Page 1 The Guardian Thursday. July 21. 1955

102 Forest Fires

Tincler-Dry North Ontario i

TORONTO ICP) - More than it in being taken right from the'

4,000 men were battling I02 forest flctofy loom; mes In undeldry northern onum So far this month fire crews have 1 Wednesday in a provincial fire- enlngulshed 379 mu fighting operation that iesembles a ' EXTREME HAZARD

giant military campaign. Lands and forest officials N-I ported that 77 of the fires are' Forestry officials expressedl ilhder control but as all; runnnlslglkeal. coniern rgverrhthe ctnlililtirtiliiiins d.Pla edh ana oatr-ex me an. eysa ere less sumgriier the men workedlil no promise of rain for at least against heavy odds in the bone-dryjthree days. Local showers that bush, lllay develop Ilvillff bring blllghlningl As reports of fresh fires come at may touc 0 new arcs. in forestry officials in Toronto dea- The worst fires are in the Sault patched men. equipment and Ste. Marie. Chapleau. Swastika.

planes to the new outbreaks. 0ffl- Cochrane and Kapuskasing are:-is.l

clals said they had 57 aircraft in About 90 per cent of them use and fire hose is so scarce that burning in these districts

i The fires are eating through Raft At Sea

are

ithick stands of pine spruce. bal-

.sam and hardwoods while a few PIERRE. St. Pierre et ICP)-Government of-

ST. Miquelon flcials said Wednesday lighthouse keepers on these islands and ship shore stations have been alerted to watch for the raft l.'Egere. The Lost One. drifting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The raft and its four man crew is on the first log of a journey across the Atlantic by way of the Gulf Stream

men work frantically to -loci." llhem long enough so the,i"ll die. I The largest fire is in the Blind lRiver area. It covers more than -60.000 acres of a mixture of good and burnt out timber.

GOOD CHECK

Firefighters have it in fairly good check. department officials said. One side is backed up against the Missinabi river and unless it

City and Central l

R.0Y'S TAXI-Dial 6560 0569

"YOUR DOLLAR BUYS MORE. -at the HFGHES DRUG STORE."

COLORED ISLAND VIEWS.- Craswell Studio.

FREE (HLRCH of Scotland. service Thursday. July 21st. Stan chel ll p m. Rev. J. H Bishop.

CAI.l'l.V Pi'i:.sliytcrian Church. Mermaid. Sunday. July 24: 3 p. in. standard time. memorial ser-

vice Special offering for cem etcry. Rev Donald Nicholson. g u e st preacher. Rev. W. H.

Brown, minister.

POLICE COURT-At City Police Court yesterday morning. held be- fore Magistrate K. M. Martin. two persons charged with assault were

DONOR-In the list of dona-

. tions to the Legion children's pic

gently omitted.

MAGISTRATEFS COURT - At Queen's C o u it t y Court, held yesterday before Magistrate Gilbert Cnudet, a person charged with failing to stop at a stop sign ivzis fincil 35.00 and costs or 5 days For failing to report for re-insli:-ction of a motor vehicle. having been given writ- ten notice. the nit":-ntlcr xvzis fined 35.00 and costs or 5 days Three

l”ruiiior offensive".

.lIalzistrate'sl morning TURNED OVER STAMPS

In

Jumps across. they may soon be able to bring it under control.

In the Cochrane district shifting, gusty winds made the situation there serious. Men and equipment Poured into the area where about 7,000 acres of pine and poplar were burning.

Around Swastika. it's the same. The woods are too dry for usual methods to do any good. Firelinea have to be cut further back than usual from the fire to give time to cut a gap in the bush in whIch' the fire can die out. 2

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Peron May

Tllallled in revolt and would sail nvards Buenos Aires to shell the ipital from entrance to the River 'ate. -

The official state Argentine .adio Wednesday night unexpect- edly took over all radio stations for a speech on what it termed a warning the people against being frightened by riunors and nervousness over the recent events The broadcast ivals repeated at 15 minute inter- va S

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Charge P. 0.

office robberies.

Views On Report!

Pramiu A. W; llatheam

eral.iiregardtotbediaeontinu-

that any statement I wouldmake atthiatlme wouldonlybemik leading." he said.

In regard to the announcement regarding the Hillsboro Bridge. the Premier said that be ap- preciated the action taken by the Federal Government. A: in the case of the Railway luue. he is not yet in possession of the full context of the agreement. When this is made known. he said that he wouldbe happy to make some comment on it.

No changes in railway sched- ules or announcement of train deletions have been made by the Canadian National Railways. ac- cording to Mr. G. 0. Baker. act-

ifreinler Reserves

4-H Sewing Short Course

A molt successful Senior 4-H Club sewing abort course was completed yesterday at the Voca- iional School when 16 girls out of a clue of over thirty qualified for competition in the final test of skill which will be held at the Rural Youth Fair in September. The el.lmlna' made yesterday were because of age only. Gli-la between the ages of 16-!) are eligible for competition, with the winners being awarded an ax-

tar Fair and a chance the Dominion 4-H finals.

The three day course which was directed by Supervisor May- In Manning of the Women's In- stitute Branch had Miss Mary Robin and Miss Barbara Wood- side as instructors. The girls re-

to enter

celved talks on the choice of styles and colors as well as on patterns and materials. After a shopping tour for patterns and materials they were given a dem- onstratlon of pattern and mater-

Chief D. H. McNeill of New. Waieiiord. N. 5., was presenteo l with the Key of the City by His" Worship Mayor J. D. Stewart.

.D.S.0.. at the annual meeting of

Maritime liire Cl'iiefs'ii Annual Banquet And Ball

lllacliiiinon. Ph.D., Principal of Prince of Wales College, gave I highly interesting description of Charlottetown a hundred years ago, touching in detail on the

ll0wel,E.l.V he dld name Marcel. lllellllalllllnle Fire Chiefs Asso- fire! protection -methods of that gelalr of lllnnlreal as an alleged ciation over which the Mayor prr-- period and tracing the improve- nic in Monday's Guardian. Exan- post nlllu, robber wlm had deal, sided at the Charlotttown Hotel mcnts up to the present.

Iseline Beverages was inadverr ings with postal investigators and 15-fl "lEl"- Th? a""""""e"l9"l of

who. he said has often been seen

the arrival of the City Clerk con-

Following the banquet. the an- nual Fireman's Ball was held in

(ll-lnklng with lllem ll, lllomreal veying the Key under police es- the Charlottetown Hotel with mu-

bars.

He said Belair turned over in fpostal inspectors 328.000 worth of stamps about a ll't"Pl( after a 529.- l42 robbery from a post lfice in Montrcalis Nntv'c-Dam"(le- Grace district. He said Belair was .never charged with eithe; theft or

speeders, two of them anprehend- 'receiving stolen goods.

ed at Desable. ilic otiicr at South-

Mr. Dufresne said that as thc

port. were each fined 310.00 and investigators did not arrest or

costs or 10 days. and a person charge Belair they became a Temperance pliceg

charged under the

Act with possession of intoxicat- ing liquor in a place other than his residence was fined szooo

sentenced to 40 days each. Two charged with obstructing a police

officer each received 30 days in jail A drunk and incapable was sentenced to 20 days ihoid for good behaiiour).

FL.NERlL A1. POWNAL g The charge dismissed. For posscssionidugy and lmwel go bl-lug Belal,.lleF"'?l Ill”??-

funeral of the late Mrs. Beatrice Ann Judson was held from her late residence. 135 North River Road. yesterday afternoon to Pownal United Church where service was conducted by the Rev. G. Tilley and Rev. Dr. A. S. Weir. Pall hearers were Harold Smith. Roy

Herman, Wendell Mutch. George MacLennan. John MacRae. Roy Mutch. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Defer Building Ship For Nfld.

.(YI'TAWA. 'CP)-Building of a new transport department ship for the Newfoundland area has been deferred because of the sink- lug last winter of the government Icebreaker Lady Grey.

and costs or 30 days Another per- son facjng the latter charge pleaded not guilty and. when the evidence was heard. had the

of intoxicating liquor not purchas- led on his own permit. the accused days. Evidence for the prosecu- tion was completed in a charge lof assault causing bodily harm and the case adjourned for one week.

Personals Group Captain R. R. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart and son Ron

left for Ottawa today by train.

Centennial Year

On this your birthday hundred years.

We greet you with many cheers;

The cradle of Confederation:

Cornerstone of a great nation.

From the time of the stage coach

of one

m. after the fact. a more 's:rious charge than ”obs!"' 'ivi.r,' ljustice by shielding from ill"-'lP0 Ian alleged thief or receiier of lstolen goods."

1 The investigators. whom he des- lcribed as the post office depart- .menfls "secret police." had the

(O COIIH. l He demanded a full and com-

case. even if heads must fall.

N0 REPLY

some post office

from the government. However, Liberal supporters jeered several times while Mr. Dufresne spoke. (A c t l n g Postmaster -- General 1PiCkerSRill was not in the cham- ber. .

Mr. Dufreane said Belair was named an an alleged accompll by a man convicted of post office theft at Cabana. Que.. in lautumn of 1953. but was never brought to court.

Too. he said. a postal investiga- tor flew to Sept-lies, Que., with lBelair last Sept. 17 to find him a job under an assumed name with

can was made by the Town Crier dressed in habiliments of his ol- fice of a century ago. A capacity seated dining room l

carried 218 members of the or- anizalion and their fricnds. Head

n'll)lP guests in order of seatinr:

ivere: Rev. T. H. B. Somers, J. I). Hynclman. Mrs T. H. B. Som- crs. F C. MacC-illlvrny. Mrs. B. R. Watlc. H B. lllacNcilI. Mrs. B. E'ii'le .)l'icDonald. H. H. Jew- ell. Mrs. J. D Stewart, Dr. Franlr fVIac'(ivinv-n. Slayer J D. Stewart. F G, lliwiictl. .'lIrs. H. H. Jewell

sic by the Legionalres, conducted 3i

by Charlcs MacGregor with Al Blanchard at the piano.

At the morning and afternoon sessions of the Association the zirogram included a lecture and demonstration on fire detection and extinguishing equipment by Harold G. Bowes. M.E.. and Roy Pugh. Nova Scotla Board of In- surance Underwriters. An address was given by John P. Redmond. President International Associa- tion of Fire Fighters. Washington. DC.. who is a former Battalion

lion B Ffrirle M-'w')onalrl reprc Chief of the Chicago Fire D9D3Tl' glljvllq n....mle,. ll-nhgcnn, Mrs, merit He spoke on "Fire service "xv H lllcliie. B. R Wade. in Civil Defence Dlctnre of to-

ing superintendent of the Island Division who expressed the opin- ion last night that it would be some time before any changes would be advertised.

Murder charge

Elmer Hubert O'Connor. Glad- stone. was charged with murder as a result of the death of Wil- liam MacKenzie of Glen Martin. The charge was laid yesterday afternoon before Stipendiary Ma- gistrate Gilbert A. Gaudet at Georgetown. The charge read that Elmer Herbert O'Connor. of Gladstone. Kings County. P.E.I., on June 10. 1955. at or near Glen Martin, unlawfully did assault William Mackenzie and cause him injuries, as a result of which the said William MacKenzle died " f gue on June 21, 1955, and thereby did murder William Maclfenzie. contrary to section 206 of the Criminal Code.

The preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday. July if at 7 p. in. standard time at Georgetown before Magistrate Gaudet.

"Potato Bulletin

Although potato late blight has not yet been reported in the area covered by this bulletin service, it is quite possible that the disease

will appear before the end of July. This prediction is based on th

lncoumqemeni

There was no immediate reply:

llui" ll", ,1, S Wolsh. Rev. Father J. H l)iirrir-y. The head table guests -, ix ere niricd to their seats by Bari-v fllacflillivray. nlficial Cen-l Harry C. Lowe of Halifax was iircsentcd with an Honorary Life

was fined SKL00 and costs or 30 plele judicial lnvesllgatlon m llle Membership in the Association hi on "Fire Flgllllnll

llnlly S. Knight of Saint John, N.R.. as a token of apprcciationi for active service in fire fighting' organizations over a period of years.

Chairman and toastmaster Li.- Cnl. J. D. Stewart. D.S.0., Mayor of Charlottetown. called upon Rev. T. H. B. Somers. M.A.. S.T.M.. to make the Invocation which was followed by the National: Anthem. The toast "To the Mari- time Fire Chlefs' Association" was proposed by J. 0. Hvndman. Charlottetown. veteran insurance official and resnnnrlod tn hv Chief F. C. 'WacGillivray. Halifax To "Our Hosts. the City of Char- lntlclown and the Charlottetown Fire llennrtment." proposed by Chief B R, Wade. Kenivllle. N.

way.

The era of the one-horse shay.

From the modes of that by-gone time.

Up to the modern car stream-line.

Proudly you marched abreast of the time.

Advanced steadily in lihe.

Though small a city. as numbers

Transport Minister Mai-ler said in the Commons Wednesday funds originally intended for the New- foundland ship are being diverted to provide a replacement for the Lady Grey, which sank while breaking ice for the QuebecLevia ferry on the St. Lawrence river.

Mr. Mrirler said the Newfound- land ship-a supply vessel for transport department installations -will be built later.

boast. Yet you will deserve a toasf- To Queen Square with its flowers

K3)” To friends who pass the time of Howard Mclnnls

FITTED FOOTWEAR 175 Queen St. - Currie Bldg.

day.

To the wide streets with their busy throng-

What a way you have come along:

To our many churches we owe re- spect:

And ” "r" ,. of' fine architect'

Of your future status. this we tell.

The whole Dominion wished you well!

BIRTHS. MARIIIAGES. DEATHS 50: Per insertion

---Kathryn E. Murchison York Point

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Riots Marks

the streets chanting slogans. a raiding party broke from the pro- cession and charged forQhe Majes- tic. Other demonstrators forced their way into the nearby Hotel Gallieni. used as living quarters for lower-rank members of the truce commission and for some Vietmlnb Communist liaison offl- oera

BIRTHS

' VON-At the KlngsCoun-ii ty Hospital on July 19. to Mr.' and Mrs. Malcolm .VIacKinnon. Kilmuir. a daughter. weight I llI.. 0 ans.

0'SHEA-At the Charlottetown Hospital on July 20, 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Leo O'Shea (nee Flor- ence MIcCabel, a son.

.... Diem's government Wednesday night blamed "extremists in the pny of the Communists" for the attacks. After a special meeting of his cabinet. the premier dis- patched Foreign Minister Vu Man Man to call on M. J. Desai, Indian chairman of the truce commission. presumably to apologize.

In London, the British foreign office issued an official statement deploring "thla senseless outrage.” it called on the Vietnamese gov- ernment to "punish the petratora and to ensure that the commission can fulfill its impor- llIllv'ftl.D(:HoIIl with complete secur- ty.

One of the tourists in the hotel was Mn. Perle Meata. Washing-

N. D. Maeleen

UNDERTAKEB EMBALMEB

(harlottatown and North Wiltahlre

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V"! For the first time.

the Iron ore Company of Canada. ia,'al::::""g:?wL;. ”?..,(,:?,l',;',f,l,ll”'..-.f,; Cnmmmeel Tn "flue Ladies." ,,,..,,,,,,..,i by Chief William J. S. Walsh. Camnbelllon. N.B.. l'PSl'l0n- .MI in by MK V""".i' "- M” Kle. Monclon NR. Dinner music war by Al Blanchard and Kath-'

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To Prepare

impression President Eisenhower had accepted an amendment by

- . ll-ant '. fication. SUBJECTS INSEPARABLI 0 It was later authoritatively 1.000

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budged from the general Westernl OTTAWA (Cpl .. Most of the

position that German unity and European security are indissolubly. linked. i The point is important since the Russi-ans say bluntly the time is- not ripe for German reunification, and want to talk first about sec-1 urlty plans. l The West wants a united Ger- lmanypfree to choose the Western .defensive system if it wishes. and lslprepnred to offer Russia sec- urity guarantees. Eden. seeking as usual to find -the middle way. suggested it! lmlllht be possible to worlr for a lsf.-curity pact and reunlficaiioni simultaneously, providing) the pact was not so widely drawn as to de- lay realization of German unity. Eden also suggested some mid- ,dle ground might be found be-- ltween the five-power British sec-l lurlty Pl!!! '3lE Four and Ger-I lmanyl and the as or so countries which Bulganln proposed should join the pact.

FOUR-POINT BASIS

The draft which the foreign min- linfers are to prepare today 19 all be drawn up on the basis of folfl -points suggested by Eden. nameb lunlficatlon. a security pact. the llimltailon and inspection of forcea. -and creation of a demllitariud lzone.

price-reduced butter sold byl 9'9 government to Canadian hospitals and charitable institutions was from Quebec and Ontario. tlel: agriculture department reP0Tl Wednesday.

The department said in a re- turn tabled in the Commons for S- R. Balcom L-Halifax that 870.- 250 pounds of Quebec butter And 500.974 pounds from Ontario were sold by June I!) to BPDTOVM l"' stltutions at a 21-cent-a-Wund dlsi count. The program started Feb. 1.

Other sales. by provinces: Nova scam, 71.000; New Brunswick. 65.243: Prince Edward Island, 11.- 000; Newfoundland, and 7.000.

More than 1.000 lnstilutlons are buying the governments surplus stocks under the plan arranged by the agricultural prices support board." The 21-cent discount made the price to them 40 cents before April 3 and 36 cents after that date.

Fifth World Convention

TORONTO. tCP)- More than 8,000 delegates from 32 countries are expected in Toronto Aug. 10 to '21 for the fifth world convention of the Churches of Christ Dee- clplea.

External Affairs Minslter Pear- son and Premier Frost of Ontario will address session: of the con-

some do!- iegates were frankly pessimistic. Wednesday”: results indicated that; "'9 """i'””k l'"Pl”"W-'1 0' EUV vention. held once every five and West. no matter how soothing ynn ll ls bell-lg Mid in cum. its accents. still is far apart on M. the um um;

matters of substance.

ton society but (I f . A rig th international figures CBICTIOWOIOWI U. I. envoy to'ITii:eiaii'bou goniiiilg 0" '1” ”m”' l'""'- ' amii Ilphnclitd 9?: "Oil G"'"9ld 7954' F M H add she kept raiders out of her ”p”k"'m"' d”c”b'd ti" '""0'” prime minister of Southern Rho- Wl 9'". room by telling uiem --we are Phlfdralof nldlle Iileeltllzlsn an culling duln; sir Philip Menunt. Ana- x you friend hy u I 2"!-'0 u I "we on I ow in .and R. 0. Storey. 7. EIIIOI BL law Ibo ll::wto Sliigaapiiir-. "I llrtltgll usofcrilally ti: mun :',...l.l-i'Jl:tuli.9ieiytile American Bar Aa- lloctfldnl p-Am com)"-lo" - salesmen trying out new tecb- ' I 3 II "H "u namax. (CT-'1-Robert Stenln- nlwem but In the conference 0" 3””! nu mm.-dl M,” '. chamber they still agree to db tween differing Western and nor Humanoid A cggdltjon lg, 5039;”; agree.” L I H l I aim point of view, the president -15 hm...-1... - - n It aald.IIe suueatedthafour for- : 'rc..- M.--' .. ......'v --.r:-..."-- :':- hi-'-..-r.-.' or its W 401' I CC. ems II E E OW .....f ......"..'.'... .1 " " ” 156 Groin 600- it-

now no 3 "build a lrldll" be-lfaruoe.

In the negotiations. The problem settlement at a possible later

dav" Other speakers were Chief George Pattersonubalrtmciliith. S.. on "Communications. Chief Kenneth MacDonald. Baddeck. N. S. on "Administration Dulles '07 a Volunteer Fire Chief" and Chief William Walsh. Campbelllon, NB. as I have

found it."

Protest Oi-ebec Sor Halifax Skin Repair

OTTAWA. (CP) - Cost should not be the governing factor in de- termining whether repairs to fed- eral ships should be made on the east coast or in Ontario and Que-

bec shipyards. in Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative said Wednesday.

George Nowlan. .Digby-AnnnP0- lis-Kings. said during Commons study of transport department es- timates that if Canada is to de-

work should be allocated to the shipyards of the two coasts.

repairs. The Maritime; expected that if ships were to be built at Lauzon. Que. and Quebec City ll least repair work could be done in Halifax shipyards.