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Battle F0; Higher Freight Rates Being Continued

OTTAWA. Oct. 7 —(CP) —'I‘he Canadian Paciiic Railway, con- tinuing its long battle ior higher freight rates. today sought per- nission to take the iight to the Supreme Court oi Canada. t-

‘Fhe C.P.R. challenged the Board oi Transport Commissioners nu a point of law and asked ior a Supreme Court ruling on a board nc-ision. handed down sspt. 22, uiiich awarded the railways a temporary eight-per-cent boost 1n rates.

It claimed the board iailed to iuliill its responsibilities by not

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Coming Events

"Dance. Iona

Hall, Monday. October 10th. ,

"Dulce. K. oi C. Hall. Sourls. Monday. October 10th.

"1949 York Concert, flve nights, pening November 2nd.

"Reserve October 27, chicken upper in Long Creek l-lall. "Chicken raiile, K. c! C. Hall, ouris Tuesday, Oct. 11. “Show “Sis Hopkins" at Clyde Iver Manda, night at 8.30.

3. "Mail your Piim: to Garnbum hotc Studio. Charlottetown

"Unloading Albany Nut coal st llton today Vernon Gillespie.

"Coma to the regular Danes in nshaw every Tuesday night.

"Buying live and dressed poultry ily. Parker Canileld. Crapsud.

t "Chicken and Ham Supper, Flat vcr Hall. Thursday. October Nth.

"B81100. lorne Valley, ~ tober 11th. Webster's Orchestra.

"Dance .. Long River- Hall every ‘ednesday. Good music. Door r ze.

' ‘Show .

"Drums Along the giawk" ,st Bcnshaw tonight st

"Dance. Glennoy School. Mors- ay. October 10th. Good music. unches.

"Come to the dance in Kinkora all, Monday night, Oct. 10. Good music,

"Dance in St. Peter's Hall every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra

Legion Cliti

"Masquerade Dance, stella Maris all. North Rustico. Wednesday I‘ ight, October 12th.

" "Now buying Timothy Seed, Reg- stered, Cleaned or Uncleaned. Mc- luigan and Boyle.

"Regular Dance at the "Sea reeze". Victoria. each Wednes- BY Dancing 9 till 1.

"Oil Cake and rislz~meal now in took. Booking beet pulp to arrive. llion 6i: Spillett. -

"Dance. Community Hall. Morcil i‘ ear. Monday. October 10th. andwichec. taazreireslirnents.

_- "Annual Thanksgiving‘ Chicken "liner. Wellington I-iall. Monday. ctober 10th. Supper starts 4.30 . M. ,

"Thanksgiving dance in Sum- eriieid hall Monday, Oct. 10 in id or Ncrboro Hockey Ioague.

ood music.

"Our store: will be closed onday, Thanksgiving. all day. igncd R. L. Dlekiesori, C. S.

inswsll,‘ New Glasgow. "Notice Q Unloading

Cl!‘

av. Oct. 10.- Good prion irom

ar. G. C. Green, Emerald,

"Lamp: Repaired. leave your oleman "llsnoes. lamps, lan- erns, stoves. etc. st Holman’: ior i sdiste repair. 24 hour service arantced.

"Fiddling and stepdsncinl N11- est In lot 65 hail Honda! night. ct. 10, 8 o'clock. Lclth Svnenm sliat, special lecture. Dance ter.

' waic, iormer Virginia society girl

lddlings shorts and bran Mon- "86

Woulcl Take Rates Case To Supreme Court:

P. E. I. Student

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Among Beav erbrook Scholars

unlPlCilltfdilTllltlVd are the iive 1049 Beaverbreok Scholarship winners new attending Mount Alllgon m i"; y. I hey are irom leit to right: Frances Noble. daughter oi Mrs. Marjory G. Noble oi Wood- I 6 . - 13-. George Moasman. son oi Mr. and Mrs. Titus Mossmsn oi Rose Bay, N. 8.; Sylvia Wllck. hum" M M“ ""3 MYI- 59ml!!! Wllfill. 0i Moore's Mills, N. 8.: Arthur Toombs. son oi Mr. and Mrs. "Vi"! Tocmbs, oi Bedeque. P.E.l.; and Joyce Johnston, daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnston.

Farm Production Figures Compared

The following estimates oi crop acreage: in Prince Edward Is-

Parliament At-A-iiiance

(By The Canadian Press) Opposition members clamor-ed ior re-estabiishmont oi a Com- mons committee on veteran: ai- iairs.

Veterans Aiioirs Minister Gregg said no committee would be set up at this . expected to pro- rogue early in December.

WA. Browne (PC -- St. John‘: West), a iorrner judge, suggested measures to combat circulation o! crime comics.

The Commons will consider Cov- ernment business. The Senate will not sit.

last German (iov't Set lip

BERLIN. Oct. 7 — (AP) - Troubled Germany today became an oiilcislly divided country 0i two governments and two capitals. The Russians . hit back at the West German republic at Bonn. on the Rhine, by creating a govern- ment oi their own in the ruins oi Hitler's Nazi hesdq-uarteta in East Berlin.

A group o! Ccm-rnuhists and hand-picked aympathlzers making up the People's Council appointed themselves the government ior the 20,000,000 Gerunans in the Soviet pone. They claimed power over sll Germany. They passed a law to logaiise the regime.

MOTHER AOQUITTED

WILKES-BARBIE, Pa, Oct. 7- (APP-Mre. Marts; Woodson Kal-

and child-psychology student, was acquitted last night in the iatal beating o! her l5=monlhs old son. She had pleaded temporary insan- ity whlic beating her son, Henry, to death.

"Come to United Church Supper and Bazaar, chicken and roast ham. When? Thanksgiving. October 10th. 5 P. M. Where? Victoria Hail. B6 cents and 50 cents.

"Notice — York district Sunday School Convention at North Win- sloe October 11th. 1949. Meetings at 3 P, M. 8 P. M. Rev. Howard Christie, guest speaker.

"Auction Sale at River School Monday evening at o'clock. window sashes with glass 10 x 14. e lights. coal house 10 x 14 it. Matched boards. stove. etc.

"Coming. Armouries. Charlotte- town. Oct. 25 to 27. Trade and In- dustries Exhibition. isaiuring Don Messer‘: Road Party as enter- tainment. A Y’: Men‘: project.

"Unloading car Saturday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 11. Bsrleymesi 3.25, hog grower 3.45, crlrnped oats 3.10, No. 1 iced oats 2.90. Eill:’Bros., Central Royalty, phone

"will be buyifll live devil and chicken: every ‘Thursday morning ii line. beginning this Thursday. October 6th. Ii quantity not sui-

svsry second week. buying irom i till i2 until further notice. W. D Myers, Stanley Bridge.

"Buying Pill. all kind: and sises ‘"‘ 2'3...“ ‘"112’ “ 2.9231“; tfll. o 0 A. ll’. New Wheat- i er. lrookacldrlt. Hilton. i030, Jloimss’ Corner. 11, New Haven. l P. M. York. 2. Bediord.

lloune stcwsrt. i, Water-vale 3. Posing 81100

{or good pigs over 30 lbs. each. also buy smaller ones. Please notice change in schedule. not be

Island Breeders Critical Of Winter Fair Drawbacks

, that the Provincial Government

Although the date oi the Am. herst Winter Fair has been set ior November 7-12. Island breeders are showing some concern that the prise list has not as yet reached them and point out that they should be now iitting their stock ior showing. Many enquiries have been made at the oiiices oi the Provincial Department oi Agricult- ure.

A number expressed hesitation as to whether they will show this year at Amherst and recount last year's diiilcuitles which. ii‘ not smoothed out this year. may cause them to miss the ilrst Winter l-‘air in years.

Mr. Edison Mutch, River North Jersey Farm. and an outstanding prise winner at Amherst in the past, is concerned about the in- crease in ireight rates. He ieels

might assist breeders through some ior-m oi subsidy. He is also

enquiring into the advlsibility o! trucking this year ii he decides to show.

Mr. Match also spoke oi the I0- hour journey which some oi the breeders suiiered last year and adds this dliiiculty to s number oi others. He states that last year he was instructed to losd at Milton at 9 s..m. It was not until the ll pm. ierry that he crossed the strait, ar- riving at Amherst at 4 the ioilow- ing morning.

Special Train Suggested

w. S C. Wright, acting Deputy Minister oi Agriculture during Mr. W.R. Shaw's holidays, says on this point. "I ieel that we would be justiiied in asking the railroad ior better services ii we could ar- range ior all livestock irom P. E. I. to be assembled ior the Fair in one trainload. This could be called "The Amherst Winter Fair Spec- ial", he suggested.

» To this suggestion. Mr. Mutch added that even though some breeders would be showing a day

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1,950 Veterans Still In Debt so S. S. B.

OTTAWA. Oct. 7 -(CP)—- A total oi 1,950 veterans oi the First World War are still in debt to the Soldier Settlement Board. it was shown in s. Commons return to- day, They owe $2,211.31. The return. tabled ior Robert Fair (SC -Battle River) showed that 1.030 such veterans have paid oii their loans and acquired clear titles since last Jan. 1.

OTTAWA, Oct. 7 - (OP) — Mai-Gen, GR. Pearkes, V.O., (PC - Nanalmo) argued today that "aur veterans’ problems are uniinished business" and he called ior g Commons committee to con- sider them.

11o promptly received euwort irom Cleric Glllll (O0! -— Cape Breton south).

Ae the Rouse considered estim- ates ior the Veterans Department,

praised the work oi

past

m“ g "safety valve” ior veterans

organisations. It let them "let oii m l:

iiolent will be necessary to buy only n,‘

311m also were more specific reasons ior renews: ior such committees. Newfoundland‘! m"! brought many more veterans under Canada's lnIlpTIlefl was loin: to be amendments to tbs veter- ,ans 14nd Act st this action. The act’: small hoidinll section should

Will Ibuying at any point: on Wednes- day. xnuu sci-gonna.

Strike Call Goes To Workers in ii.S. Aluminum Plants

PITTSBURGH. Oct. 7 -(AP) C A strike call against the giant. Aluminum Company oi American today threatened a new blow to the economy oi the United States, already crippled by coal and steel strikes

The same 0.1.0. United Steel- workers Union that pulled about 450,000 oii their jobs in basic steel mills served notice on Alcoa. that 20.000 workers in eight state: will strike at 12:01 AM. Monday, Oct. 17—un1ess a satisfactory con- tract is agreed upon.

Alcoa. produces about halt thc country's aluminum. -

The Steelworkers Union said it willing to continue negotiations with Alcoa up to the strike dead-

line. It demands a wage increase

and iree pensions and insurance. The iederal Government told

John L. Lewis and the coal oper-

ators to settle their strike prompt»

ly.

The Federal conciliation direc- tor, Cyrus S. Ching, urged Lewis, United Mine Worker garesident, and the soit coal operators to re- sume negotiations early next week in an eiiort to end the 19-day coal strike.

Chlng warned:

"Each day ‘bring: the nation closer to a crisis." .

The Federal concillator made his statement following a day-long conference in Washington with the coal adversaries.

Ching told reporters he had no immediate plans in the steel strike which started a week ago.

IEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE

TORONTO, Oct. 7—(CP)-—Ben- jsmin Loisky, 25, convicted a week ago oi attempted murder and wounding oi his sister-in-lsw, was sentenced today so seven years. Evidence during the trial was that Loisky took a revolver to the home oi his sister-in-law, Mrs. Emma Loisky, last August when he went to seek endorsement oi a loan. The pistol discharged and Mrs, Loisicy iell to the iloor. It was iound later that she hsd a nick in her leit ear.

B. U. M. P. HONORED

EMERSON, Mam, Oct. 7—(CP) —The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, were honored here yester- day when Assistant Commissioner J‘. D. Bird oi Winnipeg unveiled a stone cairn nesr here. The cairn commemorates the historic west- ward trek oi the Northwest

Mounted Police 75 years cs0-

Veterans Affairs Topics Debated In Commons

ent demands" ior re-establishment oi a veteran: committee and he contended that it should be put on a permanent basis.

Ollfexample oi the need oi a committee was the Cabinet’: act in changing an important llw without Parliament's malevol- Weekc siter the l-louse let flit amount oi land needed ior_a lmlli holding at one-hail an ac" Cabinet, by order-in-cotincii, upped it to three acres.

m. Gilli: said the reason so many veterans‘ problem: some bl- iore the Doparisnent is that Can- ada ha: no proper social will"! est-up. Many oi thlll DNWIIII we?! normally be handled uudc suc social security mvision: as

ior intervening '1“ y

industrial pensions on a cculribu- It basis.

"Y CIIIIWOX. N. B. The scholarships established by Lord Beaverbrook amount to $500 each year - ' ' ~ land are taken irom the June through the course and are open [to both boys and girls in the three Maritime Provinces “w”. 1949 o; the Dominion Bur. eau oi "‘ “ ‘ic- They are com-

pared to the oiiicisl acreage tig- ures oi 1948, It is pointed out that

the 1949 iigures are estimates. subject to revision.

1948 1949 Wheat ----...._... 5,600 6,500 Oats .... 113,000 Barley 10.200 Mixed grains 69,500 Buckwheat 2.900 Potatoes 49.000 Turnips, etc. . 12,200

l-iay d: Clover . Fodder corn ........ ..

Urges Stitt law To Control Crime Comics

OTTAWA, Oct. 'l - (CP) - A iormer Newioundland district judge tonight told the Commons what he thought should be done to combat circulation oi crime com- los in Canada-

WJ. Browne, Progressive Con- servative member ior St. John's West, said the Customs Depart- ment snd the Post Oiiice should combine to halt the ilow oi un- desirable crime comics into Can- ads.

In Canada, the publishers, dis- tributor: and sellers oi such books should be subject to summary trial and conviction.

He spoke during renewed debate on a bill sponsored by ED. Fulton (PC — Kamloops) that would pro- vide severe penalties ior publica- tion, sale and distribution oi crime comics. Under the bill, the publishers, distributors and sales- men would be entitled to trial by

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Mr. Browne said that s trial by judge and jury was "too elabor- ate." It the accused were tried by a judge and jury, the trial would take so long that with clever lawyers the accused might be able to deieat the object oi the bill. Debate on the measure was ad- journed until next week by DE. Oardiii (PC-Huron North).

FieldiCrops And Markets Cause For Thanksgiving

Prince Edward Island in general

and Island ianmers in particular have reason to be thankiul ior a much better than average year Not only are good cmtps reported but markets arid prices are, on the whole. better than was originally expected. Turnip marketing has gained the spotlight this year with over hali as many shipped to date as were shipped during the whole oi last season. The price has been par- ticularly good.

Swine have shown remarkable in- creases recently in the market iig- ures oi the past iew weeks. Ale though egg production is down, the average price this year has been greater than last.

Table potatoes are moving much iaster than last year at this time.

_All the butter surplus is being absorbed by the Dairy Products Board and» although September's

000 production is less than last year.

the overall production this year is considerably higher than the same period in 1948. The quality oi but- ter has shown a. marked isnprove- ment.

Cheese has shown a decrease so iar this year over last year. ex- actly equal to the increase in but- ter production.

v Turnlps

Up until 30 September this year. 573 carloads oi turnips have been exported this year in comparison to 172 carloads in the same period

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30 Men Stranded When Craft Wrecked

ST. JOHN'S, Nild., Oct. 7 — (CPU-Some 30 crew members oi two wrecked Newioundiand schoon- -ers tonight were reported stranded !in a. lonely outpost on Belle Isle oer Newfoundland’ northern. tip. and awaiting a rescue ship ircm St. Anthony.

The vessels. the M. and W. Fow- low and the Scarlet Knight, were returning irom Labrador when they were wrecked oii the island in a howling storm laet night. The men took to their dcries and made land safely.

St. Anthony. a Greniell Mission centre, 1s about 50 miles from the island. in the Strait oi’ Belle Isle between Newioundlnad and Leb- rador.

A rescue ship sat out today irom St. Anthony and was scheduled to arrive at Belle Isle tonight. But heavy gales delayed it. and the shipwrecked men may not be pick- ed up until tomorrow.

Cheap Alarm

By PIERRE DUBOIS rononm, Oct. 1 _ (or) - An expert in iire saiety appliances from Detroit today told the Fed- eral Norcnic iire inquiry that the cruise steamship! break-zines alarm systom was "the cheaPflfii any money can buy."

Edward Koldesick Jr. a survivor oi the Sept. l7 holocaust which leit a toll 0i 104 identiiied dead and 10 missing. said any break in such a system would knock out ail annunciatcrs. I-le described 1t a: an "open circuit alarm BYIWXIL" Oi l0 witnesses heard during the eight day: the commission has been sitting under Mr. Justice EL- Kcllock 0i Ottawa, only OB-lli- W11- liam Taylor, the Noronicu Master. said that he heard the ship‘: idsx- on sound during the iire. Koladsick, one oi nine survivors who ve evidence today, attrib- uted iercenao: oi ilames on the main stairway irom 0 to B 600k to rubber tile on the companion- way. The iire there halted the night oi passengers and caused some panic. be said.

lost survivors told stories oi moss, including Cont. T07-

ior, htiag the ilamcs with dry hoses. Two witnesses said they

saw the ship’: liastor making mo- tions with g dry hose a: though he thought water was coming irom dculing iire.

and Praise Orow Isabel's One ei them, Ilsa. Irons Pavey

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asisting passengers, These were first mate Jerry Wood, boatswaln Robert Morrison and in oiler. Miss Briggs said it was Wood's work in directing pec- ple, urging them to keep calm that prevented panic.

Miss Ethel Clawson, oi Detroit said she saw a maid in uniiorm smoking in the C deck linen closet in which the iire was located by previous witnesses. She behaved it

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Press Search

SAINT JOHN, N.B., Oct. 7 - (OP)—R.O.M.P. and City Police pressed an intenlve search tonight ior the slayer or slayer: oi Wil- llsm Puddington, ‘M. Saint John taxi driver whose battered body was iound in s. ditch on lonely Boar's Head Road early today.

N0 arrest had been made tonight and police said there was no de- velopment to announce.

Robbery was believed a probable motive. The elderly victim had carried W. missinl When his bod! was iound.

A blood-stained. heavy iron bum- per jack, thrown into liuahes near the isolated death scene, appeared to be the murder weapon. Pud- dingtonw head was crushed by lev- ersl blows.

The site on Boar‘: Head Road within the city limits on the north- western outskirts oi Saint John, l: two miles irom where the

erset Street Portland Place

ll booth.

Of Saint John Cabbie

abandoned taxi was iound on Born- ertension. near a public tclwhml