Western Star (Corner Brook, N.L.), 1949-02-22

              The Western Star -49 th Year-Numbor 2553 Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Tuesday, February 22, 1949 Price Five Cent;; The Weather Cloudy with snow today and tonight—Wednesday continued snow. Rising temperatures Wed- J-y morning—Winds light, becoming S.E. 20 ednesday forenoon, later shifting to N.W. Temperatures: Lo* tonightis, high tomorrow 25. Commission Of Government Approves Terms Of Union With Canada Final Legislation Before U. K. Amendment British N. A. Act Communique Signed By Secretary Carew ST. JOHN'S: February 21.—The Newfoundland Commission of Government gave formal approval to the terms for the projected union between this country and the Dominion of Canada on Monday morning, it was announced here this afternoon.t Announcement of Newjndland's formal approval me as somewhat of a surise here as it was not expected that this country's official declaration would be given until the first or second week in March. The full text of the official announcement which was released over the signature of -W. J. Carew, Secretary for Commission of Government, is "Term 50 of the Terms of I'nion of Newfoundland with Canada provides as follows  Theae terms are agreed to, subject to their being approved by • the parliament of Canada and the government of Newfoundland and shall take effect, notwith• standing the Newfoundland Act 1933 or any instrument pursuant thereto and shall come into force immediately before the expiration of the Slat day of March, 1949, if His Majesty has hitherto given his assent to an Act of Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland confirming same. ~£u|'The Commission of Govern - V >nt have considered the terms of union and a memorandum attached to the letter of the Righ| Honourable the Prime Minister of Canada to the Chairman of the Newfoundland Relegation dated 11th December. 1948. and have approved the terms of There now remains only the enactment of legislation in the British Parliament to amend the British North America Act, in order to complete all the legal details of the union. It is expected here that the United Kingdom apnroval will J>e announced within two weeks. C.N.S. Anounces Special Voyages MONTREAL, February 22, —Two special sailings for the Canadian Cruiser and the Canadian Challenger were announced here recently by Victor E. Eke, passenger traffic manager. Canadian National Steamships. The two trim motor vessels will sail from /Halifax about March 14 and F larch 28 to Nassau, Jamaica, jind Trinidad or British Guiana.The vessels are presently •n service on an approximate tS-day round voyage schedule to Nassau and Jamaica. During March, each will provide Vn approximate five-day voyage from Canada through the Caribbean .area and return to Halifax. Ducks And Seals Make Appearance Northern Areas WJOE BAIT'S ARM (From our correspondent) Large companies of ducks have been seen flying south recently in the vicinity of the group of islands which lie some five or fix miles off shore from here. Owing to high winds and m heavy seas, however, few have l>een secured. The lxxats which managed to brave the seas did succeed in bagging a few. Also to supplement the meat supply here at this season was the presence of seals, which have been caught in nets and by now there is hardly a family which has not had at least one meal of this delicacy. Governor Urges Labour Seek Higher Wages ST. JOHN'S: George Street United Church was filled to capacity on Sunday evening, as the faithful Mocked in to :iear His Excellency Sir Gordon Macdonald, K.C.M'.G., deliver the sermon. This will be me of the last public appearances His Excellency will make, lief ore he leaves here with his family to return to .he United Kingdom. Introducing His Excellencv, the Reverend A. R. Baggs, Minister of the Church, mentioned the great contribution that Sir Gordon has made o the life of this country, durng his term of office here. His Excellency, in a forceful address, urged the people )f Newfoundland to continue to work for a higher standard )f living for their country. He •ailed upon the workers to ight and fight hard for higher wages and shorter working hours. He stated that, "the acquiring of these conditions would be of little use if we forget to live according to Christian principles". It is reported here that His Excellency will be returning to the United Kingdom about March 20, ten days l>efore the proposed date for the Union of Newfoundland with Canada. "Political Pot" Is Boiling In St. John's ST. JOHN'S: All the legislative business to be transacted in connection with the confirmation of the union between Newfoundland and Canada has l>een concluded excepting the official sanction of the United Kingdom. The new coat of arms will come into effect the latter part of next month. It is understood that His Execellency the Governor and Lady Macdonald are alroady making preparations for Cieir return to England next month. Meanwhile the political pot is boiling in the Capital. There are already a numl>er of aspirants for political places, both Federal and provincial and they are !>oosting their im|K)itunce.While no official statement has been released by Major Peter Cash in, it is thought that he will confine himself to provincial quarters and it is further stated that Hany Mews, who delivered such an impressive speech on public matter a short time ago, will be asked to lead the Conservative Party. Northern Harbour Frozen Over TWILLING ATE (From our correspondent) Twillingate Harbour is again frozen over for the second time this winter. The first ice was broken up by heavy seas shortly after it became strong enough for crossing, but the cold weather of the past week has again replaced the winter bridge. Although still not safe for horses, many people are nowcrossing without much difficulty.Jews Accept Draft Of Compromise Armistice TEL AVIV, Feb. 21 (CP)— The Israeli Cabinet accepted the draft of the compromise agreement with Egypt, an authoritative source reported last night. .There is no immediate indication as to whether Cairo officials would endorse the draft for the Egyptians. Delegates of the two countries have been meeting at Rhodes since January 31 under the United Nations auspices. It is said there that they have accepted the armistice agreement in principle except for one controversial point. Egypt and other Arab countries went to war against Israel shortly after the new Jewish State was proclaimed nine months ago. Actual fighting ceased around January 1 after a strong Jewish offensive. ..The Tel Aviv informant said the Armistice draft approved by the Cabinet provided for the withdrawal of the main military forces of both Israelis and Egyptians only in Western Negev Desert area on the Jewish-Egyptian frontier. He said it did not apply to Eastern Negev where Beersheba, only important Negev city, is lqcated. A Rhodes despatch said the one point in controversy was the question of Beersheba being considered as the mother city of the Arab race. Israeli forces occupied the city —a strategic road juncturelast October and the Jews have insisted on retaining it. The Beersheba dispute was referred to Cairo by the Egyptian delegates after agreement in principle had been reached in the conference with Dr. Ralph Bunche, Acting United Nations mediator. \ It is understood that the Egyptians regarded the draft as satisfactory but wanted Cairo to pass the final approval. Details of the 4.000- word agreement has not been made either in Tel Aviv or in Rhodes. Copies were forwarded to Tel Aviv and Cairo. Railway Offers Two Freighters For Sale ST. JOHN'S The Newfoundland Railway announced over the weekend their decision to offer for sale, the freighters S. S. Brigus and S. S. Random. Both ships are to be disposed of before March 81, and it is understood that it would l>e preferred if they were purchased under British Registry. Both these ships were purchased by the Railway during the war, to take care of tht excess trade and since that time have l>een used effectively in transporting coal, newsprint and general cargoes. Leaves Dog To Die In Agony Apparently suffering from riflle bullet wounds, a dog mi found on the doorstep of i dwelling of a Comer Brook resident one morning last week. The police were advise ! immediately and had the suffering animal removed and humanely destroyed. The Star was informed that this is not the first case of this nature which has come to thetttentk)B of the local police in recent months. The pojice state that some unauthorized person has been making a practice of shooting dogs and then leaving them to wander off and perish after .hours in agony. The matter is under investigation.Pope Denounces Trial Hungarian Cardinal VATICAN CITY, Feb. 21  (CP)—-Pope Pius told 250,<)()() cheering Italians yesterday that the imprisonment of Cardinal Mindszenty was a religious "persecution" by "totalitarian anti - religious" government. The Pontiff made his fifth public condemnation of the Cardinal's sentence to a huge crowd gathered in the square in front of St. Peter's Church. He hinted strongly that the Hungarian Government, by secret means wrung from Cardinal Mindszenty a confession of crimes of which tin Roman Catholic Primate was innocent. His Ilo'iness clear!\ warm,! in his fifteen minute address that the people' of Communist-dominated countries should shun any agreement between the Church and the State which might limit the activity of the Roman Catholic Church. The crowd cheered as the Pope stepped to the micro phone; "Papa, Papa, Papa, Viva il Papa" they shouted and refused to be quiet until the Pontiff himself stilled them with the opening word "Romani" (Romans). The throng roared their approval when Ik asserted that the Poi>e could not remain silent when Church affiliates are torn from her with "violent cunning", when parents could not educate their children as they liked, when states interferred with ecclesiastical organizations and priests were punished for not violating secrecy of the confessional. Such protests are not "illegitimate interference" in political powers of state. "Modern persacutors" he said, surpass tortures of the Christian martyrs in the days of Nero by "using the most recent advances in science" to shame their victims after physically crushing them. K. of C. Hold Installation At Stephenville On Saturday last. February 19, a group from Archbishop Howley Council 2581 of the Knights of Columbus left here for Stephenville. Upon arrival, the party, consisting of Grand Knight Brother E. P. Power; Deputy Grand Knight, Bro. M. R. Handrigan; Chancellor Bro. W. L. Whelan; Warden Bro. J, W. Hall and Financial Secretary Bro. J. J. Lee, was met by Bro. John U. Martin, Chairman of the Stephenville Knights of Columbus Club, which club had arranged accommodation for the visiting brethren. Sunday morning the Knights in the Harmon Field-Stephenville area, as well as the candidates, attended 9:30 o'clock Mass in St. Stephen's church and received Holy Communion in a body. The Mass  celebrated by Ht. Rev. Mons. Brennan, V.G., P.P., D.P., former Chaplain of Archbishop Howley Council. In the afternoon an exemplification of the First Degree of the Order was held in the Parish Hall at Stephenville when 23 candidates were initiated into the Order. Also present at this ceremony were Mons. Brennan, Father Mc- Cann. U.S. Army Chaplain at Ernest Harmon Air Base, and | Father Stoyles, P.P. of Stephenville Crossing. At the conclusion of the initiation, the Grand Knight, on behalf of the visiting team, expressed thanks to the Stephenville K. of C. members for the wholehearted co-operation and generous hospitality shown them. Short speeches were also made by the Reverend gentlemen already mentioned, and by Bro. Magistrate D. F. Scott of St. George's. The return trip to Corner Brook was made by snowmobile Sunday evening. North Atlantic Treaty To Go To Congress Soon WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 <CP) U. S. State Department hopes to present to Congress in about one month the nower packed North Atlantic Security Treaty. It would be reinforced by a multi-billiondollar military aid proposal for countries of Western Europe.State Secretary, Dean Acheson, Canadian and European negotiators, will enter the final stage of the treaty negotiations this week. They plan a conference at the State Department on Tuesday or Wednesday. Acheson then expected to have another talk with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Its members convinced him in the session Friday that the Senate can be expected to approve a strongly worded commitment to Europe even though any automatic war commitment is out. Parallel with this work, the State Department is co-ordinating plans for the Arms Mutual Aid Programme. This is expected to require more than one billion dollars in apnopriations for the first year bo net Europeans upwards of >3,000,000,000 worth of arms with the help of surplus Army stocks now available. Meanwhile, the week end brought those other developments: (1) Senator J. William Fulbright (Dem. Ark) said the Atlantic- Pact must carry a moral commitment that the U. S. will act in the event of an aggression against any treaty countries. Senator H. Alexander Smith (Rep. N. J.), indicated he is urging that the treaty should leave no doubt that the U. S. would move quickly if Russia decided to march. (2) Senator Robert Taft said in a speech at Kenton, Ohio,' he "is inclined to favour" some such treaty as the Atlantic Pact but in the absence of details "I don't know exactly what it's supposed to be like". Taft, Senate minority leader, added that of course any agreement will have to meet constitutional provision and only Congress can commit the country to war. Car Owners Warned By Magistrate Summoned to appear in Court more as a reminder than for severe punishment, seven drivers of motor vehicles appeared before Magistrate N. Short, 0.8. K., yesterday morning on charges of illegal parking. The drivers of the vehicles had parked their cars on the public street at Corner Brook West between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., contrary to Section 40 of the registrations governing the town of Corner Brook West. In imposing sentence, Magistrate Short pointed out the seriousness of such offenses. He stated that due to the narrowness of the streets in that town, even one car parked thereon during the night hours might well slow down the operation of necessary equipment in case of fire or other emergency to an extent which might be disastrous to manv residents and to the whole town. B.C. Bait Relieves Maritimes Dearth HALIFAX The first shipment of more than 2,000.- 000 pounds of herring bait from British Columbia has arrived here to relieve the bait shortage for Nova Scotia fishermen. A. A. Leamen. division freight agent, Canadian National Kailwavs. reported here on Friday. The eleven carloads were distributed three to Halifax and Lunenburg, 2 to Lockeport, and one each to Mulgrave. Shelburne and Liverpool.Ceiling Prices Beef And Eggs Are Reduced ST. JOHN'S: Thev>Commission of Government took definite action last week, to reduce the cost of living when they issued now regulations setting lower ceiling prices on Salted Beef and Eggs. Beef The Order concerning Beef is as follows: "Notwithstanding anything to,the contrary contained in the order dated January 5, 1949, the retail price of salted beef when imported from the United States of America shall not exceed 84 cents per pound. This order shall not apply to the Electoral districts of Fogo, Green Bay, White Bay and St. Barbe and in other areas where winter supplies have been laid in. The order comes into effect on the 17th day of February." Eggs The official regulation regarding the price of eggs states: "This order shall apply to eggs in shell imported into Newfoundland under tariff number 70, Schedule "A", Revenue Act 1939. The Maximum retail price of imported eggs whether sold for cash or credit shall not exceed 84 cents per dozen." This order also became effective on February 17. Lengthy Docket For Supreme Court Here The coming sessions of the Supreme Court on Circuit will be the longest to be held at Corner Brook, for manv years. The Court will sit for two days at Grand Falls, before proceeding to Corner Brook, where it will open Monday, February 28th. The Court will be presided over by Mr. Justice Winter who will be accompanied by Clerk Stirling, Crier Barfitt, one of the Sheriffs and a court reporter. Included in the list of cases which will be called for special juries are the rehearing of the case of James Gould, whi. was previously tried on the charge of arson, and on which verdict the jury failed to agree. Other cases are C. Walsh charged with forgery; the King vergus Leslie Rideout, forgery; the King versus R. McCarthy, charged with manslaughter; the King versus Bernard Gabriel and Gerald Simeion, robbery of $968.38; the King versus Donald Walbourne, breaking, entering and larceny; the King versus John Fitzpatrick and Edward Buckle, charged with robbery; the King versus Daniel Shagharue, several forgeries and larceny of money; the King versus Clyde Farnell, breaking and entering summer cabins. Smallwood Is Still In Canada ST. JOHN'S: J. R. Smallwood, Engineer of Confederation, will DroJ»ablv lecture on Newfoundland, before several Canadian Clubs, before returning home, it was stated here on Monday. Mr. Smalwood has been listening in on the Canadian House of Commons Debate on Newfoundland. It is expected however, that he will return here shortly to commence the organisation of his party, for the provincial election. Already, all the flags, hunting and paraphernalia used at the Liberal Convention last vear, have been loaned to Newfoundland Liberals for their first big rally which is believed to be scheduled to take place in St. John's within a few weeks. Trinity College Music Results Are Released The results of the annual examinations ,in the Theory of Music, which were conducted by the Trinity College of Music, London, were received here over the weekend and are as follows: MERCY CONVENT, Retries. Preparatory Division Honours: Marv Sweet, 96',. Grant Bartlett, 92%, Wilma Nichols, 88%, Gordon Thorne, 88r',. Pass with Merit James Thorne, 78%, Maxins Furlong, 76%. \ . PRESENTATION CONVENT Corner Brook Intermediate Division Theresa Mullins, 82% ; Marina Legge, 81 %. Junior Division Honours Jean Lundrigan, 99'< ; Ann Hierlihy, 99% ; Josephine Lundrigan, 99%; Marcella Murphy, 96% ; Margaret Hall, 96%; Dahlia Kaplow, 92', ; Helen Osmond, 91 % ; Marion Penney, 85', . Pass with Merit Theresa Keough, 81', ; Kathryn Furlong, 75%. Preparatory Division Honours Davina Legge, 99'< ; Jean Fudge, 98', ; Shirlev O'Con nell, 97', ; Mabel White, Kfi';. Pass with Merit Marina Blackwood, 77' J. Housebreaking Reported From Twillingate TWILLINGATE (From our correspondent) Two CMM of housebreaking were reported to the Newfoundland lingers recently. In the first instance the house of David White at the Arm was entered and a quantity of article.; stolen. A few night later th" home of Ira Yates on the South Side was also entered and several articles taken. In this latter case the culprits were discovered in the act. Mr. Vates' house has been unoccupied for some time and as a resident of the South Side wa.« going home a light was noticed in one of the rooms of the house. He, with a companion, made an investigation and caught one of the thieves w.tile a second esca|>- ed. The lii-ngers are now investigating the matter and it is not unlikely that court action will l>e taken in the near future. FLASH! A news dispatch received from London at 1 p. m .todaystated that the Bill to confirm Canadian and Newfoundland approval of the terms of union was given first reading in the House of Commons there, this morning. The Bill, which was introduced by Philip Noel-Baker, is expected to pass through the various stages without serious opposition. Norway Decides To Join North Atlantic Pact Party Vote Was Unanimous-ln Spite Of Russian Warnings OSLO, NORWAY. Feb. 21—(CP)—Norway lias decided to risk Russia's displeasure and has cast her lot with the West by joining the NdVth Atlantic Defence talks. Despite Russian warnings, the dominant Labour Party has approved the pro-Western foreign policy of Foreign Minister Halvard M. Lange. The vote at the party meeting was 229 to $B, but the opposition yesterday decided to make the vote unanimous. Parliamentary approval, which is still necessary, is expected this week. All parties except a small Communist representation, are backing Lange's policies. Observers said it is only a question of time before Norway joins the North Atlantic j Pact negotiations now in progress in Washington. They said the U.S. time table probably would be the deciding factor on when the Norwegians will join. Lange stressed the belief that it is necessary for Norway to turn West for protection because he believes • the United Nations alone are not capable of ensuring peace. Norway's leaders rejected a Scandinavian pact with Sweden and Denmark because they believed that 100 could not afford them the security they need unless tied in with the North Atlantic Pact. The projected North At'antic Alliance would link the defences of the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. The Norwegian Labour PI 56 action killed Swedish and Danish hopes for a lastminute change in the Norwegian attitude. They had koptd for a compromise between the original Swedish stand foi a completely neutral Scandinavian alliance and the Norwegian stand for a definite link with the Atlantic powers. A compromise aliance would have been neutral in form only since it would have relied on the West for military supplies. The Swedish Premier, Tags Krlander. said yesterday after the Labour Party vote, that a division of Scandinavia was jj fact. He declared the division was causing deep grief in all three {Scandinavian countries and added that Sweden's tea ditiona) policy of neutrality would not be altered by the Norwegian decision. The possibility of Norwegian soil being used for Western bases cropped up in both Russian notes to Norway •eking about her intentions. Sweden now fears that »he Russians might counter the Norwegian move to join the Atlantic Pact by moving up troops along her frontier with Norway and along the Norwegian-Finnish frontier. Even if no armed conflict resulted, the burden of extraordinai t military preparedness would cause great economic difficulties in all the Scandinavian countries. Four-Year-Old Child Killed At St. John's ST. JOHN'S: On Saturday afternoon, Kevin Moore, aged { four years, was killed when lie was run over by a motor truck. The bey was sliding near his home on the South Side road when he v. as hit by a truck driven by Herbert Jenkins. The unfortunate lad, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Moore, died shortly after l>eing struck by the vehicle.He is the third member of this family to die undersimilar circumstances during the past three generations. One of the child's great-uncles was fatally injured in a sliding accident, and one of his uncles met death when hit by a horse-drawn vehicle. 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