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NATION LIFE IN-

BIG FEBRUARY CLEARANCE

$22,. Mu’ Johnston‘ “m” ing slate of Officers being elected) fqrhlflilz- - , MwALL PAHEIN Boon‘ roness: Mrs. J. A. Berngrfl. _ showing New sprite aw“ at S_ A. Hon. President: Mrs. A. G. McDonald's. Fake- ___ Pest President: Mrs. __ Henry. ~ _ WEST KENT 805001’ I“ President: Mrs. S. G. Peptpin. s. r. wnusms 1. M. Grgggg-r Sports woanesqiiy, February our. mltfhivi" P"=id°"t= W’- G- I 8. Announcement has been made by the. Crown Lille Insurance Company flogging swans-side u w“, 2nd Vice President: or [he appointment of Mr. A. F. Williams as Superintendent of Agen- Kent, Forum Wednesday February Palmer. 519s; and Mr. I. M. Gilbert as Assistant Superintendent of Agencies. 5th. ' ' Secretary: IVLi-s. F. W. Smith. » ‘Preasurer; Miss Kay Suther- csunncs-ordei- early. ossh 11nd-

ilew Italian iiahinet Formed?

IlOME, Fob. 3 — (AP) — A new Itriiiiiii cabinet, differing title in 3Lill|Ctll baiilnce from its predeces- wig emerged today under the lead- tfilill) of Premier Alcltie de Gas- p0ll iiftcr two weeks of political iickrriiig that bade fair to under- iiiiro the seven-month-oid repub- re.

Tn,» rit~.v oiibinct consists of seven Ciirnsiiitrr democrats, three Ccm- JIUIIlSlS, three Socialsts and two Independents. In thc out-going zovcrrirrlent the Christian Demo- :r.it< hold 11 c,f lire 21 posts, but nt-y .~till hold lire premiership and I(‘\t§'.il h giily important minis- li':t‘.<.

Dl‘ Giisperi, who resigned the prviircrsiiip two weeks “g9, is luv. ill‘: iris thrd experience as head of inn Itriliciri government. He was tho List premier’ of the monarchy llltl first cf the new republic.»

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BIRTHS. MARRIABES. IIEATIIS

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r—————>-—~——_i_ BIRTHS

BOSWELL-At the Prince Edward Isiiiiid l-lospittil, Feb. 2nd, 1947 to Mi. and Mrs. Itoweli Boswell, lHtlLiilUFl, u daughter. ‘fUWNSliEND-At the P. E. I. ' . Feb. 2, 1947, to Mr. and . E. R. Townsiheiid, u son, lirjlllll Roger. 8 lbs,

CLOW — At-Lh P. Island llospl- tni. February 1, 1947, to Mr. and Itirs. ltihiicr- Glow (mo) Doris Miliafl n sort, Ivan Miilnr Clow. iicliltiNNA-rw the Charlottetown Hospital, Feb. 1st, 1947, to My, and Mrs. James McKenna. a son. PETERS-At the Chaflcitietown Hospital on February 2, 19H, to .\i~_ Ilild Mrs. Henry Peters (iii-c Nitii" Smith) u son, Ronald Hunt)’.

Clt-ARIIIN-At her late residence, ‘r21 Prince St., Mrs. P.W. Oiarkln, 'l 60 years. Funeral notice

lull‘ I)ItlS(10LL--At his home in John- son's Rllver, Feb. S, i947, Daniel Bil-Scull. aged '18 years. The re- nrtiins are resting at his late rcs- iiioiico, from where the funeral

iiill trike place Wednesday morn- ‘

1H1 at 9 o'clock to St. Patrick's Church, Fort Augustus. Burial in the church cemetery.

bf00RE—At Charlottetown. ' Satur-

dfll’. lMaruwfy 1 .1947. William W. hioore of Iris in his 53rd year. Re-

mains resting at Cutclflfe Funeral

Home where ftmcrsl services will be held this afternoon, service starting

st 1 P. M. Interment Little Sands

Cemetery.

MncDONtALD-In the City. Mon- dfli‘. Fob. 3, 1947, Joseph MacDon- ald. age 06 years. formerly of Ht-iir River. The remains will be transferred by train this after- noon from the A. A. Hennessey Funeral Home to his lstc resi- dence. The funeral will take llince Wednesday afternoon.

DOCIIERTY - Suddenly st Haver- hiil. Maul, February 1. 1847. Alex- NGW Haven. P. B. 1.. in his 51th year. Rcmshs Cutolirfc Funeral Home this evening snd will be con- vcvcd to his late residence wthere a nrtvate service will be hleld Thurs- day afternoon followed by lefviw Presbyvarisn Interment Chmoh

ander Doohzrty of

will arrive at

tn Clyde Church at 2.30. Cemetery.

N. D. MacLeqn

UNDERTAKER EMR ALMER

Charlottetown snl tuna Iilishlre

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River

A Legion

our lete- William “W

and Carry Stores.

VALENTINE Masquellh rises. Iorum, Wednesday. Felmiury lth.

not our Fellows llonor Grand Master

P.W.C. EXAMS OVER. ~ The Prince of Wales College mid-year examinations. usually held before Christmas. are being taken now and are expected to be concluded, today. It is understood there w'li be no classes for the remainder of‘ the w:ek while the teachers are marking the papers.

The Odd Fellows of Charlotte- town met ‘n joint session in their hail last evening for the triple pur- pose c,f honoring their Grand Mas- ter cii iiii official visit. lloil Oail of riicmbers, rind the presentation of vzterart Jewels to those of thor- mrmbers qualified to receiver them. A large number oi the moni-

PAlNl-‘UL INJURY - Mr. William tJohnston, Sturgeon, P. E. I., who is ienlployed in the woods at Brown's Mountain, was u. visitor i-n Trenton for" a few days at the home of

osttmt euluiiutlt l $1.2:

TH_E__ CHARLAOTTETOYKN GUARDIAN

llllllil Annuity 0f Ganatlian Legion

Annual Meeting

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The annual meeting of the. Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Canadian‘ Legion B.E.S.I... was held in the Legion Home on Fridayznlanusry 31st» with s good attendance of members - present.

The reports o! the various com- mittees were read and adopted. The report of the nominatingf committee resulted in the follow-

Executive: Mrs. I. I. Croken. Mrs. RH. Duvar, Mrs. Ire Brown, Mrs. Albert Wilson, Mrs. M. For- sythe, Mrs. Cyrus Picltard. Mrs. J Large. s. L. '1‘. Lowtlier. Mrs. Keith Johnston, Mrs. W. Whit- lock, Mrs. A. Cofliin. Mrs. D. K. McLeod. Mrs. H. Messervy, Mrs. J. Kirby, Mrs. C. Garrett, Mrs. W. H. Tldmarsh. Mrs. D. J. Mac- Cormack. Mrs. W. W. Reid. Mrs. W. A. Henry, Mrs. A. B. Cosh, lvirs. J. S. Walker.

extended to the retiring officers.

The retiring president, Mrs. Arthur Henry thanked all“ the members foi- their support during the past year.

bars C; both my lodge; were w“, ‘ Mr. and Mrs. James Llewellyn. I-Ie ent and, it may be well said. an- I “i”! rficuperail"! "m" 5 5 other gala session added lo many ‘m hi5 3"" which he siisialimd that have passed mgy be u, Ivvded 1 wliiie at his work. -Ncw Glasgow

to (kscribo this rights session. {NQWS The Grand Muster. WC Vin-i ———— cent of Kentviiie. N.S., acconiprn-l ltoqyugy _. “Law and m, so].

dier" was the subject of an address

led by Past Grand Masters George by Major D.L. Mathieson to R

S. Ryan rind A.O.F. Gill. and ‘Past Grand Patriarch D F. Beth- the, were escorted to the lodge- rocnr and trpun being greeted with Grand Honors were seated on the pidtfcrnl. The Grand Mri=t-:r was cf equal numrben c_ ‘ii fire form anti tlciivcr-cd a stir-iwwn vi ‘m. pr,“ ririu" ticirlrrss which wn ncd i0 ’ with riipi. nticntiori th: . l-Ic’ avetit fully into the platform he had placed before the lodges to pave the way for the mairlierlarlcc of lodge interest tilld for the unbulld- ‘rig of iilc Order. He mtido nn ear- n-czt pica for a renewal of litter-est and to cultivate n desire for ferv- ice which llic principles of Kilt‘ Order require to maintain its pos-

nimy was surprisingly slight, said i116 Speaker, and if a comparison is made bettwecn a civil populace

s. _ chnairtan Div-

of the army. The soldier

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treatment CanatIZaiO soldiers re- ccived at Courts Martial. the off- icers of which ofi'.ii Era I l back- ‘wards in their effort: to 1e ire the accused every benefit of the ti;ubt. the men had confidence that they ‘would have a fair trial. lvlajor

ltion. l The Crand Master was then t-alistt upon to p-reLciit veteran parlance iii England, Italy and

France and spoke highly c,f the Provost Corps attached to the First Division. Being recruited entirely from the R.C.M.P., the corps was very efficient in the handling of men. During the meeting one min- utg of siicnce was observed in mem- ory of Paul Harris, founder cf RD~ ytary who died recently. Rotarians Norman Ford and Fred Chappell

jrwzls to ‘the following members: St. Lznvrcnce Lodge Nc. 8. Robert Rattray. who received n 50 year jewel. A 25 year lewci xvas prczent- od to the following: Claude Smith. Stanley Bryant, W.J. Rodd, John H. Lchnes and RE. Palmer. Wilda-y Lodge brothers i0 receive 55 Y0K‘? jewels were: Chesley Bueil, G. Ar- thur Cudmore. Arthur J. Coffin,

QVETE L'Llt .

18.0.1". Gill, Finlay MacKinnml. Percy B. Moreside, W. Ruel I-el-‘age. This was followed by addresses bl’ the recipients most all of whom rc- pierl, going over- the cariy 68315 when they first became members. 'I‘his was supplemented by short gddresseg by D.D. MOITlSOII, OH. Black and other members W110 were among the oldest members

were co-chairmen.

GYBO CLUB-The weekly din- tier meeting of the Gyro Olub at the Charlottetown Hotel last night was devoted principally to business. Dr. Wherret of the Can- adian ‘Tuberculosis League, Ot- tawa, was present and spoke on the advance made in fighting tu-

All War Veterans an united to attend funeral service of

Funeral llama at l P. M. Tuesday, February 4th.

berculosis in the past year. He said that one of every four cases in the Banatorium here» today was one caught by the mobile X- ray unit. Discovery of the cases in the early stages prevented much grief later. In the coming year he expected a million people would be served by X-ray equip- ment throughout Canada, Some provinces have eslsblitled free treatment for tuber-urinal; ca”;

present. At the conclusion of the programme, reftvssilments were served witch brought a very suc- cesdul evening to a. CIOBB- JP- Campbell __ "‘ -‘.

____________ CROPS GROSS VAIUI

According to the first estimate of the farm value of field Q1111 production for 1946, the gross value of the principal field crops pro- duced on Canadian fanns is esti- mated at $l.2fll.645,000- Th1! ll the fifth highest gloss value re-l corded since 190s when this Eerie!

of estimates was inausllflwd- T!"

191d fig-u" is about 9 per cent

above the i945 gross value 0f PIO- ductlon for by a higher level of production in the western lYf°V¥l°'

o5, although increased prices for

some crops have also exerted an

upward pressure.

_________ APIARY CITIZEN!

There are about 1.590 1mm"! species o! bees, exhibling various degree; o! specialization and in- telligence.

Boe-keeliins was in among the ancients yello llo-

pmotizr ‘ (

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(mom te t‘. hold in Cutclille

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[inionwide in it p-cndei- needed assistance

to

ithe conservation of soil from lllc

°' ravages of erosion and the damages tarians yesterday. Crime in the-done to meadows by “cod waters‘

' and ice-floss.‘

' A similar rEccom-mérldation

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Arthur Children to Come Uriito Me"

B. town. Probably Mrs. P. E. now in the National Gallery, is

A hearty vote of thanks was.

ilitation Act so ins-to make it Dom- s terms in order to the

‘Maritime argriouitural problems in

. The Life Anti Work of Roheltllarris

Iv Frank

cussvflbllftlfllll to Canadian Art

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The contribution of Robert Har- m's to Canadian Lrt is not con- ilncd to the "Fathers of Confed- eration." other paintings reveal his genius. Probably the best of those are his other group works, "The Meeting of the School Trust- eu." "The village choir," “Mrs. Porteous and her Family, and" the beautiful mrdal “Buffer Little in tiiq Hodgwn Memorial Chapel of St. Peters Olthedlal, Chmlottc- tho “Meeting of the School ‘nustce-s" which is the finest of these. Aside from its artistic value. which is very great, ‘m a character sketch it is strperb. depicting s. young lady teacher of s rural sdlool In Prince Edward ‘Island milling with a solemn ‘group of trustees. "Mrs. Porteous {and Her Children" wasthe only jimnadian painting selected for LihOW at the Paris lilxposition of 1900 where it was well received as s meat work. These, along with other group works revealed in the artist a warm conception

P.E.I. delegation is one sponsored by Mliithew MacLean, Liberal mem- ber for Cape Breton-North Victoria. Mr. MecLean wishes the Govem- ment to consider "the provision of adequate facilities for fishermen in Cape Breton and North Victoria ,who earn their living solely from Ifishtrig, such facilities to include !"good wharves and cold storage." Members of constituencies in the three Maritime Provinces when: fishing is the dominant industry have already siiown close interest in Mr. MucLeanLs plea for federal aid to fishermen and propose to ex- tend its terms to cover Canada's entire eastern seaboard.

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Fur Farming

Not so favorable is the outlook of

l {s Prince Edward Islarviks members to

made by J‘ A‘ R055‘ hfmse" a mrgb a resolution moved by J. A. Dion,

Chamme‘ scale wheat tanner and Progrcsaiive

Corcervative member for Sou-ris

on‘ ‘he showing is much m m“ Manitoba. Col. Ross seeks 1o trans- first a civilian. is subject to civil -i°"“, u“ Praia? Flu“, "Oflherh 16mm“ » ~ - A“ m” a “a m 5°‘ c Government controlled fur m" “M ‘flaws h“ clm fights‘ ion and farm rehabilitation act to Because of the consistent fair cover)“ me settled (arm “ca: in

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Crop s rotection

II. R. Argue, C. C. F, member for Saskatchewan " protection Mathicson gave an account .0! ex- ‘mums, crop {Emu-e be provtdad to producers in every prov-

Wood Mountain also urges that “some

'prime.ry ince. also to increasing the benefits '50 that more adequate compensat- 'ion on accoun

be provided."

high on 1h discussion at an oar Edward Islands members will reference to the potato-growing in- dustry, and damage caused to farm lands by ice-flees.

Another resolution inscribed on the Commons order paper which is °" ‘l°

and the speaker hoped that this Province would soon do likewise. The meeting decided to hold a Valentine Dance on Feb. l4. Ar-

white elephant sale on March 5 Mr. Arthur Jardiner field secre-

League was a guest.

Queen Street.

titctmcrowti strut

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The extent of customers’ load has made it impossible to give service for alternate hours. Until further notice, and subject ‘to conditions beyond our control, service will be given for dire hour, followed by s two-hour shutoff. This schedule will be commenced st approximately 0.30 A.M. today, continuing until approximately midnight. Service in this manner ls not gusrsnlced but with your co-operatlon we shall

endeavour to maintain it.

aritime Electric Co, Ltd.

t of crop failure will

Mr. Argue's resolution, standing e list, will come up for 1y date and it is anticipated ut least one of Prince

speak in support of it with special

rangements were made for the tary for the P. E. I. Tuberculosis

Messrs Richard. Calvin McLean o! Hampshire have returned home after spending the week-end with their aunt, Mrs. William McKay.

K. (3., Liberal member for Robervai. Que, which calls for extension of fur fanns on a "vast scale" over the of Canada. farms operated with public funds air-i presumably run on s. tax-free basis. woutd be "a dangerous experiment". W. Chester- S. McLure, Progressive Conservative member for Quzrns told the Guardian.

"If Mr. Dion is Eroposing govern- ment-e-wned fur farms in tompet- ition with private enterprise I don't believe he will have the sup- port of the fur industry. In _the past we have seen the evils of over- production. The fur business is very complex and can be W156i with heavy losses to fur breeders r, any sudden air-mains of subsid- iied fur on the market", Mr. Mc- Lure said.

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unate for the people that it was small—-but it was stLil the only tiarty in the Commons which could command a majority of the people.

Mr. Bracken moved llll amendment st the end of n two-hour speech during which he made sweeping criticism of the Guv rnment policies. in- cluding its handling of Do- minion- . vincisl relstions.

Mr. King said six of the nine Provinces havealready agreed to accept the Dominion‘s latest pro- posals as the basis for new tax- ation agreements and he believed all nine will have signed up be-

liaclllmn lef personality in its various moods.

innumerable portraits

and provide fascinating studies of interesting people. ‘

The Harris plihtings included o4 public men and private cities-us. His pictures of George Coles and Jos- eph Howe had brought him much praise in the Mhiritimes. whib those of the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir William Dawson, Icrd Minto, and of many government figures bo- came well known in the other prov- ilices. To sit for rlarris became fashionable towards the end of the century. One of the fin-Jest of this type o1 painting was that of the best known portraits of the day. Art circles accepted the “Self Portrait" by Harris as one of the best of all his work. S. Morgan- Poweii Iii the Yearbook of Can- adian Art, 1913. called it “the finest thing of its kind any exhib- ition has seen for years."

Work Widely Scattered

Circumstances, unfortunately, do

Ior better-tasting brsc lskes, look for Kellogg's olden- ellow pscksge. ry the ig economy size. As you know, some of the geople need Kellogg's ran Flakes all the time . . . sll the seople need Kellogg's m: Flskesunm of the time . . . so isn't it bskv they mu so good!

1H5 GREATEST NAME IN CEREALS

not permit a general and adequate appreciation of Harris’ work. (as in the case of umny other artists). l (Continued om Page 9 1 fore the term of the proposed

agreements expires. i

Mr. Coldwelrs motion, moved‘ as an amendment to the Program, sivo Conservative non-confidence vote. hit at the Government for its “readiness to return to the policies of uncontrolled and un- planned .private enterprise," for failure to introduce socialization measures and to plan full use of tiaturai resources, currency and credit."

To this he added'the Progres- sive Conservutive motion which said the Government did not have the confidence of the coun- try.

Mr. Low urged rewriting of tile Canadian constitution tonllocate powers and revenues as between the Dominion and the Provinces. Among other things, he also call- ed for development of‘ the Can- adian north, substantial tax re- ductions, establishment of-. a par- liamentary committee on subver- sive activities and removal of all wartime controls except those necessary.

POWEILSEIEIIULE

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Citizens ‘yesterday in a. more or less TESIEHEd if grumbling mood owing to the serious inconveniences

Kn iicur or more at u time of those conveniences which trad become as matter of fact to them as the alr they breathe.

All citizens experienced some dif- ficuity but the rfsruptiqn o; the usually continuous service was es- pecialiy disagreeable to fhdse whose homes are furnished with electric stoves and whose furnaces are also electrically-compiled.

The SIR-ifs of some of the bigger stores also suffered lack of comi- fortabie working conditions since many of those establishments are heated indirectly by means of elec- tricity. Failure of electrically- driven elevators to operate con- tinuously also contributed to that general feeling of restlessness and annoyance which is, perhaps, iri- creasing. ~

Kerosene Lsmpe Dug Out

The old-fashioned kerosene lamp came into its own again yesterday in hundreds of homes throughout the City.

Retail storm which had a supply qr lamps on hand did n lurid-office businea all day. Ivfsny of them sold out their stocks early and then replenished them from the wholesalers otnly to be sold out again before evening.

One retell merchant sold he sold more lamps yesterday than he had In the previous ten years.

There was also a. great demand for kerosene oil and it was s. com- mon sight to see men and women hurrying home with gallon glass jars filled with oil in one hand while they tightly clutched lamps and lamp globm with the other.

SCIENTIST IN INDIA

Noted for his racer-eh in Z- ualioy studies of smut fund. W. F. Henna. Dominion Department of Agriculture, wlnnipes. attend- ed a meeting 0d the Indian Science Congress Association in Delhi, January 2-8. ‘I'll-ls meeting brought together- soimttists from s11 PI-rts of the British c from several other countries.

Dr. Hanna heads the Depart- ment's unit concerned with the dis- eases of cereals, clotvers, grasses and flax and is Officer in §hqrge