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FAGE. FOURTEEN THE DAILY T IMES-GAZETTE / THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948 Shipments Robbed By Hi-J ackers | Montreal, Dec. 9--(CP) -- The dominion's three largest transpor- tation systems have been cheated of $1,000,000 within the past two years by a highly-organizéd gang of British hi-jackers who padded exports to Canada, James H. Ed- wards; 3 Canada Steamships Lines freight claims agent, disclosed Wednesday night. Mr, Edwards said that bales of linen, textiles, silks and clothing reaching the country were short of goods and that hemp, oakum and rope had been stuffed into inecce bales to make up the bulk and weight, The agent said the investigation, mstituted by himself in 1946 when he became suspicious of an increa- jing number of claims against (he CSL, has been in the hands of Scotland Yard since then and as a result more than 50 persons were arrested in Britain, including a aumber of railway officials. He said that the hi-jackers," op- prating on a hude scale under cov- or of a chain of wholesale stores md aided by. British railroad. of- licials, robbed many truckloads of goods on the way to British poris lor shipment to Canada. "Because of persistent shortages ~Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways claims amount- td to $500,000 a year and C.S.L. $50,000 to $100,000 annually -- I think the facts should be made fnown," Mr. Edwards said. He stated that many of the lar- est 'firms in England « have un- owingly been selling prime ex- rt geods,. mainly .shoes, silks, xtiles and cloth, bought from a thain of wholesale stores which the hi-jacking gang operated. Officials of the Canadian Paci- lic and Canadian National Rail- ways asked for time to study Mr. Edwards' statement before. making any comment, \ a Strike Area Quiet Today Estevan, Sask. Dec. 9--(CP) --- | Ruiet prevailed today at the strike- bound property of the Western Do- | minion Company coal mine at nearby Roche Percee following a scuffle in which a provincial mem- ber of the Legislature was injured. The strike, which started Nov. 3, vith miners seeking wage increas- #8 from seven operators, moved into A» new stage with the fracas involv- ng Edward McCormack, Liberal member of the Legislature for the Estevan-Bienfalt district. The company is scheduled to seek pn anti-picketing injunction against members gf the United Mine Work- ers of Amgerica. Meanwhile, coal miners wo are members of the ri- val - Saskatchewan Coal Miners' Union will not be called upon to work at the Western Dominion mine antil the injunction is served. 8S. CM.U. controls employees at Western Dominion, largest produc- ¢r in the district. This union an- nounced earlier in the week it had weaned away about 25 members o. the UM.W.A. and had signed an agreement with the Roche Percee mine. . About 25 strikers and 10 wives were reported Wednesday to have made their way to company build- ings where McCormack and about 10 S.CM.U. n.en were talking. The marchers were said to have asked McCormack why he did not remain neutral since he was an elected re- presentative of the people. Then, it was reported, McCormack was beaten and scratched and told to | drive away in his car. Apart from wage boosts of about | 20 cents an hour, the UM.W.A, coal miners--about 200 strong-- struck for a welfare fund' increase and a #0-hour work week instead of 44. NO COMMUNISTS Calgary, Dec. 9--(CP)--There are 'no Communists Board of Trade that we know of," said H. Gordon Love, board presi- dent, commenting Wednesday on a Winnipeg report that Communist party members headed three West- ern Canada boards. The statement was made Tuesday by H. A. Purdy, Regina, field service represethative for the Canadian Chamber 'of Com- | merce: . THUMBS DOWN Cairo, Dec. 9 -- (AP) -- The Palestine. Arab government turned thumbs down' Wednesday night on making King Abdullah of Trans- _ Jordan ruler overt Palestine, A statement released by. the cabinet of the Palestine Arab government said it "'cannot approve the report- ed Trans-Jordan government's in- tention of proclaiming King Ab- Stan as the sovereign of Pales- Britishers are wondering whether Buckingham Palace will clamp a curfew on 18-year-old Princess Margaret above, following a London tabloid's criticism' of her og nah The newspaper said she had remained up "until wery late" nights last week. The King and Queen were re- ported by the newspaper to be concerned by the princess' after-dark entertai- ent expeditions because "Margaret is not robust" and has been described as "delicate." --Centrdl Press Canadian Drew Says P.C.s Will Lower 'Taxes Government Plans Attack On Disease Digby, N. S., Dec. 9, (CP)--Health | Minister Mgrtin told a Digby-Anna- | ings by-election campaign | George Drew Wednesday night told a Progressive Conservative party : {rally here that "a considerable rally hele Wednesday night that the A ; Sir | Federal government is "going to | Part" of, Canada's, cost-of-living carry on the attack 'against disease | stems from "excessive taxation." in this country sich as 'riever has Speaking in support of George been seen before." polis- Middleton, N.8.,, Dec. 9--(CP) -- | Nowlan, Progressive Conservative Speaking in support of J. B. Mc- candidate in the Dec. 13 Digby-An- Kenzie, Liberal candidate in next Monday's three-county, three-cor- | napolis-Kings federal by - election, | the party's national leader said such | taxation was "piling vo» unjustified in the Calgary. nered contest, Mr. Martin sald one | qyrpjuses at the rate of more than of his main reasons in-coming to {500,000 a year." the Maritimés was, to "see at first| wy Drew came to this three- hand the wonderful progress being | county Nova Scotia riding from the made with the new $30,000,000 Fed- | Ontario constituency of Carleton eral health plan." | where he himself is seeking a seat Speakers at the rally besides Mr. | in the House of Commons in anoth- Martin and the candidate were Rt. | er by-election Dec. 20. Hon. J. L. Isley, whose resignation | He said tonight "every cent of made the by-election necessary, and | that additional taxation adds to the Reconstruction Minister Winters, | cost of living and enters into the who called for a politically united | )-ice of everything we buy. Recog- front among Nova Scotia fisher- | nizing this situation, the Progressive | men. | Conservative. party adopted a resn- Meanwhile, at Kentville, national | lution . . . .to increasé .. . personal {leader M. J. Coldwell of the C.C.F.| income exemption to at least $2,500 | addressed a gathering in support of | for married persons . . . and to low- | Lloyd Shaw, the party's candidate. | er. the general rate of personal in- Mr. Coldwell said the British mar-, come tax. ..."" ket could be regained for the Anna- lis Valley apple crop and charged A > fos "at i Pe on P an the pee Fishing lines set out by halibut ernment is integrating our economy | fishermen on the Pacific coast with that of the United States, measure from two to eight miles where there is at best only a limit- | 10N€ With as many as 3,300 baited ed and temporary market for most. hooks. THOUSANDS OF HOOKS 1 Will Renew Pact Talks Tomorrow Washington, Dec. ©9--(CP)--Re- newal of talks on a North Atlantic defence agreement is scheduled for Friday. This was learned Wednesday night from an authoritative source following the statement of Robert Lovett, acting Secretary of State for dhe United States, that the seven- country discussions likely would procéed., some time at the end of the week. ¥ on Plans for the long-heralded alli- ance still are at the ambassadorial level, as they were during "informa- tive talks" here last summer. Lovett, will conder with envoys of Canada and the Brussels. treaty powers-- the United Kingdom, France, Bel- gium, the Netherlands and Luxem- bourg. : : o Lovett told a press conference Wednesday he understands the am- bassadors now have instructions from their governments on the prob- lem of defence of Western Europe. When they meet, he said, they will study the main treaty possibilities and: decide when and where full- scale negotiations should be under- taken by their respective foreign ministers. -- - 1 Basis for the discussions starting this week will be a proposed draft treaty prepared by the Brussels countries. Reports from London have said the five countries agreed to ask Canada and the United States for a 50-year pact. - Meahwhile, diplomatic wloruiaiite report detailed spadework is being * Hat Reflects Wish Depicting a baby at a toy table, this hat attracted much attention .at the bonnet parade that tradi- tjonally marks the feast of St. Cath- e in Paris, Parisian dressmakers who have reached the agé » 25 without marrying observe the feast- day and the wearer of the most at- tractive bonnet is crowned as "St. Catherine of 1948." It may be that this midinette hopes for an ivy- little baby feet before St. Cath- erine's day rolls around again. .---Central Press Canadian Blyth, and Albert Jackson, Mon- treal." t Defence counsel W. A. Donon- hue suggested the strike was not a labor dispute but "an attempt by a Communigt-dominated union to gain control of our lake shipping." Judge Shaunessy told the jury that "unionism isn't on trial." done by military leaders here on the question of military aid for the Eu- ropean countries. Rough estimates of the help they may need in' military supplies dur- ing the first year of any pact run as high as $3,000,000,000. Mel Murphy Acquitted [ Sarnia, Dec. 8.--(CP)--Acquitted | on a charge of wounding five Ca- | nadian Seamen's Union . members | with a shotgun, 49-year-old Mel- | | ville Murphy is free today, after | | hearing the presiding judge term | {him "a fortunate man." | | Chief engineer of the Canada | Steamship Lines freighter Leth- | bridge when the vessel was boarded by C.8.U. pickets last July, Murphy | admitted shooting the men without | warning because he considered the | incident was a case of emergency. | He felt he had to protect féllow crew i members. | Judge E. A. Shaunessy Wednes- day told the jury he found himself unable to agree with their verdict | but was bound|to accept it. To Mur- | phy, a father of five children, he | | said: "You are a fortunate man. It | might easily have been a different | verdict. Men must learn that they cannot go around firing off firearms | right and left." ! | "During the last war I served | | with the Merchant Navy and was | [ torpedoed in action," said Murphy. {" . . . The Lethbridge arrived at | Port Edward early July 15... .. I] | saw men coming aboard. I got a | | éhotgun and went out again: The | | men were around . the mate. I heard a commotion, stepned out and | thought he was in trouble. It was | | a case of emergency so I fired low." | | The five men wounded were: | | Robert Schumacker, Midland; Alex | Black, Winnipeg; Eddie Rogozinski, | Saskatoon; George McDonald, of our agricultural products." "The C.C.F, belijevesewe should enlarge our marketing arrange-| ments with Britain and the Com- | monwealth where there {is assur- ance of a steady growing future de- mand for our primary products." Mr. Coldwell called for additional | long-term credits to make this pos- | sible and. also for a national mar- keting act to provide machinery for | growers "to develop and coordinate" | ' the Canadian market. Discussing the national health plan, Mr. Martin said that although | under the constitution health was | primarily a provincial responsibil- | ity the federal government had of- fered to lend a helping hand in such heavy burdens as tuberculosis, arth- ritis, cancer. and other disease as well as the building of hospitals. The government therefore had voted $150,000,000 for this task-- "more. than has been spent in the | last 27 years." "We are going to cut out tuber- culosis altogether. It has been re- duced 50 per cent since the last war.' ' NO CHANCES Calgary, Dec. 9--(CP)--Calgary is taking no chances on a possible aer- | ial attack in the event 'of war. 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BLUE BBO TEA BR-7-18 For extra satisiaction # a di "ond Pp SCP NCP I C= oN SN ry Neo = 7 covered' cottage and the patter of | TCA Passes Hundred Million Mile Mark Montreal, Dec. 9--The hurdred million mile mark recently achieved by Trans-Canada Air Lines aircraft is equal to 4,000 trips around the world at the equatgr, which would take an aircraft 57 years to com- plete, flying continuously at 200 miles per hour, achieved. by aircraft' in: regfilar scheduled operations and does not include training and. test flights. A recent compilation showed that one of ten T.C.A. aircraft, which were in the sky at the time, passed the mark at 7.50' a. m., on Novem ber 20, but demon statisticians were unable to figure out which partic- ular aircraft had the honor of fly- ing the 100,000,000th mile. This mileage was | 18. HELP PRESS OLUB 0 Halifax, Dec. 9--(CP)--The 'city's bicentenary committee Wednesdax voted $1,300 to. the Halifax { Press Club /to help finance a 'cane vention of newspaper workers trom [ across Canada next year, The meet- | ing will discuss formation of a na- tional press club. The meeting will | be timed to coincide with the se- cond annual Press Club Mall June Fresh, tasty Laura Secord Candies by the tree and on the table . . . how much they seem a part of the good things that make up a happy Christmas! And this year, your neighbourhood Laura Secord Shop has such an unusual variety for your selection. Choose from the fine old-time favourites everybody loves . . . and many new, festive treats that bring you thrilling taste surprises. Be sure to put Laura Secord Candies on your shopping list--and your gift list, too. Your neighbourhood Laura Secord Shop will gladly pack and mait your gifts of Laura Secord Candies to any address. Ask the saleslady. 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