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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1947

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New Year

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lubserlptloa Delivered $6.00.

Mail $5.00, other Provinces l: U. I. 37.00.

Drifts Block All Highways To Motor Traffic

Colder weather yesurday with a light, continuous fall of snow accompanied by s heavy drift

‘It blocked all highways in the Prov- , inns to motor traffic.

.0110 Government plow is stalled it llldon and others reached the _, City only with difficulty. Officials yo! the Department of Puiblic Works

and Highways said last night that thly considered it a waste o! time and effort w attempt to keep the highways open during the storm ‘and that no further work on the highways will be attemptcd until the storm ends.

A Government "Traxcavawr" was in operation in the city yes- terday loading snow info trucks in an effort to assist the City dur- ing the present difficulty. Last nkht a Government plow worked steadily keeping the main streets clear with the object of reducing the fire hazard.

' Mr. Arthur Campbell of the De- partment oi Public Works and Highways is in charge of all snow- fighting equipment operating in the City and expects to have his organization complete today for a clearing-up of the City's streets.

Dnpite the large amount of .'I!0W which has fallen in the City

uea since Christmas Eve. Char- lottebogsvn has the distinction of

seessin; the only airport 1n the times “which has beerrin con- tinuous operation since that time.

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yesterday, but one to Halifax, and larva-ocular flights to MOHCLCXI ‘, ififinjlaiie on schedule. Three

flbhts were made to New Glas- , gow with ski-equipped planes. v local traim had heavy going in

all sections of the Province yester- ..-dsy and all were two hours or Zmore late at their iespective final idestinstions. The Borden train, ‘,'.due_st§l,10 P.m., arrived in the '~Ciby about D15. Wing plows were out over the Division yesterday ‘widening the cuttings end thus ‘making the roadway easier of qhYll for thy regular trains. '1

mane; or DIRECTION great earthquake o!

.» i811, the gflfsslssippl river tempor- afily flowed north.

Coming Events

"Unloading car Acadia Nut Qosl st Carleton. Lord s; Hewett.

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store will be closed‘ Fri- nuary 2nd, for stock tak- A. K. Lord.‘

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i "Come to the Legion Dance in ;ths new Moreli Hall, New Years Eve. 5 Good music.

l _“New Years Eve Dance in Crap- illlil Hall, Wulneaday, December 111st. Good flisic. Crapssai W. I.

“ashes in League l-lall he Bor- ‘den. on Friday. January 2nd.

li_'llodern and Old Time music. Leno -Uiger's Orchestra. Admission 50c.

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D Saw, Sentenced ' To Dc Executed

RANGOON, Burma, Dec. 30 — (AP) -— A special Burmese tri- bunal today sentenced to death U Saw, pro-war Premier of Burma, and eight others for the slaying of Mai-Gen. U Aung San and six additional Burmese Cabinet Min- isters. v

The sentence, proclaimed in a packed court room, was imposed only six days before Burma re-

Prince Edward Island fish land- ings when finally compiled the year i047 will indicate a catch of approximately 368,000 cwi... of all varieties with e. value to the fishermen of $1,800,000, ‘reports Mr. J. J. Larabee, supervisor of fisheries. These figures show that the quantity landed is substantial- ly lower than the landings for 1946, but the catch for 194d was the largest ever taken from Island waters, and the catch for this year is the next largest.

The weather was favorable for fishing during most of the year. but windy weather during the spring lobster fishing season and

for

’ ‘There was no flight to Sydney.

i where the plans took off the of ~ Bey

ceives its independence. U Saw was arrested

ing former

spending 4 1-2 months in jail.

Japanese.

underground during tion.

Roman Catholic Church lurnedl

the walls remained today of Bonaventure Roman

ed last night in a However firemen

$100,000 continued

ried flaming embers from smoking ruins on to the neighboring houses.

despite efforts of Achille Grafton to save them‘.

by children playing in the merit.

CIIURCII ‘DAM-AGED BY GALE

30 feet off the IOU-foot steeple of the North Church shortly Girl aouts entered the

(Unitarianl

age punched a big hole church roof, then toppled to sidewalk. No one was injured. I

GOCB-ll BAY, Labrador, Dec. 00 -(OP)-—J. D. Oleghom of (4866 Cote ges Neiges Rood) Montreal, meteorological officer in charge of the Weather Station at Resc- lute Bay on bleak Cornwallis Is- land, today recounted how he and eight other men spent Christmas after they had been forced down in the labrador wilderness when their Flying ilbrtress ran out of gas.

The 3-17 bomber. which lied dropped msil at lonely stations along the Arctic Circle, was forced down on Dyke Lake, 230 miles northwest of ‘this RCAJ". bass. Christmas svs and the nine men aboard were sOlOl-Wd two days later

‘libs plane, which carried s crew of seven Americans, also- hail aboard R. H. Tver 0f Barrie. Ont. radio. sound teehnioianat Eureka sound and two bodies being brought out for, burial, those of L. lzhlenien. eeeiden, electro- ouud at Resolute, an a Danish doctor at ‘mule. the UhiiadSi-atee

: bill in Gteilllilnd.

‘Olflllom laid flying conditions were seed between Resolute “any;

n and Goose but

‘just as themun was coming up

shortly after the assassination. In all 340 persons were apprehended in con- nection with the slayings, includ- Premier Baw Maw, who was released last week after

U Saw had been removed from the premiership during the war. British authorities had suspected ‘him of collaborating with the Aung San had fought on the side of the anti-Japanese the occupa-

OTTAWA, Dec. 30 —(CP)—Only St. Catholic Church at nearby‘ Bellevue, destroy- fire.

to stand by in case high winds car- the roofs of

All sacred vessels in the 24-year- old church were lost in the blaze, parish priest

The fire was believed to have broken out in the basement. Father Gratton, who also looks after the church furnace, said he had start- ed a fire yesterday in the furnace, but ltywas out when the. left. He thought it might have been started base-

FlARilvlIDIGTON, Me., Dec. 30 -- (APi-A gale estimated unofficially at 50 miles an hour ripped iihe top wooden

after a group of building for a meeting last night. The wreck- ln the the

during September and October curtailed fishing operations to some eiotent. No heavy simtns were experienced and very little fishing gear was lost. during the year.

Prices for all varieties of fish landed were lower than for sev- eral years past, with the lobster fishery showing the greatest de- cline.

The cost of all types of gear used in fisheries production was very high and this coupled with the lower prices for fish," lowered the net earnings of the individual fishermen much below those of the past few years.

Markets for fisheries products were good during the year, clue in egreat measure, to the buying of processed fish for relief purposes by the Government.

The lobster fishery, which is the Island's most important fish- ing industry, shows s. catch oi 60,822 cwt. with a value of more than half that of all fish landed. The lobster catch was lower in almost

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45 Hours From Halifax To Montreal

MONTREAL. Dec. 30 - (GP)- The Canadian Notional Railways Ocean Limited. delayed Sunday by a derailed snow-plow engine at Wellington. N.S., 1B miles from Halifax, arrived here at 6 A. M. today after a 35-hour trip and an additional _10 1-0 hour holdup before it left Halifax.

‘The Ocean Limited was suppos- ed to leave Halifax at 8 am. Sun- day morning, but was held in the station until 6:30 p.m. when work- men had removed the derailed engine from the tracks near Weil- ington. After leaving Moncton. N.B., the train had a normal run the rest of the way, railway offi- clnls said. The snowfall in the Maritlmes did not delay the train

Rescued 'Man Tells Oi story Of Plane Crash

by any great extent.

the plane ran out of gas.

The door, fire extinguisher and other m vable objects were jet- tisoned rcm the aircraft and the pilot, Lieut. Chester Carney of Imn River, Mich, prepared for a crash landing.

"Carney preformed with magni- ficent skiil, making s very smooth contact on the frozen lake," clog- hom said.

After the crash Oleghorn. Tyer and the crew began to put up. tents on the shore of the lab. ‘Though Cleghorn was not hurt in the landing he injured his hand in‘ the tent construction job. ,

Rescue planes dropped supplies on Christmas Day after the down- ed plane had radioed its position.‘

Said Cleghorn: "They dropped everything but the kitchen stove and we had quite a nice Christmas in our tents."

He estimated that the tamper- ature had been close to 80 degrees below sero. .

1t was Clegliorn who killed s. polar bear that attacked Edward Gibbon of Port Arthur. Ont. some wsehs sgosat Resolute lay. Ks is on his way h the “outside” to rc- port on the Pffllrees of Depart- ment of weather ste- tions in the Arctic to Canadian

BOMBETOUCFIZSP OFFBBATTL

King Michael 0f Romania Abdicafes

$1,800,000 Received By Fishermen In "47

Stiff Tariffs To Be Restored Dii ll. K. Goods

OTTAWA, Dec. S0 — (C?) Stiff tariffs will be restored on many United Kingdom commod- ities entering Canada after Jan. l as a result o1 the repeal oi the War llbicliange Conservation Act.

The act, passed in 1940. made sweeping reductions in the tariffs against British goods as the Gov- ernment sought to conserve Am- erican dollars by shifting Canad- ian buying from American to Brit- ish markets.

ien the legislation was passed the Government made it clear that it was purely an exchange con- scrvation step of a temporary na- lure. Although its dale of expiry was postponed several times, a. proclamation was issued this week ending the reductiOns tomorrow.

The 1940 tariff rates, except as altered by the Geneva trade and tariff agreement, will come into effect with the start of the new year.

As a result o; the Geneva agree- ment. British preferences will be eliminated on cotton clothing, in- eluding cotton dresses. shirts and a long list of other garments. Under the old tariff, the Brit- ish preference duty was 25 per cent on such clothing entering Canada from Britain. ‘Under the Conservation Act they were allow- ed free entry. “After ‘the new year the preferiintlal can: will return to 25 per cent and under the Gen- eva agreement the tariff against similar American goods also will be 25 per cent,

Professilrlll‘ English At Acadia Dies

WOLFVILLE, N.S., Dec, 30 _ (CID-Dr. Herbert F. Sco-tt-‘Ilhom- as, professor of English literature at Acadia, University here for the last 20 years, died at his home today following a brief illness. He was 50 years old Dec. 26.

Born at Preston, Ont... he was a graduate of Toronto and Johns Hopkins Universities. Be wrote widely on 17th and 181th century English drama.

l-le is survived by his widow and one son. Funeral services will be iheld here Friday.

Ontario Constable ls Fatally Beaten

CHiATllAM. Ont, Dec. 30 —(CP) -Constable Douglas Reynolds, 26, severely beaten outside a King Street restaurant Sunday night as he sought to make an arrest, died l=n hospital today without regaining consciousness.

John Whuley, arrested in a room- ing-house g short time after the policeman was injured, is in oust- ody on a charge of assaulting a pesos officer.

Constable Reynolds was beaten about the head and left 0n the sidewalk. when admitted to bor- pitsl. he was said by attendants to have suffered a concussion and possible skull fracture.

Building Construction

In Sydney Decreases

SYDNEY. N.S., Dec. 30 —(CP)—- City engineer Murray Cossiit M1- nounced today that 78 per cent of all nstruc on in this steel city in i947 had gone info new homes. A total of 130 new dwellings were pot

up.

Total value of all building in Syd- ney was 0752.803. a decrease of about $250,000 from the previous year.

Miss Philippines

Ts Iocoslellliis

MANILA, Dec. 30 --(AP)-—Efan- geline do Cabtro, 17-year-old Miss Philippines who appeared at the Miss * ‘ contest in Atlantic City last summer and who has been feted steadily since her return, sn- nounced today she would become s nun. "l am bored with social 1K0

Romance 0r Politics?

(By I G Kirschen)

BUCHARBT, Dec. 80-(A.P)- A young King Michael announced his abdication to s. bewildered populace today and the Govern merit promptly proclaimed Ro- mania e. "popular democratic re- public."

A Government source said the 26-year-old former monarch now is free to live in Romania and marry Princess Anne of Bourbon- Parma and Denmark, but the King's abdication proclamation said he resigned the throne be- cause a monarchy no longer coin- cided with the “great political, economic and social changes" in this Communist-dominated 1and.

People and parliamentarians re- mained in the dark as to whether romance or politics played the da- ciding factor in the behind-the- scenes decision.

A high Government’ source said Michael "probably will" marry the 24-year-old Princess Anne and may go to Switzerland soon to meet her. He said Michaei was free to “settle down" in Romania or elsewhere. It was in Switzer- land that Michael spent more than two weeks recently awaiting in vain for his Government's per- mission to marry the blonde prin- cess.

An unconfirmed British press re- port Monday night said the Gov- ernment, influenced. _by Ans Paukcr, Communist Foreign Min- ister, had vetoed the proposed royal match.

(Official British sources in Lon- don said the abdication "obvious- 1y removes the last remaining ob- stacle in the way of a new East European dictatorship." Diplo- matic authorities in Washington said ldichaei hsd been s "brake" on some Communist actions in Romania.)

Montreal Couple Perish In Fire

MONTREAL. Dec. 30- (OP)- Fires today took two lives and caused damage estimated at some $100,000 in Montreal. _ Dead were Rene Blain and his 27-year-old wife, trapped in their Montreal North home when fire, believed to have been started by a kitchen range oil burner, swept the building. One-year-old I-‘tcue Blain, Jr., was thrown to safety by his father from a second- storey window as the flames took hold. A roomer in the Blain home suffered injuries when he jump- ed from another second-storey window.

Earlier the dry-goods firm of

Jonek, Lid, on Alexandra Ave., was swept by fire which did dum- age estimated at $100,000 and for- ced evacuation of four families from nearby premises in the morning's early hours. Jean Psui st. Denis. a M181- boui- of the Montreal North resi- dent said that Blain had appar- ently run upstairs to save his baby son atm- discovering the flames. st. Nlartin. the roomer was able to catch the baby after he was thrown from the second window. He, 8t. Martin, was later taken to hospital with injuries described as “sci-lous" suffered when he jumped from his window. Fire- men discovered the charred body of Mrs. Biain in the kitchen while that of her husband was found near a broken window on the second floor.

Mysteries: Type Di ‘Fll ls Angelo:

L06 ANGIILIS. Dee. t0 -(AP) _ A second death from the mys- fgious ‘fvlrus x" type of influenza was reported meter-day by health authorities c ‘ " the disease which they estimate has afflicted 300.000 persons in this area since mid-November. Health authorities have been unable to identify the germ.

IIABMINO POPULATION lose than half the working

Weather Hampers Search For Man MissingSinceDec.24

Searchers for Elmer MacDonald, 23, Head of Montague, missing since Christmas Eve, abandoned their quest at noon yesterday by reason of the storm. Should the weather permit, the search will be resumed today. .

The young man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel MacDonald of Head of Montague, a community four or five miles west of Montague, has not been seen since Christmas Eve when, after getting off the train at Uigg on his way home from Charlottetown, he was driven to Liyridale School where a school concert which did not materialize was announced for that evening.

Attorney General F. A. large stated last night that there were no new developments in the mys- tery but that the investigation was continuing.

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By James McCook

Anglo-Danish trade conference‘. opens Monday, keyed to British} hopes that the standard bacon ra- tion of two ounces a person every week soon may be three and that rationed butter can be spread a little more thuckly.

Both sides feel that their bar- gaining position has improved since the autumn, when negotia- tions failed. Denmark asked then for higher food prices and Britain refused. Since October, for the first time in the peace years of this century, no substantial quan- tity of Danish butter or bacon entered the United Kingdom.

‘These developments influence the new negotiations:

1. Britain has agreed to pay New Zealand 30 shillings ($6) more a hundredweight for but-

cate that Britain is prepared to make upward adjustments. 2. A higher price probably

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The following New Year message has been received from His Honor Lieutenant Governor J. A. Ber- nerd.

"On the advent of the New Yea: 1948 I extend s. cordial greeting and a essage of goodwill to ah citizens qf Prince Edward Island, whether situated in our Province or in other climes.

"We have been honoured with visits from many personages of world wide fame, some of.whom in making their first visit to our shores were greatly impressed with the natural beauty and scenery as well as with the friendliness and hospitality of our Citizens and with the facilities provided for the en- joyment of visitors and tourists. “While the outside world is up- set by differences ezid prejudices it is pleasant to note that we have peace and serenity at home, and have been blessed by the Creator with favourable crops which provide the Province with a surplus of food products for ex- port, and for all of which we are duly thankful.

“There has been a gradual im- provement in the conditions of hous- in; and unemployment. which have materially eased our economic sit- uation, and a very noticeable ad- vance has been made in beautify- ing rural homes, schools and halls. l‘ ‘

By D. Harold Oliver _ WASHINGTON, Doc. 80 —(AP)—- Henry A. Wallace can get his ohird party presidential ticket on the ballot in most states next Novem- ber, but itwill require s tremend- ous organization and much financ- ial support, an Associated Press survey showed today.

The former vice-president's decis- ion to bolt t e Democrats and lead a “peace-an dlbillfldallm" party evoked hopeful new predictions from Republicans forcseeing a pos- sible ypllli in the Democratic‘ vote, and mixed indications of indiffer- ence snd fear among Dcvrnocrats. Democrats already were seeki ., way; to offset any adverse effect of Wallace's announcement as a 1948 independent presidential candidate. Senato Jolm Sparlomen of Alu- bama indicated it might be e part of the strategy to lump Wallace's party with the Republicans in Democratic campaign attacks.

" I think Wallace's piatfomi. is going to parallel in many respects the Remiblican platform and we can attack them bohh with the Aime weapons," Bparhnan told a report- er.

Wallace told a press conference in Milwaukee that Senator Glen Tay- lor (Dem. Idaho) would be "marvel- lous" as a running mate. Taylor says he is considering joining the

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population in Hungary is enllltd in spieultura

Wallace ticket. Wallace also prelu- cd the foreign policy views of

NewYeaHs Greetings From Lieutenant Governor

Wallace Faces Huge Organization Task

BERN ARD

LT. GOVERAR J. A.