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‘Atodfrded V. C. For Action At Hang

OTTAWA, April 1 ——(CP)—Csm. John Robert Osborn of St. Man. and Norfolk, Eng posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross forhbravery at Karla

Kong

(Se D08 ﬁvcfr the lalﬂiﬂilleﬂ the»

C“). ‘ “file-villi? 6.19%!

m . on Minister announced bhe action. token

cm“ on municipalities tlivat the govem- th tim the war as m e a3” we

o on

for veterans was

mimic lities.

built year. but tvlvimrogeislontlot

it c to judge from d cons

ious parts of the coun sentisl.

1131; I5 b5 f

ll. .F.7l'fl

" . . ‘ ’ ' [err

‘BALE’ 'Aiii-(OP)-A tht

051i pr . hhzt {lemuasfoggpropriata time and rel. hkimoa, two men ab; to hospital hm lo- p;

mercy lgh

a buil cided t0 municipali es.

IN boxcar ‘c’; ......v mm Ge waaitaltcn wiiile l-he . A rsne s w pee,‘ before theﬂreiiiment wart. Kong, (Canadian Arm?

s three were selected out", e

smile"; .. unded Japanese a the time.

"The of icial citation ed with this tribute:

having aut crity relstion to bulldi permits shall. in the ex- f during the present

ritebut Notional . . ,,, Curt ilfi iron Backs ‘Ambassador

calm l"! "(m to for the erection. alteration or re pair of any building or structure:

“him To revoke, cancel or s nd W gyegemllt which may have n

' with Cl. H. ' rviaiur engines ew- from here 11 ‘bixl-tliuconditions in the northern ' eymere» to have returned la r but engine trouble no grounded at Fort

a aecond plane was flown the‘ llaatern Air-Command U) b!‘ ' bl

over 8 1-2 hours he dllblayﬂa thekhiahlest

The award mean» “M servicemen have won V ?='"iiliii3°i..°$‘§ won

m , m, mo Mediterranean. “um Front and in the Bat- tle of the Atlantic.

Letitia iluc At ‘ Halifax Today

(By The Canadian Pnesl)

or “repair of a.iiy_ building or struct- m, ..

NEW YORK. {April 1-H?)- . l 8V9 illi- The ggxemtiimenrEtoof Tint‘: gmbesss»

to give partially sins‘ homes priority orities could not be filled uness materials were available. inendation for the c non-essential buildinl! had be"! made by the Canadian construct- ion association and by municipalities and a number ganizatioris

idmid- mounting speculation Moscow's reaction to the request of the United Nations Security Council for ,a full report on tho

Iran's statement. from Premier “""°“ “""‘“i.l."'f'pi'.°.‘.iil”;°tﬁi fr” Tm“? tg eiﬁlisr Riuaisn ' m that Am ssaa or Along» not familiar with the iat- est developments in the situation. a ' M. Alli presented Ira l1

l" dra tic walkout. 'mrr1:‘a'$e:i'mad:1.ie clear that the statement was not Iran's sn- swer to the, council's ap full report ilfidsi‘ ggralnt realm! u’ M°w°w m inoiguéo here or

turn. be. Lewis said h the incidence of o

llslfinios warp suffer- i'l9!‘ii*?m°“- ‘

Australian

from $20. to

i“ i“"‘iii“a "llliht ll. or ur- e m

start of meat retlonino in Auslrlliﬂ have turned into a major industry. Melbourne r of fur and meet are yielding ut $20,000,000 a year.

i-l-ALIMAX. April Letitia was sohsdul Halifax toirlorm/w with 994 will" oi ‘Canadian over- a

_ l f the Wedne 3am] imp; - ‘m we information. ‘mmdbllllnd m ‘the my. to answer queries.

Clnldlc

‘ iilliltl .

urea New . I'll" Africa. oimolanc while imports from mi. 2:: merit. m tine Jubeahd odor.

Move Aimed At Boosting House Construction

BY JACK WILLIAMS Press Staff Writer OTTAWA. April l. —(CP)--The Dominion Government in a new move to channel buildin materials directly into housing. to ay gave municipalities broad authority to cancel or refuse buil permits for construction Jobs considered non-essential. R. Howe by

order-in-council. in the Commons and at the some time served notice

menu corporation, artime Hous-

. was prepared to continue of low-rental homes but a deadline of June application from

owe had told the Commo -s

B81 011 Mr.

March 20 that the beat estimate of’ d , 1945 house construction was 44.000 units and it was expected "

B 001l-

, larger number would be

materials

P. E. I. delegates worked

us" DIWER To HAWAIIAN} s.

ﬁﬂitipolities To Direct l Own A Building

'_ May Be 300 Dead i A In City 0f l-lilo

P. s. I. liad Largest A Representation At Conservative Bally ‘

(Special u» The Guardian)

OTTAWA. April i-A count of Mlﬁqatswho attended the annual meeting of the Progressive Con- servative Association oi con-add last week-end shows that Prince Edward Island suit more deim mics in WOPOIl/ion lo than any r Province of Cari- ada. B. Rov Holman of Charlotte- towln. vice Jesiden‘ elect of the association told The Guardian to.

ay. “I'm very proud of the way our n at the mwﬂm Mr. Holman said. "Ev-

eryone took part in the general irlieetings, 31nd also in O

the meetings

the iﬁerent committees in

Mr. which they were assigned."

had been dis~

once the war ended and onsidespd " impossﬂele Ottawa whether pro- truction pro eetc in var- were or

verriment was prepared to intainirn an oi available

lous parts of the country but inal diﬁosition would rest with municip ities.

"Should the municipality decide to use, its building _ materials to build notion, ture theatre or

. A eg- that y “In” in

'llhe go continue ma

A . ,4. on Mid‘-

ffous was not normally a mat- of f eral Jurisdiction and for led with the fact lace to curtail unnecessary build- s was prior to the application for permit. it had been de-

audio the control lhrmigh

"Every municipal body and every in

loyee or agent thereof

dsr year. hav power. refuse toe issue a. permit

for the erection.

reaction already had been taken completed veter- but such pri-

Recom- ent

O s-a

some of or-

ill Messy iluatl lla bits In Austral a

LONDON, April 1 —(Reuters)- farmers are ma. B $30 s niaht out of rab- e demand

and the

adio said today. ales

External Trade Figures Decline

drriiws. April i - (or) - external trade in Feb- vsiued at SNIZMMO a U so??? 0% moo i th Dominion BARON! M

Ooiovn ins new!

3' ll‘ ‘ . o,

.." '1

iered a-n opportunity

was over and the

7751/2

He-wns enthusiastic over the

of the meeting itself but still time over the friendly and

co-crocrstive spirit almong PrQgi-eg-

Continued on page 5. Col. 3

lion. ll. A. Bruce Resigns Scat

gxikht lnqthe Commons that Hg:

. A. Bruce. Progressive Conserv- ative member of the Commons for Toaonto Parkdaie, has resigned zhis s .

e . Tihe resignation of Dr. Bruce,

former lieutenant-governor of On-

tario. creates the first vacancy ir. in

the 245-seat Commons, elected 1516590258781 general election of June

Dr. Fauteux said he will issue a

Wfib tomorrow declaring the Tor-on.

to seat vacant, Bruce gave no reason for his

resignation in his letter to the Speaker. but he did outline the reasons in a letter read to the Commons by John Bracken, Pro

gressive Conservative leader.

Dr. Bruce's letter recalled the Toronto member had not intended to rim as a candidate in the 1945

eneral election but had yielded to

r. Braokenu sulseeticn that he

do so. He onl consented to be a candid- ate. Dr. rucewrote, because it of-

to “render some actual war service." with so

will? yolmser men absent urn act-

e service, Now. however the war situation was He was happy to step a»

side to make way for a younger man, preferably a veteran. Resignation of Dr. Bruce. 77

gar: old. reduces the Progressive

oriservstive representation in the

Commons to 65 seats. Other party standings ,sre ‘Libertls

126: C.C.F. N; Social Credit 13 and others 12.

Expect No Affect Cli Atlantic Shipping

estimated - swept out of the

FJJunh-ﬂ hour their“

BILO, Hawaii, April l-(AH- Kilo was a shambles of horror to- day ls- rescue squads dug bodies of S’! victims of todayb- tidal wave from the slimy wreckage and rubble.

No one knows how man dead there may be i-n this cnce- uti- ful little city. Navy officers hero

300 lost their lives when the terrific wail o! water Pacific and roll- ed up onto the beaches. Many were swept out to see and scores rare {regret}: clinging to geck-

ge o er omen, trying ro- gain the diorc.

On lflgh ground this afternoon stood w lng friends and reis- tives wslt ng to hear what other names hsd been added to the death list. ‘Troops patrolled the wrecked waterfront, and would not permit anyone near the wreck- age of buildings levelled oy the rushing tons of water.

Hilda police Paul said 87 bodies were recover- ed, ut "there is no way to tell how many are dead."

Many are missing at Lsupahoe- hoe, 25 miles northwest of Hllo- among them four miﬂiland school teachers employed in Laupahoe- hoe schoo-l, and eight children.

Children Iinlulfod C. R. Perduri. school principal,

said.

"After the first wave came in and then receded, the children ran down to the beech to see what happened, and the second wave engulfed them, according to wit- nesses."

The principal said many people were clinging to driftwood and timbers tn the waters offshore.

l flew llilo from Hono-

‘lgoarn saga-assured terrific

Huge warehouses were flat- tened by the force of tho water and buildings had been crush- ed like eggshells and swept from their foundations.

Tho million-dollar breakwater protecting Hilo harbor is at least 50 per cent wrecked, city officials told me.

Railmad cars, automobiles, trucks, warehouses, molasses tanks oil barges, and boats were strewn about like tocthplcks.

One oil barge had been tossed through a warehouse.

Parliament At A Glance

Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced revocation of order-in- councii under which persons were detained in espionage investiga-

on.

Reconstruction ildinisler Howe

announced municipal bodies have been given authority to refuse building permits. Speaker Gaspard Fauteux an- noun Hon. H. A. Bruce (PC- Toronto Psrkdele) ,hes resigned his seat.

The Commons adopted a resolu- tion asking immediate considera- tion to the building of a railway outlet from the Peace River to the Pacific.

The Commons discussed a ieso- luticn urging the Government in- clude in its Social Security pro- gram a system of allowances for every person.

Tuesday.

The Commons Government business. The Senate

will consider

Chief. Anthony “e1

' "fife much concern, it was learned yes- l;

Warns Shipping OfSil-FootWaves

KODIAK. Alaska. April 1- lAPl-The Nov warned ship- gng in the No h Pacific today

be nrepared for 00-foot waves, f0 owing a. tidal wave of "destructive magnitude" which. struck Unimak Coast Guard station, near the tip of the Alaska xeninsula.

Tidal Wave Sweeps Men From Lighthouse

KEICHIKAN, Alaska, April 1— (AP) - Commodore Norman H. Leslie, district coast guard officer, reported today that a tidal wave, preceded by an earthquake, do- stroyed the Scotch Cap lighthouse station with a loss of all person-

It was understood here five men were at the station st the time.

Scotch Cap is located at the en- trance of Unimak Poss, which provides entrance to the Bering Sea from the North Pacific.

Its lighthouse was at least 100 feet above water, Commodore Lea- lie said.

Plenty Cars licw, But “Poor Comfort” To P. E. I. Shippers

Po t Jhiplieta, . .. till-Mounted iisglon n thnieftgovinee with

terday, One large shipper said he had nothing but praise for the local railway officials who were m- strumentsl in having more than 1.200 freight cars, iosded and empty, ferried across Nortliumbcr- land Strait within the last two weeks. But the fact that there were plenty of refrigerator and box cars available now was, he said, poor comfort when, through the action of the Dominion Govern- ment, the potato market was on the verge of collapsing. _

American potatoes-bolstered by s 40 cent subsidy so as to guar- antee the American shipper his ceiling price which was higher than the Cariadian—-had poured in, especially from Minnesota and North Dakota, to such an extent the Island shlivper sold. that e Montreal dealer had wired him a day or two ago that that market was in danger of being glutted. At the some time, the Island dealer said, the Boston, New York. and Baltimore markets were "dull and weak."

Ottawa Criticized

Asked what Island shippers could expect on such dull mar- kets, caused evidently by a sur- plus of American stock and not as the result of Canadian potato ex- ports, the shipper said it was lruc thg American market had noth- in

wonderful to offer Island shippers now. because tho new southern crop was coming up north, hut he maintained the Do- minion Government had acted "stupidly" in allowing the import of American potatoes in such large quantities. _

At the beginning of the influx of American potatoes into the Can- adian market, Prince Edward Is-

37 Known A Drowned As Count. Begins

By DON WHITEHEAD a i ' HONOLULU, April l, ~

.._..-n mh-m-avpirump-oap-o-nuna-mn- -

1-» (AP)—A triple tidal wave , which hurled walls of wafer '_ through homes and streets ‘l along Hawaiian shores can, - ' ly today left 46 known dead and many others missing and believed dead. 1- , Hardest hit was Kilo, oi the big island of HawaiL, where rescue squads recov- ' cred the bodies of 37 victims and navy oﬁicerl-estimaied that 300 lost their lives. " Many others were believed swept out to sea by the , raging tons of water. ‘which '; wrecked the downtown‘ dil-

trict. 0n Oahu, Honolulu was bulb battered and early reports showed

v

piling

cameras

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prediotedbut may

tome bdorereechingtho lheieweretbreecciuiis-meddead onOahu, and aneebifpatedfotd‘ oininc: on Maubflveconnraiaed dead: on Kai onecmifirvii

Untold thousands were homo- _, lms and relief agencies organized x for one oi the groom emergen- » clee in Hawaiian history. Damage : estimates mounted into millions of 1 dollars. , The Coast Ind Geodetic lur- vey Office re rted severe aub- mariiie ea quakes on the Pacific floor caused the huge waves to mush into Hawaiian shorelines. It. recorded anoth- of loner intensity, issued

the foisrt p smaller, might follow.

As reports of the catastrophe . collie in from every hand over damaged oommimlcatloita facilit-

Contiriued on page 5, Col. 3

.not be notiuable in the Atlantic

0c and it was "extremely un- like because of time and other ei ts that Atlantic shipping

would be affected.

llsiv Steel Price Boost Vllll Affeetjgall Markets

UITAWA April 1——(OP)—In- crease of 0d a ton in the price of ary steel will not be immed- tely reﬂected in the coat of such household articles as’ stoves, re- frigerators, washing machines vacuum cleaners and electrical appliances. Prices Board officials

us- eeld tcdly/Pivlont ceiling bgricea

for these articles may not creased without specific author- ity fcom ‘the ices Board after satisfactory elv nce as been provided that they can not be sold at present prices.

U/lK/NG

_ . The itaffeotl ll

NEW YORK. A ii 1 —(AP)— , .3 m den P, , rlunlfr _ "4 W will m. Continued on pace 5 Col ni t said the submarine earth» quake in the Pacific today would QROLQQICAL Qppqgg

Labor, ‘Industry Views On Price Ceiling Boost

TORONTO, April i—(CP)-—0r- ganiud labor "will have no objec- tion to an increase in the income of farmers but will object to the increases in the pricea of com- modities for the purpose of well- lng the profits of corpora one," Eiroy Robinson eeid today. The regional director of the Canadian Congress of Labor (01.0) was commenting on the Ottawa on-

neuncement of increased prices fgflp0fk. butter. furniture end see.

Mr Robinson said that in the

Unite-d States the steel corpora-

tions also were granted $6 a ion increase but the were allowed i8 1-2 cents more an hour. '

"in view of the increase given the steel corporations. the work- ers hsre should get s substantial

H’. ‘G. Hilton of Hamilton,‘ presi- Btesl company of notuicsmont b?

rice control silences “a: of Cen-

dent of the Canada. said: "The permitting advances h steel a plies to many products sol ‘tgs company anti: ion

ads h edF-Flifirbxiiius

workers there

prices then in affect.

"As a result most steel prices remained mchangad during the period between the outbreak of war and the general application of price control in the autumn of 1M1 while Prices in many other indus- tries were advancing. Since that time some prices have continued to advance and others have been held Ln check by means of gov- ernment subsidies. This company has not received any such sub- s

producing steel has increased aub- atentisilv; wage rates have In- creased by coal has advanced over l0 per cent and further increases are m s-pect. . 4nd other items increased bymnavlii r “n? ii o as mu

pFred Dowl , of the United Peck use <c.l.O.-) said "the increase tlrdemand were incl-calla this alumna.‘ ‘

“A four- iiave been li of the com i d its ~ncr iioulel shouidhbe ‘HCPQQIUI to e

es llid the icy was reached. the

increased wasn't y.

y . "In the meantime, the cost of

s’! per cent. the cost of

R532“

::np:% means that the un- I ‘egnaultstlon at uid varnmenl, the mics, its farmers ra

m

METE Toronto, Apdl 1—(O'Pl—Minimum and maximum temperatures: Vancouver 44, 49; 56: Resins as. 41:

' Moncton 'i, 84: . $5; Charlottetown l4, 82g; Sydney 10. 38; Ysrmouth i5,

HALIFAX. April 1 -(ci=)‘.-_ ‘ Weather synopsis and official h- iand forecasts iesued la s‘ ‘ ion Public Weather O

o s co a "in? °li°3o$i.""'ii"m i mg frog! the north over the Marie , ~ times today giving " l cold weather escrgpt the ~ east portion of ova _ ‘, ’ . itMi“¥-’§‘t'a'i'.e. be ‘ * ﬂTihe Ylb of 0-: ‘

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s ice at e _