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Llancl Delegation

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‘Prime Minister King

OTTAWA. Jan. 0 - (C?) -- Premier J. Walter Jones of Prince Edward Island anda delegation fromhisgovernmentconierred with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and members of the Federal Gov-

ernment on their transportation

problem today.

Premier Jones and nis group, concerned about the ferry serv- ice batween the Island and the mslnland. had a preliminary meet- ing III: s anaport Minister Mlchaud and later visited the Prime Minister's office where they were received by Mr. King, Finance Minhc Ilsley, Mr. Michaud and Justice Minister St. Laurent.

Registration

For

Family Allowances

To Begin

il-Bnat Warfare Flared Again ' During December

LONDON, Jan. 0 -(0Pl — ‘U- boar warifarc "liared into renewed activity" "durins I u. was reported Wnllnt 1n a statement wnion described the increased ac- tivity by uiennar. submarines as "but anothe index that the Eur- opean war 1s far from over."

The! said Allied s of mer- chant shipping increased. but das- plte the losses “the United Nations are regularly continuing to sumly their e armies over the world, enabling them tnnaeslst the lQfill \- “i

' e We cona enenw undersea.- t widely- aerparated parts oi the world." the $3131? iolnt statement oi Prime

er Churchill and President Roosevelt said.

‘The announcement of the re- cent landing of enemy agents from a. U-iboat on the Maine coast is yet another indication that the menace of Germany's undersea fleet 1g real and continuing." -

Increased U-boat activity had been forecast by the President and Prime Minister ir. their jclnt mo... men} on submarines and anti-sub-

actions during November.

BIIK SALARY INCREASES

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Jan. 0 - (C?) - Hfteen-dollar-a-nionth Increases in wages and salaries oi civic loyees were r uesled by the mpovees in a pettlon read will! at a City Council meeting. ‘Ihe matter was referred to thc committee on bud ets. Members of the Plre and lice Depart- ments —- in a se arate category- "N Mt include in the , ‘ltlon.

Coming Events

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OTTAWA, Jan. 0 - (OP) Ri-‘Iistration for benefits under the ismlly allowances bill will begin in Prince Edward Island in ad- vanoe oi other provinces. Health Mlhlltcr Claxton said today dur- lng an address to the l‘ “

Club.

Mr. Claxton told his audience, which included Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Premier, J. Walter Jones of Prince Edward Island. that Canada's smallest province had been selected for the start of registration t0 provide ex-

rience which could be used dur- ng registration in the larger pro- vinces.

There was a wide discrepancy in the amounts the provinces contri- buted toward the “ 1 income. but he said that in the case oi Que . taxes collected there "would more than pay the cost" o1, familv allowances in that pro-

" 09-. , . .. . ‘Ontario’ and British Columbia would have to contribute to the support oi the scheme in the thin- ly populated Prairie and Maritime Provinces.

The Maritirnes contributed 3.0 per cent of the national income and would receive l0 per cent un- der the family allowance bill. The Prairie Provinces contributed 6.13

per cent and would receive i0: British Columbia u ‘ te 7.1 per ceht and would receive six

per cent; Ontario contributed 48 per cent and would receive 82 per cent; Quebec contributed 34.5 per cent and would receive 32.

TO BEGIN JULY l

Payment of the family allow- ances ranging from s5 to $8 for children up to the age of l6 is scheduled to begin July 1.

"Pami allowances will be a great step forward." said Mr. Clax- tcn. They would help to bring about the most equitable distri- bution oi the national income.

The 30 countries which now were paying family allowances had round that the benefits to the health and welfare of children were "enormous."

The additional costs for health would not prove a net burden to the Canadian people. Present cati- inates of time cost, of medical ser- vices paid yearl by the Canadian people was 821000.000. In addi- tion, the number of days through illness amounted to B - 000,000 or a loss of $250,000,000 in productive power.

“We aim to reduce the number of days lost through illness. post.-

l gone mortality and add to tlhe bro-

uizétive power of our people." he

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Develop Gas Turbine For Ship Propulsion

WABHINGION, Jan. 9 — (AP) Aygas turbine ia being developed as.a means of ship propulsion, thc United States Mariirne Commls sion disclosed today. It crlbed as "inherently ficisnt." than steam, but experim- ents have not ‘one far enough to determine whet sr a ” _ .

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isabor Minister Mitchell Coils For Strikers To Return To Work. '

VANCOUVER, Jan. 9 — (GP) — Citizens of three Pacific coast cities - Vancouver. Victoria and New Westrnlnster—used shanks mare, rode bicycles, taxis, hitch- hlked to and from work today ai- ter 2,700 street railwayrnen and bus "drivers went on strike for inweased wages and Improved working conditions.

Weather conditions were warm and dry and no tieup of bus- iness and industry was reported.

Ninety per cent oi workers in essential ‘ and. services were estimated to be at work in the three centres.

The strike followed refusal of the National War Labor Board to grant wage increase of from 12 1-2 to 2B 1-2 cents an hour and a ruling wiping out a 1-2 cents increase granted by the British Columbia War Labor Board members of the Street Railway- men‘s Union (AP L.)

In Ottawa Labor Minister Mit- nhell said the strike was "defini- tely illegal", and speculation was current that the Government. as in the Montreal tramways strike. would appoint controllers to take over the transportation system in the coast cities.

Extra gasoline rations were granted to essential workers by the Federal Department of Mun- itions and Supply.

One shipyard ln Vancouver re- ported that rnore employees arri- ved at work today than on an a- verage Saturday. an absentee day

The navy went into the trans- flar. .tlon.\>.t191n¢55. in.) .8 B C. cap tal. Special routes ere map- ped out and reguir truck-passen- ger services operated throughout the city.

No indication was given hou long the strike would continue and there was no signs from Ottawa of what immediate action the Federal Government planned.

Bracken Impressedl By Arrangements For Oanadians In Paris

PARIS, Jan. 9—-(CP Cable)- John Bracken today expraased himself as “greatly impressed’ by arrangements in Paris for the reception and entertainment oi Canadian troops back on leave from the fighting fronts.

The former Manitoba Premier who now is National Leader of the Progressive Conservative ‘Party spent the afternoon touring hot- e-ls, rest centres and clubs main- tsined for troops. He spent the evening with Mai-Gen. Georges P. Vanier, Canadian Ambassador. Mr. Bracken, who came Paris today from Brussels, will go back to Britain from here and then proceed to the Mediterranean theatre to see Canadian forces in

The P resslve Conservative Leader sai he was interested mainly in seeing how Dominion trcom are faring but secondly he was exploring ways and means of increasing trade and cultural relations with Britain. Belgium. France and other countries on his itinerary. -

F. ll. it. Presents New Budget To ll. S. ilongress

By C. B. BLACKBURN

WASHINGTON. Jan. 0 -— (U?) A budget which contemplates the ncceslty of vsflfll w" 7°‘ n ‘°",‘.“':2,"‘é' .‘.5..'i‘°l'..‘i‘:.“.f;‘ '22

n e on trident Roosevelt who asked fol‘ 010.000.000.000 for war purposes and 813.000.000.000 ior clvil government

'I'hese appropriations are for the flgggl year which ends June so. i040. and are about 011.000.000.000 short of the $100,000,000 estimated needs for the current fiscal year in “time last budset- ,

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Mjgnnistratl u determinat- iiir‘: that ‘the Unmd States shall m“. ‘ my] part in international res nsibllltv for the Pa!“ and we (are of the world in the post-

wgcfi-ald lend-lease and relief ex- pgndhuru, which take about one sixth of the war lfPPWTlllhIl. would continue until ail’ the galor-

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BINDING

War.‘ Situationfllfias-lfikigm

By KIRKE L. SIMPSON r‘ (Associated Press war Analyst.)

Invasion of the big Island of Luzon on the American real back In the Pacific was theinext essential stop In the campaign to carry the fight to the foe relentlessly.

Whatever is charted beyond that point, Luann is the key to the whole western Pacific-China Sea strategic picture.

Announcement of landings on the capital island of the Philippines is a culminating step In the effort to bridge the Pacific and come (o close grips with Japan.

That the campaign to retake Luzon has reached its final pluses many months earlier than was deemed possible in Washington only a year or less ago seems beyond dispute.

In the light of the type of Japanese resistance encountered In the advance up from New Guinea. thereon-r be no swift and decisive re- suits even after the landing In force on the big island.

The war with Germany is chased as a war of attrition. However bitterly and skillfully German troops fight. drlven to bay they ulti- lllllflly as the ' thus far ‘ w ashore have not. The war in the Pacific has been a war of extermination so far. The tslflulll America estimates on Japanese casualties on Leyte or in the attempts to reinforce It run to the neighborhood of 120,000 as against less than 500 prisoners taken. Nor was it disclosed whether that handful of living enemies taken consisted of wounded or un- wounded.

It is futile to attempt to estimate 1n advance how long lt ‘might take to effect the conquest of Luzon. Japanese fugitives still lurk In the wild recesses of Guam, even of Guadalcanal. as well as on some other islands wholly In Allied hands. fly-passed garrisons on enemy- held islands left behind 1n the advance have given no sign of surrender utterly hopeless as is their situation.

With American landings on Luzon 1n progress. the grimrnest ea-

t” termination fight of the war in the Pacific is beginning only now. f

TRUE BILL FOUND IN MURDER CHARGE IN SUPREME COURT

International At A. Glance-

By The Canadian Press PHILIPPINES U. S. Army forces land on Luzon 1s- Iand In Lirigayen Gulf; R00- sbip convoy escorted by power- ful array of warships. including Australian squadron; landings on l5-ruilc front reported lightly

opposed.

PACIFIC AERIAL — Japanese lose of 79 planes. two destroyers, midget submarine, other vessels in attack on Luzon convoy; ‘i3 Japanese rlhlps sfllnk or- damaged. 282 planes destroyed or dam- aged during three days of car- rler-bome attacks on Luzon- !‘ “kfnawa area: super forts hit Formosa and Tokyo war industries.

BURMA -- Indian troops oc- cupy Shwebo. 45 miles north of Mandalay.

WESTERN FRONT-Germans shifting armor in Ardennes sali- ent as Brltish 2nd. U. S. 1st Armies advance on west and north sides; main enemy supply

A true bill in the case of Florence Elizabeth McNelll. Charlottetown, charged with the murder oi her titrsband William (i-tyani McNeill, was found by t-hc Grand Jury yes- terday at the opening sitting of the January term oi the Supreme Court. aC-hiei Justice ‘Ilhane A. Oamipibell presided. GR. Holmes Gm rcpresentedthe Attorney-General.

-The Grarid Jury brought in a true bill agftirst Josiah Smth on an indictment oi assault occasion- ing actual bodily harm.

‘The Grand Jury also reported on the results of its inspection o1 the Queens County Jail. Provincial Infirmary and Falconwood Hos- pital. Conditions in all three in- stitutions were found w be clean but the jurors recommended that neiw dishes and cocking utensil; be procured immediately ior thc Jail.

The staffs oi both IrJir-mary and Halconwood were being overworked» the report stated. and it reoom mended that. a suitable staif house for the nurses and other attend- ant; at Falconwood be ermtcd.

‘line Grand Jurors were:

lcvwn, foreman. James E. Harris. Charlottetown. William J. l-Iennessey, Charlotte- town. L/smuel MacKinnon, Hlghfleld. Patrid: McTasue. Charlottetown.

route threatened: German at- B n tacks in Alsace dwlndlc. rmw" Howau" Es" “W” y ‘ RUSS“); _ 50,1" “mo,” James Carragher, Charlottetown.

Lancli McKinnon, Canoe Cove.

Grover C. Gillls. Orwell Cove.

Harry Cudmore, Charlottetown.

Mamror-d Beer, Hamipton.

James Power. Charlottetown.

A written judgement was deliv- cred by the Chief Justice in the case of the King. respondent. vs. Norman H. Richards, appellant, an appeal ircm a Judgement by Stip- endlary Magistrate Joseph _W. MacDcnuld at. Smarts on Oct. 1B. The Bipfiflllkflt had been charged with (l) purchasing rationed food without. coupons. 42> selling rationed food without coupons, and (3) sell- ing sugar at a higher price than was reasons-bile or just, nrgd [rad been fined $450. and ordered to pay costs of $3.26 incurred by 0.0 Scott, investigator for the Wartime. Prices and 'I‘rade Board. In lieu of payment the accused vls to serve six months in jail.