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Sultlcription Delivered some. Mail 85.00, other Provlnceo b U. B. A. 81.00

(lOES TO AID 0F PORT MEUNIER

luflxiliary

Power Plants

For iiimouski‘ ‘ten Small-Ti‘; lie

0t Any Ilse in iliiariettetowa.

Fur Prices lit

Diesel-Electric Power For . Railway Locomotives In P. E. I. Division Reported

Plans fior the complete Di

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‘Two-year Sentence

Great Britain May Take Over 2 Million Bushels 0f P. E. Island Potatoes

iiew President l

Takes Ila-y

From liere

For iiorses Will Fly 5nd From

Quebec Mainland To isolated Village.

elecu-uhmho p 1h "u 1 _ o t A d The possibility of marketing VITAWA’ ‘lm- 31 “' (Om-f motive servixtlteoin ePrincdlmédvsard n I n "c! °V°P W" 01mm" blmw" °l PM" A callqt distress from the isolated Drought-Plllllllfid gkellgligbegyx; Island. rumored to be under’ way Edwin! tlflllnd llwliiiflsljel" Gm“ community of Port lvieunier, on lllaliEIbi-llltisiillckoll: being bolstered ' ‘M’ some time. are now reilflftfllly Ema!“ ms ‘pr "g s “g “'1'

through use of war-surplus gen- irators obtained rrom warrAsseta Corporation. ,

Three 1.000-watt generators were fllippcd to Rimouskl», Que” on two

(By The Canadian Press) MONWEAL. Jan. 21 - Buyers

reaching maturity and s start i; to be made withLn the next few

Local railway officials, inter- viewed on the subject. have no in-

weeks on the Murray Harbour line.’

To iietflutiine 0i Tax Formula

vsssed, with the prospect that an agreement will be concluded with- in the next few days.

The proposed price, while not definitely fixed, will]! least. give

the trest end of Antlcosti Island, was promptly answered yesterday afternoon by the Maritime Central Airways.

Port M-aunier. almost out of Dr0~ visions for the human

tion fox-math“ to give mm Unomcm ' "~—" Island farmers the floor for table and with“; hay m; h, horse!‘ gel- hours‘ notice l0 meet a power P814 1'1’ m 25 w 50 per cent less reverts howeveln a e t m m t stock based on es cents a bushel- egraphgd me urggnt need to Mari» Icareily Clllsed by I 35'P°"°°m 1°’ m’ ‘may’ "mlmed Wm‘ that the complete diaspora-crews: wicll Mumraal Paper says

last year's prices. when tho first

with seed g little higher, or an

_ _ time Central Airways yesterday drop in rainfall during the summer h" o: u t _ become effective throughout m; illielllti Ontario average price in the vicinity of at h _ morning.

and tall months. the corporation t s" e‘ m“ °¢ ”-°°*°°° Province within a year. To 3| Agreement 1”“ 7° ml"!- ' Capt. can Burke immediately Mm today, . Worh of furs went on the mar- The expam-mul-e will reportedly gll - _ interviewed yesterday, Mr. J. W. MR. WM. MELLISH

m. gasoline-operated generators h! It the ovenlns o! the Canad-

are being used by the Lower St.

tan Par Auction Sales Company's

be well over a million and a ball’

Boulter. manager of the P. E. 1.

isECUIBG two and a half tons of baled may in the City, loaded it into a

douam UI-rhwh, Mm 21__ (cp)___on. Potato Growers Association. said who last night was re-Qldgtedlflgugjgs (>47 u-hnspogh and with ». uwrmce Pow“. compamh which January sale. _ m,“ and Quebec w,“ he given ah negotiations were being conducted ‘president of the Summersicle Boardcupt. GJ. Godfrey as co-pllot, left: . ptc-villi-‘S electricity to the Gaspo Six types of fut‘ wgnt 0,, me Wm Mum’ Fem outline of‘ the new formula being lhrvllsh Mr- d. G- Tessa-rt. cllair- ‘o1’ Trade. Charlottetown at. 2 o'clock. He was Peninsula and communities be- 51°“! 579i"? lilllfvlllmilivly 5W offered by thc Federal Goverii- ma“ °l U10 Agvlvllllliflll FY1395 ———-—- to call at Seven Islands where much tween Rimouskl and ‘Camplrellton, Q1353"! “"5 ‘ifmaslli? bltddgri “d Diesel-electric Jocornoiive power "ment as a new basis of taxation gunner: hBflflrd. with tshlr F3656: needed provisions foritlie lsglaled N‘ B’ _ - e ex ep on o a gel-s. u 5 ' H I _' eements and then the he,“ ones, c arman o e ri s u F community were 3w; “h; “m- so an,“ l, the shortage h, th“ whose price was unchanged, there Teams-near: Xxlrvrgfetzatrlliggfggena ALBERT 13' PABKHURST five in the complex Duhhhmh. Ministry of Food, but that no def- I h a s _ poytgflqn to P011 Mgunler, sree. that power has been supplied were declined 1108108 llP l0 5° '

heavy volume cd fuel tonnage, am- ounting to hundreds of coal cars a ytar. It is also suggested that the Prince Edward Island railway. hav- ing no severe grades. is particularly Bdflllted to the use of Diesel-elec- tric power.

The steam locomotives now in use are said to be obsoiescent and ~ have only n few more years c! life.

inite agreement had been reached. It was expected to receive defin- ite word thi-s week.

The British Government. he stated, had been reluctlnt to take Canadian potatoes because of their fear of colorado beetle and bacter- ial ring rot. They were finally persuaded that there was no danger from the beetle so fur as

Provincial firianciil relations pic- ture will be up to them, Pi’ was learned authoritatively today.

A souce in close touch with tax- ation negotlstioris said Alberta- Ontario and Quebec are the only Provinces which have not been given the details of the new offer which Federal authorities have

per cent.

The price for otter skins drop- ped fl per cent, lynx 40 pcr cent. beaver 45 percent and lynx cats and Canadian squirrel 50 per cent. Percentages sold were bad- ger 48, otter 87. lynx 67. beaver '12. lynx cats 70 and Canadian squirrel 92.

- BOSTON. Jan. 2l——Alii"ed B. Parkhurst, 2'7, son of Harvard Uh. iversity's assistant business man- ager. today was sentenced to two years in a federal prison tor steal- ing est-servicemen students‘ sust- enance cheques to finance a gay life among the socially elite.

The handsome, six-foot four-

lo domestic customers only three hours a day. Normpl supply {a not expected to be available, W-ar AI- lets raid, until spring thaws tn- rrease the water flow.

l Seven islands is located 0n the lnorth bank of the Si‘. Lawrence ,Rive'r, in a northwesterly direction ‘from Port Meunier.

Below Goal

LONDON, Jan. 21-—-(CP) --'I‘he United Kingdom .-_ attempting to get its export volume ‘l5 per cent above the i938 level-only cnmc

Report No Hardship Too Small For Here MONTREAL. Jan. 21- (GP)- Oflicials of the Consolidated Pa-

Qucsiicned as to what value

such auxiliary equipment would be in Charlottetown. Mr. V. A. Ains- wortii. manager of the Maritime Electric Company said that the grcnrators being shipped to Rim- ouski, assuming that the Ottawa story gave the correct generating-

Auction officials did not nounce either tile number sales or the prices paid.

Officials said the should not be taken as an indi- cation furs will be cheaper on the retail market next year. be-

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of

lower prices

The replacement of these with Diesel-electric engines would there-

economy as well as efficiency.

Instructional Classes

fore be a move in the direction o!

inch veteran. who told investigat- ors he stole “because I like a good time," waived formal in- cllctment and unexpectedly plead- ed guilty to 119 criminal counts based on the theft of government cheques amounting to $2.789 from

been carefully keeping secret.

negotiations

Premier Manning of Alberta is due to meet Finance Minister Ao- bott tomorrow and be brough’ up- to-datc on developments since his with the Dominion broke down more than two months

the Island is concerned, anti that this Province could furnish all the potatoes required from areas en- firely free of ring rot. No other Province in Canada can offer this protection against ring rot.

published today. The Country had a verso tnidc balance

even with 1938 last year although the face value of sales abroad were the highest since 1920. it was dis- closed in Board of Trade accounts

visible ad- o! 23351100000 reach the island

per Co. Ltd, said today there is no shortage of supplies and no hardship on Aritlcosti Island be’- cause of failure of the supply freighter North Voyageur and thl icebreaicer Ernest Lapolnte to village oi Port:

, dormant “by flgg, 61.340.000.000) with imports of Meunier.

capacity, would light only ten l00~ 0-1058 ll l! ll°° will’ l° "Um?" Instructional classes in the oper- and Maggi?“ t?“ It" ltnaivald Th, fgdgfgl aoufgg pm, m“ » AURWQMQVW" 21.247.000.000 (“388-000900) and The freighter. aided by 1110 watt lights each. They would not the coat of the finished product. such and maintenance.“ u‘; new Team h” , '5’, 5 “Si “t” “z Premier Duplessis of Quebec and h d h I n exports of £9l1.000.000 ($3.d4.~t.o00.- ioebreaker. has been deitverlnl be large enough forlan auxiliary The sale probably will last seven gngjngs will reportedly be starter!” mo,“ ed 1m Premier Drew of Ontario likely 5 "35! i t; d" 15° "mil!!!"- t 909l- supplles to villages and hamlets plant lc-r mi; Charlottetown dolls. in Charlottetown, the idea. being to ' V! u at approx amy w“ 1 ey at a u" v0 “m5 o

business fillfiiiilfoii? tsiiiutions. some ‘oi which take 20.000 watts. or {t0

send over a number of key men as instructors to iraln local employ-

8101200. was found in Parldl rat's

apartment ln a fashionable as-

would be sent written outlines of the new offers. It would the“ bc

potatoes would be shipped in

March. April and May. This will

verse balance to

While ilierc w... 1m inviisble ad- be added-the rugged north shore of

along a BOO-mile stretch of the the St.

up to the two provinces t lndi- , _ , llmmllll Probably Will not be “down Lawrence River. The ships more kilowatt‘. ees as quickly u possible‘ It is not sachusctis Avenue neighborhood. “Me future action‘ o pfOVldG fslantl fsimers with inn hehm, Vlhe Apr“ budgetltradelbalked by dangerous he Candi“ At the present time the peak proposed to displace any local rali- Man-fit sh,” laswnd out!“ f” the“. “pm” “w” mdmated m“ ‘h’ m“ d“ iosd in Charlottetown, despite

voluntary rationing, is about .7.- 300000 watts. It takes approximate- ll‘ 4.000 horsepower to generate that amount of current. The horse-power required for the i000- watt units mentioned in the Qllflwa story would be approxi- mately one and one-third.

8,10 llurses lire

Critically iii

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. 2l—-(AP)—~Dr

Al Capone had suffered an apo- pletlc stroke end had been admin- istered the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church.

The scar-faced former grim:

. - - . a bout £l6.000,000 was‘ s ert i». . t i Mr. Abbott said, tliele had been I I . A _ l1 I I I Iggflgd ||| 03nd‘ leader was stricken ot 4 s-m. and vriihin the next few months. 2,15‘,°f,‘f,°,,‘f,,,fffij”s,‘gfif°g‘,fij°cgf, no recent devcloplneiits in rcld- Ellie 0|llili0ll8 Dil gfanggga" him" “mmretl qwnh) 4LAsf M: two hours later Rev. Msgr. wll- The car ferry "Prince Edward pol-hum a cohh-acpdesctthed by alons with Qntario and Quebec. _ I mg‘ sjglspulgrilo! £3; ghflmgfllg‘ “a R157 OF my The Came,“ no”) ggz-ryngas called to admiil~ Island. originally steam Wwered. Union sources as the most tavolr- M" Fm“ s“! he w” l“ ollaw‘ ‘a

OTTAWA. Jan. 2i.-.-At least l,- 703 nurses are urge Canada, Mrs, Plly ihc National Em

nily needed in llla Gravely of ployment Service

. ' zs- ill Pl I ~ mi . .. . _ S. l‘ gi teed t hotel, but ll Quc- “Al” " U““°d.N“"°“-5 °°°“°"‘l° . said today in an address to sttl- ‘by éggmMie acggon: lawns" creased ‘icmcy §‘“‘,;,",,,b“§,'if,,,‘,"‘,§,°,§‘ i? fgdienll; l; bzc sPi-lemioi- Dupleisls in l effech experts on atomic energy said to— Pfiggg In u- s, A, l dents of Ldssar Collegiate. Mrs. he arflvedhhe Wm and thél, so", , hgur TISHQ of iheliilwcontract i072 lcllied the repbm ' {day there is no chance that atomic ._._ l Gravely, who was accompanied by Buddy we}, h, the hedsm.‘ a ' c I L2 cans Because o, the “We which qenergy will loss people out-of Jobs DETROIT. Jan. 21-—(AP)—-Gcn-] Miss Bessie Jackson. alllwllle d1‘ . Dr, Phillips termed Capone's ' lor be a threat i0 electmical power l

rector of nursing service at Ot- town Civic

‘ declined m make My These experts hum that it is a” creased list prices on mainy of rtS connection Wlfilsslllizllspesttllgepllllli? enlfielrgdgfiyllilersolirilya walled villa on sltleellgfrfioilldgswnl cover nelmyl larinllligizbeveiijlxziiliglnetxi; iigwthoefitrilfslure [Nmely mlpmbwle m“ “tomb negllll?flll¢l:lode1b;ut?ll?b lsl/RHC-fi- l "F"! Prosrafi the N.E.8. is lsoid- Palm In,“ Q pampmnged piece ' ‘ power can revolutionize the c0" °l however. was the Chevrolet div-l lug this week ln order to ac- 0518M ‘imaged up from Bhcwm. OTTAWA :1 ' (c?) A _ I power in the United states in this lsion. biggest of the Corporation's’ llllslni the public with the -ser- 35y durhvlg the Florida boom. lhreewlded‘ cggi. rent“ .0 a a generation or displace coal as the mhnuhmufing units and hehvlesh itou; shortages nfowiexlstinfl in all Its lliiarded gate seldom ‘swings wage demands of e13 00?) Mlgtime ($1 prgnggslgggiosxgghthn, a c“, es Prgducerlln B?“ "mug"? T! l“ "5 and PF° 955 ‘"15- Bfld P"- open to visitors and was closed Con] mlher th ' ‘ ' enera otors it no: Di - h. I s, re-atening a strike tlmate made b the Oak Ridge lab- ~ ~ I t ‘iloiglarly in the nursing FY0185‘ today, unless they ohm,“ a slsaustac:orytl l’ cially anounce the i-ncreases out

"Al Capone is very ill, but =s not dead." said Dr. Phillips. The doctor was called to Oa-

early-mornlng affliction "an acute

Capone was 48 last week. Ivor

Kenneth Philips said today that

way man now. employed

While Diesel-electric engines have been used in other provinces. this will be the first Province-wide ex- periment. if the change-over goes through.

In his recent annual report C.N.R. lpresldent Vaughan mentioned the purchase by the railway of several new-type Diesel electric locomo- ttives, which are believed to be des- tined for Prince Edward Island

was changed to Diesel-electric power during the war, after the loss of the 5.5. Charlottetown, and it is claimed this resulted in greatly in-

settlement by Jan. 3i, was post-

Steei Workers T e Sign iiew iieiitract

SYDNEY, N.S., Jan. 21 ~—(CP)—- Members of the Limited Steel wcrk- er; (C.C.L.) in a referendum today

able in U.S.W. history Ln Sydney. In the voting which ended today

1.674 steel workers ballotted in fav-

or of accepting the contract which

a total of e04 voted against the new contract which will run until

dispatch from Ottawa iarlo and Quebec agreement with the

that Oil-

The Montreal Herald said in a

would sign an Dominion

within the next few days. ‘The re-

port sald Hon. Leslie Frost and 'l-fon. Onesime Gagnon, provincial

ltreasurcrs of Ontario and Quebec,

were in Ottawa to discuss ation matters.

tax-

as Ontario Minister of Mines to oi.- tend the annual meeting of the Canadian Milling and Metallurgi- cal Institute. Mr. Gagnon was not

iegotiations has reached, Mr. Ab- Jflll has

‘Sbide Trade Board

at at least floor prices. If the price offered by Britain should be lower than this, the difference will be made up by the Agricultural Prices Support Board.

Shipments in March would be made from Saint John, but by April 1st it was hoped to make direct shipments by boat from this Province.

LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y.. Jan. 21-

;for at lcast l0 years.

oratorles showed that it Ls much

the original prediction of Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, of £750,000,000.

Imps-rt fables showed foodstuffs took the built of expenditures abroad-a total of $638,000,000 con-p. Parcel to £490.000,000 in 1945. 50mg £91.000.000 was spent on grain and fIour—£Ii.709.000 in Canada-and £i39.000.000 on moat.

was Denmark. where £5,612,000 was SPEM.

6. M. 0. lips Gar

eral Motors Corporation todia-y Ln-

fictt will be considerably below

a survey of retailers disclosed lhatl

ions five miles of! Port Meunler", last port of call. Officials oi‘ the paper oom- pany. which amployl 1.000

(Continued ozTPage 5 Col. 4)

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"—*—-——-——- years he has been a hopeless vii" poned today until tomorrow to lloegggate aeboall power plant l:- mey range “om $18 to $193’ ';la“'g'l“l,ng,,g,f‘fveinal,dm4lélnglffifgf§n

uaL Fog“ "nerd tirn of paresis with the mentality await a union spokesman from um‘ ' '

Job As Principal

OTTAWA. Jan.

2i—~(CP)—Nle.1. John W. Fools, wh

o won the Vic-

of a 12-year-old boy.

The last, time he figured in the news was when James M. Eugen, racing news publisher assassinated last year. told authorities that

Washington.

Arranged by the Department nf Labor, the conference will bring together here the United Mine Workers of America (C.O.L.; 1nd

ilears Tsiki 0n ilscumlier tire

elected President; Meeting wing.

cause qt the initial generating costs. WOMAN AWARDED OJLE. LONDON. Jen. 2l-tCP Cable)“

lien. Marshall lint Seeking Presidency

2 below. l8: Regina 30 below. 2 b8- ‘low; Winnipeg i!) below. ‘i below; Toioiiin 25. 34; OUBWR l7. 20; M011‘ ireul s4. as; Quebec 32. —; Saint

_ John 26. 47; Moncton 28. 46; Hali- l _ ~————~—— Mrs. Katherine Gimpell. formerly WASHIAGTON, Jun. 2i_r,\l=.»- fax 34‘ __; Charlottetown 9' ___; orla Cross while serving u; pgdfg Capone still was in charge ofChi- Dominlnon Steel and Coal Corpor- Mr. W. M. Melllsh was re- introducing the guest speaker of of Winnipeg. has been ou-arded Gen. George C, Marshall iodaylsydney w‘ _,. yarmouih, nlissillg_ will‘ the Royal Hamilton Light "80 llckfill- all/vile! Pllyilvlllnliatlon. whose negotiations for a elected us president of illt‘ sum- the evening. Mr. H. F. Banks oflthe Order of the British Empire ruled himself out of ihc ui-esu] igéslllry durm‘ the raldon Dieppe, glflllculed the contentiuu- the nowpnfew contract were broke‘ of: ear- moi-side Board o.‘ Trade last ev- Matthew-Wells Co. oi Guelph. "for services during mllltaryfwfi demy by declhrlniz he‘ "raver HALIFAX’ _h,,,_ 21 ___ Wham“. only was nominated by the Jler this month. ening at _the annual banquet Ont.. pointed out that when the attons in Northwest Europe. the could ho tii-hficd for political of- synopsm and 01nd“, Inland for” [crgwl 5885?“!!! 0! "l6 PNIW’ _ ' , I meeting hcld at Leo Coyle’: people of the Province mvt-stlgat- London Gazette announced to- flcc. casts issued by ‘he Domhlhm postlltchfiill la CM!!! for fill Olympia Restaurant. Mr. T. E. ed a business proposition and night. Then, with Democrats endHRe- Puma wemm, on,“ a! Han!“ I“ Co pr ncipal of the Heahvter- “ a o m m i ‘ Hickey was also re-elected as found it to be sound they always The former commander in the pulillcalls applauding the se rcm- a, “J5 pm" mesday_

Ollflgo In Montreal. - ylce-pregldgnt, wont ahead and made a success Womens ‘Transport slervicc, Mrs. equalled fortlirizhtness ofhis stat:-

Coming Events‘

Report Almost Ready

I! JOHN IAILANO

"Karla Racing at’ Oyster. Bed m“. Wednesday afternoon.

otrrawa. Jan. ai- (OP) - a volume about the heft of Gone

of America. The other two oom- misslon members are Mr. Justice W. l". Carroll of the Nova Bcotia

The meeting was marked by the largest attendance of mem-‘ here in the past ten years and was largely attended by farmers 11% the surrounding districts.

e president Mk‘. Mellish ren- dered his report of the activities

of it as evidenced byihc success made in the silver fox industry.

Outlines Possibilities

Mr. Banks gave a clear and concise outllnb of the possibilities

Glmpell previously had been de- corated by the French Govern- merit fol- assistunce given 1a the

ment. he took the oilh as 56m"!- tary of Slate and promised f" "do my best" wrfh the vast problems

Maquis.

facing him.

Synopsis: Cold air is sweepln: across inc Maritimes with winds up to 40 m.p.h. Skies are ciear~ tug tonight but will become cloudy W‘ " y and scattered snow

Aquitania

Completes

flurrles will occur in most rei- lons. Temperatures are dropping

I th B rd d l th t g 1 mh 1 H and will be between l0 and 20 by _ wnh m 1 I sup,- me g u“. h; ' d 0 9 °l l" "3 ° P" 0 31'0" "I CW“ 9P“ l‘ "5 morning in tho tilrcc Provinces f... t... music “u. at. ‘ldi- ‘ionic. o.‘ l$$l~fll n::..:"t..::::..:c.’"":::..:‘ salsa: m than": .22.‘: s v- A r Ind lunqh, "m". 2km u the nnny problem beeetting Oan- m‘ 515"" 5119119"? Ovllrt- ‘ y s