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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 19. 1950

Wtuation Talces Turnpb For Better In" Korea

ices-salts For Special Force Exceed 6,000-

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Th. establishing of at least ch.-es records highlighted the relebrstlons of the 60th annual Provincial Exhibition Association which concluded here last night sfter a long week of merry-makins and entertainment. Records estab- lished were those of attendance. livestock entries and harness rac- hg pay-ofifs.

with combined day and night rrowds on Wednesday and Thurs- day of close to 20.000 previous attendance marks went by the boards. The 1446 livestock entries were a new high and the mem- moth S1443 daily double pay to Mr, H. MacDonald of Charlotte- town was the largest amount ever paid at the part mutuels to NIP man.

Yesterday's crowd was smaller than those of the two previous days but there were still thous- undg at both the day and night

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OTTAWA. Aul- 18-(C?)-Rm crults for Canada's special force swept upwards beyond 0,000 today as Cabinet Ministers met to con- sider when the big flood should be halted

Announcement of the cut-off point is expected fairly shortly amid indications that it will be done in stages. Recruiting for in- fantry, for instance, may be halt- ed before the search for special- is

is.

A total strength of around 0,000 men is expected to be authorized as a result of Cabinet deliberat- ions which included a meeting of the Ministerial Defence Committee with the Chiefs of Staff today.

Also on their agenda was the subject of Canadian aid for West- ern Europe to help build up that vital area to withstand Russia in the event of war. A mutual aid program for Canada's Allies there is anticipated as part of the ex- panded defence activity here.

The swollen tide of volunteers for the Korean force has both pleased and perplexed defence of- ficials. One problem is what to do about regular force soldiers who want to be allowed to join the

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2 Carloads Of PEI Yorks Purchased For Manitoba

Coming Events

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"Dance. Lorne Valley. Webster's orchestra.

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"Dance. August 22:1

"Dance. Orwell cove Hall. Mon- day. August 21st.

"Clam chowder. bingo. games. dance. etc. North Rustlco. Wed- nesday. Aug 23rd.

"Unloading car No. 1 Oats at Mt. Herbert today. 53.3 per 100. shur-Gain Feed Mill.

"see St. Margaret's Play at Tracadie cross Wednesday. August 23rd. Dance after.

--Lot. ss. uonasy. August. 2m Lawn Party and Dance Ill Hall Good music.

"St. Margaret's play. Vernon River Hall. Monday. Aug. 21st. Dance after.

"Unlosding car of Wheat at Mt. Herbert today. 33.35 er owt. Bring buss. shur-Gain Ml .

"Ice cream social and dance in Sea View Hall, Monday. Aug 21st in aid of W. 1.

"see so. Margaret's Play. "Brookdaie Farm" Little Poni Hall. Monday. August 28th. Dance after.

"Bingo Party. Springvaie school. Monday, August Slat: Ice Cream and Hot Dogs.

"ice Cream and Danuce. airm- mervllle School. Tuesday. August 92nd. Good music.

"Big Dance. Potato Warehouse, Moreil. Monday. August mat. Gtvtle Ohappeli and his Mort! Il- iandsrs. other amusements.

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Two carloads of Island York- shirea are slated to roll out of this Province for WinnlP9Ii. Manitoba around the last of the month pro-. -roll strike does not occur. it was learn- ed last night from Mr. 11'. M. Bak- er of Winnipeg who Judged the swine at the Exhibition this week.

Mr. Baker, accompanied by dr. H. W. Clay. senior livestock field- man for the Dominion Department of Agriculture, has rounded up 37 boars and in gilts, on a four day buying tour this week.

They hit the road Monday morn- ing and with the' exception of Tuesday have been travelling from early morning to dusk every day since. They called on fifty-two breeders and bought animals from thirty-three of them.

Mr. Baker was enthused over the animals he purchased and the excellent types of Yorkshires he saw in the Province. "You have without a doubt the finest York- shires on the North American Continent." be said. I

"And the credit for this is due to Mr. H. W. Clay," he Added. "I hope you people down here ap- preciate the work he has been doing with your swine."

"There are good Department of Agriculture livestock men all over the Dominion. but none of the farmers follow their instructions

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"Ice cream and dance in Mill- vale School. Monday. Aug. 21st.

day. Aug. 22nd. Alf McKesmey's Orchestra.

, "Come to Women's Instltute's ice cream festival at North Mil- ton Hall. Tuesday. August 22nd.

"Ice Cream Festival and Dance in Elliott Hall. Wsdnesdsy. August 23rd. uecNeiii's Orchestra

"will be cleaning end buying Timothy Seed in any quantity. John heard. oeapaud.

"Attention - Buying Livs Foss! Tuesdw. August sand. 0 A. as. to IP. M. II. Is. Dtcklc-son, New Gleason.

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"Ssndy's Tnestre Under the stars - we every Monday Wednesday and hidsy night.

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"Ice Cream Social at south Freetown scams Monday. August met. If wet. next line nights

"Come to Wood Island tthurctr upper in Church Hall. Wednes- days August 23rd. supper served

"Regular Dance at Bkylini. New London aver Tuesday night: Dan- cin from till 1. Good music

canteen service.

"Grand lobster supper. St. Mark's Church Lot '1. Wednesday. August 30th. dunes are. Reserve the date.

"Dancing every Tuesday and Saturday of t. Islanders county Club. Trays ersjsst. Art O3-lllhr! Melody Boy: live piece orchestra.

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Allies ilold Or Gain Grouno ' All Alongiine

By MILTON MARMOR

TOKYO. Aux. l9- (Saturday)- (AP)-Toughenin-g Allied forces hurled back two Communist smashes st Taegu. gained grou-nd in the north and held nrm else- where in a turn for the better all along the Korean war front Fri- day.

The dawn had broken on what many had feared would be black Friday for the defenders. Instead. by nightfa1l:-

Two South Korean with an American regiment block- ed thrusts by 30.000 North Koreans 12 miles north of the key forward base of Taegu and won back half of all of the three miles they had lost Thursday.

,This was the scene of the "pres- ent main enemy effort.” Gen. MacArihur's Tokyo headquarters said in a summary early today.

United states marines and in- fantry glmultaneoualy gave what the am. Division's commanding general called "a hell of a licking" to the North Korean lth Division in its 12.000-man bridgehead east of the Naktong ,River near Changnyong. 23 miles southwest of Taegu.

The marines and infantry made a three-mile dent in the Changn yong bulge. virtually halving it. in 38 hours of ferocious fighting.

Leif Erickson. -& correspond- ent. reported from Eighth Army headquarters that the American

was deemed a signal victory.

The Americans hit the crack Red dth Division so" hard that many of the Bed troops dropped their guns; and fled west acrcsanthe rivers Jolmri-T. ”churolI. tom-' mander of the 24th Infa-ntry and of the combined marine-infantry attack, said the blow may have ended the nghiing days of the Red Korean division.

Americans and South Koreans manning the thinly-held northern front retook Pohantg. secondary

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American supply port on the east coast. and Kigye. 10 miles inland. then captured high ground north of Kigye to make their defence line more cohesive.

The Allies ordered Tasgu evac- uated so its war-sw lien populat- ion of more than 50 .000 civilians would not become entangled in military operations. Ind to reduce danger of guerrillas mingling with the refugees.

Inter-Provincial Agricultural Talks

TORONTO. Aug. iB-(CP)-Ag- ricultura Ministers and their dep- uties from all Canadian Provinces will gather here Monday for the nrst inter-provincial conference on agricultural problems since 1033. Representatives will discuss mark- eting. farm education and extens- ion and water conservation.

Carloadings

CYITAWA. Aug. ll -(OP) - Cnroodings for the week ended Aug. 12 totsiled 76.03 cars com- pared with 74,307 in the corres- ponding psriod a year ago.

The Bureau of Stltistloa report- ed today that advances were made in coal. ooke. ores and other mine products. Lumber loadings also were up as well as wood pulp and paper.

WASHINGTON. Aug. is - (AP) - The United states today tight- ened controls over exports to Rus- sis and her satellites, Ind dock workers in New York refused to unload l'tussiIn,furs arrtvinc "1 the Irltllh litter Mlufetania.

The lonnhcremsn were describ- ed as mostly war veterans "who figure we're Pi-astiesliy qt war with Russia now!

, The men also voted not to han- gilamzriy goods from iluuis in the u . ' in Washington. -the oominsrcs nope:-omens slain down controls on a list of. 1.00-so-called "war potential" items to sauna and is other countries in the lovlot bloc. order is effosdvo immediate-

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Brig. II. W.-Murdock. ODE. 39 who organized and commanded the First Battalion, North Nova Scotla Highlanders. He will com- mand todayis fourth re-union par- tide.

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. Friendly Invasion Today

Elements of the North Nova Scotia. Highlanders secured a small belchhesd in Charlottetown last night and were expecting to oe reinforced this morning for their fourth annual I union being held today.

Minus battle patches, and other unit badges, the re-unionists were. nevertheless, easily identified. it was understood they msde an em- phibious flsnking movement to converge on the capital city. Land- ings were reported in strength at both Borden and wood Islands. Casualties. it was understood, were light..

The friendly invasion this morn- ing marks the first official visit of the North Novas since the mem- orable visit in the summer of 1941. just prior to embarkation for over- seas service.

The lsunlon plans here have been completed and the commit- tee, under the general chairman- ship of Lt. -Col. .I.D. Stewafz

D.S.O.. !:.D., awaits to welcome the visitors on behalf of "Regi- ment D",

Reunion Prograi ,

Lt.-col. s. 1). show .. list). It. Who commanded D Company In the N.N.S.l-I.. became second-in- command. and in Northwest Eur-

The reunion program calls for a registration of members this moni- ing from 9 A. M. to 10.45 at the old Ordnance Ground now the head- quarters of the Prince lildward Is- land Regiment (17th Reece), on Brighton Road.

A Drurnhesd Memorial service will be held .at ll A.M. at Mem-

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wtii See-it Settlement Before Deadline

By JOHN IABLANC

O'1'rAWA, Aug. 18 - (OP) - The general rail strike deadline less than four days off. the Fed- eral Government today sent a spe- cal mediator into the halted rail- way-union negotiations.

Dr. W.A. Mackintosh, vice-prln- cipal of Queen's University and an off-and-on handy man for the Government in many capacities. was given the ilth-hour task of trying to wring out a settlement in time to avert the threatened Tues- day mcrning trsln-telegraph-ho- tel tie-up.

The 66-year-old economics pro- fessor, a member of amber De- partment advisory body, left King- ston lmmedlateiy for Montreal and scheduled his first meeting with the disputants for 10 A. M. Satur-

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DISPUTE

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Notwithstanding that the Borden- Tormeyitlne car ferries "Abegwelt" sad "Prince Edward Island” are owned by the Dominion Govern- ment and not by the Canadian Not- ional Raliways. they will be affected by "the impending railway strike in the same manner as railway prop- erty unless there is direct Govern- ment interventlon in the matter, the Guardian was Informed s.uthor- itatively yesterday. So far as could be teamed last night, no such inter- vention is anticipated.

The railway management pious to close down the ferry service at 8 a. III. on August 21 if the strike materlallses. The strike committee has consented to leave skeleton crews aboard to protect the equip- ment. but they will picket the boats againststrike-breakers in the some

day.

Meanwhile, discussions between the Unions and Companies. resum- ed only last night in respcnse to an urgent Government appeal, dragged to a stop at Mcntreal for the second time in little more than a. week.

Major Montreal 3.. ts were that the Railways revived the ”flna,i" compromise offer they had withdrawn Aug. 10 after the Un- ions rejected it, and the Interna- tional Unions in the dispute ot- fered the Railways leeway up to the start of next year for putting in their demanded 40-hour week with unreduced take-home pay.

Preparations for the strike con- tinued from the Union end, and a Union official here said a settle- ment would have to come before 8 P.M. E.D.T...Monday to make it physically possible to call off

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Dealers Refuse 0 To Join Potato

ope LOH'II'UHndEd the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. He is General Chairman of the Re- union Committee.

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SUSSEX. N.B.. Aug. l8-(CP)- Mrs. William Trowsdale. 50, of Borden, P. E. I., was injured to- night when a car driven by her son. Gordon Trowsdale, ll, turned over in the vicinity of the Mill- pond Bridge, three -miles east of Sussex. Taken to the King's Couniy Memorial Hospital, Mrs. Trows-cl-ale was found to have pos- sible fractured ribs and was suf- fering from shock.

The car apparently skidded on wet pavement and turned over. landing on its top. Othbr occup- ants of the car were her husband. a tecn-aged daughter and their two younger children. aged six and seven. The father and all four children escaped injury.

The party was returning h0mG from a vacation in the United States. Damage to the car was

estimated tit about 0400.

Dock Workers Refuse To Unload Russian Furs

Under the new order. shipments of the controlled items must he llcensed no matter how small the amounts.

The countries affected are Ai- bania, lulgsrll. china. orechosio- vskia. Estonia. the Russian zone of Germany. Hungary Latvia. Lith- uania. Manohuria, North Korea. Poland (and Dsnslg). Romania and the 0.5.5.3..

Officials sold controlled goods are loin! to those countries only in small lots. They said the action will not have a particularly heavy impact. but does oonatltuts.s gen- eral tightening of export controls.

In New York. members of the sa- ternatlonbl IongsiiorInIsn's Assoc- iation IAJIL) local see. their heads when used to unload stsssoo worth of nussian fun from

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After stating that there were clauses in the Potato Marketing Board Act that; were ridiculous. that as far as they could determ- ine the setup was unworkable and that no interpretation of the scheme had been given. the potato dealers yesterday morning declin- ed for the second time to elect a grower representative to the Po- tato Marketlng Board. i

Col. 6. Elliot Full slated hat the only way to control the m rk- eilng of potatoes was by the set- ting up of a pool and a central sellingi agency. "if the farmers want that they will have it." he stated.

"But before anything can be put iihrough. complete instructions must be given to the growers.” he added. "rho present grower repre- sentation on the board is compos- ad mostly of dairymen. Dalrymen can not run the potato business.

"This whole Potatoi Marketing Board schema is a thing prepared. They even have a man to head It. He will leave his present job and get a nice fat salary. Three co-

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manner as they intend to picket oth- 'er railway facilities. only those with special permits will be allowed on board.

No consideration. so for as The Guardian could ascertain. has been given to the fact that this Province has been guaranteed continuous com-

i ' with the ' ' 0 and that the ferries were provided by Parliament for this purpose. It is understood that the Provincial Government has been pressing this issue at Ottawa, but without suc- eeas.

To date. so far as the railway management and the unions are concerned, rail and ferry services are on the same footing and will be treated as such regardless of Dom- inion obligations.

Rainmaker Hired- Anorher Six Months

NEW YORK, Aug. lit -(API -- Rainmaker Dr. Wallace E. Howell has been hired for another six months. the New York City Board of Intimate announced Thursday. The renewal contract starts Sun- day. But Howell will suspend ralli- making experiments for a. month while he prepares ll report on his

Constitution of the first Mar- keting Board in this Province un- der the Agricultural Products Mar-l keting Act to be known as the Prince Edward Island Potato Mar-' keting Board, was announced yes- terday by Hon. C. C. Baker. Min- ister cd Agriculture. following this week's meeting of the Provincial Executive Council.

This is the first potato marketing board to be set up in the Maritime Provinces and is the first board to be established in this Province un- der the Act. It will have five mem- bers, tnree of them producers. one member representing the dealers who are not Co-operatives. and one representing the dealers who are Co-operatives.

Purpose of the scheme is to "en- ccurage the production and mar- keting of high quality potatoes. to curtail the spread of development of serious potato diseases; to clun- lnate unethical practices and to prevent unnecessary costs in the marketing of potatoes-, to Investig- ate and develcp markets for Prince Edward Island potatoes, and to improve transportation and other marketing facilities."

Members named to represent the producers are Messrs David Wright, Lower Montague. for King's County; D. A. MacDon- ald. Glenfinnan, for Queen's and Allie MacNeil. o'Leary. R. R. for Prince. Mr. Jercme

operative men are closely .. ated with him. If any dealer sup-

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llesd Of Belgium's Communists Slain

LIEOI. lslgtfmi Aiit- ll - IOP) - Juliet-I haut. president of the Belgian communist Party and s member of Parliament. was slain at his home here ioniaht.

First reports said he was -shot by two unknown persons who ar- r we by automobile and later dis- . .

ared. . en es lived at nsuby aer- e eaviiy industrial area which llotcsttd Ring Leopold return to Islgluni a month ago.

C pie Killed Inwtir Crash

CANDID. Nild.. Aug. ll--(CF) -8'. Henderson of Moose Jaw. Ian. and his wife were killed late today oi nearby Gander Latte when a Norseman aircraft crash- as on the tllion. Mr. Hender- son. manager. of Newfoundland Airways. and his wife were flying

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Babies Born

Apart; Quads Expected

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BIVLLINGIIN. Australia, Aua. lit -(Reuters) - Two of the quad- ruplets expected by 29-year-old Mrs. Betty aara had arrived by to- nlght. bringing in fever pitch the anxlety of the whole town-and the father.

Worried doctors. who delivered the first two babies-a girl and boy-more than 3 hours lpkfufdlfl not expect further births tonight.

The father. Percy lat-a. a former ll..A.A.F. lunner. paced nervously along the versndah outside his wife's bedroom. He had kept at it throughouet the night. smoking all the time.

A prisoner during the moaned:

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