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cannon, snruanny, DECEMBER 1, 194s

14 PAGE3

filslqrsd 7 Misrepirosen ted

In, lList Of

Defaulters

Tabled In Parliament‘

Thrice .llaily . Sessions Now In Parliament

UITAWA. Nov. 30 -— (Special) -_. W191i" i319 Plot two days. Partial- nient has done more solid work tlinii duriiis any two weeks of Sept- eiiiber- and October in the opinion oi members of all group; and ac. cording to the official record. With tin-ice daily sessions of the Com. uitiiis and sittings of committees

tli mornings sad afternoons, a ixsglrdd 0i’ nrosi-ess has been esta-

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Temper ofthe House and of ltime of theMarltime members has sharpened under the additional bur- drn of work, and formality-has giv- P" place to plain speaking. Exam- mte of this frionrthe Maritimes are [Ullflld in the blunt remark of Clo- YPilCE Glliis, C.C.F. member I01‘ Cape Breton South. "Fisheries ii'.'.‘.°.."§.“e’8§.t§'“i““.§i"‘ “first”;

* n cr' a, Iir-ljfax: "We in the Marltlmes dniit ask for things that are not needed ; and the challenge by W. Chester S. McLure, Progressive ‘(j-nservative member for Queen's,

why do we have to welt? The money was voted."

_-_---i_.___.___..__ continued on page 13 col. S

10th. L 121-11 "Christmas. Concert Cross School December 19th. , 124.11

"Reserve Thursday. D lember 20th. Mlllvlcw Christmas Cgiizcelrtfl

"Reserve Thursday, December 20th for Long River School Con- “Fi- 12-1-11.

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"Our Chick Potteries‘ sure t an the finish." Livestock .ecl Agency. 10-4-6-8-ti

"its the extra ain from Pan Honor Feed that rings results. Livestock Feed Agency. 104-641.

‘fling/in? daily, live and dressed, Chit-ken. owl. Ducks ‘and Geese. J. R. Flynn, St. Peters. II-M-Stt-tf,

'r—-_— "loading Hogs for. Davis a Fraser Ltd“ Tum-ta. ants mrther nctlve. Five Houses. J J. Larkia.

"B g daily all kinds cf live and ressed pouitr . aying to market prices._ gigned Davis E Fraser Ltd. 11-28“.

“Wanted Turkeys. Geese. Ducks. Fowl and Chickens. Eastern Pack- icz C0,. Sourts.

1100-181

"lnsidzng Hogs for DIVXQ-Qnd Eraser Ltd ovary Tuesday anti! further notice Dlnitwcll ma 3w.- ir-ei Mtiicil z.;--.-.t

ftvariaty ‘Concert and Box So- cial in York Hall, Wednesday, De. crmber 8th. Proceeds for new rink.

12-1-2!

"Our hog anc dairy feed laying mush and chick fattener is csyrec iiLlV out up and Sroven Livestork Fezd Aloncy. io-s-o-e-tt

“Card Party and Lunch. Sum- mefiicid Hail. Manda . December

d.Crtlit'Ui o1 t {Millie-m M“ °°°p§§51di

"Annual meeting of Murray Biv_

Uemsth at I p. m. Ail m - btrs please attend. 124.11

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t the Island Col

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Local army officers were indist- nant vasterddy when their atten~ tion was called by The Guardian to a on Departs-neat of Labor report. tabled Thursday in the House of Commons. purport» ins to give by Provinces the num-

ber of N. R. M. A. defaulmrs. The.

report rent-escorted Prince Edward Island as having the largest list of defaulters (217 ofs any lldarl-

tiine Province.

One high offices- said the Province had only 4'1 enlist- ments in the N. R." M. A.. and to sav there were 21 defaulters out of that number was "absolutely ridiculous." V. -

lit-Col. C. C. Tuimnipson. M. 0.. officer conunsnding the Prince Edward Island Highlanders at the outbreak of the war. recalled that a

-ar mistake had been made before in compiling Prince Ed- ward Island figures from the list of the defaultcrs in this regi- ment after it had been transferred from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Col. Thompson had corrected the previous error in a letter in The Guardian. poin out that Island members of t e regiment were voluntarv service men. and numbered no more than 18 at most when the regiment ar- rived in British Columbia. Those were older men who had seen service in World War I and whose retluut to be sent overseas had been turned down. .

The same inexcusable blunder. Col. Thompson suggested. has been made again. and defauiters who never‘ saw Prince Edward Island have been designated as coming from this Province simply because thev were in a regiment bearing

name. , . Thompson added that he had no personal knowledge of there being one single defauiter among the thousands of man

. rcm ‘who that! ioined the Army from

Prince Edward Island.

From other sources The Guard ian was assured that the matter would be taken up at Ottawa. and that a. checkup on the Labor De- partment's statement will be dc- mended.

Thfs is the item which caiuscd the protest:

OTTAWA. Nov. 30 -— (OP) - A total of 2.233 N. R. M. A. per- sonnel have been sentenced as defauliers the Iiabor Department reported in s return tabled in the Commons for John Diefenibaker (PO-Lake Centre). The Army re- ported 825 descrters or personnel absent without leave sentenced and the R. C. A. F. 51 No figures were given for the Navy.

The number of N. R. M. A. de- faulters sentenced by Provinces was: Prince Edward Island 21. Nova Scotia l6. New Brunswick l4. Quebec B54. Ontario 489. Mani- toba 434. Saskatchewan 113.. Al- berta 0i and British Columbia 247.

‘Iihrbreakdtnvn of army desert- ers were given by military dis~ tricis: London, Ont... Ti: Toronto. 2'11: Kingston. 123: Montreal. .92: Quebec. 2B: Halli-ax. 7: Saint John, N. B" 1i: Winnipeg. 105: Pacific Command. Kill: Regina. 54 and Calgarv. id.

The RmC. A. F. figures were broken down by commands: Tor- onto. 8: Monmal. l7; ‘h-enton. Ont. 9 and Hal ax. l7. -

Building "Regulations May Ile Relaxed

t.

OTTAWA. Nov. 30 — (GP) -

ii consider! . leans- 3i idday. While git‘: defivdit: decis- ions hsvc been reached it is thought possible there msv be

smile easinl in the permit system

withinthenaxtfew

1RD I00 llili ..’d __ _l can;

i; nish w. a

Astonlshes“ Court With Short Speech

By WES GALLAGHER

that now he was

DIG stand trial and “bear full re- slnonslbilltv for anything I have one"

The gaunt. crafty former deputy

to Adolf l-Ii-tlcr leaiued to his feet

and read a short.

speech into a microphone when Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence of Great Britain declared. at a spe- cial hearing on Hess’ sanity. that

the tribunal would like to hear from the defendant himself.

The court asilourned without announcing atny decision. but the line of cuestioning by Justice Lawrence and other justices indi- cated thevwere inclined to be- iiirtzlvg Hess is in condition in be

B .

Hess told the court ‘my mam- ory is again In order," and that he simulated amnesia for “ho- tical" reasons. l-Iia German lawyer was flalybergnsted: a British lawyer said Hess either “is off his rocker. or is oom- pletely recovered."

Hess’ statement followed a regular court session at which a German counter-intelligence chief accused Field Marshal Gen. Wii~ helm Keltel. Hitler's fashion platte chief of the Gennan Supreme Command. with beinil the noti-

tcr. of a plot to assassinate

bench mllitnrv leaders Ge .' Mast

1mg Wevgsnd and Gen. H l Gir- au .

Mitt-Con. Erwin Lahousen. first witness to testify since the open- ing cf the trials. linked Keltel and the entire German Airmy General Staff with wholesale killings of " ian prisoners of war and with mass starvation of thousands others.

Hess. ‘with an occasional grin on his face. had watched -Dr. Gunther van Rchrscheldt. his de- fence lawver. fight back at the Russian. American and British pi- secutlon contention that Hess

should stand trial even if he suf-

fered temporarilv from amnesia. The legal battle went on for a

half hour. with the chief Ameri-

can prosecutor. Justice Robert H. Jackson. indicating he believed.

Hess was faking;

At Justice Lawrence's invitation

Hess. who had been lolling hack in the big prisoner's dock from which the other defendants had been cleared. snraniz to his feet

s psi-per in his hand on

which ha. had scribbled a short speech. He delivered his surpris- ing speech in a ringing voice.

Ship‘ Agrountl In St. Lawrence

QUEBEC, Nov. 30 - (OP) -A fulfill-ton cargo ship, the 5.5. Fort Douglas, which ran aground n; 11s aux Coudru. 50 miles below Que. bec in the St. Lawrence River. m. mained aground today, and unless

efforts to free the vessel are‘ suc-

cessful within the next week, the

ship probably will have to spend

the winter on the Island, The Fort Douglas which was cap-

rying ballast and heading u tream

toward Quebec and Mon , run

the east point of Ile aux Ooudiw.

42o f t. lo , was built st Vancouveed‘ for“ nllfi

cfiifistiurr T. ilNDiirws DAY

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, Csnstilsn Sailors st ilong Kong

This is a typical rice queue in Hong Kong, the natives of which were starving under Japanese domination. Here the tots are SIIOWII re» calving their daily ration cf rice while Able Soziinsn .V. Mahnr of Char- lottetown, P. B. L, of the Canadian Cruiser H. M. S. "Ontario", matin- tsins order and sees to it that each child gets his or her proper ration.- (R.C.N. Photo by leading Photog. Draper, R/CNVR).

8-inch Snowfall 1n Southern Nova Scotia

Woman Found Dead-Aft-er Ontario Storm; Mon-

Maritime Fish Catch Reported lip For October

HAL-IF Maritime fishermen des ite a ser. tin lc

higher catches generally an

ceivcd better returns during October

of this year thain for the D

to the monthly report of the East. ern Division, Department of Fish. cries, issued here today.

The chief varieties making up the 465431.000 pounds-an increase 007.200 pounds over October. 19

swordfish, sardines. landed value of $1.- 730,65'l was 1842.701 greater than for the corresponding period la In Nova Snotis the cod catch was ch of 81,270,500 pounds brought a landed value of 31.238317; compared with soc pound a car ago, with a land- ed value of S .710. New Brunswlckfis turn were both off, due to windy, rough weather that handicapped the sardine lndustry_ d landed value, with Oct 1944, figures in brackets. were 18.289500 pounds .252 (lS,038,800 pounds,

Prince Edward Island fishermen had a better month all around. tak- ing 2.003.300 pounds of fish and re.

$ . 1.138.500 pounds and a landed value f $04,223 foLOct/ober, 1044.

Payroll Snstolior llas, Tough tuck

~iand. that conditions at the ‘l-Ial-

School _ itition to which the P.E.I. Deputy Minis

‘HALIFAX. Nov. 30 — (OP) — Nova ScotisJs South Shore and Annapolis Valley were. swept by a ifliuile-anhour gale today. The storm. blanketed the mainland under eight inches toi snow and caused extensive damaile in fish- ing bays and inlets along the coastline. ' Four 38-foot power boats were destroyed in harbors of Shel- burne County and a fith was badly damaged by the south to southeast galcs that sent hich tides pounding against the coast and showed no signs of abnting tonight.

Three of the boats were wreck- ed at lock-sport and the fourth

g at Jordan Bav.

In Herring Cove. at the mouth of Hal fax Harbor. a decommiss- ioned Royal Canadian Navy cor- vette ran aground. broke in two on the r smashed to bits by the ponmditg seas Residents said they did not believe the ship the K688. had any crew aboard her. Efforts tonight to learrf the names of the owner of the corvette were unsuccessful.

Death In Ontario

TORONTO, Nov, 80 — Wintry blasts left much of Ontario blanket- ed with snow after dirupting high- way trafflc. snarling some oommu. nlcatlons. and causing a variety cf accidents One women was found frozen to death in a snow- drift and others were injured in traffic accidents.

The body of Mrs. Vera Mumby, attractive 27-year-old housewife was found in a. snowdrlft near Crowc’; Landing, about 30 miles

northwest of Peterborough Whether

her death was attributable to the storm Wils not known, however.

At Montreal

MONTREAL Nov. 30 — (C?) - Bnow drifts plied up against build. ings and fences in the Montreal district for the first time this sca- son today blown by a. 40 miles on hour wind that was d lng down to-

n ht after Mgusty cu

rs.

McGlll University Observa- to reported only 2.1 inches of sn have fallen since midn ht last night but this was sufflcl nt to cancel temporarily air services to and from the cl . dela subiir. hen ts-ains and inter ere wi h street

YUIK, Nov. 30 —_ (Ag) " Y

NIW A m-ewinfer sale. sooom

hurricane speed, moved s cwlv out“? s? today af-

and was being

Says lioinsrks “llnoalletl For”

HALIFAX. Nov 30 — (GP) — A charge bv fut-Col. RS. Field- ing. Depucv Minister of Public welfare for Prince Edward Is~

ifax Industrial Home were dis- graceful" brought a prompt reply today from John W. Bmokfleid. chairman of the board of gover- nors of the Halifax Industrial

. believed to be the instit-

ter referred Brookfield classed the Islanders remarks as “entirely uncalled for" and said that he would welcome an investigation into conditions at the I-fnlifnx reformatorv.

Harbors Board linahie To - Visit ilere

The National Harbors Board, now sitting at Saint John, N 3., has no authority to visit. (‘fhnrlot/tetown, Mr RX, Smith, the chairman, said yesterday in reply to a. tele- gram from Mayor J E Blancbsld. suggesting that the Board hold sit. tings here.

"The Mayor's invitation followed a. meeting with Mr D G

Board of Trade, at, which City Clerk J .A. Fullerton also attended

fléhc telegram from the Mayor set :

“Would like your board to in- clude Charlottetown on its Mflrltime tour. My council orig théelghtglvifilg town-Board Tr at .. v- gency of discdgsing with your 509-"! harbor improvements, It is of vital importance to this Province and to this municipality _in particular that you have n. meeting with us here. Please advise when we may 9X99“

re v:

"Yteiurpwire inviting National Harbors Board to include Char- lottetown on its maritime i011!‘ duly received. Only harbors under our jurisdiction in Maritime! B" Saint John and Halifax and we have no authority at present to visit Charlottetown for the put‘- pose indicated in your wire."

llewsjriefs

RANGOON. Nov. 3O — (GP) - Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat- ten has "the one thing I Wani- Olli- cf this \'~'_ar“-the centuries-old sword of liieid Marshal Count Juichi Terauchl. Japanese com- mander in Southeast Asia. and the Indies. His delayed forum-l surrender was accepted today. °

VANCOUVER. Nov. 30 — (OP) - Msvor J. W. Cornctt announc- ed today-that representatives of business. labor and various other organizations have been invited to a conference next Wednesdav to discuss Vancouver's unemployment problem.

MONTREAL. Nov. 30 — (CP)—- Roderlck S. Kennedy of Montv" was elected president of the -.’\- adian Author's Association. it 1

announced iodav at the opening session of the Association's two- dnv annual meetimz here», Elec- tions trot-c carried out by mail.

president of the Charlotteicwi;

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E R tnil t; REGULATIO EASED

utsg ADMITS n13 WAS FAKING AMNESIA

Howe keveals Changes In

Awarded M.‘ C. t c9||||||llli$

CAPT. MICHAEL McTAGUE

Word vms recently received of the '

award of he Military Cross to Ca t. Mc ague son of Mr. and Mrs. P. . McTague, U Bishop St., City. Capt. McTague is a member of the North Nova Bcotia. Highlanders and fought with that Battalion from Normandy to Germany, He is with the occupational forceir.

July Finds Saint John Woman insane

V SAINT JOHN, N.B., Nov. 30 - (OP)-—A J

ury in the Saint John Circuit Court early tonight found Mrs. Josephine Winnifred McLean, charged with murder, "not guilty because of insanity."

The verdict followed instruction by Ml‘. Justice A31‘. LeBlgnc that the jurors could reach this finding if they believed the 21-year-old woman killed her l0-months.old il- legitimate daughter but was insane and did not know what she was doing The jury deliberated an hour and a half.

The young k ‘ n0 emotion either before or oer the verdict. On order of the trial Judge she was remanded and a decision as to final di sltlon of the case probably will announced when the court sessions resume Tuesday.

According to evidence at the trial, the child died of a skull fracture and the body was found in s former city dump. -

Wage Control To t Continue Some Tinie

OTTAWA, NOV. 30 — (OP) —l"ed- '

eral wage control and c llective bar- gaining legislation wil be con- tinued "for a considerable period." Labor Minister Mitchell informed the Commons today.

"The war measures relating to col- lective bargaining and wage control, as part o! the price control machi- nery, are integrated matters. It is government policy to continue these war labor measures until, at some future date they can be dis- continued without the risk of con- tributing to inflation,” Mr. Mit- chell said.

MON P fem l gamins house oner- agrs. $3 to be finding intensi- fied- activity of Montreal's

for or rn tea with rain sleet and snow '0rtwo days and causing

cfstlesatflbarsosis

n. ‘vamped Morality Squad "too how‘:

ect rendezvous. . such en

situated on lust outside the with tens of tho

DMIIQIIY,

gm tel-prise. described " .- ‘winflifii. 333$ hm a e Cote . Duo Road.

uesnds of dollars muse as

to ' promoter. r Donut Director filial-e Beaurr the Quebec Provuictsl Police. which time Jurisdictional

Gambling Reported 0n Way Out In Montreal

Big Time Operators Move To New Sites Just Outside City Limits. '

naming house in the osrtivhs ds- mict of Montreal and that. had been closed by Provincial Police ‘Saturdov last.

"You can sslv." Deputy Director Beaurcauid sddetthglihat if there

uses

» ted here

gzwbghmwmrétom to mtsylnfg are any Romlng h the districts lust beyond the city! Pro lice territory. they ninlts and mimbhll police iurla- will not he‘ a? icos-

dlction. amt

DB tfifinsthnfivlm" wiiwi ind oi I'm '- roi- Mwmed °I “‘°,1,".,:,"“‘"“ "m. i“ Ammo same ‘of gas-fie‘ ise and that " - o" - n03: u going on in s mitt-in

r g tilts’. 1 er xbts in t- guy no ong e

poker" and "crown

.ssid 0th. h htdhflfll iihiflneniinneinittntem

‘llharesreonlyaf " sarcasm‘

CYITAWA NOV 30 -— (GP) - Hationing of all used and retreud- ed tires and virtually all truck tires except those 'n passenger car. sizes has been lifted Minister Howe announced tonight.

Car owners in class "B" who were previously eligible only for used or retreaded tires now will be eligible for new tires but for the next three months. depending on tire supplies. they may be lirnltcd

to two new Ne. _ . Inclluded in class "B"

bond and insurance salesmen wholesale commercial travellers. chain store supervisors. finance company col- iectcrss tax collectors and assess-

s orCeti-tain sizes of farm implement

tires also have been removed from the ration list.

'I‘ruck tires in sizes 000 x 20/30

x,5; 650 x 20/3ux d - 8 ply and 700 x 20 and over are freed from rationing, and no permit is re- oulred for their purchase. Deal- ers. however will still not be al- lowed to give or make any allow- ance for any used tire or time in exchange for a new tire. . Light truck tires in sizes B00 I 16-17» ~fl50 x 16-17-20: 700 x 15-16-17 and 760 x 16 will continue to be rationed under the present svstesn.

All sises of farm implement and

than all 16-

tractor inohsizcsfliixflland 600x20, are freed from rationing for re- placement and chasigeovgrs. but must be sold for and mounted on a tractor or implement.

Mr. e's zuuv ncement vs new aidlililth to reports t Muniti De

were under review and that re- laxations in sight would result in few being still in effect by sprint?

OTTAWA. Nomtbfl —- (OP)- mu 0°11. 1311005 . 111853 DIIOG a budge resolliflitlon rescinding. as from 1M8. th exemptions granted service per- sonnel lri the western hemis- phere whose duties ordinarily wfiretperfonned in aircraft or

a os.

Also passed was a msolsrtion rescinding from 1946 the tax exerrmtioois granted civilian sir crew personnel of the Royal Air Force Transport Common‘.

it"s fovcil 4e Br. IN A cRowo 0F Avmfoasi when You ONLY uncen- m» suction 9 " '7 -

METEOROLOGICAL OFMOE, ‘lbronto. Nov. 30 — (C?) ~ Miri- lmum and maximum jammin-