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Prime Minister Alllee's Program Pleases No One

By J. M. Roberta. Jr.

(Associated Press News Ahab‘)

Caught between consumer de- mands and the need for an ade- quate military establishment to lbark foreign policy, Prime Min- jstm- Attlees new program of austerity for the British Govern. ment pleases no one.

Many members of Attlee’: own

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Coming Events

"Masquerade Dance, Iona Hall, posipon€d until Friday night.

"Dance, K. of C. Hall, Sourls, Thursday, October 27th.

"Show "It Started With Eve" at Hlmters River tonight at 8.30.

"Reserve Novcmlbei‘ 23rd and Z-fih for Notre Dame High Tea,

"Mail your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Halloween Dance. Orwell Hall. Octcbcr 31st. Lunches.

"Dance. Long River Hall every Wednesday. Good music. Door prize.

‘Hot chicken supper St. An- drew's Hall, Wednesday, Novem- ber 2nd.

"Just arrived, carload barley meal. R. L Dickieson, New Glas- gow,

"hlosquerade dance Bonshaw hail, Oct. 26. McNcllPs Orchestra. Costume prizes.

"lvlasquerade Dance and Pie ‘Soc- ial in Si. Georges Schoiilf‘ Friday nllzht. October 28th. Good music.

"Dmice. Crapaud 1ia.ll. Novem- ber 3rd. Don Mcssers Orchestra. Crapaud Women's Institute.

"Masquerade Dance in St. Peter's Legion Hall. Monday, October 31st. Cliff Peters Orchestra.

"Hampton Hall. Hot Goose Sup- Dfl‘ and Bazaar. Wednesday, Nov- ember 16th. In aid of’ W. I.

"Now buying Timothy Seed, Reg- istered. Cleaned or Uncleaned. Mc- Gllliwn and Boyle. .

"Masquerade dance Grandvlew hall Thursday, Oct. 2'1. Cliff Lilly's Orchestra.

"Tho Annual Meeting Belfast Hall Co.. will be held in the Belfast

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"Hot Chicken Suppcr. Traoadie Hull, Wednesday. Novennber 16th. Dance after.

"Dance Mt. Siigwart Legion Hall every Thursday night, music by Al Blanchard.

“Reserve Friday. Novemlber 11th for Chicken and I-lz-‘m Supper, Belle River Legion Hall. Aid of Legion.

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"Masquerade Dance in Tracadle Hall. Wednesday. October 28th. Orchestra Melody Boys.

“Masquerade Dance, French RIYQI‘ Hall, Thursday. October 27th- Ladies with cakes free. mowing for Lottery,

"Come to Hunter River United Church Chicken Supper and Baz- I-lr in Church basement. Thursday, October 31th.

"Come to the chicken supper in Wlnsloe Road Hail tonight. Spon- "Yvd by North and Smith Wlnsloe W- I. First sitting s30.

"Bean Supper. Crapaud Hall. Sliiudw. October 29m. s pper served frodn 5-130. Cr lid Wmnenb Institute.

“The Annual Meeting of the Vemnn River Credit Union will be held in the Vernon River Hail, on Thunder. October mu

"Dancing Islander: Country Club, Travellers Rest every Thurs- fiflt’. Music by George Chappell and The Merry Islanders.

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Claims Allowances Should Be Restored

QTPAWA. Oct. 2s —(Speclal) - Advised on the floor of the Com. rmzns by Prime Minister St. Laur- e" Yesterday to put his question g; the Order paper, w- Chester s.

°L“"- Pmlresaive Conservative mam)" M‘ Queens. demanded to. day why sienographers at the Charlottetown Post Office had bgen deprived of their special allowances °f $5 a month. The Queens’ mem- ber was advised that this allow- g-nce had been cut off as of Octdber

Some question has arisen as to whether the cut in take-home pay for the Charlottetown stenograph- e'5_wB-5 lhmllBh action of the Post Office department or the Finance Department which handles their pay cheques. Postal authorities blamed the central pay office fir: the scaling down. not their own accounting branch. ‘

"I'm asking both Finance Min- ister Abbott and Postmaster-General Rllnfret to have these allowances restored as smedlly as possible. Ibr- iilmailons given as to the reason i0!‘ Cull-lug off the allowances are

not satisfactory" Mr. McLure said gvnlizen questioned about the incid-

"Cost of living ls still soaring in Charlottetown as much as any. where else. and ltlsno trifling mat- ter for a girl paying bow-d ‘m; SQDWTUHQ herself to be handed out a. reduced pay-envelope."

Special steriogralphlc allowances as paid in the government service were inflllsurated to meet a short- age of skilled stenographersowritqn has exLsted ever since mews: years. In Ottawa‘. there is still a iiliortage of top-ranking stenograph.

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Ml’. McLurehr queslfons as in- scribed on the order paper are:

(l) How many stencgralpherg are employed in the Charlottetown Post Office and postal district office?

(2) Did the stenographers all rc- ceive a special stenographers ai. iowance of $5 per month?

(3) Has this allowance been dis- continued? Ii‘ so. when?

(4) Will the stenogralphera in Saint John, Halifax and Montreal offices have their allowance dis- continued?

PLAN NEW CITY HALL

OTTAWA. Oct. 25 --(CP)—Work will start almost immediately on a new city hall for Ottawé. Mayor E. . B_o _ ounced today. It will be erected at the eastern ap- proaches to a proposed new bridge across the Ridcau Canal. The old (Ottawa city hall was destroyed by fire nearly 20 years ago. since then municipal offices have been in a. downtown office building.

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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25 —(AP)- -— Jurors at a murder trial all got new umbrellas today, the gift of the judge. Judge, Harry S. Mc- Devltt noted it was raining when the jurors prepared to retire to a hotel for lunch. So he seat out for umbrellas for each and paid the bill himself.

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PRAGUE. Oct. 2d - (‘Al’) — Czechoslovakian Roman Catholic bishops gave ground in the Church- atate fight todayfThey laid priests may swear loyalty to the Commun- 'iat Government and accept Gov- ernment salaries-without reserva- tion. _

President Klement Gotlwald named his Commuaig aon-ln-law. Justice Minister Alexei Ceplclu, lo head the Cabinet office act up by recently enacted lawa to con- trol Church finances, appointment. administration and pay. ‘Copielra has dec‘ ‘ that opponents of the laws will be "broken as an enemy of the state."

The bishops tobk their new stand to permit the“ country's 7.- 000 priests to my out of jail. Church lourcel reporttbat near- ly 800 prime already have been

h’ “'“°'"“d ' '1" "PP" l" i s m a bare m , ~ .. opposing the Sig‘ ‘lie, ‘fig gunman-m. » ' of w, g ‘Q F’ ‘ . rile burrow‘ statement. lent to , _, ' allprleafaandrelollad to the foldwm h. u‘ ' ‘m’ l‘ u" nary to prtgnd-lyamqdgampol- 11mg} p“. “ma”. aibie consequences and save you

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Huge Business Increase Reported By Fishermen»

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AMHERST, N. S., Oct. 25—(CP) —Unlted Maritime Fishermen Ltd. l5 dfiln! almost 30 times as much business as it did in 1940, it was shown today in reports presented at the co-operativfa annual meet- ing here.

Secretary-treasurer S. I. Camp- bell lave a report that showed an increase of $278,000 in volume turnover this year compared to the $47-48 season. It was also noted that since 1940 the U. M. F-‘a marketing operations have grown from $100,000 to more than $2.675,000 annually,

Emile Blanchard of Bale Se, Anni. N. 13., presided over the session of some 100 delegates. General Manager J’. H. MacKichan of Halifax and assistant manager Alonzo St. Pierre of Chatham, N. B. Presented the directors’ re- port.

The new superannuation system for co-operative employees throughout the Maritlmea was ex- plained by George Matheson of the Maritime Co-op Service, Mone- ton, N. B., and Martin Legere of Caraquet, N. B.

General tone of the various re- ports was one of optimism though it was admitted that in-

ternational currency difficulties were creating new problems for co-op marketing association.

Britishf Jet .t\iv|n.e. Sets

ib-Passehder Craft Averages 450 Miles-Per-Ilour

LONDON, Oct. 25 --(CP)—Brit. all" 0011199. the world's original Jet airliner. today sped from Brit- ain to Africa and bank in six hours alnd 30 minutes. It a ged more than 4.50 miles an h on the test flight.

The 36-passenger Dehavllland Cornet. which made its first flight July 27, ran up a long string of firsts in lta dashes between Inn- don and Caatel Benito, Tripoli. ‘p. proxfmntely the same dis 0g as from London to Moscow.

The outward trip was tho first inter-continental flight for the shark-nosed. four-jot trangpQrt w-im which Britain hopes to capture a Inllor share of commercial air travel in the next five years.

The two 1,49(><ml1e, non-stop hops were the longest ever made by an all-jet airliner.

The return to London hours, 13 minutes at an

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speed of 463 miles an hour set a ,

new mark for distance and speed for this type of plane. The London to Tripoli leg was made in three hours. Z3 minutes, for an average of 440 miles an hour.

Capt. John Cunningham. De- haviilanda chief test pilot. made

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Truman Hears Report As Steel-Coal Crisis Deepens

“Eamings Base" Phase of Inquiry Closes Amicably

Substantial agreement between the Maritime Electric Company, the Province of Prince Edward Is- land and the City of Charlottetown was the result of the two-day in- qulry before Public Utilities Oom- mission ending yesterday to deter- mine an "earnings base" for the company in Prince Edward Is- land.

Evidence of witnesses and arg- ument of counsel was‘ completed and Judge C. St. Clair ‘lh-ainor chairman of the Commission. ad- journed the proceedings until the Commission came to a decision in this preliminary enquiry.

A plea was entered by Mr. I-LI" MacPhee. K.C.. counsel for the company. that the main hearing be held as soon as possible.

Mr. JR. Kaye, engineer retain- ed by the Commission, stated he would not be able to submit his report to the Commission before two months. It is expected that the main hearing will take place earlv in the New Year-

‘The company has come across to our side so nearly completely that we have nothing further to urge," declared Mr. J.0.0. Camp- bell. KC, deputy minister of In- dustry and Natural Resources rep- resenting the Province. "At-this stage. I ‘don't see that we are apart on any of the principles _ except

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Bishops Modify Stand In Church-State Fight

Church sections of the regional

national committees, the execu- tive bodies which administer Gov- ernment affairs on a city and d l- trlct level. It was reported, \'l.\- out confirmation, that Church and state leaders might try to resume negotiation of a Church-note agreement. Negotiations were bro- ken off lui spring.

‘The new Church law requires the

clergy to take an oath “that I shall be loyal to the Caecbollo- val: republic and ita people's democratic regime and shall "not do anything which would be against its interests, security and unity." - . The bishops said priests. in tak- ing this oetiulhouid add the ofel or written reservation “unlela it i| in contradiction to tho laws of God and the church and the rights of man.”

The bishops said‘ the rleaia s“ in" burr‘... ‘s: y ma III I In < Church superiors thereby "do aoi any o - gallon which woul violate hi! conscience al a priest ear‘ die

Church laws.” .

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By Norman Walker

WAS-HINGKN, Oct. 25 —-(AP)_ President Truman heard a full n. port today on the worsening steel- coal crisis. But White lHouse sources said the President still has no plans for taking a direct hand 1n the two strikes.

There was some speculation that Truman may lcall the steel in. dustrv dlspuumts to a. White House conference later this week.

While there was no confirmation for this it was ‘noted that Philip Murray, head of the C.I.O. and its striking steel workers union. is mming this way front Cleveland meetings with C.I.O. leaders to speak at a. New York City polltlcal rally Thursday night.

A nb-‘Dfnflfesl lflmrt on the steel and coal strikes was made to the White House by Cyrus S. Chlng, the Government's mediation chief.

Irving S. Oids. chairman of U B. Steel Corporation, reported that no end to the steel strike is “im- medwtelv in sight." Olds told a press conference in New York that U S- steel’: striking amployeeshave already lost moooooo in wages.

He said this is more than they would have paid in a year if they had accepted U.S._Steel's pension plan calling for worker contribut- ions. Murrayh Union is holding out for a pension-insurance plan fin- anced solely by Ulnploygrg,

Olds also reported that 13.5. Steel has loat 2,200,000 tons of steel pro- gléitloii since the strike started

Saskatchewan Man Sentenced To Hang

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.. Oct. 25 -—(CP)-George Chupiuk, 26. of st. Benedict. Bash. was sentenced to- day to be hanged for the bludgeon slaying nearly four years ago of 16- 3/881-0111 Irene Gobolos.’ It mashed the second tine the death sentence held been passed on Chuptuk. Chupluk first appeared in court in February. 1946. when he was de- clared insane and unfit to stand trial. Ha was adjudged sane last June and put on trial.

Ilews In Brief

OTTAWA, Oct. 25-(CP)—'rhe Federal Government collected more than 88.000000 In taxes and other revenues in Newfoundland in the six months from confeder- ation to Sept. 80, it was shown 0n- dey in a return tabled in the Commons.

Cl-IIRBOURG, France, Oct. $- fAfi-The llper Qu Elizabeth duo here Wednesday orftlng n-om New York, has been delayed by Atlantic aim-ma end ll not expect- rl to arrive until Thuriday morn-

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DONDON, Oct. 5-411!!! lnow was falling heavily in, loot- lend tonight while floods made road: impassable in Northern Ing- iand. Ilotoriua were warned that at some point: in the north roads were three to four inches under mm. The yen com of Scotland m battered by an Emilie-an-

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Federal Gov’! Plans Grant In Lieu of Taxes

ST. BONIFACE, Man. Oct. 25-- (Cfi-Mayor George C. MacLean. president of the Canadian Federat- lon of Mayors and Municipalities, said last ndght the Federal Gov- ernment plans to make payments to municipalities in lieu of taxes on Dominion properties. Mayor Mac- Lean told CiLY Council that the Federation executive had been noti- fied of the plan by Prime Minister St. Laurent.

It was believed by some sources. however, that the scheme would embrace only a few municipalities where there is an "undue propor- tion" of crown property. Halifax. where there are extensive proper- tiee owned by the Department of National Defence and the Na- tional Harbors Board, would be a case in point. Another such muni- cipality would be Esquimalt, B. C., with its dockyard.

Manitoba M. P. To Pay $31,410 Damages

WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 —_ (CP) —- The Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled today that John S. Sinnott, Liberal member of Parliament for Springfield, be assessed damages of $31,410 for a hunting accident in which a young man was blind- ed. Lloyd Demko, now ll), was struck in the face by a blast from a shotgun while hunting geese Oct. 2'7, 1947 with Mr. Sinnott.

Plane ReErled Down Al Sea

NEW YORK. Oct. 25 -- (OP) — The United States Coast Guard late tonight reported an airplane down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island. N0 details as to the plane, the location or the number of persons aboard were immed- iately available.

One Dept. of Trent-on Steel Plant Closes

TRBNTON. N.S.. Oct. 25 —(CP) --The axle forge department of Trenton Steel Works Ltd. here t0- day was closed down for five or six weeks. Necessary repairs to the fire- briok interior of the furnace and lack of orders were given as the reason for the shutdown. About 150 men are affected.

Parliament Al-A-(ilance

(By The Canadian Press)

Several members participated in the budget debate in the Com- mons.

J. M. Dechene (lr-Athabaska) asked the Government to fulfill a promise to extend railways throughout Northern Alberta.‘

Labor Minister Mitchell indicat- ed opposition to a C, C. F. bill to give more power to the National Labor Relations Board.

External Affairs Minister Pear- son said if Communist China meets the prerequisites of recogni- tion, Canada would recognize it.

In the Upper Chamber Senator J. W. de B. Farris (IF-British Col- umbia) approved appeals to the Privy Council. However, he would not oppose a bill to a

appeals.

Wednesday: _

The Commons will consider Government business. The Sen- ate will alt.

Begin Pumping Water From Burned Neronic

, Oct. 25 —-(CP)— Three steam Dumb! will! 5°81!‘ pumping water fmm the holds of the steamship Noronlc as the first atop in raising the blamed hulk from the harbor tiom. Within an hour the ship l4 Tim‘ W" inches.

_ r PAIDONID AITIII. ll YEARS

DFIIDH‘. Ooi. 25 —(GP) —- Ira. Maude Cuahlng stone-u, who served 8 earl in prison for the poiaon- c of her first husband. y“ Mdgy by Michigan

G. ldlennin Williams. The el-yearold woman will be released hsmediekly. Ber pardon was bea- ed on the belief of authorities "M Illa did not commit the crime-

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CBAWFORDSVILLI. Ind. Oct. g _ (AP) — Officials found something new today in collec- tions from city parking metera.

Central (Io-Op. Slore Manager ls Appointed

An East Royalzy business man. ivfr. Brent Hewett. was appointed manager of the Central Cooperat- ive store in Charlottetown at a directors meeting held in the Co- operatice Services offices Monday fright.

Mr. Howatt will look after the business of the new store which is expected to open around Decemlber 1. He will have the authority to hire his own staff,

It was also decided at the meet- ing to award Chandler Brothers. Pankdale. the contract for the as- sembling and installation of fix- tures in the store. The units are now being assembled in their plant and will be set up within the next few weeks.

‘Mr. Howatt is a former store keeper, farmer and fox rancher. He

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Maritime Water Works Ass'n Meets

AMHERST, N. S., Oct. 25 —(CP) --1ra P. McNab of Halifax today was re-elected. president of the Maritime Water Works Associa- tion as the group concluded its second annual meeting. W. F. Godfrey of Saint John, N.B., is vice-president and Douglas Kline of Halifax, secretary-treasurer.

Councillors on the executive are F. C. Wightman, Amherst, and A. F. Wigglesworth, Liverpool, for Nova Scotia; W. E. Edingtori, Mone- ton, and W. W. Steeves, Wood- stock, for New Brunswick, and S. C. Matheson, Charlottetown, for Prince Edward Island.

COVENTRY, Warwickshlre. Eng- land, Oct. 25 — (OP) - Food Min- lster John Strachey told a public meeting tonight that when the present long-term Canadian wheat: contract expires. the Government "may further reduce these and other food purchases frmn dollar areas." He said the Government wantr "to go on buying our wheat from them (Canada) but we cannot buy with dollars we haven't got." Strachey Said that during his period in office food imports from dollar countries had been cut from 38 to 12 per cent of which nine per cent was Canadian wheat.

"There is nothing frightfully complicated about our present eco nomic problem. In tssence there are two ways in which it can b- met.

‘The first is to buy less from dgllar countries and the second is

Russia ' Demands Recall Of Yugoslav Ambassador.

LONDON, Oct. 26 -— (Wednes- day) — (AP) — The Soviet Union said today it has demanded the recall of the Yugoslav Ambassa- dor to Moscow because he is guilty of "spying and subversive activi- ties” against Russia.

The action followed Russia's re- nunciation last month of her treaty of friendship with Yugoslavia. 1t brought Moscow perilously chose to a full diplomatic break with Marshal Tito‘s Government.

The Russian Ambassador to Bel- grade has been absent from his post for many weeks.

Karl Mrazovic. Yugoslav Am-

bassador to Russia, went to Mos- cow last Dec. l6 when relations between Yugoslavia and Russia were already near the boiling point. The economic squeeze put on Yugoslavia by Russia and her eastern satellites was in full ef- fect. Moscow dispatches at the time said only a minor Russian protocol officer was sent to greet Mrazovic on his arrival.