i APRIL 17.1944]

For Your Home Furnishing Needs”...

Little Theatre Guild Holds Studio Night

More than four hundred mem- hers. of the Little Theatre Guild nf Charlottetown gathered in the Wllrllln Memorial Hall. Grafton street. last: night to witness their sun casts put on three successful

our-act plays. ~ "Strange Road". under the dir- iiiion of Mr. Frank G. O'Neill,

produced first: "Don't Toll a directed by Mrs. Frances . or. was second: and "Utter 2e sixation" was third. ‘It was 1m»- ilri" the direction of Mr. R. M, 0v.- assisted by Miss Lillian M. D11?‘ ‘mm. _ ‘rlic Hon. F. A. Large. president n: the Theatre Guild. wolcogned l‘.t‘ members to 1hr.- l-iall and i-nnsratulated them on their dis- play of community interest as rvidrnced by tiheir interest in the welfare of the Guild.

l-li." Honour. UeuL-Governor J. a ncrnurd. as honorary president ' wad his approval of the move- u by belzg present at last n..- it's performance.

‘The (‘Jharlottctown Little Thea- l.-c Guild had its birth in 1936 '.“i,lf*ll two plays were put on in Si. Joseph's Sodality Hail. ft con- Mull/‘(l to prosper until the be- cinning of World War II when many of its members joined the Armed Forces. The war contin- u-d to take its toll of membership .1: i. in 194d. tho organization was bread tn discontinue its produc- tion of plays.

11inch of the credit for the vig- orolis re-birth of the Guild goes

to Mr. J. A. Lawson. its nianaglngpalr mam-R. M. o-vo

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CALl. GEllTRAl. GUARDIAN

This column ls reserved for news "I “W11 ill-Bill. hat advert-fling of l "Vi! Illtllrc may lio Inserted It flvo cents n word strictly pay- rJilc In advance.

director. viho li:is given freely of his time and energy toward its rebuilding.

0n April 2am. the Guild will but on its most ambitious pro- ductlyan of the season, "I Liko rt l-ierc . T1115 will be a public “or- formance at the Prince Edward vriiii ll matinee,

Fimmvlng 1S a list of the casts

JUST ARRIVED —- Shlpgngnt; of cheap Stecl Fishing Rods, 303g“ Hardware Co.

AT YOUR. _SERVICE, Amidst 9°11 Company. Pihone 249s.

Bl 185i night's performance: JUST ARRIVED sihlpmcni of "Strango 114ml" Gabardincs. Trench Coats, polo Mrs. Talbot Alan-B momma Coats. All sizes. Kennedy's Men's Milly Moran. ' Wear. Mxfiwxgltn. Annie's mother- Ahme-_finfi§yariéllellloury. , MOORE d: PIcLlilOD LIMITED AiZil1-—B€X‘i.FOSl2l'y. Wm be c105“! an day today’ - and Friday, April 17th and 15111. on account of o,

"Don't Toll A Soul"

Gloria-Bessie Conrad. Maris-—Eieanor Mary Clapp. Binnie-Joyce Coffin. SYieLlm-Anno Ross,

specially difficult piece of work in connection with the rte-construction programme.

BUDGET DEBATE CONTIN-

MEila. their maid of all work_| THREE-FIRE ALARMS - Tile ggiirct ElVlIacEwep. ‘ iCity firemen were called out. three Isubom" Mfflssrlick-v Amys frlend-ftimes yesterday. The first call, 1i Arum ‘C, “e3- , l0 a_m.. was to a flue fire at 179 r ‘emmt- wnbur5 9111' Dorchestei‘ Street; the second. at

D10Ver-A. J. Haslsin 1 J ' 1.15 p.m.. t» 52 Upper Hilisborougli o. Mccmm’ therielepimne '1" here slight damage was caused

‘to one of the rooms; and the third

"siiisisiaiiuiiis (Continued from Page 1)

11rd " The fish business in S-isk- iciewan. M1‘. Schofield said, had inn been taken over by the Prov- lrcr- and while the new system ‘llid not compete economically l private enterprise, the fish zost the consumer no more because alie Province mode up the differ- titre.

Farmers were allowed to dishon- iur their mortgage payments llld anvcmo uhn imned n iarnlei‘ iinwei- tccm! to help him canrv on ll1= timing was taking a sriious ' the Saskatchewan Clov- ment would not allow n farm- H's mortgage to be foivclosed.

"i‘i'r* Government ls also taking ivc; the insurance crtnpanies end .1. private individual can estab- "isii a brick factory in Saskatch- .l. ‘that buslners. Mr. Srhofield

Litivernmant. To Fight C*mml:~'lm

Mr. Schoficid said the Chamber

of (‘cmmerce has decided lo 1181".

oillTlib. iilhiilllAGES. DEATHS

50c Per insertion

BIRTHS

lqncc County Hos- . A r1114, 1047, to Mr. and Mrs. ‘fryon, a son.

TH pllai Keith L. Thomas. Weight 7 lbs. 3 ozs. llmZlElb-At t-hc Prince County ilcspital. on April 4. 1947, to Mr. 111.1 Mrs. Bruce Crozler, Baltic. Lot l8. a son, Horace Edward. weighing J lb. 3 oz.

JhicLEOD-At Montreal on Aiprli l5. to Ml‘. and Mrs. Rod MacLeod tnlrt‘ Blanche Macltael. 6621 13th Avcnilr‘, Rosemoupt. a daughter. IIrJItMISTON-At Sault Ste. Marie. Jlllflrifl. on April 7. 1947. to Mr. and .\irs. Norman L. iiermlston. (1160 ‘rlisie MscKinnon of Charlottetown) R sun. Ivan Leslie.

(‘OSTELLO-At the Charlottetown licrpitai on April 13th to Mr. and Firs. John Costello, Maple Hills, tivin glril.

DEATHS

llnoldAY-Died in Toronto April l0. Mrs. E. A. MacKay, formerly i-r Charlottetown. nizcd 8'1 1's!"- Fuunrai notice later.

i.\i(i|3-At tilts P. E. Island Hos- liital. on Wednesday. April 16th. Walter Hardy Ince of cBabk. lll his 75th year. Funeral from his late residence at DeSs-ble on suiurday. April l9. at 2 o'clock. ARBING-Suddenlv at 3 lllshcr st. on Aiprll is. 1M1. hing. C.N.R. agent of his 51st year. Minot at the Otitclfffe Nae oi from where the funeral will

Bedford. in s resting Home

iiortlng at 2 o'clock. Interment Suffolk Cemetery. (‘AROON-At Charlottetown. A - ill l5. John D. Oaliooii of 01s - stone. in his Roth year. Remains will be forwarded from the Cut- ¢11lfc Funeral Home today to Min-ray Harbor for interment. "LINEAR-Suddenly at P. ‘B. Is- land Hospital on Wednesday. Al)‘ '11 16. W. H. V. Dunbar. in 11 56th your. Funeral from 8t. James church tomorrow (Friday) st-rvice starting at 2 o'clock. In- terment in Poo lc-‘s Canister?- gestlng at the cLean Funeral

.. .,hns been taken over by the.

Communism in Canada by lrifonn.'call was at 2.50 pm. to a roof fire 1H8 all Oirndlan citizens of the at the residence of Mr. Russtll menace which roléficnts them and Roper on the Brnckley Point Road, 1115i "What Communism has to 01- near the airport. Slight damage fir: them. was caused before the firemen put No one in Russia can own a foot out the blaze.

,0! land. Mr Schofleld said, and.‘ {no one in Russi-i. can change hi.‘ 50b ‘or his residence without per- flllfio-Oll. ’i‘herc is only on; pony there and the radio. theatre. and schools are under the control o; tho Government. No discussion is yullowed wlfloh is unfavourable to 1111c Government and itl is hard to 191i’ how many of the Russians .-1°“11.l' 1191501"? in their system

l 01113‘ -'§"\'°T\ Der cent of the world's {Home live on. the North American icontlnont but that seven per cent we '15 p" rein of the silk; so per [cent of the world's rubber: one. half of the telephones, one-third of

secretary for i!" Boxrd for a long time. The ifflilfiTHllli. thing was to secure a competent man who would have the confidence of the business men. It that man was secured. there would be no difficulty in get- tlnu rizcugh money i0 my his sil- orl‘. lie would suggest the mem- bcrship committee continua its work. collect the membership ices according lo the schedule, ind then, if enough money was not amllable to pay for the services of the man engaged, to go back

. . and ask the larger firms for a 3: 2€:Mg,s'RHrLd, 80mm‘- cem or "sustaining fee " lvlr. Mutch said “' ‘u’ m’ '5 ‘my he felt sure the firms asked for

0116 C511 101' every 252 people; in the United States there is one car 1'01‘ every fcu: 4nd inCantida one for every seven. More money is 511cm on education in North Am- éricfl. Mr. S-chofleld said, than in the re=1 of the world together. ’

He l".".ii often u-ondared why car. lain Canadians wanted Commun-

the additional fee would gladly contribute it.

Senator Roblnezin

Senator B.W. Robinson, Sum- merside, who was a guest of lhc Charlottetown Board at ‘ast. mishap ism. Home nrobabi worked for it, "'°e""g' ' "m Summm‘ ° Mr. Seliofield and. because they §olffri,,l‘e=‘edw{f,'jg°,fl‘,;‘;,.,';§f§f,“§§,'§f§} were Ccmmurrist- a 9mg; Qfhefgn. , , , ,__ ‘A, ” _ because lllCy had lgicen deluded faljmcrs w. bBPClP“ 3031".‘ melt: into believing that the attainment m" {m1 m“ i ‘tcby en mud e of Communism represented Utopia; Bum“ “Seflllncss by mfltlgg H“ others because they had a thirst "lore pmvmcfl m uflxouto" ' the for Dower; and still others, who mum“ Sui“ an “c Pmbybe e mvlng good reason ,0 be Gm gItlHiItOQLQOiOVlU Board ivoud ne- sotisfied with the overt cf their .' , ,. ccnditlwi. looked tpo- Cgmmunism .M°"“ m“- s°',1'"°'.- Robmsosn for: relief. Bu: all the economic ills said’ prwme mm-fmse h 3cm g of the poorer Canadian citizen Carmm ‘L’? m” 13ers“ c new“ could be rectified under private en- d Smmu“: ‘flea 0g es f0“; m? _ terprise and s. democratic form of i“! i“ whciiiil‘ m‘ m“ p‘ 2152a,,“ Government The Chamber o. terprlfe survlied that the a“ lge Commerce would take up the cliol- ‘upended, 15?“?! "'3... $.85, a?! lenge of Communism and expected and, ‘he Ilia-live owe o a reat op- to nullify its menace by develop- "m5 wen‘ ,9“ the?“ g lng an enlightened lmbllc opinion. 1’°"““ m‘ P"._°'°M A "w Game,

Referring to the desire of the Th‘ flecrfay‘, HT‘ ‘wfilch me’ Charlottetown Board of Trade to "H1 sevcfal enersryelved one employ a full-time secretary, Mr BPMd ha“ mcii,‘ {m at Nmonm Schofiekl said the idea was an ex- mm‘ the new hm Ba.“ re u“, celient one. which he would rec- Deieme’ Said i .8. ‘ ‘ ~q

that a new bariucks re built on

Keith Ar-I

Charlottetown Board cf Trade could 5110. The problems and tho jobs lit-id on Friday afternoon, servfcagnmhma

i

omiiiond. However, he could not ,

be u conversant with local con- ‘he Pliwnil?haggmfégiatlvallld dltlona as the City's own business 5m“ m“ u ' men and if they thought the sec- uring of o competent full-time sec- retory would be too heavy a thun- cisl burden, it might be better, for Ia time st least, to be satisfied with a port-time man.

I There are now 342 communities across Canada that have Boards of Trade. Mr. rlchofleld said. an in- crease of 100 per cent within the last. l3 months. Those Boards rep- resmt 715.000 Canadian business men.

Gli-

chialrman of the Foreign Exchange Board. said it was c1111 nlendcd by the Exchange Board that all American currency collect- ed ln Canada by Canadian busin- ess ‘men should be turned aver to the banks in order to assist 1119 country's pun-chasing power in the United slates. No one ln Canada. the letter addctl, ‘X138 allowed l0 keep more than $600 in American- currcncy in his posscisivn-

. u!" new 0pm Standing Committees . I Following l3 the list of commit-

tees, ineli- chuirmem‘, (the 11"! name h, “Cl, case)" and mtmbers to function within the Board for the next few M01111“! _ Membership: 132W. Curtis. JC- MaoDonaid. (ET. Montaomery. J-D- Slcvillrl, or. H-arllen. Dr. J-A

there was upbulldlng like the

Mr. Sehoflsld said much for community ‘which on organization

increased effort were many in nil communities. There was vmrk to be dons in health pro-

Hazel-Marion Quinn. BED-The Budget de te" was

Viola-Sheila Morris. continued in the Leglsla lire iasl.

1>=rvthv~rnlaa Jenkins. evening. the speakers being Mr.

" Heath Strong and Hon. Horace-

Uttcr Relsmtl " ‘Vfigiht. both representing the

_ - fldourth District‘ of Prince. At. 11

Wilbur Edmondson _ Mono". o'clock Mr. Wright moved the ad-

BW- .. Journinent. The House resumes Amy Edmondson. his wue_ at 8 pm. today.

MN. J. Ivan Nicholson. i

other from Mr. Ciiuham Towers“

TECOXTI-

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

MacFARLANE BRQS.

Stack Bodies And School Gymnasium

Retired Railway Employees Are Awarded Medals

MONCTON. N. 13., April 16- Latest list of awards of Imperial Service Medals include 170 retired employees on the Atlantic Region of the Canadian National Railways who come under the provisions g! the Intcrcolonl-al and Prince Ea- ward Island Railways pension fund These medals are awarded for long and faithful service. Medals have. been received by the regional vice- president and general manager J. P. Johnson, and have been dis- tributcd to district representatives of the railway foi‘ presentation. Those receiving awards are:

Prince Edward Island: Joan Pierre Gallant, Charles Augustine Meikle, Robert Alexander McPher- son, Borden; Ernest William Far- qulisrson. John Wellington Gal.’- rett. Peter McDonald. Peter Char- les Trainer, Charlottetown; Peter Thomas Power. Kensington; Wal- ter Bourgoyne Monteith. Summer- side.

Parliament“ At A Glance,

(Canadian Press) The Commons voted 125 to 43 to give second reading to the Gov- ernment's main control bill. Acting Prime Minister St. Laur- ent and Justice Minister Ilsley criticized the stand taken by the Progressive Conservative Party. John Dlefenbaker (PC-Lake Centre) charged that the con-cl lcrzislafion ivz-is worthy of a police stale. Agriculture Minister Gardiner ital-d the government had no in- tentlon. of allowing the financial - return to farmers to be reduced if ‘ the butter subsidy is abolished Labor Minister Mitchell

'have been offering to move un-

lempiolyed to Central Canada.

i Justice Minister Iisley said no

believed it was tho intention uf

i Igor Gouzenko to apply for Cano-

'. dian citizenship.

‘ Health Ministc: Martin said the Government's old age pension leg,- islation is ready to go before Par- liament.

Thursday,

Tho Commons will continue 1115- 4000 and leaving 20.000 homeless.

cussian of control legislation.

iiiiisfiiiiiiiii-zn (Uoiitkiutd l)

i

the arr-n after the explosion saw

‘workers stream from

sion.

(By Edward C. Barnard) TEXAS CITY. April lB-tAP) — This is a city of flames, torn steel, and smoking rubble, u city where the dead are uncourited and the living are too dazed and weary to cry.

Tonight scores of bodies of ex- plosion and fire dead are stac-kec on benches and tables in a brick mid-town garage and ‘m the nearby high school gymnasium. Outside these places the people gather in silent, expressionless groups.

Dozens of embaimers are at work in the garage and there the slow process of identification goes on When identification and embulming are completed a body is ivrapped in a rough brown blanket and a nun".- bered ticket is wired to a toe.

An ambulance is then called Jiit of tho long line in frnnt of the garage and the body is passed out on a stretcher and taken to the gymnasium.

50-Acres Wrecked

A mile away black smoke from six roaring fires billows 5.000 feet into the air and drifts southward out over the gulf. A oil-acre area of devastation marks the scene where the twin explosions of a ship and a chamical works wrought the greatest tragedy this area has ever known.

I stood iii the city hall and saw a woman find the name of he: son on a casualty list. Her shoulders sagged, her arms fell limp at her sides and her face twisted with grief. Her husband, his face a dazed mask, caught her under the arm and led her out.

In the light of the towering blazes a few hundred yards from the grotesque mountains of twist- ed s-tccl, I talked to Philip Flores. young army veteran.

"I was working in a warehouse 25 yards from the ship when it. blew

said. employment offices in Nova, Scotia}

. _ - at Gillespie Loading Company First eyewitnesses to move into plant. Mgrggn. N_

_ 1111111111125: Cleveland, 0.. hospital clinic when < with blood gushing frcvm noses x-ray film pxploded, filling bulld- ‘ and ears. the result of concus-l l“ “m, gaL

Major Explosions l|ll Last .30 Years

(By ‘The Associated Press)

Major explosion disasters in the last 30 years include:

Dec. 6. 1917-1000 persons kiiiJ ed in explosion of munitions ship at Halifax. N. 5.. destroyhlil Z11 square miles of the city. injuring

May 8. IBIS-More than 200 killed at Actna Chemical Com- pany plant near Pittsburgh. Pa.

July 2. 1918-40 killed in plant explosion at Split Rock. near Sy- racuse. N. Y.

Oct 5. ltlltl-Ncariy 100 killed

J. May l5, 1920-100 killed in

In Garage

up," he told me. "The concussion lmocked me down.

sacks and buried my head under them_ Then a few the (Monsanto) chemical plant ex- ploded. The roof and walls of tie warehouse were coming around me. I got up and ran for my life. Later I helped pull the bodies out of the wreckage. It was the most terrible thing I've eve:- scen." ‘ Flmlly Missing

Juan Torres lives in a house ' quarter of a mile from the dc- stroyed chemical plant. I found hm. sitting on a bed in the front room starting at the fldbr. In the back part of the house the walls hid caved in and the place was in a shambles.

‘Torres was away at work when the explosion tcok place.

"I came home." he said, "and found my brother, my father, and my slster-ln-law missing. They may be deadf‘

I went. to the scene of the sh p explosion. There was no ship left. Kindling floated on dark, oily water.

General Jonathan M Wainwright commanding general ot the Fourth Army, arrived at the dock at the same time. He shook his heari and his face was sorrowful.

"I have never seen s greater tragedy in all my experiences" he said. "I have come here to offer this stricken community every fa- cility that the army can place at its disposal."

Many tragic deaths were causr-d

mile away from the chemical plant on the main street of Texas City a mim driving his car was ln- stantly killed when a chunk cf metal pierced the top of the awo- moblla and struck him on the head.

llewsman Views Blasted Texas fiwFmmAh

(By Tho Associated Press) HOUSTON. Tex. April l6—A Chronicle reporter who flew over Texas City an hour after the blast said three dlflerent fires were raging as a result of the blast. He said one of these fires was along the water front. another along the Santa Fe Railroad. and the third lust west of the Santa Fe Railroad fire in the refinery area. city was not afire nor was the residential urea. Flying toward the blaze. the

March l8. 1931-294 children

"Bodies were tossed about 111KB‘ and teachers killed in gas blast in

playing cards." said .1 reporter ‘or;

the Houston Chronicle.

Earlier, E. A. Bocnier. a Housq

ton City policeman had reported:

“Bodies can be the dozens in the first area. iyou cannot get in to them."

Rush Relief To Area

Relief and rescue workers swarmed into the area. National Red Cross headquarters in Wash- ington set aside $206,000 for re- lief work and sent 30 disaster eit- i parts to the scene.

It was Texas‘ second motor dis- aster Wllhill a week. A tornado swept the Panhandle and north- western Oklahoma last Wednes- day. killing 123 persons in the .two states. Relief workers still [stationed in the storm area rush- ed lo tihc scene of the new cal- nnrity, r The huge plant of the Mon- lsantnCheniical Cilillplllll’, built in u-urttme to make styrene. iin in- ai-edlonr of synthetic rubber. was lreported completely destroyed.

Fires still raged in the Mon- santo plant late today and fire-

flrfiters could hear the screams of some workers trapped inside. Ono Monsanto worker estimated that 315 cmployees were impris- oned. Rescue was impossible be- cause of the heat and flames.

Fire flzhtcrs wore gas masks, fearing further explosions. Coni-

lmnv officials said there were stocks of explosive chemicals in the buildings.

The blast shook more than 110 irniics of the Texas coast and was so severe that windows were shot- tered at Galveston, 11 mliea across ,the bay. and plaster was knocked

Many persons there fled from

ifram ceilings of buildings hliert‘.

'» ilinli. .

1W1!» ""11 f" 111° Mm‘ "11111-9‘ MMM . 1t JJ-t. rocking buildings fearing a major TB. cancer. and venereal disease -ce'1“r"""é-H “g/{mtgau a“: Fob eaflhquake had ocum-fll,

iThvre me ‘u-felvlvfvkl. Calais? m: {n "Yon ' . "The report inidicaifidmllfhllgllfifi burttius. c011 1'0 9°11 0'15. T ' ' ' ' . |' . _1 , damage was cont ned o a oc mas donations. clean-up campaigns. J f;"“;,‘§,‘1.',‘.‘,‘.§.3?' ilfwmhiiil-‘fririi area wltero tam and boon on t... tourist committees. civic sdmlnia- - ~ ' ' . llmalm 35m pprgons at the time of

Kcli ii Maciiinnon. l

trstion. and mlny other tasks and I t a rm ‘my Aw one blast," Finley said. probi hil id k u s amt '5"‘°"' ""'°“ ' ' ' ‘1- “Res psrtic. bringing out m“ w °' w“ e p Gaudet. V.A. Ainsworth. WE. cuuflfir: ‘mm an m“ m.

many public-spirited men busy for iorig periods. Marketing problems, ‘questions of t-"xatlon. transporta- itioit. and other questions of s pro-

MacNeili, Hartlen. Public Relations: D.M. Class.

plank Anderson, J R. Burnett.

. : 11 -. gAnisnlEWe-At the P. 11.’. may:'Iifwillifll.“Kiolliuitiéiilioiiriyh. lngastrlsl .. eiollllts t. 112W i . t . 1'1 H" 119%? hlrs. ‘hiififiii"naifil’.“w'.. "$2M a Tau‘ m‘ schomld kill‘; Alex Knox. PR. MacCot- Br 51th year. Funeral on t- ' ‘ ' l, o; time. 0.3. Ful. ‘M ._ ‘ “m! fir. FEW. ‘Curtis, c airman ‘i g ‘c’ 30h k n ilnllvld lwoomsvillti... 'the mGlhBeflh-p committee. rs- Kgfilélzésfiaéf ‘gm " °