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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARDOTTETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949

PREMIER MACDONALD BREAKS ‘SILENCE 0N EALS

Hootis Threaten B.

U. S. Relief- Official Returns From 12 Days In Jail Behind Iron Curtain

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Steam Operated Passenger Trains To Be Reduced n

MONTREAL Dec. B —-Effect- it Monday, January 9. a system- due reduction of twenty-five per- cent in steam-operated passenger trains will become necessary on the Canadian National Railways. This drastic curtailment 0f train service is due to serious depletion oi coal reserves of the company because of work stoppages and shortened working hours in United Slates mines upon which the com- pany relies for huge quantities of ue .

in making the announcement today N.B. Walton, executive tire-president of the Canadian National, stated that iii August

last tiie company had reserves of coal iii stock equal to four months’ mp1? 811d that this quantity was more than sufficient to see it through an average winter season rrvvidiris the flow of coal to the wmpnny from the mines was also nonnal. However. the coal strike. followed by the severe reduction in miners‘ working hours. have com- bined to drastically reduce the in- ward flow 0f coal and the four months’ reserve has dwindled so that now the stock pile is only sufficient for 30 days’ operation and tihis, the management. regards,

u a critically dangerous margin with the winter season ahead. No alternative except curtailnnent or train service is possible.

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iurtst consumer of coal in Can-

lit using between six and seven million tons a year.

in Eastern Canada the Canad- itri National spreads westward as ilr as possible the use of coal mined in the Maritlmes and this Practice is followed also on the western region with coal from hull mlnm. The company ls. however. dependent practically wnolly on the U.S. mines for the Iuppiy of the heavy ooal tonnage "quire-d in Central Canada.

"A review of our present posit- ion." said Mr, Walton, "indicates tiat the diminution in the limit- ed supplies of coal which we are Presently receiving from tihe U. S. mines has made our situation

lirccai-ious. The reduction now ordered will result in a weekly 51)“)! 01 Biilliroximateiy 95.000 miles in steam passenger tralu 5PFVlC9. It‘ the situation should like a favourable turn which would improve the supply. the

train services will be immediately reviewoci "

Dﬂails concerning the passeng- er scliedulesﬁaffected will be an- iiouiiccd from regional headquart- "s Monctcn. Toronto, Winnipeg. 5i ialibnns and Detroit, as quick- il‘ 8S possible.

DEAD SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE

NFW YORK. Dec. 28 ~(AP) -— A lather and mother and their W“ young chi1dren——all apparent.- 0‘ dead since Christmas eve-were found today in their holiday-dec- illivlted apartment Police saidtthey believed the family was wiped out PY (urban monoxide ptusonlng The dead were Andrew Gazak. 38; 51f wife Veronica, 82; and their thildrcn Veronica. 5. and Andrew.

ire-as. All were found dead in

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By G. K. Bodenfleld

VIENNA, Dec. Z8 -—(AP) _ Israel Jacobson, American Jewish Nliﬁf administrator. returned to Vienna. today. tired and a little leaner after 12 days in a Budapest jail. Hungarian o ficlais had ooii- cluded he was "not quite" a. spy.

Released yesterday. the director of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary was delay- ed in arriving here by an over- night stay in the hands of Rus- sian offioers. His permit to travel across the Soviet occupation pone of Austria had expired.

Jacobson. 3'1. told newspaper men he was questioned about al- leged spying activities from mid- ilfterllOOn on the day of his ar- rest. Dec. l5. until five o'clock the next morning, and for periods of more than 20 hours at a time foi- the next four days.

During these periods he was made to sit at attention. and ivas n-ai-nt-d that if he continued to cross his legs or slump in his seat he would be “sent to the ccllar"— a term he took to mean solitary confinement.

After the first five days he was treated "fairly well." but had to write an explanation for each entry in his personal and official appointment book. He said he must have written more than 10.- 000 words a day in longhand for five days.

Finally. ‘LL-Gen. Peter Gabor. chief of Hungarian political police. told him yesterday afternoon he was being released. The l-luiigar- lan warned Jacobson he had been guilty of indiscretlon. but was "n qurlte an agent." .

Retail Price 0f Sugar Increases

SAINT JOHN. N.B., Dec. 28 — (CP) —- The retail price of sugar has been increased by one-half cent a. pound in Eastern Canada, wholesalers reported today. This followed an Ottawa announcement yesterday that the wholesale price in the urea had risen that amount.

A boost of 321.5 cents per i00- pound bag sold to wholesalers hy Eastern Canadian sugar refineries brought the wholesale price to $821M.

In recent weeks the price e1 raw sugar from‘ Cuba increased a half cent per pound, to 4% cents.

There was no comment from At.- lantic Sugar Reﬁneries, Ltd, here.

Rats Gnuw Finger! From Tiny Baby

ABILENE, Tex. Dec. 28 - (AP) —- Rats gnawed all the fingers and thumbs from the hands of a throe- month-old child, it was reported today. The incident occurred inst Saturday when Mrs. Rlto Martin- ez left her daughter, Carmen, in her small apartment while she vis- ited another apartment.

BODIES FOUND

. BEDFORD, /N.I-I.. Dec. 28—(AP) -Bodies of two youngsters. miss- ing in woodlands here were found today in Ste-bbens Pond. Thirteen- year-old Irene limb lid her young cousin. Robert Dourque, 7. had been objects of a widespread search by posses since they dis- appeared Tuesday afternoon.

Many Mdtorists Marooned. Train Service Disrupted

VANCOUVER, Dec. 28 -- (OP) —-Floods threatened British Col- umibia tonight following blizzards and torrential rainfall.

Record snowrfalls blocked south- ern inlterlor highways for many hours. They hampered train ser- vices and disrupted telegraph end telephone comitnunications.

Scores of motorists are still marooned in roadside camps. Many communities east of Van- couver are isolated.

Giant snowplows broke through the Hope - Princeton highway. smashing down big slides to open the way for many stranded buses and automobiles. But there still is no east-west. route from Van- couver to the interior. A rock. mud and snow slide sealed the highway between Chilliwack and Hope. 100 miles east '0! here.

Heavy Rain In Victoria.

On Vancouver Island ﬂoods fol- lowed a 48-hour rainstorm. Swol- len streams inundated highways. Hundreds of basements in greater Victoria were ﬂooded.

The run-off from the mountains increased as mild weather pre- vailed. More rain is forecast for tomorrow with the possibility snow. There halve been only brief breaks in the downpour in Vic- toria since Monday and 3.31 inches of rain have fallen.

The first trains in 24 hours reached Vancouver late today. many hours behind schedule. Oth- ers departed for the east tonight after a big slide was cleared near Reveltoke. 350 miles northeast of here.

Vancouver and coastal district were pounded by a 15-hour rain- fall, and mountain streams were running high in the coast range.

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Princeton, a winter resort centre 183 miles east of here, bore the brunt of the blizzard. More than 30 inches of snow isolated the town.

In British Columbia's Fraser Valley a damaging thaw is fear- ed. Three branches. telephone and power lines and ornamental shrubs are coated with ice.

In some Fraser Valley districts the thaw set in early tonight. Power lines. burdened with tons of icy snow, snapped. Chilllwack. 60 miles east of here. was without lights. Lines were also down at Agassiz and Harrison, 80 miles from Vancouver.

In many B. C. towns, milk and bread deliveries ivere made under dificulties over snow-packed roads butt no reports of hardships were received. Food and fuel supplies were good.

East Kootenay districts flound- crcd under a ne\v IO-lndh snow- fall. More than 26 inches has covered the countryside in the last l0 days but highways have been kept open by Provincial road crews.

BULL TERRORIZES TOWN

MANHEIM. Pa, Dec. 38 — (A?) _A bull on the loose stood this town of 3.800 on its ears for four hours today.

(‘hissed by scores of residents and the entire police force. the LBOO-pound animal disrupted Manhelm's usual quiet. terrified young and old, and invaded yards and gardenl.

In the end he was lassoed by William Duncan, a bold electrician,

on a lawn in — aptly enouih —' Ferdinand Street.

Author Hervey Allen- Dies Of Heart Attack

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 28 — (AP)- Hervey Allen. author of the belt- seller "Anthony Adverse" and many other books. died today at hil home after l heart attack. He wu 80.

At the time of hi: death he was working on a sequel to hlh book. ‘Toward the Morning," one of a series he was writing on pre- ravnlutlonlry times in the United

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Although Allen wu one of the molt prolific writers of his time, his fame with the reading public rented largely with the LOOO-pago “Anthony Adverse" which he started writing in Bermuda in i032 and completed in 1933.

Born in Pittsburgh Dec. 8. 1880. he attended a "cramming school" at. Annapolis. Md. for entry into the United Stated Naval Academy and wu appointed in 1913. His career u l naval officer was cut short, however, when Itgwu ia-

iured while participating ln.athle- ti at the Academy.

He joined the United Ste-tel Ai-my in 1915 and served on the Mexican border. In 1917 he went to France and was in the midst of heavy fighting and once was wounded.

One of his first literary efforts was a book of ‘poem: called "Caro- ilna Chansons.‘

His literary career begun in 1021 when "Wampum and Old Gold" was published, followed by such well- known works as "Israfel." a blo- grupliy of Edgar Allen Poe. "Ac- tion of Aquila" and “The Forest and the Fort." He has edited the "Rivers of America" serlu since i048.

Allen studied at Harvard, was an instructor of English It high schools in South Carolina, lectur- ed on English and American lit- erature at Columbia University and was a lecturer on modern

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OTTAWA, Dec. 2s _ (Special)- Tenders foi- a new Dominion pub- 11c building at Siummerside have been called for and will be Open. 6d on January l8. it was announ- ced here today.

Contract for construction of the Summerslde building will be let shortly after the tenders are open- ed and examined and work should begin early this spring, public works officials here said today. Asking for details about the new structure The Guardian's Ottawa correspondent was himself asked by ‘g ranking Works Department official:

"Have you ever been in building at Summerside?" "Yes".

"Then you know it is all shot to pieces and the only thing to do is to build a new one," he stated. Although $50,000 has already

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llrges Maritime Federation 0t Agriculture

DEBERT, N, S., Dec. 28— (CP) Establishment of a strong Maritime Federation of Agriculture, including New- foundland, for developing ord- erly production, marketing and distribution on a Maritime bas- is was proposed tonight by Hector Hill in his presidential report to the annual meeting of the Nova Scotin Farmers’ Association.

Mr. Hill said that financial- ly and in increased member- ship the Association hiid en- joyed its most successful year in history in 1940. It now was in a position to assume respon- sibility with the other Prov- inces in organizing on a Mari- time basis.

I-Io said tho objective of a Maritime Federation would be to eliminate "tho bad business practices which are 60511118 our farmers in the east. mil- lions of dollars." He added:

"Unless we come together in matters of this kind, on a Maritime scale, we will never be in a position of importance or strength compared with other parts cf Canada." A Federation "will enable us to Bet a fair share of the Cana- dian economy."

Little organization in do- mestic markets nnd the loss, or near loss, of export markets were two of the most serious problems facing farmers today. Mr. Hill said.

Princess Bornilo Rita liayworth

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 28-(AP)-—A 5 1-2-pound prince-s! was born today tn screen star Rita Hayworth and tier husband of seven months, tiio Mbllﬂﬂ Prince Aly Khan, Happily, Al!’ announced: “Yes, everybody is all

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Payot. handling the baby's public relations. said to- night both mother and daughter are "doing extremely well, despite a long and difficult birth."

The child was named Yasmin. the Persian word for the 388ml"! flower from which perfume i! made in Southern Francs-where hei- parents were married May 21.

"She ll a very gracious, delight- ful llttle girl with ha. onious feature: and tiny wisps of black hair." uid Min 0m Barren. head nurse of the exclusive Mont- cholll Clinic.

She fl the first Brﬂuddﬂllhtll‘ of the wealthy Aga Khan, wor- shipped by 5.000.000 Ismail! Mos- lema ll an earthly god. Aly is heir to the title of Ala Khan. He has two sons and Rite hu a daughter by previous marriages.

Rita's time cams in the night. She was clad in a mink coat for the drive from the Palace Hotel to the cllnie at 3:10 am. (10:10 pan. AST, Tuesday). The baby wu born at r45 lJn. The delivery was nob mu

IJONDON. Dec. 28 -—(AP) -- Princeu lliubeth flew beck here today from Malta. where she has been visiting her bustier-Id. Prince Philip since Nov. 20. Philip is on

Tenders Called For New S’side Federal Building

side building. actual cost will be "vastly greater", the official stat- ed. It vwas not the practice, how- ever, of the Department". to reveal the departmental estimate of probable costs in advance of open. ing the tenders. This might tend to prejudice the tenderers one way or the other, he said.

Plans have been drawn by De- partmental architects and are awaiting the Minister's review and sanction. and the structure will be sufficiently large to house all branches of the Federal Govern- ment now Operating in the town. As is the case with all Federal buildings at the present time, the new office building will be of highly fire-resistant construction throughout.

Moreover. the contract will con- tain a fair wage clause and local labor will be employed wherever practicable.

Inquest Completed In Sydney Man’s Death

(By Reuben Clpin)

SYDNEY, N. S, Dec, 28——(CP)— Preliminary hearing of Dan Jack MacLean. former mayor of this Cape Breton steel city. on a mur- der charge probably will be ad- journed for a week after he makes a brief court appearance here tomorrow.

Crown Prosecutor Donald Fin-

layson said the proposed adjourn- ment would give the Crown more time to complete its investigation into the Dec. 18 death of Joseph MacKlnnon, city registrar of vot- ers. After hearing 12 witnesses dur- ing a two-hour session. a coron- er's jury late today found that Mr, MacKlnnon's death was due to hemorrhage from a ruptured liver produced by n crushing blnw to the chest and abdomen, This followed the cause of death re- ported by the Provincial Patholo- gist. The verdict, brought in after 45 minutes deliberation, recom- mended that investigation be con- tlnucd.

Mrs. Hilda MzicAskill, a wife, testified that she heard screams of "oh, Jack," or "don't Jack" coming from the south-end alleyway, just before the crushed body of Mr. MacKinnon, a 63- year-old semi-cripple, was found.

Police officer Alex Goldie, who went to the alleyway, said he heard Mr. MacKlnnon mutter only "If I die" as he lifted him up. But the sentence was new-r com- pleted, Goldie told of finding Mr. MacKlnnoms body lying face down in a "Jacknifed position."

Mr. MacKinnon complained and moaned. A large head wound was matted with mud and his breath- ing was heav)’. He found Mr. Mac- Kinnon's hat and crutch ncnr the body.

Mrs, MacAskiii said she saw blood on the ground near the body of a white-haired man after hear- ing loud voices in the alieywnyi and two screams. A car was in the alleyway and the driver seemed to have trouble getting away from a fence. The car came toward the body but didn't touch it.

Other witnesses traced the movements of Mr. MncLean and Mr. MacKinnon preceding and following their drive in Mr. Mec- Lean’; car tn his summer cabin at nearby Blacketfs Lake. A chat- tering crowd, most of them walt- ing about two hours before the inquest opened, filled the small court chamber and listened eager- ly.

Dr. Clem Young Mild when he examined Mr. Maclfinnon’; body shortly after his admission to hos- pifal the man was "obviously

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Mr. MacLean did not appear at the inquest but was represented and Don MecNeil. who asked a few ques- tions. He has been in County Jail

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In Manila

BAN FRANCISCO, Dee. Z — (AP)—Press Wireless said tonight its Manila. office reported a "heavy" earthquake in the Philip- pine capital.

The radio manage to the Ian Francisco office said the tremor began at 11:10 A.M. Thursday. Manila time (11:10 p.m. AsT Wednesday).

The Press Wireless report said the tremor lasted "more than two minutes" and opened a "big crack" in a building near the mm. panyh office.

“People are in the street crowd- ing a5 they hurriedly ran avtay from the building," the message said.

Aotlier report said there was "quite a bit of damage in Lianlla."

Production Of ‘I950 Cars to Starl- Soon

NHAWA- Ont. Dec. 2s - (C?) — The changeover from production of line-model automobiles to 1950 models will entail only a "very minor" loss of time for workers, General Motors Officials announ- ced today. In other years, when model changes were drastic, the changeover sometimes took several weeks.

Production of 1949 truck models ended yesterday and the first of the 1950 models will roll off the assembly line tomorrow. Passenger cars for 1960 are expected to go into production early in the new year.

Editor Of W. I. Periodical Dies

BASS RIVER. N. 8.. Dec. 28 -- (ClM-Mrs. J. Freeman Lsnlc 05. for the last nine years editor of the Women's Institutes‘ periodical, "Home and Country." died here to- day.

Mrs. Lank represented Canada at Washington in i936 at a confer- ence of the Associated Country

Women of the World. She was Women's Institute Provincial president (mun 1935 to 1938. Sur-

vivlng are one adopted son. Wil- lard Lank. in irhe Yukon. and two brothers living in Edmonton and Seattle.

THREE-YEAR SENTENCE

WINDSOR. N. 5.. Dec. 28 - (Gm-John Hennessey of Sydney. N.S.. today was sentenced to three years in penitentiary after convict- ioii on a charge of car theft RC. MP. captured I-lennessey after a xvild chase on the Halifax high- way Hennessey claimed he was drunk at the time and did not re-

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Premier Angus L. Macdonaid, war friend of Col. llalston. His statement on a situation. ui

l “No llnanimity" i Claims Hardy

OTTAWA, Dec. 2.8 -— (CP) — H. Reginald Hardy, author of "Mackenzie King of Canada". said today in a statement he doubts if there is any unanimity of op- inion nn wliat occurred in the Federal Cabinet during the 194i conscription crisis.

He was commenting on a Hali- fax dispatch which said Premier Macdionaid of Nova Scotla. war- time Navy Minister, disagreed with Mr. Hardy's version of what occurred during the crisis. The late Col. J. L. Ralston resigned as Defence Minister during the crisis.

Mr. Macdonald said anyone bas- ing his opinion on Mr. Hardy's version of what occurred would “lay down the book wi-ih an un- fairly low estimate of the char- acter and work" of Col. Ralston.

"It is not my desire to enter into a controversy with Mr. Macdon- ald nor to presume to question the accuracy of his recollections," said Mr. Hardy. "Nor can I question the accuracy of the recollections of otihers who were Mr. Macdon- ald's cabinet colleagues.

"But I should be surprised. in deed. if unanimity of opinion in the minds of all who were then in the cani- net as to just exactly what. did o1‘.- cur."

Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. Prime Minister during the crisis. was not available to comment oii either Mr. Mzicclonaldﬁs or Mr Hardy's statements.

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By RONALD AUTRY

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 2B—(AP) - Betty Lou Marbury lost her right hand today but her childish faith didn't waver. She was des- cribed as “stoic and courageous" in the operating room.

The hospital Baptist chaplain, Rev. F. P. Loman. told of her manner during surgery and said: “I hope the simple faith she has exhibited throughout all her ex- perience cari be an example to the nation."

Hospital authorities tonight said the lO-year-old girl was in "very good" condition.

Doctors had decided tine amputa- tion —— in the middle of the fore- arm —- was vital to protect her life from a malignant bone tumor on the third finger.

The chaplain said she "still

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Refutes Version Of Colleagues Actions By Kin.g’s Biographer

Canadian Press Stuff Writer

HALIFAX, Dec. Z8 — (CP) — For the first time a member of Can-I acla‘s war-time Cabinet has broken silence on a phase of the bitter He indicates that the initiative for the 1944 departure of the late Col, J. L. Ralston from the cabinet cam from Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King — not from his Defence Minister.

This and other hitherto undisclosed official glimpses of what went. on behind the scenes during the critical reinforcement situation which, rocked the country, were contained in a statement issued here today by;

oath of secrecy and practical politics would permit in i944 and rnada the subject of many unofficial and contradictory reports and guesses, since, urns occasioned by the latest published version of what went on.

_ among pemo i there exists a commie "outside the Cabinet. and topics t

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set Mr. Maiodonald sayu his r collection of the events of thoc hectic days differs widely hon

Mr. Hardy's report. In fact M: Mac-Donald thinks anyone basin his opinion on the Hardy veralo of the events would "lay down Lb boo-k with an unfairly low estim ate of the character and work" o Col. Raiston, his fellow Nov Scotian and brother infantry of ficer in the First World War. ’ Mr. Macdonailds Irate- ment, handed the Canadian Press here, took issue with storied that ‘he resignation from the army of ts Field Commander Gen. AG. I... McNaughton early in 194.4 Wﬂli a device to save face for Canadian headquarters. Col. Balaton and the Government; that Col. Ral- ston had used his resignation a4 a cudgel at Mr. King's heed to get:

Conscription; that the Gmeral Staff-f had bordered on mutiny against the Kiing A ‘ - policies and that the wartime

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prompted her to ask the country's prayers for her health because she believed they would be answered. Betty was calm as she was wheel- ed into the surgery room. It was the same attitude she showed yes- terday when she heard the ampuia- lion was necessary.

"li the Lord wants my hand, that's all rigiht with me." she said.

The youngster has been the oh- ject of thousands of prnywrs. Soon after she wrote a letter Dec. l to the Memphis Commercial Appeal for prayer, many churches said special prayers for her.

Only today, from Willoughby, 0., 12-year-old Phyllis Dctwciler sent a message of cheer. In i947, Phyllis‘ right ai-m was removed just below the elbow because of a cancerous bone growth. _

She was back in school two months, later. She sent word for Betty "not tn be afraid."

By HAL COOPER

LONDON. Dec. 28 - (AP) - "So I outs with my Geiger counter and it buzzes like an alarm clock. The suspect was radioactive."

With words such as these the cop of the future may condemn the thief of the future to the fail house.

Such at least is the elm of an experiment in atomic crime detec- tion new going on in the Home Office, which controls Scotland Yard.

The idea is to use radioactive materials to mark the trail of bur- glars and all kinds of sneak thieves.

The Ministry of Supply—which runs Britain's atomic pile at. Har- well -- disclosed today it has fur- nished the materials for the experi- merit.

Scientists think the method would cut down sharply on fhevfLs from Britain's railways. factorial

Geiger Counter Latest Aid To Crime Detection

In the first demonsti-dtlon. scEi-

tists from Harwell played the part of both thief and detective. They treated the wooden floor of a rail- road ear with radioactive sodium The thief walked ncrosl the floor in rubber boots, jumped out of the car. ivaiked a hundred yards across a field. and hid in a clump of bushes.

Then came the detective with his Geiger counter. This device emits a clicking sound in the presence of atomic radiation. The closer the source. the faster tho clicks.

The detective rive-pt the counter over the ground, picked up the trail, followed it across the ficld and routed the thief from the bushes.

One of the problems in tracing railway thieves is to find where along the line the goods was

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HALIFAX. Dec. Z8 —- (LP) 1n Official inland TOTPQQ?“ tonight by ti“ D°m".“°“ P“ “i lllcaliicr Office at. Halifax: .' Synopsis: An lll'.(‘l‘i56 storm in Labrador,‘ cuuscd strong west winds through-i‘ out tlie district tonight. Skies aret mos“). C10,“; and temperatures are still above normal. f0llOWlh2; tho recent mild spell. , '

Wintrv temperatures will lﬂilni make their appearance through- out the district tomorrow, how-I over. as the strong Weiifffiy Wind!‘ continue to bring cold air into thel lVlarltimt-s and Eastern Quebec. A. few snow-flurries are expected to develop where the wind blow: off‘ the water. but otherwise the wen-i the-r will continue fine. v '

Regional forecasts, valid until midnight Thursday: Prince Ed- ward island -— Variable cloudi- ness with widely scattered snow? flui-i-ios. Much colder. West winds 25 gusty, diminishing to l5 Thurs- day morning. Low early Thurs- day morning and high in the af- icrnoon at Charlottetown 25 and 30.

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