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lllsitirnate Canadian Potato Yield Down

St.Peter’s Man Learns Details I 0f Solfs lleathl

The details of the heroic Clfllihl 1n action overseas

b by D. J. Mullin of Bt. Peter's Bay. Dan Mullin was navigator aboard a bomber which was lost 1n a raid over Germany in 1943.

Only two of the crew escaped death and were taken prisoner.

One of them, Raymond Searle of Calcott, Surrey, England, wrote Mr. Mullln

giving him the story, and asking pass it‘ on to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ross of Antigonish. N 3., whose son Doug was lost at the same time.

The aircraft left Britain the night, of Aug. 27, 1943, to bomb Neumberg, Sear] wrote. The go- ing was uneventful until they reached the target. which was well lit up. Their aircraft dropped its load, then rose to 14,000 feet and tumed for home.

Passing between Magdeburg and Frankfurt. where the defences ov- erlapped the aircraft was caught in the am the searchlights. ‘ihe Germans sent up heavy flak, so the skipper dived his piano to 8.000 feet in an avoiding notion. A German fighter followed them‘ down and put both rear gunners cut of action. One engine stopped and tlie inter-communication sys- tem was damaged.

The crew carried on for 15 min- utes. iii?" D0118 Ross. the engineer, rave the signal to bail out, Searlc 1110111880 t0 Bet out the astra dome in the roof of the aircraft, just as ii" Diane went into a spin and threw him clear.

"I knew Dan Mullin must h-a-ve one to help the Skipper and musg,

We rig-yeti too Iona.” Senrle wrote, Things happened 5o fast, that l knew none had time to

think. and thus I believe they Passed away without suffering. Our crew were the best qf friends and worked together as one unit I send on behalf of my wifc and myself my sincerest sympathy,"

UITAWA. Canada's 1946 | time-ted today

Oct. 11 -— (I - potato crop was es. by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at 36,184,000 huiidredwelglit. ironi 507,600 acres, compared with 40.409000 hundred- welght from 534,000 acres in 1044.

In its first estimate of pro- ductlon of root and other late crops, the Bureau placer! the potato yield at 00 huivlred- weight nor acre this year again: 9t hundredweight per acre a year ago.

The decrease was attributed o0 "substantial" reductions in yields in all Provinces and especially in Quebec, where total production will be about 5,000,000 hundredwelght less than the crop of 1944.

By Provinces the pi-duction in hundredweight is estimated as fol- lows, with 1944 figures In brackets: Prince Edward Island 3,956,000 (4.- 7l9,000); Nova Scotia 2.003.000 (3,-

075,000); New Brunswitk 7.017.000 110,370.00); Quebec 9,072,000 115.- 032.0001; Ontario 5,916,000 (8.520,-

000: Manitoba 1,250,000 (1,390,000): Saskatchewan 2,096,000 12,246,000)‘ Alberta 1,554,000 (2,153,000); Brit- ish Columbia 1,650,000 (1,940,000).

N.S. FIELD LOW

HALIFAX. Oct. 11 — (CP) Reporting the potato crop smaller than last year in most parts of the Province, the Nova- Scotia De- partment of Agriculture revealed tonight that the average i946 yield is only 1'10 bushels per acre, com- pared wiili 205 bushels in 1044.

The early crop was almost in-

variably light. but prospects for tlie late yielding varieties are! "somewhat bet-leg." Heavy loss

from rot. has been reported from parts oi eastern Nova Scotia. but potatoes are reported sound in most parts of the Province.

News Briefs

HAMILTON, Oct. il-(CPL- Donald Gordon, chairman of tlic Prices Board, urged Canadians to- niKht to continue the wartime savings, campaign which has gwel]. ed their liquid assets by some $6,- 500.000,000 and warned that any tendency toward wholesale s end- ing now would lead to inf ation and economic dislocation,

To complete llalf iiiilidratiln Contract‘

mlgflRTi-AND. N-u. Oct. 11 _- fi - Word received today from - .1 Hatfield. Progressive Con- t/clritlatve member of Parliament for "E aria-Carleton and resident, of Luv Brunswick Potao Prcdugis midi‘ stated that under a plan 01' 9d out by the four Maritime 001510 dehydration plants and the tlfderal Special Products Board. Co?“ lmntgowill be permitted to b e c _ "Tfconnfickisiler cent of their pre norms on last week was that ililllelnecicintracts would be cancelled 1mm ately- As a result of i-lie hm “announcement, the plant Wl continue to operate ut

full capacity on a 24-hour a. dav gilsgtlnuntil Jan. 21. The 0mg, Fans‘ his plants are at Grand

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BINDING

OTTAWA, Oct. 11— (CP)—In- crease in capital of Trans-Canada Air Lines from $5,000,000 to $25,- 000,000 is proposed in a resolution which Reconstruction Minister Howe placed 0n the Commons or- der paper.

BUENOS AIREB, Oct, 11_(Ap) -One hundred and twenty army and navy officers voted tonight to demand that; President Edelmiro Farrell overhaul his cabinet coni- pletely and arrest Col. Juan Peron, who resigned as vice president under fire from brother officers.

OTTAWA, Oct. 11—(CP)—'1‘he Commons‘ committee on veterans’ affairs began study today of a 60- pagc recupitulaticn oi the worl: already done and the plans made for the re-estziblisliment and care of Canada's veterans of the Second. Great War.

CHUNGKINC, Oct. 11 - (AP'1_ A basic agreement on the prin- ciples of political peace for China, long torn by struggles for govern- ment control, was announced to-I day by Chinese nationalists 11nd‘ Communist negotiators in a coni- muniquc.

Goose Bay-Export Cost 25 Niiilion

OTTAWA, Oct. 11 - (CP) — Cost of the R.C.A F, airport at Goose Bay. Labrador". was 325,63,- 191, it; was reported in‘ a return tabled today 1n the Commons for

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of American forces in the India-Burma Theater.

To Malice-Statement On Use Oi Big Liners

LONDON, Oct. 11—(Reuters)— The Ministry of War Transport will make a statement 1n Parlia- ment tomorrow on the future movements of the Cunard White Star liners Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and Aquitania, now en- g-1ged in transporting American troops home from the European zone, it was learned tonight.

‘Fhere was no confirmation oi a report from the United States that (he ships will be used to bring

Reports Progress In Construction Of Ferry IWBI’ Labor BtLl

New Ship Will Be Ready In Late Summer; Hull About Three-Quarters Completed.

Drew 0ov't Did Not Set lip Secret Police,

(By The Cnnndi Press)

TORONTO, Oct. 11—A Royal Commission report issued tonight absolved the Drew Government of establishing "a secret political 110i- ice" in Ontario as charged by EB. Jollifle, provincial 0.0.1“. ader, in the campaign for the Ontario election last June 4.

The report was prepared by Mr. Justice A. M. LeBel, appointed u Royal Commission to inveiiilflie Mr. Jollltfes charges.

"There is nothing in the evi- dence thut directly connects Mr. Drew even remotely" with Captain William J. Osborne-Dempster, con- stable in charge of the one-time anti-sabotage branc‘; of the Prov- inclal Police at 18 Surrey Place, said the re rt.

I However, e found that Osborne- ‘Dempstefs actions in some re- spect were _"l'1ighly improper and .inexcusuble"; that Constable John ‘Alvin Rowe's action in giving iri- formation to Mr. Jolliffe “was most improper"; and that insufficient supervision was given to Osborne- Dempstens work by Deputy Com- missioner l-l. S. McCready of the

home British troops from the Far East.

To Return

Tenders Accepted

By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Oct. 11—F1naiice Min- ister Ilsley announced today that tenders had been accepted for the full amount of $75,000,000 DOmlH-l ion of Canada treasury bills due,

Jan, 11, 1946. Average discounti price of the accepted bids was: 30990066 and the average yield was .363 per cent. Montreal-Born Artist Wins Prize PITTSBURGH. Oct. 11 —- (AP) —-Phil1p Gustorrs portrait of u

serious-faced, raven-haired woman. entitled "Sentimental Moment." today won first prize 1n the Car- negie lnstltutos show, "painting in the United States. 1945."

The $1,000 award was announced tonight for the State University of iown visiting artist-teacher, who was born in Montreal. and lives in New York and Woodstock, N.Y.

TRADE WINE FOR- STONE

PARIS, Ocl. ll—IAP)—Fl'SllC€ and Belgium have concluded a new trade treaty whereby France will exchange her wine for building stone, the Quai D‘Orsay said t0- day.

The accord. covering six- montlis period, provides that France export $56,000,000 worth of

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goods in return for $38,000,000 worth of Belgian imports.

,Dock Workers Strike In Britain Spreading

(Bgghe Associated Press). LON N, Oct. 11—-Prime Minis- ter Attlee and his Labor Cabinet conferred today on tho fflgt~gpfggd- ing dock strike now throttling most major ports and threatening a food crisis.

Labor Minister George Isaacs rejected a request from the "wild- cat strikers that he intervene, He dullared they must go through "the special channels of the trade unions.’ whose orders to go back to work the men have ignored.

Almost hourly throughout the day. more stevedores walked out in harbors from London to Glas- BOW. and by night more than 40,- 000 were out.

Fond I: Spoiling

Flood estimated up to 100,000 toils lay s fling in some qf the 400 ships ted up.

Troo s were unloading food ships in at east two ports.

The strike threatons to close small ports of England. Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland still

open and to cut the country's al- ready tight food rations.

Mr. Attlee and Cabinet members held an urgent executive session on the strike this aftemoon. No immediate announcement canie from the meeting at 10 Downing Street, but the Ministry of Food declared the situation was critical.

‘ilwrc were some hopes for let- tlement.

Union leaders-against whom the wildcat walkout was largely directed-assured london strike leaders they would begin negotia- tions next week with employers on the strikers’ demand for minimum daily wages of 25 shillings-shot»-

instead of the l6 t0 34 shlllinl! .

now paid them.

However, the London strikers voted "no confidence" in their _ leaders and at Liverpool, where the strike started 18 days ago with the walkout of 0i moii, the strikers turned down government and un- ion back-to-work appeals, slyifli!

Supply 0i Civilian Goods 1s Increasing

Household Articles And Farm Machinery First

Provincial Police.

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BY ALEX PIIINGLE

TORONTO. Oct. ll — (C?) —'—- After four years o1 5110411’ P13111185- me ultimate consumer may 110W look forward to a 116F106 01 113ml“ replenishment, especially 0i 11°“?- hold articles that can be recorded as essential accordinl; t0 ‘Oieciisis by manufacturers. The needs 01 iiie agriculturalist ranks with those of the householder in gettinfl first wil-

Fanners will be using less hay wire and colorful languagehn tink- cririg up wormout cultiva-ors 11nd iieapers next season as new imllie- ments will be available 111 vastly improved supply. says n represent- ative of the Canadian Mariufactur. ers' Association.

Manufacturers are making head- way in production but are hamp- ered by the shortage of metal. Also than; is a shortage of work-BIS. particularly skilled men. 'I_‘.1e malleable iron foundries. 0i Wmiih there are about a dozen in Canada. are still under federal control and strict priority governs the distrib- ution of supplies Very little metal is 110w going tnlouvcir goods pro. ductlon and naturally the diversion to civilian needs is steadily expand-

lng.

Metal castings production, the inotor controlling output of many articles urgently needed by ‘he public, has passed ebb tide an“; l5 slowly improving, the Canadian Press is told by a representative of I that industry-

‘Ihe common labor situation has improved moderately and the big demand now is for skilled smould. ers, said a representative oi the‘ Uallandei‘ Foundries oi Guelph.

for caslings modelled from blue, prints supplied, is free of federal control in the matter oi distrib- ution and is supplying only essent- ini articles such as parts for farm machinery, builders‘ hardware, plumbing, heating and electrical materials and general household articles including parts for washing machines.

mu-niture manufacturers have a

o5 Cont; apiece from $70 lumber. they have so far issued rlo ultim- atum. Seine ceiling prices will have to be raised if warehouses are to be restocked was the verdict of a spokesman for these manufactur- ers.

"The fight‘ goes on and the blit- tle ia nearly won."

This company, which fills orders; d” on;

death A . 29 of twomeor-old David

grievance over the question of price T079116!‘- ompson DccJardins of ceilings but apart from a firm stand Glace Bly- _ dgmngg budding kltqhgn chair; at Mr. Justice Graham. imposing

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(YITAWA, Oct. 11 — (SPECIBU — Tho new car terry steamer for the Borden-Tormentine service will go into operation in the lute summer of next year, Transport Minister Chevrler today informed the House of Commons in answering a series of questions placed on the parlia. rnontary order paper by W. Chester B. McLure, the Progressive-Censor. votive member for Queen's.

0n the letterhead of the Trans. port Department, signed by lhe Deputy Minister. Commander C.P. Edwards, came the answers to the Queen's member's questions

Tlie Department; repfirrfed that; the null and car deck of the new ferry steamer is about three-quar. tors completed. with the other steel work fabrrcateri to the extent of about 50 percent of what will be required.

Not Yet Named

Name oi the new ferry has not yet been decided.

A report has reached the Depart. merit. Mr. Chevrler disclosed. which was prepared during this year by an unnamed reiircd member of tile United States Corps of Eniglneers.

He had been engaged this year, resorted the Minister. "to review the previous reports on the Prince Edward Island car ferry tcminal facilities, and has submitted cer- tain recommendations uithrefer. elite to the Tormentine terminal woiks."

Tne report with the recommend. atlons is "still under consideration by the Transport Department."

_’I‘he corridors of Parlianxent con. tinue to echo rm mgiden speech of Gerald Glrattan McGeer, the new senator from Vancouver, who spoke out vieorously not only for reform of the Upper Chamber but a re- form of future thinking In Canada

Dissatisfied with any country Cf-lasiini? along on its momentum, Senator McGeer demanded sfrong, VIEOIWJB action in development and expansion, with special emphasis on

I Canadian shipbuilding.

3c oDOke of Canada's vast new WBLCOIQ} trade which has won, and W111 iswm export customers 1,, the peace

Need New Ships

"But We have no ships 1o carry the new traffic over the seas," I declared "Many oi tho ships built in this vivar are already obsolete The-Y W"? meifi-V 00180 carriers built for the short-term."

Mix". McGeer wanted strong lead. ersh-p both in _t11»c governmental and industrial fields, to do some- thing quickly about building up tho Canadian merchant. fleet

British tonnage had fallen from‘ 22,000,000 to some 14,000,000 tons.‘ The shipping of the eiicmy notions had been wiped out, and only we United States 11nd increased its merchant tonnage.

'10 Fiery shipyard in Canada. we Should be moving now to build ships i0 0011')’ our ever increasing ex- ports". he declared. “ e lire 111 the export market to stay."

Refired“c_lei'gyman And Historian Dies

YARMOUTH. N.S.. Oct. 11 (CP) — Rev Gordon '1‘ Levels. 83. retired Anglican (‘I€l‘il_\'i‘111l!‘i. hist. oricn and scholar. died at his home lierc today aflcr a 1e 1 illneEs

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ANTIGONISH. N.S., Oct’ ll (C?) _ John A Grant, highways superintendent for Antigonish County, today v1.15 sentenced in Day a fine of $600. 101101111115: his conviction yesterday oi a reckless driving charge arising from the

the fine. said he had intended to sentence Grunt to a Jail tom. but changed his mind after an inspec- tion of the local jail. l-Ie sairl con. ditionn were so bad that the health

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Mr. James A. MacKiniiun, heed! cf the 10011 War Labor Board, 'died at the Prince Edward Island Hospital yesterday morning after nldbrlef illness. He was '16 years o

The late Mr. MacKlnnon was born at Canoe Cove and while a young mun Spfillt several years 1n British Columbia _. where he was engaged in the mining industry About thirty years ago he returned to his native province and entered the mercantile business by estab- lishing a general store in Coleman. When liis store was burned a few years later, the Late Mr. MacKin- lion retired from active business and led a quiet, studious life until called, three years ago, to head the Dominion Government's War Lab- or Board ofiice in Charlottetown.

He is survived by his wife, the iorliler Annie Floyd Gorrill of O'- Lcary; one brother, John, in Cole- and five sisters: Mrs. Jesse Webb. Michigan; Mrs. Christina Smith, British Columbia; Ivirs. Ethel Dignan, Charlottetown; and the Misses Pearl and Tillie, bctn _iu British Columbia. There are

two daughters: Eileen, Mrs. W. R. Oulton, Alberton; and Helen, Mrs. Kenneth Irving, Coleman. One son, James W., is a student-at-law‘ at Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto.

Puncher Expected At Halifax Sunday

HALIFAX, Oct. 11 —- (OP) — The Canadian aircraft carrier .Puncl1er is expected to dock here ltnbout 9 am. A.S.T. Sunday. carry- ‘ing 20 officers and 301 men from

iinadian Army overseas repatria- Sog repots. Of the number, the lnr est group of 289 1s bound for military District No. 13, Alberta.

Service Wives ilold Protest Meeting

LONDON, Oct. ll — (Reuters) — A group oi girls who were "feeling pretty sick" about the lack of transportation to lake tnem over- seas to their Canadian and Amer- 105K] soldier husbands got. together in Caxton Hall today to talk 11., over.

As tile‘ chairman, pretty, dark- haired Mrs F. Rhodes of Man. cliesmr, put it, they tried to be "dignified about this," but things not out of hand even before the meeting got under way when it was found the hall was much too small for the number of servicemens ilrives nearly 1.000, who turned up.

The women, some of them carry- ing babies -— one had four; two sols of twins - lined up before the hall hours before the protest meet. in; was due to begin. when it did. oilly about 550 wives gob into the hall. Later a. few more were allowed in one at a time. By this time, those

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Western Workers Favor Walk-Out

(By The Canadian Press) EDMONTON, Oct. 11—Four hun- drcd cmnloyees of the Burns and Qiimilillli’ rt'ii'king plant hcrr de- cided nt a meeting tonight to go on strike. The men, members of

the United Packingliousc Workers‘

of‘ America ((‘.I.O.1l, seek a Zill-pcr- ccnt wage increase and a 40-hour. five-flay week.

Winnipeg Too

WINNIPEG, Oct. 11 — 1UP;- Employecs of Burns and Company meat-packing plant hare 1d- nlght vuird 596 to 1i to go on strike if the company didn't make definite commitments for a meeting to discuss their mus- ter plan that provided for a i0- hour week wiili the same week- ly pay, which would mean a 30 per cent increase in salary un- der lhe reduced hours.