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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1950

iillore, Bigger Taxes In Prospect For Canadians, Federal Ministers Say

What they said. in effect. thlsl

By George Kitchen W"

OTTAWA. Dec. 4 -(OP) -1"ed- ,,,i cm-rmment spokesmen. from ..,img Minister st. Laurent down.

As that world struggle develops. even if it does not come to out- right war. it is going to com more

.-nude l1ingfY5bl'l5glg:;'5Eta;:g”V ":h:'l: to build uph CanaIda's dffence re p ant-and t e peop e are go rig to mspecl for Canadians in 1951. pay.

They were detailing the Gov-' ernments financial position. in the light of the deepening world magic ntzainsi. Communism. be- fore the opening sessions of the irederai-Provincial fiscal confer-

Have No Option

Mr. St. Laurent himself said it was obvious that the Federal auth- orities wiii have "no option but to impose direct taxes to a degree commensurate with the gravity of the situation”

Direct taxes are personal in- come and corporation taxes. other levies. such as sales taxes. excise taxes and customs duties. general- ly are considered to be indirect taxes.

Finance Minister Abbott report- ed that he foresees A 1951-52 bud- get of probably close to 83.000.000.- 000. The current budget provides for expenditures of 32.654.000.000.

The 1951-52 budget probably will

"C31-iing Events

"Lucky. Eastern Rhythm Boys.

"Mail vour Firms to Garnhum iiipm studio. Charlottetown.

"Kelly's Cross Christmas can- cut. December'2lst. .

"haying Timothy seed daily. l(cGu:gan and Boyle.

"Hampton School Concert wed. April after Parliament opens.

neiday. December 20th. Cu" co.”

Then Defence Minister Ciaxton cited some of the "fabulous" costs of defence equipment. one item alone. a new.anti-submarine ves- sel. now costs lnore than s8.000.000.

Defence expenditure: had climb- ed from s19s,oooooo in 1947-48. to S987.4o0.000 in 1050-51.

Mr. Claxton said each recruit taken into the services omits the night. Variety Concert. You will Gave;-nmgnf, 52,900 3 year for pay, will it allowances. food and clothing

alone.

"National Film Board, Wheat- 1-ii, cog. or oquipmoni goes like fey River Hail. jfuggday, Deumba ghig; - 5111. 5310 01 C8ndY- A twin-engined fighter. 5750.000:

--r- it single-engined jet interceptor.

"Cornwall Hall. Tuesday. Dec. 3400.000: an anti-aircraft. gun with 10. Meadow Bank Christmas con- fire control equipment. more than ”"- S500.000: a new airfield with run- ways. buildings and equipment. 320000.000. and 9. radar station with buildings and equipment, 53.- 000 .

"lieserve Dec. 19th, Vernon Christmas Concert. Curtain 8 pm. "Cleaning and Buying Timothy seed daily. John Leard, Crnpaud.

"l?.esrrre December mth, Belle River school Concert.

"Cornwall Hall. Wednesday

y"Re:rrre Dec. 21st. l-l'untcr liwt-r Chri.-tmas concert in Hun- for River Masonic Hall.

"Amateur contest Tuesday, i D!t.12ih Wheian Memorial Hall. Chlrlnilctnwn. Send entries to

Box 127 rare Guardian.

"Meeting of Conservati es of New Haven Poll at Mchaei W-'r0nux's. Wednesday night.

Freighter is liefloaied .

be brought down next March or .

Meeiingiidpped Day of Tense Developments

By JOHN ECALI

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 - (AP) - President. Truman and Prime Minister Attlee. after an emergency face-to-face conference. announced tonight their "determination" to understand each other's problems in meeting the fast-darkening world crisis. .

The American and British lead- ers reported this much progress in a "frank discussion" at the White House lasting one hour and 5 min- utes, They reviewed "the general world situation in the light of de- velopments in the Far East" where their troops are falling back before a horde of Chinese Communists.

A joint statement issued after the opening conference gave no hint as to the specific topics dis-

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Tiuman AndiAitii:Iee iln Emergency Session

New Temperature llecords gel

HALIFAX. Dec. 4 -(OP) -- The unseasonably high temperatures that featured November weather in the Maritimes are continuing this month. the Dominion Public Weather Office reported tonight.

The Bureau said record temper- atures for this date were recorded at Moncton, Charlottetown and Yarmouth. Moncton's high of 57 topped a mark of 50 set in 1932. Charlottetown came up with a 52-degree reading as compared to 48 in 1932 and Yarmouih's 59 de- grees compared with a previous

This Provinc By Dr. Frank

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The need for a Provincial Archives and Museim in Prince Edward Leland was strongly em- phasized last night by Dr. Frantt MacKlnnon, Principal of Prince of wales College. in an address at the annual meeting of the P. E. I. Ai-ts.and Crafts Guild.

"The project will involve ex- penditure of considerable money." -Dr. Macxlnnon conceded; "but. it will be money well spent and there will be- a. very substantial intllrn. not only in cultural aspects. but. also in the research and dissemin- ation of information concerning our government and our economic resources."

stating that it was necessary. first, to ask "what is needed and why", Dr. MacKinnon went on to say:

Archives And Museum For

e Discussed MacKinnon

Dr. Whilion Leading in Oiiawa Election

OTTAWA, Dec. 4 - (CP)-Dr. Charlotte Whltton, 54-year-old welfare worker. late tonight top- pcd the vote among seven candi- dates running for the four Board of Control seats in Ottawa's civic

elections. i '

With' 190 of 350 polls reporting. Dr. Whitton. that woman candl- daie the capital city has ever had for Board of Control, had 15,872 votes. .

Mayor E. A. Bourque. French- speaklng ice and fuel dealer. was

running second in the three-wuy mayoralty race.

Grenville Good-

Lilieral Candi dale Returned in 2nd Kingis By-election

The Provincial Liberal Govern- ment yesterday retained the As- ssmblymanfs seat in a by-election in the Second District of King's. With unofficial returns in from all 10 polls. Mr. Harvey Douglas had a majority of 248 over his Progres- sive Conservative opponent, Mr. Milton Rogerson.

Mr. Douglas, making his debut in politics, lead in seven of the polls. Unofficial relturns reported by King's County Sheriff J. B. Ed-win Reid, of Rollo Bay, gave the Liberal candidate 1,034 votes to 786 for his opponent.

The seal. became vacant a few weeksgigo by the death of Hon. H. H. Cox. Minister of Public Works and Highways.

At the general election in De- ccmber, 1947. Mr. Cox had a majority of 111 over Mr. Rogerson. At that time the Councillor side of the district went to the Progressive Conservatives. Today's voting leaves standing in the 30-seat Legislature, Liberals 24. Progres- sive Conservatives, six. The stand- ing is unchanged since the general election.

Voters turned out in large numbers yesterday. The weather was mild. with rain early in the day. Roads

in the disirici were good. Interest in the contest was quickened by several Joint political meetings, at which both the candidates and party stalwarts spoke. Some of the meetings continued until midnight or later, with as many as 14 speak- ers. The Liberals for The most part defended the record of the.-Jones Government, while the Opposition speakers were critical of the mounting public debt and of some aspects of the Governments agri- cultural policy,

Mr. Douglas. a farmer, is a bro- ther of the late Mr J. Lester Doug- .;

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"Rcserve Thursday. Decunber ltlt for Variety concert at new lrlshtown Hall. Curtain 8 P. M.

0. B, A. Concert in

Wednesday. Dec- Auspices Melville

"clapaud 1.. Hlmnton iiall. Ullber 6th. Dodge.

"Jinltur Power's Variety Con- gut in iijmsiao South Hall stari- gjlmat 11.30. Sale of lunches and

7.''Come to Bi-sdalbane LO.B.A. war and Pantry Bale, Deoom.

0th at 7.00 P. M. Rekesh- llienls served. A ” "Th" F. E. I. Temperance Fed-

."llI0n Executive will meet, Ep- ;';'li;tl1ln3l(l. summerside. December

- y "5l"i!.0 - Victoria Hall ever z1:1'5d3i'. starting December 7th linlll further notice. a - Jildlan Legion. '

"'Co11m-ting Hogs by truck for i 2:5? Packers every Thur-gdgy gi;iul'l'E.rNcgrlembe; 1: Phone :1- cbowell. m, ” F"".'..P-.L :"D"lns: Devastating. am. rout; "my Cummings in "Gun

tr It MacDonald Bros. 12. Mt. aiowart tonight plus

gmmdblfnce at Gordon

.0? Friday night will

'xco Wednesday night for' it only. This Dance will be

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..... Ha mastinl of th Try. It church will it: held Wetlands . Do- 00 0.31. A1 mam- ltol to attend.

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freighter. Isle of Patmoa. was re- fioated from the Tryon reefs. off Victoria after being aground there since last Thursday. Taking ad- vantage of high tide the tug "c undatlon Vera” succeeded in pulling her from the reef. It had become necessaryto jettison 7.600 bags of potatoes before the freight- er was aufficiently lightened.

she will proceed to drydock at Halifax. N. S.. before sailing to nor destination. Jacksonville Flor- ida.

The cargo was loiided at suin- merside and consisted of 100,000 bushels of seed potatoes. .

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The British Royal Flying COYPB came into existence in 1912. be- oomlng the Royal Air Force in 1918.

Aiding U. S.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 - (AP)- Pive of the Unitcd Nations. not counting the United states. have a 17.000-man stake in the ground ac- ticn in Korea.

These forces actually in action are among those oiifered by no na- tions and so far accepted by the

(LN.

Offers from nine other member

countries have not yet been ac- ocptad. The only flat rejection in- volvlng any siaeable combat force was that -ct 33.000 troops of Na- tionalist (mine. The total of Americans fighting on the ground in Korea is a milit- ary secret but is estimated at around 100,000.

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In addition to the ground units engaged, 5,000 troops from seven other countries - including can- ada - are on the way cr had been formally accepted prior to the Chin- ese Rcd onslaught.

NIVIT Lvrslrfllillltall W "N! 17-N- foroa in Korea have come from 10 nseasbm. ships from seven of then. lnolI;:l'n( Canada. have been in

an numbers including oaam have contributed air but

among ground unit!

At (:30 yesterday afternoon the.

conserve the public records of the Province. the private papers of our public men. complete newsvpapers. and other documents. such as maps and par- ish records. It must be emphasized that a collection of this material is needed not for the sake of our- luslty but for its great cultural and utilitarian value. Too many people think that an archives is a d dirty. old room filled manuscripts of no practical value. only for a curious person who likes to browse. A good is a governmental educational necessity.

I "No Government should be with- out access to its records.

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forces.

Britain and other members of '.he Commonwealth have contributed the bulk of the ground forces sup- porting south Korea and American troops in Korea. Australia has one

”I should think that the most win. an opticinn. led with 10.31: suitable cultural building for votes. Mayor Bournue had 1- 7- prince Edward bland would ho and 'Dr. G. M. Geidert, retired a combination Archives. Museum. Physician. had 5.341-

Library, and Art Centre. in reply -'""1”'”” to th question-”Why s tnee - I 0 ed?”-eThere is only one answer. - The happlnessd and progriess of! a

people depen so muc on is

cultural heritage. Prince Edward e

Island, like other gfoiirintiesx dean-

not continue as a strrc an e-

and economical unity..if it ignores its heritage and it. it . "”"m5 i C" "u would OTTAWA, Der. 4-(cm -The

inflationary climb in living costs. continuing uninterrupted since April last, was brought to a halt in October. It was braked by some price drops and by oper- ation of the "free" Canadian dol- lar.

The Bureau of Statistics today reported that because of lower prices for some fcodlr and fuel.

uii, offsetting price climbs in other

goods. the index in October re- mained unchanged at 170.7. the peak reached the previous month. The index is based on 193539 prices equalling 100.

With the exception of April. the -index has been climbing since January, making elsht spurts in the first nine months.

October was the first month in which the "free" Canadian dollar operated. The Bureau said lower prices for coal and coke import- ed from the United States follow- ed rlollsr deconirol.

Besides coal and coke. prices In were lower for meats. fresh V98!- tpbles and gasoline. 'Among the six price lzr0uP! j Korea than among air and naval W” ” mo compnmon of me

Index. the food sub-index change wns the man significant.

For the first time in 1950. the

food group declined. in 218.6 from the peak of 220.1. In 0Ct0hEF MST year the index stood at 2033.

Tho' fuel and light eroun slip-

infmtrv battnllon of 1.000 men. ned 0.4 points to not from .-

Eritain has sent 0.1500 into action. high of 141.0. Last year it stood Other ground units already ie- .. 135.1,

portcd in action include the Phi1ip- All other groups climbed. and

pine battalion of 1.810 men, a Thai all to peak levels. .

battalion of 1.100, and the Turkish Rent. surveyed on a uunrterly

regiment of 5.000. . 1 hasls. moved no 0.9 noints in The largest ground force accept- 136.4 from 13515; clothing. 10

ed for use in Korea but not yet there is the special Canadian brig- ade of 11,000 him. An advance party of ado men from this force has reached Korea and 1.0m more are on route. But the bulk of the brig- ade is still training at Fort Lewis. Wash.

A Greek infantry battalion of about 840 men may be in the vic- inity of Korea but if. his not yet been repor in action.

other ha opal grouiu which have started for the Par last include one infantry battolion of 1N0 men from Belgium. a 00-inch detachment from nuxuaboura. 3 Ranch infan- battaiion at 1.060. I Nether-

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nolntg to 184.5 from 183.5; home furnishings points to 174.8 from 112.7.

and services. 2.1

Perhaps an indication of what

may be in store for the Canadian consumer. wholesale price! filII'l'll' November moved up Ihnt'P1.V-

Savings o-..”nTposio

OTTAWA. Dec. 4 --(CPI --8IV-

ings on deposit in Canada's chart- ered banks at Oct. 31 totalled 84.- sso;4os.ooo -aatastu.ns1.sso.ooo at sept 30 and 04.450.717.000 at Oct. I1. 1940. ment for October showed today.

the chaficnd bank stau-

Oall loans in Canada amounted

Has Increased

OTTAWA. Dec. 4 -(OP) -Ex- ternai Affairs Minister Pca.rson' said today danger of world war inl the immediate future has been in-i

creased by Korean events and be- cause Wesicrn weakness invites. Communist attack.

Russia. he said in a major for-l eign-policy speech in the Federal- Provincial conference. "may con- sider its best opportunity will be in .the months ahead"-before Western rearmament becomes "in- creasingly important." after 1951.

Simultaneously. Mr. Pearson de- precated use or threat of use of the atom btrnb against Commiinfst Ohina now. in a statement key- noted with these words:

"While there is any chance at all of preventing an expansion of the present (Koreanl hostilities. the advantages of using the bomb or even ihreateninr: its use are. I think. likely to be far outweighed .by the reactions among the peo- ples of the world. and especially the peoples of Asia. which would follow that use."

Speaking before he left to be Canada's spokesman in United Nations General Assembly debate on Chinese intervention in Korea, the Minister said Canada feels she should be consulted before any de- cision is made to use the A-bomb. lie said its use might split. the western world.

320.000 rt??? Al Molichin

MONCTON. N. 13.. Dec. 4-(CP) -Damage estimated at 320.000 was caused to two stores and two sec- ond tloor apartments when fire broke out tonight in the Victoria Black on main street.

The fire was noticed in a store occupied by People: Credit Jewell- ers and gave firemen a two-hour fight before the all-out was sound- ad.

Most damage resulted from smoke and water.

Civic Election In Toronto lesierday

TORONTO. Dee. 4-(CPl-Allan Lamport. underdog candidate in Toronto's mayoralty election, seem- ed headed for an upset victory to- night. .

with more than two-thirds of the vote reported. he held a com- fortable ind ovo: Mayor Hiram uocalium. At 11.20 P. M.. with 370 of 1,080 polls reported. the vote

landabattalion cf coo. and a Now use siiimnooo at oci, 31, as Inland artul battalion num-, against sioi.1sc.ooo at sopt. Wins about I . . ..-.. . -ixi.8,1q'i.014.ooo at cat. :1. .1so.;.m sun.

so was; Lamport 12,057; Mccallum

waded across the Taedong or clam- iberecl along the twisted and torn

For Bomb Shelters,

and unfavorable comment on Mac- Art.hur's handling of the command was heard frcm press and Government air kesmen.

direct contact with the United Na- tions. The U. N. has issued no or- ders to him. MncArthur's superiors are in the unified military com-l mand-in effect. the United Staicsj Government

Charge Negligence In

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N. FORCES IN KOREA EXTREMELY C

Evacualioll Of Korea May Be Necessary

One Mill-io-ii Chinese Reds Believed Com- mitted To Action.

it does not receive a "fair or -- a uate" payment from the F eral Government under exist-V

TOKYO. Dec. 5 -- (Tuesday) - 1, (AP) - The Allies quit Pyongyang today as spearheads of a mighty i, 1.000.000-man Chinese Red army threatened to cutfiank that one- time Korean Communist citadel.

It was quite possible the surging Red forces would recapture the former northern capital -without firing a shot. reported AP corres. pondent Tom Lambert. He. left; Pyongyang at 1 A. M. Tuesday :11:

Premier Jones of Prince, lsland said at the fiscal confer. ence today that his Province felt

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ig arrangements. P. E. I. was hesitant at ecause of the danger

prese of w . Wars always worked hardship on the Island Province listments and the

co le to the mainlan to r E, 5.55. industries serv; onfgogg told the Federal-Provincial fiscal

reduce lis already-small populat- ion.

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A.M. lE:.S.T. Monday) and flew tol across Canada might help.

Seoul. the southern capital. i

The last American and South Korean troops north of the city of 1. 300.000 withdrew late Monday night. Their way was lighted by several large tires as material of military value went up in flames.

Demolition squads touched off thundercus explosions as the troops moved south.

The main section of Pyongyang north cf the Taedong River was left intact. however. just as it was found Oct. 19-20 when then-tri- umphant United Nations troops freed the first Communist satellite capital.

British Cover Retreat

The British 29th Brigade cover- ed the wlthdrawal of the Americans and South Koreans. then itself be- gan moving south through Pyong- yang's centre across the ice-choked Taedong.

The British brigade started pull- ing out early Tuesday. . Pyongyang airfield was aband- oned shortly after midnight. report-

ed Lambert,

He said total withdrawal of all Allied forces was to have beemcoip: pleted shortly thereafter." "' "

Lambert said that despite the disappearance of Korean police and the municipal government, the pecple of Pyongyang were orderly.

Thousands of refugees. however.

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WASHINGTON. Dec. 4-(APl-- The Truman administration today presented to Congress a 313.100.000.- 000 program for building bomb shelters and otherwise mobilizing the country's civil defences.

Nearly two-thirds of the money would go for "communal type shelters. designed for protection against atomic warfare."

security steps strain on mentls resources.

Heavy in Flour Mill Explosion

explosion.