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$200,000 Fire ,_ ilt Saint John

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. March 19- gaging out of control for nearly four hours a two-alarm fire of un- determined origin early today gut- ted a four-storey brick building. on midtown Union Street and damage was unofficially estimated at $200,000. '

Fireman Phillip Letson was in- jured when he crashed to the ground from a. 65-foot extension ladder as a front cornice of the building collapsed across power lines. Al; the same time part of the front wall toppled and lay in a. twisted mass of wreckage across the sidewalk. Lelson suffered shock

and hip and wrist injuries.

771a WEEK

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lt looks as if “Navy" Len was right; spring is indeed here. Bui’. the feeling of exihiliarntion. which lcc0mpatlle3 spring is tampered here by the thought of impending etzaminations. Yes, on next Mon- day. Tuesday, and Wetlnrsclav the students will write the mid-tenth quizzes before leaving for the Easter holidays.

The students‘ retreat, held ‘dur- ing the latter purl: of inst week. was conducted by Rev. Bernard Quinn, 0.M.l.. who is preaching the lenten sermons at St. Dilli- sttin's Basilica. We hope that Father Quinn enjoyed his short stay with us as much as we enjoy- ed having him. The co-cds re- treat. held during the same time, was conducted by Rev. JPE. O'- Henley.

St. Duristank College library has been shif 0d from the main buildi- fng to th basement of Memorial Hall. The library. in its new location. enjoys more space, and is equipped with a large reading room. The transferring of the books was clone in a short time by the students. ﬂit WES nnnouncrd yesterdnv that‘ the S.D.U. unit of the C.l-‘.C.C.S. would sponsors dance in the Holy Name Hall on Wednesday. March 3i. Tihe proceeds will be used for the relief of students in Europe. Wilt‘ Driscoll, in making the an-. nouncivrient, pointed out that, since this dance would mark the renewal of social activities nfter lent, the venture should be u. financial success. ln their efforts to help the ncedv students of Eur- ope, the S.D.U. unit of the C.F.C.C. S. is also going to hold another lot- tery; and books cf tickets will be given to students to "ell during the holidays. A collection of cloth- fng will also be made after the

"'"""'*h0ltday§"fo'r the-ehildrert-of Europe;

and arrangements have been made with the Jesuit Fathers in Toronto to send what we collect to the Polls-h people living in the British zone of Germany.

During the ivcek the Saints play- ed one hockey came and one bas- ketball game. The hockey team de- feated the Navy 9-8 in the second game of the C.l-l.L. finals; as a. result of the win. the Saints now have a one game margin over the Navy in the battle for the Dr. RC. Dougan trophy. The Saints over- came the.i\'avy‘s carlyothree goal lead to win the game by a slim margin. The Saints‘ goals were scored by Joe Mahar, Bill Ledweil. Red Rodgers, and "Ace" Fan-tier. The St. Dunsitin‘s basketball team lost the first came of their semi- final series with Ray's Million-

aires 48-312. One more game re- mains to b~ played ln tilie two- game series with total points to

count.

The intramural hockey is all but over for the season; one -moi-e be- XI

Hﬂme remains to be played.

Grade

A Balkan arsenal for the westward march of Communism is being built by the Russians in new Yugoslav factories that turn out guns and millliiivfls, tents and uniforms.

Yugoslav Communist leaders, like Miloven Dyiias, ghostwriter for Tito and friend of Stalin, still tell People the goal is defense of their “liberation." But trustworthy sour. cos-friends who have fled “Tito- Siﬂviﬂ" HS I did before thorn—des- cribQ a different goal in what they have seen in busy Yugoslav W51- industries.

The arsenal is being built at the Sﬂcriiice 0f Yugoslav agriculture, which once was self-sufficient. Now huge quantities of grain, meat and wool are going into military store- houses, More than a half million peasant youth liuve been taken away from farms and put to work in the factories.

These are some of the concrete facts reported by my eye-witness 50tlr¢cs in letters which came to me week after week via neutral Switzerland;

A bit; new war plant has been built at Zc-nica in the steel area of Bosna province. Reportedly deg. tined to beccme the biggest of its kind in the Balkans, its produc- tion of guns of all calibres is be-

lng boosted by steel furnaces moved in from Russia, one of which is now in operation. D15.

mantle-d factories in the Soviet zone of Germany are supplying sﬂme of the heavy machinery. Fhe Zenica plant, by coincidence, is on the new Samac-Serajcvo railroad. the so-called "Freedom Line" built last year by the Youth Movement —sci.-ne of whom were volunteers frm-i America and Great Britnin.

At Kragujevac in Serbia, a ren- ovuted ‘factory is producing 80000 rifles a year, plus German-type 105 mm, guns, Soviet machine guns and automatic rifles, and ammuni- tion for 75 and 88 mm. guns.

At Valjevo. also in Serbia. a con- sumer goods industry has shifted to bomhs, shells, compasses and range-finders.

At Serajevo. the 88 mm, am- munition plant has stepped up its for the championship. In the semi- finals, Grade XI eifiml-nated Com- mercial 4-2 in a close two-game series, while the Freshmen defeat- ed the Juniors.5-2 and 9-0. Any excuses for the Juniors’? No. the scores seam to be decisive. Speak- ing of the defeat of his team. Bill lLedwr-ll, cozioh of the Juniors. had {this to say: "Tn speaking of such .11 118K116 one does not refer to it as lo. defeat: one would say it was a irout" The Freshmen and Grade ﬁll have already yilayed one game ‘of the tw -gsn*.c finals: Grade X! jrvnergeci with a '2~i victory over their favored rivals. Biilv fYl-lnn- .ley. hovrever. still has faith in the Freshrnanteam, and he is offering two to on:- odds on the series; he rports no takers.

St. Dunstrtns‘ hockey team will fly to Wolfville. N.S.. on Saturday to defend their Maritime champ- ionship against Acadia University in the intercollegiate finals.‘ The Saints won the NIL-PEA’. title by eliminating 1l.N.B,, while Acadia barely edged out St. PX. 16-5. after two overtime perillds in itheir sudden death game at Truro ‘on Wednesday night. The first lgame of the finals will be played on Saturday night, with the second and final game here nexLWednes- day. Make it a point to be on hand lnext week for the final game; it ‘will be a game you will remember.

Be seeing you at the big game. Until then. .So long.

tween Freshmen and ‘g

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Pictured above is m assortment of shells, mortars. and grenades

which spell death to the inexperie

need handler. One ‘of these lethal

militias may be sitting in your living-room-brought home as a “war

Iouvenir”. Wlrtime military camps. If you do

Or you may come across one or more of the above near

find oriu do not touch it, but com-

gnunioato with the army and an expert will be dcspatched to deal with i‘- Ti you are uncertain a! in that "souvenir" in your home a telephone

"i! to the Bomb Disposal Bureau

ti. HliiflX. phone 841B! 100i! 70;

Beint John, phone 8-3103; Irederiotori, phone 1846 or the Charlottetown

"movies. wiiieiimi- is closer, will °i chum. .

bring m expert to your door, free

Rt. Major J- V. Wombolt, Halifax (left) is pictured above ahowinl

‘ 3ft. J. P. Mackey of Halifax. how delicately a time‘ inch mortar bomb

lhouiirbe handled. The missile; in the picture are of the types moot

commonly kept as souvenirs. The rn Vilibh will kill u person within a h

out deadly- is the three-inch mortar. undred feet. All of the above inor-

“El W’ Iremiies will either kill n. person or mm serious and plin-lui in-

iiliiiilbguld they exptodu

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1th»: GUARDTAN. crriiacor-rs-i-owiv _ . Reds Build Balkan Arsenal. In Yugoslav FactoriesL BusLWar Plants Turning 0ut Arms For Westward March 0f Communism

RUSSIAN _ ARMED MIGHT was openly displayed in Yugo-Siav in in this VE-Day anniversary cel- ebration in 1946. These heavy Soviet tanks rumble by Tito’; reviewing stand in Belgrade. Now reportl

from inside Yugoslavia production 42 per cent.

At Uzice, a factory is turning out Russian ll-shot “Vintovka" rifles

and ammunition.

At Viseghrad in Bosna, the pro- duct is aircraft bombs. Liquid air for l50-pound aircraft rockets is being produced in Slska,

At Obilicevo, near Belgrade, n war-damaged powder and poison gas plant has been hastily repair-~ ed and ls back in production.

Hume's "torpedo factory, lust south of Trieste, has delivered 40 new torpedoes and repaired 60 oth- ers of German and Italian origin. Production has been temporarily halted because Zenica steel was found unsuitable. When high- grade steel from Czechoslovakia arrives, production will be resum" ed.

Three factories at Zernun are turning out training aircraft; a fourth produces the engines for these planes, as well as three-ton army trucks.

Textile plants are busy on mil-

Canada Needs Increase In Mineral Discoveries, Mines Official Says

OTTAWA, March. 19-tC'.Pl— Oanadas vast mineral resources are being devoured faster than new discoveries are being made. thus placing the country at a dis- advantage in event of another

war.

This is the considered statement of a mines official- after noting that the Government has encour- aged private prospectors to seek

uranium and other radioactive minerals, basis of the atomic bomb.

Elaborating he said he was cer- tain one other country-Russia- held an advantage over Canada since she had used her mineral resources over a. shorter period and therefore could anticipate a greater potential.

"I believe Russia's mineral strength and supply to be greater than our own." he said in an in- terview.

Turning to the United States. he said she was in a worse post- tion than Canada. Mineral de- pletions were greater than discov-

itary uniforms; some of the work is being clone by workers at home on a piece-work basis. The output does not go to the Yugoslav troops now under aims; it is being stored away in military warehouses. Less than 10 per cent of the Yugoslav wool cr”op rcmains for the needs of the people.

To get the manpower for this military government is converting land owned by the peasants into col- lective farms, forcing large num- bers of farmers into factory jobs.

For Yugoslavs who resist the idea, there are slave labor camps -called institutions of labor. These camps rent out their prisone s at a. dollar a. day to whatever fu tory or project that needs workers. When the job is finished. the u'ork- ers are returned to the camps.

And to holster the technical skills needed in building the Yugoslav arsenal, a great many Genrnan technicians have been moved in from the Russian zone of Geim- any. If these Germans are Cem-

ltis like oil and coal," he add.- ecl. "You have io go slow or face scarcity."

Eventually, he continued, ‘the world would either reduce indus- trial development or find synthetic material-

i-le said known synthetics such as magnesium and aluminum have already been manufactured. The cost was heavy compared with steel, but the potential seemed al- most unlimited.

One difficulty id the rescinding of uranium mining control was in ‘the setting up of private compan- ies to provide development cap- ital.

The official pointed out that the stockholders of such compan- ies would not be able to learn how much ore was being mined.

Another point was whether pro- spectors in Canada other than Canadians will be allowed to locate and mine uranium ore. He could not say whether, for example, Un-

industrializai-ion, Tim's.

ited States companies operatingln Canada would be able to take over

cries.

uranium mining.

See Increas

ed Interest

' In Art By Canadians

By KAY REX

OTTAWA. March 19—(CP)-—Art lovers are on the increase in Can- ada-Just ask any member of the hard-pressed staff at the National Gallery.

"The fact that our travelling art exhibitions have increased seven- fold over a 20-year period ia proof of the tremendous growth of‘ pub- lic interest," said H. 0- McCiu-ry, director of the Gallery.

Recalling that an increase of more than $19,000 in the Gallery's appropriation was shown in the Government's estimates for this year. Mr. McOuri-y said that the $148,658 appropriation‘ includes an increase in the purchase of Cun- ndian works. many of which will be used for Ounudim embassies abroad.

In recent years there has been o move upward in the number of prepared lectures and art films which the Gallery sends across the Dominion, and in the sale of color reproductions. All this naturally has added to the work of the Gul- lery staff.

"Cvireupondence ha: fnoroued 10-fold," aid the iﬂrector.

As for additions to staff, plied: _

"We have very little space in which to put any more persons."

Since the Bank of Montreal de- cided my weelu llo to furnish it: branches with silk ucreen prints of Canadian lﬂi. Mi. Mc- Ourry acid business-mm, prim- urily in the Quebec urn. have been floodins hi: onion. with re- quests for similar prints

Omadiuis in every mike! lilo

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-Olllldil.li Army Photo

have grown m. conscious, lie mo. A i

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llontrol Urged For Warbie Fly

SASKATOON. March l9 - Loss of cattle through warble files can be avoided by the prompt applica- tion of an inexpensive warble fly wash. accordion to a recent state- ment from the livestock branch of the Department of Agriculture. The danger period occurs in March or early April and the wash, easily obtained in the province, should be applied to cattle immediately after warble grub: perforate the hide.

Small herds can be effectively treated by hand; for large herds, particularly of range cattle, a spraying machine is most practical. For spraying g special powder must be med u ordinary warble powder will plug sprayer nourell. 1001' effectiveness two or t-hreo treat- ments should be given if possible. If only qne treatment 1| given this should be administered lust prior to moving herds to summer pasture. This ensures l minimum of grub: being dropped on the range. \

Should cattle remain untreated their feedinq falls off with a resultant drop in rnilk production of from l5 t0 2i! per lent. Beef cattle left untreated can lone from l0 to U per cent in weight with an lppreciabie decline, 1n hide value: because of warble holes.

reveal how Russia is building a new arsenal in Yugoslav factories.

munist, their lot is better than that of the little Yugoslav; if they are not Ccmmunists, they join the ranks in the slave labor camps,

The shift from agriculture to industry and the seizure of live- stock and crops has made the food situation for the average Yugoslav worse than during the war.

Beef used to be an export item; now only horsemeat is available in the cities. _

Sugar is rationed, although the beet sugar crop ls larger than be- fore the war. when sugar was ub- undant; no-w big shipments of it go to Albania, inscribed with a red star and the message: "With greet- ings of the Soviet Union to broth- erly Albania."

Rye wheat, another erstwnlle export item, is nc-w mixed with corn for rationed bread: the "ex- port." is taken care of in military storehouses along the Danube or in shipments to Rcmania and Ai- banip, which bear markings like the shipments of sugar.

Increase Reported in Ii. S. Enlistments

WASHINGTON, March i9 —- (AP)--An increase in voluntary enllstments was reported today in a few scattered cities in the Un- ited States as Senate ledders studied-but delayed action-on a compromise draft plan.

Senate Republican leaders seem- ed near agreement on a plan that would revive the machinery of selective service, but not put it in full operation.

(Selective service in the United States was inaugurated in Oct- ober. 1940 and ended March 31. 1947).

In other words, a law would be passed quickly to revive selective service. But once revived. under the senate plan, it would merely choose selectees and put them on notice,

The compromise plan seemed to have made most headway in the Senate. But Republican leaders

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Sasit. Seeks Closing Winnipeg Exchange

srisluronpwm, March 1o ._ A resolution requesting the federal goverrinment to close down the Winnipeg grain exchange and place course grains under a, federal marketing board has been passed unanimously by the legislature.

However, possibilities that the ieq. erai government will authorize the Canadian wheat board to market coarse grains is “very dim indeed" ill View of their past record in opposing such a move, Premier T. C. Douglas said dur-

lng extensive debate on the resolution. Other speakers were Q, 1-1,

Danielson (Lib-Arm River), M.H. Feeley (CLUE-Camera), Delmar Valleau (Ahmed Services), Agri- culture Minister I. C. Noilet, D.M. lsezorko (Cxllii-Redberry), Warden Lazorko (CLCJI Qu-Appnlle-Wolse- ley), and A. l... S. Brown C.C.F.- Bensvilgil). who moved the resolu- tiori.

Although Speaker Tern Johnston

declared the resolution passed "ililiiimfiilﬁiy fviiowlnﬂ a verbal vote, government members de-

manded a recorded VDAe and the resolution was again passed unanl- mously.

When the Canadian wheat board was established by a Conserative government in i935 the board had been authorized to handle coarse grains. Premier Douglas said. The Liberal opposition had opposed this move and later eliminated the authorization when they came to power.

While the House of Commons now had enabling legislation before it, passage was uncertain. But if the bill required complementary legislation frcm the four western provinces he was prepared to call a session at anytime in order that the Saskatchewan government should put no obstasles, “real or imaginary." in the way of a national marketing board for coarse grains.

No harm had been done when coarse grains Were decontroiled, Mr. Danlelson said, indicating that farmers could not have obtain- ed higher prices for their grains if ceilings had not been removed.

However, he favored a national marketing board and thought the majority of farmers did. Reim- bursement to those who suffered losses was assurred. Two grain companies. the Wheat Pool“ and Pioneer Grain C0,, had already issued statements that they would repay farmers for their losses and other ccmqlanies had indicated that they would follow suit, he declared.

Mr. Vaileau declared decontrol had sent coarse grain prices up but this meant little to the farmer because it had sent everyhing else up too.

Mr. Burgess said that reim- bursa-silent to farmers by the wheat pool was their own organization.

"If we didn't have a wheat pool there would be no tal-k about other companies returning their profits," he stated.

The federal government could have raised feed grain ceilings l0 or 15 cents if it wanted farmers to get a higher price for their coarse grains, he said.

there today postponed final de- cision on their policy on both a draft and military training until a full study is completed by the

Senate armed forces committee. n

Delft iss he Specal Offerings Aviie

Mr. J. H. Hill of Charlottetown? has just retired after 46 years of} continuous service with the hiarine,‘ Branch of the Department of. Transport. During his long and faithful service he_served as chief steward on several of the Depart-i ment‘s ships. ,'

He first joined the well-knownl old ice-breaker Stanley, under? command of Capt. Angus Brown‘; Then he was transferred to the C l G. S. Earl Grey, thence to the» Aranmore and last to the lcebi-eak- er Montcalm, under command oi‘ Cap-t. John C. MacDonald, who was an able seaman on the Stan- ley when Mr. Hill first joined Jnat ship. Down through the years the ships he was employed on were. at different seasons of the year, employed in the passenger and mail service.

Since 1908 Mr. Hill was a con-

tractor with the Department for supplying provisions to the ship on which he was stationed. In

1009 he chimed to His Exuheiry Lord Grey, Governor General o1 Canada and party when the ice’- breal-ter Earl Grey was called UDO’. to make a tour in the Hudson Bav In i910 he catered to His Excellen. cy on the north shore of Quebec and also supplied with provisions the Governor Generals camp in the St. John's River area on the north shore of Quebec.

In 1911 Mr. Hill's ship was i." en to Quebec to be re-titted and decorated for a cruise she was to make with- the Governor General. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. For this trip the De- partment placed a naval crew or board. Mr. Hill was asked tc rc- main on board to take charge of the catering. On all these trips Mr. Hill was commended by the filin- ister of the Department of Marine, as it was then known.

In 1914 the icebreaker Earl Grey was sold to the Rumian Govern- ment and was taken to Arcli- angel by a naval crew. Then Mr. Hill ioined the C. G. S..Ai-anmore. In ‘ti’! this ship was selected to go to Hudson Bay with a survey- ing party, engineers and conslz" tion crevr for the summer. After that Mr. Hill was transferred to

ocai Man Retires After 46 Years Service. With

‘mess hall, lounge rooms,

the Government ice-breaker Mont- calm.

ln 1941 this ship was also sent to Archangel. Russia. While the Department was endeavouring to get a ship to replace the Mont- calm Mr. Hill was loaned to a new branch of the Department of Transport. created on account of the war and known as the Mer- chant Seamenu Manning Pool. There were four of these Pools or- ganized in Canada by Mr. A. Par.- die‘ of the Cunard White Star Line, who acted as director at Ot- tawa and Capt. Harry Cameron of the National Harbors Board, Mon- treal as assistant director. '

Mr. Hill was transferred to the Halifax Branch of the Manning Pool and later visited from time to time the Saint John Pool and the Montreal Pool.

After the closing out of the Mon- treal Pool Mr. Hill was asked to go to Goose Bay, Labrador, for the Department of Transport un- til they gol: established there. The set-up there consisted of radio branch. meteorological branch, civ- il aviation branch and construc- tion branch.

In January of this year the work at Goose Bay was about completed. It consisted of moving into an in- dependent area from other ser- vices there. While Mr. Hill was at Goose Bay construction included

erection of an administration of-

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house. with cold storage fuciiitiesp and club room. All are heated and. Pa; electrically lighted and provide’! with running water, which make the occupants neat and comfort- able.

About this time Mr. Hill asked to be retired and his request wan ,_ granted.

Expressions of’ Appreciation

On the eve cf his departure from ‘ , Goose Bay he was asked to 5o to ‘ one of the lounge rooms where an address was read and‘ the presen- . tation of a watch made by tne 0f- ' i" . ficer in charge of radio on oeLall ' of the operators ot radio, officer in charge and operators of the meteorological branch and thl . . agent and his staff. '

In all his years of service Mr; - i Hill has made many friends, nob ‘ only in shipping circles but wit?! ' the large number of travelling pub< lic when he was employ/ed in pass- enger and mail service and with n‘ number of business firms from Montreal to Halifax with whom b0 -' * had occasion to do business. 1

Thooffice of the Department of Transport at headquarters paid . him this compliment: “We have . had a few with a longer service i but none with any better." .

Mr. Randle of the Manning Poo! ' said, "Now that the activities o! w the Manning Pool have come to a ' close may I finally express to VOL! my most sincere thanks for you): », loyal support and eta-operation, ‘ also express to you my high re- s‘ gard for you personally. It was a.‘ great sacrifice for you to assume the onerous duties that you ufi- 1.‘ dertook and I am fully entitled to ‘ say to you the words of the Bible. ‘well done thou good and faithful servant.” .

Mr. Hostermall, agent of Trans< port at Halifax. said: "My firsﬂ i meeting with Mr. Hill was in 1901i - and he has been continually ur.< , der our agency since 1914. when ' we loaned him to 'Mr. Handle. dl-i , rector of the Merchant Seaman]. lvfanning Pool, I did not thinr ab ~. the time that he would be severe ing his connect-ion with the De<. pertinent before he returned tc us. His strong point. I found. was his sincere cooperation. His word we! his bond."

Mr. Hill has returned to hi! . home in Charlottetown and rh=3' Guardian joins a host of frieridq . _ ‘ in wishing himself and Mrs. Hill . .‘= many happy years together, whlcli . ' as sea-going man he was deprived Q , ~,, of in his earlier years. -"

. '. ._'_ ; ___| .» An airplane carrying the Repubc

iicsn presidential aspirant, Robert: A. Taft, and Senator Owen Brew- , ster (Rep, Me», plunged into this Kennebec river on Monday, but Brewster said neither he. Taft no!

flee, married and single quarters.

During

OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY SALE

MARCHv22-l3-ili-25th

I will l0 M‘ ﬂlf I10, MINiI 22nd, since we started out in business. firmlfriends and good customers. We appreciate very much the confidence that has been placed in us and will be look-

ing forvvord to serving you better in the future. Marking the end of our first business yeur for four days, MONDAY, MARCH 22nd to THURSDAY, MARCH 25, we ore giving oil articles in our store,

at 10% Discount

OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS LOW, BUT THIS iS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER SAVINGS.

Outﬁt Your iiome Now From the Finest House F uriiishiiigs iii tlie City

MacFARLANE BROS. FURNITURE

. (IIPPOSITE GFGY)

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During that period of timl ll have node many

the pilot were hurt.

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