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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1946

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Agreement ls Reached In Dakland Strike

OAKLAND, CaiiL, D00. 4 --(AP) . trilcials oi striking A.F.L. unions _ ‘ti tonight to call 01f the gen- (‘lili .~trike in Oakland and return to work immediately if the Retail urrchants _ Association would limit discussions. in the unionization asp-ate which precipitated the strike to the two stores-Kuhn; and Hastings-originally involved.

l-‘llll details of the agreement were not immediately available.

‘ilhe proposal to arbitrate the is- sa. or the strike was reached in a. four-boll)’ meeting between labor representatives, representatives oi ihc city of Oakland. and federal conciliaiul‘ V. Wayne Kenaston.

‘The proposal will be submitted to the .\lcrchant's Association immedi- strly for consideration.

Earlier astate of emergency giv- ing the mayor full police powers was proclaimed by Oakland City (‘ottncll as (11.0. unions threaten- ed to support the A.F.L. general strike by cutting off electricity, gas and water.

Final Batch 0f ~ German Prisoners Leave ilec. 22

OTTAWA. Dee §—.(CP\——Can- ado will scc the last of her 35100 (in-man prisoners-d-war on Dec. 22 when iho final draft o! hcnle- ltutntl captives saris from Halli-ix. army authorities disclosed today.

About 2.200 prisoners. now hous- ed in various (‘JITIPS across thi- carmttgv, make up 21v last batch

Army officials said it was tx- r-s: rtl the Doc. 22 tlmft would in- Pivdc cvcry prlsmer-of-war siili lrft in the country. l! was possible ll handful might not be mnveablc bevflllFe of extrema Illness or some other reason, but the Intention ‘W to "can thr-m out ss com- Dicfcly as possible.

Coming Events

"Movies at Victorlawo-nignt.

"'Nu\\' on display. larg! assort- “""“ iillii- K1115. etc. McGuigan k Boyle.

"i-Josnezzr School Concert, Thurs- iltil. liccember 19th.

"Corruwall Christmas School Concert, l-‘riday. 20th. 8 P. M.

'v'c°iii‘t‘l‘l. Lady Fanc School, 10¢‘. Dcc. 20th.

'|'_i-i3i0n Dance, Eldon Hall, Fri- Pveiiii-I. December 6th. Lunch servrd. .

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‘Inllllviiig Poultry every day, Pay. Pit? il-ullrst market prices. M. d: A. tcr.. Market Building. Charlotte-

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"Dance. Yen's liall Montague filial. December so. ' woo-mi has;

r"Now in stock. oil burners for “iliis- McGuigan do Boyle.

D"Noticc: Receiving hogs for “nus and Fraser as usual Friday

5 ncck at Emerald and Albany. - C- Green.

"Orin: to illness u» lot covtifleifiaiékold Abworthy in aid of mm- {etlngaeiirik is postponed

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.1 Arriving loco at Albany Sta.- °iit carload pressed hay. 7°“ Muiramenta now. L, D Mae- 6: sons. Victoria.

‘"8110; Claus will arrive at "nerds store, Bradalbatte. Satur- “Yfi Deounbcr 71h. loaded down m lays. Bring the children and “split; in person from 2 P. M.

no “"1148! Attraction at Mac- "iid Brae. Theatre, m. Stewart. h “Iiber 24th. Little Giant. starr- ‘g, Abbott and Costello. Showing 6a

Ind 8 P. M.

ltussian Agreement Hailed

M7 114.1. Rents restrained at 118.4.

N0 Sign Of Success In Attempt T0 Break Deadlock

Powers

(By Frances W. Carpenter)

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., Dec. 4.- (APJ-V. M. Molotov, Soviet Rus- sian Forelgn Minis-tr, cleared the way today for a major advance io- ward world arms limitation by an unequivocal declaration that inspection and conuol machinery regulating arms restrictions must be free of the big-power veto.

Mr. Molotov, i.- an obviously conciliatory statement to the Un- ited Nations political contmitiee, also accepted the United States proposal on arms limitation as a basis for discussion at this as- sembly session.

The committee. which had been hoping for just such a statement, quickly agreed unnrnmously on a 20-member sub-committee to whip into shape an acceptable resolu- tion for action bv the assembly. Canada will have c. seat on the sub-committee and possibly will be represented by L. D8111 Wil- Iress. Ambassador to Russia

The Soviet Union did not sur- render the veto power in the Sec- urity Council. It still guards ‘that right jealously agGinl-t all attempts at this assembly session to modify the veto power in that council.

Canada, Great Britain, the Un- ‘ted States and Aztstralla praised Mr Molotov! contribution to the committee's work. M: St. Laurent said “the people of the world will be grateful to the representative of Russia for his speech of this morning."

Mr. Molotov. obiair-lng the floor as soon as the committee session began, notified the delegates that Russia would not lllsisf. on its own proposals, but would offer certain amendments to the American plan.

One amendment would provide lint-the Security Council "exped- lte consideration o! a draft con- vention for the prohibition of at omic weapons.” A stcond provides for two control commissions one for atomic weapons and one for other weapons. "within the frame- work of the Security! Council."

Then he turned to the vein.

“There is need to dispel an ob- vlous misunderstanding winch has arisen. The Soviet Government is in favor of the Sccurity Council adoplZ-ng nieasur-s to prohibit weapons of mass ccsiructl-vt Only the principle of Irtnnlmity in the council can guarartve the ode-rt-

ion of a reduction oi arms Un- animous action is necessary in adopting regulations on control

commissions.

"The question oi the principle oi unanimity in the flccltriiy Coun- cil has not relevancy to the work oi control. It is wrung to s1), that

'E5S.W.EAE.TrREF1QEOTBT Increase Noted In Gost-of-living

OTLWWA, Dec. 4 —tCP) —The cost-of-llving index advanced from 126.8 to 121.1 between Oct. i and Nov. l. the Bureau oi Statistics reported today, basing its figures on the assumption that the average for the period 1935-39 equals 100.

The Nov. 1 total was 7.2 above the 119.9 at which the index stood on the same date 0i 1045.

The Bureau eaid moderate price increases over Oct 1 were widely scattered. with five oi the six bud- gct. group indexes recording gains. The food series mend from 140.0 to 146.0 on email increases for eggs. meat: and flail. and fruits. Vegetables averaged slightly lower. The fuel and light index rote from 107.8 to 100.0. clot-hing in- creased from 130.2 to 131.1. and homefumilhinga from 128 B to 129.2. Advances in the hospital and per- iodical sub-Iroupa changed the mis- oellaneoil index from 113.0 to

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a contempt oi arising from the soft now in progress throughout United States.

Maintenance 0f Gheck 0n s» Prices llrged

HALIFAX, Dec. 4 -(CP)—MeI.n- tainance of the check of prices um til a condition of stability i; reach! ed and the r-eed for an early agree- ment in regard to tariffs were stressed by H D. Burns. president of the Bank of Nova Scotia. in his address to the annual meeting of the bank's shareholders hero today. i-i. L. Enman, general manager. reviewing business rel-adjustments. pointed to the marked increase in bank loans as evidence of the wel- come change-over from govern- ment-iinanccd war production to peacetime pursuits.

In the late summer there were nearly 1.000.030 more people em- ployed in Canada than before the war. said Mr. Burns the flow of income was well sustained, product- ion increased despite industrial dis- putes and delays. The prospect for continued expansion was clouded

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Power Shortage Gondition Described As “liiesperate"

OAMPBEL-LTON. NB, Dec. 4- (CP) — Campbclltcrrs critical elec- tric power shortage was described today by Acting Mayor J W How- ard as "desperate." with danger that the partial blackout, effective in recent weeks, will become com- pletc.

Fur er rapid decline was rc- ported today in the water oi dams at Metis. Que , source of this town's main power supply. and the water may be insufficient to keep the turbines ope-rating much longer. Mr. Howard said it was suggest- ed that all business establishments might have to close at five p.m. as a further conservation measure. Outdoor lighting has been banned for weeks in this busy north shore tc-"vn. and no Christmas tree light- ing or other unnecessary illumina- tion will be allowed this year.

The acting Mayor said there was insufficient public cooperation in curtailment oi lighting, as power accounts for November showed a big increase over previous months. Two small auxiliary diesel units are expected to be in operation shortly. United State: strikes have delayed delivery of essential parts. “The situation here today ls the most acute since the power trouble began." said Mr. Howard. “Unless every ee/re II taken, there ie dan- ger of a complete blacbout until we can put our own auxiliary tmltl

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m» and ll noun before the dead- line there was no sign that his ei- fcrts to break the roadblock to peaceful Indian uneven-ism hid Men lucceaanil. .

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lane to the unto table for _a joint discussion tomorrow. .

A go ernment source previously had sad that a round-table dis- cussion would be scheduled if it. apparel! the individual talks showed a rellonable chance for agreement.

But tomorrow's sdtedule thus far was blank. ‘me crucial talk of the day-between Mr. Attieeendths Iloalem 140M110 leaders Ilahemmed Ali Jinnah and Llllluat All Khan -apparenty Illhbt en .

withing against time and the unbanding attitude cf the Hindu and Mullen leaders. Attlee summoned hie imu cabinet for India to meet tomorrow to plot a further emine-

head of the United Mine Workers who was fined $10,000 yesterday in court proceedln s coal sir e the

President 0f World Bank Resigns

(By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Eugene Meyer announced today he had resigned as president of the World Bank; exactly six months after he became the first person to hold that office.

Mr. Meyer, formerly publisher of the Washington Post and one- time head of the Federal Reserve Board and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, said he felt he had got the bank started.

He submitted the resignation to directors of the international financial institution and stipulat- ed it was to become effective Dec. 18,,“0r such earlier date" as a successor might be chosen. There was no announcement of the ‘selection of a successor.

Posdbh Gut In Ganadian Butter Ration

(By The Canadian Press) OIZISAWA, Dec. 4~—A possible cuts-lift" Canaiiab butter ration early in 1047 was forecast before the Dominion-Provincial agricult- ural conference here In a report released today.

Reporting on butter production, the Federal Agricultural Supplies Board told the conference this year's output "may not provide sufficient stocks at the year's end to mcet a six-ounce ration in the first four months oi 1947." The present allowance is six oun- ces a week.

Production o! creamery butter in 1946, the report said. will be 270,000,000 poundsa drop of eight per cent from 1945. Dairy butter production was estimated at: 53,- 000,000 pounds.

Butter requirements on the basis of normal (non-rationed) consumption would amount to $415,000,000 pounds of creainery and 53,000,000 pounds of dairy product. This would be 80,000,000 pounds up from the curreniyagir.

Montgomery in Italy

TRIESTE, Dec. 4 —(CP-Relliers) —Fleld Marshal’ Viscount. r Mont- gomery. chief of the Imperial Gen- eral staff, arrived today at Udlnc,

ivenenia Giulia. from Athens to i11- spect British

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troops stationed the Anglo-American zone of province.

He left Greece by'nlr at the con- clusion oi his visit to British troops there and said he expected to be in Greece again next April.

In Rome British headquarters clamped down orders today Montgomery's arrival and moms menta in Italy were to be treated with ccmplete secrecy. Military sources said it was unlikely he would go to the Italian capital,

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PARIS, Dec. 4 - tRcuters) — A freight our which jumped the rails and fell into the river near Char- ollce. France, today caused the whole train to be derailed and a

leoond freight train to crash into 2e first. A railway guard was kill-

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(By John LeBIanc, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

OTTAWA. Dec. i- (CP)-—A new Dominion-Provincial labor confer- ence for final drafting of a. pro- posed Canadian labor code may be held before Parliament ops-n: late in January, it was learned today.

Preliminary prepl-‘atlon oi such a code, to replace the wartime emergency statute, has been in progress for several months. Re- cently. provincial ‘abor m-nlsters met with federal authorities to discuss ways oi mrdernizing the. pre-war industrial disputes in- quiries act; into model legislation that might be adopted by the Do- minion and Provinces generally.

Drafts of the proposed n--w leg- islation, based on the dirusslons at that conference. have gone to the provinces. Some of them have sent further views oi it to Ottmva, but the nature oi tl-e comments lo far received has not been disclos- ed.

Officials of the Labor Depart- ment were reported to sec another conference as necessary in view oi the desirability of incorporating into the code any further proposals from the provinces n well as giv- l-ng consideration to the VIEWS of organized labor and employers of labor.

Spokesman for thc unions wort‘ expected to press-n‘. their attitude towards the code when they come before cabinet next month to make their annual submissions of legis- lative programs. Employers‘ organ- izations such as the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association also are expected to mnkeknown their stand.

If a conference is held, it was stated, it would p-nzhably be dur- ing the last half of January, or iust before Parlimncnt opens Basically. it. is the present in- .entlon of the Fedetr.) Government to have the old industrial disputes inquiries act form the foundation of any new code. This measure. which gave facllittzs for dealing with disputes in "nrvionnl" indus- tries such as mlnng. transporta- tion and communications was superseded by wartime enlergency ‘etzislntion. but that runs o-ut. by March 31.

The revised code would b.- adopt- ed es federal leglsi-vi-on but would not be mandatory upon tht- prov- inces. Each province wishing to do so could enact the measure for its own jurisdiction,‘ thereby provid- ing a uniform starhte that would he usetl for dealing with sliliatlnlls in those industries that overlap from one province into another,

Acknowledé Victories 0f Gom. Armies

PEIPING, Dec. 4—(AP)—S\vcep-

int: victories for Chinese Commun- ist armies in five distracts of Shansi Province were acknowledg- Ed today by govcrnment military sources as the Ht-u dri-v- rolled swiftly toward Tazyvan. provincial capital 250 miles southeast of Peiping. and Fenqyvng. 60 miles

i farther south.

Confirmed reports said tho Ocar- munlstl h-ad capturtd a group of cities and villages in southwest Shansl and were pushing north- ealtword toward Fertrzyang one of the province's largcst cities.

The Communist offensive in Manchuria. aimed at the capital city of Changchun. also gathered force with attacks on Ohluciten, 30 miler to the northeast. and several mints east of the capital. Large Communist forces were reported massed east of Changchun.

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Island Official Tells Gonferenee 0f Island Needs

O/ITAWA, Dec. f-— (CH-Agri-

culture Mlnister Gardiner today told delegates to the Dominic-n- Provincisl BgTlCLlIZllfBi C0iil*’I‘€I'1C8

they could return to their provin- ces "confidentfl that farmers would be able to sell all they cottid pro- duce m 1947.

Provincial representatives also addresse the i ca- meeting of the three-day cotnsrcncc. '

Of SUQKESZEOHS that the Dominion undertake the work of reclaiming marsh and other lands in the Maritime Provinces and British Columbia. Mr. Gardiner said the Government had planned to intro- duce a bill at the last session of Parliament for this task and de- finitely would bring it before the Commons at the approaching ses- slon. He said he recognized that manv cheese producers were concerned about future contracts, as the cur- rent contract with Britain ex- pires March 31, 1942i and indicated that the problem of price hood in the way of a new Cflnlfllfi- The British Government was as anxious to conclude another agreement as they had been to sign a four-year contract no buy Osrzadian wheat. Walter Shaw. deputy minister of agriculture for Prirre Edward Is- land, said his prrvlnce needed markets far afield .n Canada and .dded that the shortage of feed grains was of serious concern to PEI. livestock and dairy pro- ducers. The Island Province also was concerned over the sugnestlon that freight rates might he-ln- creased because the question-was "of the greatest importance to us.” Freight assistance 1i feed supplies should be conihluctl.

Fishery Gatch Lower In P. E. Island For Month 0f Uctoher

(By The Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, Doc. 4—Flsheries Dcpart-zuont figures released to- day sfiowed a Maritime Octobcr catch of 62,702,800 pounds with a landed value of $1,055,376 with both totals higher than the same month last ycar dcspltc the fact New Brunswick was the only province with increases in catch and value.

Last October's total compared with 48,010,000 pounds with a landed value of $1,761,196 in 1945. the respective increases being 14,692,800 pounds and $194,180. Provincial comparative figures W'6I‘£’I

Prince Edward Island: Oct.

1946 catch 1.930.300 pounds. landed value $136,620: Oct. 1945 catch 2003,300- $107,588; difference 73,000, $29,032.

New Brunswick: Oct. i946 catch 28,725,100 DOUnds, lurldcd value $691,566; Oct. 1945 catch 13269.- 500, $304,262; increase $15,455,600, 307,314.

Nova Sculls: Oct. 1M8 catch 32,047,400 pounds, landed value $1,127,190; Oct. i945 catch 32,737.- 200. $1,289,350; decrease 089,000 pounds. $142,106.

Nova Scotia had bigger catches of cod. haddock, herring, halibut. tuna, hakc and pollock. Scallops decreased in catch by 513 gallons yet the return was greater based on a price of $5.50 a £11110" 6°01- pared with the i945 price of

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Halifax Stevedores Get Pay Increase

HALIFAX, Dec. 4 — (OP) -— An agreement providing for a wage increase of 15 cents, raising pay of 2,000 Halifax stevedores to $1 10 hourly. was signed today by sepre- sentatives of the Halifax local oi the Intertiatlonal shoremenb Association and shipp rig compan- ies.

J0. Campbell. president of the Local, said he was “reasonably sat- isfied" with the contract which is effective for a year from Dec. 3 but it fell short of the Union's or- iginal demands for a $1.25 b11816 wage.

The new contract also provided for anelght-hcus- day in place of the previous nine-hour shift and a. nine-hour night instead of the 10- hour night.

For the first time. the contract broke night wages down into “eve- ning" and "night" wages. Evening wages paid for work up to 11 p.m., were Si 30 compared with previous night wages of $1.06. Night wages. paid from 1i p.m. to 8 a.rn., were set at $1.65.

sharpest upward revision was in week-end rates. Under the new contract, stcvedores will be paid time and a half from 6 p.m. to midnight. Saturday. Those starting shift at ii p m. Saturday and working until B a.m. Sunday will be paid $3.30.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. the hourly rate is $2 20 and from l1 p.m. Sunday i0 8 a.m. Monday steverlorcs will work at time and a half.

Under the old agreement. sieve- dores received time and a half from B p.m. to midnight Saturday. double pay between Saturday and Stulday midnight and singlc time from midnight Sunday to 8 a.m Monday.

Former German War Lords Await Deportation

(By The Associated Press) ,

sent and former German dcfcitd- ants in the Nazi war crimes trials here-even the six recently ac- qultted-will be deported to Ger- many, shanghai City authorities announced today.

may were among 74 listed to sail at an undetermined date a- board n ship provided by United States authorities. The first re- patriation load of about 750 sailed several months ago.

An estimated 16,800 Germans

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still remain in Shanghai.

High Figures

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 4 — (AP)- Industrlalists throughout. the Un- ited States surveyed the effect of the coal BIXYSG on the American economy and came up with "W?" that would send the number cl unemployed into the stratosphere within a short time.

With the freight embargo, effect- ive Sunday, striking at the heart of such key industries as automo- biles. the prediction was that with- in agleast 80 days the unemployed picture would be reminiscent oi depreaebn days.

The survey showed that nearly 2,000,000 workers already are elat- ed for idleness as the direct result of the embargo with additional thousands expected to be laid off if the strike continues for any length of time. Approximately 570.- 000, including 400,000 United Mine

Workers who started it. all when I