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CHARLOTTETOINN, CANADA,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20,

1947

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Subscription Delivered $0.00. Bail $5.00. other Provinces b U. l. A. I700

Leave For iiome

$580K. France. AI. l0 —!

(Apt _- Br._iis'n Commonwealth Scout: 'nd their leaders today let ,1... . in ‘hey flivcr Canada as

m; slli.‘ ml‘ [he next jarnbiree. But my u re less active than the Amerioflil representation about act- ‘mg on the lclca.

American representatives on the liiiPfllliilPllfll Bureau of Scouting. meviirg lill9' yesterday's close of he a1 lu Boy kout Jamboree, said they ivould place a bid to have

Santa Barbara, Calif, chosen for ‘he Ikli international rally. The Canadian delegution left

iloissri today, for Glasgow. where grey ‘Vlll Joli. I-i.l\l.C.S, Warrior ind party of Canadian Sea Cadets my iivring Britan. The groups rail for Canada Friday.

Ami" hrcakmstlng early in Paris. the troops travelled to London where they spoilt tonight as guests 1i British Sea Scouts aboard the iamotls Scott Antarctic expedition ship. The Discovery.

Asked how they felt about leaving early after arriving at Jamboree city two days late, Paul (‘iirimorrn l5. of-(‘hnrlolle- tnnn, slrld: “Well there was so rrlrlrh left to he done-hut on ihc other hand you want to get hack quickly to tell the hnys what was seen here." Among those noted in yester-

days ccremmly was Wnvrle Mur- ray. l7, of Mont-ton. N. B.

Coming Events

"Show - Eldon, Fridny.

"Show - Morcil, Thursday.

"Show - Bridgetown Saturday.

"fiance, Fortune llnll, Friday, August 22nd. Clifford's Orchestra.

"Dali". Byrnc-‘s Road School, Thursday, August 21st.

"Talkies --- St. Priors, Thursday, ‘Melody Master."

"Dance, Thursday, August 21st.

Campbell Bros, building, Sea View. i

"DANCE Orwell Cove Hall post- poned until llfcnririy, Aug. 25.

"Bradnlbane show rind dance Thursday his been cancelled.

“ire croanl social in Sea View liali ivodrlesday night, Aug. 20.

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' ‘Refreshments and calico ‘ Aug.

Donoldston School, Fh-ldayr, 22nd.

"Dance in Forest lfill Hall, Tliiir-siiniu August 21st. Webster's Orchestra,

"ire Cream Social at Marsh- lleid, August 21st. Auspices Women's Institute,

"Mail your l-‘ilms Montague. for fast Photo Deliveries.

to Box 500, twice weekly

"Dance at Bil-rlingion. Wednes- liii‘. August, 20th. Perry"; Orchestra. Door prizf‘.

"Regular dance tonight Sea grleozo Pavilion. Dancing from 9 l.

"ire (‘roam and Dmnce. Peter's Road (Alma) School, Friday, Aug- illt 22nd,

_""Nev.'son" Family Reunion Pic- gicdt Argyle Shore, August 20th. 2

"Cavendish bus service has beer. "linked to every second day star'- "is 10th. Aug. Tuesday and Thurs- iily and Saturday.

"Auction Sale — Household Fur- hilure and effects of John (Leo) MacLeiian, Souris, August 23rd, at 4 P. M. See Hlndbills,

"Come to Meadow Bank Wom- th’: Institute ice cream social in zfiizrlnwali Hall Wednesday, Aug.

"Reserve Tuesday, September ih, for Chicken Supper at Greg- Wl l-lotal. ‘Bracirley Beach. Spon- "Rd by the Women's institute. I

"Come to the Dance at Moreli lfall, Friday, Aug. 22. Music by Rollie McKenzie and his Island Ramblers,

"Don't miss the big dance in ‘Prncadio tonight. Music by the Issicm Rhythm Boys. Modern Ind Old Time.

"Hospital nunesfiiolu Matthew

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will be held Wednesday night. re-

Yiilhider of season. Good music. Modern Ind Old Time Dimcing.

Battle With Convicts

Three Fugitives From Kingston Penitentiary Reported in Siiavrvllle. Ouclioc Area.

Leading European Authority Commands Local Entomologist:

Dr, Thomas Goodey of England, Tecoflnizcd as the leading‘ Bump. can authority on ncmgiodgg (p018-

to rot parasite». yesterday told local officials of the entomology laboratory at the Dominion Ex.

porimentai station here that they were doing a good job lrl their iiivesiisaiiouul work on tho li-fe history and control of ncrmaiodzs which has been carried on at York for tihe past two yours. Dr. Gcodey is taking back to the Old Country Several Siimifiles of the parasite for further study.

Dr- Gfledw came to (he Prov- ince in company with Dr. AD. Baker, of Ottawa, rlemalologist for Canada and loaves this morning for Washington, D,C., later sailing from New York where he will lake up a new post as director of Plant Nematodes at Rnlhinstoad. Eng- land. Dr. Baker left the Fisovilizce yesterday morning on return to Ottawa.

The plant fumigation work being crrrricd on at York is directed by Mr. F. M, Cannon of the Island entcmological laboratory of the Dominion Government.

lady Nelson Returns To PBZGGHIIILSGFVMIB

HALIFAX. Ailg. IQ-ICPl-Thc Canadian National Stcamships lirlér Lady Nelson. n wartime hos- pital ship. returned to peacetime service today and will lcavc here tomorrow resuming her run to Boston. Bermuda and the West Incllcs.

The Lady Nelson is the second of five peacetime "Lady" boats t.) return to the Halifax-West Iiirllcs service. A sister ship_ Lady Roti- ney, made her first postwar voy- age from here several weeks ago. Three others, Lady Drake, Lriclv Some-rs and Lady Hawkins, were lost by enemy action during the war.

INVESTIGATE THEFT

MONCTON_ N. 13., Aug. IlF-(OP) --Pollce tonight were investigating theft of nearly $2,000 in cash and cheques from the Moncton Flying Clu-b offices at nearby Lakeburn. The theft was discovered todav when a club official opened the

office. ‘

(By [The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Aug. 19-—Armed for a pitched battle. police of two Provinces crlss-crcssed an area northwest of here tonight in a hunt for three fugitives reported lacing for a $120,000 cache of robbery loot after sawing their way out of Kingston Penitentiary.

Hours after a tip from a scr- vice station operator concentrated about 150 pcilce in the area a- round Shawville, Ont., no trace had been found of the convicts, believed armed and fleeing in a stolen car.

Authorities suspected they were. trying to make the spot where one of the rl.imber—-Ulysses Lanz- on of Windsor-was believed to have hidden $i20,000-his share of $350,000 in robbery loot. A possible destination was Chicou- timi. Que.

The 23-year-old uzon, arrest- ed in Prince Edwar Island, was serving a 35-year term for armed robbery when he broke from Kihgston yesterday with Donald (Mickey) McDonald. Toronto, do- ing 15 years for hl-jacking a truckload of liquor and kidnap- ping lis driver. and Nicholas Mi- nclli. O‘tai.v.i, serving l7 years for armed robbcry.

The tip trial. they had slipped across the Quebec border came this morning from a service stat- ion operate" near Bryson, Que, a few miles beyond Shawvllle. 50 miles from here. and it quickly focused one of the biggest man- hunts in Cmtarlofis history on

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Ubscrvc Anniversary 0f Raid 0n iiicppc

DIEPFE, lilsancc, Aug. 19 —-(CP) —A-midst burning and flags. 100 Canadian wai- veterans and several ranking dignitaries today observed the filth anniversary of the Can- adia-n raid ‘in Dicppe.

In a colorful ceremony tribute was paid the seven Canadian regi- ments anci two Britlziii commando units who carried out the Allies’ first major combined operations raid in daylight.

SurvI-vols of lhc momentous raid rzmcmibcrcd the day in 1942 when forr eight raging hours, under in- tcllsc Nazi fire from dil-lin into a swcltering afternoon, Canadians cngaged in a bloody and costly bat- tle from which thousands did not return.

TORONTO, AUK. l9 - (C?) — Violent rain and electrical storms lashed Ontario points last night and today. sending small lake boats to shelter. disrupting trailsportz- tion and power systems and cauli-

ing some damage by lightning-let flrrs. I And tonight the weatherman "Georgeioiv-n l Georgetown l

Georgetown i Iis tonight! Wednes- day. August 20th, the big dance in Georgetown Government Ware house.

"Veterans Meeting, Kingston Branch No. 30. Canadian Legion, held in Lot 66 Hall, Thursday. Aug- ust 21st, 8.30 P. M, All veterans please attend.

"Dance Covehcad race track canteen Thursday. Aug. 2i. Come one. come all. One of leading Dance Bands of Charlottetown. Music by Rollie McKenzie and his Island Ramblers.

"Loading live H088 at follows: Sirmmersido P. M. Kensltigton till 3- P- M BordQn. Blrlfll.

‘ihursday till 1.30

IIuntor River Thursday all day. Elmer Wigmore Breadeibnne. Thursday till train time. Trucking service when roads permit. Maciilwen and Caieiey.

"Collecting hogs for Canada Packers each Friday from Tryon Albany, Carleton, Bearietown, Cell irai Bsdeque lower Bedeque. Kinkora. Newt-on. Cape Traverse ma Augustine Oove. hicssrs. I... D. McLeod and Sons. phone Alb- lily 11 or Victoria M.

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Electrical Storms In Ontario Cause Damage

said there might be more. A pre- diction of a 02 degree temper-azure for the Toronto area tomorrow, he said, brought the possloifty cf silll more rain and thunder and lightning

The main storm area was be- tween 'I'oronto and Ottawa but other Southern Ontario spots like the area north of Believiiie, the sudbury area and Guelph felt the storms wrath. -

Only fctalltyheported was the death of Simon Vilneff. til-year- old Msrmoss farmer who collap- sed snd died of excitement attri- buted to the storm.

Toronto was blasted twice. Ear! this morning thunder shook the rify and started three fires caus- ing $3.000 damage. Torrents of rain fell. At the noon hour tvicy Trnontonia ran foi- cover in ari- other thunder. lightning and rain deluge.

A Coir-well street car was ntrviclr i.wtce by lightning and set afire. Its five passengers fled the burn- ins: car and the second lightning stroke knocked a fire extinguisher from the moiormanb hands but. he was unhurt. Two Osiington Avenue homes also were struck.

The Whitby ares near ‘Fol-onto was without electricity tor i! hours as a result of the stnrn-i and road transportation in that are: was disrupted by trees blown down cn highways.

Hydro Electric Power Commis- sion officials aid the worst dam- age to power ines was in Eiulern Ontario and the Georgian Bay nrea. communications systems ser- vice radio and news services also

were disrupted sporadically.

Truce With iiutch Heads For Breakdown

By Stanley Swinton BATAVIA, Java. Aug, 19 -(AP) --'I‘he Indonesian Army today was ordered by its comimander-in-uilief to prepare for Prolonged ivairfare and the uneasy tiwo-weck truce be- tween Dutch and Indonesians ap- peared less secure than ever.

The Dutch announced they had. had taken "drastic retaliatory measures" against the Indonesians, but gave no details.

Gen. Soederirnan, 82-year-old former schoolmaster, irlstructedhia troops to frustrate all Dutch ef- forts to eloploit economic assets of the Netherlands East Indies and continue the scoirohed earth policy aimed at depriving the Dutch of additional gains.

His orders directed his troops to fight until the "sovereignty and territorial integrity" of the republic was restcired.

Fighting has been going on in Iindonesla despite the cease fire

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Edda; Troubled By Heat Wave

LONDON. Aug, l9 —(A P)- Europeb heat wave, in some regions the must intense in b0 years, sent forest fires raging today tiluiough parts of Ger- imiany. melted snow caps in the French Alps and blighted crop! in Britain and a number continental countries.

A long succession of ralniisvs days threatened water and milk suppliea in several areas.

Ari tinder-fed confluent watched apprchenaiveiy aa the aun cut sharply info the yield of potatoea and late root crops. In many regions, however. grain crops were out of danger.

The continent wan spotted with forest fires. One of the most serious was in Genman, ncur the Dutch frontier where exploding land rninca, a rclio of war, brought an unusual hatard to fire-fighters.

Troplcdi-fitotm Bgiiis |li Gulf 0f Mexico

MIAMI, 1111s.. All! l9 — (A?) - A tropical sfzirm which the United States Weather Bureau said ‘has ms pozonfiajties of a hiiffiiiiiie’ w” gathering force in m» Gulf of Mexico 1min! and a scientist said it might custom the "red lids-s" which have kiiied n-iillious of (if-li-

Suggest il. Billie] Y’s Men's President

TOIEDO. 0.. Ans. l9 4G1 - David Ooughey. 31-year-old Pred- ericton. NB teacher. today was nominated for: president of the In- ternational Association o! Y's Men's Club. holding: its silver jub- ilee Cfiliifflliiim here. Election will bejrhrlrsday.

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SI-IIIFI-‘ilfll. England -— (CPI- A ibfl-ccund woman, amt by the labor exchange to fill a lamp cleaners 10b, ieslancd because her appearance "perched on a ladder. cleaning a skeet lamp, draw c013,. ments, not ad of them polite, from certain members or the Sheffield pirbiic."

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Worst Fire In C. B. History Is Beaten

Rain Halts Flames After 8,000 Acres 0f Woodland Arc Burned 0ver.

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ilcw Licut. - liov. Was Plane Pioneer

First airplane to fly in the empire was pilot-d by Mr. McCurcly at

Baddeck Bay. N. S., in 1909. The design by Alexander Graham Bell.

HALIFAX, Aug. i9--(CP)-Hon. John Alexander Douglas McCurdy. right: Nova Scotlals nor. Licuten ant-Governor, officially assumed office this morning in a swearing in ceremony at historic Province House.

He succeeds Hon. H, E. Kendall, of Windsor, N. S., who resigned because of ill health.

Mr. McCurdy, of Baridci-k, N.S., gained world-wide recognition for his pioneer work in aircraft ex- periments.

(Written for The Canadian Press by Capt. Doyle Burlcson, Canad- ian Army Public Relations Uflicor)

OHETILJANIP. N. S., Aug. l9— iOPw-‘fhe worst. forest lire in

Silver Dart, hcrc, was built to his

Air Cadets Leave For liorvai Airport

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Aug. 1E)- iCPl-Forly-foui- tired but happy English Al-r Cadets boarded their

the history‘ of Cape Breton high- lands is beaten. The rain did it.

Showers that. began this nlorn- ing and lalcr developed into a steady downpour engulfed the 8.- 000 smouldering acres of bush and timberland from Pleasant Bay be- yond the nod River.

The 3.000 residents of this Ac-

bombci: planes at Pennflcld Airport late this afternoon for Montreal's ,Dol'val Airport. They are scheduled ‘to leave Dorval Saturday’ for the return to England by way of the Azores. ’l‘hc Cadets arrived here yesterday from Nova Scctia after a i0ilr across the Dominion.

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six weeks ago with a bridal party

of St. Peter's Bay Road. PEI.

Be Britain’s New Premier

l LONDON, Aug. 10 —(AP)-— Thu Daily Mall said tonight that Prime Minster Atilee ‘has told his clos est colleagues in the Government. that for reasons of health he in-

WASIIINGTON. Aug. 19 1C!" - Cor. J. Monroe John. scn. drccto- of the (Ifflce nf Defence Transportation. today

[mad i}... smbm“, h” phcpd tends to resign the _pI“-'.’f‘il€l'S'l"ilp in last Wednc day midnight on the “ear lulu-Ted‘

United 514195 coal shfliments A P381‘ one story by Wilson 0,," me Canadian ynilonal Broadbent, the Mails veteran xanfvgys and “rd u“, cam,“ political correspondent. reported

"it was said in usually well-inform- ed circles last night that Mir. Attlec will nominate i\lr_ Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, as his suc- cessor."

Although Attlee had been under fire from a substantial section or!

ian Press ‘l have evcry confid- ence vvr-'Il net along fine from now on."

It i,tii’i remained for the Strife Department to satisfy u vigorous nrte rf protest froim the Can-

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ihrdillsh ‘lillfiilggsllc his own Labor Party foir his hand-

1“, "may, ling of _lv3rltain‘s economic crisis, “The Sh“ Depaflmm, h“ the Malls story was the first flat

report that he might resign. The Mail said that Sundaymtlien Attlee and his Cabinet Minister! held a secret meeting at 10 Down- ing Street, the Prime Minister agreed to carry on until Angio- Amerlcan loan revision talks in Washington pass the critical stage. If Bevin becomes Prime Minister. the newspaper said, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton. is expected to become Foreign Sec-

noihirig to do with it." Col. Johnson said iodliy. "The mat. ter is sold)’ in my hands. It was placed there this morning by the Wh'ic House."

Thin was the first revelation that the White llcuse had en- tcred int; the squabble over the frolght oar situation which resulted in the partial embargo.

Col. Johnson, a; director o! one oi the few remaining eni- ergemy wai- agencies. is re.

rem-y. autumn only to ‘he Premium Sir htafford Griplifi. President of

the Board of Trade, already mentioned" as Dallcns successor in the treasury post, the Mai-l said.

All Cabinet Minlstcirs have kcpi silent about Sunday's hastily-call- ed Cabinet meeting, Altlce himscli loft London today to resume hi: vacation in Wales.

“Mr. Attlcefls health has bccn dc- ierroratirlg for some time . . the Mail said. “While delegating auth- ority, Mr, Attiee has always in- sisted on doing a tremendous amount of desk work. This has led to nervous exhaustion,

“Without doubt. the present un- rest wi-thin the Laboir Party. and his inability to placate the would- be rebels in the mst three weeks, must have reinforced Mr. Attire‘: decision to hced medical advice."

P.E.l.; is illissing

HALIFAX, Aug, l9--fCPl-Po- lice were asked tonight to place the name of Miss Katherine For- tune. l8. of Halifax on the miss- ing persons list.

Her sister, Miss Mary Fortune, fold police the girl left Halifax

for Prince Edward Island and had not been heard from since then,

The girl was said to have been bridesmaid at the wedding of Vin- cent Murray of New Wlltshire, P. E. I., and Miss Mai-y McKinnon

il.-IS FEW HARBOR-S

Although it has feiv natural harbors, Argentina has an Atlan-

adlan village-once threatened themselves-breathed easier when Forest itarlgcr Bob Allen of the Provincial Forestry Department said: “It. appears the danger is. over." l

In the v-‘ake of l4 days of flaming forests there is a grim story.

snugly nestled in the verdant freshness of the MacKenzie River basin the fishing rind farmingvil- Inge of Pleasant Bay was a peace- ful spot not many days ago. Sud- denly-if reports are correct-a neglected‘ fishermans c a m p f i r e started a coufiagratlon thatspread over 40 squere miles. destroyed 20 homes with most of their out-

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Wot Weather 0n Prairies Delays Grain Harvesting

(By The Canadian Press)

UITAYVA, Aug. 10—Wet cool weather during the last. week has delayed the harvesting of an est- imated 360.000.000-bilshel wheat crop in "the Prairie Provinces. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today in the ninth of a ser- ics of ll telegraphic reports on conditions throughout Canada.

Dry weather is urgently needed to prevent lass in Southern Man- itoba where a large part of the crop is swath-ad or out and the

in the West. this problem is not to pressing and rain is benefit- tlng late crops.

The weather has been very hot and dry in Ontario for the last several weeks with the exception

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HALIFAX, Aug. 19 (C?) The RCJAF. Search and Rescue Unit h-Jie tonight announced that J.B. Mutton c‘. Pickering, Ont., was rusilng ‘iomfortabl; and ap- parently unhur” at the Goose Bay air baae in Labrador after being plucked ivcm a Cfiir-ll landing near the S1 Augustine River on the Quebec-mbrador border earlier to- day.

Search and Rescue had few dc- taiis ‘oili- said that the wreckage of the Fox Moth photographic plane mlsalRg since Aug. 10 -— was slgnted t-irlay by a United Slates march plane operating out of Argczitia, Ni d.

The Lght 1e took cff from Rapid-z puke. Que. Aug. if) en route to Goose Bay and had been the oblc-rl o-f a vice scorch until it was located today.

Only wrse messages told of the Amcricni, search piano (‘mi ng the wi/IBCKJIIZ" and spotting a survivor. Later -t was officially rcpcrtedthe survivor was the missing pilot Mutton and tYal. m; plane was u

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.v.o;........... Aug. la _..;Pi- Cruising off the Spanish coast . . . fishing neair@4he Galapagos . . . searching for sunken treasure i-n the old Caribbean pirate grounds

Thar. was i-he talk tonight aboard the 65-foot staysali-rlgged auxili- ary schooner- Utopie. wnhlcli tomor- row starts out from her Lechlno Canal berth on a globecircllrng jaunt which wi-ii take about nine months.

Skipper and owner of the vnsht is Fred J. Peterson, ‘head of l Sturgeon Bay, Wis, boat works who designed and built the Utopia- especially for the round-the-world cruise.

"It's a din-cam I've had for 25 years." said Skipper Peterson.

Ellsworth, the Skipper‘: eon. who toured the world with the war- time U.S. Merchant. Marine. is acting as navigator on the trip.

Beside the wi-ves of both Skipper and hi son. nt-hcrs aboard the Utop include

ltotal wreck.

Ship Leaves Montreal

tic coastline o! L610 miles.