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I i _ y The Associated Press)

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 27-A flash flood caused by a cloudburst followed by pounding rains, inundated much of picturesque San Antonio today, causing 10 known deaths and scores of injuries. Rescue workers feared others may have lost their lives.

Property damage was estimated at millions of dol- lsrs.

Hundreds were reported‘ missing earlier today b}- city police. Most oi’ them have been accounted for after being rescued from trees, rooftops, and isolated homes, but the fate of many is still in doubt.

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'- Among the dead werrlour un- identified military policemen.

M; the height oi the storm. water swirled inches-deep about the famous Alamo but did not get inside.

Many persons still are maroon- ed and a fleet of boats is being sent to San Antonio from Austin to ald in rescue work. The Rtd Cross sent relief workers from St. Louis to augment the San An- tonio stall’. Raiderlts on the B!!! Antonio River below the city were warned to evacuate as the glood swirled southward.

The danger to San Antonio lt-f self has not fully abated. although flood waters are dralninfl f1'°11'1 its streets, some six feet under water during the 510ml-

olmos Darn on the northern edge of the city i! Btfllldlili "5 severest test. Water is backed 35

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Coming Events

"Talkies Morell Tuesday. "Talkies iualpeolu W¢<1n==4IY~

"Open Air Dance at Cavendish Restaurant tonight.

"Dance Emelald Hall Monday nlg-ht. Sept. 30th. good music.

"Poultry buying daily live and 4 c‘! it , ing top mar- kxsliricgolgagl}; rgalliraser. Ltd.

"Buying daily live and dressed gcuitry. aying to market prices. cudreaut d: Mc uald. Soirris.

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1946

iiis AST R OUS ‘F iiiiz‘ AT sinus LAUNDRY

Duo lloro Tonight

lion. Lionel Chevrlar, Minister of Transport, Ottawa, who is due ln Charlottetown

Originally Mr.

leaving on Sunday, but agreed to remain when he will address Club at their weekly l

Read by Eve Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

price on this years potato were discussed at a well attended meeting of potato growers of the Province called last night by the Department of Agriculture in Prince of Wales College hall. The resolutions. two in number, wore tabled for the guidance of a pro- Vmtflfll deleaation to meet with other representatives from rive Eastern Provinces to be held at Ottawa on Qct. l, for the pur- pose of considering a floor price.

HOn. W. F. A. Stewart, Minis- ter of Agriculture. presided. Mr. Stewart. accompanied by m. J.W. Bouiter. manager of the P. E. I. Potato Growers Association. leaves on Sunday to attend the Ottawa

CFO]!

the

Potato Floor Price Discussed By Growers

Resolutions calling for a floor

lcwind resolution. which leaves the date and price indefinite: “Whereas there is a very heavy crop of potatoes in Prince Ed- ward lslaiul to be handled at present time and whereas the price obtained per bushel will de- termine the prosperity or other- wise cf the great majority of the farmers of this Province; and uihereas the price of potatoes has already fallen below the cost of production, and whereas the Pal-- liament oi the Dominion of Can- ada has enacted the Agricultural Prices Support Act in order that the farmers of Canada may be assured a fa and reasonable profit on the food which they

produce. and whereas the farmers m

Inquest Held Into Death 0f George Doyle

A Corona lOl-llld that his death at on the evening of Sep its the Imperial 011

Y's Jury last nigh

Before calhrig Dr. Harold Shaw

had commullica McGrath. plant lmd Fraser Ltd, concerning rumour that the

Doyle had been dis

ied with Mr. R.G

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George Doyle came to 61A standard time t-t 2t; oppos- Charloitetown by being agrgcgneg;

the Borden-Charlottetown train. Dr. I. -J. Yeo presided at the inquest.

the first witness. Dr. Yeo saici he

manager of DBJQS t e , me Ggorgg levelled Sterns’ Llm missed from

the inan of knowledge seeks It his glory and reward.

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rlpllon Delivered IB-U.

Mall. 84.00: other Provinces I U-IA. “I!

‘Local Man Electrocuted . While Aiding Firemen

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ited corner of Kent and Hillsbo

9 90111061133 em lo, last - meféifgflrst resoluum.’ presented gist?‘“ftfkfmximugléfigmgfiimtxa; gay. mivlr. lVlcGrath? gr. Yco Dena} struck when Go by M, 130mm,. m. mom W. to a comm, mm ma,‘ m many Dial homied him the late George former City Police 0 seconded by Col. G. E. Full and c5535 curtailed their possum, m.“ ‘haytemad not been dismissed and on a SH“ live high tension Frank Clarke, favored requesting m5; and where” 1t 1| now 5W t 1 e Company had never con- . the 1301111111011 GQi/efmtlflm t0 dent that. unless some action i; “gated any such action. _ instantly. Hundreds of h guarantee the farmer a price of taken, farmer; will suffer heavy pamalo Ifiimldld Shaw‘ Pmvmcm] helplessly. I not less than 80 cents a bushel 10535 in the marketing of their g" 5a he 118d Derfornl- ‘N "ll! "Veflllll- on board cars for l Canada No. potato crop during the present ed an autopsy °11 U16 body of the ‘ - Chevrlei- planned i potatoes market on and aiier year; {harm-m ,-e,,°1,.,d m,‘ 1MB Giwrse Doyle at 11 o'clock. he ha. May l’ 1947 of this years cm“ general mam“ of potato arm“ Thursday evening. and that there Ilnfll Mflltdily Hon. Horace Wnight. Bedeqlll. era called bv the Department of w“ M’ evidence ‘i’ a1°°h°1 1X1 ‘he the Rim"! and other speakers advflvlud 511 Agriculture of t-ha Province that system‘ Dr" Shaw ‘"1171 the "Z111 uncheoil. earlier date for application of the "m °f “he 119C835“ W88 flmDll-

Test Pilot

“Feared Lost

In Explosion

Th ed i D i581 dérsll’. “Malian. thus-sat ti.

gtation Ltd. Cardigan.

"""' "—' noritd‘ 0t‘ muliuwni to r s ttish

"Loading hogs at st. Peters for flttgw B11 t ¢ 5 11’ ° 11° , Ai ay . "Ilh dead. included two grviilflliniiigelm MTAWA swt‘ 27"(°P)"‘Th° membegs of ethe plane crew and

w c“ “no” ang-dlg-lgfl-fillitLti

0f Grain Loaves

last two grain ships of the year left Churchill this week and no

civil aircraft

more rain traffic will pass through Cans a's northern port this year.

'."c°u'°u" 5°“ m" mm‘ u” a. National Harbors Board spokes-

td., every Tuesday. WI‘!!!

Wlfv ‘Puesdsy and l-‘ri ay morning Pgylng 15.00 pair for good ones Wlieatlsy.

"N more grain grinding until Qatar; notice. R. L. Cola, Milton

might enter

larger

Though some small ships

timt. depending on the insurance companies require that freighte Churchill by Oct. be extended to Oct. 15 with extra b“

still Churchill for some weather.

must leave

l’! l0. The date may

ovchhkm ____ 3|, 4 payment. The Transport Depart- cther games, §§i§§i'.msnt§'.'in."<'ii ".191" "M1106 11° fltrthfl‘ QXDOfl i cubes. etc. south Rustioo liallfféLalrllsht thll yea/r. ‘l! con

ruit Tuesday and Wednesday, October lot and 2nd.

"Arriving .8B0bClilb0r 21st. cal-loads Feed-Hog Starter-Grow- en-Finielter-Wheat. Shorts-Dairy Ration Lay Mali-

ken l-‘attenvr. l lock. Montague.

. "Graham's Road Hall. Monday plant. a P. M. Evangelistic meet- Ma. special singing by y

two

eye-w messes saw no parachute

De Havilland experts that iihc Swallows design “hacl the record in the bag. The Swallow was designed to explore the controlling high-speed. pan-es with k-swept wings which delay tlhe onset of “compressibility“ and thus permitwgligher speeds without loss

craslhed into a hilltcng in the first fat

DB

there were no survivors. The crash occurred while the through a heavy mist c

flight from the island of Islay to 8

G155‘ i irreparable buildings,

i improve- A company statement said it was. rem“ h“ bee“ a gene" still hoped that Capt. De Havilland] “"11” ‘“ t“ “pmw” °' ‘h’

ow. '7 “hm.” muwt" R N‘ D-wmn’ mTlliesaglqratnof-ifit ' Department rc' cnsiiilinniliglillltilgrswaiiis” latsot D m d prted the overnmerlt icebreskcr 3mm," hmbspeed com-s at ~11’-*‘-"‘“i-~‘i"?3'-1~,=,~§°’~»==11‘,;-,=,:I='§; cs2.-“iiiié".iz"air"is.i.iiz.“il T...““.€“‘&.’°i.?l‘é‘fi°’in°“..§“i,.:5°%§3 Dmzwe ‘M o Suf leave Churchill, as it proceeded amp ‘ leastlwani‘ from lgouthalrlitpton ‘Ils- ssnnmn (but “I us. Suture an an WOll led saey ' y through Hudson Strait. mm u, parachute to sage”.

. but 5eilevflQueenb. Murray Creed. Depart-

roblem of

has been contested for the most

w“ W‘ (Canadian Press f Writer) part on dom-stic issues Claiming

,=1'"-,‘""t-'-’" "our “$.85 .1 any ..‘.°’ii’..’.’.'.‘i;‘.‘."“..,‘$i.2‘"3l' ' m’ wpn“h"‘ election day in Australia-and a charge of some 600.000 service per-

»); any m“. 4.600.000 voters us bal- sonnel. Labor's ranks sedc s re- Nam. I P. . mp4,,“ cw, ti to decLde vnevlici- Prime tum to er on ineli- record, wiui o; m. . Mnis Joseph Benedict Cbifley a o! further advances in

. g g and his wartime Labor govern- local legislation Li reelected.

c‘ merit viii remain tn office.

"Coil i i-i each Tussds ‘Maw ll"i§'4§m’li'llt"l'>_ Li‘. his Don's“? noel». m. for trunk- lismem disaolirtlon fsusmlun and thus H" ass-vice rung liiia electors must till 9 Vacancies in N Valiaozerngilmwsii an: the ss-asat, elective Senate 11.», .' ~ '" if nest to government l "'-—- lilIXl . ‘t ‘ Mend ’ t ' - ""....i?n'.s...- fill.“

In addition

to filling all ‘l6 seats

ll ousted

l7 soats Mon

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I labs-i

ively

The Liberal and Coun ties have contended-despite a cent government slash in taxes — that taxes can oe further reduced

try w- N:

production stimulated by

Theo-

a r profiniliotive realm? has sought to lay lame for some post-war abort-

mlamanass.

rsls ard Country Phrty

and 28 House nominees

waiting majority in

In the Siouata labor holds tbs w o

9N

-li'e running i nels with a likelihood o! n a coalitiouovwrmeni

orln

. “if; if Labor I-iberala tack a the now

not on the elec- arul lssms

year ty here. Of the o nsnmmtislfhbr“ ’°“' Party '

. O01!!!- three and Independents

lls today st s AJI. NW3. r - PM. andgili

0.. s ssstaiswsssyr

1,500,000 Australiani Voters At Polls Today

I! WILLIAM ITIWABT '

floor. Mr. Wright moved the fol-

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in many districts.

The contest was o n to anyone living outside of cty or town limits. and was based on 100 scor- ing points. as follows: pilllltlT-Z. n-hitewashing am repairs made to bufldmgs, no; planting of trees. hedges. shrubs. etc. 20; removal 0.! dead trees. rubbish and weeds. l0; tidlness. l5; lawns, 5; fences around building-i. l0; general 1m rovement in ap- pearance. l5. e Points were all awarded on. improvements made during the contest perlcll, and the

whole countryside in many places- lJudges in the contest. were: "

n oi A riculture, Charlotte- $5.11’; for lgrincc. Mr. W.J. Reid. B 5A.. Oicary: for King's, Mr. Lawrence Yeo. DBPB-rtmfl-i 0f ~48- riciiltune; Charlottetown; JudSQ 0' County winners to determine Blout. Governor's Cup winner. Ml: G-C Warren. a.s.a., Eaperimer-N 51l- tion. Charlottetown.

Tile prise list follows:

TROPIIIEC

t b Lieutenant Gov- Urrral? girl‘ gemgrd —for contest-

t talisding h heat in the PPOV- aigosiowuaed ovrii ‘Womb-

ustico. cup donated b! 071M Jun-l“ ThlllQ A. Campbell-for contest- ant standing n-rhut 1n FY11“ oouray -- oval-dig. gen John it. ”’8’.;',§"..§.....J’u. nsutgmnlcsi. _w_ Jn tone-or coin- whfmn? lino-i t» ow»- County-awarded to Oyril ‘Nimbl-

uglgmdonated o, Senator ma.

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Rural Beautification 1 Contest Prize Winners

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is e war of nerves that has left some unfortunate countries in a state of disturbance."

The Foreign. Secretary. who re- turned ywterday from the Paris peace conference. declared pointed- ly that, "the acid test. is not in speeches made by statennen but it is the approach in tho oinference room- to the actual problems we are discussing."

ted 0f Murdering Daughter

SAINT JOHN. N. 3.. Sept. 27- John Stewart Simpkins. 24. was convicted in the Saint John Cir- cuit Court today on a charge oi murdering his three - weeks - old daughter. who was drowned in

Her trial on the‘ lgliédtlhlfl! i‘ l t ly- "haduedsoslngwed no emotion when the verdict was read after the jury deliberated two hours. One witness todsy was the ac- cused's wife. of Merigomilh. N5» who were married in L? rm". ' “"‘§i‘.,‘&‘.‘i'“°'°n hi."

mo vs was ' “mos sniid. and pointed out

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out simoains had signed a’ state- merit deciarind "I dam 11-’ ,

, The Quality Tear

ORANGE IPEKOE

. m“ The Frznlt Pusher Show

Saint John harbor early ¢111-?_ month. The iury remmmendei. mercy.

He was remanded for sentence until com/pletlon oi the trial oi Beatrice Margaret Gaudet. d- noy. N.5-. mother of one d.

fated two inches below the 521011}. def. and the left arm four inches below the shoulder. The

was almost removed from body. and fractured.

thz several ribs had been

Albert Daiziel. tl'aln said he was driving the left

Borden at 4:35.

""" _ t use behind it o feet u» stendflrd , , g fltvxam‘ ;,,',’,‘;’,‘§§§.§°§;:w§“,‘,,“., Qfin ngd been previoilfisly delffllg; Oyril Toom-hs of Ruetioo won the B i A r e ‘inligbthgd Ifisulllgslnoiyvssmgfigroggg; Sky hke dayhgiyt: and soon Heifers for Lei urposes. Hi heat getetdmsepretéiehadlgggia ha“ me LONDON Sept 27 _ (C?) _ Ligitiégtnétrntt sgoiigriiéorlfignizfichy 5g: Charlottetown he saw a marl step "Mdreds “f. ""1"" W" prices paid, also arrots and eet-S 3P u m ' it .. Gena"), dc naiuumd 51.1mm“ 0° , _ l.‘ B mm . I out from between freight cars on (m-the gceng

anted. Write or phone Willard dam 93M e a Y- _ , ' _ rwvlrte in m- Rural em =- l a parallel track. The train was , , how». sum... l-llghiays leading to San Ane ace‘ lest pilot. was lewd 105°C g; tiim contest completed rewmly- 1° I travelling about 15 mile; an hour. Homes flanking both aides I “mm are covered and many ar nigzni, in an explosion oi an WP w“ lggrflgd ins: night. When the e ine aim t ~ - r 1 . . t‘ a the-filidw 1 .1 t: miemaiieivmie- . A .. _ Justice n“ w“ ‘*5 ° of the burning building on ‘Mun b63151 ' algal/solo. it ad lerv e was" i " ~ ‘ .1“ I - ‘lain? ‘ Wm tuhdoolilliam": " ' and-flillabaro-Streets u-yat . ay ._ ' V - gi; ,1 p, . -.l._ ~ ‘ v ' "' . man a iy" IID' t . -] ~ rhfiiirnuni“ is :1 "“ "“"' “" m~v~i=»»-»-... ..... .*i:~::..:@::== ""5 a a ve- q-icw ~pa~i e . ' * The 110M1- "tkh '°“°‘”'° ' "W" °"" "‘° °“ “mfi 'd°§“' Brooks, Summerslde; t e Ltscol. —-—- ' _,_. witnmqg], m, b“ siinomcnn coupon room “Loadls nos: as Pcskee Sta» lieu y rain weonmia nicnt. a up 111cm 1n a be H" w .1 0B E_w_ Johmm, mm, gm- ma’ , m", m, mm h“ m.“ . p hurfirlmiogevgzvil s ‘can ‘amt gmrciyuwghgfliggxt flwfllflgfi gfllfgfénlggdfligggfigflgzéguslgm stsndtigg wizmtestzngcflifi f“; f‘? G gamma/gym‘ “ma we tmk ttgnantls atnd fdirnishinss as the flames threatened to spread nos-mism- i lozl hen to DBYSOIIS were speed record 811" '11" "he. a tioo wit Miss u nilhthcagreedwith Premier Stalin ~ " Hr ea rue on. ' i luxlicoli. id rvrviissins. and property gélagiblgrflk B" by W R- A- L11" Ewgjgg fin...“ ‘bong, “if: that. m" "flirther war is lknly n, .f;.,'“; g§§g"‘,,f,§;'*‘;;,,;"m“*g,,,,"; The residence of w. a. Curtis, Kent Street, suffered heavy damage MfiiganomSMgunbe Slitgglub Rloillllé damagtal GSwalZQCEhBSBtOI ‘Jdlgoggll Wieckaso o! atslmilar color to 1Y6 the contestants in K198’! Prgzt-haw recently had a at!" on the west side of the rails and "l! 51121113‘ 1" 3 °'¢1°¢k We" 5:111 51mins l stubborn fife which be! c ay. 996m 1' - More ian _ l’ n D H m d kcounm _ _,, _, - 1Z1“, 411g he“. and" one o; the spread e roof ard upper s orey or the bu lding. MlvKlnlwfll Qfflhfiufl- in lelalblfl l 49'1"“? 9mm‘ w; gig; ‘éfucglahwd9by Aiu}. " 1.,&i'.'¢CoL..~.lli.-W. Joltnaiimle. ' PN- i‘ g-"Slfiiniitggé-r w” The man was dead. ' On Hllisboro street volunteer workers cleared the houses occupied u m" Ho“ n Momuu. Mogqmtoes 1n m. Thgme; Egtugry motel- of the event. iniormed The Hum“, ‘M’ pgtsem‘. m new“ “m filllbh Chsppell said he worked by Mrs. J. D. Taylor, Miss Ethel Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Murray s""°“°‘fl “mm” I" mm & altgb lnjreli l?“ w“ ‘mm w c,“ fllfiidd“‘lxl’éli.h’?..""“llbi.t“iii‘ ‘in a speech "foo not think so ¥m§e§§° i-‘lffiellfnegwlftineadlcfcelfgg m" Y“ fmdffi umffh" ”""“" "' “w '"'"‘“"‘ ‘m’ ""'°"" ri- L s. c. McLean Phone'- po a - ‘ - - _ H bod " wit» an so e mer- "~"°' o“ -~Fina| shipment PM" "s" m" u" sis unusual ‘3§..*i.‘°i.‘.“.°'..".: §3iZ°i.“I.iu.‘o"§i.."‘€.‘.§?-‘°" ’ lli...f.‘l“°...l“ ..:r“i.a".::.§"“.l:.i fl- -- =~ i- v»- m .. H; s. 1T...“ 0%.. 0g two gvlntlgn ducted with the 51o or the Proviri- Mir. Bevin added however, that dmnkm duflm, the m, week Tho laund was one of the largest institutions of its kind in on. Luau‘ o" n cum“ I‘ accident-a of the day in Britain. cial Department 0f Agriculture. "WWI! 130119 31nd Q7 W31’ m“ "W" The jury comprised: Merritt Nhflflmur wlihyml "V" 9° P950119 and equipped With the latesii e“ Seven persons were killed when a There was very hen wmlflimflfl 5m u wt‘ "e '° 3" p°“°e“tha' F°1'-'Y1'1°- "Temfllll W- M- Flynn? “Mhhww-

Major J. A. McKenzie; George W. Berrigan: George W. McLeod; Harry Hardy: and Allison McLeod.

Potato Production Shows Increase

GITAWA. Sept. 27 - (GP)- Potato production this year ‘rs esti- mated at 441338.000 hundredweigllt compared with last year's narvcst of 35.986000 hundredwelght the Dominion Bureau of Statistics i0- ported today.

The estimate based on conditions during the fourth week of Seotem~ 1181". is 2i per cent greater than last year and nine per cent greater than the five-year average.

Substantially heavy yields acre and heavier credited with

per plantings are the increase.

1.

"The conference of the American

Pounds-men's Association inChar- iottetown hasbeen a great suc- cess from every point of view.’ Mr. Henry Louette. chairman oi the Conference. told a Guardian representative yesterday evening. "We are especially indebted to the thoughtfulness and kindly co- operation of Lt. col. C. I... Mac- Kly. rnanaslnn director of Bruce Stewart. l..td.. and to the hospi- tality and service given us by Mr. W. O. Foster, manager of the Charlottetown Hotel. We had heard much oi the scenic beauty oi t Province." Mr Louette added. "but we never dreamed it could be as beautiful as we have found it.” The two-day conference. which concludes today. cried yesterday morning with an nforrnsi lunch- eon at the Charlottetown Hotel. The del ates were welcomed by Col. M ay who gave the con- ference some interesting details of the Island's history. lie com- pared the scenery of the Province with that of England and artic- uiarly with that of Devon ire.

the dele ates bv Mr. Louette of Warden in; Ltd.. Montreal who. in his opening remarks. dealt with the history of the lbundryrnorra Association which ir celebrating its 50th anniversary ibis year. Among the man-v ad-

Death could have been

caused by the deceased having been struck by some heavy Object such as a train

engineer. Borden- Charloatetown train‘ which had

e

One local man wa dead and damage was done early this morning as a spectacular fire , Launderers and Dry

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Gordon Poole Killed By Grounded High Tension Wire-Laundry Building Burned To Ground.

thousands of dollars

Cleaners, rough Streets. rdon Poole of Charlottetown,

lficer, while assisting firemen, stepped

wire and was elc-ctrocuted orrified spectators looked on

The lire broke out about:

A.M. and within a mat-

J. ter of minutes the entire 3- storey wooden building was ll mass of flames.