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Flash ire Believed To Have Originated From Explosion In Stove

illmost szoo Stolen From city Home .

Almost 3200 was stolen from the home of Mr. Oliver Duncan. 12 Kensingwn Road some time Satur- nay night or Sunday morning. The fuss was discovered about eight o'- lock yesterday morning.

The thief cr thieves stole two purses, one containing 3196 and the other :3. Entrance and exit. .iPl'e made by the west cellar win- dew which was unfastened on the inside. City Police are investigating the theft.

Sharp Patrol Fights Continue in Korea

TOKYO. Jan. 22- (Monday) - (AP)- Tank and art.illery-sup- ported United Nations (M0453 drove into strategic Wonju Sun- day for the fourth time in five days and held ltd airstrip for three hours but Communist fire from hill-tops made it too hot to hold ovcrnilzht.

AP correspondent William C. Barnard reported that at. dusk troops slowly pulled out of -vifontlut in 10-below-zero weather to defence positions to the south.

While the stubborn grapple of reinforced Eighth Army patrols and Communist forces continued indecisivcly. aggressive R e ii I forced Allied troops to withdraw

from Ichon. 28 miles west 0! Wonlu. Allied patrols for three day!

had probed north of fchon. which is within 31 air miles southeast of Seoul.

It was in this general Irel- souih and cast of Seoul.- that powerful Chinese troop concen-

'irn(ions have been reported man-

ing for another expected sledge- iiammer blow at the U. N. de- tr-nees.

"They may be bulldlni! up in that area for the attack." one intelligence officer remarked. "anyway. they don't want us to act up there and sec what they are dolnir."

OIL RESERVES Western Canada oil reserves have been placed at a minimum of l,200,000.000 barrels.

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Gsrnhum Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"Garden Seeds! Sand for free catalogue. Arthur Vesey, York.

"Dance, at. Margaret's school. Tuesday, January 23rd.”

"Parkdale community concert. five nights, opening Feb.

"Dance in Darnlay Hall. Mon- gixyvaight. January 22nd. sponsored Y . I.

"Box social and Dance. Kelly's Cross Hall, 'A 4 v, ' , 24th.

"Free Movies in Wheatiey River Hall, Tuesday. January 23rd. Sale of candy.

"Dance at the moliaway tonight sponsored by the student Nurses Charlottetown Hospital.

”&iow. Moron Community Hall, every -Friday only. Show starts 3 o'clock.

"social at Leslie Payniers. Monday. January ma. R,1I1sxo.g games. cantata. Clinton

"D-no-. ac. sum transit mu. Scum. Wednesday night. Jenner! aria. Music. by George obsppella Ind his Merry glalandlrso ,

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A fire It. Moreil Saturday even- ing at 6 p. m. took the lives of a. mother and her oung son. Those deaci are Mrs. G orge Robbins, about 39 years old. and Haldane. 18 monitl-is.

It is understood a kitchen stove exploded. causing a flash fire which consumed the one-storey house in a matter of minutes.

Mrs. Robbins rushed outside. a flaming torch. Her brother. wil- fred Mclilwen. tried to extinguish the flames in her clothing but she was critically burned and died at 8.30 a. in. Sunday in hospital at Souris.

Two other children were in the house. 3 son, Allison and a daughter. Wendie. Both escaped. but Allison's hands were severely burned when he tried to get back in to rescue his baby brother

The body of the little boy was found several hours later. Dr. Malcolm Beck, coroner, ordered an inquest. The hearing was ad- journed until Feb. 8 at St. Peter's.

Neighbors gathered quickly at hhe scene of the fire and the Mor- ell Fire Department responded. but nothing could be done to save the house.

It was believed that Mrs. Rob- bins was in the kitchen with the three children when the explosion oorrurred.

Mr. Robibins. and two older sons. Garfield and Garnet. were not at home at the time.

Senator Wilson Tenders Resignation From Foundation

TORONTO. Jul. 21 - (CP) senator Catrina Wilson said sat- urday she had resigned from the board of the Canadian Foundation for Poliomyelitis because "I am not sure of the necessity of this fund in that field."

air Ellsworth Flavelle also said he had resign t for "lessons ed in health."

The Foundation was criticized re- cently by some medical men and other groups who said there was not enough informati available about its operation. They questioned the need for it. i

Asked whether die thought the 17bundotlon's present "March of Dimes" appeal should be support- ed, Senator Wilson said: "I think its administrative costs are too big ."

sir Ellsworth said: "I don't side with those who are violently oppos- ed to the campaign. Anyone who wants to raise money for is worth- while project. as this is. should not be discouraged. But . . .. speaking fruit the eaiperlence I have had in fund-raising. I (think it is on too big a scale."

FLOOD IN MONTREAL ---5

MioN'rR.lilAL, Jan. 21 -(OP) - A 30-inch watermain burst in east- end Montreal early Saturday flooding eight city blocks. snarling traffic and forcing residents to take refuge in a nearby police station in night attire. The water bubbled up to four feet between Demontigny and st. Catherine streets. Furniture and' household goods in g-round-floor and base- ment dwelllngs were floated in

Chief Engineer Of Highways Dept. Dies

A widely known Charlottetown man. Mr. Royal (Roy) Stuart Mac- Beath. former Chief Engineer of the Provincial Department of Pub- lic Works died yesterday after- noon in the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital following an illness of several months. He was 62 years of age.

Mr. Maclieath had been suffer- ing from leukemia, is blood con- dition. since early last summer. He was confined to his home in Nov- ember and entered the hospital shortly before Cb-ristmas.

A native of Marshfleld, Mr. MacBeat.h was well and favourably known in engineering and athletic circles and his many friends will learn of his passing with Iretfret.

He had been employed in the service of the Provincial Govern- ment since 19315, first as resident engineer and later as Kings County engineer. In 1942 he was appointed Chief Engineer: for the province.

Born on February 22, 1588, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander MacBeatb. He re- celved his primary and elementary education at Marshfleld after which he attended Prince of Wales College and MoGill University.

Following his studies at McGill. where he played a prominent role in athletics. Mr. Maclieath en- listed in the Army and prmeded overseas with the Canadian Nat- ional Rallway troops in 1915.

After the war he began his en- gineering career and was employ- ed for several years as resident engineer with the Montreal tram- ways. He later worked in Northern Ontario and Quebec on the con- structions of pulp and paper mills.

Before entering the service of the Provincial Government he was e d in business with his brother-in-law, M.r. Chester Pratt of St. Peter's Bay. '

An all-round athlete. Mr. Mac- Beath stood out in wrestling circles at MlcGili University when he won the heavyweight intercollegiate

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Among recent postings to the 3rd Battalion. Royal Canadian Regiment, formed a month ago. and now stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash, for training. are two sold- iers from Prince Edward Island.

Island Soldiers Stationed For Training In Washington

They are shown in the above Nat- ional Defence photos outside their new quarters. Left. Pie. B. Grady. 169 Belmont St.. Surmanerside. Right. P.e. R. A. Phillips. of O'- Leary.

Future Of

Russia Delivers New Noieson - A Arming Germans

MOSCOW. Jan. 2! - (AP) - The fact that Russia seems to con- sider German rearmamcnt the supremely critical issue in pre- sent-day international politics was stressed again today with the publication of new Soviet notes to Britain and France.

Huge Death Toll from Avalanches

GENEVA. Switzerland. Jan. 21-- (AP) -The death toll from re- peated avialanches crashing down Alpine slopes in three countries for the last two days rose tonight to at least 108.

Switzerland counted 54 dead. Austria 41 and Italy 13. Authorit- ies were unable to give any ac- curate count of the missing and

injured. The unprecedented series of monstrous snow slides brought

tragedy to dozens of quiet Alpine valleys where whole villages were smashed or buried. A small hotel at Obcralpsee in Central Switzer- land disappeared under an aval- anche and it was not known how many were inside.

Damage to dwellings, hotels. communications lines. railroad. highways. and industrial insta-

latlons remained uneatimated, but the destruction was widespread. Hundreds of heads of cattle have been lost.

More communities were threat- ened today as continued heavy

the rushing waters which flowed too quickly to freeze.

VICTORIA. 3.0.. Jan. 21 - (CP) - Two fierce hurricanes burst from the iklgid North Pacific in rapid succession Saturday and bat- tered the British ooklnbia coast for hundreds of miles.

Roarllu winds that hit M0 miles at hour slashed away for 11 hours and left a trail of damage and deu- tnactiondsom a. land! ml”!!! Vllr lagewonrileanortl-iofbsre..iir the Queen Charlotte Islands -- to the southern tip of Vancouver II- land.

Dumgo was estimated in mou- sands of dollars. . .

The winds whipped up '10 and ll-foot waves and shove all ships to the mug sheila of nearby har- bcrs. one veteran sailor. Waller nremnar. I0. VII N099 OVOHIOINI on the go main post near here. His body was not found.

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Pacific Coast Battered . By Fierce Hurricanes

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snowfall piled up perilously on mountain slopes.

Last Monday a similar hurricane left this British Columbia capital 3. groggy ehambla. some so persons were injured. Communications were miashed and hundreds of homes were damaged.

The coast was first bit only set- ufiday. The storm out through sparsely-settled islands in the Queen ohai-lotus and was still hittl as miss an hot: by the time 9. reached Victoria. Extensive

damage was reputed.

At its height it rose to 140 miles an hour atoope at. James. an In- dian ant.

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lfiymwtgfga tend?! D.f.. field. the on man ere, rqrortad a plank walk near the lighthouse was 'to pieces. although it was nailed down with eight-lnoh qrlkes." lnolu were torn from not tops and windows were . smashed. added: "me pressure on my ear- drums in the thin house was like being in an aircraft in a power-

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-of marketable potatoes a lot smaller

These notes repeated the Rus- sian contention-voiced in notes of Dec. 15--that rearmament of Western Germany is -part of a plan for aggression against the Soviet Union and her Eastern European allies. They also repeat- ed the charge that "the rebirth of German militarism” consti- tutes a violation of French and British lrcalles of alliance with Russia. Russia did not denounce the treaties. however.

The new nolcs brushed aside the arguments advanced by Bri- tain and France in their replies of Jan. 5 and compared the At- lantic Pact to the anti-comlntern pact of "Hiilerlie Germany. Fas- csit Italy and militarlst JHPM-" Rearmed West Germans would be included in the armed fbrces of the Atlantic defence treaty coun- tries.

Big News For Potato Growers

MONCION. N.B.. Jan. l0 "Tire big news for Maritime pota- to growers this week is that dump- ing of potatoes by the LLB. Gov- emmant at one cent per loo lba. will be halted". states J.E. Moln- tyre. C. NP. agricultural agent and secretary treasurer of the Marl- time Fertilizer Council.

"At last, somebody has awakened to the fact that besides their bak- ing qualities potatoes have sound and vi-actlcal comrnarctal uses, such as starch. flour. alcohol. etc.

l'rhls announcement should have considerable affect not only in stim- uiatlng prices on present stocks in the 11.8.. but in Canada as well. It will also tend to prevart over- redugtlon in acreage planned for 131. Present report from Maritime farmers show the la:-gut percent- age of storage loss in years. and tvliis. along with larger amounts fed to livestock. would leave the stocks

than statistics indicate. "Thosewhointandtostaylntihe potato business". say; 3;. Ilolntyre. "are already gatti their mixed fertiliser supplies. atlliavatiable at last year's prices. Dansnd in the 'U.B. this year is mob that prices have recently gone in again in both chnzmicag and orwanic nitingcn hiat- e . uperphoqrhate rmr now on will also cost more. and all not- adr knporta are already sold out."

THIATIICAL PIODUCIB Dlll

NEW YORK. Jan. 21 -(AP) - Dwlglit Deere Wknan. 55, one of Broadway's most famous theatri- cal produeers. died Saturday in Columbia Memorial Hospital in " J N. Y. He had beemlll for

U. S. Declares Own Needs Will Dictate

Formosa

By Stanley Johnson

.hAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Jan. 21 -(AP)-The United States, in a fan:-reaching statement of policy, said today that the national sec- urity needs of the United States would dictate the future of Form- ma.

Moreover. said Ambassador

TON DESTROYED

Building Burned Sunday tjorning

will Cost At Least 550.000 To Replace. Parish Priest Esti- mates.

Fire, yesterday morning. com- pletely destroyed the '16-year-old Roman Catholic Church of Well- ington parish. which was located on the main highway about two miles east of Richmond Vlllay.. only the sacred vessels and a few of the vestments were saved from the. wooden building which burned very quickly.

The blaze was discovered about eight. o'clock by Mr. Clifford Cameron who was tending thel furnace fire which had been lit' earlier for the ten o'clock mass. He immediately called the pastor, the Rev. Leonard MacDonald. who endeavored to quench the fire with an extinguisher, and it looked for a moment as if he might be 'ul 1 but the fire had spread to the upper floor and it was soon evident that their efforts were futile.

People did not gather very fast due to the early hour and when they did arrive the fire had advanced to such a. stage that nothing could be done to save the building and they could only watch the sacred edifice that had stood there longer than the oldest of them could re- member. succumb to the flames.

Assistance From Summerslde

However. a call had been put 'in for the Summerside Fire Depart- ment and before nine o'clock a de- tachment arrived wlth their new bumper. and seeing that the church was beyond saving. they gave their attention to the horse shed which had caught in a lumber of places. A stiff breeze was blowiniz

Ernest A. Gross, the U. S. will never participate in any conference about Ftrmosa at which the Nat- ionalist Government of Chaing Kai-Shek, is not represented. The declaration was the outspoken the U. S. has made the Formosan question. American sources said it appar- ently indicated acceptance on the highest govemmentai level of Gen. MacArthur's view that control of Formosa is vital to U. S. security. It slammed the door on the pos- sibility of a seven-power: confer- ence of the U. S.. Russia. Britain, France, R-ed China, India and Egypt to discuss the problem of

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Formosa and the seating of the Peiping regime in the U. N. Gross also said the U. S. "un-

dertook no commitment with re- gard to seating the Chinese Com- munists in the United Nations. We continue to oppose that."

The statement, it is understood,

i passed. 4 While the attention of the linen and the people was

fire-

lciirected on the shed the hall was

isuddenly seen to be on fire but in la few minutes a stream from the punuper extinguished this too.

The church had been enlarged this past summer and the cellar had been excavated and a new furnace installed. all at a cost of about 812,000. only on last Saturday

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News In Brief

MELBOURNE. Australia. Jan. (Reuters) Me)boulne's iem-pcraiure shot. up past 94.3 dc- grces Saturday. during the hottest summer for 43 years.

TORONTO, Jan. 21 - (CPI -

is intended to warn non-Commun- ist countries in advance that the U. S. will have no more part in any efforts to compromise with.” Red China on the Formosa andi representation questions in ireturnl for a cease-fire in Korea.

One Killed. 23 Injured When Train Hits Truck

UITAWA. Jan. 21 - (CPI - one. man was killed and 25 other per- sons injured. none severely. sat- urday when the Canadian Pacific Rai1way's Vancouver-Montreal ex- press, the Dominion. smashed into a stalled coal truck at a level cross- ing here and jumped the rails.

'1"he- locomotive engineer. 5&- year-old 0. Albert Scharfa of ot- tawn. was acalded to death by live steam when trapped in the cabin of his engine. K-is fireman. Earl Fauna of smith Falls. Ont... leap- ed to safety and escaped winn scam bums about the face and arms.

The truck driver. Romeo inert. and his helper. Jim Davis. umped and escaped unharmed when they saw the train bearing down on them. Their truck had smiled on the tracks.

Th0 train. coming out of the west and running an hour and 20 min. utea late. was highballlng through Westboro. one of the capital's west- ern suburbs. at so miles an hour when the crash occurred at 1:46 A.M. E.S.'f'.

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FORT LEWIS. Wuh.. Jan. 2i - (CP) - Canada's special force training here had its first full- dreas military wedding Saturday. Miss Monique Oartier of st. Jean. Que. near Montreal. was married to Hal. .1. L. Y. Dubs of the 2nd Battalion. Royal and Regiment.

a long time g

at the ram main chapel.

George Drcw. national leader

f the Progressive Conservative Party, said Saturday Communism should be defined as an offence in the Criminal Code. permitting courts to crack down on activities

which "threaten our basic free- doms." MOSCOW, Jan. 21 - (AP) -

Peier N. Pospelow. editor of Prav- da. in an address bitterly attack- ing "American imperialism". told a distinguished audience including Prime Minister Stalin tonight that any American plans to make war against Russia on land in Europe

Death Yesterday Of Former Cabinet Member

The late Mr. Wright

Tributes To Late Mrltiright

The following tribute to (he late Mr. Wright was received last eve- ning fro-m the Hon. Tl-lame A. Campbell. Chief Justice:

"The Hon. Horace Wright has been a prominent. figure in the public life of Prince Edward Is- land for the past thirty years.

"He enjoyed an outstanding measure of confidence on the part cf the electors of his borne con- stituency of Fourth Prince. which he represented for about sixteen years in the Provincial Legisla- Lure.

"I had the pleasure of having

at this time towards the shed and' M” w”3'l"l M B c””ea3”3 i" me the hall beyond. With the help of local people who carried water for the tank of the pumpcr, the fire on the shed was extinguished and it was kept wet till all danger bad

Legislature from 1936 to i943. and in the Executive Council from 1930 to 1943. I found in him a. fine personal friend, and a valued ad- ministrative supporter. He took the trouble to familiarise himself kwilh parliamentary and governi-

hemgl mental -procedure to a marked de-

lgree, and devoted himself to the lpromotion of policies which he iconsidered to M in the bexst inter- ests of the community. particular- iy along the lines of agnicultuire. labor and temperance.

Although normally a strong Liberal. Mr. Wright considered principle as being ultimately more important than political party. Thus he became a candidate of the Progressive Party in 1920 on account of its advanced agricul- tural programs, but returned in 1927 to support the Liberal Party's temperance policy.

”l'hc late Mr. Wright will leave

and public admirers to mourn his passing."

From Premier Jones

The following tribute was receiv- ed from Premier J. Walter Jones:

”A study of the. career of the lat; Horace Wright should be an inspiration to all citizens of Prince Edward Island.

"Born in Bedcquo. he made I great success of his farming op- erations. He ed-ucated his family and became engaged in all worthy enterprises to improve his fellow farmers lot. He was a leader in church and state. Possessed of a passion for what he considered right. he fought teinaciously but without rancor. He was elected and re-elected several times .10