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Blaze Destroys Private Hospital Near Airport

Th; private hospital, located um Shcrivood Cemetery-EDP"!!- mgbely four miles from the City __nnd owned and conducted b1’ Mr Forbes Kennedy of Charlotte- wii-p “BS (IESLTOYBQ b)’ m‘ P‘ 7 o'clock yesterday evenitiK- '

The fire originated in the Kli- chm iiiiere some material for the [gpftifllll of the roof was being my . Mr. Kennedy, who was outside the hospital, noticed some 5p...“ flying iiloft from one side of the hospital and after spending a short time trying to discover the.r origin finally went to the kitchen. ivhzch was ablaze.

The Charlottetown Fire Depart- ment rushcd to the scene where ii iras assisted by the SOD-gallon booster of the Parkdale Fire De- partment, but by U16 W119 Wm brigades arrived the fire had ad- vancrd too far to make possible tho saving of the building.

'l'herc were no patients in the hospil-il at the time.

Later, the City Fire lDepartment lent out its sprinkler as a pre- cautionary measure against sparks igniting the nearby woods and grass. '

The loss is estimated at 86,000. There was a small amount of in- surance on the building but none on thc considerable quantity of furniture and other hospital eq- uipment.

LONDON — (C?) -— The minis- try o’ food has granted a further 75.1w tons of barley from the i947 crop l.» the Scotch twhisky distill- ers bringing the total of this sea- son's allocation to 175.000 tans.

Coming Events

"rnlltics - Eldon Friday. Gilda. Starring Rita liayworth,

"Kings County mowing Match and llorse Show at. Dundas, Sept- ember 24th.

"Panto, Georgetown Hall. Wed- nesday; September 10th. Webster's Orchestra.

"Regular Dance at Burlington. Wvtlntsdiiy. September 10th, Good lllitilf’.

"liiiseball Game and Dancef Pisquid West School, Wednesday, 10th.

"Dancing Thursday evonlni. 9-30 lrlzfilll 1. Country Club, Travellers’ est.

"Regular dance tonight Sea Stevie Pavilion. Dancing from 8 ii .

‘filance Baldwin's Road School, itinv. miber 120i. IQQi- merits.

“Talkies - Bridgetown Satur-

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Cluh are presenting their play in Kinkcira Hall. Wednesday. Sept. 10.

"Meeting. New Haven School. Thursday at aso r. N. to discuss plans for a soldiers’ Monument.

"Legion Dance, Grand View "fill. Friday. September 12th. OCorinorZi Orchestra. Bot dogs.

"In stock. Cedar Shinglea. Cedar PM. Anni-ii 8111")“. imii win. llu- Stone Ind Lump Line w r 30mm. niinm nine. P, n. f.

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A move for appointment of a Government conciliator in one phase of the dispute betweefi the United Packlngiic-irse Workers of America (C.I.O.) and the "Big Three" of the Canadian packing industry brought slight new hope that a. Dominion-wide meat short- age might be averted.

But the conciliator suggestion was the only new development in the union's wage negotiations with Swift Canadian Company. Canada Packers Limited and Burris and Company. Some 3,600 union mem- bers have been on strike since Aug. 2'! in six plants of the Swift Com- pany. and negotiations broke down Monday between the unto-n and the other two companies.

9Q cents an hour in‘ the Canada Packers and Bums and Company Pllntl. which would call for wage increases averaging l'l cents an hour. The companies’ tentative of- fer iras five cents an hour for the 10.000 employees affected. In the Swift plants. the union is demand- 1118 about 1’! cents an hour. The company offered three cents.

Fred W. Dowling, Canadian dir- ector of the Union. made the con- ciliation proposal in a letter to LA. Porsyt-h. counsel for Canada Packers and Burns. It was li-i reply to s statement by rbrsyth ihacitho union had rejected g, proposal that "the issues be_ submitted to con- ciliation under independent aus- pices befcfe a strike was called."

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Strike May llolay Meat llecontrol Move

TORONTO. Sept. 1o —(Wed-ncs- day)—(CP)—-iA dispatch to the Globe and Mall from Ottawa today said that developmient of a wkle- spread strike in the meat industry might delay tihe next major decon- trol move planned by the Prices Board-removal of ceilings on meat and wheat products.

The dispatch said it had been expected this move would come to- ward theyend of the month but a tieup of the meat industry might result in delay.

Charged With Murder

LAWRENCE. Mash. Sept. 9 - rAP) - Twenty-one-year-c-ld Vin- cent (Jimmy) Doliechlaie tonight was charged with murder in the sex-slaying Sunday night of seven- year-old Louise Anne Kurp'cl whose battered body was found on the bank of the Merrimack River. District Attorney l-lugh Gregg said the youth had signed a con- fession ln which he said he lured the child to the spot. tried to rape hor- and than. when she screamed, beat hei- to death with a lalje atone. _

Dellechlaio was taken lnito cus- tcdey tody in Franklin. N.I>l.. a few hours after he had reported -for his first day's work in a hosiery mill.

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Downtown Area 0f Pittsburgh Shaken_B_y Blast

PITTSBURGH. Sept». S—(AP)— A giant explosion and fire spew- ing damage over a wide river front area today destroyed the llve-declu excursion ateemer “Island Queen", killing an estimated 28 crew mem- bers and injuring at least 17 oth- era

More than 00 of the lilg boat's 92 crewmen were aboard .when two tremendous blasts rocked the ves- sel at her Monongahela River dock. The ship blew up Just 45 minutes before she was to take on passeng- ers for a three-hour river cruise.

A fireman who probed the blackened wreckage alter the oil and gasoline-fed flames were ex- Jingulslred reported at least 27 bodies still aboard. Firemen be- gan to remove them, wrapped tn canvas.

A short time after the bodies were counted, Fire Chief William Davis ordered all firemen off the boat because, he said. the hulk was settling deeper into the river and threatening to break sideways in- to the stream.

The blast shook the downtown area, wrecking cars parked along the waterfront and smashing count- less windows in nearby shops and buildings.

Rescue Crewmen‘.

Police. firemen and passersby div- ed into the ivater to rescue crew- men hurled into the river. Fire- men. hampered by cars parked along the wharf. enlisted the aid oi bystanders to kick open auto- mobile windows in order to remove. the oars. ' " ' '

A fire-boat standing nearby and other rlverbcats turned their hoses on the flaming steamer. whose home port was Cincinnati, O.

Police superintendent Harvey Scott said i5 members of the crew were believed asleep aboard the vessel at the time of the explos- ion. l-Ie said police were investi- gating a report that an acetylene torch was in use on the ship.

Scott declared: "It was a real inferno, so hot it scorched cars and melted Windshields."

The Island Queen is owned by

Coney island‘ Inc, operators of Coney Island amusement park on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. A company spokesman said the boat left there Saturday for a 10-day stay in Pittsburgh during which nightly "moonlight" excursion trips were scheduled. The all-steel. glass-enclosed craft. which the company claims was the largest inland excursion boat in the United States, was 2B8 feet long and _51 feet wide.

Stowaways Filed

MONTREAL. Sept. 9 - (GP) -— Two Canadian merchant seamen. gen-lo“ cliiir and Frank Jollimore. both of Nova Scotin. were each (med 525 and costs in criminal court this afternoon for‘ b91118 gtatvawnys aboard the freighter Ottawa Valley-

The pail‘, who appeared before Chief Judge Edouard Archambnull on warrants signed by llllllflml‘ Robert Eaton ctf the shipping Fed- eration. were reported to have been gg-mdod in London. England. without funds. On Aus- 28 they boarded ship without proper such- orization and were discovered in the hold when the lhip was three days at sea.

By DONALD DUANE HAM! . 36M. 29—(AP)— Jewish refugees and British troops fought in a pitched battle aboard a transport shin today be- fore the soldiers succeeded in land- ing on Gordian soil the lalt of tho "Exodus 1M7" Jews who set out two months no for Palestine. The battle occurred aboard the Bimnyinede Park altar a ‘peaceful disembarkation from another tran- sportcthe umpire nivalt Tonisht a British ofllolal said a powerful bomb was found in the Emltlfl Rivalb. hold. The bomb was cap- able of blowing a air foot wide hole in the ship's bottom. Hundreds of the Jews fought .11 em way- from the grim hold: of the Runnymede Park to a doc):- aldo railway train to avoid enter- ing the country the! 60ml!” ll the graveyard of millions of their

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An urgent request that the Dom- inion Government operate packing plants during strike settlement negotiations was wired to Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour. yesterday by Mr. W. Chest- er S. McLure, Progressive Conser- vative MP. forQueensWriting in the interests of Island stock produc- ers, Mr. McLure sent the following telegram to the Minister at Ottawa:

"Packing house strike seriously affecting live stock producers in this Province. Thousands cf hogs ready and maturing that will de- velop into overweights at heavy feeding cost; wh.ich together with ultimate discounts off grade prod- uct will amount to enormous loss- es to farmers. Urgently recommend Govcrrimont operate plants during settlement negotiations."

Sanitary Engineer For Province

The Provincial Government has appointed Mr. WK. Sharp. a nat- ive of Saint John. N.B.. as sanitary engineer for the Province.

Mr. Sharp. however, will riot on- tcr upon his new duties until some time next summcr as he will take a post-graduate course in sanitat- ion under the auspices of the Rock- feller institute at some Canadian or A-mei-lcan university.

.'l‘,he post-graduate», course in

necessary, Government‘ spokesmen said yesterday. because of the un- usual conditions which will con- front Mr. ‘Sharp here. His appointment, spokesmerisaid. was necessary before he could qualify for the postgraduate course offered by the Rockleller institute. One of Mr. Sharp's duties will be that of supervising the work in- volved in maintaining and increas- ing the purity of all milk sold to tihe consumer.

New Halifax M. P. ls Sworn

OTTAWA. Sept. 9 — (Special) — Parliament gained a new member today when John Dickey. 32-year- old barrister who captured the Halifax vacancy in the by-electicn c-l July 14 this year was sworn in formally by Ray Graham. deputy clerk of the House of Commons. Justice Minister llsley. Nova Sco- tla's cabinet representative. Gov- ernment Senate leader Wishart McL. Robertson and Gordon B. Is- no-r. senior Liberal member for Halifax were present at the cere- mony and welcomed Mr. Dickey warmly as their newest colleague. . Accommodation shortage hit l Mr. Dickey a few. minutes smi- the ' swearing-in. He was assigned to room 448 on the‘ fourth floor of the building and promptly went up to take possession. The office had been Stripped of furniture and rug pending the arrival of pointers and" decorators so the new Halifax member was forced to bivouac in the office of his colleague, Mr. Is- nor.

Invited to the Parliamentary ore-w gallery. Mr. Dickey was sub-

Use Force lnUnloading Last 0i “Exodus 1947”

least 38 Jews, including 13 wo- men, were wounded in a two-hour melee in which the troo used clubs, fire hoses and fists down resistance spurred by a leader who exhorted them to fight to death.

Three British soldiers were of- floially reported in hospital with lnluriel.

The Runnymede Park. with its 1,405 refugees. was the last to dock of the three ahips which carried 4.811 Jews from Haifa. near where

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captured when the Jews tried to crack the Palestine coastal block- ado.

They had sailed for Palestine from Sate. France. on July 10. They refusedito leave the tran- sports whon they were returned to Port De Bouc, France. and were brought to Hamburg. where they were invited anew to walk peacefully ashore. "

jcctcd to good-natured banter on his bachelor-hood and warned that in the midst of Ottawa's hundred; of attractive and beautiful girls. his W181i! flute would not last long... The good-lofling Halifax barris- ter reminded the press that his leader. Mr. King. had successfully evaded the blandixhments of Ot- tawa's womanhood since the turn of the century.

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To Review Brit. - U. S. Occupation Agreement

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9--(AP)— Tlie War Department announced tonijit that Britain and the U-n- ited States,.at British request, will review in October an agreement. under which they now split equally the cost of running their combin- ed occupation zones in Germany.

Britain asked for the review be- cause she ls in economic difficul- tics and hard pressed for dollars to buy the things she needs.

The decision to talk things over next month is a major reason for a meeting of the Senate Appro-

priations Committee called for Sept. 20. Diplomatic authorities here

understand Britain is prepared to ask the United States to assume a larger share of the bill for oper- ating the occupation" zones as an economic unit.

At the time the agreement was made a year ago, the Sthte Depart- ment figured each country would have to spend $500.000.000 f0!‘ three years.

chairman Styles Bridges (Rep.- N H.) sent out the call to the Ap- propriations Committee as these other developments underscored the economic plight of all Europe:

1. Government experts said iii a secret report that Europe can clumb back to her feet only hi’ co-operation from within. help from without. and production be- yond prewar levels. That outside help means assistance chiefly from the United States.

2. The world bank ruled out any

possibility that it might step in with aid before the United States can offer a helping hand. Robert Garner. vice president of the S9.- 1o0,0oo,00o institution, told a press conference the bank's policy makes ii impossible to lend money for food and goods needed in Europe in the months before the Marshall plan takes hold. Congress must approve any l5- sistiice under the Marshall plan. There has been widespread talk of s special session.

Veteran Liberal Senator Passes

NAPANEE. 0tnt.. Sept. 9 ——(CP) -Sonator William J. Harmer of Edmonton. '74, Liberal Senator since 1918. died In hospital line today. I-le had been seriously ill for the last month and a few days ago was moved here from an Ot- tawa hospital.

The veteran Senator. sometimes referred to as “silent William frorn Alberta". was the. first Liberal Un- ionist to be appolntzd to the Up- per dumber. His appointment came when he was serving as‘ Deputy Minister in the Alberta department of Railways and Tele- phones.

senator Harmer moved to West- ern Canada in i891 after receivlnl his education at Napiiriee public school and college institute. A tel- egrapher by ln-ofecsion. he worked almost continuously in railway 0P- erating and traffic departments

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NEW DELHI, Sept. 9- (AP)— Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared in a broadcast address tonight that the government of the dominion of India was cori- fronted with a situation "analog- ous to war" and that it would meet the “serious orisls...on a war basis."

He did not specify what milit- ary measures would be taken to end the communal fighting, loot- ing. arson and carriage that have laid waste great areas of the par- titioned Tunjab and, in the last few days, paralyzed his own cap- ital.

Thousands of Moslems, fearing death at the hands of inflamed Sikhs and Hindus, fled today from the twin cities of Old and New Delhi, wherefian estimated 1,000 have lost their lives in brutal massacres in the last three days and where gunfire still was heard night and day. i

The 1,000 estimate was from of- flcial sources. but one civil official said the total dead and wounded might reach 10.000. There was lno accurate count amid the con- fusion atteriding murder, arson and looting.

Police and military authorities said that some slackening occurred iii the rioting late today but the situation remained tense as fires continued to blaze and rifles cracked.

Normal life in both cities re- mained paralyzed. Rail and air transportation was halted and communications ivcre not restored. handicapping eflorts of authori- ties to re-establlsh order.

Mohandas K. Gandhi arrived from Calcutta where his 73-hour protest fast lost week was ended after a halt in the communal slaughter. He conferred with Gov- ernor General Lord Mountbatten on the situation.

Approximately 300.000 Moslems reside in Old and New Delhi-the latter the capital of the Hindu Dominion of India. They feel themselves caught in a death trap in the area, where hatred against the Moslems has grown with an influx of thousands of Sikh and Hindu refugees from the Punjab.

Expects To Confer With Dalton Today

LONDON. Sept_ 9 -(Reuters)— Firiance Minister Abbott. of Canada today said that he expected to meet Hugh Dalton, chancellor of the excihequer, tomorrow for pre- liminary talks "on matters of mut- ual interest"

Abbott. in London for this week's meetings of the International Monetary Fund, declined comment on tihe possible outcome of the talks between British arid commonwealth officials.

Abbott said he had not come with any cut-arid-dricd suggestions or plans to meet the British dollar crisis. He and other commonwealfli delegates would discuss matters with Dalton. but what the out-

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Suffers Leg Fracture

ST. ANDREWS, N.B.. Sepz. 9— (CP)~—L. B. MacMillan. former Deputy Minister of Public Works arid Highways for Prince Edward Island, fractured his left leg today at nearby St. Stephen Qid was taken to hospital there. The ac- cident occurred vrihen he fell while visiting an industrial plant with other delegates to the Canadian Good Roads Association convention here.

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LONDON. Sept. 9-—(Reuters)- Russia believes the Agrarian U1‘.- ion, Bulgarian opposition party. deserved to he suppressed and its leader. Nikola Petkov. sentenced to death.

The Foreign Office tonight made public a summary of a letter writ- ten by Andrei Vishlnsky. deputy foreign minister of Russia, to~ Frank Roberts. British minister in .Moscow. rejecting Britain's appeal .foi- three-power consultations laniorig Britain, the United States ‘and Russia on the Petkov case.

Vishlnskvs letter. alleging that the Agrarian Union and Petkov had abused political freedom by plotting to overthrow "by force the legal people's power." stated that three-power discussions on the death sentence passed on Pet- kov in Sofia would be contrary to the Yalta declaration as they would constitute interference in Bulgarian domestic affairs.

Nova Scotia Miner Killed

SPELLARTON, NS. sept. 9 - (CP) - John Copan. 54-year-old coal miner. was killed in the Allen Shaft of tho Acadia Coal Comp- any here today ‘when struck by a five-car underground coal train at the 350-foot level.

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Soviet ‘Global Police Pattern Made Known

LAKE SUCCESS. Sept. 9 —-(A.P) _p,i;gs*la'| long-awaited pattern for a global police force was made public today by the United Nations.

The soviet plan called for a maximum force of 12 troop divis- ions. 1.200 planes and five or s1! cruisers. but it ignored my need for the capital ship contingent: ldvocnkd by the United States, Britain. Franco and China in their original ultimatu-

Thore was no explanation o1 the nmlslion of battleships and carriers in the etatement from the Russian delegation to the U.N.'s Big Five military staff committee.