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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 1e, 1950

SEVERE ELECTRIC STORM IN S’SIDE AREA SATURDAY NlGH

Nationalists Clieerecl By Latest Events In China

Local Laboratory Tests Recognized For Export

The laboratory for testing hqqitn; n! rattle and other livestock, oper-I

own-g licre under l)

_ the Provincial of Agriculture. has been rec- officiaiiy for export pug.

i .il‘y to have such tests madcl pt Sitckvllle or Hull, Quebec, a5 i’ cvlvtlsly. Premier J. Walter

Jones stated on his return Satur. div from Ottawa.

This will be of considerable ad- vantage to buyers of Island cattle shipment abroad, he pointad

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Premier Jones substantiated the f."'"i\\'f\ report appearing in sat. u ;\y‘s Guardian. to the effect ::i.it a new miiiioii-tluliar fcrry for inc Wood Islands-Caribou route is hon,‘ considered by the Dominion (itiverhmelit. The boat will likely ‘tr built ln Canada, and he did not nlliivlllflie tiiat its construction auuld be unduly delayed

Ferry Operation

The Premier said the new ferry is not necessarily contingent urpon the Canadian National Railways liking over the service at Wood ltlnnds, although both these rec- ommendations had her-n made by the Canadian lilaritlmc Commis- sion, The need of a larger boat than the ‘Prince Nova’ is appar- cut, and there is no old boat av- allnblc which would be satisfact- (IYY- He did not think the people of this Province were desirous of sccmg it operated by the rail 'ay, ll(i\\ ever.

I-Ic had pointed out to an in-

tuurt-r at Ottawa that after thirty years of operating the cnrferry at Borden and Tormcntine the rail- uay had not yet constructed prop- oi" toilet facilities at these term- inals. A large sum is to be ex- iicnded shortly for this purpose, he understood; but in the mean- iiIIlC the record is one of long and inexcusable neglect of public con. veniences. If a new boat is constructed for the Wood Islands service. he hop- rtl to sec thc channci at Cai-ihon straightened, and strong represent- Elllltlll would be made to this ef- cc .

Encouraging Progress

Referring to the Dominion-Pro- \lIlL‘l{ll conference on constitution- al amendments, Premier Jones said the initial progress mndg was highly satisfactory. Section 92 of the British North America Act. dealing with the cxciuslve powers "if Provincial Lcjzislnturfli. was likely to bc the chief bone of con- tention. Thc special rights of this Province, he bclicvcil, would con- tinue to be safcguardcd.

Ills invitation to tho conference to reconvene in Charlottetown next summer hurl bccn cordially receiv- cci. and he was hoping it would he accepted. A number of other Pro- miers had spoken to him on the

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“Mail your Films to Ciarnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Card Pariy ut Graham's Road llnli. Monday. January 16th.

"Skating Long Crt-ck rink-io- Hiizht. All (cum mcmhvrs wishing ttrcntcr lcaguc please nitcnd.

"Our 1960 Seed Catalogue is flow ready. Send for free copy. Arthur Vesey, York, P. E. Island.

"Dance, Bonshaw Hall. Friday. 20th. sponsored by Wcmenb In- siltilie. Malclveillm Orchestra.

"Car of Old Sydney Coal to ar- rive next week. Please rcncw your ivooklng orders. J. F. Morris, Kin- kora.

"Hockey tonight at New Glas- llcw, Hope River versus Glasgow

iload. League game ltarting at 8.30. "Hockey tonight in Hunter

River rink. Opening game of sea- IOn. North Rusfico versus Hunter River Royals. Game starts‘ at 8 o'clock, Skate after and canteen service.

Glas- please for the

"Urgent-Patrons of New 80W Dairying Company. brinl in cream tickets month of December as soon as pos- sible, on account of sheets being destroyed by fire Sunday.

.__,._ "Official opening of George- town‘; new rink and Recreational Center on Wednesday, January 13th at 8.30 p.19. Hockey 81""- Georgetown vs. Monffllllfl- 53mm following. Suppers served in TOWN llali from 5 p.m. on and following hockey game, Cllmnxed by mam- moth dance, .Y

and it will no longer be n9.‘-

ouhject, voicing their approval.

Tho Pannier said h; hm not been able to discuss trans-Canada hlghivay matters last week, as thc Reconstruction Minister. Hon. RW. Winters was in Bermuda. Tho Agriculture Minister. Mr. Gar-

cllncr, had also been away from?

Ottawa. Egg Price:

Commenting on (he drop in egg prices, he said Island farmers were suffering in comparison with mainland producers in disposing of their product through buying ag- encies. Ht.- noted thut the price re- ceived in Charlottetown last Fri- day was 22 cents, against 33 cents in Halifax.

"There is something wrong when we have a surplus of eggs and can't get them to market", he added. "Just at the moment our produce-rs are caught badly, and the stores and cooperatives are in the sume position. The danger is that our farmers may be obliged to kill off their hens and not raise any chickens, and they will not then be able to meet the demand when the egg market readjusts it- self."

Accompanying the Prcmicr to the Ottawa, conference were Hon. W. E. Darby. Attorney General and Provincial Treasurer. Hon. A. W. Maths-son, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Hon. Wilfred Arsenault, Provincial Secretary, who also returned home over the weekend.

Saurel 0n Mercy Trip To lijigdalens

GRINDSTONE, M a g d a1 e n Is- lands, Qua. Jan. l5 -—(CP) - The Department of Transport icchrcak- er Saurei arrived at this Gulf of St. Lawrence island today with two critically ill patients from Entry Island. 20 milcs to the east.

The patients wcrc transferred from the iccbrcalcci‘ to n ifllilil boat when thc Saurel arrivczi Gnic winds made it impossible for thc 1.1T6-ton icebrcaker to tie up at the wharf.

At Entry Island the two sick persons were moved from the rock-bound coast: (o the mercy ship in a boat. Gnlc winds and waves ihreatcncd several iimcs t0 swamp the aniall craft before it reached thc iccbrcakcrfls sidc.

The icchrcaker cleared from Pictou, N.S.. ycsltrtiny for Entry Island. after an R.C.I\.F. Canso aircraft failed in nu aticmpt to land near thc island owiii-g to slob icc.

Identity of thcpaticntsand nat- ure of their ilin-csses wore not im- lmediately nvailablo. Both will rc-

celve hospital treatment ‘hcrc.

500 Affected By Cut In Train Service

MONTREAL, Jan. 1s -rc P) f Canadian National ltailways ySiilfl Saturday its tapcrntinz Bills?“

estimate that fie-iris 5W "W" “"1 be affected hi’ ihc tclllllflfiilll’ 11" duction in prmscrigcr-tram scr-

inio cffcct Jflll sysicm-ulidc (‘Hi service because bccn scr-

vice.

The C.N.R. put 9 a 25-pcr-cent. in passenger-train its coul reserves have icusiy depicted. _._____.___.

ELMIRA, Ont., Jan. i5 -- (CP) __ Two men, trapped in a radio- controllecl police web spun over a. large section of Western Ontario. were detained Saturday after thc

7.000 armed holdup of the Dn- minion Bank of Canada here-

Police said the men 80W 91"" names as Arthur George. no fixed address, and George 1-1081199- T01‘- onto.

Hughes was arrested in Brant- ford, 35 miles south of here, when a cab he hired in London. Ont-- was intercepted. Police sold he was carrying a large sum of money and a revolver.

George also was arrested in a taxi - at Thamesford, 46 miles southwest of here. The came six hours after the holdup. stole two ‘automobiles and more than 100 from Elmira of St. Clements, miles southwest of here. find ended pbruptly with the two arrests.

Hughes’ capture was said to have been affected through an idea ra-

arrests

The bandits kidnapped two mgid.

police on s chew to the nearby village on to London. 50

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Two M; Trapped After Bank Holdup In

New Friction Between U. S. Reds Develops

(By Spencer Mensa)

TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 15—(AP) --'il\c Chinese Nationalists were I“"“rl@"°‘l 1011113’ by the unexpect- ed effectiveness of their air force ""5 by the new friction between thc United States and the Peiping Communist regime,

liven critics of the air force con- ccdcd that its new wallop raised their hopes of repelling an ex- Dccted Communist assault on this island refuge of the Nationalist Government.

High Nationalist quarters also were optimistic that the Commun- 1st seizure of United States con- suinr property in Peiplng might cause Washington to reconsider and furnish further aid for main- taining the Formosan redoubf.

At. a flinncr tonight for Philip Jcssup, ncivly-nrrived roving Un- iterl States ambassador, Premier Yen Hsi-Shnn spoke hopefully of “our future counter-offensive on thc mainland."

Yen appealed (o the Pboples of China and the United States to “overthrow Communist aggression hunti in hand."

Jcssup replied noncommitnlly that ho would convcy the Prem- ier's sentiments to Washington. t

President Truman has stated a policy of no further aid to For- mosa aside from existing small- scnlc economic aid.

Air headquarters announced io- nilzht that during Sunday its raiders sank many Communist boats at Swatow and sank 40 ves- sels along the "invasion coast" op- posiic thc Chusan Islands.

Redo Seize Property

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—(AP)-— In contempt of American protests, thc Chinese Communists Saturday took over (he United States con- suluie offlcc in Pciping,

The State Department immed- iately ordered all its official pcr- sonnel out of Rod China. It ls re- ported to have acted with Presi- dent; Truman's direct approval.

It blasted at the Communists’ latest anti-American move as "a flagrant violation of our treaty

rights and of (he most elementary standards of international usage and conduct."

The State Department said the Communists at Pelping also seiz-

ed property belonging to the French and Dutch. Angry United States inw- makci-s ticnounced the invas-

ion and scizure of American property in (he strongest forms. Republicans redouhled iliclr criticism of thc Admin- istration's handling of Far Eastern affairs. Several said this latest insult should rule out, all possibility of United Siuics recognition of thc Chin- (‘so Communist regime. Senator Estes Kcfnuvcr Tcnn.) doclarcd bluntly: "W0 should classify the Chinese Communists as outlaws and cease to dc business with them." sonntor William Knowlnnd (Rep. Calif.» demanded the resignation of nil Administration officials re- sponsiblc for American policy thcrc.

CORINITONWEALTH TRADE

,I.ONDON ~- (CPI - The British Crimmonwcailh of Nations now linmilcs close to one-third of thc world's total (ratio. The 0011305! single trzifliur: unit, it has increas- My H; Qxpnrig in quantity as wcli as in vnluc since the war.

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____. _______._____-- patrol Hearing the gun-wielding pair had been traced to London. Constable Forest Inch radioed to London headquarters suggesting that cab companies be put on the alert.

The idea was carried out and a. despatcher told police one of his drivers had picked up a fare for Toronto 20 minutes earlier. The cab was intercepted at Brantford.

The bandits went to London in the car of Elmer schoope, Water- loo, Ont., salesman, who said one of them held a gun at his head’ on the ISO-mile trip.

He was kidnapped at St. Clem- cnts, seven miles southwest of hcrc, after the fleeing gunmen ab- nlitlolifld s. taxi-cab they had com- mandeered in".l‘oronh to stage the robbery.

The bandit got out of Scbooptrs car in London and told him to "keep going." He was slid to have returned to St. Clements to report the kidnapping.

James Gone. 26. driver of the Toronto cab: was herded into the bank during the holdup. He was left behind when the bandits fled

Dy Diva McIntosh FREDERIUION. Jan. 15 -(CP) —The Royal Ccminlssion on Arts and Sciences opens its 12-day Maritime tour here tomorrow. It will hear more than 40 briefs in its sittings here and at Saint; John. N‘ B.. Halifax, and Charlottetown. ‘The New Brunswick Education Department will lead Off tomorrow with its petition and this will be followed by at least six others during the two-day sitting here.

From Fredericton, the Corn- mlsslon moves on to Saint John. where it will hear some nine briefs Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday morning.

More than 20 briefs will be sub- mitted to the Commission at Hali- fax Friday and Saturday and next Monday and Tuesday. Four are scheduled to be presented at Ohar- lotteiown Jan. 26.

Twelve Maritime universities are to present briefs. One of them, St. Joseph's University of 5t. Joseph, N. B.. will offer the only brief in French the five Commiss- ioners will hear in the Maritimes.

Among briefs to be read trmor- row are those of the Provincial Council of Women of New Bruns-

wick, the York-Sunbury Historical

CHICAGO. Jan. 15 — (AP) — The blizzard which stunned the northwest United Sta-tes with its worst weather low in history whipped across the Great Lakes today.

The storm stirred up SO-miie-ari- hour winds in Minnesota and the Eastern Dakotas, driving snow with blinding force, and draw- ing sub-zero air into its urake.

The weather across the United States was a hash of cold, winds. sleet. ice, rains, floods, fog-—and evcn warm sunny weather.

The northwest storm and the hodgepodge elsewhere took at lcast 3i lives. Nine persons per- ishcd in the northwest blizzard. At least four were drowned in floods. Accidents on icy pavements ac- counted for others.

As the cold moved eastward. a iii-below temperature and '3- miic-an-hour winds handicapped firemen fighting a $200,000 grain elevator fire at Aberdeen. S.D. The mercury slid from 2'7 above to zcro at Minneapolis.

Winds of 40 to 50 miles an hour accompanied the cold front as it spread across Iowa into Illinois.

Temperatures on the eastern sea- board were gcncraliy seasonablc, with New York City's low reach- ing 32 degrees. Miami had 7i. and New Orleans‘ thermometer did not go below 86.

The fierce winds battered han- gars and planes at Barre-Mont- pelier airport and at airfields in Newport and Rutland, all in Ver- mont. Edward McKnight, 42, was killed when a falling tree crush- ed an automobile at Stowe, Vt.

An llO-miie-an-hour wind blew a Greyhound bus off a highway near Malone, N. Y.. close to the Quebec border. One passenger was injured.

Gusts reaching 95'miics an hour were recorded at Buffalo and Rnchcsicr. A man was injured fatally near Lowviile, N. Y., when thrown against a truck by a wind- biown garage door.

No Living Aboard Sunken Sub

OHATI-IAM, Kent, England, Jan. 14 --(AP) - Frogmen confirmed Saturday that only the dead time!" in the smashed and silent hull of the submarine Truculent. but one aeaman officially listed as a vic- tim turned up alive.

He had been given leave be- cause of illness in his family.

The Admiralty, revising its fig- ures again. announced that 64 men were lost with the submarint. which sank in 54 feet of water in the silty Thu-Ines Estuary Thurs- day night after s. collision with the Swedish tanker Divlns.

Predicts U. K. Food Contracts Will End

LONDON, Jan. 15 —(CPi—The —The independ ‘ Weekly Econo- mist. ln lIl article on Anglo-Can- adian food negotiations. says there is a strong impression the 1950 agreements will be "the last food contracts between the British and Canadian Governments." The ‘article says Britain has been more firm than ever before about (he number of dollars she could spend

with their loot.

Massey Commission Opens Maritime Tour

Society, University of Now Bruns- wick. Fredericton Art Club and the Fiddlehead Poetry Society. The society, incidentally, is named after the Fiddlchead fern, a distinctive New Brunswick vege- table dish which is a sort of sub- stitute for asparagus.

The Fredericton branch of the Canadian Institute of Intemation- al Affairs is scheduled to be heard Tuesday.

The Maritime Federation of Agriculture will present its brief at Saint John Wednesday. The Hali-

fax District Trades and Lalbor Council is one of the groups scheduled to be beard at Halifax Friday. .

The Commission is headed by Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, char). cellor of the University of Tor- onto. The Commissioners are Arthur Stuvoyere, Montreal, civil engineer; Norman A. M. Mat"- Kenzie, president of the Univers- ity of British Columbia; Rev. Georges Henri Levesque, dean of the Faculty of Social Science at Laval University. Quebec. and Miss Hilda Neatby. professor of history and acting head of the Depart- ment of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Heavy Blizzard Hits Northwest United States

Imperial Oil

Buildings Burn

CAMPBELLTON, N. B., Jan. 15-(CP)—The Imperial Oil Company's warehouse, office and sheds here were in ruins tonight after a $100,000 fire had burned for 18 hours.

The $100,000 estimate was tentative and subject to pos- sibly higher revision.

A gale blew flames toward huge gasoline tanks but these were saved, averting a serious explosion.

Cause of the firs was un- known. Passers-by first noticed flames spurting from the of- fice. A high wind fanned the fire over the other buildings and all but the tanks were consumed. The loss included a gasoline truck, Another was

damaged. The gale and ice-covered ground hampered firemen,

who fought the blaze in relays.

Taking Special Health Courses

Mini Eva MsoLood. senior teohmcim with the Provincial De- partment of health and Welfare. has been awarded a Federal burs- ary. it was learned over the weck- end. Miss tMaolcod recently ccm- pleted a short refresher course in serology st Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.

It is understood that a Federal grant will also enable Dr. A. A. MacVicar to take a (hret-year course in psychiatry at Dalhouslc University preparatory to joining the mental health division of time

Provincial Department. Dr. Mc- Vicar formerly practiced at Bedeque.

At present taking a year's course in dental hygiene at a Boston in- stitution are Miss Annabel Alien, Miss Thelma. Reid and Miss Doro- thy Gallant. in preparation for duties under the Provincial De- partment in this Province.

Thcsc and OLhcr activities prev- iously noted are made possible by thc Fccicral Government's plflfl to increase the number cf persons taking special training in public health.

$200,000 Fire , Al Bridgewaier

BRIDGICWATER. N.S., Jan. l6 L (c?) ._ Firc of unknown origin early today destroyed three largc buildings on this south shore town's main street, causing dam- age estimated at more than $200.- 000. Fanned by high winds. thc flames for a. time threatened to wipe out the town's entire bus- iness section. Fire fighting equip- mcnt from the nearby towns of Lunenhurg, Mahone Bay. LaI-Iavv and Liverpool as well as that of Bridgc~‘.\'atei' was required to bring thc blaze undor control.

Destroyed were a. frame build- ing owned by Herb Motors Limit- ed, a garage owned by Irving Oil Limited and the Independent Or- der of Oddfeilows’ hall. which housed a flour and fccd business on the ground floor.

The alarm was sounded by s. bus driver. He. noticed flames coming from the rear of the Hebb Motors building shortly before 1 AM.

J. Irving Hcbb, managing own- er of Hebb Motors, estimated his loss at $150,000. which included l7 new cars stared in the garage and show room.

Ariel Felndcl, proprietor of thc

flour and feed business in thc Oddfcllows building, was able to rescue four thoroughbread collics

from the cellar. I.0.0.F. mem- bers managed to save lodge rec- ords, but lost. all furniture, jewels and equipment. Tho loss is part-

ly covered by insurance.

(By Steven David) COLOMBO, Ceylon, Jan. 15- (AP)—Thc six-tiny British Com- monwealth conference ended Sat- urday with ticlegatcs declaring un- animously that. much had bean accomplishcd though rcsults might not bo apparent immediately.

At thc conference's only open session, Percy Spender, Aus- tralian External Affairs Min- istcr, ticclarcci: “We ilvc under the shadow of approaching storm, Whether it will break upon us or pass by, We feel the urgency about our deliber- ntions and that time has not been running in our favor." Tho nearest approach to n con-

crete result came from an Aus- tralian proposaF-a determination to licip Southeast Asia raise its living standards to counter Com- munism.

The conference agreed to place before the eight governmcnts rcp- resented of which Canada was one. a recommcndation in establish a consultative committee to plan a program of self-aid and mutual help in Southeast Asia. The Com- monwealth countries are tn assess the amount of credit and tho technical assistance they can make available for the development pro- gram. The consultative committee in (o meet in Canberra, Australian capital, within a few months.

A second agreement was endorsement "in principle" of

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ances. Although this never

loan of £7,500,000 623.250.0130).

closing session:

in Canada.

Delegates Pleased With "Conference At Colombo

o Commonwealth loan to strengthen independent Burma's internal fin- was announced officially, delegates said all but Canada and South Africa would recommend to their gov- ernments that blocked sterling be made available to Burma in (he

______________.__ ._ tic arca may in future make a rcal contribution to thc problems of the frcc peoples of Asia."

Confc ronca Actions

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