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Gardiner Ta‘ Open Maritime Winter Fair

AMHERST, N. S., Oct. 1B —(CP) _ Agriculture Minister James Gar- diner will open the Maritime Win- ter Fair here Nov. 7. it was an- nounced tonight.

EASINGWOLD, Yorkshire, Eng- land, Oct. 18—(AP)—Brits.in has reported the wartime civil defence school here to train instructors on‘ protection against atomic weapons. pmy student instructors. one a w: nail. now are enrolled in the 3 13-week Nurse-

Coming Events

"Dance in Long River Hall is cancelled. '

"Hope River bazaar and chicken supper Oct. 25th and 26th.

"Mail your Films to Gsrnbum Iihoto Studio. Charlottetown.

"Masquerade dance Fort Aug- gslis School Friday, Oct. 28, Blrt’! Orchestra.

"Dance Fort Augustus hall. Oct, 22, Lunches served. Sponsored by the Junior Farmers.

"No! buying Eliot/by Seed, Reg- istered, Cleaned or Uncleened. Mc- Guigan and Boyle.

"Masquerade Dance. Corran Ban

all, Friday, October 21st. Melody

ys Orchestra.

"Reserve November 8th for Bazaar and Chicken Supper, South Rustlco Hail.

"Dance Mt. Stewart Legion Hall every Thursday night. music by Al Blanchard.

"Bean Supper. Bingo. Games. Dance. ctc.. North Rlistico, Friday, Dctdber 21st. Suppers at 5 P. M.

"Dance. Grand View Hail.

Thursday, Oct. 20. Cliff Lilly's Orchestra. "Dance in Webster's Corner

School. Friday, October 21st. Blake's Orchestra.

"Show ‘The Plalnsmnn" with Gary Cooper at Hunter's River t0- hight at 8.30. , Peter's Legion Cliff

"Dance in St. Hell every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra,

"Dance Long River Hall every Wednesday. Good music. Door prize.

"Reserve Wednesday. October 19th for Chicken Supper at E. M. Cudmore‘: Warehouse. Oyster Bed Bridge.

"Come to Old Time Fiddling. Stepdancing Contest. Mount Stew- fir! Legion Hall. Wednesday. Oct.

"Will be buying live chicken and fowl every Thursday morning until further notice. W. O. Myers. Stanley Bridge.

“Coming to Cherry Valley Hall. Friday, Oct. 21, Brooklyn Trio. pipers and other entertainers. Alls- Dices Y. P. U.

"Masquerade Dance in Vernon Hail. Friday, Oct 28th. Prizes for best costumes. Added attractions. Miilview Orchestra.

"Dancing. Islanders Country Club. Travellers Rest, evclry Thurs- dly- Orchestra. Western Boys. fea- turing George Chappeli. violin-

"Rumrnege Sale. also sale of Iltw quilts, aprons. out..- Market Wilding. Saturday. October 22nd- lt 2 o'clock. ladies Aid. Church c! Scotland. '

"Masquerade Dance. Kelly's Cross Hall, Thursday. October 77th-

rnusic. prises for best costumes. door prise.

"Rosary; Wednesday. oetober 90th for Chicken and Ham Supt!" {n lair; River l-lsll. Serving from

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"Amos P, Gallant, South Rus- Wo buying chicken and fowl "try day. will pa! Iirllrht lllrliert ‘hsrlfst, rice for well-rin- ished chicken. rite or phone-

“Come to chicken and ham Wither, Wednesday, October 19th. at E. M. Cudmore‘: warehouse. Whiter served at 5.!) p.m.

"Will be lending hegs at the "ileum points eseii ram-arm time: Wlgmora, Brsdnlbl-M. lint" 11.30 A. u. Borden mgnsil. Hunt" Fiver. until neon. lunlnisrsids until 13° l‘. 1f. and xensingtoa until 3

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Bills Spark

OTTAWA, Oct. 18—(CP)—-l~‘orty- five Quebec divorce bills were ap- proved in principle tonight by the Commons-but not without op-

position. There was nsiderable confus- ion as the bills passed second

reading, just squeezing by without a formal vote. .

Members on both sides of the House rose in the traditional manner of demanding the formal vote on the touchy topic of Que- bec divorces. But they discovered they had risen too late. The bills. said Speaker W. Ross Macdonald, had been passed by voice vote.

The split on Quebec divorce bills is one that develops at every ses- sion of the Commons. It cuts across party lines.

lt all stems from the fact that Quebec has no divorce court of its own as do all the other Prov- inces but Newfoundland. As a re- sult any Quebec divorces must go directly to the Senate and Par- liament.

Many members in the Commons are opposed to divorce in any form. That's particularly true of Roman Catholic members, Others object to the fact that Parliament should have to ‘ deal with such matters.

Still others have expressed be- lief that .Parllament, while it might not like the job. neverthe- less has a'duty to fulfill in carry-

tish North America Act as it ap- plies to divorce.

Both sides of the controversy tonight were expressed during de- bate in the Commons.

W. F. Carroll (L-Invcrness-Rlcll- mond), former Nova Scotia Judge,

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British To ilear Dollar-Saving Plans Monday

By Alan Harvey

DONDON. Oct. l8 —(CP) —Brit- ain is to learn next Monday what new plans the Labor Government has for saving dollars. The an- nouncement will be made in the House of Commons by Prime Min- ister Attlee.

The Government decision to re- serve announcement until next week was made as the Commons and the House of Lords .easse Ilefi today after the summer recess. Ex- cept for the threeday debate on devaluation in septum‘ . Parlia- Snelnt has been adjourned since late

uy.

Herbert Morrison. deputy prilme minister an Government House leader. told he Commons that At- tlee's statement would deal with proposals bearing on Britain's fin- ancial and economic stiuation. Morrison added the Government would be willing to discuss ar- rangements fora‘ later debate on the ‘Prime Minister's statement. Lobby correspondents speculated that the delay in the Government announcnncnt indicated a conflict within the Cabinet over the pro- posed retrenchment program. At- tlee said last week he would outline the economy plans within a "very few days."

Most political writers agreed that "austerity Monday" will bring de- tstis of saving in three main fields: Governmem expenditure, capital investment and airports from dol- lar countries including Canada.

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Old Timer Picks 65 Barrels Spuds Daily

MA-BAR-DIS. Me. Oct. l8 —(A'P) — A “crick" in the back didn't do much to slow 83-year-old Bert Pollard's potato picking. He gath- ered 65 barrels of spud; daily gm- 11 days. his nephew. Clair Pol- lard. reported today. Bert develop- cd a backache the second day and couldn't bend much -- so he her-

vested the rest or the time on his knees.

Winter struck Western Canada to. day, catching one-third of South-

lng out the directions of the Bri- 4

ern Alberta's sugar beet crop un- harvested and causing at least one death.

A snowstorm of bliuard prqpor. tions raged across Southern and Western portions of Saskatchewan blocking roads and paralyzing to.- cphone communications. The storm moved eastward lnto Saskatchew- an from Alberta early this morn-

All Saskatchewan highways but oneywere blocked by driving snow.

Swift Current residents awoke today to see their city covered with a blanket of snow which began to fall late Monday afternoon. Snowdrifts were reported three feet high piled by winds of more

- than 40 miles an houri~~

The storm is described by Re- gina's Weather Bureau as "having no centre and covering Southern Alberta, and Saskatchewan and the Northern United States.

Blizzard conditions struck the Lethbridge area- or Alberta with temperatures of 15 above. A freez- ing DS-mile-an-hour wind piled up a sea. of snowdrlfts as more than a foot of snow fell.

The temperature dipped to five degrees above zero at Edmonton and l0 above at Calgary,

In Winnipeg, s. cold rain fell to- day while wind velocity reachel 24 miles an hour. Manitoba got off lightly on the whole, however, with snow just falling in small traces.

The rain was expected to turn into snow during the night" and below-freezing temperatures forecast for the Winnipeg area.

The weatherman predicted the snow storms would diminish in‘ Southern Alberta tonight and in Southern Saskatchewan tomorrow morning. ,

Wesley Wilcox. '18. of Calghry, suffered a fatal heart attack while

shovelling snow outside his home. Low temperatures included: Whltecourt, 120 miles northwest

of Edmonton. two below; Grande Prairie, in-thc Peace River dis- trict, zero,

T0 DECIDE KING'S STATUS

BRUSSELS. Oct. 16 - (AP) -- Exxlled King Leopold has agreed to a vote by the Belgian people to decide whether he shall retuni to the throne. Senator Julius Hosie. announcing this today, said the King will abdlcate if fewer than 55 per cent of the voters 1s-

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By HAROLD I. MILK! LONDON. Oct. 1s -- (A?) - Princess mizsbeth told Britons to- dgy to mend their morals end slow doum on divorces.

The heiress presu tlve to the throne voiced alarm s the divorce rate in the sharpest statement that has come in years from any member of the Royal Family. it broke tradition, se the Royal Fat-n- ny usually avoids public mention of controversial matters. Princess Elisabeth. who is I and - "or" "or"; nlon mos voroe _sn- ltix morals endanger the British "murlliirgulgmsgmig "or growing‘ aw’ . m; lndulgence. of hardening mat- eriaiism and of falling more! stan- dfldl," Elilsboth JAM. "I Wflllld gosofsrsstosaythntsorneof m, "s; principles on which the “may, and therefore the health o1 the nation, is founded are in

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Princess Warns British ' Home Life Endangered

in exile since the war.

havoc which hss‘been wrought. above ell among the children. by the break-up of homer. we can have no doubt that divorce and

separation are responsible for some of the darkest evils in our society today.

"1 do not thinkyou esn perform my finer service then to help maintain the Christian doctrine that. the relationship of husband and wife is s. permanent one, not to be lightly broken because d dif- ficulties or quarrels.‘

Her concern was based on sta- tistics. Theee show the ratio of divorces to marriages in Iaglend and Wales last yesr was almost one do elim-

Ber "audience was made up of spot) women. ell with children er to or younger st horns. The Moth- ers’ Union is en with 2,000 branches, dedicated to the welfare of the horn_e and children.

Members of the MothersFUl-llon presented Princess Jliuheth. gifts for her son. Prince Charles. who

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WOODSTOCK, N. B., Oct. l8——- (CP)-—Linneas Caldwell, 1.3, was killed today when a revolver dis- charged While in the hands of a chum, Bruce Hoyt.

The boys, with three other lads had gone to Hoyfs house where Bruce showed them an old .32 re- volver which had been in the family's possession for many years. The Hoyt boy knew it was not usually loaded but unknown to him an older brother had left a bullet in the weapon.

The only other details police could learn from the frightened bOYs were that the revolver dis- charged anrl the victim fell, shot under the left arm. No decision re- garding an inquest had been reached tonight.

Blizzard Brings 12-Inch , Snowfall To Prairie Areas

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Gale Threatens N. S. Cont

HALIFAX. Oct. 18 —(OP) — Fishermen and marine interests around Nova Scotiaks south shore and along the Bay of Fundy coast tonight ilvore warned by the Weath- er Bureau here to prepare for heavy Sales tomorrow.

The Bureau said that a hurricane that has been almbllng around the Atlantic for several days is head- ing for Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy area. Winds“ tomorrow would reach 35 miles arr hour with Busts to 50. The blow tonight was centred about 4-00 miles south of Halifax and moving slowly nor-th- west.

Ga-le warnings went up along the Fundy coast and Nova Scotia‘s southwestern, south and eastern shores. ,

NEW YORK. Oct, 18 -—(AP) - Storms lashed vast areas of the North Atlantic today. churning up high seas that menaced shipping from the British Isles to the North- east United States coast.

The 7.1764011 French freighter Caen, her propeller gone and her engine damaged. after a collision with a. floating wreck. wallowed helplessly in a raging sea some 180 miles off Cape May. NJ. The tug Marion Moran fought giant waves I in a rescue attempt.

The Queen Elizabeth and other liners, including the Nieuw Am- sterdam, radioed that the storm would) delay their crossing by many

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The United States Weather Bur- eau reported a series of storms with their centres about 200 miles apart have been battering shipping lanes since yesterday. Winds of 40 to 60 miles an hour were common.

Hangar At Private N.B. Airport Destroyed

MONCTON’. N. B.. Oct. 19 — (CP) — Flames tonight levelled the main hangar at Simmons Brothers‘ airport on the Irishtown Road. five miles north of this city.

Early reports said the fire had razed the hangar building and a workshop along with most of its contents. One plane also was lost.

Two other planes in the hangar when the fire broke out were wheeled to safety.

There was no immediate report of the loss.

The airport was developed by Donald and Robert Simmons. The former is n. veteran of the 11C.- AJl‘. in the Second World War. In addition to charter flying the brothers operated a seasonal pat-- rol of the Northumberland Strait lobster fishing areas for the Fed- eral Department of Fisheries.

FemaleWll-nesses Must Wear Hat

FBEDERICTON. Oct. 18 -(CP) - Chief Justice J. l2. Michaud ruled todiy that female witnesses must wear bats when they \ppesr in his court.

Hegruled that in future "sll fe- male witnesses presented to the court - - - must be properly st- lired and wear hats.”

Report Mi Of Ducks. Gewgqlns

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 — (AF) — The ducks and geese ere on their way south.

Ducks Unlimited. international conlervstihn organisation. receiv- ed word today from its Canadian agents that the annual migration began "in real earnest" early to- day. and should develop tonight and tomorrow into n spectacular

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Damage May Exceed 15 Million

GUATEMALA, Guatemala, Oct. 18 — (AP) - Torrential rains and floods over Guatemallrs richest banana, coffee and cocoa lands were reported today to have taken up b0 1,000 lives and left 60,000 to 70,000 homeless.

The United States Air Force base here ordered a search for a missing Catalina believed to have been dispatched from Panama on a relief mission.

Trapped by the flood were 26 American tourists.

Raina which began 16 days ago swelled to torrents during the last three or four days, washing out; roads and destroying communica- tions,

A Foreign Office spokesman es- timated the dead at. 1,000, thollgrl police had tabulated only 1'71 dead by actual count. President Juan Jose Arevalo said 300 were ‘known dead. The economic loss was es- timated at $15,000,000 or more.

Dozens of villages around flake Atitlan were LJBTDODOd and it is feared roads may not be passable for months. Northern and southern parts of the "country were worst. hit. but all sections were affected.

The Government set up a disas- ter relief committee. asked Con gress for a special relief approp- riation and prepared to drop footl and medicines in the Lake Atltlan orea.

The missing Catalina was last reported about 100 miles off the Nicaraguan coast. The Air Force base here said it left Albrook Field. Panama, and was M. hour's overdue at Belize. Honduras.

lboa. dispatches said veterans of t e Ecuadorean earthquake dis- aster of last August will leave Pan- ama for Guatemala tomorrow in two 0-47 transports and an am- phibian with blankets, clothing and medicines.

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Report Baby Has Abdominal Cancer

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WACO, Tex.. Oct. 18 -—(AP)— (AP)—liiddie Wayne Franks. 15 months old, has abdominal cancer. His parents Wayne and Anna Ruth Franks, prflWd for his recovery to- day. Doctors say there is little chance he will live. The baby had not been eating well for about three months, but his parents thought it was cn-ly because he was cutting teeth. Physicians operated and found a malignant cancer.

BERWXCK. Scotland. Oct. 18 — (AP) - The unfinished aircraft carrier Albion and a coal freighter collided in a. gale off Britain's North Sea. coast today and 20 British seamen were lost.

The 30 went down with the. 2,025-ton steamer Maystone. O ly four of her crew of 24 were pi k- ed up ~by~the~civilian crew of the Albion. The freighter, carrying coal from Methil. Scotland. to tnndon, sank immediately.

The 18,300-t0n Albion, fourth of the light Hermes class. was being towed by tugs from the Jar-row Shipyards to the Scottish drydock at Rosyth for completion. l-loled on the portside near her propellers, she continued on her way. tlwuflll a Royal Navy spokesman said she was weathering "tremendous dif- ficulties" in the heavy seas.

Howling winds blew down trees and damaged roofs in many parts o1 Britain. One ilo-mile-an-hour gust smashed the 34.00550" "n" Coronia into a quay at Southlmll- ton while she was docklhl. dent- ing two of her plates. Three pas»- gengers and g crew member suf- fered lnturies from buffetlm 50- foot-high seas as she approached Southampton.

Cunard officials later announ- ced the Caronis will sail for New York next Tuesday as scheduled.

A British Overseas Airways Cor- porstion flying boat with 38 PM" sengers bound for South Africa. damaged its floats in trying to take off st Southempto and hid to put into g intenance base.

Belgian and French fishing trawlsrs sought shelter along Brit- ain's south coral. Bee resorts re- ported much damage from the storm.

Royal Air Force planes and a Coast Guard lifeboat searched the tumbling waters about the Fsrno islands. four miles off the coast,

for hours without finding a- trace crew members of

LOCO Dead, O0,000 Homeless In. Guatemalan Floods

LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y.. Oct. 18- (CPJ ~— A United Nations attempt. to make peace in the Balkans ended in failure today. Western diplomats blamed the collapse on Communist Albania.

_ The Russian satellite rebuffed all points in a, U.N. peace plan.

The special U.N. Balkan concil- iation committee named to settle the long - standing Greek-Balkan dispute gave up l9 days after it was created by the General As- sembly.

The four-man committee, head- ed by Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo. reported with regret to the 59-country political committee it could find no basis for ending the conflict,

Romulo along with L.B. Pear- son. Canadian External Affair; Minister, Selim Sarpcr of Turkey, and 'I‘rygve Lie, U.N. Secretary- General. had held 29 meetings They met with representatives or seven countries: Greece, her three northern Communist neighbors - Albania, IBuIgariA and Yugoslavia and Russia, Britain and the United States.

Greece's Communist neighbors are under condemnation of the U.N. Assembly for aiding Greek Communist guerrillas in their fight. against the Athens Government.

Since the Cominform split of June 28, 1948, in which Russia broke with Yugoslavia. however, Yugoslav support to the Greek guerrillas has diminished. if not ended altogether.

The conciliation committee tried to solve the dispute on the basis of a previous peace plan which urged ire-establishment of diplom- atlc relations between Greece and the three northern states and thr. creation of frontier commissions and agreements.

Greece, with the support of Britain and the United States, rm- nounced her acceptance of these factors as a basis for a. settle- ment. Yugosiavia. replied to tho committee's recommendations in e way acceptable to Greece. Bulgar- ia, presumably because of the fail- ure to get final instructions fron. Sofia, did not reply at all. West- ern sources sald Albania ivreckeri the negotiations by rejecting ev- ery point suggested by the peace group.

It was understood a major stumbling block was Albanlas in- sistence on the establishment of the existing Albanian-Greek bor- der as final.

As the frontier stands now, At- bania. holds part of Northern Ep- irus, which Athens claims as Greek

soil.

20 Lost When British ' Carrier, Freighter Collide

the Maystone.

The four rescued were put aboard the tugs towing the AJ- blon.

A hole i5 fer . square was knock- ed in the Albions hull and she began shipping water. But to- night the Admiralty said she was still in tow and was drifting northeast before the wind at twn knots. She war some 10 miles ofi‘ St. Albalfs Head, m‘ 40 miles north of the collision scene,

Later an Admiralty spokesman in Edinburgh said the "situation was muoh improved." He said the gale had aibaied and the tugs were able to swing the carrier back on her course.