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Manslaughter Base Adjourned llntil Saturday

George Green, Kingston. was arraigned yesterday afternoon be- fore Chief Justice Thane A; Camp- bell and pleaded "not guilty" to e charge of manslaughter. During the arraignment. his attorney, J. O. C. Oonuiaell, 8.0., made a "mo- tion for particulars" before the Court. Hie Lordship set Saturday for the hearing when the Crown must give particulars of the alleg- ed criminal negligence on the pert of Green while driving the car near Beach Grove Inn on the eve- ning o! August 5, 1947, when the late Miss Shirley Bigger, thrown from the overturned vehicle, died shortly afterwards as a result of the injuries received.

The date for Green's trial be- fore a potit jury has been set for next Monday.

The trials of Laverne MacDon- ald, Pleasant Grove, indicted on charges of theft and arson, will follow. The last criminal case to be heard will be that of Ross Liv- ingston, Murray River, who was indicted for theft. Both were also arraigned yesterday.

The Excise cross appeal case of the King, appellant, versus James Feehalf. respondent, was heard and judgnnent taken under advisement. G. R. Holmes. K. C., appeared for the Crown and J. B. Johnston for the respondent. '

Also taken under advisement was judgment in the Prohibition appea. oi Eldon J. Cameron. Mr. Holmes appeared fos- the Crown and J. A. MacDonald, K.C., for the appel- lant.

In the ease of the King, respon- drnt, versus Richard McGee, ap- pellant, the Prohibition conviction was quashed. No costs were allow- ed. Mr. Holmes appeared for the respondent and Lester O'Donnell for the appellant.

Meliair To Sonfer With Beaverhrook

IREDERJCTON, Jan. 14-(CPl_ Premier John B. McNair left Fred- ericton tonight en route to Miami and Jamaica where he will meet Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-horn British newspaper publisher.

The ficmier is scheduled to arrive back in Fredericton the end of this month but mattersto be discussed at his meeting with Lord Besverbrook were not disclosed.

During his absence Public Works Minister W. S. Anderson will be acting premier.

m Ruling on out

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Mons-neat, Jan. 14 -(CP) - Gift boxes from the United States containing articles on the import ban list will only be allowed entry info Canada if the value is & or less, effective tomorrow, the C-us- toms Office announced today.

Coming Events-

'I'Dance, Bonshaw Hall. fiidlli. January 14th. MacNeilVs Orchestra.

"llill now closed for- repairs natll. further notice, McGulgad and Boyle.

"Chicken Raffle x. of o. r-mi. louria, ‘Thursday, January 15th. Coffee and doughnuts served. r

','We require s number of Bol- ogna quality cattle every week. Canada Packers Ltd.

"Hockey at New Glasgow Rink

tonilht. North itustico vs. Nev Glasgow. Weather permitting. " J in Kinkora suit-men.

January 10th. in aid or Kinkore Bode: one. Good music.

"Crime u. the Dance in ilons fiver ilelifllmirsday. January 15th- es sold. pausing I to 12.00.: -'

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Packm at Iodhla. will» Jan-

gary 19th, until 4 r. u. inf m as. ,

"lam ecLsughlin, lunhoyo. lust s-eoei ahilmenf- _ef Yarn. Large assortment o1 colors. Rave your order‘ in early and avoid dis- appointment.

‘divans- sod wow.

Grand Jury’s Report ls Submitted

The Grand Jury, in their report to Chief Justice ‘mane A. Canop- bell yesterday stated they had found the Queen's County jail, u“. der the management or Mr, Bun- DWY". 111181‘. to be in good order and well caréd for. There were 23

male prisoners in the 1311 10l- wlhom scme “extremal” labour, commensurate with a pengl m.

stitution, should be found.

The Jury rectmmended ma; m wooden stairs in the jail be re. placed with steel or concrete stair- WBYS as the present ones were in a "dilapidated condition." Suitable fire escapes. 9-150. should be pro- vided for the second and third floors. _

Falconwood Hospital was in ex-

cellent condition. the report stated. but was overcrowded with 154 maid and 147 fevmale patients. The re- port recommended that the over- crowded condition "be remedied as soon as possible" and that a larger lntercozrmunlcaling telephone sys- tem be installed to connect all de- partments. It recommended enter- tainment for the patients and sug- gested that a l6 mm. projector with fifms be pilrchased for thein- stitution. It also recwncnended the erection of a new horse barn. a new cattle barn. and a. machine shed. The installation of a pasteuri- zation plant, the report said, "should prove a paying proposit- ion." The Jury found 115 female and 95 male inmates at the Provincial Infinmalry. There was overcrowding here, too, the report suggested, for the building had "originally been a 95-bed hospital." It recommended that e portion of the laundry be sent to Falconwocd Hospital as the equipment at the Iniirvrnary for do- ing silt-h work was inadequate. It also recommended the installation of a. sprinkler system for the pre- vention of fire. _ The report deplored ilhe increas- ing number of fatalities In the Province resulting from traffic ac- cidents and recommended that drunken drivers be more severely dealt with. It also reccmmrndcd stricter patrolling bv the RILYW-P. and concluded by affirminl; that the Jury were in accord with the stat-meat made by the Chief Just’- ic» Campbell in his Grand Jurvs address ilhnf. over indlllifl" l" In‘ tonicatinz liquors was. directly or indirectly. the cause of most of- fences agalnst the law in the Prov- in-ce.

Flying Saucers Seem To Be Getting llotter‘

BARRE. Vt. Jan. 13 _ (Al?) —- That old flying saucer may be getting rounder and hotter.

A number of witnesses in a b0- miie area frcm Barre to Burling- ton now are sighting "a ball of fire" in the sky.

Robert Streeter and fr. C. H. Vaughan described it ea "bluifl white, without a tail and moving in a descending arc."

Eugene Fellows said “it was

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Farm Problems Under

Review

Depletion of the soil as the moat serious problem facing Prince Ed- ward Isiand farmers a‘. the pres- ent trne was emphasised by Mr. W.R. Shaw. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, in opening a ree- day agricultural conference a the

Experimental Station, yesterday,

The conference, which is the first of its kind to be held in the Province. is being participated in by senior officials of all the Do- minion and Provincial agricultural departments located here.

It had been called, Mr. Shaw stated, for the purpose of making “an intensive and exhaustive an- alysis of agricultural conditions 1n this Province, and the charting of a farm programme in accordance with our findings."

A number of papers were sub- mitted by oflflcials in attendance yesterday. dealing with Experi- mental Farm activities, Federal livestock and poultry division, dairying, science and forestry ser- vices, potatoes, soils, horticulture. plant diseases and pests, junior clubs, etc.

Following yesterday's opening proceedings, sub-committee meet- ings will be held _to discuss the various problems in detail, and after which-a general report and retuinmendo-tions will be drafted.

Yields And Aoreagea

In his opening remarks, . Shaw submitted figures covering yields and acreages, in the Prov. ince for the last sixty-five years.

“According to the char-Hi he said, “production in this Province has seriously deteriorated. From 1801 to 1900 our annual yield of wheat was up to almost 800.000 bushels. In 1947 it was 96.800, We had a greater yield of oats in i900 than we had in the past year. The same is true of buclowheat. We produced in '01 and '91 from 6,000,- 000 to 7,000,000 bushels ‘f potatoes per year which is as high as we

have produced In the same num-

ber of years {immediately past.

“In the early years we had a higher production per acre of hay and clover in this Province and unquestionably away heavier pro- duction qf the latter prop. During these some early years our live- stock, horses, cattle and sheep. were very much greater in num- bers thin they 31-9 g1, {he prej- ent time. There has not been such a large increase in these favour-

ahle-war years of hog and Poultry

products. all of which had been‘ in excessive demand. In i900 we produced four and one-half mil- lion pounds of cheese. In i947 we produced a little better thpn one- half million pounds. In i900 we produced as many pounds of milk as we have on the average in any yea;- of the 1940!.

"In these early years we export- ed large quantities of grain and potatoes out of the Province, In the 10's we have exported little or no grain. In the early years we imported very little feeds or flour of any kind. In the '10’: practically all of our flour has been import- ed and in 104d we imported’ ap- proximately 60.000 tons -of»an'vnal feeds. valued at two millions of dollars. In 194d we also imported almost 00.000 tons of commercial fertilizers, valued at another two mlll‘on dollars.

FWe have more vacant farms in the Province today than in i000 and we have a. vastly increased

about the size of a man's head."

(Continued on Plea 0 Col. i)

By George Kliohell OITAWA. Jan. 1e - (OP) — Butler was repoatcd tonight to be due for e price drop through re- imposition of the wartime ceiling but the big question could be put into a, couple of words - when and how much?

'I‘l1e Capital heard recurrent re- pom um. the, Cabinet had-or was about to - take a decision on a return to a controlled but- ter price and that a Government announcement was imminent

It la no secret that the Cab- inet ireonelderlnl a tesworsry- buttee ceiling. Aariculhrre Min- later Gardiner disclosed this to. a press conference more than a wees ego -. and said also that llidilbt hadireen given to the importation d New Zeeland but-

SB. . nuVthe question was if

When And How Much,- - Butter Ceiling Question

the decision h_ed been enede, will the announcement come and‘ where will the eoilug be placed.

It was apparent tonight that there will be no announcement foradsyoroobecousethefletv- inet Md not meet today following Tuesday's lneetim at which but- ter and other foods were report- ed to have been dismissed.

The feeling generally was that any announcement would await the return of Mr. Gardiner, who now is in Western Canada.

Finance Minister Abbott declin- ed ioday in confirm whether the Cabinet had decided on a ceiling but other Government sources said they would not be surprised if the step were taken. -

As to price. it too was in the field of conjecture. There were some lullellfona that the ceiling

Quebec Legislature‘ Opened Yesterday

QUEBEC, Jan. 14 — (CP) — Measures 1o relieve the housing problem, assist agriculture. extend colonization and zmprcve Quebec's system of roads and bridges were promised today as the Province’: Legislature went into annual ses- sion.

The laws were forecast in the Speech from the Throne read by Sir Eugene File?» Quebec's Lieut- enant-Governor, and billa covering them were promptly distributed in the Legislative Assembly where Premier Duplessis told a brief meeting the Government hopes for s, brisk session.

Floods In Britain Begin Receding

LONDON. Jan. 14 - (Reuters) -—F'loods which had marooned many Pimple were receding in several parts of Britain tonight. Main Piifldl. for a time inundated. were once more in use.

The River Severn, which was more than l8 feet above normal at Worcester. had stopped rising,

Purse-Snatehing ‘ a Attempts Reported At Summerside

Minor crime seemed to be pile

ing, with Police receiving two re- ports of attempts being made to snatch handbags from women on the street and a young man being arrested near the scene, of a break.

Mrs. Gladys Gunning reported that two young men had follow- ed hcr while she was walking down street about 7.30 pm. and that on Winter Street, bwween Summer and Spring, Streets. they had snatched at her handbag and attempted to take it from her. However. she held on to it, alt the same time shouting for help and when a man came to the door of a nearby residence they fled. Mrs. Gordon Ramsay had an

almost identical exraerience about

fifteen minutes later on ville street. about two from the first attempt.

managed and the

Gran- _ blocks She also to hang on to her purse mrn fled when she screamed. Both women described the Imen as young. but not boys. No attempts were made to as- sault either woman. L At about the same time Police received a call reporting a noise from the office of Reliable Motors on Water Street. Chief Peter White and Officer Llnklettcr in- vestigated and placed a sixteen- ysar-old youth under arrest at the rear of the property. 0n ex- amining the property they found that a window had been broken and the cash register gone thromh. However, there had been no money in i-t. An apparent attempt had been made to open the safe. The youth appeared in police court yesterday morning- on_a holding charge of damaging property and his case was adjourned till 1 morning-S.

WIII Ask Rank For $75,000 Damages

OTTAWA, Jan. 14 -(CP)-,His legs paralysed by a stray bullet frccn s bank manager's gun duriol a, holdup at Dmbrun. Ont. a was? and a half e80. Harold Mlletta.

year-old former Ottawa taxi driver, said today he will sue the 1W!!! Bank of Canada for $15,000 dam- ages. Malette, helplessly crippled since the shooting Mls- 15. 19“.

in Slammer-side on" Tuesday even-m '

Precipitation Will Relieve Power Shortage

HAL-FAX, Jan. 14. -—(CP)-Nova Scotie continued to get a thorough drenching tonight and heavy snow kept falling in Prince Edward Is- Land.

At 9 pm. A831‘. tonight it had been raining continuously for 36 hours in the Halifax area. and the Weather Bureau reported 3.69 inches of precipitation.

More than 100 workmen in Hall- fax itself toiled through the day end night to open channels to catohpits to carry away the tons of water. The three feet of snow that cat-no down late in December was disappearing rapidly under the downpour.

Pumping crews were ‘tailed to various homes to drain flooded basements. One family was forced to evacuate a first-floor apart- ment.

An official said. "we are having a regular battle. We are trying to beat the weather, A freeze-up may ‘corne at any time and leave an awful mesa."

Elsewhere in the Provinoemany telephone and ielcsfllnih circuits

were disrupted by the heavy weight of snow on lines. Art Canning, the roof of the

skating rink collaipsed last night under the weight of snow. Because the weather was too mild for lee there was nobody in the building at the time.

At Kentville, a taxi called to take an expectant mother to hos- pital took three hours to g0 three miles, wading through foot-dew slush. It made it, though-by 10 minutes. . l"

HALIFAX. Jan. 14-1” fCPi-An all-nigh-rrainsiorm that drenched Nova Scotia has swelled water- lavels behind hydro dams and is expected to relieve to a consider- able extent a Province-wide power shortage, Ira P. MacNab, man- ager of the Halifax Public Service Commission, reported today.

Mr.‘ MacNab said the lakes sup- plying Halifax with electricity rose live inches during the night. Despite the improved situation. however, E. J. Cragg, manager of the Nova Scotia Power Commis- sion. warned consumers that a CBIi issued several days ago tc_ con- sumers for voluntary rationing stil. was in effect.

A. R. Melnnis Elected President life Underwriters

Mr. A. R. Mcfnnis was elected president of the Life Underwriters Association of P. E. Island at the annual meeting held last night in the offices of the Imperial Life Assurance Company. The retiring president is Mr. V. S. Ling. Other officers elected were. vice-presi- dent for Prince County, Albert Noonan. O'Leary; vice-president for Queen's, Blair MacDonald, Charlottetown; vice-president for King's, Cyrus Shaw, Montague. secretory-treasurer, V. S. Ling. The directors elected were T. W. Bentley. R. E. l-lyndman, H. W. Ives. and H. W.-P1etch.

Th! report submitted by the re- tiring president indicated the past year had been one of great activ- ity in insurance circles. Mr. Lin; referred to the sales congress held last June in the city, at which speakers of international reputa- tion eddressed the congress.

The financial report,’ read by Mr. R. J. Rupert, disclosed that five new members had been added in the Association and that a fav- ourable balance wasyon hand.

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~ Annual Meeting

Jailer's Sass In Supreme Sourt

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Judgment in the case of the Lieutenant Governor-in-Councll. appellant, versus Burr Dwyer, Queen's County jailer, was taken under advisement by Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell in the supremo Court yesterday after three wit- nesses had been heard.

Leo Lauman, R..C.M.P. constable, said that at '1 p.m. on the evening of August 12. 1947. he had his Cal parked in front of M. F. Schur- man Co. Lid, when he heard I- crash at the gate of Q0981“ County jail. The witness was do- ing traffic duty at the time and. as the traffic was heavy, he was unable to investigate the matter. Witness noticed the car which had crashed into the gate. He understood it was the property 1f Burr Dyvyer. The car was going fmm the jail grounds on to the highway at time ‘of the crash. ‘Witness saw Dwyer and several other men around the car after the accident.

At 10 o'clock that night. a call was received at R.C.M.P. barracks from Mr. Dwyer to the effect that n. truck had backed into the jail gate and had damaged it. On in- structions from his commanding officer, the witness and Cpl. King

were sent to the scene of the accident. Mr. Dwyer told witness that a

truck had backed into the gate whereupon the witness told Dwyer that he had seen the accident happen. Mr. Dwycr then told wit- ness not to say anything about the nlfllililf‘. Witness said Mr. Dwyer was under the influence of ilquoi

Witness said the gate was slight- ly damaged and the gate post was 1005s but itjwas not broken off. 1t was a steel POSI-

The evidence of Cpl. A. W. Kins. R.C.M.P., was a corroboration of that of Cst._ Iauman.

Cst. John Butler, City Police, said he was called to the Queen's County jail on Thursday overlies- August 12th last, and upon arrival n as met at the gate by Mr- DWJBT- The latter told witness a truck had backed into the jail fence and had bent the post. The gate was damaged so that gate would not close. Mr. Dwycr said he did not know the owner of the truck. Cross-examined by Mr, O'Don- nell, witness said Mr. DWWI‘ W35 sober "as far as he knew." .

a. n. HOIJTIBS. K-Q. spewed for the Crown and Lester O'Don- nell for the accused.

Lana Turner is Suspended By Studio

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 14 -(AP)- Lana Turner was suspended today from her lucrative movie job, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced, for refusal io play Lady de Winter Musketeers." The

blonde glamor girl's salary is

known only to herself, her agent

and the studio, but the generally

Mr. Prank W. Curtis was elect- ed President of the Charlottetown Board of Trade at the annual meeting held alt the (Jharlotte- tovm Hotel last night. Oher od- ficers include:

Vice-President, T. Roy Cudimore.

Secretary-These, A. Walther! Gaudet.

Members of the Council are as follows: Carl F. Burke, M. Alban Fannor. Col. G. Elliot Full, F‘. W. Hyndrnan, J. Gordon McDonald. Keith MacKinnon, T. F. Mitchell, J. P‘. Morris.

Reports by chairmen of the vari- ous committees were read and adopted. The retiring President. Capt. Cari Burke, M.B.E., in turning over the office to the new President thanked the members of the Board for their co-operotion and support during the year.

The meeting passed a motion of sympathy to the family of the late F. W. Iidanarsh who was a chapter member and a past pre- sident of the Board. The mall-ion was moved by Major T. Edsar McNutt and seconded by m. E. T. Higgs. A half minute's silence was observed.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

In his presidential report, Capt. C1‘. Burke referred to the follow- ing resolutions of members which were approved and brought to the Kattentlon of the proper authori- ties:

(a) Re the establishment of I. new Naval Barracks on Pownaf Wharf, was directed loans Min- ister of National Defence.