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APRIL 16. 1952

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Reserve Army

A Units Camp Dates

Are Amounced

Dates for Reserve Army units in Prince Edward Island to attend summer camp this year are as lol-

we: hzatn I..A.A. Regiment. Lt.-col. I-1.0. Williams, officer command- ins. July rith to August 3rd at Hartlen's Point, N.s. It is expected so to '15 all ranks will attend.

Prince Edward Island Regiment t1'ith Reece). Lt.-Col. A.W. Ros- ers ED. officer commanding, July nth to loth. Camp Utopia. some not; all ranks are expected to attend

5 signals Regiment, Lt.-Col. K. M. Johnston. officer commanding. .luly 9th to lath. Camp Utopia. To- tsi too all ranks tentatively sched- uled to attend. ,

2lst Field Ambulance. Lt.-col. J.K.L. Irvin. officer commanding. June 26th to July 8th. camp Uto- pin. Personnel attending is ex- pected to be about 25.

rNsl'EC'l'foN TONIGHT The list Field Ambulance Regi-

ment under oommand of Lt.-Col. .l.K.L. Irwin, will be inspected by

Lt.-Col. J.N. Coates. Ottawa. this evening at the Charlottetown Armourles.

Col. Coates will be representing the Director-General of Medical services of the Canadian Army. Brigadier W.L. Coke. and the in- spection is being held in connect- ion with the Canadian-wide com- petitions of the Reserve Force R.C. units for the Ryerson and Shiilington trophies.

Factors to be considered by the inspecting officer will include: general appearance, parade square efficiency and inspection of the orderly Room. stores and equip- ment. transport section. vehicles. etc. Representing the Eastern Command Medical Officer will he Colonel J.li. Shaw, Assistant Di- rector of Micclical Services for the Eastern Command Reserve Force.

OMAHA

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Iowa-Nebraska reaches downstream from Sioux City. la.

The crest-actually a somewhat flat top on a broad. high-water arc. several hundred miles long-is due in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area Thursday morning.

River forecasters stayed by their prediction of a 31.6 foot. crest. To- day's reading passed 27 feet. The previous record high was 24.6 feet in 1881. mites and flood walls were designed originally to with- stand a 26.6 foot crest.

On Borrowed Time

Thus Omaha and Council Bluffs. still not actually flooded. were on what Brig.-Gen. Don Bhingler, Missouri River division engineer. called "Borrowed time."

Freeboard or safety margin gives shaky protection over 20.8 feet. And a mighty effort to add two feet and more of topping to this freeboard was just about compie tonight.

The peacetime army of soldiers. engineers. civilians and construc- tion men mobilised in the Omaha- Council Bluffs levee-holding ef- fort reached 3.000. The Fifth Army in Chicago began movement of another 2,800 troops from Camp

McCoy, Wis. For the entire Omaha River district. from the Dakotas to

southern Nebraska. the fighting army exceeded persons.

OLD LAKE PORT CobuN- on the north

flood- 14.000

shore o! in was

Lake Ontario. was first settled am when the first store opened there.

BIRTHS. MARRIAGES DEATHS 50c per insertion

BIRTH 5

MILL-At the Prince County Hospital on April 14th. 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mill, Cler- rnont, (nee Lilia Carr) a son, ll lbs 11 U2 oza.

WADDILLL-At Albany. P. E. f.. on April 7th. 152. to -Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Weddell (nee Myrtle Walsh) a daughter, Shirley Joan. Weight I lbs. l on.

ROBINSON-At Middleton. N. 8.. on April 15th. to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Robinson (nee Shirlee Dunning) a son.'

VOUNIER-At the P. E. T. Hoa- WNII. April 13. 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Younker. Charlotte- town. a son. Colin Peter. weight

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I lbs. 1 1l2 oas. DEATH!

MUIICHISON--At Bale Comeau. Quebec on April 15. Angus Mur- rhison in his 47th year. Funeral Thuraday. April 17. at 2 pm. from St. John's Church. Belfast. Burial in the Belfast cemetery.

STOIDY-At ,Waatniorelsnd on April llth. 1&2. William Stordy, in his 79th year. Funeral Thurs- day from his late residence. ser- vice starting at 2 ptrn. Interment Crapaud Cemetery. Please omit flowers.

CAITEI--suddeni at 15 Roch- ford tiara on eaday. April 15. in Mrs. Milton Carter. age

53 years. Ranting at the Macbean Funeral Home. later.

Funeral notice

OEITIIAL EIIAIIDIAI

This oolnnua is reserved for news of local I.ntorest.,bus advertising of a nowsy nature may be inserted at five seats a word. strictly pay- able in advanoo.

atMMv's TAXI -4 Phone sas:

DI. J. L. F. BUIGE will be ab- sent from his office until fur- ther notice.

FLOR.-IVIR PLASTIC ILES cut cleaning rare up to 40,9. see them today. Simpson's Agency.

REMEMBER 'Red Cross Blood Donor Clinics at Charlottetown May 5th and 6th. 500 donors urgently needed.

TICKETS FOR Yll Men's Var- iety Show "A Gay Nineties Re- view" at the Prince Edward Theatre. April 21st. 22 and Zird. on sale at Henderson & Cudmore.

IF YOU ARE A USER of counter sales books or continuous sales slips. consult us for prices. Guar- anteed service and satisfaction. H. M. Simpson Ltd. 160 Rich- mond Street. Charlottetown.

ON EDIIIARKATION LEAVE - Cfn. Roy Guindon arrived in Charlottetown from London, Ont.. to spend two weeks embarkation leave with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Guindon, 52 Weymouth St., before leaving for Korea.

JOINS TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES -- Mr. Donald Clark. son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark. St. Peter's Road. left on Saturday for Montreal where he will join the communications Dqaartsneni of

Trans-Canada Air Lines. He re- cently completed a radio com- munications course at st. John

Vocational school.

FIRE ALARM TESTED - Pre- liminary tests were made yester- day in the new air horn fire alarm system. Fire Chief H. H. Jewell stated last night that its active operation would await the approval of the City Council. It will be necessary also for . mem- bers of the Fire Department to meet and determine on a system of signals-long and short blasts, etc.. in its operation.

PARKDALE CARD PARTY - There was an unusually large number in attendance at the reg- ular weekly card party held at Parkdale in the Women's institute Hall last night. Prizes were won as follows: Ladles' first, Mrs. John J. Gallant: lsdies' second. Mrs. J. T. Reveli: consolation. Mrs. Ruby Cantwell: men's first, Mr. Gordon Mutlowz men's sec- ond. Mr. M. Macl-ladyen: con- solation. Mr. Calvin Campbell; door prize, Miss Ruby Smith; freeze-out. Glen Newsom and W. Carver.

FUNERAL IN II. C. - Funeral services for the late Myrtle (nee Garrick) Currie, wife of J. M. Currie of squasnlsh. B. C.. who passed away March 16. 1952 were held at 2 p. m.. March 19. 1962. at the Bali Funeral Home at. Van- couver. B. 0. Rev. Mr. Hewitt of Presbyterian church at squamish iftficistcd. solos, "Crossing The Bar" and "Out of My Bondage" were sung by Mrs. Crompton. In- terment took place at the Ocean View Burial Park at Vancouver. 3. C. Many beauti- ful floral tributes were re- ceived. many of which came from former Maritime friends. She is survived by her loving husband. J. M. Currie and a sister. Mrs. Clif- ford Rose. New Glasgow. N. s.

CONVICTED Fol IIIGIIWAX INFIACTION - Yesterday after- noon at Gtarlottetown a truck driver from Halifax appeared be- fore Btipendiary Magistrate Gilbert A. Gaudet charged under the Highway Regulations with driving an over weight truck upon a pav- ed hlgthtway. lie pleaded guuty and a Hne of ssooo or 30 days was im- posed. The request of a permit to allow the truck to proceed back to the Mainland was refused by the Department concerned and it was understood last night the. Butters Transfer in Halifax were making arrangements to have the truck dripped to the Mainland on a railway flat car. The case was investigated and prosecuted by the Provincial Police Constable.

Personals

Miss Olga Foraythe. an the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Saint John. N. 3.. spent the Eas- ter holidays with her grand- mother, Mrs. Irene Matthews. and her aunt Mrs. Carrie MncNeill. Parkdale. returned to Saint John by air on Monday last.

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EIIO OF POLIO

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most of us have had polio with- out ever knowing it. Our blood anitbodies stopped the disease in me.

John Hopkins seems to have proved this beyond a reasonable doubt. There, the animals were given booster shots of antibodies taken from blood which already had produced the protective sub- stances. In every case these hooli- era saved the monkeys and chim- panxeea from paralysis.

Humans an get the booster shots with blood of persons who already have polio antibodies. Dr. Iodian said there is also a pos-

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Island Odds And Ends

During the past ten days more than fifty laborers and carpen- ters have been sent to Labrador by the National Employment Of- fice in Charlottetown. The move- ment to the north will pick up speed as the weather improves. At present, the working force at Goose Bay is small because of seasonal difficulties Materials as well as men must be moved to the job from outside points. and heavy building supplies can only so by water. The workmen, and A great deal of lighter machinery can. and does go by air.

A daily air shuttle service is maintained myths scene of oper- ations from Moncton. N. B. Navigation to Goose Bay does not open. usually until late May or early June. and until then the huge working force which will he needed will build up slowly. About two hundred men are list- ed at the local Employment Of- fice waiting the call to go north. This in in addition to the more than fifty who.havo.slresdy left.

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Charlottetown citizens are wor- ried about the poor condition of the city's streets. Now that the concealing layer of snow has melted. every paved street in the city seems to have suffered dam- age during the winter. According to Mr. Fullerton. whose duties at City Hall include supervision of street construction and repalrb ing. our paved thoroughfares are feeling the effects of old age.

Mr. Fullerton explained it in this way: "The asphalt, which is the basic binding force in our pavements loses its elasticity after years of use. It no longer ex- ponds and contracts. as readily as in its youth. It thus becomes brittle and eventually breaks up under continued traffic."

Mr. Fullerton estimates that it will take several months to re- pair the mhny streets which need attention. and that a crew of fifty to sixty men will be employ- ed from May 1st or thereabouts until late summer.

The most travelled streets will he reconditioned first. but all will be serviced as quickly as pos- sible. An inspector from Upper Canada. experienced in modern paving practices will be engaged to help out In the restoration programme.

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"Bill" Gillespie. secretary of the Prince Edward Island Colt Racing Association has the usual fine array of two and three year old: lined up for the annual Fu- lurilles. Year after year "Bill" carries on the job of encouraging Island breeders to raise their own trattk talent. Eighty or so Island owners have responded to the 1952 call, and will make the Fu- turity meet thla fall. the success it deserves to be. Bill is some- thing of n Pied Piper. in the busi- ness ot attracting entries. Every- body seems to fall in line when he issues his invitation for the annual stakes.

It has been found necessary to import a number of skilled work- men to assist in defence con- tracts. now being carried out in Charlottetown. some local people, unemployed during the winter months have complained about the arrival of the newcomers. Unfortunately. Islanders with the needed experience and skills are definitely not available. More- over. every skiiled man who can be obtained makes it possible to employ some unskilled help. seen in its proper perspective. the im- poriation of manpower means more work for Island-born work- ers. It is understood that the local firms holding defence con- tracts. are under an obligation to turn out a stated amount of work in it given time. It is impossible to do this without a highly skill- ed nucleus of skilled men: When the number of unskilled and semi-skilled. gets out of propor- tion to the skilled nucleus. the terms of the agreements cannot he met. when and if this situa- tion srises. there is more than an even chance that some other town might fall heir to the con- tracts.

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Early reports are trickling in from those trout fishermen who braved the chill winds of opening day. One lucky bait caster snared It three pounder at Morell. and limit catches were landed at Bristol, Lot 40.

That deft manipulator of rod and line. Lloyd Wonnscoit of the Charlottetown Post Office staff. brought home a good crest of trout. but left behind him two fine salmon. Lloyd landed the sat- mon but released them when un- feeling bystanders reminded him that the season on the king of the streams was not yet open. one of the salmon measured over three feet in length.

About sixteen hundred residents of Queen's and King's Counties were drawing unemployment in- surance benefits during the peak of seasonal unemployment in mid- March. According to officials of the National Employment Office Charlottetown. this figure has new dropped to approximately one thousand. and if it follows the pattern of other years will dwindle to a fraction of this total by mid-May. Between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars weekly

town Office for a good

fice pay out in benefits each year

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Fund. The reason?-seasonal un- employment hits the province ' harder than it does the manufac-

turing parts of Canada.

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Asked about the amounts of the proposed increases in teachers sal- aries. Major T.l.'.'. MscNutt. sacre- tary of the School Board. stated that teachers with it) years exper- ience would receive also and thos.- with only one at two years would get an increment of I15 a year un- til the 3150 figure was reached.

Both Councillor Johnstone anti Councillor Frank Storey, Chairman ot the street Committee. felt that it was unfair to raise the salaries of the teachers and not increase those of the rest of the workers.

His Worship Mayor J. D. Stewart pointed out that the School Board members were appointed by the Council and were not receiving anything for the work they were doing. He felt that they were doing I lot of work and doing it as well as they could and that if the Council did not like their work then they could fire them.

The expenditures for the street Department were" estimated at about 87.000 below last year's fig- ure. One of the big ltcms in the Street Department was 330.000 for snow removal. Of this amount :23.- .000 was paid out in labor.

More Money. Few-or Men

Speaking of the labor policy oi the street Committee. Councillor storey stated that they planned to pay more money and hire fewer men. We plan o have the highest type men in our deparlmen: pos- sible. he stated.

Second reading to the amend- ment of a by-law by which the property tax rate rate could be set at 2.3579 was given last night. The meeting then adjourned until 12.05 this morning to pass the amend- ment. The oid rate of property tax was three percent but property holders will pay considerably more this year due to the higher valua- tion of property.

Street

A consultant from an engineer- ing fimi in Ontario will likely be hired to advise the Street. depart- ment in mapping out its work and to assist it during the ccmins summer. The costs for his profess- ional services will amount to 3600 a month. t

councillor storey in his report for the street committee suggested that it was advisable to procure such a man. He stated that he had been in Contact with several such men and lied located a man with a lot of experience who was working with a highly regarded firm in Toronto.

It was decided that such a man would be brought here and that if the Council felt his services were meritorious he would bc'kept for the summer. months. The man is expected to arrive here in about two weeks time.

Councillor storey reported street work would begin early in May and that there would be it trem- endous amount of it. He suggested that the cooperation of the Sew- erage and water Department was required so that the City might have the use of the hose in clean- ing down the sirets and sidewalks.

Work

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this regard. During the past month only lit dogs had been picked up. Brief reports were submitted by Councillors T. Roy Cudmore. chair- man of the Market Committee; Ar- thur Gortnley. chairman of the Light Committee: M. A. Farmer. Chairman of the Police committee; Elmer MacDonald. Chairman of the Tender Committee: and 0.11. Keefe. chairman of the Public Property Committee.

Resolutions

Among the resolutions passed was one resolving that the Council neg- otiate with the Department of Transport to have a survey made to ascertain what land should be scquired to provide runways at the local airport which would oe ad- equate to accommodate all types ot present day aircraft. The Council also wanted to know how much the Department of Transport would participate in this development.

Anpther resolution asked, that-. the Council obtain a temporary loan of usomo from the Royal Bank of Canada instead of the! 5,500,000 loan they asked for Matt month. it was also agreed that, the purchase of 575.000 worth all Ontario Hyrdo-Electric Company. four per cent bonds (guaranteed, by the Ontario government) at .99, with accrued interest by the Fin-3 ance committee be approved. '

H. R. Donne and Company were appointed auditors for the year! 1952 at the fee of st-too. j

A notice of motion to change a by-law which states that places of public amusement and entertain-, ment must be closed at. midnight was given.

The notice of motion was given. after a letter from Mr. Genrgei Walters, theatre manager. asking permission to hold shows twice a, week until 1 a. m. was read. Chelf of Police C. W. MacArthur stated, he had had no complaints about, noise or misbehavior as the result of the midnight shows whilch were” being held twice a week. 1

According to the present by-law, in force all paces of amusement except. those run for benevolent or charitable purposes must be closed down at midnight. ,

Two letters were read from per-. sons seeking damaages for injuries caused by failing on the sstreet.i Another letter from the Municipal! Employees Association the City requested an increase it salaries and a letter from the Board of Trade asked to have the Peddlers. by-law amended. Another lettcrl asked that a probable fire hazard in -the building next the Old spatni restaurant be checked and a com- mittee of three was appointed to look into the matter.

At the outset of the meeting Mayor Stewart stated that he was glad to see members of the Board of Trade and the Junior chamber of Commerce present.

The matter of a Legion Delegat-, ion to a previous meeting asking; for easier terms regarding veter-I ans housing was deferred for one, year to be given further study. lti was pointed out that nothing could' he done about it this year 3; thel Legislature had already been' closed.

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld.. April 15 -.. tCP) - The motor vessel Placen- tio. second Newfoundland vessel to return from the sealing grounds.

"The Lsf-Trance bumper used by

stated Councillor P. R. Modormsc in his report as chairman of the Fire Department. He stated that pressure was being built in the hose as it was being used and that it was a source of danger for fire- men who were standing on the sides of buildings and using it. The pumper is 23 years old.

Mayor Stewart suggested that all three punipers be given tests. lie also expressed dissatisfaction with the new air horn on the fire engine and thought it was very ' " r to the horns in the diesels. The horn. ordered by last year's council cost. about 84.460.

Councillor Mccormac also raised the question of whether or not. the Council should purchase the Mac- Lsine-Horne property running be- tween Cirsfton and Kent streets. It was decided that. considerable study should be given to any such purchase. Mayor Stewart. then suggested that the city should have s respectable building code.

"rite city has gone to the dogs." stated Councillordohnstone in ref- erence to the question of stray dogs. councillor Farmer. chairman of the Police Committee stated that the dog catcher had been fired as he was doing very little work in

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