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The Guardian. Five Cents. Morning Dally Founded 1881.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1951

WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN MARITIMES, IN WAKE OF. STORM

Middle East Causes Cfncern To Washington

Battle Continues Over Ban On Price-Fixing

OTTAWA. Dec. 19 --(CP) - r,l-orge Drew, Progressive Conser- vative leader. charged today that the government was trying to dis- tract attention from its lack of mien against the high cost of living by pushing through legis- mimi to prohibit resale price maintenance. y

Prime Minister St. Laurent, and his supporters had admitted. said lir. Drew, that the legislation would have little effect on the cost of living. He suggested that if the government really A wanted to tackle the cost-of-living problem rt would reduce taxes. cut ex- penditures and remove some credit restrictions. '

Mr. Drew spoke as debate on the bill to prohibit the fixing of retail prices by manufacturers and supplies was carried through its third day mainly by Progressive Conservative and Liberal members

No End In silk!

with no end of the 'debate in right. Prime Minister St. Laurent torved notice that unless the work of the session is completed by ad- journment hour R-iday. members, will be asked to return Dec. 2? to handle the remaining business.

Coming Events

"Christmas Concert. Harrington Hall. December 21st.

"Christmas CTDHCBFD. Victoria Hall, December 21st.

t

"Cherry Valley Y.P.U. concert

postponed until further notice.

"New Glasgow School Chris mas 1'” , . Ht.-.December. 21. . , . "Kinkors Christmas Concert. Thursday. December mu. 8 P. M.

t.

"Chrislmae Concert. sea View llail. Thursday. December 20th.

"Christmas Concert and Dance. Orwell Hall. Friday. December 21st.

"Bonshaw Christmas concert, Bonshaw Hall, December 20th.

"School Hall.

concert Breudolbane Thursday, December 20th.

"Christmas Concert, Thursday, December 20th.

Ulss.

"Victoria Rink. Saturday night, opening skate.

"Dunstaffnage school Concert. Marshileld Hall. December 20th

Curtain 0.15.

"St. Peter's Bay School concert, lmglon Hall Friday night. Dec. 21, R p,m, : .

"special price on Flour until New Years. Limited quantity. Mt. Herbert Feed Service.

"Come to Emyvale Christmas Concert in Lot 65 Hall. December list. Dance after. Curtain 830.

"Reservei Thursday. .December 20th. for Fredericton School Con- cert in Fredericton Hall.

"Christmas -Co-tic-ert. Fort. Aug- ustus Hall. Friday night, Dec. 21. starting eight o'clock.

g”C'hristmas Concert and Dance hellys Cross School, Friday.,Dec- -snbcr 21st. Curtain 8.15.

"Farmers. ask about the shur Csin Feed Finance Play. For part- .culsrs contact your local feed mill.

fiwarren Grove School Concert, Flzlday. December am. at North River Hall.

5 "Reserve Thursday. December -0th. for Crapsud school christ- mas Concert.

, "Mesdowlnsnk school Concert In Cornwall Hall. Thursday night. December amt.

"Bu Awdnight Dance in st. Peters Bay Holy Name Hall. glmstanss night... Ohsluon's orch-

'"l"0r Snapshots that will not vnde mail your sums and Negs -V0 to Gsrnhum Photo studios Charlottetown

' Ur stores will remain open

;;0I'.v- evening until Christmas.

N"GlIIssn &- Boyle, Vernon I. We. Hunter River.

' "Notice. Buying dressed poul- Sy at our store Friday morning. bacensbor 21st. Expert lgrader.

1 prices. Vernon River Co-op.

"Come all to aprinpfield Christ- ltnu Variety Concert, Friday. Dec- czlnllg am. Curtain us. Isle of

i .

Attendance in the chamber de- creased with each departing train as members. particularly from distant points. left to return home for Christmas. Samuel Balcom (L-Halifax) suggested in the chamber that those who have re- mained should be provided with free air transportation home.

The debate. as was the case yes- terday, was marked by some name calling. laughter and noisy scenes.

Rodney Adamson (PC-York West) charged the government with "fascist" behavior in its handling of the resale price- maintenance legislation, He was forced to withdraw yhe remark on protest of Justice M nlster Garson

Forced To Withdraw

Wilfred Lacroix (L-Quebec Montmorency) described the Pro- gressive Conservatives as "hum- bugs" and was greeted with deris- ive interjections from Opposition benches.

J. L. Gibson (Ind-Comox-Ah berni). a retailer for 14 years. said the Liberal Party unity on its legislation was "far greater trib- ute to the loyalty of its members than their common sense."

Arthur Lalng (L-Vancouver south) and J. O. Gout (L-Rus- sell). both business men. expressed support of the government's leg- lslatlon.

Another Reason '

Mr. Drew said there might be another reason for the government wanting to push through the leg- islation without hearing pit the evidence. .

Plckingiup a copy of the Financ- ial Post, Mr. Drew quoted from an article saying that the annual January, sales will be held about the time that" ressle price main- tenance takes effect. The paper asked readers to guess whether reduced prices would be credited to the regular January sales or to the banning of resale .pl'lce maintenance.

.Mr. Carson interjected that he had never thought up anything as good as that.

Mr. Drew retorted that Mr. Garscn, who had made such a ”colossal failure” of handling the Combines Investigation Act to date. hoped to get some credit for price reductions in January.

it might be said that "the time for Santa. Claus has passed but

l'lOW5--

U. S. Accuses Russia Of Threat Tcfeace

WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 -(AP) -The United States formally ac- cused Russla today of threatening the security of the Middle East and cited an 11-year-old soviet

dicker with Nazi Germany for domination of that part of the World.

An American note to Moscow, released by the State Department. rejected Russia's charge that a proposed new Middle East milit- ary command is aggressive. Rus- sia's own designs on the area are to blame for the plan to set up the command, the United states

said. .

France. Britain and Turkey sent similar notes rejecting the Rus- sian protest.

Shortly after the American text was released state Secretary Dean Acheson made clear in a press conference that conditions in the Middle East itself are highly wor- risome to officials here.

Acheson told reporters it is quite obvious ,that the situation has grown in seriousness. Ground has been lost. he said. in the effort to work out re ned solutions oi the Iranian and yptian crisis.

The notes from the Western Powers and Turkey said Soviet "threats" to Middle East states constituted an interference in their affairs.

The Russians had asserted that there was no threat to the Middle last region and that Western talk about a threat was "an attempt to deceive public opinion."

Ship iiground

HALIFAX. Dec. 19 - (CF)-A ship's distress signal stutter d through the Atlantic silence o- night. calling to be rescued from the grip of u'storm that menaced life on land and sea.

The British freighter Bnltkon, of 1.500 tone. radioed she is on a rock at Little Green Island. off Newfoundland. and needs immed- iate assistance.

It was understood that freighter's crew. estimated

b

the at

C about 20 men. was not in immed-

llate danger. The R.C.A.F. and at least one ocean-going tug com-

these are ciareon's sales."

The trial of Carl Power. Char- lottetown. under the Speedy Trials Act opened yesterday afternoon before Judge C. st. Clair Tralnor.

Queen's County Court Judge. in the Supreme Court.

Mr. J. P. Nicholson, Crown Prosecutor. appeared for the

Crown. while Mr. M. Albnn Farm- er appeared for the defence. The charge against the accused was breaking and entering' and the case arose out of the , apparent entry into the dental office of Dr J. P. Millar at l27 Grafton Street during the night of December 1 or the early hours of December 2

The office had been entered and consider-nblc damage inflicted on one wall where the plaster had been badly broken right through to the outside brick wall. Besides this s faucet in the washbasln in the operating room had been left running with a towel stuffed in the-drain. A

Dr. Millar was the first witness called. He told of leavirlg his of- fice about 4 that Saturday after- noon. At that time -there was no damage and all taps were turned off. His office. is on the second

TOKYO. Dec. ?0-(Thursdsyi- (Reuters) -British officers today totted UD HM! prisoner-of-war ltrt released by the Communist and said it was "most encourag- ing" to find that so, many tom les missing on Korean baltlefl ids a and to be alive. '

3y sold l.lo0 British troops were reported missing. The Com- ununi? listed 010 as prisoners. guts aaodisn soldier was on the

I .

The proportion compares with what met-loan officers are calling the "pitifully thin" list of pris- oners. The Communists say they hold 3.100 U. S. troop! although 1.-

Many Missing Tommies On Communist POW List

bout 12,000 are recorded" as miss-

pany were investigating.

Trial For Breaking, And Entering Dental. Office

floor of the Prowse Building and has three rooms. the operating room and his own laboratory. There is a small window in the laboratory at the back of the building.

only One Door.

The window looks out over a roof at the rear of the Taylor Jewellry store. on Grafton street. and is about four feet below the window. Dr. Millar said there was only one door to his office and that was from the waiting room to the main first floor hallway of the building.

In describing the decorative

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Missing Patient - Believed Drowned .

R. C. M. Police were still sear- ching yesterday for the body of Mr. Freeman L. Tynes. 37. a negro whol was the chief stewart on the C. G. S. Lady Laurier. He is believed drowned.

Although all detsles reguarding his disappearance were not avail- able yester it appeared that while a patient in Souris Hospital Tue- day night he was found to be missing about 9 p. m.

I”"'”enl'y he climbed through a window of the hospital while wearing only his pajamas and ran over a -Esp bank in the rear into the water. The bank is ap- proximately 40 to 50 feet high. A body was seen floating in the water about if p. m. but the heavy heas runlng at the time and the fact. that the tide was going out made recovery im-

possible. . . He was a native of Dartmouth. . S.

Heavy Fire 0- Loss At South Milton

Heavy fire loss was suffered early this morning by Mr. An- son ltlaclaaughlln of South Milton wl-my his barn and name 7,000 to 8,000 hens burn- e . .

lfor a time it was feared that the house would go also. hint at 3.45 Mrs. Maclusughlin said she believed the house

Wvouid he saved. A detachment from the Charlottetown Fire Department answered a call for help and had arrived on the scene shortly before that.

The fire was discovered shortly before 3 am. A neigh- bor saw the blaze and roused the M Laughiln family.

Orign of the fire was not known for certain. However. it was thought possible it started in wiring in a barn at which csrpenterq had been work and which blew down in yesterday's high wind.

The hens lost were a mix- ture. pulleta. broilers and lay- ing hens. it was understood.

Amount of the loss was not learned, nor was it known whether there was insurance.

Death 0 Yesterday Of Father 1. Douglas itocNeill

The death occurred in the Prince County Hospital on Wed- nesday morning. Dec. 17. of Rev. J. Douglas MacNeili. son of Mr. and the late Mrs. William B. MacNeill of Summerslde.

The late Father MacNeill was born on May it. 1906. at Sum- merside, and received his early education at Summerside High School and later attended St. Dunstan's University. He at- tended St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto and was ordained to the priesthood in St. Paul's Church. summerslde, in 1932.

For some time he served as cur- ate in Summerside and later at Tigaish from 1932 to 1930. Father MacNeill was appointed parish priest at North Rustico the same year and in 1047 his health be- came a matter of concern and he was forced to resign his pastor- al duties there the following year.

While at North Rustico he in- stituted the Co-operative move- ment there and through his el- forts along th-is line the standard of living among the people of his parish was raised to s. high or-

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Believe Report Persons On Ice Was In-Error

to keep their children away front

season was in evidence shortly be- fore fivl! p. m. yesterday when City police and firemen responded to it call that movement had been ob-

harbour. Rapidly made any observation difficult but what appeared to be a fir bush could be seen about five hundred srds from Port Edward. The spot- ights carried on the fire equip- ment were inadequate for the dis- tance involved, b o no movement was detected thro gh binoculars. Due to the broken ice and the high wind, it was deemed unwise to risk using the punt belonging to the Fire Department. but a watch was kept on the scene for about two hours. At a late houi last night the City Police stated that no one had been reported missing

GERMAN BELAEASED

The HAGUE, Dec. l0 -(Rcu- ters)-Friedrich Chrlstiansen. '12. German wartime commander in Holland imprisoned for 12 years for the mas deportation of the men of Putte village-the Dutch Lidice-has been released and re- turned to Germany. He served three years of his term and was sentenced by a Dutch court in 1948 for ordering the deportation to Germany of most of the male population of Putien and des- troying the village in reprisal for an attack on the Germans. Prac- tically ali the men died.

Vishinsky In Bitter Anti-American Tirade

PARIS, Dec. 19 - (AP) - soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky in a bitter anti-American. tirade

Maj. -Gen. A. J. H. Cassels. commander of the let Common- wealth Division which includes British. Canadian and Austral- ian troops. said: "It is most en- couraging io learn that the enemy it im to hold this number of

ommonwealth prisoners." .

He said that if there is a mass rele . all Commonwealth pris- oners can be flown out of North Korea in one day. They would be taken to rpception camps where

medical treatment would be Avliilble. and than flown to .709- sn. -

Commonwealth spokdndn said only six Australians were -listed as missing--and the comma to say-tberhavc six Australian ?

today charged four U. S. fliers held in Hungary were spies and said he hoped they would get ”due at- tention" from Communist military and 3 ” ' ' authorities.

But he refused to be pinned down as to whether he meant the four fliers would be tried by a mil- itary court.

The charge was loosed in an angry. vitriolic attack in which the Soviet Mini ter demanded before the U. N. poiticsl committee that it call on the United states to re- pool its Mutual Security Act.

He said a section of the law aside sl00.000.000 to organise armed groups inside and outside the Iron Curtain and was an aggression and a "gross intervention" in internal soviet affairs.

Vishinsky's attack followed. but did not mention. the Moscow sn- nouncement last night that two men. with Russian-sounding names had been executed after being uropped by an American plane in Moldavia. a--former part of no- Innnla. for spying and sabotage purposes. 0.3. secretary of Stati- Dean Acheson said in Washington today that the story was a fabric-

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Dillon.

Local Member Being Used As Scapegoat .. ..

A possible warning to allxparents the harbour during, the holiday

served on the ice floating in the

approaching darkness

OTTAVVA. Dec.

the Government. in anti-price fixing legislation,

trying to pile' its sins "on

The Governmcn t.

in

ducts. he urged that the bill be given a most atlon. Parliament had indicate the and legislation. There "guard in the bill

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the

leaders.” W. J. Browne (PC-Si. John's West). frequently interrupted

from the Liberal benches as he rose to speak, said it was an extra-ordinary thing that the Min- isler of Justice should have writ- ten the MacQuarric Commission and asked for an interim report on price maintenance.

The Minister should explain that to the House. He should tell members why he suddenly singled out price maintenance for his attention. something which had been recognized practice fort years in this country and others.

Two -Ships HE. As Ice Closes Local Harbor

The present cold snap and t.hc possible continuation of yester- day's high winds have created dif- ficult conditions for two boats in the Charlottetown harbour.

The Lake steamer ”E:tglcs- clitfe Hail". registered in Mont- real. at present unloading about

twenty five thousand bags of flour for the Robin Hood Flour Mills. at the Railway Wharf. was sur- rounded by a solid sheet of ice yesterday afternoon and may re- quire t e assistance of the G. S. V. "Brant' in clearing the harbour. The "Brant" is tied up to the Marine Wharf nnd Transport De- partrnent, officials said that if conditions do not moderate. it will be necessary for the two vessels to sail together in order to break through the ice in the harbour.

it was also reported that the G S. V. "Lady Laurier." on a voyage around the eastern and northern shores of the island picking up buoys for the season. has been de- layed st Souris - by gale force winds and high seas.

FREDERICTON. Dec. 19 - (GP) -- New Brunswick leads the way in oyster and clam production and export of lobsters for all Canada. it was disclosed here today.

(the province's shell fish indus- try produced and exported clams and clam products valued at close to 01,000,000; fresh and canned oysters valued at 8330.000: and ex- poited live. broiled and canned lobsters valued at close to 34.000.-

000.

(With the lifting of export re- auictions the industry is looking forward to an equally succesrui year during 1051.

Sees Retailer

19-(CF)-Am gus MacLean (PC-Queen's) charg- ed in the Commons tonight that pressing its is the head of a scapegoat-the retniicr." he said. is trying to blame the retailers of Canada for the high cost of liv-

2. W

Joining in the prolonged debate on the government's bill to ban the practice of manufacturers set- ting the retail price of their pro- seurching examin- no evidence to

safe- ogulnst "loss-

Major MacRae Expected Home From Korea

Winsloe is expected to

two days it was learned last night Major Macllae, who two periods of service in Korea was grounded at Toronto

ing conditions yesterday.

advanced party for the to January of this year.

was while stationed at Fort Lewis Washington, with the

ad his promotion from mand of Headquarters Company

Regiment.

Children iuiied To Death Al Granby. Que.

,GR.ANBY. Que.. Dec. l9-(CP)- Three-year-old Danielle Robitaille and her ill-month-old sister Viv- ian died today when fire razed their home on the outskirts of town. Their three young brothers were saved by their mother. Mrs. Robltalle was alone in the house when the fire broke out The three in hospital are Gearald. and heal, 3, suffering from min- or burns. and Paul. one month. whose condition is described as

or

serious.

Mrs. Robiiaille managed to carry the three children to safety. but the flames prevented her

from re-entering the house to br- ing out the others.

arrive home from Korea within the next

has served

on a flight from Vancouver by bad fly-

His first, period of service in the Far East was as 3 member of the Special Canadian Force from October 1950 He re- turned to Korea again in April. It

advanced party. that Major MacRac receiv- the rank of Captain and was placed in com-

2nd. Battalion, Royal Canadian

The weatherman continued to!

throw the book at Prince Edward. Island yesterday with the third wind storm in less than two months.

Following a sudden thaw thr- ough the night. the wind reached? a velocity of 60-65 miles per hour.' with gusts up to 80 between the hours of eight and nine in the morning. at the Radio Range sta- tion on the Brackley Point Roadh where a large window was blown out i

The trail of damage caused by: the storm. which was still being reported last night. disrupted

transportation facilities, telephone. telegraph and electric services. A heavy toll was also taken of -brok-3 an windows, ilues demolished and: trees toppled.