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R.C.A.F. Personnel Enroute To ilalifax

rnuii ls en Georgi Jfi Flo on h a (xiiicers .160 other

ranks. f Women‘; Division our

officers, three

rvmnin go lng to Lachine, Que, for disperse.

Coming Events "Movies - covlinssa. Monday. "Movies at. T-ryxw-nlzht "Talkies EldFn-lvlcoday. "Talkies Moi-ell ‘rluesday.

"Reserve July 11th for LM 65 Picnic.

"Dance and Box Social, Conan Ban Hail. Monday, Joly 15th.

"Reserve July 15th, Glss ow Road Conert, North Wiltshin {fall

"o.w.1.. Dance in. memo Hall Monday night.

"Dance Si. Teresa Hail-Mon- day. July l5. Webster's Orchestra.

"Ice Cream Social in Frederic- ton Hell. Wednesdfly. July 11m.

"Ctuclsau Slipper; Newman Lodge, New Haven. July 17th. 4.30

"Dance. Lolawsiley. Tuesday. July 16th. Webster's Orchestra. "Como to thsfbanw in iii-not: iieivlifililionday, July 15th. Lilnohes

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"Dance Bonahaw Hail Tuesday, July 16th. Rollie Maclfienzie’: Or- chestra.

"Reserve Wednesday. Aug. ‘I. for St. John's Church picnic,

Crapaud. "Collecting Hogs for Davis aux‘

I-‘raser Ltd. every Tue d y W 1i H’ Dhnne collect. R, Dawsrono,

"Come to the Ice Cream Social and Danae in Indian River School, on Thursday, July 18th.

"Dance Mount Stewart Hall Monday. July 15th. Rollie Mac. Kmzies Orchestra.

"Rosary; the Ice Cream Social and Dance. Tuesday. July 16m In estmoreland School. Good music

"U Friday? and Satlrixda; cling‘ ‘élllilim’ Bu“ bu" Duh“ & ll e . *

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"lv-Oldinu Hogs at ‘Peskes Sta.

gen each Thursday for Davis l laser Lid. Merlin Devine.

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I "Collectlng- Hogs each ‘Tuudb. ' "7 Davis d: hater Ltd. for truck- . servioe throulb , lm

Giarry v Vernon. o mo” Waltsrlzg,

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Ground a Juiv 15th.

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fiRussia Blotks Settlement A [European Problems y

orrrawa, Jul la - or A A m“ unplug“ o: ma‘, n)‘ s British source said. A. 11' pqgdnngl wdfl 30¢ i; The Soviet minister blocked an

um;- American . roe tars said ioda. The list includes 99

nuls ters. and 96 W. D other mission to draw up a definition ranks of German assets in Austria.

in sonnel be re- Mr. Molotov further refused to leased at lfax imrnsdia after support a an to set up a central

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(By Joseph Dynan) PARIS. July iil-(AP) -- The four-power Foreign Minister's council adjourned its 28-day ses- sion tonight after Foreign Minis- ter V. M. Molotov of Russia stood firm against any moves that would have led to immediate settlerimit of Austrian 6r German problems.

roposai that would have estabi shed s spacial com- mission to draft a eace treaty with Austria and declned to per- mit the authorization of a com-

sdminlstra ion for aii except the Saar Basin.

Foreign Secretary Bevin of Bri- tain presided at the night session which wound up the current meet- ing of the ministers of the Un- ited States. Great Britain, France and Russia,

American sources said Mr. Molo- tov’s opposition to making any immediate decision on the Aus- trian situation was closely allied to his charge that several hun- dred thousand displaced persons who have Fascist and pro-Hitler backgrounds still are in ustna.

Thesé persons must be ported, Mr. Molotov has reiterated. The other ministers previously indicat-

Germany

portation move.

At the close of the discussion on German . Foreign Minister Georges Bl auit ofl-‘rance sold he would bring up the question of the next meeting of the ministers -—s special one in the fail-mud would demand the right of other nations interested in the problem to sit in with the four-power min- lsters.

In their final session. the min- isters again went over the five draft treaties for Italy. Finland and the Balkans and sent them back to their deputies to make changes before next

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P.E,.I. Fisheries Representative Heard At Ottawa

(Special to The Guardian)

ed they would support such a deu-

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Covt. Faces Challenge In Steel Strike .

Penalties P-rtvlded Fer Refusal To Carry 0st Controller's Directions

B! JACK

UITAWA» Jilly 13—'I'he govern- ment. faced in the basic steel dig- pute with HIM major chai- lenle W 1Y4 policy of taking ma. fbggpifgerglailotglgtgt saw/fl: production ‘whggb ‘m,’ no hint of

r Ministe Mil

lflnkthv conieranges $.12?‘ hem senior officials of his deparfgngnl, after word reached Ottawa thdt C- H- Millard. Canadian director if the United Steelworkers d:

merica (CLO). had announced his union would call strikes m three basic steel plants by dayh morning. the glgrilgeinnilgfllt $10k control ofi 2mg °°PP~ Sydney. us: Steel Co. o anada Hamilton, and [dgoml Steel Corp. Sault Ste. Marie Ont —two days ago. '

Under the control order, “m1.

both vid who raffles: pill? edgy ‘gilt efighéiff Lroiierh directions and to per-pom Whb higiterfere with the controlla- or w counsel emplo so; lggfngt {poligwing the contro er’; do“. How far the government is pre- llflrfid to go in using those pcnslty provisions was one of the to GU95 o th t i - sweredntsumha. rema ned unan Uhion officials in Hamilton and the union questioned the consti.

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noon: Ju;E-(Reutors)_. Unconfirmed reports reaching hero tonight said Premiu- Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia had been seriously wounded in _a-ls assassination plot.

Further details were not im. mediateiy svailabld.

Jewjiilhdin

OTTAWA. July lit-John 11 Myrick of Tignisih. vice-president of the P. E. .I Fisher-men's Fed- eration. told the Commons mar- ine and fisheries committee that. fishermen oi his Province sup- ported the principle of regulation and lnslipction of canned flsn taken from Island waters.

They fell». he said. that there should be departmental ions governlrinl quality and that cans should be clearly labelled so that the customer wouid know ex- activ what he was getting.

. Myrfck. who is a member of the firm of Myrick and Mac- intosh. said that by enforcement. of grade labelling and thorough inspection. duality standardswouid improve and prices with them.

Fisheries Minister Bridges said he was very interested in Mr. district's views. particularly since they were representative of a e section of fishermen and pa era. Different opinions had bun expressed on the question of regulation. Braille labelling and in- spection. he said. Mr. Myrlck is the _mernber of the canned flair advisory commit- tee for the East Coast. having been appoirvted in an advisory and ogmuitative capacity in April.

m a psrlismen return tab- ls/d today. Mr. B ss blended W. V tar B. MoLul-e. Pr (bnservative member for ueen’s. iaha the purchasing organiz- the Can- Corporation. "me. Corporation had notified llarifinl fishermen. he added. that the deadline for its UNRRA Pl! ales had been fixed for Da-

Fresh Outbreak

(By The Associatsd Press; WARSAW. Juiv l2—Twenty-two more Jews have been killed in fresh outbreaks of psrsgcuglon, government reports said today and. violence against Jews appeared to be spreading despite government efforts at suppression.

Officials blamed outlawed bands hiding in forests for the latest killirlks. which occurred on high- wavs and trains between Lodz and Breslail.

Newspapers declared the killers were agents of Gen. Wlad-isiaw Anders. who commanded Polish troops fighting in Italy. and that they were try/in! to provoke civil war in Poland.

FEARED RETALIATION

TOKYO. July 12-—(AP) —Japan was prepared to use gas as a wea on but refrained in fear of who csaie allied retaliation. Col. Geoffrey Marshall, American chemical officer, said today after studying a Japanese report on chemical warfare.

SALVAGE IA? VESSILI

TOKYO. J i2-~( -On - fifth of theuellltimatedhililli Jar:-

nnesa vessels sunk during the war around Kyushu, southernmost home island. have been salvaged, Kyorio News Agency reported to- da. Skilled workmen believe it wirl take six years to clear the sunken huiks from waters

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around Kyushu.

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. viding no effort ls made to con-

honesty of those Councillors who had seen fit to make erroneous statements concerning the affairs

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_ llnion Ignores Govt.

Steel Strike To Start Monday In Threi Plants

Order Naming Con- lssue In Courts If

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HAMILTON. OnL. July i%—(CPi-F‘~i"e action against the lllfllfi steel lfrfllrstrv 5n Canada was announced today by the United Steel- workers of America (OiLOJ and the union indicated by the 10ml 0f "'5 announcement that it. intends to ignore a government order-in-council naming F. B. Kilbourn of Montreal as controller of the three steel-

Notioe that the strike would start by '1 A.M.. Morlday was given in

m tclsgrsm from tho union's national director, C. H. Millard to the Algoma Steel Corporation at Sauite Ste. Marie. out. the Sh»! Cum-

ation at Sydney, N. S.

$115.’ parry of Canada at Hamilton and the Dominion Steel and Coal Corpor-

However no notice was sent to Mr. Kiibourn or to the three derIIli-Y controllers named in an os-der-in-oounoii announced by Labor Minister Mitchell in the House of Commons.

A union spokesman said-toms)!’- in commenting on penaltiu pro- vided by the government order for refusal to follow the control- ler's directions that the union takes the position that" the gov- ernment has no constitutional right in peacetime to force ialbor and if necessary it will fight the issue in the courts.

The strike notice teleilrflm W" made public bv Mr. Millard short- ly after noon at the close of a meeting of the union's national advisory committee which been in session since yesterday.

It said the committee had heard a. Iull report on negotiatiopa-Iith the. three firms‘. a; mcoueli-WLQQ “ t " " . .

‘ "enloloyers- and that‘ satisfactory progress has not been made for settlement of the outstandinz issues which have been discussed for several mantis.

The telegram said the union is prepared to co-operate in main- taming plants and equipment pro-

tmue production but "if such ar- rangaments are not concluded forthwith. the union can accept no further responsibility for m intenance."

t held out a hope of vet avert-

l/lrenewed ‘talks

Churchill To Make Important Speech

PARIS. July ikiibeulersi-A s each which Winston CfLilYChill (pans to deliver in Metz Sunday may be ofexceptionai poii-tical sill- nlflfjflhce, speculation in some French quarters indicated today.

It was suggested it may herald __ between Britain. and Ignace‘ for‘ ~ an alliance. al-

it is realized that as leader 'of,.1. e Conservative opposition, Mrs-Churchill cannot speak for the British Government.

Mr. Churchill will visit Metz as a private citizen. His speech wii_i be made in a French city only kl mi-ies from the German frontier- at a moment when Russian rejec- tion of French policy iow-lrds Germany has fallen like a bomb- shell on French minds. Russias declaration in favor of a strong and centralized Germany has given the French a sense of ls- oiation. _

Mr. Churchill's address is cx- pected to show there is no i-s-

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"If our new boilers are on1y_9° per cent complete, the fault rim- ariiy does not lie with the \ ari- time Electric Company but with a gentleman by the name of JDhH L Lewis," Mr. A. V. Ainsworth. Prince Edward Island manager of the Maritime Electric. told a special meeting of the Ctty Coun- cii last night.

"If there has been any lack of foresight in getting spare parts or any reserve material. the respon- sibility is mine and cannot b5 giaced on the board of dsrcctors.

e added.

Because of the interest aroused as a result of Monday night's leg- uiar Council meeting in 1v ch several Councillors criticized the recent breakdowns at the Mari- time Electric plant. Mayor B. Earle MacDonald had knvited Mr. Ainsworth to present the 0cm- panyu side of the question to '.hs Council.

Mr. Alnsworth began by saylflll h; was just, a plain engineer "than which there is said to he lower." If the press re- port o last Monday's meeting was correct-and Mr. Aimsworth said he had not heard it denied-lie thought it was time for some plain speaking. He did not doubt the

nothin

of Maritime Electric, but he was

Presents Electric Company's Position ‘To City Council

iiity of guiding the destinies of the Company in the Province with

and permission from the Board of Directors to conduct the Com business in P. E. fore." he told the. Council. "when anything there is a lately. Company for the more than anyone else. it is mine."

late some of the Company had faced during war, years. “that we had obtained priorities

elation for France so far as Bri- tain is concerned.

sure they would not have wilds them had they first obtained ac- curate information. _

Mr. Ainsworih told of hi5 en- gineering training in England. of hi-s work in power plants in var- ious parts of the United States. amt finally’ o; his orjfilfl." to Charlottetown in i935. He lllfl "0! sought the position. he saio. hut the position had been offered ‘llm because. at that time. there was not a native Islander. at ieastin the Province.‘ with the rcuulfi-"Q ir..‘..ing to take over‘ ihenman- a ership of the Maritime Lt-‘iric pant in Charlottetown.

Taken Full Responsibility He had assumed the responsib-

the complete understanding of ny‘!

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Island.

oes wrong here. when reakdown as there was it is ilnfeir to blame the responsibility.

Mr. Ainsworth went on to rc- difticulties ihs the "It is true," he said.

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International air traffic

equipment. and dispatch gers scattered across the globe.

Iéflltdd were halted temporarily

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The C. A. A . order was issued Thursday night pending 5m inquiry into tihe fatal crash of a Trans World Airlines plane at Reading Pa. Yefiiefdfly in which five crew jrnglbers were killed and s. sixth iri-

It t... the second accident, in a

bv the Lockheed Aircraft Company and capable of carrying 4O to 56

was thrown into turmoil today with the

civil aeronautics administr 'ti Old V Repertory order grounding all Consteligtig Britairirc made a forged lan inbéwrlfeaur) Planes or 30 days. Wiliimantlc, Conn.

Travel plans of thousands of The order to ground (he lanes

passengers were disrupted, Pan - A- merican World Airlines estimating 1g.000 on its lists alone were affect e

The order forced airlines to read- just fiiglht schedules with substitute "rescue" planes to pick up stranded passed.

Passengers flylng international i Hider. Nfld» Stflphensvllle. Nflds

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passengers. The earlier accident occurred June 18 when a Constellat- ion carrying members of London's

hit. Pan American World Arlines hardwt, forcing the line to cancel 24 weekly flights. It operated 13 Constellations.

PASSENGERS STRANDED

HAMILTON, BERMUDA. July 12 —- (CP Cable) - More than 700 Canadians and Americans were stranded hare toda as a result cii the United States ivil Aeronautics Administration's action in ground- ing all Constellation planes.

Pan American airways has been operating l0 flights weekly to Ber- muda and their office here art Kind- iey Field was besieged by Cana- dians and Americans wanting to set borne when last night's sche-

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other Provinces l III-A. tua

0R WOOD ISLANDS SERVICE

All Constellation Planes Grounded For 3O Days

NEW YORK, July 12 —— (AP) —

Wilitlpilrate In Addition To Prince Nova

The 5.8. “Charles A. Dunning" (formerly tho “Sasakatyfl ggllpfl from Halifax last evening en route for Caribou. calling at. Muigruvo for bunker coal. 0n arrival at Caribou the steamer will go on the Wood Islands-Caribou route, operating in addition to the “Prince Nova" between the Nova Scotiri and Prince Edward lilllld points.

A teiegnam to this effect was fulfilled yesterday by MI. R. E. Mutch. president of Northurriber- land Ferries. Ltd. The sailing hours for the “Charles A. Dun- ninfl" from Caribou will be "i am. 11 am. and 3 p.m. and from Wood Ifilflnds i am. l P-m- and 5 pm. dailv including Sundays. daylight savinz time.

~29-Car Capacity

duled fiighit was cancelled by the C.A.A. order. Airline officials said

month to a Constellation produced

prospects were gloomy for many of them expecting tn get plume p355.

age in the immediate future.

P.E.I. Farm

Continued dry weather duriXIB June. the most excellent ilfowizlll month of the cropping season. has caused a great depreciation in. fann production in this Province and will have {pi-reaching affects on this year's returns. Mr. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister nf Agriouitilre. stated in an interview today. _ Haying has already started and any change now in weather cond- itions will have very little affect on this; crop. In many sections of the country the yield will be noi- Over one-half of last year's production and (he average ylfillls per acre pfor the Province will be far below .112 normal average Unfortunately rhere is very little clover on the Island this year. Mr. Shaw stated. In isolated oases a splendid catch of clover has been secured but even in these fluids (here is a serious wilting and iv ducflgn 1n vleld. The drv weather will also have an affect un this year's clover seeding and may mean a deteriorated proouction of clove-N 1947. As our clover production has a definite reiaiioriSllill w 551W yields the present years situation in view of ‘nadequate commercial protein production supplies is nth‘ er serious.

Grain Crop Reiflded

For (he past week or ten days the grain crop ms been very are"-

Orange Tea At Argyle Shore

The orsrse oicnlTm Argyle Show yesterday afternoon in celebration pf the "Glorious Twelfth saw re- prcsentatives present from every Orange Lodge in the Province. The weather was ideal for the occasion. and an enjoyable time was SD81"

d old. ' byGlrlgleltxlggsmfrom the Grand Orange ex-

‘ Feared "Gravel y Affected By Continued Dry Spell

f Mass husetts were

{gfifid ‘Ly Ppstalviaster J. Moore of Boston. Mass. WhO 315° l”? 5, stirring addrcss. Other spea ersi were Grand Misfire-BS E- Micumi‘ Grand Master J. R. Skinner. Corn- ll, d T. J. Inman. waDuran the picnic, the I..O.A. pipe band under Pipe M1110!‘ Aim“ MW‘ Lcod furnished music for the P198‘ sure of the large crowd in attend- once.

Sons Of Temperance Of North America Session In Nalifax

HALIFAX. July 12 —- (CP) J- Str condenmation of the use of qusdyt tisa of grain and sugar for the manufacture of alcoholic bever- ages at this crucial period in the world's food supply. WM expressed todsyinacolrnnitteer rtio the Sons of Temperance of orth Arn- %g at (h; 98th session 0f thC

er.

tion was directed to vernrname of Brunswick

A 5. MacDonald ydne, NS elected Most Worthy Pa larch of the Order Char '1‘. Montgomery of Phi phls who held office war yuan. Leo Tucker of Ph was elected Moshworthy : . . . . l6 . - a: N -. scribe: Roland N. Ivan-

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ly retarded. In some cases oats is now shooting our in head. and iii there is a. continuation of the present weather the production of, coarse grains in the Province will‘. suffer depreciation. Fortunatelyl there are prosgecls in Western

Canada up to t- c resent time of

pretty fair yields an also this same

condition is (rue in the United

States where it is ex ted that!

they will have one of e greatest

corn crops in history.

If ihc free freight policy remains in operation from the head of the Lakes lo (he East and there is reasonable supply of Western gmins, the situation from the standpoint of concentrated feeds. will not be particularly serious, Mr Shaw said. "It is however." he add- ed. "or the utmost importance 1n the economy of livestock produci- iorl and dairying that we produce abundantly of feed products on our own farms."

Mr, Shaw referred to the strong tendency at the present limp ta sell suokor pigs or offer half-grown or three parts grown hogs for ex- port. The prises o1 fared are not in excess of last year's prevailing ievels- Aocordin lo latest market quotations on mished hogs. how- ever there is quite a difference. A farmer may secure 0n a Gm e i105 weighi I70 lbs. between $39 an $40. Wih reasonable supplies of food stuffs to lake care of he finishing processes there should be distinct encouragement to retain hogs On the farms rather than sell as slicker pifiror half-grown hogs.