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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1951

HEVRIER DECLARES SHIPPING EMERGENCY IN WEST-

Nevv Series OF U. 5. Atomic Tests Planned

Trace Mystery Disease In France To. Bread

FONT sr. ESPRIIP. Franu, Aug, 28 - (AP) - Three persons are dead, several have attempted suicide and' about 30 have been sent to hospital -- mainly for psychiatric treatment - in a mys- to. ous outbreak which police have traced to bread.

It began Aug. 17 in this town nf 4.500 in the south of France. Some 300 persons called the doc- tor for urgent care. The symp- toms were vomiting, chills and below-normal temperatures.

while physicians were treating the sick, the police were also at work .and discovered that all of those affected had eaten bread from the same bakery.

Three persons died. Several have tried to commit suicide. About 30 persons had to be taken in hospitals in Avignon and Nimea and a psychiatric clinic at llanipeliier. One or more mem- bers of some 60 families still are sick.

Today, a man ran through the st:-eets crying ”l-leipl Help! Ar- rest them; they want to kill me." up pointed to an imaginary ad- vcrsary as the police took him to 9. psychiatric ward.

some of those suffering from H7lllllCll'lBi.lDnS claim that some- one is trying to kill them. Others

Coming Events

"Dance. Orwell Hall, Septem- ber 3rd. i

1 'Dance, Elliotvale School,

Thursday. August 30th.

"Dance. Moreli Rear School, Thursday. August 30th.

'-Benefit Dance. Vernon 1-fail. Wednesday. August zeta.

"Regular Dance. French

, River llnll. Thursday. August (lath.

' tnanee in Elmwood school, day. August 30th. Canteen 56111100.

"Dance. Glenroy School, Friday, August 31st. Lunches. Bu'l'kc's (lrthestra.

"Reserve Wednesday, Septem- ber Lldth for chicken Supper. Kin- kora llall.

"Notice-Buying live prerv Monday. Highest G. C. Green. Emerald.

poultry prices

"Collecting Hogs for swift Canadian Co. Contact 8. Mac- Donald. Brooknelci.

"Dance, Emerald Hall. Thurs-

dln. August 30th. Blue Haven Raliiblers Orchestn. "St. Peter's Parish Bazaar.

Tm-sday and Wednesday. August 3811) and 29th.

"ice cream. dance. Baldwin's Road School. Wednesday. Aug. 29. Burke's orchestra.

"chicken Supper. Bingo. Dance. 151111.:-'3 orchestra. Tracadie. Labor Day. September 3rd.

fchicken Supper. Dance, Iona H--l. Monday, September 3rd. sup- Der served at rig.

"Dance. Howe'a Hall. Brackley Point, Thursday. August 30th MUSIC. Cherlottetonlana.

"Now in stock. Potato Top Kill- " find new improved livestock Fly Sway. Dillon as Bpillett.

F'.'DInce. St. George's school. d"dny. Auizust am. ice Cream and links. Webster's Orchestra.

Pu"CDme in and tak over our h flna Finance plan. for your 03: and poultry. Dillon 5 spillett.

"glee Cream Festival, Bazaar m sale of home cooking. Belle mVh'l' Church grounds. August

"D-nee it aouui Rustlco 1-ltjl. 'Y- Auauat am. Charlottetown

Mon 1. . mulcimineera Orchestra. Canteen

"U'”0ldinil I car of M1 cla gear at North wuuau-e, diu- ari. "Id Wednesday. Maebean

"Come to the Appin Road an- TL" Church Supper, Wednesday. p 30.3! Nth. supper carved from

"5307: Morel! Community Hall. ""7 . man and Satur- Il. Coming Friday and

5'IlDIhota am will not mail your tit and Nags

"hr lad:

say their brains are afflicted by monsters or flames.

Some of the bread was thrown into the Rhone River and the fish died. The authorities are considering a ban on fishing in the river.

Police, physicians and labora- tory experts have sought the cause of the poisoning. One theory is that the flour might have been poisoned by ergot, a fungus par- asite on cereal that flouris es in rainy years.

Another possibility advanced is that it is "fervent fever", a dis- ease that was prevalent in the south of France. Spain, and Sicily in the Middle Ages. Physicians say that the victims imagine themselves surrounded by flames.

Premier Jones Opens 'lruro Fair

TEURO, N. 8., Aug. 28 - (CP) Premier .1. Walter Jones of Prince Edward Island today open- ed the Central Nova Scotia Agric- ultural Exhibition here.

The opening day was dubbed "Ne , Canadian Day" in honor of 150 inmlgrants from the Nether- lands who attended the show. some 5.000 persons attended, duck- ing betzwecn showers to watch the cattle judging.

V.O.N. Founder Dies In Wolfbom. Moss.

WAUTHAM. Mass. Aug. 28 - (OP) - Dr. Alfred Worcester. 98. who founded the Royal Victoria order of Nurses in Canada during the First World war. died today.

lie was one'of the first surgeons to

perform an appendectomy.

Will Be in In Desert Area Of Nevada

WASHlING'IlC)N. Aug. 28 - (AP) -A new series of atomic tests will get under way soon in Nevada. and the resultant radiation may be de- tected in other parts of the United States.

The Atomic Energy Commission, announcing this today. emphasized that the radiation ; will be only slightly above normal and far be- low amounts that could be harm- ful to human. animal or crop life.

Churchill Grain Shipments Delayed

SASKATOON, Aug. 28-(CP)-An unusually heavy demand for ocean tonnage has delayed many of the vessels scheduled to load grain at Churchill this season. Walter sireeton president of the Hudson Bay Route Association. said today.

Mr. streeton commented on a grain glut at the northern port. caused by the lack of enough ships to load grain which is piling up rapidly.

The Canadian Wheat Board sold 20 cargoes oi wheat for shipment through the port of Churchill. Mr. Streeton said. but only five ocean vessels are in the port at present. A), ihls lime last,ycar, 12 vessels were loading wheat.

G ERMAN DIPLOMAT DIES

BONN. Germany. Aug. 3 -(AP) Dr. Paul Schwarz, 69. member of a Wall Street stock brokerage firm and German New York from 1929 until died here Sunday. He

consul-general in 1938. resigned Canada Highway.

HALIFAX. Aug. 8 -- (Cl?) A search is being started for the 20-foot British yawl Nova Espero. which left Sheiburne. N S.. for New York. Aug. 10, the R. C. A F. reported tonight.

Stanley Smith and Charles Vi- olet. bearded young English ad-- venturcrs. sailed the yawl safel:. across the North Atlantic in aid days and then left for New York after a rest.

The yawl was becalmed off Shelburne for several days. it was last sighted Aug. 16 by an R. C. M. P. cutter. The United States Coast Guard is assisting the A1!-

Search Is Started For Overdue Yawl

Force and the Mounties in the search for the tiny craft. hamper- ed by poor flying weather.

The young men said in Shri-

Moves To-llame Transport Controller

OTTAWA. Aug. 28 -- (CP) -- Unpr r' Icd peacetime shipping controls. to avert a Western grain transportation crisis. may he in- voked by the government in Eh” next few days.

. . Terming the Western rain burne they ho e their stunt wtin . , ii improve trade prelations between "'Wf,m""' s”""h”" "" "c"""'-5' Brim." and the U. S. R W" ency , Transport Minister Chev-I Smm” "mud Voyage under H” rier said in an interview Iodayl

ucross the North Atlantic. Ac companied by his brother. he made the trip several years ago with the intention of establishing -. Utopian village in Nova Scotia - :1 project that failed because of lack of interest.

The, two-mastcd ynwl while hull and rust sails

has a

Ferry Pier In

OTTAWA. Aug. 28 - (OP)-The Transport Department announced today a contract has been awarded for the construction of a 51,800,000 wharf at Port Aux Basques, Nfld.. to accommodate a. new automobile-

Newfoundland-Nova Scotia run.

The,contract for the 1.040-foot structure went to McNamara Con- struction Company of Toronto. The announcement said the work is ex- pected to be completed by next August.

The wharf is part of a 53,500,000 dock and terminal development at -Port Aux Basques, which is the western terminus of the Canadian National Railways in Newfound-

the Island's section of the Trans-

NCW railway

passenger ferry being built for the '

land and will be the terminus of

construction in

from the German diplomatic ser-

Contract Let For New

NfldL Port

vice when the Nazis Came to power connection. with the new clock will and remained in New York, where,l"c"1d9 3 5'v5"0"v 3'5” 973035 "Id he Wm", under the pen name of transit shed. The wharf itself will I-Dfmomnucusp-: be L-shaped and will provide a

Sharp Drop

seis operating from Port Aux

working un-

n.g.M;r.. officers.- der cover in Hamilton. 0nt.. for and a 640-foot berth for two ves- the p at few ,v;yealr,s,tbe1ieve they

have en--up one of the biggest-

that he will elk the cabinet I.- appoint a transport controller an" a deputy to untangle the shippint. tie-up.

The recommendation will go be- fore cabinet tomorrow. Mr. Chev rier said. The Cabinet's decisi:,r will be announced Thursday. when a special transportation confcrencr convenes here to study the CiIll'l- dian Whom Board's grain move- ment program for the fail.

Expect Cabinet Action

Observer: believe that thw recommendwiion vrill be roroircu favorably by the cabinet and th.ii an order-in-council will be pas..--, cd naming some Canadian trans-' port authority to the touch ion of finding enough ships to ITIOVl.' an anticipated record wheat crop of 5R:?.0()0.0t)0 bushels.

Without identifying the person. Mr. Chevrier said if his recom- mendation Ljnes throuuh the man selected will be one who has dealt with the (grain movement prob lem all his life."

Mr. Chcviier was equally vaszl-t about powers of the controller. He merely stated that ")he trans- port controller will be given all the powers necessary to hnndlc the situation."

Observers believed that the con-

troller's powers will not be as ex tensive as those of Canada's war- time controller. whose nutborliv spread over every phase of trans- portation .'.r-d info the field of communications.

nstcarl. they will be defined in a order probably giving him power to control movement an”- loadings of bulk-carrying vessels on the Great Lakes and box cars across the country.

400-fool. berth for the new ferry In House

Construction In P.E.I.

OTTAWA. Aug. 28 - (CP) - A ninc-per-cont drop in the number of new dwelling units started in the first six months of this year was reported today by the Bureau of Statistics.

The Bureau gave no reason for the decrease. However, housing of- ficial: have predicted that a drop likely would result from high prices, shortages of supplies and difficulties in obtaining mortgage loans at prevailing interest rates.

The number of dwellings started is the six-month period totalled

.465 compared with 42,149 in the corresponding months of 1050. In June. starts were 21 per cent to 9,514 units from 12,065.

While the number of starts was lower, house: completed showed an

"Provincial Plowing Match at Dundas. September 26th-27th. Write for prize list. Albert Acorn, Cl.rdlgan,'R. R. 5.

"Will not be doing any crush- ing Wednesday. August 29th. due to repairs on machinery. Beaton do Mcltae, Wlhsloe.

"Dance, Mt Stewart Legion Hall every Thursday George Chappeil and his Merry Islanders. Canteen service. Admission 50c.

"Legion Dance. North Rustico i-inll, every Wednesday Dancing from 9 until 1. Canteen service Music by Gcorgo Chappcll and his Orchestra. '

"Come to Augustine Cove Calf Club Achievement Day. September 1st. at Lorne carruthers. at 9:10 in the morning. Guest speakers pres- ent. Everybody welcome.

"Wheat: Unloading car high grade bulk wheat at our mill.

Wafer Street West. Summerside, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. P. 1.. Morris Feed Service.

"Come to Tryon Baptist llall, Monday evening. September 3rd. Social evening. auspices of Tryon Intencominunity . Choral club Volley Hall, North Tryon. vs. Tryon. Refreshments.

"Will be loading hogs at the followira, points each Thursday. Elmer igmore. Bradalbene. until 11.30 A.M. Borden Bagnall. Hunter mver. until noon. aummeraide until 1.30 P. M. and Kenaington until 3.00 P. M. Macllwcn and Caacley.

"Poultry Wanted. Loading live fowl and chicken weekly for but Canadian and American markets We give you a pick up service and weigh and pay on farm. Pawn; beat market prices. write or Phona 2528 day. 1514-.13 nlgnt. Oentral Egg and Poultry station,

3'.;3:.,g-;;h-- --.-tow,

23054 Grafton Street. Charisma-

increase of 7.5 per cent. The com- plctions totalled 38,604 compared with 35.0611. The carry-over of un- completed dwellings at the end of six months totalled 59.443 com- pzircd with 59.503.

Starts in Ontario increased to 16.200 units from 13.221 but fell in Quebec to 11,716 from 14,980. Brit- ish Co1umbia's total was down to 3.130 from 3,815; Alberta 3,100 from 4,491: Saskatchewan 1.130 from 1.201; Nova Scotia 700 from 1,038: New Brunswick 450 from 1,278; and Prince Edward Island to 80 from 208. Manitoba's total was up to 1.547 fromf1.528 and Newfound- lands to 392 from 389.

Completions in Ontario totnlled 16.062 compared with 12,243; Que- bec i1.48d against 12,020: British C' ”a 3.503 against 3.350: Al- berta 2.850 against 3.390; Manitoba 1,217 against 1.461; Nova Scotia. 5):)-1 against 1.172; Saskatchewan 565 against 768; New Brunswick 515 against 972; Newfoundland 469 against 3'12 and Prince Edward Is- 1and.223 against 214.

The number of dwellings in var- ious stages of construction at the end of June. with corresponding figures for 1950 in hrnckels:

Ontario 24.215 (23.585); Quebec 14,859 (14984); British Columbia 5.848 (7.166); Alberta 5.803 (4.300); Nova. Scutio. 2.419 (2.326); Mani- toba. 2.093 (2.781): Newfoundland 1.950 (1334); Saskatchewan 1.030 (1,352): New Brunswick 897 (1,274); and )Prlnce Edward Island 291 (202.

Basques to points along the New- narcotic rings discovered there in many months. with arrest of three charged with "conspir-

foundland coast.

Buller Slocks

0TTAlVA. lAug. 28 (CP) Creamery butler stocks in Can- nda's main cities are almost 16,- 000.000 pounds lower than a year logo. the Bureau of Statistics rc- portcd today. The stock: totalled .'l2.079.')0C ipounds at Aug. 24 compared with on the corresponding dale of 1950. t The stocks by cities. with fl.c torrespondlog figures for 1950 in lbrncketsz ' I Quebec. 2.745.000 (3.560.000);Mon-

ztreal. 10.904.000 (15.789,000); Tor- onto, 4.828 000 (6,415,000): Winni- peg. 5.864.001) (12.655.000): Regina.

597,000 (9118000): Saskatoon. 826.- 000 (474.000): Edmonton, 2.786.000 (4.865.000): Calgnry. 1.031.000 fl.-

.956.(i00); Vancouver. 2.372.000 (1- 364.000).

i The Federal government is ar- ,ranging for the importation of ybutter to meet an anticipated shortage during the winter

months.

1 In nnother report, the Bureau 'suid that Canada's egg product- iion-excluding Newfoundland -- inmounted io 204200.000 dozen in the first seven months of this your against 219.-100.000 in tlw: iiorrespondlng period of 1950.

BOMBAY. Aug. 28 -(R.eulcrs)- lndia. hard hit by the closing of the Abadan refinery in Iran, has fixed a gasoline quota under which aviation fuel available to 14 inter- natioal airlines is cut by a third, it was learned today.

THREE RIVERS. Quo-., Aug. 22) (CP) -- Defective and poor quality steel today were blamed for tho collapse of the 53,500.00) Duplcasia Bridge here last Jan- uary. A representative of the Domin- ion Bridge Company Limited of Montreal said his company made a detailed report to the Provin- cial Department of Public Works in December 1930 stating that some of the steel used in con- struction of the mile-long link over the St. Maurice River was "poor quality rim steel! lie wan appearing before a two- mon inquiry commission appoint- ed by the Provincial Government to determine the cause of the collapse. Yvon Vaiiee, Deputy Minister of Public Works. acknowledged that the bridge company report was received by his department after several months were spent In stiffening the Joints. He said stiffener-e were rivet-d

-Blames Defective Steel For Collapse Of Bridge

after fisaurea appeared in two main girders in February and March 1950.

Cross-examined by Louis Philippe Pigeon. attorney representing Lib- cral Opposition leader George C. Mnrler in the Legislature, Mr. Val- lee stated that nothing in the re- port indlcated the steel used was not proper for weldln'lf.' The bridge was a welded steel struc- ture.

The Deputy Minister added that his department had no .ompetem metallurglat on its ataff and had lo rely on reports of contracting firm: and analyses made by out- side laboratories.

He left the witness box after more than .1 day'a testimony. Tb.- heeriitg started Monday and be was the first wltneaa called. Oliver Deajardina. englneer-ln- chief of the Department of Public Worka. said he believed the col- lapao was caused by a defect In the steel superstructure about :10

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to the Joints and tension pointaind.

persons, ing to possess; distribute and tram- port narcotics." Police believe the three may be the bosses of a Can- adian ring in Charles (Lucky) Lucianols sao,ooo.000 international network. One of accused, Louis Gallow, (above), whose ball has been set; at 310.000, is known to police throughut the province for his ten years of crime.

Island Winners In Bank Essay contest

Five Prince Edward Island high school students are among the win- ners of a Canada-wide ency con- test conducted by The Bank of Nova Scotia on the subject of "The Bank as a Partner in My Com- munity."

The names of the successful con- testants in the P. E. 1. Section are:

Mary Doreen Cusaok, Tr-acadie Cross, age 15: lsi. Prize of 8100.00.

Jenn Campbell. Brooklyn, King's County, age 14, 2nd Prize of 375.00.

Janis Heather Morrison. sum- merside. age 16. .'lrd Prize of 350.00.

Eric Perry, summerside, age 19. 4th Prize of 525.00. -

Norman Carrutherr. Augustine Cove, age 15. 5th Prize of 510.00.

News htjriei

VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 28-(CP) -A special session of the British Columbia Legislature will be called Nov. 6 to deal with old age pen- sion legislation. Premier Byron Johnson announced today.

MON'I'R,!lAl.., Aug. 28 -- (OP) -- Hospital authorities slid today that Dr. Thomas W. Jones. Minis- ter of Calvary United Church and a former United church Moder- ator. was seriously ill.

EDMONTON. Aug. 20 - (OP) -- Proat tonight in low-lying section: of three Northern Alberta regions was forecast by the Dominion Wee- ther office as temperatures ooroaa the Prairie grain belt ataybd well below normal levels. The frost- danger points are mmonton, Peace River and Lloydminioter.

WASHINGTON. Aug. N - (AP) -The United States. Britain and Renee are making an immediate 850900.000 start on an economic aid program aimed to help Yugo- alavil'a Marshal Tito contribute "to the security of the free world."

WASHINGTON. Aug. I -(AP)- Hlgher freight rates--averaging 0.0 per cent for the country as a whole--went into effect today for most communities handled by United. states railroads. 1110 new

May Not Solve Problem

Whether the appointment of A transport controller will alleviate the Great Lakes carrier shortaae is open to question. Officials liaw stated that the crux of the prob- lem is a shortage of bulk carriers.

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Chief.Canodiun Boy Scout Arrives Home

QUEC. Aug. as - (OP) Maj.-Gen. Dan Spry of Ottawa. chief Canadian Boy Scout Com- mission , arrived today aboard the liner Empress of Canada. from the world scout conference at Salzihurg, Austria. Gen. Spry, who travelled with his family. also visited scout leaders in England, France and Switzerland.

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TOKYO. An. 29 - (Wednes- day) -. (AP) - Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway today in a message to the Communist leaders in Korea flatly refused to make a second investi- gation of the alleged allied bomb- ing of Kaesong.

The Alllcd commander declared that a further investigation as de- mnndcd by the Reds "could serve no purpose other than to continue this unjustifiable delay" in the ceasefire negotiations.

TOKYO. Aug. 29 -(Wednesday)- (AP)- Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's headquarters in a release Tues- day night accused the Communists of "deliberate fraud" by staging a bombing incident at Kaesong with one of their own planes to disrupt the Korean truce talks.

Crying attempted "murder". the Reds broke off the talks last Thursday. They alleged that an Allied plane bombed and strafed near the Communist truce dele- gation rcsidence Aug. 22. Tuesday, the Reds offered to resume the talks if the Allies would re-invest- igate the incident and take the blame.

Rirlgway, the Allied commander, for the time being was officially silent as be drafted 0. reply to the newest Communist demand. There was no immediate indication when it would he handed over to the

Reds. or how he would answer them. The release by his public in-

ludden Dealh Yesterday Of .0llawa's Mayor

OTTAWA. Aug. 28 - (CP) Grenville W. Gooclwinuv popular, jovial mayor of this capital city. died suddenly early today and will be buried Thursday with full civic honors.