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FAMOUS SERGEANT MAJOR

Service Order three times tn World War I and risen to tun "nu o;

full colonel then to enlist and go

1040 as a sergeant major tnakes REM. Albert James of .9613 Henri Jullcn Street) Montreal, perhaps the most. colorful soldier aboard the Aquitanis which brought. the last of the Canadian troops homo Tues- day. lie enlisted at Osgoode, near Ottawa, and when overseas was

arrested so many times for wearing written telling military polico that

dlstlnctlon. Here he is being interviewed by Jack Breyley. cansdlnn He was among hundreds who were carried westsvard aboard "troopers."

Press.

tvrn Canadian Pacific Railway

Having won the Distinguished

overseas with the 1st Division in

his D80. he had to have a letter he was entitled to West‘ such high.

(CPR. Photo)

Composite High School As War Dead Memorial Indorsed By Veterans

Arctic Explorer 0n Visit IIere

c8111. Joseph H. Bernard. Arctic "H1101" W110, a quarter of a cen- lullv ozo made national history \\".ll1 his slltlp, the "Teddy Bear",

' is the gut-s. of LleuL-Governor

J. A. Bcrnu und Mrs. Bernard. Culmtin Bernard. wlliose home is in (ftn-cdobn. Alaska. came to the Province some weeks ago to visit. 1P5 relatives. He csme nearly all 111" wu from Alaska by plane.

Coming Events

“Kinkors Dance. good music “"11 lunch. Friday. Jon. at.

‘ ' ' Klnkura Dance. good music. 111565‘. Jan. 24. » "Notice: Unloading car hay

A1111 wit" o! wheat today and Fri- "“‘- 9- C- Grccti. Emerald.

“' 11110‘ lo urrlvc. Mixed Clover and \",1°'h»‘_ HM‘- BOOK Your orders. Mn Lnrr. Klnkorn.

Rflflffil Royalty vs. Hurtful‘ River "“"~-‘» m. New Glasgow Rink to- "11-111- Game starts 8.30. “Tilvqkvv. East Royalty tonight, c]? 11M Besrcats vs. Royals. nltute after. K"A1tentlon farmers o! lantern “lugs! We want a quantity of 5"“ “N10. Eastern Packing 00.. ourls. h'l'/“'1‘1V1I‘-’l at Albany soon. car iltlgflletficlllvllég; for bedding, insulat- MaCKMI-i or curly. J‘. George

. e ‘Iflwlns hm tot- Clnldl Pack- d" 1M. sLMtI-rrsy Harbour. Mo... d“ "flurry run. Melville, Tues- IY- mo. John r. Bock.

O C ‘cftllwtins Hm won fildly for "m"! Packers Ltd. for trucklrg b“"°°~ "\f0\fs11 Summorvillc. Al- "TY 7mm. Vernon River. Avon-

dale and 1g I“ ma‘ "While. Phone Gordon

“There wtu be c meeting of u: “Pvvrters o! the Progressive Con- mPH" Pity o! Johnston's Rive: nth It I P. M. o'clock on lsnuary Er . at. Frank ‘Ifninor. All “f ""1 Iwportsrs m invited '1 ‘M- Ullfld mo! ‘rrshior. Jflirmaa. ~ _

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"W5 hi" In Mock Ind to‘,

A resolution endorsing the move- ment. to: the erection ot a compos- its High School as a living memor- Ial to the dead of the Second Great War was passed at the regular ntcntltly meeting of the Charlotte- town Branch of the Canadian Le- gion held in their Grafton Street quarters lost night.

In moving the motion. Mar. Wal- Lhem Gttudet stressed the need for an educational institution of this kind to relieve the present. over- crowded conditions in the tour city schools. l-le felt. too. a resolution from the Lcgion nvculd greatly strengthen the hand of the School Improvement League who were in- terested in such a venture and who had already done much for educational improvement in the

clty. Other speaker; who ttnored the

(Continued on t»... 5 Col. a)’ I I Dairy Counctl ll {Elects Cfltcers

1 WINNIPEG. Jan. 23 —— (GP) - ‘R. O. Smellle of Russell. MBIL, was ‘re-eIet-lcd president. of the National ,Dairy Council of Canada nt its an- Ytuul convention ltere Icday for his second term. Lea Marshall of Jar- vis, Ont... nprl GJNI. Carlyle of Calgary were named vice presid- this. W.K. St. John of Ottawa was re- elected secretary treasurer. Directors of the dairy council elected Included: Nova. Scotls-JJ. Creighton, Tatsmougouchefi A]. Johnson, Halifax; Now Brlluiwlok -J.E. MoLeanI Harvey Station; Prince Edward Island-J A. Sim- monds. Charlottetown. Directors at large elected in- cluded: 0.0. MacLennstt, Truro.

Soak Federal Alt! For IIsw Brunswick Potato Industry

Fur Prices Trend

port today an the

IIABTLAND. N. Bu Jill. 29- (CH-Wlth 51,000 bsrrsls o! potatoes still unnurketod in (this Carleton County area alone, p large number of muni- otpal. agricultural sad ship- Dlng organizations sent bols- grsms today 0o Agrloulmro Minister Gardiner at Ottawa, urging Fedora] asolstanco.

A. D. McCm, s-Iorenee ille, Ind ll. C- Gresnlaw, MBA. Millvlllo. reps-scouting tho Now Brunswick ,. ‘ ‘ industry, will moot Mr. Gardner tomorrow. The dslogution hopos to ob- lsln a subsidy enabling htr “P011 Prloel. which at present are said Insufficient to moot production costs.

Sums table stack Is moving h Mtllltltll It ‘L30 5 bflrrel but Ihlnmenu of seed potatoes have been halted. A seasonal 59 PM‘ cent lncrsus h: United 5mm duty on seed. sttsettvs this week. has stopped n!“ to that. country.

Spokesman for the ' ’ stry said the only hope n! mug". "ll tho crop nttll In runners’ hands lly In some form of Fed. oral sulstsnco.

Continues Downward

REGINA, Jan. ZJ—(OP)—A re- Saskatchewan fur marketing service sale Jun. l7, showed decline In prices of furs to 60 per cent of last Jan- uary's levels.

Wild ml prices. however. were 20 per cum above those of sales last month.

Prices of all types of silver fox dropped 40 to 60 per cent. from last January's levels and whiis nil; short-hairq types of wild furwere In demand prices dropped 20 to 40 per cent.

The guvernmexlt-otvnetl agency reported that ermine and squirrel prices dropped 35 per cent from last January but long-haired fur showed little action.

The drop was in line with re- cent sales 1n Canada and the United States, the report said.

MONTREAL. Jan. 23—tCP)-—Dc- elines of from 30 to 50 rcr cent. compared with January, 1946, xvcre shown today in, prices paid for furs sold at. the liunacltay; Fur Auction Sales Compzny‘: January salt‘.

Auction o-Ificluls suld the price of Fisher. blue fox and white fox declined 30 lwr cent; muskrsts declined 35 per cent, marten 40 per cent and ermine 50 per cent.

Percentages of lots sold were announced as: Fisher 65, blue Iox, 40, white fox l6, muskrnts ~16, martcn 97 and ermine 58.

Jamaica Citrus Crop Below Expectctlons

KINGSTON. Jatnaica. Jan. 23 -— (CP Cable) -- With the current citrus crop far below cmecttttlons. announcement was tnude today thflt shipments to the United Kingdom uni New Zealsnd will be cut to dbout 50 per cent of normsl.

EARTH SHOCK REP ORTEU

PASADENA, OallL, Jan. 20- (Al-D-An earthquake ot modcrlto Intensity was recorded today at. 8:04.53 a.m. P-Sfl‘. at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Char- les Richter, selsmologist. reported the distance and direction could

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(lly Clyde Blackburn)

WASHINGTON, Jan. fl-(OM- Protests against existing Oanadtht tariffs on shoe board and skit“ were heard today by 111° Wmmn‘ too for reciprocity Inform-titan as hearings continued preliminary t0 negotiations of new trade urea- rnents with l8 countries Including Csnsdaw

Tho committee ‘was 11w urged to recommend ustnn my chum In m tn-ttr on-mtp Ind vow‘ 1M Canada mike inroads on tho do-

gloom lfllstlo container plpk bond tn- "d" Illd Mlle. Uri Lotus W11?!- - and Flea powdetglur-Qt. a g. Osmpbsll lesson. soerotsry of terminator! . a ‘Iron the National Iosttm- 1mm 0on- 1" warm g; mg‘... tmneo Oorporltlofl. sold Camus ‘N's-t for m “up. w... w otuoyod a mum sum mm o! “kid- ohus about“ t; 3 10 per cont on shoe board (used In t. uvqtmg tho rmnufneturo of shoes) whllo

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._.._...___.__-_----~--—~ Camds hsd to hurdle I "l1" 01 h peg cent, "l. trsvtnty on the word ‘reciprocity.’ "

The Canadian industry was about to loss the Australian mar- ket, ho sold. because a pllnt was being eltsbllshcd there. Net-or- theless a new plant hld rocetttly been sot up by "Bennett. Umthd". the largest. Csnddtan. producer- The only nhturst outlet tor Om- sdlan surplus wu to the Unttod Stator. "'

Ir. loosen slid M hoped that wlton the Ststs Depot-uncut n10- ttstos a new reciprocal trsdo agreement with Csnuda It will not make claims of concessions by Canada u It all lutttiuto.

"Aoyouo who cslll It s ‘concu- ston’ when sajunlt-alosblo sl-toot Will ls Iowsrod to 30 feet doesn't

know the economic facts of llfo,"

Coltlen Wedding

The lion. B. W. LePage. ex-Lieut- Governor of the Province, and Mrs. 110F350 are celebrating their gol- den wt-dding anniversary today. They were ntarried on Jon. 25, 1897.

Feed Grain Again Begins Moving East

(By The Canadian Press)

WINNIPEG. Jln. 23-—Feed grain from Western Cartadu ls again beginning to flow to the livestock feed lots and dairy farms of Eastern Can- ada and a critical shortage is believed to have been averted. the Winnipeg Tribune sold today.

The Tribune said the welt.- ern feed grlin you going over Csnadlsn Paoltlo Railway llnss and that sn embargo placed by the Csnmllan National Railways on all eastbound shipments of coarse grains hnd nlrettdy been purtlnlly fllfted.

Sees Opportunity For tLS. Pcultrymen

HALIFAX, Jt1.n._ 23 ~ 1C?) -— Novs. Scotin poultrymcn were urged 1o participate in Canada's egg can- lfict. W\1l Britain by FEW. Walsh. provincial dcpttty agriculture min- lster. who issued a statement to- night on the occasion o1‘ shipment 1.800 cases of eggs to Britain. Nova Seotials first contribubon under the wntrsct.

Profitable production under the contract could only be c-btained by formers with units of 500 hens 0r more but Nova Fcoiis. farmers pct‘- ticlpatlng would have "a guaran- teed market for at least two years and If the program ls supported properly, the market will Inst for indefinite additional years." Mr. Walsh said.

"Since filial grading is done n! Hnlifttx." he added, "farmers here lmvn m1 typportutlllv t... secure ltighct- grading for their eggs by ‘season of the ft-tct that. they nrc fresher by as 11111011 as three or four days than eggs from other put-ts o! Canada." -

Ba.‘ Ass’n To Moot In Iluuboc Fab.‘ 1-D

(By The Cunndlan Press,

QUEBEC. Jnn. 23—The Canol- lan Bar Association will hold its winter meeting hcrc Feb. 7-8. it was announced today. Chief Jus- tice J. C. McRucr of the Ontario Supreme Court will preside ovcr the sessions. to be attended by about 120 delegates.

B. C. To Continua Three-cont Ca: Tax

VANCOUVER. Jan. 23 -—(CP)—— Tho three-cont gasoline tax recently relinquished by the Federal Gov- ernment will be used lu- tho malnte and bcttenncnt of the road system in British Columbia." Hon. Herbert Artscontb. Finance Minister tn B.C.’| coalition govern-

Meighen Says Dr. Butler llatl “Pipe-Dream”

(By The Canadian Press)

TORONTO. Jun. 23-121. Hon. Arthur lvlclglten tonight described as a “pipe-dream” statements st New York Wednesday by Dr, Nicholas Murray Butler, pregl- dent emeritus of Columbia Um. varsity, who said that at a con- ference in the summer of 1921 representatives of Canada. Aus- "81111 and New Zesland threaten- ed to break sway from t-‘ne Brit- ish Empire. Mr. Melghen was Conservative Prime Minister of Canada at that time und the Canadian Govern- ment representative at the 1921 Imperial Conference. In a state- ment issued tonight Mr. Melghen said he agreed with Rt. l-Lon. W. M. Hughes of Australia. another domflnlons’ representative at the. talks with Prime Minister Lloyd George, that the Butler state- ment was "a fantastic skeleton." Mr. Melghsn added: "But at least so far as Canada is con- cerneddt 1s not so much as n skeleton. It ts s plpc-drcsnt.

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New llome For Cardinal McCuigan

(By The Canadian Press) TORONTO. Jan. 23 ~ A new home for Toronto's James Card- “lnsl McGutgsn-the Itiilghfiflll Mc- Carthy estate opposlte St. An- drew's GoILOoui-se-Itns been pur- chased. l1: has been learned, and plans are proceeding for altering 1t for the new tenant. Amount of the transaction and cost. of the changes to the flnc residence Brave not been revealed. The present Archbishops’ palace on Wellesley Place has long been considered unsuitable.

Ship Frozen Smells By Air

A Maritime Central Airways pftme turned fish transport yesterday. carrying a. cargo of more than three tons of frozen smelts from the Magdalen Islands to Chorlottwonvtt. At least. part of the fish will go to the New York market.

Capt. A.E. Ashiieid flew the Douglas C-4'I to Grindstottc Island to pick up the fish for the Eastern Parking Company. With hlm as co- pilot was John Clark and Mr. E A. Gallant. ntanagcr of the Packing Company’.

Usually llsllellllcn in the Mug- dnlens discontinue fishing slllclls at the close of nrtvlgntiott but this year they tried for the first time cotttmtllxig somewhat longer tutti shipping by sir.

Very little upcu water was {can between Prince Exiwartl Islrtrd and the Magdalcus. Mr. Cnilatu said. but. he added that the hcnvy north- ern ice had not yet arrived. l-le said the thermometer stocd ut five be- lmv zem when thcy arrived at Grlndstorte yesterday" and that n ZS-miles-rer-hour wind was blowing.

$20,000 Barn Fire At Ilillshcro, II. S.

MABOU. N. 8.. Jun. 23 -(CP)— Fife early today levelled the barn of Nathaniel Smith of nearby Hills- boro destroying B0 head of register- ed cows. six horses, a flock o! sheep and nearly 300 hens. Damage ls el- tlmsted It $20,000.

The" flames. '01 unknown origin. were first discovered about 5:30. The farm was widely known for its

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By John LcBIane OTTAWA. Jan. 2s —(CP)—A

ed negotiations for settlement of the l-larltlmc coal wage dispute ap- peurcd 1r. prospcct tonight, height- cxlittg the threat of s Jan. 31 strike of 13.000 miners.

Neither union nor company lwkcsmen gave ground in confer- ences today—secottd day or nego. tlatlons hero-and a source in touch with the talks said they probably would be broken off to- morrow if tho stalemate persisted.

The United Mine Workers o! Aimerlca (C.C.L.) still was star-cling by lts original demand for a gen- eral wage increase of $2.50 a day. While Dominion Steel and Coal Cor- boredom-largest operator in tthe Mar1tImes-—hsd not moved from its offer o1 graduated raises up to $1 a day. informants said.

The impasse persisted despite some earlier expectation: ln offic- ial quarters that the U.M.W. might scale down its demands somewhat in the face of Dosco‘; claimed In- ability to ntect them and the gov- ernments statement to tho confer-

ence that it would not finance wage increases through further subsidies to the industry.

The Government, through Labor

Minister lliitcthell. tnndolsnowtt its stand onsubsldlos yesterday after Dosco had asserted its finances would mt permltralscs of.’ the magnitude sought by the union. Paying the U. MAKE-sought. raises without more subsidies, Dosco held. would mean $4 s. ton would have to be added to the sellirn, price of coal.

The Union. it was understood. challenged the slu of this price raise and presented figures purport- ing to shcov the additional tonnage cost would be considerably below $4-

wut Move on... In Reply ‘Io Speech,

Subscription Delivered 86.00. Mall 85.00, other Provinces I U. I. A. 87.00

R p tvttutttt to ACCEPT NEW ux AGREEM

Ottawa Coal Talks May End In

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Would Like To Revive Health. Security Plans

fktEDkllilCTON, Jazn. 23 —-lCP)‘ -—Prcxtiicr McNsir announced today that the New Brunswick Goveu- ntcnt is prepared to accept the Du- miltiutt‘; new proposals os the basis of a new tax agreement with tho Federal Government. The an- nouncement came following ycs-_ terdays tnccting of the Provincial Cabinet.

Federal Finance Mitiislct" Abbott was advised last night of the Pro- vlneial Government’: attitude.

At the same time. Premier Mc- Nalr expressed the hope that gen- eral acceptance of the ns-w pro- posals would open the way for a. revival c,f discussions between the Dominion and the Provinces on

Mr. J. Watson McNaught, M1‘.

O'I'I‘AWA. Jan. 23—tCP)-Pritttc Minister Mackenzie King announ- ced tonight names of t\vo Liberal members who will move and st:-

Former Local

Sack. Snow Conditions Worst In Amara

REGINA. Jan. 23 -—(CP)-—-OI11Y one group of towns and villages. those along the Radvllle-Lsntpman llne. B0 mlles south of here. re- mained snowbound tonight as rail- way officials predicted n complete clean-up by the week-end of the worst Saskatchewan snow condi- ti-ons in 40 years.

Goodwater, a town of about 185 persons on the 80-mile uiicleored line, expected to greet a train late tomcrrotv laden with bread. sugar, yeast and other groceries whlcu have not reached the town for l7 days. Fuci stocks are close to de- pletion but n new supply ls due

to arrive Saturday. ,_

Some Concern S’sitle Station May Not lie-open

A recent announcement by the Dr-prtrlmettt of National Defence that. theta" will be n reduction o] twcnLv-flvr- percent in the num- ber of men in the permnnettt alt- force has cattswd some roncrru locally that the Summctsidc stu- tlon may llfll b» (‘Q-opcngd m. 1ilanncd. Although no official u-ortl has been rr-cclvcd to this effect thc mutter ls considered tn be serious cnoug-h for Federal rcprvsctttntit'rs and others to concern themselves in the mat- ter.

The Summcrsidr stntlon is an air navigation school. the only one in the R.C.A.F'. and although It has been on a "care and maln- trnancc" basis for some months past with loss than one hundred mcn on Its personnel It was scheduled to rc-open this spring

(Corttinuml on Page 5 Col. l)

llockeyist Dies At Victoria

VICTORIA. Jan. 23—-tCP)— Known at one Limo as the greatest speed klni 1n the his- tory of Maritime hockey, James Edward Williams, 65. a veteran hockey player who was born in Charlottetown, died here today.

Fonnerly of Burkcrvillc. Mr. Williams played hockey for Cranbrook in 1811 and Inter with the Trail Smoke Enters. He ups prominent in hot-key circles In Charlottettnvn about Che beginning of the present: century and later played with a New Glasgow, N.S.. team until he went to Western Can- ada about I906.

He was n son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Charlottetown. Besides his wldow at. Vlctorla survivors tn- clude, a daughter. Mrs. Dunlltl McLeod in Charlottetown; u son, He. James Wllllnms with the Canadian Anny In Snow- shoe. Alta.. and flve brothers. Fred In Calgary, Hudson C‘. in tlhe FIJI Islands‘. George In Summerstdc. and Bert um]

c-ntl oct-tptatice of the address in]

the general program which was

‘under consideration at the recent Dominion-Provincial conference.

"The public investment proposals ttml Ihc social security and ltcallh yilzms there under stud)’. and W1IlL‘1_\ with the taxation agreements fortu- cd rm Integrated economic and so- cial program for the whole of Can- ada. are of nmjor importance," 11s declared.

reply to the Speech from thej _ Throne when Parliament tipcns 1'18 Bddedthat 1110')’ 1311114 111 i111‘ 1,9113,“ 3Q parlance Wllh the financial ar-

Movlng acceptance will be J_ rangements upon which agreement Watson MacNaught. member for 110W 15 1191118 791E115!-

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QM- N. S. Farmer Loses

LIIo When Barn Burns

INVERNESS, N.S-. Jan. 23 <CP)-l~‘tntersl services were hols yesterday at North Lake Ainsllq about. 10 miles from here. for Archi- bald. C. MacLcan, 71. who lost ltltg life ln a farm firc there Saturday.

Origin of the blaze still ls tut- known. MacLean died in an at- tempt to relapse livestock from 1nd flaming bum. 'l‘wo horses, 10 hmd of cattle and farm tnachlncry worn lost

The late Murdock MacLean. for- mer Federul Government statistic- ian was a brother.

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Parley "Chick" In Charlotte- town. A sister. Mrs. Tess Gar. rctt also resides in Charlotte- town.

Hln brothers In Charlotte- town operate tho Williams hut house on Upper Prince Street.

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SASKATOON. Jun. 2:; Mtge.

Until the livestock industry is or. a sound economic basis there should be no talk about nllllltlls of settlers

las of Saskatchewan told n ntceting 0d the Saskatchewan Livestock As- sociation here last night. If (‘an- ndn span‘. as much in flvc yearn on water cottservnttott Rs was spent on the war in two necks. Iherc uould ‘be a complete change i-n 1h.- live- stock lndustry. he said.