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Fort Hill Man Local Life In, Malpcque Bay

Christmas Was Happy 0ne For P. E. Islanders

A gentle i811 of snow ‘Tuesday night gave the people of the Prov- ince a white Christmas and thus added the lalt toudi needed to‘ make yesterday the happiest Christmas the Province has known Is many yearl.

it is extremely unlikely that there was a single child in Lbs province who did not have a visit from Santa Claus. Some, no doubt, were more fortunate than Others. but all received presents including toys more abund- gnt this year than last — fruit. and candy.

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In Charlottetown, two orphanages, the Provincial Sana- teriurn, Falconwood Hospital. the fnflrmary. and the hospitals had visits from Santa Claus. Many oi the gifts and much of the good cheer bestowed upon the inmates were directly the work of the ser- vice clubs. fraternal organisations, and other benevolent institutions which never forget the sick, the needy. or the otherwise unfortun- gie.

The City Police Department re- ported the quietest Christmas in its history. While there were, police say, a few cases where in- dividuals had. apparently, cele- brutal the occasion with a little too much enthusiasm. there was no drunkenness and the police cells remained empty over Christ- mas Eve and the following day. The only black mark on an othe, erwise nerfeet record" was the theft Tuesday evening of a i040 Dodge sedan which the owner had itll on Richmond Street with the motor running. An hour and a half later. police recovered the car near the Queen's Arms in a badly-damaged condition.

BALI OI‘ 'l‘.B. SEAIS HIGH

SAINT JOHN. N,B.. Dec. 25 — (OP) - This season's seals cam- paign of the Saint John Tuber- culosis Association hss reached a new high oi $7,248. with a larger total expected from later mail. ;Ihe campaign last year brought n .

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Coming Events

"Movies at Victoria to-night.

"No crushing grain until furth- er notice. J. Worth, Pownal.

"Dance at Ilernsclifie School, Ihursday. Dec. 36th.

"Poultry — Buying daily live and dressed poultry. Paying top market price Davis d: Fraser Ld.

‘..Kinkora Hall — Dance. Good and lunch, Friday. December

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“Booking orders for Chich. Mixed or sexed. Mcirziis, Bradaibane.

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"Loading Boga at Peakel Sta- Inn each Thursday for Davis t! Plum ma. Merlin Devitne. ~

"Dance in St. Arm's school on Friday, December 27th. Lunch lcrved. -

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Tlseibody of Mr. lamb P. Gillie. 75. of Port Hill. was found alscti noon on Tuesday beneath the ice of Malpequa Bay in the waters be- tween Lcnnox Island and the mainland. Although he apparently walked into a hole in the ice on 5st. urday afternoon during a snow storm he was not misled until Mon-

ay.

Mr. Gillie we; employed as forc- man of a government house-build- ing project on Lennox Island and on Saturday ho ltartod norcle the icl for his home in Port Hill. On Stasday the ice softened and no one creased and it was not until Mon- day when some of the Indians come across and his family dilcovered that he was missing. A search party was formed and hll foot- prima were traced to a hole in the ice. Dragging operations wen corn- mencad on Tuesday morning and his body was recovered about noon. There will be no inquest.

The late Mr. Gillls Wal I. native of Port Hill lrsd had lived for a while in the United Stall. return- ing some years ago to Port Hill. l-le ia survived by his wife. the former Bl ‘ Cameron of Grand River and the following sons and daught- ers: William in Montreal; Andrew in Saint John. NB; Joseph and Charles at home; Margaret and Theresa in Montreal and Mary at home-S.

i0 Best-Dressed Women In World g

NEW YORK. Dec. B - (AP) - Titic of the beet-drcascd woman in the world goes this your to Mn. Howard Hawks. erg: of the Belg; wood. -. roducer. w nosed ~ utensil of Windsor for w Dlnce in the annual lilt of the "ten belt d, ..

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The 1940-0! lilt. baled on l poll of 150 fashion editors. styliltl and social cclebritiu, was announced by the New York Duel Institute in this order:

1. Mrs. Howard Hawks.

2. Duchess of Windsor.

3. Mrs. Cushing Mortimer (for- mer Barbara Oushitng. silica" of Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mrs. John Hay Whitney).

4. Mrs. Byron Floy.

5. Mrs. Thomas Shevlln.

ti. Mrs. Millicent Rnuvrs

‘i. Mrs. Harrison Williams

8. Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart

i). Mrs. William Paley

i0. Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce.

The Duchess, who once topped the annual list, dropped to 10th place last year, but climbed to loc- 0nd place this yea-r.

llirlethas l-‘Issls llc Peace In ilillea _ NANKING. Dcc. 25 --(AP)- Christmas day found more than 3.000.000 combatants in active fighting areasin China. Official sources estimate that nearly 2,000.- 000 Kuomintarsg (Government party) soldiers are on l full war status from the Yangtze river northward. There are believed at

least 1,000,000 Chinese Contmunist soldiers and perhaps 500.000 nsilitiamcn also engaged in tho, fratricidal struesle-

KILLED BY CAI

One of the most colorful and picturesque figures in the Pres- byterian Olsurch in Canada died in Toronto ll a roluit of injuries received when struck by an auto. He was Rev. Dr. John O. Inkster, N. Dr. Inklter retired in 1040 of- ter a lifetime devoted to religi- ous work. Hlrpaltoratea at vari- ous times included Victoria, Sclkstoon and Toronto.

Construction Bean Forecast For ll. S.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25—(AP)—I United States industry and gov- ernment officials tonight "srecest record ~smnlhing construction act- ivity m I047. the Commune De- partment predicting nearly $22-- 000-000,0M worth cf building of all kinds,

Th, Associated General Corttrac- ton of Antes-lea, Inc, age-dating hat builder: would hit the 030.000.000.- 000 mark, estimated 815.000.000.000 would be in new construction. the rest in long-delayed repair and maintenance work.

Privore industry now is perforn- in; nearly 80 per cent. of all corn- structir-n, which this yedr will amount to about 815.000.000.000.

New lealand Air Mall llates lledseod

WEILINUION. New Zeal-and. Dec. 25 - (CP Cable) — Finance Minister Walter Nash announced today the airmail postage rates from New Zealand to Canada and the United States by all services would be reduced to two shillings a half ounce beginning Jan. 1.

The new rate reduces by 50 per cent the cost oi airmail by Pan American Airways and by 20 per cent the rate by the British Air- ways Corporation.

CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING

BOSTON. Dec. as - (OP) — Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Vickery celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in suburban Egypt Christmas Eve.

Mr. Vickery, ‘it, was born in Yarnsouth, NS. His wife, the former Ethel Cook, ia a native of Scituate. Mass.

Five children. l7 grandchildren and one great grandchild attend- ed the celebration.

Soviet Whaling . Fleet

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MOSCOW. Dec. ab-(AN-A 10- ship whaling flotilla, holilld by the well-known Soviet explorer Voronin, left northern Russia to- day for“ tho Antarctic. Russian newspapers reported-

Thc fleet, composed of nine whalers and one large vessel clrrylng equipment. will be m6! off Gibraltar ‘by the soviet tanker Pectin, which will supply the alsipa with fuel during tho voyage.

Oil. uranium and old claims to Antarctic ownorllsip all have been mentio ’ in connection with the unprecedented number of scien- tific and witollnl exncilllons to the Antarctic duringthe current southern. summer.

A world-wide shortage of lets and oil hoe placed l premium on whale oil. and planes. radar and explosives are being need tc locate and catch-whales.

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continent for the last two years. The British conceded Tuesday that they were maintaining what they coiled a meteorological sta- tion on British territory in Mar- guerite Boys-IMO rnlili south of Capo Horn. The Marguerite Bay base mglnally was built by M- mlral Byrd in 104i.

Australia llso plan! to leisd n naval ship and airplanes to "Aus- tralian territory in the Antarctic? to sock c suitable ice-free base for "future operations.“

Olsiia hll announced she will send. with Argentine participation, an expedition to "Ohiilan Antarc-

ties.” ' Recent reports from Ohii, void nodcfinite progrell has been

rnldo on plans for the Join: ex- pedition. However. Argentine Offi- cials announced Dec. i’! that. _an alisAruentiae lxpoditiors we l‘ ‘within a few weeks -fer,'l H

u _ Orimey Ilionde. ' Jetway and sevirai other ne- tiona have expressed interest in South Polar enter-aliens.

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What’: This?

DECATUR, Iii., Doc. 25_(Ap) - Clothing merchant Edgar Bachracis said, it all started al a I118 but:

Several week lgo he display- ed in a lhow window a pair of men's underwear shorts trimmed in lace. So many women ordered them as gifh for lumonda or lwcethoortl that today he an- nounced it wouldbeimpoaaible to fill all orders, although one tail- or has been doing nothing but lowing lace on underwear.

llhinsfsllrafl Constitution ls Adopted

NANKING. D00. 25 --(R)eutors)— China's revised draft constitution was adopted tmanirnosseiy today by the dtl-day-old national assembly l-mid cheers of "long live tho Re- publlc-Jong live the constitution." The new constitution, s, blend of western democracy and of the philosophy of the late Dr. Sun Yat- Sen who foursded the Chinese i-‘le- public in 1911. will be promulgated New Year's day and will take cf- fcct from Doc. 25, 1947.

A draft permanent constitution for China was promulgated by tho Chinese National Government May, 198d. and a people's congress was due to meet in November 1081, to adopt it.

The congress was postponed be- cause of the outbreak oi the Sino- Japancse war in July, 1937 arA af- ter ubsequent postponementl. it was agreed at an all-party confer- ence ln Ohungking inst January that a national assembly, which would adopt a permanent constitut- ion, slsotsld meet in May.

Th; Communists adhered to this all-party agreement but subsequ-

ently boycotted the national as- sembly which met Nov. 17. Owing to the dmertion of the

Communists and certain minority groups only 1.400 delegates out of 2,050 altar/led the assembly meet- ings.

Suspect Arson in Hotel Fire

MACON, 0a., Dec. 25 - (AP) — lroltce and fire officials toaay in- vestigated evidences of arson afvetr a Spfidtilaililli‘ early-morning blaze destroyed a wing of tnc names- Hotel and sent an estimated 20c gucats scurrying into tha streets. Three Persons siigtmiy injured by flames that broke out shortly before midnight, apparently in a fourth-floor ilnon closet inspected 30 minutes before the smoke was discovered. Fire chief Guy Mosley said, "this thing didn't happen; it occurred." and assistant chief Jcny Hudson linked the firo with the Winoooff Hotel disaster in Atlanta Dec. 7 which took 119 lives and resulted in intimatlons of arson before a grand Jury ialt week. Nowlpapormen and plsotfit- cln were barred from the six . brick building in the heart of downtown Macon alt-lsough Roger Bond. l rwporter for the Macon News, aided firemen until the flames were extinguished early to- 08y. No estimate oi the dlsnago was forthcoming but nearly all of the hotel's 10S rooms were water lock- ed. Only 20 rooms were guttad by flamce in the near of one wing.

Freighter Wrecked 0n Goodwin Sande

out. Kent. England, Doc. as. taro-as» ‘LOUD-ton mica sum frcbhter Northeastern Vhhry.

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after 8 crow members WI! “hi! aabcre by a lKO-bfi. n: Qenélagale raged tin a Glen- ‘ I t 1100111 0i‘ tuna, m. Roltrolss, and "other of '

King George Sees . Better Days Ahead

LONDON, Doc. 26— tCPl-Jrhc King. broadcasting into the golden microphone reserved for his an- nual Christmas message, told ml!- lions throughout the world today that "our task is to mobilize the Christmas spirit and to apply its power and naall-ng to our daily life."

Alone in his study at Santirlng- ham Palace, the King oaileri anew for continued courage in the face of gre-st tnrplexltie; and un- prodictable prospects.

‘The world's convaiesrenc, can certainly be hastened by our con-

tinued endurance and‘ good ivlil,"

he sold. “We showed the way when the bombs were falling. By our dlscipilvrse, our endurance. our patience, we can show tho way again.

“We havg survived the greatest upheaval in human lstory. Our hard-won liberties our demo- cmtic mstitutlons are unimpaired. Our Commonwealth and Empire. though lubjcn to the changes that time must bring, has not been dis- rupted by the stness and peril of war, We are celebrating Christmas as free men and in peace

"And though the cloud-s are still dsrk. there is light behind thorn. Better days lie ahead. [At utt not concentrate too much on the dif- ficulties of the present—they will pass-so rather lot us filial! of the possibilities that the future may hold for us.‘

Queen. Trinceaoen Linton

The Queen, with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, riowagcr Queen Mary and other meszbers o-f the Royal holiday party, "-tened

m to the Sovereign‘: words from a

loud speaker: Just bales-g; the broadcast, all had gathered for a special Christmas’ lunrhezn in which the chief dishes were roost turkey and plum pudding.

The Ki-ng said:

"This Christmas Day, surround- ed by our family circle in our own home, the Queen and I are think- ing o! the world-wide fztmtly of the British Commonwealth and

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Live Lobster Prices Advance At larntoutl

Mill/MOUTH, N.S., Dcc. M - (OP) - Buyers were offering 40 ocntl a pound today for lobsters gs fishermen of Nova Scotia’; western shore counted their losses in a re- cent serics of winter gtsles,

Yannourth fishermen estimated

they had lost 30-50 por cent of their lobster traps while those of the Pubtnioo and Tmkct areas placed theirs at 5-10 per cent. . The increase above the season- opening Dec. 1 price of 30 cents was attributed to the scarcity of lob- sters caused by the storms.

llnited Slates 0f Indonesia Formed

DBNPASAH Bail. Dec. 25-41?) ——The second step in formation of a United States of Indonesia was taken lore Tuesday when the provisional state of Bast Indonesia was proclaimrd in the name of Queen Wilhelmina of The Nether- lands.

The new etatg- embraces oil the Netherlands East Indies east of Java and Borneo excep: New Guinea, has a population of more than 8.000.000 and includes some of the Indies‘ richest copra and spice-producing areas.

Asia's newest state. consisting of the islands of the Ceiobes, the Moluccas. Bull, Lomlsok. Dutch Tlmor and numerous smaller is- lands. will exercise mW-t‘?! under a 14-point plan of government which delegates to the central government such federal powers as conduz; of foreign affairs and is- suance of coinage, and calls for the appointment of a Netnr-"nds crown commissioner to advise and assist the new president.

Seetlsll Pleas llg "florist Slnpslga

iii-l. Dec. M-(Reut- oral-An ail-out canspaign to lnlke Qodtlgnd a leading world tourist centre will begin in. i007, ending with an international festival of nsulic and drama in ldinlnlrflflpte in August.

W; A. lson, lecretary of the Seottit Tourist Board in an interview today listed Scotland's attractions as magnificent lean-

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“Axis Sally” llas 0vtn Troubles llow

FRANKFURT. Germany, n“ ' "(A-P) — Mildred Gillan said 1n

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“Axis Sally" beciiuse mfqtfcnifi‘: risdlo gave he: "the outlet for the dmmilllc expression I had always sought."

M“! Gilli-fl. 87. was arr Berlin last March on ruspfifig i; trcasonable activities on balm]; 0g ‘he (lflmfln Propaganda agency She will leave s. United States army prison tomorrow for an uncertain future. obliged only to report reg. ularly to military authorities,

Miss Glllars, a native of Maine, do“ not know whet-her she is mu a United Stsiteg citizen, Hgr pa“. port was taken away in 1M1 She is not even sure she can obtain Gannon food rations utntll her no- ticesality is clarified.

She has one mark, U piennings (about 1B cents). She is “rearing a borrowed suit.

Her once jet-black hair is gray, "I! Yumed Fey in Jus/c a few. Wfik-i". flhe lflid. “those horrible weeks after the fall of Berlin" - when she was hiding from her own former countrymen.

ll. B. Man lias Tough Time When Gar Stalls

BATHURST. N. B., Doc. fl _ (CP) - His hands and feet fro- zen, Robin Oliver was found un- conscious in snow about 12 miles from here yesterday after he be- came exhausted while trying to continue a trip by foot when Monday's snowstorm made pro- gress by car impossible. His con- dition had improved in hospital tonight but extent of the frost bite had not been determined.

Oliver. a veteran of the Second Great War and caretaker for Sir James Dunn's camp on the Tra- caditrRivt-r l5 miles from hero, loft for the camp during tho storm but after travelling i2 miles the car was unable to progress furth- er.

Trying to complete the journey by foot he apparently became con- fused from fuilgtrc and shed his overcoat cotstninlnl! a portable telephone with which he could have communicated with his wife and attendants at the camp. He. also could have obtained refuge at n nearby shelter.

A seardn party in a jeep found him lying in the snow yesterday. He was taken to the cnml) for first aid and later brought to hospital bv ambulance after plow- ing of the road.

Still lio Trace 0f Missing Plane

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Dec. 26 ._. (AP) — The search for a missing Western Airlines passenger plane was just about back where it start- °d tonight -- after the Coast Guard announced a silver tail sighted thrcueh a cloud Eiup hnd been iden- tified as that of an old wreck,

Further air search for the air- liner. now 24 hours overdue here with l2 aboard. was halted for the dlay by storm and appfc-aching night.

G0 HOME T0 DYE

SYDNEY. Australia —(CP)— A hundred Chinese. whose ages total 7.200 years, loft Sydney in one sdsip to g0 hum» to die. Most had 819811 90 to 60 years in Australia.

LEEDS. Fmgianri — (CW-Chief Constable Hank Swsby is retiring after more than 38 years’ service.

.motnrists bought their

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Former governor of Minnesota. Harold EL Stassen is shown in Washington after he announced he is a candidate for the Republican presidential nominations in 1948 He said he would present a “riotin- ite, carsstruntive and progressive" program and work with l-tepttbil- can majorities in Congress to steer iht‘ Daffy 410m: a "trulv liberal path."

British Ambassador To Spain Recalled

MADRID. Dec. 25- tRcutlre)_ The last act of Sir Victor Mallet, British Ambassador to Spain. be- fore leaving for London. today.

was to attend Christmas service in i

the erubnuy thupel of st. George.

Then Sir Victor, recalled in ac- cordance tvltn a United Nation; decision proceeded with Lady Mallet and ticlr baby. to Barnvgg tilrport. outside Mam-try

The only bpanish officials pre- sent were Boron dg las _orrog. chief of pro-tnrol at the Bpgnlgh f°l°l8ll minliiil)’. and an assistant,

his plane arrived in London to. night.

ilewioundianders To Drive To lllght llow

ST. JOHN'S. Nild.. D00. M _ (UP) _ Newfoundlanders will start driving on the right side of