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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAX-i, DECEMBER 194s

Read by Everybody

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Subecrlptionl Delivered “.00. Mall 05.00; other Provinces b U. l. 17.00.

I OLITCE PROBE CAUSE 0F BARN FIRE llT lVl0NTROSE

Churchill Given tlvaticn in House

LDNIDGN. Nov. 30 - (AP) Winston Churchill reached his 14th birthday today and amost broke up it House otf Commons union,

The old master orf Parliament nierely walked into the Chamber in his usual manner, But it was enough.

hiembers from s11 sides broke tnto s round of spontaneous cheers that drowned out a Labor mem- ber 'l'l‘lri was questioning the Min- ister of Town and Country Plan- n1

ill’. At Churchill's home, congratu- latory telegrams piled up by the hundreds. Hts secretary seid far too itiany had been received for any 11st tn he antio-uncerl,

Chllfvlilil tilanried only a quiet party with his family end s few friends tonight. t

Former Islander llies In New Jersey

WESTFIELD, N. J.. NOV. 30 _._ tAPi - G. Gordon Brownell, 64, tsx official of the Cities Service Company, died at his home to- oav.

Bttlr" at Siiurls. P. E. l'., he at. tended the ilitivcrsily of Denver. l-le held various positions with the Denier Gas and Electric Com- vlnl’ from 1904 to 1910 when he icincd the Cities Service Company.

Coming Events

"Coticcrt Dec. '11s:

New Haven School,

"il*'"i'\" Dec. 22 for Kelly's Iross School Concert.

"Fiance at the Bright Spot wqa. nesdaiy night. Dancinfl 9.30 till 1.

"Rrsillar Dance , Coles’ Work- ihop, new London, Friday night,

"Complete

“eds. line of Pnl-O-Pep

Anderson Bros, St. Peters,

‘fltarre in Sea View Hall, Fri- liii, Lteccmber 3rd.

"Christmas Concert, Donagh s°h°°~ Wedllfifidfly. December 22nd. Cfltiitvittg. Islanders Country Zddb. Travene" R951. December l1 . Be there for a good time.

Nmsftllll oi Bernadette‘, Holy ""9 Hill. St. Peters Bay. Wed- MWW Mid Thursday, rluRe“‘l'l‘c Demziibei- 21st for Win-

oe South Christmas Concert in Wlnsloe North Hall.

“Film FY66. Wilteatley River.

wmlteilav. Dec b - Bflbm Mm ei 1st. Showing

lJgC-olme one. come all to e dsnco l“ ‘lllcliead Community Hall, Dec. - ddies with boxes free.

"Dill" every Thursday. Mt.

Stewart. . Orchestra. Eastern Rhythm Boys

"rliilinusl Meeting of Qhu-ghgld. “h? Ialglillno Grain Cleaner to- Mnolh BPQTCPWBY). December 1st. "The Annual Meeting of the "WK-Hilbert Credit Union 1.01., will my Ddociefkllfitérgngd Scahool. on hi. ' 3' r . .

m" "It merit folldwin: M n m mm Artnuel Meeting of the “u be "P Juniors firmer-s Group held in Fort ugustus Hsll

"l Thu d “we ‘flail/Ii. Decem er 2nd, at. 2.30

' "Murray Harbour Hall - Com- iidivttqp°“" Dlrlmi My Door". st. 3M ntfilelffll. Wldly. December Don" return Georgetown 6 PM. es "i

will be losdiag hogs st the m’?! solace each Thursday? “so Wilmors. lrsdeibsas, until m‘- Ifl-t Borden lsgnsii. Hun- “. "f. until noon: 511mm". "mm" 13° 9- at: lad Ken- ilmmg iatii a p. m. MacEwen sad

Clansmen Celebrate Saint Andrew’: Day

Declaring that "the spirit of our Scottish ancestors is the spirit that the wprld needs today," Hon. Dr. Cyrus Macmillan, as guest speaker, replied to the toast of “The Day and A’ Wha Honour It" at. the 125th St. Andrew's Day anniversary of the Caledonian Club, which was celebrated last evening at The Charlottetown by some 150 mem- bers end friends of the Club. With the immortal haggis and the flash of tartan, skirling pipes, Scottish songs and a we; soot’; Zassiefls step-dancin‘, Scotsmen from all over the Island met in a hearty mood to pay tribute to Scotland's patron saint. Greetings from all parts of Canada and the U. S. were read by Chlcf W. H. Beaton arid an excellent musical programme was presented with spirit and skill. Rev. Dr. Dudley said grace and Clsnsman Walter R. Shaw presid- ed as toastmaster at the request of the president of the club. J. W. MacKinnoti ivhrt has been in- disposed. though present.

Piped in by Pipers Bruce Mac- Llrfii. Allan Cameron. Donald Mac- Leod and Neil Beaton, the flam- ing Haggis was held high by Sheriff John Beaton, and placed in its position of honour. With 8 wrinkling eye and an appropri- ate relish. Clansman Malcolm Mac- Kinnon delivered Burris‘ great "Ad- dress to the Haggis." Regret was expressed by the toastmaster that. owing to the shipping difficulties in the U. S. the annual gift of heather from Miss H. W. Donald- son of Perthshlre, Scotland had not arrived in time for the cele- bration.

In a. speech. from which flowed the gems of Scottish thought. and poetry that had inspired Scots- men nf many generations to deeds oi great valour and humble sacri- fice, Dr. Macmillan thanked the Club for the good-fellowship oi its Highland welcome. He briefly the simple, frugal life of St. Andrew up to his crucified ‘tieath, and saw in his wandering.

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Eatons Purchase Large B. C. Firm

VANCOUVER. Nov. 30 __ (OP) —- Sale of the department store and mail order business of David Spencer Ltd.. pioneer British Col- umbia mercantile organization. to the T. Eaton Co. Ltd., was an- nounced tonight.

Amount of the transaction was not. disclosed but it is considered one oi the biggest deals in 13.0. history. .

Announcement oi the transfer was made by CflTiS Spencer, pres- ident of the BC. firm, to a gath- ering of 1.1500 employees in the Spencer store here just after closing time. Svriilsr announce- ments uvere read simultaneously in eight other Spencer stores.

Batons acquires the depart- ment :‘..>1'e in Vancouver, the "home" store in Victoria and t-‘ie

Spencer branches in Nanalmo, New Westminster, Chillivtiack. Mission, Duncan and Courtenay:

a. Vancouver groceterla and the Spencer wsrehoules here.

traced ‘

Traffic Snarled All Over Northern Part 0f Continent

DONDON, Nov. 30- (C?) Northern Europe's millions -from housewives who couldn't dry their washing to diplomats who couldn't keep appointments — tonight. still battled the most prolonged fog on record,

For four days the swirling mist has snarled life from Scandinavia to Portugal, from Prague to Lori- doii. Airplanes can't fly, ocean liners can't. sail, buses can't run and trains are late.

The thick pail, which cut visi- bility in some places to five yards, swirled tinder doors at tea time. made commuters late to work, stopped sports events.

"There's even smog 1n the grog." commented one London pub-crawl- er.

For-the third consecutive day the fog prevented sailing oi the Queen Elizabeth. She now has had seven postponement-s since her

tooutifiaTrTrage F681. 21

Most Mennonites Stick To New llomes in South America L

ASUNCION. Paraguay, Nov. 30- tCPt Some 1.700 meniionltes who arrived in Paraguay front Manitoba last July have found that this country is not paradise. But. the vast majority of them are remaining.

They scttlcd in the region of Villa Ricca. '70 miles southeast of Asuncion. The soil is rich and well- ivatered, the climate good and llicre is plenty oi timber.

Some 50 of theMennonites, who came here from Canada in an effort to maintain their orthodoxy, have gone back to Manitoba. Hardships of backing out homes from the wilderness proved too much for them.

But the Mennonite lcadcrs here say this is less than the usual percentage iof colonists who fail to adjust to new surroundings.

The elders of the group from Manitoba said they wanted to live acordiiig to the teaching of the Bible. In Canada too many of their sect had drifted to urban centres. married people of other faiths and taken up modern jobs away from the land.

The Paraguay Government lofted them a large tract of good land but there was no road to it,

As a result the new colonists have not moved in yet. They settled at. the nearest town, In-

tlepcndencia, a German colony founded some 20 years ago. Previous Mennonite immigrants

came here from Russia. the Nether- lands and Germany. Some were settled in the Gran Chaco. the much drier and hotter northern part of the country’. These earlier colonists now are flourishing Mfllllunlfe leaders say that if the settlements in such inhospitable territory proved a succem then the new Canadian venture, with the ad- vantages of a milder climate, an ample ivster supply and good soil, certainly should succeed.

More Credit

OTTAWA- Nov. 80 —-(CP) People are using proportionately more credit to finance their pur- chsses than they did a couple of years ego but still haven't got back to pro-war levels. the Prices Com- misslon was informed today.

0.1-1. MacDonald of the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics. first wit- ness in the Commission's investi- gation of consumer credit, udder! that. esni purchases of motor cars are proportionately heavier than before the wer.

Gen. A17. Welford, secretary treasurer of Henry Morgan and O0. Ltd. of Montreal, said his firm is experiencing "a very distinct trend" towards a higher percentage of wedit buying than in 194d.

"It's going beck to the condition that applied in pie-war years." he said.

Arthur P. Reid. general tmsnsger of Household Finance Corp. of Canada said the average bslance outstanding on its loans has risen from $103 in 1939 to $158 in 1041. which 11s considered corisfsten: with rising prices.

The commissioners embar“ d on

Buying Is‘

Reported To Commission

the study of consumer credit both because of its value as a clue to trite public prosperity and because it is often argued that the extent oi credit available at any time can influence prices.

Summarizing a 21-pege report. on the consumer credit situation Mr. MacDonald said that on June 300i this yesr, retail credit buying and accounts outstanding still formed s. smaller proportion oi hotel ssles than in 1941. Most of the trades surveyed experienced considerably higher pdicenteges of cash sales in the first hslf of this year than in 1041.

He presented a table, however. showing that tine over-ail difference -on a percentage basis-was slight. In 1041 60.2 per cent of sli ssles by department. clothing, household Qpplllfltf! and various other stores were for cssh. m the first hslf of this year, 80.5 per cent of the total was for cash,

Most. of the Bureau's figures on consumer credit go ao farther bark than 1941 when a survey was cs:- rled out. in connection with war-

time restrictions.

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EUROPEYHAS LONG§T FOG on RECORDi

Chinese Gov’t Likely To Flee Nanking

NANKING. Nov. 30 (AP) -— Suchow's 250,000-man garrison was reported swinging south today for a battle to save Nanklng, but signs multiplied in the Capital that the Government is prepared to flee.

Well-based reports said Govern- ment offices might scatter-tn the old wartime capital rrf Chungklng in the west. Canton in the south and to Formosa.

Usually reliable sources said the Suchow garrison~strongest force left in the area~sallied from the fortress in an attempt to save 140,- 000 comrades trapped by the Reds 65 miles to the south .

These sources spoke of the movement as abandonment of Su- chow. They said all communica- tions-lnclurling air transport-me- tween Nariking and the bastion 211 miles northwest would be cut off tomorrow.

ll. B. Liberal Says Potato Plan Not Satisfactory

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CAMPBELLTON. N. B.. Nov. 30 --(CP)--- Benoit. Micltartd. Liberal member of Parliament for Resti- gouche-Madntvasku, said 1n a stato- mcnt today that. neither the Dn- mitiinn's potato support price of $1.15 pcr 100 pounds nor the time it hocontcs effective (after April 1i were satisfactory to New Bruns- wick grmvcrs.

Mr. hfichatttl. who accompanied growers tn Ottawa in September when $1.90 per 100 pounds was ask- ed. urged Federal Government. act- ion tmvtirrl "a permanent and adc- quate. minimum price for potatoes."

He saidCant-idians were buying potatoes at: less than the cost of production and marketing.

An orderly marketing program was suggested by Mr. Mlchsud, with growers prohibited from sell- ing outside their own Province if they declined to observe rules for marketing their product in other Provinces.

Will Be lleported illfter Varied Career In Canada

HALIFAX. Nov. 30 -— 1C?) - David Boyes, an adventurous (Englishman, was held here to- liiightr for deportation - slightly

more i-hnti a year after he arriv- cd as a stcwaway to rejoin Minnie Hamish. whom he met during the Secotvl Woilrl War.

The format" Royal Marine, who stowed away five times to reach his love. will be deported Satur- day — for him not. an unusual experience. It. was not known im- inediatcly when deportation was ordered and newspaper men were not. allowed to interview Boyes.

During his one-year stay in Canada the 26-year-old native of (the Isle of Wight saw his true love turn sour, deserted the Can- adian Army and finally was taken

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Declares Communism ls llulnlng Tho ll. S. A.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -(A.Pl —S€l‘llt0l‘ Ralph Flanders ‘(Rep Vt.) today said Communism is "doing a damn good job" on what he termed "her plan for mining the United States economically."

Flanders told a press conference the United States must limit ex- penditures for defence, foreign aid. and foreign military purposes or face econonttf- disaster.

He said Russia is pushing the United States into “spending three times what. we make. I've been convinced that. we're playing rlgiht. up her sllev."

Flanders said United States lend- ers ‘have put too much emphasis on bsttllng Communism when they ought to brmsklng it. pisln to "Russia we know Just what she is."

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to be constructed at Fishing Cove (Cape Egmont) it. was learned yes- terday from Mr. J. Watson Mac- Nsught, M.P., parliamentary assist- ant to the Minister of Fisheries. who has been so informed by the Federal Minister of Public Works. An order in council has been pass- ed granting authority to accept the tender of Noye, Raynor. Baglolc and Noye, Summersldc contractors. , for the job. 1

The amount of the contract is in ‘ the vicinity of $80,000 and a sub-. stantlal amount of local material i will be used. i

This project which has been mooted for some time and which Mr. MacNaught has been pressing at Ottawa. It is intended to take the place of an outworn construc- tion some distance away which has become obsolete due to (he nut- ion of sand.

Drifting sand is :1 ytrrililom n11 along this part of the coast but tho nature of the bnttmn at Fishing Cove is such that no trouble in this regard is anticipated. This is ll large fishing section and about sixty fishing boats in lilo immod- iaie area will make use of the iV‘\\' wharf and breakwater and ntlir-rs from further away ran probably use it also.

It. is anticipated that. the con- struction will be completed by Aug- ust 15, 1049 when the lobster sca- son opens nn the south shore,- S.

A new wherf and breakwater is l 1 1

Seven inches 0f Snow

Three Children Burned To lleath

New Wharf & Breakwaterii tenor. i. n. Project For FishinguCove

PERTH, N. B.. Nov. 30 -- (C?) — Three small girls were burned to death this afternoon in their Victoria County home at Ber- vvick, l2 miles from Perth. The victims. daughters of Mrs. Rita Gee. were Mavis Roberts, 4; Valda May. 3, and Charlene Christine, 2.

The fire apparently‘ started from a stove in the two-room, storey building. and spread quickly the children were over-

come before they could reach the:

door. Mrs. Geo had left the house for

a bricf viszt to her mother. living ‘

nearby: A feiv minutes later a motorist iioticctl the fire and gave an alarm. Twi mcn who tried to reach the children were driven back by flames and smoke.

Titc bndics were recovered. After an lnvcstgritirtti. officials decided no tnriucst would be necessary}

'I‘1"ie children's father, Berniilfl Gee. was killed in a highway lice - dent. last year. Surviving. in ad- dition to tho tnntltcr. are one sis- ter and three brothers, who were :11 school. I

immigration Passes iiuarter-lvlitlion Mark

OTTAWA. Nov. I10 —tCPl -

‘Prtst-wai- iittmirzration into Canada

has passed the quarter-million fig- ure, immigration officials said to- day.

Siiice the cud of tho war. Can- ada has received 254.000 persons. including European displaced per- sons brought in for rtnployment by the Labor Departiiitcnt.

Largest single group is made up of Britons. with 1510.000 i-mmigrants

Fall In Northern ll. B.

BATHURST. N. B.. Nov. 30 - fCPl-Altout seven iiichcs nf snmv, the first of the season, fell along l New Bruriswlckfis north shore tn- l day. Temperatures continued mild. indicating the snow would snon _ melt. '

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NEH’ COAL WINE ,| FORRESTEURG. Alta. ~ tCPt - ; A new coal minc has been opened i

laid bare it; a seam about 12 fcct thick.

from the lliiitod Kingdom having larrived in the ltotninlnn.

Officials said 1t was expected around 100,000 would onler Canada next. your. ivliioh would make 1919

lthe biggest immigration year since‘ Ithe end of the war, The only llm-l

itatinn was shipping space. MALVERN. England —- tCPr -

As a "thank-offering for a happy

married life." an anonymous par-

here. Some 25,000 tons of coal “IPFG l ishioncr gave £500 ($2.000) to the t

Priory Clturch towards the loan cn the Vicarage.

repaying

OTTAWA. Nov. 30 lCPt The trend toward larger fBILTIS. particularly in the Prairies. is in- creasing the number of loan ap- plications to the Canadian Farm

In a, report covering activities since inception in i929 to the ciid of lsst March, the Board said that a few years ago less than 10 rev rent of borrowings overs tn btiy farms or addi-t-lottal farm lands. Now more than one-third of llic money bcltig borrowed is uscd for such purposes.

Tn the fiscal year ended last March 51. the Board rcccivcd 2,280 applications for loans total-

ling 55.672396. It granted 1.818 of the applications which callcid for borrowings of 03.460550. I11

the 1945-47 fiscal year there were 2.016 applications for $5.579.i4-2. A total of 1.716 of the applications, covering 93,00,160 were mated.

Berth years fell far short of the Beard’; record year in 1903-36 when The depression was as its height. In that year. the Board received 21.698 applications for a total of $50.l62.82ii. It granted only 8,346 of the bids for an arri- ount of 510958.405.

‘The report showed that since the Board's inception farmers have repaid $37.069,120 c-t‘ thc $80,720.96’? hon-stared, About 14.300 of the 29,003 first itiortgagg loans have been repaid in full, “are than 0,000 of the 9.461 second mortgage losns also have been cancelled. »

On first mortgage loans interest

amounting to $1,093.75’? was due end payable in the year ended March Ell. 1M8. By the end of the year borrowers had paid $1.050.06l or 06.1 per cent of this amount leaving $48,003 of interest in ar- rears, Only 0.5.4110 of the amount was in arrears for more than six months.

0n second mortgage irons iri- terest amounting to $41,850 was rlue and 828.375 or 87.11 per cent was paid before the yelr end. On agreements for sale interest due amounted to $13,164 and $22,701 or 90.4 per cent was paid.

or tlie H.093 first ntcrtrage loans granted since 1920, the Board acquired title of 807 farms. Of the number more than half were acquired by quit claim deed

Loan Board. i

Trend Towards Larger Farms Seen In Loans

or transfer and more than 75 per cent of the total numbed" ueate security for loans granted in the

.fir.-t two years of the. Board's op-

leratiotis.

The Board makes first mortgage ‘loans up to $5.000 at 4% per "Ill repayable during periods up to 25 1}‘f'~.'ll‘.<_ The Board may make ad- jrlitiniial advances bringing the ttttril loans up to $5,000 in certain clrcvinslaiices. Loans are made t0

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Promotion Announced

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of Capt, RD C hnrlottcito-tvn, tu- lfl C0111- 17th

The promotion

MBIBGUUVTS)‘. thewrank of major and. mafia "B" Squadron of the Reece unit was (My.

Mai/Jr MacC-illtvrai- joined the Prince Edward Island Highland- ers at the outbreak of World War ttwo as a private and was early promoted to regimental quarter- master sergeant. He was commis- sioned in 194-1 and promoted to the rank of captain in 1943. While serving 1n Canada and Newfound- lancl wirth the Highlanders he was quartermaster and later crmpany co-mtrnarider.

Going overseas in Jsritiaryi 194-4. Major lifscGlllivray served as company commander and admin- istration oilficer in the 16th ‘Training Battalion. B CITR.