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Legion Branch ls Formed lit Kinross

Wendell MacLeod was elected president of of organization night in the Kinross Orange Hall. Major N. W. LOWIhET, M.M., pre- sided.

Others {he new organization included. Bari MacDonald, vice-president. and Archibald Martin, secretary. The executive comprises: Ernest D. Taylor. Victor Harold Bvtim, Bruce Ernest Matheson. and Malcolm Rocleritk MacDonald.

Members 0f the Charlottetown branch of the Legion who attend- r-d (he meeting included Major T. E. afacNutt. E.D.; Major A.W. Rod‘ s. and Major A. H. Peake.

Twenty-five returned men join- ed the new branch at last night's meeting, at the conclusion which a fine supper was served by the ladies of Kinross.

In Memos-ism

MR, GEORGE W. STRICKLAND

Citizens learned with regret of the uixexpeeted death of Mr. George \V Strloldand, well known em- ployee of the Queen Street Meat Market. at the home of his sister. Mrs. HL. Hardy. 247 Prince Street here ‘Tuesday night.

The deceased. who was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs Thomas Strickland, of this City, came to Charlottetown in April 1942 from Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan. where he conducted u meat market bus- iness for 30 years. At the time of his death. he had been living at

the home of his sister, Mrs. S L H5141)’. 44 Ambrose Street. About ti 30 p m. Tuesday. Mr,

Strickland arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs BEL Hardy on one

the Kinroas branch ‘The case of the Canadian Legion at itclcharged with stealing $160. froml meeting held lnstlonc Henry J. Poitier of st. John

Sanderson, I L P MHCLWG- ‘the defendant.

CENTRAL tluAnmiil B-lackout In

This column in reserved for new: of local interest, but ldVBffllllll of u newly nature may be inserted at five ccntl u word, ltrictly payable in advance,

THEFT (“SE ADJOURNED -; Charles R. Stewart:

was heard under Speedy Trials Act before Judge C Gavan Duffy‘

(yesterday. The prisoner pleaded not. elected as omen“: ofguilty, Mr. Gordon Holmes. repre-

senting the Crown, asked and was granted a week's adiournmérft. The] case will be resumed Dec. 11. Ball‘ was set at S500 for the prisoner= and two sureties of $250 each. Mr

O'Donnell was council forl

LUCKY CLOVER LEAVES-—~ Four and five-leaved gyms, to the number of some eventeen‘ each, were growing on a potted plant brought to the city yester- day by Mr. Edgar Munn, of Belle River. He found them on Oct. l0

ofgrowing under the sill of one of_

his barn buildings. and they have since sprouted several new leaves, both of the four and five pattern. variety. " l

CITTOWN "Y" GRADS - The‘ regular monthly business meet- ing of the Grads Club was held in the local “Y" with President George MvDoucall 1n the chair Reports were heard from the var- ious committees arvl plans for the future discussed. ‘Tuvo members. I-I-irold Forsythe and Llowi Wil- kins. mlunteered "o act on tho World Service Comrvittcc -,.f the YMCA. Plans W"?! marl’; for a social evening io he heir. after next week's meeting and all mem- bers were asked to attend hotl~ 1119 1119911118 and (lie social event, The 1119911118 closed in the usual manner.

OFFICIALS —“C_(;NSULT Still’-

PERS -—Rall.way officials repre- 5911111112 two of America's great railroads hive been in Charlotte-

town consulting with scveral of the

of his {mqugm vfgllg to his sislerjllocal shippers of farm produce fcr

011 $001111: the house. after a brief BT90 ma. he walked over to the

1110 Durpusc of discussing anytrans- poriatinn problems which the ship-

chesterfleld where he collapsed, A pet's might care to have changed or

doctor was immediately summon-Umproved. Mr. .1, M. Bursey.

ed but he had mssed sway, n1;

wh o

represents the New York. New

sudden death was believed to have liaven,“ and Hartford Railroad, p";

been dur- to a hear; condition Hi3

was in his 64th year and an ad-,V~'0rks Trinity UnitccL-Maine, office. in. \V. A.

1 resenting the Peiuisylvania

herrnt Church.

of the

his office in Moncton. through thc

NB, but Prcsquilc. ay. rep-

Rail-

He leaves to mourn his wife. Mrs. lroad. has his office tn lvlonti-eul.

Gfiorge W Strickland Rachel pockendorff of North Rlvcrl now residing in Moose Jaw, will, one son, Philip, cashier with the

C_ NR Express. Moose Jaw: two‘ sisters. Mrs, H L Hardy and Mrs!‘ l

S L. Hardy of this city and lhm brothers. Hubert. 14 Spring Park Road, William, Calgary, Altg, , and Fred, Rcslindale, Mass,

orascow - to?) _ A recon. struction scheme at Queen's Dock to give bcrthage for 13 ocean ships is contemplated by Clydg Mauls“. tlon Trust.

BIRTHS. MARHIACES. DEATHS 50c Per insertion ,__._.________._. IIIRIHS

ulilawartiitiillfuuc.‘ Ed- '

llvflrd island Hospital on December $51046, to Mr, and Mrs. Walter Dingwell, Midgell, B, 5w, AYnRS—At tile P.1d. island H95. pital. on Tuesday. Dec. 3, to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ayers, a daughter.

BOYLE—At the P. E. I. Hospital °fl D-"C- 2. 1946. l0 Mr. and Mrs. P- R- 5011b‘. Hunter River, a son (Wendell Gordon).

POWER-At. the City Hospital. Dec. 1, 1946. to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Power, Southporl, a daughter.

naniucn-at

the P. E. Island

‘ Hospital, Dec. 4. 1946, to Mr, and

Mrs. tcr.

Malcolm Darracfn, a daugh-

MAxZIZIAGES

‘ HARVEY-hlacLEOD — At Zion

Manse on Saturday. Nov. 30. 1946 by Rev. C. Carlyle Webster. Eli- nor Louise Harvey of Capo Tray- erse to Lloyd Allison MacLeod of Charlottetown.

' iTsaa-ns

aged 72. Funeral from his lute residence cn at 2

2. 1946, Fred C. Dollar,

\Vednesday. December 4th O'clock. (Please omit flowers.)

STRICKLAND — Suddenly at 247 Prirre Street. Dec. 3, 1946, George

W. Strickland in his 64th year. Funeral from ‘Prinity United C-‘Il"Cl‘l on Sunday. service starting at 2 0'clcck. Interment in the

‘People's Cemetery. Resting at the lVicLean Funeral Home until Thurs-

rlav afternoon then at

(formerly l

I lin Canada's eight leading indus- itrics rose by more than 24.000 in 111111005 Mr- LBW1S- ‘September, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today.

Mr. Blair Fraser. well known Canadian joumalist is a guest at the Charlottetown 1-fo.el.

Employment in

lEight Industries 1Shows Increase

(By The Canadian Press) QTTAWA. Dcc. ~i—Employinent

Figures from 16,190 reporting establishments showed working forces had risen from 1.796.489 to 1.329.673 for an increase of 1.3 pen cent for the period under review.

The general index of employ- ment, based on the. 1026 average stood at 177.0 as compared with 175.5 at September 1, and 168.7 at October 1. 1945. when losses resulting from curtailment in the production of munitions had greatly affected the situation. The latest index was lower than those of Oct. 1 in 1944. 1943 and 1942. respectively. but was higher

than in any earlier year for v.hic_h data are available. industrially. tho greatest in-

crease at Oct. 634 workers in logging, in which the number taken on was larger than usual for the time or vear. Manufacturing, transportation and lrildf‘ SliOWPd considerable im- prnvcmont, while thcro (were dc- clines in mining, communicat- ions. construction and hotels and restaurants. To some extenhthese losses were of n seasonal nature.

As is usual at the time of war. the most pronounced advance in mnntifziclurinq at 021.1 tool: place in ‘vegetable food processing, but

there were also important in- creases in the textile i i using industries.

liienies Guilt or [Trio 0f Crimes

CALGARY. Dec 4 -- (or) - lDonald Sherman Staley. 29. who .will be hanged in Lethbrldgc Jail

‘~11’ "*1" two weeks from today unless grant-

dence of his brother, Hubert Strlck- I'd a lasbmmute “mien h” d9.

land, 14 Spring Park Road

; APPRE CIA TION

The Sisters of Non-c Dame Acad- l emy desire to exprcu sincere gru. tiiudc to their many friends for | their invaluable aid in making the _ Hie-h Ten And Bazaar such a splen-

did succeu.

N. D. MacLean

UNDERTAK ER I-ZMR A LMER

Charlottetown sol North Wlltuhln hole II

lnled all knowledge of three crimes in England of which Scotland Yard ‘thought he might be guilty.

Stuicy, found guilty of the mur- lder of slx-year-old Donnie Cos-s st '_St. George's Island on July 24, was sentenced to be hanged Oot. 5. His appeal from the death sentence was dismissed by the appelliabe division of the Supreme Court of Alberta last week.

The confessed murderer was spa clficaily questioned concerning the raps of a 16-year-old girl at Guild- ford on Dec. 7. 1044. o brutal n- uuit on a. 15-year-old girl at Bmckwood three days later and on indecent assault on c six-year- clna‘ girl at Grantham in March.

re w» T» any.

ICIT-JAIIJ-dfln-U "his... mu i in good condition. Mp1! Har- bor View Gull!- 501111196!!-

'ocrat1c government. itself."

1 was that of 13,-,

THE CHARLOTTETOWN

on: Guide News ‘ City Yesterday

Prom about 12.40 yesterday morning until 3 a.m the City of| Charlottetown was in total dark- ness owing to technical troubles all l the Maritime Eleccrlc light plant

Mr. V. A. Ainsworth, loc-il man-, ager of the plant informed The

The regular meeting of Gulders’ Guardian yesterday evening

the! Club will be held at the home of, shortly after midnight yesterday Mrs. HMTY Cuclmone, North River, morning it became neceisory to Road. December 5, at 730 p.m.| shut off one machine to do some All Guiders are asked to be pres- repatr work. In transferring the cnt. ' power to another machine the ex-

citing current was lost which, . I I necessitated, Mr. Ainsworth said | t technical adjustments to.) com-ksee y

hlicated for any but electrical

I lengineers to underrand. (I u t d In the meantime. foundation n e

steel and other small parts o.‘ the‘ I new turbine are arriving almost N t T l daily but the mail machine itself a a s it not expected betv-e next Alert-hi Mr. Ainsworth sol-J.

Until the new turbine is set up-1

Mr. Ainsworth added, the present‘ l resources of the plant will be i“: vggfn- l “Famed at a" "m" 1" “'5” “Some Canadian government. offic- glve efficient service, During thejllm {e91 that cufltqflf, disarmament, intervening period, the co-opera-ltalks before the United Nations '1°" °i 111° 11§11i"fi'1<1-P<>w.~r-uslnc‘meetings in Now Yolk are "depres- rlublic is necessary if continuous singly similar" to talks before the service is to he maintaintd. Mrflbeague of Nations following the Ainsworth said lF-‘irst Great War, it was learned to- Cflmmfiliins on (he response of flay- (“harlotteimvn citizens to the A 501"“ C1059 '0 3°"enm‘°m' hlflrltlfug Iflgctric Company's recent feelings on the disarmamctit quest-i appeal for economy 1n the use of lion said some of the officials felt light and power, M; Atr.~)“vorth 581d that if care was not taken the talks the appfa] had resulted in a “L before the United Nations might dunk,“ of light and pow“, prove to be only a‘ red herring equal to between five and ten per “Jim “r915 ‘he 1PM‘ cent of the local plant's production. Tm‘ 031mm“ loomed (m ma“? 0f This reduction was appreciated by u,“ “rgummts ‘"1 NW’ Ymk 85 re‘. me plant Officials» Mn Amsworm rivals of old arguments that had 551d‘ bu! n was no, enough to proved ineffective 1n the League} Justify anv optimistic belief that M Nanpmz" h _ h l the plant would get over the F“ m5 wee‘ 1 c“? w“ 1 e and Chrmmas Season without any trment ‘as to whether sechurirtlycame‘ partial power shubom with dslsannament orblwqeetdei ?€C', The reducuom in “gm and pow urity ould be 9513 1-1 be ore! or consumption wen most fre- dafirtxinamsfnlwhrrxtieggnatlistfimrz“ quent in those areas which had? on a s. ' a I g enslve and an offensive weapon, been subject to blackouts in the The later question had been de-l past kw momhs‘ Mr’ Alnswcrm bated before the Lcaguc of Nations‘ said, but the sacrifices had not

. . "hcn members sought to decide born equally distributel. Th west y‘. - , . , section of the City wlhi(ch hag been “hlch “eapons should be kept and’

i

By DER-CY UDONNELL

_, t t 1 ck _ _ which discarded, No understand-r b19199 ‘Tm’ b“ w“ 7'35 “m ing was reached on what constit-I “m3 "5 “ha” of reducmg “gm uted a defensive or offensive wea-l

and power consumption. Mr. Ains-ipon‘

119ml‘ concluded Canadian government officials1

said the source, "lvcrze of the opinion‘

ih‘at disarmament could only bof ._.__ elective if there was frcc access?

rCulltilLlCll from Page l) to all countries at any time, I Canada also felththlaat then at-l r, a e no o cc on ‘ (some commission s ou be a ow-i oiling that f have the salaryled to continue its work. The Un-l mentioned by the govcrnincntiitcd Slates apl-carcd to favor abol- 5l,ol;¢5mun_ itlon of the commirsion and a.b-‘

lsorption of its duties by the United!

“When he said I had an ex-lNtg s 1t Co ‘l aions ecur .y unci. l

pense account that I determined

myself, he lied to the court..." ‘l dlsafmamel“ commissmnl He” Mn MW“. voice became.was given accessibility to all ooun- a snarl’ tries at all times the move wouldi

"But. don't let that dclcl’ you," he snapped at. the judge. "Yeti can any amountl

[security With security. dlSltTmn-l

1118M Would c-omc automatically be-‘l

"There could be another con- (Continued from Page ll tempt proceeding." the court re- —

l t_._i__.__._ ii. onLV by the miners’ strike in H1181 United States which would severely‘ unsettle industry if prolonged ‘ The recent sharp rise of prices ,v tn the United States posed a serious ‘economic question for Canada, said the president. Wholesale prices in the United States which at the end of the war were 31 per cent higher than the pro-war average. were now 67 per cent above that average. There was no doubt. he said. (ha an immediate removal of controls over prices. exports and distribution here would result in a convulsive

lfv-i’ '9" me cause no taxpayer would want to l'°‘11-~-_ pay huge armament bills when ‘Dent set in contempt of there was no need for them. court, I advise you sir," said i? i Judge Goldsborough, interrupting.1 “Sir, I have been adjudged in contempt," Mr. Lewis replied. i

Judge Goldsborough said he did not regard this case as that of “a low law-breaker." Rather. “it's an evil. a monstrous thing."

Threat to Democratic Government

“It means hunger and cold and destitution. It's a threat to dem-

, Judge Goldsborcugh said he ‘personally was in favor of throw- ing Mr. Lewis in jail, but. was ‘willing to accede to the govern- Yment suggestion that this would do no good. and might. impede {chances for getting coal mined again. ~ l The implication was that the ‘government did nut want to make‘. a martyr out of the 87-year-old ,labor leader whose followers are ilrnditlonally loyal to him.

, The sharp conflict of views ex- fpressed by John F‘. Sonnett for lthe government and Joseph A. Padway ,and Welly K. Hopkins for the union cut ground from 1undcr unofficial reports that an cnd to the economy-wrecking coal strike was in the making.

costs towards the American level. Risk Involved

A sharp advance of prices in Can- ads followed by a downswing would‘ be an even more serious matter for Canada than for the United States because of the risk of losing export markets and because of Canadian dependence on foreign trade. Stability of costs here would be some protection against n sudden COllflpSe of prices in the United States. Su h commodities as wheat,

could fall considerable

"Unjust. improper and outrag- 8 without dragging

>eous" cried Mr. Padway at the “rm prices down Wm. ‘Mn-L govcrnfnflnts suzgcsiiorl n" 11"?! Discussing the business outlook, 1111191‘ m“ “u” “°c“1""d- H“ Mr. Enninn said that “while man: mid resentment tiilninsi thc fines

actually would strengthen the

union.

The court ordered collection of sdinn banks were tn a position to the fines delayed until after Ioleirtcmi credit over a wider fidd Supreme Court rules on the ap- 3 and for longer terms (than was inc penl. louse some time ago.

i "r0 Mr. Padway‘: cry. Judge‘ Dealing with relations |Gcldsborough ma:

betrwcen

(suggestion of the guvemmeutiments Mr. Enman expressed constitutes cruel or unusual ac- ‘hill! 111B! “i116 Boveflimenl ‘Wild

tion. Certainly the perpetratlrmnfbfi 51119 1° reduce "5 m“ nf this totally unnecessary strike “mrmerm bmrowlng "o?" I l, 005,1...“ ‘he “Poul”. handy“ I banks with a view to leveling

and perhaps even reducing ‘ huge volume of bank deposits.‘ H added: "We have today a high level

the miners, much more than ‘fin:- that coud be imposed. t- : "The court thinks that if

punishment were to (‘it the of- ‘fence. nothing would suffice ex-‘mvumwnt Mm many

~ ,, d useful rejects ahead of us, ‘cc t n prison sentence." tannnntaln ti?‘ pressure of e

With the signing of thn iniunc- money‘ o! 5mm“, “ma! in the” tion. court adjourned indefinitely. ckcumnmcg‘ would ‘and u, m.

. *—“'—*—*"— cqurgg the bidding up of capital Freighter Mav Bo e

values unduiyhennliélgnfcmtisrl! I51: l’ 0 Detained In Copenhagen "' ‘"°""°

ciines." COPITNTMGEN. Dec. 4 - (A?)

___________. l-The United Btntes freighter Blue Island Victory. which rammed (onmrumilnm H“ h»

Dream "glyihgltlwdf" away-st" ___________‘__ Mend" w e a m r m. any state which has the veto has (he power to prevent. control and

with 700 horses from the United States. may be detained in Oop- ‘nspecflon- Any “tum,” m vent thc implementation of control

"cnhngen, health authorities un- ‘nminced today. , I Th; {hip went to ccpgnnggcn and inspection would bcn violation for repairs and health authorities of the decision of the security ‘uid they found tinsatisfuctory the Council." lconditlons In which horses wn- Mr. Molotov told the committee km. It vm stated tint chin won! Ithlt tho Soviet delegation mt the {me may‘ vgetimvmllh rlfffyflec ity Council by “than... fill’! I 1'0 091111 "U! coni tsk decisions arms ro- wcuid b0 granted to leave. ' o“

any

the |

To 857

upswing ln Canadian prices and.

pro-‘

GUARDIAN

Local Egg Receipts Holding Steady

-_.__

fig receipts appear to be hold- ing fairly steady this week with

some country stations reporting a ‘slight increase. PM Nash. senior

wultry products inspector. reports. Demand from other Maritime points i; greater than supply. M1‘ Nash ma. One lot was inslmled for Newfoundland this week. Following are the quotations.

Ungraded eggs delivered: A Large 42-44; A Medium 40-42; A Pullet d:

B 32-37; C 20-22. Graded shipments Charlottetown: A Large 4714;

26-27.

Specialized producers are receiv-

ing for cartoncd pack: A Large 50; A Medium 48; A Pullet 42.

Poultry receipts are heavy, Pro- are canning plants now in operation with qual-

cesslng and packing working overtime,

plants Two

ity of poultry at these plants very good.

King Gov't Still Has Craving For Wartime Powers

(By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Dec. 4 Green, Progressive member of the Commons for Vancouver South. said tonight that t-lic present federal govern- ment “and its wartime udvisors tiitiy yield u control hero and n control (here but they will never

Conservative

get rid" of their appetite for "vrartinic powers." He mtidc the statement in a

speech prepared for delivery over a national network of the CBC an free time provided for politi- cal broadcasting.

"While the members of initiative in

relying on private build up Cniiadn they do not quite run your own aflairs." Green.

“They have acquired an appet- l craving for these (iIiiSllC powers

ite for wartime powers, and is hard to curc. crnmcnt and ors may yield a control hc-rc and a control there but never get rid of that appetite."

The King Gov-

The government had "muddled" of other badly needed commodities. muddles

the handling of lumber and His party believed the could have been avoided.

"Progressive Conservatives lieve that one way been to put

to cffcct at once instead 0f de-

ferring them until 1947; that de- lay clearly caused a slow-down in many badly _ "And these Canadians their own business free

the production of needed articles," he said. another way to prevent muddlrs is to permit to run

from government direction."

FISHERY CATCH LCWEH

(Continued from Page 1)

$4.45. The same

applied

with the price $5.80 to $8.80.

The run of fall mackerel was the fishermen was also less this year.‘