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Potatoes Reach France In Excellent Condition I Virgo: Return To‘

ihy 24 Holiday

UITAWLMa fl_ p ._ I slolmshlp. lflcdsyo! csrigdlln .2’?! iiied need potatoes, the first such shipment to Europe in 20 years,’ have arrived in France in excellent condition despite iliirilict they wereI inched only in ordinary sacks andI IWWOG. in ordinary cargq space:

—-— without special cooling facilities, th '

Th! “l! h! Dqaariment of Agriculture an? 0W9» M" u-"h nounced today.

l. MWNIWI- 7""'”"° cm‘ The approximately 200,000 bushel,

uervlfi" "$5" M 9""? shipment of New Brunswick and,

M" I“ Tvnn” 'D“°“7°r" Prince Edward Island grown seed,

grim! m,” :3: udl wm the first from this con-

tho wartime regulation akfgefiflmlfi 2:2:

mmhing May 24 as u. stab-

glory holiday b; Hump“, British. Isles in 195. For some time

in effect agaflist North American grow-n iatoes because oi the pres- ence o the Colorado potato beetle.

Department officials said however that since it now is established this potato bug is prevalent in several. European courl ries, it is possiblcI European markets may be reopened at least for high quality seed po- tatoes from Cilllfidii.

Total exports to all countries of Canadian certified seed potatoes from the 1044 crop to date total. approximately 3.500.000 bushels. The best previous year was in 1939 when about 2,600,000 bushel; were ex- ported.

CAIRO. May 22-(AP) - ‘Hie mvly-iormed Arab Le Ila 0i ven Arab states strorlgy fillcd today the movement much troops in the member rations oi Syria and Lebanon, ind declared the league would uieguard "the independence of my threatened member." A state.- ment issued by the league secre- m-y, Gen. Abdel Rahmcn Assam icy, said the league considered the French action as "represent- In] an imperislistic frame oi mind."

ANNUAL MEETING OF 30v scours

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The Boy Scout Movmiont has; made great progress in Prince lilo-l wind island during tho past yeaixi according w reports submitted at the annual meeting oi the Provin-

guthport Man Wins Prize At Si. F. X.

clal Association iield in the City

1-18.11 last night. ANTIGONISH. N. 8., Ml . 22- President R. S. P. Jurdliie and (obi-Prize list for 8t. mils C K. M. lvIari-inwexe re-

ommiliouier elected at the. meeting, oi. which it ups annotmccd that Boy ‘scout Week will be held in the Provinca guring the third iveck in Ecpanm-

er. After the ncports oi President Jardine, the secretary. lvialor Ali-x Knox. and the Provincial Conmus- sioner. Mr. K. M. Martin, ivero lives from Cnlliomia about June. reed, the Field Commissioner, Rev. local distributors said they wcrciS. J. Davies, gave a brief address: short so carloads and they ex-Jn which he stated that there were pected to remain that way until now l0 Scout troops in the Pro-

Xsvier University convocation to. borrow includes:

Highest aggregate second year, ¢ll8lll¢=rIlls~Aiban Joseph Calls- ihlin. Southport, P.E.I.

WINNIPEG. May 22- (GP)- Winnlpeg housewives face a po- tiio shortage until a new crop ar-

Americsn shipments rem}; she vlnce and nine Woli Cub punks. 1n thy. Charlottetown. then-l were sixI troops and five pxwlus. Taking the Province as a whole} Mr. Davies thought there were about four tunes as many boy

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scouts in the Province now as there were a. year lvgo. In Hummersidc. ho sold, great progress was being

‘ "lbow-Mmny River ‘Tuesday. nude in the movement and that

_ 5-33.31, the recent development Ill Boy

' u —~—- Scout activities iiierc could he

mflhow Mt. Stewart sagurdayi, wholly attributed to the interest ' ~ -23-3 .

taken in the work bv the Sunlmcr- side Y's Men's Club.

-— Monti: Plans were already completed for

Ilmnce

Webster's Omhestra. Bu‘ holding a Scout's cilmp at Buchnn “I m w —§ and thdscolits of Prince "Czurlty", ns u Da i ' lanni fr gocicr a. ‘almw Bill Mav 24th. n“ n Fgxgwgod. JDIIWIES said. He hoped to see tho tune when there‘

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"Ififllon Dance, Belfast Hall, --- Friday. May 25th. Lunches

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u M OTTAWA, May 22—(CP)—A ‘h Bee Cornwall players present “fee-act play in Bonsha/w Hall

“May. May 24. 5.33.1;

"The Morita e Players will rwmt “m! Iggy “The Casey .3

ed in Ottawa. in the post-war paorlod to house laboratories of the‘ apartment oi Health and Wel- fare and further scientific rc- 1 isilaricslti inclthct Dominica; elt-lleuétjh y" n St. Peter Bay m n er axon anno c - lulu. m t '_ . d The ombined task oi this "N 1 1 m in u a nah lgboratgry IInit purl its}: branches oice - Lo d! 1- would e to per orm e analyses WW. Th-iusday.’ hi”. rhutrr-an and investigations required in the boon until 4 o'clock Friday. irbncr-

eniorcoment oi’ the Food and lid until 11.30. Ci. C.Grr.ol1 mid A. Drugs Act and to “serve as the 0 oreen. - _|

public health laboratory of the "The executive meeting of the‘

d Plifililimj-L Provitnhceial g.“ ‘IZRU. will blsflhfid r oom, n Church. Friday. May 25, at g1 Till/g. > - 3 .

"Rllmmase m» sl ,1 u it u, church H u’ s. amen n - I“? N. at a ldclocgxru‘ mggg-w

“Wanted. 500 young pigs Ig-rkglshest market rices

in. East Roya ty.

ueL "- lflganlyastgcolél Markstinl MIMI,’ $331.11!» May 20‘.

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mflflnwfi exam? m have a 1:181

ML m“ mhfor two ur fllllree -—-

ur Veney, Y It» LONDON. May 22-1! oslavilrs 5,0 1 “goday to an '*'— mnlsloading IIOKs everv Friday for

ii. Marsha Tito appeared h, Mizlklgzsser Ltd. Phone oolieat

l’: E. Island

Tito Appeats To llave Made An About-Face

by June . R. E. 5-23-31

Board st Charlottetown. Possibly 28-11

have executed an about-face in his attitude towards the occupa- tion of Trieste and the surround- ing ares, giving rise to speculat- ion that he might have received a gisrmy suggesttiéixnd from Moscow

B no s .

Di lomatic circles close to l!" lore Office said the situation was "definitel improved" and there were in cations of an early

solution. iad l! d- (At Roma tollllhtufi m. 0am positions on o

. usrmfsodannoolécnfigad y my rthward ir m ivlhi. €..‘“‘i‘"i‘..ai‘°ll.. miles out

i 0o Ilia). OReutrers News Agency in 10mm" ion hxfépifiilbd that Field Mor-

ena c: Clark- have arrived in

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"A" evening of u um u - flux slgflwho attend the Pay v i»- "w; “li..“’°§l‘€.'i..i° ..°h§;"i.i.‘.“l.’.“1h you... . . a ‘Lev Bridge. s-ig-zi-zs.

A", There will be no Issue of

u" Guardian tomorrow, ‘I M" 24. Tile nest issue !

‘Cifilildliiils ill this wan-were nu-

li.000.000 laboratory will be erect- c

Busiest Year For

CliARbUlfTETOwN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1945

Nominated In

MAJOR. J. A. MacDONALD

M51" J A- MacDonald was norm, Iil-"iw BS Pmgrcsslvc Conservative candidate for the Tfllfd District oiI Kings 1n the pmvincial by-electlon: set. ior Julie 4 at a Iflrge and m- thuslastic convention held last night in Cardigan.

Major MacDonald's ncmingflgnl was unanimous. Mr. MI‘. Mac-I Donald presided at the meetlnn, at which there was an attendance oiI 128 delegates. ,

Following the nomlgttlon brie!‘ speeches were made by Major Mac-I Donald, Senator MacDonald, Ltn Col. C.C. Thompson, Ml". Iesile‘ Hunter. M.L.A. and Hon. Dr. W.J.P. MacMilIan, provincial lenders

Dr M-icMiIlan particularly scored: the Jones Government foncalling" the by-elecilon at this inopportune time. when the farmers are busy, and while a great many members of the service forces of the district are still overseas, rind with no chance oi voting

Major MacDonald, who ls a son of Senator J.A MacDonald and Mrs MacDonald, is a native of Cardigan, where he was born in i913. Aiicr attending CardIgi-n pub- llc school he was for two years on

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Two New Army II. B. Winners .

OTTAWA. May 22—-—-(CP)—The coveted Victoria Cross has been awarded to Mai. Frederick Albert Tiiston. 39, of Windsor. Ollt., and Toronto who lost his legs, and to Sgt. Aubrey Coseris. 24, of Latch- ford, Ont, who lost his life-both in German and Netherlands act- ions this spring.

‘lflo awards-ninth ‘and 10th to

nounced today by Defence Minis- ter McNaughton. In the first Great War 60 Canadians won V._

.’s. Maj. Tilston, Essex Scottish Regiment company commander mid peacetime phorlnicisi, lost his legs by amputation shortly after a gallant action in the Hochwalcl Forest of Germany March 1, In, which he was wounded three- timcs and which led to his award. Sgt. Cosens, Queen's Own Rifles oi Canada platoon commander and laeaceiimc Northern Ontario rallwoylnail. was killed

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Hospital

Plans for s new wing for the Prince Edward Island Hospital have been prepared and submit- ted to a firm oi Toronto archi- tects, who have returned them with suggestions and recommend- ations, it was reported gt the 62nd annual meetin of the board oi trustees oi the Hospital last night.‘ The meeting was held St. Paul's church hall, Mr. W. S. Grant presiding in the absence oi the chairman Dr. J. A. Clark.

Dr. Clark was re-appointed chairman for the ensui year, and Mr. Grant vice chairman. Two new trustees, Messrs. Ernest Cud- more and LL-C . K. S. Rogers, were appointed, replacing Messrs.

rge . MacLeod and D. J. ’ Donnell. Mr. J. E. Harris and Dr. J. P. Lents were I8-Q1NIAd_00 the

board.

Very satisfactory reports were submitted by the trustees and also by the Ladies Aid Society oi the h ital. The trcasureru of e Ladies Aid showed ance on hand oi some 01,000.

Very Active Year

Following is the trustees’ report:

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Your board of trustees thought I‘ they had a very strenuous year

IMaj. McDonald IHeavy ‘Storm be...“ n Three Rivers Area

Bacon Ration Gui In Britain

LONDON. M y 22—(Reuters)._ Col. J. J. Llewellin, minister oi 100d. announced today that the bacon ration for Britons will be reduced from four ounces a week weekthrec ounces, starting m“;

He also said the domestic ration oi oils and fats will be reducgfl by one ounce a week during the surn- mer months, cuttinl the cooking fatmitlon from two ounces to one,

The soap ration is to be reduced

one-eighth, giégflpt for babies an young mu-

The food minister also announ- ced_a cut in the number oi points available for canned meat, {rum 24 l0 20 from the beginning of the next ration period.

He said he hoped to maintain the current cheese ration o! two ounces a week.

Tells liow Tignish Man Was Hidden By Underground

TORONTO. WI n-ovemmlia language difficulties with the . d‘ of friends who translated Fbcnchl into English and English into, French for her. Mrs. Hilda Dudleyl "I T°l°lli° Is fiflfryllli; on corre- spondence with a leader oi the Belgian underground, whose efloris to save her son, Fit. Lt. William G- Dildlev. front lmciisoonuniyli- ter he was shot down. nearly cost him his life and did cost him de- portation of his wiie and 20-year-

old son. V

Relationship between Mrs. Dud- ley and “Monsieur Florent". uri- dersround name of the man who aided her son. began May 1i, 1044. three days r Flt. Lt. Dudley, an R.C.A.F. navigator, bailed out of his plane over Belgium. Slight- Iv Wounded. he was picked up bv the underground and taken to the home of "Monsieur Florent.”

Tie remained there for four months along with anothp, crew member. F0. Francis L. Perry, oi Tlgnlsh. P. I. 1., but the men were finally diflover- ell, the underground mun dia- closed.

The two airmen were taken ioI Germany as prisoners oi war. "Monsieur Florent" was jailed and his wife and son were sent to Germany. However, the rapid ad- vance of British forces saved him from a certain death sentence and

the tralnload of prisoners was git in the hands oi the Red ross.

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Reveal ilow Enemy Trawler Was" Bapiured

(By The Canadian Press) A BRITISH PORT, May fl-Tha story oi the bloodless capture oi c German trawler by the Cann- dian Bangor-class minesweopcr Thunder in the B? oi Biscsv a few days before V- day and how the Canadians boarded the enemy craft and sailed her horns under her own stergm, was released to- day b the avy.

A Canadian prise crew under

(l T1116 Canadian PHI) —~Ono, of the most sfilifnyi u: gegstorms in the h d m:

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Jured seven th . D . reach the miillorelrsdollaignznegielnnay

Two Three Rivers men, Alfred Lsmev and Georges Dannamwero, drowned‘ when their rowboat cup- sited while they were trying m rescue several persons swimming in the 5t. Lawrence River when H10 SIDED Shifted. The lwimmgrg were eventually rescued.

Seven men, one seriously, were injured when lightning and wind dfllilflycd a. laundry plant at nelrby Coo de la Madeleinqwhllc the church steeple at Bfluscgn Will hi1! swept of! by the wind which at times reached a velocity cf 70 miles an hour.

At Cape do Ia Madeleine» large iimllortion of the 125 airplanes at he airport were destroyed during the storm and damage was esti- mated at more than , .

The Three Rivers radio station CHLN was off the air 3S power was cut o! in the district where transmission wires were down in many places.

A BOO-foot steel convoyer which was being built here was also de- stroyed by the storm.

MONTREAL. NU}! 22 — (GP) — A violent thunderstorm, accompan- ied by slashing rain and a high wind, struck Montreal late this afternoon and snarled traffic temporarily in some parts of the City as large tree branches fell across the streets.

Automobiles drove with headlightsi on at the height of the half-hour. storm, but street lights were not switched on as they were in Toronto during‘ a. similar storm yesterdsy.I

Some P streets were flooded as sewers failed to cope with the downpour;

The most violent storm in the; district since May 1989. when the wind reached a recorded velocity oi 04 miles an hour. caused the death oi Paul Page. 31. oi neigh- boring Verduh, who was killed when he came in contact with a. live wire blown down at the height of the storm.

AT OTTAWA

orrsws, May zz-ccr) - AI heavy wind ston-n, roaring up outI oi the southwest. hit Ottawa dis- trict tonight and caused minor damage by tearing limbs from a number oi trees.

The wind velocity at nearby Uplands reached a peak oi 60 miles an hour and gusts oi 50 miles gn hour were frequent both beiore and after the maximum was touched. |

There was no thunder and! lightning in Ottawa itself but ihundershowers occurred south. and east of the city. Heavy winds were reported st Renfrew, Oni, Winchester, 0nt., KemptvilleOnL, Alexandria, Ont. Buckingham, Que, and Quyon, Que.

1N N. Y. STATE TOO

ALBANY, N.Y.. May 22—(AP) -Lashing 50-miIe-arl-hour winds with thunderstorms struck at Central New York late today, and moved across the State leaving a

trail oi tumbled buildings and iielled power lines. Canadian Press service from

New York to Canada was Inter- rupted twice by the storm.

MOSCOW, May zit-MP) - A Taps dispatch from Berlin today said more than 500 stores had re- opened in the German capitol. selling bread, meat. cereals and potatoes to the population. In ad- dition, the rergort said, about a dousn music alis and as movie theatres are functioning. Gal plants were reported in operation n all ‘districts.

Lleui. Art Moore of Digbll. N-B» removed the German ore};- and took command. For two da they

t l Iiillllimlsl’ .32 “ORBI-

sweatecl to be? with an Allie

rough, 400-miIc haul and whistles

th m as they steamed their prise Inge a British harbor, the fourth‘.

one. l: :s"l.=::..-.::' ll: .*:.....""=*ni:mv.::.i.:".l..iu@ ° I !:Yul:‘_1_*l_i.h1!.1;'£_5- .. I“ M" .

___.________ LONDON. May 2'}—(CP)-The Iluxurious country mansion 11w‘ -Bremen where the mistresses of {Heinrich Himmleru 5.8 s used to bear their

Ichildren at the German ute's expense, has been taken over by

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will be p“ ~ , , onow-owo-ofi-oyew M.’ u' ‘Iyfi. report quoted Home radio.

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MAXIMG or A

MERE MAN

Sleep! thou re oi all fhllga; sleep! thou en c 0L1)" gnu“; tiluu peace o mind, from vvham can flies.

Mall. $4.00; other Provinces a ILBA. 00$ Subscription Delivered. 00.00.

USE BALI-IONS AS WEAPONS

IIIAY CAUSEQFIIMIREST FIRES

BUT 0F

Resigning?

DIR.

D. B. CARSWELL

MONTREAL. May 22 - (CPI ._ The Gazette in an Ottawa dispatch

today quoting “good authority" said that D. B. Carsweli 0.3 E. has tendered his resignation as

president of the War Assets Cor~ oration. the crown

supplies oi all kinds. (Mr. Calrsweli, visited Prince Ed. ward Island a few months ago.) The dispatch added that “it was also reported that JG. Horsey. secretary of the W.A.C., had also resigned and had already been re-

practloallylplaced. The name of the new sec-I men,‘ “are so Scanned and aimless

rctary was not available."

LONDON, May 22--(CP)-Onc German U-boats which harassed Alilcd shipping througn- _ out the war, the 250-ioot U-776,»In diameter») into theI

of the

sailed up the Thames heart oi London today in defeat.

A British cre-w brought her intoI

the city after her Nazi command- er had surrendered the craft at

|Weymouih. The U-boat was fled have been made on the western

up at Westminster pier, in the shadtow oi the houses oi parlia- men .

BritisliMLabor Adopts 5 IZ-Point Program

Churchill Indicates Early Election; Voting

Generally Ex

Two Island Students Win. Prizes At Mt. A.

{By The Canadian Press) SACKVIILE. N. 8..

tlilcatcs‘ this afternoon at

iversity.

Mr. Justice Ivan the Supreme Court ‘awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Civil Law. Mr. ‘Harold H. Parlrc. division of the SuprJelne COH"

Just.

years. His W. T. ed recenti

lain oi the Canadian Army.

Tribute was paid today

ll . "aOrI; feature o! program was the

Islanders 0n Prise LM

l ins: “The Eric Dennis Memor Scholarships. vflllle $150

Nathaniel Mail‘. GBOYEBWWTI-

to be divided among several eluding Miss Marion Blanche

Bediord ,

Dolrla MacVicnr, Glace Bay, N

company, ormed to dispose of surplus war.

I Army a

May 22- Thrce honorary degrees were con- ferred and 68 young men and women received diplomas or cer-

convocution of Mount Allison Un-

C. Rand, oil oi Canadiuwlisi £5, until Japan was defeated.

oi Illi‘ appeal , oi

R. Flemington, who return- irom overseas. whirl‘!

he was pr ncipal Protestant ch81!-

io Dr. Tru man’ work at Mount Allison andein the field of education gen-

the convocation laying of s. cor-

stroyed by fire several years ago.

The prize list included the iol-

Bfliih-i atmosphere which." he said, "I am

. I. E0. I. Smith Scholarships, $1.000.

N.S.. Miss Roberta Gor- kqggihgf‘ rill, slunmerslde, PEI. Miss Ev-- (‘Ivar "that el Jones, Hantspori, N. 5.. Roy hiIigley, Botwood, Nild. Miss Frail- cu MacPhail. Amherst, NS. Misfit

David Nlckerspn, Bediord, N.S.

SLIGHT yllull

I f OTTAWA, May 22 —- (CP) —- Canadians living west |0 the Great Lakes were warned today i0 watch for unex. Iploded bmnbs driilllled by big unmanned Japanese-launch- {ed bsnfmms during “the last sevenai monihs."

, Md iew” Headquarters‘. ln milking the announcement, iii-ilk gel’ Were disclosing “sporadic long range balloon at. i 3'5 s} 10gb’ kept secret for security reasons, in the inter- |°5 ° ‘l? "mi" Safely and taking a chance on letting the fneflly nown that some of the balloons had reached this I continent.

. th ‘The Arm)’ Wdflwd. however. Illzii if czlsualiies occurred . ey should not be connected with Japanese balloon ai-

I, tacks,

_‘ It was reliably learned from an-I I =z&li:..::“:.°:. "*.i:.:."..=..s’ i. t" Sea" ‘may Ichqdren of ma»? x y . ‘ amanrle baboons float without > he m“: drie aramer,’ ‘control. their main purpose be- l hrzlrlslz“ ails“ i". lam" “"3. they had found into the flames p p ry amaze as u. when the farmer. n First Great War gunner arrived He snitchcd the explosives from tile children. put out the fire and Informed police