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CHARLOTTETOWN,‘ CANADA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1946

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‘Auditor General Probes

Labor Deplt. Expenditures With Embarrassing Result

liother Freed in liidnap lioax Base

(B he Associated Press)

B03 N‘. Feb. 16- a. Rose Carlan, 23, Chelsea, was freed of a charge of manslaughter today in the death of her aix-rnonths-old ion, November in New England's great kidnap hoax.

The suflolk County grand Jury returned s “no bill," automatically terminatin the case.

The jurys action came after two days of questioning of witnesses. including doctors, r licernen and neighbors of the woman.

The be y died Nov. 24 and four _ a lat the mother, wife of

' aliiOl" James Carlan, then on duty on the west coast, reported the h9g4); "kidnapped."

- en began the greatest hunt. 1n New England story. Sixteen days later, the baby's hotly- was found stuffed under a dresser in the Carlan home.

Coming Jidvents

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OTTAWA. Ont... Feb. 15 _. (Simian-Anions the many red faces in the ranks of government officials and even Cabinet minis era since the publication this week on the re ort 0f the Auditor Gen- eral, are so of Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell and Finance Minister J.. L. Ilsley

Embarrassment of these ministers centres around the pa em of ex-

penses to and from eir home and while 111 Ottawa not only of Mr ‘Justice M B.. A aid of

.. .. l‘ Halifax and forinerl of Truro and Mr.. Justice Gerald .. O'Connor of dmonton, but also of their wives who acccln on mm- trgvels to ts in Can-

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Mr.. Justice Archibald is chair- man of the National War Labor Board and a former law partner of Finance Minister Ilsley, and Mr.. Justice O'Connor chairman of the War Labor Relations BoarcL

Auditor General Watson Sellar. whose duties include the checking up of expenses and expense ac- counts to see that they are sub- nlitted in proper form. draws at- tention to tlhe payment cf many thousands of dollars for the living and travelliri expenses oi’ Mrs. Archibald an Mrs.. O'Connor.

By Order In Council

In going over the Labor Deport- lne-nt acounts, Mr. Sellar encount- ered accoum “rig to 058.33 for Mr.. uatice and .. O'Connor. and, .150.01 for Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Archibald.

"Tlheae sums". bho re rt reads. "include claims paid wi respect to travel and liv expenses of Mrs. O'Connor an Mrs“ Archibald when travelliin from their homes

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mgrha ordetr ixn cfipnc-iildiauthorira paymon s cr e u es an their wives") runs the Auditor Gen- oral's comment. "is silent as to the authority relied on for the making. “Attention is drawn to the pro- vision for payment of exgenses of Mesdamea O'Connor an Archi- bald, as it is an exception from practice."

The order in council was passed in March 1944. and according to Mr. Seller's findings, Labor Min- ister Mitchell made a submission to his Cabinet colleagues that. expen- ses of Mrs; Archibald and Mrs.. O'Connor be paid in addition to those of tlhelr husbands. The ex-

penses would be paid. it was ex-

plained in the submission, by the De artn-lent of Labor.

hlie in Ottawa Mr.. Justice and Mrs.. Ardnibald resided at the

Chateau Laurier. one of Canada's

lil p Ireland Hospital yesterday nlornln

Wall Known Business Man Dies In lllty

A well-known and .e cted bus- ineal man sled away n the P. E.

"l9 Person of . Russel A native of Charlotte- town, he was in his 71st year.

Th! lilo Mr, Pickard began bus- iness over b0 years ago qg g "m. nor, having learned the trade from his grandfather. When- the ran- nlng business began to fal throughout the Province, owing to mainland competition, the late Mr. Plcknrd turned his attention 1° blind"!!! ill! a wholesale busi- ness in hldea and skins and made 1i one vi the blazer: businesses of its kind in the Province.

He leaves to mourn the passing of a loving husband and father. his wife, formerly Mira Ella Fos- ter of Dunataflnaga, and three sons: Frederick. Proprietor of the Bike Shop. Great George Street; Milton, with the Canadian Nat- ional Express, Charlottetown: and Fflllfl‘. who was associated with the late Mr. Pickard in his busin-

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He 1a survived also by two bro- thers: Alfred Pickard, general manager of A. Pickard and 00.. coal dealers, and William J. of Wetaaklwan. Alberta: also two sisters. Mittie, at home, and Lilly. Mrs. Stanley Crosby, of Hubbard, Saskatchewan.

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BUENOB AIRIB, Feb. l5 -(A.P) - More than 800 sailors from the scuttled German ocket battleship Graf Spec were p _ ed aboard the British liner. Highland.

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since December, 1039 when the warship was scuttled outside the harbor to avoid capture or des- truction by three British light cruisers whinh had defeated her in one oi’ the great naval engage- ments of the Atlantic.

FIDODS IN TIIURO AREA

‘TRURO, N 8., Feb. i5 - (OP) Communities surrounding the Salmon River near this town were isolated today as the turbulent vraters whipped by last night's deluge of wind and rain rose to their greatest height in more than I decade. . Hundreds of tons of ice cover the main hi hway c letely elimlnatin trafiic in the d trict. Many celals have been flooded

top priced hostelrieir.

E. L. WILLIAMS

CHURCHILL. Mam, Feb. 15* (CM-A fl-man group of mechan- ized explorers headed north beyond the treeline tonight the first day of their MOO-mile ash into Can- ada's vast northern barren-lands behind them.

The group—ln Canadian Army records known as the moving force of Exercise Mllskox-left Churchill early today on the first leg of their dash, designed to add to the Dominion! knowledge of the Northwest Territories region. The jump-off, originally scheduled for St, Valentine's Day, had been

postponed Si-hours because of weather conditions. Tile departure was made in bril-

liant sunshine but 43 below zero temperature. A crowd of about 100 spectators cheered aa the first of the snowmobiles and one weasel headed out of dso Square here and swung its nose north. A salvo from two six-

onday. the _ A aigton

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Army Group Heads North; 43 Below Zero Weather

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and schools were forced to close’

{funnier cannon announced the

e-off.

Commended by LL-Cci, P N. Baird of Montreal, the force con- sisting mainly of Canadian Army Ezrscnnel, will travel to Baker

ke, 400 miles north of here. where the first stopover-other than the nightly ones along the way-w be made. From there it gcea on to Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island where a second stop-over will give the expedition o portunity to check its equip-

.ent. Durin this stop-over a detachment wil cross Victoria Is- land to Denmark Bay. There they will be within 900 miles of the north magnetic pole.

Then th M-yeabcld commander will take his force to Coppermine Port Radium, Fort Norman and ao south to Fort Simpson and intc Edmonton May b. Only the last 700 miles will be over a road- Alaska Highway. Otherwise the snowmobiles-a 10th will be substituted for the single weasel at Baker Lake-will pick their own trail across the barrens, sometimes across frozen. inland seas.

‘Throughout the iourney~rnost ambitious yes attem ted on this

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ager had time. With wing it was decided to make ap intenntassoonsaamanof su table qualifications could be ob- tained. ‘

Biol-lowing news of his wtlrernent from The Charlottetown, the trus- tees approached Mr. Mould, and he agreed to accept. the appoint» ment on his return to the Prov- ince on March 1. In the meantime he and Mrs. Mould are planning a visit to relatives in other parts 0f Canada and the United Sta/ties. Mr. Moulds duties at. The Char- lottetown terminate on Monday. when it is being taken over by Mr. Gordon Floater. former assistant manager of the Fort Garry Hotel. Winnipeg. and previously manager of the Pictou lodge and assistant manager of the Nova Scotian hotel 1n Halifax.

Manager of the CNR. hotel here since its establishment sixteen years ago, Mr Mould is now completing nearly half a century in tihe hotel business. with his wide eieperiencc and qualifications, the trustees of the P.E I. Hospital feel that they

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blizzer-rls centering in a blaster, .0180- khont“ stern Canada‘ last night after violent windstorms caused at least two deaths. untold prcpertv damage and disrupted transportation. commun- ication and power services

The gzlles that reached a veloc- ity of '10 miles or more in Ontario and Quebec Thursday reared at half that speed or less in most sec- tions yesterday and wrre accomp- anied bv generally ore-ping temp- eratures. But in a large nreo of Western and Soililiern Ontario, the storms rn d with added force. Motoriss were warned to keep cff roads in the storm section from Toronto west to Lake Huron and from Stratfolxl and Colt north m Georgian Bay Here, swirllnfi snow whipped lrv winds into drifts as much as 10 feet deep delayed train schedules and cut off some com- munities when snowplows rcmried they were unable to operate 1n the aero visibility.

Freak Accident

A freak accident caused the death of a Montreal man Joseph Beau- pre died in hospital from iniuries when struck by a door which the lhmilc-an-hour gale flung open as he was about t0 enter his home.

An unidentified man Thursday was swept out of si ht on an ice flce that broke lcose n the Niagara River to almost. certain death

Lake Ontario waters which back- ed into the Etobicoke Creek and caused it to overflow in suburban Toronto mceded but left huge ice blocks strewn about connecting roads and up against doorsteps.

Temperatures near zero or lower were general and the weather fore- cast for most arts of Eastern Can- ada was deci edly cold with fresh to strong winds.

In Timmins, residents of the Northern Ontario town Friday found temperatures had dropped 30 d recs overnight“,

in was stalled more than five hours in Western Ontario. where the blizzard took on new fury ywterday. Hairline one coach and a baggage car over a. Canadian National Railways epui- from Sggrhampwn to pfliglefSiOléb-{flhfl ne w stooped y a oot of ‘drifted snow "as much as

l0 set deep.

I-IAMHJION, Ont. Feb. l5 (OP) — Jean Iournier of Lachute. Que. today was sentenced to fol: months in Jail

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at hard labor after admitting guilt of two ch ea of cheque crgery which nett him

$1,012. l-Ie told that “woman

Judge I. I‘. Lalier mimic" re- sponsible for the crime. ‘

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New Business Manager For E. Island Hospital

MR. AJ-I. MOULD

are particularly fortunate in ob- taining his services at this time. The bed accommodation at the Hospital is being doubled and n teat deal of new equipment and urniahimis require to be ordered and insta led.

Bl izzafds Sweep Over

Of Gntario

liiotury". Bonds Sell At Goad Bate 0n Market

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OTTAWA. Feb. l5 — (CP) Long trim three per cent Canad- inn victory bonds have been selling in the markets this week at record high prices and financial experts here say one r-cnson is the public are betting that in future issues the government will fix the interest rates at. below three per cent.

Some expect the rntc to be 2 ‘i5 per cent

The lcng teml victory bonds sold to the public last fall at. par and bearing three per cen-t inter-est now are selling in the cpen market at prices up to $100 for every $100

The earlier victory issues are selling at practically the same prices as the ninth issue, shading upwards and downwards depend- ing on the length of time tlhe issue

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Asylum Strike Causes Near Panic In Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Fen. 15- (CP Cable)—-'I'he eastern of this city is still in turmoil to- night aa military and special pnlire comb the city in an attempt to locate approximately 15 inmates

of Kingston Mental Hospital who‘

escaped along with scores o1 oth- era today when hospital attend- ants walked off the job. More than 2,000 patients rushed through open doors and scores surged through city streets looting stores and private residences to give Kingston one of its most hectic davs in history.

Scores of the inmates stoned lice this afternoon when the o era moved to place them back in the institution. However, in- juries were described as "trivial". and most atierits were returned to the hoap tal.

Later reports state that approxi- matelg is patient: ar still roam- ing t rough the city ut it is ex-

Canadian Troops To Leave Germany

, Business Editor 0f

Withdrawal Will Begin In April

, Feb. l5 - (OP) _ Prinle Minister Mackenzie King today announced that the Cim- ndisn Occupation Force of 25.000 man will be thdrawn from Germany early in April.

Air Minister Gibson previously had announced the withdrawal of 10,000 men ln the Occupation Air Force would start June 30. The Navy did not participate 1n occu- pation duty.

Mr. King's 300-word announce- ment added that the present shipping situation “forecast all trooggbnow in Germany should be k in Canada by Septem- ber or October.”

The statement referred tc the withdrawal of the Air Iibrce and said “negotiations are proceeding which may result in an earlier withdrawal being made possible.

Mr. King pointed out that Can- ada, unlike the big nations, was not one of the occupying povrers and was not a member of the Allied Control Commission. At the same time other European Allies, not in s. position to supply con- tlngents at the beglnninil 0i‘ t-he occupation, "are now becoming increasingly able to share in oc- cupation duties."

‘ANCIENT’ DUCK

ALBANY, N Y., Feb. 15 -<A'Pl —A longevity record for scaup ducks is orl the flies of the State Ccnservatic-n Department The Department said a legband remov- ed from a scaun shot by John E UMoll-ey of Geneva. showed the bird to be at least 11 years old The band, placed c-n tlhe bird ln

Ontario, Fab 23. i930. was so worn that the code it bore had to "W! bl! $31 - .». . Clfifliinfl ' ' '

was at least. one year old when handed.

Vancouver Paper Dies,

___ . l VANCOUVER. FUD 15 —- (CP)-—' Cecil Oscar Scott 56. veteran news-l . QT l

day illness.

Born at. Saint John, N.B., he attend-ed Mount Azlison University and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from McGill University. |

Brother of Sydney Scott, editor; of the Province, lie started his newspaper career as ll reporter with the old Vailccuver News Advertiser in 1911 and later joined the staffs of the Montreal Star and the Van- couver Sun

He enlisted as a gunner in the Canadian Itcld Artillery at. tlhe outbreak cf the first Great War

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asylum fence to watch the inmates dancing, prancing and rushing a- ‘round inside the building.

Striking pickets, holding the hos- pital gates, allowed volunteers to ientcr to remove the bodies of five ‘inmates vflin died during the day from natural causes.

Tile asylum is the largest in the West Indies.

The subordinate staff of the mental hospital went on stirike this morning for better hours and in protest against the matron and superintendent c-f the institution wiho it was said were inirnical to the workers’ interests

Dissatisfaction has bee at the asylum for several years. Three rs ago a government cocmm on 1 ended that the superintendent and matron be re- lieved of their duties. ‘Ilhe govern- ment declined in accept the invest-

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‘Will. PRUBE ESPIONAGE CHARGES’

Atomic Secrets May Have Been Involved

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go unclied an

qnlry into disclosures of “secret and confldentla. ' ' rma- lion-reported in concern

atomic power-to member ofa

this startled city late today

an unheralded annoulnceme

b Yrime Minister Macllenaia

Izlng which also disclosed the

gplpoimtmcint of twouroyakfgnli;

saionera, Mr, Jus ccs e

Taachereau 0nd B. L. Koilock

of the Supreme Court of Can-