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CHARLOTTETOW'N. CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1952

Group From 27l:Is Brigade" Leaves For Home

Judging Con

Successful Live Mink Show Here Yesterday

The Live Fox and Mink Show was concluded at the Exhibition Fox Show Pavilion shortly before noon yesterday. It was a marked success. particularly the mink dis- play which was the largest and most varied ever seen in the Mari- ilmes. It drew favorable comment. from Judge John Maloney of Hud- son's Bay Company, Montreal, who has Judged mink shows at many places in Canada and the United states.

He said the improvement ,was very great over the previous year and he gave the breeders much encouragement, stating they were moving along the right lines and should build up some really good ranches here. The color was ex- ceptionally good this year and the animals on display were well de- veloped and in splendid fur con- dltion.

Presentations Made

At the conclusion of lils talk, Mr. Maloney presented a beautiful Hudson Bay Point Blanket to Ernest T. Mill of Kenslngton. win- ner of the Grand Aggregate for foxes and a similar blanket to B. B. Jones, winner of the Grand Ag- gregate for mink.

B. B. Jones continued his win- ning streak of the previous day with pastels, topping sections two, three and four. also championships for males and females and re- serve championships. and also grand championships.

Great interest was taken in the display of sapphires. The light was good. and these beautiful greyish blue mink showed up splendidly. All the prizes went to the Lowell Hancock ranch. sum-

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winners owned by Hancock and Lecky. Lowell Hancock also took the grand championships for this SP6-

Only a few Aleutians were tabled but they were beauties, with B. B. Jones winning first for adult male and the grand championship. L. W. Hancock winning first and sec- ond in the female section. and re- serve championship.

The Piatlnums had a strong entry list, and here again Lowell Hancock was the winner in sec- tions one. three and four with Leith Clark. Summerslde, winning section two and taking a lot of places. Championships for males and reserve championships were won by Lowell Hancock, with Leitli Clark winning championships for females and grand championship.

B. B. Jones scored again with Stewart Platinums. winning first and second in section one with Hancock and Lecky taking third. fourth and fifth piaciiigs. and Fred Robertson siwth.

In the female section Hancock and Lecky and Lowell Hancock were first and second. B. B. Jones third. Fred Robertson fifth. Han- cock and Lccky taking the other places.

The grand championship was awarded to Hancock and Lecky's adult female with reserve grand championship going to B. B. Jones' adult male.

The Breath of Spring display was a good one and Ernest. T. Mill finished on top in section one with Clayton Mill two and three. stew- art and Roop four and five and Fred Robertson sixth. In the fe- male section Ernest T. Mill was

merside. with a portion of these

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Report Newfoundland” ' Hard Hit By Winter Storm

Coming Events

"Dance. Millvisw Hail Friday.

every

"Dance in I-Iowe's l-fall. Friday. November 14th.

"In stock. Oilcake, Bran, Shorts. W. I. Bowman.

”Kinlsora Ilall. Friday night. see "The Green Years."

"Annual meeting Abegwcit R. B. P. Kingston, Friday, Nov. 14.

Friday.

"coming to Morell, "Oh Susanna." Don't miss show.

"Bela 1-ii-Y pantry sale at Fen- nell and Chandler's on Nov. 15 at 2:30.

"Try our Purim Finance Plan.

for feeding your hogs and poultry.

Dillon & Bplllett.

"Rummage sale, Holy Name

Hall. Friday, November 14th, 1.00 o'cl

”Mlllvale Driving Club will hold I. meeting at Alvin Parson's. on Friday evening. November 14th.

"Dance every Friday night. South Rusilco Hall. Music .by the Oharlottetonlans.

"Bazaar and Specialties. south Granville School. Friday. Novem- ber 14th. 8 P. M. sale of candy.

"Bingo and Dance in Vernon River Hall, Monday. November 17th. It 3 P. M.

"showing at Mt. Stewart. "The Mask of the Avenger". Saturday. November 15th, at 8 o'clock.

"Danna. Islanders Country club. Travellers Rest. Saturday. Novem; ber lath. Music by Doiron Brothers.

"Annual Meeting of Stanley Bridle Rink Company in Rink Hall. Friday. November nth.

"Dance. at. Peter's Bay Holy Name Hall, Friday. November 14th. Dancing from 0.30 to 1 A. M. 0hsisson's orchestra.

"Pas-kdalo Women's Institute will hold rummage sale. Legion Hall. Saturday, Nov. 15th. 1.30 to 3.30 pm,

"Come to the Hot Turkey sup- Dor and Basin in Ti-yon Baptist mu. WodnesdIyfNovember ism. Service frdih B to 9. maid of Ba!!- list W. M. 5.

"Don't forget the Flddllng. Dtnoirua and Blnglng contest, in the Mount smut Legion Hall. Decdusbsr 10th. If not fine, the fol- aglnc night. send entries to Box

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ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. Nov. 13 -- (C?)-Winter swung its first big punch at this island province to- day. snarling land communications and sending small vessels scurrying for cover along the coast.

At least one ship was missing. Capt. F. Vardy and his one-man crew failed to turn up at I-Iickman's Harbour after their tiny craft left Clarenville iii east-coast. Trinity Bay.

It. was believed the boat may have sheltered at one of the string of coves along the shore with eng- ine trouble.

The 3.800-lon American freight- er Short Splice gave up her at- tempt to battle heaving seas off the north coast. She hove to in 80- knot winds about 180 miles off the Straits of Belle Isle.

Tmvs Fuel-less Felghlcr

Four hundred miles off st. John's in the exposed Atlantic. the Hall- fax tug Foundation Lillian plough- ed through foam-topped waves with, tho fuel-less Norwegian freighter Bencas in tow. The Lil- lian. headed for St. John's. shot another cable aboard the freighter after galcs parted the first towline early today.

The Air Force in Halifax called off a hunt for the rudderless coast- er Chicoutimi Trader after she made port at Mlscou Harbour in the Bay of Chaleur with the aid of 'a motor boat.

Winds later abated as the storm

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Have siin Past Year On Duly in Germany

HANNOVER. Nov. 13 - (Reut- ers) - A total of 686 married of- ficers and men of the Canadian 27th Infantry Brigade left for home today after a year's service in Germany as part. of North At- lantlc Treaty forces.

Many friends were on the sta- tlon to see them off on a cold and fossy day. Two military bands Played as the soldiers boarded the train.

Mai, G. J. Baird of Regina, oom- manding the first returning batch, Gxillained "We shall arrive at Rotterdam . . . tonight, and then we are 801111; to board the troop- ship Neptunia for Quebec.

In 10 days we shall be back in Canada."

The commander of the 27th Brigade. Brig. Geoffrey Walsh, who is returning home nert month and is expected to become direc- tor-general of Canadian military trainliig, saw the contingent off.

Capt: E. A. Shortt of Calgary, said lie would reach home Just in time for his daughter Carolliie's ninth birthday. There was a top. slecret bundle in his luggage for

er.

Many of the Canadians carried Bavarian leather shorts for their children. folding iimbrenu go; their wives and souvenirs of all kinds.

Their replacements - 092 offic. ers and men - arrived here within a few hours.

Among them were Brig. J.l!:. C. Pangman. 42. of Toronto, who will take over from Walsh in December.

There were no welcoming cere- monies, but on hand to greet the: contingent were T.C. Davis. the Caiiadian Ambassador, and Col. James Houghton, the Canadian mil- itary attache.

.,M9st ,0! the replacements .a from Camps Petswawls 'a.n'diBord Ont. and Camp Bhilo, Man.

Silt. N. S. Rebillard of Petawawa, married and the father of three children, said: "It was a bit hard to leave so soon before Christmas, but we all have to face it."

Two more contingenfs of replace- ments are expected to arrive here Nov. 25 and Dec. 5 or 6.

News In Bdef

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.. Nov. 13--(CP)-- Twenty-one countries supporting ts Western proposal for a Korean cease-fire conferred today in one meeting among is feverish round of private talks in the United Nations on possible solutions nf the deadlocked war- prlsoners issue.

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BLOEMFONTEIE South Africa, Nov. iii--(AP) - Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan's high court of Parliament was declared illegal by the South African Appeal Court today. opening I! possibility

he may try A Senate-pricking scheme to put across challenged race laws.

NEW YORK. Nov. 13-(AP)--A four-night shower of shooting stars begins tonight throughout the world; the Hayden Planetar- iuni said lodny. Robert Coles. planetarium chairman, said the Leonid-1. or meteors. should be visible at the rule of six an hour from midnight to dawn.

WELLINGTON. N. z.. Nov. 13- (Reuters) - Sir Henry Holmes Mlllcr. 85-year-old farmer who became a baronet at 74. died to- day. New Zeaiand-born. he suc- cerlcd to the 250-year-old title in 1940. after farming for 40 years.

In Constructi

OTTAWA. Nov. 13 -(CP).. More new dwellings were started during the first eight months of this year than during ii co;-reg. pondliig period a year ago, central Mortage and Housing Corporation reported today.

However; fewer houses were completed and fewer were uncle: construction during the first seven months of the year. the only per- iod for which flzurss were avail- able.

completions totalled 44.050 com- pared with uses in tho corres- ponding period last year. A total of 54.276 houses were under con- struction compared with 59.7” lastlyesr.

In it review the government-, owned company said A total of 58,501 new dwellings were started in the eight-month period com- pared with 52,040 last year.

The number of starts increased at 0. rate of almost zmo-a-month during June. July and August to offset a. slump isr the first five months.

This increased activity was sic-

Slight Increase Shown

on Of Homes

lie of mortgage loans lpproved for all types of property. In thg fi.s'st'llx months of the year; the Value dropped in mcsoiooo from :2ao.142.ooo during the correspond- lng six-month period last year.

However. in the last two months of the second quarter, the value rose about 1'! per cent to &o,3a,- cm from 381.406.0110 in May and June lut year.

Mortgage loans under the Na- tional Housing Act. increased in Value to 3l.'lS.W0.0)0 in the eight- month period from ll&.000.00o last year.

capital investment in new con- struction during the first six months of the year role to A new peak without a corresponding rise in building costs. In terms of 1051 dollars. value of new construction from January to June totalled 0l.Il0.0m.000 compared with :1.- ilIJ.000.00o for I can ' period last year.

By the end of July the combined index of wholesale prices of resi- dential building materials and hourly wage rates of conltruciion workers rose to son from 250.0 is

companlod by I decline in the val-

year ago and ms at July 341. 1060.

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Canit Have Increased Services And Tax Cuts, Finance Minister Says

increased government services had grown tremendously through

LONDON. Ont., Nov. i3 -(CF) - Finance Minister Abbott today

told Canadians to halt demands l'68F5- g . for lncregged government, seyvlces "It is a simple fact. but one that Lt. Col. Harrison A. Markham. 1: they want, tax cugg, has to be constantly repeated," chemical officer of the Ninth

They simply can't have both, he said in a speerh prepared for de- livery before the Women's Cana- dian Club of London. Taxes were the price consumers paid for gov- ernment services, whether Federal. provincial or municipal.

"I agree with almost every- body." he said. "that tax rates are uncomfortably high and that we ought to follow policies which will lead toward lower tax rates.

Lower Taxes Possible

"We can have lower tax rates on two conditions-that we increase our total efficiency and productiv- ity and that we do not ask our governments to embark on large, new and expensive projects."

In a democracy. citizens had to realize that when it came to gov- ernrpent services, there was noth- ing "free". Yet the demand for

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Western 4-H clubs clean lip Prizes

TORONTO. Nov. 13 - (CP) --

champicnshi awarded each year by the, Canadian Council on 4-1! Clubs, it was announced tonight.

Alberta teams won first place in food. clothing and garden clubs: British Columbia won the potato title. Manitoba won the poultry and swine and Saskatchewan took the grain and beef cattle crowns.

The only Eastern team to place was the St. Hyacinthe. Que., club which won in dairy cattle.

The winners topped an entry list of 69 boys and 43 girls selected from 58.708 members representing 4,440 4-H Clubs. The competition was the feature of National 4-H Club Week here, sponsored by the Canadian Council on 4-H Clubs.

Local Soldier Wiih Group En Route From Korea

OTTAWA. Nov. 13 -(CF) -An R. C. A. F. piaiic left Mcchord Field in Tacoma. wash.. today With 13 sick and wounded veterans of the Korean war. the Defence De- partment announced.

The plane carried two patienm for London. Ont; four for Mont- real and seven for Halifax. The patients will arrive at Monlreal Friday and Halifax Saturday.

Among those aboard are:

Pte. J. E. Griffiths, Hudson Heights. Vaudreull Co. Que; Pte. J. C. Turcottc. 1951 Laurier. Mac- Kayville, Que: Pie. A. J. Pare, 2331 Centre St... Moiitrr-.al; Cpl. R. C. Raicllffe. 552 St. Francis Xav- ier Si... Trols Rlvicrcs. Que. bound for Montreal.

Gui". J. V. Young. Batliurst. N. B.; Pie. A. B. Gillls. R.R. No. 3 Moran. Antlgonlsli. N. S., Pte. F. G. Doiroii. RC. St. Simon. N. B.: Pia. J. F. O'Neil. 2 Brooke St.. Syd- ney. N. S.: L. Cpl. A. Osborne. 178 0th St.. Glace Bay. N. S.: Pte. H. Miller. 49 Broad BL, Saint John. N. B.: Spr. G. M. Walker, 15 Euston St.. Charlottetown, all bound for Halifax.

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Explore Basisw . Of Bales Proposal

O'I'I'AWA. Nov. 13 -(CF) - Provinclal counsel fighting is rail- way plan for is new system of set- ting rail charges today engaged in preliminary explorations into the basis of the proposal.

Today the Provincial Govern- ment opponents sought to find out from H. G. Norman. retired partner in the accounting firm that audits the C. P. R.'s books, to what ex- tents "donations and grants" re- ceived by the company in its early days were included in the com- pany's pi u. t base figure of 51.148.000.000.

(The provinces contend the base figure contains a large amount that stemmed from donations and which should not be included in any basis on which the C. P. R. would begrantedarnts of return.)

said Mr. Abbott, "that no govern- ment services are really free. They all have their price."

well in the immediate digest our recent gains and move very slowly in the direction of new government services. . . .

tivity up and our tax rates down. it will be time enough to consider whether we should undertake large new services."

that in a democracy. governmen

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Yet Mr. Abbott said he realized is cannot persistently refuse to un- dertake projects which the peo- ple want and still stay in office. The only thing he could do was to suggest that consumers--the taxpayers-think twice.

wn In Latest Crop Estimate

Tho Nnvenihi-r 1st Slates Potato Crop R:-port just issuorl places i.iic estimate at 349.- 257.0013 bushels, States Mr. S. G. Peppin. technical advisor to the

P. E. l. Potato Marketing Board. of

This roproscnts an increase 3.696.000 bushels over the tBInto..n.LOctlz "

"Generally speaking normal con sumplion in the United States has been placed at ll tentative filzure of 350 million bushels," Mr. Pep- pin explains. "The November 1st estimate therefore indicates that there is a reasonable quantity of potatoes in the U. S. in supply normal deninml and perhaps wt fairly good price levels. Consid- nrnhlo more polnioos have been shipped to consuming centres as of this date than was the case a year ago.

"The Canadian polalo crop has been eslininlcd at about 55 mil- lion bushels. and here too it rep- resents normal consumption so thnt.flie same conditions apply in Cflflaflil as do in the United States.

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By John .lIIdman'

LONDON. Nov. 13 -iRcuters)- The Duke of Cornwall, sturdy blue- eycd heir lo the British throne better known to the world as Prince Charles. celebrates his fourth birthday tomorrow-slill without a nick-name.

Many restrictions on the royal upiirlnziiig have been waived for the ceicbrzitioii. but not the ban on nlcknnmos imposed in his nurscry days. The Queen. herself knowii'n.s "I.ilibci" to her family before she acceded to the throne. calls her son "Charles" and expects all others to do the same.

The court circular, official diary to the youngster solemnly as the Duke of Cornwall. his accepted title until the Queon decides he is old enough to be proclaimed Prince of Wales.

In one department. Charles will be as free tomorrow ns any birth- day child in the world. The Queen has agreed to lift his rigid diet which forbids meat. rich pastries and more than two candies a day.

Outside of meat extracts in soup and cauves. the Prince has never eaten merit. The Queen wants him to stay away from meat until he is older.

Before receiving his birthday presents after rising at about 8 il. in. tomorrow. Charles will "receive" close members of the family.

At first sight of his mother. he will how deeply as he has been taught to do. He must kiss his two- year-old sister Anne only on the hand-kisses on her cheek have been rulbd out for some time.

The public is expected to get its usual daily glimpse of Charles when his nurse and the inevitable bodyguards escort him from Buck- lngham Palace to St. James Park for I morning walk.

In the afternoon, he will have a birthday Ioaiwith is huge one and normally-forbidden foods.

Slates chemical warfare expert.

Corps. said after an at the front that one soldier was made from a regular artillery shell.

found to have been knocked out by a log when a bunker was blown up

rest, the never-give-up South Kor-

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U. S. Chemical Warfare Expert Gives Opinion

By William C. Bernard

SEOUL. Nov 14 -(Friday)- fAP)- A sensational charge by South Koreans that Chinese Com- munists used gas sheils early to- day in capturing Pinpoint Hill was termed unfounded by a United

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South Korean soldier rendered unconcious was

by an artillery shell, Markham

added. Return to Counter-Attack Even as the charges were land to

cans returned to the counter-ab tack and swept to the lop of Pin- point Hill from which they were knocked a few hours before.

A little less than four hours after they lost the crest. the Koreans struck back in the dark and by 6 a. m. were locked in savage hand- to-hand combat with Chinese Reds on Plnpoint's summit.

A front dispatch said that the counter-attack was powered by the troops who had been forced from Pinpoint In what. they said was a Red gas attack.

Try To Save Fare

(South Koreans often try to save face in their battle reports. Re- cently they held from Allied offic- ers the news they had lost a cen- tral from lielglii.i

The Communists laid down a heavy barrage before they sent a- bout '10:) men charging up the

Ellgnggffbkinpoint Hill shortly be.- ore nidnlglit '1'hursday.

For more than an hour. the two forces slugged it out in the dark- ness before the South Koreans were driven back down the South slope to their base positions on lower spurs of Sniper Ridge. They regrouperl and regained the hill.