaking. MtKilllllll dz Boyle.

"East. Hoyhlty rink tonight Parkdale Juveniles vs. West Roy- lliy Juveniles. Skate alter.

"Cornwall rink tonight Hol- rnan‘: vs. Cornwall C. C. Skate a ter.

"Dance, Mt. Stewart. Thursday

Itisht. February 3rd. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

"Expecting car Old Sydney screened coal this wet-k, order

now, J. Russell Driscoll, Mt. Her- bert.

"Hockey Long Creek rink to- night. Long Creek Beavers vs. Massey Harris Rovers. Game time 8 dclock.

"Hockey Game Covehead Rink lenient. between Covchead Red Wings and Milton Hornets. League lame.

"Hockey New Glasgow rink to- Plltlht, Hunter River Midgets vs. New Glasgow Midgets. Game starts at loclcck. Skate after.

"'Annual Rummage Sale lalva- t-im Army. February 4th, 1.80 P. M’. atlylections Wednesday and Thurs-

"Jimlrly Power's Variety Concert at Wlneloe Station Hall. Friday. February 4th, 0.15 P. M. Auction Ne of Cakes.

"Canadian Legion dance in Rus- tfeo Bail Wednesday night, Feb. I. if! aid of South Rslstico Hockey Oiub. Good floor, music and re- frsstanerlte.

‘_"Iiapect to unload ear baled lhavings this week. Special price .dslivary off car. I. W. Carmody, Phone I5’! .

"Got your costumes fcr the ice carnival at Bullies River Satur- tilv. Ibbyrlth. Oood music, good ice. If stormy. Monday. Proceeds s. r_ u.

"Will be loading ‘hogs at the following points each ‘Raul-easy: Elmer vastness. Bredalbene, until 1110A. lei-sen lsgnail, Hunter River. until noon. diameter-side until 1.3) P. I. and Remington until 3

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1n Saturday's issue of The Guardian was published a special despatch from Otialwa dealing with s question by Mr. W.. Chester S.. Mcbure. M.P.. to Trade Minister Howe on alleged diversion of ship- ments to the U.S.A. of seed po-

tatoes from Charlottetown and other ports. In the dos/patch it was slated

that the importer responsible was one Guy Caps. Reference to Han- sard indicates that neither the name of Mr. Caps nor any other name was mentioned i.n the Hon.

Mr. Horse's reply to Mr. Mc- I-WVB question: nor did Mr. Howe state, as indicated tn our

Ottslwa despatch. that cxlport lic- enses had been refused to the firm with which the unnamed offend- ing U.S.. importer was associated. We regret that Mr. Caps‘ name should have been wrongly includ- ed in the deepatch and that. any local or other Canadian exporter should indirectly have been wrong- ly involved. 1n Monday's issue an editorial note referring to the Ot- tawa des-palch was thus incorrect and its insertion is regretted. The Guardian apologizes to Mr. Caps and to any local exporter or ex- porters. for any inconvenience or annoyance the publication cf the despalch and criticism may have caused them. The complete text of the Han- sard passage in question reads as follows: ‘

"POTATOES "Refusal of permits for export to the United States "On the orders of the day: "Mr. W.. Chester S.. McLure (Queens): I desire to direct a question to the Minister of Trade and Commerce. lifts his depart- ment been ‘asked by Washington to refuse the issue of further ex- port permits for potatoes consign- ed to a certain United States po- tsto ftntporter? "Right Hon. C.D.. Hows (Min- isler of Trade and Ccmtncrce): The answer to that question is yes. The request from Washing- ton was received after the Pflmli referred to by my hon. friend had been issued. Upon investigation it was then found that the Ml! had already been loaded 11nd that. finartclarcommltments had been made both to the growers and to the transport companies. The mat- ter was referred to Washington. and it was agreed that it was too late to stop this particular ship- ment. At Washington's request, no further permits for seed pola- toes will be issued to the United States firm in question. This ban has been placed upon the partic- ular importer until further not- ice." -

MOP BRIGADE PROTEST!

LONDON, Feb. l - (AP) -- A mop-waving brigade of some 60 scruhwomell. led by a Scottish

bagplper, staged a protest march in Iondon today. The women. who clean government offices, are de- manding a raise of three pence three farthings (about ‘ll-g cents) an hour. Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer. has oounoared with the offer ‘of a farthlng (about hall’ a cent) or arbitration. The women get about 8i cents an hour.

No Action To Ilisallow PEI Law By Garson

OTTAWA, Feb. 1 (OP) -— Justica Minister Garson told the Commons no action had taken by his department since he became Minister to disallow Prince Edward Island's 1M8 trade union legislation.

The legislation outlawed unions

having national or international affiliation. Angus Maclnnis. (COP-Van-

couver East) asked the Minister what had been clone on requests for disallowance made to the Fed- eral Government last summer by Canada's two major labor con- grosses.

Mr. Garcon said nothing had been clone since he took office in November. He would check and see if there had been action before that

(Premier J. Walter Jones of P. E. I. has announced the Island Government plans to modify the law at this year's session.)

Six Lose Lives In Hotel Fire

RIPON. Wls.. Feb. 1—(AP) - Flremen late today found a torso ln the smoking ruins of the Grand View Hotel as they searched the rubble for the bodies of six persons believed to have died in an early- morning blaze.

Authorities said it was impos-

sible to identify the body immed- lately. While the search begun on one sidc of the hotel basement, firemen continued to pour water on the other parts of the wreckage of the four-storey brick-veneer building. Some 42 persons fled from the blaze in their night clothing. Many groped their way down fire escapes and smoke-filled stairways. A few jumped and were injured.

The hotel register could not be found but Police Chief Ira Dunham said all but six of the 48 guests in the hotel‘s 40 rooms had been lo-

In the first municipal elections held, simultaneously throughout Prince Edward Island under the

bu“ ‘Ibwn Act passed at the last aes-

slon of the Legislature, three con- tests for Mayors resulted in the election of Mr. Percy I... Boud- reault in Georgetown, Mr. L..W.. Roper in Souris and Mr. Willard Lea-rd in Borden- Elected mayors by acclamatlorl on nomination day January 18 were Messrs W..H.. Lane, Montague; W..1".. Taylor, Kensington and Charles Profitt, Alberton.

No ballottlng for councillors was necessary in Montague and Ken- sinlrton. as both towns elected their Councillors by acclamatlon on nomination day. Ballottlng in Georgetown was reported keen for both the Mayoralty and Coun-

4 Municipal Elections Held In PEI Yesterday

cil seats, an almost 100% vote be- ing reported.

Georgetown Results

At Georgetown Mr. Percy L. Boudreault polled 141 voles to the 106 for his opponent, Mr. James McConnell who has been Mayor for the past two years. The vote was said to be "practically 100 per

Statemellt By Works Minister In Parliament

OTTAWA, Feb. l--(CP)—A site llos been chosen for o pro- posed Federcl building in Chor- lottetown, Works Minister Four- ntier told the Commons today.

He scid the location is in u block bounded by Richmond, Pownol, Sydney and Queen

cent of those eligible to vote", something of a record for the} town. Interest in the contest was‘ described as very great, possibly exceeding that in most Provincial and Federal elections. Mn. Boud- reault is a merchant and was a former member of the Royal Can- aian Mounted Police. Retiring

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carries Pennies I58 Miles, is Arrested

MONTREAL. Feb. l — (GP) — A man who lugged 50 pounds of pennies from Mont Laurier to Montreal —- 1'58 miles away — and changed them into crisp bills about $50 worth -- will be charged with breaking, entering and theft, provincial police said today.

They named Roger Ostlguy of Mont Laurie: as the man respons- ible for disappearance of the neat- ly rolled pennies from Caisse Populaire (People's Bank) in Mont Laurier last Dec. 33.

N0 TRACE 0F PLAN]!

LONDON. Feb. 1 —(AP) —Unit- ed States headquarters said to- night planes and ships of four countries had failed to find a trace of a United States 13-29 bomber missing with 15 men aboard.

The search has been concentrat-

cntcd.

ed near the Canary Islands.

llcuse Swallowell By Mine Gave-in

CARBONDAIE, Pa. Feb. 1 (AP) -—- The earth cracked wide open over an idle anthracite mine early today, stvalluwlng up one house and damaging 13 others in a three-block area.

Sixty persons fled in night- clolhing, fearing an earthquake. Three were injured.

Loud underground rumblings

warned of the coming cave-in. A 1,120 square foot area enlrlhled, tho earth sagging as much as 40 feet in some spots.

One house slid into a 26-foot hole. Others tilted precarlously, their foundations and walls crack- ed by the sliding earth.

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By NORMAN CRIBBIINS LONDON. Feb. l-lOPl-Brit- ain's movie industry. now facing its worst crisis because banks and financiers will not. back its pro- ductlons, today asked the govern- ment to save it from "potential min.”

m- rlealily two hours a three- man delegation representing 12.000 British film workers pleaded with Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade, for govemmdhtal assistance,

Aftor the meeting Torn O'Brien. Labor member of Parliament and secretary of the National Associa- tion ol the Theatrical and cine Ilmployees, told the Canadian Press vehemently: "If the present

situation continues, ft will be the

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end of the’ British fllm industry

British Movie Industry Seeks Government Aid

as we know it. The producers now face potential ruin."

He said banks and financiers have refused to advance large sums for future productions and that consequently British movie chiefs have ordered large scale economies. The total number cf fbm workers either unemployed or under notice now has reached 700.

The proposals made to Wilson were:

1. The government should use more of the 530,000,000 0152.000.- 000) entertainment tax for future productions _

fl. The rules now goveming loans by the Film Finance Corpora- tlon-a government organlaation— should be relaxed to enable inde- pendent producers to enter pro- duction more easily.

Annual Report Shows Wide-spread Activities Of Canada’s Mounties

By John LeBlanc)

OTTAWA. Feb. 1--(CP)~Thcre's a big difference between searching: for herring off the Atlantic coast and paying family allowances in Eskimos, but the R. C. M. P. man- ages to bridge it without ruffllng the customary equanimlty of that versatile force.

In matter-of-fact language. tho R. C. M. P.'s latest annual report tclia of taking in its stride such other jobs as helping ships in dis- tress. brecding horses, fighting smugglers, investigating n train wreck, catching bank bandits at work. publishing a magazine. hunt- ing spies and travelling 411.000 miles on northern patrols.

It even keeps a paternal eye an the development of the roaring game of curling in the snowy wasteland near the Arctic Circle.

These were just a few of the facts of Mounties activity dealt with in the report of Commissioner S. '1‘. Wood for the year ended March R1. 1948. tabled tonight in the Con:- mons.

An Odd Chore

Accustomed as they are to odd chores. probably even the Mounties were taken aback when the Fish- eries Department asked them to look for herring, whose schools have a habit of disappearing at times of the year.

However. Commissioner Wood re- norta succinctly that the R. C. M. P. vessel French carried out echo soundings in search of the ac ocls. He didn't say whether the b oun- ties' reputation for always getting their man held good in the case of herring.

The "baby bonus" work, said the Commissioner, calls for hundreds of miles of travel by dog-sled an- nually. The Eskimos get their al- lo\vances in goods—rather than by cheque-and sometimes it takes a member of the force several weeks to pick up the goods at a north- ern trading post and deliver them to the recipients.

In the year under review. this patrolling cams to 411,513 miles-

Pilot Dragged To Death When ’Chute Fouls Plane

(By The Canadian Press)

SHH’ HARBOR. N_S-. Feb. 1- A navy flghter pilot was dragged to his death near this coastal vil- lage ‘today when his ~parachute caught on the tailplane of his Sea-fury aircraft as he tried to jum/p clear of the doomed plane.

The body of Lieut. Thomas Coultry of Dartmouth, N. S, was found about 10 feet from the burned wreckage of his plane.

The plane, which apparently caught flrc in themirscrashed in. a heavily wooded section near this village 35 miles northeast of Hal- ifax_ A search party found the wreckage late today about live miles from here.

Two planes piloted by Coultry and Lieut. N. Cogdon were engag- ed ln fighter attack exercises near the navy‘s Dartmouth base near Halifax when smoke began pour- ing from Coultry's aircraft.

As the single-engined plane went into a. spin and dived earthlwards. Cogdon said he saw a parachute appear momentarily The opening 'chute caught in the tall assembly of the diving aircraft and Coultry WI! Dllllfd to his death.

Cogdon said he saw smoke mush- room from coultry's plane just before it went into a spin. l

llo Funds To lllslt Daughters In tlanalla

LONDON, Feb. 1-(UP—Str Stafford Cripps, chancellor of the Exchequer, refused today to pro- vide dollar currency so parents may visit their war-bride daught-

Streets. It contains Zl proper- ties, and expropriation proceed- ings on them ore under woy.

Mr. Fournier was replying to u question asked by W. Chester S. McLure (PC-Queens).

Urges Tax Cut

OTTAWA, Felt l-(OIN-A 50- percent reduction in personal tn- come taxes was urged today in the Ccmmom by Roland Beaudry. Liberal member for Montreal 5t. James.

Mr. Beaudry. one of several members to participate in a slow- moving debate on the Tlhrone Etpeech, said the government could afford to cut the income tax rates approximately in half. He pre- sented a plan to show how it could be done_

The plan. aimed at removing some 724.000 taxpayers from the income tax rolls, would involve a change in the exemptions, now fixed at $750 for single persons and at $1.500 for married persons

I-fe urged that an earnedjn- come exemption be added to the basic exemption granted ewh tax- payer aocoralrgia 'hls marital status. He suggested that the new exemption be equal to 20 per cent of the taxpayers eanled in- come.

The exemption would apply on incomes of up to 07.500 for single persons and of up to $10,000 for married persons. The maximum exemption for single personswould be $1.500 and for married persons $2.000. .

Mr. Beaudry swung from a dis- cussion of the income tax struct- ure to criticize George Drew. Pro- gressive Conservative leader for his stand on family allowances.

Other Speakers

Other speakers in the debate included Clarie Gillis (OCT-Cape Breton South); H. O. White (PC- Middlesex East). and William Ir- vine (CCF-Cariboo)_

At the night sitting the speakers included Real Caouette, Union Des Electeur member for Pontiac in

‘Butter tionsumptlon in Banada Increasing

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| OVITAWA. Fob. 1 (c?) ‘Cflflfldlfins ate 388,250,000 pounds of butter in i948, an increase of 16,750,000 pounds over the prev- ious year, the Bureau of Slntsltcs ‘reports-d today. This censumjttion 1lcvci, an average of 28.68 pounds ‘a head compared with 27.913 the previous year. meant the Demin- ion cut sharply into her domestic butter stocks. Since production Ifor 1948 amounted to only 348.- 164000 pounds, approxlritatcljy 1,000,600 pounds below 194'! out- put.

‘Husband-sharing Plan Urged By

ttierman Teacher

(By The Annotated Press)

HAMBURG, Feb. l--A twice- wed woman school teacher is fighting for legal husband-sharing in Germany, and to put papa in his place.

Her main objective: more bab- ies, despite the man shortage,

Mrs. Dorothy Klaje, 52. contends husbands. while necessary. arc “unimportanifl in themselves. In broadcasts and interviews, she is campaigning to make wcmen the dominant family members and to pass or d the husbands under a system of short-term marriages.

She tells the girls her plan would work like this:

You pick a husband for a spec- ific period. At the end of the per- iod, turn him loose_ Divorce would not be necessary; just report to the town hall that the marriage has expired. The man then could go on to the next woman who wanted him.

Mrs. Klaje, who .is childless. says some 7.000.000 German women now have no hope of getting hus- bands or bearing legitimate chil- dren. l-Ier husband-sharing plan. she says, would boom the birth rate and "save our culture."

She demands that her propos- als be written into the west Ger-

man constitutlon, now under study at Bonn.

"Time marriage" is her term for the plan. She also wants the

law to decree that. wives shall retain their maiden names, which also would become family names Name and property would descend to eldest daughter, as name and property have descended to eldest son.

There has been practically no official comment.

MORE. BY THE YARD Textile production in Britain for

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1048 was increased by 15 to 20 per cent over 1947.

ers in Canada and the United States. lvlrs. Leah Manning. La- bor member of Parliament for Epping, said it was "most unsat-

isfactory" that no dollars were made available. She told the House of Commons that more

uhan 100.000 young women of child-bearing age had gone over- seas, thus reducing the government problem of finding enough houses, food and clothing

Sam Barr And Wife Questioned

NEW YORK, Feb. '1 - (CP) — A Federal grand jury investigating alleged subversive activities in the United States today questioned Sam Carr and his wife, Julia, behind closed doors.

Carr, long sought as a key figure in the Canadian post-war spy in- quiry. and Mrs. Carr then were returned to Ellis Island where they are held pending disposition of de- portation orders against them. Thomas J. Donegan. special United States attorney. said the Carrs suld not be called before tha_ gr ‘d jury asaln. Alexander Stevens. alias J. Peters, testified today before the Csrrs were summoned. Peters has been identified before the House of Representatives un-American activities committee as head of the Communist underground in the United Eftales.

Donegan said he had no reason to believe the Carrs knew Stevens.

‘PORONIO, rebJ-(Clu-Dean C. R. Young, 00. head of the Unl- verally of Toronto's school of ap- plied science and engineering, an- nounced today he will retire in Jdne altor es years‘ service with

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the university.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l -- (APll

,U. S. Hopes Norway Will Join North Atlantic Pact

the treaty project.

The belief is that then the

- The State Department dlsclosedlgroup will take up the question

official interest Norway join the security pact. Press officer Michael J.. McDer- mott at a. press conference said "We hope to be in a position soon to discuss the whole (North At- lantic security) subject not only with Norway but als-o with other governments." . Actually, other informants said, it is expected that Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, will meet soon, possibly this week, with the am- bassadors of Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, The Nether-