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FLOODS CAUSE DEATHS, DAMAGE

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947

Federal Gov’t Seeks Market Building Site

Dominion Plans Million And A Half Dollar Office Bullding Here; Market Square One Of Several Sites Censiderod.

~~ STEEL OUTPUT DOWN

OTTAWA, March 19 —(CP)— t of steel ingots fell from 2 7 net tons in January to 223,-

14 in February, the Bureau of ties reported teday. On a basis, February production

raged 7,969 tons compared math 7857 in January. Total preduction in February, 1946, was 226,273 at a daily rate of 8,081 tons.

Coming Events

*¢Watch for Y's Men's Rummage Sale next Saturday at three o’elock in the Market Building,

ading car feed barley, rsday, till noon Friday, Bring bags. Court “& Son,

**Loading Hogs at Breadalbane, Thursday, March 20th, until train time. Elmer Wigmore,

**Loading Hogs at Hunter River, March 20th. © Borden

Wheatley River Var- oncert in Brookfield, Thurs- 20th,

rrived shipment of feed, vetohes, Halifax Seed Co,, Queen Street,

t Hogs at Montague each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. 8, C. McLean. Phone

ing Hogs at Cardigan Sta- e Thursday for Canada ers Lid. Norman’ McKenzie,

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"Loading Hogs at Peakes Sta- ton each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd., Merlin Devine, ing Hogs for Canada Pack- . Stevart each Tuesday time, while roads closed Signed Earl Jay,

“‘Lo:ding Hogs for Canada Pack- 's at St. Peters each Tuesday until

me, while roads closed to Signed David Pratt.

ing Hogs for Canada Pack- Vernon River each Tuesday while. truck read closed.

_‘'Collecting Hogs each Friday for anada Packers Ltd. for trucking through Summerville, Al- ; Vernon River Avon- 1 Tere ae Phone Gordon

special meeting will be b all Legion members of the Mt. Stewart branch on Fri- oay ¢ g, March 21, All mem-

bers urgently frequested to at- tend,

~—Hal]s Riding and Walk Millers with Sheffield Steel Moutboard now available at Hells, 125 Kent Street, Charlotte-

John Mustard, Rep,

's —- Fleury-Bissell Grain “Otaco” Water Bowls, ‘and Woods Milkers, Call 's, 125 Kent Street Charlotte-

John Mustard, Rep.

Hogs for Canada every Friday. Souris, Fortune Bridge, Bay Annandale, Dundas, Strathcona, George

town,

**Colleetin: Packers Lid. Rollo Bay,

rtune, Bridgetown, Dingwell.

“Loading live hogs for Canada Packers at Albany, ‘Thursday from 1 oclock ti 3, Emerald Friday A.M.

wntil 11 oclock, Trucking service When roads permit, Notify A. ©. Green, or G. C.. Green.

**Farmers—A limited number of ls Fleury-Bessell Spreaders, ctor and Horse Disk Harrows and Soring Tooth Cultivators now bradiable at Hall Manufacturing & ld Storage Co,, 125 Kent Street, Shariottetown, John Mustard, Rep.

**Notice — I have purchased the Kt Business of the late Clinton ‘son and intend carrying on in Same business, Consisting of all in Belting, Traces, double,

‘itele Driving “Harness. | Reduced Marie R. Morrison, Frederic-

“Buying Pigs Friday, 10 A, M. Hevkfield 11, Charlottetown Beds t Square, 1 P, M, York. 2,

‘ord, 3, Mt. Stewart. Paying

00 a pair'for good pigs over 30 - each, Will also buy smaller Iso a large number of Pigs re d at Fredericton Monday.

ny size. Paying 18¢ a Jb. for good

= Up to 230 Ibs. Knud Jorgen-

The Dominion Government pro- Poses to erect a $1,500,000 build- ing in Charlottetown as soon as a desirable site can be secured,

Unofficial but authentic sources informed a Guardian represen- tative last night that the Dom- inion Government is especially desirous of securing from the City that area of land on which the Market Bullding and the Pub-

lic Library are now located. Should the City agree to sell that area, it is understood the

Dominion Government {s willing to re-establish the pudiic brary in some other location. It was also learned that the Provincial Government has been making overtures to the City Council on behalf of the Dominion Govern- ment for the Market Building Site.

The minimum area wanted by the Dominion Government for the erection of the building is 20,000 square feet, informed sources said. Located in the build- ing would be all Dominion Gov- ernment offices now functioning In the City, including the Post Offices and the headquarters in the Province of the R. C. M. P,

Other sites, it is said, which have been under consideration for purchase by the Dominion Government is the corner of Great George and Grafton Streets where the Capitol Theatre is vow situated and the corner of Great George and Richmond Streets now occupied by the Bank of Canada, i

Sing Sing Prison Has Housing Problem

OSSINING, N. Y., March 19— (AP) If two more “tenants” move in, Sing Sing prison will have to hang out the “no yacan- ey” sign, Officials said today that by utilizing all ordinary cells and hospital cots the prison can accommodate 1,822 prisoners, Ar- rivals today brought the total to 1,820

N.S. Fishermen To End Strike

HALIFAX, March 19 —(CP) — Striking deep-sea fishermen vot- ed today to end their 81-days-old walkout and a Canadian Fisher- men’s Union (T. L. ©.) _ official sald tonight they would go back to work under the same condi- tions as when they tied up the Nova Scotia fishing fleet in De- cemiser,

The fishermen, who had re- ceived a 50 per cent share in proceeds of catohes before the strike was called Dec. 28, had ask- ed originally for a 60 per cent share, But by the time negotia- tions had ended about $20 per man per year separated the posi- tions of the two parties in the dispute.

The return-to-work movement of the 500 fishermen, who tied up 30-odd vessels, will be effective as of midnight Sunday.

To Retire From Prices Board

OTTAWA, March 19 — (CP)— Donald Gordon, the chubby-faced Scot who has carried Canada's price control worries on his hefty Shoulders for the last 5 1-2 years, will retire April 15 as chairman of the Prices Board, Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King announced to- day in the Commons,

Mr. King said the 46-year-old Stabilization expert will réturn to his pre-war job as deputy gover- nor of the Bank of Canada and will be succeeded in the Prices Board post by Kenneth W. Taylor, the mild-mannered deputy chair- man who has been associated with price control. since 1939,

The Prime Minister said the Government had decideq after careful consideration that ovlans for the orderly de-control of prices were “suffictently advanced” to make it possible to meet Mr. Gor- don's’ request without adversely affecting the public interest.

90 Cents Pound Paid For North River Steer

AMHERST, N. S., March 19 — (CP) — Prizes were presented to- day as the sixth annual spring Maritime beef show closed its two-day exhibition. It was the first such show to be held in Amherst with all previous five being held in Moncton, N. B.

Walter Kennte of Wolfville, N. |S. won the best price of the show after selling his 927-pound steer to a Moncton firm (I, Eaton and Co) at $1.05 a pound, The price, however, was 21 cents a pound less than the 1946 top figure,

Second highest priced steer which sold to the same firm at $0 cents per pound was owned by Miss Marjorie Sanderson of North River, P. EB. I.

The afternoon auction was for- mally opened by Hon. Austin ©, Taylor, deputy minister of agri- culture for New Brunswick. In a brief address he commented on thé importance of co-operation in livestock breeding and told of the need to encourage the activi- tles among boys’ and girls’ clus.

Mr. Kennie’s' steer won the grand championship of the entire show after taking the title In the Hereford division.

Miss Sanderson's won! the championship in the junior calf class and later placed as reserve champion in the Hereford divi- sion with her steer which won the reserve grand championship as well, She also won the com- Petition for funior championship.

May Compromise On German Question

MOSCOW, March 19 — (AP) — The first inkling that the Moscow conference might reach a comprom- ise on Germany came tonight when State Secretary Marshall and For- elgn Minister Molotov agreed that the four powers possibly could rec- oncile their positions.

At the same time, Foreign Sec- retary Bevin gravely warned the ccmference that the success of neg- otiations on Germany will have a definite effect on big-power col- laboration im all Europe.

Flood Situation In

Britain By Michael O’Mara

LONDON, March 19 —(CP)— Britain—hit by nearly every kind of bad weather which a record. breaking winter could pile on the country—tonight saw the flood situation become hourly more criti- cal.

Rain and thawed snow continued to surge through broken river banks, swirling into the towns and villages throughout much of Eng- land—notably in the Thames and Ouse valleys—and swamping thous- ands of acres of farmland. —

Many rivers still were risiig, Of- ficlal reports used the words criti- cal and disastrous.

The country’ fought back hard | in

against the latest enemy, Thous- ands of soldiers, volunteers, prison- ers of war and police worked night and day—giant searchlights play- ed on the scene tonight—to stem floods breaking the banks of the Ouse and inundatifig fenland, But 60-yard gaps widened in the sand-

bagged levels, bw the Thames valley heavy raing fell throughout the day, rais-

ing water levels to unprecedented heights at many points, but most

residents in the floods’ path have

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been safely

Public Accounts Reveal Liabilities Increased By Three Quarter Millions

An_ increase of $745,434.43 in abilities and a deficit on current account of $300,369.17, are shown in the Public Accounts of the Province for the year ending March 31, 1946,

The Accounts, tabled in the L Provincial Treasurer, showed a net funded debt of $7,604,471.51 and total Habiities of $10,421,863.04. Bank over-

William Hughes, drafts totalled $618,432.81,

Following Is the general statement: ORDINARY REVENUR

DOMINION GOVERNMENT Subsidies ccccuees

All Roads Are Banned To Bus, Truck Travel

RED DEER, Alta, March 19 — (OP) — The roaring waters of the | usually peaceful but. not — flood- swollen Red Deer River were be- lieved tonight to have claimed the lives of five persons,

Royal Canadian Mounted Police were unable to confirm that any lives were lost but unofficial indic- ations were that two women and three children lay under immense piles of ice on the south bank of the swollen river just east of the traffic bridge here.

They were believed to haye been trapped in the spring breakup which esme suddenly at an early hour this morning, long before dawn came to

egislature yesterday by Hon.

Old Age Pensi Blind Pensions .......... Relief to Enemy Allens . Physical Fitness .............

DOMINION-PROVINCIAL TAX AGREEMENT

$ 372,181.88 | Red De : 322,446.55 P 22;794.94 Heard Screaming 60.00 | Neighbors said the two women,

174.49 | Mrs. Gordon Harps, 26; her sister, — |Mrs. Clark, 27; and three children

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$ 718,251.86 | were heard screaming for help early today,

Indications were they were trap-

Grant from Dominion Government . 701,943.96 . ‘ ; be 980, ped when the flood ca n ! Less Grant to City of Charlottetown ... 10,132.50 |wwemt out in ‘the river "A fourtoot ® = — |wall of water preceded the flood ' $691,811.46 land carried their one-room’ tar paper shack eight feet from its or- TAXES iginal site. | Real Property Tax .. $ 91,034.46 | Elsewhere throughout southern | Road Tax seshesdoqsingie 29,012.60 | Alberts, the fast melting ‘snows of | Income and Personal Property Arrears 4,003.14 one of Alberta’s hardest winters Gasoline Tax ...... 463.069.79 |caused damage and hardship and | Amusement Tax seas 49,730.31 | took a large toll in drowned live-

Succession Duties . 108.893.19 | stock.

Public Health Tax

176,937.23 | As the. fear of loss of life -rose |the Provincial Government banned all main and secondary highways in the area to truck and bus travel.

$ 922,680.72

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In Red Deer the river rose 14 feet.

e e jbrote into swift spring movement, ub leity At Ottawa erect banks north of the city

For Island

& Fox Fur Producers

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OTTAWA, March 19 —(Spec- jal) —Reason for the choice of Prince Edward Island potatoes to fill the emergency British order of 3,000,000 bushels was that ac- cording to United Kingdom in- vestigators, potatoes from the Island province were superior to and freer from disease than those offered from other parts of the Dominion, the Guardian's corres- Pondent learned here today.

Speaking in the House on the subject, Agriculture Minister Gardiner said, “The reason for supplying them (potatoes) from Prince Edward Island was that certain restrictions were placed on the deal by Britain.” It was ob- vious, departmental officials said today, that Mr. Gardiner could not praise P.EI. potatoes to the Possible detriment of New Brun- swick or Central Canadian stock.

" said the persons reached the city | ly in the Gulf of St. Lawrence reg-

i ih Fedde hae ites At A Glance a 24 noite before the tiood |ion, where spotting airplanes thet PEL. were donaideren to burst. J aie been, Parana SitGO cea, Beata | ais te hee eS > “VAST CONGO were struggling through the ice, OO ey or eis we Ser vers Be By The Canndian Press The Belgian Congo has ary area | hoping to arrive in time to cegedre|| the’ Dagariment of Manwuttutes Agriculture Minister Gardiner |.of almost 1,000,000 square miles. a paying load. | ig Mr. Gardiner told the Chamber | {dicated that any increase in a last night, found that the sur-| ‘he price of dairy products will

plus of potatoes in the Maritime Provinces was not as great as had been believed a month ago. At- tempts had been made to secure them by shipload lots to supply countries other than Britain and purchasers reported that not many were available in such quantity. (It is understood that the purchasers Mr. Gardiner re-

Suggest Potato Show At Amherst ‘

Parliament

not come until after he has met with the advisory committee egricultural prices,

announced that Donald -Gordon, Prices Board chalnman, has signed, effective, April 15.

closed that the radio broadcast- ing committee will be established

Winter ice cracked and the river

where eye-witnesses told of hearing

;screams as the flood started. The

Po ta to es jscreams were thought to come from

ja shack near the river bank and

|C.Y. Comas told police he went to

|a house in the flooded area and saw

|@ baby’s jacket floating in the water.

As he tried to bring it to the boat with am oar, a baby’s bédy slipped from the jacket and was carried eway by the rushing wat- Ts There was no trace of human bodies but a woman's handbeg and a club bag were found 80 feet from

the high bkank on the scuth side AMHERST, N, §., March 19 |°f the river, —A proposal] that a. Maritime potato exhibit bé instituted as Horses, Cattle Lost Part of the Maritime Winter Tonight the fast-moving waters

Fair will be studied at a meet- ing here April 30 of the Stock Breeders Association, sponsors of the fair,

The proposal was advanced by ©.F. Bailey of Fredericton, president of the Association.

of the Red Deer carrled amid its ice cakes the bodies of horses and cattle caught in the flood.

Some sources said damage would run into thousands'of dollars which seemed no exaggeration since scores of horses and ‘cattle were reported trapped and drowned.

A first report was that six per- sons were missing in the Red Deer area but tonight Mayor J.E. Green

Subscription Delivered $6.00. / Mail $5.00, other Provinces & U. 8, A. $7.0€

Calls For Showdown On Light And Power Question In Ch’town

The responsibility for recent electric ght and power break= downs in Charlottetown, and tha

uncertainty of Jones Government’s attitude as a factor in retarding #mprovements at the Maritime Electric Company plant, were discussed in the Legis~ lature yesterday by Hon. Dr. W. J, P. MacMillan, leader of the On« position.

Speaking on the Draft Address, Dr. MacMillan followed the mov- er and seconder, Messrs. Forest Phillips and Eugene Cullen. Ha spoke for about fifty minutes bes fore moving the adjournment at 6 o'clock, when the House ad-« journed until 3 p.m. today.

The situation caused by the re~ cent breakdowns at the power plant was a desperate one at times, Dr. MacMillan said. He instanced the losses caused by food’ being spoiled through lack of refrigera~ tion, etc., as well as the general inconvenience and expense, “I don’t know that you will find any other centre in Canada or tha United States where electric light is a monopoly,” he said. “If there was a fine of $500 or $1,000 every time that light went out for fif- teen minutes, it might have been \a different story. In any case they |should have anticipated matters land made some provision.

Still in the Dark

Hon, Dr, MacMillan

Frigidaire Part Of Burglars’ Loot From Farm House

} hear some unsatisfactory —— |stories as to the cause of the Je~ | | - ' ” A frigidaire, some clothing, andj lay in setting new equipment, a large quantity of | household|Dr. MacMillan continued. we goods including books, pots andj have heard a good deal during the pans, dishes and other culianry| last few years—ever since my hon. articles were | recovered by the|friend became Premier—about City Police yesterday evening in| Standiose electric power schemes, the woods on. the Inkerman shore,|all of which came to nothing. A An examination of the books | lot of his talk was up in the clouds, and clothing disclosed papers with We don’t hear anything now_abouti the name “Nelson” upon them, | Petitcodiac and the other schemes The police then did some vhone|that were going to supply chear calling, which resulted in Mr, and| power to all parts of this Prove Mrs. George Nelson, City, appear-|Now legislation has been passe ing at the Police Station and/for rural electrification purposes, identifying the frigidaire as belong- | and the plant at Summerside has ing to the late Robert Nelson of| been expropriated, but we are stiff the local division, C.N.R. in the dark about government Mrs. Nelson informed the police policy. ‘ she had been into her late bro- I am told that because ther-in-law’s farm house in North| Government's attitude could n

River last Saturday, that the frig-|*

idaire was in the house then, : (Continued on Page 5 Col. 2) | { | | |

that nothing had been removed at that time.

Cst. John Butler of the City Po- lice discovered the stolen gcods about 5 o'clock yesterday evening. He was assisted in removing them tothe station by Sgt. Duncan Me- Phail.

Ane MAN WHo SAID OIL AND WATER, WON'T MIX NEVER BOUGKT ANY __ OL Stock &

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Huge Seal Herds Sighted In Gulf ST. JOHN'S Nfld, March 19—

(Reuters)—Prospects for seal fish- ing looked brighter today, especial-

on Prime Minister MacKenzie King Te- OTTAWA, March 19 — (CP)—

Senator Iva Fallis (PC-Ontario) told the Senate today that i was

Revenue Minister McCann dis- |

: ul ye ing shame of Can- ferred to were investigating pos- | before the Easter recess starts | “to the everlast she sitillty of large potato shipments | Amril 2. ada” that the Dominion had ac- to France.) Thursday | cepted 12,000,000 pounds of New E y i i ale er. fr cold, butter- ward Island came in The Commons will continue dis- | Zealand “butter from cold,

Leper ateemencran alice ase = cussion of control legislation, The | short Britain, ; :

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 1) Senate will sit, She vaised her voice against a

said there was no hope of i ate improvement and the Air Min- istry predicted further raim spread- ing westward. :

Flood waters trapped 1,000 per- sons in the Yorkshire town of Bentley.

E, Whitley, chairman of the Bentley Urban District Council sald in an urgent telegram receiy- ed ‘in London:

“Help must be here ‘Thursday thousand people isolated without food for 24 hours. Small boats use- less owing to powerful ourrent, Water three feet deepsand still ris-

Evelyn Walkden, a member of Parliament for the area, asked the War Office to send power boats at once. : * Elsewhere in Britain floods spread devastation through towns and villages and swamped a mwiden- ing area of open country, Boats chugged over flooded farmlands and R.A.F, alr-sea rescue dinghies were dropped to isolated families. Weather forecasters, ing more rain, gave no indication when the floods (would reach their peak.

morning. Position desperate. Oné|

the sale, manu- of oleo-

bill to authorize facture and importation margarine im Canada and found support, in continuing debate, from Senator J. P, McIntyre (Le Prince Edward Island).

Aproval of the bill came, from Senators Peter Campbell (L-On- tario) and Josaph Bench (L-On- tario) but Senator John Sinclair (L-Prince Edward Island) advised that consideration be withheld pending the outcome of the world trade conference where Canada’s delegates might use the ban against oleomargarine as a bargaining weapon to get concessions from other countries.

Neither Senator Campbell or Senator Bench considered that thé ban would carry any great weight at the conference,

Senator Sinclair's View

Senator Sinclair said the Senate should note a draft clause under study by a world trade conference which would stop any country from barring from import any com- modity manufactured by another

Island Senators In Margarine Bill Debate

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| TORONTO, March If — (OP) — |Minimum and maximum tempera-

|tures: Vancouver 39, 57; Edmon- j ton 23, 47; Regina 9, 19; Winnipeg

delice tac pai ~———----. |6, 24; Toronto 18, 40; Ottawa 9, signatory country. This would|$5; Montreal 20, 54; Guebsec 18, 33: mean that if the clause were ap*!Saint John 22, 40; Mometon 19, 35; proved by Canada and other coun-|Halifax 26, 42; Charlottetown 24, tries, Canada could not exclude }31; Sydney 20, 38; Yormouth 26, 35, oleomargarine. |

There was no doubt #n his mind} HALIFAX, March 19 (CP)-« that Canadian delegates, if they| Here is the weather synopsis and came to a general agrecment,! official inland forecasts issued py would have to agree to end the! the Dominion Public Weather Of- ban against oleomargarine. fice at Halifax at 11.15 p.m. AS T

But if Canada removed the an,} today and valid until midnight she would take away the best bar- | Thursday. gaining position her delegates had. Synopsis: : The ban might be used to bargain Not much change in the weather for some concession by another) is expected for Thursday. Skies country which would benefit Can-|are clear over the whole district adian farmers, and temperatures are just about

So it was not an opportune time | normal. A storm located just off

the southeastern coast of the Un- ited States #s expected to mova northeastward to give overcast conditions in southwestern Nova Scotia Thursday evening

to interfere with the Canadian bargaining position, It might heip to do away “with the old bogey of economic nationalisms which have injured our producers in the past,”

Further there was a shortage of | Prince Edward Island: Clear necessary oils and fats which | with little change in temperature. would continue for two years. If | Light winds, High Thursday af

international conference fail- | Charlottetown 38.

the ed, the Senate could consider the situation in that light, too. Senator McIntyre recalled that Canada had allowed sale of oleomargarine only for one

High tide this morning at 9.59 and tonight at 9.15.

Sun sets this evening at 6.12 and rises tomorrow morning at 6.03. ‘Ney moon March 22nd, 11.34

year, between 1922 and 1923. Ne

There was so much indignation A, } : j ; to , Summerside tide eighteen min-

against it that the Government Piatt CHRHOELSEORI:

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had withdrawn its permissicn.

The dairy industry of his ince opposed the bill's purpos They held that the butter short+

CAR FERRY “PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND”

Daily except Sunday.

Leave Borden at 9.05 A.M.

Leave Tormentine at 3 P.M.

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