_ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. "CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 194a

lsfaqssest Held Into Sunday's Fatalities

lav Destroyer ls Commissioned

HALIFAX. Jan. 20 --<C.P)-.A b’g‘n'l call piped shrllly, tihe white ensign rose slowly on the staff and flMCS. Athabsskan today becarme the foliifllh Canadian-built tribal Glass destroyer to be commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy.

athabaskarrs crxnmiasionim might to a close the first destroy- g-biyflding program ever attqnpt- 1d in Canada and marked con-y pl0tl0lli of an outstanding chapter u. Canadian slaipbuiiding history.

Consider Causeway In Saint Joils ihrbor

MINT JOHN. N.B.. (C?) - A survey ls to be made to determine the polliblllbg of bu id- ing a causeway across aint John harbor to connect saint John and last Saint John. the Municipal council decided at a meeting lo- dsy. Estimated cost of the cause- way is 0307.000.

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Murder Charge is Sequel To Fight

WINNIPEG. Jan. 00 — (CP) - Prsnk Ferraro of Bellevlllc, Ont... was charged today with the mur- dI of taxi driver Hugh Scott, 48, who died early this morning fol- lowing a fight at Duke's Barbecue- g dins and dance establishment in suburban 5t. J0me!-

Coming Events

“Dance and Card Party, ‘I'm:- adis i-lali iD-Bllht.

"liaflis, K. of C. Ball, Bourie. liwrsday. January 22nd.

"Mill now closed for repairs until further notice, McGuigan and Boyle.

"Cromwell-York Point institute Pantry Sale at Rogers Hardware. Priday, January 23rd.

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"Card Party and Dance in Kei- ly’s Cross Hall. Wednesday, Jan- uli’! 31st. Lunch served.

"Card Party and Dance, Crap- siud ‘Hall. Wednesday, January 21st. Proceeds in. aid oi Hockey Team.

" Unloading car choice timothy hay st Brsisdalbane on Thursday and Friday. Walter G. MscKcnI-c-

" Bracklay Rovers versus West Royal Bsarcats at Milton Rink tonigb . Game starts at 8:30. Skate alter.

" l-Iookey, New Giasitow Rink tonight, New Glasgow Juniors ver- sus Cavendish Juniors. Guns starts at 0:80.

“Loading Hogs at Fredericton for Canada Packers every iihurs- day till 11 A. M. smd Oolville until 12. D. L. McDowell.

"Correction: loading hoes for Canada Packers‘ every Thursday it Oeirdksn. Trucking where psa- aible. Ila-mass McKenzie.

"lihicss whiting to order seed With libs Graham's Road Live stock Association. please give your list m to the Secrets y. l-iueh CWO-

"Annual Hosting Wiltahire Balms cs. will be hsls in North Wiltdaire 1-Iall, on Monday. Febru- lry 0th. at 2 PM. Nelson Hathsrley,

"Basket Social, Legion Hail, lflllris. ‘iiwrsdsy, January Will!- Ahglissloa 40c. ladies with baskets “Th0 amaual inciting of the Qussa Needlework Guild Will bajha on the afternoon of Members

Wsiheahw. Jan. J. villas notified.

"Don't ‘one... sis new in protbsrs ‘theatre. Mt-

% MM”; “Si” Edi; R-llvtbal loss. .

"will be ic at the following arsdsr: liner wlgaiesa.‘ Bradsibsns. until 11:80 us: aordso assasll. l-icn- "! . nstil coca: summer-

lida until, 1:!) pm: and Kea- ultfl l pa. ldaelwen and

‘ declined to elaborate.

4 elkwers fury found use nlsht that Phyllis and miss 119-13111. one 10 and i3 respec- tively. dslikhters of m. and Mrs. JOBGDh Larkin, Charlottetown, came to their deaths about 2 o'clock last Sunday morning by suffocation from a fire in a three

tenement house located at 31d King Street. The Jury n..- ended that the

public should Just say “Elmer- Eelwy" in phoning in firs calls. also that four men be kept on night duty at the firs? station. especially during winter months. Th0 July commended the Police. Fire Department, and Telephone Company for their close co-ord/in- ation. ,

Dr. I. J. Yeo presided as coron- er and the jury comprised Thomas White (foreman), William Hughes, Merritt Forsythe. James Power. Wilfrid Willis. Ray Steele and l-lawley Crockett, G. R. Holmes. KC. appeared for the Crown.

Cpl. A. Lund of the City Police was the first witness. He said he saw the bodies of two girls at the A. A. Hennessey Funeral Par- lors at l1 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. Jan. 18. Witness identified the bodies as those _of Phyllis and Hilda Larkirl. the dalIBhl/Cii of Joseph Larkln. 21d King Street.

Dr. Harold Shaw said he had exrmined the bodies of the two girls on Sunday morning. Jen. 18th last. They had “died of asphyxiation complicated by sup- erficial burns." The burns alone would have eventually caused death-the witness said.

Call From Station 0st. Johnson of city Police said

he was in the patrol wagon early 155i, Quriday morning when a call

. . liroinsi ..irom the gollétstliiieidlonib go" 22o xiii:

Street. He and Cst. MacNcvirl got there within a. couple of min-

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ilindu Explodes Bomb 50 Yards From Gandhi

NEW DELHI. Jan. 10 -(CP)- Police said they arrested a. man identifying hin-lself as a Hindu refugee from the Mosiem part of Punjab who interrupted Moh- andas K. Gandhi's prayer meet.- ing tonight by exploding a. home- made bomb b0 yards away.

Gandhi. addressing the meet- ing the first time since the end of his fast. was seated cross- legged on the platform before a microphone at the time, I-Ie look- ed up” and exclaimed, “what is

it? I do not know. But never mind. listen to me." He then continued , speaking

without any trace of excitement.

Police said the arrestediman had a grenade in his pocket and that he told incoherent stories when first questioned. He said he was an unemployed ex-soldler of the Royal Indian Engineers.

Police said the youth first de-

clared he wasangered because Gandhi had urged that Hindu refugees housed in Moslem

mosques give up their abodos. He- said. he was one of those evicted. Police said other stories were ooh- flictifl. ICI-

ii. B. Reports Record Surplus

IRIDIIICION. Ian. I .- (CP) — New Brunswicids fill plus on accounts for the fiscal year ending Oct. $1 was by far the largest in the history cl the Province, .l.J. Hayes Boone. provincial score- tarY-lreasurar rflilorlcd today.

The surplus. $0,307,810, ls anor than the total revenue of the Province during the early 1030a.

Receipts for the fiscal year maclsed an all-time high of 825,574.87: which is $1,668,411 more than had been estimated. It was 00,850,701 more than wll recorded in the prevoua your.

Ordinary expenditures 001l- led $10,226,542 and mpfal _sx- penditures were $12,024,101.

The Federal subsidy for tho year was @0716“ but a more favorable financial deal with Ottawa netted the Province a total of $9,006,975.

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Manslaughter Case Continues ' lnSupreme Court

The Crown produced 12 witnesses yesterday before it. concluded its case in the trial of George Green, Kingston. charged with man- slaughter. In addition. the evid- ence of James Buchanan. given at thQ preliminary hearing last August before StlpQdiary-Maigls- irate Gilbert Gaudet was adimit- ted into evidence by the Court.

The first witness was Mr. Ben-

lomln Macfrhern of the Cut- clilfcfs hllndertakltiz Parlors who I 0 received a call .7- 'd'€iocir on the evening sillilllgiil" 5th last and drove ills ambulance out to the Beach Grove Road. Witness went about 50 yards be- yond the curve and there saw a car on its left side. A girl was lying on the pavement about 2'.) e1‘ 25 yards beyond the car. Learned later she was Shirley Bigger. Witness took her and an- other girl. Leona Douccttc. to the P. E. Island Hospital.

Cpl. Lionel Strong. R. C. M. P. who was under direct examination yesterday. resrm-ed tlfe stand for cross-examination by counsel for the accused. J. O. c. Campbell. K.C. Cpl. Strong said the first photograph he took of the scehe of the accident was taken about 100 feet from the "fill" on the road and before one came to the curve. There were no fences bounding the field along the pavement and the grass continued from the field to the edge of the ditch.

Witness agreed with counsel that what one saw in the photo- graph would be all one would see from a car and that driving along that road at that spot one would only see unbroken grass from edge of pavement extending into. the field to North River.

Cst. Roy Smith, R.C.M.P., said he was sent toBeaoh Grove Road at 7.35 p.m. August 5th last by a call coming to the Barracks. Arriving at the scene of the ac- cident, he took the number oi a cur lying on its left side. The number was 4858. Windshield was smashed, part of the roof damaged and the engine hood had been thrown off. The headlights were broken and oil was runnins

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GLADE BAY. N-S. Jsn- 00 — (c?) .._ Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation has offered Nova Sco- tla coal miners an increase of 25 cents a day as against the 01.10 demand put forward by District I United Mine Workers (C.O.L.). Union chief Freeman Jenkins sn- nounced ' “.

An authoritative Union source said the Dosco offer was not sat- M-cg, , 3M "hardly what the Union expects."

Asked whst- the next move o! the tI.M.W. would be. the spokes- m“ "is; "We will be meeting again tomorrow and something may develop. The Board, of course, is preparing for any Merlin!!!’

4mg whether this might he a reference to strike. the spoirsams

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glhs company said it ma. Is- to grant four of the main ion-demands contained in a lt- point submission and at the some tisas countered with its own it- point p Mr. Jenkins. in a statement 0s

the Union's 18.000 members. "l4

‘Doseo Offers Miners IS-Cent Pay Boost

._.________________.__________| the QS-cent hoist would be con- ditional to agreement to Doscds 14 proposals, which included r04 vision of the holiday-wth- plan and changes in working con itions.

The company agreed to raise is $500 its contribution to dependants of miners who died as a result of mine accidents and to a Union re- commendation that rake schedules in various ccllieriss be examined replied it was willing to discuss the matter.

Present contract between Dosm and the U.M.W. expires Jan. 31. Basic daily rats now is 01.00.

In a september referendum. the Union membership gsvs its ex- ecutive board a mandate to seek a 01.10 increasl.

In last June's strike settlement

the miners received s flat boost of s1 a day and won another (ii-coat increase in December after doub- ling production in most pits. ' The less district convention de- cided tosssk a mass increase of 02-00 a day and the $1.10 new be- ing demanded is the remainder s! that request.

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_goes with that post.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King (above) who last night armounced hk retirement as Liberal Party leader and asked the National Liberal Federation to summon a national convention co select o. new political

I-le did not, as iiad been expected, designate his personal choice as his successor as party leader and the Prime Ministerial office which

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Scheduled Today

SAULT STE. MARIE. Onto Jan.

2o -(CP)-Edga.r James Simona. 19-year-old caretaker and gilide, who confessed the murder of his

omployel-‘s attractive young wife and her two-year-old son-and left a note saying "I don't know why I did it"—w'ili be hanged early to- marrow, almost nine months to the day after the slayings.

Opposes linion 0i Anglo - ll. S. Zones In Germany

iI. Jan. 00 - (AP). sla formally demanded dlssolutisn of the joint Anglo-United States economic administration of the two western zones in the Allied Con- trol Council today. declaring the arrlingement~violatcd Potsdam ag- reements. -

Marshal Vaasily Sokolovsky. So- viet military governor, presented the Russian view. He spoke after Gen. Lucius D. Clay of the United States outlined measu vs taken re- centiy by the British and American military governments to expand and mprove conomi administra- tion in Western Germany, beset anew today by hunger strikes and threats of strikes.

Final Placing liot Expected lintli Thursday; Quality Said "Far Above" That 0f Last Year.

At the tenth annual pelt show. which opened yesterday morning in Summerside, the grand chnm~ plan white tnarlred silver pelt award was gven to Messrs. Cameron and Jenkins. Surnmerside, wiih the re- serve awarded to Mcilure and MacKinncn of Charlottetown. ‘Phe champion White marked sliver award also went to Cameron and Jenkins with Mr. Erness Hill of Kenslngton taking tiir reserve honors, McLure and McKinnon were championship and reserve champion winners in the white marked silver pup pelt, class. Although judging was somewhat late in gcttng underway. the Judge of the show. Mr. Douglas Bell of Carleton disposed of the silvura before the light faded. Judge Bcll passed on approximately four hun- dred pelts in the silver Class and awarded the champ onship as well.

‘Tile Judge of the show was as- sisted by members of the classifi- ication committee. Messrs l...W. Hancock, Ernest Mill. Edward Bur. leigh and StewartWrlght, with Mr. Walter R. Shaw, the genial and efficient secretary o1 the PE], Fox Breeders and Exhibitors‘ As- socation in his usual capacity.

Fair Attendance

There was a fair attendance for the first day of the show. which will in all probability continue un- til Thursday due to the large number of entries this year. About 1.104 show ‘pelts in all are regis- tered. about one hundred more than last year. the officials of the IhUW is that the guantity this year is far above

The general opinion voiced by

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' Blévldeilc it» out...

~ Province has once

*"“ " Ills retireriidsit presumably ‘wiiftafe effect circa the‘ convention,‘ which likely will be held in August. selects s. new leader.

Judging Underway ‘At Fox Pelt Show

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where was a gleam of hope in Prfme l’

, Highways in Southern

island Again Denied Cabinet Representation

OTTAWA. Jan. 20 —( )-- On his return to Ottawa today after a short business trip to Toronto. W. Chester S. McLure, Progressive Conservative member for Queen's told The Guardian that people od the Marltlmes would be "dismayed and disappointed" over the latest cabinet re-shuffle in which the traditional Mdrithme portfolio of Fisheries was transferred to llcn. J. A. MacKlnnon, former Minister of Trade and Conrmerce.

“This last development wherdby the iltaritflrnes lose Fisheries tc a gentleman forn Alberta" Mr. Mc- Lure said, "leaves Prince Edward Island worse off than ever. Not only does the Government continue to deny us cabinet representation but our Province hasn't even been recognized by appointment of a Parliamentary assistant.

"lt was my understanding back in i945 that Prime Minister King definitely promised that we would have either representation in Q18 cabinet or something approaching it. I had hoped, that in event of the Fisheries portfolio becoming vacant, that Mr. King would call upon the senior member from Prince Edward Island, Mr. Douglas of Queen's. But apparently our again been overlooked.”

Mr. lifacNaughtfs Chances

In other quarters at Ottawa, iri- eluding the National Liberal Feder- ation now in session in the Chateau Lauricr. it was felt that J. Watson MacNaught, Liberal mmiber for Prince, might have been rimmed to the Fisheries post. when Hon. MF. Gregg. V.C.. was transferred to the portfolio of Veterans‘ Affairs. Lion-hers of the Federations exe- cutive thought I Mr. MacNaugi-lt_ mfg-ht still be; alerted "for the poet: of parliamentary assistant, which carries with it a total honorarium 0f $10,000 a year.

Mr. McLurc pointed out that Minister ifing’: statement that the present cabinet shift was of a. "temporary" nature. He added however, "the word 't0i'ilpOi'3!‘y'l1i1S n. different meaning in Ottawa lilaan the meaning you find in the have ‘temporary’ civil servants here who have been on Mic 10b fill‘ 20 Will's

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iiighways In Sask.,a Manitoba Blocked g

WINNIPEG, Jan. 2o - (CP)—— Manitoba and Saskatchewan remained block- ed tonight as drifting snow piled along the roads, halting normal traffic and even keeping snow plows in garages.

Some plows did venture forth. but their progress was slow. The weather forecast was for continuing snow, drifting snow and QC-mlle-sn-hour winds until late tonight, with temperatures sink- ing iar below zero.

12 Miles More Per Calion 0i has?

BRANTPORD. Ont... Jan. 20 — (CM-This city's buses will soon be equipped with a. gasoline-sav- ing gadget invented by Vililliam Taylor, veteran of the Second Great War. Mr. Taylor says it eliminates formation of sludge in internal cornibustlon motors and

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infill MINISTER KING ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

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Promises

Profiteeri

ng In Prices

By GEORGE KITCHEN OTTAWA, Jon. 20-—(CP)——Prime Minister Mackenzie King tonight disclosed to the Notional Liberol Federation his intention of retiring us party leader but also took time out to announce

plans for a parliamentary committee on prices and to worn against

Near the end of o lengthy

leader and indicated he would Ii

But he did not, as had been expected, give any hint of whom he would like to see succeed him. i saying merely that he would llkc| to see the new leader selected at. a. representative na-tlonal conven- tlon.

This long-expected announce- ment. made at the Federation's annual dinner, followed these i/wo other statements:

1. The Government plans to ask Parliament. to establish a special Commons committee to investigate publicly cases of “l1oarding" and “profiteerlng" in essential commodities and ser- vices. .

2. The United Nations should limit some of its secondary ac- tivitlcs and concentrate on the i organization of an international i sinned force. ‘ Speaking before more than 800i’

Liberal supporters who crowded expec-‘tuntiy inlo a hotel ballroom for the Federation's annual din-, nor, Mr. King dealt largely Wltlli two problems about which he in-

‘dicatelfthere was governmental concern -- tile international sit- uation and the usihg cost of living at home. ' ,

Of prices, he conceded that there l may be individuals» or cofporatiuns ‘ who Are taking advantage of anl exceptional position or opportun- ity‘ to charge ‘cxo|'bit.ir.l" prices. but expressed belief 1.131. powers of investigation “rigidly, legitim- ately and carefully exercised" will -

go far towards remedying ihi-se‘ social wrongs. For’ that reason. he said, the

Government plans in the approach- ing session cf Parliament to nluve for the appolntmen: o: a special cunmlitee of the Commons i0 in- vestigate "tlrs all-important na- tional problem.” The action will be

taken "at a suitable time" aite: Parliament re -assembles next Monday.

I-Ie continued:

"Th! House will be asked to give the committee the y pow- ers to ascertain the facts with re- gard to the causes that have op- erated or are operating adversely to affect the cost of living. "Provision will be made fzr in- qulry into cases where there are reasonable grounds for believing that increases in prices are due to a course of conduct which is un- just and unreasonable in relat on to the production, distribution dncl exchange oi commodities and ser-

lrlg. "On this con-mittee. provision ~will be made for tile representa- tions of members of all political parties. - “As it :s in the public interest the investigation is intended to serve, the committee. subject to reserve-- tions the committee itself may deem advisable to make, will be expect- ed to hold its hearings in public.‘ Touching on the international scene, Mr. King used some o; the

can increase mileage upwards of 13 miles to the gallon.

strongest denunciotory language of i

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Allowance

By James McCook» DONDON, Jan. 20 —(CP)-—-'fl1e House of Commons bday approved by an overwhelming majority an- nual allowances totalling £50,000 6200.000) foe Britain's royal new- ly-weda, Princess Elisabeth and Prince Philip.

A two-hour debate was snlivm- ed by a suggestion fronl Eimrys Hughes. Labor member ‘for Ayr- shire. that Prince Philip would have gained more popularity with the people if ha had been assigned w the l-‘uel Ministry rather than to a dot in the Admiralty.

But the Cormncns. in its first act- ion upon reassembling after a holi- day recess. voted I94 to i‘! in favor

measure. indicating that . Labor members

British Commons Votes

of the allowances. Conservatives and Liberals voted solidly for the many in the OiO-sost.

For Princess

House abstained. The vote was on the decisive second reading of the bill. which

l40,000 in Princess Elizabeth's an- nual allowance and sets up a £10.- 00o annuity for her husband.

‘lure King has announced he will provide £100,000 from Royal sav- ings during the war to help cover ilhs annuity payments during Brit- ain's econcmic crisis.

During today's debate Hughes said "we are not entitled to give an extra brass fsrthing on this oc- casics-i." '

“We wish the Princess joy. we will-o the two ottisaln the utmost happiness. But is it necessary to have a huge income in order kl

the 29th on-niversory of his own election.

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calls for an increase from £15,000 to '