[EBRUARY 1.1941 ‘

V By JOHN LQLANO “orrawn. Jan- .01— (W210 "igublg-poinféd program of freight whvcntlons and M!!! “(l-ills vowing no basic change in pres- ent federal Policy-V" h“ h.‘ ,5... the Government in the Oar- p“ “JFK. plan for bills irnnprx 3E3: of Canada's troubled 0on1 lndumy-nt of subventiona on the haste of the 1080's and of coal tarlfls at their levels were coupled into policy in the. ml- t the mum-word the Commons Reconstruction 7

‘ tcntion "cxistins

l national fuel prliy findlnfl ° report tabled ill this afternoon l7?

1 Mittislci‘ HOWE-

, ‘Though the- majority "w! of

1 [ho iln-ce-mon body recommend-

,‘ ,4 discontinuance 0i Ilrtlme 'p,.,,d.n~tinn subsidies. two of the

"Commissioners in separate re-

Epgfls urged that these be retain- ‘(id temporarily and on an emerg- mq hauls to enfik the industry 4m... by high-cost ps-oduotlon N, a 10w per- n basis-to get W}. rm its feet.

New Coll Board

majority and minority ted the establish- mm. w Canadian coal board. replacing the Dominion rim Board in its dealings with ‘m1, to administer all measures ht IISSlSIAIICE to the induetrymon- riiict researches and advise the .fin\'(‘i'lll'll€lll 0n coal P0110495-

Indications were that. the im- lpit-mcntatlon of the r2110" ""14 nqum- no special legislation, ex- rcpt for the setting up of the lyruposed c001 board. The W6!‘- time subsidies were due to expire with price control in any case. and subvcntions were expected tn rcvcrt to their pre-wer status Bus.» the expiration of wnr-lwm crdcrs-ln-council.

The majority finding of the re- port. whose ads-Pele bulk w.‘ more than two years in ‘proflll-fi- lion. was signed by Mr. Justice w. F. Carroll of the Nova Bootis Supreme Cbllft. 0.1113315", In‘ iir. Justice C. C. McLaus-in of w» Alberta supreme Court-

Angus J. Morrison. secretary- trcasurer of District 1B (Western

w w. e-v. *3

Both _ “POMS advoca of a he

Cnnndal of the United Mine lllorkcrs of America. drew up the minority report in which lie

tormcd the majority report not ‘nGL-quaIc" and added several re- nmniendations. lncludinflt 10601 adjustments to help market coal f-orn specific areas and minimize seasonal fluctuations, reduction of ppilnms duties on mining mach- tnc nnd supplies. and s/n indus- rgv-vzidr sy ‘sons on a t lasis.

hreo-way contributory

rmnn Carroll and Mr. Mor-

Clni .."V?l\ joincd-althollgh l-n 50957" rt" rcporls-in the recommend-

‘niinn tint production subsidies be roniinticd for the No a 500th industry. which Mi‘. Mo risen 0s- tfnrcrl in tinnger of "00110959" e'hr~r\\'i.=t'.

Rome Highlights

Tito gr-itarnl section of the l‘!- iii-rt. réviotwing hundreds 0f liwll- nt words of evidence taken

_ mntis in Clllfldll and the United slaifs and analysing the Dominion!

conl situation exhaustively. 0°": luinvd those addlt

BIRTHS. nastiness. IIEIITIIS

50c Per insertion

' BIRTHS i —At the Prince Count!

- linspital on Jun. 26. to Mr. and Hrs. Frank rown. nee Annabelle linchcoti.‘ French River. a son. L-witild Franklin.

MARIE] AGES

IIRUWN

. .. ___.____.....-___._-.-- srnvssnr - wnrson - At the Kensin ton.

Presbyterian Church. , 0n Friday. January 24. i947. H m» tlir daughter of Mr.

iinn. l0 Alfred MnoLean. the son o!

“f. nnd Mrs. J. William Stsvert.

, Kitlvin. I’. E. 1.. by Rev. J. A. MC- ‘ (Iowan.

non...

IacKINLEY-At Yorki. 3 ru. 1041. Mrs. Robert B. Mn n- l".\'. in her 75th year. Punerll f from the home of Alli)!!! Mu‘ _ Phnii Sunday afternoon. service starting at a o'clock. interment Cornwall Cemetery. , murals-At the Prince. Ovunt! Hospital, Jan. m, i041, Jamel A. "Fnynter of Kensington. l!!! m .__.v,cnrs. Funeral from St. Hark‘! i (Iturch. Kenslngton. Bllllflilf ll “i pm. WlLSON—-At (fi-dliaud on Jan!- nn. Garfield Frederick. led months. infant son of M-r- 0.00 Mrs. Ray Wilson. Pimeral Bat-

.s‘uel. lilbvesstions stud ‘lat-iii! Recommended fro Aid Coal Industry

stcm of ntinors‘ 00H"

snd Mn. , George Easter. Watson, Lelth Scot-r

Ball Tenders For- livillttlldlttg IltII-b

Tenders for the erection of a gun battery at H.M.C.B. ffQueen Q-isrlotte" have been issuedmaval officials st I-I.M.D.B. "Queen Char- lotte" announced yesterday. .A building. so feet long, 80 geet wide, and with 10-foot post will be constructed at the rear of the main building st an estimated oost ofwmtohnusetlseord- nuioe. .

The battery will include a 4.‘! naval gun. and several smaller weapons including Oerllkons. Also included in the ar ent. which ls tube located in the building is s. Mark IV. torpedo and sev- eral depth chsrgs railings. Train- lng in thehsndllng of the equip- ment wdll begin as soon as the building is oobfldel.

t ' .

There is littls e tation of developing large - aoa e synthetics and chemicals manufacture of coal in Canada;

Atomic energy won't threaten the coal industry for between 10 and :0 years; ,

The 5t. Lawrence waterway would have both favorable and unfavorable effects on the coal business;

In the last l0 years. the aver- age retina to Canadian operators from coal mining has been f0 cents a ton;

From a pre-war average of 2.5 tons per man per day. Nova 5co- tia production has fallen off to 1.5 tons-lowest in Canada and one of the major factors in the dspressed condition of the indus- try in the east;

Labor-management relations In Eastern Canada are poor;

Christie's coal reserves are esti- mated st 00.000.000.000 tons. en-

l-

eels,

will

Veterans

side.

news death

of her sister.

1851i.

llshm plant

ward Coun

ough to last another 2.700 years at the present rate of extraction;

It would not be feasible to move Alberta coal into Ontario in full trainloads——a proposal made t0 the commission as a possible mcans of reducing freight from fi to $5 a ton; .

No prospects exist for any large-scale sales of Canadian coal to the United States export mar- ket: Central heating by coal in Canada appeared to have greater possibilities than have been de- veloped to date.

the question of subvontions. while both the majority and min- ority reports made this form of aid their fundamental recommen- dation. neither attempted to lay down an exact formula for as- sistance in this direction.

No lonalization

All three commissioners tossed out proposals for nationalization of the coal industry, which lmd been advanced by some U010" witnesses in Eastern Canada.

The majority report remarked only that the evidence "fell far short of establishing that nation- alization would result. in high productivity." which the report regarded as the key l0 unprove- ment in coal mining. -

Mr. Morrison observed that "nationalisation provides no ma- gic lamp." and he termed the condition of the industry a chal- lenge to private industry. refine!‘ than to Government.

No estimates were advanced by mg commisslo trs as to where total Canadian production might be stabilised under its unwell!- but the mnlfl"? ‘W01’! 050 "Y that Nova Bcotls might well at- tnin n production of between 7- 000.000 and 8.000.000 tons. com- pgfgd with U16 5.500.000-ton out- put for i046. ‘But any production over 103100.000 tons in the Mari- tlmes would be "extremely diffi- cui " to achieve.

ysioally. the

found. it would be Canada to dbeaumfi

m uc on. gutcoavleogld have to rise from 1040's 10,000,000 tons to 40.000000. and the emohooooo-s-veer addit- ional expense would not FY00‘ tlcable.

Report 39 an... 10W III EIIIIIIilliIIII

(is The Canadian Preeil polka-ton. Jan. ot-ra- monttm Weather Bureau r0991“ ton m that with local thermom- eter readlnfl M 43'9" ha”? zero today the peak 0! 515"“. cold spell had been reached.

‘Ilhe cold spell wasnt over. however. for the weather 08100 rapes-ted no relief was in 818m tor some hours-until la." 51m" day night or early ltlnday.

While hundreds of lkimonton-

Commissioners possible for self-sufficient but the eut-

m.

niizht of a

_ isowun ssostvnw ,_twear now located at 11s een Street.

CUBLING JACKETS. tartan time Dilid wool shirts at Jack Cameron's "Th; Stone for Men."

mo remnant ma» w_ Johnston's mino- ~100M- CAL- ' “ '

xnvosron round. rcorus

United Ohticli Sunday. Feb. 3 at ‘L30 pm.

mill! Macaulay st. Avards. has ze- oalved the sad news of the death of her sister, Mrs. E. M. Clertexh. ,Glene Fall, N. Y,

Insursnca Commission, Veterans draining, Veterans Lend Act and Wai- Assets held an en- joqable get-together last. night at Members of the U.I.C., Summer-

-—- . s FORMER. IBLANDEB DEAD — Mrs. S3. Gillespie received the sad

PICKLING PLANT SITE — As indicated in yesterday's issue, Bite Ms been obtained by the Mat- thews-Wells Company for

perlmental Station on the Mt. Ed-

, lsreeervedfeeneys .'fl_“m astlresasybslnssrted

at live cents a strl u; I I01’ 0 - slle la sdvsnea. n,

084F553 for Photogrsfll ,

Mrs.

t i

conduct service , in Kingston

of l

Affairs. Unemployment

Canadian l

and dance the Clover Club.

wers guests at the function.

on Christmas Day of the in Junaica Plains, Boston, Mrs. Tnosnas Flan- Beeides her husband and

daughter. she leaves to mourn two bwtfls. Angus and Henry Neill of North Milton.

estab- ent of a cuoixnbar pickling on land of the Dominion Ex-

Road, adjoining the Queen's

ty jail. i

the Y's

Y-s MEN'S cum - The regu- lar supper meeting o; Men's Club was held 'l‘hursda.y

It the Y.M.C.A., in thg form social evening. Under the dir-

ection of Merritt Forsythe. who supplied recording equipment for the occasion. a number of records

WBTG

ION

arts

Mrs.

J-Effe

Mass fery Mr.

lune

held Jan.

W88

the

very

shor

Ids b0 that the pm. lcd an

ker.

Arsuiault left for St. morning where they will meet Mrs.

“Anne of Green Gables"

made of singsonge by Club

members. and of musical selections by 0K. Presby Walter Cox presided at a game of bingo with s. number donated by members.

mnmcsr IN ass-r axnrmr-

and Roy Mugford. of prizes

——Canslderable local interest,

is bedng shown in the graphic

that are being on exhibition

all this week up to and including Sunday afternoon at McmuriaiArt gallery. The nxjuhu; comprises linoleum cuts. etchings. wood cuts, and aqua illustrated by about 75 pictures by masters of these arts. The exhibit ls sponsored by the Prince Edward Island Arts Society. . |

the Harris

tints, etc..

LEAVE r012 samr soon ._

George Jeffery and Mrs. Mae John tilfs Edmund

ry‘s mother. M-rs.

Perry, Tlgnisit. who has been visit- ing her Bentnrd of Salem. Mass. also her sisters and brothers of Lawerence,

mother, Mrs. Joseph

. While in St. John Mm. Jef- and Mrs. Arsenault will visit Jeffery’; sister, Mrs. Maud

Mansblp. FUNERAL THURSDAY — The»

ral of the late Alexander M.

MacKensie of Dong Creek was

last Thursday afternoon. 30. and was largely attended.

A short service at the residence

followed by service in Canoe

Cove Church. The services were conducted by Goodwill assisted by i-he Rev. A. E. Todd. L. E. MncK Ewen, Daniel MacLenn. Mark Inrrsamand Bruce MacLeLn. Church cemetery.

rnmrrv Y. r. lL-Trinity Y. P. U. held its regular meeting in

the Rev. T. W's

‘me pallbearers were: lnnon, Daniel Muc- MncPhcc, Daniel

Interment was in the

social hall last night. The

meeting opened with s series of

interesting lantern slides

shown by Dr. Henderson, United Church Missionary from Angola. Africa. Dr. Henderson

gave a t explanation of each picture

which helped greatly in under- standing Lively recreation followed under Ila direction of Jean R171!

conditions in Africa.

. It inlay would the last of

announced that the

presented near

February. It was also announced

there will be a meeting of executive on Tuesday st 7.00

The worship service was by Waller, MucNeiii and

Keith Henry. Hymns sung were: "Take My Life And bet

It Be". "Jesus Calls Us O‘sr the ‘Pu-

mu t." Pianist was Marion Youn-

I

rm: svttsltitta: stsowmd -: A reeentjssue of the Ayrshire ite-~

shows a platinum Oir

vi

no heho tarnfn- _e:§l'tsohoim Lflrshdcliehib- .“.'...'.Z..I’ ‘a. first’: mom. f“ dM:§:“h',f°,;fufi“‘ i" ‘f1, I Ivonne 00w st n» Iloysl _wi1> Qrapalid. "3 L“ ca“. ham,‘ m, l, flit. This cow is from the some "BILL-st dry»... n... at. Avert frost te “u” “M h, o,“ alumnus-y Ban! 0am 8nd sis Bell, aged gs years. Itunsrsl sun- W0! " °i ‘b,’ the bull Ch Bank ltea fast, 08y from the Tryo Unit!‘ u m =5‘ m“ w; iaqubom ewncdbyltei llolsieil arr! Some. chum, "m, "uni, u ,| one 100°" m, ,0 b, Vlitoa-ia. rm. lsullmspurohased by n1 c e ‘Pi-averse Bteflle "P- "P" m. sedan mm .. M u!

0 . Intermen Cop ma.“ 1mm "and mum A . “ma.” I‘ 1 M I me ‘m M‘ A Sea.” Hawidl. Q . It . =,______._._.__._.. hllh, 00 0' "i- n", m t ,_ be noted that, the l6 blocks to walk to outfit‘! I’ l d dulfllilodi male. ll wdll ll thd ~ L- - t"..it:..';'i:°.~i2"....;'3”..i°...£'.'.i..: ,ugg;,,,,~g->g~:,. QC She hid frosen w!‘ we a n - ‘ s ea - g R in tilt-AI Harte, farmers lfl Qv- fin‘ Ammu- ‘m ‘Jimmy Ben? ymnAg I If‘! If‘ lbllnl “tile and fl 216.. is Lelteneraft Gby Qdibs ' ' libel. ng in M"! '90“ r mic: and grand sahampion bull nzl tbohoeldnianohers and oettlemen ;_ gmgymm 5h”, Qmgm, M u“ i“ it" “us”: s-u..r.r..*t r... t":

onw- . o. . s " areassndcettle Iank new»: he! ‘HINDI! ‘I Gilli!‘ ‘Win01!-

i.

. c uranium-ion Susanne.

linsland. services Qllndly} February 3rd: Sermon 11 a.m. The annual meet- lns o! the parish _n~ to be held 2 M01101? night at 8 o'clock in the

(fhuriiédfll church members are

100110 , .10 be in __ attends e. b‘! Douglas H. Sherren, Qtudent fig.

meet l” at the Council Board. was occupied chiefly with the reading and sd- ....... Option of various committee and smcstsvlsn san Nssws —-Mre. ether reports. several of which ap- Dfia!’ in t0dfly's issue. Others, un- avoidably omitted, later.

lug of @0100“? has been purchased by

eetnpered with sage.» 1n.-

LIIB 1N-

cunune. sun ans sscxcrs.

plaid all wool shirts at Jsok cam- eronu. "The store for Men."

oisciiar vanity (Ihurch of Septua esima tins-

CITY COUNCIL — Th; snnugl I118 of the City Council. held t night with n 'full sttondenee

will appear

10X Muir arousal:

noon DANCE _ Mesnbers as Bwkllns premises and railroad sld-' the staffs c; the Department b1

the Dominion Produce

he Provincial Government for the

purpose of providing’ cold storage for fox meats shipped hm; in (m. zen condition. Tho price paid was not disclosed. Refrigeration equip- ment h!!! been obtained from the War Amt! Corporation and will be installed by T.W. cope 0g the Peninsular tlori, lblohlbucto. N.B. It i; expgct. ed to provide sufficient space to handle l0 cars of meat.

Refrigeration Corpora-

storage fox

Mira. Hayden MacDonald. Bay. field Street. left this morning for 5h JOh-n. N-B-. to visit her sisteni Mrs. William MacAulay. accom ' led by her mother, Ready, Covehead Road.

Mrs.

Miss Elizabeth

x410? Technician at the P. E. I. fcct Hospital, left on Tuesday, January 21st for Halifax where she took pas- page to England. Miss Wilma ac-' companisd her to Halifax. ~

llr. J. S. Bonnell To Ilonduct Service

NEW YORK. Jan. ill-Dr. John of and formerly oi’, Winnipeg, will conduct the Sun-‘ day radio program national ves- pers (ABC 3:30 pm. A.S.'I‘.) Feb.

Sutherland Bonnell, native

Dover, P. E. I.,

2 through May 25. _ Dr. Bonnell. minister

dick of the Riverside

Methodist Giurch, BT98. WILL AFFECT (Continued from Page l)

Clothing

Prices of leather gloves and mitts may be increased from ll to l6 1-2 after Jan. 3i while increases of five to 25 pe-r cent will be permitted in the prices of knitted underwear and outerwear, hosiery. shirts. cot- ton work clothing and o variety of miscellaneous products when ‘pres- ent inventories of yarns and fab-

per cent on stock bought

rlcs have been depleted. Household Goods

Ilncreases of five to 25 per cen eventually will show in the pric: of bedding and textiles.

Soaps

, Ceiling prices on packiged soap flakes andichlps may be increased by amounts ranging from one cent for small packages to five cents and laundry soaps may go up approx- 1m emu, in every ‘my and tow-hi imately one cent n bar. but on bar laundry soap the increase may higher. depending on

Toilet

for large packages.

be slightly size. Foods

Minimum retail prices for short

ening, salad and cooking oils now may be increased by approximately l0 cents s pound. A 4 l-Z-cent- lncrcar: will be allowed for certain edible animal ‘fats, such as beef fallow and oleo stock, Corn

arpound

oil and olive oil are not affected

Prlees en biscuits and bakery pro- ba-esd, may be boosted by i0 per cent over sur-

dueta. excluding rent ceiling prices.

IIIIEF IIEVIEVI

(Continued from Page l)

,,__.___.._________ ____-.i less sinking fund investments at par, cash in hand and at bank was: At December 3i. i045 “$113,010.01

At December 31, i046 “$67,171.23 istlng conditions. However, I am glad to say that some plants are A decrelse 0f I 45,833.44 very clean and sanitary."

Arrears of Tues

"The amuont of $52,125.08 was collected in arrears gs against the

previous year. 034,070.78.

"Your committee would recom- inend that old outstanding poll tax ahd personal property tsx. where the persons involved have died or moved. away. be written off against the reserve for uncollecbsbles. At. the

present they ere carried on books from year to year.

‘The refunding issue of bonds tii.500.00 offered st a per cent were sold to Mills, Spence Company Lim- 1x10 at the ezkeptlonal mire ~t

.31.

tits w» vosatn as with $6,812,898 for the year 1040.

‘The valuation el personal pro. ms a] the

N"! for 1040 nae

\

THE GUARDIAN -111: central door-titan

‘Dlfl- ,_ Dorie! _

of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church takes the place occupied for many years by Dr. Harry Emerson Fos- Church. New York. and more recently bv' Bishop G. Brantley Oxnam of the New York

household cotton

The val atlon 0n real estate for. compared

, . . Yell‘ 1N5. - “The current collection on real estate was 89.3 per cent _of the year's levy. | "The current collection on per- sonal property was 88.8 per cent of the year's levy. l “The current collection of poll tax’ was 41.8 per cent of the year's levy, “Receipts for the year ‘i946 a-l mounted to 7,143.82 as compared with $434,411.11 for the year i945. » “The sinking fund investment at the present time amounts to $441,- 600.00.

In Council's lends

lee Gauss: Big Traffic ‘lie-up; Several Injured

Jiharlottetuwn residents slipped. skidded and slid their way to their business places yesterday moi-hm‘ filter. rain, freezing as soon n; it hi»! turf-rd sidewalks and streets in.- to glib ice that miide for the most treacherous walking and. driving ex.