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Suffered Severe Diplomatic Defeat

(By John M. Illghfower)

WASHINGTON, July 3_(Ap)_ U- ule Ollinlon of diplomatic auths critics here Foreign Minister Molotov of Russia suffered a sev. Ire diplomatic defeat-perhaps the worst of his career-in the failure of the Big ‘Three conference at Pads.

It was not so much the fact that Molotov failed to win Bri- lllll and France to his viewpoint, h'ut that In the failure the Soviet Lnlcn is believed to have 10hr wound in Ivhleiins its objectives lri Europe,

One authoritative informant, Ivldsntly reflecting State Depart. went reaction. said that Russia has now been shown to be more concerned with preventing those Eumlmm Countries not under its control from working foggthgy- than with the rellef pf misery we the return of healthy eoonomlc conditions.

According to responsible Ameri. can estimates of Soviet policy, the Kremlin has two primary nbjeq. "W! in Europe: m" to prevent the lflfmlllml of s western bloc or any

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Coming Events

"Lot 65 Hcnic. July 23rd,

"Dance in Cardigan 11311 p11- day, July 4th.

“Ice Cteaim and D rice, Ila eliffe School, July 4th. a m‘-

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"Dance in Emyvale School Mon- flfll’. July 7th. Good music.

"Come to Trycn Baptist Gmnrch Plcnim Wednesday, July 9th.

"Danes. Orwell Hall, Wednesday, July 9th. Millview Orchestra,

“Unloading car Feed at Colvllle, Friday afternoon. Cecil Stewart.

"Reserve 'I‘uesday, July 16th for Rollo Bay tea.

"Ami/cal Picnic ln aid of St. Brigid's Church, Lot 11, Wednes- day, July 9th, '

"Come to Glasgow Road vari- ety concert at Hartsville Hall. Monday, July 7th. .

"Until ftlrihcr advised ouir cnlll will Close each Saturday at noon. McGulgan dz Boyle.

"Ice Cream Festival and Dance in Si. Ann's School July 4th, in aid of Soft Ball Team,

"unloading car of Flour. Bran. Shorts and Hog Grower todavand tomorrow. N. Aubrey Cutcliffe.

"Open for Business - Shoe and Iliirncss Renoir Shop. Plhllllp Panker, North Wiltshlre.

"Pantry Sale at l-lolmans Sai- urday. July 5th. Home baked beams, pies, bread and cake. St. Charles Auxiliary. -

“Iridlan River-Kenslngton play “You Can't Beat the Irish", Kla- kora Hall Friday. 11th July. 8.30. Admission 50c, 25c.

"Collecting hogs for Oaflda Packers Ltd by truck every ‘null- day. Phone N. A. Cutcllffe. Fred- elrlcton, or write me. D. 1.. McDow- e l.

"Attend Hospital dance held regular Thursday nights. Matthew d: McLean's warehouse, Sonrls. Old time danclhB. Cbalsson’: 0r-

chestra. Modern dancing Cliff Peters’ orchestra featuring Les

Alexander.

"All interested ln securing a doctor for New Glasgow and sur- rounding districts please attend the meeting at New Glasgow Hall Fri- day, July 4th, at 9.30 P. M. A 306d prospect in view. Blend Com- mittee. _

"A meek! general meeting of the shareholders of the Mim-sy Harbour south Hall company limited will be hcllguln H1113:

.- . n hour-es aha’ toclock p. u. At this gees‘ u resolution to sell ill)

all popirty will b0 presumed Nathan Irving. Prclld

"Attention. no: producers Kim- tcr River and vicinity. Tire Live- stock Marketlnl Bo b9 loadtnf lion every ‘hrs 1- F"

service please advise l it! 0r we la advance V! "l!" lsetlrI our agents. Cordon Math- uou. Hunter River and Lemuel "r-ewell. telephone l.‘

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Election Act Committee Tables Final Report?

Reported Flying Objects Puzzle Defence Officials t? R.C.A.F. Headquarters

Banquet Tendered Supreme Master 0f 4th Degree K. of D.

A distinguished visitor to the Province ls Sir Knight William J. Mulligan. K.S.G., L.L.D., of Hart- ford. Conn. Supreme Master Fourth Degree Knights of Colum- bus, who was guest of honour last night at a largely attended ban- quet ln The Charlottetown. spon- sored by lhe Bishop MacEachern General Assembly, Fourth Degree, K of C.

Hon. Dr. W. J. P, MacMlllan, O.B.E., Master of the Fourth De- gree for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. presided at the function, at which addresses were made by His Excellency Bfshop Boyle, His ‘Honor Lieutenant Gov- ernor Bernard. and the guest of honour.

The latter was tendered an il- luminated address of welcome and of appreciation of his services to the Order.

Mr. Mulligan was accompanied by his wife. as were many of the Island members. and an enlovable social hour was spent following the dinner.

Attended Halifax Ceremony

’1‘he Supreme Master, as well as Hun. Dr. MacMillan and other local officers, arrived Wednesday evening from Halifax where on

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flew Weather Station Iii Arctic is upeiieo

OTTAWA, July 3 — (CFC-Re- construction Minister Howe an- nounced in g statement today the first of a series of Arctic weather stations to be established jointly by the United states and Canada now is in operation at Eureka sound, Ellesmere Island. The station is 300 miles south of the North Pole.

He said weather reports had been received from Eureka and that a second station near Wiri- ter Harbor. Melville Island. 60‘) miles south of the Pole, would be established later in the summer.

Dlievrolot Truck Prices Advance ln_l'_li_e ll. S.

OSHAWA, Ont., July 3—(CP)— (Tommentiiig on a Detroit an- nouncement that Chevrolet truck prices would be increased between $26 and $162, General Motors cf- fitials here said no price had been set for Canadian-made trucks, as production lines were not in full operation. Prices would be announced "in the customary manner.“

W. l. PRESIDENT IN N. B.

FREDERICTON. July 3-(0?) --Mrs. W. H. Prescott, Bale Verte, today was re-electod president of the New Brunswick Women's In- stltutae.

she was also chosen to rop- resent the Province at a confer- ence of the Associated Country Women of the World at Amster- dam ln September.

R. S. A. F. Personnel Alerted To Watch Skies.

OTTAWA. July a _-<s a1) Royal Canadian Air Forcepedheaz- quarters said today that quggtiqn. .1418 of air force personnel at Sum- mierside and other establishments in the Maritime Pmvinces ihnd failed to reveal any evidence of the "flying lflucers" reported to have been seen in Prince Edward Island.

“We have ordered personnel Q1 our establishments from coast to coast to be on the alert for and to report the presence of these glitter- iing objects said to be flying at hlgih altitudes and very high speeds‘ " a Bpokesman told The Guardian to- day. “So far these missiles or whatever they are have evaded the vigilance of our pilots and db- servers. Quite frankly iwe don't know yet what to make of them, and the question is the more puz- zling since men of standing ‘have reported their‘ presence at differ- ent points. How they could get from Vancouver Island to Prince Edward Island ls smoothing that seems difficult to explain, however we are continuing our search of the skies."

c.s. Beale, Dominion astronomer. said today he didn't think fine "fly- ing'saucers" were meteors. Al- though he has seen "shooting stars" in the daytime, these falling pieces of lron are not sufficiently numerous to jibe with reports on the missiles apparently seen from coast tocoasf-r-No/reports or their presence have yet been made to Ottawa firom scientific sources, he said.

OTTAWA. July S — (C P) — Saucers, teacups or stovepipes. those flying objects which have wihlazed at a screamlngly silent speed across the skies lri various parts of Canada and the US. have Ottawa defence officials and scientists scratching their beans.

The latest oneaaucer-shaped- was seen near Siunmerside. P.E.I.. Tuesday by four persons of sound mlnd and body. They observed it "quite plainly," described it‘ as "quite luminous." Mid "U" l

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Drop Conditions Reported Sood

July S — iOP)

UITAWA. Generafiy good have been maintained in the Prairie PIOVTIIQCS, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today in tire fourth of a serlcg o1 11 telephone reports covering conditions throughout Canada

In the Maritime Provinces, warm- er wcatlier has brought all crop‘ on gepwlly and enabled farmers to complete late planting. Cereal "~09; are QPOWIIIQ well and an av- erage potato crop is looked for.

Seeding of cereals is practically ccmpiered in Quebec and with warmer weather during l-he last two weeks. growth has been Illlld-

In Ontario, the last two weeks have been generally warm and dry g1 most crop have shown wml improvement. The cuslock fol spring grains however. ls still con- Sidered poof u acreage ls down considerably and crops are as much u three ygplgq nter than normal.

Dollar Buys More In Canada Than In U. S.

UPTAWA. July 3—(C7P) - A!- though the gap between Canadian and United States prices narrow- ed during the spring months, the Canadian dollar still goes further than lla U8. counterpart, the Prices Board reported today.

In the latest of a, series cf te- ports comparing U. 5. price; with those in Canada, the Board founi food prices diowed the blsRHt change during the survey period. from Junell to l8. ‘

"ggnmpgh prfcfl go still lower than those in the U. B. for all foomltems surveyed except coffee and coma with sugar, tea and lard new hlmost equal In the two countries," the Board said.

‘rhmsurvey is conducted by mmpgrlng prices in Canadian and 0.}. cities similarly situated prom g geographical Point of view: Assent-reel Ind Beaten; ‘roronto. Detroit and Cleveland; Winnipeg

and llflnneapolls; Vancouver and Seattle.

"The Canadian housewife." the report said. "could still buy milk at ll) or l6 cents a quart in most cities, while her American cousin hsdteplyfrolnlltnflccntlin ten-nu .0! the imperial quart.

"Top price reported for butter in Canada in the June survey

was M cents a pound, while in .

the U. l. butter was s: to ‘l6 curls a pound." ,

A ill-pound be; of flour was 6'7 to 00 cents in Canada. III to 82.51 for a I-pound bag In the U. I. Roimd steak in Canada was 41 to l5 cents a pound. 66 to U in the U. 5., while a shoulder cf pork would cost l0 to SI cents a pound in Canada and I to ee cents south o! tle bordt.

Clothing prices showed compost- tively little change. Quantity and quality was improved loner-lily.

crop conditions

Ban 0n Battle Export Removed

OTTAWA. July 3—(Speclal)—Oi- flclsla of the export division of the Dellartmmt of Trade and Coim- merce announced today that pure- bred cattle for breeding purposes and dairy cattle may now be lhil-llfid out of Canada to any destination without an export p97.

imit from the Department.

Cattle so exported, they state, must have the certificate on forim PHA-IZA of the Health of Animals Division, Department of Agrlgujf- uire. Decision to lift theéxportpef. mit regulations was taken jointly b)’ the DBPflrtmon-ts of Trade and Commerce and Agriculture subse- quent to representations made by the industry.

"There ls a somewhat widespread impression among shippers of cert- ain areas’ " an Export Division of- ficial told The Guardian today, "that export permits for pine-bred cattle and for female dairy cattle showing sighs of frcshenlng are still required, this ls not tihe case. They only need the customary health certificate."

Cattle other than these two special classes will still require an export permit from the Depart- ment before they ca/n be shipped out of the country.

Owners of piare-bred herds of cat- tle in Prince Edward Island will welcome the lifting of the restrict- ion in view of the ready market in the United States for pure-bred dairy animals. It will eliminate the inconvenience of conrespondence with departmental officials and the filllng out of additional forms for exporters. .

Canada's chief market for pure- breds is the United States but in- creasing numbers of valuable ani- mal; are being shipped “to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

ll. S. Navy Ship Arrives In Halifax

HALIFAX. July 3—(CP)—Sa.ll- era of three nations milled through the streets of Halifax t0- nlght after the United States heavy cruiser Rochester tied up today alongside the Royal Navy's light cruiser Sheffield and_ lhlpl 01' the Canadian Navy.

On a training cruise out of Philadelphia with 700 reservists aboard, the 13,600-ton American

cruiser came out of the mists in the outeir harbor at 8 a.m. and steamed up e roadstead. As the Rochester fired a ill-gun salute- returned by a battery on Citadel Hill-she broke out the White Ensign beside the Stars and Strip- es at the pcak of the mainmast.

The Sheffield, flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Willlam Tenant. chief of the Royal Navy's America and West Indies Squadron, arrived here July 1 and is berthed just ahead of the Rochester. Canada's capital ship, the aircraft carrier Warrior, is anchored in the harbor.

Tomorrow all ships in the dock- yard will dress in flags in honor of Independence Day.

Large Section 0f Brandon, Flooded

BRALDON, Min.’ July S-(CP) -'I'he Aselnlbolne River at this south-western Manitoba city stood tonight at I) feet l 1-2 inches, about two feet higher than the spring flood peak, and a section of the low-lying Brandon flats about l 1-2 miles long and 1-2 mile wide was under water ot varying dq>th.

The plant of B-andon Packers

Limited, the city's principal source <

of meet, was threatened with a shutdown u the flood cut off roads to the building. Small riii. way trucks still were operiizlnc fiver a spur llne into the prcperiv but heavy freight can could not be shunted slcnl the embank- ment because tt might have been undermined.

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Premier Jones Announces

Ferry Dock Gfih Sauces Damage

PUGWASH, N. s.. July s __ (CW-sin LSOD-ton concrete crib being built for the new ‘"1"!’ dock at Cape Tormmtlno, N-Bo broke loose from its mooflniii lfmlght iiml lroilated the Palmerstorie Bridge sever- al feet. All truffle over the bridge Wns halted.

A tug ls flttefhpllng fr, hau] the DILOOO-squzre foot. crib from under U10 bridge bu! 3 Qhahze of tides will be needed to do the trick. fllklneera said.

Thinks House Gould Prorogue By July 12

ofrrawa. July 3 Prime Minister

iCP) lllackriizie King today told the Commons ho thoushi 1t could Prorogue the current session by Saturday, July 12. and suggested the chamber sit, this Saturday in an effort to ex. pedlte its birsiness and possibly “Sin-morning sltlngs next Wed- nesday 4

He said a, meeting of {iarty 19nd. 9T5 Yesierday indicated all except the C C F group were agreeable to this plan and he asked C C F‘ members if they would reconsider their position between now and. to- morrow so a definite decision could be taken

B.S. Man Reports Sea Serpent

UOLUELET B C July 3 —(CP) —Cuet Geo-re Sflseers. a Uclue- let fisherman had a peculiar feel- llng he was being ivatclied while fishing three miles of»: tile coast. He was right

"I turned around and sight I never thought possible. About .l50 fccf from the boat I saw an 18-inch neck and liesd ris- ing about four feet out of the water "

He said lodflv he was. S1219 it was a sea serpent "It had a mane on the back of ~.ts head like a horse or a lion. It trad two black eyes about three inches in diimeter."

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Soiislder Accent 0f Lewis Carroll's Alice

HOLLYWOOD. July tl-tAP) Alice with an Oxford acce.--t might please part 0 his world audience, but Walt Disrey d:esn't tltluk slie ought to talk that nay when he puts Ikwis Carroll's literary mel- terplecc. "Alice In Wonderland," on film as a screen cartoon.

Disney announced today that he has engaged W. CabPll Greet, pro- feaeor of English ut Barnard Col- lege, Columbia University. to de- tennine a phonetic speech Pattern which will be understood by the greatest number of English-speak- ing people throughout the world.

WHERE TO PARK?

_ VANCOUVER —<C P)—A new problem has arisen to confound house-hungry Vancouver citizens- a shortage of garage space. Pennltl to; 66 new apartment blocks have been issued since the first of the year, few with any gas-age ac- commodctlou and many with none

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300 Students; 34th Annual Women's Institutes Donventloii Doiilrludes Today.

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Building Will Accommodate

The Provlrclal Government yes- tezday concluded negotiations for sufficient land on which to erect a dormitory for the accommodat- ion of students attending Prlnce of Wales College, Premier J. Wal- ter Jones told the delegates at- tending the 34th annual meeting of the Women's Institutes of Prince Edward Island. The dor- mitory will have accommodations for about 300 students sridwlll alleviate to a considerable extent the accommodation shortage‘ now existing in the City for those ivlshlnz to attend the College from the rural areas.

Last night's meeting. over which Mrs. Julian Herring, provincial president, presided (she presided over the morning and afternoon sessions as well) was the largest ever held in the Prince of Wales College Auditorium with many of those present being forced to stand.

The Premier also announced that the heads of the various municipalities in the Province will gather ln Charlottetown next week ‘o devise a, uniform system of le- izlslation. At present, he said. there is no law which prevents a man from building a house on the side of the road. Such an incl- dvnt had given the Government a lotcf trouble some time ago. he said.

Rural Electrification

He admitted that rural electri- fication hacl been one of the main planks in his platform at the last general provincial election but said that the war had made it impos- sible for the Government to sec- ure the necessary poles and other equipment necessary to inaugurate such a Drvlecl-i "we M" m“ ‘f, splendid Boardof Public Utilities. the Premier said. "and if we wish to take over the electrification of the Province. we have an act wi-nen allows us to spend millions of dollars in the purchase."

The Premier promised the meet- in; the Government would have the roads in the Province better than they ever were by the som- lrig fall. The Government. l" said, had all the paving 0011111511’ res in the Province busy and We! going to spend one million dollars on new construction as Well 8-! half a million dollars on the re- pair of old Work-

He had formulated a. scheme. he said, which he was I01!!! to bring to the attention o! the other Maritime Premiers, by which feed grgln could be brought to Eastern Canada for the use of Maritime farm- efl at a more economical rate. At the present time the [will freight subsidy of $5.20 per ion was a great help to the farmer but he expressed the opinion the subsidy might not continue longer than another year.

He suggested that the women return to their homes and "pick out" the ablest men in their re- spective communities to run for the next election. "I don't. care what side of politics they are on. u long as they are able marl." the Premier said. Be went on to say that one of his chief difficul-

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. clwrhwa, July a - (CP) .. Al

lvnslihy list of charges in the DQ-H mifll0n Election Act item, win‘ govern the next ‘éeileral election, QXVIWPIPd in 1H9 0r 1T5’) up; (gm. tamed udiiy in the final iepuri of the Commons ELCLOn Crilnmjite: presented to the House elcng with a draf’ bill bated on it

The ccmmittee rercteri two of the mart dvastc proposals ‘we. sentcd to it _ -. duetioh or 11,9

voting age from 21 to 18 years and giving Japanese the rght to vote in Britlsfo ‘Columba A3 5 reguit the proposed Changes ware no; QOIIKCIIUOIJS ir. character l The new rrdlatrlbulion act that‘ will inczeise rcprescniaicn from 24.5 to 255 iriembfirs of Parliament engendered several changes. i All Dresent 14 days are requlredl bet-ween nomination day and poll-l lng day in '11 of the bigger con-l stiiuencies and sevcn day; in the others. .It is proposed to make the interval 14 days for all constituen- cies except the- newly - formed Yukon-MacKc-nzie River constit- uency where it would be 7a days, If the draft blll is accepted by Parliament these cth:r changes will come into effect: (Continued on Peg; 5 Col. 4)

Bracken Speaks In Halifax By-Election

HALIFAX. July 3 - 4W) Jchn Bracken, national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. said here tonzght the Dominion Government should provide grants in lieu of’ taxation for cities like Halifax burdened with tax-free crown property.