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SPIRACY

J. L. Lewis Makes Spectacular Bid

For La

Steamship Lines Sued Far $100,000

Cl-EVB-AND. 0 .Oct. 14 -(AP)i —’l"he Canada Steamship Ltlnggi Limited. was sued fcr-$100,000 to? day by Alfred Metzger. who lost his wife in the Noronic SCDCSCHDCI 17. MP5. Mefizgg; 29 was drowned when she leaped dyer: hoard as the vessel burned at it; dock in Toronto. Melzggr charged negligence.

ransmn FATALLY nuuimn

EDMUNDSTON, N. B_, 0st 14__ ‘T-‘Pl-Adellrd Cvr. 48. of st. Ba- sile, died in hospital today of injuries suffered yesterday when his clothing became caught in the shaft of a gasoline engine he was using to run a threshing machine, No inquest will be held_ He i5 survived by his widow nml 15 children.

Coming Events

"Hope River bazaar and chicken WPDer Oct. 25th and 26th.

"Rummage Sal , '1‘ ihlt Hsll. Saturday, 3 M? y 80cm

"Show "Sis Hopkin ” t B . ohaw tonight at. 8.30. s l on.

"1949 York Con-Fart. nvs h“, opening November 2nd. m:

"Reserve October 28th for Mas. querade Dance. " nshaw Hail.

"Zion W. A. Pantry Sale. Moore dz Mcheodk today, 2.30 p, M,

"Come to the regular Dance in Bonshaw every Tuggdgy night,

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"Milli your Films to Gggnhum

bor Unity

By Harold w. wsra SUTPHUR.

W-Va. Oct. 14 —(AP) --John 1.. Lewis made a. spectacular bid today for labor unity. offering to con. tribute to a proposed sgsotyhoog. Week oool to help the striking 0.1. 0. stcelworkers win a "vital econo- mic conflict."

The unpredictable Lewis thus l058€d l bombshell into [he 0031 and steel strikes by shelving to; the moment the idleness of his own 400.000.Unitcd Mine Workers (In- dependent) to go to the aid of an- other union.

Lewis appealed to s union foe, Dresideni; William Green of the A. F.L.. to oi at least nine of his wealthicspunlons to match a con- tribution of $250,000 weekly by the miners.

'I'his financial credit. as Lewis called it. would enable the United Steelworkers "to win beyond per. adventure... the monumental con- flict which is now drawn.”

Green llas No Comment Green said he had not, received-

the letter in which lcwis made his Proposal so he declined comment.

Philip Murray. the steelworkers‘ president, also refused to reveal his feelings.

The minors‘ strike started Sept. 10 and the steel walkout Oct. 1.

In leaping to the fore for unity, Lewis gave the impression st, least of shrugging off sometimes-bitter differences with the other two union heads.

Murray once was Lewis‘ top lieut- enant. They split over 0.1.0. policies and support of the late President Roosevelt.

Murray went on as head of the C.I.O. after Lewis left the organ- ization which he helped build uu‘. of the A F-L- in 1935.

The A.F.L. and 0.1.0. haven't co-operated. even politicaib’. Lewis has taken his 600.000 miners in and out of both unions because of spots with Murray and Green.

Photo Studio, Chat‘

"Dome. Lorne Valley, Tuesdny, October 18th. Webster's Orchestra.

"Rummage Sale. Market Bulld- glgiwSaturday, October 15th. 7.30

“Rummage sale, new and used clothing in Market Building to- day, 3.30 p.m, v

‘fliantry Sale. Rogers Hardware 0c 22nd. Auspices, New Dom- inion Ladies Aid.

"Eastern Star Cake Sale st s. A. McDonald s. Saturday. October 15th, at 3 P. M.

"Manuel-ode Dance. Conan Ban Hall. Friday. October 21st. Rhythm Boys Orchestra.

"Now buying Timothy Seed, Reg- lfiicrcd. Cleaned or Uncleaned. Mc- Gvlasn and Boyle.

"Rummage sale Market Build- lnx. Saturday, 011.15, at 2.30. Group One, Zion W. A.

"The Starch Factories at East Baltic and ‘Murray Harbour are now 011m for the fell season. ,

"Rummage Sale. Market Build- lns. Thursday. October 20th. a to 5 P. M. Trinity Junior W. A.

“Hot Chicken Supper served in Qrlniie Hall. Borden, Wednesday. October 19th, beginning st 5 P. M.

‘Wednesday. October 26th for Chicken and Ham supper

1n 131g River Hsll. Serving from 9. "

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"Buying Pigs Monday at Fred- ericton. Will not be buying at other points until further notice. Knud J.n_onlon. I

"Reserve Wednesday. October 19th for Chicken Supper at E. M. 011" e's Warehouse, Oyster Bed Bridge.

"Plan to attemi Chicken Suppcl’ in North Milton l-lsll. Thursday. October 20th. First sitting st. 530

"Como to Ham. Chicken and Scallop Supper, Bonshaw frail. Wed- nesday. October 19th. 5 till 9 P. M. Mounted by United Church.

“Notice - There will be sn An- hllll looting of the Crspsud Hall 0 in the Hall on October 17th- Ai inter ted in our ffsll Please attend. Wood. secretary-

"Dstes to remember, Oct. 25- Tlfh. for the Charlottetown Trade and industries Fair at the Arm- "ilflol, featuring Don Monet's Road 7"‘? ll entertainment. 3wn_sored by Y's Mon.

"Spor‘ Carnival, Seven Mil! 3!! Wednesday evening, Oct. 7J0 pm.‘ Races, jumps. etc. OW" ‘lo all school children. Prizes.

Osinss of all kinds for ycunl Ind "M

i0. most serious bumble encountered

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lniemaiionai lie-Detector Seen Nestled

LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y.. Oct. 14- (OFU-Canada told Russia today in effect there can be n0 census of the world's atomic and standard arma- ments without a lie-detecting sys-

m.

L. B. Pearson. Canada's Exter- nal Affnirs Minister, spoke in the li-member United Nations Secur- ity Council which studied French and Russian plans which would lead to disarmament.

Canada favors fullest interchange of information on armaments and verification of that information. Pearson said in s sharply-worded attack on Russia's proposal which he called "dangerously misleading and inadequate."

The Soviet resolution would have the Council approve the pflIiClpiC that it considers essential the Unit- ed States submit information on conventional arms and atomic

Cammunisl: Army Reported Entering Canton

Chief Commissioner Cuiiies Coming liere

Mrs. D. E. S. Wishart, chief

Commissioner of the Canadian Girl Guides. who will visit Prince Edward Island next Tuesday. Wed- ncsday and Thursday, left Tor- onto on October 11th to make n. tour of the Maritimes and New-l lolmdllnd Provinces in the inter- ests of Guiding. Mrs. Wishart will attend the annual meeting in Newfoundland, the semi-annual meeting in Prince Edward Island, and visit groups in these Pro- vinces as-well as Nova Scotla and New Brunswick. She will be Spe5k_ ing at dinners, luncheons, etc, and attending Rallies. She is looking forward to meeting Commission- ers, Guiders, Guides, and Brownies in various centres as well as all others interested in the Girl Guide Organization,

Formerly Estelle Hodgins,

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Shortage ofieachers Grave Problem In Nfld. sr. Jon's-emu. Oct. i4 _

(OP) -— Shortage of teachers is a grave problem in Newfoundland,

Tor- ___s.

the Eiducatlon Department said today. There are approximately 26

classrooms without teachers. On an average of 30 pupils to a class- room, this means that 780 young Newfoundlanders are not getting instruction.

Main reason for the shortage ap- parently ‘is that potential teachers

Nationalists Sei ilp Capital Al Chunglting

(By The Canadian Press)

HONG KONG, Oct. 15—-(Satur- day)—Advance units of the main Chinese Communist army entered Canton last night, the. usually. reliable newspaper Wan Kiu Yst Pao reported today,

The newspaper said that latest word from Canton reported the Nationalist director of public works would hand over the city to the Communist commander later this morning.

Canton was completely isolated from Hong Kong this morning.

All sea, land and air services had been suspended.

The British river vessel Fatshan, which was the last ship to leave Canton yesterday, arrived here with a full load of last-minute evacuees, including l8 foreigners, mostly British.

Earlier, Red troops were report. ed resting just outside the former Nationalist capital while city of- ficials arranged for a peaceful changeover.

If the seizures of Shanghai and Nanking last spring offer any pre- cedent, the Communists will enter

Death Yesterday 0i Mai. ll. l.. Bethune

The death occurred last evening at the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital of Major Hammond L. Beth- une, Charlottetown. pharmacist with the Hughes Drug Company, and widely known in athletic and militia circles. and as a veteran Iof the First World War. News of his death came as a shock to many friends, who only learned of his illness shortly before his passing.

Major Bethune was born in Charlottetown over seventy years ago, and was actively engaged in his profession of pharmacy until the last. '

As a boy he attended West Kent School, taking part in the sports activities. He first distinguished himself on the football field with the Junior Abegweits and was one of their most valuable players when they won the junior cham-

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Argument

By Dwslas How OTTAWA. Oct. 14 —(CP) -—-The three Opposition Parties united today to get something they wanted and one Cabinet Minister finally advised another to give it to them.

of the $5.000 increases proposed by the Government for the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada. The real issue, however, was whether they had a right to be given that information on the resolution which preceded the bill embodying raises.

Justice Minister Gal-son eventual- ly gave it to them after the House leader. Works Minister Eournier, capped a tangled procedural debate by suggesting he do so. But both of them still insisted they didn't hiya to. The Opposition said they d _ . That over, the; Progressive Con- servative. C.C.F. and Social Credit

prefer to get into. better-paying jobs, Education Department offic- ials said, however, that it is hoped! a recently-instituted increased sol-l ary scale will attract more and) better teachers into the profession.

C.C.F. Organiser says Conservatives In Debt

BWEETS CORNER, NS., Oct. i4 - (OP) - Fred Young. CO1". Mari e organizer, told a C.C.F. meeti g here last night that Pro- gressive Conservative national headquarters is "loaded with debt exceeding $500,000." He said the 0.0.1". National Council finished the June election campaign with

weapons.

By IRVING C. WIYNOT HALIFAX, Oct. l4 — (OP) ._ On the cluttered, heaving deck of s. small disabled ship. ii men worked sgsinstrtlmo to haul in a TOO-foot, water-sogged tow line. Slowly the cable came up. hand over hand. But all the time a strong northeast sea was driving the craft closer to shore and doom.

Finally, the men were successful and their vessel was again hauled to safety. f '

1t. wss just’ one of the incidents related hero today as the story oi’ one of the longest towing jobs in Canadian marine history was told.

Tho job lndod when the EC.- MP. cutter MaoBs-ien entered port with tho R..C.A.P'. supply ahi Mol- ahat in tow. The Lino-mic tow was started at Goose Boy, Labra- dor, where the Mslshst was taken by the navy frigate Swansea after developing engine trouble south of Nottingham Island, st the ent- rance to Hudson Bay.

The combined talk of 2330 miles was believed the long- est in Canadian waters since the t)“; Isgll hauled s dredge from Montreal to Churchill about U

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a substantial surplus.

the native of Gsspe. Que, com- mented: “They did the impossible. They must have hoped each pull was the last as they saw their craft coming closer and closer to shore."

The incident occurred when the two ships cleared Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast. after shel- tering there for one day and two nights from bad weather.

"The Mslahst is heavy, and she's low," Inspector Caoslvi said. "I couldn't tsko chanced of some of her men being washed over- board in the heavy sass."

The MscBr-ien and her ‘IO-ton charge were eight miles offshore when the line snapped. By the time the old one had boon pulled in and a new on’ rigged the Mai- shst had been buffeted within 3% miles of land. It took (our hours for the Mslsbsvs crew to tug the snapped lino aboard.

Today. woi 3.3.x. Nicholson of Sussex, NB. Ma-iahst skinner, said merely that he was flsd it was over.

"l know all I want to know about towing now, and if anyone else ever asks mo for a. tow I'll know how they feel."

Al the two ships parted comp- gn in harbor today, the chubby shunt gsva tiles blasts from her whistle. fme moisten replied w i1 s similar signal, "taro thee wilflintholallllllllofthlld.

groups united again-in defeat. They Went down, 88 to 312, lll op- posing adoption of the resolution. The bill then was introduced and given first reading.

Other Business

-At House opening, Brooke Clox- ton. acting Minister of Extema. Affairs. promised consideration of a request from Howard cireen (PC —Vancouver-Quadra) for a state- ment of policy towards China.

The Commons spent most of the afternoon on Justice Department legislation.

It passed a bill designed to re- lieve the Federal Minister of Just- ice-lvlr. Garson—of some of the formal work involved in his posit- ion as Attorney-General of Canada. The deputy minister henceforth also will be deputy-attorney gen- era .

It also heard a. renewed appeal for abolition of the irecessity for asking- permission in order to sue

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Price Ceilings Off Fruits, Vegetables

I (By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. Oct. l4—The Prices Board tonight announced revocat- ion of all price ceilings on fruits and vegetables, effective Monday, Oct. 17. The order affects ceiling controls on imported grapes. new potatoes, citrus fruits and citrus juices, as well as domestic and imported carrots. These are the last of the food controls first im- posed on Canadians as a wartime measure early in 194i.

Five New Stamps To Go On Sale Nov. IS

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UITAWA. Oct. 14 --(CP) -.I'lve new stamps. bearing new pictures of King George. will go on sale Nov. 15. the Post Office Depart- ment announced today. The stamps, in denominations of one to five cents. will be the ssme also so stamps now being issued am will be the [some color a lot the two-cent stamp which will bs s darker shade of brown. The stamps are revised designs of s n issue snnouncad in June wh h was recalled when it wss discovered the word "postage" was from the stomps, Plates wmten revisediosddtbsworo

They wanted and got the amount-

Opposition Parties Win

In Commons

Parliament ALA-Gland:

(Canadian Press)

Defence Minister Ciaxton said the Government shortly may make a statement of policy on the Com- munist Chinese Government.

The Commons voted 88 to 32 to adopt a resolution for introduc- tion of a bill increasing salaries of Supreme Court of Canada judges.

Members expounded views on handling of divorce cases by Par- liament. The Government offered no immediate solution.

Agriculture estimates were con- sidered. '

Monday

The Commons will consider Government legislation. The Sen- ate will sit.

Astronomers Believe Meteor Caused Huge Northern Ontario Flash

(Canadian Press)

That. gigantic flash of light in the Northern Ontario sky Thurs- day night remains a problem for top astronomers who believe it must have been "a very large (in- ball-or meteor."

While the blinding blue-white flash continued a top topic in northern communities, astronom- ers are awaiting more detailed re. ports of observers, They seek to chart its course and possibly dis- cover fragments from another planet.

“There is not much doubt about what it was, from descriptions given." said Dr. Peter Miliman. the Dominion Observatory's top expert on meteors, at Ottawa.

A "fireball" is a large meteor, a piece of stone or metal entering the earth's atmosphere where it is ignited by friction with the air.

"You can get all gradations of brightness as a result." he said. "Actually meteors have been ob- served, in rare cases, which were as bright, or even brighter, than the sun." Millions of small frag- ments enter the atmosphere every day. too small to be noticed.

The blaze apparently was strong- est over Tlmagaml, a town 50 miles north of North Bay, but it Was seen as far away as Toronto and Buffalo.

Walter A. Rukeyser, managing director of the Trebor Mine near Timagami, was on a Timagarni street talking to friends when the flash appeared.

"It was a blinding light, and it seemed to be about 60.000 feet up." he said. “The mum light lasted for a minute, but. there was a fluor- escent glow with a corkscrew effect which lingered in tho sky for about five minutes."

The bluish-white flash appeared to be horizontal. It: was silent. Others agreed that the big flash was just than-over in less than a second—but that the light in the sky remained several minutes, covering a tremendous area be- fore it died down.

Don Stone, the control officer at the Maltin Airport in the Tor- onto suburbs, tried to plot the course of the flash. "It seemed like a sky rocket that did not ex- plode." he said. “It vanished at about 45 degrees over the horizon. It had a band eight to nine times the width of a shooting star. It

was definitely not. the northern lghis."

By PIERRE DUBOIS TORONTO, Oct. 14—LCP)--The Federal Commission inquiring in- to the Noronic disaster today was told by a crew member, whose duties included watching for fire, that he was asleep at the outset of the holocaust which swept the cruise ship in Toronto harbor Sept. 17.

Grey-haired W. R. Brown of Port Arthur, Ont., one of the Nor- onids special officers, said he went to sleep immediately on his re- turn from a visit ashore and did not. report for his night watch that started at 1:20 a.m. AST. Wit- nesses have placed the start of the fire at about 2:30 am. EST. The Noronids special officers were charged with patrolling the ship. performing duties similar to hotel detectives. One of their jobs was io watch for fire.

Mr. Brown, 68, one of six wit- nesses heard during the 12th day of the inquiry, said he figured he would have "an hour and a quar- ter" of sleep before going on duty but due to a "slip-up" he was not roused and failed to report.

Mr. Brown also testified that thrce-foot-high cartons for refuse were kept in the 36-year-old ship's linen closets. The majority of d0 witnesses who testified since tho Commission's first sitting Sept. 20 located the flre in a linen closet on the port side of C deck. Other witnesses today were wheelsman James H. Donaldson, 1D, of Windsor, Ont. Leo Papp. a survivor from Detroit; wheelsman James E. Pepper. 57. Sarnia. 0111-, special officer Murray McPhadden a watchman Robert L. Guest, , both of Toronto.

Mr. Brown told of the Noronicb chief steward always "being ner- vous about fire" and of having told him to detail three bell boys to patrol the ship after i a.m. “He was worried because there was a bunch of drunks on board." said Mr. Brown. He ssid passeng- ers on post-lesson cruises were given more "latitude" and special officers were "not too strict about

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Special Noronic Officer Asleep At Fire Outbreak

Mr. Brown said it was the first time in six years as special officer on the Noronic that he had failed to report for duly. On the night of the fire, he was roused by the sound of a woman's voice asking: "Which way will I go?". l-ie then related his efforts .10 fight the fire, rouse passengers and get them off ship.

Papp told the Commission of seeing a bellboy "break at least two fire alarm stations" after the fire was discovered. He said the boy brpke one and “listened but nothing happened so he smashed another one.”

Siiiuggloti Refrigerators Seized I11 Montreal

M Oct. 14 -—(GP) — RCJii/LP. said today they have placed under detention-seizure 76 smuggled refrigerators-right in the owners‘ homes. "We haven't any plaice at headquarters -to put them." said Inspector Rene Belec. "Also. we feel most of the people bought the refrigerators in good faith." So each owner was called on to sign a. "detention order" guaranteeing that the installed mohines would not be disposed of. The seizures were part of s cam- paign by the R..C.M.P. to curb smuggling of refrigerators from the United States.

Sudden Death oi Mr. Leo B. Doyle

A well known Charlottetown cit- izen, Mr. Leo B. Doyle. 136 Fitzroy Street, passed away in the Char- lottetown Hospital yesterday aft- ernoon following a short illness. Mr, Doyle was stricken Wednes- day but appeared on his way to recovery before he succumbed to s second attack about 24 hours later.