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Seek r1. Rescue 500 FromsGroundedShip ,

(By The Associated Press)‘

HIKAN Alaska, Feb. 4- Th! United States Coast Guard cutter Onondaga stood grounded liner Yukon in a gale tonight and attempted to et her two power boats away to t e res- cue of nearly 500 persona maroon- od on the a patently dying ship. Winds ra ng at 46 to 60 mi ea an hour bu eted the old liner and threatened to balk all attsm ls at rescue until daylight, or un ii on expected shift in the wind direc-

tion from east to northeast. Rescue vessels converged on the scene to ald the Onondaga. included her sister cutter, the Cedar; the army dispatch croft 5, S. Zallnaki the 5.5. North Haven, and the use. Curb, all rnovln to ilrohnstone Bay on the Kenai gen-

Turner llalley ‘ Blast Not Felt 0n The Surface

rvaxna vsuscr, also, n.1,, 5.200 uarts of Pine in west nk No. 2 well here, blew up at 0:00 PM. M-S-T- this afternoon without an’ ble effects above ground. t was the largest oh a at

10 f t f f o. ‘f... “.1 ‘ll.°’...?&‘."“" °"' °‘ 1 No tremor was felt on the "u. 30C.

It ted

semi-Fulfill? oogdbobenqdlztefit lned on the effort to. neg ti" rock formation at the foot of the

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The Coast Guard at Seattle said the Yukon "probably will be a total logs. The engine room and No. 3 ho d are flooded. the ship ia breaking up fore and aft."

The Yukon left Seward for Beat- tle last night with 371 ssengers and a crew of 125. An Al’:

0.900 foot well and release rnil- ‘k3 um | s okesman in Seattle said r b- ions of barrels of oil believed ,,§,y x0 o’ the unsung“. 9°

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b t yAsefizl-vsil s to be there. d,s_

w atandln I10 vsrda from the well felt a-‘llight tremor. The aluminum nlpe wu raised about one foot. A three- Intih hid-ill plpg w“ brolgm

Stirling No. 8. the nearest well, shows! no indication on its met- er of the shook, .

military men, outbound for ch€vilfi' Bak iblish th

m N’. D er of e Ketchikan Chronicle. aaid the Coast Guard there was "hopeful" the ship would ride out the night.

Ship Breaking Up

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liner known to thousands of tou- rists and Alaskans. was “breaking up fore and aft." and the passen- gers and crew ware still aboard. An hour and 35 minutes earlier. at 12:10 p.111. (P541) he had also reported he ship was breaki up fast. No effort had apparently en made in the interval to take to the lifeboata or make the nearby shore but whether the Yukon’s officers were awaiting the arrival of the Onondaga. or whethe seas made such an attempt impossible was not own . Icy spray was being hurled over the decks and a choppy sea, with some waves up to l5 feet. was bat- aging the ship. the captain's ist- as

in id. The Yu on, a steel twin bu‘lt

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Cost 0f l.lvi Bowl sii;i@l'“|l§_

UITAWA- Foo 4 — (C?) —'1he steamshi in Philadel hia eot f ll in ° p ugmfiv dgrhg ‘Egcagmggg figém in i809. has plied in the Alaska

trade for about 20 veers and is widely known along the Pacific Coast. In one revious accident eight vetirs ago Puget Sound.

lnion Bureau of Statistics re ort- td today. The index. oniho h... of 100 for 193539. stood at. 119.9 at Jan. 2. compared with 120.1 at Dec.

1_ 194,5 Th she collided head-on with the sla- fgggntgd mflfifiufjldfi} n 1:2; ter ship Columbia in a heavv fog Bent over August, 1939 and c fireman on the Yukon.

Major change for December was John Kelly, was killed.

e food index which went from 134.3 to 132.8 with a sharp decline in egg prices outweighinir lesser ln- ggiiigses for butter and fresh vege-

Mai? FISHERIES INSPMTOR- DIES

BUUXUUCHQ. N. 8.. Feb. 4 — (Cw-Fred Beilrisle. 54. inspector of fisheries for the Bucwuche dis- ifict. died at his home today after an illness or four months. -

Jap Con. Yamashita LosesFight For Life

WASHINGTON, Feb, 4 — (AP)

Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashlta tog? lost his fight be- fore the Uni States Supreme Court to escape the noose.

A six-man majority of the court hold that the Military Commission which sentenced him to death on a charge of oning wholesale barbarities proceeded le all .

Coming Events

BtJ ti WileyRue eand s.'i§.§“§§“§i.i.‘.°°o‘l.m"‘°,2 ll?“ $5,112 Bragk M13: chv. in two rinil dia- ~ ' amiss “lélinliil

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“Horse race, Oyster Bed Brldie.

Justice. Wednesday altemoom z 0-6100!“ Yomaahita, wihose conviction Ngiill 2-5-2!

is subject to review by Gen. ac- Arthur and the War Department. was charged with permlttin 123 crimes and atrocities by his roops in the last days of the war in the Philippines. Justice Rutledge coiled the trial unprecedented and the court consumed 2. words in arguing ihe n-cw issues raised. 1,000 CIIICKENS BURN MILTON, Ont. Feb. 4—(CP)- More than 1.006 chickens were roasted here Saturday When U" of unknown origin destro a hen house owned by Fred We R01‘. W?!" estimated damage l! 010.000-

"Cord Party. l-luly Name Hall Wednesday, Feb o‘. St. Charles Auxiliary. Tickets J6 cents. Liinflzii

"Annual Meeting iviitshire llairying 00., in the ilall, Monday, l-cbruary 11th, 2 P. M. Resolutions re Co-operatlve Associations Aot. Roland Easter. Secretary, 2-2-5-1-0.

"Box Social and Dqnce, Cove- #5573131’! ant“? Hizmfwednelgtdifai ' a o new 900d muaio wim Charlie Cham- berlain entertaining. 2-4-21.

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New Air Service Opening Today

The inaugural flight in direct air service between Charlottetown.

ew Glasgow, and Halifax opens today when a Maritime Central Airways lane, piloted by Captains Carl Bur e and R. W. Mills, takes of! from the local airport at 1:20 this afternoon.

Authority to operate the air ser- vice between Charlottetown. New Glasgow, and Halifax was received from the Department ofTransport. Ottawa, yesterday afternoon by Captain Burke as the result of negotiations which had been go- iz on for several months.

The plane which will make the inaugural flight is a IO-passenger Lockheed. On board when .tieavea the local airport this afternoon will be Mayor J. If. Blanchard and City Clerk James A. Fullerton Mayor J. 1". Arnett, Summerside: A. R. Brennan. Summerside: and B. Graham Rogers. When the plane arrives at New Glasgow 30 minutes later it will be greeted by Mayor Donald McLeod of that town. He and Mr. Harry Suther- land will join the list of passeng- ers for the last leg of the iourney.

l" ty minutes later when the Lockheed lands at the Dartmouth airport, the passengers and llots will be met and welcome by Mavor Allan M. Butler of Halifax.

While this wlll be the inaugural and, therefore, the first ofliclsl flight of the Maritime Central Airways service between Charlotte- town and Hal fax. the Company, in e ectation of securing the author ty for conducting the acr- vice, had already made several "familiarization" flights. the last of which was made only a few days ago.

News Briefs

OTTAWA. Feb 4 -(CCj) — The first bfiohlof w ‘ o! war return races —--l1l>1‘°!- imately itooll-‘n-ilwiu Kelsi! fmm Hal- ifax for the U _ n om the liner Malay-file 14. was learned today»

NIiIWYOR-Kdibb. 4-H?)- Pan American Airways said today one of its Constellation planes had aet a transatlantic commercial flight record of l2 hours and 48 minutes, flying 3,400 miles from La. Guardia Field to Hum, England. with two sto en route.

eft La Guardla Field PM. AB T., Sunday and landed at Burn at 8.40 A.M. A.S.T. Monday.

LONG BEACH Calif . Feb. 4- (AP) - Admiral Richard Henry Leigh, '15, retired since 109i. died in the Unfed States naval hos- pital here today.

OTTAWA, Iileb. 4 — (W) — John Bracken, Progressive Con- servative leader. returning here to- day from a tour of Western Can- ada, said that the "unemployment situation go's worse the farther west you go."

PARIS, rob. 4 — (Rcuicrs) - Gen. de Lattre de Tassigm’. WhO led the French Army from the Rhine to the Danube. will be one of 80 Frenchmen to be honored by‘ Britain at an investlture here to- morrow Alfred Duff Cooper, Brit» iah Ambassador, will confer upon him the insignia of Knight. Com- mander of the Bath.

OITAWA. Feb, 4 Trade Minister MaoKinnon will fly tomorrow from Roohcliffe Airport here for Mexico. the first of several Latin American courfries he will visit on atrade mission.

llopcrt lieard New

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‘IDNDON, Feb. t - (C?) -The Vatican Radio said tonight that

ls er Mothaeus l-fimmar, Dutch cri astronomer of the Papal Observe

return comet. ving into the constellation of the ar. -

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Indian Princess Attends 1 Ontario Winter Carnival

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g of fiorthern Ontario's winter car- - nlv .

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feon Blum. former premier of France who headed that coun- try's “New Deal" government in 1936, has been apiponted am sadci- extraordinary to seek Alled assistance in solving France's present financial crisis. is rc- ported France seeks a U. S. loan of about $25.000.000,000.

A Rcactionary?

MOSCOW, Feb. d-(!leutera)— An attack on Leon Blurn, French Socialist leader and pre-war prem- ier, as a "reactionary," appears in the current issue of the Moscow magazine Boishevlk, organ of the Soviet Union Communist Party.

It accused M. Blum of opposing the union of the workers ‘for the struggle for true democracy and for the destruction of the rem- nants of Fascism and its economic foundations."

"All this is done under the flag of democracy and socialism,” the magazine said.

News lTfliTAtcmlc Play Causes Pan_l_c_l|i Paris

PARIS. Fbb. 4 —‘ (AP) — Paris- iiin radio listeners were pano- sirlcken tonight by a too vivid play- let dspicti atomic bomb exper- cific getting out

lowing the earth to pieces.

It was only a play in news com- mentator stvle, but the hysteria of listeners who deluged police stations and newspaper offices with telephone calls approached that provoked several years ago in the Un ted States bv Orson Welles’ radio Mirnma concerning an inva- SlOii from Mars.

"The people of the world are asked to remain calm." Jean Nou- chcr. the broadcaster. cautioned. adding that explosions caused by zchlzvn reactions“ were out of con- TO .

Married parents rushed to mot- i:-n_ picture theatres to get their chldrcn and take them home be- gore“ the "explosions" spread to

ar .

Baitterliriisluciion flown Tvio For Cant In i945

OTTAWA. Feb. 4 -- (C?) -Pro- duciion of creamery butter in 1945 in Canada amounted to 293,541,000 pounds. a decline of nearly two pct cent from the 1044 outpost of 298,- 777,000 bounds. the Dominion Bun

Premier Jones In Not Water With Fair Sex

UPFAWA. Rb. t - (Special)- Premler Walter Jones of Prince Edward Island is an acknowledged expert on dairv cattle, but Ontario women didn't like his advice to the faculty and student body of Guei h Agricultural College Saturday at on how to pick a wife.

Suggesting that a. man. particu-

Aquitania Docks After Rough Trip

Worst Trip ls 45 Years Cna officer Says: Island Soldiers Expected Tonight.

War Brides Will Sail Today 0n Mauretanla 4 — (OP

LIVERPOOL. lileb. Cablc) - With s. minimum of fuss and excltcmerot women from many

KAI-WAX. Feb. 4 —- (C?) — Coated with ice freon stem to s'crn. the 46,000-t0n troopship Aqultania docked here tonight with 6,403 pas- sengers after the roughest trip in the memory of the ship's staff cap- tain. HD. Grinrod. a. veteran of

jury om go into m, d, c“. En land and sea-land more than 200 Atlantic crossings._ t]; 17min“; p1 a wife as N20,“, me I m, Mauremnm may Terrific winds plagued the liners s ww or bull for his dairy herd. with their children, bound ioi- new °°1"‘P'° i“ Sh“ "W61"! i" ‘°‘1“°°d the Premier said: “It isn't just a 11011133 in Cpngdg“ speed-two days at an average of l case of loving them, w, getting one __._______;._____. five knots-and Waves of more lbw to help you. Back away rom her naurnx, rob. 4 _ (cr-o- 50 feet mashed down on h" W". and ask yourself how e would Only passengers aboard the W 11°15? he!’ “"1"” W "m" ‘hm act if you were running a. dairy liner Maurctarua, due here Feb. W? “f1 i‘ m“ day" , herd but Rot aiek. Could she take l0 with dependents of Can- n “as the WM“ “hi? I m" ‘m’ 0V6!’ 0M Bllllérlntend the 10b?" adian veterans. for Prince Ed- periemed m 45 years’ 5am m“ Cwlmflifl-YIC 011 Pfemief Jimes‘ ward Island were Mrs. Alice “Imam G'm'°d' mm“ chic! ob rm-m-k, on W116 puking Mm CR Richards and he, chum nub ficer on the Queen Mary and staff 1110111111111“. of ‘the Crown ltary otfcials announced here fggrmg} ggrflgzjsgg? th °n Assets oca on mmttee. Ottawa h, e 1o , ,, " , ~ hiiih school trutee and leader of §",';I§,f..?§,'._” Wm 3° w m” d“ "l "it “MP” m"

pita], Major FA. u mieson of Winnipeg was still busy treating seasick soldiers, many of whom were extremely ill from the effects of the turbulent sears.

Major Jamieson was kept busy from the day the ship left South- ampton Jan. 28 prescribing liquid gilllets for passengers all over the

organizations for the emainiclpa- tion of women in Canada's capital said to this writer:

View ollirnlkd?

“A woman these days doesn't havatsto‘ say "yes" lo ‘a! manlwho w“ 91' i" l" "WP"- emli °li¢9~ beef for lurmh en r ute to Liver- Tlme was when women had to take p001 '11-,” 15“ M1143,“ in pom-mg “Vibe-ml! °n 31°59 Wm"- bl" Th" rain but reached the port in bright g1’ Lsoglaistklgo respecting wom- 5un5h1ng_ " .

B, mm BB6 0n from Scotland nd that basis, and I dont think much land already $115 aboard. In one e t-bunk cabin

d’ the man whose standards for marital life are based on how much w“ Mm v”, p,“ who” bus. nald. was killed l2 days

work the wife can do for him. bend, D0 “It seems w me that Pwnier aftcr the birth of Diane. 2, whom she la taking m Halifax.

'I‘heae war brides and depend- ents of Canadian service men. 946 in all, will ssil tomorrow. A spec- ial train from London today brought 340 from the south of England.

Mothers and children had roast

Included among the passengers We're 5,514 Army, 759 R..Q.A.F., 66 R.C N., 116 civilians, and a few British Army. Royal Navy and merchant navy personnel. Among the civilian passengers was Flor- en-ce Desmond, noted British act- ress who is on her wary to fulfil a contract at a Broadiwa_v cabaret.

The largest draft re‘urnlng, more

than 1 0 wene from the Maritr imes. F‘ teen troop trains, one every "nmir on the hour, will leave Hal- ifax, starting early in the morn-

ng. (Prince Edward Island soldiers on the Aquitcnia are expected to arrive in the Province tonight. Al- though there was no official infor- mation available. it was earpec‘ that the men would travel in two

ly. r man. sympathy. The women of Canada wlllacrekrtslnlly get after him for that rem

.. Mrs. “rhorbum con-

Jonea is preaching the doctrine of sailfish-fleas to those young nun and Ghost Troubles I lint. Community

I hope they won't take him too- serious lihe Canadian Presai

“Mia-triage”, tinned," is not as Premier Jones seerms to think a. means cf getting cheap labor. In the eyes of Can- adian women it's an equal partner-

bi and ooeed hen m 3,1531»- fl-i-‘l-‘i- M- i»- fiiiliiz- cs... ‘":.':~...‘-°...‘"'..i: gay m; gglhggvggg‘: [Ln om“, of u“ otuwn Cannon weather. a feminine figure that

"walks headless and limping" a- due m chaflottewwn n

cross abandoned farm fields-but vanishes at "breathless speed" when pursued by noises-provided a ghost mystery today for the superstitious among West Elgln residents.

spoken of as "It" by a dozen people who claimed to have seen the figure following its first rec- orded appearance last Tuesday.

of women said that Premier Jones’ ideas on wife picking were behind the times. '

Diasellioginefariff

From a high govenunentsl source, The Guardian learned today that there is little hope of the 20 per cent tariff recently placed on diesel

No Negligence In Barracks, Blaze

engines will be lifted, as mquoied h H 1 t k by a delegation headed by Col. .11.. Qfinflflpfj, ‘B? Qffljfefl Qdmflnflufi cmyiwrrrm, Man, Feb. s-Tne Ralston which met Finance Minis- 59mm, of Dunwm, Townshm It lire-swept ruins of an army hut in

ter J.L. Ilsle last week. Tariffs can be lifted, t was explained. but it is a. difficult task. The decision to impose the dutv could be rever- sed by the Minister of National Revenue on a finding of fact. and failing this. it could only be thrown cut by parliament when the next budget is brought down.

It was admitted that concerted action by ‘fishermen who are am- ong the c lei users of Diesels in their craft might persuade the Government to alter its the t . Even if they did, no change could be made until the late spring when the budget debate will be held. This wou d mean no action to remove the iesel engine dut/y would be taken until about

which two men died early Sunday were surveyed today by a six-man coroner's inquest jury at the base camp of Exercise Muskox.

After a survey of the blackened debris, the jury heard evidence and returned a verdict that no negligence was involved in the TE.

Trapped in their sleeping uart- ers, CpLdCigll A.FRa(11phl, £610 “gal- , _ gary an nr. re crc . or- maed wegnagl? EIW¥IGRIk1I§W hue ris of St. James, a Winnipeg sub- lated. “It had what looked like a "Yb- 4'“ "1 ‘he "am"- cotton skirt and something dark s

around the shoulders. As I looked WINDSOR, Ont., Feb. 4—(CP)-

it walked into a fence corner and then without reason turned and A gap” bag containing “V147 m cos and cheques was snatched to-

is here that Indians claim Tecum- seh was buried in a secret grave 130 years ago.

Philip Campbell, whose home is near the district where aaveii ab- andoned farms lie side by side, said he had gone into the isolated area to care for his cattle when his young collie dog started to bark furiously.

"I looked back to the abandoned

eau of Statistics reported today.

11V JACK WILLIAMS

OTTAWA. Floib 4 — (OP) Vcttrans and civilians will have an onportunitv to make a bid for aibou‘ 60.000 govemment Jobs with in the next few months, it was learned today.

Acrcss Canada starting about Mlamh l5 and sprcnzl over a per- iod of possibly several months ex- uminations will be held in sort out the best fitted candidates" with the preference going to veterans. Can- ada's civil service force now num- bers 150,000 of which 40.000 are ' ‘ s “permanent? with the remaining IIOuIOO "temiporariea."