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TUESDAY, JULY

5, 1949

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2 BARNS DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING LAST NIGHT

Official Figures Give Liberals Another Seat.’ In

Mr. McConnell Appointed

Y. M. C. A. Field Officer For Maritime Provinces

Mr. McConnell /

Coming Events

"See Corran Ban at SevedIMiIa-s x

Bl)‘ J uly 6th.

“St. Teresa's Tea Party, Wed- nesday, August 10th.

"Dance, Forest Hill Hall. July 8th. Turner Bros, Orchestra.

"Moll your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

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"Come to the regular dance in Bonshaw every Tuesday night.

"Come to Springton Concert in Rose Valley Hall, 'i‘uesday, July 5.

"Be with the crowd at Cove- head race track dance, Thursday, July 7th.

"Dance in St. Teresa's Hall Wednesday. July our. Webster's Orchestra.

"Dance in St. Peter's Legion Hail every Tuesday night. Cliff Peters Orchestra

"St. Peters Players present "Bells olf Shannon", Little Pond Hall, Thursday, July 7th.

"Rollo Bay Tea Wednesday, July 6th. The biggest event of the East. Reserve the date.

"Reserve Tuesday, July 5th, for Fredericton Church W. M. S. Ice Cream Social

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"Regular Danes at the "Bea Breeze". Victoria. each Wednes- day. Dancing 9 till 1.

4 "Dance. Ice Cream Festival; and Bingo, Murray Harbour Rink, Wednesday, July 6th.

"Show. Breadaibane tonight. "13 Rue Madeline“, starring James Cagney. Show starts 9 P. M.

"Corrie to open air dance, Rus- tioovlile, July 7th. Music frcm Charlottetown. Canteen Service.

"The South Freetown iss Issln loclsl which was planned for July 6th is postponed until further no- tice. _

"Seven Milo Bay Wednesday, J ly 6, 8.45 p.m. Corran Ban p esent four-act drama. Sale of candy. Dance.

"Regular dance Esst Royalty Rink Hall Tuesday, July 5th. Eastern Rhythm Boys. Bus lssving LMHI‘. st 915-1000.

"Come to ths ice-cream soisl

~on South Freetown school grounds

Wednesday evening, July d. Horne- msde ice-cream and hot dogs.

"hbuious ‘Texan’ showing st Bridgetown Wednesday. Vernon River Thursday. Elmira Friday, 8t. Charles lsturdsy. Also Serial.

"more will be s meeting of the llsreholdsrs of ths (liberty Valley Grain cleaning rlsnt. ob sch, at I P. M. Cherry Valley llsll. - _

"ass George O'Brien in his lat- at soc bsst Watch m!!! Ls

in stool. ltrs boxes. D. .'I‘. tsto lprsy also Psrsnorr Potato lib fosnsorsying mus- w!“

.dnest quality at new low

At a recent general the Cllariottetown"Y_M,c_A_ d1, rectors, the resignation’ o; ML James MOCOIIXICII, wgg rgm-Qfluny "wilted and s successor was ap- mlnted l" the Dcrson of Mr. Fred Ga-mmel 9-! DrNi-‘nt General secre- gory of ths Y.M.C.A. at Cornwall,

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Mr. McConnell, whose services here have been -ve|ry widely 5p. Dreciated, has been promoted to a position on the national Y.M.C.A. staff as field officer for the, May-i. time Provinces. It is not yet known where his headquarters will be io- cated. He will leave here some time in August. ‘

“Mr. McConnell has received several tempting offers, and iris because he, will be serving a. wider field in "Y' activities in the Mari- times that we regretfully decided i0 let 111m so." Mr. B. Roy Cudmore, president of the Chir- lotietown Y.M.C.A. stated yes- terday- "lie has been a tremend- ous asset to the local organization, fill we lanow that he will continue

erve us very efficiently in his rl position." . Cudmore also paid warm ill-lb te to the assistance given by Mr . McConnell, who it is under- st d will remain here with their ng son Sandy for scone months. The new general secretary, Mr. Gamble. will arrive early in Sep- tern-her.

The directors also regretfully sc- cepted tho resignation of Mr: Jack Pierce as boys’ work secretary. who leaves in August to fill a similar position in Ottawa. A new boys work secretary for the Charlotte- town “Y" will be appointed shortly.

It is also planned to appoint a girls‘ work secretary and a physical instructor, The latter post has been filled by Mr Pierce but the services of a full-time instructor are now required. »

Britain lie-Pays loan To gonads

OTTAWA, July 4—(CP)—The Un- ited Kingdom, despite financial dif- ficulties, is paying off her indebted- ness to Canada faster than any other government.

The United Kingdom, Belgium. China, Czechoslovakia, France, The Netherlands, the Netherlands In- dies, Norway and Russia, obtained Joana oi varying amounts from Canada during the Second World War and since to help purchase Canadian goods.

Britain, Belgium, Chins, France and The Netherlands were the only ones to make repayments during the last fiscal year, a survey show- ed iodny, '

In 1942, Britain obtained a $700.- 000,000 interest-free loan from Can- ada. She has repaid all but $291.- 000,000 oi the amount, mainly with the proceeds from the sale of Can- adian securities held abroad.

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HALIFAX. July 4 — (CP) --The sinking of the Lunenburg trawler Mshsska off Halifax today capped s long week-end of shipping trouble along the, Atlantic sea- board. Altogether, l0 ships got into difficulties. -

The ’i,000-ton Montreal freight- er Sunmorlt collided with the i43- ton Mahaskaymidway between Hal- ifax and Sable Island, 100 mile to the east. The freighter took of

"Western concert snd dance by Western Entertainers featuring Jimmy MacDonald's old-time mu- sic, in Pleasant Grove Friday, July fl at 0 prn. In aid of school. Also box social.

"Notice to farmers: Unloading csr of wheat, oats sind barley, Hsselbrooir Station Tuesday and Wednesday morning. l-fsselbrook Dairying Co. '

"Unloading Cedar Shingles st. Colvilis Siding, July 5th. Ali grades finest quality at new low prices. Pres, delivery in reasonable quara- tity. Asphalt Shingles, Cedar Posts and lumber in stock. Phone ‘its 0r csll HUT! ldcPhlil, ROW

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"Unloading Cedar Shingles at Coivils Iidhrg, July 5th. All grades Pres dsiivsry in rsssonsbls an: slty. Adhsit lhinllss, dai‘ Posts sod lumber in stock. Phone

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Two liberals Are Elected By Acclamallon

‘rwo Liberals were elected by sc- clamation yesterday to the Pro- vincial Legislature.

When nominations closed for- July l8 by-electior-ls to fill three vacancies in the House, only Lib- erals had filed papers in Prince Fourth and King's Fourth.

A Liberal and Progressive Con- servative will contest First King's in the July 1,8 polling. ~

The two new Liberal members of the House are Messrs J. George MacKay, an Albany farmer who will represent Fourth Prince, and Daniel A. Mcltae of lleatherdale, who will represent Fourth King's.

Contesting First King's are Lib- erral John B. St. John, Souris merchant, and Progressive Conser- vative Melvin J. McQuaid, Souris barrister.

Movers and seconclers of the nominations yesterday were:

Mr. St. Joli-n. for Councillor in First. King's: moved by James H. Brennan, Sous-is, seconded by Wil- liam A. Acorn, souris.

Mr. McQuaid, for Councillor in First King's: moved by Frank Stems, Souris, seconded by Dr. A. A. McDonald, Souris, Henry J. Mallard, Gowan Brae.

Mr. MacRac, for Assarniblyman in Fourth King's, moved by Mal- calm A. Mathleson, Heatherdaie, seconded by Stanley MacLeod, Hea- therdaie.

Mr. MocKay, for Councillor in Fourth Prince, moved by James Marchbanik, seconded by Basil Slkerry and Gordon Harvey.

Sta-lrding in the House now is: Liberals 23. Progressive Conserva- tives 6; vacant 1.

The vacancy in First King's was caused when Mr. Thomas J. Kick- ham resigned to contve‘, g's rid- ing in the Federdl ve on: was elected to the-Commons in the Federal electlonl lsstweek.

In Fourth King’s, Hon. John A. Campbell. Minister without Port- folio, resigned to become superin- tendent of the Beach Grove In- firmary Farm.

In Fourth Prince Hon. Horace Wright, Minister without Port- folio, resigned to become chairman oi the recently-established Work-

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Keen Competition At Shorthorn Prize Show

Island Man Feared Drowned Near Saini John

(By The Canadian Press)

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. July 4- Dragging operations will begin to- morrow in an effort to locate the body of Charles Gallant, 32, of Prince Edward Island, believed to have drowned Sunday in the St. John River at nearby Gondola Point. (Hometown unavailable).

R.C.M.P. said Gallant, a strong swimmer, was last seen swimming about 200 yards from the north side of the river.

Mayor Houde Has Moioriry 0f 95

MONTREAL. July 4-(CP) -- Mayor Camillien Houde, Indepen- dent candidate irl Montreal Pap- ineau in the Federal election, to- day was declared elected after the official count of votes gave him a plurality of 95 over Liberal candidate J. A. Meunier.

Returning officer Mario Lsurier said the official count gave Mayor Houde 12636 votes and Mr. Meu- nier 12,541.

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HALIFAX, July 4—(CP)—Top- ranking authors from all parts of the Dominion were gatheringhere tonight for the Canadian Authors’ Association convention which opens tomorrow.

Among the arrivals were Leslie Gordon Barnard, William Arthur Deacon, Philip Child and Kath- leen Strange. President of the

men's Compensation Board here.

Cost-Of-Living Index?

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Zooms To Record High

OTTAWA. July 4 — (C?) — Canada's cost of living normed to an all-time record during the month of May, jumping a whole point to 160.5.

The Bureau of Statistics report- ed today that between May 2 and June l the oost-of-iiving index eclipsed the previous peak by nine- tenths of a point. r

The previous high. based on 1935-39 equals 100, was 159.6-es- iablished last October and equalled in November, 1948, and Januaryy

Lunenburg Trawler Sinks Off Halifax After Collision

the trawlens crew without loss of a man before the tiny ship sank.

The (LOGO-ton tanker Fishers Hill ran afoul of Rcckhead Shoal at the entrance to Halifax harbor to- day. The tanker came off the shoal under her own power and continued into port. None of the sit-man crew was injured. The ves- sel'wiii be surveyed tomorrow to determine what damage, if any, she received.

Heavy fog banks lying off the coast were partly responsible for the mishaps and they also delayed rescue ships. July is ths worst fog month on the Atlantic seaboard. It was rscslied that two years ago this month the destroyer Micmac collided with the freighter Yar- mouih County off Halifax in dense fog and 1i aboard the warship were killed. At that time, ths tank- er Esso Nashville anchored off Halifax for eight dsys bsfors try- ing to get -in.

Hard aground in harbor mud at Kinssion. Jamaica. was the 7.600- ton liner Oresn lay Victory out of Portland, Ore. Passenger were tshsn sshors and efforts continued to rsfiost the ship.

The Panamanian freighter Busty ii m in’? Bsmiltoo. Bermuda. ales: s vs-dsy bsttis to irsep afloat. lhs sn to tshs in water {when sons mills north of the"

a natal-host with m men aboard finally made port on Ngy. fouodlsnos west oosst after being

of this year.

The advance was entirely attri- buted to a rise in the food index of 3.4 points to 202.9. This resulted from a seasonal rise in meats com- bined with a number of other in- creases, most important of which were fresh vegetables and oranges.

For iusr about every other de partmcnt reckoned in the Domin- ion‘s cosi-of-livlng gauge the in- dexes either declined or remain- ed the-same as in the previous month.

I-lcme furnishings and serivces as well as fu l and light moved down the same amounts .4 points to 167.’! and 128.7. respectively.

Clothing remained unchanged at 183 3 as did the group of miscel- laneous items at 128.4. In both groups there were small scattered increases which were offset by oth- cr decreases in prices. The rent index remained unchanged at 122.4.

The general cost-of-living index represented an increase of 6.2 points over June 1 a year ago. Every department, including food. rent, fuel and light, clothing, home furnishings and services, and mis- cellaneous, was higher than at the same date s. year ago.

Food leads the way with the in- dex at June 2 standing exactly nins points above what it was the year before.

News In Brief

ASBESTOS, Que, July 4--(CP)—- Several minor “discs-dors" were rs- ported tonight in this asbestos capitol, strike-bound since Feb. 11, and Mayor Albert Gslidrsau issued a plea for "patience and under- standing" ss s bsek-to-work move- ment progresses.

VANCOUVER, July 4—(CP)~'l'hs number of polio cases in ‘ greater Vancouver swelled to eight during the holiday week-and. Dr. Sisweri Murray, chief medical health offic- sr, todsy reported the latest case- gonino-yssr-old Grsndview district

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LONDON, July 4-(CP)—-Princsss Elisabeth and the Duke of Edin- burgh at lsst have o home of their own in London. ‘they took u re- sldenos today at Clarence cuss

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despite its fact that painters and decorators still srs working there.

With some 20 breeders entering over 100 of the Island's best Shorthorns, the first Regional Shorthorn Prize Shou", held yester- day at the Exhibition grounds, was acclaimed by all to be an out- standin! success.

Believed to be the first ail-breed cattle show of its kind on the Is- land, Shorthorn men hope that with yesterday's success, they have pioneered a new trend in cat- tle shows irl Prince Edward Is- land.

Dominating the show were the 11 entries of John Duya-squier, Forest Hill, who made a spectacular win in the Senior Female Yearling class with the first three places with eleven competing. In a battle ulith RR. Bell for honours in the Female Championships, the Du- Pasquiers won the Junior and Re- serve; RnR. Bell the Senior and Reserve, and finally the Grand Female Championship, the Reserve Suing to John DuPasquier.

Meeting again in the Breeders‘ Herd class. Mr. Dupasquier nosed out Mr. Bcillfor first honours, going on to win the Progeny of Dam class and the Junior Get of Sire. Mr. Bell had no entries in the last two classes, but with his four entries won a high proportion of honours.

AH. Boswell 8s Son, Marshfield, captured the Grand Championship lifaie with the three-year-oid

Falrgrange Ransomc which they .-

had bought from Athol Roberts, now of southport. Richard Mac- Kinnon of Meadowbank won thc Reserve Grand Championship on his first try in the showing. Both these winners had been similarly greed in the Senior Champion-

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Junior Male Champion and Mug. dock Nicholson, Springton had ‘the Reserve.

New Scouts Executive Commissioner

At an executlve meeting yester-

day of the Provincial Boy Scouts Association, Mir. Ernest Gordon Kerr was appointed Executive Commissioner for Prince Edward Island. He succeeds Mr. Waiter LePags who was appointed Acting Field Commissioner at the last monthly meeting.

Mr. Kerr belongs to Alberton, P. 21.1., and is a graduate of Aibertorr High School, Prince of Wales Col- lege and Acadia University. He holds the Bachelor of Science de- gree from the latter institution, where he specialized in engineer- ing, geology and economics. He also holds a high school teachers’ license and is a graduate of No. 2

adian Army University Course.

e served during the late war with the Canadian Infantry Corps. Previously he taught school for one year and latterly was cm- ployed as surveyor with the Fed- eral Department of Mines and Re- sources. Last year he was ep- pointed principal of a school at Kingston, N.S., a post which he held very satisfactorily for the term ending June last.

In Kingston Mir. Kerr was lead- er of the Boy Scout Group in the community and directed the school sports activities. He had previous- ly been associated with the 1st Al- berton Troop, the Zion Troop. Charlottetown. and the Port Hill, P.E.I, Troop.

Nfld. Air Cadets To Train Ai $'Side

(By The Csnsdisn Press) ST. JOHN'S, Nfldl. July d- Eight Newfoundland air cadets left by air today for training st Summcrside. P. E. I. The cadets hsil from St. John's and Corner Brook and were selected from srnong hundreds who have; ap- plied for membe ship in the or-

ganisation since confederation.

Britons liear liaiIonlnL News

LONDON, July 4—(CP)—Side by side with the latest economic “crisis" news, Britons today read in their newspapers these rationing morsels: .

1. They may gst an increased meat ration within the next six weeks.

2. The Government is consider- ing resiorlng rationing to candy ln the face of a mounting scarcity of

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Nowlan Loses By Seven Voles in Annapolis-Kings

Conservative? To Ask For Recount, spokes- man says.

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL. N. S. July 4 .— (OP) —- The Liberal Party gained another seat in the Com- mons today as the declaration day count in Annapolis-Kings riding gave victory to Liberal candidate A. A. Eiderkin with a majority oi ‘seven votes over Progressive Con- servative Gcorge Nowlan.

Final figures gave Mr. Elderkin 13,196 and Mr. Nowlan 13,189. Mr. Nowlan, mnrlber of the last Com- m0ns, was ahead in returns before the official declaration day count today. ‘

On election night. he had a ma- jority of 6B votes and the soldier vote cut this lead to two votes.

The official count showed chang- es in three polls. Mr. Elderkin gained eight votes from Mr. Now- lan in one poll and two in anoth- cr. Ml‘. Nowlan gained one vote in another poll. This meant a seven-vote majority for the Lib- eral candidate.

This makes the standing in the 262-member House: Liberals, 193; Progressive Conservatives 41; C.C. F. l3; Social Credit 10; Independ- ents 4; Independent-Liberal 1.

A spokesman at Progressive Con- servative headquarters sald a. re- count will be asked.

Mir. Nowlan won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives in Nov- ember, 1948 The by-eiection was made necessary by the resignation of Rt. H-on. J. L. Ilsley, former Justice and Finance Minister who held the

101 Fafalilies In Holiday Week-End

' (By The Canadian Press)

Canada's fatality toll for the Dominion Day week-end stood at 101 last night. with marine mis- haps claiming the largest number of lives.

A Canadian press compilation of violent deaths showed that 57 per- sons were drowned, 2'7 died in traf- fic accidents, two in s plane crash and l5 in other types of mishap.

Ontario reported the largest number of deaths — 43. Quebec had 38, British Columbia eight, the Marltimes five, Manitoba four and Alberta. three.

Premier Smollvvood Arrives Ar Halifax

(By The Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, July 4 —- Premier Joseph Smallwcod of Newfound- land arrived in Halifax by plane tonight for a four-day visit to the other three Maritime Provinces. He will meet Premier ltdlcdonald of Nova Scotia tomorrow and later in the week go to New Brunswick and Prince Edward ls- land to confer with Provincial leaders there.

Cape Breton Farmers Enioy ~ - Visil To _P. E. I.

Returning to Prince Edward Is- land again this year after a suc- cessful trip last summer, over thirty members of the Inverness County Falmers’ Association ar- rived yesterday and are being es- corted to various parts of the Is- land by Mr. H. W. Clay, senior livestock fieldmars with the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture. who makes an annual visit to Inverrless County himself.

Lcd by agricultural representative Donald Boyd, the Cape Bretoners are examining Island production methods-especially In hogs. Mr. Boyd hopes that seeing the real thing will inspire better production in Inverrless County.

A feature of the visit was the entertainment put on by the group at Parkdale Hall last evening. Tlhe Gaelic songs of Angus Rankin and Jack Cameron were exceptionally well received by an enthusiastic audience. When Pipe Major Wil- 11am Gillis, Cape Breton Highland- ers played the March Past of the old 42nd. he almost lifted the audi- ence our, of their seats.

As a couple of stopdancers, Willie Frazer is allowed io be “the best in Nova Scotia" and Michael Mac- Dougall and Pipe Major Gillis were not far behind.

The finest of fiddling was sup- plied by Alex MaoKay and Alexaln- der Cameron who were accom- panied by the Misses Georgina MacLelland and Grace MacDonald

on the piano.

A hearty lunch was served after the entertainment and Mr. Clay will start the Inverness County farmers away again this morning to more Island farms, and they will return home on Wednesday morn- ing.

LOTS OF ICE THERE

MONTREAL. July 4 — (CP) — Warm weather note: The signal service said today ships in the Strait of Belle Isle between New- foundland and Labrador have rs- ported more than 70 drifting ice- bergs. Tile largest group — 23 — were reported just northwest of Belle Isle.