m“ 35 in it M» OI‘ L MERE MAN Thei~Ps‘S' p“ CoversPriilédr-‘i V‘ .' _ » 1215.1. Trade. Mo. Brazil Predicted On a Increase r Store Wile! HALIFAX. rocks‘: --(CP)—Tlie (u lug storm v or)’ L3,"; by e Dominion Public weather Office at Halifax let 9A5 p, m. Fe . ly winds and Bales 015g”? 3%"... u, h. now scresdins over the ltll-rltimcs from the South m expscted to increase to easter- ly slcs'oi35tc40m.p.ll.wlth m; w50m..h. in exposed laces. Snow freeflng rain over f“... 5¢otis will turn to rain dur- the n ht. Considerah snow $1 fall over New Bnmswick m“ ‘Bacchus-pm can m“ be ti) in. pfhlou Monday. be- mlng cold Mondlv 1118m- Fatnous iilorgyman Author llios At 89 "IWEKA. Kas. Ebb. as -R.ev. (iharlet 5ha5°g~ gtfhitsfiioslss ionighlil m hos I 91m f0 owing a week's i nose would have been U yeerfold next his been ‘Nb “m” quirfifrosn Canada are listed "seed tatoes of the varl e Bliss. Bliss Gmean Trium h, lsocodfh Mnlllleworls“ ‘Marine works for each of Prince . edersl rid- i d1 ting the int n crlwurniert oonnllliznenis for nesded merits. The works for mien tend- Tuesday. JSh ld ff red cerebral t Dr 1e ch13 gtondlly‘ cownv clsrflmsn ich outsold everv book except. the Bible. ceived a cclit of ro sltlss because o . 1o 1 ' ' h dited th ' TODQh, Daily 08> itlal lor s weeg as he "believed Jest-ll ‘iii? ‘m.’ ti?” "."l°si$'éa”¢3‘$ t l C11 0 G s normal 30.000 to 370.000. .< lu-IJK‘ v- ~ __..... , SAINT JOHN N.) ‘Rb. (or) - Ralph w. h, John. well known in c urch cir- cles. died todav at ‘Ibrtmto. where he had attended a meeting costs: accounitsnts o Coming Events "Garden Seeds. All t... latest and varieties. Send for fresuaso l "sue. Ari-Mr vsssey. York. “Carlggltirty and dance. Nelly: Witch served. 2-25-41 “grloofield vs. Wiuslce t Mil- ll ion h: tonight. Dame starts at 8J5. 3.35. V1118 hols st Crspaug for ‘Biiiinftnnfi... ‘*3 B. N Dawson. mos-u. 00A ‘ii tuaiiiitiiid...‘~ii°téié we’. rid.‘ "i , half». . "a ..__. , . jtrfigeugztf t V- . Pittman Grads. Blasts G C outfit If . ~.-...m"...: P" - .m.- "QWW “when? m. erfleld stormy, G..::.'--.u..t*TrZ-Er.tmg; x u?“ .,"~ ma! "sun Ulflbll; is" u... liiss Suddenly if” {AQVQT re- 5nd two .7‘ Saint m ‘ less-nine Just one mature offic- es o! Nicole leamllli . A! is has august! two it?“ via un . d Ii flllnm! m/fiifiotbamnfic wily 11111:: “with th . uitmitmfltnsfilntfitn Eu formation. u Air Force Enlistment Policy Announced AWA. Feb. 2! — 0T1‘ Air Fierce Hcadquartsrs amnmlnced Seturds. vc d uncut: c" an y es ln which mils mt on will be trained continuously those with greet- o. press ctgrrlference hem Pri- recruits side by side with er experience." at‘ n. ‘shsl a A ‘gm-if. h ‘ D gm m not the twill?‘ disc“ Elections Amntic Afanasiev. popular ver- ' o the Tess Assn both French Since coming to Ot- ittle more than two Years the h ks to l ith tn “'33. $35 tsflniitilel tr n? court . chief of ed desorliied the f m. by which recruits wen null in thi . The above picture shows the wreckage of the big m-itish v which crashed and burned at the Charlottetown airport Weldnes the plane would appear to be the engines. One memhensd iniured in the accident which occurred when the pllot'wu_ ' " here in a snow storm while enroute from Pres-twick. Scotland escaped serious injury. » - improve- p - Mad Pianist Keeps Mutiny Q . Read by lama m. n‘. w rybody Dew Mommy, FEBRUARY 2s, 194s 10 MAXIM! cs4. ' _ MERE MAN: flneneesanelajeqhh "lb - Inrelleudrln el a ll!- PAGES r-i é? i> r- E1‘ Z’ 2 rr: Ffi w U5 rs fi % as Airways Corporation Liberator night. llllclershot Musicians Enthralled Detentwn Camp Ends M3011‘, Feb. M-A mad plan- ¢ int- assisted by guards, kept 300 musicians enthralled here Satur- day with a weird and beautiful COTICOPP. His face expresslonless, the ~nri-| lst, an inmate of the Wayne Conn-t ty General Hospital's psychiatric 1p ward, bowed silently and left the stage apparently unmoved ‘av the thunderous applause that followed his rendition of intricate master- at azeces of Chopin, Mozart and Beo- mum... Glasgow and two °""- err-dropped anchor wdsvi ‘throughout the performance a , - , “ ilcIpltel aide stood at the lnlil’! B??? “m” ’“ ‘M’ i _ , l-lmév ‘_ , > “gqg- . . ‘ - ii. in in the city. ' 71°50!!! ‘llfihflflilel QXPMH . 1h! Otherhcnvler units were under- "ll" will!“ h"! 018W‘! "l! "m! stocd to be standing bv outside the l1"'e over end over. harbor but were not expected to It hsd been nlne veers since the enter, 1V distinguished musician. a man of Official casualty figures showed ' 40. had given a public concert. 210 persons killed and 1.017 injured Dr. T. K. Gruber, hospital suner- in Bombay since the dhnubqnce ihtendent, said the pianist had began early last week. They were been a patient for eight years, un- precipitated bv the seamaifs strike able or unwilling to converse or for pay and treatment equivalent read oven the simplest lanrzuare. th of H's present interest in music, the hyslclen said, ls his first sign of mprovement. D o British Warships l ln Bombay Harbor- BOMBAY. Feb. 24 Three British warship Others few is enforce .) ~ Most Bombay mills which start ed working today were forced ic- clcse later because of stone in . lb "the situation in the citv now completely under control." More than 1.000 persons so far have been arrested in a police round-up of what were otiflcially described as "bad characters." cy in Funeral Saturday 0f lion.-Mr. Ferguson III TORONTO. Ebb. DI — (C?) - Tsss Sim le funeral services were held at t. Paul's Anglican Church Sat- W "t: o...::r"<*..r;". uson. nam s . s... former as’... Drought iiuts ttdtrttts. "tr "s" ""‘.F’..i‘i§.' s. er asno o.» sl-Iundrtrds of per-soon; from evervfi f life and every shade of -. walk 0 lticel opinion joined wth pail-pox}: d i f f . rgusm to p tillliute 0st the church. rm servlc not only S115 , but at AUCKLAND, N.. Z... Feb. 24- lflld _ m (CP Cabin-Severe drought re- public life little more than five vsiling in New Zeala-ndh prlno pal vesrs ago offer a five-veer tenm as dairy area has caused s decrease of 05014"! h WWW-film"? W more than four er cent in butter be W! 17'1"“ 559m- fat production n the Interment W" in MOW Pim- during the firstflve months of the 9i"?- . current dairy season. This fall in output occurred dur- ing the August-December riod as dry weather continued in uokland Province throughout January and t th- d-summer in this hemisphere land-the dairy IROCUCUO? outlook became increasingly sor ans. waikato area. greatest producing on in New Zsaland, nts s tor)‘ - Will Urge-Increase is lisenploytsojtbeseilts TOROMO Feb. M - (or) — Geo Can dl director of the 1.8. Tim Saturday he willlp ‘s, 60 per cent in- n and Air "i?" .<. t i unsmp en ointsgrslréos more next week. fir. Burt r In the Osnadiuu Donn-en mg: committee. smoun now dro 15 t. being paid resgrvusgulu Auckland Cit! um of $14. e we‘: of its closing freeh- poole and a ban on d lawns. On consumption left in stoc- r Yesterday In a Were Quiet unseat gigging’! Iuwlv is l bent Departihont of '06 to . y“ '11 Iwfi‘ ‘flit soy. throw- _ sk s d BY RICHARD TOMPKINS About all that remains of six-men crew was killed and three to undertake an emergency landing Igrval. Quebec. All eiaiht mesons!" ~-ALDERSHOT, HD2350, Eng. Feb“ ‘l-l —(CP)—-Ncarly trol of the It was the worst c years at hhe deten British soldiers today i Crocker. , Army's Southern Command. ed "th tin ls at. an end." i nclggtlt. Septesmnbgr sgveral hundred. m‘ the 350-wurd Canadian troops quartered in mutlnous, British soldier-prisoners SQIZCQCOII-i id detention i camp, are held on this town demonstrated for two nights as a protest against delay i" pa/triatlon. tFur Auction At I London This Week BY SYDNEY CAMPBELL v 1'0- LONDON. Feb. 24 - (Reuters)- The first general auction of raw furs to be held here since the Hud~ take place d . The suot t? be held in O London fur trade was worth tmooo D0llre°dsd(058.400.000) aggr a. cct b11815!‘ 40.000.01.10 pounds the al Nazis Want Dalaclier T l3 Detained In Espionage Probe B! GEORGE KITCHEN 34—(OP)—Possl. detsntions in week-old Russian spy ring inquiry Was disclosed Satur- glsv in an ofllcial statement which S0 re a a letter to Justice “ihiirilisieifog? urent from the three counsel retained to assist the Royal com. mlsslonexs Justices Robert Tasch- ereau and B. L. Kellock of the Supreme Court, in their inquiry into the ramifications of the ring, which disclosed state secrets to th%_hRusnlan embassy here. e letter. the first official Rttatement since Prime Minister ackenzle King announced the in. illllry Feb. 15, dlsclosed:_. b . is "apparent that lt may e necessary to request that ad- dltlonal persons may be inter- rogateg." . . considerabl a ' t additional evidencs, instill“ 0%] and documentary, has been plqg. ed before the commissioners which " confirmed the “serious nature of the disclosures mldo to the Russians. 3- A “greet deal" of evidence still ls lobe placed before the commissioners and “the reasons for proceeding in camera becom- es more apparent every day." The inqul is proceeding B! Pllildly l5 Possible consider- lng the "difficult circumstances" and ‘lbvlfllllll’ must be done with greatest discretion." - It might he two or three wecksbefore the commissioners can issue a report which will contain "at least some of their ‘tidings!’ passed last ca. 6 under the War Measures Act and continued un- der the Nations Emergency Transitional Powe Act passed at the last session of parliament. The most lnfon-natlve paragraph letter said,- "Orders have been made :0 date llDdEl‘ order-ln-cotlncll P.O. 0444, dated Oct. 6. 1945, and passed un. der the provisions of the wm- Measures Act and continued under the provisions of the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 196, for the interrogation of 11 men and two women and it is apparent that it may be necessary to request that additional persons maybe interrogated under similar orders." The document later said: rabldlg’ igqgitgiibl“ proceletlilmg u e es eca y - slderlnz the tun p c” ces under which the work is being dons (it obviously must be done with greatest discretion) and the commissioners desire to make a report which will contain at least some of their findings within as short a time as possible which however. es appears st present m, cannot be less than two or three and direct and indir- clsimed to be A general cell has gone forth to rally round the old selling centre which, until the second great fire of Inndon ln 1040, had been con- pomtngon tlnuously in business since 1072. ‘Waterfowl Population Along Atlantic Boast ‘Are Still Declining l a ton. Heukes w Bay Province fruit production hes I tress Dr. Ire. N . rlslgorqlrectm cf the service said in tans Sltuldl-h as“. ntfluyiem‘ n-eaks from now. “The commissioners feel. how- ever. and have authorized us to advise you that in their opinion Continued on pale s. col. 2 25 Mllllol 8 llt- F Shllfi Stores?! Ballads MONTREAL. Feb. 24 — (GP) - DR. Townsend. ship's stores ad- ministrator for the l>rices Board. said Saturday h his annual report that Allied nations ln 1945 spent an estimated 825000.000 in Canada to keep ps supplied _ r than that spent was w.'i°‘“‘5".°t m??? an ue u hi8 girls. News Briefs CIIUNGKING. Feb. 2S- (Mondsyi-Pentatent pn- conflrmed re WA, Feb. fl-(OPl-lub- dy ents to the manufactur- ers o Jame and sliiu will be dia- eontlnued after h and e ceiling adiustment equivalent the subsidy will be allowed, the Prices Beard announced tonight. lsOflDflfilflmfl-(llllbe) sneeestblit icult clrcumsinn- m “m; B; to. Church ill, . Testify By NOPAND NORGAARD NUERNBrlHG, Feb. 24 - (AP) -'l'wo of Hltlers ma!» asked Saturday that Winston Churchill and Edouard Duladler be sum- moned to testify that Nazi leaders hadtricd to prevent war. and quoted MrflChurzthlll as having de- clared thas "England would des- trov Germany if she should become too strong.” Through octmsel. Hennsnn Cicer- lhd and Joachin von Rtibbentrop requested the International Mill.- tary ‘Pribunal to bring 54 persons including the lormer British and French prime minister, to Nucm- berg as defence witnesses 1n the war crimes trial 22 ranking Ne: . . Goeringhcounsel is expected to open the first case for the defence within 10 days. . Ribbentrops request said he had talked with Mr. Churchill at un unspecified time in the 1030's “about the necessity of the crea- tion of friendly relations between Germany and England." He said he told Mr. Churchill that “a strong Germany, which was now about to become n rezlb, ity, representcd the strongcs; slip-i port for England's Emplr " "At that time." Ribbentrops re- quest continued, “Churchill re- lied to these statements that ngland was intelligent and ox- perienccd enough to get other pow- ers on England's side if Germany should become too strong. Op this ocasslon, Churchill stated uwmisfl tekably that England would des- troy Germany lf she should become ton strong." Dr. Otto Stahmer, counsel for Goerinrz, said the defence would} attempt tn prove that Goerlng had tried until the last minute to avert war with Britain in 1939. Defence counsel also challenged the prosecution's charge that Ger- manv had violated the Versailles ‘Ireaty, and demanded an oppor- tunity to seek to prove that Ger- man infractions of the treaty were in “retaliatlon" for those‘ by Al- lied powers. ; Sir _avld Maxwell B! . "the IigfQQcteXu-ma! o or? Dig did the same thing‘ is en tre- ly irrelevant. Standards arc laid down by the Hague Convention and ,.. ' no answer, even if true, that someone else committed breaches." Pravda Renews Attacks 0n Prime Minister King MOSCOW, Feb.. 24 -(Reuters)—- Prime Minister MacKen a was again accused of starting an anti-Soviet campaign in an attempt nest Bevin. British Foreign Secretary, in an internat- ional review the news per Pravda today. The attack fo owed earlier similar attacks in Pravda and in the newspaper Izvcstia. Recalling that President disclosed at a press conference in Washington last week that Mr.. Kingflcorlfmred with him last Sep- tem concerning char es. v ced by the Prime, Minister eb.. 15, of leakage of secret information to a fore n power, the review asked: " did MacKenzie King‘ keel! m“; an m}; time? Mac cnzie King w“ silent because as a. result of measures carried out by the Soviet Government he either thought the uestlon which had a- risen was firgshcd or the question was to be finally regulated in the gag“ at’ negotiations with the ovemm . ‘LTelle Canadian Prism? M11115“?! changed the line of his behavior to blot out the political effect of the M Thll g eches of the Soviet delegates to _ speeches di- rected to the def democratic rights and once of small countries. distract public opinion from difficult situation in which one British Foreign Secretary {mind himself..." MacKensie Kin ‘s undertskind i! doomed to fai ure. MscKenlifl King has not helped B i‘ and this ‘new diplomacy will not wadermine the authority of- the Soviet Union.” Japanese liishards Trouble Philippines HANILA.Ieb.M-(AP) -A battle between Japanese disherds e mnv n ed today as t a Common- 3°“ ti: Government estimated that st least 4.000 Japanese soldiers still are terrorizing the back coun- u Two Filipino soldiers and st least six Jeipaneu were killed when a Philippine regiment encounter- ed 90 or more Japanese skulkinn KAIIDII‘ DIVOICI DICIPQ - s “limit for ‘@1336 saints; malt movio actor has [Breaks-lint In Eastern Trust 0o. Building Fire broke out about 11.30 last night on the second floor n! the three storey brick and wood Easi- ern Trust Company building on Richmond Street and caused cnn- slderable damage before it /wns subdued more than two hours lat- er. Much of the damage was from smoke and water. The janitor, Mr. Thomas. Gallant discovered the blaze which appear. ed to have started in the Morrell and Company ofllces on the sco- ond floor. Its orlgln ls unknown. The Eastern Trust offices and the Vogue ladies’ wear occupied the ground floor. A large part of the stock was moved from the Vogue and stored temporarily in the Can- adian National Telegraphs office next door. ' The third floor is used as a storercom, but it was not {earned immediately what goods was stor- ed there. Firemen fought snow storm. At ‘the blaze in a no time did flames break nut to any extent bub smoke poured front the upper floors and tons of water from four lines of hose cascaded down into the Eastern Trust and the Voguc. Firemen said they would leave a guard on duty for the remalnrlcr of the night in case flre still smouldered in the wooden walls: and floors. Amount of the damage was not announced but it was apparent that it would be heavy. Other ofllces on the second floor, ln addition to Morrell and Com- pany, accountants, imludati Martin and Charles R. Mz-Qtittici. both barristers, and J. A. Wonder and Company, insurance. German Ship Sinks .___,.._, -.»q_-.. - v DONDONFIieMBA -- (Reuters)- Nlnety-llve persons was drowned today when a. German river steam- ship sank in the Elbe estuary off Brunsbucttel. the British News Germany reported. from Hamburg to Cux- haven. the vessel had 110 passeng- ers aboard. Slx survivors and 13 bodies were picked up by one Ger- man and two British ships. ThG sileampshlp was believed to have sprung a leak. ' PM A Douala Fon A Anita's n or Fooo l1"S METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Toronto, Feb. 24 — Minimum and maximum temperatures: Vancouver ‘46. 50; Edmonton l1. 19; Regina l4. 33; WinnlPBB 14b. 4' Toronto 23, 32; Ottawa 1, l0; ontreal 5, l8; Quebec l. 17: Saint John zero, M; Monctcn 6b, 23' Halifax 5, 26: Charlottetown 20; Sydney l 18; Yarmouth ‘l, 08. HALIFAX, Feb.. 24 --(CP)-—- u tiasaooilcial S wgather s os a. .m. uney. yin‘) alread strlong but still in- tensifying s rm is centered 200 miles southeast 0i Nantucket. 1011s storm is giving easterly galss with snow and freezing rain along the southern Nova Scotia coast. The storm is moving northeastward and its aih Ls expected to carry its ~ across the Nova Scotlo. mainland on Monday. will followed by nortbwesterly gale: and cold weather Monday t. - played ln ly gales warnings are all coastal forecast areas. Official marine’ weather few: Pu tn gusts w . freeeinl rein. foil: t’ lie in ureoilttsuoli mMonds to imam. ab‘. ,