MAXIMS MAXIMS. OF A 0! A i MERE MAN

MERE MAN

11 should not be our ambition to I increase the number of Whigs or Tories. but of wise and good man.

no marriage state is the com- pletut image of Heaven or Hell. we are capable of receiving.

Read by Everybody .Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1952

Morning Dally Founded 1887.

3, curler: 1” lottnlmvn. lunmioroida 313.00 per uumm. Eluwugu the Guardian. Five Cents.

In P. I. i. am other rmuim and u. s A. moo pot anmunn CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA.

1,500 TROOPS HUDDLE IN FOXHOLES AS A-BOMB EXPLODEA

New7Oul:breal( OF Foot And Mouth" Disease 0nIy3V2MiIess

Korean War Has Costt Gardiner Gives To Receive Degree argrng Canada 100 Million To Warning Against From Kings College

Date, Committee Learns Dumping Tactics no b By

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Chinese Pay Heavily In, . Raid On Position Held By 2nd Battalion PPCLI

W North River lid.

ATOM BOMB SITE, Nev.. April

3 . 22-(AP;-An atom bomb, ll.S y mu B0"

Judge Hamid L, Palmer, Q,C,, searing heat and blast of unusual WITH THE CANADIANS IN 0 , ferocity, was exploded today ii.S KORE-IA, April 10 -(Delayed byD B d "C" UI'I'AlWA. APT” 32 -(CP)- A JW3? M We Pmbam CW” .91 1.500 troops huddled in foxholes censor)-(OP)-Tl-ie Chinese pairl a OTTAWA. April 32 -(CF)-The Is In new outbreak of 10015-and-molll-h Prmce Edwmd I-Wmd lmd V”-9 along an atomic warfare "battlc- heavily for their first raid in five

commons defence committee, prob- disease was announced today. 'Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese front." months on a position held by the

Damaged By Fire

ing military spending learned to- shattering Canada's hopes of an 01 NOV3 S00”?! is to receive the Thesoldici-s were unhurt by the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's day that it has cost Canada about Army supplies early end to the United States honorary degree of Doctor of Can- explosion. proving that foxholes Canadian Light Infantry. --- sloo.ooo.0oo to date for Korea. V o W V - .. embargo on Canadian livestock and on Law at the Convocation or the can shelter men from even the The brisk three-hour action cost Following the recent devastating

world's most destructive weapon. Seconds after the explosion of the bomb-dropped from a B-50 and detonated at 3.500 feet only

fire at the Norwood apartments. res- idents of North River road yester- day witnessed another destructive blaze, this time at the attractive new

the Communists 34 killed and im- counted woundctl. A 70-man stretcher party was spotted carry- ing off wounded the morning af-

Universlty of King's College. Hall- fax. on May 8. To be honoured at the same time and in a similar

meats. The announcement. made in the commons by Agrlculililre Minister

The original figure indicated by statistics was sio2.ooo.oo0 up to the end of January. This later was

amended to 592,000,000 by the ac. Gardiner, sparked uneasiness 9,. manner will be the Rev. A.E. cole- J . y y Hg I mrtmant when 1 dbcmpancy was Fonfugolmedmirkimsglexperu mg; gl;;l;chB.SAa.i.nt l3Cg;EIl:r (IJqf B'l?riIAl)tly :itt::”:oiid11cg5lTr1l:lS g1(::"g3:;:1;3”?A.5hn ijezr the light occurred-last March llcxomcvof lirIlll'.handSl'i:Iloi;nspIfg1ei:ldo)il:)lii ound n one off. e 5ub.vtot,g)5, t w ea 0 er ness among I . - - ' . . . .v -) annlng. W C wa .'v' 1 ant the costs of one last three cattle men and to "dumping" of nouncemerit to the above effect has rai::11El&fth mem stead up and Close censorship has only now a year ago. and which has been month, woum undoumedb, put the I, came on markeys in fear of sharp- been made officially. These men were near" than peltlflllletl identification of the badly damaged. bill up to the end of April in the .,. ly declining prices next fall. Judge P81m61'iWh0 has been IJYO; any human Md been except In Palllclas action. y y The fire was first noticed at 1.30 are. ox s100'oo0'oo0 again. i M,-. Gm-diner cautioned against minent in the affairs of St. Peters heavy m.m.e,'c bunkers. and exg Czillildlali casualties were limit- p m,, and was not subdued until -rm 30-2.000.000 total included such a move. He outlined' the gov- Cathedral, Charlottetown, for Cam rm. the people of mmsmma ed to four killed and 10 wounded. 4.30 p.m. when Fire Chief Jewell

s'l3.800.000 to train. feed. equip and pay transport and maintain the

ernment's floor price on beef and said there always will be a. support

many years is a. son of the late

Hon. B. James Palmer. a former

and Nagasaki who saw the bomb closer and died. of

all but one oaus:d by artillery and mortar fire. Lfcpl. E. E. Patterson of Hantsport. N. S.. was killed by

gave the withdrawal signal to his men. leaving only two on guard, with in case of a

the city sprinkler. flare-up.

Damage was estimated at siO.tltl'i fully covered by insurance. The

Premier of the Province, and a grandson of the Hon. Edward Pal- mer. auo a. former Premier and Premier and Chief Justice of Prin-

Lt.-Gen. Joseph Swing. one three generals in the foxholes. was flown back to the observers post to report. He said:

price until the U.S. market is re-

stored to Canadian exporters. The new outbreak will result in

slaughtering of another 23 animals

Army's 25th Brigade and support- ing units: -l0.900.000 for the air- lift. abouthaif for the R.C.A.F.

rifle fire leading a relief party with ammunition. ' The enemy raid was on a craggy

and half for Canadian Pacific Air Lines; and 373700.000 for the navy.

Interesting Figures

The committee starting 15 min- utes late for lack of a quorum of 14. also learned from a pile of tabl- ed figures that:

1. Bills for the 2'lth Brigade now in Germany, amounted to nearly 515,000,000 by the end of January.

2- About 060000.000 worth of guns and ammunition Canada has offered for shipment to

Htvcontinueu-on Page 8 03173)"

Coming Events

"Dance. Sunnysidc tonight. Modern. old time. Burns orchestra.

"Reserve July and. for official opening of qhgpstoiv school.

"show in Moi-ell Hell on Fri- day only at 8 P. M.

"Starting to clean grain April 33rd. Stephen Walsh. Hope River.

"Come to the show Fredericton lull tonight, 8:30 sharp.

"Collecting hogs Breadalbane dlstrich. Thursday and Friday each week. Elmer Wlgmore.

"Collecting hogs for Canada Packer: in Hunter River area. each Thursday. Borden Bagnall.

"Reserve May 5th for repeat performance of the play "Fisher- man's Luck" in Klnkora Hall.

"Card Party and Dance in Spring Valley Hall. Thursday. April 24th.

"Car of cement'to arrive this week. Please book your orders. J. 1''. Morris. Kinkora.

. "Come to the community bene- fit card party and dance Hunter River Hall Wednesday. April 23rd. Canteen service.

"Taking orders for fertilizer or lime and also in stock. Lsurentlan turnip seed. registered. George Lawton, Pownal.

' I "Weekly Thursday night Dance. Mt. Stewart Canadian Legion Hall. starting Thursday. April 24th. MacKenzle Orchestra. Contcen service. Admission 50 cents.

"Come in and talk over our Purina finance plan for feeding your chicks and hogs. Dillon 6: Spillett.

"For Snapshots that will not fade. mail your Films and Nega- iives to Gui-nhum Photo Studios. Charlottetown.

"Cleaning Grain starting April the 28th. for the remainder of the season. with the exception of Fri-A dsya. Ira D. MacDonald. Cove- hea . '

"Will be landing hosts at the following points each Thursday. Summerllde until 1.30 p.m. and Kenalngton until 3.00 pm. Mac- Ewen and Ciileiey.

"Sacred Heart Club. Borden. presents I-act comedy "sister Susie swings It". Seven Mile Bay parish hall Wednesday evening. April 28rd. Curtain 0:30. Bale candy. Admission 25c and We. Dance after.

"ltortlnc Hay in thin store will olooo at noon on Wednesday; at 0 pm. on Mondays and ..l'rl- Gln: and wlilgrsinnln open Tues- day. 'l'liui-Idoy and Saturday evan- llu until 0 pm. .1. 1''. Morris. linkers.

"We will be buying lumber starting May flnt-by foot or card or awed. Call and not our cash price: delivered at mill or field. Melville Weeks. Elllottl. phone 2'!-R31. Hunter River. .

Captain Donald W. Baldock. seen at right, of the Royal Canadian En- gineers. has been arrested along with four civilans by RCMP at Pembroke. Out. on charges of con- spiracy and theft as a. result of in- vestigation into large-scale thefts from the nearby Petawawa military camp. Capt. Baidock. a native of Brandon. Man.. joined the army in 1944, directly upon graduating from the University of Manitoba with It degree of Bachelor of Science in engineering. The investigation has concerned the removal from the big military camp of a long list of ma- terial and items of equipment in- cluding steel rails, scrap metal, stores ands, cement blocks.

1

Death in Halifax . Of 1. J. Murphy

HALIFAX. April 22-(GP)-John J. Murphy, president of two Nova Scotla companies. died suddenly in his office today following a heart attack. He was 45.

Mr. Murphy was the third John Murphy to be president of J. and M. Murphy. Ltd.. a family busi- ness established in 1873 which has grown to be one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses in

Canada. He was also president of Murphy's Ltd.. a subsidiary company which is the largest

manufacturer of work garments cast of Montreal.

Only a few months ago. follow- ing the death last November of his uncle. E. J. Murphy. he was elected president of J. and M. Murphy Ltd. and of Murphy's Ltd.. having been vice-president since 1943 and a director of the parent company since 1933.

Survivors include his widow. the former Mary CarrolL daughter of W. F. Carroll, a member of the House of Commons.

U. S. Cost-of-Living Index Edges Up

WASHINGTON. April 22-(AP) -The United States Government's living cost index edged up one- tentli of one per cent in the last month-the first increase in three months. The Bureau of Labor statistics announced today that the measuring gauge-known as the consumers price index-now stands at 183.0 per cent of the

It was uncovered on a farm a few miles southeast of Olmiston. about 100 miles southwest of Regina and about five miles outside the 11- munlcipallty South Saskatchewan quarantine area.

Widen Quarantine Area

However, it is well within the 50 miles buffer zone erected to pre- vent the dlsease from spreading. Officials planned to widen the quarantine district to include the farm where 12 cattle and one hog were reported infected and a nei- ghboring farm holding 10 animals which had made contact with the infected herd.

Burial pits were dug today and slaughtering of the animals will begin tomorrow, Mr. Gardiner said. The latest infection--first since March 8 last-was reported last S-IWIV-'1!!! and diagnosed by veter- inarians Monday. Helping the vet. erlnarlans to fight the outbreak is the fact that the animals are lo- cated in a relatively-isolated area.

Mr Gardiner. in reply to Hazen Argue tOCl'i-Assinibola), said the outbreak will mean the closing of a prairie farm rehabilitation com- munity mature in the area. Mr. Arirue said the pasture normally

sltlon of Prothonotary of the Su-

cc Edward Island. and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Judge Palmer occupied the po-

pretme Court. of this Province for eight years prior to his appoint- ment as Probate Judge in 1929. Hi- studied law in Charlottetown and also in Fort William. Ontario. From I913 to 1015 he attended os-

Juilge H. L. Palmer

lag part in promoting interest in music and drama and is at present chairman of the Prince Edward Is- land committee of the RegIon:i Drama Festival and a member if the board of directors of the Do- minion Drama Festival.

goode Hall and was called to the bar here in November. 1918. where he practiced with his father for some years. During the second World War he was chairman of the Mobilization Board for Prince Edward Island and in 1940 was ap-

pointed District Judge in Admiral-i t

y. . Judge Palmer has taken I lead-l

Rev. Mr. Coleman. B.A.. L.'f'li. iwho is also to receive the honorary ldegrce. is a member of the board ,of governors of the University of ;Klng's College and has served in several Diocesan Synod commit. 'tees. I The convocntloli is being held in tthe college Chapel of the Univer- sity at 3 p. m. on Thursday, May 8.

Gov? t Tax-ati

Pdlhll Plane Brings light Keeper Here

takes about 2,500 head of cattle.

"There are other pa.stures." said" Mr. Gardiner. "and some of them? are so located that stock probablyl could be put in them from that. district: but that is I matter whlchi would have to be handled entirely by the men who are in charge of controlling the disease."

l Floor Price

The government's floor on beer is based on 20 cents ll. pound for

-t?:Ei?t'lTiIi"e1T zrrigzrs -001. of Ships Soil For U. K. Atomic Tests

FERMANTLE, Australia, April 22 - (Reuters) -- The tank-landing ships zeebrugge and Nrirvlk left today for an undisclosed destina- tion. carrylng about 200 scientists. 100 technicians and tons of equip- ment for Britain's first atom wea- pon tests. Although slte of the tests has been kept a secret news- lttaper reports have said they will be held on the Montebello Islands. off the northwest coast of West Australia.

KENTVILLE, N. S.. April 22.. (CF;-Bonuses of sea to 5300 today were voted teachers in King": County by the municipal council. Total cost to the county will be 810,000. Married teachers will re- ceive s300. unmarried teachers 8150 and those with permissive

I935-30 average on its "new series."

Reject Move

LONDON. April 22-(Reuters)- The government. which has per- sistently campaigned for a return to private enterprise in the buy- ing of raw cotton. was told by one of its own committees today that such a move is not advis-

e.

The committee dashed C- v ntive hopes that government con- trol of cotton purchases could be ended and the Liverpool Cotton Exchange. pre-war pace-letter of world prices. be reopened.

Put at the some time the coin- mltieo proposed relaxing control by giving British splnnes the option of contracting out of the raw cotton commission.

The investigating committee. whose report was issued today. was let up by the Conservatives soon after gaining power. For months they claimed that o reopened Liv- erpool exchange would help not Britain out" of money trmiblel.

The futures market of the ex- change. where crops were mg-

n E

ularly put up for auction, exert-I

or tempomry licenses 360.

strait was solid with ice in the

Candidate For By-election Named

- bany chosen today as Progressive (Inn- servatlve candidate for the Mny

For Medical Aid

The regular ice patrol plane landed on the water off Heath Point. Anticost Island. and pack- ed up the llg thause keeper. 11 Mr. George H. Masson and brought him to Charlottetown for medical iAY3a.ll'flEl1C. He was registered at the Queen Hotel last night.

A former ril-ilp's radio operator. herpes had wide experience. He was for it time on sable Island in the early days of wireless.-

Capt. Jerry Maclnnls brought the M.C.A. Canso down on open water off the lighthouse and pick- ed,up Mr. Masson without trouble. It was his flnst trip by air and he said he enjoyed it.

Captain Charles A. Shaw, De- pariment of Transport observer for the ice patrol. said there was little change in ice conditions from Monday. There was a narrow band of ice from North Point to East Cape along the North shorz. of P. E. 1.. with open water inside and oiltslde. Northtirnberland

western end, as far as Borden. From there east there was ice in tconttntHi7iTPEge”5'colT2)”

CARAQUET. N. B.. April 22 - (C?)-A Bnihurst barrister. Al- M. Rohlchnud. Q.C. was

To Return

Cotton To Private Firms

world

Trade Minister Peter Theme)"- ci-oft announced in the Commons 's recom- mendations will be accepted and put in operation for the coming

ed A major influence on prices.

today that the commit

ICISOI1.

The committal said the Liver-

pool exchonge functioicd when operators could buy from abroad what they wanted without won-

dering whether or-allow them to import

it.

It said individual spinners should be able to contract out of' the But. if they wanted to buy privately. they should do so in one of four groups: United 8 Peru and California. India

They would receive pcriniulon to buy directly but only in limit- ed amounts. Dollar "entitlements" for U. B. cotton. for instance, could those granted to the cotton cornrrtinlgp.

cotton commission each year.

and

be in strict proportion c to

the government would give them the money for it

tutu. Egyptian, West

26 federal by-election in Glouces- ter.

His name was the only one offered at the nominating conven- tion. and the vote was unanimous.

The vacancy in Gloucester re- sulted from appointment of C. '1'. Richard. I Liberal. in the New Brunswick Supreme Court bench. A Liberal candidate has yet to be selected.

Nominating conventions 'ulso will be held in Victoria-Carleton. N.B.. scene of another federal by- eleciion May 20. when two On- tario and two Quebec vacancies are to be filled at the some time.

swarms of Locu;n , Causing Damage

BAGHDAD. Iraq. April 22-(AP) -Increasing swarms of locusts have created A dangerous situation in Iran. and are menacing crops in Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates valley! ang elsewhere in the Mid- dle llut, he Iranlant Agriculture Minlnter reported today. some 1.- b00.000 acres have been affected in Iran and the posts now have

--(OP)- Lopointc has arrived here to clear a channel in the Restlgouche River to open water: of Ohalour Bay. The first freighter of the season is expected Mly 7. Harbors at Dalhousie and

Opposition Critical Of

on Policies

OTTAWA. April 22 -40?)- Spokestnen for Opposition parties in the commons, demanding lower taxes for the Canacliim people. to- day called for defeat of the govern- ment because of tnxiitioii policies.

As members launched it debate on the 1952-53 budget. motions of non-confidence in the government were sponsored by the Progressive Conservative and C.C.F. Parties. Solon Low. Social Credit; leader. was prevented by. rules of the com- mons from sponsoring ll similar motion at this stage.

He said however. there is only one way to describe the budget: presented to the commons Tues-l day. April B-it "stinks." Non-Confidence Motion

J.M. Nlzcclonald (P.-Toronto Greenwoodi. chief financial critic for the Opposition. said -in his non-confidence motloli that the budget proposals are "unsatisfac- tory because they would continue to levy excessive and unjust tax- ation instead of assuring subsantlal tax reductions."

The motion added:

"This House condemns the gov- ernment for taxing fitr beyond act- ual requirements and for its waste and extavagance. I

"And this house rcgrcts the fail-l urc of the government to assure efficient administration in all dc- pnrtments of the public service."

M.J. Caldwell. C.C F. leader. accepted that motion and addedl to its

a unanimous vote on March 20.:

that the four-per-cent floor under!

medical expense: deductible for in-'

COW! lax Durposrs should he sbol.

ished."

Mr. Low said there were manv

other "regrets" which his social (Continued on PageP5-C0I.-5)-

Heavy Arrivals Of I-logs Ar Montreal

MONTREAL. April 22 - (GP) -. Montreal Livestock Exchange to- day announced an embargo on fur- ther deliveries of hogs at the Mon- treal Stock Yards .as of 6 P. M. today because of extremely heavy arrivals. .

Already 3.000 hogs occupy all av- ailable pens. and packing houses laid they would be unable to hand- ie any for some days.

The embargo is expected to re- main in force until early next week.

oAMa:nm.x.'roN. N.B.. April 22 The Federal icebreaker

crossed the Persian Gulf into lieu

Bnthurst have been opened by the y Lnnolnll

-Rain poured new water into the Missouri River today.

ward, toppled more dikes and add- ed to troubles More rain was in the offing.

any means." said a forecaster at Kansas City.

Representatives passed a 325,000.- 000 disaster relief bill in Washing- . ton today for the Itrlcken Missouri volley. It now goes to the senate.

greatest floocfdlnster last July, officials boosted their crest fore- cast to 31 feet-two feet higher than the previous prediction.

'0 Rich 03mi3b6"l0n last YIN"! record of 38.1 and about 10 feet under the level the present dikes were built to handle.

Along the flooding Mississippi. d

"The young men were laughing and cracking jokes. They are confident that ordinaigv fortifica- tloii can protect them.”

String. his coveralls gray with t.lus',, said "the worst that most of is got was a mouthful of dirt.”

The ezzplosion. in the crystal zlcar air of Nevada under a deep .blllC and cloudless sky. was a l,plctorial wonder. In the seconds after the blast. with its accom- ,prnying unearthly brilliant light, a gigantic smoke ring floated up- wnrcl over ground zero. Seashell colors-pink, salmon. crcam-tint- cd it. '

I A Grim Picture

' Below. the picture was more grim. spurts. then plumes. then a last. cloud of dust spreading out to a diameter of about three miles. wclled up. In the still air it lingered for almost half an hour before-lifting and moving slowly off. The superficial view of observ- ers, the sire of the fireball sceni- ed to be about that of the Bikini air drop six years ago. But the thermal effect of the explosion and

the area and power of its blast seemed much greater. Fires in equipment and con-

struction located as much as two or three miles from the air burst were started by the flash.

Two hours after the explosion. fires were still burning. The bomb was released from a plane flying

spur. 300 feet high. a long finger jutting toward enemy territory and held by a platoon under Sgt Richard Buxion of Victoria and Melfort. Sask-

The Chinese tried to close I pincer onto the ridge. attempting to come in-70 on one slope and 40 on the other-toward the rear of the Canadians' position. three- quarters of the way down the spur.

when Buxicn saw the direction of the threat. he faced his men to the rear-their backs to th: 0l'lenly'5 main line-and fought tli: attack to a standstill.

Give Warning

First warning was given by an outpost. commanded by Opl. Bill James of Georgetown. Ont.. which was then cut off .by heavy enemy fire and answering the from the 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. For the rest of the night they found what shelter they could in the open while the fight went on behind thorn.

Buxton was told by Pie. Law. rence Murphy of Newcastle. Al1a.. on sentry duty behind platoon lieadquartcrs. that he had heard underbrush crackling nearby. A flare showed 20 Chinese milling around the position's barbed-wire defences.

Pte. Armand Lannie of Ste. Rose du Lac. Man.. a wireless operator. swung B. Bro-wning machine-gu-1

at an altitude of about 32,000 feet. It took slightly over 40 seconds

mcontinuerarrszrsnooifiio

onto the Chinese while another section under C.-pl. Bert Woolley of

Pt'c3rTt'inii?d.o'n73iTgeP5”(:3l.'T)"

l4-Month Prison Term

For Hollywood Shooting

SANTA MONICA. Calif.. April 22-(AP)-Film producer Walter Wanger today was convicted of shooting the man he believed was the lover of his wife. Joan Ben- nett.

He was sentenced to four months in county jail by It judge who said "The law of the six- shooter has gone out of California long ago."

Wanger won postponement of his imprisonment until Julie 4. so he can wind up business matters.

Wanger's only comment about a. possible reconciliation with hisj wife was a printed statement that he "had great hopes that with this behind his family will be reunited."

The sentencing was a climax to one of Hollywood's splcicst scan- dnl stories. quieted by industry

"Tins housc furlllcr regrets tlmt'nrcssum and wnnser's defence the government has ignored tlie”3C”C5- wish of this house as expressed bvl wmlgel" 57- W” aCC”5”l "1

shooting agent Jennings Latin. 30. in the groin nftcr accosting him in a Beverly Hills parking lot Dec. 13. Wiingcr. married for 12 years to Miss Bennett. told police: "l shot him because he was breaking

Rain Sends Missouri

River Flood

By lldrry Hall KANSAS CITY. April 22-(AP)

It sent. xpected flood crests up- of flood fighters.

"Were not out of the woods by Recognizing that. the House of

For Kansas City. which had its

That would still be well under

and Candle". she said Wanger and she had a "friendly separation."

up my home."

Judge Harry Borde found Wan- ger guilty of assault with a dead- ly weapon.

"Evidence falls far short of proving that this offence was committed with the intent of murder and killing the victim.” he commented.

Defence lawyer Gerry Gicsler. famed defender of Charlie Chap- lin, Errol Flynn and other Holly- wood notables, offered letters of praise from civic and religious figures.

The producer, who has earned 5700.000 in one year. was recom- mended for the honor farm or load camp. '

Miss Bennett. 41. was not pre- sent, having gone to Chicago with one of the Wlinger daughters to appear in a play. when she dc- pm-tcd last Friday by plane Wim- ger kissed her three times, giving rise to reconciliation rumors.

But in Chicago. where Miss Ben- nett is relicarslng prior to taking the feminine lead in "Bell. Book

Crest Up

the spreading water moved down along the Iowa. border.

At La Crosse. Wls., a 15-mlle- an-hour wind lashed the river. But dikes held.

The Mississippi crested at 18.1 feet at Lansing in the northeast- ern corner of Iowa and moved on down toward Dubuque. where the Iowa-Wisconsin bridge was closed.

At Muscntlne. most critical low: point. work of strengthening leveu was completed.

About 5.000 persons have been moved out along the Iowa border. Another 13.000 have left that; homes along the Missouri from Rulo in southeastern Nebraska to the mouth above St. Louis.

Rainfall delayed the fall of the river in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area.

But no new threat developed and the finit. of some 40.000 per- sons got the go-home signal to-

. w.

fire is believed to have started in the basement. where the chute. containing ashes from a fireplace immediately above. suddenly de- veloped dense smoke.

As the house was located some distance outside the city limits; and consequently not within easy reach of the nearest hydrant. it was ne- cessary to run about 1500 feet of nose. The booster pumps La France and Bickel were both called into operation. and couplings made to reduce the standard 2": inch hoso to Iv, to provide additional out- lets. The water supply. which was further augmented by the ' 't"'- ler. was apparently r.m.r..'.

Dense clouds of smoke, I from every outlet.t hinders work of the firemen. and . most effective effort was mt through the basement window Several firemen were". repeatedly compelled to witndrawi. on too verge of being ovei-comelby smoke. The opinion was expressediby ex- perienced firemen that the smoke was spread through the air heats ing ducts to all parts of the house, from the basement.

Firemen and others did ycoman service in removing many valuabli articles of furniture when the smoke abated from time to time.

Chief police. under the personal direction of Chief MacArthur. were on duty to block the city ap- proaches to the scene of the fire, and Mounted Police effectively pa- trollcd the west end from the in- roads of the curious.

VATICAN CITY. April 22-tReu- ters)-The Pope today gave I pri- vate audlence to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. deputy N. A. T. O. commander in Europe. H0 is on an inspection tour of Italy.

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HALIFAX. April 21! - tCPl -- Officlal forecasts issued tonight by the Dominion Piibllc Weather 0:- fice hero and valid until niidnight; Wednesday.

Synopsis:

A band of cloud spread across the Marltlmes this afternoon tlllfl by evening light showers were fail- ing in many localities. This wen- thcr is in advance of very mild ali- entering the district. from the southwest.

On Wednesday this very mild at: will cover the Southern Mnrltlnles, but only for a brief interval. Much colder air is moving rapidly cast- ward and will sweep across the dis- trict. Wednesday. Its arrival will be accompanied by showers and scat- tered thunderstorms.

Prince Edward Island - Vari- able cloudiness. showers and scat- tered thunderstorms in afternoon. Mild, turning colder in afternoon. southwest winds 20 shifting in at- tarnmn to northwest 20. Low Anti nigh Wednesday at Charlottetown 35 mi! 00.

High tide today at Charlotte- iown at 9.52 A. M. and 10.38 P. M.

High . do on the North shore RI 4.45 A. . and 5.36 P. M.

Bufnmerslde tide eighteen min- ulH later than Clllrlotleltmn.

Sun rises today lit 5.15 A. M. and sets at 1.08 P. M.