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By Federation 0i Agriculture

The executive oi the Prince ltd- ward Island Federation oi Agri- eultilre has gone on record ea op- posing the Provincial Government's passing oi legislation forbidding local unions the right to aiiiliate with national or international ubour organizations.

other matters discussed by the executive at its meeting on Thurs- day last were the income tax as it aiiects the farmer. and the O'd age Pensions Act. Present at the meeting were representatives oi the Island co-operatlve aredlt unions, Women's Institutes, and directors oi the Prince Ed- ward Island Dalrymen’: Associa- lion.

Mr. R. A. Proiitt, Freetown. past president 0i the Federation and now on its executive, said he disapproved oi the Government's recent action in compelling iocal unions to remain independent oi any national or international lab- our body. It was a. principle re- cognized in all democratic coun- tries, Mr. Proiitt said, that labour unions had the right in aiiiliaie with national or international bodies oi a similar character.

lie said the P. E. I. Federation oi Agriculture took the stand that all meat packing plants within the Province should be declared to be “works” iundsmental to the daily welfare oi all the people in‘

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iiiunt Warning

BERlQiLEY, Calii.. March 10- lAP)- State Secretary Marshall spoke up bluntly to Soviet R-issis today with the warning that Gom- mimist encroachment upon iree {gables can no longer go uncheck-

With equal bluntness, he cau- tioned Italy and other Western European countries that election 0i a Communist government azito- niaticaliy cuts them oii from Arn- eiican recovery aid.

Marshall, speaking‘ It the Util- iersity oi California, drew a stark and iorthright picture oi tho "dangerous situation" now existing iii Ehirope. one which duplicates ‘the high-handed 1nd calulatixig procedure oi the Nazi regime."

Coming Events

“Rummage sale in C.W.I.. I-lall (over Provincial Bank) Saturday. liiirch 20, at 2 pm.

“Bean Supper Zion Church, llall Saturday, March 20th. b pm. to "i p.111,

"Unloading car choice oats at munt Herbert today. Russell Dris-

“lmloadlnc car inlxed feeds. inn. shorts. nuddiingn- wheat. bmtimeal and aobia Hood flour. ""0011 Nor. Huntsr River.

“fr-mu. Wanton’: Institute “m! cooking sale Saturday, "m 2W1. 2 o'clock, at l-lcknsns.

orhrmers Cc-operaflve Seed ""0108 Plant oi Crapaud. is now ‘d? to run icr the season. John

"time: Sale, the.

0mm 1. b‘. n. a. "at the name

"Willa: this evening at 1 r. u.

‘allele-Iota: car oi mixed ma. no W‘ be-rlcymeal, Saturday and

WY- MW Prim o: car.‘ an. "ma. Emerald.

“Auouoa card ram and rand-y Ne. Belfast Hall, Monday. Mai-ob

‘umhfillbicea Eldon Women's 1n-

vlav. Courtship", in Kingston Play-

unions, .

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On Wheat

Three Potential Trouble Spots

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LONDON. ‘Mitch 19 —(A P) “w°"°"-\ Ellmllln diplomat braced themselves today [or bld new: irons anyone oi three , teniial trouble spota in the Mediterranean - Greece, Tu]- key and Italy.

Two Turkish military ai- ‘ hes retumed home (roan B '- suddenly. Hungary Wla reported to have ordered three oi its diplomatic atail home irons Turkey. Diplomat; hm Inoculated whether the two-way shiit had anything to I10 with atll‘ ._‘.__ relation“ between Turkey and Russia's Balkan neighbors and ghg Blinding Soviet demands ior Turkish border changes and g 518 hind in the Dardanellea-

Constantine Bentia, Greek Mlnlater oi Public Order, aup. Dcrted United States State De- partment repcrta that an in- tel-national brigade oi’ several thousand men la stationed on Greece's northern border.

31th "lilting British oiilciala in London were reported grave- ly concerned lest a Communist “blunder” in one c! these three places or elsewhere might re- Iult in an uprising or interven- tion which would grow into

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ilttawa’: Empty ‘Oyster Barrels

OTTAWA, March 19 — (Special) —Oysters in any term but partic- ularly on the shell are not obtain- able in this Capital city, and W. Chester S. McL-ure, Progressive Conservative chamber ior Queen's and recognized in Ottawa as an authority on the subject has been besieged with questions as to why Prince Edward Island does not ship a carload here without delay.

On making enquiries on Ottawa's oyster-less state, Mr. McLure was iniormed that while thera are quantities oi Malpeque oysters in storage at Montreal and Toronto they need their entire supply to meet demands oi their own cus- tomers and have none to spare ior Ottawa. Nor could the member ior Queen's hold out any great hope that his Province oi Prince lid- ward Island would be able to iill Ottawa's empty oyster barrel.

"Why can't your men down there go out and rake them up new?" an Associated Press corres- pondent asked him today.

"Well" said Mr. McLure, "You see we have a little ice down there on the coast oi Prince Edward Is- land and we have no arrangements ior fishing oysters through the ice."

"Ice" said the AP man, "I guess you're right. I never thought oi that."

Mr. McLure pointed out that in view oi the very considerable im- porta into Canada oi bulk owl-OI‘! ircm the United States the Fisher- ies Department might iind it ad- visable to take steps to expand the present Prince Edward Island 01' star industry. - S.

Tornado Dead And

By ‘the Canadian Press

Tornadoes "and gala winds swept across the United States iron: Tens to Ohio _Frlday and the winds swept co. into Southwestern Ontario. cussing damage in Wind- acr, Ont;

The death tall in the United

in Illinois.

Ohitalbnla. lliscouri and

There were I dead h Illinois alone.

Sodden Ontario scrutinised to

Two Island Mend Killed In _l_’_1an

Party Lines Broken As Commons Votes Board Bill

OTTAWA. March 19 -(CP) - In la strange a vote as the Com- mons has witnessed in years, the Commons cries-crossed party linen

in many directions today to do- Ieat s. motion oi Trade Minister Howe that would have split the

Gove cat's Wheat Board Bill into two sections.

The vote was 94 to an arm- g iantastic interplay oi procedure and voting that saw the iront ranks oi the Cabinet spilt and also had Prime Minister Mackenzie King,in the House when the motion was made. leaving the chamber with- out voting.

Tra/de Minister Howe, immedi- ately alter the House earlier had voted 113 to 40 to give the bill approval in principle on second reading, surprised members by say- ing that he saw no reason to stand by am earlier statement that" the bill could be cut in two. i

This would have separated study o! a proposal to bring oats and barley under state marketing ircm other amendments.

Mr. Howe recalled that he had told the C.C.F. earlier that the bill couldbe split. However, eight days had elapsed since and every phase had been give-n lengthy debate. The hopes that speed would result had not proved right. Ii asked, he would still eve the motion ior splitting the ill “but. it's obvious it would be voted down."

_ The Opposition parties ask a recorded vote when motion was put.

When Speaker Gaspard Fauteux called the motion. lie ‘named Agri- culture Miriisier Gardiner. choos- ing a Cabinet member as is cus-

rose to the

ed iormaliy.

But Mr. Gardiner shook his head negatively, and Mr. Fauteux nam- ed Gecrge Mcllraith, Mr. Howe’: parliamentary assistant.

Parliament At A Glance

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Finance Minister Abbfllt H5191! supplementary estimates ior

iiscal year ending March 31 totalling $79,800,398. In a bizarre division the

Corcmons deieated a Government motion at what amounted to the Government's request. The vote was 04 to 58.

Progressive Conservative mem- bers charged parliamentary double- cross in Liberal and 0.0.1". pacts on Government grain-marketing legislation.

0.61‘. and Progressive con- servative members protested an increase in capitalization ior the Bell Telephone Company.

Dlscusslo was started on ' jsiation empowering the Govern- ment to buy products needed to iuiiii Anglo-Canadian 100d con- tracts.

Monday. The Commons will discuss various Government legislation.

The Senate will sit.

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LEIGl-ITON BUZZARD. Bediord. shire, England - (C?) - The un- veiling oi a war me lai here was attended by a. German prison- er-oi-war.

es Leave 39 100 Injured

had broken the jams and relieved the immediate menace.

Highway traiiic was detoured in some areas to avoid flooded low spots, piers were damaged and inundation in most districts was described u the worst in years.

In Windsor l2 persona were in- jured and heavy property damage wreaked by a BT-cnile-an-hour wind. Power lines toppled chimneys were smashed.

Gale warnings were issued to fishermen and mariner-a on Can- ada's east coast as the storm mov- ed i-apidly hortheastward. Centres worst hit by the iurioua winds in the United Statue were Banker sou. 111-. wi 1e dead. and Foster- t. wi 1s dead. Both were

a tornado demolished a churchathndetandamanwas

damage was cstima at more than sipeoms. Two children died

killai when a building was wreak- sdlwtbatwisear-atlcwliagdrcsa.

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‘Three Lose Lives Near Truro Airport

(By The Canadian Preaa)

TRURD. N. 5.. March l0—'rhree men were killed when their light plane crashed within several hun- dred yards o! their home airport here late today.

Killed. when the three-seated crait nose-dived into the ground shortly beiorc it would have touched down at the end oi a. 100-- miie ilight were: Pilot E. P. Mc- Cullough oi Truro. Emmett Wil- liams oi Charlottetown and Lloyd Sharp oi Truxo.

The plane was en route iirocn Charlottetown. ' McCullough, member oi_a ‘Iruro hardware store and manager oi the Truro Air Services Limited,

e Crash

BOY. 13. GETS MEDAL FOR SAVING SAILORS Youthiul rescuer. Robert. Lacelie, l3, oi Cornwall, 0nt., has been awarded the Royal Humane Soc- iety bronze medal. Operating a

had iiown to Charlottetown earlier

‘this week- Sharp, an assistant at

the store, had accompanied him.

A suitcase. owned by William,

was on the xround beside the wreck. Occupants oi a nearby iarni house said they did not hear the sound oi a. motor beiore the plane struck the ground.

lVLr. McCullough bad ' a. private pilot's license, it was learned.

A coroner's Jury met briefly to- night and was adjourned until Sunday when 10 witnesses will be called.

Mrs. Gladys McCullough, wlie oi the pilot, heard her husband's plane approaching the landing field, had seen him wave and then returned to the house.

A iew minutes later her young sorgcalled-bcrwrrwthaoitelcphone to. say: “Co-me quick, daddy has crashed." v

The plane did not bum and the bodies were removed irons the wreckage by those first on the scene.

It was believed that McCullcimh

4 had circled the iield to get-the

wind direction and that the plane had stalled in the final approach to the runway» The plane was at about 500 ieet.

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Sharp and Wlliianu were broth- ers-in-law and were natives oi Tyne Valley in Prince County,

The late lviir. Lloyd Sharp, who was 40 years oi age, was employed in 'I‘ruro with the hardware firm oi J.J. Snood and. Company. Wit-h Pilot iviccuilough, Mr. Sharp had ilown to Charlottetown on ‘Thurs- day last. They lei-t Charlottetown yesterday aiternoon with the late Mr. Williams who had intended to spend Easter with his sister. Edna, wiie oi the late Mr. Sharp.

Besides his wiie, the late Mr. Sharp is survived by three daugh- ters: Phyllis, oi the Royal Bank 1n Halifax; Valerie and Sheilah at home in ‘mire; one brother, Fos- ter, in Tyne Valley; and his moth- er, Mrs- G. Shelton Sharp, also oi 'I'yne valley. He was the son oi the late Hon. G. Shelton Sharp, Minister oi Public Works in the Macmillan Government.

The late Mr. William-as is lur-viv. ed by his mother. Mrs. Margaret McNeill, oi St. Stephen. N.B.; one brother, Brlmsley, with the C.N.R. at Borden; and his sister (Edna), Mrs. Lloyd Sharp. He we; cm. ployed with Horne Motors. Kent Street, Charlottetown, and was 39 years oi age.

Labor Legislation

EDMONTON. March ill —(OP)- legislation unprecedented in Can- ada, making labor unions liable to tines ior illegal striku, tonight waa introduced into-tho Alberta

legislature.

TAUNTON. England -.. (OP) - Many Some-net wlllages. flooded last swine. are sutiering water shortage this year.

rcwboat with an outboard motor, he made three trips through blaz- ing oil on the St, Lawrence River to save the crew members oi the coliier Milverton alter it was in collision with the tanker Translake

Labor Bill Scored In N. B. Legislature,

FREDERICTON, March 19 ._ (CP)—Spea.king in iihe budget de- bate in the New Brunswick Legis- lature, L. T. Dow (PC-Saint John City), today criticized the new

labor legislation passed l-j- the Prince Edward Island House. The P.E.!. legislation does not

allow Island unions to aiflliate with outside parent organizations.

"The Opposition has often ac- cused the Liberal Party c! beinga band oi cynical opportunist: and I don't think that stronger dence

Provincial Debt Now $12,314,439

could be iourid ior this view than recent events in Prince Edward Is- land," he said.

"Premier Jones o! that Province has just pushed through an Act which, to say the least, is the most reactionary piece oi labor

last September.

legislation passeds anywhere in Canada during the past 2D years",

Not Serious

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"I! our potato crop in one year l! worth ten million dollars, our twelve million dollar debt is not no very serious." argued Hon. Gmse H. Barbour. lidinister oi Public Works and Highways. in a llwvch in the Legislature yester- ill-Y in whicl-r he stated tha. he saw no possibility oi preventing increased expenditures in his de- partment li necessary public ser. vices were to be given.

Speaking in the Budget debate, Mr. Barbour followed Hon. Dr. MacMillan, leader oi the Opposi- tion.

"Public works," Mr. Barbour maintained, “is the soundest busi- ness that the Government does. 148i Year we collected $1,072,000 ior gasoline and car ll , and about $110,000 irom land and road taxes that should go toward road building. We have never been spending the amount oi money on roads in this Province that we should have spent since I have been Minister; and I will say now that I am not short-sighted en- ough to think we could win elec- tions by road work. That was tried in a splendid fashion by the Mac- Millan Government in the summer

oi i935. They more than doubled their estimates and went head over heels in debt, and as a re- sult oi the election on July 25 oi that year they never elected a member in any district.

“I was appointed Minister oi Public Works in May, 1940, and we had an election in September that year. We all knew we were going to have an election that year, but I didn't exceed my esti- mates on the roads. We got elect- ed without that, and I don't think the electors oi this Province are the class that can be bought up with work on the eve oi an elec- tion.

‘Mills’!- Knew"

“We didn't know all last sum- mer-we were not sure-whether we were going to have an election or not. The Government have got to use all the sense that they have-they have got to pick the best time they can. In looking over past elections we iound that there were two suceessiul con- tsets run oiii in the early part oi 'December. There was a good deal

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Over Mounting Liabilities

Fireman Escapist In 65-foot Fall

SAINT JOHN, N."B,. March 19—(CP)—Phililp Letson. 32- year-oid l" tonight cou- aidered hlmseli sboutthe luck- iest member in the 13l-man Saint John Fire Department.

High on a. 65-icot extension ladder while lighting a-n early morning two-alarm fire, Let- son was sent cruising to the street when the iront oi the tour-storey brick building col- lapsed.

He was picked up from the twisted mass o! wreclsngeaud power lines, auiiering only shock, hip and wrist inluries.

European Recovery Program Approved

WASHINGTON, March 10-(6?) —T.he 85.300.000.000 European Re- covery Program was approved ior- maiiy today by the House oi Rep- resentatives Foreign Aiiairs Com- mittee, and a Senate committee voted $275,000,000 military help ior Greece and Turkey.

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cmadlan Pram Correspondent BOSTON, March iii-Secretary c! the Interior as. K1118 declared today that Russia is leading the world in fishery rewwh w! warned that the United States must put into operation a ileet oi research vessels second i0 none “beiore it is too late."

no voiced his wamlnx at the Boston ash pier at the dedication 0i the United States’ only ilshirig laboratory. the Albatross III. 15°- ioot converted trawler which will sail next month to study the de- pletion oi haddock and. acrod on Georges Bank.‘

"The United States has slept."

countries. operated whole fleets c! research vessels and 08910114 HW

iiahlnl Irounds.

"Russia has jut announced a ave-year plan ior the expansion oi her ilaherles in the Pacino and expects to increase her catch oi nah in that. area. 2% ilrnes by 1G0.

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The total Public debt 0i Prince Edward Island on Feb. 1, 194g, 8m. ounted to $12,314,439, according to a statement tabled in the Iegisia. tura ysterday by Premier Jones in reply to a question on the order paper by Mr. RR. Bell.

Answers to other questions by Mi‘. Bell indicated that on the above date, the total amount due the chartered banks on all ac- counts waS 3,5559%. $3,30I.t0u oi this amount being d-ue the Bank oi Montreal and $186,856 due the Canadian Bank oi Cccrunerce.

Tlie amount of loans and depos- its due on the above date to the people oi this Province totalled $1,580,822.

P.W.C. DORMITORY

To questions on the order paper bl! Mr. D.L. Mathieson, the Pre- mier ta ed the iollowlng answers:

1. Di the Government purchase or agree to purchase property in Charlottetown ior a dormitory ior Prince o! Wales College students?

2. Ii so, at what prices?

3. Where is ‘it located?

4. When- does the Government propose to build the dormitory?

Answerer 1. Yes. 2. Hooper Property at $15,000. McLean 8e Burris at $5,250. Island Motor Transport at $3,100. 3. Kent and Cumberland. 4. when public investment polic- ies come into force.

DEPUTTB SALARY

The iollowing answers were tab- led to questions asked by Mr. John R. Maciesn:

l. What is the salary oi the Dep- uty Minister oi Education ior the year 1947-48?

2. Was this an increase over 1946-47, and ii so, how much!

3. On what date was the increase made?

Answerer

Question N0. 7!.

l. $4.500.

2. Yes, an increase o! $1.000. 3. As oi April l, 194T.

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Local Man Injured i in Saint John

Mr. E. P. Acorn. 5r. well known Charlottetown ' essman, sui- iered a. broken bone in the upperi leg as a result oi a iali in Saint John. Thursday nlaht. it W“ learned yesterday.

Mr. Acorn was visit-WC hi5, daughter, lVLrs. Joseph Pogson andj slipped and. iell when emergingi from the doorway. He ls a. patient ; at the hospital in Saint John. j

Says Russia Leading- ln Fisheries Rascal-e

Mrs. E. F. Acorn, City, lelt yes- terday to loin her husband.

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operation a. ileet oi research vas- selg that cannot be topped by any other nation in. the world."

In addition to the exploration by the Albatross III in the North Atlantic, Secretary Krug stated that other vessels were needed ior iishery investigations in extensive areas oi the South Atlantic, Gull oi Mexico and the Pacific»

Ha oa-iied America's fisheries a $1,000,000.00!) industry svhich mus‘. be maintained at a high product- ive level because oi “its indlSPw-i- able contribution to national in- come and iull employment" and as "an irreplaceable source oi high protein iood vitally necessary in a hungry world."

"For many years to come." he added, "the United States will have to supply protein ioods to hungry peoples. There must be more and cheaper iood here and throughout the world."

When the Albatross sails in Ap- ril ior Georges Bank, her immed- iate aim, said Secretary Krug. would be "to discover how to PTO‘