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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew
cnamnrrsrowiv, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
WA ill. A CE T0 BE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN U.
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On Fish Are Deferred
llo Trace 0f Missmglllan
The whereabouts of Elmer Mac- Donald, 23. son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel MacDonald. Head of Mon. rogue, who was last seen on Cilristmas Eve when he was at- tending s concert at the Lyndale School, remained a mystery last night.
Attorney General F. A. large stated last night that the R. C. M. P. are continuing their investi- gation into the young man's dis- appearance. The Police. the At- turncy-General said, hud taken sttlttmellts from two men report- ed to have been at the concert until lifncDonald, but that nothing which would throw any light on iltc present whereabouts of the missing man, had been discovered.
It is understood some further searching in the district lying be- tween Lyndale School and Head of Montague had been done yes. lcrday but that the depth of snow and the condition of the weather had momentarily forced an aban- donment of the search.
The community known as Head of Montague is between four and flve miles west of Montague.
Will Investigate‘ Dancer Durlilialm
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec/N -- (CP) _ Claim of ‘IB-yeanold John Braund that he has effected a a cure for cancer will be investi- gated by the New South Wales Department of Health. it has been announced by Health Minister Kelly- Brsund told newspaper men he had maddlnjections into the affected organs and then elimin-
Concessions
OTPAWA. Dec. I - )- Tarlff concessions made by the United States on Canadian fish through the Geneva trade agree- ment and slated to go into effect on January 1. 194B, have been de- ferred for an indeterminate per- iod. it was revealed here today by the Department of Trade and Commerce.
No estimate could be obtained today how much financial lo.s tl1ls deferment of fish tariff conces- sons will mean to the Maritime
ovlnces. although departmental officials said they did not feel it would be "undul serious".
Asked by The Guardian this af- ternoon if the delay in living up
port branch said:
ferment regulations, I do not think the Island will be greatly affect- ed.‘ For instance, lobsters are on the free list and will continue so,
potatoes will be effectlvecn Jan- uary l."
"The Canadian sardinl industry may he disappointed by the fact that sardines are on the list of preferences to be deferred. This is by n means aimed It Canada or the Kdarltlmes in particular but
As soon as Norway signs, we ex- pect the Geneva concessions will be carried out for Canada and other countries as well."
Onion 0n Deferred List Among fish, fish products and shellfish which are placed by the United States government on its deferred list. are: oysters. dried
sardines. ,flsh in airtight contain-
sted blockages in blood vessels.
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‘Field Crops And Livestock
The following statistical data is provided in connection with the general survey in today's issue of Island field crops and livestock for
the past year, by Mr. W11. Shaw,
Deputy Minister of Agriculture: l
Acres Acres Per Per
Crop 1946 1947 Acre Yield Bus. t Value Wheal 0,000 4,400 n bus. 96.000 s 1.10 s 145,200.00 Oats. 110,000 121,000 so bus. 4200.000 £0 3,410,400.00 Barley 0.100 10.100 a0 bus. 021,000 1.00 031,000.00 Buckwheat 1,200 1,200 21 bus. 20200 1.00 02,100.00 Mixed grain 51.400 64,700 38 bus 2,458,000 .35 g_o99_31o_0o
my 231,000 220,100 .6 tons 180,000 21.00 3,100,400.00 Potatoes 40.000 43,500 135 cwt. 6,672,020 1.40 5,221,500,410
cw . Turnip: and g Marigels 11,900 12,000 N6 owt. 6,300,240 .76 2,400,000.00 ow . Q0131, 900 900 11.6 ton-l 12,440 8.00 M52000 . ons Livestock 104s 1041 ' _
...,,., 35599 ,.,,,, llcart Diseases And Cattle 102,000 95,300 m“ Dancer Top Killers and Lambs 55,100 48,600
11°68 15,000 110,000
Poultry 1.104.000 1.100.000
(These figures subject to ad. iustmcnt.)
Coming Events
“Dance in Crspeud Hall, New III’: night. Crapeul W. 1.
"9""! N “l! 1461011 Dance in the new Morell Hell. New Years Eve. Good nuuslc, ‘
“Dance, New Haven School, Tuesday. December 301th. bunches wrved. If not fine will be held Frl- day. January 2nd.
"Iaadlmg Hogs at Klnkors every Tuesday morning. For information contact James P. Callaghan.
"New Year's me dance in Orsplud Hell, Wednesday. Dec. 91st. Good music. Ornpaud W. I.
"Colleotlngs hogs every Thurs- ll! fw Canada Packers. Phone N. A. Outellffe 0s write me. D. L. Mae- Dowell.
"While it lute. tive Roses and cf the West H0111‘, 64.60 per bag, Also small quantity
Flshmeel, $6.00 per hundred- "llht. We do custom lflhdlllfl while you welt. Benton and Mc- Ru. lbur-osln lmd err-vim. Winsloe.
"Will do loading hogs at. the following points each Thursday: Filmer Wigmore. Brsdalbene, until 11:90 1.111.: Borden Belnall. Hun-
llvlr. until noon; luminar- lide until 1:80 0.111.; and Rea-
OTTAWA, Dec. 29 _- (or) The Bureau of Statistics today re- leased facts and figures to show that Canada's population con- tinues to increase, the death rate to decrease and that heart dis- eases and cancer still are the top killers.
During the first quarter of 1947, the natural increase in popula- tion wan 61.476 compared with 41.- 696 ayes:- ago, s 6.1 per 1.000 population lump. Live births to. tailed 89,812 against 73.060 but an, infant mortality rate of 47 per 1.000 against 46 in 1946 whittled the figures down. . .
Deaths for the quarter totalled 27.987, a rate of nine per 1.000 compared with 61,466, oa- 10.4 per 1.000 in 1946.
Murders Baby, Takes ilwn uts
DQNTRIIAL, Dec. 29 -fOP) — A 89-year-old veteran strangled his baby son to death tonight and then committed suicide by 11mp- lng in front of a moving train. Police said he didn't want to give up his son to his wife from whom he had been separated for some time.
The body of the veteran. 1.0011- srd P. Bmlth. who was released from the Queen Msry- Military Hospital here on cmristmas Ifve was found bndlv mangled on the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks la cabin-ban westmmnt ewe hours elm the body of his three-year- old eon. Glristopher Leonard
Iinstcn until 2 p-n. llaellwea and Genie" i
Smith. was discovered l|1_ s lane.
to the date of COncession agree- ments wollld affect Prince Edward Island. a senior official of the ex-
“From my reading of the de-
and the increased quota on seed
rather at Norway which as yet is | M! I Biiflfli-vrv of the sgreement.|
and unsalted fish. prepared fish.t
- Co. today told an
First In liins Years
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First new boots in nine years bring a happy smile t0 the face of this Ukrainian displaced per- son being outfitted to work und- erground at Hollingcr mine The recent arrival in Canada is try- ing on socks and miners’ high boots. '
Snow Fighters Unable To Dope With Drills i
A practically continuous snow- fall slnce Christmas Day. though lighter for the last 24 hours than the fall on Saturday and Sunday. is beginning to cause some con- cern to those responsible for street-clearing fn the City of Charlottetown handicapped as they are by lack of sufficient snow- fighting equipmeng
A Government plow, aided by the City's truck-plow, worked throughout lssr night but the
colder weather and high wind has caused a drift which has made much 0f the work fruitless.
Th8 drift on the main highways has made must of the Govern- ment's plow operations ineffective. One plow got as far west from the C"? yefiifldfly as Hunter River but officials 0,1 the Highway De- partmcnt said last night that they feared the road west of Hunter River was blocked and that all main" highways would probably be blocked this morning.
One plow reached the City from Montague yesterday afternoon but developed engine trouble on the return trip and had to he brought back to the City. Another plow came in from Wood Islands but officials had no word last night whether 0r not it had reached Wood Islands on the return trip.
No busses were in operation yes. terduy and none will be in opera,- tlon today.
The trains continue to run as scheduled but are beginning to fall behind their schedules somewhat owing to the heavy tracks. Plows are, however, keeping the us‘; clear of the drift sufficiently to prevent banks accumulating.
Labrador Iron Mines MayDpenInI ilMonthe
OTTAWA. Dec. 22 - (OP) -- Mlning of rich new iron ore de. posits in the Labrador peninsula may begin in about 10 months, Dr. J. A. Retty, chief gqologist of the Labrador Mining and Exploration international gathering of 600 fellow-lleclolists.
Addressing the Joint annual meeting of the Geological Asso- ciation of Canada and the Geolog-
ical Society of America, he said '
the Labrador beds, discovered several years ago and similar to the famous Steep Rock deposits in type and sge, were found a- 1011‘ g structural trough in the earth's crust some S60 miles in length and 40 miles in width. The most promising cre bodies run along a Oil-mile stretch within this trough and test drilling indi- cates there are ample reserves. Railway and harbor facilities are being coniplsted and ea sir strip already is in service la the I826.
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Employee 0f '4 Guardian Office Passes Away
The death of Robert Joseph Arsenault, linotype operator "with the Charlottetown Guardian for the past eight years, occurred at 6.45 yesterday evening in the Charlottetown Hospital. The late Mr. Arsenauit, who was 37 years of age had been in ill health fo: several months and his passing was not wholly unexpected.
A native of Egmont Bay, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gob- ert Arsenault, Mr. Arsenault join- ed the staff of the Charlottetown Guardian about 18 years ago and during that time had held several responsible positions. When World War II began, and composltors on all newspaper staffs became scarce Mr. Arsenault decided to learn linotype operating and within l short time became an efficient compositor. '
He is survived by his wife. the former Josephine Gallant, Char- lottetown, and six children, Rob- ert, Davld, Patricia, Ian, Ivan and Linda. Another child.‘ Gloria. pre- deceased him in May, 1946.
Four brothers also survive him. They are Mark and Peter ln Rumford, Maine; Fred in Well- ington; and Gilbert in Chas-lotte- town. In addition, there are (our sisters. Madeline, ’Mrs,~ Pacific Gallant. Bgmont Bey; Horn-tine, Mrs. Alyre G-audet, Summerslde; Melanie, Mrs. Philip Lewis. Bel- mont. Mass: and Mary, Mrs. Alex Larsen of Welland. Ont.
Funeral arrangements were not completed last night. '
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OTTAWA, Dec. 29 -(CP) - The component parts of d small arms ammunition factory have been shipped from Canada to China. as. part of the $10,000,000 deal between the two countries for Canadian military equipment, it .wa.s learned here today.
Previously, it had been disclos- ed that Mosquito fighter-bombers, ammunition for these aimraft and landing ground equipment were included in the arrangement. which has developed from the 1945 mutual aid agreement.
This equipment for 1111111118 small arms ammunition includes machine tools of various sorts. some power tools and presses.
When assembled. this factory will be able to produce .303 am- munition. used principally today in the British Lee Eilfleld rifle and in certain medium machine guns.
Fainous Master Locksmith Dies
NEW YORK. Dec. 29 - (A?) — Charles Courtney. 6'1. master lock- smith who participated in a num- ber dfdeep sea adventures and nearly lost his life in salvage op- erations on the British cruiser Hampshire in the North Bea in 1E3. died today.
Re made several trlps to Europe on salvage missions, on each of which.he was sworn to secrecy. One high spot came when he and two divers were ceulht by an un- dersea current end held prisoner 30 minutes against the side of the wrecked Hampshire. Yhlch had c ' ‘ lhrl Kitchener to his death ln 1916.
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1,947 Review Of F arm' Activities
BY W. R. Shaw.
of Agriculture
The year 1947 was marked by abnormal seasonal conditions. The winter period was particularly free frcm mow and far-m ‘lands were either bare o1‘ partly covered with ice for the greater portion of this period. Spring unerged with fine ‘weather prevailing and 1n the dry- er lands a considerable quantity of early seeding was effected. Ex- ceptionally heavy ruinfalls follow- ed however, throughout May and June,
A5 a result the main seeding op- erations were seriously impeded and grains and potatoes in many instances were plantcd much later than is normally the practise, Germination however. was favour- able and the eprly development of all crops was excellent. Extremely dry weather followed during the stu-rncner months and this continued with a few brief exceptions until aWvnst the end of the year.
The most serious results from this condition was experienced in the hay and pasture crops. A dry period 1n the previous season and the adverse wltnter conditions of 1947, coupled with n lack of rain- fall 1n the immediate growing sea- son, played havoc with hay produc- tlon, and particularly that of clover. The volvtne of hay harvested was possibly the lowest acre average for the last twenty years while the yield 0f valuable clover forage was the smallest for en even longer per- lod.
Pastures were maintained at a satisfactory level during June and J-uly but grazing for the balance of the season was of a very inferior character. A mild. open fall helped to alleviate the feed problrm to some extent.
Good Grain Crops
Grains. alhlch felt the impact of drought conditions. ripened up in
records however, indicate that grain production was abundant and of excellent quality. The average sown to grains this year in re- sponse to a general 61319931 191‘ 9X- panslon was higher than that of the previous crop season.
It is pleasing to note that our farmers are growing rmre Whflii- wihile the general character of seed grain has been conforming more closely to the needs of livestock and poultry production.
The low price of flour, extending
back over the war years. he! n-illitated against wthest production but with rising flour costs added 1n- tercet has developed in the grow- ing of this crop. Unfortunately milling facilities lnvolvltng flour p5 essing have almost completely disappeared and under these con- ditions local flour production i! 81- moss impossible. Under the seasons conditions the potato orop made rcmarkable pro- gress and one of the finest yields in the history of the Province was secured. Acreage was reduced by about ten per cent under that 0! the previous year leaving t e total Bi» apprnxlmately 44,000. O this Bret! about 33,774 acres were inspected for seed production.
599d Potato Inspection The following table provides ex-
tended information on seed inspec- Lion:
Acne: Acres iAeres Vnrltfi Entered Passed lbhcted Irish Cobblers 12.711 11.980 957 Green Mountains 1136 9.902 1131 Katalhdlns 2,747 2,667 N 887680 6.814 5.454 135g seq-ugh 146 131 10 Chippewa 37 36 1 HOUIHI 30 19 2 09.1121‘ ‘ Vlridtiel 10 1° Total 33.774 29.338 4.484 An outstanding feature of i110 yearn activities was 11111011141 "l
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Explosions llock Area In Boston
BOSTON, Dec. N -(A.P) - A series of underground explosions near the South railroad station in the city's downtown section to- night shattered store fronts and windows, blew manhole covers 60 feet in the air and caused injury to at least 2O persons.
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Police said several pedestrians‘ were forced to duck in doorways‘
to escape the manhole covers and flyillz glass fragments. Several motorists were also endangered by the explosions.
Firefighters said a heavy odor -of gas was evident in the area and that. steam shot up to 50 feet
in the air from some of the man. ‘
holes.
The explosions took place six streets near Dewey Square in the area where there are many wholesale business houses and shoe and wool jobbers.
December Snowfall licre This Year Far From Record
Weather observer Warren Burns at. the Charlottetown Experimen- tal station dug into his records yesterday and came up with some interesting data. He said total snowfall in December to date amounted to 36.5 inches. But, he hastened to add, that was not a. record. In December, 1926, 53.2 lncheswere recorded, and i11 the same month in 1917, a total of 51.5. The 37.year average for the month is 25.6. The smallest s- mount of snow recorded in De- camber was six inches in 1932. Last December snowfall amounted to 20.2 inches. .
(Halifax reported the 36.3 inches recorded there was a new record for December. The previous high .wss133.4 inches in December, 1017.)
Mr. Burns said the snowfall re- corded in this Province in the winter 1941-42 totalled 146 inches, made up of 36.3 in December, 66.1 in January. 28.6 in February and 17.1 in March and the remainder in November.
Turk Laysillaim T0 Doing Oldest Man
LONDON. Dec. 29 —(CP) - A claim that he is the oldest living human being has been staked by a l39-year-old 'I‘urk, Veil Sahi- roglu, the London 'I‘lmes said to- day ln a. report from its Istanbul correspondent. Veil is in excellent health “except for blindness," the correspondent added.
The Times recalled that it .5 only 13 years since the death of Zaro Agaha whose claim to be 180 years of age “few had the heart and none the means to disprove."
MILK PRICES INCREASE
GUM-PH, Ont._ Dec. 29—tCP)—- The retail price of milk today was increased to 17 cents a quart here, completing the two-cent increase recently authorized by the Ontario Milk Control Board.
POPULAR BEVERAGE More tea is drunk in the world today than any other beverage ex- cept water itself.
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Says He Will u... I As An Independent
. Dec. I - (AP) ¢ Henry Wallace announced tonight "1 shall run as an independent candidate for President of the. United states in 1948,"
Wallace made the announce- ment 1n an ad- dress prepared for broadcast.
" a greater men- ace than ever before- a men- ace more serious
than has ever confronted , t h e h u m a n race, '
. said Wallace. “That menace _. can be met and t ....ne by e. new political al- ignment WlllCil requires the or- ganization of a new political party. To that end I annountc that I shall run as an indepen- of
the United States in 1948." Wallace added: "Universal military training is the first decisive step on the rosrl toward Fascism. We will fight i"
. u» the limit and all Congressmen
who vote for ll."
Wallace said: "Thousands of people all over the United States have asked me tn engage ln this great fight. The people are on the march. I hope that you who are listening to me tonight will lead the forces of peace, progress and prosperity in your communities and throughout our country.
"Will you let me know that you have come out fighting against the powers of evil?" '
Wallace declared the Democratic high command "by their actions and finally by their words... .. have said: ‘Henry Wallace, we welcome your support. but we will not change our policy.’
". . . Thus the leadership of the Democratic Party would deprivc the American people 01 their rightful opportunity lsnchoosembe- tween progress and reaction in 1948."
He added: “So far as the Re- publican Party ls concerned there is no hope-as George Norris, Fiorello La Guardia and Wendell Wlllkle long ago found out. . . "
The bigger the peace vote in 1948, “the more definitely the world will know that the United states is not behind the bl-parti- san reactionary war policy that is dividing the \vorld into two armed camps and making lnevita ie the day when American soldiers will be lying in their Arctic suits in the Russian snow." _
Iowa-born Wallace, 59, started his political career as a Republi- can but campaigned for Alfred E. smith in 1926 and for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932. He serv- ed as Agriculture Secretary in Roosevelt's first two terms, was vice-president for the third term and later became Secretary of Commerce.
Wallncc- was dismissed from that post in 1046 by President Truman after Wallace spoke out against .\ “get-Lough -\\-ith -R.ussla" policy while James F. Bymes. then State secretary, was advocatlhg a firm policy with Russia. He left the Cabinet after human called for his resignation.
CANADA'S LUMBER Since the end of the war Can- ada has shipped 2,000,000 board feet of lumber to England.
‘Byron I. Johnson Is New Premier 0f B. C.
VWIORIA, Dec. 29 (GP)- Brltlm Columbia has a new Pre- mier tonight, Hon. Byron I. John- son, 67, who, in almost one stride advanced from‘ the back benches in the Legislature. to head the Coalition Government.
He was sworn in as Premier to- day. succeedl ‘Hon. John Hart, who resigned after heading the um"; - Pmlrulive Conservative Coalition since its formation in 194i. and now plans "a well-earn- ed rest."
Mr. Johnson, third native son of British Columbia to hold the pre- miership. is a membe of the Leg- islature for New Westminster.
Victoria-born the Premier start- ed his business career in his fa- ther's cartels company driving a dray. and today is head of a bulld- lng supply company and its many subsidiaries in New Westminster.
He was elected leader of the Provincial Liberal Peri-v at a eon- vsntlon la Vancouver. Dec. 10, de- feating Attorney-General Gordon 5, Wlemcr. and immediately was
announced ls the heir to the pre-
miership. He is one of the few men in the history of the Prov- ince to become first minister of the Crown without previous Ceb- inet experience.
"I will spare no effort to carry on the affairs of the people with the same determination and high integrity of purpose that has been the case under the leadership 0f my predecessor," said Mr. Johnson following the brief ceremony at Government House.
Mr. Hart. a veteran of 2: years membership in the Legislature and six years as Premier, paid tribute to the co-operetion of Hon. Herbert Anscomb. leader of the Progressive Conservative bloc in the Legislature, who last week leached agreement for contin- uation of the Coalition adminis- tration. .
Mr. Johnson's Government will he known as the Johnson-Amen b Coalition Government. He heads a nine-man Cabinet. the only new member W. T. Smlght of Vic- toria who succeeds Education Minister G. M. Weir. being ab- sent because 0f ill-health.
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Spcculatc 0n Outcome 0f New iWallacc Move
‘ wasnnvomrv, nee. 29 mo?) ’—Washington seethed ivith specu- lation tonight on the entry of Henry Wafiace as sn independent candidate for president in 1948.
The immediate reaction was that his candidacy would be a. threat to the re-election of Presi- dent Truman.
But many observers believed that the Wallace candidacy would prove to be a dud. They feel that the Wallace popularity has been killed by his blind support of Russia.
Normally the emergence as a third party candidate of l. once_ Democratic Vice President and later Secretary of Commerce in n Democratic administration would be a death blow to the Party's choice.
But. tfhere is also the likelihood that he will command a great deal of support from the isola- tlonists.
His Communistic and radical Labor support would be at the expense of the Democratic Party to a large degree.
But his isolationist support would largely come from Republi- can ranks and thus the llwo re- sults of his candidacy might can- cel each other.
One result of the Wallace move may be to ensure the Republican nomination of Senator Robert: Taft of Ohio.
The Republican Party may ss- sume that with Wallace bsdevill- lng the Democratic ranks a Re- publican victory is assured end they may as well have s candidate true to the old traditions of tho iaarty; ' ' ' ' "
That may mean s lessening of the move to draft Gen. Dwish! Eisenhower as Republican candi. date.
On the other ‘hand, it my strengthen the llsenhower move by prompting many martini! Democrats to swing to his suv- port in the face of probable de- feat of ‘fiuman.
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‘TORONTO. Dec. 29 - (CPI- Minimum and maximum temper- aturesz-Vancouver 33, 44; Ed- monton 2B. 6; Regina 7, 7; Win- nipeg 10, 12; Toronto 9. l6; Ottawa 2. 6; Montreal ‘l. 11; Quebec 9. 9; saint John 20, 21; Moncton 18, :10; Halifax 23. M; Charlottetown 20, 24; Sydney 25_ ti; Yarmouth 94, 24.
HALIFAX, Dec. 29 —tOlP) official inland forecasts issued by the Dominion Public Weather 0f- fice at Halifax and valid from 11 pm Monday until midnight Tues- day:
The storm which has caused snow over the Maritime: seems to have come to a stop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. comparatively mild elr is flowing into the north shore region. Colder air from the interior of the continent is being drawn into New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Variable cloudiness can bl expected again on hresday with
intermittent snow. The sh-cng winds are likely to cause some drifting of the snow on the ground.
Regional forecasts:
Prince Edward Island:
Overcast with intermittent snow tonight and meson. Colder. West winds 26. Low early ‘muddy morning and bizh in the after- noon at Charlottctown l6 and 26.
High tide this aftwnoon at 4 and tonight at 12.82.
Bun lets and tine 736.
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