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Subscript-lea neuvemaseee l suu sacs, other vi-ovinse- s. ass. $1.00

Drew Scores King For Scrapping

round corny or Torso‘

adios or Hitler's‘

Henchman

Today Lay

in Unmasked Graves

Wage Increase is Accepted

WlNDBOR. Ont., Oct. 10-(0?) Dny s 2-1 vote tonight employees of the Windsor plant of the Gnrysler Corporation accepted a pneral hourly wage increase of i: cents and the Rand lingo security formula, thereby end g a'i20-day-old strike called by the United Automobile Workers of America (C.I.O.)

Banners Out (in Strike

8'1‘. OATHARINES. Ont.. Oct. 1e —(CiP)—Approirlms.tely m0 canning factory workers. members of the United Packinghouse Work- ers of America (C.1'.O.). went on nrike today at plant i8 of Can- adian Canners Limited.

G. A. Roberts. Union organim nid the Umon sought better working conditions, a wage iri- creasc and Union ‘security. He would not specify the increase asked in the present disagree- Iilélll. .

Two months ago workers in the plant received a 10 cents-an- hour increase.

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Coming. . Events "TslkierOl-hzrfiovo Friday- "Show BAEZJIWT. l Saturday. "Movies at 55in. to-n-leht-

"Show-Cameo, ‘Iihursday. 8.30- ‘Thc Gay Cavalier". Also Serial.

"Legion Dlxltc; Belfast Hall, Friday, October 18th.

d"Poéiltry lbuylng" dially ligeupad resse p00 i‘ , pay BB 0 ' lret price. Dav 6s Fraser. Lili-

"Arriving soon, car of bill! wheat. book ordcrs- now. R. L Dickieson, New Glasgow.

"Chicken Supper and Dance. Little Pond Hall, Tuesday. October 22nd.

"Regular meeting Hamilton L O. L. Clyde Rivers Thursday night Oct. i7.

"Hampshire W. M. S. Cake Sale at Rogers Hardware, Friday. 00$- 25th.

"Remember Pantry Sale, R08!!! Hardware, tomorrow, October 18th Hampshire W. M. S.

"ilhird Company Guides pie se ho present at tortghvs meeting lid bring you: friends.

"Dance, Mt. Stewart Legion Hill. Thursday, October 17th. twebetef‘! Orchatra.

"Reserve Thursday. December 5th for Tea an: Bazaar in Baptist Church Sohoolrccm.

"Dance, Kosy, Corner. Vernon aiisgo, Octoher 1am. MacKmsih Orchestra.

\ -—-- "Girl Guides rummage Sale. Trinity Social Hall, Iaturday, 4:30 0- m.

"Blah tea, bazaar, bingo. lit. Jamel Church. Town Hall, George-

"Unloatiing oar oboioe New Brunswick hay ‘niursdsy, October 17th. Leas than ceiling price. Live- Iloek lead Agenoy. '

, ..__ "To avoid congestion Hunter

River star-ch factory will accept

Potatoes iv appointment only-

"Ifedmtlota of Agrioultin meet- lnso. vmioa River. Wednesday. st. ma. Thursday. De (ii-on lama.

v.

0f P. I. 1.

“some 512.7 gonzo»; one"... hold at Dept. 11m.'u"s"'a"oioo."' "'

lod i

Jairl. Frederick

(H G- I. Blllldfi‘

, Oct.. l0- 1A!)- The bodies of i1 Hitler henchmen were spirited away to secret and unmarked graves today, while harassed guardians of Hennan Goering launched a microscopic, inch-by-inch examination of his cell for clugs as to how hs had manned to cheat the hsngman by suicide.

The prison chaplain and assist- ant security officer both expressed the opinion that the. wily n0. 2 Nazi had carried on his person, ever since his capture l 1-8 years ago, the deadly potassium cyanide which he gulipod less than two hours before he was to march to

v the gallows.

How he managed to do this re- malned unanswered. The clump defendant had been searched at least 100 times dkrhig his months in captivity.

Mystery shrouded the burial of Ooerlng and of the 10 top-ranking Nazis who died on twin gallows shortly after midnight on this

Magdalen Islands iiow llniler Ruling 0f Gaspe lliccse

folio administered by the Bishop of Charlottetown, P.E.l., have been Placed by the Vatican under the jurisdiction of the Gaape diocese. it was announced yesterday by Most Rev. Albini Leblanc, Bishop of Gaapo.

The Magdalen Islands have 1,850 Roman Catholic families in five parishes.

Minister Comments 0n Nurses’ Complaint Re Recent Epidemic

A complaint by several graduate nurses of the Provincial hospitals with regard to payment for their services in nursing polio victims

cold grey morning, '

brought death and Differing to millions were removed from Nuernberg prison in sealed vans, under armed escort, for an un- announced destination. One sug- gestion was that they might be buried at sea.

Capt. Samuel Binder of the sec- url-ty police detail said the final resting place of the 1i would re- main a secret.

The news of Goerlng’: grim joke-that he had been able to outwit scores 0f United States troops whose job was to see that he kept his date with the ‘lang- maro-spread with lightning speed throughout Germany.

Although many Germans cursed

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Liverpool Firm

Advances Price

LIVERPOOL. N. 5., (OPl-Officlals of Paper Company said today the company had notified its custom- ‘ers of an advance of $10 a- ton in the price of newsprint. The new price was effective yesterday.

The price increase will affcct Nova Scotis newspapers supplied from the Mersey mill and also cus- tomers ln New Zeoland and Aus. tralla who buy their newsprint in Nova Bcotia.

Other companies who had prav~ iousiy announced price increases are: International Paper Bales Co.. Consolidated Paper Co.. 5t, Law- rence Piper Mills Ltd, St John Paper Mills Ltd., Donacona Paper Co. (Quebec).

on. 1e;

ilrges Adoption 0f Cardinal ificliuigan’: Suggestion

QUEBEC. Oct. 16 -— (GP) —In a telegram to Innis Si. Laurent. Federal Minister of External Af- Dorion (U. N.- (l-harievobi Baguanay) urged the Canadian government to adopt tbs suggestion of comma Mc-

Arclibisiso

Gallon. p of ‘Innis. and joia the United dtstes and Britain in protesting to the Yugo- slav Government against the rec-

during the recent. outbreak of

The ll corpses of the men who ‘infantile paralysis, was said by.

Hon. William M. Hughes, Minister

be "groundless." The Provincial Government. m. Hughes said. contributes nothing towards nurses’ fees. However. because several of the polio vases undergoing treatment in the vor- ious hospitals were indigent cases, the Department of Public Health and Welfare decided to ipay each nurse engaged in polio nursing the regular sum of 84.00 per each eight-hour nursing day- For the most part, Mr. Hughes said. the Milo cases were ‘ooked after under the multipie-nursin

might be handling six oi- seven polio cases. As all except indigent patients must pay their howpiial bills, it seemed only reasonable to assume, that; the nurses would be getting paid by those patients who were in more fortunate cir- cumstances. It would appear. then. Mr. Hughes concluded. that with his Department's daily pay of $4.00 and whatever additional they might receive from the pay- ing patients, the nurses wdre "not

m9 Merseyshring too badly,"

In the meantime, "Mr. Hughes siid, the pooler weather had ap- peared to rob the epidemic of all its virulence as no new cases had been reported for a week.

Potato firop Picture in N. S. is Optimistic

HALIFAX. Oct. 16 —-(CP)—Nova Scotlafs 1946 potato crop will sur- pass last, year's by almost 1,187,000 bushels, a new estimate ‘by the pro- vincial Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Statistics showed today. The bureau said the latest figures presented an even more optimistic picture than earlier reports.

Th, total potato crop now is placed at 4.360.000 bushels comp - ed to 3,173,000 bushels in 196. The new estimate is about 1000.000 bush- els above average for the 198943

riod.

About 14,000 acres, an increase of 1,600, werq sown in potatoes this year and the average yield per awe was 102 bulieie. to more Ian in 1045.

The production estimate made todaywas 340.000 bushels higher

eni. conviction of Roman Catholic Archbishop Btdpinao.

ly James IeCook Canadian Pram ltaff Wrlll LONDON. Oct. it ~02 Cable) -!'uei Minister Qiiaweli said to- day in the House of Commons that coal production is increasing although manpower. is lass. 8e

313%. o.$‘..l’s°_§2 m"!

sad the prospect for the coming _

than that made two weeks ago by ,‘he department.

Buel Minister States That Coal Situation Still Grave

_ tends for Britain to get ooal.

Coaiatoekaarelowerthanlast

of hardship. an. Eilnwell has called for a voluntary eut of 10= per-cent in fuel consumption‘.

HAMILTON. Oct. 16-(OP)—Mrs. Evelyn MacLean Dick, 26 only last Sunday, tonight was sentenced to be hanged Jan. 'i for the torso slaying of her husband, John Dick, last March 0.

Bhe took this sentence with no display of emotion, standing alone and firmly in her place by the prisoner's bench before Mr. Jus- tice l". H. Barlow of the Ontario Supreme Court.

Her only words: “I want to ap- peal my case."

“Your appeal will be handed on to the_propor authorities," said His Lordship,

And then Evelyn, as calm and self ssessed as at any time dur- ing her nine-day trial with its moments of high drama and gris- ly sensation, left the court room. turning to her bench to pick up her gloves as aha went.

The verdict came at 5:58 p.m.. one hour and A2 minutes after the jury retired with their 109 ex- hibits and their masses of testi- mony.

Evelyn who said she drove the

of Public Health and Welfare, to mum" c" ‘h.’ chm March d“

when husband John Dick met his end from two revolver bullets fired from the back scat by Wil-

PenaltyFor Two Murders

LONDON, Oct 16 —- (OP) —- Neville George (ll-overly Heath, 29- Wflr-o-ld former l1 A.F pilot mm had pleaded lnsoiii in wihac the newspapers called ritainb crime of the oonihsry, was hangou 5g pm- tonvilie Prison early todwy 1m- she murder of two pretty wurnein.

Hlearbh was. convicted of the mut- ilation alavlns or miovle extra Mar. gory Gardner, whose laceosted body was fol-ind ln his London hotel room last June 21 Her nude body had been bitten, slashed and mut- ilatcd,

He also admiszod thh sadistic killing of Doreen Marshall at the ‘esomlda resort oi Bournemouth, vithare her mutilated body was found two weeks later.

Witihin an hour alter the execu- tion a wax effigy of Heath was in_ stalled in the "chamber of l-iorrois" at. Madame rusoiun‘ famous wax works. The wax figure was the first Midtlooi to that collection of noooriom criminals since 193d

Five Rescued From Wrecked Building

MIDI-EURO. 1485-. Oct. 16 -

~AP)—11'lvemotiweoorescued

from an exolosiornwo-ecked two- sbory wooden bamn-a storage build. ing tonight and a preliminary po- lice report said, "than m a lot of baokm Dona."

‘Home Rodmn (Seitlsoiic priests crwwled into the watering wreck- age, adiininisteioig 1m rites, while Dr. Leo Young Jahbcd hypodermic cedativm lmao (he victims

Acting fire chief Join Nikiule. ltd the mun mo tmppod Mien

amused

A pcal is ll smlssed»

Slaying; Sentenced To Hang January 7th

11am Iohozuk returned to the courtroom, at LI pm. wfI l pe- lfco matron.

As ever, she was the self-poa- sessed young. widow, centre of curiosity, morbid and otherwise, these pas; nine days,

Bho looked cheerler than when the jury went out at 4.06 pm. her make-up freshened during the in- terval. But she was perhaps a. shade tense as her big, dark eyes roved over the courtroom to the east», door and watched the un- smiling jurors march in.

Charles Paupst of Dundas, Ont.. jury foreman, said a. verdict had been reached: “We find the ac- cused gulity as charged with a recommendation of mercy."

Ari then His Lordship. not wear- ing the customary black cap, de- livered his sentence with Mrs- Dlck standing: ", . . solitary con- finement; until the seventh day of January when you shall be taken to ihg place of execution and there hanged by the neck until dead. . "

Newspapermen galltrped for telephones. Mrs. Dick was led away for transportation back to

which EJ111001‘-

house doors, the crowd nightly has awaited her

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Bussian Defence _ Budget Slashed By Over 1O Billions

Jlflaath Pays

system. Tlntls to say, one nurse“

By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Oct 16 -— (Al?) — A slash of $i0.5'l1,000.000 in next year's Riualsn defence budget,

i along with a hike of about coca.

000,000 for SClEIYillO research "for the further growth of the economic and military nzighrt of the Soviet Union" was recommended today by Finance Minister A.G. Zverev.

The budget. proposed to the Sup- reme Soviet (parliament) contains a. defence appropriation of 72,208.- 000,000 rubles (56031900000 rubles less than last year's defence ex. penditures) and n proposal for 5,- 000,000,000 rubles to denelqp science in Rlilssla. This was 8,000,000,000 rubles more than last year's quota o; 2,000,000,000 for research.

(The ruble's official value la 0.3 to lihe dollar i

The budget predicted 11,000,000,- 000 rublas more in income than proposed for expenditure ,

Thc Finance Minister, in making his recommendations to the Bu. preme Soviet, said the "basLs for this year's budget ls 10v.- oost of the five-year plan

fleets a new period and new tasks."

zvereiv proposed a. total budget of 310300000000 rubies. That would amount to approximately $60,000.000,000.

He cstimatos income at 330.400,. 000.000 rublm, approximate» $62,- 11.40.000.000.

Those figums give Russia sin an- ilclpaited 1l.000,000000 rubles ($2.. 000,000,000) ova llc-w in the treas- Lpiry, perhaps {ing hci‘ the first qf the major war powers. to pat in- come above‘ cxpendiuurcs if hier budget figures hold ill) dining the yvearfls biasiness .

Concludes ‘Agreement With ii.A.F.

GITAWA, Oct. 16 -- (OP) — Canada has concluded an agree- ment. with the Regal Air Flores by whim the RAJ“. will recruit mined Canadian alrcicw from former members of the R..O A1". for service in anv of the woiud. Ah- Mlnister Oi anmunoed tonight.

RAJ‘. mpiesentatives at Alir Puree headquarters will accept. ap. plioations fu- eervloo from former R.C.A.1", offices and airmen in aimiow who halve been in up to at lead Operational

Uni/t simdasrb, epon- ‘tionol experience being omisldercd an added aasat (haeidlan alrorw acoqited for eltllded eervioe in vhe ILAJ‘. will receive the new scale pay and sl- loiwanom, which are highc- than ihltel tibewar yearn in the 11.111‘. Ill eunpan favombb win paw k1 in. pumm- a.o.s.r'.

Olvsa is Years

HAMBURG. Oct. 10 —(AP)—-\A Rittsh some war crimes court te- (hy sentenced s Osman naval captain. Karl Helnt ldoehlo. N. toilveyearsinprieon oncbarges of giving orders to iii-boat com- manders to kill orswa of - M aieeeiuat dbl.

"l9 Jail Outside» 111ml" the "°‘-"'l' ‘it yesterday's meeting were:

Pfdvda said, "fww 0W‘ M1089? 1'9- duty in the permanent n-avy. "The

{he tracks about three hours af-

llevi Beard Elected Tuberculosis League

Mn. cannons n. McQUAID

At a meeting of the newly elect- ed board of management; of the P. E. 1'. Tuberculosis League held at The Charlottetown hotel Mr. Charles R, McQuaid of Charlotte- town wos elected President. The wither members of the executive

1st. Vice President-Mr. Alex Matheson.

2nd Vice President-Adm. Par- nell McMahon,

Secretary - Miss Iphigenle Arseriault.

Treasurer-Mr. A. B, Belcher.

Hearty appreciation of the ser- vices rendered by Mr. Herbert Pletch, retiring President and his executive were expressed and plans for the coming year were ‘up for discussion.

ll.0.ll. To Launch Recruiting Campaign

OTTAWA, Oct. 16—(CP)—-A fall recruiting campaign is being launched by the Royal Canadian Navy to fiii 3,000 vacancies in its permanent post-war force, and better pay, opportunities and ac- commodation are being offered as enlistment incentives.

The 3,000 men are needed to bring the permanent force up to its authorized total of 10,000 offl- cers end men. While stress will be laid on the enrolment of per- manent personnel during the cam- paign, efforts will be made to en- list the 16,000 recruits needed to boost the part-time reserve navy to its authorized peak of 18,000.

Some 7-000 officers and men have

" The mwspalper ‘already enlisted or reenllsted for u my so m9 m“ P511193 to gmh sap-

army has recruited 12-000 to 13.000 of its authorized peacetime force of 25,000 while the RC-AI‘, with a goal of 16,000 has accepted more than 9,000.

Accidental Death

SYDNEY MINES, NS. Oct. 16- iOP)—-A coroner's jury last night decided Lhat Robert Parker, 66, of Florence. N. 8., met death "in a purely accidental manner" when apparently struck by a C»N~R- freight train Sunday.

The verdict carried it rider that "m person or persons are to blame." Parker was found dead on

ier the train had passed. Blood

were found on the second engine

Cont

EPEIICE

4a

ktPrimeM

Provincial conference."

today:

Blny satisfactory agreement on I‘ "My colleagues in the Ontario

T119 fixflhfl-IISB of correspondence started Sept. '7 n-ihen Premier Drew in a letter to Prime Minister King malted ‘lihiat the adijmirned Dmnln. loci-Provincial coiiiormpgc be mm“. vwied at tshe earliest powible date. e-Aftcr the federal cabinet oon. sidemd the request, Nllr. King rc- plled Sept, Z1 that "once saitlsfarzt. WY financial relationships have {men agreed upon the Dominion ‘sWB-lnmmit will be prepared to re- sume in a. general conference the working out of mutiuaily saitisfact. ory ms relating to pilo- llc investment and noel-ail wdifaire." .0n Oot. 2 Premier Drew again

Mr. King to fix an early data for the conference ho meet. again in Ottawa In his reply Mr. King said in part:

“You do not exprem a willingness to discuss any such proposals with the ministers and officials of the dicrparlmeoiits of iihe Dominion gov. cmmiomt imimfidliiefiq commuted but claim it is your right to present your views to the whole conference. “...A.s Prime Minister oif Oan- ada, it is necessary for mc to point out that your conception of llhe proposed conference appears to differ substantially from that of the Dominion govcmunient. "...'Ilhat. the conference has powcr no make decisions which an: binding on the Dominion govern. ment our on any provincial Bbverxi- nient...wc-ulri be a denial of the autonomy of 8.1.1 the governments cionoemied and the exclusive constitutional responsi-bili of each -' government to its Owin laitive bodiy for its; flnaznciail policies."

"It is and aiwaiys has been our view iihatuhepiu-poseaxsdsoopeof the conference were to seudvy Do. minion-Piovinciai relations and eoodeaxvor to find lines along which the Dominion govemanent and each provincial government as a separ- ate autonomous entity wind enter into agreements mutually sartlsfac.

crate agreement." -

Tim conference, Mir. King om- tixvusd. did not ad-iourn until it was ampaoienit that a general agreement in principle was not. pcmible in time to make new agmcmienis with the nine provinces before the prm. ant wartime tax agieements expired. When it became apps-rent that no sunh gomrai ogre-misfit could be reached, time conferorim iliself axl- jouzm-sd sine die May 3

ilunpiors_li_isc_o_imtsd

SASKATOON. Oct. 10—(CP)-- Rumors that the 0.0.1“. govern- ment was planning an early elec- tion in Saskatchewan were dis-

ther conside stlo-n of requests for an early resumptl

Premier Drew released an exchange of correspondence Prime Minister and said he had told the Prime Minister in a letter

‘Ontario Premier Sees Centralized Government Being Formed At Ottawa

maomo. Oet. is —(CI')-Pronaisr Dnw or Ontalb nu weight Mackenzie King had "closed the door on any flan

of the Dominion- with the

"It Ls apparent that not only are you preventing the possibility of such an agreement now, but that you are determined to follow acorn-g; which will still further prejudice the ultimate possibility of reaching

mien-Provincial relations. Government have carefully con-

sidered the statements Ln your letters and we can only conclude thal your effort to force individual agreements upon all the provincial gov- ernments in violation of the very lnlinciples which you have yourself ""1194 h! the Dill. ls part of a settled design to modern and overhauled federal system-such as we have urged-s, form 0f celllffllllfll fllllhflfity which still carries the name of colsfedorat’ but is in truth tie facto unitary government at Ottawa. This yon are seeking to do by economic pfesgufg," -|

aubatltnfd for a

liosce Officials Leave For Meetings

SYDNEY. N. 5.. Oct. 16 -(CP)-< Three officials of the Sydney Steel Union left tonight for Montreal wihero it is understood meetings will be held in an attempt to iron out the disputes barring complete n- sumptlon of work at the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation plant here.

The Union representatives. Ed.- ward Corbett, president, Jimmy Nicholson, secretary, and ton-mu Waye. district representative, were instructed by C.H. Millard. natiom al director of the United Stet! Workers, to leave for Montreal for the meeting with steel 00111-10111‘ I‘, B. Kiibourn.

Local l vice-pi ldent f“ Mcirinis said ‘ ‘r’ he expects members of tlhe Doaoo anagqm would also attend the mectingp,

‘fills Moms win now Losu 411cm