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Q, behalf oi the Progressive Conservative Party in this

yesterday's election, The people have spoken, and we accept the verdict with-

DECEMBQRJZ. 1947

rhose who voted for our Party

°"' ““°"'°"' w. J. r. MacMILLAN i ~ Leadei, v ’ Progressive Conservative Party. ALWQMQMQ, ... . 949'?

notice.

Effective Monday, December l5th the following trips will be

ll d: ltfimceiilcifiWfl 7.15 a.nl.

“ Tignisll 2i

Lv. n9 g _ 5 mersl u um Sunday only

ior Sumnserside 'and Tignish _ l5 p.m. daily ex. Sunday will be discontinued for the balance oi the season.

"hi. 2,15 p.m. will be operated on Sunday only.

tie l:l5 p.m. for Charlottetown will be operated on for balance of winter months.

ISLAND TRANSPORT LTI.

see

llcad iii Mission is Suspended '

l1. LOUIS NEVIN rials. 11cc. 11 - <AP> — The Fancy. Gdvnrliment toniflht 3°‘ llised Russia of using her repai- rlitiofl v-"olp l" F"“°' w ""4 pmmh vitiZt-ns to the soviet Un-

‘mky l1... tunic time the Govern- mém gilSllvlldfiii LL-Col. Raymond Mn-quir, head of the French re- tristlon mission 1n Moscow. for lilnadmis§ihie" declarations attack- i m m; nil-n government's policy

- lRixsifi.

‘oladrés niniile ministry described ilirquie. Iii. as a Communist. of long standing who received his ep- Ninhnrnt, from a Communist vet- erans minister.

1,. l note handed the Soviet. charge tlntfniriea, Alexandre Abro- mov. the French government de- clared 40 l-‘rench women and 20 m... para “assembled" in the So- vist repatriation camp at Beaure- "rd in September. 1945. 811d IMP‘ petl to Russia "without the know- lodge or the French authorities."

'rhe note said "they subsequent- ly asked the French elmbalsy for their repatriation and have "since returned to French territory.

lllITllS. MARAIAGES.

IIEATIIS 50c Per insertion

aurrns runs-at the 2.1:. I. Hospital

"l Fllillll‘. Doc. 5. to Mr. and Mrs. 5. E. Ptlnhn. a son, e 1b., 5 oz. MARRIAGES CA1 ENDISII UNITED PASTORAL GIMME“ - New Glasgow 1d. A.M. Cavendish 7.30 P. M. The Y. P. U. v1.1 meet at the Manse on Friday, Desembci- 12th, at a p_ M, All 1°11“; llreille are cordially invited to aitriltl. MscNEVlN -- DARRAOH — At the residence of Mrs. B. C. Prowse. 102 Dorchcster Street. on November 29.11. 11147. John Robert MacNs-vin l: Catherine Darrach. by the Rev. l‘. W. Gocdwlll. ' ROCHERTY — DIitcKINNON - At w: Ytfililrllfr of Mrs. B. C. Prowse, ~ Dorchesier Street. on Novetm- ber 26th. 1947. John Bertram Doc-h- all’ lo liorence Elizabeth Mac- mlylon, by the Rev. T. W. Good.

Ll-HLLIPS _- onus-tit the ree- Jlifi? of Mrs. B. C. Prowse. 1M llorchesitr Street. on Decanter y-‘lllmcs Albert Phillips to Lillian c5041 hiills. by the Rev. T. W.. tosliwiii 3313551011 _ itiunLEAN _ at the Dwh Etc cf Mrs. B. C. Prowse, 162 Mb lsrr Street, on the 5th day md Bcenlbcr, 1947, Dougald Alex. ls Dnrrutfn to Catherine Flor-

Ezfjzéllllylil-eln bv-the Rev. 'r. w.

DEATHS

. ' mfiEg:t)lv“-MSud;;lly st. cra. ' - e fl. ll MIMI‘ rerniwllllltll- Funeral Saturday from ‘t 2 lolinlffiifiénCC, service starting litigants _ In the Charlotte- m,’ Kgiylzltal on Thursday. Dec. 11. M; d“ hstrllte Anne MeoAleer. in- n ‘IJICAIPP 0f Mr. and Mrs. A316“; oer. Mt. Edward Road. ‘Itemoo Pal will take place this nemnl fltvn the A.A. Hennessey wmr icrne. lntenment in the ‘mull? cemetery, m MedlflllN-‘rhe death occurred 1| o’ Mord. Mass. on Sunday, Dec. ‘I u“ 11st. Sarah McMahon. widow ‘mm a e Capt. Peter" McMahon. “Mal, °f lllls City. Her revnelrse I m n Charlottetown last. even. y“; “Yip-filled by her daughter, " fllewsv. Ind .will l»- mne- omo the A.A. I-Iennessey Funer- ] m: from where the fsmernl ° place on Friday morning chug‘ l-"l- to Si. Bonovenburee‘ m‘. Tracedie Cross. for the m’ eh mass at. a e.rn. Interment in

ll. tlisclean

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"firth Ilitflse hoes m

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A. spokesman for the Ybrei!" Ministry said there still were Frenchmen in Russia who had bean unable to obtain exit visas to return to their homeland.

The French note today sa'd "the attention of sPHPBCh fllltllllrll-leli had been dratwn on numerous oc- casions to the presence at Beau- regard of persons who, under the terms of the accord. should have never been permitted there ...."

Francois‘ Mlttarand. veterans minister. announced the suspension of Mai-qule.

Marqule declared in a statement read gt. a Moscow press conference Wednesday that the expelling <1! each other's repatriation missions by France and Russia was not Russia's fault. He added that the French government's charges of subversive activities against ltwo members of the Soviet. mission were "without proof and false."

"Id those statements are con- firmed." one aide in the veterans ministry said. "he will be dismiss- ed and expelled from tho Army l“ soon as he gets back."

Election Highlights

(By The Canadian Press)

Though Prince Edward 15111114 has is land area of more than 2.000 square miles. only 295 polls were used in yesterday's general elec- tion. . . ,

Forty of the '17 candidates were farmers. natural enough in a Province where 65 per cent of the population lives on the land.

The man who travelled the 1on1:- est, distance to vote was J. Watson MacNaught. mmiber qt Ptlrllil- ment for Prlncevrldlng. He came down from Ottawa.

A total of 'fl candidates bore Scottish names. including four Campbell! and three each of clans MacDonald. MacIParlane, and MacLean.

There was one brother combin- ation in the running. The pair was Im-ne and Ernest Houston. full- nlng on the 0.0.11‘. ticket in 2nd Queen's. e

Mrs. .7. Walter Jones, wife of the Premier, spent the mornlnfl driving voters to the polls .

The turnout at Borden was so heavy that the returning officer was reported to have run out of ballots and e small disturbance ensued. What. action‘ would" be taken by Government or party officials was not known.

David Mathleson, elected on the Progressive Conservative ticket in Charlottetown constituency. is the son of a former Prflnier of Prince Edward Island. And his grand- father was a commissioner for the Northwest Territories.

The Liberals swept nine of the l0 seats in Prince County and were still in the race for the other. Prime Minister Mackenzie King wee Liberal member ror the Rd- eral Prince riding in 11110.

An official of the Island Tele- phone Company. Ltd., which turn- ed over to the Canadian Press and its members the compilation of returns, a chore it has done in the past: declared that lest night's results were known faster end were 1110M complete than any pre- vioul record. The decisive flash wee timed 1M p.m.. A.S.T. - two hours and 2s minutes after the polls closed while only four returns

Jwere outstanding at the end of the

night.

Six Survive Plane Brash

l1‘. JQHNI, Nfid. Dec. 11 — (CPl-‘fliree of the at: survivors among the l9 passengers and crew snesnbere of a United States Air Transport Commend plane which ofeahed riser the Goose Bay. Labra-

were removed to the hue hospital to- night. before felling darkness forced rescues! to leave the remaining three et-tbe oreds- lllftO under

snedtoei one in tuprovised melt- lea.

The Central Guardian

This column is reeerved for news of local interest, but odvertleln‘ of l‘ 1:1"! nature may be inserted a ve ceu e word strictly . able in advance. - "y

UIABWELI. for Plsotogrlphl.

RUMMAGE SALE-Trinity Soc- iel i-rati. Saturday at 3.80 an;

COOKS for graphs.

Christmas Photo-

MRS. VJOHNSONS LADIES’ WEAR-Bargains in dIES-HESJWQIL- ere. skirts, blouses, etc.

THE HON. F.A. LARGIPLC. will address the electors of First

Queen's at 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 over’ OFCY. . (WINES. Violins. Hemnonics,

JBW-Hllriite. Pianos. New Records at Tocmbs Music store.

IIUMMAGE SALE-Trinity Soc- lalI-Iall, Saturday at 3.80 P. M.

MARITIME CENTRAL AIR- WAYS three times daily to Mone- ton. Air and rail connections tc Montreal and Boston. Phone 2031 or 540.

TRYON IVASTORAL CHARGE of the United Church of Canada. Services on Sunday. December 14th as follatvsz-Tryon 11 A. M. S. S. 10 A. l1. Cape Traverse 3 P. M. S. S. 2 P. M. Crapaud 7.30 P. M. S. S. 11 A. M. Special offering at all ser- vices for the Murray Fund (Lay Associatlorfl. Rev. E. R. Woodside, B. A., Minister.

PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNC- ED-The following were the prize winners in the drawing made lest night at. a meeting of st. Dun- stanfis Basilica Altar Society: First prize, $25.00, won by Mrs. Fraser Cook, Provincial Sanatorium; 2nd. $10.00. E. Richard, C. N. Tele- graphs; 3rd, Fruit Cake. Mo's. Dr. W. H. Soper; 4th., $5, lvfliss Emma Gallant. City; 5th.. wool blanket, Mrs. Arthur DeCoste. City; 6th,. ‘$5. Bernard Campbell, City; 7th.. fruit cake. Sacred Heart. Home; 3th., $5. Miss lvizsrion Brown, City.

Personals

The many friends of Mrs. Eliz- abeth Cloiv, Maple Hills, will re- grci to leans that she is confined to her home. having the misfor- tune to fall breaking her arm.

0t1awa Liberals Are Jubilant

orrawa. Dec. 11 - (spevlelP Liberals were jubilant and Pro- gressive Conservatives downcast. in Parliament lost night when Fesulis of th'e Prince Edward Island elec- tlons came in half hourly by tele- lY

pe. Shortly after 8.15 UCIOCK when Premier Walter Jones‘ BOVQFYP ment was not. only re-elccted but had increased its majority in the Legislature. the Government lobby was full of smiling Liberal mem- bc-rs, those from Nova Scotla and New Brunswick telling the others how the victory was W011-

Although Justice Minister Il- sley. senior Cabinet member for the Marltimes and regarded as the Island's spokesman in cabinet council was busy piloting the em- ergency measures for conservation of foreign exchange through the House. he took time off to send out the following comment to The Guardian:

"Naturally I am very much pleased with this decisive result. I-t is the third electoral indication within the last six months of the hQeslthy condition q! the Liberal Party in the Maritime Provinces. Further, it is a gratifying tribute to Premier Jones and his admin- istrn-tion.

“This ls the first provincial elec- tion since the recent Dominion- Provlnclal tax agreements were concluded. I am glad to see that the people of Prince Edward Is- land have endorsed the agreement bctvxeen the Dominion and that Province".

Seven-Year Sentence For Manslaughter

II. JOHN'S. Nfld» X i Q (UP) -— John Joseph Young. I guilt-y of manslaughter in the shooting of his neighbor Benjamin Webb Oct. 14, was sentenced to seven‘ years’ imprisonment here today by lvlr. Justice J-A. Winter of the supreme Court.

Witnesses testified that Young had practised target-firing with a .22-calibrc rifle at his home near St. George's on the west coast be- fore Webb died of a heart ‘wound from a bullet of that ealibru

fear 20 Killed In Transport Brash

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 1d. — (APl — A United States Arm! Transport with 20 persons report- ed eboerd crashed on I wooded hillside near here early tonight. end first reports indicated that all its occupants were killed.

Army puthotitiel aeld that l! bodies had been taken from the wreckage. A few minutes later- the Commercial Appeal said that its reporters had counted l0.

The crash occurred about two miles directly south of the Meme phle airports. Observers laid the

plane may have struck the radio ‘directional towers which send out ‘aviation beame-

TljIE GQA§DIAN,___CHARLOTTETOWN

(Canadian Pres)

Incomplete tabulation by the canadlan Press of the partywote 1°!‘ Afllmlblyman-the closest ap- proximatipn to a popular-vote compilation in the Prince Edward Island election-showed that Lib. l-‘Pfllfi Dolled 5i per cent. Progres- sive Conservatives 45 per cent and 6.0.5‘. four per cent.

It ls impossible to obtain an ex- Llberals _....21.822 (3)47 P. C. 19,323 (45) c. c. r. 1.93s <4) Others Total .. __ 4,3930

Polls reported: I16 of 236. Troops Move Into Rome To

I Assist Police nous. Decfllinxf-U-Dotofl-

clients of Italy's three fighting services moved into Rome tonight after police had spent a harassed dill? trying to keep order among large crowds made idle by a para. lyzing leftist. general strike.

Day-long hopes of an early end of the strike, the first general walkout in Rome since pro-Fascia; days. were thrown down by the Communist-controlled chamber of labor tonight in a strongly worded communique which threatened "energetic methods of battle" if the Government did not release all arrested strikers.

The chamber, ivhlch called the Strike bezinningtoday, voted to reject Government terms for win- ter unemployment relief in Rome and Province, decided to continue the walkout and assailed the Gov- ernment for alleged "Fascist me- thods" in attempting to break the strike. christian Democrat labor leaders who declared the strike had "political" purposes. were call- ed "scabs?

A battalion of‘ regular army troops with full ‘he'd equipment m "ed into Piazza Ccionna when p0 ice, their patience wcarlngthln.

lrtlan bucking their jeeps into crowds. Sailors stood guard over the

Navy lvllnstry. and Air Force per- ieonnel at Air Ministry installat- ons. ,..

Mounted police paraded through the centre of the city and army armored vehicles toured the out- skirts.

Rovlng squads of strikers went about closing establishments which had failed to observe the strike call. but few serious incidents were reported.

A p-o‘1'ce officer was injured when police began removing a. strce‘ barricade in the Quartiociolo sec- tion. and a. youth who jeered po-

I-Iappy at gett placed Persons lll Germany who d Heintzclman for a trip to Sydney,

. .

Molotov chattel that

v Australia. less who will find haven in Australia.

Liberals Polled 51 Per Cent 0f Vote

act popular-vote tabulation ‘oe cluso ‘of voting qualifications. which for Assemblyman are less restrictive than for Councillor. Fifteen Assemblyman and 15 Cour.- cillors are elected as members of the (tn-seat House. The vote for Assemblyman is used because the franchise for Assemblyman in- cludes all voters on the Island. The Assemblyman vote follow; (percentages bracketed):-

IW 19.19 20.835 <52) x557 (5a) 18.721 (m) 19,359 (-111 722 (—-) 19a 40.404 45,910 . The Councillor vote:- ioel 194.3 19:19 Lib. 16.4.32 14,557 11,25; P. c. 14.546 13,128 12,481 c. c. F. .. 1,910 46a Others . . s9 19a GRIIEINWICH NOITS The farmers of Greenwich are busily encased the past week get-

ting their threshing done before the weather gets too rough.

Mia; Elaine MacEwen, who has been a patient in the Children's Hospital at Halifax, has returned to her home by plane, accompan- ied by Dr. Acker.

Friends of Mrs. Robert Suther- land are sorry to learn she is con- fined to her bed for the past two necks, and wish her a speedy re- covery.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston MaoEwen of this vicinity, motored to Char- lottetown on Monday on business

Miss Edith MacBwen of Green- wlch spent the past weekend vis- iting her sister in Charlottetown

Mr. Robert Sutherland and daughter, Roberta, motored to the City on Tuesday. Gran

BUOHAREST, Doc. '11 —(AP)- Illegal Jewish emigration from Romania to central Europe has been halted to avoid "swelling the number of Jewish displaced pel- sons in Germany awaiting to go to Palestine. a kesman for Zionist and Jewish organizations here announced today, He said the step was taken before the United Nations decided Nov. 29 to partl- tion Palestine.

liqe at the “five points" inzersec-

tion of Via Tritone was clubbed into unconsciousness.

Police said 80 persons who ap- peared with unauthorized “civil police" armbands were arrested and 50 or 60 other persons had been clctained for attempi-‘ng tc blockade public buildings. ob- structlnz traffic and forcing shops to close.

lng a chance to make a new start in life. the group above is part of 344 D15. etrained at. Brent erhavcn to board the U. S. Army Trnnieor‘. General This is the first shipment of 12,000 of the wars home.

At e reception in the soviet Ihilsaesy in' Inn don. Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) shakes hands with Soviet Foreign Minister V. ll. Molotov es Holotovb deputy. Andrei vlshlnsky (right) watches. Friendly atmosphere wee lacking. however. at the Council of Foreign Ministers whore

llerlliell “epoch d German unity only II the sake of form."

A view of the joyful arrival in Haifa of the British ship, “Ocean vigour" with a group oi 1.420 babies born in the Jewish rciugce deten- tion camps of Cyprus. The vigour was one of the ships that had the unpleasant task of taking “exodus" refugees back m Hamburg, Ger. many. This time it was a ship of happiness. The Palestine Govern- ment permitted the infants with parents and all orphans under 17 to

enter the Holy Land regardless of

rate the birth of an independent Jewish

the arrivals.

quota. They came in time to celeb- stale. British soldiers nelpu

Manitoba Plans To Retire Debt Over 34 Years

Violence hinted In Strike At Rome

ROME. Dec. 12—-(1“riday)_(p_p) -Hlnts that violence would begin soon and an unofficial police “g- Port that 20.000 Communist par- tisans from the north were gash. ering in Rome were heard early today as the Capital's paralyzing general strike entered its second ay. only fl few disturbances were reported during the first 24 hours of the leftist-led strike. ‘Day-long’ hopes of an early end o. ‘L16 strike. the first general \va.k011t in Rome since IlFC-FESClSi. (lays were t1*.1"a".~.'n down yesterday ‘oy the Chamber of Labor in a, 5-1” " communique ‘Giltiflfid "energetic meth- ttle" if the Government

slid not release all arrested strik- S.

BY E. L. WILLIAMS

Canadian Press Staff writer

WINNIPEG. Dec Ll — (GP) — Manitoba is six months along the road o: a 34-year debt-retirement plan which her treasury officials describe simply as a "sensible ap- proach."

This is what it. provides:

1. Payment of existing “dead- lweight" debt of some SBBDOO-OOO within the next 34 years—the bulk of it within 24 years.

2. Retirement of any new indeb- tedness within approximately 20 years of the date of issue.

Thus. the plan does not mean the province will be debt-free within 34 years, but. the present “dead- weight" debt will be wiped out and provisions made for orderly re- tirement of any new commitments.

It does not include provision for debt incurred by publicly-owned utilities which look after their own affairs.

The deadweight debt, which of- flcials define as debt that is not entirely self-sustaining, comprises the major part of the province's inebtedness and results. for example from money borrowed for con- struction of a bridge. to pay salaries or any other purpose which does not bring visible revenue in re- turn.

Debt Retirement Reserve

The plan. as announced in Prem- ier Carson's budget speech last March and enacted into law in April. includes these provisions:

Existing sinking funds cf about 018.000.1700 earmarked for retire- ment of the deadweight debt. have been transferred to what ls called the debt retirement reserve. For the next five years an ad- ditlonal $l.000.000 will he paid in. but after five years this special sum may be discontinued at. the government's discretion. Not‘ charged to this reserve. but paid out of current revenues. are foreign exchange. bank charges on old and new debts. interest. sink- ing fund and debt discount on new bond issues. Treasury officials state that the plan was made possible in large measure by the province taking advantage of wartime revenues to cut down its interest and exchange charges by more than 83.000000 a year compared with 1934 anti by "stability" imparted to revenues by the Dominion-Provincial finan- cial agreement. .Under the agreement. the pro- vlnce will receive a guaranteed irreducible minimum payment of 019,500,000 a year. and Premier Garcon told the legislature that most years this sum will he raised in accordance with what has been celled the escalator clause.

Second Offer Accepted

This clause permits an intricate calculation each year based on variations since 1M2 in Manitoba's population and in the per capita gross national product of Canada. If the result of the Calculation is lees than the guaranteed minimum figure. then the guaranteed figure is subsituted.

At the time. Premier Gtirsotl said that while the federal government's offer was not as satisfactory as the original which "certain other" pro. vim-es rejected. “we nevertheless were of the opinion that Manitoba's position under this second offer would be substantially more sat- isfectory than without an agree- ment." .