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South Granville Couple Celebrate Dolden Wedding _

Mr. niicl Mrs. H. F. Keir. South gﬂonvliic, celebrate their Hdding anniversary today. Mr. Keir, now in his eighticth year. though no longer working his iiiilll, still takes an active interest mall matters pertaining to agri- culture. Mrs. Keir, who knows all about the work which falls upon the shoulders of a pioneer farm- Pf}; wife, is. at '17, also enjoying a well-deserved leisure.

'l‘otla_v. Mr. and Mrs. Keir will have their ﬁve children \vith them ,1; the homestead. They are. Mrs Waiter Wtikeliii, City; Mrs. W‘ll— lunn Ferguson, Winsloe: John, Annabel and Alexandra. The lat- [gr three live with their parents.

n. IETITM Meeting lleld

The regular monthly meeting of the Benevolent Irish Society was held at the Wliclan Memorial Au- ditorium on Friday evening. Dec. 12th. The 2nd vice-president, F. '1‘. Flynn presided. A large num- ber of members were present. The lli.llliiL‘S of the prcvlous monthly meeting were read and adopted. Five new applications for mem- bership were read.

Wilfred Smith reported on be- half of the entertainment com- mittee. and stated that an enter- Liutiiciit and dance for the mem- bcrs of the Society will be held on ‘Tuesday. December 16th.

In the absence o! J. J. Connolly, the secretary read the report of the recent dance, held in aid of

the social Service of the Char-,

lctttetown Hospital. This report was applauded by nii present. and congratulations were extended to ms chairman and his committee for such a. fine report.

Patrick Doyle and J. W. Hogan reported for the finance and prop- erty committee. and stated that additional equipment for tho new hall was to be procured shortly.

The report oi the canteen coin- mittee was given by Joseph Mal- one. who read the statement oi profits and expenses for the month of November. After a further dis- cussion on the affairs of the Soci- ety, the meeting was adjourned.

Following the meeting a shogt entertainment. was held and en- joyed by I11-

Eleetrie Company Dinner Saturday

'l'lie department heads of the iluritimc Electric Cmi-pany held a t|lllll'.‘l' at the Charlottetown licttl Saturday evening. Among the ullusls were Premier Jones and lift-s. Jones, City Councillor D E Nooiian and Mrs. Noon- an, Judge C. Si. Clair Trainer, chairman of the Board of Public Utilities; WR Brennan, engineer- iuciilher of the Board, and City Civil-t James A. Fullerton.

‘flu- social function over which the gentiral manager of the Com- panl’. hlr. v..\. AlilS"v\'Ol‘\i’i. acted as master oi ceremonies. was held in honour of thc rccelit placing into operation nt the Company's plant n! the new 4001i K.W. gcncr- ntor imported from England last spring.

Apart from a brief address by the Prcirtler expressing his plea!- ure at the C0mpnny’s acquisition of the new powci" tinlt, there were no iorniul speeches.

BIRTH. MARRIAGES. DEATHS

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DIHTHS DiUitlfAL-At 211 King Street on buiiday, Dec. i4. John A. Murray, "fwd 75 years. l-lis remains are git-Illinoi- the Frank llennessey Miieru. i-iome until this afternoon t "3" U181! will be transferred to lit- residence of his dﬂll§i1t8i‘,Mf‘5, C-harlcs MacDonald. ‘.311 King Si. funeral notice later. lERRELL-At her home, 300 ﬁlter: Ste, 0! Sunday, Dec. 1|. _ Catherine Hernll, aged 08 ileillb. Her remains are resting at tel‘ late residence from where the tuicral will take place Tuesday "Willi"! st 10.15 to St. Dunstan! Billllvl. thence to the Roman Catholic Cemetery. (‘IIAISSON-At the Sacred Heart HOme on Sunday, Dec. 14. Mrs Len Chnisson. aged 86 years; Re- "lalll! are resting‘ at the Frank I-iennesaey Funeral Home from "l!!! the funeral will take place “Why morning at 3.45 to st. Dunstanu Basilica, thence to.the Roman Catholic cemetery. IItxIaeEACIII-ZRN-At the RE. Island °8Dital on Dec. i3. Samuel Mac- Eﬂvhsm of it! valley street in his 74th year. The remains are rest- "18 It the homehf his brother. I! vlllvy Street, where funeral ser- vice will be held meson after- "Wh. service starting at 2 o'clock. lrgarment in the People's Cemet-

ll. D. Marleen .

UNDERTAKEI JMIALMEI onanoumwn ml

"UP"! Wlifshlre PIN» Ill

DECEMBER is. 1931 .

50th .

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Freedom's March Dominates Year lln Commonwealth

By same MeCOOK

maroon. Dec. 14 - (c?) -The-

British commonwealth in 1947 lost the Empire of India and gained two new Dominion: - India and Pakistan _ where 300.000.1300 In- dians now live with the same in- dependence as Canadians.

The tide qt change flowed strong- ly in Commonwealth affairs, but historv has no parallel for the peaceful surrender of power in British India where ‘new flags re- place the Union Jack and none interferes with the decisions of

. governments or Indians.

i Indians freely accepted contin- ued Commonwealth associations with honor to the King, whose throne remains the link between scattered Commonwealth and Em- pire territories,

Burma. with her 17-000-000 Peo- ple, chose the way of complete in- dependence. With the blessing oi the British government‘ she has’ started out u! a free state with no more tha friendly relations with the Com onwenlth of which she was part. Ceylon. with 6,000.- 000 citizens, hastens towardstDo- minion status on the same basis as India and Pakistan, with free elections already held.

Across the world. in the West Indies. 22 delegates representing 3.000.000 people in Atlantic colon-

=lol territories. met in Jamaica to take the first steps towards feder- ation for their mutual benefit. The

British government will encourage programs o! economic self-suffic-

llency and assist the development

o! self-governing territories.

London watched with friendly eye negotiations between New-

‘foundiand and Canada which may

- result in the former Atlantic do- minion being welcomed as the 10th province. British authorities

. have said they will accept New-

‘ foundland’s decision, whether it is

,for union with Canada, restora-

‘, tion of dominion status or a con-

ltinuation of the present form of

‘commission government.

Common Citizenship

For all who lived with the Com-

monwealth there was the prospect oi.’ a cc-m-rnon British citizenship in documentary form. After discus- sions by nationality experts in ‘London such common citizenship, to be displayed when they travelled abroad. appeared to be desirable for Commonwealth residents in addition to the local citizenship they enjoy as Canadians. Austral- ians. Indians or South Africans.

Eire was ‘drawn closer to the United Kingdom by era-operation in the face qt common economic difficulties. Eire continued to pro- test tlie partition of Ireland but Northern Ireland, which still sends members to the British House of Commons. said it wanted nothing better than continued close as- soclatlun with the United Kim- dom.

The United KingdOm and ster-

lliig-area domlnlons, thus exclud- ing. Qanldu, conferred OII—IIIQSHB of easing difficulties caused by their common shortage of United states dollars. They will seek to increase trade with one another and ease their dependence on Un- "iled States supplies, but few 9x- pecied the Conﬁnonwealth customs union suggested by Fbreign sec- retary Bevin lo be an accomp- lished fact.

Increasing sums were made av. ailable by the British exchequer to develop food resources in the col- onies, including a fund o! 5190, 000-000 ($400000) from which loans may be made to finance ag- ricultural and other undertakings.

I Special agreements also are be. ing made wlfh Australia. New

Zealand and South Africa for In. l creased food production. with Brit. iﬁln- ylvlnz price guarantees with an bssured market for maximum ‘Loutput.

iﬂewllariety ; Cl Barley ls Discovered

The Central Cuardianlﬁellerial Strike Salute Fired

Thin column is reserved for new. of local interest. but odverﬂlng o! l‘ Ian"! lat-ure may be Inserted I ve cu o word atrial; . shle In when; n,

CBABWELL for Phologtlphl.

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MRS. JDHNSOWS LADIES WEAR-Bargains in dressessweat- ers. skirts, blouses, etc.

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ISLAND COLORED VIEWS for Christmas at Craswell‘s Studio,

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BIG CHRISTMAS DISPLAY at Wort-ins Drugstore. Choose gifts here.

POULTRIZ- Buying daily, eggs l"!!! POI-ill»?! Paying highest market Iprlces. M. and A. Peters, Market Building, Charlottetown,

FOR CHRISTMAS electrical op- pliance gifts see our low priced quality stock. Capital Electric, ziext door to Prince Edward Thea- re.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBIN. Charlottetown Council, are havim their Christmas party in I-Ioly Name Hall, Wednesday evening, Dec. 17. Mon-bars, their wives, or lady friends welcome. Members, make this a date.

HAPPY EVENT - For the fifth time Lieut.-Governor J. A. Bernard and Mrs. Bernard were made grandparents Saturday morning: when at the Cardinal O'Connell‘ House Of the Elizabeth Hospital, Bolton. Muss. a son was born to Dr. Eric C. Loth and Mrs. Loth. The mother, the former Letitia Bernard. R.N.. is convalescing well.

ISLANDER DIES IN flSw-Word was received Saturday by Mrs. James Clinton. Bishop Street, City, that her brother. James J. Mc- Kearney had passed away in Attleboro, Mass. The late Mr. McKearney was born at St. Mary's Road. P. E. I., and had moved to Massachusetts some twenty-five years ago.

THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN.

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ROME, 18 - (BnturdsyIC (AH-Rome: 48-hour general 5m“. the latest battle in the leflls "winter offensive" lgllnst Premier Aiclde dc Gosperrs Chris- tian Democratic Government, end- ed at. midnight with both use, Wildly claiming victory.

The Communist controlled Chamber of Labour's vote to end the strike. ratified later by as- sembled delegations from ‘indivi. dual unions. came Friday night after thousands o1 30mm; u“; gone back to work under the pro tee-tion of club-swinging poljqg,

The largest police force assem-

i9f7_ the silence of the harbour was broken by the first round oi a 21 gun salute fired in honor oi the ascension of His Majesty, King George VI to the Throne. The sa- lute was fired from Fort Edward in Victoria Park. by the 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.

Major C. D. Ives, was the office. in charge of the saluting battery Captain I... E. Weliner directed the firing of thesalute. Also present were Captains D. J. McCormac-k and F. W. Smith.

Standing by as regimental Medl- cal Officer was Lieut. Col. R. D.

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Christmas Stock GRAPES-the lost Grapes we will Firm and Fresh. , . . . . . . . . . . .

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iorcing the Interior Minister

tect those who want to work."

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m? Past few months. An answer lB_ expected _ from Reconstruction Minister Howe.

This session, Prime Minister Kins reﬂects the pronouncement of himself and his ministers that Gama‘ 15 u" "W85 Prosperous nation of the world. In the wee . end cold snap he looks cosy in g long dark coon coat. a mink cap and a. smart black cane. The heavy chauffeur-driven Buick he used until this autumn has been re- Phwd b!’ l! lﬂrilﬂr. ahinier and more streamlined i947 Cadll1;c_

Members of the Commonsi who Bo home after adjournment on lFriday next, freely admit they will m“ 5°m° dmlclllly telling their constituents what Pﬂrllgmgnf, ha, accomplished in its two-week prg. Christmas sitting. so fa;- m six wwkmi days the House has seen only tlie introduction and prelim- 3:511 debate on Finance Minister

wit‘? "W ﬂlwrﬂmﬂy measures.

the exception of members

REGISTERED SIIORTHORNS ARRIVE-A car load of register-l ed Shorthorn and Hereford cattle arrived in Charlottetown on Sat-J urday consigned to Athol Roberts. Mutch Brothers, Hayden Brothers, -John DifPasqnler and R. R. Bell, K.C._ M.L.A. The car was accom- panied by Mr. Ldnsay of Guelph and all animals arrived in good shape. there being one extra. head on urriva1 as Mr. Bell's heifer calved on the way down.

ANGLICAN W. A.—Thc annual meeting of the Evening Branch of the Women's Auxiliary of St Paul's Anglican Church was held on Monday, Dec. 8th at B p.m. in the church hall. The president. Mrs. R. Kemp presided and open- ed the meeting with prayer. Re- ports of the past. year's activities were listened to with interest and various matters of business per- taining to the New Year's work were dealt with. The following officers for the coming year were elected: President. Mrs. R. Kemp; vice-president, Mrs. G. Bennett; recording sec'y., Mrs. R. Carriitli- ers; corresponding scc'y., Mrs. G- Ropcr; treasurer, Miss Gladys Hart; Dorcas sec'y.. Miss Florence Owen; assistant Dorcas sec'y.. Mrs. Ley; prayer, Mrs. F. Jenkins. At the close of the business session the members spent a pleasant hour knitting for the missionary bale while Mrs. G. B. Whltcslde read aloud from the study book "One Family". The portion read was a thrilling account. of the churches‘ work in the Arctic today as told by Right Rev. A. L. Flem- ing, D.D., and gave the challeng- ing story of the work oi teaching and healing that is carried on by the heroes of our church in the Far North.

Personals

l The many. friends of Arnold Bruce are glad to learn he is doing nicely alter his recent operation in the P. E. I. Hospital.

i MONTREAL, Dec. 14 —(CP)— Western fai-mers who know their barley have something to learn from the discovery oi Prof. Emile A. Lode. agroripmist st Macdonaid College at nearby Ste. Annuirl Ieilevue. '

It will be good news for brewers.‘ too, for Prof. Lods‘ discovery is a new variety of barley said to pos- sess all the qualities of "O.A.C. 21"

—Csnede'| standard barley for emit. , Prof. Loda selected "Montcalm"

us the name of the new variety "because it is on historic name in Quebec and ll easy to pronounce in either French or English."

The new barley was born after 25 years of ream-oh. ‘rieludlng sev- en successlve sowings. It is the produce of cross-lowing of two well-known varieties of barley. "M. C. 4917" and "Mandscheurf 1807".

The seven sowing! were necessary “so the seventh generation could prove the» new variety would keep all its properties." said Prof. Lodz. hloncalm barley is the first variety in North America with glossy heir but retainln other qualities of the roughihslrc "O.A.C.2f".

First experiments wllli barley ut ollege, which already has produc "Pontiac" barley. wen undertaken tn 1907. but it was not until 1922 that Prof. Lods start- ed his teats on the Montcalm var- iety. After several veers of mee- evwing. the new Montcalm vm bended over to chemists fer inbor- utory tests. '

From time. it went to agricult- ural stations throughout the province

where its malt properties were studied and devgioped. In 1940. it underwent s int m! PM.

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stint. n. Affect llational Magazines

TORONTO, Dec. l4--(CP)——’l‘hl Printing Pressmeirs Union (AFL) voted Saturday-fl’! to 176 by sec- ret ballot-to strike tomorrow for increased wages from the manage- ment of approximately 72 maga- gines and periodicals printed in Ontario, nil but two of them in Toronto.

A successful strike would cripple virtually all forms of publishing in the city except daily newspap era. The strike would also be felt. across the country with the tie-up oi’ national publications both in the popular field 1nd in the trade magazine industry.

The Union has demanded s basic rate of $1.42 an hour and‘; majority report. of o conciliation board previously had recommend- ed n. scale of $1.25 with further in- creases promised if the cost-of- iivlng index should rise.

rrcrunz winoows

The most popular size for pic- ture windows in homes is 4B by b6 inches.

Lode‘ personal supervision. no was born in Montreal. the

from the Prairie Provinces M P‘; dim! the opening debiitmon-the Agricultural Products Act sched. uled for this week. They fear- that zizii

598a . pro Ohging debate interminably.

Mn. Strum’: Knitting

member of the Commons w}... holds the seat of QirAppeiie, 535p; for the c. 0.112, learned lost. week. that she can't "stick to her knit- ting" in the House of Commons. Bored by bickering or. ppggedure and lvckeyins for Position between Government. and Opposition, Mrs. Strum who landed in Ottawa with a brand new npswept hair-do, took out a ball of fine white wool and started to knit.

Within 20 minutes page-boys began arriving at her desk with notes from all corners of the chamber. One of them read "tiny sarments. congratulations." An- other. "Why Mrs. Strum, we had no idea". A third. “My wife has won prizes for knitting. Can she help?"

From the jumbled pile of notes. the C. C. F‘. member looked up and around at the grinning House. She gasped. blushed. stuffed tho square inch of knitted material in her bag and stared straight ahead. A few minutes later she abruptly left the chamber.

"The men w1n" she admitted in the lobby. "That's the last of my knitting in the House. And to think it's for n sweater for my

will you?" DRASTIC STEPS

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price.

The object of the new program is to combat inflation ind specu- lation which had increased market prices of some commodities to 10 or l5 times their pre-war levels. the announcement. added. I

In addition to the l2-pcr-cent reduction for bread and flour. a IC-"pcr-cent cut will take place in cereals and macaroni from the ra- tion price. Meat. fish, fats. sugar, conlcctionetry goods. salt, potatoes and vegetables will remain at the present ration price.

Tea, milk and certain other items were increased ovor their present "too low" ration price, but reduced well below the prices charged in the unrationed "commercial" stores.

(The dispatch gave no specific prices for any item)

All wages and salaries were un- touched by the currency reform. All institutions were ordered t) pay their employees wages and salaries for tho first half of De- cember between Dec. i6 and 20. thus assuring everyone of having en- ough currency to make an ud- justment from the old to the new

counts and cash. Thole who pre- sent cssh for exchange will re- ceive one new ruble for i0 old one: regardless oi the size of the sum they exchange.

Bunk deposits tip to 8.000 rubles will be exchanged on a onc-for-one basin: accounts up to 10.000 rubies will be exchanged ‘t, a rate of one- te-one for tho first 3,000 rubles and the remainder ‘Ill n basis of two new rubles for three old. de- posits of ever 10,000 rublerwlll be exc

remainder nn n hllil of one new rubie for two old. Holders of ordinary rate bonds

Ion 1f l Hench imminent who moi-r ed a Sheftord, Que. girl. He entered Macdonald College in 1920 and I180 studied in both Connie Ind the United ltetu.

will receive new bond-i with a face

value of one ruble for each three

ublﬁs of face value of the old n l.

tholr clubs 111C "I! Jeerlng throngs and m. firm declaration of

Mario Scelba that the Government would "pg-o.

I important fertilizer agent has in. creased 50 percent. in price within

daughter who's attending univer-‘ slty. And make that quite clearf

. the Council in the Ramsay Mac-

system. The currency reform affects those with bonds, savings ec-'

- .1 w, fgreﬂiﬂng my", Britain's Poor Law, unchanged for for the first 10.000 ﬂlblﬂl and tn- 30D year-s. was completely alter-d-

‘ MacNeill.

‘The gun detachments consisted

,of the following personnel.

, No. 1 gun-Sgt. L. Hillier, lid: Burke, R. J.. Bdr. Westergard, A. P., Gunners, Wakelin, Cormicr and Gauthier.

No. 2 Gun-Sgt. P. G. Seiitnei, , Bdr. Daiziel, A. R... Bdr. lVlucDon- ‘

aid. W. C.. Gunners Rogers and Vissey. '

I..ieut. C. D. R. Rands, A and "I. staff was safety officer for the sa- . lute assisted by Sgt. G. A. Shel- foon, 28 Light Anti-Aircraft Rog?- ment. l

C.taln J. T. Redmond. resi- dent staff officer, St. Dunstans University assisted in timing and checking the rate of fire. i

Staff Sgt. P. W. McCratli, Sgt D. A. Moreside and Gnr. B. FL. |McCabe, A. and T. staff assisteol

as drivers. They also acted as

provost personnel to keep vehicles‘ and unauthorized personnel from,’ the firing point. ‘

The 28th Light Anti-Aircraft '

Regiment has fired all Royal F0.- lutes for the Province of P. E. f

' since May 1946. This Regiment has i vacancies for personnel desiring. to join the Reserve Army. To en- 1 list, contact any of the above men . tioned personnel or drop in attliell Armouries at any time for infor , mation. The Regiment will having it's summer camp at Pic- ton, Ontario. during the month oi July. A variety of interesting. courses and social events ivill be, available to ail personnel who en list now. i

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i (Continued from Page l) | ing in Detroit, flames shot out of a first-floor window. He lost his bal-, ancc, dropped Mrs. Markowski and‘

llanded on top of her. She was

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getic. ,

Stanley Morrison ran into his‘ father unexpectedly one day. When. Stanley's truck nosed into the side of a passenger train at a crossing» the engineer stopped the train and, hurried back to see the damage. Ile was Stanley's dad.

When a car was stolen 1n Holly- wood, the owner borrowed a’ ‘neighbor's and started for the pol-l ,ice station to report the loss. An-j .0bher car smacked his borrowedi car from behind aslhe was return-; ing home. He got out to examine. the damage. recognized the car. which hit hilm as his own. and ‘icid l the driver for police. §

The year came and departed, without fishermen Katsumi Nish-‘ itawn. and Wiodrow Makatsukl real- i lizing their dream of a record mac» kerel catch. They tried hnrcl-_btit that was the trouble. They hauled in so many fish the weight sank their boat.

EARL BALDWIN

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Prime Minister. , This was during his first term as Prime Minister when he toured Canada, accompanied part of the way by tlie Prince of Wales, after- ward Edward VIII, now Duke of Windsor. who came over that year to open the Canadian National Exhibition.

In i932 while Lord President of

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Donald National Government, Lord Baldwin headed the United Kingdom delegation at the Im~ perial Economic Conference In Ottawa where his speeches em- phasized his reputation as an apostle of trade within tlie Em- plre.

Better known to tlie public as, Stanley Baldwin, he was createdi Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in 1937i when he severed most of his links with public life. Since then his health had been failing and his‘ appearances at the meetings oil various charities and other organ- intions in which he woe inter-

,ested had become rarer and rarer.

Leading Figure in Crisis

Lord Baldwin was a lending fig- | ure in the abdication crisis of 1930, ‘when King Edward VIII renoun ced the t.hroiie to his brother, the present King.

The Prime Minister held urgent consultations with the heads of the Dominion Governments, had audiences with the King himself and finally went to the House of Commons with King Edward“ message of abdication.

Out of the abdication crisis Baldwin emerged one of Britain" most outstanding statesmen.

Another event in his long and distinguished career as o public ‘servant was his leadership’ of his

Government through the dark dnys of the i926 general strike. When

Lhe strlkaended Baldwin made a radio broadcast calling upon i-ha

country to forget what had hap-

pened ancl to face the future, without class bitterness. During the same term of office

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The period also sew gradual im- iprovement of the economic con- dition of the country.

In his youth, Baldwin was as- sociated with his family's iron foundry at. Bewdley, Worcester- shire. i-le wee 4i before he Inter-

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etl political life as the Conserva- tive member for the Bewdley div- ision which he represented in Par- liament for 29 years, during 13 .1! which he was Prime Minister.

Nothing in his long political career approached the decision he and the late Cosmo Gordon Lang. Archbishop of Canterbury, pre- seiited to Edward VIII in De- cember, 1936.

Lord Baldwin and the Arch- bishop told the Monarch he had only this choicc—abdication or renunciation of Wallis Warfield Simpson. The King chose abdica- tion and married the divorced American, now the Duchess of Windsor. George VI. Britain's pre- sent Monarch, then succeeded to the Throne.

Lord Baldwin's death in his sleep came 11 years after the ab- dication. For two weeks before the event, Lord Baldwin had worked‘ night and day behind. the scenes.

Then on Dqc. 10, 1936, he stood

Mrs- Gladlfs strum. sole woman bruised? he w“ "mu" but “Wk” ; before the House of Commons. In

his hand was Edward's message of abdication. On his tongue was

story that had gripped the world. he was on the verge of tears.

True to what ha? conceived to be his trust to the Empire, Bald- win moved that the message oi abdication be considered, saying.

“No more grave message has ever been received by Parliament and no more difficult. and I might

say, more repugnant task has evei-Wbecn imposed on n Prime Minister."

Baldwin said on Nov. .16 he told Edward he did not believe the country would approve the mar- riage and, in the choice of a. Queen, the voice of the people must be heard. .

"Then," Baldwin proceeded‘ “His Majesty said to me. . . . ‘l am go- ing to marry Mrs. Simpson, and I iim prepared to gof"

These last (lays, Baldwin said. had been days of great strain. II: added:

"We ‘are not judges. His Ma jesty has announced his decision. I-Ie has told us what he wants to do, and I think we must close our ranks."

Retired After Abdlcutlon

When the “abdication crisis" was over the Prime Minister became Earl Baldwin of Bewdlev- H! handed over the office of Prime Minister to his Chancellor of the Exchequer, the late Neville Cham- berlain. Then Lord Baldwin re- tired to Stourport, the place of his birth, to "raise pigs" and muw by the fire.

Lord Baldwin began his rapid advancement in polities when ho became parliamentary privaté secretary to Bonar Law when the latter was Chancellor of the Ex- chequer in 1916.

As Financial Secretary to the Treasury the following year he made a gift of 00o) toward the redemption ol the national debt. The gift, about one-fifth of his estate. “as mull under conditions of great secrecy and it was not for years after- wards that. it leaked out.

In i922. after the downfall of the coalition Government o) David Lloyd George. he became Chan cellor of the mciiequer- He lef- came Pritne Minister when B011" Law resigned.

Lord Baldwin's first coveramﬂlt did not last long. fie went to the country after a speech urging 1'1- troduction of a modified system of tariffs to help British industry- His party remained the largest in the. House at the new election, but the Liberals decided to support tne Labor Party and resigned the premiership to the late Ramsey MacDonald.

When MacDonald went to the country after only 287 days in office and failed to secure a mn- jority. bord Baldwin rel-timed W office at the head of the largest majority Parliament had seen.’ Winston Churchill was liven o" place in his new government.

leader of the Conservative Party __.. position now held by Churchill ___gmm 1933 w 1937 he was in- strumental in giving 5-°°°-"°° W’ men the vote by hi! Qqllll "W" chlsl bill. which pul- lll WOT!“ from 2i to 30 on the polling lists.

In May. 1929 the voters, includ- ing womeii. voted him out of pow"- er and MacDonald come in u head of e labor administration. '

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Lord Baldwin was one of tue first. Britons to foresee the minace of Nazism. He created it sensut on 1n the House of Commons on Jul] 31, 1984, when he sated that "Br1~ tom's new frontiers are on the Rhine."

He earned a reputation for sim- plicity and lack of interest in the pplitlcal limelight. As a speaker, he was at his best when delivering ceremonial addresses such as that. at the death of King George V.

The Peer is survived by two sons and four daughters. The heir to his title is Viscount Corvedale. s Labor member of the I-Iouse o! Commons, whose elevation to the House of Lords will cause a by- election for the Commons seat. Countess Baldwin ded in June, 1945. They had cele rated their golden wedding anniversary thrcc years before. Cremation is to take place in Birmingham, Wednesday or Thursday.

Communists Fail To Cain Support In France, Italy

By J. M. ROBERTS, Jr. Associated Press News Analyst In two years of manoeuvring

Russia. has failed to occupy any important positions beyond those she held at the end of the shoot- ing war, and it begins to appear that the "cold war" now will be fought out on a front which is becoming relatively stabilized.

Developments in France and Italy indicate that tlie Commun- ists are not strong enough to pull either country into the Russian sphere, thus dashing Moscow's hope to use all of Europe as a base for economic attack on the remainder of the capitalist world.

As pointed out by a United States congressional sub-commit- tee, there remains the possibility that, if they do fail to take over France and Italy through quasi- legal means. the 'Communlsts might resort to force. There are two factors. however. which mili- tate against that.

First, it is increasingly obvious that the support the Communists have obtained among the French and Italian people is economic rather than political, and that no great proportion of the population in either country can be persuaded to revolt.

Secondly, such an attempt. if the Communists could rally‘ en- ough strength, would probably produce civil ‘war. And civil war iri France or Italy now ivould coii- tain a far greater threat of

lsoreading into a general conﬂict

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than did the Spanish Civil Will'- wliich became a testing ground for the Second World War. Every Russian action shows that she is going to run no immediate risk of that.

Her reaction to the refusal of Iron to go through with a post- wer promise of uil concessions has been comparatively mild. Although the situation iii Greece remains serious there are some signs that

the Bolshevists are permitting the’

guerrilla war to die out. and every sign that. they have no intention of permitting it to develop into a general Balkan rumpus.

Moscow's attitude toward "Pur- key has been much less belliger- ent since the Turkish army be-

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Election Figures

The fellowlns corrections to ti.» election results published on Dag 12 have been received. It is em: Diiasized. however. that no fig. ures are authoritative until offi-

announced on Declaration Nﬂflih River Poll, second

.Queeii's: Eel] 76; Holmes 92; E. C, Hieuswn 7: L. E. Houston a; M“. .Klnnon 117; Matheson 75.

St. Louis West. First Prince: Campbell 70; McKay 9; Rumgq 11691 3°55 Cllmbhcll 11; Morrissey i2; Richard 119.

a great. fear of ,the results if he forces unilateral Allied consolida. tion of the Western German pg- sition.

There is still great fear of Rug. sian economic conquest in scan- dilllivlﬂ. but on the whole it op- pears now that the demsmgtjm line between Russian-held ‘M Allied-held territory has become the front for the cold war.

It will be waged by the A1115 with economic weapons, and by the Boishevists with both econ- omic weapons and. sabotage. Fail- ure of the Reds to occupy Franco and Italy-Al that does-prove to be tlie ultimate outcome o! the present campaigns-will not pre- vent. them from fomenting strikes, trying to dry up any exchange of goods between Western Europe and the iood-sm-plus areas under Russian control. and doing every- thing else possible to foster a col- lapse of the western world. They will keep it up. perhaps for years, until it. succeeds or until they are beaten by a demonstration that people everywhere have more to gain under ivestern democracy than under any sort of totalitar- ianism.

ANNUAL REPORT 0F EARNSCLIFFE W. I.

The annual meeting of’ the W. I. of Earnscliffe was held at the home of Miss Ruth Mutch on Nov. 4, 1947.

The meeting opened with the Creed followed by the roll coil which was the paying of member- ship fees.

Minutes of the last annual and regular meeting were read and approved.

The president gave a report on the year's work. It was moved and seconded that we purchase l fountain for the school and locks for the windows of school.

It was moved and seconded that two of the members see Mr. Clar- ence McPhee about fixing organ in school.

It. was moved and seconded that we knit mittens for the orphan- ages and pass in same at next meeting.

The following officers were elect- ed for the coming you:

President, Miss Hill! Mutch: vice-president. Mrs. Roy Young: secretary-treasurer, (Miss) Jsobei Much-rod: auditors, Mrs. Laura iviclniiis, Mrs. Charles Mutch, Mrs. J. J. hlclnnts. Programme con- vener. Mrs. Bernard Doyle.

sick committee, Mrs. Mutch.

Mrs. Laura Mclnnis kindly in- vited the members to her home f0! the December meeting, roll call te be answered by an exchange Christmas gifts.

The meeting closed by slngirI "Gpd save the King". followed by n delicious lunch served by the hostess.

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