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Teachers Urge Federal Grant For Education

Two Sectionmen Killed By Train

CFHVPBEI-LTON. NB, Aug. mg?) -- Two sectionmen A Ly the Canadian Natl

IALDAZ, Auz- lii-(Qh- 1h! nine-province, 25th annual confer- ence of the Canadian Teachers‘ Federation ended its five-day ses- sion here today- after approving a report o_f the British Columbia delegation which urged a Federal grant for education.

The grant was to be based on

15, the per capita pupil enrolment in ‘Pm- each Province and a copy of the M“ resolution will be -“ “'°"’~‘ kmld “bhtlmlllf 1°“ all Provincial teachers‘ organiza-

forlvardeti to

n18?" “'“°" m‘ Westbm-P-d 0"“ tions for further action.

umxed struck their motor trolley. 7n li..» main C.N.R line just east n; New lvlillnybridge‘ and about 1,,

of the

l5 ll""‘s east of Campbeilton. Tl victml wet-c identified.

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Coming Events

"Come to Greenwich Supper, Wednesday, August 20th. g "Dance, borne Valley, mcgday, ittgu-t l9, Webster's Qlchegtrg,

"Dance ‘Pleasant Monday, Aug. 18th.

"York Tea, Wetllnesday. Aug. 20th, beginning at 5 o'clock.

Grove Hall

"vollccting Hogs for Canada nckcrs each Tuesday. EM’! Jay.

"Dance and ice cream Brook- lyn. August. 20th. "Dance .Morell Hall. Monday. lug. 1B. CliffcrxPs orchestra.

"lce Cream and Dance, Orwell Hall. Monday. August l8th. Mili- tlcw Orchestra.

"lcr- Crmm social, Darn e)‘ Hall. lfortticty". August 18th. spices W I

"Dance St. Teresa's Hall. Mon- Aus’. 18th, Webster's Or- .\ ra. '

“Mali your I-‘iltns to Box 500. Hovtaglll‘. for fast twice weekly Plwm Deliveries.

"l'ntil further advised our mill l-li close each Saturday at noon. ifcGuigan dz Boyle.

"Collecting Hogs for Canada Packers Ltd. Tuesday until further lonce. Dlngwell and Rossiter-

"ice Cream. Dance at Cheese Faclory. Golvan Brae, Flrid-ay, Alli- l5! 22nd. Cilaissona Orchestra.

"Picking up Hogs at Peakea Sta- tion each Thursday for Canada Packers Ltd.. Merlin Devine.

"Loading hogs-at Montague 5tfi'ion each Thursday for Co-nflill Packers Ltd. S. C. McLean. Phone

"Collecting Hogs for Canada Patkcrs cach Tuesday. signed Bond Pratt.

"Collecting Hogs for Canadl

Packers each Tuesday afternoon \'-'. Crane. "Trucking Hogs. Qlvl X

Cattle for Canada Packers on Tues- :l.l_\~ of each week until further nntitc. McDonald's Transfer, An- ttandale. ' '

"Collecting Hogs each Wednes- llv morning for Canada Packers. aobt. Dawson, Crapaud.

"Can of Snowflake and Quebec llime arriving around Sept. 15th. Place your order now for delivery. Perms cash. Herbert Mullen.

"Load f-Io a at Cardigan Sto- tion eacbuwThugldsy fut‘ Ulflldl Packers Ltd. Norman McKenzie. Cardigan.

"Have “the time of your life" at Win-lice Station Hall. on Thursday. Mlslnt 21st. Dancing 9.30 to 1. Don ifcssera Orchestra. Refretillifllil-

"Picnic and Minter lower- li- Mark's Oiluroh. Lot ‘I. Mll- mtlh- Afternoon and oveninl- Grotmda lighted up at nilhfi-

"At lrbotvalo school on Mon- hv. August lath. iohooream lanld b i oi t D-m. - "n mated his Island

McKenzie Rlmblera.

“Collecting am w; 1mm! for oanaea norm from Vernon River, m", Elliotvale. Summer-

wcrc proceeding west when whet; by the fast passenger

The report stated that Federal d to education had a precedent

agricultural, technical research, i and family allowance grants.

W‘ D. C. Munroe of Ormstown, Que.. clc rtpcrt rcceived here, as a

was elected president to succeed

and Dr. E. M. Copperinger of Sask-

atoon and the Federation also ap- pointed lts first permanent secre- tary, George G. Croskery !Ottawa who will take office Jan.

umber details were avail- 1

llvfr. Croskery, who now is pre- sident of the Public School M0" Teachers’ Federation of Ontario,

slty and a member of the Board of Governors of the Ontario Teach- ers‘ Federation.

The new secretary-treasurer will occupy the recently-established central office of the Federation

tatively decided to hold the 1948 l national meeting.

In recognition of 23 years of ser- vice to the Federation and to Can- adian education in general, Dr. C. N. Crutchfield of Shawinigan Falls Que, was granted a life member- ship in the Federation and pre- scnteti with a watch. This was the first time the Federation had conferred a life membership.

Dr. Crutchfieid_ who has been secrotary-treasttrer of the organ- ization since 1934. has been a schoo. teaoher for 41 years and is a Can- adian Educatlon Association dir- ector as wall as past president of the Quebec Association of Protest- ant Teachers.

The Federation. which represents 50,000 of Canada's 10.000 teachers recommended a retirement plan by which at least so ear tent o! expenses would he borne by i"! Provincial Governments or other pensioning hotly. The plan would provide for a disability pension based on years of service as-weil g5 g pension for widows, children

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or other dependents of teachers and pensioners.

M,- btri n, the new board of (Fractals were:

Fl’. Mghtbody. Vancouver: Eric , Angle", Ftclmcnton; FA (‘rnsth- waitc. Yorkton. Saslc; GR ‘tr-ate.

Brandon alert; Winsinr Ylvlcs. st cathenn-e. one: "l" M Edith Baker. Montrcal" liiss L Bernlc- MncNattghlon, lllonclnn.

NB; JAB Wfllams. (‘hwrlttitc- ‘own; 1nd Mrs; Sarah MacDsnald, Halifax

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FATALLY INJURED

YARMOUTH, NS. Aug. la (C?) - Prank Doane o! nearby

celvcd when his atttomohre crash-

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(By Walter J. Mason) NEW Dill-I'll. Auk. 15- (AP)- Milliona of Hindus and Moslems dropped their months-long fratri- cidal strife in the emotional up- surge of celebrating their first day of independence today as appeals for peace sped across the young Dominions o! India and Pakistan, the world's second and fifth moat

"Georgetown l Georgetown i Georgetown l Meet your friend: in Georgetown at the biggest Da/nce of the year in the Government Ware- house. Wednesday, August 20th.

"Having sold my‘ Blacksmith Business at Hunter River, all ac- ceunta not settled for by the 30th of August. will be handed in for c01- leciion. J, Herbert MacLeod. St. Peter's Bay. '

“Yea! All roads lead to Crapaud Monday night. Aug. 18th. Dance to the ‘music of the Iuiarn Rhythm Boys. sponsored by the Orapaud softball team. Dancing 980-1230. Modern and old time. Lltllt ul sound settlement-

"Collecting hon for Canada Packers seals Pride! from Tryon “u”, carletofl. learletovin.‘ Cen-

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h. an alumnus of Queens Univer-i

in Ottawa where it was also ton- I p“

Discuss 60st 0f llniform Act For Municipalities

The estimated cost of drafting uniform Incorporation Acts for the Towns of Albcrton, Borden, Kenaingtom- Montague, Gggrgg- town. and Souris was the question which resulted in an adjournment Of last night's meeting of the of- , ficial representatives of the above- named towns.

The meeting, held in the Prov- incial Building, was presideciover by Mr. J. l". Connolly, Deputy. Minister of Reconstruction, and the following officials were pre- sent: Councillor N. H. Richards. Souris; Councillor P. J. MacInnis, Borden; J. E. C. Hunter, Town Magistrate, Alberton and Coun. Keir Clark, Montague. The rep- resentative from the Town of {Kensington was unable to attend last night's meeting.

It is understood that each Town will be asked in contribute $100 toward defraying the cost of drafting the proposed uniform leg- ilsxauon and that the Provincial Department of Reconstruction will assist the above-named towns by securing several of the more mod- ern Incorporation Acts of main- land municipalities. The greater rt of the estimated cost of the proposed legislation will be spent in securing the services of legal counsel for the final drafting.

Attorney-General P‘. A. Large was present for a time during last night's meeting.

British Sloop Arrives In Port

His Majesty's sloop, "Snipe" arrived in port yesterday morning from Sydney. N. S.

At 11.30 am. her captain, Cmdr. T. M. Villiers, accompanied by Commissioned Gunner (T) J. R. Kclso of H. M. C. s. “Queen Char- lotte," paid an official call on LlcuL-Governor J. A. Bernard and I-Iir Worship Mayor B. Earle Mac- Donald. Yesterdny evening at 0.30. Liet1t.-G0vernor Bernard and Mrs. Bernard, accompanied by Mayor MacDonald and Mrs. MacDonald, returned the call.

The "snipe" will remain in port until next Tuesday. Aug. l9, when she will sail for Halifax.

11th Base 0f Polio Reported In li. B.

SAINT JOHN, Aug. l5-(CP)- New Brttnswlckb llth case of in- fantile paralysis this year, and the first in Gloucester County, was reported today from Gloucester Junction, 10 miles from here. A lu-year-old boy, in serious condi- t-tonqwas flown to the polio clinic at Fredericton.

Dayton dled today of injuries rc- -

cd into a ditch ncar her». H0 l! The biggest diamond found in said to lllVt IWCTVQd M! C!" m’ South Africa was the “Cuilinan" avoid ctriklng two sirla on bicycles which weighed about 3,106 carats.

Indians Celebrate Independence Day

‘between the two Dominiona was

BIGGEST DIAMOND

powhus states.

But the bitterly opposed relig- ious communities still fought a mutually destructive conflict in the Punjab.

The toll of rioting and gang warfare in that. unhappy Province rose to 388 dead and d; wounded in four days in the capital city of Lahore. A dozen fires blazed in thi city, and authorities " loud. the use of tanks by troops for the first time to suppress heavily arm- 94 RINK

The award of a bounds y com- mlssion partitioning the Province

delayed for two days.

New Delhi's first day of liber- ation from British rule was usher- ed in with ceremonies combining the pomp and splendor of last and West, and Calcutta‘: millions of Hindus and Moaleme Joined mo: in celebrating together.

lflnbracirlg each other. lhoutinl '

“Jli Hind" (victory to Ifldil). llid

waving the new tricolor flag of -

saffron, green and white. the Cai- cutte crowds marched by the thousands in a "holy plig to the temporary residence. of

Mohandas K. Gandhi, the "archi- _

tact of India's freedom." In New Delhi hilarious crowds

tral Bedcqul. favor - Klnkora. Newton. Cope ‘mwmc and Augustine Cove. Messrs.

ville. Hermitage. Avondale and Glvnooo. Cell Ralph L“. V"!!! II

D. Mcflod and Sons. Phone Alb- ua- il. a armada‘ LA .

, a fllIPole wherever there was room for one. Bands biared. some playing western tunes. Shops,

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li. B; Reports Heavy Electrical Storm

(By The Canadian Press)

IBIDERICTON, Aug. i5—-A llaavy electrical storm swept the St. John Itivar valley early tonight, breaking a prolonged heat ‘wave but also disrupting light and power services, u well u affecting communicat- ions and destroying a barn at Lincoln. The heavy rain was welcomed for crops and dry forests.

Pigs. ducks and hay were lost in the_ barn owned by Oliver Scott. whose nearby home escaped damage. Service of the Maritime Electric 00.. Ltd, was disrupted for a time.

Little flhange in Investment Outlook

OTTAWA. Aug. l5 - (GP) - tuslrless for 1947 snow litre change in the aggregate from forecasts made at the beginning of the year when it was estimated that more than tl,000,000.000 would be spent on new capital goods and $1,640,- O00,C00 on capital, repair tttld main- tenance. Rt. Hon. J1». Ifsley, Act- ing Minister of Reconstruction and Stir-ply. said today. l-Ie said a mid-year survey show- ed that plann€d expenditures on new capital goods had been pared down by three per cent from the beginning of the year. Anticipated new construction was dawn about two per cent and new machinery and equipment down a little over three per cent.

iintario Man To Be ilonored For Heroic Action

In recognition of his having saved Howard Mulrhead of Canoe Cove from drowning, Mr. Douglas i-l. Gordon, general manager of the Dominion Rubber Co., Ltd., Kit- chener. Ont., will be presented with a testimonial of his heroic action at Government House next "Tues- day morning at 1o o'clock.

The testimonial. officially issued by_ the Royal Canadian Humane Association. will be presented by His Honour LieuL-Governor J. A. Bernard. '

Mr. Gordon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gordon. Charlotte- town.

The citation, describing Mr. Gordon's act of heroism, reads as follows:

About 10.30 o'clock on the morn-

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Right on the minute oi 4 pl. yesterday. as scheduled. three De. ketu but down at the summerside Airport and 45 British Air Cadets and their accompanying officers diaembsrked. They are on the lat- ter part. of a tour which, since they landed at Montreal on July Slat. has taken them to the Pac- lnc coast and back, They were areeted on arrival at Summerside by Mr. A. R. Brennan, chairman of the Provincial Air Cadet Com- mittee. mnd Bqdn. Ldr. WC. Lang- staif. D.F.C., officer commanding the Summerside Station. They were the guests of the station at dfnner in the mess and later at- tended a show at the Capitol Theatre, followed by lunch at Coyle's Restaurant.

In Charlottetown Today

This morning they will travel to Charlottetown by bus and will visit the Provincial Building and Government House where they will be received by Lieutenant Governor Bernard. After lunch at Sandy's Restaurant they will re- turn to Summerside and take off for Halifax where they are due at i p.m.

Yesterday-they had. lunch at Ottawa and arrived in Summer- sfde in plenty of time for dinner. In their honor, and because many of the boys had never tasted this delicious product of island waters ‘lbefore, lobster was served. Thei

toys had be-n promised that they}

would have a feed of lobster when , they arrived here and they were ' not disappointed.

One lad was missing from the group. Ho. had developed append- ‘cltis in Banff and had undergone an operation there. However. lat- cst reports are that he is doing well and wl2l re-Join the group in Montreal in time for the return flight to Britain which is sched- uled to takeplace on August 23rd.

Bydn. Ldr. Langstaff presided at dinner which was attended by the Mayor and Town Council of Sum- meraide and members of the Char- Zotteiown Air cadet Committee.

Welcomes Cadets i l

Sqdn. 1dr. Langstaff welcomed the Cadets and said he hopedt that when they left they would} take with them fond memories of their visit. i

Mr. Brennan said it was a, great pleasure to meet. these finet boys from Britain and he hoped! that they would return to this country. some of them to stay. He explained the program that had been arranged for them on the island Province and gave them a brief outline of Island history.

His Worship, Mayor Arnett. wel-

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Former R.0.A.F. Pilot Missing

roieotvro. Aug. 15 _. (C?) __ MiBsinB for five days on a photo- graphic. flight in Goose Bay. Lab- rador. a small civilian aircraft was the object of an organired search.

ing of the 1st day of August. 1944. the ferry “Fairview" which runs from Charlottetown to Rocky Point, was nearing the dock at Charlottetown. when two horses. which were hitched to a wagon belonging to Howard Muirhertd of Canoe cove. became frightened and backed the wagon ofLtba ferry. Mr. Muirheacfs small son, Delbert. was lasted on the wagon box which was not fastened to the wagon. the box floated for a moment and than turned over. 'I‘hia caused Del- bert Muirhead to be thrown into the water. Muirhead was about to sink when Douglas Gordon, who m: also a passenger on. the ferry dived in and swam about '15 feet in order to reach the boy- Mr- U01‘- don placed Delbert on the float- ing wagon box and held him there until they were both rescued by a motor launch. The rtlenco of mind and heroic act n of Douglas Gordon on this occasion were instrumental in saving the

today involving R.C.A.F. piancs' from Halifax sweeping the St. Lawrence north shure reghn 1n an effort 2o locate the plane ‘and its lone occupant. Pilot J.B. Mutton of Pickering, Ont.

The Vane left Tbronto Aug. and was last heard from Aug 10 when it ‘left Rapid; Lake, north of Seven Islands in the Bt. Lawrence River headed for Goose Bay. Since the ltnffill anti rescue efforts have failed 3o produce any trace of the craft.

Pilot llfutton is a former R.C.A.P‘. flyer who won the DEC. in two tours of operation over Northwest Europe. l-le also towed gliders in three parachute troop operations, Arnhem. Normandy and the Rhine crossing.

He was born and educated in Toronto Mutton joined the RAP‘. in IP86. later transferring to the H.041". J-falifax officials said to- day tba. the search had not been abandoned although results have

life of Delbert Muirhead.

been unsuccessful to date.

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y Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Cl-IARIJOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, AUGUST

16, 1947

121 BRITISH MINERS TRAPPED BY EXP

British Ail‘ cal... Arrive In Province

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Rescue Gangs In Grim Race With Death

to Men than The Surface After Accident lieop Underground

WHITEHAVEN, Cumberland, Elli» Aug. l8 —tSaturday)- (CH-Sixteen men were dis covered dead early today fol- lowing a. mine explosion here Friday which trapped 111 coal

mlnen in Britain's oldest undersea mine. Mino offnlais apparently

abandoned almost all hope that the remaining miners would be found lllve. Most ambulances standing at the pithead were dismissed. although rescue crews continued in dig through the rock .’a'ls which Friday trap- ped 121 men.

WI-IITIEHAVEN. $113., Aug. 15-(CP‘ tonight raced with death in an effort to free l1! coal miners trap- ped in the 135-year-o1d William Mine here after an explosion.

A total of 121 men were in the pit-oldest underseas coal mine in Britain-when the blast occurred. Ten men escaped and seven of these tonight aided in rescue work.

Rescue workers risked their own lives in the gas-filled mine at the northwest corner of England. The squads faced additional threats from roof falls.

It was not expected that the fate of the trapped men would be known for some hours. An offl- clal statement issued by the com- pany said there was nothing to indicate whcre the explosion occurred or why.

Cumberland,

Miles from Plthead

The William Mine shaft slants downward from the coast several

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Hurricane Hits ampico, Mex.

TAMPICO, Mex, Aug. 15-(AP) -'I‘he year's worst hurricane lung- ed inland 100 miles north of here but its fringe was enough to whip this oil capital with llo-mile-an- hour winds, unroof homes, and bring 15-foot tides.

The storm centre was said by the Weather Bureau to have hit an area where there are few towns and poor communications. Information is incomplete as winds still rage.

Streets were deserted as do- structive vrlnds howled into Tam- pico at dawn. Many stores, fac- tories and refineries remained closed. although banks opened later.

Families in the poorer sections abandoned flooded homes and moved to nearby hills. Police and firemen patrolled streets con- stantly.

Electric power failed for hours.

Weather Bureau instruments were destroyed early in the day and accurate measurements were not obtained of the wind or rain. All travel halted. with planes grounded and ships docked. This city of 132,000 persons, a rich oil centre and one of Mexico's larg- est communities. was paralyzed.

five

HALIFAX. Aug. lii-(CP) 411m Promise of showers encouraged hundreds of fire-fighters battling a forest fire raging tonight in the MacKenzle River district 20 miles south of the northern tip of Cape Breton Island.

Forestry officials said there were no reports from two fire fronts in Antigonish county in the north- west corner of the Nova scotia mainland and interpreted this aa meaning there was no change in the situation.

A group of 100 residents of a Negro colony near Tracadie in Antigonlah County were evacuated earlier today 'aa the flames ap- proached their homes.

The promise of showers in the parched areas of the cape Breton Highlands hational Park was the first in a week. '

But winds hauling around from the southern quarter to northwest were also forecast anti people in Cheiicamp. a village of 2,100. ex- pressed fears that another shift