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Gass. manager of the Island Tele- plionc Company. last night-

Hali. December 12nd.

Thursday, December 21st at 8 P.M.

cert. Thursday. December 21st.

School. Friday, Dec. 22nd.

seed up until December 22nd. John beard. Crapaud.

Ki-ii,v's Cross Hall. Thursday. Dec- ember 21st. Curtain 8.30.

RPM

Christmas Concert. Friday. Decem- hrr 22nd.

her 21st.

'nr Christmas concert In Fort Augustus Hall.

"Ely Tuesday, I-Tiday. Saturday. Show starts 3 oiclock.

Concert tonight. December 21st. siartim at 8 P. M.

December slot. for the Clyde River school Concert.

act comedy drama. Vernon River ”"- December 27th. Cumin 8 the railways' annual labor costs - M. Dance after. by a u g -- boost now In effect. T Concert at Giensladnlg School. 2. An increase rncadie Cross. has been postpon- glldolgaill Friday. Dec. 22. at a

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Covers Prince Edward Island Liketliei Dew. CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1950

RED TROOPS ARE FORCED TOP RETREAT AT REACHHEADI

germans Demand

Linemen Still Battling With Stormis Aftermath

ales Mostot the electric light and .':,..m,, ,,.,,awg.- services damaged by Mon- day night's mow storm were ex- pocml to be repaired by todey order last; night. lnii telephone linemen. with un- precedented damage facing them. could only hope that service be- tween Summersida and Charlotte- mwn would. be restored by cl.-cult, Christmas.

"'I'lu- men are erecting some

the City and Summer- side." he stated. All toll lines out of Summerside were still out of

The cable from Summerside to the Airport was down with'both poles and the cable hanging over the Summerside breast work. The

f and Borden are” still out.

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tl.onr;hg that communication might be restored with the mainland to- iliy, Since Monday night's storm trlcfzrams have had to be flown hack and forth between Charlotte- town and Moncton.

upon a temporary cable I-lillsboro Bridge. connects station at Ten Hill and communication with Halifax. This cable will be relied upon services have

the

, been restored to

There is no sign of reaching the western section of the prov. Summerside yet and it will take A lot of work to lzet through lw Christmas T9P0”9d Ml" Dr M- New Brunswick was still out and would not be available until the

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inrc. stated Mr. Gass. Communication with Saint John.

Maior Problems Face Federal Cabinetiroday

M--MWA Dec. 20 g.(op) ,;me The Ministers are Defence Min- Federal Cabinet. with major prob- lems ahead of It. will hear reports tomorrow from three key Ministers

day, December 22nd.

gonv Hail. December 21st.

"Christmas Concert. Cornwall before Hail. December 21st. 1950.

"Christmas concert Donaldston

"Cleaning and Buying Timothy

"Christmas Concert and Dance.

"liunter River school concert, rose to Masonic Hail. Thllrldly. D9CBm' Prince Edward Regiment which he led through the campaigns in sic- lly. Italy and Ncrthwest mlmae.

Expect Application For Freight Rate Increase

"Reserve Friday. P ” 22nd "Show Morel! Community nslt

f 'Alexa.nder School Christmas

N"North Wllishiro concertmllii ptlcmon Darth Wlltlhlre Hail. Tiiursdgyv ratos shortly after Christmas, in- M 21- Prosrammo beslns 7.4-L formed quarters said today.

The proposed increase will be k"ch"3tm59 001"?" Ind D9-n05 based on higher labor costs grow- ulooltvale school. Friday. Decem- ",3 out of

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"Reserve A

rt.

"See "His Irish Dream Girl". 3

ister Ciaxton. who has tending Atlantic Pact Brussels. External Affairs Minvist; concerned with the shaping of er Peal-'50'”v C”33d3'5 mp ma" 3 Calr.1riE's defences both on the the United NW0” domestic and international fronts.

Coming Events

"Mail your Finis to Garnhum meeting until tom rrow. Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

member of the Korean war cease- fire committee, and Trade Minist- er l-lowe. No. 1 man in the de- fence production set.up..

To hear their reporIs' postponed its normal Wednesday med to Ottawa tonight from New ukork .whera he "Christmas concert. Victoria has been taking part in U. N. de-

- - -m hates on"' ”fi1'e Korean

-- while Mr. Claxton is expected back

"Kinkora Christmas concert. early tomorrow from Brussels. He

attended meetings of the Defence

-- andilrolceign Ministers of the At- "Eonsilaw school Concert. Fri- lantic Pact group.

Mr. Howe will report on talks he had last week with United States "Cllri.-Lmas Concert. New Gias- officials about the vast American mobilization plans.

A heavy slate of business will be the Cabinet. The discuss- ions likely will cmlbrace the Kor- . can war and its ramifications. in-

"Gra.ham's Road school Con- eluding the question of the size of land and air forces which Canada should contribute

"Christmas Concert. Pleasant of Europe. Grove, Thursday, December 21st.

Mr. Pearson re

lord Tweedsmuir . To Visit Canada

Thursday. December 21st.

LONDON. Dec. 20 - Lord Tweedsmuir, son of Canada's former Governor - General. will leave by air Dec. 28 for a ”lo.iig-de- ferred" visited to Canada and the United states. he announced m-

"i-larrington School Concert in d”Y- "9 Wm P9 acwmm" ed by 5 . wife, Conservative member of Far- hp.Ha.n' Thursdim E cembe 219' liament for south Aberdeen.

As the Hon. John Buchan. he --Dani; forget, Hampsm,-Q jcincd Canadian forces at outbreak of the second World war and came to England with the lat Canadian

.... Division in December. W19. Two

"coma in Ohrlstrnas Concert In months later he succeeded to the Bradalbane I-liali, December 21st. title on the death of his father In It 8.15 P. M. Montreal.

The second Lord Tweedsmuir command Hastings

EquaH Hard Going In

Sight For Allies Al Bonn Talks

FRANKFURT, Germany. Dec. 20 -(AP)-On the eve of crucial arms talks in Bonn. West Germans appeared united tonight against service in Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower's new European defence force unless the North Atlantic Pact Allies grant them full equal-

ity.

This attitude promised hard go- ing for the high commissioners of the United States, Britain and France, the occupying powers, when they open negotiations with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in the West German capital tomor- row.

Adenauer's own conservative panty, the Christian Democrats. predicted the negotiations will be lengthy.

Seek 150.000 Germans

The Brussels conference of the 12 Atlantic Pact countries decided Monday 150,000 Germans were wanted to help man the intermit- ional defence force. designed to reach 1.000.000 or more men and a strength of 55 to 60 divisions in two years.

The high commissioners John J. Mccloy of the United states. Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick of Britain and Andre Francois-Poncet. were com- missioned to arrange for German participation.

West German politicians and newspapers joined in reiterating demands often voiced during re- cent dc-bales as conditions for Ger- man assistance:

i. West Gennany must be accepted as "an equal part- her."

2. There must he no major restrictions on the size or composition or German troop units or command staffs which do not apply equally to all member states. .

Ii. The Republic must be freed from its status as an ac- cupied enemy country and giv- en political independence by replacing the occupation statute witha "security treaty." Most of these demands are aim-

ed at France. still fearful of a re- vival of German militarism.

However. the Commissioners are empowered to dicker.

Francois-Poncet reported in Bonn that several meetings with Chancellor Adenauer are envis- aged.

"We will sum up the results of these exchanges and submit them in due course to our Govern- ments," he added.

"one can hardly expect German agreement" to the terms laid down at Brussels. the independent Of- fenbach Post said in a typical West German newspaper com- ment.

Ask Boost in War Pensions

OTTAWA. Dec. 20 -(G?) -Six veterans organizations combined today to ask the Government to raise war pension rates for the disabled more than 25 per cent be- cause of the cost of living.

They submitted a brief to Vet- erans Minlsicr Lapointe containing recommendations for improve- ments they consider justitled by the conditions under which some veterans are living.

The brief was presented by the National Council of Veterans As-

OTTAWA. Dec. 20- (CP)-The . railways probably will file an ap- incrcascd freight

the long wage-hour dispute between the railways and . December their unions. bl . yeste day I n ar tration award mt Kelvin Grove C?-rlatmu 0011- by air. Juilticne a. 1.. Keliock of " this: Sutpl-en;e Count of Canada.b . Meat 0 the. ncreasa to e "Come to the DIN! RAVE? Hllh Jought is not known yet. but in- formants said it may take one of tvlio karma:

330800.01!)-a-yea r

seven-cents-an-hour

amount now. plus a deiayed-act- ion application based on the cost of the shortened work week and ,. -: taking effectwhen the short week F I Dance Winsloo station l-fall. starts next Jung 1.

utility. December 22. Music by The additional cost of the wan h'l0rle Chappall and his Merry increase alone Handel-s. Dancing 9.80 to 12.30. the annual yield from a rate in-

Minion 50c. Canteen service. crease of about nine per cent.

' However. railway finances gen-

soclations.

orally would have to be consid- ered in determining the size of any freight-rate hoist. It appear- ed ilkely the initial increase sought would lie somewhere be- tween six and 10 per cent.

More problematicnl is the total rats increase required to cover the new cost of the five-day. 40- hour week that lzoen into effect on the railways next June 1.

The companies have estimated its cost at more than 380.000.1300. though the rail unions call this figure exaggerated and Mr. Jus- tice Kellock indicated he did not accept it. However. no alternative figurs has been submitted by those questioning the 300000.000.

To find that sum would take I further rate increase of about 23 per cent. assuming that the rail- Wlyg sought an increase for the full amount.

The forthcoming application will be for the thirtl round of rate lncreamt sinrs the war.

In 1948. the railways obtained authority from the Board of Transport Commissioners for a general 2!-per-cent increase. This was followed last year and early this year by a succession of three increases adding up to another 80 per cent.

In Defence Force

OTTAWA, Dec. 20 - (UP) --The armed forces are still 8.000 men short of their manpower ceiling af- ter more than four months of in- tensive recruiting backed by the emphasis of Korea and a darken- ing world picture, it was disclosed today.

The Defence Department, report- ing that the forces could handle twice as many recruits as they have been getting. released figures show- ing that as of Nov. 30 the three regular services and the army's special force had 61,000 men com- pared to a celiliig of 69.000.

At. the present rate - around 1.000 men a month - it would be late next year before the ceiling was reached. a factor which is bound to occupy the mind of Cab- inet Ministers in the weeks ahead, for further expansion of Canada's defence effort is believed shaping up.

Eisenhower in Hopeful Mood

DENVER. Colo, Dec. no -. (Ari- A determined. cheerful Gen. Dwight D. tlilisenliower said today "the gig. uatlon these days is not-. nearly u dark as it was in the spring of 194:2."

The General. named yesterday to head a European peacetime, army backed by the dozen Atlantic Pact countries, told a press conference,

fsooner or later, this country is going to be united and in the fer. vor of its united strength. other nations are going to cling to us. I am extremely hopeful that Amer. ica has reached the lowest point of disunity and is going back up."

Without mentioning Russia by Mme. he said In answer to is queg. tion. "if they are choosing global WET. they are not showing the wis- dom they liave shown in the past."

"I see no reason for the United States to act in an atmosphere of hysterical fear." he said. "It 3 silly 10 W too frightened or, indeed. t;c bemst-l'ent. A calm. determined America can get this job done."

3250.000 Fire in Small Alberta . Town lasLNighi

RYLEY. Alta. Dec. 20 - (cp)... A main-street. fire in this North. crn Alberta town of 500 popula. tion tonight caused an estimated 0250.000 damage and was still rag- ing out of control three hours af- ter lits outbreak.

Six buildings - housing a hard- W-"lre. garage. machine agency. Rrocery store. tzwo restaurlnls and an egg grading station - were either destroyed or sfire at 8.80 p.m. MST.

One man. an unidentified gar- illie mechanic. was burned and rushed to hospital at nearby To- field. The blaze broke out about 5.30 pm. in the garage. in the cen- t.re of the main street. An ax- plosion in the garage was said to have touched off tlhe blaze. which spread in both directions.

About a dozen other buildings were in grave danger, including I lumber yard. No schools or hos- pitals were threatened.

Mayor John Kordich. proprietor

of the 40-room Alberta Hotel. said all the townspeople were engaged in the fire light. They were being assisted by fire brigades from the district towns of Mundarc. Holden. Tofield and Camrose. Fire equip- ment was expected f.rom Vegre- vilie and the Edmonton Fire De- parimcelt was standing by. ' Tile neighboring towns rushed aid to Ryley. ebout 45 miles south- east, of Edmonton. after a radio appeal by Mayor Kordicfi for fire fighters.

"Damage will be at least 8250.- 000." Mayor Kottdich said in a long-distance telephone interview from his vacated hotel.

DELINQIIENCY CAUSE

BRANT!-'0R.D. Ont. - (CF) - Magistrate” R. J. Gillen told A school teachers meeting here that environment not. heredity. causes boys and girls to go wrong. "Children should be taught to ac- cept responsibility In the horns- and should not. in given too much

freedom.” he said

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Armed Forces Still 8,000 Short Of Manpower Ceiling

It has been anticipated that the present ceiling will be lifted al- thtcugih any such action at this stage, without something beyond voluntary recruiting to back it up. would be largely an academic move.

llope For Increase

The big hope now is that the higher pay rates for the forces an- nounced last -week and the lure of service in Ellrope or elsewhere over- seas will attract men who appar- ently don't want to serve at home.

Combined with that is the feel- ing that the Government will chan- nel Canaidak-. defence effort more and more into the air force with its smaller needs for manpower.

There has been speculation that the Government will gun fcr arm- ed forces 100.000 strong but, it is considered doubtful here that any

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Hoover Warns Against Fighting In Asia, Europe

(3! Janus Devlin)

NEW YORK, Dec. 20- (AP)- F"m9F President Herbert Hoover "id Wllllht the defence lines of the United States must be the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and ll0t the continent; of Europe ag- Asia.

"AUY BHEYTIPI: in make war nn the Communist mass by land in. Vlillon. through the quicksands of China. India or wists-rn Europe Would be sheer folly.” he said in 5 "lift-waxed radio address.

That would be the graveyard of millions of American boys and would end in the exhaustion nf this Gibraltar of Western civiliz- ation."

Hoover said the prime respon- Slblllly for defending Western continental Europe rests upon the countries of Europe.

He said that Western Europe, to warrant further aid. "must ex- press iiself in organized and equipped combat divisions of such hula numbers as would erect. a sure dam against the Red flood."

"And that before we lnnd an-t

other man or another dollar on their shores." said the former Re- publican Presldent. "Otherwise we shall be Inviting another Korea. That would be a calamity to 14:...-. ope as well as to us."

The United Nations llzlve bran defeated in Korca, he said. by the sggression of Communist China. and there are no world forces adequate to repel the Chinese.

Hoover's pronouncement came only a day after Presi. dent Truman pledged more

American troops would be

sent to Europc to aid the

West European defence set-up

headed by American Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Hoover called for arming the U. S. navy and air force "to the teeth" to hold the two ocean.-. with possibly one frontier on Britain and the other on Japan. Formosa and the Philippines.

"We have little need for large armies." he said. "unless we are going to Europe or China."

Hoover said he spoke in rc- sponse to "hundreds of requests" that he appraise "the current sit- uatIon."

He said that. even if Western Europe armed beyond anything contemplated. "we could i never reach Moscow," but that neitliv-r could Communist armies roach Washington in force.

could block Reds

He held that American sea and air power alone could control the Atlantic and Pacific and block any possible invasion by Commun- ist. armies, but added:

"I devoutly hope that a maxi- mum of co-operation can he es- tablished between the British Commonwealth and ourselves."

In declaring the Communist armies could not reach the Am- erican capital. Hoover said:

"In this military connection we must realize the fact, that the atomic bomb is a far less dom- inant weapon than it was once thought to be."

He did not, elaborate.

Newsboy Saves Sister From Gus

WOODSTOCK. 0nt.. Dec. 20 -- (CP)-Hugh Dobbie. 1.1-year-old nowspsp carrier boy. today found his 10-year-old sister. Sandra. unconscious in their home. He dragged her to an open door and promptly notified police. Miss Evelyn Townsend. who lives In the same house. also was over- come. Police said coal gas fumes were to blame and credited Hugh

with possiblly saving two lives. .

Sandra and Miss Townsend recov- ered after hospital treatment

Planes. Eh-ips. A Artillery Protect Allied Toehold

By ROBERT EUNSON -I

TOKYO. Dec. 21 - (Thursday) -(AP) - Communist troops at the point of greatest menace to the United Nations beachhcad around Hungnam were .forced to retreat Wednesday.

.DeV9-9131018 around - the - clock firepower - planes, warships, art. ll-lery m not only protected the Al- lle5' last ioehold in Northeast. Korea but even improved it on the critical east flank.

A field dispatch said North Korean Reds on that flank had to withdraw to ridges well back from ilhe American positions.

”Our artillery and air chewed up at least one and possibly two North Korean battalions," said an Am- erican regimental intelligence of- icer.

Plans Disrupted

A iaier field dispatch said the heavy U.N. air. groutnd and naval assaults had disrupted any plans by the Chinese and North l(oi'cans for a major assault on the beach- head.

As a. consequence. the Commun- ists remained inactive throughout Wednesday -- a strange quiet that itself tended to worry U.N. com- mandcrs.

U. N. tanks and self-propelled guns joined in the around dc- fence. adding In the hail of steel against the Reds.

In Western Korea. there was only "light and scattered con- tact yesterday along the Unit- ed Nations defence line" north of Scotti, a U.S. Eighth Army briefing officer said today.

On Tuesday there had been a

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report of clashes between North and South Korean troops along a. 30-mile front northeast of Seoul. Bilt today the briefing officer said this contact was broken off.

North Koreans In Action

Gen. MacArl-hurls headquarters said the North Koreans, after re- grouping forces in Manohuria. now have 150,000 men in action in ;

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Dealers -witit more than a fort.- night's supply of butter on hand are going to be out of luck if thc.l' try to buy any Government butter.

An Agriculture Department of- ficial said tcday that the Govern- ment has established the policy of not selling my of its but-f" SW0”

than two weeks' supply in ware- houses. The policy is twofold:

1. To prevent build-up of stocks by speculatcrre who may boost the price Mienscarciiies show.

2. To make certain that Gov- ernment butter is being piped into the trade in a slow. steady stream. geared to the l3I'0K1'8m of equitable distribution across the country throughout the win- ter months.

Any dealer may buy Govern- ment-held butter. said the official. whether he has purchased butter from the Government in previous years or not.

All he has to do is BpDl.V 00 the Agriculture Department. show he; has the cash and hasn't an over- rsupply of butter. Since lnnst of

to dealers who already have more"

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What a goodly outside fahellood hath.

Subscriptions delivered 86.00: Mail 05.00;

other Provinces O U.B.A. 81.00

NABBED av naps - Archbishop Josef Berall, of Prague, has been seized rm; sec,-my gmpnsoned by tack. would be-a delaying action.

of informed sources have in -he an i past reported extensive Russian troop and weapons movements op- positc Iran, but there has not been anything to indicate any unusual buildup of strength. Last May. Russia accused Iran of using Un- ited States experts to take aerial photographs of the frcntier. This