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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 194s

Dr. Karl Kobelt. ssbove. is the

uew president of witzerlahd. A member of the Swiss federal coun-_ e11 since 1M0. he served as his mntry’: war uunister.

Patton’: Sondition Becomes Worse

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IIIIDILBIBO, Gusuauy, D60. as (A!) -- Gen. ma». s», toda IC turn for medical

he lunledlab laminating: sham rrtly- n eoh pueumonh.

The e medical bulletin lull Gels. tou’; "general con- dition h not satisfactory due to ouunlye

llbdinl’ difficult” Ass outlier bulletin said that Plum lllmt au uncomfort- a lllklit. ~ Gen. Patton's neck was broken

la an automobile accident a week In Sunday.

llontreal Bandit ls Very Polite

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MONTREAL, Dec. M ._ (op) _. Aycungmanheldupa tobacco store here tonight and started to make off with $75, and when 11¢

w about to step mitslde he t d back with th remark "I really Shmll ‘t do this" md

. din took fimlflvlnc the extra. as with the malshcellerk he hm covered with e

one beck to M184 . he said "I wouldn’t have tried this only my wife is in the hospital."

The young men showered thanks upon the clerk before he left.

invite llevciiar Finn To Windsor

Ont... Dec. 20 — Board of Control resolution in- r Corpor- automo- bile manufacturiu concern which has taken over t. e Willow Run bomber plant near Detroit. to ee- tablish e plant in Windsor.

A spokesman for the Corporat- ion said the

* Christmas For Nazi Big-Wigs In Prison

.Deo.20—(AP)- Hermann flooring the who!‘ I0 Nell defendants in the wu- orimeetdllulwlllbeinvitcdtoslni carolsonfliristlnas D . ‘lhenwillberiospecificlulstsnas .mglftboxes and no codi- sessions forthcecousodNszis, how- Henry!‘

humorous. brought in fm- the llirbus R. O'Connor, a Roman Catholic chaplain. will sing muss ibi- Cartholic poisoned-s.

Cominc Events

| ____ “Dance — Montague Saturday.

"Union Road Christmas Cou- out. Friday December 21st. 12-20-3-

“Bchool Concert Victoria Hull ll-lday, Dec. 21. at 0 pm. . 12-20-21

" V as Concert Hall, Friday, December 2 st. 12 21-21.

"Christmas Get-Tggetlm and Dame, Kelly's Cross l, Fricla , omnibu- 21st. 12-12-21: .

"Unloading car of Oats at York Saturday M d . M the .. 1...... ““‘ °" " 15.2130.‘

"Buylu daily all u a '2 u lud druagd poultry. b‘ 3g 1:. ' lgned av

i . F351‘ 1.55.“. u-as-u. , December . Mai-my River .-il'lth. John J. Beck. 12-21-11.

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Unit rrunge- merits and the possible establish- ment of an asumbly plant in Can- ada. He sold "no definite conclu- sions have been reached."

Prosperity Rests 0n lllulti-Lateral Trade

OTTAWA. Dec. 20 — (C?) — Carladws future prosperity rests, not on imperial preferences. but on multi-iuterel trade, J. M. Mscdon- hell (PC-Muskoks-Oritsrlo) chief financial critic for the Progressive Conservative Party. said today in an interview.

He said he disagreed with Vis- count Bennett who recently dc» fend-ed in the British House of Lords the principle of imperial trade preferences. Viscount Beu-

served as Cesisdian Prime Minister while head of the Con- servative Party.

"Geography places Canada much more in the American dollar re- gion than in the sterling bloc. but Canada's future is bleak indeed. as I see it, unlem post-war trade

gugenveloped on a mum-lateral Under a multi-laterel pollc .

Canada woiild be able to tra e

other countries willing with the Dominion.

ll. S. Hospital Staff Sends Toys, Sandy To |l.S. Boy

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More Ships Off Nova Scotia Coast

In Distress

(By The Canadian Press)

Irlp of u severe cold wave durin

assured of a white Christmas as

snowfall ranging from five

twelve inches covered the groun Highways Department

Prhsce Edward Island once again appeared to have escap- ed lightly. Total snowfall re- corded yesterday it the Char-

“ ‘ ,_ w. ' ‘ ‘ Stet- lon was from four to five in- ches, Mr. Wlrren Burns, wow- ther observer sold. However, it was difficult to measure.

The snow begun felling about daylight. Highest tem- perature during the day was 20 degrees lbove zero and lust night, with cleurlng skies, It was down to l1 above shortly after dark.

The wind yesterday was not high and there was not much llrlftlng in rurul areas. Con- sequently m, storm land little efleet on the roads.

heavy in many places. The snowfall in

Nave Scotle had blocked the his

the ma Strait

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Cape Breton the

routes between

ported passable.

of I-lsllfsx harbor. However

she managed to free herself fro

fax harbor.

to Norfolk, Va. Two American frelghlers.

sick crewman.

to arrive here

shin reaches port.

to be making a third attempt reach Sable Island. The Imuri

heavy seas.

Invites Monty To Visit Ontario

(By The Canadian Press) TORONTO, Dec. George Drew today extended

troops at urlch, month he waa " forward" to a planned visll Canada this spring.

Ool. Drew sold he hsd sent cable be the commander the ltlsh Occupation Zone

grunge and telling him th t

vlslt with keen interest.’

Sailor Hitch-Hikes

351-1753. Dec. 20—Ke1d in the

ths past few days Marltlmers to- dsy boron to dis themselves out of the third and worst snowstorm of the season as gale force winds whipping up from the New Eng- lund coast continued to horrass shipping along the Atlantic sea- board, The seaside Provinces were

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snow- plows were still battling drifts ln o

outlying sections of Nova Scnt of th

southwestern wsy between Liverpool‘ and Yar- rnouth but the remainder of the route to Halifax was passable. On Osnso and Sydney were also re-

Todsy saw the names of other ships being added to the many

ulresdy in distress or aground near the Nova Scotia coast. A small coastal vessel. the

Moyle B, ran aground early today 0!! Ohebucto Head at the cntruncte

a . ter sending out s distress signal

the rocks and continue into lluli-

The British escort carrier 11M. S. Begun which reported engine trouble last night about 600 miles from Argentie, l\‘ild., was report- ed tcdsy to have carried out re- pairs at sea and was on her r-IBY

the Mary Pickcrsglll and the Freder- ick Victory, are reported to be bucking heavy seas 1n an cflort to reach Halifax with injured and

The Plckersglll shin ls expected tomorrow with three men injured when the shill was slammed about by Polish B885- The Frederick Victory is carrying en American soldier who is suf- fering from a severe heart condit- lon and who will have to undergo en immediate operation when the

The Canadian Government ship Lady LlllflQl‘ wus reported today

1m North svnney. NB. 1m "W" after twice being driven hack by

20—-Prem1er "wunn and cordial" invitation to visit Ontlrld to Field Munhull Montgomery who told Canadian Germany, last greatly looking

G e r m a n y embodying season's uric "looks forward_ to you:

3,000 Milea__I_1_1 14 Days

Similar Action May Some Soon In llominion

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 ~43) - Tire rationing will end in e United Sta/tcs at 12:01 A M. Jim. l. Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced tonight.

He said time rationing program can be terminated then "because production of tires, particularly passenger tlrcs, the shortage of which has been most acute, has increased steadily during the Dost two months, reaching an output for this quarter of about 11,000.-

Holders of hire purchase certif- icates will have through Dec. 31 to turn in ration coupons to dealers. and obtain passenger or" truck tires before umstiodicd sales begin"

At Ottawa possibility of earl-y lifting of the rationing in Canada was seen in the announcement of the end of rationing in the United States Jan. 1 and the statement of Canadian officials that the sit- utlon here was under review.

Munitions Department officials said they had been given advance information of the United Slates action and the Caziadlen situation was "being rsviewed."

“It is expected an announcemant one way or the other will be made within a few days," said a Depart» mmt spokesman. 1

Previously. Munitions Minister Howe had said it. was hoped it

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tonight. Most e highway; would be found possible to end the were passable 101- gram,- by to. rationing of tires in March..R.e- night although the going was cent relaxation of the tire regula-

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Tire Rationiyngln U. S. To End

Puncher Expected To llook Saturday

HALIFAX. Dec. 20 — The air- craft carrier Piuicher is now scheduled to reach this port Sat» urduy morning. Naval authorities announced late last night that the Puncher would be delayed until Sunday or later but tonight re- ceived word that she would dock before noon on Saturday.

Two airmen from Prince Ed- ward Island are expected on the Puncher. They are Cpl. J. G. Aresnault of Urbanvllle and Cpl. S. E. Doyle of Rochford Street, Charlottetown.

Another group of 55 veterans who had been planning on Christmas at home will be late arriving due to storms at sea. The men on the merchant alrcpaft carrier Bimplre MacAlpine, originally due here Dec. 21. will not arrive before Dec.

back to England due to damaged engines.

Another baby flat-top is due to arrive tomorrow but shipping au- thorities were unable to state whe- ther she would make port on sche- dule. She is the Empire MacAn- drew wit-h 01 Army personnel s- board.

28. The ship was forced to turn‘

Large Maritime ‘Group Due In Halifax Dec. 29

MONTREAL, Dec. 20 —- (OP) ._ The lamest group of servicemen to return to the Maritime Provinces on a single ship ls scheduled to arrive in Halifax Dec. 29 aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Duch- ess of Bedford. The vessel will be the last to bring Canadian service- men home from overseas this year.

Of the 2,578 servicemen aboard. '11 pa" cent will travel to homes in the Maritimgs. Two Canadian National Railways troop-trains as well as scheduled trains. will take 1.280 men to the Halifax district. 51’! to Monctcn, N.B., and 380 to Fredericton. _

Besides Canadian servicemen there are 44-6 British military per- sonnel. including 300 Newfound- land soldiers and sailors who ser- ved wlth the British forces. 23 wives of the British personnel. two children and ll civilians.

Two days before it is scheduled to arrive in Halifax. the vessel will stop over at St. Johns, Newfound- land, where the 300 Newfoundland

scrvi will disembark with wives and families of several of the men.

Other Canadian servicemen are bound for Toronto, Quebec, Mont» real. Ottawa, Kingston. Ont. London, Ont... and Winnipeg.

MONTREAL. Dec. 20 — (CP)-~ More than 13.000 Canadian troops are expected to return home from overseas service between now and the end cf the year, with the lar- gest movement of more than 10,- 000 aboard the Queen Elizabeth which is due to dock in New York

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tires except those in g. 09.1‘ h. sizes Closes of car owners elic- ible to purchase new tires of the passenger type were widened

Air Force llogs Are Being ilehahilitated

TORONTO. D80. Z0 —- (CP) — Just as it is to anv other war vet- eran, rehabilitation ls a significant word for the R.C.A.l=‘.'s "canine" branch.

The 12 clogs-Alsatian Shepherds and Doberman Pinschers-were trained at Angus, Ont, for 18 months as the first group of guard dogs which the RCAF. planned to place at stations across Can-

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Now 11 of the animals have been honorably discharged and tl1ey‘re going through a complicated four- period stage of rstiuinlng so they won't chew the lclz off some harm- less pedestrian.

The 12111 dog? he's staying for peacetime duty in the R.C.A.F.

Find ‘Satan’ lias Younger Brother

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OROYDON, Surrey, Dcc. 20 —

cf this bcmb-battcpzd English town breathed their sighs oi" relief too soon. ‘Poet's bzcause Satan — u 4,000-pound unexploded bomb dro pod by the German Luftwaffe car in 194.1 had a youngzr brother. One mile from the south Croydch liunber yard where Satan was uri- earthed ‘Royal Engineers suppers have discovered a ZDOO-pounder which has lain dammit since 1941. Suppers from No. 2 bomb disposal squad — the intrepid outfit that drew Satan's teeth -h.ave sunk a SMooe shaft and hope to remove the bomb before the New Year It now is disclosed that Greater Iondon still has 24 unexploded or suspected bombs is proceeding with evacuation of the districts where- they fcll in prospect. Operations soon will begin on a fill-kilometre bomb benemth the lake in St. James Park not far from Buckingham Palace while other bomb slice are in the crowded Lon- don suburb of Peckham, at the country village of Potters Bar. Hert- fordshire. and in the mounds of the Southwark Cathedral near London Bridge. ‘gages?’ say the longer explodes Q 870ml!!- more ' . if left {I

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(OP Came) — Baton was removed" from Croyclon Sunday but rcsidcnts‘

MONTREAL, Dec. 20 -- (GP) — Alleged w be involved in one of the widest black markets in- auto- mobile tires ever uncovered by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 21 autoists and gasoline station operators were arraigned here to- day bcfore Judge Ome-r LeGrami. All but c-ne of the accused enter- ed D1505 cf not guilty on various charges:

Moe Mliitz, W010 pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting a relative to procure tires without a Prices Board permit was ordered by the court to perv a fine of S100. and costs

The other 20 persons accused plead-ed not guilty to various

charges iistai undcr the Rubber Control Act. Trial for some. chnrged with purchasing automo-

bil; tires without permits, was fixed for-Jan 10. while others facing more serious charges were ordered fo- trial Dec 2'1

New tires, legally priced at s15, werw being clmulstli around the sck market at 8'16 each The black market allegedly got under way last spring. ‘

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Announce Awards To Six iiomposers

TORONTO, Dec, 20 - (C?) The Composers, Authors and Pub- Ushers Association of Canada. to- n;g|.1t enmolmced names of the winners of lbs five awards of $100 for} 58110113 musical compositions.

Vancouver, for "Etudes For Plano"; Minuet-ta Borek. Calgary, for “New York Suite"; Alexander Brot

Montreal, for "War and Peace"; F. L. Harrison, Kingston. Ont. for "Night Hymns 0n Lake n --; and Oskor Moruwetl, Toronto, for "Sgnate. to

add! 10m poise gloss J Blmte of Wcedou, Que, for com tiom, "Nocturne" was orter

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Ont., Dec. 30—(CP>- Fire destroyed the home of fon- mer Mayor Bruce Whltslde early today, aided by u frozen hydrant that defied efforts of firemen. Dams e was estimated at more than 10.000. One fireman suffer- ed chin cuts from flying glass and unotherlwas revived after being

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Sharge iiomma Watched Savage Death March

(By The Asaocllfod Press)

MANILA. Dec. 20—Broadened charges against LL-Gen. MBBBh- sru " accused him today of having been a personal and indo- lent witness to the savage Bataan death march and of responsibility for a second death march of Am- erican prisoners in the Luzon mountains in 1942,

They state that Homma, lclllng in his automobile, actually wat- ched ‘the march of the starving, thlrstmg prisoners on Bataan while his soldiery slaughtered those unable to keep the pace;

That later more than 100 sick American prisoners were forced to serve as pack animals for Jop- anese supplies in Northern Luzon and were pushed over cliffs when they wavered;

That Homma was "utterly un- scrupulous" in the surrender of Gen. Jonathan M, Wslnwrlghbus- ing the American commander as a hostage to try to force other units to surrender;

That Homma was for the cold-blooded murder Arley 7, 1M2, of Jose Abad Santos, for- mer Chief Justice of the Philip- pines. for refusing to form e pup- t government; and for the similar death Dec. l0, 1941, of Buensveplura Belle, Luzon rural school teacher, for refusing to hsul down the American flag s- bcve his school.

Truck Driver Foils ' Hijacking Attempt

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11-11) DEMANDS ON TURKEY

By EDDY GILMORE

MOSCOW. Dec. 20—(APJ -De- mancls that Turkey cede a struts. 81c ISO-mile stretch of henBlac-k Sea coast to Russia were publish- ed prominently today as the Big Three Foreign Ministers confer-

red again on problems vital to world peace. The demands for the urea,

reachinz 180 miles southwest nf the Russian oll port of Bgmml u, Giresun, and stretching inland us deep as ‘I5 miles, were made in a letter from two intellectuals of the GeWEian Soviet Sollulist Re- public, where Generallsslmo Slui- ln was born. '

The writers, S. R. Djanaahlu, Doctor of Historical Science, and N. Berclzcnlshvlll, b0tl1.membg\y5 of the Science Academy of the Gf-‘Orgian Republic, demanded lhut Turkey turn over to the Geo:g- ians the districts of Arlvin, Ardo- hon, Ollu, Tortrum, 18PM,’ Bgy. hurt. Cuemuesa e, Giresun and Trsbzon.

'I‘rabzon, an important port 110 miles southwest of Batuml, has s Pfllllllliiloh of approximately 33,- 000, and is the largest city in the urea named. The vilayet or ad- ministrative district wabzon has a population of 391,000.

Further east of the territory mentioned lie sections of Armen- ia and 16,945-foot Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark was said to have rested after the great deluge. Beyond that ls Northern Iran, and Azerbaijan Province, where an autonomous government has been set up against opposition fsorn the Iranian Government.

Problems arising out of relat- ions between Turkey and Russia had been brought to the atten- tion of therecent council of F)!‘- eign Ministers in London.

The Dardanelles controlled by Turkey were mentioned as among subjects for consideration at the current conference of the three Foreign Ministers. Revision the Montrenux Convention gover- ning psssage of ships through that entrance to the Black Sea has been proposed by the United States.

Meanwhile, strict secrecy con- tinued to surround the discussions and the current session of Brit- ain's Foreign Secretary Bevin, State Secretary Byrnes cf the United States and the Soviet For- eign Ccmmissar, V. M. Molotov, who met for the fifth time to- day. The meetings were said to be progressing, however, in an atmosphere of cordiallty.

Last night Mr. Byrnes and the United States Ambassador, W. Averill Harrlmun, mier Stalin.

It was learned that Mr. Byrnes and Premier Stalin talked about subjects of importance to Russia and the United States, and touch- ed upon matters whlch are also of interest to the Ministers’ mac‘.-

mer. with Pre-

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‘zrhere has been no announce- ment. of how long the present conferences will last, and there were indications todey that they would be extended beyond Christ- mas,

Veterans Question llnion Attitude

VANCOUVER, Dec. Z0 — (GP) -.A deans-lid that veterans receive seniority rights for the time they spent in the services was made in a resolution posed by a special veterans coimcil compose? of van- VBS O

Robber Gets $35 At Sussex Store

SUSEX, NB, Dec. 20 -(0P)— Police mnalned unsucoemful to- night in seekl e gunman who laid up WA. Kosher in the letters general store at Sussex Corner eerily last night. demanded cash at the point of

ed with SIS. The robber. about years old. wore red eartcbs.

IAIDV CANDY NIX!‘ CHRISTMAS

Seek Area Along Black Sea Coast

Men Rescued’ From ice Floe-

QUEBEC. Dec. 20 -- 1C1’)- -—The Dominion Government lcebreaker N. B. lliacliean returned here late today ca» I'll!!! four men rescued from a block of ice adrift ln the St. Lawrence River opposite Ncuville, 15 miles above this city on the lllonl-real highway.

The men. all from the nearby Dunnacona region, wgrg J, E. Thibodeau, W. Lallberte, LS. Fiset and F. 0. Dusseull. Allhflllgh "My slwht the whole night and most of the day on the ice floe, they did not suf- fer lrom exposure. A small hut such us fishermen sonic- timcs use when fishing on ice lll footed them.

The rescued fishermen re- turned lo their homes tonight.