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MERE MAN

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-:__ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

The Guardian Three Cents Homing Daily Founded i887.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948

Subseriptio Delivered $6.00. Mail $5.00; other Provinces A U. S. $7.00.

Kussians Fire Anti - Aircraft Guns In Airlift Corrido

Coming Event:

n 24th, postponed till next week.

"fiamtnttge Sale Saturday, 4 to ll’, M. hlzirket llall.

"Chicken Supper. St. Teresa's, Monday, Oct‘ lllh.

. "Rummage Sac. Holy Nanre

Hall. Saturday’, September 25th. loclock, St. Charles Auxiliaryh.

"Dance, Lorne Valley llall prosday, scptcnrber 28th. Webster's Orchestra.

"Order Eastern Star pantry safe a‘ S. A. IVlQCDOIlHlITS Store Saturday 2.30 p.m.

“Dattco and Box Social. Corran

Ban llail. Tuesday’, September nth, Good music. "Dance, Wlnsloe Station liall,

‘fllesday. September 28th. Eastern

Rhythm Buys Orchcstza.

"Canoe (‘ovc Movies, Wednes- day. "King of the Cowboys". Roy Rogers.

"Dance in Watezvale School.

Wednesday, September 29th. Good lllilélf.

"Chicken Supper, Bingo other games. Kelly's Cross Wednesday, September 29th.

and Ilall,

"FCP Public htfcetittg, Indian itlrcr- School. Wednesday evening, Septcmber 20th. ‘gwcryone welcome.

“Don't. forget dance in Har- rituron Hall, Wednesday, Sept. Ilth. Refreshments.

"Rescrte Tlltlfsdfl)’. Sept. 30th, for chicken supper at. Wheatlcy River.

"Como to the Dance, Riverdale School. Monday, September 27th Sale of lunches. MncNcills Ore‘.- tat-til

"National Film Board showing free film in Mendowbatlk School ‘fircsrlay evening. Sept. 28.

"Listctr! Slop! See! The lass lterk cnd showing at MacDonald inns, ‘theatre tonight. Show time .30

"Ruling livc poultry on Mon- tlalrs- Wcdtiesdavs and Fridays. Crates supplied. D. M. Maol-Zinuon. Murray River.

"New Glasgow‘. Wed rtesda x. September 20th. Clyde River Plov- Ps present .1 act. comedy "The Gottd (lid Sumnncrtime."

"buck and Turkey Dinners aerated at. Blue Haven Restaurant Malprqtte Road. Sunday, Sspie-mbri 16th. from l2 in ‘.1 and 5 to ll I‘. ‘M

"ltcscrve Stiturdcrv. flcltibct" 2nd for Cake Sale at lttrgcrs liar-ll- “H” Ausplces Notrv llnmc Alumnae.

“Hear George Wotlon, CCF Prnvutr-lnl Ozgntiizer, speaking on "Provincial Affairs“, over C.F.C.Y. n" ilnnday evening. September 211th, at 9 P. M. Standard Time.

"The Annual lvleellnl of the Belfast Home Association will b»: hrld ln Belfast Hall, Monday. September 27th, at a P. M. Frank MacDonald. Secretary.

“Emerald Hall Monday, Brpt. Ylth, bazaar and auction forty- flves. from C until l0 o'clock. fol- lowed by a dance. special music. Alllbices C. W. L.

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"N o t l e ez-Beglnning Monday. lent. 27, my store will be open “WWW. Thursday and Saturday tilhts. will clone other nights at

D-m. N. Aubrey Outcllffe. ‘Pred- Irloton.

"Buying pigrMonday at Fred- Rlcton. Paying ell s piir.for

4 his: over so lbs. each. wrrt "Y "l! kind. Will not be buying at any other points until follow- l"! W”! Rnud uullQnlln, Itred- lriclon_

"All farmers in Bt. Peters Ind "lllwhdlnr districts troubled with It‘ interested in the control of "clnltls in onttle are invited to \ meeltnr at at. Peters High

"001 ‘madly evening. Sept. ‘m. Lt 0:00 o'clock. Dr. Bishop "l6 w. Gurney will be present k llfllt with organizing a pro- Eiln of treatment and control.

"U!!! sponsored by Sb. Peters

‘@910’ Ibnnerl."

‘Six Ships In

Path Of

i Hurricane Off Halifax

“prrtrsr at llarrirzgtorr, Scptezno- .

lNative Cf Ch’town flies In Sydney

SYDNEY. N S., Sept. 24.—Z\'lrs. Anna. Sabina Gillis, \\‘llE nf degdsl registrar John R. Glllis, died here todayt,

Mrs. Gillis was born in Cltar- lotietown and was n daughter of the late Mr. and liirs. Thotnns J.‘ Iilorris.

lluebec Village Almost Wiped Cut By Fire

l ST. l\iA'l‘l-lIEU. Que. Sent. 24~ ,tCP>—'I‘his titty St Alattrice vai- tley village. 30 miles northwest of ,Tllree Rivers, WAS almost. wiped ‘out tonight in a fire which de- stroyed the church. prcsbyterlu, lfour stores, the village forge and l2‘: homes.

l Mrs. DPlDlIlS Heroux succumbed to n heart allnck, but. there was‘ no loss of life directly attributable . to the blaze. Men and equipment rushed from Shztu-irlgntt Falls and Orandmrrc fought the frre. ' Late tonight flames were lick- ‘lng through timber in the hilly,

lsurrotlnding courrlryvsttle, tlrrcntcn- , l

lug numerous stnnmer rctiagest ‘and lrun-tltnz lodges, l The village's water suppiv rnn

tout as the blaze spread and fire-, jfiglttcrs intensified tltcir efforts llo check it. However. thrv pooled ‘hoses rid drew water fr gr near- b_v Lac Bill t0 keep up the ln-t-tle. Abbe Leonec Pnnnctctn. parish‘ iprlcsrt, staid the fit-c of tnzcictcr-r Qnrittccl origin broke out about 4 p.m, tn a smnll slicrl at the rear" ‘ of a home treat" the wcslrv-fcry". Mrs. Hctrottx, '70, died in the;

lnrrus of n son who was rcslraitw.

litig her frtrm re-cnterinfl their llIOIIIE lo save their pcrsnttnl be- rlougiltgs. The Hcroux home was ldcstroyed.

l St. lti-athleu, whose population is about T00. is sirtttated on Lake Bellemare, in rolllttg. wooded Icottutry shout l0 miles west of iSht-tu inigan l-‘ulls.

IBalleve Freighter lls Total Loss t

(CPM-The ceaseless moan and pounding of the ocean tonight. lsotrndcd a death knell for the‘ ,Greck freighter Orlonwspitred on‘ a rotk in the Sir t of Belle Isle.- - A Cflllfilllflll salnge lug gave up lits watch beside the doomed ves- sel and sailed in seck lprize~ the abandoned British lfreighter Leicester. believed drift- ling 700 miles off Halifax.

l ST. JOHN'S Nflti, Sept. 24—‘

l

1 believed that these lpnsl-husie for shelter.

another y

‘$1,000 Each On Head Of

HALIFAX. Sept. 24 -— (GP) - Six ocean-going vessels tonight battled the fury o1 a hurricane

some I50 miles off Halifax.

The tropical ttwister was ap- proaching Sable Island "the graveyard of the Atlantic" — and the R.C,A.F. reported that half a dozen freighters were embroiled in its anger.

Dominion Public Weather Of- fice here said sable Island _- a desolate sand pit was being lashed by 75 miles an ho-ur winds but there were no reports of ship- wrecks or injuries. ’

The death-dealing hurricane was lIlOVlllR parallel to the Nova Sco- 'lirr coast, headed straight for Newfoundland which was side- slviped by a similar storm a week ngo.

Tire United States Army trans- port vessel General MB. Sturgis,

carrying 844 displaced Pbrsons to new homes in Canada, was direct.- l_v in the path of the vicious storm. The Sttrrgis, which sailed from Brcn-erhaven, is scheduled to ur-

r rive in Halifax early tomorrow.

An unknown number of fishing ‘bc-ais also were on the Sable Is- land fishing hanks today and it is are headed

This ls the same ntorm that smashed its way through Florida. leaving a wake of debris and three dead, Drtnace there is estimated at _ 111012-00.

ivcalhrr officials warned that “this severe storm merits extreme

--t‘.1lllinll by all marine interests off

Canada's eastern seaboard during

j the next 18 to 24 hours at least.

OTTAWA, Sept. 24 - (OP) —~ Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy's northern task force have begun the LZOO-mile voyage from Port Bnrwell to Halifax, last and longest leg of their trip home, naval headquarters announced to- flay.

Retirement 0f Rear Admiral Taylor

OTTAWA, Sept. 24—A naval career that began just. two years after the formation, in 1910, of the Royal Canadian Navy wit‘. terminate at. sunset Friday. Oc- tober 1, with the striking of the flag of Rear-Admiral C.R.H. Tay- lor. C. B. E.. R.C.N.. Flag Oflicer Atlantic Coast.

Rear-Admiral Taylor, 52, will proceed on retirement leave as oi that date. He will be succeeded by Rear-Admiral E. R. Malnguy, O.B.E., R.C.N., who previously held the post. of Flag Officer Pacific Coast.

During his 37-year career, Rear- Ad-miral Tayolr has served lu more than a. score of ships. Can- adian and British. number of shvc appointments in- volving high responsibility.

and, besides serving in several ships based there, he has served at. successive intervals. between 1928 and i948, as Executive Of- ficer, RCN. Barracks; commotio- ing ofiicer of the some establish- ment; Naval Officer in charge and.

lately, Flag Officer Atlantic Coast.

Island Conservatives

For Ottawa Convention

The majority o-f Prince Edward Islands large contingent. of del-

PrugrCsslYe Conservative Conven- tion ivhich opens at Ottawa on September 30 are planning to leave, by special pullman car on’ Sept. 28, returning home on Oct.

‘(gates and attests to the National

3.

In addition to the pulfman party, Maj. D.L. Mathleson K.C., M.L.A., one of the ex-offico del- ecntcs, has left by plane and Mr. and Mrs. Pitilip Matheson. Wheat- ley River, Mr. and Mrs. Rough Brrgnall, liunter River, have pone by cm", Mr, Bagnnll is president of the Provincial party organization and will he pres-

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Two Montreal Brothers

time. They met yesterday morb-

MONTREAL. Sept, 24 tcPl. lng ln a tavern, discussed the pos- _. The Perrcatllt boys. unrelated r slbllltles, and then decided on the but crime-hardened and wanted spur of the moment that this was

the hunk, At the time they were driving near the Bunque Canad- lcnne Nationale branch st Notre Dame Si, East and St. dust. Street.

Early this morning Cloutier dictated pm trnslsned statement in pollen cells while his sobbing wife stood irearby. In it, so authorities s-rld, the 24-year-old bandit de- clared he fired only one shot - "accidentally."

for murder, ranked as major Can- adian outlaws tonight after police placed a $l,000-price on euch of them.

Police tracked down many leads. But up to flllzhtfnll they went without trace of Donald, 2B, and Douglas Perreatlit, 29. who nvitlt Noel Clouticr, 24, yesterday were alleged to have robbed an east- ena bank and killed policemen

ifo “Faulting” Cf Conservative Convention

OTTAWA, Sept. 24 (GP)- Claims that next week's Progres- sive Conservative "convention ls being "rigged" in favor of any leadership candidate are "un- ndulterated bunk“, R. A. Bell, the

a

day.

"There has been no ‘rigging‘ or ‘packing’, and I am prepared to give the lie to anyone who s0 as- serts," Mr. Bell declared at. a press conference.

Mr. Bell was replying particular- ly to "frigging" reports growing out of the claim of E. L. R. William- son of Ottawa that he had been rejected as an Ontario delegate- et-lorge because he stiprports John Diefcnbaker, bake Centre member of the Commons. He is prominent on the Ottawa Dlefenbaker-for- lender committee,

Mr. Bell said the 1.311 delegates had been chosen under a system laid down at the last party con- vention in 1942.

All delegates representing speci- fie ridlngs were picked at meet- ings of party strpporters in those rldings. he said. and none were chosen by the high command of

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and held a‘

lShCCIlIlEFAHS “Most Prosperous Year

lTo Interfere ‘With Traffic

Notice 0f Practice Clven Allies Long After Firing Starts.

BERLIN. Sent. 24 The Russians slammed

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anytthing

officials about it officially hours after the shooting started. The target practice lasted hours at Dolle Airport, 25 miles

air lane used by British and’ Am- erican planes on their flight from this city. Then the Russians posted no- tice that they intended to shift to air-to-ground firing, which could include practice shooting st. ground targets, and possibly some bomb dropping. The Soviet ‘deter the supplying of Berlin by air, but. incited Anglo-American attthorities to a new protest.

in the corridor. A Yak played dangerously close to an airliner with 30 passengers in the corridor yesterday n ‘wing-to- winr: performance that to have no purpose, Airfcrce officers were especially‘ indignant about the anti-aircraft

‘place, he said, the notification from the Russians of their inten-

“an hour and a half late“ and was a little less than polite.

Despite this, airlift planes lug- ged nnc-ther 3,613 tons of food and coal to Berlin in 444 flights

Almost as explosive as the air §incidcnfs was the outbreak of a Unewspapet- war“ in which the Americans ordered all Soviet- sponsored newspapers and public- ntions banned from the United States zone of Germany. The ban did not apply to the Atmerican sector of Berlin.

Meanwhile, German Conn-nun- nfficials were reported in a Fer"!

uvere indications the next Soviet moves in the battles fol‘ Berlin

i ed. ______~__ News In Brief

l PARIS, Sept. '34 — lllWO-hOUI‘ eouirtry-nvlde general strike of 1.000.000 workers asninrt.

rcalnly in France, Carried out in a troll-hearted way. ll- PTWPfi m‘ rless than 100 per etnt effective.

t ROCHESTER, N.l-l., Sept. 24 —~- Army ‘

flying l

(AP) — A United States jet plane exploded while

over Rochester fair grounds today

starting s. forest fire. ‘The pilot was believed killed.

TORONTO, Sept. 24 — tort - Convlcted of manslaughter in the hatchet-slaying of John Farrell last. July, Yvonne Brotllllette to-

prlson by Mr. Justicg Keillor Mac- kay.

CHICAGO, Sept. M - (APl _ A United States Grand Jury will begin en investigation Thursday at. the fer-flung Dupont indus- trial empire, lt was announced to- day,

strategy session at Potsdam, There ,

PE, Duranleau and Nelson Pa- quin,

Bank officials said the bandits stole $2,142 of which $1.506 has been recovered, some of it with the capture of Clouiier. He had n bundle of money inside his shirt.

Police, now holding Clotttler in cells, were confident the Per- ruulls would be overtaken by one of the most. earnest. ntnnhllflifl Montreal police ever staged.

Btu. nevertheless they warned the general public that anybody harboring the Perreaults would be prosecuted as "an accessory after the fact." liable to sentence of seven years.

Police seld Cloutier told them he and the Perreanlts bad plan- mj to h0g1 up e bank for some

Cloutler, with Douglas Perreeult, entered the bank between 2 pm. and 3 pm. yesterday, owed the manager glld six other: At run- polnt, and made off with money frcm the till, only to run into the police at the bank's entrance.

Donald Perreault remained aut- side in the get-sway oer and high-

‘ "that Quafififfea

tailed it away when the shooting started leaving Cloutier and the

other Pcrreault to commendeer

a passing car after they killed the

r two policemen. ,

Clrnliler and Douglas Pemault tdrove only a little way, with po~ lice in pursuit before they aban- doned the car and duhcd down a lane. There clouiitr surrendered but Perreauli eniANd l private house, changed his cost and elud- ed police,

ORANGE PEKOE

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alltl-alr- 1 craft fire into the crowded airlift were “the m“ of we ground... h,

' corridor today —- without hitting ‘

They teld British and American lllme m.- {he labour a"anabhq m

west of Berlin in the Buckeburg trains during the haititlg season.

return . Revel‘

shooung [Med u, lfine weather may come soon.

The complaint was their second . in two days against Soviet antics | fighter l

appeared l

fire. One officer said the stuff was ; ‘being thrown "dangerously high", H15‘-—llp to 10.000 feet "uthieh is as | “heme pert" has been Hfl-lmmlhigh as we fly." In the second

irion to hold target practice come r

ist leaders and Soviet occupation ‘

and Germany were being discuss- ,

New Plan For Handling _ ,l Dispute Over Berlin?

party's national director. said io- l the ma, o, living today pnssedr

and crashed in neighboring woods. l

day was sentenced to lo years ln l

rlllarr use‘... slMissing For Tor P. E. I. Farmers says" "Hi8

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Minister Of A griculttrrcr

WNNIPEG. Sept, 24——(CP)-- ___ Search pl' s today located a United Sta: Nntpv arc-raft miss- lrig for l2 days and all five of ti: ‘personnel are safe.

Headquarters for one of the largest aerial searches ever under. taken in Canada anrtouticed the Ilecchcraii was located near High- land Urke, where ti. had crash- inncled rn the bleak northeastern Saskatchewan wilderness 225 mile: 'l0rth\\'e<t of The Pas.

lt was spotted by an R.C.A.1".

The year 1948 will prove. when all statistics have been compiled. lo have been the most prosperous the farmers of Prince Edward ls- ‘land have ever known. lion. W.F‘. 3A. Stewart, Minister of Agricult- ure, started yesterday,

All farm cops tavit-hout. exception

stated. Hay has been so heavy that many farmers did not have the

,, , 4 Latrcastrr- in our of the rotttilta 1 a ‘cure it all so that m several areas Fl-affh swoep. rnvorvmg as man there were the inevitable loskscs—- .. 4r) ,,.,.,.,an" ' i y

3% lrnany of them the result of spoll- l a ‘h. or . 'aqe attgmented by intermittent south Lilli-m“ tit‘: zlfalltidegolgltd: . _ lrd searchers to the five surviv-

Th _" " . - . ‘ ‘ e £2,311‘ exéoggpdhas in 71:52“) r-rs. who lllCltldft two htgh-ratlkitig »- .. v .

land's history. the only danger now and wit?" s-mtes “Mal being the possibility of excl-salt... mite H(.1F‘.PirThPl' he?‘ staged beag- . way rou woo I

lrnins. Wllh less than half of the grain safely under cover or, as in some instances. in stack, the farm- .er rnight be well advised to delayt ‘furihcr cutting with the hope that.‘

"WHY from the plane. Food and supplies were drop-

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Agriculture Minister Stewart

Potatoes have suffered seriously lln some areas fiom the late blight lbttt it is unlikely, Mr. Stcivart said, lthat the overall picture respecting blight dcrmtszc ls as barl as many neoph- believe it to be. Top killing lhas been carried on widely and lthls practice will have a beneficial

hi: acreage whiwtlt

lButter Imports iErllierfrtu-lisld a might have strfferod

mnnsirlernble damage from blight. . v i>_§4.._._____ __ _i_..___.l t Continued on page ‘l5. Col 6i ' "

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‘lift Curl. ‘atfu do: Putter Liltbs Doesn't’ iittl) or: lust or fur Faulty ‘TREE To m‘ PMINQ 9

, Canada Boosts

Hatfield Stresses liliefenbakefs Claims

CYITYXWA, Sept. Q4 -— lCPr Trade Minister Hnvre announced today the completion of arrange- ments for purchase of an addi- tional 6. ".000 pOtmds of Danish land Aturtrzrlian butter, bringing ‘the total butter imports for this winter to lfiflilflflflo potlnds,

‘ Of the 16.000,r‘0rl pounds, l1,- r OTTAWA, Sept. 24 tSpecrall 030mm pounds will come from, 1- In a pro-convention visit to Denmark and 2,000,600 pounds each‘.

Qua“? this “Wk. H-H» Hatfield. from Attstralla and New Zflilfllld.’ ,_ , Progressive Conservative member M1", Hnwe said the rm One for Victoria-Carleton N.B,, and butter will sell at Canadianppricg ‘mfironrffgi?,'ds,gfiig,m’jm'twpk sometimes referred to as the “Po- ceilings ln,,_lu.e,._vvimnna .49 w. £30m - tato King of Canada", by virtue The first. shipment. will arrive £0,131‘ 54. Raging‘; W, T "f hi5 lflfse interests in the New in Canada in October and the io- peg 535m.‘ TOrOn-D 52' 62.’ 01kg“. Brunswick potato industry, told tal quantity is lo be delivered by 49 fifhaéqureal Z9 60'. due,” w.’ The Guardian lQIIif-tht that lie ls the end of January. The 15,000,000 55,- 551M John 4g floncbog g" in U"! Capital as Marltimes spon- pounds are expected to take care 541 Ham,“ 45 55. éfiarlottewa‘: sor c-f the Dlefenbaker-for-lead- of the minmum reqtrircnrents 49' 54. g,,d,,;_.y '40 56. Yak ership enr-npnigtl, during the seasonaLshortage in mémhjs 57v ' '

Mr, Hatfield came tn Qttgwg this country. HALIFAX‘ sq)’, 24 (GP)_ ltvvo days ago. and since his ar- The Catiadian Commercial Cnr- Omcm inland forécasis Issued m‘ rival here, has spoken tvriec to Doraiion, the agency throttgh nlgm by me Donnmon Rub,“ the Oita-wa and region “Dleren. which the butler is being pur- “reame, omce M Halifax m‘ baker-forJeadershlp" Committee chased. will make all sales to the van-d “nu-r midnight saturda.__ wholesale (ratio under direction of mm an Outlook 1m. Sunday 3 the Prices Board. ' ‘ synonqs;

l The hurricane at, 10,30 this eve- rllillfl was centred about 320 miles ‘southeast. of Halifax and wal nrovtng norttheasttrward. Wind; .along the Atlantic coast of Nova ,Scotla were about 25 miles per llmtll‘ and nlthnttgh they are likely ,fo increase somewhat in Cape .Bl'clon they are not expected m ‘exceed (l5 miles per hour over land.

fibml-ngd on poge

PArRlS. Sept. ZA-mAPl-Therc were signs tottlght. that Britain.

.iot' an ltottr today. and British ,sourcrs sJlfl they met about. the

the United Slates and France may ‘ Bpfhfi ur-rmrtovr, Cm“ {lmiih 7131' 7mm We Nfllih .bt- werklns: on a new plan 101' "rho;- talk followed a prrtocl of ‘mmmc mt‘ “W's l“ mam“ ‘handllflll NW1!‘ 015ml“! with Rus- rllritrslt. American and Frencl. gm‘ is Calls”? slmwors l“ NW5 silt over Berlin. ,sr.ttntltttg nf optninir fllllllilll prn- ‘$011113 ilmtdjliniip Fdvward Island‘ Pro-wcstertt sources snld iY‘-B‘u'c<ift't1 rtvloerrtirwns to the U. N “Y Bf“ , “ltd Quebec new plnn may exclude any im- Asqnrblv. ‘I'll: i0l)l)_\'lll_‘l pr urn. iinllj “if “mi... .9031 but cloud‘ tmedlnte appeal for a Utrited Nh- ably was utidcrlnkctt with a view p"?! “’_",‘, Putin“ showers and ‘ t-rotis judgment on the Berlin int- to icnrnhg what would be the re- ,2? Lfl\,‘\:;:,h,aie expected again passe in event Russia replies un- action of throwing the Berlin case wmdl ‘pl-dad... ,1]: liildmn) regions. satisfactorily to the three powers’ before rho U, N, but "he (j/‘m, C,O‘id“_r fmUsP-ndfy notes sent lo the Kremlin this reported the “ammo “' ‘ ' “m m Mu v/eek. They did not elaborate. restllts were mixed. A majority Rvauujq, rorpqg, _ t A member of the British Foreign of delreations were said to have P'_,.;,w“i3,,,,§a,é'iggnd. ovum“