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Survey Stamps Charlottetown ll Richer Market

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(Special to the Guardian)

.\'l.W YORK, Aug. lB-Charlotte- 1a..» families had more money j1\l' ible for, spending during the pfisl year than did the average _ elsewhere in Canada. ac- r to Sales Management's ..irvey of buj/ing power, cov- nil cities 1n Canada and the d States over 10,000 popula-

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The figures show that the over- are Charlottetown family had an .. m, before taxes. of $4,229. iireii to the average of $11471 d by families in other cem- ~. ties in Canada and to the 3.9 received per family in PIIllCC Edward Island.

How high a buying potential this rc- esciits is indicated by the fact ibai it. constitutes .133 per cent of {.19 Dominion income although ClTFlOHGCOlVH has only .119 per :r t of the Dominion population. . this income, which totalled s12,- zen-no in Charlottetown was trans- mii into purchases of $8,621,000 in 1hr‘ local retail stores.

‘rile survey stamps the city a r: .;ci' market by assigning it a ‘c iiilty of market index" oi I18, h wining that its purchasing power ‘..~ i? per cent above that of the tivricc Canadian community rc- ;"i’(l.'(‘55 of size.

twnadtrs retail sales in 194,6, on wor family basis. were 80 oer as high as the U. S. avenge, ~ the Canadian dollar has ."i'll(‘f‘ purchasing power htwzizise ,-:.-i-i~ POlllYOlS really worked tiicre, ‘lie survey points out.

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Subscription Delivered 80.00. Hail 85.00. other Provinces b l7. I. A. 07.00

r MEN HELD AFTER ONTARIO BANK ROBBERY

l0 Trapped Cape Breton Fire Fighters KCSCIICdlPoIiceSIAme

Lauzon Remains At Large After Break

Was Arrested At Sovehe From Klngsto

flliolent Explosion ‘In Cadiz, Spain

CADIZ- Spain. Aug. 1e _ lRblllBffll-A vloleht explosion occurred in (m, (13411; ‘hi? yards tonight involving g “h. merino deionoe depofl,

RBI"!!! laid all Cadiz hon- Dltals were filled with nas-iyiiltii-s and injured poranne u-ere being tent two hospitals In nearby San Fernando.

The number of dead and wounded in not yet known.

The radio at Seville, ill] miles IWIY. where 1 repercussions of the explosion all» were heard, broadcast appeals for mil local doctors to go to Cadiz.

The explosion originated in a vviu house of chemical products at the Lsrrlnaga and Echcvar- ricta Shipyards and spread to a stock of torpedoes and munit- ions rit. the submarine depot more than half a mile away.

iLandslide Kills 10,

lestroys 43 ilomes

TAMAZUNCHALE‘. blex, Aug. l8 — (-\P) -—- City officials report- cd today at -e;st ill lint-vii dead at Tamai, 8 l-Z miles soucn 0f here whore a roaring laridslqe Friday 1158M Vlfltd out 43 houses at the

"Show - itiaipequc, Tuesday.

"Show - Canoe Cove, Wednes-

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"Show and Dance, Bradalbane, rliursdatl.

"Ice Cit-am and Dance. Emerald lull, ‘Fuesdayi. August 19th.

"Dance, Byrnds Road School, Thursday, August 21st.

“Ice Cream and Dance, Grand Vicw llall, August 20th.

"Postponed until August 21st, ice Cream Social at_ Elliott llail.

"lcc Cream Social at llazcl- DmOk school, Tuesday, August 19th.

"Refreshments and dance in ilonaidston School, Friday, 22nd.

"Ice Cream Msocial and Dance. \l:iiint l-lopc, Wednesday, August Iflil‘.

"Nowson" Reunion Picnic at Argyle Shore, Tuesday afternoon. August. 10th.

"Ice Cream 500111 at Marsh- licld. August 21st. Auspices Wflrnftfs Institute.

to Box 500. twice weekiy

"Mail your FFms lilontalzue. for inst Piirito Deliveries.

"Dance at Long Creek Rink. hiesday, Aug. l0. Free gate. Re- lreshments.

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"Dance at Burlington. Wednes- iay. August 20th. Perry's OPBhP-‘it-Yl- 3col- prize.

"Ice Cream Social lri Pownal. Wednesday evening. August 20th. auspice; Women's institute.

"Pleasant Valley Mission Band lcc Cream Social. Fredericton Hall. Wednesday evening. August 20th.

"Sale oi Food and Aprons at Hoist-lane. Saturday. August 23rd. at 2.30 P. M. Central Royalty W. I.

"Cavendish bus service has been "billiard to every second day star‘.- ifig 19th. Aug. Tuesday and Thu‘:- dflv end Betui-dav.

"ice Cream I-‘t-siival. Dam!- llead of ltillsboro School. Thurs- day, August 21st. If not line, Friday» Ball game. Tug-of-vrar.

"Dance to the Eastern Rhythm 301's at title Bright Spot, Tuesday- Augus’! 19th. Just three miles from

"lbosdin live Hogs ‘ihuredsy

gjgslonewwn on Norm Rh" as followug Siimrvierrlo- till 1.90 ' _ P. M. Remington till 3- P- M aoqeonm," g Qegrtgfldwpl l Borden. Bag-int, Hunter River

Georgetown lOnIy 1 any to the Us dance in Georgetown Cavem- msnt warehouse. Wednesday. Mll-

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foot c! a mountain pPfllt on the Pan-A "Tiran Higlway.

Ofiicziis said afioiiicr landslldg on the heavily traveller highway at Villt Cerrada, :0 miles itoi-th. Wlllfld out most of the houses in the llll." vill.-;\,e and that two bod- llcs had been recovered.

3 The slide; fralns urdch iccomrlanie-l a wreck- lrnd hurricane

Northern B. 0. Area Reports Fall 0f Snow

VANCOUVER. Aug. l8—-tCP)-— The hunters and trappers of the north country had signs of on early winter today-snow. At Beatton River, 900 miles northeast. of here, light snow has fallen continuously since late last night, and at Fort Nelson rain changed to snow rlurl the morning.

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. ‘l8 —-(APl -'l‘lin Soviet Union late today cast its 12th, 13th and 14th vetoes in

"Icelrcrearn and dance. Orwell Cove Hall, Thursday, Aug. 21.

"Ice trcam soclhl. Baltic school Wednesday, Aug. 2t0h. auspices Baltic Women's Institute.

"Masonic Picnic at Argyle Shore August 19th. Relatives and friends invited i0 attend.

"Collecting hogs for Canada Packers Ltd by truck every Thurs- day. Phone N. A. Cutcllite. Fred- clrlcton, or write me, D. I... McDow- e l.

"Having sold my Blacksmith Business at Huutci" River. all ac- counts riot settled for by the 30th of August. will be handed in for col- lection. J, Herbert MacLcod. St. Peter's Bay.

"Hospital Dance, held Matthew do MacLeans wBTUlIOllSEn Sourll will be hold Wednesday night, re- mairider oi season. Good music. Modern and Old Time Dancing.

"We can sell you iii/hole or split cars of whole wheat and ground wheat, also ground oats. and W! have the odd car of bazucd 08"- Tell us your requirements. We can probably help you out. The Atiu gram Company, Montreal, Zone 1.

Thursday all day. Elmer Wilma" Breldeitlrie. Thursday till train time. Trilcldnl service when roads

ust 20th.

permit. MecB-ven and Careloy.

lSovietfVeto Appll In Security Council

ad P. Enlnlllggest Break n For 24 Years.

KINGSTON, om, A“; 13 _ tCP> - All Ontario-evil“ 593mb W“ on wnisni foi- three tong-term prisoness who sawed the‘r way out of Kinzston Penitentiary lri the biggest oreak from the "pen" in 24 years. Police lhslnt-‘d they prob- ably would Arm themselves at the first opPtrtun ty.

The break was discovered this morning and an immediate alarm was finished to all part: of the Province for the three - Donald (Mickey) MacDonald, Toronto, serving 75 years for liquor hijack- ing; Jiysses Lauzon, Toronto, 23, serving 35 years for armed robbery and Ncholas Minnelli, Ottawa, serving 1'7 years to" armed robbery. The trio sawed tiirough the bars of their cells and escaped between midnight and 6 a.m. apparently us- ing a rope to scale the Bligh-walled prise-n which has a reputation for rckainiwg e-‘cztped prisoners. dead or allva

Suspect Outside Aid

Wardci. RAVI. Allen's office an- nounced the escap- but gave no details. It 51'?!“ believed. however, ihat ti?‘ lflu had outside aid and had completed their gala yoy in an olive-colored 1040 light s-"lun which was stolen lust a block from the prison ‘riis morning The ppr bears Ontarii license number 73 P 21.

I Pclice immediately sc‘. up road ,blocks ‘uhdl-ic out of the Kingston ‘Bret! and began a check of the oc- cupants of all cats. One officer engaged in tile search expressed the btfirf that the trio would "be

Situation In Gape Breton illemains Serious

HALIFAX, Aug. 1B - (OP) _ Teri men, trapped by forest fires’ licking *hrou.';h the birch and spruce of Cane Breton Highlands National Park, scrambled down the face of o cliff and into rescue boats today as tongues of flame “Cited the foliage behind them.

The inPn were cut off when the fire which has swept thousands of acres u.’ woodland and rfevartated one fishing Iillage, turned back towards the Gui! of St. Lawrence during one week-end.

Eleven comrades escaped by rac- ing along the shore line l-efore the fire bllffiéd clown to the water's edge.

Fears for the edety of the re- maining 10 were held and boats left Clietlcamlr. 20 miles south of the fir:- area. to attempt a rescue. Today Bob Allen in charge of pIOVlXIZ-ttl forestry persornel. saw the met-t standing at the top of the cliff as ‘he rescue boats moved in close.

Without waiting for ropes to help them down, the men slid down the cliff-face to the safety of the boats.

The trapper. men had little to say about their experience.

Ask For More Men

hl€8'l“'l'lll€ a call for more vol- unteers frcm other parvs of East- ern Nova Smtla was sent out as the Zoitudd men who have been batting the blaze fur mote than a iveek wcarlcd of the. hot anq grimy work.

Scme 01 the Iire-YiEhWYS Wei"? l" rag; (Tyfn the bushes tearing at their clothes and many Md Daft-S of the '_-'ioes burned off their feet.

armed by this time‘ but i, provin- lcinl poi-re official 851d there would lbe no nrcd ir-r a shcot-to-klll or- drr."

Orders Invctlgaticn

, At Ottawa

‘Commas oner

Gen. of

‘mediate investigation. Lauzii- gang that perpetrrtmi the largest hank robbery in Canedim histofy, csczzplr; oviin $351,000 from the Royal Bank branch at Bath. Ont, Aug. 70. 194's. That robbery took place zi-tcr Lauzov. marhged his first jail bre'k. an escape from dvaterlco Cruuty jail at Kitchener ‘while Bvfiltfl‘. charges of robbing la Bank ' f Cor-fierce branch at Ayr, PM» M 1y 0 vhuc $19.6") in cash [and $53.70!) it‘ bonds was stolen. After the 131th robbnry Lauzon.

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11'“? SKINNY Council to reject ap- Pltcotions from Eire, For ugal and lkrausjordan for members 1p in the United Nations.

The Council also rejected Soviet- WDDOHBd Albania and Outer Man- golia.

Ii alien voted unanimously to recommend the admission of the Arab Kingdom oi Yemen and its; new Dominion of Pakistan. The two Moslcm states will become the 56th and 57th members when given routine sanction by the Gen- eral Assembly meeting in New York Sept. I6.

It was the second time in a year that Soviet Deputy Foreign Min- ister Andrei A. Gromyko had in- voked the special big power pri- vilege in the Council to upset ma.- jority voies which would have add- ed Eire. Portugal and Transjordan to the roster.

Poland joined Russia in opposing Portugal but abstained on Ireland and Transjordan, The other nlineof the 11 Council munbore supported the throt‘.

Applications from Albania and Outer Mongolia were rejccted by their ftllll11’6_f0 win the necessary seven out of 11 Council ‘votes-just. as i-hey failed l-n 1946 when first offered.

The United States and Britain opposed both Albania and Outer Mongolia but the veto did not ap- ply in tihls case because neither mustered the seven affirmative votes required for approval. Both of then-i were supported only by Russia, Poland and Syria.

The delegates then rejected a Russian demand for postponement of applications from Au: s. Italy, Romania, l-hmnry and B aria on the grounds that the peace trestle: had not been ratified. They will

The Army and the Red Crcfi rushed truckloads o1 clothing from Sydney, ‘I0 111L185 away, to re-clothe

NEW GLASGOW. NS, Alla’. l8-tCP)—-Scicntfsts today weie atop eraser-k blnuntalr. at tire outslilrta cf this north shore town. while others wcr- on Tea Hill, three mllcs from (‘har- loitotown, to rig agipiviitus for micro-wave (Ltnrlnifiilflal anal inaugurate a new moans oi voloo eommuircatlon between the two provinces.

Tests of ecribtd as

the micro-wave, do- an ulna-short radio wave. arc achehted to begin tomb-row tr Wrdncsdll’ U’ tests are svcceiv-"ful it will he considered as a repiuc-mcnt for submarine cables nnw 1"!"- lng \'ova Stu-tin and Prirce Eil- ward island across the North- umbciiahri strut

RB Glbsonj Penltentlarlcsl said he had been advicd of the; were caused by heavypirqpe and was crderlvo an lm-Q-SL-aucn compiled me may tabula,

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the fire-i ighters. Meamv‘: lie,

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iltubher Cos. llliarged With Price Fixing

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1B -(CP) -Altoi:iey-General ClBflf today an- nounced he was filed '1 criminal lnfoflnatlon against cigh; manu- facturers of automobile tires, a tire manufacturers’ trade association and 10 individuals charging ag- reements to fix prices of tires and tubes.

Clark said the information was flied under the atiii-trurt laws in Federal District Court for the southern district of New York.

A Jusiile Department announce- ment oi the action listed these defendants:

Rubber Manufamurcrs atlon 1th.. New York Cit)"

The Dayton Rubber Company, Daytflli. Ohlv Firescne Tire and Rubber 00m- pany, Akron. Ohio.

General Tire and Rubber pony, Akron, Ohio.

8.1“. Goodrich Company of Ak- ron, Oluo.

G-codyl-BJ- Tire and Rubber Com-

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llnnounee lirain Garry-over Figures

OTTA“ A, A08. Ill — (Ciel -’I'he carry-em- o: Canadian wheat ln all pcstions a‘. Jull 3i. and cf the 1946-4’! cop Vltll‘, stood at 84,472.- 580 bushels against a revised er- tl-mete o! 73.600300 at Juiy 31. 1948, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today.

The ail-Canada total was 04.320.- 580 bueneic. This excluded 87.000 bushels stored or afloat in the Un- ited Slater against 134,000 lest year and iosaoneo in i045.

The ail-Canada carry-over of other grains: 0m 01.90511!!! bush- els,‘ bstey 28,680,404; rye 079,054, Mid flaxfeezl 777.034

The all-Canada wheat carry-over‘ included 20,028,000 on inns against 27,200,000 s year 13o and 8.060.000

be taken up Thursday.

in 1046.

Capt. Doyle Burle- son, Anny nubiic relations officer in the Plre refugse camp at Chet- arrny author- Admin-

681M311] itlanager A)“. Mac- Kay of the Nova Spoilu Tele- graph and lclf-‘llllcne llbmlYny said when rrlcrrwwuve tests be- come rporutiic. t"ey will mark the first lnsta latlrn by any ti“!- ephchn company in Canada. Re slid ‘the deuce was uivlcr con- eiderz-ron because cables were occzsiznzilly damaged by ice. Sinus mkro-tvavcs cannot penetrate tho curve of tre oarth. transmlirlon and receiving sets are living mounted mt 40-foot poles. ll that height is tnsufiic- lent, towers will probably lie used. If successfu‘. rrfcro-tvuve will prcvtlu for Zi-vnlce transmis- sion channels

Halifax To Purclian Exhibition Property

HALIFAX. Aug. iB-Clty Coun- cil today approved of the purch- ase from War Assets Cotporation oi the formal‘ Nova Scotia Exhib- ition property and buildings $266,137.

A Montreal real estate firm had appraised the value of the land lri the north end of the city and the buildings including an in- dustrial hail, forum. grandstand and office building at more titan $1,000,000.

The pnperty svas used variously during tlie war for Army and Navy barracks.

Thinks Canada Gould

Support 50 Million

orrrva. Aug. 1a (C?) - Canada could support a papilla- tion of st least 50,000.00!) Premier Drew ri Ontario declared today in urging the development of the Do- minica's resources as he opened the first post-war Centml Canada exhibition.

“Never was there q Lme when youth was presented wl'h such a great challenge or with greater op- portunities," the Pfcqrilrr said. “Within those lcst few VPHTS, CB1’!- sda has advanced enormously and we ham proved to ourselves that our production skill is sccnnd to none BJWTlIOTC in tho world.

"But this is not the pad of a period t.» expansion. It is the be- ginning of our greatest period of expansion, when the sliTi? we have learned in every field can be em- ployed ln sucn a way as to support s very much larger poyriiation ln every part of our hountrtl?‘

“We have the raw materials and the resources in Canada," Premier Drew slid. "to support a popula- tioa of not less than 110000.000 peo- Ple. one 1t would appear that the

figure ll higher than that."

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“The Fpirit o.’ New India" first independent Indlfl by the BJlClWlFFPZL, undert- t2"e strcarrriricz- of l6 rrcamimed locomotives t1 Loccmziirc Works. is pisiuri d our-christened with a b>ttie oi wine. be built for 'he railways of IIEWlY-Llflg ceiemonim:

ll. S. Government tlfflolal

filayllepresent "Gan. lit Vatican

OVITAVi/A. Aug. 18—(Special)._ Behind the appointmentiyester- may of, Jean Desy, former Canad- ian Ambassador to Brazil as Can- ada's new Minister to Italy is the intent that Mr. Dcsy will al- so act as Canada's semi-official envoy to the Vatican, it was stat- rd in diplomatic and government- al circlcs of the Capital today.

During the session recently ended. a number of French-speak- ing members of Parliament from Quebec asked if Canada would have diplomatic representation in Vatican Citv They received the stereotyped answer that the qucs- tion was “under serious consider- ation" and ro one definite answer

was even given to a question placed on the Commons order paper.

However. Mr. Desyls appoint-

ment. coinciclrs very closely with the recent re-appolntment of My- ron Taylor to be the personal representative at the Vatican of ‘ll6|PI‘05i(leIli. of the United Stat- cs, lending credence to the report that. the Canadian diplomats role will be as much or more closely linked with Vatican Citv than with the Government of Italy.

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‘Swift llanadian 0o. 1Workers Favor Strike

TORONTO Aug. 18—A strike ballot token among employees/of seven Swift Canadian Company plants across Canada showed 2,372 favoritig strike action with 37 against. United Packhinghouse Workers unwin 10.1.0.1 officials announced today. l

Fred Dot-drug, international re- presentative of the U.P.W, said that the Union would ask the Union executive for permission to strike. No Siflke date would be annoim~cd immediately, pending further negotiations.

Employees are seeking a 17%

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Micro-Wave Stations I Charges Residents In

llilavlteolace liable iFire Areas "_‘Loafing”‘ [Between P.E.l.-N.S.

Says Pleasant Bay Homes

llould llave Been Saved With Proper tie-operation.

(By Irving Whynot)

HALIFAX, Aug. 1B - (CP)—A lilgh Provincial Government offi- cial, who declined to permit use of his name, charged here tonight that some residents in the forest fire area. of Northern Cape Breton had failed to give act-operation in lighting the serious blazes even when their own homes were threatened.

Despite a provincial law provid- ing a penalty for refusal by able- bodied men to respond to a. for- est fire call_ co-operatlori had been lacking in some areas and the official added: “Some 0i them uculdnt get out to fight if the seat of their pants was on tire."

Theer was no immediate zom- ment from the men accused of "loaiing" while fires threatened their communities.

The official, in close touch with the Forestry Department, said in an interview that many men from the fire-levelled village of Pleas- ant Bay were “ioaflng away their time in a Red Oross refugee camp at Chetiramp while men from other sections are doing the fight- mg."

Loafed and Ate

"A few men from Pleasant Bay did go out to light but they ‘iet. the others do the work and Alley loaicd and woifed the food," he said.

The official said the Provincial Forestry Department knew about this situation but would not re- veal it for fear of pubic criticism that the charge was being iarorid- cast. as an excuse from the De- partmcnt.

"I doubt if so much as a single home ivould have been lost there (Pleasant. Bay) it‘ the men ltad got out and fought the fire \V.IBI' ll ivas first. reported.

"Instead? he said. "they ate lnaling at the Army camp (rc- fugee camp) and we'll have to pay the cost."

other true T00

He declared the situation was not confined to the Pleasant, Bay area. Other sections had their quota of loafers.

No comment was avallathe im- mediately from the Forestry De- partment but one official recalled

cents an hour wage increase.

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WASHINGTON. Aug. l8 -(CPl —Stalc Department and Office of Defence TTanspcrtatlon authorities} worked tllfOlllnhlflll iodnv on a so!“ lltlnn o.‘ the frPlgilt ear controversy Ivhich nrouizht an eznlrergb inst Wedncsrlny against United States coal snpments into Canada nvcr lines rii the Canadian National Railwav.