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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, SIEPTEMBER 20, 1947

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MAYORS URGE NEW NATTITONAL HOUSING POLICY

Two Injured When Truck Leaves Road

Two men. Harvey Mtmbell and siewart Drake, both oi Meadow- bank, received injuries and a severe shaking up yesterday after- noon when a heavy truck in which they were riding left the road at clyde River and overturned. The accident is believed to have been caused by the breaking oi the front axle oi the machine.

MacLean ls in the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital with a frac- tured arm, in addition to a severe shaking up. Drake received a sprained leg and was also severely shaken up but was able to go to his home.

The truck was loaded with stone and when the axle broke went over an embankment at the ap- proach to the bridge, said to be ten feet or more high. The mach- ine was said to have turned over "a couple of times" and» to have been badly damaged.

Dr. OH. Curtis oi Bonshaw was called and treated the men. later removing MacLean~ to hospital.

l.s Iiuardla _ls Sinking Rapidly

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 - (AP) - Fiorello H. La Guardlas ohvsle-ian said tonight the 64-year-old form- er mayor was in "extremely ffilll- tal" condition and that he was "sinkirq rapidly."

Coming! Events

"No more Custom Work until further notice. Crosby's Mills.

"Dance, Long Creel: Hull, Tues- day, September 23rd. Aid of Rink. ,

"Chicken Supper, St. Charles‘ Hall, Wednesday, September 24th.

"Dance, Lorne Volley, Tuesday, September 22nd, Webster's Orch-

HEAVY DAMAGE

Gold Rush In Prince Rupert

Indian beauties are these contestants at the Fall fair held by Ont. They are, from left, Madeline King; Wanda Douglas; Jeanette Cepegog, first; Madeline shilling, second, and Leona York.

10-Day Storm ‘is Abating, Is

Indians Hold Their Own Beauty Contest

PRINCE RUPERT, B. 0., Sept. lll-Goldnthe lure oi tho north, tonight had Prince Rupert. a coastal city o 0.000, under its spell.

An old stone quarry, half a mile from the downtown bull-

estre.

"Canadian Legion Dance, Mon- taRue Sept, 2i.

"Cake Sale at Maritime Electric this Saturday. Southport Women's

Institute.

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"Dance Quigley‘!

ber 23rd. "Special Show "Sturgeon", Tuesday. “Bandit of Sherwood

Forest" in Technicolor. ’

"Dance, Pleasant

“Melville L. O. B. A. Pantry Sale at B. C, Wood's Store. Crap- aud, September 20th, at 730 P. M.

"Chicken Supper. South Rustico llal‘. September ‘zflrd-Q-itb. Re- frcsllmc-llts. Bingo and other games.

“Dance. St. Tuesday, September 5911's Orchestra.

Margaret's Hall, 23rd. Chais-

"To arrive shortly. car Bulk Wheat Order now. Priced to‘sell. J. R. Drisccil Mt. Herbert.

"Legion Dance. Grand View liall. September 22nd. McLean's Orchestra.

“llhc Annual Balaar at Milo Bar wl-ll be held September soth 0nd October 1st. Best yet. Don't llllSS it.

"Come to the dance at Crapaud Tuesday night, Sept. 23rd. Eastern Rhythm boys. Sponsored by Cra- Dsud softball team. - .

I "Chicken Supper at 5t. Teresa's llall’ Monday. September 20th. Burner served from 5 to-IO P. M. Dance after. Webster's Orchestra.

"Kings County mowing bhtch Ind Horse Show at Dundos. SID!‘ ember 24th. For price list and in- formation apply to Albert Acorn, Primrose.

"Come tc'the dance at Ildon Monday night. sept. 22nd. East- ern Rhythm Boys. one of Char- lottstownk outstanding modern Ind old-time dance bands. Pl'0~y Reds in aid of rink. .

"Buying pigs ‘mesday. 0 am. Brookileld; 1o. Milton: 1 pm. York: a. Redford; s, m. Stewart; 1- Wetervale; 0. Vernon River; 30. Pown Wednesday. i? am. New olurow: 1o. Wheatley aim: 11. Holmes‘ Corner: 1 pm. New “"911: i. lonshaw; '8. Kelly's wou: 4. Emerald: s. Clifton: sso ll on. Paving m oalr for

I m: em- so n». each. wit Jlso buy “Pleased.

smaller ones. Knu

Curling Rink, Wednesday,

Ware-house" _ St. Peter's Bay, Tuesday, Septem-

Grove Hall, Monday, September 22nd. Aid oi School. '

tress district, looked like a miniature Klondyke, elaiml staked out in true m‘-ner fashion.

Gold was the talk of the town after It was accidentally discovered in the quarry rocks when a road construction crew set oil a blast that un- covered the precious metal.

Veteran prospectors claimed the "find" chewed high-class ore, one placing the value at $75,000 a ton, but no official assay has been made. Some reports said fabulously-rich nuggets had been found;

Seek llow Lead, copper Deposits In llova Scotla

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(By Th‘ Canadian Press) HALIFAX, Sept. ill-Nova Sco- :.la's mineral development program ncludes a search for new sources cl lead and copper, Mines Minis- ter Lauchlin D. Currie said today when he disclosed that the De- partment oi Mines is at work in both these fields at the present time.

_l-Ie said the Department propos- es to resume investigation in the Gay's River area on the Halifax- Colchester County boundary and in the Slewlaclre valley on an intensified scale in the hope oi finding lead deposits large enough to be economically extracted.

In the Sydney area the Mines Department had dewatered three levels oi the Coxheath mine. ab- andoned since Arno Mines Limited ceased operations there in the 1030's. A survey party has com- pleted its work and the sampling oi copper ors found there nowls underway.

Latest Report I

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. l9" '—' (AP) -- A murderous hurricane thundered across southeast Louis- iana toward Arkansas today, grad- uallly losing intensity as 1t drove inland after terrible destruction on the Guli Coast.

A United Slates Weather Bureau advisory at 5:30 pm. (E.D.T.) p‘accd the storm about 25 miles north- west of Baton Rouge, La, and mov- ing nctrth-norhhlvest at about 15 miles an hour. accompanied by 8) to IOU-mile winds n-ear the centre. _

The devastating ltl-day-cld stcrm was expected to reach Northern Arkansas by Saturday morning. Strongest winds late tonight were forecast at 40 to 50 miles an hour.

As the hurricane left the coast.‘ fragmentary reports from iscl-ated mt: told a harrowing story. The Red Cress reported ‘a freak blow at Apalachicola, Ffla. had injured 40 persons, five critically.

The tropical storm halted densely-populated New Orleans for more than six hours with winds up to 120 miles an hour —the worst Gulf storm to rav- age that area in three decades. Up and down the Gulf coast tho

storm was the same: Hurricane winds, gigantic waves piling over sea walls. appalling property dam- age. and e colossal Job of feeding and sheltering refugees.

One person was drowned and at least one ottler misting at Gulf- port. Mi-ss. '

The storm, which inflicted up- wards of $20,000,000 damage! and seven deaths ‘In Southern Florida two days ago, hurled itself out of the Gulf oi Mexico shortly after 0:80 .01. at idle moll l ol the Miss- Llp$ River. With wliq power. the hurricane raked the exposed Bayou country and churned Lake Pontchartrain into towering waves which vaulted the seawall and flooded a wide belt. The weather station at Moleant international airport, 14 miles west of New 0r-

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By John Leblanc OTTAWA, Sept. 19 -(CP)-Prced from Prices Board control. Can- ada's major railways are consider lhg hoisting a lar e number of their freight rates without waiting for the outcome of their oo-per-cent application bpiore the Board of Transport Commissioners. it was learned today. _

Diecusslons in this direction re under way between the Canadian National and 0am dlan Pacilld Railways. t-he Cans ten Prets was informed. and an announcement may be made in the next few days. However, it was lulderltood my hoists undertaken by the railways nowwouldnotbsontile scaleof the general boosts sought before

the oomrnisstoncsfhey would be

Rail Freight Rates May Advance Soon

restricted by certain lknitatlona in the rate structure. In any event, the railways will continue their ap- plication to the Tranport Board for increases aggregating about $07,000,000 e year. Hearings on this appll ‘ which opmetflbb. 11. are to restarts here Sept. N after a six-week recess.

The way was paved for some im- mediate boosts by the Prices Board's sweepin decontml action oi last week-en . which released a "freeee" on transportation dimes "i; bad been in effect since ly 1 .

Besides easing restrictions on t railways. the week-end older ale decoastlolled trucking charges. and some highway toansport firm! here

the Qilbways at Rama Reserve.

Geralding Snake, third prize winner;

BY HURRICANE

Southern Alberta Ilas Heavy Snowfall

LETHBRIDGE, Alia. Sept. 19- (CPJ-Southcrn Alberta today is digging out oisan- gtltttmnl, snow-

'tlia't has few parallels. in the history of this region. The storm started Tuesday nigtht and piled up a heavy blanket of wet snow which in the Fincher Creek area reached four feat in depth, stranded motor- ists and disrupted power-lines. The precipitation at Lethbrldge for the storm up to this morning was 3.35 inches.

CHICAGO. Sept. 19 —(AP) — Snow was reported in several small Montana communities today, in- cluding a fall of about five inches In the Lcwiston-Dlllon-Cutbamk area, the Weather Bureau reported Below-freezing tclmperatu s were reported at several poln s in the north-sch rockey mountain region.

Ilalhousie To Get Large Laboratory‘

HALIFAX, Sept. Ill-Dr. G. H. Henderson. member oi the Nation- al Research Council ior Nova Scotia, said here today the Coun- cil might spend as much as S800.- 000 in the erection of a laboratory on the Studley Campus of Dal- housle University.

RecentLv returned from a Re- search Council meeting in Ottawa. he said the regional laboratory. to be the second oi its kind in Can- would be larger than was first contemplated.

Construction would probably start this winter when plans have been completed. he said.

ltoldwoll To legln Mining Towns Tour

OTTAWA, Sept. l0—M.J. Cold- weil, 0.0.F. leader, will leave Ot- tawa Saturday night for a speak- ing tour of Northern Ontario min- ing centres In the first of a series of tours arranged as part oi the natiopal membership drive of the

party. _ ,

Du October and November Mr. Oolliwell will speak in each oi the three Western Provinces as- well aa in New Brunswick. Final details oi the itinerary have not been arranged. a

lionvention 0f Tourist Bureaus Ilere Next Week

Plans were being finalized yes- terday for the Charlottetown con- tention and general. meeting of the Canadian Association of Tourist and Publicity Bureaus scheduled Sept. 28 to I5 inclusive. The meetings will be held at the Char- lottetown Hotel.

Delegates to the meetings are expected to converge on the city this week-end and accommodation has been arranged for about E0.

Mr. Garth Gate. director of the ‘hovel and Trade Department of the Scripps-Iloward newspapers. - and chairman of the Special Com- mittee of the National Association 0i 'I‘tavel Officials (U.S.A.) charg- ed with promoting and develop- ing the idea oi year-round vaca- tions, will deliver the keynote ad- dress to the convention.

Mr. J. P. Johnson, vice-presi- dent and general manager of the Canadian National Railways, will be the guest speaker at the As- sociation's annual banquet on the closing night.

Capt. Stuart F‘. Cork. director of the Institutional Management Course, University oi Toronto is scheduled to give a special paper on'the work and effect of this course.

Round Table Conference

An important part of the con- vention will be a series of round- table conferences. Topics and topic leaders in the discussions will be as follows: "Lengthening Canada's Season"-Mr. D. Leo Dolan.

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Tourist

.E.Iili0llean Press View 0f Speech

By Ilishinsky

LONDON, Sept. 19 — (AP) The European press generally agreed today that Soviet "war mongering" charges against the United States in the United Nations Assembly were the strongest. indi- cation yet of the cleavage between Russia and the United States. The speech of Andrei Vishlnsky, Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister. was termed "vitriolir,"' "a thun- derbolt" and "bitter?

A typical leftist editorial tom- ment was thatof pro-Communist Ce Soir oi Paris, which srlid Vishinsk_v's speech would "contri- bute to the clarification of the in- ternational atmosphere."

In Britain the Conservative Yorkshire Post said “it- must be feared that .. the world is go- ing to be divided more quickly and definitely into two groups of pow- era."

,The London star, Liberal news- pepct, carried a commentary by its diplomatic correspondent say- ing “Mr Vishinsky can expect vig- Ol".'llS rejolnders. especially to his covtentlon that Britain and the U E have failed on disarmament and in the control and prohibition of RtOHlC weapons."

In Paris, the DeGaullist Uln- strsnslgeant declared "in view oi the gravity oi the Marshall-Vish- insxy antagonism. there is only

one hope: the mediation of France." In Sweden. the Liberal Stock-

holm ‘lldnlngen forecast "a bitter fight between. at least. the two biggest powers." _

HAMILTON, Sept. 10 -(CP)- A sharp increase in retell shoe prices was predicted here today as dealers prepared for what they said ‘might be one of the worst "emer- genelie" in the shoe industry's his tory. Sonle said the-recent rerfiovel oi the Ul-cerlts-a-pourld subsidy 0h raw leather might brinll a 35-001“

cent boost in retail prices.

said today there was talk of these llrnla raising that charges

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Paving Oolllllfllly Foreman Ilies

Mr. George l". Bonter, 64, mech- anical foreman with the Warren Paving Company, collapsed at Vernon River Bridge yesterday shortly alter he bad taken lunch and died a few moments later. Dr. I. J. Yeo, coroner, was im- mediateiy summoned and an- nounced death had been due to natural causes and that an In- quest was unnecessary. _

The late Mr. Bonter was a nat- ive oi Toronto- and had been employed with the Warren Paving Company for the past 28 years. I-le is survived by his wife and three children.

This morning his remains which rested last night at the Clltrlifle Funeral Home, will be forwarded by train to Toronto for interment.

Rail Imports, Exports Ilown For August

Both imports to and exports from the Province showed a de- crease last month compared to the corresponding i046 period, ac- cording to figures just released from the Office oi the Superin- tendent Island Division, Canadian National. Railways. _ y ,_

One thousand, three hundred and eighty car loads of various commodities were ferried between

Tormentine and Borden last

month as compared to 1,583 in

August. 1946. Four hundred and

forty car loads. approximately half

of which was ‘farm or fishery pro-

ducts were exported last month

compared to 477 car loads in Aug-

ust. 104e, i The serious shortage of coal in‘ the Province is reflected in the

August import figures which show

a decrease of 203 cars compared

to the 1048 figures for that month.

That decrease equals the overall

decrease in imports last August

compared to the corresponding

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Gommunist Sees Italians Ripe For Revolution

ROME, Sept. l9 -— (A?) - Pal- mlro Togllatti, Italian Communist leader, today declared that largo masses of the Italian pelple were ripe for revolution as this country. in the first week of its renewed soveregnty, awaited country-oxide demonstrations called for tomor- row by three leftist parties. Worries of the Government were eased somewhat. however. by the announcement of the end of the l2- dsy strike by 1.000.000 norithern farm workers.

The workers won promises of better pay, six and seven-hour days in winter and eight hours in sum- mer, family benefits, and cont-tn- gency indemnification "against

f Canada

The office of the Bank c-f Canada in Charlottetown will be closed on the 30th of this month, and tllere- after Prince Edward Island wi'l be the only Province in the Dominion without such banking facilities.

An indirect link will be maintain- ed by other btmks through the Bank of Canad office at Halifax, and by the public Etneraily, in the ease of bonds and transfers, through the Eastern Trust Company here, which will act as agents for the Bank of Canada ln this respect. and also as registrars o1 bonds, etc. under the Bank Act.

Lccal banks as a result of the cllong. will be required to carry more cash. but the banking pub- lic will n'ot be inconvenienced In tlhis connection.

Office Space Required

Reason given for the closure of the Bank's Charlottetown office, located on the corner of Great George and Richmond Streets and owned by the Provincial Govern- ment, is that the Government re- quires the office space, and both the Government and Bank of Can- ada otficlals have been unsuccess- ful in finding other quarters suit- ed to the Bank's activities.

The local staff of the Bank oi Canada. comprises an agen‘, Mr. Hector Currie, an accountant. Mr. HS. Woolly. and a clerk. Miss Bourke. These officials will have the option of transferring. Mr. Currie, who was appointed agent in July. 1046, in succession to Mr. D.A. MacKinnon, has been attached to the Bank of Canada and Receiver Generals Office since 1019.

Services performed by idle Bank of Canada here have been similar, though greater in volume, to those

Province Loses slilBll/lif

"l-POINT PROGRAM -

‘ ‘OTTAVIC-Lvsepi. l0 —(CP1—Thq itlanadsnn‘ l-cderatlon of M33011 .und liiunlclpnllue; mm ‘he u“, ammo-t Wnlrht that housing t...

a national emergency transcending mere governmental responsibility and laid on the governmental dusk a seven-point Dominion-wide plan it believed would meet the crisis.

A six-man delegation headed by Honorary President Mayor Garnet Coulter of Winnipeg met Recom- struction Minister Howe in an hour-long conference and submitt- ed a pla-n designed to do two things:

1. Provide the credit with which low-Income families might awn a home of their own

2. Provide a subsidised low- rental housing plan for those whose incclmc would otherwise prevent them from acquiring adequate housing.

"The responsibility for initiat- ins such a program belongs to the Federal Government and does not end until every Canadian fam- ily is properly and adequately housed." the delegation told the Minister.

Third Submission Today

The studied hriet‘ was the third representation to the Government today on Canada's housing ques- tlon.

Earlier Mai-Gen. C. B. Price. Dominion president of the Can- adian Legion, In a letter to Prime

Minister Mackenzie King, said housing constituted a national emergency requiring immediate

government steps, He added the government should build more

wartime houses for rent and

performed by the old office 0f As- sistant Receivers General, “inch for many years was located, along with the Dominion Savings Bank, in the Post Office building. The Ball: of Canada took over the work

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Consider Insurance For Stevedores

OTTAWA. Sept. 19 -—(CP)—-A:il Unemployment Insurance Cent-mis- sion official said today an em- pioyee - employer-commission con- ference had made ‘good progress" toward working out a scheme of unemployment insurance for wat- erfront labor.

Up to now, these workers have not been covered by unemployment insurance. largely because of their type oi employment. Their work involves jobs for more than one employer In the course of a srngle day, extraordinary hours and var!- ous scales of pay for different types of articles handled.

Ottawa Woman To . Head Anglican W. A.

CALGARY. Sept. l9 -— (GP) - Mrs. RE. Wodehouse o1 Ottawa was elected by acclnmation as heart of tho lvomenls Auxiliary of the Church of England in Canada at the concluding session of a three- day conference.

Among others to hold office on the Dominion board are: patron- ess, Vlscountcss Alexander of Tunis; patron, Rt. Rev. GI‘. King- ston. Nova Scotla. new primate; honorary president. Mrs. Kingston; vice-president of Eastern Canada. Mrs. GCP. McIntyre. Saint John.

rises in the cost oi living."

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TORONTO. Sept, l9 —iCP) -

m; a men who bought 100 feet of sash cord at a hardware store close to the homes of 39-year-old

girl friend, Iris Scott, found strangled in a suburban High Park

Possibility that Vlgus, a paper box plant foreman, struggled with his murderer on a parking lot close to the factory where he worked also is being investigated by detec- tlvel.

The bodies of Vigus and the blinds bookkeeper were found stuffed in the trunk compartment of Vlgus’ coupe In High Park.