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Threatens Confederation

Coming Events

"Show, Eldon, Monday. "Movies at Borden tonight.

"To arrive. car beet pulp. Book.

McGuiEan and B0140-

day, November 221d. Good music

be; 18th, by C. W. L.

Bernard‘! ltore. Bradalbame.

price. Davis do Fraser Ld.

night. Good music. Lunche

served.

day. River.

George

auspices Y. P. U. Admission 40c.

Stewart, 10th Mackenzie Orchestra. "Rummage Yowaal Street.

"show-Mt. _St:wart Tuesday

i 4

t a I truck pickup service from farm - csr. phone Roddis Pratt. ‘

urch Hall, 8th. 8 P. M. Also musical program.

"Hunter River farmers. loading t ssed hogs Nov. 20. Bock. Mc- uigan and Boyle.

"Church of Scotland Chicken "liner in Cape Traverse Hall, i esday. November 10th. "Danes at Knights of Columbus ll. Sourla, Nov. l0, Clifford's ' chestra.

"Collecting Hogs for Davis and aser Ltd. every Tuesday. Wrlte chone collect. R. N. Dawson paud.

"Dance. Flat River Hall. Tues- y. November 19th. Proceeds in

i u? oi Flat River Women's Insti- s.

“Dulce. Vernbn River Hall. i onday, November 18th, by C. W. L. y iilvicw Orchestra.

"Car Old Sydney Coal to arrive n. Book orders. This is the last '6; this fail. A. P. Gallant. Rus-

"Oollecting Hogs fcr Davis and liars everv Friday Sculls Rollo lY. Fortune Bridge Bay Fortune P-nandale, thmdas. Brzrlgetown rathcona. Gcorgv Dingw-il --___

"45! - Legion - (its. Chicken P? ilrlllld drawing for door 11c. last Tuesday before Xmas.‘ . Nov. 1|. Bring yoI team "that ma. Borden,

"Bernard's Store. Bradalbane, ° his been enlarging his store when completed will carry a I line of Groceries. Hardware and l": and wall Paper.

"No carloatfl"; bu! wheat lble. but we can mats up ears with 150 sacks of wheat ‘w. and balance of tho car in Iv and oats.- vhole and or 4- Enquiries solicited. Tbs Quin company. Montreal.

“Bum Piss bloods at ma- ton. Tuesday. 0 A. Mytroolsiield. ‘Charlottetown Market Squat-s. '" PH ‘W’??? v‘ m“ - . a rva . ernon

. - 580. Powoal. 812.00 H I" I000 vies om t0 sashn 007$ kfl JUIC-

w.

____. 4 s National Pihn loan! will i_ s film entitled "aural st 11mm oh and 1M pan.- at II . 10th at 0:30 on wed.

ds. tbs gn- “as flovmmsavs "monthly

"panes, Corran Ban Hall. nt-

"Dulce in Emerald Hall, Novun-

"Dc your Christmas Shopping at

Poultry - Buying daily live and dressed poultry. Paying top market

"Dance-New Haven School to-

"Unloading ca-r of bulk limo to- Dickieson, Hunter

"sea at Victoria Hall, Monday I15 Summerside mnstrel 810w.

"Don't forgetggion Dance, Mt. Wednesday, November

Sale —- Satllday, November 23rd, at 2.00 P. M. at 135

P M. River Gang plus Serial and is.

Loading hogs at st. Peters for Fraser Ltd. each-Tuesday.

"Hear Mrs. Osbourne lecture on - life in Labrador. in Christian Monday, November

t have Mon

CAIINEAU. Que, (CPl-Premler Dupleasis bec. charging that actions

ing to break

will never enter a new agreement with the dominion

the basis of proposals put forwar in the federal budget last June. Mr. Duplessis said the

those advanced at the dcmiifl

in failure last May.

I

rile Canadian International Paper

it is too late" with the provinces i.n seeking solution to present-day problems.

s He charged that the domlnlonh

present policy of dealing individual- ly with the provinces was a policy which was "encouraging the cor- ruption of confederation" The pol- icy would cause disunlty and set some provinces against others. During the speech, Mr. Duplessls criticized Communist Labor leaders and said Quebec is on the threshold of the "greatest” industrial devel- opment that any province in Can- ada ever dreamed of.

Special Service At Fifth Avenue Church

. _., ,. , ... .'.l-u,-<-~ - .~ " haw lxonxL-NW-ri? atom- Toronto's Irish Regiment today at- tended a vcsper service at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church when Rev. John Sutherland Bonnell, formerly of Winnipeg and well- known in the Maritimu. preached the sermon. Dr. Bar-melt uvrnm€nd€d the ex- ample of Canadian-American re- latitvns to the attention of the United Nations as an lnsance of in- ternatlanal accord. The service opened with s. mem-

v

orial service in homi- oi the Brit- Tormentine in October. ma, 13h 5nd Ameflfln w" dfld- The while 208 cars went across last colors of the Irish Regiment were month -»

massed at the front of the church and the regiments pipe band play- ed a lament.

Protest iiacw Conduct Cfllomsnisnilcctlcns

BUOHAREST, Nov. 1'7 — (AP)- The British and United states gov- ernments presented notes to the Ro- manian government Saturday pro- testing anew ihe conduct o! next Tuesday's Romanian elections in which ‘lieoharl Georgcscu, Com- munist lnterior minister, perriicted them will be broken heads but no major incidents.

The notes were understood to ex- press dissatisfaction with Roman- 1|’; reply to previous British and American notes regarding the elec- tions.

PAH-IS. Nov. l’; — (AP) -'rhe French Socialist Party tonight ao- cepted unconditionally an offer by the Communists to negotiate on

Nov. 17 — of Que-

of the Federal Government were threaten- up confederation, said her, yesterday that his government taxation on

budget Wollosals were "even worse" than on- provincial conference which ended

He made the statements during speech at the oliclai opening of

call for a new domirslon-provincial conference, he did urge that "before Ottawa collaborate a

Will Visit Ch’town

d

lllaL-Gcneral D. C. Spry Chief Executive Commissioner of

the Boy Scouts Association.

confer with P.E.1. Boy Scout lead era.

Potato Shipments lip, Turnips llown Curing October

month than for the some month last your, according to figures re- cently released from thfgflidl or the superintendent of Canadian National Railways. Charlottetown. The figures for October. 1945, show 907 oars ferried across to Tormentlne while 1,165 cars were sent across laat month.

Turnipa, however, showed a dc- crease of approximately 100 cars shipped as 162 cars went to the mainland in October of last year as compared to 68 last month But livestock registered a gain of 27 oars since cnly 187 cars went to

One car less of coal was im- _ported to the Province via Tor- mentine last month compared to the corresponding period of 1945 for In October of that year 383 cars came across while 282 cars arrived, at Borden last month.

Similar comparisons disclose (fl-gums for October. 194B, are in brackets) that last month imports of flour and feed amounted to 190 cars (220); meats. 29 (M); gasand oil. R3 ('70); and loose car lots. 256 (228).

In October, 1945, 2,911 cars were ferried across the Strait cf which 1514, or approximately 52 per cent represented exports. Last month. 3.709 cars went across the Strait of which 2-152. or 58 per cent, went from Borden to Tormentlne, an in- crease of six per cent in export trade for the last month over Oct- ober, 1945.

MOSCOW. Nov 1'1 -— (AP) — Two Russian newspapers today ac- cused "foreign circles" and "Iran- ian reactionaries" of attempting to touch off new conflict in Iran as a prelude to national elections in

formation of a’ Iflvssrnrnsot.

British Food

‘ (Iy John Danpllnee)

LONDON. Nov. 17- (OM-Gov- ernment ststlstics confirm what Irltfsh housewives have been say- in‘ right along: food supplies are worse now than a you‘ ll"-

ns country is was 1s- 11"» ries, sussr. svrw. mvlllm. alt- lnsol, bacon, ham. p-ocasssd milk. margarins, dried fruit. ilm. tfia I110

coffee. . Countarllll tbs downward mud are small increases in ass s!

starch, breakfast osroala, fish. but- ms, ‘n, potatoes, caoasd val!‘ tables and cocoa. ands shsrr l0- erssss In irons steal. and ma!) trait. iltliotish not listed In h!

" is obviously avallabls in

m , . gmitaratalsdo. afl tall! ass commodities sf which

mi lrlttsl ossvls ah stills: P" . slits s lstaim than ‘W’; ssss.

digoetolslatlstiefllhfil tam

season ‘CODIN- jjflflflmfla-oo@fil

Is Worse Than Year Ago

that country.

Situation

ended. Over-all world shortsgl have been responsible in some cases. Shortage of foreign exchange to buy forlcash after last autumn’: cancslla ion of lend-lease caused otlpr reductions-

Ksrs are some sample figures:

Plsh-Iirom 7.680 tons a weak in i080. cmsumption want_up to 7.- 000 tons in September, rose again to 8.110 tons this lep- tmbsr.

Dread-flattened for the first time llst summer because of the world pain situation.

Jam and rnarmaladr-Prom ll‘ to 1088 sales averaged 4.000 tMI weekly. By September. 1N6. con- aurnpticn was up _to 8J0 Mill- lsow it has fallen to LIO.

Milk-lain of liquid milk have fallen a trifle since Islpsmbsr. 153,40: use irstili mm- than

two-fifths above m consdthptlonurfto ll.‘

h ill-U. Q tons new has IINIII’

who will visit Charlottetown Nov. 25 to

Seven hundred ' and fifty-eight more cars of potatoes were ferrl-ed from Borden to Tormentine last

ms. and =1

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1s, 194s

GFiITVZit-Fcars

, Charges Federal Gov’t

ybody

Well Known Local Doctor Died Saturday

IE9. The late Dr. Houston was born

Wales College. He then entered McGil1 University as a medical student and graduated from that institution in i898. " Following his graduation. the late Dr. Houston practiced medi- cine successively at New Glasgow, Souris. Crapaud. Kensitngton, be- fore coming to Charlottetown. At the beginning World W-ar 1, he offered his services to the Cana- dian Army Medical Corps and served with that organization un- tli the end of hostilities. For the past twenty years or more, he had been chief anaesthetist and radio- logist at the Prince Edward 1's- land Hospital. He is survived by his wife, and one son. Dr. Gilbert Houston. Charlottetown. There are also three sisters. Mrs. William Bul- iinm- Nvlmfllssgcw. PEJL; libs. Its-ed Clark. Cavendish: and Mrs. George Stevenson, Westminster, Mass.

llamc Candidate

ST. OURS, Que., Nov. 17—(CP)— Etienne Duhamel of Contre- Ooeur today was chosen Progres- sive Conservative candidate in the Dec. 23 Richelleu-Vercheres Fed- eral by-electlcn, Gerard Cournoyer. K0,, Srirel ‘lawyer. was named Liberal candi- date a week ago-and Roland Corbcil is contesting the seat for :he As- sociation des Elacteurs do Quebec (Social Credit). _ The Richelieu-Vercheres seat, which the Liberals had held 51716-2 1891, was made vacant by the death Oct. 20 of P.J.A. Cardin, former [minister who was the member for 35 years.

Former Mayor 0f ll. Y. Seriously Ill

NEW YORK. Nov. l7 - (AP) -- Doctor's_ hospital reported today that the condition of James J Walker. d5. colorful former New York mayor, who was removed to ‘the hospital this morning. had be- come “grave" and that last-rites of the Roman Cat-hallo Church had been performed

An announcemen‘ said Mr. Walk- er was suffering from cerebral th. mbosis and that members of his family had been notlfied.

Dr. 8.8 Newman said Mr. walker had been in ill health for several months. Bis condition look a turn for the worse Saturday night and he was removed to the hospital.

Mir. Walker. who ‘resigned in 1982 in the mids: of a rem al hearing, was mayor during“ at perhaps was New York Citri most fabulous era-thfdays of prohib- ition, ism, high life in the night clubs and <a booming Wall Street. 8h career in the public eye dated from 1010. with lils election to the Stats Assembly, but his fame did not come until he was first elected mayor in 1035. ‘ ‘lira delatnair Walker projected the all! into a colorful aura of gm receptions fos- visiting dig- cclcbratlcns and parades

The death occurred at the Prlncg Edward Island Hospital last Sat-

in New Glasgow, P.E.I.. and re- ceived hi-a education at Prince of

Old and involved

Polar exploration in history soc to head for the formidable lccpac

The possibility that fastness may uranium ore atomic’ energy has been mentions unofficially.

Five countries may be on han

compgny" plywood mm m m“ "Yd"? 018M 0! Df- J- Chfiliel’ to see what the huge sub-contin- tqwn, 20 miles nqflheggt o; Qflgwm H0145!“- Well-RHOWII Ohaflfltté- ent reveals this winter-when it is Aimotsgn n; did no. dgflniggly town physlcian- He was 70 years of summer there and the cold some-

forth next month on a

in charge of

had an continent for two years: Russia of her own. Norway is sending a ship and Chile is outfitting ships and airplanes.

The question of Who claims what territory- never clear-has caused another complexity;

sermons humed, said in a, sermon

destroying his sermons would stop hi-m preaching they were mistaken. for "I have not been destroyed." Mr. Rockwood, minister of St. James Presbyterian Church hero. was out of town when vandals en- tered his home. nansacked the study. stole about $70, part of the church expansion fund, and car- ried a largo number of printed ser- mons from the attic and burned them in the furnace,

Those burned included 600 cop- ies of "What is wrong with the Christian church."

All llcatl Aboard Crashed Plane

BURBANK. Calif“ Nov. 1.7—(A) -Wcar_v searchers who late Satur- dny struggled through snow and dense undergrowth to the moun- tain-top scone of a Western Alr- iines plane crash prepared today to brim: down the charred bodies cf the 11 persons who rode in ihe iii-fated airliner. Three Canadian women were among the passengers killed in the crash.

Brlnrzino down the dead from rugaed. flf\"’l-foot White Mountain was exnccfcd to require from five to eight days.

The nlane. with eight passengers and tbs-ea crow members aboard. crashed lnfn the neak during a storm last Wednesday. 1t was only threc minptes away from the Lockheed air terminal here. in- bound frorn Salt Lake City.

The Canadian wmnen were Miss Mai-y La Branch, Edmonton: Mrs. Bridget W Knight. Banff, Alta., and Miss Pficroncc Henry. former- ly of Winnipeg.

TWO BARN! DESTROY!!!

HARTLAND. N. B.- Nov. (tlPl-Plre at, nearby 5t. Thomas Saturday morning caused several thousand dollars damage at the farm of James Lawrence“ Two barns jammed with produce and machinery, eight head of cattle and a number of turkeys and hens

f].-

lmid torrents 0! ticker- illI- .

‘m tlllllw ‘ J

t W...» wit;

wsra lost.

the oarren conceal precious used in producing

times relaxes to the freezing mark.

The United States navy will set Polar training expedition lc-r 4.000 men the Antarctic 0x- olorer, Rear Admiral Richard E.

Byrd. Britain is reported to have expedition on the sub-

has announced she ls sending one

TRURO. Nv-E, Nov.‘ I'll-til?)-

miners in handhllls in view r4 the

hills, directed the managers of the be take-n h" thr-

Inwis‘ contention “terminated" the contract with the Government effective at midnight Wednesday.

to say at this challenge of his hold over the union members.

Premier Maurice Dupleiisis of Quo- bec said here Saurday that there

nod to develop mineral The companywolald spend more than 8200000000 on the ntsnt.

Will Mean Showdown For Labor Rebels

n By Tom Williams

' Prime Minister Attlee, uhs role of a fighting leader,

d

d foreign policy.

tlee would take this action be] Labor party

government ranks. Whether Mr. Attic,

will lengths to which tihe rebels foreign policy brought stituted Mr. Attleeu official

ciaratlon of policy for the parliamentary session.

tied neithn to United States “free

The Conservatives. who have voiced approval 'of Mr. Beviifs policies. might abstain in a purely intra-party fight If the main rebel band holds back. one or two ex- tralnlsts—-including possibly thc two Communists or the 111119113009!" Labor party member-still could call for a division which could have the possible result of the govern- ment "inning by a margin of near- ly 400 to only two or three.

ll. S. Government Appeals To Miners

WASHINCYIDN, Nov. 1'!—(AP)—- Under orders from President Tru- man for a finish fight. the United Shiites Government today appealed to the soft coal miners over John L. Lewis’ shaggy head "to honor their contract; and to mine the coal which the natic-n needs."

Those words in bl]: black letters. with a reminder that "this mine is in Government possession" and the contract "remains cffecllvE". were ordered posted at all of the 3.800 pits and distributed ‘o the

strike threat‘. The coal mines administration. in ordarinw the ncti-rea and hand-

nits in "Ircen the mines open re- gardless o-f any action which may officers 1f ilié mine ivorkers union."

This obviously referred to M’. that he Ms

Mr. Lewis himself had nothing

LONDON. Nov. 17 - (A P) _ assuming is llmllflred to ask the House oi Com- moms Monday for his first vote of confidence to crush decisively a re- volt in the Labor Party against his

An authoritative government in- formant declared Saturday that it was "quite probable“ that Mr. At- to "show how small" is the vote of ro- members whose criticism of Foreign Secretary Bev- in has precipitated a minor crisis in

go to that extreme depends upon the

selves carry Monday's discuasi . of Owe“ about by t-heir proposed amendment to the AY1°5“'°‘“‘- wmdsm- Speech from the Throne which con- de- 1946-47

Mr. Bevirfs policies won an en-i dcrsement from his Conservative

Labor number's of parliament-five Rev. Perry F. Rockwood. whose- mQ" “@9113” W" “dd” 7am” homg was ransacked Friday night d'y_dEm“nd‘ ‘ “View M 3mm‘, and more than 800 copies of his “rein policy along 50mm“ “n”

lived ‘well; everyone ought to llvo within his own lot ln life.

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Italy Needs Many Canadian Products

stggl "gngy Bum 52301015820203??? ufigzgitisvgil? 1 Tyne Satwayithat Mr. Bevin ‘is Pursuing t e rght course" in ace - ROME, N v. 18-(0?) - Trade nhfgylllfllrfl sflflllfll“ ins to build up the authority v1 the between cast-as and may seems ygitefulelilrgfilbtiggcenfirgflulgttgilg certain to increase steadily. at ___.__ The mm it “and by‘ lepst 1n the short run, and Cana-

dian commercial experts hOQ that

it can be stabilized permanently above the peak reached in the early 1930s when Canada sold Italy more than $15,000,000 worth of

.. Cumm _ goods a year. tonight that if persons believed "Mfpn" not Soviet u“ .

Italy is in great need of alum- inum, nickel, asbestos, copper, cc- bait. iron and steel. agricultural machinery and roiling stock. There "s also n. hlg demand for pulp and paper. rayon pulp and lumber. Canadian canned. dried and salted fish may eventually find a profit- able outlet.

In the best years of the early 1930s. Italian exports to Canada reachvd a new high of $5,000,000. but lust before the war had dwindled to a mere $1,600,000, In the anticipated trade revival, tex- tiles will likely be the most im- portant Italian export, followed by food and animal products, non- metallic minemis and chemicals and miscellaneous goods like felts and glassware, which are being sent in small quantities now.

Sees Bright Future For Fur Industry

CALGARY Nov. 11 —-(CP)-Can- 011B ‘Will eventually lead the world in quality, of demestic furs, Gavin Harding of Charlottetown, well known eastern Canadian fur ranch- cr. said here Saturday.

Ln Calgary visiting the annual

T0 SUPREME COEIRT

Jean Genest. KC, of Ottawa, is one of three Ontario men appoint- mem ed to the Ontario Supreme Court.

. Y—w

Delivered 80.00

Mail $5.00. other Provinces l

Send Prices Soaring in China Attlee To Seek Confidence Voteia.....nY{i i|ers‘

Old Claims To Antarctic Ownership Are Revived

WABHLNCVIDN, Nov. 1'l—-(AP)- clalms to An- tarctic ownership took on new im- portance today with the greatest

5 ‘Begin Push To

Hoard Goods

‘NANKING, Nov 1'1 _ (AP) -_ Fear cf a full-dress civil war sent; Prices to record IlIZi-‘S in this gov- ei-nment capital and in Shanghai today as hcllSflllnitltirs frantically bought commodities to hoard and business men grabbed for foreign

currency. Pro-government reports 101d o1 continued sporadic fighting at

many Points in Manchuria and north China, and the communysq radio at Yenar. accused govern- ment troops of attacking on a 151-85 scale in Shantuhg. bu‘. the main tenor of the news concomed prep- arations and prcseniinicnts.

The United Slates dollar led an all-time record lump on the blaclc bourse. being quoted at 4.650 Chi- nese dollars in Nanklng and at: 5.000 in Shanghai. Even at these SO-per-cent increaces. demand coa- tlnued strong.