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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CI-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1950

50,000 FIRE DESTROYS FOUR STORES IN MONCTON

Snow‘ Plovvs Go With Ambulances In Storm

Eight Fishermen Lose Battle With Sea Off Cape Cod

Two local Men Attacked. Robbed Saturday_Nlght

City.Police reported two young "were attacked and robbed in

of_ the Sunnyaide Dance Hall. 3 _ on their way homo Saturday

two. Bloycs Carter and

Henderson. while passing "Tn yalde Dance Hall. Graf- t (above Holman's) short-

_ Q young men put up a ‘ght. George Henderson ' 7 .to break away and ran ,, Tatreet. but not before Vg watch broken, and re- ceived afiers cuts about the face. Mr. Cs: .. was not so illcky. He was kn’ ed out and severely heaten._§.bealdes being robbed of his watch. expansion bracelet. identification bracelet. and his wal- let containing about $70 in cash. When Mr. Carter regained con- sciousness a short While later he reported the assault to the Po- lice. but by this time his attackers had fled. No arrests were made up till last night. but‘Polico expect developments shortly.

Mother And Son lost In fire

61'. HILAIRE. 0119-. April I -..— (CP) — A 55-year-old mother and her 27-year-old invalid son were burned to death today when fire destroyed their home in this tiny community 20 miles east of MOM- real. The victims were identified as Mrs. Philippe Maio and her son. Philippe. Two other members of the family. Fernand. 20. and_ Co- cile. la. saved themselves -by Jumping out of a window.

Provincial Police reported Mrs. Male discovered the fire early to- day and rushed out of the house to spread the alarm. On learning. however. that her<son was still trapped inside the building she returned to the house. but was burned to death trying to rescue- him.

Causa of the fire or the extent of damage was not known lin- medlately.

I0 Gallons of Coin. Pays For New Car

CONNELLSVILLE. Pa. April 9 — (AP) —- Grocer Joseph Kosloeky has a hobby of collecting coins. Since 1940 he's always kept a l0- gallon bucket handy. Each time he got a coin he liked to pitch tt in the bucket. -

He finally fillhd it. a gallon a year. Then he bought a new car. lie traded his old one in and paid the balance with the buoketfui of those coins he liked—l4.050 dimes.

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CHATHAM. Mass. April ll — (AP) — Almm home. a fishing 5°“ WW1 911113 men aboard was lost off Cape Cod Saturday in s howling. snow-blinding gale just as all hands seemed to have won their long fight to stay afloat.

The William Landry. a 83-foot. scallop dragger out of New Bed- ford. Msas.. was smashed to pieces by pounding seas while struggling toward A liizhtship stationed at Pollock Rip in Nantucket Sound.

The fate of the tiny vessel be- came certain when wreckage washed ashore at Wauwinet on the east side of Nantucket Island was identified as part of the Landry.

A pilot house and two dory cradles were identified by Leroy Anderson. brother-in-law of Cap- tain Arne Hansen. 37, of Nan- tucket, skipper of the craft.

he U. S. Coast Guard said the fishermen vanished "all at once" shortly after midnight after hav- ing‘ been in frequent radio con- tact. with the lightshlp and two rescue planes.

The crew battled the storm for hours in making their slow way to the ltghtship after the Landry's engine was disabled.

When towering seas put the pumps out of operation the men bailed with buckets and at 7 p.m. the Iandry was near the light- shlp—about 00 miles from her home port. ‘

From that time unliil midnight. the Coast Guard said. the eight hands seemed to be winning against the 65-mile-an-hour gale and the swirling snow.

"About then 1t'ioaked"a.s'i.i they were all bailed out and Just about to get the pumps'golng again," a coast. guard spokesman said.

Then mddonly tho lightship lost sight of the Landry’s running lights. Radio calls to the battered lhlp were unanswered.

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BCSION. April 9 — (AP) -- A second New Bedfprd scallop drag»- ger was reported missing tonight. with 10 men aboard in the same goneral area off Nantucket where pounding aeas yesterday sank an- ldther dragger with a. loss of sigh:

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The Coast Guard said there has been no report ti-om the 64-foot. drsgger Pour sisters since last Friday. she was last reported about 40 miles from the William Landry. 08-foot New Bedford dresser which was broken to bite ss aha struggled through heavy seas and a. snow- bilndlng gale.

Expect Diesel Engines T_|il_s Week

The first diesel engines of the eight recently purchased for the island railway are XPOCWG i° arrive on the Island sometime this week it was reported last night.

Two engines are expected Wlllllfl the next few days with the re- malnder of the diesels to follow along every week or every two weeks. The enklnel W111 be'i°“F'd out over the tracks shortly after arrival.

Two Emergency Cases Talien To S'side Hospital

Two mercy missions by snow plow: vperstlng out of Summer-aid over the week-and enabled two women, one from Freetown tho other from Stanley Bridge to be taken to the Prince County floa- pltal while anffcrlng appendicitis attacks during the winter’: worst snow storm and the severest AP?“ storm the Island hsa experienced in the last 10 years.

Mrs. Walter Slnxnons. Freetown was taken to Hospital about mid- night Saturday. She was tsinsn by car to Kcnslngtou where aha transferred to Da.vlson’s ambul- ance. The plow broke the road from sum.-merside to Remington. Although Mrs. Simmons was about six hours on the road she under- went a successful operation at the Hospital yesterday morning.

Miss Katherine Reid. Stanley Bridge, was taken to Hospital by ambulance yesterday afternoon. The road was broken from Spring- field by a plow working ahead of

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Report Reds

Says S'side Contract Goes To N. S. Firm

NEW GLASGOW, N. S.,

April 9—(CP)—H. B. Mc- Culloch, Liberal member of Parliament for Plctou. slid

here today Eastern Woodwork- erg Limited of New Glasgow had been awarded a $704,000 contract to build 105 houses at Summerslde, P.E.I.. for Cen- tral Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

He said he had received word of the contract from Recon- struction Minister Winters. The houses will be prefabricat-

ed at nearby Stellarton and transported in sections to Summerside.

HALIFAX. April 9~—-(CP)— No Easter bonnets were worn in the Maritimes today. Churchgoers wad- ed through show up to a foot deep and highway plows cleared block- ed roaiis during the coldest April 9 on record.

The wind-driven snow storm. now in its third day, was reported stationary northeast of Cape Bre- ton tonlght. The eather Bureau said the Mdrltlmes could expect cold weather with scattered snow- flurrles tomorrow.

Gas Supply Low

At Moncton. N. B.. many of the city's 6.000 families shivered in un- heated homes and ate cold Easter dinners. The natural gas supply main source of fuel. was cut off when it became dangerously low.

Before the service can be re- stored the distributing company will have to knock on every door to be assured that gas jets are

No Easter Bonnets In Maritimes Yesterday

closed. Who company said it ex- pected service _would resume to- morrow. V

Most of the roads in the rural area of Prince Edward Island were blocked by snow drifts. Bus service in Nova Scotia. which came to a complete halt Saturday. re- aumed today as highways crews worked around the clock to clear the Province’: roads. '

Weather records went by the heard today. The mercury failed to creep above 21 at Moncton. break- ing the previous high maximum of 29 for April 9 set in 1927. At Halifax it was five degrees below freezing.

Heavy Snowfall

The weatherman reported that since Good Friday. when the storm began. 16 inches of snow had fal- len at Halifax in some 60 hours. It was the coldest Easter in Nova

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LONDON. April 9 —(AP) — Communism is a. "false religion" menacing Christianity. the Arch- bishop of York, Moat. Rev. Cyril F. Garbett. said today in a discourse which sounded the keynote of numerous Anglican Easter ser- mons in Great Britain.

Preaching in York Minawr. the Archbishop said Commu.nL=m‘s most: powerful allies are verty and atheism. "Aggressive a tan." he said. "looks upon belief in God as a mischievous superstition.

"Gctnpiunlsm will never be do teatcd solely by force and argu- ment. it is a false religion which will be cast out only by a I'eliSl0“ founded on truth and inspired with zeal for righteousness.

challenged by atheistio Commun- in. The enthusiasm in the cane,

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Declares Communism Is “False Religion’?

munist must be met by the great- er enthusiasm of the Christian, his confidence by greater confidence. and his appeal for social Justice by the greater love of the christian for the poor and down-trodden."

Easter weather in Britain was a disappointment to ‘housalids who went to seaside resorts. In many places winds were strong. Shaw- ers mingled with moments of sun- shine.

In Jerusalan

JERUSALEM. April 9 —(A'.P) - The biggest peacetime crowd in more than 10 years jammed the holy city today to attend Easter services held by tiiiierent christ- ian sects.

"There must be no fear or More mm 10,000 pg;-mm gt-,. hesitation on the part. oi the undgd gum; pg,-vice, It the -Ohristian Church when it is gum“ of mg 1.191,. agpumu-g.

About 1,000 tourists from outside. plus additional ybouaands from nearby Beyrouth. Damascus. Arn- man. Bethlehem and surrounding villages. crowded the narrow. crooked streets of Jerusalem.

Claude de ‘ ‘ . “ ' of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission. was among those who attended pon- tlflcal high mass. ‘ De Boisangsr arrived in Jerusa- lem during ho week to inoke another at! to reach a flnsl passe settlement between Arabs and Jews.

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Plan All-Out

Effort To invade Hainan

By Fred llanipson

HONG KONG, April 9 — (AP) — Reports from Communist China today said Gen. Lin Piao has been ordered to conquer Halnan and that full-scale invasion oi that big Nationalist island may be only a few days off.

Halnan. only 10 miles off the south coast. has resisted a series of small-scale invasion attempts. The most ambitious was April 1. when the Nationalists said they

killed 5.000 Reds and captured 2.000 who landed on several beaches.

‘Today's reports from Commun- munist-ruled Canton said that Gen. Chu Tch. Red commander-im chief. has given Lin Piao eight armies to do the job. (A Chinese army usually totals 10.000 to 20,- 000 men.)

It is unlikely that the Reds have enough craft to move a force of that size—80,000 to 60,000 men.

Lin Pisa. conqu or of Man- cliuria and victor in a whirlwind campaign through Central China. now is rated as the biggest man in the Comm-unist army next to Chu Teh himself.

His amignment to the compara- tively small but risky task of tak- ing Hainan indicates the serious- ness with which the Reds view that Nationalist stronghold, second in importance only to Formosa.

Lin Piao probably cannot put more than 15,000 men afloat at one time. However. Hong Kong newspapers say the Reds are com- mandeerlng all vessels in the Canton vicinity and sending them to the Luichow peninsula for the I-iainan assault.

Nationalist and pro-nationalist reports say the Reds have tried about six small. lsndiings during the last month——ail ‘failures. The Reds themselves have kept mum.

Iii Chu Teh actually has given the direct invasion order to Lin Piao. one can be suns the next effort will be a big.one. The cost will not be counted. '

Small Maine Girl Loses Life In Wall

TOGUS. Me., April 9 — (AP) -- A missing four-year-old girl was found dead in a wen today. lust a year to the day when another tiny girl. Kathy Ptscus. met. a similar fats across the continent in San Marine, Calif.

The body of Andrea Oloutler was submerged in 12 feet of water only 50 feet-from her home. The well‘; total depth is 30 feet.

Sheriff Harry Pinkham said a box-like covering on the well was closed. but authorities theorized that the child may have opened the hinged cover and tumbled in as it. snapped shut.

P. E. l. Native Dies in Detroit

DETROIT. April 9 — (CP) — John R. Robinson of Chicago. newspaper man. soldier and busi- ness executive. died here Friday at the age of 87.

A native of Prince Edward Is- iand, he came to the United States in 1893.

He was managing editor of the Boion Traveler from i000 to lb“ and of the Fort Worth (Tex.) Re- cord for the following three years. Subsequently for 15 years he held executive positions with paper

les in f“~‘ ; and Kala- mazoo. Mich.

From 1934 to 1039 he was with the Chicago Herald-Examiner as a columnist and in other posts. Later he became publicity chair- man for the Chicago Newspaper Publishers’ Association and con- ducted a wartime paper salvage drive.

Robinson was a veteran of the Boer War. the Spanish-American War and the First World War. Ha was manager of Battling Nel- son when the latter was light- weight boxing champlon between 1908 and i010.

Since liM5_ Robinson had oper- ated his own public relations busi- nan.

’ QUADEUPIETC BORN

uoutsviimn All.. April 9 — (AP)—Quadruclet. llrls were born to thasa-you-old wiieofa tenant

be farmer near hare early Saturday.

‘rho inotlrer. Mrs. blsokle O'Neal singleton. and four babies were rmtsd in good condition in hos- p . Smallest of the infants wsidhsd 2 pounds 10 ounces. the hsoviall I pounds. 14 l-2 ounces.

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10 Families Are left Homeless After Blaze

MONCTON. N. 3.. April I — (CP) — The fire disas‘ commit- tee of the Red Crou swung into action today to assist 10 funlliu ledt_hcmelass when a quarter- million-dollar fire raged in a main street business and apartment block early this morning.

The victims escaped in night, attire without injury. Then they watched helplessly. in below freez- ing weather. while a howling gale fanned the names into fury. Their clothing. furniture and practically all other possessions were con. sumed. The Red Cross acted to provide clothing and temporary accommodation.

Gusts reached velocities of 65 miles an hour during the gale. Snow fell heavily. and 17 inches covered the ground tonight.

Four busincm establishments were gutted —- the Hub Tobacco Shop. Vogue Hat Shop. S. T. Le-I B1avnc‘s Candy Store and O'Neill

and LeBlanc's Men's Clothing Store. The 10 destroyed apartments

were on the second floor. the business establishments.

The burned section of the block lay between two buildings where heavy water damage occurred. especially in the s-prinkler-»pro- tected stone structure occupied by the department store of J. D. Creaghan Company. The building on the other side of the gutted premises contains the head of- flces of the Central Trust Company of Canada. I

The fire broke out at. midnight. Fire Chief Murray McKie said it apparently started in the tobacco shop. One reason for the rapid spread of flame. he said. was the type of beam construction runn- ing from one building to another. Only tenacious work saved the Creaghan building.

The flame-fanning gale made it impossible for firemen to can- fine the outbreak -to one spot. Two firemen suffered minor in- juries. Their condition. was re- ported "not serious" tonight.

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At First Annual Cattle Sale Here Saturday

Thirteen male animals and sev- en fesoslea brought a total of 31.,- 360.00 to average $218.00 each at the first annual P. E. I. Cattle Breeders sale held Saturday a.f- ternoon in Walkers Barn. Char- iottetown.

Despite falling and drifting snow nearly 300 farmers and prospect- ive buyers crowded around the selung ring in the barn to get; in their bids on the twenty Short- hoins and the lone Hereford as Mr. W R. SIIUW. Deputy Minist- er of Agriculture auctioned the animals one after the other.

A three-year-old heifer, Wil- low Grange Doleyns. owned by Mr. Arthur L Nelson. Brudenell topped the price list. telling for $315.00. She was bought, by Mr. Ivan Turner. Wlnsloe. The heifer is well on in calf.

This animal is the daughter of Daisy Wave. the Dual Purpose shorthorn that top-pied Canada in R. O. P. during January. The mother has a. record of 11,713 pounds of mi-lk and 447 libs. of fat. The heifers grandmother holds a record of 12,129 lbs. milk and 490 lbs. of fat.

Two male animals. Ransom’: Knight. and Ponsonby Lad. were second high in the price bracket selling for $3iX5.00 each. The for- met‘. 3. two and one-half year old bull owned by Mr. John Du- Paaquler. st. Peter's Bay was bought by Mr. Lee Brown. New London. Ponsonby Lad, g three- year-old owned by Mr. F. Austin Smith, Victoria was bought by Mr. Urban Maollwen, Stanley Bridge.

The thirteen malls animals. all Shorthorns sold for a total of $2,- 740.00, an overuse price of $210.77. The seven females sold for $1.6m.- 00 to avellge t2§l.-in each.

Plessed With Sale

Sales officials, buyers and sellers expressed their pleasure st the ra- turns of the sale. All were our- prlsed to see such a large attend- ance under the unfavorable con-

ditions and a.li seemed satisfied with the prices paid or received for the animals.

The twenty animals were sold

by auctioneer Shaiw in less than two hours. In less than another hour the first of the purchased

wing span of sso feet.

Pope Pleads

VATICAN CITY, April 0——(AP) — Pope Pius pleaded in a tre- mendous Holy Year Easter celebra- tion today for I return to the spirit of the gospel and social justice. _

Only then. he told hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic pil- grims from many countries, can there arise for the whole world "the harmony of order."

An estimated 50.000 holy year visitors filled St. Peter's Basilica as the pontiff spoke in a firm strong voice. Another 4.50.000- mostly Romans-stood in St. Pet- er's Square‘and heard his words. spoken in Latin. from a battery of loud speakers that poured forth the almost three-hour pro- gram.

The Pope urged his listeners to contemplate the words of Christ to his apostles: "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. not as the world giveth, do I give unto you."

He that said"

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For Return

“By bitter experience, well do we know how many crimes. mas- sacres and wars have been caused because men abandoned the royal road which the Divine Redeemer pointed out by his shining example and consecrated with his blood."