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British Charge Slavery I n Russia On Mass - Production iBasislu-s-"ifiilll

Toronto Jittery After Fifth Murder In Week

Queen To Observe . 49th Birthday

LONDON. Auir. 3—(AP)'—- The Queen will mark her 40th birthday Without ceremony at Buckingham Palace tomorrow, a palace spokq. man laid today.

However.‘ lilips of the Royal NIVY will ‘dress over-all" in Bri- tish ports, which means flags-and bunting from stem ,to stern, Th; "King's Troop" of the Royal Horse Guards will firt- a ‘ll-gun salutg in London's Hyde Park.

United States Navy ghipg in

_ Brstlsh ports will fire 21 guns at

11° It. it was announced by United States‘ Navy officials. They will also fire a salute in ports where British ships are lying. _ Princess Margaret's 19th birth. day is Aug. 21. Plans for it are in- complete but hcr annual birthday dance will ho hold earlier this year because the 21st falls on Sunday. a palace spokesman said.

The Queen will go Friday to Bnl. moral Castle in Scotland.

U. H. EMPLOYMENT

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 - (All) --Unemploymcnt in the United States rose above 4,000,000 in July for the first time since January. 1941. the Census Bureau reported today. But tlic number of em- loycd also increased. registering n July tho hlzhest figure _ 5a,. YQODDC-Jor 1049.

Coming Events

Elllotvale School, Millview Orchgstg;

i "Order your Binder ‘Pwinc from d. Russell Driscoll, ML Herbert.

"Dance, Ausust. 5th.

"ll-ll your Films w cal-aims: PHOTO Studio. Chgrlqngwym

I "Movios at New Glasgow tonight, Corpse Cami- C. O. D."

"Emerald hall, Friday, Aug, 5th, lee cream and dance. l-fickcyk Orchestra.

"Dance Mt. Stewart Legion Hall every Thursday night, music by Al Blanchard.

"fnmsn lie-union at Fred 1n- gngns, Victoria. Friday, August‘

"Come to Si. John's Church Plcni:. Crapailrl, Wednesday, August 10th.

"Come to the Dance in Gcwan Brae School Monday. August 8th. Lunches.

“lee crcam social and dance in lnkerlnnn School Friday nigh‘. August 5th,

“Ice Cl-‘cam Fcsiivzil and Dance. Mermaid Srhool. Thursday, Aug- ust 4th. In aid of new school.

"Open Air Dznrc and Canteen. UiSE, August 4th. Sponsored by Uigg-Ktrtrcss JlllliCl' Farmers.

"lee Cream Sccial at, North Try/cli- Presbyterian Church grounds, Thursday. August 4th.

"Dance Thursday. August 4th. Ellis Bros.’ wart-house. Central Royalty. Music by Rollie Mac- Kcnzie.

"Women's Institute festival and dance in Wiltshlrc Hall. Thursday, August 4th. Music by Jimmy Mac- Donald.

"Comt- to the Open Air Dance at Rusticoville. August 4th. Music from Charlottetown. Canteen ser- vice.

“Reserve Iriday, August 5th.

for Dance and Lawn Psrly ll

_ South Melville Women's Institute. ._ MacNeiPa Orchestra.

"Buying poultry daily, paying Attractive prices. 09PM"! 313'"!- .Ii ' White Rosa Service Station. ' ie MacDonald. Kensington.

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v ow unloading car B-C. cctlll‘ was, with small quantity cedar sh available. Will deliver

ad muonsble. Phone ll‘. Magi-ill _._ Klnkora. . , .____.

t‘ M ee Races at lunny Green Aer at 13th. staritnl 2 o'cl . siiprp. ‘transportation I'll! be psfd on. all horses from a die- hlnce. luitahle prilel for each c us. ~

"itegu r ‘dance at the Winsloe Station ll. 1mm, Aususl Ith- ' Intern thin Boys Orchestra. -i2.30. Admission foe.

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‘IUIRONIO. Aug. 3 —(CP) -_ A hunt. for two trigger-lilac killers reached fever pitch in this Jittery city of 100.000 tonlsht, after Mrs. Gloria McKay was found slain- Torontob fifth murder victim in l. week.

Beaten and shot, the body of Mrs. McKay, 23. was found in the rear of her automobile less than 24 hours after the discovery of tile l-rullet-riddled body of her husband, 304"". 25- Police said the pretty £0118 woman had not been violat-

Bsrking of the McKay dog be- side the car attracted attention to the West-Central Christie Street parking lot where the killer left the vehicle. The lot is less than two miles from the suburban North York gully where a. workman stumbled over the body of her husband yesterday. -

Here are the other slayings:

Alfred Layne. 25, killed by s,n armed gunman before the horri- fied eyes of his wile and little daughter Saturday. No arrest in the case.

Leslie Hem, 38. dining car stew- srd. beaten to death, July 2'1.‘

Arthur Wickert. 3B. department store cmployee, shot. to death July 2!.

Two men are under arrest. chisrsed separately with murder in the Horn and Wickert. killings.

An aroused citizenry turned in hundreds of reports to police to- night in the wake of the slayings, ‘spurred by e $2,000 reward in the Lsyng case and the threat. to public safety from armed killers 0n the loose.

One such report-later proved falsw-was that a man's body was seen in a ditch in nearby ‘rilorn- hlll lute today.

The interior of the McKay car was flishsmblerwhen police found the vehicle. Blood stains soaked both sides of the front ceaf. ‘were. lilcKayb may was lying behind the front seat of the car.

A ballistic test made at Pro- vincial Police headquarters today proved that. both McKisys were

killed by the same gun-a .38 re- volver. But the test failed to prove that the some weapon slew young Layng as he sought to halt a gunman escaping from an at- tempted rolbbery of s grocetcris.

An R.C.A.'F. guard of honor at- tended funeral services today for Layng, a former airman and father of a four-ycar-old daughter. An estimated 1,000 citizehs stood in sileme while his distraught wife. Shirley, 22, entered the church supported by her mother and fsther-in-law.

Kitchener Mun Hus New Idea in Furnaces (By The Canadian Press)

KITCHENER, Ont, Aug. s-(crl —-Scientisis are flocking to the

Bus leaves l.ld.'_1'_. I18 and 10d ‘

home of A. W. Bromley, chief en- gineer for Kitchcncfs Public Util- ities Commission, to look at his furnace. For the last. two years Mr. Bromley has been heating his house with an installation which draws heat from the ground. Mr. Bromley described the principle as electric refrigeration in reverse.

Federal Cabinet iiolds Mging

OTTAWA. Aug. 8-(CP)—- The Federal Cabinet met for two hours today but no ninouncement was made to indicate the nature of the discussions.

Prime Minister St. Laurent who returned Monday from a throe- week holiday at Bathurst, N. B., presided at the meeting. A source in his office said he doubted that another meeting would be held to- marrow.

Mr. St. Laurent had indicated that announcement of the datebf the fall session would follow a Cab- inet meeting this week, Sept. 15 and 22 have frequently been men- tioned unofficially as possible openi in: dates for the sossiomwhich will bring together members elected in the June 27 general Federal elec- t 0n.

ENGINEERS DELIGHT The longest stretch of straight railway in the world is in Austrslla, where a, track runs straight u a string for 328 miles.

Maj-Gen. E. G. Week!

Robbers Gel $000,000 In |.ooi from Aga Khan

NICE, France, Aug. 3-(CPi --Fo'ur masked Bandits brand- Mlifag tcmntrguns today sm- bushed the Ago Khan and his wife and robbed them of jewels and cash worth up to £200,000 ($300,000).

The robbery occurred near the Ago. Khan's villn three miles from Cannes on the Riv- iera. The robbers halted the car, pointed their guns at the ' Aga Khan and his wife. the Begum, and warned them to be quiet.

They seized three large hand- bags and the Bogum's jewel boxes. Then. alter slashing the tires on the Ago Khan's car, they fled in s large, black auto- mobile.

The value of the stolen jewelry was first estimated by thevBegum at 150,000,000 francs (about $450,000). The Ago Khan, one of the world's rich- est men, later said it was worth from £150.00 to £200,000 and was insured up to the full value of £200,000,

The exact value of the gems has not been determined.

The robbery was the third major theft in France in .two days.

Tuesday in Deauville, an armed band of four masked men held up the jewelry store of Van Cleef and Arpels and escaped with $320,000 worth of gems.

At Alx-en-Provence, Th s- day messengers of the Bank of

H‘: average winter heating cost: $60.

France lost 25,000,000 francs in another armed robbery.

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Flees Red Zone Of Germany

By THOMAS A. REEDY

BERLIN, Aug. 3—(AP) —- Mrs. Erika Reader, wife of the Admiral who built Hitler's fleet, has fled from Eastern Germany and re- vealed that her living conditions during four years of Russian cap- tivity renged from caviar rations to dark cellars.

"l was considered a special pris- oner of the Russian secret police," the 61-year-old woman said today in an interview, "but l never was told why."

During her period in Soviet cus- tody, Mrs. Raeder said the Rus- sians fed her caviar in Moscow; let herygo hungry in Minsk; had her peel 700 potatoes a day in Bachenhsusen; Questioned her al- most endlessly, and nnslly releas- ed her without explanation.

‘The whole thing was without rhyme or reason," she said.

She was turned loose from Sa- chellhausen, one-time Nazi death camp, July l-exseti! M" "l" from the day she and the former Admiral were taken to Moscow b! Soviet oflicers whole troops over- ran the Medel- home in labels- ber , a oining Berlin.

Vghend, they released her. the Ruggllrig gave her two orders, she said: u) suv is the WM ""-

iral Raeder

paticn zone, and (2) never speak to others about the Russians.

Mrs. Raedel-‘s whereabouts were cloaked in Soviet secrecy since Sept. 101d, when the Russians were ordered by the Nuernberg War Crimes Tribunal to grant her s "ilnsl visit" with her husband. She never appeared in Nuernberg and the Russians never explained her absence.

Admiral Reader was found guil- ty of waging war. chiefly in tho 1040 Nazi invasion of Norway which was mainly a naval operat- ion. He is serving a life sentence in the four-power Spandau Prison | in Berlin.

Mrs. Ra ’ llid because of the Russian warning that she stay in the Soviet zone. she made no at- tempt to visit her husband in Spandau.

lidrs. Raeder is en route to Neumuenster. near Kiel, 0o join her eon, Hans. whom silo has not seen since July, 1040.

She said her home in isbeleberg was looted and ‘that her worldly possessions consisted of 000_ east‘ rnsi-ks (about 0D). some cbthing and five sleeping tablets. "

"f kept those tablets hidden for four years in else I'd need them." Mrs. Raeder said with o wry smile. "But I never gave up hops slid

Siside Man Returns From » World Fur Conference

‘ where he visited many of the fur

Mr. Donald Stewart, represent.- ing the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association at the International Fur Conference held at, .0slo, Norway, returned on Tuesday night. He lcft Oslo on July 25th, travelling by plane. and spent several dsys in London

agencies there. later spending a few clays in Devonshire visiting ‘former friends before lvesuminghis journey _to.Can'ada. ' ,

Mr. Stewart said yesterday that this second International Confer- ence was vcry successful, that it was most beneficial to the fur trade ill many ways and served as a medium of free interchange of information between Nortii Amer- ican and European fur breeders. Mr. Stewart was accompanied to the council by Mr. J. E. Conway of Bathurst, representing the Do- minion Council of Fur Breeders. Mr. C, D. Lang of the Fur of Can- ada Magazine. Winnipeg, well known to the fox men of Canada and who visited Summersidc sev- eraltyears ago, was also present at the conference.

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Advertising Plan-f

‘ The first two days of theiconfer- once were devoted to meetings of the international advertising com- niittee. The final agreement reach- cti was that, pending the develop- rrient of a joint international pro- gram, the North Amcricail ranch fur producing countries continue their present advertising and pro- motional work in connection with foxes and the European swuv would set. up n separate .C0l’f1l’l’lli.~ tee for promotion and advertising of foxes in Europe.

' 1i was agreed that each group would set aside a rescrvai fund be- ginning October 1st, 1940. amount- ing to three cents per fox-pelt for each ranch raised fox skin mark- ttcd by each participating coun- try. This orcserve fund should be ‘maintained separately by the North American committee and the Scan- dinavian committee and hclcl in- tact iiiiiil such time as the two committees agreed that it should be used for international omino- tion iind advertising of ranch rais- cd fox furs. If no agreement can be reached regarding the spending

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Pills Put Small Icy Asleep For 36 Hours

OMAHA. Neba Aucn 3—(AP) — A seven-year-old boy who downed enough sleeping pills to put I normal adults to sleep. awoke to- day after some 8d hours of drug- ged unconsciousness.

Hospital attendants nid they believed death had been cheated. ll-ndy-hlifid young Trevls Wis- senburg talked. took liquid nourish- ment. appeared to be recovering. The uphill fight to save the youngster’: life started Monday after a aisfar found the boy stand- ing by a medicine cabinet in his home. empty bottles before him. Hts mother, Mrs. Lava Winenburg of Garter lake, on‘ Omaha, suburb,

Retires To _Make Way For Younger Army Men

OTTAWA. Aug. 3—(CP)—A 53- year-old General whose record was tops both in the frontllne and at a desk is quitting the army to make way for younger men.

Maj-Gen. Ernest G. (Bunny) Weeks, C.B., 03.13., MC, and Ber, M-M. and Bar, Adjutant-General since 1946, goes on retirement leave Aug, 15 and he won't. be back,

The main reason, he says. is the memory of a 12-year stretch as a Captain in his regular army life when he finally came to the con. clusiori that Generals just never quit or die to open the way for promotions.

Now he's opening the way for promotion to Major-General for 49- year-old W. H. S. Macklin, C.B.E, a Brigadier who has been his chief aide in hammering out problems that came from post-war readjust- ment of the army.

Enlisted In P. E, I.

A native of Charlottetown. Gen. Weeks is one of the few officers with both the Military Medal and Bar and the Military Cross and Bar. He won the latter gallantry award after being commissioned on the field in the First Great War.

He went overseas from Prince Edward Island in October, 1914. with the First Divisional Signal Company, C.E.F., and served in France from February, 1915, in the ranks until Feb. 20, 1917, the date of his promotion to Lieutenant. Later he commanded a Signals for- mation until demobilization. His promotion to Captain in the Cana- dian permanent force came on July 1, 1920. Subsequently, he served as Dis- trict Signals officer in Victoria, London, Ont, Winnipeg and Re- gina,» Sank, and in October, 1938, was transferred to National Do- fence Headqua LCIS| Ottawa, to be- come assistant director of organ- ization.

In World War [I

On the outbreak of second war in | 1930, he was appointed to command First Corps Signals, C.A.S.F., with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. On May 29, 1940, he was appointed As- sistant Adjutsnt and Quartermas- ter General. headquarters, 2nd Can- adian Dlvision, and proceeded over- seas with that. division in July,

Reporter, Photographer Visit Nudisis Camp

DENVER. 0010., Aug. 3—-(A.P)-— A reporter and photographer from the Denver Post had to take off their clothing to get pictures and a, story of the nudists‘ conference near here.

Neither Dave Mathias nor his companion, reporter Blaine Littcll, iii-allied to return to the office empty-handed. So they obeyed orders to strip.

LittclYs account of the incident; "They let us keep on our shoes and socks, They told us to tuck our matches and cigarets in our socks,

"The first moment was like one of those dreams in which you lose your pants on a crowded street- car ...Aftcl- that it was a cinch. Nothing to it. All you miss are pockets." '

Soap, Shortening‘ Prices Reduced

TORONTO, Aliz- 3 —- (Uri-Two Canadian manufacturers today cut retail prices of some- types of sospsf One of them reduced the price of shortening for household use and raised the price to oom- lnercial users.

William E. Williams, Itfneltl manager of Proctor and Gamble Company, announcd cuts of one t0 two cents on boa soap flakes and one-quarter to one-half a cent on bar soaps. Price of vegetable shortening for household use was reduced two cents a pound. ,

Mr, Williams added that bulk

shortening-used by bakeries, and so on-went up in price Tuesday. The Canadim Press reported er- roneously today that Proctor snd Gamble cut bar soap prices as much ll one cent. Another manufacturer. lever Bros. announced cuts of as much as two cents a package on soap flakes. i

HOUSING PROD!

TORONTO, Aug. 3 -J (or) — An official probe into the ccl- lapse of the Kerihu Construction Company in which 4B prospective

had ‘instructed the boy to tube a nap while she went. to e nesrby|

store. "'1 took every single one. Momw mic." the boy related today after

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did not have to use them."

ffllihlnl consciousness. "Youi told meta take s nap but 11 couldn't sleep."

home a... had invested 01,000 to $8.0M for new homes will start Sept. ‘l, it was announced today. The project started out as a 0t,- 000.000 venture with prospective

' members.

Reds Dismiss Claims As P-Mpdqdhfid

By Lynn Heinzerllng

GENEVA. Switzerland. Aug. 3- (AIM-British charges of a new Slavery in Russia. organized on a mass production basis, today touched off a. bitter debate in the United Nations Economic moi Svcisl Council.

Imazasp Aruiiunian, Soviet dele- gate to the 18-country council. im- mediately accused Brltish delegate Carley Smifh of trying to emulate the late Nazi Propaganda Minister, J°8ei1h Goebbels. "by repeating the same lies and slsnders which Goebbels disseminated." The Russian spokesman several reasons for the charges, most; startling of which was that the accusations were s smokescreen to cover the activities of the American chiefs of staff who now are visiting Western Eur- ope.

During debate on s. proposed in- vesiigstion of forced labor, the British delegate presented to the council a. copy of the “Corrective Labor Codex" of the Soviet Union. describing in detail how citizens of Russia may be sent. to forced lab- or clamps for political differences with their Government. He estim- ated there were about 10,000,000 such p rsons in Russia.

Smith, without disclosing how tho copy of the codex came into Britain's possession. asked the Russian delegate for a straight "yes or no" answer as to whether the Soviet Union would permit an investigation of its lalbor practices. Arutiunian struck back at the British delegate with a charge that Britain is the classical country of slavery and bondage in all forms. The majority of the population in Britain. the Russian said, "are hir- ed allwes compelled to work for the capitalistic class." < He said the Soviet penal clicy is humane and progressive, ming at the "re-education of the people." He said the British accusation was the start "chaining public opinion in the Anglo-Saxon countries for an ag- gressive policy" in Europe.

The United States delegation proposed that the council create an ll-msn commission to conduct s,n inquiry into "the nature and ex- tent of forced labor" throughout the world, with primary emphasis on "situations involving large nilm- hers of persons or widespread practices of forced labor,"

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HONG KONG, Aug. 3—(CPi- Lt-Cmdr. John S. Kerans, captain of tho Royal Navy sloop Amethyst on its flight down the Yangtze River from Chinese Communists, said today-he gave himself a 50-50 chance when ho decided to run the gauntlet of Red shcrn batteries.

Kcrans said he had tried fruit- lessly for weeks to have the Ciiin- ese Communislts release the ship. The IAOO-fon sloop Wbd held on the Yangtze midway between Nanklng and Shanghai after a battle in mid- April which resulted in the death of the ship's captain and 17 crew

Communist radio charges tllut the Amethyst had fired on a Chin- ese passenger steamer during her escape last Saturday night were denied by Kcrisns.

‘He said when the Communists

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Thanksgiving Day Monday, Oct. ‘l0

OTTAWA, Aug. 3—icr'l-.. Monday, Oct. 10 tonight WII designated as Thanksgiving Day. The date was announced by proclamation in a Ipecial_ issue of the Canada Gazette.

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New Treatment For RH Factor Babies

llAlviIl/ION. Aug. 3 —(CiP) —A new treatment for “RH factor" babies, developed in the United States, now is being tried here and first results appear successful. hos- pital authorities said today.