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Soviet Prices Fantastic But Average Family Is Able To Make Ends Meet

By WILLIAM 1... RYAN AP Foreign News Ami-yst

Suppose you are a working man in the soviet Union. You get 700 rubles a month in a factory. In an effort to make endii meet your wife works as a ditch-digger or at some other heavy job. Your combined irenrne is 1.200 mimics a. month.

You are not concerned at what that might mean in dollars. Your rubles will be spent as rubles. not dollars. The only real test of their value is their purchasing power- what they will buy.

Well. your family may spend about 750 of those 1.3!) rubles for fund every month. Your rent. -in rubles for a single mom. is law. But if ymi want to clothe your family properly you will have to cut the food budget even more

CANADA

Pmvince of

Prince Edward Island

IN THE PROBATE COURT The 15th day of December AJ). 1953

In Re Fstale of .lQ?EPH LONGAPHIE late of Souris in King's County in the said Prov- ince. formerly of New Glasgow, in the Province of Nova Scotia. deceased, testate.

To the Sheriff of the County of King's County or any Constable or literate person within said County.

GREETINGI

WHEREAS upon reading the petition on file of Lester O'Donnell of Charlottetown in Queens Coun- ty in the said Province, Attorney- et-law. the Administrator cum teetsmento Annexe of the above named estate praying that a cita- tion may be issued for the pur- pose hereinafter set forth: You are therefore hereby required to cite all persons interested in the bald Estate to be and appear be- fore the Judge present at a Pro- bate Court to be held in the Court House in Charlottetown in Queen": County. in the said Province. on Thursday the 21st day of January next coming. at the hour of eleven o'clock forenoon of the same day no shew cause. if any, why the Accounts of the said Estate. should not be passed and the Estate closed as prayed for in said peti- tion and on motion of Gilbert A Gaudet. Esquire, Proctor for said Petitioner.

And it is hereby ordered that a true copy hereof be forthwith published in some newspaper published in Charlottetown afore- said once in each week for at .ea.-.t fniir consecutive weeks from :he date hereof and that a true copy hereof be forthwith posted in the following public places re- Ipectivcly. namely, in the hall of Lhe Court House in Georgetown in King's Oounty aforesaid, at or near the Court House in Souris aforesaid and at or near the store of Matthew and MacLI-an Limited in Souris aforesaid so that all per- sons interested in the said Estate as aforesaid may have due notice thereof.

WITNESS His Honour. Harold Leonard Palmer. Judge of the said

Probate Court at Charlottetown attic mom in a Canadian or nmmHn.l,D , H aforesaid. the day and year first American home were scattered ,.,,,,,.a,,;,.;,g ;;l.;;".;:',';;t;flfj;lg.QT, above written. l1nll.cl' skelter all over stores in T-R-("s. lV51ll(l5llCCP!Sl'llll)' hi" tliniisands By the Court. Baku. Llstless sales people yawmvil for quick relief of Sciatic. Rh:-uinatir or (l...S.i behind the counters. not a bit N'U'lili"-.Dain-Ntql-iifnhaso.Nvuralnin. (Sad) Frances B Viniiicombo interested whether the items were ;Nr"l"" lrmivlrtniin I-R-Cs. rise. Sl..'l5 Registrar. sold or not, '” ' "m "'”""”f ”3'

sharply-make do with bread. pota- toes and cabbage.

You will wait a long time before accumulating enough for a minday suit at 1.110 rubles or more a month's income. You will think twice before buying a poor eaumso of a Sunday shirt for 111 rubles. because baby needs shoes. and those cost 50 rubles.

That, in essence. is about the lot of many a soviet family. soviet publications and the information and calculations of experts place the average soviet family income from wages at about 1.200 rubles.

Too Few Outlets

Why. asks the IOP9lgmeI'. is there so much spending in the soviet Union? Why. then, are the rest- aurants and amusement places crowded? Why are the department stores in Moscow crowded?

There are answers for all these questions. In the first place. there is I. large and constantly growing middle class making good money-- far above the average. There are not enought store outlets and restaurants and amusement places to accommodate a city whose pop- ulation-althouh there are no of- ficial figures available - must by now be 6.000.000.

The foreigner does not see ab- ject. poverty, except for occasional beggars. He does not even see people looking iinderfed. He see: many people fairly well dressed. but he also sees a puade of drab- ness. oneness and monotony.

somehow. the average soviet family makes ends meet even at the fantastic prices. Bread. pota- toes. cabbage. cheaper vegetables niake up the bulk of the diet. Oriily occasionally is there meat for fam- ilies of the lower side of the Soviet wage ledger. nor can they afford much butter at about 12 rubles a pound.

A recent decree showed how low the average wage remains. It said that "because of the rise in the value of the Soviet ruble." iminn dues now could be lower. and estab- lished this scale:

For persons earning up to am rubles a month, a half ruble for each 100 rubles: 501 to 000. 4 rubles: 601 to 700. 5 rubles. After 700 the dues are fixed at one per cent. The implication is plain that most Soviet workers get. less tiian 700 rubles ii month.

Women Sweep Streets

The Soviet government says the ruble is worth 25 U. S. cents in international exchange. Judged on with what the American dollar will what it will buy. in comparisrin buy. the. Soviet ruhle is worth five to eight cents. Prices are uniformly high all over the Soviet Union. mostly fixed by the state.

Most families must have more than one wage enriirr. Women sweep streets endlessly with make- shift brooms fashioned of twigs. nr hack snow and ice from the roads. They earn R pitiaibly small wage but it supplements the income of other family wage earners.

Goods by official admission are shoddy. but in some areas the products seem fantastically bad.

Goods which would not be given

THE GUARDIAN. CI-IARLOTTETOWN The South Easter

Dark clouds are gathering off White waves are breaking Where boulders are grating;

Far out on old "Bald" the foam-patch to see.

High o'erhead in the gathering grey

Sea-gulls are screeching their Wild night is coming, Small "boats are running

For shelter within the arms of the bay.

Out where they're piling 'neath leaden iiky

A srliooner is driving.-foresa Buried.--her stern. in The waves wild churning

Shc-'5 making for Souris where breaku-aters ha

Daik has come down with the biting gale; Rain on its breast like a lashing flail;

Polling the sea And drenching the lee.

Beating a time to the night-storm's wall.

Damp wind is howling in from the sea:

there to ice; stormy lay;

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- Daniel A. .Vl.i(f'rirninl'lx'.

New Subway For Toronto Planned

4 TORONTO, (CF)--The Tommai Transportation Commission hopes, to build three more subways dur-' ing the next 10 years to give the city a total of 19 3.51 miles of undergrciiind i'ailu'ay.

W. F. P. Duncan. '1"llC geiicrnl mannizrr. said Monday the pro- posed additions to the Yonge St.! lines, which goes into operation: next March 30. would cost nboutl t1i3.500.000 at today's prires.

The Yongc Si. norlli-south line. a 4 l.”2-mile subway from l.'niri.i' Station to Eglinton avenue, will" he the city's first.

STABBIIE IllI' PAIIS

Does your hip feel as if packed with broken glass? Or as if a knife were being

Bush Pilot In Hero Role As Plane fllzirooned

NORWAY HOUSE. Mali. ICPi-- The story of a heroic bush pil-it who delivered an Indian mother's baby in a marnoned bush plane than almost gave his life nticvrpt- ing to shield them and two small children from the sub-zero cold was told today by the pilot of a rescue plane.

Paul Rickey. 37-year-old piiot for Central Northern Airways. had only a first aid kit. emergency tn- tions. a few kitchen utensils and N19 5199191112 libs: in his light rilllllc rhon he became lost in the wilder- ness of northeastern Manitoba last. Monday.

His passengers were Mrs. An. nrnias Harper and her two (-mi- dren, Elizabeth. 4, and Josvpli fl Mrs. l'lRl'D"l' was helm: laknn to hospital at Island Lake. 300 miles riortlicast of Winnipeg to have an.

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The first n.rzlit Mrs. Harper went inm labor and Rickey driivr-red the child.

"llld Terrific Joli"

Bert Cl-irkrs nf Cciilml North- ern Airways who finally rescued the group'Siiiid.-iy told today how Rldsey stripped off his shirt and underclothing to cover the bzibv. D180!-d the mothcr and the thrrie children in his own sleeping bag and went without sleep fnr 51), days in an effort to keep his peg. sengers alive. The newborn child died Saturday.

"Rickey did a terrific job", said Clark:-s who found him still fllwllt to walk but siffcring from cxrms. ure and shock when hp landed 1.15 Ski-Cqllippcd plane on God's Lake. 340 miles northeast of Winnipeg.

"He was in the worst shape." said Clarkcs. "But the passengers were in excellent condition."

All were taken to Island Ltikr where Rickey was reported m " Quite good” condition today. His hands were severiy frogtblnpn. but he was llble to let up and Mr. Clarkrs Ii.-iid he expected Rickey would be "0, in a couple of days.

Will Concentrate On Jet Aircraft

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By THE OANADIAN PRESS

some partying Canadians will spend more than 3100 each on New Year's Eve celebrations. but most revellers will settle for a cheaper evening in a friend's home.

A Canadian Press survey shows that cost of the biggest celebrations across the country. including taxis. food and drinks. ranges from all u couple in St. John's Nfld. to 5:00 in Toronto.

"You can spend 0100 here as easily as rolling off a log," said a manager of it Toronto night club which caters to business ex- ccutlves. The club's New Year's party cover charge is 325 a. couple but the oust comes in the extras --three bottles of imported cham- pagne rate a :50 tab.

Comparatjva Colts

In between the St. Johnts-'l'o- rnntc cost figures are: Vancouver. 540 a couple; Edmonton. Regina, Winnipeg. Ottawa and Saint John N. 13., 330; Halifax. :25. There are no costs estimates from Montreal where a 10 p.m. provincial curfew will close night clubs at 10 p. m. and shunt celebrations into private homes.

The majority of Canadians will bring in the New Year on a. much less lavish scale. Many plan to attend midnight movies and others ncrnss the country will go to house

i parties and drink nothing stronger

than ginger ale.

In Vancouver. prices of New Year's Eve entertainment range from s4 to 515 a couple. some

No Improvement In Arab-Israeli Relalionslloled

By MAX HARRELSON

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.. (A?) -The current round of Palestine debates is drawing to an end with- out having achieved any visible improvement in Arab-Israeli rela- tions.

The discussions, however. have produced at least one other im- portant development; They have led Russia to abandon its silence and assume a more active role in the Middle East dispute.

And. although Soviet delegate And-rei Vishinslgy has tried to ap- pear neutral, some of his state- ments have been regarded by other UN diplomats as pro-Arab.

This is doubly significant when

it is recalled that Russia origin- ally was one of the staunchest sup- poi-ters of the Arab-opposed plan to pzirtitimi Palestine. Russia was the only major power to advocate using force to help Israel fight the Arabs. ' The current debates began Oct. 27. They dealt with two Arab com- plains. one was brought by Jor- dan, charging Israel with the massacre of 53 persons in the bor- der village of Kibya; the second, a complaint by Syria. charged an Israeli hydro- electric project uould divert. Jordan river waters needed for irrigation in Syria.

Frequent Huddlea

The Security Council strongly censured Israel for the Klbya kill- ings and called on UN Palestine truce chief Vagn Bennike to strengthen his truce observation machinery to prevent future inci- dents.

The council hopes to act today on the Jordan river dispute. The Big Three Western powers are backing a plan to toss the whole question back to Bennike and the mixed armistice commission fo: direct negotiations.

During the debate on the Kibya incident. Vishinsky sat day after day without saying a word. When the vote came. he abstained. This was in line with the Soviet prac- tice of the last few years of keep- ing out of the Israeli-Arab dispute.

Ten days ago, however. Viahin- sky and the Arab delegates began to be seen in frquent liuddies. Then Vishinsky entered the debale for the first time. He offered no criticism of Israel. but he joined the Arabs in assaillng the resolu- tion sponsored by Britain, the United States and France. He even threatened to veto the key provis- ion of tiie resolution. As a result the sponsors began A series of con- ferences with the Araba in an at- tempt to find an acceptable form- ula.

It is too early however, to say whether Vishinekyl intervention means the Kremlin has decided to line up on the aids of the Arabs as I mrular policy or whether this was an exceptional ease.

retired Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsay,

aircraft industry disclosed Monday it may quit building piston-engine . bombers next year and confine pro- d"Ctl0li Oi flilhtinsf Dlanes to jet! aircraft.

This likelihood was expressed by

president of the Aircraft Induatriea Association. in a year-end review.

Ramsay reported that during 195! the industry produced. for the first time. more airplanes powered by jet engines than by piston engines.

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I Wide Price Range Seen

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places larva ' I. turkey dinner: other: have only dancing,

Two bl; hotels in Vancouver were booked early for 1.400 per- aons. noltly young. Older couples pi-afar house parties. -

DI the Prairie oltisa. hotall carve supper at New Year's dances for about O15 a couple.

a ' i-national flavor

The big spenders in Manitoba are expected to go to sunneapolia or at. Paul in the United State: for their celebration.

Toronto night spots expect scores from the United states, one re- ports reservations from as far any as Oalgary. ms Royal York Hotel. which in accvptlnc reaei-up Lions from 460 coupled. has some booted from Mexico.

sample delicacies from the Royal You-k's lo-course menu: oysters on the half shell. In stuffed with caviar, sea turtle soup. sweet- braada, and roast. pheasant. coat. is 033 K couple for food only.

In Ottawa, most persons cele- brate at house parties but the chateau Laurlar has a dimer and dance at sis a couple. Tickets have been sold out for days. Drinking spots in Hull. Que.. across the ot- wwa river are closing at 9 pm. under a Quebec curfew law.

Montreal night clubs. long con- sidered Canada's loveliest. will be quiet because of the curfew.

In the Marltlmeag prices for ho- tel dances range from :10 at at. John's. Nfld.. to 813 at saint John. Midnight movies and house parties are favorites in Maritime centres.

oscrgggg, so, 1955.

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I'm mighty glad you came along, son. l'in

exhausted.

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You've seen my report. ' successful year. considering everything. On most people and things you meet,

I've had a pretty

you'll see

where I've been at work.

There's one

warning I'd like to repeat.

though. Donlt expect to change these brick

buildings. We ”years"

have been doing our

best for generations and made little impression. In fact. it's worry over that problem that has

made me an old man

before my time. Good

luck, son, and a . . .

HAPPY NEW man

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