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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1947

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Sleepless Wonder Dies At Age 0f 95

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‘PREMIUM, NJ. Jul. l 4AM-_ Albert Edmela-rs Harpist-Transom sleepless worder who claimed he never got a minute's shuteye in his life-died today in hospital at the age of 95.

lferpin lived alone in a small shack near a railroad siding and had no bed. and i-he Rip Van Win kie in reverse would sometimes be~ come indignant at people who ex- pressed disbelief in his story. .

Cause of his death was held to be an intestinal obstruction and old ago.

Herpks treqisantiy alerted he would pass the 100 mark. l-la d)- slnined from meat and alcohlohtnev- er used a tooth os a tooth, but. said be lost if anyone took away his pipe and thc two pounds of tea he ccmtuned

weeitLv. s many offers to appear on ute radio or at freak shows be-

cause he said he had Promised his mother never to capitalize on. hi5 sioeplessness. Hex-pin worked as o gardener. Once he took two Jobs to show that he was capable oi working 24 hours daily.

msptal physicians said l-lcrpin had never been found asleep any oi’ the five times he had been a patient here. Poles oi neefliy Ewing Townsh ' brousibl the sleepless wonder to Mercer H tsl three days ago because he wss ap- parently unable to get around, He did not sleet! until be became u!‘ conscious yesterday.

1ierpin's favorite tsie was of the time in 1908 when four doctorswere supposed to have corsilucled a vigil m chat; (m hi; claim that he never slept.

“The experiment was 801118 l1“? fine,” he would chuckle ss he D“!- ied g; m; pipg, "until the doctors started falling asleep.

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ores racing. Oyster Bed

Bri Saturday afternoon at 1.80.

"Buckley vs. Miltoh at mn- ton tonight. Game at 8:15.

"Poultry — Buying daily live and dressed poultry. Paying top market price Davis t Fraser Ld.

"This store will be closed all day Monday, January 6th. J. F. Morris, Kinkors.

"Loading Hogs at Mon‘ uw Stationeach Thursday for Davis 6s Fraser Ltd. S. C. McLean Phone

"Receiving Hogs at Cmpaud for Davis 8s haser Ltd.. every Tuesday until 11 A. M. R. N. Dawson.

"Buying Pigs, all sizes, every Monday at Fredericton. Knud Jor- gcnsen.

"Loading Hogs st Peakea Sta- tion each Thursday for Davis 8s Fraser Ltd. Merlin Devtne.

“New Wlltshiro District L. O. L. meets in Kingston, Jan. 8th at 2:20 PM.

"Loading Hogs for Davis 8s Fraser Ltd.. Tusday until further sioiicc. Dingwell and ltcssiter.

“Our Stores tr. Bt-adaibane will bo closed Monday's. Wednesday's and Friday's. Bernard. Seaman. Iloiill.

" Hogs s). Casi $- tatlon each ‘rhursdsy for Davis d: Maser Ltd. Norman McKensie Cardigan

"To arrive shortly. oar of wheat. blriey meal and extra No. 1 feed oats. Boole your orders now. Glydon Mound, Union Road.

"Losding hogs at 8t. Peters for Davis b Fraser Lid. escb Tuesday for truck pickup service-from farm to car Phone Roddls Prstt.

"Hockey at New Glasgow rink tonight. North nusttse versus 5001b lust-ice. Game starts mo. (Benefit gems).

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Provincial Exhibition I I Ass’n. Changes Hands

Drastic Action A Planned For lloly Land?

JERUSALEM. Jan. d-tsst- ssrdlyi-(CP) - nigh British Army officials met iss Haifa today and Jewish leaders were summoned 5o [v1 use house by Sir Henry Gurney, acting lligls Commissioner for Pales- tine. for discusaionl that msy lead to draaiio action to help quell the latest outbreak of violence in the Holy Land which already had resultetLin l7 British military cagunltt" in the last 48 hours.

Reveal llour 0f Terror 0n Bus

PORTSMOUTH, 0., Jan. S—-(AP) —An hour of terror on a speeding Greyhound bus, in which two bro- thers went berserk. beat the driver ind fired 14 shots among the 23 passengers was described here to- My.

Women prayed and men crlnged as the vehicle roared through rsin and mist in the darkness of’ ntld- ni8ht with a liquor-crazed man dlrectinl the driver.

The ulghtmssu ended when pas- "WP" vyflbowered the men at Wheelersbilrlh. a. Innis

ma. Wheelwrlsht. Ky‘ the Grit- mh 590th"! had been rooming at Huntington, W. Va. where they were employed. They were en route to Cincinnati.

li. S. Fishermen Remain Idle

LUNENBURG, N. s. Jun, s__ (CP)-—The fleet's in and tonight ii liliieared as if it were there for a long stay as the strike of 500 deep- sea fishermen ended its first week.

The fish strike, called last Sstur. dfly by the Canadian Fisherman's snd Fish Handlers‘ Union. 1123c.) to back up demands for a 60 per cent share in proceeds of vessel catch-es. is unlike any other resent strike in Canada.

There are no picket ‘lines, r-i threats of violence and few heated arguments. There is little activity along the docks, crowded now with most of the Province! fleet of 30 fishing vessels, their sttsisby masts black against the winter-white of the Basin shore.

GRAVE-BIGGER DIES AT WORK

OlTAill, Jan. 8 (OP) -— Death came today i0 grave-digger Ari-htir Dupuis. 60, as he workgd in snow-packed Noire Dame Ceme- tery on the outskirts of the t-sp- ital. The coroner lnvestigntihg said he died from natural causes. Burial will be made in the dill-y.

A business deal of considerable importance has been completed in

which lit-Colonel n. s. MaoKin- h

non, and Mr. J. W. Boulter. Pre- sident and secretary-treasurer re- spectively of the Char‘ “ ‘ ss Driving Park snd Provincial Ix- hibition Association, sold their shsreg in the company to s, group of twelve business men, horse and cattia breeders, harness horsemen and professional men. These gentlemen will devote a. consider- able part of their time and atten- tion towards the carrying on of Old Home Week and Provincial Exhibition, as well as the other activities of the Association. Those of the group becomin-g new shareholders are seven in lumber. whila there are five who are at present shareholders-three of them directors. Ths names are as follows: Director H. 3. Kennedy,-

isouthport, farmer. cattle breeder,

exhibitor and trader; Director Cecil stewart, Hampshire, farmer, cattle breeder, exhibitor and mo- er; Director Willard Kelly. South- port. farmer, horse. cattle and fox breeder and exhibitor and a-ne of the Marltimes foremost trainers and race drivers. also dealer in fox and live stock feeds; Commander George H. Buntsin, Charlottetown, wholesale coal dealer. horseman and former exhibitor of horses and one of those most; actively engaged in the promotion of the Charlotte- town Riding Club; G. Gordon Hughes, proprietor of the Apothe- carles Hall. Charlottetown, who was for several years a director and is familiar with its many

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OITWWA, Jail. 3 - (OP) — Stocks of creamerg butter in nine movinolsl Canadian cities at Jan. 1 totalled 25,564,249 pounds, a sea- sonal decline of 8.030.506 pounds from Dec. i but atn increase of 3.057133 over tho stocks held a year Q90. the Donsinicn Bureau of Sta- tistics reported today, Cheese stocks totalled issssnss against l5,U5.ii7l at Dec. i and 19.880328 at Jon. 1 last year while stocks of fresh eggs were 1,220,511 dozen. compared with 806,815 at Dec. i. and supplies of frozen egg meats amounted to 4,808.18’! pounds against. 5,641,443 at Dec. 1. -

Truman Still Favors St. Lawrence Seaway

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 - (AP) 48mm Gwfke Aiken meta-vs.) reported today President Truman is "as strong_as he ever was" for development of the st. Lawrence “BMW Ind Pvwem" nwlect - one of the first proposals brought before the new Congress,

Aiken. who tuisiscoessfiislly mon- soied the St. Iawsence develop- mvnt in the ‘lflh session cf 01m- STBSS. expressed belief the St. Law- rence legislation will be "bi-part- issrn."

As the 80th session of Congress Clarence

Bus» Bogs Down

U. 8. Sena

WAsinNGdiON. Jess. s - (AP) -Rcptrbliestis today ossne back to tlilimfo! the Home oft atives after l5 lelm "III, electing Joerph W. Martin. h, ddtfiasso- oirusetts speaker and lt-otluelng a IHsI-cerst imosne to: out as bill

No. l. But openhg-dsw oeglsisstiost of

the Senate. also recs-pint! by the i . imaged

new Theodore Illbo (Dan-Min). Lhsnocrat, lenatsr Glen l’; lot of Idaho. moved to dew ll oath m‘ the contention that hi; clddmtials "ale lewd with Southern coilsflues

of Bilbo sprang to his defence. was not sssd heavy bsfae" overflow-sal- les-b. Tingle was adjourned

alumna . ‘hie battle began altar Ilidtdl‘ t -oseu. been

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Decides Monday Will liot Be iiivic Holiday

Oslldidn Cit- not_ be s civic

Mbnrhy. Jen. s, lsssnhip Day, will olida

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A meetirg called by the Mayor lalt night at the Oily Council ' .. to r‘ tihe _ ~' as to whether or not the busineis firms o! the Cit/y should remain closed all duty on Wetheadsys or only in the snd-norms. also dis- cussed the advisability of having nears Monday proclaimed a civic

holiday.

Th! wit"!!! a vote of N to ll itse as favmrhig a civic holiday next Morah and ed the business firms remaining clos- ed all day Wednesdays mvtll Dec. 1.

Since there was considerable div- ergsnoe of views 0n the part of those representing diffsent bus- inesses, Mayor B. Earle MacDon- ald said he mild not see his way clear to use his prerogative a-s Mwor and would. therefore, take no action whatever. '

Davis And Plant ls

Veteran Owners Protest Dost 0i V.L.A. liomes

WZINIBOR. OnL, Jan. 3 —(GP) - Three houses purchased here under terms of the Veterans’ 14nd Act were left vacant today by their war veteran owners in protest against the prices asked by the V. L. A. administration.

Similar iurficn is being consid- ered by other purchasers of V. L. A. houses in the same suburban Roselnnd and Oliver Park dis- tricts. where demands have been made for s Royal Commision in- vestlgation of V. L. A. costs.

The three veterans wiho left their one-storey frame buildings

Despite the official pscchamtim of t-he Provincial Government. that lidonshy will be c. holiday, there is some uncertainty as to whether or not all schools throughout the Provinoewill be closed.

Major ‘IKE. MscNutt. secretary of the Oivy School Board. said the City schools would be closed. A proclamation from the Provincial Government. lidaior MacNutt said, meant what lt said. He could. there-

rc, see no reason why all the schools should not be closed.

On the other hand. Dr. GD. Steel, pal of Prince of Wales Collegewsaid he had received no instructions from the Department of Educ ion yesterday as to Whe-

ther or the College would hold Qlggsgg and Wmtid not. _ L . (‘flfllzt '.

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schools would remain closed tsntll Tuesday but thirst, so far ss the Department was concerned, lt was satisfied to allow the teachers to use their own discretion.

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Publisher 0f li. Y. ilerald Tribune Dies

NEW vonx. Jan. s - tart--

Ogden Reid, president-publisher of the New York Herald Tribune. died tonight.

Reid, 84, died at his home here- I-le had been ill for some time.

Reid was one publisher who. like several of the reporters on his newspaper. abandoned a promislnz law career to go on the rim of s copy desk.

After being admitted to the New York Bar in 1008, Reid chose in- stead to become a reporter on Homes Greeleyu old New Yorl: 'I‘rlbune which later was merged with James Gordon Bennett's New York Herald. "

Staunchiy Republican, as Gree- ley was, R/eid once said ln a com- mencement addrsls st Miami Unl- versity that his editorial policy was founded on s f ss from an edi- torial written by his father st the close of the Grant-Greeley presi- dential campaign.

The phrase read: "The honest presentment of the news-whether it hinders or helps the side we favor-we believe to be the duty of d, great newspaper which means to deal fairly with its readers."

Serious Dstlrssit or Feet. llssts Disease

, LONDON. Jan. 3 -(CP Csble)— lowing slaughter of 1.150 cattle, Agriculture Ministry officials today they believed a vicious outinesk of foot snd mouth disease"

in southwestern d wss tus- des- control. Ve lllllfllll who suspect-

vlrulent typo. now find " "."....."""t.'..er-:...r~.e mos . flilfl of saw point where the die- aasa has bill mooted IO sdvhed to stable their cattle snd thus seduce the ohsaas of infect- itn

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Dslssgei ly Firs m‘ ___

n» yes- ali boys who have - been citizens here

are Albert Underwood, If. W. Rig- ney and W. A. Reid. They and several other veteran owners rec- ently complained of construction faults in their houses. After workmen were sent to repair de-

fects the owners pressed for price adjustsnents. Major Joe Dent. one of the

said then that V. L. A. officials in Ottawa stated there would be no reduction of the prices quoted when the purchases were arranged, He said demands for a Royal Commission inquiry

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OWHGTE.

MAYNOOTl-I, Ortt.. Jan. 3-(0?) —-You could sympathize somewhat tonight with Big Bill Davidson. the trapper of Maynooth. As a hither nobody could be happier with brand new triplets and their mother doing fine but as a house- holder he's run smack into a hous- ing problem. ~4

BANCROFT Jan. 3 -(CP)—- The three D's—Donald, Doreen. and Douglas-New Year's Eve "wonder"triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson in a hospital instead of an isolated cabin because their parents braved the elements in s. sled. today were reported in “excel- lent condition."

“There's not much room at| homo." said the square-jawed‘ operator of a bushland traplinc in Hastings County some l0 miles north of here.

"Home? is a square, rough-hewn log cabin set amid the iamsrack and snow where Davidson goes after fur and where he and his wife and six children have been living. It's the home where Cun- adifs first triplets oi‘ i9~i7—Don- aid. Doreen and Dougles-—will go when they're ready to leave ihc Red Cross hospital at Bancroft, 1O miles south of here and some 80 miles north of Bellevilie.

In Bancroft Dr. Oswald W. Anderson exppsscd som_e__ concern over their welfare because of the lot-k of facilities when they return to an isolated home where the heat for all three rooms is sup- plied by a roaring box stove and s kitchen range.

There, while her mother is in hospital. 12-year-old Ellen David- son is trying hard to take her plied and help the father get meals for Samuel, i6, William, 15. James. six, Mary, four and Benny,

two.

Here in Maynooth. a village of 30-odd. the people appeared to have adopted ss their own these triplets born es the old year turn- ed to the new in whst Dr. Andes- son termed the "best New Year's psrty ever."

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BOY! TOWN, Neb., Jan. 3 - (AH-The five-storey building around which Mlsr. E. J. Flanagan

Ils bad] _ Ildtt h companies from near- by Omaha to confine the blsse to the swisctisre built in 10M, but the sutke fifth storey was dsmssedwttrometrserest ct the building by water and smoke. building contented records of

GLASGOW, Scotland-Contracts have been issued for 280 new buses ,for the city transport service. at a

Canada Packers Ltd.

Fraser Sold To

The well-known Island packing and processing plant of Davis and Fraser has been purchased by Canada Packers Ltd.. the Guardian was officially informed yesterday.

Plans of the new owners are not definitely known at present but, it is understood construction of fur- ther additions to the existing plant will begin in the spring. In the meantime, the new owners ex- pect to continue the operations which have been carried on by Davis and Fraser, Ltd, since the disastrous fire on Nov. 29 lust, namely. the purchasing and slaughtering of hogs.

It is understood there will be no important labour changes made during the winter months and that the present staff of between sev- enty-flve and eighty men now em-

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LAST C.W.A.C. IN CANADA

Last member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps to receive

ployed at the plant \viil continue to serve the new owners.

The local branch of Canada Packers has been in operation in Charlottetown fo-r the past 28 years.

The firm of Davis and Fraser. Ltd, has been one of the City's more important industrial plants for the past 4i years. It was in- corporated in 1905. Actually, how- ever, the original Plant was in operation as early as i895.

The fire which broke out at the Davis and Fraser plant in the early ltours c-f Nov. 29 lust. tie- siroyeri about two-thirds of the plant including most of the pro- cessing rnnchinery and caused s loss estimated at over half a mil- lion dollars.

s.‘ 0f Triplet: i‘ sing IProIsIesss

Ship Aground Near Nantucket Island

BOSTON, Jan. 3 — (AP) - The Panamanian freighter S.S. Kotm ram aground tonight on fog-shroud- ed Davis Shoal near Nantucket Is- land and her distress signals sent five Coast Guard cutters teaming to her aid while other shi ' in the area were put on the alert to give assistance.

In New York. agents for the Koior said she cflfliezi a crew num- bering between 25 and 30 men and s miscellaneous cargo.

Coast guardsmen sztid an SOS phlced up at Ivfarshfleld did not give the extent of the vessel's trouble.

The Koicr loft New York City Jan. 2 and was scheduled to arrive in Halifax about three days later according to her agents.

In Now York. the Coastguard siiid the cutters Logrnre, Mendota, Kaw, Algonquin acid Hombcam were proceeding to aid the Kotor.

INGRJD BERG MAN

HONORED

SIDCKHOLM. Jan. 3 — (AP)— Actress Ingrid Bergman has been awarded the medal “Litterius ct Artlbus" by King Gustav. it was announced tonight. I110 medal is

one of Sweden's hi host awards conferred upon s cntists and artists.

her discharge was Sergt. Dorothy Hartman, of Kitchener, Ont. Be- cause hcr documents became lost Miss Hartman was the only C. W. A. C. in Canada for two months.

Saurel Completes Unloading Food

The Csovemmemit ice-breaker Salurel, which had rushed 40 tons of supplies, including food, to the ice-botmd Quebec village ctf Nat- ashquan this week, tunnpd aroused yesterday and last night was steam- ing towards the Magdalen Islands to pick up light-keepers leaving their posts for the winter.

Mr. E.E. cliswson, marina agent for the Department o! ‘Transport ssin ‘the saute! apparently had fin- ished unloads/rig yesterday. The ship, which kit/t Charlottetown Monday. reached the village on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Law-mice '1'. ’ . Mir. Clewson said that he did not thlink thGre was any shortage of food before the arrival of the ship.

The Saurel will newt call at Bird Rock and Brion Island to ranove the light-keepers from their lonely posts. After that she will go tn Sydney. N S.

Export Restrictions 0ft Fish Products

OTTAWA. Jan. 3-—(CP)-—O1n- Ma's foreign trade channels have been cleared still further, it was disclosed today, through the re- moval of export and import re- strictions on several commodities, chiefly fish and textiles.

Lifting of the war-imposed reg- uhitions will permit tho unrestrict- ed shipment of many varieties of fish to all countries except enemy alien territory and importation of a large number of cotton textile pmdtu-ts without permits,

Previously, export and permits ltad been required foreign trade in the commodities affected. The new set-up was effec- tive Jan. l.

The new products which now may he exported without permit erc:~

Clams in any form. most types

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(Canadian Press)

Ontario and Quebec. it appeared today, bore the brunt of a snowy new year onslaught and. given snow-free skies it will be days be- fore some places have dug them- selves out. In others, particularly in rural areas only spring thaws will bring pasture fences back to sight.

Across the Prairies temperatures the last 2A hours have been about zero or below and it was chili west of the Rockies.