BACK STRETCH

DOWN

—THEI .

tt, Pl I Hm- chflrlutilglmglkgfrlgfi bought: Grat- ' as m almost un kg;

d made him mm r-old all a m, iii-saw“ 5m o! panel-lav n “ti: w“

“m Hedsoi gfoeiiland paced a’

Gift wok 185

. I pm wlthflililtlif. “blit the best oi

friends must part- 1-‘)

; ve another great pacer in Miidiiino V010. She was ready i0 m, in 2.10 when the season closed ‘m, g eligible to the 2.21 class, Al- a, a coming star pacer in Jim Beh-

lusfinllnudie next Sprln . irsv. when vou K0 l0 0° bfl-‘ygthnt is Giftlinds

k at "Al- stable

t baea-oiioth, and ad ed pump, will

besides several others than 1 H

0h. by thelwiiiun a, 2.02s 1-4, hem m, some |of his summaries, and vou will not; -that he was second twice to Kin ‘s

lam-limited. h dsom ifiho looks as if all: cunebc d

tug‘- The Union Trotting and sgdqlq

l-N members. have laid

wo stake races for 1944. on, rwed on July 1st. It will be for

2.25 class trotters and paccrs. Entry

forms will be sent out early in Dec.

ember with first ayment Dec-em-

be

Plans for will

i-o__. Onorabout-A ustl, , Chi: will hold augMa-ritisiiielggacfi Defby. Open to Maritime owned free-for-all pacers, The first ‘pug. ment will be January won. uih purse money added. --()_ For th b fit f h the Marlltaimieaslewho are ilnrtsiggsergd eber Sweeney's new purchase,

“no-please take him an apple. ‘Qoungel 3 20¢ washmgwn oh m Il-lilll remember you then. zJuly 39th:. 1118's Counsel ' l-l-l. . ._o_ .%iii; gi-z-z. 311519 .01, 2. 1g, - - -i- -_ . 0. August 3

,e,§l'il“‘iougiliiiiomiiririrezlte 234:6 his fir?! azqgugsgé lilil-zwglkiléefikz- liciomlgiilshvnxilegts Ohio, August 18ml 132:3’ mm’ m”: trl e. 2. , .08 Greenville, ohlonaugust

B rs 1.59 1-4. the big gliiiilgtlilnwllliiillk pacer of all tape‘

HCW

1-1-1. EStO , Ohi , , , 1-1-1, time, 2.10 11-2, 2.009, D225-

and a horse that but for an accident Wm’ ohm. Sept am. l_1_l 2.13 u’ oe - .10. ' '

would have probably set a. ‘vol-lose pacing record in a - The Grattuns had unbelievable .lt could be timied on so nd was of such a startling nature that they sometimes did not i have enough prepartion to carryl me Clip andmuny were ruined that 1 “n; potential Never perhaps in the history oi the. iurncss horse has there been such‘

I'll/CC

Royal, no, not even the great :1’: oi today-volomite 2.03 1-4. ivnv? vou will ask. Simply because, Gruttan Royal was in a sect on where there was practically nothing j but cld-iashinoed breeding. From} mares by Monbors and Gladstone is sired two-minute pacers. Iladi b6 been in Kentucky where he‘ wzulii hnrc lind access to im ultra} select bond of brood mares there isl no saying where he would have stood llS a sire.

in;- Vlciirir; the pleasiue ljcsicrday inn in: oi u visit from Jim Pen- dc; now home on the farm a-t Kensnilzton after a couple c? years iioiui: txccilcnt duty as a sort of Chief oi Police in a munitions inc- tory. Jim reports that everything went nicely iii. the form this sca- son with the exception of the potato crop. but you cannot have lll honey. Silid Jim, who is n philo- iczhei- as well l4 l. big-hearted ilfJfi-Ellllill.

i}.- ‘Jim is a busy man every time he nuts this city. because he hnsto drcp in on dozens oi friends who all want to hold on to him as he is such a good companion Knocking

two-minute pacers. 1mm, 104

a lirerotcnt sire of speed as Grat- Em

1 2, 2 in}

Now here's the dope on Heberbi new free-for-aller, Royal n; Law 2.04. Orchard, Maine, July 28th. 3-2-2, time, 2.01, 2.02 1-2, 2.03. Burl-re Track. N-K., Aug. 91st, 1-2,

1-2. 2.04 3-4. Empire Track. Aug. 26th, l-l, time, 2.04, 2.13. (Mile and one-sixteenth.) 2 oimirez Tiiacii‘ Psepé stmkltlh ‘ilmze’ - --0Y.a..e. ,-- 1i. time, 2.05, 2.05 1-2. $06 1-4. i0‘

DI‘. G.C. Bishop, V S. of Char- lottetown was here for a couple oi’ days and closed a deal with W.G. Stewart for the trot=ter Full Moi/n 2.13 1-4. She is a big, strap ing more and only raced a fcw t cs the past season-(re the above, the trotter Full Moon 2.13 1-4, owned by Dr. Bishop. arrived at Charlotte- town on Wednesday evening and we understand will be an uccllpant of the Kelly stable this winter, and will be raced bv Willard Kelly in i944.)

io__

Hurry O'Brien, Joe's father, has been at Pictou. N S . for the past six weeks, where he is directing the work of building a new rncn truck. The committee 1n charge have it ready for racing next zea- son. and according to rumor tvo new horses with speedy reputations will be brought Foundry boys to give the truck a good send nii at its opening race Ines..- " ,

_._“..-_

1n your issue of two weeks em

there was a slight error. Dan Willie

mare and to h 1d th Ste gnu“ 1:194? o wart stable

0111b. 0i which all hOISGIICn here c

' ow, the commiuioner il msklng it.

'Si‘0RTlNG

THE ' <_'._H

EW§

Reopen Hearing

NEW YORK, Doc. I — (AP: _ WWII" D- Wx. who was barred mm baseball I01 life miter telling issioner Kenesnw u. Lenora hs on on ball games, mm pkg; the whole thing buog,

The high commissioner reopened 11W "we 8% the endoi the Joint session or the msior lelgues m. My. and sat tomorrow for a hear- lns- Lentils said he m: this w. tion because Cox now formally do. "l" 1118111118 my odlh wagers on the Philadelphia Philiies, of which he was president until two weeks 88o. and that the only reason he said he had was to "test the loy- alty" oi a member of his organi- zotion.

However. on Nov- 3 Laudis said Cox admitted he made some l5 to 25 bets of from $26 to $100 apiece up t0 last May 30. And on Nov- 33 in a radio broadcast, he said " he had made a "few small sentimen. tail bets" on the club.

Cox, through an attorney. asked Landis for a new hearing to clear himself. In setting it for tomorr-

on the same day as he originally had scheduled for a. hearing, which Cc; refused to attend.

o weeks ago, Co: notified Landis he woul _ 't attend n Doc. 4 hearing. because he was resign- ing from the Phillie! in order to devote his time to his lumber bus- iness, and that any further dis- cussion of the matter would serve no particular purpose,

Making quick arrangements for an open hearing, Llhdll instruc- ted Bucky l-larrls, who was depos- ed by Cox as manager of the elitb late in July — and who prev-

Cox Reoerses Story Re Wages In Baseball; Landis To

Of Case

main in New York and show up at the hearing. He also summoned George Fletcher. secretary oi the Phillles, Jlfillllllly Pglillllell, thebfiirizd Bliffililfy. . PH v y and ‘Nathan Afiesxander, an o oer emp oyee.

Ln disclosing the reopening of the case and Cox's reason for say- ing he had done some betting on the Phillie: during his short term '&t"§‘§°i‘§“r‘in““‘it’ Wt??? it”

vers y use a p y- er‘: attorney had zfialled last Sat- lll’ By requesting e hearing-

"The attorney said," Landis ad- ded, “that Cox hadn't told all the facts about the betting statement, and that he made his statement to test the loyalty oi ‘this partic- 1111M‘ man‘ in the Phils organizat- on. wighe eittorney, vllnoyctll cstryker,

me e s con nee ox made no bets, and that Cox could vine; we. ii’ given la hearing.

' c can conv nce me what he said was ‘a story’, and 1 should conclude that he made no

merit to that effect. However. tltieflPhiladelphia ball club is out o "

Paul Robeson, noted Negro sin- ger and actor, and a group of Negro newspaper publishers app- eared before the meeting and pre- sented a four point, plea for Neg- ro ball players to be permitted to

moted through minor league ranks and to be selected in the usual wr" from sandlots and schools. "Bach club fr. entirely f.\':e to employ Negro players to any and

iouslv appeared before the com- missioner ‘in the course of the. months long investigation - to re-

announced. "The matter is solely " ' each club’: derlsinns- without restriction whatsoever."

Big Inter-Service Boxing Meet Planned For Dec. 15

A hockey in

bets, I shall issue a public state- cme!

enter organized baseball, to be pro--

all extent it pleases," the meetinizdur s. . Still in serious condition, is 12-

The pick of the boxers from

M.C.S. Queen Charlotte Beach Grove and the RAJ‘. station here will meet in a big touma- ment at the Soortinz Clu on Dec‘- ember 15. it was announced by oi-l

torium. Joey McDonald, sports promoter. has donated the club free of charge for the evening, it was also announced.

Sports officers of the three ser-

ficials last night. Attempts were vices are whipping their charges made to have the R..C.A l" from into the best possible condition and Summerside also send a team of'both clever boxing and hard slug-

H. donated to the Provincial Snna-_

lilnn to Sm

fights-rs but this was found impos- le as the summersld

sllngors arc partaking in n tourn-

. ament at Moncton on that date. stressing oualltv. rather thani

“F b” ‘m’ P‘°‘°“ l ouantity. eight fights will be on the '

card. ranging from feather-we! ht] to the heavyweight division, Fig t-l ers will be maichedso a? '0 give, - the fans one of the best. l not the ,

best, shows witnessed hare einoe ; in

these inter-service meets, began.

ing appears to be the order for the

8 t- night of the 15th. Seating arrange-

ments at the Sporting Clo‘) are to be changed so as to give the ex- pected large attendance better chances of seeing the bouts. The referee will also perform inside the ring. with three branches of c services being represented in the lodging. Fighters will be weighed

on Moncav afternoon at the Naval Barracks.

GUA

ARUJITl-TTOWN

illookoy Meeting Illero ecemhsr 7 u

" _ in connection ‘with renewal of last your’; City _ Hockey league will be held at the

Naval dial-racks on Tuesday night i 3Y7 061ml‘. it was learned yester-

With the exception of the R. A. F- Wm. which is s. doubtful star- ter this year, it is likely that the league will be made up oi Navy, Army, P. W. 0., S- D. U. and n City team.

TVIIlBM the Queen Charlotte basketball team will travel

a team from the R. C. A. l"., while

squad will take on the Beach Grove ouihtet in a game to be ploy. ed at the local gymnasium,

Montreal Boy To Be Charged With Murder

gun. MONTREAL, Dec. 3—(CP) — A coroner's jury today held George

ma“ Webster, 14-year-old high .student, criminally nsible

the baseball mother three weeks W.W. Gou

bat slay oi his ago. and Police g of neighbor- ing Westmount said the youth would appear in court tomorrow on a. murder charge.

The jury reached its verclct of- ter the inquest-postponed indefin- itely two weeks ago-was resumed in a hospital room where Miss Sylvia Cust gave her testimony from i1 wheel chair.

Miss Cust, house guest of the Websters at the time oi the earl morning attack that brought deat to 39-year-old Mrs. Andrew . Webster, has been in hospital since |the tragic momfng. recovering with ltwo Webster children from head in.

,,vear-o1d Mina Webster. while An- drew, Jr., aged eight, ls making a Rand recovery after a head oper- a on

prosecutor John Long. K.C , said "certainly" it was George Webster who assaulted her with a baseball bat in the early hours of Nov. 1'1. Later inspector Robert Byford and constable Lowson identified a baseball bat and carving knife which they found in George's room - on the morning

of the attacks. ittlng in a wheel chair, gropped iup by pillows and swat ed in ibandages, the 25-year-old Austra- lian house guest said she was awakened in the small hours of the morning by the rounds of crying.

At this moment, she testified, Georgrentered her room without knocking and told her quietly “mother's hurt." Then the boy at- tacked her with the bat.

"I notice cuts nearing over your eye," Long said.

“That's ivnere the bat Miss Cust replied.

"girl you lose consciousness?”

.. 0;.

"How often did George hit you?"

tunes.’

hit me,

w Summerside where they will meet

on Tuesday night the Summerside

RDIAN

{Yanks Solve {Fire Hazard -0n Barriers

TORONTO, Dec. $——(CP)—Fath- er Charles B. Murphy of Sydney. N.S., told interviewers here today that he did not believe stories about Japanese bayoneting child- ren because “Japanese are very fond of children." but described one of his bad moments during ln- ternment ncar Hons K0112 as a time when “they took some Canari- ians out and bnyoneted them" at l part of the camp later named death gully.

Father Murphy. who was repat- riated on the Swedish exchange ship Grlpsholm. arrived here this. morning with a party oi‘ repatri- ated priests for a brief stay before goinil to his home at Sydney.

Describing the bayonetting of the Canadians, he said: “they took four out of our section. men who had been in the Hang Kong reser- ves or regulars. We neat-d the cries of the men."

Father Murphy spoke without, rancor of hi; experiences with the Japanese-one time, for instance, when he and several other priests were lined up and questioned for long periods, then taken to a gar- age where they were kept three days without water or fond.

His attitude was in direct con-

h 1 _ Sc gs),- trast to that of Dr. HiilTlSOll Mul- 2mm would be ,,el.es$_h.l\y

let. oi’ Toronto, rcl-trluted at the same time, who declared: "All the atrocity stories about the brutal and inhumane Japanese are true"

“In Camp Stnnlev I met mnziv British nurses and V.A.D.'s who had worked in St. Stephen Military Hospital who lizid witnessed these heinous deeds," he sold. "During the first three weeks of capture we civilians. men and women. wc.c lodged in shabby. horrible broth- els. four or five people to a cubicle.

“At first the Japanese guards were very rough nnd oiflcious with

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THE FGRIIM

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mittie also heard briefs from A:- bertu and Nova Scotla and from labor. construction and other in- terests, all dealing with reconstruc- tion proposals.

J. G. Turgeon, Liberal member of parliament for Cariboo and committee chairman. said consid- eration would be given to compil- ing a report before the new parlia- mentary session begins in January.

Ally such report would be of an "interim nature," since Prince Ed- ward Island, Quebec. Ontario. Saskatchewan and British Colum- bia provincial briefs still have to be presented. They may be heard CQTlV 1183i. V031’.

"We dio not come here in a posi- simistlc mood," said Premier Mc- Nalr. "We are not without hope. We wanted to impress on you there are vcry serious problems in New Brunswick as elsewhere in Can- ada"

It was generally ucceincd that ill‘. cmurgcncy XTECOI ll“, '10“ PIO-

Brunswick wanted to find out how it could he accomplished ivlthou: interfering with the financing rc- quired for the virovincels meagre" educational and social services.

Maritime Sacrifices

B. M. Hill (Lib. Charlotte) said detailed questioning of the New Brunswick delegates might bc left until the provincial reconstruction committee has completed the stud- ies on which it now is engaged

Mr. Hill, from New Brunswick.

iis. We were expected to stand at attention and take off our hatsi when they passed. Those who fail- ‘ ed to do so were slapped smartly, ,:icross the fiice." ' He. said that in general the Wu- men in Camp Stanley were nble to stand the poor conditions better than the men. and related that n1- i

deaths in the camp there were, many marriages and several babies were born. i

1 i?-

iMcNair Demands?

sillCl the biaritimes used to be the most prosperous part of Canada. exporting their produce by water to Eood markets.

Thcy had made "a tremendou."

i sacrifice" going into Confederation

since United States mnrkcts were lost. Other provinces 112d obtain- ec? “untold wealth" bv being grant-

Miss Cust, questioned by crown though there iveri‘ mo" malt“ i cc‘. large northern areas, but in the

Nlfiiitiiiics no extension c! bounn- dries “'13 possible.

New Brunswick produced fine potaltocs find this market could be d c d

NEH i

iltlng Canadian units and calling -ttie men around him to talk 1n- !icirma_liy from a jeep. Ouimet said that in every one of dozens of speeches of this nature. he assured iohe soldiers that new measures were being taken to speed up mail deliveries-statements that Ouimet ,sald "were greeted with prolonged ‘cheers every time." .

Deeply Impressed I In the interview, Col. Rulston

said he was "dceplv impressed" by

.the difficulty of the terrain over which the Canadians were fight- ing. and described ruin and mud which indicated that his visit was made before the recent new 8th Army drive past the Snngro river. Hi: said his most striking impres- 510D was 01' the “quiet self-confl- uence of the men. sure of them- selves without iii-ins; boastful."

I-lc sold Canadian equipment got "ful‘ uwirlts" for its urrioi'm.nico ll’\ 5 11v and IL. y. Speaking of a visit to n Cona an hospital unit, he said that the Canadian medical services “are beyond praise"

Ouimet said the Cnwdian de- fence minister‘ hurl Vlslcitl qrnci-nl Sir Bernard hioiltgomerv. the 8th Army commander, and had been given a detailed explanation o! the war situation in that theatre. Telling briefly of his meeting with Gen. Montgomery. Co]. Rnlston said that among t1lCBi‘1i.1Sl1l('ilt.l< er's sizable "fun" mull on» (luv had been a letter from n Canadian mo- ther asking the gcncial to toll her son George to tvrlte to her. Col. Ralston said the army command- o‘: hadn't been able to find GQOTCE, but repeated 8“'1ll his statement that the mail (‘cs were being speedcd un-nn _ hot. if Gcorvr zliri iwrlte to his mother, the l-"iVrs

would get home" as rapidly as has» lsible" in future.

Erna Body oi

eyrhgmzlinipire Trade Agreement "N Jo

in i932 had cut off a good potato market in Cuba but in the inter-

. Decentralization 0f Industry

' By JAMES-EIQCOOK

lcsts oi Confederation New Bruns-

wick accepted aiiis sacrifice. i A ‘tremendous’ development. could be made in the fishing in- idustry. If the lyiarltinie Provinces required more help than others in the reconstruction period. they should have sympathetic consider- ation, said Mr. Hill.

Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA. Dec, 3—iCP>—Prem- ier J. B. McNair of New Brunswick , said today before the House of; Commons reconstruction commit-I tee that he thinks Confederation can be mnrie to work “but there must be substarilni ndiustmcnts."

The Premier spoke nftet.‘ presen- tation o‘ a brief ln ivhiclt h" said decentmlization of industry, fin-

Ralston Pays Surprise Visit ~ To italian Front

TORONTO, Dec. Ii-(CZU-Flrsi definite word that defence minis- tcr Rulstou has visited the Canad- ian troops in the Italian front line came tonight in a CBO broadcast from Italy describing several days of Col. RolstonK-z tour through Ca- nadian positions.

Marcel Ouimet, telling of the in dclavcd broadcast, inter- viewed the defence minister bri "

fiadiiin fighting mien in tou soir and had found that not only Ca- nadians. but also British troops cf the Eighth Army, hurl the highest regard for Canadian-made equip- ment

Ouimet said that Col. Raltons visit to the front was a surprise. and that he spent several clays vis-

HALIFAX, Dec. 3-—(CP)—Dis< covery of the body of ninc-vcar-olcl Nadia Johnson today brought s. Durtial solution to the riddle sur- rounding the disappearance of tho girl and her father, but there was still no trace of the parent, a. rovol Navy officer here.