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MERRY CHRISTMAS! NO OTHER WISH CAN EXPRESS QUITE THE WARMTH THAT THIS ANCIENT SALUTATION CONTAINS. I'I' IS A PLEASURE TO EXTEND THIS ' GREETING TO MY MANY FRIENDS AND CLIENTS WITH THE WISH THAT THE COMING YEAR BE ONE OF HAPPINESS AND HEALTH

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COMPANY or casinos

Heavy Shippers 0i Live Poultry

poultry have been made this seas- on irom Prince Edward Island, the aLl-tzille record is believed to have Ijqeell made last ycar when Messrs. ltoidraiv and William Wheatley {orlvlrdtd 6,200 live birds in one .»l neiit to Newfoundland. 'I‘l".is yo Messrs. Woodrow Wheatley 511:1 Urban McQuaid shipped 3,500 live birds in one huge tractor if" _ .. to the United States about two months ago.

In all. the Wheailey-McQuaid combination shipped twenty-two loads of live poultry to the United g- > this yeanincluding 18 tric- lcr loads and four truck load The truck shlpmciits iri- tludcd almost 3.000 turkeys for

gjll- U. S. Thanksgiving market. l-‘owl.

chicken and capoii-s made c other truckload.

- ging the trailer loads at 161x10 lbs they carried a total of 288.000 lbs. and tile four tiuck-

Io s, added a total of around 32.- cco lbs. for a grand total of 320,- 000 lbs. Putting the birds at a cx-pound average it. would mean sonieflfing more than 53.000 in all. '11.‘. outstanding record reflects credit both on the quality of the island shipments and the enter- przse of Messrs Wheatley and Mc- Qiisid, who have done much to develop this profitable form of marketing Island products.

Child Flown To Halifax Hospital

HALIFAX. Dec. 21 — '01’) — Eighteen - months - old Willard Drudge lay critically ill with pneumonia in hospital tonlglit

\\"‘,JIP \'.\\'.C.A.. officials sought to tllll his distraught mzther — be- rnidercd hy her first trip invay from lln isolated hcmlo in fir: Qlehec hinterland.

.\i Florence Drudge, wife of a n and son ai-rivcd , cirlicr abcard an RC.A.F‘.. (Tali-o zliiiplliilian from their hcmc l1 Old I-‘ort Bay, Que, a tiny iirllzli: settlement on the Straits of Bcllc Isle. The aircraft lcft Grown-cod, NS, wlsterday to b? a mentally ill patient to N“) a1 but the woman tiled last n1. t. The crew, howcivr, took ibttirtl .\Irs. Drudge and hsr son itported ill with measles for 22 ls.

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The lt-cmlln -_ mother of nine ollit- tIllICIFCII — visited her son toillghi. Later, Y.\V.C..A..

liics said she was confused irrwvlldercd. She had not

and cairn .~Ince "this morning." III.

dial officials said her child vc:'_v s‘ck boy" hilt not on iivt tlullgfl‘ list.

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BIRTHS, MIIIIRIIIGES.‘ IIEIITIIS

, 50c Par insertion ifwi> _ BIRTHS IIIllcLEOII-At the King's County Memorial l-Iospitai, Montague, on P” 11- 1948. to Mr. and Mrl. U016 MlicLeod, Bridgetown, (nee Imhllvn MacEachern), a son, 5% .bs.. iViiliam Lloyd. ‘TIMER-At the King's County Memorial Hospital on December “"1- 1948. to Mr. lino Mrs. cilal-ies "Bier (nee Melva Lund) a daugh- sr Elizabeth Velda, 8 lbs. 5 ozs. IEGRIST—AI'. LOIIdOXI, ,OIII.. Dec- Ember 21st, 1928. to w. and Mrs. “:1 Siegrist (nee Vimy Jones) a

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Dlvnsronn - CUTCLIFFE - at Doasant valley United Church on "Member 18th, 194a, by Rev. w. B. lacPhail, Beverly Edith Cutcliffe ° Fredericton to William Elton unsford of Hampton.

DEATHS cLow—M Murray Harbor North.

{I90 9. 1048. Mrs. Benjamin Clow I‘ II" 79th year.

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UNDEBTAKBI IIMPALMIII Charlottetown and North Wlltlhin Phone I40

Mail IIIlIliiilti Continues To Break Records

The record- breaking volume of mail which has been entering and leaving the Charlottetown Post Office for the past several days 1S still continuing and signs of weari- ness are beginning to become manl- fest among themailclcrks, officials said last night.

Yesterday the autcrilatio stamp- ing machine put throtlgh 83,000 letters which is an nil-time high. Officials said that more parcels had come to the local Post Office from the United States within the last few days than had entered during ally other Christmas season

They said the staff were “work- ing around the clock" and were looking forward to the sharp drop in incoming and outgoing mail which is sure to come within the next two days.

Christmas Trade Equals 0r Batters Last Year’s Mark

Charlottetown business places have been tiirongcd with eager customers for the past week and

several City stores reported yester- day that Christmas sales will equal and, in some instances, exceed those of’ last year.

One merchant said he attributed the fact that his sales were some- what greater than those of last Christmas season to his wider stock range Last season, he said, therc ivas not the diversity of goods on the shelves as at present and many people had, for that reason, not purchased to the limit they had budgeted for.

This season. it is dlffrcent. There is a. much wider range from which to choose and many of the new goods are superior both in quality and alapcarance to those with which customers had to content themselves dtiring and immediately after the war years.

Italian Film ls Picked As Best 0f Year

NEW YORK, Dec 2i -—(AP) - The Italian film, "Paisan," was selected today by the National Board of Review as the best pict- tire of 1948

"Day of Wrath," it Danish pict- urc,‘ was selected as the yearls sec- ond best picture

Olivia de liavlland and Toronto- born Walter Huston were named best actress and actor for perform- ances in "The Snlllcc Pit" and "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," respectively

The board was described by its director, Richard Griffiths, as an organization of citizens which re- views all films in advance of their American rclcaso

Others of the Board's follow:

3. “The Seas-cm" t. "Treasur! of tlle Sierra Madrez" 5. "The Inab- iana Story?’ S. "Hamlet? ‘I. "The Snake Pit;” 8. "Johnny Belinda?’ 9. "Joan of Arc," i0. "Red Shoes."

Ilistross Call From Ship Proves Hoax

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 2i -~ (AP) -- The Coast Guard today said a nysterious distress call reporting a vessel sinking near Cape Sen Antonio. Cuba, was a "hoax."

The distress call reported Sunday, identified the vessel as the Honduran freighter Sim Luis and said thg crew was taking to life- boats. A check later revealed the San Luis was ln a Jacksonville shipyard.

Diphtheria Epidemic In Newfoundland Town

SI‘. JOHNS, Nfld., Dec. 2i — (OP) — A doctor and nurse cor- rying anti-toxin were rushed to Carmanvllle today latter an epi- demic of diphtheria was reporttd at the town of 1,000 some 20 miles north of the big airport at Gan- der.

Nine cases of the disease HM three deaths were recorded in the first reports reaching here. Carm- nnvllle is on the shore of Sir

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um column in renewed for nlnl of local interest, but advertising o! e newly nature may be inserted at five cents n word, ehlotly pa; able in advance.

JHREE FLIGHT WEEKLY w Sydney, Nova Scotia. Phone Mari- time Central Airways Limited, 2061 or 540.

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS and Decorations in the latest styles at MacDonald Radio service, 160 Kent Street.

THIS CHRISTMA give Gan- ong's Delecto Chocolates, the gift that is always appreciated.

THE ROYAL BANK is distrib- uting to its depositors the usual large-figured stiff cardboard cal- endar characteristic of the insti- tutlon.

RECEIVES TELEGRAM — Mr. Malcolm Buchanan, Bradulbane, re- ccived u telegram on Tuesday con- veying the sod news of the death of his brcther-in-iaw, William J. Boates, at the Norwood Massachu- setts Hospital on Dec. 21st.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS — All City and most of the’ rural public schools will close to-morrow for the Christ- mas holiday season and will re- open on Jan. 3. Prince of Wales College closes today at noon and will resume classes on Jan. 4. St. Diinstans College closed yesterday and will re-opcn Jon. 10.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The funeral of \Vesley Crasweil was held from his late residence on Tuesday, Dec. 21st, and was largely zlttciitlcri. The services were con- ducted by Rcv, IVII‘. Pierce-y and Rev. Mr. Barbour. Tile pail bearers ivere Messrs. Victor Buniain, Cyril Toombs, Paige Munn, Charles Cras- -wcll, Gcrnld Stevenson and James Gallant. Burial was in St. Mark's CUIIIOICFy, Rtistlco.

COLLEGE TIMES — The Christ- maslssue of The College ‘Times, published by Prince of Wales Col- lege students under the capable editorship of Mr. Mark McGuigan, Charlottetown, has made its ap- pearance and will be read with in- terest both by students and the public generally. The reading mat- ter in the issue is excellently ar- "mged. and covers sports and soc- ial and scholastic events as well as othcr matters of student inter- est. Among the features is a “Broken Hearts Corner", in which "Miss Mendorcnd" ably substitute; for Dorothy Dix.

‘CITY POLICE COURT-At the StipcndiaryMagistrates Court ygg- ferdfll‘. a man charged with being drunk and disorderly was sent. enced to 10 days in jail, while a second mar. appearing on the some charge was fined $10 and costs or 20 days. Two drunk and incap- ables also appeared. one being fin- ed $10 and costs or 20 days and the other $5 and costs 0r iocays. These ivere the only cases to ap- pear before Magistrate K. M. Mar- Illl yesterday.

Personals Miss Avis Higgins of the staff of tho US. Base Hospital, Goose Boy. Labrador,‘ and Miss Filcen lliggills of the Dominlcn Blnk Ilnniiltcn, Ont, are spending the Chrisinins holidays with their pal-- cilts, Mr. and lvirr. W1... Higgins. '6 Kent Street, City.

The many friends of Mr. Wal- lace L. Higgflls of the firm cf RE. Mutrh & Cn. Lid, who under- went a. serious operation in the PEI. Hospital several weeks ago,‘

will be pleased to learn that he has silfficcntly recovered to re- turn to his home.

Prince Street School Christmas Closing

'I‘tvo closing exercises will be hr-ld. (‘lriides I to V at 2 o'clock Wcdnostltrv, and Grades VI to X at 9:30 'I‘liursdny morning.

Those cxcrciscs will be open to purcnis uiirl friends who are in- vited tn join in the festlvlticsl

Miss iilacKcnzie will direct the musical part of the programme.

JUNIOR PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY, ‘Z RM. 1. A Cliristlniis Carol (Lo0mis)— Grades I to V. 2. Grade V Dialogue, Views The 'i‘tl;'s". 3. Song, “The Blrdl" (C1081): Grades II to V . 4. “In The Manger": Mrs. Wil- let's Grade I.

“Santa

5. French Canadian S o n g, “whence O Shepherd Maiden": Grade V.

6. "Santa's Workshop": Miss Fra- ser's and Miss Pounds Grade I.

T. Song: "How Far Is It To Beth- lt-hem"—-Gratlcs I to IV.

8. Dialogue: "Signs of Christ- rnas"-Grade II.

9. Folk Song: “A Christmas Car- ol"-—Grndes II to V.

10. "The Santa Claus Brigade"- Grntic III.

11. "Just Be Merry"—Mr|. Mac- Innis, Grade IV.

12. "Rocklng“ Grades I to V.

13. "Molly's Christmas Tree" — Miss MncDougalPa Grade IV.

14. Chime Music (Old French Carob-Grades II to V.

15. The King.

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Jei-sey Cow. Ages 3 to I years.

Breakdown Of National Income Figures Given

OTTAWA, Dec. 21—(CP)— Ap- proximately 54 per cent of business revenue in 1947 came from sales of $8,5I6,000,000 of consumer goods and services for personal use. the Bur- eau of Statistics reported today.

The remainder consisted of four per cent from sales of $585,000,000 to the government, 18 per cent from sales of $2,B84,000,000 oi.‘ capital goods such as plant, equipment, in- ventories and housing and 23 per cent from stiles of $.'i,554,000,000 to non-residents. Non-residents includ- ed export trade.

At the same time, salaries and wages of $5,362,000,000 paid by busi- ness accounted for 34 per cent of total business cxpcilditure, which also included 52354000000, or 15 per ccnt, going out as net income of agriculture and other unincorpor- ated business. Investment income. depreciation and other costs and purchases from non-residents (im- ports) took up tha remainder.

The Bilreati reported these fig- ures on the basis of a new system of balancing national income and expenditure accounts. The system divides the economy into fotir sep- arate SE‘CtOI‘S~I.)Li5If1€SS, personal. government and non-residents-and matches each item of revenue against each item oi’ expenditure.

The new method shows that 83 per cent of personal inc0me-—$8,516,- 000,000—-\vas spent in 1947 on pur- chases of goods and services from Canadian business. About tivn per cent was spoilt. abroad directly by individuals, eight was absorbed by personal direct taxes and six per cent was saved. _ ‘

The system shows the changing pattern of saving and investment from 1938 to 1947.

In 1938 personal saving amount- ed to $178.000,000, undistributed profits to $131,000,00 and deprecia- tion allowanccs to $560,000,000. This saving was absorbed for the most part by investment in plant, equip- ment, inventories and housing. Tile balance was taken up by investment abroad and the government deficit of $166,000,000.

In 1944, personal saving reached u peak of $1,738,000,000 vvhiie busi- ness savinp: stood at $315,000,000 a n d (It-{irecilition allowances amounted to $863,000,000. The huge government deficit of $2,591,000,000 which resulted from heavy war ex- penditures, absorbed the greater part of the savings. Most of the balalll-o was IJII\Y'I’I up by the rela- tively small amount of investment in plant. equipment, inventories and housing,

In 1947 the situation was vastly different. Personal saving dropped to $605,000,000 while business saving rose to 3665000000 and deprecia- tion aliowanccs to $023,000,000. In the same _vc:ir gross home invest- ment reached a record high of $2,- 884,000_,00O, greatly in excess of to- tal private saving. However. large saving also took place ili the gov- ernment sector as indicated by the record irnvernnicnt stirplus of thc your 1947.

Joseph Stalin 69 Yesterday

By Glenn ivillialma

LONDON, Dec. Lil —(AP) _ Prllrne Minister Joseph Vissariono- Vl(‘-Il Stalin of the Soviet Union, 69 today, has reached an age when he must think of passing on his man- tie

There are some indications Stal- in already has chosen Foreign Minister Vyachcslilv M. Molotov.

Second in line appears to be Lavrenty Pavlovioh Beria, 49, head of the dreaded secret police. Like Stalin, Beria comes from Georgia... He rose to prominence during the 1930 purges. btit has stopped the practice of arresting everybody who is gosslped about

Their ilrescnt pcsitions were clearly shown in the thousands of pictures of the powerful Politburo which were splashed over the Sov- iet Union sLx \\'9cks ago during the celebration of the Russian revolut- ioil..

Stalin was in the centre. Molo- tov was on his right, Berta on ills left-tokens accepted by Russians as the one-two positions behind Stalin.

Andrei A Zhdanov, who some- times was given the ntimbcr cnc spot ahead of Moloov, died this

year.

Up to now, Stalin has shown no signs of laying aside the twill jobs from which lie lcads the Commun- ist worid: Chniiniait of t-‘ii: ljoiiii- cil of itilnistcrs and secretary-gen- eral of the Cen'rrll Committee of the Communist Party.

Since the end of the war he has passed the Ministry of Defence to Nikolai Bulgitnln. He a‘so has shove-d his ICIICWPT° rue-r: int-l I‘lf limelight, giving M lotov, Zhdanov and Bulganin the front spots in national celebrations

Stories persist that ht- is ill. So far as can be determined however, his health is not seriously poor Since the war he has taken an an- nual winter vacation at Sochi, on the Black Sea coast-a wanm, sunny spot like Florida

lied litidfiliiturns From American Tour

LONDON, Dec. fll-(CW-Very Rev. I-Ielvlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, arriving home from a North American tour, said tonight that "the American people are much more alarmed at war than we are".

At London ‘Airport, Dr. John- son, often called the "Red Dean" because of his enthusiasm forRus- sia, told reporters that scientists have told Americans that there are two coilntries. China and Rus- sia, w-ho are "invulnerable to at- omic attack".

JAMAICAN ASSAYER. Platinum was probably brought to Europe in 174i frmn Cartagenl.

Walter s. Weeks, Hunter nivei. 0010mm)», by a Jvmeiven ossaver-

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push to tho north bank o! the Yangtze, a formidable barrier and the last before this Capital. Nan- king lies on the south bank.

(The Communist radio hinted that it won't; be long before strong Red forces reach the Yangtze at a point about 30 miles east of Nan- king where the Grand Canal flows into the river. A broadcast an- nounced the capture of Kaoyu. 40 miles north of the Yangtze and 6b miles northeast of Nanking, last Thursday.)

'I‘ientsin appeared to be as tight- ly encircled as the other big North China city, Peipirig.

All communication to tho sea was cut wlun the Reds seized portions of the railway, including the town of Chunliangcheng. 13 miles east of Tierltsin.

The political front was quiet. Premier-designate Sun F0 has com- pieted his cabinet, but President Chiang Kai-Shel: still has not ep- proved it.

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stcnoizraphers classified as grades one, two, three and four; other sim- ilar categories, and principal clerks.

But the increase will not stop with these grades. Under consider- ation are pay boosts for other class- es of personnel, including techni- cians and professional groups. They, too, it is believed, will get an in- crease soon-but not outside the range of between $15 and $20 a month.

A cost-of-llving bonus for civil servants has been the subject of discussion for the last several months in civil service organiza- tions. Stata Secretary Gibson was originally approached by these or- ganizations. I-Ie laid the request be- fore cabinet.

Continuailyundcr consideration there for the last eight weeks, the bonus finally was placed before the treasury where it was pared to its present status.

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l-—-——-——i- toxicated and l0 convictions.

No convictions under the Pro- hibition Act were nlade during last January or March and only one in February. Three were made in April, 11 in June, and two in July. The latter represent cases which had been adjourned froln the prev- ious month, for the Prohibition Act ceased to function alter thc result of the plebiscite hold on June 28.

With the coining into effect of the Temperance Act, the fines for drinking or being drunk, in a puo- lic place became stiffer and four minimum fines of $20 each were imposed for those offenses during July. In August, 12 minimum fines of S20 eaoh were imposed and t-hrce of S200 each for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor.

In September, $320 were collected in fines for violations of the Tem- perrlnce ltct; $340 in October; $300 in November; and S280 to date in December.

All the prosecutions were con- ducted by tltfe R.C.l\f.P. and all the

fines for violations of the Ex- cise Act, the now-defunct Pro- hibition Act, and the present

Temperance Act, are exclusive of those imposed in the City Police Court.

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lan, who captured the Nora Sco- tia riding of DizbY-AHTIIPQIIS- Kings from the Liberals a week ago.

The Liberals will introduce Jus- tice Minister G-arscn. elected in Marquette yesterday, Leopold De- met-s, who won yesterday in Laval- Tlwo hlotininins, External Affairs Minister Pearson, victorious in Algcma East in an October con- test, niid WF. Boucher. who took Rnstrerii riding the some month

The (‘ominous standing:

Liberals 1'24; Progressive Crnser- vatives 6'1: CCF F2: S*c‘.:il Credit

13; others eight; vacant one; to- l.'lI 24c

The rlllllwllnl: vacancy ‘s in Nicolrt-Yz-lnnnlcn. No ill-diction

1mg yet been callrd for that rid- ing,

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into a resolution which Jessup will place before the security Council when it meets tomorrow morning to discuss the dispute.

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 21—-(AP)— The Netherlands army announced a. new landing on the northeast coast of Sumatra and the capture of several more towns in Java todn:

A spokesman emphatically denied the claims of Indonesian spokesmen in Paris and elsewhere that Repui.» licon forces had recaptured Jot;- jaklirta, the Republican capital in South Java. The Netherlands army was still broadcasting at 5:10 pm». tonight from the captured Republi can radio in Jogjakarta.

Tile Netherlands apparently wet-l- movlng ahead methodically tliaugll with not the some spectacular suc- cess that marked the first hours of their operation when they announ- ced the capture of the Reptibllcan Capital by parnchntists and air- borne forces. Secrecy marked their moves, however, and correspondents wqe permitted to send only what was announced in communiques. A

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Dutch announcement Saturday night said they were starting a new "police notion" to ire-establish "law and order."

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