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, OCTOBER.

17, 1947

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Slbaerlpflon Delivered $6.00. flail 85.00. other Provinces b U. I. A. 07M

Cowboys itomplete Trans-Genetic Trek

HAHFAX Oct. l6 - (OP)- swede Nilssdn and Leslie (Sleepy) Frost, authentic western cowboys, watered their horses Just outside miirax today and then rode hflakly to City Hall to present jiigivor .1. E. (Gee) Ahern with a bottle of Pacific Ocean water at the end of th lr LZOO-mlle 110k from New West lnster, B. C.

Mayor Ahem carried the bottle u, Oar-an’; edge with great cere- molly and emptied its contents in- w ihe Atlantic.

The pair left New Westminster May H. i946, and rode for 7 1-2 nnnths, wintering in Winnipeg- iiith only $10 apiece at the be- cmning of the trip. they earned 111011‘ living by singing on radio 1,; gram! and taking part in sianipcdes.

Gift To Princess

JOHNS, Nflrl, Obi. l6 - oiri Neufoiindiandls wedding r1» in Pl'ii‘li‘<‘2¢5 Elizabeth will be ii_t~;.i.ioi' mink pelts. the Govern- irezii announced today.

‘l 11s Governnieiii. announcement _r=.1 ihe British Commonwealth srq-emrv had reported ihe Prin- .- , vmilcl be pleased to accept "w wit, ns a present from the "»..iioiiiidi:ind people and they "all he made up in accordance e "i ilw wishes of Her Royal Hgliyiricg"

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Coming Events

"Dance, Iona Ball, Friday, Oct ‘i . s »

"Movies - Sturgeon. Tuesday. ‘Trail Dust.’

"Movie, — Woodlslamds, Mon- day. "Trail Dust."

"Cornwall. Hali tonight. Movies and sale of Lunches. .

"Cornwall l-laii tonight. Movies and sale of Lunohes.

"Halloween Dance, Grand View: 11011, October 24th. Refreshments. i

"Bedeque Black Chapter lvleet- 1 liig Tuesday evening, 21st.

"Dance, Morell. Friday night. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

"Movies -— Bridgetown. Satur:

day. "The Return of Rusty."

‘ ‘Dance in Watervsle School, FY1081‘. October 17th. Lunches served.

"In Stock - Cedar and Asphalt

Sl-lllsies. W. I. Bowman, Hunter River. "qlfifivfke Thursday, December

iih for Clirisinms Tea and Bazaar m Baptist Schoolroom.

"Movies. Covehead, Friday. Oct. 17: Vernon Bridge, Oct. 1B, "Hop- eless Oassidy."

“Hunter River starch factory can accept potatoes on appoint- ment only.

"Supper and Dance, Orwell He'll, Wednesday. Oc ober 22nd. supper

"Hot chicken Supper, Bingo. genre. Lot so Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 5 .

"Regular Hospital Dance, Mon- lflrue Curling Rink every Saturday night. Webster's Orchest”,

"Cornwall-York Point Women's Institute Pantry Sale Saturday. ollt- 1B. at Rogers Hardware.

"Don't misc Dance tonight, win-

sloe Station Hall. Don Messcrs

estra. Door prises. Befreahn ments. Admission 50 ceinte.

"Don't forget to some to the annual Goose Supper at Bonsha . Wednesday, Oct. 22. aid United church.

"I will buy poultry, Tuesday and Wednesday. Grade A fowl, dressed 230 1b. GIN“ A Chicken 27G 1b. dressed. Grade B 2o less. J. Jacket- "lfill. Keinekigton.

"We med fiarther quantities of |°°4 feed oats or (nixed grain. Bags ‘llbblied. Aieo trucking service. If "ilmlllr! call for prices, etc. 7.11.1. vcstoci: Feed Agency.

"Dance Downs and Amber Gar- m. ministers-iii». October not Mliderfhand ,Oid Time Deming. 9°04, Orchestra. Dancing esp-l.

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Truman Blames ‘Gambling For High Food Pricesli=....i...

Voice New

Early Settlement ' OF Packinghousge Strike

il.S.-born Composer Dies lnNew York

NEW-YORK, Oct. l6 - (AP)- Gltz Rice, 56, composer, author and vaudeville artist, born in New Glasgow, N. 5., died today.

Rice adapted the music of an old French tune to create the fam- ous First World War marching song, "Mademoiselle From Armen- tieuei" (I-iinky Dnky Parlez Volls). Gitz, than serving as a lieutenant with Canadian forces 1n Frarce, also mote the lyrcs in collabora- ticin with a British sergeant, "Red" Rowland.

Another of ius best known songs was "Dear Oirl Pal ui liiliic," also a First World War i-rcniliiii.

Ho was cducatcd at Niontreal High School and the Feller Insti- tute at. Grands Ligne. Que. and completed his musical education at ihe Conservatory of Music of McGiii University, Iiionircaii.

He made his home in New York since 1019, but toured ex- tensively. For a number of _ve.1i*s' he Was a pianist. in vaudeville. accompanying headliners and play- ing his oivn songs. He was a mem- bcr of the Lambs and of the Arn- erican Societyof Composers, Auth- ors and Publishers.

Rice leaves his widow, the former Ruby Wilson. and a son and daughter.

Among songs he wrote were “I Want to go Home", “Mother, I Love You," “Keep Your Head Down, Frltzie Boy.” "Under The Roof‘ Where Laughter Rings", "Because You're Here." "Tramp, Tramp. Tramp Along Together," "Byf My Fireside", "Waiting F0!’ You", “Cherry Blossom Land" and "I Have Forgotten You." He also had a number of songs published in Britain and France.

Threatens Suicide And To Haunt Landlords

LONDON. Oct. 16 —iCPi-An advertisement inserted today in South London newspapers by a man who said he was an R.A.F. of- that he would hang himself next Monday unless he finds two rocms in which to live.

The advertiser sold he and his fiancee had had to postpone their marriage while searching for a home. The ad asked for a rope for hanging and says the advertiser will return "to haunt all land- lords."

First Three-wheeled itai iitf Assembly Line

VAN NUYS, Calif., Oct. 16 — (AP)—-The first Davis automobile. a. three-wiheeled car which the attain a speed of 116 miles iin hour, roiled off an assornbly line yesterday. It is a coupe with a removable top, has a wheel-base of 10a inches and is powered with a four-cylinder 68- horsepower engine.

Naivy Pilot Killed In Dartmouth Crash

HALIFAX, Oct. 16—(OP)—Act- lng Lieut. Alexander L. Warren of st. Oatherinel. ont. was killed instantly today when the engine ot his navy Seafire cut out and he spun in from 400 feet Just off the main highway near Dartmouth, across the harbor from Halifax,

The 20-year-old pilot was on a training exercise when the acci- dent occurred. I-Ie had been aloft about half an hour.

Grant Robinson of Dartmouth. former pilot in the famed Percy Plcksrd‘s Mosquito Wing. Wll "l! first person to arrive st the scene of the crash. .

He told this story to the Oanl- dian Press:

"I was working in my shop when 1 heard the engine cut out right over my head. I rushed outside. ‘rho plane had Just gone over on its back 'at about 400 feet-

"Ifs spun twice and went almost straight in.

"1 jumped into my truck and rot over there u quick II I

Hope. For

(By The Canadian Preel)

New hope for early settlement of the Dominion-wide strike of some 14,000 pnckinghoilse workers was vocecl in Toronto last night amid a variety of developments iin sev- erai major cities.

Wilftred J. Henderson, public re- lations officer for Swift, Cainadan Company, said he smv “no rea- son" why an agreement should not be signed soon with the United Packinghouse Workers or America (C.I.O.)I

Th‘; statement followed by sev- eral hours a. temporary breakdown in negotiations begien Swift and the Union, Canada ackeus Limfei and Burns and Company, the 0th- ers ot the pack rig industry": "big three" have agreed with the UP.- W.A. on a settlement procedure.

‘The strike-curing formula was rejected last week-end by Swift Canadian and by it; parent comp- any. Swift and Company. in Chi- cage.

Un mi demands are s basic wage oi’ 9'2 cents rin hnifit‘, pins adiiist- l‘|l!‘t‘i1< in ccrtain other contract viruses. The wage (lain-and ivnuizl rlllilii an avcrage irisrcase of l7 i-cnls an hc-iir.

\'i'121l Lift, one of flare» Mon- treal companies affected by the

Investigation ls Underway, ' President Says

WASHINGTON/Oct. 1d —(AP) - President Truman today blam- ed high food prices in the United States largely on what he called gambling in the grain exchanges and said Attorney-General Torn Olark is investigating.

In addition, the President said. Oiark is investigating gambling in fibres. Agriculture Department officials said cotton is the main fibre in which there is specula- tion. Wool is the other principal fibre.

At a press conference devoted mainly to the interlocking food and foreign-aid programs, Truman also said: '

A special session of Congress on stop-gap help for Europe still ls a possibility. But the Government's financial experts have had con- slderabie success in digging up funds. particularly to tide France over her troubles.

The drive to save 100.000 bush- els of grain to help feed the hungry abroad is well on the wav to success. Shoiilri thcfcanipalgri fail after a "test. rim." ihe ques- tion of restoring rationing and price ivonirols is a bruise that \i'l'li be crossed at that time.

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strke, anncunted it had remked, an agreement with its ozn-plriyecsi independent of the U.P.W.A. This‘ was the f rst move of its kind zinc" i the stirlke started. A spokemenl said the agreement calls for a 45- hour week and a general wage in-

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Prominent London If fl-ewsplaperman Dies

LONDON. Oct. 1s —(CP)—Slr Pwllefoy Burton. W110 rose from a. printer's devil in the midwestcrn United States to become general manager of the London Daily Mail and own a ZZO-carat gold bathtub. died last night at the age of 79.

Hi-s eventful career led him from ihis first newspaper job in Youngs- town. Q. to New York.» where he was a ca-worker with Joseph Pulitzer on the old New York World. and then to London where he was knighted in 1923.

Sir Pomeroy was working in New York when he became acquainted with Lord Noriihcitffe, publisherof the Daily Mail, l-Ie was offered a post on the London newspaper, ac- cepted-, and became a British sub-

ject. ‘ He became influential ' in the Northciiffe newspaper enterprise

and at limes was accused of having “tlebauched" British Journalism with American ideas. After Lord Northcliffes death he was made managing director of Associated Newspapers, Ltd.

In later years he spent mucih of his time in France, where he had a Chateau containing the gold bathtub. out of which a burglar once hacked a large chunk. In 1938 the chateau was leased for two years to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Remaining in France at. the out-l break of war. Sir Pomeroy was in- terned by the Germans after the French collapse.

could. It was just over the hill and not more than 200 feet off the road.

"The plane hit and stopped ai- most dead. He didn't slide more than 50 feet. He hit a bush and rock.

"The aircraft was all in pieces. The pilot was lying in the dirt but he was still strapped in the cockpit. There was a heavy piece of the plane lying across his legs.

"Another fellow and myself grabbed his shoulders and tried to‘ pull him out but the weight across his legs was too much.

“There was blood running down his face and he must have been killed by the impact.

“Then the gas started to burn and the ammunition was ‘od- ing. The bushes all around started to burn, too.

"We could just stand back and watch.

caine in and landed near .the

"The B. O. A. P. helicopter . wreck but they couldn't "do any- .

thin‘ either,"

Princess Margaret Siiristens Liiier

. -HBUFFAIZ'r-Oct. -i6—(CP)-~Pr»ll1- -

cess Margaret Rodbeceiebrated her 17th birthday today by~ perform- inz the first official duty she has carried out alone-launching of the "28,500-ton liner Edinburgh Castle. ‘

The younger daughter of the King and Queen described the launching as a “wonderful ex- perlence" and congratulated the builders of the ship, second larg- est merchant shlp to be built anywhere in the world since the WEI‘.

The Princess delighted the crowd watching the ceremonies by giv- 111g a flower to a 17-year-old join- er's apprentice from the bouquet of pink roses he presented her.

Found Guilty 0f Manslaughter

HALIFAX.

Oct. l6 —(OPl—His face masked in the same impas- sive expression he had worn

throughout his trial, Adelard L0- iette_ 37-year-old freight handler from Sackville, NB, heard a Jury pronounce him guilty of manslaughter today in the April 2O death of Mrs. Rita Punch of Ottawa and Halifax.

Loretta was remanded for sen- tence. Maximum sentence under manslaughter conviction life imprisonment. .

Mrs. Punch died in her room in a hoarding house of cerebral haemorrhage and evidence was that Imrette had struck her in the face with hil fiat during a drifl- ing party.

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HALIFAX, Oct. l6 _. (C?) —- Latest survey of Nova Bcotla tree fruits by the Department of Agfl- culture placed the estimated apple crop today at 1,200,000 barrels. 40 per cent less than last YE!" bumper yield. o:

Mid-September inspection

pears foresaw little change from last year's StMtitO-bushel harvest.

Approximately 12.000 bushels of plums were anticipated this sea- son-s decrease since last Year.

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Beavcrbrook Turns Fireman

FREDERICTON. Oct. 16- (CPl-Lord Beaverbrook and members of the engineering p. feseion demonstrated their ability as firemen today when flames broke out in the roof of a restaurant where they were holding aiuncheon meet- lng. Forming n. bucket brigade and salvage corps. they quick-

ly quenched the fire. ' The University of New Brunswick Engineering Fa-

culty and Saint John memhere of the Engineering institute of Canada attended the meeting, with Lord Bcaverbrook pre- sent as U.N.B. Chancellor.

iii. Y. Paper Reports ,“Free German Army”

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 "-(CP)—— Tihe New York Tim-es reported, in a. Washington dispatch today that a “free Ger-man army" of more than 100.000 men. "formed under the Rec‘: banner. awaits in the Soviet Union a turn of destiny that would permit it to’ march back to the German fatherland.”

The. dispgich, ,quo1,1ng_ , ‘fofficlnl sou-recs," said" the force. of six divisions, "will do its bidding at. a‘ propitious time or serve a Com- munist regime in Germany after a peace treaty ha; been signed or the Allies withdraw.

“There is evidence, however. that Moscow is not fully convinced 0f the depcndabilty of the Ger- mans in a Soviet cause."

The dispatch said the army we! Thad!) im oi men captured after the battle of Stalingrad and was head- ed by Fit-id Marshal Friedrich Von Panlus and Mai-Gen. Walther Von Seydiitz.

No Dominion Interest jln iluoiiily Project

OTTAWA. Oct. 18--(CP)—A D0- mlnlon Power Bureau official said today he had not heard of any Canadian Government plans to revive study of the possibility of international development of the Passamaquoddy tidal, project for power production.

He was commenting on a Wash- ington dispatch last ngiht which quoted Senator Owen Brewster (Rep-Me) as saying that Canada might be interested now in reviv- ing the project, which would con- sist of harnessing the 18-foot tide-S of the Bay of Fundy f0!‘ WW" production purposes.

The project was abandoned sev- oral years ago because it was deemed to be too costly an under- taking.

Queen Elizabeth Delayed By Fog

NEW YORK, Oct. 1e _ (AP)- Delayed by a dense fog and un- favorable tides. the 111191‘ Queen Elizabeth carrying 2.273 P858808- ers docked tonight-more than l0 hours late.

POLICE MAGISTRATE ROBBED

BMDGETOWN. Barbados, Oct. 1s _ (o?) _- An almost apoplec- tic police magistrate, Sidney Nurse, was forced to stand in his home with his hands up here today as an armed burglar removed his money.

Potato Crop Shows Improvement Over September Estimate ,

Potato digging‘ throughout the Province is 75 per cent complet- ed, a local potato dealer stated yesterday. The turnout is much better than was expected in Sep- tember with the quality excellent owing to the non-appearance of late blight. For this reason, the dealer said, the winter-keeping

Soviet linien Reports Crop Yield Good

By Eddie Gilmore

MOSCOW, Oct. l7 _ (AP) Official crop announcements in- cilcate that the Soviet Union, _.steadily strengthening ‘omlc ties with some other coun- tries, is going to have a large amount of goods with which to trade and deal this year.

qualities of the potatoes are such as to make unnecessary any rush- . lng to market with the consequent danger of lowering prices.

At present the general price for table stock is based on 80 cents; a bushel to the grower for graded |‘ Canada No. 1's and a ready mar- ! ket has been found to date for all '

offerings. erican crop report showed a

slight increase with the present estimate being 378 million bushels as compared to 475 million bush- els last year and a five-year av- erage of 376 million bushels.

The Canadian crop will be about l0 per cent less than last year's. and dealers feel that there will be a good market throughout the mason provided no attempt ls made to press it. and all market- ing is done in an orderly fashion.

It is predicted that the potato crop east of St. Peter's will be greater than last year's but west of Emerald Junction the crop. owing to a reduced acreage and yield, will be about 7O ncr cent of last year's. The total Island crop this year would be about 80 per cent of that of 1946.

The dealer said the last Am- ‘

Canadian Production

orrmwa. oer." 1s '_ The sec- ond estimate of the 1947 potato crop has been released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Production is now estimated at 72.538000 bushels, an increalse of 5'7? over the first estimate of 68- 769000 bushels‘ in September and about 10'? be'o\v the revised 1046 figure of- 79,938,000 bushels. De-

tails with comparisons follow: First. Second 194s Estimate Estimate.

1947‘ 1547

9.538 7,613 8.338

4.720 3.512 3,583

16.030 14.652 13,703

19,000 15,862 17,343

. 18.000 15160 15,160

2.250 3.022 3.185

2 960 2,538 4.447 3.418 _2.818 3,063 _

4,022 3,592 3,620

Canada 79.938 68.769 72,538

ilement Shortage fields lip Work In Sane Breton

SYDNEY, N. S.. Oct. 16—iCP)— Between $4,000,000 and $5,000,- 000 worth of construction work ls being held up in Cape Breton due to lack of cement and other ma- terials. an official of the National Housing Administration said to- nigiht. l The spokesman, who declined to be named, claimed there would be no unemployment problem in Cape Breton if “something was done" to provide cement and other items in short supply.

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(This dispatch had to pass through Soviet censorship and therefore -COI1tB1IlS only those facts and figures concerning the Russian economy which the Sov- iet Government cares to tell the rest. of the world.)

Official reports give this pic- ture:

l. The grain crop is the best since before the war.

2. sugar beet production is up sharply and the Ukraine ls ex- pected this year to regain its position as the world leader in beet sugar.

3. The tobacco crop is fine- the best since before the war and perhaps the best on record.

4. The cotton crop appears ex- cellent, certainly the best since before the German invasion.

5. Russia hardly ever seen so many potatoes.

B. The tea plantations of the far south, considerably expanded. have produced bumper crops.

7. The fish industry has re- ported record catches and with the fish-canning industry re- stored and built-up there should, be an abundance of fish and sea food in the U. S. S. R. this year.

Soviet newspapers have - ed the lagéwheat, harvest at about

ns. ,

In addition to highly essential agricultural items the Russian people are given these assurances concerning the health of the na- tional economy:

Coal and steel poduction swelling.

Restored, rebuilt and modern- ized, the oil and gasoline industry has made fine strides and its pro- ilgistlon totals should be high in

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OTTAWA. Oct. 16 ~—iC P)-1t's still tough to lay in a good supply of wi-rc nails. but things are be- Elnnlng to look brighter.

The Dominion Bureau of Stat- istics reported today that during ihe first eight months of the year production of wire halls or iron and steel totalled 49,780 tons, compared with 42,502 in the similar period last year. Tonnage shipped totalled 50.888, ‘compared with 44,162.

Another builders’ product, Port- land cement. showed an increase for the first seven months. Output totalled 6,484,111 barrels, compar- ed with 5,908,875 in the same per- iod last year. Shipments to custom- ers aggregated 6,507,885 barrels. compared with 6,522,706.