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DECEMBER

13. 1949

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iolonial Air lines Silent ALHearing

UITAWA, Dec. ll -(OP) -- Colonial Air Lines of New York pleaded today that a. United States “w, the u>gan Act, makes it im- poggjblg {or it to defend itself on a “show cause" order by Canada's Air Iprmsport Board. But the board declined to adiourn its hearing on m» point and went ahead.

At stake in the hearing is Colon- Isl’: 20-year right to provide an ex- clusive direct air service between New York and Montreal.

Before adjournment of l. two- hour session. Colonialb trhree legal counsel argued that the Ingan Act ‘renders mute" any U.S. "citizen."- in this casc. Colonial-on official disputes botwet-n the U. S. govern- ment and any other. They held that such s. dispute ex- his bdtwccn Canada and the U.S. war tie case in question and said they could not speak in Colonla.l's defence "until the (U.S.) ambassa- dor speaks first.“

SWEDEN HELPS

'S'IOCKHOLM -- (CP) —-8fnce i946 Swedish relief agencies ‘lave sued (or nearly M10000 children from seven ivar-shattered Euro- pun countries. 1n some of these wuntries Swedish organizations in still carrying on the relief Ioik. '

Coming Events

"W1 Your Films to Garnhum Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"York Point School concert, mber 21, "School concert Morel! East,

December 22 at 8 p.m.

"Aurlo-Rustico Christmas Con- Hf. December 21st.

[North Milton School Concert School. December- 19m,

"Discontinued buying timothy d until further notice. M0- "iiln and Boyle,

"Umfldiu! today and tomor- l". Bur of oil cake. Wiitshire llrylng Co, ,

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"New Wiitshire district Scar- hiscpotipter, Brookfield hall, Dec.

‘rvllliladlfl! car of flour and feed. v;(3°‘~"i11@. Tuesday afternoon and "lnffilfly- Cecil Stewart.

Jwmienls institute Dance and he oi Lunches in Wiltshire Hall on ‘will’. December 13th. '

mlfeirihfiiilrlnage Concert in French . otmbe 21 t. b in- “ine aso r. M. r s P‘

cJFflBrve December 39th for Hot Hnfkru supper in Uigg School

"Bradalbane tonight at 830. Iis-"uutberiacir" with William Boyd Evasion; Cassidy."

“Christmas Concert,

Johnston's hi: School, Hider. Dumbbel-

"Bboking for car I-Iog Grower t0 wthis week. Stock up now for - W. I. Bowman. Hunter

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"A story of a horse “Black ‘Qgnplfll short. nlul éezioi at lid Bros. Theatre tonight.

“(J0me to Hot Chicken a UPDII‘ in a Vi Hall, ‘meeday evening,

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‘game?’ and Box "m" nth‘ . edneldey,

‘Institui. 4-,,“ “d uio of "ch". Wiltshire hall, Tuesday,

hfghlf Jimmy MacDonald's Or-

wwflgecgl Junior nib" . It $.30. "2 Will be shown. Everyone wel-

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accurate un- etueo filnolareoenfliel-Atwflnybllg. $1 ‘be mum a or m" C. H. Ilicten A Son.

us before nailing twzhm‘ Vmlvn River Oo-oper-

Two Dwellings Destroyed By Fire, Third Damaged

Two dwellings were destroyed by fire in this Province yesterday, and a third badtly damaged. The outbreaks were at Grand River, Monirose and Mount Stewart.

At Grand River

Yesterday morning aibout 8.30 the home of Mr. Benjamin Cameron of Grand River was burned to the ground and all household furniture and effects, clothing etc. destroyed.

Mr. Cameron had lit the fire in the kitchen and gone to the barn to do the chores. Upon returning to the house a few minutes later, for a pail to milk the cows, he found that an overheated stove pipe had set fire to the interior and it was with considerable difficulty that he was able to save the lives of his wife and three small children. All were forced to flce i-he house in night attire. Had Mr. Cameron not. returned to the house when he did the entire family would undoubtedly have Dorished. as they were sleeping soundly at the time.

Neighbors gathered to the scene of the firo -but were unable to ren- der any assistance as the fire had gained much headway. No other buildings were destroyed as all were situated some distance from the residence.

The house was a large wooden structure and was the old home- stead. formerly owned by the late David Cameron. Mr. Cameron lost his entire potato crop. which was stored in the cellar of the house. It is understood that there was a small aimount of insurance on the resid- ence.—S.

At Monti-one

The dwelling of Fulton Gordon. Montrose, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The outbreak was discovered about 8.30. The Al- berton Fire Department respond- ed bui; by the time they arrived nothing could be done to save the building. Neighbors also gathered to render assistance, but the only thing they could do was save

a few articles from the ground floor. The loss wns said to be par-

tially covered by insurance.

The fire apparently originated in the ceiling over the kitchen.

Mr, Gordon expects to re-build in the sprlni-

At Mt. Stewart

A practically new house owned by Mr. James Afleck, Mount Stew- art was almost completely des- troyed by fire yesterday after- noon. The origin of the fire. thought to have started inside the dwelling, was not determined. Time of the oufibreak was about 4 o'clock.

Most of the furniture in the building was lost. The roof and upstairs of the house were com- pletely burnt and only ithe lower part of the frame was left stand- ing. The sustained efforts of the Mount Stewart Fire Department saved this part of {he dwelling. One engine and its crew from the Charlottetown Fire Department went to the scene but the fire was extinguished before their ar- rival.

UNDECIDED ABOUT FAIR

OTTAWA. Dec. 1-1 — (OP) — ‘Trade Minister Howe said Satur- day he hasn't. satisfied himself yet whether it's a good idea or not to hold an international trade fair in Canada. it's hard to tell how much good such events do, he told the Commons, but the Government is backing the fair 4n Toronto gar one more year anyway.

Youthful Gunmen Gel S800 From Banli

OFMSTOWN. Que. Dec. 1L- (CP)-Two young gunmen today held up the Ormstown branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce "Y"! “culled with $800 in a taxi commandeered at gunpoint.

The bandits released taxi-driver William Hooker near Anderson's Corners where they fled from the car; into a wooded area. Hooker returned to Ormstown. about 10 miles from (he New York State border, and organized n posse.

Roy Urquhart, accountant and assistant manager, said the men, about 20 or 21 yearl aid, entered the bank flourishing revolvers. Teller Raymond Laroche we; ord- ered to "hand it over and be quick about. it." Laroche gave them u Package of bills, Also in the bank at the time W35 Miss Lucille Beaudin, ledger-keeper. None of the employees was hurt.

On leaving the bank the men jumped into fhe taxi, parked near- hy, and ordered Hooker to drive them away. The wooded area where the men left the car is surrounded by farms. Reports said the farmers stood watch over their properties, waiting for the posse to move in.

Coun. J ohnstone Scores fllfiiliii. Nil

Failure To Comply‘ With Hid Prevented

Law Re Civic By-Election

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Coun. Johnstone

C. P. R. Opposes Federal Aid For New Highway

Pope Hopes For Dawn ofligw Era

VATICAN CITY. Dec. 12 (Reutem)—Pope Pius said today he hopes the Roman Catholic holy year, due to open in 12 days‘, iii time will prove to be the down of a new era for humanity. He told this to a closed consistory of 14 cardinals at which he nominated one French and two Italian card- inals f0 open the holy doors of patriarchal basilicas. The holy doors in ihe four basilica chili-class of Rome are walled up between holy years, and their opening is one of the ceremonies inaugurat- in-g a new holy year. The Pope will open the holy door at St. Peter's. The cardinals chosen to open other holy doors are Ales- sandro Cardinal Verde for the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiora. Clement Cardinal Mlcara for St. Jcihn Isateran and Eugene Cardinal Tisscrantt for St. Paul-Without- The-Walls.

Woman Speaker For B. (I. House ‘

VICTORIA. B.C.. Dec. id (CP) - Mrs. Nancy Hodges today was I‘t"COml1'iPIld€d as Speaker of the British Columbia Legislature- a post traditionally filled by a man. It. ls believed to be‘the first time in the British Commonwealth that a woman has been given the post. of Speaker.

English-born Mrs. Hodges, a 61- year-old Victoria, newspaper wom-

an, was recommended by Premier t

Byron Johnson to succeed former Premier John Hart to the Speak-

er's chair. Formal ratification of her appointment will Home when the Legislature meets Feb. 14.

Mrs. Hodges, a coalition mem- ber of the House since i941. Writl the column “One Wonurrs Day,” in the Victoria Daily Times. Her husband, RP. Hodges, is editor- in-chief of the Times.

Sub-Zero Weather In Wake of Prairie Storm

WINNIPEG, Dec. 12 -—(CP)\. Winter landed a sub-zero waliop today on residents in tho 1,300. mile stretch between British Co. iumbia and the top of the Great Lakes. .

The weather man laid no break in the cold is in sight.

H; predicted that Prince Al. bert, SIIIL, when the mercury is expected to div w 35 “trees be- low zero, would be one of the West‘; "cold" spots tonight. Suk- afoon isn't expected to fare much better. It: predicted low for to- night is 30 below.

A snowstorm, which struck mainly at Southern Manitoba yel- terday, receded towards South.

eastern Hudson Bu’ W‘!!! after "upping n! Northwuternbntario. The weather was held relbonlibie for one death at Fort Frances. one, where a girl died from m“ injuries suffered in e lpiil

i1 iki l- ~ wgrriilfiiinigeg, city eiilineer W.

D. I-Iurrt said it would take until the end of the week to clear away the snow.

From five to eight inches of snow fell from the “ankatchewan border into Ontario's Kenore dia- trict. Manitobpi‘: cold wave was made more serious by strong northwest winds which piled snow into deep mounds on the high- ways.

Hardest hit community in Mani- toba was the south-central village of Somerset, where telephone and power lines were still down after 38 hours.

W, D, Fniiis, chairman of the Manitoba Power Commission, laid crews had been lent into the urea Sunday and had not been heard from at noon today.

Trans-Canada Air Linea reported no flight cancellations out of Winnipeg throughout the blizzard although some pieriep were dole»- ed. The lame wont for train schedules of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways.

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(By John ILeBlanc)

OTTAWA, Dec. 12—- (CP)-A protest against the spending of Federal money on the proposed

Trans-Canada Highway was voiced by the head of the Canadian Paci- fic Railway today before the Royal Commission on Transportation.

George A. Walker, C, P. IR. chairman, said he would "quarrel" with the expenditure of money by the Dominion to build a road to compete with its own line-the Canadian National Railways-and the Canadian Pacific.

He said it would provide a route for trans-Canada trucking, and UIFFE was no suggestion that truckers would pny even an “in- finitesimnl" part of tlie cost of new facilities.

(A claim of the Railways Assoc- iation of Canada before the Com- mission has been that truckers provide unfair competition to the railways because they are "sub- sidized" by not paying their proper share of highway costs.)

Mr. Walker was on (he witness stand all day as the Commission began the final week of its Ottawa sittings before taking a six-weeks recess. He delivered an introduc- tdry ptafement preliminary to the opening of the C.P.R.’s main case before fhe commission.

He said:

1. The CPR. is opposed to extension of Governmcnt con- trols over the railways. Con- trols might evcntuaiiv mean the end of the Canadian Paci- fic as n private enterprise.

2. Higher freight rates are needed to meet increased costs of railway operation.

3. Capital revision of the C. N. R., sought by that com- pany, would endanger the position of the C. P. R, if it were used to lower standards of railway returns.

Mr. Walker said the danger of

injury to the Canadian Pacific through revision of the cnvlifil structure of the C. N, R. could not be foo strongly emphasized, in view of suggestions that C. N. R. results might then be used as a "yardstick" for rate-making.

The danger would come if C. N- R. requirements should be used as a yardstick without assurance that it be allowed a "fair return" on its railway investment.

“Such a situation would in- evitably. prevent the Conudiflfl Pacific from earning any return on the capital invested in its railway QnterprIse,

luit in its bankruptcy." the rail- way chairman laid.

Kills Mon To Get Cor for Honeymoon

DUNKIRK, N. Y., Dec. ‘l2-—(AP) -Police laid e bridegroom con- fessed today that he killed a man Oct. 29 and traded the victim's automobile on a new convertible to take a bride on a honeymoon tour of the south. Edward F. Wolfe, 25, was arrested this morn- inl where he and his wife had checked in lalt night. Wolfe will charged with first degree murder in the death of Elmer JJPARQYI- gell, 5'1, a boarder at Wolfe's home in Wlliiamaville, near Buffalo. P0- liee laid Wolfe also would be charred with forging $800 in cheques, using Pattengellb name. and with grand larceny in the theft of the car.

permanently impair its credit and, ii is not too much to lay, would intimately re-

Charges of undemocratic and illegal practice on the part of the Mayor and City Council of Charlottetown were made by Coun. Edwin C. Johnstono and remained unanswered at the regular month- ly meeting of the Council yasm- day afternoon in the City Chamb- ers.

On the reading of the minutes 0f one of the special council meet- ings. Coun. Johnstone rose to pro- test the "illegal meeting. the ill- egal discussion and the illegal mo- tion" posed by the Council, re- questing the Mayor not to call a by-election in Ward One, owing to the cost and the fact that an elected Councillor would sit only for one meeting before the City elections.

"I want to make it clear, that I have no interest whiltevci‘ in the calling of a by-election", Coun. Johnstone said. "But I have an in- tc-rest in keeping invioiatc my oath OI Offloe. I wanted a discussion on this matter originally and was re- fused. You. Mr. lviayor, said you would decide. You have no right to decide whether or not there should be a by-election. The law states that a by-eleotion shall be held under the circumstances.

Quotes Statute

"Further this matter was brought up at a. special meeting and no previous indication was made to me that it would come up. I was given notice of the meet- ing of which we have just. heard the minutes, by telephone the day before the meeting and was told that it was for the purpose of discussing the proposed sale of some property to Mr. Simmonds. As it was very inconvenient for me to attend I did not. do so anti learned the following day in the press that the question of a by- election had been disposed of; al- though no notice either written or

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Shipments 0f Turnips Heavy In November

Shipments of turnips are still heavy while shipments of potatoes by C.N.R. are slightly below that of last year. according to the traf- fic figures for the month of Nov- ember released from the office of the Divisional Superintendent, Charlottetown yesterday. Turnip shipmets totalled 230 cars for the month as against 1'56 for a similar period last year. Potato shipments shower] 1293 in 1949 to 1329 during November 1948.

There was a decrease in both the importing of coal for domestic use and railway ooai. There were 264 car loads of domestic coal im- ported during the month as against 342 in November 1048. Railway coal showed N cars im- ported in November 1949 as against 95 for the same period in 1948.

A decrease was also noted in the export of livestock as 108 cars were shipped during the past month in comparison to 126 in Noverniber, i948. Vegetables also showed a de- crease as there were no cars ship- ped in November, 19-19 as againlt six during the corresponding per- iod in 1948.

Total number of carloads im- ported and exported amounted w, 3,235. Of this number 1.387 were imported while 1,848 were export- ed. Imports for November. 194B. amounted to 1,579 and exports to 1847.

Following i the shipment by carloade from Cape Tonmentine to Borden for the past month with their corresponding figurcfl f0!‘ 1948 in brackets: Autos, 32 (29); empty bags, 7 (12): empty barrels. o (e); fruiirts, o (m: flour Ind feed, 162 (128); fertilizer, 33 (29); gas and oils. 157 (130); I-LH- goods. 0, (2); hardware. 8 (3); lime. 65 (57); lumber 40. (Z4); 1065 CB!“ loads, 272 (253); meats, 17 (22); madhinery, l9 (i8); sugar, 1R (l2); salt. 9 (B): aerated waters, L’; (l9); mlxelianeorue, 149 (iii); cement. 20 (27); railway matmial. i8 (35); canned goods. 1B (l4); gravel and sand, 0 (186); hay 0 (4); trucks, 0 (2).

From Borden to Tnr-mcnviine: butter and cheese. i) (2); emlply barrels. 0 (l); fish. l0 (iii); l-LH. goods, I (0); hides. 2 (3); less car- loads, so (81); meals, 21 <13): oats. 2 (l); starch, B (m; miscellaneous 58 (77): bcdiiles. 6 (dlmtaiiway ma- terial. 4 (5); hay and straw. 1'! (B)? roughwood. 1 (1): moss. 2 (3): m8-

Plane Landing

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — (AP)

—A Capital airliner crashed into the Potomac River tonight with 23 persons aboard. Crash bo:i_ts pick- ecl up 2O persons and took them to Air Force hospital. The condition of the majority was repoptgd critical. ‘ The plane was bound for Wash- in-gton National Airport. flight 500 from Memphis via Norfolk. Un- able to land in a peasoup fog, it flew about for an hour and then crashed into the river on a mud flat.

It came down just across the river from the Washington Na- tional Airpori, near the Air Force's Bolling Field. That field was noti-

fied and six crash boats swiftly went to work. FOE W35 heavy. even on the

ground. Many other airplanes were

stacked "P" awaitlnl! n chance to land. The crashed plane itself, during its hour of circling, almost? landed once. That attempt failed when the planes radio lost con- iafri. 1f was roporiccl, and the ship clisnbcd for anothcr try.

Then all contact was lost. At- ifilnpts to track it in by a radar failed.

A short time later came Word that it had been located in the river. '

A partial passenger list issued soon after the crash showed that: m”! 01 The passengers weze U5. Navy and Army personnel.

t First reports were there were wo or thrce dead. However, crash Eat crews said they found n0

M165. and that any others in the

9 p were trapped.

N ascarr; WHEN noon: BURNQ

Mm“?- N.B.. Dec. 12 —(CP) ._ Mn and Mrs. Joseph Bodohon and gieir two young sons escaped f. "ugh a ‘Vmdw’ Pflrly today While Iélgertgfiffiffiltghrough their hClfne at,

The fire awakened Mrs. Bodchon. rslhebhad difficulty in arousing he:

us and, who appeared affected by tho smoke. Cut off from escape by do“? he Smashed a window and sui- ferod hand cuts. The parents drop- ped the boys from the first floor window and followed them to the ground.

The four lost all their belongingg,

OIL PRODUCTION RECORD Aiiberla oilfield: set a new oil production record of 08.372 barrels

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Subscriptions Delivered $6.00.

Says Better

Agreement With Both 1U. S. And U. K. Needed

By Harold Morrison

UITAWA. Dec. 1.2 -(CP) -<Agrf- culture Minister Gardiner today suggested that Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom are not. in sufficient agreement to assure the Canadian farmer of pros- parity.

“The Canadian farmer has some reason for being concerned about the future," he said in a speech be- fore the opening session of the 10th annual Dominion-Provincial agri- cultural conference. The conference heard reports of possible increased farm output and declines in export markets and prices in 1950.