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CHARLOTTIITOWNPCANADA.THCRSDAY, FEBRUARY u, 1944

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February Fur Sale Opens

ll Montreal

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~ Ltd. 1.15’ '1) (r1111 fared. my \\'i“1 C1" '

the following results: 1X \\'

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ci- cc Blue

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s held 1111111

ll] ' lc iollowiiig are the

uif

“-ilii2ll.‘lCl silvers

sold at .111 average of S c1111orrou' Iiloriiiilg the

.111-.1;iiai1 ivur Auction conuiienced here :.llfiC1l'_y' iurs being of- 111111. 11:111. concluded at noon

as '13 per cent sold

. 10x was 72 per p111 lulu 111. 1111 advance of l0 p91‘

. ~11 mink pelts were 42 per 11111. '1 at .111 udrvunco o! l0 D0 - " -' uvorngrxl $21.13. Other

of silver icx pelts start- s .11te1"ncon and will c9 con- 1~11_ lllllUlTJw and possibly the

results: -i to three-quarter " per cent sold at an 0' regular one-hall .1. were 43 >11 cult .1110 nt an average of $37.. Sell-cred full silvers were 41 pei 64.04. regular

11d 11111111" types will be 501d.

1111c above information

he sale)

fi-um the United

111111102; miod in Canada

have a1 ‘smchl w.

arrangements made

. 1rd llcro today lloulroul wlls allotted 40

Poioiors. it was explained. were .. 1 1 Ship- 2101,10 C-"iflda was part of the ..1or. mad: by United States ag- last new-

lldllll in Maine and their

ilfiillllffll officials to clear ‘theirs potatoes before the tfrvv

Toronto Pilot Downs 2 Nazis

1111111111 ‘ " W“. LdXrYlIIélIlAES of

T"? Sq11arli"o\1 The r101 ln1s~-his

in (‘C111 l1 11 fxrst

iljrinz~were p.

lersizn <1‘. lhe win-engine

£021" 1111c ~ -- Ava His,

ésullilltllhgiglalT, sagufilafi, I a '. , . . , ,_ __. |To Save Rome mm} 11.1k whcnt that beat the warkhiigzlkélllllzfldll}! at Brookins‘ z ' ‘ m“ “gm” 2 ,3 m LONDON. l-‘oh- 2s-1cc1 ~ Pope -.. ~—~ P- ‘ ' ' P“ ctr“ “*i::"'§".c."1:.1:1.1" ' 1 . ve m r . - T1111s§l°.-""{,‘fflk Wednesday and tgiccirnnbv lillqallgfflltnlfillt. similar to 6t Boyle“ I “heat Mcsuigan i-hone which spared Calm ‘and Ath- ' 2- '21- one. m. vlblflfln Radio 5111a last

"Pure barle- whm PM‘ cvgt

- . $1.75. b" Mcfiuieon a. Boyle. U 1 bulk 1:312:11‘ B; we: $1.15‘ pg ‘nail 51-55 per bAI. R. L.

" nt Hunter 1.55 per cwt.;

u m "lo-din: at Hue! o1 l; brook. 111v. ms.m‘h°‘§-r ozfldnv and 29a

T,;'°<>o1—‘u1111.,1.,11

n: cru- Bcyfgilly onri Frllihy.

.. _ —§- Prnsmxmmk M85 for Davll

was llipplicd bi‘ Mr, LIOYK! K. Lockerby ‘ 1s rcprcsclltlnlz the Canadian . 1:111:11 l-“ox Breeders‘ Association

150 Cars Cf ll. S. luhers For Canada

. te MONTREAL. Feb. 28 — (CF) —! N 5 ll had I Co: iiuuclrrcl and fifty carloads o1’ ,,,‘},"....§," 9:15 mifl g Smtes Wlu blowing. The sncw started fal- fOUOWVHKUIl-lg with the thermometer

. lclitzll agcncl-,"'_ n w“ 571.!

car- lilds 1h: announcement added. 11nd hi: balance of curs were consigned ganttltrilvn, Toronto and Hamilton.‘

‘ b. 23—(OP CABLE) (lcriuon aircraft des- t 11lgl1t's attack upon 1 (11111 were shot down in 20 fighting by . Anderson of Tor- on1o.o pilot in a Canadian Mos-

victories _ Junkers “"0 -“~ Junkers 1E8. an 1m rorcd

EVENTS

"ll"1<1o<u11;_t-u loud feed wheat i1~idny. Sootts Mills; 2-24-21.

Pubic-y nild Apron sale}

meal and ground m!“ oxcludi 2-3-5 .

River feed l‘ bog: pure barley Dickie- a1 2-20-21.

Cl!’ tu1'-'

Screened. Court 6r. son. 2-23-21.

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{Storm Brings "lleavy Snowfall To Province

Ferry Stuck For Hours In Ice Off Pner At Tormentine.

A snow storm which held the Province in lu lrrli» all day yester-

cluy showed

wind still caused a heavy dim. 1L5" pcclally 111 rural areas. _ Earlier in lhc night Mr. Walr- en Burns, weather observer at 1118 0112.1" I ttelown Experimental Ella- tion estimated that between 10 and

wind velocity during the afternoon varied from 25 to Bunnies: 11E!‘ hi)" but shortly before nine oclcck lust night it had increased to 42 mlllcs

The storm disrupted common-Wt- ion between this Province and lhe .moinland The ferry left Tormen- tlnc pier at 8.23 P M. for Borden and zit 3 dclock this morning was still Soinlyta. short. distance out 111 the r11 .

' Railway officials in Charlottet- own said that the boat had remain- ed locked feat for hours and thcfcl was no immediate prospect of con- ditions improving.

The wing! all day yesterdfly W131 frcm the east. with slight variat- ions toward the south and north. |

Roads in rural areas were said 1c. be badly drifted. In Charlottetown} tho snow plow o erpted all ilieht but for liclirs sect ons of streets on the outskirts of thc city We" blocked by drifts.

The storm was general through- out the Maritimes. Halifax repor-

d early yesterday that central five inch snow 40 mile wind

just nbiaxetlifiopiaovlncc the tclhl>°1'*\i\"'° was above 20 when lhc storm star- ted and last night was 28. It fill- [pr-nrcd 151 be dropping lnffl? 1 "rains operated without much i..'.1b1e although some were run- ning behind time-

11 Your: All!

ell-known Charlottetown cit- lZBAli vii-canon 111.-r 1111mm that 21 years ago while he was uttendinlzfi meeting of the Canadian National Fox Breeders Assoclarion int Sum; mcrsldc a storm cnmc up nlmOS identical with the one yesterday. It began on February 2o, 1923 flnfi lasted LWO diwfi.

On the third day the gentleman and several others from the Lit)’- also caught in Summersidc. started for Charlottetown with horses. .

They arranged o tcmWYPFy “We I of fur couts with men from i118‘ western capital, who were 111 Chnl- l lottebown. ‘file-two parties met at, Hunter ltlvcr and switched coats again, then coiltlnueli on i0 the!‘ respective homes. '1he trip "Cm Summersid-s. it was recalled. 0c- cupied from 7 run. until 8 pm. The mcn- 111w to a sielgh. “hiked "11"" hung on to the sleigh. The 1on6 was through fields cil the way pncl llCuVy drifts were everywhere» l" some places the snow was to the tops of the telephone poles.

A hcckcv lciun from Charlotte- town returning by train from a ""111 to lnnmersidc “'11s caught at. Em-

erald Junction and was there a MVECK before train service was X01‘ stor

Pope Makes Appeal

Rome still. in spitcnof the Wei’. 1.; o. contra o1 ml-ilrlon. the c was uoted u soylno- "The be l- gemn cod to score "l! 1mm‘ umenra Athena and Cairo. Phil in the some "way Rome should be saved. The abbey of Mount Ogr- no already hos been destroyed. The broadcast was recorded by Th; Associated Prom.

Funeral Cf Gandhi's Wife llolli Yesterday

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l2 inches of snow hnd fallen. The Red

standing the storm, good

Farmers Fed. Stresses Transportation Problem

i Mr. J. J. T rainor Is Re-Elected President; Inter- esting Discussion And Addresses At L": lyleetingrsmyesterday.

Red Cross I this inorningsigltshotfiggbfittngsfiggg

Gathering

Members o1 the executive q! the Cross Campaign organization were entertained at rllniicr at The Charlottetown last evening by the general chairman and notwith- there was a attendance of enthusiastic workers in the great. cause

Mr. DJ. Bonnell who has been the capable and outstanding leader of Prince Edward Island's War Services Campaigns for four suc- cessive years pointed out that in the three past drives the large sum oi $238,000 had been realized, while. last year's cosh ailll ledges totall- ed a shade over S911, .

This year the hundred thousand dollar mark must be well surpass- ed, we've got r0 do the job, ring in the money. and turn it in to the

the officers of the Rcd Cross Societ .' organize -1

the great international icn which is doing such magnif- icent work on behalf of suffering humanity. He vrarncd c. net com- pleisency oi" over confi encc. Over confidence moy be our greatest

danger.

Dr_. W.J<P. MucMillun, the en- thimiastic President of the Prince Edward Island Rcd Cross em- phasized the fact that after nearly thirty years‘ association with th Red Cram Society, taking in two wars. he knows

its splendid and meritorious record

But while the record is grand the important thing is as to what we do now. The months immediately ahead are certain to test the or- ganization's resources as they have never been rested before. The dc- mankis on its manifold services are certain oo be immense. And we in this Province must use every means ll‘l our power to get nil increase over last year of ten poi" cent. at the very least. The women of the Province have done a. glorious work for the Red Cross and we must all make sure that when the day of crisis comes in this momentous year of war that the lied Cross needs are flully provi

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Flood In Ca|if., Cry In Florida

LOS ANGELBS. Fbb. 28 — (AP) Four persons are dead and

more than 300 had been evacuated '

from flooded homes today as a four day storm. marked by ioodwaters, snows, damaging tides. lightning, wind and a tornado, began tapering

off.

Improving weather, with occas- ional moderate showers. was fore- cast Rainfall totalled 7.17 inches,

MIAMI BEACH. Flu, Feb 23— (AP) - Hours fer lawn sprinkling. n necessity occasioned by lack of rein and temperatures i-car a normal 80. were ordered staggered yesterday by Supt H. H. Horn of the Miami Beach Wlter Department

Partly clouded blue skies and balmy breezes indicated that cnly

most. could be expected Temper- atures: High. 79: low, 74.

the heaviest dcwrgloilr 1n six years a

hoverlng} carrier plz-("cs

light, intermittent showers It the.

Mr. J. J. Trainor of Bedlord was re-elected president, of the p, E. I. Federation of Agriculture at the annual meeting hero yesterday. He was rimmed at a meeting of dir- lectors, f-cllowlng the afternoon 5egg- on

Other officers include, vice pygg. idcnt, M1". Allison Profltt of Frce- town; and secretary treasurer, My, W» R- Show, re-elected.

There was o. gcod attendance at both afternoon and evening meet. lugs despite the inclement weather. Elflhty one were at the opciling meeting and 102 lit the night sess.

n.

on.

The three day series of meetings‘ of farm organizations concludes today with the annual meeting cf the Central Farmers Institute.

At the opening meeting yesterday af.crnoon Mr. Trainer gave an exhaustive report of the past yearfs operations The text appears else- where in today's issue

Mr. W. R. Shaw read the inli1- utes of the last annual meeting which were adopted. He said that 6011165 of the various resolutions Passed lust year had been given" to the Provincial Government and to the Canadian Federation of Ag- riculture who in turn had handed them to the Federal Government and that a number of good results had been obtained. Some of the matters dealt with during the year where Ilrnin supplies and freight iégtcs.‘ fertilizer distribution, pota-

pr ccs rum stun n o 1

and ceilings," buttercuzgnrtlg prices income tax assessments on co-opcrativc organizations, New- foundland markets especially for meats, reconstruction programs, new bacon contract with Gregt liritahl. and many others. He re. 1ei"red to the fact the P.E.I. Fox

Breeders Association had bccome a member of the Federation.

Both Mr. Trainer 11nd Mr. Show stated that the contribution oi the P. E. I. Federation to the Canadian Federationpf Agriculture was not 3-‘ i118 as it should be and m", this should be remedied.

The resolutions Ccmxiliitee was thcn unpainted, consisting of Messrs. J.W. Boulter. Allison Pro. fitt. MrFui-iiess or Vernon Craig wclrichevcr of thes; two latter could

Resolutions

Resolutions were adopted urging the Provincial Government to take steps that the present veterinary undertake the study of moulds and yeasts in butter and that the lab- lnraiorv facilities be expanded ecnerally: urziiuz that the present subsidy nn milk used for manu- facture of cheese and also subsldv

on butter for. for production of butter he continued: commending (he ei-al fiovernment__ n _lle

iwjContlnued on 15;; 7, Col. 3")

Carrier Planes Raid 2 Strong Jap Bases

1 1 PEARL HARBOUR. T. H . Feb.

3 - (A P1 -_ Several hundred yesterday rained "lbombs on l=,;\lpan and Tinian ls- lands, strong Japanese bases 1n the Marianas group about L3G) south of Tokyo

Nazi Plants In

‘Interim Report ‘is Tabled .111 llouse Cf Commons

peace returns and the transition lrom wor to peace economy 1:. cum- pletecl, there may be available to Canadians from 1,030,001) to 13:00.- 000 more were available before the wor, said an mtcrim report on rehabilitation tabled today before the Commons reconstruction committee.

GJVI. framing in the pensions depurtmuii. and tabled by Pensions Mackenzie. port said ll. was based 011 the 0P- Thins of more than 00.90.) pccplc 1 11.1fm iiiicu cut 11;." 017,000 liiclnbcrs of the armed loiccs.

Canadians. the iclmrt said. it is be- post-war period is feasible; lcs will bc increased by about 50.-

1101) with need iur cmctors and don-I tists headinz the List.

on assumptions that growth of pop--

'university courses, teaching hook-

] n City nublicity men appended note: Southern Callfornllt paper!

please copy.

Tiny Stoves lloat Machine Guns

NAPLE. Feb. 22 -- (AP) - Ameritan heavy bombers today at- tacked German aircraft. factories pt Steys, Austria.

(I1, was the fourth consecutive. day of American aerial bombard-y ments of German aircraft plunts.| and followed the co-ordinaled pin- cer; blow into Germany yetaerday ecl locked fast for liourn end there

CIIESTNUTS “OR. POWDER

Dried, grateg-wfictientnulc ere being used in Holland in place

NEW YORK, Feb. Kl - (AP) - Rubber stoves weighing three mm- cea. Pmblbly the lightest wellht heating plantain existence. are warming 1S0 calibre machine guns of United States fightigg planes.

Tho stoves, of a new type 0f rub. bei- which conduct: electricity, in- stead of inaulcting ulnar. it. are made of not sheets, ops than a quarter inch thick, formed to wrap

around the broechel of the guns. They generate 200 to 2S0 degrees , This new rubber in impre ated

Pr u BrERdHlb “"-

d , nne every Hl- , _ (GP)... lily“ 1m l-m- Arthur iw- mfiilaiifiifllfi“ 1351;? today "7“m'fl'm- for Mrn. Mohandas Gandhi. XI‘-

" i‘ . mid pres cnticicm of the 8°"! ' is. F"! hoes for Do is a. g 11 in t re- l. f,‘ "wry Thilrsda alibi-noon E31‘: tfiffirli f; 31': lrhrigmoina-

1111- m“ PM Frmeral

‘Owing r “hilly ope

l’. . m ‘o Cfi-gflvy Bummeraldo,

H. B. Mclwon

g . . Every Pri- q, umll further larvae}. 4

the storm will load- b- 25 foilowcl s“ ‘ . , B!‘ 1pm ° D-m- Remington till $1.115.» his arrest ~ shined _ H“ body 2-24-11. grounds of

er from inlcrnmcnt before h" each l d Gandhi. who long has schooe

himself cabinet. diaplaymf! Pm“ an wept, gllently over th! bier 01w _ 74-year-old wife who died ye‘ l’ h“ ed his confine- lnct MIN"- ln the Palace.

l0

was creme _ the AC3. Khont

into a sheet of cotton. whlc off- ers resistance to produce the heat. e type of iruuletlng nibbcr. or its synthetic counterpart, 1s layi over the outside to seal 1n ihol heating current. ‘there are no wir-l yes running through these b; r- pad iitovee: the wires merely con-l necr. to the edges of the rubber ' The heaters are efficient at Ml below oero Ind colder.

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EANAUA

0 almost non-existent wra§i§§ig_ powder. _,____(Cont1.nued on

UITAWA, Feb. ZIF-(CPJ-Wllen

peace-time jobs than

‘rne report was prepared by Dr. weir, JCilllg director of

MA his lei"

An official sununary n1 (he rc-

Cailadu and uh ‘J. lllhibuflll‘

Based Oll inc opinions o1 thcsc

loved.- i. chat full employment 1n the

2. That professional opportunit-

I 3. That construction and building-i

manufacturing and agriculture will offer the greases; opportunities icr unployment for men iii the armed services; uncl that the three cipal fields for women will professional, personal and miscell- aneous service. vocational and cle- rical wor

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Dr. Weir said his report. is based;

ulation and industrial dcvelolpnlentl lifter the war will continue at as rnpid a pace as i11 the past; that fairly full employment. and gra- dually improved standards of liv- 111g will be realized; that. govern- ment controla will be relaxed; but that there will ccillimle to be gov- ernment direction and .111 extensive program of public works if needed.

The report 11cc assumes, he said. that social sci s will be devel- oped fairly rapi y; tho-t post-wor expansion will not primarily invcl- ve increases in jobs arising from "boom" conditions; that there will be effective conversion of war i11- dustries 1c peacetime rsuits; and that. in order to prov de full 1m- ployment. a reasonably high nm- ional income must be maintained to assure decent standards of living and adequate social services

Mi" Mackenzie said in a. state- ment to the committee that on the basis of the survey it is estimated that provisions should tentatively be made for the vocational train- ing of close 1o 200,000 young peo- ple now in the armed forces.

Dr- Weir is 11 former Minister 01f Education in Blltisn Coliuniola and rigs conducted several national sur-

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What Women Want

A survey of women 1.11 the armed forces had shown that “an ex- traordinary preponderance" was 111 favor of stcnuztallhy as o. post-war occupation. other high-ranking choices were hmnemaklng. nursing.

keeping and clerical work.

In the case of men, a question- naire directed lo 18.720 students in 4B R. . training centres a- cross Canada showed the two prin- cipal prefereilcus for post-war training to be electrical engineer- ing and radio

A total of 1.201 wished to con-

Muilrc, Canadian Press war corr- B-Siivndvht. who visited a Northern Ireland anti-supine 1.... of the "Killer Grcups"-the small naval vessels that are carrying the offensive to the undersea raiders

LAND, Feb. 23 —- The “Killer? of the North Atlantic are the destroy- erssloopsfrigates and corveties of the special Royal Navy groups which

man submarines lurking in the cc- eon for the great

lnblulpilnn believer-ll. ".00 ' Illl. ".001 olhll Province: C U-l-l- 0.0!

Newsman Tells How Killer‘. Local 1E1.

Groups Hunt Nazi U-Boats 11love Thrown

lii the following article Ross

has: tells

By Rose Munro C. P- War Corrclpondgnl,

A PORT IN NORTHERN IRE-

are on the offensive against Ger-

conyroirs from Canada and the United Jtates,

Fhese groups, with a. number of Canadians serving in them, go out frcm this port and others 1o hunt the U-boats up and down lllc North Atlantic Tile killers have p. warning rissigilnient from the Az- ores to the Arctic Selk; and new- iourdland tn the Bay of Biscay

’I‘helr utrk is entirely offineive and they supplement the lob done by the regular escort vessels which stick with the convoy; and fizht off direct attacks on merchant ships and tankers

New Tactic is Success

This new tactic o1’ hunting out the submarines ha: been 3 huzc success in beatinz the enemy on the , Atlantic and in this anti-submarine port when they talk of the killer groups. the veterans in the busln-l em immediately mention “Walker and Grctfon," the top commanders

on this job. They are Capt. H. J. Walker. C. B, D. S O . in the sloop

"Starling" who commands the top scoring group, and Commander P W. Grettoii, D S. 0., and bar. 0 B. E, and D S C.in the des- troyer “‘Dun.".an“ irhcae group is rivht on Walker's heels.

Walker's group has destroyed a number of submarines and dama d more in ille past l0 month offens ve nclion against U-boet concentrat- ions while Grcttonhs group has nearly as many destroyed and damaged submarines ori its tally.