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To Probe \ Atlanta Fire

A'I'I..ANTA. Dec. B — (AP) Preliminary pill); for l. multiple investigation into the disastrous wineoolf Hotel fire were made‘ oo- day as state and Federal official: demanded better safeguard: against such tragedies.

Fire Chief C.C. Styx-on, A.C. liutaon. assistant chef engineer of the National Board of FirxUndcr- writers, and other official: comb- ed the charred wredcage in a futile search for the Ike's origin. Th0 speed with which Saturday morn- iugls blaze spiced I130 has baffled officials.

HUMIDITY A1.‘ IIOMI

Controlling ‘ indoor otmoqhae will help preserve health. The D9. pdrtment of Notional Health and Welfare suggests g. pan of wfltgf on stove or radiator will help when there L: no humidifier. Winn, dry air does not give the lame of com-

fort Rffoiidcd by cooler, moist air“

and is harder on breathing tissues. so, say the public health authori- ties. a householder twill save our fuel as well as median bun, improving the humidity Id. home in winter months.

BRIDGEND. Wales —-(C P) _. James Davies, 23. of Nantyfyllon was committed for trial on o. theft their»: after evidence witislry, gin. port, rum and wine were found in P-ii Orson at hi: home.

status. MABRIAGES. IIEATIlS 50c Per insertion

mulls IitivNassuv-At tn- Giarlotte- W" Hospital. Doc. ‘l. 1m. to

Mr- and Mrs. G. Harold Kenned- “fki- City. a daughter.

FORD-At the P. h. Island Hospital N" 33- 1946. to Mr. and Mrs. Var- ion Ford. Maple Huh. a :00, Mil- ton Vernon.

MARBIAGIB

MocKAY-SULLIVAN-At the Un- éi-‘d Pieiibyterian Mir-re by the Rev. hilt’ E- Veucy on Dec d. 1046. Wil-

“m slim"! Mecffay of High Bank to Catherine Maureen Sullivan of Kfl". England. '

DEATHS

IJIARDY-At Winnipeg. Dec. ‘lth. “It: Robert Hardy. formerlyldla:

t 19'“ “IQ ‘W11. P.

held in Winnipeg. DALTON-In Royal Victoria Ho:-

l Yours. ll monllil.

h: Memos-lam

Inlovlgr .5",

Tlfitor. Pte._l'lcd "dunno-calm. "iiyeorlhavepanetboaplieart:

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'" "no mu on. we m: a:- . more;

To part ma one we loved la dear,

blow was bard. the flock

Lovl I uawllty renumbered by lull:

N- D. ‘MacLlean

UNDIRTAM:R estimation

cull-mun n: o-ihna wanna VIC

loll and Mrs. J. E. Harri:

Y, any deterioration oi

crs. Racing flashes, spreading with roc-

keting speed. turned stair-wells. elevator shaft: and hall: into : furnace. -

still hung from windows of the

ture, mutciy marking attempts of many guest: to escape flaming stoolns. An estimated 50 men. wom- en and children plunged screaming lo their deaths on concrete pave- mcnts.

en guest: swung from

cued. but.‘ roost fell h of ‘Iii B. f. hrneral will be Wl-“Wltlltlififltflv-

Plifll. Montreal. Dec. 6. Miehaelimii “W” dmpmfimldnm me m‘

Vincent Dalton. beloved child anim- Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Dalton, flcdi

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School Improvement League Meeting

of the WI!

The regular meeting School Improvement League

held at the home of Mrs. Walthcn.

Gaudet on Wednesday “T111118. December 4th. The ‘Jesldent. Mrs, J. P. Lantz, presided.

Interesting report: were read by ‘he convencr cf the various com- mi-ttecs. Mrs. Creelman. convener of tho Art Committee. stated that

committee: had been formed in-

the dlffeunt school: to 100A after the picture which the League had presented to them and that the children chow g peat interest in these pictures.

Keen interest we. shown in a lengthy discussion of an art center-

At the elose of the business meet- ing, the member: listened to a re- cording cf Dr. Uiycork’: talk on "School for Parents" during which lunch was served by the T81 Com- mittee.

The next meeting will be at the home cf Mrs. P. A. man on January 0th, when the lunch committee "all consint of am. H. L. Palmci, Mrs. W. W.

held Creel-

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atlready had raced along corridors and into every corner of the build- ing, trapping many of the approxi- mately .'20 Doreen: registered.

Sat In Armchair

Firemen could do little 1o halt the blaze itself. but carried many lueot: to safety on ladders. some person: jumped from the third floor, and some guest: used sheets to reach safety. One i-nan who bad read about Satur.'sy': fine which took 111 lives in Atlanta, and had noted that many might have been saved had they remained in their rooms. calmly sat in an armchair until rescued by firemen.

By 5 a.m. the whole interior of the hotel had been gutted and the blaze was under control. leaving the building‘: brick walls standing-

The hotel had B‘! rooms, and there were belle-rod to be 15ft guests registered Saturday night.

The building stood at Avenue B and 20th Street, in the main west aide shopping area, about four b/iock: from the tltv’: centre.

LEWIS llllllEliS (Continued from Page l)

ban on passenger travel revoked and the fl-stete dimcut cancelled except in a few pieces where the utilities are nearly out of fuel. A partial removal M. the freeze on coal stock: was he's: prepared,

The end of the strike brought thug immediate results, aside from its relief to strangling in- dustry and the harr-‘cd publlc:

l. The mine owners were in posi- tion to welt for any further gov-

l A BARGAIN

ernmant moves against Lewis. for ‘his bargain- ano for anything]

ing position. do in January

Congress might

about control of un'ons. . The administration could claim a significant. victory and

proceed on it: course toward rc-l turning the mime: t. private own- ership without the presaura of an economic tie-up.

S. The Supreme Court, too, found the urgency of the case rc- laxcd. It may announce tomorrow whether it will hear the appeal but the argument: probsbly would be set for inter arc a final decif- .on may be a month or more n

coming. WW7. 111 yo Ill

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installed in corridors by the

hotel ,_ o, never were used.

‘lbday. flapping shreds of sheets

narrow. brick-and-concrete struc-

Wltnelsee told hc-w panic-stride‘ 10th and

iith-s windows on film-fly. make-chi t ropes. A few were res- ecdlcng a:

inland any mo» scram.

Other! were seen briefly at flam- ing windows, shrieking and pray-

The fire was cut of control with- in a few minutes after ft was dis-

ed.

A bclihop testified he had noticed no fume: or smoke when he de- livefcdeosnesoftdirinbstoaroom on the fifth floor. But when he turned to leave the room. ho iiound he was trapped by flames in the doorway. ‘

Wont llotel Ilse

The death toll ecllpaed Chicago's

fire of six rnon

m; by Hampetecd Borough Coimcll for

ulclle Botd age. when 61 died. and mos! their ttteblcd the 5d dead in s ‘lmalnal hotel fire of May 16. i996.

The previous record toll in a ho- tel fire ll: the United State: we: ‘ll la the Newhall Home holocaust at llllweuluc in 1B3.

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CIABWBLI. for Photographs.

containers/trick LIFE m- suaaucsz. '

ALL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Wrlpi

lped Free at Crockett‘: Jewellery

Kent Street.

A macaw n. Child’: sleigh...‘ Sciing at cost at Rogers Hardware Con Ltd.‘ in Child's Slelghs.‘ Sellng at cost at Rogers Hardware 00-. Ltd. l

o SPECIAL SALE in Wool and repc Dreue. B _ Johnston's Ladies’ M“

HAVE YOU PICTURE GLAss in your attic? Henry Mcpflflgng dz Co. will buy it, 12x18 and larger.

NOTICE. — W - unwashed wool a: 5:11? 313:5 W°°L P514118 "he highest. marketed Prices. William Condoms d: Sons. Woollen Milli. Charlottetown.

THE Y-M-CA. CHORAL CLUB will be heard over CF01’ in a ‘"1" °1 1°11!‘ PYOBra-ms. sponsored by Moore s: MacLeod Ltd.. on Westley and Thursday evenings i" 745. bcalnning Dec. 10

armlvns corvnnmcn —-Mr.' J. P. McLnnls. secretary of the Prince Edward Island branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. is at- tending the conference of the Soc-' iety‘: provincial secretaries at Tor-l onto. The conference ends Thurs, day Dec. 12. |

REMAINS T0 ARRIVE-The, remains of Michael Vincent Dal-‘ l0". three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Dalton will arrive in the city on the Borden train this evening. Funeral arrange- ments will be announced later.

BARN GUTTED-A barn at the rear of a dwelling, 101 Sydney street. was practically destroyed by fire Saturday night. Th: City firemen arrived on the :cene about 10.45 p.m. but the blaze had» progressed to tho point where‘ tilgrlleng of the bllllilnl we: Jnpos- b .

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — ‘the funeral of the late George W. Strickland was held from Trinity United Church yesterday after- noon. The service was conducted by the Rev. T. E. MacLennan. Interment was in the People’: Cemetery, the Rev. Dr. R4100 od- flctiating at the grave. ‘Iihe pail- be rers were: G. W. Richards. J. W. Boulter. G. G. Hughes. Ches- ter Buntain, Henry Peters, and Lloyd Moore.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY - The. funeral .of the late Mrs. Charles‘ MacFarlane was held from the MacLean Funeral Home yester- day afternoon, the service con- ducted by the Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. Interment People’: Cem- etery. The pallbearers were: S. A. McLeod. W. C. S. lifcdiure. William Bait. R. H. Nicholson, J. E. Cameron and W. L. Higgins.

RURAL X-BAY WORK ENDS —‘ A decision not to operate the Mobile X-Ray Unit in rural areas during the coming winter months.

has been made by officials of the

T.B. League. The reason given for the change in policy ls fear of dam- age to the equipment from rotigh roads and sub-zero temperature:- Since the Unit began operations at Mount Stewart Aug. 1st. 1945. over 54.000 persons have been x-rayed. with 33.659 persons having been x-rayed during the past year. The

distinction of having been the d5.»

000th person x-rayed by the Unit goes to Mr. Dan Kelly of Blooming

Point. i COUNCIL 0F

EDUCATION MEETS -—A meetins of the Council of Education was held Friday with the chairman of tihe Council. Prem- ‘or J. Walter Jones presiding. Mem- bers attending were: Mr. L. W. Sham, Director of Education; Dr. G. D. Steel; Very Rev. R. .V. MacKeoi- zie; Mrs. George Martin; Mrs. Mal.‘ Doyle; Mrs. Julian Herring; Mr. C. F. Hine and Mr. P. S. Brctflel. Subjects dlscusse’ included pro- posed changes in entra/nfie 9mm“ ations for the Charlottetown and Siummerside schools; the holding of a provincial summer school next lummor; and the procml "W" ii correqiosideacg courses.

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written in poetic form was admit-

ted by the courts here dosing the week-end.

Written by Henry C. Ihrnnd. mired drygoods salesman who died Nov, 1o g1; the age of '18, the poem an ' mm goods! have in aim: '1!) thiyyedearywlfe I leave for-ever

more: I freely give. no limit do I fix. This is my will and she the ernecu-

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Teachers’ Federation Executive Meeting

An executive meeting of the ‘P l- I. Teachers‘ Federation wa: held in Queen Square School Saturday afternoon, December 7.

The president. Daniel MacDonald. Si. Peter’: Bey, presided.

Duties for the incomnig year were assigned the following stand- ing committees:

Finance, text b-nk culum, publicity, uaiary and sick leave. code of ethics, convention- tana constitution and policy.

Appointment: were made lo fll.‘ vacsnclc: on the above mentioned committees.

The Finance Committee was authorized to explore the possib- ‘litie: of procuring an office and office equipment for the use of the Federation. The chairman was asked to submit fl, report. includ- ing estimated cost at the executive meeting. January 11th,

Mia: Estelle Bovmes: Mr. Millar- MacFadyen and Mt J. B. Mac- Donald were appointed a commit- tce to confer with the Director of Education and the Supervisors at a Supervisors’ meeting to be held the latter port of January re: Plans for the continuation next spring of the educational panel discus- sions throughout tie province.

Mr, J. R. MacDonald. Mia: Estelle Bowness, Mr John l". Con- nolly, Mr. Claude Wood and Mr. Arnold Ifierlihy ‘wore appointed a committee to prepare g, tentative brief on teachers’ qualifications and an increased salary t-caie to be preacnted to the Executive Council. This brief will be miered for dis» cussion at the nrxt executive meeting.

It was decided to ask Dr Steel and hi: staff of Prince of Wales College to assist in preparing ma- terial for the next National Edu- cation Week program.

The general-secretory was in- structed to advise the Secretary of the Canadian Teachers’ Fiedera- lien that our organization was pre- pared to support the proposed application of .the C. T. F. with the world organization of the teaching profession, provided all other provincial amoral-ration: were agreed. and that the proposed rate of fees be not increased.

The generai-secmtnry reported on the disposition cf the resolu- tion: passed by the Board of Gov- ernor: at their aiflilul meeting. He rtated that they were favourably received by the Advisory Council to the Board of Education.

The matter of proposed changes in the Pension Act was left over for discussion at th. next execu- tive meeting when plans will also be made for the Easter convention

and curri-

Reorganization 0f Fisheries Field Services Progressing

UITAWA. Dec. b-(CP) — Re- organisation of tha field service: of the Federal Department of Fisheries is well advanced but is not expected to bike final ‘shape until gpring, Fisheries Minister Bridge: laid today.

The train outlines of the depart- ment's new set-up for the Allan"? and Pacific coasts have been de- termined. the minister said in an interview. but the training of 100 new fishery inspefict: for the tWO area: must be completed before it gce: into operation

Berldes the eppultiiment of thr 100 new officials. which will more than double the faculties of the inspection service, a rellisnmoiil of fisheries district: l: thb 0111!!‘ magm- change under the reorgan- ization. ' On the eastern seaboard, the new structure contemplates the splitting of the lihil-tlmos-now a tingle division rrvldc up of seven districts-into three "regions". one for each province. These regions will be sub-divided into districts. ‘he number of which has not yet been announced, The whole area will be under a chief supervisor.

of the new inspectors, the Ma“!- times will get 65 an: British Col- umbia 35. which will make s total of 120 inspectors on the Atlantic coast and 58 on the Piriciflc.

Breaking away from the UYMUW of the past, the insocctorshlp ser- vice of the future wfll afford con- siderably more than fscllltie: for enforcement of fisheries regulation: .-from now on. Inspectors will have to b: qualified as well to provide authoritative information to fish- ermen on methods of imllrovinq both the catch and the handllflz and processing of fi~h.

The purpose of the whale re- organization. Mr B Edges said. is to better the quality and quantity of the fish qircducts turned out on both coasts.

At present. screening board: are selecting applicants for the new inspectors‘ jobs, oil of whom will be war veterans. Nmt-ty-three can- didate: will be chos-n in the east and 44 in the west

They will be rlven course:- Windsor. N. 5., and

RELIEF FROM

ilfielell-Ilille

firemen arrived. t ifort of this holy word. we may cm- ;

DAUGHTER IS MURDER WITNESS

Marjory Jeanne Logan.

the district attorney's offing

in Mlneola, N. Y., is expegged g0

shown in

be the prosecutions chief wit. ness in the trial of Ward Beecher Caraway, 2.3. Negro butler chars- ed with the slaying of Marjory! mower. Mrs. Marjory Church Logan. last July.

Speoulate 0n Softening 0f Russia's Policy

(Bv John M. Hlghtower) NEW YORK- De;. S—(A.PI—FOUP reamn: are most frequently ad- vanced by western diplomsra here for softening of Soviet Russia's

and Britain. Chief among is their belief "lo! Soviet lead- oro cm hodsins ‘nzulnsv tn. with- drawal of Joseph Stall-n from act- ive direction of Soviet affairs, Whether Stalin l; In any"; health, as TUFKlSh reports say; and Moscow and London sources deny. is a question which top of-i flcials here are unable to answer what "WY do iznow is that for! months he has stayed ‘m the back-| ground. while Foreigit Minister Molotov and other offlzials took! he limelight. ' This hal, led to the "CKWDWI! conclusion among top "vestcm diplomatic officials here that if Stalin i-s not l.» ill health, "a certainly is beaming the pfo- ct and philosopher of Soviet Communism rather than Its daily director.

Ir. either case it is assumed that political power in hlosccw is shift- ing to new hands and Soviet lead- ers are anxious th.'t it should come off in an atmosphere of world calm.

The thNe other reasons most often cited by responsible infor- mants are:

1. Russian offi? nls are deeply roncerned about amerivan possess- lon‘of the atomic bomb and their most important diplomatic objec- tive at this time i: to neutralize it. outlaw it. put it under inter- national control. I

2. To help with lnteonel recon- struction Russia wants great re- parations from Germany beyond Whit she i: already getting. Rep- arations end financial problems can be solved Only in a friendlier state of international relations.

3. Communist petition‘ failures in Europe end elsewhere are believed to have dealt the Kffimlin several severe disappointments.

widely-

Vancou\'er—under ii.e joint aus- pices of the Fishericr Department the Department of Veterans‘ Af- fair: and the voeutoolal training branch of the Depirtment of Labor The tpo 100 W'|l receive full- time inspectorshipe, The remainder will be offered permanent ‘obs in the some service. but on a seasonal basis.

ESCAPE IN CRASH

SUSSEX. N.B.. Dec. 8 - (C?) — ‘Ilircc men escaped urlinjured Sal- urday’ afternoon when a u-est- bound Ca-rladlan National Rail- ways train smashed into a truck at Camp Sussex crossing. cut away, the radiator. two front; wheels and] axle. and swept the wreck 21 yards along the tracks. The truck oc- cupants were driver Austen Ben- son. Sussex Corner. and Ronald Kirk and James Little. both of

policies towards ti". United States‘ these,

THE CHARLOTTETOWQ_GUARDIAN

liictiring Inspector 0f’ "“""‘“” m‘ "°""" "°'

$300 value on a scar on the leg er shown an automobile whole father brought , In his charge to

0n Saturday at the Marne of- the Jury, Judge McDonagh said flce Mr. Thcs. l-i. Phillips, retir- that an injury of this nature 15 mg inspector of .cg alarms, De- more serious to e. girl than to a

Toronto jury placed a

Fog Alarms Honored 3...... was... hero. inlured in 153.“??? aaoo.

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sentation was mad-s by the marine.

"Dear Mr. Phillips‘

“The members of the staff of this Agency sincen-Iy regret that the passage of time has finally made it necessary for you to relin- qui-sh your duties with the De- partment and retire on superan- nuation. -

"During the many ycazs that you have served -.-.ls Department, you have carried out your duties

and the employee: of this Agency to extend to you our best wishes for continued trod health and happiness and a continued inter- est in the u'ui'id about, you. with the hope that you may be spared for mdny ,\'v to enjoy '1 well- earned retirement 4 y, "On behalf cf the staff of this agency, please accept this purse as a small token ti our affection, and esteem, and must thn; we mnv 811105’ F0111‘ friendly counsel and, advice for years to ~ome. t "E. If. CLAWSON.

"Agent. Dept. of Transport."

Mr, Phillips, who has had over forty years’ service m the Depart- ment, recallc-d some of his earlier experiences itn reply to Mr- Claw-i :on's address. During that time hi: duties aLcounael for inspector of fog alarms carricdlcoffey, as the him as fir west as the Greet Lakes Defence

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court

In

partment in all the Maritime of a IO-cent piecef’. But log. lion of some of the unusual sxpcri- ences ho has had with the Depart-

Jvalued at $300 by the jury. ment, Mr, Phlliip- recalled the‘. last Christmas wh-lo on duty at

I | Cape Ray. Newfoundland. he had c white owl for his Christmas din-| rier. No turkeys, geese. or c-ther‘canada ii. S. Recalled