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REPORT ARAB COUNTRIES M AY IN VADE PALESTINE

EZ-sc- oe-Living Up

1.4 Points In October

Sees Serious Challenge To Present System

TORONTO, Dec. 4 —(CP) — Premzt-r Drew of Ontario, in an at- tack or. the Dcrnlnion Govem- ment‘: economic policies. said to- day he believes "that this country faces the most dangerous chai- lgngg to our free system which has ever been faced in the 80 years of Canada's history as a nation."

Economic measures taken by the Dominion in the last two weeks emphaslzari the need of a Domin- gon-Provinclal conference to clear- ly define the powers and obligat- ions of each Government in Can- ada tinder the Federal system.

Mill llot Press For Margarine Sale

l aonorrro, Dec. 4.- (OP)—Tho (Aaadian Chamber of Commerce has decided against pressing for Government action to permit the manufacture and sale of margar- ine in Canada, it was announced

today. . Officials said that a poll of 2S5 member boards, and chambers

shelved fewer than the necessary two-thirds majority favored mar- garine sale. The ballot showed 119 votes favorable; 101 opposed and 14 "votes were non-comnlitll.

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"Lot 65 f-lall Tuesday, Dec. 0th. Iain supper, bingo and dance.

"Movies — Bridgetown, Monday, December Bilh.

"llazelbrookgwkghooi Concert. Monday, llecelnlaer 22nd.

"institute dance and sale of lunches. wiltsnlre Hall, Friday, O

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"Our store will be closed all day Monday. Dec. am. Peters dz Gai- lant Lid.

_"llunter River Starch Factory Will take potatoes daily until Set- llrday. December 6th.

"Rummflse Sale. St. James Church llall. Saturday.) December 5th. at 6 P. M. ~

"Just arrived. Cor of Dairy Ration. Special price. W. I. Bow-

lfll-Yl. Hunter River.

"Worth River: Liberal poll owl- mlitee meeting in hall tonight at 8.30. All interested please attend.

"Don't forget Cornwall W. M. 5; Pfllltry Sale at Rogers Hard- ailo Saturday afternoon, Dec.

"Plmlry Sale Saturday, Dec. 6. Itl. Maritime Electric, by Dun- saffnage Women's Institute.

. "Christian Church Pantry Sale “i! Bazaar. Saturday. December 1h. a to s.

"1- . and old-time dancing sht. Eastern Rhythm

“l/lodern slflflife tqlll " Boys. MIC. C. P. broadcast 10.80 to i1 8° Khl- Don Maciesn. candidate Fecond Prince, and Douglas Mac- arlane, candidate Fifth Queen's.

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I m uploading s our of l‘ ¢.v meal at Longworth Ave Bid- “rdagrldag Decgmbereath and Sei- - ecum er . Phone 1700-1. Ellis Bros.

"Notice: radiator Mangooy sale and enld. .

Don't wait until your fracas: up. Get your Anti-freeze now. Whole- retsil. 0.0. Green, In-

“Murdock Macteod. C. 0 I‘. filidldate First Queen's. baa an llliortant announcement regard- ihs his offer to the Attorney 0on-

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UITAWA. Dec. 4-0anad.s's d- flbill coat-of-living index bulmggd up 1.4 points during October to stand at 143.6 at Nov. 1, the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics re- ported today.

This followed a jump of 2.8 points in September and a. simi- ll-r increase during August,

The Bureau said higher food prices continued to dominate the advance during October. How- ever, each of the sub group in- dexes, except for rentals, moved upward.

The index for the food group rose 2.3 points to 173.6, clue main- ly to higher prices for eggs, fluid milk, certain meats and canned vegetables. Butter, lemons and a few fresh vegetables, on the other hand ,were slightly lower between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1.

Increases which occurred later in November were not reflected in the Nov. 1 index.

The clothing group advanced 2.8 points to 157.0, reflecting rising prices in all sub-sections. while home furnishings and services moved up 1.5 to 151.4. due to in- creases for furniture. floor cover- ings, furnishings, dishes and clean- ing supplies.

Slightly higher cost for medic- inal supplies, personal care items. newspapers and gasoline were re- sponsible for a. gain of 0.0 to 118.2 in the miscellaneous items index. Fuel and lighting rose 0.7 to 122.6 due principally to higher prices for coal and coke. The rentals in- dex remained at 119.0.

Britain Turns Corner 0n " Coalllrotiuotlon. .

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LONDDON. Dee. 4 -- (AP) -— Britain has “turned the corner" on (zoal production and a National Coal Board pokesman predicted today that the United States Mar- shall plan pledge to export 0.000.- 000 tons of coal to Europe next year will he fulfilled.

Production, both per manshlft and in total, has climbed back to the levels of 1040. when war’: drain on manpower accelerated a down- ward production trend i the mines that had been going on for nearly 30 years.

Find Cause 0f Fires Aboard 00-6 Planes

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 -(AP)- 'I‘. P. Wright, civil aeronautics ad- IllmW-PIW. said today an investi- gation mows overflow gasoline running into the cabin heating system caused fires aboard DC-S type airplanes wlhich recently were grounded voluntarily in the United States. Wright said an industry- government committee has "de- termined to its satisfaction" that this was the cause of a series of blues aboard this type of plane, one of wlhl-oh crashed in Utah with loss M 52 lives after fire broke out.

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Boosts Price 0f Newsprint

TORONTO. Doc. 4- (UH-An increase of 06 a. ton in the price of its newsprint, effective Jan. i, was announced today by Abitibi Sales.‘ ('10.. Ltd. The increase is on the Present price of about $86 in Can- ada and S00 in New York.

The announcement was made in the following telegram sent to its newsprint customers in the Un- ited States and Canada:

‘This is to advise you that our present contract price for stand- ard newsprint paper will be in- creased Jan. 1. 1948, by $6 per ton. in order to assist you in your planning we are making the new price firm for the first six months oi i948.

“After very careful consideration we have come to the conclusion that ii’ we are to maintain produc- iiori at the highest possible lav-cl this increase is absolutely essen- vial."

Albitibi Sales are distributors for Abitibi Power and Paper C0. Ltd., one of the largest Canadian pro- ducers with operations chiefly cen- tred in northwestern Ontario.

Tho Abltibl announcement foi- .ows widespread forecasts of price Jicreases during the last. several months, but with most other com- panies still largely non-commit- lal.

In Montreal. Consolidated Paper Sales, Ltd, stated it would not in- JGBSO prices for January and February but said a subsequent increase seems unavoidable "be- cause of continuing sharp advan- ces in our production cost."

The Consolidated announcement added:

"Our aim is to avoid price in-

‘ creases to promote stability and to

do what wo can to check the s lrall of. ts and ices. 51th iiiqggalnd tha in ring action to meet our higher costs by higher prices that we are ioregoing the higher profit oppor- tunity which obviously exists in the current newsprint market."

A Consolidated spokesman com- mented on the Abitlbl anounce- ment:

“They must. feel it necessary to

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M. B. Exp-eels Surplus 0n Ordinary Account

FREDERICTON. Dec. 4—-(CP)-- With the annual independent aud- it of provincial accounts expected to start next week, a record sur- plus of more than $5,000,000 on culinary accounts has been pre- dicted by Hon. J. J. Hayes Doona, provincial secretary-treasurer.

Mr. Doona made the estimate ‘rr the fiscal year ended Oct. $1. 1947, in the prospectus for a‘ re- cent New Brunswick $5.000.000‘de- benture issue. Mr. Doone said that following seven consecutive sur- pluses, the total of eight would exceed $12,000,000 on ordinary ac- counts.

12,000 Nova Miners Get

OIAOI BAY. N. l-. bee. 6- {Cm-Mora than 12,000 Nova Scotla coal miners, whose basic daily wage is $0.84. will rebelve wage boosts of 40 cents s day, it was learned today after confer- ences between officials of United Mine Workers (0.0.I..) District I6 and Dominlonfiteei and Coal Cor- porstion.

Freeman Jenkins, the Union's district president. said in a state- nlerit that the increases. effective Dec. 1, would apply not only to miners who had reached com- pany-set production objectives but to the 6.000 miller: in the South Crepe Breton fields who misled their aoelbvs fiftnofaionper roan-day.

The wage ineruu. conditional upon attaining lire-war produc- tion levels, was one of’ the turns which settled last springs 100- niay general cool strike when min- ers were wanted an uncondition- al boost of 61 a 01y.

Production which lied fallen o!

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from the 1900 average If II tons per man-day hsd to be restored 1o that level with November as the test month. v

When all iihe figures were in. all the pits operated by Docco's associated and subsidiary con-span- -ea on the Nova Scotia mainland and in North Cape Breton had hli the target. .

But miners in pits south of Sydney harbor had averaged only 2.211 tons s man-shift, .17 ton si nrt of their goal.

Mr. Jenkins announced today. that Herold Gordon, Demo's gm- arsl manager for coal operations, hed announced that the increase would be paid to e11 of the cora- panyb miners.

‘Tire Union." the U.M.W. chief said, "and through the Union its member. have made assurance that evuytlaing possible and rea- sonable will be done by the Union and its members to lncresde production to the original objec- tive and beyond, ii possible, and

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London Paper Says-Princess To liisit Canada

IDLNDON, Dec. 5 — (Friday) —(CP) - The Dally Telegraph reported today that Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Ed- inburgh will visit Canada “next spring," but an Admiralty spokesman said ‘We knuw noel‘- lng about a royal tour."

Tile Dally Telegraph fflpqff- ed that the battleship Van- guard. which took the King and Qlleen to South Africa last spring. "probably" would carry the heiress presumptive and her Prince not only to Canada. but on a vlslt to Australia too.

The Admlrdlty spokesman de- nied that the Vanguard, said to be in Davenport dockyard for a refitting, would he commie- sioned to take any members o! the royal family to North Am- cries.

Buckingham Palace sour-m wllltl not be reached for com- me-nt.

The Dally Telezraph said “a visit to the United star“ l; expected tn be made during the Canadian trip. " Th; DIIDPr added that the Van- guard's royal apartments "have been left intact, from ch45 501;"; African trip although their fur- nishings have been removed.”

At Ottawa. External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said he had heard nothing of a n) fl tour». 15o eny-asolirtry: ma: u" ' did the office of Prime Mll'l'fl— ter Mackenzie King. who n- turned only today from Brit- lill. know anything of it,

Prices For Ranch Mizk lip l0 Per Cent

MONTREAL, Dec. 4 -(CP)--lA'p- proximately 3,321 ranch minke rep- "Psclli-“IK 81 percent of an offering 0f 41.000 were auctioned here this week, W.P. Ewen. assistant man. ager of Canadian Fur Auction sales Company Limited said today. Prices were about ten per cent higher than last year. Approximately 35,000 fBllClh and wild mink, 15.000 silver fox and 15.000 to 20.000 muskrat pelts are scheduled to be auctioned off later this month he added.

Two Ships Ask For Assistance

HALIFAX. Dec. 4—(CP)— The Search and Rescue Unit of the R. C. A. F. reported tonight two U11- tted States vessels were in trouble one 40 miles south of Halifax and the other off Iceland.

The Gloucester fishing craft Hilda Gasston was drifting help- lessly off Halifax after losing he: rudder and the R.C.M.P., cutter French was preparing to go to her aid.

Th; 8,805-ion freighter ‘irue Knot h!!! asked for assistance off the east coast of Iceland because of s shifting herring cargo and the trawler surpico was standing by in render whatever help was necessary.

0|iy Tirroe Ships llsrnaln In Montreal

MONTREAL. Dec. 4- (OP)- Tha British freight: Ocean Lib arty pulled out of Montreal har- bor today with s limo-ton cargo 0f flour and grain destined for the people of Britain, leaving only three ocean ships, the small Nor- wegian freighter Carmelflsli. the ‘Brazilian freighter Lloyd Para- gual and the British heighter Port Finley, in port.-

IONDON -- (OP) - Btamvl valued at 00.000 most of them Can- adian. were stolen from the col-

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OTTAWA. Dec. 4 — fSpeclal) —- First and only member of Prince Edward Island's contingent

Ottawa to date for the Jarnes Lester Douglas,

session. Liberal

and senior departmental officials in the capital. be the outcome of the provincial

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The Queen's member

early next week to return to his constituency to cast his vote and will also vote in King's County by virtue of being a property-earner there.

This afternoon he conferred with senior officials of the Department of Transport, post office and puh- lle works on matters pertaining to Charlottetown.

"I've been so busy taking up trcnstltuency and marketing mat- ters here today that l’ didn't get time to shave", Mr. Douglas con- fessed to the Guardian's corres- pondent late this afternoon.

Potato Growers Worried

“One reason why I made sure of being in Ottawa today was to explain to the powers-that-be how concerned growers of Prince Ed- ward Isllmd are- over recent vio- > _ potato Insurer. we already been in touch with Agriculture Minister Gerd- iner on the matter and am makinw my views known to Prices Board.

“In Otta/wa. people don't airways see the potato situation as clear- ly as weydo down in the Maritimes. I have explained that there is a decided difference of opinion am- ong those vitally interested in the potato industry as io whether or not there should be a. measure of control.

"I've tried to make it clear to those who have jurisdiction over such things that both the potato growers and the Canadian con- sumer suffer when prices skyroc- ket from say $1 to $3 a bag and

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lieuh-Governor J. A. Bernard SpeaksAt Boston

BOSTON, Dec. 4—The shortage of nurses, a. condition which New England shares with Cahdws Maritime Provinces, was discussed today by Lieutenant Governor Joseph A. Bernard of Prince Ed

James Curley.

There was no indication. how- ever, that the talks between the Mayor and the Island Governor visiting Boston went beyond the

stage of discussion of mutual problems. Lieutenant Governor Bunerd

also visited State i-Iouse and chat- ted with Governor Robert F. Bradford and was the guest of the City of Boston at a Parker House JJICEIUOII before touring the Clty's_ ‘nistorical spots.

Tonight he was received by the Canadian-American league at a dinner. _

He told its members that their migration to the United States had been that country's gain am Canada's loss.

The Governor referred to the new ice-breaker. "Abegweil." now on the Borden-‘Ilormentlne route. and said American visitors could now travel in Prince Edward Is- land at any season of the year vtith speed and comfort. '

Before concluding his address. blown-Governor Barnard extended an invitation in Governor Brad- ford and to Boston's Mayor to visit the Province this coming anrruner. He assured the Mass- achusetts officials they could ex- pect e. hearty welcome from the citizens of Prince Edward Island.

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MONTREAL, Dec. 4 —- (OP) -- Building of the car ferry Abegweit has raised the prestige of Canada in the eves of the shipbuilding

‘world. naval architect Ill-I. Ger- iman. tonight told a meeting of

M.P. for Queen's. today renewed associations with fellolw-memberfleerlng Institute of Canada.

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railroad.

German said the conception. design and construction were almost en- Only exception a few parts imported from Britain.

From the welding point of view alone, he said, the job would have taxed the facilities and resources of any British shipyard. Great credit was due the shipbuilders for undertaking such an important and exacting contract.

lie described in detail all the features of the Abegweit. includ- ing the numerous protective de- vices and alarm-controls which render the ship as trouble-free as possible.

lifotlern navigational aids were incorporated, Mr. German said. in. eluding gyro and magnetic com- pass, echo sounding machines, ra- dar and radio-telephone.

Buke Ci Windsor Puhlishesllisea Autobiography

(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 4~The Duke of Windsor recalled today that in his boyhood he "could always manage" his younger brother, tne present. King George VI. but add- ed “that is, after all, the estab- lished prerogative of older broth- crs."

In a series of ifutoblographical articles in Life magazine, the first of which appeared today, the Duke described his childhood existence as a "strict...sl1e1tered boyhood; a country rather than a. city up- bringing," and drew vignette char- acterizations of his royal forebears.

Of his great grandmother, Queen Victoria, who reigned for nearly seven years after his birth June 23, 1894. he wrote that she wore "shiny black shoes with elastic sides" and had breakfast "in little revolving huts, mounted on turn- tables so that they could be faced away from the wind."

He described his grandfather Edward VII. as a jovial. big- hearted man he liked best to re- call "as presiding over a well-lad- en table, or smoking a fine flav- ana cigar of Cllurchilllan dimen-

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Confirm Cyrus Ching In Position

'.\'.‘lZ-;E£ll\‘uI‘Ofl, Dec. The Sexiate Labor Committee to-

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tiay unanimously recommended rcnflrmation of Cyrus Chlng as J-llfii of new Federal Mediation Agency.

Ching. once a Prince Edward Island farm boy_ was recommend- ed for the post, created under the ‘left-Hartley labor law, by Presi- dent Truman. . born at Red

Chlng. 71, was Point, P. E. I.

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King Sees European

Situation Serious

OTTAWA, Dec. 4 — (GP) - Prlme Minister Mackenzie King returned today from a month-long visit overseas and warned that there is "no time to be lost" in taking steps to rehabilitate West- ern Europe.

Approval 0f Aid Plan Seems Certain

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 — (CP) -R.e1uctant. approval o,f $590000.- 000 stop-gap nitl to France, Italy, and Austria appeared certain to- night. as members of the House of Representatives waded through n IZ-hour-limit debate on the Sch- ate-approved bill.

Some members criticized the principle. warned of the possible dire results but, in most. cases. promised their grudging support.

But they made it plain the long- term Marshall plan calling for billions for European economy re- covery would meet stiffer oppos- ition.

TORONTO, Dec. L-(CPI-‘Ihe Liquor Licence Board of Ontario today announced that sale of beer, wine and spirits in all hotels. taverns. public houses. restaur- ants and clubs must cease at 6 p.m, Dec. 24, Christmas eve. Nor .na1 hours of sale will resume Dec. 26. ‘

(By The Canadian Press)

HALIFAX. Dec. Ill-Whether the fatal July harbor-mouth collision between the destroyer Mioanac and the freighter Yarmouth County wag caused by the fighting ship's high speed or the merchant-man's alleged inadequate lookout was argued here today as a Federal inquiry resumed hearings which will continue tomorrow.

l-I. P. MacKecn. counsel for Acadia Overseas Freighters Lim- ited. owners of the 100094-011 freighter. maintained that the crash which killed ll navy men was caused by the Micmae run- ning through fog at excessive gpegd and by the failure of radar personnel to warn the b11680 01 the Ynrmouth County's preselw? dead ahead.

In disagreement with this sub- mission was J. '1‘. MacQuanie, re- presenting the Dominion Govern- ment. who said direct cause of the collision was that Capt. Normln