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Heavy Earthquake

Reported In Japan

(By Tom lambert) ‘ ‘liYO. Dec. 2i»- t8aturday)- (AP)-A~ death-dealing earthquake followed by a seven-foot tidal wave struck-southern Japan early today and first United States Army re- ports indicated at least 1.000 Japa- nese had perished.

ilnenplcyad In Maritime: _ lion Total 18.000

The shock itself was felt from Tokyo 550 miles southwestwsrd to Fukuoka, on the southernmost Japanese home island of Kyushu.

The tidal wave centred about 100 miles southwest of the great city of Osaka along the eastern shores If the southern island of Qhioku.

less- Plain inundated

Japanese feared much of this coastal plain was inundated.

The shock of the quake and the major force of the tidal wave an- parently were concentrated on the northern and eastern sections of Shikoku. which has a garrison of

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Coming Events

"Movies at Tryon tonight.

' ‘Bernard's for your

O Crimson

Store. Breadslbane. Christmas groceries.

—~ Mt. Stewart Saturday; Canary plus News.

"Wlnsloe South School Concert. Winsloe Hail. December 23rd.

"Poultry - Buying dressed poultry. price

daily live and Paying toil market Davis & Fraser Ld.

"Loading Hogs for Davis it Fraser Ltd. Tuuday until sin-that‘ notice. Dinrweii and Bosaiter.

‘fUnloading car of bran Mon-

-Unemployment Provkices has

assistant 1 of the here tonight.

Curry

wsrd island.

Still.

Another factor,

lim-

MORCTON. N. 3.. Dec. 20-40?) M-rltime dropped from a peak of 30,000 in April to 18.000 at the present time, L. J. Curry. superintendent Unemployment Insurance Commission, said in an interview

Predicting further within the next three months. Mr.

said that

were unemployed and

who were Jobless after tliehar-

vest had found Jobs In the llam- ber industry in Nova Sootis and New Brunswick.

Greatest barrier to the solution of the lmemploymcnt problem in the Maritime Provinces. Mr. Curry said, was the shortage oi build- ing materials. A large part of the problem in depressed labor areas he solved if materials were ble for building projects.

l

in the

l

Few Islanders those

he said. was lack

of skilled workers which was hold- ing back work that might provldo lobe for unskilled workers.

H6 dfllfllbqi! the situation in the Cape Breton and Pictou iarese as serious but added that an Ovqmcsitiinjitkvu thaunty was ted ‘with increasing building

County

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improvement

four areas of Nova Bcotia Ind New Brunswick provided the bulk of the Jobless. These were the industrial areas of Cape Breton and‘ Pictou Counties in Nova Scotla and the Halifax and Saint John, N. B. Bright spot ln Us; Maritime llbor picture was Prince Ed-

CPJEA of

PLAN TO

Flrst Woman Mayor

First woman mayor of Prince Rupert, 8.0., Nora. F. Arnold. shown here. won the election with a four-vote majority over Mayor H. D. Daggett. An alderman in the 1946 council. she is a former school‘ teacher now in the real estate business.

Shurchill Rails At Decline Ami Fall 0f Empire

(By Glenn Williams]

LONDON. Dec. QO-(AIO-Prime Minister Attlee today announced that negotiations are under way to grant independence to Burma and drew from Winston Churchill the eloquent accusation he was speed- ing "ihe decline and fall of the British Empire."

"The words which have come from the Prime Minister's lips to- day." the former Prime Nflnister declared. "are, in fact. irrevocable

eventual independence for the rich Junsie land of which Kipling wrote. Mr. Attlee said the white- paper plan now "merits recon- lTdflflilon" in the interests of speed and that a group of Bur- mese politicians has been sum- moned to London for almost im- mediate negotiations.

"The Government's desire ks that the Burmese people attain their self-government by the quickest

ll. B. Farmers Sell Potatoes At Loss

SAINT JOHN, N, 3.. Dec. 20 -~ (CPi-One of the largest consign- ments of potatoes ever sent from the Maritimes by a single stripper is being loatiod aboard the S.S. Bing- hamp‘ Victory here for Argent- ina. The ,00.000 crates of certified New Brunswick seed potatoes are valued at 0500.000. The shipment is from s Florence-

and most convenient way possible ...either within or without the Commonwealth," he continued.

British There Since i855

"I must say," Mr. Churchill ex- claimed, “the British Empire seems to be running off almost as fast as the American loan.”

"We have held Burma since i885." he observed, a little in- accurately. for it was formally annexed in the following year. 1880. “I hav. always followed its affairs with attention. because it was my father who was respon- sible for the annexation of Bur-

and he has shorn Burma away

from the British Crown." Following up last summer's

white-paper announcement of

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jsupniies enabling a start on sttzléctimwork now in the planning s e.

‘Generally. he said. one Msriume unemploytuent situation oould be regarded as fair dupite the fact the three provinces showed a larger percentage of unemployed tihan any other provincial srea in Canada. The official declined comment on reports that the federal government was planning a voluntary move- ment of unemployed from Cape Breton to Central Canada. He said no official announcement of such a plan had been. received from Ot- taws.

day. Dec. 23rd. Wilisbire Dairy- ing Co.

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until 11 A.

lng Hogs st Crapaud for user Ltd. every Tuesday M. R. N. Dawson.

"M! 103180 $111 be closed from December 22rd until January 2nd. Bernard Doughnty. Valley.

"Loading Hogs at Montague Station each Thursday for -Davis a Fraser Ltd. B. C Mcbe . Phone.

"Loading Hogs at Pea-ken Sta- tion esch Thursday foa- Davis b Fraser Ltd. Merlin bovine.

"Loading Hogs at Cardigan Sta- lion each Thursday for Davis 6c Fraser Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan. -

l0 Years Sentence For Manslaughter

MONTREAL. Dec. 20 -(CP)-— Convicted of slaying his friend Les- ter Vcies following an argument over the hours they kept, William S. (Bill) Acorn. lanky night club dancer and comedian. was senten- ced today to I0 years in peizuiteniiary for manslaughter.

The 23-year-old Providence. 3.1. entertainer was charged originally with murder and Mr. Justice Wil- frid Lazure said the‘ usual sentence when this charge is reduced to manslaughter is life imprisonment. 1-le reduced it to_ 10 years, however. because. he said. he did not think Acorn intended to kill the Long Island. N. Y. boxer.

"Hunter River farmers. loading dressed hogs every Thursday and lriday. Book. McGuigan and Boyle.

"Anyone having accounts against me or anyone OWilF-‘Z me. get in 10inch with ‘me by December 31st. Edgar Mum Bell River.

"Loading Hogs at 8t. Peters for Davis a Fraser Ltd.. each Tuesday For truck pickup service from farm io car Phone Roddie Pratt

"Buying pigs at Fredericton Monday. all sizes. Paying 25 cents l bound for pigs up ‘to 3t pounds each. 10".. cents in; to Nilpounds.

Knud Jorgensen. "C ilectl B’ i l" o n‘ o" for tune!-

Dsvis s mael- Ltd. i! service through Earmcliffe. Cherry Valley. Vernon. Orwell and zcgown. Phone Walter crane.

"A Joyous ‘Christmas. and a Prosperous New Year is our fer- vent wish for all our patrons, for all farmers, and for everybody ill-Will the festive week ahead and throughout the year i041. Livestock Marketing losrdf.

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"Interesting Hog Annoupes- umrt: Minister of Aadculturt ner announced today a new llhltllantlflth the Irithh govecnuent waif

Solid Fuels

I

OITAIWA. Dec. 90 — (G) -lle- construction Minlstq- Rowe sn- slounced tonight that control of distribution of coal. coke end solid fuel; will be tmnlriated Dto. Si. Price control. however, still will rennin.

Mr. Howe said that smile the controls on the fuels will be lit- ed. a oosi administration under the Prices Board will be appoint- ed to regulate the price of oosl. coke and solid fuels.

“It is understood that the new administrator of coal. coke and solid fuels viii be .1. I. Van lus-

wm m: Controls 0n

ville company headed by AD. Mc- Csin.

Mr. McCain said repesentstiona had been made by his compare-y in

New Brunswick growers of tabie stock potatoes. which were selling at $1.25 to $2 a crate. This meant the farmers were takins a loss- A crate contains 165 pounds. He asserted that the "New Brunswick potato farmcr has not seen a. cent" of several million doi- iars voted for stabilization of plod- uoa prices, while western wheat farmers had received millions in subsidies. Mr. MfiCB-iil said he had report! "on good authority" that a subsidy would be granted to farmers suf- ficient to give them s. small profit on potato crops.

Slirlstnlss Tm Watch ls Glalniod

NEW HARBOR, N. 5.. Dec. 20- (CP)—That wrist w tch which turned up last week n Louisville. Ky.. snagged on a branch in a lead of Christmas trees from Nov-s Scotls, has n claimant. Harold Nickerson of this eastern Nova Scotia community ssys he lost his. watch while cutting trees. He hsswritten to William Barker. the finder, enclosing a description of the watch, and offering a “gift" in return for the mlsolns time- piece.

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navigation next year.

Similarly, total shipments of all types of domestic fuel to date srs equal to those of last year. De- lives-lea of anthracite from the United States to finsda Should

an effort to obtain a subsidy for

ma, . ."

Mr. Churchill's liather. Lord Randolph Churchill, then was Sec- retary oi State for India.

Mr. Churchill played on ‘the blood shed by British soldiers to defend Burma's mineral and agricultural wealth against Japa- nese invasion in i042 and again to reoccuPy the country.

Since its recmquesi. in which ai-r troopers played a large purl. Burma has gone through a Wave of turmoil and banditry, now almost subsided. Its single. resistance- born political party has split into factions. some of them now ad- ministering the country as mem- bers of an executive council oper- etlng under the British Governor, Sir Hubert Rance.

Elections are to be held early in the new yelr, and British news- papers have speculated that they will be won. or at least dominaifd. by the anti-Fascist People's Fro"- dorn League from which Commun- ist elements of a wartime cool- ltlon recently split off.

llc German Prisoners To Remain ls llanaiia

OTTAWA. Dec. 20 — (OP) -All German prisoners of war will be gone from Canada by the New Year, the Federal Government an- nounced today in what was under- ptood to be a reversal of an earlier decision to allow some prisoners to remain as laborers.

The announcement came fmm Arthur MacNamasa. donut! Labor Mflilltcl‘. who said a "considerable" group of the 2.300 Germans still left in Canada will sail from Hali- fss Dee. 22. with the few Nmain- ing after that date leaving by New Year's.

Until today's announcement, it ma been expected about s00 or the many hundreds of wlsouicrs WhO had sought permission to stay in Canada would have been allowed to remain as farm laborers with

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946

Eve

Sues Mrs. Truman“

Mrs. Bess Truman, wife of the U. S. president, has been named defendant in a 510.000 1311171820 8111i- by Mrs. Nelle Motley Pearson. shown here, of Auxvassc, M0 Prin- cipal defendant is Henry J. Nichol- son. designated as driver oi a car belonging to Mrs. Truman which was involved in an accident in which Mr. Pearson allegedly died from injuries. Mrs. Truman was not in the car.

Vancouver Man Wants To Know Who Owns Loot

‘Br scum-vacuum!- . IJZJNDONfDec. 20-409 Ou-bie) -I..anky Lewis (Slim) Dextcrythe Vancouver man they couldn't keep out of the war. said today he is awaiting a reply from the British Treasury to his question:

Can he legally bring into the United Kingdom the loot he pick- ed upfrom the retreating Gor- man army in 1943?

Dexter, twice discharged from the Canadian Anny for medical reasons while serving under the name of Bradford, said lie came to England in 1043 as a deckhand on a freighter. reached Fkanceby stowing away on a. United States aircraft and then attached him- self to the American Anmy.

After various adventures he met "some old buddies" in the Canadian Scottish Regiment of Victoria, B.C., and “trailing along with them. fighting and resting. I got lost one day behind the Ger- man lines.

“There was a big bomiber raid by our people one night: the Jcrries abandoned some trucks

and I found one crammed with loot, which they were taking back to the fatherlund.

"They didn‘t get it. I got it and buried it. ‘The truck with ilic loot in it lies at a good depth below the surface oi the Rhine and I know where."

He said other hauls are simi- larly concealed.

The Treasury confirmed it has rcccivcd Dexter's letter but said no reply has bccn made. Dexter, who has letters from tile Canad- ian Scottish mcn h:- fought with. said he is doing some motion- picturc work and has been asked to write the story of his experi- ences in book form.

OTTAWA. Dsc. 20 -—(CP)— Steel manufacturers swung into ‘high-gear operations during Nov- ember after being beset during the summer and early isll by labor trouble.

The Dominion Bureau of Statist- ics reported today that 216.024 tons of steel ingots were produced during November. Willi! 117.669 l-n October- and 11.811’! in September. In November last m!

the promise of eventual citlaenship.

continue at a satisfactory rate.

The mild weather of the aut- umn and early winter has kqt stocks in holsseholders‘ bins at normal levels and there was some ‘evidence to indicate that those stocks were larger than in pre- vious winters.

200,932 £011! WON produced.

barn-like structure as they worked Jg||_f,_ g m; q “u; kirk. president of the commodity a shipping ltrike in m: increase in wages with s. sx- on Reese's ideas for mass product- but m y.“ ",4 my uyqgqqk Prices qtehilisstien corporation." as: arses smear thatOan- sn-hour minimum scale for un- ionmcéedilsihesi-kq‘ 1 d mam" ma" "f: “mam ‘with announcement npiisiilem "Jmrfifi “Agreed at an ennusi fsrtners $10 never M53.” 3.3“. -iu- " a s | ' , lidihmatLbnd a tte of “M” "“"'"’"' ‘i .22! if; ‘l? “"53" ’°' ‘if’: r . ...... .... " - 2.‘J';”.‘il‘.'m"“". ‘il-‘I-“lmiily-i- aim-him. .33.’ fi-iéii-d "h. “u”. m‘ ‘nlnl abld. to [lama aned re- ed ohm were eoifeeni died on ~ l ' received S10. but each of the I "W" "Whim- aluri Israel!” of Osnadsk the insvflsat o! eoel- freer the ~ . and wonssn who have been with By their side. Reese works from M; View“; , _ named m 14mm.’ q“ ' him 10 or more years received $3» 8 am. to miglutishht. so that he’ll “ ,_ ' "m, _ getintuoh each itbethzee " w”: lam and fir: £11k to 8*“ i Fourteen yesn ago Reese hadn't shifts. o 0 {perv "'- M m“ v “u” '" ‘ ""33: m Frank Parker s1...» "m" ""‘°“ ‘°"“".'£l“““°“ a“‘°m.."‘“‘.i'.i"f3“"m..' "‘.'...“’ii‘.‘;; __ - , a ' dam‘? m“ m I n. m” I‘ u“ n ‘Mn’. In‘ i hndqlihsvadayrowpa. I cm! Rr-R°§Q§$£I=’J§IQ‘IJ“.IM is full nsr to more than $3,900,000 g a. ' . . »-----‘---_. _..__. - backed by an usual tale of com-this rear.

The Quality Tea

day by the Quebec Court of Appeal.

today by an outstanding constitu- tional authoriiy. who said he be- lieved that Rose's scat could not be considered oi-‘Qn lo a federal by-eleciicn until tho House itself expsiled him.

This year's membership oi 48.409 is the highest in the history of the Boy Scout; Association in Ontario. ism-Col. Lionel H. Milieu, provin- oisi commissioner. announced ee- day. The total. including all ranks of Wolf Cubs. Boy Scouts. Sea Scouts. Rover Scouts Scouts. is an increase of 3,269 over the 1945 figure.

Reese, who was on poor yours ago. tonight distributed S705.- to

Solo-Ohio Christmas bonm which" set a rec- ord in this dish-making village of 1.400 persons.

Another Raise in Retail Price 0f Milk in Oifingfi’ A

Firms representations u; n".

u" "l!" llfice of milk raised loc- ally another cent per quart, e1. fective January 1. are being made. it was learned yesterday. The report is to the effect that the lidilk Producers Association will Wilt on the ProvinciaiMlik Boas-d Within the néltt lew days to pre- sent this request.

Since the Federal subsidy to pro- ducers of 56 cents a hundred pounds on milk sold for fluid consumption was abolished on Sept. 3o, m, “n tall price of milk has been raised 2 cents per quart by order of the Provincial Milk Board.

The Board consists of three members, Messrs Claude Smith, PBPhesenting the producers; Henry MacDonald, the Provincial Gov- ernment: and Dr. W11. Carson. the consumers. The consent of two of the members is sufficient to grant the proposed one-cent increase.

Will Ship 0nt. Bulls To Ecuador Iy Air

MJONTREAL, Dec. 20 —— (OP) —- Believed to be the first. shiPmmt of bulls from Canada by air, nine Ontario thoroughbred animals will be flown to Ecuador sometime next week, Ernesto Chiriboga. Ecuador- ean Consul General here. said to- day. The bulls, purchased by a group of Ecuador- livestock men for breeding purposes, have an aver- age value of 81.500. with one vl-liltd at 12.000. r

Rose Appeal is Dismissed

MONTREAL. Dec. 20 ~— (OP)- Fred Rose. Labor-Progressive mem- ber of Parliament for Montreal- Carlier, today began serving a six- year prison term after rejection by the Appeals Court here of appeals from his conspiracy conviction and sentence.

The unanimous veldici of the five-judge. provincial appellate court placed Rose's continued ten- ure df hrs Commons seat in doubt. Meanwhile. however. his counsel were studying possibility oi appeal before the Supreme Court of Can- ads.

OTFAIWA. Dec. 20 — (Cl?) — Qiiiy a vole by the House of Com- mons itself can open the seat of Fred Rose, flw Labor Progressive mdmber for Montreal Cartier whose appeal against conviction on an espionage charge was dismissed to-

This opiniml was expremed here

"vacant" and thus

Ontario's Boy Scout Membership is Record

TORONTO, Dec. 20 -— (GP) —

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the 827 miployeeo of his

pottery -- a surprise

The 58-year-old owner of the pot- alao annoinced a ZO-oenta-sn-

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BRITAIN T0 BOOST PRICES FOR CANADIAN

GRANT BURMA INDEPENDENCE pried;

Britain, shortage which recently cut her bocon ration from three to two‘ ounces weekly, has agreed to boost the price she pays for Canadian bacon and this turn will pork prices for the Cunodion consumer, Agriculture Minister

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Agriculture Minister Gardiner Ropes Tc Increase llog And Barley Production.

By R. K. CARNEGIE OTTAWA, Dec. 20—(CP)— laced with o pork

result in increased

Gardiner announced today.

Mr. Gardiner in a press con- ference soid the higher British prices will be in u new bacon agreement now being negotiated which will ensure higher roles for i947 and I948 and further negotiated prices tor i949

The extent to which retail prices of bacon and other pork products will rLse in Canada was not immediately known but Mr. Gardiner said the advance would be in ilns with the higher export price. The increase is expected

Subsoripld Delivered 16.00. M!!! $5.00, other Provinces I l7. I. A. S7."

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For Domestic

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Big increase in Christmas Mail This Year

Approximately‘ sixty tilousand more letters were handled at the Charlottetown Post Office in ins

Pondins Period of last year. iocsl officials informed The Guardian last night. . Yeslfldoyfls letter oount-‘wss not available last night but assuming, that it would at least equal the av. ersge for the previous five days. the increase for the six-day period over the same period last you W053 be close to. if not more than.

From Dec. 16 to Dec. 10, 1946. (both dates inclusive), 201.766 let- ters went through the automsrtio counting machine. ‘Ilhose figures had constituted an all-time record for the Charlottetown offing until this year when the oousiting ma- chine registered 50167 letters as having passed it from Dec. i5 to

D00. 19, both dates inclusive.

This Christmas season ml; ed

stamps has also broken all pso-

vious records. the l single

to take place early next year.

The Minister also stated that because of the urgent need of Canada increasing its hog pro- duction the government would take steps to increase banley 1710* _ duction nent year, probably along the lines recently proposed inflhe Dominion-Provincial conference on agriculture when s Q-ah-scre bonus on land sown to barleiv was suggested.