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Read by Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Cl-IARLOTTETOWN, CANADA; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1952

600,000 DAMAGE IN B. C. COLD STORAGE PLANT FIRE

Canadian Wlseal: Crop, Breaks All Records

C, N. R. Hasi Attitude On For Freight

OTTAWA, Nov. l4 -(GP)-Cam ada's biggest rail system, the pub- licly-owned Canadian National Railways, today disclosed a hands- off attitude towards a Canadian Pacific Railway proposal for I. rate-increasing new deal in the setting of freight charges.

Prodded for a declaration by provincial spokesmen opposing the move, the C. N. R. said it neither supports nor objects to the C. P. R. plan before the Board of Trans- port Commissioners.

But its spokesman said the gov? ernment line needs money and wants "just and reasonable" freight. rates, whether or not the board awards them on the new basis proposed by the privately-

aperated Canadian Pacific. The C. N. R., which has been taking an almost silent part in

board hearings on the Coming Events

"Good

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show, TI'i'ii'i'l(ilC tonight.

"Crokinole Long River Hall. Monday, November 17th.

"st. Columbia's Card Party and Dance. Tuesday. November lath.

"Bela Hi-Y pantry sale at Fen- noll and Chandler": on Nov. 15 at 2'

"Try our Purina. Finance Plan. for feeding your hogs and poultry. Dillon & Spillett

"Dance, Islanders Country Club, Travellers Rest tonight. Music by Doirori Brothers.

"Pantry sale this afternoon at Moore and McLeod's at 2 p.m. North Milton VV. I.

"Bingo and Dance in Vernon River Hall, Monday. November 17th. at 8 P. M.

"Sigma. Hi-Y Rummage Sale, lunior Lounge, Y. M. C. A., Satur- day, November 15th. at 8.

"Sadie Hawklns' Dance, Belfast. Hall, Monday. November 17th. Mt. Buchanan W. I.

"St. Pet.ers Variety Concert. in Little Pond Hall, Wednuday, Nov- ember i9th. Dance after

"Remember Pantry sale, North Milton Women's Institute, Moore dz McLeod, 2 P. M. to-day.

"Alberton Hall. Come and en- ioy Bhtir Gain Amateur Cavalcade stage show, Friday, fllst, 8 P. M.

g"Try turkey for that next so- iial or wedding. Norm.-in John- itone, St. Eleanors. Phone 7868.

"Sprlngvale W. I. Pantry Sale it Miller Bros, Saturday. Novem- ier 15th.

"Dancing Stanley Bridge Rink Hall every Tuesday night. Music by Munroe's Orchestra. 9 to 1.

"Farmers. ask about the Elhui Gain Feed Finance Plan. For part .culars contact your local feed mill

"Unloading ccmcnt Monday and Tuesday. In stock cedar and asphalt shingles and coal. P. J. Noye and Co. A

”lFlal'mersl Over C F C. Y. at 7.46 this evening, J. L. Dewar will discuss Federation of Agriculture Problems.

"Fiddllng, Step-Dancing and Amateur Contest, Ions Hall, Thurs- illy. November 20th. Send entries to Wilfred Macxennn, Iona.

"Dance, Emerald Hall, Thurs- day. November 20th. Music by Rus- ull Warren and his Blue Haven Ramblers. Lunch served.

"Tyne Valley Hall. Come and 90101! Shur Gain Amateur Caval- cagekztage show, Thursday. doth,

"Buying live chickens, capons and fowl. Tuesday. 0 until 12. Highest market prices. R. L. Dickie- Don. New Glasgow.

"Hunter River Sliur Gain Am- ateur Cavalcade at South Rustico Hall. Nov. 24. Send appllcatlonl to undersigned. Mcculgan and Boyle.

"Come. to the ham and hot scalloped supper in Klnkorn Hall. Thursday. November 20th, start- lnfilz at five o'clock. Bazaar. Dance A GP.

"Don't forget the Flddilng, Dancing and singing Contest, in the Mount. Stewart Legion Hall, December 10th. If not fine, t.he:fol-

lowin; night. said entries to Box IAL A-as-din.

Hands-Off C.PtR. Plan Rates Deal

application up to now, made the statement on its stand under urg- lnffs from counsel for the govern- ments of Saskatchewan and Al- berta. They demanded "clarifica- tion" of the C. N. R. attitude and, even after its declaration, called for a more specific one.

Warm Exchange

The warm exchange found pm. vincial lawyers taxing the C. N. R. with "shilly-shallying" and "avoid. mg and evading" the issue, The ('0mD8Hl' Was advised to abandon what was described as an "on the fence" attitude.

In the original application now before the board, the C. N. R. con. curred in the pi'inciple of the can. adian Pacific's request for a switch 1” the V318 bf!-SE. rate-of-return" meiuwd M determining allowable "11 Elimlnls. This would involve the C. P. 17.. being allowed a spec. ific annual return on its net mu investment, with rates generally being authorized to permit, this,

It would be a big departurg from the present method whereby the board allows rates to meet the current needs of the ”yard51ick" Canadian Pacific.

The C. N. R. did not join with the P. R. in its proposal for Specific rate-of-return amounts that would result in freight-rate increases of around 30 per cam, However. it has joined in a sep- arate eight-per-cent application- now before the board-based on the rate-of-return system.

Urge Definite Statement

Today, Saskatchewan counsel M. A. MacPherson and Alberta coun- sel J. J. Prawley called for is def- initc statement on the C.)-1.3. stand, saying this was important because. the prospective increases would be the largest of the post- war series.

C. N. R. counsel Hugh O'Donnell said the larger company is not asking for the rate-of-return sys- tem but feels the C. P. R. is entitl- ed to it if the board sees fit to grant it.

Eighl Children Die In Fire

WBSTPORT, Mass., Nov. 14 - (APJ - suffocating smoke early today snuffed out the lives of a miilworker's wife and eight of their l0 children.

None of the victims was burned but their faces were black from thick smoke that billowed up through air vents and trapped them in their second-floor bed- rooms.

Employment on the overnight shift of a Fall River mill prob- ably saved the father and oldest son from a similar fate.

The dead: Mrs. Mary Audette. 44: Genevieve, 17; Natalie, 14; Shirley, 13; Madeline. 10; Eleanor, 9; Veronica, 7; Francis, 6. and Geraldine. 3.

Surviving are: Aladdin Audstte, 47, the father; Daniel, 20, and a married daughter, Mrs. Dolores Massa, 21, who lives in Fall River.

State Fire Marshal George E. Klllion said the blaze apparently

started in a wooden rubbish box in the kitchen.

LONDON, Nov. 14 - (CP)-Red- tunlcked bandsmeii of the Grena- dier Guards. who speciaiize in tough military tunes, played "Happy Birthday" for Prince Cher- les who was four today.

His sister, two - year - old Prin- cess Anne, stood beside him and they saluted snappily at the ap- propriate moments durlng the changing of the guard ceremony. Charles had to nudge Anne once and tell her she took down her hand too soon, and Anne resum- ed her salute until big brother said she could relax.

Then the military band played some very unlikely pieces. Along with "Happy Birthday", there were "Ba, Ba Black Sheep," "Bing is song of Sixpence", "Boys and Girls Come out to Play” and- the hit of the afternoon with the heir apparent-"the Teddy Besrs' Picnic."

A crowd of about 2,000 stood in the chilly weather to wave at the Prince behind the window. He was smartly dressed in I fawn pull- over cream shirt, dark tie, double- breuted coat.

Inside the palace, in the white- and-gold music room in which chutes was christened. there was . .

Polalo -Yield Also Up From Last Eslimale

OTTAWA, Nov. 14 -(CP) Canadian farmers have broken all records, harvesting an unprecedent- ed 68a,000.000-bushel wheat crop this year, exceeding all official forecasts.

In its third and final estimate of the year, the Bureau of statist- ics today placed the big money crop at more than 135,000,000 bushels greater than last year's 552,000 0-bushel production.

Aide by a kindly weatherman. the wheat crop cracked the prev- ious record of 567,000,000 bushels in 1028. It. was accompanied by record and near-record harvests of other crops.

So ideal was the west that the prairies were able to produce a total of 1,300,000,000 bushels of wheat, oats, barley, rye and flaxseed, the bureau said.

Big Boost In West

weather out

Such a tremendous harvest will place a heavy burden on Canada's transportation system. but it will mean a big boost in Western pur- chasing power once the grain has been shipped to market.

Even with the keen world de- mand for wheat, there is great doubt in official quarters that there will be sufficient transport available to clear all of the grain for export and a big carryover is envisioned for the new crop year beginning Aug. l, 1953.

Potato production climbed to 58,865,000 bushels, up from the September forecast of 54,769,000, and more than 10,000,000 bushels higher than last year's 48,355,000.

The oats crop was csilmaled Iii. 466,123,000 bushels, up from illI' August forecast of 465,668,000, but down from the September esti- mate of 474,160,000. Last year Claneda harvested 488,191,000 bush- cs.

Barley was estimated at 291,- 337,000 bushels, down from the two previous forecasts of 294,636,- 000 in September and 295,333,000 in August, but still well above last years 245218.000 and the peak of 259,000,000 harvested in 1942. ,

Canada's rye. crop was placed nt 24.550000 bushels, up from the 24.50.'l.000 cslininted in September, but lower than llir-'24.9ll.00O in August. It compares with 17,- f'v47.00(l hiishcls last year.

Fiaxseed production was esti- mated at 12,061,000 bushels, down from the two previous forecasts of 13,097,000 in September and 12,996,000 in August, but highcr than the 9,897,000 produced last year.

Sniper Ridge

SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 15 - (Sat- urday) - (AP) C Indomitsible Soutlh Korean infantrymen early

today won back the crest of Sniper Ridge on the Central Korean front for the 15th time.

Front reports said the sturdy Re- public of Korea soldiers fought through the night and regained the crest - Pinpoint Hill - at dawn.

The long and bloody fight began at 4 A. M, Friday. It raged through the murky day and pitch-black night on the slopes of Pinpoint.

AP correspondent John Randolph reported from the front that Com- munist field guns and mortars blasted the crest at the rate of more than 1,000 rounds an hour.

The South Koreans lost Sniper Ridge for the 14th time early Friday when 700 Ohlnese surged up the hill and overran Allied bunkers. The Republic vof Korea troops promptly struck back. They forced all but a handful of Reds to quit fighting by 7:30 A. M.

But the Chinese took advantage of a. heavy ground fog. reinforced and called in tremendous artillery support.

"The fog is the key to today's battle," said a United States milit- ary adviser to Korean troops. "It

South Koreans Win Back

15th Time

Sllghl Fire Al Quebec Seminary

QUEBEC, Nov. 14-(CP) Fire, believed to have started in refrigerators of the kitchen of the Quebec Seminary. was brought under control tonight after causing smoke and water damage to the refectory of the old, grey-stone building in the centre of Laval University.

Fireman Raoul Thivierge was overcome by smoke and brought to hospital in an un- conscious condition. Hospital authorities described his con- dition as serious.

The fire was first noticed by students working in a study hall above the nice- tory. Approximately 300 stu- dents attend the seminary, destroyed by fire in 1701 and again in 1705. It was damaged by another fire in 1865.

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Homes 070 Families In Danger For Time

KEREMEOS, B.C.. Nov. l4 - (CP) - Blackened ruins tonight. marked the site of a. 3600.000 cold storage plant and a warehouse de- stroyed by flre here today.

The buildings owned by the Co- operative Fruit Growers' Associa- tion housed nearly 150,000 boxes of apples ready for shipment from this similkameen Valley fruit centre l70 miles east of Vancouver.

Fruit Inspector Harry Well- burn was the only one man in- lured, suffering minor cuts, but many of the 200 workers had narrow escapes as the flames whipped thmugth the big ware- house. and spread to the stor- age plant and packing sheds. Some office workers were forced to jump from windows to es- cape the flames.

Firemen. reinforced by firefiglit- ers from Pentlcton and Princeton. halted the flames after a four-hour battle.

Shortly after it started lfl famil- ies whose homes were ill the path, of the flames were evacuated. Manv' niled their furniture on the streets, but the fire was conliiicd to the Co-op buildings.

kept down our count;-battery fire, giving the Communists a chance to

tiilery and give the Chinese all the advantages of it night attack."

By RON EVANS

TORONTO, Nov. 14 - LOP) British fanmers today pushed into the international prize list at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for tlie first time in the 24-year history of the annual Canadian show.

Eisom's tspaldingi Limited, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, a seed mer- chants firm, took the world rye title with a display of Petkus win- ter variety, and was awarded the Parrish and Hcimbecker Limited challenge trophy. This is the first year that British farmers have ex- hlbited at the fair and they are also expected to offer stiff compet- ltion to Canadian and United states exhibitors for the forage crops seeds championship.

The forage crop seeds compet- itlon was first instituted at the Royal last. year and was won by Kenneth Davie of New Westmin- ster, B.C.

Four of the eight international .titles were awarded on the first of lens iaii-'s eight days. Daniel A.

Clunes, 20, RR. 1 Ridgetown, 0iit.. won the soybean championship

FREDERICTON, Nov. 14 -(CF) -Participation by the province of New Brunswick in ”Operation Budworm" of 1953. was pledged by Premier Hugh John Flemming. speaking today to the 16th annual meeting of the Maritime section. Canadian Institute of Forestry. "Insofar as the Government of New Brunswick is concerned, we can be counted on for our fair share here and now," Mr. Flem- ming said, "although naturally negotiations will take some time. However, the principle of our sc- ceptance cannot be doubted."

Grenadier Guards Play Happy Birthday For Prince-

Charles and 14 small guests sat. at is small, long table. Then there were 14 nurse maids at a big, long table and from a distance they kept watchful eyes on the guests. The emphasis was on cake.

Queen Elizabeth was there and the Duke of Edinburgh was mas- ster of games. A long corridor had been cleared of statues. occasional tables and similar lncumbrances. The thick carpet made a dandy race track and 'such vehicles as toy steam rollers, trucks and ships on wheels had a good run.

A palace spokesman said there were "a number of presents, most.- ly mechanical objects" which in- terest the Prlnce, but not a vest quantity. Only presents from close relatives were accepted.

Flags fluttered all over the land and the BBC broadcast the Na- tlonsl Anthem at intervals.

Charles' grandmother, Q u e e n Mother Elisabeth, and his aunt, Princess Margaret. were at. the party and saw him blow out four osndlu of an ornate cake with one puff.

The family gathering was I contract to last year when char- ies celebrated his third birthday without his parents. then on their gay home from their Canadian

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Says Operation Budworm Will Be Bigger Next Year

Reviewing the efforts of 1952, the Premier said:

"some 200,000 acred were spray- ed with trcmendous effect but these good reuslts would be very quickly lost if operation budworm is not followed up this (coming) year with a much larger spraying program. It would seem that pos- sibiy five times that acreage will have to be sprayed as quickly as

possible..." Recommendation that forested sections of the New Brunswick

area chosen for Canadais largest

army camp remain available to lumber operators was made.

The resolution said that 80 per cent of the 260,000-acre site is pro- ductive forcst land.

V The Federal Government was urged to take "whatever steps are necessary to keep this land pro- ductive and to make the products available to forest industries sub- ject. to the essential needs of the Department of National Defence."

Another resolution favored co- ordination of all forest fire pro- tectlon efforts under the authority and responsibility of the Provin- cisl Government. At present, such protection is divided among the provincial and municipal govern- ments and private forest owners.

Rapid expansion in the use of hard pulpwood in Northern New England since 1041 was reported by E. G. Kelso. of Waterville. Me.

Hardwood pulp cutting was not warranted except under certain conditions or when the pulpwood was I. by-product. of another op- eration, he said.

"Close utilization of hardwood stands for pulpwood is not neces- sarlly good for the forest products industry of the future. On the other hand, a steady pulpwood market offers profitable improve- ment cuttlngs where these are bad- ly needed."

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LINCOLN. R.I., Nov. 14 -(AP) -Tony Despirlto. the young ap- prentice jockey who is bidding for the all-time riding, record, was thrown by his mount today after scoring his 847th victory of. the year. Hospital officials said his in- Juries were not serious.

British Farmers Get Into Prize List At Toronto Fair

with a sample of Hawkeye,

Charles N. Fischer of Slieibyville. Ind, won the corn Ci'OWIl with a new hybrid variety, 844-Dufx 38-11. This is the fourth straigiht year that the corn competition has been won by United States exhibitors.

Potato "Winner

The potato competition was won 'by Russell E. Hartwick of Walford station, a rocky area near Sudbury. Ont.

The evening session of the horse show was highlighted by the pomp and color of the fair's opening cer- emonies. Lt.-Gen. Sir Archibald Nye. United Kingdom high com- missioner in Canada, entered and officially opened the fair as mem- bers of the Canadian, United States, Mexican, French and Irish inter-

review. Best Young Farmer

Henry Mayer, 17, of Kelowna, B.C., today was voted Canada's best young farmer by a selection Board at the fair today.

He was awarded the T. Eaton Company four-year scholarship in competition with eight other youths from many parts of Can- ada.

Moyer, vice-president of the Kal- owna chapter, future farmers of Canada, will probably use the scholarship to attend the Univer- sity of British Columbia, He will be provided with college fees, board and lodging for four years

Nine youths, all farmer's sons and active in junior farmers or- ganizations, were brought to To- ronto to represent. each of the Provinces except Newfoundland,

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Deadly Ammonia Fumes

Efforts to save the storage. plant were abandoned when an ammonia llank exploded, letting loose deadly 'fumes in the fire area.

The fire is believed to have start- ed in the basement of the ware- house.

Thieves Delay Truck

Arrival of the volunteer fire brig- ade wns delayed when it was found; :the truck was without gas. Thieves ihad emptied the gas tank. I l At the height of the fire. the, icanaciiaii Bank of Commerce ,branch sealed money and records in a vault fearing the fire would spread to the bank building.

Illamage To Ontario Guts Cruise Short

OTTAWA, Nov. l-4 --lCP)- The icanadian cruiser Ontario is cut- ting short a training and goodwill cruise around south America be- icause of a collision. the navy said ltoday. She will reach Ebquimault, B. C., sometime before Christmas. The cruiser will travel straight om Rio dc Janelro to Esquimali omitting calls at La Guaira. Ven- ezuela aiid Cartagena, Columbia.

She was damaged when she was overtaken by the Chilean steamer Arauco in a narrow channel in the approaches to Buenos' Aires and was struck on the right side near the stern.

Examination showed damage to both starboard propellers but the Ontario continued to Montevideo and to Rio tie Janeiro where she is being docked.

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xrTv7?BEio c.Ti?rs WINNIPEG. Nov. 14 -10?!- Three new cases of poliomyelltis plus a ”backlog" of 18 others today brought Manitoba's total this year

iMessrs. Mcture And Mactean

Are Renominated Unanimously

Chester 8. MoLure S. Mi.-Lure, MN

Mr. W'. Air. W. Chester

P.. and Mr. J. Angus Mac1.ean,L M.P,, were unanimously nominat- ed to again contest Queen's

County in the next Federal elec- t'on by the Progressive Conserva- t 'es of Queen's at the annual convention held last night in the Community Centre.

Mr. McLure, A member of the Federal Parliament for fifteen years won in the last Federal election to retain his seat. Mr.

Macl.ean won for the first time,

in ii by-election held in thrrv Coiinly last year.

The names of the two sitting members were the only ones put. before the convention and they received a great ovation from a crowd which packed the Centre to the doors. It was termed one of the largest Conservative con- vcntions ever held in Queen's County.