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. , _ Mm... or a i __ o, ‘v . MERE MAN i MERE MAN ~"'"' Pei‘ - The Pe e3 Paper , . , - more: ififiwfi ~ __‘__ ' ~ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew ‘ ~

Ioliltlll llfl.

More‘ Favorable Fish Marketing Opening

In Central

New Methods A 0f Procedure For Trade Board

‘i-

Interesting low methods of oedure for lthe Charlottet 1E Board of

the Board's annual meeting la%"flm

the incoming presiden . . . yndman.

Stresslng the need for a change. President ndman suggestedthat the Counci should cease to be the vital group in this Board, which claims to represent the business and professional men of the City. Rather, the Committees should be doinlnantpavhile the Council should originate an agenda of work, nnd deal with matters of policy. Buo- cels or failure of the year's work

depend Oflort exerted y the Committees.

"Briefly," said Mr. yndman, “the procedure should be as fol- low|,—a opos is received by the Boar, asking for considerat- ion and supsort. The Council will

iso prove. If the pro- posal is one w icb is considered

(Continuation Page 0 Col. d)

Coming Events

S l , l-lolm , January o: Isl-tar So-ziuiaty. 1-9-41.

i "Kickers Friday, a p.m., Nat- ional Film Board movies. 1-10-21

"was ma. a

adian Lesion

llcu decorum“

prince, Sourls. 1m. Clifford 1-9-31.

"Our as die Ateacv-

Chick Fbttener sure put finish Livestock Red 10-00-041

"It: the extra sin from Pan

loner Feed that rings NSliltl. Livestock Feed Agency. 104-641

"Our hog and dairy feed laying nub and chick fattener is eapec \ tally out up and provcn. Livestock ’ Ibed Agency. 10-4-6-0-ii

"Garden Seed, All the latest and

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a’ m” 1-14~M~t!.

"loading hogs at Sourls for Davies and Fraser mo, each Monday. Geo Dingwell. l~il-7-l0~3i

"Loading hogs at Morell for Davis, and Fraser l.td.. each Tues- day until train time. Dingwell dz Rnlliter. 1-5-7-10-31

"Loading Hogs for Davis & Boiler at Bear River Thursday, Jan 10th. Fodhla, Friday the 11th, ohn J. Beck. 1-10-11-

"Hockey at Milton tonight, Btsn- hqse vs. Milton. ‘Came starts ails. lkate alter. _. 1-10-11

"Loading ‘Hogs at Montague Sfltionefah gbiérsifia for Deg/gs 8r rraser . , can one

" 1-2-5-tlis-sat ti.

I

"Load l-logs at Peakes Sta.- "......~> “some. e

. rs e e . 1-2-6-ths-sat

u Bogs at Cardigan Sta- Station itch Thursday for Davis a Fraser td Norman M

0K0 6.

Cardigan, I-Z-thua-Iat tf.

£93.? ‘i..§:;"..?. " C

u R. co Range-rs. skate and

League meeting after game. 1-10-ll

"Loading h at Five Houses for Davis

and L each ‘rugs! until train time.

Jul!!! 1-5-1-10-81

‘sweeper pigs. We can handle t so good thrifty weanera 80- wfimzrusc was,“ .__i "united: Market aoird u:- iiiflioga at Chariot ‘mura- M11111 Friday ofathis INI- U!!! or over each day. 1H

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a‘ I00 #53... service. if travelling

GIINIII. Christi-clown Guardian. Two 0enta:~_

on the degree of‘

. london School. . ' eyugtiaiiwiwilko-vrs-lei

Nesting Today

I re are several windows ratifies-xii. .’-'-'s.'.i"‘ir.‘i'.“hi§i'l‘s5 hys- I-w-irg, ~h;f~_,,,,'>"g,, iatereleaee. ‘ma. a u‘ m’ u w.

. leveeai Glee Collages f" h‘ bén “an” l{&.qu: ' ‘ en's‘ hint import- niwmh.‘ “t. w . is..." h*“....r.".r ‘lgiygtfii '_of ral rm origin eeaed- l" ' ' 3 - ~ ‘"53 . l

Provinces

UPIAWIA, Jan. 0 — (

In response to ts from main- bers of the Depart-mien, en eavoring wor out a plan whereby fish from Mar- itime centres can be imported and sold in Central .

Denote

Maritlmes came in for caustic oom- ment during the past session from Maritime members of Parliament. wtbo claimed that the “stuff served t; East fi

point out that while they can rec- ommend and advise on new meth- ods, ultimate responsibility for ex. tension of the Maritime fish busin- ess in Ontario depends on private eri-terorse Unless fishing compan- ies cost coast points follow modem

Maritimers Help Welcome “lke’.'

orrraws, Jan. o -' (Special) -

neckino and exporting methods . - f, I . - ' ‘lime Maritime Piovmces VPTC rep~ 1:5; ggmégfnts “and is mu” resented here today German's

official welcome to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, architect the Allied victory in the west. who now visits Canada for the first time. Among the first to greet the fam-

i Severe Competition

At present, large fish-dealers in Ottawa. state that while Prince Ed-

By JACK BRAYLEY

OTTAWA. Jan. 0—-(CP)--The man who directed the fortunes o! Canadian forces overseas was giv- en a resounding "thank you” to- day from cheering thousands in the street and from national lead- ers at a state banquet.

This usually orderly and digni- fied Capital broke police lines to scramble around visiting Gen. Eis- enhower, thump him an the back and call him ‘good old Ike."

It was the thousands who stoon in the driving hall and sleet to shout the warm zelcome at the former Allied Supreme Comman- der that served to underline the words of tr buts addressed to him at later prl ate affairs such as the Governor-Generals luncheon and Prime Minister Mackenzie King's state banquet.

The Generals famous broad smile was much in evidence as he waved at the shouting crowd who

criaaaorrarcawn, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1o. 194s '

Gen. Eisenhower Given Warm WelcomeAt Ottawa

BULLETIN

(aiiifialiimuia r) IQIFI“. eesiiativea, 0T the C-iiungking

lined his brief tour of the down- town area.

He left his car to stand in the peltins hail and salute the war memorial. After the solemn ges- ture, Mr. King led three cheers and the crowd broke through lines of servicemen and police and sur- rounded the General.

The United States Chief of Staff arrived by special train from Washington for a four-day visit which his aide told newspapermen was “strictly social”

He was welcomed at the station by Mr. King, members of the Cab- inet, service chiefs. members of the diplomatic corps and high- ranking civil servants.

He will deliver a speech tomor- row at the Canadian Club, and also will hold a press conference in the morning. He will end his visit to the Capital on Friday and then go to Toronto to receive an

honorary degree from the Univer- ty of Toron .

ous five-star general were Fisliizr- lies Minister Bridges, and Major General E.G. Weeks, Adjutant- Gemeiral of Canada's forces and formerly of Charlottetown. Gvneral _ nhower saw Ottawa on one of trio worst days of many years. Freezing sleet drove down in the faces of his party the mam- $t they swim-rd from out the sta-

ward Island 0Y3ii6f$. and lobsters fromunPEgl. and h“

eon

other xii-tweet; beingvysubajefifi time c uwfiom fishing es-

lishmen ,

Norman! ma“ Great Lakes, Manitoba

o. and even from 5w‘ import-sat is em iiszi- for Great mica: fish. that wit:

men at a Lake Ontario statl m]; W! s. and a raw east wind week drove upwards of 100 uglier: in “it-E Bblgusa Ottawa's, down town $H...lzii.».u.:§i: d?“ “mm " nWa-rzmrdsmfé‘ antes ooeuiiniipii oi’ dc- tgmwry. ‘mi-cs an sidewalks of (OED-Plans o! the‘ New Brunswick fiivc competition in the industry. m9 vanital were overlaid with ioe Electric Power Commission to Current demand for Maritime “mined by srrioke and clnders erect a. large new steam electric fish in Central Canada, increased 0nd soiled bv sand and asim generating plant near Chatham. this wdriter on aoooinit of meat

rationing

the first will Mk8 B. sharp upturn

weekof

McCiII Professor Gets New Position

MONTREAL Jan. 9—- Professor V. G. Wynne- wards, on the stall’ 0f the Department of Zoology in McGiIi University since 1930, has been selected as professor ‘of zoo- 10s)’ at Aberdeen University, Scot- land, it was announced today. One of Ottawa's leading ornith- Olflmsts and authorities on animal and plant life, Prof. Wynne-Ed- wards is expected to take over his new duties next summer.

French Ambassador To Receive Degree

QUEBEC. Jan. 9—Count Jean de Haiitecloeque, French Ambassador to Canada. will receive rm honor- ary decrce of Doctor of Spence from Laval University here Jan. 21, it was announced torlav. The ceremony will be attended by Oar- dinal Rodrigue Vllleneuve, Arch- bishop of Quebec. and Msizr. Fer- dinand, Vandry, Rector of Laval, will make the presentation.

TABZAN OVERWEIGHT DENVER. an 9 - (APl-Frank A. (‘larrsnl Florentine, zoo-pound policeman wrho has a 60inch chest and bends oil-penny nails with his bare hands, is going to lose his lob --because he isn't‘ physically fit He's 40 pounds overweight. Flor- entine said he would rcturn to his old job as a professional wrestler.

by government authorities to to]: gggilzanoe this fine market for

r mo and r k . m meet the demands? e mwmn“

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ll. N. 0. ilelogiites

LONDON, Jan. 9 - (cp) .111” Eyes of the world tonight were ofvfltrod on London as delegates to we United Nations Assembly

mops-ratios for the opening session tomorrow of the RPresen-tatives of 51 countries. ‘

James I". Bymes. United States Secretary of State, at a press m“. {lettuce emrnrsiazd there was no

New“ men: the powers chiefly mien-nod with the atomic energy

Admirer Of Churchill Passes At Montreal

(By The Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Jan. 9—A veteran of three wars and a great admirer of Winston Churchill, Alfred Hom- er died in hospital in suburban Verdun yesterday. He was 72.

Born at Bury, England. Mr. Homer took part in the Sudan campaign where ha first met Mr.

lltllflfhlii, then a war correspond- on

struction of new distribution lines

New Steam Electric Plant For N. B.

to cost in the vicinity of $2,000,000, were revealed here tonight by Hon. G. Boucher, commission chair- an. Mr. Boucher also announced that for purposes of speeding up its rural electrification program, the Commission would divide the Pro- vince into larger districts, headed by competent electrical engineers. Each district will have the crews and equipment necessary not only to ensure prompt ponnectlons on existing lines but also faster con-

J. m

as soon as materials become avail- able.

Rated at 12,500 kilowatts. or 16.- 750 horsepower. the new electric generating unit will be larger than any one of the four at the Grand Lake plant, also operated by steam which together generate a total of 26.000 horsepower. and will ad substantially to the total from the Commission's five existing plants ii: the Province which produce an aggregate of 37,590 horselJOWY-

Iri addition to the steam Plant st Grand Lake, there are water- powared plants at M08011“?! 11M Kouciiibouguiic and diesel-oper- ated plants at Grand Manan and St. Quentin.

Mr. Boucher said that it was the Commlssionsintention to use as much New Brunswick coal as pos- sibie in the new plant near Chat- ham.

Wire Strike May

D-

‘Mcifor Break May Come ‘Soon In Chicago Slaying

Earlier Detective Chief Walter Storms said be agreed with a cor- onei-‘s office report that a hack- saw found merit "dissecting room" could not have been used to dismeniber tho

bo . dfioilaltormaaldtlieoorolier dlaoreditsdtlietheorrthatai:

(By The Associated Prose)

CHICAGO; Jan. 8—A osslbie major break in the kidnap- iliing- dlsmemberment of slx-vear-old Bu- zanne Degrian was hinted ‘today when Detective Sgt. Jack Hanra- BIN told the criminal court that all our men" were out looking for another man in the case‘ and

.. gong in .::r.:'.cr:"i:.ce~~~ e e in m... .. d: odd-r,- gt. Hanrahan made the dlscloe- |"'l°"5"a‘ “m”! ‘f: w“; ure Iflglllf hearing on’ a ‘pom on rgufib u‘ h“! a an corpus wr r o " northaide building iiiimirs iii '11" "W" °" “m”? Q whlo the court o ered po ce n" "'"P°"' "umi" f‘ l! to charge or release them fig: :f_.""1"‘°"|,r§,"" m‘ c: "Y" wags? gustouizlued its "charge-ob 4°" w" “ummuny ‘and’ u“,

r. . paid, and there were no window ?Z7,i.,,.',‘f"§:.,7,'."§,,$t:';;t{ {if {f}; gilrnoglh wziioh an intruder rniehi

in a locker in the base- Fr

Spread In II. S.

(By The Associated Preset YORK, Jan. il-A count!!- wide strike by sooo Western IM- trlc tele hone installation work- ‘" ‘"2; ‘ ‘. $1153 lilhirii.“ crease egan o - ed to al by Friday the 1TH-

There was no immediate effect on the public from the walkout. but that may come tomorrow and

iday 1f, the Union roea throulli with its announced intention of

Bodrd Uif Annual lleeting

Mr. F. W. Hyndman ~ Elected President For Incoming Year.

llrin

la- lalnt John.

Tirade A

Mr. F. W. Hyndman was elected resident of the Charlottetown ard of Trade at the 59th annual meeting of the Board held last night at The Charlottetown. Mr. A. W. Matheson was elected vice- presldent an W. L. Higgins, sec- retary. fir}! . M..Gass is tho r ‘ l.‘ ..!l'lt. .»,__,_.. .., rcauiltof. bburifis includes Messrs. E. M. Bagriall S. H. Burhoe, Morton Dew,- D. M. Gass, G. T. Hardle, G. E. Hartlen, J. D. Stewart, and C.C. Thompson. The arbitrators are R. R. Bell, H. R. Bevan, S. T. Green, W.G. Hang, Ci. E. Ives, Alex Knox, A. A. Lea- man, R W. Manning, J. F. Mor- ris, J. G. MacDonald, Keith Mac- Kinnon, T B. Rogers. The audi- tor is L. B. McMillan.

Letters from the P. E. Island Federal members and Senators were read stating the Board’. rec- ommendations regarding repairs to the Railway Wharf had been favourably considered by the Gov- ernment and that a vote of $50,000 had been placed in the supple- mentary estimates so that the work could be begun early in the spring. A letter to the same effect from the ii n. Alphonse Fournler, Minister of Public Works, was read. .

Replies from the Federal repre- sentatives regarding improved transportation facilities on the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry ser-

(Continued on Page 8, O01. 5)

Local Man Director 0f Restaurant Ass’n

(By The Canadian Press)

TORONTO, Jan. il-Simpilfled rnenus introduced in wartime are here to stay, a panel of experts predicted today at the closing ses- sion of the three-day convention of the Canadian Restaurant Asso- elation.

The experts said they believed the big two-page bills of fare used before the war brought simpbflca- tion were gone forever, and the trend toward simplicity would continue.

They expressed belief more res- taurants would specialize in single items such as beef stews, corned beef and cabbage, chicken or

l Assocla“ elected Nat

Bailey of Vancouver as president.

Directors elected include:

Nova Scotia-W. A. Hart, Hlll- l

New Brunswick—-K. I. Grass,

Prince Edward Island-Thomas

m owing lcket lines around te phliine sxcIiuiIOl ill ti" u “i” where it operates-

a White, on...‘ imdwri.

“h”...

lad directed to halt 3 .32.’; movements. including tho transport of Nationalist troops

Into or within Manohllria for the. rumors d: rum-iii; crim- eae aovcreignt

Canada's Population Increased 613,000

Since 1941 Census

But P.E.I. Figures Showed Decline, Bureau Of Statistics Shows.

OTTAWA, Jan. 9 — (CF) Canada's population has increase‘ approximately 813.000 since the 1941 census, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report/ed today.-

The Bureau. on the basis of var- ious sourccs of information put the 1945 population at 12,119,000. com- pared with 11,508,655 in i941.

By Provinces the new popula- tions figures. with 1941 in brackets. were:

Prince Edward Island, 92.000 (95,047): Nova Scotia, 021,000 (577,962); New Brunswick, 468,000 $57,401.); Quebec 3,561,000 (3,881,- 882: Ontario, 4.004.000 (3,787,665): Manitoba, 736.000 (759,744) Bask- atchewari. 845,000 berta 826.000 (796,109). B tirh Columbia, 949,000 (817,861); Yukon. 5,000 (4.914) and northwest tea-ri- tories, 12,000 (12,028).

Man Weds Another

= -Womar..~.Awaite~-Divorce‘ finial

LAS VEGAS. Nev., Jan. 9—I.t.-

Col. Gregory (Puppy) Boyinzton and Miss Francis Baker of lros Angeies were married here yester- day by a justice of the peace. - Boyineton. Marine Corps ace whom Mrs. Lucy Malcolmson, wife of an Australian motors executive. was waiting in Reno to marry as soon as she obtained ii divorce, gave his are as 35. His bride said she ls 32.

Boyington announced in San Diego two days ago that he did not intend to marry Mrs. Malcolm- son, who said she was "stunned" by his statement. Mrs. Malcolm- son. 34, said she met the former Flying Tiger and Congressional Honor Medal holder in Indlii.

Help Reaches Storm-Battered Canadian Ship

LONDON, Jan. 9 —- (OP Cable) —'I‘he British freighter Lord Byron was reported late today to have reached the storm-battered 10.000- ton Canadian freighter H1811 Part which developed a 20»deg*ree list 150 miles west of Eire while an route from Saint John, N.B., to Cork

The Lord Byron was standing by the Canadian vessel and two other shins also were reported on the way to the scene, ready to lend aid if further difficulties developed before time arrival of the deep sea tug Thames from Qusrenstown, Eire.

Efforts durinu the day to rigtht the shift in cargo. which caused the list. proved fruitless.

Que. Police Arrest Alleged Bandit Gang

MONTREAL, Jan. 9—'.['hrae wo- men and two man, all residents of Toronto, are being held here today following their arrest last night zit nearby Vaudreuil by Provincial Police who said one of the women had confessed the five had come to Montreal to stag a whirlwind series of holdups in ‘hanks and de- partment stores,

Police said they found two re-

rldles on the quintet and added that the women were not armed

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Judge Arthur W. Patterson, 57, of Castine, his three miles west of Pebobscot on the Ellsworth-Castine highway.

to a tree during the night. It was believed Judge stricken with a heart attack while volvers, two daggers and U csrt- drivi

of a hlsto juvenile

i353 COUNTY FATHER‘ AND $001 ARE 29.3911 N51) Tragedy Occurred Near Bridgetown

John Nioraii And 11-Year-0ld Boy Lose Lives When Car Plunges Through lee.

county, and his 11-year-old son, Emmett, were drowned yesterday when their automobile went through the ice and sank 1n Grand River, about five miles from their home.

Inspector N. J. Anderson 116M. n, told the ahardidn last night that the car bad been recovered but that the bodies bad not been found. He said the search for them was being continued.

A resident of the district said that the accident occurred near Bridgetown and that Mr. Moran had mall in the car at the time. So far as could be learned only the father and his son were in the car. It was not known whether there were anv witnesses to the tragedy or how the accident came be known.

N. B. Financial Statement For Fiscal Year

L21

(By The Canadian Press)

ERIUPON, Jan. '.0--('l‘hurs- ‘édayby-New Brunswickjs, sixth. suc- j ve surplus was disclosed to- day in the- financial statement of the Province for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1945. The surplus was $466,306, compared with $82,- 108 in the grevious year. -

Revenue it sri all-time high of "$14,757,781 or $2,066,545 above the 194-4 figure and $1,685,214 more than the amount anticipated the budget. Expendlture——$13,992,476 - also reached an nil-time high. It was $1,383,843 more than the amount spent in 1944 and exceeded the 1945 estimated expenditure by $957,638

The biggest over-expenditure- $858,l65—-was in the Department of Public Works and was attribut- ed by Hon. J. Hayes Doome, Pro- vincial Secretary-Treasurer, partly to industrial expansion and the

subscription Bothered $6.00. lfaiLM-Mzothsrkovineeelll-l-Lllflr

A 35-year-old rural mall courier,“ John Moran of Newport in King's"

m house Workers

Island Soldiers Expected 0n Liner Queen Elizabeth

HALIFAX, Jan. 9 — Military authorities today announced the following Prince Edward Islanders were expected to be aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth, scheduled to dock at New York approxima- tely Jan. l5:

Lleut. KJ. Keep . Charlotte- town: L/Bdr T.C G ant, Oyster Bed Bridge: Gn-r. G.E. Gillis, How- lan: Gnr. RI‘. Gillis, ; Gnr. A.J. Kerwin, Charlottetown; Gnr. J.M. McDonald, North Wilt- shire: Gnr. NH. Virtue, Charlotte- town; sgt. J.A. Byme. Bouris East: Tpr. T.A. Gallant, Richmond: Pte. KR. oatway, Conway: Gm. AL. Trainer. Sourls; arid Pte. A. ‘rur- ner. O'Leary.

New Meat Packing Strike Throat Looms

l03,.lan.9—(@)—¢ Posai ans/tion

meat Dackinx . for hilt titan amonth late in lflficameto the fore again tonight with an- u ouncement a stiriloe vote would be taken 1n three ma. . packing plants next week. Adam Borsk, in 1Q- resentative 0i’ the United Packin- od America (CLO), said here employew of Packers. Swift Canadian and Bums and Company would vote Jan. 16, 17 and 18 respectively. . "We are satisfied with ou- 5. hour weekly work -sci1eduie bit not, g ilgiilybehouis. The weekly m“ 01! a, (m n Bopxxkkwid. wort! ed evenly, M inzhouse officials t. Winn. Inez said the threatened slit-in. m, W" a "complete sunrise" to emu.