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Montague Resident ls Burned To Death

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Storm Keeps Ships in Port At llalifax

IIALHMX. Dec. 35 —(CP)-- Halifax port activity ebbed low liming the holiday with only one major vessel, the freighter Asia, arriving and none st all clearing the port.

Yesterday's snowstorm tied up marine traffic. and lslwvth Why was eakn and clear. skippers wt»- porlad outing off until tomorrow to rive tiheir crews an opportunity to celebrate Christmas on land.

One of the last large shill?! W ciear Halifax harbor before the atcrrn struck was the veteran liner Aquitania, which left for Bentham/W ton with about 000 DQ596118!!! shortly before midnight Tuesday.

Pope Pius Sees lnslncerity As Threat To Peace

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YATWAN CITY. Dec. 3t --(AP) a-PUPG Pius. in his annual Christ- mas message. declared today that a "policy of insincerlty” elmo-ng nat- ions was blocking the path to pepce and called for e "league of honest man” to safeguard the W14 against war.

The Pontlff specifically blarrned "a growing tendency toward in- sincerity" for collapse oi the recent forsllflm ministers conference in London. which he said had left the world "further than ever from the true peace.”

He sharply corlderrrmed those countries which. ho said. hrld adopt- ed "the lic and the garbled word" as "accented weapons of offensive" in an effort to "win at any cost the bottle of class interest and theories, of ideologies and power politics.“

‘the Pontlff named no names in placing the blame for tile present ntnlc of world affairs, but his 4.400- word address contained many pas- sages which Western listeners. at least, interpreted as condemnation of Cflmmunirsn and of the post-war policies of the Soviet Union.

Greek Plot

ATTIENS. Dec. 2s _ (AP)‘-- Police announced today that 450 persons have been arrested in con- nection with a plot to assassinate prominent political leaders,

Coming Events

"Lot 65 Hall, Friday, December 26th. Dance and Box Social.

"Grinding Grain daily. Bell Bron, St. Peters Road, Parkdalc.

"Card party in Clinton B! Tuesday avsnlnt. December 80.

"To arrive. ollceke meal. 04.00 Der cwt. Book. Modlllgan and Boyle.

"My shop will be open Jan, ‘J for business. James Graig, Brad- aibane.

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cross Hall. Monday. December 39th.

Meals served from 6 w 9.

"Box Social and Dance, Pleasant Grove Hall, Monday, Dcceenber

Nth. in aid 0i School.

"Annual meeting Kinsman Plann- ers In ltuta in school Saturday. Wilbur Younker,

Dec. h, 8 pm. Secretary.

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"Box "ocial end Dance in Emer- beth. ‘rwonto for assembly-

aid Hail. Friday. December g w: fine. Monday. December 29th . . 1.. ‘

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lien. on Friday. December 20th

Modern and 01d Time music. Lena Miner's Orchestra. Admission 50c.

ntity of Oiloaka and Robin H Fleur at lbeclsi prices from warehouse. Also ‘layout-y and Poultry neon mixed m...‘

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Destroys Shop.

Edward Kerr. 63, e well-known barber in the town of Montague was burned to death on Christmas eve when s fire destroyed his home and place of business during the helSht 0f the first fierce biinard which swept the Province this your. The tragedy was believed caused by a “flash fire" from an explod- lrlg gas lamp.

It l! thvlliht Mr. Kerr was knocked unconsci us when thrown to the floor near he doorway, by till blali. Rescue efforts by hi; two sons Garth and Sidney. and by Wilfred Waterworth failed. Sidney suffered s severely out right arm which necessitated hos- pital treatment. The lamp elrplqd. ed in B. small kitchen behind the barber shop.

The two-storey wooden building, located on the east side of the street on the north end of the bridge, was completely destroyed. An addition t0 the building was only completed this fall, Vclunteer lira fighters were hampered by U19 hllh wllld.fil‘ld heavy snow fall.

Fires destroyed or damaged buildings on the same site about 1026 and again about 1965,

Mr. Kerr leaves to mourn three sons, Stanley in Charlottetown, Garth and Sidney in Montggug, His wife pro-deceased him about five months ego,

The funeral will take place Bal- urday afternoon n! 2 p.m. from tho United Church. MorltaKue. Inter- ment Lower Montague cemetery.

Plan Probe 0f Cornwall Fire

CORNWALL, Ont., Dec. as _ (Cl?) - The Ontario fire mar- shal’: office will launch a probe tomorrow into the $1,000,000 (ll-e which Wednesday destroyed a 59c- tion of CornwalYs business dis- trlct. leaving homeless 28 families who fled the early morning blaze in only scanty clothing.

Mayor Lloyd (ialllnger astlmat. ed tonight that the final loss in the fire which burned out a n-lm- ber of stores and apartments be- fore being extinguished by fire- men in an 18-hour battle, would probably be “higher than $1.000.- 000..

At the same time the mayor launched a fund for relied of the fire victims and said the way sub. aariptlons were coming in, ll. "ap- pears that we may have as much as $15,000 to handle this emergen- Cy’.

165 lloliday Deaths Reported In The lLS.

CHICAGO. Dec. 25 — (AP) — The Christmas holiday meant vio- lent death for 165 persons across the United States.

One hundred and 1o persons loll their lives in traffic miahslpa. and 56 more died violently in other ec- cldents.

Texas was in the lead among the states, reporting 29 traffic deaths and 20 from miscellaneous violent causes.

Jimmy Wade Spends Dhrlstalas Quietly I-‘or Dhange

SAINT JOHN. N3" Dec. U -- (OP) —- This Christmas was un- usual for James A. (Jimmy) Wade - unusual because the hero of many sir rescue ventures was able to spend the holiday "quietly and happily" in his heme at nearby Mlllldgevllle.

As a general rule. Hr. Wade commented. “everything seems to happen around Christmas." The quiet-speaking pilot had no need to dwell 1100a the well known de- tails of mercy missions that de- prived him of Christmas observ- wnce last year and in i042.

The first time, he flew to Green- land to attempt the rescue oi a group of United States airmen. Unable to laud on the ice cap. he dropped fcodlto the men and then. when he went to obtain further assistance, his plane became iqt in sea ice

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tral nil-ways in Charlottetown.)

During lost. Jimmy Wade landed an am- phibian craft

a wrecked Quebec Airways plane.

lng the war when, as an R.C.A.F. squadron leader, he won the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross in g long four of operational duty. mainly on enll-U-boat patrols. _

"It's sort of s welcome change." the ace pilot remarked today in the quiet holiday atmosphere of his home. l-Ie has one child, an l1- moiored to Sussex for a brie.’ visit w the ¥ll§_i‘ILl>Bl‘€D§§-. concern reports on the United states Flying Fortress forced down in miss-odor and now reported “is with its crew.

A veteran of giylng out of Monc- t/On and Saint John, Jimmy Wade has been associated with .11. Lewln since last August in a ar- zer flying service based a ii- lldileviile.

Small Plane is Missing in Nfld.

AROENTIA. Nlfld. Dec. 2e _ 4GP) - officials of this United states army air force base here said a PBY flying boat would pro- bably start a search tomorrow for a small ski-cquipperl civilian air- plane. missing since yesterday on an unscheduled flight irom How- ley, Nfld, to Buchaus in the cen- tre o! the island.

Officers said weather conditions today had prohibited sending search. plane: over the craft’: sup- posed filght route.

Crew and passengers of the slnglexnslned Albee could not be ascertalne. but the plane ls designed to carry three persons.

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UFTAWA. Dec. H —(CP)-'l‘ile tonelcls “lwhoosh" of Jet engines soon will be a familiar sound in Can isn s-klea as the new Vampire ugh rs or the R,C.AJ'. streekover- head st better than 500 miles an hour.

Defence Minister Claxtou en- nounced today that the first ship- ment of these small but ivlprlidable fighters has arrived in Canada en- rcvute to the De Havllland plant It

. These first planes will be used for training purposes but later. when more are forthcornln: 1P0"! Britain. they will. he allotted to the . R.O.A.F. interceptor wing, the aux- iiiel-y fighter squadrons at Mont- real. ‘fbronlo. Vancouver and Wln- nipeg, mqto certain additional eluxlliery fithter momma n ti“! are formed. "

Mr. Clsxi announced some time ego that 8i of these new 1st planes. with their twin tail-boom and sh-sha fuselage. have been order-ad or the RCA}.

year-old becllelo .

‘R. C. A. F. Gets Fast p Jet Fighter Planes

However, it ls loomed that it is now planned to obtain a consider- ably larger number. Eventually it is probable that 511 R.C.A.F. air- craft will be of the let type which had their bslptlsm in the closing

. months of the Second World War

lvaldatmlch hlVtOhe been greatly dc- flflCO fl. , ‘lghs V is somewhat skniler

been teatad- at LQAJ’. cold weath- er axp-nmentel stations for some

of the flrt group of R. C.A.I‘. ' instructors on VemD- lres will be entrusted to squadron Leader WM. Foster. 0.120.. ‘ o! Guaklh. Ont. who recently Irv!“- eted with top honors from the ILA. ot school at rarrlborough.

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The instruction will be given at the ECAI‘. Central School. Trenton. Ont. where the flylfll instructors of the British Cannon- wealll-l Air Tk-elnlml Plan were‘

off Greenland.‘ After days oi exposure grid hardship Mr. Wade was finally rescued by Eski- mos. Award of the British Empire Medal followed in recognition of,

(When he went on the recsue to Greenland. Mr. Wade was employed by Maritime Cen- the next Christmas he between drifting gioes of the st. Lawrence last year and brought to safety the crew of

Further honor came to him dur-

yeer-old boy. and last evening they‘

Ho said he had Ifollowélflviil?

-A.nonymoua donor “Sunny Saxon" who for two years has given 54.000 (010.0110) to charities here was re- cently revealed as D. Moore. 7'7-

Sydney Boy Brushed » By Dity Snow Plow

SYDNEY. n.8,. Dec. as - (C?) -.Devlln Kins. nine-yesr-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Manuel] King oi North sydncy, was crushed to death under a city snow plow near his home yesterday. .

The, boy had been playing with several other children when the plow came along, end they hung to the rear of the huge machine. The plow later reversed and the King boy slipped and was caught under the clearing hoard

Says Many Russians Hungry And llomeless

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 35 .- (AP) - Ambassadtlr Mario Pri- mentel Brandon. returning home yesterday from his mission to MOICIYW. said 30.000000 Russians are hungry and homeless. .

Brazil recently severed diplom- atic relations witifltussia, partly because of Russian press attacks on President Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

Storm Disrupts Motor Nine Persons Traffic In Province Aboard Are

Eight-inch Snowfall lielllrted la liiarlatletewa Area; Dus_And Alr Schedules Disrupted.

Wednesday's storm, tile worst a0 far experienced during the present winter season. grounded all Marl- time Central ‘Airways planes after 12 o'clock noon until yesterday and tied up all bus traffic through- out the Province,

According to the range station at the Department of Transport, eight inches of sn0w fell in Char- lottetown and adjacent areas but the snowfall was said to have been much heavier east of the City and especially ln King's County. On the other hand it ls reported that less snow fell in the Western sec- tlon of the Province than in the Charlottetown area.

Taxi swvice was brought almost to a standstill in the City Wed- nesday night and scores of people celebrating the Christmas season by calling on their relatives and friends in other parts of the City and nearby areas were forced to ovalk home or to remain with their hosts overnight. Nevertheless. the larger taxi firms, despite the fact that they had several cars stuck and thus rendered useless for the night, made every effort to serve the public with the smaller num- ber at. their disposal.

The problem of keeping traffic

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By R. C. Parent (Superintendent Dominion Experi- mental statlon, Charlottetown)

WTHFToar 1947mm ‘rial-iron by abnormal seasonal conditions. With little snow coverage, farm lands were either bare or covered uith sheet ice the greater part oi the Wilder and early spring. The total snowfall for the winter amounted to 45 inches as compared with a 10 year average of 100 inches.

Rainfall during April, May and June was above average and to- talled 14.49 inches as compared with a 47 year average or 8.78 inches. July was warm and fine and the mean temperature record- ed was the highest on record. 7L! degrees. August was exceedingly dry with L34 inches of precipita- tion against the 4'1 year average of 3.19 inches. The rainfall in Sep- tember was 4.72 inches wlhich was .58 above average. ‘Octolber was exceedingly dry with 1.20 inches of rain recorded, and with the ex- ception of October in 1920 this was the least rain ever recorded for this month.

A late June frost occurred on June 8th and the first fall frost on September 9th. This made a frost-free period of 113 days which is the shortest on record at this Station.

Field Crops

In general all farm crops, with the exception of hey, were mod- erately good in 1941. The dry sum- mer season of 1946 was unfavor- able for the growth and establish- ment of young timothy and clov- er in new secdlngs. This was es- pecially true of alslke clover which is more dependent on moisture supply than‘ is common red clover and alfalfa; but all species in the hay mixture entered the winter as a thin stand and ln s weak condition. Owing to the lack of snow cover a large percentage of alslke and red were winter klted . but alfalfa suffered lea! severely As a result alfalfa, where sown,

to the Meteor lat plane ‘Which has _

lllifled Milli‘ the III.

was the ohlof legume in this year's hay. Expcrlmbnts have shown that seasons unfavorable for red and alsike clover are usually favorable for alfalfa. and that alfalfa is nar- tloularly responsive to manure and lime. It is worthy of note the practice" of adding alfalfa in the hay seed-mixture ls becomin! more common in this Frill/ll"! M"! we see much more aJiaiis from one and of the province to the other, than l0 yelfl I80-

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Experimental Farm Notes ‘For Year 1947

Pastures made slow growth dur- ing May but. where well fertiliz- ed and not grazed too closely, con- tinued to give good pastul-ngu two to three weeks latcr than ln over- age years. It was noted that pas- tures irl a rotation made str lger growth earlier in the season than did permanent pastures, but the latter were superior in withstand- ing the dry weather of early mid- summer.

Com was planted about ten days later than usual but made rapid growth during the diy. hot weather of late July, August and early September, and was up to average in yield. The hybrids now available appear to withstand ad- verse soil and weather conditions better than the older named varie- ties. The use of this crap as s source of succulent feed when pa:- tures dry out is becoming more common in many districts and is to be recommended.

Possibly by reason of the mois- ture accumulated in the soil hr- lng May and June, potatoes and swede turnips were carried the critical dry period ill August.

occurring in September. The p0- teto crop was favored by the ab-

cl-op of swedee.

tlllty. Though plots recclvlns’ ure alone and manure plus fertili- ser, have shown a steady dechne in yield. those receiving fertilizer alone, wit). nitrogen supplied by nitrate of soda now produce less than fifty percent of a normal crop, where nitrogen in the ferti- liser mixture was supplied by sulphate of ammonia and no man- ure applied the crop has become worthless. The same trends are an-

most clearly in the barley clover crop.

Cereals

The heavy rainfall of April. May and June wovided abundant soil

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Both were benefited by the rains

sance of late blight and yields were above average while the long grow- "ing period in the iall was a factor in the production of an average

An experiment in which potatoes have been grown on the some land for 1D successive years has de- monstrated the superiority of men- ure, as compared with commercial fertilizer, in maintaining soil fer- man-

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Rescue Attempt Will 2 Be Made with Ski-equipped Plane.

WESTOVEK FlELD, Mass, Dec. 25-—(AP)—A Flying Fortress forced down with s. crew of seven arm two passengers yesterday on frozen Lake Astray, Labrador, was located today by seaxclil planes after a 400,- oOO-squarc-nlile hunt.

The big bomber had been deli-v- crlllg Christa-nos mall to United States service outposts on Baffin Island.

filmy-named Lake Astray is 276 miles northwest of the Roy. all Canadian ptlr Force field at Goose Bay. in a wild sector of Labrador at present blanketed with 29 inches of mow. Teln- peratures lounge from logo in daylight to 70 below ht night. Radio messages received here at Atlantic Division headquarters of Air Transport Command from Goose Bay said the bomber made a forced landing on the ice-covered lake. All nine aboard were reported sa c. .

The rescue planes quickly made several drops of food, clothing, matches. and medical supplies and equipment before darkness closed in the area at. 4:30 p.111. EST (5:30 pm. AST.)

Meanwhile. a flair-engined trans- port plane took off tonight from Westover Field carrying an enmy pilot skilled in flying a special ski- eqlupped twin-engined rescue plane waiting at Goose Bay.

A rescue attempt is planned for tomorrow morning with the plane, which ls able to operate on wheels as wcli as skis. The craft will be flown by Lt-Col. Emil Beaudry of Manchester, NJ-i. No Details Given Message; did not make clear whether the bomber was damaged and gave no details as to the names of crew and passengers, other than to report them all safe.

The downed pianos position was given as 54 degrees 33 minutes north latitude, 66 degrees 33 min- utes west longitude.

Standing by nt Wesiover were a helicopter nnd a "flying boxcar." S-llortly after noon today-nearly 24 hours after coming down-the stranded airmen called on the rescue ships to drop snowshoes. axes. skis and a magneto for an auxiliary power unit to keep their radio going.

Westover Field officials said it would be virtually impossible to reach the plane overland but that parachutes would furnish ‘he nine some wan-lath until a shelter could be built. . The fortress carried two days‘ rations that could be stretched to inst. at least a week.

‘Ilhe alrea in which the plane landed ls hilly and covered with scrub, and thcrr- is some game- mlncipally rabbits and foxes.

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ORCEDWLANDING IN LABRADAOR

SANDRINGl-Uilif, Norfolk, E118- izlnd, Dec. 25-(CP) - The King. lll his annual Christmas Day l broadcast. today expressed the‘ llope that the Yuletide spirit of good will rnllht spread “in ever- wldenins circles unul, in the full- ness of time, it changes the face of the world."

Speaking til-vouch a golden microphone from the study of his country home, the King, OOnflnu. lng the royal habit of broadcast- ing a Christmas Day aiessagc, started by his father in 1032, ask- ed his subjects to 10in. in holiday prayers so that Princess Elizabeth and. Prince Philip will not only have happiness, "but will continue also to deserve and to enjoy the love of all the British peoples."

Gathered at Sandringham in the Queen and Princess Margaret “Tim m0 newly-Weds. Princess Eliz- abeth and Prince Philip; Queen mother Mary; the Kings brother, the Duke of Gloucester, with the Duchess and their two sons; the King's widowed sister-in-law, the Duchess oi Kent. and her two children.

"This third Christmas dey since the war ended.“ the King said, “finds us still praying that the time may soon come when true peace will have been established throughout the world, when all men will be working together with 500d will to rebuild what has been destroyed, when everywhere. fear will have given place to trust, hardships to well-being, and scar!