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fi-IGHT FROM NANKING HAS TURNED INTO PANIC

iiimen’: Progressive llnservative Ass’n llliis Annual Meeting

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‘he annual meeting of the Wo- n1i's Progressive Conservative As- siiation of Charlottetown was hd in the McLure Building. Kent S last night. Mrs. R. E. Suther- lari. President, presided.

‘he meeting was largely attend mind the annual reports were fol- loted with enthusiasm.

fiss Roberta Nicholson acted as chirmsn durilg the election of oficcrs which resulted as follows:

ion. President, Mrs. W. J. P. lilcliiilian. ,

‘resident, Mil. R. E. Sutherland (r-eit-ctod).

st. Yice-Prestient. Miss Gertrude

Cody. _

Ind. Vice-Prfident. Mrs. Phillip Rissiter.

.rd. Vice-Pr Triinor.

Secretary-Tr le(n Fitzceral Assistant M15. Gerald Mddigan.

"he excctiti! was appointed as allows; Mrs, George Crawford, lrs. D. l..N_l\thicson, Mrs. H. F. icPht-e. Ms. John Sweeney, Mrs. .\t'. Hotey, Mrs. Vincent Pin- All.

A film thc National Conserva- ire (‘onention held at: Ottawa, ast Octner, was shown by Mr. Farhi Kennedy, Provincial )é\i'l_\' nrdiliZOl‘.

Winglommander Angus Mac- Hn. a candidate for ueenuCounty in the next federal lecliot was present and made a hort ldress.

fldent, Mrs. Wilber-

rsurcr. Miss (re-elected).

Secretary - treasurer.

Kath-

YAl-‘IOUTH. Isle of Wight -- CPi - A heron raided a goldfish ndiere and out of 300 fish let; lit‘.

Csming Events

"pecial prices on all feeds. iaoay Bros., Stanley Bridge.

“Ihahing grain Tuesdays. husdays. Fridays. Sterling Dea- on,North Wiitshire.

"iross Roads W. I. Pantry Sole. oars Hardware, January 29th. 2 . l. Proceeds for school.

‘Dance. Earnscliffe School, suary 28th, sponsored by Cherry u: Junior Farmers. Lunches re .

‘Come to Junior Farmers‘ card It)’ and dance in Fort Augustus l. Friday. January 28. Good uic and lunches.

flteserve Saturday, Jan. '29 for image sale in Market Building "lily Junior W. A. Willing Work- : group.

‘Annual meeting East River lilyills Company will be held in trt Augustus l-lall Saturday. Jan- y 29th. i pan. Hugh . Trainer. - retary.

"Alli-mi Ialore. in a super mec-

ltl-tlurc. at. MacDonald Bros.

"1" Wlilht. Don't miss John

dlili- Elisabeth Scott in Desert in ‘Inchnicolor.

Billy from inspected grains and

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Wlrisloe School “H”? 20th, at

W! o discussing problems o treat to all. Signed "M! and Jack Bell.

"Ellllectinl to unload car of lI-Gain Hog Grower, etc., Fri- ). Saturday and Monday. Best

rcgntrates. MacKle (I: Co., Graf-

‘Unloadlng car buk whole cos-n, 4° per hundred weight. tit ear.

hw- hleav and Saturday. ll stint! into cornmeal. 20 cents undrod weilht extra. Dillon

“"110! of all Isrvncs of West slty and Wineloe will be held in

Hall, Friday, s P. M. for the

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‘Mr- Archie Msoltinnon will re- m! his (cream hauling service 10min Cove tofirapaud via _ ° 3m"- NIl-uning Monday, 3:“? 31st. Should any Monday . ‘l 13v glltowrtgka tgp firs; - I- i‘ u w m.’ m

Ettawa Prepared To Aid Seel Plant Expansion (in 50-50 Loan Basis

OTTAWA, Jan. 1i —- (OP) — The Government ts prepared to lend money to steel companies on a 50-50 basis to help them expand primary production, Trade yah- ister Howe said today.

Expanding an announcement od steel-plant help in yesterday's Threne Speech. Mr. Howe said in an interview the Government would

match nsnds the steel-producing companies provided to axiom; their faculties.

He declared no ceiling w" he. in! placed on the government's loans,

"V" "i" Io as far as the cem- lllllllr! Ire prepared to go," he said.

Aim of the new policy is to get new primary units into production lo help overcome Canada's acute shortage of steel. Several month; ggo, the, Domln.

ion Government asked the Can.

adian steel producers to drarw up

llmgrams for the expansion of

their blast furnace and other

primary facilities.

So far, Mr. Howe said, the only

l-‘Omplllly to lay down its progrgm

with the Government is steel

Company of Canada at l-lamilton,

Ont. The other basic producer; gre

Dominion Steel and Coal Corpop.

al-IOH It 53'0"”. NS, and Algcma

Steel Corporation at Sault ste,

Marie, Ont.

For that reason, the Minister

said, he could give no indication of the probable extent of the

Government's ultimate financial 95111010811011 toward the expansion program.

However, he emphasized that it would be by loan only. The loans

would be repaid from the proceeds of the output of the projected. new facilities. , ,

During the day, he discussed the question with Pat Conroy. secre- tary treasurer of the Canadian Congress of Labor, anti 11E. Cor- bett. president of the Sydney local of the United Steel Workers of America,

Later, a Congress statement said the interview had provided "much encouragement" for the steel- workers of Nova Scotia.

"It definitely indicated," said the statement, "that tho govern. merit was moving in the direction of solving some of the problems confronting the steel industry in Nova Scotla and elsewhere, and upon which the employment in the Maritimes is so much dependent."

Aqultsnla To llontlnue in Service This Year

MONTREAL, Jan. 2'1 -—- (OP) - Cunard White Star Limited, an- nounced today tho liner Aquiiania will sail frO-m Southampton to Halifax March B, and continue trans-Atlantic operations through- out 1940.

WOMAN BEST OFFICER CHESTER, England - (CP) —— Poiicewoman Cynthia Turner. 32- year-oid brunette, won a £100 (S500) silver cup ss Chester's best police oilcer of 1948. She defeated 60 men members.

Bevin “Is De

revolt within the Labor determined to ride out the storm

recognition to Israel labor mernbns

party squabble.

self. The answer seems to be: No right now. anyway.

l cabinet

fu urs course.

LONDON, Jan. 2'7 — (AP) -- The cabinet weighed today the Party against its Palestine policy, amid signs Foreign Secretary Bevin is

A source close to the cabinet said Britain probably will extend before the hold their next caucus next Wednesday and that this may help to kill off the intra-

"Will Bevin Clot" asked s head- line in Lord Beavsrbrookh Daily Easiness. The question was echoed elsewhere in the press and in the lower ranks .0! the government it-

Bevin was absent when the gathered with Prime Minister Attica at to Downing Sweet totalk ova the Pmign Secretary's future and the party's

s went instead to a London conference of the five Brussels- wt palms - mum. Irena.

llharge 0.P.ll. ls Aiming At 1950 llate Boost

By JOHN LoBLANC

OTTAWA, Jan. l‘! — (OP) - A provincial lawyer charged at to- day's freight-rate hearing that the Canadian Pacific Railway was moving into position to apply for a new rate increase in 1950. Saskatchewan counsel MA. Mae- Pherson made this suggestion dur- ing a day of considerable confus- ion and skirmishing over the pur- port of new CPR... evidence in the railway application for a 20-

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"The life of the Children's Aid Society is at stake", stated Rev. G. Carlyle Webster, chairman of the 39th annual meeting of the So- ciety held last evening in the City Council Chambers, as he called for a free discussion as to "whether there is a place. for the Children's Aid Society in Charlottetown." After an outspoken discussion of the problems of the care of neg- lected children in Charlottetown, the meeting unanimously resolved that "the Children's Aid Society should continue to function."

On the resignation of last year's officers, the chairman was elected to appoint a. committee to nomin- ate the officers for the current year, reporting back to a continua- tion of the annual meeting which was adjourned until Thursday Feb- ruary 3.

Rev-fawn Past Activities

Rev. Mr. Webster opened the dis- cussion by a review of the work of the Society during its thirty nine years of existence. "Practically 300 wards have been under our care and at present there are almost 100," he stated. I-Ie pointed out the two functions of the Society, both providing living accommodation for neglected children. and counsel for the parents and those who were on

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Saskatchewan Snv't To Probe Goal Industry

Leader Waiter Tucker that Government call for an investiga of Estevan coal.

"apparently simultaneous

was price-fixing among all ducrs in the

pro

not by agreement."

termined To

Remain Foreign Secretary

to recognize Israel.

Prime Minister Attica closed th Commons last night with in principle" Israel.

0n the two-day agenda of th

on Western European unity the North Atlantic defence pact.

pect Bevin to step out of offie now. . cut across party lines. The Dally Eitpress may ask to he assigned to sosn other government

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hold f’

it would be impossible for lsvin t

remain at the Foreign Office. The Conservative

ported members were saying hi

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Will Continue Work 0f Children’

the verge of delinquency. "The vast

REGINA. Jan. 2'! — (C?) -'1‘he Saskatchewan Government is ap- pointing a royal commission to in- vestlgate coal industry problem; in the Province, Premier T.C. Doug-

the (ion into the recent price increase

Mr. Tucker said yesterday that m . cents-per-ton increases by all pro- ducers makes it appear that there

(Estevan-Bienfait) field, by a tacit understanding if

Palestine debate in the House of declaration Britain has “accepted the recognition of five foreign ministers were hlks and Ifhe unfinished dtste of these two projects is one of the main reasons why few in London ex-

Press comment on the situation said Bevin

post. It com- mented: "Mr. Bevin has lost his

The pro-Labor Deity Mirror said some members of Parliament felt

Graphic ro- dsys as Foreign Secretary are

As City 8-29 Missing

LONDON, Jan. 7i -- (AP) — United States Air Force headquar- ters hers announced tonight a 3-29 with i5 men aboard is miss- ing on a flight from Dakar, French West Africa, to England.

The 5-29 left Dakar at 7:20 pan. G.M.T. yesterday and was due at Markham, England, its home base at 9:30 a.m. today, the Air Force said.

s Aid Society

lleeorii lneome For Farm Products In iianaila Last Year

UITAWA. Jan. 26 -— (GP) — Canadian farmers received a re- cord cash return from sale of their products during the first nine months of 1948, the amount total- ling- 81.700.814.000 the Bureau of Statistics reported today.

This was more than 37 per cent higher than for the similar period of 1947.

In addition. farmers received a total of 815,821,000 in supplement- as-y cash payments made under provisions of the Prairie Farm As- sistance Act of 1946, l947.and 1848. the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act of 194.6 and 1947. and the Prairie Farm Income Act of 1946. bringing their cash receipts for the period to 81.778.086.000 against $1,292,306.- 000 for the same period of 1947. According to the index number of farm prices of agiicuiturai pro- ducts the general level of farm product prices during the first nine months of 1948 was approxi- mately 20 per cent higher than for the corresponding period s. year earlier. Generally higher prices for grains, together with increased marketings of wheat' and flaxseed. have more than offset smaller deliveries of coarse grains to give an increased cash income from this source in 194B. Total cash income of $908,496,000 n-om the sale of livestock and

president of the

Mr. Benton Elected

Councillor

Mr. Wendell H. Beaten. auction- eer. was elected councillor for Ward 8 in yesterday's by-election to fill the vacancy created by the recent death of Councillor Samuel Doyle.

With 289 on the voters’ list. 219 voters, three above the last elect- ion, poiled as follows: W. H. Beaten, 90: G. R. Keefe. 73; and 2.‘. w. Houston, 56. Al. last year's general civic election, Mr. Doyle was elect- ed with 122 votes and his opponent, Mr. MacDonald, received 94.

In a statement to The Guardian. Mr. Beaten said, "It was a good clean competition. I will do my ut- most to deserve the confidence placed in me by the electors of Ward 3."

Well-known as the Chief of the Caledonian Club of Prince Edward Island. Mr. Beaton is also vice- City Baseball Lee-sue. a member of the Board 0f TTlltltl-i. and on the executive of the Fish and Game Association

find the Men's Association of Trinity United Church.- The election was conducted

without public dncident under the supervision of Mr. R. R. Bell, re- turning officer, and his deputy Mr. C. MacKenzie.

Expect ll. S. lloiise To Open In March

HALIFAX. Jim. '27 —(CP) ——The fourth session of Nova Scotiaus 43rd Legislature probably will open the second week in March, Prem. ier Angus L. MacDonald said to- night. Mr. MacDonald said the opening date usually is governed by the number of annual reports available at the time.

Cabinet sources indicated the legislature would handle the slim-

mest agenda of- government leg- islation in some years. but one 19ml might be consideration of a

bill banning the sale and manu- facture of margarine in the prov- ince. Until now the government has maintained a "no-comment" on its course of action. '

‘Iihese same sources said they felt that. Premier Macdonald might call a general election this fall or earl- ier if a federal election l; gglled within that time,

Gov’t Fails To Make Peace Deal With ileiis

NANKING, s“ 2a _ (m. d1!) - (A?) — Well-informed sources said Acting President

Lt Tsung-Jen today sent a di-

rect sppell to Communist lead-

er Mao-Tse-Tung to name peace negotiators st once.

NANKING, Jan. 27 — (AP) Evident breakdown of Chinese Government efforts to make a surrender deal with the Reds turned the flight from Nanking into a panic tonight.

Gen. Chang Chub-Chung, a lead- er of the government's peace dele- gation. announced he was flying to Lanchow in the far northwest to discharge his official duties as commander there “during the lull in peace negotiations."

‘Iihis deepened the pessimism in Nanking over the chances of settling with the Communists.

Premier Sun Po and Foreign Minister Wu Te-Chen flew to Shanghai, ostensibly to seek the peace support of non-government leaders, but nobody believed this reason.

Gen. Teng wien-Yi, official mil- itary spokesman. charged the Com- munlsts with "insineerity" about peace and told a press conference the government is "fully prepared in resist any attack on the Yangtze cities."

This only enhanced the panicky exodus from Nanking.

Latest military reports in Nan- king said the Communist armies were deploying just north of the Yangtze from points 60 miles southwest to 30mins northeast of Nanking.

The Reds were said not to have appeared in strength on the north bank and apparently had paused three or four miles shotrt of Pu- kow. ‘the north-bank rsilhead for Nsnking.

The government military spokes- man insisted the government has 300.000 troops in the Yangtze area, compared with 200.000 for the Communists.

WOULD MOVE NEGROES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2'1 - (AP) - A multl-billion dollar program to move as many as 1,500,000 Negro families frcm southern United States to the north was proposed to Congress today by Senator Richard Rrussell (Dem-Gnu). It would be on a purely voluntary basis.

lea said today. 1-11,; announcement followed a livestock products during the first request by Provincial Liberal nine months of 1948 was 36 oer

cent higher than for the correspond- ing perlod of i947, while the total derived from the sale of field crops was 8765986300 , compared with $550.562-000, a rise of 39 per cent. The sale of dairy products was the top contributor tn the 194B total, followed by wheat and cattle and calves.

Gems in cash income from the sale of farm products occurred in all provinces.

Totals in Maritime Provinces, with figures for the nine months of 1947 in brackets: Prince Id- ward Island, $15,949,000 ($11-$41.- (110); Nova Scotia. $26,320,000 ($21-- 870000); New Brunswick, $31,409.- 000 ($24,713,000).

British‘ Slalis lleis Rest-woof Automobile

LONDON, Jan. 1t - The British motor industry claims to have produced the first com- pletely rust-proof automobile. New painting and finishing pro- cesses "ensure that car bodies will

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By George Kitchen OTTAWA, Jan. 27 ——(CP) -—A C. C.F. member, new to Parliament. was threatened with expulsion in the Commons today for charges that his fellow-members are "a bunch of crooks."

Slipping easily into customary boisterous skiimishes, t-he chamber heard James Sinclair (L-Van- couver North) belabor Rodney Young (COP-Vancouver Centre) for a Vancouver speech in which Mr. Young pinned the label "crooks" on the parliamentarians and assur- ed a C.C.F. audience he would "£68111! B0 after those guys."

Rising on a question of privilege, Mr. Sinclair gave the 0.0.10. 1718:111- ber the choice of withdrawing the charge or being summoned before the house committee on privileges and elections "to decide whehher he is a fit and proper person to sit in this company of honest and honor- able members.”

ed to withdraw, and Ms‘. said he himself

the Vancouver member, Oecil Merritt V.C. (PC-Vancouver - Burs-std) This opportunity will coma

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Threaten C.C.F. Commons Member With Expulsion

By his silence, Mr. Young doolln. Sinclair would move the motion for his appearance before ‘tree, seconded by a. third

within a few days, after the comsnlttee is

established.

In a side issue to the main skit-un- The C. C. F. member was elected in a June by-election last year and came to the chamber only 10 days before prorogation of the 1948 ses- sion. In those 10 days. he spoke five ttmes—unusual for a new- comer.

ish today, Mr. Sinclair forced Mr. Young to withdraw a statement that the Liberal mtmber apparent- ly felt the "cap of a croo " fitted him since he objected to it. The exchange between the two members. with most. of the cham- ber thusnping for Mr. Sinclair, took the spotlight away fgrom the open- ing of the ‘Throne Speech debate. 1t began with Donald Brown (L- Esaex West) moving the address in reply and Leopold Demers, the newly-elected Liberal member for

Appointed llevi Leader 0f ltetl Gross

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Dr. W. S. Stansbury, who new national commissioner for the Canadian Red Crow Society, is l

leading medical authority on blood. For the past two yclra he has been national director of the Bed Cross National Blood trans- fusion service. Ilia appointment. follows the retirement of Dr. F. W. Rontiey.

Gave-in ‘At Saint John ls Puzzle

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Ian. IY — (OED-Engineers and geologists to- day probed the cause of a land- slide near the bank of the St. John River below Lancaster Avenneout- side the western city limits o! Saint John. Sections of land settled as much as 33 feet during the past two days in an area stretching more than 200 yards. Fissures opened and some crossed the Falls View Drive. a. partly constructed new mad over- looking saint John's famous Revers- ing Falls. An undermined barn gradually tilted and finally toppled over a newly formed precipice, Two houses. in possible danger, were evacuated and preparations were made for evacuation. ll’ necessary. of a vet- erans‘ home housing about 4o peris- toners. One theory was that river waters had eroded a limestone vein. caus- ing the earth to settle. The rate of subsidence had noticeably lessened tonight.