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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947

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_ _ ' “ii Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the

Disappointed In Coal Commission

UPPAWA. his 4 - (OP) -.. Ulirie Gillis ( South) said today ii\ thefiosnmons that the recently-pilblished report n! the Royal Commission on Coal was the “most disappointing‘ doc- ument he had ever read in that it 1000mm cied absolutely noth- mg" and mntainad no new evid-

slioe.

w. Gillie. who said he had spent 26 years at the end of a pan-han- sir shovel 1n a coal mine. stated that the money spent on the Com- mission during it; two years of operation had been wasted.

There was nothing new in the evidence in the report. All o! it could have been found in govern- ment records.

Adoption of these recommend» lions would return the industry to the position it was.in during the mo’; when many young miners were uatnployed and when others wet-g working 3 1-2 days a week.

rte had expected the Commission would recommend a national fuel

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The report had sold that mech- ahitittlfln of mines in Nova Scotta should be undertaken without Government assistance.

Coming Events

"Dry Slabs, Kelly's Wood Yard. Phone 1259-L.

"Klnlaora Dance. Good music and lunch. Friday. February 7th.

"Legion meeting Si. Ann's school. B pm. Feb. 0.

"Legion Dance in Flat River Hall Feb. ‘l. Door prize.

"Croklnole Party in Miiiview Hall. Thursday, February 8th. Sponsored by Y. P. U.

"Come to the Legion Dance in lllmira Hall Thursday night. Feb. m .

"Arriving at Vernon this week two cars bagged limestone. Please book orders now. Ed Nelson.

“The Salvation‘ Amy will hold their annual rummage sale Pri- doi‘. Feb. '1 at 1:30 pm.

"Booking orders bagged tinie- stona February delivery. Wesley Bruce. Elmira.

"Loading Hogs at Fredericton February 0th till 11 A.M. Colviile till 11.30. D. L. McDowell.

"Hockey. East Royalty tonight

Walker's Beercets vs. Royals. Skate after, "Valentine Dance in Pownall

"prose Hull, Februarydsrth. Prize to: best costume. Millvlew Orch- CS PB.

"EMMY. between Winlioe Rov- ers and Covchcad Red Wings, Wednesday night at 7.30. Cove- luud rink,

“Special sQiTsaturrtay night and a Community Speed Skate. tihree classes. women. men and juniors. Prizes for winners.

"ROCKY Game between York Married Men and Oovehead Mer- "l"! Men Thursday night. 7.30 P M- Oovehead Rink.

“Cam Party and Di ‘hae- ldle Hell Friday. Felmlsry ‘Rh. Good music. Lunches served. lfnot fine Monday, February 10th.

"Annual Meeting of Wiltahire Dairying 00.. will be held in the hail on Monday. February 10th, at 2 P. M. R. Easter. Secretary.

"Collecting i-Icgaleash Friday for Canada Paobss-a Ltd. for truekhlg "Moe through summer-ville. A1- Plains, Vernon River. Avon- 31.023121 Hermitage. Phone Cordon

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, ‘machine "Moe when made permit. Notify A» C. Green 012,0. ‘C. ni-een.

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innocent in the $3.960 Des Moines downtown bank hold-up last week. Mrs. Opal Dixon, 35, was charged with entering the

Mother pleads

bank with intent to rob. With her in court are her daughters, Mrs. L. 55min and Mrs. Jewell Coilltis, 16.

Boy Survives Night In lluge Ice Box

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 - (AP) -A seveii-year-old boy, mlulng_ alnee returning from school yer:- berday. was found this morning in a huge ice box on the back porch of his family's home.

A doctor said the boy's hands and fest were not frosen despite outdoor sub-zero temperatures throughout the night.

John T. Burns, tho father, heard tapping on the‘ box and found the boy. Patrick, standing in the empty lee compartment.

The boy laid he stepped into the box yesterday while playing and the wind slammed thg door shut.

More Charges In llull Coupon Case

HULL, Que. Feb. 4 -~ (GP) -. Pressing their investigation iilin a black market in ration oupons stolen from the EB. Eddy paper plant here, Royal Canadan Mount- ed Police today laid '11 charges against 30 more persons and in- dicated filrther charge; mgy he laid soon. Today's list. which included a Hull alderman. J. Arthur L-avigne, and a former company mechan- ical department foreman, brought io 4B the ninnber of persons named in the limbo. Of the 16 previously charged. 1B have been fined on pleading guilty and two cases re- main to be heard.

Fines ranged from $50 to $800.

Police refused to describe the scale upon which the black mar- ket opcrated. but said they had uncovered 15.01!) coupons thug rir and this represented only ,“a smiii percentage" oi’ the aciualtotal in.

Prime Minister Voices Gratitude For Favours Received From Prince Co.

OTDAWA, Ont, Feb. 4 -— (Spe- cial) - Prime Minister King lest- ified to his interest in and grati- tude to Prince Edward Island for favors of a. generation ago, fol- lowing his Throne Speech pro- nouncement in the Commons 0n CanadBJs attitude towards peace with Germany.

Mr. , cg, expressed himself as partk-ularly gratified at the calibre n! younger members of the Com- mons cleoled at the general elec- lion of 1945 and selected J. Wate- son MacNnught, Liberal member for Prince and Gerard Cournoye-i". Liberal member for Richelieu- Vercheres as examples of the worth of new blood in ire present coin- pnsition oi the house. ,

Acknowledges Indebtedness

“It was a particular pleasure to me," the Prime Mlnlslei- said, “to see the address moved by one who represents i. constituency which 1 had the honor of representing 28 years ago. I do not know how pleas- ant the reflection ls that the years are , asslng so rapidly by, but I shoud like my honorable friend the member- {m- Prince, Mr. Muc- Naught to say to his constituents when he returns that I have never forgotten that it was by the door of Prince constituency that" I was pennitted to re-euter the House of Commons. after becoming lead- er oi’ the Liberal party; nor have I forgotten that that courtesy was extended by the members of all political parties in those days.

"There happened to be a vacancy in Prince at the time and the Pre- mie-r of the day, Mr. Bell, suggest- ed to me that it might he well not to accept an invitation from any constituency until he had an op- portunity to return to the Island. l-lc did return to the Island, and I had the pleasure of being return- ed to Parliament shortly alter.

\ Congratulates Mr. MacNsught

"May I sag’ to my~ honorable friend from ince that he brings to this House not only exceptional gifts in the way of parliamentary

volved.

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NIW YORK. Feb. 4 - (Al!) — Winds of near gale velocity whip- a biting cold wave eastward to e Atlantic seaboard today as mtldh d the United States felt tlie still of winter's sharpest blasts. Tho frigid air mass. surging gast- ward at express train ‘speed. tenxeratureg info t e lltut of e winter. Although lower read- ings have been recorded this win- tar. weather Joreoaatsra said the high winds made the cisrrent eoid wave the moat biting cg the sea-

son. i t The cold air extended from the

Cold Wis vo Moves

rose U. i3.

In Oklahoma City, the mercury slid from 04 to 30 overnight. In 1d hours, Chicago's temperature fell from 41 to one below logo.

By Wednesday morning the uero weather was expected to extend as far south as ‘Kentucky arid the Ohio Riva- and as far east as Pennsylvania. West Virginia and upstate Now york.

Before the- cold spread to the east coast, signs of spring were evident on both the Atlantis and Pacific coasts.

In New Haven. Conn, miners were plowing elm trees were bud- ding, maplrszlwas flowing and

Oregon, some i lpa‘

coming up and

fruit trees wersira . Rattle tossed at ailln at

Mother. 35. Charged With Bank Robbery Attempt

Murder Ami Suicide At ilets Hospital

DEEP BROOK. N.S.. Feb. 4 - An attractive, 34-year-old nurse and a 30-year-old transport driver died from gunshot wounds from a. German P-33 revolver today in a donniiory near the Veterans’ Alf- fairs hospital at nearby Cornwallis and Coroner LB. Balne described the double slaying as "murder and suicide."

An R.C.M.P. spokesman said Charles Wellington MacDougsll, a husband and father or two child- ren, hud shot and k, Miss Mary Shearmnn and then ‘hid turned the pistol on himself. Both were from Halifax.

Three bullet wounds ivere found m Miss Sherman's bcdy and one in MacDougalYs. The bodies were discovered in the old dental billld- iiig u! the former navy base and which now serves as n donriitory for the D.V.A. staff. The revolver Wus found near McDougulPs body and letters and other personal be- longings were scattered about the room.

‘Dr. Brains ruled that no inquest was necessary in the case and he said he had signed the death cert- ificate of the nurse "murder" and that of the driver "suicide."

50,000 Blue Fox Sell At London

IDNDON. Feb. 4 -- Some lift! thou: -‘ blue fox skins sold today at. the Hudson's Bay Company stile in what a company statement call- ed a "lightning auctioneeriug." Prices averaged four pounds m five pounds (sixteen to twenty dollars) s. skin. ~ Prices indicated h decline of about twenty-live per cent from last year. Several hundred fur but’- ers saw the attempt to dispose of sixty six thousand skins in fast time and the remaining sixteen thousand will be sold tomorrow prior to opening of mink sales.

Local Member‘ Gets Terse Answer

(By The Canadian Press;

UPPAWA, Feb. 4—R.eoonstrun. tion Minister Howe gave s terse answer, of “No" in the Commons today to a question by W. Ches- ter B. McLure (PC-Queens) as to whether "the Government contemplates any change in the compensation payable - to share- holders of the Eldorado Mining Company in view of the success of the Government claims for the operations since ,. ,. l... ion took place."

End ot In Sight In Local Power Crisis

No immediate relief from the present lack cf continuous light and power service is in prospect for the patrons of the local Mar- ltime Electric plant, officials of the Company said last night.

Good progress is being made in overhauling the large steam tuf- bine whose wiuhdrawal from the plant's light and power produc- ing equipment is responsible for the present lack of 24-hour ser- vice. Mr. V. A. Alnsworth, man- ager of the plant, informed The Guardian last night. However. Mr. Ainsworth said, too many un- known factors were involved to justify him in setting a date when full-time service would. be re- sumed. .

The wank’ of cleaning and gen- eral overhauling oi’ the turbine could be expedited. Mr. Ainswortlh said, were it not for the fact that the men are instructed to rest when a certain stage of physical waarlness is reached. since men physically tired will not do as good a job on complex and in- tricate machinery. He had hopes. however. that 48 hours more would see the tupblnc' back into operation.

In the meantime. in such busi- nesses as will allow the ahi_ft to

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Governor General Visits The U. S.

WASHINGTON. Feb. __4 ;_— ,Th_e Governor General oi’ Canada and Lady Alexander arrived in Wash- ington toduy for a social visit.

They were formally welcomed by President and Mrs. Truman ivho stepped out on the broad vernndah of tlie White House north portico to greet tlie dis- iimuished visitors.

The couple will bc guests at a White House dinner and 'stiiy at the executive mansion tonight.

Platinum Enter U. S.

(By The Canadian Press)

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4—Plati- rium fox furs now may enter the United States free oi duty by virtue of a United States customs coiut ruling last Falday to the eflect that they are not silver foxes.

The ruling, however, is almost certain to be appealed. If the appeal is granted the customs import tax of 36' per-cent ad val- orem will continue to be collect-

If the appeal is denied, im- porters who paid the tax under protest will be given rebates. '

‘me present duty on silver fox which has been applied to plati- num fox pelts as well was fixed in a Canadian agreement effect- ive Jan. 1. 1939 and applies to all countries.

In the customs court case. Olmar Brsger-Larsen, liead of the Norwegian Platinum Fox Breed- ers Association, was suing to have a $38,125 ad valorom tax ro- meved from 309 platinum fox pelts brought into the United States tn 1939.

Granting his suit. the court dc- cided that platinum foxes, de- scended from an off-color fa! P1119 whelp in a litter of silver foxes 13 years ago in Norway. are not true silver foxes. but "mutations from the silver fox." i

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OPBa-itain Purchasing P. E. Island Potatoes

Urge Britons Cut Use 0f Potatoes

LONDON, Feb. 4 -- (OP) - Food Minister Strachey told a. miss conference today that the Government has no intention of rationing potatoes.

However, the Flood Ministry's potato division asked whole- salers and retailers to seek to ut sales by one-filth "in order

E-Prehd out Ellpplle; until the

ext crop arrives."

A spokesman said it was de- sirable to reduce potato sales to ast season's level. Potato con- sumption was up 25 per cent in December.

In Ottawa it was learned re- ‘igbly that discussions are st present in progress between re- aponsible Government authori- ties and the British Food Mis- slon on the possibiity of Can- _da making a number of fairly arge shipments of table pota- oes to tlie United Kingdom.

So far as could be learned, owever, no definite agreement has yet been reached.

Full-scale Cffenslva Planned in China?

NANKXNG. Feb. 4 -- (AP) Chiang Kal-Shek today made his second flight in three days to two oi’ China's most important ct-vil wurfronts and there was immediate Speculation m.“ he had ordered a full-scale offensive to drive Chin- ese Communists from kcy areas.

Followill up Sunday's flight to Sun-how, hs springboard base for operations against the important Communist base at Lini. Siiantung Province, lie made a secret flight today to Clienrhow. Government army headquarters in Honan Pro- vince. Ho conferred with top com- manders at hoth, then flew back to Nanking.

P e 1t s Can Duty Free

Unemployment Claims Increase '

(By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, 'Feb. ~i-—Clsl.ms for unemployment insurance benefits registered in local ofllces across Canada in December totalled 52,- 479, amincrease of 15568 from iillc previous month, but a drop cl’ 5.133 from December, 1945, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today.

Benefit cheques representing a total of $2,508,116 were forwarded to 68,825 persons for 1,260,047 compensated duys in December.

Increases in claims flied during December over November were distributed by provinces as fol- lows: Prince Edward Island, 132; Nova‘ Scotia, 833; New Brunswick. 30B; Quebec, 8,427; Ontario. 3.412; Manitoba, 800; Saskatchewan, ‘i5; Alberta, 1,400; and British Colum-

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Mr. J.G Taggart. chairman of

the Agricultural Prices Support Board. Ottawa. in a telephone conversation yesterday afternoon

with Mr. J.W. Boulter, advised him that there is every likelihood of the British Government taking be- tween two and three million bush- el of potatoes from this Province from the 1946 crop.

Arrangements, he stated. were ilwceedlng "quite satisfactorily" and he was hopeful of having at least four hundred caricads move through the port of Saint John during March. before the Island ports opened. After it was possible to get boats to Island ports, load- ing would continue here as quickly as possible, providing satisfactory arrangements can be made to have the Politfles loaded at no Greater expense ‘than at Saint Jdhn.

If the Province is able lo fill the British requirements, it. will mean a total of three thousand carloads.

Rumor has been general that

ihs order was lost to the United States market. There was never any foundation for these stories. Mr. Bmilter stated. Due to the exceptionally high standard oi’ the grade which must be even better than Canada No. 1 - Island shippers were hope- ful that a price slightly higher than the floor would he paid. It is fear- ed that lh8y may be disappointed in this respect. 1t is emphasized. however, that every farmer is as- sured of getting at least the floor price, vrhich is equivalent to 63 cents per bushel.

r.n;;>'~§;..ir To Meet Acute Grain Shortage

OTTAWA" Feb. (l —- (GP) — Th9 Government is taking steps to meet an “acute” shortage of fend grains in tlie Maritltmes. transport Minister" Chevrier told tlie Conl- mmls today.

The minister said arrangements were being made to ho-ve 113 box cars available at the Lakehead daily for carrying grains east.

The shortage has been cnuspd by scarcity of box cat's. Mr. Chevrier said in reply to o. question from A. J. Brooks (P.C.—Royal). The box car situation was acute.

The Transport Controller and the railways had been dealing with the matter on a day-to-day basis. on the grrengement regarding the 11 cars had been worked out jointly by them.

If that quota could be met, he declared. the situation would be "well in hand."

Franz lion Papeii Faces New Charges

NUERNBERG. Feb. 4 —(AP) Franz Von Pnpen was arrested dru- maiically today in the middle his denazilivniicin trial on charges of giving false testimony about the purported will of Field Marshal Paul Von l-Iindenburg and thrown into a German jail.

The fortunes of Von Papcn. \\'ll( wept in court Monday hccz-luso he said nobody believed him, took their new turn when two witnesses swore that he drew up the purport- ed will of the late German prohi- dent, Von Hindenburg, which he- stowed an accolade upon Adolf Hit- ler and was instrumental in mak- l-n him fuehrer.

on Papen declared earlier iliot he had handed the will to Hitler but did not know it contained the

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PowerPl BritaisaN

By JAMES MCOOOK

LONDON, Feb. 4—-(CP)—-—The House of Commons tonight gave second reading to the Govern- ment's bill netlonaiintng the elec- tricity industry by a MO-to-lfi vote.

The bill would nationalize all private and municipally-owned power plants and permit stand- ardisation ol currents and rates.

The measure now goes to com- mittee for possible amendments and then will be brought up for the formality of a third reading.

If. '1‘. N. Gaitskell, parliament- ary secretaiy to the Fuel Minis- try. carried the closing argument and said the Labor Government could 'not delay in taking over the industry to provide central control and begin the develop- ment program costing 30000001100 (IAOMNMD).

Answering the opposition state-

clause endorsing Hitler.

a as t s In , rationalized

menta that the consumers were lt-ft unprotected by the bill, Gait- ski-ll said:

“We do not claim any safeguard is necessary for the consumer but we do claim that he is in much more danger when under private monopoly."

Bir Arnold Gridley, Conservat- ive member for Stockport, said tlie power stations would cost G) per cent more to build than pre- war.

l-‘uel Minister Shlnwoll said the recent cuts in the electricity supply were duo to inadequacy of the power station plant

ity of coal.

One Labor member said he protested against the “somewhat cavalier" treatment of local auth- orities whose electric plants were being taken over by the Govern-

rather than the shortage or poor qual-

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POTATO PRICE. QUESTION COMES UP [N COMMTl-IW

Stabilize-tion 0i Price Urged By N. B. Member

OTTAWA. Feb. 4 -— (C?) - Stabilization of potato prices for Maritime growers was asked ln‘the Commons tonight by Benoit Mich- aud (L—R.estigouche), who said they laced a "very serious plight" because of a price slump.

Blinking in the Tun-one Speech debate, M3: Michsud proposed than- - 1. The Agricultural Prices Sup-

port Beard start buying potatoes

immediately at $1 a is-pouhd

bag, instead of beginning this

policy May 1 as the Government

has undertaken it will do.

2. Acreage control be instituted

on the basis cf the present acre-

age.

3. Large producers, marketing

otherwise than locally, be given

production quotas based on aver-

age production of the last three

years.

4. The Support Board trundle

all potatoes shipped by rail. sell-

lng them at a Government-fixed