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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949

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Churchill Rejects Minimum Wage Plan

Says BeaverhrooWs “Election Program" ls

llot Considered Policy

l0 Freighter: Are Tied Up At Halifax

HALIFAX, Oct. 11—(CP)_.Ten ships, five of them owned by Ac- uiia Overseas Freighter: Ltd. of Halifax, are tied up here for lack of cargoes. The 7,l92-ton freighter Seaboard Ranger. owned by Triton Steamship Company of Montreal, arrived today and became (he 10th.

Shipping officials said high op- erating costs. stiff foreign Compet- ttion and the recent devaluation of the Canadian dollar have con- tribilted to the sharp decline in Canadian shipping.

Coming Events

"'Show "Sis Hopkins" at Hunter River tonight at 8.30.

"Reserve October 28th. for Instl. tute sale in Pcwnal Hall.

"Danco in Forest Hill Hall, Wednesday. October 12th, 1949.

"Supper and Dance. Orwell Hall. October 19th. Mlllvlew Orchestra.

"Dance, Long Creek Hall. Fri- day. 14th. Aid 0f Rink. Sale of Lunches.

"Dance Long River Hall every Wednesday. Good music. Door prize.

"Reserve Tuesday. November Bthnfor Chicken Supper in Afton Ha .

"Reserve Wednesday, November 9th. Hot Chicken Supper. Corran Ban Hall.

"Dance in St. Peter's Legion Hall every ‘Tuesday night. Cliff Peters Orchestra

"Oil Cake and Fishmcal now in stock Booking beet pulp to arrive. Dillon 8c Splllett

"St. John's Anglican Church, Milton. Confirmation service to- nisht. B o'clock.

"Masquerade Dance. Corran Ban Hall. Tuesday. October 21st. Rhythm Boys Orchestra.

"Reservs November 2nd for L. O. B. A. Chicken Supper in Bradalibane Hall.

"Masquerade Dance. Stella Maris Hall. North Rusiico. Wednesday night. October 12th.

"Now buying Timothy Seed, Reg- istered, Cleaned or Uncleaned. Mc- Guigan and Boyle.

"Dance Mt. Stewart Legion Hall every Thursday night, music by Al Blanchard.

"Adolphe Doucrtte, Oyster Bed Bridge, buying live Poultry daily. Time of buying 9-4.

"Robert Vickerson and C. Friz- zell will bs hauling cream to Will- shire Creamery on Monday only.

"Reserve November 11th for chicken. scallop and ham supper and bazaar in Hampton Hall. Aus- Dites W. I.

"Avoid trouble before it crrnes by having your radiator flushed be- fore ingtpjling antifreeze. Mallettfs Battery Service.

"The Anriusl Meeting oi’ Fort Ailnlltus Credit Union Limited. wllhbe held in Port Augustus Hall. Monday, October 17th. at 8 P. M.

"Soc "Boys Ranch" starrln! Butch Jenkins. Showing Wednes- dsv. Little Pond. Thursday. Vernon River. Friday. Elmira. Saturday. Si- Charles.

"Provincial affairs brosdflllt- Hear Murdock MacLood. M"!

River, ovsr CFCY Thursday. 0°!‘ obsr 13th. at 8.45 pm. on behalf 0i ths C.C.F. i

"Reserve Wednesday. October 30th for Ohioken Supper in Wlnsloe Wild Bail. Sponsored by "m" 1M South Wlnllioa W- I. P100945 in std all!

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BY ALAN IIARVE!

LONDON, Oct. 11 - (OP) - A winning Winston Churchill, in- troduced as the "greatest English- man who ever lived," today bnlshed aside one of tho big ques- tion marks surrounding Britain's next seneral election.

H0 did so by saying tint m; 0Dinlons expressed on national Politics by Lord Beaverbrook, Can- adlan-born Conservative peer and. millionaire newspaper publisher; do not necessarily reflect the set- tled views of the Conservative Party.

"Lord Beaverbroolrs opinions are his own," Churchill told 300 cheering delegates at a, Conserve. Live conference on local govern. ment. "But it ls my duty so my that they must not be taken as re- presenting the considered policy of the Conservative Party.”

The Conservative leader refer- red to what hc called the "election prom-m" published Monday in Lord Beaverbroolcs nrsss-clroulg. u°“ m"? Bil-tress. In an article under his own byline, lord Be... verbrook, who leaves Friday for g, holiday in New Brunswick,- out- glllxlief’! a Lil-point "Policy For Brit-

Familiar Theme

It hBYPBtl On a. familiar Beaver- br°°k theme. Empire free trade, recommended Empire citizenship and called for e minimum wage or 56 ($18.60) a. week. "Anything lsss than this modest sum,” Lord Bea- verbrook wrote, "is inadequate un- der the living conditions now con- fronting us."

Publication of this latest Empire platform by the old Empire crus- eder set political gossips speculat- ln! What'- ths Conservatives would do about the man whose support through the years has sometimes proved embarassing. Would they

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Nfldlrices

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. Oct. 11 -(CP)—-As the Newfoundland Governmnet today announced a Royal Commission to investig- ate the high cost-of-llving. hers were the prices of some food- stuffs in St. John's (Halifax prices in brackets):

Bread. 18 cents (14); pota- toes. $2.20 76-11: bag ($1.5); Cafrois. B cents 1b (6); eggs. D cents doz. (77); butter, 69 cent; lb (64); milk 38 cents qt. (19); tinned peaches 25 (18); cabbage 4 cents lb (5); chicken. 55 cents 18001.1); roiled oats. 13 cents

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R. C. Vaughan Reaches Age 0f Retirement

By JOHN LeBLANC OTTAWA, Oct. 11 - (CP) - A top-flight member of the Gov- ernment's financial brain trust - Dvnlld Gordon, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada - will be- come head of the hugs Canadian National Railways system Jam. 1. Reaching for a C.N.R. chief out- side railway ranks for the first. time in l6 years, the government today named Mr. Gordon to be chairman and president of the na- "Oliflliy-owned line in succession to R..O. Vaughan, who has passed the retirement ago of 05. The 47-year-old financial and "conomic expert, a native of Scot- land, will become the youngest he"! 0f "it! 32.500.000.000 system. a; vast corporate empire sprawling all the way between Canada's two

States and including steamship, hotel, telegraph and other allied |services.

While the Government gave no reason for stepping outside rail- way personnel to find e. new oper- ating chief for the C.N.R.., there was immediate speculation that it. might be intending to call on Mr. Gordon's talents for s. possible re- organization of the Canadian Ne.- tionars financial structure before long.

The 81.300.000.000 debt of the national line has been a milestone around its neck for many years. and one of the things under study by the Federal Royal Commission on Transportation is whether it should be pared down.

Other major problems before the corporation include those of freight

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President of East Germany Sworn In

BERLIN. Oct. 11 -(AP) — Communists celebrated with fire- works tonight the swearing in of aging Wilhelm Pirok. who holds a. colonel's rank in the Russian army,

as president of a new German Communist republic. The 73-year-old revolutionary

who fought for Communism during the days of the Kaiser. the Weimar Republic and Hitler was elected at a rubber-stamp session of the Pec- ple's Chamber and Chzcnber of States. lie was sworn in as titular head of the Soviet-zone state, and he at once voiced thanks to Stalin and to Russia.

The ceremony put the new state into business. without the formality of popular elections. as an active opponent of the elected Western German Republic at Bonn.

Socialist lulesMoch Seeks To Form French G0v’t

By CARL HARTMAN PARIS, Oct. 11 - (AP) — S0- clalist Jules Moch, a strong anti- communist, undertook tonight to form a new French Government. President Vincent Aurlol. seeking to solve the crisis caused by tho

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"Dance in Covehesd Hall Wel- nesgay night. In aid of hockey

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"Dance. Grand View Hall. Thurs- day. October 13th. Cliff Lilly's Orchestra.

"Comrades-Tho October meet- ing of the Kingston branch Canad- ian Legion will be held in the Legion Home, Charlottetown, Oct. l3 at B pm. *

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"Dates to remember. Oct. 25- 27th, for the Charlottetown Trade and Industries Fair at the Arm- ouries, featuring Don Mercer's Road Party as entertainment. sponsored by Y's Man.

"Will be loading hogs at the followirll will" will irsdsr: Elmer Wiginore, Bradalbsne, until 11.30 A. M. Bordon Bagnail. Hunter River. until noon. Banana aids until 1.30 P. M. and Ksnstngt until 3 P.1d. lilsoEwsn and Cssslsy.

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hm every a! morning it ftneeiubilinnllll this Thursdsy. °.°.‘.‘t?."..l.‘l;. armies as a" a d west. Buying mull till l2 until further notice. W. -O

resignation of Henri Qusuille, of- fered Moch the job this morning. Moch visited Auriol at the Elysee Palace to accept the offer after he had talked with other social- ists. ,

Now he must get promises of 31.1 votes. an absolute majority a! the National Assembly, before hs can pick new ministers to replaos the coalition cabinet that resigned with Queuills lsst week.

Moch was Interior Minister in that cabinet.

He 1s expected to go before the assembly Friday and present his program to solve the wags-price problems on which Quouilieb cab- inet was wrecked.

At the moment, his program tn- cludes s Him-francs ($800 U8.) cost of living bonus for October to workers _in private industry got- ting no more than 10.000 francs a month. He probably also will offer a bill to unfrsozs wages and rs- store collective bargaining, sus- pended sines 1000.

Mochwili almost certainly try to rebuild the coalition .that has govsmcd the country, under dif- ferent Premiers, for Q 1-3 years. This excludes both Ouaununists- the extreme left - and followers of Gen. Charles do Oauils - the extreme right.

The major partial involved are Moon's own Socialists: Foreign mnlstor Robert lohurnanb alcove-

Radical Socialists the road party 6mm its 1mm. the small but influential Pssssntb Party; and the right-

coasts and down into the United‘

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Assistance To Fox-Reaching lndusiryllrged

OTTAWA, Oct. 1.1 — (C?) —W. Chester S. McLure (PC— Queens) appealed to the Gov- ernment in the Commons to- night to help the foil-ranching industry.

He urged changes in the sys- tem o1 grading fox pelts and lower taxes on the output of ranchers. He said skins should be graded, not on prlcepbut as they were needed on the market. i

Mr. McLure said there had been "unjust taxes" on raw furs, with the result that grow- ers could not meet production costs.

"At least, give them the cost of production," he said during discussion on Agriculture Do- partment. estimates for the year.

Increased Freight Rates To Nfid.

ST. JOHN'S, Nfid, Oct. l1--'An

increase in freight rates on ships cpcratinglrom Halifax, Montreal, and Saint John, N.B., to St. John's was announced today by Associat- ed Newfoundland Lines. The company said the eight. per cent advance was made because of the increase in freight rates rc- cenily granted the railways.

Fleming Critical of Gardens Appointment

(By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Oct. ll-Appointment of a man without railway exper- ience as head of the Canadian National Railways was described tonight in the Commons as a “shameful violation of the prin- ciple of promotion wiilin an or- ganizistion.

Donald Fleming (PC-Toronto Eglinton) was criticizing the ap- pointment of Donald Gordon, dep- uty-governor of the Bank of Can- ada. as chairman and president ‘of the C.N.R., announced earlier in the day's iession.

While declaring hs was speaking only for himself and did not want to reflect in any way on Mr. Gor- don. Mr. Fleming hit at "govern- ment interference" in the railway ‘management and declared the move would affect railway am- ployees’ morals.

He accused the government s! reserving top job "plums" for it- self and taking them away from employees.

No member of the government replied to the attack, which came on a motion to go into supply, but Jean Francois Poullot. (L-Temia- couata) was critical of Mr. Flam- ing for making it. '

LIBERAL! MIR‘! TODAY

IIONTRIAL Oct. 1.1 - (OP) — The third biennial oonvsntlan oi tiii Young Ltbsral rsssntlen of Canada opens hers tomorrow and

are sapeetlng tbs "larg- ssc attendance on record." Al- ready 000 dclegatfl from Canada's to Provinces have registered for

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Canadians Spend More Money On ClothesThan Rent, On Jewelry Than Education

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Oct. 11—To show pop where the money goes. Gov- ernment statisticians computed to- day:

The Canadians spent more mon- ey on jewelry than they did on education.

When it came to drinking and smoking, they spent about nine times more on tobacco and liquor than they did on home furnish- ings.

What's more, pop, Canadians did more spending last year than at any time during the last 10 years, including the hectic years of the Second World War.

What Mr. and Mrs. Canada spent last year to enjoy life was detailed in the Bureau of Statistics green book on income and expen- diture. _ -

It showed:

Canadians spent $l0,083,000,000 in INS-about three times more than the $3,770.000,000 they spent 10 years previously.

They shelled out $020,000,000 for "paid rents and imputed rents of owner-occupied houses, electric- ity, gas. domestic service." But clothes cost 31.825.000.000.

Education cost $65,000,000; jew- elry $71,000,000. They smoked and drank $941,000,000 worth of tobac- co and liquor, and spent $107,000,- 000 on things to decorate homes.

Canadians spent 52.798.000.000 on food, the biggest amount during the last 10 years.

Lipsticks, face powder and all kinds of cosmetics, as well as drugs, took $107,000,000 last year. That was s little more than the $151,000,000 spent on soap and cleaning supplier.

Canadians shelled out a bit. too, on services to keep themselves spic and span. More than $200,- 000,000 went for such things as shoe,shines, clothes pressing and cleaning. barber shop and beauty parlor services.

Automobile Dealers Hold Annual Meeting

MONTREAL. Oct. 1.1 - (C?) - Stsnley S. Refuse or Bridgewater, NS, tonight was elected pflaid- Int of the Federation of Automo- bile Dealer Associations of Can- ada at its annual meeting here.

11.8. Walker of St. Catharina. Ont, was named secretary and Dave Amory, Montreal, treasurer.

Directors chosen iicludcd: A-G. mglish, Moncton, N.B.; RD. Rob- ertson, Halifax, and Col. A. Mao- Donsld, Charlottetown.

Parliament . Aid-Glam

(By The Canadian Press)

Transport Minister Chevrler an- nounced Donald Gordcn has been chosen president of the C. N. R., luoceeding R. C. Vaughan.

Donald flaming (PC-Toronto Egilnton) criticized appointment of a man without railway exper- iencs as head of the C.N.R.

Third and flnai reading was given a bill abolishing appeals to the Privy Council and making the Supreme Court of Canada the dual court of appeal.

Agricultural estimates were dis-

cussed. Wsdnssdsy: ~ The Commons will consider pri-

vata mam r's legislation. The

Senate Ill d.

24 Filed Names Al Nomination Day Proceedings

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Oct. 11—Contests are assured in eight Oct, 24 Federal by-electlons. the first to be held since the general election June 27.

When nominations closed today 24 persons had filed their names as candidates in the by-elections engendered by the death of two members of the Commons and the appointment of six others to new posts.

As a result of the deaths and appointments, the present stand- ing of the Commons is:

Liberals, 186; Progressive Con- servatives, 40; C. C. F., l3; Social Credit, 10; Independent. four; In- dependent Liberal, one; vacant, eight; total, 262.

Five of the vacancies sr_e in Quebcc-—Moiitreal Mercier, Mont- real Laurier, Montreal Jacques Cartier, Kamouraska and Gatin- eau. The others are Toronto Greenwood. New Westminster in British Columbia and Restigouche- Madawaska in New Brunswick.

Three Conservatives

The Liberals are contesting all seats but the Progressive Conserv- atives-the official Opposition in the Commons-named candidates in only three ridings-Gatineau, Toronto Greenwood and New Westminster.

Here is a list of by-elections and candidates:

Gatirieau-J. Celestin Nadon of Maniwaki, former member ofthe Quebec Legislature. Liberal; An- astase St. Jean of Low. Progress- ive Conservative, and Marcel Ber- nard Bonnier of lronsides, Inde-

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George Drew lll With Pneumonia

REGINA. Oct. 1.1 —(OP) - An attack of bronchial pneumonia has .. prevented George Drew, national leader, from attending the two-day leadership convention of the Sask- atchewan Progressive Conservative Party, v/hich opened here today. Mr. Drew. expected to reach here yesterday. telephoned to say he had been ill for the last four days and could not attend.

Installation 0f Parking Meters For City Authorized

A resolution authorizing the in-

stallation of parking meters in Charlottetown as soon as possible was passed at the monthly meet- ing of the City Council last eve- ning. His Worship Mayor Earle MacDonald presided. Considerable discussion on the advisability of installing the met- ers this Fall took place before Coilncil members agreed that the Jneters he ordered now and put in when the police committee deemed it advisable-probably not before next spring. Three types are to be ordered and the most satisfactory type kept.

Councillor M. A. Farmer was of opinion that the meters should not he put in until next spring and thus be given a fair trial during the summer months. Other rea- sons given against immediate in- stallation were that there would be increased difficulty in removing snow and the possibility of dam- ages to the meters while only on trial.

Councillor Beaten insisted that the matter be brought to a head and the meters installed this fall. He said their value had been proved in Summerslde and Hali- fax and he did not think they would be hurt by winter storms.

Poll Tax Collection

It was also decided that the financial committee under Coun- cillor Farmer would make s. spir-

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Czech Purge May Place 40,000 Persons Behind Bars

(By Richard Kaslschks)

PRAGUE, Oct. 11-(AP)-—Ccm- munlst police roundups threw a fear bordering on hysteria into large sections of Czechoslovakia! 13.000000 people tonight.

Some estimates heard by West- ern sources of the total seized or marked for arrested ranged to 30,- MO and 40.000. But these estimates could not be confirmed.

Police gave out no information —-riot even to tearful relatives seeking e trace of missing ones.

Although the tempo of arrests appeared to be receding from its peak of last week in Prague, many landlords, architects, confectioners and small shopkeepers were still being picked up and their busi- nesses confiscated. In some cases their apartments were seized and their families dispossessed.

The main drive appeared to be against the propertled classes, but the widespread arrests, reaching through Bohemia and Moravia, were accompanied by purges o! government employees, the clergy. army and even the Communist ranks. Slovakia, as yet. appeared untouched by any extraordinary wave of arrests.

The chnrges—whore--any were made—rnngcd from high treason and sympathy with Titolsm or

“Western imperialism" to simple denunciations by snoope s who had overheard suspicious bits of conversation.

Season observers who made a 550-mile automobile trip through Bohemia and Moravia reported

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ROYAL COMMISSION T0 PROBE LIVING COSTS lN NF LD.

Smallwodd Says Some Stores Make Big Profits

caster-Lia}; Declined Only Slightly Sinod Confederation.

By C, E. A. JEFFERY Canadian Press Correspondent ST. JOHN'S, Ntld, Oct. 11—(CP)'

—A Royal Commission will bs set: up by the Provincial Government: to investigate the high ccst-of-llv- ing in Newfoundland, Premier Smallwood told the Legislature today. The ZB-member House rc- sumed today after a six-week ad- journment.

Mr. Smallwood gave figural to show that some Newfoundland re- tail stores were making as high as 175 per cent profit on certain foodstuffs. The lowest profit for the prices he quoted was 33 per, cent and the average was more. than 60.

The figures showed, for instance, that stores in Grand Falls, a cen- tral Newfoundland town, made 173 per cent profit on rolled oats, 73.8 per cent on bread, 75 per cent on. vegetable soup, 47 per cent on cheese, 90 per cent on tomatoes. 95.5 per cent on onions and 73 per cent on grapefruit. ‘

The Premier said the Royall Commission on Prices would bq invested with full authority to: deal with all matters entering into" costs of goods which affected the cost-of-living.

He added: "If we come to the conclusion that proflteering is tak-

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