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Fires Cause Heavy loss 0n Mainland

TRACADIE, N.B.. Oct. 8O —(OP) ._ Drlmrlqc was estimated up to $20000‘) tonight after an early momulg fire destroyed four build- jugs at Tracadie. facing the Gulf oi St. Lawrence on the northeast- ern coast of New Brunswick.

Ainst of the loss was caused by destruction! of p, building contain- ing the Capitol Theatre. a. large department store of the ‘Tracndie Mercantile Co., Ltd., and an up- stairs apartment occulxzl by the family of the theatre manager Joseph McCalvy.

Thr other destroyed structures, all rinse together on the main strcct of this village, were a ware- house used by the Coughlin House hotel. and two barns, containing hay and farm eqquipment. owned by John Coughiin.

The hotel, Theodule Rnbinachlvs rtore on the opposite side of the ltrrct. property owned by Mrs, Al- brI. Arseneauand a house owned by Leon Polrier were badly scorch-

Ahsence of wind and quick re- Iponse by the Shippegan Fire Dc- partmcllt. 32 miles away, prevented greater loss. Help also came from| the Chatham Fire Department, personneil of the New Brunswick‘ Forest Service at Newcastle and Bllthurst. and a detachment from the army camp at ‘Pracadie.

The fire. oi unknown cause, ap- Dfllvntly started in the rear oi the theatre basement about 1.30 A.M. hm.

$30,000 Fire at Trdro

TRURO. NS, Oct. 30 — (OP) —- A $30,000 fire today gutted the Do- minion Store on Inglis Street We and damaged an adjoining department store, Margoiians Ltd. It was the worst fire in Truro in a KM. Cause oi the blaze was not;

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LUCKY JOE!

ESPEVAN. Sask. (OP) 9°00 llllflss came to Joe Phillips tho other evening. within a few hflll“ l“? W0" l1 $45 pool on a Nil- ilonlll Hockey League game and lid-s fl\\'fll'll€d a. new automobile n a service club carnival,

Coming Events

"Mill Your ihiinls to Garnhum Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"Bllllnli dressed poultry daily. h iii McKinnon, Murray River.

"Chicken Raffle K. of C. Hall, “mi lilafilifll’. November 1st.

"Dance cancelled in Long River llflll. October 26th. i

"Gilli? Traverse tonight at 8.30. 5l19W "Blaze oi Noon."

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"Diuft miss the masquerade dim" lit Sunhyslde Ballroom to- nlizlli.

"Masquerade prince in st. Peters l-qslor Hall. Monday, October 31st. Ciifl Peters Orchestra.

r°°llance Whiin Road I-lall "Willow. Nov. a. Cliff Lilly's Or- Illcstra.

I‘l:lot chicken supper St. An- brcwl Hall, Wednesday, Novem- cr 2nd.

, "N0" bovine Timothy Seed, rm- stercd. Cleaned or Unclenned. Mc- flulxnn and Boyle.

a "Crane to the L.O.B.A. Chicken ‘limel- in Bradaibam Hell. Wed- "Iillv. Novomber 2nd.

‘uxgzm? tomnchlcksn and ham n . ‘ember and. tahire Hall on No

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Blinding Fog i Causes Four Deaths In The U. S.

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CHICAGO. Oct. 80 - (AP) — Blinding fogs in New York state and New England resulted in four deaths during the week-end and today large areas of the United States had snow and rain.

0n¢ of the worst fogs in ypars was reported in Maine with alr, bus. and auto travel at a virtual standstill along a, broad strip of the state's rocky coastline. Planes were grounded for 18 hours at Portland. A head-on ear crash kllled a woman and a boy at Vas- salboro. The forecast was for ‘more fog."

An aii-dayTog in New Yorlfs South Hudson Valley caused two high-way fatalities.

Snowy weather extended over puts of Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Three inches fell at Denver but quickly melted under s. warm sun. Free:- ing and below-freezing weather was reported over much of the upper plains and Northern Rock- ea. .

Warmer on Prairies

WINNIPEG. Oct. 30 — (OP) — Warm west winds are expected to relieve the Prairie cold spell by tomorrow, the weather-men said tonight.

Temperatures have risen above 60 degrees at Alberta points, and warm air is moving steadily east- ward, _

Previously a three-day cold spell sent residents " ' for their winter woolies. Temperatures yes- terday fell to 2i. at Winnipeg, 3.; at Calgary and i4 at Regina. Sharp winds of 1'5 to 25 miles an hour accompanied the cold, and freez- ing rains fell at some points.

" - Violent storm

JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. so -. (AP) -— A violent storm lashed the Alaskan coast today from Cordova to Ketchikan, buffeting ships at, sea and tearing small craft from their moorings in port,

Coast Guard headquarters said it recorded gale winds of 52 to 60 miles an hour.

Torrential rains for the last 24 hours caused g, slide here that pushed the five-mom home or Robert Light from its foundation last night and carried it 15 feet down a hillside, Neither Light nor his wife was injured.

RECORD A'l‘ MONTREAL

MONTREAL. Oct. 30 —-(OP) -— Today was the hottest Oct. 30 ever recorded in Montreal, McGlll Uni- varsity Weather Observatory report- ed tonight.

The temperature soared to 67.6 degrees. three degrees higher than previous record established for the some date in 1946.

However, rain and colder weather were forecast for tomorrow.

SETTLERS SUCCEED

DAWSON CREEK, Alta, - (CP) - Sudeten settlers at Toms Lake proved their farming ability at the recent Peace River district szed grain exhibition. Showing grain for the first time, they captured seven of‘ the its awards.

BIG IIOPES

The expected life span 0| are We“!!! One-year-old Canadian girl is now 0a years and of a one-year- old Canadian boy. U years.

By Donald B schwind

LONDON. Oct; 30 —(APi -A leading lawyer who says 100,000 British couples are living together out of wedlock threatened today to organise them in a fight for d change in the divorce laws.

Robert B. W. Pollard, chairman o! the marriage reform eofnmittee, said more and more Briton lfe "living in sin" because ent laws make it impossible or them to divorce their legal mates.

The committee, composed of 1,000 iaflkrs, clergymen and other citi- zens, threatened to encourage ex- tramarital uniono unless a royal commilsion il set w to investigate all aspects of the praent laws.

‘flip eixnmittne lays "divorce only recognizes in law an existing state of facts-that a marriage has fail- ed." Present la”. it says, footer per-Jury and eonnivaaoe to circum- vent the lav in 15 per cent of all divorce cues. '

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ll. S. Navy Takes 77 Ships Oul 0f AclivLService "

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-40?) _ The United States Navy announced tonight it is taking 77 shilps out of active service. Oi these. 35 are be. m8 laid up and 42 turned over to the reserve fleet or for training purposes.

The fleet by mid-1950 will be made 11D of 23'! combat vessels in- stead 01268 it had Sept. 1. Most of this cut will be in the Atlantic force.

The reduction will be offset partly by lemming to sol-vies the light carrier Bataan and the submarine Guavina and commissioning two new Sulllmflrlnes, the Grenadier and Grampus.

The laid-up warships include five aircraft carriers and six cruisers. Thus the fleet will undergo s. net reduction in aircraft carriers of four. Tile 46 vessels to be taken out of service in addition to the 31 warships are supply, communicat-

lloney Stocks Show Increase

OTTAWA, Oct. 30—(CP)-—Stocke of honey held by commercial packers, wholesale grocers and other dealers at Oct. 1 amounted to 10,025,000 pounds, the Bureau of Statistics reported today. ‘The October figure compared with 7.- 491.000 on hand at July 1 and 7,- 789,000 on Oct. 1, 194B.

Stocks of honey lit Oct. 1 by Provinces with figures for the same date last year in brackets, were: Prince Edward Island, 2.- 568'(1,989) pounds; Nova. Scotln 27,530 (9.296); New Brunswick 5.- 409 (6,080); Quebec 906,246 (204.- 337); Ontario 2,007,721 (2,347,053); Manitoba 3.463.979 (2,266,465); Saskatchewan 2.252.932 (1,384,961); Alberta 1,189,757 (1,404,146); Bri-

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tish Columbia 168,792 (164,506).

Sudden Death Yesterday Of Bill Chandler

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The death Prince Edward Island Hospital yesterday of William (Bill)

Chandler, 32, well-known in Char- lottetown sporting circles and to veterans of the Second World War. He was n son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chandler, Charlotte- town. '

Not many friends of Bill realiz- ed the seriousness of his illness and his demise will come as a great shock to a host of friends. especially those with whom he was closely associated in the 2nd Med- ium Battery. R.C.A., and the Char- lottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L.

The late Mr. Chandler, since his return from overseer, was em- ployed in the Postal Department of the Charlottetown Post Office. Just prior to his last illness he

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Artillery Ass'n Elects Officers

OTTAWA. Oct. 30 - (CP) — Brig. H. Wright of Calgary was elected president of the Royal Canadian Artillery Association which ended a two-day annual meeting here Saturday.

Officers from reserve artillery units across the Dominion passed a resolution urging Canadians to undertake training in reserve units.

Other officers elected include:

Vice-presidents: Brig. A. E. Bell- lrving, Vancouver; Brig. R. A. ‘Bryce, Winnipeg; Brig. McGregor Young, Toronto; Brig. M. Archer, Quebec City; and Lt-Col. P. W. Oland, Saint John, N. B.

Members 0f the executive com- mittee include: Brig. R. A. C.

Roome, Bedford. N. S.

Proposes Fight To_ Ease Divorce Laws In Britain

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separation. regardless of cause.

Quick and only divorce. he said. would let "people get married in- stead of living in sin."

There were 00.000 divorces in Britain during 1047, and more than 30.000 during the first six mouths this year, agnirlst 4.0M the 1090's. Post-war living condit- ionsk are blamed for the current pee .

Pollard said: "We could form a separate society of unmarried comics. which by NI very size, would get them rewfliiasd and ae- cepted by British public ion. We would give this society ll ad- vice and assistance.“

An qppollte V181 ll Milfl w Al'- Maddillm. lawyer and Church of England authority on marriage questions.

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Labor Member’s Monetary Plan For Canada Is Rejected

OTTATWA. Oct. 30 — (C?) — Party leaders and Cabinet sources today described as “unroalistic" a. British suggestion that Canada transfer from the dollar to the sterling area as a means of solv- ing the dollar shortage.

The suggestion was made by Sqdn-Idr. Ernest Kirighorn, a British Labor member, of. Parlia- ment, spealking at a meeting in

Staiham, Eng. He said he intends]

to propose in the United King- dom Commoms that Canada be asked to make the switch.

Md. Coldweil, 0.0.1". leader, said that to suggest a, transfer of econ- omy from one area. to another shows a lack of appreciation of the "hard economic facts"

Solon Low, Social Credit leader, said such a change would be an impossibility for Canada. She car- ried on most of her trade with the United States.

Cabinet sources said the Brit- ish Laborite showed “ignorance" in making such a statement. Progres- sive Conservatives could not b0 r hed for cc merit, hut state- ments msde recently show they also agree that the switch would be impossible.

Political spokesmen viewed more seriously another part of the Brit- ish Labor member's statement ln which he said:

"Ii Britain were in o. position to import all wheat from non-dollar countries, Canada would be coir.- pietely bankrupt."

Mr. Coidweli said that not only was true of wheat. but oi other Canadian commodities, such as fish.

The wheat economy of Canada involves a greater percentage of population than would otherwise be empioyabie in any other in- dustry. Mr. Caldwell said. Wheat farming in Canada- has been no deeply rooted in the Canaduin economy that it would be difficult for farmers to make q. switch to other crops within a, year or two.

Mr.» Lnw said he doubted who- ther Britain would ever decide against buying wheat in Canada.’ But if such s. question arose, 1'. would mean rheavy blow to tne. Canadian economy. "It would put us in a very bad position."

Edmonton Man Sentenced To Hang

EDMONTON. Oct. 3o -(CP)— Oonvicted of the pistol-murder of his former employer in a downtown office July S, Wilfred Nowell, father of five children. was sent- ended yesterday to be hanged I'M)

Sentence was pronounced in Mr. Justice Boyd McBride after a sill- man Alnrta Supreme Court Jury returned a guilty verdict following one hour and 3i minutes of deliber- atione.

Nowell was dimmed by police at the office of Thomas Lew, paintinl contractor. a few minutes after Law had been fatally shot twice through the cheat. - _

Widen-cc was that LII had fired Nowell earlier in the day. when Nowdl returned, accompanied by m wife, io collect back pay an arlilnont developed.

OOHIARATIVIDI»! IJTTLI

Canada in 1048 produced less than one per cent of the world's total oil ouqmt.

Work Started 0n Addition T0 P. E. Island Hospital

Work started on Saturday on an addition to the Prince Edward Island Hospital which will pro- vide extra office space and i4 new ad-ult beds on the main floor and a thoroughly up-to-date mod- em nursery. The nursery will provide 32 additional cubicles for infant cots on the second floor.

The addition will extend out from the east corner of the build- ing in a north-easterly direction. It is the first stage of a larger plan for the development of a new wing of some 50 beds or more. The new wing will extend out from the south-west corner of the pre- sent main building and will be started when circumstances per- mlt, Dr. J. Wendell McKenzie, medical representative on the Hos- pital Board told The Guardian last evening.

Messrs. M. F. Schurman d: Co. Ltd. have been awarded the con- tract and it is hoped that the base- ment will be completed andcover- ed over this fall. The remainder of the new addition, which will be of brick and a similar finish to the present structure, is expected to be completed next summer in May or June.

The project has been approved by the Dominion and Provincial Governments which are contribut- ing towards it under the Dominion National Health grants. It is esti- mated that this contribution will amount to some 50% of the total cost.

The present office on the main floor wlill be enlarged by taking in the present, doctors’ cloak and locker rooms. These will be trans- ferred to the new addition. This will also allow for two three-bed and one two-bed adult wards and a new covered ambulance entrance, with driveways in and out at the end of the corridor.

In all, l4 new adult beds will be provided for-eight on the main floor and six'in the basement when the maids occupying this accommodation will be moved to the new basement.

On the second floor. the present average capacity for 12 infant cots is overcrowded and, with the addi-

been provided, together with small doctors’ room in the stetricai department.

Three Drowned. Two Saved In River Tragedy

WALLAOEBURIG, Ont., Oct. 30 -—(CP)—Three men were drowned yesterday when a rowtboat ran aground on a shoal in the st. Clair River and sank less than 26 feet from shore.

Two women companions fought their way to nearby reeds and clung there for 30 minutes.

The victims: Eldredge Nahdee, 24, and Tony James. 27, Indians of the Waipoiie Island Reserve. and Orville Taylor a white man whose only known address is Ohio.

The surviving Indian girls are Eleanor Taylor and Evansellrle Fisher. They said the group had drunk beer at Algonac, Mich., dur- ing Friday night It was reported that Taylor met the four Walpole Indians at Aigcnac and accepted their invitation to return to the re-- alve- ' . The women raid that. as the boll hit the shoal. Nahdee stepped into the water to push it free. As it suddenly shot into deep water. he scrambled aboard but lost his bal- ance and fell overboard.

Holed by the ground, the boot rank quickly. James and Taylor dlglppelpqd mo, the women said.

Sesll. Premier Wins In Slender Action

PRINCE ALBERT. Seek. 060- 30 -’—(CP)-A jury in Court of King's Bench after deliberating almost seven hours Saturday night re- turned e verdict in favor of Prem- ier Dflllllll of Saskatchewan in the $100.01) slander suit instituted against him by Liberal leader Walter Tucker.

Mr, Tucker, member of the Lel- illlture for Rosthern, charged the Premier siandered him in a campaign speech at Rosthern dur- ing the 1948 Provincial election campaign. Ho also claimed Mr. Dou,‘ was responsible in law for publication in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix of a report of the meeting. The court was told the report, written by Phillip Wade of the Star-Phoenix staff, was ap- proved by the Premier.

The jury verdict was 10 to two in Premier Douglas‘ favor, tho

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tlon, 's total of some 44 will hav; George M: Slocum. w. publisher

New DeveTopmenls In Tilo's Quarrel Wilh Cominform

BELGRADE, Oct. 3~(AP) -—- Yugoslavia lashed back at Comin- form neighbors again Saturday night, accusing them of war-mon- gering, stirring border troubles und staging mass arrests to curb the spread of Tltoirm.

Developments came fast in the row which began 19 months ago when the Russian-dominated Com- inform (Communist International Information Bureau) blacklisted Premier Tim's Government,

These were the developments:

1. Yugoslavirfla official press charged that Bulgaria is pur- suing a mass purge-including some of its top officlals—to halt the spread of Titoism in that country.

2. Late Saturday night the Foreign Affairs Ministry pub- llshed its rejection of a note from Russia demanding recall of Yugoslavia’; ambassador to Russia, Karl Mrazovich.

At the same time the Soviet note was issued, Mrazovich was already back in Yugoslavia serving as president of the Yugoslav Republic of Croatia and as a member of the Yugo- slav Communist Party central committee.

3. The Yugoslav. Interior Ministry accused Hungary of stirring up border troubles and said Hungarian troops fired for eight hours across the border into Yugoslavia last Thursday night. No one wal hurt and Yugoslav border troops did not reply, the Min- istry said.

The Yugoslav rejection of the Russian note branded the recall demand as n new "stimulus" ln whnt was called a Soviet cam- palgn to shut off relations and to minimize Yugoslavia’; position in a "progresslverworid."

The Communist newspaper Bor- ba, voice of Tim's Government, made the mass arrest charge against Bulgaria.

Without citing the source of its information, Borba said that in one Bulgarian district alone-—- Pievna—2,500 persons are under nrrest, four-fifths of them on po- lltlcai charges.

PUBLISHER PASSES DETROIT. Oct. 30 - (AP) -—

of Automotive News, died in hos- pital Saturday. He had been lli for the last three months from heart disease. Slocum had been publish- er oi the weekly trade newspaper here since i030.

U. S. Nevvsmen Being Eosed Oul of Russia

‘PARIS, Oct. 30 —-(AP) —Joseph Newman, Moscow correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, charged Saturday the Soviet Gov- ernment is deliberately cutting down or eliminating the American press corps in the Russian Capital. Newman said this was the intent of the new Soviet policy of issuing oorre ndents an exit visa without an a atic re-erltry permit.

Dollar Shortage Revives Country Crafts llLDrilain

By Robert Brown

LONDON‘, Oct. 30 —-(R.euters) — Britain's shortage of dollars has resulted in a big drive to revive the traditional country crafts which were in danger of dying out.

EXiperts on rural industry. with government backing. are campaign- ing for young recruits to help re- build the tottering trades of the blacksmith, the saddler. the thatch- er_ the potter the hand-weaver. the stonornason and the woodworker.