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TWO QUEBEC VILLAGES SAVED FROM RAGING FOREST FIRE

See Need For Coal Industry Switching To Oil Production

All-Out Search Begins

For Missing

R.C.A.F.

Plane With 20 Aboard

DIES AT 101

HALIIFAX. Aug. 22 -(OP)_. Funeral services wcz-e held today for Mrs. Ellen C. Fulton. oidest resident of Halifax who died stit- lrdav at the age of 101. She was a native oi Economy, N.s_

Coming Events

"Harrington Tea. August 24th, 5 o'clock.

"Chick"! SUPDcr. rarest Hill l-Iali, Wednesday, August 24m, "Legion Dance. Belfast Hall.

Wednesday, August 24th.

"Mall your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown

"Dance. St Teresa's. Wednesday. August 24th. Webster's Orchestra. "Dance. Tracadic l-iall, MondayJ August 29th Mclierizics Orchestra.

"Show Morell every Tuesday. Friday and Saturday. Show starts 8:30 P.M.

"Annual chicken supper Har- rington Hall, August 24th, at 5 o'clock.

"Dance. Corran Ban Hall. Wed- nesday. August 24th. Melody Boys Orchestra.

"Ice Cream Social and Dance, Long River Hall, August 24th. Pro- ceeds for school.

"Come to St. Andrews Church Iflbber Wednesday. August 24th, 5 to 10 p.m.

"Chicken supper. Si. Charles Hall, Wednesday. August 24th. Dance after.

"Regular Dance at the "Bea Breeze". Victoria. each Wednes-

day. Dancing 0 till 1.

"Baseball and Open Air Dance. It ‘Iracadie Cross, Tuesday. August 23rd. Good music. at New August

"Ice Cream and Cake London School. Thiesday. 23rd. In aid oi Institute.

"Cake Sale at Rogers Hardware Iriday. August 26th. at 2 o'clock. by Brsckley Women's Institute.

”Dance every Friday night at the Gordon Lodge. Good music. Dancing from 0 till 1.

"Dance. Morell Rear School. August 25th. Good music. l-lot 17°81. Ice Cream. Refreshments.

"Occne to the Lawn Party it Brookvale School. Thursday night. August 25th. l\'lacNclli's Orcheatiia

"Old time Dancing at the Bright Spot tonight. Dancing frcirn 9 to 1 o'clock. Admission 35 cents. Can- teen service.

"Dontymiss the open alr dance It Hunter River Rink every Tues- day night. Dancing from 9 till 12.30. Canteen sci-vice.

""Outlaws oi Boulder Pass, featuring George Houston as “The Lone. Rider“ at Bradalbane to- night at 9 o'clock. Dance after.

"Regular dance. East Royalty link Hall, Tuesday. August 28rd. Music by Eastern Rhythm Boys. Bus leaving .I.M. T. at. 9.15 and 10-

"Bee Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett in The Maccombo Affair at ‘MacDonald Bros. Theatre. Mt. Stewart. tonight. Show time 8.30.

"Annual Legion Field Day. Morel], August 24th. chicken dup- Der. Bowling Ailey. Canteen Ser- vice. Amusements, Dance. Rollie M¢K0IiiIiQ"Ol'ClTflh'l. supper. start- ing at 5.30 P. M.

"Wm. Martin Fund entertain- ihmt and Dance in C. M. B. A. Hall. Vernon River. 8M ‘Thursday- Nllillt 20th. 17th 11.30.03. Band in attendance Rev. T. E. Mac- blnnan. guest speaker. Reserve lcbtl for n10 bi. local atmos- Ad-

btic. Aulpices Vernon rich Canadian Legion.

"Buying pigs, all kinda and sizes, and poultry. Monday at Fredericton. Buying young Pill Tuesday 9 a.rn. at Brooirfleid; 10. Hilton: 1 .rn., York; 2, Bedford; 3. Mount gtowart: 4. Wlhrvllc; B. Vernon Itiver; 5.30, Pownai. Wed- mday. 9 can" New Glasgow: 10:

eatiey River; 11, Holmes’ Corner; 1 p.m., New Haven; Ionahaw; Kelly's Cross: 4. E -

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WINNIIPDG. Aug. Z2 —(CPi _ The R-c-A-F Beared its Search Brld Rescue arm to full pitch m. "IBM in search of one of its air- "fi" 7111551118 0n a far northern flight from Chuichill, 513a,, with 20 persons aboard.

The lwln-Eflgincd amphibious Canso was last reported Siartclny night, two hours out of Churchill on the GOO-mile return flight to Winnipeg. It is believed down ll'i the timber-studded bushland; n; Northern Manitoba.

Three search flights today failed to find any sign of the missing craft. R.C.A.F. officials reiported low clouds and rain made it almost impossible to make an adequate check.

The Cansodook off from Win- nipegs Stevenson Field last Mon- day on a northern swing that in- cluded a stop inside the Arctic Circle. Its original mission was to replace outpost‘ Weather Bureau personell due for a heme furlough from Baffin Island nearly 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle.

On the outward trip it picked up seven hospital-bound Eskimos and an attendant nurse at Chesterfield Inlet, 400 miles north of Churchill.

The 20 persons were listed as sev- en crew members. seven hospital- bound Ikkimos. a Canadian Press reporter, four Meteorological De- partment men, and a woman physiotherapist.

Among Tihose Aboard

Names of all those aboard have not been released but among those identified were.

Fit. Lieut. Frank Rush. pilot;

Miss Constance Beattie. 24, of Brocicville. and Toro nto. a physiotherapist with the Indian Affairs Department;

Jack Aveson. 31. Canadian Press staff writer from Winnipeg who Joined the flight to gain first-hand knowledge of the Arctic Areas.

A. B. Neill of Glenooe, Ont.. a Transport Department radio oper- ator.

Five of the Eskimos aboard were reported to be stretcher eases. They cntne from an area. which was swept last winter by polfomyelitis. ' The plane believed about 200 imlles out of Churchill toward win- nipeg was last heard from about 8 p.m. MDT (10 p.m. ADT) last. night.

As part, of the over-all search plan, the Air Force prepared a parachute rescue team. An of- ficial said l4 planes are available int-mediately to press into the search. Additional planes will be employed as the need arises.

Air Force officials said the search now is concentrated on the Oxford House area about 300 miles north oi Winnipeg. The Canso car- ries fuel sufficient for 10 hours flight although the Churchill- Win- nipeg run, is completed normally in 4 1-2 hours.

"Lonely Heart's" Killers To Die

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-(AP)— Two convicted “Lonely Hearts" killers stood mute today as they were condemned to die in Sing Sing prison's electric chair dur- ing the week beginning Oct. 10.

Mrs. Martha Beck 29. and Ray- mond Frennndez, 84, were calm iis Justice Ferdinand Pecora read the sentence.

Sing Sing custom provides for executions before midnight on Thursday of the week designated.

Three killings were charged against the defendants, two in Michigan, where they were arrest- Ied, and one in Valley Stream, N. Y., for which they were tried here.

Coast Guard

HALIFAX, Aug. 22—(CP)-Thc United States Coast Guard cutter Caico reported tonight she had pumped dry the American trawler Magellan and was towing her to Gloucester, Mass.

Earlier reports bald the Glou- cester, Mam. fishing craft. had leak after the cutter took off her nix-man crew.

The crew abandoned ship as water overcame the pumps, The men took to the dorlea and were picked up shortly after by the Casco. The cutter said she expect- ed to reach port tomorrow after-

noon.

The Magellan’: near linking capped a long week-end of trouble along the Atlantic seaboard that carne in the wake oi a gale that struck Friday.

The tiny fishing vessel Min Qiiodiiy III milling since Aiig. 12 out of siiip out», N. s., ut in safely late today at Sheet ar- Ngv; lontiak outgn

Discusses British Market For P. E. I. Farm Produce

"British markets for Prince Ed- ward lsland is a question of the dollar and the question of the dollar is simply what we can sell here from Britain," stated Mr, A, N. Duckham, agricultural advisor to) the United Kingdom High Com- missioner at Ottawa and Agricul- tural Attache to the British Em- bassy at Washington. in an inter- view with The Guandian last eve- ning. _

"Every British car bought on the Island, every piece of farm machinery manufactured in the United Kingdom that finds its way here. will make dollars available in Britain to buy Prince Edward Island iarm products." he contin- ued. "Among the products we have available for your use are cars. farm machinery, fungacides. insecticides, pesticides, woollens and men's suitings."

On his first visit to the Island. Mr. Duckham was impressed with the seed potato industry's meth- ods. control of disease and high yields. i-Ie said that Island pota- toes certainly live up to the high

Hurricane Alert In Bahamas

MIAMI. Fla. Aux. 22 -(AP) -—A small but growing hurri- cane with winds up to 100 miles an hour was within 440 miles of the Florida coast tonight.

The first tropical storm oi the season has caused an alert to be sounded for the Northeast- ern Bahamas.

At 6 p.m. EDT. the storm was centred about 440 miles east of Miami. It was travel- ling between l0 to 17 miles an hour on a. west-northwest course. _

Military planes riding in the centre of the doughnut-shaped eye 0f the storm reported that violent rains and extreme tur- bulence was found on all sideb. "indicating that the storm probably will continue to grow

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Annual Convention Of Catholic W0men’s League

Says Huge Oil Reserves In West

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.. Aug. 22- (CP) - An American scientist said today oil deposits in Northern Al- berta may prove at least several times greater than present world estimates of petroleum reserves.

A.I. Levorsen, dean of the School of Mlnerology at Stamford Univ- ersity. Pain Alto, Calif.. said there may be other comparable deposit-s hidden under the Dominions western plains.

l-ie spoke before some 4450 ex- perts from 4d countries at the Un- ited Natloxis scientific conference on conservation and utilization of 113501111395.

Daughter Born To Lady Twoedsmuir

BRAEMAR, Scotland, Aug. 22- tCPi-Lady Twcedsmuir, 34-year- old Conservative member of Par- liament, today gave birth to ii daughter at her Braemar Castle home.

Lady Tweedsmuir, regarded as one oi the handsomest women in the Commons, was married in July, 1948, to Lord Twccdsmuir of Elsfield, 38, son of the late auth- or and statesman who was Gov- ernor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1910.

Lord Tweedsmulr, who sits on the Conservative bench in the House of Lords. served as a Can- adian army infantry officer during the Second World War.

Lady Tweedsmuir has two other daughters, aged 12 and 14. by ii previous marriage.

AMETHYST GOING TO U. l.

LONDON, Aug. 22—(Reuters)— The Admiralty announced today that the IABO-ton sloop Amethyst. which made a dramatic‘ escape from the Yangtze River July 30. is expected to reach Britain Nov.

1. She will sail from Hong Kong Sept. 9.

Cutter‘ Saves

U.S. Trawler From Sinking

shore. She carried a crew of two. An R.C.A.F. Lancaster had barely got off the ground to start’ o sweep of the area when it was recalled.

Two other U. S. Coast Guard cutters were busy. The Snohomish went to the alalstance of the trawler Pauline Boilami off Maine after towing the fishing vessel Rhoda Island into Rockhead. Me.

The Unlmak ended a 22-hour towing job about 200 miles off Halifax and handed ,the crippled Baltic refugee ship Amanda over to the RCMP. cutter French.

The Amanda. carrying 31 re- fugees from Communism. was ex- pected here sometime tomorrow in tow of the French. The Unimak. which picked ub the Amanda late Saturday, asked to be relieved of her towing job and the french, on regular patrol eff Sydney, N. S. answered the call. It was believed the Unimnk war running low on

fuel and provi__l_i_o_n_e, _ ,

The 27th annual convention of the Catholic \V0men's League of Charlottetown Diocese opened Monday afternoon when Benedic- tion of the Blessed Sacrament. ivas given by Rev. J, W. McCardle in St. Dunstans Basilica at 4 p.m. _

At 6.30 p.m. the convention ban- quet ivaa held 11L the Charlotte- town Hotel and was attended by a largo number of delegates and visitors. The guest of honor was the national president of the Catholic Women's League, Mrs, T. E. Durocher of Windsor, Ont. Mrs. James Blake. hostess president of the Charlottetown sub-division presided and extended greetings.

The toast to the King was pro- posed by I-lis Honor Lieut. Gover- nor J. A. Bernard who paid high tribute to the work of the Cath- olic Women's League.

Civic greetings were graciously extended by His Worship Mayor B. Earle MacDonald. He congrat- ulated the national president, Mrs. Durocher. on hcr election to this high office and presented her with the keys of the city and of- fered the delegates the freedflm 0f the city.

A toast to "Our Guests" wna pro- posed by Rev. J. W. McCardlc. who paltl a high tribute to Mrs. Durochefs work in the Diocese of Windsor. Ont., and the various of- fices held by her in the national organization. He extended to hcr and the delegates a hearty wel- come and expressed best wishes for tho success of the convention.

National riesident‘; Address

Mrs. T. E, Durocher, national president of the Catholic Women's League responded and said hcr visit to P. E. Island was a dream come true. She referred to the new constitution of the Catholic Women's Lcagtie and asked the members to bring with them t0 our organization the gifts of hit- mllliy. faith and'zenl. She repeat- ed a blessing received by her for the Catholic Women's League from tho Apostolic Delegate oi Canada.

The guest speaker, Sir W. J. P- MacMilly, K.C.S.G., 0.8.2., as

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New Docks Ar Sydney Will Cost $2.900._000

IUITAWA, Aug. fl —(OP) - New docks and terminal facilities to be built at Sydney- N-Bu Will 005'- aii estimated 9.000.000. official sources said today.

The work is being undertaken by the Public Works Department and the Canadian Nbtional Rail- ways. and OJ. McCullough, Mont- real consulting engineer. hm been appointed by the Works D693?!" merit to undertake the design of the new facilities.

Cabinet approval for the work was ven last March when it was seen {hat the entry of Newfound- land into union with the Dominion would mean more traffic at the O Breton Island 110"- NOV in

er-in-counoil has been issued launching the $01605- _...___.__._

VEHICLE! ENTERING CANADA _-- o

OTTAWA, Aug. 72-(CP)—Tho Bureau of Statistics today report- ed the number of foreign vehicles entering Canada on traveller's vehicle permits-excluding points of entry into Newfoundland-in

Danger Of War Seen In Soviet-Yugoslav Fight

British Soure 0 ii But Thl ii Little iiangareiif gllilitiilliies War. i

By ALEX l-I. SINGLETON

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 22 (CP) —The hardboiled struggle between Yugoslavia and Russia appeared today to be reaching be- yond the name calling stage to a threat of war.

Coming to the fore is the dyna- mite-laden question: what would Britain and the United States do if Joseph Stalin sent the Soviet army to overthrow Yugoslavias independent Communist, Marshal Tito.

No one knows for sure-mutside the Kremlin-what is coming next. But the effort which began l4 months ap to unseat Tito when the Cominform read him out of the party developed long ago into frequent shootings along the satellite borders.

The situation has the diplomatic tforps here wondering and worry- rig.

As an example of the jitters one embassy thought it had a sound inside tip on an "invasion" date recently and hustled its staff off to Northern Yugoslavia.

Other diplomatic missions are studying a flood of rumors-most of them from unresponsible sour- ces-about troop movements be- yond the Yugoslav borders.

Such rumors are not unusual in the Balkans. But they are not set at rest by the threat voiced in a note from Moscow Saturday night to take “more effective measures" against Tito for protection of So- viet citizens who allegedly are being mistreated here.

British View

(British newspapers Monday said the Russian note sounded like the worst threat oi war since I939.

(British officials in London said they believed the Russian threat was only part of a war of nerves, however. and ruled out the like- lihood of a shooting war.

(The Conservative Daily Tele- graph said the threat was “the very language ofHitler's exhaust- ed patience". The Conservative Daily Mail also recalled Hitler's words. “My patience is exhausted. I must march to restore order" and commented that the Russian threats "fall upon our ears like l sinister echo across a decade.”

(In Bucharest. Mrs. Anna Paule- er, Romanian Foreign Minister. wrote in a newspaper article that “the time is not iar of! when this gang (the Tito Government) will. have to give ap account for its crimes to the people of Yugosla- vial’)

Little Damage From (Ianadds Biggest Quake

VANCOUVER. Aug. 23 — (CP)——

uuuhh Present Coal Obsolete Product

SYDNEY. N.S., Aug. 22 — (OP) — The coal industry is headed for permanent decline unless it switches to an oil-from-ooai in- dustry, the Dominion Coal Board was told today.

I11 In (‘LOOO-word brief the Un- ited Mine Workers (C.C.L.) dis- trict 26 said the coal industry now 15 Showim 5180s c! decline because of the tremendous growth Ln the use of oil by industry. railways and residential consumers. The board is holding Maritime sittings t0 hear various views on the in- dustry.

The U.M.W. maintained that "coal in its present form. burned as it is. is an obsolete product," 1g levelled criticism at the industry for what it termed "price compe- tition" as the means to meet com- petition from oil. '

The brief said the industry was trying to sell coal by keeping it cheaper than oil. This had result- ed in the coal miner ‘subsidizing’ the industry.

Development of more edicient and more convenient ways of burri- ing coal and conversion oi coal Into oil were the two basic prob- lems to be faced. the union said. First step should be construction in Cape Breton by the Federal Government of a. demonstration or pilot plant for experimentation. The Union estimated it would cost

Sir Harry Louder Reported Critically Ill

STRATl-IAVEN, Scotland. Aug. 22—(AP)—Slr Harry Lauder, the famed Scottish comedian, was re- ported crlticaily ill today at his home near Strathaven.

Sir Harry celebrated his 79th birthday Aug, 4.

The little, handy-legged Scots- innn who entertained millions all over the world has been in poor health for some time, Doctors said he had grown weaker during the inst month and took n turn for the worse (luring the week-end.

At the end of last: year, Sir Harry cancelled plans for a visit to the United States because of his health.

Hi5 rilcce and companion. Miss Greta Lauder. is maintaining a constant bedside vigil, friends said.

Communist Strike Front In Finland Shows Signs of Break

HEIiSINIG. Aug. 22 —(AP) — The Communist strike front showed new cracks today.

Shift iii Whit Aids Firefighters“ In Tough Battle f

TERREBOLNE 1411001118. Qua. Aug. 23—-t'l‘uesday)—-(OP)—- Arm and civilian firefighters won I inst- clltch touch-and-go bottle against: a racing. iive-miles-iwide forced fire early today and saved the Laureniian foothills villages of Tfrrebflnnc Ileighfs and Pinoouri from threatened destruction.

"Plncourt and Tcrrebonne Heighte have been saved. at least for-now." said Col. E.D. Elwood, command- lllg the Ordnance Corps soldiers, who Wt-TC rushed in to fight the fire

from Montreal. firefighters’

Ht- ati ribtiicd the

success largely to a shift in the win-d prior to midnight. Driven before a blistering

northeast wind, the crackling dra has already consumed more than a dozen summer cottages in the south of this town.

The fire was sweeping along a three mile front, travelling in I southeast direction. But fire can be seen ringing the whole vil- lage

A walkout of transport workers, called ‘for today. made little im- pression on the country.

The Shoe. Leather and Rubber Union notified the Trade Union Federation and employees that their strike. scheduled to begin Tuesday. had been postponed. These were the sixth and seventh waikouts called in a strike offens- ive which ‘ the gOVOTXlIIXIGXII has charged was intended to set the stage for a Communist coup in Pin- land.

This was the day that strikers were to have numbered 100.000. ac.- cording to Communist calculation.

about $7,000,000 annually to build a plant and operate it.

It presented figures to that in 1947 the Maritimes con- sumed oil equivalent to 1,000,000 tons of coal --- about one third of present. Nova Scotia production — and that since 1943 oil consump- tion in the Maritimes had in- creased by the equivalent of 350.- 000 tons oi coal. During the same period coal consumption declined 600,000 tons.

The brief contended that the major, long-run problem no long- er ivas finding markets in Central Canada because both the Mari-

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By Carwr L. Davidson BERLIN. Aug. 22 -—(A.P) - A Germfii Communist faction formed a. new party today and quickly leagued itself with Yugoslaviirs Premier Tito "to fight the imper- ialist Bolshevism" of Russia.