SEPTEMBER’ 21,‘ 1949

WSFe-ll-lioyfi o Compete At Royal Winter Fair

TWO members of the Boys and oirls Poultry Club in Morell will tompete in the Provincial elimin- ation contest for the right to rep- resent the Island at the national lodging competitions at the Royal Winter Fair in Noveimber. They are Robert Webster. president of the club and Merlin MacDonald. This gnIlOilJlCOmenl was made after the minding of the ch‘: members in the various competitions during the year's work were given at the achievement day tests Monday 5t Morcll. '

lony Demers Faces Charge 0t Murder

SHERBROOKE. Que. Sept. 20 _- iCP) — Unpredictable Tony Demers. Quebec's most gentleman- t_v hockey amateur, was charged today with the murder of his girl ‘ricnd last Friday.

Judge Dorais Panneton set pre- ‘Jlllildfy hearing for next Tues- i.i\'.

Domers was brought to court ‘or murder of Mrs. Anita Robert, i! oi Coaticook, Que.

messed in a smart, light-grey illll, he looked expressionless as ho charge was read. Then, after about five minutes in court. he iiwis led off to cells in this East- crn Townships city where he star- :ri'l as a right-winger for the Shcrbrooke Saints of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.

'l‘he charge followed last night's wrdict by a coroner's jury at Iilagog. Que. a few miles away. The jury, enquiring into the death in hospital there of the 31-year- old Coaticook woman, held the 32- yicar-old hockey player criminally responsible. ,

lt was he who brought her un- conscious, bruisod and bleeding to hospital last Friday, said he would pay her expenses and then left to return later and inquire about the ‘woman. By that time she was dead and Demcrs was taken into custody as a material witness.

News In Brief

TORONTO, Sept. 20 - (CP) -- Dcath toll in the Noronlc disaster was cut sharply tonight to a. prob- able maximum oi 150 when the Canadian Press completed inde- pendent. compilation of the first list oi victims oi Saturdays early- morning fire. Official estimates had placed the total at about 200.

ll/ASHINGTON. Sept. 20 --(AP) - The United States today began negotiating with Britain and Can- ailit for s. new, long-term agree- ment to assure a steady supply for the United States of uranium - raiv material for atomic energy. The Belgian Congo is the greatest producer of uranium ore for the rountries of the west.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 - (AP) __ The steel industry of the United States began digging in tonight for ii country-wide strike as no pro- gress was reported in Government i-iiorts to stave oft a walkout of 590.000 workers at midnight sat- irday.

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BIRTHS

BOGEISON-At the Charlottetown "0591151, Sept. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rogerson, Keppoch, n Sh".

WEI)I.0CK—At Halifax Hospital on Monday, September 19, 1949, to Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Wedlock (nee Glgdys Pound) a son. David How- ll‘ .

GAY-At the Prince County Hos- Illlal, Monday, September 19th. 1949. to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gay, Summer-aide, a daughter, Sharon Dianne.

DENNIS-At the Prince Edward Illa-rid Hospital on Saturday. Sep- tember 17th, 1949. to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Dennes. Marahiield. a son. 9 lbs. 5 one.

PIT!!! - At the Charlottetown Hospital on Tuesday, September 10th. 194s. to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Peters (nee Margaret. Chelaeon). Rollo Bay, a son.

MARRIAGE!

BLAIINEY -- WADMAN — In St. Man's Church, Kensingwn, on Monday. September 12th, by Rev. Sidney J. Davies. Willillh O. Bill- "WY o! Remington to Velma Shir- l?! Wadiman of Augustine Oovo.

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The family of the late Mrs. Effie ncAi-thur wishes to thank their "ti"! friends and relatives ‘also for flowers, cards and also Rev. Donald Campbell for their kindness durlnl their sad and sudden he-eavement.

ilentral Guardian

This 001mm lo relorved for new; of local interest, but advertising of lgla"? "all!" firs‘! a inserted a ve oen g m q _ able in advance, . a , N,

CIASWILL for Photographs,

OONFEDIIATION . SUIANCI. L“! m

BEDDIN 3305., will be the PM)’ drill store open this after- noon and evening.

“LONELY PARADE" by “My; Hurst. Goiardlanb new aerial start- ing this week.

DON'T FORGET the big dance at Covehead Race Track Thursday night. Dancing to Alf McKearneyLn Orchestra, modern and old-time.

CITY TAXES — September 80th is the final date for payment of third installment City of Char. lottctown taxes.

WEDNESDAY MORNING arac- IAL.—AI.II'BCMVO plaid wool dresses sizes 12-00. Greendai 00., Ltd., Ladies Wear.

LEGION CARI! PART! - The weekly Canadian Legion card party was held in the Legion home lest hlsht with a large crowd in at- tendance. Wlnner of the men's first prize was Mr. ESP‘. Nicholson; second prize, Mr. Jack Murphy; consolation, Mr. RJ. MacDonald. Winner of ladies first. Mrs. Lem Larter; ladies second. Mrs. Innis MacMillan; consolation, Mrs. Am. brose Doyle; door prize, Mr. Harold Cudmore; freeze-out, Mr. Earl Ranaghan andlMlss Bessie Jay.

LEGION mtawmo _ The seq. 011d special draw for prim in the Wadi"! Halon cigarette and fruit lottery took place last night at the legion Home. Master of ceru-nonies was Mr. H. R. Vesscy, President of the Charlottetown Ulslon Branch. The drawing was supervised by Mr. W. H. Patter- son, Annapolis, N.S. assisted by Mr. W. P. Bruce. The lucky win- ners were: Mrs. Margaret Gallant (2). Mrs. Evangeline Bell, Mr. Harry Spencer. Mr. William Colley, Mr. William Gillespie Jr.. Mr. J. T. Robinson. Mrs. Bertha. Snow. Prizes were donated by BLT. Hol- man Ltd.. Toombs Music Store. Brown Electric. Miller 8105., Mari- time Electric. White's Restaurant, Mr. Jaimes Power. Tobaoconlst, and Menlfls Quick Lunch. The proceeds will be used to buy fruit and cig- arettes for the veterans in the City hospitals and Sanatorium.

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Personals

Mr. W. L. Bailey. Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland and Mrs. Bailey are visltingMrs. Bailey's sister, Mrs. (Din) V. L. oodwill, City. They will leave Thursday morning for Washington.

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meanwhile decided at an emer- gency meeting tonight to reserve judgment on devaluation.

Observers were surprised at the decision, which they think indicat- es fears among the trade union leaders that they will have dif- ficulty in holding their members

in support ot the Government's policy.

The T.U.C. leaders are to seek an early ‘ eating with

Sir Stafford and after that a special committee of the T.U.C. will make "a. detailed exam‘ tion of questions raised in today's die- cussions."

When the committee has reached its comlusions. the 'I‘.U.C. lead- ers will seek further t eetingl with members of the Government. Britain devalued the pound u a quick means of making her goods cheaper and more competitive in dollar markets.

from Byers. the Liberal Party chief whip. tonight asserted that. devaluation "will have a serious eiiect on tho cost of living in this country and there is no use be- littling it. Bread is only one of the imany items which will rile in price."

Spearhead Revolt

The incipient labor revolt was spearheaded by 100.000 on rail workers, who have voted to slow down. beginning at midnight tomorrow for g, fit-shilling (01.56) weekly pay raise. . Railway workers at. Southamp- ton‘s docks called off their slow- down there today, but. a union of- flcial said they will reinstate it if London's rall workers carry out their thlfli-

Prime Minister Attlee in cpeot-

ed to call a Cabinet meeting for Thursday. The TTeasui-y gought to give the common ml-n an encouraging slap on the beck. It announced that Canadab devaluation of her dollar meant the price oi a 1 S-it-pound loaf of bread would ‘go up only a penny. insteamot the poorly AM I half that had been forecast. The new price will be 5 1-2 pence.

Other Developments

While a frenzy aelsed traders in Iiendon’: stock exchange and on South Africa's gold-trading floor and uncertainty relfflfl in MM?- lcan commodity markets. these de- velopments marked. the devaluation scene elsewhere:

Greece devalued the drachma to 15,000 to the United Stains dollar and moot to the pound. ‘nu old value was 10,000 to the dollar. 82.- 000 to the pound.

The Netherlands announced her gullder Illl be av-per-cent ones-Pol‘ in dollars Jrhia is a reduction about equal to Britain's. The new gullder worth 20.02 cents as against the

value oi 31-095 cents. Indon-

n currency took the lllltl dip. The Undersecretary of the Ital- ian indicated the lire will he diva] , but the Government hopeaitwillnotblmmthanla per cent. -

Dr. Konrad Adonauer. Chan- cellor of the new Welt a ro- Iiiblio. lstd the wqt

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Pomp and ceremony marked opening of parliament one 5g . - 7W1’!!- e“ 1° Biiend 019601!!! was John Gibson, who watched swearing-in of

ber for Comox-Alberni, Hon. L. J.

R-iymmd. new clerk of the House, performed ceremony

OTTAWA. Sept. ZO-Everett W. Hosan. superintendent of Canada's reindeer herds in the Western Arctic and a widely known figure 111100811010. the Northwest, died yesterday in Edmonton.

He was a brother of Douglas 1.. Hogan and Lt. Col. J. l-l. Hogan, both oi’ Ottawa. Other survivors are a. brother. Austin and a. sister, Mrs. J. A. Murphy, both of 3m". ald. Prince Edward Island.

His death ended a varied and active career in Canada. the Unit- ed States and Mexico.

Known as "Pat" Hogan through. 011i the NOTLh W881, he wgg ggsqgl. ated with the Canadian Govern- ment's experimental reindeer pro- ject from its early stages and was made superintendent of the herds in 1944.

By that time. the reindeer, which

were to revolutionize the living habits of the Arctic Ee-kimoes had risen from 2,370 head to more than 7,000. In addition to herding the deer through 10.000 square miles o1 territory at the Mackenzie River mouth. protecting them from the ravages of wolves, there was the added duty of training the nomadic Esklmoes as herdsmen rather than hunters.

Born At Hope River

Mr. Hogan was born at Hope River, Prince Edward Island, in i885.-

After attending Truro Agricultur- al College, he graduated from On- tario Agricultural College at Guelph Ln 1910 with the degree o! Bache- lor of Scientific Agriculture. - I-Ie was engaged by the British Coluirnlbia Department of Agricult- ure as a soil and crop instructor. I-le later took over the manage- ment of s. private ranch in Mexico until operations were suspended by, the revolution under Pancho Vlllahij Returning to Canada, Mr. Hogan took up ranching in Southern Al- berta. I-Ie entered the Resources Department in 1936 and was as- signed to the Western Arctic rein- deer herd shortly after the animals were moved into Canada from Alaska.

Aiter serving as assistant superin- tendent. he Went on loan to the De- fence Department in 1941. as sup- erintendent of farming operations at. the experimental station at Suf- field. Alta. i He returned to the Government reindeer herds as superintendent in i944, where he remained until his illness a year ago.

The funeral will be held in Ed- monton on Wednesday.

pegged at so cent-a. will have to ll devalued.

Pakistan's cabinet met for five hours. then the Government an- nounced it had decided not to de- value the rupee.

Hong Kong. Britain's crown col- ony, devalued its dollar by mltillll it down proportionately to the lev- e1 of the pound.

Brazil and Lebanon joined with Pakistan and announced they are going to keep their money at the old dollar rate.

France's franc behaved Just about as expected. 1t was worth more

unda but fewer dollars than be-

e devaluation. The dollar open- ed on the foreign exchange market at 300 francs, iuet u the Govern- ment hoped. compared to 380.00 at the close hiday. ___

The Egyptian Government sus- pended sales of lover "owned cotton to dollar and other hard- currency areas until the shock is

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ESCAPE!) PRISONER! CAPTURE!)

SAINT JOHN. N.B., Sept. 00 — (CH-Robert Perry and Ronald

bars of a bathroom window, were captured today ggtop Fort Howe

on breaking and entering charges. Robert McGaurty, M, who escaped

in this city. They had been held

Death At Edmonton Of Widely-known Islander

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(Continued from Page l) time in 1951. This project is being sponsored lby several leading Canadian org- lanizations. Among them are the IEducatlon Association, Manuiact. iurers Association, Chamber of 001111118119. Congress oi Labor, Fed- ‘ederation oi Agriculture, and Home and School Association. An advisory committee in con- nection with thls work has been Set up in each Province. chairman of the PEI. committee ls Mr. Mal. :colrn MacKenzle, ‘superintendent ‘of school Jnspectors, Among the members on the committee are ‘Mr. W.R. Shaw, Deputy Minister '0! Agriculture, Mr. Leo Mclsaac, ‘Secretary of the Federation or Ag- Jiculture and Dr. Lloyd Shaw, De- llflliy Minister of Education. A questionnaire pertaining to ag- riculture has been sent.‘ out t0 farmers as part of the work in. ‘eluded in the project. About 200 Island farmers have received this ‘questionnaire. many of which are being returned at present.

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Period o! 20 years plus profits de- termined and allotted. (This would correspond to civic monthly pen- sion payments trom age 65 to 85 years). This must be actuarially sound. -Thls latter ‘amount there- fore, if subtracted from the $9378,- 00 (Dom. Govt. Annuity figures) which the employee should have to his credit to provide a pension of $60.00 per month, would leave a deficit of $263.60 which would be further lessened by profits al.- lotted. and not a deficit of $2498.00 as stated in this mornings press.

"This should be about the maxi- mum risk to the pension fund. that of a pensioner drawing full pension from retirement until he is 85 years old. Figures quoted are on the basis of straight salary of $100.00 per month. but would be in the same proportion to all sal- arles."

Federal Plan

Mr. L. W. Goodwin. officer in charge of Customs and Excise in Charlottetown was invited to ad- vise Council on the Worklnil! 8nd state of the Federal Civil Service plan.

Answering Coun. Alban Farmer, Mr. Goodwin gave an explanation of the plan and slated that. at no time had there been any question of the sufficiency of the fund, the balance of which stood at over $85,000,000 in 1946. Coun. Farmer remarked that the Civil Service plan was very similar to the City plan under discussion.

The Mayor: "Coun. Lowther, can our plan be changed in the fu- ture?"

Coun. Lowiher: "It can be changed at any time like any other by-law. Itfie very like the Provin- cial scheme and no matter what anyone says. it works."

The bill. which was passed with- out further discussion. provides for a deduction of 5 per cent from the salaries of employees, to be sup- plemented by an equivalent amount from the general funds of the City for superannuation pun poles. Ten years service is requir- ed to entitle any permanent em- ployee over 25 years of age to the benefits of the plan, which is pro- posed to take effect as of Sept. 1. 1949, under the administration of s C mission, acting without re- muneration, comprising the Mayor. the members of the Finance Com- mittee of the City Council, the City Clerk and one other rep-

Phlllips. both 21, who escaped resenting the civic employees. The -1rom the county jail here last plan ta intended to apply to per- Tuesday after lowing through manent employees only.

Provision is made for the retire- of slxtv-five. and of females

at the uine time, remains at large.

ment of male employees at the age at sixty, "but any employee may con- tinue in service thereafter. if he or she so desire. for so long as the Commission shall approve, if

little Theatre Guild Plans Fall And ‘ Winter Activities

At a recent meeting of the exe. cutive of the Charlottetown Lit- tle Theatre Guild. held at the home of Mr. Morton Dew, plans were formulated for the coming season. From the scheduled open- ing date-Wednesday, Oct. 26th —to the three-act play production "Harvey", which is to take'placc in May, members are assured of a busy and most interesting season. Col. P. S. Fielding stated that a committee has now been ap- pointed to draw up a constitution for the Guild, and it is expected this will be undertaken in the very near future.

Miss Mary Moran presented a tentative schedule for the fall and winter program which, with some few changes, was approved. Mem- bers can. therefore, look forward to the following activities: October-three one-act plays. November-three one-act plays. February (earlyl-two one-net plays.

February (Intel-Festival play. April-three one-act plays. May-three act play “Harvey." Miss Lillian Duchemin read a letter of resignation received from the president, Mr. Barry Bugden, who finds it impossible to carry on in that capacity because of mov- lnl 11'0"’! ihe (lily- Expressions of regret were expressed ‘by all pre- sent as Mr. Bugden has done much to promote the work of the Guild during his term as presi- dent.

Mr. Gerald Foster was appointed president succeeding Mr. Bugden. Miss Iphigenie Arsenault replaces Mr. Frank Casey, who has moved to Hamilton, Ontario, as vice-pre- sident, and Mr. John I’. Nichol- son replaces Mr. Foster as chair- man of publicity. Mr. Budgen was made a member of the execu- tive.

Any person interested in direct- ing a play was asked to get in touch with Mrs. Bertram Patter- son as she reported a scarcity of directors, and suggested classes in play directing would be a great benefit to the Guild. _

A most successful picnic was held at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morris in August, and Mrs. Dew in reporting same wished to thank all who had co-operated. with the entertainment committee in this venture. ' The opening Studio Night per- formance is scheduled for Wed- ncsclay, October 26th, with three one-act plays being presented. Special mention was also made of the three act play "Harvey", which it is hoped will be ready in May as a fitting closing to the active season planned for.

All active members were inter- ested to learn that another of the special studio parties is being planned for about January 15th. Announcement of the place and exact date will appear later in this paper so keep watching. for fur- ther Little Theatre notes.

Others reporting were Mr. Mor- ton Dew. finances; Mr. Harry Morris, stage manager; and Col. Fielding. business manager.

A final membership campaign to enable new members to join for the 1949-50 season will be under- taken immediately by Mr. Ed Garnhum. It is hoped that the forthcoming season will have the largest membership yet.

At the conclusion o! the meet- ing a delightful lunch was served "by Mrs. Dew. assisted by members of the executive.

Six Missing In Sinking Of ‘trawler

HALIFAX. Sept. 20 -(CP)—’1‘he Canadian destroyer Haida tonight reported finding bits of wreckage in the Atlantic 6O miles off Halifax as it searched for survivors of the United States trawler Corinthian.

The Corinthian went down late last night and six oi’ her ll-man crew ai-e still missing. She was rammed by the freighter Mormeciir. The Haida said she could not identify 'the wreckage but believed it. to be from the oo-ton fishing

craft.

The salvage tug Foundation Lil- lian, the R.C.M.P. cutter Bench and the Haida. continued the search for survivors tonight. The fivc other crew mrcnbers of the traw- ler were taken aboard the freighter following the collision in dense

fog .

the City Council does not other- wise direct."

Coun. Stewart invited the Colm- cll'a opinion on whether to pro- ceed with the laying of the Brill?!‘ ton Road sewer line as the ditch- ing machine was now available. The City Engineer had advised against the work being done this fall because of possible cave-ins and extremely wet weather. It was decided to start work immediately. A short discussion on parking meters resulted in no definite action in Council.

Anglican W. A.~ Conference Opens

SAINT JOHN, N. 3.. Sept. 20- (CP)—-"Christian Witness" -— the only answer to the doctrine of Communism-has been wisely chos- en as the theme for the conven- tion of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of England in Canada, Mrs. R. E. Wodehouse. Ottawa said in her presidential address today.

The annual W. A. convention. with more than 700 delegates and guests present, opened this morn- ing and will continue to Thursday. Archbishop G. F. Kingston of Nova Scotla, Primate of All Canada. de- livered the sermon at a commun- ion service.

Mrs, G. Laldler, Hamilton, Ont.. educational secretary, reported an over-all increase in sale of Church literature. Dawn Over Japan would be the 1949-50 book of the year for study. More than 96.000 copies of the Church calendar had been sold and 5.000 orders could not be fill- ed.

The report of Min E. N’. Har- bert, Montreal, editor of the "Liv- ing Message", questioned the wis- dom of reducing the publication's size.

Mrs. Leslie P. Hunt, Toronto. candidates’ secretary, said the ob- jective of sending out 50 new mis- sionaries in the last five years had not been reached but 28 young women had gone into aer- vice. Four would complete training this fall.