MAXIMS

OIL

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ror, If! IOII I [ICC tribaiaflcn.

Th; acquisition oi wealth is a great toll, ita possession a great tar-

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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The glory of wulils and of beauty ' sbidea illustrious and eternal.

Maxims

OIL

MERE MAN

transient and slender, virtue

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Twoflents.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947 _

10 PAGES

Subserip

tion Delivered $6.00.

Mall 85.00. other Provinces k U. I. A. 87.00

*0 SETTLEMENT IN. MARITIME COAL DISPUTE

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live Figures For Banada’: 0rop .

gyrAwA. Jan. 23 — Canada's 1916 liiicat crop WU placed l! 420,l00.000 bushels today in the lI'iil‘(l estimate of production of livid crops by ilic Dominion Bur- eau oi Statistics.

The first estimate, issued Sept. 12, placed the wheat crop at 440.- 551.0011 bushels. The second esti- mate, issued Nov. 14. placed it at 418,000,000. The 1M5 crop was 318,500,000.

Ont production for all Canada this year was estimated at 400w 000.000 bushels. barley at 150.900.- 000, rye 7,400,000 and flaxseed at

7.500.000.

Coming Events

"Kinkora Dance, good music and lunch, Friday. Jan. 8i.

"Crokinolo Game. Mt. Albion Hail. Monday. 27th.

"Kirilrora Dance. good music. Friday. Jan. 24.

"Dance. Orwell Cove Hall, Febru- iry 4th. Good milsic.

"loading Hogs st Peeks Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Merlin Devirse. .

"Loading Hogs at Montague station each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"Southpori Ramblers vs. Hor- nets at Milton Rink tonight. Came starts 8.15.

"Hockey East Royalty tonight, Cockle Dusters vs. Royals. Skate after.

"Hockey at New Glasgow to- night, Hope River vs. New Glas- gow. Game starts 8.80.,

"Notice: Unloading car bay and car oi wheat todayand Pri- , day. G. C. Green, limerald._

"lute to arrive. Mixed Clover and Timothy Iluy. Book your orders. Aldon Carr. Kinkora.

"Attention farmers of mater-n King's! We want a quantity of lire cattle. Eastern Packing 90.. Souris.

"Loading Hogs for Canada Pack- ers at. Fredericton. Jasusary 73d. lili ii A. M. At Coiviile till 11.30. D. L. McDowell.

"Loading Hogs at Cardigan Sta- IIIIUII caoh Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan.

"Loading hols aiLSt. Peters for Paiisdn Packers Ltd, each Tuesday fur truck pickup service from farm lo car Phone Roddle Pratt.

"Collecting hogs each ‘Tuesday for Canada Packers Md. for truck- 1118 service through Barnsciifle Cherry Valley. Vernon. Orwell and Nvvitowri. phone Walter Crane 11-12

"renders will be received by the “ndtffilned until February 1st for fifty cords hardwood. sawed in three foot lengths and spilt. state. price delivered. Mina Dickieson. Secre-

tii r y.

"Collecting Hogs each Friday for 501111111! Fluke-rs Ltd. for trucking service through Summcrviiia, Al- 1"1'1Y Plains. Vernon River. Avon- iisle rind Hermitage. Phone Gordon ham-Q.

"Coliectinl Hogs for Canada Packers ma. every man. Sour-ls. R1111» Bay. Fottimo Bridge. Bay gflrggiizre. Qtnnatrgdsle.

W11. r cons. George D111oweii. I ~

"Rent Contact the residence of Bots in hence. "1"" wt be emu-s c. gffllwt "rotor. by tits m or

M Bot Extermination. Livestock "Elwin: Board.

w"’1‘hc uac o! "nsdlsccd Iron” on "P" DUI when fcw id h" films-d may ‘a fin i3. "1111 no litter’ story into su a our. Try it. Livestock m t. 111s Board. . l

"A Removal Oldes- is not r0- ‘gllftdvhen Wudscidetoridymr poms. Cattle. sheep. swine.‘ and

‘"1111? of lice or other vullilfi- Ilfl 11 "kw"

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Collapses At I Curlers’ Dinner

r QUEBEC. Jan. ze-to P)_ Hon. J.S. Bourque, qualms Mm. isior o! Lands and Forests, col- lwseii shortly before he was to have addreaserl ' g1; g luncheon beid in connection with the 84th annual yfiltvlncg 0f Quebec inte- atiunal Curi- ing Bonspiel.

Mr. Bouruue was seated near the speakers table and sud- 11ml: slumped over in his chair '

He was removed to hospital is an ambulance. ills condition or what canned his sudden coi- iapse was not immediately known.

Suspect Foul Play In Miner’: ileath

NEW GLASGOW. N. 8.. Jan. 22 —-(CP)—-Btewart Oxenhsm, 45- year-c-ld miner of nearby Wes?- viiie, died here tonight ahurily aftu‘ being found lying bleeding on the sidewalk end police said he gave no clue as to what had hap- pened.

They said he was not the victim of a. hit-and-run driver and they suspected foul play. Coroner D F. MacLeiian has set the tlmé of the inquest as tomorrow afternoon. Fraser MaePherson found Ox- enham‘: bs-ttered body, iiftcil it to a nearby house but Lite injured 1min died before a. doctor arfived. Police described 0xenham‘s iii- Juries as "severe battering around the head."

Tecumseh Park 200 Mllcs From Bermuda‘

HAMILTON. Bermuda, Jan, 22-- (CP)—A wireless message received tonight from the damaged Canad- ian freighter Tecumseh Park said she was 200 miles northeast cf Bermuda and in tow oi the Mcaopeiia from the Ur-ited Sta es naval operating base here.

Tonight the Tecumseh Park rc- ported she had to be taken in tow by the Moeopeiis because her fuel

g roughly 50.000 boys instead of be,»

Tells Story

Premier Hopeful But Keeps Fingers firossed

The new Ottawa fcnriula for settlement of Dominion-Provincial financial differences "gives an es- ceptlonally wide choice and‘ ' ' allow-satisfactory settlement for anybody of goodwill," stated Pre- mier J. Water Jon-z; yesterday in commenting on the tax agreement situation generally. ' The Premier was hopeful that all the Provinces would eventually accept the new Proposals. He be- ii-éved it would be to their advant- age to do so.

In the meantime. and until Par- liament s-nd the Provincial Legis- lature ratifies the terms offered this Province. and the new agree- 111911! 18 §13I1ed on the basis c1 two million dollars minimum annually Tplus other items, the situation here is precarious. The wartime tax sg- reement between Prince Edward Blond and the Dominion expired Dec. 3i isst. Financing i5 being clone nc-w under tin interim arrange- meiii, conditional upcn tho new ag- reement being put through.

"What happens if it doesn't go through?" the Premier was ask/id.

“That's the sixty-four dollar question," he replied.

Plan 50 Par Sent Gut In Army's lladct Corps

OTTAWA, Jan. 212—A 50 per cent reduction in the size of the Canadian Army's Cadet Corps was said reliably today to be among ihe proposed economy and co- ordination moves planned by the Defence Department.

The strength of the szliool bodies is expected to be set at

tween 100,000 and 130.000. Reliable sources said the Jun- ior Cadet Corps would probably be eliminated and that the age qualifications of the Senior Corps would be raised to coscen run-Q cn

I“ low. She was maIQ five hills towards Hamilton

XADI$IL Yorll» Eng. Jan. I

president of the Board or ‘rrade, tonight predicted for Britain "a very tough economic struggle. particularly in exports. for two or three ycara at least." Speaking at a production con- ference hers. Sir Staflord follow- ed up the Government's recent warning in a white paper earlier this week that the United Kin!-

e crs they were heading "st g t for disasterf‘ if they thought they could work less-and

m! Ibliciult to warrant such a

tread." _ stoma increased production is

aeoslary. not, for some vs o conundr- numI-s-ibtvi for the -

to. practical. Dis-serial pur- pose of getting a better standhd plaids and to prevent inflation.

paint plan for ma: he called

Cripps Sees Tough A Struggle For Britain

(Rcutas-sl-Bir Stafford Cripps.

dent's economic position is “very . fir llr ltalord tcld workers and

earn snore when production was

staid submitted a tour-v

l-he age group between 1a and ll.

“the rehabilitation of industry": i. Labor has to be given, and to take its rightful place in the partnership of man- agement and labor.

2. ‘mere must be complete flexibility of outlook on both sides. Techniques and tradit- ions rooted in the fear of the old trade cycle must go.

3. Plant. 100m. and deploy- ment of labor must be moti- ernised.

4. The Job must be nude attractive by using devices which may be novel and un- usuai-industry must use all the part-time labor it can. Bit- Btaflord called on women

to return to industry. no lritainb manpower could enlyba

The one one way to attract-and to keep

1mm this Asuble-barrelcd "shotgun,

0P Mercy

Trip In Rough "Sea

(By The Canadian Perla) . YARiMOUTTI. N. 5., Jam n_ The story of how a little coastal packet left a storm shelter and crossed angry seas to save a man's life on rock-bound Grand Manon Island in the Bay of Fun- dy was told here today by Capt. Fred Durant, a naval veteran. And Theodore O'Neill of Grand 381101‘. N- 3.. whose right leg was almost severed at the thigh by the premtaure exploring-ti. s tonight out of danger in a St. Stephen, N. 13., hospital.

O’Neili's gun discharged when he was on s. hunting expedition on one of the small islands near Grand Marian. He was moved to Grand Manan with great difficul- ty and gb/en emergency treat- ment but the services of a surg- eon were needed if his life were to be saved.

The packet. Standard Coaster. a former naval auxiliary. was beat- ing through heavy seas from Saint John to Yarmcuiih. Capt. Durant decided to seek the shei- ter cf North Head. Grand Marian and wait until morning. The storm was bad enough and sub- zero temperatures covered the sen with an impenetrable vapor. But. the Coaster had no sooner tied up in her haven when Capt. Durant was asked to nsake Jhe hazardous run across ‘to Eastport. Me., to pick up a surgeon. "I looked st the crew and I could tell by their faces that they were all for it, so we went." the vet- eran skipper explained.

The Coaster made the return voyage under six hours and O'- Neiil'a life was saved. During the trip. flying, freezing spray soaked the men on watch and several suffered frost-bite.

O'Neill was later moved to the

5t. Stephen.

Ontario Wolsss is Israeli Tc lleatli

STRANDED. Ont. Jan. 22 - (OP) - Miss Agnes Wrltt, '16 was

‘burned to death last night and her

sister. Miss Techs Writt. '14. was critically inlured when fire broke out in their borne on Huron Street. A brother. Thomas Wrltt. If, who was sleeping in another section of the house. smelled smoke and cali- ed Miss Tasha. the two-being un- successful in sttempfa to extricate stiles Asnu Writt from na- blazing

quarried women was proper

day nor-em scceuineda ns. lrltatn- was 110.00 persons

lhort cf labor registrants. »

mainland to go into hospital at"

For New Prince County Hospital

awe-

The general design of the new

Peirce County Hospital has been approved by the board of trustees of tihc hospital and after a few 11111101‘ chances have been made the final drafting will be done in the office of the architect, Mr. Leslie Faint. FR.A.I.C.. of Halifax and Wolfvilie and when that is com- Dietcd. in» s. couple of men-tilts, ten- ders will be called for. The building will be of brick con- struction with stone trimming and will corwist of five storeys and a basement. The exterior is of a very pleasing design and when complet- ed. on the high ground of Summer Street North it will be a building of which the people of the town and country generally can well be proud. Incorporating in its design all the i_a_ t idess'oi hospital architecture an -wi a capacity of over one nimrre beds this modern building should take care of the hospital needs of "the ares for many years to come. The nurses quarters for the present will be on the fourth floor and when at a later date, s. nurses’ home is constructed this floor will be available for hospital use. The main building is 210 feet in length and 44 fest wide. There are three wings which will extend nortlirlvard from the main building which are 45 feet, 111 feet and 60 feet in length respectively.

In the ground floor there will be a public health clinic which will be used by the Provincial Department of Public Health. The x-iuy d:- partsnent will be on the srfllmd iloor and the following other

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N. B. Reportedly Gets $2,000,000 More

FREUERICTDN, N.B., Jun. 22 —- (C-"t - Premier J.B. McNair, KC... refused today to comment 0n s Toronto Canadian press despstch he had secured an additional s‘..- 000000 for New Brunswick in his recent conference with Finance Minister Abbott at Ottawa, rela- iive to the Dominion-Provincial tax agreement.

According to the despaich the Province, under s new plan worked out. would get from the Federal treasury roughly $9,500,000 an- nually instead of the previously an- nounced $7,500,000. Premier Mc- Nair said he vras presenting the de- toils of the new plan to the mem- bers of his cabinet at a meeting hare this afternoon.

FREDER-ICTON. Jan. 22—Pre— mler McNair said tonight he had no statement to make st present, following his presentation today.

to the Provincial Cabinet, of a

new Dominion offer for a tax- ation agreement with New Bruns- wick.

Towns Painted

KENTVILLE, NS. Jan. 22 _ (CP)—The newly-formed Maritime Aviation Association tonight asked Maritime towns to display names on. the rooftop o.’ the largmt 1711111111112 and paint a big arrow P01011118 to the direction of tihe nearest landing strip. giving its distance in lairge nmneqals,

ion of all secondary air fields and landing strips.

The i\i.A.A. decided to send s letter to Defence Minister Clsxtotn asking that an estimated 1,000

be fumed over to the Association membership for trsiring.

The Association also asked for financial aid from the Federal Gcvemment for municipalities planning to build ail: strips. '

Paul Sharpe. Charlottetown. said that newspaper advertising was ih best meam of advertising air activity,

Before adjourning the meeting to Charlottetown in Marcli, the a» eocistion decided to cooperate in

tany search needed for s. lost mem- .r_

Wlfc 0f Trawler Skipper Wins Pool

HULL, England, Jan. 22 --(CP) “Jim Sir-coder. a trawler skipper, was fishing somewhere Iii the North Sea last night unaware he need nev-sr cast his nets again - for his wife Dorothy has won £26.20‘! ($94,- 828) in a football pool.

Not expected home before the end of January, the skipper may not learn of his wife's good fortune 1'01‘ two weeks. It is uncertain whether he can" be reached by wireless. The Jack1>01w111ilh8st ever won by a woman. is being paid for a six-penny line on a pool for last Saturday's games.

The sheaders have three child- ren.

Woman Bandit ls Ar sated

DES MOINES, 1a., Jan. 22 — (AP)—A black-haired woman ban- dit who used what she claimed was an explosive-laden syringe in a $2,,- 000-53000 holdup of the Des Mcines Bank and Trust Company was captured about 50 minutes later.

Police Chief Jack Brophy said the woman admitted the crime and also confessed to a recent bank robbery in. st. Louis, Mo. An at- tractive brunette wearing a gray fur ccat. she was identified as Mrs. Opal Dixon.

Anni-her police officer said St. Louis robbery was 5158911 Dec. 1.6 and netted $502 in 100i-

Brophy quoted the woman as say- ing she was "tired of livinS 011 nothing."

the last

Report Increase In lllcgltlmstelllths

SYDNEY. N. 5., Jan. 22-—(CPl—' An "alarming" incrcnsc 1n 111" number ni illegitimate births in Nova Si-oiin W115 reported toiiii)’ 11y Arthur Hill, Salvation Army pub- iit: relations officer for Nomi Scotia.

Mr. iii-ii told the Cape Breton Municipal Joint Expenditure Board the number of illegitimate birth last year was 1,057 which he sold was a 30 pct‘ cent increase over 1045.

WINDSOR. Ont. Jan. 22 —(CP) -Conference.s with Dominion 811d Ontario Gov meat authorities concerning Windsor’; serious un- employment situation were sought today by Mayor Arthur J. Reaume who last night told City Oouncli he believed conditions would be "worse before they get better."

g some 0.001 persons arc 1011168! here.

The Mayor said tentative arrange- ments were made by telephone with Health Minister Martin. member of Parliament for Essex East (Wind- sor) fcr s scrlea o! meeting; W111} Dominion cabinet ministers in 0t- mva Jan. Ii.

Mr. Martin had said unemploy- ment relief and public works were not within the scope cl the Health Department. but ha would sffilile meetings between Mo!!!’ Recline and Reconstruction Minister Howe

and Veterans Minister lhc Emillflymmt officials termed

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thetr '

The)’ also asked for dkstribulion‘ otnew air maps showing the locat-,

Maritime R.C.i\.F. reserve trainees‘

Want Names 0f Will Visit ciiyiovii

on January 27th.

Major E. D. Fulton, M. P.

Progressive Conscrvativ Member of Parliament for Kaml ops. BC, IPresident of the Young Progres- sive Conservatives oi Canada. who will visit Charlottetown on Janu- iary 2'1 to confer with Island Pro- gressive Conservative leaders on the problems of the organization. He wili arrive by sir from Moncton at 6 p m. and will leave for Hali- fax the following day where ne will be the speaker at the first annual convention of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Nova Scotia. He is completing a coast to coast tour before returning to Ottawa for the new session of Parliment.

Major Fulton was elected tc the House of Commons at the general election cf 1945. Major Fulton is thirty years of age.

Graduating from the University of British Columbia, with a. Rhodes Scholarship. in 1968, Major Fulton spent three years at Oxford and, shortly before the outbreak cf W81‘. opened a legal practise in Kamlocps under the firm heme of Fulton and Morley.

Eefly In 1940, he enlisted with the Seaforth Highlanders, and a short time later promeded overseas. He served, for s, considerable time, in IisLy.

“Moose? Fulton famed ace of RCA-F. was timed in action.

the

Manning Reopens Taxation Talks

C-‘IUIAWA. Jan. 22 _ iCPl Premier Manning cf Alberta today re-opcued taxation agreement iie- gotiafioiis with the Federal Gov- ernment. but declined to make tiny immcdiaio common! on T‘i('.\' lio-

for the first time.

to tlic Premiers of Manitoba, Susi;- stchewaii, British Columbia, New

MT. liisiiiiiing during :1 two-hour meeting with Finance Minister Ab- ltolt. Mr. Abbott liad no statement i0 intake following the meeting. lie did not release the details Qt the new proposals, yet in be mfldc public, but it urns believed the announce- mctit might come tomorrow: '

It W215 learned fi'0m 0i110r sources that the announcement WOIXICI be delayed until mailed Olliliiifls qr the gii-oposnis reached Pronticr Drew of Oiilatrio iind Premier [Jupiessls of Quebec, lhc only two Premiers who have not been given the details 0i the new bssls on which the I30- minion is rcady lo negotiate taxo- lion agreements.

Windsor Mayor Seeks Aid For Unemployed

Windsofs situation anions the worst in Canada. 0f persons jobless here 2.100 are veterans.

It was hoped s conference with Provincial suthcritieg could be "@111 Jon. 20 to discuss the extent to wvhich the Province might assist Windsor.

Mayor Resume said there were only two answers to the unemploy- metnt. One was provision of P\-11>11¢

was direct relief to empioyebie but ed solution.

RAI-TRKX. The number of

Jan. 22 - (GP)

the National Empioymeii Service

inlprovqnent in the sprint-

A brother. Wing Commander John I

ntiiiicii proposals outlined to himi

The proposals. flIYPfldy presented

Brunswick, Nova Scotis and Prince i Edward Island, were cxilaincd to‘

wm-gg to pmvlda work: the other

jobless men. the latter on unwant-

ernoioycd in liai- ifax has risen to 3.800. B K. Hib- 71g but, assistant regional manager 0f

He attributed the unemilbyment partly to a shortage of building materials and said he looked 101'

Strike fiction After Jan. 31 Looms Closer

(By John LoBlanc] _ OTTAWA, Jan. 22-—(CP) —The Federal Government flatly tiitl disputants in the Maritime coal wage battle today i-t would Iii-t finance further wage increase-s through subsidies, the Canadicvi Press learned tonight.

Labor Minister Mitchell, ‘it was learned gave this advice to a enn- ference of employees and employ- ers as it gathered here in an effort to work out a settlement of the wage dispute in advance of s Jan. 31 strike deadline.

No settlement of the issue a1:- pesred as the outcome of two ses- sions during the day, and sources

in touui with the negotiations tonight said the disputing parties —-the United Mine Workers of

America (C-CL.) and the Domin- ion Steel and Coal Corporation- were no closer than when the Government-mediated talks op-n- ed this morning.

The union was still holding out: for a basic wage increase of $2.50 a day, while the company had offered a maximum Sl-a-day raise contingent on incrcascd per-man production.

(Continued on Page 5 Col?!)

Wlll Rplace Goal Engines Wltlesels,

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. Zl-(AP) —The Pennsylvania Railroad, (iv- eisring that it “is keeping fully abreast of every modern develop- ment in all forms of motive poi"- er,” announced today a, $30,400,030 program to replace its through- service fleet of coal-burning steam-powered engines with diesel electric locomotives.

Just funk!

its ONLY {more

llunoneo AND Sill?- l PNE Days unfit. Cllmsfmssf

DOMINION METEOROLOGICAL OI-TICE. Jan. 22—tCPl—Miu'imum temperature;