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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1949

INIEW U. K. TRADE PACT GIVES TITO GOVT SHOT IN

Fire Destroys General

Bevin Looks For Tough Job At Ceylon Talks; Big Issues Seen At Stake

I‘! ARTHUR GAVSHON

IIWDON, Dec. 28 _ (spy Ernest Bevin leaves for Qeyion Tuesday‘ tn hclp map the British wnwezilths strategy 1Q;- keel» JINJTOCO Asians out of $119 iiiist. fold. W‘ Fﬁrelﬁn Secretary ls saig by his riirles to regard the job ss hi; toughest since he took om” neorlv five history-packed years seo

He is making the tri rles the fart he suffered a rrljlld hgail-I attack (‘hristmas eve. He recov- ered from the attack before phvs. i011" "Wired and was described toclirv as "perfectly wcll." He will b! dfvﬂmiﬂtinled on the trip by Mrs. Bevin and a physlcimp H}, hii suffered from similar attacks foricirs,

Working. with him will be the rbrenn Ministers of Britains seven Dominion partners. They are to meet in Colombo Jan. 9,

i950 a Crisis Year '1‘ British officials

i950 Asia's crisis year,

Th1‘? think it will go a long way in deciding the political fate of the thousand-million people who Pie in the direct line or the Asian re iutionary movement, sweeping Cfi-ll from China to Indonesia. lnclo-China. Slam and the hills of Burma.

These officials express the view tint the whOlc seething region will became the setting for a. more in- ‘"1"’ nlnise of the rsast-ivest cold irar since VIE-day that struggle has bccii largely waged in Europe. The prize ‘xas West Europe. With ‘he dramatic victories or Mao Tm. Tiilsls Red flrnliés in China this "Til. the theatre has been chang- i‘.

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Battle for Asls

leaders or both the Communist vii non-Communist worlds are lircmrinc now moves ln»l.he battle for Asia, in the opinion of British Experts, ,

In Mose-ii". lvlao and his top ad- visers even now are discussing closer Slim-Soviet political, econ- omic nii:i strategic co-operation with Russian leaders __ with what suerrss remaining to be seen.

A streamlined Sino - Soviet friendship -_ and maybe military pivot is expected to emerge.

_Aiui iii the west not only Brit-

‘ :t. also the United States arid nds are putting their heads ma» .f‘i‘ over what to do next.

The Commonwealth talks are Imri of the process, Thev ivill probably be followed

bl‘ high-level Anglo-American- Prcncli lrilks -- possibly between their torPiCm ministers.

Apart. from Britain. countries to attend the Colombo conference are Canada. Australia. New Zcaland, lnrii Pakistan, Ceylon and South Ailsi.

The conference will deal with Nlllrllllt‘ and financial as well as Dvliiirnl matters.

Coming Events

"lllail your Films to Garnhuin Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Auction art-d dance, Vernon

‘-l. Dec. 28, Mliiview Orchestra.

“Dance. Klnkora Hall. Wednes- ﬂu; December 2am. Good music. Dmwirig of lottery.

"fiance in Fort Augustus Hall.

iTuesdny evening, Dec. 27. Burke's

Drchnqrm

"Wheat pehfoznance of Corn- “ﬂll Christmas concert. Tuesday. n". 27, .

"Born dance Morell l-lall, Wed- "Fldikv. December 28th, Good mu- m. door prize. -

"Whose and card Game, ‘rt-media ell. Wednesday. December ma. °1°dy Boys Orchestra.

,, "SN the heart warming show 8361110" o: s dog and little girl at radolbsne tonight st. 8.80.

"Rot chiikea Supper served by ‘men's Institute in Ulgg school r Thursday, December 29th l°m 6 to 9 P. M. 1f not fine, sup- liﬁ‘ held following evening.

a "Our Store will be closed Thurs-

Bay and hlday. December 20th.

Mjliz-aefor Stock Taking. Bstt and \~ .

0n General Staff

LL-COI. W. S. Hunt. 37, former- ly of Summerside, P, E, I, (above) has relinquished command of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Me- chnnlcal Engineers’ School at Bar- rieficld. Ont.. and now takes up a general staff appointment in the Directorate of Weapons and De- velopment at Army Headquarters. l-Ic holds engineering degrees from both Acadia and McGill Universi- ties, is a graduate of the Canadian Army Staff College and in 1942 at- tended the Military College of Scl- ence in the United Kingdom. He served with Headquarters 1st Can- adian Corps both in Italy and Northwest Europe from 1944 to the conclusion of hostilities.

(Canadian Army Photo).

To Use Atomic Plant For Electric Power

LONDON, Dec. 26 — (AP) - A Russian scientist, speaking on Moscow radio Saturday night. said Russia will use its first atomic power plant to generate electricity. Glcb Maximilianovich Krzhizh- novsky, a member pf the Soviet Academy of Sciences, said Russia intends to create "a single high voltage system" to electrily the whole country with energy pro- duced by dams. by steam plants. gas turbine plants and the “first atomic power centre."

To Boost Range Of U. S. Jet Bomber

WASHINGTON. Dec. 28 — (AP: —-The United States Air Force predicted Sunday that the range of its BOO-milc-an-lhour Boeing B- 47 jet bomber will be increased shortly. It said the increase would be the second indicated since the plane zipped 2,289 miles acres the United Slates at an average ground speed Of 507 miles an hour last February.

Entire Village ls Threatened By Outbreak ~

A fire of unknown origin, which for a time threatened to destroy the entire village of Tyne Valley. completely destroyed the general store and living quarters of R.

Montgomery last evening. The blaze,’ which was discovered aibout five o'clock by a passerby, was too far advanced when discovered to be controlled as far as Mr. Montgomeryﬂs property was cou- cerned. Fortunately there was no wind at the time, which made ‘it possible for the local fire brigade to prevent a further spread of tllie coniilagration. Alarms sent in to the R.C.A.F. at. Summerside and to the O'Leary Fire Department were responded to in shoot order but on their arrival it was found that the local brigade had con- trolled the blaze and prevented it from spreading to the closely ad- joining buildings.

The cable of the Island Tele- phone Company was burned out but a crew of workmen under the direction of Mr. Leigh Stewart were able to establish connec-

tions with Summer-side by nine o'clock.

For a time several adiolning businea establishments were

severely threatened. ineludkig the funeral parlors of Mr. Roy Philips where a body had to be hastily removed from the morgue i0 pre- vent its destruction.

The general store of Mr. Mont- gomery was taken over by him about three years ago from Mrs. Bessie Sharpe and was one of the most up lo date country stores in the Province, having a large stock of goods on hand includlni! Kroc- eries, clothing. household furnish- ings, etc., as well as a privately operated electric plant. Living quarters were maintained in the second story and all household effects and clothing were lost in the fire.

Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were away from the home when the fire was discovered, and when they returned were unable lo save any of their belongings.

An estimate of the loss was not available last evening nor was it possible to ascertain if any in- surance was carried-S

Have Success Making Oil From Coal In U. S.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 — (AP) -For the first time in the United States "substantial quantities“ of oil have been made from fer oil and coal by the addiiioili of hydro- gen. Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman said Sunday. Chapman said up to 275 barrels a day of gasoline and other fuels were pro- duced in a seven-iveek "break-in" run at the Bureau of Mines coal hydrogenation demonstration plant at Louisiana, Mo.

HAMBURG, Dec. 26 — (Reuters) --A south iveslcrly gale reaching speeds of up to 60 miles an hour today swept the North German coastal airea and the North Sea damaging small vessels and blow- ing down some war-damaged buildings.

Jap Army Officers Plead m Guilty In Russian Court

MOSCOW, Dec. 2i —(AP) _. Twelve Jspanese- army officers have pleaded guilty before a Rus. sian military court in Slbﬂﬂl, to charges of developing deadly germ warfare before and during the Second World War. Moscow's or. flcial preiss and radio reported to. day.

The war crimes trial began yse- terday only two deya after m; Russians announced they were prosecuting the 12. including four generals. They are amused in the indictment of "partially utilising" such weapons u non-explosive bombs to spread flees and other insects carrying deadly plague and cholera germs.

(The suddenly» ' mo] was seen by some observers as Riusslirs answer to demands of Japanese and U.S. occupation authorities for the release of Jap- anese soldiers held as prisoners of war four years after the fight- ing stopped.

(Russia claims she is holding 10,000 Japanese as war criminals. but Jspl-nele officials m the tots! Ls much higher. U3 army offie. ials sly the germ warfare charges

are old stuff.) ,

u ——- Moscow radio said one of the dc. M Rdmtim of Agriculture fendants. Mal. Gen. l-ilroshl "mil. Belfast Hall ‘Thursday Keweshlml. told of testing the

"limos. Deoefnbtr th, n.

Téclock. Farmers from all surround- B dlstrlctl invited. Special '

fl containers filled with germ-carry-

lng fleu. JWith cynical calm." the radio

r911 Mild. "the defendant depigt- j

cd a revolting picture of how

bombs tilled with plague-carrying‘

fleas were tested on living people at s testing ground.

"ln the summer of 1941. for ex- ample. 15 persons were brought to this firing ground. They were tied to iron posts and then porcelain bombs filled with plague-carrying ﬂeas were dropped from a plane on the firing ground. Colonel Oats. who directed this operation, was sorry, the defendant testified. that not all of the people perished dur- ing his experiment became owing to the hot weather, the fleas were not very active."

Kawsshlma was quoted as saying 3.000 persons perished during five years of experiments in bacterio- logical warfare st Manchurian prison compo.

After 1941. Kawuhlma wu quot- ed n saying. the Japanese "es- pecially intensified" work in bac- teriological warfare. The radio sold the Japanese general declared that plaguearrylng flees were dropped in 1941 on the Chinese town of Ohangteh. "u a result of which a plague epidemic broke out among the peaceful population."

The radio report laid Klyolhl testified that in June, 1m. plexus- carrying fie were dropped again. "while boot rla of cholera, para- typhoid snd anthrax were spread in pure form through infection of water reservoirs, wells and riv-

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Store A! Tyne Valley

SANDRINGHAM, Norfolk, Eng. 18nd. Dec. 2o __ (AP) - The King urged Britons in his annual Christ. m" Dal‘ broadcast to devote themselves courageously and un- ‘P31111811’ V) the K851i of full econ- omic recovery so that Britain and the Commonwealth will "the more certainly 811d sooner be equipped to play the full part that we ought. to play in the world."

“None of us can be satisfied till we are again standing upright and supporting our own weight, and We have a long way m go berm-e we do that. It is bound t0 be a tough business and if we are t0 see it through. as we shall, we must put the good of our country first, all the time."

He expressed gratitude to the United States, without whose aid, he said "Britain could not have made the progress towards recov- edryrnthat has already been achiev-

The whole world "is watching how we bear ourselves in this test of character, and. if not the whole world, certainly the greater part of it is longing to see Great Brit- ain and the British Common- wealth keeping their place and able to pull their full weight em- ong the great democracies, who are jointly, and, as I pray. success- fully striving to lay deep the foundations of a secure peace for us all." -

The King began his address with a fleeting reference to the leg a.il- ment which had kept him confin- ed to his room in Buckingham Palace last Christmas.

Referring to messages of symp- athy sent him at the time, he said:

"Those good wishes, I am thank- ful to say, have been largely ful-

Tremors In

TOKYO, Dec, awakened today to the rumble of the earth and the roar of the

world's largest volcano.

Tremors shook a nine prefecture area north of Tokyo far into the day. National police said seven were killed, one injured and three missing at Imaiciii.

Residents took to the with their bedding.

Mt. Aso, largest active volcano on earth and Japan's oldest, erup- ted on Kyushu island south of Honshu. Rocks of tremendous size were hurled 500 feet into the air. No lava flow followed.

The town of lmaichi. 65 miles north of Tokyo, was hardest hit. Tho homes of about bnlf of its 17,- 000 inhabitants were damaged or destroyed.

Persistent earth tremors have been recorded by the Tokyo Cen- tral Meteorological Observatory for several days.

At Utsunomiya, 60 miles north of Tokyo, 13 tremors were felt between Sunday evening and this morning,

Sections of the railroad between Utsonomlya and Nlkko sank for- clng passengers to take to bust?! for the lost 20 miles of the Tokyo to Nlkko ruri.

The police chief at lmaichl said doctors and nurses zirrlved there and were caring for the injured. Most of them were hurt only sup- erficially by cuts and bruises. l-Ie laid for the time being there ll

Sales Lush Many Parts of Great Britain

LONDON. Dec. 26 -—(Reuters)-— Britain had s. stormy interlude in one of her rnlldest Christmases on record when gates last niltllt insh- ed many Dirk; of the country.

Gale winds reached 56 mil" "i hour in Northern Scotland. and blew for a great part of the nlEm on the Sussex coast in Southern mgland.

Heavy seas were running and at high tide big waves broke over the seafront at Hastings. throwing tons of shingle on the pr- mensde.

The gale moderated this morn- lng_ and temperatures higher than normal were recorded in many places.

streets

QIIIPIAIID! 5E1‘ RECORD

GLASGOW, Dec. 2a ~ (Reuters) —Sco»ttl|h shipyards, which pro- duce about one-third of Britain's output, eshlblllhed a post-ms- re- cord in 1M0. The principal firms completed 18B vessels wilih an ag- nodule of 580,712 tons. compared with 482,368 tons for 194B. Of the 99 8M0! hunched on the Clyde during the year, 54 were for Bri- tish owners. Norway, for many years Britain's best overseas cue- tomer. came next with l4. One

L111‘) WI! built for Canada.

Largest Volcano Erupts

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Recovery Task Stressed in His Majestjs Message

filled. so that. I am now able again

to undertake many pa lc duties which, under doctors orders, I was for a while obliged to forego."

Then the King spoke about "the family side of Christmas." But most of the address concerned the job ahead for the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth peoples “are part of something much bigger than themselves: the family of humankind." Therefore. he said:

“If we are convinced, as iwc are, that the democratic way of life gives to free men the greatest de- gree of human happiness and the best security against any form of tyranny, We must spare no effort to make that way of life vigorous and strong, both now and for the years to come."

Japan As

enough food and clothing for quake victims. Mt. Ase, began erupting with

a great explosion heard for miles. Black and bro\vn smoke soared with Nakaclalc, the centre peak of five cones forming the 100 square mile crater. The volcano is 5.000 feet high.

Mt. Aso has been erupting since 533 A.D., Japanese records show. Meteorologlsts said there was no connection between the eruption and earth tremors.

$6l6.000m Trade Deal ls Completed

By HAL COOPER

LONDON, Dec. 26 -— (AP) - The West gave harried Yugoslavia a mul-ti-million dollar shot in the arm today.

Britain and Marshal Titds Gov- ernment orphaned by the Soviet - dominated Lfoininloi-ni ~ signed a pact in Belgrade to sell each other £220,000,000 $682,000,- 000) worth of goods in tihe next five years after negotiations which had hung fire for months.

This was Tim's biggest economic. achievement. since his break with the Cominform l8 months ago.

The big deal follows by only a month a decision by t-he United States and Britain to soil Tito com- mercial airplanes and engines.

Tito rcciproczitcd inst wcok by agreeing to lct U. S. airlines make stops in Belgrade. In return, Yugoslav airplanes may land in the US. military zones of Aus- tria and Germany.

Notable Agreement

The airline agreement. opening wide the doors to the West. for Tito, was particularly notable be- cause flights of American planes over Yugoslavia became one of the bitterest issues when Marshal Tito was close to Moscow. U. S. planes, straying over Yugoslav territory. were shot at and one was shot down.

Th-e Anglo-Yugoslav trade deal was announced only a few hours before the Yugoslav Parliament met in Belgrade for a five-day rc- view of major subjects, ranging from defence measures to the 1950 budget and foreign policy. Belgrade dispatches said it was likely ll/Iarshal Tito would use the session for a forum for his an- nual New Year's address. The session will be. the last of the

Yugoslav Parliament elected in the fall o-f 1945. New elections are .to be held within a few months on a (late not yet announced. ,'

A Board of Trade spokesman] said the United Kingdom will give y Yugoslavia £8.000.000 credit repay- l able in six years as pant of the! deal. Also the two countries agreed to send each other an an- nual average 0f £22,000.000 worth of goods through 1955.

At the some time they agreed that Yugoslavia will pay 2506.000 annually for the ncxit eight _vc:irs to satisfy claims by British own- ers of properly nationalized by Tito.

Replaces Old Agreements

pacts replace agree- ments which expired last Sept. 30. Under the old trade pact. Bri-

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Coal At $10

(By Howard W. Biukeslee. Assoc- iated Press Science Editor)

NE\V YORK, Dec, ZGM-(AP) ~ One of the first great steps to- ward atomic power, namely gel- ting the cost of uranium fuel down to about equal to coal, was reported today at. the opening gen- ernl meeting of the American Association for the Advancement

of Science. Tlic association hcgnn n six-day meeting, the largest scientific

gathering ever held in the world in numbers of scientific reports— more than 2.000.

The new uranium fuel cost il between $10,000 and $25,000 a pound, which is equivalent to cool at about, $10 a ton. The equival- ence ls due lo the fact that one pound of uranium 235—the atomic fuel-contains as much heat as 2,000 tons of coal.

The price was given by Dr. John R. Dunning, Columbia University physicist, one of the hcnd scien- tists in sponsoring Oak Ridge. vast U-shaped factory in Tennes- see, which produces uranium 235 by a process known as gaseous diffusion.

Although this wartime plant was the biggest single production structure in the world, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission had since built a second diffusion plant and now ls building a third.

The output of these plants in uranium 235, Dr. Dunning said, now is the most successful method of producing flsslonahle materials. There is only one other method in use in the United States, namely making plutonium, at Hanford, Wash. The Government is using plutonium to make atomic bombs.

Uranium will make bombs loo. but Dr. Dunning said uranium must be used for at least the early stages in developing peace- time atomic power.

He did not say how much uran- ium 235 ls being made but Dr. Niels Bohr, the famous Danish scientist who helped produce atomic bombs, said after the war that the single big Oak Ridge plant wag making about six

Uranium Fuel Equals

Per Ton

pounds a day. Afterward Bohr said he hadn't intended to tell.

Dr. Dunning sﬂiti all the uran- iilm 235 buildings zit (liik Ridge now nu her more than To, each big eno gh to housv- several foot- ball fields. Today ho siiitl it is

a trip of 20 miles merely to walk past the panels of automatic in- struments which control this urnn- lum process.

Dr, Dunning prcrlii-ievl scientists will discover bcltcr and rlicziper uuwys of producing: llllllllll‘ power.

"\Vlien." he said, “urziiiiiini lis- slon converts only one port in n thousand of mass into eneri:_v, we certainly have plenty of room for some fniili in tho. filturo and some new ideas and discoveries."

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ROGERSVILLE, N. 8., Dec. 26— (CPi-Jfidcle LeBlnnc, Jia, 10,'died early today in his flaming home at Pleasant Ridge, seven miles from this Northumberland County village, His parents, two brothers rind two sisters escaped at the lzisl moment.

Tlic lillilfl‘ suffered severe hand and fact» liurns in zi futile effort to climb a flame-filled stairway and rescue the trapped boy.

Mr, and Mrs. LeBlanc were sleeping downstairs when the fire aroused the latter. She awakened her husband and rnn upstairs to rescue the youngest child, Jean, aged T.

Two other children-Irene, 18. Vital 16, and Gerard, 14—-1umped from upper windows to sheds built against the house. They reached tlic ground solely. When the fa- ther discovered that one boy was missing he vainly tried to reach the second floor,

The fire started in a down- stairs pantry of the small, two- storey frame dwelling. Matches had been left near papers, and it Wns believed the fire might have been caused by mice chewing the matches.

Blind Woman Falally Burned

WOODSTOCK. N.B.. Dec $- (C P) - The Christmas season brought death to Miss Marion Reid, 52. a blind Woodstock res- ident. She diecl in hospital today after her clothing caught fire from a. stove.

‘Miss Reid recently came to Woodstock from Plymouth, Car- leton County, with her mother. Mrs. Harry Reid. She was alone in a room when the accident occurred Screams brought Mrs. Reid to the room but the younger woman was

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List World's Ten Best-Dressed Woman

By Dorothy Roe

NEW YORK. Dec. 26 —-(AP) — Mrs. William Paley again heads the 1049 list of the world's 10 best- drcssed women. as announced to- day by the New York dress in- stitutc.

The tail. slender, brunette Mrs. Paley was a fashion ﬁditor before hei- marriage to the Columbia Broadcasting System head. she dresses simply, buys comparative- ly ferw clothes, is the mother of three children and is expecting a fourth. She was sclcCiEd as “best- dressed" woman last year.

Others on the current list are:

2. The Duchess of Windsor.

3. Mrs. Harrison Williams. New York.

4. T-be Duchess of Kent.

5. Mrs. Leland Hayward. the former Mrs. Howard Hawks. of Hollywood.

6. Mrs.

William". Randolph

York.

7. Mary Martin. star of “South Pacific."

B. ‘Mrs. Byron Foy, New York.

0. Mrs. Louis Arpels. Paris.

l0. Mrs. Kinsman Douglas. the former Adeie Mtnire, Middleburg. Va.

Among the top 10 are marry names ideiitficd with the "best dressed" lists for years. Mrs. Wil-

liams. illo lyroiiiiiul. gray-haired society lcade has been ori t.he of- ficial bcst- ssed list every year

except one since 1933.

The lmichess of Windsor also is a regular cntri‘, as is Mrs. Leland Hfi_\‘\\'fll'(‘l.

B. Boy Loses Life When Fire Levels Home

Elderly Man y Perishes In Woods Al Freeland

The body of Augustine Gain, Sl- of Freeland, Lot 1l was found.‘ about ten o'clock on the momina; of December 24th in the woodq about a mile from his home. H! had been missing Since the prev_ ious clay and an all-night search; had been carried on.

An investigation was conducted] by members of Summerslde De< tachmerit R. C. M. P., end the Cor-r oner, Dr. Austins Delaney and ii was decided that death was clue tcl natural causes and exposure anti that an inquest would not. be ne< cessary. The body was frozen when! found.

A considerablu sum of mane? was found in various pockets o the clothng, The elderly man had lived alone for a number of year- snd was last. seen alive about noon the day previous when he left tha store of A. Philips after paoourin: supplies and started for hi8 hOm H; mile and a half ewaY-

The day iii-as warm and thq walking was heayy. That evening it was noticed by his B81112“ James Gain, who lives nearby thug

there was no 115m in his uncle’ house and on investigation h found that he was missing. - S

Poiaio Warehouse Destroyed By Fire y

GRAND FALLS. N.B.. Dec. l6‘- (CP) — A Christmas afternoon fire destroyed a potato house owmd by Pater Desjlardins at Four Corn- ers, near Grand Falls. The loss, estimated at $20,000 or more. in-A eluded 10,000 barrel: of potatoes, a

Grand Falls firemen were handi- copped by an inadequate water! supply but slaved nearby building: It was believed the fire posibl resulted from defective wiring. Al} large barn owned by Mr. Des,’ jardines was burned two yea!“ ago.

TORONTO. Dcc. 2o — KCPH‘ Minimum and maximiun tembe" tures: Victoria 32-44; Edmflflll“ l0B-6B; Regina 48-4; Winnmet 151m; 'l‘oronto 40-43: 008W‘ 16- l; lllontreal 18-43; Quebec 9 36; Saint John 45; Moncton 9-40 Chatxlotfotouui 11-39; Sydney 16438 Yarmouth 18-48; Si. Johns. Nfld 13-30.

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By DON GILBERT

LONDON, Dec. 26 -- (CP) - The men working to build up Bri- tain's dollar-earning tourist at- tractions are having trouble with Whitehall "laggards?

While the Government pro- claims its intentions of assisting industry in every possible ivay, it's a different story when Govern- ment departments are called or. to translate policy into action.

Everyone agrees that the hotel industry wlllhave a tough time finding rooms for the increasing number of tourists expected in 1050, but the Catering and Wages Commission reports it has been stymied in trying to do something about it.

At the Ministry of Works it asked for exemption from build- ing licences for hotel improve- ments costing less than 21.000 ($3.- l00l. The department replied! —— "No priority can be given to the hotel and catering industry."

The commission, an indcpcndent body set up to make suggestions,

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asked the Ministry of Fuel and Power for increased gasoline al- lowances for tourists. The most the department promised was that iihe proposal would be “borne in mind."

The Ministry of Food rejected outright a recommendation that ‘the five shilling (about 77 cenils) limit on meals which holds down both the quality and the variety be eliminated.

“If is not surprising that Gov-

ernment departments are lag- gard." said the commission. "Neither Parliament nor the

country is sufficiently alive to the need for action."

Tourist agencies said the com- mission's report was nothing new as liar as they are concerned.

The Catering and Wages Com- mission said the public indiffer- ence is reflected in the fact that during a five-day economic dc- baie ln Parliament the tourist trade was not even mentioned. al- though it is the country's num-

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ber one dollar earner.

HALIFAX, Dec, 26—(CP)-Offi- cinl inland forecasts issued to- night, by the Dominion Public weather Office at lelrilifnx:

Synopsis: After a fine, colt Christmas week-end. extremely

mild, rainy weather has again rc- turned lo the Mnritimes ant Gzispc, while there is snow along

the north shore of the Gulf oi St. Lawrence. Strong southerly winds wlI

continue to bring extremely rnilt air to the district Tuesday, so thi mild, rainy weather will continua

Colder air over Ontario is ad vancing slowly southeast, but ii not expected to roach the forecast district before Wednesday.

Regional forecasts, valid until midnight Tuesday,

Prince Edward Island: Interrnlb tent rnln. Extremely mild. South Winds 20 becoming light Tuesday afternoon. Low early Tuesday morning and high ln the afternoon at Charlottetown 40 and 45.

High tide today at 3.34 A. M. and 4.32 P. M.

Sun rises at 7.62 A. M. and sets at 4.37 P. M. -

WEEK DAYS

Lv. Borden Lv. Caps Tormuitlni 9.10 A.M. 10.35 AJVL 1.00 PM. 2.40 PM. 4.30 PM. 1J0 PM.

SUNDAYS

Lv. Borden LI. Clpe Tormentfm 9.10 AM. 10:5 AM. M5 PM. '00 PM

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