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REPLACE ISLAND LIGHT!

ST. PETER PORT. Guernsey. Channel Islands - (GP) - Light- houses in the Channel Islands, oc- wDlcd by Germans during the Second World War. are to be ra- established at a cost of £1,311 ($5.344).

Coming Events

“Klnkora Hall chi k Wednesday, Augugt m? en ‘upper

"Mali your Fume to Garnlium Photo Studio. Charlotmom

"Dance Moreil tonight. ‘ Rfllllc McKenzlei Orchestra.

"Ice cream social, North Gran- ville Hall, Friday, Aug, 12,

"Ice Cream and Dance, Iona Hall. Tuesday. August 9th.

"Dance in Watervalc School, August 8th. Good music. -__.l_ "lce cream and dance in Emy- vale school Tuesday, Aug. 9th,

"Dance, Morell East school, Monday. August 8th. Good music.

"Legion dance Belfast Hall, Wed n esday, August 10th. Good music.

"Dance Graham's Road Tues. day ‘night. Rollie McKenzids Or- m , . U. 1v’. .2.

"Ice cream and dance Harts- villc School Monday, August 8. Good music.

"Green Shcaf Binder Twine now in stock. Lowest prices. Dillon s: fiillett.

"Chicken supper St. Marga et's lgiall, Wednesday evening, . ug. 10th. .

"Ice cream festival Thursday.

Aug. 11th. Central United Church grounds, Dunstaffnagc.

"Marie United Church Supper, ‘Thursday, August 11th. Supper served 5—9.30.

"Ice Cream Festival and Dance, Head of l-lllisboro School, Wednes- day, August 10th.

"Provincial Plowing Match and Horse Show at Dundas. ,Wednes- day. September 21st.

"Regular Dance at the "Bea Breeze". Victoria. each Wednes- day. Dancing l) till 1.

Peter's Legion Cliff

"Dance in Si. flail every Tuesday night Peters Orchestra,

"Corran Ban Parish Picnic, Wednesday. August l0th. Dance Melody Boys Orchestra.

"some to st. John's Church Pic- nic, Crapaud. Wednesday, August 10th. If wot. first fine day.

"lice cream festival in Frederic- ton Hall Tuesday, Aug. 0th in aid of Pleasant Valley Mission Band. Outside ha.

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"Dance at the Wednesday, Aug oi Jack Worth. Orchestra.

"Ice cream social at French River hall, Monday evening. Aug. 8. in aid of redecoratinl Geddie Memorial Church.

"Delft miss the Open Air Dance at Hunter River Rink every Tuesday night. Dancing from t0 tiil 12.30. Canteen service.

"Regular Dance East Royalty int-ink llaéhTucsday, Ausaua ‘Wi-

as ythm Boys. eav- ingufnll. T. at 010-1000.

"Don't miss the open air dance at the CtI-nvvall Rink lrounda. Aug. 10. Dancing from 041215. Refresh- ments. lponscradJfy Junior farm-

era. "Do ‘t mks the big Ice Cream Festival and Dance in ‘bacilli!

-Croae school, Monday. August 0th. Dancing in two rooms. Two Orch- astral.

"Dont ml- the Open Air Dance at the Cornwall Rink Grounds. first 10th. Dancing from 0-1115.

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LAPRAIRLE, Qlie, Aug. 1 - The St. Lawrence River near this southshore town 10 miles from Montreal claimed the lives of four Verdun, Que. youths today when their rowbcat capsized during a fishing trip. Five other occupants of the. boat were rescued.

Drowned were Andre Lavoio, i8. Ray Levesque. 20. Andre Mont- lligiand. 14. and Ronald Charron,

Pulled from the water by a three- man rescue tea-m were char-leg MecKav. 16. his 13-year-old broth- er Denis, Clovis Mosiacque, 14. Jean Guy Bruyere, 18. and Jean- Claude Dussault. 18. all of Verdun.

The tragedy took place shortly after 4 p.m.

Police Chief Albert Lefebvre of Lapralrie said overcrowding o! the boat, which normally holds six persons. had caused the craft. to overturn.

The rescuers were _ led by l9- year-old Gulls Beauvais of La- prairie who was attracted to the

scene by shouts for help from witnesses on shore. Bcauvais and his companions,

Richard Valenta, 24. and Benoit Lemleux, 19, managed to row their boat to the scene. but by that time only five of the original nine were still above water.

They brought two persons ashore on the first trip. and returned to rescue the other three.

None of the bodies has been re- covered.

The nine youths, all wearing bathing suits, were spending the

day at the ‘summer _,, of an». 1R. I. AIME/hype father oftwo ‘of the survivors.

The boat overturned in mid-

strcam, about 250 feet from shore. One of the boys at the helm of the motor-equipped rowboat shout- ed to two boys sitting in the bow to move back further in the boat.

When the boys half stood up to step back. they accidcntllyupset the boat and all nine were tossed inf.0 the river.

Polio Cases Mount Sharply In ll. S.

NEW YORK. Aug. 7'- \lnfantile paralysis mounted sharp- ly in the United States last week. but there are signs the peak has been passed in some of the hard- er-hit areas.

A stateby-state survey by the Associated Press showed some 1.400 new cases. This boosted the i949 total to approximately 9.400 — more than. b0 per cent higher than the comparable period in 104.8, second-worst Dollo 1'0" 0"

record.

In Ottawa. officials of the Health and Welfare Department said the polio situation in Canada to date is not alarming “although it will bear watching in view of the increased incidence this year in the United States."

The total number of cases in Canada was not available, but the department said they exceeded those of this time last year by a little more than 100.

HAMILTON. Ont... Aug. ‘l - (CP) - Edward Richards. 33- year-old beverage room waiter and wrestling timekceper. was charged with murder Saturday following the rifle-slaying of Richard Slifkl during s wild fight which develop- ed from a drinkingrparty, in s

"Dance with cafitecn service.

Monday, August 8th, at Carriflfs new bani. North River MacNeilPs

Orchestra. Dance starting at 0 P. M. Sponsored by Canadian legion.

"Matinee Races at Sunny Green Acres, August 13th, starting 2 o'clock sharp. Transportation will be paid on all horses front a dis- tones. Iuitablo prises for each illll.

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Bank Robbers Gel $6.000

VANCOUVER, Aug. 1-(cp)_. Police throughout the lower Brit- ish Columbia mainland area still seek two armed men who robbed a branch of the Bank of Nova Sco- tia of $0.100 here Saturday.

The angle that the robbers may be American gunmen was being investigated.

No one was injured and no shots were fired during the robbery oi the 41st and Dunbar branch, less than half an hour after the bank opened at 9 a.rn.

Seven employees were forced to’ the floor while accountant Lloyd Miller followed orders to'flll a paper bag with money from the te1ier's cage.

Canadian Air Cadets Visii- Windsor Castle

WINDSOR, Berkshire, England, Aug. 7—-Ancienl: Windsor Castle Saturday played host to 24 Can- adian Air Cadets starting a three- week tour of Britain with a party oi cadets from the United States.

The walls of the castle. built centuries ago, echoed to the merry chatter of the enthusiastic young- sters, whose age averages 18 years.

Falls

One Killed When lightning lliis Baseball Field

URBANA. 0.. Aug. ‘I-A bolt of lightning today struck a baseball diamond here, killing Donald Jensen, 20. first base- man for Urbana's semi-pro team. and injuring seven other Urbano players,

The lightning struck in the first inning of a game with Troy. Urbana was in the field. Witnesses said all Urbana players were knocked off their feet by the bolt, but no Troy players and none of the crowd of about 400 was injured.

Three Urbana players were taken to hospital and four others were treated at the scene.

A similar accident last Sun- day killed three semi-pro baseball players and injured

50 other persona at Baker, Fla.

ll. S. Destroyers Arriye lLBori.

Four‘ American destroyers sailed into the Charlottetown harbor at I1 o'clock yesterday with the ‘U. S. S. Bonner docking at. the Mai-inc Wharf and the three remaining ships dropping anchor in the stream. The ships were piloted in by Mr, Weldon Taylor from Nine Mlle Creek.

The destroyer group is under the command oi Commander H. A. Renkin, U.S.N. The ships in port and their commanders are: the U. S. S. D. J, Buckley, commander J. J. Staley, U.S.N.; the U.S.S. M. C. Fox, Commander .1 D. Robb, U.S.N.: the U.S.S. Benner, Commander W. D. Rogers, U.S.N.; the U.S.S. Haw- kins. Commander B. M. Dodson, U.

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This morning the customary of- ficial calls between the Captains of the ships, the Governor, Prem- ier. Mayor and Commander of the l-LMZCS. Queen Charlotte will he exchanged, Ball games and tennis matches will be hcld by the crews this afternoon and a révépllfifl for the officers will be held at Naval Barracks tonight.

The officers will be 8099i! ll l party at Government House on Tuesday night while the ratings will he entertained by a dance at the Armouries. The shill! "l! again on Wednesday.

BIHAR. India — (CPL-Big de- posits of kankar. used in aiakins cement. have been found near here. An ‘official put the reserves at about 14.000000 tons, 91101133 to last 100 years for an annual production of 42,000 tons oi cem-

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Murder Charge Is Laid Following Wild Fight

house at nearby Winona.

The free-for-all ended when a fusiliade oi shots from n Drool- ibre rifle killed Slifke and wound- ed two other men.

Blifka was shot through the heart. Charles (Chuck) Bulmel was wounded in the right shoulder and Vemon Parrlngton in the nose. Parrlngtoti and Bulmer were from Hamilton.

The fight. among an estimated 30 men, occurred in the horns of "Irish Davey" Amber-icy, describ- ed as a Hamilton sports filur-r. who toltfpolfco he had been asleep upstairs when the fracas started.

Bliika crawled and ran 00 feet before he died of a bullet which passed through his back and lodg- ed in his heart.

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Lessons, Warnings From Canada’s Mock W_a_r

By DOUG 110k nonm- ST. JOHN, 5.0.. Aug. 'i- (CP) Canada's largest penite- ume jgpd-glg- manoeuvres. unfold-

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ed both ‘lessons and warnings for Canadian defence.

Exercise E1819. 0- tangle of realism, and inevitable paradox. ended today for 1.400 Army and Air Force officers and. men gathered from all over Western Canada to test abilities to cope with an airborne enemy raid.

In the immediate sense. it in- dicated to reporters that present standing forces, particularly in the field of equilimtflt. would have great difficulty in dealing with any sizeable real equivalent of the supposed enemy seizure of the important Fort St. John Air- field.

In the long-range sense. its er- rors and instructions should be of considerable benefit in the lob. now proceeding. oi building up the strength to do it. There will be an immediate start on studying them.

The two chiefs called the exer- cise “one of the best things that hag happened to_ the forces since the war." Both MaL-Gcli- MB- laenhalo and Air Vice Marshal. l-lugh Campbell. Army and Air Force leaders in the West. made that statement to scores of offic- ers on the airdiome.

The exercise was test the country's first regular airborne battalion. the Princess Patrlclrs Canadian Light. lnfont- ry. in an assault role. to exercise the R.C.A.l*‘. in support. to teat staff work that has been six months in preparation and t0 check the abilities of the Air Force to defend their base here.

The manoeuvres came to a. close this morning when members of the Princess Pamela's Canadian Light Infantry mopped up the last of a. theoretical enemy force that

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had landed in this Peace River ouantry. Fourteen hundred troops were

scattering late today in every dir- ection. some 130 of them to hold tactical exercises farther up the highway.

Two Burned To Death In Qllclitiflltlli

CHANDLER. Que» All. '! (OP) - Two members of a family of l0 were burned to death early today when fire destroyed the wooden house of Georges Gallant in this Gaape Peninlula town.

Dead are Georges Gallant. U. and his 14-year-old son Valmont.

Mrs. Gallant suffered burns and injuries but her-cdndltion is not considered serious.

The blue is believed to have been caused by A defective eltct- rical switch. The wooden structure wha levelled within a few minutes.

First did not indicate whether other memberp oi the family managed to escqae, or

other Mn. Gallant was alone ma: husband-and son when . fire occurrid. , ahagldler is on the Game Peninsula oh a d Oiisloura

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NEW YORK, Aug. 7—(AP)-—An entire mountain fell into a river near Ambato, the earthquake- stricken Ecuadorian city, and cut. off the town's water supply, the National Broadcasting Company was told today.

The report came by radio from Dick Larson of station HCJB at Quito.

A great shortage of coffins has developed in the stricken area; Larson reported, and emergency appeals for coffins have been is- sued.

Larson sald an HCJB mobile un- it touring the disaster area report- ed no lootlng and very little panic.

Buildings in many towns are in such a precarious condition, he said, that they fall into the streets when cars pass.

Death Saturday 0f Mrs. T. B. Grady

Charlottetown on Saturday even-

lng lost one of its most highly re- spected and esteemed cits-ens in the passing of Mrs. T. B. Grady at her late residence 155 Kent Street. Mrs. Grady was the wid- ow of the late M.\'. T. B. Grady. former Superintendent of the P. E I. division of the C.N.R. She was eighty-nine years of age. Although Mrs. Grady had been in poor health during the past few weeks she refused. to_1et her ill- ness confine hcr to bed. aturday wsrthc iii-soda she r. . __ bed. She died that‘ evéiiln a . .30. Well known for her generosity and warm heartcdness, the passing of-Mrs. Grady will be widely felt. Societies 1n which her philan- thropic nature found an outlet were the Red Cross, the I.O.D.E. and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Canad- ian Legion. She always took an active part in those societies par- ticularly during the last war. Her three daughters were pres- ent at her death. Mrs. Dr. Sul- livan, Jeanne arrived home from North Adams, Mass. lastTucsday. Surviving in addition to Jeanne are her two sons Dr. Thomas and Harry H. in Vancouver, her daught- ers Blanche. Mrs. ill-I. Brown and Ruth, Mrs. Allison MacLeod both of Charlottetown. Seven grand-children and 4 SIP-M Blind children also survive.

The funeral will be held frccn her late‘ residence 1:15 Kent St. at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with service at the house. Her remains will be taken to the Peoples Cem- etery. Summcrside, where service at the grave will be held at 4 o'- clock. -

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Damagelb Properly Placed Al $20,000,000

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QUFDD. Ecuador, Aug. 7 —(AP) —1Mountlng reports from Central Ecuadors earthquake-ravaged area "day but the death toil beyond 4.600. Unofficially, property clam. age was estimated at $20,000,000,

Four towns in the stricken area practically disappeared from the 1MP during Friday's earthquakes. They are Guano. Pelileo, Patate and Piilaro. ‘

Th0 quakes struck an area ex- lendink over more than 1,500 square miles along the slopes of the Andes Mountains. The popu- lalion of the area. prior to the dis- aster was approxfrznatcly 300.000. Hardest hit was a district of 370

square miles, where about 17,000 people were living. The injured ran into many

thousands. Attention thus far has been devoted to the larger cities and towns. It is feared the death toll will rise even higher when res- cue teams report from small vil- lages east of the Andes. ' Several villages, completely isol- ated by the earthquake, tonight were being supplied with food by parachute.

President Galo Plaza Lasso an- nounced that 3,200 persons were killed at Pelilco alone Friday. This was 1.900 more than had been re- ported previously. The President made his announcement in a radio broadcast on his return from Am- bato.

Peliieo is 22 miles from Ambato, Eucadofls third largest industrial city and first point which reported

came from unofficial sources. The President said it is still impossible to give an official figure.

New quakes shook the stricken area today, but there were no ad- ditional reports of casualties or damage.

Final Toll Not Known

The final toll will not be known until masses of rubble are explor- ed in the quake-ripped area 5O to 100 miles south of Quito.

This was the latest breakdown of the death toll by towns and cit- ies taken from official and unoffi- cial sourcos: _

Pelileo, 3.200; Palate, 1.000 up- wards; Ambato, 400 to 500: Pllluro, more than 20; Latacunga, 11; Guano. 10.

A new disaster occurred in the quake area Saturday when a mercy plane crashed and killed 34 persons aboard.

In his broadcast, the President said:

"My country has been the victim of n. tragic occurrence. a mulor earthquake, which destroyed the city of Ambato and the towns of" Guano, Pclileo. Plllaro, Patete, and also small villages in the Province of Tungurnhua.

"Every farm house has been de- stroyed. The town of Pellleo and

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OTTAWA, Aug. 1 - (or) —Thc incident of the Canadian Teach- ers Federation today appeared op- timlstic about the outcome of the Teachers‘ Fedcrai-aid-for-educa- tion campaign.

"We have made some fairly good progress in the past year." said C.J. Oates of Vancouver. "Gener- ally speaking thcre has been no opposition to our campaign."

Mr. Oates spoke during a tel- ephone interview shortly after his arrival in Ottawa, for the federa- tion conventlon this week.

For a. year now the teachers have been urging the Federal Gov- ernmenl. to assist the pmvincially- controlled educational system's.

Mr. Oates said that in the last five years the Federal Govern- ment has instituted social services costing "half as much again" as the entire amount spent on elem- entary and secondary education in Canada.

l-ic noted the amount of money paid out annually in corporation taxes. luxury taxes, liquor taxes- on the Federal level and deplored the fact that "not one dollar” of these taxes is committed to edu- cation.

The teachers settle down to five days of hard work at. the 8th an. nusi 0311!. conference which gets under way Monday.

The convention proper opens Tuesday morning when delegates gather for the first general ses-

Teachers Optimistic On Eve Of Big Convention

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sons will aitmri tho mectlnlli- All 10 Provinces will be represented. and it is expected the Newfound- land Teachers Association will of- (iglgiiy join the Canadian organ- ization at this time.

Directors oi the federation will be asked to approve the report of a survey which the ~C.T.F. 0on- ducted in April and May on liv- ing and ivorking conditions of teachers across Canada.

This survey will form part of a study being made by the Canadian Education Association committee on the status of the teaching pro- fession. Its results will be releas- ed at the association's convention

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Fire, breaking out in the hay- fillecl loft cf the cattle barn of St. Dunsian's University, completely destroyed the large H-shaped barn. the silo and the slaughter house shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday Evening. iii-Wing a loss estimated as between $50,000-$60,000. which was thought to be about half cov- erecl by insurance. Spontaneous combustion in the loft was thought to have been the origin of the fire.

Sweeping through the large building which included the cattle barn, horse stable. a storage place for feed. and the plggery, the flames devoured all the cattle ex- cept one calf, more than two- thirds of the swine, and a number of cockerels.