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lcurPersons Die in Sydney Fire

SYDNEY. N. S.. Nov. ll —- (GP) .. l‘. pcrsoiis, a crippled father ml {Z2798 of his five children, rltcrl today as fire raced through thou." ‘would At West Bay, 8O miles v-cv ~t hr-rc.

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" John Lebantie, 52; two cit, 12. and Joe, i0, and a Betty, six.

. r daughter, Kay, l-i, ihc flmnes by jumping z a sccond-storeyt window.

other members of the another daughter, was g at the home of a neighbor a. “he time of the outbreak.

_\1;= Lcbantie died a year ago pd .\l: Lcbantlc. a steelworker. vs r "i West Bay to live with his i:

Coming Events

"Mince, Forest Hill Hall, Wed- resiai. November 17th.

"Eiwuards Store, Borden, will h.» ru Tuesday. ‘Thursday and Si ctiiy nights until 9 P. M,

"Order Eastern Star rummage lln? Saturday 4 p.m. Ives show- l‘"‘.’l‘,. Great George Street.

"DRllCP in Graham) Road '1' ;c-tl;\,\'. November 16th. 9 till 12.33 8.1.1: of candy and sandwiches.

voaughtcra of England (Jake Bu.» iiogcrs Hardware today at 230.

"Rimming? Sale. llso Cake Sale hv Group 1 Zion W. A. Saturday, I P .\f. Market Building.

"Rummage Bale. Trinity Social

Had. Saturday, November 133b, B P ‘M. "Fwd Party. Stanley Bridge

filuicl. Monday evening. November

"Fnlnartlng SntliTclay and Mon- dt car screened coal. P. J. Noy swl 1'0,

“Ham and Salad Supper. Rose vallcv Bchool. Wednesday, Novem- bvl lTth.

"Dance. Bridgetown llall. Mon- il“ itlkht. November 15th. Turner's 0i" cstra.

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To Represent P.E.l. On New Federal Commission.

‘Professor J. Henri

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1948

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OTTAWA. Nov. 12 --(lpglgi)._ _ Blanchard, re- tired vice principal of_ Prince of lWnles College, Charlottetown, hns lbeeu named representative for {Prince Edward Island on the Fed- ,et'l\l District Commission, Prime Minister iilug announced at apress conference late this afternoon, ‘Other members from the Maritime Provinces are Harvey W. Duane, managing director oi the Standard ‘Paving (fonipauy. ilallfax. for Nova. Scotia and Dr. A. Foster Baird, -dcan of forcstry and engineering of ‘the University or New Brunswick, for that Province.

l The Federal District Commission is the body charged with carrying out the plans now in filial stages for development of the Ottawa arca as a national capital. The area de- ‘isignated to come under the com- ‘mlssion includes the cities of Ot- ‘tawn and Hull, their iicifihboring ‘muntclpalitlm. and farm and for- cst land, totalling 900 square mil- CS.

On the last day of the 1048 scs- sion. W. Chester S. McLure. Pro- gressive Conservative )1? for Queen's, asked Mr. King ln the course of discussion of the national I capital rcsolution whether enclil

Good Prospects For Federal Assistance Says Mayor Arneit

Mo; or Arneii.

Farm Prices Take

,P,,,,,,,,,.., mum b, mpnsfiflcd m, orrxiwn. Nov. lif-lspeciall-l, ‘the federal district crnnrnlsslonwd‘ F’ Amem" Maw‘ 0t s“mmer‘l The prune Minister assured thmside and director of the Canadian Quaen-S member m“ gheywou1d_ Federation of Mayors. told The M“ King who L; a rpsldpnt n; ob Guardian here today that he had raw,‘ (m. "early 50 years’ has al__ high hopes of Federal Govern- ~ tncnt assistance to municipalities, following n. meeting here today ‘ha-tavern officers of the Federation g and t.he‘D0mlnl0n Cabinet. Principal requests of the mayors delegation were: iii That the Dominion Government embark onl _ la lnvc-lcvcl subsidized housing plaul 4 tto build homes for Canadians . c) _ ,___ . ,.££I'Ett?iii,.,.t?;\.i:... EZEmMf. l Qtimlfixf; grew ‘Wren iidle 13,500 workers in four Detroit 5c, “pk, rpfifuxlgmyctig?‘5312mm area pluiils of Chrysler" <.‘orporat-- {wry of me ham“, by. F‘ ion was settled latc today an. lhq,“ “Q, ‘W “';y ,pm' ivack-to-uxirk orders wcnt nu: 101:» _. ti.‘ pms})‘e._lomhbu'xonl the mcn. ‘ t iCoiitlnued on Page 5

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Icebreaker Available For Winter Service By Northumberland Ferries

to supply other" large users oi oil in the Province.

Northumbcrland Ferries Ltd" has demonstrated to the people of Prince lcldward island and to the Federal Gnvcrnmcnt the value of the Wood islands-Caribou summer service. Mr. Mutch said. Soon after the inauguration of the service

‘rho prospect. of a winter service ferry is now under consideration by Northumberland Ferries Ltd, stated the president, Mr. R. E. Mulch, in an iniervie\v' yesterdav. An A-merlcan lccbreakei" is avaii- able which might be used to kscp the service open between George-

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town and Pictou all winter. The

boat draws 1i feet. 6 inches which lvvlll prcvcnt it from docking n’ low tide and under certain sea con- ditions. but even so it. could be used in summer on thc Wood Islands route tn carry surplus traffic now being offered,

Mr. Mulch said the ccrnpany is

“lea and Bazaar. Breadalbane "'i:‘cd (‘luirch Schoolroom. Novem- ‘l'" 17th. 3 P. W.

"lcsci'\'i= Wednesday. November i"'h for (‘i-ilckcn and item Supper l‘ S’. Andrews.

"Damn Lorne van“, [m]; ,also considering the purchase of .1 l'.c~dq~.~_ Ngygynhpr 1511p \vQb§[e;-'51:l6,000 gallon tanker which wnuidl Lirchcstrn. ,t:1kc on fuci either from tlis: large

lankcrs passing up and down the Strait, or from Pictou. T-hts would eliminate the necessity of the ships leaving their docks for oiling, and also FflYP part of the freight onthc nil. This tanker tnlght also be used‘

Island Farm

“Buying live fowl and chick- ens. 'l‘hursdn_v, Nov. 18th. Peters -v Hallnnt l.td.. North Rustlcn.

"Rig Bazaar and (‘hickciLStip- vcr H1 Rollo Bay Hall on Monday and Tuesday, November 15th and ltlth. Don't miss it. -

"Another Big 130K If]! at MacDonald Bros, Theatre this week Hid, “Hard Boiled Mahouey" plus ‘T-"iser Finger."

"Pictures at Morell every Tues- day. Friday and Saturday. Show 8.00 P. M. Coming Saturday, Gene

"Ebenezer Women's Institute pan try sale at Moore and McLeods, up- ltalrs. Saturday, Nov. 13, at 2

mack jutery and his champion wonder ___ horse of the West. in The Trail to "Buying live chickens. fo\vl. 5a“ AmmlP- slflrllntl P9883’ 5UP“!-

art, Sterling Holloway, William

"limos. Tuesday. Nov. 16, 10 a.m. Henry and Class Country Boys.

ltntll 2 p.m. R. L. Dlckieson. New Lrlnsgow,

"Come to Bernard's Store. Bor- den, for your supplies. We have 2 ft. 3 it. and 6 ft. miles. Come and get one while they last. See our Store for your Christmas needs. Christmas Tree Lights of all kinda, Boots, Shoes and Rubber Foot/wear. Don't forget the name Bernard's Store. Borden. We have it.

“Dance and Bazaar in Covehcnd (‘Immunity Hall, Monday. Novem- ber 1am. Lunches. Sponsored by Whit Coveheld W. I.

‘"1110 Brookfleld Women's 1n- atituto are having it Pantry Sale at Rflllfs Hardware on Friday. Nov- lmber 19th, at 2 o'clock.

"Buying Pigs all kinds and sizes Government Approved Pullets and Fowl, Monday at Fredericton. Buy- ing young pigs Tuesday, 9 A. M. Brookfield. 10. Milton. 1 P. M. York. 2, Redford. 3, Mt. Stewart. 4. Water- vale. 5. Vet-non River. 5.30 Pownal. Wednesday, 9 A. M. New Glasgow. 10, Whggtley River. if. Holmes‘ Cor- ner. 1 P. M. New Haven. 2. Ron- shaw. 3. Kelly's Cross. 4. Emerald. 5. Clifton. 5.30 Kensington. Paying $21.00 pair for good pigs over 30 lb!- each. Will also buy smaller ones. Kindly bring your pigs this week as we do not. expect to be bovine]! eny other point but FTEUCAMAA-lll vany more this seasoml

"There wlll'be meeting of those interested in nonahaw Rink wed- fllttdnv. November 17th, 8.30 P. M. Bonshaw Hall. O. H. Curtis, Sec- rvtiiry .

"Bean Supper, Bazaar, Bingo in Moreli Hall, Wednesday. November 17th. starting at fl o'clock. sponsor- °fl by Moi-ell Women's Institute.

"Collecting Hogs every Monday for Swift Canadian ca. Ltd. ‘mush Lower monusue. New Perth and Brudenell. Please list YWr hogs by phoning Montague 67. Howard McCai-rcn. '

with the "Prince Nova" i‘. bccani? cvidcnt that, another boat wouidl be required. but it was not untilthe. sprln of i047 that an additional, 1911')‘, the "Dunning," was in open‘ atinn.

It was believed then by the dir- cctors of the company that the two boats would be sufficient fort nil time "How far we underestim- rvtcd the popularity of the scrvlco is now cvldczit". said Mr. Mutch. "Even in the summer of 1947 tho‘ service ivas operating tit. capacity, and during i948 we were again un- able tn hflildlo the flow nf traffi" which pllcd up daily at. both tor- mlnals."

Production

And Marketing Reviewed

"if the rest of Canada had pro- duced as well as Prince Edward. Island this season there would be no butter shortage and no margar- ine arguments," states Mr. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture, in commenting on the fact that from January to Oct. 3i the Island! total butter production was l5 per cent above that of 1047. The neighboring Province of Novn Scotla in the some period showed a. decrease of '1 1/2 per cent. while in New Brunswick the increase has been 1 per cent.

In the week ending Oct. 30 Prince Edward Island produced about. 100.000 lbs. of butter, which

Brew Opposed To , Railway Merger

MONCTON, N. 8.. Nov. 12~(CP> —George Drew, national lender of the Progressive Conservative party told a public meeting tonight in this Maritime railway centre that he is opposed to the amalgama- tion of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways.

In a speech, in which he prom- ised to fight for reduced living costs, Mr. Drew also said that his party is in favor of hotter family nllmvnnce and old age [IPHSIOHS legislation.

Sharp Drop In P.E.l. Statistics Show

0'l‘T.~\\\‘.\, Nov. l2 1C1’) -—- Farm prices have shown their first substantial drop In two years.

The Bureau of Statistics re- ported today that tin- index numbcr of prices recelvcd by Canadian farmers for their pro- ducts declined in ,‘ mbcr to 252.8 from 255.8 in August.

in September Ian; year the index, calculated on the basis that 1935-39 equals 100, stood at 208.8.

Lower prlrcs for fruits. coarse grains,’ poultry and eggs. to- gether with a suubstantlai de- cline in the price of potatoes, were largely responsible for the downward turn in the Septem- ber lntlcx.

The rffcct of the drop in potato prices was most mark- ed in the Maritime Provinces, where the indlcee declined from l6 points -ln Nova Scotia to 42 in New Brunswick and near- ly 54 points In Prince Edward island.

Provincial indexes for Sept- ember, wilh those for August in brackets, include:

Prince Edward island, 204.3 (258.2): Nova Scotizt. 215.8 ‘W 13.12.31; New Brunswick, 225.3

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News In Brief

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ATHENS. Nnv. 12--f-\Pl—Prem- ' icr Thcmisiokles Sophoulis today linndcd lll tho rcsignzitinn of his gnvcrumcut. hccuusc vohcls in his own Grcck Ifihcrul Par-y churgcrl 1 he has fuilcd in crush the Coin-l munist guerrillas.

LONDON. Nnv. l2 tCPl~-Prln-‘ cuss Eliznbcth, cxpcciiWB I! hilt)", this wreck-cud. surprlscrl crowds’ outside Buckingham Puluco to- night. by going out to dine with friends.

OTTAWA, Nov. 13-(6?) -—'l‘he Supreme Court decision on the validity of the nmrgnrlnr ban-ex- pected next Monday-has been de- layed and will not he handed down until later next week it was learned todzuv.

MONCTON. N. 1%., Nov. 12--(CP) -Mayor John E. Murpljv of Menc- ton today was chosen Progressive Conaervative Party candidate for the New Brunswick constituency of Weatmnrland in the next gener- nl Federal election.

Short-age 0f Gas But Burglar: Loot

ltlAXVlLLE. Ont. Nov. 12—tCl"l

would leave a surplus of 40,000 lbs. for export. _

Total production of Island dairy products runs to about ‘l0 percent above the production in the same period last year, Mr. Shaw states. The fact that owing to favorable weather Island cattle are still on luxuriant pasture has had an im- portant lnfluence on production figuures, he added. All phases of harvesting operations have cpow been about completed.

In the past ten days market de- mand for butter bad eased alight- ly. Some attrlbutn thla to the flow

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-- (CPi-Pollce said today that only a shortage of acetylene If"! ‘prevented a complete irlenr-out of the 132 safety deposit boxes In the Bank of Nova brotla vault when safe-crackers broke into it here early yesterday. floss ls un- officially estimated at $230,000.

Police disclosed that the robbers ran out of gas after cutting open only 62 of the 132 boxes with an acetylene torch.

Meanwhile, Montreal dispatches said that the torch was stolen from the Montreal Welding Com- pany there Saturday night. indi- eating the robbery had been plun-

‘will lic rctillz/‘d whcn i‘. ls nmutcd

One of the most modern frost- proof potato warehouses ever to be built in the Marltimes is now under construction on the north side of Hlllsboro Bridge and when completed will hold between 70 and B0 cars of potatoes.

It is being bitilt for the Lavatt Potato Company Ltd, ancl ls own- ed by the Lavatt Potato Company . of Rockville, Conn, U.S.A., and Mr. Milbum Buell of Charlotte- town. Mr. Buell will be the resi- dent manager.

The building is 110 feet. long and 40 feet wide and, besides the

storage space for potatoes, will. The ram-Hy comparative board 6011mm “Y0 DflYBlfi? 051095. 0M: trepresentting the workers on thd genera‘. office, one waiting room. ‘Government - operated railway

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and a modern kitchen with facili- ties to enable the staff to prepare. their own meals on stormy daysl during the winter months. There will also be a. basement which will l give a storage space of about 30 cars of potatoes.-

A railway siding will run along the warehouse enabling four cars to be loaded at one time.

The floors of the rooms in which the potatoes are stored consist of the laminated type. that is. t-heyI are made of lumber two inches thick and six inches wide placed cdge-ivlse for greater strength... ‘The additional strength is neces-l sziry for the storage of IEfllllZELl insecticides, and other heavy in-l gradients during the time ivhen, the warehouse is not used for po- I tato storage purposes. t

Tile construction tin-is begun a_. bout two months ago and ls ex-- bcctcd to be finished within the t ncxt fr-w wccks. Tho wooden con- l struction is under the supervision} ' Mr. Bordcn Myers and the con-

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t Crete work was done by the County '

Construction Company,

Finniployment lTrendslnP.E.l.

her operators n Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, prepare to give rcnploymeiit to a large number of men including tnany Prince Ed- ward islanders. Last year lumber and pulp operations slump- ed sonicwhat duc to smaller pur-; chase: from thc l'l'ill(.‘\'l KlllgilOllll

Llstially" at s iirue of year hum‘

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The National limploiizncnt Offices]

ll'l Charlottetmvn and Sunimerslde

have brcn iiotificd that 1-1 furthcrl

lcut m Llultcrl Kingdom puvchnscslauthorities M bow

will be made this year due to ctr.‘-. i'cnc_\ difflcultics. it is said thatl

chascs this yrar will twenty pcrcciit of the The seriousness of this

reach only

reduction out thni Plgliry’ percent. of the suit; wood lllllll)f‘l' iunntiiaciurerl in thcl ‘Niaritf-"ncs formcrly went to the] United Kitigdnm. It means that. the

l bfarltlmcs has inst two thirds of‘ its mrmal nutlct for lumber. be-l cause no othr-r markets had her-n ;

established ciscwhcre to absorb thc l loss.

It follows that far smallcr num- bers of Prince Edward Islanders will obtain work in the lumber, woods in the season 1948-49, and it ~ would be advisable for all peopl» seeking this type of employment not to gn to the mnlnlancl unless they are Assured of work before- hand. Alrcad a number of imen .

Catinued $5M ‘lncnl. 8

Accidents Take Three Lives In ILB.

SAINT .lOHN, N. 8., Nov. 12— rCPi-Highwny and drowning acct- dents took three lives today and tonight in Northwestern and East- ern New Brunswick. Dead were Camille Gnudct, 50. hntc‘ manager at Si. Leonard; Gerard Bnutot, 10, of St. Anne. ncnr St. Lennard. and Mrs. Anna Brown. T7, Hampton.

JUDGE S T RECORD

rroxvo, Nov l2 ——(AP)- in, 23 _vears on the bench, Sir William Webb had never pronounced e death sentence until today, when he cnoly read out. seven of them in 20 minutes. ills native state of Queen:- land, Australia, does not impose the death pcnally. As president of International War Crimes Tribun- al. he read the final Judgment of 300.000 wgrds unaided in aeven

ned in the metropolis.

lSettlement Surprise To Many People

By C.E.A JEFFERY l ST. JOHN'S, Nfld, Nov. f1 _ ICP) - Railavay "workers went,

I hack to work tonight aftcr a com-l

prurnise wngre offer by the Com-I, i-nissiou Government. cndezl a 32- ' dfll’ walkout oi thc film-mild rail‘ line.

’I‘he 2.500 workers who demand-l ed a l5-cciit wage boost while claiming they were entitled to 25 cents acccptcd a Government cf- Ier to boost wages of hourly-paid ,men l0 cents an hour and salary. paid workers S20 a month, both retroactive to June 16.

,acccpted the offer and called an limmedlate end to the strike.

The hack tn u-ork call came at noon, just 32 days and onc hour aflter the strike started at l1 A.M. Oct i-l after days of wage negotia- tions had ended in a. stalemate.

The settlement came as a sur-

The late Mr. A. N. Cooper

Spring- R.

News of tho death in

Bubecriptlona Delivered 85.00. Mali $5.00; otherfrcvincea I ILB. 51.00.

gOCAL MAN NAMED IN KING’S FINAL APPOINTMENTS

32 - Day Hfld. Railway Strike Settled‘

Huge Modern Frost-Proofllleath Yesterday , Potato- Warehouse Under llll Mr- A- R- 600ml; Construction In Ch’t0wn“

Says Farewell To Cabinet And Press Gallery

By DOUGLAS HOW -

OTTAWA, NOV. l2 -— (GP) -4 Prime Minister Mackenzie King

said goodbye to his Cabinet and to the Parliamentary Press Gal- lery today and said with a. smile! "I think my day's work is done. He told reporters at a press cone fcreucg in hLs office than. his last appointmctits were those of pro< vlurial representatives to the Fed- cral District Commission, the bodyt tha-t will carry out plans to besun

‘tify the capital area.

He will resign at about 11 AM.‘ E.S.'l‘., Monday‘.

Mr. Klllg read a statement or; his reasons for retirement in which he said "My resignation. comm as it does at this time, is not t be associated wvith any circum- stances, either personal or polite lcal. which may have occuned within the last year."

He. thought. it important thud lLhQ public know "I am not. retire lng because of ill health, butt bee cause I feel that insofar an task relates tn the administration of public affairs, it is now fulfill~

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hill yesterday of Mr. Arthur Cooper of Saint John. former man- ager of the Spence theatres ln Charlottetown, was received here inst night by‘ ltlr. George Walters. The message wns received from Mr. F. G. Spencer. who stated that. Mr. Cooper had died sudden- ly at noon.

Mr. Cooper became manager of the Spencer theatres here shortly after the__denili of Mi. Gallagher, and remained until 19.39 when he became engaged lfi.'\\'r1l' _ services. He was n past president of the

Charlottetown Rotary Club, and was also active in military and dramatic affairs. At ti‘: time of

his death h» was cmptoyed with ih Film Exchange in Saint John.

Tho funeral. which takes place tomorrow, is being held from Springhlll, N. S.. to Mclvern Square. Annapolis County.

Mr. Cooper dicd at the home of his mother, Nlvs. (fart Cooper. He is survived hy his \Vlll')\\’ and two sons, of Saint John.

On his first day out after s‘ illness that struck him in Lona don, Mr. King greeted and fllfiu ally shook hands with more that]

prise to most. observers who had predicted a long strike - perhaps until confederation 1n March. Ne-

gotiations, resumed yesterday af-

ter the two-parties had declined 40 r°p°“l°r5' H’ m" a mack m“

previous offers M semement‘ flp_ and appeared worn with his lllu

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Food and fuel supplies were

Tllflfilflfi short in the outposts and food rationing was started by some store keepers. Ten trans- Atlaiitlc airlines had prepared to

A yfo BE succtssrut; Z A ilocfoP. Musflltliil; to’; or Prulrttcc, '

misc A cum Marci or fur sour. y!

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