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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. 1952

New Gale Threatens To Sinlc Crippled Freighter

Truman-Churchill Give Review Of Conference

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 - (GP) - A solid affirmation that United states-occup' d bases in the United Kingdom will be put into emergency use only on "joint decisions" of the two governments emerged from the Churchill-Truman conferences to- day.

This was a highlight of the com- munique issued by Prime Ministdr Churchiil and President Truman (limmlflg up what they wanted to make public of their talks since last Saturday.

It was the first time such affirm- ation of purpose in relation to the bases had been formally placed on ptlpef. The implication was that in the event of a war emergency these strategic air bases in the United Kingdom could be used for launch- ing an attack. atomic or otherwise. only if the United Kingdom approv- ed

While it would seem inconceivable that an emergency could arise in which the two countries would fall to agree on such use of the bases. the formal affirmation was stressed by British spokesmen here.

The communique announced ag- reement on the common objective of muntering Commu ' agreseion from Korea to Malay, but passed over the circumstances that the Un- itcd Kingdom has recognized tho.- Communist Government of China while the United States refuses to -lo so. -

What they may have said on this point, and on the use of the atomic bomb, the sharing of secret atomic -it-velopment information and the possibility of a conference with Prime Minister Stalin remain un- ZllSClOlCCl.

Suspend Rifle Dispute

Churchill and Truman, with their experts. agreed to suspend dispute over .a common rifle and await the possible development of a weapon that will be acceptable by all the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries and the product of the best brains of all. This may produce what will be known as "The N. A. - 'l'.O. rifle." .

Meanwhile, the United States will continue production of its modern Gar-and, the United Kingdom will continue. production of the Lee En- fleld. Both will continue experi- ments with more modern types.

Corning Events

"Farmers. ask about the shut- Gain reed Finance Plan. For part- icuiars contact your local feed mill.

"Annual Meeting Kingston Public Hall. in Kingston Hall.

Thursday. January 10th, at 8 P. of.

"come in and talk over our Purina finance plan for feeding your hogs and poultry. Dillon dr Spiilstt.

"Horse racing at Stanley Bridge Saturday. Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. If not fine will be held Wednes- day, Jan. 16. '-

"Card party at Stanley Bridge school, Thursday. January 10th, !.30. Sponsored by Women's In- stitute.

"For Snapshots that will not fade mail your Films and bless lives to Garnhuin Photo studios Charlottetown.

"Kingston Branch Canadian Legion monthly meeting Thurs- day. Jan. to at Legion Home. Charlottetown, .at,8,30 pm.

"Hockey North River Rink Thursday, Jan. lo. Cornwall Me- hora vs. Nine Mile Creek Bull- dogs. Game tkne 8.30. Skate aftcr.

"Wiltshire rink tonight, Char- lottetown Y.M.C.A. vs. Wiltshire Nrilrscles. Canteen service. skate I er.

"Victoria Rink many aunt. mks botwun Tryon nod Wines 8 coats to all.

"Annual meeting of Mt. stow- Irt Strawberry Growers has been Postponed until Thursday. Jan- ”!!! 1'ItlI.

Q -T1 . Slrs '””r'3?.'l&. law will ho held at nrosdalbans. mday.

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"First league game between Covehosd It on and West and Crescsnts ursday night. Cove- "Md Bin . Friday ni ht. York vs. Dunstaffnags-Marsirfis d.

"Shut Gain Amateur Caval- Wle at P. E. 1. Orphanage Jan- II-rv IOUI. Sponsored by inns- WP0 Choral Group. Entries ro- "Md by Margaret Mcfnsn at

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Promise Early Relief for Coal Shortage

SYDNEY. N.s.. Jan. 0 - (CP)- Coal company officials tonight predicted eairly relief for Prince Edward island's soft coal shortage.

An independent coal com- pany officials said. orders re- ceived here for additional coal supplies will be filled as pro- duction warrants.

"It will take about a week to catch up on orders." he said

Another producer said coal was available during october and November but Ialan dealers refused to handle it a that time.

"When coal was available and there were no takers. other markets were sought," he said.

Truman Gives Annual Slate Of Union Message

By Roger D. Greene

WASHINGTON. Jun. 9 -(AP)-- President Truman today proclaim- ed 1952 a "crucial year" in the struggle of the United states and the free world to rearm against the threat of a third world war.

Warning that Rgssia, 1;, expand. in? her armed might, he.declai-ad soemnly that the threat of an- other global conflict is still "very real,"

H9 EDI-willed to congress to avoid "political lights" that might harm the U. S. in this presidential election year.

With Prime Minister Churchill of Britain listening intently in the gallery-and a huge unseen audience following his words by coast-to-coast radio and television -Truman told a. joint session of congress:

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"The world still walks shrsdow of another world war... the U. S. and the whole free world are passing through a period of grave danger...we are moving time...faced with a terrible threat of aggress- ion."

Defends Isaderlnip

Such was the grim tenor that ran through much of the Presi- dent's annual state-of-the-union message. in which he staunchly defended his leadership and scof- fed at his critics as "timid and fearful men who wring their- hands and cry out that we have lost the way",

The state-of-the-union speech- slmiltar to the Speech from the Throne delivered in Common- wealth Psrllaments-outlined the progress made in the last. year and the program Truman expects of congress in 1952. Every president delivers such a speech to congress after it reassembles in January.

In general. Tnxnan pledged the U. S, to help build up the free world's defences against the

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sun Adrift; Given Less Than 50-50 Chance

r-ainmouns, England, Jan. 9 - (GP)-A new howling gale whip- ped around Capt. Kurt Carlson and his Flying Enterprise tonight. Fears grew that he might never get his battered ship to port.

Settling still lower, listing as much as 80 degrees, her deckhouse awash. the storm-cracked ship was helplessly adrift in the At- lantic 30 miles south and three miles east of the Lizard, England's southernmost point.

On the 15th night of Captain Carlson's ordeal, government radios crackled with urgent new gale warnings.

The U. S, destroyer Willard Keith flashed word that Carlson and his lone companion, First Mate Kenneth Dancy of the tug Turmoil, would leap over the En- ierprise's stern if she began to sink.

Rescue ships were on the alert.

Hang On Doggedly

Carlsen and Dancy hung on doggedly. The Willard Keith said that Carlsen, despite his plight, ap- peared in good spirits.

Plans were made to-try to get the Enterprise in tow again at dawn tomorrow-if the sea calms.

R. A. F. Lancaster bombers circled over the scene. prepared to drop collapsible dinghies near the crippled ship if Carlson and Dancy must jump for their lives.

Sill loose from the British tug Turmoil, the Flying Enterprise tossed and rolled lower in the charging see. off Land's End.

The Turmoil gave up trying to hitch a new line aboard when violent waves almost swept Carl- son and his lone companion, Ken- neth Dsncy. into -the--sea from the nearly-vertical deck.

"Obviously she cannot take much more punishment" said I message from an Associated Press correspondent. aboard the tugboat Englishman. at the scene.

Given small Chance

Rescue tugrnen gave her less than 50-50 chance of making port. even though she was only about 30 miles from the coast and 45 miles from Fnlmouth harbor.

Truce Talks Al Half-Year Mark

By Olen Clements

MIUNSAN. Korea. Jan. 10- (Thursday)-(AP)- Korean truce talks reached the half-year mark today in a tight deadlock over re- stricting Communist airfield con- struction in North Korea during an armistice.

The United Nations command also was unable to budge the Reds Wednesday from demands forced repatriation of all prisoners held by the Allies without regard for the wishes of the individuals

The Allies want repatriation on a voluntary basis.

Efforts to untangle these issues here to resume in Pnnmuniom to- day. Sub-committees prisoner exchange and truce supervision scheduled meetings at 1-1 a.m. (9 p.m. Wednesday, EST)

The Communists Wednesday submitted what they called their

"final, unbreakable" offer to set- tle the armistice supervision question.

55 Injured Slightly When Two CNR Trains Collide

EDMONTON. Jan. 9 -(GP) - Fifty five persons were slightly injured when two slow-moving trans-continental passenger trains collided head-on early today at a desolate spot on the Canadian National Railways main line near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.

The injured. all passengers, were said by the 0. N. R. to have suffered mainly "small cuts and sprains." They we-e treated aboard the trains, each of which carried about too passengers,

The accident occurred Just east of the Yonhor, Bank. sidim about 3 a. an. as the trains rounded a curve in the rolling. snow-covered country. Yonker is about no miles west of Saskatoon.

O.N.ll.. vice-president J.R, Me- uiilan issued a statement from Winnipeg saying the wreck was caused by the eastbound No. 4 passenger train failing to wait at the Yonker siding to allow west- bound No.' i to pass in accordance with the train orders issued.

No. 1. expected to reach Edmon- ton l3 hours late tonight. left Montreal Sunday night for Van- couvar.

Wrecking crews from Bigger, sssk.. and Edmonton used blow torches to part the big locomotives. only the front trucks of the two engines left the tracks.

After No. 1 pushed on for Ed- monton. No. 4 waited at the scene for a new engine,

weather at the wreck scene was miserable. strong winds of 35 to 30 miles an hour whipped up half a foot of snow and reduced visibil- ity to less than a mile. The tem- psrature ranged from 15 below in the early morning to about zero in the afternoon.

But collision did not affect the steam heating of either -train and uninjured passengers suffered no great discomfort beyond the delay.

Little confusion was reported at the wreck scene. A doctor and two nurses arri on an auxiliary ti-ain from Blues to treat the in-

mgineers of both trains were fused

from Eiggsr. sask. on No. 4. which left Vancouver Monday night for Toronto. was it, Dunbar. At the

controls of No. 1 was 6. Astloy.

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Kings County

slow delivery of nails by after- noon train to King's County, dis- continued last October when re- placed by a speedier mail truck service inaugurated by the Can- adian Natiionsl Railways, is to be resumed shortly and the likeli- hood is that the old service will re- main in effect indefinitely,

Reversal to the oidtlme system has been ordered as a result of rep- resentations mado about three weeks ago by u clandestine dele- gation headed by Mr. Thomas J. Kickham, M.P., before Postmaster General Rinfret.

Ottawa officials declined to divulge the names of the other delegates, but The Guardian has been informed by Mr. Klckham that they were I-Ion. Dougald Mac- Kinnon, Provincial Minister of Public Works, l-ion. Brenton st. John and Hon. J. Wilfred Arsen- ault, Provincial Secretary, Senat- ors Grant and Mcfntyre were also present.

Repudlated By Premier

Interviewed on the subject, Premier J. Walter Jones stated emphatically that he had no

knowledge of any delegation being at Ottawa on this mission. lie said the local members did not repre- sent the Government in pressing for the old train-mail service. The Government regarded the new service as an experiment and was waiting to judge it on its merits. he said.

It is understood that Hon. Messrs. Macxinnon, Arsenault and St. John had gone to Ottawa re- cently as a delegation on another matter. Hon. A. W. Mvithcson. Minister of Health and Welfare. who was acting Premier at that time, stated there had been no discussion of the King's County mail service by the cabinet, and that he had no prior knowledge of any representations being made at Ottawa in this connection. "Certainly we sent no delegation for that purpose," he stated.

No Complaints

Hon, Mr. Matheson, who repre- sents the Fourth District of King's in the Legislature. added that he had received no complaints of any kind from his constituents with regard to the mail truck service.

At Ottawa. officials appear to have been dumbfounded by the Kickham delegationls request.

Deputy Postmaster General Turn- bull informed a Guardian repre- sentative that as a result the new service, which had been started for the purpose of remedying long- standing grievances, would be dis- continued "almost immediately."

Mr. G. Herring. Director of Com- munications, Post office Depart- ment at Ottawa. stated that in addition to making oral rep- resentations the delegation had presented "certain documentary evidence including a petition."

Speaking of the inauguration of the mail truck service last Octo- ber. Mr, Herring said it had been instituted as an experiment, sub- sequent to representations that such a service would benefit the farmers as well as business men of the County.

"Owing to the fact that the delegation was headed by repre- sentatives of the people and its arguments allegedly supported by the people of King's, Postmaster General Rinfret decided to accede to its request." postal officials stated.

The officials intimated that there are other factors in the dis- pute about mail delivery in King's than those appearing on the re- cord. They are standing pat and awaiting with interest the reaction to the change back to the old system.

Mr. Kiokhanfs Siltosnent

In a telephone conversation with Mr, Kickhasn. The Guardian was informed that the delegation had first asked for a double mail ser- vice, (morning and afternoon). When they were told that this could not be provided, they asked that the train service be resumed and the morning truck delivery discontinued from January 1 until April 30. . t

Asked whether they had receiv- ed'any assurance that the mall truck service would be resumed after April 30. Mr. Kickham re- plied in the negative. He also ad- mitted that they had not pressed for any guarantee on this point.

Mr. xickharn said he had re- ceived numerous ounplsints about the morning service and that this was his reason fit agitating for the change. as said that while l-ion. Mr. Arsenauit was with the delegation. he did not take any

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Asked whether the Boards of Trade or other business organi- zations in the County had been consulted or requested to Join the delegation, Mr. Kickham replied in the negative.

(According to the brief present- ed by the Boards of Trade before the Royal Commission on Trans- portation in 1949, the train mail service to King's County was very unsatisfactory, causing as much as sixty hours' delay in mail deliv- ery in some cases.)

Since the inauguration of the new service, local post office of- ficlals state that they had receiv- ed no complaints.

Puzzling Attitude

Mrr. KiclLham's opposition to the new service is all the more puzzling to officials in View of his letter appearing in The Guardian on Dec. 3 last, in which he urged that the new service be given "a fair trial before condemning it and asking for a return to the former service." He said he was par- ticularly interested to see how it would work during the winter months, and he noted that Mr, C. T. Montgomery had given assur- ance that, should wintcr cond1t- ions make truck transfers impos- sible, the railroad would take the malls.

in his letter Mr. Kiciohsm also stated that he had "received many letters expressing great satisfact- ion with the new service."

The date of reversal to the old service has not yet been announced. Notification of the change-over. however, has been sent out to rural postmasters.

Jamaica Expecls Big Bangle Crop

KINGSTON. Jamaica. Jan. 9 -(CP)- Jan1aica”al053 banana crop will be double or triple the 6.000.000 stems produced in 1950 despite this year's severe hurri- cane damage. Governor l-LE. Rance told the Agricultural soci- ety today.

Announcement To Be Made By Gov'i Today

OTTAWA. Jan. 9-(CP)-A sub- stantial cut-back in controls on consumer goods. ranging all the way from automobiles to house- hold applinnces, will be announ- ced by the Government tomorrow.

An authoritative source said tonight that the announcement is expected to be made tomorrow

morning following approval by the cabinet.

Details are not immediately available. But the announcement

is expected to relax the consumer credit controls on automobiles and on most electrical household appliances and some other goods.

The relaxation, the spokesman said, follows close consideration in official quarters of Canada's control picture and the inflation- ary tendencies which brought controls into effect almost a year ago.

Noting that the last cost of living index dropped lf10th of a

point to 191.1-the first break in 23 months-the spokesman said the government now feels that

the inflationary tendencies have been brought under control for the time being at least and there can be some relaxation in the consumer-credit restriction, one of the Government's main anii-ln- ilation weapons.

In addition there has been in- creasing prcssure from various manufacturing groups. particular- ly the automotive industry. that the restrictions were cutting sales to such an extent that labor lay- offs were necessary.

Under the present credit re- strictions, imposed in March 1951, a down payment of one-third the purchase price is required on most consumer goods, with 12 months to pay the balance. For automobiles, a down payment of one-half is required, with a year to pay the balance.

The controls apply to a wide range of consumer goods consid- ered non-essential. These range from jewelry to furniture, house- hold appliances snd cars, both new and used.

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Farm Federation Urges Legislature Consider Electoral Ref...ms Here

he directors of the P. E. I. Federation of Agriculture yester- day asked that the legislature at the coming session of the House consider the question of electoral reform and that the Government be asked to set up a non-partisan body to study the question. one member of the Federation is to be appointed to the non-partisan body,

The electoral reform question came under discussion at the Federation's annual meeting which was held in the Vocational School and at Prince of Wales College. The meeting was presided over by the president, Mr. Charles Yeo of Lot 16.

Before the electoral reform resolution was passed the direct- ors heard the results of a quest-

ionaire which was sent to the various school districts in the province. These results showed

that 413 districts were in favor of re-organizing the present sys- fem, 278 were against any change and 169 districts did not answer.

The only part of the question- alre which showed almost un- animous approval of reform was that dealing with bribery, 758 vot- cd to eliminate bribery and cor- ruption at election times but 72 voted in favor of those practises. . Mr.-Sydney Orsm, the President of the Nova. Scotia Federation of Labor was the guest speaker and gave an eloquent address at last nighifs meeting. Premier J. Walter Jones and Hon. C, C. Baker. Min. ister of Agriculture and Mr. R. 1?... Bell also spoke briefly.

Premier Jones spoke about the great potentiaities in and around Prince Edward Island. referring specifically to the fishing and cat- tle indusiries and the develop- ments which have taken place,

Mr. Baker urged the members to pay attention to two things in particular in their production. the

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Need of definite information on farm production costs and the rel- ative efficlency apparent in many agricultural and associated busin- ess operations was emphasized in the presidential report of Mr. Charles Yeo at the annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Fed- eration of Agriculture. Mr. Yeo em- phasized this matter in discussing

the establishment of I Research

QUEBEC, Jan. 9 -(GP) -Que- bec's great industrial expansion of the last few years boosted pro- vincial government revenues for the fiscal year ending next March 31 to an anticipated 5270.590,400, Finance Minister Gagnon told the legislature today.