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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1947

16 PAGES

CHEVRTER iiscussizs ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY

lliscuss Problem 0f Bus Terminal

At a fotnt meeting (I the Pub- lic Property Committee of the City Council and the Town Planning Board held pi the City Hall last n::ht the problem of providing m. city of Charlottetown with an up-to-date bus terminal was discussed. Councillor J. D. Stew- art presided.

\vhile no definite decision was reached pending the securing of

more complete information it was ihe unanimous decision of the meeting that the provision of a terminal as outlined was desir- able.

Var-long speakers pointed out the necessity for a proper bus station which would provide adequate faculties and conveniences for the travelling public and at the same

time leave the main thoroughfares ficc from traffic congestion and eliminate possible danger to ped- estrians.

P. Walter Hyndman headed the delegation on the Town Planning Committee. His Worship Mayor B Earle MacDonald attended the meeting.

50-iloilar Fine For Smoking Cigarette

NEW GLASGOW. N. S.. Sept. l5 - (CP) - Malcolm 1". MacDonald of nearby Salt Springs today was fined $50 and costs when convict- cd on a charge of smoking a cig- arette in the woods in violation of lands and forest regulations. The charge was laid by Provincial Lands and Forests Department of- fi iiais after a forest fire broke out in the salt Springs area three weeks ego.

Coming Events

"Show Bradalbane Hall Tues- day.

"Chicken Supper, Kinkora Hall,‘ Tuesday, September 23rd.

“Spi-inglon Ice day. September 18th.

"Dance at Long Creek Hall.

Crcaim. Thurs-

Tucsday, September 16th. Ald of Rink. "Dance. Donaldston School,

Monday, September 22nd. Refresh- merits.

"Lot 65 Hall, Tuesd 16th. l-lot Chicken D and Dance.

. September nor. Bingo

"Talkies -— Camoe Cove Wednes- day. "Kiss and Tell". starring Shir- lay Temple, .

"Regular Dance at Buriirlklon. Wednesday. September 17th. Good music.

"Ice Cream and Dance in Mill- vale School, Tuesday, September 16th.

"Closing Dance ~ at Covehead Rink. Tuesday. September 16th. George ChappclYs Orchestra. t

"Rummage sale. Holy Name Hall, Saturday, September 20th. 2 P. M.

"Card Party, Pie Social. Dance. -

Cardigan l-lall, Wednesday. Sept. 17th.

"Talkies — Moreli ThursdaY- "Kiss and Tell" starring Shirley Temple.

“Dance and lee Cream Social. Kelly's Cross School. Wednesday, September 17th.

"Dancing in Woods Mill. Mon- Ilay night. September 22nd, Chais- son's Ofbhélifln Lunch.

"Chicken Supper in Cape Trav- erse Hall. Wednesday. September 17th. Proceeds in lid of lohool.

"Special Dance. Ooveheui Race Track Canteen. Thursday. Sept. goth. Duke Nielsen and his Quin-

ette.

"Kings County mowing amen lfld Horse Show It Dundal. Sepi- ernber 24th. For prile illt and in- formation apply to Albert. Acorn, Primrose.

“Don't forget Chicken lilppll‘. (Roger's Hotel, Brackiey Beach to- Iilght. starting 5 o'clock. DIM! Howes ‘fall afier, free to supper ticket holders.

“Prof. no. a. Hugh. Mlliiiilii and Wonder Worker with his Great Marlo Show; also Rabbits ‘and Guinea Pigs. Tuesday, September 18th. Mlllvlew Hell. Doors 7.80. Bhow 8.15. Adults 35c, Children 20c.

St. Dilfistllffs.

Britain Pays Trjiiute To “The Few”

By Michael 0'Marl

LONDON, Sept. l5 - (C?) — A single Hawker Hurricane fighter- “one of ours"-today flew through the sunny autumn sky over Lon- don while thousands ln the streets below craned their necks and re- membered Britain's ,blackest hours. The lone fighter was symbolic of the strength of the R. A. l", which turned hack the Luftwaffes might in the Battleof Britain. cli- max of which was reached seven years ago today. It headed a "fly past" of 130 Allied planes, marking the opening of “Battle of Britain Week."

The week will end with a West- minster Abbey thanksgiving serv- ice next Sunday. with counterparts in churches of every denomination throughout the United Kingdom. Strollers in Piccadilly. ‘Trafalgar Square and in the parks. and of- fice workers in the city. the fin- ancial and business district. who quit their desks, gazed at the tight formations coming over today he- tween "angels one and angels two"

LEGION CHIEFS GET TOGETHER: is Sir Ian Fraser. MP. President mutual veteran interests with Major Gene President of the Canadian Legion. B.E.S.L. Sir Ian Fraser visited

Ottawa as a- guest of the Canadian Legion.

He is also Chairman of

Two Mills Boost Flour Prices I 90' P er Cent

(By The Canadian Press)

EDMONTON‘, sent. 15 _ Pliour price increases of approximately 90 per cent were announced to- day by two Edmonton mills in the wake of the Federal decontrol order. ‘Bakers were scheduled to meet later and fix new retail prices for

y Edmonton and Central and North-

ern Alberta.

Other Edmonton milling comp- anies suspendedwales pending re- ceipts of new price policies from head offices.

Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. announced a price increase of $4.05 a barrel making the new price of flour to bakers $8.55 a barrel. North West Mill and Feed Co.. Ltd, reported a price boost ranging from $3.80 to 04 a barrel. depending upon the effect of rle- control on cotton fabrics on price of flour sacking. The new price would be between $8.30 to $8.50 a barrel to bakers.

Flour prices at retail stores un- der these increases would be S2 a 100-pound sack higher. lifting the new retail price to $4.25.

Some independent bakers were reported to have raised bread prices three cents a loaf.

Meanwhile a survey indicated farmers as well as bread consum- ers are likely to be among the first residents of Northern Alberta to feel the effect of the Federal Government's action in taking

(Contiiiled cn Page 3 Col. 2)

By The Canadian Prcde Seventy-five per cent of Canada's normal meat supply still was cut off today as the United Packing- house Workers of America (O.1.0.) stuck by their wage demands and continued to strike at 21 pscklfla- houees in IB-clties.

Response to a now appeal for

Dominion Government conciliation was not encouraging and all signs pointed to a long strike and a melt shortage which few parts of the icountry could escape. The 12.000 workers on strike are employees of the Swift Canldilfl Company. Canada Packers Limited and Burns and Coiipliiy. the ‘Big Three" of the induAtfY- About 0-000 employees of small, independent packlnghouses still are on the 10b- some 350a Swift workers walked out iut Aug. 27. Canada Packer!’ and Burns’ plants were struck lest week. The U.1\W.A. demand is a but-e wage of 92 cents an hour. which would entail an average in- crease of 17 cents. Swift has of- fered three cents. Canada Packers and Burns five cents.

Conciliation nope- locum!!! still hinged on the wiiilt;_ of

Dance after Show. aliilview. P. Ii. I._

n» eight provinces effected in l!" \

(Continued on Page 5 Col. B) .

Signs Point To Long Packinghouse Strike

strike to waive jurisdiction and permit intervention by the Federal Government. Only three provinces —Saskatohewan, British Columbia ad Manitoba-h": agreed to such action.

The U.P.W.A.. insisting that. the peokinghouee industry is nation- wide. has insisted on Dominion- scale oonciliation. Pat Conroy. 5e0- retary of the Canadian Congress of Labor, supported that! view in a telegraphed appeal to the eight premiers fo let Ottawa taice ever.

Alberta. New Brunswick and Prince Edward friend have not an-

nonnced their attitude. Ontario si-'

needy has advanced a wettlemm‘. proposal-requiring ihe strikers 1° return to work pending conciliation or arbitration-which appeared doomed to failure, And Quebec ad- vert" it: mast" "' " e w -

nod w. Dowllni‘. oensdien di~ rector of the U.P.W.A.. reaffirmed the Union position tonight - Vim this statement: "contrary i0 1m- ve t reports, the U.P.W.A. ll not semi-us; with m- proviMiIi goveflnimt. We believe that the only realistic settlement can b0

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Shown above on the left of the British Legion. talking over ral C. B. Price. Dominion

Serious Goal Shortage liue To Bar Embargo

The coal consumers of the Prov- ince are confronted with an acute shortage of coal which may be- come even more serious as cooler weather approaches unless the coal- car situation speedily improves, City coal dealers said yesterday.

Some of the larger dealers have received but one or two cars of Nova Scotia coal during the past four or five weeks and their sup- plies of soft coal are diminishing rapidly.

A spokesman for the Island div- ision of the Canadian National Railways said last night that one cause for the present. shortage of cars is th recent embargo by the United St tes Government on cars going into Canada. Though the embargo was lifted shortly after it had gone into effect. the results

William Blklole. 35. son of Mr. il-nd Mrs. James A. Bagiole, 99 Fitzroy Street. Charlottetown, died yesterday afternoon en ‘route to the Souris Hospital a few minutes af- ter he had come in contact. with a live wire while working on a Marl- tinie Electric Company line op- posite the store of Matthew and MncLe-an in Souris. The accident occurred about 3 o'clock.

The late Mr. Baglole, a veteran of the last war and a lineman with the Maritime Electric for the past two and a half ycars, was married and the futhcr of five children.

Besides his parents». wife. and children. the into Mi-. Baglole is survived by four brothers. Joseph and James of Halifax, John, Char- lottetown; and Adrian. in Ontario; also by four sisters. Mrs. Bonar Dalziel, Charlottetown; Mrs. Jos- eph Trainer. Siidbury. Ont; Mrs. Alfred Peters and Mrs. Maurice Doucette. both of Charlottetown.

The body was transferred to the A.A. Hennessey Funeral Home last night and today an autopsy will be performed by provincial pathologist Dr. Harold Shaw.

It is understood that Mr. Bag- lole fell from a pole. after he came in contact with a wire car-

are still being felt. ' The spokesman said he could see no appreciable relief for the im- ‘mediate future. When shipping activities slackened at Montreal and Saint John, there would be a very appreciable easing of the situation. In the meantime. he said. the Railway yvas doing all in its power to see that empty coal cars were routed back to the CUBA centres as speedily as possible. Commenting on- a -peess~..itcm. asserting that the Railways bunk- lng of coal at Borden was adverse- ly effecting the supply of cars for the importation of coal for domes- tic use. the spokesman said the bunking of coal at Borden was the Railways usual practice and that such bunking had but little ap- preciable effect on the car supply.

t

Russia invokes Big Power Veto

LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 15 --(AP) — Russia invoked the big power veto twice tonight to hlock United States efforts to shift the Balkan problem to the 55-member United Nations Assembly hut the way for Assembly action was cleared ‘oy another American move. approved despite Soviet opposition.

The final Security Council act- ion on the Balkan question was to strike the controversial issue from its agenda after a bitter 5 i-2 hour session in which the delegates became involved in a hot battle over the veto itself.

The United States had made a strenuous fight to take the case to the Assembly without removing it from the Council's agenda. This would have permitted continuation »of the subsidiary watch group of the Balkan Investigating Commls~ sion-the U. Nfs only direct link wit the Balkan situation.

e plan, however.‘ w- j

men are needed to bring Canada's three armed services to a required strength of 38.400 and a campaign will be launched on Sept. 30 to get recruits for this active force and for the reserve.

when a pamphlet eneitled “Can- ada's Defence"

Claxton. information on the country's de- fence organization.

a committee was being established to advise and the defence committee of the Cabinet organization." which includcsplan- ning for the development of com- mon standiirdsand design in con- nection with the munitions. weapons merit.

army hopes to boost strength of 13.085 to the required 18.750; from its present 11.804 to 12.150 and the navy from 682i to 7.500.

forces will for the time largely concerned planning, staff work, care of ma- terials and training rather than in providing immedi- ate small forces will be organized and trained."

Beaverbgik Buys House In Fredericton

rying 110 volt current, injuring his head severely.

yilecruiting llrive To Begin Sept. 30

(By it. Canadian pa...» u OTTAWA, Sept. ib-About 6.000

This was made known tonight

was issued under he authority of Defence Minister rounding up the latest

The pamphlet also disclosed that the Defence Minister

"on matters of industrial

manufacture of and equip-

In the recruiting campaign. the its present

the air force wants to go

The pamphlet said that the being be with training.

the reserve. operational forces. “though of the latter type

FREDERICTON. Sept. lit-Lord

lintigonis Fires Are

h Forest Suhdued

ANTIGONISl-I. Sept. 15 -(CP)-- Forest fires which have threatened

A l, g attractive the nmon h county vmne c Fredericton. Before the bank ac-

quired it more than 40 years ago. it was known as the Fraser resi- -dence.

Faimiont and at times the town of Antigonlsh were subdued tonight after a heavy downpour dyenohed 40 square mils of smouldering slash and second growth timber, The rain relieved the menace lo i1 the homes cf th loo-odd Fairmont residents who d ing the week-end a had picked up their belongings ready to e.

on good authority tonight. frame dwelling, it is one of the

summer residing in Fredericton.

West Indian estate in the Be- ‘a the hamlet. hamal.

Beaverbrook. chancellor of the University of New Brunswick. is purchasing the Bank of Montreal residence on the corner_ of Church Street and Charlotte Street here. and will take possession of the home neitt spring, it was learned

A large two and a half storey of

homes downtown

Lord Beaverbrook plans. it is nderstood, to spend part of next

nd the following winter at his

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meeting will follow informal dis- cussions between

and British Cabinet Ministers and officials on means of aiding United Kingdom and themselves in the dollar shortage.

is not expected to be present though her Douglas Abbott. is in London meetings of the Monetary Fund and. the lniemai- ipai Bank for RQCOIIBl-Iilotidfl and Development.

that in line with policy for Commonwealth talks. Canada will be kept informed throughout.

sterling ares already have made individual-arrangements for redua

Britain Sells Part 0f “Last Ditch” G_old f

LooallManFatally Injured At Souris

Will Go For Purchases in ilnited States

LONDON, Sept. Bfliflin 501d 580000.000 worth of her “last ditch" gold reserves to- day to buy vitally needed supplies in the United States.

The dip into the Bank of Eng- land's _baslc bullion reserve-me first si-nce before the outbreak of war in 1939—was announced by the British Treasury as John w, Sny- der. United States Treasury Soc- retary. told a press conference that emergency help for

York. the Treasury nnnquncezneint said. A Treasury source said it would be used to meet "general

commitments." mostly for purclqag. es in the United States.

(In Washington. United States Treasury officials said the decision to sell the gold was made by British officials. with the United States taking no part.)

Sale of some gold from Britain's reserve “as forecast by Hugh Dal- ton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, last month shortly after ' sterling convertibility was suspended and Britain and the Uited States vir- tually froze the remaining $400,- 000.000 of the A-merican loan. “Since we can‘t get dollars from the American loan, we must draw" on our gold reserves," a Treasury spokesman said today.

Snyder said “thcre might well be important need for interim aid" for most of Europe while the

i’ Marshal! aid pldirisfiielng drafted

He indicated the remainder cf the American loan may soon be made available to Britain-move that wou!d relieve temporarily the need for further sales of gold.

The British Treasu-ry spokesman. pointing outthat dollar discussions now in progress might "change the situation." declined to speculate on how much of its gold reserve Brit- ain mlght be forced to seil_ He added, however. that Britain could "reasonably expect" to sell up t0 one-t-lai-rd of its reserves—approxl- Imatcly £200.000,000-without en- dangering the stability of the pound.

Plot Thwarted

(By The Atsociated Press)

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia. Sept. i5-—A terrorist plot to overthrow the national government and as- sassinate President Eduard Benes has been thwarted with the ar- rest of 80 ring-leaders, the State of Slovakia announced today.

The National Ministry oi’ the Interior here immediately began an investigation to determine whether the plot was connected with the unsuccessful attempt last week to bomb Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk. Vice-Premier Peter Zenkl and Justice Minister Pro- kop Drtina. Envelopes containing explosives, addressed to the three officials. were intercepted by pos- tal and other government offic-

15 —(CP) —

War-damaged Europe may be necessary before the

ilurricane Reported '0ff Florida Coast

(By The Amoclated Press)

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. 15- Storm warnings flew in the Bahamas tonight and a 750- miie stretch of the Atlantic coast from Vern Beach, Fla., to (‘ape flattens. N. C.. was put on the alert to prepare for the possibility of a mighty hurricane containing windsup to 140 miles an hour. Forecaster Grady Norton said the alert was not intended to spread alarm, but to advise persons in the area to pre- pare for the possibility of a.

Marshal; plan to aid Europe be_ hurricane. The storm centre 81m; at noon was 400 miles east-

,he gold’ pa“ of Bflmhfs es_ southeast of Vero Beach. mov- tlynayed ggogpomooo $2,400” lng between west-northwest 000,000) N59,“; was sold to me and northwest. Federal Reserve Bank of New

Legion Protests Pension Bates

OTTAWA. Sept. i5 —- (OP) — Mal-Gen. C. B. Price‘ Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, in a letter to Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King made public today said Government failure to increase the pension rates for disabled veterans had caused “bitter disappointment and much resentment" among Can- adian veterans and urged immedi- ate action in the matter.

The letter said that veteran pensioners and their dependents have had no increase for more than 25 years. that they “cannot make ends meet on their monthly stipend" and pointed- outs-Legion" representations had been made to the Government last November and again in May.

"The veteran body does not un- derstand why the Government, by its decisions or actions. should have assisted many other groups to sec- ure higher incomes to offset living costs, while those who sacrificed the most in our war effort should be left to struggle with the prob- lem unaided." the letter said.

Tito’s Forces Beat iiun By l0 Hours

TRIESTE. Sept. i6 (Tues- dayl - (AP) _ Military Govern- ment headquarters announced ear- ly today that withdrawal of United States 88th Division troops from the llforgan Line in Venezia Giulia to the new provisional Italo-Yugo- slav frontier had been completed without incident. although Prem- ier-Marshai Tlto‘s forces moved up to the Yugoslav border of the free Trieste territory i0 hours ahead of schedule.

llfai-(Ten. Bryant Moore. com- mander of the 88th Division. term- ed the Yugoslav manoeuvre a "hot curve" but said that he had order- ecl his troops to retire as soon as he was notified of the change of plan.

The troop movements followed a. oay in which one man was klllqi and 15 others were injured when Italian and Slav groups clashed in the streets of this Adriatic port.

Canada To

By James McCook

LQNDON. 5613i. 15 —(CP)—Al1 the Commonwealth countries ex- cept Canada will be represented at l. roundtable conference next week on the dollar crisis, it was learned today. 4

A Treasury spokesman saki the

Commonwealth representatives including Pakistan,

the

Canada. as a dollar area country. al- Minister, for International

Finance

however. all

The spokesman said.

Some nidgihe Dominions in the

i211 imports from dollar

proclaimed a free state at 2 AM.

Be Absent

From Dollar Meeting

, Now they are prepared to discuss co-ordination of their policies. and to inquire into the best methods of self-sufficiency to conserve their resources until either the credit situation improves or (heE-r exports to the dollar areas keep pace with their imports.

Next week's conference will not be on a ministerial level and of- ficials will bc unable to commit their governments. But the broad strategy of an economic conservat- ion campaign will be drafted. Among the points to be reviewed will be the possibility of eliminat- ing inter-Dominion competition and thus preventing overlapping in certain markets.