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SIOO fakes From Safe In confederation life ilsssrasee iiompany Office; Third Burglary In Four Days.

Oost-of-Living In Australia lip 26.2 Per Oent

(By Leslie Brodie)

SYDNEY. Australia, Jan, 1l_ (UP)—Government figures releas- ed in Canberra this week show that retail prices in Australia in. creased only 26.2 per cent between September, 1939. and the end of 1M7.

These reports claim that the price of food and groceries rose ‘ay 12.7 per ‘cent, and miscellaneous items by 21.7 per cent. Greatest increase was in the price of cloth- ing which new is 85.4 per cent higher than at the beginning of the Second World War.

Although many housewives will disagree with the official figures- claiming they are much highep- they have publicly recognized on a number of occasions the Chifley Government's efforts to control prices and prevent inflation.

This has been clone by the Gov- ernment's insistence on using its powers under national security and defence regulations to keep a close control over rents and the costs oi living generally.

This year the Government has abolished" a num er of heavy sub- sidies that have been responsible for a “ceiling" price on many staple commodities.

UDIIIIDPDMTTISIIOIIOI’ Dies in Monctcn llotel

MONCTON. N. 8., Jan. ll—(CP) -.A man identified by City Police as W. H. Thackeray of (247 Ox- ford Street) Halifax, was found dead in a locpl hotel today short- 1! after‘ he had rented a room. Death was attributed to a heart lttldr. ‘

Thackeray Was a commercial traveller and represented an On- tario manufacturing firm in the Maritime Provinces. The body will be sent to Halifax for burial.

‘I'll GOOD OLD DAYS

IIPSOM, Surrey. England —(CP) ~During alterations to a wine merchant‘ store here. an old ad- vertisement board was unearthed which read: ‘Tour quarts of dinner ale 1s. (M cents) delivered free." Present cost now is nearly 10s. ($2.).

Coming Events

“Long Creek Rink, openihg akaio tonight, Jan 12.

"We require s. number cf Bol- ogna quality cattle. Canada Pack- ero Ltd. ,

"Crapeud District Lodge meets in Lorne Lodge Tuesday, January 13th. It 2.30 P. M.

"Mill now closed for repairs Ii-il further notice, lucGulgen -.1___ _ _ 2 .- _ "' '-

"Coilsctmgs hogs every Thurs- day fu- Canada Packers. Phone N.

A. Cuicliffe or write me. D. L. Mao- Dowell. '

"Hockey tonight, Hunter River

no. Hampshire Bulldogs vs.

Bimini" River Bone Crusliori. game starts O psn. sharp.

ht. I-funior Riv-

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Humor ltiver Bone Crushers. Game starts I p.111. sharp. _

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pollbie. B. N. Dawson.

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"Heating of the Garrison 0f-

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RUSSIA HARDENS

The third burglary to occur in the City during the past four days took place at the office of Mr. W.G. l-iogg, local Confederation Life Assurance Company repre- sentative. located in the Bank of Nova Scotia building on the corner of Grafton and Great George Streets, between the hours of 4 RM. and 7 PM. yesterday.

The break was discovered by one q! the office ctnployees who had returned ‘to the office shortly af- ter seven o'clock last evening to find the safe broken open and 0100 and some cheques miss ng,

The City police reported last night that the burglar had appar- ently picked the door loci: leading into the office and then with some heavy object broke off the knob of the combination lock on the safe, allowing the lock mechanism to fall cut on the floor, causingtlie safe door to swing open. Then ga- 7 ihering up his loot, he made his ' ex.t through an upstairs window! on the north side of the building. ‘ dropped down to an adjoining lower roof, and from there to the ground vie. a snow bank, making-his get away. It is believed that only one person took part in the break. as police only found one set, of foot prints in the snow leading from‘ the spot where the culprit had made the descent frcm the window.

Later on in the evening, after City Police had started carrying out investigations concerning the break, a further development oc- curred when the local Post. Office informed them that they had just discovered an un-addressed, un- stamped letter with a Canada Life Assurance heading on it, contain- ing a number of cheques. The let- ier had been discovered by one oi’ the mail clerks who had been sort- ing the mail which had 'been brought in by Mr. Art Mcquaid, who had just completed his rounds of picking up the mail from the various mail boxes through the City. Mr. McQuaid didn't know which box he had taken it from. Apparently the thief, after making his escape and finding that tho cheques were not negotiable. had put them in an envelope taken from the office, sealed it, and then dropped it into u mail box.

All three breaks occurred on Sunnyflde, Grafton Street. The first was on Thursday night, when

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This is an airplane, and it flies. parachute contraption made its successful maiden flight in Milwaukee,

The vest-pocket plywood-and- at the controls. It took Edward O.

Effenheim, right, a year and $500 to build 600-lib. plane.

Receives Medal

WASRINGTON, Jan. 11 — (C?) - Ten Cunadilns, a Brit- on now a resident of tho Do- minion and two Americans ro- cslved high honors for swung- ulshed wartime service Friday night from Home Wrong. Can- adian Ambassador t . lted sum. “"""“R"fl"“q

Tho awards, ranging from the Order of the British Empire to the Air Force Cross. were made at an invostlture at the Canadian Embassy.

The recipients included:

Officer of ho Order of the British Emzxie: Group Capt. William Isa ,Clements of Fred- ericton. NB.

Distinguished Flying Croce and Air Force Cross: Flt. Sgt. Arthur Fuvonce Green of Al- berton, P.E.I.

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sny's safe was dragged from the Company's office and taken to the I office of A. Walthen Gnudet, Bar- rister, oii the same floor of the Phillips Building, where the safe was smashechopen and between S40 and S50 taken in addition to a quantity of stamps.

The second break occurred on Friday night, when thieves broke into Foster's, Drug Store by pick- ing the lock in the front door. Rif- ling the cash register which con-

they left by way of the rear door.

So far no arrests have been made in connection with any of the breaks.

liuilillng Development Planned In Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N. 8., Jan. 11- Thirty-two apartment buildings. providing housing facilities for 205 families. will be erected at the ltoekwoed Park development on

“the rcity’: outskirts, it- was an-

nouncewdurlng the week-end. Tenders for the buildings have been called for by Central Hous- ing and Mortgage Corporation. ‘His apartments would be rented

to veterans and "other deserving families." Rents have not been set.

talned a small amount of money._

Local Man Died Same Day in ll. S.

Mr. Ray Buote of 1'75 King

Street, Charlottetown, was inform-

ed yesterday that two of his broth- l ers had passed away on Saturday; one in Meirose, Mass. and thej other in Whittier. California. Both ; men had been sick for some time, but their passing on the same day came as a severe shock to Mr. Buote. '

Joseph Buote, '10, who died in‘ Melrose, was a half-brother and, hsd been in the United States for more than so years. Angus Buote, 52, Whittier. was a full brother. I-Ie had been in the United States for about 30 years.

Both men were natives of North Rustico, being sons of the late Henry Buote of that place. Their parents are dead.

Both funerals will be held on Tuesday, information received by Mr. Buote here yesterday indicat- ed.

Two brothers, Andrew In New! Jersey and George in Jamaica‘ Plain, Mass" and two sisters. (full sisters of Mr. Joseph Buote) Mrs. l-lenry Don-on and Mrs. Tillie Walsh, both in the United States.

also survive.

NEW YORK. Jon. 11 —(AP) - m» men were charged Saturday with scheming lo name one of than heir to more than $200,000 in the estate oi’ an 01-year-old recluse whose exhumed body revealed trac- es d s lethal dose of poison. ' Fred Dresel. 53, was held in $0.- 000 bail and Fred Leach. 06. in S25.- 000 bail on charges of first degree forgery in connection with the al- 1 d faitificaiion of the will of ss llathllde Molsberger. Bhedied last June so. For many run IN operated hols shops catering to eecially-prosnlnent customers. Dresel is an a meat house "superintendent an Lush an mules-

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Two Charged In N .Y.. ' Will Forgery Case

torney, in charge of the Homicide Bureau, said "this was a fiendish plat to get the proceeds c! an se- taie worth a quarter of s. million dollars." l-le added that one of the defendants had admitted the for- gery charge. Grismet did‘ not say whidi of the two it was.

i The alleged plot came to light when German relatives c! Miss Molsbergar objected to probate of iibe will which left the bulk of the estate to Dreeel. superintendent of the apartment house in which the recluse lived for fouryears pier to

her death. The relatives retained a New York law fhitn which

District Attorney ma: l. Itogeo.

Tm-cowouoacc m Gaming I-Iouse Holdup

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MONTREAL, Jan. 1l— (CP)~ Three patrons were wounded by machine-gun fire Saturday night when four gunmen held up a gambling house on lonely Cote de Llesse Road, near the outskirts of the city.

The shooting occurred a few minutes before arival of the Pro- vincial Police morality squad which hud plannd to raid the farm house where the gamblers had operating a "flying barbotte" game for two days.

The three injured men were tak- to, Notrc..Dame Hospital. Police and hospital authorities refused to give their names.‘ One was shot in the hip, the other in the leg and the third in the foot.

There were about 20 persons present when the four bandits en- tered the farmhouso on the high- way to Dorval Airport. Two of the bandits were masked while the others stayed in the background near the door.

Ono was armed with a sub-ms:- chlne-gun while at least two others had revolvers. The gunmen lined the house attendants and patrons along the wall and ordered them to take their trousers off, one by one.

The bandits scooped up about S400 in cash which was on the green table. Then the one with the sub-machine gun, who was apparently the leader, reached for the pants to go through the poc- kets.

Police said thatnone of the pat- rons made any threatening ges-

ture but that, for some reason, the bandit with the sub-machine gun suddenly fired a short burst.

The bandits made a hasty re-

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Murder Reported in Ontario Oity

ST. CATHERINTES, Ont, Jan .11 —(CP)—1-lelen Timmons, 42, was killed and her 80-year-old mother, Mrs. Catherine Tinciinons, suffered severe injuries early today In what police said was an attack cn them by the elder wctnarfs 12-year-old husband, Hank Tiimimons.

Police took Ttmlnons into custody shortly after he told a neighbor, Mrs. Alfred Court. that he thought he had killed his daughter and had either hurt or killed his wife.

Investigators found the body of Miss Timmons, a former school teacher, on the dining room floor of their home. They said she ap- peared to have been beaten or stabbed. '

Mrs. Tkmnons was found lying on {blood-soaked double bed, her head hanging over the side of the foot oi the bed.

Police were told Mrs. Thmmons had been bed-ridden for several years and her dllidhter. tho couple's only child, had been car- ing for her. ,

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incoming Freight Traffic lip, Outgoing Down In December

The total number of cars of freight ferrieclto the Province last month shows an increase of S2 cars over the number brought over in December. i946. The number lest month was 1,401 ss compared to 1.319 for the corresponding month of i946. Outgoing freight

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Suggests Program To Halt Decline In Farm Output I-Iere

“Whither Goest Thou, Farmer?" was the question which Mr. W.R. Shaw asked and then proceeded to answer at the concluding session Saturday morning of the agriculg- ural short study course at the Can-

The course, which Opened wed.

totalled i161 cars, compared to 1173 in the same month a year ago, ' a decline oi’ six cars. - 4 ‘

The figures, released by the Ot-

Divislon, Canadian National Rail- ways, show that several commod- ities which have been in short sup- ply durlng the war years are riow coming to the Province in increas- ing quantities. Among those are listed coal, sugar, and cement.

While local coal dealers ex- pressed fears a few months ago that coal imports were in danger of not being sufficient to meet consumer demand, last months imports oi 334 cars show that such a danger has been eliminat- ed, for in December of 1946 only 250 cars were ferried across North- umherland Strait. |

The slight increase in the im- ports of sugar last month compar- ed to the imports for the corres- ponding period one year previous- i4 cars to l2—is an indication that the local market is wel1 supplied and that importations are now meeting normal demands.

11 Cars of Cement

Cement continues to be ferried in considerable quantities-ll cars last month, none in December, i946 -because oi the great scarcity of this commodity during the war years. Last month's importation of ll. cars at,a. season when little, concrete construction is clone, is convincing prob! that the war- scarcity of cement was keenly felt. 'Hay continues to be imported because of the Island's clover crop ‘failure last year, and the less- tliari-aversgc yield of timothy. 19 cars came over last month while none was brought in in December, 1946.

Only 110 cars of fertilizer were ferried to the Province last month as compared to 214 cars in De- cember of 194:8. Those figures do not necessarily mean that the Is-

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Swedish Doctor Says Stalin llot Patient

MOSCOW, Jan. 1_-1 - (AP) —— Dr. Ellis Berven, Swedish cancer specialist who came to Moscow to treat a pafient, said today the pa- tient is not Prime Minister Stain.

Dr. Berven said he will make no further statement on his mission until he returns to Stockholm.

Two Bern newspapers last week speculated that Stalin was dead. Soviet officials have denied these rumors, and there is every ex- pectation here that Stain will make a public appearance this month at the meeting of the Su- preme Soviet. lie was seen at the Bolshoi Theatre a few days before his 68th birthday last month.

$200,000 Fire ' At Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N.B.. Jsn- 1.1 — (OP) — Fire today gutted the stockroom and offices of Lawson, Motors Ltd. here and caused dani- uge estimated by company presi- dent Roy M. Lawson at more than $200,000.

One plant employee wag forced to leap from the roof of the burn- ing building as firemen battled the flames for three hours in sub-zero. weather. ,

Cause of the blaze which gutted l the offices. destroyed two trucks m4 dpmnged no private cars was not known.

No one was injured.

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nesday, Jan. 7, was attended by ap- proximately 50 young faiuners irgm all paigiekthe" hotter-addressee f _ - FIA. ‘Stewart. minister of gr culturefl-l. J. MscDonsh-Iif dairy superintendentrrsfl. Wright, stock division, Federal department of agriculture; Rev. M. l3. Francis, extension department, stan's College; l...P. Mclsaac, tension department, provincial de- partment of agriculture; and W. R. Shaw, depuiy-imlnister of agricult- ure; and Dr. B.C. Keeping, of the department of health and welfare.

if agriculture in the Province was to be arrested from a further de- cline-a decline which in most agri- cultural products has been steadily going on for more than 50 years— a long-term fanming policy must be

is to be achieved. He stressed

Murder And Suicide lleportedln Ouebec

year-old father of two hanged himself early today s few hours after the arrival of detectives investigating the death of his wife

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stage an insurrection in Italy sim- ilar to the Leftist guerrilla upris-

ing in Greece. Tension was heightened by an Italian Communist con rence held

in Milan last week. That meeting was attended by representatives of most of the countries participating in the Communist International In-

newapapers ohlrged that the con- ference actually served as a shield

plicaiion beirq that tho Cumuinist loaders discussed the role ihe party in Italy would play in the was" against the west.

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Decade's 10 Best Dressed Women

TORONTO. Jan. 11 - Canada's 10 best women were announced today-dressed practically to a woman in Canadian-made clothes.

Each of the honored i0, chosen by a poll of women's editors of daily newspapers and nnade public by New Liberty magazine, is a fashion leader in one field in which women take a prominent place, so there is no best dressed wmnan to top the poll.

The 10 and the groups they headed are: lvlrs. Doreen Dav. Montreal, in the fashion field; Mrs. George Drew. Toronto. public life; Nicole Germain, Montreal, the aria; Muriel Gillespie, Mont- real, advertising; Sylvia Goltman. Montreal, model: Mrs. Ryland New, Oakville, Orit., olubwoman; Bymc Hope Sanders, Toronto, publishing: Barbara Ann Scott, Toronto, sports; Claire Wallace, Toronto, radio; and Betty Wilson, Montreal, younger set. >

STANBRIDGE EAST, Que.,_Jan. 11 -(CP)—William Ciipslef 2B- children,

by arsenic pciscning Friday.

Det,. Ubalcl Legauli, head of the Quebec Provincial Police homicide squad, said that it appeared to bea case of murder and suicide and that evidence to that effect world n-

quest.

Lt-Ool. Storey ls Presented With Medal

Lt-Col. Frank J. storey. (above) commanding officer cf No. 5 Div- isiona1 Signals was presented with the Efficiency Decoration for 20 years service in the Army at a meeting of Signals Association at the Armouries Fridaynight. The presentation was made by Lit-Col. F. B. Conrad, a former command- ing officer of the unit under whom Col. Storey served and received his commission.

Col. Storey has had a lengthy career with the Signals. having joined the RCCS (NPAM) in 1929 as a signalman. He rose to the rank of Staff-Sergeant and gain- ed his commission as a second- Lifiutenant in 1936.

At the outbreak of war Col. storey was called out in active service rind in July, 1941 proceed- ed oversca-s with the 3rd Division- a1 ‘simials. In November of that year he was promoted to rank of captain.

Col. Storey served in Northwest Europe and was promoted to sec- oncl-in-command of 3rd Divisional Signals. 0n his return to Canada in 1945 he retired from active ser- vice with the rank of major.

At his discharge Col- Storey re- joined tho reserve force and for a time acted as second-iii-comniand to lit-Col. D. N. Bell. I-Ie was later appointed to command tho unit on the retirement oi Col. Bell, ED.

Urges More Welsh Dual For Canada