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‘ ~‘ . o l ‘1' . nofflcml U.S. . ' O If. A cut Dies At 93 u . TmIEVEiLANlD (AP) — Miss I I. 'ce Cowles Little. 93. whose .. ies and journals furnished ‘tal intelligence for the U. S. ‘ ..... of Pacific islands held . . the Japanese, died Tuesday , a nursing home. '. Miss Cowles treasured a letter m navy intelligence which at- 5-“ . . ed the navy’s Pacific suc- l ‘- ses in large measure to her ' . lhood memories. l- -“ ,As a missionary for the Ameri- 5-h .».i missions board, she began I: “I * } _ king in the islands of Micro- iIIYIt ». in 1088. She learned about 'dden reefs and channels, tides, I 1...”. passages, terrain, k: U I a and promontories. - Ber memories. her diaries, . als and m a p 5 provided in- ..;. for the battles of Tai- . Kwaialein, Tr-uik and the u . ' - Islands. I ' O oIds Meeting * fl mossoorfio _ The Decmeber .. w; t h e Kingsboro =. .. dmm’s Institute was held at W 1 home of Mrs. (hllum Mac- . m i recently with an attendance "* _.19members and two visitors. ‘ . . lite meeting opened with the u 1. —;- followed by a short mem- ' a . service led by Mrs. Mullins " up _memory of Mrs. Bell. _ - . iRepm'ts of Committiees were I. '- 4 “en and the following new com- . _ appointed: school corn- "'l .,Mrs.ErvinRobertsonand I h ’ Robert Robertson lunch, 3‘ g Ken MacGreggm‘, MS- I'. . v ;. Robertson and Mrs. R. E. ” btrtson; program. Mrs. Fred - f m ‘I a rtson and Mrs. Wendell Rob- n. Correspondence was read and ussed. It was decided $5- be 3' to the TB. League and $5 voted to buy treats for the 001 children. Mrs. Ervin Rob- .' . 4 an moved that the bill for n‘ .' tartsi for a deceased member Dal . v d ‘ The amount of $8.50 was donat- W v to buy gifts for patients in

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i i" 359 hand in Line - up at to- ‘ II 'ghts game. School Saktma Sal- ' “day afternoon, 1 until 2.30.

1 -'me mill. owned by Melville

‘ g ndav. December 29.

v Dance Mt. Stewart Memorial 5 i: ‘ ‘1 December 27th. Burke 5 “" a. Admission .30 cents.

. ch95 Cooper.

, for many years With

the staff of , y, leaves the first of the ; 31-. for Halifax where he has

copied a position with the In: Ches will take charge of

e network of the CBC. ' During his period with the Is- , .. station. Mr. COOper has .4 several programs of his

ccess which he attained is in. cated by the fact that on two '. asions he was chosen by an mationally known feed com-

_ their guest on an all-expenses id trip. The trips were award- . in recognition of the out. < finding job Mr. Cooper did in nduoung his program and LI”. the product. Mrs, Cooper and other mem- ., _ of the family are not going , Halifax until later.

. a party in honor of Mr. town Hotel A ‘ ' ' Mrs, Cooper in the main were presented tgmbglgilaliler gm; I, .; room of the Charlotte- Mrs. Cooper. I an

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CHES COOPER

‘ . Fire Razes Pleasant Valley , umber Mill For Third Time

’ . m struck in the same place

,,. the third time in the past six

, Wednesday morning when large lumber mill at Pleasant

".l was completely razed.

eeks, was erected only a short ... ago replacing another mill bid] was levelled by fire on me 2. Six years previously Mr.

w ital. An exchange of Christ- 'r. gifts was held.

ZOMING EVENTS

’ Modem and old-time dancing unior Farmers Recreation ..ter every Saturday Night. {until 12. Doiron's Orchestra. ‘ nteen.

:Bingo, every Monday night

8200 St. Andrew’s hall. wart. 21 chances to win 1‘8 than $100.00 worth of

5. Two Jack Pots of $25.00 . Chickens each week.

“Janice in Corran Ban Hall. "may, December 29. Sponsor- ” by C. W. L. Weatherbie‘s OT- stra.

A- A. meeting to-night Rich-

nd Street group, 130 Rich- "W Street (upstairs). ~B3-1150 and Dance. St. Jame

' ' . Town Hall. Geovgetown’

- ations using this column

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' ments are requested

’ ' their announcements In

Danie of the Organization or

i “‘1! Who are sponsoring the en.

School uxiliary,

. Dance in Mt. Ryan Hall, Tues- by

Dee. 30. Weatheribie’s Or - thesm‘i Sponsored by C. W

. .HOCkPl' at North River Rink '.0. i'lght Hampshire Bull»l)ogs V5

ine Mile Creek Bulldoi‘- 1!,‘33' Rue game _. Time 3.30 Skating IENards. Admission 25 ten” . " 35 cents. Anyone wishing to ." 1‘ team in School League'

d with son George, Charlottetown,

L. town with their son-in-Iaiw and

Weeks suffered a fire.

. Equipment which was contained in the mill was also destroyed in Wednesday‘s ftre. The loss was estimated to be $10,000. No in- surance was carried.

.The new mill. built near the site of the previous one, was not In operation at the time. It em. ployed five men.

The fire is believed to have started in the basement where potatoes are stored and oil heaters are used to supply heat. When the blaze reached the top that where lumber and bay was stored, all efforts to save the building and its contents were to no avail.

The Weeks family, which lives a short distance from the mill, became aware of the blaze about 5.15 a.m., but by that time the flames had made great headway and nothing could be done to save the building.

Mr. Weeks intends to rebuild again if it is stall possible.

The mill contained a diesel plant and new wood working equipment. It was 1% storeys high.

Concert Is Held AI Lorne Volley

Lorne Vlalley hall was the scene of the Christmas concert put on by the teacher and pupils of Lorne Valley School, on Monday, December 22nd.

Despite the frosty weather a lange number of parents and in- terested friends were present to enjoy the splendid. programme, and jolly old Saint Nicholas ar- rived to distribute gifts from a prettin decorated tree.

The pupils were presented with gifts from their .teacher Mliss Marguerite MacDonald, and from the Women's Institute, and the. local merchant gave treats of fruit.

The pupils remembered (their teacher with many gifts and good wishes for the holidays.

Clogged City Sewer Line

Is Cleared

Yesterday's holiday was just another worldng day for five city workmen. .

The five workmen. Edward Kelly. Jack Bradley. Gordon Mobbs, Everett Toombs. a nd Dickey Ryan, spent most of yes- terday afternoon and evening attempting to clear a clogged sewerage line at the corner of Orlebar andEuston Streets.

The line was finally cleared shortly after 9 pm. _

Refuse from the clogged main line was pumped into a catch basin located a few feet away while three of the men worked within the line at the other end at the corner of Long‘worth Avenue and Euston Streets.

PISOUID EAST

Mr. Harold Jay was a visitor in Lorne Valley Saturday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle MacDonald.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie MacDon- ald, Charlottetown. were Sun- day guests of Mrs. MacDonald 5 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jay‘ I . . .

Her many friends in this VICIII- ity will rcgretto hear that Miss Lina Birt had passed away Ill Boston. Massachusetts. She was a former resident of Pisquid East.

'Mr. and Mrs.

similar loss by

Hesse] Corney,

were visitors in Pisquid East, Sunday. They were the guests of Mr. and Ms. Floyd Jay. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Batch- ilder and grandaugihter Cindy, made a short visit at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jay, Sunday. V Mr. George Dover, and Miss Geor:ie Dover. motored to Char- lottetown Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jay are spending a few days in Charlotte daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie ' " i aid. Milli-)(Illloyd Jay is m the eastern mm of the Island this Week wth hp is employed. “71th Domin- i... Bureau of s-rAiisricsl t r Mrs. Harold J}ay swig: a v1510 - ur m mammafidle Mrs. George Jay

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CHRISTCHURCH. NZ. ICP'W Conv'icted by a magistrate on a charge arising from claims of cancer cures under the Hoxsey treatment, a doctor had the judg- ment reversed on appeal to the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Appellant was Dr. Eva Hill. a medical practioner with 37 years' experience.

When the case originally came up for hearing it was stated that Dr. Hill found herself suffering from a recurrence of an external cancer. With the 355istance of funds raised in Christchurch she went to the Hoxsey Clinic in Dal- las. Tex.

There she had treatment and studied the methods of treat- ment. Feeling the need to report in Christchurch to those who had helped raise the funds, she ad- dressed : public meeting there after her return to New Zeal'and.

SAW MIRACLES

In her speech she said: “In Dallas I was constantly witnes- smg near miracles in the suc- cessful treatment of many can- cer victims who had been de- clared hopeless by the medical

This was the basis of a charge laid against her by the health au- thorities in Christchurch of pub- lishing a false medical advertise- ment.

In a hearing lastlng two days. the health department alleged that the Hoxsey treatment was not a cure for cancer. Defence witnesses claimed that they had benefitted from it. Evidence of improvement after treatment by Dr. Hill on her return to New

anland “as :n'cn by a number of defence witnesses.

The stipendiary magistrate. F. F. Reid, later gave a reserved judgment in which he said any assertion that the Hoxsey treat- ment could

cure cancer was false. He said Dr. Hill had con- travened the law and must be

convicted. although he was satis- fied that she at no time had what the law regarded as a guilty mind.

Notice of appeal was given and this was heard in September in Supreme Court at Christchurch. I SOME IMPROVED

At this hearing. counsel for Dr. Hill said she asserted that 20 out of 200 patients had shown im- provement under treatment. Her claims had not been attacked di- rectly. The crown had relied on tWo expert witnesses who could see no merit in her claims. No evidence had been brought to dis- count Dr. Hill‘s statements. Coun- sel claimed that the magistrate had given insufficient weight to evidence indicating that the Box- sey treatment had succeeded in many cases.

Counsel for the crown said Dr. Hill was compelled to admit that she knew of no reputable medical opinion or literature to support the Hoxsey claim. The remedy was compounded of a few simple herbs. Apparently it had its ori- gin in the backwoods of Illinois about 100 years ago. Dr. Hill had been actuated from the outset by honest motives and that was not contested. The case against her was that she had advocated. in a manner prohibited by low. a false claim.

Cour’r Reverses Decision In Cancer Cures Action

Mr. Justice Haslam. the jUdF-‘P

who heard the appeal. gave a de-

cision in October reversing the

imagisiraie's decision and allow-

ing the appeal.

The judge said: “While accept- ing the importance of protecting the public from quacks and char- Iatans. it may be mentioned that such persons are impostors who lack the virtues of honesty. frank- HESS and sincerity manifested by this appellant In the lower court.“

WAS IRRELAVENT

After reviewing the eVidence, the judge added: “The magis- trate decided that on the correct reading of the regulations the ap- pellant‘s honest belief in the truth of her statement was irrelevant, except on the question of punish- ment. He accordingly convicted her, on his interpretation of the enactment."

The primary question calling for an answer was whether the regulation made irrelevant the state of mind of the accused at the time a particular statement was published. Unfortunately the regulations did not attempt to de- fine the crucial adjective “false” in the charge of publishing a false medical advertisement.

The judge said the object of the act. so far as revealed in the preamble and text. suggested scope for discrimination in deal- ing with various forms of con- duct.

“I cannot agree." he added. “that the regulations impose criminal responsibility upon a person found to have acted hon- estly. For this reason the appeal is allowed."

LORNE VALLEY '

Mr. Peter MacLeod, and Mr. Lloyd MacDonald, were business‘ visitors to Charlottetown on Wed-

nesday. Mrs. James MacNeill spent the past week-end in Strathcona

where she was the guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Grover MacKay.

Miss Betty Callaghan and Mr. Kenneth Callaghan are confined to their home with the mumps. Their many friends wish them a speedy recovery.

MISS Joan MacGra-th. Char- lottetown, spent the week-end of December 13th. with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Munro MacGrath. Miss Beverly Hiatton spent a few days in Charlottetown during the past week. She was the guest of her sister. Miss Margaret Hatton.

The members of Lorne Valley Women’s Institute met at the home of Mrs. Lloyd MacDonald for the December meeting. There was a good number present to answer the roll call by an ex- change of Christmas gifts. Mrs. Ainxg'uis Nicholson, invited the members to her home for the first meeting in the New Year. During the past week Mrs. Daniel Shaw spent a few days at Cardigan where she was the guest of her satin-law and dau- ghter, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Myers Miss Pamela Hiatton and Miss Joan Miacilntyre, were visitors to Charlottetown on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Heath MacGrath and Mr. Munro MacGrath, were visitors to Georgetown on Wed- nesday. While there they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parnker.

Mr. Harold Jay and Mr. Floyd Jay. Pisquid. paid a visit to Lorne Valley on Saturday, at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle MacDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Myers

with children. Dianne and Don- ald, of New Perth, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shaw on December 14th.

Mrs. Alexander MacIntyre was a passenger to the city on Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mac- Leod left on Sunday to spend a few days with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mac’Leod, Central Royalty. before leaving for Toronto, On- tario. where they will attend the wedding of their son Kenneth to Miss Shirley Myers. After visit- ing members of their family in Toronto, they will stop at Mont- real where they will be guests of their sons-in~1-aw and daughters. and Mrs. Morley Markell. and Mr. and Mrs. Hector Trotter before returning home during the Spring. A.M.

MOTHER. CHILDREN SLAIN

NEW YORK (AtPl-JMrs. Anna Figueroa. 23. and her two small children — all shot through the head—were found dead Thursday in their Manhattan apartment. Police terrhed it tnlple murder and sought the woman’s hus- band, Raul, for questioning.

PERSONALS

sons Garry and Roger of Halifax were visitors to Montague on Wednesday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Coffin.

Mr. Roland Diamond of Mon- tague spent Christmas Day wnh relatives in Charlottetown.

Mn“. and Mrs. James Dewar of Southport had as their holiday guests Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Shaw and flamily of Montague.

Miss Florrie Beaten, Montague, spent the holidays in diaflotte- town with her hmther-in—law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bell and family.

Rev. 4Dr 1 EA. Betts and Mrs. Betts of Winsloe, also their son. Douglas who is a medical student at Dalhousle University were visitors to Montague on Boxmg

Mar. and Mrs. Eric Coffin and tedly

OTTAWA (CPI—The post office soon will issue a new postage stamp depicting an aircraft which looks very much like the super- sonic Arrow jet interceptor. cur- rently one of Canada's hottest political questions. The stamp, to go on sale Feb. 23, commemorates the 4th an- niversany of powered flight in Ca- nada. On Feb. 23. 1909. J. A. D. McCurdy made the first airplane flight in Canada and the Com- moniwealth. The blue five—cent stamp shows MoCundly’s Silver Dart against a background of three identical deltaoving aircraft in silhouette. Post office officials said the! fact that the delta-wing plane looks like the Arrow is only a coincidence. They said all delta- wing aircraft look much alike and there was no intention to depict the arrow specifically. ONLY SUCH PLANE ' Other than the Arrow, there 15 no Canadian delta-wing plane. The government last September postponed for six months a deci‘ sion on whether to order the Ar- row into production. The future of the plane has become a major government problem. The stamp was designed by artists of the Canadian Bank Note Company of Ottawa. Company of- finials declined to say whether the Arrow was used as the model for the delta-wing plane shown on the stamp. The stamp shows three delta- wing planes soaring almost ver- tically. The Silver Dart._in the right centre. is in level flight The year appears m the upper Iefthand corner and. the year “1959" in the upper right. The stamp's denomination ap- pears under “1909" and “Can- ada” appears on the bottom left. M-r. McCurdty Won widespread fame for his feat of piloting his fragile plane. mounted on bicycle wheels. for a half-mile flight over Bras D'Or lakes near Baddeck. N.S. _ _ In later years he was heu-

EASTERN GUARDIAN

AUCTION "45" Score Cards for sale at Guardian-Patriot Central Printing.

Organizations using this column to promote thelr meetings. enter- tainments events etc.. are re- quested to place their announce- ments In the name of the spon- soring Organization.

MONTAGUE RINK — Hockey tonight. See Summerville and

game .

MONTAGUE RINK - Hockey game Saturday night. Montague VS. Summerville. Also one hour skate following game

I-N HOSPWAb—Charles Mac- Leod of Alliston Is a patient in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital. He became ill unexpec- Christmas Day while at the home of his (tougher, Mrs. Raulston Johnston, Charlotte- town. Yesterday his condition was reportedly considerably im- proved.

Montague meet. Hour skate after ‘

Stamp TO Mark Anniversary Of Powered Flight In Canada

tenant-governor of Nova Scotia and he htill lives at Baddeck. 49-F00fI‘ SPAN

The Silver Dar-t had a wing

span of 40 feet. Its total weight. including that of the pilot. was 800 pounds. It was powered by the first successful water-cooled air engine in the world. Mr. McCurdy in August, 1009. carried Canada's first air passen- ger on a flight of the Silver Dart at Petawawa. Ont.

He and F. W. (Casey) Baldwin game the first demonstration of a plane‘s military uses about the same time at Petawawa army camp. An accident occurred there. however. A wing broke arid the Silver Dart never flew again.

McCurdy‘s historic flight on Cape Breton Island with the cul. mination of several yea-is activ- ity of the aerial experiment as- sociation formed at Baddeck by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. in- ventor of the telephone. His as- sociates included IlecOurdy, Bald— win, Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Selfridge.

Capt. Brian Peck carried the first air mail in Canada—between Montreal and Toronto June 24, 1918. In the following month, Katherine Stimson became the first woman to fly mail on her trip from Calgary to Edmonton. ____________

Roof Collapse Kills N.S. Mon

ANTIGONIISH. N. S. (CPI—- Franciscus Johannes Hazen.‘1!5. was killed early Thursday when the roof of a shed collapsed and pinned him to I tractor at Bay- field Road. about nine miles from here.

ROMP said Hazen was appar- ently driving the tractor into the shed when it struck a supporting

SKIN-DIVERS HELP

VANCOUVER (CPI —- Sixteen experienced skin - divers have (owned a special group to aid in rescue operations in British Col- umbia. It is attached to the RCAF search and rescue club here.

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