JANUARY 24. 1950

TD-DAY 8i WEDNESDAY MORNING

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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BIRTHS. MARRIAGES DEATHS

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lllRfiiffT-n-‘ft the P. E. I. Hospi- nti. Januaiy 23rd, .1950. to Mr. aiidl

airs. Ian A. Burnett. a daughter, Uarol Lynn R/osc.

\IOO.\‘EY—AL the Souris Hoe- pifnl on January 16th; Io Mr. and '\lr.s. Xavier Mooney, Bear River. MP9 tKathcryn Kelly) a son, B lbs. 5 ozs., _Kenneth Francis.

KELLY-At the Souril Hospital on January 21st, to Mr. and Mrn. Pl‘lt'l' Ifc-lly, Bczir River (nee Pansy McKenzie) a daughter, I lbs, 10 02s., Celia Rosemary,

IIIYRRY—At the P. E. I. Hospital (ill .lanuary 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hurry, Winsloe, a daugh- ter, Audrey Joan, ‘l lhs. 1i. 02s.

llacllONALlh-At the Charlotte- town Iiospiliil 0n Jan, 23, to Ml‘. nntl Mrs. Donald A. MacDonald. tiienfinnnn, a son (weight 8 1-2 lhs>_

DIARRIAGES 'l'l'Il0R_—I‘l(i-0T’l‘ _ on Thursday t-vcning, January 5. 1950, in the Warriors‘ Chapel, St. John's Ang- lican Church, Ottaira. by Rev. T. J. Finlay Isabel Gladys. daughter of Mi". and Mrs. Fulton E. Pigott. til Savage llarbour, to lMaurice Henry, eldest EPil ci Mr. arid Mrs. llcnry Tudor. of Ottawa.

DEATHS

ASIILEY- d at 'i'oronto, Ont.. January 4th. i050, Adam J. Ash- ley. aged ‘i2. formerly of Appin Road, P. E. I.. leaving two broth- ers to mourn his loss. J. Washley, Appin Road and John A. Ashley. llivcrdale.

0Wllh'—At Hamilton on Jnn. 23. hlrs, Lea Owen, zigu (i9. Funcrul from her late l’t‘!=l(It‘|l(‘\', Wcdnes- day nt 2 p.m, Intcrmcnt Malpe- tiue Qemetcry.

LAWLESS-At her home in Kin- ltora on Jan. 23, 1950, lllrs, Fran- tisi Lawless. Tllo funeral will take place on Thursday, Jim, 26, leav- ing her into residence at 9 a.m. Requiem bias: In St James Church, Stimmerfield, Burial in llic adjoining ccmctcry.

STEWART --*At the P. E. Island Hospital, Monday, January 23rd. Miss Bowie J. Stewart of Union Road in hcr 66th year. Resting at the MacLcan Funeral Home. l-‘uncral from Harrington Pres- hi-‘terian Church tomorrow (Wcd-

nrsday) service starting at 2.00 o'clock. Intcrmcnt Ilarrington cemetery.

hlacCALLUM-Siiddcnly at Char- lottetown on Jan. 22, Mrs. Eben L. MacCallum, in her '7'1lh yclr. Resting at the residence of her son. Kenneth MacCallum. St. Priors from where the funeral \v.ii h.“ held to Si. Peter's United (fhurcli, tomorrow (WednosdaYl service starting at 2.30. Interment Midgell cemetery. .

IN MEMBRIAM

In iovtn; memory of our darling Lech Mao Ccnfleld. who passed away January 24th_ 1941.

. Timon of udnau still come o‘or u ‘

Tenn in lllenco often flow Memory keep; you ever nenr no, Slnoo ~you left nine years ago.

lavingly Remembered by Mother 5nd Father.

Mil. Mactéan

UNDERTAKEII

EMBALDIEII

,Hospitul Has

Biggest Patient

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l cnnfihsszv, SUMO)‘, England, ‘Jan. 23 — (AP)—- Ernest Evans

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ii: eight feet. six inches tall. He ' weighs 434 pounds.

l And he's flat on his back -— on t two beds placed end l0 end-in St. lPctefs Hospital here. He is the - biggest case St. Peter's ever had.

Evans was trucked in for a minor knee operation. 1t took ll male nurses to move him.

The statf couldn't figure out ii good way to lift him unconscious on to the operating table, H9

had to climb on himself and then take the anaesthetic.

Gleonings of a Rural District _ New Glasgow

Miss Marion Stevenson i; the lzucst of her youmz friends Misses gDoris and Neil Andrew, and wlillo tthere she is attending Muyflclti l School.

In a recent letter to his parents. Mr. George Andrew stated whilc lnttending ski school up the Lauren- tians, it. was hard to get the prac- tice due to the absence of snow.

l Mrs. Ernest McNeil! returned to {her hnm‘e after a pleasant visit .with hcr brother, Rcv. W. J. and I Mrs. McLeod,

Miss Martha Brown is confined to her home WlIIl a severe cold. Her many friends look forward to llcr helm: about as usual, as she is much missed for her jovial and understanding personality.

The many. friends of Mrs. Bren- ton Dickie-son will be sorry to learn of her indisposttion. While coming out from her home on Monday evening she slipped, caus- inu bcr to fall, which resulted in a had shaklniz up, as well ns in- jury to her ribs,

Mrs. Henry Bernard had the misfortune to fall In her home on Sunday evening fracturing her hip. She was rushed to the P. Island Hospital where shc ls resting as comfortable as can be expected. Her numerous friends will look forward to her speedy recovery.

Neighbours and friends of the district gathered in the local hall on Monday cvcniniz and In the form of a shower. presented house- linld necessities to Mr. Kenneth Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stevenson and family. Thi- guests of the evening were escorted to the.- plattorm hy Mrs. Earle Hous- ton and Messrs. John Bulman and Harland Hill, Whlln the chairman

Mr. Lorne Stevenson. in a well worded speech, opened the pro- ‘gram, The gifts were opened by

Mrs. Roy Dickieson, Mrs, Foster Sollar, Mrs. Revel] Dickinson, and Mrs. Earl Houston. The accom- panying verses were read hy Mrs. Harland Hill, while the lovely var- iety of [lifts were placed un the fflhlp by Mrs, Lorne Stevenson. Mr. Edwin Stevenson expressed thanks Ion behalf of the family. and said although ey had a great loss. they had found many friends. With Mrs. George Dickinson as organist, all joined in iiinitintl tAupl Lang Syne, and a .10")? ll":- aonri was enjoyed. A delicious lunch was served by the ladies. which was enjoyed by all,

l HEALTH RECORD

I In 1940. ‘Ibronlo achieved a world record for cities of its size when there was not a single case of diphtheria.

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l ANNUAL MEETING‘

The lnnull noting of the Catholic Social Wolfnro Burelu will ho held Wednesday, Jan. 25 at. 8 pan. in tho Knights of (‘o- Iumbun Hlil monk of UMIIMPPPP Building, Grafton Si.)

Members and ‘thnnn are requested to attend.

tlentral Guardian

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COOK'S for Photographs.

Coroner's Jury FailsTo Agree 0n Verdict

A wroiieifis inquest resumed last night at the Town Hall,.5mmnqr;

THE NATION'S BUSINESS. -

M. J. Caldwell will speak over awe m 1 . Q B A Tuesd J n 2m. , - "quire into the ctiusc or 5A5 R M_ w’ a “m7 1 ‘ death of James Crossman, '13, qvhg

was found dead iii u. ccll iii the PflIlCe County Jail on January iith with a. double tier steel bunk across his body.

After evidence was taken from seventeen witnesses, the Coroner's jury deliberated and at an curly hour this morning reached a (115. agreement and stated that accord- ing to the evidence submitted they were unable to come to any verdigt as to the cause of death,

The next move in the case was not announced,

The hearing was conductod he- fore Coroner Di‘. Austin Delaney and the members of the jury were: Ralph Dodds, foreman, l-Icrb Strlght, Ray Tanton, Louis Poir- ier, Vernon Arsenault, John Steele. Norman MacDonald.

Medical evidence given by Dr. Clare Tanton, who perfomied the autopsy, stated that he found four ribs broken on each side of the body. The breast bone was broken in two places. In his opinion death

ALL CREPE. Taffeta Dresses, etc. ‘clearing at 83 1-3 ofl.’ at The Fashion Shoppe.

CLYDE RIVER PBESBYTERIAN (lHl/‘RCH, The annual congrega- tional meeting will be lic-ld on Wednesday, Jan. 25th at 2.30 pm. If not fine, the following day at the same time. Rev. G. Carlyle Webster, interim moderator.

FIIIEMEN CALLED _ City fire- men were called out about 12.30 last night to attend a small fire a‘. the rear of Benjamin's Seoqnd Hanfld Store on Richmond Street. The fire was thought to have or- lginatcd from ashes which were dumped in a small lean-to adjoin- ing the store. Two fire engines and their crews answered the call. Damage was slight.

C, lV. L. CARD PARTY ~—'I‘he' first of a series of weekly card

parties, sponsored by the local _ t‘, W. l.., was hcld last night in was caused by mtPTY-"l hmllllflf- the League rooms and was well h3g9 [mm a out l“ U‘? lllnllb

through which lie had sloivly blcd to death.

Dr. Taiiton said it would require a great deal of force to produce the injuries found. Contents of the stomach and blood shnnveri stif- ficient alcoholic content to con. slder he had been seriously intox- icated. Although it was only a personal supposition, Dr. Tanton said his impression was that the deceased had hccn struck by some heavy nbjrct, the wheel of a car for example. for the infliction nI the injuries would require the application of several hundred pounds of pressure applied for an appreciable length of time.

He said he could have received these iujtivics and still iremaiu conscious for one or two liours and oven feel no pain as the alcohol would serve as an anesthetic. Nothing could have been done to save his life. Dr. Tanton said. even had lie been taken to the liospitai

attended, The following are the prize winners: Men's first, II. A. MacLeod, second, V. McInnls. La- dies first Miss Annie Joseph, sec- ond, Mrs, W, D. Berrlgnn. Door prizc, Mr. Ben Callaghan. Freeze- out winners, Mr. and Mrs, Everett Kvrlly.

CITY POLICE COURT -- At. the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court yesterday, a man convicted of possession of stolen goods was sentenced tn 30 days in jail. Two men and one woman, all charged with being drunk and disorderly appeared. One was sentenced to l0 days in jail and the other two wcre remanded, onc until today and the other until Thursday. Two drunk and incapables also appear- ed. one being fined $20 and costs or 3i) days and the other $10 and costs or 20 days. A man charged with vagrancy was dismissed.

after being picked up by the police

Persona“ and given immediate attention. Miss Ella Cronin of the Gloria Crossman “as nicked ui» u“ Ladies’ Wear left for Montreal First Street by Constable Don

Davies of the R. C. M. P., who nf- ter trylnsz to net a taxi to take him home then brought him to the police station and turned him over to the local police. Evidence sub- mitted showed that the deceased asked not to be taken Home but to be taken to jail. He was lodged in the cell at about midnight. by the police. At approximately two o'clock another prisoner, Samuel McAusland, was placed in the same cell.

At daybreak on Sunday morn- ing, January 8th., McAuslnnd call- ed the janitor and told him that there WtiS a dead man in the cell. Janitor did not believe him and half an hour later McAusland again called him. It ivas then about eichl. o'clock and the jailer was called. The jailer went into the cell and then immediatelv called Dr. W.B. Howntt who after examining the body pronounced the man dead.

Maritime Dentists To Hold Meeting

A second convention nf dcntisls

yesterday on a buying trip.

Mr. Clive MaoMiilan spent a pleasant week-end in Halifax. the guest of friends.

Mr Ernest Larkln. R.C.N.. has returned to his base after spend- ing a very enjoyable vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Larkiii. St. Peter's Bay He also spent it few days with his sister, Mrs J. W McQuaid of Char- lottetown.

B. t. Drama Festival Winners

VANCOUVER, Jan. 23 -—— (C?) —Everyman Theatre's second en- try in the British Columbia Re- gional Drama Festival, the Biblical story of "Noah". by Andre Obey. Saturday night won the Hamber Award for the best play of the festival.

Adjudicator Maxwell Wray of London praised the Sydney Risk production. presented as tho final play of the week, for its "sense of drama and sincerity" and for the "teamwork of the actors."

Second place for the best

elusive of the winning play, was George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" entered by the Vancouver Little Theatre Association.

Dental Association, announced last night. Dr. McGuignn. who had been appointed chairman of the convention conunlttco at. the first

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drama exclusive of the winning 0f the Marmme Provlmes “ml '5' " They 24 med play. went to the Elsie Graham lgxilwmufidzallldgfnu benhxetsd _ ll)(‘l.\\‘t‘f‘ll the ages of it‘. and 60 Drama Group's presentation of 3O f: s ‘Térhbexlgzyinflaslve Dr? TQ cflffy ouf Rfl|d |and' inok them to the local police Lillian Hellman! “The Little P M05?“ an Pregidom ‘M "hé station. wiicre ll were detained. F°""s"' Halifax ognuii society and Presi- VIENNA, Jan. 2n _ (Rculersl Fhmli“ “l """““““f“l Pl"‘°“°°~“" . Judged the best comedy, ex- denbelect or the Nova Scot“ __pa,.t of Vienna: p01,“ for“, glitlgqbc preferred ZlEFIIIlSl. many of

"went nudist" to llCltD cnrry| out a raid on a Roman baths in the city. newspapers reported today. Fifteen of them went early to

Scenes At Masonic Tfimllle Fl" l"

to movc.

_ Newspaper reports of the raid said there were "amazing scenes.“

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Above and left are pictures of the Masonic Temple fire at. Mon- tague last Friday morning. The top picture and one below are two views of the brick and tile build-g lug during the fire, which caused‘ tianiziize unofficially estimated at $35,000. The building, constructed lil 1926. ivas gutted. The two lower pictures are other scenes at the» fire. One shows a pumpel‘ froml the Montague Fire Department on‘, Nlontague River ice where some. ofi the water to fight the fire was secured. Tho bottom picture shows l, gfoup of volunteer firemen handling a hose during the blaze in near-zero weather. -- Photos by courtesy G. Clements.

WILL NIT

Continued from page 1 mi, he said but. nut by giving “hundreds of lllllIlDIIS of dollars an- niiaiiv in tax exemptions to a ilivorcd few at the expense of the :nan_\'."

Truman did not recommend how his law should be charmed.

Cites Abuses ‘Pinning to educational and charitable organizations. Truman

said that their tax exemptions had led to abuses. He said there were Cases of educational exemptions being misused to gain advantage over private businesses by operat- ions in no way related to educat- ion.

Life insurance companies "have unintentionally been relieved of in- ("Otno taxes since 1046." the Presi- dont said. throuizli a quirk in tilfl law. This situation means that neither companies nOY Wllfiylwld" ers have paid t-axcs on more than $500,000,000 investment income a year. derived frcrii productive as- sols of about $6U000.000,000. ire said.

The. message also called on Con- gress to close a "lfifliihQl-c" bl’ which it said motion picture stars have saved as much as taro-thirds the tax on profits from n, picture by creating: a corporation to make one film_ tints paying iaxos at. the capital gains ratc iiisiciid of the higher iiicrtaic tax rntc.

SllMMEllSlllE IIAS

(‘tonliiii -'i from tinge i

a net debt of 3297.449. We have possibly" the lowest tax rate $l7fl0 per thousand — of any town nf the same size in Canada, with the same facilii‘ s"

Councillor (‘tor-rill expressed ihc opinion that. it should no‘. hc ric-

Montague

lcadershlp of Mayor Arnett and also thanked the Town Clerk enc staff. ~

The statement of revenue and expenditure shovred that the two largest. items of revcnuc are pro- prty taxes of $86,225 and electrit light department $68,889.82. Th4 last. item is made up of light revenue, debenture znterest amt sinking fund provision.

At the conclusion of the report Mayor Arnett commented that. it was very creditible.

Councillor Henry Wedge list congratulated Councillor Got-rill on liis splendid report. On mo- lififl of (Juunciiltir Wedge. second- ed by Councillor T. D. Morrison a ncxv street on “The Hill" be- twccn Central and Duke Street: was named IIlglllflIld Avenue and a new street between Water and

Notre Dame Street was named West Street.

Councillor Morrison said that the construction of the new wing on the electric light plant. to house the new Uflll. is coming along very well.

Fire Report

Councillor H. B, Schumann "- portcd that fire losses in the Town for 1949 amounted to $58.- 500. He said that the firr: w. icli destroyed the property of Palmer and Williams Ltd. “as tiic pica‘.- est. loss. amounting to $45 000. Now that tlie Town has a sur- Dlllfi. he thought it would be a good time to press for new tin equipment. With a new hospital, new post office and possibly a new rznk being built, new equipment was needed all the more. H: thought that when the new com. mittee is appointed it should [e1 the Fire Department the beat equipment it can get.

Officials for the coming civic election were appointed as fol- lows: East Ward, returning ofifiocr, Donald. Lidstone; poll cleric George Clow; door keeper. San: Gallant.

West Ward: Returning office-r, W. B. McNeiil; poll clerk, William Corney; door keeper, Hazcn Mac- Donald. Centre Ward: Return- ing officer. R. T. Dodds: poll clerk. Jack Carruthers; door keeper, AI- bert Gay.

COIIHCIIIOI‘ Gerald Sheen r nor‘- ed that PH l-Z per cent of in» 111"‘ iaerty taxes haci been paid h?’ loll end of the yearn-S

Continue Search For Missing Man

MONCTON, N. Bs Jim. 3% (CPl — An aerial search of the banks of the Petitcodiac River u-ll be carried out at low tide tnnlor- row as part of the ever-expanding hunt for Harris C. Harper. 4R Moncton school principal. missing from his home since Saturday ai- tcrnoon.

The Times and Trillllriflr)’. Iuonctorrs newspapers, have ~1- 811896 l private pilot to cmjv out the search. He will be accompanied by a staff photographer.

Several hundred volunteers tot-r- ed police today in a scnrci; u yards and huiltiinizs in tllr- city.

Others patrolled the banks oi Lin’ river and creeks north of the eitv without result. Police said they believed he had suffered an am- nesia attack. - Possibility that Harper liatl icfi the city was being investigator! by police. When last sci-n. he was near the Canadian National Railway! station shortly after he lind visit- ed a doctor for roulinr- treatmcn’. Relatives said Harper's health hart been reasonnbl_v good. He. had s. chronic nervous disposition which did not. interfcrc with his duties

cessary to raise taxes in i950. Hc gave much credit for the 1wrcscnt situation to the fin:

2nd ivuziuuu BATTERY R.0.A.

as jirinrlpnl of Prince Edward School.

Vic Fergie. who played

comedy “Papa Is All," was chosen

the Moody Jake in Patterson Green's

annual Mailtlme Convention held at st. Andrew's. N. TL. last year,

tho baths, undressed and mingled

with the IYIIIIDFS. Others in civil- CUSTEIVS LAST STAND

ian clothes later postcd themselves

said the purpose of lrllfiif‘ gather- ings was to bring IilCLllbEfS of the profession up to date on the new- est techniques and methods uscd to combat dental caries, the most prevalent of all diseases.

"During the past number of years a great deal of research ha: been done on tile causcs of dciitai caries and the different methods of onmbai/tlng this disease. The money for this important work is very small and is great deal has boon done by individual dentists at their own expense with consid- era-bic financial loss to themselves." Dr. McGuipzan said. Some money‘ has been given by the Canadian Dental Association and the Nation- oi Research Council.

“These Maritime Conventions of- fer the dentists an opportunity of meeting one another to dis-cuss problems pertinent to dental pract- ice, and also give them an opport- unity of hearing the best. men available on the North American continent give clinics on the dif- ferent opecinitlcs in the practice of dentistry." he said.

as the best actor of the week by Mr. Wray. He is a member of the Vagabond Players of New Westminster. Babs i-Iitchman as Birdie Hubbard in "The Little Foxes" was named best actress. Mr. Wray adjudicated seven plays at Vancouver, the first set of more than 80 he will see dur- ing his tour of Canada. The best of the regional dramas will be entered -in the Dominion Drama Festival at Calgary in May.

The actors in Noah impressed the adjudicator with their "team- work" in several scenes. He also praised Sidney Risk's direction which showed a “tremendous im- provenicnt from the first play ‘Arms and The Man‘."

Mr. Wray will leave for Edmon- ton this week to begin adjudica- tions there.