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ABINET SHAKEUP m v 01v ES 4 FEDERAL MINISTERS

Blame Brakeman Of " Stalled Train For. Lack 0i Foresight

llnusual Accident

SHANNON AIRPORT. Eire. Jen. l0 - (AP) -— Airport officials described it u a "most unusual ulcident."

Th; slipstream from the pro- pellers of a Pan American Air- ways airliner. they said:

319w a heavy landing ramp woes an icy runway tonight into the propellers of an American overseas Airlines plane warming up preparatory to a take-off. “um; "several thousand doilers" damage to the A.O.A. plane.

Coming Events

"Hockey tonltht. Lon: Creek y‘, canoe cove. Skate after.

"Belt Royalty vs. Mlltofu. ll: Milton tonizhf.

"Dance. K. of c: null. Monday. February 91-h

"Raffle. K. of C. I-Iall, Bouris. Thursday, January 22nd.

"Hockey menu? Milton tonight adte g 1p schedule.

meeting at acne to draul

"Mill now closed for repairs until further notice, McGulgan end Boyle.

"Meeting Heirnptom Hall. Wed- needay, January 21st, to appoint new director; and other business-

"Danu at. Walter ConnlcWS. Kinkora, ‘Iluesday, January 20th. Good music.

"Card Party and Dance. Crap- nud Hell, Wednesday, January 21st. Proceeds in aid of Hockey Team.

"Cor Balcd Shavings arriving Very soon. Book orders at once for

nff cur price. P. E. I. Livestock Feed I

Agency.

"rhose wishing to order seed with the Graham's Road Livo Stock Association, please give yolll‘ llfii now to the Secretary, Hugh Camb- bell.

"Basket Social, Legion Hall. sourls. ‘Thursday. January 22nd. Admission 40c. Ladies with baskets free.

"Loading I-logs at Fredericton for Canada. Packers every Thurs- day till 11 A. M. e-n-d Colville until l2.

"Hockey New Glasgow Rink to- night. Home River versus South Itustlco. Game starts 8:30. Skate after.

"Private Sale _ Chesterfield. brd. spring and mattress. con- goleum square, Enterprise range. all new. Ice box. Phone l017-J

"Loading Hogs at Remington all day Tuesday. January 20th and 1mm 3 o'clock Wednesday. Jmludry 21st. For information contact Oliver Campbell.

"Loading Hogs at Hunter River Ill day Tuesday. January 20th and Wednesday, Jwnuairy 21st until noon. For information contact Gor- don Mstlheson. '

“Loading Bogs this week at Mbamy 1,11 any mesa-y. January 20th and Wednesday the 21st until 4 o'clock. For information contact J. George Maclhy.

~“‘"‘Chen|e in Business." The "Hooley & Llewellyn" Auto-Body Shop will new be operated by Vernon I-fooley and Lester Fall and esf-foolsy, a Fall. Auto- Body. . ,.

"Cu- of Feeds arriving in a few girl's. Cllh prices are 3 “i! grower 03.40. lei-lay e - Wheat not. Also Iron. sham, etc- Plsca you order new. Herbert Mullen, ‘rrocadie. -’ ‘

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"Attention Inn-non. Accept-mi Bus. cumm- and outm- Cattle and Calves, Monday to Fri-day inclusive Ivory week. . For trucking servlcl lihone 200 or 1274. Canada Packer! Charlottetown Plant. norm Wright. Controller.

"wm be loading hogs at the following points each Thursday: Elmer Wigtnors. Bredalbane. until 11:30 1.111.: Borden Belfllll- "m"

River. until noon; Bummer- llde 1mm [=50 p.314 and Ren- llnclon until 8 pm. momma and

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LATUQUE. Que. Jan. 19 -(C7Pl — A coroner's jury, investigating the death of nine men in last Wednesday's train wreck at Wykes. Que, tonight returned s verdict of accidental death but blamed the "lack of foresight" of ,brake- men E- G. Rousseau, adding that there was no question of criminal negligence on his part. All other l mernlbe a of both train crews were absolved of blame.

Rousseau was brakemen of train ' ll-—a. local~which was stalled in l s. curve when train 21—ll Can- l f -' _ Q E adian National Railways express- l ploughed into the rear

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local. killing nine men and 1mm. Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of

mg 55 other persons, lvclcruns‘ Affairs. who , has been The jury also recommended (ha; named to the Senate in a cabinet

in the future the Canadian Na- 153mm’-

iional Railways operaic its ex-' —_"““"_ press trains ahead of the local on the trans-continental line which! crosses Quebec's bleak northern country. G _ In his testimony Rousseau sold , ' that he was in the last conch of! I the local when he heard t.lie' whistle of the express train. I-fe said he ran for 10 or l2 minutes l and waved a red flag but that the f engineer of the express did notl see it - . ' - actively engaged in a big com- Rmlssm“ 5am m“ the l” pre’ lmercial business in the Province. vented mm from placing a m“ lMr. Fidele T. Arsenuult of thc PM‘? on m? Hack to warn the m" l wcll known flvui of Arseuault and conung train.

lCLulrlct. Wellington, uill bc 9b , . lyl-rm." uhl locluy. “Mud “m” l Born nt Urbliiivillc. ‘Prince

The jury stated m Us vm-dicj .Cuun1_v, ml Jun. 2.1, 1850. lhc soil that Rousseau had shown lack of l“ M" 311d 5175- 3°11“ cl“'5’5°5l°l““ foresight in not making vise _of Amemull- Ml'~ ‘M-"cmmll 35 i‘ the full l6 minutrs bctwccu lllL‘ Wm"? m“) of 29 ‘Wm’ l“ ‘vmk "'5 time the locnl stopped and the ll 91"!‘ Wm‘ m“ lliltl M11 Jfkelfll! ‘time the express rammed inin it. IB- PQlYliZI‘ "i Tl$l1l5h “'ll°_ fit l "He could have Wftlkfld mug. that tupqmwns doing a. thriving ‘ gm-me, in w mil-mics to glvp general store bishisss in that. Wcsl.

lwemlnz to the express train.“ .t.he verdict said. l The jury returned the vcrdictl aflcr listening to nearly llvu and

a half hours of testimony from

eye-witnesses who were present ‘when the frost-slzllled lnml was

struck in the rem" by the wcst- l ‘bound express.

“I was 1n the lasl. coach when I heard the whistle." said IlOllSSBfill. "I ran with red flag for about l0 or l2 minutes. I 511W the train. N0. 2i. tn"ng the other curve. 1 waved my flag. Hc didn't. src it.‘ I yelled and he passed by in mi cloud of steam." -

"I didn't have time to put a torpedo on the track. The ice was too thick and it would have takcu loo long. I thought it best to use my red flag."

Leo Noel. 38. a constable who was in the second coach of the stalled train. said "vvc hoped that. No. 21 would slow clown.

“We looked uutsidc mid saw the lraln turn n curve. and then wc saw ll; conic strnlght ill. us". Thn others in the cm" jumpcd, l dldlll have time. I bcllcvcti the signal- mun had reached tho train.“

Salas Food Biggest- lleod In Greece

BAJNT JOHN. N. B. Jnn. lil- (OP) __- “We dOlYL want llllllllllllll- lion, we want food." Tlmsc wore the words he heard most frcuurnl- ly during a two-month visit. with relatives in Greece. Arthur Cal"- man, Saint John restaurant pro- prletor. said today on his return by elr from his former homeland.

Unrest in Greece, Carmen llid. seemed to stem from the prlvation of the people and the lack of elm- ployment which made it impos- sible foi" them to Purchase the ex- pensive food on the market.

Prince l/menu- After gaining some experience there. M1". Arsen- null, in i873. entered the employ as n c-lrrk u’. Wcllmlrlon of Mr. J. O. Arselluull. llnicr Senator Arsennulll, fzlllirx‘ of the Hon. A. E. Arsenuult, " Surname Court. Island.

After" rcmul ,1 with Mr. J. O. Arseunult for _ M1; Arsen- nulr, m 1896. wcn: into business for himself for lllc ucxt eight

years. In 190-1. with Ml‘. E. F. Gau- (let. Vvclllngton. he formed the business firm now known through-

,out the Proluucc. of Arsennult and

(lander.

Dcmito his advanced age, Mr. Arscnault has full possession of all his faculties. Thul. lifs general

henllh is excellent can be attest- cd by the fact flint he is in his store every bumicss (lay and that now: of his n. zliburs can YBlIIIQ-lll- bcr a Sunday whcu llC has not been seen in his pew in Miscouche

Church locntccl four miles from 111s homo. His wlfc. tllc former Agnes

Gduclst of lvflscouche. dicd sev- cral years ugn. ' ‘ Seven children were born of the

,lllllOl’l, and lhcrc are several grandchildren and great grand- children.

ll. S. Funeral Shin Still ls Burning

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‘lllie Unilcd States Anrnv funeral ship Josep V. tionnolly, which

caught fire and nos abandoned by her crcw u week ago in the North Atlantic still ls burning.

The Alltuy frcighlm" Llcut. A. R. Mininger reported icduy she was standing by the flaming v vcsse], which mow is listing badly.

‘Downgrad

_...._ MIAMI BEACH. F'1n.. Jan. iii- (AP) ‘_ This tropical playgrounds prospects for another "bonanza" winter season - as 1n the golden winters of 1945 and 1946 — are dim and growlnfl dimilior every day. \. ‘ 3 The lush. carefree way the‘ northern "guests" tossed around money the last several "seasons" 1| t on a new tint; people aren’ spending as they used to. and there aren't as many people spending. . _ The official opening of Hialeah pace Track has long been the criterion of the area's "peak of the season." By Jan. 15. hotels should have hung out their “no room" sins; night clubs should bytm-ning away- patrons; furs. Jewelry anq yxpenslva cars should be selllng- like hotcskes and streets should be januned. But it's not It that this yaw"

Winter Business 0n

e At Miami

Business is off. Hotel, restaur- ant, and general retail business is doom. lrom 10 to 30 per cont" compared to last .ycar.

Willi possibly two exceptions. the. night club trnde ll decidedly off. Although most are still book-- in: "big name" acts at bigger prices, the tables are not filled as they have been. The “big spender.” the flflll-o-night ' fun- lover. is a emery.

Reasons or the drop include:

Purse strings tightened by in- creased living costs;

Excessive hotel rates and out- nnd-out gouging by\ "get-rich- quick" operators; '

Loss of Canadian revenue, esti- mated by the Canadian Govern- ment at 01811100000 1n 1946 —. much of which was spent in Miami Beach-through i1 travel ban rc-

‘slrlcting United lhh travel w

$150 a person.

ibuireaux Formed

{Snowfall In N. B. Heaviest For Years

HALIFAX. Jun. l9 - till’)- Forniatlou of bomb disposal hureaux in the Murltimcs for the handling of dangeroug “m- souvcnirs in the hands of civ- illfllls or for disposing of gren- ndcs or mortar bollllls found in or ncar former army camps was announced tuduy by 1335i. tern Army Command head- quarters lu-rc.

Tho buronux will be located ill llullfax. Frvdcrlcfop am] Charlottetown, and will be staffed nml rczidy nt all limes to nnsvvcr calls from civll'uns or others who think they huvo in their possession a dangerous wnr souvenir or who have dis. covered some grenade or bomb.

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Four challenges mid nine icm- ]Jl)l'1ll'_y onus by 11w Crown. ingr- fhri‘ uilh illc 12 vhnllvnrcs by the

(lnfcncc. cxhauslcll the jury pnncl tiftrrnoon in the select- it jury for lhc iriul of on, Kingstun. ("hzirgccl zughtgu". At the llllif‘. ll mun boon svlvclcrl zlnrl if. was 11!'t‘("55fll‘_\' in int-nil fX-p of thug, vvhn hul previously hccn “stood aside" by lllC Crown before 1hr ".l.l: miyun. William .\l_v.;I{fl_\',‘\V1l_5_¢'_l-t..

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Mr. Justice MR. MzuGuigun is presiding. Tho Crown is rmfrrlscnt- ml ivy Allurncy (Svnflrvl F..-\. Lurcv zisrll-trwl l"l\- GR. l-lclllics. KL‘. J.O.C. Campbell. KC, is ap- lreriiinj; fuy tlln usrd.

The Court l'(‘"(‘“$€ll zit 4.30 um. in lll'llf‘l‘ 11ml. the jury might, he vonvcnvl lu lln- marl ilcztr Berclt’ (irovc inn Wllmfc‘ lho nffmurc is ni- lcgcd ll_\' Ilzc Cmun 1., halo been

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Below Zero Temperatures

The lClllpUFllllllW‘. in Charlotte- town nt 8.30 lust ilight was two L-dlmv 7mm. .l \\‘il.s ]U.ll‘ll£"l from

llu- \\\‘(llll1'l' oliscrvnr at lllr.‘ Chur- lotlcluxln Expcrimcnixil Slulioil. Al. lhzil lnzc lhcrc nvus pl no wind" llul whul tllorf: was from the wrsl. The temperature was "skill "llllzl: tlfuvll". Ml‘. \V:u"- rm: Burns s. ti, HUWTFVCI‘. ut nud- night uuofficiul temperature rend- ings in the Cty were slightly warmer. A thermometer at tho Hughes Dcug store corner stood at one liclow.

Mr. Bums said his reading was four LlJOVO at 3.30 ycsterfiny morn- ing, 3 nhovc nt 2.30 in the after- noon und zcro at 5 um.

Family Allowance Directors Bonferring

SAINT JCHN. N. 3.. Jan. l9 -—- (C-‘Pl —- Family allowance direct.- 01's of Quebec and the Maritlmcs today opener! a two-day confer- cnca hero aimed at developing a more uniform system of adminis- tration in the districts.

Mrs. A. s. Ferguson of Frederic- tou. director for New Brunswick. said the discussions may lead to a more "streamlined administrative pattern."

Other provincial directors ot- tending were Lionel Lafrance of Quebec: ,Paul itehelin‘of Halifax and Allan Nicholson, of“ Charlotte-

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KKLIFAX. Jan. 19 -(CP)—WVln- ter‘: chill hand laid a frozen grip on the Maritimes tonight as road crews 1n New Brunswick struggled to re-open hlzltways clogged by one

of the heaviest snowfalls in 20 years. _ " Fraffic was moving again on

most main highways butmany com- munities. reached only by secondary roads still were cut off. In Saint John, N.B.. mom than half as much snow us fell last winter has come down this lznonth already,

I11 Moll-lion. N.B.. the snowfal was the greatest 511109 February, 1929- lllld Dlollghs were busy

throughout the night scraping off a 16-inch layer.

Air traffic resumed after being brought lo a standstill yesterday and buses, though running again, lave-re behind schedule. Three were stranded in Eastern New Bruns- wick last night and passenger; spent llle night 1n farmhouses.

In Nova Scolia. a light, snow followed 36 hours of rain and spread a. treacherous white film over ice-sheathed roads and side- walks. -

MB"? highways had been flooded lu the Annapolis Valley and the sub-zero temperatures made so-nel of them passable again. .

The thermrlncfer continued on a sieadv downward trend and the ‘Weather Bureau here reported most -.’1l‘3IlS in the hfarilimrs would ex- lperlence their coldest night of the winter.

v An icv wind out of the north that lhari "drifted snow deep across some rcuris was slackening, 110w-

‘ovcr llic Strait of Belle Isle undl cu: into the rlorth Atlantic.

l Fredericton was digging out from llltldfll‘ a {ll-inr-li fall and it was es- Fmnted it. would take another two weeks be'crl- traffic could resvmc its ncr-rnal course.

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Weather Delays Judging At

ls the male pups which will" have 66 ex- hibits. There are several other very largo classes.

which worked so hard to place the belts in ihcfr proper colorings was Beecher

I ‘ _ Humphrey ‘filBl. as the stoun ccntpo Illqyefl l5... by Ed Burmglh Ewes, Mm pnpw Stewart Wright and Tom cnrruih- crs. familiar with pelt. past stale that this ycaz-‘s exhibit is far and alvay the best that has a report that 11c would b0 willing" lover been made in this Province. 1ft is expecicd that lPlatlnu-ms a number of pelts will 1°55“- he M“ hi5 illlcsililllclbf "

Fox Pelt Show

Judging of the large number of entries in the tenth annual pelt show of the P. E. I. Fox Breeders and Exhibitors Association, which was scheduled to get under way yesterday morning 1n the Union lIall, Summerside. did not begin. Due to the fact that s. number of out-of-lown officials 0c‘. the show Wm storm stayed and did not get into town until late’ in the day. the classification committee was unable to complete their work as expected. However, it was defin- itely expected that the first class could be in the hands of judge Douglas Bell this morning and judging would continue through the day.

The annual banquet will take place this evening as scheduled at Leo Ccyle's Restaurant.

The total- count of pelts reach- ed 1104 whiclf is just about one hundred more than the previous record set up last year. The ent- ries in each class are, 277 Silvers. 148 White Marked. 443 Platinums, 145 Pearl Plntinums, 84 Glaciers and 11 Novelties.

The largest section to be judged dark medium platinum

The classification committee

Mr. King Is Silent l’ 0n Plans For His Own Retirement

By George Kitchen

OTTAWA, Jon. l9 — (C?) — Prime Minister McclCenzie King announced tonight a three-way shuffle in the Fcdciol Cobinci. culminating in the appointment of Veteruns Minister Mackenzie to the Senate, but gave no hint us to his own pOllilLUl future:

In u 20-minute press conference in his East Efcck offices, Mr. King disclosed these changes:

1. Mr. Mackenzie, who represents Vancouver Centre in the

Commons and hos asked to be relieved of some of his duties, gocs to the Upper Chamber as o British Columbia Senator. t 2. Milton Fowler Gregg, the former president of the Univers- ity of New Brunswick who went info the Cabinet two months ago est FISfIBIIES Minister, succeeds Mr. Mackenzie us Veterans Min- IS er. _ l 3. Trude Minister MucKinnon, who also hos said he would like u lighter portfolio, becomes Minister of Fisheries for d temporary penod which may last "some liffle time."

4. Reconstruction Minister Howe, whose department soon is to be dissolved, becomes Mifiisfer of Trcde and Commerce, o de- partment refuted closely to his new task of administering control over imports of capitol equipment under the dollar-saving program.

o. Theworflnle department of Nulionol Wur Services finally hos been dlssolved and Revenue Minister McConn, who held that" Pilflliillv. resigned it today, though still rel-pining his post os Rev-

cnue.Mini_sier. I "aruch Urges

ltir. King parrled questions about his personal future plans, about which he is expected to nluke un announcrlmcnt tomorrow nigght in the main addrcss before tho annual

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filobal Strategy

Asked lvhctliei" ll’? had secu ncus- l Wvtiil-IINLVFUN. ‘Juli. lsl -_.1_.\IJ) "ports speculating that .110‘... A ~g1,,b_.1 .- w). L... Ant- might 111111011112»: his rclircnicut, he oricun peuccmikni " “m; l)", said he saw “av lot of the nc\v"spap-.Un1l,¢d 53M“ pgcdémlg “he... to ers tliesc days.’ llva-cc Will‘ if ll""t.‘s'1"\‘ [u (legend To anchor direct question 11> to ; a m“. Europa,“ “upon “Slum; flgtreesion. was propose-d today by Bernard M. Baruch, adv: r in lllresldeuts duflnq tlvo \vo u wars.

lliilnlri" of the National Liberal Fcd- ‘ ration.

to continue as Pritnc Minister 1f another won: sclcctrrl us Liberal

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The 77-year-old fininciei‘ coup-

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lbe picked to form the present of l1? Platinum pelts which Premier J. Walter Jones on behalf‘ of the Government lcxrclcrcd as a wed- ding present to Princess Eliza- bath.

The committee which was ap- pointcd to make the selection is, George A. Callback. C. N. F‘. B. A.. Douglas Bell who is Judging r110} Fox Show and who 1s also Do-l minlou Fur Grader fol" tllc Prov- l 111cc and Peter G. Clark of the I’. E. I. Fur Poul Lid.‘

NIWV YORK. Jim. l9 — tAPl— ‘The lllUf-l. infvnse COId wave of the. season brought low

teenpcraturos asl :.s 40 (lc-rzrccs below zcvu to

ls of ihv United Slates north- lrnst and chillcd the southern part inf the United States lvfontlay. caus- . ling at loast 36 deaths. l 'I‘h<- Wc-llhvi- Bureau predicted ju sccunrl lllgzllt of sub-zero cold for the ncrlllcnst. but not. as extreme as the dcvp-frccse atmosphere of. Sunday ililzhl Llldlltlflflflfly morn-I ling. Tuesday morning fewltcvlures lin i110 southeast vivcxc v-"cicd f0 l l

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be srtncivhul. higher.

The unofficial 4U below as re-l jporicd at Orson, Pan and Lyndon-l lvllc, Vl.. curly Monday. ____

Tiayoff Al lialifax

led his proposal with a call for n,

my future will be—tliat‘s in the; . , _ hands of m‘. pm.._-v-_-- .l- ‘ll-your UllllECl Stairs procluctmn One reporter uskcd who would lam? l“ “vm l” W11“ 8-“ w“.

ltakn over the task of Governvment l “mkm f“ “m” “m1 1°" "3 bolll»

ilc-‘Ollllc. concerted nllacl; against ltlie clawing fears of inflation and lof another war."