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STRIKE NOV. 3

other Provinces A U. I. A. 11M

Liberals Win By-

$400.,000 Damage In

Bermuda

By Harry Rose 'li.'i1fll,'1‘0N. Bermuda, Oct. 20-

Hurricane

lnntic resort colony a blow. . Although screaming winds ripped

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‘ATEIIN, Aixgydanfggimgofi“ It sgnlgfim zcerogs the Coral Isiangsth togiigih; l’ * “ _ ' a e m n a s but no deaths were repoited as a the waist it £2935“ e

hllriiCfllle with winds us high as 125 miles an hour struck this At-

Coming Events

"Movies - Canoe Cove, Wednes- day, “Trail Dust."

"ltfovles — Morell, Tlhursday. ‘trail Dust."

"Masquerade Dance, Canoe Cove

flctobcr 30th.

"Closing Dance

MUSIC.

"Come to the Pleasant Valley w. M. s. Chicken Supper in Fred- ericton 110.11, October 22nd.

"Collecting Live Hogs from Crapaud and surrounding districts. R. N. Dawson.

"Barn dance at Wheatley‘s Warehouse Thursday, Oct. 23. Don Mosser and his Islanders.

"Hot Chicken Supper, Bingo. Dance, Lot d’: Hall. Tuesday, Oct. 21st.

"Notice —- My Shop” will be closed until November 10th. James Craig. Braclalbane.

JMuquei-ade Dance. Clear Spring School October 24th.. Chais- rtm’: Orchestra.

"Dance, Georgetown Hall. Wed- netday, October 22nd. Webster's Orchestra.

"Buying li-ve fowl and chicken until October 23rd. Paid by live height. E. J. MacDougall.

"Dance Tracadie I-Iall Wednes- day cvoninft, October 22. Macken- zie‘: Orchestra.

"Talkies. St. Peters Bay, Thun- 081’, I-‘orel-gn Correspondent, Starr- ing Joc- McRca.

"High Tea, Bazaar. Bingo. etc.,

"Dance at Covehead Commun- ity canteen Thursday, Oct. 23. lioliie McKcnzie's Island Rumb- m.

"Hot Chicken Siipperlin Hamp-

ioii Hull. Wednesday. Oct. 29. Hflmbion and Desable United Church. '

"Chicken Supper: Wheatley Riv-

"Doni forget to come to the annual Goose Supper at Bonshaw. Wednesday; Oct. 22. in aid oi United Church.

“Loading hogs at Charlottetown luesdav this week until 11 o'clock ""1 again Thursday and Friday

"ilu est. Bond.

"Back in Harness: Livestock “Artemis Board now ready to hlndie all hogs offered for sale. "Wefllih! with regular weekly tchednics. This week a' busy one. Contact our office for service.

h“Dance Bradalbane Hall ‘rues- l’, October 21st. Modern and old l!!! music with theJateat in “"111 Equipment by Mackenzie’: Island Ramblers.

m"Dnn't forget to come to the

wailtl Goose supper at Bonahaw.‘ lllesdtv. Oct. n. aid

a ifd Church. Supper starts at °°1°°|i- 81-00 per plate.

"will be loading hogs at the mfins points each ‘Thursday: not Wiizmore. Bradalbane. until m; R0111: Borden Bagnali, l-lu\- l,“ W91“. until noon; Summer- “moillnixilltiltgo 11mg and Rena Welly‘ p-m. acBwen an

h‘: special meeting will so held an"! Salvation Army Citatle‘. h, oci-‘iifte Street. on Wednrs-

- ciober 22nd. at a P. M. at ‘u, “Moor and ma. ri-ed White m, mite 8000111 mum. m»: chmotl. White who are visiting m" morn. were tn charge of

“"1 CW1» over twenty yearn

at Burlington Wednesday, October 2md. Good

big blow had passed.

'1‘wo ships at sea were reportui in the path nf the hurricane. They are the freighter Plouharnel. 100 miles northeast of Bermuda, and the Revelry Johnson, 300 miles to the southeast.

The British cruiser Sheffield. flagship of the America and West Indies Squadron which imovecl- to sea from her anchorage here whcn

the storm tltreatened was riding out the storm 75 miles to the southeast.

The Revelry Johnson radioed

that she had' hove to to ride out the storm and later reported the gale had struck her suddenly and viciously. There has been no vitre- less contact with her since.

Bermuda will be without electric- ity service until Thursday at least, the electric company an- nounced. All communications and power were blacked- out.

Candles and hurricane lamps were prepared for a lig-htless night by the some 35,000 people on the Island.

Newspapers on the island are un- able t0 publish and their staffs are workl-ng by oil lamps.

Eagle's Nest. a resort hotel atop Mount Langton. one of the higlie=t ihllls in Bermuda, had a portion of the roof blown off while packed with guests but no one was injur- ed.

No deaths have been reported but little contact had yet been made with outlying part5 of the is- land where winds were said to have reached 125 miles per hour. The Zephyr, Seahorse and Teas-

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Standard 0il Representative Visits 0h’town

Captain S. A. Jones. Standard Oil representative, Dutc-h West Indies, accompanied by Mrs. Jones, arrived in the City yesterday.

5t. James Church Town Hall; c t l J .h m, h ed GOOPgBtOWII, Wednesday. 06ml" tneBsNPETIAci-olclziisrabdu it SgdnceytTsN. 29m‘ Dan“ "He" 5.. and is having it refitted and

equipped with refrigeration at

Plctou, N.S., has been making in- quiries ln the city regarding the canned food supply and is making arrangements to take a large car- go of canned goods on his return trip to the Dutch West Indies.

Due to the climatic conditions in the oil fields there. which pro- hibits the growing of food crops. Captain Jones states that the im- pcrtation of goods costs $64 I pcr

9? H811. Thursday, October 23. man per day, For this reason he in-

starting at 5:20. In aid oi Wo- tends to tnke a large shipment

men's Institute. frcm this Province on his return i- trip.

The steamer Caribou will be used for regular supply runs betwcert the islands of the Dutcih tvest

New Fisheries Minister Gets Big Vote

FREDERICTON, Oct. go-(cp) —-The Federal constituency of York-Sunbury remained in the Liberal fold tonight when Fisher- ies Minister Gregg retained the seat for that party with a sub- stantial majority over his two op- ponents. .

Vlctoiy of the Liberal candidate in the by-election necessitated by the death of the former Fisheries mMinister, Hon. I-I. F. G. Bridges, was reported by the Canadian Press at 7.12 pm.’ AS.T.. an hour

and 12 minutes after the polls closed. The C.C.F. cnadldate, Murray

Young. was the first opponent to acknowledge defeat. Then, short- ly before B o'clock, Lt-Gen. E. W. Sansom, Progressive Conservative, conceded the election of Mr. Gregg.

With 112 of 13B polls reported. and C0i111ti1lg completed for the night, the Liberal candidate had 10.255 votes. representing a ma- jority of 865 over his opponents. Gen. Sunsom had 6,617 and Mr. Young 2,773.

The result raised the Liberal standing in the House of Commons to 127, against a total of 117 for all other parties. _

The present House standing now is as follows:

Liberals 127; Progressive Con- servatives. 66; C.C.F. 28; Social Credit, 13; Independent. four; Biock-Popuiaire, two; Independent Liberal. one; Independent Pro- gzessive Conservative. one; 1n- ciependent C.C.F'. one; LEUnion Des Electeurs. one; ‘vacant, one ii-‘ale. B.C.>; total 246.

The Fisheries Minister gained the largest majority ever won by a Liberal in York-Sunbury. Mr. Fridges led Gen. Sansom by 875 votes in the 1945 general election, uhen a C.C.F. candidate had a to- tal of only 1,674.

This time the C.C.F., although

still running third, picked up itrength. Mr. Young led the five polls in the coal-mining area of Minto_ where the figures were Gregg 27,2. Sansom 199 and Young 278. From the time of the advance poll return. Mr. Greg-g led con- sistently. His margin steadily in- creased as polls reported both from the city and rural areas. The vot- ing list contained a record num- rer of nearly 31.000 names. WW1 about one-third in Fredericton. A report that Gen. Sansom -had suffered n stroke raised additional excitement during the vote count- illg but the rumor proved ivith- out foundation when the General. answering .his telephone, stated he was feeling as “chipper as a fish."

AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST DIES

LONDON. Oct. 20 (AP) Sir Albert Howard. 73, agricultural scientist. died today. He wrote on health and nutrition in rela- tion to the treatment of soils. In India he developed new varieties of wheat.

Indies.

Sold In

IDNDON. 0nt.. Oct. l0 —tReut- ers) - The Treasury announced tonight that following the sale of £20.000,000 ($80,000,000) worth of gold in New York Scpt..25. a further $0,000,000 ($120,000,000) worth had been‘ sold during the last 30 days.

The Treasury "also announced that a purchase of $120,000,000 was made Sunday from the Interna-~ tional Monetary Fund. This was in addition to the Purchase 0i $60-- 000.000 from the iund in Septem- ber.

In connection with the sale of gold. the Treasury said that "iir- rangements have been made for various shipments of gold at suit- able intervals to New York to meet. our dollar needs."

The $40,000,000 total presum- ably represents for approximately a five-week period Britain's ad- verso balance oi trade with the United States and other "hard- ‘cun-ency" countries - the imports aha la unable to Pay for from m- ceeds oi her exportl.

The emergency financial moves were the first to be lhflvllfmd officially since mid-September. To- gether with an 180,000,000 801d sale then and an exchange of sterling for sooooowo. the! mite a total oi $800,000,000 tlrlwfl "Om

‘W A welcome il extended to all.

i.

the emergency sources since the

filiiore British Gold

at l1 oclock. Trucking service on ; Livestock Marketing '

New York

Aug. 20 end of convertibility oi sterling. -

The Treasury statement made a point: oi discontinuing reports of actual shipments oi gold, which it noted "depend upon the’ geo- graphical distribution of reserves and are not necessarily related to sa1es."

Britain's gold for sales to meet dollar commitments comes from the nine-country sterling area re- serves. estimated by Economics Minister sir Stafford Cripps rec- ently at "nearly" 12.400.000.000 and since increased potentially by ar- rangements ior a $240,000,000 gold loan from South Africa. '

Another emergency source is the $400,000,000 remaining of the 104B American loan, blocked in Wash- ington by mutual agreement when Britain made her decision in August that she could no longer meet the loan-term requirement for free convertabllity of sterling.

Britain can exchange sterling for dollars to the extent oi a maxi- mum of $325,000,000 this year through the international mone- tary iund. so that with 5300.000,- 000 exchanged ehe I'M“ has $126,- 000,000 to come from that source.

Another possibility, to w a r d a which no atop: have been indicat- ed thus far, is application for a

Ejection In Yo rk - Sunbury

North Africa Potato

Maine City Threatened y Forest Fire

AUGUSTA, Me.. Oct. 20 _ AF) — A woods fire swung to- ward the outskirts of the popu- lous mill city oi Biddeiord tl- nlght after cutting Maine's chief highway artery to other states and delaying Boston-Portland rail traffic.

Blddeford police reported the 719-11198» fflmlfll by a strong wind. ' were about 1 1-2 miiea from the couthern edge of the city of 20.030.

Glow of the fire-the worst of more than a score burning in Maine's closed foresta - was via- ible in Portland, 20 miles to tho west.

Three passenger

trains were

delayed - from 25 minutes to more’ than an hour-when the fire crossed the Boston and

Maine Railway tracks.

Several gasoline tank cars were out out of a Portland-bound freight train at North Berwlck. and no tank cars were permit- ted to move out of Portland to- night.

‘Webtliarllampers Search For Plane

PENTIGIUN, B. C., Oct. 20 -—- (CP) - An impenetrable ceiling which closed down over this Oka- nagan Valley fruit-growing centre W181’ hampered an intensive air search for an R. C. A. F. photo- graphic plane missing since Sat- urday with a crew of seven and two civilian passengers aboard.

‘The presence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knight of Pentlcton, aboard the plane was not explained by Air Force officials. Knight oper- ated the principal Pentlcton hotel vihere the aininen, engaged in photographic survey work, lived. Air Force officials said that weather forecasts indicated that plane would be able to take to the air tomorrow to resume the search.

Stranded Freighter Awaits Salvage Tug

CAP SAUMON. Que. Oct. 20 — (OP) The stranded 5,600-ton freighter Manchester City was re- ported today to be taking svater in No. 1 and 2 holds as her crush- ed bow rested on rocks about a mile from this north shore point on the lower St. Latvrence.

The freighter which struck 1n a thick fog about mid-day yes- terday was bound up-river for Montreal from Britain at the time. she was not thought to be 1n any immediate danger as a pumping ship and a tug stood by today and the arrival of the salv- age tug. Foundation Franklin, sometime tomorrow was awaited.

Farmers’ Busts 0n Upgrade Since April

OTTAWA. Oct. 20 -— (C?) The Dominion Bureau of Statistics today reported its composite index number of prices c-f commodities and services used by farmers, in- cluding living coats. rose 1mm 148.5 for April to 167.1 for August. The index is computed on a base. 1936- 30 equals 100, and figures are com- piled every four months.

Market- Possibilities Seen By Premier Jones

mier Jones in an address he had received in this (‘OllflTCllOll from Algiers. The obstacle to ccm- pletng negotiations. he said, was the lack of Canadian currency in North Africa. Siiiould an agree- ment be reached it would mean about three million dollars to the farmers of this Province.

The Pram er spoke briefly befcre the Gyro Club of Charlottetown cn the occason of “Fcund€1"s Day."

Referring To agricultural pos=ib- iilties, he) 1nd Gated that there was a great opportunity here for the man with small holdings of from three to 15 acres in the grorw ng of various types c-f berries, cur-

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llnion Workers Vote 0n Strike Settlement

tBy The Canadian Press) Canada's strike-gripped meat packing plants appeared headed today for resumption of normal operations as more than 1.000 work- ers returned to their jobs yester- day (Monday) in seven zndepend- ent plants in Western Canada. On top of this trickle 0f workers back to entployiment from the total 14.000 involved in the over-all strike. there was the promise that snot-her 1.250 workers in three plants in_ Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton might return to work today

MONCTON, N.B., Oct. 20 - (OP) — A spokesman for the llloncton local of the United Packinghouse Workers of Am- erica (C.I.0.) said tonZ-g-ht Swift Canadian Company wcrk- ers here were awaiting word from the Company to return to work.

A five-point proposal made by the Cormpany and accepted by the U.P.W.A. was ratficd in a secret ballot among members during the week-end and they were ready to work, the spokes- man said.

Meanwhile. voting is underway in all parts cf Canada which may bring speedy settlement of the str ke.

Termination of the dispute de- pends on the reaction of some 12,- 000 U.P.W.A. members to agree- ments reached by Union leaders with representatives of the indust- ry's "bg three“ - S-avift Canadian Company Ltd. Canada Packers Ltd.. and Burns and Company. The agree" ent on which 3.500 Swift employees are voting c:li, {or a general IO-cents-an-hcur wage increase. additional lncretres ranging fro-n 1 1-2 cents to three cents an hour, plus other cc-ns d- erations. This agreement is final. Some 8,500 employees of Canada Packers and Burns are voting on a settlement formula revolving around a seven-cent hike which would be subject to arbitration. The independent plants at which work was resumed yesterday are in Vancouver, Saskatoon. Basic, St Boniface. Man, and Brandm. Man.

Wor wilrnot be resumed in the 21 "Bi Three" plants untl re- ports have been received at Unon headquarters in Toronto on the vote results.

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ELECTION GGMNIIENT

Bracken Says liov’t llatl “Stacked Tlie Bards" For Gregg.

TORONTO. Oct. 20 — (CP) - Joihn Bracken, national leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. charged tonight the Government had "stacked the cards" n favor of wnning Milton F. Gregg cf t/é Liberal Party in the Ycrk-Sunbury Federal by-election.

been uh eved through the Gov- ernment's appointment of Gregg, prior to lite ballot iig, Federal Minister of Fisheries. Tile Progressive Conservatie lecdei‘ said tih.s had resulted in a contest between “t-avo private citizens and a Cabinet Minister."

Mr. Bruckeifs statement follcws:

York-Sunbury ‘vas no fair test of pubic opinion.

The Government could find no one within its oovn ranks who would accept the risk qr carrying the Government banner in this con- st tuency. Tbiey. consequently. went outside the ranks of their own partty to find a. man to contest the sea .

Furthermore. the Government stacked the cards against the op- posing candidates. They appointed ther candidate to a Cabinet port- follo. It was not a contest beween the Government candidate and op-

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St. F. X. Students To Boycott Barbers

ANTTGONISI-I, N.S.. Oct. 0 -— (OP) -— Crew cuts will he re aced by long hair among the 400 mom,- bers of St. Francis Xavier Univer- sity's male student body unless barbers bring their prices down. The Students’ Union today decided to boycott Antigonlsh barber shops unless the price of a haircut is re- duced from 60 to 4O cents.

Gun tilrl Falnts 0n llaarlng Sentence

BOSTON. Oct. 20 — (AP) — A 17-year-old Quincy “gun girl" frainted in court today ~,\-,‘.icn Judge Allen Buttrick sentenced her to serve jive years and a day in jail for aimed robbery.

The girl, Helen Whitehead. had pleaded guilty of mbib ng a south end pawn shop Sept. 25.

t ROCK THAT BENDS Rock so soft iiibcnds like wood is found not far from Brazil's de- posits of diamonds, valued for their

Mr. Bracken said this effect had

Mi". as

Store Burned: Church Damaged ByLightning

Is Elected

Fisheries Minister Gregg

0r. J. A. McMillan ,0 Hospital Oouncil WINNIPEG, Oct. 20—tCP)—-'I'he Department of Veterans Affairs “as urged to help in the training of nurses by the Canadian Hos- pital Council at the closing of its biennial convention here Saturday. A. J. Swanson of Toronto was re-elected council president. Executive members at large in- cluded Dr. J. A. McMillan, Char- lottetown.

LONDON. Oct. 20 - _(Reuters) -— Five thousand units of blood Ipiasma, representing nearly a |pint of blood each from 12.000 Britons. have been flown to India and Pakistan by the British Red

Cross Society for use in urgent malnutrition and cholera. cases since an appeal waa launched

early last month.

A store owned by Mr. Harry Mc- Laughlin, Stanhope Corner, was completely destroyed by fire about 5:30 PM. yesterday. ‘

The fire. Wlhich began in an ad- joining warehouse, from an un- known source. was discovered when Mr. McLaughlin went into the warehouse with scme goods. and found it full of smoke. Before aid could be summoned, the building was ablaze. A puimper was brought in from an adjoining community. but c-nly succeeded 1n preventing the fire from spreading to a nearby garage.

A casrh regster. scales and ao- count books were the only things saved, as firefighters were afraid of an explosion from a cask of naptha gas and a cask of kerosene iv-hich were in the 5t0ré. At time of wiating, an estimate of damage caused was not known.

AT BIRCH HILL

A church at Birch Hill was badly da-maged at 3 o'clock Monday morning when struck by a bolt of lightning during a brief electrical storm. A result ng fire was ex- i. nguisiiied by residents of the vic- inity. -

A colt, owned by Mr. Allan Jen- k ns was also struck by a bolt and had to be destroyed d-ue to serious

hardness.

injuries sustained.

(By Clyde Blackburn)

NEW YORK. Oct. 20 —tCP)— Russia tod-ay returned to the at- tack on the Greek. the United states and United Kitigdoivi Gov- ernments in a last attempt to pcr- suade the United Nations General Assembly to accept the Soviet ver- sion of the Greek-Balkan disord- ers.

Andrei Vlsliinsky. Deputy For- eign Minister. described efforts of the United States to place the blame on Albania. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia as "doll-theatre com- edy and badly-produced huffooii- cry."