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CAN AD

Canada Cuts 0f Armed Forces

QITAWA. Jan. 16-(091-10: s variety of reasons, mainly exter-

isiand Soldiers 0n Aquitania

The following military personnel on tho

are expected to arrive Aqultanio which is due to dock a

ilalifax on Jan. 19: L-Bdr. E. Cole, French River; Pie. J.A. MocGregor, Charlotte- Ei- don; ®L GE. Penny, Belfast. A100 expected to arrive is Mrs. Norah

19 Kensington Road. town; Pte. AR. MacPherson.

itlacDortald. wife of Capt. V.L. Mac

Donald. She will proceed to the home cf Mr. J.A. MacDonald, 159

water Street. City.

Five Burned To Death in Magdalene

QUEBEC. Jm. 1B — (ClP) -— A

mother and four- of her children were burned i0 death yesterday .when fire destroyed their homo at Havre Aubert. Magdalen Island. it was learned here today.

The victims were Mrs. Lucien Comics‘. her sort. 19-year-old Henri Paul. and three daughters. Deni/St.

16, Marie Berthe, eight. and Marie '

Paulo, six.

Mr. Oormler, his ntouher, Mrs. Joseph coosnler. and another sou. Leonor. were able to escape from the flaming home but muttered burns of varying degree.

The fire was believed to have started when Mr. Comics- used gasoline instead of kerosene to light a f re in a stove, _

No hefdefalll were available immediately.

ifontvliio Loads is Firo Prevention

KENTVILLE. N.S.. Jan. 16 -(CP) --Fbr the fifth comecnl-tivo year. this Central Nova Sootlo. town has won top honors for fire prevention in towns of 10.000 Dqhliotlogi and tuider, it was disclosed, today.

AJLS. Stead, ,mans.ger of tho Dominion Board of Insurance Un- dot-writers, Montreal, said in s let- ter to Firs Ollie!‘ .8. Wade that Kentvillg. in point wading. had also All cities in the Marltlrrles. Populatimx; of Kent- ville l5 10H. »

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Coming Events

"Kinkora Hall- Dance. good music and lunch Friday 17.

"Hockey. East Royalty tonight. Brackley vs. Royals. Rate after. "loading Hogs at Peakas Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd.. MerilrrDevirle.

"Canadian Legion Dance St. Pat- rick's School. Lot 22. January 17th. Lunches.

"Horse Racing, New Glasgow River. Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

"Scheduled hockey game can- ealhd at New Glasgow Rink te- to.

"Attention farmers of Eastern King's! We want a quantity of live csttla. lantern Packing 00.. Bout-ls.

small "growicr" were sishttd Hbmlt p): miles southeast of Argentis. id.

rill. manpower objectives of three regular Canadian have been slashed 25 Defence Minister Ciaxton announ ced today.

1n his

fh

l; tion, he "sclosei that

and air force have stopped re

lglnal target of 25.000 soldiers.

- Simultaneously. he anid the cut did not extend to the reserve for- ces although they would he satis- fied in 1947 to recruit numbers

fmce requirements. Permanent Forces 30.000

Extended

mathematically, meant that

the permanent army

18.800 strong; that the R.C.A.F. would reach 12.000 instead of 16.- 100 and that the navy would stand at 7.500 instead of 10.000.

with on ultimate

ll. S.-~Farm Drop Targets Announced

Agriculture Secretary today cut the United Stale

ed for another record farm output this yell‘. .

With the prospect that the win- ter wheat crop. already planted, will be a record one, the sc-cietary urged that spring wheat farmers plant less of this grain and grow more floxseed urgently needed for paints and other industrial pro- ducts. .

The planting goal for all crops recommended by Anderson cfter final chock wi-th State Agricultur- al Councils calls for 356.893.1100 acres compared with 345,111,000 for 1946 and with a pro-war aver- age c»! 341,005,000.

On the whole, the goals are not greatly differentifrom 1946 pro- ductlon.

Anderson also urged the maln-

im- tenance of s high level of produc- Wynn“ o; building N", tion of livestock and livestock Brunswick “m The appucnton o‘ products.

First iceberg 0T‘ Season is llonortotl

NEW YORK. Jan. 16 - (AP) —— The first iceberg of the season l-Yl westbound Atlantic shipping lanes was reported today and the Coast Guam immediately announced ii probably would start its first ice observation amiss earlier than us-

usl. Maoliay Radio said it had ra- oefvod

. from en uniti-

s fled ship that s. largo berg and s.

forces per cent,

first pres; conference llucs he took over the job of dir- ecting post-was- services organiza- thg navy

crultlng everybody but men witJi special qualification: and said the army would follow suit as soon as it reached ‘i5 per cent of its or-

considcrably lower than their ultimate objectives. His statement, extended politi-

cally. meant that Canada was one of the first, if not the first, of the world rowers to step down her original estimates of post-war de-

it would not be 25.000 but roughly

At the end of 1946, Mr. Claxton sold, their strengths ivere: Navy, 8.481; army. 21.475.- RCAFL l2.- 949. a total of 4.1.905 as compared peacetime Slrellflh for all three of between 38.000 and 80.000. Of that year-end

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-<APl- Anderson s i047 wheat goal by 1.020.000 acres. in a program which nevertheless call-

rocomme ‘ ‘

Teachers Walt 0n Government

1711606 of LL-Col. W.J. Mbdllwld

Pick. am! Mr. JR. MICDOHQM

ment yesterday afternoon.

schedule to provide for increased

presented by Miss newness, and fillllbvricd by the other members of the delegation,

Also recommended in. tha brief were:

l. That one class o! license only be granted in future for which the minimum requirement shall be junior matriculation plus one year of professional training.

2. That summer courses in prac- tlcai teacher training be Provided in Prince Edward Island.

3. That consideration b9 given in sdiusthig salary schedules to teacher householders with total de- pendants.

The delegation was assured that. should a successnul agreement be terminated with the Dominion Government. teachers would get first consideration.

Million Skins For London Fur Auction

IONDON. Jan. 16 - (Relates-sh- The city's first winter fur auctto

this yenr will be held Feb. 8 MK an: expected total offering of al- most a million skins, it wag dis- closed tcday. Offered pelt; will in- clude roughly 360.000 musquuh. 000.000 Canadian nun-rel, 2802.000 oppoasum. 160.000 Indian and South-west African Plfslln lambs, 135,000 skunk and 30.000 amine.

N. B. Farmers Convention , ' is Concluded

FREDER-ICTON. Jan. 1s -(cr>> MREEOIUUOHS fldopted 3b [119 rggent amual staff conference of Federal and Pmvlflcifll Btrlculsural officials had a bearing on some of tho l5. sues discussed at the annual con- vention of thc Famters Association

A committee of ‘cachet-s com-

" P111109 lot‘ Wales College. Mia Es- telle Bowness.‘ Summon-side High School; Mr. Daniel Mpgdqnqld, 5t, Peter's Bay; Mr. Arnold Hleriihy. Alberton; Mzr. Claude Wood. Spring

Queen Square. met the executive coimcil of the Provincial Govern-

A brief setting forth a salary

salaries for all qualified teachers on Prince Edward Island was ably

CHARLOTTETCWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941

Board within the next four

don, who will probably beturn to

Taylor has been with the board

TO REPLACE DONALD GORDON

K. W. Taylor will become head of the Wartime Prices and Trade

months, succeeding Donald Gor-

his post-war job of deputy-gov- ernor of the Bank of Canada. Mr.

since the start of its operations.

Proposal

ll. S. Householders Fear Goal Strike

—(CP) - Ptctou County coal dealc s reported today that house- holders, watching developments since the United Mine Workers broke off wage negotiation; with major coal operators, were buying extra supplleg of coal because of the possibility of a strike.

George King. New Glasgow coal dealer, said “people are anticipat- ing a strike and want to be pre- pared."

In Sydnsy, N.S.. It was report- ed that householders and public buildings were stocking up with extra coal in anticipation of a possible strike.

Opposes Free Ports

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For Canada

OTTAWA. Jan. 1o - (OP) — Creation of free p911; in 03,1343 Would be inadvisable at present in me View qt the Federal Govern- ment's utter-departmental com- mittee that studied the question, TTluuir-Ort Minister Chevrier an- nounced today.

The committee. not up last yea; to examine the pomfbilitiee of a free port system in this coiuntry, It-‘Dflrled to the minister that sev- eral factors would operate against such a set-up and added Canada's Own system of bonding. manifest- ing and drawback regulations al- Nfldl’ 01191011 many of the advant- ages of free ports. .

Under the free port, - m- "for- eign trade zone" - system, foreign 800615 would be permitted entry to deslfillflted areas in the country for trans-shipment, 5mm“ q- p03. sable processing without payment

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EX-MAYFAIR MODEL ‘ DUCHESS lS MOTHER

of duty until they actually moved from the wne into th; country gen-

For Week Of

At a meetinz of the YMCA. Board of Directors last evenilnfl under the chairmanship of Presi- dent B. Frank Tinney, a unanimous agreement was reached to launch o financial campaign for maln- tenance purposes. The campaign will he conducted during the week o-f February 17th, under thc chair- manship of T. Roy Cudmow. Vice- Prcsident oi the Association.

A review of the program of the yducn. forytho past your and a half revealed that despite the lack of adequate facilities a program of club work. camping. handicraft classes and recreational activities had been carried on in p, manner that surpassed previous work of this nature in both quantity and quality. > During the occupancy of tem- porary quarters the following pro- gram groups were developed: seven boys neighborhood clubs; u boy's l-Il-Y Club; Girl's Ht-Y Club; Phalanx Fraternity for young men; Phist Sorori-ly for young women; Grit-Y Club; ' classes in wood- working, leatherwork, puppetry; woodturnlng, plastics, and photo- graphy. A Choral Group of yo-urig women was organized. The Y's Men's Club and the Y-Gradfls Club have increased in membership and

(at Now Brunswick which ended to- ay. Tho major decisions agreed upon were revealed in a statement issued today by lion. AC. Taylor. provinc- ial minister of agriculture. All were amcd at bringing about a general improvement in the in- dustry, particularly as it concern; increased production.

Onc resolution stressed the

soil conscrvutlon practices, togeth- er with increased use of limestone, preservation of manure and extens- ive under-drainage projects and proper land use were urged. 10er- tillzer and croppirr: experiments were advocated and continuation of soil survey work recommended.

A further recommend-alien was that illustration stations be set up for testing grounds ar-zi for modern soil conservation practices in dis- tricts when soil erosion is serious. and that modem equipment be sc- qutied to undertake this work.

Horticulture study produced sev- eral rcsoiutioriaAspecial committee continuation and cX-

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"Pnrkdaie Rummage Sale, Market alumina. estiuosy. lsui, at I o'clock. ~

"Maj l-l t Canada Pasa- In Ltd. at River. Monday. ~ ‘min. roots Tuesday. 21st.

- - ac .

“Livestock Marketing Board at our stock PIN»

ttatmm. ovary Monday and

lllltil 13 bblook noon Tuaad . All hfllailoava by Fast Faisal for Mouton at man and slaughtered as mos-ulna. at 1"‘ ‘ . Club will hold their mood rm laturlll. Jan. ll and ovary lat- as toe conditions,

I ‘tabbed have your homo

Vincent Auricl today was elected. first president of . fourth Nflllbilc at Versailles Palac. QRIWW‘! Cm- ha" said his choice probably will

by arr almost W!!!“ 1e his close friend.

esoootod to Paris with all the fan» fare o! pro-war France. watched in silence b thousands Champs, alas.

‘i hostels“ wuss ‘The ltanlsy Berna laoiol M “u”. m “"1"” m.“ out-rad absolute maturity o! the I93 ‘site's August (Jhsmpatls: as

the combined houses m, mu“; 943 yum; Jul. qqgu :f tho Radical-Socialists who ro-

‘President

man. m. 1s -(AP)—-8ociallsl

and Socialist vets: Ha was

I101!‘ _ l-ht.

bi "vasomotor" f aisctod wish

, _,,,_._ from , West mm only

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awn u moo manganes- unified...-

at, _ munlst leaders Jacques Duties and

Vincent Auriol New

dent-pmnier of rneht.

1a. Titty l

nthattishtastrsts. who sot .

Inn-overcast additional asvlu

_ contaminants. rbaaleetlooalmaasda

9°": sting mo» left wIIIdCouIlttIb

st-Sooi eo-onlfl , flldallt th Ml l0 ;mvscillating attma of tho MJI.

0i Franco

l‘. L. Houghton. who has com- lstersg Council in Moscow in

mended the Warrior sincc her Marc agreed to invite Austria “um” TM” i“ “mum” commission s W8!‘ no will suc- to snake suggestions on tha Mmig", u“ u, w“ w . coed Commodore DaWolf as s- traa which will re-estsblish W“, "w , fcfbum‘ m, mum ch10! of the naval mu ma country u an independent. "m " m“ ' and fourth motnbsr of the naval nation.

the veteran nclsllst IADITBIIIH. who ailssnittod a iLt resignation to Auflol as praal- tha Inmtm Govern.- l

There were thraa other candidat-

wera the Centrist. Catho- to Mouvoment llspwlloaia -

SWOd 122, and Michal Clauses .

60$!

tlohtbat bu

contracts have been let

New iiommander For ii.li.li.S. Warrior

polntment of Commodore H. G. DeWolf, D.S.O.. 11.8.0, as Canadian naval officer afloat and éommanding bmcdt- of the aircraft carrier HMCB. Warrior was on- nounced tonight by Defence Min- ister Claxton.

board.

ttlon. Captain lloughton will havo tht acting rank of Oooamodore.

program activity as senior men's groups of the Association. Ncw campl-ng f-lclliliils developed at Holland Cove have enhanced the establishment of a itwilei-n camp- ing program for boys within the membership, and lo deserving boys throughout the city.

No financial campaign for limin- tuii-zncc has been conducted since

Y.M.C.A. Campaign Planned

February 17th

iTwo “Whit-e Russian” Leaders kc Executed

LONDON. Jan. 16 -(Reulers)— One former lieutenant general and two former major generals who were lenders of the "White Rus- sian" movement have been con- demned W 501-"! and the senten- ces carried out Moscow radio said tonight.

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Wants Tax Off American Goal

l WASHINGTON. Jan. i6 - (AP) “spokesmen for United Slates hard and soft coal industries ulgcd today that Canada remove existing 1m- porl duties on the two fuels. The 1301111111011 now exacts n 7.5- cent-a-ton dilly on bituminous coal unvaried from the United States and 50 cents a ton on anthracite. The Slate Department's commit- tee on reciprocity information, holding Public hearings l0 obtain ota. 0n which to base future trade- egreeiment ‘negotiations with lg "ouuirles. was, told that. canons hould be willing to accord United Halos coals “fair treatment." Norman F‘. Patton, representing

early in 1944. In tho mcunllmc financing has been hziridlcll through DlllCi‘ channels. The forthcoming campaign will fin-i

i

ahcc the Assoviatlozz until tlic new 1

YMCA. building is read; [or

occupancy at the end of i947-

Plans have been completed and [or the

construction of the new building beginning on April first year.

0f till!

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senior

Ivalao was announced tivlt Capt.

Both appointments are motive Jan. 13. In his new posi-

(oontimsedou Pagalfll. T!

Slice 0f Austria

day to the Big Four dcputy lor-

mlles of Austrian territory, eluding Klagcnfurt and Villach which rank eighth and ninth in population among the Austria.

r omanendationa for the treaties submitted to the

that Austria would Yugoslav request presented in a 11101110111101“.

wit. pontoon... g

he Anthracite Institute qt Amer- .ca. testified that the United King- dom is permitted to export hard c0al to Canada duty free. The some treatment. should be accorded the United States, he said. 1119031155 dllflflfi the war we trmtcd Canada as a sister."

, cities. headed by Quebec and Hali-

erslly. Several qaerated in Eilrope before the war. and the port of New York has one.

_Tha government's inquiry lntol the Canadian possibilities was made at the request of a. number of organize/lions in Dominion port

fax. The committee was beaded by JE. St. Iamont, vioe-chstnnan

Anm- Cumming Boll. slic married in time‘ minions"

1.1-1 ‘(when

Manitoba Nickel Strike May Rival

Once‘ known as the most beau- tiful model in Mayfair. the Duch- ess of Rutland, 23, today was the mblhcr of u daughter. Formerly was

of the National Harbors Boa-rd. The committee reasons as follows:-

1. Unsettlcd world conditions.

"near future."

tract additional traffic.

4. Difficulties 0f "

"flexible nature" of bonding and manifesting lions.

advantages comparable to

offered by a foreign» made zone."

bonding and manifesting type.

Taxation Talks iiiay End Today

OTTAWA, Jan. 16-40?)- long process of

continued

completed by tomorrow.

nut from

scotin the new offers

summarized its

2. Possible tariff changes in the

3. Absence of convincing evidence that foreign trade zones would at- unis-shipment

‘ istration because o! Canada's tariff struct- ule

5. ‘The ease with which shipments can now be handled because of the Canada's

regula-

"The present Canadian bonding. monifutlng and drawback regula- tions." the committee added. “N0- vlcle for lmpbrtcrs and exporters those

Such zones. it: declared, had been created in countries not possessing RCMP tions of the Canadian and British

The redrafting tax- ation agreements with Ncw Bruns- wick. Siskatpheivan and Manitoba in camera today amid indications that the work will be

While the redrsftlng continued, Finance Minister Abbott took time tho discussions tn out- line to Premier Macdonald o! Nova mode to were “still going sirens" at 1-000 equate the subsidies offered wr- ious provinces ivlilch have already they would give substantial addi-

Big Sudhury Mines

WTNNIPEG. Jfl-n. 16 — (OP) -— A hitherto little-publicized nickel "like o! Lynn lake, nearly 400 miles north of Wlnnivel. has raised vision; o! a. Northern Manitoba iri- dustry rivaling the worldqfamom one at Sudhury. Om.

The strike first was made known by Eldon L Brown. mining engin- ear and president of Sherrltt-Gor- don wines, in s. report to the Man- itoba Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials say he ls an en- glneer of m years standing in this Province and "his reports would be accepted by mining authorities throughout Canada." » Mir. Brown sold his company had started prospecting the Granville bake mineral area in 1937 but it was not until 1941 that a company prospector fpund a small out crop at sulphide; on the ésida of a rock lmoil north of Lyi. Lake. about 120 miles riorthcast of Flin F1101! and in similar geological surround- Inga.

Analysis an samples brought out she/owed p, "fair" nickel content with low copper values. The discovery was only six feet long and two feet wide with bare rock all around.

News of the discovery was kept quiet lltiill late in 1945. the 60mp-

the fl-TCI. During the past year exploration work was carried on continuously with four drills completing about 70,000 feet of drilling. Thrcc #9081‘- ate ore bodies were outlined and a. depth of approximately 1.000 feet was reached. These three bodies contained about 5.000.000 ions of ore averaging 1.18 pcr cent nickel’ nnd .6 per cent conllfl- lvlr. Broom said all three boliicsi

feet, it was reasonable to assume

any making minor explorations onl

negotiated agreements.

Yugoslavia Wants

IMRJON, Jan. 16 - (AP) _ Yugoslavia submitted dcmunds to- sign ministers for 1,000 square 1n-

cities of

‘Hie deputies. who will draw up

th Germany and Austria to be Foreign Min-

It was a foregone conclusion

oppose the

Mr. Mardcnalzl later told The Cunutlian Press he would not be sitting in on the current discuss- ions. He wanted time to think over the new offers and to dis- cuss them with his government. fle ll-fld stopped off here on his re- turn from a holiday in the ll- hsmas and he p-lnnned to return to Halifax tomorrow.

tlonal tonnage belc-y that horizon.

MacDonald Gill, 63. wldr-ly-knovm British architect. and cartographer. died today st his London home

BRITISH ARCHITECT DIES

LONDON. Jan. 14 -— IA?! l

m ural painter