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PALESTINE COMMITTEE APPROVES PARTITION PLAN

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Plans Six iloiiday temps In Canada

gar!‘ JOHN. NB. In. I - Qy _ w.E. Butlin. e leading figure of Great Britain's tourist yndustry". said today he plans to gltlhiifiii six vacation villages in Canada at a cost of 08.000000. Mr. 3mm. left for Dlgby, n.5, to in- gpect the abandoned Cornwallis pavoi station alter investigating

ssible sites in the 5t. Andrews.

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Ho said the Canadian holiday "mp: would follow the pattern of his five vacation villages in Great Iritain.

loyal couple Spend lay Hunting Pheasants

aontsouv. Rants. England. Nov. p1 _ (AP) - Princess Elisabeth grid her husband, Prince Philip. hunted pheasants today on the MOO-acre preserve around the_ Irosdlands estate where they are honsymooning. An aide said the

soupie "had an excellent day's wort" “BABY BITTER." ADMITI MURDER

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GRAND RAPIDS. Minn, Nov. 5 _ (AP) - A 34-year-old “baby sitter" told police today she killed ‘Ann General, 2%, With In axe when the child cried on awaken- ing from a nap. Identified as lfsry Sapan. the woman was de- talned without charge pending an inquest.

Coming Events

"hiovles Eldon P'riday.

"Lot e5 mil-oat‘... many. November 28th. ‘

"Dance, Iona Hall, Wednesday, Iovcmiier 26th .

"Address inquiries about 0.0!, to Provincial office, Bedeque.

" oiovies, sturgeon. Thursday 21. ‘Thunder in The city, Edward G. Iflbinson.

‘° hiovles Bridgetown, Saturday. Thunder in The City. Edward G. Robinson.

"ilcvlcs. New Glasgow tonight. "Roll On Texas Moon". Roy Rog- w.

“Built wheat $2.50 per It-(iuigan and Boyle.

cwt.

"Modern and Old Time danc- ing. Starlight Wednesday night. Iastcrn Rhythm Boys,

"Bazaar and ‘Ten. Hunter River Masonic liall. Firlday. November Iilh. at i) P. M.

“'Unloadlng car wheat at Win- II°°- Special price. $2.00 per cwt. lesion and MacRae.

"Dance to the music of Prince Countv Pioneers. Country Club, Travellers Rest, Thursday.

“Kari-lying this week, car of "mfm. Booking orders. Also in ‘llllurk, beautiful shingles and sid- _ I~

Phases-w Dec. 0 fog gas in Market Building, I pa.

.nee Edward Island Hospital "W"? Alumnae..

"Elvin: liva and dressed poul- gl’ dfliiy. Highest market prices: i? car Old Sydney Coal due to "T"- l- J. MacDaugsll. Vernon.

"Sale of Island water color PM!» hr n. Hseeard at am. ill-t usrriso ‘s. m Prime at, ' "11! wool: from s to a pas.

"Pmitlu Fishermen Attention

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Premier llrew Says Austerity Program “Economic Lunacy"

~ OTTAWA. Nov. 26 - (OP) --— Premier Drew of Ontario, dea- criblng the Government's “auster- ity" program as “plain economic Ilunacy." called today for dollar devaluation to head off "the most dangerous inflation in Can- ada's history."

In Ottawa to address a banquet tonight of the Carleton County Federation of Agriculture, ' Mr. Drew suggested in an interview that the Federal Cabinet was held captive by an ‘iuesponslblc bureaucracy of brain busters" whose policies had led to the "austerity program." .

Be onsio crisis underlined the great need for s. Dominion-Provincial conference at which all Govern- ments could deal with the situa- tion.‘

Seaman’: Strike Deadline Extended

VANCOUVER" Nov. 26 - (GP)

Deadline for strike action by 7.500 seamen. on 460- deep-sea- Canadian ships; tentatively set for mid- night. hns been extended indefin- itely. an official of the Canadian Seaman's Union (All...) announc- ed tonight. He said the Vancouver office had been informed by telephone from Montreal that president Harry Davis of the C.S.U. was continuing negotiations in an ef- fort to avert s. deep-sen tic-up.

Originally the C.S.U. set Nov. l0 as a strike deadline in their hours-and-wages dispute with the Shipping Federation of Canada. operators’ representatives.

extended with the appointment of Hon. D.A. McNiven of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan as cem- rnisaioner to media"-

“ The Unlon' is asking a l5-ccnt hourly wage beast, a 48-hour week at sea and 40 hours in port.

llritlsh Food Mission Arrives in Ottawa

OTTAWA. Nov. 20 — (C?) - A British mission of Government financial and agricultural experts arrived here today to open dis- cuasions on the flow qf Canadian foedstufra to the United Kingdom and the terms of payment.

believed the current econ-'

The earlier strike deadline was,

Big Four Parley Qpens In Spirit Of Compromise

B! NORMAN CIIBIINI

LONDON, Nov. 5 -- (fi) The first day of he Big Four con- ference opened i a spirit of com- promise,

Soon after Foreign‘ Secretary Bevin. State Becretsr Marshall. Foreign Minister Bidsut and For- eign Minister Molotowhad taken their seats in the huge. mirrored, cream-and-gilt conference room at Lancaster House this afternoon. they had agreed on the basis for a program of talks on German and

Austrian peace treaties.

More than 200 international newspaper men attending the British press conference at the

Carlton Hotel three hours later received this information with aur- prise. .

They were surprised too when it was learned that Molotov had accepted the proposal to discuss an American-sponsored treaty for disarmament an dernilltarization of Germany for e next 40 years. But he stipulated that they dis- cuss also what he termed the “fail- urc" to demilitarize Western Ger- many as outlined at Potsdam end Moscow.

The delegates took their seats at a latie semi-circular table in u tense atmosphere. Borne perhaps had vivid memories of the heated discussions which took place in this room two years ago during the conference on the Italian and

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Disorders Flare Again In Italy

ROME, Nov. 25 —- (AP) - Pol- itical terror. dormant during the week-end. flared in Southern It- aly today with two slayings, riot.- lng and the sacking of anti-Oom- munlst political party offices.

While last week's strife was principally in Apulle in the heal ‘of the Italian boot. the new out- breaks were ln Calabria, in the toe,

important By-election In England Today

GRAVESEND, Kent. England. Nov. 25 _ (AP) — Labor Party leaders, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison, ep- pealed tonight for a. vote of eon- iidence in tomorrow's hotly-con- tested parliamentary by-eleotion here.

Odds we're even that the 0on- servatives might win. breaking Labor's record of not having lest a Commons seat since the sue general election. ' ‘

Will gLoad

MONTREAL. Nov. 30 _. (OP)- Flve ships, being built in Canada for France will take home. as their first cargoes. a shipment of Canadian rye totalling 1.000.000 bushels. The rye. the Canllisn Press learned tonight. already is at Portland. Me. awaiting arrival of the new silica.-

The new vessels are nssrinil completion in shipyards at Levis and Coral, Qua. end the first will start for France. via Portland. early in December.

"At first it was hoped to load

these rye cargoes’ at Lawrence pasts but this because impossible when the vessels could not be completed before the elose of It Lawrence River navieation." said a spokesman st mrasss-Wlthy, Montreal agents in the new French vessels. The Canadian National Reil- wsys, which moved the rye to Portland. confirmed that me Phone-destined grain now was. there. first word of the ship- ment came from the Portland waterfront where the Portland Press Herald learned the 1.000.000 bushels sooa would start for Prensa.

‘The grain is already in Port- land and was moved under the direction at the moon s;

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and, tatlves in Canada," said a

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ail, must have the deciding of the route-awe merely follow the shippers orders."

secretary-General Romney of the French supply Coilhcli in Ot- tawa said the ships were going t0 Portland for grain because of the fear of lee in the lt- Lawrenee st this late date in the year. Re said the movement was not being made from Halifax because the Council understood elevators there were plied wth grain bound for the United Kingdom with consa- quant delay in handling the rye which was urgently needed in rlranee.

Mr. Hemmer drew attention to the foot that its shipping through Portland less rail time was eon- sumad than if the shipment went throueh Halifax.

Use of Irsneh ships ausut that the shipping oouldbe paid for in francs instoed of dollars. of which

mass is abut. The s scents here asw the boas o‘ that other eerie

might be carried in seats of the‘ s see available in the five an oh ships. three of time sole to earn 0.000 tons aeob and the other’ twe 4,000 eaab. At Rallies, I.- w. hoary. pert manager. said that the aig tenn- inal grain elevator eeaay- eon» tsined 00.000 bushels of grain. Its

“Molt! ll about 3.19.“ bushfls.

TS-mile-a-hour Hurricane In Western Nfld.

HALIFAX. Nov. flo-(CPh-A ‘i0- mlle an hour hurricane ripped through outporta on Newfound- land! west coast tonight and caused as yet unestimated damage t.) fishing boats and gear after leaving one deed and at least thras seriously injured on Cape Breton Island today.

At the Cope Breton mining town of Florence‘ on the edge of the blow, George Carey. l0. crashed to his death while three companions were injured when a. cclliery trestle was toppled.

Average velocity of the wind during Tuesday morning's rain storm was ae miles per hour. Mr. Warren Burns. weather observer at the Experimental Station here said last niuht. Rainfall from 8.30 p.m. Mon- day until 8-30 a.m. Tuesday was .41 inches. Gusts of wind reach- ed 00 mph. during the storm which interrupted electric ser- vice in the Brighton area for upwards of an hour. Maximum wind velocity was recorded be- tween 6 and ‘l am.

The Dominion "eteorologicai Bureau reported that the hurri- CaflQ now was roaring along the Newfoundland coast with gales of 75 miles an hour gusting to 100 miles an hour.

The storm swept northward through New Brunswick and was accompanied by lashing rain throughout most of the Maritlmes with Cope Breton in the path of the strongest geies. The Weather Bureau said a strong flow of cooler air was expected to ease 'n'gh winds which still were pet- sisting over the seaside provinces.

First reports‘ from 5t. John's, Nfld. said there werowxrspeclal storm warnings on the Avalon Peninsula but a gale of t0 miles an hour decreasing to 25 alter mid- night was forecast. There were no reports of damage.

Weather Bureau officials here said however the west coast of the old colony was bearing the brunt of the raging winds although the centre of the storm was moving through Labrador near the Que- iiec border. Latest reports from Canadian officials at. Goose Bay. Labrador, were that that the storm nad not yet arrived there and winds were approximately l8 miles an hour.

Apart from the Cape Breton fa- tality, no accidents or serious ‘damage waa reported in the Mari- times although trees were rooted up in various sections and tele- phone and telegraph communica- tions were temporarily disrupted.

Lemuel Ferguson, Alex Mcln- tosh and ‘Alex McDonald, who toppled from the colliery trestle with Carey, were in hospital in serious condition.

Increase ln- Lobster Fishermen In li. S.

SHELBURNE, N. 8., Nov. 20

-(CP) — With prospects of gooQ -pricss and availability of materials attracting unprecedented numbers to the trade. 1.300 western Nova Bcotis lobster fishermen today prepared for opening of the win- ter season on the crustaceans Dee.

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Despite rising costs of gear. of- fieials ssld more than 20 pet cent more fisherman were turning out this yeer than last season. .

Opening prices on tlhe Boston market were predicted to reach 30 to 40 cents s pound - five cents higher than laat year. The spring peak price of eo oente a pound had topped all previous records.

Murchison 0m To lelileard In January

IAINT JOHN. 11.8., Nov. ll - (G) _ court officials said teday that a “L000 claim by Rev. JM. Murchison against the city at saint John may not be heard un- til the January session of the Cir- cuit Court.

The statement of claim con-

tended the retired Ilbie looiety official was a victim ‘of assault and false arrest during an attempt to serve on execution for tax ar- rears more than l year age. Al customary in such cases counsel have s _uested an order for discovery. which would provide In Immunity for prior question- ing e1 witnesses for both ‘aera- plalhllit and defendant-

CLANSMEN

Prime Minister King Sails For llome Today

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LONDON. Nov. 20—-(GP)—~Prime Minister Mackenzie King said to- night on the eve of his departure for Canada after attending the royal wedding and numerous in- formal talks with British Minis- ters, that "f don't think Common- wealth relations could be better than they are."

The Prime Minister, who sails from Southampton tomorrow aboard the liner Nieuw Amster- dam, had one of his busiest days since he ‘arrived in the United Kingdom Nov. ‘l.

Plan Commonwealth Air iladet Conference

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Nov. 25 — (OP) — Plans for holding a Com- monwealth air cadet conference in Ottawa next February were an- nounced hera tonight by George M. Rose. managing director o1 the Air Cadet League of Canada, at the annual meeting of the League's New Brunswick committee.

Mi‘. Ross also said the National Air Cadet Committee will con- sider the feasibility of exchanging visits by cadets of (Jenada. New Zealand and Australia. Exchange visits of Canadian and United Kingdom cadets would continue.

Another announcement was that R.C.A.F. flying scholarships for air cadets would be continued this year as well as the summer camp program. probably atfummerslde, P.E.I.

Indian Trappers Expect Good Season-

OTTAWA. Nov. 25 — (OP) Madame may not know where the next fur coat is coming from, but one thing is certain — the Indian fur-trader is in for a better sea- son this year than last.

Hugh Conn of the Indian Affairs Department said today he had talked to between eight and 10,000 trap/pers from Northern Saskatch- ewan to the James Bay area this summer and they were "all op- timistic that this year would see a more plentiful supply of fur- hearing animals."

How did they know? Because they had read the "signs," he said. explaining that these were obvious to any experienced woodman. al- though the city slicker would never recognise them. For instance, the Indians had seen a greater number of muskrat ambbaaver houses. morg animal tracks in the snow. ,

Says Rate Gut Will liot llurt Maritisies

MONTREAL. Nov. 35 - (C?) -. 3.0. Vaughan, chairman and pres- ident of the Canadian National Railways, said tonight that the equslilstlon of freight gates on seven commodities gain! to Port- land. Me, to those in effect on movements to Halifax and Saint John, NB. "is not expected to re- sult in diversion of traffic from these Canadian ports."

In a telegram to the Beards ef Trade at Halifax and Saint John. Mr. Vaughan said that "equalise- tlon of these rates will prevent diversion of certain shipments to ports which are not aorvod direct- ly by Canadian railways and to which we are advised the commod- ltlaa affected would otherwise move. The Traffic Department ad- vlsesrsne diversion of traffic from Canadian ports is not expected to result from-the ‘oqueiimtlan of the very few rates in question.

"Neither gill it. disturb traffic of United totes origin presently being handled through Halifax and Balnt John. The record of contributions‘ made by the rall- ways to the progress and prosper- ity of Halifax and lalnt John is proof of our readiness at all times e give careful and sympathetic consideration to the interests and

well-being of tbose cities.

HONOUR

SAINT ANDREWS DAY

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8t. Andrew's anniversary was enthusiastically celebrated by members and friends of the Cele. drnlan Club at The Charlottetown inst evening. Following an enjoy- able banquet at which the tradi- tional honour was paid to the 308815. there was an inspiring lI-ozrlmme of music and speech- mslsing. the latter ranging far and wide over Scotland's achieve- ments. Dost and present.

The chief speaker of the even- ing was Dr. William Bailey, Pro- fessor of Sociology at North West- ern University, Chicago, whose married eulogy on Scotland and Scots was received with warm ap- plause.

His Honour lieutenant-Governor J. A. Bernard eloquently respond- cti to the toast to "The King", and His Worship Mayor B. Earle Mac- Donald, O.B.E.. to the toast “Our City."

Grace was said by the ltev. '!‘. H Bussel Bomers.

Resident W. H. Benton capably

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Valuable Bunny

“a. million dollar baby" could afford a chinchilla fur coat gt $99,000. But that would be the price if 120 pelts from aristocratic members of the squirrel family, fetching $1.650 a pair, were to be

Only

made into a fur coat. Ina Law,

l8, holds a chinchilla at the Royal

Winter Fair, Toronto, valued at 25.

Port Arthur Mass To

Be Hanged

Says Russia Far Behind Industrial Might 0f The ii. S.

(By Sisrid Arne)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—(AP) —Elisworth L. Raymond. former industrial analyst at the United States Embassy in Moscow, says Russia's industry is entirely geared for war, but it will take the Bov- iets another 20 yea-re to approach the industrial power of the Un- ited States.

He balances Russian industrial sfzength and weakness in a forth- comma mlflzinc (Saturday rive- ning Post) article.

Ho points out that Russia now has the second lamest industry in the world. and that it is turning

llahsrge quantities, plus the

out "armaments. good ones and in many onto-from coal to conveyors- required for the process of arma- ment manufacture." "Consumer goods are md shoddy." he elyl. "because the majority of Soviet industry works directly or indirectly for dc. fence. and not to improve the Soviet standard of living." Among Russian industrial assets he lists the following:

l. Russia is the only country in the world with a heavy in. d-ustry larger than its light, or consumers goods industry.

3. Russia is rebuilding hel‘ industry in the interior.

I. The Soviets are seeking as

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ICITCQ

Feb. l8

WTNNIPEG. Nov. 25 - (GP) - Mlchael Angelo Vescio, 22, of Port Arthur, today was found guilty of the Scptcimber, 1040, revolver slay- ing of George Smith, l3, of Win- nIPBK. and sentenced to be hang- ed next Feb. 18.

A second capital charge against Vescio - the murder in January. 194B, of Roy McGregor. also i3 and of Winnipeg - was trans- ferred to the February assiu of the Court of King's Bench. The parents of both boys were in the crowded court room when the jury

returned after 80 minutes’ delib- oration. vescio. alirn and dark-haired.

showed no emotion either as the jury returned, as their verdict was read or as Chief Justice E. K. Williams pronounced sentence. His sister, Mrs. Bornsrdi of Port Arth- ur, sitting with another sister, Key, and Prank, a brother, buried her head in hcr hands and wept. They said they would appeal. After the spectators filed from the room. Vescio. arrested at the iakehcsd last summer and serving s. term in l-Ieedlngly Jail for armed robbery when the murder warrant was served. pulled a cig- aret. from his pocket and lighten‘ it. Mrs. Bernsrdi went to the

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Blame liot Poker Fer $50,000 Fire

OTTAWA, Nov. 25 - (OP) — Fire investigators disclosed today that a hot poker, tossed aside by a 10-year-old boy after stoking a furnace. caused the 000,000 fire lest Saturday which damaged seven business premises on down-

town Bank Street.

3y GEORGE KITCBIN

OTTAWA. Nov. 5 - (OP) --A veteran today walked into tho of- fices of the Canadian Pensions Commission, calmly shot an ex- amining physician to death and then ended his own life with a bul- let through the heart.

l-iis victim was Dr. Murray It. Bowie. mild-mannered 37-year-old pensions examiner, upon whose ra- vcnt report the veteran's First World War pension had been cut by 020 to $40 a month.