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DIGBY, N. s. Dec. i5-(CP)-—- A 510990 fire today destroyed the Quiiltl)‘ plant of Henry P. Dlfflilfifl it nearby Deep Brook. Nine htlll ma pedigreed puilets, l0 tons of pmllbfy feed and electric broader-s u-ere destroyed in the blaze.

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"Christmas concert. and dance Ln Green Bay School Dec. 19th.

ogdin] car of Old sYiiileY oozlvgdsy. VJ... Gillespie, Milton.

an w"; Royalty School Concert December 23-

"Kiilicors, Hall, Monday. Decem- ber 29th. Darlcc. Special music. Lunch served.

"Chrisianos Concert Cross Roads ‘ School. Thursday, December 18th, 8 P M

"Christmas Concert and Dance m Orwell Hall, ‘Iibursday, December uh.

_"Christnnas Concert, Cape ‘Prav- crse lfall, Thursday, December 18th.

"Dancing Thursday, Country Club. Traveller's Rest. Good music. Canteen service.

"Dance tonight, Country Club. Traveller's Rest. Modern Sound

Equipment. "Unloading cu‘ Coal,

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"Reserva December 18th for School Concert in Stanley Bridge Hall, starting at 8.15 P. M.

“Movies New Wiltshlrs tonight, “Adventures of Rusty" and royal wedding film.

"Como to School Concert in North Milton Hall. December 18th- ff stormy, Friday nlsbi-

"Collectings hogs ever! Thurs" day for Canada Packers. Phone N A. Cutcllffe or write mc. D. L. Mao- Dowell.

"Box "cciai and Dance in Emer- ald Hall, Friday. December 26th. 1r not fine, Monday, December 29th- C. W. L.

"Dance in League Hall at Bor- den. on Friday, December 19th. Modern and Old Time rnusic. Lene Bolger-‘s Orchestra. Admission 50c.

"Santa Claus will be at the K. of C. Hall, Souris, Fiday, Dec. 19th at T P. M. All children of Souris and vicinity, 14 years and under are cordially invited .

"A meeting of tha Mt. Stewart Branch canadlan Legion will be held in the lLegion room. Mt. Stewart, ‘Thursday. Dec. 18th at B pm. All members please attend.

"There will be n league meet- 111g at New Glasgow Rink Tucs- 11H)’. Dec. 16th. All iL".\lll:. inter- ested please attend.

“Collie to Pownal Christal cancers and dance. Dec. i'!, i! Pownai Garage ilall. Snlc oi all- nies and fudge. "Don't miss it. folks."

"Unloading Monday and Tues- day. limited quantity of Robin Hood Flour, and due to shortage of storage spacie. we are sacrificing Brice. Fresh stock. Don't miss it. Livestock Feed Agency-

"Wili be loading ogs at. the following points sac Thursday! Elmer Wiglnorc. Bradalbane. until 11:30 a.m.; Borden Bagnall. l-lun- ter River. until noon: Summer- lido until 1:80 pm: and Ken- llnlton until 8 p.|n. MacEwen and Oaselsy.

"Don't kiil f your oaitlo, hogs Ind poultry a a better day must wins for farmers, and soon too. Just a little patience. Contact us for fsénvolnd feeds in cal-lots tstadelliv-

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mild KONG. Dec.‘ I Al!) -4Jhins Sea. pirates with a yen for occidental hats swarmed over the Dutch passenger ship Van Heutz. kidnapped six passengers and es- caped today in commandeered junks. A ship's officer valued the pirates loot at 500,000 United States dollars.

Presumably the buccaneers will hold the six passengers for ran- som. Identities of the captives were not known. '

Capt. Klass V. Vlick and officers of the tow-ton vessel were held as hostages for a time and were forced to leave the ship in a mo. torboat and a rowboat. Later they were released and allowed to row back to the Van Hetitl.

AH. Elston, Director of Crimin- al Investigation, said the band of about at pirates controlled the vessel for 15 hours. After gaining command of the radio rocm the freebooters gathered money. jew- elry and clothing from the 1,900 passengers and crew.

As they searched the ship from bow to stern som of the raiders piled as many as five hats py-rq. mid sfyldon their heads. Mean- while. their nonchalant chieftain spent n comfortable night in the quarters of Capt. Vllck. The pir- ates were dressed in American- stylc clothes.

The looting occurred, mston said. shortly after the Van I-Ieutz left H0112 K°ll8 on a trip to Swatow, Chinese port about 130 miles north. east of here. -

Apparently some of the pirates.

disguised as passengers, had board. ed the Van Heuiz in flong Kong. They took over the ship at gun. point when conriederates lurking in Bias Bay swarmed aboard to reinforce thezm. Bias Bay is g no. furious buccaneer hangout appmg. imaiely 80 miles northeast of this British colony. i- M Obi Long Point the pirates herded their hostages over the Side. commandeered the Junk: and escaped.

The Van Bouts returned to i-long Kong and Elston questioned crow membe" 50d Passengers. There Were 16 anti-pirate guards aboard ll"- Bhlll when the looting occur- :3; sienmhl? Wmmny officials

Canadians Return From. United States

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OTTAWA. Dec. is - (GP) -A “marked upswing" in the number of Canadians returning to the Do- minion aftcr residing in the Un- ited states was reported by the Resources Department today in immigration figures for October.

During tho 10 months ended last Oct. 31. a total of 7.774 Canadlanf returned under these circum- stances. This was an increase of 3.868 over the figure oi. 3.916 for the similar period of 1946. No sta- tistlcs arc kept on the number of Canadians leaving for the U.S.

October immigration from all countries was B7 per cent higher than in the same month last year. amounting to S941 compared with 4.760 in October. 1940. This in- cluded 5.281 immigrants from tho British Isles against 2.740 in tho

Originator 0f Falnous Legend Dias lit B4

EAIOONSFIED. Buckingham- shire, England, Dec. 16 - (Rau- ters) - Arthur Mschcn, 8d. the novelist who originated the fam- ous First World War legend o,i "The Angels Oi Mons," diedhere today. '

Deelply affected the Battle of Mons- in which b. British s01- diers were killed August. 1914. Machen. wrote shortly afterwards a story in which St. George and a host of English bowznen were shovwn to aid the hard-pressed British army and rout the Germ- ans.

It was soon rumored that tho tale was true, soldiers claimed to have seen the heavenly vision and the legend was born.

Navigation Closes

0n The Great Lakes

PORT ANN-TUB. Dec. ib-Tho 1947 Great hikes shipping season, one of the most successful and longest on record. ended at mid- night tonight as marina insurance rates halted with the approach of winter. f

Closing of the Welland ship canal Monday midnight marked the latest finish to the season since 1937. Bault Ste. Mario canal closed earlier in the day when the Donnaoona and Captain 0.1). Ss- cord locked through downbound. Usually the season ends by Dec. 12.

Communists Work

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‘ITIMMWS. Ont, Dec. 15 - (gp) __ fifty-nine Ukrainians who arrived here today to boil?! 11W lives as underground miners at Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited were amaroached at every station stop on their trip north by men bearing Communist pam- phlets and other literature, a. mine official said.

The Jiappy immigrants. who sans Christmas carols throughout the 500-mile train trip from Toronto. finally seized tlwo oi the men bear- ing the pamphlets, boat them and tossed them off the train, HI"? Ferguson. employee relations of- ilcial at nolllnger. slid-

lllotorlst ls Crushed Between Two Cars

MONUPON, N.B.. Dec. iii —- (OP) - Joseph Gannon 0f nearby Jones Siding was fatally injured today when he was crushed be- tween ilwo cars at the brow of a hill on the Salisbury Road about seven miles from here.

The victim was pushing a car in an effort to start the motor when two vehicles approached from flbpositc directions. Germon was pinned between one of the oncoming cars and the Vehicle he was pushing; Carmen's son was at the wheel oi the stalled car.

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TTIISONBURB, Ont. Dec. 15- (CP)-—Mrs. Elmo Howie today was buried in a common grave witifher husband and three of he: five children.

More than 5.000 persons visited the funeral chapel earlier to pa? last respects to the family which was almost wiped out by s. level crossing accident last Thursday On that day, Elmo Howey, 42, James Lawrence Howey 1i, Wil- liam Elmo Howey, 1B, and George Henry Howey. nine. were killed. Less than 24 hours 1am, Mrs. Howey, 40. disd of shock and s broken heart. She had arrived ch the scene of the accident iult in time to ses the wrecked Howey truck being pulled sway.

A daughter, Mary you, seven, was in the truck but escaped with minor inluries. Kenneth Howey, i1, was in hospital at London. Ont._ when the accident occurred. A: the chspsl Omptiod today, funeral director Ewart Ostruider said: "The community has lost a part of its heart in this accident.” ‘rho disas occurred during a planmd trip to hospital in sso Kenneth. Presents were found

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Mary Lou and Kenneth, who has been released from hospital, were present today as Rev. J. i-I. Humphrey of Barrie, Ont, and Rev. W. H. Tomas of Eden con- ductnd last ssrvicos. 0

They stood wide-eyed and sol- emn. dressed in their "Sunday best" as loudspeakers carried ths service to thousands outside in the street.

from time to time. Mary 1nd softly stroked the hand of her "make-believe mother" -14-ysar- old Yvonne Eileen "Bonnie" Moors daughter of Provincial Constable Bert Moors. When Bonnie's father was appointsd to this district iut February he was unable to find a homo and the Howoys naked Bon- nie to coma and live with them.

Among tho listeners at the lor- vice was Mrs. Howoys father, Lawrence Fulton 6B. Ks left the chapel visibly shaken.

Dix cousins were pallbearers for Mr. Howey. wolf-known through this district as a horss-brosdsr and farmer. For In. Bowsy, poll- bssrsn were six psolilinot ‘iillson bun residents while cisssmstss carried tho caskets d tho lhroa

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British Paper Comments Dn Food Talks. -

IDNTJON. Doc. 1B-('I‘usaday)-.. Progress of the Anglo-Canadian food talks is being watched with close interest and "no little anxi- ety in both countries," the News ghrondcls said in an editorial to- ab‘.

"We hope very much that Brit- ain will do her utmost to meet the Canadians," the paper said. adding that Canada had planned her "whole agricultural program to meet the needs of the British market."

"In view of tho really substan-

tial assistance this country has received during and since the war from Canada and because it would be s. disaster to both nations in. the long run if_the traditional pattern of trade between than were upset. we should do our ut- most to help her today. ' “In return, Canada should speed- ily discuss with Washington the raising of the embargo upon Brit- ish lmports which she imposed because she had to stop he: pur- chases of United States goods and did not feel free to discriminate in favor of Britain.

“It is both tragic and absurd that there should be reports of clothing and textiles piling up un- sold in. British warehouses when it is known ti? Lilacs/tic. Ad“. ’of"t!iii ‘u’ 00d‘

Toio Anxious To Defend Self

‘TOKYO. Dec. 15-(AP>-Hidski Toio is looking forward to his imminent appearance as a witness before the Allied War Grimes Tri- bunal with reborn confidence in himself and in the cause for WhlCd he launched the Pacific war.

The 62-year-old former general. premier and war minister of Japan at the time of the attack on Fear‘ Harbor, has told his lawyers he wants to accomplish three things when he takes the stand:

“First. to convince the world that Japan fought in self-defence; sec- ond, to prove that the idea of a Greater East Asia. Co-prosperity sphere is an absolute necessityfor improvement in the Orient; and third, to make certain that no blame attaches to the Emperor.’ ‘rojo also has indicated to his counsel that ha keenly realizes that no other leader so high in a lost cause has ever had such an opportunity to attempt.‘ to iustlfv his actions to posterity.

For nearly 19 months tho bald. brown little man has observed the processes of the il-country tri- bunal which is trying him and other one-time top men of Japan on war crimes charges. He has heard his fellow defendants one by one given the right to rnakc full explanation of their motives.

‘Iiho effect on ‘Ibjo has been ro- markable. Once so sunk in hu- miliation that he tried to end his life with a pistol shortly after the surrender. he now exudes self- oonfidsnco and intends to be the only witness in his own defence.

ilow Stamp Issue llas- Been Delayed

OTPAIWA, Doc. 15 — (OP) — Post office officials said tonight that the first day of issue oi a. new Canadia four-cent stamp com- memorative of tho wedding of Princess Elizabeth and scheduled for Jan. 1b. has been set back to Feb. 16. Production difficulties are

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Gardiner llas llo Knowledge 0f Reported Importation Cf Large Quantities Df lisw laaland Butter.

(By The Canadian Press)

QTTAW-A. Dec. lo-The Com- mons tonight adopted a resolut- ion axtendlng the Government's price and domestic rent control powers from Dec. 31 to March 31 and then turned to another reso- lution that would give similar ex- tension to the Agricultural Pro- ducts Act. under which the Gov- ernment requisitions foods needed to fill long-term contracts with the United Kingdom.

OTTAWA, Dec. 15—fCP)-'I‘he Commons, bogged down for the fourth succemive sitting on a res- olution extending tho Govern- ment's price control powers, today heard F. D. Shaw (SC-Red Deer) declare his party's willingness to have the price control question submitted to the people in a na- tional plebiscite.

“We would be perfectly happy to have the matter submitted to the Canadian people, in proper form," said Mr. Shaw in continu- ing debate that would extend from Dec. B1 to March 81 the Transit- ional Powers Act under which rent and price controls are enforced.

Mr. Shaw said. William Irvine (CCF-Cariboo) had stated earlier in the debate that the Liberal, Progressive Conservative and Soc- ial credit Parties would not be prepared to let the people decide in a plebiscitc whether, or not they wanted price controls.

Recalling that the 0.0.11‘. Part1’

had voted against the National Resources Mobilization Act. brought in as a result of a plebiscite in 1042, Mr. Shaw said: . “We have no fear whatsoever of a plebiscite, and the people can feel assured that we are prepared to carry out the decision which they render. should such a plebis- cite be held.”

Other speakers in the debate in- eluded John R. MacNicol (PC- Toronto Davenport); E. G. McCul- lough (CClF-Assiniboia); Anthony Hlynka (SC-Vegrcville); DQ118185 I-Iarkness (PC-Calgary West); Ron- aid Moore (GOP-Churchill); John slnnott. (L-Springiield, and Hazen Argue (MW-Wood Mountain.)

At- ths House openins. Prim! Minister lviiackenzie King and oth- er party loaders paid tribute to Earl Baldwin, the former British Prime Minister who died durins the week-end.

Agriculture Minister Gard- iner said ho had no knowledgo of reports that 10.000439" pounds of New Zen-land butter w" M111; fanportcd to Can- ada, but added that there was no prohibition against Ilwh importation.

First reading was given to a bill. 5p0n50r9d by James Sinclair (L- vgmouver North). that would

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F0011 Shortages Loom In Palestine

JERUSALEM. Dec. 15 --(AP)-- Si: Arabs and two Jews died from gun and bcrnb attacks as Palrgtino tonight faced the spectre of hung- QLu-ger cities experienced 59V?" food shortages caused by disrupt- ion of communications. in the port of Haifa tons of imported goods

plied up in warehouses as more trucks were knocked out and frightened workers remained in their bonus.

Jewish and foreign wmmlnitifl were hardest hit by ths food short- age since these scttlrments deli"!!! on modern transportation method!- Arsbs with their donkeys and carn- els cmtinued to bring food from Arab farms to their oiwn people.

Although Jews and Arabs con- tinued their attacks on each other. the day was classed ss the quietest Palestine has experienced since the United Nations General Assembly

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East-We; Rivalry May" Be intensified

LONDON’. Dec. l5-~(CP)--The Big Four Foreign Ministers ended their conference tonight after fall- 111g to agree on Germany's futurc and left Europe partitioned bc- tween the east and west from the Adriatic to the Baltic.

Britain, the Unltsd States and Franco blamed the Soviet Union for the breakdown-the second by the Foreign Ministers on the same subject. Russia countered with, tin charge that the Western Powers had formed a "common front" and attempted “to heap everything on the head of the Soviet Union."

The most acrimonious meeting of the Council of Foreign Minis- tors since the end of the war ad- journed after 17 fruitless sessions without even completing an agenda, conference briefing officers said. Neither a time nor a place was set for another meeting.

State Secretary Marshall of the United States made the proposal to adjourn. Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain was quoted as expressing deep uncertainty about any future efforts of the Big Four to make a German settlement.

The break-up probably signals the beginning of a period of more intense rivalry between Russia and the Western Powers, Western ob- servers said, indicating that Bri- tain, the United States and France can be expected now to move as soon as possible to unify Western Germany.

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New Wage Scale For Women In N. S.

HALIFAX, Dec. 15 —(CP)—-A new minimum wage scale for wom- en workers in the Province was an- nounced today by the Nova Scotla Minimum Wage Board.

Effective today the new scale fixes wages for women at $13 w $15 a. week compared with the former rate of $12 and $13 weekly.

A new system of zoning also goes into effect along with the new rates. rm- experienced fcmale work- ers in acne 1, comprising Halifax, Sydney, Glace Bay, Amherst, Dart- mouth, Dominion, New Waterford, North Sydney. Springhlll, Stellar- ton. Sydney Mines, Truro and Yarr- mouth the new minimum will be $15.

For inexperienced workers it. will be $11 for the first three months and S1. for the second three months.

Wages in the other two zones of the Province are slightly less.

Tho previous scale was based on o division of the towns and cities on the basis of population. Experienced workers in centres under 17,000 population received a minimum of S12 and in those over 17.000 the minimum was $13.

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Air Service

New Glasgow and Sydney wore linked by regular air service with the inaugural flight by the Mari- time Central Airways of a daily service yesterday. The new serv. icc marks an extension of lhc cs- tabilshed Cilurlottetovvll-Nclv Glas- gow run.

The new flight, eastbound, leaves ; the local airport- at '7 a.m., touches I down at New Glasgow at 7.35 and} arrives at. Sydney an hour later I The westbound flight takes off at 9.30 a.m., arrives at New Glasgow at 10.46 and completes its sched/ n10 arriving at Charlottetown at 1

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Civic officials o! New Glasgow and members of the Board of Trade of the Shire town were] guests of Central Airways on the initial flight. They were met at U" BYdYWY ‘Alfport by members of the Associated Boards of Trade of Cape Breton.

Two officials of Maritime Con. tral Airways on the history-mak- ing fllght were Carl Burke, vice- President and general-manager.

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Chambers Hanged Early This Morning

ST. CATYIARINES, Ont, Dec. l5 --('I‘uesday) -- (C.P.) - Sydney George Chambers. 35, was hanged shortly after midnight this morn- ing for the murder oi little Mar- ion Rusnak who disappeared from her homo Dec. 2s last year and