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t's increased cold may NW6!“ lier from imkillg the ill-BIN W- y. However, unless the thermo- meter continues to dsop, it is bought the departure of the 0.0.8. “Sore1" within the next two cr three days could leave s passage . o! which the "Poirview" might svall herself for a short time. Yeo- rday. the "Borel" was taking on ll n the Railway Wharf and will move to the Marine Wharf today w take on Provisions and other sup- lier.

5-year Sentence For Espionage

OTTAIWLA. Dec. 27 — (OP) — I iford Smith, e. 34-year-old liyslclst who made e consider- le contribution to Canada’; wer- ‘ime development of radar. today sentenced to prison for five .1 ars for conspiring to give con- identlal information to Rlussle. The alight. llzht-haired former , ilonal Research Council official. native of Westmolmt. Que. still lntalued his innocence from the boners‘ dock after County Ocurt udge A.G. McDougall branded his iiness box evidence as in some yr, "fantastlc” and not worthy oi dance.”

Coming Events

"Movies at Victoria to-nigbt.

"Skate Milton Rink tonight, I ‘ o i0.

"Dance. Orwell o... Hall Mon.- li‘. December 30th.

"Poultry — Buying daily live and - eased poultry. Paying top market price Davis & Fraser Ld.

‘fBoolting orders for Swifts hicks. Mixed or-sexed. lkmnett ClliIllS. Bradalbane.

"Show, Mt. Stewart. Saturday. he Great Johi L. The story oi the lie of John L. Sullivan.

"Opening skate at New Glas- rink tonight, Saturday, Dec. i .

Pleading Hogs at Peaks; Sta- lOll each Thursday for Davis d! JlbCI Ltd. Merlin Devlne.

"l/lading Hogs a-t Montague iaiioncsch ‘Thursday for Davis d: Aiser Lid. S, O. McLean Phone

"Box Social. Dance, Pleasant , mvc Hail. Friday. January 3rd. id of School. -

"Receiving Hogs st Crapiiud for lllls d: Fraser Ltd.. every Tuesday til 11 A. M. R. N. Dawson.

"loading hogs at St. Peters for \'ls do Fraser Ltd. each Tuesday r truck pickup ssrvlcc from farm - car phone Rcddie Pratt.

T-‘lllflllls Hogs at Cardigan ste- tion each Thursday for Davis d: laser Ltd. Norman McKenzie ardignn.

"Pie Social and Dance. Credit nlon Hall. Summer-field Mondsg. i- ember 30th. Sponsored fi l} ro Women's institute,

"Hunter River fsrmers. loading Ned hose every Thursday and ldlnv. Book. McGulgan and - e.

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Butter Prices In ii. Y. Make Sharp Comeback

NEW YORK, While iedersi investigators probed into charges of market manipula-

msde a sharp comeback from the pcst-Chri-stnlos break and again established a disparity between New Yorlr and Chicago quotations.

Wholesale prices for fifl grade butter rose from four rents to '18 cents a pound in New York. wip- ing on: pert of the nlne-to-lo- cent crop that hit the market Thursday when the organized gup. port of dairy interests suddenly was withdrawn. The comvysrahle Price l1. Chicago today was up one-half cent to 74 cents s pound.

ilrlces Trend In ll. S. iicl Expected- Tu Affect Canada

‘TORONTO. Dec. 1i - Turribling United States price; that have sent ‘ _ ' no. 111°" "W118i: American purchasers are not expected to affect Cenad. inn prices, experts here believe. Many ‘Iblonto stores dealing chiefly in women's apparel have drastically reduced price; since Christmas - one furrier has lop- Ped off $1.000 per coat on i8 of his more expensive models. Bug this was described as along the lines of usual posi-Chrlristntas sales. An official of a large Toronto Wholesale Klocery ilnn believes there will be a reduction in food llrloes during 1947, however, An. other felt that, since price ceilings had k911i s check-re on infla- tionary rises. it woul require a long period. dictated by lilo-lease; 1!! 811F191)’. befon food becomes no- ticeably cheaper.

Shoe retailers do not expect price decreases in their line; as they say lirices have never noticeably risen. Ooncensus seemed io be that the United States is wriggling itself from the throes oi inflation, an m. fiation that has been barely notice- able in Canada.

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OTTAWA. Deoj 27 -— TOP) - Vlillle of (hnodian construction work in 104A showed In advance of 31 per cent over 1044, amounting to 5648580000 compared with $460,- 000.000. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today.

Chief feature of the 1040 advance was a 50 per cent gain in residential building. h

The year's total, however, le- msined below the high flgus‘ 0i $080,151,000 in i041. smsaonoo in 1042 and WIBAILOCO in 1943 when wartime industrial construc- tion sent values soaring above levels of earlier years.

t s tnliversi ing Veterans? m.

opening seneni sesslm cf iiie ne-

tionei_ OGUIOBQQ of student vet- erans heirs held st M0010 Univ-

Jsndeecn said, the hevetelen

0ver Four Million Dollars’ F rom P. F. Island Fisheries During Past Record Year

Dec. 2'f—lAP)- tlnn. butter prices in New Icrk today

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36.000 Veterans At Canadian Universities

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1946

When. complete fisheries produc- tion fllures for i046 ere available. they are expected to indicate un- oiizer record in Prince Elwin! Is- land marketed value oi commer- cial fishing operations, NPGIII Mr. J. J. Lsirsbee, Supervisor of listl- erles for the Province.

’I‘hls may reach ehe four million and s half dollar mark. Mr. 1s:- abee says. It, will at least be well beyond four millions as compared with the total of $110000, which had been, in 1940. the highest figure reached in the fishing in- (lil8Tfy'~‘ history. Just how much the gain will be in 104d cannot he accurately estimated until the work of collecting. Chflililng- and compiling the year's filial statis- ticai Iuhedtllea is completed.

Prelimirierv and unrsviu-fil re- ports. however. show that the 1046 catch will be appvlximately 41.500000 pounds and the value to the fishermen as landed. and be- fore preparation for market, well over three million dollar-l. Oom- psred with 1045 results, there will be an estimated increase c! more than nine million pounds in catch and n gain of approximately one million dollars in landed value.

Chief Cont. ‘butore

Contributing in a major terse to Island fisheries revenue iri order of importance are lobsters, Irish moss. cod. hake. mackerel, oysters and smelts, the iobisier ihhery representing abode hglf o;

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Find Two Hunters liied From Exposure

BRIDGETOWN. N. 8-. Dec. W ——iUPl —- A coroner's jury today found that Brooks Salsman, l9, Ind Rupert Forsyillc. 4c, Wolf- ville. N. 8.. hunters whose bodies were found near lier Nov. 20 af- ter an intensive 13-day search. had cilcd oi exposure.

The Jury met today to hear the report of the provincial pa- lholosist, Dr. Ralph Smith. who said there was absolutely no evi- dence of poisoning in the bodies ' The contents cf n bottle found near the bodies showed b2 per cent alcohol but there was no trace of poison. ho said. ‘The liquor was very potent, however. and probab- ly more effective because of s probable stair of exhaustion in the men when they consumed a portion of ihc liquor.

The two mcn left Wolivllie on n hunting trip Nov. l shd en- tered i-he woods at West Dalhou- sic. near here, They were not seen again until an organized search party found their bodies Nov. 20.

Fire Causes $50,000 lineage At Montreal MONTRlALwDec- 27-(CP)—A

two-alarm fire in the helm of tnc financial district here caused dam-

age estimated at $507M to the Hofimen Lighter and Stamping Manufacturers Company tonight,

Fireman played 15 streams of water on the bluzo which broke out in l‘ lllrebllorvy 75-year-old build-

inn brought under control.

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year la 045000.000.

"This rinse does not include the coat of instruction in pro-metric. ulatlcn schools operated by Oan- sdlan Vocational ‘neining. Approa- unstely 18.000 veterans ere enroll- ed in. o: have passed tllhllh these

Hoot d the thousands of veter- ans Lindmiversitlee. coiietla and roost training sitiools across Oeneb

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Minister Promises Consideration 0f Fur Tax Removal

Assure-rice that consideration would be given to his requesv for removal of t-he 10 per cemexcise tax on furs when the Federal bud- get is being prepared has been re- ceived by Mr. W. Chester S. Mc- IJine. MP. from Hon. DC. Alb- bott. Minister cl Finance. Follow- ing is the text of Mr. Abbott's let- ter. which is dated Ottalwe Doc. 23:

"Dear Mr. Maldive-

"1 have your letter of December 18th requesting the removal oi the 10 per cent excise tex on furs and the a per cent sales tax applying on fur garments. '

“You express the hope that this matter can be taken care of before the new budget comes down. As you lnnow, I have no authority to oiwpend the operation of any tax luuilthinkthe moetloendoat the moment is undertake to give consideration to the l0 per cent excise tsx on furs when the bud- get for the ensuing year is belns

DXGPIRH. "YOUR! VKY truly. 13.0. Abbott"

Mr. L. W. Shaw Reads New Ass’n

l-LAIJIHX. Dec. 2'1 - (CP) -A Maritime Vocational Guidance A8- soclatlon was formed here today as 38 representative; of industrial. so- cial service, teaching and bdmln- istrative education‘ groups, moved that the group, to be affiliated with the National Vocational Guidance Association, be formed to "tidy up the situation" already undertaken by school teachers on a insurgen- ized basis.

The organization meeting, pre- sided over by Stewart Murray. pro- vincial director of vocational guid- uwe for the Nova Scotla Depart- ment of Education, elected L.W

Shaw, director of education for Prince Edward Island, as presid- eni.

Dr. Fletcher Peacock. director of vocational guidance for New Brilli- swlck, moved the resolution for formation of t-hc organization and Dr. PKG. Morehouse. supervisor of Halifax schools. seconded it.

Mr. Murray spoke of the import- ance of assisting the student in fitting himself for an industrial oc- cupation and told how Nova Sooiia had been the first province in the Dominion to take up vocational guidance 0n s. provincial scale. In urban centres the movement had pmgrcssed satisfactorily although in rural areas the advancement had been less noticeable.

Teachers’ Strike At 8t. Paul is Ended

5T. PAUL. Minn. Dec. 2i —(APl —6t. Paul teacher; tonight ended their strike which has kept the city's schools closed since Nov. m. The action was taken immediately after the city charter wmmlssion had approved an alncndmenrpm- vlding added funds for the pey raises and school improvements the strikers sought.

Current salary range foa- the teache s is from $1.800 to $3.600. Under the revised schedule which the council already has approved. pay will rise to a $3.400 minimum and 08,600 maximum Jan. 1. 194M. with the maximum lo so to $4.300 next Sept. l.

GROUND!!! THIRD DAY SYDNEY. N.S.. Dec. 2'1 ~40?) - ‘Ilwo ‘Hons-World Airliners. one of whose pesaeng is Greek Premier Tsaldsris. were grounded here for the third iodsy ea poor Xlyins weather kept them from wntlilu- ing their flight to Oelm and Athena.

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Boys Parliament Tu Cpen Today At Sackviiie

Several lslawlieiegates Among Those Attending From More Than 30 Towns.

SAGKVIIiI-E. Dec. 2'1 — (Special) —Young men from marry different centres o! the Maritime Provinces gathered at Sackvlile, N.B.. today where they will attend the sessions 0f the twenty-fourth annual Marl- time 'I‘uxis and Older Boys Par- liament, opening tomorrow. Dur- inc llle next four days, formal ses- sions for leadership training pur- poses wiii be held in the’ mornings iwhlle formal sessions of the House, committee meetings and party cau- cus will occupy the afternoon and evening periods.

The leader of the Construction Party ls Gordon Coles of Halifax. One of these young men will be elected premier and will form the government on Saturday afternoon.

Young men are attending from more than 3O Maritime; towns and villages. Those from Prince Edward Island include: Charles Ballem. Charlottetown; Wilfred G. Bridges. Howiari; James Burlelgh, Ellerslie; Keith Moose, Kensingtmi; Donald J, Plkc, Albcrton; Gordon Yeo. Miscouche.

As the Maritime parliament gets started. other similar parliaments will be having their opening see- sloris in London, Ontario, Winni- pell. Saskatoon, Edmonton and Vancouver; and so youth 16 to 21 years of age will gather in these six parliaments to discuss matters of great concern to young Canad- 13115 in these stirring times.

All Civic Records Beaten For Arrests Anil Fines In Court

Fir-s totalling iwenly-eighl thousand dollars were collected by the City Police Court during the DB5! year. an amount greatly ex- ceeding hhe total sum collected last Your. or lily year in civic history.

The number of arrests made by ihc Ciiy Police this year is also an flll-ililllie T060111 f0!‘ the City, gxgegd. ‘ liig by over four hundred the num- bcr of arrests made in 1945. One thousand. two huivtlred and twenty arrests were madc- this year.

Bad: in 1924 the number of ur.

rests made 128, did not equal the number made in certain single months of the present year. but

from 1943 down to the present time, the number has been increasing by large figures. In i943, arrests total- led 343; the next year they jumped to 50G; 1945 saw the figures go to 797; vi-ihllc this year saw that fig- ure increased by 423..

The number of arrests this year, broken down by months, are: Janu- ary, 66; February. 99; March. 131: April 101; May. 136; June, 126; July, 95: August, 102; September, 92; October. 115; November. B9; and December, 70.

Of those, 004 were for bong drunk and incapable; 312 for being drunk and disorderly; 179 for violations of the Illghvw-sy Traffic Act: aiid 73 for vagrancy, There were four nr- rests on charges qf i-oimery with violence; iihree for jail breaking; 10 for breaking and entering; 21 fcr

ithoft; two for “having carnal knowledge": and iwo for uttering forged checks

The City Police force with Chief of Police ~Blrirwlsile at its head. comprises 14 mell-

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inersldc today destroy-d s twe- storcy wooden building on the watorrficnt. owned by liiaritime Distributors Limited. Oriulti of the blaze. which was discoverei at 1.30 is unknown. ,

Mr. Hazel: Phillips. who hoods}

the Maritime Distributors Ltd,‘

said the value of his off"ce equip- ment and tho building approximately $10,000

The building was i-znstructetl during tile war by Pslhidl’ and} Williams 1.1.1., and used by them‘ in connection with their wartime but-building projects. Tina still used lure of the ground floor for their machine shop while they had materials, principally world suit- able for boats, stored o»; the sec- ond floor. Part oi their loss in- eludes woodworking equlpmmt.

Firemen fought the bis-lg in gub- zero weather but almost from tlic start 1'. was evident that the structure was doomed. The wild blew burning embers nwziv from other buildings nearby. i‘ e bulld- ing wi... located on a rm-ll nlnt and was surrounded on two sides by water. it was near the old Rall- wuy Sultion and below iho Stead- man Store 1n water Street.

The new owners, Maritime Dis- trlbutnis. purchased the property from Palmer and William; last s-Jrlng They used pa-ri of the ground floor as an nffir» but had no merrhanrfisc stored there.

Mr. n. W Palmer, win heads the Palmer and William: fir‘. was no: available immediately for com- ment as to the amount of loss suf- fered liy his firm However. ‘t was learned that some plumbing and electrical equipment waa also de- stroyed Various estlmates iy per- sons at the fire were made as to the loss. some putting ‘t as hlgl: as $30,000.

Ltte reports, just befofia going to press, said that firemen were "doing ii good job" and that it was possible the shell of the build- ing might be saved. Her/ever, i: was believed that it woui". be bad-

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Thr- firn was disrnvcred by‘ Ccnstilles MccKay and Boyle of the Sizmmerside Police Pvt: ivhllel on paiiol-S.

l-‘nrest ilanzer lip 0n Manslaughter Charge

NEW GLASGOW. NS. Dec, 2'1 —(OP) - HP. Chaibassol of West- ville. chief forest ranger o; Plciou County. was today charged with manslaughter following an inquest which returned a verdict stating that he was driver of a ca; which struck and faially injured 83-year- old John G. Calkln on Christmas eve.

Senator For Quebec Named

OTTAWA. Dec. 27-—(C?l——Prlmc Minlste» Mackenzie King tonight announced appointment of Paul H. Boilffard, K.C., cf Quebec as member of the Senate a"'l Senator for the electoral division of Grand- villc, Que.

The zppointment filled the seat left vacant earlier this yer-r 1v the death of Sir Thomas Chapnls. s Conseiviiiive. who was appointt-d Senator for Granville in 1019.

Tonight's rppointment we; ihe first i": the Senate since Juno 9, 1945, when three apnoniments

were made. following l5 m the fiYPVlUilR morilh nf that year.

‘This appointment brings 1h: standing of the lift-member senate

w: Llvcrals. 66: Conservatives. 23: vacant, seven.

Death or resignation of eighteen- ators during the last year had le-fi eight vacancies. Of those now rc- malrilng, two are in Nova Scotia. three in British Columbia and two

Subscription Delivered $6.00.

Mail $5.00, other Provinces I U. I. A. fl."

40 BELOW ZERO REPORTED IN NEW BRUNSWICK

Fire Today Destroys‘ To Visit Moscow g At S ‘side

Field Marshal Montgomery

LONDON. Dec. 2'1 (AP) Field Marshal Viscount Montgom- ery, chief of the Imperial General Staff. will visit Moscow ‘brly in 194d, the War Office announced tonight. _

The announcement said the visit would be in response to an invita- iicn from Prime Minister Stalin. extended during the Big Threfl conference in Potsdam in i946. The invitation was renewed 185i 001' ober by Marshal Alexander M. Vas- ilevsky, chief of the Soviet General Staff. _

[pfd Montgomery. who visited Canada and the United States last September, accepted because he w“ "anxious io acquaint himself with the mllltafy life of the Red Army," the announcement seld-

It will be the first peacetime visit of a senior British officer to Russia since 1986.

In that year Field Marshal V1!- count Wavcll. no\v Viceroy °l' 1"‘ dla and Gen. Geoffrey‘ Malt‘?!- expert on armored warfare, were invited with many others from Buy-ape, to see manoeuvres which made military history When the Russians for the first time dis- closed parachute landings on a large scale -marioeuvres regarded as the birth of airborne warfare.

Three islanders To Be Honored For Life Saving

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Eldon Campbell, formerly of Bor-.

dcn but now of Charlottetown; Jciin Dulzicl. son of Mi‘. and Mrs. Frank Dalzicl, Borden; and Harold Brush. formerly o! Sum- mcrsldc but now stationed with the R.C.A.F. in Harrow. Oni., have been lionorcd by the Royal Hu- mane Society. Hamilton, Ont., for the saving of human life.

At Cavendish Beach. on August 19, 1945. t-hr three Young men saved ihc lives of Mr. Proctor. Charlottetown: his 11- ycar old son. Keir. and his l2- ycar-old dnugliicr. Jnycc. ‘Iii!- girl uhllc bniiiliig had walked off a ledge into deep water and lier father and broillor had gone to lier rescue. Owing in the girl clinging so dcsperaieiy in ilic father's neck. he vras unablr- to effect. i-hc rosclii- and all throgc would lizivr drowned had it not been for the ilirce young men, Campbell, Dnlzlcl. and Brush who. on ilic shore in iliclr bathing suits. lmmcdlaicly’ plllngcd in and

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children safcly in shore. Monday cvonlnq at 7.30 in tho

Cliv Council Chambers. Lieut-

Gnvr-rnni- J. A. Bcrilard will pro- scnt tho parrliiiirili. awards of the Hllmnrlo Sw/‘lrty in Campbell nnd Dalziol. 111v award in Harold Brush will bc forwarded in Har- row. Ont. After the double pros- eritatlon has been made, congrat- ulatory addresses will bf‘ made ills young men by Premier J. Walter